West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-08-30
NO. 81.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

our substance, as TO moderate our de-
sircs.
Those who can themselves do good
service are but as one To a thousand
compared with those who can see faults
in the labOrs OF others.
lt Is better To wear out than to rust
out. We must not only strike the iron
while II Is hot, bur strike until il l.
made hot
Happy rs he who has learned to do
the plain duty OF the moment quickly
ahu cheeriully, wherever aud whatever
IL may be.
The poorest of the poor have been as
brave AS the wealthy; the learned have
uieu SioFlouslN, hut theunlearned have
almost stolen the palm.
a mind trained To self-deniaI meet,
trials with an amount of reserved moral
force quito incNplicable TO those less
hatttuatcd tO scit-control
man should never be ashamed to
own he has been In the wrong; which
Is nut saying, I'm other words. that he is
Wiser to-day than he was yesterday.
Good books effected I'm Loyola what
the Tear OF approaching death, a hcay-
only apparition, "A miraculous restora.
Iloh To htalth had failed TO do.
Error Is blind, but reason Is argus
eyed but the mass OF mankind will
seek lhc iirst for counsel ana wisdom
rather than the latter.
Flattcry is a safe coin winch our own
vanity has made current, and will newer
nc out ol credit as long as there are
knavcs To ollcr IL and fools To receive IL
How strange that the stratas OF love
anu nate lie so close together that A.
takes bat littlo To bring tie latter up-
pormost, when under the pressure of
unkindnoss or injustice.
Tears do not dwell long on the checks
of youth. Rain drops easily from the
Dud, rests on tho maturer Hover. and
breaks down that which has lived its
day.
our customs and habits are like the
ruts IN roads. The wheels of life settle
INTO them, and we jog along through
inc mlre, because IL Is too much trouble
To get out of them.
There are no hands upon the clock
OF eternity; there Is 10 shadow upon
lts dlal. The very hours of Heaven
VIII he measured by the sunshinc-not
by the shadow.
Beauty, like the towering blossoms
soon fades; but the divine excellence of
thc mind, like the medica! virtues of
WV H'AHA lflllhluh III III MnGn ALI those
chhrins are wltheTed.
IL we would have powerful minds we
must lhink; II we would have faithful
he"rtS, we must love; II we would have
strong muscles, we must labor. These
include all that is valuable i'm life.
When you doubt between words. use
the plainest, the commone,t. the most
ldlomatic. Eschcw fine words ls Won
would roHge, love simple ones as Won
"oulu native roses on your check
A sour godliness chills and reprcsses
every bud of hope about US; n sunny
soul klndles into glow OF life and
ireshens the wsOle circle in which Il
moves.
a mans character IL like his shadow
which sometimes follows, and some
times prcccdcs him, and which is occa-
slOhally longer and occasionally shorter
tnan he is.
knowledge will not be acquired with
out pains and application. IT ia troub-
iesome ana deep digging for pure water;
DuJ Wheh once you come 10 the springs
they rise up and meet you.
BE not diverted from your duty bv
any idle reflections the silly world NAV
make upon you, tor their censures are
not Ia your power, and they conse-
quently should not be any part OF your
concern.
a good deed is never lost; he who
sows courtesy meets friendshIp; and he
VINO plants Kindness gathers love; plea
urc bestowed upon grateful mind was
never soerile but generally begets re-
ward.
But little do men perceive what soil
tude IS, and how far It extends. For
fttaf H. F.ft fsf.f
Dut IKE pictures In Il gallery, and talk
but tmkling cymbal where there is no
love.
Truly has 10 been said. emphaticaIlv
in these days ought TO be repeated: u
loving heart is the beginning of All
knowledge This 10 is that opens the
whole mind, quickens every faculty. of
the intellect 70 do its ht work.
Avert your game from the crosses or
TIE future, you see them without the
-oitening. sustaining grace which ac-
companies thCm when they rcncb Won.
Let all your efforts tend 10 bearing the
cross OF tho present moment.
Don't you wish sometimes that the
world would stop taking and let you
thinkr And have you never been cx-
asperated TO hear some one utter the
very thought which you had cherished
as all your own, and which YOU were
just going 20 utter?
Admonish - friend II may be thathe
hath not done &C., that he do 10 no more.
AdmOnish thy friend it may be- he hath
not said it, but II he have. that hc
speak 10 mo- more. AdmOnish friend.
for many times 30 is slandcr, and be-
llcvc not every tale.
The art OF conversation consists in
the exercise Df two fine qualities. You
must originate and you must sympa-
ihil'. Iou must possess. at Che same
time, Doe habits of communicating and
listening. The union is rare, but ire
sIstiDlc.
strive 10 gain now ideas not Thought
OF by others, for they are the mother.
Of progress. II we always retain our
OLD thoughts and cherish them as the
only truths, we stop boo the dark and
viii soon rapidly digress in wisdom and
pow cr.
AS well might fog, aud cloud. and
vapOr hope 10 cling 20 the sun-iIlumin-
ed landscape as the blues and morose-
ness TO combat iovial speeches and ex-
hilaratiug laughter. Sc cheerful al
ways. There Is No path out will bee
easier travelled, no load but will boz
lighter, mo- shadow ON heart OF brain