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now sle hammered AIS VIE.

lived once near a poor family, an
Irish laborar, with a very industrious
wife. He married wife with one
little girl. He was big red-haired,
loose iointed and awkward. She
was very small, blackhaired and brisk
as a bee. l frequently heard the
most violent alterations, and evil
IDENTIFY something more, going on IN
side the house. As the weather came
on warm we could stand in our house
and watch her whip him, for she did
not close doors or pull down curtains
to thresh him in the liveliest sort Of q
way; and he would blubber and cry
andrunaroQnd, with her clinging to
his hair and clawing at his shoulders,
reminding me of 4 bee trying to
light on a FESTIVE mule; but never
once did heraise finger to resist her.
The poor big, good hearted fellow was
Jolly and joyial, and when he got pay
he drank it up with his companions,
and the little woman chastised him
for not bringing it home. | said to
him one day:
"What in the world do you mean
by letting that mite Of woman
make YOU cry that way"
He winked knowingly, and step
ping closer, he whispered; Lord 1
am not crying; she couldn't hurt me.
I am only making believe, just to hui
NOR her. She likes it YOU know"
Men do love to humor women.
Memphis appeal.
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Peculiari;ies Of Bees.

The Gazette DIES Aaimur publ shes
some queer facts about the sociology
ofbees. Itappears that the monarch
les Of bees, well governed as they
seem to be, are afflicted nevertheless
by organized criminal classes-sneak-
thief and highway robbers. Some
of these robber bees 90 in strong
bands to pillage and are able to
storm and sack a hive. After the
slaughterthey carryal the provisions
home. Some colonies Of bees never
work, they live entirely by robbery
and murder. There are also sneak
thieves who creep unperceived into
strange hives TO steal honey. If sue
cessful they return afterward, with
hordes Of burglar bees, break open
the honey safes, and carry away the
contents. But the most curious fact
is that these bees can be artifcially
produced, according to Buchner, by
feeding the larve upon honey mixed
with brandy. In the words Of the
naturalist himself Just as man
does, the bees become victims Of their
love of this beverage, which exercises
the same pernicious influence upon
them as upon Us; they become ex-
cited drunk, and cease to work. When
hunger comes upon them they fall,
ike man, from one vice to another,
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Boy Lovers Tragic Deed.

A mos. singular and romantic case
of immature passion ended at St.
Paul. Missouri, in tragedy. For
several months Abort Drake. a well
connected youth OF sixteen wears,
had been in the agonies ola first love
with Miss Jennie Faulkner, fifteen
years old, daughter Of we'll to do
and highly respected family. The
affair having assumed more dan
gerous form than schoomate at
tachment, the mother Of the girl
forbade the youth the house and
further association with her child.
She had no further objection than
their youth. Young Drake asked the
girl to elope with him, but she de
clared her intention to obey her
mother. Having broken the news
to her lover in person gently but
firmly, young DHke accused her OF
having deserted him for rival, and
they separated in mutual disrust.
The next day the girl was returning
from school when she met the lad
and spoke pleasantly to him. He
was white with passion and made no
answer, but drew a pistol and fired
0..n, blank at her face Although
they were only a few feet apart his
aim failed him. She turned on her
heel and ran dawn the street. The
b,y ran after her. firing rs she ran,
until a gentleman caught the girl up
I'm his arms and ran into house
with her Drake came quickly upon
the scene and demanded admittance,
bat was refused. In the meantime a
party was in pursuit of him and he
IAN from them. In his fight he fired
.ho, at himself without effect As
the pusuers were gaining he sudden
Iy stopped, placed the pistol in both
hands, and laying the muzzle against
his forehead, fired, andfell dead upon
the street
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Advice to Young Non.

Don't be lazy, my boy. Fly
around, and do something, if its
only to pound sand. Put in all your
minutes in honest hard work, tran
quill meditation, or healthful recrea-
ton. Easy to mediate? Be careful
my boy, or you'll choose the mar
dest lotof all. Alazy man stretches
himself out in the sun and dozes
bat he doesn't mediate. He doesn't
think.
Edison, sitting beside his freless
forge with the idle hands folded in
his lap, may be apparently rs list
less as the fellow oI, a log in The san
shine, dreamily fish fer cat" But
the telephone, the electric light, the
quadruplex instrument came from
the dreams Of one, while the other
only catches the ague, and serves
him right.
Why, my boy, you waste enough
time to build a house. We waste
time because it slips By 50 pleasant
ly. We can't realize it.
have wondered sometime if a
man in his room andan hourglass load
ed with the sands ofhis lie, 50 that it
might be before him every time that
he entered the room. If he knew
that not one grain Of the steadily
dropping sand could be turned
back. If he could watch it dimin-
ishing above and piling up below; if
when he closed his eyes he knew that
all night long it would run steadily,
no faster, no slower; if when he
came home from a journey he could
see how much had run away, if he
could stand before it, held by a
strange fascination, and watch its
running sands, if he could always re
aIize that those grains Of sand mum
bared the seconds Of his life, if he
could see that sleeping or waking,
going or staying, sick or well, eating
or drinking, working or idling, ro-
morselessly the sands ran through; l
wonder if he could not improve his
time better. Iwonder how many OF
grazing w7uld turn to gold as they
passed through by the alchemy ofin-
dustry?- Burlington HcleEeye.
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THE HUNTINGTON ARGUS
Thursday, August TO- 1852.
Lady. Awake!

The SIM IS flooding the eastern sky
With % blaze cf silver lights
The fresh green foliage, waving high,
1, fringcd with "a fame Of white;
And far above, from the t0pmOst air,
The showering lork-notes break;
And the spirit of beauty floats everywhere
Sweet my lady, awakel
A soft breeze steals DER the dewy land,
From Us home in the dreamy south;
And scatters q perfume on every hand
Sweet as the breath OF thy mouth;
And the tremulous. MS they bend and sway
A murmurOus music make;
Aud bright on the brooklot the sunbeam;
play
Sweet my lady, awake.
The river that lay IN its dusky rePose
Through the long lone hours of night,
Now laughs in the lus,re that sunlight
throws,
And the ripples in rosy light;
And tie bills that doomed like shadowy
ghosts
A clearer outline take:
And the white sails s'immer along thc
Dear my lady, awake.
The violet lifts its eye of blue
To Che bending blue above;
And the roses, Uathed in drench ot dew,
Are breathing of beauty and love;
AID the lily Stoops It's head 10 KISS
k-Irs shadow within the lake
D never was morning So lovely as this.
Dear my lady, awake!
Awake, for p music IS flooding the air,
And melting along the deep,
When uo,ure is an awake and so fair,
o, why should my lady sleep?
ArassiQnate sigh begins to start
From the depth of each taicket and
brake
sigh that finds echo within my hear,-
O, sweet my lady, awake!
AvaSc. and come whore the zephyr moves
Iva nipples across the grass;
Awake! and come 10 the lake that loves
To mirror your form as You pass;
AMI come. o. come to the heart tha, pines
And langUishes f0ry your sake
Aud bright eyes shall blind each dew-droI
that shines
Dear my lady, awake!
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when Should Child Begin
School.

I fear many children are sent to
school merely to keep them out Of
mischief; and TO accomplish this pur-
pose they may probably begin very
early indeed. But nothing can we'll
be more unfair and injudicious than
10 subject child to Irksome confne-
mont and premature study for the
sake Of convenience or to supplement
defective methods Of home training.
1t is clear also that no fixed age can
be adopted az the proper one for send
ing NIL children to school There are
people who With rash consistency
light f-es in their houses on the first
Of November and put BY their over
coats N theffteenthof April, though
Vennor or some more reliable prophet
should forete!l & glowing Indian sum
mer ora succession Of Arctic waves
late into May. So, too, there are
many parents who seem to put their
children to school when the preIeter-
mined birthday comes, without the
least consideration Of the mental and
physical development Of the subject
of their experiment. The plain
truth Is that each child should begin
school when he Is fit for school-that
iswhenhe IS physically strong enough
TO bear the confinement and the men
tai effort. Few appreciate the strain
that even two or three hours atten-
dance daily, and the effort to master
two or three simple little lessons,
exert on the sensitive organization Of
Young children. Their brains and
nerves are exquisiteIy delicate, and
it is a period Of such rapid growth
that the power Of nutrition is taxed
for material for the formation Of per
feet tissue. The thousand objects
that daily.attract the keen obserya-
ton of the child, the new words'and
phrases, the nursery rhymes aad
tales and games, afford stimulus
enough to quicken the development
Of the mental faculties Abundant
outdoor exercise, leiswely meal
times, and long hours Of unbroken
sleep are absolutely necessary to pro
mote appetite, digestion and nutri-
ton. Many cases Of indigestion, Of
nervousness, Of general weakness,
even Of apparent backwardness Of
intellect, are due to insufficient out
door exercise and premature study.
Children vary greatly as to the age
at which they can begin to bear re-
straint On the freedom Of their move
ments, and strain upon their atten-
ton and memory. Mil may have
begun Greek at four, but Hunter
did not know his alphabet at seven.
The one thing certain is that any
study or any attendance at school be-
fore the child can bear it without ef-
fort or fatigue is not only useless but
hurtful, and will surely retard the
education and lessen the future yigor
and capacity Of mind.
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The Seat Was Engaged

Are You travelling alone?' asIle'
tall. agricultural looking gentleman
approaching lady who occupies
two seats in crowded car
Nc, sir, " she replied.
May ask who's with you. ra'd
the man, looking around yainiy tr
some other place to store himself
My husband snapped the laty-
win flashing eyes. My hasbondi|
travelling With nee.
ooh, ah! excuse me, ana The tall
man s.raightened up aad prepared 10
rake standing ride.
SIS this seat engaged asked q
dashiug well dressed young fellow g
the lady, i've minutes later.
T .No. sir, she replied, and doWl
he pumped.
~ say, ma'am." protested ibe iaiL
man, is that your husband:
"No, it isn't; you needn't ask any
more questions, rotortcd the woman"
But YOU said You were uwa!ia-
with him." persisted the the Ga
man.
so am, snortcj the lady
"Where is he insisted the H'L
man.
Hes in the baggage car in a eo'-
fin, replied the lady.
q beg your pardon, ma'am, ssh
the tall man humbIy; 81 hones.IN
beg your pardon. / won't ask if he
is dead, but you'll excuse me foc
thinking that If You ana he have
been married long, he's derced smart
to travel around screTedupin box,
il You are on the same Trip and q. Is
likely to last long
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Independence; No, stree, re-
marked the old resident, My wife
didu bring me a cent But it was
all my fault. l wouldn't have it
The morning Of the day we were
married, I SAYS to her, says l; Ma
rim, how much money have We got:"
Says she: John, I've just got %
cents" Then says l, Come with
me" and took her down to the canal
and had her throw that quarter into
the brink. ! wasn't goin' to have no
woman twitting me about spreading
around on her money"
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ResOIute Bride.


called upon to perform the wedding
ceremony for a pair OF happy lovers.
The position Of both parties was Of the
highest rank and the guests who were
of the most fashionable and exalted.
The day arrived, and with it the
hour. The edifce was packed, and
all was in readiness. The dean, a.
waited the coming Of bride and the
groom, and with his best man, was in
the vestry. The hoVr passed on but
still the bride did nat arrive. After
a long delay she drove up to the
church, and with her bridesmaids
swept up she large middle aisle to-
wards the altar. In the meantime
the groom advanced to meet her,
and receiving her half way, escorted
her to the dean. After the opening
exhortahon the dean turned to the
man and asked him the usual set
questions, whether he would have the
woman for his welded wife, etc, to
which he answered, Il viii" The
question being in tnrn asked Of the
woman, to the establishment and
amazomont Of all she distinctly said,
looking the groom in the face, 81
viii not" The next instant she said
in low voice, Mr.. Dean, no one
can more regret the words have Just
uttered than myself, and if you will
dismiss the congregation and take me
into your vestry room | viii apollo
gize and at the same time fully and
satisfactorily explain what seems to
all mysrange conduct" The dean,
seeing that she was in earnest, in a
few words dismissed the bewildered
congregation and directed the bride
groom to await him. The congre-
CATION having departed, and the Ia
DIV and dean being together, she said
Il cannot tell how badly feel. !
have loved my finance truly and de
votcdly, and had looked forward to
a lie Of perfect happiness and JOY.
This morning, as you know, I was
late at my marriage ceremony, but it
was not through any fault Of mine.
! [ arrived as soon as l could Instead
of receiving looks of love and words
full Of happiness from my future
husband, he paralyzed my beating
heart by saying, when he met me
half way up the aisle, "G-d-you!
| If YOU expect to begin life this way;
by keeping me waiting for you, You
will find out after YOU are my wifeT
Ny decision was instantly made. /
have been told that, sooner than SUI
fer unhappiness through my own ac-
ton, it were better to renounce even
at the altar union that would bring
misery and grief thereafter. Had /
turned back, he would have per
suaded me to return and marry him.
! It also might have looked like tenn
per, and | had fully time through
your few words Of prayer to make up
my mind. I know that | have dis
appointed friends, my family, but no
one more than myself Do not ask
me to reconsider my late action. In
form my would have been husband
Of nay determination and let me go. y
| The dean, seeing she was resolved
could not but approve, and gently
led her through the church back to
her anxious parents, not as a smiling
wife but as woman whose present
is shattered and whose future is
blighted.
Independence: "No, stree, re-
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eve notice an article extensively
copied describing certain lecturers
who are afraid Of their audiences.
But no genuine sympathy appears to
be shown towards the many weary,
tortured audiences who are afraid Of
their lecturers.
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Gus De Smith called at a very
fashionable house on Austin avenue
a few days, and acted so queerly thai
when that lady's husband came home
she said: 'What is the matter with
young De Smith? lie acted 50
strangely. | think there must be "a
screw loose about him somewhere
"Beckon not | saw him this morn
inc, and he was tight all over
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Prof Sumner says the whole phil
osophy Of wages was stated in a few
words by the working man a few
wears ago. and no economist can inn
prove what he said. Il know when
two bosses are after one man wages
are high; when there are two men run
ming after one boss wages are low"
tlat embraces theory and practice OF
The whole subject.
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"What makes Col.-so popular:
I'm sure he Is very stupid. He can
hardly see beyond his nose, said a
lady to friend, who replied, My
dear, sharpsightedness Is not what
makes 4 person popular. 1t is what
the Colonel doesn't see that gives him
such popularity"
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\ little four-year-old girl did not
obey when her mother first called her
50 her mother spoke rather sharply.
Thea she came in and said, Nam
ma, I've bsen very kind to you to-
day, and l don't want You to speak
so large TO NE.
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and finally give themselves up with
out scruple IS robbery, piIlags asd
violence.
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A little girl, who had been asked
to a chldren's party, being(asked by
her mother on returning how she en-
loved herself, answered: Il am full
Of happiness. I couldn't be happier
unless | were to grow.
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Poor Penhecker, his joke: Why.
my dear" said poor little }Ir Pen
Hecker, with a smile, why would the
world without woman, DE like %
blank sheet Of paPor?' Mrs. r.
who had just been giving the little
man ga piece Of her mind" smiled,
and couldn't think" Why, be-
cause, don't you see, love said The
long-sufering one st wouldn't even
be ruled. '-Anon
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Death Of George Washington
when did George Washington die:
asked an Austin teacher o. u ,arso
boy. "Is he dead?' was lAe asDnish-
ed reply. "WhE 10 is not more
than six months ago that they we're
celebrating his birthday and nov he
Is dead. IT.. a bad ycaron children
/ reckon his folks let BIN eay samc-
thing thai didn't agree with him.
Teoas Sitting
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ABLSHED lS44 CHARLESTOWN W. TUESDAY, APRIL 1882
Spirit If Jetterson.
Charlessown, Jefferson County, West Ya.
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.

TUESDAY N0RSINa. April !, 1882.
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Justices N0Eice.
DlTCNING, EXCAYAT!NC, sc.

Z ING tlN.
TNHE undersiEncd still oiToro his ss4vicos sc
\ competent Workman In the above line -
Cisterns Ponds, Cellars. c.-urCertlkcn at ned
srate rates end tailhtuHy executed OrGr1e left
at residence. on "CHt CCugrcss 81, will receive
prompt attention. BIsst;EP aiso done 10 4 ca ;is-
factory manner. and at Uvgegt r=t,r
March 9, 1850. WESLEY LOWRY.
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the Luray Inn to the proprietors of the St.
Clair Hotel in Philadelphia.
A DEIIGHTrUL Novz1rx.-Ladies D-.fcr Flo
Teston Cologne because they find this lasting
eoInplnatlon OF exquisite perfumes GeIigEifRl
The NoFsinger land, nenr BiImver's Mill
was sold by j Il. & j. 2. Kearfott, trustees
on Saturday last, at public sale. and bonrht
By II. .. Williams. for the sum OF So 600
There ia 50 acres in the tract.
Shcphcrdsto,-n RfQ:sicr.
WHEN publicly testified be.Ihsd bs.,c1r
of terrible SKIN LumUr by the CuticpT, Rc,n
cdio'' did 60 that others might be cured aud d.,
oo'rsgfe' 'ne time given to answering ia0uirioa."
HON "AI. TAYLOR, Eostoa.
The Iowa Legislature passed law hv
which all general elections in that State vii!
be held IN November hereafter as Presidential
electisns hsvo been hold iu tie past. This
loa7es Georgia, West Eirginia and Ohio as
October Statos.
CATARRH.-Rolist In five minutes in evsrvc,xc.
gsTT.iJ'3g, wholesome teliet beyond money
rspid redtesi from h1s' SPp!ics ti9n cad
NScicA' Cure. Complete for 81.
Despite the hopes Of his friends, and thcv
arc legion, it is now generally known that
Senator Hill, of Georgia, can live but short
tlnlo. The glands On one side of his neck
have all been cut avay in order to remove
the cancerous affection, and he but barely
exists.
We see in the Ncs0 l0rh Shirt Of tEe
Times mention Of the cnro of Mr. Gcorpe
Drake, SO Fifth street, IniiaraDolis. Ind,
OF severe case Of water rheumatism. by the
use OF St. Jacobs Oil Cincinnati Ea91i;r,y.
The Shenandoah Railroad is now loyinr
track raPId!y towards Buchauan, Va. from
the west, which place they expco; to reach
this week. Fro;n thGt point eastward n
North river the grading is aIaost oo-n2Ic,ed
hut the bridge over James rivc- at Crcc,}on,s
ferry will require several weeIs' work vet
u.vre,I,,- oI; ~
ara very glad to say have trioI Hcn III H..
lsmch Eoos. l only took two bottles an;i I
you'd net t4FG SlC9 for the good they did ne.
eest results from their use.
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The popular Ect;aD TINT nast.,,o.,or, ,
rood .Ln nostrl o,r3z 49, - IEti
b,DIa 10 not oooo,,,.,, H.. '"eH
tee on postcf;ne PT,;r. ~ rTha1 ,1"%so "ol''.lH Il
mepded hin which nror;3sy ''9'o !e''n''
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nm o~ch,r,ro ,,iiI sa =; 'eH"' suggests
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no ne one can enjoy tHa p!easantest sur,onn,imss i
IL Ia sS,, neHItn !noEc nIs hundreds nE mis-
Tie Of FSr5~Is t;in- N.Y.. or 6,,, I!"%ys. Wien bot
mere more EGod tia" all 'ao medicines tEcy Lavo
\ twc!vc-v,.r, ,o,l cir, naval 1..
Suitor, ran away With a m,, r.n>o7 = IiI3 lI'3
jones, in Bland county. Va, rcceafIv ma
vas married TO him. Tho p-au,; inv of
Bland, ot the last term Ct the County Court
being OF opinion that the girl Fa- u'cr ro,,,,,,