Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1910 — ANCIENT CHINESE PROVERBS. [ARTICLE]

ANCIENT CHINESE PROVERBS.

Cholca Nnggeta of Wlsdoox Iron Mur Oriental Source*. If yob have not enough influence with the judge to excuse your felony then saddle your ass quickly. The sandalmaker does not go abroad to find cocked eyes to straighten. A coat noi paiu for is always tight under the arms. Beware of the woman who bites her finger nails. She is possessed of • devil. Do not despise friendships. Even that of a beggar is better than none. You are suspicious of a dishonest man, even if he does offer you honest goods.

Do not abuse a poor man. He may not always be poor, and the abused have a good memory. Do not qtand ftehind the woman who is about to throw stones. If you are afraid of your wife, exchange clothes with her. When your wife is brawling run for the beehives. —* Your pile of straw is a thousand times biggqr than its pile of ashes. Do not Interfere with a dog gnawing a bonq*' It is one of his few pleasures in life, and, besides, he might bite you. Hay ropes do not bind a ship in a storm, and if your boat is leaking sail close to shore. Before you kill the fowls scratching up your garden seeds be sure they are not your own. It makes a difference whose cat it is that yowls on the housetops. Too much wine crosses your feet. Do not saddle your ass backward. If he pitches you off you cannot Bee where you are falling. The fawning guest is a great eater. He who mimics the ways of his betters wears the clothes of a fool. Let each man talk of his trade and there will be no neighborhood quarrels.—Exchange.