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Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-09-05
Wheelfng High School

THE tu5serfksFE 4Ye zssoeize themselves the par
pos4 of opening CLASSICAL and Mathematical Sehooiin
Wheeling Is intention u In eysgy Fespeet,
equal Che bst Aeadenes ard IIizh schools in O9E eou-
PupE viii prepared elasd IN College,
engage aetiVe psFa14ts Of Hfe- Tie of
studies viii embrace the EnPlsh- Latin, Greek, French,
and Spanish IahgnA Zes Of Mathematical
The Principals had ample eTpeTenee I'm teaching In
various AeaJenieL aud graduates o. Of ihe best
InBsIttious IN the United S.teS Gnd furnish ssEfae
tory testimonials and TefeFencef.
Military Ef he introduced far 70 have
daily dri which OF great atyAntsZs CIV
regular papIs sEd Improving teir car
Thssehoo stI be ened the 4t Of March and close
vacation The 4h Of JulY. Uae npstce
given OF the location Of tn school. -
Porte present. NE Principals ez- be found Lure
House where appllestion fuFteE
ton J.RsJ0SES,
the Va. Military Institute.
CHARLES TUCKER, A. II,
feb2E-tf sge. Of PRINCETON College. MI.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-09-05

Revolversl Firearms!
CUTLERYt XARIETY GOODS!!
7. TRUSSfSS. ,.,,... =,
a4GeGfbo1 -
j EISeErs e0aSstDgo Of Snge sud Double BaFeitd oaas
CeisG, AlsRS, Narat0nS, ard WsreT'S ReveigsTs AID
great vaEteay of Pistols 70 tle1t5on.
ALsO-A sIIsldd Etoek 81 C1tgTy Variety Goods, ete
Trssael and guppoFtsrS in great VEEie4gs
f.Aukf 81 FeBafFinK done with nsztBsEg All !'f
pSfeh a 7. CARTWRfGET'8
oIEieFy, Variety ADD ADsis sore.
IelS i9s NhtH IT. WherlsnZ.
AK5ICULIK 6:sention 2 eNI,sd 70 per ste q lsyeF
Tatsk es6rV pdPf Oftskfel e n AaeE.
6J eaSsd tn every F:yfe oid sId slIeF
ssa Vafess aTeiSWeEd ara 20 Enaate4 ~ r correct
aSsZ.-lls q CT BRoWS,
saVi WaihIBStos Han. Jcnroe q.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-09-05
1oE5z7= u T7T9sI7Iz5 HIVE STORE. 1861.
nc, II4 MAIN STREET., VgE5EEI1TG, Va
esqa61RE4 oRFA I7Ia zElSEIaAR 6SIIIOs
HIVE STORE.

rER"NIIszrE1 HDQD-UJ2s7
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-09-05
TDERERFN5aES

-
RaEersf BezTsT { Co. Wood, Bacon Cos,
PSfIs; DIAL 3IIIssn EEaEts
Pima VIIisln II. BEoEn CO John 81 BEoEn Cos
Phiia Rsi=qeI BrotheEG Co. PnIe: BrotheT g,
sEtu sssI Yerks Aidr5sh = -
s:eVen CFncinnst; Smiths IcCcnbs, Warrra4 0hioi 39ass
PsrEE En- s.~ulnyiiIe, OhIos William Prise ou
sid ohIo; Craig Clark, Washington, O1iO J. = y r.
iMTa1ta - 80 $50 deelS=1Js
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-09-05

10 =H0USEKEEPBRS. u
TN STORE and reduced prices the following
articles viz: Plate Warmers, Bew styles and Flain
Coal Vases, Stands dcreut aties-
Also Fendefs Pans Coal scuttes, Toilet Hop
Buekes Cake Spice Knife Boxes; Trays, Corn pop
erS Hearth Blooms. assorted Sizes Table, Coffee and Tea
Mats Chahng Vegetable Dishes, Plated Spoons and
the best quality Clothes, Travelling and Cap Bag
patterns side Irons, Atnee 4eat CuTers
7srous other articles ussfui to HoEse Keepers.
Z 4st''5zst = MN. HEBURN
deeEs No. 81 Monroe Street.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-09-05
NALL PAPER. CHEAPER THAN EVE
New Music.

Tusr IssUED-LeopeLe Poke tAat thps Art TEee.
~ Write very Often On the BOTfrr OF Strtatnet,
we're All fond Of Kissing Iunuita orCEana.) Evening
Bt Natural Bridge shottseh 4IaznTks TrliHeau,
Peabody Polka, Annie Laurie Waltz, Church HUI waits
GFAtade Polka Sprug Flower SehOtttseh, Persian DAhee.
For sale ny J. z. WILSON 3 CO..
mys "a ~ Monroe 81.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-09-05
NOTICE,

To GhS E0EeFs 0f Home nude 1tGaWfgetq1GA
md the Public IN 1eR<rK
IHHIsTIAN YLACK ItI eontiHusE bis basbess 0f Mann.
" EaefaFiRg Douegtte Hosiery for AfIi, Women and
ChdEsnI Winter WeaT ~ his Eznd1 30 10 2iatn -
South EIAe Of saspesion Bridge heitsFs Va Hhsre he
p8ssSed his old .e1ItoHers, aa IS many EeE
make hin ea. His stock b<nS ~ the best
auAlity; at WoTE HArfAnted.
ne eiai ntteafIsn Of ne Ladies invited 70 his 1rEe
ass7rtnent Of sIo0Hess Of GsPtToF
qaAlIty has been exhibited In tbs city iplg
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-09-05

jobs JfoBSl
T0RINTS-SeRses BEsB md sRieroats PEt1tsS that A.
i Hays sen at = leTT. ~ s. % sc.
10 D Yd ride CnintE Eortd Pc, At 121f.
eases GIneharas az sRDfor SlslltE and last eoori
Al teTy-1 yeFy ETeak b1rEafn-
OalIIY tha1ssad yaTd1 d bezatifsl p
LaIns on doe CAsIIT Clath4, szeh said I: 2St
81 cts, frosa 1910 1sS.
Pine bED. Nn1Ilns, worth IL - 6He--4t
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-09-05

NIK undersigned would respectfully inform his friends
aud patrons and the etti1sns q vEheenE and Vicinity
gusl tat he has received his Pan and Winter stoek 81
Clsths CssieFes and yeGtE All Of which he y PrspaIgd
q male yta order Ia latest and 8st approved style
nnd bs annsF short notice, and tpEiesS enno
fan % please best buStrB An Fo0ds TeEfansd 20 be
rod a. reconstructed, sale. y. u. 5TALIstASt
Setig Merchant Tailor.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-08
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
The Light Of HO I'M G q.

By SARAH J. HALE.
Ny son, thou wilt dream the world is fair
And thy spirit will sigh to roam,
And thou must go-but never, when there,
Forget the light OF home
Though pleasures may smile with ray more bri ght
1t dazzles to lead astray,
Like the meseor's FASH twill deepen the night,
When treading thy lonely way.
But the earth Of Home has constant flame
And pure yestaI fire;
Twill burn, twill burn for ever the same,
For Nature feeds the pyre.
The sea Of ambition is tempest tossed,
And thy hopes may vanish like foam
Then look to the light of home
And there, like star through a midnight cloud
Thou shalt see the beacon bright,
For never, till shining on thy shroud,
Can be quenchcd its holy light.
The sun of fame may gid the name
But the heart ne'er felt its ray {;
Apd fashions smiles, that rich ones claim,
Are beams of wntry day:
How cold and dim those beams would be,
Should Ife's poor wandcrcr come
My son. when the world is dark to thee,
Then turn to the light of home
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-08
HONOLULU MEDICAL HALL,

HONOLULU MEDICAL HALL.
CORNER OF MERCHANT AND KAAHCNANU STREETS,
Dr. MCKIBBIN begs intimate that he joined by his
Dr. Robert Mckbbin member of the Royal College Of Sur
London of whom being always attendance
will afford guarantee persons requiring
advice medicine.
lie has just received of English Drugs Prmery
&c, of the best quality, with which the establishment will
constantly be supplied and which will be sold reasonable
Physicians and Surgeons prescriptions prepared with the
greatest Medicine chests carefully examined and
replenshed.
Attendance the Office from A. NJ, till o'clock P.
week days, and Sundays O'clock, A. NJ, IL o'clock,
A. NJ At other times at his residence, Union street
consignment of best London White Paint and Linseed Oil
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-08

ENORDAGE AND CIGARS-The agent of the
u Hudons Bay Company offers for sale the following,
Manila corIage H. 2 q, 2t 81, 81 and inches, in
all 42 coils.
whale ne 10000 Havana shape cigars No. O. 17-f
SPERM CANDLES, FOR SALE BY
- 5-H H HACKFELD co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-08
DANIEL C. WATERMAN.

Commission Merchant and General Shipping Agent Honolulu
Oahu, s. l. Reference Messrs. Morgan, Hathaway & Co..
Macondray Co, San Francisco Messrs. D. Il Green &
Co., James B. COngdon Esq. & w. G. L. Pope Esq, New
bedford. July /, 1S56-tf
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-08

HAWAIIAN FLOUR COMPANY.
JAMES F. b. MARsHALL Treasurer, Pos-Oce Buildings,
Stairs
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-08

GLOBE HOTEL,
King and Fort Streets,-L FRANCONI, Proprietor Bar
Room, Restaurant, Table d'Hoe Lodgings &c Two Billiard
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-08
JAMES A. BURDICK,

ooper Guage begs inform his friends and the public
generally he has recommended his Cooperng business
on his stand the of Mr.. H. Rhodes Spirit
opposite Mr. Monsarat's Auction Room, and respect
fully soicits share of the public patronage All orders
romptly attended to 13-tf
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-08
BUSINESS CARDS.
GODFREY RHODES.

Accountant and Agent offers his services Broker,
in bringing books making out and collecting accounts,
transltng from and the French and Hawaiian
guages, etc Office the store of Mr. Rhodes opposite
Mr. Monsarrat's Auction Room. 4-Gm*.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-08
BUSTN ESS CAR DS.
AGENT FOR THE

AGENT FOR THE
New Y0r!< Board of Underwriters.
The undersigned takes leave notify Merchants Ship Masters
&c that ne has been duly appointed Agent the
New York Board of Underwriters.
lily ALEX J. CARTWRIGHT.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-08

A SSEG n Z E'S NOTICE.-THE UNDER.
n signed having been appointed assignee the firm of A g.
Co.. of Jones HOTEL all persons having claims against
hereby requested become parties
assignment and all indebted thereto
immediate payment to ID. C. WATERMAN,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-08
T. WORTH.

Dealer in General Merchandise Hilo, Hawaii Ships supplied
with recruits at the shortest notice. asonable terms
Bills Of exchange wanted. - ], 1861
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-08
NEW GOODS IN STORE.
~ o. HALL OFFERS FOR SALE,
ELe HARDHN ARE. &c.


~ o. HALL OFFERS FOR SALE,
AZs HARDWARE, &c.
Reels Lead Lead pipe PIPE in in in and Il I'M rolls sheet lead
Casks zinc bs glass; Sx1o loxIS 9xlo lol4
Hunts house and ship adzes sharps boys axes.
ants szes ssiae t%aa sSd sizes ivory dd table knives,
sho5 BELTS powder TASKS Tea bells
Plain ssop pc. G0 s. sssd & sizes specaeIss slate pencils
Glue pots, gutta percha betting, in and ply
Ass'd shoe nails assd paddock hasps staples,
Buckshot and pistol balls iron wire Nos to 10 zinc nails
Kegs finishing nails steeards so to $50 lbs Stoves
Crow bars, log lines, haui lines, pit saws, do,
Rip saws2S i hand and panel do, circular do, ead
Charcoal furnaces charcoal irons Brit tea and coffee potts.
Coffee urns and kettles, curtain bands cornce,
Till locks sharps rife Colts revolyers fowling pieces
heepshear sheveis apades hp s aeS &eS
G1TPsn9P ps bench @ and file h aRdes
Wheel barrows, hand carts, bows grin6stones,
Grndstone crarlks and rollers Douglass pumps,
Iron and brass screws, butts, hinges,
Gate hinges and fasenings sweeds iron, round ron
sna gs ta @ P
Backing brushes lamp shades and cmnies, fire bellows
heIves pick handles, adne handles Saddles bridies
Carriage, riding and dray whips, spurs, draw knobs
Round and square fle great variety Of HARD
DRY GOODS, sc.
Silk Umbrellas ass'd sewing silks fronting Hnen
Pcs Russia diaper bdis waiebones ebd table coveo ao
Coored gire silk boot aces bonnet wire stay binding
Cases cottons woOlen shaws assd fine blk bobazine
HsayE as1@s heayE tespgs i geas White shirts &C., &C.
b Carolina rice, cssa saleatus tobacco tartar
Sal soda yeast ca powders salt in bags table salt,
PAINTED pals, covered do, zinc wash boards
BooTs a@s fsSsfsp ssd Iftssr sRyeSpc &C., &C.
Ladies' pat foxed Congress CATERS Misses r. r. slippers
Misses kid Saskns mems slppeTz mems ZEN Morocco dO
French calf skins, kip leather calf sole leather kip boots
Gents sewed calf boots, &C., &c.
Besides general assortment of other miscellaneous goods too
numerous TO mention 4t2i
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-08
GUST G. MELCHERs. GUST. REIN

Commission Merchants and Ship Chambers,
5 l. Stone store of Kaahumanu Merchant ss
Money advanced favorable the
L. S. and Europe. l. lS5Ctf
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-08

GEORGE c. SIDERS,
Manufacturer and dealer in Tn Sheet ron and Copper
Kaahumanu street, opposite J. c. Spaldng's Honolulu, III.
Summer Bakers Tin and Copper Pumps, Bathing Tubs.
Foot and Shower Baths Tin and Zinc Roofing, and
eral assortment of Tin Ship work executed with
and dispatch. July l. 1f
HONOLULU FAMILY EAIsKET,
The undersigned would respectfully inform the Residents and
Ship masters that they be supplied with the best
Pork and Mutton his establishment nearly opposite the
Bethel at the very lowest prices. Families Hotels,
Boarding Houses be supplied any time day with
the best Sausages Pork, Sugar Cured Hams n. B..
Shipping supplied with Corned Beef Live Stock and Vegea
bes the shortest notice reasonable terms.
FL. uANIY.
w. H. STUART.
Cabinet maker and Uphoserer Hotel Fort st. Honolulu
ROBINSON * HUGHES,
Saddle and Harness manufacturers Of Fort and Hotel
2n
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-08
HONOLULU, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, JANUARY 8. 1857
BU USLNESS CARDS.
r. FOLGER

Il. FOLGER,
Ship Chandler and General
opposite Makee Anthons block Honolulu Oahu I.
REFERENCES:
Messrs MOORE FoLGER San Francisco
~ T. MACY, Nantucket.
I" CHAs. G. & III. COFFIN,
" j.. Ii. BARKER 4 Co., Boston.
" Capt f. GARDNER, New Bedford
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-08
OADY 81 CO..

hppng and Commission Merchants Honolulu Refer to
Messrs Grnnel, Minturn Co 4 Wiets & Co., New York
Butler Keith Hill, Boston, Wells Fargo 4 Co.. 4 Shaw
Read san Francisco AsOp CO.. Valparaiso, g. F. Train
Brothers & Co., London. Exchange the L. S.
and Europe. Honolulu, July l. 1S56-tf
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-12-30
Literary Gleanings.
The American Language.

There is no mole common or greater
error, says the Jefferson Journal, exist.
ing at the present time, than that univer.
sal one Of lerming the language spoken
and used as standard in the United
States, the (" English language" Origi-
nally, our forefathers, especially those
who emigrated from the British Isles,
used that language as spoken in England,
and it formed generic basis upon which
we founded and formed our present Ian.
guage. Upon the same principle, we.
would have no right to claim as American,
any Improvement or discovery, emana-
ting from American minds, on the ground
that England being our ancestral country,
anything done by their descendants was
essentially English.
We deny first, the eternally repeated
assumption, that England is our mother
country the first English settlers were
driven from that country, and all mater
nal and filial ties were cut off, and Eng.
land never claimed this country upon the
ground that we were their descendants,
but by assuming right to all the territory
which they could appropriate, upon the
principle that might gives right-a princi-
pie upon which they have Away and
are now acting-no matter whether the
inhabitants are Indians, Dutch or Eng
lish; thus never assuming that they were
the mother country, but that we were a
sub bjecled country, Ourrevolulion ended
this assumption. England finding that
we would not submit to their rule, and
finding that their interest demanded that
we should be ooncila,ed, in placid voice
calls us daughter, and claims 10 be our
ancestral mother, united by the ties Of
blood and speaking common language.
The toadies among US, and those who
never think, reiierate the disgusting title,
applying il thus to the only people who
have treated us as mother would never
treat child, brutally numbering US be.
cause we would not submit to her tyran-
ny. Away with such mother! we deny
utterly deny any such consanguinily.
What is the English langnagel Is il
tha. spoken in Ireland, Of which we have
daily specimens Is it that spoken in
Scotland Is it the language of York.
shire or Cumberland, which we cannot
understand Z? Is it that spoken by the
nineteen, ,twentieths of the English which
is so strange and corrupt that i, makes ,
Virginia Negro laugh! We presume i
is that represented by the mobiles ant
higher educated classes of the British
Isles. But they form a very small minor
ity Of the English nation, and we canno
receive their language. as the EngHsl
language Of an entire people. H,G
We deny that their language is pure
as they have advanced nothing beyon,
the lexicography Of Johnston and Wake
almost century old; Macaulsy the cele
brated historian, who has made an ass Q
| himself in receiving Q title, is in his wri
ting the English language far behind th
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-12-30
10 9nanar gydasts, Htoatre, Stin, anS @mna 3ntGgmt
STEUBENVILLE, OHIO, WEDNESDAY,, December 80, 1857,

. ENGLISH WOMEN AND BYRoN.-"You
talk" said Benjamin, dixie one of the
foolish maidens-loveis not, with our
modest English women, such an Etna
fire. such desperate affair, as you umake
out. She would have tainted, and have
cried and mopcd good deal; but once
show her that her lovewas misplaced, and
she would root it ought although her
heart bled for it. She was staunch one,
| know; game as that terrier dog, and
used to make sacrifices, as every woman
is" "Tut, tut" quoted my father, gaily
swapping his fingers at my uncle's ignO.
rance-"man's love is not Of mans life,
but thing apart; It's woman's sole
existence" II appeal TO you, young
man," said the saddler, earnestly, "not
to listen to his teachings. You are young
you may read him, but, mind you, no
man Of sense reads Byron after twenty.
FIVE. | appeal 10 you on the immodesty
of his clever poem, for yoa know what
Byron meant by love. l appeal to you
on the lying spirit of the thing. l ask
you If you know Of one English girl in
fifty. and you, Captain; if you know of
one English matron in hundred, of whom
it may be said that love was their whole
exislence?'-We Train.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-12-30
Christianity Elevates the Mind.

The Christian religion enobles and en-.
larges the mind beyond any other pos.
session or science whatever. Upon tha,
scheme, while the earth and the transient
enjoymenls Of this life, shrink into the
narrowest dimensions, and are accounted
as "the dust Of q balance, the drop of a
bucket yea. less than nothing" the in.
.eIlec;ual world opens wider TO our view.
The perfections Of the Deity, the nature
and excellence of virtue, the dignity OF
the human soul, are displayed in the
largest characters. The mind Of men
seems 10 adapt itself 10 the different ma.
ture of its objects; it is contracted and
debased by being conversant in little and
low things, and feels a proportionable
enlargement arising from the contemplation
Of these great and sublime ideas.
The greatness things is comparative:
anc this does not only hold in respect of
extension but likewise in respect of dig.
nifty, duration, and all kinds Of perfection.
Astronomy opens the mind, and alters
our judgment, with regard TO the magni-
lude Of extended beings; but Christianity
extends them to,a degree beyond the
light Of nature. ..a. ',."
How mean mus. the most exalted DO
tentate upon earth appear to that eye
which takes in innumerable orders Of
blessed spirits, differing in glory and
perfection! How little must the amuse-
ments Of sense, and the ordinary occupa.
lions Of mortal men, seem 10 one who is
engaged in so noble pursuit, as the as
simllation of himself TO the Deity which
is proper employment Of every Chris.
tian '''''.'' 1896 -a.E.
And the improvement which grows
from habiluating The mind to the compre.
hensive views of religion must not be
thought wholly to regard the understand.
ing. Nothing is ofgreater force to sub.
due the inoTdlnate motions of the heart,
and to regulate the will. Whether 9
man be actualed by his passions or hil
reason, these are first wrought upon by
some object, which stirs the soul in pro-
portion to its apparent dimensions. Henc,
rreligious men, whose short prospects
are filled with earth and sense, and NOR
tai life, are invited by these mean idea
10 actions proportionably little and low
But man whose views are enlightened
and extended by religion, is animated Il
nohler pursuits by more sublime and re
mote objects. r tao-
There is not any instance of weakness
in the in6dels that raises ones indignation
more than their pretending to ridicul'
Christians, as men OF narrow understand
lings, and 70 pass themselves upon th'
world for persons Of superior sense, ant
more enlarged views. But we leave i
10 any impartial man to Judge which ha
the nobler sentiments. which the create
views; he whose notions are stinted to
Flew miserable inlets Of sense or he who's
, sentiments are raised above the commO
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-12-30
Z..aRAGAN, Editor and Proprietor.

Then with clear bold voice, the wild.
ow read this line from the Old Testament
1t was short yet terrible: =. '.. ..
I" That man shall die :" ..s ..u'-
Look !! the brother springs forward TO
plunge aknife into the murderer's heart
pinioned. as he is, clipgs 10 the Widows
knees. He begs that one more trial may
be made by the little girl, that child of
five years old, with golden hair and laugh
ing eyes. .'. '- '.. '
The widow consents. There is an
awful pause. With smile in her eye,
without knowing what she does, the little
girl opens the bible as il lays on her mo-
theirs knee, she turns her laughing face
away and places her fnger upon line.
That awful silence grows deeper. The
deep drawn breath of The brother and the
broken gasps of The murderer, alone dis
turb the stiffness. The widow and the
dark eyed boy are breathless. The little
girl, unconscious as she was, caught a
feeling of awe from the countenances
around her and stood breathless, her face
turned aside, and her tiny fingers resting
on that line of life and death. . ..
At last gathering courage, the widow
bent her eyes to The page, and read. 1t
was line from the New Testament: q.
Lone your enemies :" .....
All, that moment was sublime. Oh,
awful book of God, in whose dread pages
we see Moses talking face to face with
Jehovah. or Jesus waiting by Samaria's
well, or wandering by the waves of Cali
lee. Oh, awful book, shining to night as
l speak, the light Of the widows home,
the glory of the mechanic shop shining
where the world comes not, to look on
the last night of the convict in his cell,
lighting the way to God even over that
dread gibbet Oh, book of terrible ma
jcsly and chldlike love-of sublimity thai
crushes the soul into awe-of beauty tha,
melts the heart with rapture, you never
shone more strangely beautiful, than there
in the lonely cot of the Wissihikon, when
you saved :he murderer's life. .,
For need | tell you that the murderer's
life was saved--the widow recognized
the finger of God, and The stern brother
was awed into silence, .. '..s, o..
The murderer vent his way. '' a,
Now, look you how wonderful are the
ways Of Heaven That very night as
the widow sa, by her lonely hearth, hel
orphans by her side-sat there with q
crushed heart and hot eyeballs, thinking
of her husband who now lay mouldering
on the blood drenched soil of Paoli-there
was tap at the door. She opened il
and that husband living, though covered
with wounds, was in her arms.
He had fallen a, Paoli, but not in death
And his wife lay painting on his bosom.
That night there was a'prayer in thai
wood embowered cot of The Wissihlkon.