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Show MAXIMS FROM FRANKLIN. H The wilt or baa boon Rroatly Im- H lireBikd tho past week with tho very H prHotloal mlvlco kUoii tbo people last H QuHtlay lit the Tabornaolo in roKard H to lluHQoinl and other temporal mat- H tera. Moutiou was mado of tho htbit H or loafing, of not tnklun advantflRO of H the opportunities of lite, of pride, H all of whloh were oondetuned by tho H epikra. Followlun urt) Riven some H of ihl maxima of Uonjamln Kraukliu H hs publiahed nearly two huudred years H hro io Poor ixiohard'a altuanao. Tho H putting of thorn into practice by H Franklju made blni tinniioliiUy lude- H poudoiit jut forty. Their etllcmay U of B up Ui frc totly nnd tbo prnotioal wladoiu of thorn la without question. Ilrro nro Homo of thorn: "Ho who would thrive inuat rUo at live. "What malntaina 0110 vlco would briiiK up two ohlldren. "Fools mako fenata and wlso mou eat them. "Huy what thou host no nood of, and ero long thou ahalt sell thy no-oeHflltlea. no-oeHflltlea. "Many havo boon ruined liy buying buy-ing good pennyworths. "A ploughman ou hla Icga la hlgh-or hlgh-or than a gontlcmnn on hla kueoo. "Always taking nut of tho meal tub, and never nutting in, booh coiiiob to tho bottom, "If you will havo 11 faithful servant, ser-vant, and ono that you like, Hervo yournelf. "Little atrohoB foil groat oakB. "Drlvo thy bualnoeH or thy buBl-neia buBl-neia will drlvo ttioo. "A man may, if ho kuowa not how to aavo, keop hla uoao nil hla lifo to the grlndatono, and dlo uot worth n groat at laat, " 'BI!kT8tlii&r8n3rJeti''Hnd'TOlvotii put out tho kltohen llrec "Plough deep while Hluggarda sleep and you eliall havo oorn to soil and keep. "Tho oat In glnvea oatoliCR no tnlco. "Mauy ontatoa aro Bpout In tho netting Biiioo women fur tea foruook npiniiiug and knitting And men for punoh foraook hawing and apllttlng "U that goen a borrowing goea a BorrowliiR. "Tho first vioe la running into dahtj the stcoud la l?ing. "Clront ottatea may venturo more, but little boats should koep near shorn. "Prldo hreakriistod with Plenty, dined with Poverty, mid Munped with Infamy. "Tho borrower is n slave to tho loudor, and tbo debtor to the creditor. credi-tor. "Hxporlenee keeps a dear nobool, but fools will learn lu no othor, and ecaroo in that. "If you will uot hoir reaaon, she'll rap your knuckle. " |