The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-07-17
The sANGUINR BRIDE.

A not unusual kind Of bride 10 that
sAnguine creature who believes that life
is SOW to Be oil honey and butter, and
thst never . cloud will cast its shsdsw
over the sunny sky. All il 20 now
and il will never grow old Holiday
time .hss come in perpetuity, and there
are to be 70 raore painful lessons Of
duty TO learn. and no more dissgsses ole
tasks Of sslf-ssppressioo to fulE.l. Die
putes, tempers. pssvishness. snxietiss.
are buried beneath the sugar and the
almond Of :bs wedding cake. and life
10 TO be . fairy tale. where they live
happily forever after. finishes the pic
tufe. All the battons will keep sewsd
to the shirts, ana tasre never win be .
pair Of socks TO darn. IT children coms,
they will he born like % many little
doves. and give no more trouble than
covsy Of little chsrubs fitting about
the house. She looks forward to bal
cyon SEQ which not the fsiniess ripple
il IN disturb, sud 10 her world blight
sod storms are TO De unknown. Her
al,o we pity. poor self. deceiving crea-
ture. taking life - she does At such .
false angle. and looking 81 the dust and
ashes Of insvitsbls decay or sure disap-
psintment through spsctsclss Of such
deluding rose eolor. She has not tho
faistest ides that her husband will ever
cease to be hsr lover, sad she imaginss
that the psctic exsltstion Of the ooart-
ship. the rsptnrss Of honeymoon. are to
continue far into old age. OF the sense
Of reality she IL absolutely destitute;
ard her reasoning faculties are lost for
the time in the rain bow lined cloud Of
hops snd sxultstisn. Perhaps her mar
risgs bas taken her from IN uncongsnial
bsms. end she 10 elats and foil Of hope
Ia consequences. She wss in bondsge 70
81 urlovsd stepmother; she vas gov
srness working hard for small pay and
less consideration: and the love Of her
husband. tho aswnsss and Independence
and plsassntasss Of her swn home havs
ovsrpowsred hsr common sense--at
least for . time. Reality will waken
her up soon enough. poor soull
No fewer than $1,000 officers and
wsn VI the French army. With II o0o
Lorsss. sought refuge IN switzerland
daring the late Franco. German war.
At the beginning Of the war Switser-
land hsd mobllissd . force Of 81 400
infantry aud 300 cavalry, with 10
guns. 10 prevent. II necessary. the vio-
isiion Of her guaranteed neutrality;
ami when the MAS of French fueitives
bryan tn stream across the frontier.
2l.30O Swiss infsntry. with 2OO0 horses
and 81 gus. we're ready TO rsceive. dis
arm, ami intern the unvslcoms visitors.
fhs condition VI the fugitives Was very
riiiAble. Many were bsrefoosed. al
were 10 rags. and some were wearing.
though the Thermometer was bat q
d-gree or two above zero (Fahe nhcit),
the linen trousers which had been
i--nrd to them 10 summer In the soath
ot Frauce. Nearly half Of them we're
suffering from frostbites, while the
continuous coughing. which went on
without . moments cessatiou, from the
heal - tbs roar Of every column.
sho we'd how many were affected with
chest or throat complaints. All sem
hisnce oi discipline had vanished. Tbs
men paid no attention whatever to
their officers; AMI on the other hand
.he officers gave up all care for their
men. The total expense to which
Switzerland was put by this Eruption
ut French fnsiiives amsuntst. In Eng
li.h money. to fi88.l LIS. but the whsle
Of this sum vas repaid by France with.
in few months.