Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-09-06


tenour-uutiE he has accounted circuns
stantiaily fort tine iincideat nfftsre cars in
1867. and given such prObff off the child, ,si
birth and parental relationship as zsiaasf
snbstantitlte his own demantis , This, is
is understood, he declines doing: or,at
any rate, he has chosen tie enforce his
alleged right In the matter rbt process
OF law. The suit, to be tried soon I'M
Cumberland, is credited by ramDr with
the possibilities of compaiczied and rosi
mantle revelation of faIntiy history, in.
yoiving acouifship not attended by pa
rental approval, Il elandestiie narfiagH,I
u Young wife and mother reaping the
hitter fruits of fiiai disobedfentSs, an ffrel
fant consigned to- the hatidsiOf strangers
rather than be left withiH reach ofits
own father. aud u final return of a heart.
broken widow to, her old home, with
tears OF eoiarition fer the past, .aIid :eon.t
fessiol of her chiid's long exife.a ZAh
this may be shown or it may .nnt.9 At
any rate, the known facts, as -recifed
above, assures story of domestic myss
teries for wh:cli' those who areaware- OF
the coming. trial W ill hook with much iIf-
terest. and it cain scarcely besdutsbtedl
that some nBtable dramatic seenes inI so-I
cial life must have prefaeesl. the s1range
episode OF the cars li;"s-E = - 81 .'t.a Ia
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z THE ILLUSIONS OF LIFE. "a
= We inay1say what We like about the
worthlessness'ofth the world and the! solid
charms of home, but the plain ifactj
stripped of 0ratorieal disguise, is that
we mostly give society the best we have,
and keep the worst of ourselves forso
own. The hero at home is not half so
fine a fellow IS the. hero: in public, and
cares far less fer his audience Indeed.
when looked at nInler the domestic mi-
er0scOpe. lie is. frequently found 70 be
emihentiy sunheroic, sometimes of the
nature OF Il botch rather than mobility
in uudress and an ideal brought down
to theilihe.o of sight, which sgoufdIi's be the
case if he and all things eiseiwerei What
they seem, and if heroisrny like fiiie
gold. was good all through. fhis is not
saying that the hero in public is Il cheat.
He has only turned the best -ofhts cloak
outside, and i'iddenlths seams AUD fEaxs
next his Skin. We Know that every
mans cloak must have its seams and
Trays; and tho vital question for each
mans life is. who ought TO see most of
them, strangers or frieifds 2 WE fear it
must be owned that, whoever ought, It
is our friends who doget the worst of
our wardrobe, 1.-The people we love, and
for whom we would willingly, die if rneL
cessary; while strangers for W hom Nte
have no kind of Affections are treated to
the freshest Of the velvetaaid the bright
est of the embroidery The man; say.
who is pre-eminently "good compaHyf
abroad, who keeps aadinnef- table alive
with his quick wit and keen lrepartee,
| and who has always Oh hand a, store OF
uuhackneyed anecdotes, the latest on
IA H.,f
known to Reuter-, but who hangs arp his
fiddle at his own fireside, and in tile BIO.
| som of his family is as.silentas theivoGal
Memnon at midnight, is not necessarily y
a cheat. He is All actor without a part
| to play or a stage whereOn to play it, d
| hero without a flag, a bit of brute mat
ter without an energizing forces m,.ts ri
His wife does not approve of this hang
! ing up OF the fiddle by his own firesides
| yet she does the same thing Oh her side
and is rs littiea heroinei by the domesth
hearth as he is a hero. - The tender
sympathetic, im0ist-eyed woman tiwhf
condoles SO Sweetiy1 with your littft
troubles, and whesesiffectionate Sompas
sion so0tlies you like the tricklfng 70
1 sweet water or the cooling breath OF =
| pleasant air, but who at he.ae leaves hel
sick husband to get through the wearA
hours us. he best may, who bnffies he
servants and seofds her chiltb Ell ,-she
too, is Il heroliie of a class that does no
look well close to the line Of sight, TIL
pretty young mother, making play viii
her pretty young children in the park,
smiling gracious picture of love AM
loveliness, when followed home .turn
to fretful, seif-indnfgent fine, Lady
flung weariiy into an easy chair, send
ing the children. up to The nursery Il Ia
instant they come In, and probabl y see
ing them no more until park hour TO
morrow, when their beaiifif,ir little. tefe
PdnJe viii enhance her own iovelines
in the eyes or men, and make her NOR
beautiful because mailing the pictur
more complete. Mrs. Jeilaby gi YEA ul
TOT universal philanthropy, refusing :
crust to the beggar at her oa.n gate, 41u
full Of fearful pity for the emisery ytish
had undertaken to mitigate at BoriboD
lagha; Croesus scattering showers o
|. gUld abroad, and applatided to the eeh
II when his name, with the donations fol
lowing, is read out at a public idinnel
bnt looking after the cheese -pariugs a
home; the elegant uph0iderl iof huma
: equality in public, snubbing IN prixat
all who are one degree below him i'll TIA
) social scale, and treating his Servant
: like dogs; and the no less elegant des
: canter on the motto Nobtesse obLige, run
: ming honesty so fine that it is, almost III
distinguisiable from roguery9 when tb
house-dOor is shut between. him and tn
world ALI these heroes abroad sliO'
but shabbiIy at home, aud, make thei
+ ally vanishing quantity. s -,.ssr.I