Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-03-04

knew a.ch an onc. Her f|atlcr'S house
was plain, most of the people VINO came
there were plain; bur. 10y "a change in for
tune such az sometimes comes, a hand
had been offered that led her iato a bril-
liant sphere. All the neighbore congrat-
ula,ed her upon her grand prospects; but
what m exchange On Der side it YEAS a
hear full OF generous impulse and alice
ton. On his side it was "A soul dry and
withcrcl as the stubblc OF the field. On
her side il was a fathers house, where
God was honored and the
SABBATH LIGHT
flooded the rooms with the very mirth Of
heaven. On his side it was u gorgeous
residence. and the coming of mighty men
to be entertained there: but within it
were rivalry and godlessness. Hardly
had the orangc blossoms OF the marriage
feast lost their fragrance, than the night
OF discomfort began to cast here and there
It's shadow. Crueltics and u~nkindncsses
changed all those splendid trappings into
"A hollow mockery. The platters Of solid
silver, the Baskets of pure gold, the head
dress Of cleaning diamonds, were there;
but no God, no peace, no kind words, no
christian sympathy. The fcstal music
that broke on the captivc's ear turned out
to lie a dirgc, and the wreath III the plush
was a reptile coil, and the upholstery that
swayed in the wind was the wing OF a de
stroying angel, and the bead drops on the
pitcher were the sweat of everlasting de-
spair. q. how many rivalrics and unhap-
piness among those who seek in social
life their chief happiness, 1t matters not
how fine you have things: there are other
pnnr1. Who haUn II Amor Taking ont
your watch to tell the hour OF the day.
some one will correct your time piece by
pulling out "a watch more richly chased
and Jcwclcd. Ride in a carriage that
cost you eight hundred dollars, and be-
fore YOU get around the park YOU will
meet with one that cost two thousand
dollars. Have on your wall a picture by
Coplcy and before night you will hear of
some one who has = picture fresh from
the studio Of Church Of Bicrbtadt.
THE WORLD CANNoT GIVE SATISFACTION.
All that this world can DO for YOU in
silver, in gold, in Administer plush, in
G0bolin tapestry. in wide halls, in lordly
mountaineering, will not give YOU the
ten ,housandth part Of a grain Of solid
satisfaction. The English lord, moving
in the very highest sphere was one day
found seated with his chin on his hand
and his elbow on the ~window-slll, look
ing ont and saying, 20, J wish | could
exchange place. with that dog
Mere social position viii never give
happiness 10 q woman's soul. | have
had wide and continuous observation and
| tell the young women that they who
build on mere social position their soul 5
immortal happiness are building on sand.
Suppose that a young woman cNpcnds
the Brightness Of her early life in this nm
satisfactory Struggle and oDi,' the pres
en- opportunity uf usefulness inthe home
circle. y lat q mistake,
"a surely as tine yca"a roIl around, taat
home IN which you now dwell Viii he
come extinct. The parents will be gone,
The property VIII 90 into other posses
sion. Won ~yourscif vii be IN other rcla
iiuNs1iHs. ana tiat home which only a
year ayo, ~1, fll Of COAGYltuldtion VIII
b., }t.uEl -hcI. When that period
com yo.i VIII looh back to see VIA you
did or WhAl you neglected 10 DO ~ the
way Of making home happy. II Will bc
too late to correct mistakes. II You did
}ri SMOOTH The pa'h Of your parents 20
ward th" {omh, If voE az not make their
iast'lys y: ,nt apI lappy, Il toa allow
CIV r5ni!: crr a,o.der - ga c@t into
thc world u~n,,.i.vHcri by
CHRISTIAN
and @sistcrly Influence: If you allowed the
younger sister Of yourfamily to come up
without feeling that there had been "A
Christian example set them or Your part.
there will be nothing but bitterness of
lamcntation. That bitterness viii be- in
creased by all the surroundings 81 that
home; ny cvc:y chair, by every picture.
by the old time nautcl ornaments, by
every thing you can think OF a. connected
with that homo. An those things Viii
arouse up agonizing memories. Young
womcn. have yOu anything To do in the
way Of making your fathers honlc hap
by? Now is the time 10 attend II il. or
leave il forever Unionc. Time j. flying
very quickly away. ! suppose yol no
ticc tho wrinkles arc gathering and ac-
cnmClqting IN those kindly faces that
have 50 long looked upon You; there is
frost IN the locks; the foo. is not as firm
in it, step AZ it used TO be; and they viii
soon be gone. The heaviest cloud that
ever falls on a parents coffin iii IS the
memory OF an ungratcful daughter. O,
make their last days hright and beautiful.
DO not act as though they were in the
way. Ask their counsel, seek their pray.
era, and, after long years have passed.
and you 90 out to see the grave where
they sleep, you will find growing all over
the mound something ~lovelicr than
cypress. something sHeetcr han the rose,
something chaster than the lily-thc
bright and beautiful memories Of flial
kindness performed ere the diving hand
dropped on you q benediction, and YOU
closed the lids over the weary eyes Of the
wornont pilgrim. Better that. in the
hour Of your birth. you had been strnck
with orphauage. and that you bad been
handed over into the cold arms OF Tie
world. rather than hat you should have
been brought UP under a fathers care
and a mother tenderness, at last to SCOT
al their example and deride their intlu.
encc; and on the day whou you followed
th"m in long proc ssion 30 the tomb, 10
find that you arc followed hy 9 still larger
procession Of uuiilial deeds DONE qri
wrong words uttered. The one procc.
sion will leave It's burden in the tomb and
dishand; hut that longer procession of
GHAaTLY MEMORIES
will forever march and forever wal. O,
it is good time for a Young woman