Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-09-27

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tion a member of the household who went
| oh on q pleasure excursion to Newport or
\ business excursion to Chicago. Married
1t the brides house; no cards. There are
states OF the Union which practically put
| 4 premiu m upon the disintegratfon OF the
marriage relation, while there are other
States, like the State CT New York, which
has the pre-eminent idiocy of making mar.
.iage lawful at twelve and fourteen years
)f age.
The Congress OF the United States needs
to move fer change Of the national con.
not made mp Of single gentlemen, but OF
men OF families, and their families in WASH
lngton-who shall prepare q good, honest,
righteous, comprehensive uniform law that
will control everything from Sandy Hook
20 the Golden Gate. That will put an end
20 brokerages In marriages. That will send
1ivorce lawyers into decent business.
That will set people agitated for manv
years on the question OF how they shall get
AWAY from each other to planning how they
.an adjust themselves to the moro or less
Infavorable circumstances.
More difficult divorce will put an estop.
pal to a great extent upon marriage as
financial speculation. There arc men who
20 into the relation just as they go into
Wall street to purchase shares. The fe-
male to be invited into the partnership OF
wedlock is utterly unattractive and In dis
Knows It, but this masculine candidate for
matrimonial orders, through the CONNER
eial agency or through the county records,
ands out how much estate Is to be In.
herIted, and ne calculates 1t. He thinks
out how long 1t will be before the oil man
will die and whether he can stand the re-
fractory temper until he does die, and then
he enters the relation, for he says, "If /
cannot stand 1t. then through the divorce
aw will back out" That process is go
Al n
relation without any moral principle, with
oIt any affection. and 1t is rs much a mat
:er of st ock speculation as anything that
was transacted yesterday in Union Pacific,
Wabash and Delaware and Lackawanna.
Now, suppose a man understood, as he
ought to understand, that IL he goes into
hat relation there is no possibility of his
getting ut or no probability. He would
oe more slow to put his neck in the yoke
He should say to himself, Rather than q
Caribbean whirlwind With a whole feet OF
shipping in its arms, give me n zephyr of
lelds OF sun shine and gardens OF peace"
Rigorous divorce law will also hinier
women from the fatal mistake OF marrying
men to reform them. II young man, by
twenty-five years Of age or thirty years of
age. have the habit OF strong drink fixed
IN him, he is as certainly bound for u
irunkard's grave rs that a train starting
out from the Grand Central depot at 3
o'clock tomorrow morning is bound for
Albany. The train may not reach Albany,
Tor 1t may be thrown from the track. The
young man may not reach n drunkard's
grave, for something may throw him of
The iron track of evil habit. But the proba-
oility is that the train that starts to-mor-
row morning at O'Clock for Albany will
get there. and the probability Is that the
young man who has the habit OF strong
drink fixed on him before twenty-five
or thirty years OF age will arrive
Mt drunkard's grave. She knows
he drinks, although he tries to hide 1t
by chewing cloves. Everybody knows
and friends warn. She will marry him,
she will reform him. If she is unsuccess-
full In the experiment, why, then, the di-
vorce law will emancipate her, because
habituRl drunkenness Is cause for d.
vorce In Indiana, Kentucky, Florida. Con-
nectieut and nearly all the States. So the
poor thing goes to the altar of sacrifice. II
you will IhsaW me the poverty struck
streets in MH will show you the
homes homes Of ,s tns married men to
sand 1t may be successfnl exresimec.-sl
! sSessseff s;fW me Successful experiment. But
have a rigorous divorce law, and that
woman will say, eff I am affianced tc that
man, 1t is for life, and II now, in the ardor
Of his young love and l the prize to be
won, he will not give up his cups, when he
has won the prize surely he will not give
up his cups" And SO that woman will say
to the man: ''No, sir; you are already mar
ried to the club, and you are married to
that evil habit, and so you are married
twice, and you are a bigamist. Cor
Let me say to all young people, before
you give your heart and hand In holy al
lance, use all caution. Inquire outside as
to habits, explore the disposition, scrutin-
lze the taste, question the ancestry and
find out the ambitions. Do not take the
heroes and heroines of cheap novels for a
model Dn nnf lifaffpna I'm nj nj
ness in the keeping of man who has a
reputation Of being little loose In morals
or In the keeping Of woman who dresses
lmmo odestly. Remember that, while good
looks are kindly gift of God, wrinkles or
accident may desI oil them. Remember
that Byron was no more celebrated for his
beauty than for his depravity. Remember
that Absalom's hair was not more splendid
than his habils were despicable. Hear It'll
Hear 1t! The only foundation for happy
marriage that ever has been or ever will
be Is good character. Ask the counsel OF
father and mother in this most important
step OF your life. They are good advisers.
They are the best friends you ever had.
They made more sacrifices for you than
any one else ever did.
And let me say to those of you who are
n happy married union, avoid first quar-
tels; have no unexplained correspondence
with former admirers; cultivate no sus-
picions; In a moment OF bad temper do not
rush out and tell the neighbors; do not let
any of those gadabouts of society unload
In your house their baggage of CAB and
little tattle; do not make it an invariable
rule to stand on your rights; learn how to
apologize; do not be so proud or so stub
born or so devilish that you will not mako
up. Remember that the worst domestic
misfortuneS and most scandalous divorce
cases started from little infelicites. The
whole piled up train of ten rail cars tele-
,coped and smashed at the foot OF an en-
oankment 100 feet down came to that ca
:astrophe by getting two or three inches
of the track. Some of the greatest domes-
tic misfortunes and the widest resoundIng
1ivorce cases have started from little mis-
Understandings that were llowed to go on
and go on until home and responsibility
and religion and immortal soul went down
in the crash
Fellow citizens as we'll as fellow Chris
tfans, let us have n divine rage against
anything that wars on the marriage state.
Blessed institution Instead OF two arms
t. fight the battle Of life, four; instead OF
two eyes to scrutinize the path OF life four;
instead OF two shoulders to lift the burden
Oh lie, four; twice the energy, twice the
courage, twice the holy ambition twice
he probability Of worldly success, twice
The prospects of heaven. into that matrf-
montai bower God fetches two souls. Out
side the bower, room for all contentious,
and all chickering's, and all controversies,
but inside that bower there is room for
only one guest-the angel of love- Let
that angel stand Mt the floral doorway Of
this Edenic bower with drawn sword to
hew down the worst foe of that bower
easy divorce. And for every paradise lost
may there be n paradise regained. And
after we quit our home here may we have
brighter home in heaven; Mt the windows
OF which, this moment, familiar faces
watching for our arrival and wondering
why so long We tarry.
1t appears that Miss Enid Yande''