The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-03-12

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content. If you have not content,
you can never have enough of any
thing.
'Tis fancy, not the reason OF
things, that makes us SO uneasy.
1t is not the place, nor the condi-
ton, but the mind alone, that can
make us happy or miserable.
The noblest production Of peo-
pie are it's best men. They are
its praise and prosperity. Every
one takes pride in them. and in
some sort partakes of their gifts,
No one can go into bad company
without suffering for it. The
homely old proverb puts it very
tersely "a man can't bite the
bottom out of a frying pan without
shutting his nose"
The avaricious man is like the bar
rem sandy ground of the desert,
which sucks in all the rain and
dews with greediness, but yields
no fruitful herbs or plants for the
benefit of others.
The envious man is tOrmented
not only by all the ills that befall
himself but by all the good that
happens to another. He is made
gloomy not only by his own cloud
but by another's sunshine.
To interfere frequently and mi
nutely with those we employ in
lures them, in destroying their
self-reliance and ourselves in dis
sipating our powers. It is a
double waste of force, and must
therefore be doubly detrimental.
All efforts to hide our real char
acter are injurious, whether sue
cessful or unsuccessful. Manners
are not veil to conceal, but an
aperture to show our real selves
and the sooner we put ourselves
into harmony with this truth, the
better for all of us.
Independent is he who has no
wants which he cannot crafty with
out the least risk Of being over
taken by debt or tempted by dis
honor: man ten times richer, but
with twenty times more wants, is,
in reality, twice as poor.
Hold on to the truth, for it will
serve you we'll and do you good
throughout eternity Hold on to
virtue: it is above all price to you
in all times and all places. Hold
on to your good character, for it is
and always will be your best wealth.
Every good principle is more
strengthened by it's exercise, and
every good affection is more
strengthened by its indulgence
than before. Acts of virtue ripen
into habits, and the goodly and
permanent result is the formation
or establishment of virtuous
character
There is seldom a line of glory
written upon the earth's surface
but line Of suffering runs paral-
lei with it; and they that read the
lustrous syllables Of the one, and
stop not to deci pher the spotted
and worn inscription of the other
get the lesser half Of the lesson
earth has to give.
The power of wise self-control
can never be over estimated. 1t
is the distinguishing feature Of
the manly man and the womanly
woman. But, that it may be truly
wise, it must judge what to restrain
and what to develop. It must deal
fully as much with the encourage
ment of what is good but weak as
with discouragement of what is
evil and strong.
In the humblest business, as we'll
as in the very highest aims of life,
success practically depends on the
exercise of the moral quite as much
as on that of the intellectual fac
ulties. knowledge by itself is
only a small power. 1t is charac-
ter that converts it into a great
power. Character is to knowledge
Just what interest is to money. 1t
is the animating force that renders
it productive.
In every occupation much must