The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-24
NELEt TED SMILES
LANGUAGE IS OFTEN A SLIPPERY
THING TO DEAL WITH.

pie Have Nritten-Au American Crit
les Notwithstanding IIlustratioas--N
List of Curious simiIes->tray wit.
The child Of the past AMI the parent II
the future \ not an unhappy simlle for the
present. Happiness has been hkenst o. q
ghost all talk about it, but few, if any, have
ever sen it. Ambitions ladder rests against
a star, remarks clever writer, who al>l
tells Us that proverb is short truth s,n,i-
wfrhed is-tae-'n Wit AMI wisdom.
Eloqueflce i,a coat OF many colors fail
ciUusly blrnslci No one thing will MAKE "A
man eloquent Flattery has been termed "a
KIND OF bad money Ia which our vanity gives
currency. SDriety, like shaded silk, must lac
viewed IN all situations, or its eolors Will d.,-
celye US Kindness is the gollen chain 10y
which sorlety bound together, ami charity
Is an angel breathing ON riches, wlils graves
have been ppctically called the footsteps Of
angels.
Language is a slippery thing to dial with,
as some may tinl when selecting their sim
lbs. Says writer: Speak OF a mans mar,
Bile brow, ami he will glow with conxious
pride, but allu,le to his wooden head enl he
Is mad IN a minute" Tho Young lceturprs
'simlles were gathered in heap when hu
expressed the whole body Of his argument on
deceit IN the following: ooh, my brethren,
the SnowleNt shirt front may conceal an
aching bosom, AMI the stiir,st Of all collars
enclrclc tlroat that has many hitter pill
To swallow"
flaSiari,tS are species of purloiner, who
A, ftr,,tt ti,,t al.
then throw away or attempt 10 ltStUY the
basket
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.
Ii has been truly said that the abhie, Of
man must fall short on one side or other, like
too sranty blanket when you are in bel; if
you pull It upon your shoulders, You leaye
your feet bare; IT you thrust it down upon
your feet, your shoulders are uncovered Tho
man, We are told who has not ANYTHING 10
boast of but his ilu>trous ancestors, h like Il
potato the only cool belonging TO linn b. mn
under ground
man at dinner in evening dress has been
hkenei 10 conumlrum; You can't tell
whether lac is waiter or II guest A Yankee,
describing lean opponent, said: That man
doesn't amount toa sum in arithmetic; aid
him up AMI there's nothing t. carry. An
american ernie, III reviewing poem, td'a:
" lhe rhythm sounds like tuthll'S ROLLING over
barn floor, while some lines appear 70 hayr
been measured with a yard stick ami others
with ten foot pole
I'm amusing illustration was given 10y a
parent when asked 10y his boy, What is
umierst"d 10y experimental AMI natural plll
osophy" Thcanswrr was: any swant'
to borrow money, that Is experimental phil
osophy. II the other man knocks him down,
that Is natural philosophy Curious ami
comical illustrations seem natural 70 many
children. n llttlo girl, suffering from TIN"
mnmI~, declared she felt ~ though . head
ache hal Slipped down into "rheck. "Mam
ma, SAID another youngstcr, aluling t. a
man who's" neck was IA series Of great rolls of
flesh, "that man got double chin OIL tho
back OF his neck little ) year oil, IN al
mlrlng her baby brother, Is satl to have cx
claintl "lieS got a boiled heal, like Nlpa y
CURIOUS SMILES
Talking If curious Simles ainony the
southern language of India is the rrI,ocoo OF
Tcliuga, 50 rough in pronunciation that a
Traveller of the nation speaking it before n
ruler of B"khalS, admitted that its spunl re-
s.Illrd the tossing of lot Of I4lll,s into a
sack 4 simlln for scarlet stokng, l. fire
hose laughter Is tho sound YOU hear when
your hat blows of and IT,, ing to do b., ines,
without advertising il said to he "liko " ink
ing at gill in the dark An unpNiiral
Yankee has described ladies lips as tho glow
ing gateway Of beans, pork, sluptkraut and
potatoes This would provoke Mpflynt's cx
nforc." Much more complimentary wne the