The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
Wit and Wisdom

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An object of charisy-tO do good, q
course.
Without rich heart wealth i, >,
ugly beggar. d
God only looks to pure, and ~,
full hands.
Fish dinners ought never to be ~
small scale.
Cupid is always shooting and for.,
making Mrs.
Small cheer and great welcome m,L.
a merry feast.
The best sort of revenge is noe 70 +
like him who did the injury.
The generous heart should s,o,.
pleasure which gives others pain.
A crying child is like unto past A..
note-it wants to be taken up.
Strength is like gunpowder: n 8.
effective it needs concentration A.
aim.
The best fire escape is when your VIII.
gets up in the morning and makes If
What fate imposes. men must Dss3,
abide it boots not to resist both VIM
and tide.
We see times burrows on another,
brow how few themselves, in that igF
mirror, see
When big ideas get into little Mid,
something is bound to spread. lis
usually the mouth.
The grain of weakness brings ruin a
the mass of strength E; the drop Of fo-ly
spoils the cup of wisdom.
The evil men do lives after them
but the root o: evil they hoard is gsnsr-
ally squandered by the heirs.
Some of cur contemporaries are rs-
marking that IN Kansas there is a post-
Office named Zero" Well, what oft,
That is nothing.
a collecting agency in New York ia
run by women exclusively, which seems
to disprove the adage, woman's work
is never dun.
A house painter who slipped from a
staging ths other day, carrying bis
pa:nt-pots with him, came off, il /.
stated, with flying coIors.
Il always prefer to De on the safe side
when 1 spec ulate,' - remarked the trust
ed treasurer. as he alighted from Tie
train at Montreal.
A health journal says mo woman
can walk in a CORSET OF corset is in
possible, for there isn't room enough.
She only stays in it.
Perhaps the summary of good breed
ing may be reduced TO this rule Be
have unto all men as you would ttey
should behave unto you"
Consult with bim that is wise and OF
sound judgment, and seek to be Instruct.
ed by one better thsn thyself. rather
than to follow thine own invention.
my son, why is il that you are al
ways behindhand with you- studies g''
because if were not behindhand with
them l could not pursue them
1t has been discovered that kisses
love kisses we mean-are full OF cleo
tricity. Now we know why old maids
have always described them as shock
ing.
whats your business 4? my good
man." 1 feed the lions IN Bsruum's
menagerie. ''Mus5 be dreary work p
"On the contrary, it's very funny
they keep the table in a roar. -
Do ioday's duty, fight to-day's TEN
tations, and Go not weaken and distract
yourself by looking forward to things
which you cannot see, and could no'
understand if you saw them.
Three things too much, and thret
things too little, are pernicious to man
To speak much and know little: 4
sPond much and have little 20 presum,
much and be worth little.
Little Dot-''Wbat's the matter will
my nose, mamma ?'' Malnma-''Y ou
went out Yesterday without your rub
bers and got your feet wet" "Weu. ]
don't see why that should make MI
nose wet.
"Never would cali a boy of min
Alias" said Mrs. Jones, ''f I had
hundred to name. Men by that nam:
is alIus cuttin' up capers. Here's Ala!
Thompson, Alias Williams, all up fol
stea ling"
\ man who wanted to be facstiou
with the milkman as be was measurin.
out his morning portion said 'DH
you charge extra for the water 80 ''NO,
replied the milkman, "the water j
thrown in"
II swear by those tall elms in yondvl
park" he commenced, but she inter
rupted Kim. Swear not by them, '
she said imploriDgly. "Why not P
Because those are slippery elms, - she
said simply.
Clara" said the old man from the
head of the stairs, hasn't that man
gone yet PSI Your daughter isu t here
sir" feeS,y responded the young man.
''She has just stepped into the kitchen
to fill and trim the lamp.''
"What can you tell me about Esau ~
queried the pedagogue. 'Esau, re-
sponded the youth with the glib alacrity
of one who feels himself, for once, on
safe ground, "Esau was a writer OF
fables, who sold his copyright for bot
tie of potash -
Il hope don't dIsturbe you, madam, y
he said as he was squeezing past heT to
go out between the acts. mot at all.
| SIR" she answered with a charming
smile, mot at all. 1 am pleased TO see
yOu going ODt Nv husband EPeuS the