Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-20

tuai marriage II he has mace Vow y,
love and honor with more honol e"a
love n "a his business 70 keep ms 'o"'
| and hold his tongue.
BREAKING THE ENGAGEMhNI.
or course. n he discovers that the pc
trothed fair one IS addicted 10 tne "ine
t.cup. or is from a family OF he,eu''.ss
| maniacs. he IS justified In preahi"s 'r 10y,
engaoe,nent of. because there IS smai'
honor IN being a FOOL ..,on, q
Mold that marriage engagement II
equally binding upon a woman pu' ior
MANY reasons they are allowed moro lail-
tude n, breaking this promise than men.
Cnstom has decided that man, Is not
cheapened 10y being left TO wear the VIII
I Tow hut that a woman is, and from TINS
ro1s IN moral ethics the world has not
nroeressed. OF all things terrifying ana
ahhorrent the worst is a male coduette.
,rhero are many reasons why, quite
oftcn a man seeks 20 evade q promise
of marriage and they do not rest upon
arv change in the woman. He has grown,
or fanoies no has, socially or mentally, OF
so,ne iuoySy speculation has carried him
nm financially. II men were more rea-
sarohia there would be less trouble IN
odineting these differences, But they are
vain Fhey want too much. The higher
thew advance in the scale OF wealth, So
cial distinction. and culture the more ex-
acting do they become. They want the
wife 10 shine that the husband may bask
in the refulgence OF his wife's personality.
And the Young sweetheart does not
reach this ideal
Te mis- lust? Is this chivalrous7 Is IT
reasonableY Is culture, or wealth, or
nrise worth the sacrifice OF a human
hearth or is It best to do right for the
love OF right and count the world well
lost for loves dear sake?
only that honor is true honor which
knows no limit TO sacrifice even unto
death. And love is the crowrying JOY or
life. You may talk OF social greatness,
of patriotism, or rest upon your men,
tality. but never will either Of these give
half the pleasure that comes when you
have got your arm around small wo-
man and look down into the eyes that
turn to you with the souls first, fondest
devotion.
FROM LovB TO TELEPHONES
The telephone line will soon be estab-
Ished. The Albemarle and Interstate
companies will cross the mountain at
this point, and a line through Rockhsh
Valley will give us a right OF way-or, or
voice-to the outside world.
tuUtS nave btch liNbbto " HiiiSAA Wv
line TO Oman.
Miss May Dell McLain is visiting her
cousin, Miss Male Goodloe at Alton.
Miss Carrie Hill, of Charlottesville, Is
a guest at Locust Dale.
Miss Iottie Goodloe is in Charlottes-
Vile and will remain this week.
In the preliminary examination Of Will
liam Coles for the murder Of Scott Ro-
berts, a strong net Of circumstantial evil
dence was woven.
A receipt of Scott Roberts was found
upon Coles; barrel of brandy, placed by |
Roberts in the still-house the day before |
the murder was discovered to have been |
opened and about fifteen gallons taken |
out. Coles was pretty free giving away |
to and treating various persons with |
brandy directly after the murder, for |
which he does not account, and the still |
house keys usually carried in Mr.. Ro- |
berts's pocket have never been found. |
Coles owed Brown e. Doer, Of Stanton, |
for his saw-mill engine, and made a pay
ment of $500 a week or so after the muir
der. for which he had been pressed by |
the Staunton firm before Christmas and
could not pay. The evidence is purely |
but is serious. 1t may be
explained at the trial. Coless son,
youth, thought to be implicated, was dis
chargpd