Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-06-24

4oA ANSNf AcNNN1AH an pAANA " aHEANNA-
ate the purity and yirtuous splendor Of
Victoria's reign to contrast it somewhat
with the gehennas and the pandemoniums
Of many Of the thronerooms Of the past
and some of the thronerooms of the pres
ent. call the roll of the queens of the
earth, not that would have them come
up or come back, but that l may make
them the background of picture in which
IL can better present the present septuagena-
riar, so soon to be an octogenarian, now
on the throne of England, her example 30
thoroughly on the right side that all the
scandal mongers in all the nations in six
decades have not been able to manufac-
ture an evil suspicion in regard to her
that could DO made to stick: Maria of
Portugal, Isabella and Eleanor and Joan
ma of Spain, Catherine Of Russia, Mary of
Scotland, Maria Theresa of Germany, Marie
Antoinette of France and all the queens
of England, as Miss Strickland has put
them before US in her charming 12 vol
umes. And while some queen may surpass
our modern queen in learning, and another
in attractiveness of feature, and another
in gracefulness of form, and another in ro-
nance of history, Victoria surpasses them
all in nobility and grandeur and thorough
ness of Christian character. l hail her,
the Christian daughter, the Christian
wife, tho Christian mother, the Christian
queen, and let the church of God and all
benign and gracious institutions tho
world over cry out, as they come, with
music and hammered host and million voiced
huzza and the benedictions of earth and
hoo, tGNUhof xxvil fbpI1 nunaY1 EefhOr9'i
Life Uncorrupted.
Another thing call to your attention
in this illustrious woman's career is that
she is a specimen of high life uncorrupted
Would she have lived to celebrate the six
tieth anniversary of her coronation and
the seventy eighth anniversary 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 on into the
seventies and eighties and even the nine
| ties of their lifetime, such persons are very
rare. The majority of the vicious die in
their thirties, and fewer reach the forties,
and they are exceedingly scarce in the
fifties. Longevity has not been the char
acteristic of the most of those who have
reached high places in that or this coun-
| try. In many cases their wealth leads
them into indulgences, or their honors
make them reckless, or their opportunities
of doing wrong are multiplied into the
overwhelming, and it is as true now as
when the Bible first presented it, "Thc
wicked live not out half their days.
Longevity is not positive proof of good
ness. but it is prima facie evidence in that
direction. A loose life has killed hun
dreds of eminent Americans. A loose life
is now killing hundreds of eminent Amer
leans and Europeans The doctors are
very kind, and the certificate given after
the distinguished 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 a round of libertinism, OF
"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 house
hold by not being more specific. Look,
all ye who are in 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 palaces could produce
and yet next Tuesday she will ride along
in the presence Of 7,000,00 people, if they
can get within sight of her chariot, in q
vigorous old age, no more hurt by tht
splendors that have surrounded her for 7$
years than is the plain country woman
come down from her mountain homo IL
an oxcart to attend the Saturday market
ing. The temptations of social life among
the successful class have been SO great thai
every winter is holocaust of human
nerves, and the beaches of this tossing sea
of high life are constantly strewn with
physical and mental and moral shipwreck
Beware, all ye successful ones. Take &
good look at the venerable queen as she
rides through Regent street and along the
Strand and through Trafalgar square ant
by the Nelson monument. What is tht
use of your dying at 40, when you may
just as we'll live to be so?
If you are doing nothing for God or tht
race the sooner you quit the better. Bu
if you are worth anything for tho world
betterment, in the strength of God ant
through good habits, lay out a plan for {
life that will reach through most of a cen
tury. How many people are PRACTICAL!
suicides from the fact that their german
dizing or their recklessness or their def
ance of dietetics and plain sanitary law cut!
short their days! Indeed, so great is thu
temptation of those who have bountifu
tables and full wine closets that Solomon
suggests that instead of putting the knit,
into the meat on their plate they direct thu
edge of it across their throat Proverb.
xiii, /, "When thou sittest to eat with &
ruler, consider diligently what is before
thee, and put a knife to thy throat if thor
be man given to appetite" I believe
more people die of improper eating thar
die of strong drink. The former causes NJ
delirium or violence and works more grad
ually, but none the less fatally. Queer
Victoria's habits, self denying and almost
ascetio, under good Providence, account
for her magnificent longevity. 1t may bt
q homely lesson for a sexagesimal ami
versary In British palaces, but it is worth
all the millions of dollars the celebration
will cost and the laborious convocation o.
the representatives from all the zones O.
the planet if the nations will learn tht
sanitary lesson of good hours, plain food
outdoor exercise, reasonable abstinenct
and common sense habits. That which
Paul said to the jailer is just as appropri
ate for You and for me, "Do thyself nc
harm" And here let me say, no people
outside Of Great Britain ought to be more
interested in this queens jubilee than oul
nation. The cradles of most of our an
cestors were rocked in Great Britain. They
played in childhood on the banks of the
Thames, or the Clyde, or the Shannon
Take from my veins the Welsh blood ant
the Scotch blood, and the streams of my
life would be shallow Great Britain il
bur grandmother. We have read in thu
family records that without our grand
mothers consent her daughter, our moth
er, left home and married the genius o
Amarinan indanendnnGe and for awhil'