Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-09

I too natural 10 be devOtee to the laws OF
politeness when in society and to eman-
cipate yourself from the rules OF common
courtesy when YOU are in your own
house.
Coon manners are the only thing
which keeps in fashion all the year
round. 1t is always in good taste to say
something kindly, or do generous deed.
The world is so constituted, also, that 1t
never lads tOapprcciate them. You can
hardly lit your hat 10 a passer- by with
out compelling him to do the same
thing, or resist a temptation without re-
ceiving the applause even OF those who
have yielded to it.
The modern church is built with es-
pecial reference 10 ease and comfort.
The wealthy sinner, AT least, has every
appliance OF soft cushions, giIt-edgcd
PRAYER books and ravishing music to
make the single hour OF religious instruc-
ton as little irksOmc rs possible. lie
must not be roughly reminded, after the
fashion 0i John Knox. that he is lost
soul, but gently laid To sleep on rhetorl-
cal flowcrv beds Of ease. There Is hard
" a church in Europe that has any car
pet on the iiuOr or any other seat than
rough pine benches or coarse straw-bot-
toned chairs. America leads the world
in providing comfortable and elegant aC-
rommodation Tor those who feel it des-
! prratc duty to be religious. y popular
novelist has put the matter into better
phraze. however, than we can command.
He says:
In a church which is garni>hcd with mullion
and gable.
With alter and rcredos, with gargoyle and
The pcnitcnt>' dresses are >caskin and sable,
The OdOr Of ,anctity's eau-de-ColOgnc
But surely ii Luciicr, flying from liadcN,
Were to gaze on the crowd with IT. panNies ana
He would say, a, he looked on the lords and the
/ ladies. "
saints"
! Iris favorte theory with some scien-
/ fists that everything has a soul more or
less devclopcd-m animals, plants
and even minerals. As the annual sea-
son of thanksgiving festivities comes
round. however we are inclined To in
dulge in doubt. The chickens and tur-
KEYS which are intended to grace the
feast lounge around the barn yard in the
most unconcerned way and vie with each
other in fatal competition whenever the
handful ui corn, which is the Ominous
preliminary To that sad moment when
their ncckS are 10 br wrung, Is thrown
to them hv their cheerful master. II
they really had souls and were capable
Oi understanding the situation, II they
had even the ability t. draw Il single in
ference. they would read and practice
the Banting system during the three au-
tumn months, and, instead OF hurrying
to their daily food, would sIyly and
knowingly perch on the highest fence,
and all in a row, and by simultaneous
movement. raise the claws Of the right
foot, bringing the thumb claw to the end
of the bill, and slowly and significantly
oscillating the others, whenever the idea
OF corn was presented. Turkeys and
chickens have it in thcrpowcr to abolish
our national Thanksgiving, but because
they will not reason, and cannot learn
by experience, they have their neckS
twirlrd.
The Rev. Plato Johnson has antiCipa-
tons for the future which he can best
describe himself He preached to an
overflowing house on Saturday evening
and LETT his congregation in tears. lie
said in substance: -Belubbed brudderen