Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-13

Selected nrsgitias.
In enterprises Of ever kind, il il better n
lose the game BY card too much thaa card
TOO little; for Il sounds better to be rash and
daring than timorous and coWardiy -Dos
QsizOts's Jssorits marin.
in the midst Of hopes ard cares: of an.
/ prehensions and Of disquietude, regard ever
day that dawns upon you ~ lift was 10 s.
| your last end superaded hours. 10 the en-.
Joyment Of which yon had not looking 10 nard
viii prove an acceptable boon.-Hsraes.
He that viii not permit his wealth a do
any good 20 others while he Is alive. prevents
q from doing any goOf 70 himself when ne 4
oeAd and by an egosism that Is suicidal and
mas double edge, cuts himself OF from the
truest pleasure, and the highest happiness
FER Cotton.
"Ah?" said brave painter to me. thinking
" ,nsse tnings' 1T a mau has failed, you viii
nno that he has dreamed instead Of WORKING
mere - 20 way TO our success, in our art,
DOT 10 take on our coat, grind paiut. and
work like digger on the raiIroad an ds~
snd every day."-EmeTsos on ,Posrer."
Letters, at least the letters of ssost peoDle.
are unsatisfactory after long absence. The
mystery that we want TO penetrate. the ami
that we want TO reach with our souI. cannot
unVeii itself to as on sheet Of paper. even n
u yearn 10 do so, and is willing 10 let ms
know As much as we can understand. jean
DO wish that all tired people did lint knew
me lhlnlte rest there is IN fencing OF the six
Gays from the seventh-in apchorinO The
business ships ofour daily life as the Saturday
draws 70 ITS Close, leaving them TO ride Deace-
uiiy upon the flow or the ebb until Mondav
morning comes again.-AanG Warner.
The value Of man's advice is the wav he
applies " 70 himself. Ancient rules, in times
" susPicioh' used TO make their attendants
taste every article Of food ia their ,,r."'r.o
before royalty would indulge. Il il well 70
make sure that men take their own adv;co
before giving TO others OOldsn RuIs.
Ihe reader, WHO would follow a cIose rea-
soner 70 the summit Of the absolute nr;nc;s,Io
OF any one important subject. has cbosen a
chamois-hunter for his guide. He 'c-nnn,
carry US on his shoulders; we must strain our
siheWs, as ne has strained his, and make firm
I0oung on the smooth rock for ourselves nv
ridge. 'ee'-- LUG
II was a very proper answer 10 him vvbo
asked why any man should be delighted with
beauty, that L was q question that none INT
bllhd man could ask since any beautiful
OBJECT doth so much attract the SIGHT ~ ali
men That u IS in no mans power not 10 he
pleased with Clarendon.
A woman who is good and generous. VIM
Is Keen yet merciiuI, whose judgment Is ripe
ana whose heart Is warm, who has the ais
cernment OF maturity aud the gentIeness Of
youth' u Is an honor to know her and he
,a'Oreu Iy her. One is better every time one
Is tnro"n with her, aud leaves her presence
WIN stronger belief ia all good things.
-Ffanees HodsOR Burnett.
IL IS IN celebrated thought OF Socrates. that n |
all the miSortunes of mankind were east in,o |
q public stock, in order to be eauallv dis
lnbuied among the whole species. those who |
now think themselves the most unhauDy would /
prefer the snare they are already possessed Of.
before that which would fall to them by such /
4 division.-AddisOR. ~
When one wishes to reform exerv,b;,,
does not become lovely in this unfriendI1
world. The frst steps are usually the most /
difficult, and the earliest experiences the most
God never designated that
REFORM should be easy. As Ia is, people are
too ready 70 live the life which renders reform
necessary. The ranks Of the victims of evil
would De doubled did not wholesome fear
Oh Tue consequences restrain.-E. n. Roe.
great Philosopher says in one of his letters.
Il lave told you OF the Spaniard who always
put ON ms spectacleS when he was about 10
sA eherries' as they might look the bigger
- linn IL
Ihe most OF my enjoymenis, and though do
not cast nv cares away, | pack them in a /
little compass, 50 that can carry them AZ
as can for myself, and never
let them annoy Others"
Whoever strikes hard must prenare for the
rehounder. II we criIicise we must mot w,in,,a
when we are criticised. IL we would ren,en,-
Der that there is rwbonnder to every unkind
word, perhaps we would be more guarded 10
our speech Golden RaIe,
High things to each mind are the things
above 1t. Let eaeh put forth his hand t9r
those on his own level. II il difficult 10 think
on thiugs rs high in the abstract The dininC-
room Table % high 20 black beetle. but =
cameleopeFd can easily look In az The frat
hoOr windOws.-Jean .IngeIOw.
ihiu2s when never could have made n /
man happy develop power to make him
su9nR. Suength and not happiness, or
la1ner opiy tlat happiness which CONES by
strengIhs Is the end Of human living Ana
with that tess the standard the best order and
beauty reapP0ar.-PAitIips Brooks.
Il IS impossible for man to be careless IN
oaslne affairs, or Unminful Of his business
oohganonss without being weak or rotten ~
MS personal character. Show me a man wha
never pays has notes when they are due. and
VINO Sums the payment OF his bills when Il
= possible, aud shall see q man whose NOR.
y character : beyond all question, bad Or.