Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-10

of No man buys yaIns while they
are yet in the ground" We often
give point to 0ur advice by saying,
"A bird in the hand is worth two in
the busA - While4on the banks OF the
Nile, where cranes are abundant, the
people say, A thousand cranes in
the air are not equal to II sparrow
in the fist" " Every oak was once
an acorn" is in Africa 1.-THE great cal
abash tree has seed for its MOTHER
First build your house, and then
think of your furniture;" "A man
envies every other man except his
son, and his pupil" I" At the doors OF
tayerns friends are plenty; at the door
or the prison they are all gomez
"ThrOw plenty Of mud, some of 1t Is
sure to stick r Hebrew proverbs,
Expressive of sagacity. $40 ee.q
The French are fond of epigramatic
sayings. The adage, "One swallow
does not make a SUMMER they rem
der, zone flower does not make a a
land.o characteristic of their pro-
verb Is the frequent mention of
wolves. Thus-'1alk of the wolf and
you will see his TAIL y equivalent to
4Talk Of the devil, and he will APP
pear. "5al cit is a silly sheep that
makes the wolf her c~onfessOr;''
while the dogs growled at each
other, the wolves devOured the
sheep" These are German examples:
Little and often makes a heap in
time" Handsome apples are some
times souri, at is easter to blame
than to do better;r ''Take the world
as it is, not as it ought to be;" sour
neighbOrs' children are always the
worst" Forgive thyself nothing
and Others much ~ ''Thesun-dial only
counts the bright hours (" "He who
blackens others does not whiten HIM
SELF" ''To change and do better are
two different things;'' Revenge con-
verts a little right into great wrong;''
Charity gives itself rich, but cove
tOusness boards itself poor"
Spain is rich in proverbs. One of
them runs, "By the road OF By-and-By
one arrives at the town of Never.h
There Is much richness and beauty in
the Italian proverbs, as Cline and
patience change the mulberry leaf
into satin !" but many Others alluding
to vengeance are terribly significant.
The proverbs of Africa partake largely
of the physical aspect and moral char
acteristics of the country. We say of
a lucky person, " He was born with a
silver spoon in his mouth" On the
Nile it is, Throw him into the river
and he will come up with a fish in his
mouth" "a small datestone is large
enough to prop up a large water jar -
: The corn passes from hand to hand
but it comes to the mill at last;i'
:" What a / think of thy good quail
tiles, 0 onion! since every bite draws
tears?" 1.-THE beetle is a beauty in
the eyes of its mother;n "Say good
morning to the beanseller, not to the
druggist" meaning that it is better to
be poor and well than rich and i'll;
A husband between two parrots is
like a head beaten with two sticks; ~
" The camel has his own opinion,
and the camel-driver has his are all
African.
The Egyptian says: when crows
are the guides of II people, they lead
the carcaSe to the dogs;'' 1.-THE merit
belongs to the beginner, should his
successor do even better" Turning
to the Western negroes, we find: ''The
sun Is the king of torches - +" If moth
ing touches the palm leaves they do
not rustle;" No one gives a cat to a
hyena to keep" F'The leopard is alb
sent, so they play with her cubs;''
The parasite has no root" "Two
crOcOdiles cannot live in one hOle;"
:" Do not curse the crOcOdile's mother
before you cross the river; - stHuman
blood il heavy, the man that has shed
it cannot run away 1.-THE frog en-
joys itself in water, but not in hot
Water;" "Thc razor cannot shave IT,
self" We're it not for fingers the
hand would be a spoon"
The Welsh have; "Ifthou wOuldst
have praise dies" "Ry the side of
sickness health becomes sweet" "HeI
IS no altogether bad who maketh an
other better;" mo man is good UNI
less Others are made better by him."
:" If every fool wOrea crown we should
all be kings"
Ireland is not rich in proverbs, but
this M is Characteristic! "Don't
throw out your dirty water till you
have got in your clane."
Many proverbs are strictly local, as
OF a lazy man, " He Is as idle as Lon
don's dogs that leaned against the wall
to bark" or, of One with no taste for
music, He Is like Mat Davies bull
that tossed the fiddler into the tree
In classical writings there is an
abundance of proverbs having refer
ence to fowls and eggs. Juvenal
speaks Ofan unfortunate man az having
been Matched from unlucky1 eggs.
There is a saying that a "white egg
may come from a black chicken
Tho E'ranoh To- " ~ 1avrn fhuf GITN =,
sorry house in which the cock Is silent
and the hen crows" In Egypt the
people give this advice, Don't say
good morning to the cock" meaning
that it has been up carly enough
without your salutation. Every trade |
has its proverbs. A carpenter who
had been eating an immense quantity
of walnuts, his plate being loaded
with shells, said, "lOu see, sir, a |
workman is known by his chips"
And again, "HOu must use the rasp |
before you turn TO the sandpaper.h
at is no use fishing till you have
baited your hook" IS good advice for
a fisherman. These are sparks from
the smiths shop: 'tSOme men are
born hammers, and Others are born
anvils." "If the hammer strikes hard
the anvil lasts the longest" "Once
he was a hammer, and now he Is an
anvil" ut doesn't follow that be-
cause your face IL black that therefore
you are a smith," 1.-THE sword has
forgotten the smith that forged it,"
OF cats, mice, and monkeys we find:
"The cat broke the china;" "AlI
cats are gray at night; " Don't trust
the cat with the keys of the pigeon
house,; f" 1.-THE more you stroke the
cat the more she sets up her tail "
"rhe mewng cat is never a good
mouser;" HWhep the cat dies, the
reiOice;" Z" When the cats away,
the mice'll play The Egyptians
have a proverb, "Mousey, take this
letter to the cat, and here are two
pounds of sugar for YOU" but the
mouse replies, 1.-THE pay is good
enough, but l don'tlike the business"
Familiar illusions are made to the
paw, 1t was the monkey that
made use Of the cats paw for taking
the chestnuts out Of the fire.. Dress
a monkey in silk, and she will be q
monkey still" The higher a mon
key climbs the more he shows his
tall" The kitchen is prolific in home
w aphGrisms: "a fat kitchen makes
4 lean wMill;" "The proof of the pud-
1iny is in the e4iting.r NnOn't cry