Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-03-03

or bad temper he again picked up NE
gun and his pencil and visited again all
the great forests of America and repro
duced his immortal work. And yet there
are people with the en-thousandth part
of that loss who are utterly irreconcil-
able. 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 atfable in public
and who is irritable in private is max
ing a fraudulent and overissue of stock
and he is as bad as a bank that might
have $400, 600 or $500 600 of bills in
circulation with no specie in the vault
Let us learn to show piety at home If
we have it not there, we have it not
anywhere If we have not genuine grace
in the family circle all our outward
and public plausibility merely springs
from the fear of the world or from the
Shiny. putrid pool Of our own selfish
ness tell you the home is mighty
test of character What you are at
home you are everywhere. whether you
demonstrate it or not
Home IL a Refuge.
Again, home is a refuge Life is the
United States army on the national
road to Mexico-a long march. with
ever and anon skirmish and battle
At eventide we pitch our tent and stack
the arms, we hang up the war cap and
our head on the knapsack we sleep un'
til the morning bugle calls rs to march
to the action How pleasant it is to re-
hearse the victories and the surprises
and the attacks Of the day seated by
the still campfire of the home circle.
Yea. life is a stormy sea. With shivered
masts and torn sails and hulk aleak we
nut in at the harbor Of home. Blessed
harborl There we 80 for repairs in the
drydock The candle in the window Is
to the toiling man the lighthouse guild
ing him into port. Children 30 forth to
meet their fathers as pilots at the Mar
rows take the hand of ships. The door
sill of the home is the wharf where
heavy life is unladen There Is the
place where we may talk Of what we
have done without being charged with
self adulation There is the place where
we may lounge without being thought
ungraceful There is the place where
we may express affection without being
thought silly. There Is the place where
we may forget our annOyanccs and eX-
asperations and troubles Forlorn earth
pilgrim. no homer Then die That Is
better The grave is brighter and
grander and more glorious than this
world with no tent from marching
with no harbor from she storm with
no place Of rest from this scene Of greed
and gouge and loss and gain God pity
the man or the woman who has nc
| homel
Further. home is political safe
guard. The safety Of the state must be
| built on the safety Of the home. Why
cannot France come to placid repuo'
licY MacMahon appoints his ministry
and all France is aquase lest the repuo
lie b. smothered GamDetta dies. anC
there are hundreds Of thousands OF
Frenchmen who are fearing the return
of a monarchy. The Dreyfus case is al
this moment a slumbering earthquake
upder Paris France. as nation, ha'
not the right kind OF Christian home
The Christian hearthstone Is the only
hearthstone for republic The VIRTUES
cultured in the family circle are an ab
solute necessity for the state II there
be not enough moral principle to MAKE
the family adhere, there viii not D'
enough political principle to make th'
state adhere No home means the Goth
and Vandals, means the Nomads o
Asia. means the Numidians Of Africa
changing from place to place according
rs the pasture happens TO chance Con
founded be all those babels OF inlqult.
which would cverpower and destroy tn
homel The same storm that upsets IN
shin in which the family sail will sim
the frigate Of the constitution. jail
and penitentiaries and armies and ma
vies are not our best defense. The doc
Of the home is the best fortress. House
hold utensils are our best artillery, an
the chimneys Of our dwelling house
are the grandest monuments to satet
and triumph No home. no republic! !
Further. home is a school Old groun
must be turned up with subsoil ploW
and il must be narrowed and reharro"
ed. and then the crop will not be q
large as that Of the new ground wit
less culture. Now, youth and childhoo
are new ground. and all the influence
thrown over their heart and life WI
come up in after life luxuriantly Ever
time YOU have given a smile OF appr(
bation all the good cheer OF your III
. will come up again in the geniallty
vour children And every ebullltion
anger and every uncomfortable displa
OF indignation will be fuel to this oil
nosition 30 or 80 or 40 years from no
-fuel for bad fire a quarter OF eel
, tury from this You praise the INTEL
, gence Of your child too much sometime
when you think he is not aware OF
and Won will see the result Of it befol
10 years Of age in his annoying affects
, tions You praise his beauty supposii
, be Is not large enough to understar
, what you say. and you will find hi
standing on high chair before ia
Z tsring mirror.
The Seeds of Character.
Q Words and deeds and example a
4 the seed Of character and children a
$ very apt to be the second edition
= their parents. Abraham begat Isaac,
a virtue Is apt to 90 down in the ance
= tral line. bat Herod begat Archelau
a 40 iniquity is transmitted What va
a responsibility comes upon parents
= view Of this subject
: On msks your home the beishss
= place on earth II you would charm yo'
& children TO ne high path OF virtue al
|" rectttuds and religion. Do not siwa.
d turn the blinds the wrong way l.
r the light. which puts gold on the ge
e tian and spots the pansy. pour IN
u your dwellings Do not expect the Il
u tle feet TO keep step TO dead marc