Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1883-09-27
VARIETIES.

"Children." said Bostonschool-
er after hearing some essayc read, Chill
dren. you should never use proposition to
end a sentence w;the' "Isa't with aPrep-
osi,ion? asked the girl whose composition
gave rise to the correction. The school ex-
aminer withe.ed.-Ds.roi! Free Press.
when Alexander sent Phocion hun
drcd talents, he asked why he rather sent 1t
10 him than to any other Of the Athenians.
re answered, because he deemed him the
oaly honest man in Athens; whereupon Pho
cion returned il to him again, en.rcaiing
him to allow him to be honest still.
A teacher defining transitye ysrbas one
which expresses an action which i" s"passed
over" from the doer, sa7c- for illustration,
"The iog wags his tail" WheTeupon
youngster arose with the criticism Please
ma'am this action don't pass over; it stays
in the dog
The Due de Morny's definition ofa polite
man is hard 10 realize. \ polite man.
said he ais one who listens with interest to
things he knows oil about when they are
told by person who knows nothing about
them"
/ A good memory is the best monument.
Others are subject to casualty or time, and
we know that the Pyramids themselves, rot
ting with age, have forgotten the names OF
/ their founders s.-FaNer.
A great deal that is attributed g Yankee
enterprise is really due to Yankee self-denial,
and many young men Of the South would
do well to make note Of it.-Aacoa 7s1c-
graph and Messenger.
Think OF your own faults the Grst part of
the night when you are awake and of the
faults Of others the latter part of the night
when yoa are asleep. ).-0M Prorarb.
/ Disputes between true friends and true
lovers are ofno consequence The only dan
ce.ous quarrels are those between people
who do not lrite understand each other.
Honor is like the eye which cannot suffer
the least impurity without damage; it is
precious stone, the price ofwhich is leasened
/ By the least fsw.-Bossaet.
The work an unknown good man has done
+ is like vein Of water flowing hidden under
ground, secretly making the ground green.
-Carlyle
Keep the hoes sharp, especially for the
boys who have to do gsrden-work. Few
things are as discouraging to boy AS dull
tools-Prairie Farmer.
fla man has any brains at all, let him
hold on to his calling and in egraud sweep
ofthings his turn will come atlast.-McCaas.
There is no. a more repulsve spectacle
than an old man who will not forsake the
world which has already forsaken him.
Tioluck.
Every man who carries a pistol ought to
be obliged By law to wear it in belt at his
side, and have it labelled emotional nsan-
i,y."
Love never reasons, but profusesiy gives
gives, like thoughtles5 prodigal, lis all, and
trembes then lest il has done TOO little.
Whilst just government protects all in
their religious rites, ,rrc religion affords gov
eTnment its surest support Huntington.
"What is philosophy p It Is something
which enables rich man to say there is no
disgrace in being poor.-N y. HerdH.
10 know how q bad man viii act when in
power, reverse the doctrine he breaches
wher obscure s. Montague.
Capital and labor could get on we'll G.
nough together if there were not 50 many
men trying to get capital without labor.
"More helpful than all wisdom" says
George Eliot, is one draught ofsinple hu.
man piety that will not forsakc US"
T a strange truth that only in theagony
Of parting do we look into the depths osloyc.
80 George Eliot
Intelligent people make many blunders.
because they caa never believe the world as
stupid as it il.
The light Of friendship is like the light Of
phosphorous-seen plainest whcn all around
is dark.
The people whom We never contradict are
those whom We either love most, or respect
least.
The certain way 10 be cheated is to fancy
ones SELF more cunning than others.--cAqr-
ron.
C4rlRRU or THE BLfDDER