The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-18

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land mestsuccessfnI deeds to s some ONE i'm.
spulsesor suggestion thata came TO us
when we were not seeking for it: when
our minds were rather receptfye than
active. o the lazy - - saws the writer
OF the article to which we have alluded.
are vouchsafed revelations which are
withheld from the busy and the labori-
ous." Many discoveries in Science ana
9fe thAt are called accidental, are the
result OF temporary lRziness, freedom
rom absorbing care, or special endea-
y9S; S9nne things arc given to us freely
4 Y.!ilc Ytiillch lHs We could never grasp, and they
are among our best; Il may sbe huni-
bling but II tbs tfne.85 'J,Sf- :
l. One writer would have clear dis
unc1on made between laZiness and idle
ness. Ehe man who is idle and knows
IthAt he is idle; ;lhoweYer much he NAV
be entitled to his relaxation, lstin sees
l Lt sSltntA t5e reeesses Of his own mind the
mute halt7rep chfnl phantoms of the
work he has abandoned. Ifhis idleness
Pc compulsory idleness, of course the
care IS stu more, To be truly law the
lRabentmust have no sense of io6liRa-
lions upon him, either present or fu-
tnfe ne must not only have madeup
MS mind TO do nothing but must have
forgotten for the moment that there is
anything anywhere to be done, It is
not an. uncommont thing to hear men
say that they are never quite well when
/ they areadle that they feel indigestion,
| headaehe, loss OF appetite, languor and
Mhas ,!,Ia not. Ihis Is because they are on
| ~ IDLE, not lazy, Their brains and
their hands have ,;eased to work, 'bntI
no moral changethas come over them.
| The tdleness in which most men indulpe
ts but q temp oFaFy change of habits
the fdleness which isp1aziness Involves
a change fcharacter.' l47g No.. II nj u
TheFNErtter touches the root of the
matter when. he speaks of the moral
quality of 5laginess, To be lazy when
one Knows he ought TO work Is really
more eShanstng thanit to work, for real
rest lies always in the line of duty.
But when duty bids to cease from work,
/ 70 lay aside for the YEARLY vacation or
the evening hour the anxieties, the
hopes, the ryeHa atoms of working time,
what happiness, what future gain
might 4 acquieseenc bring us. 6The
4 flashes ofdself= f=Snow1edgs which dart
across his mind mt such moments NAV
lenan On : mans career he may see the
\ resolutions which he has not had the
oonstancy to Keep, orthe absurtlity OF
l mb1ttQps dreams which till then had
Deen his ma9tero's Or he may, on the
other hand i derive new courage from
the retrospect: may learn to saySto him-
self sdVith renewed confiience. this
II right hand has done SO much hitherto by
the sheer forcelo of viii, and Iinswervinn
selt5reliance; why should I faint or look
rback5 now p $40 ff.ssJs f, tF5 ?
Wherefore let those who are suffering
\ enforced withdrawal from their chosen,
Activities he con1forted: those who are
anxious and, troubled u about many
Things be warned, and those who are
Itndolent by nature or habit be con-
demned by thesefew words on laziness.
THURLowWEEDWANTs DAVIS HuNa.
cording. to the following statement
by New York correspondent of the
Macon (Ga.li Telegraph, Thurlow Weed
thinks Davis should be hung:- E.
"Sinee J. have introduced DIr. Se-
wards name, Twill refer to a conversa-
tton he had 6. few days since with Thur
low SWeed-Jetferson Davis being the
subject. Mr.. Weed said Mr.. Davis
shonld ne hanged, and expressed him
self quite warmly on the subject. Mr..
Seward then propounded the query,
IfsilYhYl lshonld you hang him?n to which
Mr.. Weed replied: 81 would hang him
for treason.N Mr.. Seward responded in
mis- energetic way: SWe cannot hang
him without first conVfctinR him. and 4
think no impartial jury would do that,
Weed ssids . his guilt Is already estabs
llShed, and his conviction Should not
be dimcult:p but Mr.. Seward mafntain-
ed that no jury could be formed to con-
tftfAsAa4 n, a. At2u11eHnG
way: "Ands even IL wesShonld hang
him II would be no great moral lesson
70 the world" Gentlemen who were
present during the conversation infer
rom it that Mr. Davis life is safe ut
CLUES III RUSSIA. In Russia thew
have carried the club system far be-
Ifyond even what we have done in Eng
land There are clubs for ladies and
clubs for servant and the other day q
cook gave his master notice because
heswas not allowed to 60 to his club.
Just now st. Petersburg Is fallsof very
unpleasant piece of scandal about
one the ladies' clubs. AT these inF
tstttudons card dlp1aying is prohibited,
ana so, for want Of better employment,
lotteries have como into fashion, AT
tine CLUB retecred to, aIceftain lady of
rank had won over, either by love or
money. thesservant whose d1tyIit was
20 ascertain the winning numbers IN
the lottery and read them aloud. He
placed himself behind this lady's chair,
and always informed her Beforehand of
the lucky numerals. But he OYeracted
bis part His patFoness, always won,
and SO the shspf6ions of the losers were
excited, the treachery was discovered, /,
and2the noble lady was compelled to
Leave not only the club. but ST. Peters
z Gil IT6e Dying look Of Wirx.. ~ !.
The last, object on which the eyes of
Henry lWfrzY rested in this world was
Crawfords, bronze statue OF Liberty,
which crowns the, ,dome OF the. National
Capitol. From the platform of death,
from which g! he was about 70 be ushered
into. eternity, the high prisonwalls shut
out to him every other object, save the
lueslsy and the white sun; and had the
godd been III the statueof Pyeamii-
on, endowed with life; all she could have
seen m tprison yard was the galIows,
and those upon Il. (. "A poetic imagInas
non might see q sort'0f metaphysical
Justice in this accident of locality.
Il Born IN q land of ii efty, immigrant TO
itanot]1eF, laden With crimes against her
her ef1gy appeared to his, diving eyes:
| armed with tho ine1ora5Ies sword Z OF
jnsticek and if the phnntoms of the dead
| OF f-AnuefsonYtile could, with spiritual
Il hands have Knocked their persecufor.
| they would have pointed his eyes to
the glitteFtng symbol, ere he lett this
world g meet his victims in another. q
rsn t 4 q = - -El.-l- -; dear
HOTEL LIVING INtgNEw 'YoRK.-A
New York letter says The proprietors
hof the Broadway hotels aretalkinS serf-
i onsly of raising their prices of board
from s. 50 70 50 day, mot because they