The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-02-03

~ that through some investment NIL
these in few years may be gone. There
are some things, however, that are Q per.
petusl fortune-good manners, genialisy
Of soul. kindness, intelligence, sympathy,
courage, perseverance, industry and whole
heartedness. Marry such . one and you
have married fortune. whether he have
an income now Of $4,000 . year or an
income of $50. A bank is secure accord.
ing to its capital stock, and not to be
judged by the depo its for q day or q
week. A man Is rich according to his
sterling qualities, and not according to tho
vacillation of circumstances, which NAV
leave with him large amount Of 70.
sources to-day, and withdraw them to-
morrow. II man 10 worth nothing but
money he is poor indeed. II man have
upright character he is rich. Property
may come and go; he is independent Of
the markets. Nothing can buy him out.
He may have more money one year than
another, but his better fortunes never
vacillate.
But do not become cynical on this sub.
ject. Society has great multitude Of
grand men, who know how to make home
happy. When they come to be husbands
they evince q nobility Of nature and
. self-sacriacing spirit that surprise
even the wife. These are tbs
men who cheerfully sit in dark and dirty
business offices, ten feet by twelve, in sum
mer time, hard at work, while the wives
and daug hters are of at Saratoga, Mount
Desert, or at the White Sulphur. These
are the men who, never having had much
education themselves, have their sons al
Yale and Harvard and Virginia Univer-
sity. These are the men who work them.
selves to death by Atty years of age, and
go out to Greenwood, leaving large estate
and generous life insurance provision for
their families. There are husbands and
fathers here by the hundreds who would
die for their households. II outlawry
should ever become dominant in our cities
they would stand in their doorway, and
with their one arm would cleave down, one
by one, their invaders, face to face, foot to
foot, and every stroke demolition. This
is what makes an army in defense Of +
country fight more desperately than
an army of conquest. 1t is not so much
! the abstract sentiment Of a flag as it is the
wife and children at home that turns en-.
thusiasm into fury. The world has such
men by the million, and the homunculi
that infest all our communities must no.
hinder women from approaching the glory
of true manhood.
Twas reading Of bridal reception. The
young man had brought homo the choice
of his heart, in her elaborate and exquisite
apparel. As she stood in the gay drawing
room and amid the gay group, the young
mans eyes filed with tears Of joy as he
thought that she was his. Years passed
by, and they stood at the same parlor on
another festal occasion. She wore the
same dress, for business had not opened as
brightly to the young husband as he had
expected, and he had never been able to
purchase for her another dress. Her face
was not as bright and smooth as it had been
years before, and careworn look had made
its signature on her countenance. As
the husD and looked at her he saw the dir
erence between this occasion and the for.
mer, and he went over where she sat and
said: "You remember the time when We
were here before. You have the sans
dress on. Circumstances have somewhat
changed, but you look to me far more
beautiful than you did then" There is
such thing as conjugal fidelity, and
many Of you know 1t in your own homes.
But, after all the advice we may give
you, we come back to the golden pillar
| from which we started, the tremendous
truth that no one but God can guide you
in safety about this matter, that may de.
eide your happiness for two worlds, thi;
and the next. So, my sister, put YOU
case where Naomi put that OF Ruth and
Orpah when she said: 'The Lord grant
that We may find rest, each Of you in thu
house Of her husband"
| Imagine the hour for which you pledy.
cd your troth has arrived. There is muct
merrymaking among ysur young frienls
but there is an UNDERGONE Of sadness in all
the house. Your choice may have bcer
the gladdest and the best, and the joy oil
the whole round Of relatives, but when q
young eaglet is about to leave the old mes
and is preparing to put out into sunshine
and storm for itself, it feels its wings
tremble somewhat. She has good CRY
before leaving home, and at the marriage
father and mother always cry, or feel like
it. II you think it is easy to give up 1
daughter in marriage, though it be will
brightest prospects, you will think differ
emily when the day comes. To have ri
along watched her from infancy to girl
hood, and from girlhood to womanhood
studious of her welfare, her slightest ILL
ness an anxiety, and her presence in you
home an ever increasing joy, AM
then have her go away to some othel
home-aye, all the redolence of orang
blossoms, and all the chime OF marriag
bells, and all the rolling of wedding marcel
in full diapason, and all the hilarious con
CALCULATIONS Of your friends, eau not maxi
you forget that you are suffering loss ir
reparable. But you know it is all right
and you have a remembrance OF an EN-
barkation just like it twenty five or thirt,
years ago, in which you were one OF til
parties, and, suppressing as far as possibl
your sadness, you say: "Good-bye."
| Hope that you, the departing daughter
will not forget to wSite often home. FOL
whatever bssias I6n fhs old folk will nevs
loss their interest M Stiir welfare. Max
vi It, to them al 20 as often and as long q
you can, for there will be changes at tn,