The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-03
True Friends.


most of the friendships OF life are
how very slight the tie that binds us
even TO those whose company we en-
joy, and whose pleasure we would
promote. How easily change OF place
or circumstance crowds out the old
occupants of the heart and welcomes
new ones in! We are surrounded with
pleasant people, their society fills
large place in our lives, their res
pect and esteem Is highly valued; we
are glad to receive and render fav-
ors; but let no be removed from them
but O short distance, just SO that the
eyes of our daily life do not interest
each other, and somehow they fade
imperceptibiy. but surely away, Just
rs the mist fades or the closing day
darkens. And the death-they whose
lives, while living, seemed necessity
10 our own. and whose death was like
an eclipse OF all our Joyous being
how easily we become accustomed to
their absence, and daily duties and
new-found loves bridge over the aw-
full chasm and fill the gloomy chaos
which their departure made.
But some friendships live; some
love takes such deep hold upon the
heart that
Time but the impression stronger
makes,
A. Streams their channels deeper
wear.
Did you ever go into some dear old
hCmc, where tho walls were hung
with glowing masterpieces OF nature
and lifc-grandeur to awe the soul.
El.nd beauty to delight the eye, and
where the ceilings were illumined by
tho hand of genius. and radiant with
the very smile and triumpB of art?
These pictures may be moved somo
times for others; but tho frescoed
miracles of art stay steadfast in their
place. No change disturbs them, but
there they remain. growing ripe ano
mellow with age. Just so 1t is with
the heart. Many pleasant occupations
como and go, but there are those who
stay, like tho frescoes on the walls
and are an integral portion OF the
heart itself. He who has such friends
whose memory is picture gallery.
where In frescoed beauty smile the
faces OF unfading love-is rich in
deed, rich in goods that cannot be
purchased in the market, and whose
value daes not fluctuatc with the
price of gold. That you and I. dear
reader, may have such friends and
deserve them, is the wish OF Uncle
Dave.
A few days ago. Just as the sun was
rising, I'm the stiffness Of the beautiful
morning we heard the rumble and
roar OF a great train leaving tho de-
pot Turning our eyes that way, we
found the train itself concealed from
Wow, bpt it's progress was marked
by tho great bursts of smoke which
constantly rose from the engine. max
rst,. tpf> nd
ross of the train. Never before had
wo seen such q trailing banner, full
half milo in length, as that engine
bore through tho clear thin air of
that frosty morn. Rolling out in great
black pillows, II would widen and
whiten, unroll and spread. and pile up
| in fantastic shapes, only to unroIl
ngain and take on other shapes more
fantastic still. still rising higher and
growing more impalpable and clear
until at last 1t melted imperceptibly
away. swallowed up by the surround
Ing air;
Looking at this wonderful, ever
shifting and ever whitening panora-
ma ,ewe thought how IMo 1t was to the
memory which good man leaves be-
hind him. Seen in the present, his
life, at best, is full OF imperfections,
viewed with black lines OF selfishness,
al; bitten or gTsei-but, as the years
pass away, these fade out In the mel
/ ivW iiisiht iiisit OF ttiiIno, NO think and speak
of them no more, and 30 at last his
memory comes to be purified OF all
stain, and Is ever after an inspiration
for goodness and truth to all who
think upon it; and the man himself,
according to his position and influ-
ence, is enshrined in the love OF
u 4. a tnlrA Int,
tho worlds wide heart, Is cannoniZcd
as a saint and made patent power
forevermore. Happy they be. who
leave such memories behind!
IL isn't necessary for a man to
make,a fool Of himself over a woman
+-unless he does it before he Is twen-
ty-flye or after he is seventy.
Never threaten to kiss girl-uh-
less you make good; most girls hate
d biuffer.
10 be important is ono thing; but to
feel Important There you have the
fellow who enjoys hiS own society.
Eve would never haze become ems
tangled with the serpant II she had
had another woman 10 gossip with.
| There's nothing so hard to ride as
La young broncho,o said Max Craytop.
"Oh, don't know" said I. Did you
ever try the water wagon?
| Our, special tax of s105, ZOO. 900
which we must pay just because sew
efaf other nations are ut war gives
as 9 useful hint as 20 what We would
have to pay if we were r. war. Tho
Ilssson should be worth ,lhe price; II