Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-02-18

the hat or sash Is LOST They must be
ready Then you have the duty of the day
or perhaps several days 10 plan out. But
what II the butcher sends meat unmas-
ticable: What If the grocer furnishes you
articles Of food adultera;cds What If the
piece of silver be lost. or "a favoritc chalice
be broken. or the rnf leak, or the plumb
ing fail, or any one of thousand things
occur No matter Everything must be
ready The spring is coming. and there
must be revolution in the family ward
robe. OF the autumn Is at hand. and you
must shut out the northern blast But
how II the moth has preceded You 10 the
chest; How II the garments Of the last
year do not fit the children nowS What IL
all the fashions have changed?
Trials Appreciated.
The house must be an extemporized
Apothecary's shop or dispensary. There
must b. relief for all STYLES Of ailments
something Ia loosen the Group, something
10 cool the burn, something 10 poultice
the inflammation, something TO silence
the jumping tooth, something 10 soOthe
the earache o man Of business, IL YOU
had "a many cares rs that, you would be a
fit candidate for an insane asylum IL
Martha make under such circumstances
an impatient rush on the library or the
drawing room. b. patient, h. lenient. oh.
my sister. though my words may not
arouse In many souls any appreciation Of
your toll. let me assure you from the kind.
illness with which Jesus Christ met Martha
that he appreciates all your trials from
garnet to cellar and the God Of Deborah
and Miriam and Abigail is the God of the
housckccpersl Christ never married, that
he might be- the especial friend and conf
dant Of whole world of troubled woman
hood. blundercd Christ was married.
The Bible says the church Is 'the aride,
the Lambs wife" and that makes me
know that woman has right 10 go To
Christ with all her annoyances and per
plcxitics and fatigues, for by his oath Of
conjugal fidelity hc hath sworn to sym
pathize George Herbert put the thought
In three or four verses. quaint and pecul-
lar. but strong. and in one verse saying
The servant by this clause makes drudgery
divine:
Who sweeps a room ns for thy laws makes this
and the action fine
A young woman of brilliant education
and prosperous surroundings was called
down stairs 20 help in the absence of the
servant. and there was "A ring at the bell.
and she went to the door. and an ndmircI
entered. He said, II thought heard
music I'm the house Was II on the piano
or the harp" She said Neither; IL was
"a frying pan accompaniment TO u gridiron,
In other words. | was called down stairs
20 help. suppose some time | shall have
TO learn, and have begun now" When
will the world learn that every kind Of
xvnrE that T. riuhf l. hnpar-t ILL.
Home Economics.
A. Martha opens the door l look in,
and also see the trial II severe economy
Nine hundred and ninety nine households
out of thousand are subjected Ia il either
under the greater or less stress Of circum-
stances. II Is especially 80 when man
smokes expensive cigars and dimes at cost
~ restaurants He will be very apt 10
enjoin severe economy nj home That is
what kills thousands of women-the al.
tempt 10 make g. do the work Of s.. II
is amazing how some men dole out money
70 the household II you have not got the
money. say 50. II you have. b. cheerful
In the expenditure Your wife will be
reasonable. How long does the honey
moon last!' said n young woman about
to enter the married state Ia her mother
The mother answered, The honeymoon
lasts until you ask your husband for
money How much do you want" "a A
dollar A dollar Can't You get
along with 80 cents. You are always
wanting 81 " This 30 years war against
high prices this everlasting attempt to
bring the outgo within The income. has tx
hausted mul;itudc> Of houS,.kecJrrS Let
me say 70 such IL j. p0Tt 81 the divine
discipline. If II wcr,. b,-st for Won. all YOU
would have To do would hc Just To open
the front windows and the ravens would
fly in with food, and after YOU had baked
80 times from the barrel In the pantry
like the barrel 81 Zarcphath. the barrel
would be full and the childrcn's shoes
would last n long as the shoes Of the
Israelites ia the wilderness-lO years.
Period Of Preparation.
oh. my friends all these trials and
fatigucs Of hume life are 10 prepare YOU
for heaven. for they will make that the
brighter in the contrast \ dying soldier
was asked 10y friend Have you amy
message Ia send 10 your father Yes, :"
said he Tell him have gone home =
Well. " said the friend, have you any
message 10 send To- your wife" Yes
Tell her have gone home You have
other friends Would you like to send a
message Ia Them Yes Give them
the same message: they will all under
stand IL Tell them have gone home -
And that heavenly home will compensate.
will fully atone, for all the hnrdships and
the trials and the annoyanccs and the
vexations Of the earthly home In that
land they never hunger. and consequent
ly there will be- no nuisance 81 catering for
appetite In that land Of the white robes
they have no mcnding To do and the air
Of that hilly country makes them all well
No rent To pay thcr,; every man owns his
own house and a mansion AT that II
will not he ~ great change to step into
the chariot Of the skies II on earth you
rode II will not be so great change II
on carth you had all luxuries and salts
factions II will not b. so great change
for you 10 sit down on the banks 81 the
river Of life If ON earth you had "a country
seat
But, oh, the joy for the weary feet when
they step into tine celestial equipagc and,
oh, the joy Of those TO whom home was a
mart yrdom on earth when they go into
that home where they will never have "a
do anything they do not want to do
What "A change from the time she put
down the rolling pin Ia the time she took
up the scepteri II ChatswOrth Park and
the Vanderbilt mansion were lifted into
the celestial city, they would be- looked at
as uninhabitable rookcrics, and Lazarus
himself would be- ashamed to bc seen GO
ing In or out Of them, 80 great are the
palaces awaiting all Gods dear children,
and So much Rrander the heavenly archi-
lecture than the earthly II is often not
only the toll 81 the housekeeping. but 1t Is
the sickness and the sorrow that 20 along.
II is "a simple fact that one half Of the wo-
men Of the land ARE inyalids The noun
tain lass who has never bad an ache or u
pain mhy consider household work Of nc
very great wearincss and AT the eycntide
may skip out 10 the fields aud drive the
cattle home, and Entil 10 O'Clock al night
may I'LL the cabin with laughing racket
but. oh. Ia do the hard work II the house
hold with u shattered consfitution-after
six weeks whooping cough has agcd in
the household making the nights rs sleep
tess ~ the days then II is not 50 easy
And then this work Of the house has often
~ bc undertaken when the nerves ar,
shattered with some bereavement that ha,