The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-12-15
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SAY SOMETHING GuoD.
Pick out the folks YOU like the least and
watch'em for n while;
They never waste "a kindly work, they
never waste u smile;
They criticise their fellow man at every
chance they get,
They never found human just to suit
their fancy yet.
From them | guess you'd learn some
things if they were poi ted out
Some things that every one OF us should
know q lot about
When some one knocks a brother,
pass around the loving cup
Say something good about him If you
have TO make II up
It's safe to say that every man God
made holds some trace of good
That he would fqin exhibit To his fell
lows if he could;
The kindly deeds in many soul are
alternating there.
Awaiting the encouragement Of other
souls that dare
To show the best that's in them; and n
universal m we
Would start the whole world running
in more helpful groove.
Say something sweet To paralize the
"knocker' on the spot
Speak kindly Of his victim If you know
the man or not
The ewes that peek and peer to find the
worst n brother holds.
The tongue that speaks IN bitterness,
that frets aud fumes and srolds:
The hands that bruise the fall, through
their strength was means 10 raise
The weaklings who had stumbled at
the parting of the ways
All tn Sc should be forgiven, for they
know not what they do;'
Their hindrance makes greater work
for wiser ones like you.
So, when they scourge wretched one
who's drained sins bitter cup,
Say something good about him if you
have to make it up.
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Real happiness oftener looks
out of the window OF an humble
home than through the opera glass
in the gilded box of a theatre.
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If your path through life had
always been smooth, you would
have depended upon your own
surefootedueSS, but one wiser than
you Icughened that path, so you
have to take hold of His hand.
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A happy home, whether it con
sists OF TWO OF twelve members, is
one where love presideS at the
board and watches over h e
couches; where each person loves
himself last and conSideres the
other first; where the irritable
word is restrained and the atfec-
tionate thought given utterance,
and where each is glad in labor
ing for the others comfort and re-
lieving the others cares.
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The grandest luxury God ever
gave man is health. He who
trades that off for all the palaces
Of the earth ia cheated, Many
have envied Napoleon, but he
would gladly have given all his
honors 10 have been freed from the
CONT. \ dinner of herbs tastes
better to the appetite sharpened
on = woodman's AK or cythe,
than wealthy indigestion expert
enceS seated at table covered
with veniSon and all the luxurles
of the season. With good health
we can sleep sweetly on straw
mattress, while fashionable in
valids get bat little rest on a
couch of eagles down. Let us re-
member Paul'S advice to the He
brewS and if we have health in all
other respect BE content with
such things as We have"
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There is . great deal of Senti.
mental cant, one must allow, in
the common talk about the beauty
and glory Of motherhood, but very
little practical appreciation of the
beauty and glory among the talk
ers. The accepted formulas would
lead one 10 believe that the hole
thing was a mere exhibition aud
enjoyment of lOvelineSS and ten
derness without responsibility, or
work, or WEAKNESS; without a
moment of terror, or agony. or
despair Art has so far taken up
the fancy and helped it forward
that its perpetual presentation of
the motherhood is either the bliss
full young being aureOled with
happiness, and holding her young
babe in her arms. or else the saint,
IL old woman who, with her silver
hair and serene smile, sits down
for placid breathing spell at the
end of her journey. But with the
intermediate mother, the real
mother. hemother Of many cares.
of constant effort, of daily and
nightly anxieties, neither art nor
poetry occupies itself; and though
her children may some day rise up
and call her blessed, yet for long
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