Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-10
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WHAT Is THE THING OF GREATEST


N0Ne WEES ana IlN away out OF your
sight and far from your reach. And
x VIII be extremely difficult for YOU
20 fix II so that IL will stay where YOU
want II TO stay after your clay is cold
m the Cemetery. Hon. Samuel Tilden
hsd ire reputation OF being the shrewd-
est lawyer in the whole state OF New
York lie wrote his own will with ex-
ceeding care as 20 its provisions. IL
was not five years until shrewd lawyers
mad torn that will all to pieces and
doubtless the Tilden money went ex-
actly where the owner did not want il
20 go. You think you own il, but you
don't know
II il stays with you. it will not pur-
chase either health or happiness, and
not dollar will travel with you TO the
other world where you certainly must
so when your time comes a thing that
is so uncertain lacks the basic elements
Of real value. If YOU rise TO prominence
get lofty positions in the social the
political or the business world, breath
Of scandal on your relations either
public or private. may be enough to re-
duce YOU TO your former level. If not
lower. Ambition Is a fickle thing al
hest. and IL Is historical fact, that
the worlds greatest warriors, kings ana
potentates we're equally dissatisfied with
the result
a contented mind is said 10 be con-
ttnuaI feast but contentment must rest
upon self respect or IL is only a blind
show, TO make a good appearance
At last and finally. We may conclude
that the only thing of real value to
YOU. a thing that is warranted 20 wear.
and that will stand the test OF honest
poverty and hard luck is the knowledge
that you are clean in mind, right mind
ed. clean in heart. towards yourself and
20 YOUR fellowmsu, with reetitude as
your sheet anchor in dealing with
YOUR family. your business and your
God. and then you can stand erect and
say blow winds, I am four square and
not afraid
Your own character Is your best asset
and il IL is Of pure stuff. eighteen carat
sample. YOU have actually got some
thing you can take across TO the other
side. and not to be discounted anywhere
MARCH CONES IN LIKE LION.
The latter part OF February, as YOU
k.enlv recoIIect, was severe II wound
IN with sIeet. hail. snow and high winds,
and March has kept the pace The OLD
p-overb saws, Come in like lion-So
out like s,iambr and vice>versa-
To me March is the most unpleasant
rionth OF the entire gear. Whether my
vitality has lcssened or / am fatigued
from winter weather, cannot decide.
but I am always glad vEhen March re-
tires and gives place to April showers
and sunshine.
March was the first month Of the Ro-
man year. and the third according 10
cur calendar, and has thirty-one days
The change OF style did not occur in
ENGLAND until I752, and the legal year
vas before rsckoned from March 20.
The Anglo Saxons called IL the stormy
month There is an old prOverb among
English and Scotch rustics, which rep
resents March as borrowing three nays
from April.
The first shall be wind and weet.
The next shall be snow and sleet,
The third shall be SIC a freeze,
shall gar the bird stick to the trees
Nv encyclopedia does not say whether
these borrowed days are the last three
OF March or the first three OF April IN
this good wear 1916 il would seem tnat
March has borrowed twice three from
February.
We owned before the war. colored
woman who seemed 10 be the type OF
a genuine African, much more so thah
me other slaves. She loved big IRE
and was averse to windy weather. Some
bcdv asked her il she knew the names
of the months OF the year. shore i
do It's July and Eli. and that great
long blowing mont The prevalence OF
nigh winds this year is something out
OF the common. They used TO come
along after a rain, when the thermone-
Ter dropped down. This year they seem
10 precede a shower. and come with
tornado force from somewhere not des-
fRnsted on the map. Maybe they arc
started in the battledelds OF Europe.
SUCCESSFUL SYRUP MAKER.
While I was absent in Florida, 5000
friend sent me a quart OF the hnest
north Georgia homemade syrup l have
ever tasted have been trying since
nv return to secure her P. o. so that
might return my thanks and secure
from her a method Of making the syrup.
II is as clear as amber, not a speck
or a mote IN Il, and thicker than clear,
rich honey. A merchant in our town
who is familiar with all sorts of syrups.
homemade or imported. tells me II Is
the best he knows anything about
During the Civil war ! ate so much
moor syrup that I took distsste, but
7 find my appetite returning with this
fine sample. which came TO me IN such
a sweet and gracious way.
here return my thanks TO Mrs f. z
Holland. and IL she will send me her
address I will write fuller and in
quiring letter
Nv friends are so thoughtful and kind
&c me as my feet 90 down the slope in
the sunset time Of my life, and l am
grateful and appreciative and bless them
for their kind attentions