Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-03-15
GENERAL ITEMS

Urn activity of ,ove is goodness.
Hor,cx OF A PEAL-Lightning. u w
80 side-show-A pretty cheek. b,
nvTnoyr has invested $1,979,9O3 in p,
streetpavlng' ,,,ooL- '"
OUGHT strong boy to be paid week
ly salaryE .h,stoa
point Is genius. =
CoRNFIELps that require neither pow :,
ing nor sowing-the feet.
No other creature has the hold on heaV-
en- that a mother has.
ILLHEALTH is often not only sin'
but prolific mother OF sins. |,
WOULD not stearin' candles De the oes'
illuminators for light houses!
CAN stealing tea be called crime "heh
it is only Ieaf-taking?
THE magic mirror-A beautiful lace LII
up with smiles.
FAITH, not silht, must be our guiue'
We cannot do without compass.
BLESSED is the day whose morning is
Weakened by the patter OF little rect.
A GENIUS has discovered how to cut
wood without using an axe or saw. ne
uses Ratchet.
WORK done under protest, like an oath
true life force.
To sneak aloud and all alone, has the
effect of a dialogue with the God one mas
within ones self.
WITTY little housewife of our acquain-
lance saws there is no venisOn In the mar
ket, but plenty of dear meat. .
COOP expands and wars with evil all
over the earth, first to contract ana I'M
nrison. and finally to destroy II.
WE should Judge of man much more
surely from what he dreams imam from
what he inks.
A LITTLE word, act, or look, when the
heart is sore, fingers as does the fragrance
of the rose long after the vase is broken
THERE are some things it won't do &c
to trifle with-for instance, a woman
opinion and the business end OF wasp
If man speaks or acts with an eVl
thought. pain follows him as the vince
follows the foot of him that draws I'LL
carriage.
THOSE men are always best, noDlesl
and most harmonious, in whom Is see
the reflected influence of elevated anu II
fined women.
WOULD you rather go through gidd
waltz with pretty girl, than go thpoug
pretty waltz with giddy girl! p"
pause for reply.
THE superfiuous blossoms on 1ru
tree are meant to symbolic the larp
wav in which God loves to do pleasar
things. 4,
CLOUDS never send dawn to ask Il
plants and grass how much they nee.
thew rain for the relief of their own III
bosoms.
WHAT is the difference between a mu
derous attack and pig-killing one Is q
sault with intent to kill, and the other
akill with intent to salt.
In vour neighbours hens are troub
some and steal across the way. don't
your angry passions rise, but NIX pls
for them to lay.
No heresy was ever yet killed by su
preston the deeper it is thrust into I
ground the stronger will De us rooI,
the surer its bloom.
WE may as well throw our money II
the gutter, or go fighting wlnd-miils,
TO try to make our fellow-creatures bet
while we neglect their physical con
tons.
THE mothers yearning, that comp
est type of the life in another lie WI u
is the essence of real human love, ft
the presence of the cherished chhd e
in.the base, degraded man.
TIE mysterious suicide of Miss !
ME G. DOYLE put the Washington q,
nuncs in a state of ferment the other q
The excitement subsidized whenit was
covered that the story arose from
breaking the neck of bottle OF ans
Oil.
IT has been remarked, in purely
stract and general way, that you
never fully appreciate the extreme Io'
ness of the feminine heart until you
one woman beginning to have her
ohont another woman Younger and ia
than herself.
A MAN recently broke of marriage
cause the lady did not possess good
vocational powers. A cynical II
commenting on the fact, says, me sh
have married her and refused her a
bonnet, and then he would have dis
cred her conversational powers?'
WHEN you see an OIL gentleman of
ty, on a clear, bright, frosty day, carr
a blue cotton umbrella, tied tightly a
the waist with ashoestripg-the ump
tied, not the old gentleman-.you
look out for snow before night, bu
probabilities are that you will not
Ara funeral the undertaken ARA
for the husband and mOther-in-laN
ride i'm the same carriage. Must
said the broken hearted man-'m
ride with that awful woman" 81
YOU will have to-" answered the III
iaker. "Well, if l must, must,
piled he; shut to ride with her des
all the pleasure of the occasion!"
SrERNE, the author of the Sentin
Journey, who had the credit OF tire
his wife very i'll, was one day talki
Garrick in fine, sentimental mann
praise of conjugal love and fidelity.
husband" said he, with amazing.
ance. .swho behaves unkindly to his
deserves to have his house burned oy
head s.If you think so," replied
rics, 81 hope your house is insured
SIT has been wittily said," say
New York Times, ''that as much c
is necessary to write a history as to
grocery-business. The great hist
of the world have all leisure and
properties. In like manner, to be al