Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1892-06-30

Every man feels inStinctlvely that all
the beautiful sentiments in the world
weigh less than single lovely action.
Affectation endeavors to correct natur-
al defects, and has always the laudable
aim of pleasing, tho it always misses it.
CHOICE EXCERPTS.
THERE are people who think their
neighbors' houses need painting be-
cause they do not wash their own win
dows.
EXCITEMENT is not enjoyment, in
calmness lies true pleasure. The most
precious wines are slipped, not bolted in
a swallow.
FAITH, like light, should ever be SIM
pie unbending; while love, like warmth,
should beam forth on every side and
bend to every necessity.
LIFE will frequently languish, even in
the hands of the busy, if they have not
some employment subsidiary to that
which forms their main pursuit.
THERE is an emanatiOn from the heart
in genuine hospitality which cannot be
described, but is Immediately felt and
puts the stranger at once at his ease.
NOBODY, they say, is hero to his
valet. OF course; for man must be a
hero to understand hero. The valet,
dare say, has great respect for some
person of his own stamp.
SAINTLINESS is the culture and per
fection of the entire character, of the pa
thence and self denial and self sacrifice
of active life, as of the fervorS and un-
changeableness of the devotional life.
HE who endeavOrs to escape from
life's drudgery may also cease to conf
pete for life's prizes. Even if, by ma
neuver or trick, he seize some of them,
they will become but empty baubles that
have lost their significance.
WITHOUT self sacrifice there can be
no blessedness, neither on earth nor in
heaven. He that loveth his life shall
lose it. He that hateth his life in this
paltry, selfish, luxurious, hypOcritiacl
world, shall keepit to life eternal.
THERE is sacredness in tears. They
are not the mark of weakness, but of
power. They speak more eloquently
than ten Thousand tongues. They are
the messengers of overwhelming grief,
of deep eontrition, and of unspeakable
love.
THOUGH a man without money is
poor, a man with nothing but money is
still poorer. Worldly gifts cannot bear
up the spirits from fainting and sinking
when trials and troubles come, any more
than headache can be cured by golden
crown, or toothache by chain of pearls
IT is beautifully remarked that a
mans mother is the representative of
his Maker Misfortune and mere crime
set no barriers between her and her son.
While his mother lives a man has one
friend on earth who will not desert him
when he is needy. Her affection flows
from pure fountain and ceases only at
the ocean of eternity.
CORRECT speech is snch an indiSputa-
BILE mark of lady or gentleman that it
cannot be too often repeated that the
true standard of pronunciation is one in
which all marks of particular place of
birth or residence are lost, and in which
nothing appears to indicate any habits
of intercourse other than with the we'll
bred and well-informed wherever they
may be found.
COURTESY is due to others. 1t is
helpful to others. Treat even a base
man with respect, and he will make at
least one desperate effort to be respect
ful Courtesy is an appeal to the nobler
and better nature of others to which
that nature responds. 1t is due to our
selves. 1t is the crowning grace of cul-
ture. the stamp of perfection upon char
acter, the badge of the perfect gentle
man, the fragrance of the flower of
womanhood when full blown.
WHAT a man sows. that shall he reap.
The one thing to do with wild oats is to
put them carefully into the hottest part
of the fire and get them burnt to dust,
every seed of them. If you sow them,
no matter in what ground, up they will
come, with long roots and luxnriant
stalks and leaves, as sure as there is a
sun in heaven, a crop which it makes
ones heart cold to think of. You will
have to reap them; and no common
reapng will get them out of the soil
which must be dug down deep again
and again.
A KIND of discreet deafness saves one
from MANY insults and much blame
therefore the ari of not hearing should
be learned by all. 1t is quite as import
ant TO domestic happiness as cultivat
ed ear, for which so much money ant
time are expended. There are so many
things which it is painful to hear, many
which we ought not to hear, very many
which, if heard, would disturb the tenn
per, corrupt simplicity and modesty, de
tract from cOntentment and happiness
that every one should be educated Il
take in or shut out sounds, according tt
his pleasure If hot and restless friend
begins to inflame our feelings, we shonl'
consider what mischief these fiery spark
may do in our magazine below, wher'
our temper is kept, and instantly clos'
the door. 1t has been remarked that i
all the petty things said of one by heed
less or ill-natured idlers were to b.
brought home to him, he would becom,
mere walking pin cushion stuck full
of sharp remarks.