Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-20

will shorten life. Some local prophe-
ciss were very interesting and anus
ing.
THE Needs of the Republic" MIR.
Thomas A. Cummins' Grafton, was a
very creditable effort. The material
! and intellectual wealth of the country
was dwelt upon, but the speaker found
lacking something to give it stability
| and independence The people must be
| educated in order TO solve successfully
many dangerous problems which are
now casting their shadows over the ma
ton. He considered suffrage the great
est and most important duty of citizen
ship, and said that broad moral and in
| tellectual culture is essential TO the
proper discharge of this duty.
Mr.. J. Sumner Jones read very in
teresting class history. He took up the
class motto. GLORY Follows Virtue"
told of soma strategic achievements of
| the boys while they were juniors, and
gave dead away" a number of facts
which were never before revealed except
sub rosa. He made some modest
claims for the class, and some interest
ing comparisons with its predecessors.
VIM. II. Brunhaus delivered an ora
tion on The Dignity of Labor" He
said there was nothing lowly but sin.
Labor, hand in hand with virtue, is
| honorable. and should never have
cause to blush. Great men and women of
the past, the greatest men in the Amer
lean nation, have been hard workers.
An idle brain is the devils workshop.
Something to do is the first requisite of
the enjoyment of lie.
! H l.. Milligan read an essay on The
| Choice of Profession" which contain
| ed many practical thoughts tersely and
vigorously expressed. An early choice
OF some business, preparation for it and
! devotion to it, should be made by every
! youth. Success is only achieved by
i c? nest, honest and persistent effort.
! The evil of selecting the so-called gen
! teel' professions, due TO false pride, is
responsible for many disappointed
lives.
Mr. T. Harvey Pollock delivered an
Grafton in Latin upon The Early En-
pire of Rome" II was evidence OF his
proficiency in this language, was care
fully and intelligently prepared and de-
| liversd in an excellent manner
"Glora Virtutem Sequiter," the Latin
motto of the class of SO, was the sub
! iect of an essay by Isaac Emsheimer.
! Virtue forms the essence of character.
Integrity. honesty, combined with man
" courage. makes failure an impossi-
bility. The most notable successes
have been the result OF personal effort
in youth. Poverty is often the road to
eminence.
Dwight White selected for his sub
! iect The Influence of Environment,
and delivered an excellent Grafton. He
dwell upon the effect of Christian and
refining influences in the formation Of
character. and the evil influence OF bad
examples. Money is factor in world
" success. H gave excellent advice
upon good associations.
The Glass Prophecy" was read by ].
| Morgan Clarke, and it is given in full
below:
one day while thinking over the future
OF my classmates d nnSl cIept 1Ne. m, my
ewes. Gradually iJ thickened until at last
fell fast asleep and dreamed. ! was on
voyage round the world during winch
met my school friends one by one ana
..t
served him. and this is what | remember:
charley Dobbins, whom you all recall as
Prutus. made the remark many years ago
thai all ne wanted IN Iii was TO eat 10
sleep. TO smoke and TO white. | found
him on the banks of The Arkansas, ilVlnS
i'm tvoical Southern cabin. IhankS 10
his hard worked wife, ne had TOBACCO
enough 10 smoke, corn dodgers 10 ear,
plenty of soft pine wood 70 white and no
end Of time for quiet resting ana AFTER am
ner mapping With all his nigh ideals fully
gratiied life 10 my old friend in his own
ewes had been truly worth toe living.
Denver was my next stopping place. II
was Friday night, and moved by good
impulse. / dropped into a Nearby SYna-
gogue Imagine my surprise When | rec
, 0griZed in the officiating RABBI my quOh-
dam friend l. X. Emsheimer. AT the con-
cluyion Of the service he locked up MS
piety with his robe. ana recognizing me,
invited me to game OF pool. over TINS
| he became quite c0niluentlaL re was q
sfiverite. woman Suffragist and indeed
any other list that would seemingly help
along his fortunes. He had an eye for he
main chance. ard | fer mat ms trisnas
might dismiss all anxiety for his future.
key was safe. ,,,,,.
Nybo having followed his youthful bent,
v.9s the senior partner In An extensive
pork packing firm. He introduced me TO
his mariner. whom at a glance ! discovered
to he L. A. Lallance. Mr.. Lailance IS not
aH1ited with Mr.. Aiilhgan's ditEdence and
4 once disclosed 10 ne Stlllt "a tiitl Jus
mess secrets one Of which was the nigh
astjnation in which they were held by the
great Armour, pork PACKER IN chief OF the
World I was assured that Armour never
made n pig deal without first seeking
their advice. Such is the pinnacle TO which
Two Of our class had climbed. and In spite
of il all Mr.. Milligan still blows his own
I row boarded one of the floating palaces
Of the Pacific for JaTan. Imagine my as
Punishment when | found in the genial CAP
| tain Lawrence Reymann. He had tried 10
! he q doctor. but patients having failed he
| had erdeavored to drown his troubles by
| king to the sea. Wise man, Much bet
! fer 10 drown his troubles than his pas
| sengers. on landing 7 saw some men car
| rying baskets OF coal 70 the ship. l rec
| oenized among them Bates McLain. His
! face was tarned and grimy with the dust
! If honest labor He looked sick. and when
| he told me that he received eight cents per
| day and 70 dinner. | was not surprised a I
| his evident weakness. Truly virture is
| its own ward.
found John johnson misslonaFylng among
| the little Hiudoos. He was eXcitrg tneic
ADMIRATION by telling them about his great
Grafton at the Linsly entertainment. ard
| continually quoting - these Briiishers
| eve will give Won 177'-1Sl2 over again. red
! hot 10 the tune CT Yankee Doodle" Luck
ilv far Johu,zon's reputation the heather
didn't know the difference between Yankee
| Doodle and the long metre doXalogy. II
| was the old case over again, mere lg-
| norarce is bliss"
| In paris saw Mr. Harvey Pollock. He
was end man in a nigger minstrel troupe
| ~ eaid that II I did not come round I'd
| miss half my life. OF course I went, b1t
soon came out and you may al guess why
| The i5kes were 50 fan,iliarIn looking
| over one Of the daily papers my eye caught
| the following special via 8. Petersourg
FINLAND. June 10. 1sl6-S X y. Y
| Rovi is playing ball win the Moscow
| stars He plays short stop and recently
made a great rwo handed catc1. Net long
| tv,sr+v-tv-o errors against kim ard out %