The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-12-30

, Bring they to Fanny. while making Mud pies.
Grsvely she stirs. with . ssrious look.
..Aaking believe" she's srue pastry cook:
Sundry brown splashes On forehead and eyes.
show that eur Fsnny h making mud pIes.
But all the soil Of her innocsas plsy.
Soap and clean water viii soon Wash away;
Many pleasure in daistier guiss.
Leaves darker traces than Fannys mad pies
rRIrE sAYINGs.
The flowers are but the earth vivi.
fed.
Morning for labor, evening fer 70.
pese.
Treat reports with indifference, and
others win seon learn y disrsgard
them.
Sarcasm Il the neutral language Of
the devil.
DO not choose yoar friend By bi.
> Joskss hsndsene hoots sftsn pinch
the feet.
Govern your thoughts when alone,
and your tongue when in company.
The small ceurissies sweeten life,
the greater, ennoble it. .cn
Custom may lead man into many
errors, but it justices none. iod
A good heart serves our friends
better than it dees eur interests.
1t is better to desire than to enjoy,
to lsve than to be loved.
Without earnest convictisns NO
great or sound literature is conceive
Bile.
The prodigal robs his heir, the miser
robs himself.
The great secret Of success in life 10
for q man to be ready when the op-
ortunity comes.
The greatest men live unseen to
view, while thousands are not quail
fed to express their influence.
The wise man stands firm in all ex-
tremeties, and bears the lot Of his ha-
manity with divine temper.
In proportion ss We ascend the
sscial scale We fnd - much mud
there as below, only it is hard and
gilded.
By united effort, the theorist and the
practical man may accomplish much,
which neither could effect alone.
UnpopuIarity or popularity is utter
ly worthless - test Of manhood's
powers, genius is that in whose power
. man is.
He that lives in fear Of dsath, every
naenent feels its torture. i will die
bat once. ~ f4LtU / Ia VI |
He who il only in good health and
II willing to work has nothing to fear |
in this world.
In the march Of life don't heed the
order fright about" when you know
yoa are shout right. nD 4
Love IL never lost. II net recipro-
Gated il win fow back and soften and |
purify the heart. K
The greatest friend of truth IL time,
her greatest enemy prejudice, and her
constant companion 10 humility.
1t is good in fever and much better
in anger to have the tongue kept cleas
and smooth. I
See the sack open before you buy
what is in it; he who trades in the
dark asks to be cheated. ~ |,
Coleridgc said that federation was
till Indifference made it
worthless.
Envy is strongly Characteristic of
littissess Of mind q truly noble and
generous man feels no enmity toward
: saecessfuI rival. C1ittAu Z T.
The triumph of wit is to make ysur ,
yosd nature subdue y6ur censure; to
Ie quick in seeing faults and slew in T,
them.
The reason why more homage is
paid to wealth than wisdom, says
Russian poet, is because one can bor-
rev wealth and not wisdom. ss I,
Idleness among children, ss among :
nen, ia the root of all evil, and leads {
o no other evil more surely than i'll
emper. ~ -. 7
Difficulties excite the mind to the t
Iignity which sustains and finally Q
onquers misfortune, and the ordeal Il
efines while it chastens.
The only gratification the covetous :,
nan gives his neighbOrs 10 to let them r
ee that he himself is NO better for Y
, hat he has than they are. o
Drunkenness is the parent of most v
ther vices. 1t quenches the salutary n
over OF reason, and makes us the p
port Of raging passion. u
Te be well spoken of, you must die. r. r.
ven paaper when dead 10 mention >,
without asperity, and that is ~ =,
sch - any pauper can expect. Z W
A. storm follows storm, and wave y,
Icceeding wave, give additional ID
Irdness to the shell that encloses the of
.arl, 80 do the storms and waves Of ca
q add force to the character. W