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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-04-25
GIRLS VALUE PURITY IN MEN.
The Exceptions, Who Wed Men OF til,
World, Always Repent of 1t.

The Exceptions, Who Wed Men OF the
World, Always Repent of 1t.
A young man writes to Edward w.
Box inqulr,ng why SO many girls seem
to prefer the company Of young fellows
OF slightly blotted character-men who
have seen the world-and in many cases
marry them, in face Of the fact that
their past lives are known TO them. In
The Ladies' Home Journal Mr.. Box, its
editor. makes this reply: "Girls-that
is, the right kind of Sirls-do not prefer
the company Of young men Of this sort.
Doubtless, you have come across in
stances where this rule has been other
wise; SO have I. But it is all ia the
seeming, and net in the reality. Depend
upon u thing-girls have as high an
estimate OF purity in man as men have
OF purity in
There are, Of course. cases to the
contrary, but these are few. Where girls
marry men who are known to have led
what is called a worldly life, it il
mere generally duo to a misurderstand-
ing OF facts or to ignorance than people
imagine. There is a type Of girl who
finds q pecrliar satisfaction in the con
guest OF a man who has seen the world
and then comes to her as the one woman
OF all her sex who can make him harry.
b sometimes pleases. her vanity and
love Of conquest, but she is not many
years older before she discovers that sbe
has satisfied those feelings at a very
high cost.
There is another type Of girl who
rather fancles a man who is what Is
called fast But that sort of girl ID
painfully ignorant Of what is meant BY
that word as applied to a man. If she
We're not, she would be very ant 10
change the adjective to vulgar Ard
as she natures she finds this out. 1t q
only young men of upright lives who
can hope to win the favor and love Of
girls OF high motives, the girls who
make the best wives. If, at times. girls
seem to favor young men Of another
KIND, the glamour is simply transitory.
It IS rare, wy rare, that a girls bet. II
instincts do not lead her to the higher
grade OF yonng men. An upright life
never fails OF reward, and of the highest
reward, from the hand Of woman"
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-04-25

with hossilae. death OF a chief, nr,v.-
lence Of disease, abundance or scarc;t.
Of food. or failing anything marvelors
or striking by the name of the stream ~
which was located the winter camn
Bnt these IRE mere remembrances. ana
excellent as is the Indians memo~r
they, after q few years. fade into .
jumbo OF disconnected facts without
sequence or usefulness. Cincinnati IN.
Quirer.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-04-25
A Nurse She Would BE.

The two daughters Of Mrs. Charles
Wheeler Of Philadelphia have chosen
diverse paths. One elected to be Count
ess Pappenheim, with all that that i'm
plies. and it has implied much. The
younger, Ethel, has determined to be a
nurse. She is young, only jest IS. Her
determination has been opposed by her
family. That a young girl with such
brilliant prospects as would naturally be
hers should choose a life Of self sacrifice
rather than one Of luxury is inevitably
puzzling to her friends. She has, how
ever, persisted i'll her desire and has en-.
tered on her training in the Penn hos
pital.
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Easter Eggs.

There is no country where eggs are
used more lavlshly than in America,
where the president gives the children
of Washington the freedom of the
white house grounds on Easter Mon
day, and thousands of them gather
there in an egg-rolling contest, which
is as democratic festival as one could
we'll imagine, where black and white,
street Arab and aristocrat, play side
by side, matching eggs or picking
them, that is. cracking them together
till one shell breaks the other or both
ale cracked, and they become mass
Of crumpled shells, when the egg part
s soon scooped out and eaten with
much satisfaction. The eggs are all
the colors of the rainbow, and are
brought in baskets, in pockets, in ham
pers, and in nets. A great many people
in carriages and on foot stop to look
on. The custom of rolling eggs down
bill is a very old one, and is practiced
in many parts of England
Free Press.
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only yesterday" we say, aud now 1T is
Easter again. And we are sorry, with
transient human pain, for some who
have missed it, as il the more typical
keeping of Easter could compare with
that Easter which they have entered
upon.
Our lilies bloom and pass away,
But theirs shall live and bloom for aye"
Marion had made very curious dis
covery after the steamer had left Pal
ermo. She had found in the folds of her
dress, as if it had been dropped there,
an antique r1ng-a curious arrange
ment of ancient gems, set in silver,
which she had noticed on the hand of
the American, Mr.. Neff. Her first i'm
pulse was to snow it TO her aunt; her
next, to keep it as bond between them
until she could forward it to him. Then
the idea occurred to her that he might
have given 1t TO her purposeiy-butn no,
she did not think he would have VEN
tured to do such a thing-yet love was
daring, and Marion ended the matter by
forgetting it until she reached home.
After that she wore it as a souvenir of
travel, intending to return it when its
owner came home.
But strange thing happened before
that time. During the Lenten season
Marion had devoted herself to chart
table work. She had gone into the
slums to rescue the most wretched and
degraded. She had visited the charity
wards of the hospitals, and in ST. Mary's
she had found young creature who
was fast leaving world that had been
most cruel to her. She had helped this
poor soul up into the blessed sunlight
of divine peace, and knowing that she
had cruelty suffered, had sought to win
from her the story of her life. But her
lips were sealed. She admitted that
she was wife abandoned by her hus-
band. Since she had lost love she would
have nothing else, and had stolen away
to die in a fit OF jealous despair.
1t happened one day that Marion wore
the souvenir ring, and as she bent over
the sick girl, who was known only as
Mabel, the eyes of the latter rested
upon IL. She gave great cry.
''My husbands ring!" she exclaimed,
and tainted.
1t was days before she rallied, during
which time the ring reposed on her
own finger; then she proved her right
! to it by naming the letters engraved
on the inside.
Marion did not at once return to her
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THE EASTER MORN.

All hail the gladstone Easter morn,
For which the springtimes flowers arc
born;
Earth wears her gayest robes to-day
And casts her Lenten garb away.
Ring out! ring clear!
Ring far and near,
Oh, bells in steeples hight
Ring in the dawn
Of Easter morn,
Beneath the springtime sky!
Bloom lilies, on your slender stems,
To crown the day like diademS,
And, lifting up your petals white,
Make Easter affairs glad and bright,
While ring so clear,
From far and near,
The bells in steeples high.
And glad hearts raise
Their songs of praise
Beneath a springtime's sky.
Mary D. Brine, in Golden Days
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Eternal Life.

Mans spirit was not made to live q
terrestrial slave imprisoned, and then
10 be utterly quencned like candle at
night. God must see that it would not
prove worth while to make me for only
that end. If for this life merely, the
spirit infused with the breath of God
and made living soul is vastly too
precious and complicated for it's
sphere. Tt is fitted for something in
hnitely better. And to that higher
life it must attain, else God created
vast powers for little accomplishment.
so as l sit and muse, the spirit of etcr-
nal life burns within me. l believe in
Easter. l sun my soul in Immortality:
because He lives snail live also. Bring
your choicest flowers. sweet prophecies
OF eternal spring-tlme. Give US your
choicest music, echoes escaping
through the Easter gates ajar. 1t
shall be with us as if a window Of
Heaven were lifted and we permitted a
glance within.-Dr. Taylor.
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mother as never before. She loved no
one else, but the hero of her dreams
had always been an unknown, fascinat-
ing creature, and King West she knew
so well. He was a dear, good fellow,
brave ana handsome, but she would al
most as soon think of marrying Ned
as his old and intimate friend. 1t
wrung her womanly heart to think of
him so soon to die. What mattered her
girlish qualnIs? AS he had said, it
would be such little while, after ali,
and it would make the dear fellow hap
pier. But there was that money. If
only he were poor, her motives would
be understood; but-well, what did
she care if her own heart was right
And she would give it all away and
help everybody. all in his name. And
yet, marriage was such a sacred thing.
So poor Barbara tossed and turned and
reasoned and changed her mind, and
the upshot Of it all was that there was
very solemn and quiet marriage cere-
mony, and at its close the pale, sweet
faced bride was Mrs. West.
Mr.. Lippincott consented-he loved
this adopted son sincerely-and, indeed,
he never had refused any request of
his idol, Barbara. So the days went on.
Happiness seemed to revive Kings
waning strength for a time, and then he
grew slowly worse. Suddenly upon the
scene came a most important actor, 4
college friend of Kings, whose friend
ship was of that ardor almost lover
like in its intensity. He had heard late
ly of his friends condition, and had
come to urge upon him an Arabian rem
edy which had been given him by an
uncle, whose life had been passed in
the Orient. A native, whose life he had
saved, had presented it to him.
With no faith, but partly to please
his friend, partly because dying man
catches at any straw which will pre-
serve life, King followed the prescrip-
ton and treatment, and, to everyone s
amazement, he improved, snd, after
many weeks, was restored to his old
vigor. Of course, few gave credit to this
remedy; few knew Of it; but, whatever
il was, the young man recovered.
And then to Barbara came the shock
of finding that the restored life of her
old friend meant bondage to her. Was
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charge. Easter Sunday was drawing
near, and she had arranged that the
young minister who assisted at St.
Jude's should conduct a service in the
hospital ward.
She had looked forward to the day
with unspeakable longing. The stran-
ger who had made such an impression
upon her young heart in that far-off
Sicilian town would present himself
no longer a stranger, but almost a
friend, for she had received letters and
credentials, and soon he would speak
for himself. There was nothing to
fear, but all things to expect, and
now
philip Neff is my husband"
These were the words spoken by the
pale lips of the sick girl, and Marion
knew that they were true.
But she had seen anger and jealousy
in the eyes of the woman she had be-
friended, and, cruelty hurt, she had
withdrawn from any contact with her
until Mabel had sent for her to come
and make full explanation.
What was there to explain? The ring
had dropped from the hand of Nef
when he laid the flowers in the lap of
Marion, as he explained in answer TO
her letter of inquiry. He had asked
her to keep 1t until he came, as it might
be lost in returning it to him, and that
was all. Other letters had passed, but
there had been no phrase of sentiment,
nothing but the well-turned sentences
of graceful writer, such as he might
have written to the chaperoning aunt.
If Marion had colored them with the
hues of Imagination. who then was to
blame? Not he. surely?
Little by little Mabel told her story.
and it revealed q sad state of affairs
between herself and the man who had
married her. She had worn out his
love with her jealousy, and ran away
from him in fit of pique to hide with
an old nurse. She was creature of
impulse, and he had not known how to
manage her. And he had gene away
without a word-where, she did not
know, nor did she ask If he had made
any provision for her. Passionate and
revengeful, she declared she would die
in the hospital ward. and be buried in
the Dotter's field. rather than ask help
of him.
Marion lay awake all the night pre-
ceding Easter Sunday trying 10 com
fort her own disappointed hearr. and TO
evolve plan to bring those two to-
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HE WAS LYING ON THE Low COUCH.

she murderess at heart? Oh, no, no!
But if she had only stood firm and never
yielded to Kings entreatie.s. The very
fact that she was bound to him made
her turn from him. These conflicting
feelings told upon her health and
spirits. And then, one day, her hus-
band came IN, holding letter. He
went straight to her, and taking her
bands in his, said:
Barbara, don't think that I have
been blind. Do you think that would
hold you to your word now? I am
ordered to China at once. After a
proper absence, you can apply for and
obtain a divorce"
Barbara burst into tears as he went
ON in his considerate, thoughtful plans
for her comfort, with never hint of
his own pain.
She had a horror of divorce. Let
them be separated for awhile, anyway,
she murmured to herself.
King went off on his three years
cruise, then on another to Australia.
Mr.. Lipp1ncott finally took Barbara
abroad. It was then, and while far
away in Australia, that King received
a fresh stab. A comrade of his, a
brother officer, was reading aloud a
letter from q correspondent N Naples:
ct am acting a new role at present" he
wrote, 'chaperoning a wealthy scion OF
an old English family. And here, what
does the fellow do but fall madly in love
with a young American widow! To be
sure madame is charming, very modest
and beautiful, but, as old Noah used to say:
'Widdies are a desavin lot and Caron
Louis father has far different designs for
his son. The widows name is Nine. West,
blonde type. She seems interested In my
protege, must say
King wrote at once, after his long
silence, to Barbara. urging q divorce
He felt thai he knew her SO well, and
could picture her mental distress and
Scruples against her love for this apPar-
emily charming young stranger. KING
had aged somewhat, and his friends
declared he was much less jolly since
his long illness. He never spoke of him
self, but he knew that all real happiness
had vanished for hrm-the romance OF
his life was over, and he was often
tempted to curse his return to health.
But he devoted himself to his loved pro-
fession and had risen in it His love
for Barbara was chivalric and constant
as any knights of old: but, above all,
he longed for her to be happy, at any
sacrifice to himself. He was to return
10 New York, and Barbara's answer was
70 be sent there. AS the time drew
rear. he could neither eat nor sleep. He
knew it would be the end of all his
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Then he was naval officer and he had
had a romance, which keenly interested
the young people especially.
He had never visited our little town
since he had left it that memorable day
after his unfortunate marriage. Ru-
mors of this and that had reached the
ears of the good folk of Akenside, but
it was from an intimate friend of Bar
bara Lippincott that l heard the story.
The communicating West-was
early left alone in the world, and made
his home during holiday times at the
Lippincotts'. who were old friends of
his mother. He was at college with
Ned Lippincott, and then was suddenly
seized with the fever to be sailor. An
influential friend of his fathers gained
him the appointment; he passed the
requisite examination, and entered the
Naval academy. He had graduated,
and was about to enter upon his new
duties, when his health suddenly failed.
1t was a not uncommon story of fine
physique and perfect health ruined by
persistent disregard of all hygienic
rules. He came to the only home he
had known for years, as everyone
Thought, to die. He did not give up
without desperate struggle. He con-
suited the best physicians, who all
agreed that his case was hopeless. Mrs.
Lippincott having died within the year,
Barbara, the only daughter, his life
long playmate and friend, was his I'M
firing nurse. 1t was his only consola-
fion. She was so sympathetic, SO ear
nest, so beautiful! King lay there one
day watching the pretty figure in the
perfectly-ftting mourning dress, which
brought out with startling clearness
the golden hair, deep blue eyes and fair
skin of Barbara Lippincott.
Bah. come here, will you?" he asked.
Something new in his tone made the
girl look at him apprehensively as she
obeyed him. He was lying on the low
couch. and she sat on cushion beside
him. The contrast between the strong
man so familiar to her and the one she
saw now made her voice very tender,
as she asked:
Can do anything for you, King?"
'fes, you can-marry me-" was the
abrupt reply. Il know I'm not much
to marry" he went on, in his faint voice.
Bones, chiefly, but it is the desire of
$ my heart to have you bear my name
: for awhile. and-and-" Here a flush
came into the pale face-"and to have
you take care of all this money must
leave to some one. 1t will save me q
world of trouble. and you will do far
more good than 1 ever could or would
do with it. | know you don't love me,
: dear, as L do sou. but l thong hit, per-
haps, you'd CONSENT; it's for such lit
tie while. Why. can hardly remcm-
Der the time l didn't love you. But.
darling" He stopped abruptly. and
! barbara, alarmed by his pallor. shocked
and overcome by his unexpected con-
fession and request, could only beg him
40 give her time.
That night she lay awake trying to
: decide what to do. She longed for her
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gether again. In the morning she wenb
to church with distracted mind, but
as soon as the joyous and beautiful
Easter anthems were sung all her
doubts were gone.
81 have loved the creature instead of
the CREATOR" she said, and gave her
whole soul to the service.
HE is risen.''
'sHe is risen, indeed"
The scent of the lilies and the grand
notes of the organ drove out all
thoughts "of sin or folly born" When
the benediction was pronounced she
was filled with sweet compassion for
all weak and suffering humanity, and
in that spirit she passed out and met
Philip Neff face to face.
1t was we'll that she had made an
Easter offering of herself that morning.
She was friendly-there was no need to
be more. She did not take his out
stretched hand, but she said to him in
a composed way:
"Come to me at two o'clock; / have
an engagement for you then"
II will come" he said, and there was
glad look in his eyes that caused her
moments pang, it was so welcome.
He found her, to his surprise, ready
to go out, but he cheerfully acquiesced
in her wish that she should accompany
him, even when she informed him that
her errand was to hospital.
The young assistant of ST. Jude's
was there awaiting them. Some flowers
had been brought from the chanceI to
adorn the little table drawn ur to the
side of the sick girl. She had portaken
of the feast of Easter, and was lying
back on her pillow when Marion led
Philip Neff to her bedside, and waited
for mutual recognition.
But the young man seemed to feel
himself an intruder at this sacred
scene, and looked distressed, and Mabel
scarcely glanced at him before turning
her head YEARLY away.
do you know her?" asked Marion.
"I? No, Miss Armitage. never saw
her in my life before" answered Philip
Neff, firmly, and without hesitation.
Then why does she claim this ring?"
asked Marion, stepping forward and
lifting the thin hand to view.
THAT is my ring" came the faint an
swer from the sick girls lips.
"Who gave it to you?" asked Marion.
'My husband, Philip Neff."
"Oh!" exclaimed Neff, stepping to the
! side of the narrow white bed; then
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The Origin OF Easter.

The English name Easter and the
German Ostern are IAost probably de-
rived from the name of the feast of the.
Teutonic goddess Ostra, which was
celebrated by the early Saxons in the
spring of the year, and which was sup
planted by the Christian feast. The.
old word oster, which means rising,
adds significance to the name, the time
OF tie resurrection of nature being
an appropriate time to commemorate
the resurrection of Christ. 1t is from
the heather feast. however. that the
customs of Easter fires. Easter eggs
and the like have their origin.
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feebls hopes, and yet till it did come
there was no certainty. How he eli.
We'd this Caron Louis; he knew his pure,
good Barbara had given her love un
consciously and without generalization
and had fought against it. She was ;
noble woman, yet how could she hep
rebelling against a bondage which tile
one who loved her best in all the world
had brought upon her! Slowly the vea-
sci steamed into port-a letter mighI
await him.
He held it in his hand-that we'll
known, plain chirography- the
strong man felt as weak as child. With
muttered disdain, he tore it open. The
words danced before his eyes at first
and then he read:
1T have suspected my feeling for some
time, but I wanted no mistake this time
The shock Of finding young boy here really
making love to me, under the impression
that l was widow, awakened me to q
fresh sense of my compromising position
and also, oh, King, for my love for you
How could help 1.-THE bravest and most
unselfish man in the world? How could
have been SO foolish, SO heartless. so blind
Can you ever forgive me? May come
back to you and try and make up for these
long years of separation? Or are yor
weaned from me? I shall follow this let
ter. and if you can take me back, meet ms
in New York and let US go back to dear ole
Akenside for our Eastertide. If not, lei
me find a letter.
And so it was that our commander
did not come to Akenside alone. The
boys stood around the door and gate.
way of our little stone church to see
their hero come in-so tall. so CON-
handing. No longer grave, the darl
eyes had a subdued CLEAN of laughter
He saw no one but the slender, graceful
figure by his side. They go on into the
church. The glad anthem, Christ is
Risen," peals forth from the choir, joy.
Gus, triumphant. Barbara Vests heart
is full. She struggles to control hel
quivering lips. Such happiness as Goo
has permitted her!
The senior warden rubs his eyes
hardly daring to believe the evidence
of his sight, as the gold pieces DROP
from the hands of these two, as sligh1
offering Of what gold can never express
They are certainly most happy-ouu
commander and his wife. When the
order came for him to go to the Med
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you are the wife of my Cousin Philip.
He is in South America, and he gave me-
that ring before he left
The sick girl frowned and turned her
head aside. The pain-distorted soul
was almost at peace, and resented the
intrusion of either earthly love or hate.
The compassion in Philip Nef's face
and voice were alike lost on her now.
The solemn tones of the young minister
broke the stiffness. He was singing a
canticle of Easter:
The strife is DER, the battle done
The victory of life is won,
The song of triumph has begun,
Alleluia-"
Philip Neff knelt by the side of the
dying girl and gently chafed her cold
hands. She smiled, and her lips FAINT
ly responded: "AIIeluia." Then one of
the sisters approached, and Philip drew
Marion away. She was crying softly,
and he said:
She has found her Easter, and our
Sunday of JOY dawns. Alleluia!''-
Mrs. N. L. Rayne, in Detroit Free Press.