The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-05-12
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Never neglect to call upon your friends.
Never laugh at the mIAfortunes Of others.
pound OF care will pay pound OF debt.
Never give promise that you do not fulaI.
Directly as we act out desire we strengthen IT,.
JudiclOus praise iS to children what the sun IA
to hJWers
Never present gin, saying that 1t ia OF no usa
10 yourself.
Very few people are uninterestIng, except thoAa
that are unreal.
About all that cunning can do for man ls to
make him in9redulous.
When friend correets q fault in you he does
you tn, greatest act OF friendship.
The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers
Is always the first to be touched by thorns.
The greatest evils in life have had tnelr rise
from something which was thought Of too little
Importance to be attended to.
Three things to love-cOurage, gentleness and
anecuon' Three things to hate-Cruelty, arrO-
gance and ingratitude.
Feelings come and 90 like troops following the
victory OF the present. but principles, like troops
OF the line, are undisturbed, and stand fast.
Ia aping the manners Of foreign countries, we
Lose what is best In our own, and only expose
ourselves to the ridicule OF those we initiate.
Those who without knowing us, think or
speak evil Of us, do us no harm; 1t is not us they
attack, but the phantom OF their own imagIna.
ton.
1t is rough work that polishes. Look at the
pebbles on the shore. So in grace, 1t is rough
treatment that gives souls as well as stones their
luslre.
de who was never tempted let him not be
high minded, but fear, for he may be surprised in
that very instant wherein he boasteth that he
was never tempted at all,
1t is in vain for you to expect, 1t is impuden.
ior you to ask of God forgiveness on your own
DehSlt II you refuse to exercise this forglying
temper with respect to Others
Flrmness, both in suf rance and exertlon IA A
character would wish to possess have al.
ways despised the whining yelp Of complaint,
aud the coWsrdly, feeble resolve.
Firmness Of purpose is one Of the most neces.
sary sinews OF character, and one of the best in.
struments OF success. Without It genius wastes
It's efforts IN maze Of inconsistencies.
Carry the radiance Of your soul in your face;
let the world have the benefit OF it. Let your
cbeertulness be felt for good, wherever you are
and lot your smiles be scattered like sunbeams.
Toiorglve our enemies is a charming way OF re.
Venge and slort Caslran contest, overcoming
without blow laying our enemies at our feet,
under sorrow, shame and repentance leaving
our foes Our friends and solicitously inclined to
grateful relations
Have nothing to do with men In passion, for
men are not, like iron, to be wrough upon when
hot II you have not sense enough to speak.
have wit enough TO hold your tongue. Tell not
your secrets to your servant for he will then be
| your master,
Nothing can be more injurious to your peace of
mind than to have too many confdants. You
live in abject slavery every day, as you are con-
stantly fearing that some one Of your numerous
| conhdants will reveal secret you would not
have anybody know for all the world.
Deep in every soul there dwell forever wit.
ness to the truth whose clear eye and steady
VOICE Will See ana respond to II wherever II is
known, We do not need to implore men to be-
lieve the truth; we require only that they SHALL
apprehend It, and then we may defy them to
| deny it.
He that loses his conscience has nothing left
that is wo:th keeping. Therefore be sure you
look to that, And, In the next place, look to
your health; and II you have 1t, praise G. ID, and
value itnext to good conscience; for health Ia
the second blessing that we mortals are capa.
BILE Of,
The sweetness and tenderness Of youth need
not depart with Its beauty. We are not com
PEELED to grow hard and cold, to take stern views
Of life, and refuse to believe In anything beauti.
full, because this is the role set down for middle.
aged and elderly people, Those who keep their
sweetness who hold fast the tenderness Of theIr
souls, and have ardent friendships, are young
still, whatever the years that have passed over
their heads.