Show 1I0 AUOUTTUE Fist I Some time ago we remember readIng an account a minister walking out with his son a bright lad of perhaps ten summers whom he very properly desired should grow up wi h avery profound pro-found belirf in the existence of a God HU chief argument to nroa < e faith in the mind of the lad wits to call bit attention at-tention to the many evidences of deign in nature and at once raeh to tne conclusion con-clusion that them could be no desivn wilbuuiades gner During their walk on t c occasion we refer to they strolled along the shores of a shallow lake wberc I a number oi birds belonging to the wiling wil-ing faciily were moving tealtbil about feeding on the fish they could catch The mmster directed the attention ol the ton to tbe Ion leg 01 the heron such was the specimen of wader which I adapted it for itt habits of lifewading = and how when he drew bis foot out of the wate involuntary muscles contrac te the toes of the bird that there Ii might be no splash to frighten away the fish when tbe foot was again thrust bick into the water how the bill was lonx and of such a shape as to conveniently con-veniently hold a fish how the long neck could be drawn up close to the birde body by craning it and then suddenly extended to a great length ttiu > making it easy for the heron to secure its prey Having drawn attention to all these points which adapted the bird to Its habits of life method of securing its food etc the minister began to draw his conclusion about the design ol designerwhen the boy surprised him by saying Father that design business bus-iness is all right as far as the heron is concerned but how about the fish 7 We have often thought of this inc dent when reading what Is too Ire qnently hypocritical gush about the brauties of the monogamous system of marriage Let us not be misunderstood misunder-stood Vi do not attack the m uog amous lsomenor seek to detract from beauties nor lessen its joys We know of nothing more noble than to see man I and wfe walk band In band through lie wrapped up in each others affection each true to marriage vows bearing I each others burdens and bravely meet ing the adversities of life or enjoying together the blessings that proa erity brings to them For such people THE HERALD has nothing but the warmest admiration and where need is sympathy sym-pathy and if journals wish could increase in-crease their bulk of bliss most heartily would we say God speed yel But Tuc HERALD cant see why it is thatin the same community where the one wife system is general men who desire de-sire to do so cant have more than one wife if they are willing to increase their responsibility and provided they are able to fulfill marriage contract with the women they marry pro ride for them a home and properly feed clothe and educate their children obtaining of course the content uf the first wires as a party affected af-fected by the arrangements Especially do we contend that this privilege should be granted if the parties to such family arrangements believe it to be the will of heaven for them to contract such obligations There is no danger of its becoming universal or even general or very widespread as its increased care and obligations will ever be a check to I it to say nothing of the equality of the sexes numerically and If It be an evil it is oe which society will cure so farM far-M it is curable more quickly more effectually than infamous laws harshly administered will ever do IL But back to our design story We said that too frequently l the poetic praises of the beauties and purity os the monogamous system of marriages were hypocritical gush to it is Ail admit that there are tens of thousands of mm who remain re-main true to their marriage obligations hundreds of tbonsandsnof women who do so but while that is true there another side of it that is not so pleasant to look at Sexual infidelity among those bound by the TOWS of wedlock ia t simply appalline to society Comparatively Compara-tively how many monogamous families fami-lies are there that have no skeleton in the closet on this question of purity Let the divorce ricsfrds bear witness It will be found that the majority of causes impelling tho parties to a reparation repa-ration is mantel infidelity The tdi i vOICe records however are but straws Lofting which way the winds blow It is I the nature of woman to suffer silently She hides the wound that prey upon her vitals Under the monogamous mo-nogamous system of marriage and our present laws she alone is openly ack aowiedged as a wife and though she knows that this is but a shadow she strive to cheat her poor heart out of its sorrow with it bat in secret she mows she has betra1eJ and that bth she and her huatand are living a lie by seeming to be vhat they are not he a virtuous aiie a happy TO man I And JOB Bidf odely toney combed throughout with just such cases Nor does the evil end here This marital infidelity is twice yea thrice cursed It blights the life of the wife damns tne soul of the husband and ruins the victims of his lust and in the aggregate they are not a few It is to this latter class we wocld draw attention atten-tion Who are they ilembers of Eves family They once were pure and had liS good a right to become wives and mothers and receive the care and attention of a husband as their more fortunate sisters who get anopportuu ity to marry Of course we Know in the United tatl that the seisare about equally divided male and female on the hole nnd that fact u suppoed to determine de-termine that oue man shall have but one wife We grant that will ever be the rule at cst while our present condition con-dition cont nuei But if the sxis are about equally divided maid and female they are not equally suit ibtiteti Tat e example Ihedtateof MS4achu < > rtty I They have theu in round numb is seventy thousand more females than milej What does it ben tit thatlarxo nuruberof women that must grow up birred of the privilege of wifrLood to tell them that the sexes are uoout equally divided 7 That would be cold comfort since that fuel nelu thtiu out but littleif any in issacbuaetts tJ I far as tuose seventy thousand wonim areconcttJiied who aro condemned b > enforced uonogorny either to Miijlu wretcucdneas or lives of sliuiur the inequality that txtsU there mtgui us well prevail everywhere Muuog amy 11 tll right and very pleasant fui those women fortunate tnougli Iu secure se-cure husband and homes bt what of those tens of thousands of omen Ue ay a tern of enforced monogamy deprive of the blessings of huuoraoie iuuteruit and wifebood Thutdeafcu business is all right o fur as the heron is concerned but hcsa aoout the fish 7 Monogamy it uil right so far as it secures n husband fur every woman who aunts oneAnd I nearly all women desire a husbind but how about those which the enforcement enforce-ment of monogamy iu such places a < Massacnuretid consigns to perpetual spuisterhood 7 No one will uryuc that permission of polygamy under certain circumstances would entirely cure the social evil but dull indeed must be that mind that cannot Bee that it would lessen it by so much as it would absorb ab-sorb that margin tl unmarried women now left to be preyed upon by the vicious both among married men and single tional and to pose as a reformer and a decidedly cunning fellow If he hid entertained the slightest idea that his story would have calledfor a verification verifica-tion hj would nevr have told it the thing running in his bead at the time was that be was talking in a way to bring himself prominently before the country and to demonstrate that the administration had shown wisdom and foresight in selecting him for a position where reform was so really demanded But while be was tooting the horn of ilr Dement so melodiously he was grossly slandering better peoplo than be ever dreamed being i i e was charging brib ery corruption and roguery in ther ugh est and molt outrageous form asrainst prraons who were entirely innocent of wiong doing It is all well enough fur a man to Ijtnl himself if he is pleased by I that sort of thing but while setting forth his own virtues and abilities he should be careful not to asii the character char-acter of others Nobody objcts when Mr Dement says re i4 a preatand a good man and nnbodis going to contradict con-tradict h m but when he declares that innocent men are perjurers bnbe ulcers and bridetakers there is very decided objection If the newpaper core < rnniltfuls aol others can be believed be-lieved ha has thus slandered tho peoule of Utrtli antI incubeH of Congress th > ui Ides pun aliment that can beimpoied upon Him w U be his rejection by the beuate A nun wbu will be as reckless a < he haM b en in the the of his tongue Ii nut tlrterviig of office it is discreditable discredit-able to the administration and tu the rfnatp that he has not sooner been ki = kc2 out |