Orange County observer., 1897-07-01

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t,srmany. Marie Antoinette Of France and
Oil the queens ~ Enoland. as Miss strick-
land has put them before IL N her charm
Ing twelve volumes and while sofrs queen
may surpass our modern queen in learning
and another IL attracttvcpess n feature
aud another In gracefuiL"es ~ form, and
another IN romance of history Victoria
surpasses them all in nobility and grandeur
and fhor0ughness OF Christian character |
han her. thE Christian daughter the Chris
! tian Wife. the Christian i,7-'her. the Chris
tian Queen. and let the church .. God aud
all benign and gracious institutions ne
world over cry out. "a they come with
music and hammered host. and million
voiced huzzd, end the beneiictions of
earth and heaven what wilt thou Queen
Esther"
Another thing call to your attention IN
this illustriour woman's career is that she
is g specimen ct hish LIE nneoErnptesi.
| tieth anniversary OF her coronation aid the
aeyenty eighth anniversary Of her birthday
had she not t1-r an exampi OF good priI-
ciples and good habit-? While there have
been bad men and women In esalted station
aud humble station who have carrle6. their
vices clear into the seventies md eighties
and sven tt" njneties of their lifetime, such
persons are very rare. The majority Of the
vicious die III their thirfi"a. and fewer reach
the taftiee, and they arr exceedingly scarce
in the fifties. longevity has not been the
characteristic of the most Of those WHO
have reached high places L. that this
country. In many cases thcir wealth
leads them into indulgence or tiieit
hpnors make them reckless, or their Op-
pOrtufities "f doing wrong are multi
piled into the overwhelming and it is
a true now as when the Bible first pre-
-ehted IT. The wicked live not out half
their days Longevity is not a positive
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! d"Ere In that direction. A loose life has
/ killed hundreds Of "minent Americans \
/ loose life is now killing hundreds Of emf
I ilrEt Americans and Europeans. The doe
! tors are very Kind AMI the certificate given
! after the distinguished man Of dissipation
/ is dead. says 'DirI of congestion Of the
! brain, although L was lelirium ttnrneils
/ or Died of crrho-is Of the liver nj
i though it was round of liDertinism.
! or Died Of heart failure" although il
! was the vengeance Of outraged law that
! slew him. Thanks doctor for YOU are
right in saving the feelings Of the hereft
/ household by not reinG more speciflc
| Look all ye who ar. IN high places Of earth.
and see one who has been Piled bv all lie
temptations which wealth and honor ana
| the secret place Of palaces could prGdr'c.
and yet next Tuesday She will ride along in
I the presence OF 900 900 people if they can
get within sight of her chariot in the yigor-
Gus old age, no more hurt hy the aplendors
that have surrounded her for seventy y-eig Z ht
years than l. the plain country woman
come down from her mountain home in an
oxcart I" attend the Saturday marketing.
believe more people die OF improper
Gazing than die of strong drink. The former
causes no delirium or violence and works
moro gradually, but none the less fatally.
Queen Nictoria's habits. self-denying and
almost ascetic under a good Providence.
account for her magnificent longevity. 1t
may be homeiy lesson for sexagesimai
| anniversary in British palaces, but it is
worth oil the millions Of dollars the cele-
| bratiOn will cost and the labOrious CON
| vocation OF the representatives, from all the
zones of the planet. If the nations will learn
the sanitary lesson of good hours, plain
| food, outdoor exercise. reasonable absti-
| nenccand common sense habits. That Which h
Panl said - the ail"r Is just as appropriate
for vou and for me-"D DO thyself no harm. =
Md here let me say no people outside of
Grent Britain ought II be more interest Cd
in this queens jubilee than our nation. The
cradles of most of our ancestors wer.
rocked fn Great Britain. They plaved in
childhood on the banks If the Thames or
the Clyde or he shannon. Take from my
veins tho Welsh blood and the scotch blood
and the streams of my life would he Il shall
low. Great Britain is our grandmother.
Again. this international occasion i'm
presses me- with tn" fact that woman i
God calls her 1t. Great fears have beer
| experienced in this country that woman
would get the right If suffrage, aud AZ q
consequence after awhile reach the chic
magistraev Awful Well letter quiet
your perturbatio1s. as you look across the
sea. in his anniversary time. and behold {
woman who for sixty wars has ruled over
the miEhtiest empire If all time and ruled
well. In approval Of her government tht
hands Of nj nations are elappinr the flag.
of all nations waving. the batteries OF al
nations booming. Look here, Men hav,
not made such wonderful success of gov
ernment that they need tn afraid that wo
men should ever take turn III power.
The fact is that men have made 4 Ia,
uA'ss ~ il. The most lamnablv corrupr
thing on earth i American politics afteI
men have had il ali their own way in thi,
country for l2l years. other things being
equal for there are fools among women a.
well as among men--I say other things tie
lng equnl. woman has generally kecn"
| sense ~ what il right and what il wr0nl
than has man-~has naturally more faiti
in God and knows better how To make sci
sacrifices and would more boldly ac
against intempcrance and the social evil
and worst things might come 10 this coun
try thau a supreme courtroom and . Seuat'
chamber and "A House OF Representatives il
which womanly voices were sometime:
heard. We men had better drop some O
tn" strut out OF our pompous gait and witt
"A little less Of supcrctliousneSs thrust TIL
thumts into the sleeves If our vsst@ and b.
less prehen~Iva Of the other sex VIII,
seem 10 he the Lords favorites from tn,
fact that ha has made mora cf them
woman had possessed influential ans
controlling vote N talltol hill at Washin :
ton and in the English Parliament TO vol
think that the two ruf1an AMI uurder0u
nations ~ the earth cau!i have gone ~
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