The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-05-03

lllI woman Sinlieu. |
Far down in the bosom of man
there IS place that none can fill save
a woman; a throne where none can
sway the sceptre save the fair hands
and loving heart of woman. And
in that pure realm she reigns supreme,
without rival, swaying Empires,
Kingdoms, Republics and Nations.
From there springs all the noblest
aspirations, the holiest motives and
the sweetest memories. Twas so IN
Eden, it's so to-day, and has been SO
through the intervening centuries OF
time, and will be SO until the end.
Man bows before this so-called weaker
vessel and without protest, acknowl-
edges her sovereignty. And she with
no thought of self wields it for his
good, for his sake the regent queen
will face all, want, sorrow, sickness and
even death. Our first glances are met
by that deathless jewel, mothers
love, beamlng from a mothers glance. /
Our first tottering footsteps are guided |
by a mothers never failing hand, and |
mothers voice never fails to soothe
our childish sorrows. In boyhood |
there is nothing to equal that mother,
for nothing can equal a mother IN
patience, endurance, forbearance and
charity for her boy. The stroke
of no hand is So gentle, no other tones
are so sweet, no other form so dear as
that mather, and the choicest laurals
of our future life will ever twine and
caress the fadeless memories Of fond
! and devoted mother No other sorrow
can be deeper than that which moves
our heart as we stand by her dear
form soon to be hid from US forever.
And as we turn away from that
presence, then, and not till then, do
we feel what we have. lost. AS youth
blossoms into manhood and the re-
sponsbilities of life press harder and
heavier upon our shoulders we turn
conscious of void in our bosom unit
, that void is filed by another woman
All the noblest resolves arc then called
: into action, all the energies of the
human soul are aroused, and IN hei
: presence while worshiping at her shrine
i we forget lifc's battle though 1t ma,
=, press us hard and bow with an Easter
u devotion at the shrine of our idOlItary
{, When the fatal pestilence swept owe
Il our Southern land amid all that SUI
fering and death history fails to recon
. single instance of her deserving he
post beside the bedside Of her love-
ones. No, as the gloom became darkt
and the heavy clouds Of sorrow an'
death drew nearer, she stood still III
movable until death numbered he
l. with the victims. In the late wa
le she was the. ministering angel, eve
OF hoycrins near, facing shot and She
ly and disease and death for her love
e. ones. And when that fatal strife wa
We ended, and her hero came home to b
he hold only the blackened chime.
at standing sentry over his fireside, whe
W his cup was full TO overiowlng, tw.
las then these minlstering angels DIRE
1t nearer, the weakened vessels becan
IL stronger, forgetting the absent s'aI
ny hiding her own sorrow, soothed US WI
"a. caresses and bade US rise again.
I'm that sacred influence, more than al
TO- other, We owe our prosperity to-di
no Even when the object Of her devotI'
IN is unworthy and all Others turn ava
ley she fingers still, though victim
lie barsI, and cruel treatment at the han
ner OF her loved ones, she turns not aw'
az but with a devotion unequaled
tn. kisses the hand that smites her, bles
,th, the lips that cursc her, and rrays
He him that drags her down. Her
nor flucnce, her presence is is irrcsistat
an Nopoleon, with Josephine by his 81
did dehed the whole OF Europe and plant
and his imperial eagles on all OF her
to cient capitols. Nations were his o
for posts, and thrones bat playthings
be bestowed on friends as gifts.
spoke and continents trembied. A
,ver vet when he put her aside to gra
ave his insatiate ambition behold how qu
Jew the mighty fabric falls, and ne died
the exile upon ST. Helena. Antony,
fell Roman consul, went TO meet Cleopa
N. to annihilate her armies and pun
re- her, but behold when there ne g
,r." up life, preferment and honor, cour
the and friends, to bask in her smiles
nan Washington mother and wife
ossi owed the fall fruition of his m
and virtues which won for him the pr
able title of First in war. first IN p
bout and first in the hearts OF his coun
men.
Here is the soeptre that sways
y be world, gives stability to It's gov
while nents, hiis ana nerves so' "oo~ =
cL ;,s arr,;es and nayies lis palTlOtS