The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-06-17


seek. In the meantime IL il well to
believe that life 10 worth living"
and that We shall all presently have
enoagh OF work to do, and TO trust
the government under which We live
for wholesome laws, because IL 10
the best government on the earth,
and above all believe that God rules.
Miniature. Prom B.I..s'. Masterpieces.
Legally" is robust adverb tha,
props up many . fortune.
We can cauterize . wound, but
We know no remedy for the hurt pro-
duced by words.
Newspapers are no longer made
to enlighten, but to fiatter opinions.
ln society We know how to put
overcoats on ali truths, even the
prettiest.
Do not be afraid of making enc
mics. Woe to him who has none.
We never lack money for our
whims, but We disput the prices Of
necessities.
C.nscience is one of those sticks
which every one takes up to beat
his neighbor with. but which he
never uses upon himself.
Not to listen is not merely lack
of politeness, it is a mark Of con-
tempt. Though such impertinence
is accepted without protest from q
noted man, it produces q leaven of
hatred and malice deep down in the
heart: among equals it often goes SO
far as to desolve friendship.
To do good in obscurity offers no
temptation to any one.
Use your wit, but never parade il
for the amusement of others; for
know. that if your superiority
wounds a mediocre man, he will
withdraw and say of you in a tone
of coz Tempt, "He is very amusing"
| POli-eness consists in appearing to
forget ourselves for others. With
many It is a social grimace which
relaxes when self-interest shows it.
self; a noble then becomes ignoble.
You will never have more than
three or four friends in the course
of ycur life; entire confidence is
their right. But to give it to many
lis not that to betray your real
frier6s7
What physiognomist is so prompt
to divine character as dog is tc
know whether a stranger likes OF
dlslikes himf
AS soon as trouble comes to u.
there is always a friend ready to tel
US about ito probe our heart with
a dagger and ask US to admire th'
hilt.
| Friendship knows nothing o.
bankrupt sentiments.
/ The habits of the mind form thu
soul, aad the soul gives expression
to the face.
| In great crisis the heart either
breaks OF hardens.
| Debts are the silent partners o
experience.
We live in an epoch where the de
feet Of governments is to make mai
for society rather than society TO
r meC. y
, In society we like those who lister
; to US.
We are ticketed not according t
!, what We are but according to wha
, We have.
= The world is full Of respect fo
ability under whatever form
, shows itself; results make laws.
I Love and hate ale passions ths
a feed upon themselves, and, of tn
q two, hatred has the longer life.
y There are two kinds of Stiffness, th
q silent and the talkative. Silent sill
!, ness is supportable.
DO you want to know how to max
9 your way in the worldi You mu.
: plow through humanity like a cal
non ball, or you must glide throug
+ it like pestllence.
II Flattery never emanates fro
"a great souls. It is an attribute (
4 small minds, who thus still furth'
~ helittle themselves to enter into tt
, vital being of the persons abo,
=, whom they crawl.
A single lie destroys that absolu
, confidence which for certain souls
the foundation of love.
IL Never allow yourself 70 act eth
10 10 against your own conscience or Il
~ public onsclence.
u One of the most important rul
- in the science of manners is that
70 almost absolute silence about on
es selves. Play a little comedy
70 your own edification, speak OF yor
" self, and you will see indifferen
~ ~ succeed to a feigned interest; tn
u, ennui follows, and if the mistress
III the house does not politely interruI
r the company will disappear und
10 various pretexts adroitly seized.
IN IN A hobby is the medium between
" passion and a monomania.
Fl Talent, like gout, sometimes ski
10 two generations.
ne ,s Beauty without expression is
~ monstrosity.
,m If the human heart pauses to r
no as it scales the heights of affectic
" ~ 1t rarely stops when it starts on t
m 10 rapid slope of hate.
Ia There is nothing less known th
ne ne that which everybody is oblii
DII I to know-namely, the law.
~, Money matters can always be 6
~ tied, but feelings are pitiless.
Dn' We spend the greater part OF
pa pa lives in wedding from our hes
lm what has been allowed to grow
100 70: their youth. This operation is cal
-. ~ "acquiring experience"
7'e Intellect is the lever which mo-
the world; but the fulcrum of in
by lect is money.
N"
hrI How . Soldier Cooked.
hat 81 had no cooking utensils.
hat yet last night l had . good SUP
Or of bread, liver and spare-ribs
est will tell you how I did 1t: l f
re- out some grease on a "spade" to
aen it in my bread, made up the do
cial in a ''bag'' and cooked it in
ing spade and then fried my liver
of ribs on the spade, and truth to
be they were just as good as If coo