1908 The World's Drinks and How to Mix Them by Hon Wm Boothby

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WITTY, WISE AND OTHERWISE.

Speak well of every one if you speak of him at all. None of us are so very good. , Damn fools are necessary-they interest the wise. Wine draws wisdom from the philosopher's lips and makes the fool talk himself to death. "Seest thou a man diligent in business~ He shall stand before kings."-Proverbs of Solomon. "Many times the reading of a book has made the fortune of a man-bas decided his way of life."-Emerson. "Points more than all the lawyers in Bohemia can learnedly handle."- A Winter's Tale. "Mend your speech a little, lest it might mar your fortunes."-King L ear. "Whatever thy hand :findE!th to do, do it with thy might."-Ecclesiastes. "Compare the state of that man, such as he would be without books, with what that man may be with books."-Lord H01J,ghton. Charlie Cappelmann, the famous Victoria, B . C., mixologist, bas discovered a clecoction which be terms a "Parachute," and he claims that no barkeeper bas ever acquired the art of compounding it. The reason for calling this drink by such a name is because when a person bas been flying too high, it is guaranteed to let him down easy.

A MAN WHOM THE WOR.LD LOVES. Be who covers the pain in bis heart with a jest, An cl Cqres least about it, can bear life the best; He who bmies his yesterdays with a goocl grace, And hides all his hurts with a jovial face, Drinks a toast to the death of a useless remorse, Defies ail the F ates in their mythical course, And lets no misgiving his happiness mar, But like the dead ash of his fragrant cigar, Fli:ks it off and away-such a man makes this earth A pretty good spot for a permanent bertb.-W. J. Scully.

Poverty is no disgrace but an awful inconvenience. Joke as much as you please, but please when you joke. Revenge is sweet, but it don't take the pl::tce of sugar. An ounce of pluck is worth more than a ton of coaJ. Hot air and cold facts don't mh. Too many banquets make many a bank quit. "All the worlcl's a stage," but there are a lot of bad actors appearing.