, 1870-12-04

Otto Won Eis,natk Was born Of a clever, In |
pe1Iou1, ambitious mother mot Of the no
bkS*e), Who, from her son 8 earlieet yeaEs, en-
te1taiIed M5h.soaEing views for him. and |
sent him Of 10 his distant school without Any |
OF those maternal paugs and ws1kueases
which $50 fathers shy) are the ruin Of 80 many |
boys. Sna WAS careful for his health, and en-
e1get,c about his education; bat it Was after !
tuch fashion "a tell. Of tho iron in her |
blood, and makes oce rseoGnize tho maternal
strain in tho courage, enefEy, and will Of her
now famous eon, The father WAS the |
heart, tie mother the understanding Of ths
household" writes an old friend Of he f1ni!y.
sister. hi. IS 'hea1t-beloved Nalvina," (n,1rried
to Herr yon Arni1n.) for whom from tue
earliest days OF youth ne had felt the warn1est
tendernees-a tenderness which lead the leo-
ple ntout the estate 10 say that be Was quito
''lovely like in his devotiou-he kept up "a
constant \ correspondence "a his muihtafious
occupations would Allow.
In the following latres to lis brother-iu-tAw,
Oscar Won Arnim, there are tones the true
ring of whose metal tells ia OF ths tender
hes1t and sympathetic nature Of the m.a-
..At this moment 1ecelve the newa or the
dreadful misfortune Which has orettAkan
I you and Mslvias- My first thought was
to 60 TO you at opce, bet ove1rated
my etrecgth. Tho cure has prostrAted
ne, and the Idea Of suddenly interrnpting
the treatment met with such decided
| oppoeltion that have resolved on lst:ins Jo-
hnnua ~ alone. Such blow is 40 complete-
| ly b!ycnd the reach Of any human conso!a-
tiou and get it is 4 natural desire to long to
10 with tLose We love IN sorrow, and with
them to n,ourn. X is the only thing one csn
do. \ heavier grief c7n'l lot wen betall
YOU: TO lose H;lch an Auliaola and promising
clsi.d, and with it to bury all your hopas-
honts that were to have been the Jays Of
ynilr old Agile 3 Ersf which, long ~ You
live. will never Leave you- I feel for aud
| xif r1a. nj In n We
erful hanea wa ere helpless and Eith7ut
counsel, md (eIcept In 20 faE as He viii help
us) can do nothing hut hu,ahly sub
NIT TO His vieitations. He can take from
lonely; and our Erist for our lossss will be
all the more bitter in proportion ~ ws show
it by Tebel1ious murmurs against His A.
mighty will. Do rot, therefore. let uaurmur.
ing and rebelhon poison yous natural and
just grief hut try to realize thankfully that
} = son and daughter still remain to vou and
. in them, and eyen in the thought thss you
loved CHILD, Try to look on yourself ~ blessed
,, in comparison With many wtso have navc1
had children, and never known parental Joys
will not trouble you with weak attempts u
consolation; would only say thst, ~ youl
. friend and brother, I feel your eoToa
: with ysn. md an n, moTea BY It i tn NJ n
gtitvatces AID aunoyances. whish ar'
t necessary ingredients Of lif", dis
!, arpczr befo10 the iron stroke Of real mlssor
y tune! The remembrance OF my rcpiuinSs AM
J. desires appears to me now iu the shspe OF !
reIroach for forgetting how much God gives
and how MANY d1nse1s daily encompass u
without cur falling Prey to thau- We Ar
c not to love this world, neither to regard it a
Il an Akldirgp place. Twenty o. thIty gear
y more. at tie lest, md the, we shall both b
= ! beycnd its csrca and Eo1roWs, a.d our c.il
q dteu viii bayc reached our present stand
roint, and will recognize with surprise III
!. fact that lie. wh1ch eeena but fse=hly begun
y il ALREADY going down hill It woEl not b
worth While 10 dress and urdfesa, it al wcE
over with that! Do you REMAINDER shes
words Of = S:ojpnunaek travelling compat
ion? The thought tnat death is but : pas
ia sage 10 another life will. Indeed, not lessee
ii your g1ief; for you might have believed th'
your beloved ron Wouid bare becu del
coa.Auion for the tieae you wc.e on cart
and would have kept your memory fresh
The LeaIts Of tto=e WHO should camD nfte
Tie ciEcle Of those We love crous ever na
river, and onlr begins to widen again whs
ca ! We have grandchildren. At our age no he
aa fsiett8hips can rcplace those which have di'
Its ont. Let us then hold ali the faster tocath
lie In love, urti! death ehan coma aud Eepara
uP, IA il has separated u frOm our eon-wl
knows how soon! Will you not come 10
with 3IalyinA, aad spend come quiet weeks
days At Stolpmunde: AT any rate I ahs's
to you at Koch'endn1f in three or four weel
1E, or wherever ycu mas be. greet mE belos
Nalylca from my heart: may God give h
- LIZ well AZ you, tho strength % baar with ne'
IL ness and patience.