The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-11 00:00:00

(I(3r men will infallibly become better, and he that
will as certainly become worse ; for virtue, vice,
T'inle, are three things that never stand still.
.4ERE is no nobility like that of a great heart ; for
'ever stoops to artifice, nor is wanting in good
Where they are seasonable.—Gracian.
`4•XiTy.—ln a vain man the smallest spark may.
e the greatest flame, because the lightest mate-
usually take fire the soonest.
WISDOM.—He that is taught to live upon
"'es more to his father's wisdom than he that
a
Feat deal left him does to his father's care.
'TE ON THE PART OF A DOMESTIC.—Master :
eme to-morrow at six ! I'm going out of
Will you have the kindness to ring the bell
sir ?”

llend of learning is to know God, and out of
itl "'ledge to love him, arid to imitate him, as we
Itigi onearest by possessing our soul of true virtue.
Dtet
".----Never hesitate about doing a good thing.
ease it will be all right in the end, whether the
k iia,nlarrying an amiable girl, giving a sovereign to
4 the mart', a dinner to a poor family, or—an order
bl paper.let,illl4l`r. had a horse which he called Graphy.
IN Z1(1. name," said Oxberry. " Not at all,"
''''Qp4 Tom ; " when I bought him it was Buy-a-
-'44 ,y, When I mount him, it's Top-o-Graphy, and
1, Want him to go it's Gee-ho-Graphy.
44,41141's the best retort upon a lie is to out with it,
,4 did, when a courtier. told him that he had
" eels in Sicily five feet long. " That," replied
•litt/1 ' '
teeror, " is no wonder, for there they are so long
'I. e fishermen use them for ropes."
AIp),T,tIOUGHTS OF A CONTEMPLATED POLICEMAN.
1 IZQeRCe may put on a bold front, but the falseness
%13- apparent. The strings of the " Dickey "
'gyp out ! Long preparation raises expectation ;
4114 a gentleman takes out his purse, a beggar
i‘,,,3' expects something handsome.
NZl=co is more odious than the practice of those
e }i' ' kla who with fine looks and promises, make
lticlo„1)efor services they never mean to perform.
",' something wherein I can serve you, says a
16,711i0n ; and then upon the discovery he lays
,44,'' A to some other purpose.—L'.Estrange.
rki:4l, RONEY BEE.—A lady last week sent to every
`()x for the poor a cheque for £5O. The donor
known as " Lady C. B." But what a honey-B !
N!,, ti; best possible Honey-B ! for does not the B.
'tine sweets of charity when most wanted—in a
`'d winter P May the best of flowers never fail
r 13!—Pune7.
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4(1
0%-I,ODGING-HOUSE CAT.—The thieving propen-
til'e the lodging-house cat are well known. How
I,lt cat contrive to open our cheffonier P How is
i4s after emptying our spirit bottles the cat never
' ? intoxicated ? What does the cat do with our
:ktio, These, and a score of other questions, require
l'lto,-,'"--Comic Times.
Ni,',4llLY HAMPERED—SeveraI wine-merchants
'4l'r complaining that hampers forwarded by
Ira Y railway are minus a bottle on arriving at
, 4estination; surely the originators of conviviality
Illot have railway officials unmindful of one of
most prominent of social injunctions—namely,
tharself, and pass the bottle.
the tRs, says Bishop Heber, are the true emblems
ir, . best and sweetest creature enjoyments in the
~", being moderately and cautiously used and
',ect, they may for a longtime yield sweetness to
possessor of them ; but, if once the affections
Ai `,(),0 greedily upon them, and squeeze them too
N they quickly wither in our hands.
ANnLy ADVICE TO BASHFUL YOUNG- MEN.—
k g a morning walk, be sure to take the wall of
i 4 ea whatsoever, except policemen and coal-heavers.
qleyening party, be careful not to take the wall
q, ! if you do, your bashfulness will probably give
Vness, not only to your manners, but to your
WQnd you will remain there for the whole of the
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2, ul, LAR ARITHMETICAL PA,4,--.—Any number of
, 8111tiqu wish to multiply by 5 will give the same
oil iL.
Wile t)1100
h_cled by two, a much quicker operation; but
t 4th 'emember to annex a cipher to the answer
ems a ete is no remainder, and when there is a
et, whatever it may be, annex a 5 to the