West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-01-07

Pew aud evil. even AT their Longest
and their best, are the days OF mortal
life" So In effect. says the Saturday
Evening Herald. sang the patriarch
Job, twenty centuries before the advent
of Christ; and the world Ia singing that
same song to-day Few at best. even
II they should stretch out 20 three score
years and teni Life looks long In the
morning. but when the shadows gather
and the day declines how speedily the
hours seem TO have 1edi Seventy years
looks long. long time. viewed from
the sunny hillside OF early youth. But
the days of seventy years are all too
few for the great purposes that crowd
and throng the busy ways Of life; and
how few there are who ever reach this
far away goall To the overwhelming
majority the days are few indeed. and
To very many il would seem as IL they
were almost AZ full of evil as of good.
All the world, and Germany especially.
has just had It's attention called 20 a
very remarkable man. whose days have
run in parallel lines with this eventful
century. Gen. Count Won Moltl<e was
born In the year 1900. Il was his rare
lot 20 bear the staff Of pilgrimage for
ADAA D~Cat y teit tthA NNht II a
record OF this great Germans life could
be made; record Of facts, of thoughts.
of feelings; n record OF observations as
well as experiences. Of defeats as well
as victories; a true life of the man and
OF his time, what an Invaluable treas
ure IL would bel IL would be history
OF the century FROM German stand
| point, from great soldiers point
~ ufn n.
about this grim old soldier worth
passing thought at least. He
is rcgarded-by all Germans. Of
course. aud by many who are
| not Germans, rs the greatest soldier Of
this century None will deny that his
ability, his sagacity and his success
make @ sweeping mark in the military
history of the time When he fought
he fought to win, and he generally did
win But this Is To be said i'm his honor
| that he did not delight in war. and that
as far as possible he sought to keep
| peace amongst the nations of the earth
| When war became necessity. and he
believed II was often a necessity. then
he wanted it TO he short, sharp and de-
cisive. lie was oftener inclined 20
hold" than to ''lct slip" the dogs OF
war. There would have been more
wars and more disastrous wars this cen
tury IL it had not been for the restrain
ing policy of Gen. Won MoltlSe A.
patriot, a disciplinarian and a
leader he ranks. with the Duke of
| Wellington and with our Washing.
ton. our Grant and Logan. His great
est work was done in his maturer
age. lie was scarcely known outside
OF Prussia till he was more than sixty
years old. The hardest and best work
OF his life was done when he had passed
the three score years and ten Up tu
AuSu.t, 1888, when he resigned the OF.
flee Of chief Of staff. he did all the rou::
tine work that ofdce demanded Gen
gon Molt!Se was indeed a grandUl man
bismarck will miss him sorely. and now
that his emperor is no more : for
William can hardly be called Bis
tnarclss empcror-and his old cenradc
n arms is gone. he too will soon gin
60 be aweary o'the Gun : Motto ago
IN American physician wrote to most
cf the notable oct0genarianS and asked
tie secret Of their longevity MoItke 5
letter was long and characteristics All
Of Importance was crowded into the
last paragraph which we herewith
| quote, and so close our notice Of the
grand old German soldier.
| AZ asked 10. name tho factors which IN nv
opinion have contributed most TO ny great ion
gcvity should say they arc: First, serlper
ance in all tho Affairs OF life; second, exercise
IA the opan ar daily under all circumstance
| without regard 10 the inclUmency OF the wealth
or; third regularity in my hou's Of sleep, my
dict and all NY other habits: last--Rnd asov1
alto tho grace, mercy and goodness OF Hin
who so wisely and benenecntiy rules the uni
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