The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-27
"NO SEATS, 1 SAYp


stantly unhappy. This ought to buoy
up those who are only unhappy every
four years or every alternate four years.
like to sit down on tho first day of
every year for few moments and think
over the good l have done. 1t does not
take long. can mostly attend to it be-
fore breakfast. Then can attend to my
regrets for duties unperformed during
the rest of the day. But am poor re-
gretter and soon tire of this
The glad new year should be more
wisely used. We should only regret lust
enough to chastise ourselves, and then
with firm and rigid upper lip proceed
to do better Some people do not allow
their sorrows to heal, but keep them open,
torn and bleeding, just as weak and
cowardly soldiers sometimes create and
maintain CHASTITY sores in order to avoid
coming battle. We must cheerfully 20
forth to meet our duty with each return
ing year, and the homo is tho best place
to investigate II mans efforts There are
a good many Jolly dogs" in this world;
but, as Gretchen says: did you ever see
the wife of n jolly dog? She sleeps in
kennel. Did you ever see the children of
jolly dog2 They arc the ours of the
street."
So the jolly dog may DO as bad as the
malignant regrettcr. Let us therefore
not overdo the jolly dog business with
strangers and exhaust ourselves, SO that
at homo we may be more civil.
Pardon me for moraliZing OH the glad
new year, but there ought to be one day
in each year when we can put our past
out OH tho line and look it over and
pound it with broom to knock out the
harvest of selfishness and unkindness.
Enough of the glad new year!
Last evening there was pathetic
scene at the box Office in Paris, where we
spoke for the benefit of thrifty church
society under the auspices of the ladies'
committee. AS usual in such cases, tho
seats were sold the day before. Paris
generally is regarded as the wickedest
and most immoral city i'll the world, but
Paris, Ills, should not be confused with
Paris France.
We came at noon and registered at tho
Hotel Bristol on the Place Vendome-
pronounced Plass Vondome-and in the
evening we began. after prayer meeting,
it being Wednesday evening. AT 0
o'clock tired man, with tall, heavy
boots and the sad air of one who had
been thirty years trying to prove that
agriculture was one of tho most delight
full occupations known to humanity,
asked the man at the box Office window
for good seat.
eff you had been here yesterday" said
the ticket seller, you could have bought
q seat, but not today"
'Sir?" said the man.
Seats all sold yesterday" was the
gentle reply.
81 didn't hear what you said," an
swered the old gentleman, unrolling his
ear and placing hand with red mitten
on it behind the ear.
"No seats, say!" was the hurried
answer in loud tone.
mot even in the orchister?"
"Nor
"Whassay?"
Nor
well. that's me all over. Come four
teen miles over road that's froze tighter
than the top on new bile, and can't
hear nothin over eight foot to save my
life. and gotto buy standin room. Lou
isiana and the girls has got the laff on me
ILLS lllllc.
Much has been printed throughout the
United States regarding the condition of
society at Hurley, Wis. Probably some
Of it is true. 1t is said that the people
there are mostly miners who have been
imported from abroad under contract
Some Of them were caught in Poland
alive, and others were shared in Russia.
They talk their own language, drink
alcohol when depressed mentally and
chew tobacco in the English language
Several times the world has been star
tied by the news that large stockade
had been established in forest few
miles from Hurley, and that young girls
were being kidnapped from Chicago to be
locked up in these stockades to lead
wicked lives or be cruelty slain and
buried ut midnight in the asparagus bed
adjoining the prison, 1t was n sad tale
and aroused much sympathy, but later
information shows that these girls were
kidnapped from Boiler avenue, and that