The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-26
SUBJECTS FOR THOUGHT.


II all men were absolutely equal, hy-
pocrisy would be crushed out and sup
erseded by candor.
1t isn't always the man who has
honey in his words who is free from
fraud in his acts.
A proud man is seldom grateful
man, for he never gets as much as he
thinks he deserves.
Know what thou canst best work at,
and work at 1t like Hercules. That
will be thy best plan.
Reading simply to be amused is not
enough, since there are many works
both amusing and instructive.
1t is true wisdom to speak but little
of the injuries you have received. or
the good deeds you have done.
Associate with men of good quality,
II you esteem your own reputation; it
Is better to be alone than in bad COM
pany.
The church of Christ is not only the
greatest institution on earth; 1t is the
greatest institution that ever will be
on earth.
II we would bring a holy life to
Christ, we must mind our fireside dut-
les as well as the duties of the sane
tuary.
Courtesy of temper, when it is used
TO veil churlishness of deed, is but q
knights girdle around the breast of q
base clown.
The total war indemnity which
Japan is to receive from China will
amount IN twn hundred million dnlla ra
in gold.
A charade is like an acrostic OF
Alexandrine stanza, read It forward,
backward or across, 1t still spells the
same thing.
1t is an eternal truth in the practical
as well as the mystical body, that
where one member suffers, all the
members suffer with it"
You are not here to vegetate or to
dream; you were born to act. Every
man coming into the world is furnished
with commission of service.
Temptation often assails the finest
nature, as the pecking sparrow or de-
structive wasp attatfs the sweetest ana
mellowest fruit, eschewing what is sour
and crude.
That which we acquire with the most
difficulty we retain the longest; as those
who have earned a fortune are usually
more careful than those who have in
herited one.
Life, which all creatures love and
strive to keep-wonderful, dear, and
pleasant unto each, even to the mean
est-yea, boon to all where pity is;
for pity makes the world soft to the
weak and noble for the strong.
What sculpture is to a block of mar
BILE, education is to human soul. The
philosopher, the saint and the hero,
the wise, the good and the great man
often lie hid in the plebeian, which a
proper education might have disin-
tered and brought to light.
We ought to have room for enthus-
lasts even II they violate every rule
of grammar. A grand, laundering,
hammering, laundering, whole-hearted
Boanerges is worth dozen prim, rev.
erend gentlemen, meek as milk and
water, and soft as boiled parsnips.
There is something to protect the
good man from the asperasions which
are sure to be cast at him. The pic
ture may have spots and stains which
mar its beauty, even as unjust insinua-
tions may blemish the reputation, but
they are all on the glass and not on
the picture itself The mans character
is untouched and unharmed.
The shark, much as the sailors may
hate it, furnishes several valuable pro-
ducts. An oil obtained from Its liver
vies In medicinal qualities with that
obtained from the liver of the cod. It's
skin, when dried, takes the hardness
and polish of mother of pearl, and is
used by jewellers for fancy objects.
by binders for making shagreen, and
by cabinet-makers for polishing wood;
while the Chinese pickle its fins, and
think them one of the greatest delica-
cies beneath the sun.