The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-09
OUR R
From Our Lady Correspondent.

~ will he found by observing differen
people in their every day life. Tn
world is not the same to any two pei
sons, although those of similar dis
n positions, education and habits o
u thought may find many things il
"a common.
e Some go through life always looking
d on the bright side, and making thu
= best of everything, and to them; this
v Is a beautiful, delightful world. They
know there is much of sorrow,
sickness, pain and sin, but their nat
ural propensity to see the good makes
them seem trifling, compared with
the beauty and pleasure of life.
Such a disposition, with the added
!. grace of Chri=t's lovely religion
creates sunshine wherever its infu-
ence extends.
Another class of people with ex-
actly opposite tendencies, overlook
present good and beauty in contem-
plation of trifling annoyances or tu-
lure pos. ible trouble.
A beautiful sunset suggests a storm
they see no beauty in a pure white
mantle of snow, because they think
of the mud sure to follow. In short,
nothing in the starry sky or flower
bedecked earth will just please them;
there is some peace destroying cir
cumstance or they are sure of some
ahead.
There is no doubt which of these
two classes of people is the happis ST,
and which makes thepleasantest COM
panions.
It is true that our dispositions
are born with US. but it is also
tue that we can, if we will Fl run
our own character, after reaching !
years Of understanding. II we are
aware of a tendency in ourselves to
dwell on the unpleasant part of life,
we may be sure it will grow with
u years, and 1t is n duty to over
come it as far as po>s BILE. Be ter
than beauty, learning or weHlth, is a
cheerful, c~ontented disposition.
Not a disposition which is stupidity
satisfied with anything short of the
best one is capable of, but me that
will not growl and grumble at cir
cumstances, but go ,-heerfully to
work 20 better them.
If your rich neighbor lives in a fine
house, surrounded by a handsome
lawn and gardens gay with rare
plants, do not sigh and wish they
were yours; be thankful you can see
the flowers and elegant mansion
without feeling the care they bring.
Don't envy a yea thy friend Der
carriage; but be thankful you are able ,
to walk. Always look at your bless
ings, and you will find they so out '
number the disagreeable things in
your life that you will be forced to =.
gratitude.
But aside from these two DISPOSE t
ions which make the world bright q
Or gloomy, there is the individual '
laste, or desire, which makes as many .
worlds as there are people. I
To an artist, the world is a picture b
where he studies, finding
Ome of the cen beautiful and p
Measurable to his refined artistic
ense, while others make him recoil v
With disgust. .,
He goes through life, unconsciously u
itting judgment on Natures scenes,
nd men and women in every posi- 3
ion are only so many pictures !,
Which he admires or condemns. r
The man devoted to business has ta
tile uf the artistic in his makeup
liver and gold are the only colors he
dmires, and the jingling of the P
recious coins Is all the music p
e appreciates. He lives, moves and ~
as his being for the sole purpose of be
money, and he has little re- II
oect for anything that does not help ~
mass a fortune. fl
The man of science studies nature 70
its different aspects, with an alb r,
passion which it is difficult
r others to understand. A botanist
es the tiniest plant that grows, and Sc
units with feverish eagerness for ~ -
discoveries In his private sci Il.
ice. A geologist finds histories it
ritten in rocks. and sees interest in de
e commonest pebbles, while noun Ct
in lodges and gleamy gulches are RI,
many pages of history which he Ta
anslates with care and study. Just q
in every branch of science. ,
The chemist takes delight in ana he,
zing the elements of substances; KIN
zoologist looks principally at ami 90
al life: and the philosopher sees the :,
ton of Natures forces, wnere many 49,
nothing at all. 'l
To some people the world is full of IT.
lsic- everything in nature sings n.
his delighted ear, and discords IF ..
Y kind are painful.
)thers live in the realm of thought. 40.
d books and intellectual copversa-
n alone have power to charm o,o,
en-. w
There are those who are devoted to
hion and gaiety, and nothing on
'th, or above it, can turn their
nds from the last Partisan STYLES s
q the coming parties. Others IS
re are who live for home and FAM IS
Nothing in the form Of rai. ty s.
l tempt them from fireside pleas y