Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-07
WIT AND WISDOM.


in my head" "Ah, then it is in a nutshell. !"
Never communicate your affairs to one
who seems anxious to learn them.
Trihipg annoyspces are valuable in dis
ciplining US to bear greater ones.
Why is a man who dosen't lose his tenn
per like school-master Because he keeps
cool (keeps school)
"There was time when almost thought
that your wife had no tongue at ALL" Eyes,
but it's very long since"
Reader, whether you are older or younger.
you have at this moment in your heart a
wilder romance than was ever written.
Those who are of kindred souls rarely wed
together; far more rarely than those who
are akin by blood.
Sorrow comes soon enough without de.
spondencyj it does man no good to carry
around lightning rod to attract trouble.
The jug is like the human heart. No NOR
tai can ever look into its recesses, and you
can judge only of its purity by what comes
from it.
Enjoy the spring of love and youth;
To some good angel leave the rest;
For time will teach thee that in sooth
There are no birds in last years nest.
Learn in childhood, fyou can, that hap.
piness is not outside, but inside. A good
heart and clear conscience bring happiness,
which no riches and no circumstances alone
can ever do.
A man can no more be a Christian with
out facing evil and couquering it. than be
can be soldier without going to battle, fac
ing the csnnops mouth, aud encounteripp
the enemy on the field.
We double all the cares of life by ponder
ing over them. We increase our troubles by
grieving over them. A scratch becomes a
wound, slight an Injury, a Jest an insult. a
small peril great danger, aud slight sick
ness often ends in death, by the brooding
fears of the invalid.
A certain member of Congress from Mis-
souri, is in the habit of getting muddled with
drink. Being one day reproved by a friend
for this habit, he said that he came there to
represent his constituents, and the fact was.
q large majority of them got drunk on the
average once or twice a week.
An Illinois Assemblyman, debating a
question with much earnestness, moved his
chair from its usual place, and forgetting the
fact, when he had finished sat down rather
solidly where he ouRbtto have been. Above
the roar of laughter, his voice was heard
e1claimiDg: Mr.. Speaker, | still have the
floor"
Providence undoubtedly designed man to
carry the purse but kindly compensated
woman for this, by endowing her with a
wonderful faculty of coaXing money from
him. Annoying as some women make this
faculty, there are others who exalt it to the
dignity of science, aud we witness their
display of it with admiration.
o, that a score of years ago the Southern
rebels could have seen the edge of the sword
that CLEANS against them now that they
could have looked into the peaceful NOrthetn u
bosoms, and discovered the stern principle
and steely courage that lay hidden there |
They thought US towards, and the thought
made them villains. They thought Gods.
earnest wanting from our hearts; aud there
upon deviPs.earnest matured in theirs.
EXPRESSIVE THoUGHTs.-How musicalIy
and beautifully some people express their
thoughts Are not the following definitions
in quaint, curious, pleasant style?
Religi0n-A key that opens wide the gates
of Heaven.
Death a knife by which the ties of earth
are riven.
Esrth-A desert through which pilgrims
WenQ LDelr way.
Grave-A home of rest which ends life's
weary way.
Resurrection-A sudden waking from a
HeaVen-A land of joy, light and love su-
preme.
Faith-An anchor dropped beyond the
vale of death.
Hope-A lone star beaming DER barren
heath.
Here is story told by the Providence
Post: "a clergy man, from a town near
Providence, and one of his elderly parishion-
ers were walking home from church one icy
day last winter, when the old gentleman
slipped and fell fiat on his back. The minister,
looking OF him moment and being assured
he was not much hurt, said to him: "Friend
sinners stand on slippery places" The old
gentleman looked, as if to assure himself of
the fact, and ssid, II see they do, but
can't"
Wanted from Illinois--More succor and
fewer suckers"
1t is far better to suffer than to loose ths
power of suffering.
Experience is torch lighted In the ashes
of our delusions.
All our laws would seem to be bankrupt
laws; they are broken every day.
The worst of all kinds Of eye water is 9
coquette's tears.
So live that when your eyes are fixed in
death they mey be fixed on high.
The best ornament of country is the sigh
Of creatures enjoying their existence.
ETELMeENT.-"First class in Oriental
philosophy, stand up. Thibets, what is
life ?" Life consists Of money, horse, and
a fashionable wife," "What is poverty p
"The reward Of merit which genius receives
from a discriminating public" "What IL
religion 2" "Doing unto others as you
please, without allowing return Of the com
pliment."
What part of a fish is like the end of 6
book2 The in.is.
Which OF the English monarchs had most
reason to complain ofhis laundresss2 John
when his baggage was lost in the Wash.
HYPoORnY.- Many who would not for the
world utter falsehood, are yet eternally
scheming to produce false impressions on the
minds of others respecting facts, characters
and opinions.
At present the postage of letter is bu
three cents, but when the new bill become!
a law, nothing can be sent by mail under {
frank.
"Let me collect myself" as the man sale
when he was blown up by a powder-mill.
Mrs Gregg, relict of the late Milton Gregg
Esq, late editor of the New Albany Tribune
died very suddenly at her residence in NeE
Albany on Tuesday evening, of congestion o