Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, January 03, 1907, Image 10

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CULTIVATE CHEERFULNESS. Do Not Allow Your Disposition to Sour?Face the Sunlight. No matter how disagreeable your work, or how much trouble you may have this year, resolve - that, whatever comes to you or does not come to you, you will keep sweet, that you will not allow your disposition to sour, that you will face the sunlight no matter how deep the shadows. ** The determination to be cheer-. ful will discourage multitudes of little troubles that would otherwise hafass you. * If you cannot get rid of a trouble, do as the oyster does with the grain of sand that gets into the shell and irritates it. Cover it with pearl. Do as you would with an ugly rock or stump on your grounds. Cover it with ivy or roses, or something else which will beautify it. Make the best of it. You can make poetry out of the prosiest life, and bring sunshine into the darkest home; you can develop beauty and grace amid the ugliest surrounding. It is not circumstances, so much as altitude of mind, that gives happiness. "Nothing can disturb his good nature," said a iyan of one of his employees, "that is why I like him. It does not matter how much I scold him or find fault with him, he is always sunny, He never lays up anything against me, never resents anything." That is recommendation enougl for anybody. No wonder this man did not. want*to nart witt such an employee Who can estimate the value o: a nature so sunny that it attracts S everybody, repels nobody ^ - Everybody, wants to get neai mm*"' ^ ' sunny "people^ everybody lites fc \Jr know them. They open, withoii effort, doors which morose na tures are obliged to pry opei with great difficulty, or perhaps can not open at all. I know an old man who has had a great deal of trouble anc many losses and misfortunes but he started out in life witl a firm determination to extract just as much real enjoymenl ii'uiii ii?, as ne went along, as pos sible?not in dissipation, but in wholesome recreation and fun, He has always tried to see the humorous side of things, the bright side, and the duty of hap piness. The result is, that, although this man has had more than his share of sorrow in his career, lie lias developed the inestiihable faculty of making the best of every situation, and of always facin'g the sun ^ind turning his back to the shadows. This life habit of cheerfulness anil optimism has brought out a sweetness of character, and a poise and serenity of mind which are the envy of all who know him. Although he has lost his property and the most of his family and 1- A* "* xeiuuves, yet 110 radiates sunshine and helpfullness wherever he goes. A man whp can laugh outside when he is crying inside, who can smile when he feels badly, has a great accomplishment. We all love the one who believes the sun shines when he cannot see it. A potted rose in a window will turn its face away from the darkness toward the light. Turn it as often as you will, it always flltlMC* OTTTA ? 11 1 vuiuo uwnj Hum me aaraness and lifts its face up toward the sun. So we, instictively, shrink from cold, 'melancholy, inky natures and turn our face toward the 0 V -A 1#' ' .1 * N&v !; ' .< v .&&- i'& 'rv 7 v " - ./?v. >1 ' I>.? bright, the cheerful, and the sun- I shiny. There is more virtue in 1 one sunbeam than in a whole ! atmosphere of cloud and gloom. ' As the Gulf Stream leaves a i warm, soft climate in its wake as ? it flows through the colder waters i of the ocean on its way from the ' Gulf to the North Pole, so a happy, 1 joyous, sunshiny nature leaves a < warm trail of sunshine wherever it goes through the cold, prac tical, selfish world. , Lydia Maria Child used to say: *'1 think cheerfulness in every possible way. I read only chipper books, and hang prisms in my window to fill the room with rainbows " This is the right kind of philosophy?the philosophy of good cheer, the greatest medicine for the mind, the best tonic for the body, and the greatest health food known. Your ability to carry your own sunshine with you, you own lubrican't your own light, so that, no matter how heavy the load or dark the way, yqu will be equal to the emergency, will measure1 your ability to continue and to achieve.-.Success Magazine. ??i? DEATHS OF 1906 Many Great Men Went to Their Bewardi. The yt-ar ot 1906 has come and gone and during that twelve ' mouths death has reaped a rich ' harvest. Many men great in J their callings, near and far in this country and abroad have 1 passed into the dim beyond, 5 since this time last year. One 1 year ago these men were toremost on the stage of life, but f now are called forever behind J the scenes. ? Of world-wide feme, there r ere 325 men and women, neer. one *?^y^*EowT^Sn!e!^!p! HlOfi OI* for 1 Lom baa coins to averj walk 3 in life and every field of endeavor baa bean left poorer. But 3 ?ucb is hie. Each departing 1 year aaee its loses and gains and * ibe jrorld and time goes on. 1 Of the gieat among great ^ who are no longer on tbe roster ^ ot the living are, Heurick Ibsen, " the great dramatist, Richard 1 Jolen Seddon who baa personi' fied New Zealand, making that > colony the typical experimental ! democracy, Christian IX of ' Denmark, an honest King and most successful parent of modern i times, Susan B. Aufhony,' philanthropist and reformer, i \* l.-ii tsmi niniauaii neiu, the merchant prince, Adelaide Restori. the | famous Italian tragic actress, Russel Sage of financial frame, All red Beet, the greatest business man in the world and Richard Gat net the accomplished literary figure of the times. The list of the great dead include many others of leas fame But who a loss to the world.} Some of them ure here given. Nobility and Royalty; Mrs. Jeflereon Davis, Lady Lurzon, Prince Albrecht of Prussia, Prince.s Louise of Denmark. Men of affairs; James A. Bailey circus magnet, William Cunard, ship owner. John B X * Stetson, hat manutucturer, D. B. Wesson firearms. Education; President Harper of Chicago University, W. B. D wight Vassar, J. M. Pieroe, Harvard Geo. B. Stevens, Yale. Literatue; R. N. Stephens, i Mrs. "Nora Harper", Virginia Oox. v i The stage; Lewis Morrison, ! Joseph Arthur, George Clark,'! | Bare 1 ?j cVrpets ^ ?quar< jf j ets, C sg? We3^er our en jj^jj go<is a* cashn f i For 10 H ?? H p SPO \"1 also have g j||j Ft8|ture cheap |2 Evans jgg T ' . FRANK P. M JCHERAW, S Ade Restori, Irence Eatson (Black Patt). t Coming near4ome we note the deaths of se^ll men prominent in our stl affairs, Col.l Leroy F. YouroJ, Solicitor J ! M. Johnson, alsqiay be added' Franklin Moseafcarpet bag''! governor of the jltte. France has del mined not to', Tt lv. increase the imp ; duty on cot. hill Dlipl ton seed oil beea she expects, joned sp, to sell the oil bac o Amoricans , , s at a bi^ profit pure French F H, , olive oil. handle b ?? ? 1 wi j 1 . . A Little Awledge. | blCVCle, A recent schooBexamination In England elicited tn following deflnl-i itions: II "Noah's wife," w|to one boy, "was! called Joan of Ar< L "Water," wrote' another, "is com] led of two gases, ______ oxygen and cambi fa" "Lava," re- i ~ plied the third y iui, "is what the barber puts on y< r face." "A bliz sard," insisted an .her child, "is the , inside of a fowl.' -Harper's Weekly. 11 . His O ectlon. I ?* De Style?How 1 >uld you like to be a Mormon and hai > ten wives? I Ounbusta?Woul n't like it; think I of getting ten p&l? of suspenders for Wh? Christmas. | ^ HELPIS DIFFERED I p?in< TO WORTHY YOUNG PEOPLE I X We earnestly request nllLounir persons, no matter I f ] how limited their mean* B education, who wish to H ? obtain a thorough businJa training and Rood poei- 1 tion, to write by first ml I tor our srreat half-rate r)^er- Success, indepena nee and }>robab1o fortune SCITICfi are guaranteed. Don't shy- Write today. ? n?? Ga.-Ala. Basing College, Macon, Ca. i - ? )argaii ?IN , Kugs, A is, Blanl 'omforts o-Carts tire stock of the ? This offer holds Days Only T CASH i full line of up-to ier than you can Furniture EVANS, Manager. iOUTH CAROLINA wmmmm ICY C >TOLl One Kinglet Bicycle, No, id an Acme No. 77 E. H. tire on lex new departure coster brake, ring saddle, Crescent reversible andles, and had two dents in th ars. 11 pay a reward of #5.00 to tl or #10.00 for the capture of the G. W. M. c /\LL OR PI HER.AW LIVERY S P. B. HUNTLY, Proprie n you want a team for any purpc rains and conveys passengers t in town. aggage transferred promptly, lauling expeditiously and careful urnouts for pleasure riding or trar ers to points out of town prompl \ ' I 1 ns | as; i\ ^rt I \\ ibove good ||| -date 2 i I ittHk get it sg Go. | ^ ! LE L, IN . 89,073. the rear rim, a Cor* a Garford old fashhandle bars with e lrame up near the le one capturing the thief and bicycle. JONES. HERAW, S. C. tlOIND TABLES. lor. >se. Hack meets I to and from any I ly done. 1 isportation of pas- | tly furnished- I