The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-02

next]. But beware of accepting aims
or fav or if you would keep your self
resp ect, and ''accept the largess OF
thy, friend as if thou vert an enemy.
ssGreat is the power of wealth.
ssEven the mountains fear the rich
man. 1t covers multitude OF fail
ures and averts many ills, ''If man s
money is white, no matter if his face
be black" 1.-The knife cuts not hand
of gold'' But then the disadvantages
and dangers of it in a land where
empty treasures are filed by the sup
preston of a few rich men and the
confiscation of their property! Truly
the vacuus viator has the better part
where brigands swarm. "Not even
thousand men in armor can strip
naked man." Our Turk is man OF
wants-pilaff, coffee, and tobacco are
enough for him. and SO he will rest
contented in the ''health that is bet
ter than fortune" sagely rejecting
that ga big head has big ache" +" that
''he who has many vineyards has
many cares" and congratulates him
self if he can say, "My money is little,
my head without strife" He is not
likely to make a fortune in business,
being destitute of the enterprise, as
well as of the sharpness and hardness,
necessary to success. ''The bazaar
knows neither father nor mother" and
our easv-going friend has great re-
gard for these domestic ties. Besides,
his religion forbids him either to spec
ulate or to put out money at interest,
although he sometimes avoids this
prohibition by the clumsy expedient
of fictitious sale or ''present"
taken by the lender.
It is pity that his rulers should not
have protited by his experiences of
debt. 'Poor without debts is better
than prince" "A thousand cares do
not pay one debt" and Creditors
have better memories than debtors"
are explicit enough, but perhaps were
not supposed to apply to government
loans.
We find some sound advice on the
subject of friendship. Do not expect
your friend to be a paragon -''Who
seeks a faultless friend rests friend
less.' But when you have found him
keep him-"Old friend, old path,' you
will do better TO change neither, and
| if he is 'sa true friend he is better
than relation" On the other hand,
avoid the British error of undertaking
your foe; he is always dangerous.
''Water sleeps, the enemy wakes, :"
and s.Be thine enemy an ant, see in
him an elephant" for ga thousand
| friends are few, one foe many"
| The references to women are as I'M
gallant as they are unjust. She is to
be treated as child, and as such con-
temptuously pardoned for her short
comings. ssYou should lecture neither
child nor woman it would be waste
of time. Her intelligence, too, is un-
derrated-''her hair is long, her wits
short!" 1t is she who as a mother
'"makes the house and mars it," and
she is ,classed with good wine as 'sa
sweet poison" But it must be ad-
mitted that in this want of gallantry
the Turk is far surpassed by the Per-
sian, who says: ''The dog is faithful,
woman never.'
The lover is regarded as lunatic,
unfiG for the society of his fellows. eff
| you are in love, fly to the mountains, -
| for Glove and king brook no compan-
| ion." He is s'blind," and distance is
nothing to him, ''Bagdad is not far, %
and the only cures for this maladY are
s'travel and patience" A word Of ad-
vice to those about to marry. s.Mar.
ry below you. but do not marry your
daughter above you;" and ''Choose
cloth by its edge, and wife by he,
mother. London Spectator.