Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-02-18


contains the substsnce Of all intelhgent mar
riags cercnonies xh,n il 49, Il take thee
TO b my welded wife, TO I've and to bold
/ from this day forward, for bstisF or for worse,
for richer Or for poorer. N sickness and in
health, 10 love and a cherish tiilsleath us do
part, according TO- Gods holy ordinance, and
thereto Iplcdgs tbec my troth' Would il not
be . good idea to have that printed m -r1ct
form end widely distributed ArTF.,
The fat is that many man are more ldnd 10
everybody elsels wives than 10 their -ewn
wives They viii let the wife carry heavy
coal-scuttle upstairs, aud will at one bound
clear the width Of the parlor to pick up some
other lady's pocket-hanakerchief There ia an
evil which have seen under the sun, and 1t is
common among men-namely. husbands in
Airtation The attention they ought to put
upon their own wives they bestow upon others.
They smile on them coyly and askanoe, and
with manner that seems 10 say: Il wish
was free from that old drudge at home. What
an improvement You would be on my present
surroundings" And bouquets are sent and
accidental meetings take place, and late at
night the man comes to his prosaic home
whistling and hilarious, and wonders that the
wife is jealous. There are thousands Of men
who, while not positively immoral need radi-
cal correction of their habits in this direction.
II is meanness immeasurable for man by his
behavior to seem to say to his wife: SYou
can't help yourself, and I will go where I
please and admire whom please, and defy
your criticism"
Why did you not have that put in the bond,
o domestic shylock? Why did you not have
4 understood before you were pronounced
husband and wife that she should have only
part Of the dividend Of your affections; that
when, as time rolled on and the cares of life
had erased some of the bright lines from her
face and given unwieldiness to her form, you
would have the reserved right to pay obeisance
to cheeks more rubieund and figure hther and
more agile, and as you demanded the last pou d
of patience and endurance on her part you
could, with the emphasis of an Edwin Forrest
or Macready, have tapped the eccentric mar
riage document and have said @It's in the
bond!" If this modern Rebekah had under
stood beforehand where she was al glting she
would have ordered the eamel-drivers 10 turn
the caravan backward, toward Padan-aram.
Filtration has it's origin either in dishonesty or
licentiousness The married man who indulges
in it is either fraud or rake. However high
up in society such one may be, and however
sought after, would not give Scent piece,
though it had been three times clipped, for the
virtue of either the masculine or feminine
firt
| Ye who have broken marriage VOWS, speak
out! Take your wife into all your plans, your
successes, your defeats, your ambitions. Tell
her everything. Walk arm-in-arm with her
into places of amusement, and on the piazza
of summer watering places, aud up the rugged
way of life, and down through dark ravine, and
when one trembles on the way let the other be
reinforcement. In no case pass yourself off
as single man practicing gallantries. Do not.
after you are 50 years of age in ladies' society,
try to look young -mannish. Interfere not with
your wife's religious nature Put her not in
that awful dilemma in which 80 many Chris
tian wives are placed by their husbands, who
ask them to 60 to places or do things which
compel them to decide between loyalty to God
and loyalty to the husband Rather than ask
her to compromise Christian character en-
courage her to be more and more a Christian,
for there will be times in your life when you
will want the help of all her Christian re-
sources, and certainly when you remember how
much influence your mother had over you, you
do not want the mother of your children to set
less gracious example. 1t pleases me greatly
to hear the unconverted and worldly husband
say about his wife, with no idea that it will get
to her ears: @There is the most godly woman
alive. Her goodness is perpetual rebuke to
my waywardness. Nothing on earth could ever
induce her to do a wrong thing. I hope the
children will take after her instead OF after me.
If there is any heaven at all, am sure she will
go there"
Aye my brother, do you not think it would be
Q wise and safe thing for you to join her on the
road to heaven? You think you have happy
home now, but what a home you would have
if you both we're religious What a new
sacredness it would give to your marital rela-
ton, and what new light it would throw on
the forehead Of your children. In sickness
what comfort! In reverses of fortune what
o wealth! In death what q triumph! God
meant you to be the high presto your house.
hold Go home to-day and take the Bible on
your lap, and gather all your family yet living
yOu, duu tuooC uOe hNAlB WILL AcdE VI
it in q flash, and as ministering spirits will
hover-father and mother and children gone,
and all your celestial kindred. Then kneel
down, and if you can't think Of prayer to
offer, will give you prayer, namely: &Lord
God, surrender to Thee myself, and my be-
loved wife, and these dear children. For
Christ's sake, forgive all the past and help US
for all the future We have lived together
here, may we live together forever. Amen and
amen!" Dear me! what stir it would mako
among your best friends on earth and in
heaven!
Joseph IL, the emperor, was SO kind and 30
philanthropic that he excited the unbounded
love of most of his subjects. He abolished
serfdom, established federation, and lived in
the happiness of his people. One day, while
on his way to Ostend to declare it free port,
and while at the head of great procession, he
saw woman at the door of her cottage in de-
lection The emperor dismounted and asked
the cause Of her grief. She said that her hus
band had gone to Ostend to see the emperor,
and had declined to take her with him, for, aa
he was an alien, he could not understand her
loyal enthusiasm and that it was the one great
desire of her life to see the ruler for whose
kindness and goodness and greatness she had
an unspeakable admiration, and her disappoint-
ment in not being able to go and see him was
simply unbearable. The Emperor Joseph took
from his pocket box decorated with diamonds,
surrounding a picture Of himself, and presented
1t to her, and when the picture revealed to
whom she was talking she knelt in reverence,
and clapped her hands in gladness before him.