The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-05-01

anu rear not tO-ulOrTOW HIS
chance" Who but conquering race
could have produced such proverb
as "Power on my head, or the raven
on my corpseP" and who can fail to
hear a true ring in Peasant erect is
taller than noble on bended knee" or
81 am the slave of him who regards
me; the king of him who disregards
mepn
Almsgiving is creditable, for "the
hand which gives is above that which
takes;' and it offers temporal advan-
tages as well rs spiritual. In this
world mo one cut the hand that
gives" and 'What thou givest that
shalt thou take with thee" to the
next. But beware of accepting aims
or favor if you would keep your self
respect, and "accept the largess of
thy friend as if thou vert an enemy"
''Great is the power of wealth.
s'Even the mountains fear the rich
man. 1t covers a multitude of fail
ures and averts many ills. "lf a mans
money is white, no matter if his face
be black" The knife cuts not hand
of gold.n But then the disadvantages
and dangers of it in a land where
empty treasures are filled by the sup
preston OF n few rich men and the
conliscation of their property! Truly
the Cdcuus Ciator has the better part
where brigands swarm. mot 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
tha ..bao1th that ich haf
ter than fortune" sagely rejecting
that "a big head has a 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 Il fortune in business,
being destitute of the enterprise, as
we'll as of the sharpness and hardness,
necessary to success. 1.-The bazaar
knows neither father nor mother" and
our easv-going friend has a 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 a "present"
taken by the lender.
1t is pity that his rulers should not
have profited 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,"
arc 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 70 change neither, and
if he is ga true friend he is better
than a relation" On the other hand,
avoid the British error of undertaking
your foe; he is always dangerous.
"Water sleeps, the enemy wakes,
and "Be thine enemy an ant, see in |
him an elephant, for "a 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. sYou should lecture neither
child nor woman;" it would be waste
of time. Her intelligence, TOO, is I'M
hair is long, her wits
short!" 1t is she who as mother
'makes the house and mars it, and
she is classed with good wine as ga
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: 1.-The dog is faithful,
woman never"
The lover is regarded as lunatic,
unfit for the society of his fellows. "!f
you are in love, fly to the mountains"
for "Love and king brook no compan-
on." He is "blind," and distance is
nothing to him, ''Bagdad is not far"
and the only cures for this malady are
travel and patience" A word of ad-
vice to those about to marry. "Mar-
" below you. but do not marry your
laughter above YOU" and "Choose
,loth by its edge, and wife by her
mother. "-Loadon Spectator.