The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-27

fvAe5J anu BOBSIeSs Two RSnLl9me0 on
the rear platform were considerably as
tonished, but the young lady had suffi-
ctent presence of mind to explain in n
rev frightened sentences, the position
OF affairs, and, 1t being nightfiall, the
gentlemen, who proved to be the genu-
Inc article, got the girl to her home
without further publicity. The young
lady sustains an excellent character,
ana II IS hardly necessary to add that
the ludicrous upshOt of her adventures,
as one of the "oldest inhabitants, !" has
terminated her fun loving proclivities
in that line.
WHAT'S AN OLD MAID.
Never be afraid of becoming an old
maid, fair reader. An old maid is far
more honorable than a heartless wife;
and "single blessedness" is greatly SUI
perior, in point of happiness, towedded
life without love. s.Fan not in love,
dear girls-heware!" says the song.
But we do not agree with the said song
on this question. On the contrary, we
hold. that 1t is good thing to fail in
love or get in love, if the loved object
be Q. worthy one. To fall in love with
an honorable man is as proper as it is
for an honorable man to fall in love
with u yirtuous and amiablei woman;
aud what could be more gratifying
SRSSS1CA9 GAAA q 30 puEe0 so ak-
preaching in its devotion to the celss-
ual2 No; fall in love as soon as you
like, provided 1t be With a suitable per-
son. Fail In love, and then marry: but
never marry unless you do love. That's
the great point. Never marry for a
"home" or a 'thusband.n Never de-
grade yourself by becoming party to
body and soul, on terms so contempti-
BILE. Love dignifies all things; it enno-
bles all conditions. With love, the mar
riage rite is truly sacrament. With
out It, the ceremony is a base fraud, and
the act a human Dissertation. Marry
for love; or not at all. Be ian old.
maid" If fortune throws not in your
way the man Of your heart; and, though
the witless may sneer' and the Jester
may laugh, you still have your reward
in an approving conscience and a COM
Parat1yelY peaceful life, For welI-to-
do old bachelors we have no sympathy.
Ihey ought to be taxed nine-tenths Of
all they are worth to support women
and chtldren.-Phr LogtcdL Journal,
WHAT Is BEAUTY2
NJ. Du Chaillu, the celebrated trav-
eler, ina lecture on the manners and
customs of the people inhabiting the
the regions of Africa Immediately north
OF the Equator, referring to the women,
stated that one who had series of cuts
on her face and four front teeth pulled
out was considered a beauty. They
wore ichtgnona, of enormous size,
and it took them ten or twelve years
70 grow sufficient hair to bring them
to perfection. Is.555.. -5e37 i ~
l74a SHORT CoURTsHIPs. s3f-tl
The one-month courier, in these fast
days, when there is no time for tagging
or wasting on ppeliminaries, is the
beass-ideGt of courters. In courtship, as
in everything else, there is only lust SO
mnch happiness. Long courtships are
like weak tea, too much diluted to be
agreeable; while short courtships are
the highly condensed sip of pleasure
little In quantity, IL is true, but what
there Is Of it Is the doubled distilled
essence. The o. N. G. is generally an.
experienced man, who has his dime 50
well employed that he has none to
spare for dawdltng. CLOCKS on court
ship as the introduction Ito marriage.
and never thtnksiof coufting a1Won1an
whom he would not be united with.
Being well acquainted with hislcourtee
before he pays her attentions, all the
silly dilly-dAllytngs of less straightfor-
ward men are by him avoided. AS
everything he says means something,
ne hnds no difficulty in coming to the
point of rejection zor acceptance.-
Neither the cOurtee norI7har mamma
are the least startled when he makes
an offer after the short term of one
months attentions any more than they
would be surprised to hear! that loco
motive Travelled as far in an hour as a
wagon In a day. h. sz.saflsii rs.
:tStrange, though the mothers are
unauimoualy In favor of O. M. O., the
daughters do not like such h6sty WOO
ing. They hesitate and deliberate: /:
they have not had the time necessary
TO try their little feminine experiment
and they are as likely to resent over.
hastY Rs UVer-tardy WOoinR. In the
meantime, theiO. n. O. dsiofEto another
market. His motto Is Quick sales and
sure returns BE does not know that.
in every woman's disposition, eas in
fchicken-pie, there Is so much venom.
and that Nature provides .cOurtship as
the hole through which the noxious va
pors are 70 escape. Ignorant of this
great taetY the o. n: c., enjoys the Cruz
dttte8 and aceFbities which should have
been removed in q reasonable term of
eourtshiP, and the first year of his mar
NED life ts apt to be a stormy one. But
thent IN ahatrs matrimonial, as in other
matters, wisdom comes by, expert
ence. ana few are competent 70 act
wisely till they have buried their sec
ond'-and some not even then. ,,..,,r,s-. 4