The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-12-18
ABOUT woa1AN.s KleHrs.

Some years ago the world began,
the earth grew green and rivers ran,
the sunlight glimmered through the
gloom and flowers first began to
bloom, the stealthy wolves COM
menced to prowl aud foul ,hyenas
learned to howl. The dogs began to
bark and bite. and bears and lions
growl and fight. The cats first lifted
up their spines and humbugs buzzed
about the vines; when in the bright
and early Spring the merry birds be-
gan to sing. When first in Eden's
garden fair, men bfeathed alone the
balmey air, and whiled away the
dreamy hours, amid its labyrinthine
bowers; life must have had for him a
charm, with nothing to moIest or
harm him as he sat beneath the shade
or strolled about, nor felt afraid. One
night, when DER the hills atar, arose
the peaceful star, when earth in SOL
emn stiffness slept, to bed contented
Adam crept His drooping eyelids
slowly closed aud soon profoundly he
Teposed. He slumbered on, while
from his side bone, of which was
made bride, was taken, and in great
surprise Adam awoke with open eyes
to fnd himself q married man, aud
his domestic life began. Nothing but
ribs are women then the merest frae-
ton Of the men.
All went on smoothly for a while,
Eve kept his house in proper style,
and like a good wife, suppose, kept
all the buttons on his clothes. Both
thought themselves model pair in
Edenis garden bright and fair, till
Wearying of such q life, Eve, willing
to be Adams wife, began most badly
to behave, FoWing she Wonid mot be
bis slave, saying, sI want my rights"
one day. II want to rule and have
my way. No man shall bind me In
his chains, | want to drive aud held
the reins." And then to, Adam 3 great
dismay, his Wayward wife soon had
her way. She ruled the lions and the
bears, she ruled the rabbits and the
bares she ruled the elephants and
feas, the birds of air.. the bugs and
bees the eamelopards slim sud tall,
and ruled he.' husband most Of alls
How often woman is inclined to
crafty her curious lnilfd, which at an
infinite expense oftlgets the better Of
her sense; how oft she looks with, en-
yious eyes on what propriefy, denies.
And when, from OF that apple tree
Eve plucked the fairest fruit that she
could find: she ate the very best and
made her husband eat the rest.
One sad mistake may. often bring
long years. of endless suffering. Eve
looked no more with tender eyes upon
the groves of paradise. Doomed to
a life of toll and pain, her years were
spent in raising Cain.
MORAL. A8@4 gas.e
If in this more enlightened age, our
wives and daughters should engage,
in doing mems work out Of doors aud
managing the shops and stores, and
so to Congress, il is plain they all
would soon be raising Cain.-Eugeae
WEALTH.-One great cause of the
poverty Of the present day is the fail
ure of our common people to appre-
ciate small things. srhey do not rea-
lize how a daily addition, be it ever
so small, will soon make q large pile.
If the Young men aud Young women
of to-day win only begin, aud begin
now, to save little from their earn
ings aud plant ii in the soil of some
good savings bank, and weekly or
monthly add their mite, they will wear
happy smile of competence and in
dependence when they reach middle
| life Not only the pile will itself in-
crease, but the desire aud ability to in
crease it will also grow. Let clerk
and tradesman, laborer and artisan,
make now and at once a beginning.
Store up some of your youthful force
and vigor for future contingency. Let
parents teach their children to begin
early to save. Begin at the fountains
head to control the stream of extrava-
gance. To choose between spending
and saving Is to choose between pow
erty and riches. Let your youth 60
on in habits OF extravagance, for ffty
years TO come, as they have for fitty
/ years past, aud we shall be nation OF
beggars, with moneyed aristocracy
Let generation of such as save ia
small sums be reared, and we shalt be
/ free from all want. Do not be am
bilious for exlrayagant fortunes, bul
| do seek that, which is the duty OF eve.
ry one to obtain, independence and a
comfortable home. Wealth, and
enough oft, is within the reach of all
II is obtainable by one process, and
by one only-saving.