The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
FAMILY MATTERS

Never pronounce a man 10 be wnruIly
niggard until yOu have seen the contents
OF his purse. Distribution should be In
accordance with receipts.
There is a respect due to age, but there
IS also a respect due TO youth the lack OF
which accounts for many a failure in the
household and ia systems Of education
Marking-ink can be removed by repeat
ed treatment with iodine solution
followed by sodium hypo ulphite. Il Il is q
silver ink II anallne [ ack, you win fnd
that Il cannot be remov.I
Precepts are useful, but practice and
imitation 20 far beyond them: hence the
Importance OF watching early habits. that
they NAV be free from what f. objection
able, and OF keeping before our mind as
much as possible the necessity OF initiating
the good and the wise.
Gratitude is a short cut to sincere and
lasting friendship. Some people complain
that they have no friends Have they
never had favor done themf WV.
every man has had score Of favors done
him every day Of his life Those who
bear II in mind. who say a word OF hearty
thanks, who watch a chance 70 doa favor
In return, never lack friends.
Happiness Is not only a privilege. but q
duty-nOt q mere outward good that may
perhaps come to us, but an inward posses
sion which We are bound TO attain. When
we remember the contagious character OF
hope Il eIcites by its very prese nee, and
the power Tor good II exerts IN every di-
rection, we cannot doubt our obligation to
attain as much Of it as Is possible.
There is nothing more insidious than
the spirit OF conformity and II 1rtl7ffitr rr7r,ra
quickly paralyses the best parts OF n man.
A glenn OF ftriIth illuminates his mind and
forth With he proceeds to com nare IL with
the prevailing tone OF his community or
his set " II agree not with that, he dis
trusts and perhaps disOwns il. it Is left to
perish, and he. to that extent, perishes
with t. BY -and-by, when some one more
fnde .5endent, more truth loving. more
courageous than himself, arises 70 pro
claim and urge the same thing that he
was haf-ashamed to acknowledge he
win regret his inglorious fear Of being in
the minority.
More people than the congenitaIly
blind are born without ewes They have
the physical organ certainly or
brown, gray or hazel rs 81 may chance
and anstOmicRlly " these organs are ~ COM
Plete as their neighbors' But they use
them for the mere elementary purpose u
life. to choose their way and guide their
steps, TO discern what they eat, 10 deter
mine what they shall wear, TO verify a
colOur, 70 judge OF the com paratire sizes
OF things and where they shall place
their chairs and tables. They see nothing
beyond the broad Outsides and not slyysva
these and, when those who have eyes in
the true sense look deeply into strange
and secret worlds, those who have not
stare at a blank wall where not as much as
leaf OF ivy shows the mystery Of growth
or hides that Of decay.
As means Of influence. the habit o.
bringing faults and weaknesses to the
front cannot be too strongly condemned
II kills sympathy and fosters q repellent
attitude that rejects all Overtures, how
ever WelintentiOned they may be Ii
actually increases the very evils IL de-
plores by keeping them constantly in view
Parents and teachers often make this fatal
mistake. AnNions to cure q fault but
thoroughly unphilosophical in their meth
DDS, they harp continually upCn Il and
keep reminding the child OF its presence.
tts enormity. and its dangers, until AZ
length he comes to regard 10 as q ueces-
sary part Of himself. An experienced ed
ucetor says that an infallible way to make
9 boy irrsclaimably stupid Is 70 assure
him constantly that he Is 50: and the s-rne
Is equally true OF most other faults. Onlv
through good can we produce good and
II we would truly help or improve another,
we must find ont the best thing that is IN
him. and from that point must we try to
develop that which Is lacking. Let us
ever bear in mind that goodness and truth
go hand in hand. and that to discover. to
welcome, and to emphasize the one Is the
sure9t way to attain the other IN its full
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