The Russellville Democrat., 1888-12-13
pfTn AND POINT.

 The innocence Of. the intention abates nothing of the mischief of tho example
 Small geniuses are hurt by small events; great geniuses see through and despise them
 Pride will often keep man going right when conviction has long ceased to influence him.
 A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but by the temper of the sufferer.
 Ut is a common fault to be never satisfied with our fortune. nor dissatis- fed with our understanding.
 Our very hest friends have tinct- ure of jealousy even in their friend- ship; and when they hear us praised by others, will ascribe it to sinister and interested motives if they can Cotton.
 LA reputs said Josh Bill lings, s'once' broken may possibly be repaired. but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was"
 There are two things needed in these days: first. for rich men to find out how poor men live; and second. for poor men to know bow rich men work.
 -EdUard Atkinson
 A rpcketbook containing $500 and valuable papers was found on the street by New Haven lad. He ran after the owner and returned the prop erty, receiving the munifieent reward of one doll,tr.
 Money in the hands of one or two men is like dungheap in barnyard. So long as Et lies in mass, it does no good; but. if it is only spread out evenly on the land, every thing will grow. -Bescker.
 A narrog-minded man should be kept in a lsalf-bushel space and at routine work. His horizon is too near his nose to suspect there are places and peoples and ideas in the world not known to hisl. IN O. Picdyane. As the art of criticism never made an orator or poet, though it enables us to judge of their merits, so the com prehensive speculation of modern times, which has compared and re- viewed the mariners of every age and country, has never formed wise gov ernment or happy people. le.-Ro5ert hdU.
 Consistency is an acquired habit and of slow growth. The conditions necessary for it's acquisition are right and fixed principles of faith and mor- als, sincerity, simplicity, singleness oi aim, contentment, high temper enough net to be trifhed with, honest pride, temperance and fortitude.
 A woman ofWestport. Me, rowed a small dory up to Bath the other day. and hunted a msld-mannered widower in that city. A short time afterward she appeared at the city clerks office with this man and had their intention of marriage published in the clerk Is ! book Her errand accomplished, she boarded her dory and started for home again. She rowed thirty miles to get 1 a husband.
 A true gentleman is as courteous |, and kind in his manner to the lowliesi as to the greRtest-to those at home as 1 10 those abroad. His kindness and courtesy are not for the purpose oi making good impression on others, but the offspring of his own heart to satisfy the demands of the gentleman. ly spirit in his own heart. A man whose heart is filled with true kind. ness is gentleman everywhere. He is kind and gentle to all.
 Have we wasted our spring-time oi | life? Are we wasting our summer: Has our frosty fall overtaken us, or l has winters snow fallen upon ouI heads, and found us with empty hands: l Have we no frldts or flowers to show for our time spent in life's harvest feld2 Have We .'nothing but leaves?' ? If we are nearing Deaths portal with ! empty hands, it is not too late to SOW something even now, for the good oi mankind though it will be too late foI 1 us to reap thereof. Those who come after may gather the harvest and bless our name while so doing. Dora liar. l Cey FroomuB.