Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-02-27

HandsfuII.
A great man is most calm in storms, a
little one most stormy in Gains.
Punch says, it has been proposed to tax
stays, but it was objected to on the ground
that it would diminish consumption.
If the ant gives an example Of indus
try, it is more than 3 great many uncles
The lady who tried to keep her pre-
serves in 8 family jar, found they were
soon soured.
No one knows anything of himself till |
he is tried. Trial is the touohstOne Of the |
character.
Tart words make no friends; spoonful
Of honey will catch more flies than Q gal
Ion Of vinegar.
The cOquette, who wins and sacks low
ers, would, if she were military conquer
or, win Pnd sack cities.
The cs of "destiny" moves on, and no
Papsl power can stop it. "KnoW Moth
ingism appears to be supreme.
The polishing Of diamonds is said to re-
duee them half their weight. Men by too
much polishing lose quite as much.
Be nobel and the nobleness that lies
In other men, sleeping, but never dead
Will rise in majesty to meet your own
A confectioner in New York has brought
his business to such perfection that he is
now offering to the public his csndi(e)d
opinion.
Were there but one virtuous man, he
would hold up his head with conhdencs
and honor; he would shame the world,
and not the world him.
DR.. Franklin says that every little frsg-
ment Of the day should be saved. Oh, yes,
the moment she breaks set yourself to
work to save the pieces.
A schoolmaster out West posted in his
school.room the following; "NoTIss-No
swarm, cussin, or runnin sboWt luse or
hollerin in this soul"
& "A Richmond paper boasted while ago
that If the rebels ever caught Grant they
would skin him alive. A JfGy- Grant ope'
ration, as yet unscoOmplished.
There iS no vice or folly that requires SO
much nicely and skin 10 manage as Vani
ty; nor any which by ill-msnsgemeni
makes such contemplate figure.
The greatest Of all cunning is to appear
blind to the snsres laid for US; men being
never so easily deceived ss when they sr'
endesvoring to deceive others.
"Bll, you scamp, if you he'd your due
you'd get good whipping"
3 al know il, daddy, but bills are no
: always paid when they come due"
? It is the law in Japan that no fir or cy
press tree can be cut down without tn
: permission Of a magistrate, and for ever.
0 full-grown tree that is fsiled q ssplin
must be planted.
: "His rod was fashioned ftom sturdy oak;
| His line a cable chain which storms ne broke
: His hook was bsited with Dragons tail;
: He sat npOn a rock snd bobbed for whale"
e How is coal now 2" inquired gentle
: man Of SON Of the Emerald Isle, who wa
d dumping load of coal in Fulton stree
,s Black as i7er, sir, be jsbers," responde
Pat,
When interesting topics are scarce,
said an old Protestant divine to q youn
= clergyman who had asked him his sdvie
u ait is always safe and profitable
C. pitch into the Pope Of Rome"
; amy party, sir, will not lie in idleness
!. said a politician. Very true, sir" r
!. piled his opponent, "your party is neith'
Te charged with lying in idleness nor idlens
u in lying.
3 suwarrow, even in pOace, always slel
N full armed, boots and all.
E. "When 1 was lazy" he said, and wan
ID ed to enjoy comfortable sleep, 1 usual
y took eff one spur"
OF An Irish witness in court Of justic
being asked what kind Of "ear marks
E. the nog in question hsd, replied,
HHe had no particular ear marks exec
a very short tai"