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khiyan Proverbs.

He who steadies himself between two
ships will certainly be drowned
Shame is worse than death.
lie who weeps from his heart will provoke
tears even from the blind.
A lean horse and hero in q strange
country each look arniss.
When you 90 to law against the emperor,
God Himself should be the Judge.
The wise man strikes twice against one
and the same stone.
You may praise the Russian thousand
times, but his eyes will still be blue 1.-THE
reverse Of handsome, according to Usbeg
taste.)
Young men may die; old men must.
The Overlooking (fatteriug) tongue soon
makes Il wound
lie who fears the sparrow will never SOW
millet.
When the ass bears too light load he
wants to lie down.
The spoken word cannot again be swal-
lowed.
He whose heart is full soon finds loose
tongue
Smoke rises only from large blocks of
wood.
A living mouse is better than dead
lion.
Him whom god has marked, the prophet
strikes with his wand.
He who is on horseback no longer knows
even his own father. (The armed man
on horseback spares not hls nearest rela-
tion)
When you die, even your tomb shall be
comfortable.
Men speak TO each other by words;
animals by signs.
Man is caught by his tongue, an OK by
his horns.
That which is taken in sith the milk
only goes out with the SOUL (Faults con-
tracted in infancy disappear but with
death.
The open mouth never remains hum
CRY,
Do not fasten up your garment until you
see the water.
Time does not bow to you;y must bow
to time.
When the parson visits you, don't be
overjoyed he will soon begin to beg.
A great head has great cares.
Sense does not lie in the head, but in
age.
Every tribe has its thief; every noun
tain its wolf. Go be always on ones
guard.l
One whip is enough for good horse for
bad one not thousand.
He who is not satisfied with drinking will
not Quench his thirst by licking.
Man carries his superiority inside; the
animals theirs outside.
Were the hand to give all that the ton
que premises, we should soon have no
more beggars everybody would be a
prince.
Be the diSta nra rnunr 90 f."oa'. -" -"--';-4s
still is pleasant. Be the girl never SO plain
She still il handsome
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-04-06
Didn't Know Himself.

Saturday night Detroiter commenced
getting drunk SO that he could not be used
as witness in case in the police court tC
be tried yesterday. The man was pretty
drunk Sunday morning, almost sober by
noon, drunk again by night, and yesterday
noon was just about hali-and-half Just
able to navigate, but so befuddled and
mixed up that he didn't know street car
on a switch from white beaded boy with
a wart on his neck. Entered a store on
Woodward avenue and tirpler asked:
''Sheen Johnson round yere?"
''What johnson? was asked.
"Sham Johnson, course"
"Why, you are Sam johnson yourself!'
'Zhat so?" exclaimed the victim, blink
ing wisely and seeming much put out.
''Of course its so. Who did you think
you were?"
"Goy ner Cass!"
"Wel, YOU aren't"
"Zhen I'm johnson, am II"
eyes, sir"
"Sham Johnson?''
eyes, sir"
''And ! zhon't mount to much, do I?''
"Weli, not a great deal"
"Just common man, eh?''
eyes, you are about az average man. "
The inebriate held onto chair and
looked sorrowiul as he said:
'I'm sorry. Thought al! the time was
Mizzer Gov ner Cass, bat f I'm Sham
Johnson l won't try t put or any more
style. Mucher 'bliged t you. Night
went round hull year 'thout KNOWN Twas
Sham Johnson fu hadn't formed me -
Dof-asf Ef.re Duaao
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WHOLE NUMBER 900.
English and American Slang

A review in Scribner for April of Miss
Aloott's last book contains the following in
regard to "slang."
Miss Alcott has been so especially con-
demned in England on this score, that it
almost becomes necessary that her fellow
countrymen should make her cause matter
for International protest. For much of the
/ criticism is based on that extraordinary
theory of ourBrltish cousins, that it is they
alone who are entitled, as parsonHugh says
to make fritters of English One would
think that child hundred years old might
be entitled to some voice in arranging his
own vocabulary; but the theory seems still
to prevail in some quarters, that all new
Americanisms, however indispensable, are
slang, and all new Anglicisms, however un-
couth, are classic. A good anecdote has
lately crossed the ocean, of an American
girl who was playing croquet in England.
/ What hOrrid scratchI said she indignant
/ ~, when Der mallet once failed of its duty,
and she missed her shot. '0h, my dcar'
said an English cousin, 'you should not use
such slang expressions.' What should
have said?' asked the American. You
might have said, replied the English maiden,
after canvassins her vocabulary for per.
fectly unexceptionable phrase-'you might
have said, What beastly fIke'
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The DeacOn's prop0sal.

IN the town of Hopkinton Mass, lived
a certain Deacon Small. Ia his advanced
age he had the misfortune to lose the rib oil
his youth. After doing penance by wear
ing weed on his hat a full year, he was
recommended to a certain Widow Hooper
living in an adjoining town. The deacon
was soon astride of his old brown mare
and on arriving at the widows door be
discovered her in the act of turning the
suds from her washtubs. Said the dea-
con:
as this Widow Hooper,"
eyes, SIR was the reply.
"Well, " continued the deacon, T am
that little bit of an old drled.up Deacon
Small, and have Only one question to pro-
pose to you"
"Please propose, sir"
"Well, madam said the deacon, "have
you any objection to going to Heayen by
way Of Hopkinton?"
"None at all, Deacon" was the reply
"Come IN, deacon"
Suffice it to say that they were married
the next day.
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Spanish Proverbs.

He is a rich man who has God for his
friend.
lie is the best scholar who has learned
to live well.
Ahandful of mother wit is worth bushel
of learning.
You had better leave your enemy some
thing when you die, than liYe to beg of
your friends.
Enjoy what little You have while the
fool is looking for more.
Saying and doing do not dine togeth-
er.
May you have good luck, my son, and
wit will serve your turn.
Gifts break through stone walls.
Co not to your doctor for every ail, nor
your pitcher for every thirst.
There is no better looking glass than an
DID, true friend.
A wall between two preserves friend,
ship.
A creditor always has a better memory
than the debtor.
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4 California Iail.carricr

"Snowshoe" Thompson, who for ten
years carried the mails over the Sierra
in winter afoot, sits in San Francisco
bar-rooms and tell stories about his ad-
ventures. la the winter Of 1865, when
the snow was uncommonly deep, he first
bargaincd to make tn? journeys between
Placervillo and Carson Valley en- snow
shoes. The distance was ninety miles,
and he ordinarily made it in one direc-
tion in two days, prepondcrance of
downhill. enabling him to slide parts of
the way very speedily, but the return
trip occupied three days. Exposure af-
fected him but little, Much of the time
he walked or glided over snow fields
from ten to fifty feet deep, ate frozen
food, and camped in the open air. He
had favorite sleeping places under the
shelter of rocks, where he built fires and
made beds Of Eelmlock boughs.
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1)oetrp,

Make Home Bright and Pleasant.
More than building snowy mansions
More than dress and fine array
More than dome and lofty steepes-
More than station, power, and sway
Make your home neat and tasteful,
Bright and pleasant, always fair,
Where each heart shall rest contsntei,
Grateful for each bounty there.
More than lofty swelling titles
More than fortunes Turing glare
More than Mammon's gilded hon0rs-
More than thought can well compare,
See that home is made attractive,
By surroundings pure and bright,
Trees arranged with taste and order:
Flowers in all their sweet delight.
Seek to make your home most lovely,
Let it be a smiling spot,
Where, in sweet coutentment resting;
Care and sorrow are forgot;
Where the flowers and trees are waving,
Birds will sing their sweetest songs;
Where the purest thoughts Will linger,
Confidence and love belong.
Make your home little Eden,
Initiate her smiling bowers,
Let a neat and simple cottage
stand among bright trees and flowers,
Then what fragrance and what brightness
VIII each blooming rose display
Here, simple vne-clad arbor,
Brightness through each summer day
Then each heart with rest contented,
Seldom wishing for roam
Or, il roaming still will cherish
Mem ries of that pleasant home,
Such home makes man the deter,
Pure and LISTING its CONTROL
Home with pure and bright surroundings
Leaves its impress on the soul.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-04-06

Christianity sends each faculty of our
nature to its proper office; our venera-
ton to Christ; our wills to their duty.
1t preclpitates US on action as the proper
school of affection; and reversing the
morallst's principle, values not the pure
heart as the tool for producing honorable
deeds, but for the good deeds, as at once
the expression and nourshment Of that
greatest Of possessions, a good mind.
1t was not by retiring into himself, but
by going out of himself, that Christ
overcame the world; not the spiritual
pathology and selftorture, but by vcri-
table sufferings that he became perfect;
not by measuring his own emotions, but
by oblivion Of them amid a crowd of
tolls, succession of fulfilled resolves, a
protuse expenditure Of life and effort
having others for their object, that he
rose above the dignity of men, and ripen-
ed the divinest spirit of the skies
Ndrttne0u.
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An Emperor of Germany coming by
chance, on Sunday, into a church,
found there a most misshapen priest in
somuch as the Emperor scorned and
contemned him, But when he heard
him read those words in the service,
"tor it is He that made US, and not we
ourselves" the Emperor checked his
own proud thoughts, and made inquiry
into the condition and quality of the
man: and finding him, on examination,
most earnest and devout. ne made him
Archbishop OF Colen, which place he did
excellently discharge -FuIter's Holy
State.
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L have my own opinion on zis tariff
question" remarked a seedy-looking in
dividual on the street last evening.
''What is your opinion" " asked gen.
tleman near by. My pinion, zur,"
replied the man; sis zat every fellcr's
goz his own right (hic)to 90 on tariff e
wants to- No one vcntured to
dispute his views.
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To do the simplest work is to save re-
ligion from the most aggravated misan-
thropy. For man to light his last
candle and set it in the window of his
cot, with the hope that it may catch the
eager eye of the struggling mariner, who
would give the world for LIGHT is tn
please God more than to perform the
most stately ceremony, as if the earth
were no longer the abode of suffering
humanity. ty.-Joseph Parker, u. d.
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4 washerwoman in Appleton died last
week leaving a husband and two children
without visible means Of sppport. Women
seem to be getting more thoroughly heart
less every year.
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| will govern my life and my thoughts
as if all the world were to see the one
and to read the other; for what does it
signify to make anything secret to my
neighbor, when to God I'll our privacies
are open!-Seneca.
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''Come, daughter, don't" 1t was won
derful how those stern tones fell into a
sweetneso that was ike mothers. "Papa
will be very kind to his little girl and
make he- very happy and she must not
trouble him by grieying So"
At last the child lifted her head, and
her glance fell upon the portrait of lady
opposite, set in a richly carved frame.
The FACE was still young and the sweet
ness of the azure eyes, the futtering smile
about the lips, and tie soft delcacy of the
whole face, would have won Our whole
heart TO it at once.
Papa, / am glad now that she died be-
fore can remember her.
"My child, what DO you mean?" with
tones full of embarrassment.
''B cause, papa, it would have broken
her heart
| The cid man set down his child, and she
went cut of the library. His stern lips
dill not quiver, nor his iron will ialter in
its purpose, but there rose up before him
a far picture oC that Young face, above
which grass had been growing for eleven
years, as it bent with proud, mOtherly
tenderness over little, brown curly mead
which she was lifting up for its fathers
kiss. And the baby stretched out its hands
and crowed triumphantly, as the fingers
clutched the mans hairs and this baby
was his first born child, and he turned him
forever from his doors. Mary had spoken
the truth It was well that her mother
was dead for it would have broken her
heart.
/ Wm. Reynolds, the banker, was stern,
reS0lute man, honorable in bis dealings
with all men, but sympathetic, pitiful to
none. He had married late in life, wo-
man much younger than himself, one who
combined rare graces Of heart and mind;
and who had Opend all the springs Of ten
darness in his cold undemonstrative nature.
Their son had inherited the warm impulses
OF his mother with the infexible will OF
/ his father, and after the death of the form
er, gradual estrangement developed it
self between the two, and the gentle, heal
ing element of the mother was not there to
reconcile those she loved. Matters grew
worse and worse, until, after having grad
uated from college, the young man fatty
refused to crafty bis fathers darling am
bition Of succeeding him in business, he
having chosen the law for a profession.
A long and severe alteration ensued
between father and son. Harsh, fierce
words passed between them, for both were
equally determined and angry, and the
whole ended in the rich banker turning
his son forever from his threshold.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1876-04-06
Origin of Plants


Madder came from the East.
Celery originated in Germany.
The chestnut came from Italy.
The onion originated in Egypt.
Tobacco is a native of Virginia.
The nettle is a native CT Europe.
The citron is n native OF Greece.
The pine is native of America.
Oats originated in North Africa.
The poppy originated in the East.
Rye came, originally from Sardinia.
The pear and apple are from Europe.
Spinach was first cultivated in Arabia.
The mulberry tree originated in Persia
The ounce came from the island Of
Crete.
The gourd is probably an Eastern
plant.
The walnut and peach came originally
from Persia.
The cucumber came from the East H.
dies.
The horse chestnut is a native Of Thi-
bet.
The rakish is a native of China an(
japan.
Peas are supposed to be of Egyptian
origin.
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Many who are called Gospel ministers
are more chargcable with concealing
truths than affirming direct error: with
ncglecting some part of their duty, than
actually committing crimes; with not
properly building the house, than will
fully pulling it down. IjHherspoon.
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Men who, to support creed, would
shake our trust in the calm, deliberate,
and distinct decisions Of our rational and
moral powers, endanger religion more
than its open forces, and forge the dead
liest weapon for the infdel Charming.
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Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.
Jeremy Taylor.
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Reverence the highest, have patience
with the lowest. Let this days per-
formanoe of the meanest duty be thy re-
llgion. Are the stars too distant. pick
up the pebble that lies at thy feet and
from it learn the all. Mogaret Fuller.
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When the catholic spirit is there is
the Catholic Church.-Hedge.
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He is a good man whose intimate
friends are all good.
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The various sects ale only different
enhances to the one city.-Hiadoo Pun
dit
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pNtlinnS and praYNr.

titute of daily food ard one OF you say un-
to them, depart in peace, be ye warmed and
filed, notwithstanding ye give them not
those things which are ncedful to the body,
what doth it profit! !"-James l5-lS.
An old lady sat in her oil | armchair,
With wrinkled visage and disheveled hair,
And hunger-worn features;
For Gays and for weeks her only fare,
AS She sat iu her old armchair,
Had been potatoes.
But Eow they were gene; of bad or good
Not one was left for the old lady's food
OF those potatoes.
And she sighed and said: "What shall DO
Where shall | send or to whom shall 60
For more potatOes?'
And she thought of the deacon over the way,
The deacon so ready to worship and pray,
Whose cellar was full of potatoes
She said: 81 will send for the deacon to
come:
He'll not much mind to give me some
OF such store of potatoes"
And the deacon came over as fast as he
could,
Thinking to do the old lady some good,
But never for once of potatoes.
He asked her at once what was her chief
want:
And she, simple soul, expecting a grant,
Immediately answered: "Potatoes''
But the deacon's religion didn't lie that way
He was more accustomed to preach and pray
Than to give his boarded potatoes.
So, not hearing, of course, what the old lady
sand,
He rose to pray with uncovered head;
But she only thought of potatoes.
He prayed for patience, goodness aud grace;
But when he prayed: Lord give her
peace'
She audibly sighed, "Give potatoes,''
And at the end of each prayer which he
said
He heard, or thought he heard, in its stead
1nit SAINT request IoE HOtdtOeS.
Deacon was troubled, knew not what TO do
Twas very embarrassing to have her act 50
And about those carnal potatoes
So ending his prayers, he started for home
The door closed behind; he heard deep
so, give to the hungry, potatoes''
And the grcan followed him all the way
home,
In the midst of the night it haunted his
room;
-. give to the hungry, potatOes!'
He could bear it no longer; arose and
dressed
From his well-fllcd cellar taking in haste
Bag of his best potatoes.
Again he went TO the widows lone hut,
Her sleepless eyes she had not yet shut;
But there she sat in the Old .rm- chair
With the same wan features, same wan air,
And, entering in, he poured on the foor
bushel or more from his goodly store
OF choicest potatoes.
The widows heart leaped up for joy,
Her face was pale and haggard no more,
Now" said the deacon, shall we pray?''
"Yes. = said the widow, ''now you may
/ And he kaelt him down on the sandy floor
/ Where he had poured ogt his goolly store,
And such prayer the deacon prayed
| As never before his lips essayed.
No longer embarrassed, but free and full,
/ He poured out the voice of liberal soul;
And the widow responded a loud "amenn
J But said no more of potatoes.
And would you who hear this simple tale,
Pray for the poor, AMI praying prevail?
Then preface your prayers with aims and
good deeds
Search out the poor; their wants and needs
Pray for their peace and grace, spirltua
food.
For wisdom and guidance, all these arr
good;
But don't forget the potatoes.
They have chip.hass IN New Orleans
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Better make penitonts by gentleness
than hypoerites by severity.-St. Fran
els de Sales
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The prime condition cf a life ever
found, is life eve. lost.-Robert Col
lyer.
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Force is the queen of the world, and
not opinion; but opinion is that which
uses force Pascal.
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Don't trust advice; your own
experience is safer.
The "DOAIESTIC'is is so easy
50 ready, and so useful, that
You will not be willing to part
with it.
No other Sewing Machine
was ever a quarter as successful.
The secret of its success lies in
the machine itself, viz: its ever
ready reliability for all kinds of
work.
1t costs more to do without it
than to buy it. Other machines
are useful; but don't Judge the
domestic" by them. Try it.
fit does not justly your expec-
tasion, You lose nothing.
WOLCOTT & GREGG,
General Agents, 124 Spring
Street, Milwaukee.
WM. PAswALK Agent Mani
towoc Wis. S941yr.
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There ate wrong-ers of subjects, as
veil as writers on them CoIeridge.
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1t is more honorable to contend with
Hercules, than disgraceful to be over
come by him.-OriG.
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The male cricket chirps, while the female
work s in silence.
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The road is easier after saint like
Jesus has trodden it; but no saint travels
the whole length.-Thco. Parker.
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Scholars may quote Plato in studies,
but the hearts of millions shall quote the
Bible at their daily toll, and draw
strength from its inspiration, as the
meadows draw it from the brook M.
ID. Conway.
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Why don't the Washington police au-
thorities pull the white house?
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Gems of dbousbt.

No man is hurt but by himself =
Diogones.
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1t is only necessary to grow old to be-
come more indulgent. | see no fault
committed that have not committed
myself Goethe.
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Despise a man, and you become of the
kind YOU would make him; love him and
you hit him into yours.-George Mac
DOHdid.
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\ gully conscience is like whirlpool.
drawing in all to itself which would
otherwise pass by.-Fulier.
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Things i'll have ever bad success.
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There is but one unfailing good; and
that is fidelity to the everlasting law
written on the heart, and rewritten and
republished in Gods word. Channing.
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The true church is an association of
men for the cultivation of knowledge,
the practice of piety, and the promoticn
of virtue. CrdbJe Robinson.
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Mrs. Burliugame, of Green Lake, aged
81 years, walked twelve miles the other
day.
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Conceit is to nature what paint is to
beauty, it is not only needless. but i'm
pairs what it would improve.-Pope.
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