Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-08-16
NEW SERIES-,VOL. XIX. NO. 81.

an Fsa.i'ns Wha, arc YOU reading
\ book .Where did YOU get ~ II
| abroad who would hike 10 loan yo.,r -en or
| daughter bad BOOK Everywhere every
where. all uuclean literature charge
upon II the destruction Of inosn Immortal
| souls. and bid scu wake up to tie mas Sn.-
iudc o. the evil
| charge YOU IN the hrs. ria.c. -
stand aloot from all books tina, give ialss
! PICTURES Of lie. Lstc Is neither \ tragedy
nor a farce Men not all either knavc>
! or heroes, Women are neither angels no.
lures And Vet, II YOU depended. epou
much al the literature Of the day. YOU
/ would get the idea that, HE. instead az Nc
ing something earnest. something prae.,-
! cal i ntiui and fantastic and extrsva-
.eant thing. How poorly prepared ar,
! that Young man and woman for the dn-
| tlcs NJ to-day who spent las, nigh, wad,ns
'htouetr brilliant passage. descriptive ot
| m teniilcent hnavery and wickedness' The
! man wall be looking all day long for his
! heroine. IN the office by the iorec IN the
/ factory. ii the counting room, and he viii
not. f4nd her. and he will bc dissatisfied.
| \ man who gives himself up IN the lnd,s-
crimInate reading OF novels Will he nerve
ieS-. 1nane and a nuisance He viii I've fit
| nci.hsr tor the store. nor the shop nor the
| tleld \ woman who gives hcr~e, vi 10
Tie tndl~crmIndte reading OF novels vii
he Unitted Tor the duties of wife. mother,
sister daughter. There shc j. haIr dis
heRrted. countenance vacant. check. paie.
! hands trembling. bursting into tears ut
| midnight over the late oi some untor'u-
maze lover. IN the daytime when shs
| ought 10 busy. staring by the halt hour 1t
nothing biting her hnger nails INTO the
/ qui,k. The carpet that WAS plan tetore
/ "Ill he pl1ner after having wandered
| through a romance All night long III tessel-
lated halls ol castles And Your indus
! tfIou- companion VIII hc more una,,rac.
tive than ever now that YOU have walked
IN the romance through parks with
riumed prlutc~sc-. OF loungei III tho arhor
with polished Desperate oh. these con.
Tor THIS he. winch l. a tr.mcndon. dts
| til5ine. hey know not how to ~
through the furnaces ot trial through
winch they must pas. and tho arc IN
| htted Tor world where every thing
gam sc achieve by hard and long eontinu-
ing work.
Again. abstain from all tho.e books
"nch while they have some good thing.
have also an ainrNture ~ evil You have
read books that had two elements III
them-the good and the bad Wh,"',
struck Nont The bad The heart at mos.
people i Ike a SIEVE which lets the small
rart,elc> 81 gold ial through. but keeps
the great cindei-. Once IN awhile there -
a mind like i loadstone which plunged
amid steel and brass filings gathers up
the steel and rclcl- the brass But IT il
generally cAactly the opposite u YOU
attempt - plunge through a hedge of
bnI~ 10 get one blackberry. YOU viii get
more hur> than blAckherrles You cannot
afford 10 road bad book. however good
you arc. YOU >av, The influence il ,nz,S
mhcant | tell YOU that the scratch az
a pln has sometimes produced lock Jaw.
Mas, II through curiosity. many do.
vou ply INTO an csll book ,our CURIOSITY
| ii a. ft{ {ia. mas IN
would take a torch INTO g,nl,ov.lct mill
to see whether 1T would reall, blow up
t..ntard'. cage 4 he ANIMALS hid" looked
~, Sleek and bright and beautiful Tie just
stroLnd II once The monster s"f"d hun.
and h,. drew forth q hand torn nd man
ci,d and hleedIn2 On. touch NJ 'Fii
, NTH the fan,est stroke Thop-l II tfav
, IL. gloss, and beautiful. touch - n", ie {
i | <ou pull forth vour soul torn @ii ti"fd-
my unlef the clutch ot The leopard
Bat YOU SAY how can tnd ont
= | Y neither = book. = good or bad fitfto u
reading Il There !, always met thing
~tl-piciou, about bad book never
know al exception something suspclou'
. in the index ~ ~tk'. ri illustration In"
. Ncuonlous reptile tfMaAs carries # "a'it"s
II rattle.
: The queen oi death holds fanqa"'
every night md these pcrIodiea'. arc 'h'
t invitation - ici Iuc~t
Young man. lut upt tins mo ~ ttr, h
t ninc fnl your soul T. not NJ IL" res
oi colled adder, iyl tonr ro.6r' ~
: ronj-e no ncN ~~tani that hcers them
i Have >our roonf hii.it With good en-
: efuyInc- but toI thcse Outrageous rte''f'
: aI- hive not one wall, one tsea }. -
e one poe ke'
Il man /. - better than tic p'stu-e
J" he lo.c> t. lopI, at i, your ~ ire u"
s pure <uuI heart cannot be = ~"