West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-26
NO. 33.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

Judge no man till you have stood ia
his place.
Never make yourself the hero of your
own story.
Never read letters which you may
find addressed To others,
have found IL hard To persuade men
that death Is sunrise.
Never present a gift saying that IL Is
no use to yourself.
Never call attention TO the features
or form OF any one present.
Never fail, IL gentlemen, of being
civil and polite To ladies.
A straight line Is the shortest In
morals as well as in mathematics.
Never appear To notice scar. defor-
nifty or defect of any one present.
Never arrest the attention of an ac-
quaintance by "A touch. Speak to him.
Never answer questions I'm general
company that have been put to Others
Return equity and justice for evil
done to you, and pay goodness by good
ness.
BE temperate. Liquor has made
more paupers than all other vices COM
biued.
Actions, looks, words, steps, form
Hcters.
We can make our experience into
bridges To bear us safely over what is
before us IL we will.
The way for man To secure himself
from wickcdness Is To withdraw himself
from the examples of it.
Many man bears his own faults pa-
tiently, and those of his neighbors inn
patiently.
Never call anew acquaintance by
the Christian name unless requested To
do 30.
The senses are the gates of our soul.
and, therefore, they need To be- strong
ly guarded.
lt is easy to pick flaws I'm other peo-
pies work, but more profitable to do
better work yourself.
Good resolutions are like horses.
The first cost Ia an item of less impor-
tncc than the keeping.
Keep the horrors at arms length.
Never turn blessing around to SEQ
whether IL has dark side.
Conceit Is generally proportlonate
with high station, and the greatest gen
fuses have not been entirely free from
H.. What, ihdecd, Is ambition, but an
immediate love of praIseI uul
Society is generally supposed To give
the last polish To education but, per
haps there is nothing like little adVer-
sity TO bring about that healthiness Of
feeling which alone fits man for
society.
Kind words are the bright flowers OF
earthly existence; use them /; and espec-
tally around the hreside circle. They
are jewels beyond price. and powerful
TO heal the wounded heart and make
the weighed down spirit glad.
Many true heart that would have
come back like the dove of the ark,
after the first transgression, has been
frightened beyond recall by the angry
look ana mcnacing taunt-the savage
charity of an unforglying soul.
Duty ~ IA power which rises with us
In the morning and goes to rest with
Us at night. 1t IL co-eXtenslve with the
action of our intelligence. IL Is the
shadow which cleaves to us, 20 where
We will, and only leaves US when we
leave the light of life.
Men feel but contempt for woman
VINO may chance TO love them If they
love not i'm return; but the woman to
the day OF her death feels tender pity
amounting almost to love, for the man
who once hOnored her by desiring to
make her his wife.
Woman should all understand that
no beauty has any charms but the In
ward one of the mind, and that "A grace
fulness in manner Is much more engag-
ing than that of their persons; and
meekness and modesty are the true and
lasting ornaments. These are the only
charms that render wives amlable, and
q a
Always remember no one can debase
you but yourself. Slander, satire,
falsehOOd, Injustice these can never
rob you Of your manhood. Men may
lie about you, they may cherish suspi-
cions manifold, they may make your
failings the target of their wit or cruel
~; never be alarmed; never swerve an
inch from the line your conscience
has marked out for you.
They greatly mistake who suppose
that the measure Of success Is the posi-
ton which one secures. The first and
greatest victory which man should
win is In himself. The greatest attain
ment IL to be noble and good. This Is
within the reach OF every one. The
servant may be AS true as his master;
the peasant IN his hut may be az upr ght
in character and life as the king in his
palace. a rose may be a. beautiful In
some secluded spot where 1t is rarely
seen, as in the garden Of q rich man
where IL Is admired by all visitors.
The fundamental relations Of special
sciences as yet refuse to be resolved Dy
the atomic mechanics, as chemistry
and physiology. But even could these
difficulties be overcome, two would re-
main which have never been resolved
aud in the writer's opinion never Will
be-. These are mans lncapacity 10 un-
dcrstand the nature Of matter aud
force. and his inCapacity TO resolve
spiritual processes into material pro-
perties and laws. While within these
limits Science may explain everything,
beyond these limits she must be content
to say We know nothing and shall
continue 20 know nothing.
We sometimes entertain angels una
wares, and do not give them so good
entertainment, perhaps, as we should
n we were aware that they were angels.
The divine visitant Is not always reCOg-
nized Thoughts, inclinations, desires
are awakened I'm our souls by the Holy
Spirit, but we do not discern the source
whence they come or the character that
they wear. They have reference, pro-
badly, 20 common and homely things;
they point out to us some near but ne
elected duty they quicken within US a
feeling Of compassion or purpose OF