Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-10-15
NO. lO8.
From au English Magazine.

though perhaps they may be for build
ing up friendship, yet some friendships
cannot survive without their help. How
many things there are that we dare not
trust ourselves to say in the actual
presence OF our friend Our faces and
our tones are expressive and We cannot
choseour exact opportunity, nor franc
our sentences on the spur of the mo-
ment. Many times we say to ourselves, ri
| will tellhim this, or / willas him to tell
me that, and then when the time comes
| it is impossible to catch the. moment.
A foot-step, the rustic ola leaf, and IT,
midity seizes u.s.. We frame the sen
i tence we look up at our friends face and
see something that is barrier--possi-
bly, only a shyness--pesslbly passing
lear Of how much must follow, il the
question is put and answered. Any
now, it is barrier, and we end the SEN
tence in the opposite direction to which
1T was begun Yet.the words unnttered,
and the friendship ends as SO many do
IN the mere exchange Of every day
opinions, favored to suit the fancied re-
quirements Of the person we are talking
| to. But in letters it Indifferent. There
the question can be asked or tho sem
tence framed, and yet that subtle in
ffnence we all possess over each other
not produce the wrong effect or cause
the thought itself to cease to he for the
time. Your friend has time to hear YOU
to the end. The words remain with
him with just sense Of uncertainty as to
why you uttered them which is SO often
the saving clause when what is. said
might awake anger Or annoyance. No
doubt you run the risk of the letter
reaching your friend when he is full Of
other thoughts, but SO he may be whom
he is full Of other thoughts, but SO he
may beswheni in your company, and this
is not forced upon you suddenly, as it
might easily be, when you had said half
OF what You meant to say. After all
risks must be run, and it is often better
for the friendship in the end that one
side should be able sometimes to frame
his speech untlammeled by his friends
presence, than that both sides should
hesitate and fall at critical moment
through the undue influence of what
after all, may not be more than pass
ing emotions rejecting themselves
upon an expressive countenance. It is
even true that some natures can only be
really intimate in letters. Natures TINT
are reserved more from habit and instinct
than from reason, and who are unduly
sensitive to tone or look, will often find
personal intercourse less helpful to free
dom of intimacy than the comparative
solitude that surrounds intercourse
through letters. At Emerson says, 1--WE
Sit and muse, and are serene and COM
plete, but the moment we meet with
anybody each becomes a fraction
Perfect confidence may exclude all need
for letters, and the closer the friendship
becomes the more difficult in some WAYS
it IS to be intimate in letters but 80
long as intimacy is complicated by shy
ness and reserve, so long will some ma
lures find the uniting element only in
letters.
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Pa, writes: "My age is % years. Twas
born with an excellent constitution, but,
at the age OF 10, having just finished my
collegiate education, fell into habits Of
dissipation. After six years of fast liv-
ing Ifelt my constitution broken down.
put myself under the care of ono Of our
best physicians. His treatment seemed
to do me no good. Finally he said at
best | could live but a few years, that
my bowels, kidneys and lungs were all
threatened with consumption and were
fast wasting away in certain decay.
tried everything advertised, hoping to
gain relief Finally drifted into state
Of melancholy and hopeless despair,
suffering overwhelmingly from dyspepsia,
short breath, and urinary catarrh. A
year ago | saw Browns Iron Bitters ad
vertised. used them, and they acted
like charm. / soon began to enjoy
lreamless Sunderland now feel my
self man once more, and have gained
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feel very strong, and can hold out As
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saved my life"
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