Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-07-18

WHAT Is tnat one SyHaDlc Whicn, " the
first two letters are taken from it, becomes a
word of two syllablcs? Plague.
BE what you are. This is the first step
towards becoming better than you are. t'.
Ir is not work that kills men, it is worry.
1t is not the revolution that destroys lnachin-
cry, but the friction.
MEN love women for their natures--not
their accomplishments; for their warm feel
msg strong sympathcs, gentle hearts and fond
dispositons---not for heir mental acquire
ments. More men OF genius marry and are
happy, with women OF very commonplace
understandings than ever venture to take
brilliant wives, and enjoy SNOWY misery.
SOME married folks keep their love, like
Jcwelry, for the worlds eyes; thinking it too
precious fol every day wear at the iireside.
Ir is to be feared that many a woman tears
her hair ostentatiously at her husbands death,
after having torn his much worse in his life.
time.
TEACH your child to take care of himself;
many parents use their children only as u
kind Of spool on which to reel off their own
experience. ...3G
Ir is said that the pen is mighticr than the
sword. Neither is Of much value without
the holder.
TnE ancients tell us that during the So
iournnent in Paradise, Heaven sent down
twelve baskets of talk, and while Adam was
eating three of them, Eve snatched up the
other nine.
TnE Albany Argus says Of brother edit
or, that his "allusions to the subject Of tenn
perance would come from him with better ef-
feet, if his nose had not turned States evi-
dence against his mouth.
The vanity of human life is like a river,
constantly passing away, and yet constantly
coming on.-Pope.
WHAT fruit does a newly married couple
mostly resemble? Why, a green pear.
IT is more difficult to make the eye lie than
any other organ we are possessed of. To tell
what woman says, pay attention to her
tongue If you wish to ascertain what she
means, pay attention to her eye. To talk in
opposition to the heart is one of the easiest
things in the world--to look this opposition,
however, is more difficult than algebra.
Do nothing that you are yourself ashamed
of. II you do not escape censure, you will
escape conscience. .+
TRUE generosity consists in denying self
that we may be liberal to others.
VALLIANrs spider lived without food nearly
one year; John Hunters toad fourteen
months beetle three years an antelope
has survived twenty days without food :;
some dogs forty days; and an eagle twenty
three days.
THERE is sacredness in tears. They are
not the mark of weakness, but Of power
They are the messengers of overwhelming
grief, Of deep contrtion, and of unspeakabe
love.
tutor lecturing young man for irrogu-
lar conduct, added with earnestnesS THE
report of your vices will bring your fathers
gray hairs in sorrow to the grave" II
beg your pardon, sir" replied the incorri-
gible, " the old cuss wears wig"
New York has at the seat of wa 1O5 rcgi
ments OF infantry, | of cavalry, and 4 of ar
tillery. Pennsylvania has GS of infantry, IL
of cavalry and ? Of artillery.
THERE is many a man whose tongue might
govern multitudes, if he could only govern
his tongue.
A beautiful woman with artificial height
cned color, once said to General Shields
" How is it that, having obtained so much
glory you still, seek for more ~ "Ah, mad
arn," he repied, with more force than polite
ness, " how is 1t that you, who have SO much
beauty, should still put Oh paint?'
A good book and good woman are cx.
cellent things for those who know how to
appreciate their value. There are men, how
ever, who judge both from the beauty of
their covering. s.t .. -
IT is said Of Canning as crcditable thing,
that he never omitted II Sunday in writing to
his mother during her life. Hew noble such
custom as this, persisted in, must tell on
the life of any one adopting it.
A club of henpecked husbands met once a
week-that meeting being the only day of
enjoyment and rest When they adjourned
they called it the rising of the tied
PRESIDENT Lincoln has a very dry way of
putting the question:" For example: A
clergyman recently gave the President his
views of conducting the war, and after five
minutes drew up to see what the President
ihtu W IcIfltpS YOU Dau DelteT tFy
to run the machine week." quietly remark
ed Old Abe.
WHEN Madge was very little girl, her
father found her chubby hands full Of the
blossoms of a beautiful tea-rose, on which he
had bestowed great care. my dear" said
he, didn't tell you not to pick one OF these
flowers without leave ?" g Yes, papa" said
Madge, innocently, but all these had leaves"
The &C. S. A." (says an exchange) have
chosen the very name to which they are just
| ly entitled. They are, in fact, the "Coored
States Of America ~ Their secession and
barbareus warfare have proved them to be
the Coward States Of America !" and soon
they will be the Conquered States Of Amer
| lea"
No description of Yankee has been given
so thoroughly characteristic as this:
/ He'd kiss queen till he'd raise blister
With his around her neck and his old felt hat on
Address a king by the title OF Mister,
And ask him the price of the throne he sat on.
my wife tells the truth three times day, y
remarked jocose old fellow, at the same
time casting very mschievous glance at her
Before rising in the morning, she says, %
dear, must get up but don't want to-
/ After breakfast she adds, well, suppose
must go to work, but don't want to > anG