The New York herald., 1879-08-10
CHAT BY THE WAY.

Ignorance OF the whole truth is the whence
proceed the greatest errors.
The secret which you never tell is the only one
that is absolutely safe.
The man who composes fine speech in order to
shame his neighbors ought first recite before
mirror, and so shame himself.
Events only the winged shuttles which fly
from side of the loom of life the other bear
ing the many colored threads OF which the fabric
of our characters is made.
The who does not help us at the right mo-
ment does not help us at all.
lie who has a true friend has great riches; he who
has false friend is hopelesslv in debt.
There is happiness enough in the world for all OF
rs. The chief difficulty is in getting share of it..
kind word is worth sometimes than a
dollr. Aud yet if the exchange could be made at
par everybody would make a business of saying
kind words and so their kindness would be de-
stroyed.
These lines are too beautiful to be forgotten:--
BE still, sad heart; cease repning:
Behind the clouds the sun is shining.
Thy fate is but the common fate OF all,
Into each lite some rain must fall,
Some days be dark and dreary.
Take away the power TO find fault and you would
leave nothing for certain persons to do. Byron in
one of his itful moods reading Job. His atten-
tion arrested by the words, "why should q
living man complain and he answered the ques-
tion in grun tones by saying. "Simply because q
dead man can't. / suppose" Unconsciously to
themselves, perhaps, to ind fault occupies more
time and attention in most mems lives than they
willing to admit.
OF all the colors which grace the painters palette
the hardest one to manage is the dun.
On the matrimonial question the people of all
cimes alike. II will afford great satisfaction to
certain class to know that the American girls are
not the only who spread their little nets tor
so.called count the moment he makes his appear
our soil and afterward find to their sor-
that the real spider was tho count himself,
while the hy the ambitious and foolish girl who
wanteda title. II only little while since Ferdi.
nand Costaes, supposed wealthy Brazilian, stirred
all the romantic hearts of Paris. He was handsome
there was no doubt of that-and he exquisite
dancer and a pleasant talker But he had ono pc
culiarity ho always his hair pasted down over
his forehead. Strange: but in a man enormously
rich not nearly strange in poor man. lie was
on the eve of marriage the only difficulty being to
find out which one of the beauties who cast
sidolong glances at him he should take. He would
be happy with either, tothcr dear charmer
away One day, however. a companion. who was
drinking with him, fcigned drunkenness and rudely
passed his fingers under those pasted locks. He was
detective in disguise and the tips of his fingers
NfN~NfA'N
been branded as fcon in New Caledonia, and so
another romance in high life ended The pecuarty
OF the episode, however. that each of the
twelve beauties who were only awaiting the oppor-
tuniJy to say eyes" declared that she had been
asked aud said "No." decidedly. AS Dumas says,
There's nothing IN the world quite different from
Aoman rs another woman"
The weather in Paris has been indescribably
wrotched curing the last two or three weeks. Ono
would think that England aud France must have en-
tered into some commercial transaction aud
"swappcd" their respective climates. The 5000
Americans who have poured into the gay capital
during the last thirty days are padding through the
streets under umbrellas, moodily sitting in their
apartments and trying to wind mp the barometer.
and compel IL 20 prophecy couple OF hours OF
shine. or all terrible calanties Partisan drizze.
extending couple of weeks. liz the most heart
rending The shopkeepers stand In their doorways
aud read their garments In despair. while the gentle