Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-02-10
SNAP SHOTS.


Even the city folks fail to put in an
appearance II there had been a camp
meeting near, we would have suppos-
ed they h ad gone where the
good people 60" The attractions
about the yard and shops have ceased
to exist. Even the pay car has no
attraction for many that used to hail
with delight its monthly visitations.
For them there is only the memory of
the past, with gloomy future in
view, the prosperity or adversely Of
which no one can iathom. Are we
destined to advance in prosperity?
If not, why not? We have all the re-
quirements-good location, healthful-
ness, unexcelled fertility Of soil, good
as the best. We boast Of four banks,
all doing a capital business, which is
proof conclusive that we are not in
financial straits. Why not begin to
be up and doing now? If not, our
mechanical population will seek new
fields of labor from compulsion. 1t is
said God helps those who help them
selves" There is scarcely an owner of
home in the city but who would
contribute his mite; more could not
be expected.
The Star Spangled Banner in a
late issue of the Herald, we have
read and reread. The lines are beau
tiful and appropriate, and while we
fought for the old flag, there was not
so much need of bravery then as now.
1t takes a brave man to leave his
home, his wife, and children to find
employment, not knowing whether he
will succeed in obtaining it on this o:
the other side of the Frigid Zone. Some
people say it is caused by the nonpas-
sage of the Wilson bill If this be
true, for heavens sake pass it. Let
everybody help to pass it, and pass it
into the bottomless pit, where it may
not be resurrected in hundred CEN
turtles to come. No honest laborer is
coutented unemployed. The happi-
ness of every man depends more upon
the state of his own mind than upon
all external things put together.
When our sky seems most settled
and serene, in some unobserved quar-
ter gathers the little black cloud,
in which the tempest ferments and
prepares to discharge itself on our
heads, but we. read "Woe be unto him
who oppresseth the poor" What
else is the present state of things but
oppression.
1t is difficult matter to tell which
will do us the greatest evil in the six
weeks to come, the ground hog or the
Wilson bill. According to the old the
DRY the weather will be so Indictment,
that outdoor work will be suspended,
and in this particular case the ground
hog and the Wilson bill will work in
conjunction with each other; but we
learn that sometimes distress and dis
appointments are blessings indisguise.
We are anxiously looking for the
blessing, the balance we have had to
the satisfaction of nearly every one.
The silver lining that has been so
anxiouslylooked for month after month
is still in obscurity, while the tempest
and inky clouds are so enormous that
there is nothing portrayed, which is
favorable, but a continuance of the
wretchedness of the past.
Now that the expected changes and
promotions on the B. & 0. Railroad
has been confirmed it is to be hoped
that the good old city of Martinsburg
with its thousands of inhabitants, will
not be overlooked but will receive its
proportion Of charity in the line Of a
substantial industry by which the
former employees can be rendered con-
tented and happy again.
True charity attempts not to shut
our eyes to the distinction between
good and bad men, nor to warm our
hearts to those who befriend and those
who injure us; it reserves our esteem
for good men and our cotnplacency for
our friends; towards our enemies it in
spires forgiveness, humanity, and
solicitude for their welfare; it breathes
universal candor and liberality of sen
timent it forms gentleness of temper
and dictates affability of manners; it
prompts corresponding sympathies
with those who rejoice and those who
weep, it teaches us to slight and de-
spise no man Charity is the com
iorter of the afflicted, the protector of
the oppressed, the recouciler of differ
euces, the intercesSor for offenders; it
is faithiulness in the friend, public
spirit in the magistrate, equity and
patience IN the judge, moderation in
the sovereign, and loyalty in the sub
ject.
Recently we have heard of some
strangers visiting and looking over
our city with view, we hope, of erect
ing or locating some kind of Indus
trial improvement. The opportunity
never was better than at present. Our
citizens would gladly welcome any
thing of the kind that is substantial
and lasting, as diligence, industry and
proper improvement of time are ma
teria1 duties to all, more particularly
to the young, upon whose shoulders
the mantle must fall sooner or later.
DETECTIVE.
Prevention is Better
Than cure. and those who are subject
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