The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-12-19
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The great man il sss naa Who 49,
. great thing for the frss simes
Time has made life too long for our
hopes. bat too brief for orr deeds.
We have never seen AZ sscn.auge''
but We have seen many ~ srcn "o"sn
-when men bet bats and coats, it is
u.,.r.,lv 4 The hstter's and tailor's ex-
pense.
The good wear their years al crown
unon the brow. the bad - burden upon
the back.
Not half 90 beautiful il the most
nepetraling eye as that which lets every
thing penetrate it.
The inventor Of printing was no fool;
but be has caused myriads to make foois
OF themselves.
When landlord shows you exces-
siye civility, be sure be expects to pus II
down in the bill. /
Free feast., balls and barbecues often |
turn out 70 be the most expensive ones .
man ever attends.
A down East editor declares that
modesty is quality that highly adorns
woman, but ruins man.
Archbishop Whateley said that ger.
dening was dangerous pastime for luna.
tics. because they might grow madden.
When we hear that friend has de.
tected some fault in Us, We are always dis.
posed to do him the same favor.
A young gentleman says he thinks
that Young ladies who refuse good offers
of marriage are too "No-ing by half"
The body is the coat of mail aud
breastplate Of the soul; so let it in the
fret place be hardened into steel by heat
and cold.
The best things on all subjects In
this world of ours are said not BY the
practical workers. but by the careful OBJ
servers.
The battle field may mature in one
day the precious flower of Immortality,
which would require whole life to bios
som elsewhere.
Never meet trouble half way, but let
him have the whole walk for his palms.
Perhaps he will give up his visit in sight
Of your house.
Two dull and torpid natures may be
aroused BY contact with each other; even
couple of dry sticks, rubbed together,
will make fame.
A boy will perspirc as freely in play
ing cricket or football as in turning q
crank or treadmill, and with far better
results physically and mentally.
Action, mimicry and silence lie fa'
oftner than the tongue. which most meu
endeavor as long as possible to keeT
pure from the hateful preparation of I
lie
The hypsrboles of anger are never ST
serious with a man as those Of love i; thu
former only the other party must believe
the latter he is fool enough to believe him
self.
Nothing is SO fallible as humal
judgment, but nothing so pitiless. Th
one black spot in our hearts the devil
share in us isis that the general i'm
impulse is to believe the worst
Impotence should be avoided, because
wastes that time and attention in com
plants which, if properly applied nigh
remove the cause.
1t is great mistake to think tina
the mujority are always in the right. The
were not go in the matter of the flood
and they've been wrong several time
since.
Tom-don't you think some vers
would touch her. Charley--a beautiir
poem1 Charley OH hang your verse.
Tom. If you want to enjoy life drop poe
try and gals altogether and join fire com
dany.
In describing the difference betwee
aristocracy and democracy, it 10 With
said of Cincinnati Tho democracy lar
those who kill hogs for q living; th
aristocracy those whose fathers kille,
hogs.
There are some very cultivated me
who split themselves in opposite direc
tious toward heaven and hell, lust a.
salamander, cut in two, runs forwar
with its front and backward with it's him
part.
In the garden of certain noble
mans country house their happened to b,
fixed up at different spots painted board
with this request. ssPiease not to plucl
the flowers without leave !" Some wa,
got paint brush and added an 10 tn
last word.
"A brow beating counsel aeked Wit
ness how far he had been from q certai,
place. "Just four yards, two feet and 81.
inches," was the reply. ..How came 70,
to be SO exact my friend 7" Because
expected some fool or other would ask m
the question, so | measured it,"
-"Why don't you get married.. sal,
syouns lady, the other day, to bach
elor friend, who was there nm 49,,