Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-06-26

Napoleon, III the tlmc Oh LOUIS a 1,
in the times Of men and women whose
names MAY not be mentioned i'll decent
society. Alasl for the revelries, and the
worse than Belshazzar feasts, and the
more than Hcrcdian dances, and the
scenes from which the veil must not be
lifted. You need, however, i'll order to
appreciate the purity and virtuous
splendor of Victoria S reign to contrast
it somewhat with the geheunas and
the pandemoniums of many OF the
throne rooms of the past and some of
the thronerooms of the present call
the roll of the queens of the earth, not
that | would have them come up or
come back, but that may make them
the background of picture in which l
can better present the present septuage-
marian, so soon to be an octogenarlan,
now on the throne of England, her eX-
ample so thoroughly Oh the right side
that all the scandal mongers III all the
nations in six decades have not Eeen
able to manufacture an evil suspicion
in regard to her that could be made to
stick: Maria of Portugal, Isabella aud
Eleanor and Joanna of Spain, Cathe
rine of Russia, Mary of Scotland, Maria
Theresa of Germany, Marie Antoinette
of France and all the queens Of Eng
land, as Miss Strickland has put them
before US in her charming IL volumes,
and while some queen may surpass our
modern queen in learning, and another
in attractiveness of feature and anoth-
er in gracefulness of form, and another
in romance of history, Victoria surpass-
es them all i'll mobility and grandeur
and thororghness of Christian charac-
ter. hail her, tho Christian daughter,
the Christian wife, the Christian moth
er, the Christian queen, and let the
church Of God and all benign and gra-
cious institutions the world over cry
out, as they come with music and BAN
nered host, and million voiced huzza,
and the benedictions of earth and heav-
CD, "What wilt thou, Queen Esther?''
A Noble Life.
Another thing call to your attention
in this illus rious woman's career is
that she is Il specimen OF high life un-
corrupted. Would she have lived to Gel
citrate the sixtieth anniversary of her
coronation and the seventy-eighth ami
yersary OF her birthday, had she not
been an example of good principles and
good habits? While there have been bad
men and women in exalted station and
humble station who have carried their
vices clear OH into the seventies and
eighties and even the nineties Of their
lifetime, such persons are very rare.
The majority of the vicious die III their
thirties and fewer reach the forties, and
they are exceedingly scarce in the ffties.
Longevity has not been the character
istic of the most of those who have
reached high places i'll that or this
country. In many cases their wealth
leads them into indulgences, or their
honors make them reckless, or their op-
poftunities of doing-wrong are multi
piled into the overwhelming, and it is
as true now as when the Bible first PIE
sented it, 1.-The wicked live not out half
their days" Longevity is not positive
proof of goodness, but it is prima facie
evidence in that direction. a loose life
has killed hundreds of eminent Ameri-
cans. a loose life is now killing hun
dreds of eminent Americans and Euro
peans. The doctors are very kind and
the certificate given after the distin-
guished man of dissipation is dead,
SAYS, died of congestion of the brain, ,"
although it was delirium tremens, or
"Died of cirrhosis of the liver al
though it was round of libertinism,
or "Died of heart failure" although it
was the vengeance of outraged law that
slew him. Thanks, doctor, for you are
right in saving the feelings of the bereft
household by not being more specific.
Look, all We who are i'll high places Of
the earth, and see one who has been piled
by all the temptations which wealth
and honor and the secret place of pal
aces could produce, and yet next Tues
day she will ride along in the presence
of 100000 people, if they can get
within sight of her chariot, i'll vigor-
Gus old age, no more hurt by the splen-
doris that have surrounded her for rs
years than is the plain country woman
come down from her mountain home in
an oXcart to attend the Saturday mar
keting.
The temptations of social life among
the successful classes have been so great
that every winter is holocaust OF hui
man nerves. and the beaches of this
tossing sen Of high life are constantly
strewn with physical and mental aud
moral shipwreck Beware, all ye sue
cessful ones. Take a good look at the
venerable queen as she rides through
Regent street, and along the Strand,
and through Trafalgar square, and by
the Nelson monument. What is the use
of your dying at 40 when you may just
as we'll live to lie sc? If you are doing
nothing for God or the race, the sooner
you quit the better, bnt if yon are
worth anything for the worlds letter
ment, i'll tie strength Of Gcd aud
through good habits lay cut plau fer
life that will reach through most If a
century. How many people are prdc-
tically suicides from the fact that their
communicating or their recklessness CT
their defiance CT dietetics and plain
sanitary laws cuts short their days. In
deed, so great is the temptation of those
who have bountiful tables and full wine
closets that Solomon suggests that i'll
stead of putting the knife into tie meat
on their plate they direct the edge & ii
across their threat Proverbs xiii, /,
"When thou sittest to cat with ruler,
consider diligently what is before thee
ard put knife to thy throat if thou be
man given to appetite. - believe
more people die of improper eating than
die Of strong drink. The former causes
no delirium or violence and works more
gradually, but none the less fatally.
Queen Victc<ia's habits, self denying
and almost ascetic, under d good Prov
idence, account for her magnificent Ion
gevity. 1t may be homely lesson for a
sexagesimal anniversary in British pal
aces, but it is worth all the millions
dollars the celebration will cost, aid
IL 1oLo-;o1e oonvooatior, of tho rpDra-