The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-01-20
Original observations.
(Orange (Va.) Observer.)

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Infancy Is the preface Of man, old |
age the errata.
Every dishonest person is suspicious
of all others.
The unhappy family IS the one that
makes Itself SO.
To be helper is better than to be
poor director.
Never accept as leader any one
who fears the result.
Yes, It's woman who can keep a |
secret with telling effect.
The neatcr your Office the easier
your business will move.
A man must have sense before ne
can accumulate dollars.
Few men can be won by truth when
falsehood brin5s revenue.
A train of pure thought will only
run on track of Il well graded
mind.
The tattling busy body is the
most poisonous snake in the neighbour
hood.
The man who knows the least OF
himself assumes to know the most of
others.
The shorter the tunnel, the sweeler
the kiss; longer the tunnel, better the
bliss.
1t is hard to tell which women
read the closest, wedding suits or di-
vorce suits.
The reason Lots wife looked back
was because she was too fresh-and
there are others.
There is more joy ID giving than in
receiving-but there is SO much econ
omy in receiving.
One good thought each day to think
of is worth more to man than all the
gold in the world.
Some men forge ahead too rapidly
for their own good, and are checked
suddenly by the law
Malice keeps right along working
after friendship has taken advantage of
the eight hour system.
Man receives more curses for what
he does not accomplish than praises
for what he actually does.
The fact that the poet is born, not
made, relieves our educational system
from serious responsibility.
If your stomach turns against you
the doctors can take it out and you
won't even miss tat least they say
so.
He who stops on the little island of
creed to be satisfied with a dogma,
anchors long ways from the shores Of
Heaven.
The young man goes where egg nog
flows; this facts as sure as fate-how-
ever bright his wit at night, why there
he'll sin till late.
We greet you, reader, with good
cheer, and wish for you glad New
Year; free from crosses, trials and
woes, with peace and plenty for you
and yours.
The church is the tollga,e, the min
lister the guide board, the congrega-
ton the travellers, and the devil one
of the pitch holes on the road to
Heaven.
1t is customary at the holiday season
to speak ofthe "table groaning beneath
the weight of rich viands.' 1t is not
the table but the eaters that generally
do the groaning.
According to Ella Wheeler Wilcox,
Glove is a current from strong dyna-
no." These who have read some Of
her poems vii! now know why they
were SO shocked by them.
II Is gratifying to see it stated that
Wake Forest college, the excellent de-
nominational school of the multitude
nous Baptists, is expecting an addition
of twenty-five students to its already
very ample roll This will put it up
beyond $50 1t is a capital institution,
has done and is doing an admirable
work for its own people, and for North
Carolina and the South. While the
University, a State school flourishes be-
yond all OF lis former record in the
past, it has not done so at the ex-
pense of the strictly UNCONVENTIONAL
schools. Wake Forest was never so
prosperous before. and the fine Ptesby-
terrain college, Davidson, in all its
worthy history never before had such
college roll-between $50 and IT'S,
we do not know the precise number.
Nor have the other two important
State colleges, at Greensboro and a,
Raleigh, cut down the attendance
upon the other leading and deserving
male and female colleges. The acad-
emies too are well attended, and edu-
cation is certainly holding its own il
>pot advancing in North Carolina. Will
Npgton is contributing its share TO
the NsIter schools. Wilmington Mes
senger.
A good man errs when he drops
good manners.