St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-03
BRIEF GEMS.
TO-DAY.

TO-DAY.
What boots it to repeat
How time is skipping underneath our feets
InBorn tomorrow and dead yesterday
Why fret about them II to-day be sweetS
-, Persian Proverb.
KIND WORDS
''Knd words are never lost but they are often
mispiaeed.-ITexas Siftings
AS WE MAKE IT.
We shape ourselves the Joy or fear,
OF which the coming life is made,
And ill orr futures atmosphere
With sunshine or with shade.
Il Whittier.
INTELLECT AND LEARNING.
He that will look into many parts of Asia and
America will find men reason there, perhaps as
acuteiy himself, who yet never heard Of q
sylogy Locke.
OTHERS BURDENS.
Our burdens will be lightened, dear.
ii we will stop aud tarry
A little while 10 the loads
Our fellow travellers carry.
- Merchant Traveller.
RECIPE FOR A PEACEFUL LIFE
Practice to make God thy last thought at night
when thou sleepest, and thy first thought wnen
thou wakest; so shall thy fancy be sanctiaed IN
the nigat, and thy understanding be rectifed in
the day so snail thy rest De peaceful and thy
labors prosperous.
FAIR WEATHER FRIENDS.
That, sir, which serves for gain,
And follows but for form,
Will pack when IL begins TO rain,
And leave thee in the stJrm
Shakespeare.
THE HUMANITY.
True humanity consists not in squeamsh
ear; it consists not in starting or shri king at
tales of misery but in a disposition of heart to
relieve it. True humanity appertains rather to
the mind than TO the nerves, and prompts men
to use real and active endeavors to execute the
actions which it suggests c. j. Fox.
THE SOUL COMPASS.
All if our souls but poise and swing
Like the compass in lis orazen ring,
Ever level and ever true
To the toll and the task we have TO do,
We shall sail securely, and safely reach
The Fortunate Isles, whose shining beach
The sights we see, and The sounds we hear,
VIII be those of joy, and mol Of fear.
- Longfellow.
RUsKIN ON READING.
Real books have been written in all ages by
their greatest men-by great leaders, great
choice, and life is short Do you know that II
you read this you cannot read that. that what
you lose to-day you cannot gain tomorrow.
i Ruskin.
EXAMPLE.
The class below reflects the upper's strength or
weakness,
Its folly or good sense, its arrogance or meek
ness.
Wise men have said this, not for mere humilia-
ton
OF princes, no yet for the peoples exculpation.
Bad models do not force men TO be bad who have
them,
But douoly sinful they who bad example give
them.
Il From the Brahmin.
PLANTATION PHILOSOPHY.
De man whut ken ask de most questions ken
answer de fewest. De pusson whut is de last
ter laugh wild er joy is de soonest ter groan wild
err sorrow. Ter some pussons SANDER is
nachul. De hog would ruther waller in de mud
den ter lie down in clean water Arkansas
Traveller.
BEAUTY AND TRUTH.
It is only through the morning gate Of the
beautiful that you can penetrate into the realm
Of knowledge; that which we feel here as beauty
we shall only one day know as truth.-LSchiller.
LOST FRIENDS.
Speak not of death, nor co Int that loss
Which pucks from earth flower to bloom
In heaven.
He only sounds the depth
OF woe, and drinks the gall OF life
Who mourns living friend that's lost.
1.-THE Current.
HONESTY.
Honesty is the best policy, and that is why 1t
is counterfelted so much Puck.
MYSTERY OF A FLOWER
Flower in the crannied wal.
pluck yon olt OF the crannies;
Hold you here, root aud ALL in my hand,
Little iower-but IL | could understand,
What you are. root and all. all In all,
i should know what God and man is.