SOME OF SOLOMON'S UNPUBLISHED PROVERBS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 5420, 13 February 1886, Page 2

SOME OF SOLOMON'S UNPUBLISHED PROVERBS.

[TEXAS SIFTINGS.] ■ When God gives a man an office, he usually gives him sense to run ; but, as. a general thing, if a man had got sense, God does not give him an office^ Man finds the genuine diamonds in nature. The false once he makes himself. The little thieves are hung, but the big one die of old age. If all the thieves had to be hung, the carpenters and ropemakers would have a soft thing of it. My son, eat and drink in moderation, for no man is happy with the dyspepsia;. My son, borrow nothing and lend nothing, for the creditor does not love the debtor, and vice versa. By. associating with low companions you are made worse, and they are not improved. A dew drop is the purest of all things, but when it falls into dust it makes mud. If the swelled head preceded the spree, men would get drunk by proxy. _ Don't lie to yourself. There is no more ridiculous sight than a hungry man polishing his tusks with a toothpick. i Speech is silver. Silence is gold. What a pity it is that men change their silver for gold at such a high rats of discount,

My son, don't bother yourself about un laid eggs, but examine the laid ones carefully to ascertain if they- do not belong to the vintage of a previous year. If the sun had nothing else to do but I shine on the righteous, it would be hardly 1 worth while for him to rise as early aa he I does. My son, do not unto thyself that which thou wouldst not have others do unto thee. In wine there is truth, but nobody ; loves wine" oh account of the truth that is in it. Be modest, but not too modest. Be just modest enough. The violet is so modest that everybody tramples it under foot. When a man has the nature of a Bheep Jie has any easy time of it curbing his impetuosity. ' . Happiness, as a general thing, exists in the imaginations of the unfortunate. Those who are believed to be" happy don't know of it. There are some people who : are always grumbling. If they escapefrbm a shipwreck they growl because they, got their clothes wet.

The consumption of fish in Great Britain has considerably ; increased; (as shown by transportation statistics)' since the great Fisheries Exhibition of 1883. (See, fourth page.