Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-09-15

"Algays sick ;" from month to month, and
year 10 ye.r; friends become accustomed to her
pale face, and long, bony fingers, her slow
step, and short, quick breath, and weary OF
that fam smile, and inatteuti0n TO dress, and
reluctance to going out; and they say, inps-
tisntiy, call she needs is air, exercise and
chssFfulnsss; What dTOns sic 'has become
pity her husband.o
lie doctor looks st her with a moaning
smile, saying, ''yOu are too sede1tary 10 your
habits, madsn-yOgr temperament il nervous;
little troubles destroy your eQusDimity-
the ord easy, care less for hCasshol1 affairs,
never mind hoH the oiRGer IS served up sna
take no thought about the children You hsve
no organic Gise-se, madam, 40 liver affection,
no consumption; 1t is all nsTgous-slI mental.
Coed morning, madam. Bity her kas5aHd.n
CAN nervous! this dFssdful headache, this
knifs-IIke Psin IN nay side, this loss Of sppe-
tite2 Bot it must be so; the doctor ought to
knOs; and VIII try to believe bin, and forget
nv cdres;' and she leans back IN her chair
with a new resolution TO be cheerful.
"JOhnny" comes il screaming a. the top o.,
his lungs, with his new pantaluons slItled
from top 10 bottom; the coUk makes the pie
crust Of bread dough, and dresses the steak
with the ends Of tGilo@ cSntes, because the
butter is down in the cellar; and friend comes
hone with her husband to dinner, and be looks
thundeTboIts, ana the friend conste7nSti0n-
but never m.nd-''dress, laugh and 20 out'-
forget dsa D, and it will forget you-sither be
well, or die quickly, toT friends are oil 'sorTY
foT'' your husband.
"C0mpl&ining wotnen never die,2 is an old
saving, handed down TO us from the lips Of
some country gUack, who deserved 20 have bad
hrs teeth eXtg5cted, for bis want Of sympathy
with suffering: and the same UGknd thought
is written on the sarcastic mouth 0f many a
modern ii. D. to whom the poor Invalid ap-
peals for help, as sns drsgs her weary limbs
over the rough path Of life, without hearing
word Of sympathy or seeing a single finger
raised to help her. None realize that her life
strings are swapping asundsT, so slowly and
so n0iSelesslV: and when the last gives way,
and she sinks into the friendly grsVe, frisrds
hardly miss her: because they have learned so
gradually to do without her laboTs OF love.
She il gone; the world feels rot the shock OF
her departure, az when some great human light
fades from the frnsmsnt Of mind; and socisl
Institutions are not saddened By her loss, for
her pale face was almost stranger in their
halls.
But there are little loving hearts which miss
her gen le toae, earnest kiss and loving blue
ewes: and her husband misses for little time,
her sWee., moUrnful smile, which seemed tL
say, 81 would DO n0Te to promote your happi-
ness-b,lt an so fseble'-and then he for
zsts and another more beautiful is taken to
his heart and home; and, with dsWy eyes and
quiyering lips, those UaBgs PEgHVv1=rVe gam
tie name OF "mo'ber.o
Bat not to her bosom DO they confie all their
little eFisfs and wIOngs-not there do they sob
themselves to sleep. Sae is long an object OF
doubt and dread; an angel although she may
be, it is long, very long, sTs she Eh win
them to confidence and love. Every dying
mother thinks Of thi'; and every step mother
should realize II; and have patience and ple'y
to begin her york. for the heart of the child
. will appe to toe HOtleg that is to her who is
nol, when the requirements OK tue former sp-
! proach even the shadow OF Injustice.
! Husbands OF invalid wives, (in nine cases
/ cut Of ten) us do not pity you-you who 90 IN
! and out 20 carelessiV, asking no questions,
( and never saying, .n soft, earnest tone,
" would to God that / could Ee!P you, dear
wlfep You who DO not try to realize the Ga~
/ Briclousnsss Of the appetite which longs FOR
everything bsVond its reach; WhO have no
/ sympathy with morbid fears, and Do rue
I hearted mothers apPEeGeBaioEs, .st your
! babes NAV be prematurelY c2st lEc1 Tie 5gms
/ psthies Of the worid--tbaE sympathy which
J freezes by the coldress Of its healing hand.
SympatbF for YOU? What DO you suffer
/ aside from Inconvenience? Think imPa-
( tisnl aaB, az you look upon that faded form,
/ OF what SIZE vas, TeRembeT her as you took
/ ber, beautiful bfids, STsg from the bosom
/ Of her mo her, and her fathers s'roag, protac-
/ ting s!m-did SIZE make no sacrifice for goa Z
/ Kuow that for your love she tettered herself
/ with those cares which have Facked Der brain
until tney uoGeTE.iBe5 ber slender constitution ;
I auE do not cause hsr noE &c sag Ia heF hearpf
! deep agony, baye become an incumbfaalS
and be will not miss me when ! an gomez
I Pity the invalid. Part ths damp locks upon
/ her f1.shead, and kiss it tenderly, leave Ter
net long stone, love her, and cherish heTas
you did when the Wsite bridal rose lingerst IN
/ her sunuy -resses, and the eaFGatioE o. halth
was upon her rounded cheek for surely al
y. though slowly, she is dying and when ne is
I gene, sn angel will haze gone up TO haven
( before you, 20 plead FOX you at the eternd bar,
saying Father, gememkcF hin in mecy, as
I he remembered me, after all othsES OTsook
I me, and life was one long agony.