Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-04-20
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

In all negotiations of difficulty man
may not look to SOW and reap at once
but must prepare business, and so ripen
it by degrees.
SOMEBODY says that nobody can tell
what they don't know, but the world is
full of people who do great deal of try
ing in that direction,
WE-live in the future. Even the hap
piness of the future is made up mostly
of that delightful discomfort which the
hope of better things inspires.
LIFE is too short to be wasted in petty
worries, flettings, hatreds,and vexations
Let us Danish all these, and think on
whatsoever things are pure and lovely
and gentle and of good report.
EVERY year OF our lives we grow
more convinced that it is the wisest and
oest to fix our attention on the beautl-
full and the good, and dwell as little
rs possible on the evil and the false.
OF all the loves on earth most like the
Divine love is that of the good mother
so unselfish is it, uuforgetting, watch
full, considerate, free from all jealousy
md desiring the good OF her children
far more than her own happiness.
If You want knowledge, you must
work for it; if food you must toll for 1t;
and if pleasure you must toll for 1t
FOIL is the law Pleasures comes through
coil, and not by s.lf-indulgence and in
ioleDce. When one gets to love work,
his life is happy one.
AN agreeable person is one who III
1ulges in pleasing conversation, without
affecting superiority; treats every one
with politeness and consideration, nc
natter what his station may be; con
forms his conduct as far as possible to
me company he is in, and is willing at
any time to oblige in auy way that may
be required or requested.
THE modest department of those
who are truly wise, when contrastec
with the assuming air of the young and
ignorant, may be compared to the diff
ferent appearances of wheat, which,
while its ear is empty, holds up its head
proudly, but, as soon as it is filled with
grain, bends modestly down, and with
draws from observation.
o1c 70 thA lnUAllnpGS N
nature, brings back the freshness o.
Youthful feeling, revives the relish o.
simple pleasures. keeps unquenched th'
enthusiasm which warmed the spring
time CT our being, reines youthful love
strengthens our interest in human ma
ture by vivid delineations of its tender
est and loftiest feelings. and through the
brightness of its prophetic visions helps
faith to lay hold on the future.
WHO can tell the value of smile? i
costs the giver nothing. but is beyon(
price to the erring and relenting, the sat
and cheerless, the lost and fOrsaken. L
disarms malice. subdues temper, turn
hatred to love, revenge to kindness, ant
paves the darkest path with gems OF sun
| light. A smile on the brow betrays {
kind heart, a pleasant friend, an affec
tionate brother, Gutiful son, happ,
husband. 1t adds charm to beauty, i
decorates the face of the defOrmed, ant
makes lovely woman an angel of para
disc.
THERE are many little things in tn
household, attention to which is lndIs
pensable to health and happiness. Th
kind of air which circulates in hous
NAV seem a small matter, for we canno
see the air, and not many people know
anything about it; yet, if we do not pro
vide regular supply of pure air in ou
houses, we shall inevitably suffer for on
neglect. A few specks of dirt may seen
neither here nor there, and a closed doc
or window appear. to make little differ
ence; but the little dirt and the little ba'
air are apt to SOW the seeds of ill-healtt
and therefore ought to be removed. Th
whole of the household regulations are
taken by themselves, trifles-but trifle
tending to an important result.
CIvILITY is fortune in itself, for
courteous man often succeeds in life
and even when persons of ability fai
The history of our own country is full o
examples of success obtained by civility
The experience of every man furnishes
if we but recall the past, frequent In
stances where conciliatory manners hav
made the fortunes of physicians, law
yers, divines. politicians, merchants, an
indeed individuals of all pursuits. l
being introduced to stranger, his ana
billy or the reverse creates instanta
neously a proposition in his fayo
or awakens unconsciously a preJudlc
against him. To men, civility is, in fac
what a pleasing appearance is to womer
it is a general passport to favor-a LEI
ter of recommendation written in lar
guage that every person understand
The best of men have often injure
themselves by irritability and cons'
quent rudeDess; whereas men of inferi'
abilities have frequently succeeded
! their agreeable and pleasing manner
OF two men equal in all other respect
the courteous has twice the advantage
and by far the better chance of maxim
his Way in the world