Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1894-03-08
CHOICE EXCERPTS.

CHOICE EXCERPTS.
A WISE and kindly silence would oft
en- prevent incalculable injury-espe
cially should we avoid repeating wha
has been said in the heat of anger Of
other excitement.
HOPE spiritualizes the earth; hope
makes it always new; and even in the
earth's best and brightest aspect hope
shows it TO be only the shadow of an in
finite bliss hereafter.
I" HE has had al i education, sai(
the elder Brutus, who has not beer
thought to deny" A peremptory mega
tive at the right time has saved man!
multitudes from perdition. A weak as
sent at the wrong time has been the ruiz
of millions.
IT is possible to meddle too much
with our neighbors. If we can do them
any good, make life happier or easier oil
nobler for them than it now is, let US
hasten to do it with all simplicity; but
compulsion, insistence, coercion, anC
management are only barassing.
OPPORTUNITIES never come a second
time; nor do they bide our leisure The
years come but once to us and swiftly
pass away, bearing the ineffaceble records
We have put upon them. If we make
them beautiful years, we must do it mo-
ment by moment as they glide before
us. When the last hours come, it will
be too late to revise line we have writ.
ten.
No matter what we say or how we
say it, our presence, our conduct, our
nnstudied demeanor, showing us as we
are, will speak so much louder than our
words that the latter will hardly be
heard. "Do as say, but not as do, u
is a futile piece of advice; for it is what
we do, think, feel, wish for that will
constitute our influence; and, if what we
say is different from this, it will fall
useless to the ground.
YEARS of simple wholesome living
are required for a fine complexion; finger
exercises and scales must precede good
piano playing; by careful study alone
can the mind become well trained; hab-
its of frugality, industry and persever-
ance are essential for success in busi-
ness; and, when these conditions have
been ignored in youth, the only saliva
tion lies in cutting off embellishments
and devoting all ones energies to repair
in n fnunAofinp nrinain1pc
HERoIsM," said a great preacher '' is
nothing but a spark kindled in the
household. carried outside, and blown
into flame. A thing that mother
does every day of her life nobody cele
brates, but let her do it before an ad-
miring crowd. and she is heroic" The
virtue is in the spark. If it be neces-
sary to do noble deed before the world
so that its publicity blows it into flame,
all honor to the spark that is living
ready for the public deed. But, if it be
necessary to do the noble deed in the
secret corner of the home, all honor to
the spark that is living ready for the
private deed in which the world sees no
heroism.
THE subject of money should occupy
more important place in education
than it has ever yet had. What are its
purposes and how to obtain them, what
are its responsibilities and how to fulfill
them, are more necessary topics of
thought and instruction than how and
how far to restrain the desire for it.
Where the mind is BEAUTIFULLY and ac-
lively employed in making money use
best possible Limitation to the excessive
desire for gain will already be In opera
ton, for then the natural effort will be
to acquire inst as much as can be
well used, and to that, whatever it may
be, there can be no rational objection.
FRIENDSHIP has its duties. You owe
your friend sympathy in his sorrows
and in his joys. You owe him conf
fidence and the information about your
self which confidence implies. Yet that
information is to be given with certain
reserve, so that you do not seem to force
your affairs upon him, or to make him
responsible for you. OF crises in which
he could not aid you, or would be panied
by his inability, it is often wise to say
nothing. There is a fine subtle instinct
which guides in such matters. Howev-
er near your friend brings you to him,
you are to respect his individuality. In
formation that is purely personal you
must wait for. If he does not volunteer
it, be satisfied that he has reasons. Do
not seek-above all, do not claim-it as a
right of your friendship. Be generous,
not exacting.
THERE is nothing in the universe, as
far as we know. 80 complex, so battling
to investigation as human character.
Motives and tendencies are so mingled
and blended that it is impossible to lay
them out in order and take an account
of them. Let any one honestly attempt
so to treat his own, and he will at once
feel his inadequacy. Yet how much
more difficult is 1t to enter into another's
being, to detect his manifold propensi-
ties and weigh their power, to count up
and discriminate his qualities, to esti-
mate his temptations, to measure his
responsibility! Even where the pro-
foundest interests are involved this is
task that may well daunt the wisest and
the boldest, but where only curiosity
seeks to be gratified, who that is ration
al will attempt to sound such depths or
to solve such problems?