The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-02-09

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The man who lives for himself alone
lives for mean fellow.
- Why is lean dog like . man in
meditation Because he's thin cur.
If you are envious ofanother woman,
show it by allowing her every good quail
~ and perfection except those which she
really possesses.
--"What plan," said one actor to an
other. 'Sshall adopt to fll the house at
my benefit" why, invite your cred
itors, was the tart reply.
-"There are ties which never should
be seversd,' ~ the ill-used wife said
when she found her brute of husband
hanging In the hay-loft.
A French author says: "When
lost my wife, every family in the, town
offered me another; but when I lost my
horse NO one offered to make him good
"A strong minded woman is apt to
marry weak-minded man, Providence
having ordained thata couple shall gem
orally hsve but the average amount Of
mind between them.
1T il the duty Of every ethical tea cher
to raise up theological idea Of right and
duty, and to maintain before the mind an
ultimatc standard of perfection.
- No man is free who has not COM
mand over himself, but suffers his pas
sions to control [Pythagoras.
- Any view of God, of which love is
not the centre, is injurious to the soul
which receives it.-[Channing.
- 1t is always a sign Of poverty Of
mind when men are ever aiming to ap-
pear great; for they who are really .grsat
never seem to know it.
- How many people go out of their
sphere under good pretences
- There is little worth in outward
splendor. ifgrace yield it not an inward
lustre.
--Were we to take as much pains to
be what we ought to be. ~ We do to dis
guise what we really are, We might ap-
pear like ourselves, without being at the
trouble Of any disguise At Al.
Partial culture leads to the ornate
perfect culture is simplicity. 81
Constant motion is a great law of
nature, nothing being stationary--excep.
pen, ink and paper.
A great many speakers seem to en-
deavor to give their speeches in length
what they hack in depth.
Words are sometimes golden and
sometimes braxen and 20 is silence.
If you are asked to do right thing,
answer BY doing it. IT'S short answer.
but it does not give offense.
An Irish paper says that Mr.. Ken
ney fell from carriage and broke his
neck, but received no further damage.
- .That's what call capital punish.
ment," - the boy said when hir mother
shut him up in the closet among The pre-
serves.
We meet With some character
marked for the want Of mark q they
move along the worlds thorouehfars:.
they give us the idea of nobodies going
nowhere.
- PASSIONS. like Wild horses. whsp
properly trained and disciplined. are
capable OF being applied to the noblest
purposes bat when allowed TO nave thei,
own way, they become dangerous in The
extreme. So
Inc following purports 70 b IN cpl
thaph in IN Italian graveyard 4Her
lies Estella, sho transported largo for
tune % heaven il acts Of charity, and ha,
gone kthsr % enjoy It,"
-Ovssxarm friendship, like hot pcta
toes. are quickly dropped.
An utterly unthinking person SHOULD
say only what hs thinks.
Mrs. Partington wants 70 know j
the Pope sent any Of his bulls to the cat
We gain strength from como uerin,
strosg temptation, just ~ the Gsndv;oI
lslander things that the strength and ',
%, Of the enemy he kills pass into him
They ssy that too many minors ar
enlisted in our army, bat Family Fai
thinks that the minors do . great dea
better than some Of the majors.
A man At Newcastle, who serve,
four days on jury, aays he il 70 fnll O
hw that it IL hard work for him 70 keel
from cheating somebody.
- A man feels relieved and 9ay vhe,
be has put his heart into his work IN,