" I never was ruined but twice," said Voltaire, "once when I lost a lawsuit, and' once when I gained one." .' --■ - ~ ■ '■■-■' ' --'-■ One of the beauties of tho court of Frederi.de the Ore at said to the king, "Sire, how is it that you, vvho are so glorious already, still seek new fame?" " Madame," he replied, " for the same reason that you, although so beautiful, still wear rouge." Birds are the poor man's music; flowers the poor man'-s poetry ; and the rich man has no better. ' " Didn't Like Moustaches.— Two rough soldiers, with pipes in .'their mouths, and a thicket of hair ull over tneir faces, met, and one com - plained.to the other, " I tellyer what, Bill, I don't like these mustachers. They do mop up such . ?i lot of grog." ' • . ..■.
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Southland Times, Issue 889, 27 January 1868, Page 3
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129Untitled Southland Times, Issue 889, 27 January 1868, Page 3
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