Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-12-12
oHEERPULNEss va aLo0NMEss.

|. intellectually, we do not have the
same tastes and talents, and there IN NO
reason why We should sxpsot our tenn
perments to be all alike; but much can
be effected by habit and cultivation.
There are some people who seem to
prefer darkness to light, and gloom
rather than gladness. They can res
dily turn to the chapter and verse that
reads, "sorrow is better than laughter,
for by the sadness Of th6 eountenance
the heart is made bstter;" but they
could scarcely tell whether in Bible or
almanac are to be found the sayings,
s' He that is Of q mercy Heart hath d
continual feast !" Pleasant Wordsare %
honsycomb,l sweet to the soul and
health TO the bones;" and l''A merry
heart doth good like 9 medicine" and
for any practical use they are to such,
these sayings of the wise man might as
we'll be in the other. These persons
feel confident that Jesse will be q f'wild,
worthless fellow" because he always
comes from school whistling, and that
Julia will "never, never make any
thing" because she often indulges in an
audible laugh. 1n .l.., .t ,rai, h..
Some are constantly unhappy from
the first of January until the last of De-
cember, because the weather isn't right.
If it is very cold, they are certain the
buds of the fruit trees will be injured;
and II Il is warm, and the pond 'doesn't
freeze 10 they can get supply OF ice,
they don't know Whist they shall do next
July. In Summer If Q shower dosen't
come every day. they predict drouth and
famine; and il It is rainy; they are sure
the corn crop is going to be failure, it
is ocold and wet. Indoors it IL little If
any better. The good woman, return
ing from q visit, finds. some one has
opened the blinds and raised the cur
tains, and the full blown roses and
green leaves on tho carpet have become
several shades lighter in consequence;
and this is not tho only consequence as
the offender can testify. This woman
cannot see why the sun should shine so
much of the time; it has completely
ruined six Of her very best curtains;
and then when It comes cloudy and wet,
what will be donsi the cellar 10 80
damp and moldy. that the butter won't
keep. II q child should be 90 unfortu-
nate as to break Q dish, one would sup
pose that from the ado made that 1t had
come in q direct ancestral line from the
King of England, and was the only one
he ever POSSESSED. And 90, indoors
and out, there il sn atmosphere tho
density Of which no philosophical COM
putation has calculated, but has often
been felt by those who were un-
fortunate enough to come within the
precincts of such q home. 7'"i"' .e a.
/ Some are always on the lookout for
aches and pains. They feel pretty we'll
to-day, but they shall be sick in bed TO-
morrow-they always know, when they
feel so, just what to expect; and Ro-
bert B. Thomas never predicted eclip-
ses with greater accuracy, for they lie
awake oil night, dfsading the morrow,
and copjuring up all manner Of doleful
consequences arising from this yet-in-
the-future unavoidable illness. ',of
Others had tsyer once, the last Of
August, and were 20 certain they would
have areourrsuos of the same, every
succeeding year, that. in view Of the |
time they should Lose. they have ever
since dons four .months work during
June and July, and little moro aOoord-
isgly, the. frst Of. the next month,
every night counting with I'D forboding
the intervening days until the tvemty.
seventh Of August. OF course the fever
comes regularly. y.rb1i haa aEahsoAD5
Some are always falling you their
trials and difficulties, md 4 you fed
deeply for !. them, snd s1s tzy e bsnsas "a
turning their thoughts away from them
selves, you are at once cot down - cold,
unappreeiative, and unsympethizingr I
j Some people can truthfnlly says
when anything Of a melancholy nature
occurs, "I told you 1t would he So
for they are always hooking On ths dAtk