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Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 58, 19 August 1875, Page 7

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''A little nonß3ii.se now and linn, i Is relished by the wisest men.'',. A APOPBTHEGM& """ ' f HerS^^Af'^flbme^^^selections from, ! " Apopthegma Old 0 of* 'Lord ! Bacon:-— l ' '^^ x "- Sir Thomas' 'Moore^ had only one } daughter at thesrsfc|<and his wife did : ever pray for a boy. 'At last he had a boy, which aftferjWraaVs years, proved : simple^a^r.CKT.bQrjtiaausaid to his wife t Thou prayedst>Bpjpn£ for a boy, that he will be a bpy asion_- as he lives. 4 * Many meJOiJeaptcaliy such as effect gravity, haye p a manner, after other men's speech;' to 1 shake their heads. Si* LioneL Gton"fi'ehti Would say, " That . i H^^^ft , J? l^ 1 '. s b4e !^tetKr.to see if there wire an^y ; wit in their .j*ead or no." ' Mr 'Saviile'wQS asked by my Lord who answered my lord : f f V He r thpught them the best writers, next to r thbselhat. write prose." e'ov.f: :-: There-was a:s.qidier;thgt>y.aunted before Julius ..Caesar of v hurts he had received in hia face." Julius Gaesar, knowing him tpfbe'ib*Ut r a coward, told him.;.'? Yomwei;e best-takecheed, next time you run,aw,ay. s hp\yyyou look back." There. was .a^. Bi^qp, that - -.va^' somewhat a delicate] person,"' and bathed twice a day. lj L 'A Ci fViend of his said to him j "My lord why do you bathe twice a day The answered ; ■" Beißause I- clinnot conveniently bathe thrice.'' cr/..-. y^j.zl yrjAll Galba succeeded Nero, and his age being much despised, there^as much license and confusion in Rome. Whereupon .a senator said in fulr'senate, "It were better live^where^othirtgfis lawful, than, where aH'things are lawful." In Chancery; b'fig Hiirie^'iwhen the counsel X of the parties set forth the boundries oftbe land in question, by the-pipt. '„ an 4.] the icou.nse.fc .ofpjie p ; .rt said, " We lie en this side, my lord f and the conseT of the other part said, " We lie oh this side :" the Lord Chancellor'Hatton "stood upland said, " If you lie on both sides, , whom ; will you have me to believe.'' Solon, when_ he ' wept for his son's death, ; and one said to ( him ; ."• Weeping will not help-" answered: therefore 1 1 weep_ bicaiise weeping will not help." C- . One r of the ... Fathers, .saith .-,," That there is but tliis^ diffe'reiice between the death of old' men am^yo'ing men ; that old men go to death, and death comes to young men," >V :^ n -\ f.-'VA Callisthehes the. pbilosbpher, r that \ followed Alexander's court, and hated the king, _ was 0 asked by one : " How one should Income the famousest man in the wors-?A^ajajd> answered : " By taking away him that is." \ Agesilaus,-when one told him there wa' one did excellently counterfeit a nig'ttingaley and Would; Ji a ve 'Ead him he ir him, -said ;:;5i 4 , Why,l!li have heard th nightingale, herself," Cato Major 'w^uld'saf : " Thatr wise tuep: iearhedvmore >by? fools/ than fools by. wise men " , ? .._ y } *.'.=. j A Physical 'Eliffi'c'dlty.— Putting a ,' 'blister on a hedgehog.o.-y; ?. ;VM A wag suggests that „" r the musical pitch" of railway whistles should bo dowered.; <■.<.;■*■■ J-^.'-ci^'-rj^j-i The shutter of a, A New ,-tfbrk store * bears this unique placard * 'Closed on account of the "sheriff.'-0 —*i 'A I "I * i? How dp.ypu know..ljprd i7 Byron Was good tempered ?— Because he always kept his chbler (collar) dow'rii *> *» :;I Theydirect n}ethopl ta of determining horse-power.-- Stand bebind and tickle : bis- liind legs with a-briarr"^ 7 ' :I The hpop r question like most -others, . has two sides to it. The ladies take from the inside of course, ri .-.. A v ypung man, broke ihrpughtbe ice on a skating rink, . and .when be Was •hauled out arid laid upon the ice, he faintly whispered, - •« I ?didn*t care for myself, , but ...I, am c engagpd, r ,and I though tofh er feelings." ! ' ' / Sentimental -^youth : : My~deap girl will you, share my lot. for lite ?— Practi- : Pal Girl ; How many acres is your lot, , m.%-r.'\'~.AJ<J^\J-~IAZJy.7JJ'-l A A lady .askpd, Dr, /phns.Qn^lPo you -'• really" believe, doctor, that 'tlie dead walk "after , death T-r* Maxiam," said . the .doctor, .V ,1 have, no >dpubt about it j I have heard the ' Dead March in. Saul.'*" ■•"•■■'■■-■•■•,■• . Ji"-' ■ ;. :; , : At AntanpnuriyOj t Ranpyaluiairrj aka. Queen of Madagascar, , by. - : vony, "Prime Minister, bas' proclaimed % the, emancipation of tbe'.Mozambiqties. X We rejoice to* hear it., „, AU.hail to — to 1 — to the parties mentioned^ A A baby with three. .eyes,. iijtho latest A production of a South Carolina mother. ;; Some , ambitious* Cahfor.nian dame | should now, giye T us a baby girl with 1 ; three tongues.'' Think of this' prodigy i grbwn to woman's estate, and being \ able -to shriek, for Twoman's. rights ! | A small boy telling his " pals" how % he came to be d'eteofted stealing apples i at a^grepngrqcerjs r pr«ceeded thus :— I " Well,. 1. don't care so much about been | seen j but the-man was cross-eyed, and yi| I watchyig^^dog fiWhttS «•£ lheTMeet?l,^fle square^ atiJnp^and Mhelped me clesin in : 'M iITi f " * I'Jis>*>1 'Jis>*> §irJ"> * '•■<ii , ;a*i« - » -if fa the gutter. Fortyronfir^teofffiSns stood aroundlS the death-bedj>r bid Mr Perkins/ -itlieiri^ rich relative, an<fsKed tears as, thfiicol|S band of death was : laid upon |? When^tlieawilE was .ro|)ened;- anci theylS I found that he/had: lef^ to found a. college*^^r^blelGenj^wnV^ started fortome, ezclalming^lHjj lsiuf ra