The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-06-17

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'I77G. .'-Cin. En4"i,er.
Hnppiness--Wha it is, And What 1t Is Not
Plato declared happiness to consist
in the.contemplationo of abstract ideas of
beauty and excellence. This may be
agood definition of the word, as under
stood by men with such minds as this
great philosopher had, but it would
apply to but few persons. Indeed,
nine-tenths of the race would be mis-
cradle in any such pursuit, or mental
occupation. Ayoung lady defined hap
pincss to consist in the possession of a
true aud beautiful lover, and no doubt
she spoke the truth so far rs she could
speak, but her grandmother at sew
enty woule give quite another de-
tinition. TO her it would consist in the
contemplation of II we'll spent life, and
the hope Of JOY in the world to come.
The truth is each individual will de-
fine happiness in his own way. One
man finds it in pursuit of wealth, an
other in the pursuit of culture, anothe
i'll the possession of religion. The pr
lanthropiSt finds it in doing go
The hungry man seeks it in food,
cold man in warmth and shelter
man of poverty in wealth. Prob
source of more happiness thar
other. With II good digestion, n
skin, and Il sound mind in Il Spl
body, who could not be happy? Z
are probably more happy men an,
| men in the world than unhappy
more JOY than sorrow. Many pc
think they are unhappy when they,
not. Real unhappincss cannot exl
without II cause. 1t is II shame and
disgrace to complain of being unhappy
when we are only lazy and unoccupied.
Such people are like the fox who had
II deep wound somewhere on his body,
but he could not tell where. Let them
be ashamed to own it unless they can
show good reason. Happiness consists
in loving and being loved. There is
enough to love in the world, but to be
loved we must deserve it. We may be
admired for our beauty or talent, court
cd for our influence or wealth, but we
can only be loved rs we are good
! Therefore, happiness consists in good
ness. The sacred writer had it right
when he said the Kingdom of heaven is
within you.
The lticllnlonu Wing says: "Who
the l<u-kluX arc, where they are,
whether indeed they are real people or
only creatures of the Imagination, we
can not drtcrminc. They always
seemed to us to be myths. But if there
are really such people in any portion
of the South, they are the very last
who have amy right to ask our sympa-
thy. They ar" worse enemies to the
South than they are to the people whom
| they are said to harrass and punish
There is now but one complaint against
| the South; and that is that it affords u
| lHr,or for the Eu-Etux. Let the
| Southern people come to the determine
alton that there shall in the future at
least be no ground for this complaint"
| The Northwestern States are well
coming immigrants with open hands.
! Iowa has an agent regularly employed,
who has just escorted some hundreds
Of IIoffandcrs to homes in that State.
NorwciGiafts are also coming in rapidly,
ANA this State, like Minnesota, Wis
cOnsin and Others, is absorbing all who
come i'll with the utmost cOmplacency,
This part of the Union seems to be es-
pcciaiiy attractive for Immigrants from
Northern Europe, including Danes,
Swcdcs, NOrWrGi;tns, Dutch, and also
BohcmianS.
The Portland Press says: uIf the
present custom of paneling juries is to
continue, let us suggest that each year
the court select certain intelligent men
and utterly dcbar them from commu-
nication with society by close impris-
onmcnt, or, what is equivalent, let the
towns set apart several of their best
men for jurymcn and let the Legisla-
turc decree that these men are to have
no newspaper to rcad.''
: "Slap Grnnt,' said the Knoxville
crowd to Andy Johnson. s'There's not
: enough of him to slap" said Andy, and
went OF with his speech. But what
there is, we may add, is We'll presented
d, y negro once gave the following toast:
, sDc Gubcrnor oh our State. He come
in wild very little opposition; he go out
wild none at ALL"
. "There are three things" said q wit
$ ''which l have loved without under
i standing them; painting, music ant
wOmcn.S
Il ''Equality means," says a Frenc]
q writer, ga desire to be equal to YOU
" superiors, and superior to your equals.
Seven American girls have volunteer
= ed to Join the Arctic ESploration mart