Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-10-16
only strike once on the rocks and
then : ound OF into the up Tathom-
EASY DIVORCE.

Another enemy o. domestic re-
Ia,iou IS easy divorce. People get
eek 'ess ABOUT enter ng IBIS rela-
tion because they they Junk that
II at any time ,he.y des. re .he
knot untic ], the law will uptie II.
France Geclatea by law luat peo-
ole might. unmaffy ii they ple.se.
In Paris in one yeor 10000 ui-
voices LOOK ,iace, aad n ooe year
| L. h. ID ca rea We e sent 20 the
lou nd z dosn..3l. " lel lne
law ,e uo, i me oars ! ,ue ca,-
ae al oeF n ; orea, ) ~ o
he gardens o. ''G,ue. a % pos
re- us days : Rome, .here was
only ooe dive &c i SEQ years. She
chang .ier aw and men toe
, deic"e
{ vorce is too e>sv a his coun-
ry. ne towd o, Lac osse, w s.
ons n, had seve1lv-tour cases o.
oivofce al. in one year. Pnilo-
nc nh q had 272 Sd o. dive c.
one yea Divorce case ia New
= 4 have jocfe ed five DER cens.
To get I'D Of your ob e on you
nave only 10 abse1L you,se,i %
snort time "a Illinois or auiana.
Ii marriage BE a civil Ca. ract
merely, then all th's is r:gaG, and
you may pat with conjugal
compaoiou as you do WI, h a store
or farm Of a horse. If be a di-
vine union, thea let those legisla-
los or judges OF courts VINO have
70 do with TIL Q matters, beware
that on no grounds except those
announced by the God OF Fl eaven,
this relation ne unlocked. Whom
God hath joined together let o
man pat asunder." When the
people OF this couutr.y ae laugh
that marriage is a. divine con, act
from which their names viii not
be erased except on the marble
slab OF The sepulcae more Lelib-
Grafton and common sense aud
PRAYER Will be exercised before
this stupendous step is taken. IN
stead OF being lassoCd With curl,
or riskiog their hea IS in phil0-
pena, or marrying just for .nD,
they wi.lsrealize that betw cen the
cradle a al grave there is no place
as tceL iendous as the marriage al
tar. And while beio;e it The pair
are 10 ming hands in be, otnal,
Standing between them, all un-
seen, is either the white winged
angel of blessing or the horned
and hoofed and fired posirel of
despair.
CORRUPT LITERATURE.
Again l count corrupt literature
as lie foe of the marriage relation.
The slushy books and pamphlets
that ,e,l how impossible men were
married to impossible women and
got into impossible difficulties
with impossible consc 4uences.
The fact is that some OF our young
married people, through sucn liz
eratuie, get so filed W it'll senti-
mental and false ideas about This |
plain, oid-f" shioued institution or |
mar, iage that they are unified |
for the humble duties of every
day life. Bette, when you go |
home to-day, gather up all that
F-enchy anu Internal siUff and
fling it into the Kitchen g~G,e, 9th
erwise il wall corrupt you and your
child EN- after you.
Now, | want 10 make youeoem'es |
OF every hing that ant%goo: Zes the |
marriage relation. The most of |
You, ben Of honorable parentage,
/ want 20 swear you by the cradle |
in which you were rocked and the |
family altar at which in childhood
you knelt, aud the graves OF your |
Christian father and mother, il
they have laid down beside each |
other in the last sleep, to set your !
faces against The influences which |
would bring mar iage into disre-
pute. Remember, that the best |
eulogy that you can pass upon The |
institution is to make your own
home relations right and beauti-
full. Do not take oiense too easily
from each other. Remember tnat
unkind words or unhappy treat
ment is often not a matter of The
heart but a matter of the nerves.
Husbands at the store and wives
with household anxieties, nave
their equipoise unbalanced. Eut
few men aud women in America
have any. nerves that are worth
,peaking o.. These delicate tele-
graph wir-s OF tho body are dam.
aged by the storms and and SO let
the ligntnings OF tenn ,ef run over
them ir,eg dlarly. Know that these
ele'ionships at the longest will. be
briei. Spare all the harsh words
you can and all severe retorts as
far as possible, for before long a
hearse will drive up to your door
and from your presence will be
taken :out your best friend you
haNn In oil lhn uNrll and tho