Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-10-30

which harnesses ruined man.
The test of enjoyment is the remem-
brances which it leaves behind.
There is no creature so contemplate
but by resolution may gain his point.
1t is a good part of breeding that a
man should be polite even to himself.
Resignation is the name of the angel
which carries most of our souls burden.
Long life is denied us, therefore let
us do something to show that we have
lived.
Superiority to circumstances is one OF
the most prominent characteristics Of
great men.
CHOICE EXCERPTS.
MosT people would succeed in small
things, if they were not troubled with
great ambitions.
A MAN must be excessively stupid, as
well as uncharitable, who believes there
is no virtue but on his side.
THE worst education which teaches
self-denial is better than the best which
teaches everything else, and not that.
NEVER part without loving words for
your loved ones to think of during your
absence. 1t may be that you will not
meet again in this life.
OLD age is the night of life, as night
is the old age of day. Still, night is full
of magnifcence; and, for many, it is
more brilliant than the day.
In all contentious between wit and
violence, prudence and rudeness, learn
ing and the sword, the strong hand took
it first, and the strong head possessed it
last.
THERE is nothing of so great import
ance to us as the good qualities of one
to whom we join ourselves for life; they
not only make oGr present state agreea-
BILE, but often determine our happiness
to all eternity. ------
To 6fiSSwho said, 81 do not believe
there is an honest man in the world"
another replied, at is impossible that
any one should know all the world, but
quite possible that one may know him
self"
To ensure long life recreation should
be part of our daily life. 1t makes the
busy man thoughtful, and the thought
full man busy. 1t ensures health, sue
cess, and the accomplishment of better
work in less time.
PHILOSOPHY has often attempted to
repress insolence by asserting that all
conditions are leveled by death; posi-
ton which, however it may defect the
happy, will seldom afford much comfort
to the wretched.
THERE is no real conflict between
truth and politeness; what is imagined
to be such is only the crude mistake OF
those who fail to discover their harmo-
ny. PoliteneSs, taken in its best sense,
is the graceful expression of respect,
kind feeling, and good will.
Do not Judge man by the clothes he
wears. God made one, and the tailor
the other. Do not judge him by his fam
lily, for Cain belonged to good family.
Do not Judge man by his failure in
life, for many man fails because he is
too honest to succeed.
VIRULENT enemies are made by sharp
words more than by any other means.
If you allow yourself what is doubtless
to some dispositions the luxury of an
unbridled tongue, you will have to pay
for it. Some day the enemies you make
will have their innings, and may trip
you up.
GOOD nature is more agreeable in
conversation than wit, and gives a GER
tain air to the eountenance which is
more amiable than beauty. 1t shows
virtue in the fairest light, takes off in
some measure from the deformity of
vice, and makes our folly and imperti-
nence supportable.
THERE is no power of love so hard to
get and keep as a kind voice. A kind
hand Is deaf and dumb. 1t may be
rough in flesh and blood, yet do the
work of soft heart, and do it with a
soft touch. But there is no one thing
that love so much needs as sweet voice
to tell what it means and feels; and it is
hard to get and keep it in the right
tone.
CUSTOM is a violent and treacherous
schoolmistress. She, by little and little,
slyly and unperceived, slips in the foot
of her authority; but having by this
gentle and humble beginning, with the
benefit of time, fixed and established it,
she then unmasks furious and tyran-
mic countenance, against which we have
no more courage, or the power so much
as to lift up our eyes.
THE brain can be trained just like the
hand. This is the great object of educa-
tion. An empty head is an evil head;
an unframed brain is a mischievous
brain The brain must be used all
round; and perhaps the greater danger
of school education at present is that
the memory is cultivated principally or
almost alone. 1t is not walking ency-
clopedias that do good in the world, but
skilled brains, able to think, not merely
ly to remember.
SLEEP is so good thing for the body
that it may always be enjoyed with ad-
vantage whenever it can be obtained;
but the amount Of sleep which is abso-
lutely necessary for the recuperation of
the faculties varies greatly with differ
ent people. Eight hours sleep, eight
hours work and eight hours recreation
is perhaps the best division of the day
and night for most persons; but stout
people generally require more sleep than