Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-02-25

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tive to the smallest duty, and the mos
infinite comfort to the smallest trouble
CHOICE EXCERPTS.
EMPLOY your time in improving your
self by other mems writings; SO you
shall come easily by what others have
labored hard for.
THERE is but one way know of con
versing safely with all men; that is, not
by concealing what we say or do, but b,
saying or doing nothing that deserves t.
be concealed.
WHEN book raises your spirit, and
inspires you with noble and courageous
feelings, seek for no other rule to judge
the event by; 1t is good and made by
good workman.
If you want to spoil all that God gives
You. if you want to be miserable your
self and maker of misery to others, the
way is easy enough. Only be selfish
CENsURE and criticism never hurt
ANYBODY. If false, they can't hurt you
unless you are wanting in manly char
acter; and if true. they show man his
weak points, and forewarn him against
failure and trouble.
A GOOD conscience is port which is
land-locked on every side, where no
winds can possibly invade. There man
NAV not only see Lis own image, but
that of his Maker, clearly reflected from
the undisturbed waters.
NOTHING really succeeds which is not
based on reality; sham, in large sense,
is never successful. In the life of the
individual, as in the more comprehen-
siye life of the state, pretention is moth
ing and power is everything.
PERHAPS even guilt itself does not
impose upon some minds so keen sense
of shame and remorse as a modest, SEN
sitive and inexperienced youth feels
from the consciousness of having neg
lected etiquette or excited ridicule.
THE immoral man who invades an
others property is justly imprisoned for
it; and the ILL bred man, who by his i'll
manners invades aud disturbs the quiet
and comforts of private life, is, by COM
mon consent, as justly banished from
society.
NATURE initiates herself. A grain
thrown into good ground brings forth
fruit; principle thrown into good
mind brings forth frui. Everything is
C eated and conducted by the same mas
ter; the root. the branch, the frui.s-the
consequences.
READ not books alone. but men; and
among them, chiefly thyself; if thou find
anything questionable there, use the
commentary of severe friend rather
than the gloss of sweet-lipped flatter-
er There is more profit in a distasteful
truth than deceitful sweetness.
ENTHUSIASM springs from the imagi-
nation, and self-sacriiice from the heart.
Women are, therefore, more naturally
heroic than men. All nations have in
their annals some of these miracles of
patriotism. of which woman is the in
strument in the hands of God.
PEACE does not dwell in outward
things, but within the soul We may
preserve it in the midst of the bitterest
pain if our will remain firm and sub
missive. Peace in this life springs from
acquiescence even in disagreeable things,
not in an exemption from suffering.
He that will not permit his wealth to
do any good to Others while he is living
prevents it from doing any good to him.
self when he is dead, and by an egotism
that is suicidal and has double edge,
cuts himself off from the truest pleasure
here and the highest happiness hereafter.
Do not be discouraged under any cir
cumstances. Go steadily forward; rather
consult your own conscience than the
opinion of men, though the least are not
to be disregarded. Be industrious, be
frugal, be honest; deal in perfect kind
ness with all who come in your way, ex-
ercising a neighborly and obliging spirit
in your own intercourse.
BETTER draw the cork of your indig
nation, and let it foam and fume, than
to wire it down to turn sour and acrid
within you. Sulks affect the liver, and
still worse for the heart and the SOul
Wrath driven in is as dangerous to the
moral health as suppressed smallpox to
the animal system. Dissipate it by re-
fiecting on the mildness, humility and
serenity of better men than yourself,
suffering under greater wrongs than you
have ever been called upon to bear.
Whatever you do, do not sulk.
BE saving, not stingy. There is dis
position to waste which should be strong
ly condemned. A mean, miserly wretch
we despise; but wasting, prodigal, lazy
spendthrift we more than despise. He
who will kick aside nail. because he is
too indolent to stoop and pick it up,may
see the day when he will be thankful for
a nails worth of bread to eat. We nev-
er knew prudent, economical, saving
man to come to want; but we have
known scores of individuals, born to
wealth, who, by not looking out for pen
mics and dimes, have died in want and
misery.