The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1864-12-23
WHEELING w. ", FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23 1904.

ifever. How her lip quivers with hi-con'
cealed emotion that aiil look out through
an assumed smile of cheerful acquies-
cence. He goes to fight for his country;
she is soldiers wife and stays behind
to weep, and pray, and hope! How
slowly drag the weary hours Of absence
each day freighted with cargo similar
to that of the day before; apprehension,
surprise and loneliness; the cares and
perplexities they have hitherto borne To-
gether, she bears alone; but ah that alb
sent care outweighs them all. How often
does her heart sicken over hope deferred,
and how are all her sorrows augmented,
if perchanee, the grim wolf or want
howls an answer when her children ask
for bread Should that husband fall in
battle--however glorious TO die thus
the missile of death stops not there, but
wounds the patient watchers at home -
There is more of temporal glory, and less
of mortal anguish around the patriot
slain in battle, than awaits the stricken
widow when she breaks the sad intelli-
gence to her orphaned children: Yoar
dear Pa is dead, All, yes there is gloom
and grief amid the pride and pomp af
war 1t cannot be otherwise. For every
soldiers grave there is little wreath OF
broken hearts, This is no funny sketch,
but faint picture of life at the soldiers
home;
But the glory of womanhoOd shines
the brightest in the darkest hour. Even
as gold is purified by fire, so woman COM
eth from out the furnace of affection
an angel of mercy-and now behold her
as labOurer. doubt if woman's labor
is everywhere fully appreciated This
may be owing in part to its peculiar mo-
notony, and partly to domestic seelusion.
But her united labors for the benefit OF
our suffering soldiers may be seen afar
off, even as the pyramids of Egypt. Sor-
row worketh out its own antidote in wo-
mans heart, and useful employment puts
her fears to flight Relief comes to her
wounded spirit through the medium OF
the consolation she marks out for Others.
She has learned the true secret of success
in any and in every enterprise, concen-
trated energies BY this our armies shall
conquer this accursed rebellion. BY this
our loyal sisters have shOrn the demon of
war of more than half his native terrors.
If you would form correct conceptions Of
female industry during this war, you
must recognize them in the aggregate
The Zoophyte begins at the bottom of
the sea, and gradually uprears his
cellular pyramid, unheeded by the
denizens of the earth, until his
walls are brought in contact with the
vessels keel-then men wonder how such
little things could have accomplished
such mighty ends Thus it is with wo.
man, noiselessly, steadily, pleasantly she
labors ON, and on, until finally, men
wonder at the results She hath
sheltered our winter encampments with
mountains of clothing She hath dotted
our sea of national troubles with islands
of comforts, and poured increasing
streams of delicacies in the wake of oui
armies She hath forestalled the king
of terrors in more than thrice ten thou.
sand victims, and spread the mantle OF
mercy around the horrors of war. lie,
this serve as an index to her good works
wait patiently, and you may examine
them at your leisure, for they will be OF
exhibition in heavens picture gallery or
the great day of final adjustment 1
good cometh never from evil, il frequent
ly follows close in the rear. As fountains
parched with long continued drought
are sometimes fed by devastating storms
even then the storm of war now passing
over our land, indenting the turf Will
hoof and wheel, and crimsoning our riv
ulets with the blood of patriots ant
traitors, has uncovered fountains o.
christian benevolence in the moral desert
and streams i'm the wilderness. Behold
those fountains in the Christian Com
mission, Sanitary Commission, and Sol
diers Aid Society All yes, these ar,
blessed fountains II the fainting pill
grim OH desert waste, ready to perisf
from burning thirst, should suddenly be
hold clear sparkling streamlets within
his ready reach, his gratitude could no,
exceed the gratitude Of our sufferiul
| soldiers whose tents have been washed
by tho health-promoting streams from
these Outgushing fountains of christiOl
benevolence
Go stand by these life giving pools, ant
witness their healing virtues on the sicl
and mained, and remember it 10 woman
that stirreth the waters! Know for thy
self how industri0usly she labors il
gathering up contributions to heave in
| Would you SOC woman as a mother, z,
to the hospital wards, and you will fin'
her little footprints by the sufferer
couch Female nurses proffer at ono
all alleviation to apprehended illness
Mans will may be good enough, but he j
usually such great big bungling thini
compared with woman. No heart is s.
warm with sympathy as hers for the un
fortunate, no words are so gentle +
sooth the impatient, no hand is 30 igh
to dress an obstinate wound, no smile i
so genial to kindls the sunlight of life
no other eyes are so beautifed with tear
to gid the passingIcloud and point t
rest beyond
Let me say in conclusion, the flag yol
have given us emblems the embodimen
of universal freedom No where else Of
the green earth is man so completely
man as beneath its ample folds Whel
the refugeefrom foreign oppression land
on our shores, he casts his shackles in tn
sea, and walks forth man, among mel
No ecclesiastical dictator shall tramme
his conscience, no titled tyrant strangl
his virtuous assertions, NO hereditary el
ecution cruelty his natural affection,
no self-constituted tribunals determin
his fate. Guided by the Star Spangls,
Banner, the revered Washington won on
independence, Our fathers have maiI
tanned its honor unsullied Our COZ
quering armies planted it on the halls @
the MOntezumas. Savage tribes hav
rendered Obeisance. We have seen