Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1898 — Young Men Should Remember [ARTICLE]

Young Men Should Remember

That it takes more than muscle to make a man. That bigness is uot greatness. That it requires pluck to be patient. That selfishness is the most unmanly thing in the world. That consideration for mother and sister docs more to mark a gentleman than the kind of necktie he wears. That piety is not prigglshness. That the only whole man is the holy man. That to follow the crowd Is a confession of weakness. That street corners are a poor col lege. Timt one real friend is worth a score of mere acquaintances. That to be afraid to be one’s noblest self is greatest cowardice. That it is never too soon to begin the business of making a man of one’s self. That what is put into the brain today will be taken out of- it ten years hence. That the only manliness worth possessing is shown in the life of the Son of Man. Piss Dress d in American Colors. A Springfield (Ohio) minister tells of a visit he made recently to Madrid. He says: “I had a glimpse of Spain last week which was enough to give me the horrors—hunger, dirt, pride and fleas In equal proportions—a grand empire on the eve of a great catstrophe. Tinhatred of America is intense. The pigs are decorated with American flags and tortured as they pass through the Streets. One was nearly killed by my side, and the brute who did it didn’t know that the genuine Yankee was so ne»"”