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Genuine Compliments.

We have heard Of the lady of rare
beauty who said, upon a certain occa-
sion, that the only real disinterested
compliment she ever received was from
coal-heaver who asked permission 20
light his pipe in the cleaning Of her
eyes.
Another compliment, true and gen
uine, was paid by sailor who was sent by
his captain 10 carry letter 10 the lady
Of his love. The sailor having delivered
the missive, stood gazing in silent admi-
ration upon the lady, for she was very
beautiful
" Well, my good man." she said, for
what do you wait2 There is no an
swer 10 be returned"
Lady" the sailor returned with
humble Difference, "I would like to
know your name"
Did you not sec it on this letterW
Pardon, LADY, never learned 10
read. Mine has been hard rough
life"
And for what reason, my good man,
would you know my nameY
Because" answered the old tar, look
ing honestly up, " in a storm at sea-
with danger afOre me, / would like Ia
call the name Of the brightest thing I'd
ever seen in life. There'd be sunshine
in it, even in the thick darkness"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-30

THE London NeUs says that the late
Pope was great billiard player. He
had French table without pockets) at
the Vatican, and, when his health AL
lowed 1t, used to play two or three games
every evening before going TO bed. He
was not an early riser, and his habits
had great deal OF the italian Incidence
He liked sweetmeats, pastry, and play
full conversation Wine he never
touched at table, and he took all his
meals alone, it being contrary to eti-
quette for any one, even q crowned head
to eat with the Supreme Pontin Most
Of the bulls and pastOrals issued from
the Vatican we're inditcd by Cardinal
Antonelli or Cardinal Simeoni, both
excellent Latin scholars, which Plus TX
was not. He wrote Latin Auently but
nottoo correctly, and made no pretense of
perusing the classics, which he said
wearied him Reading, in general. had
few attractions for the sprightly con-
versatiOnalist, and he never EMPLOYED
the services of a secretary, a. his pre-
decessor Gregory XVI did, to entertain
him with French novels. On the other
hand he spoke French well, and oc-
casionally threw an eye over NJ. Louis
Veuillots articles In the Univers.
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NUMBER 80.
TWO SUNSETS.
ny NATHAN HASKELL poLE.

Once before saw the sunset
Prom this rocky hill,
Saw the valley deep and misty,
SAW the mountains blue and still
Mud the golden clouds above them
with the joyous sunbcams thrill.
But twas not ~ much the sunset
Which ensoulcd the place,
As II was the glow and glory
hcaming from thy rapturod face,
WiStiully, unconscious ot me,
Gazing outward into space.
Now once moro sec the sunset
Years have had their nighu,
Sec the misty valley darkling.
See the mountains purple light
Aud the shadow ot the pinionA
OF the dusky eagle, Night
But alone 1 see the sunset
Dearest, thou art far,
Aud the clouds grow black and heavy,
Shutting out the evening star,
And my heart IL full and weary,
Crushed as by an iron bar.
Though know that day rotuIneth,
Aud the night Is gain,
Yet cannot lift the burden
ot the present grief aud pain
parkntss has closed In around me.
Vain is Courago-trustis IL vain,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-30
a POOR MANS SONG.
"Ieh bin 80 gar Elm armer M.nu."- INLAND.

Ioh bin 30 gar Elm armer Mann. - Uhlsnd.
poor and wretched man Sm l,
And go my ways alone;
would be glad II only once
A happy hour to own.
In my dear parents humble cot
was n merry child;
since have laid them in the grave,
No face on me has smiled
j see the r1ch mans garden bloom,
see his golden corn;
Ny life il one unfruitful waste,
Neglected and forlorn.
In quiet pain, love 20 stray
Where joyful people swarm,
And wish to all right good day"
SO hearty and 10 warm
thou rich God, thou Ieav'st me not
Quite lost In woe and fear;
A comfort sweet for all the world
O'erfows, from heaven, here.
san shines the sun and moon and stars,
No full of love TO me,
And when the evening bell rings out
lpray, Lord, to thee.
In every little village street
There stands with lifted spire
Thy house, and outside may hear
The organ and the choir
Some time, TO all cold, hungry souls
Thy doors will open wide;
Then /, in fes tai raiment clad
Shall sit thy board beside.
-Bos,or Transcript.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-30

THERE are strange facts of human
nature revealed by the knowledge Of
physiology, and though they may seem
improbable, they appear to be CON
frmed by men Of science At least il is
stated on the authority Of the London
Lancet: a man in n certain neighbor-
hood had three daughters Wishing for
a son, he made a solemn VOW that If the
next was girl he would never speak TO
her. The next child proved to be a son,
as he wished. But curiously enough,
he would never speak 10 his father, al
though he lived tbirty-fve years with
him. He always talked freely with his
mother and sisters, but with no one else
until after the death Of his father, when
he talked readily with every one. He
was called " Dumb Eli"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-30

IF one (says q writer should give me
dish Of sand, and tell me there we're
particles Of iron in it, / might look for
them with my clumsy fingers and be un-
able to detect them; but let me take a
magnet and sweep through it, and how
it would draw to itself the most invisi-
bic particles by the mere power Of at
traction The Unthankful heart, like
my fingers i'm the sand discovers no
mercies; but let the thankful heart
sweep through the day, and, as the mag
net finds the iron, so it will find in every
hour some heavenly blessing--only the
iron in God sands is gold.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-30
Adreninres Of a Dcad Body.

The body of John w. Beavers, the
murderer who vas hanged the other
day at Madison, Ind, Was ia bitterly
hunted as he was before his death
After his execution the body was taken
to vault in Springdale cemetery. The
relatives feared that il would be stolen
by the doctors, and therefore Mr.. Cor
don, Beavers brpther-in-law, went TO
the vault duricg the night aid Garfield
the remains away in his wagon. lie took
the body TO his farm and hid il under the
hay in the barn, intending TO bury it
the next day. His hired mai vent out
early in the morning TO feed the cattle,
and was Mortified by stumbling over the
corpse. He gave such shrieks that the
neighbOrs were alarmed After the mat
ter was explained quiet was restored, the
body was carried 10 New Liberty
church-yard, TO be buried beside his
poor, dead wife. This poor boon was
not allowed him, however, for mob of
neighbors residing near the church were
there and angrily refused to let the
body be inferred, and IL had TO move
on" IL was taken 20 still another quiet
country church-yard 10 find rest, but
active runners had aroused the neigh
borhood, and the residents for miles
around fiocked on horseback and foot,
to prevent the sacred resting-place Of
their loved and lost ones from being
desecrated by the vile corpse of an ex-
ecuted murderer finding sepulture there,
and again the body was refused burial
The wagon containing the remains
moved away, and it was not until Tues
day night, five days after the execution,
that the bloated and disgusting corpse
found resting-place in an unknown
grave in the woods Those who know
where the body rests are few, and those
who care are fewer Beavers died a
merited death on the scafiold, and his re.
mains found fearful TestinQ-place.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-30

THE silver dollar is remonetized, and
the flush times have come How strange
it seems, in an era Of prosperity such as
this, TO look back on the hard, weary,
grinding times that are gone
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-30

AN inventor Of n compound to be
used a. Greek fire. showed the effect
Of his invention ~ President Lincoln,
one summer evening, in the grounds
near the White House Boards we're
set up, and the stuff, being thrown upon
them, burst into flames and burned them.
Lincoln stalkcd down into the gloom,
where the stuff was still smoldering,
pulled up q handful Of grass, came back,
and said 10 the inventor, "Thats very
curious, indeed-very interesting. Now,
can't you invent something to burn
bricks, mortar earth-works, or even
green grass? Up TO this date our armies
find no difficulty in burning wood u
The inventor went away sorrowlul.-
Noah Brooks, IN SCriJUer.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-30

Mr.. SHAW, known by his countrymen
as that very shrewd person, Mr.. j. Bill
ings, is described ~ n man six feet high,
with good, honest down Eastern far
mer-like face, bronzed az a sea captain's,
with deep, gray, snappy eyes, a slightly
hOOked-nOse, and mouth whose droll
expression is not hidden by the light
gray mustache and beard which sur
round &c. Behind it falls over hisshould-
ers full head Of long, wiry, iron-gray
hair. The face is full Of an expression
OF strong common sense, and when the
right eye winks energetically and the
mouth opens sideways 10 let drop "
drollery, IL beams with infectious fun.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-30

Mkt to English sparrows there is
nothing that increases faster than potato
bugs, unless II is the interest on an un-
paid note.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-30

LOUIS KossUTH, the Magyar, is in
sympathy With Turkey, and hates Russia.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-03-30

a SEvENTH-sTREET lady sent her lit
tie boy 10 q drugstore the other day to
get a porous plaster, and charged
him particularly TO be careful not to
forget what he was going after. He
went out repeating the words to himself,
and in few minutes came back saying
" Here mamma, this is the poorest one
TODD dit BreokIast Table.
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4 WARNING TO GIRLS.
Baltimore Gazette.

A little girl in Washington city died on
last Friday night from over exertion in
jumping the rope. She had kept up"
eighty times; that night she cied. Jump
ing the rope is harmless amusement for
little girls, if not carried too far, but il is
always liable to the danger of over exerton,
for an emulation or rivalry is aroused and
the thooghtess little folk try to tire each
other down; ami though it is very rare
that this imprGdence terminates so sadly
in the case of Nettie Wlliams on last
Friday, still there is no doubt that serious
injuries sometimes result. A ry thmic
joltiDg up and down ia the severest strain
that can be brought to bear on anything.
Ice that will bear twenty boys who stand
still may be broken by one who springs up
and down in rythmic and measured time.
The trotting of single horse across a
bridge is q severer strain than ten times
the dead weight of the horse and wagon.
1t is because rythmic motion strikes a Sc
ries of blows. 1t must be remem bered
that come of the internal organs are sus-
pended in their positions by very delicate
and fragile membranes. Sudden and vio-
lent jolts or shocks sometimes tear these
membranes with most deplorable conse-
quences. But regularly recurring verti-
cal motion like skipping the rope may
bring upon them q strain as severe as q
very violent single shock or strain. The
effect may not at once be apparent, but the
child may never have it's health again. We
should be sorry to think, however, that
the natural romps and games of little girls
could be attended with danger. Animal
spirits and the love of running and leaping
were given TO insure that they might be
induced to take sufficient exercise to secure
physical development. The prettieet sight
10 all the world is a group of little girls at
play. Yet great care should be taken that
their games should be heslthful in their
motions.
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Hen. John Forsy tn, the late editor Of the
Mobile Register, used to tell q good story
to illustrate the value of newspaper adver
tising, as mea"s of getting before the
public whenever you wished them to know
of your wants or wares.
Mr.. Forsyth was accidentally drawn into
discussion of this subject with a mercan-
tile friend, who expressed emphatic doubts
that an advertise ment benefited mans
business at all, and closed his side of the
debate with the common remark Its all
money given to the aid of the newspapers.
Nobody reads my advertisement, or thinks
of it, or looks after it, except your foreman
and collector
Forsyth replied: "Let us test the truth
of your assertion. Sit down and write out
an advertisement such az dictate, and we
will put it in the smallest type the cases
contain, and insert it in the remotest cor
ner of the Register that you can select"
The next morning there appeared in
agate, without bit of display, and in the
most out of the-wsy place in the paper,
the following:
WANTED.-To buy a dog. Apply at No.
- Blank street.
TIE contract was that in cese the "ad"
was snccess, the merchant was to pay
Forsyth So and treat TO wine and oysters
If it failed to meet the eyes of parties with
merchantable CANNES, the editor was to pay
the merchant SIS and set up a supper for
the two.
Daring the day of the first appearance
of his experiment, the merchant called at
the Register Office several times. He look
ed as though he was in trouble, appeared
nervous, looked over his shoulder like one
who is pursued by terrible bore CT per
sistent dun. Finally, in the evening
he met his editorial friend, and before the
latter had time to open his mouth, the mer-
chant said, hurriedly and excitedly, "For
Heavens sake leave that advertisement
out of your evening edition. There's five
dollars for it, aud five more to pay you for
saying No Blank street has got a dog.
Let's go and get the oysters; 1 am nearly
worried to death."-Erchange
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THE RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD.

Tho Prussisn Bureau of Stetistics has
INlely published some interesting data re-
SArdiDg the railway system of Europe
daring the decade ending with 1876. The
Sacta brought out in tins report are worth
comparing with the record of oSr American
railroads.
1t appears that at the close of 1875 the
aggregate length of European railways in
operation was % 900 miles, against AZ 900
IN lS6J For the last named wear the total
3eDgth of iron road in the United States
Was computed ht 35 COO miles but eleven
yeSrs later these figures had more than
doubled. this couEtry being credited in $40
with u 500 miles, an amount nearly equal
"a the combined exhibit of all the European
States. II Nc lock at the ratio Of track
10 area, we ND for each district of thirty
hlne square mllt~ an average length of one
Inlle OF rali III EGTupe, against nine trnths
% mile ~ tHc United States. Ca the
other hand. the railway facilities of no
country III the world approach the proper
zion nf track to population presented by
3Ae -nlted States. Ii we take 10 OG0 in
3Anitsnts as the unit of measurements the
average amount of rail provided for their
11e IN Europe IL only about three miles {;
ana In the most favored parts, namely,
Sweden, Switzerland OF Great Britain and
Ireland, it ls about six, five and half
AID hve miles respectively, against the
astonishing quota of seventeen and a half
N the United States. In a word, the rail.
way advantages of this country are, re!a
siTely to our population, more than three
tlnes greater than those of the opuIeut
4Eitish lelenjs, and more than four tlmee
more extensive than those OF Belgium, the
1Dost densely reopled section of the Couti-
.s9nS.
as for the capital represented in railways
va observe tho total amount invested il
I@Jope is computed for 1866 at five billion
2iue hundred million dollars, which sun
A&3 risen r decade later to ten biluoi
Hjght LUnty,d mll ions. AT the latter dat,
c}ISl tue Whole capital expended on rail
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-05-19
CITILITY AND RELIGION.

There is close nexus between oivility
and religion. The latter can raise the
former to the dignity of virtue. A pop
ular writer observes:
"Civility is a beautiful word, coming
from the old Latin ciriliS, which means
relating to the community, or to the policy
and government of the citizens and sub
jects of State; thus reminding US in its
root-idea of the fact that We are membe
one of another, thdt mere individual care
and seltishness is not civil, and that we
are related to those around us in multi
tudes of ways. An uncivil man by his
conduct says: ''Your pleasure, your com
fort of mind is nothing to me. What care
l whether you are happy or notr But a
civil man desires by his very conduct to
eee those around him in the enjoyment of
the pleasant sense of satisfaction and good
will Thus it happens that civil comes, in
it's secondary sense, to mean gentle, oblig
ing, we'll bred, affable, kind and-let this
be q satisfaction to citizens-it means hav-
ing the habits of a city This eurely is one
of the greatest compliments that can be
paid to thoee who have to endure a city's
smoke and noise, that they are supposed to
be especially civil. Certainly it is a sign
of good breeding to be civil. 1t manifests
that delicate and instructive appreciation
of the feelings of others which is the es-
serce Of true gentlemanliness. Manifestly
there are dangers in this, as in every other
aspect OF Ire ana Quty. we can easily un
derstaud in physics how too much of sweets
nauseate instead of pleasing the palate, and
so III morals we can well understand that
there ia danger leet courtesy should
merge into ridiculous and empty excess
OF maur ofrsm. There are rocks on either
hand here as elsewhere, but there are wide
seas between in which we may safely steer
our vesseie and if we are to be affrighted
from one position because of its possible
cxcesses, we had better confess at once our
inability to steer between extremes. The
danger of excess in this respect is not one
huudredth part so great as the danger of
neglect. We are liable each day to be
"put out" by SO many things-to have the
| angry spirit, the grumbling spirit, the dis
contented spirit awakened in us-that it
requires Il marvellous amount of energy not
| to put this essence of unpleRsantUess into
our mAnuerism towards Others. Who has
not felt it to be great wrong that he
| should suffer Smiths snappishness, because
| in the morning Brown happened to be cross
with Smith I 1t is difficult indeed to rid
ourselves of the feelings of the hour but
| If we all tried to be civil and courteous to
| each other, in court, and camp, and shop,
! in street, at home, and abroad, we should
cure the evil at stroke; and, just in pro,
portion "A we personally cultivate cour-
teons spirit, do We diminish the discomfort
Of the world.n
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-05-19

BRIGHT ON GLADSTONE Mr.. Bright
Princess Louise, and smart party WAS
made for him, mostly Duchesses, believe.
One of these great ladies presently began,
as the fashion now is, to abuse Mr.. Glad
stone. MIR Bright, in his grave way, asked
this parsonage MADAM, have you any
children - She admitted she had. "Then
permit me, madam, to advise You to take
them, on the first opportunity, where they
may see Mr.. Gladstone, and when they are
in his presence, say to them they are
standing before one of the greatest English
men who ever lived, and who has done his
country perhaps the greatest service it was
ever permitted an Eoglishman to do, by
preserving it from a wanton and wicked
war" MIR. Bright has done good many
plucky things in his time, and the deserves,
all things considered, to be rcckoned
among them,
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THE MUTYNY OF THE IIPPERARY
MILITIA.
TWENTY TEARS AGO

The death ia announced of General Hart,
who some twenty years ago was in com
mand OF detachment of troopa which
was called on to euppress very extraord- =
mary mutiny in the Sonth of Ireland. The
North Tipperary Militia, rebelled against
their entire deprivation of the uniform an
nually supplied to them, disarmed their
officers, and held possession of the bar
racks at Nenagh. Lieutenant Colonel
Hart marched from Templemore at the
head of five or six hundred men of the bat
TALON stationed at the depot, and after "a
brief hand to hand strugRle in the streets
of the capital of the Forth Riding quelied
the insurrection. Many lives were lost,
and the determination with which the
militiamen fought vas such that when
their supply of bullets was exhausted they
cut off the buttons from their tunics and
fired them on the regulars. Penal servi-
tude was the fate of some of the North
tips, who maintained their dogged resist
ance to the last, but none of them were
subjected to the last penalty of the law.
The touching address of the late General
Hart when the soldiers and mutineers
were buried in the came grave yard may
be remem bered by many living in Nenagh.
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LEr BYGoNEs BE BYGoSES.

et by gonea he b pnnssi II tygousH wers cloud ed
py EuEht that rrcast red = FAnS ui regret
Cb let them ~ darA est obtINIJ be shIoudedi
'Tis wise and us kiLd TO forgive aud forget.
Let bJ cones lie bS gonss and good be extracted
From ~ over which u IL folly To fret
The vi,e-t of morials have fOoiishly acted
The kindsst are thoss who forgive and forget
Let Bygones be bygoIes oh. cherish no longer
The thou glt that this sun OF affection has set.
Kenpstd for n moment, its rays will be stronger,
II Ou like n Christian. forgive and forget.
Let hygnT 10 byRCnes your heart win be l!ghter
when kiDdD, A. Of youts With reception has me t
Tie Hsme OF your love will te puTtr sDd brighter
II Uodliko, SOu strive TO forgive and forget
Lot BY gones be byRones oh. purge out the leaven
OF malice. and Try example to set
To oihers, who craving the mercy OF heaven,
Arc AAdly too slow 10 forgive and forget
.St byRonss be bygoDes remember how deeply
To beRy. Ia a foIbeAraLce all are in debt
They value GOD . inf mite good too cheAply
W no heed not lhe precept, FOfg We ana forget
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NEW CHINA MATrINGs.
ELKIN & CO.

ssSs.-
thousaI- receiving
four maps, CAN TON MATING,
reader folkE CHECK AND FANCY PATTERNS in
marvellous spurious qualities aud at very Lo" PRICES
lem, the starting ne nave q q !.ise "a stocN oi
world. The desissrrs rupEFpTv d 1,cp.1p
the establishmepAlso OIL CLOTHS in all widths
not effected j. oe2i ~ ~ wv ~''i-D'-
first and above al. ~
the supernatural l. oo"HAo ~ ooS
idence, planning -Chartres Street IL
events in His own IMPORTER AND DEALER
Instruments Carpetings,
It's difficult to r-CIoTHs
and critical phrases mp C9GQA n "a MATTIHG No
open before us, anl WINDOW SHADES,
chain whole att LIE AHb EN3 EI
volumes and looking foLES4LE AND RETAIL.
know not how to begiads Pins Gimps Ioons and Tssse
wide and splendid felPlush, Bed Ticking and Springs
Thebaud leada the ChrThe Bale and Piece.
Interior Asia, Persia, MY
Greek-speakiDg oountr.,
rope and Africa, these At
.n:,ss~ n:!""ass 10 9ap,piS of ms.' Ao RI FLYNN'S,
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MAURICE j. HART, AGENT.

:. " .iHd'Fanted to know all about the bot
- blunder he spilled the poison,
y not to be detected filed the bot
Ter. Mivins came in soon after,
abstraction drank the contents
Wa Great was the hubbub when he
hat he had done. Thinking him
he sent for doctor. 1t was only
val of the medical man that Sam
Il upon himself to explain to his
had taken place. So by mis-
. 1e. pa,t, Mivins escaped poisoning.
ting entertainment was brought
. a grand finale played by the brass
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-05-19

A grocer being collected to contribute to
the building of n church promptly sub.
scribed his nemo to the paper in the follow
cnly place in town where you can get clev-
en- pounds of sugar for one dollar) twenty
Eve cents"
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-05-19

Doubt produces nosbicg. Il is faith alone
that builds,