Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-04-30
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A GENTLEMAN.

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have not far to go to find gentleman.
You cannot make gold ring out Of
brass. You cannot change Cape May
crystal to a diamond. Yon cannot make
gentleman till you first find man. To
be a gentleman it is not necessary to
have had grandfather. To be gen.
tleman does not depend on the tailor or
the toilet Blood will degenerate. Good
clothes are not good habits. The princd
Lee Boo concluded that the hog was the
only gentleman in England, as being the
only thing that did not labor. A gen.
tleman is just gentleman no more, no
less; diamond polished that was first a
diamond in the rough. A gentleman is
gentle. A gentleman is courteous. A
gentleman is slow to take offence as be-
ing one who never gives it. A gentle
man is slow to surmise evil as being one
who never thinks it. A gentleman sub.
jects his appetites. A gentleman refnes
his taste. A gentleman subdues his
feelings. A gentleman controls his
speech A gentleman deems every 9th
err better than himself Sir Philip Sid
ney was never SO much of a gentleman
mirror though he was of English knight
hood-as when, upon the field of Tut
phen. as he lay in bis own blood, he
waived the draught of cool spring water,
that was to quench his mortal thirst, in
favor of dying soldier. st. Paul
describes gentleman when he ex-
horted the Phillipian Christians What
soever things are true, whatsoever things
are honest, whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever
things are lovely, whatsoever things are
Of good report, if there be any virtue,
and if there be any praise, think on these
things" Aud Dr. Isaac Barrow, in his
admirable sermon on the calling of
gentleman, pointededly says, g He
should labor and study to be leader I'M
to virtue and notable promoter thereof;
directing and exciting men thereto, by
his exemplary conversation encouraging
them by his countenance and authority;
rcwarding the goodness of meaner people
by his bounty and favor; he should be
such gentleman as Noah, who preached
Righteousness by his words and works,
before profane world"
To WHOM SHE SAYS No.-A woman
never quite forgets the man who once
loved her. She may not have loved him;
she mays have given mo" instead of
the yes" be hopes for; but the remem-
brance that be desired Eyes" always
softens her thoughts of him, and would
make him, were be reminded of it,
friend forever There may be girls who
make jest of discarded suitors but
they are generally very young, aud the
wooing has been something that did not
betoken much depth of tenderness.
There are mercenary offers, too. that
only awaken scorn and hate in the
woman wooed for money and not for her.
self; but really to have touched mans
Heart is something not to be forgotten by
her as long as she lives.
Always she we'll remembers how his
eyes looked into hers; how he touched
her hand with his, and how her heart
ached when he turned away without that
which she could not give him.
She loved some one else. Some other
man has all the truth of her soul-al-
ways has, and always will have-but she
cannot forget the one who turned from
her aud went his way, and came no more.
She is glad when she hears of his sue
cess, grieves when she knows that he has
suffered, and when some day she hears
that he is married-she who has herself
been married for long years, perhaps
she who at all events would never have
married him--is she glad then l do
not know A woman's heart is a very
strange thing. | do not believe she
knows herself. Glad? Oh, yes-and
his wife pretty and nice And then she
says to herself that she has quite forgot
ten," and =" that. of course, is best"
and cries little.