The San Francisco call., 1897-08-29
THEODORE H. HITTELL.

Eat friends bread as If it were an enemy's
Give a horse to him who tells the truth, that he
may escape after telling it.
If you ind money on the ground count 1t first
and then put 1t in your pocket
Be learned, but be taken for fool
This selection, however, let US hasten to add,
is rather malicious There are great many
Others along with these which more ele-
waiting:
The lie runs, but goes not far.
Should the fear of the wolf make US forget our
village?
The lion does not catch flies.
1t is better to be ashamed below the mountain
than on the top
Words draw the nails from the heart
am not jealous either of thy honey or OF thy
buzzing.
He who asks has one shame; but he who re fuses
has
Rotten straw does not in1ure the sound OK.
The stones of my native country are warmer
than the oven OF Babylon
Fears are language, he only who weeps under
stands them.
In others there Is great deal of shrewdness
and worldly wisdom:
Youth carves on stone, old age on Ice.
Choose your wife with eyes of an old man, and
choose your horse with the eyes of young man.
1oa bald head golden comb.
Riches give beauty to the ugly, feet to the Grip
pie, eyes to the blind and interest to tears.
A fish looks bigger in the water than 1t Is
He that eats does not know how much is con-
sumed but he that cuts knows very well.
The water in which 1 dr own 1 call ocean.
Little minds have great dreams.
When you open the mouth open also the eyes.
When ones fortune augmenis the columns of
ones house appear 10 be crooked
The fish was asked: "Have you news from the
sea?' He answered: Very much, but my mouth
is full Of water."
When he rides horse he forgets God: when he
comes down from the horse he forGets the horse.
one cannot applaud with one hand only.
The butterfly seated on branch fears 1t will
break.
Every ones grain grows srraight mine grows
crooked.
Two hands are for the defense of one head.
A letter written after dinner is read in he !.
The camel went in search of horns and lost its
ears.
Take bread from the baker and meat from the
butcher
Every one for himself and God for us ALL
Many OF the Turkish proverbs are identical
with the Armenian. One clearly has bor-
rowed from the other. l have only space for
a very brief selection from the Turkish book
The nest OF 6 blind bird is made by God.
Kiss ardenty the hand which you cannot cut off.
Every fish that escapes appears larger than 1t is.
An Idle dog is never tired of running.
Can well be dug with a needle?
There is one proverb which appears with q
slight difference in the Turkish and Arme-
pian books. "The eyes of the great are dim"
SAYS the Turk; "The eyes of the rich are dim,"
saws the Armenian. The meaning is somewhat
obscure Is it that the rich man does not o b.
serve the poor or the great man the hum BILE,
or shall we take it meaning that the great
mau has no eyes for little things?
1t is we'll known that the Queen has great
dislike of smoke, so much so that she does not
allow smoking in her immediate neighbor-
hood. And yet the cigar bill for her guests is
a very heavy one. The principal item is the
thousand OF the finest Havana cigars, which
are specially made for her and sent to Wind
sor in glass tubes Theoretically sealed. Ac-
cording to the chronological Magazine Queen
Victoria's cigars could not be had even in
Cuba at wholesale prices under dollar apiece.
The men who make them receive thirty cents
for each cigar, and none but the oldest and
most skiliful workmen are entrusted with
their manufacture. At this rate they can earn
quite small fortune, for 800 cigars day can
be turned out by the most expert.
Mr.. William lie Qpeux, who for long time
past has been living on the Continent and
visiting London periodically, has at last de-
cided to take up permanent quarters in Italy.
He has selected for residence the little Tuscan
seaside village of Ardenza-
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