The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-11-10
ODD BITS AND
CURRENT EVENTS
BY C. NJ. BrOsius.

A courtesy beats an apology hun
dred to one. And it is a hundred
times easier to bestow a courtesy
than to make an apology.
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Love, like liquor, may make a man
act foolishly, but it does not prompt
him to break up the furniture nor
abuse anybody.
Jack Pickford is at home again, and
it is announced that he will take a
long rest. And give the rest of us
a rest, too, we hope.
X X
Our present president is a Presby-
terrain. Mr.. Harding is Baptist.
Church affiliation makes but little diff
ference. 1t is the condition of the
heart that counts.
1t is our private opinion, publicly
expressed, that the delivery of new
equipment to the railroads next spring
will not help this winters situation
as to traffic and freight.
The editor-in-chief says the early |
settlers may have started this coun-
try, but it's the folks who settle
promptly the first of each month that |
keep it going.
Horace Greeley was the first news
paper man to be defeated for the
presidency. In order to avoid again
defeating newspaper man for the
presidency, two were nominated
Advices from the northwest are
that the price Of Douglas fir has de-
clined fifty per cent since the first of
June. 1t is pity the ladies' cannot
wear Douglas fir. Although it might
spruce them up a bit, it can never
become poplar.
According to income tax records
there are only three men in the
United States whose income exceeds
$3,000,000 year. Mr.. Rockefeller is
one of them, and the fellow The Dis
patch buys its newsprint from is the
other two.
The headquarters of the League Of
Nations, with the official staff, is. now
permanently located in the city of
Geneva. A special train bore the
equipment from London. With Swiss
movement the League should now
keep good time.
Our idea of post mortems is this
congressional committee which is
playing continuous performance i'm
unearthing the inspiration and use Of
party campaign funds. Why not in
vestigate the charges of extravaganza
and incompetency in the building of
the tower of Babel?
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Some time before the election a
poll-taker at Memphis was trying to
persuade lady to register in order
that she might vote. The lady said
II am not going to register, and am
not going to vote. ! have two hus-
bands dead. One was Democrat; the
other was republican. ] am not 60
ing to vote against either one of
them" The poll-taker is still won
dering what the lady's dead husbands
were running for.
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You cannot get ahead of Southern 4
Chivalry. Yesterday young gentle
man and young lady were encom-
passing banana splits in a Market
street drug store. "What do you
Think" inquired the young lady;
doctor Goodwin told me only one
person in hundred has perfect eyes,"
The young gentleman looked squarely
in hers and replied, well, only one
in million has eyes as beautiful as
yours"
ar. G." and "F. N" ask us to tell
them what is Epic poetry and what is
Lyric poetry. An Epic poem deals
with the past; is consequently depend
ent upon memory and imagination; is !
narrative in character; treats usually
of the life and heroic adventures Of
some great person; is simple in con-
struction, and generally excites deep
interest. The longer and more cele-
brated epics are Homer's "Iliad,"
Homer's odyssey" Virgil's "Aeneid,"
the Anglo-Saxon "Beowulf," and Mil
toms paradise Lost Lyric poetry
has more to do with the emotions and
feelings than with events. In lyric
poetrv the mower and personalitv NJ