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Original Poetry.
THE OUIC1SY.
ny MRS. l.. II. PARTRlCK.


Ou, OIL life's stormy BcA, tossed to aHl fro,
Without hops or guide not knowing
where to 70,
4 roor girl 10 rGst, 10 bnIIt, nlonc,
Tho fierce storms Of f.lc-ttic"d! she ha:
none.
Meeting with culdncsS wherever she goes,
Sometimes with harslIacsS, curses and
blows;
10 kind word OF sympathy her ear; ever
greet,
Is ita wonder she's out on the street?
They call her abandoned with cold looks OF
srcrn,
Pull their garments aside rs they hurry
along;
What care they that her heart Ach'sr she's
wenry and s,i,
With the life she's IrNlins is driven most
mad.
Oh 20 boasting christians, where il thy
charity?
lave you no pity for down-troddeH hn'
MAniiy?
Have you never trcn thrown into rcmpla.
ton aud sin,
Or thoughts oil what you, lives might
haze been?
Then pity the Crring one and guide her
Alright,
Out from lifr's sIladuw intu the light,
Sowing seeds Of wisdom that will bloom
again,
For she's one OF Gods children, though
covered with shame.
PhtE"t.rhsn, Feb. 20.
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Tho report from every one of the
thirty counties heard from, with
ont exception, is that the prospects
for the wheat crop werO never bet.
Ter. There is Il large acreage, and
If the senson continues favorable,
the yield will bo enormous.
Sheen and cattle hNv0 wintered
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IRRITIL AND DEPARTURE
or THE WiihS

CIarkshurg-scmi.daily except Sundays
Irnvrs Wrs'nu At i:ii A. NJ. and l:DOr. A.
arrives al II An, and G:lirN.
llmxton Court lIouse-dmlr except Sun,
days-anivrs nj Weston by h:3G =; A.' and
leaves Weston same day NJ $50 : VI
Glrnvillc-'laily cxrrln Suna"ys-IeaGs'
Weston II, 3 A. N. ant arrives at 5P NJ
liurkLannon-daily "Accpt SundhyE-"F-
riyrs Mt Weston nj II ~. NJ, and leaves
nj l2M. ,
philippi-ari'cs nj Weston Tncsdn!yS md
Fridays At GP.M leaves Weston Ird"rs-
day nnd Saturdays At ! \. u.
Mount rIcasani--lrares Weston Mondays
Mnd ,hnralays nt 7 4. M.-aErIvrs TncIdaYs
and Fridays by & p, n.
West lniun arrives Mondays AZ 7. u
-lrNvcs Weston Tuesdays ut I a. w..
Sand EOrk-UMrc II WcrE-lravrS Weston
Mondays at q 4. M.-.arrircs Tuesdays nj j
?. u. =,
Ed- Parties having mail 10 go Should
lrjn. II to the otlirr hall M hour before the
departure Ol tie Iaails
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May 1, lSIS.
Ees;SfaVELt.E ggOTEiz..
Rushville: Lewis Co., W. Va.
WM. l.. WHITE, Proprietor

The undersigned desires to Inform The
public that he has leased the above Hotel,
and has reiurnishrd anl rrIiiIcl The same,
lie oilers the hrs, Of recommendations to the
lrn,rlius pablic. G~h siabling and
eel on th. p'.ni',s 10 i" nIl''li:"
arrangements fOr travellers and telms'ers
lie respectfully invites " call IRON his old
iiicnis aud travelrts
WM, l.. WHITE.
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Fine Sample Rooms. Telegraph Of
fee, excellent StabIi"g, BUS to all
r:nins.
May 1, 1878.
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I,HE DENOCRAA
Rates ofAdvertising

Rates OFAdvertlslng
t'nc Square, len lines or less ona N.
sprtIuu 81 10
For each Subsequent insertion 30
one Square lwrIyr months N 90
Unc.rrnrlh Of column, l.. moa,hS fG 60
lnr-haIf nf column. u ruaths d 90
One column, l2 nOuH sb 90
Local Notices 20 cents psr llus, whiSh
lnGsl he pail in advSacS. s. Will 10
charged tor announcing candidates tar
C0unry.ani $IU 'or Suite ard U. S. O!is"a
l.cuathy Culinary S"I'cCs must he psldinr
.Eu'All I.csn! Notices prc charged to hs
"'oTnry presenting them.
J0b IDGEaanGang
.hG;- Neatly and Promptly executed.
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WEST VA. UNlVETRSlY

Nine departments Of study; tex,'booiS
furnished at cost calendar arranged to suit
teachers; expenses for one year iIom slIo
to $500 nun-mctariaI, liberal, thorough.
Fall Term begins September 1h, 1879.
?su.rur catalogueand other imlor"AtiOn'
apply to the President, j. Il. Thompson
Unrruniown. ". Vn,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-02-28

Tho following from tho Rich
mond CmnnIon~eu'th il true, every
word t.: it:
There is something almost do
lightiul in the rctrihutiye sort Of
justice that the present situation ot
affairs in Virginia brings home to
some people.
The Northern States robbed us
of our property in our slayeS-llt-
,crIy destroyed hundreds Of mill
ions Of dollars worth Of our proper
ty without Il shadow Of rompensa-
ton to Us. Hul now these same arc
commencing .!w poisoned chalice
to their own lips, by forcing the
Stat. Of Virginia to rob them OF
their property in her bonds
There could be no better lesson
in the great moral law Of rctribu-
tive justice; that law which has its
sat in the bnsom Of Gol. and
which declares that the right shall
be done, and the wrong docr shall
suffer for his wrong. Wrilhc in
your anguish, gentlemen, and con-
sole yourselves with the reflection
that You "nurSrd the pinion that
impclled the steel
The State Of Nirrinia is TODAY Il
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IONW CEtlN-hos
II ,o.-T " W'nIiindin.
=" ~ - IIIn
hc""H'eF'-G' .'''' ST,
.i'icrmrH lSt Ndrt--dOhn ol'c"'
81 Wuul-A G.. lialc.
81 -T,mos Burns,
80 ' ,r ~ ,.,.h W,,snn
'ih hhrH-"nsrP' ~,
Sergeant. -. :. NiIE'nson'
GMrt,9T.fF.:.:.
"H 80 60, = .,,,,,n,.,r,r.
\. +. X a. M'-,N'"lr" 'T," nnIA n
Of Weston l.Hnrr 10 W, ', ', TI,ir, Won.
Mill br held on 'he F''St """ '"'' ''''
days 0TPrcrE mVM'h' n,u,r, - n
CliAS' " ''N"H' "' "'
}. ]. PETERSON. htc . -,
JANE LEW, ,S'mie' S'","""'""I T '",S y "
Jackson l.ndge 80 20 \: r. I ""N " ,
will /" h"ld in their HAIL. !" ,n ""m' '''"' VI"
The SccundSHtHrdhN IN G'rn .,.",. ""","' "
lSAA' 1ACN7"'' SO
W. y. cAhPFt' sc c,,,.1
81 Joseph 5 l. a. u; d., S"S.'Li S.,in IN "v.
cry month. FATHER TEACf' Ties l.
X. J. SIMPSON, Srcrr,ntN:
CHURCHES
Il. r, Church, Rev. S. L. Jont|, FaS-
tar, Preaching every Sabbath. PRAYER
meeting Wednesday night. Snnlhy Srhn"I
II 4, Hnrncs, Suprtjntcnirnt-rve;y Sun"
,lav ut . u'rlnrk, p. NJ.
prrshN tr'inn Church, Rtv. ieD'E 'Ec W.
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Fyorenfing Disc0m .lNtong logs.

ne D'0'tr ""|'." lives '''H 'o''
loving sensible "tVlSG III regard 70
ilir c;ire OF h"@': Inc GaV'eT VI
diseases among SWINE anu Inc oesl y:
remedies are un>"ltsH pF"n!eills pI'.4 III
the estimation even OF lho!'!'""eS
who have reAre! n"@S Tor aqUar-
ter o! a century; Ent a majority
OF our people WEI continue 10 Try
experiments Nearly every man
Gt large experience IN '"'tcalnS
this class Of stock, wno hsS not a
lav"rltc medicine ol MS own m w.,I
try every rsmcdy rF"poseu ny an!
man protesting to be a HrleFlNaEy
surgeon. lhis Is mol surprising
Wien We Fea! Ill many OF our pa
pers that during 1913 twenty-five
per cent, ol tue hog crop OF 'lial
year was lost ny h"S cholera >"
lar as We can learn oy careful m
qMIry,' therefore, a''ow US 10 s!nS s
a'i who either rear or IaltsN swine
llttl" simple ADVICE IL may l'"'
do them or Their animals m"rh
Eood' but 1t Will Il" them no harili,
and 1t may DC ot great value 10
Their Young stuck. AZ all events
the tr1al WIN not he expensive
rs a p?StNIa'e We HlIlrm 'he 'rlee
ikII nftI1nF1SIn y n ItlllIH III ITA-
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NO.. 80

well. The open, mild weather has
bean favorable, and 4 grcat saving
Of feed. The farmers ure reported
as all in goa! spirits.
We shall continuG to add to the
summary Of our reports until all
the counties aye heard from. 1t is
just ~ well that it should he
known who til. people favo" for the
different offices, before the convon-
ton makes the nominations. and
the Reyi"sr will cndeayor 10 give
the public the most accurate in
formation it can gather from the
people. without r"-:ar,l to who is
favored or sighted. All We want
to know is, what the pcop!e want.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-02-28
.Si-iTE Politics.
DRIFT Of Political Sentiment In
U'Gst IIFginid.


w,u.,isr R,,.i,,.r
cornrol Y,oI.s ann .La p,c;,,er
.o',, "'I", nI't ,n "I I'll ,ho % Sn,,,'i,os - ,Ln
@ S,n,a ' l;s, nT ,,,,ostinms J..;,,n.J
,,'"'v ,,.,,;, ''%' " ,l,a ,lr;,i ~ "nI;i;"nt
W Hf.s'' ,;''. :, III H. 60, 49, ~ P"'''; ,n,;'
'f'~'v ~ anJ S,a,, NJ, Sl,.'irS ds w"Il ~.
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;,i,orost %iS% o'''>' '''s'S
''';rius., rs" ;,,,,,;,;o. ,,.,,.o uI,lrossol
,,r,o';n"Gt tM,H "4"I'o n'oH Tv %ntl, NnM,IIi'
ao @ n" I"o .,mJ Han,n"ra, ,,'S w. ;N .,aE conn.
:" ,"''1 "nI "iS S,,nL m"r as ,yn ,' i, ,ns;Iinn
l.nnrr "'' ' o',J ''r' "r' "I L'Iinr'', I M .n Ln
",oSt Nv S t,m;Iinr with tIs (rrIinrs and
m',i,';n," '''GIt % "T ,L" ns",,io ~ t%nir
~i"T il',,"",;ro y. ro,,mt;o M O
H. wcr rSr.rni to chorro NIL
,r,'n wv ,h",SL N snnT !, w rom"~ts ,hnt
"" Jii No, o.k rnr their Individual
",;';,s w. "'' '''' I,,t " ~; G,n . ,no nr'rnI"",
UiiT;"E' ,;ir,I,i;, %,,;n;nr S ''' WV N'
i" "" h,I.,. Wr n"rr r.co;vc1 ycrv full
,,',,,,' ,T [,.,,,, , tr;r,, ,,,,,,n,;ns nr thn
S,n,o sSi1''' % Er"',, n,.3v nf ,INn, "n;tu
:, .r, M"M,Iar of r.,,"ris hnvn haen % rr-
'.o;,aJ nrG frniM nnch of the thirtv
,,,'Ht;,', 1' "~ ,,,, i,'i;or' mo hn',n s',.i,
o""' :" r',,nr, ~ w ,orr f,,Ilv and % ,rr,,r.'to
~ 'rt'Vr. rI"r"xrn,s "a, thc SsStimc%ts inn "r tho
'.,,'' ~ mn"n ,h" M Mn,t"rs in "ro"
it' i;',! "" n.r" ,ni."M ,.nnsi'i,r ,r,IJo
M,;ms ''o' +" ri"ssify " and clean the
I"na, , ra,,I,s W. nFtLoso rsn1,.ts onJ
mnn. M,.' ,,rn"nso , T IN ~iv. It" ra,nrns
iMst @ ~ rsccived from thrs. thirty
rWnlies. nnd rs r.norts continue
Nv nnnnn IN wn will i. nijr IN ,rivn
;'rSon " o ros,,,,S um,;l IL. nmt;ra S7,,n
~ ",,o, ,o,nvoSs.i 'v ~ WV
"" yV ,I"S;ro ] io sov tho, IN spm.
r,;"S Hn % thoSo " rn,,or,s @ wh.rc rhnro
!" iH s,,H,% %%r . , Jiy~rsiIn nf sentiment in
"r,. conrtv n, IN law. itS standing
""Sn ""S ,o ,ny tomic M in ,l"n',I ~ W" HayI'
"rt "I' c",!,t"I ,Ln rc,nrn And in
,'',',,,. ,'o' '",,nt;o. n,," c"rr's,nmJerts .
%""r % moJr onIv mort;nI r,.n'rts as
=" al ,Ln cLn;rn oF III" nrnnlr fnr
oonJ;l,t"s fnr tho w,ripr. nilirrS
nor Lo;rr .Ila IN l.tnrmiue thn
'irif, 'pI n "r mI,hIi,. @ n,'iniN" m nnJ there.
Gnrs M, NJ NJ III. thirtv cnnntirS w
Envc nm some Of tIa Offices a rc-
m"rt from onIv fnnr or five roun.
los
TLo rolIow;,r i. s,,mmorv of
tl,o ~ ronorts m'on thc chnir1 ol
'%o M nntn,in %
viz 'e'l'T ror covryxop
In o,ovrn cornt,rS tho Demo.
cr,ts ~ mrr(rr 1ohMsmu \. Camden as
thrir & fret choice, ar,l in rirht
o,Lrr ronptirs Lo is named as
snronL choice for the office of
Govornor, Tavern "
Virr counties pre(er Hon. C. j,
rani; ,,sr "s tLc;r iirat choice, nnd
IN. n.s;v ntLrrs Lc is second choice.
Two rnum,irS mrrfrr .Jnrob Lack.
son ,s tirst rhnilr. md six other
co,,nties name linn rs SECOND
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Gu>>wtM Gowrts.

Lewis. l'irst Monday in February
April, june, August, 0c,ohrr and
December tho June and October
terms for fiscal aud police business
only.
GiImcr Second Monday in FEBRUARY
April. June, August, oc'"be' and
DGcembrr.
Up>hur Second Monday in February
April. June, August, October and
rccrmhrr.
Brnx'm First Tuesday in January
March. May, July, septernbr' and
November.
Webster. .Fomth Tuesday in Frbrna'
ry, April, June, August October
and Ncrcmbcr
alhoun Fourth Monday in F'hrun
ry, MurcIr, Iuns, August, scP'Sn'-
ber and November.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-02-28

A mans good breeding is tho
best security against other people S
i'll manners.
The man who studies to 10 re-
vcngcd. only manages to keep his
own wounds green.
lie that sympathises in all the
happiness Of others, enjoys the
safest happiness; and he that is
warned by all the folly of others
has attained the sourdest Wis
dom.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-08
4 New Moral Force.
SUDDEN GROWTH ASD IMMENSE rowER or
TuE PRESS.

SUDDEN GROWTH ASD IMMENSE rowER or
TnE PRESS.
From Wendell Phnlp.' Lecture.
II is here, if anywhere, then, that one
can Judge of the nature and power of
the press of modetn times. Although
growth of the last fifty or sixty years. no
man doubts or can doubt for moment
its almost omuipotcuce. Upon round
calculations il Is estimated at no less
than 100000 products OF the press are.
daily flung before the eyes of the world.
IL Is not oyerestimating to say that 25,.
100000 of the people are daily and hour.
ly subject to the government of this
great power. When you contemplate
these figures IL seems as though there
was no limit to the omnipotence of the
press. The influence of repetition, too,
can hardly be overestimated. When
YOU think that the press, with lis lj,.
100000 agents, can drop an idea into
the minds of its millions of readers, and
that the next day il can repeat this
idea, illustrate it with anecdote, point
it with sarcasm, discuss 1t with logic,
make it ethical or abstract, and in fact
put it in any form for 300 successive
days, then YOU can see how resistlcss
becomes this power OF iteration. IL
was Palmerston who once sa ! IL
never dare contradict a journal. For if
| did il could make fun of me every
day in the year"
The speaker then gave a rapid sketch
of the libraries and literature of the Ro.
mans and other ancient nations. Sew.
enty years ago, he continued, the press
was nothing. The battle of Waterloo
was given less than FIVE hundred words
i'm the London Times. Nowadays a
bloody street brawi would be given a
column or two by the Hcrad. Laugh.
ter. IL we go back to the days of the
battle of Waterloo we find that the
London Times contains no opinions, no
leading article, no editorials. The jour.
nalism. that is, the current press of TO.
day, Is almost the creation OF the last fif
ty or sixty years. remember well when
Harrison died in lSI0-a critical event
in party politics. Yet when the news
reached Springfield, H., ten days after.
ward, and was announced TO Abraham
Lincoln, who was in court. he refused
to beheve IL, saying that the news
couldn't have got there so soon. To-
day man may read the Queens speech
at the very hour it is being uttered.
Whoever reads the papers Is in tele.
graphic communication with the world;
whoever doesn't might as well be Rob
inson Crusoe upon his island. To mil.
lions the newspaper is religion, school,
college, counselor and amusement.
To the influence of the press, primar
lily, are due the successful development
OF our country, and the elevation of
men above drudgery. 1t is the training
of the mind, following party discussion,
which results in discernment, sagacity.
and persistment and unconquerable et
fort to suhiugate nature. Why, Yam
kee babe looks over the edge OF the era.
die, makes plan and takes out a pat.
ent before nine months. Laughter.
Il is the oneness of intellectual life born
of this thousand. headed monster, the
press, that makes us nation. | think
America owes one.half, If not more, of
her material prosperity to her press.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-08
Queen Christmas First Bull Fight.

Prom the London Standard.
1t is estimated that 1900 persons
were closely packed in all the available
space. The boxes presented a brilli-
ant spectacle, being filled with ladies
whose toilets were exquisite and be-
coming. The ar AMBASSADORS and envoys
extraordinary were plescnt with their
stats and all the official circlcs were
represented. When King Alfonso and
Queen Christina entered they were
greeted with enthusiastic cheers and
every demonstration Of respect and
loyalty was eyh;bited. The Queen
was dressed in the national red cloak,
white mantilla and bright bodice
Queen Isabella also met with hearty
reception. When Queen Christina
gave the signal for the commencement
of the display the vast asscmblage re-.
doubled their acclamations. The sport
was, for bull-fghting, excellent and the
audience were greatly gratified. The
torreros killed eight fine animals, not,
however, without many exciting Incl
dents. One bull jumped the barrier,
knocking down several persons and
tossing up a gendarmc. Another ami
NAL injured picador and a third
also had it, victim. The people ex-
pressed much satisfaction to see the
Queen remain throughout the entire
performance, rs well as the Austrian
Archduke. The youthful Queen seems
daily growing in favor with all classes
of society in Madrid.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-08
Treading In the Wine.Press.


From the san francisco Chronicle. Italian Letter.
In the vineyards near us the girls
mounted on ladders and clipped the
rich punches, dropping them into
baskets. The way these girls display
ed their brown ankles might shock
people on your side of the water.
But, bless YOU, there is no evil in the
eye here. With industrious workers,
one day is enough to clear an average
vineyard. When the grapes are all
gathered in, they are carefully picked
from the stems for the pressing. This
last process is the same primitive.
simple operation that was performed
by the patriarch Noah. The grapes
are thrown into an enormous vat,
where the juice is trampled out of
them by the bare feet of the peasants.
At this stage of the vintage you may
see hundreds of the young ladies of the
city Of Perugia coming forth in groups
in the early morning, beaming with
pleasant mystery and excitement.
Your ordinary tourist, whose only in
tellectual and instructive pabulum is
gathered from the guide books, has
not the remotest conception of their
object. He may think they are out
for an early constitutional. But early
constitutionals are not the rage with
Italian ladies. Shall | tell you the
secret of all that mystery and excite
ment? They are off to the country to
tread in the wine-presses. 1t is a
novel holiday for them, besides being
a most salutary exercise. Even prim
old dowagers are known to "wade in"
and Danish the rheumatism by half
days exercise in the wine-press. Apart
from the healthful exercise of tramp
ling, the new must acts as bath to
the limbs, while the uprising fumes are
considered eminently stomachic. After
the treading performance these ladies
wash themselves in hot wine, taking
moderate decoction internally for the
stomach's sake. The effect is pleasant
and rejuvenating, and is especially
noticeable in the vim with which they
participate in the dance which is the
usual sequel to treading in the wine
press.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-08
Sidney Smiths Courage and Kindness.


W.T. AND WISDOM OF SIDNEY SMITH.
Subsidiary TO this personal courage
was his hopeful way of looking at tho
world. lie was always practcing and
InculcatlDg the disposition. ''Some
very excellent people," he said, "tcll
you they dare not hope. To me it
seems much more impious to dare to
despair" lie had an excellent rule for
the happiness and wisdom Of life as to
the future. not to look too far into it
for inevitable, though probably distant.
disaster. Take short views, hope for
the best, and trust in God" Inclined
by temperament TO anticipate coming
evils-ior our wit, spite Of his many
Jests, was serious mamie resisted the
atrabilious tendency, and avoided draw
ing drafts on the misery Of futurity.
Never" he said, "give way TO melan.
choly; nothing cncroaches more. 1
hght against IL vigorously. One great
remedy Is, TO take short views Of life.
Are you happy now ? Are you likely to
remain 80 TIL this evening? or next
week? or next month? or next year?
Then why destroy present happiness
by distant misery, which may never
come at all, or you may never live to
see it? for every substantial grief has
twenty shadows, and most of them
shadows OF your own making 1t is
said OF the happy nature OF Oliver Gold
smith that he had knack at hoping;
with Sidney Smith it was principle.
Cheeriulness he made an art. He liked
household illuminations OF good Eng
lish coal fire, "the living thing" he
said, lin a dead room :" abundance of
lights, flowers on his table, prints and
pictures on his walls. There is highly
characteristic anecdote Of the man, il.
Iustrating his habitual regard to hu.
man happiness and his frequent solici-
tude for the natural welfare of his
children. The story is thus told by his
daughter, Lady Holland: "One of his
little children, then in delicate health,
had for some time been in the habit of
waking suddenly every evening, sob
bing, anticipating the death of parents,
and all the snrrows Of life almost before
lie had begun. lie could not bear
tins unnatural union of childhood and
sorrow, and for long period, have
heard my mother say, every evening
found him at the waking OF his child
with toy, picture book, bunch of
grapes, or joyous tale, mixed with a
little strengthening advice and the ten
derest caresses, till the habit was broken,
and the child woke TO JOY and not to
sorrow.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-08
Wooing and Winning in Greenland.

When the Danish missionaries had
secured the confidence Of the Green.
landers marriage was made religious
ceremony. Formerly the man married
the woman by force. One of the mis-.
-ionaries writing to his journal describes
the present style Of courtship as follows:
The suitor coming 10 the missionary,
said: II should like to have a wife,
Whom p asked the missionary. The
man names the woman. Hast thou
spoken to her p Sometimes the man
will answer: "Yes she is not unwilling,
tut thou knowest womankind." More
frequently the answer is, "No." "Why
not p at is difficult; girls are prud.
ish. Thou must speak TO her." The
missionary summons the girl, and after
a little conversation. says, ~ think it
u time TO have thee married" al wont
marry y what pity had a suitor
for thee" Whom ?" The missionary
names the man who has sought his aid.
He Is good for nothing! ! won't have
him J" But replies the missionary,
"he is good provider, throws his har-
poon with skill, and he loves thee"
Though listening to his praise with evi.
''hN f'taNNlt tIF EtIi hukNtFh. Il wont
have him y "Well, wont force thee.
shall soon find a wife for such a clever
fellow The missionary remains 81.
lent, AS though he understood " No" TO
have ended the matter. At last, with a
sigh, she whispers, "Just as thou wilt
have it. "No," replies the clergyman;
las thou wilt; III not persuade thee
Then with deep gr6sn comes YES"
and the matter is settled"