The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-08-18

One starts for the sourse Of the
Nile, another for the bleak Ant
artic, a third for the North Pole.
Each has his hobby. There's
no such word as impossible, ="
said Napoleon; and he was never
in such high spirits as when he
was boarding Europe in the at
tempt to prove the truth of his
axiom; No human being cares
to trot his hobby over a macad-
amized road. There is no ex-
element in ease and safety, and
without excitement of some kind
we should all rust, body and
soul.
The spirit of Cancellation puts
pease, love, and harmony far
above strifei; it buries petty sell
fshness, it inficts no necessary
wounds, it lends a coutesy and
grace to actions, a charm to pres
ence, a dignity to character, and
a neyerfailing spriap ofhappiness
to life.
Mutal courtesy oils the wheels
of life and makes them roll easily.
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1t sweetens what is inevitable
bitter, and cannot bring about
that result save by making the
best Of things.
On, the suffering Of loving
when one is separated from the
object of ones devotion! Very
few are the hearts that have
known the full anguish ofsepar-
alton, because very few hearts
have experienced the full force
of love.
The indolent are not wholly
indolent. Though the s, body
may shirk labor, the brain is not
idle. Ifit do not grow corn, it
will grow thistles.
The only name worth possess
ing is the good opinion OF the
good.
ERRoRS.-So far from wish
ing to escape detection, men
should be glad to acknowledge
error freely whenever they can
hope for help OF whenever such
acknowledgment may benefit
others. Instead of being a hard
confession, wrung out a stern
sense Of duty, it should rather
be a matter of course, INVOLVING
no shame and no disgrace, but
merely the desire to be set right
whenever they have been wrong.
And, inste ad of exhibiting a
mean triumph Or a censorious
spirit toward the mistakes of
others, they should regard them
as opportunities to give help
and sympathy, knowing how
much and how often they need
the same aid. Thus. in simple
sincerity, in the honest desire
for improvement, in the love of
truth, and in mutual comfort and
encouragement, will mistakes
most speedily be corrected, and
progress in the various lines of
human activity be most effectual
carried on.
The Boston Transcript asserts
that the man who shall invent a
new popular diversion, that is,
something brand new, not a
modification from the antique,
will indeed be genius. Human
ingenuity has long since exhaust
itself in devices for the entertain
ment ofman, and in searching
for new things one only travels
in a circle. Here is the patent
roller coast, far instane, which
is nearly 100 years old, having
been used in Paris early in the
present century, when the con-
tlivance was called "The Russian
Mountains" because of the re-
semblance of the sort of sliding
over the snow clad hills and ice
cooled valves of the northern
country. A picture OF the con-
trivances in an old Paris maga-
zine shows that it was almost
identical with the roller coast
which is now found in many sea.
side resorts and picnic grounds.
They have lately been talking in
Paris of revivimg the amuse-
ment.
How to cut a person-Look
daggers at him.
Bad nominations are like the
itch-They set a good many
people to scratching.
When the girl baby appears
in a household there is generally
a family cry-sis.
Speech is silvern silence is
golden, giggling in brazen, and
laughter is often ironical.
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