The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1861-12-31
A WORD FOR WORK.

A gentleman is man who is gentle. Titles
graceful OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES culture-prln-
ceiy Health-great talents-gcnus-dO not con-
stitute man with all the attributes needed to
make gentleman. He may be awkward, angular
homely or poor, and yet belong to the uncroWned
aristocracy. His face may be Lrouzed at the forge
or bleaehed in the mill-his hand huge and large
his patched vest like Josephs coat, of many
colors-and he may still be a true gentleman.
The dandT is dry goods sign, and not gentle
man, for IL depends upon honor and virtue tor
his passports to the best circles of society. "1he
man wLO has money is poor-he who has
nothing but money is poorer that he, ana Is not
q gentleman. Some Of the most distinguished
men in the world of letters-in the world Of art
have been unamiable-gross-vuIg ar-ungen
tle-consequently not gentlemen.
"You are u plebian," said patrician to Cicero
d am pleban,' said the eloquent Roman; "the
nobility my family begins with me, that of yours
will end I'm YOU" | hold no man deserves 10 be
crowned with honor whose life is failure; and he
who lives only to eat and drink and accumulate
money is failure.-The world is no better for
his living in it. He never wiped a tear from a
sad face-neyer kindlcd a fire up on a frozen
hearth. / repeat with emphasis, he is failure
There is no flesh in his heart; he worships no God
but gold Even here at the South there are per-
sons who deem it discreditable and ungentemanly
to labor hence vast multitudes of young men shirk
the yoke Of toll, and rush headlong into profess
sons and positions for which they are totally dis
qualified.
There is true dignity in labor and no true
dignity without it. He who looks down scornful-
" Oh labor is like Hermes, who had a mouth and
no hands; and yet he made faces at those who fed
him-mocking the fingers that brought bread to
his lips.
He who writes a book, or builds house, or
tils farm, or follows any useful employment,
lives to some purpose aud contributes something
to the fund Of human happiness.
Look at the farmer, he has share in the bank;
but his bank is Of loan, his share is plow share
and the more his share breaks his bank the great
er will be his dividends. He need not send his
notes to New York to be redeemed, for nature
has endorsed them.
Garibaldi, the greatest hero of the age is a
working man. Henry Clay was the mill boy of
the Slashes Daniel Webster knit his iron frame
into strength by working his fathers farm
when young The men who have blood enough
in their veins to work the brain mills upon their
shoulders, are men who labor.
A New FUEL-When the oil is pressed from
the cotton seed, cake is left which resembles
the we'll known linsccd cakes. [t is sold at ten
dollars ton, and is now being purchased extern
sively in this city for fuel. 1t makes a bright
fire but burns away somewhat rapidly. Are our
cattle and hog feeders aware of the value of this
material for fnttening purposes? 1t is composed
of nutrlIive and fatty matter, the hull being re-
moved from the seed by machine constructed
for the purpose, before it is pressed At time
when crab grass and prairie hay are selling at
from SO to ST. ton, and corn at 80 cents per
bushel, oil cakes at SO ought to be turned
into pork and beef not burned To burn it is a
burning shame-it makes US fry to think about
It-1Nen.phtS Appeal.
REE- The French papers give accounts Of a ter
rible casualty in the department OF Gard, France
In consequence of powerful sorm-the bursting
of a water spout, according to statements
the Lalle mine flooded and the sides fell in
burying all the working An explosion OF
gas took place at the time, by which por-
ton of the mine was blown up. The number of
men missing and considered as killed by the &C
cident, is nearly three hundred. The casualties
took place the 18th ultimo.
Sixty of the prisoners of war confined in New
Orleans have taken the oath and Joined the Con-
federate army tors4he war
ak REWARD