San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-29
divorce followed.
''rhe lovely toy so fiercely sought,
Has lost its charm by being cAushtV

he lovely toy so Hereby sought,
Has lost its charm by being caughtP'
Again, pair as unlike and insult
ed as possible in the Judgment of on
lockers meet at rout or bail, garden
| party, race course or country house
After half a dozen interviews they
discover they are indispensable tC
each other. He is perhaps going tC
India, Japan or Australia. Her fam.
lily may wish to winter in Rome, vi.
emma or st Peters burg. So after q
months acquaintance they marry
and "live happy" all their days.
Some Occultsympathy, some subtle
moral chemistry fuses their separate
eXistences into true unison.
Almost the happiest marriages we
| have known have been between lads
and lassies who had sat side by side
on the same forms and learned out
of the same books in the old paris b
schools, which served so well to
equip the boys Of bonny Scotland for
the battle of life in the pre-board-
school days
Having mastered arithmetic, book
| keeping, and the initial steps of "a
second clawssical edication," Sandy
sailed forth North, South, East, or
West, to conquer fortune, and gener-
| ally succeeded.
Then the image of Janet or Jessie,
| his schoolmate, which had never
| quite faded from his memory, grew
clear, vivid, attainable, and q rapid
run home or loving letter and
generous remittance brought about
union of hearts and lives, to the
lasting benefit of society and the in
| dividual.
Between the conflicting evidence
supplyed by experience it is difficult
to strike a balance. In matrimony,
as preaching, "God gives a different
gift to each" and it is impossible to
recommend one line of conduct above
another; but deep down in the sources
may be cultivated such qualities as
justice, self-respect, regard for the
feelings of others, loyalty, truth, and
by their fruits shall life be happy,
or noble, or both. And to our sisters
by nature impulsive and impression
able, we should whisper that there is
no quality men prize and cling to SO
much as strength.
Fallen cherub! TO be weak is miserable,
Doing or suffering"
An undOubted truth, through spoken
by theFather of Lies.
There is certainly no fairer ideal
than the union of twoyoung creatures
linked by true, tender, unselfish love,
dashed with the salt of passion,
clothed with fair illusions not all I'M
founded respecting each others no.
bility and loneliness, and strength
ened by the buIwark OF heartily COM
radeship, facing life's battle hand in
hand, and growing in affection as they
grow in complete knowledge of each
others imperfections as well as vir-
tues.
This is rare case, as excellence
must always De; yet thank God, not
quite ''fancy's sketch"
Even in the ruck of life, among it's
roughs and Welshers, Gods eye can
see how many are left "of knees that
have not bowed 10 the Baal of world
Illness, and lips that have not kissed
him.
On the whole, there is truth,
though not invariahle truth, in the
prnverb. "Marry in haste anu repent
1T leisure. nc .nBssvs . ~ always
be nev,.Ieao and imprOyident; but
while we deprecate this, we ought
not to forget thas the prudent profit
by their recklessness; their failures
fill up the trenches which we must
cross, and make bridges whereby we
may pass dry-shod to increased ease
AMI wider outlook.
Only by very slow degrees do we
attain to the knowledge of those nat
ural laws disobedience to which en-
tails misery, disease and death.
Awful enigma of life! which devOurs
those who can not solve 1t and casts
their bones at the feet of the charlat-
ans who pretend to read the riddle,
while they keep at safe distance
from the monsters jaw.
What is the sum of this reverie on
promises of MarriageY' Very little
and that little may be epitomized in a
sentence-"Be slow in making and
faithful In keeping promises" Will
any young persons "about to marry"
or become engaged heed our words of
wisdom? II trow not" yet we cast
them on the waters, and though ap-
parently of small effect, they may
add their infinitesimal bulk to
the slowly accommodating mass of
opinion, as the tiny, filmy shells
described by marine explorers, float
ing and slowly sinking in the vastly
deep, serve to build up the sub-ocean
ridges that are finally upheaved to
form the cliffs, against which the law
less waves dash themselves in vain.
Mrs. ALEXANDER.
T0ndon Nouamhar TX