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Western Star, Issue 1385, 31 August 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)

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How long we live, not years, but actions tell. —Watkin9. Levity is often less foolish/.aud gnvity less) wise, than each of them appears. You must not be surprised at the ingratitude of those to whom you have given nothing but money. Contentment is a good thing until it reaches the point where it sits in the shade and lets the weeds grow. Life's road from youth b|is lain through fits of gloom, and every imilestone (says Dickens) was a loved one's tcLch. « There are three things,' slys Southey, ' a wise man will not trust—thejyrind, the sunshine of an April day, and aifman « phghted faith.' J Smoothing irons are of lail invention. In > the reign of Queen Eliz*betri and James 1., large stones, inscribed with tc' ;ts of Sotipture, were used lor ironing. : Silk was first introduced into Euro; e in 552, when some Greek rr, nks, who had wandered to far as China, brought some mulberry seeds and silkworoj' eggs to Constantinople. They who govern most (sal s Selden) make least noise. Look at a boat? Those who do the drudgery work slash aufl puff; but the one who governs sits quietlyjat the stern, and is scarcely seen to stir. ~l The faults of your husband or your wife are insupportab'e only so long as you insist on correcting them. You should put up w>th them, just as you put up with the odour of your dog because you are fond of him. Man is the universal animal. It is estimated that there is 1,250,000,000 of him on the elofce. The sheep rank next with 500,000,000; 300,000,000 cattle, 100,000,000 hogs (the four-footed variety), and 60,000,000 horses continue in the list. i An obtuse and stolid adherence to things as they are Bhould never be dignified by the name of loyalty. If no one his ideas or methods, if no one lifted his thoughts or his conduct from a lower to a higher plane, the world would stand still, and stagnation would eußue. Girls get their d ues like other people. The beautiful girl is courted for her beiuty, and spoiled. The plain girl is admired aud loved for her usefulness, and is seldom spoiled. In the long run the plain girl getjs more appreciation and 'genuine admiration (or ht-.r usefulness than the beautiful gfrl gets for her beauty. j* . Johu Crorae, the landsea& painter-' Old Crome,' as he his affectionafly called -died in 1821. On the day of k'his death he charged his eldest son, wh<? .was sitting by his bea, never to forget jM dignity of srt • Johnny, ;my boy,' said.ff, ' < paim, but paint for fame, and, if your Bubject is only a pigstye, dignify it, Johnny.' The outward form is the index to the inner man. If we are to believe Lavater, this (says a writer in the Argosy) is to a great extent true. We mould our own characters, j ust as we choose ovr own friends. A habitual living of the higher life will bring for*h the higher type, The tendency is progressive in this asi n all otlwr things, if we allow herfre) and healthy course. When itrouble comes, when passions are aroused, when "excitement unnerves, silence, until the feelings and the reason are restored to normal conditions, will prevent many a hasty ill-timed word or act which would be followed by days of regret and sorrow. Calm« ness in critical situations and experiences should be cultivated, for it will prove a weapon and a shield not to be despised.