Sharp County record., 1888-02-09

sitting in bar rooms squirting 'Op'|o
mice. and when they get mad swear until
The place is sulphurous, They only talk
TO keen their courage up, and at best will
feel like the infdel who begged to be
buried with his Christian wife aud daugh'
fer. and when asked why he wanted such
burial, replied: 'If there be reSurrec'
ton of the good, as some folks say there
will be, nv Christian wife and daughter
will somehow ges mo up and take me
along with them"
Men may pretend to despise religion
but they are rank hopocrites. The sea
captain was right when he came up to the
VILLAGE on the sea coast and insisted on
paving ten dollars to the church, although
he did not attend himself. When asked
his reason, he said he had been in the
habit of carrying cargoes of oysters ana
clans from that place, and he found since
that church was built the people were more
honest than they used to be, for before the
church was built he often found the load
when he came to count it thousand clans
short. Yes, godliness is profitable for
both worlds Most Of the great, honest,
permanent worldly successes are by
those who reverence God and the Bible.
Bat what do say is that if man have
nothing but social position and financial
resources, q woman who puts her happl'
ness by marriage in his hand, re-enacts
the folly of Abigail when she accepted
disagreeable Nabal, ''whose possessions
were in Carmel, and the man was very
great, and he had three thousand sheep
and one thousand goats"
If there be good moral character, ac-
companied by afluent circumstances, l
congratulate you. If not, let the morn
ing lark fly clear of the Rocky Mountain
eagle, The sacrifice of woman on the
altar of social and financial expectation
is cruel and stupendous. | sketch you
scene you have more than once wit
messed:
A comfortable home, with nothing more
than ordinary surroundings, but an at
tractive daughter carefully and Chris
tianly reared. From the out
sido world comes in man
with nothing but money-unless you
count profanity, and selfshness, and fond
ness for champagne, and general reckless
ness as part of his possessions. lie has
his coat collar turned up when there is no
chill in the air, but because it gives him
an air of abandon; and eye-glaSs, not be-
couse he is near-sighted, but because IL
gives classical appearance; and wlth
an attire somewhat loud, cane thick
enough to be the club of Hercules
and clutched at the middle, his CONVERSE
ton interlarded with French phrases ill.,
accurately pronounced and a sweep of
manner indicating that he was not born
like most folks, but terrestriallY landed.
By erts learned of the devil h9 insinuate5
himself into the affections of the
daughter of that Christian home.
All the kindred congratulate her on
the almost supernatural prospects.
Reports come in that the young man is
fast in his habits; that he has broken
several young hearts, and that he is
mean and selfish and cruel. But all this
is covered up with the fact that he has
several houses in his own name, and has
arge deposits at the bank, and, more
han all, has a father worth many
hundred thousand dollars and very feeble
II health, and may any day drop off, and
his is the only son, and round dollar
held close to ones eye is large enough to
,but-out great desert, and how much
more will several bushels of dollars shut
,ut?
The marriage day comes and goes. The
Wedding ring was costly enough, and the
,range blossoms fragrant enough, and
he bened ction solemn enough, and the
march stirring enough. And the
audience shed tears of sympathetic glad
less, supposing that the craft containing
he two has sailed off on placid lake,
God knows that they are
on a dead sea, its waters brack-
sh with tears, and ghastly with
aces of despair floating to thu sur
ace and then going down. There they
ire, the newly married pair in their now
lome. He turns out to be a tyrant. Her
will is nothing, his will every thing.
lavish of money for his own pleasure, he
,ogrudges her the pennies he pinches out
nto her trembling palm. Instead of the
lind words she left behind in her former
lome, now there are complaints, and
ault- findings and curses. He IS the mas
er and she the slave. The worst villain
IN earth is the man who, having captured
, woman from her fathers house, and
after the oath of the marriage altar has
,een pronounced, says, by his manner, if
,ot in words 81 have you now in my
power. What can you do? My arm is
stronger than yours. My voice is louder
han yours. My fortune is greater
han yours. My namo is mghtier
han yours. Now crouch before me
ike dog. Now crawl away from me like
a reptile. You are nothing but a woman,
anyhow. Down, you miserable wretchW
Can halls of mosaic, can long lines Of
Etruscau bronze or statuary by Palmer,
and Powers, and Crawford, and Chantry,
and Canova; can galleries rich from the
pencil Of Bierstadt, and Church, and Ken
set, and Cole, and Cropsey; could violins
D aved Oh by an O,e Bull, or pianos fin
rored by a Gottschalk, or solos warbled
bv Sontag; could wardrobes like that of
q Marie Antoinette, could jewels like
those of a Eug0nie make wife in such a
companionship happy?
Imprisoned in a castle! Her gold brace
lets are the chains of lifelong servitude.
There is a sword over her every feast, not
like that of Damocles staying suspended,
bat dropping through her lacerated heart.
Her wardrobe is full of sh"ouds
for deaths which she dies daily.
and she is buried alive, though buried
under gorgeous upholstery. There is one
word that sounds under the arches, and