The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-08-02

DUMAS L RULES.

TIE AUTHORS PRESCRIPTION FOR
HEALTH, WEALTH AND WISDOM.
walk two hours every day !; sleen
seven hours every night; 60 to bed
alone, II you need to slecp.
get up as soon as your wake; work AZ
soon as you get up; eat only when
you are hungry, and drink only when
you are. thirsty and eat and drink
always 5wly.
Never speak except when it Is nee. !
cssary, and never say more than half
Of what you think. Never write auy.
thing that you cannot sign, and never
do anything that you cannot avow.
Never forget that others will count
upon you, and that you must never
count upon them. Value money at
its real worth, neither more nor less.
1t is a good servant, but q bad mas.
ter.
"Keep away from women until You
are forty. Never attempt to produce
anything without a thorough under.
standing Of that which you undertake,
and destroy as little as possible. Par.
don everybody beforehand, to be on
the safe side. Do not despise men;
do not hate them, and do not laugh
at them beyond measure. Pity them.
"Think Nf death every morning
when you see the light, and every
evening on the approach Of darkness.
When your sufferings are great look
your grief in the face it will console
you itself and teach you something.
Try TO be simple, to become useful, to
remain free, and before denying God
wait until somebody proves to you
that he does not exist.
"For a man and for a woman there
is a succession OF duties to be fulfilled
which enables them to look always
ahead and to become accustomed to
the absence OF the objects of their
most dear affections. The world
would finish too quickly If the first
child was not able to survive the
death of the first mother.
"MisfOrtunes and trials attack no.
bic souls without hurting them. They
are like the rocks Of granite that the
sea covers in times Of tempest with
It's furious waves, fancying that ii is
drowning them, while 1t is merely
washing them, SO that they rc-appear
again in the sunlight more polished
and more shining than ever. Adver.
slty embcllisheS those that it cannot
cast down. BY the Inv Of nature a
man should have many children. lie
should raise them well, 50 that they
may be useful /; and he should love
them, so that they may be happy. To
get married when a man is young Is
healthy ; TO choose, in no matter what
class, a good, honest girl: to love her
with all his heart and soul, and to
make hera reliable companion and a
riHsG}iAac- Mst-hcr to work 10 raise his
children, and TO leave them when dy.
ing the example of his life-that is
tie true meaning and object Of life'
the rest is only error, crime, or folly
"In truth, the average man Is only
above ambient humanity on one single
plane, virtue; and as there can be no
virtue without humility, those alone
have right to consider themselves the
superiors of others to whom TIC
knowledge that they are superior !
denied. Talent, and especially us
higher form called genius, Is involan'
tary. 1t is not the result Of the ef
forts of man ; II is, like beauty, tt
gift of God. That is why it is of sec
ondary order and PROSPERITY will onll
remember it for its virtue, its SIN
certify, and its communion in univer
sal progress. Glory for glory's sake
Il shameful speculation.
"Thc men who rejoice in tI'el'
celebrity are simpletons; the men wiz
are proud of their genius are fools
"There is one thing that is esDec
tally beautiful in great and pure allec
tions, and that is that, after TN
pleasure which they afford has passe'
away, there remains the happiness .
their recollection.
Very often an unexpected grle'O
an unmerciful misfortune gives W
. a man an energy and a pcrseveranc
which he could never find in happ'
ness. And after such trials a MAJ
often becomes superior who wo'0
have remained simple and vulgar
he had always been happy. lie WI
is without energy when young WI
never have 1t. Grit Is not a WINE
fruit; it never grows in the snow.
zone may expect everything 'To'
a man Of energy to whom misfortu'
has given courage and ambition.
"ALExANDER DUMAS fls