, 1875-01-28
Tho Rey. NIr. N1CArthur III Search
OF a Spouse.
His Patent Uateohism for All Con"
templating Matrimony'
Examining Alice on Religious, Filial, and
Martial Dulles.
The Heart-Rending Confession Which
Follows Marriage.
Alice Turns Out to Be Ono OF the ffall'
est Of tho Frail.
uc Oiycs Her Thirty Days Of drnce, but
She Goes 10 Protest.
Alice Turns Out to Be Ono OF the frall'
est Of the Frail.
So He Begins Suit.

So He Begins Suit.
II there ia an uncomfortable man i'll the worlu
It is llo whose ifo is made unulercstlnG, aha
not unfroquently unsuccessful, by tho TOO great
development of lis bump Of caution. Iii th'R
business era Of tue earLha existence, the poaBcs'
sion OF : character for caution, together wtth q
moderate amount Of capital, is ss,fe to place tho
owner OH tho high road TO wealth, and hence
this peculiar quality haa got to be respected.
limo WAS wllcn such ordinary EiftB al tho
power to paint wtito poetry, caFva LIVING
statues from inert masaea OF marble, anu
similar light and trivial alnuaemcnts, were looked
upon "a the most eunobllnE OF occupations. aud
tic society OF encll as wero noted III Science ana
art was sought everywhere. flat is oil changed
now, However, and tho leader III and out Of So
rietY at presous is tic businessman. When
genius dos nowadays hs neorolonist. In tho
majority of caaes, nttor reviewing bis lita-work,
soseH with the regret that the nttcr lack OF bsi-
ness tact on the 1,art Of The loceahcd Was tlo
reason that ho loft bolnd him but 4 larc pi.tance
for bis OWN 81 tho reward for what lo lad done in
turichiug tho world III It's beauties Of art or wof'-
ders OF ncieree. When successful bnBness-
man dies, after having accomplished the aim
Of his lfo Wy filling oonplo OF
drawcru In hin safo with hccurlt!os
tho eana ncctolo.i4t writes up ,he Bueee9sfi,
lifc. aud never faiis to mako comparison Ic-
twcou the size of tho brain Of the deceased md
that Of Daniul Webster, with perhaps an adro't
lint that lad the deceased not known better.
he might layo been only statesman, or Bomo-
thing of that kiud. There Ia nothing like cau-
tipn 10 enable man to leave behind him tho
whcrewlt,al to make County Court item. and
al such It deserves to 10 cultivated But
THE OVER CAUTIOUS NAN
loea as little goou In tho world AZ tho man who
has no caution ut all. lis III always buapecting
that some one ia trying to get ahoad Of him. III
business 10 fails, becaise4 Instead Of occasionally
riHkiug aprAt to catch salmon, lle If eterlaliy
ioAing saluon in an awkward endoayor to
tnyo q HJ,rat. Iu conversation ho can mover
thiuc because ho takes so long to weigh tho
pnrport tf lle moRt triling utteFance, and. il Lo
1aprens to 10 where fow good feltowa arc
himself by e1clatming ht tho end OF each. In
fear OF falling into catc "Ah, that's too thin;
I've heart tint bofUro you cant fool me, and
the like Like all other things, caution has be.
j como more widespread through cultivation, aud
nowadays tho good old proverbs which the aH-
i cient delighted in quoting aro looked upon nj
! 4ulta unnecessary, az any modorn young fellow
Of ordinary parts and business capacity could, If
i he chose, and could spare thn t'no from moro
1 lucrative emploYments, double-dscount either
I l}ou Franklin or Solomon. It Ia somewhat
. pleasant, however. to be eblo to obaerys that
{l.iB linivrrhal aud profitable mental quality
Econ,s to desert evoi, the most practical man
5Wheu he drops business for the time, aud
!: rEIEa H1s HAND At LovE-HAK1ka.
Tho combination Of the tender feeling and a dne
?regarl to financial results displayed in Tenny-
( Hpns lnat version Of the Northern Farmer il
!: much moro frequently found Oh paper than In
{ real life in fhct aii the why from Solomon
4 down to JON Fisk tho. world las sup
I; piled thousands or examples OF men WHO,
II NM rlN1RA 1inIJA Int WIN heeNn1A
1 RascB tho Minuto thGy held converse with
( tile genter BOX. It wns hardly fair OF the old
J tirook philosopher to liken marriage to bag
IN thoso I'D dsys wt FL pkhts
/; and patent davices as yet nnnyented. matrimony
9 could hardly havo been such very terrible thing
! as tho old aatttist would have peopte think.
u There IL 10 doi,bt however, TINT the Greek idea
has many boliayerB in these timeH, men Who dio
=. bachelors bccaNse though they would dearly
=; love to oat the eel, they fear too deeply they
might, like the Gel Of old, be captured by the
scrpent, aud 10 dying bachelors they are Wise,
because in ali games Of chalus il II she timoro,s
= player who loses. Occasionally, however, al
f AN AWFUL ExAMrLE,
Il arises Of The nun WHO ventures on rnatrimony,
VI VI not without toyEihls dronl of ths rosut. but
still strong IN liB faith That Ills own shrewducss
a1ia caution will insure Him SUCCESS In tho
SR speculation. H,lch ono rsceEtly made an ex-
Experiment m Chicago, aud the upshot of hs love-
III 'uakiuE aud tIlo peoultar s,ooass rhlci m crownod
m lis extraordinary precautions. are well worthy
iii 1,oruHaI by those who, discaring tho old idea
IN that loYo, With Its natural consequence, R,atrl-
snony, Is lottery. would make suro shlng Of 1t
III beforehand.
II THE nEv. EDWIN ARTIgA M'ARrHun
A Ia minister Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
In this city, anu without allu!ing directly to tue
n rate Of mankind Of which he is ullite-clIoeged
M unitls may do to stAts that were lle down South
II he would hardly provo eligible as chaplain to
N White League battalion. lilo IL mau, II ho
Il may ba Judged by big fruit Of exceeding greai
eoha nn %y sosk 81 .a o u
& knowledgs of human nature. Some time ago
Il how long ago Ia not exactly known-Mr. Near.
8 thur fsil III oss with yQung aQlored girl nan1uJ
II ALICE WlLKEH4oN.
a JnRt how happy tho sessou Of love-mnklne
Il proved, how coy the young lady tur,lol out K
n be, tho advances OF her clerical Autor, how
MEtdo''tls M hs pressed his suit and all the othe,
o s sos T'h " ts hs
tue main fact being that the upahot Of 1t all wat
q that the Nev. Edwin Arthur Macarthur made .
eonditio.al proposal to Miss Alice Wilkszaop.
Il The conditional proposal that tho Reverend gon.
Il tleman Asst developed bis extremely cautlo1lt
Il nature. Ito was bound to make nt
Y lap IN tue dark, and dotsrmliled thai
h's M , tianose . should undergo : r!git
q Mrs. Edwin Arthur Macarthur. What it wat
4 that induced the gentleman tot take Huch extraor
dlnery precautions 10 not yet known; Whathe
ha had beeu raading the Neeclor- T,iton scaudA
s. until bin faith il human nature had boooms /
wreck, or whether be was coustitutonally /
douIser, is equally mystery, but on tho 22d O
nocembert immediately pre1toua to the mar
fihEs. he demanded AZ hiB conditions ths aatis
RI factory answering by Aar Of ! lumber Of
&& FNAIlSKNT QUESTIONS.
ri Ihe following ere tho questions, together
% ~'sa shs answefa OF the lady. which are Al sasis
VI bhe who rsats them must fesl that when tue rev
VII etsna gentleman heard his future wife copfsa
H ~ tas possession Of suoh rsmarkable virtues
a# enu aaclass such worthy iutentionB for tn
III tat1ts ~ must have congratulated himself upos
@ eAsinE insisted that his lks CRsar's vita mus
HI GO AhoFs sopIoach.
H TIE GATI0u1RM
1an " toilows. Ths oriBlna! Of the eams hsyin,
Il pesn s1 secured from tho reverend gsutlemSn to
81 CRtoAdo, .9l December, 1e74.-Q.--As We are undo
saa@Rsmenof marriage, ,befora you bs4ous my wifs vii
sSa - tn tue reaencs Of God who knows tLs auczot