Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1898 — Thia and That. [ARTICLE]

Thia and That.

Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair.—Burke. The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.— Cecil. A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.—Shenstone. It is more difficult and calls for higher energies of soul to live a martyr than to die one.—Horace Mann. The memory is a treasure to whom we must give funds, if we would draw the assistance we need.—Rowe. Good sense, kindness of heart and a proper self-respect are the elements of the best manners.—Lyon Edwards. The hottest region on the earth Is the southeastern part z of Persia, where It borders the gulf. For forty consecutive days in July and August the temperature has been known not to fall lower than 100 degrees, night or day. The greatest sea depth known to man is in the South Atlantic Ocean, midway between the island of Tristan da Cunha and the mouth of the Rio de la Plata, the bottoms being here reached at a depth of 40,236 feet, or eight and threequarters miles. The most wonderful bridge* In the world is one of solid agate in Arisona. It is a petrified tree, from'three to four feet In diameter, spanning a chasm forty feet wide. More than 100 feet of its length is in sight, both ends being imbedded In the sandstone of the canyon.