Middletown transcript., 1877-05-12
Uarietiss.

Real glory consists in the conquest Of
ourselves.
Virtue deserves respect even in beg
gar's clothes.
Born, lived and died, sum up the
great epitome of man.
No woman ought to vote until she
can pull out a cork with her teeth
NJ r Herald.
Somebody advertisss in a Western
newspaper, for "a boy to open oysters
fifteen years old"
Take things as they are. and make the
best of them. That is the only true and
practical philosophy.
Some people are very correct /; you
can never discover any fault in them,
but they never amount to muuh.
Herald epitaph on a dead politician
"Gone before the heavenly Returning
Board may he be counted in"
They who respect themselves will be
honored but they who do not care
about character will be despised.
It is announced that the kindergarten
system has been introduced in the Gov
ernment schools for girls in China.
There is this difference between char
acter and reputation character is what
enc really is, reputation is what be
seems to be.
Death is the only monastery; the
tomb is the only cell, and the grave
that adjoins the convent is the bitterest
mock Of its futility.
Jokeing iz risky Dizziness just for
the sake ov a second klass joke menBy
a man haz lost fust klass friend
Josh Billings.
There is pleasure enough in this life
to make US wish to live, and pain enough
to reconcile us to death when we can
live no longer.
Passionless characters are worthless
in good or in evil; their gentleness is
inability to feel anger, their virtue in
ability to do wrong.
Hope is the best part of our riches.
What pro6teth the wealth of the Indies
in our pockets, if we have not the hope
of heaven in our soul 7
Mental pleasures never cloy. Unlike
those Of the body, they are increased
by repetition, improved BY reflection,
and strengthened BY enjoyment.
There is no merit where there is no
trial; and until experience stamps the
mark Of strength, towards may pass for
heroes, faith for falsehood.
We should always be very careful on
whom we confer benefits; for if we be-
stow them on the base-minded. it is
like throwing water into the sea.
England has 140 daily papers. "a Of
them morning journals, 10 Of which
are published at London. Paris has
81 daiTiss.
The annual income Of London chari-
tiles is about $4,000, 900. two-thirds
of which comes from contributions and
the rest from investments.
What an exquisitely delicate prscept
is that of the Hindoo law which says
"Strike not, even with blossom,
wife though she be guilty Of hundred
faults"
Shakespeare says we are creatures
that look before and after. The more
that We do not lock around
a little and see what is passing under
our very eyes.
The rales of fashionable life driIl the
character out of girls until they are as
much alike as pins in a paper, and have
about as much sense and sentiment in
their heads.
France is strengthening her sea-
ports IF there's going to be a general
European dinner on Turkey, she hopes
.hey'll allow her to keep little of the
Brest.
We ought not to determine hastily
IN any question newly proposed to US,
but to consider Of it maturely; aud in
,very such case, to doubt is not with
,ut its use.-AristotEe.
Five skeletons. presumably of mound
have been lately unearthed at
Iorain, Ohio, in quite good preserva-
ion. The jaWbones and teeth are no.
ed as unusually large.
How violently do blow the sails of
popular judgments How few there be
hat can discern between truth and
likeness, between shows and sub
tance Sir P. Sidney
Women charm, as a general thing in
roportion as they are good A plain
ice with heart behind it is worth a
,orld of beauty. Men who have tried
9th uniformly agree to this.
A California woman offered Edwin
Tooth 800 to kiss her. but after a Sec
nd look at the paint on her face he
ffered her twenty-five dollars not to
other him. Detroit Free Press.
Some men are like cats. You may
roke the fur the right way for years
I'D hear nothing but purring but ac-
dentally tread on the tail, and all
emory OF FORMER Klndness IS oDIltera-
d.
The domestic man who loves no mu-
c so well as his kitchen clock, and
Ie airs which the logs sing to him as
icy burn on the hearth, has solaces
hich others never dream ef.-Enser-
N.
There are some races more cultured
I'd advanced, and snnobled by educa-
On than others, but there are no races
,bler than others All are equally
,stined for freedom -AlerGnder Kon
Vanity is confoundsd donkey
ny apt to put his head between his
gs, and chuck US over but pride is
ine horse, that will carry US over
onnd and anabIa nc n d,sfanoa our