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POLKTON, AffSONs CO., N. C, WEDTOSD AY, JANUARY , 19 1876.
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Ob Creation.
k " la the' beginning, GkxJ created." '
rrior to ths greet beginning, - -
TvTien thertWM no heaven or earth, "
When there wee do starlight sunlight "
When oreation had no birth j. '-.
. yhn a hlaok and boondlese nothing ;
. J Breathless, lif aleas, round him (ell, - ;'
j What ooonrred to wake his slumber T -
" What wu there te break the apell?
Breathless, eheerless, all-pervading, -
Btarless,'wjldless, boundless night, t
Was the nothing at beginning" t t '
' Oat of whioh sprang world of light '
Oat of which were made the heavens-?;
-maiairM1lM remote tod new, ' ,; ;
And til living, 'taovlngoreitnrei
, In the depthi of m or fthv . 1 '
' Yet we Know not wht Homed Him '
To begin the mighty plan
- Of creation in it rutneae, '
Forming lastly ilnf nl man.
Why did He not 1mt gnat nothing
In ite harmleu, ailent epaee
Bather than make man ao ainfnl ' - '
At to damn the human raee? - - '
Bat 'tia aaid that man was ainleaa
Until tempted, when he fell
Tempted by a subtle serpent,
pawling from the depths of hell j-..
' Piue and spotless u the lily ' :
In ila early opening bloom '
Until tempted by the devil
To the shades of sin and gloom.
When that blaok and boundless nething,
Harmless, lifeless, ronnd him fell,
. Why did Ood create the devil , .
Or eonoelve an endless hell ?
If oreation sent forth evil,
Or an evil oomesof good,
Then where is the point dividing
-.8tin"s 'orka from works of Ood?
' When there was no sunlight, moonlight (
When there was no heaven or boll
When there was uo place for sinning,
Or for sinful man to dwell. ' "',"
f Why was silence ever broken ?
Why was man to weakness born ?
Why ware devils made Jo tempt him,
' And then leave him here to mourn f .
Vast and searching are these questions
Pieroing, probina to the core.
9 1'eering baok beyond oreation
- To great nothing nothing more. ,.
Vast, though simple, Is the question, " .
: Pleroiug, probiDg to the core :
it true there once was nothing,
X upWfcNotlilng, nothing, nothing more?
THE HASTY WORD.
" Away you go; wid don't lot mo soe
,4 yur f" agaia for a week I Yon are the
1 torment of my life I"
. :S So Bpoke Mrs. Dorrenoe to W HUIa
daughter, a bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked
girl of eleven yeara. She meant nothing
put ol the way; but ehe allowed herself
to oeoome fretted, and tho harsh, nn.
grateful words slipped from her tongue
r without thought or meaning, The
child left the room, and the mother
plied her noodle "more vigorously than
before.
Bat Mrs. Dorrenee was not left alone.
Mrs, Naseby, a cousin of her husband's,
was there on a visit, and had been
Spectator Of the soenn whinh hail 4nut
T -
r passea. Ana those two women were
jJjrf(Hithful wives; kind, indulgent mothers;
Mi-4 noL warm-hearted, trusty friends. Mrs,
.to Iby was some years the elder, and
ae -- consequently, more of life's expert
. Yp "Vnoe to guide And direot her..
For some time after the child had gone
both women sat and sewed in ailenoe;
uui at jengtn Mr ttaseby spoke. ,
. " You remomber our little oottasre bv
me seasnqre, where we used to live be
lore my husband went into business in
Ihfrfity My oldest son, Olarenoe, was
then thirteen years 6f age bold, f ear-
j Njtfl'S noble-bearted boy, who never knew
nat it was to be cruol, and who was the
iet and pride of bis friends, both old
kai young. Still I used to think that
8ometimos bothered me. When he
pwas at home from school his want were
t3 to many, and his persistence in claiminff
Cum pnvnogns to determined, that
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ruiwi. wiuwea myseu ap irpeaic very
arcrshly and unkindly to bin; and
t Uthongh the hasty words always foil back
V btm my own heart with nain and mortl
J-2ftion, still I was alow to break myself
, oi tue nnpleaeant habit.
Une day, while I was engaged,
uiareupe came in and asked me for torn
cake. I told him I could not get it for
him. He then asked me if he might not
' tret some himiwlf. I imwaiwI him nniu
sharply ; No I' The feeling manifest
iu day quiox, .auort answer, oaUed np
a eorreponling feeling iu hi bosom,
and he did not attempt to hide it. He
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replied to me, and then I spoke
mora
. -V fitral1 tt.. TT. a-.11.. 1-1 1
t)$t lfI would not give him the
cake be would take one of his father's
J "V ft a. a t . mm.
ts and go out into the harbor. Two
f hi aohoolmales, he said, were going
"-with
am
him. I had suffered myself by
his timeto gi entirely out of patience,
and I spoke words whioh even now
make me shudder when I recall them to
mind. I told him to go, and I also told
him that I did not oare if he oever oame
back. 0f oourM X meant nothing. The
words were th ftmgi ;of my- heated
blood. He went away, and after he was
gone I was sorry that I had (spoken to
him as I had. As I stood there alone I
cAled to mind the first-born of my love
I remembered the smile of my curly
headed . boy I remembered bis warm
kisses, and his ringing tough his soft,
warm arms, about my heck, and his
dear mamma.' Oh, how I wished I had
nojt spoken those, hasty words 1 1 do
not care if you never oome back I' I be
came nervous and uneasy. A heavy
hand was upon me, and a chill was in
my heart. "
The cruel words rang in my ears, as
they had dropped from my lips, and I
involuntarily prayed to Heaven that no
harm might oome to my child Dinner
time, came, but no Olarenoe. My hus
band was in London at the time, and I
was alone with my three young children,
Towards the middle of the afternoon, a
messenger came to our house, and told
me that one of my husband's boats had
been capsized; that three boys were in
the water,-nd two boats had put off
from the sESife to their assistance. What
passed during the next half hour I know
not, exoept that I ran. down upon the
beach, "and stood there, wringing my
hands and praying Heaven to spare my
child. At length one of the boats came
to the shore, and when the men brought
my boy to me I thought he was dead.
His boat had been struck by a squall of
wind in rounding the point, and when
she went over he had used his first ener
gies in saving his two companions. He
had got them in a safe position upon the
overturned Doat; and lust as he was
about to secure a safe hold for himself
a heavy sea oame rolling in and swept
him off. When the boat from the shore
reached him he had sunk the third time,
and one of the men caught him by the
hair of the head and drew him out. But
no one there knew what to do for him,
They simply laid him upon some old
sails, and brought him to me. And
then some one took me by the arm and
lead mejo-jhe house, while two men
bore my child after me. -hen he had
been budup&rr the bed 1 heard some
onfiUlM, waslgSne. , Oh,"
Heaven only knows what I suffered at
that moment i In the anguish of my
heart I could only ory out: ' Ood spare
my child r
"But help was at hand. An old sail
or, who , had had expenenoe in such
cases, and who had seen the boy brought
in, came to save him. He gathered to
gether every blanket in the house, an4
bad men hoat them by the blazing fire.
At first my child was utterly senseless;
his legs and arms were cold as ice ; and
the pulse in his wrist not perceptible.
knelt by his bedside while the strong
man plied the hot blankets. He gasped
and struggled, and I expected that every
moment would be his lost of earthly life,
Oh, what a time was that for me I j
cannot describe my feelings--you can
imagine them much better. Fftr full
half an hour I knelt there, with mv
fingers upon my boy's pulse, while the
men six of thorn worked with the
blankets. By and-bye I felt a fluttering
beneath my touch; the pulse began to
throb; the lungs were being freed from
the burden of -water. At length the
eyes opened, and their first glance rested
npon me. ' Clarence, who is this I'
asked. A smile broke over his pale
face and he answered ! It's you, dear
mother 1' And then the old sailor told
me that I need have no more fear. Ho
assured me that my child was safe.
could bear no more, I sank forward
upon the bed, and I remember that two
It 1L. . i . .
ui mo men tooK me up bore me
away. It wu some weeksbefore my
boy was able to be out at before; but the
fever consequent upon the terrible
train upon his system at length wore
off, and my Clarenoe was strong and
buoyant onoe more.
" Maria; I believe that from that time
to the present I have 6ver spoken a
narsn, impatient word I one of mv chfl,
dron. Had my boy jtld ia tyatark
uunxjL vuouio oerwuniy nave gone oracy.
Never, never does the impulse to speak
wiouguuewiiy, oome npon me but I re
member those cruel words whiohj spoke
to my flrst-born on that day, and find
naaningnpon my memory, "with an in
fluenoe chilling and startling, the pioture
LCbatoold and aunseleM form, so near
pEJlw to the brink of the grave
It was a fearful Ifwwm, but I think
needed it J and, .what ia more, I know
that I have profited by it"
Mrs. Kasoby wiped her eyes and arose
and left the room. The calling up o
that old soene had affeoted her so deeply
that she wiahed to be alone until her
heart bad grown still and quh-t again.
An hour arlnrwards, aaahe tat by .h
window of her chamber, she saw Mrs.
Dorrenoa coming aoroea the yard with
little lixcie ia her arms.-, The child was
preaaed clotly to her bosom, and she
kiawd it Over and over again: and
he cam nearer, Mrs, Naaeby aaw traoee
of tear upon bet ebeeka.
That Tean of KuUsgs, j
A large crowd gathered in Sacramento,
attracted by the moving through the
streets of an old building. The build
ing was about fifty feet long, had been
mounted on four wooden truck wheels
with a pair of wagon wheels ijn front, to
which a team of x steutale wertf
hitched. After many tngalhWdhouse
started, the driver yelling, and the mud
flying . all 'over the sidewalk, scattering
the crowd. After an hour's time- they
succeeded 4 in ' dragging the building
about one hundred and - fifty feet.
Wittin a few feet of a crossing they
stuck fast;' owing to a slight rise in the
street made by the crossing . The driver
shouted himself hoarse, the six big
mues floundered about in the mud, but
not an inch would they budge the old
building. The crowd increased, and
bets were made that they would never
start it again. A teamster from th
rod-weeds, with four mustangs, had
stopped to watch the performance a
smooth-faced, athletio young fellow.
He said nothing until, roused perhaps
by a splash of mud, he walked to the
front wiping his face on his sleeve, and
said: " I ain't got but three dollars, but
1 11 bet every cent of it that my fp
mustangs will start that rookery out bf
there. " There was a derisive laugh from
the crowd, and half a dozen , takers.
' Put up the money," said the teamster.
If I had more or knew where to bor
row any, I d see the last one of you.
The bet was taken, Jerry Ferhier held
the stakes, the six mules wore taken off
and the four mustangs hitched ton.
Meanwhile the interest of the crowd in
creased and bets&)r4reely jnade with
big odcs against the teamster. When
ready to start the excitement ' was at a
high pitch. The little mustangs bent to
their , work, but the house did not
move. He started them again; no go.
Nothing daunted, the teamster, in an
swer to the crowd who were chaffing
him from all quarters, said : "If Jim
Shaw was here I'd get the money and
bet $50 that I oould start it I ain't got
em warowwhSllVeL " " I'll bet you 850
againstWtPoTyour horses," said a well
known livery man, " that you oan't pull
it five feet." "It's a whack," said the
teamster; " put np the coin." The
money was handed to Jerry Farmor, the
stakeholder. Anothor tug: the little
mustangs seeniod to hump themselves,
but it was no go. 'I I'll bet you another
fifty agin that mare s mate you can t do
it," said the livery man, eagerly.
Done," said tho toamster; I'll bet
the last hoof of 'em on it, and you may
swing me to one of them oaks in the
plaza if they can't do it." By this time
the'exoitement was running high among
the lookers-on, and the, bets were nu
merous. One offered to - bet 8100 ho
oould not do it, and the teamster got a
friend to take the bet for him. Those
who had watched the teamster felosoly
now noticed a change in his manner, a
curious smile on his countenance. - He
walked up to each horse successively,
tapped him on the rump with the butt
end of his blacksnake, and said to each :
" Stand up there now, in your harness.
For the first time he mounted the near
! t t 1 - 1 t . t
wheel, seized a single rein, turned his
team off " haw," swung them back
" gee," craeked his whip, gave a yell,
and, as they straightened, the unwieldly
load rose over the obstruction like an
old hulk over a swell at sea, greeted by
a burst of applause from the bystanders.
The mustangs pulled for about twenty
five feet, and he stopped them. "You
see, boys," said the teamster, as he got
down, "I'm with them all the time
and know just what they oanjfo. and"
with a child-like smile" just when to
make t'8 do it" As he dropped the
stakes in hia overalls pocket, he said:
" I'd give 850 ont of that ar stake if Jim
Shaw had been here to see that team
pulL" ' -
An Illustration of Mormon Life.
An illustration bf Mormon life is
find in the hUtory of a young girl who
had engaged herself to marry a young
man named Bobineon, She saw a Mr.
Stagner, who had one wife already, and
soon had a vision that she was intended
for Stogner's wife. She was sealed to
him accordingly, but after some years
she onoe more saw Ilobinson, experienced
another vision, was unsealed from Stag
ner and married Ilobinson. Then Ilob
inson had a vision and took to himself
an additional wife, bnt she died soon
afterward. In the meantime Stagner's
original wife also died, and Mr, ltobin
son had final vision which she made
known to Stagner. But this appears to
have gone beyond the latter's faith, and
Inclination also, for he refuses to utr
the matrimonial relation again for her
or anybody el. By the rules of Mor
mon belief she is shut out 'of heaven if
she remains as she ia, and her condition
is thus mora unfortunate than .that of
any widow mentioned to history or
romance, .
A DAUGHTER'S t03tFESSI0S.tr
rerlerx that CeBita1 ker Father la the
Wiiawa.
A short time ago. Lodiola Fraden-
burgh and Albert Fredenburgh, her
son, were oondemned to be J hanged at
Herkimer,, N. Y., on Friday, Deo. 81,
"l'r,wcr' f "ay, ajo, o.
flw of CWfl Datit, . ed
cripple, in the town of Gray, last sum
mer. They were convicted on the evi
dence of Mary Davis, a young married
daughter of Albert Fredenbjirgh, and
daughter-in-law of the viotim, and a con
fessed aotnmplioe in the murder. Mary
testified on the trial that her father told
her that the old woman and himself in
tended to kill Orlo Davis, and that she
must assist them, or they would kill hex
also; thai she went to the barn and held
the light for a time, until relieved"; by
her father; that she then stood guard
while her father held the light, and the
old woman killed Orlo with the ax; that
her father washed the blood, from the
ax, and threatened to kill her if she told
of tho murder. This story was, told in
suoh a simple and artless way, and the
girl stood the searohihg cross-examina
tion of the counsel for the prisoner, that
e court, the district attorney and the
jury believed it to be true, and the old
woman and her son were found guilty.
Ever since his sentenoe Albert Freden-
burgh has persistently maintained that
if he oould have an interview with his
daughter, who, with her husband, Frank
Hn Davis, is still confined in the Her
kimer jail, he oould prove his innocence,
His oounsel went to Herkimer to bring
about suoh an interview, and it was ar
ranged to have the meeting in tho parlor
of the jail. Albert was first taken into
the parlor and seated in one corner.
Then his daughter Mary was brought in
and given a seat in an opposite corner.
This wos done 'to enable two persons."
who were iu adioininff rooms, to hear
the conversation, whioh must neoesaarily
be loud. Fredenburgh said to his daugh
tor
" Mary, I am going to die, and I want
you to )ell your father the truth with
reference to the murder of Orlo
DavXV.
It was seventeen, minutes before Mary
spoke a word, and then she merely said
somothing about the stove. Then her
father . asked : Who killed ' Orlo
Davis ?' and she replied : " She killed
him." " Who is she I" asked her
father,- and Mary replied 'A ;yjhe old
lady." In answer to furfl&rTjuestions
Mary said that her father waa not pres
ent when the murder was committed,
and knew nothing about it; that she
held tho light and her grandmother
struck the blow. She then went on to
detail the .ciroumstanoes of the murder
as given in her statement below. The
persons in the adjoining room listened
a tcntively, one of them taking down
what was said. After all had been told
the two persons stepped into the room.
Mary seemed frustrated at first, bnt on
being spoken to reoovered her self -com
posure. She waa then questioned as
follows:
V,. Alary, did you anow that any.
body was listeuing during the oonversa
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tion yon have been having t A. No.
Q. Your statement is altogether dif
ferent from what yon swore to in oourt.
A. Well, it's true.
Q. You say thai the statement you
have just made to your father is the
truth, as it wast A. Yes, it's true,
every word,
Mary having said she was willing to
repeat the statement in the presenoe of
District Attorney Mills, 8. B. Morgan,
the pmoner's oounsel, Deputy County
Clerk Smith, apd Sheriff Eaton, a tele
gram was sent f r District Attorney
Mills, and that gentleman reached
Herkimer in the evening. Mary Davis
was taken into the room where the per
sons named above were, and made the
following statement, which wai taken
down by Deputy County Clerk Smith
"The first time I heard anything said
about killing Orlo was alxrat midnight
Orandma flrat spoke about it ' I waa in
tho bedroom. She oame and oalled me
and said she was going' down ' to kill
Orlo, and wanfod me to carry the light
I said I would not do $, She said if I
did not go shevttmld kill me. I told
her I did not want to go. She said that
it would make no differenoa, that I
wonld have to go. She made ma take
the light and oarry it down to tho barn
and hold it for her. She toiak the ax
and killed him. Then we we't back to
the house. I went back to bed. I aaw
grandmother the next morning. Father
waa abed whan wa went to tha house,
Father did not get op. I don't remem
ber whether she or me spoke to father.
Ha did not say anything. My father
did not know I was going to tha barn.
Father did not go to tha barn with me.
Father got np fire next morning. I
had not yi t got np when father got back
irom milking. When I got up I i
father going toward Mr. 'Adams', I
dont remember as grandmother said
anything next morning. f ewest to the
bars next morning to feed the ohiokens.
Grandmother stepped into the barn and
Looked al Orlo, and . earn owl. Then
we went to the house. I took the lamp
to the barn that waa to court. . Grandma
took the aame ax that was to court house.
I stated al oourt pn trial jthat father
went to the barn with us ; it was not
true; Father did not say ha would kill
me if I did not go to tho barn, as I said
In court. Father did not bold the light
when, grandmother Btruok : the blow.
Father did not wash the overalls when
he came from the barn, as 1 swore.
Almira Davis told mo to swear . that
father went to the barn. Father had no.
knowledge tnat I know or that Orlo waa
to be killed. Almira. Davis told ma to
say' that ' father: went to the barn at
EUsha Underwood's after my child was
born!., , , , , f, h , tAtr ,
i Albert Fredenburgh gave Deputy
County Clerk Smith of Herkimer a
sealed letter, whioh pore this inscription :
" This is my-confession, and a true one."
Mr. Smith agreed to preserve the letter
sacredly and not - open it until after" the
hanging. '. He ;. did not i believe
it was a confession of guilt, but a reiter
ation of former stories. After the inter
view with Mary, however, Albert, at the
request , of hia oounsel, directed Mr.
Smith to deliver this letter to the sheriff.
This was done, and the document was
opened and read in the presence of the
persons who were present .when Mary
made the above statement It is as
follows:
' Herkimer, Deo. 25th, 1875..
' ' I New take my pen in hand to rite a
boute the murder of orlow Davis Jane
23th 1 loft home iu the morning a; 9
o'CloCk and waa way from home i
left greysville that nite at haf past eaght
With Iitel aren hodge. When Wee got
to hit house wee stoned and taLked a
'boute a Shuvell -he hadloStand thonl
Wen strat to Br"e Adamens to cairey
him a paper of Smoking tobaOto I got
thair at 9 o CloCk i left thair at tenn o
CloCk and when I got horn it was tenn
buy my clock i then eate my super and
Went to bed and did Not git up till
morning iind did Not have eney taLk
with eney one a boute killing brio Davis
or Did not kill him nor did not know he
Wasa gouing to be kild nor Did not
see ' him kild and did not " know
he Was , kild til I Went in to the
barn the next morning to get Soma
eggs and found him Ded I am Is
iueSent aS a Child unbocne of the kiling
of Orlo Davis and thatfc god for that i
can gou happy and luesent iu the Site of
god 1 am to be hung for the lye my
Daughter swore to a ganooed mee i can
gou to the gallos innesent in the Site of
god and i thank god for it herkirmer
County Can have it to say that the furst
man that thay hung in'Hurkimer WaS
iuesentand the giltey you Clears lot
this be a Sad Wonting to . both old and
and young to never hang a nnther ine
sent man plese think of me
" this is riten by
"Albert Fbbd!cbobo
. . "in Herkimer Jale
" plese have this printed."
While Mary Was making her state
ment she frequently said t "I feel better,
now that I have told the truth." Before
this she declined to talk about . the case
with M". Morgan, saying that she had
told all she had to toll about it Her
objoot in testifying as ehe did on the
trial may have been to shield her hus
band, Franklin Davis, as it waa at tha
uggestion of his mother, Almira, that
her first story Was told.
A Foolish GlrL
Love of mystery and romauoe soems
to bo an inherent part of the moral
tnaka-up of girls.' I remember hearing
of a silly little creature, the daughter of
a well-to-do grooer, who persuaded her
lover that papa would never oonsent to
their union, so eloped with him. ' At the
and of two days, during whioh time her
ptrenta wJe frantic with anxiety, young
madam ciJie home, bringing her hus
band witl J ier, and the pair threw them
selves at lie feet of papa and mamma in
the most approved fashion. After the
first excitement and joy of reunion was
well over, practical Mrs. Grooer said
"Lor, Samantha, my dear, why didn't
you stay at home and gut married onm
fortablel" " Why, mamma," exclaimed
the bride, " would yon have been wil
ling for ma to marry a poor carpenter
like John I "Surely I would, a long
as ha is honest, replied tha mother,
with aa approving glance at her new
son-in-law, who by this tims began to
look and feel foolish. "Thefl ws shan'l
be a persecuted pair after all I" cried
Samantha, bursting into tears and for
soma tims aha rof od to be eomforted
Absurd aa this story is, it typifies
i large olaas of girls whose love of ro-
manes leads them into countless absurd
lUea, if nothing moi a. ,
Michigan has eighteen persons who
are over a hundred yeara old.
JURRYIXfl. J
A Weaiaa HItm Her Views aa I Ik Mm. '
. ..... .... ...salt.
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I am pleased to see the discussion
npon domestic life and wayr and means;
for there was never a Ume when there
waa mora need to study economy than
now. Deputed treasuries have forced
the subjeot home to us all; but, as usual,
the conclusion seems to be reached that
woman is at tho bottom of the trouble, t
m Four years of hard experience have
taught ma that we can five on mach or
little, as wa like can with dilBoulty ...
make a salary of 830 per week cover our
wanta, or can ' do it with but six, and I
do not know but I was as comfortable
npon tha last aa the; first sum. Tha
main point is to find out whU yon can :
afford to spend and make up your 'mind
bow to use it, and that it must answer
the purpose. One can board on thirty '
cents a day or 83; but he should know
before, breakfast , what ho intends to
spend, and order accordingly. : ,
; A couple of young friends of mine
wars ' married last ' spring, ' furnished
rooms and had restaurant board. Times
grew, tighter, money soaroTr, and the
wife, a dear, patient little woman who
had never known adversity, set hemlf
to be a helgmato in the only way she
knew by tha praotioo of tha strictest .
economy; for had she not read countless
times that it was the extravaganoa of
wives that ruined husbands? and hers
should nevei yuia Harry," poor, dear
fellow. She studied into every outgo.
rent, meals, laundry bills, and dress ex
penditures; waa her own servant and
out down each item half, denying herself
every amusement or trifle that cost a
arthing, but still Harry's brow was
knotted with trouble, n " Poor boy," she
said one night as she sat on hia knee try. .
ing, in sweet, womanly ways, to oomfort
him, "what a pity wa got married just
yet We yight to have waited it makes
it so hard for you to get along." Then .
that man did a thing worthy of his
manhood, and I have faith to belie
the recording angel set it down against
his name and that it will cover a mnlti-'
tude pf liua. Ellen," ha said, "it is
not oostlnKjne half to live Bow that it
did before I had no wife to support I
wasted more money on myself and
friends for cigars, whisky, ehampagna
suppers, and fast horses alone every
month than we spend together now ; and '
the worst of It is, while I have allowed
yon to retfioh until you have robbed
yourself I have soaroe done it at all. hat
will begin in earnest now and boar my ,
share.". " '''-- "?: -
Men aia not usually so f rank with
their wives perhaps not with thorn -selves,
as this; itouldbe butter if they .
were. Then they wilt not talk business
with their wives, of course supposing .
them" to be ignorant of its details, and
they may be; but many women have ex
cellent judgment and an intuitive keen-
boss of perooption that stands them in
the plao of experience. OtUpeoplo
who play chess or cards barely, oan,
while looking on as others play, deteot
the slightest mistake, and oould they do-'
teot the moves would save the stakes.
And thus tha wife, who is but a looker-
on in tha gam of Ufa at her haibaud a
reckless moves, might, were she allowed
to suggest or advise, save him many a
time. 1 , 1 ' '
Again, husbands, ' especially young
ones, who were used to putting on a
good deal of style and were extravagant
ly generous beforo marriage,, lata to
oome down to facts and say s " I have
nothing bnt a small salary or an already
embarrassed business to depend upon ;"
snd in her ignoranoa she does that for
which ha and tha world blame her se
verely. Misled and deoeived by his in
judicious silence, how could she know
what wrong aha did him until too late f
I cannot join ia tha ory against women
who' wish Or require the men they marry
to have money or property; fur tha wife
knows full well, first i that his home
eannot be mads either comfortable or at
tractive to ona who has-been aaed to tha
luxury of hotel Ufa or rooms and board
in flrat-cUys marble fronts, without it
Seoond, she knows that if a man wants
to save or accumulate anything, oris
aver going to do it lis will have dona
something toward it by tha time he is
old enough to marry and settle down.!
If ha has not, probabilmea ara that ha
never will, and will moat likely be ona
of the diseatisfied, diaguated, impro
vident huabaada who do suoh a vast
amount of grumbling about tha ooet of
living. ,, Times ara perpetually hard with
them, and finding fault about tha ex
panse of supporting a family will ba a
ehroulo m natal diaas tot which a wife
eaa dlaoover ao remedy. , t
A Detroit Jpdgs haa decided that a
hotel keeper eannot onoflscate the log
gags of permanent guest fur M t Ilia
decWon is regarded aa a singular one,
and haa set tha Meaara. Bonifaces of
Detroit talking siaaltanaoualy, '
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