Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-01-27
MARITAL UNHAPPINESS.
Much OF II is Due TO the Reading of
Trashy Novels.
Honey Often Turned to Gan Dr. Iaimage
Gives Warning Of Temptations " hich
B"s"i the Pathway OF Al People
Card Ray ing aud ~torA Gambling,

Reset the Pathway OF m People
Gard tlaN ing aud >tocA Gambling,
llr. Talun"c's text Sunday WAS:
Samuel NIv.. Is: Il did hut taste Il lit
tie honey with the end of the rod that
was in my hand, and, ln, | must die
The honey ice il IA most Ingenious
architect, a christopher Wren among
insects; g"umctcr drawing hrNagons
ana prntagunS, "A freebooter robhiug
the fields of pollen and aroma. won
GrouS creature of tod whose hi
ography, written 10y Huber and Swami
meridian, is an cnchantmcnt for any
lover of nature. Virgil celebrated the
bee in his fable of Aristacus; and
M"Ncs and Samuel and David, aud Solo
mon, and Jeremiah. and Ezekiel, aud
81. John used the drlica>icS of bee
manufacture as Bible symbol
A miracle of formation Is the
bee; five eyes two tongues,
the outer having sheath of
protection. hairs ON all sides of its
tiny body to brush up the particles of
flowers its flight So straight that all
the world knows Of the bee line. The
honcy-c"mb is a palace such as none
but God could plan and the hnncy-hce
construct; its cells. sometimes a durmi-
sometimes cemetery. These winged
toilcrS first make eight strips of WAN,
and 10y their antcnuac, which are Ia
them hammer and chiScl. and square
and plumb line. fashion them for use.
Two and two these workers shape the
wall. If an accident happens they
put up huttrcsscs of extra beams
L. remedy the damage. When
about the year 1910 an insect before
unknown in the night time attacked
the hcchivc> all over Europe and the
men who owned them were in vain
trying to plan something to keep out
the invader that was the terror of the
hcc-hivcs of the continent, it was
found that everywhere the bees had
arranged for their own protection and
built before their honcy-comhs an cS-
pccial wall of wax through which the
bees might go To- and fro, but not large
enough Ia admit the winged comba-
tantS called the Sphinx Atropos.
Do YOU know that the Swarming of
the bees il divinrly directed? The
mother bee starts far new home. and
because of this the other bees of the
hive get into an excitement which
raises the heat of the hive some four
degrees, and they must die unless they
leave their heated apartment. and
they follow the mother bee and alight
on the branch of "A tree and cling to
each other and hold ON until commit
tee of two or three bees have explored
the region and found the hollow of a
tree or ock not far off from n stream
of water, and they here set up new
colony and ply their aromatic indus
tries and give themselves To the manu-
facture of the Saccharine edible But
who can tell the chemistry of that mix
turc nf sweetness, part of il the very
life of the bee and part of it the life of
the fields?
Plenty of this luscious product was
hanging in the woods of Bethaven dur
ing the time of saul and Jonathan.
hcir army was in pursuit of an en-
envy that 10y Gods command mist be
eNterminated. The soldiery were pos
itivcly forbidden to stop to cat any
thing until the work was done.
II they disobcvcd they were accurscd.
'"mim" through the woods they found
place Nhcr" the bees had been busy
"a great honey nuuufactnrv. Honey
gathered in the hollow of the trees un-
til il had overlooked upon the ground
IN great protusion and sweetness. All
the army obeyed orders and touched it
not save Jonathan, and he, not know
ing the military order about absti-
neuce, dipped the end of stick he had
in his hand into the candied liquid,
and a. yellow and tempting it glowcd
on the cud of the stick he put il to his
mouth and ate the honey. Judgment
fell upon him, and but for special in
tervention he would have been slain.
In my text Jonathan announces his
awful mistake: 81 did hut taste little
honey with the end of the rod that was
in my hand. and 10. must die" Alas!
what multitudcs of people in all ages
have been damaged by forbidden hon
ey, by which | mean temptation, de-
licious and attractive, but damaging
and destructivei
Corrupt literature, fascinating but
beautiful, comes in this category.
Where one good, honest, healthful
book is read now, there is hundred
made up of rhetorical trash consumed
with avidity. When the boys on the
cars come through with pile of publ
cations. look over the titles and notice
that nine out of ten books are injuri-
GUS All the way from here to Chicago
or New Orleans notice that objection
able books dominate. Taste for pure
literature is poisoned by this scum of
the publishing house. Every book in
which sin triumphs over virtue, or
in which a glamour is thrown over
dissipation. or which leaves YOU
at its last line with less respect
for the marriage institution and less
adherence for the paramount, is a de-
preston of your own moral character
The book bindery may be attractive,
and the plot dramatic and startling
and the style of writing sweet as the
honey that Jonathan took up with his
rod, but your best interests forbid it,
your moral safety forbids it, your God
forbids it, and one tasc may lead to
such bad results that you may have to
say at the close of the experiment, or at
the close of a misimproved lifetime: 81
did but taste little honey with the
rod that was in my hand, and, 10,
must die"
Corrupt literature is doing more to-
day for the disruption of domestic life
than any other cause. Elopements,
marital intrigues, sly correspondence,
fictitious names given at post office
windows, clandestine meetings at
parks, and at ferry gates, and in hotel
parlors, and conjugal perjuries are
among the ruinous results. When a
woman, young or old, gets her head
thoroughly stuffed with the modern
novel she is in appalling peril.
But some one will say: The
heroes are so adroitly knavish, and the
heroines SD bewitchingly untrue, and
the turn of the story SO exquisite, and
all the characters so enrapturing, l
can not quit them" My brother, my
sister, you can find styles of literature
just as charming that will elevate, and