The weekly register. [volume], January 09, 1873, Image 1

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GEO. W. TIPPETT.
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OFFICIAL D!RECTORY.
MASON COUNTY.
Judge Circuit Court?Hon JOS. SMITH;
RvBidence, Itnveii?<rond, Jackson county.
Clerk Circuit Couri?C. II. WAGGKNEll
President County Court?B. J
Clerk County Court--E. KIMIiUl'LIJfR.
Prosecuting Attorney?D. W. P0LSLL i.
?Sherilf?C. SRII0N.
Jailor? J.J EWETT.
Surveyor of Lauds?0. \V PU1.LI N,
Assessor Dist No. 1?JACOB liOUSU.
No.2?JOHN O BUCkUY
Siipi'rintend't of Schools?O. T. B. MOURE.
Turns ok UiKoiiT CotitT?First ilontliijj
in April and fir4 M relay in October.
Ttuu.1 t orNTV Coit.t ?First Msfnday in'
February, June, September ami November, the.
second Monday in May and second Monday iu
December. / :?
STATE.
Onvemor-JOIIN J JACOB ' >'
Attorney General?H M. MATTJIJ3WS.
Auditor?E. A. BENNETT. V ?
'I rrnsfrer? JOHN S. HttRDETT.
Sup't of ScIimJs? I!., W. i5 VH NE.
SUPREME (jODIlf JUDGES.
Hon 0. P. T'. MOORE:! residence, Poiut
luiiiit, M3fHm riiunlv.
Hon."J. S HOFFMAN, residence, Clarks
burg, lisrrl- in ruuntv
Hon. JAMES 1'AULL, residence, Wheel
ing Ohio county.
The Supreme Court of Appeal* holds its
aesshms ul Charleston on I lie second Thurs
day in January mi l At the Oily of Wheeling
on the second Thursday in July.
STATE SENATORS.
President if Senate?1). I) JOHNSON".
Fifih District?Hon. P. C EASTHAM, (long
term ) GEO. J. WALKER, (short term.)
DELEGATES.
Spei.ker of House?W \V MTlLER.
Hon JOHN M. REYNOLDS, and Hon.
LEWIS BUMGARNEIl.
THE CITY.
Mayor-H. R.HOWARD.
Recorder?F. A. GUTHRIE.
Serjeant?C. E FKAliLIN.
Councilineii?Andrew It Darst, Robert K
McCausland, John Godley, Andrew It. Uar
beo.
MAGISTRATES.
Pb. CHARLES T. B. MOORE and WIL
MAM FRENCH.
Constable?HUTCH. McDANIEL.
Votaries?JOHN E. TIMS1S, F. W. SIS
SOX aid U. W. POLSLBY.
. SEgilET SOCIETIES.
Masonic ? Minturn Lodge No 19, A. F. and
A. M., meets iiiouthJy.ou the night of tliu full
moon, Hie same being Tuesday, or on I lie
Tueiuiay<iiight immediately preceding. W.J
KESNY. Secretary.
f. 0.0. F.?The Point Pleasant Lodge No.
33,1. G. 0. Fa meets every Thursday night,
at Fisher's Hull.' JOHN MASON, Secretary.
CHURCHES.
Protestant Episcopal?Rkv. HORACE ED
WIN HAYDEN, Rector.
M. E Church?RkV. W. II. TOUNG, Pastor.
M. E. Church, Snuth-Rsv.S. K. V AUGHT,
Pastor.
Presbyterian (West Virginia)? Rev. R. C.
STEWART, Pastor.
Presbyterian (Greenbrier)?To be supplied
Baptist? Rtv. J. F. HARDWICK, Pastor.
U. E. Church?Rev. J ,\V. TAYLOR, Pastor.
HOARD OF EDUCATION.
Jons W. English, President; J, D. lie
Cutiocfl and John C. Li.mistir.
Point Pleasant Public School?Wit. J, Ken
ny, Superintendent.
DANK.
Merchants' National Bank of West
Virginia at Point Pleasant. Capital $180,01)0.
C, 0. .tl:ui:a, President; T. Stuiblixo, Cash
ier. Discount day Tuesday. Open every day
from 9 a. in, to J p. in.
POST OFFICE IIOUIIS.?The Office is
open from 7 o'clock n. in. to tl oclock p. m.?
On Sundays from 8 o'clock a. in. to 9 a m.?
WM. FRENCH, Postmaster.
ATTORNEYS.
EntVARD B. Kniuiit. Jajiej H Couch, Jr.
KNIGHT & COUCH,
A.ttorneys at Law,
WILL PRACTICE in the counties of Mason
and Puinain. Address 10. II. Knight,
Charleston, West Va., or James II. "ouch, Jr.,
Point Pleasant. West Va.
Mr. Couch will also practice in the Counties
of Lincoln and Cabell. dec. 15-ly.
W. c. WILEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAMLIN, Lincoln County, West Va.
All business entrusted to his care will r?coive
prompt attention. ju!y 4-1).
.10113 IV. ENGLISH,
Attorney at Law
* I
w
ILL practice in the Courts of Mason, Cut
nun ?nd Jackson Counties, and iu the
Court 01 Appeal* u( IVenl Virginia.
| Add rear, Point Plcuiint, Mason couulj-,
: Weit V.i. 0(liee iu the Court House.
1 dee. 19,1872-ly.
W. W. ADATIS,
(Formerly of the Petersburg Bar.;
Attorney at Law,
i POINT PLEASANT, WEST VA.
Office:?West side of ilaiu Street just above
the Post Office.
STRICTEST attention given to nil kinds
of ProfeMioual business. Refers to the
. Judiciary and tar of Pcteisburg, \ a.
! dec 19, li!72-6ni'
II. (i. IIOH'AKD,
Attorney at Law,
POINT PLEASANT, W. VA.
(Office in Court House.)
Prompt attention given to the collection of
] claims and all legal business erlrusUd to his
care.
I). Polsley & Men,
A.TTOHNBYS -A. T LAW
POINT PLEASANT, WEST V A.,
W1I.L PRACTICE IN THE COURTS
of 7th Judicial Circuit. Attention giv
en to tie collection of debts.
Agu 1 1871?ly
j AS B MENAGER."
Attorney at Law,,
Point Pleasant, W. Va.
WILL attend promptly to all business cn
trusted to his cjru. Office on corner Main
and 6th streets, opposite Court House.
j S-!pt. 26-ly.
P. A. ttOHKVli,
/^torney sit T^aw.
j. tOfficc in the Court House,)
; J'illNT PLEASANT, W. Vb.
exclusively in Macon County, West
iiginia, mid (lalliu County Ohio.
JLL atlend promptly to all business en
^ trusted to his cure.
.? \
L' WM. II. TOMLINSON,
! Attorney and Counselor at Law,
! 1117 ILL practice in tlie Courts of Mason,
> 1 T Cabell ;Hid Lincoln; and iu the couutj
! of GlHia. Ohio. Also in the Court of Appeals
of Vest .Virginia prompt attention given to,
? ihe collection ol dfHtns. .
i .. '. ?*'' rr*'. .??>?fy.?.
POINT PLEASANT, \f. \'A.
Office iu the Court House, first door on the right
Main Entrance.
WILL practice in the Courts of Roane, Jack
sou, Mason and Putnam. Collections
tuliciled and remittances promptly made.
F. W. SISSON,
; Attorney at law and Notary Public,
I'OIXT PLEASANT, W. VA.
f Office iu Shrewsbury's Block
Will practice tn the Courts of Mason and
(joining counties, West Virginia, and in
(jiillia county, Ohio. Special attention (liren
iidjoinmir counties. West Virginia, ami in
I Oullia
tn the Collection of Cltiimi and Remittances I'rampt
hj ila.'c.
Refers by permission, to Hon, 0. P. T. Moons,
I Judge of the Court of Appeals, and Ho.v
J.imi.h W. Hook, Judge ol llth Judicial Cir
cuit, West Virginia. [June 1,1871 -ly.
0. 1\ SIMPSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Va.
HAVIN'G moved lo i> 11 d permanently located
ut Piiint Pleasant, and having procured
the use of H J. Fisher's Lsn Library, I will at
all times b? foiiud at his office ready to attend
lo any ami all business enlrnsled in my care;
and will practice hereafter in I lie counties of
Mason, Putnam, Jackson and Hoane.
All persnis coming to Point Pleasant by the
Kanawhi| or Ohio Kivr Itnats, can con-ult
vitli me at any time of night in time to return
Wy same hnnt, by calling at uij residence.
april 18-ly.
Henry C. Kccc,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Point Pleasant, West Va.
ALL business entrusted lo his care will re
ceive prompt and careful attention. He
will be fomid at the oflice of H. J Fisher, for
the present. He has located permanently at
I Point Pleasant. apr, 18-ly.
~POLSLEY & CROW,
Attorneys and Counsellors ut I,n\v<
WILL practice in the Courts of Jackson
Roane, and adjoining counties.
All business entrusted to their care will be
i promptly attended to.
Address G It. Crow. Jackson C H., W. Va.,
! or D. W Polsley, Poiut Pleasant, West Va.
mch 31, '70-iy.
JOSEPH SMITH. ItENBY C. FLKSHKB.
SMITH & FLESHER,
Attorneys at Law and So
licitors in Chancery,
PR.VOTIOE in the counties of Jackson,
Roane. Wirt and Mason, also in the th.i
United StUfs District Court at Charleston,
and the Supreme Court of Appeal, for the
State. ID" Pities to land investigated.
Address:?Jacksou 0 H., WertVa.
sept. B-ly.
THOS. B. KLINE,
A-ttorney at T^a>v,
Caboll C. H? West Va.
WILL practice in Cabell. U'ayue, Lincoln,
Logan, Kanawha and Mason Counties;
an I also in Ihe Court of Appeals and the Uni
?led Stales' Courts. Prompt attention given to
the collection of claims. [april 6, '7J-y.
Job Printing
OF EVERY KIND
Executed at the "Register" Office.
jSSTOrdors solicited. Try us, '
Carrier's Address lo ihe
Patron*of Ihe Urgialer,
January 1, 1?7U.
Kind Friends and Patrons:
??Happy New Year; one and all,
Is the cry of the Currier boy,
And an older head in the Sanctum chair,
Is wishing you endless joy."
Wo coucludeJ that the "doggerel verse
usually composing tho "Carriers li reel
ing" was of olJ style, we offer tho fallow
ing review of ihe past year as a substitute,
knowing full will that our patrons will
appreciate our effort. The address is wor
thy your liberality. W o havo been 1 on
time"' and every Wednesday morning,
brought to your door the latest news,
"Fur this you should rcroui crate;
For this; i ud nothing more."
In our national industries Gods hand
; has been seen in mercy. While famine
has afflicted Persia the born of plenty has
1 hung high in ourStatis. From the granite
hills of Maine to the sunny Savauahs of the
j gulf, agricultural prosperity has prevailed
i Along the slope? of tho Atlantic,?over the
' broad prairies flunking the Mississippi and
! across the plains of the Pacific, tho husband
i man sowed iu abundance,?gonial sunshine
! smiled on tho new-turned earth,?refresh
? ing showers baptiwd the swelling grain,?
'corn, wheat and oilier staple cereals have
! losscd (heir bearded tops in the breezo and
the barns of the nation groin to-day with
grain Our manufactories have generally
been constantly engaged. Water wheel
and spindle;-sewing machine and printing
press have sung to audiences that Gilmore
i never approximated and their song has
been sweeter to myriads of dependent fain
; ilies than the ballads of Hewitt.
Commercially we owe a debt of grati
} tude we cannot canoei. Our merchant
ships have spread their snowy wings ol
canvas over every oceau and carried our
J supcrabnodsi/. bum1.' ccuiM'.od'.lisf 'he
L-nds of earth. Back have they been waf
j led by prosperous winds ladcti with con
?iributions for our citizens sent from for
eign sWds,' No priv#J#er has., .tracked
torch tfrtrppcd'in a mantle of firo .their
freight of wealth.
Our national battlefields have been con
verted into waving grain. Flowers have
twined themselves around broken-drum
heads and the ground squirrel has lodged
i in the half bunied caiinon, pleased with
i its iion home. The arms of tho naliun
I have been stacked in undisturbed quiet and
' the battle D igs of regiments furled away
amid the curiosities of museums.
"The Blue and gray;they sleep to-day
'Nralli many a trampled clod;
And side by side just where they died,
They wait ihe imnp of God.
Their cars are dull to conflict's lull
Or butlii's wildest (ray;
While otheis weep they calmly sleep,?
Those brave men, blue and gray."
This day greet* us as the billows of
party contention are falling into profound
calmness. Men of every hue of political
faith are looking out on our national fu
ture hopefully. Our revenues are to some
extent, decreasing our national debt. Our
magnificent territories aro being rapidly
developed. Our climate is unsurpassed by
that of any people on lha glob-'. Church
es, colleges, free schools, and printing
presses arc multiplying all over our broad
domain. Notwithstanding the terrible
conflagration that recently visited our most
polished city?Boston?tho large loss by
i tire in New l'ork, during the past week;
despite the unparralcllcd epidemic that
has crippled transportation by horso pow
er all over tho country; and notwithstand
ing that we have been bereaved of states
men like Seward and Greeley,?generals
like Meado. and eminent men in all pro
fessions, God has so marvellously favored
us that wo may -appropriately siDg:
"Ori'vc thanks," etc.
To the brotherhood of Masons and Odd
Fellows the past year has been a memora
ble one. Tho increase of membership
in both these Orders has been unprece
dented; their many kind offices to the dis
tressed, the sick, the dead, the widow and
the orphan, have added to the worth of these
Orders, which ought to moro than coun
teract the misrepresentations of malice.?
Amid the malignant shafts of ridiculc and
the contemptuous curl of tho lip of criti
cism, tlicso Orders havo stood in calm tri
umph,?stood fitly desoribed by a great
poet when ho wrote:
"As some till clifftlmt rears its awful form,
Swells from the vale and midway leaves the
6torra,
Though round its brow the rolling clouds may
spread,
Eternal sunshine settles on its head."
God lias been good to tho pooplo of
Point Pleasant. During the year he has
iQcliucd the hearts of this community to
generously donate of their means lo help
and finish tho churchos now under way.
lie lias gathered hero congregations wor
shipping Him ill different ways. Ho has
givcu them spacioiu houses of worship
He has givcu them a unity of sentimeut,
and a preeioi'j saasou of religious awaken
ing He has hoard their supplications,
and baptized them richly with the Holy
Ghost, and udiod largely to their member
ship.
In personal boneficcnoiJ Gol lias boon
good to our community. During tho year
our population Ins increased; our people
have growu in wealth; capital has been
iuvested here; thousands of dollars have
been expended in crcoting manufacturing
establishments, giving employment to all
who would work. Every hour of the past
year, He has heavily and brilliiutly sprin
kled us with personal blessings.
Tho new year findi myriads of our racc
scantily clad while God has given us warm
apparel beyond actual need. Many have
passed uiueh of tho year on couches of
suffering, racked by chronlo pains, Awak
ened by emaciation or scorched by slow fo
vers. Tho majority of us havo been al
most. wholly exempt from diseaso or pain
Death has goue with stealthy tread into
other homos. Seeing tho boauiiful and
lovod ho has invisibly b;ckoucd thorn atiJ
they havo followed. How few of us havo
during this year looked upon the closed
casket as it lias bjen carried from tho par
lor to fill tho grave?
Many have received few frioudly greet
ings, few words of love; but kind friends
have buckled us to hearts throbbing with
:iffoctiou, aud gladdened our souls with
words of friendship. Winter, spring,
summer and autumn have brought us suc
cess by day and refreshing repose by uight.
i Reviewing tho year, and pondering the
! mercies of God that crowd its long pro
ccsiii-3 of hours wo may appropriately use
11liu words of llauua More, auu thus ad
j ilVcss God: t
?Fountain of (foodnesk! whose pervading eye,,
look within uud,J?nU wiial tlicri.'
I'M) sonK'c'rfilied with gratitude rrjtois
I'be aid of language. Lord! atcept my heart.'
In one of the psalms -David'beautifully,
sings: "Thou crownest the year with thy
goodness." How expressive the figure!?
A crown compasses every part of a kingly
i brow, it cncircles alike every minute por
tion of a queenly forehead, bo God s
1 gooducss has engirdled the commencement,
continuance aud close of tho year. His
love lias brightened every hour, and tend
I erly pressed against every circumstance.?
lie Ins crowned tlio year with a crown
woven of lustrious benefits. Arouud it
like mammoth precious stones tliino' perso
nal mercies, domestic comforts, social eu
joymeuts, ecclesiastical advantages and
soul consolations.
And now kiod patrons, we are done ?
13y an unequal distribution of resources
God lias created the emergency for the de
velopitJiit of bencvoleucc. Eloquent
words never nlouo inflamo an emptv grate,
or feed the hungry child. Tender ex
pressions of compassion will not clothe the
ragged boy for bleak winter. Tones of
pity will not educate the orphau or give to
I the lonely widow domestic conveniences.
Do your duly to God's poor to day, and
when tho silver of Nevada and gold of
California arc melted up in the final con
flagration God will say to you "As ye did
it to one of tho least of these my disciples
ye did it unto me."
Wo ask you to remember your Carrier,
Hoy. Wishiug one and all, rich and poor,
high and low, a "Happy, prosperous New
Year" we bid you adieu till 74.
Faithfully yours,
CHARLES A. TH'PETT.
A boy got to fooling with his father's
horses, until finally one of them put bis
foot iii his face, lie was carried iu, and
the doctor sewed up his lip, and baudaged
I his oy?3, and poulticed his cheeks, but he
puffed up and laid abed a number of days
and when ho began to get a little better he
I called for a looking-glass, aud casting his
eyes upon it hiseouutcnanco fell. "Fath
er," said ho; "do you think I shall ever
! be as pretty ajaiu?" "No my son," the
old man replied, "you will uovcr bo so
: pretty again, but you'll kuow a d?d sight
j more."
i San Francisco milk is so badly adulter
ated that the cows blujh to think their
name* are used to cover so vilo a fraud.
Tho Hocking Valley Riilroad Co., has
declared a cash dividend of 5 per cent and
a 6toek dividend of 10 per cent. Tho capi
tal stock is to bo iuercjsed to $1,500,000.
FRIENDSHIP.
'Ti? friendship slrewt the path of lifo
Willi man> a fragrant flower,
Sweetens ihv carw ami norn'rout ills
Of many a lingering hour.
Lot those declare 'tis liul n iinmc,
Wlia nover knew it* worth?
A heavenly plant that never grew,
Thai never thrived oiv earth.
Let thn hermit seek tome lone relra.it.
Ami,cluttered in his cell,
There think himself the only nno
Who wished his fellow well.
Let proud philosophy disdain
The claims il brings lo mind.
And leek in deep research of thought
A pleasure mora refined.
Let those who do not use its aid
Call il a fancied dream,
A thing on which reality
Ne'er cast a lucil beau).
But, e'er you shun lliu social tcene,
Or too profoundly huge,
Uury a heart for friendship formed
In tome lone hermitage.
Go ask the weary traveler,
On sumo wild desert isle,
What thoughts, amid turrounding gloom,
The tedious hours beguile ?
Go ask the pilgrim, on his way
To some benighted lund,
Why 'twas hu give the onu mutt dear
On earth, lliu parting hand.
'Twos friendship badclilm quit the scene
Of his own loved native home,
To tell thrill of a friend to all,
And of eudlcss joys to Como,
Friendship be mine, nmld the joys
That heaven deigns lo bestow;
'T will add to evi ty simple charm
A more enchanting glow.
Friendship be mine, amid the cloujs
That dim my rising day,
To chase the gathering) storms of life,
With all their clouds, away.
[From the St. Louis Republican.]
COM.11 liltClAt, IlKJIltVAYS TO TllE
?ih.
The subject of trunspomtion bos become
(he prominugt commorcial problem of tbo
age. Tbo time bus pissed for taking mere
parts of tbo country arc equally interested.
That it id deemed by tbo cotutuereial com
inutility of tbo cutiro country a mattes'of
tbc very highest importance is sufficiently
attested by tbo large space devoted to its
discussiou iu boards of trade, mercantile
exchanges, and commercial conventions.?
Tbc general couclusiou arrived nt in all
these discussion^ seems to be, that railroads
arc inadequate to fully meet tbc demands
of the country for transportation facilities
iu removing tbo products of tbo soil to
markets of exchange or of consumption.?
It is generally conceded that a resort to
merely temporary expedients for tbo remov
al of obstructions to trade, would neither
be wise nor economical. Whatever is done
now should be deuc with a view to pcrniau
cnco.
Elsewhere our Washington correspon
1 dent gives an aLlo premutation of tho ad
vantages accruing to tho wholo country by
iho early construction of the James river
and Kanawha canal. Tho facts and fig
ures presented ty this correspondent
possess great valuf, and the reasoning bas
ed upon them is clear and forcible, setting
: forth the necessity existing for such a work
! and tlio vast benefit to bo derived by the
producers of tho West, by giving them
facilities for getting their products to mar
kets at a low freight ralu. It is now al
most universally conceded that railroads
fail to furnish adequate means for tbo tran
sportation of tho vast grain crops of tbo
West, as what they mako up in speed they
loso in tho enormous expense neccsssary
to their successful operation, and therefore
water must be still regarded as tho chief
' eleuicut of reliance fur cheap freights. It
appears that the estimated cost of tho
James river and Kanawha canal, in round
uuuibers, is ?50,000,DUO; an enormous
i expenditure it is true. liut then these
estimates contemplate tho construction of
a work of immense magnitude, to bo com
pleted iu a manner that will effectually
! guard against tbe dauger of interruption or
stoppage lor all time to come.
Oucc settle the point that railroads can
not move the heavy farm products of the
West to distant markets, and tbo only
question that rcmaims to be disposed of is
that of cost in creating artificial channels
for water transportation. Hero is the
Mississippi river, which with a compar
atively small outlay of money might always
I afford a safe and speedy mode of reaching
tbo gulf coast, aud then tbe Missouri, flow
ing through a region destined to bccomo
' tho granary of North America, if not of
tbo world, will afford means of roacbiug tho j
i Mississippi river; so that nature basprovid
cd chaiincld, easily improved to assist io
tlio removal of the enormous grain products
of iho West.
Hut, aftorall, tbo courso of the Missis
sippi does not point directly toward tlio
largest or best maikets of consumption,
and tliereforo uill never afford exclusively
tbo transportation facilities for romoviog
tlio heavy freights of the great northwestern
basin. Commerce evinces it natural dis
position to flow in straight channels. Tho
states on the South Atlantic seaboard aro
largo consumers of western produco. Tbo
present routes by which they recoivo their
supplies aro circuitous and slow, and of no
oossity the oott for carriage is exoessivo.??
Now it is manifest that there exists a real
nocessily for a commercial highway direct
ly to tho eastern seaboard, ovor which
heavy freights could bo moved at a reason
able rato. Tho northern lake routo is too
far north of tho parallel line; the Missis
sippi and gulf route is too far to tho uuth.
Tho only point to determine iu this discus
sion, is whether thoro exists a suffioiontly
urgent nooessity for tho construction of this'
great central route to the Eastern soaboard
to justify bo large an expendituro of mon
ey. Our oorrcspondont undertakes to
show that tlicro is tmcli a necessity, and
that tho interests of tlio West demand that
tho expenditure should loin ado. Accord
ing to the estimates which havo been mado
the intorost on the first cost of construct
ing tbo canul, at tho rate of G per cent.,
would bo 82,880,000 por annum. Tho
oott of keeping the work in order would bo
about 8287,200 per annum; making a to.
til for interest and maintaining tho works
iu order of {3,207,200. Tho estimated
amount of businoss nt.onc dollar and fifty
cents per ton, from the mouth of the Kau
awha to Richmond, is estimated at fivo
million dollars per annum. And at this
rato freight can bo shipped from St. Louis
to Ilaiuptoi) Roads at tho rato of ?1 88
per ton. Alow rato of freight by rail front
St Louis to New York is 813 per loo,
and a Ion rato to Now York via Now Or
leans is $11 50 par too. Now theBb fig- -
?great dosirakiliny of tbo' construction of tlio
work wo havo been considering in fheso
remarks.
Bo Fins to bo Engagod.
Every one must havo noticed tlio great
difference, as a general thing, betweeu
llio conduct of tho young betrothed man
and tho young betrothed woman. Ho,
the braver and atrongcr of the two, it -ut
terly confused and seeks to make & secret
' ef tho fact. She, on tho contrary, tries
to parade is, is proud of it, assumes a cer
tiin air of proprietorthip over him, and
offers to her friends littlo delicate confi
dences as to how nice it is to be engaged,
and how dreadfully jealous ho is if sho
looks at any ono elso.
The cause of this is just ono thing; the
man is in love; the girl is not.
I have studied human nature, I havo
looked into tho depths of hearts, I havo
made man and woman tho study of my
lifo and I aver that the girl in lore is rar
er tlinu a black roso. She simply has for
her lover exactly tho feeling that (bo
young mother has for her baby. Sho has
an anxious desire to sec him for life, to
make sure that he is comfortablo, that
his buttons are all right, and that his food
is what it ought to be. She understands
that he is in lovo with her, and rejoices in
thokoowlcJgo. Tho idea of losing bis
lovo is madness to her, but of herself sho
docs not understand it.
A woman who is not selfish, and gree
dy and mean, who docs not smilo on any
one who can give her fino clothes and
grand establishment, ovorllows with the
mother feeling all her lifo. She expends
it on her dolls iu childhood, on her poo
dles or her kitten, or her canary after
ward, and, when the time comes, on her
lover. Many a man would loso his con
ceit and vanity if lie knew just how tbo
girl whom he supposed to bo in love with
him really felt. She, also, _ would bo
surprised to hear that she was not in lovo
| at all, but only delighted to havo somo
ouo in love with her, and in & tnoasuro
| awakened to tho knowlcdgo of that lovo
which she will some day give her chil
I dren. It is the best sort of love, too,
and wlion a man's wifo really loves him,
she makes him happy.
But I think it time come one who knowt
the truth should tell it. A good woman's
lovo is something to bo - happy in?uot
the fleeting gallantry that mau calls by
that narno, but a pure and high affcotion,
and with so much of tho motherly and
protecting in It, that I havo often heard ?
little eighteen-year-old woman say or a
six-footer of two hundred pounds weight,
and a brigadier general to boot: "Oh,
isn't be a darling, cunnuing littlo thing?
Just as sweet as sugar?"?Aunt Mary in
the Lcihjer.