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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-20
How They Look at IL Abroad,

lLls about time that the Governor Of
West Virginia either resigned or called
upon the President tor assistance in .up
pressing the riot At Martinsburg, which
has become 50 formidable as to be almost
sn instruction. The complete posses
sIou of n town by mob for An entire
day aud the traternizYtIun with them
OF the military IS something that has
never been witnessed, even IN the min
ing regions of Pennsylvania. Tue
strike, which seems 10 be General all
along the line OF the Baltimore and ONO
rsI road. resulted from n reduction OF ten
Pos cent IN the wages of the fremen,
who formerly received one dollar md
d,.y cents day 1t may be wrong 10
pay man, with II family, only one Col.
lar and thIrty-ive cents day but II y
worse for that same man 10 strike and
stop rains-Ph;ladsiphta Times 18Th.
The Times was u little hasty in Its con
domination OF the action of Governor
Mathews As soon rs the fact became
wei! established that the resistance to
law could not be put down with the
force at the command OF the Governor,
lie did not delay in calling to his aid
Federal assistance Tie deemed it his
duty to first exhaus. his power, and even
then the President made no haste 10 re-
spond until he was sstsf ed that the in
surrection was beyond the Governors
control 1t is believed here, where the
iacts are well known, that Governor
AATHEws acted with proper caution,
with wisdom and with all the prompt
ness that the circumstances justified.
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TaE employee OF the baltimore snd
ono railroad have not submitted to the
reduction ot wages with the same resdi-
ness tnst WAS manifested by the employees
Oi the Pennsylvania railroad. The
strike has been attended by II severe
struggle with the military authorities OF
West Virginia 1t Is II serious state q!
affairs, which ought, by al means, to
lave been avoided. Pjtts,rgh ro"'-
a.,rcidi.
How Avoiied? BY the railroad not
making the reduction, or by the men
accepting the roduction2 Its very easy
10 write this serious state OF affairs
ought, by all means, to h.ye been
avoided So ought The last war to have
teen avoided.
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A CONTRACT for grading and complet-
ius fourteen miles OF the Castle Shannon
narrow gusge railroad sll ready for the
rolling stock-except furnishing the rails
has been entered into with contractor
named PSTER MClLHENY, tor the sum
Of So, ,S6S. The work is 20 be entered
upon ST once snd completed by Novem-
Der lst. This brings MS new road within
areen miles oi Washington, Pa, 10
which place the directors hope to COM
pete il next summer.
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Horrible Crime.

COLUMBUS, July ia speciaI tr' IN
Delaware, o., to the Erening DiSpa ch
says: A man living IN Strstttord, a
small town two miles south OF mere, l. st
Sunday was found cohabiting with his
dan ghter, nineteen years old. She con-
fossed the fact yesterday morning, s.nd
further stated that they had consbi ted
since she WAS twelve years old and
showed scars which the !stber had in
tllcted on her in accomplishing the or lme.
During the day he confessed the crime
pending investigation.
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q capitol.

"LEr them fight it cut, is an express
sion often heard in crowds on the street,
referring to the Baltimore and OHIO Rail-
road Company and its striking employees.
DO these inconsiderste people realize that
the shedding OF blood in this unfortunate
affair !. crime, and that the taking OF
life Is murder
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Vanderbilt University.

THE THIRD sES-ION WILL bLOIS
J. sept. /, ls5.. Tultlon-!H =. bi'ai ~
Darttnsnt. tree; Ia Literary Dsparim
-; in Law Department, tsp; other ir'- ''
Ihe Medical department vii! OTrn p"i.
Ist Fee Ior attendance, -.
rOr cataiog Ies, apply ~ J VI. LII II,
secretary Of the Faculty. Sashsl!i', lie ~
L-C. GARLAND, CusncrN ,r.
Jylseqgt
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" ar Notes


LoNpr~, Jub Do Dnpat,hr ruaN
,uAi the Nus,INur ~" rrd"HNu'llG. NJ.
every prospect oi .u.."--. la Obtain p...
.c-.iun ul kH-Auluh S.G silva, wu.l
would gIvr them control %. th. .u4lu.U
.l,b.urnmrul o' the two most important
pa.sr. oi the ca trA BsikAns
Turkish ndvI,r. piA,r lIr pUr.u1.
Ru,,rnn tore" At n.rl.-r. '.r -.Hiu,..
icbourhm'n, "' iu" '"""n'u" 7'
TrhNnrdlHNnr pN-'''
Auirl k"um r."srHph"l N"-l.''''
lhr. ur w.0, ,a. uN o." ''N.Hl .. .h'
Ru,smr, ~ho .r..-'l ,N" Balkan. I
only await, tnr aruFa. ". ~U.um. IA a1
o. BEGIN tn" s,ta,..
lwcniy thuI-nai regular. nud 'wr'.H
thou-nud vuiuhtc"r. lets Iun.-Ar pie
.ur AdrAnopIc Six IIrhI.n nelu, r.
are marching from ScuLHrl 90 y -.u
A steamer stated 10 be- Engu.n. HnH
arrived nj the mouth oi The B,InIH u.'h
ammunition Tor the Turk. The Cor l.
At S,utAri are cndeavouug to h.DmU.
the name al tie vessel AMI where 20 ....
70 inform their espectvr goyornmra.
An Austrian steamer has embarked
500 Turkish wounded rl Aul.ar ..r
Cpu.tan,nopl"
A CDn,tautlnopir spoeh to-day 'a..
Abdu, K,rIm anI General ls-ni."i 'tr
Turkish army have been dI,ml.''I. anl
replaced boy RDmao Pa,hs. k"dn r'.NH
Minister pi War, It ;, sad, hN' Al" .'"n
dismissed Oman fN'hN r '"nWH' .".
Al WiddIn
p,p,rn. .Iyly IL The army .' E..,.
,buk hr. been permitted e. crumr.r.
a, ,dynnc, although tnosiyaEp,. .y.. l.
low, vet the ms, king policy IL aJ,rIan
ed and Ru.tcluk and Snum,a wilI Y. .,..
.ieged by infantry. Tue adyanrr Will
enable tho cavalry 10 move forward ~.
through circle 81 ob-"rySuc" '.n-.
around the fortress aud i.uIat" o.
CoSsrASTINorLE july l5.-lt l- "ri
claliy announced tlat Abdul krrm Hns
been dismissed, and Mehmet apPmn
"d % succeed nm IN" d hi'-H. .i
Redif Pashs .. reported probable bat 4.
not yet confirmed oihciAIIy.
NoIE MehemrI Al " ~.
Whose real ham' 5Ihl.N ~" iH
shown himSeli cnpsb." ~ hHIyI'i'n CONE
marder At honleh"gr" ana ''""L'i'.
telegram from Or'omyh ny in"'
'he Russian sdvHb'" 10 bu'sAi'' IA
sackenei N co's'qp"hcr "' l'ph,h'. f''
c"lved by G1tt'cnAkon from 'f.''n
powers. tn" En"iAhs VIII "h'y f"Hh'
th" march alter occurring 'H''f ''7.r
which D. now Only protected bJ 'h"
|.f.
PAEi', JHIy I'-IL' "H'"h'' '"
price, 'n u" b'u''' % ~ .'"'' 80,
ruhgr' "i a. "'''."'' ".'"'''' ''''''
and Els'i"
CoNeIASIIH'fIE' J''l - - 10 '''
PerIAi steamer a'f'JnH d" .r' ha.' ."
brIbE AUhI, h''iH AS"H' ''''''
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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-20

MR.. ELILABETH GARRETT, mother OF
JOHN W GARRETT. President OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
died in Baltimore, on Tuesday, ut the
advanced age of So years
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Charleston Donates Her state House
toIhe stale for Capitol.

CHARLESTON, July ~.
Special TO the Register.
At meeting of the President and
Directors of the State House Con pany
in the city OF Charleston, held on We'd
nesdsy night, July Is, 1877, the follow
ing gentlemen were present: Colonel
BENJAMIN h Smith, President, John
Slack, Sr, William A. Quarter, Edward
G. knight, b. G. McWhorter, DIR. l.. L.
Comstock, Moses Frankenberger, Job +.
Thayer and John S Burdett, Directors.
Captain Ii. &. McWhorte offered the
following resolution, which was unsni-
mously adopted:
Resolued, That the President OF thit
company be and is hereby authorized 10
tender to the State o: West Virginia, tree
of cost, the building and grounds, The
property in possession OF this company
III the city OF Charleston, tor Capitol.
certify the foregoing to be true
copy from the minutes OF the Board.
Signed ALEX [. LAIDLEY.
Secretary.
To the Board OF P,,5iic Works Of Vest
Virginia:
Pursuant TO the above resolution. |
hereby tender to you the building and
ground, specified in the resolution, in the
event of the Capital being located at
Charleston.
Signed BENT. Ii. SMITH,
President Of the State House Co.
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REVERSE the picture. Suppose the
Baltimore and ONO Railroad Company
were trying to compel men to work for 1t
whether they were willing to do 50 or
not; and supposlng its officers were re.
sorting to force snd violence to make the
men serve that corporation against their
will. how would that suit the public? In
our iast sympathy Tor the lsborer let US
not forget the right.
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A SPECIAL from Charleston in another
column announces that Charleston is not
to be outdoue BY Martinsburg IN liber-
slity. At meeting held on the 18th,
by the directors OF the State House
Company, it WAS unanimously decided to
tenGer the State House and grounds, free
of cost to the State of West Virginia for
Capitol.
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IsIaI Accident.

BELrivoEE. jus Ig-J = %shr-
helm. 81 the drn u Wehfhe.H ~ B.or
No. II Fre1erirs avenue va. Iit,a is
killed BY the eHFiy - T.. - m.''.."
when. With = .rghtsG ,srs.r, D. -. e.
aiming for a ieAk.
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AT the meeting of the Board of Edu

AT the meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation last night, An effort was made TO
discontinue the teaching Of German in
the public schools. The subject elected
considerable discussion, and was finally
referred to committee of eight, one from
each ward, to examine INTO the expedi-
ency of the same and report their views
st future meeting.
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WHES GAIT HAMILTON writes thst
no loyal msn can touch Tie soil OF the
White sulphur Springs without con-
- animation, j 1es she mean HAYES?
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Postponed.

HARRISBURG, July l9- Henry VI.
Hoyl, Chairman OF the Republican. State
Committee, issued az order post poning
the Republican State Convention called
to meet August 2Sth, until Septem Der 6th
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CHE Ws,hiagtur Revie.c and Era0-
.agr. under the management of MesSrs.
HOPKINS and LYME, Is edited with An
uausual degree OF intelligence and bright.
ness
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expend. snd ne would die in hi trscSs
before tha, train should move. The de-
termination Of this striker worked 80 on
the mar from Parkersburg that he step
ped down from the eaglre sns declined
to take the tram out The
officers then abandoned further effort
to make any more tests At this place
the merchants are aii IN sympathy with
the strikers. aud when the Mayor issued
MS proclamation 10 tisperse, the work
men just hooted 81 him. j.
COMPROMISE NOV EMENr>.
GRNFroS, July -, ll:5or.M
Special to the Register.
Matters mere remain about the same IS
th. morning. Everything i very quiet
I'D no dls urbaEcs OF any Nl'd, the
strikers held twU meetings 10 day. The
committee from key,er attending the
evening meeting. Resolutions were
adopted declaring determination TO
stand together snd proposing pIsn tor
compromise, the committees APP
pointed IN conjunction with those Of
meetings on other divisions TO meet the
officers OF the railroad Tor consideration
: OF plan and terms.
/ TRAIN ATTACKED.
MARrlNeBURd. July l9. 9:3OP.Nl
Sprcia! Dispatch TO the Register.
Both freight trains when Ie.t mere 10
day are a. sIgat, and no Interference y
anticipated on the East end. Ihe rioters
attacked the west bound IFalh NJ DIT
Johns run with stone, snd We're dis
perSed by tn" troops No one WAS m
. jurcd. All quiet IN thr town t.
N,pT1y.Hr.nG. .yuIy lg IO.3OA.u.
Special dispatch to the Register.
--latest adyices from the freight trains
rem ,rt them ail right A telegram has
been received by Mr.. Thomas Sharp
stating that the troops sre not needed On
the trains, snd it Is thought the Crisis tor
the present Is over, and that the strikers
srr only holding back until the military
t, removed In Al interview with p,
number OF neu tonight they stated THAI
they would not molest the United States
,r,op. bu, said that there would be more
trouble aud threatened the lives OF n B
.mpIoye. opposing them. 1t j. now
,b,r,b, that they will wait for the r..
L,.,,o,.,,. ~. ...r. ,,sLi,t, ,uiur,
=
ADMINISTRATORS
|nrricr,I DISPATCH To THE DyEENoH
R,,r,vor, Juiy -
To Cor. II. VI. Mathe'os:
The change Of tactics on the part oI
.ho.,,,,.,rs r.rortad to Won this mornipg
I
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et'herl'uq 2eai5tcr.
cold clo>ea se,tsrcay at iC5i

The tceoticr to,d'y I0iH be pa TIN
sloody, tc,rh 0e>te"t, 'ri"ds, io'osr t,"'-
ys-Gf,.s. U,,d ioroi rams
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The total subscription to tie per cent
iosn is $50, ,9s2, 500.
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THE STRIKE

THE STRIKE
The Disafection Spreading
East and West.
Strike on the Central Ohio
Division
And on the Pennsylvania
Central,
The Situation at Martins
burg.
Two Trains Successfully
Moved.
The Backbone" Supposed
to be Broken.
Strikers at Grafton Quiet
but Determined
That no Freight Trains
Shall Leave.
Meeting at Grafton Pro-
poses a Compromise.
Public Sympathy Continues
With the Strikers.
Rioters Attack the West
Bound Train,
J3ut Both Reported All
Right.
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confined to preventing freight trains
from passing out. They propose to
throw open the switches on every at
tempt made and to open are on any
man who dares close them. They have
so intimidsted their fellow workmen tnat
it is thought single man cannot be
found in Msrtins5urg who would there
go on an engine n target tor tne bullets
Of the mob.
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GRAFTON, W. VA, July -. P NJ.
Special to the Register.
Surface indications here are quiet. No
effort or intention i contemplated to-
,,srd interfering with passenger trains,
but the strikers are determined that no
freight trains shall lesye tina, point. The
officers of the road tired TO s:art the ~sy
freight to Psrkersbarg at ohe 0 clock
this afternoon, and got man - come up
from Parkersburg 10 run tae ;rsln.
When it was resdy TO star!
twenty-four 0: the strikers, each
armed with two Of Colts navy
revolver: stepped out of the crowd aud
calmly said that whoever attempted to
take out .hs: train would forfeit their
lives. A discharged conductor then
stepped to the front from among these
armed men and said that be had fourteen
shots, the contents Of two revolvers, ~
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of the silver key. and the unbridled sea

of the silver key, and the unbridled sea
is in the city,
1t is true. Dahut, going TO meet one
of her lovers, who is also conspirator
with her against the old king. had by
mistake opened the gate of the sea instead
of the gate ofthe city. The first thought
OF the king, on hearing this dreadful in
telligence was the preservation of his
daughter. He sought her out, took her
behind him on his fieetest horse, and fed
away from the encroaching wall of sea as
fast as spur could drive.
The sea followed him with fearful rap
idity, but Dahut's cries OF fright were
louder III his ears than the noise of the
waves, still not so loud as supernatural
voice beside him, which said:
"Gradlon, if you would not perish
yourself; rid yourself of the demon that
rides behind YOU
Dahut also heard the voice, and became
almost frantic with terror; she chung con-
vulsivcly to her father; but he recogniZ-
ing in the voice a warning from Heaven,
shook her off into the wave that followed
him. Then the king rode on safely To
Quimper, and fixed there his court, max
ing that city the capital of ancient Cor
nouailles.
Thus ends the story of Dahut and o
the city of Is. The spirit of the wicked
princess is supposed to inhabit still the
city that she sacrificed
There may or may not be truth in the
story-there certainly is poetry and trag-
edy in il, and this much certainly admits
of no question there is drowned city
there was king Gradlon, and there may
may have been Dahut 1ppleton's Jour-
nal.
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The Dead City Of Is.

The story of Is may be found in one
form or another in almost every book on
Brittany, all having substantially the
same accounts, resting principally on the
popular traditions.
Built in the vast basin which to-day
forms the bay of Douenenez, and sepa-
rated from the sea by dixie, was the
ancient city of Is. In the dixie were
sluices which from time to time were
opened sufficiently to admit enough
water for the cleaning of the drains and
otherwise purifying the city. King Grad
lon, a well-beloved monarch, ruled here,
and once a month presided in person at
the opening of the sluices; the principal
one was opened by silver key, which
the king always wore fastened about his
neck.
1t was splendid court that King Grad
Ion presided over, and the magniticence
of his capital was the wonder OF the coun-
try. The royal palace was palace such
as we dream Of In it marble, cedar and
gold replaced the oak, granite and iron
ordinarily used in building.
The honors of the kings court were
done by his daughter Dahut, or Ahes-
princess shamefully known as the
Honoria Of Brittany. Like that other
VIGOROUSLY wicked woman
She had for q crown the vices, and for pages
the seven deadly sins.
This woman was accused of the most
| heinous crimes. 1t was her habit each
night to entice young men whom she
fancied to a chosen and secluded retreat,
where, when they ceased to amuse her,
they were dispatched by masked me-
NAL and their corpses borne away to the
mountains. One is shown near Hue,-
| goat. a gulf, at the bottom OF which
rushed the mountain stream with sad
strange murmurings, and through which
the winds are ever signing which
/ the old wives interpret as cries from the
souls of Dahut's lovers.
Complaints were made to Gradlon
time and again, and he always promised
to mete out speedy punishment to his
daughter, but paternal indulgence wa:
stronger in his heart than royal duty AID
so Dahut went on in her wicked ways
His leniency was repaid by the basesi
/ ingratitude. His wicked child formed {
\ plot against him, by which she muant tC
secure for herself the royal power. The
silver kew was the symbol of the king
authority, and Dahut soon possessed her
self of it-stealing it from her fathers
neck while the man slept.
The king, when he found that the key
was gone. was in the greatest consterna
ton, and, under the ominous cloud o
coming misfortune, retired to his palace
that the people, who regarded the kel
with superstitious reverence, might no
know of his loss. At night he wa
awakened from a troubled slumber ID.
the appearance of St. Guenole before him
who said:
. Rise up, oh, king and hasten 10 ieas'
the city with your faithful servant; TO
Dahut has opened the sluices by mean
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DAVID GRAY:S ESTATE.

over his forge bent David Gray,
And thought Of the rich man across the way
= Hammer and anvil for me- he said.
9 And weary toll for the childTen's bread
" For him. soft carpet and pictured walls,
A life Of ease in his spurious halls"
The clang Of the bells ON his dreaming broke
A flicker Of fame, whirl Of smoke.
OK in travis, forge grown white hot,
Coat and hat were alike forgot.
~ up the highway the blacksmith ran,
In face and micu like drunken man.
s school house affrc.'' Mems hearts stood still
As women prayed as women Will
While 'b0ve the tumult the waiIing cry
Offrightened children rose shrill and high.
Night in its shadow hid sun and earth;
The rich man sat by his costly hearth.
Lord Of wide acres and untold COL
But wifeless, childless, fOrlOrn and old
He thought Of the family cross the way:
would he said g were David Gray
The blacksmith knelt At the children's bed
To look once more At each smiling head.
Nv darling- all safe, oh. Cod he cried
My sin Thy boundles> mercy hide.
Only to-day have learned how great
Hath been Thy bounty and my estate"
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Titans and Wen.

Blessed arc the meekm eXclaims the voice
Of Inspiration, but can man be meek with the
consciousness that a dread edmonstcris con-
Suming his vitals. We are not n race of Iitans.
4 Prometheus might stand,chained to the tor
turing rock with vulture perpetually gnaw-
ing his liver, and his face ever wear an expires
sion of heroic and even meek endurance. But
Promethcus has left no descendants. With
yultures (discasc consuming his liver, the mod
crn man makes himself and every one around
him miserable. Fretful, gloomy, hypochon-
drical. he secs the world and life all on the
wrong slde-the dark sde-and whoever dares
to assert that there is a sunny side, he regards
as an enemy, or at best mocker OF his mag
mary woes. Unlike the mythical Titan, the
victim of disease is not succorlcss. There is
an arm to rescuc--a balm to cleanse and heal.
As remedies for this most depressing of all dl-
seases-"Liver complaint'-none are more ef-
ficient or popular than DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pol
lets. The Pellets effectually remove the eitete
and poisonous matter, while the Medical Dis
covery imparts strength and health to the en-
tire system. They are sold by druggists.
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About widows.

Winter-kept apples, old wine, a cloud
cd meerschaum, a vase around which the
scent of roses still hangs, all these have
rare, ripe, evancscent flavor that suggest,
but cannot express, the charm of the
widow. \ young widow is, perhaps the
most interesting object in nature-or in
art. She represents experience without
its wrinkles or its gray hairs. She has
matronly beauty and maidenly freedom
combined. She is grief with laughing
eyc--sorrOw in "A honse Of festival
silver moon in a sable cloud. She 5 too
sweet for anythingl Like all good things,
she can only be created at great sacri-
flee. Mrs Browning says that 4 man
must be pretty thoroughly spoiled before
he can leave a widow. This black swan
this mournful PhGnix-rises, only out
of the funeral urn that holds the ashes of
husbands heart. Poets, statesmen,
heroes, and philosophers have each felt
the indefnabe influence of widowhood.
1t falls alike Upon the just and unjust.
Edward Plantagenet married the widow
Elizabeth Grey. though he knew she
brought civil war for her dowry. Ned
Walker, ~Joc Addison, Sam. johnson.
W tOhs ANopOiCOh
John Wesley, Tony Weller, Ben. Disraell.
and all the boys married widows. Henry
VIII. was so fond OF them that he took
two, and King David was 50 pleased with
Abigail, the widow of Nabal, whom he
took To wife that he turned Bathsheba in
to widow on purpose to marry her.
When Judith ceases her cogitatiOns over
the virtues of the late lamented Manassas
of Bethula puts off her mourning and
adorns her herself in brave attire to set
out for the camp Of Holofernes. we feel
instinctivel5 that she will come back with
his heart, his crown, or head, whichever
she goes for. When the old widow, Mao
mi, counsels the young widow, Ruth, how
to lay snares in the harvest fields of her
kinsman, and spring her net on the
thrashing floor, we know at once that the
wealthy bachelor, Boaz, might as well
order the wedding garments. Allan
Ramsay wrote song telling how to WOO
a widow. He might as well have left
directions how to get struck by lightning
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us has faults OF his own or her own; IN
correcting them We shall find ample o5es-
patton. A sting or a dig never did
any good-never helped any one to be
better. One who falls into the habit OF
giving them soon looks ill-natured. Ii IS
not always possible TO join the Mutual
Admiration Society and be good mem
Der, but at least one can hold ones
tongue