, 1874-04-18
. .l-|TERATURE.
Husbands nnd yviyos.


uBed To be, tho statistics inform ua. It would
SOON, from n casual observation, TINT weddings
nro as frequent aud families as numerous, In
proportion to tho inhabitantH as It WAS intended
they should DO when, in tho beginning, God
founded tho human raco, md II Male and foma1o
croatod He them" Tho luxurious habits which
aro apt to koop pace with poorlo'a prosperity,
and In this ago. md especially In this country,
have frightful tondonoy to outstrip prosperity,
having made tho support OF homo to the laae
dcgroo oncrous, have aomowhnt decreased tho
ratio OF marriages: and yet, what multitude OF
men-an overwhelming ority-annually az
sumo tho obligation, and sustain It to the cnd Of
their lives, patiently, cheorfully, willingly,
though 1t daily tnsks to tho uttormost every one
Of their powers.
Each man. as ho goes to tho altar and pledges
tho marital vow, knows full we'll ho is to DO
" "fottorcd for lifo;" bound to M unending scr
yice Of muscle or mind, to provide for tho wife
at hia aido aud tho Children that aro to como.
And still tho groat bulk Of mankind are not de-
tered. Thore Is in mans nature lovo for wom-
an, n dosre for her companlonship, All instinct
to chcrish, honor, ind Horvo hor, which loads
him to sock some ono from among them to whom
ho may consoorato the best Of himself, for whom
ho may toll early and 1ato, to whom he may
give tho honor Of Ills name, tho shotor Of his
homo, and all tho comforts ho oau command
and who ahall, in turn, rownrd him ns the vito
Of his bosom, the mistrcaH Of Ills household, and
tho mothor Of hia children.
And how honorab1y, how generously, in the
aggregate, ho sustains Lis solf-impoaed respon-
Ribilitcs. How seldom no hear murntr,
though overy nerve is strained without relaxa-
tion to aecuro tho neceBsaries, tho luxuries, ex-
pocsod and required by the loved oncs ho Inns
sworn to maintain. How seldom there Is
thought Of shirking. of neglcctlng The duties
undertaken. There is much incaracity among
mon, as there IL among women. Many
rashly shoulder burden they arc
not competent to carry, nnd many aro
! taxed beyond endurance. endurance BY, th9 ,o. essc-
pondont upon thom. Sotno thore are, too,
who aro rccroant aud faithloes. But, amid mems
manifold trials, their temptations, their back-
slldingB, their absolute dolnquencios, how nobly,
ns whole. thoy adhoro to their allegiance to
wlfo and children.
Tho spontaneous remark Of Abraham Lincoln.
whom tho news WAS brought to him Of his eloc-
tion to tho Presidency Of the United States,
"Thero ID little woman ut homo who will bo
Interested to know tEiB," WAS but IN expression
IN every eyont and emergency Of consequence,
tho quick thought in oyery husbands heart is Of
tho Attlo woman at homo" who will he Affected
by 1t. She may bo weak, aud idle, and selfish,
him a whn,oaoInc fl;nnar. mt aim in h;a IL lovc
and protect. aud caro- for and the whole chivalry
Of his nature il aroused aud enlistod in tho full
tlllmont OF luis vow to ler.
would hnya IA draw from i,or noyol. WFettorol
for Tifo: or Lord nnI Mastor," Tnitoed' Il in
eractly The reverse. Sic hae rathorod toeether
There. an fair renrosontatiyoa Of thoir sex col.
lcctinn of Inai,onf9n and fat1,ars Win arc ;nvar,
ab]y cnarse nnrrow-n,i,,dnd. hrutnl. and den.
polio: and corrospoudipY humber Of wives and
imotlera vim arm sweet aid joyolv. aubmisaivo
aud bro!fen -hoartad. Examples alay eaBily bo
found, no doubt, OF uely husbands and down
troldon wiyon: but tLoy are by no nnca,1s so
common ] , a1nopg decent ncoplo es to to wSrrant a. a
whole book being crowded with them. and then
offered us as nroof That woman. in tho exist-
juc marrage.roation, ia the slave Of man. A
couple or two Of suc! illstauceB might answer, III
d horde OF them entirely dofeata the nltr.
uose. No ono Of average oxnerionca in rosneo.
tatle circles call allow that this III lust putting
Of tho casx. Wien domestic diBsonsiona occur'
aud the happiness Of married life Is wrecked, tic
causo ot Tia tronbe 1ios an often m the nneniie
AZ the otlor. The real tyrant mud wronr-iloer il
os i;ltc1v r., l,o nj the f,mnno na of liz ,naucus
lno gcndor. '~'''~0''
Nnr will thn arp11meufa of Mrs. Blaka eonr;nco
tho candid reater thnt tl,e bullot ia tho only
thinr noeilfnl to aetta yerel aooiai nrolIoms %
malts thia world An Ednn md to nsLnr % IN tho
Millennium. The assertion. :" Our yory woman.
honJ in n reuronch to uy,n IL violation Of tho
tr,,tI tint rroyokes resentment instosd.of sym-
nathy. T,,11e yomnn],ool IN mt a renroach hit
m ionor in tho a;pl,t of ali mnnlsin1l ,rhero ;s
nat man ~ haSa as not to rnHnect aid rev. "
nronco n nure. rood woman, whoreyer he aoes
lar 1i;s oxnerience may mako him t]iscre1it
her existence: but once coayinco him and i,o ia
reafIy to oIror her tho tribute Of an honest nd
mirntinn. T,oro ia no fact Of whiol cyely wor-
thy woman receives such continual civic s;co.
Hpain bJrA. naka n,1ta in Tho mottl, Of her
hora;na thia declaration Regarding tho 'omnars-
tiye yirtnoB Of mum md woman: "Sbo ia not
so strong, of COURSE bit sic ia plror and bot
tor" Is she inlloreutly p,lror md rotter !?
There aro M pure and rood men on This earth
to-day az there nro women, Not as many. M
auesiiouab]y. Their grcutcr oxpoBuro to tomn-
tation. their rudor pursuits in life their closor
contact With yieo Of eyory form. cause more fro-
oucnt status to smirch their souls es tho yar-
riora WHO have been in tlo hottest Of tho firllt
hear the mort ecars and wounds on thoir r5or.
SIMS. mt scnl woman mt, from thcir rliiIl,
hnoI into TIN ,at1a their brotl,ers nro forcot tn
TRIVIAL. md how mich iarror nronortinn vii III
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