West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-07-20
FANCIES FOR THE FAIR.
SEVERAL noted ladies practised medi-
ne i'm Greece nalnv ds,,s

SEVERAL noted ladies practised medi-
cine in Greece's palmy days.
The Philadelphia Bulletin suggests
that graduates of female colleges be
given the title of "Spinster of Arts"
lr will never do TO let women vote.
They would die before election day, try
ing to find out the color of the other
party's new ballots.
MANNERS are more esteemed i'm M
ciety than virtues, though the one il
artificial, like false brilliants, and the
other pure, like real Jewels.
Troy has a police justice who is dan
gerous when drunk. He threw six beer
glasses and mustard cup at his bar
room companions.
\ CORRESPONDENT says the worst
tyrant in the world is the woman who
fancies herself superior to her husband.
and lets everybody know it.
MANY women are loved without know
ing IT., and many think they are loved
when they are not. They generally find
out their mistake after marriage.
lr was Boston belle, Just back from
Europe, who said of Switzerland
" Pretty place, but it struck me there
were two many lakes and too few Young
men"
MAN loves and runs away. Woman
brings action for breach of promise. and
gets damages. Woman loves. and she
rides away: Man brings his action, and
gets hooted out of court
LOVE sCoRNs DEGREES.
Love scorns degrees the low he ifte,h high
The high he dTaweth down to that fair plain
Wherein, In his divine equality,
Two loving hearts may meet nor meet I'm vain
Gainst such sweet leveling custom cries amain
nut DER It's harshest utterance one bland sigh
Breathed passion-wise, doth mou' victorious still
For Love- earth's lord, must have his holy will
Paul Hayne.
MRS. HoLBRooK is an active partner
IN the New Orleans Picdyuue COMPANY
she not only assists in the business man
agement of the paper, but also writes for
it editorials, sketches and poetry.
A CHICAGO man mas invented kind
OF ink specially suitable for lovers. 1t re-
mains bright for five days after use. and
fades out, leaving the paper entirely
blank. Thus the most gushing of cor
respondence would be safe against ex-
posture.
NINE. BLAVATsKY, the Russian Conn.
tess and authoress of that erudite ostro-
theological work, "Isis Unveiled has
ever conferred upon a lady i'm America
the Sovereign Sanctuary of the Ancient
and Primitive Masons of England and
Wales having created her an Apprentices
Companion, Project, Mistress, Sublime
Elect Scotch Lady, Grand Elect Cheva.
lleIe de Rose Croix, Perfect Venerable
Mistress and a Crowned Princess of the
Rite of Adoption.
HERE is no more hope for the world.
Even the Jewish women are beginning
to be tainted with woman's rights noo
tons. They ask that the benedction
" Blessed art Thou, O Eternal. our God
that Thou hast not made me n woman y
be expunged from the Jewish Ritual In
TINS connection il may be remarked
without abiding to ANYBODY in particu,
lar, that there is no better test of the
real liberality of "a so-called "emanci.
pated Jewish Rabbi, than his wilIing-
ness to allow his daughter to marry a
Christian.
AN Italian in a California town, after
SIX months OF welded life, applied for a
ulVorce on the strength of this griev-
ahce; Before | married my wife she
painted her face and was always white,
tlnged with a rosy color resembling a
rose. j thought the colors were natural
put since she got married she paints her
face no more, and it has become as black
as coal" The lawyers told the heart
broken man that it would be necessary
TO try fresh paint or soap before pro-
ceeding with the case
GAN not too highly commend the
course OF the women of Holland. who
tug the canal-boat along the still waters
OF their native land, while the husband
sits at the helm and arduously guides the
course. And as she demands no wages
or at any rate gets none, for thus haul.
ing her husband, her days and nights
are sweetened with the thought that she
Is not taking the wages from a man.
There is much also to be said in euloey
OF those lands where the women, har-
messed beside the yellow dog, draw q
load OF cabbages to market.-Rev. Leyi
PhitetuS DObbs.
MADAM RUDERsDoRFF, the popular
singer, has settled down on farm cf her
own, at Berlin, Mass. She manages her
land entirely herself, and is solving the
seemingly impossible problem of making
money out of farming. Her dairy pro-
ducts and vegetables find sale at higher
prices than those of her neighbors. Her
house is full of Turkish and Persian
rugs, old china, and precious bric-a-brac
she has been gathering up for years. She
rises at five in the morning, and works
IN her garden vigorously with hose
herself. Besides this, she trains i'm music
young lady pupils who reside with her
and she gives lessons i'm languages.