The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-08
PASSING SMILES.

DtkDs are not n0teti LOT courage, put
many of them die game.
WHEN stag takes to water he swims
for deer life.--New York Herald.
MAN is made--tier upon tier-of fac
ulties, the nature of every one of which
points toward happiness.
A MAN without imagination or wit is
like wagon without springs. Every
rut gives him disagreeable jostle.
To dislike the fruit is to dislike the
tree it grows on, therefore, we do most
dearly love those who like our fruit.
LAWYERS are never more earnest than
when they work with a will--that is, If
the estate is valuable.
If man has love in his heart, he
may talk in broken language, but it will
be elo uence to those who listen.
AMERICAN hams that don't find
market are seut to Europe and bring
high price as Westfailure hams.
MEN can paint pictures without pal
cite or brush. They can work out of
their own souls light for every
occupation. 45F
In this world there is thousand
times more pleasure than pain, and ten
thousand times more happiness than
trouble.
PAIN seems TO be rather the squirting
of nature, to tell man he has gone of
the track Of happiness, and to bring him
back again.
Norman while unhappy can show forth
true, notable manhood. Everything
short Of cheer is medicinal, and medi-
cine was not made for daily use.
Do the duty which lies nearest to
thee, which thou knowest to be duty:
thy second duty will have already
become clearer.
WHEN your captious neighbor tells
you there is no such thing as an honest
man, you may be sure he is himself
knave. M
THE ice in some of the down East
rivers is 30 thick that when taken
out there won't be any water left.-Bos-
ton Post. Hat
DIR. HOLMES says that crying widows
marry first. Not very smart thing to
say; for how could they be widows
without marrying irst.--PhiJddelphia
Bulletin.
KE. who makes man laugh twice
where he would only laugh once, Is a
greater benfactor than he who makes
two blades of grass grow where but one
grew before.
Alcohol will clean out the inside of
an inkstand. 1t will also clean out the
inside Of a pocketbook little more
thorousl,iy aud quicker IMAM anything
else on record.
WHEN man owes q debt and refuses
to pay more than half of it, he calls the
arrangement compromise with his
creditors. The creditors call it swim
dle.-Ne'o Orleans Picayune.
IT may seem little late to express
sympa W, but if Job ever had ripe
and bl, ,ming boil fair and square on
his Adams apple, he has our heartiest
coincidence Wheeling Leader.
Mr.. GEORGE CAKE has been arrested
in Les Angeles for hammering three
men with club. Sort Of batter-C Cake,
as it were.- Exchange. We should call
him pound Cake. -Norristocn Herald.
A MAN to be envied is Mr.. Mann, of
Troy. His father gave him one hun
bred Thousand dollars on his marriage
day, and another hundred thousand
dollars when he YVES elected to the
Assembly.
A REALLY neat tramp, when he puts
piece of custard pie in his pocket, al
ways places the outside or crust rim in
first, allowing the central point of the
triangle to gracefully hang over the
edge, after the manner Of bandana
handkerchief Haven Register.
AFTER the unique and cautious ver-
dict rendered recently by coroner's
Jury at Tunbridge Wells, all disbe-
levers in the jury system should be
converted. The verdict was: "The
child was sufocated, but there is no
evidence to show that the suf0catiOn
was before or after death. - Louisville
| Courier. Journal. rsa4 40
SOFT, SOFT WIND.
Soft, soft wind from out Of the sweet South gliding,
| Watt thy silver cloud-web? athwart the summer
Thin. thin threads Of mist on dswy fingers twining
Weave veil Of dappled gauze to shade my babe
and me. HE
Pour myself abroad, Lord, on earth, and air,
Worn weary hearts within thy holy temple hiding.
| Shield from sorrow, sin and shame my helpless
| babe and me.
THESE nights, when the good citizen
sittetn in the house with his howitzef
ready to lombard the burglar, the editor
sleepeth sweetly in his little bed, with
doors and windows open. The wise
burglar knoweth full well that blood
cannot be squeezed out of turnip;
conseauentlyhe molesteth not the knight
of the quill.-Paris 7sr.) Banner.
LET us remem Der that intolerance is
the twin sister of ignorance. We can
not understand the pleasure which peo-
pie take in blackening one another.
The clever thing to do is to find out
peoples merits. It is easy to discover
foolish habits, modes of talk which are
not agreeable, but to discern the ster-
| ling merit and kindness which is in 80
many human beings, does require nice
observation and kindly imagination.
THE Albany IN. W Journal tells .
romantic story of q young man who met
his future wife by accident, He was
driving q street-car for fun, having per-
suaded the regular driver to loan his
car. coat and hat for one evening. As
i he was driving up a hill he saw rum
away horse, attached to sleigh, coming
i down at breakneck speed. He jumped
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