The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-06-28

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mans life one of the causes of his being to be
without which his life could not have BEEN to try
to stand aloof from the existence of woman, Is too
absurd 10 think about to try TO practice IN socle-
ty. Woman Is the very essence of a mans lie.
She lifts him up to the level of her own virtues.
She strives to make herself more useful to hltn
every day and 10 make him seek higher and bet
ter things. Brother Howe, repent, believe ana De
one Of Us for al time 10 oome.-W. ;. Moore.
John Howe would better take back the pledge OF
the Bachelors brotherhood, put on his thinking
cap and look about him. All are not mere outside
show; some are genuine. IT'S not wealth, show,
/ ancestry or title that make true man or woman.
- truthful soul, loving mind,
Full of affection for its kind;
A helper Of the human race,
A soul of beauty and of grace"
-Imogene Shipman, Utica, n. Y.
J. H. Howe, there IS no need for you to belong to
the " Bachelors Brotherhood for your fate Is
sealed. am sure no girl would forget hersell so
far as to associate with any one that hau such
Mich. '''''~''
/ dreamed was at the Cincinnati Exposition.
Suddenly heard the rustic of a paper aud turn
ing saw John ", Howe carrying what proved TO
be a marriage license. &" l have been trying TO he
comfortable in the b. B.. but ii is 10 use, he said
Ny bride i To be the fair Annie, whose curtain
lectures in the &C aroused me TO realizing sense
To argue 'gainst the grain
Or, like the stars. incline men to
What they're averse themselves to doi
For when disputes wearied out
IT'S interest still resolves the doubt"
Burt Clark, Marlette, Mich.
! Card playing is a waste Of time which may be
/ better employed / have seen many a game, but
I never play.-C. W. Enyesrt, Bellwood Neb.
! Card playing leads to vice and crime ana the
/ ruin of human souls. Give my dear old G. c.,
I or something else that is pure and profitable
I Hattie /. Goodsell, Morgan Center, Vt.
Annie L. Marsh expressed my views there IS
I nothing gained by playing, and never learned.
/ Let young men beware of the gaming table, for
] then comes debauchery and too often crime. ID.
4 T. Myers expresses my views on woman suhrage.
VIII some OF tine c. c. write me how TO form w.
] Z. T. U.?-Anua Goodart, Olney. Ill.
/ have lived eight years the plains and OF
/ many persons shot 80 per cent. OF the shooting
arose from quarrels over cards. Leave of card
playing, for though II may not lnure you, II may
be the means Of sending others TO gamblers
grave-Otis Patterson, Cuilison, Kan
Card playing ezcites feyerish rivalry, and is the
starring point Of gambling. Too many young men
acquire taste Tor the excitement Ia the paror,
which eventually leads 10 the gambling ball, to
the waste Of time. money and often reputation it
self Do not psy.-Alce N. Clark.
The more j of card playing the more be-
leye IL demOrlizing. In many of our large towns
and cities ladies IN the best social circles nave be-
come steady parloT gamblers, and all through play
ing progressive eUcher and poker. Let the q. g..
raise the standard of social diversion instead of
A SCANDINAVIAN CHURCH
FRIENDS or THE c. c.: The interesting article
on Scottish ruins some time ago reminded me OF
an ancient structure, whose history may be Of in
teTesl 10 the &. G. IL l. a Norwegian church, which
for over tive centuries has withsood the raTages OF
time and Is stil far from ruin 1t Is built OF pine
logs on stone foundation, l. rooted with slate,
and over all j. hard. waterproof coating of tar,
10 which It's preservation for so long time can be
ascribed.
You have all doubtless heard Of the black death
the fearful peslilence which swept over Europe
about so years ago. 1t struck the Scandinavian
Peninsula with ali Its fury and nearly depOpuIated
H. ships h3ated on the sea with not soul on
board the living were unable TO bury the dead,
and deserving their homes, fed for safety from
place TO place. As a result the church was lost and
? forgotten However about 30 years aiterward a
hunter, while IN pursuit oi q bear, accidentally
discovered il. lie fired ball through the forest,
and hearing a peculiar metallic ring proceed from
the direction the ball had taken, his curiosity
prompted him TO 20 and find out the cause of IL,
and thus he found tue church, and aierwaTd ascer-
tanned that his ball had crashed through the steepe
and struck one Of the three bells hanging there.
it was now OversrOwn with tail trees and dense
shruDbef4'; anu peepihg IN through the dooT, he
IOub0 the bear and her cubs under the altar, which
, was now Bruins den. Nearly everything else was
undistuFbed, and lhe statues Of Virgin Mary and
the savior we're stlii standing. The church was
soon aiterward redeemed from the wilderness, and
although somewhat changed Is sti1 used a place
OF worship.-Albert Barton ait Vernon, Wis.
, CLUB WHISPERS.
5 No, Connecticut Pausy," have not brother
Mac. Some oil the g. g. girls like horseback riding
I and rowing. !. too. ride on horseback and row q
Doat5 thiuk both fine aulusenents.-Kitlie Smith
llchland Center, WIS.
Never burn kindly-writlen letters; only destroy
those whose harsh and unEIud words you would
forget and forgive. When your head l. covered
with the frost oI many Winters the old letters. vel
low with age, may recall the kind hands whict
traced them, lOu after they have been folded ove
hearts low IN Tie grave.-R. L. Dent, Clarssa
Mimi.
2 Life without pleasure is sad life, bat too mucE
pleasure makes one Hegleetfu Of his own welfare
DO not 81 down ia case and idleuess; let Us In
cur best 10 advance.
Honors "A ladder. steep and tall,
But free 10 be climbed by each and all;
I 80 lets not stand upon the ground,
i But ever strive for the t0pIuost round.
> w. Il. Murphy, WeiIsvie, o.
q would Ike to hear from the q. &. on the ques
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= fear OF punishment-Buth A. Kiliem, 81 Marion
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= she las been an Invalid two years and that he
husband y also Disabled Tor hard labor and receive
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y bills 10 pay they DO not feel able 20 take any paper
ana h5 she LE0s her greatest pleasure IN reading
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