The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-04
THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE.

A1AH1 0ON N - 0ADAI Or LIT A>s
Good humor Is bright color In the
web oflight; but self-denial only can
make IL Z fast color. A person who II
the alave OF selflshness has . many
wants OF his own TO be supplied, 20
many interestsOf, his own to support
and defend, thai he has no leisureYto
study Tia Vo0ts and interests Of Others.
It jGimpossible that he should be hap
~ hiGkself. or make others around
Good humor IL the clear blue sky OF
the soul, on which every star Of talent
will shine mora clearly, and the sun
of genius encounter no vapors In NJ
paasage. 1t IL the most exquisite,
beeuty " = fine face. q redeeming grace
In = hOmely one. It Is like the green
In = landscape, harmontslhg In every
color, mellowing the light, and softeni
Ing the hue of the dark or like q flute
in full concert OF instruments, o
sound, not at first Discovery d by the
ear, yet filling up the breaks In the
concord with its deep melody III
1t is not great calamitiss that en-
bitter existence It IL the petty vexa-
tions, the small jealousies, little disap-
p0iptments, and minor miseries that
make the heart heavy and the temper
sour. Anger Is pure waste OF vital
ity. 1t is always foolish and always
ungfaceful, except In some very rare
cases, when it is kindled by seeing
wrong done to another; and even that
noble rage seldoms mends the matter.
IN mo man does his best except when
he Is cheerful. A light heart maketh
nimble hands, and keeps the mind free
and alert. No misfortune IL 80 great
as one that sours the temper. Until
cheerfulness is lost nothing Is lost"
A cheerful face Is nearly rs good for
an invalid as healthy weather. To
make sick man think he ~ dying,
all that IL necessary IL to look half dead
yourself. Hope and despair are as
catching az cutaneouy complaints.
ITO be happy. the passion must be
cheerful aud gay, not gloomy and
melancholy. A propensity TO hope
and Joy Is real riches-0ne to fear and
sorrow, real poverty" $500
.sMirth Is the medicine Of life,
It cures It's ills, It calms Its strife; ~
1t softy smooths the brow Of care,
And writes thousand graces there
Mirth is like the flash OF lightning
that breaks through the gloom OF the
clouds and glitters for moment |;
cheerfulness keeps up daylight In the
soul. filling it with a steady and per-
petual serenity.
There Is nothing equal to cheerful
and even mirthful conversation, for
restoring the tone of mind and body,
when both are overcharged. Some
great and good men, on whom very
heavy cares and tolls have been laid,
manifest q constitutional tendency to
relax into mirth when their work Is
over. Narrow minds denOunce the
incongruity; large hearts own Gods
goodness in the fact, and rejoice In the
wise provision made for prolonging
useful lives. Mirth, after exhaustive
toll. Is one of Natures instructive re-
cuperatiye efforts to soothe and rein
vigorate the mind. You cannot too
sternly reprobate frivolous life but
II the life be earnest for God or man.
with here and there layer Of mirth-
| fulness prOtruding, q soft bedding to
receive heavy cares which otherwise
would crush the spirit. Tosnarl against
the sports of mirth, may be the easy
| and useless occupation Of small man,
| who cannot take in at one view the
whole circumference of large one,
but 1t Is false philosophy.
| Mirthfulness has great power over
the excited feelings and the angry ir-
| ritations OF men; it makes them more
generous and more just. 1t Is often
/ more powerful with men than con-
| science or reason; and Shakespeare as
l serts that 1t "bars o thousand harms
and lengthens life." 1t has been well
said, however, that mirth should be
the embroidery of conversation, not
the web-the ornament Of the mind,
not the furniture"
Laughter is, therefore, not foolish
thing. Sometimes there Is even wis
dom in it. Solomon himself admits
there is time to laugh. as well as
time to mourn. Man only laughs,
man the highest organized being and
hence the definition that has been pro.
posed Of him, o Laughing animal.
Certainly, it defines him as well as .
Cooking animal 'tool-making ami
NAL, a rmoney-making animal po
litical animal,5 or such like. Laughtel
very often shows the bright side of 9
man. It brings out his happier nature
and shows of what sort Of stuff he II
really made. Somehow we feel as 4
we never thoroughly know q man I'M
til we hear him laugh. We do not fee
at home with him till then. We dc
not mean q mere snigger, but q good
round, hearty laugh. The solemn
sober visage, like u Sundays dress
tells nothing Of the real man. HI
may be very silly, or very profound
very cross or very jolly. Let US heal
him laugh, and we can decipher hin
at once. and tell how his heart beats
We are disposed to suspect the mar
who never laughs. At all events
there is repulsion about him which
we cannot get over. Lavater says
sShun that man who never laughs
who dislikes music or the glad face o
a child This Is what everybody feels
and none more than children, VIII
are quick at reading characters; ant
their strong instinct rarely deceive
them"
ais there anything like the ringing
laugh of an innocent, happy child
Can any other music so echo through
the hearts inner chambers? 1t
spmpathetic, too, beyond other melo
, dies. When the father sits absorbe'
, over his book, which seems to concen
| trate every faculty, he hears his Httl
: boy laughing In his sport, and laugh
also. he knows not wherefore. TIL
bright being continually gatherin
intelligence, casts around us gems q
, Thoughts and pearls of affection, I'll
! our paths seem paved with preciOu
! stones from Heavens treasury. N
dav of storms IL dark where he is-n
, wintry evening long. A young chill
is q full fountain Of delight to TIN
house and heart.v
A woman has no natural grace NOR
bewitching than sweet laugh. I'll
like the sound Of flutes on the watel
It leaps from her heart In q cleal
sparkiing rill; and the heart that heal
! | It echoes back its sweet music. Hav
you pursued an unseen fugitiv
: through trees, led on by her airy laug
: now here, now there, now lost, no.
found /? We have. sometimes
comes to AS I'm the midst Of care or so
|, row, or irksome business. How muc
! we owe to that sweet laugh Itturr
q the prose of our life into poetry, an
: changes It's shadows into sunshine an