The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-31

A Good
A rs FOR THE NEW YEAR.
Thing to Begin 1t by Making
Good Resolutions.

r7oo' IT'S FOR THE NEW YEAR.
"o" Thing to Begin 1t by Making
Good Resolutions.
iOn the beginning of the New Year
80 he almost universal practice OF |
'4'lNiAs rood resolutions. All conscl- |
"a persons who have been &C |
u',' la to indulge in habits that they
80 RE not to be approved by high
go, $50 Id of aesthetics or morality, or
take occasion to make resolves
ey will amend their ways ac-
49, to the best accepted ideas on
n ;spbjects.
curious fact that the break
l"o such resolutions is likely to
49,. as much merriment as regret,
q .lilures to live up to the new de-
-. baton are regarded by many as
':t, iokes. 1t is a good thing to begin
49,, the New Year to lop off some OF
- Rental or moral derelictions and
wa It whatever physical shortcomings
:. 49, ~ have been guilty of. Especially
-. is the case with young persons
Il; year ought to show a distinct
49, decided advance over the one just
nicer IT, no9 ''''t So So o,d ia.
velo piNc " S'1i'e ~ r,.,.., No +t,o
/ and life before them, and it rests
~. them to make the coming genera
e. better than the present and IN
- civ superior to the one just pass
a away. Young people who are nov
80 ring upon the preliminary dutie
Va ife will find it of the greatest al
age if they will select some pursu
which they can devote whateve
! re time circumstances may allo
The girl who takes up botany
o. bEe-keePTng, e...sc !aegging Q
oTtrv lising AS a special study with
heIdete.minatiodl to make 1897 a red
eff o. Year in hen calendar, by reason
# Her thorough study and comprehen- /
ivt Understandable of the business in
laid will, before long, find herself i'll |
nj independeu' and commanding po-
it'll on able 10 paddle her own canoe |
I'm, ono fine rocks and rccts dat line the
'hf res Of the river OF life. 1t is good
-hl no to BEGIN u new study with the
Nd :, yeor 1t gives something to date
frd -, and an ambition TO cover all pos
sly le gro,nd during the 3G5 days before
thu oa:endar IS to be renewed. The man
W, makes up his mind to cut loose
fri all nonsense, to give up every
ling that sounds like excuses for non
Performance of duty, and determines
ID be prompt, thorough, alert, concen-
tiative and watchful Of every oppor-
tinity to make himself indispensable,
Win some day look back to the begin
ding of the present year and congratu-
lite himself that there is in the world
sInch thing as good resolutions, There
IRE very many persons who would De
1he gamer by determined resolve TO
Iyest themselves of the idea that they
Ire of such great Importance. Concert
tars more characters than any other OF
bur besetting sins. The world gets
Elong just as we'll without us, and whlle
Hor little time the few may regret
HIS, the many never miss us. When once
I've become fully reconcilcd to the idea
lhat we are but particles in the great
hosaic of creation and that if we droI
1ut of it there are plenty more that sill
{al1aost unconsciously into the spaces
we leave vacant we will have removed
I from our lives some of the leading
: T0t unhappiness and unrest. Jan
l uaTy, 1897, is AN excellent time to prune
as far as we may, everything in tn
tway of Weaknesses and follies and Sc
pup standard higher than we hay
Never before raised, and register 7oV
Ito follow the best models and method
THAT our most enlightened intelligence
lean furnish.-N. Y. Ledger.