The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-01


culled from books of tie hour:
Popularity-it is shadow! Turn
your eyes toward it. and it shall ever
run before you, escaping you. Turn
your back upon it, walk religiously to-
ward the living sun, and it shall fol-
low vou.-Jerome K Jerome in Paul
Kelver."
There is DO fatalism like that of the
Indifferent man who believes in moth
inc. not even in himself, and who adj
mits nothing to be positive except
crime and d1shonor.-Marion Crawford
in Cecilia"
The only ghosts, believe, who creep
into this world are dead young moth
ers, returned to see how their children
fare. There is no other inducement
great enough to bring the departed
back.-James NJ Barrie in The Little
White Bird
Good humor is a form Of tenderness.
Those who are easy to laugh are like
wise ready to be sorrys And they
have d fund of sympathy to draw on
whenever the necessity arises.-JoeI
Chandler Harris in Gabriel Tolliver."
I tell you the fascination of this pit
gambling is something no one who
hasn't experienced it can have any
conception Of l believe it is worse
than liquor, worse than morphine.
Once you get into it it grips you and
draws you and draws you, and the
nearer you get to the end the easier it
seems to win, till all of a sudden, all,
there's the whirlpool!Frank Norris
in ''The PITT
Don't you go an git sorry fer yer
self. That's one thing can't stand
in nobody There's always lots of 9th
er folks you kin be sorry fer std OF
yerself. Amt you proud you amt got
a harelip? Why, that one thought is
enough to keep me from ever gittin'
sorry fer myself.-Afes Caldwell He
gan in 'Lovey Mary"
If you can't be really happy. pretend
that you are happy, and the first thing
you know it will be a reaity.-JOel
Chandler Harris In Gabriel TOlhveF."
From Washington comes a stofa
about James Whitcomb Riley which
may or may not be true, but which is
worth the telling. It is to the. eject
that Billy Ethel, capitol attaeha
has recently received letter from the
poet of all Hoosierdom. Ethel says
that he and Riley are old chuns and
that years ago they both worked t.
gether for an Indiana sign painter.
Jim has money in his pocket row.
says Ethel. HE told me- once that
some day he would be rich and that
when he came into his own he intend
ed to carry money in every pocket, just
to see how good it felt. met him in
Indianapolis couple OF years ago and
reminded him Of his prediction.
"'Well, it came true said Jim,
reaching for his pockets. He brought
out bills from each pocket In his over
coat and then fished down into his
coat and vest and brought out more
bills from every pocket. Then his
hands dived into his trousers, and he
hauled out silver and small bills from
both sides and from his pistol pockets.
Finally he went into his watch pocket
and brought out SIS goldpiece.
"There you are he said trium-
| phantly. I have got money in every
pocket"
Philip Verrill Mighels, whose novel,
1.-THE Inevitable" has been attracting
attention, says that while In London
engaged upon the original draft Of his
| novel he found himself at last 80 haunt
| ed by neglected duties that he took a
| day in which to attend to many small
affairs of business. 1t was summer.
After a long and trying ordeal Mr..
Mighels arrived at his home late in the
afternoon weary and Disguised
II went to my agents and then to
| see Mrs. Blanks solicitor and then to
the offices of Eve different editors and
| finally to see my publisher" he said.
! 1.-THE agent is on the continent, the
lawyer hadn't shown up all day at his
Office, two of the editors are i'll, one Is
on his vacation, and the remaining two
could not be found, while the publisher
| has moved I don't know where.
stopped for minute at Goldsmith's
grave. Of all the persons called upon
all day Goldsmith was the only one
| who was In
Authors need not be discouraged
when they compare the possible results
| Of their labors with those Of business
men. General Lew Wallace has built
huge modern apartment house in In
dianapolis solely out of the proceeds Of
/ his novel ''The Prince of India" And
It is well known that the popular sue
cess of the latter has not equaled that
of the perennial "Ben-Hur." It is quite
| probable that "Ben-Hur" has supplied
the wherewithaI for a number of apart
! ment houses.
RICHARD TUPPER.