The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-12-29
MISCELLANEO

Apron festivals are Philadelphia
dissipation.
New York has appropriated $780,
000.for an observatory in Central Park:
"A rare mind-Mind your own bust
ness.
The darest spot on carth-The store
where they don't advertise. (>
The sentiment Of the Grecian Bend
II m sitting on the style, Mary. 49,
"A business man may ge along with
out advertising, and So can wagon with
| out greasing-but it goes hard.
W hen you hear nan say life Is
but dream" tread on his corns and
wake him up. Life is real.
/ -Modesty in a woman Is like color on
her Enthusiastically becoming ifnot put
on.
A mans own good breeding is the
best security against other peoples i'll
manners
The best penance we can do for en-
yying an other merit is to endeayor to
surpaSs it.
! -,iha ,uin of most men dates from
some idle hour. Occupation Is an aTmoE
| to soul.
Every plain girl has one consolation
| though not pretty young lady, she
| viii, it she lives, be a pretty old one.
| The way to gain good reputation
is to be what you desire to appear.
| If man loses his breath 1t is of no
use to run for it. lie can catch it much
faster by standing still.
People often wear religio on a good
| deal as they wear their clothes ON Sun
days fine and glossy: on week days soIied
| and tireadbare.
If you wish success in life, make
| perseverance your bosom friend, exper-
| fence your wise counsellor, caution your
| elder brother, and hope your guardian
genious.
"A young lady near this place killed a
| skunk with butcher knife. the other
| day. Her lover came to see her that
night, and tod her he couldn't marry
unless she quit using such hair oil.
/ There are pow one hundred and
| twelve Young Mems Christian Associa-
tons in Massachusetts,.
Some wag has discovered that the
"enlbers Of the dying year are Septem
| Der, November, and December.
1 What profits Us, that we from Heaven drive
| A sual Immortal, aud with looks erect
| Surrey the stars, if like the brutal Kind,
! We follow where our passions lead the way'
"A acre of land has been sold in the
city OF London for 5000. 900, and in
| nearly every portion CT the city land Is
said TO be increasing in value every year.
China is re- pidly undergoing the pro-
| cess OF civilization. Beer is made at
| Shanghai, whiskey distiIlery Is in ope
ration ut Canton, and the first hanging
recently came oil In that city with great
! eclat.
-Hazlitt yertinently says: J. hate any
| thing thu, occupies more space than it Is
! worth. hate TO see a load ct bandbexes
60 along the street, and [ hate to see i
| parcel Of big words without anything Ia
! them.
Why is it important for physician
to keep his temper? Because, If he did
not, he would be apt to lose his patients.
james Freeman Clark, in Ola and
New, says: "a politicion Is a man v no
thinks of the next election; while a
statesman thinks OF the next generation. P"
a man IN Boston stopped his news
paper without paying for 1t, anal the next
! day vas kicked to death by horse. 1t
is hoped that this may be a warning to
all subscribers.
Washington r,lmor has il that w
D0glaS. Assistant, and ct present acting
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue, is the
| President choice for promotion to the
head Of the Bureau.
A young lady at bali was asked By
had seen Crabbe's Tales
~ by, no," she answered; L didn't
know THAI crabs had tails. -
u mean have OH read Ci.bbe' S TaIe-?'
Aud / assure you, sir. did not know
that red crabs, or any other kind OF crabs,
had tails.
Sir said lad, coming down a
wharf in Boston, and addressing a well
known merchant, "haye you berth for
me on your ship? | want to earn some
| thing
"What can you do?" asked the gen
| tlcman.
Il can try my best to DO whatever l
am put to, answered the boy.
What have you doue ?''
1 have sawed aud split all Of mothers
wood, nights, for two years. !"
What have you not done?' asked
the gentleman. which was queer sort OF
question:
"Wel, SIR" answered the boy, after
pause. Il have not whispered once in
school for a whole year.
/ That's enough, sand the gentleman,
q
| nope to see yeu master OF her some day.
| \ boy who can master wood pile anu
! blldie his tongue, must be made OF good
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