The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-31

Ana the years sped on ana time grew anSCe,
Ere this life undertook Il review
1t found there was only great blank space.
Where there should be threads of golden hue.
ii told OF years; long, woarisome years,
That were spent at the pitilul task
With an aching heart and eyes full of tears,
In darning the rent web of the past.
And my soal said tome: Take warning here,
As You stand on the threshold of life;
Learn well the sad lesson taught by this bier
Twill aid you III coming years of strife.
'lfyou break in life's prime the threads of truth
Think not discreton's years will moud them;
The rents Of folly left by you in youth,
Oh. age will only larger rend them"
And so as I folded the hands last night,
And closed the eyes in their last long sleep;
Iprayed that my sense CT honor and right
Might youths golden threads unbrokcn keep.
Crystal Springs, Miss. L.
THERE is more untold misery caused in this
world by men and women indulging in jealousy
than in any other passion. There is a decided
difference between envy and jealousy, tho
they are often COMPOUNDED by writers as one
and the same. Envy can exist without love.
but to be Jealous one must have felt the emo
ton of love. One can be envious of the pos
sessions and accomplishments of another. AS
usual thing men indulge in envy more than
women. Physicians of good standing often
speak with bitterness against each ether; and
there is no class so perccptbly envious of each
other as musicians. They criticise one another
severely. and are 10th TO do justice to the best
performance SO it is with merchants, they will
never allow that the goods of their brother
merchant is quite as good as what they possess,
and will give YOU some reason why it is SO.
Take also authors, actors, and all classes of
y 1 Al,
pulling down each other forgetting that the
world is large enough for all. This is envy and
though INDUCED in to q larger degree by men,
yet it ills the heart of many woman to a
fearful extent. Vice versa with jealousy.
Men are often consumed by this passion, but
it IS alas too true, that it's largest class of
victims are amCng women. There is but one
way to account for this fact. Women love
with a stronger, pErer devotion as a general
thing than men. "A man ence married and
having been assured IF the love of the woman
he has chosen is satisfied; as a usual thing,
mans self concet helps him wonderfully in
this matter; he cannot conceive CT a better
fellow usurping his place, which is all very
well, but women are made out of different
material, and are of a more exacting nature.
Women are made to be loved and petted, they
expect it, and feel they have been cheated if
whatever stands between them and that love.
have seen women jealous OF their husbands
business, of any project Or undertaking in
which they might engage, for the simple
reason that it took them 100 much from home
; and engrossed their thoughts and time. I
have seen women jealous of their children,
fearing they were first in the fathers affec
ton indeed there are q thousand ways III
which woman can cultivate this miserable
feeling. Some writer has said Jealousy is
the unworthy child OF love--a bud child, who
ought to be governed and chastised before he
works harm to his parent" This is very true,
and like q bad child ii should be taken in the
very earliest stage OF existence and put under
the strictcst discipline. / grant that men are
much TO blame ut times 1or the existence of
this feeling. II costs a man very little to be-
stow a word Of praise which his wife has prob
ably yeaned for all day, or to compliment his
wife's appearance when 10 doubt she has be-
slowed particular care upon her toilet. Many
a man who ncelects these little attentions, and
then i'll his wifes presence compliments neat
ness or beauty of another woman and praises
her management of her household, stabs a
loving heart and sows seeds of discord and
jealousy. On the other hand an eXactng,
complaining woman is yeritable thorn III
man side / lave OF late years studied women
very closely and have been panied to see how
exactng they arc becoming. Take for instance
a wife, (and they are many who will meet her
husbands home-c coming on this wise Why l
looked for you an hour ago, where have you
been, and what kept you so long?' Then
again: "Why, you are not going out tonight,
are YOU? why / don't see why you should, |
think you might stay at home, etc;' then
again a man comes in tired and takes up his
al J.
and talk awhile, you can talk to everybody
else bat your family. and we can't get a word
out Of you. Why is it, men can be agreeable
everywhere bat 1T homer" and it goes or
from day to day. Is it any wonder men lose
their affection for wife, and home, and seek
pleasure elsewhere? Suppose man should
follow his wife TO the pantry and say: 81
would not give ont II quart Of -four for biscuits,
pint and n half is enough, 'and you ought
not TO get a pound of steak Z If pound is
plenty" What would yon do? ] would tell
him TO go and get another housekeeper and I'd
quit and 50 he ought to do to a Jealous exact
ing wife. \ woman (that is good one can
make her husband anything in the world she
wants him Don't be too humble and lose
your individuality he won't respect you half
rs much as if you show sufficient spirit. Some
women are so gentle and humble that they
positively show gratitude, for 4 word Of praise
that Is tleg just due, and seerl to wonder that
they are the recipients of the love of such n
being as their husband; this is rs unfortunate
as thc opposite state, that Of being too self
. satisfied and cxactirg Bat there is happy
1 medium, where q woman can gain and keep
the respect Of her husband by trusting him.
and never allowing huI 70 feel lie is watched
orsrspected, nor ever give hiia cause 20 douot
her LOYALTY. a woman whose life rs fan Of
2 duties and she performs tAem faithfully has no
q time for peity jealousy. and q woman who re-
z eeives the just share Of the love and devotion
" which good ian ought 10 give hey. never
81 teola the rans o. iaalorsy.