Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-11-09
NO. 4s

must have taken some courage to do that.
1t was right. was 1t not2 Never be ashamed
to apologize for domestic fnaccuracy.
On the other hand. the husband ought
to be sympathetic with the wifes occupa-
tion. It Is no easy thing to keep house.
Many a woman who could have endured
martyrdom as we'll as Margaret, the
Scotch girl has actually been worn out by
martyrs of the kitchen. 1t is very annoy
ing. after the vexations OF the day around
the stove or the register or the table, or in
the nursery or parlor, to have the husband
you ought to be in the store half an hour. ~
Sympathy Of occupation! II the husbands 8
work cover him with the SCOT of the fur
mace, or the odors OF leather or soap fac
tories, let not the wife be easily disgusted
at the begrimed hands or unsavory aroma.
Your gains are one, your interests are one,
your losses are one; lay hold OF the work
Of life with both hands. Four hands to
fight the battles; four eyes to watch for
the danger; four shoulders on which to
aArry sae trials. 1t Is very sal thi:.A
v .,en he paiu.ar has wife who doss not
like pictures. 1t Is very sad thing for
pianist when she has husband who does
not like music. 1t Is very sal t'inS
when wife IL not SUITED unless her hus-
band has what Is called "genteel bnst-
ness.' So far as l understand n ''genteel
business" it Is something to which man
from which he comes home at two or
three O'Clock In the afternoon, and gets
large amount OF money for doing nothing.
That Is, believe, "genteel business
and there has been many n wife who has
made the mistake OF not being satisfied
until the husband has given up the tanning
OF the hides or the turning OF the banis-
ters or the building of the walls, and put
himself in circles WI ere he has nothing to
do bur smoke cigars aud drink wine, ana
get himself into habits that upset him.
going down in the maelstrom taking his
wife and children with him. There are
good many trains running from earth TO
destruction. They start NIL hours of the
.lay, and all hours OF the night. There are
the freight trains; they so very slowly and
very heavily; and there are the ac:ommo-
,iation trains going on toward destruction,
and they stop very often and let man get
ont when he wants to. But genteei l ile-
ness is nn express train; Satan IL the stoker,
and death il the engineer; and thou Sh one
may come out in 'front.' OF 1t, and swing the
red flag OF danger" or the lantern Of
Gods Word, 1t makes just one shot into
perdtion, coming down the embabkment
with shout AMI a wall nu a shr Elk
crash, crashi There are two classes OF peo-
pie sure OF destrIction: first, those who
have nothing to do; secondly, those who
have something to do, but who are too lazy
or too proud to do 1t.
L
to those who have happy home, and that
Is, lat love preside in it. Wren your be-
havior in the domestic circle becomes
mere matter of calculation; when the caress
you give is merely the result OF deliberate
study Of the position y on occupy, happi-
ness lies stark dead on the hearth stone.
When the husbands position as head of the
household is maintained by loudnes, Of
voice, by strength OF arm, by fire of tenn
per, the republic OF domestic bliss has be-
come despotism TINT neither God nor man
will abide. Oh, ye who promised to love
each other at the altarl how dare you COM
nit perjury? Let no shadow of suspicion
come on your affection. 1t is easier to kill
that flower than 1t is to make it live again.
The blast from hell that puts out that light.
leaves you In the blackness Of darkness for
ever.
Here ara man and wife: they agree In
nothing else, but they agree they will have
a home. They will have II splendid hous,,
aud they think that IL they have a hous,.
they will have home. Architects mal:e
the house to cost one hundred Thousand
dollars. 1t is done. The carpets are
spread; lights are hoisted; curtains are
hung; cards OF invitation sent out. The
horses in gold-plated harness prauce at
the gate; guests come In and take their
places; the flute sounds; the dancers go
up and down: and with one grand whlrl
the wealth and the fashion and the mirth
Of the great town wheel amid the pictured
walls. Ha! this is happiness. Float 1t on
the smoking viands; sound 1t In the music;
whirl 1t In the dance; cast 1t in the snow of
sculptures; sound 1t up the brilliant stair
way; flash 1t In the chand sliersl Hnppi-
ness, indeed! Let US build on the centre OF
the parior floor throne to Happiness; let
all the guests, when come fu, bring their
flowers and pearls and diamonds. and
throw them on this pryamid, aud let 1t be
fhrOna. al
queen, mount the throne, and we
will stand around, and all chalices
lifted, we will say, Drink, queenl live
forever!'' But the guests depart, the
flutes are breathless, the last clash OF the
impatient hoofs is heard In the distance.
and the twain OF the household come back
to see the Queen of Happiness on the throne
amidst the parlor floor. But, alas! rs they
come back, the flowers have faded, the
sweet odors have become the smell OF Il
chRrnel-h house. and instead OF the Queen Of
Happiness there sits there the gaunt form
OF Anguish, with bitten lip and sunken eye,
and ashes In her hair. The romp OF the
dancers who have left seems rumbling yet,
like jarring tiunders that quake the floor
aud rattle the glasses of the feast rim to
rim. The spilled wine on the floor turns
into blood. The wreaths of plush have be-
come wriggling reptiles. Terrors catch
tangled in the canopy tnat overhanSs the
couch. A strong gust OF wind comes
through the hall and the drawing-roon and
the bed d-chamber, in which all the lights go
out. And from the lips of the wine beakers
come the words, Happiness IL not in usl''
And the arches respond, at is not in usl"
And the silenced instruments of music,
thrumbed on by invisible fingers, answer.
"Happ iness is not In us!' And the frozen
lips of Anguish bre ak open, and, seated on
the throne of wilted flowers, she strikes
her bony hands together, and groans, "It
Is not In me!'
That very night clerk with a salary Of
thousand dollars n year-only one thou
sand-goes to his home. set up three
months ago, just after the marriage day.
Love meets him at the door; love sits with
him at the table; love talk over the work
Of the day; love takes down the Bible, and
reads of Hin who came our souls to save;
and they kneel and while they are knee-
ing-right in that plain room, on the plain
carpet-the angels of G)i build u throne.
not out OF flowers that perish and fade
away, but out of garianis OF heaven,
wreath on top OF wreath, a'naranth on am
aranth, until the throne is done.
Then the harps OF Col sound
I'D, aud suddenly there appeared
one who mounted the throne with eye so
bright and brow so fuir that the twain
knew 1t was Christian Love. And they
knelt at the foot OF the throne, and, put
ting one hand on each head, she blessed
them and said, Happiness is with mel"
And that throne OF celestial bloom with
cred not with the passing years; aud the
queen left not the throne till one day the
married pair felt stricken In years-felt
themselves called away, aud knew not
which way to go, and the queen bounded
| from the throne. and said, "Follow me,
and 1 will show you the way up to the
realm OF everlasting love" And so they
went up to sing songs OF love, aud walk on
| pavements of love, aud to live together in
mansions of love, aud t. rejoice forever in
the truth that God is love.
| Il is good to begin well, better to en-,
| well.
OF ali poverty, that OF mind i
! most pitiable.