The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
THE cRAcIousNess Of MIRrH.
One of the Greatest Treasures g House.
hold Can Possess.

One OF the Greatest Treasures & House.
hold Can Possess.
The man who labors and unselhsh-
Iy struggles all the long days for the
wife and children and home. says the
New York Evening Post, does not
realize that IL lie could put into the
family treasury the richness of occa-
sional hours of happy intercourse he
would endow them more graciously
than when he bestows his generous
wealth. The lost hllnrity and gladness
IF his youth would be measureless
boon ut his own fireside and endear
dren who laugh together become COM
rades In a very close way and when
serious speech becomes necessary 1t
has far more weight and force. be-
cause it Is unusual.
Anything more dismal than the or
dinary professional joker, anything
more depressing than the studlOusly
funny book. it is hard to find The
temperament which llghtens the fam
lily atmosphere, and becomes provider
Of oxygen to labored breathing. Is
wholly unconscious of mission and
gives forth its healthful influences as
the sun and the sea breeze and the
ripping water give. with the effort
less beneficcnce of wholesome. vital
ly strong nature. Mcrriment which
is infectious belongs to him who
has a clean heart ard wholly
true nature. whose mental environ
ment is proof against the microbes OF
dstrust and deceit. and who counts
love and good faith more precious than
Il fortune.
Such temperament will triumph
over disease and disappointment and
give out his tonic antidotes against
life's ills to the last. He who sleeps
at Vaillma was n marvellous example
of what l mean. And other such have
] seen, valiantly smiling while death
stood at the door. though helplessly
feeble on long-required bed. or
standing erect. with n quenchless
cheerfulness of eye and lip, encour-
aging his loved ones. even when the
summonlng angel laid his hand upon
his gallant heart
Endurance, courage, resignation,
Spartan defiance of pain. are concom-
liant characteristics of our noblest
men; but when n man infieXibly de-
tcrmines to keep ''that side the world
the suns upon" ana with quick kim
ding thought and gracious cheerful
ness, reflect its light he will add to
these the remedy for ills which comes
from glad heart. and give to his COM
panions. the music OF honest laughter
set to merry words.
Let us bear in mind that around
family board and in the intercourse
of our daily lives we can, without
knowing it. kill every germ Of these
bright qualities in our children's
minds by enveloping them In clouds
of danger-dreading anxiety Gradu-
ally, laughter will cease to be heard
in the house, and the spectre-laying
spear of quick wit lie idle in its place.
To-day it is not rare to see children
boys especally-of ten and twelve and
onward, keen and sharp in practice,
energetic to an annoying degree, and
perhaps bolsterous in their clamor OF
one sort or another. who never laugh
joyously or sincerely or attempt any
playful raillery. Home is responsible
for their unnatural hardness and ma
turity, and parental example has de-
prived them of the jolly spontaneity
proper to their years,
Our human lives and mutual inter-
course might Welt take pattern from
the lovely aspect of midsummer ma
ture, whose smiling face expresses joy
even when clouds pile darkly on the
horizon. The whole earth seems full
of jollity, and in the deep shadow OF
the woods we yet hear the laughing
flow of running streams.