Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-12-17
All Sorts Of Paragraphs.

A man without money is pOOr, Uut u
man with nothing but money is poorer.
He who loves the good and looks for
the good finds the good and gathers the
good.
That which would break a proud
mans heart will not break an humble
mans sleep.
Nellie Grant looks like woman of
forty, and her friends say she made a
miserable marriage.
Travellers should leave theirjewelry at
home-all but their bracelets-which
are nice for two wrists.
In Russia there is religious sect call
ed the 'sHeIpers." Their popularity is
that they avoid lying, stealing, and get
ting in debt.
The violet grows low and covers it
self with its own tears, and of all flow
ers yields the sweetest fragrance. Such
is humility.
The garments belonging to the Moors
who die of cholera in Morocco, instead
of being burnt, are sold at auction in the
public market.
Small beginnings lead to the might
est consequences. For those who desire
to be good the great things to attend to
are the little things.
| Charity is never lost it may be of no
service to those it is bestowed upon, yet
it ever does work of beauty and grace
upon the giver's heart.
The expectation of American pork has
made the keeping of pigs improbable
in England, and even the Irish farmers
are giving up the attempt.
The Paris police are waging war of
determination on fOrtuue-tellers, astro-
logers and similar impostors, The
French capitol abounds in them.
Religion is giants heart and gil
ants purpose put into everyday life,
broadening mans shoulders and en-
larging his purpose, making him wise
beyond himself.
The class in German grammar is on
the subject Of genders. 'Miss Flora,
why is moon masculine in German ?"
$50 that she can go out alone nights, L
suppose"
Christopher Columbus has not ALTO
eether been forgotten. San Francisco,
San Jose and other Pacific cities recent
ly celebrated the 368th anniversary OF
the discovery of America.
It is an actual fact, demonstrated be-
yond doubt. that the sound of fiddle
in house will drive rats away. You
see, the rats don't own any property,
and can get away as well as not.
There will be turkey buried at my
house on the 2Sth-you are respectfully
invited to attend" is the latest and most
fashionable way of inviting friend to
take Thanksgiving dinner with you.
This is likely TO be winter of great
distress in England. In the cotton dis
/ tricts the forhodings are gloomiest. The
glut of goods is unprecedented, and the
production is being restricted Oh all
sides.
A young man named Hunt, an assis-
tant master at a school near Bath, in En-
gland, while playing foot ball the other
day, was suddenly seized with faipt-
ing fit and died in few moments. His
last words were, "Go into it, boys. I
can't help you any longer"
j One of John Leech's cooks ''gave no.
tice" because she was going to get mar
ried, but confessed that no husband had
been yet secured. She did not, howev-
er, foresee much difficulty on that ac
count, for" said she, 81 am of that
happy disposition, mum, that think I
cold love any man."
The Keokuk, (Ia.) body-snatcher,
fearing that if he were promptly return
ed to the scene Of his crime he would be
lynched, ipgeniously contrived to obtain
delay by rubbing his face with someth-
ing which brought out an eruption. The
officials thought it was smallpox and
removed him to the pest-house, and thus
he obtained the coveted respite.