Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-22

under the genial influence Of kind &C.
tions and kind words. Mother--the
echoes Of your voice may linger long
years in the hearts of your children.
Shall they be soft, sweet echoes, seem
ing like angel music, winning them to
the love Of God and Heaven? If so,
then will you be rewarded with gold
en- harvest. And should the kind
Father--when many years have wrought
their changes, and the eyes grow dim
with watching the advent Of a glorious
hereafter allow you to gaze upon tho
household Of your natural children,
they will surely call you "blessed."
| WulNINa.-There is class Of per-
sons IN this world, by no means small,
whose prominent popularity is achin-
ing. They whine because they have
not health to enjoy their riches they
whine because it is too shiny; they
whine because it is too rainy they
whine because they have "no luck"
and otheas' prosperity exceeds theirs /;
they whine. because some friend has
died and they are still living they
whine because they have aches and
pains, and have aches and pains be-
cause they whine, and they whine no
one can tell why. Now, I would like
to say word to these whining persons.
! l. Stop whining! 1t is Of no use
this everlasting complaining, fret
ting, Seeding, fault finding, and in
tolerablc whining. Why, you are the
most deluded set of creatures that ever
lived. Do you not know that it is a
we'll settled principle of physiology and
common sense, that these habits are
more exhaustive of nervous vitality
than almost any other violation Of
physical law? And do you not know,
too, that life is, pretty much as you
take it or make it? You can make it
bright and sunshiny, Or you can make
it Clark and shadowy. This life is only
meant to be disciplinary-to it us for
a higher and purer state Of being
Stop, then, whining and fretting, and
''so on your way rejoicing" @
3. Sing the song Of life cheerily.
Hank Do you hear yonder bird sing
ing joyously its merry carols, as it
hops from bough to bough in its native
forest home? Initiate it. Take up
your song of life joyously and bravely.
Sing on, though you feel it not.
You are miserable, nervous dyspep-
tics-in wrong relations to yourselves
and all Gods universe. That's all that
ais you. Then stop short-take up
the swelling chorus Of life, and leave
of-forever off-the dismal whine of
death. -,ts
TRlFLEs.-We question the existence
Of triaes. What are they ? Little
things? The fate Of empires has turn
ed on them. All the delights Of life
spring from these "littles. !" And,
when projected against us, nothing so
stings the very soul as these little
things. AS little kindnesses give the
intensest joy, and little wrongs wear
out the heart, so little acts character
ize our lives. u . --.-.s.-s
Little words are they not the
dearest? Little folks are they not
little angels? But, little souls !-heav-
en- save us from them!
The triAes of life are its mightiest
influences. In the aggregate their DO
tency is increased according to tie mi
nu'eness Of each one, like the effects Of
the galvanic battery. ''
A single word, according as it is
prompted by either kindness or malcv-
olence, is fraught with life or death.
As We came up street to-day, . dog
painting With heat lay across our path.
lie looked just as dogs do when we
avoid them but on each side Of him
there was room enough to pass, and we
were unconscious of any feeling in re.-
erence to him. Before we reached
him, however, q man standing in the
stored Dor near, by one word called the
dog out Of our path. The manner in
which this was done showed that it was
prompted by good feeling. We scarce
noticed the incident but, afterwards,
the mind spontaneously reverted to it,
and trivial as the act was it seemed
great. 1t was an act of spontaneous
kindness. We found our inclinations
moving US to trade at that store. .
This triae is one no longer; it has
come part Of our. existence: There
are no trifcs. s'Trfs' SO 7''''-
~ Gossip is the bane of social life,
always indicating little mind, having
affinity with petty concerns; often .
malicious mind. delighting in tradu-
cling others f; irreverence for truth, risk
ing the violation Of it for the pleasure
Of telling stories, which may be false,
often are known to be so great lack of
honor, sneaking disposition, saying
behind the back of another WI at would
not be said before his face. presumptive
want Of power to talk on nobler sub
jects-at least lack Of interest in them.
Male gossips are worse than female.
Women gossip chiefly about domestic
life, love, hirta tons, servants, entertain
nents-and a world Of mischief they
do thereof heart burnings, heart
sinkings, and heart breakings- of bro
ken ties and alienated affections, But
men gossip, too. Oh, what keen, BIZ
ting, whitening gossipings they have.
half untrue, wholly needless full Of
envy, hatred, and all U charitableness.
n%A girl is always denounced az a