THE COLUMBIAN FOUNTAIN

MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 80, 1886

SOME LITTLE THINGS.

THE THIRD ONE.
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more lives than medicine, and the want of it


has caused more death than many wars. Did


every man know when and how to use this


little no, and had he courage always 10 use il,
vice would be driven from the world, and MIS-
cry then could find no home among us. do
not mean that crooked little no, that intrudes
where it has no business, and makes wranglers
of men who would rather love peace. Nor do
mean thar surly no, that snaps SO quick, and
wears so fierce a frown as makes foesot friends.
Nor yet that hestating no, which invites while
it denies. None of these do mean /; nor others
have met with but which willnotmennon now
The no that allude to is comely in appear.
ance, mild in all its demeanor, dlgnIhed 10 its
bearing, firm in action, and wlthal exceedingly
courteous. This no delights TO go about doing
good. Ii has gone into the house Of the poor
man and made him rich. 1t has gathered
around the family altar little ones whom drunk
enness had scattered, and has placed their IA
ther in their midst, sober man. 1t has quenck-
ed the fire ofa vitia,ed appetite il has restored
lost reason; it has barred the young man out
ofprison; !, has rebuil, ruined reputation i,
has healed broken hearts; and has kept back
thousands from entering the paths Of vice.


Cultivate, then, its acquaintance. Have Il
always near. When tempted by appetite with
in, or by foes or pretended friends without. 10
drink, or to indulge in any other equally de-
basing vice. shelter yourself behind promp,
and decided no. Let there be no faltering no
half consent and half refusal and soon This
faithful little no will become SO fast friend
that no enemy can do you hurt.