Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-11-13
THoUGHrFUL PARAGRAPHS


The law can never make a man hon
it can only make him very uncomfor,-
when he is dishonest
1t Was ever the fashion Of Cromw
pikemen TO rejoice greatly when they
held the enemy.
The science which j. most necessary
us TO learn is how to preserve ourselves 81
TIE con,agion of bad example.
1t was Windham wife, who whcn
husband was brought home intoXicatc.
thanked God he was not = blood relation
The source OF a craving vanity Is Of
restless mode>ty that longs to hear
thing better of itself than it thinks of i,>.'
An youths are not fitted for college
ucation. It is no, best to make one-stor,
brain try to carry threc-story educa'i
The greatest thoughts seem degrade
passage through q little mind. Even 3.
winGs of heaven make hut mean music wh'
Whisdiug through kcy-hole.
The man vino has money in the bank a.
plenty in his pocket can wear a straw ,
four weeks longer than the one who Is D.
debt fer his last weeks board. Why is Il
10 caldvatc sympathy You must be
mong living cr,atHos. and think abe
them: and TO cultivate admiration You mus
he among beautiful thiugs and looking
them.
some predict that the time will com,
when people can read each others thought
like book. 1t is sad to think that many
Ay-lca,cs will De discovered where least ex-
pectcd.
There IL thi. special value in life like
jacobs. that it shows how much Gods grace
can make of the very poorest material. The
mean Jacob became the mighty Israel,
prince with God.
81 have three children who are the very
image ofmy.clG" 81 pity the Youngest"
replied his intcrlocutor. Why" Be
cause he Is tic one WHO will have to rcscm-
bic YOU the longest
let it not be forgotten that the amount of
vital energy which the body at any moment
possesses is limited and that, being limit
ed. it is impossible TO get from it more than
a fixed quantity ofrcsulis.
A Bo,tonian, who was nominated for n
political office went TO hs wife and said that
before lac accepted he wanted to know
whether any mcmhcr of her family had cy-
er been engaged in any disropuiable trans
action She said, Better decline
The Chinese have a proverb to the effect
that if you keep q serpent in bamboo tire
main. straight, but directly You let it out IL
resumes its crooked nature. SO it il with
many men. They are placed in circun-
stances which act as a restraint.
/ Refined policy has ever been the parent
of confusion, and ever will be as long as the
world cndurcs Plain, good intention, which
is as easily discovered at the first view AZ
fraud is surely detected at The last, Is of no
mean force I'm the government Of mankind
A true education aims to implant love
Of knowledge; an adherence Of truth be-
cause IT is truth, reverence for man be-
cause be- isamau, an cuthusiasm for iibcr-
e.. "a spirit Of canl0r, Of breadth Of ymPa-
Civ. and. above ali, a upremc regard for
duty.
A bright little boy, who had been cngag-
. ea in c0mba, vits another hoy, was re-
proved by hi. aunt, vino told him he ought
airay- TO wait ui.il thc Other boy pitched
upon him." "Wi" exclaimed the little
hero. "but If ! wait for the other boy 10 be-
gin, I'm afraid there wouldn't Lcany fight.
When boy ha. beer Of all day, contra
ry TO Che expressed wi.h Of his mother and
on approaching the homestead at night
with an anxious and cautions tread, finds
company ~ tea, tic expression Of confidence
and rectiola that suddenly lights mp biz
( face cannot bc produced on canvas.
q cigar contains acet.c, founic, butyric,
valerie, and propriou.c, and pTussic acid-,
,scosote. carbolc acid, ammonia, sulPhu-
Tet.ed hydrogen py,iline 7irodine, pico-
line. and nibidene, To- -ay nothing Of cab
bagire and blrdockle acid. That's why
YOU can't eci q good one lor les than three
cents.
Tie Hgrf,ye man describe the chqporp
ola Knirht 1emplar a. next 20 drum-ma-
ior. bearskin cap, tie 2randest head-gear
IN the world. III. made after the pattern
fan inverted coal-scut.Ic that has been sat
down oa .ileway- by a TT man, and the top
Of it Is covered with spring millinery. a
Commanlcry looks as though millinery
hop had ezploded.
A Colorado man who traded liquor to an
Indian Cor q pony was lynched by his fell
iow-cit,zcn.. and the Indian vas burned at
The stake by bis tribe. The white citizens
didn't believe IN q man who would pay an
Indian Tor anything he could take by force
from the aborigine, and the latters friends
couldn't stand his giving Tony for stuff lie
might have stolen.
When a man a X ne a question, look
him in dic face. III see no inquiry there,