, 1875-05-15
All Sorts of ParagraPhs.

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If they abolish telegraph poles,
young men will have nothing but
lampposts to cling to.
A Spanish proverb says: A kiss
without moustache Is like an egg
without salt.
The children in Florida say they
live on sweet potatoes in the summer
and on strangers in the winter,
The Harvard students are to meet
the girls Of the Boston high school IN
a spelling match.
The true secret of living at peaF
with the world is TO have an hpnIfe
opinion of ourselves.
In 1874 we had in these United
States $3.50 failures, with liabilities
amounting to l55,239,O00.
Do not brave the opinion of the
world. You may as well say that
you care not for the light of the sun.
At spelling " Bee" You feel the
sting when you step down and out
on such a little word as eclat."
Onr thoughts are epochs in our lives;
all else is but the journal of the winds
that blow while we are here.
Ia damp weather no man can keep
his name untarni>hed without con-
stantly securing his door plate.
Prayer was not invented it was
born with the first sigh, the first JOY,
the first sorrow Of the human heart.
Glory is well enough for rich man,
but it is Of very little consequence TO
a poor man with c large family.
Human glory is not always gIori,
Gus. The best men have lad their
calumniatorS, the worst their panegyr.
lists.
At Havana the yellow fever is pre-
vaiIlng. GA board two English yes
SelS there are seVenty-siX cases down.
Our sorrows are like thunder clouds
which seem very black in the distance,
but grow lighter as they approach.
Failure after long perseverance is
much granler than never to have a
striving good enough to be caIlel a
failure.
Many a child gees aStray, not be-
cause there i want of prayer or vir-
tue at home but simply because home
lacks sunshine.
" Correctly" does not seem like a
hard word, but every failure at a
Spelling Bee Is because OF not being
able to spell correctly.
The block Of granite, which was an
obstacle in the path Of the weak, be-
comes a stepping hole in the paih Of
the strong.
y Newark policeman had a pair of
boots halt soed last fall with 4 board
ing house beef stake, and he hasn't
had wet feet all winter.
:" allow that job was I.atient, "
sand an old farmer, but he never seen
4 determined Shanghai hen sitting on
a nest tall Of billed eggs.
Let us pause at the grave of Web
ster," said Vermont Lecturer. "Too
cold," shouted man IN the audience,
and no pause was made.
The Maine Legislature has rejected
4 bin 10 compel the sale Of eggs by
weight. \ pound Of eggs Is still
a dream of the future
An Iri>hmaa giving his testimony
in one Of our courts, few days since,
in riot case sa;I: " Be jabbers the
first man | saw was two bricks"
Mr.. Cobleigh left off his fannels on
Tuesday, and on Friday morning he
quietly said to his wife, - Mid Cob
leigh, git MY undergtauds dab gwick. :"
Anybody can soil the reputation of
any individual, however pure and
chas'e, by utiering a suspicion that
his enemies will believe and his friends
never hear of.
Milwaukee needs a Bee. \ sign
there reads 'Shooin dun heer.' Ian
caster Is more perfect in tins respect :;
1t has . very prominent sign which
reads Chark col for sail heir
First Boy" ! say, Jimmy, there's
no water. It, frozen everywhere"
Second Boy" Bully. Maybe we
won't have TO wash ourselves till the
middle Of APRIL
\ widow was weeping bitterly at
the loss Of her husband, and the par
son tried to console her. No, no.
said she, let me have my cry out, and
then shan't care anything about it,
After spelling Bee in Bellaire,
Ohio, 4 man came forward with tears
in his eyes and said he only missed be-
cause he forgot for the moment wheth-
er worm was spelled with 'u' or
an 20
CustOmer-I gant a mourning suit.
Shopman-W hat is the bereaYe-
ment, may | ask.
CuStOmer-My mother-in law
ShOpman-Mr. Brown, show the
gentleman the light atiliction depart
ment.