West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-02-14
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

The miser Il the man who lives like a
bcggar because he is afraid of dying
like one.
All that tread the globe are but
handful to the tribes that slumber la
its bosom.
tie needs no other rosary whose
thread of life is strung with beads OF
love and thought.
Seeing much, and suffering much,
anu studying much, are the three pill
lars OF learning.
Always there is life while life lasts.
which rightly OWNED, implies divine
satisfaction.
The most convenient habit YOU can
acquire is that OF letting your habit.
sit loose upon you.
lie who, with good health, has A true
friend, may laugh adversely To scorn
and defy the world.
As many rs are the difficulties which
virtue has to encounter in this world.
her force is yet superior.
1t is great art to keep yourself con
tented and happy, ard 1t requires u
gr'a' hoart To make Others SO.
A. an archer makes straight hls ar
row, Soa wise man makes str tight his
thought, which is difficult 20 turn.
This Is the present reward of vlrtuous
| cUnduct-thHt no unlucky consequence
can obligo us To regret it.
Flowers swcetcn the air. rejoice the
eye, link u with nature aud innocence.
ANA are something To love.
People who fish for compliments do
not need long lines. They will get
thotr best bites in shallow water.
y lie is like counterfeit bill. IL
may pass through great many hands,
but 1t Will be found out at last.
Men are oited like tea--the real
strength and goodness are not properly
drawn out until they have been In hot
! water.
lie who with health, has true wife,
dutliul child, and IA true friend may
laugh adversely to scorn and defy tue
world.
speak the truth; yiell not to anger;
give when asked, of the little thou hast;
Dy these three steps thou shall go near
the gods.
| Though the life of n man falls short OF
u hundred years, he gives himself ~
much pain and anxiety as If he were to
live II thousand.
| who Will feel the tendcrest particlpa-
tion IN joy let him not look nc happy
children, but at the parents who re-
joicc To see them happy.
Our striving against nature Ia like
holding II weathercock with ones hand:
as soon as the force Is taken oil 1t yeers
again with the wind.
True friendship is plant OF slow
growth, ana must undergo aud with
stand many shocks of adversity before
IL is entitled to the appellation.
Though the word and the spirit do
the main work, yet suffering so unbolts
the door Of the heart that both the word
AMI the spirit have entrance.
A beautiful smile Is to the female
cOuntcnance what he sunbeam Is To the
landscape; IL embelllsles nm inferior
face and rcdcems an ugly one.
Kindness is slowed away In TIE heart
Ike rose leaves in drawer, TO sweeten
every object around them, and To bring
hope To the weary hearted.
The greater the difficulty the more
glory In surmouhting 1t. Skilful pilets
gain their reputation from storms and
tempcsts.
That plenty should produce either
coyctousness or prodigality IL aperver-
sion of providence, aud yet the gener-
ality Of men are the worse for their
riches.
isadistinguishing feature Of Chris
tianity that its God Is "a God of love.
| Christianity tells us that "God is Love"
| This is both His nature and His name.
There is no greater Sign ol mean
ana sOrdi man than to dote upon
! riches; nor Is anything more magni1-
cent than TO lay them out freely in acts
Of bounty and libcrality.
A man need only correct himself
with the same rgor that he rcprehends
others ana excuse others with the same
| indulgence that hc shows 20 himself.
over In Kentucky, when u mule gets
so lazy that hc WON'T work more than
nine or ten hours day, they trim his
ears down aud sell him TO some Chicago
man for carriage horse.
"Oils and pomnde arc no longer used
OH The hair.' This is . sensible edict
OF fashion. lIcreaCera young man can
help young lady TO say nothing i'm
particular on sunday evening without
having his vest sDiicd.
When the barbarous practice OF stuff
me ones guests shall have been abol-
i-hcd, a social gathering will not ne
cessarily imply hard labor Hud dvsDep.
-ia. Perhaps, when that time arrives,
we snail be sufficiently civilized to de-
mand pleasures Ota higher sor.. True,
the entertainments viii then, In one
sense, be more costly, az culture costs
more than cake.
There is game of cards very pOpu-
lar iu ireland called "Spoiled Five"
Any number OF persons greater than
Two can participate iu game, but with
three contestants the best points are
drawn out. Each player looks excln-
sivcly after his own Interests. Each
trick counts five, and To win "a game 10
is necessary TO get fifteen iu single
hand. But as only five cards are dealt
TO each player, this, ia will be seen, Is
not an easy thing to do; and wl,h good
players the battle has often 90 be fought
again and again, with increasing stakes
and interest before a victory is scored
As sOOu as the player has looked at his
hand and calculated his chances, he Is
guided by this golden rule: "lf you
can't win the game, spoil it,"
Truth DISCOVERIES the evil; grace puts
10 away. Truth unfOlds what man IS.
grace unfolds what God is. Truth
brings out into the light the hidden
workings Of evil I'm the heart Of man;
grace brings OFT, I'm contrast, the rich