The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-11-26
Tho Crucible.

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Wumon have twice m many troubles
"a men, for they have twice rs man,
clothes
Yoa ran best Judge Of a mans friends
by the umbrella he carries.
The earrr in dress. n md
speech woman gets to man, the farther
man grts from woman,
The most pItifnl sight in the world Is
a man who has exhausted lifoat twenty
Ave,
Atruc marriage ia perfect happiness,
and there i. no such thing ~ perfect
happiness in this world,
The man who steals n million dollars,
and cndowe fl chnrrh with It, affords
the devil great amusement.
The quickest way for one woman to
got into another wonian's favor is to ap.
pear to be Jealous Of her
in these days of social enlightenment
wealth only salvation is sacrifice; II
wealth tries to- save too much, II will
lose all
The man who says he IL q gentleman
has gone u long way toward disproving
t.
DO not muxzlc the Ok that 'readeth
out the corn" which means do not stop
the drink on the man that does the
work. Employers Of advertising men,
statesmen, and other outside workers,
please take notice,
IA man never knows how little his
friends can help him until he needs
them. Per contra, why do we fear our
enemies for IL ones friends can help
him SO little, how can his enemies harm
him 90 much,
An active enemy is fine advertise
ment
4 woman can ark or answer n quss. |
ton with her eyes.
The man who think. he is both q fool
and q wise man il generally right.
When two men argue one Is usually |
in the wrong aud it is always the other
man,
Flattery il always the snrsst aid, even
il il is the meaucst
There are a good many ways Of earn
ing a living. That is why most men
fail 10 earn II
Virtue may be its own reward, hut II
Il open to question whether the reward
is always paid,
Most people like the man who sings
at hin work, but they are glad that he
doesn't work neal them.
\ thing may he ''as easy as rolling off
log hnt one may break ones neck in
the rolling.
We ought to pray for grace TO act
wisely rather than that our actions,
after we have decided upon them, may
rebound to our pleasure or profit.
1t il strange, but true, that we can see
more clearly tomorrow the things
that happen today,
Seek not perfection, Let not one fault
in Il man estrNngc You faom him, or you
will I've unworthy of friendship and alone
through life.
Only the honest and earnest men can
really give affection, and he alone prizes
it to the extent of forgiving much in
order to retain theirs,
Friendships responsibilities are next
10 those Of marriage. Loyalty, patience,
charity, comfort, adaptation, gentle
ness, thoughtfulness, un~selfshness,
sympathy. loving rebuke Of evil--the
exercise of all these and more qualities
and attributes are obligatory on him
who calls himself u friend.
Love can know no greater bitterness
than the knowledge that its object Is in
some grave way unworthy Of love. Yet
true love, under some circumstances,
will but cling the closer to It's object.
The person unwilling to admit he
makes mistakes dwarfs himself and in
vitcs ridicule.
When your friend Is dead you speak
only good Of him, Why not speak that
good now, and TO him I He needs words
" life while alive. not when In his
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