The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-10-13

speeches But be made \ reputation
that other Senator's woald hsv given
much money for ~. ANYWAYS at
tractea unusual attention. partly Que
20 hlx Intense sarnextness an a~i-
most cranky enthusiasm
Michael Angelo. the famous scnip-
tor. prepared . agure to represent
Moses. an hit still stands IN one on
the great churches at Rome The ng-
ure stood In the shop ov the great
workman more than forty years be-
fore he could sell hit Hit II sed
that Angelo wuz admirin' hiE work
one day with so much enthusiasm
that he forgot himself. an striking
the figure on the knee with his ham
mer, he exclaimed: Speak 10 me.
The knee wuz broken. an the ngure
which had cost SO much labor wuz
badly injured. But Angelo iatee
repaired the damage and made
guide sale ov hit, after years oy wait
in.
Charles Dickens IL sed TO hev wor-
ried much over the characters in
hiz books. He wuz q crank on the
subject ov hiz own creations on paper
Some ov them pleased him greatly,
while others would not come up to
what ne thought they ough to be.
Ola Bull, the great violinist, wuz
crank on the subject ov music. When
but a boy he often went TO a lonely
~ rfl
practiced on hiz violin. The people
in that naborhood felt certain that
the boy wuz crazy. But they could
not discount hiz music an they were
not surprised when he left home,
went to Paris, an soon began career
that made him the most famous mu-
sician in the world. If he had not
been crank he probably would
never hev bin heard ov.
4 story liz told ov poor Chinaman
who walked twelve hundred miles
in order to stand what would be call
ed a civil service examination in our
country. After handing in hiZ paper
he wuz compelled to return home;
not havin' money to defray hiz ex-
penses for a longer stay in Picking.
But a kind hotel waiter took an in
terest in the poor but bright man,
an the matter wuZ arranged. But
before the thing wuz finally over the
poor stdent wuZ arrested an cast in
prison az a vagrant. But he finally
won out an IL now one ov the few
really great men in the Chinese EN-
pirc.
John J. Kstor, the millionaire,
once received: the congratulations Ov
a man on hiz success in life. Would
you be willin' to take hold an man
age my business for your board and
clothes?" asked the rich man. II
certainly would not,'' sed hiz friend.
My board and clothes liz all I GET
said the millionaire. An the crank
who wanted to be rich concluded that
hit wuz not so pleasant after all.
Goethe said: Nobody should be
rich but those who understand it,
That sentence contains vast wisdom
Many ov us, most ov us, would prob
ably be worse Off, more unhappy with
great wealth than without wealth.
But it il hard to see hit that erway.
John Bunyan, the author ov Pill
grim's Progress, never succeeded
until he wuZ cast into prison. Then
he wrote the great book, an became
famous, though he probably didn't
become rich.
Politeness an kindness air capital
in busine IS an everything else if we
understand how to use the capital
Hit liz sed that the last words spoken
by the Duke of Wellington on hiz
death-bed were: eff you please A
servant offered him some tea and the
great fighter used the words quoted
instead ov sayin' simply yes
Hit liz sed ov oneoov the Presidents
ov these United States that the front
| ov the brim ov hiz- hat wuz ANYWAYS
worn out on account ov the, fact that
| he touched or lifted Iliz hat so often
when greetin' people he'd meet. That
wuz guide way tor wear hiz hat out.
He mite hev bin called a crank On
hat-raisin' or periiteness, but he wuz
not. An that goes tor show that some
forms ov crankiness air not goin' er-
round at discount Cranks tarn
the world, believe.
Az ever,
ZFKE RJI KTNC