Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-03-14
Gleanings.
Hope--The safeguard Of the soul.
A whisperer separaieth friends.

SuSpiclon.--"Always 10 think :he
worst" says Lord Bolingbroke, meaning
always o impule the worst intentions,
81 have eves found TO be the mark OF
mean spirit and base soul"
Di58ipation.--The pleasures of dissi-
patton are like gaudy colors--they attract
for moment, but ii is only 10 Cypress
the senses.
Persererance.--The greater the diff
Guilty, the more is there in sLrmounting It.
Skil(ul pilots gain their reputation from
storms and tempests.
Small Lighis.--We often hear Of peo.
pie very brilliant in their own circle, who
shed very little light beyond it.
Science is severe mistress, and they
who devote themselves to her service
must throw behind them every other pas
sion.
Echoes. --Thcre are echoes in the air,
but few in the hearts Of our leIow-crea-
lures when the rcycrberaton would tell
Of distress.
Genius and Feeling,--When genius
is united with true feeling, our talents
multiply our woes.
The Great LeSSon.--The most useful
lesson in the school of life is that which
teaches us 10 be content.
Farors.--A favor ceases to be one
when il is forced upon the receiver.
Mdustry--As ihe sweetest rose grows
upon the sharpest prlckle, so the hardest
labors bring forth the sweetest profits.
Sophistry is like a window curtain-i'
pleases as an ornament, but lis true use is
to keep out the light
Drop by drop falls into the clear well.
spring of our youth the bitter water OF
experience, and there is no tilterer this
side the grave that can restore the old Pu-
nty.
Silence in love betrays more wo
Than words, though ne'er so witty /;
A oeggar that is dumb, you know,
Deservelh double pity.
Sense shines with The greatest beauty,
when il is set in humility. An humble,
able man, is a jewel worth kingdom.
Keep lhyself at distance from those
who are incorrIgible in bad habits, and
hold no intercourse with that man who is
insensbIe of kindness.
A loving friends rebuke sinks into tie
heart, aud convlnces Ihe Judgment; an en-
emy's or strangers rebuke is inyeCtiye,
and irrilates, not converts.
cannot think that man amable or
even innocent, who, after the placidity
and refreshmenl Of nights rest, can a
wake only to his Tesenlmenls. lie must
forget the Being who sheds this balhy
blessing over our shattered, perhspS per-
ver,ed senses. and who enjoins tie for
giyeness OF all injuries before the sun goes
down upon our wrath.
Spend your time in establishing good
name, and if you desire fortune, learn con-
tentment.
Better 10 be upright with poverty, than
wicked with plenty.
Ii is very rare 10 find ground which
produces nothing if II is not covered
with flowers. with fruit trees and grain,
il produces briars. 1t is the same with
man if he is not viriuous, he becomes
vicious.
The squirrel jumps from branch 10
branch-ihe firt from beau TO beau.
"If any body tells you such an one has
spoken evil of you," says EPicrelus. ''do
not refute them in that particular, but an
swer, had he known all my vices, he
would not have spoken only of that one
When we are in condition 10 over
throw falsehood and error, we ought not
to do it with vehemence or exultallun, but
lay open the truth with mildness, and so
overcome evil with good.
Nature designed the heart to be always
warm, and the hand 10 be often open.
A love Of home is the best indication Of
the virtue and worth Of man.
There is no happiness like that Of be-
ing loved by your fellow creatures, and
feeling your presence makes them CON-
Portable.
A word once spoken, coach with four
horses cannot OvrTiake ii and bring il
back. Be careful! Of your words
Of all the passions that pervade the hu-
man mind, there is none more deeply Geli
than that Of ambition; and when linked
with that OF avsrIce, il becomes not only
tho scour,a a NON ;nd,vidu.Ii,, knt