Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-07-27
OtR FREE LUNCH.
Kind te' lingS are benefits a,
much as kink deeds.

much as kiuk deeds.
-few persons have sufficient wis.
dom to prefer crnsure which is useful
to them, TO praise which deceives
them
Memory aud tuition. Memory
is patient camel, bearing huge bur
deus over litc's sandy desert. lntui,
ton is 4 bird of Paradise, drinking
III the aroma"os celestial flowers.
IT We contend with aud fly from
our duties, simply because they gall
us and burden us, we 90 against
Everything; but il we take them up
bravely, then everything goes with
MS. God and good angels aud men
and all good influences are working
with us when we are working for the
right,
1t is said by the Oriental that
when aims fall from the hands of the
giycr into those ut the receiver, they
say these five things: IL ain small,
but thou hast made me great. NV
value was little, but thou hast multi
! piled it, was thy enemy, but thou
hast made me thy friend. was
transient, but thou hast made mo
permauet Thou vast my keeper;
but now | am thine
The painful aud unfortunate cri
SEES Of life often arise and darkcn like
a thunderstorm, and seem for the mo.
ment perfectly terrific and ovcrwhclm
iugj but wait ittlc aud the clnud
sweeps by, aud the earth, which
seemed about To be- torn IN pieces
and destroyed, comes ont as good as
new. Not bird is dead no, flow.
cr killed; and the sun shines just as
before,
There are times when enc cannot
write or speak, or even acts as The
occasion requires, not because he
does not feel how The power of in.
stnctire adaptation is goue. He is
wholly unequal To the crisis. lie
takes his pen to write, he has dim
conception Of an idea that ought To
come, but will not. lie may be call
ed npou To utter his sentiments, and
he finds whole treasury of precious
material locked, and the key is gone.
When the occasion il over, this
wealth lies about him like sprinkled
gold dust, and he fairly sinks under
the chagrin that gathers upon him.
- In all sorts of husks and shells,
hard, sharp, wlthcred aud dead, God
sees n goodness we are always mss
! ing. aud counts and treasures il in
the granary of heaven. We think
| of Hum too much as one walking
through the world, hooking only for
the best, and rejecting, with aversion,
bai is not best | tell you when lie
goes forth With HIS rcnpers to gather
His harvest, He looks as lovingly now
as once H. looked through the eyes
If Christ, His son, for all the good
there Is everywhere. There may be
only a single grain in October where
II" put in grain IN March, IIr bids
His angels gather that as carefully ns
II ii were "A hundred fold. -- GoNyer
Sorrow is the heir loom of all :;
the great heritage of human kind. -.
Not a snu sets Ia the West that does
not see rising from the earth mist
OF tears. Not a bright smile CLEANS
on the human face that is not inter
mingled with the shadow of fear, of
trouble or sorrow. This sorrow, this
common heritage, we may depend
upon it, Is tpit IN royal palaces. in no.
bic halls, as well as looking ap from
the damp cellar below the street, or
booking down from the wretched gar.
ret that is above. The royal mother
feels when she loses her FIRST. born AZ
krcnly AS the poorest bcggar woman.
There il dead level onwhirh human.
Ity lies; and If you can disrobc the
greatest noble and take his rags off
the most wretched beggar, you will
find there is the same human heart
aud the same immortal soul III both /;
lost by sin and needing equally to be
saved BY grace. -John C,tmmings
ADVANCEMENT or Rooms Give
your apartments rrpression--ciIarac.
ter. Rooms which mean nothing are
checrles. inderd. Study i!ht aud
shade, aud the combination aud ar.
raugment Of furniture and pictures. --
Allow nothing to hook isolated, bat
bet everything present an air Of socia
biiity. Observe room Immediately
after a number Of people have left.
aud then, as Sou arrange the furui.
ture disturb as lIitIc a. possible the
rclniiv" position Of the chairs, otto.
mans and sofas. Place Two or three
chairs IN conversational attitude in
some cherry corner, an ottoman with
IN an easy distance oi>a sofa, n chair
near your stand Of siernscopic views
or cngra,ings, or whore a good light
viii fall Oh the book YOU may reach
from lht table near Make little stud.
les of effect which shall repay more
than the casual observer, and do not
leave ii possible for any one TO make
the criticism which applies TO so MANY
homes, even oi wealth and elegance
---" Fine carpets, handsome furniture,
few pictures and elegant nothings,
bnt how dreary !''IAe chilling al.
u,osphere IL irlt atSons.E and we can.