The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-01-28
TURKISH PROVERBS.

TURKISH PROVERBS.
He thst falls into the SEQ, takes hold OF
tho ssrpeot u bvsaved.
Long hair, little brain. - - -
lie that speaks truth, must have one leg
Strong vinegar ruins the vessel in which
it is contained.
The nest of!a blind bird is made BY Ged.
Kiss ardently the hands which you can
not cut of.
The teeth Of horse Of which . present
has been made are not observed.
He that falls by himself never cries.
Every fish that escapes appssrs greater
than it really is.
He that gives little, gives heartily
Poverty il q shirt Of fro.
The dog that is idle is never tired Of run
ming.
If time is not favorable to thee, render
myself avorable to it.
The candle does not,give light to itself.
The bird feels not its wing heavy.
Measure thousand times, and cut once.
He that begins the play must continue it.
cuts knows how much is eaten.
A cucumber being given to poor man,
he did not accept it because it was crooked.
If you have money you are wise, il you
have none you are fool. ~ D
A letter written after dinner, 10 read in
hell.
The fox goes at the last to the shop Of
the fal1iay.E q III II ItB ~ 81 Z
The camel went in search Of horns and
lost its ears.
He who asks has one black face, and he
who refuses has two. IL Ii. L.. II
Buy the respect of the insolent.
God keep us from judge and doctor.
Altar the oenaagration, remain ruins.
The fapleaished understand not the pain
of the starving.
Broth made of cheap meat is insipid.
Nourish the raven that will pick out thine
eyes.
You cannot contract for the fish that is
IN tho sea. i ID l. 4 - - u
THE RAILROAD INTERESTS OF THE
I1sF COUNTRY 5 E&5a y.
According to the annual report Of the
New York Central Railroad for 1859, that
institution has been doing marvellous bus
mess. Il appears that for the last seven
years the company has realized the enor-
nous sum Of forty-fy millions and three.
quarters of dollars from passengers and
freight and during the present year no less
than two millions two hundred and forty
thousand persons travelled over the road
mrs than half the entire population of the
State-aHordlng total receipt, including
freight, of six millions and quarter. TAX
ing tho New York Central as a STANDARD
(though II is, perhaps, the most profitable
20 ho \ hot
road traffic there must be throughout the
whole Union. There are now in operation
about two hundred and forty railroads in
the United States, running over twenty-five
thousand miles, and the aggregate amount
of passengers travelling over them annually
must be nearly twenty millions and the
receipts cannot fall short OF from two to
three hundred millions. These facts prove
what locomotive people the Americans are,
travelling all over the oounty-North, South,
East and West-for business and pleasure,
at such rate that almost half the popula-
ton is continually in motion; and it proves,
Furthermore, that the railroad interest is
ono OF the highest importance in the coun.
try.-N. Y. Herald. 1855 <-.-
Tom and Joe were talking over their
AoNS1SS Wuou 1Ou deke0 us CuuU, ~ w ere
you ever in Greece?'' "No," replied Joe,
"but once fell into laundering big tub
OF SOAP" " T. e.h@ -.
AGORGEOUS CAR. -..ts .-gr
Messrs. Wason &. Co., Of Springfield,
Mass, have just completed railroad car
for the Vioeroy of Egypt, which is said to
be 'perfectly splendid" 1t cost upward of
$4,000, and is aixty-scven feet long, with
three sets of springs, SO that irregularities
in the road will scarcely be felt by the o.
cupant. The carriage is divided into three
compartments, each twenty feet long and ten
wide. At the ends are two saloons of like
character, and between them IN open pavil-
ion. The pavilion is the leading feature Of
the car. 1t il surmountcd by raised roof,
like the central part Of house, supported
by silver plated columns with highly orna-
mental bracelets A heavy wire fence or
railing, about three feet high, runs along
the outer sides of the pavilion, finished with
silver-plated top rail, and with gates on
each side, and steps may be let down to
leave the car. Ss 80 - a "F.8 s.