Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-05-26

spring of which is only known to th'
owner.
Hatred is active, and envy passive dis
gust; there is but one step from env,
to hate.
If we are good, example is the bes
luster of virtue; if we are bad, shame II
the best step to amendment.
The world is never interested in mai
who talks about his wrongs. or a woman
who talks about her rights.
CHOICE EXCERPTS.
THERE are people who think if the,
stand on the river bank and throw ;
straw to drowning man, they have don'
enough.
If some persons were to bestow one
half of their fortune in learning how tt
properly spend the other half, it would
be money extremely well laid out.
IMAGINATION is mettled horse thai
will break the riders neck, when
donkey would have carried him to the
end of his journey slow but sure.
WE degrade life by our follies and oul
vices, and then complain that the un.
happiness which is only their accOmpa
niment is inherent in the constitution oi
things.
SOME of the domestic evils of drunk.
enness are houses without windows, gal
dens without fences, fields without till.
age, barns without roofs, children with.
out clothing, principles, morals or man
ners.
POVERTY is, except where there is an
actual want of food and raiment,a thing
much more imaginary than real. The
shame of poverty-the shame of being
thought poor-is great and fatal weak.
ness.
INTEGRITY Is the first moral virtue,
benevolence the second, and prudence
is the third. Without the first the two
latter cannot exist, and without the
third the two former would be often rem
dered useless.
IT is one of the wise and evident uses
of sudden death that we may SO live
with our friends that, come when and
how it will, we may not add to the
grievous loss the self-reproach of un-
kindness or neglected duties.
ONE of the worst things to fatten on
is envy. 1t is as difficult for a grudging
man to raise a double chin as it is for a
bankrupt to raise loan. Plumpness
comes not from roast beef, but from
well governed passions and a cheerful
disposition.
BLESSINGS which we have slighted
when in our possession are more highly
priced when there is danger Of our be-
ing deprived Of them, and our hearts are
more keenly touched by the anticipa-
aion of loss than by the fullness of en-,
1oyment.
LET us not despair too soon, my
friend. Mems words are ever bolder
than their deeds, and many one who
now appears resolute to meet every ex-
tremity with eager zeal, will on sud-
den find in their breast heart which he
wot not of.
BY a kind of fashionable discipline,
the eye is taught to brighten, the lip to
smile, and the whole countenace to en-
anate with the semblance of friendly
welcome, while the bosom is unwarmed
by single spark Of genuine kindness
and goodwill.
PARTING and forgettingl What faith
full heart can do thesef Our great
thoughts, our great affections, the truths
of our life, never leave US. Surely they
cannot separate from our consciousness
shall follow it whithersoever that shall
go; and are of their nature divine and
immortal.
IT is an old proverb that "there is
many true word spoken in jest" and
and it is equally true that many sting
ing and embittering word is spoken in
jest. In fact, jesting is dangerous
business, and one in which no one should
too freely enter, lest he should become
bankrupt In friendship.
No matter by what shady means 6
man has made his money-it is made
and it is money. He has the influence o.
wealth, of position, of social power; and
the fawning sycophants bend befor'
him, proud in their self-abasement.-
They are all on the lookout for crumbs
like 80 many gaping carp at the edge o
a pond; and when those crumbs ar
thrown, then Is their satisfaction as
sured and their self-abasement complete
TRUST everything to habit, upoI
which, in all ages, the lawgiver. as wei
as the schoolmaster, has mainly piacet
his relicnce-habit, which makes every
thing easy, and casts all difficulties upoI
a deviation from a wonted course. Civ
q child habit of sacredly regarding
truth, of carefully respecting the prop
erty of others. of scrupulously abstain
ing from all acts of improvidence whicl
involve him in distress, and he will jus
6b likely Inluk VI fusuihB ihco oil GIG
ment in which he cannot breathe, as o
lying, cheating, or stealing.
TIE art of money-getting, according
to the late p. T. Barnum, is summed N
hereunder: "Don't drink; don't b
above your business; don't mistake you
vocation; select the right location
avoid debt; persevere; whatever you d
do with all your might; depend upo
your own PERSONAL exertions; use tn
Lest tools; don't scatter your power
be systematic; read the newspapers; be
ware of outtsie operations; don't in
.dorse without good security; advertis
your business; be polite and kind t
your customers; be charitable; don't te
what you are going to do; and preserv
your integrity.