ANECDOTES. 

 

    TRUE BENIFICENCE. 

—Mark Antony, when very much depressed, and at the ebb of his fortune, cried out, "I have lost all, except what I have given away." 

 

     WASHINGTON AND THE SOLDIER.  

—A British soldier said, "It was once in my power to shoot Gen. Washington." "Why, then," said an American,     "did you not do it?" "Because," he replied, "the death of Washington would not have been for our benefit, for we depended upon him to treat our prisoners kindly." 

 

     YES AND NO. 

—John Randolph, in one of his letters to a young relative, says: "You must expect unreasonable requests to be preferred to you every day of your life; and you must endeavor to say no with as much facility and kindness as you would say yes." 

 

     OSCEOLA. 

—It is said that the name of Osceola was given to that famous chief by an old lady in a frontier village, who had newly arrived in the country, and had never seen an Indian. When she seen him she burst forth in utter astonishment—"Oh see! Oh la! What a curious looking man!" 

 

     SIGISMOND. 

—This Emperor was once reproached by some courtiers for being favorable to his foes—to whom he replied, "Do I not effectually destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?" 

 

     CHINESE PROVERBS. 

     What is told in the ear is often heard a hundred miles. 

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