Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-04-05
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

| NOTHING is so wholesome, nothini
does SO much for peoples looks, as
little interchange of the small coin o
benevolence.
WHEN anything beautiful in human
character takes its departure from tn,
world, what is the first ejaculation of tn,
human heart but one for its immortal
ity?
THERE is a rabble among the gentr,
as well as the commonalty, though thei
fortunes do somewhat gid their infirm
tiles, and their purses compound fOl
their follies
IN dress, be neat and unObtrusive
The perfection of dress is to be so per
fectly in keeping with your occupation
that the attention of an observer is mo-
directed to it at all.
KEEP your promise to the letter; bt
prompt and exact, and you will find that
it will save you much trouble and care
through life, and win you the respect
and trust of your friends.
| THREE things too much and three
things too little are perniciouS to man
To speak much and know little; to
spend much and have little; to presume
much and be worth little.
MANY readers judge of the power of a
book by the shock it gives their feelings
as some savage tribes determine the pow
er of muskets by their recoil; that being
best which fairly prostrates the pur-
chaser.
To APPRECIATE a difficulty is an i'm
portant step toward overcoming it; and
that is far more hopeful condition of
mind which admits the duty and faith
oms the difficulty than that which rush
es unprepared and unaware of the
need of preparation.
ANGUISH of mind has driven thou
sands to suicide; anguish of body, none.
This proves that the health of the mind
is of far more consequence to our hap
piness than the health of the body, al
though both are deserving of much more
attention than either of them receives.
In great affiiction there is no light
either in the stars or in the sun; for
when the inward light is fed with frag-
rant oil, there can be no darkness though
the sun should go out. But when, like
a sacred lamp in the temple, the inward
light is quenched, there is no light out
wardly, though a thousand suns should
preside in the heavens.
SOMETIMES fog will settle over a
vessels deck, yet leave the topmast clear.
Then sailor goes up aloft and gets
lookout which the helmsman on the
deck cannot get. So prayer sends the
soul aloft; lifts it above the clouds in
which our selfishness and egotism befOg
us, and give us a chance to see which
way to steer.
FIXED principles of right, of duty, of
honor and of truth make up the charac-
ter of the true man. The man without
these is like the ship at sea without
rudder, he is tossed by every wave and
his course changed by every wind. Such
men as rule never achieve success in
Their opinions are constantly
changing with the circumstances of
their surroundings.
WHEN the claims of business cease to
engross the whole time and thought and
energies, when the claims of home and
friends and society come to be fully
recognized, when the needs of a many
sided nature are emphasized, when the
affectiOnal capacities are appreciated
and individual tastes respected, then
will the intervals of life yield real
harvest of benefit and delight.
Much as we may desire greater equal
ity among men, we can never ignore or
sweep away natural differences of ca
pacity. No effort can put the slow, dull
boy on an intellectual level with the
keen, bright one; no vision of future
equality can ever hope to abolish dis
tinctions between the highly gifted man
who arises easily to greatness in his ap
pointed sphere, and the one who, weak
in mind and infirm of purpose, fails to
make any mark in the world.
He who would see his sons and daugh-
ters thoroughly and truly gentle must
forbid selfishness of action, rudeness of
speech, carelessneSs of forms, impo-
likeness of conduct from the first, and
demand that in childhood and the nur-
sery shall be laid the foundation of that
good breeding which is as jewel of
price to the mature man and woman.
IT is in early life that the habit of
promptness may most easily be acquir
ed Parents should accustom their chill
dren to choose and decide many things
for themselves, teaching them to think
quickly and effectively, prohibiting
changes without sufficient cause, and al
lowing them to experience the natural
of their determinations.
In this way they will gradually learn to
bear responsibility and to acquire as
much rapidity of thought and word as is
consistent with its Importance and eff
fectivenesS.
POLITICAL AGENTS.
Harper's Weekly.
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