Middletown transcript., 1868-06-13
Cur @lio.
Hints for Everyday Use.

Favor yourselfG Show little Chris
tian charity toward the. patient body that
performs the behests of your. will, if you
haven't any toward the soul that is help
ing.yop upward. Don't expect too much
ofyourself!
Take trouble cody. Do not despair
when the dark hour of trial comes down
upW you, as it must, sooner or later, upon
us Nature never folds her hands IN
despair, when the lightning strikes down
the hoblest oak in all the forest. Not she
She goes to work and covers the unsightly
black stump with blossoming. vines and
velvet moss and silver-outlined lichens, un-
til it is lovelier than it was before. Just
borrow suggestion from the mighty mo-
therwhen you are inclined to despond.
Don't &c. round with q face a quarter of
yurdslongrd What right have YOU to in
tiicty your woes on. society at large? 4? A
man yAa can't look cheerful ought to be
locked up somewhere until his countenance
ceases to besslibel on the bright world
around shiln - Is there no one who has ev
er known trial save yourself? Troubles
are like snow balls, they gather size as
they g0,. until some day YOU will be
crushed beneath their weight. Ifyou once
make up your mind that you are an ill
used parsonage, there will be plenty of
collateral evidence on hand to prove it.
Nobody ever yet looked for a grievance
witRout fipdingit. Be man, and re-
solte " conquer yourself. Starve your
trouble 70 death give it nothing to feed
on--no brooding thought, no morbid SYM
pathy and when it is dead, bury troll
great over its grave and start afresh-
0ye yourself a fair chance in life. Let
black draughts and patent medicines alone
A brisk walk in the open air, once day
withant fail ,nis better than pills and po-
tions. Be good company for yourself,
too. Don't go out, sauntering along,
with your hands in your pockets and your
head sunk down upon your breast, imag-
lining that you are taking excellent exer-
oise. sgXpp might AS well be travelling
overt the1ttead mill. Think Of pleasant
things-can up bright remembrances-
freshen gyeqr mind and brain as well as
your boaN liz you were entertaining com
pa9I,. you would not range all your cares
and trials and tribulations before them by
way of Light conversation. Why should
you be less considerate of yourself? Leave
your aflietions at home-they need no ex-
ercise-and take blessing with YOU to
ponder on, as you walk. There is no
man SO poor that he has not at least one
blessing to accompany him on his daily
waIlEiss%s % srs.s ,..,. -
Speak pleasantly to those at home.-
Cross words are like the rows of dominoes
we used to set upon the table in our child
lshagames. When one fell, it drew after
it ruin indeseribable. One cross word
seldon lacks company-it is contagious.
10 your share toward keeping the world
in good -humor. Courtesy is CHEAP, and
he who can give nothing else, certainly
car; n;aford a polite word and pleasant
look4 There are enough curmude eeons e
more than balance civilized society, and
you certainly owe your allegiance to the
latter.
Look on the bright side of things? II
it rains to-day, look out for sunshine and
blue.- sky Tomorrow. Don't take it for
granted that every man you meet is yil-
lain; don't spend your time in trying to
guess at tho motive" of your neighbor's S
kindly deeds 1t takes no more breath
to laugh than it does to groan, and it is
an infinitely more becoming process to the
face s.it E
Take things as they come and never
say, II would rather it had been any
other sorrowp 1t is never safe to open
debt and credit account with the AL
mighty? There is a Hand beyond the
darkness that scatters blessings, if only
you wait its time,- patiently Phrenolc-
gicab Jo@nal