Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-07-18
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

~tSoi WdeSi d. PRESENT. just now
long it will continue, is a question
Possibly it is mingling with free sill
yer, but the chances are 10 to I it
will go back to a rich gold color after
next treshet. Well. nothing is so
bad as to be good for nothing.
A wise man knows he knows moth
ing, bat the fool thinks he knows
everything. While lie begets lie
until they come to generations, a
good life will keep off wrinkles, and
makes age honorable. Yet withal it
is better to do we'll than 20 say we'll
We were panied to learn OF the ac-
cident of Mr.. James Burke, a fireman
on the B. & O., which occurred at
Cherry Run on last Saturday. In
trying to hand orders to freight man
while his engine was in rapid motion
he lost his balance and fell between
the trains For long lapse of time
he was unconscious, and received sew
eral severe cuts and bruises. At
present writing, he is resting easy,
and hopes are entertained for rapid
recovery. 1t appears to us this is
new and dangerous departure in de-
livering orde and should be abol
ished before it results in loss OF life.
That speech of acceptance of Mr..
Hobart contains the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but truth. If ac
tons speak louder than words he will
be the right man in the right place.
We also admire the habits of Mr..
Bryan when we read, he neither
drinks, swears, chews nor smokes,
and that his language is pure.
Would that there were more such who
do not take the name of the Lord thy
God in vain, and who shudders at
the injunction; "woe unto him who
putteth the bottle to his neighbours
lips" And to rob the tobacco worm
fits food it is well to say the least. 1t
is thought by some that
Tobacco is an Indian weed =
Ii was the devil sowed the seed;
1t robs your pockets, scents your clothes,
And makes a chimney of your nose.
Marriages appear to be on the de-
cline at present. The young people
are all engaged in bicycle training
love making it below par. Well, love
is the torment of one, the felicity OF
two, and the strife and enmity OF
three. 1t is alike pleasant and troub-
lesome, but one who loves no one,
and who is not loved, must feel as
Selkirk did on the island of Juan Fer
nandes, when his associations were
purely goatish-
Yet love is innocent and may exist
Between young persons without any
danger;
A hand may first, and then lip be
kissed,
For my part, to such doing I'm strang-
er.
What a sacred place the city OF
Washington should have been the
past week. With Congress adjourn
ed, Grover down at Gables Gray, and
the thousands of Christian Endeavor
people in full charge Of the greatest
city in the United States, Satan
should have no more chance to get in
his work than a fly in hail storm
with clipped wings.
We passed by the place from which
proceeded the sound of voices; it
was not musical, nor the chanting OF
anthems or songs of praise to him
who is the giver of all good. The
melody (if any had vanished. Alas,
it was blasphemy, profanity, threats,
indecent and disgracefuI language,
heated, to red-hot passion, produced
from too many chances into the over
flowing bowl; the participants near
relatives. What sight for parents
to behold. Does it fill the mother
heart with JOY or sadness? The
question is easily answered. In sick
ness or health, friendship or adver-
sity, poverty or riches, she is with
you, under any and all circumstances
your best friend. Do not increase
the load of trouble she is STOPPING I'M
der, but try to alleviate her suferings
and to render such consolation as is
in your power to do, and she will APP
preciate it, and God will reward you
for it.
Inspection and repair of passenger
cars at Martinsburg, has been entire
ly abolished. They now run from
Washington to Cumberland, a dis
tance of Isl miles, without examina-
ton. This may be economy with a
vengeance. 1t is a well known fact
that iron and steel will wear out, and
one wreck of immense proportion will
cost more than the pittance paid car
inspectors in a life time. The COM
pany's injunction of, be sure you are
right, then go ahead, appears to
have been lost, strayed, or over
looked. Time will tell if this move
is an intelligent one.
There is no scarcity of candidates
for county Offices. The woods ap-
pear to be full of them; all good men,
too. The misfortune is, so few can
be elected, as there are not Offices
sufficient to go around. RALF.