The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-12-11
Bits of Wisdom.

Who lives for himself alone, lives
for mean fellow.
Money is like manure, of very little
use unless spend.-Bacon.
If you have faithful servant and
one that you like, serve yourself
Franklin.
Better make penitents by gentleness
than hypocrites by severitv.-.St Fran
cis de Sales.
Real greatness does not depend on
the things we do, but on the mind with
which we do them.
Success is full of promise till men
get it and then it as a last years nest,
from which the bird has flown.
A clear stream reflects all objects
that are upon its shore, but is unruffled
by them SO it should be with our
hearts.
There are two ways of going thro'
this world. One is to make the best of
it, and the other is to make the worst
of it.
We should never make enemies, If
for no other reason, because it is hard to
behave towards them as we ought. Pal
nler.
life grows dark as we go, till only
one pure light is left shining on it and
that is faith, Old age, like solitude and
sorrow, has its revelation"
If thou art rich, strive to command
thy money lest she command thee. If
thou knowest how to use her, she is, thy
servant; if not, thou art her ssslave
EnItrdion.
eve are to work and Learn. Life
should have its quiet pauses, in which
to gather rest for work, but no idle hours.
The poor are to be ministered unto, the
wicked reclaimed, and the sorrowing
| to be comforted.
-"Sun-dials make only the bright
hours Would it not be well if more
people could initiate themS They would
be surprised to find how many there are
of these, and how much brightness there
is in hours they are accustomed to think
dark"
Such is falling leaf in the autumn
how many bright summer days and
cool nights fostered it's growth, and what
is it when it hangs on a tree, and now,
when it falls? And what is the result OF
a whole human life, reduced to few
sentences. ?-Aur6och.
Law is restrictor of liberty to
those only who resist it's control The
way to surmor1nt this difficulty is by pei
feet obedience; by accepting the law so
entirely, by so identifying our wills with
the supreme Will which ordained it, that
we become ourselves party to the law.
Then it ceases to be restraint, and be.
comes our own volition.-HedQe
"Aspre the world is wide, the field is infinite
| the exertion,
Fairly put forth, is not lost true, what you have
sought is not here
Not here, but it may be there, and surely some
And yet again, and again, for in thes,
trials
You will grow stronger i the heart fail not, mol
the hand
Hope has as many lives as cat OF
a king. J. dare say you have heard the
old proverb, ''The king never dies" But
perhaps you have never heard, that, at
the court of naples, when the dead body
of a monarch lies in state, his dinner is
carried to him as usual, and the court
physician tastes it, to see that it be not
poisoned, and then the servants bear il
out again, saying. "The king does not
dine today Hope in our souls is king;
and we also say, 'sThe king never dies ,
Even in reality he lies dead within us, in
solemn mockery we offer him his accus.
toned food, but are constrained to say
''The king does not dine to-day. Long
.tezlo,0.
1t requires no talent, no education
no thought, to dress tastefully the most
empty hearted, frivolous young person
can do it provided she has money enough
Those who can't get the money make
up for it by fearful waste of precious
time, they plan, they cut, they fit, they
rip, they trim, till they can appear il
society, looking exactly like somebody
else. They think of nothing, talk OF
nothing, but how this shall be fashion
ed, and that trimmed; and as to then
hair, Satan uses it as his favorite net,
and catches them in it every day of thei1
lives. Stepping HeaUenward.