Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-11-19
Oarieties,

Bullets can sing and whistle, but ihev
are not pleasant musicians
= Men should be like wine-they should
grow better As they grow older
= A good man IS kinder to his epenv than
bad men are to their friends.
- The heart IS a book which we ought no,
to tear in our hurry TO get easily at It's con-
tents.
We may say OF good many peoples
souls that It IS a wonder nature ever thought
them worth framing.
y You need not talk too much to get a
reputation for sense. One good remark Is bet
ter than twenty dull or common ones.
n Soldiers are Of little efficiency unles,
harmonious. Their minds, as well as their
bodies, should be in uniform.
~ In the iutsrchan &c Of laaden and iron
compliments between soldiers, it IS thought
more blessed TO give than to receive.
NJ L las been said, and tfuthfully. that We
can earn genuine manhood only bv serving
oat faithfully the period of boyhood
! secret IS = slave so long as We keep il
under our own control The moment it es-
capes Il becomes an imperious master.
IT All men who DO anything must endure
a depreciation Of their efforts. 1t Is tile dir,
II Those who are great men in a little cir
Gle, and little men in great one, show their
learning to the Ignorant, aud their Ignorance
70 the learned.
= We ike to see a noisy mountain brool,
put its broad shoulders ever and anon TO the
wheel Of 4 mill, and show that II can labor as
well as laugh
lady IN paroxysm of grief was said
70 have shed torrents Of tears. Poor thing r
remarked an unieelIng punstcr; she must
have lad cataract 40 each eye
IT, \ clergyman consolin a young widow
on the death Of her husband, remarked thar
sic could uot find his equal. III bet wIlI,''
remarked the sobbiug fair one.
- Government. religion, property. books
are nothing but The scatfoldug 70 educate
man. Earth holds UP - her Maker DO fruit
but tiuIshtd man -HlsDt5oIH
Artemrs Ward says The world continues
70 reyolye round on her own axle tree. ouce
il twenty four hoars subject to the Consti-
tuition Of the Uuited Stats
We have observed many tumbles through
life. but We have Invariably noticed that il Is
the man who mounts the high horse who re-
cetves the least ity wheu he tails.
- The government Of Holland IS about Il
Hbcrate ali the slaves IN their foreign colonies.
hut subject 70 ten year, service L. their T-ls-
ent masters before the law takes effect.
= The sun that only burns the Irows of
other men turns the work OF the farmers
hands 10 glory and gold. The raius that
bring discomfort to Others, are beating The
reyeillc q life and plenty for him.
Some one has beautifully said "the va
ter that flows from q spring does not CONCEAL
IN winter, and those sentiments Of friendship
which flow from the heart cannot be frozen
by ad'ersity.'
A Methodist brother had occasion to
preach discourse against the doctrine Of
immersion. but could not fud text. until,
With great shrcwducss and good sense, he
hit upon tlis -. Beware Of divers ~ and
strange doctrines
A Vermont jockey boasting one day of
his horse, zrayeIv asserted that when he was
but three years old. the hghtainc killed the
old mare and chased the colt all around the
pasture, without getting il striking distance
Uf him.
= Mrs. swisbelm, in her letters to young
ladies, saws that every country girl knows
how to color red with madder. This we be
lieve To be an chronological fact, IS We have al
WAYS ticed that with all girls, the ,nadder
they get the redder tley grow.
- There Is n printing establishment IN
London entitled the Victoria Press" Il IS
managed by Miss Emily Faithful. Il en-
plovs some eighteen young ladies. who DO all
the work except that Of the press-room
where three men are employed.
Mere physical il sensibIlity 10 dan
ger does not constitute courage. Ne rly all
brave men have been Of finely organized. and.
therefore, 81 nervous Compartments. Julius
Caesar was nervous, 80 was BonaparJe, 80
was Nelson. The Duke of Wellington saw a
man turn pale Is lie marched up 20 a battery.
" That. SAID be. " is brave man he knows
lis danger bus faces IT."
- How bravely q man can walk the earth,
bear tbc heaviest burdens. perform the >eve-
rest duties. and look all men square Iu the
face II he only bcas> ia LIS breas, a clear
conscience. yOld Of offence toward God aud
.aaU. There : no sprlug. no spur. DO lu>pl-
ration Ike this. To feel that We have omit
ted 40 task. and left no obligation uufHl & ed.
This fills Lhc Lcars with satisfaction, auL the
soul with strength.
1t l. often a question among men who
are acquainted With the anatomy and phvsi-
oIegy II man, whether lying with his head
exalted or level with the body was the most
wholesome. Most, consulting the.r own ease
on The VoIut, argue ia favor OF that which
they prefer. Now. all hough many delight
sleep -ouudly without Injury. Vet we declare
through which the blood passes from the
hear, TO the head. are always lesSened Ia their
cavities when the head is resting IN bed
higher than the body therefore, IN all dis
eases attended with fever, the head should
be pretty nearly or 4 level with the body
lNed Ga-ettl