Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-08-22

IN the world, lnSlncerlty Is the most oan-
gerous.
Philosophy is only valuable when il
serves for the law of life, not the osten-
tation of science.
Sorrows are gardeners-they plant
flowers along waste places and lead vines
to cover barren places.
There is no house so small that it has
no room for love; there is no castle sc
large that it cannot be filled with it.
CHOICE EXCERPTS.
POVERTY wants some, luxury many
and avarice all things.
SLEEP is Deaths younger brother, anG
so like him that never dare trust hin
without my prayers.
NOTHING is so good for an ignorant
man as silence; and if he was sensible OF
this he would not be ignorant.
Do not expect too much from others
but forbear and forgive, as you desire
forbearance and forgiveness yourself.
ONLY by slow and painful degrees car
we fight our way upward and break
loose from the clinging hold of self-love
IF you borrow, you must lend; there
fore, whatsoever you are unwilling tha
men should borrow of you, borrow moi
of them.
THE bread of sorrow is leavened with
error, mixed with impudence, kneade(
with perversity, and baked in the oven
of dissipation.
FLATTERY is foolishness, and whose
ever is deceived thereby is not wise
nevertheless, the discreet woman may
REASON is the eye for the whole in
ward man. 1t sees for conscience; il
sees for love; it sees for hope; it sees fol
personal affection; it sees for every emo
tion.
MANY new years you may see, but
happy ones you cannot see without de
serving them. These virtue, honor anG
knowledge alone can merit, alone car
produce.
If any one tells you that such per
son speaks i'll of you, do not make ex
cuse about what is said of you, but an.
swer: "He was ignorant of my othel
faults, else he would not have mention
ed these alone"
To be worth anything, character must
be capable of standing firmly upon its
feet in the world of daily work, tempta.
ton and trial, and able to bear the wear
and tear of actual life. Cloistered vir-
tues do not count for much.
THEY are the strong ones of the earth
the mighty food for good or evil-those
who know how to keep silence when ii
is pain and a grief to them; those who
give time to their own souls to wax
strong against temptation, or to the
powers of wrath to stamp upon them
their whitening passage.
LET US not be too prOdigal when we
are young or too parsimonious when we
are old; otherwise we shall fall into the
common error of those who, when they
had the power to enjoy, had not the pru-
dence to acquire, and when the prudence
to acquire, had no longer the power to
enjoy.
REASON is the eye of the soul, and
sees for it; and it is more employed in
faith than it is in the judgment of facts.
1t deals with exalted theories. 1t is as
if natural reason were a justice of the
peace, that deals with the ten thousand
petty squabbles that belong to neigh
borhood, and settles them.
IT is not usually those who are in the
direst poverty that are the most inveter-
ate borrowers. 1t is much more fire.
luently those who allow their desires
for superfluities to outrun their ability
to obtain them that resort to this dan
gerous and insidious practice All such
desires grow by what they feed on, and
become more and more exacting; while
the strict rectitude which cannot brook
The long continuance of debt is gradu-
ally impaired.
DIRECTLY man throws the blame of
MS shortcomings upon nature, or cir
or other people, he weakens
his own power of action. Part of his
failures may have been due to such
,auses; but it is just that part which to
lwell upon does no good and only units
him to discover the other part which is
vital to all future improvement. Not
what might have been under other sur
'oundings or influences, but what can
De under existing ones, is the subject
which should absorb him.
SELF-PRAIsE is no test of self-approv-
ll-indeed those who are the most in
istent in their own commendation are
the least confident of its
ustice. Often it is the very consci-
of inferiority which makes peo-
lie thus struggle to prevent others from
them. He who is pure in
Iesire, noble in character, rich In good
leeds, has no need to proclaim it. He
S content to wait till Others find it out,
nd will not be much cast down or dis
urbed in mind if they never do.
ONE of the chief roots from which |
springs is power of imagina-
ion. We may know something about |
urselves; but we are left to imagine
yhatever we can about other people,
low, if any one were utterly destitute
f imagination, he would likewise be ut
erly destitute of sympathy. He could
orm no idea of the condition of others,
leir thoughts or feelings, temptations
r needs, sorrows or joys. How could
e feel with them or for them if he could
,rm no picture in his mind of what
ley felt? Happily no one is left in so
,rlorn state. !