Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-30
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BEAUTIES or povEprv
sage Remarks of an on,,,.
osophieai Funny No. "" fhii'

a'a,.,' o. an Optimistic and PIN.
~ o'"phieai Funny Man.
no matter how much we NAV de.;ra
e "v"i'h' we should always congratnla,e
ourselves ON the fact that we ara 80.
,hueeo' there is no greater BLESSING
'"ah poverty, when you know bow ,1,
.eeonei'e yourself to IT. If you are to
. .aAe TIE trouble TO make the inycsties.
uon' you VIII learn TO your satisfaction
.ha' hinety-nine per cent. Of tho
happy people in the world ara noan
NO POOR man is unhappy min b..
grows richi and to prove this it is onIv
necessary to hear the wealthy man
,liuaihg pathetically to the dear old
aays when he only got four dollars nor
week, and found him self continnallv
in debt. "''" u'''iy
The painter, who has no diff;c,,tv
IN sei'ihg every thing he paints at the
Top price. will go into raptures wbile
'eiiihg you OF the jollity of his strug.
si"s Gays, when he painted portraits
on political banners, made his morn.
ny conee over tallow candle. and
huhgriiy devoured the bread he had
used through the previous dov tn
iigh'en his charcoal sketches. II tho
artist had been rich then he would be-
a" amateur to-da-. Nothing but
poverty makes an artist or poet; and
'h's being the case, it bothers thinkino
people to understand why we are not
even richer than we are to-day in pic
lures and metrical literature.
The rich man creates envy in tbo
heart OF his poorer neighbor when he
goes TO Rome in the spring. BIT his
wealth only enables him to get there to
Ole OF K man fever. The poorer man
stays In this country and lives on
Il man punch. Consequently. it is
better to live on Roman punch than 70
die OF Roman fever The rich vonnr
lady mounts the prancing pa.frey.
Is thrown ard breaks her neck:
,he poor young lady gets into a
breezy dollar hammock, and, with a
dainty pair of French slippers, makes
the casual passer believe that after
all life is worth living. The rich man
goes to the sea shore and is drowned.
the p or man stays at home and gets
fever-and-ague
The capitalist lies awake and kicks
about all night. wondering how much
he won be worth in the morning; the
Impoverished hod-carrier sleeps the
sleep of the innocent, aud wouldn't
awake in time to resume his hol at the
appointed hour if he were not struck
with hammer.
1t is pleasant to see rich man de-
irving comfort from a poor mans
plaster; and it is pleasant to poor
man skipping around like spring.
lamb, ycarLing for little Phila-
delpEia mint sauce, while the rich man.
with numb + four feet, is wearing a
rair OF number fifteen slippers on ac-
count Of his govt.
Some people are of the opinion that
the goods of this world are not prop.
erly divided. This is fallacious the
DRY. 1t is the poverty of this world
that is not prop.r 'y divided For in
stance. we ourselves have more than
we want or are entitled TO, that we
would like 10 close out on easy terms.
Some people have a great deal more
poverty than others; and that's where
the trouble comes in. No man can get
rich wi hDut working, and very few
men can remain rich unless they s. op
working in time There are many
men swamp d by remaining in Lusi-
mes. 'OIly the wealthy enjoy this
life is very pretty as far as euphony
is concern,d; but it is not true; be-
cause, just as soon as a man acquires
wealth. he becomes afflicted with new
mown hay fever or iubcrose cold.
When you see man with hay fever
or rose cold, you may wager all you
can lay your hands on that he is rich.
If poor man could acquire eli her of
these maladies. it would not be neces-
sary for him to dress well, or be at all
fastidious. Say what you will. pow
erty is great blessing; if it were not,
it would not be the common lot of
man. Pack.