Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-08-10
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A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.

ginning OI UutH'
Can you call a clerk in an oil store
a serveile fellowf
None have less praise than those
who hunt most after 1t.
The best way to condemn bad traits
is bv practising good ones.
The main difference between men,
insignificant and great. is energy.
Russia finds nearly all her dreams
of absolute power in Eastern Europe
Disrealized.
A quarrel is, nine times out of ten,
merely the fermentation of mis-
understanding.
A lady describing an i'll natured
man says he never smiles but he feels
ashamed OF it.
When the world has once got hold
of lie, it is astonishing how hard it
is to get it out of the world.
We pass our lives in regretting the
past, complaining of the present, and
indulging false hopes of the future.
Prefer sense to wit; never seek to
be diverting without being useful; let
no jest intrude upon good manners.
Some write, talk and think so
much about vice and virtue that
they have no time to practice either.
1t has been discovered that the
man who took look at 1.-THE lay Of
the land" inspected basket OF eggs.
Many men find plenty of time to do
a mean act, who are unable to spare
amopent to perform an act OF charity.
Every man thinks Caesars wife
ought to be above suspicion, but he
is far less particular as to what Caesar
himself ought to be.
The reputation Of man is like
shadow-gigantic when 1t precedes
him, and pigmy in its proportions
when it follows him.
A great big ripe tomato, If we'll
aimed, will do more to make an
orator forget his subject than all the
cheers mad crowd can utter.
We should round every day of
stirring action with an evening of
thought. We are taught nothing by
experience unless we muse upon it.
This Louisiana business causes the
hot weather. Lucifer has opened his
doors so wide TO let in the liars, that
an extra amount of hot air has
escaped.
That which is good to be done can
not be done too soon; and If it is
neglected to be done early, it will fire.
quently happen that it will not be
done at all.
Distinguish between idleness, ig.
norance, want of attention, and
malice; words do sometimes slip
from the tongue which the heart did
neither hatch nor harbor.
The great secret of avoiding disap-
pointment is not to expect too much.
Despair follows immoderate hope, as
things fall hardest to the ground that
have been nearest the sky.
Picnic sandwiches are all right on
apicuic, but when they are brought
home from the grove, and trotted out
on the following six days, then, in
deed, patience ceases to be virtue.
Square umbrellas are reported as
the latest thing in Paris. That's
nothing. We have been using square
umbrellas long time; at least they
are never round-when wanted.
The college youth who graduated
last week with the expectation of
starting out in the world and being a
statesman, next month will be in vain
looking for a job to run soda
fountain in secOnd-class drug store.
Some whisky in the bottom of
barrel recently exploded at Steuben-
vile, O., and killed small boy. The
lesson of this occurrence is that it is
not wise to leave any whisky in the
bottom Of the barrel.
There may be beauty in a rose
there may be rapture in listening to
music floating over silent waters;
there may be loveliness all around,
but a man seldom pays much atten-
ton To them while breaking IN pair
of tight boots.
The things which people are will
ing to give us are the things which
we do not want. When Lincoln was
sick with the smallpox he said to his
attendants, "Send up the office seek
ers. At last l have got something