The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-01-25
Two Little Words.

N. Y Observer.
One particular word We have no
ticed has Il great deal to do in some
families, especially among the chll
dren. Indeed. we have often ielt
quite sorry tor 1t, and have wished
heartily il could have u little rest,
for its own sake us well as for the
sake OF everybody else. We are
sure you will all be vry curious to
know what word it is. 1t CONSISTS
OF only oae letter. 1t is the pro-
noun 1. In English it is written
with u aospital lperhaps to attract
attention), but III German II Is al.
ways written with small letter.
In English it consists of one letter,
while in other languages sometimes
of two, or even OF tbree-je in
French, ick Ia German, and ego in
Latin. We hear some little voices
say: III was the first one up this
morning. Iwant to sit by mamma.
1 haye done more work than any.
body else. l was the one that
thought of that; nobody else would
ever have thought OF it. L have
walked SO many, many miles, and
4 was the first one to reach the top
of the hill,' etc. And so it goes on
all day, until one really feels sorry
Tor poor little /, aud quite sure he
is sadly in want Of rest, and il he
does not need it, other people are
tired of hearing about him. We
once heard Of Il man who was so IN
love with himself, that whenever
he said: ~ did so and So" be
took off bis bat, and made u low
bow; sometimes he went SO tar as
10 speak of "his majesty myself"
Aud there was another man who
wrote book, aud in it he talked SO
much about himself and what he
bad done, tho printer said he could
not print it, for he had not so many
of the letter 1 in his cases OF type.
Now we have noticed that the peo-
ple in this world who really know
| The NEST, and do tue most, are the
modest, and make the least men
ton of poor little 1 in any way.
There was that lovely sister OF DR..
Aruold, "who(to use his own words)
possessed intense love, almost to
annihilation of selfishness. During
| a daily martyrdom oftweuty years,
she adhered to her early-tormed
| resolution of never talking about
herself; thoughtful about the very
pins and ribbons of my wife's
dress, about the making of a dolls
CAP for a child, but of herself
save as regarded her Improvement
in all goodness-wholly thought
less.n
The sweetest flowers are often
hidden beneath their leaves, and
one eau only find them by their fra
GRANGE. So the more a man knows,
the more humble he is likely to be,
aud the less he will thrust his ac-
auirements Extensively forward, for
real conscious merit. like the violet,
hides beneath its own leaves, and
let's its presence reveal itself only
by the evidence it cannot conceal.
There is another word which
though also very small, can be
used constantly without danger,
and its use produces a very differ
ent impression on those who hear
it. In German it is written with a
capital probably to give it impor.
tance), while in English always
with a small letter. This word is
you, and can be used very Often to
attract attention TO what others
have done. For instance: "Yoa
have been very kind; you have
| thought OF everybody; you look
tired This is on the principle
"Look not every man on his own
things, but every man also on the
things Of Others The whole Bible
teaches us the priceless value Of
humility "He that exalteth him
self shall be abased, and no that
| bumbleth himself shall be exalted!
And even our great Example hum
bled Himself, aud took upon Him
self tho form, of q servant, aud h'
has taught us we ought to follow II
his stems.