Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-08-28
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

natterlng their vanity or their vices
THERE is Us difference between
yearning for money and earning it.
a HEALTHY man who consents to live
upon others doesn't deserve to live ut all.
By the side of regular drone, the
convicted criminal looms up as an angel.
IT GOES against the grain to call
chiropodist corn dealer and disciple of
Bunyon.
ECONOMY is one thing, parsimony
another And they are as different as
black and white.
MATRMONIAI-It is not good nova
days for man to offer his hand if there's
nothing in it.
THE light of friendship is like the
light of phosphorus-seen plainest when
all around is dark.
THE superiority of some men is
merely local. They are great because
their associations are little.
CHEERFULNEss makes the mind clear
er, gives tone to thought and adds grace
and beauty to the countenance.
WHEN we are alone, we have our
thoughts to watch; in our families, our
tempers; and in society," our tongues
FIREs-What Shall We do with
Them?" queries the Chicago Times at
the head of its leader. Put 'em ouut,
stupid.
THE new fawn colored fabrics are
somewhat expensive But Dora Bella eX-
pected that. She knows that fawn is a
little deer.
A SUFFERER who experiences nightly
tortures desires to know how to prevent
,l,+, NI,o rgl,D nj nd sim,
ple-eat less for supper.
THE belle who originated the Grass
hopper twist is stopping at Congress Hall,
Saratoga. Remorse is painted on her
once cheerful countenance.
A FIRM of wooden boot makers have
started business in Minnesota. All but
the leg is made of wood, and those who
have worn them find them easy and dry.
LITTLE Gussy sprinkled her mothers
new ninety-dOlar hat. She thought 1t a
"tunnin' flower darden." Howls were
heard in that ncighborhood for the next
half hour.
THE Minneapolis Tribune says
Happier is honesty in a hickory shirt
and an oilskin cap than dissimulatiOn in
| plug hat and shirt that buttons be
hind"
A SUBSTITUTE for rubber is said to have
| been discovered in the gum of milkweed
| and kindred plants, which is mixed with
flax and other seeds by a Canadian inven
| tor.
| IT is a remarkable fact that the moment
a woman writes letter she is frantic tC
put it in the post-officc, although she may
| have been putting off the writing for six
months.
If you tell man that the third convo
| luton of his left anterior cerebral lobe is
atrophied, it is equivalent to saying in
the United States that he can't talk ra-
tionally.
The superintendent of Georgia rail
road was asked for half-fare tickets to
| those wishing to emigrate to Texas. He
replied: Not once cent for emigration
thousands for immigration"
THE Toronto GL0be is making a vigor-
Gus assault upon hereditary titles in Can
ada While titles may be well enough in
the old country, here, it thinks, that every
tub should stand on its own bottom.
By intense application it has been dis
covered that the divorce case between
Ann Eliza and Brigham resolved itself
into purely business transaction, g
matter Of prophet and laws, as it were
A BoARDING-HoUsE fend tells the story
| that in recent thunderstorm the warring
of the elements was SO awe-inspiring that
the hair in dish Of butter in the pantry
turned completely white during the
night.
A CANADIAN editor announced that che
had keen rapier to prick ali fools and
knaves." His contemporary over the
way said he hoped his friends would
take it from him, for he might commit
suicide.
"YoU say" said judge to witness,
that the plaintiff resorted to an ingenious
use of circumstantial evidence. State just
exactly what you mean by that" well,
| said the witness, my exact meaning is
that he lied"
WATER from wells still remaining in
crowded cities is wholly unsuitable to
drink. The sources of these water veins
have become vitiated by percolating
through ground impregnated with the
! drainage Of cutters and sewers
AN exchange gives this timely warning
oJ,ook not upon the watermelon when it
is red, nor the stewed cherry when il
| giveth its color in the cup; at last il
/ biteth like soft-shell crab, and stingeth
/ like the cholera morbus.
ADyERsITY exasperates fools, defects
! towards, draws out the faculties OF the
wise, puts the modest to the necessity OF
irving their skill, awes the opulent and
makes the idle industrious. Much may
be said in favor of adversely, but the worst
of it is it has no friends.
THE Boston Globe states that the girls
of that city wear hanging to the Russian
| leather bands which encircle their slender
waists eight articles, namely: Sun um
brela, vinaigrette, pocketbook, fan
bunch of KEYS, glove buttoner, small case
for til mble and scissors, handkerchief
and on Sundays an ornamental prayer
book
THE servants right to be politely treat
ed is lust as absolute and indefeasible as
that ofthe Queen. She is child of the
great King, and to her applies the roya
law. according to the Scripture, Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Tha
law, which is the highest of ali, surely IN
cludes politeness.
A DEGREE of privacy is impaired tc
correspondence through postal cards by
the use of invisible ink, the direction t.
"hold to the fire" being written with com
mon ink. This checks the inquisitiye
ness of Post Office clerks, who have no
the time to make the application. II
France invisible ink is sold for this pun
pose.
A PORTABLE travelling bed which cal
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