Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-02-10

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| peal Of laughter. From such a hollow round
! the tortured guest retires az the close OF the
| evening and assures his host That he has en-
! joyed himself.
MlsERIEs ~ HiGH IIFE.
Thus social life has been contorted and Dc.
! formed until la some mountain cabin, where
/ rustcs gather 10 the quil ing or apple parlug,
| there Is more good cheer than ia all The ires-
coed cehouses OF the metropolis. We want
! In all the higher circles Of society more
warmth Of heart aud naturalness OF behavior
| aud not 50 many refrigeraiOrs.
Again, wrong fashion - incompatible with
/ happiness. Those who depend for their com
| fort upon the admiration of Others are subject
to frequent disappointment. Somebody wl
| criticse their appearance or surpass them he
| brlllancy or viii receive more attention. o,
| the jealousy aud detract on aud heartburn
| ing OF those who move in this beWlldcred
| maZel Poor butterflies! Bright wing, do not
| always bring happiness. ''She that llvcth in
! pleasure is dead while she liyeth." Tue reye-
! latiOns OF high life that come 10 the challenge
/ and the fight are only the occasional crop
pings out 81 disquietudes that ARE under
! meath, Ike the stars Of heaven for multitude
| hut like the demons Of the pit for hale The
misery that will tonight In tie cellar curl up
IN the straw is not 50 utter a. the prlucely dis
Quietude which stalks through splendid draw
Ing rooms brrooding over the Sights and of
lenses Of luxurious life The bitterness Of
life seems not 30 uniting when drunk out OF
| pewter mug as when IL pours from the chas-
crack Of the vouptuary', pistol, putting an eud
% his earthly misery hear the confirmation
that in hollow, lastidlOus life there Is no
peace.
Again: Devotion 20 wrong fashion is pro-
ductiyc OF physical disease, mental imbecility
aud spiritual whitening. Apparel insufficient
10 keep out the cold and tn rain or SO fitted
upon the person that the functions 81 life
are restrained; late hours Il led with excite
ment and feasting: free drafts Of " ne that
fnu "a "a eel Ia lUIy
fashiouably drunk; and luxurious Incidence
are the instruments bv which this unreal life
pushes its disciples iuto yalciudnarianism
and the grave. Along the walks Of prosper
Gus life death goes a-mowiug and such har-
vests as are reapcdl Materia medca has been
exhausted to find curatives for these physio-
logical deyastations. Dropsies. cancers, con-
sumptiyes, govt aud almost every nfirlnity in
all the realm Of pathology have been the pen
alties paid. 10 counteract the damage, phar-
macy has gone forth with med canent, pam
acca, elixir, embrocatiou, salye and cataplasn.
THE DAY OF r. CKoNING.
Bazaars hang out their cOlOrs over the road
and trees Of tropical frutfuIness oyerbranch
the way No sound OF woe disturbs the air
but all Is light, aud song. and wine gorgeous
ness The world comes out to greet the daZ
zing procession with: ''llurrahl hurrah ~
But suddenly there is "A halt and an cutlery OF
dismay aud an overthrow worse than the Red
sea tumblng upon the Egyptians. Shadow OF
gravestOnes upon huest silk WormwoOd
squeezed into impaired goblets! Death with
one cold breath whitening the leaves and
freezing the fountains. IN the wild tuinult OF
the lasi day-the mountains falling, the heav-
ems flying, the thrones uprising, the universe
assembling; amid the boom Of the last great
Handicapped. and under the cracking Of
burning wOrld-what will become OF the dis
cipe Of unholy fashioni
But watch the career 81 one thoroughly arti-
fetal. Through Inheritance, or perhaps his
own skill having obtained enough for purpOs-
es OF display, he feels himself thoroughly es-
tablisLed. He sits alOOf from the common
herd, and looks out OF his window upon the
poor man and SAYS: Put that dirty wretch
oil nv steps immediatelyp On Sabbath days
he finds the church, but mOurus the fact that
he must worship with go mauy OF the inele-
CANT, aud says: They are perfectly awful ~
That man that YOU put In my pew had a
coat on his back that did not cost s." He
struts through life unsymDathetic with trou-
bic and saws: IL can not be bothered" He
is delighted with some doubtful story of Pers-
ian lie, but thinks that there are some very
indecent things IN the Bible. Walks arm In
arm with the successful man of the world,
but, but does not know his own brother
Loves 10 be praised for his splendid house,
and when told that he looks Younger than
ten years ago says: "Wel! really; do you
think sot'
But the brief strut OF his life is about over.
Upstairs he dies. No angel wings lowering
about him. No gospel promises kindng up
the darkness; but exquisite embroidery ele.
CANT pictures and bust OF Shakespeare on
the manteL The pulse stops. The minister
comes in 10 read OF the resurrection, that day
when the dead shall come up-boih he that
died on the floor and he that expired under
princey upholstery He Is carried out 10 bur
ial Only few mourners but great array
OF carriages. Not one common mau at the
funeral. No befrieuded orphan 70 weep a tear
on his grave. No child OF want pressing
through the ranks OF the weeping saving:
Gle is the last friend have snd | must see
him"
What now' He WAS great nan. Shall
not chariots OF salvation come down to the
other side OF the Jordan aud e=cArt him up
to the paacei Shall not the angels exclaim:
Turn outi prince is coming" viii the
bells chimcl VIII there be harpers with their
harps, and.trumpeters with their trumpetsi
TWO FUTURES COS1RAsTED.
MOI mol No! There will be "A shudder as
though calamity had happened. Standing
on heavens battement, Waterman sill see
something shoot past with fiery downfall and
shrek: wander NO star-for whom Is re-
served the blackness OF darkness foreverp'
But sadder yet is the closing Of woman's
life that has been worshipful OF worldiness,
all the wealth OF life times opportunity
wasted. What "A tragedy 4 woman on her
dying pillow, thinking OF what she mi ght have
done for God aud humanity, and yet having
done nothingl Compare her demise with
that OF a Harriet Newell going down 10 peace
fully die I'm the sle OF France, reviewing her
or the last hours of Elz BETH Hervey, hav ng
exchanged her bright New England home for
life at Bombay amid stod heathenisn. that
she might ilumine II, saying in her last mo-
ments "If this Is the ark valley, Il has not
a dark spot in II; all is light lightl' or The
exit OF Mrs. Lennox, falling under sudden
disease at SMYRNA, breathing out her soul with
the last words: so, how happyr' or the
departure OF Mrs Sarah d. Comstock, spend
ing her life for the salvaton OF Burmah, CIV
Ing up her children that thew might come
home TO America to be educated and saying
as she kissed them goodbye, never to- see
them again: 30 Jesus / DO this for Thee ~
or the going OF 1000 good women, who In
less resoundlng spheres have lived not for
themselves. but for God and the alienation OF
human suffering. That was a brilliant scene
when, in l4S5, In the campaign for tie capture
of Ronds, Queen Elizabeth OF CASTLE, on
horseback, side by side with King Ferdinand,
rode out TO review the troops. AS she
I'm bright armor rode along the lines OF
the Spanish host, and waved her ieweled hand
to the warriors, and ever and anon uttered
words of cheer TO the worn veterans who, far
away from their homes were risking their lives
for the kingdom, u was spectacle that
illumInes history. But more glorious will be
ha WI hat az al Chri