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Show Eome Circle, THE MAN" WHO WON. He kept his soul unspotted As he went upon his wav. And he tried to do some service; tor God's people day by dav; He had time to cheer the doubter ho complained that hope was 'dead: He had time to help the cripnle When the way was rough ahcvid; He had time to guard the orr-han. n,i one day. well satisfied With the talents God had given him he closed his eyes and died. He had time to see the beauty That the Lord spread all around; He had time to hear the music In the shells the children found; He had time to keep repeating. As he bravely worked away' "It is splendid to be living In the splendid world todav!"- But the crowds the crowds that hum-After hum-After golden prizes said That he never had succeeded. When the clods lay o'er his head-He head-He had dreamed "He' was a failure" they compassionatelv siphed -For the man had little money in hi' pockets when he died. S. E. Riser. The Art of Letting: Go. We hold on to a great many things which we should let go shake off entirely. en-tirely. In the first place, we should expel ex-pel from our minds completely the things which cannot be helped our past misfortunes, the trivial occurrences occur-rences which have mortified or humiliated humili-ated us. Thinking of them not oniv does no good, but it robs us of peace and comfort. The art of forgetting useless use-less things is a great one, and we should learn it at any cost. It is just as important to learn to let go as to hold on. Anything that cannot help us to get on and up in the world; anything any-thing that is a drag, a stumbling-block, or a hindrance should be expunged from our memory. Many people seem to take a positive pleasure in recalling past misfortunes sufferings and failures. They dwell ! upon such experiences and repaint the dark pictures until the mind becomes I melancholy and sad. If they would on- ' ly learn to drive them out, and banish their attempts to return, as they would banish a thief from the house, tho painful thoughts would cease to seek entrance. We want all we can get of j sunshine, encouragement and inspiration. inspira-tion. Life is too short to dwell upon things which only hinder -our growth. If we keep the mined filled with bright, hopeful pictures and wholesome thoughts the only things which can help us on in this world we shall make infinitely more progress than by bury-iing bury-iing ourselves in melancholy retrospection. retrospec-tion. "When to Do a Thing. A successful man says that he owes much of his prosperity to a lesson taught him by his employer. This man's principle was, "Do it now." Instead In-stead of putting things off with the I idea of attending to them "sometime' he made it a ruls to "do it now." Thus he was often in advance of his competitors, com-petitors, both in taking hold of a good thing or letting go an unprofitable one. This principle may be applied to the small affairs of life as well as to the most important. The little things we ought to do and don't do worry us most. "Sometime" they must be at- tended to, and the oftener they are I brought to mind and dismissed again to that indefinite time the more trou- ble they give us. Then, after all. we are often surprised to find how little ' trouble it is to attend to these things, j and want somebody to kick us for not realizing it sooner. Happy is the' man whose rule is promptness in all things. ' Baby Dont's. j Don't worry about its crying. It isn't sad and nothing hurts it. That's just its own way of developing its lungs. j Don't pick it up every time it cries ! or you will instill into it a restless dis- i position. Don't try teaching it to walk before ' its a year old. If you do you mayj make its legs crooked. Don't give it any toys till it passes ! its first year. Let it bite its fists and i play with its toes. Don't give it elaborate mechanical dolls. The rag doU of old times suits it .better and furnishes a lesson in econ-1 omy. - I Don't hurry it into talking. You may overwork its brain and, besides, it will make up for any lost time between the j ages of 4 and 8. |