Middletown transcript., 1877-03-24
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Genius is only grsa. patisnos. -Brf-

noblest genius without tuition.
Malignity generally drinks the great
! est part Of its own poison. n.-iSencca.
. All philosophy lies in two words,
|, "sustain" and abstain. ."-Spictesus
We have more Incidence in the mind
than in the body .-RoaebsfoucaId.
The street cars in Minneapolis are
} heated With large base-burner stoves.
An old castle in Japan has recently
been turned into shoe factory.
Moody is going to have q lady to
sing sslo for him at bis reyivals.
Senator Chaffeo is next to Sharon and
Jones, the richest man in the Senate.
Great Britain paid in 1876, for in
tOxicating drinks, $714.Ss8,345.
A new line Of British steamers will
shortly begin to run between New York
and Brazil
Love of truth shows itself in discov-
ering and apprsoiatins what is good
wherever it may exist.
The honor of a maid is her nams,
and no legacy is SO rich as honesty
Shakespeare.
Be calm in arguing. for ferceness
makes error a guilt, and truth discount
esy.-Herbert
Do not forget that while you fold
your hands. Time folds not up his
Wings.-FdsOcett.
A good word is an easy obligation,
but not to speak i'll requires only our
silence, which costs nothing.
An Iowa physician testified in Court
the other day that no man who used
tobacco could tell the truth.
The genius Of liberty and poetry
brought into action the brightest pow
ers Of the human mind.-Malte Brun.
He that calls a man unerateful sums
up all the evil that man can be guilty
Of.-Swifi.
Value the friendship of him who
stands by you in storm sWRrms Of
insects will surround you in the sun
shine.
PRocRAsTINGTIoE.-It il worth our
good intentions as with eur wishes
tomorrow IS but too often she hash Of
to-day.
The good are said to die young, but
according to insurance statistics New
England clergyman lives to be sixty
five years old.
Kindness is the music Of good will
to men, and en- the harp the smallest
fingers may play heavens sweetest
tunes on earth.
Henry of France and Navarro wore
rich daggar at his belt during the cere-
mony Of his marriage to his Marguerite
and this dagger has just been sold in
Paris for about 2500.
California fruit s1lturists haYa added
the Japanese persimmon to their list of
fruits. This variety is said 80 be very
superior, and It's cultivation has been
very successful.
The premium receipts Of the Hart
ford (Conn FIRE Insurance. companies
doing business in California for the year
ending Dec. 31st, 1876, were $685.
7S5, and the losses S72, ,276.
Who is wise? he that is teachabIe.
Who is mighty? He that conquers
himself. Who is rich He that is
cOntsnted Who is hsnorsdi he that
honoreth others.
Charity is never lost: it may meet
with ingratituds, or be Of no service to
those on whom it was bestowed, yet it
ever does a work Of beauty and grace
upon the heart Of the giYer.
Generosity during life is very DIFF
ferent thing from generosity in the hour
Of death. One proceeds from genuine
liberality and bsnevolence, the other
from pride or fear.
SHLF.-Say nsthing respecting ysur-
self either good, bad, or Indifferent
nothing good, for that is vanity moth
ing bad, for that is affectation; nothing
Indifferent for that is silly.
VALUE OF TIME.-As nothing truly
can be attained without in
lustry, so there can be no perssVering
without deep sense Of the
value Of time.
DISPUTES. is an excellent rule to
observe in all disputes, that men should
give soft words and hard arguments
hat they should not SO much strive to
rex as to convince an opponent.
Charity is that rational and constant
Ifsction which makes US sacrifice our
elves to the human race as if We we're
lnited with il so as to form enc indi-
ridual. partaking equally in its property
nd adversity -Confucisss.
If we will take the good we find, ask
ng no questions, We viii have heaping
measures. The gifts are not got by
nalySis. Everything good is on the
ighway. The middle region Of our
sing is the temperate zone Emerson.
No man or woman Was ever cured Of
I'VE by discovering the falsity of his or
er lover. The living together for three
ing, rainy days in the country has
one more to dispsl love than all the
sr6dies in love that can be committed.
Helps.
SOLITUDE AND SocIETx.-Tt is easy,
i the world, to live after the worlds
pinion it is easy in solitude to live
ter your own; but the great man is
. who, in the midst Of the crowd, keeps
ith perfect sweetness the independence
solitude. e.-Emerson.
HoNEsTY,-There is no man, but for
is own interest, hath an obligation to
} honest. There may be sometimes
mptations to be otherwise but, all
lings considered, be shall find it the
,eatest ease, the highest profit, the.
,st pleasure, the most safety, and the