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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF RELIGION, EDUCATION, LITERAI URE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. VOL. XVIII. People Will Talk. Yes, people will talk ; The saying is irue. They talk about me And they talk about you. If we go to the opera. Someone will say, We should go to church And learn how to pray. If we go to church r And offer up prayers. They say we are hypocrites, And putting on airs. If we are rich, They' call us a thief, Scoff at our sorrows. ' And laugh at our griefs. if we are poor, They say that we shirk, We’re always lazy. ■ - And never would work. They talk of our prospects. They talk of our past, And if we are happy, They say it can’t last, They talk of our loved ones. They talk of our foes. They talk of our follies. They talk of our woes. They talk of our joys, They talk of our fears, They talk of our smiles. They talk of our tears. f They talk if we are single. They talk if we are wed, _They talk of us living, And they talk of us dead. Tho’ we live like an angel, With circumspect walk, Our efforts are useless, For people will talk. —Tbomasvlile Press. The True Religion. Many are the styles of religion today. There are creeds and sects and red tape as long as the string on Johnnie’s kite. Even learned men quarrel and let rancor breed within their hearts over the way to be religious. All this when the most human, the simples creed is the beet —the belief and practice of being kina to your fellow men. ‘‘Do unto others as you would be done by.’ A man who is kind and who does by others as he would be done by, needs no other religion. He need not necessarily forswear creeds or remain away from church, but if he li.ves up to this simple, yet grand, standard, he will have have been truly great and g*od. a sincere follower of Jesus of Naza reth. What we need is a practical softening of the heart of this mon ey-grabbing world, a kindlier in terest one in the other. There are too many scowls and not enough smiles, too many faces that should be bright in the enjoyment of an ennobling spirit of brotherhood Be kind. “Do unto as you would be done by.” It is enough !—Western Publish er. Some people feel so big that thev are invariably astonished that so many people can get into the same room with them. ,jr.. , Notice. At a meeting of the ”oard of Education held on Sept. 28, 1908, the Board decided that for the scholastic year 1909 teachers be employed at salaries as heretofore fixed, that is, thirty, forty and fifty dollars per month, according to grade, except that said salaries be based upon a general average at tendance of fifty, the patrons bind ing themselves to pay what the public fund does not pay. The term fixed at five months, divided thfee in the winter and two in the summer, with the privi lege of six or seven months term in any settlement that may desire to make contract with teacher for same, to be taught four or five in winter and two in summer. All contracts to be made as heretofore. All teachers’ contracts with pat rons must be, made and filed with the Commissioner by the 2nd Mon day in November. By order of the Board of Educa tion. C- L. Harlis, C. S. C. Mind Your Own Business. Those are ju9t the words. "Had we looked through “Webster’s Un abridged” we could not have found tour words that expressed so en tirely our meaning as these. We believe the four words were made with direct reference to the grumb ling, growling mischief makers. People who never mind their own business are very much such a class of animals as the cross, surely, whiffet dogs, that are always bark biting and nabbing somebody. We wonder if they would appreciate a lecture? We will ask them a few questions just to find out. Don’t you think the world and the peo ple in it will live and prosper with out the tremendous anxiety you carry on your shoulders by keeping an eye on everything and everybody in the whole neighborhood and world besides? Can’t Mrs. A. make a sweet-cake without your lying awake nights tor fear there is go ing to be a wedding and you will not be invited? Can’t Jennie have anew gown but you must immed iately see it, know the price, and for what special occasion it was purchased, or die of curiosity? Can’t neighbor B. and his wife go by but you’ll bet they’re going to see somebody and have slighted you? Did God make you and us on purpose to superintend His uni verse, and everybody’s affairs and assume the control of the “free will” he gave men? Is this the purpose and plan of our existence and destiny, to forever be meddling with somebody’s business? It gives us “that tired feeling” to think of the pains some people take to gather the smallest item of “news.” They leave their own garden to grow full of weeds while they are trying to hold up before everybody, the few they pull from their neighbor’s. They do every thing hut mind their own business. GUMMING, GA. OCTOBER 2 .1908 They never speak of their own faults or follies. No. indeed ;bv the time the whole town is criti cised and judgment pronounced ) they have not a moment left to do more than congratulate themselves on their own good works. People who don’t mind their bus iness bring more misery into fami lies, societies and churches f an everything else combined. They turn the pleasant, peaceful stream of good will into a loathome pool. Minding our own business will make peaceful homes, happy neigh bors and a sweet conscience that will make us know why Jesus lov ed the peacemakers and said of them ‘‘Blessed are the peace mak ers, tor they smill be called the children of God.” Now th s is plain talk, but if the shoe does not fit you, then do not put it on. bnt should it fit the lon ger you wear it the better it will be for you and the entiie communi ty- Of Less Importance. It is generally believed that a very steady attendance upon the regular services of one's church is a particular evidence of his being a Christian, and also a very exemp lary one. Pastors of churches are much inclined to have a far more favorable opinion of the member who regularly attends all of the services than they have of that member who only seldom attends the services. But such an opinion is not a safe one to be governed by. It may hold true in some instances, but it is far from being trustwor thy as a standard rule ot universal application It by no means fol lows that because a professor of religion is a strict attendant upon the service of his church, he is a really godly 'person. Indeed, such attendance is of much less import ance than are several other factors in true Christian life. To confine the sphere of evidence to merely attending church services on the Sabbath is to narrow the question below the i.rue standard by which it is to be determined whether or not one be a genuine Christian. One day in a week is too little for a basis of right decision. Exhibi tions of piety on Sunday are too unreliable for safe guidance in pro nouncing upon the quality of one’s religion. It is during the other days in the week that one must be judged as to whether one be a Christian or a mere professor of rel’gion. He who judges that one must be a Christian because he goes to church every Sunday, and often attends the mid-week prayer meet ing. is likely to b* frequently mis taken and badly deceived. Roman Catholics are noted for the regu laiity of their attending all churcli j services, however bad the weather may be, or however poorly dressed they are. But no one concludes that they are Christians because of suen a habit. If one bo areal Christian he will give proof of the! fact during all of the week, and it! j is during that period that the worth of Christian character is of the greatest import.nee to ad classes of people. C. H. VVetherre. Good Counsel. No young men can hope to rise in society, 01 perform worthily his part in life, without a fair moral character. The basis of such a character is a virtuou', fixed sense of moral obligation, sustained and invigorated by the fear and love of God. The youth who possesses such a character can lie trusted. li.tegrity, justice, benevolence, truth, are not with him words with out meaning; he feels and knows their sacred import and aims in the tenor of Ins life to exemplify the virtues they express Such a man has decision of ch tractor; he knows wlyit is right and is firm in pursuing it ; he thinks and acts for himself, and is not to be made the tool of unprincipled and lime serv ing politicians to do the dirty work of party. Sucn a man has true worth of character; his life is a blessing to himself, to his family, to society and to the world ; and he is pointed out to future generations as a proper example for the rising youth toemulate. Correct Speakihg. All young people should ucqure, in early life, the habit of correct speaking and writing, and to a bandon, as early as possible, any I use of slang -vords and phrases. The longer you live the more diffi— I cult the language will be ; and if the gulden age of youth, the proper season for the acquisition of langu age, he passed in its abuse, tho un fortunate victim, if neglected, is very properly doomed to talk slang for life. Money is not necessary to procure this education. Every man has it in his power. He has merely to use the language which he reads instead of the slang which he hears ; to farm his taste from the best of speakers and poets in the country ; to treasure up choice phrases in .is memory and habitu ate himself to their use, avoiding at the same time that pedantic pre cision ami bombast which show the weakness of vain ambition rather than the polish f an educated mind.* * Married Men. There is an expression in the face of a good mamed man who has a good wife, that a bachelor’s face cannot possess. It is a indes cribable. He is a little nearer the angels than the handsomest young feller living. You can see that his broad breast is a pillar for some body’s head, and that little fingers pulled his whiskers. No one ever mistakes the good married man. It is only the erratic one that leaves you in doubt. The good one can protect all the unprotected females, himself generally agree able to the ladies, and yet never leave a doubt on any mind that there is a precious little woman at home worth all the world to him Two Ways. There are two ways of starting on life’s journey. One ts to begin where your parents are ending— magnificent mansions, splendid furniture, and an elegant turnout. The other is to begin a little near er where fathei and mother —of blessed memory—began. You see you can go up as easily and grace fully, if events show it would be safe; hut it would be trying and awkward to come down. And it cost much now to live. And busi ness fluctuates; and health is un certain, and temptations from the side of pride are strong, and many • a \oung man who did not mean to he extravagant, has been led along and rather than face the position and descend manfully, has tried to keep up by embezzlement and been called a “swindler.” Our prisons are rapidly being filled by those who m ike the mis take of beginning life at the top of the ladder. Old Wine in New Bottles. A barrel stood on the sidewalk, in front of anew building going up on East Walker street and beside it stood a man, says the Milwaukee Free Press. The man was dressed in laborer’s clothes and apparently was in a quandary about how to get the barrel to one of the upper floors. He scratched his head and. pondered and meanwhile a crowd began to gather. ‘Rig up a derrick and hoist it by hand,” suggested one man with a clay pipe in his mouth. The man beside the barrel made no response. “Get a rope and pulley and hitch a horse to the rope. That’ll get the thing up in jig time,” suggest ed another. The man remained silent. “Why in the dicken9 don’t he put it on the temporary elevator and take it no that way?” asked the man with red whiskers. “I know a better way than that,” said the man with patches on Ins trousers. “Just rig up a boatr swain’s ontfit and the thing can be hauled up quick as a wink.” Suddenly the man beside the barrell took a red bandana hand nerchief from his pocket, wiped his forehead, took a chew of to bacco, put the barrell on his shoul der and carried it up to the second floor. The barrell was empty. If there is one thing above an— other a young man should be ashamed of doii g, it is loafing without aim or purpose or profit., on the streets or in stores day after day. all wfek. If you have noth ing to do, stay at home—a part of the time at any rate. No young tnan with any self respect will con tent h.mselt with aspiring to no higher reputation than that of a chronic loafer and store box mag nate. Nothing will so blunt the higher faculties of the mind as in activity ; and no inactivity is so baneful and malevolent in its effect as that voluntary idleness termed loafing. NO- 40