The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-11-21
PETTY LARCENIES.
Every natural action is graceful.
Adversely is the first path to

Adversely is the first path
truth.AA "A& 49, (. ~"
Even from the body's purity tn
mind receives a sympathetic aid.
Ingeneral, Indulgence for thos
we know is rarer than pity for thos
we know not.
When dSes q man shave with
silver razor9 When he cuts Of
his heirs with q shilling.
Victor Hugo. says that Voltair
. was a parasite-that is, he was g;
3 flea of genius, whose bites arouse,
sleeping peDple.7
A Danbtry darkey refused to e
to church, ~kaso he didn't want t
look there@ikc huckleburry in
pan of mil Is"
Sidney Smith says: Have tn,
courage to be ignorant Of a grea
number of things to avoid the ca
lalnity Of being ignorant of every
thing.
The only unoccupicd real estate
in New York, is advertised thus
Z" A nice three-cornercd lot in d
cemetery, short and just right for q
fat man with only one leg"
The. more gross the fraud, the
more gIibly VIII it 60 down, and the
more greedily will it be swallowed,
since folly will always find faith
wherever impostors will find i'm
pudence.
After an Illinois clergyman gets
to be worth $4,000, no amount of
pounding at his midnight door will
arouse him to 20 across tho town
ship ina lumbcr-wagon to marry a
couple. l'H".,.a
The Lieutcnant-G overnor of
Rhode Island writes poetry, which
leads IN irrcverent newspaperite to
observe that it is is the only in
stance on. record, where Llcuten-
ant-Governor ever did anything.
False happiness loves to be in a
crowd and to draw the eyes Of the
world upon her. She does not re-
ceive any satisfaction from the ap-
plausc which she gives herself, but
from the admiration which she raj
ses in others. %.
A country paper tells this story
ola new boy in one of the Sunday
schools !: The precious youth was
asked who made the beautiful hills
about him. and he replied that he
did not know, us his parents only
moved Into town the day before.
a witness, in describing certain
events, said: THE person | saw att
'hr head Of the stairs was a man
with one eye named Jacob Will |
kins.' ''Wliat was the name of
his other eye 2" spitefully asked the
opposing counsel. The witness, was
d'S-ns'ed with the levity OF the
audience.
"N hat do Won. eel those fowls
for :" inquired u person of Il man
attempting to dispose OF some fowls
m questionable appearance 81
sell them for profits" was the an
swcr., "ihank you. tor the inlor
ma.'on that they are prophets,"
responded the que,i list; ! took them
to be patriarchs."
Vu!garity means the exhibition
Of those recnliarities of speech and
manner which offend refinement.
1t makes naked display of coarse
and unedncatcd human impulses.
1t mostly lies in the absence Of con
sideration for the feelings Of others,
in marrow minded self-assertion,
and in y selfish want Of control
over anti-social propensities.
~"Come home, dear nellie, come
e.'-Nellie Grant is going home
in January, Of course. | suppose ,
that an interesting event may be !:
expected about that time, and the
young wife would naturally wish
to be with her mothe: at such a sea $
son. Moreover,a boy born out of
the Uniter States cannot be Presi-
dent, and it is well to look forward ,
10 even distant eventualities.-I ~
London Letter to N. y. Graphic. r.
Whatever you are from natureN
keep toit; never desert your own t
inc OF talent. If Providence only =
Intended you to. write posics tor o
'ings, or notices for twelfth cakes. +
keep to posies and notices; a good
MOTTO for twelfth cake is more re- t
'pectable than a vinainous epic c
'oem in twelve books. Be what|o
nature intendsd you for, and you b
will succeed; be anything else, and ?
'ou will be ten times worse than !,
lOthing. -.. ., + +
"The best rule" says a wise wri- q
er, ''ls to say all the good we can u