Tit-Bits.

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 66, 14 September 1895, Page 1 (Supplement)

Tit-Bits.

Toung folks tell what they do ; old ones what they have done ; and fools what they will do. Not the science of morality, but the art and the practice of it, may fairly claim the careful attention of every conscientious teacher. Many a true heart, that would have come back, like the dove to the ark, after its first transgression, has been frightened beyond recall byithe savage charity of an unforgiving spirit. «^He who can have what is necessary, and does not want what is superfluous, is not poor. A soft voice is a most excellent thing in a wife. It soothes all irritation, cheers the heart in health, and the soul in dying. It may seem a somewhat unimportant matter whether we discover the good points of those who are around us, and let them know that we mark them, or not. Tet the influence that we exert upon our neighbours by our thoughts and words concerning them is greater than any of us imagine. There is something appalling in the thought of the fast increase of fears on the earth as the race progresses— the anxiety of parents, of rulers, of the custodians of treasure, of the owners of paintings and costly bric-a-brac, the shudder of the possessor of piled-up investments at every little social outcry, the moral apprehension of the good who realise the growing evils of the time. What a trembling goes round the world with the fall of night — what worry and pang of dread as man's being ripens, and he can be more hurt or destroyed. All generous companies of artists, authors, philanthropists, men of science, are, or ought to be, societies of mutual admiration. A man of genius, or any kind of superiority, is not debarrod from admiring the same quality in another, nor the other from returning his admiration. We have heard of cases in whioh external nervous stimulation has been found to be the source of dreams. Schemer relates tho instance of a love-sick youth who was allowed to whisper his name in the ear of his obdurate mistress while she slept, with the result that she contracted the habit of dreaming of him, which led to a happy change in her feeling towards him ! — Ladies' Treasury. Too much Bleep dulls the energies, excessive ease and comfort interfere with activity, and other indulgences prove hurtful in various ways. The sense of duty demands that such cravings be subdued, but not from any inherent good in self-denial, or any intrinsic conflict between duty and desire. If industry is no more than a habit, it is at least an excellent one. If you ask me which is the real hereditary sin of human nature, do you imagine I shall answer pride, or luxury, or ambition, or egotism? No; i shaU say indolence. Who conquers indolence will conquer all the rest. Good principles stagnate without mental aotivity. — Zimmerman. Frankness and openness are the natural and healthful atmosphere of goodness and strength. Were all men perfect, there would be no reserve, for there would be nothing to conceal. Each would be sure of sympathy and appreciation for himself, and be generous in bestowing them upou others. Two things in life are absolutely certain — death and sorrow ; and these two, about which there is no contingent, alone possesses the power to surprise us. All that is problematical we are ready for, and accept without raising our eyebrows ; but to the figure of Sorrow, whose shadow falls athwart our path a short journey ahead, and Death, who awaits at its end, without clamour, since he is sure of vs — to these we say, " It cannot be ! It is impossible !" We count upon the uncertain ; but the inevitable surprises us.