Sharp County record., 1888-02-09

Duchess has removed WIN A0i
because she can no longer endure tne
orgies of her husband, the Duke, ana III
the other castle the Duchess remains con-
fronted by insults and abomnatlohs III
tha preSence of which do not thlllK oou
or decent society requires a good woman
TO remain. Alas for these ducal couh'l
seats! They on large scale llluSuA.e
what on a smaller scale may be seen Ill
MANY places, that without moral chal"0
fer in a husband all the accessories Vi
wealth are to a wife'S soul tantaiizaCloh
and mockery. When Abigail finds NaDai
her husband, beastly drunk as she comes
home from interceding for his fortune anu
life. it was no alleviation that the oiC.
brute had possession in Carmel, anu
"vas yerv great, and had three thousand
Sbeen and thousand goats" and he the
worst goat among them' Inc animal II,
bfs rature seized the soul in its mouth ana
ian off with it.
Refore things are right in this worId
genteel villains are to be eXpurgateu' u
Stead of being welcomed into respectaple
eocietv because of the amoun6 OF stars
and carriers, and medals, and estates they
represent, they ought to be fumlgaVeu
two or three years before they are aIloWeu
without peril to themselves 10 put tnei
hand on the door knob of moral mousse
7be time must come when masculine
estrav will be as repugnant TO goou Soc'e'y
as feminine estray, and no coat'ot'arm
or family emblazonry or epaulet can
roee q T,othario unChallenged among the
sonctities of home life. By what law OF
God Or common sense is an Absalom
halter than a Delitah, Don Juan
bnttar than a Messalina? The brush
that paints the one black must pant
the other black. But what a spec
tacle if was when last summer much OF
society went wild with
over an unclean foreign dig
nitary whose name in both hemisphereS
is n SYNONYM for prohigacy, and prln-
cesses of American society from all parts
of the land had him ride in their car
riages and sit at their table, though they
know him to be portable lazeratto,
chanol house of moral putrefactton, his
breath q typhoid his foot that OF satyr,
and his touch death. Here is an evil that
men can not stop, but women may. Keep
all such out of your parlors, have no rec
,gntion for them in the street, and no
more think Of allying gyour life and dea-
tinv with theirs than "galeS from
Arabv" would consent to pass the
honeymoon with an Egyptian plague.
Woman, Join not your right hand with
such right hand. Accept from such an
,ne no Jewel for finger or ear, lest that
sparkle of precious stone turn out to be
the eve of a basilisk; and let not the ring
come on the finger of your right hand,
est that ring turn out to be one link OF
chain that shall bind you in never ending
captivity. In the name of God and
Heaven and home, in the name of all time
and all eternity, forbid the banns! Con.
sent not to join one Of the many reg-
nenfs of women who have married for
worldly success, without regard to moral
character.
If you are ambitious, o woman, fol
noble affiancing, why not marry king?
And to that honor you are invited by the
of Heaven and earth. And this
iay a voice from the skies sounds forth:
'As the bridegroom rejoceth over the
bride so shall thy Godrejoice over thee"
Let him put upon thee the ring of this
oval marriage. Here is an honor worth
reaching after. By repentance and faith
you may come into marriage with the
Emperor of universal dominion, and you
NAV be an empress unto God forever, and
reign with him in palaces that the cent.
uries can not crumble or cannonades de.
moish.
High worldly marriage is not necessary
for women, or marriage of any kind, in
order to your happiness. Celibacy has
been honored by the best being that ever
lived and his greatest apostle-Christ and
Paul. What higher honor could single life
on earth have? But what you need, o
woman is to be af1ianced forever and
forever, and the banns of that marriage
am at this moment here and now ready
TO publish. Let the angels of Heaven
bend from their galleries of light to wit
ness while l pronounce you one--a
loving God and a forgiven soul.
One of the most stirring passages
in history with which | am acquainted
tells us how Cleopatra, the exiled
Queen Of Egypt, won the sympathy OF
Julius Ce Sar, the cOnqueror, until he be-
came the bridegroom and she~the bride
Driven from her throne, she sailed away
on tho Mediterranean sea in storm, and
when the large ship anchored she put OuI
with one womanly friend in small boat
until she arrived at Alexandria, where
was Caesar the great General. Knowing
that she would not be permitted to land
or pass the guards on the way to C@sar'S
palace, she laid upon the bottom of the
boat some shawls and scarfs and richly
dyed upholstery, and then lay down
upon them, and her friend wrapped
her in them, and she was
admitted ashore in this wrap
ping Of goods, which was announced as q
present for Caesar. This bundle was per.
mitted to pass the guards Of the gates OF
the palace, and was put down at the feet
of the Roman General. When the bundle
W do ulllO OllCu tnCI Q IOoO bCAOl y NtC'ul OhS
whose courage, and beauty, and brilliancy
are the astonishment of the ages. This
exiled Queen Of Egypt told the story oI
her sorrows, and he promised her that she
should get back her throne in Egypt anC
take the throne of wfely dominion in hi!
own heart. Afterward they made {
triumphal tour in a barge that the pict
ures Of many art galleries have called
"Cleoratra's Barge" and that barge was
covered with silken awning, and its decl
was soft with luxuriant carpets, and tht
oars were silver tipped. and the PROV wa