The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-06-13
WIT AND WISDOM.


will worship him.
A gentleman caught cold by kissipg
lady's snowy brow.
Patience is flower that grows not in e,
cry ones garden.
All human virtues increase and strength
en- by the practice and experience Of them.
Why should a spider be a good corre-
spondent Because he drops line by ev-
cry post.
If a lady in a red cloak were to cross a
field in which was goat, what wonderful
transformation would take place The goat
would turn to butter and the lady into a
scarlet runner.
What is the maximum ball \" said
lady to a soldier in an Arsenal. 4 The
Minimum, was his reply.
Whoever has gone through much ~ life
must remember that he has thrown awav
great deal Of useless uneasiness tlpon
what was much worse in apprehension than
IN reality.
woman should never consent 70 be
married secretly She should distrust a
ness the act which in his own estimation
should be the crowning glory of his life
The Cincinnati Tolksblatt zays the cru
SADIE has - injured many branches of bust
ness. Among the coopers, hoop makers.
IRON workers, box makers, etc. MANY la
borers have been thrown out of employ
ment owing 70 the diminished consump-
ton Of beer and wine in rural districts.
An enterprising superintendent Of city
Sunday school was engaged last Sunday in
catechlslng the scholars, varying the usual
method by beginning at the end Of the Cat
echism. After asking what we're the pre-
requisites for the Holy Communi IN and
Confirmation, and receiving very satisfacto-
ry replies, he asked" And nov boys, tell
me what must precede baptism III A lively
urchn cried out, "a baby, sir Fact
followed by sensation and laughter.
If additional testimony be wanting TO
prove that the English language is rapidly
becoming the universal tongue, the card
OF a hotel proprietor at Havana is here
with offered to supply the lack: The
Both Void Hotel, Mum San Ignacio st..
flaza NleJa. In this establishment set as
the European style, receives lodges which
Will hnd an splendid assistance 50 in eating
as IN habItaton, therefore thaJmaster count
with the elements necessary.
No French or English woman Of cultiva-
ton now wears her garters below her
knees The principal vein of the leg sinks
there beneath the muscles and varicose
veins, cold feet, and even papitation Of the
heart may be brought on by tight garter
IN the wrong place. When It is fastened
above the knee all this pain ana deformity
may be avoided.
friend at our elbow says he thinks it
Just as reprehensIble for women to get tight
laclng as for men to get tight by drinking.
Both nJure the system. Well, it's none
OF our particular business airy way Men
generally get tight cause it s pleasant, and
women get tight corsets nice
few years ago a hungry crowd sat
down to a Widespread supper table Of a
Sound steamer, upon which one of the
dishes contained a trout Of moderate size
serious looking individual drew this dish
toward HIM, saying apologetically, This
Is last day with me. His next neighbor.
Al IRISH gentleman, Immediately inserted
his fork into the tish and put it to his own
plate, remarking, Sir, do YOU suppose
nobody has a sowl to be saved by YOUR
self.
Boston claims to have a diamond ring
which once belonged to Sir ,saac Newton.
That Is nothing. st. Louis has the lead
pencil with which Noah checked off the
animals that went into the ark, while Chi
cago has the pen that Moses wrote the ten
commandments with.
In the quaint old town of Nurembur0
two pastors were recently arrested and
condemned to pay a tine for the crime Of
starting the first Sunday school III the city.
On appealing to a higher court, however,
they were acquitted.
The present Pope is the 207th Bishop of
Rome In succession from st. Peter. He IA
now III his S2d year in the 55th of his
priesthood, n the 47th Of his episcopate.
and the 2Sth " his potihcate.
A mother advised her daughter to oil her
halr, and tainted fiat away when that dam
sci replied, " Oh no, ma it spoils the gem
tlemen vests
Down IN Kentucky the traveller bears
fond husbands say: Il Come, darling, come
IN and get dinner, or iii mash your old red
head with a club ~
An Iowa engineer married a young lady
while waiting for a late train last week.
That's no great shakes. A couple might
marry and raise large family III children
while waiting for train in some Of the In
diana depots
" Why do you use paint y asked vio-
linist OF his daughter. For the same
reason rosin, papa. How l. that" Why,
to help me draw my beau"
An exchange says, I'VE cannot find room
Tor the song sent us. beginning, Fill up
with wine your flowing bowels. The spell
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