Neither bread nor wood in it;

But the way to do—

Roll your shirt sleeves higher up;
Loose the brakes and fire up-

Then, go steamin' through!

ATLANTA "CONSTITUTION."

WHEN the outlook is not good, try the uplook.

It's the song ye sing, and the smiles ye wear,
That's a makin' the sun shine everywhere.

RILEY.

THE worst of our enemies are those which we carry about in our own hearts.

THOLUCK.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be

loved.

GEORGE MACDONALD.

ONE KINDLY THOUGHT

MAY every soul that touches mine

Be it the slightest contact-get therefrom some good,

Some little grace-one kindly thought,

One aspiration yet unfelt, one bit of courage

For the darkening sky,—one gleam of faith
To brave the thickening ills of life,

One glimpse of brighter skies beyond the gathering

mists,

To make this life worth while

And heaven a surer heritage.

THE new religion will not teach that character can be changed quickly.

It will not deal chiefly with sorrow and death, but with joy and life.

DR. ELIOT.

SORROW loses half its terrors if we have some kind heart to help us bear it.

HOPE is the life preserver which keeps us from sinking in the sea of despair.

ALL one's life is music, if one touch the notes right and in time.

RUSKIN.

THE man who borrows trouble will never lend smiles.

SAY little, serve all, pass on.

KINDNESS is the first element in the modern hero.

A SWEET temper is to the household what sunshine is to trees and flowers.

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THE world goes up, and the world goes down,
And the sunshine follows the rain;

And yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown
Can never come again.

CHARLES KINGSLEY.

"I've noticed," remarked Uncle Allen Sparks, "that the man who is always hunting for trouble finds it some day where he isn't looking for it.”

CHICAGO "TRIBUNE."

BUT this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling.

St. Paul, Phil., 3-13.

THE whole secret of remaining young in spite of years, and even of gray hairs, is to cherish enthusiasm in oneself, by poetry, by contemplation, by charity, that is, in fewer words, by the maintenance of harmony in the soul.

WHATSOEVER things are True,
Whatsoever things are Honest;

AMIEL.

Whatsoever things are Just,

Whatsoever things are Pure;

Whatsoever things are Lovely,

Whatsoever things are of Good Report;

If there be any Virtue, and if there be any Praise Think on these things.

ST. PAUL, Phil., 4-8.

To each one of us the night of sorrow and trouble comes, and our eyes are ofttimes so filled by tears that we cannot see the stars that still shine above us; but we must never forget that the light is there, shining true and steadfast to lighten us on our way. "TO-DAY'S MAGAZINE"

MY SHARE

Ir any round about me play,
And dance and sing in glad array,
And laugh and cheer,

May it be mine to see and hear.

If any toil at noble things,
And strive the higher levelings,
-To reach and win,

May it be mine to join therein.
And tears fall like the summer rain
From troubled skies,

May it be mine to sympathize.

In all that makes the round of life,
Be it of pleasure, peace or strife,

Joy or despair,

May I my proper burden bear.

JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.

Used by permission of author.

THE only hope of preserving what is best, lies in the practice of an immense charity, a wide tolerance, a sincere respect for opinions that are not ours.

HAMERTON.

LIFE's race well run,
Life's work well done,

Life's victory won,

Now cometh rest.

'Tis not what a man does which exalts him: but

what a man would do.

BROWNING.

THE THINGS THAT COUNT

NOT what we have, but what we use;

Not what we see, but what we choose-
These are the things that mar or bless
The sum of human happiness.

The things near by, not things afar;
Not what we seem, but what we are-
These are things that make or break,
That give the heart its joy or ache.