Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-29
MUCH IN LITTLE.
For what purpose was Eve made ?

Inv hinci 10 siS mum III want Vi tnht
which de has as that'oi which he has
not.
There are occasions when the gen.
eral belief Of people, even though II be
groundless, works its effect as sure as
truth itself
Want ofprudence is too frequently tho
want Of virtue; nor is there on earth
a more powerful advocate for vice than
poverty.
When thou art contemplating somo
base deed, forget not thy childs tender
years, but let the presence OF thy in.
FAINT son act on thy headlong course to
sin.
Words of praise are almost as neces.
sary to warm child into genial life
as kindness and affection. Judicious
praise is TO children what the sun is 10
flowers.
None are too wise TO be mistaken,
but few are so wisely just as TO ac-
knowledge and correct their mistakes,
and especially the mistakes of preju-
dice.
The word Of all words-love--wi
no more express the myriad moods of
mutual attraction than the word
Thought" can inform you of what is
passing in your neighbor's mind.
"Lenny, said his maiden aunt "you
should eat the barley that is in your
soup, or you'll never get a man. Len.
ny, looking up innocertly inquired f:
as that what you eat it Tor, aunty ?"
Humility and love, whatever obscu.
rites may involve religious tenets,
constitute the essence of true religion.
The humble is formed to adorn the
loving, TO associate with eternal love.
lie that speaketh against his own
reason speaketh against his own con-
science, and therefore it is certain no
man serves God with q good con.
science who serves him against his
reason.
A little girl said TO her mamma,
"Mamma, have you heard of the man
that got shot ?" "No child, how did
be get shot2" asked mamma. "Oh,n
said young precocious, "he bought
EN-"
Moliere was asked the reason why,
in certain countries the king may as
sumo the Crown at fourteen years of
age and cannot marry before eighteen2
at is" answered Moliere, dbecause
il is more difficult to rule a wife than
kingdom"
1t is said that Radcliffe used to threat
en- his brethern of the faculty, "that
he would leave the whole mystery OF
physic behind him, written on a half
sheet OF note paper"
On masquerade night the Duke of
Norfolk, of his time, asked Foote what
character he should appear in. Don't
go disguised, said Foote, "but assume
a new character-go sober"
speaking OF shaving" said pretty
girl to an obdurate old bachelor, II
should think that pair Of handsome
eyes would be the best mirror TO shave
by" "Yes, many a poor fellow has
been shaved by them," the wretch
replied
A theological student, supposed to
be deficient in judgment, in the course
of class examination was asked by
professor "Pray, Mr.. E, how
would you discover fool?" "By the
questions he would ask" said Mr..
E..
A professor was expostulating with
a student for his idleness, when the
latter said, "lts of no use, was cut
out for loafer." "Well," declared the
professor surveying the student criti-
cally, "whoever cut you out under
stood his business"
81 don't see how you can have been
working all day like horse" exclaim-
cd the wife of lawyer, her husband
having declared that he had thus been
working "Well, my dear" he repli-
ed, "l've been drawing a conveyance
all day, anyhow"
1t was prettily devised of .Esop, the
fly sat upon the axletree of the chari.
ot-wheel, and said, "What dust do
raisel" So are there some vain per-
sons that, whatsoever goeth it alone or
moveth upon greater means, il they
have never so little hand in it, they
think 1t is they that carry it.-Bacon.
The growth of our perceptions de-
pends upon our opportunities for using
them The intellect can no more pour
out and make active ITS fullness in soil.
tude, than can q bucket of water vol.
unfairly empty ITSELF In solitude, tho
mind may gather its material. In so.
ciety, it puts it IN practice.
There is no doubt of the essential
nobility of that man who pours into
lite the honest vigor of toll, over those
who compose the feathery foam of fash
ion that sweeps along Broadway who
consider the insignia Of honor to con-
sist in wealth and Incidence; and who,
! ignoring the family history, paint coats
OF arms to cover up the leather aprons
of their grahdfathers.
II a boy is really trying to get on,
he deserves the most persistent kind
ness and patience if his progress is
slow. Minds ripen, so to speak, at
very different ages. As general rule
winter apples are much the soundest
and most durable in the end. So the
boy who takes in ideas slowly, and has
to plod toilsomely for every step he
gains, is likely to keep what he ac-
quircs.
"Giittcring gcnoralities" in our reso-
lutions do not accomplish much in our
conduct. Not "I mean to be better
and do BETTER" but "I mean this year
to be better in my use of the tongue,
in my business dealings, in my treat
mont Of this or that person." Let them
be at once put into practice. To-day is
your opportunity. Let them bc mark
cd by perseverance. "a timorously
cautious spirit" writes John Foster,
$50 far from acting with resolution,
will never think itself in possession, of
the prelminaries for acting at all. Per.
haps perseverance has been the Radi.
cal principle of every truly great
character" Let them be begun and
carried out with PRAYER, And then.