Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-06

vivid picture In % The w0rSt u1y iof tue
eock Il when his feet are Washed this
beInq The common preparation iof Killing.
Our English ssNo rose without 10 thorn
has Persian anteccdenf, No honey with.
out n sting, no rose without tnorn.' and
in Bengal unusual advancement Is satnixed
in the saying. "The actors kin2snip lasts
but two hours"
smnhe.ized everywhere In the East. The
Arab saving. "When the crow Is your
guide he will only lead you TO the corpse
~ a day., while In China they have "The
stag and the tiger do not stroll together"
and the Taimud says. " No man can rem,in
with A snake IN cage; In another pla,e.
"Tbe fowl brought up with pig viii eat
dirtr: and again, "To the wasp We must
saw: neither thy honey nor thy sting";
that is, with some people we must have
nothing whatever 20 do. The Afghan
says, Who lives with the blacksmith will
at last 90 away with burnt clothes" aud In
Bengal the improving effects oil good com.
pany are shown by "Blackness leaves the
coal when the fire enters" while the evils
OF bad associations are shown In China by
.sNear rotten fish you will SMELL aud the
Telugu saws, "Among 100 crows whit can
one cuckoo dor" while the Slnscrlt,
everywhere wise, declares "a bad nan,
though adorned with learning, is to be
summed. A serpent, though adorned with
gems, is still to be feared"
DEEDS, xor WORDS.
The diffeie nce between the man who il
willing b promise aud he who Is ready TO
perform what he promises i frequently
noted in the proverbs OF the Orient. The
a III hn
meats:o and the Turk. ITO speak OF
honey will not make the mouth sweet" In
Bengal the native observes, "BY words he
softens the minds. but words viii not soften
fbe rice - the Gallo proyerb to the same
effect being, "Nodding the head does not
make the boat TO-" aud the Chinese has Il,
" We do not cook rice By babblipg." In
decision OF purpose Is expressed by the
Malay IN the proyerb, "Do not embark in
two boats. or you will be split" while the
Arab. who Is not nautical, but equestrian,
saws "Do not ride two horses az ,.ae
same time" and the Turk, wfo is're-
lioious. declares TINT ale who hesita.ss
between two mosques returns wi'hou.
praycr.r The Russian proyerb TO the
same effect Is, "He hunted two harea and
caught none;" and the modern Greek
aays, "a rolling stone gathers no moss
while the same nation Is also the originator
Of its opposite, 4" A setting hen never gets
fat" The meek man Is often, In Scrip.
ture. COMPARED 10 dove, resembling this
bird in four points. being harmless for evil,
hating impure things, stunning evil men
as the dove docs birds OF prey. and loving
his home: but the advantages OF n quiet,
pleasing manner ore windy set forth in
proyerbial literature. The Turkish pro-
verb IL, lone drop OF honey catches more
bees than ton OF vinegar; the Russian,
"Good greeting softens cat" and the
Persian, {" A pleasant voice brings snake
out of his hole"
IL is often noticed that thousand perfec-
tious may be spoiled by a single biemish,
and the Chinese have two proverbs Illus
trating this truth: "No ease for the body
when one tooth is aching" and " II Il with
law as with dikes-ln whatever part one u
broken the rest becomes useless" The
Russian, TO bring out the same truth, WIKI
say: a spoonful OF tar in barrel OF
! honey and all il spoiled" aud the Kurd.
"suear mixed with poison does not save
your life"; while the importance Of At
! lending 10 the beginnings OF evil Is seen
in the Tamul proyerb, Though the thorn
in your foot be small, stop and pull II out"
while the Hebrew declares "Of spark OF
fire the heap Of Goals is klndled,' and in
Japan they say "a very little twig will put
out very large eye"
PROVERBS ABOUT LIFE.
The comparison Of human life 10 flood
has ever been favorite figure in every
! literature. and the proverbs which deal
with life and expouud its problems under
| this figure are past numbering. In japan
! the insign'fcance Of man Is forclbly put
| in the proverb, "As the stars, so man IL
/ little in the distance; while the Persi m
/ saws "The world is Ike an Old building on
| Tie Tanks Of stream-is carried away
| piece by niece; in vain you stop 1t with 3
| handful OF earth" TIE passage OF life |. like
/ the growth and decay OF dover, aud this
| fact forms the burden Of many proverbs.
| The Turk asks, "Have YOU ever seen daV
which ends not in EVENING"" and the Arab
answers, EVERY day in thy life Is leaf in
! thy history" The Afghan philosophically
/ remarks, q" Life is no. such mouthtul u
( a man should gulp it down whole. 80
/ changing state OF man Is beautifully set
| forth In The Syrian proyerb, "Iiappiness OF
! life is like crystal-when its shines most u
soon cracks" and japanese proyerb pro-
| nounces life "Like a moth falling on 4
! lighted candle"-an image to be compared
only with that Of Job, who pronounccs life
"a light before the wind"
The friendships Of life are fertile source
/ OF proverbs. The Urdu says, " The friend
shin OF the base is wall OF sand" and the
Arab relieves his mind In the same direc-
| ton by observing, ~ bad friend Is like y
| smith, who. IL he does not bura you with
fro, will iuiure you with smoke" Tae
| Oriental origin Of 1.-TWO souls with bur a
| single thought" is doubtless the Turkish
/ provorb. "Friends are one soul In two
! bodies" and the Tarmud declares, "A
man without friend is 4 left hand without
the right" The folly Of forming friend
| ships with some people Is illustrated by the
| Afghan pr0yerb, "lhe ass friendship is
Kicking" while the Chinese affirm, with
out mirror woman cannot see her face;
| without friend man cannot SEE his ac'
| tons" But the japanese correctly appre-
ciate the situation when they say, &" a
friend at hand is better than all your rcla-
| tiVes at distance"
GRATITUDE.
A number Of very striking dg'Tcs on
this subject are drawn from the Scriptures,
the Hebrews, IN proverbs, * IN many
other directions, eXceling all other EIs.-
/ ern peoples. Praise. which is often the
expression Of gratitude, is called the fruit
Of the lips, and The use OF many other eX-
pressions Of this kind goes 10 show the
| high appreciation the Hebrews nd OF this
cardinal virtue. Proverbs about gratitude
! are common in the Eastern languages.
| The Tamul says: "A benefi. 10 the worthy
| is craven in stone: 10 the unkiud Is writ
ten in wafer" THE physician who cured
the tiger Of his sickness became hi. prey" /;
1.-THE scorpion stings him who helps it out
OF the fire.; tue Talmud, 4" DO not throw
u stone into the well ont OF which you
have drank" The Malay prove.b is,
1.-THE bean forgeis lis pod ~; the Turkish.
"The dinner ended, we have no use for
the SPOON" and the Persian, " lie eats the
salt and breaks the sals-celllr."
Good sense il shown in adapting the
means to the end, and proyerbial philoso-
| ply Is abundant on this poiut. One Telugu
| proycIb SAYS, "God gives food. but does
| he cook itT' aud another, Gu your
house be burned down with hot water!
and the Chinese have over hundted %
| this subject, perhaps the curtest being,
"a dry finger cannot lick up salt" The
Afghan says, Though God Is mighty,
he sends no rain from clear sky aud the
Turk, when the means cannot be adapted
10 the end, inquiries. "Wbst can stout OK
DO with a bad plowr When the Telugu