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

mountains. and She slCcecdca. COMING
t o the foot Of the h;,l she knelt. Dayi,
with his army ct sNorn men came dow!
over the cliil.. and when he saw he!
knccling AT the foot Of the hill lie cried.
Halt TO his men. and the caves ochocc
It.: ''Halll haiti that one beautiful
woman knceling at the foot OF the cilil
had arrested all those armed troops. \
dew drop dashed back Niagara. The
bible sets before Ms the portraits Of SaraI
and Rcbecca. and Abishag, Absalom'
sister. and Jobs daughters, and says
They were fair to look upon" ~ ouI
door exercise, and by skilful arrange.
mcnt Of apparel, let women MAKE them
selves attractive. The slovcn has only
one mission, and that to excite cur loath
ing and disgust. But alas for those who
depend upon personal charms for their
happiness.
il such IA subtle thing, it does not seem &c
depend upon facial proportions, or upon
the sparkle of the eye, or upon the flush
Of the cheek. You sometimes find i,
among irregular features. 1t is the soul
shining through the face that makes one
beautiful. But alas! for those who de
pend upon mere personal charms. They
will come to disappointment and to
great fret. There are SO many different
opinions about what are personal charms
and then sickness, and trouble, and age,
do make such ravagcs. The poorest goo
that q oma ever worships is her owl
face. The saddest sight in all the worlc
is a woman who has built everything ol
good looks, when tie charms begin I,
vanish. q, how they Try to cover tn
wrinkles and hide the ravagcs Of time
When Time. with iron -shod feet, steps ol
"a face, the hoof marks remain. and yol
cannot hide them. 1t is silly to try t,
hide them. think the most rcpul5iv,
fool in all the world is an old fool,
Why. my friends. should you b'
ashamed to be getting old? II is a sigl
it is prima facie evidence that YOU have
behaved tolcrably well or you would no,
have lived 10 this time. The grandcs'
thing, | think, is eternity, and that is
made up Of countless years. When the
Bible would set forth the attractiucnes
Of Jesns Christ, it says: His hair was
whit az snow" But when the color
rots from the cheek. and the lus,re from
the eye, and the spring from the step. and
viz ilittNs ilDiI tllC Edll, dlhH. Iol
those who have built their time and their
eternity upon good looks. But all the
passage of years cannot take out Of ones
face h~enignity. and kindness, and com
passion. and faith. Culture your heart
and You culture your face, The brightest
glory that ever beamed from q woman s
face is the religion Of Jesus Christ. In
the last war two hundred
WOUNDED SOLDIERS
came 10 Philadelphia one night, ard
came unheraldod. and they had TO cN.
temporizc ii hospital for them, and the
Christian women Of my church, and 81
other churches, went ~ that night to
take "a e Of the poor wounded fellows.
that night | saw a Christian IN 90
through the wards Of the hospital. her
sleeves rolled up. ready for hard work.
her hair dishcycllcd in the excitement Of
the hour. Her face WAS plain, very
plain; but after the wounds were washed
and tlc new handagcs were put round
the splintorcd limbs, and the exhausted
boy fen off into his FIRST pleasant sleep,
She pat her hand on his brow, and he
started in his dream. and said: 20.
thought an angel touched me- There
may have been 40 classic elegance in the
features OF Mrs. Harris. who came into
the hospital after the Seven Days aw-
~! tight, as she sat down by a wounded
drummer boy and heard him %soliloqGizc:
"A ball through my body, and my poor
mother viii never again sec her boy.
What "a pity it is!' And she leaned over
him and said. 'Shall | he your mother.
and comfort vou?" And he looked up
snd said: Yes, I'll try To think shes
here. Please 10 write a long letter to her
and tell her all about il, and send her a
lock Of ny hair and comfort her. Bat |
would like TO have YOU tell her how much
| s~utlercd-ycs, | would like you 10 Dc
that, for she would feel 40 for me. Hold
my hand while ! die" There may have
been no classic elegance in her features,
bnt all the hospitals Of liarrison's Land
Ing and Fortress Monroe would have
agreed that she was beautiful, and if any
rough man in all that ward had ~insultoC
her, some wounded man would have
leaped from his couch, on his best foot
and struck him dead with a crutch.
F%LATrrRY.
Again: | advise you not to depend fol
happiness upon the batteries Of men. j
is "A poor compliment to your sex that 81
many men feel obliged in your prcscnct
to offer unmeaning compliments. Mcr
capable Of elegant and elaborate CONVEX
sation elsewhere, sometimes feel called
upon at the door OF the drawing room t
drop their common sense and to dole GU
sickcning batteries. They say thing
about your dress, and abou. your appear
ance, that You know. and they know, ar,
false. They say you are an angel. Yol
know you arc not. Determined to tel
the truth in Office, and store, and shop
they consider il honorable 10 lie 10
woman. The same thing that they toll,
YOU on this side Of the drawing room
three minutes ago they said to some on,
on the other side of the drawing room
O, let no one tramplc on our self respect
The mcanes thing on which a woman
can build her happiness is the t%atte!ie
of men.
Again: | charge Won not Il depend 70
happiness upon the disciplcship Of world
illness. ! have seen men as vain Of thei
Old fashioncda and thcirecccntric nature a
your brainlcss fop is proud Of his dang
ling foolcrics. Fashion sometimes make
u reasonable demand Of us, and then W,
ought to yield to il. The daisies of II
field have THEN fashion of color and leaf
the honrysucklcs have their fashion o
car drop; and thc snowfakcs flung ont O
tbn ~ intar bnaNppa la-,, .h.:r g.. l'-D ~