Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-05-10
CHOICE EXCERPTS.


CHOICE EXCERPTS.
TEARS are magic blossoms of the heart
at parting, smiles at meeting. Some
times they bloom at once; then Joy is
sorrow, and sorrow is JOY.
THR fairest privilege Ofifriendship lies
in this-that the friend loves us with
our faults, while others love US only be
cause they do not see them.
"TRY your best to make others happy
1 never was happy" said certain king
"till began to take pleasure in the wei
fare of my people; but ever since then
in the darkest day, have had sunshine
in my heart"
If one only pauses now and then ir
life's forced march to COUNT the num-
bers who have wearied by the way, OF
those who brushed with him the morn.
ing dew, he feels sort of terror lest he
finish his journey a stranger and alone
MISFORTUNE is never mOurnful to
the soul that accepts it, for such do al
ways see that every cloud is an angels
face. Every man deems that he has
precisely the trials and temptations
which are the hardest of all Affections
for him to bear; but they are so simply
because they are the very ones he most
needs.
SUCH is the power of health that
without its cooperation, every other
comfort is torpid and lifeless as the
power of vegetation without the sun
And yet this bliss is commonly thrown
away in thoughtless negligence. or in
foolish experiments on our own strength
we let it perish without remembering
its value, or waste it to show how much
we have to spare.
= GOOD temper ministers to success in
all undertakings much more largely
than we imagine. 1t gives quiet and
an undisturbed mind favorable to con-
centration of energy. How can one
whose feelings are continually ruff1ed
and whose temper is reused to irritabil-
ity or anger pursue his work with the at
tention it demands. or make decisions
which require the undivided and earnest
use of all his faculties? Nothing can
be more essential to success than the
full command of the powers; but ILL
temper makes this impossible.
"MEN's behavior" observes Bacon
should be-like their dress-not too
straight, but free for exercise or mo-
ton" There can be no genial fellow
ship between affable courteous people
and stiff backed formulists; while the
intercourse of the latter with one anoth.
er is necessarily dull and dreary to the
last degree. They can no more enjoy So
ciety in their straight jackets of cold re-
serve than wretch in the stock could
enjoy the hilarity of the crowd around
him. Whoever desires to make friends
should be cordial and conciliatory.
How often do we hear one say with
self -congratulation, 81 shall speak my
mind, whatever comes of it ~ Is, then
the speakers mind on this or any Other
subject so essential to the world? Is il
of such vast Importance to the commu
nifty to know what he thinks or does
not think, what he believes or disbe
lieves, what he fancies or does not fan
cy? Perhaps a little more modesty, g
little more knowledge of our own rea
insignifcance, might make us more
chary of thrusting ourselves on the at
tention of others, and might turn some
of our flippant yolubility into a respect
full silence.
He who cannot see the workings Of
divine wisdom in the order of the heav,
ems, the change of the seasons, the flow
ing of the tides, the operation of the
wind and other elements, the structure
of the human body, the circulation Of
the blood through variety of vessels
wonderfully arranged and conducted
the instincts of beasts, their temper ani
disposition, the growth of plants, and
their many effects for meat and medi
cine; he who cannot see all these and
many other things as the evident con
trivances of divine wisdom, is blind
and not worthy TO be called man Of
sound mind.
WE suppose it is useless to tell those
who have little money to spend, ani
have worked day and night to get thai
little, to think twice before they make
an outlay of their hard earnings. But
we cannot refrain from saying, "Wha
a pity !" when we see the children Of
parents in very moderate circumstances
tricked out in flimsy fnery, when good
substantial clothing might have beer
procured for half the money, in which
they would have looked prettier ant
more respectable. We often say, Wha
pity p when we see working CIR
haunting snowy dress bonnet that IL
assorts with her gown or shawl. WI
often say, "What pity p when we set
clerk dressed more extravagantly thar
his employer, or putting into the hire o
a dashing carriage all the earnings of {
| week, or sporting the equipage on tn
promise of doing so without any ex
pectation of performing the promise
The rainy day of disaster that is sure Il
follow all this sunshine Of folly, the.
will not see. though disgrace, and sick
ness, and work house bed and name
less grave loom up in the future TO
many of them. "We can be young bu
once" is capable of more than one In
depreciation, as they seem to forget.