The Red Cloud chief., 1882-09-22

0psaking IN q lie desd b - - ~
. . Npsohasina b. uaiveral saa Por.
aAas consent SyDrsshy Sos sAs vesk-
e SO a human nainrv anid The raakus
sxcissd By death ds<arms crfirisa -
The op<s grave Oui Of . s>nss u COO
s~essSoaal p~rupssety We ,corA lightly
spos the dad nsa . faaifs. In liie we
snraied him nth enna:y and coes~mpe
u deaih ve hare no feeiiax save ten
deneA Hate sad cary oarr ssif1ed
this feeling. bsf pass away vAra The
s6jecs th.f e1csse1 them Is no msse
We know people Who arr careful q
avoid crushing . worm. and yet would
90 oat Of their Way 10 crippie IN enemy
for life. They carry their kssr~ds into
. settled purpose u ineictinx pain-
They exsol the virtues o. Agood kater.
DR.. johnson WAS wiliing 10 bike any man
bot N American A promissnt states
NJ wished on his d~aih-b~d that be
had lived to hang = political Zoe. Hsuts
nature has nothing akin 10 this.
Thackcrsy said with = touch Of saiir-
icsl hamor: III We may MOI speak ci
the lady who has Just left the raosn.
what Is To become at conversation and
society," The novelist fortears an
swcring the question; are wc ieft to
infer that society would lang,sish and
conversation bccon. . io~t Krte In
some circles the man Is . bore who has
not paraded the skeleton from . neigh
boris closet. or hoy.red ike Asnsosirus
oyer the hoase-iops. The best mind
Is not he who expresses the hest
thought. but the clever fellow with q
comic squin, and Jsck-pudding aspect
who filings arrows from his CULVER thsi
wound the tcndeFes, heart. Ills talent
Tor amusing consists In mimick ng sen
sitive people. and s,r.nginy them on the
skcin If his viii Talking about others
is his chief amusement Gossip 10 tho
staple Of his story. and scandal the SUI
preme effort Of his brain.
W. are little aware bow grea, social
svil tn habit is IL spreads coniagivn
in clubs and parlor when sanctioned .,
. social aim from an Impulse towards
that resembles VII. Turning
our neighbors into butts of ridicule. or !
making them subjects Of captions eriii-
cism. is worse than folly and bad taste.
IL is an ofen,e against manne and
morals, and deserves q un que punish
ment, though the offender adjusts his
personal relations so n To escape its
consc ,uences, and is not amensble TAI |
law. OF course. personal ties are the
life Of some kinds of discourse. Hut y
author SAYS: There are two
kinds Of gossip. the good-humorcd and
the scandalous: tho gossip that touches
ON farlts and foibies and anus
ing incidents and curious contrast; and
the gossip that peers into the priv acy III
life and ether invents or mis-
Tie latter no gentleman
will indulge in or listen to: the former
Is the salt Of ordinary conversation We
cannot help taking n interest in our
should not, as lon, rs that interest is
malignant"
Colonel Newcomc dislikesl tom
Jones' on account OF the rakish charac-
ter of the hero. But the Spectator"
'.Don Cuixote." and .'Sir Charles
formed q part Of his travel.
library. 81 read the a." he used To-
say. because ] ike To be in the compa-
nv Of gentlemen. and Sir Roger de Cow
rrlcy and Sir Charles Grand son and
Don Quixote are the finest gentlemen in
The world" Such an instinct for
and honest worth. influencing
\ mans character and taste In the
Of books. rarely co exists with
he vulgari,y Of mind Of the quidnunc
md tattlcr. welLbred people are
To men III all cas.es. When
heir backs are turned they do not say.
. shrug and grimacc, what they
ear TO say TO their faces. Sincerity Is
he work Of = gentleman Emerson
writes that an old man. who added an
,~levating culture to q large experience
n life. said To him: when you come
the room. ! think | will study how
make humanity beautiful to you."
4 life Of poverty were worth living with
'uch a hero fora companion. and society
has need of superior minds of this
.aste. - The Interior.