The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-03-27
WAITS AND WHnls.
TEE SAFEGUARD

Lay like a shield on his fathers breast.
OF old twas raid TINT when men drew near
To fierce temptation or deadly strife,
AMI lost their way in mazs Of fear,
ur perilsd their souls for worldly gear,
BY way unknown an angel hand
uld lead them out of the dangerous lana
nto the light Of a be life,
story is true for the world TODAY
We see no white-robed angels mile:
Bat out Of the dark and Perilous way
Where men and women forget to pray,
Into the peace Of purer land
They are led by gentle, shielding hand
The hand Of a little, helpless child,
mo one is more profoundly sad than
he who is obliged to laugh.
Absence is the greatest of evils when
it isn't the best of remedies.
The Turkish language is spoken by
about 100000 of people in Europe.
When fortune csresses a man too
much she is apt to make fool of him.
The first and worst of all frauds il
to cheat oneself All sin is easy after
that.
"A Chinese proverb says: "Grest
souls have strong wills; Others only feeble
wishes"
Some men cling to their opinions
more tenaciously thsn they ever will to
sell-respect.
The beauty of the face is an envia>
bic thing, but the beauty of the heart
lasts longer.
In the midst of life we are in debt.
l. Court Journal. Shake!-[Stillwater
Lumberman.
The rarest, and surely the happiest
marriages, are between those who have
grown in love.
The Marseillaise hymn has been
formally recognized as the national an,
them of France.
There are 100000 cattle Illuminating
on the plains of Colorado, and about half
as many in Montana.
DESTINY.
Laura sits watching the clouds overhead.
"a Where are they goins, Wonder''
Prosaie Tom, from the door of the shed,
81 guess they are going to thunder P'
" Where are they going ?" Ethel inquiries,
Watching the cows as they pass;
Rudely shouts Bill, with a voice like erier's,
al reckon they are going to grsssl"
Value the friendship of him who
stands by you in the storm swarms of
insects will surround you in the sun
shine.
BE very careful, if you regard your
self as the guardian of your honor, ths
you do not occupy the position of a sin
ecure.
He who is false to present duty
breaks thread in the loom, and will see
the defect when a weaving of lifetime
is unrolled.
Il know not which of the twain lifts
man the higher, genius or gentleness;
genius lifts him above others, gentleness
out of himself.
If Paul BOyton should get stuck in
the mud and frozen to death, there are
people who would miss him. He may
have creditors.
There is peace more destructive of
the manhood of Aving man than war is
destructive of his material body. Chains
are worse than bayonets.
"A paragraph about mule will kick
up more attention than one about any
other known thing. Tie reader always
hopes to hear of the death of the mule.
No matter how many of our laden
ships may come safely into port, that
one which WAS lost at sea will always seem
to US to have carried the richest cargo
Some people talk hours and say
nothing; others there are who, by the
mere lifting of an eyebrow or the gest-
ure of a hand, are comparatively elo-
quent.
Talk about the missing link as much
you will, the world ~ large will kee
bolh eyes fixed on the young man who
makes his first appearance in society in
a caw~hammer coat.
-" never thought but once" said
old Deacon Webbing, "that it was sin
to steal an umbrella" "And when was
that f' asked a friend. 1t was when
some pesky thief stole my new silk one"
answered the deacon.
Tenderness is the genius of simple
minds. II passion knows no obstacle, ten
derness knows no bounds. Passion is the
attribute OF a soul which no longer con-
trolls itself; tenderness that of heart
which no longer belongs to itself.
"A lamb was put into cage with a
lion in Baltimore, but they didn't lie
down together. The lamb gave the old
roarer one buck" in the ribs, and the
lion got into corner and howled himsel
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