The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-10-17


Then, with magnificent inconscqurnc,
sweeping away in Il sentence all former
arguments, and passing Judgment for
all women who have been, are, and
will he:
$50 musician, poet, artist or any
thing else, has ever been or ever will
he loved because he is musician, poet or
artist. Women don't love for all that,
any more than they love for money or
pcrSonnlity-SOmc ineXplicable attrac-
tiOm-SOmc-
"Ach. So.' remarked Herr lIamcr-
ling, rs on II former occasion.
Mary and Allen.
ST. Louis Glohc-DcmocrIt.
The wife of Judge Thurman, the
distinguished Ohio statesman, lies dy-
ing. She is Il woman of eighty years,
but TO her husband she seems no older
than she was when he married her
nearly half Il century ago. They have
grown old together in II most beautiful
| and affectionate way. Their union has
served to vindicatc the law of allinities
and to present choice example of
harmony, confidence and devotion.
They have always been, "Mary" and
"Allen" to each other with unswerving
and simple fondness. The Old Roman,
as he is familiarly known in our poll
| ties, has not won his hOnOrs by forget =
ting for Il moment the partner with
whom he began the battle of life. 1t
is said that no man can live up to his
| lovc-making, but this case must be
rated as II sweet and wholesome eXccp-
ton. The best of all that Allen said
to Mary rs a suitor has been repeated
in his conduct as husband. He has
believed in her us in nobody else. Her
wishes have guided him, her faith has
strengthened him, her approval has
blessed him. In no contingency has
he gone contrary to her advice. The
word of Mary has outweighed all other
Influences with him, not in the sense
of blind submission to another's will,
but under cOnstraint ot well-justiiied
reliance upon her wisdom and fidelity ;
and she has found her full reward III
his candid and tender appreciation OF
her services.
There is something ineXpressibly
gracious and admirable i'll this view of
Il great statesman's life and character
His friends delight to recall instances
of his profound respect for his wife 5
opinion, and of his surprising desire tt
please her. When the committee wait
ell upon him in 1888 to tender him the
nomination for vicc-president, he die
not respond with set speech of ac
ccptance; he said he would ask Mary
about it. The remark was like The
man; and it was like the woman t.
shake her head at first and say that III
was too feeble to make the race. Sh'
had to be persuaded, and when ut las
! she consented, he merely observed
''All right, it's just as Mary says"
she had not yielded he would have de
clined the honor, feeling sure that Sncl
i step was in every respect tn
: of disappointing her. There has neve
been Il lime, it is safe to say, when TN
petition of all the rest of the wOrl'
would have caused him to disregar,
; her preference. That has been hi
method of testifying his esteem for her
and filling her heart with delight.
man of less ability and virtue Nigh
have made il II weakness to cOncedc St
much 10 any woman, but it has no
q. appeared so in Judge Thurman. ii
has never forfeited any of his grcatncs
by reason of his reverence for his wife
We may be sure that he has nevc
stopped to consider what others woul
think of his loyalty TO Mary and hi
unsclfish anxiety to promote her wei
fare and happiness. His own f"licit
has been increased by the sight of he
= enjoyment. lie has not cared to wi
| any victory or to eSpousc any cauS
, against her Judgment or her conscience
/ AT every step of his career he has kcl
hold of her hand, so to speak, and he
, love has been to him an aspiration an
u benediction.
Now that she is about to pass away
q this capable and faithful hclpmate, til
country may properly pay her til
a tribute of its deep and fervent admira
ton. She represents the nobility ,
American womanhood. The story I
:" her life is Il sermon of radiant and sa
utary meaning, and It's chief lesson
the assurance that life is worth living
-. She Is II bit old-fashioned, to be sur,
u in some of her views and habits, bl
her husband does not so regard he
u" In his eyes she has not lost any of HI
!, = relation to the current order of thing
=, She is Mary to him now just rs 81
II was in the long ago, and the moonligl
sleeps soft for her upon messy banl
. Just as it did when he first wOoed he
\. Others may see wrinkles on her brow
y" but they are invisible to him. III
- wan hands folded serenely across h
breast are as beautiful as ever for e;
> that he can see. His imagination tran
figures her, and she is enveloped in
IL light that sOftens all marks of age al
% decay. They have lived side by si'
! for so many years, and in such hapl
way, that death borrOwS from the
49, sunny experiences II smile to hide
u ugliness. Their relations have so e
IL deared them to each other that the
o is no room for any kind of darknes
: They are Mary and Allen ut the clio
-, us they were ut the beginning, in
u, u. sense that implies all there is of hon,
" and steadfast and impcrishablc goo
VI ness in the scheme of society. +
- cynic stands silent where ireside Writ
=" :. is so well declared; the infidel encOu
~ ~ tcrs here form of religion that he
w bound to respect. There could not
~ II more impressive picture of the bett
side of human nature. The pity of
- lies in the fact that Mary must be tax
and Allen left, when as II matter
-, fitness and kindness the pale mrSscng
m with the inverted torch should beck
or the two away together.
he In Case of Accident.
rm The Household
Every mother ought To make n pr;
," tice of teaching her boys and girls WI
nd To do in ease of the various accidel
which are so liable to occur.
>, Children should be taught how
;: act, in ease their clothing should ta
'm"a m fire, and not only told, but should
~, Is made to go through it all so often, Il
~, ~, if the danger really comes they
'"' know, mcnnScinuSly, how 10 );
~: themselves.
VII HviurnS each child should he ire
ed as if rescued from drowning,