Literary.
(0WGISA, ASnsEUECTED.,
to know themselves and the existing
state of things they have to do with;
secondly, to be happy ¡n themselves and
The only way to have a friend is to to mend themselves and the existing
be one.
stntc ,jf tlnngs, as far as either are mar-
i;e humble, and seek less to shine rei* or ‘“endable.
of any .........
individual
than to serve.
, 1 When we expect
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K ‘N D S ° F S T A P «-E A N D
FA N C Y G R O C ER IE S.
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The truly great are those who conquer | ,nore than he can perform, and let him
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i we do him a serious in
feel that
we do,
themselves.
c h o ic e s t
It is a secret worth knowing th at law jury and weaken our whole influence
F A B R IC S --IM M E N S E s t o c k .
over linn. It is a species of oppression
yers rarely go to law.
which produces discouragement, and
fl’e get impatient, and there crops out
often leads the one who has depended
ourhunaan weakness.
IS R E P L E T E in all it s va r io u s l in e s .
on this stimulus to give up his efforts in
C L O T H IN G , H A T S A N D C A P S .
If we be honest with ourselves, we despair. Of what use is it to try to sat
shall be honest with each other.
isfy one who demands impossibilities?
The great end of all human industry he says, and the endeavor ceases.
FOR B O T H L A D IE S A N D G E N T L E M E N . B E S T
is the attainment of happiness.
One of the best compliments
that Villi
can
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S T O C K IN F L O R E N C E .
The poorest arguments will find their be given to any work of literary or other
Tvav, when delivered with firmness and art, is that it is well worth criticising.
decision.
The mass of such productions is not
Justice is the beginning of political wortl> having its own defects and its
equality, hut brotherly love is th a c o m -jlnerits pointed out. But the higher it
I pletion of it.
I rises in the scale of excellence, the bet
There is no blessing th at can be given ter it is worth the bettering. It takes a
to an artisan’s family more than a love very little to injure a work of art, and
one has often to regret that the person
for books.
' who has done so well has not done bet
Keeps a full Hue of Extra Quality
Judas was not the last man who pro
ter. The true artist is always compli
fessed sympathy for the poor to hide his
mented by true criticism, and sets a
own meanness.
\ulue upon that which makes value more
There are too many people in the valuable.
thurch who won’t march unless they
Great wealth pursued as an end is a
can be at the head of the procession.
curse to any member of the human fam
If gome people would be a iittle more
ily. I here is no more soul-dwarfing, HARDWARE,
TIN W A R E,
ROOTS & S H O E S ,
careful where they step, those who fol
hell-inciting, suicidal occupation on
low them wouldn’t stumble so much.
earth than the selfish piling up of sur
HATS & CAPS,
M EDICINES,
NUTS & CANDIES,
Let fortune do her worst, whatever plus wealth as the object of life. The
die makes us lose, so long as she never possessor of millions who goes on adding
TOBACCO,
CIGARS,
FU RN ISH IN G GOODS.
makes us lose our honesty and independ to his store as a gratification of his in
ence.
sane ambition to accumulate, and lives
How much trouble lie avoids who without a conscientious regard for his
Goods as Represented.
Prices W ill be Found Reasonable.
I on not look to see wliat bis neighbor obligations to his fellow-men, is surely
[an or does or thinks, but only to what kindling within himself that torment
loes himself, that it m ay be just and which Dives experiences, because he is
pare!
defying the supreme law of his nature.
JIANAIIEItS.
Anger is the most im potent passion It is not the fact of the millions, for
that accompanies the mind of m an; it money is useful, but that their selfish
C. E. S M IT H .
GEO. T . H A LL.
effects nothing it goes about; and hurts possession will eventuate in a self-made
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the man who is possessed by it more hell in the human soul. Bion once fluid
than any other against whom it is di of a niggardly rich man: “ That man
does not own his own estate, but iiis es
lated.
The most powerful influence in the tate owns him.
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* 1 1 is love. Christ says: “ Love is
^fulfilling of the law .” If all th at we
“’ere done in a spirit of love and un-
’ ‘dmees, do you think there would be
Quitch sin and suffering as there is
“‘Vsmall stones th at fill up the crev-
’bave almost as much to do with
•‘hiiga fair and firm wall as the great
i so the right and wise use of spare
11 "nts contributes not a little to the
’‘'bng up, in good proportion with
^nlftli, a man’s mind.
^"'‘¡s no evil th at we cannot either
■ tlee from but the consciousness
,‘t' ^regarded. A sense of duty
Ues ns ever. It is omnipresent.
I*'formed or duty violated is ever
Ds’ for our happiness or our misery.
er'inan who *. ould be religious,
n"tmoral merely, is an a rtist; the
,en<'e being th at the material
he labors, and which lie strives
*'*°n into a perfect
for
set form,
is not
r warble, but his own character
Life, altogether, is but a crumbling
ruin when we turn to look behind; a
shattered column here, where a massive
portal stood ; the broken shaft of a win
dow to mark my lady’s bower; and a
smouldering heap of blackened stones
where the flowing flames once leapt;
and, over all, the tinted lichen and the
ivy clinging green. For every thing
looms pleasant through the softening
haze of time. Even the sadness that ¡ h
past seems sweet. Our boyish days look
very merry to us now, all nutting, hoop
and gingerbread. The sufferings and
the toothaches and the Latin verbs
are all forgotten, the Latin verbs espe
cially. Yes, it is in the brightness, not I
the darkness, that we see when we look
back, the sunshine casts no shadows on
the past. The road that we have trav-|
ersed stretches very far behind us.
«
eee not the eharp stones; we dwell >u
on the roses by the wayside, and he
stray
stung ws
stray briars
tinars that
iu»v on«»«
- are, to our<H8-
tant eyes, but gentle tendrils waving i
pc LIlilliÄ
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the wind. God I be
thanked
diat —
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er-lengthening chain ^of
t *,at ^ ‘e evt
8 pro;x>r business in tliis world
into three divisions—first, are smiled at on the morrow.
The Largest Wholesale Dealers in
¡GENERAL GROCERIES:
In the State, Outside of Portland.
We are also tho largost dealers in
W O O L A U P H O PS.
WE ALWAYS LEAD IN PRIGBS.
The nearent nupply point to Glenuda and Florence by land.
All orders by mail or Htage guaranteed tilled prom ptly, and
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Sc H A L L , '
S M I * T H
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Oregon.
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