Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-25

ana bliss Anna, the daughter Oi tN-GoYer-
nor PlckeRs. AS the ceremony was about
10 be solemnized, q shell broke through the
roof and wounded nine OF the guests, and
the bride fell dying, and, wrapped in her
white wedding robe, her betrothed kneel-
ing at her side, in two hours she expired.
And there has been many IS bright q
union of hearts as that proposed, that the
bombshell Of outrageous parental indigns-
tion has wounded and scattered and slain
If the hand offered in marriage be
blotcbed of intemperance, il the life of the
marital candidate has been debauched, il
he has no vislbe means OF support, and
poverty and abandonment seem only lit.
tie way ahead, If the twain seem entirely
unmatched in disposition, protect aud Tor
bid and reinforce your opinion by that Of
Others, and put Sll lawful obstacles in the
way but do not join that company Of pa.
rents who have ruined their children by q
p'utocracy Of domestic crsnAiness which
has caused more than one elopement. |
know OF few casts where marriage has
been under the red hot pnathema Of pa.
,tts and alt the reighbors, but God Rp,
proved and the homes established have
been beautiful and positively Edenic.
But while we have admitted there are
real cases of iustifable rebellion, in ninety.
nine csscs out of hundred yea, in 999
c.ses out OF thousand, these unlicensed
departures and decampments by moon.
tight, are
RUIZ, TEMPORAL AND ETERNAL.
Il is safer for woman 10 Jump of the
decks Of the E4s; River and depend on be
ug ab!. 10 swim TO the other snOre or get
picked up by ferry best. The pOssi6iii-
ties are that she may be rescued, but the
probability Is that she vii! not. Read the
story Of the escapldcg in the newspapers
tur The last ten years and fad me Is hslt
dozen that DO no. meau poverty, disgrace,
abandonment. police court, divorce, death
HId he'll Stolen waters are sweet, aud
bread eatenia secret IL pleasant. Bat he
snarc;h not tLQI the dead are there. Sa
tan D:rgides over the cscspi3e. lie intro.
dGrrs the two parties 20 each ether. lie
gets them 10 pledge tlsit tro.h. H. ap
points where they shall meet IL shows
them where they can Gui All Officiating min
i.t,r or squire. llap);a,I out to ths'a the
ticket cl.iro Tor lhe rail train lie pu's
ILc!u aboard, sud when ,hry nre guinf
- forty miles the hour, he jumps of.
nul iei.qss them in lhh )uTch. tyr whil-
Satan has g genius in ge,t.ns people into
trouble, En has no genius for gcj',ug peo
rla ont il" induced Jonah 20 'Gke snip for
Iar,,isb, when God told him TO 20 to
ir.yeh; but provided !or the recreaut
pcophe, 10 better laLGing place than the
mi&lle o. the Meiiterran=aa sea.
yu& MODERN NOVEL
is responsible for many Of these N5sconi-
irr,. DO you thiE.; that young women
would 81; np ha,G - might readiu, novels III
which the hero anl hcrpia" -: acquainted
IL tie usual way GUl carry OF ta"lr III.
creased iriendlincso until with tke cousen'
OF parents the day Of marrisge is HPpcint
ed, and amid the surrounding group Ut
kindred, the vows are taken? oh, nc,
There must he hight and pursuit and mar
roa escape aud drawn dagger, all ending
in sunshine md parental forgiveness and
bis1 unai!oysd and gorgeous. IL many
o' the cases OF cscnpsie the ii"a Was IN
planted in the hoi brain Of the woman by
a cheap novel, ten cents worth o! uuntnl.
,erAted p"rl'i2n.
fhrss aynsiaas OF the ordinary modes u
nearing, a:e to aa d'r5osod :oI the reason
thai nearly al! @: them are
rruroECu rY BAD us>
/. The man behave we'll h" has q chRrGr:er
To- which he can refer md he can SAY: "ii
rau want 10 inquire about me there ID q
lit oi names al people in the town or
urig5hJahu)i where live No; the
heroes d ,Rcarii-s SIC nea:iy GIl either
biraMi3ls CT H5sr,iu2s, or drHnlards or
,IyirGuicrs or iir,t class scoundreis ct some
aor' They have 30 character 10 lose
rhsr ma? b, dressed in the height Of
fashion may b. ullogued and pomstuned
nud r4ddr! aud diAmoni.T;nge3 and liam
boyant-lrayatted until they bewitched the
ere AMI iu;pljel'ai tie oltaCto'ics
Jut thy doqb!r.distilIea extracts
cr vilhiny, moral dirt and
Alasphemy. Beware OF tkalc. Stolen
waters are sweet, ana bread eaten in secret
is pleasant. But he knowelh not that the
dead are there.
Fugitive marriage is to be deplorel be.
,ause It almost always
IurIEa WOMAN $ DEsCENT
ftom d higher social plane to a lower. If
the man was not Of q hightr rlsGc, o. IT,
l..G.ri2Ge o.. d. Equality, tne.e EGuli be
10 objections ana hence n5 lnigcement 10
nlandestiuity la almoet alt cases II means
ne lowering OF wOmhuhooi Observe Ibis
law a man marrying q woman beneath
him in society, may raise her TO any emi.
nence that he himself may relch; hgt ii
= woman mary d iiGu beneath her in So
cia:y. sue Gl@ays goes do@m TO his level.
That i5 n laa iaeXOr4ble and there ere no
exceptions. Is any woman SO hirh ur thGl
she can a',o:l /. EIot 10? 1t, own asbaEe
;aeut! IH@e /. &c. Z sac IN he hmeri-
can Daion ths; las not for the las. twenty
yearl furnish d ng instance CT the sudden
departure of some Intelligent woman from
~ atiIleEt lone 20 spend her lie with
some one wio can make three doIlsrs {"
dpv, p"0";1yj ae esp very hIJy. Well
maAy lnsG has lived on three dollars @
dag and been hsPpy Ont he undertake.
big contract when with three dollars day
he attempts 10 support some oDe wn" "rG
msCG ~ =. rUlu ,nGJ OIL L. tn'y lsoGsaud
Ter annum. Tlis hGs been about The his.
;1ry Ct mos, Of such CoriIuctioCs ct sim.
riic.tc Gnd e.,ra.aa-n.e, Ne marriage 81
og aad sagIe Tie !irS wear they get on
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