The Van Buren press., 1898-07-23
HIS WIFE'S BIRTHDAY
arp Presents Her with Kisses,
Roses and Gold.
Hrs ArD and the Yankee.-says Their
Appointing Southern Men Does
sot Reconcile Her-They
Must Apologize

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Hercfes- Not since the last one has an
affection or calamity befallen her o
those who are aear aud dear to her b
the ties OF kindred CT affection. shi
las good health and strength and he
hair stiIl shines with its raven CLOS
and she still speaks to her numerous
and lovely offspring and to me- too
with the same qaeenly tone Of voice; re
mindiHg Us Of the centurion who said
= say unto this one go and he goeth
and to that one come and he cometh.
Sometimes she II sad because Of her a
sent children and she says she feels lik-
This viii be her last birthday and sht
wishes they could al gather at ths
homestead once more before she dies
Tut don't see any such signs and sure
l. expect to leave her widow some O
these days and have her grieve for me-
little while-only a little whiIe-anf
then come On:
We've been long together.
Through pleasant ard through eioudy
weather
rs hard to part when friends are dear,
Perhaps twill cost 3 sign, tear,
Aay ttGk A9NH2 AEEHAf 84N IA egIt4E BHAzlkeE
cline
Bid ne good morning
[ waited this morning till she took her
accustomed seat at the breakfast table
and then gave her kiss on her classic
forehead and placed a white rose IN her
hair and a gold piece On her plate. Il
was a good mixture, she said, Of kisses
and roses and gold. The roses will fade
and the kisses may Be forgotten. but
the gold, oh. the gold, how much com
fort Il will give. How many little pres
ents she will buy for the grandchildren
Sixty-six years intensifies a mothers
love for her posterity. but It does not
Iaralyze her love for ornament and
beautiful things. Ny wife still loves to
look at pretty goods and price them and
talk gu4hiugly about them and how
wonderfully cheap they are, but she
won't wear common goods herself. She
SAYS she never did and never will. and
say 50 too And she wants the best
Of everything that IS IN the heavens
above or the earth beneath or the wa
tiers under the earth The best fruits,
UT OtHH hhAAEE HfHB tFi anu TIC tHFhtlH
and silver cake ever and anon. Her
good taste and appetite show no weak
ress or decay. and her aolicitude about
the poor heather in foreign lands
grows stronger at every missionary
meeting. She takes but little interest
in the war, for she says It IA made up Of
big headlines and nobody knows
whether there is any war going on or
not. When she can hear the cannon
roar and have TO get up in the very
night and refugee from the fowl invader
she Will be sure there & another war.
Why" says she. "the newspa pers have
had the iusurgent army mp TO thirty.
forty and fifty thousand all the time for
six months. and now It has dwindled
down to 1000 or less and one account
says 300. and they have never had any
more except at the junta in New York,
and II may be that all this starvation
business is another fake and the whole
thing is scheme TO make money for
somebody"
and / said in mine haste ali men are
liars" saith the PsaImist. II he had
lived until now he might have said it t
his leisure.
try very hard to reconstruct Mrs.
Arp and TO reconcile her to the situa-
zion. "My dear" said I, Mckinley has
appointed Gen. Lee and Gen. Wheeler
and Col Gordon and Gov Oates and
other rebels TO high positions, and 1t
does look like the Yankees are trying
10 make friends with US" THAT is ali
very we'll" said she, "but they have
never apologized," and she draws the
thread Of her needle with a quicker
and more defiant strain. "If a gentle
man does another an injury, he repents
OF IT and apologies" says she.
That reminds me Of BIZ Glenn's d.
voree case. His client was a darby
named Jack. and Jack had sued his
wife, Mandy. for divorce because she
left him and TUX up with another mig
ger. Glenn had Jack on the witness
stand and proved his case. There was
no defense. Jim Brown was the Judge, !
and he always takes a hand when the |
defendant is absent and not represent |
ed. Jack was about to come down |
from the stand when Judge Brown /
said: stop, Jack, a minute. Where |
Is your wife uow?" She's at home. |
tedge," said Jack. AT your house?'' |
asked the Judge. Yes, ledge. she's at |
my house, Mandy Is" Are you living |
with her now?" asked the Judge "Oh, |
yes, iedge, me and Mandy have done
made up. You see, jedge, how it is |
Mandy got sorry bout her conduct, |
and she come back one night and polo |
gized, and what could a poor niger /
like me do but TAX her back?'
OF course Glenn dismissed his case
and I expect lost his fee, but our
friends, the Yankees have never apollo !
R'zed. and Mrs. Apps opinion il that the I.
divorce ease should not be dismissed |
until they DO.
The other day I received q clipping
from Charlotte paper arraigning me
for lack Of Americanism and ealing ne |
8 suspect about the war. The friend /
who sent 10 says 70 YEAS written by
ubiquitous penuy-a-iner who has the
cackleethes scribendibus and wiil write l
all day To- the shade and can change his |
politics or MS religion 10 suit the paper I.
he writes for aad have no strains Of /
conscience. Why he does not rush fran /
'icaliy 10 the front, be does not disclose /
Aud received warlike letter from an /
ether man on the same line. 10 which be 4
sceks to teach me lesson Of patriotism /
about what he calls this just and holy 4
war. / replied in three lines, saying /