Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-12-13
Bunker Hill Correspondence.

and things. Aside from pleasure there
is always profit in good sensible talk.
As rule in society and in ordinary
| private conversation one learns little
and is amused about as much. Ameri-
ia has wilderness Of public speakers
but few orators or good takers. lam
fee 10 confess that / have learned
more from a certain learned friend
tian from all the books ever read.
To hunt up and interview men of noI.
is silly aud udious habit of our tia.
but no study and no books can suppl
the personal Intercourse with thu.
who know aud those who lead. o
COURSE there are exceptions which are
not the privilege for every one to see
but 1t points out the plain fact that ",
can learn more BY talking to the right
IMAM than from the ordinary readiiI.
of the day. No man need he pedani
any more than he need be fool bu
he should endeavor tn say sonneihin.
more than the last scandal or tie ALL.
to tell you something more witty THAI
a dru,Dner's last tale. Conversation
III its highest sense we have little of :,
thu. petty talk we get about polite
business or even certain class of book
is but thin veneer of inanity and non
sense. If man through the claim
of hospitality gives you the best i.
the house, why should he not give SO
the pure-t and best of his mind.
the first is larking We call it neai.
ness. If the latter i not the case al.
you NOT irIsulted in the assumptin
that the host regards you rs chiltIi-i
fo"l and that you require silly pratt.
to anIuse you. l have no oijectiont
mere talking shop, rather enjoy it anu
encourage it il it be not INDUCED il,
to crafty egoti>m and offered b.
boastfuInees. The lawyer can talk
jurisprudence without telling III.
Cases he has won the doctor his RENE
dies without informing you of his in
come; the mechanic and pillow boy
all have special information and Cal.
each in his way give valuable talk il
SO minded. If every one could for.
get himself and tell us what he know.
the most about he would not so often
he bore or so frequently treat other,
rs il they We're feeble minded. Sensi
Bile talk can only he had between tive;
il requires half a lifetime to find on
the few you like or from whom ynL
can gain much. When you find that
particular man cling to him for Vita
impulses and read between acts AS yn,
have opportunity to appreciate what
you are getting for nothing.
Well, old boy, did you ever motto.
that some people who are not churcl
members, whose auimosity is rouseu
by the mention of Sunday schmn
work, hug themselves because Sonn
one of their number has gone wrong
ivy hSNSi tHlnh iVT Il iHoHleul tllh'
'tIs natural that thorough scamI
should set up pirty screen to WORK
behind. 1t is the best screen. Tn.
fact that some scoundrel Processes re-
ligion proves that As general rule all
others who profess are not rngues. TIN
fact that the majority ofchurch mem
hers ale hon est and moral gives tin
raScals the opportunity of great
screen. a good deal of the confusion
of thought and sneers at the churchp,
because had men make them the shit.l,
of their wickedness, grows out Of thu
erroneous common opinion thai
morality depends upon the outwaru
observance of creed. A man may b.
a Presbyterian TOR Methodist in churrl
attendance and in defence of his Greet
and yet have little morality, but the
unthinking masses ordinarily max.
church memberships measure of good.
ness and are led into error in estimai
ing moral standing. Now scnundr.,I
is scoundrpl " hereever found tn,
church Is not responsible for him and
only fpnlish man will sneer at re-
liZious organization because it ha- beer
deceived. If men would but keep il
mind that there is no necessary de.
pendence of one upon the other the:,
they would not sneer at the church
which has been abused to give oppur
tunity To a rascal. Every man musi
he gnaged by his merits and not by
the creed he professes.
Bro, I like country railroad sta
ton simply bpcause there is fun in oil.
serving the types of rural faces. Here
they come for the train, some in every
lay clothes, Others looking little stiff
aud atarchy in their Sunday apparel I;
the smart and eopceited young mat
who tries to make you think he hae
travelled more than fifteen miles on h
railroad the village school mistress
who has attended institute and knows
enough of the wide world to tap her
No. shoe On the platform as if il
were the height Of horedorm to wair
for the train,-all this you can see in t,
few minutes and have some quiet fun
To yourself. The village beau comes
to fllrt and the village belle to have II
talk with the conductor, all of which
makes one think that this place il
quite progressive village. 'Tis get
tug late, my friend. the OH stove feel
co i'f"rtable. but I'll pull the bliud-
again and gently whisper. good bye.
II, $50. OLD NICK.
Those who are quite satisfied. sit still
and do nothing" But what should they
do if annoyed by catarrh? Why. use Old
Saul : Catarrh Cuie.
| Many of our young married people
don't know what blessing DR. Bulls
Baby Syrup is until the youngster is able
to yell by the hour.