The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-09-24

taan In The oldou time. aud are tha
prolific source Of 90 much domestic
trouble Ibep0st Says
GLOW ld and lredry g. the home
Whore .HFn, domestic loFe no l1nst
u"atlHs
Dig. Ir..sHn Hv some cruel doom
~ corpse II.a un tba trHtles.
I wonder how many modern mr
riagos may Doe called happy m hey
many families do peace and love Fio
the household Not many among to
children of the rich, I know, for thy
have known mo- want nor aelf.deniU
and cannot bear patiently amy 3D..
fortune. And even among the pur
there Re misery that the hard tins
have increased. Only yesterday "a
sad-iaced woman came 30 us begng
food and clothes for her children, ud
her story was that her husband ha.to
run away for trying 10 make living
by running a blind tiger Wha O
curse is this marriage tie when hasly
and unhuppily made. If ] was al,
Il seems 20 me, / would rather remin
single al my life than bind mwli
body and soul 20 a young man no
had no moral principles 10 govern Inn.
The chains Of matrimonyl If a nm
commits q crime he can give bond nd
keep out OF jail, but there rs no bod
provided for a poor woman WHO'S
chained 10 a bad, unprincipled hs.
band She timidly Ghrinks from sCs-
ing divorce, for even that does %
erase the sears of the shncklos she as
worn. Her life and her hopes ro
blighted. There is no more pitul
sight in all nature than a good wonu
chained for life 10 a bad, unEiud, h.
principled man. She clings 20 er
children as her only comfort and lies
only to shield them from her shame
But why write about these thingui
sorrow? / know they are unwelcae
to my readers, but have thought n
duty, and that maybe some one1r
more might be influenced to stop al
think. On yesterday received lag
letter from an old friend asking mdo
plead with the young people and Is
them 20 stop this mad career tat
seems to be increasing in our southm
land-this unhallowed thirst for 4
ting money by short cuts and disha-
est practices-this drinking and ga-
bling that leads to suicide or the in
this infdelity to their marriae
VOWS that destroys the happiness +
the family.
But this will do for this time, It's
not a good day for me no how its
not Friday, but it is one of the
hard, unlucky days that brings trouh
in various forms. The old COW got O.
last night and went foraging in II
suburbs and eat up a whole cottc
patch, and I'm expecting the darkc
every minute to come for his damage
But that's nothing. A little negl
girl was rolling our little Carolir
through the hall on a tricycle.. II
child is only two and a half years OLE
and is my comfort-a little blu,
eyed beauty that we borrow almoi
every day from her mother-and
wouldn't take a million dollars for h,
love. But, somehow, the nurse CT
the wheels around too suddenly an
threw Caroline violently forward on 1
the iron shaft, and the bolt on the to
Of it mashed out two upper teeth an
one lower one, and bent the others
and cut her chin badly and bruisc
her little lips to a jelly, and when
took her up and saw it all it made n
heart sick. l wanted to weep and CT
aloud for grief For an hour or two
was nearly heart-broken for l can
bear to see such a helpless child suh,
such agony. Her little mouth was a
broken up and deformed. But Il
good Lord tempers such things
little children, and now the dear lit
girl is getting along nicely and sins
lisping song to her dolly The GOO
book tells about a place where the
will be no more pain or sorrow. Wei
want to go that place as soon as Il
Lord wills it; and l want all my foil
to go with me, and everybody else
folks, too. BILL ARP in Atlanta Co
stitution.