Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1892 — Masculinities. [ARTICLE]

Masculinities.

The wrath of brothers is the wrath of devils. The recording angel never strikes a balance on his books by what is said of a man on his gravestone. Albinus, the Homan, at one breakfast ate 500 figs, 100 peaches, 10 melons, 100 small birds, and 400 oysters. No matter what its profession may be, the love that halts and turns back when it sees danger coming is a sham. The man who begins by walking arm-in-arm with the devil will soon have to carry the old fellow on his back. A French officer has invented a hlppometer which will register the paces and ground covered by a horse. If some men could only be convinced that it pays to be good, they couldn’t be kept out of the church with a gun. Evert man who does not labor and lay up a fortune may cause absolute suffering to his daughter’s future husband. Napoleon,.like everybody else, had his like#and dislikes. He was fond of sensational novels and abhorred oats. The Shah of Persia has more than $35,000,000 worth of ornaments, gems and precious stones in oue strong room,