Connecticut western news., 1895-11-21


 Aberdeen, and the best epitaphs whicL the family put together oould' compose, and garland of w hitest roses from the conservatory are often the attempt to atone for the thanks we ought to have uttered in 0livingp ears, and ther kind words that wou Id have done nfefe good than all the caNa lilies ever, piled mp on the silent mounds of the cemeteries.
 The world makes 'applauditeryl ado over the work of mothers who have raised boys to be great men, and l could turn to my bookshelves and find the names of 50 distinguished men who had great mothers-Cuvier's mother, Walter Scott's mother, St. Bernard's mother, Benjamin Vests mother. But who praises mothers for what they do for daughters who make the homes of Amer ica? I do not know of an instance of such recognition. declare to you that believe am utteriHg the first word that has ever been nttered in appreciation of the self denial, of the fatigues and good sense and prayers which those mothers go through who navigate family of girls from the edge of the cradle to the
 
 house door up to. the marriage altar [ That is an achievement which the eter- nal God celebrates high up in the heav- ems, though for it human hands, so sell dom clap the faintest applause. My Myi What time that mother had with those youngsters, and if she had relaxed care and work and advice and solicitn- tion of heavenly help, that next genera tion would have landed in the poor house, idiot asylum or penitentiary. 1t is while she is living, but never while she is dead, that some girls. call their mother maternal ancestor" or "the old woman"
 Divine sympakhy.
 And if you have grief already, and some of the keenest, sorrows of a wen- ans life tcome early, roll it over on Christ and you will find him more sym pathetic than was Queen Victoria, who. when herAcbildren, the princes and prin- cesses, came out of the schoolroom after the morning lesson had been given up by their goIeraess- -and-teld- -hew-her voice had trembled in the morning pray CT becauseit was the snfdvers@y'of her mother s death, and that she had put her head down on the desk and sobbed "Motherl Motherp' theF quxn went in and said to the governess My poor child am sorry the children disturbed you this morning. I will hear their have not forgotten the, sad anniversary, bring you this gift. " Anduthe queen clasped on the girls wrist mourning bracelet with a lock of her no0ther's hair. Alltyou young swone en the world around who mourn like sorrow, and sometimes in your loneliness and sorrow and-s loss burst optr cryings Mother Mother !v put on yoar wrist this golden clasp of divine sympathy, "As one whom his mother cemferteth so will comfort you. /"
 Advice the fourth; Allow no time to pass without brightening some ones life. Within five minutes' walk ofgyou there is some one in atragedy com pared with which Shakespeare's "King Lear" or Victor Hugo's 'sJean Valjesno has no power. Cd ont and brighten seme- body's life with cheering word or smile or a flower. Take a good book and read a chapter to that blind man. Go up that dark alley and make that in- valid woman laugh with ssome good story. Go to that house from which that child has been taken by death and tell the father and mother what an escape the child has had from the winter of earth into the springtime of heaven. For God s sake make some ona happy Tor ten minutes if for no longer time. A young woman bound on such mis- sion-what might sbe not accompaishf Oh, these. axe tbousaudssof these raanu- lecturers of sunshine. They are ''King's Daughters" whether inside or outside that delightful organization They do more good before they are: 20 years of age than selfish women who live 90, and they are so happy just Ibecause they make others happy. Compare such Q young woman who feels she has such Ia mission with oneswho lives round of vanities, cardcase in hand, calling on people for whom she does not care ex- cept for some social advantage, and in- suff@ably bored when the call l" re- turned, and trying to look young after she is old, and living life of insin- cerity and hollowness and dramatiza- | tfon and sham. Young woman, live to make others happy. and youwill be hap py. Live for yourself. and you will be miserable. There never has been an ex- ception to the rule; there never will be l an exception.
 l have noticed on many of the rail roads thatthe porter will go around and light the lamps while it is broad day light, and I am at first surprfsed, but l | afterward find that we are about to en- ter tunnel, and it's darkness is thus il-. luninated. Oh, kindle light for those who are plunging into financial or do- mestic or spiritual midnight.
 | The Scale of fSLifs.
 Advice the fifth: Plan out your life on big scale. whether you are farm ar s daughter, or shepherdess among the | hills, or the flattered pet of drawing room filled with statuary and pictures and bric-a-brao. Stop where you are and make a plan for your lifetime. You cannot be satisfied with life of frivol- ity and giggle and indireetion. Trust the world. and it will cheat you if it | does not destroy you. The Redoubtable was the name of an enemy's ship that Lord Nelson spared twice from demoh- tion, but that same ship afterward sent the ball that killed him, and the world on which you smile may aim at you it's deadliest weapon. Be Gods woman. This moment make as mighty change as did college student of England. He had neglected his studies, riotirg at night with dissipated companions and sleeping in the classroom when he ought to have been listening. A fellow student came into his room one morning before the young man am speaking of had arisen from his pillow and said to him :: "Paley, you are fooll You are wasting your opportunities. Do not throw away l vnnr life ,, Palau said nI was ao