Sharp County record., 1888-02-23

trdnarianism and the grave. AIougwF
walks OF prosperous life death o..
a.mowing--anf such har7asts as ara -.
ed! MaJeria Msdica has been exhau,,a
TO find curatj7es for those physiolooic.
dsvastat ons. DrOpsiss, cancers, ~,
sumDtiOns, govt and almost every
trinity in al the reaI Of pathology bo,.
been tho penalties paid, To aountera..
the damage, Pharmacy has gore for,
with medtcament- panacsa, elixir, e.ub.
cation. sal7e and caJaDIasm.
Tonight with swollen feet uDon cr,,
fOned ottoman, and gr1aHiuZ with acb,-
innumerabIe, viii be the 70tarv Of Iux,r
ous living. not half so happy Is his y,oon,
or coal -Aea7or Wrong fashion is N.
worlds undertaken, and drives thousand
Of hearses to Greenwood, and Laurel I'm
and Mount Auburn.
But. worse than that, this folly is an IN
teTIectuaI depletion. This endless stud.
of Drorrietis4 and etiquette, patterns ana
stvies. is bsdwardng to the intellect
meyer knew n woman or a man Of eTtrano
fashion that knew much. How belittlng
the study Of the cut OF 4 coat Or the tieof
= cravat, or the wrinkle in a 7lee7e, Or The
color Of a ribbon. How they are wgrriaF
if something gets united Or hangs awry
or is not nicely adjusted. With a mind
capabIa Of measuring the height and depth
Of great subiects able to UnravaL mv,.
reries. to walk through the universe. n
soar I'D in the iufnity Of God,
| Notwithstanding perpetuaIIy ovq
4 new style Of cloak! hay,
| known men reckless as TO the,
/ character and regardless Of interests mo.
| maurous and eternal. exasDerared bv tn,
shane Of a vest button. What is the mat.
| ter with that woman wrought nd into tde
agony Of despair? OI, her muf IS outot
! fas hOn
Worse than all, this folly is not salts.
| fed until it has extirrated every moral
/ sentiment and blasted the soul. A ward.
| robe is the rock upon which many a soul
/ has been ri7en. The excitement Of a
/ Injurious life has been the vortex that has
! swallowed no more 50Uls than The masi-
storm Of Norway ever destroyed SHIPS.
| What room for eievating themes in
/ heart filed with the trivia. and unreal?
| In the wild tumuIt Of the last taT-ths
mountains falling, the Heavens flying, the
| thrones UPRISING, the universe assem-.
/ bling: amid the boom Of the last grea;
/ tLunder-pea, and under the cracking OF
d burning worId-wlat will become Of
/ the disciple of unhOlv fashion:
But watch the career Of one thoroughly
artificial. Through Inheritance, or per-
. haDs his own skill having obtained enough
/ for purposes Of display, he feels himself
thoroughly established. H sits alOoi
/ from the common herd, and looks out Of
his window up0u the poor man and says:
/ "Prr that dirty wretch eff my steps im-
medlateIvn' On Sabbath DAYS be finds the
church. but mourus the fact that he must
worship with so many OF the iueiacan',
and saws: "TLev are perfectly awful"
THAT man that you put in my paw had
coat on his back that did not cost five dol
lars.n
He struts through life unsvmpathetic
" tl trouble and says: Il can not be
bothered" Is delighted with some doubt
fuI story of Partisan life. but thinks that
there are some very indecent things in
the Bible. Walks arm and arm with the
successful man Of the world, but does not
know his own brother. Loves TO be praised
for his splendid house. and when told
that he looks younger than ten years ago
says: "WelI, really, do you think so"'
But the brief strut Of his life is about
over. Upstairs, he dies. No angel wings
lowering about him. No Gospel promises
kind ling up the darkness; but exquisite
embroidery, elegant pictures and bust
of Shakespeare on the mantle. The pulses
stop. The minister comes in u read the
| Resurrection. that dav when the dead
shall come up-bOth he that died on the
floor and he that expired under prinCsiy
/ upholstery. He is carried out to burial.
Only a few mOuruers, but a great array
Of carriages. Not one common man at
the funeral No befriended orphan to
weep a tear on his grave. No child Of
want pressing through the ranks Of the
weeping. saying: He is the last friend
have and must see him."
What now? He was a great man. Shall
not chariOts Of salvation come down to
the other side Of the Jordan and escort
aim up to the palace! Shall not the
angels eZcIaim: "Turu out. A prince IS
comng:" VIII The bells chime? VIII
there be harpers with their Larps and
trumpetsrs with their trumrets?
No! no. no. There will b a shudder,
as though a calamity had happened.
Standing on Heavens battlemeuts, a
watchman will see something shoot past,
with frey downfall and shrek: "Wan-
dering star-for whom is reserved the
bIackness Of darkness f0raverw
But sadder yet is the closing Of a wom-
ans life that has been wOrshIpful Of
worldliness, all the wealth Of Iife-time's
opportunity wa ted. What a tragedy. A
woman on her dying pillow, thinking Of
what she might have done for God and
humanity, and yet having done nothing.
Compare her demise with that of a Har-
riet Newell, going down to peacefully die
in the Isle Of France, reviewing her life
time sacrifices for the redemption of India /;
or the last hours Of Elizabeth Hervav,
having exchanged her bright New En-
| gland home for a life at Bombay amid
5tOlid heathenism, that she mightulumiue
it, saying, in her last moments: III tn 5
is the dark valley, it has not dark spot
in it; all is light, lightw or the exit of
Mrs. LsnnOx, falling under sudden dis.
ease at SMYRNA, breath rg ont her soul
with the last words: "Oh, how happy :"
or the depar ture of Mrs. Sarah D. Conn
stock, spending her life for the salvation
Of Burmah, giving mp her children that
they might come home to America to be