The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-01-19


Der that in ordinary business the came rule
is applied as protection against the loss of
money. No banker CT money-lender will
trust stranger; no business man viii sell
him goods on time without guarantee
against loss or deception. Why then should
a woman, young or Old, trust herself TO a
man when she does not know whether he is
honorable or not8 Do not marry q man to
get rid of him. or to obiige him or TO save
him. A man who has formed bad habits
what is he2 What il there of him yon can
love? The man who would gp to destruc-
ton without you would quite as likely go
with you, and, perhaps, drag you along.
Remember, your future happiness depends
altogether on the kind of partner you get,
as it is he that makes your home on earth
a heaven or u home OF sorrow. Therefore.
be sure. take none other than one that is
equally pure as yourself. Remember that
man when he looks for a wife, seeks
sobriety, virtue and purity in a
woman. Why then should not women
demand the same of men2 Settle
your head and make up your mind alone.
A word from good mother will not harm
you, as she is the last and GROWING handi-
work OF God. the link connecting Heaven
and earth. the endowment Of purity, holt
ness and Heavenly grace, the most perfect
combination Of modesty, patience, devotion,
affection, gratitude and loveliness and fit for
any true or holy trust Did not she watch
over you from infancy to childhood, from
childhood to girlhood2 And a mother is
more of mother than a father is of a father.
Mother knows that husbands work is from
sun to sun, and wife's work is never done.
Forget not, q promise may be made in
moment of sympathy, or even half delirious
ecstasy, which must be redeemed through
years of toll and pain. Forget not, he only
that is free from vice is fit to be your COM
panion, and no other. Drop the company
of him at once who has uttered a word I'M
becoming to true manhood, for ifa man is
true to himself, then it must follow as the
day the night, he can not be false to woman.
As you make your bed so you must sleep.
Take none tina. has slandered O. betrayed
one of your own sex, or broken a promise
He is not verify Of wife, nor will be
ever be true to one.
PIeasentries Concerning tho Fair Sex.
Before marriage,
With wondrOus care.
She seeks the mirror,
And bangs her hair.
After marriage,
With angry glare,
She grasps her slipper
And bangs her heir.
New Orleans Times =
hate the winter with itssBow-
Ii Is the baue Of welded life
I've drunk the very dregs of woe.
For Mary Ann ID my wife:
And be it e'er o cold and dTcar
Each morn az o'clJck or prior,
My darling whispers in my ear:
ITS time, my love. TO light tise Gre'
Man proposes, and women often wishes he
would not be so long about making up his
mind to do it.
"Wben l die" said married man, 81
want to go where there there is no snow TO
shovel" And his wife said she presumed
he would
"What crush, and how everybody stares
at one, said "A handsome girl at a bali ssDo
not complain" replied Nine. De G., "for all
that proves that you are what | am no
longer"
A young man that complained that his
girl was too shy and retiring, found year
after marriage that she could, "come up to
the scratch" beautifully. The husband of
year has no business to stay away from
home until midnight anyway.
A man at Augusta, Me-, recently wanted
to make his wife present of a pair of SHOES.
The salesman asked him what number she
wore. The customer didn't know, but re-
membering that she wore number seven
gloves, he got hera pair of number seven
shoes. There was war in that mans house
that night.
Nine. d., mature beauty, happened TO
take swallow Of very hot tea while dining
the other day. Her contortions and
grimaces drew the attention Of the whole
table and judge the establishment. She
he'd no eyebrows. The steam Of the tea
had warmed the artificial substances; they
had fallen into her cup, and-she had swal-
lowed them.
Boston brides are said by Philadelphia
paper to chatter in bad French at the hotel
tables when on their wedding tour. This is
indeed good news. Any scheme that will
result in making bride use some Language
not generally understood ought to be en-
coursged. When Che average citizen is
obliged to sit calmly by and hear such re-
marks as ''Please pass the buttsh, darling, -
and Now, lovey, you're awfully mean if
you don't let me have bite of your biscuit, T"
ne feels wild impulse to hitsomebody with
u club, and the man in the next seat would
cheerfully furnish the club.