The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-08-27
BAcnE1ons.'-Tbe Roman Oensors fre.

BACHELORS. The Roman Oensors fre-
quently imposed taxes on unmarried
men, and men of full age were obliged
by law to marry, unless mentally or
physically disqualified. Tic Spartan
women, ut certain games, laid hold OF all
the old bachelors they could get their
hands on, and inflicted on them every
mark Of infamy and disgrace, dragging
them around their altars, and handling
them very roughly. In 1896, the Eng
'ish Parliament laid tax on bachelors
over twenty-five years of ago, OF twelve
pounds and ten shillings for Duke,
which was graduated down 10 one shil-
ing Tor common man. Uncle Sam has
been very lenient TO his unmarried
nephews ut all times. but he might do a
good thing for the heavy war debt BY
laying revenue al cqpitum tux on them
just now.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES THIS DAY.-Tri-
nifty Church h-Rev. p. J. Shand, D. D..
hector, lO}a A. NJ. and 5 m.
st. Peters Church-Rev. Francis in
qnemet. 1st Mass, a. NJ; I'd nIass
l0M. Afternoon Service 4 r. NJ.
Lutheran Church-Rev. A. r. Rude.
1oN A. NJ.
Presbyterian Church-Rey. j. r
Wilson. 1O1s A. N.
Washington Street Church-Rev Man
ming Brown, l0lG a. NJ; DR.. J. L. Rev
nol,ls, s 2. M. ...7--5
Marion Street Church. D. Der.
rick, l0l5 A. NJ; Rev. Manning Brown,
Baptist Church Rev. j. L. Reynolds,
| 1OIa A. NJ. ..f
Chapel, (late Christ churoh) Rev. B.
Is. Bubbit, IL A. NJ. st
JEALOUSY. This is, in one sense. a
weak passion; in another, it is evidence
of exalted sentiment and deep devotion.
When told that "Jehovah is jealous
God. We ut once understand that lido
worship is obnoxious to tho Supreme
Being-that He Eill visit with just in
diguation those who, forsaking His
divine altars, bow down to Baal -- make
unto themselves false deities, and fling
defiance into His face, by whose oinoom-
prehensible wisdom und mightthey were
fashioned in curious and wonderful form,
endowed with intelligence, and made
purtakers of an. immortal hereafter. If
retribution overtake such as reject both
revelation and reason. who shall gain-say
omnipotence? This fgurative express
sion, II .am jealous God," is readily
understood by those willing to be in
structeu. and is easily explained by re-
Election aud common sense
But there is another and different
jealousy experienced BY fallible humnni-
ty, which is, perhaps. one OF the most
constitution. SO carefully does strong
love set its guards about the beloved,
TINT every light thing is heeded; it's very
yigilance indicates its strength. Argus
Dyed, it looks on every side, detecting,
with keen prescience, any lurking i'll
which threatens its object, and from
blingly alive to any influence which may
estrange the affection which hns become
.'lifo Of life to. the loving. No postu-
late. founded in reason, fails to find it's
! expression il the illuminated pages of
the Bard Of Avon. Accordingly lie de-
clnres:
where little fears grow great, great love
grows there"
Jealousy, in common acceptution of
the torn, is regarded by many people as
mean sentiment, but such should re-
feet that only strong and impassioned
natures are capable OF being torn by the
vultnro fangs Of this cruel maludy. An
| upright and generous heart never fully
admits the tortuons and malign pre-
sence of jealousy till it sees incontestible
proof thnt there is room for its indul-
gence. Then come days robed in black
ness, nights Of horror, ard tho gnawing
OF u viper which eats ont the heart by
slow an:l never censing process. Like
the paralyzed bird, which trembles and
sends forth wailing shrieks under the
serpcnt's thrall, yet can, by no means,
escape. does the victim OF jealousy writhe
beneath its CALLING inllctions.
It is tho glory Of transparent nature,
that none Of its ncts arc calculated to
rouse this cruel demon in the bosom Of
| friend or lover. The candid man or
| woman seldom cnuspa snffarino m thooa