Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-07-17
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Few things are more necessary in
life than judgment, firmness and cour.
age. With them man can rarely
fail, without them he can rarely sue.
ceed.
A minister not long ago preached
from the text, abe ye therefore stead.
FAST" but the printer made him ex.
pound from "Be ye there for break
fast"
That was a cool Scottish "aside" of
an old dealer, who, when exhorting
his son TO practice honesty in his
dealings, on the ground of its being
the "bcst policy" quietly added, al
has tried bath"
Wasn't il rough on Clara, just as
she was telling Fredrick how ETHEREAL
her appetite was, to have the cook
bawl out: "Say will yer havo yer
billed pork and beans now, or wait till
yer feller's gone"
A man who assisted to empty sew.
eral bottles of wine, afterwards took
a walk. The pavements were quite
icy, and he exclaimed every singu-
lar; VIII whenever water freezes, it al.
ways freezes with the slippery sid cup"
allow is it, my dear, that you have
never kindled flame in tho bosom of
a man 2" said an old lady TO her pret-
ty niece, who was portionless. "The
reason, dear" replied the young lady,
"is, as you well know, that l am not
good match"
The New York Suns correspondent
John is a very sharp fellow. In one
Of his letters be says; ~ bet fellow
u dollar that | could tell him how
much water to quart went under the
railroad bridge over the Mississippi
at Dubuque in a year. He bet, and
said two pints to a quart. | won
the bet"
When ! was little boy, and wore
naked feet, and waz loafng around
loose for Strawberries, | waz often
times just agoing to step on striped |
snaik, but it always cured me ov
strawberrys. If striped snaik got
in to 10 akre lot before did, | al. |
wus konsidered that all the straw
berrys in that lot belonged tew the
snaik.-JoSh Billings.
A Boston bride, whose groom re.
monstrated with her at the wedding |
for indulging in o rather indiscriminate |
bestowal of her last maiden kisses on
number of her male friends, remark.
cd with natural naivete that the gen.
tlemen in question had been in the |
habit of kissing her all her life, and |
she didn't see why they should stop
now.
A colored man was once asked why |
he did not get married "Why, you |
see sah," said he, 81 got an ole mud. |
der an | hab to do for her. We see,
sab, an eff | didn't buy shoes an stock
ins she wouldn't get none. Now, if | |
was to git married, I'd hab to buy dem
tings for my wife, and dat I'D DO takin'
de shoes an stockins right out OBJ my |
mudders' mouf."
1t is sign of health or of conva-
lescence when men love gentle, simple
pleasures and enjoyments that do not
rush or roar, but distil as the dew.
The love of rural life, the habits of
finding enjoyment in familiar things,
that susceptibility to nature which
keeps the nerve gently thrilled in her
homeliest hooks, and by her common.
est sounds, is worth thousand for.
tunes of money, or its equivalent.
A skeptical young coIlegian con.
fronted an old Quaker with the state.
ment that he did not believe in the
Bible. Said the Quaker:
Does thee believe in France2
Yes, for though have not seen it,
4 have seen others that have. Be-
sides, there is plenty of corroborative
proof that such a country does exist.
Then thee will not believe anything
thee or others have not seen
No, to bo sure | won't.
DID thee ever see thy own brains
No.
Ever see any one that did?
No.
Does thee believe thee has any?
"Our minds" says Ruskin, "aro On.
dowed with vast number of gifts of
totally different uses-limbs Of mind.
which, if you don't exercise You
cripple" The blaclssmith's arm is
strong and large because of its OK.
orcise. SO with the limbs of tho
mind as curiosity, sympathy, mem.
ory, invention, wit, and so forth The
way to bring out the powers of the
mind is to concern yourself attentivoly
with the subjects of each faculty. 1t
IS The mind that makes the man not
external circumstances of place. pow.
or, wealth, or ancestry tho inner
virtues and not the outward appear.
ances.
II you want TO get on In life Won
must be honest and true but Won
must be plucky as well. How few
there are who stand up and fight it
out with their teeth gripped close to.
gcther! If you are dead, like the
irlshman's turtle, don't be "sonsible of
NJ Be like the india.rubber ball
which rebounds tho higher the harder
~ IS thrown down. That's manhood
that's pluck You must not bcliovo ~
luck; believe in yourself. There NAV
DO such thing as luck lying around
iooso IN somc corner of nature but
tho chances are ten thousand TO ono
that IT will not fall to you. Make an
intelligent plan and work for il with
an honest purpose, n manly heart, and
a,will of nerve with the determination
Of grit,