The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-09-14

n"u sun III eoiieSe, ana alter awhile he
/ got letter from him. Now, neither the
blacksmith or his wife could read. so
they took the letter down to the VILLAGE
nutcher to get him to read it. But the
butcher was very rough man, and be.
ing 2 very rough man he. read it this
ways IEfg Il
DEAR FATHER-Send me some money.
am very sick. Your son, John.r
"Hum! Write that way to his father!
'fShaRt have a cent? But his wife said
NOW, let's take the, ,lettesdown to the
baker, he win know how to read II i
Isos they took The letter sdown to the
4 bakerIhe was mild mama very mild
man-afld he read it this way: q g
DEAR FArHEK-I am yery si,.xx. send ma
some money Your som J ohn.nefsa
"Ahn' says the father, g if that's the
case, send him all be. wants, rGreat
laughter and applause: / Il It IS apin the
way you read it, You can take almost
everything in life in the same way. 1t is
.ne resolution to always look at the
enght side afthings that brings a.s hap
plness and cheerfulness and peace. o
my friends, let us stand up and listen for
the sweet sounds, instead of strainino
our eyes and ears to detect the discords
OF hfe. Let us cultivate thyme and ane-
mones and roses and have vines and
howerlng plants around the house; have
| the windows arranged so that we can
hoist them to let in the sunshine. God
has planted a paradise of bloom in a lit-
tie child's cheek, and adorned the pillars
OF rock BY hanging tapestries of morn
ing mist around them. The lark saws.
E"L With sing soprano, 4 and the cascade
says, = ! will carry the bass; let us leave
1t TO the owl and the croakine frop and
the surly bear to do the grumbline Q and
the fault-tinding. = - il.5 g4dse gsg, Mg
| haveno respect for the theory that
hne clothes viii make a-gentleman: i
have no liking for. Lord Chesterfield.
All the fine clothes that a tailor's goose
ever pressed cannot make gentleman:
l don't care how large 4 dianiond flashes
In his cravat or how elegant the cut of
his garments or the materials from which
they are made.9 A. bootmaker, halter
and tailor got together one day and
resolved to make a gentleman of a man.
IT it could be done by fine clothes. The
bootmaker said: II will make gentle
mans boots,'' and the halter said: II
will make him a; fine hat" and the
tailor: Il will make him fashionable
suit iIhey did il, and their Rpentle
man maj went out. Before night he did
something SO perfectly contemptible that
everybody said he was not a gentleman.
and neighbor tsaid:le ssSir; lyeu cannot
make a gentleman. God only can make
tthatr Alge-hearted, generous, rnag1sn-
Imous being that we call a gentleman. y
| Applause. i A very little thing will
tell you, that a man, is a. gentleman.
You can tell that in five minutes. One
days visit to his home will reveal all his
domestic history as well as if you had it
ina hui dozensvolumes. .zss
Neither can all the arts and skill of the
:dressfna naker eof perfume make a 1adv I
Here is the history of a. woman's work
during the late civil war of ours. q Her /
dress was very much faded, and she 4
came out from an humble home with a 4
basketful of little, delicacies on her arm. 4
She had boy in the army that was 4
missing after one of the battles. She
wanted to do something for Others, be- 4
cause she couldn't do anything for him.
She went into theAhospital, Strengthened !
the bed d-clothes, wrote LETTERS and |
when she found a poor fellow shot
through the arm, brought ice for the 1
shattered limb, turned the hot pillow,
and offered up the silent prayer, sg'sGod |
do SO to me and my soldier boy that is |
missing if Z neglect to care for these |
poor fellows. = "A man Rearing the whis- |
per, after she had passed shovesrup the |
bandage from his eyes and says: God |
bless her! may she get back her soldier |
boy that is missing The great tall |
captain wounded in the foot whispers
over to lieutenant wounded in the head |
and says; -aaAhl no sham about that;
she's a lady" That vision of kindness
fingers in the Western soldiers dreams,
and that very night he thinks he is home
beyond the prairies and hears the cattle
coming. down the lane, and. shears the
caves rustling in the wind and bidding
linn welcome. His children appear at
he door and his wife calls to him to look
It his boy strntting the floor with his
ather's knapsack on. All the house,
lold work stops to hear of his advent-
lres. All! they shall only meet again
q Heaveni s3sss'iif f'.!ss
Now, compare such a Christian LADY
n the hospital with woman / saw i'm a
treet car in Philadelphia. Apoor ragged
older came in and sat near her. She
rot uprWiths q shoWa of indignati6f and
ook seat opposite and said: ..What
irty fellowr' and / said to myself there
vas probahly more nobility ihtTIe; n,essalg
st patch of his clothes than in that
zoman.z Two rough boys were riding
lown hill and they couldn't +, steer the
led as they wanted to, and ran against
lady and tore her 2dressa Rhay ex-
ected a perfect volley of abuse, but the
ady said: ..Boys, boys, you have torn
ny dress very much; but / see you didn't +
lean to. Go on with your fun One
oy said to the other: my eyes, Bill,
mt she beautypn She was a lady.
f9gia* - A man of good manners /
lways has the faculty of making you
eel good; while on the other hand, {
yhen you are in the company of one of ]
ne iil-natured kind, you feel uncom- '
ortable and unhappy. $
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