The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-03-13

Nothing more distinctly shows his
habitual tone of thought than the con-
tents of well-thumbcd little Ms. note
book which a literary friend of mine
has recently had tho good fortune to
light upon while ovcrhauling q box of
miscellaneous rubbish in small shop
in the neighborhook of Glare Market,
London. This important find is q
small oblong 12mo volume of 12J
pages, bound in faded Russia and some
what stained by damp. Inside the
cover is Disraeli's autograph, and nine
ty-eight of the pages are closely written
over on both sides by the same hand.
1t is difficult to assign date to the
MS. but | should fancy from internal
evidence, that the greater portion OF it
must have been set down about the
year 1855. Every line of it is interest
ing and eminently characteristic OF the
writer. 1t is clear, however, that the
contents of the notebook were not in
tended for publication, at all events in
their present form, for Disracli more
than once in his books dwells upon the
necessity that exists for the man that
desires to succeed to keep on good
terms with the fairer sex, and it is per-
fectly certain that many of these witty
cynicisms are enough to set every wo-
man in the world in arms against their
author.
am permitted by my friend to tran
scribe some of the more striking en-
tries in this unique and commonplace
book, and propose in the present let
ter to collect those which more partic-
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subject of woman. Let me, however,
disclaim sympathy with the more rough
and ungallant of the sentiments ex-
pressed. l think that Disraeli has
treated the sex abominably. Still [
can not avoid occasionally laughin
with him, for his reflections, though
not always just, are generally anus.
ing. Here is the first budget of ex-
tracts:
"Coquettes give their blossoms to
their lovers and their thorns to their
husbands.
"When woman has lost one battle
she rarely wins another against the
same foe.
ga blush often announces the de-
parture as well as the arrival of shame.
"Why do the Germans make the
moon masculinep Surely we are justi-
fled in regarding her as feminine, since
she is essentially changcablc.
"Men are people who make rules,
women are people who make excep-
tons.
at is recorded that God said: Let
us make man in our image, after our
likeness. 1t would, perhaps, have
been impolitic in Moses to hint more
directly that woman was made in
very different mold. The conclusion,
however, is obvious.
There is no marriage in heaven,
neither is there any heaven in mar
riage.
"a beauty without wit seems to me
to resemble bait without any hook in
it.
II believe that there are some wo-
men who wear petticoats simply lest
they should be mistaken for men.
'.Therc is this difference between
passion and love-the one breeds head
aches, the other breeds heartaches, but
neither would be dangerous if there
were no fools in the world.
Love certainly increases the popu-
lation of tho world, but | doubt wheth-
er it adds much to that of heaven.
"Of all the women. whom 1 have
known 1 chiefly remember those who
forgot themselves.
at is quit possible for a man to re-
spect woman so much that she shall
despise him.
"1f man does not take his wife to
church the chances are that, sooner or
later, he will be obliged to follow her
thither.
adam in Paradise must have slept
very peacefully-until he had the mis-
fortune to lose his rib.
"a woman is flattered by the love
even of beggar in rags.
Marriage is much like spacious
bird-cage set in garden on winter
day. The ms would be out and the
outs would be in.
"Love, like fire, is liable to be ex-
tinguished by overmuch stirring.
at is often not until a woman feels
that she is too old to be loved by man
that she seeks to be loved by God.
"The word curious means quaint as
we'll as inquisitivc. Woman, in both
senses of the word, is q curious ami
NAL.
"Man is q substantive; woman is an
adjective.
addition is the bounden duty of a
bachelor; when he has mastered it null
tiplication will follow as matter of
course.
1.-THE two most difficult things are to
paint picture on running water and
TO convince q woman who does not
wish to be convinced.
"Man sometimes calls q woman a
goddess, but he would not love her IL
she were one This fact, doubtless, ac-
counts for the Partially which was
shown bv the sons of God for tho