The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-04-13
AvoLUME vI.---NUMBER 8.

Webster, .neiiher yoa nor understand the
arithmetic Of hedrenr s.
Every Mans Autobingraphy.
Every man is actually engaged. day by day
in wiring that autobiography which neither
time nor eternity viii efface. II may be writ.
tenein high places or 10 low, in public remem.
trance or in the honest heart of domestic af-
fection; but we are writing fast. we are writ
ing cure. we are writing for eternity. Happy
is be who, through the grace of tiod assisting
him, records such lessons Of kindness. truth,
and wisdom. that when he is gone he wrll be
held in grateful remembrance; happier still to
have one s name written in the Lambs Book
of Life and when every memorial and monu-
meut of his earthly history has perished be
may ascend with the Son of God to houo-,
glory. and immortality.
To Keep Young. s..s.5 s.
J No surer destroyer of yonth. says Mrs.
Cowden CLARK. of youths privileges and pow
srs. and delight. than yielding the spiritto the
empire Of ill.temper and seIishness. We
shonid all be cautious, as we advance in life.
OF allowing occasional sorrowfal experiences
10 overshadnw our perception of the prepon-
derance of good.a Faith in good is at once
its own rec,itude and reward. To believe
good and TO do good. truly and trustfully, is
the healthiest of hnmanityis conditions To
take events ehferfully, and to promote the
Ehappiness of Others. is the way to insure an
enduring spring of existence. Content and
kindliness are the soft vernal showers and fos.
tering sunny warmth that keep mans nature
and heing fresh and green. Lord keep nv
texistence flesh and green would be no less
Evise a prayer than the one SO beautifully re-
corded respecting mans memory. If we
wonld leave q gracious memory behind rs.
there is no way better to secure it than by
living graciously A cheerful and benign
temper that pnts forth pleasant blossoms and
bears sweet frnii for those that live within its
Influence. is sure 10 produce an undving growth
Of greer, ,renembranres, that shall flourish inn
morially after the present stock is decayed and
gone. ~
Ths Wonders Of Light.
Not only does light fy from the grand .ru,
Ter Of the day. with velocity which is mil
lion ard a half times greater than the soeed
of cannon ball but il darts from every re.
6ecfina surface with like velocity, and reach
es the tender structure of the eye so gently.
that. as il allsupon tlielit,le tain of nerves
which is there spread TO receive il. IT imparts
the most pleasing sensations. and tells it's sto
iry Of the onter world with a minuteness. of de-
tail and a holiness of truth. Philosophers
once sought to weigh the sunbeam. They
constructed a most delicate balance. and sud.
denly let ii upon it beam of light. the leve.
of the balance was so dehcately hung that The
futtering of Hy would have disturbed it =
Every thing prepared, the grave men took
their places. and with keen eyes watched the
result. The sunbeam that was TO decide the
expenmeut had left the sun eight months prii
or. TO pass the ordeal. 1t had flown through
ninety Eve millions of miles OF space in that
short measure of time. and it shot upon the
balance with unabaied velocity. But the
lever moved not; and the philosophers were
mute. -