People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1893 — MIRTH AND WISDOM. [ARTICLE]

MIRTH AND WISDOM.

’ The heart that has not suffered has not loved. Long faces and long ears are usually close neighbors. Mark this: You don’t have to be disagreeable to be good. If there is good in us it will be sure to inspire good in others. There is nothing easier to believe than a pleasing lie about purselves. He who takes unto himself a wealthy bride is not so lively to get, a fortune in her as with her.—Ram's Hora.

“Sorry I’ve no better quarters to invite you to, Afrs. Quiverfull.” “Ah, you should marry, Capt. Sparks I If you’d get a better half you’a have better quarters, too!” London Punch. A Verdant Old Aon.-She— “Did your grandfather live to a green old age!” He—‘Well, I should say ao! He was swindled three times after he was seventy.”— Yankee Blade. .4. German student, wrestling with the English language, rendered a text as follows: “The ghost is willing, but the meat is feeble.”—Educational News.

“There is one objection to your flannel cakes, Mrs. Small,” said the star boarder. “What is that, Mr. Hunker!” “They may be all wool, but they are not a yard wide.” —Browning, King & Co.’s Monthly. “Wasn’t it awful about Helen swallowing her new engagement ring!” “Oh! no. It iwasn’t half so hard to swullow as the stories Tom told her about his wealth.’’—lnter Ocean. When the crinoline comes there will still be plenty of room at the top. But men, unfortunately, cannot walk on the ceiling.— Puck. B