Telegram-herald., 1888-01-16

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q oystsTs an1 cizzas ffo-s thai place, ard be
foaad siz.s f.st eA1rea sszz s2-lt tAs peaels
were uasrs ssssssz tk8a tiey ase1 - i.s. f,r
hs-f5rs tAs caurck was eeiit ke oftea feuL4 tbs
had whea bs cane q eoGnt It thogsana
eianas sAsFt. iss. Co1llasss Is probable
for tatn wo-lds Nest II ~ gEozs A02s2s
perasanset wsrl5lv scoc4ses aVs by those
xko r. ess8oe Ge3 2nd tne bisls. Bgt ~h4t
I Do say is tsat 4 = Eaan have ao.hIag but
social position and nz1aclal resources, n
woasaa vko patz hsr happiness by marriage
ID hEs hand Fe-sazcss tke fs.ly q Abigail
when she aceeptei dlssgreeahie Nabal,
''whose possessions sere ia Carmel. ana tAe
ulan Was very great, aad De hsd three tAoa-
sand sheep, &ad cus ta0lsand goats.
II there be good moral ct2rzeter accom-
yzni- b afluent circumstances, consratu-
late you II rot, let tue morning LARK ~
flear Of the Rocky Iaoalltain eagle. The $40
rifiee OF woman on the altar og social and
financial expectation Is cruel and stupendOUs-
| skssch you a scene you have more than
once witnessei A comfortable home with
nothing more than ordinary surroundings,
bat an attractive daughter carefully ana
a. -. az fret
comes IA a fnan With nothing bat money, un-
less you count profanity and selfishness and
fondness for champagne and general rec
irssness as part OF bis possession. lie has has
coat collar turised up when there IS no chill
IN the air but because il gives him an air Of
abandon. and eyeglsss, not because hs l. near
sighted bat because it gives = classical ap-
pearance, and with an attire somewhat loud,
= cane thick enough % be the club Of Hercules
and clutched at the middle, his conversation
interlardsd with French phrcses inaccurately
pronounced, and a sweep OF manner indicating
that he was not born like most folks, but ter
restrially landed BY arts learned Of tho
devil no ias.nnstes hifasslf into tie affections
OF tue 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
be has broken several young hearts, and that
he is MEAN and selfish and cruel. But all
this is covered up with the fact that no has
several houses in his own name, aud has
large deposits at the bank, and moro than
all, has father worth many hundred thou
sand dollars, and very feeble in health, and
may any day drop of, and this is the only
son. and round dollar held close 20 ones eve
is large enough 70 shut out great desert,
and Row much more win several bushels of
dollars shut out.
The marriage day comes and goes. The
wedding ring was costly enough, and tho
orange blossoms fragrant enough, and tho
bene1liction solemn enough, and the wedding
march stirring enough. And the audience
shed tears OF sympathetic gladness, supposing
that the craft containing the two has sailed
Off on a placid lake. although Gods knows
that they are launched on Dead sea, its
waters brackish with tears and ghastly with
ghastly faces of despair floating TO the surface
and then going down. There they are, the
newly married pair in their new home. tie
turns out 10 he tyrant. Her viii IS moth
ing, his viii everything. Lavish of money
for his own pleasure, he begrudgcs her the
pennies be pinches out into her trembling
palm. Instead OF the kind words sho left
behind in her former home, now there are
complaints and fault findings and curses. He
is the master and she the slave. The worst
villain on earth is the man who, having
captured a woman from her fathers house
and after the oath of the marriage altar has
been pronounced, says, by his manner If not
in words: Il have you now in my power.
What can you dol Ny arm is stronger than
yours. Nv voice is louder than yours. MY
fortune is greater than yours. sly name is
mightier than yours. Now crouch before me
ike dog. Now crawl away from me like a
reptile. You are nothing but a woman, any
how Down, you miserable wretch!" Can
halls of moasic. can long lines OF Etruscan
s bronze, or statuary by Palmer and Powers
and Crawford and Chantry and Canova, can
( galleries rich from the pencil OF Bierstadt
and Church and Kcnset and Cole and Crop
sey; could flutes played on by an Ole Bull
or, pianos fingered by n Gottschalk, or solos
warbled by Sonntag, could ~ardrobes like
that Of a Mario Antoinette, could jewels like
those Of Eugenie mako wife in such q
companionship happys
Imprisoned in castlel Her gold bracelets
are the chains OF lifelong sarvitude. There
is sword over her every feast, not like that
of Damoclcs, staying suspended, but drop
ping through her laccrated heart. Her ward
robe IS full OF shrOuds for deaths which she
dies daily, and she is buried alive, thougi
buried under gorgeous upholstery. There j.
one word that sounds under the arches auo
rolls along the corridors, and weeps in th.
falling fountains, and echoes in the shutting
OF every door, and groans in every note ol
stringed and wind instrument: "Woe
Wocr' The oxen and sheep In oldcn time.
brought 20 the temple OF Jupiter to 20 sacri
feed used 10 b> covered with ribbons enc
flowers, ribbons an the horns and flowers OF
tho neck But tholforal and ribboned decors
tiors did not masc the stab OF the butchcri
knifc less deathfIi, and all the chandelier
you hang over sn4h n woman, and ell tb'
robes with which tou enwrap her, and al
the ribbons with which you odorn her, ans
ell the hewitohing charms with which yo'
ernbans her footsteps are the ribbons ant
flowers csf a horrible hutchcry.
II As Il 70 thov how wretched a good wonlal
may be in splendid surroundings, We have tw'
recent illustrations, two dGcal palaces Il
Grea. Britain They are the focus ef tn
best things that are possible in art, in rtera
ture. in srchitecture-tae accumulation 9
other estates, until their wealth is beyon,
calculation and their grandeur beyond des
sription. One of the castles has a cabine
rss With gems that cost s2.50o.0 600. and tb
walls of Is bloom with RenbTandts an'
Claudes and Po8ssius aud Guides sad Raph
sess. and there ars SogthdoNn focks i
summer grazing On IFS lawns and Arab steei
prancinz AZ the doorvays on the FIRST 0Pe
day a. ths keansisn From-fbe oue castle "a
curhsss has removed With her children he
csass sue can no lo1zer eudlre the cr- e
~ her husband, The duks. ard i
tae ctasr castle The duchess rcrusins cor
fronte4 bv ins8lts and afomlnstiaus in ID