The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1855-01-13

readers that which u the most beautiful, rs
well as the uciie.i, isnilisr, wife Is
/ yoang, and becomes OLD. u IL custom
Which hindsrs the husband from percevi"g
he change. On the contrary. did she re
I main Young, while he became old. It nigh,
bring consequences, and reode. The man in
years Jealous Il il better NJ KIND Provi
dence has ordered IT, Imagine tia, thou
has, grown to be ah old woman. and Thy
husband were blooming youth bow
wonld., thou then feel e
Louise rubbed her chin, and said, 81
cannot tell"
! Her sun, continued. Bu, ! will cali
I thy attention to a secret which
THAT is it," interrupted Louise hastily,
" tia, is ii which long 50 much to hesr"
/ Her amt sad Listen To me s,tenpse
Z ~. What now tell thee ! have proved.
/, consists of two psrts. The first paft Of
the means to rerder marriage happy OF
itself, pteveois every possibility of di.sen>
SION, and would even at las, make the spi
der aud the ny the hes, Of iriends with each
other The seroud part "a the best and
surest method OF preserving feminine at
trsc,ions
"Ab" exclaimed Louise.
The former half Of the mears. then. IT,
the soliiar, hour after the ceremony, take
thy bridegroom and demand solemn vow
Of him, and give him solemn vow IN %
turn. promise one another sscre,lly, nerer,
no, erea N mere jest. 70 triangle nth zach
other; never to bsndy words or indulge 10
the less, III humor Never, ! SAY. never.
Wrspgling. eveo IN Jest, putting on an air
Of III humof, merely to tease. becomes ear,
mes, by practice. Mark that. Next. pro
mise ench other. sincerely and saeredls
neser TO have = secret from osch other uu>
der whatever pr.,ext. with vhsiever excuse
Il may be. lou must, continually and
every moment, see clearly iu," each others
bosom. Even when one OF YOU commit q
fsalt, wait not nm instant. but confess II
lreely--l.i II eos, tears. bat confess IT. Md
Is you keep nothing secret from each other.
SO, on The contrary, preserve the p'isacirs
Of your house. marriagsssta'e aud heart
rom father, mother, brother, sister, aud all
the world. You two. with Gods help.
build your own quiet world. Every third
or fourth ore whom YOU draw into 1t with
,ou viu farm "A marty. and stand bet,,esu
YOU two That should never be. Promise
this 10 each other Renew the vow at each
,emp,s,ion.--lo VIII find your account
IN IL Your souls will gfnw, n. IL were,
too.,hsy. and n, last will become as one
All Il many young pair had on their
wedding day known this SIMPLE secret, aud
.,tniph,wny prac,ised il. how man, ,nar,
riayes w.r. h.npet than. alas. they are 90
Ioni.. kissed her aunts band with srIof
1" feel that /, mn.t he so. When thi. con
Hd.nce ia absent. The married, even after
vcdlock. are two strangers who do no,
know each other. Il should be 30, with.
ont this there can be no hsppinrss. And.
now. amt. the best preservation of female
beauty I"
Her ann, smiled and said: ave mny
not conceal from ourselves that a hand
some man pleases us hundred times more
than AN III looking one. and the men are
pleased with "a when we are pretty. But
what We call beautiful. VIVA, IN the inca
pleases ~, and in us please. the men, ia
no, skin and hair. ard shape and color as
in picture or n statue, bat 1t is the char.
acter, 1t Is the soul that Is within these,
which enchapts BY LOOKS aud words, earns
e.,osss, ioy, and sorrow. The men admire
Us the more ih-y suppose those virtues of
the mind to exist within MS which the out,
side promises and we think n malicious
man disagreeabl., however graceful and
handsome he may be Let a young maid-
en-, then, who would preserve her beauty. I
preserve but that purity Of soul. those sweet /
qualities of the mind. those virtues, in short, I
by which she first drew her lover to her
feet. And the first pres.ryative Of sirtae,
to render 1t unehangIng and keep !, ever
young. " religion, that inward union with
the Deii, and eternity. and lailh--is pieiy,
full. so beni|ceut to mortals."