West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-04-24
NO. 33.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

Manner IL one OF the greatest engines
OF influence ever given to man.
Flattery IL false coin which has cir
culation only through Our vanity.
talent without tact has been said
to be like a fiddle without "A fiddlestick.
The veil which covers the hand OF
futurity is woven by the hand of mercy.
Hidden virtue is often desplsed, inas-
much as nothing extols it In our eyes.
Conscience Ia tho voico OF the soul;
the passions are the voices of the body.
sweet temper Ia 10 the household
what sunshine Is to trees and nowers.
Men seldom iniprove when they have
no other models than themselves To
copy after.
Modesty Is to worth what shadows
are In painting, IL gives to IL strength
and relief.
You cannot dream Yourself into "A
character; YOU must hammer aud forge
yourself one.
Every heart has Its metropolis, filled
with the grave-stoues both OF the loved
anu unforgottcn.
We suffer more from anger aud grlof
than from the very things for which wo
anger and grieve.
The preservation OF lifo should DO
only secondary concern; the direction
OF II our principal.
Wound no mans feeling unnecessa-
rlIy. Ihero are thorns enough In the
path of human life.
AdYcrsity Is the trial of principle.
without 1t man hardly knows wheth-
er ho Is honest or not.
All Is hollow where the heart bears
not part, and all Is In perfl whore
principle Is not its guide.
a noble heart, like the sun In the
heavens, showeth Its greatest counte-
nance In the low est estate.
Joining I'm the auIusements of others
is, IN our social state, the next thing Co
sympathy In their distress.
In most discussions we love ourselves
better than our cause; and seek less To
nave IL valued than ourselves.
Feelings are always made the excuse
OF temper; whereas temper much more
frequently influence feelings.
Domestic rule is founded upon truth
and love. If It hasn't both of these it
is nothing better than IA despotism.
Ii Is very dangerous for n man to find
any spot ON this broad globe that Is
sweeter to him than his home.
Divine grace RENTS individual sins,
but divine Justice exacts the sternest
penalties for national offences.
Beware of hating men for their opin-
ions, or Of adopting their doctrines be-
cause you love and vonerate their vir-
tues.
Self-knOwlcdge Is said To bo the way
to virtue; 1t would be more correct to
say that virtue Is the way to seli-knowl-
edge.
We often Censurc the conduct OF
others, when, under the same eircum-
stances, we might nos have acted halt
so we'll.
It Is the heart which feels God, and
not che reason. This is what true faith
Is; God felt by the heart, not by tho
reason.
by examining the pulse of a patient,
physicians find ont the dis 3ases OF the
body, and bring hope to the weary
hearted.
We seldom find persons whom we ac-
knowledge to be possessed of good
sense, except those who are with US In
opinion.
Happy IL he who has learned this'one
thing-to do the plain duty of the mo-
ment quickly and cheerfully, whatever
1t may be.
Great minds differ from small I'm
| afford TO bestOw praise, which the lat
ter cannot.
lie that knows little OF the world
viii admire IL enough TO fall down and
worship 1t, but he that knows IL most
will most despise IL.
Those errors are hot to he charged
upod religion which proceed either
from the want Of religion or supersti-
tiOus mistakes about IL.
TO MI the sphere which Providence
appoints is true wisdom; To discharge
trusts faithfullyand have exalted ideas,
is the mission Of good men.
a cheerful, happy temper keepsupa
kind OF daylight Ina the mind, excludes
each gloomy prospect, and Ills IL with
steady and perpetual serenity.
The constant man looks up to Heaven
in full hope, even when tits darkened
a. flowers tnat open with the sun, close
not though he he hid by clouds.
Do not affect TO be witty or In lest so
~ TO wound the feelings Of another
So say as little as possible of yourself
and those whOare near and dear to you.
II we would be perfect, we must part
with much that we love, foreRo much
hat would be pleasaut--uOt TO flesh aud
blood alone, but 20 mind and heart.
There Is one noble means Of avenQlng
ourselves for uDj Ist criticism; it is by
doing sill better, aud sllencink 10 sole
! ly by the Increasing excellence Of our
! work.
Energy will do anything that can be
done in the world; and no talent, no
/ circumstance, no opportunities, will
make a twO-legged animal man with
/ out a..
/ Blessed be the man who knows how
/ To- caper and enjoy nonsense; woe 10
/ the man that parted early with his boy
/ hood, and blessed b. the man sbat car
| ries his bOYhOOd down latest into life.
Avoid exaggerallOn. A lady loses
az soon az she admires too easily, and
| TOO much. In man or woman the face
and the person lose power when th8y
are on the strain 10 express admiration.
! Love one human being purely aud
| warmly, and you will l,Y all. The
/ heart in this he wen, ike tue wandet-
/ ing sun, seek nothing, from the dew.
/ drop 60 the ocean, but mirror which
/ 10 warns and ILLS.
We must consult the gentlest manner
and softest reason Of address In our ad-