Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-02-01

1T is a common saying that slime is
money" but it is also great deal more
it is opportunity, skill, ability, charac-
ter-and to waste it is to waste life it.
self, with all it holds in store.
GENIUS without energy is an exquis
itely- wrought engine without steam, an
object of admiration without use, where
the highest capability of speed is mo-
tionless, and unified, by the peculiari-
ty of its structure, for all practical pur-
poses.
If one could weigh the motive power
that affects the mind, it would be found
that one ounce of responsibility laid
upon a man has more effect in deter
mining his conduct, and even his char
acter, than tons of good advice, lay or
clerical, or hundredweights even of good
example.
THE success of plant depends not
upon its size, as compared with the 9TH
er plants of the garden, but upon its
steady and healthy growth. So the sue
cess of a human life does not depend so
much upon the rank it takes among
others as upon its own continual pro-
gress.
IN our relations to other people good
temper is a neyer-failing friend and help
er. 1t disposes us favorably toward
those we are with, leads us to consult
their peculiarities, to understand their
difficulties, to make allowance for their
shortcomings, and thus to exercise real
influence over them. 1t is of itself an
attractive force, whereas i'll temper al
ways repels.
THE satisfaction of work well done is
of itself happiness with which few
others can compare in its solid and en-
during character. OF course no idler
however wealthy he may be, no frivolous
and trif1ing person, no mere mercenary
or time server can ever taste the flavor
of this enjoyment. 1t is reserved for
the faithful toiler in any department
whose aim is excellence.
IT is wonderful how few real blessings
there are that any person who lives by
labor cannot enjoy just as well as the
men who roll in wealth. The millionaire
cannot surpass the ordinary worker in
his appetite for food; he cannot coax
any sweeter or more restful sleep. The
air is just as pure and bracing for the
worker as it is for him. He cannot love
his children any better than the poorer
man can love his cannot be any truer
to his friends.
WE must not forget that the world
owes obligations to the aged. We owe
them the debt of gratitude, and we
must help them to bear their burden.
Both the aged and the young must learn
to appreciate each others position, be-
cause nature needs them both, and has
ordered it that it should be so. Every
other period of our life is a period of
advancement, period Of change. Old
age is period of stand-still, and, no
further development being needed, none
is accomplished, and none must be ex-
pected.
NOBODY cares for the automatic man
and woman, who appear to go by clock
work, and to want Oiling. The error of
complete unreserve should be avoided
too 1t is less repulsive than its oppo
site, but it does infinitely more mischief.
A man had better seal up his thoughts
and feelings in his own breast than
sputter them forth, in season and ont of
season, to everybody he meets. Such
incontinency of speech is sure to make
the person guilty of it unpopular, and
to create general embal ra,sment and
alarm in the circle in which he moves.
TACT is the power of perceiving with
rapidity and nicely what is likely to
CRATE uron another's feelings, to turn
his thoughts into disagreeable channel,
or is out of harmony with the mood in
which he may happen to be at the mo-
ment to address him. On minor acca-
sions it is supposed to save us from
making awkward mistakes in cOnversa-
tion, and to teach US exactly where to
stop when we find that we are treading
upon thin ice. In dealing with compa-
rative strangers or persons of uncertain
temper, it enables US to steer safely be-
tween the numerous pitfalls which lie
to the right and left of US, and into
which, without the aid of this talisman,
we should be sure to stumble. 1t is
quality that is useful in every station of
life.
THE chief reason for rightful authori-
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 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, in
stead of a sincere desire for the good of
the governed. OF course there are 9TH
er advantages which flow from wise
nse of it-there are other necessities
which must be secured by its exercise
there are other reasons why it should be
respected. But underneath them all lies
the one great truth that it paves the
way and prepares the heart for that lov-
ing submission to the right and for that
prompt obedience to calls of duty which
are at once the essense of every noble
life, and the only foundation of true
freedom.