West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-02-23


OF instances OF wifcly ambition gloriously
triumphant in right directions. All that was
worth admiration i'm tho character OF Henry
vi was reelection of the heroic I'm his wife
Margaret. William. Prince OF Orange was
restored TO the right path by the grand
qualities OF his wife Mary Justinian the
Roman Emperor, confeSses that his wise laws
We're the suggestion OF mis- wife Theoiora
~ndrew jackson, the warrior and president
had his mightest re enforcement i'm his plain
wife, whose inartistic attire was tho nmuse-
ment of tho elegant circles i'm which she was
invited: Washington. who broke the chain
that held America in foreign vaSsalage wore
| Tor forty years n chain around bis own neck
chat chain holding tho miniature likeness OF
her who had been his greatest inspiration
whether among the SHOWS at Valley Forge or
amid the honors of the presidential chair
TInys pen was driven through all its poetic
and historical dominions by his wife Calpur-
mia, who sang his stanzas 70 the sound of
flute and sat among audiences enrapt,,red
I at her husbands genius, herself the most
/ enrapturcd. Pericles said no got all his
/ eloluence and statesmanship from his wife
| Tho wife OF Grotius rescued him from
long imprisonment at Lovostein by means of
( n bookcase that went i'm and out carrying
books 20 AMI fro. and he was transported
/ hidden AMID tho folios; and the women OF
beSegcd Weinsberg, getting permission from
| the victorious army 20 take with them 80
! much of their valuahlcs as they could carry
! under cover OF the promise shouldered and
! took with them ms the most important valua-
] b!es their husbands-both achievements i'm
/ n literal way illustrated what thousands OF
times has been done in igurative way. that
| wifoly ambition has been tho salvation OF
/ men.
De Tocqueville. whose writings will be DO
tential and quoted while tho world lasts
/ nscribes his success 20 his wife and saws. WOf
/ all the blessings which God has given to me.
| the greatest OF all in my eyes is TO have
lighted ON Maria Motley" Martin Luther
says OF his wife: - would not exchange my
/ poverty with her for all the riches of Cronslis
| without her" Isabella of Spain, by her SUI
/ perior faith in Columbus, put into the hand
! OF Ferdinand, her husband. America John
Adams, president OF the United States said
! OF his wife: " She never, by word or look
discouraged me from running all hazards for
/ the salvation OF my country's liberties
| Thomas Carlyle spent the last twenty wears
! OF his life in trying by his pen to atone
| for the fact that during his wife's
| LIE he never appreciated her inlu-
ence on his career and destiny Alas
| that having taken her from a beautiful home
/ ana brilliant career, he should have buried
] ner IN the home OF recluse and scoded her
! I'm such language rs only a dyspeptic genins
! could manage, until one day, while in her in
Validism riding in Hyde Park, her pet dog
! got run over, ana under the excitement the
! coachman found her dead. Then the liter
/ airy giant woke from his coniugal Injustice
/ ana wrote the lamentations OF Craigen- Put
! took and Cheyne Row The elegant and full
soiho ePituphS lhaJ hnsOanis put upon their
/ wives tombst)nes are often an attempt TO
make up for lack of appreciativc words that
| should have been uttered i'm the ears of the
living. A whole Greenwood OF monumental
inscriptions Will not do wife so much good
after she has quit the W orld. as one plain SEN
tence like that which Tom Hood wrote to his
living wife when he said: ~ never was any
| thing till knew you.n
on, woman, what is your wifely ambition,
noble or ignoble' Is it high social postioni
! mat VIII then probab y direct your husband
/ and he Will climb and scramble and slim and
J fail and rise and tumble, and on what level
/ or III what depth or on what height he will
/ after while be found cannot even guess
| The contest for social position IS tho most un-
satisfactory contest i'm all the world because
1t is so uncertain about your getting it, and
! so insecure possession after you have oh.
| tanned it. and 50 unsatisfactory oven if Won
keep 1t. The whisk of a ladys fan may blow
| 1t out. The growl of one bear OF the below
/ ing OF one bull on Wall street may scatter it,
Is the wites ambition the political prefer
/ ment of her husband! Then that will urob.
/ ably direct him. What a God forsaken
/ realm is American politics those best know
/ VINO nave dnbbled in them. After they have
assessed man who is n candidate for Office
/ which he does not get, or assessed him for
/ some Office attained, and he has been whirled
/ round and round and round and round among
tee drinking, smoking, swearing crowd who
| often get control of public affairs all that is
/ lett OF mis- self-reSpect or moral stamina
| would IND plenty OF room on a geometrical
/ point, which is said to have neither length,
/ Dreadth nor thickness. Many n wife has not
! been satisfied till her husband went into poll
! tics, but would afterward have given all she
| possessed to get him out
| knew highly moral man. useful in the
| Shurch ana posseSsor OF a bright home. He
had useful and prosperous business but his
wife did not think il genteel enough There
! were odors about the business and sometimes
| they would adhere to his garments When me
/ returned at night. She insisted on his do
I In ina ,1..
/ qualified Tor no business except that i'm which
! he was engaged To Please her he changed
\ ms business, and in order to get on faster
aoandoned church attendance, saying that
| aIteT ne ha1 made certain number OF hun
/ dreds OF thous lnds of dollars he would return
I 70 the church and it, services Where is
/ That family today, Obliteratai Although
/ succeeding in business for which he was
/ qualified, ne undertook a style Of merchnn-
\ disc for which he had no qualification and
\ soon went into benl;ru toy. His naw style
| oil bus ness put him INFO evil association. He
lost his moTa.s rs well as his money. He
tr3Ie up not only his own home. but troxe
I up another mans home and from being n
hlh1' pure generous. moral man a. any OF
I you VINO 5 I here to-day, has become a home
/ les, pennies libert.ns His wife's ambition
7 FOR more genteel Business DESTROYED him
and disgraced her and b.ighted their only
child V"'J
But suppose now there be in our bomes os
thank 1oi thers are in hundreds OF homes
Z 49, ~ -.Siib'lti II TIC WllnlF LIrOuo
who says not only by her words but more
powerfully by her actions: MY husband cur
destinies are unite1 let us see where indus.
Try, honesty, common sense and faith i'm God
Will put us. ! am with you in all your en-
terpsiscs. cannot be with you In person az
You go 70 your daily business. but I will be
with you m my prayers. Let us soc what we
can achieve by having Got in our hearts. and
tod in our lives, and God ia our homes BE
on TIE side Of everything good Go ahead
ana do your best, and though everything
should turn out different from what we
nave calculated. YOU may always CONT on
two who arc go.uZ 20 holp YOU and God Is
one and am The other. That man may have
feeble health, and may meet with many
obstacles and business trials but he l.
coming glorlou>.y through. for he is r..
enforced, and inspired, aud spurred on by "a
Womans voice, as much a. was Barak by
Deborah. when Sis.ra with 800 iron chrriofs.
came on 70 crush him and bis army. aud
Deborah shouted in the ear Of Blrak. "Up,
Tor this is the day in which the Lord hath
delivered Sisera into thine hands And the
enemy fell back, and Siseras chariot not get
ting along fast enough in the retreat tho
general jumped out aud took 10 afoot and ran
uil De came ~ place where n woman frat
gave him drink Of milk. and then sent
spike through his skull mailing him 20 tine
floor.
Some Of us could tell Of what influence
upon u7 has been n wifoiv ambition con
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