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ST SOUTHERN HOMji. 1 -.' ,1 " 4 V J h r Southern 5t ora f . PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY. ' Tkrmh: Tw o Dollars jer Annum, in Advance. Adv hrtisino: Rates Furnished on Application. Articles for jnilillciitioit shnuld be irrit- ten )lmhi mi i,c x'ule uf flu' ixux r. Tltr irrit'-r's full ,vUc ,, apjmr nn tlti' M.ss.. i li'ttrrx wail not (ihniis be re- r(,;,v,i I'rrtonxdexJriiia MSS. ni ,irr,1 irhc, i rcri'ireil '. tn'Jl jilni.ti- furiosi- the iircfxmru i... 1 1 t , . .... ' jiaxitijr. .in .i.w iot awntrtt mil t r, turned promptly. nlthoiujU mrh tint Ls wet jiti'tl ma; nut nhro'jK apjtrnriii the fol luirtii'j l-s.t'. Enteral rit tin' Ki-rncrsrilr l'ot-(.)flire as necniid-vlitxx inntti'r. J. H. LINDSAY, Editor. EARLY MARRIAGES. Bishop Duncan, of South Carolina, in a recent address delivered at one of the colleges in this State, advised the young men against taking a life-partner before they were old enough to make a wise decision, and Mere in a pecuniary condition to support a wife. The effect that such advice had ujxju the stu luts was illustrated the fol- lowing day when two of those wh heard him, married each a professor's daughter. And they were right. IiPfio better way could they begin life. With such a stimulus to their ef forts: with the love of a pure, sweet woman to encourage and restrain, the young man that fails in life would be a double failure under less favorable cir cumstances. What an example those two young men presented for imitation ! First, 1 li t ii... i i i . . enable them to choose in wisdom ,md hjl- cuiluic oi me mum and ne.-irr ro then taking unto themselves as sharers of their every grief and disappoint ment, as comforters in everv distress. and as helpers out of every difficulty, two brave, little women, w ho realized what bidder, things were buried in the future yet dared to face all clangers for those tiiey loved. Why wait for wealth that mav never come. or even wait h. bp "',,iiif!,rtMlK- fixed .'" All wealth and independence coul, 1 be swallowed up in a sin-le day, and she who loved you when The sky seemed clear mi'dit falter when the flmnk n.,,,! iff..,..,,, ,in,..,(;,, which should 1 the first siim .f pvh'v young man and a life-call in-- decided upon, let him marrv whether he is twenty -one or thirty. Everv day that he lives beyond the controlling influ ence of a good woman, there is going out from his heart tendrils of affection w hich must entw ine themselves around some object, even though it bo, as is always the case, less worthy. The love of pleasure seeks gratification in the billiard room and saloon, until the self respect which made him feel worthy of a true woman, is lost forever, and he plunges still deeper into the abvss of Nice and is dead to all sense uf honor. The greatest bar to early marriages and the argument used against them, if properly considered in its true light, is an inducement to every young man to marry eaily. We refer to the opin ion which is la id by so many that a man must haw a huge share of thi wi aid gi iods before he should con ten i plate the ' ot ,.., ,, he would m c essanlv incur in supporting a wife. It is all nonsense In the first place, he would lhid his expenses a ss than previously, provided he Hiose an eco nomical wih. for she would save mon ey out of the amount he had hitherto h'olishly squandered And in the next place, without any lexical reasons tor it bei-.i-- so. it a piactieal truth that wiiile tlic expenses appar.-iitlv decrease the lin-oine increases, and very lew men ever lay up anything until afti r mar-r:a-e, although their income may have been the same. Marriage is a go, ,d in vestment to any young man, let him b.- eer so jHHir. provided he Selects a s n-ible. economical gill, who is will ing to be a true helpmate to him. With all respect Tor Bishop Dun can s opinion, we should advise evei v .'"ung man n man v winie voim, ' T. UtiVi"g that it is le'st f a- him and best ( v ,. for the good of society. ie- - v v THE BLUE AN! and rifice The brave men of Smth who were wilL their lives in defense ol nest convictions of duty, with those canting politic forever digging into the past and bringing up the tionalisn Mid strife. lhat was a bravp. mni made bv General Averill, at . V,',. 1 1 -i n gnna, a short while since, KTav'es of the Confederate dead v leceive the lioral tributes of friend i i admirers ol valor and patriotism He and Governor Fitz Lee wearers of the k VY. V V t 1 have 1 Vhv V iie 1 Brum 1)1 ue and gray who had been at "West would-be critic is in t the proper er Point together and who had been cav- son to sit in judgment upon the pro alry leaders of opposing forces, showed ductions of any writer, either of fiction, liow magnanimous tralv brave men can of history or any other branch of litera ls and how cowardly are the petty ture, because his work is done in such flings of those who lacked the courage t,. ti.rl.f ..v Ua ,..,c ... 1 n.V. ,...i v.. ,.n . i 1 ,,. , , ciiii T.tim was a oiae Soulier, aim lie never failed to le a jirotector and de- germ of immortality and what diss not ? fender of Southern women. His com- A novel, an essay, a story may be read mand was ever ready to shield from insult by ""e person, even of refined and cul and danger the families of the brave . tivated taste, and thrown aside as worth men who left their homes to shoulder less, while to another it will present the musket and encounter the hard- beauties in conception, in portrayal or ships of the march. in the spirit which it breathes, and a All praise to General Averill and ev- resixaisive chord may be touched in his e,7 '1tlt'1' wbo is brave enough to ad- mire m others t in v or hu-h h. evinced, and who, that the battles have ton means' to sav that everv one who mi- water as it gushes out of the once been fought with shot and shell writes must be a Shakespeare, or a Car- ''tam side, really envy them then is not in svmpathv with those who are Me, or a Macaulav to be a success, h,,t H- Bl,t MU-h ,s lfe- All are bs forever warring with words overissues then we must disagree with him, for if ""tented with-tlieir respective portions settled nearly a quarter of a centurv ago with the blood of heroes ! PUBLIC SENTIMENT NEEDED IN RE FORMS. Not all the powers of the "strong arm of the law," which restrains hy force the exercise of a slavish passion for strong drink, can accomplish more than a temporary reform, or be of last- ing benerit to society. It is chaining the fiery monster, struggling and light- mg against restraint and liable at anv tmie to burst asunder all bonds, rather taan conquering atid bringing under Pifect subjection the great enemy of "inkiml. Every failure at an attempt to subjugate renders victory more dif- ticult and makes the chasm of destruc- tioii open wider and wider the mouth. A11 the sumptuary laws which could be enacted would not prevent the sale (,f indent spirits in a community where the officers whose duty it was' to en- force the laws wvre in Kvmnntliv with those laws. Law is miirhtv. but public ; sentiment is more powerful vet, in that it can bring all law into sympathy with "s own unwritten code. Of what value is prohibition in a community that does not allow it to prohibit? Of what force are restraining laws where public sen timent does not allow them to restrain ? Public sentiment and public officers must be in sympathy with the law be fore it will eer be beneficial in work ing any reform. The ln.ys of the ris ing generation must be taught at their mothers' knee the great evil of intem perance, and grow up with positive con victions about the matter. In thebosoin of the family the reform should begin. In addition to encouraging everv move which creates a sentiment in favor of temperance, men should be careful liof to put a premium on drunk, ma s by honoring drunkards with places of trust and honor. The young man grow ing up, tired w ith ambition and a desire to achieve renown sees above him hold ing the position whioh he has taken as the climax of his. efforts, a man whose in, 'l'als are the 1, , sest and wh se ha! its die y, 'ling man ha, I hitherh bee;: tau.uht to despise. The ililiiiellce of s'.icii ex amples has dimmed the brightest stars in the intt iiectiial iirmameiu. wh se light was destined, otin-iwi.se. t sinne with radiance down thr-ugi; ail ages. Public sentiment, aroused to tie-nn porfllice of till' question and edueatod to look with disoaiu up ui the vices if the grog shoo, is the great lever which is to free communities from its domin ion. The President reconsidered his de cision to allow the Confederate flags, which had been captured during the war. to le retnrued to the States from which they had been taken. He does not believe that the power is vested in him. but in Congress, WHAT IS A LITERARY SUCCESS? ' Vuder the above heading Mr. R. L. Gaiton contributes a lengthy article to r a i r . jr. s a recent issue oi me vmcago rrtm, in which he takes the ground that no work can be "termed a literary success which has not the germs, at least, of immortality in it." To some extent this s true, but the proposition will not hold roxl in a L'eueral sense. All literary work that may truly be termed litera ture, has the germ of immortality in it. to That which appeals to the intellect, and which is calculated to ennoble or elevate mankind, has in it a genu of iinni' tral- itv. Your inveterate novel reader and a supertical manner. The same work J-" .1. oil vt.n.U.-B nlil-, nn,l i , ...i., ; . x , I... ucijck vmu it id na wiiL nature winch will clotlie the work m immortality m ms mind. If Mr. (iar- . that weie so, then there would be but few literary successes in the present, or indeed in succeeding ages, we fear. We hold that he who can entertain, and at the same time weave into his work the elements which ennoble and ele vate mankind, whether his work lives for a day, a week or a century, is to that extent a success. So various are tue ni'ls d tastes of people now-a- lays that even the best writers seldom . Clltcl1 tllG lul,ln:u' lancy, and, however meritorious their productions may le, to manv at least thev are but "an idle tale," and fall llat. Mr. Gorton asks : "Is the highest literary success possible to him who sets the reward before the work in im portance '." With must literary men the jik-ii iiim-i reward is the rirst coii- titration, tor by their labors comes their subsistence. hy then should a 111:111 n,,t be J,lst !ls successful who sets the reward before the work in impor- tauce as lie wiio does not: 1M not teachers md lawyers, and doctors and Passional and business men of all sorts set the reward hist m imp.it- :mce: -Mne-tentus oi tnem (io. iney I'ti'sue their chosen avocation for the reward there is in it, and they prepare themselves for thewmk with that view. Why should it not be so in literature .' Every me who takes up literature its a profession docs so with the hope of re ward. Possibly the t Xpert ed reward does not consist of dollars and cents : but if not, then it is celebrity that is to repay him for his labor, and that is the Controlling motive from the very begin ning. He may have a natural aptness for literary pursuits and adopt them partly from love of the work, but fame, like a '"wiil-o'-the wisp," beckons t" him all the while and he gives an occasional smiling nod oi" recognition to the craftv tempter while he worKs ostensibly 'lor the good of the human lace. : The most successful w liters, to be sure, are til se whose souls ale in their woik. and who can grapple the heart strings ,.f their aud;t"i- and make 'fi'ui feel the .-pint of the work, but some of he liv -t success! ul w i iicl s t he w. .rid litis eu-rkn-'wi!. ai.d whose ,,rks truly "l'-ve after them," undoubtedly entered hit" an 1 puism-d their wo.k fp-ni purely i!ieiv!,ni m- t.v.s. Who shall say thai V"itaite and 1 'ante and P b In ..'Vis did l:"t have the leV.aoi hist in imp u tauce in Hii'suah'-c oi tin ir curse .' The wo.ks of Voltaire and lai.te are to day scatteieil all over this broad land, ai: 1 will l:vc for cen turies yet t" come, perhaiis, and Inger soil will nevi-r be forgotten. His elo quence, his wit and his pathos will ev er find enchanted readers, even though they lelieve not in his pernicious ikr tinie, but no one wil believe that his LxM.ks and his lectures were njt the re sult of arduous hJjor for ibe pecuniary reward that they promised een befoie the work w.t begun. r THE EDITOR'S CORNER, u Qtee" Yictoiua's grand jubilee was celebrated with appropriate bono, a on the twentieth of June. It was upon that day, fifty years ago that she suc ceeded her uncle, William I . The Queen is now over sixty -eight ytars old, but by her regular habits and careful observance of the rules of health, she is well preserved and enjoys excellent health. Long live the Queen! The reception given to The Southern Home by the Press of the South h;ts been very generous. The many kiiul notices that have bren given it have not been without their effect, and if success comes to our enterprise we shall attribute much of it to the assistance if brother publishers. Kind words fall ..... r : ... ;.. " " nlul ' "" fall on a tired earth they are always appreciated they always revive stimulate. and Those who are compelled to swelter with heat amid the crowded blocks of business houses of the city, will find lit tle satisfaction in knowing that those who have been reared in the mountains, accustomed to breath the pure, fresh "J c"", 1,1 nn'1 "lss tho i"isfaction which could le derive! from their immediate surroundings by grasping after the un attainable. TiiF.Jiorrors of the late civil war are fast fading from the minds of those who saw and felt its bitterness. Only the cold figures of history stand out in un changing UuMness, without a show of leniency, to mark the fierceness of the s'.rife and tell its w,.os. The unwrit ten history far more interesting told in language of sa 1 lest truth, is fast losing itself in the Lethe of yeai-s gone by. Go back with us a quarter of a cen tury, and while we draw back the cur tain which conceals the flight of time, see in the dim moonlight of a June evening a lonely sentry standing guard whil-j the great army is wrapped in sleep. Watch him, as he takes a crum pled sheet and strives to read again the words he knows bv heart. It is from Ule 1,)VHl 1,es at Il01!it'- !llJ(l thev need 1 . i -x I t - mm there. .Need his strong arm to protect them from the insults of the enemy ; to keep them from hunger and want, and to hold again to his manly bosom the frail form of his dving child. Look yonder upon his bronzed cheek, tears glisten and fall np.n the musket I m his hand. He thinks of the brave, patient, little woman miles awnv, for whom he would risk his life to ste. Is it wrong ' He never questions. Xo, he remembers that those lie l,.es aie suffering: and that Tot-dear, carlv headed, blue eyed Tot -is dung aiid cries for "papa' through the long, weary night. There is a postscript, written with a little feverish hand held 1 V olle lie kill )Ws si w ( 11. That cry from his child 'rcaks down every barrier, and in the stillness of the night, wnhout a thought sham,- the selitiv leaves hi- ill, -lv beat To ali swer the pbillitiv c moal. ll:gs ot tie one He was iust in time ne t- b the dry. parched hps i .lice t' mi; i mtir vv, ,ri is an, I el, is- ! 1 re v , r. cut ll w t i s on 1 1 : tn: v. W lucll , pened ol rcc.niti ,n vvhih- the flesh ,ev iua a- gi ave were v ( t ui:w U la 1 ed. h, t ' be shi t. Tin re was . 1 - Was seliteiie il ho deleiise - m lung t just,' W heli the sin ,ke the s, .nil' I f t hi ecb m his st if;, a crumpled note. rash an art, but I cleared aw av ;ua 1 lli V" l.ad eeask-d to - gl::: I. is c wa r, and .radi .v i ad tut se word-: " I'n,, i '',". ''., '' He had. ... ,., ; In , ue ...f the a.- luu mg State niav I ve .-t-; giay haired woman, ..j. of at an- a neighlr i'iy tiioe a 1 wi inkle,! witli i x k ot saddest i.ielanch' lv on lier lace, holding toherbrea-t the imaginary fol in of a child as if t" siuel-l from MI)e hnjx-nding danger, and answering the cries which she alone can hear, fissures the clnld in tones ,,f loving teiidernes, that "he is coming home to Tot" ' rV - 'J, V. r A , h
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