The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-09-21


lem he is only I handsome
brilliant man; we remember
he speaks, every glance of bis
ick Of his lip or brow. If he
is admirable who lacks an
ight il he is small of stature
hyprople admire giants fair,
/. all dark men swarthy gipseys;
We cannot sec charm in insipid
ess. Whatever he does is best done
.tever he thinks we think Also He is
II oracle. Some strange inesmeric infu
once steals over US when he approaches.
There may be light and music and laughter
in the parlor, but we are dull and listless,
until step, voice-we would know it
amidst a thousand-and he is there, and
the zest is given to our draught of life. To
be beside him, in joy or sorrow, in youth
or age, that is our hope, and though other
men may have charms, we cannot See them
any more than if we were blind. Thus it
il to love, and to be beloved. Ask any
man, and he will say so--almost any wo-
man, and she will answer that it is so, in
remembrance Of her own love dream, even
fit is past. Yet there are people once
lovers, who have in their hearts only
wror gs and i'll feelings; who revengefully
drag bitter secrets to light, and bear shame
themselves that the love Of the olden time
may suffer ignominy. Can you compre.
bend itp We confess we cannot. Then
there are others who live together and keep
house respectfully, who are almost as
strangely changed. Mrs, Smith sets up all
night for Mr.. Smith; hears stories respect
ing "that young actress !" is abused for the
tastelessness of the breakfast in the morn
ing, and for the momentary delay of dinner
in the afternoon; and takes it as matter
Of course, and consoles herself with her fine
house and snowy wardrobe. A year or
two ago Mr.. S. was the most ardent lover
in the universe. The world was divided
into two places. lone where Mss Brown
was, and the other where Miss Brown was
not. Now, it is his joy to send Mrs. Smith
late Miss Brownie quiet farm home
for the summer, with the babies, and have
"jolly good time" himself in the city or
at Saratoga. What is the meaning Of it
all? Whence come these changes? Why
dosthechains Of Cupid break? Why does
that earthly Paradise, constituted by the
fact Of being in love and being beloved in
return, seem mere mockery when we look
at most of the married people we know,
who have no romance, no love, and the
merest shadow Of affection for each other
now, and yet who were once lovers? 1t is
our opinion that calm reflection on this
subject would be sufficient to make every
girl on earth forswear matrimony, and re.
solve to have the terrible title "SPINsTER''
carved after her name upon her tombstone.
Violet Tans, in Sunday Times.
Shake out the Reef:
On the vide ocean, between us and India,
the winds blow for weeks in one direction,
Then the ship moves on, day and night
safely, rapidly and pleasantly. A sea cap.
tain had been heard to say that he has
sailed his ship six weeks without altering
= sail. These are called "trade Winds"
II will tell you fact about drinking"
said an old sea captain. "And l tell you,
boys, that when people say, 1t don't hurt
any body, if they don't drink too much, :
they don't know what they are talking
about. There is no such thing as drinking
spirits, without drinking too much. When
/ used to sail to India and got into the
trade winds, would put all the sails on
my ship which she could possibly bear.
But noticed curious fact. Every morn.
ing about eleven o'clock, l used to 20 down
into my cabin and take good horn OF
brandy. Before going down would cast
an eye over the ship, see that every sail
was full, and every rope taut She was
under all sail she could safely carry. On
coming up out Of the cabin, having taken
the brandy, it always seemed as if the ship
was sailing too slow, and the winds had
fallen. Then would cry, up, there, lads,
and shake out the reef! For about thirty
minutes my poor ship would stagger under
the new press Of sail. BY that time, when
the brandy began to subside, found she
was under too heavy a pressure, the winds
seemed to blow harder, and again would
shout, Up there, lads, and clew up the
reef" So found it, day after day, and
was utterly unable to account for the lull
in the wind just about that hour. But one
day was nnwell, and omitted my brandy,
and overheard my cook, black Caesar, say,
Captain drink no brandy to-day guess
no shake out reef Then understood ii
all From that time dropped my brandy
and there was no change in the sails of my
ship. drank moderately, and vet It was
-esSHshsiCu, and IL would not have been
strange if | had lest my ship in conse-
quence. ] tell you, boys, there is no such
hin. hing as drinking without drinking too
1t is even so. We kuv..,. ,;.,,. ,ho,,.
it. Many ship master has icittS co oTGu o.
hot, tired or sleepy, vexcd and troubled
and has gone to the bottle, gained courage
to be rash, shaken out the reef till his
ship was dashed on the rocks, or swalnped
in the seas.
Many physician has been worn down
by labors and anxieties, his nerves weak
and his mind wavering, and has gone Il
the bottle, and thus he shakes out thu
reef lis rash in dealing out his powerful
medicines, and he loses his patients loses
self reliance, and the confidence of the
community, aud he loses practice and
character, and is ruined.
Many merchant drinks little, feels
more ,nfidence, makes bargains when thus
stimulated, Shakes out his reef and is
ruined.
Many mechanic takes a contract which
he examined after drinking little, forgot
the number of hard blows It would cost ia
complete it, and thus be shakes out the
reef and is ruined.
Many young man falls into jovial com
pany, feels that it would not be manly to
refuse to drink with them, and no drinks
shakes out the reef, and acquires taste
that is his destruction.
And many bright boy, the hope Of his
father and the pride of his mother, early
learns to drink little, and thus be shakes
out the reef'-dsappoints the hopes OF bis
friends; lives poor creature, dies drunk.
ard, and reads over the gate Of Heaven
mo drunkard shall inherit eternal lfe."
It is evident from the history of NO.
mans creation, say what you will for her,
that she Is only side issue.