The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-07-15

bribe silence or noisy praise. II can collec
troops of fla,terers, and inspire awe and lear
but, alas wealth can never purchase love
Bonaparle essayed The subjuga,ion Of Enrope
under the influence of q genius almost in
spifed--an ambition insatiable-and backed
by millions of armed men. He almost sue.
ceeded in swaying his sceptre from the straits
of Dover TO the Mediterranean; from The Bay
OF Biscay to the Sea of Azofl. On many q
bloody field his banner foated triumphant
but you will all bear witness that his greatest
conquest was The unboughi heart Of jose
phine-his sweetest and most priceless treas
ure, her outraged but unchanged love. II
man have failed TO estimate the affection OF
a true.heaued wife, be will be likely 10 mark
the value of bis lose, whom the heart (which
loved him is stiiled by death.
II. The heart of her husband doth safely trust
in afaithful w;fe for eompanionship. The fam
lily relation gives retirement without solitude,
and society without the rough intrusion OF
The world. II plants in the husbands dwell
ling friend who can bear his silence without
wearness-who can listen TO the detail Of his
interests with sympaihy-who can apprecIate
his repetition Of events, only important as
they are embalmed in the heart Common
friends are linked TO ms by slender thread.
We must retain them by minislefing in some
way 10 their interest or their enjoyment.
As we canno, always give novelty and in
tefes, 10 our conversation; as we cannot al
ways make ii for the interest, convenience
and pleasure OF our friends TO adhere 10 us,
as we are liable tothose pecunIsry aud social
vicissi,udes which may lax their patience or
their purses, our ordinary friends, like sum-
mer birds, are liable TO come and go-to be
coolest when we most need sympathy-and
absent and Indifferent, when we most need
their support.
What luxury il is for man 10 feel that
in his own home there is true and afFec-
tionale being, in whose presence he may
throw off restraint without danger TO bis dig
nifty; he may confide without the fear of
treachery and be sick or unfortunate without
being abandoned.
II in the outward world he grow weary of
human solfshness, his heart can safely trust in
one whose soul J earns for his happiness, and
whose indulgence overlooks his defects No
wonder he says:
My every earthly Joy TO blend,
And haTmoniZe my life,
Give me d true, a tender FRIEND
LII h.. hat a..c,
III. The,heart Of husband doth safely trust in
faithful Dye for personal comfort.
Who is it that gives care TO the neatness,
order and tidiness of our dwellings, our
halls, our parlors, our bedchambers? Who
is it that consults our tastes, our aflinities,
our repellances; and soregulates our tables,
our couches, our apparel, as 10 minister to
our comfort?
Who is it that supplies our lack of inter.
est in ordinary things, and sends us oul into
society prepared 10 meet the claims of de-
cency, taste and propriety? Who caters for
our appetites and swelters in heated kitch-
ems for our indulgence and often, unthank-
ed and unblessed, plies the needle, M the
lone evening, for our benefit?
Who is it that schemes by rigid economy
10 get the most elegance and comfort from
the least tax on our incomes? Who fur
nishes the ready pin, the napkin, the band
age for our wounds, the cup for our thirst,
the friction for our aching head, the medi-
cine for our pains? What angel of mercy
is it that watches by our sick pillow, bears
all our complaints and irrilations, and moves
with mufied step when we slumber?
The assiduities of a faithful wife are so
common, SO various, SO cheerful, SO unex-
acting, that husbands are likely to regard
her kindness as they do the sunlight and
the dews of heaven--matters of course-to
be received without gratitude. But the con-
stancy which makes them familiar-to a
rightly constituted dmind--deepens the sense
of obligation. While the husband safely
trusts in the companion of his years for his
personal comforts, she has right 10 expect
that her benefcence shall be appreciated.
If not, he will be likely 10 find her worth in
her loss. Her absence or death, is, TO the
little world of home, like the loss of the
glowing sun, which alone protects our earth
from eternal darkness and frost.
w. The heart of a husband doth sotey trust
in faithful Wife for counsel.
II is difficult to find friend who is so
deeply interested 10 our welfare as to take
the trouble 10 study our perplexity-so con-
versant with us and our affairs as TO under
stand our wants and dangers--so morally
brave as 10 venture 10 tell us unwelcome
thu,hs-so perfectly disinterested as to as
sure us that no selfshness prompts his ad-
vice--and so persevering as repetitiously to
urge that which is for our benefit.
Awife is sucha friend, aud a wise man
win often seek her counsel.
Her love casts out fear. Her confidence
inspires boldness. She is always at hand
with her and. Her eyes have seen all. Her
ears have heard all. Her heart has felt all
that pertains 10 our interest or our reputa-
ton. She is the husbands other self at q
different angle of vision, watching with
earnestness for his welfare.
And there is something in the ready, in
stinctive impressions of an intelligent wife
which no sane husband should ever de-
spise She does not pause 10 collect facts,