Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-08-31
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

CHOICE EXCERPTS.
BE no less exact In keeping the Sc
crets intrusted to You than you would
be faithful in reference to deposits Of
the greatest value.
VIRTUE seems to be nothing more
than a motion consonant to the system
of things; were a planet to fly from its
orbit, it would represent vicious man
How many men who have gone
through discipline, and who look back
upon it, are able to say that they were
unnecessarily disturbed their fears
were weightier than their was any occa-
sion for their being?
NEVER tell people Of several faults at
once. You will profit them nothing, but
discourage them greatly. Rather set
their faults gradually before them, as
you see that they have courage to bear
the sight with advantage.
In vain do they talk of happiness,
who have never subdued an impulse in
obedience to principle. He who has
never sacrificed present to future
good, or personal to general one, can
speak of happiness only as the blind do
Of colors.
In all the circumstances of life we
reap as we SOW; and, If we reap peril
for foolhardiness, so do we garner de-
sertion for ill-nature, and gradual loss
of friends-but known as the process
called "being cut"-as the reward of
evil speaking and slander.
NOTHING hinders the constant agree
ment of people who live together but
mere vanity-a secret insisting upon
what they think their dignity or merit,
and inward expectation of such an over
measure of Difference and regard as an
swers to their own extravagant false
scale, and which nobody can pay, be-
cause none but themselves can tell read
lily to what pitch 1t amounts to.
THERE is nothing that so refines, pol
ishes, and ennobles face and mien
the constant presence of great thought
The man who lives in the region
ideas, moonbeams though they be, b
comes idealized. There are no arts,
gymnastics,nO cosmetics, which can CO
tribute so much to the ennobling
a mans looks as great purpose, his
determination, noble principle, an III
uuenchable enthusiasm. But more pov
erful still than any of these is pervadin
disposition of kindness in the heart.
LABOR is life, says Carlyle; from tn
inmost heart of the worker rises b
God given force, the sacred, celesti;
life essence, breathed into him by A
mighty God; from his inmost heart sue
awakens him to all nobleness, to
knowledge, and much else, as soon
work fifty begins. knowledge? TT
knowledge that will hold good in wor
ing, cleave thou to that; for nature he
self accredits that, says yea to thu
Properly thou hast no other knowledi
but that thou hast got by working.
To divide small portion of leisu
time among many objects, howev
worthy they may be, is to greatly impi
its usefulness. We may, If we plea.
distribute our money in this way, a.
trust to the wisdom of those who CO
troll such expenditures to make it
fective; but time cannot thus be han
ed over. If this is to do any real got
it must be intelligently concentrat
upon something of which we have
least little knowledge, and In whi
we are able to act with a fair degree
wisdom.
1T is well for the women of the hous
hold to remember that pleasant eve
ings at home are strong antidotes
the practice of looking for enjoyme
abroad. and seeking for pleasure in al
by forbidden places; for relaxation al
recreation will be indulged in somehe
by most men, and happy are they W
find in the home circle the diversio
they need. A lively game, an interes
ing book read aloud, or in musical fan
lies, new song to be practised will fu
nish pastime that will make an eveniI
pass pleasantly.
If the habit of hurry Is inimical
valuable work, it is equally so to val
BILE character. Begun, as 1t usually
in the daily employment, 1t soon b
comes habit of life. Insensibly
come to eat and drink in a hurry, and
ruin our digestive organs; to take OF
amusements in hurry, and 80 rui
their recreative effect; to think in hu
ry, and so arrive at false conclusion.
to converse in hurry, and so lose
the fine flavor of other minds. Hurry
the enemy of self-control, Of manliness,
of dignity. There never was greater
mistake than to imagine that 1t adds to
ones Importance by showing how nu-
merous and pressing ones duties and
responsibilities are. 1t merely shows
that, whatever they may be, one is not
equal to them-that one Is not master
of the situation. Emerson says, "Cool-
ness and absence of heat and haste indi
cate fine qualities. A gentleman makes
no noise, lady is serene. The love of
beauty is merely the love of measure or
proportion. The person who screams,
or uses the superlative degree, or con-
verses with heat, is quickly left alone"