The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-05-06

Some hOdies ara such fools.
For al their colleges a1Id schools,
When no real ills peTTlex them,
They make enough themselves 70 Yex
them"
II Cheerfulness is Just as natural to a
man in good health as color to his
cheek. The blood of a melancholy
man is thick and slow, creeping through
his veins like sIagBant waters in canal;
the blood Of the merry, healthy, happy
man is brisk as sparkling champagne.
To keep your blood in motion, donit
go to guzziing down gin.eocktaiIs, sun
\ flower brandy smasbes, or ant of the
other numerous compounds in which
alcohol is disguised, for the devil will
always beat Won IN barter. Set your
self in swift motion on rough ground,
or ''np the high hill heaFe hinge
round stone; do anything that will
start theperspiration and you will soon
cease to have your brain lined with
black, or covered with the mud of
melancholy. The human heart is like
a milestone, when You put wheat nm
der it; it grinds, and brings the wheat
into flour; if you put in no grain it
grinds itself away. Be careful and
not become the slave of bad weather.
as it will rule yoH with the rod Of a
tyTaRt. Locomotives run the best, il
is said, in fair weather; but yon are
not machine, though "fparfiiiIy ami
wonderfully made" The most pitia
bic man is one who has made his con
stitution, by habits of pnre ciissetiaess,
sergilc to the changes Of the b=rom-
eter. lie allows the rise or fail of the
mercury to make him beggsr or as
rich as a RoihschiId; or as brave as
Cesar or as treacberons as Judas or
Initeau. Whatever misfortnnes we
may have, we should never give mp 10
81 the blues, OF l..t gannt despair have
us on the hip. II misfortune chances
to hit yen, you must equally hit sume-
thing else. Are Won at the bottom Of
! the wheel Of fortunes Hold fast, rs
the next tBrn may bring yon TO the
top. Don't imagine because YOU have
dropped stitch in your side, that
yon must be wholly unrayelled and
knit over again, or because yOu CON
sume 80 much at each meal that Won
have got the consumption, or think
because you PIT % cents into the con
tributien box Won NAV die of enlarge
ment of the heart. There is nothing
like a good hearty laugh to brighten
the blues. No man ever commits sui-
eide with smile on his face.
Some that are of an i'll and melan-
choly natHre, incline the company into
which they come to be sad and III dis
posed, and Others that are Of ioyial
nature, dispose the company to be
merry and cheerful. OF all the bores
that are inflicted upon our social life, |
none is more disagreeable than the
sour tempered man. Not contended |
with being miserable. eress and disa-
greeable himself, he insists on making
everybody else 50, if he can. 1t is not
best to let such persons have their
way. The sour man is always sonr.
The milk of human kindness in his
heart is eBrdled, nature has given him
"a quantum safficit Of lemon juice, but
has forgotten The saccharine ingredient.
Be your opinions What they may. how
ever undeniable, correct, or well d.
gested, be is sure to object to them.
These men Of elongated, lugnbrious
gisage, froBn ont of existence even the
sciDtiilaiien of smile. and shut M
every faeetious month however highly
charged with intellectual electricity.
There is nothing the modern Puritan
more enjoys than his inherited snlkiI
ness, cherished demon convened To-
him 10 the breath Of every cast wind.
When sonred By disappointment We
mnst endcayor to pursue some fixed
and pleasing course of study. that there
may be no blank leaf IN our book Of
life. PainfHl and disagreeable ideas
vanish from the mind that can fix is
attention apon any subject. A cheer
mi temper, joined with innocence, will
make beauty attractive, knowledge de-
lightfHl, and wit good-nalured Il will
tighten sickness, poverty and aiilietion,
convert Ignorance into On agiable sim
plieitY, and almost render daformitY
itself agreeable.
Talk not Of fortune. talk not u fate.
" make olE oRn lT0nbles how over We fsrate.
Ikis world would be honey, where nor ii Z /
gan,
We're " ollly eanssptetl and merry mithal
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