Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-03-02

turhs toward the setting sun. She cal
s not walk so far as she used to. Cold
caught hang on longer than formerly
Some Of the children are In the hea,
enly world, for which they were we
prepared through maternal fidelity, an
= Others are out in this world doing hon
or to Christian ancestry.
When her life closes and the neigh
Dors gather for her obsequies, the Off
e ciating clergyman may find appropri
Il ate words in the last chapter Of Prov
t erbs: Her price is far above rubies
The heart Of her husband doth safely
trust In her, so that he shall have ne
, need of spoil. She will do him good
and not evil, all the days of her life
. she stretcheth out her hand to the poor
] she Is not afraid of the snow for her
: household, for all her household are
Clothed with scarlet. Her husband Is
known In the gates when he sitteth
among the elders in the land; her chill
dren arise up and call her blessed; her
husband Also and he praiseth her.
Many daughters have done virtuously,
but thou excellest them ALL" Then
after the Scripture lesson Is read let all
come up and before the casket Is closed
look for the last time at the scars of
her earthly endurance She never heard
the roll or a gun carriage or saw ban.
ner hoisted upon parapet, but she has
In all the features Of that dear old face
the marks Of many a conflict scars Of
toll, scars Of maternity, scars Of self
sacrifice, scars of bereavement. She is
q heroine whose name has never been
heard of ten miles from the old home
stead, but her name is inscribed high
up among the enthroned immortals.
Martyrs In Humble Life.
People think they must look for mar
tyrs on battlefelds or go through a his
tory to find burnlngs at the stake and |
tortures on racks when there are mar
tyrs all about us. At this time In this |
capital city there are scores Of men |
wearing themselves out in the public
service. In ten years they will not
have healthy nerve left In their body.
49, NOAihiIANS lOOlilS, III
that involve the welfare Of the nation,
under the weight Of great responsible
ties, their vitality is being subtracted.
In almost every village Of the country
you find some broken down state or ma
tional official.
1t is easy for some Washington cor
respondents, writing home to their city
or village newspapers. to misrepresent
our public men and represent them as
living In idleness and luxury, but tell
you from my own observation that
many of the representatives In con-
gress and senators Of the United States :
and justices Of the supreme court and
secretaries In presidential cabinets {
work as hard, If not harder, than any
day laborer breaking cobblestones on a
New Jersey turnpike or a driver Of
mules on towpath for Pennsylvania {
canalboat. What with the solicitations &
for appointments by constituents who '
swarm around state and national capi- 9
tai, and the social exhaustions, and the (
irritating Interruptions, and the unrea- v
sonable demands Of all kinds, high Of q
icial position is not sinecure. Il
Unseen by Human Eyes.
The heroes and the heroines of any u
var are not always at the front, are n
lot always epauleted, are not always d
acquainted with military tactics, and D
ONE Of them would not know how to J
resent arms or ground arms or stack :
rms. Some Of them rendered their u
ervice in hospitals, some by doing III
arder work on the farm while the ID
readwinner was at Gettysburg. We m
II know the names of the distinguish CT
d northern and southern women who m
ound up the wounds Of the battle u
elds, but there were 10000 women
1st as brave who never left the farm
ouse or cotton plantation and who to
ere so worn out In taking care of Of
leir bereft homes that when the SOL ar
Ter came home they had only strength I'll
IT to die. And the places where they Ell
eep the last sleep are not marked H,
ith so much as plain slab, while no
lose who suffered not half 80 much pr
e In sculptured mausoleum. mi
In all lands there are veterans Of war of
ho may not have had their face scrap he
with one bullet or their foot lamed an
: one bursting shell and who could the
It roll up their sleeve and show you otl
e mark suggestive Of battle, yet car WI
with them weaknesses got In expo dis
res to disease along malarial swamps evt
from many miles Of marching, and In
er and anon they feel a twinge Of Is
In, each recurrence Of which is sharp wh
or more lasting, until after awhile chi
ey will be captured for the tomb by PEI
iorders which started 20 or 80 or 40 ner
ars before. And their scars are all esil
seen by human eyes. But those peo- ailr
are as certainly the victims Of war sea
though they had been blown up In ory
undermined fortress or thrust cou
ough with a cavalryman's lance. sea
lat want to make out Is that there to
scars which are never counted ex- tho
It as God counts them, and l want A
enlarge your sympathles. mai
Marks of Jesus Christ. 'ho
here Is q woman who has suffered m
nestle injustice Of which there is no OF g
nizance. She says nothing about 1t. you
inquisitor's machine of torture earl
Id not wiring from her the story Of get
nestle woe. Ever since the day Of and
nQe bIossoms and long white veil hare
has done her full duty and received and
1t harshness and blame and neglect graz
} marriage ring, that was supposed VIII
,e sign Of unending affection. has you
And
led out to be one link Of a chain Of ono
rible servitude. A wreath Of nettle Tho
nightshade Of brightest form would wer
e been a more accurate prophecy. getb
re are ,nose WHO ma IL nara 10 De- thou
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