Home and Fireside.
Selections i rom Longftellow.
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We will be patient, and assuage the feeling f
We may not wholly stay ;
Hj alienee aanetifynur, not ooucealinir. j
The grief that must have way.
Let nothing disturb thee, *
Nothing affright thee;
All things are passing;
God never ehangeth
Hear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth,
in thy heart the dew of youth.
a)n thy lips the siniie of truth.
We must not I
Grudge, then, to others
Even the cup of cold water?or crumbs
that fall from our table. (
lu the elder days of Art,
Builders wrought with greatest care
Kach minute and unseen part; ,
For the Gods see everywhere. i
Wealth and the high estate of pride,
With what untimely speed they glide,
How soon depart! (
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We have not wings, we cannot soar;
But we have feet to scale and climb, '
Hy slow degrees, by more and more, .
The cloudy summits of our time. )
flow beautiful is youth ! how bright it gleams'
With its illusions, aspirations, dreams, ! ,
llook of beginnings, story without end.
Each maid a heroine, and each man a friend. I
Some Lessons from tbe Sun.
One of the lessons that we learn ,
from the operation of the sun is
how good servants of God can be
in the world and not of it. The
rays and beams of the sun-rays
scatter themselves everywhere.
They give glory to the'clouds
morning, evening and mid-day.
They give beauty to the daisy, '
radiance to the dew-drop and
grandeur to the cataract and
smoke of the volcano, and they
brighten the commonest, plain
est, ugliest and most loathsome
object in nature. They dive into
lowest depths and penetrateevery
crevice arid crany. There is
nothing hid from the heat and
light thereof. And yet no mat
ter where they go, what they do,
what company they keep, the
rays and beams of the sun are
never defiled, never penetrated,
never perverted, never misunder
stood, never tainted; their only
changes are new varieties of
beauty and loveliness. They are
in the world and not of it.
And what heavenly lessons may
we learn from these rays and
beams? They are not of the
earth earthy; they exist only for
the beauty and happiness thev
can impart, and for the good
fchey can do. They are not afraid
to go anywhere, for they are uni- !
?ersally beloved and honored.
It is humanity manifested and
incarnate in such rave and sun
beams that give reality to our
hopes of heaven.?Southern i
Ohurcnman.
Optimists and Pessimists.
There is a class of people who '
are ever looking for the good 1
around them. They never fail to 1
find what they seek. On the 1
ot her hand there is another class '
who are always looking for the '
dark and gloomy things of life. 1
And they succeed. These two '
classes are known as optimists J
and pessimists.
The foliownig from an exchange (
illustrates the two classes more f
plainly: 1
1. Two girls examined a bush.
One observed that it had a rose,
the other that it had a thorn.
12. Two children were gathering
flowers. One said that the flow
ers were plentiful, the other that
the sun was hot. <
? i. Two friends were scaling the (
Alps. One exclaimed at the '
grandeur of the scenery, the other !
at the steepness of the ascent. 1
4. Two children looked through 1
colored glasses. One said, "The J
world is bright," the other said,
The world is blue." 1
o. Two people went out on the
sea in a boat. One admired the
beauty of the waves, the other
complained that they rocked the
boat. 1
6. Two boys went out toftva
kite. One thought the tite
mounted finely, the other grum
bled that the string tangled.
7. Two people listened to the
song of a bird. One said, "How
beautiful the notes." the other
said, "How short the song." t
S. Two maidens by a stream.
One said, "Howclear the water "
the other, "How damp the
ground."
So Soon Forgotten.
The Wife?Alfred, it always
seems so hard for me to recon- i
cile foreordinatlon and free will
The Toung Clergyman-Why,
Miranda, have you forgotten
that 1 preached a sermon on that
wery subject oniy a few Weekfl
Chicago Tribune.
Books and Literature.
According to the reports of the
ending booksellers of the large
?ities the six most popular books
or the past month are:
1. Alice of Old Vineennes, by
Maurice Thompson.
2. Eben Holaen, by Irving Ba
dieller.
3. Richard Yea-and-Nay, by j
Maurice Hewlett.
4. Eleanor, by Mrs. Humphrey i
Ward.
5. An Englishwoman's Love
letters.
(j. L'Aiglon, by Edmond Host- j
and.
For three months Alice of Old
Vineennes has been in the lead
This is a thrilling story dealing
with theexpeditionof Col. George
Rogers Clark to old Fort Vin
eennes during the Revolution.
Through the book runs an ab
sorbing love story which holds
the interest of the reader to the
end. It is one of the most popu
lar American novels of recent
years and it seems a great pity
that its talented author should
have died just at the height of
his fame.
One of the recent publications:
which bids fair to become very
popular is Miss Imogen Clark's
new novel of character study of,
New York city in the middle of!
the eighteenth century. Its
strange title -God's Puppets?is
perhaps taken from Browning's
poem, Pippa Passes, ' God's
Puppets, best and worst, are we."
George Horton's new novel,
"Like Another Helen," is being
received with favor by the review
ers. It is said to be a " realistic,
vivid narrative combining ro
mance, war and passion," and
deals with the Cretans in their
struggles with the Turks in 185)7.
The principal characters are
John Curtis, a rich young Ameri
can, a Swedish soldier, and a
Cretan maid, with whom both
men are in love.
Life Is What We Make It.
" Our lives are what we make
of them ourselves," writes Ed
ward Bok, in the April Ladies'
Home Journal. "If we are weak
and accept the artificial our lives
will be so. And just in propor
tion as we make our lives arti
ficial we make them profitless
and unhappy. A happy life can
not be lived in an atmosphere
surcharged with artificiality.
This is impossible. No hope is
defeated unless we defeat that
hope ourselves. No life is thwart
ed unless we thwart its highest
fulfillment and development by
our own actions. It is with us,
and with us only, whether we
allow the 'swift currents of pre
vailing customs' to make our
lives complex. They do, unques
tionably, and they are dwarfing
the inner lives of thousands of
women and killing thousands of
others. But it is cowardly and
unjust to lay the blame and the
responsibility upon those 'cus
toms.' It is optional with us to j
accept or reject them. There are I
certain social laws which seem to!
make these 'customs' right, but \
ivery phase of a higher Taw, the
Divine law, proves them wrong, i
Fhere must be certain laws and
customs for the protection of the
social body. These are likewise
ior our own individual protec
tion and are right, and ordinary
lommon sense teaches us what
these are."
A Handsome Soul.
One day?so runs a story that
we need to repeat when we find
everything going wrong?one
day a boy, who was taking his
first lesson in the art of sliding
down hill, found his feet in too
close contact with a lady's silk
dress. Mortified and confused,
he sprang from his sled, and, cap
in hand, commenced an apology.
"I beg your pardon, Ma'am;
I am very sorry.
"Never inind that," exclaimed
the lady; "there's no harm done,
and you feel worse about it than
I do."
"But your dress is ruined. I
thought you would be angry
with me for being so careless.'
"Oh no," she replied, "better
to have a soiled dress than a
ruffled temper."
"Oh, what a beauty!" exclaim
ed the lad as the lady passed on
her way.
"Who, that lady?" returned
his comrade. "If you call her a
beauty, you shan't choose for
me. Why, she is old, and her
face is wrinkled."
"I don't care if her face is
wrinkled," replied the other: "her
soul is handsome, anyhow."
So, when we grow impatient
and tired and cross, let us
remember how physical beauty
fades, but how the handsome
soul leaves its impress upon all
observers.?'The Christian Work.
The Foolish Lovers.
?
I saw two foolish '.overs pass
Along a winding way,
And in his hand the maiden's hand
A willing captive lay.
1 saw their looks 1 heard their sighs.
And called them 1'?h>1a, for oh
1 had forgotten that 1. too.
Loved not so long ago.
And while 1 stood aside anu smiled
1 saw the maid caressed ?
Beheld her head inclined against
Her foolish lover's breast -
1 scoffed at sighing lovers and
Their foolish ways, when lo!
1 heard him say some words that I
{"aid not so long ago.
?Chicago Kooord Herald.
Improved Proverbs.
A living pale in better than a
dead calm.
A church fair exchange is often
robbery.
A man is known by the bank
account he keeps.
Only a fool never minds his
chance.
Make love while the moon shines.
It's a wise child who knows less
than his own father.
A little loving is a dangerous
thing.
The love of money is the root J
of all pessimism.
Of two weevils choose the
smaller.
Seize time by the love-lock.
None but the brave go to a fair.
?Carolyn Wells, in the Century.
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Rain Lore.
April is known as the month of
"smiles and tears," and it is dur
ing this period that many items
of weather lore are recalled from
year to year. "The faster the
I rain the quicker the hold-up," is
a piece of weather wisdom dating1
as far back as Shakespeare's day.
Many of the charms used by
children to avert rain are curi
! oub. This one came from the
North of England:
Rain, rain, go away
Come again another day.
When J brew and when I bake
I'll give you a little cake.
In Scotland children are often!
heard saying:
Rain, rain, go to Spain,
And never come back again.
In parts of Eugland a charm
prevails to insure a fine day, and
consists in laying two straws in
i the form of & cross and saying:
Rain, rain, go away:
Don't come back till Christmas Day. j
Here is another rhyme which is j
current in some of the midland;
I counties of England:
A sunshiny shower
Never lasts half an hour.
There is an old fancy that Fri
day's weather controls the whole
week, and the sa.ving goes:
As the Friday i the Sunday;
As the Sund ?> the week.
Many j>erso, ?' dm that they
can foretell rain by watching the!
8ky, and so quote" the following!
rhymes:
Evening red and morning gray
Will speed the traveler on his way;
Evening gray and morning red
Will bring down rain upon his head.
A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight; j
A rainbow at morning is the shepherd's warn
ing.
Rain in spring time is regarded
as a good omen:
A WBt spring, a dry harvest.
?Exchange.
Thoughts About Women.
Love decreases when it ceases
| to increase.?Chateaubriand.
I A short absence quickens love; j
a long absence kills it.?Mirabeau. I
A woman's hopes are woven as
sunbeams; a shadow annihilates 1
I them.?George Elliot.
It is born in maidens that they
should wish to please everything
| that has eyes.?Glenn.
j Let a man nray that none of
[ his womenkina should form a
just estimation of him.?Thacke
jray.
1 If woman did turn man out of
Paradise she has done her best
I ever since to make it up to him.
! -Sheldon.
A man should choose for a wife'
only such a woman as he would
choose for a friend were she a1
man.?Joubert.
The woman who is resolved to
be respected can make herself to
be so, even amid an army of sol
diers.?Cervantes.
If you would make a pair of
{ood shoes take for the sole the
angue of a woman; it never
wears out.?Alastian Proverb.
Not Superstitious, but ?
Hicks?You say you haven't a
single superstition. Would you
I ?.ver start on a tournev on Fri
ItJay?
Wicks?Never! Saturday is pay
day.-SomerviUe (Mass.) iournal.
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
He Sought Fop a Woman's
Opinion ami Got It.
"A fellow 1 know bought a ring
the other day," said Wat kins, "and
ho wants to got a woman's opinion
"A diamond?" a ked the lady to
whom he was speaking.
"Yes; he bought it for the girl he
is going to marry."
"I see. And you brought it for
me to look at ?"
"Precisely. You see, lie wanted
to be sure it was all right."
"Sensible man. He wasn't will
ing to take his own judgment, but
wanted that of a woman?"
"That's it. Will you"?
"With pleasure. Ah! That looks
like a beautiful stone. Tell me
about your friend. lie must be an
independent fellow, to go off and
buv the ring without consulting the
lady."
"He is. He believes that if he
hits upon the right thing himself
she will respect him all the more."
She examined the stone carefully
and then put the ring on her little ;
finger.
"And yet he wants to be 6ure ?"
"Yes. He loves her 60 much that
he wants her to be perfectly satisfied
with it."
"How considerate! It's lovely,
but"?
"But what?"
"But?can't you see," she asked,
with a blush, "that it's too small ?"
?London Answers.
strrng in death.
Small Boy?Oh, Billy, jest look! i
Dis must be de skelington of a man
wot had a iron constitution.?Scrib
ner's.
SlSPICIOl'S PRODIGALITY.
Wigg?Why did you lose your po- |
sition in the bank ? playing the
races ?
Wagg?Nope.
Wigg?Strong drink?
Wagg?Never drank a drop in
my life.
Wigg?Poker maybe?
Wagg?Never play.
Wigg?Well, come; out with it.
Wagg?The president caught me
eating a plate of strawberries with
my breakfast the other day, and
they called in the bank examiner.?
Philadelphia Record.
RVSESTIYG A REFLECTION.
x- Soprano's Maid ? My mis
trei had : o bouquets thrown at
her uu ?? t.r ? first act.
The Con ".rah ,> Viid (disdainful
ly)?Indeed? Ii- uicel I'll bet
shepaid for then ? 'f.
The Soprano's Of course
she did. She doesn to have
things charged, like .? eople I
know do.?Brooklyn L;
THE END OF HIV
Mr. Laziboans?The boss 'e
today that 1 ought to go iva;
where and rest.
Mrs. Laziboans ? How kinc,
him! How long did he say y
should rest?
Mr. Laziboans?He said indefi
nitely.?Philadelphia Press.
STRICT COMPLIANCE.
"Now," said the doctor, "if you
wish to escape a return of the grip
you must take every precaution to
avoid getting your feet wet."
"All right, doctor," said the
grateful patient. "Shall I wear rub
ber shoes when 1 take a bath?"?
Baltimore American.
NEWS TO HIM.
"Do you know," said the woman
who takes an interest In genealogy,
"that you had 16 great-great-grand
pa rents ?"
"tlosh!" exclaimed the self made
man. "Is that so? This is the first
time I ever knew I had any."?Chi
cago Times-Herald.
MIXED.
"Pa. who went in the ark besides
the animals?"
"Noah and his three sons and
their wives."
"Didn't Joan go too?"
"What J oan ?
"Why. Joan of Arc ""?Cleveland
Plain Denier.
HIS SAD EXPERIENCE.
Mrs. Bordenhouse (writing)?Are
there two g'? in eggs, Mr. Skitiney ?
Mr. Skinney?Yes, ma em. sod
' Meaaionally a chicken.?Truth.
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M20?2m CLAYTON, N. C.
JOHN M. TURLEY. W. EDGAR STALLING?.
WE WISH
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