The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

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grave one half % cruel q this t1a1nt
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the longing with at sons tiss. q
other n Lie comes to poor fadsd hu-
manity, to fly to 10 sheltefi1g- @ns
for rest. . u
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sion, It would bs a. ths Elm G 9.
SPAR, ths sting ofe.vy' the IN q
lunacy, and claim for isprecedsdnses 81
the celebrated box pressntedby
ter to Pandora, but with hops NJ
out. would ean Il smenstsre erest-
ef than the python Of old, for vhers
isthe hand that ean stay its ravages
when once its hydra head il liftedr
Step by step it makespregpessto' the
verge of the maslstrom where lie so
many wrecked barquss whichstarted
on life's journey with such fair freight
Of hopes and promises; withering the.
freshness of the heart and narrowing
the Judgment, it makes a pandemoni.
um of home andhappiness; like the
swallow, goes and comes then finally
takes q farewell fight.
Not the least contemplate, phase
ofthis many sided evii-and often
displayed when least expected-is
that which makes one envious of an
others personal influence or posi-
tion. II the hitherto dearest friend
OF such a person is unfortunate.
enough to arouse this antagonistic-
feeling, he or she will not hesitate to.
resort Go the meanest subterfuges
and innuendoes; especially liz this the.
case where the offending party has
the least claim to good looks: or fas-.
cinating manners. At once they be-.
come the target for invidious re-
marks, and branded by their suspi-
cious natures as designing; every
thing to them is tinged wish q lurid
light. With such persons friendship
counts for nothing, for the slime Of
the serpent is trailed over all the
hitherto pleasant relations. Envy
and doubt are allowed to creep in
and blink the eyes to true merit and
motives. Sacred condolences arelaid,
bare and put to such base uses as
would cause friendship to veil her
face in shame and make the yerv
name a by word.
No one who studies the vagaries Of
this passion and notes it's influence
on various temperaments, but has
abundant food for moralizing over
the strange and often ridiculous
amusements|like wine il seems to
bring out the idiosyncracies of char.
acter and runs the entire gamut Of
feeling. Caused after all BY that
"spasm Of the heart" SO graphically
described in Chesbro's Victoria.
Ihave seen persons under the in
auence Of this emotion do the most
unnatural things; love, fatal conse-
quences, pride, the one thing only
that holds many a strong nature n
check, are swept away by it's mighty
power.
Lives are wrecked, rsputatiens
blasted, and tragedies enacted
through this insane passion that fills
our lunatic asylums and prieon cells
with it's victims. doubt If heavens
shining messengers stood with fam
ing sword at the portals of this mon
sters' keep had power to stay it's
course, for with the strength Of the
attachment comes the intensity Of
the fever that consumes.
Ibelieve that jealousy is one of the
component parts of ali human ma
ture. Alatentgerm, perhaps, in many
who are unconscious that the least
taint turks within their veins until
some circumstance forces it to the
surface, and they are suddenly
awakened to the fact that there is
q slumbering volcano in their breasts,
ready to throw out the deadly lava
which withers everything it touches.
MARY v. STILES in st. Louis Mag
azine.