, 1882-03-17
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

"His fortune has turned into nails and
straws," refers to prodigal.
"Work for thy character until it be
renewed; then it will work for thee"
eff the ass is invited to the wedding it
is only that he may carry the wood"
The good thought of to-day will awaken
many good thoughts tomorrow.
1t is better to have wisdom without
learning than learning without wisdom.
A matter of more than ordinary inter-
est-your note bearing twelve per cent
Some things are past finding out. The
love for whisky is what staggers man.
"The woman to whom fortune does
not come says that her husband is be-
witched."
What is necessary to make an honest
man, properly applied, would make
polite one.
Genial cheerfulness is an almost GER
tain index to a happy mind, and pure,
good heart.
Happiness only begins when wishes
end; and he who bankers after more en-
joys nothing.
Pedantry Grams our heads with learned
lumber and takes out our brains to make
room for it.
The pleasant things in this world are
pleasant thoughts, and the greatest art
in life is to have as many of them as pos
sible.
Young, one is rich in all the future
that he dreams; old, one is poor in all
the past he regrets.
How industriously the good grows and
propagates itself, even among the weedy
entanglements of the devil.
"He eats the fruit OF the paternal gar
den, and yet insults his ancestors, re-
fers to ingratitude.
"One horseman does not make the
dust-cloud" This signifies that the
work of one man cannot produce very
great results.
Our ideas, like orange plants, spread
out in proportion to the size Of the box
which imprisons the roots.
Among the perilous rocks and shoals
of life We can have no better compass
than clear conscience.
"He has no bread to eat and he is
looking for wife," signifies: Be not
ambitious when your means are limited.
1t is quite wonderful how many things
there are in this world which you do not
want if you can only make yourself
think so.
Good nature adorns every perfection
man is master of, and throws veil over
every blemish which would otherwise
prevail.
AS few roads are so rough as those
that have just been mended, so few sim
ners are so intolerant as those that have
just turned saint.
When dunces1 seuiauya~~ foOas---yytsA tsA.srssS'
proving us to be so, our best retort is to
prove them to be fools, without conde'
scending to call them so.
The spirit of mortals is proud because
it costs fifteen cents glass. This puts
the matter in new light.
The way to help man in trou bile is
not to take his burden from him, but to
give him all the strength we can to- bear
it himself.
No man can honestly pray TO Re de-
liyered from this worlds temptati tions,
who does not persistently strive to keep
out Of them.
"It is the crier himself who basl lost
his ass, is used in speaking of fhose
who cannot do for themselves wbaththey
can do for others.
"What the grasshoppers have lefl the
little birds have eaten, means that Npis
fortunes never come singly. Y
He went to sea and found it dryS
means that cowardly man will alwayst
fail in his undertakings.
'This apple is pretty we'll worn out"
| said a five-year-old, as she finished eet, y
ing and was about to throw away the
core. Fact.
A coroners verdict reads thus: "The
deceased come to his death by excessive
drinking, producing apoplexy in the
minds OF the jury"
Jones, getting up from his dinner, re-
marked to his landlady that he had found
everything on the table cold except the
| ice cream.
The following typographical error
shows the vast importance of q comma.
AT assbanquet this toast was given s"Wo-
man-without,her man, is brute.'
The more diamond is cut and polish.
ed, the brighter it sparkles. In like
way, the more good man is rubbed by
stern adversely the more his virtues
shine.
The German poet, Richer, was wont
to say that sorrows were sent to man for
his instruction, even as the cages of
birds are darkened to teach them how to |
sing.
To live with honor and happiness in
the world, we must always be what we |