Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-08-04

ARCS r1GetAsr.
Breathe it gently in a Whisper
IT'S sweet. . hallowed vQrd;,
Saddeued hearts swell with emotion, !
When the thsilliag sound is heard. !
Breathe it fondly, very fondlI, -. err,
Touch q chord in every heart;I / !
Many . voice will grow more tender, |
Many . pearly tear will start. ~-~,~
: Mother name that all hearts cherish,
Fen the child Of. sin and shame
Speak in accents softer, milder,
When it breathes the hallowed name.
Breathe It gently in a Whisper,
Lest some bleeding heart be riven;
There's but one name dsarer 70 us,
And that cherished name is heaven
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FACTS AND FANCIEs.
Go ahead, is good motto; look ahead
is another.
The school teacher stands at the foun-
tain, giving direction to Tie stream of
life. ]
If liberty with law is Gre Oh the hearth,
liberty without law is FIRE on the floor.
He who murmu rs at his lot, is like one
barring his feet to tread upon thorns.
A holiday Of miserable men is sadder
than q buria! Of kings.
The sky is the only thing that Truth
can see from the bottom Of her well.
Men look. at the faults of others with
telescope-at their own with the same iu-
strument reversed.
The nerve which never relaxes, the eve
which never blanches, the thought which
never wanders-these are the masters of
victory. 1..~ ...y <r.,A.< !
Hasty words often rankle the wound
which injury gives; bat sof, words assn.
age it, fo'giving cures it, and forgetting
takes away the scar. .H'o1t11@>l
1t is on instruction and education that
the future security and direction of the
destiny of every nation chiefly and fun
damen,ally rests.
The tint of the rose is lovely, but it
has no such beauty as the flush on the
cheek of happy child
The gravest beast is an ass the yravest
bird is an owl the gravest fish is an oys-
ter; and the gravest man is fool.
A man complaining of a sun-stroke was
asked what be meant, as he looked in
good health: Twin boys, by the favor
Of my wife" be answered.
"Papa,' said little boy "why do they
plant gans-do they grow aud have
leaves mo, ny son, bns, Ike plants,
A3nuRJslsssts NiatArA Gsss 'hesrd to
exclaim, What an elegant trimming the
ssi"bo" would make, for. 4 white lace
'ovsrdress.7 ."' > -. - Il ~,
The feast Of imagination il described
~ follows when your stomach is
empty, and your pocket ditto, cit down
and read cookery book ~
"Aint il wicked to rob dis chicken
roost, George 2" Oats a. great moral
question, Sam, We amt got time to argue
1t nov-haad down another pulle,.n
A.humbross and beautiful young lady,
being asked BY her mamma where she
was going, said she was going to practice
archery with an Irish beau and arrahl
A vengeful individual, in the exuber-
ance of his rage at some one who offend
ed him, said, "I'll have revenge! iii do
something terrible / III give his, Ii he
boy tin horn" = .>.~~.:s ?
A city editor who is bachelor, having
said 10 bis last issue that be really wished
he had son, so that no could dress him
in the fashion, was called upon the next
day by his adorable, to whom he had been
paying his "dis,resses' for the last two
years, aud asked him if he really said
that.
Certainly did, my dear 49,:
""ell, Jimmy" said she, "why don't
you make arrangements for one?'
Our friend says it is the rst time he
was liver eornered. He was SO mortified
that he went right away to a parson.