The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1881-05-13
wise and 0tIierwlse.

~ An visible things are onable4J
i? Ewbat thou seest Is not there on Il csb
ri account; strictly taken, IA not there .
% all. Matter exists only spiritually
Is and to represent some new idea, ant
N body IL forth. Hence clothes, as des
y picable as we think them, are 80 uB
ie speakably gnificant-- Carlyle.
: An Irishman was accused Of steal
G ing handkerchief OF n sfellow-trayel.
: er, but the owner, on finding II, apollo
y gized to Pat, and said IL Was a n5is
Z take. "Arrah, me jewel" retorted
Pat, sit was q two-eided 1nistako=-yOu
took me for a thief, ard ] took you for
a gentleman
A Texas paper speaks of the iate
/, George Eliot as very gifted but IN
! more man. To which another papef
! replies: "Yes, poor old fellow, be bad
, his weakness; but rs pugilist be stood
unrivaled England willinot soon for
get his celebrated Mill on the Floss"
The spirit 0fliberty IS not merely,
as multitudes imagine, q jealousy of
Town particular rights. but respect
i for the rights OF Others, and an u1-
Willingness that any man, whether
h.sss or lopY, should be wrongcd ard
tramppd underioot. 80
Aneoia Scotch lady gave a pointed
11enl TO q minister who knew sc bad
s14enaied' ns.S 6r1u ws5o esFflrsns,eac 80
i prise that she should come, SO regular
" 70 bear him preach. Said she:
= My quarrePs with you, mon; it's mo-
fwP the gospel"
A traveller ofthe most familiar type
to seedyold gentleman in railroad
car: "But why,'sir, do You not answer
me when I address your" "And you,
sir, why do address me when do not
speak 10 youP' No more conversa-
ton. e
1t looks new as If Columbus discov-
cred this country for the especial pur-
pose of enabling English walkers, lee
turers, aud opera-construct0rs to come
here and carry home thousands ofCIol-
lars belonging to Americans.
Empty platitudes weary men of
hearing the gospel, drive intelligent
persons into heresy, aud make sensi-
bic hearers quite silly or half mad. A
sermon with nothing in ii is worse
than useless.-C. H. Sturgeon.
You often gain more knowledge
from shrewd though illiterate man
than from pedantic scholar; there is
generally more nourishment i'm a mess
OF oatmeal porridge than in a costly.
pudding.
1t is legal instead of moral honesty
that rules too much in the mercantile
and financial world. If it did not
there would soon come an end TO RAM
pant speculation. Boston Transcript
The man who farms his brains to
their full extent year after year, and
does not believe in occasional fallow-
ing will find at last that brains, like
land, will run out.-Greville.
In certain parts of Germany the pea
santry consider it good luck TO meet
pig. 1t isn't considered good luck
in this country-that is, lift is in Il
car, and you want seat.--BOston
Transcript.
A critic, in noticing n discourse on
"The Sayings and Doings of Great
Men, remarked: at is sad TO OBJ
serve how much they said, and how
little they did,"
, The late George Prentice once re-
marked: There are two periods when
Congress does no business, one Is be-
fore the holidays, and the other afler.v
Beyond all credV4ity is the creduI-
business Of atheists, WHO believe that
chance could make fthe world, Wien
1 cannOt bnild a hose. I)r. S. Clarke.
= snzeat nlistaiI 70 Hnany Of The
lltns ~ EeeERae rs society consists
& sgppqsll. tiiai .esna can SUPPLY
re Want 81 sense
9. fruit 81 ilIe y aia'l nt&
e is,.. 500 Wedge tut pow
1f.---i'i't siuflt - ~
People nre Leo III fneir brains ~
Ehese lie in the head, thas STUDY IN
y TIE stomach, they emf ii ili tic
heels, they dance, etc
Opportunities are very kenetfiva
things you slight them ,ln their fifsl
visit you very seldom SEE them again
Put boys to work, and see how they
VII play. Set them to play, aud see
low they viii woFk.-Syraodse Sum
lay Times.
Genius has reformed i'm measure
{ can get along without drinking beer
4 wearing long hair.-Grifiip News.
They who possess hedeepest knowI-
'dge OF human nature are the least
Violent IN blaming its frailties..
The very circumstances which mako
ne shallow nlisanthropical incline the
Wise 10 be benevolent. vfsrd
Three degrees Of mining specuIation
Positive, mine; comparative, miner:
minus. .ifSs
The man who comes about solelv "a
ill time should cnnfine himself Strict
y TO his own time. -
1t does beat sll how good adj ics win
make some folfs squirm.--JosIah Az
/, Good breedingis SO natural aud easy
nat II can be takeA for mere siTnplici-
The cleverest of ali devils is oppor.