Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-10-14
True as Ste Ell.

A good deal of character is summed up
in those three little words, "True as STEEL y
You hear it said of a man, He is as true
as steel.'' You at once make up your
MIND that you would like to number that
man oE Four list of friends. In an emer-
gency you could depend upon him. You
could trust him behind your back. He
would never deceive and never fail you.
1t has seemed to be becoming less and
less customary of Ia'e years for men in
any of the relations of life to be as true as
steel. Consequently divorces have been
growing more and more common. until it
became SO that comparatively little was
thought of any married couple getting di-
vorced.
Fiduclary relations Of pecuniary char
acter have IN many cases been converted
into means of plucking those for whose
benefit they were designed. Guardians
and trustees have waxed rich by plumber
ing the estates of their wards. Presidents,
cashiers and directors of banks have
squandered the moneys of their depositors.
Public officers have combined together to
convert their offices into dens of thieves
In the course of time things had become
so bad that men of character and men of
means began to ask in all seriousness,
| i'Where is this going to end?'' And they
said something must be done to check it.
The prosecution of great offenders OF
this class was instituted. 1t is really as
tonishing; the number of men in some of
the States who we're once considered high
ly respectable, who for breach of trust Of
one kind Or another have been sentenced
to State prison.
1t has come to pass ir. consequence of al
these things that positions of trust are
now looked upon as more serious than
they were, and not to be carelessly or light
ay assumed.
The value of a man who Is as true as steel
is considered beyond computation. So old
men Of experience say; so the young men
say; SO women say; so all the girls say.
Young man, when you read this stand
before your looking-glass and ask if the
youth you behold in that is as true as
steel. If he is, he will sleep we'll and wake
strong and happy.-Ne,c York Ledger
A TEST OF PRoNUNCIATIoN.-T fol-
lowing composition was placed upon the
blackboard at teachers Institute, and
prize of a We bster's Dictionary offered TO
any person who should read it and pro-
nounce every word correctly. The book
was not carried off, however, as twelve
was the lowest number of mistakes in pro-
nunciaGiOn:
"a sacreligious son of Belial, who suf-
fered from bronchitis, having exhausted
his finances, in order to make good the de-
felt resolved to ally himself to a comely,
lenient and doelle young lady of the Ma
lay or Caucasian race. He accordingly
purchased a calliope and coral necklace of
a chameleon hue, and securing a suit of
rooms at a principal hotel, he engaged the
headwaiter as his coadjutor. He then
dispatched letter of the most unexcep-
tionable calligraphy extant. inviting the
young lady to a matinee. She revolted at
the idea, refused to consider herself sacrl-
fcable to his desires, and sent polite note
of refusal, on receiving which he procured
carbine and bowie knife, said that he
would not now forge letters hymeneal
with the queen. went to an isolated spot,
severed his jugalar vein and discharged
the contents of his carbine into his abdo-
men. The debris was removed by the cor
oner.''
The mistake in pronunciation were made
in the following words: Sacreligious, Be-
lial, bronchitis, exhausted, finances, defc-
it, docile, comely, lenient, Malay, calliope.
chameleon, suite, coadJutor, calligraphy.
matinee, sacrifcable, carbine, bymeneal,
isolated, debris and jugular.-RMhland
(Vt.) Herald.