Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-02-25

home ana drops them u me
domestic circle. The reason men do
not display their bad temper in public
y because they do not want 10 be 4
knocked down. There are men who /
hide their peiulance and their irriia-
biiity iuS; for the same reason that I
they do nos lst their notes 81 20 pro
test--it does not pay-or for the same I
reason that they do not want q man in /
their stock company 20 sell his stock
below par 'es' IL depreciate the value.
" at sunset sometimes The wiad
be "a tempestuous night. There are
people who in public act the philan-
thrOpist who a. home act the Nero with
respect 20 their slippers and theirgown
Audi bon the great orniihologist. with
gun and pencil went through the for
eSis Of America 10 bring down and 10
sketch the Beautiful birds. and after
years Of toll and exposure completed
his manuscript and put Il in a trunk
in Philadelphia and went OF for a
few DAYS recreation and rest. and came
back and found that the rats had utter
ly destroyed the manuscript. but with
out any q discomposure and without any
fret or bad temper he again picked
up his gun and his pencil and visited
all the great forests OF Anne rics and re
produced hisimmortal work. And yet
there are people with the ten-thou-
sand;h part Of that loss who are utterly
irrecouoi liable. who at the loss OF a
pencil or an article Of raiment Will
blow as long and loud and sharp as a
northeast storm. Now. that man who
is aIable n public and who is ir-
ritabie in private is making a fraudu-
lent and oyerissue Of stock. and he
Is as bad as a bank that m ght have
100000 or S5O0.oo0 Of bills In circula-
tion with 20 specie in the vault. Let us
learn 20 show pity az home II we have
il not there. we have il not anywhere.
II we have not genuine grace In the
family circle. an our outward and pub
lie plausibility merely springs from the
fear Of the world or from the Shiny.
putrid pool Of our own seliishness.
tell you the home Is a mighty test OF
character What you are ar home you
are everywhere. whether you demon
strate IL or not.
Again, home is refuge. Life in the
United States army on the national road
10 Mexico long march. with ever and
anon a skirmish and q battle. At even
tide we pitch our tent and stack the
arms: we hang up the war cap. aac. ouI
head on the knapsack. we sleep until
the morning bugle calls US 20 march e
the action. How pleasant IL Is 20 re
hcarSe the victories and the surprises
and the attacks OF the day. seated boy
the still campfire OF the home cirsle'
Yea. life is stormy sea. With shiv
cred masts and torn sails and hull
aleak. we put in Al the harbor Of home
Blessed harbor, There we so for re
pairs in drydock. The candle in th'
window is TO the toiling man the light
house guiding him into port. Childrei
20 forth 70 meet their fathers as pilot
at the Narrows take The hand Of ships
The doorsin Of the home is the whar
where heavy life is unladen. There
the place where we may talk Of wha
we have done without being charge
with self adulRtion. There Is the plac
where we may lounge without beinl
, thought ungraceful There is the plac
where We may express affection with
out being thought silly. There is N
place where we may forget our an
uoyances and corporations an
troubles. ForlOrn earth pilgrim. n
home? Then die. That is better
The grave is brighter and grander an
/ more glorious than this world with n
- tent from marching, with no harbo
4. from the storm, with no place OF res
7 from this scene Of greed and gouge an
E loss and gain. God pity the man &
: the woman wAo has no homei
Further. home is a political saf'
i guard. The safety of the state mus
r be built on the safety of the hom
r WHY cannon France come 10 piac
!. republic? MacMabon appoints his mil
b istry, and all France Is aquake lest n
b republic be smothered. Gsmbet die
aud there are hundreds Of thousanC
? OF Frenchmen who are fearing the r
e turn of a monarchy. The DreyfuS cas-
IS at this moment a slum mbering cart
4 quake under Paris. France, as a N
e ton. has not the right kind Of Chri
a tian home. The Christian hearthStoI
l. is the only hearthstone for rePubh
, The virtues cultured in the family G.
l. Gle are an absolute necessity for q
:, state. If there be not enough NOR
y principle to make the family adheI
e there will not be enough political pri
y cipie 10 make the state adhere
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