The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-21
Notes and Queries.
New York Mail Express.

There is a purple half to the grape, u
mellow and u crimson half to the peach,
u sunny half to the glO|. and better
half to the man.
What an age If culture We live in. tn
liz SURF! Actually We read Of Item well
bred tr,lts.' This il really gratifying.
Soon We shall have polite pigs, "''iiging
oxen, yentCcl geese, courteous COWS,
and who knows. perhaps, insin,'ating
lOnkeys.
BILL Tyc If the Laramie B'"p"''rT'"y
has invented II new marriage ceremony,
the concluding portion If which reads
~ follows: '''Illenl as this Court hes
lined together LIT 40 man put asuntlrr,
hut suffer littls. children to come unto
them, 80 help you cAl!'
1t is vcrp curious to trace Il slang cx-
preston back I" their origin. Take tor
example, the phrase, You are Il brick. y
According to tnat invaluable authority,
Notes and Queries, this expression orig
mated in 4 duel. In making Prelnara-
tio,,< for the combat :he person who had
c'.ary. Of the preliminary arrangements
ground. which, he placed so as to mark
Inc oViStJl1tt ultNttIt llsN NN'UShSsNGSAt's
Several shots having been fired without
effect, the parties became -cenncil.sla and
r.tucl,ri 10 Glasgow together. One ot
tlt. seconds. heiny asked how his prin-
..i,,ai behaved, r. plictl> Like u regular
brick" meaning. that lie had ;'ecn in!-
movable rs that which, was =; his .cs al
lifetime when the shots We're exchanged.
H,n..>. the origin uf the phrase and the
,,,,.,,;,,.r - ,,sannto.,n
The description Of the cypress groves
Of t'har,,itci.c il very seductive, The
bark contains. Hni less than i thousand
line cypress trees, who's. piantin. dates
centuries l,ars. >n.e III them are near
Is iifty feet IN circumference, ami from
i;L,tn l.i feet in length, with huge
limos extending all around I" !: great
distance. and. teiny always clad with
dr;. Lrunz..i and fresh green leaves,
n,inyli,,g with '!rn'pmg, si:vcry moses.
iurin the most enchanting bowed lnlag-
Unable. The arrangement Of these trees
is ia grove. anil double rows. sometimes
crossing ut right angles an'; ;.tl"rt!in.
S,,irm.ii.liy shaded marrow avenues. IN
exceedingly fine spring of pure water
r,,sin.S from the rocks GA the south sl'lt'
of tn. hill. Thrcclundrcl and seventy
wears ago t:l' WATERS ~ t!SIS SkVlh:, Wtit
conveyed Ivy Ill. .>z,crs t" the city.
thru,, gh al :luue'luct "i masonry con-
.tru;tc,l for tn" l'urlns:,'.
somebody Ina, condensed tire mistakes
Of life and arrived ut the conclusion that
there. are fourteen Of them. Most lns'-
Die would say III they told the truth
liza: there M;,> no limits II the mistakes
at lii. that they wer. like the drop. in
the ocean or the sands .; the shore IN
number, hut i, ii we'll to H. accurate.
Here. then, are fourteen great mistakes:
ut is n great mistake To set ~, our own
standard light and wiring ami judge
people accordingly; /" measure the cli-
iovnlrnt Vt Others hyuIr own: tOcxlrrt
uniformity Of opinion in this world; I"
look for Judgment and experience in
! youth, to en.lcavor Ia mould all dispo-
lions alike; not IL yield to inl!'la:cri:'I
trilic-; To look for perfection in our own
actions; to worry ourselves and otht r.
with what cannot y" rell!eslitu; not To
alleviate all that leeds alienation as far
IL liz, III our power not t" make A'lo" :
anc,s for the intir:niiir, nf Others; t"
consider everything impossible that VIZ
cannot perform: I" believe only what
our iiuiie minis c;:n grasp: t. expect /"
IL. able IL understand everything. The
greatest OF mistakes Is to live only for
time, when any moment nI*A launch It's
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