Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-01-18
VARIETIES.

Love is the beginning, Ihe nlluule
and the end of everything,
Good habits are formed, and bad
ones avoided, only by constant effort.
Fortunes favorites are the men
whose thoughts make way for their ac-
tions.
An industrious fool can keep three
or four wise people at work repairing
damages.
Radiant and luminous is the light of
intelligence-bu darkness and despair
comes from ignorance and illiteracy.
Experience is an admirable teacher;
the cost of tuition, however, is less if
you learn from another fellows exper-
| fence.
When you have cold you do not
know how to cure it. All your friends
know how, and they tell you, but that
does not affect the cold.
"NIiss Smiley is going to travel I'M
der an assumed name" "You sur
prise me p' Eyes she is going to be
married next week and going on her
wedding journey"
81 see," said Algernon, chat 500
persons died from eating ice cream
last year." so | read" replied
Maud. .But I'd willingly face death
at your side, Algy."
The fool who is wise in his own con-
ceit is happy, but the fool who knows
he is a fool has acquired knowledge so
unfortunate that he might better have
remained in ignorance.
A little girl was asked where Wash
ington lived after he retired from ac-
tive life. She stopped for a moment
and then exclaimed. 90 | know in
the hearts of his countrymen !"
Henderson: "Did it ever occur to
you that it is pleasanter to talk with a
fool than with a wise man p Fog:
"Oh, you sly dog Now | understand
why you go about talking to yourself
so much"
Great talents for conversation should
be attended with great politeness. He
who eclipses others owe them great
civilities and whatever mistaken
vanity may tell us, it is better to please
in conversation than to shine in it.
"Mr. McClintock," she shouted, 81
want you to take your feet off the par
lor table"
"Mrs. McClintock he said, in a fixed,
determined voice, 81 allow only one
person to talk to me that way"
"And who is that ?" she demanded.
"You, my DEAR" he replied softly,
as he removed the pedes.
A good habit to acquire in learning
any new subject is, after having mas
tered its details, to sit down quietly and
see how far we are able, without the
aid of textbooks, to explain to others
in as simple language as possible what
we have learned. There is vast diff
ference between learning and teaching.
1t will also teach us to remember.
Mr.. Brown "Well, Nellie, aren't
you going to kiss me this evening? I'll
not forget those caramels next time.
You're my sweetheart, you know"
Nellie Gage six): mo, Pm not your
sweetheart. l saw you kissing cousin
Maude yesterday. wish you to know,
Mr.. Brown, that | am regular enfant
terrible | don't want any carmels;
but if you don't take me to the theatre
tonight you may expect some artless
remarks from me at dinner"
A boy about ten years old was the
other day observed to drop five postage
stamps into one of the letter boxes in
the post-ofice, and as he turned away
a gentleman asked: "Why did you do
that?" ITO make it all right" was
the reply. "How all right ?" "Why,
| dropped five letters in here yesterday
without any stamps on, We do bust
ness in chattel mortgages but we never
try to beat post-ofice. "-Detroh Free
Press.
During the occupation of Paris by
the allies, Wellington gave an order
that no English officer should give
challenge to, or accept one from,
French officer, A French Marshal
shortly after this order showed an En-
glish Colonel from the pavement into
the street. The Englishman knocked
him down. When the Marshal madea
formal complaint the Duke sent a
written reprimand to the Colonel, and
in it inclosed an invitation to dinner.
He-"Do you believe there is any
truth in the adage that man is known
by the company he keeps?"
She-"Certainly. We see its truth
illustrated every day.
"He-"I believe it myself, and |
intend to go upon it"
Shea wise resolution if it is good
company you intend to keep
He-"The very BEST that is to say,
if can get into the company | would
like to keep. The fact is, | want to
keep your company.
Then she smiled bland smile and
said no doubt it could be managed
Boston Courier.
USE OF TOBACCO BY BoYs-Dr.
Andrew d. White, formerly foreign
minister to Germany, and President OF
} Cornell University, in a recent inter
view said Strange as it may seem, l
| never yet knew boy who habitually
used tobacco to amount to much III
r after life. Tobacco grows worse even
than ardent spirits in some people; 1t
seems to take the vitality out Of boy.
Yes, l. have watched boys who smoke
f cigarettes through the day, and have
t seen them, almost without exception,
a drop out of the race early. l don't