Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-19
A Dance without n Smile.

They nave singular KIM or uance
conducted on the green's Of country vii
lagos in Russia. The dancers stand
apart. knot of young men here, a
knot of maidcns there. each sex by it.
self, and silent as crowd Of mutes
A piper breaks into tune, youth
pulls off his cap and challenges his
girl with wave and a bow. If the
girl is willing, she waves her handker
CHEZ in token Of assent. The youth
advances. takes a corner of the hand
kerchief in his hand and leads his las
sic faund and round.
No word Is spoken and no laugh *
heard. Stiff with cords and rich with
braids the girl moves heavily by her
self, going round and round, and never
allowing her partner to touch her hand.
The pipe goes droning on for hours in
the same sad key and measure and the
prize of merit in this "circling," as the
dance is called, is given by spectators
to the lassie who in all that summer
revelry has never spoken and never
smiled.
The Joyful Christian.
You need not come around to me and
say you bring tidings Of great joy and
look as If you just zane from funeral.
l want the full, joyful Christian. That
was the kind of Christian Dwight L.
Moody was. How shall we attain it:
By obedience to Gods will. I know
not If shall ever speak to you again
on earth, but let me say to you that
what you want Is not the ordinary
pleasures and happiness Of life, but the
Joy that Jesus alone can give you. That
Is the elixir Of life.-Rev. DIR P. s
Henson, Baptist. Brooklyn.
VIII Never Tire Of Christ.
The world will never grow tired Of
Christ. Men have little use nowadays
Tor creeds, theolOgies and dogmaS, but
Christ is growing in public esteem day
by day. for men realize more and more
the need Of him. AS long as there are
suffering and sad hearts in the world
there will be need for Christ; as
long as there are struggles and wounds
there will be need of hand to soothe
and bind up the hurt; as long as Their
10 the cry Of hunger in the world there
will be the need Of him who is the
bread of life.--Rev. G.. D. Cleworth
Methodist. Chicago.
Sensible Swiss Covenants.
Some of the ancient agreements BE-
tween the little Swiss states were very
noteworthy. In 1913 Berne and Fri.
bourg made a covenant which lasted
for more than 200 years by which they
agreed that even a war between them
should not destroy their agreement,
that no war between them should be
entered on without a previous attempt
at Cancellation and that within four
teen days Of the ems Of any feud all
territory conquered and spoils Of war
must be returned to their owners. Cit
fes which $50 years ago could agree to
such terms deserve to live in history.
Basel, Schaffhausen and Appenzel a
few years later We're wise and far
sighted enough to agree ito sit still
and seek Cancellation" in case of differ
ence between them. Just over 600
years ago the Swiss confederation was
founded by the three tiny mountain
states Uri, Schwys -ud Nidwaiden,
which, remaining small and unimpor
tant themselves. have by the force Of
the idea Of union drawn to themselves
from time to time larger states and
powerful cities till today the Swiss ma.
ton can in proportion to its size and
population boast of a prouder history
and greater benefits to mankind than
any other nation in Europe.