Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-12-23
ODDS AND ENDS.

depends, we say, on providence
Suppose we say. more on less on I'M
providence.
The difference between a bell and
a burglar The bell carries false
locks and the burglar false keys.
Gratitude is word you will find
in dictionaries, but You will not find
much of it anywhere else.
The example alone of Il vicious
prince will corrupt any age. but that
Of a good one will not reform 1t.
Rendering good for good. he Is
most generous who begins; render
ing evil for evil he Is most UNJUST
who begins.
Successes in society are most dlfll-
cult of accomplishment you have to
sacrifice vour vanity to other PEG
pies. .
/ would rather dwell i'll the dun fog
of superstition than in air rarliied to
nothing by the air-pump OF nnbellei
Give money. but never lend It,
Giving it only makes a man migrate
full. lending it makes him an enemy.
All the armies on earth DO not de
stroy SO many of the human race,
nor ALLEVIATE 80 mitch property as
drunkenness.
"Procrastination is the thief of Il
good time" was the lament OF the
small boy who got mp too late to take
the excursion train
VIII l;anrnpnn hnt an
old maid that dyes and an autumn
leaf? One fades and dies and the
other dyes and fades.
. A little three year old. after look
ing thoughtfully at the inside of a
tea kettle thickly coated with lime,
cried: 20, the tea kettle is all lathed
and plastered"
In a Land of History. They do
say that the first question asked by
a deacon visiting Egypt was: Now,
- what were the real facts of the Potl-
phar scandal" y 34FA A~k
Nothing. so helps newspaper as
the imparting of useful information
How shall 1 keep ants out of the
sugar bowie" asks correspondent
Fill up the sugar bowl with salt"
Not ont of danger: "Good morn
ing, Fred" said Brown; ''how is your
wife-better / hope?" EYES," re
piled Fred; "better, but not out OF
danger. The doctor calls regularly
every day. H ae r..r
"h A Newport snobrecently went row
ing with a poodle. The boat cap
sized, the snob was drowned, and the
poodle swan ashore; and we are
longing to know if this is case OF
Q the survival of the tittest.
- The following is told of green
80 son Of the Evergreen Isle. He was
eating green corn from the cob fol-
the first time. He handed the cob to
the waiter and asked: ''Will we place
put some more banes lipon me
sthickY' q
A mother had her little daughter
to-repeat at Sabbath School con
cert the text, 'Ho, every one that
thirsteth, come We to the watersr
When evening came, she very calmly,
with perfect self-possession; said:
Every one that hoes, come and get
a drink Her establishment was
great when she saw the laughter of
the audience.
A debtor who was sued by his
creditor acknowledged that he had
borrowed the money, but declared
that the plaintiff knew at the time
= that it was Kathleen Mayourneen
loan. "A Kathleen Mavourneen
loan," repeated the court, with "a
puzzled look 'That's it, Judge, one
of the 1T may be for years and it may
be forever sort"
A Southern paper says the alliga-
gator destroys million, of mosquitoes
by letting them settle on his jaws and
then swallowing them. Ladies who
are annoyed 10y the pests might rid
themselves of the nuisance by keep
ing an alligator in the bedroom dur
ing the night, but there are some
women who would prefer the mos
quitoes. They would as soon have a
mouse loose in their chamber as an
alligator. -@ .s.i
Scene in Court Nov, Mrs. Blank,
B you say THAT ON that day, at noon,
you say that you saw a woman ride
past your house at furious pace.
and you have given us a detailed de-
scription of her costume. Please
tell us the color of the horse" Il do
not remember "''Well, was the
woman white or black?" Il did not
notice; she went so fast that L only
had time to see how she was dressed"
A miserable looking woman passed
along the street, wringing her hands
in distress. ''Give me succor, or 1
perishr' she exclaimed, appealing to
Manufactured man who stood in a
doorway. An old negro, who hap
pened to be passing along. put down
sack, emptied ou a lot of fish and
said: "Heah's sucker, lady. L
neber spected to see white oman
beggin' for SIGH a fish, but amt a
gwine ter dispute wild nobody's taste
Take de sucker, lady, take de sucker"
A French sardnt has called in the
aid of Darwin's theory of evolution
to explain the graceful gate of the
Partisan ladies. According to his
reasoning the streets of Paris were
for long time after the foundation
of the city in a very poor condition.
as is indeed apparent from its original
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