Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-17
MOLER'S AVENUE.

seemed to be trouble in the air,
indicated by lowering brows and
perplexed expressions. Was it a
comet? No, that had passed
without a jar. Was it a dyna-
mite bomb? No, for the president
pulled the innocent looking pa
per from his pocket with an ex-
preston more of regret than
fear. 1t wasn't a bomb, but all
agreed that it needed but the
touch of a match to make an ex-
plosion. The wise heads at last
ferreted out course to pursue
at once, safe and honorable, and
the little school-mistress was
sent back with little lighter
heart to pour oil on the troubled
waters and to be in very truth a
Peace-maker, and to receive lat
least the divine approval of Him
who said BLESSED are the Peace
makers for they shall be called
the children of God"
Effects and Cause! Part /.
1t is always highly gratifying
to any inquisitive mind to be
made acquainted with the causes
that produce alarming results.
A certain learned doctor saw
with increasing anxiety and
alarm his patient as well as init
mate friend growing worse I'M
der his treatment. Day by day
his form grew thinner, his eyes
sunk in his head still deeper and
deeper. He refused to eat the
most tempting morsels rendered
by affections hand but with
step weary and faltering paced
his palace-like halls as one who
had done with the things of
earth and longed to be free.
With the keenest pain gnawing
at his heartstrings, the DR.. saw
that he must soon part with his
friend. When others had scorn
for his shortcomings this one
friend had caresses; when others
wronged and deceived and de-
serted him, this one remained
true. How could he give him up,
and yet he must, He believed
his friend had some secret grief
preying upon his vitals, and he
determined to make one more
desperate effort to find what that
secret was for he had never spok-
en- since the 8th day of Nov. 1892.
The effort was successful. The
dying friend paused at the in
tense words of the doctor and re-
piled "The Democrats have got
the ascendancy," and fell back
dead The DR.. stopped and felt
the last fiutter of the faithful
heart beneath the long curling
coat of hair for this one faithful
friend, though only aNewfound-
land dog, was true as steel and
had depths of reasoning, force
of character and power of con-
clusion that might well be envi-
ed by some beasts who claim to
be of higher extraction, and the
doctor wept!
Causes and Effects. Part 2.
When a spring daisy marries
weather worn veteran, when
sunshine weds the storm, when
the lark chooses the owl, when
the tiger, the lamb weds the lion,
when any party marries an ele-
plant, and when any we'll in
formed, sprightly woman mar
ries an uncultivated clown, we
should always expect and it's
sure to come, a terrible racket.
Such as that chronicled in the
Worlds issue, 8 inst, which to
make palmer, we copy: A dis
tressed husband writes to J. Sill
dell Brown, editor of Kingwood
Argus, Dem.) Mr.. Brown plese
don't send me the argus any more
for they is a turible arkit Bout
it evi time Git it fur my Wife
liz red hot republican, wood
like to hev the paper But kant
stand the Rakit. pleese don't
think hard Of me & plese don't
publish this in yer paper fer its
times wuss sence Clevling is
been lected & i kant stand the
Rakit. We have no sympathy
for the husband, ours is for the
wife, who is for life tied to a
sniveling coward, afraid to hold
an opinion and too weak to
maintain authority; too currish
to demand her respect, too shall
low to retain her love and too ig-
norant to elicit anything but rid
icule from those with whom he
comes in contact. "I'd rather be
a dog and bay the moon than
such an American" Can't stand
the racket Certain causes pro-
duce certain effects. The Racket
must come when mismatched
pairs travel the same way. Be
We not unequally yoked," or the
racket will come. The Demo-