Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-08-05
PURELY LITERARY.
But of Varied Tenor, Selected by
the Editor from Manifold
Sources TO Suit Many Minds.

Ii fate to-day is frowning
And sorrows gloom your way,
Meet fate with courage stern and
strong
The gray old world will roll along
And bring fairer day.
Right may not always conquer
The wrong will oft prevail
But n the end the race will see
Truti gain a glorious victory
And find the wicked frail.
The heart may not sing always
Sometimes it throbs with pain
To-day it sobs in sorrow
And Gods peace comes tomorrow.
Like sunshine after rain
The faces Of the women one
passes in the street form cur
ious and, too often, saddening
story, says the Family Doctor.
One woman purses up her lips,
another screws her eyes into
unnaturalness, while a third will
wrinkle up her forehead and
eyebrows until she looks absol-
utely ugly. The trick is an un-
conscious one. but is none the
less trick, and a bad one.
There is no reason why wo-
man should look forbidding and
bad-tempered just because she is
annoyed about something. Deep~
seated trouble has way Of writ
ing itself upon the face whether
we will Or not. Sickness, too, has
it's handwriting, and will not be
concealed by art. But the frown
caused by superficial troubles
should not be entertained by the
face for an instant.
We should strive to look as
pleasant as possible for the sake
of others; corresponding cheer
fulness of temperament will in>
evitably result, and always to
the sWeetening of our nature.
We cannot afford to go about
with gloomy faces. To depress
others is not for US; our work is
to cheer, to raise up, to comfort,
but we shall never do this unless
We cultivate pleasant dema-
amor, and the cheerful temper
lnseparable from it. This brings
US to the question of worry.
Can we put it more strongly
than to say that it is duty to
put care. worry, fretfulness bes
hind one? The habit must be
learned, or we shall not grow
straight in the strength Of our
spirit, and live out our life as the
light" as Swinhurne so we'll
puts it. 1T is difficult to do that"
says some one.
We all know that it is very
hard, but women are not afraid
of difficulties. The more difficult
the right thing is to do, the
greater reason for doing it. All
we need is to make the first effort
strength will be born which
will increase at each subsequent
attempt, and we shall conquer in
the end. Salvation for women
lies in this-not to be overcome
by troubles, but to overcome
them.
The lives of some people are as
lopen books; the lives of others
blank books.
/ The greatest difficulties lie where
1--we are not looking for them.
Goethe.
/ We never realize how much we
are capable of enduring until the
test comes.
Education is the knowledge o.
Ihow to use the whole of ones self
Men are often like knives will
many blades; they know how te
open one and only one; all the res
! are buried IN the handle, and they
are no better than they woulc
have been if they had been made
: with but one blade. Many mel
t use but one or two faculties out O.
the score with which they are en-
ldowed. A man is educated wh'
r knows how to make tool of ever,
a faculty-how to open it, how t.
: keep it sharp, and how to apply i
to all practical purposes, ,-Beeche
Governments, like clocks, G
e from the motion men give them
and as governments are made an
moved by men, SO by ther
: they are ruined, too. Where
|, fore governments rather depen
) upon men, than men upon gov
, ernments. Let them be gooo
), and the government cannot be bae
if it be i'll, they will cure it. Br
e if men be bad, let the governmer
r be ever SO good, they will endeave
= to warp and -poil it to their turf
:, That, therefore, whic
ei makes a good constitution, mu
:. keep it, viz: men of wisdom an
/ virtue, qualities that because the
!. descend not with worldly inher
, tances, must be carefully prop
= gated by virtuous education
n youth; for which after. years w
hs owe more to the care and pruden
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