Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-18

| TareQIS VINO are lRuOTduI vi IuCu uu-
ty will be taught by the misconduct of
their children what they ought to have
done.
| CHOICE EXCERPTS.
DUPEs, indeed, are many; but, of all
| dupes, there is none so fatally situated
as he who lives in undue terror of being
duped.
If man has a right to be proud of
anything it is good action done as 1t
ought to be without any base interest
lurking at the bottom of it.
THE disesteem and contempt of 9th
ers is inseparable from pride. 1t is
hardly possible to oyervalue ourselves
but by undertaking our neighbors.
Tomorrow you have no business
with. Every day has enough to keep
every man occupied, without concerning
himself with things that lie beyond.
SHALL we speak of the inspiration of a
poet or a priest, and not of the heart i'm
PEELED by love and self-devotion to the
lowliest work in the lowliest way of life?
LEARN undertaking steadiness of pur-
pose and endurance Of misfortune; toll
crate the ignorant; be benevolent of
heart, and learn to receive favors with
out being humbled by them.
THE great art of conversation con-
sists in not wounding or humiliating
any one, of speaking only of things we
know. in conversing with others only on
subjects which may interest them.
EVERYTHING in life, from the largest
to the smallest, has its surface and its
depths; and it depends upon the eyes
with which we view it whether we mere
" skim over the one or descend into the
other.
He is not poor that hath not much,
but he that wants more. Want lies in
wishing. He lacks most who desires
most. He is richest who does not covet
and desires least. The most contented
are the most happy.
WE are ruined not by what we really
want, but by what we think we want.
Therefore never go abroad in search of
your wants; if they be real wants, they
will come home in search of you. For
he that buys what he does not want will
soon want what he cannot buy.
THE instincts of the heart are very
true. There are eyes that are like no
other eyes to US when we first meet
them. There are voices that, having
been once heard, haunt our dreams. All
the cool reasoning in the world is worth
less when compared to the signs and to-
kens with which reason has nothing to
do-which say to us, "He has come, y
or 3She is here"
LOYALTY to truth requires that as
much attention be paid to giving suffi-
cient force and strength to our words
as to refraining from giving too much.
Yet very intelligent careful people fire.
quently do not see this; and, in their
anxiety to avoid the exaggeration which
they so much despise, they fail to give
that force and vigor to their words that
truth demands.
PEACE and happiness cannot exist in
the vicinity of an individual who has a
mania for setting everybody right. He
is generally untitled for the office, being
one of the exasperating people who are
continually saying what they would do
while really doing nothing at all. 1t is
usually the sluggard or idler, who stands
about and watches Others work, who can
suggest dozen ways in which they
can do better.
In all the affairs of life it is well to
cultivate the habit of variety. To min
gle with people having different tastes,
opinions and pursuits, is better than linn
iting ourselves to those only who are
strictly congenial. To see other coun-
tries, with their various distinctive feat
ures, is better than always remaining at
home. To know something of other
standards of right and other ways of
life is better than limiting our vision to
our favorite point of view. The benefit
of all this will be especially manifest in
mature life and in old age. 1t will keep
the mind young, the feelings fresh, the
sympathies warm, and the whole nature
open to improvement, and thus, while
the years bring the richness of expert
ence, they also bring the continual de-
lights and benefits of wide and gener-
GUS outlook.
THE chief reason for rightful arthori-
ty through all the various relations OF
life in social, business, and political cir,
cles, up to national government itself, is
that it may lead to self government. That
it so often fails of this end is due to the
! fact that it is so often swayed by selfish
interests and love of power, instead OF
a sincere desire for the good of the gov
erned. OF course there are other advan
tages which flow from wise use of il
. there are other necessities which mus
Z be secured by its exercise-there are
8 other reasons why it should be respect
9 ed. But underneath them all lies thu
% one great truth that it paves the way
:, and prepares the heart for that loving
o submission to the right and for tha
= prompt obedience to the calls of dut,
n which are at once the essence of ever,
Z noble life and the only foundation O
" true freedom.