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The roiling Tall.
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week. It 1 re-published. En.
Tlio sighing, sobbtnfr, ad south wind
riays on my peaceful, placid brow,
An o'er the dim and distant days
Of years or yore I linger now.
The pitiless and wiling rain
Drips from the dark and dingy eaves.
And, pushing in the puddles, plays
At h We and hunt with homeless leaves.
A red-brown robin bows beneath
The grs-gnwm ground sill of my door,
nut sings no more low, sweet son?
Orshlmnierlng Miiishlne as ofyore.
The bam-yrd brtitf the burdened day
Endure, as down the drowsy west
The fcombre sun, tvitb lace unseen,
Sinks slowly to his saddened rest.
A herrteS horseman haltsbeslde
The sodden sHlef ind shakes his cloak,
Dismounts and throws the tangled rein
Around u drenched and drooping oak.
The chickens cackle at the crows;
The crows caw round the gabbling geese; .
A bleating lambkin blunders by
Ills half-drowned dam with dripping fleece.
Indoors the deepening darkness drags
Its lazy length along the wall,
While glimmering gleams of glowering glare
Gloom through the lamp-light In the hall.
Grim blackness broods about my bed,
And settles In the silent air;
I slam the shutters in the gloam,
And cuddle In my cozy chair.
Sweet silence soothes the sad south wind,
And lulls to steep the sobbing storm
My lone heart yearns for years ofyore
And many a merry-making form.
And as they flit before my fuoe.
The dear, dead darlings of the past.
The sad south wind a solace sings
That promises sweet peace at last.
A. J. D.
Foutlxss, November, 1872.
EON0EAHEWITT.
BY MBS, SUSIE wrniEnF.i.i
Entered, according to the Act of Congress, In
the yenrlS72,by Mrs.SusIeWltherelI,ln the Of
fice of the Librarian of Congress at Washington
City.
CHAPTER XXXII.
" THE ESCAPE ASD RETURN.
In Lodi Hard Heart placed full confi
dence, little. thinking alio was proving
traitor to all his wicked schemes. But
God Jiad seen fit to make her an in
strument in His hands in the restora
tion of the captives who so faithfully
trusted in Him.
Sitting down, as he cast a malicious
look upon Rissey, who sat admiring the
gaudy trappings which, lay around lier,
and listening in fearful wonderment at
the sound of the uncouth language,
Hard Heart soon informed Lodi of the
arrival of Norman, and also the inter
view which had taken place between
the lovers, with the consequences fol
lowing.
"Hard Heart will forgive the white
chief who has offended him providing
he will hearken to the voice of Lodi and
return to his home without the pale
dove?" asked she.
"Hani Heart will forget his anger if
he is content to go without the palo
dove. But he who gives us gold to
keep her for him would have the white
chief kept a coptive, that he may see
him tortured in the presence of the
pale-face; hut he it as Lodi says he
may go and the other must die, for the
pale one must he mine, I swear by the
Great Spirit."
For a moment Lodi seemed to be in
deep thought; then, rising, she said :
"Now harken to the words of the
great chief Sanutco's daughter. We will
harni not the young chief, but let him
go with his brothers, for Hard Heart's
bride would pine and droop should
she see him die. Lodi will frighten
them by telling them if they refuse and
go not they will be scalped before the
pale-face, who must then bo burnt at
the stake to satisfy our anger. Rather
than have her die, they will let her re
main a captive, thinking perhaps she
may eirect an escape, but which Lodi
will take good care to prevent. When
they are gone then Hard Heart can
watch the pale chief who, like a hawk,
would catch the dove. Lodi likes him
not When he sleeps bind him hand
and foot and bring liim to her wigwam,
where she will keep him safe, that he
may not harm the dove, who must bo
set at liberty, that she may recover her
spirits ere she becomes the bride of so
great a chief as Hard Heart. As for the
white squaw who accompanys them,
she Is a friend of Lodi's youth, and will
abide with us awhile; for she would
rather the palo dove would become the
squaw of the red man than to wed with
him who has her bitter hatred. "What
says the great chief to this arrange
ment?"
"He is well pleased. Let it be as
Lodi says. The white squaw may be
some help if she is a friend to Sanutee's
daughter and hates yon white chief,'
replied Hard Heart, with a grin.
"Aye, that she will. Leave all to me,
and ere this time to-morrow the pale-
luceu cuieis snail be on their joumcv
- -
towarus tue rising sun."
Rising from the ground, Hard Heart
walked out in silence.
As soon as Hard Heart had disap
peared, Lodi hastened to the tent where
Harry and Robert (who knew not that
Gorman nau arrived) were waiting and
wonuenug wiiat Kept Clarence so long.
luuir luces urigiueneu as sue entered
for Catherine had told them she was a
messenger of peace.
"Where is our friend? Is he safV?
asked'they anxiously, as she seated her-
seir- and .prepared to tell them her
wishes respecting, their return, as the
only means possible of obtaining the re-
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lease of Sonora. Telling them all she
knew concerning the interview between
CJarence and our heroine, as well as the
arrival of Norman and the proposition
she had made to Hard Heart, she con
cluded by saying:
"To-morrow morning ere the day
breaks you must be on your journey. I
will see that your companion is re
turned to you. Catherine will remain
until the pale girl and her servant are
free and her great enemy slain. You
proceed to Plague Mine, and ere another
moon is at its full they shall be with
you. Believe me. jjoui swears it by
tlio Great Spirit, whom she soon ex
pects will call her,", ad crossing her
hands Upon her breast, she cast her
eyes towards heaven as If she would
have them believe the solemnity of her
assertion.
Bring us our friend and we will do
as you say; ;for we believe you are sin
cere," said Harry, who, though loth to
leave his sister in the hands of the In
dians, knew this to he only means of
her escape from those who wore so
much greater in number, and whom,
should they offend, would no doubt put
them all to death, and thus leave their
disconsolate parents to mourn the loss
of all. Putting his faith in the God of
his sister, he resolved to bo submissive
to his fate and await with faith for the
result.
Lodi had not been gone long before
Clarence made his appearance, greatly
dejected in spirits and feeling very un
willing to leave Sonora; but knowing
she was safer as it was than if he made
any opposition to their will, he submit
ted to the wishes of his friends, and as
night closed around them the three
threw themselves upon their mats to
get n little sleep, that they might be
better prepared for their to-morrow's
journey.
Let us now return to Hani Heart As
soon as he left Lodi he began thinking
over in his mind what she had said,
muttering in his own language:
"Ha! maybe white squaw bribes the
daughter of our great Sanutee," and a
wicked smile illuminated his face.
will let the young chief return to his
brothers. He can do no more harm,
watched as they are. Then I will go to
the wigwam of him who would take
from Hard Heart his pale dove. It
might bo he would be willing to give
her to Hard Heart, should he return the
gold. I will try him, and if lie does all
well and good, he can go in peace, but
if he refuses he must die! He! he! he!"
laughed the brutal wretch as he entered
the wigwam of Clarence, and unloosing
his fetters, bade him follow. Conduct
ing him safely to his friends, as we
have seen, he proceeded in silence to
the place where Norman was.
The dim shadows of twilight had ren
dered objects almost invisible to our
aristocratic Norman, when the foot
steps of Hard Heart fell upon his ears.
Starting up, he met him at the door
way. Following a motion which the
former made, they proceeded a short
distance from the wigwam, whore, after
they had seated themselves, Hard Heart
said:
"The young chief is loosed from his
bonds and sleeps in the tent witli his
brothers."
"Bah! Why was you not true to your
promise? Know you not that he would
steal the pale dove from the arms of
one who would pay you gold more than
he can name?"
"Is your hatred so strong for the
white chief?"
"Stronger than aught else, save the
hate I bear the white squaw who is with
him."
"What! Say you so? If Hani Heart
gives you the young chief to scalp this
night, would you give him the pale
dove to be his bride? He would give
you back all the gold, but the pale-face
must cheer his wigwam, which is
lonely."
For a moment Norman was paralyzed
at this proposition, which even to his
black and wicked heart seemed base
and outrageous. She. the vounsr and
beautiful girl, educated and reared in
tue lap of luxury and refinement, be
come the wife of a rude and brutal sav
age .vcn the very idea smwl tvw
volting. At last he answered:
"The pale dove would tIn nn.i -it..
should she be left alone in the wilder
ness; out i win give you gold, as much
again, if you will keep the three young
chiefs in bondage and let me depart
wmi me uove. Aim when T am r..-
away, take tho scalp or the white
squaw!"
"Gold! more gold! and four scalps?"
said the selfish, heartless Tndinn
"Well, bo it so. The pale-faces shall
die, all but the dove, whose ransom will
make Hard Heart rich," and rising, he
continued: "Return to the wigwam.
while I hold council with tho bravest of
our band."
Norman obeyed, saying as he did so:
"Be careful of the maiden, for if
aught happen to her, Hard Heart must
die."
The Indian mado no reply to this
threat, but his lip curled with bitter
scorn as he thought how safe he was
with so many of his tribo around
him, while Norman was alone.
Calling together ten hrave and stal
wart warriors, Hard Heart talked the
matter over with them, and at last con
cluded to take the three young men and
Catherine and lead them out at mid
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night, when they would bind 'them to
tree.", and thero let them remain till
morning, when Norman might be al
lowed to choose any mode of death ho
pleased. As this was satisfactory they
separated, tho Indians to watch their
victims, wlille Hard Heart went to In
form Norman and devise some means
of torture.
But, fortunately for our friends, all
this planning was to be frustrated, for
all was known to Lodi. Wandering
about, she accidentally perceived Hani
Heart enter Norman's tent, first look
ing around with great caution. Creep
ing behind an old tree, she waited until
she thought him seated, when, crawl-'
ing along through the low brush-wood,
she arrived at the opposite side of the
wigwam, Mhcre she wa3 entirely con
cealed from view, not only by the dusk of
eve, but also by the close growth of the
trees. Putting her car close to tho
ground, she distinctly heard every word
of their atrocious designs upon their un
suspecting victims. She soon heard
that they were to bo brought forth at
midnight, and without waiting to hear
more, hastened to the wigwam of Cath
erine, to whom she quickly communi
cated all, telling her to go, ere it was
too late, and let them know, that if pos
sible they might escape, when she
would see that harm came not to So
nora, who should soon follow.
"Fear not, Lodi. I will see that they
are far from here in safety ere to-morrow's
sun shines, or some who descrvo
it shall sleep to wake no more," an
swered Catherine, grasping her dagger.
"You remain here, Lodi," continued
she. "See that the girl is safe. Beguile
them awhile. Let her not go with yon
der wretch," pointing towards tho wig
wam which Norman occupied. "Kill
her sooner than that should take place.
I will pretend to seek rest in the wig
wam of the young chiefs. As soon as
all are quiet I will put this phial, which
contains a sleeping potion, to tho nos
trils of the savages who watch, but who
always feign sleep. Then I will lead
them forth In the darkness to a place of
safety, for well does Catherine do MIdcl
know the haunts of this wild forest As
soon as they are safe I will return, but
not alone. I fear not the anger of tho
Natitoches. Though I no longer am a
member of the brave Ciupees, I know
one who will help me," and before Lodi
could make a reply, she was out of
sight.
Going directly to tho wigwam where
the young men were, Catherine stepped
across the drowsy form of one of the
guards, and throwing herself upon a
mat near his head, as she placed a fin
ger to her lips in token of silence to her
friends, she remained perfectly quiet,
pretending to sleep, until the heavy
breathing of the savage told plainly
that he was but a poor watcher. Tak
ing the bottle from her pocket, she
placed it for an instant to his nose. Re
placing it, she arose, and in a few whis
pers informed them of what she had
heard, telling them they must follow
quickly if they valued their own lives
and would procure Sonora's freedom.
Though they felt very reluctint to ac
cede to this mode of flight, leaving their
dear one still in captivity, still they
knew there was no other alternative,
and prepared to follow their faithful
preserver.
Stepping across the benumbed bodies
of three savages, who had been served
in like manner, Catherine led them out
side the tent. Looking carefully around
and listening a moment, she mado signs
for them to follow her, as she sped along
like a deer, but even less quietly) for a
distance of two miles, not even onco
turning or breaking the dreadful still
ness by a single word, so well did she
understand tho quick Indian ear. At
last, coming out upon a broad, open
plain, she turned, saying:
"Now we have no time to lose. Our
steps must bo as fleet as the antelope,
yet quiet and cautious as the snnke.
Keep up brave hearts and follow speed
ily," and turning, she quickened her
pace so much that our travelers were
at last fairly obliged to run to keep up
with her.
Thus they traveled, halting but once
to rest for eight miles, when they camo
in sight of a small valley.
"But a short time more and you are
Bafe," and making her way towards a
high hill,wliich seemed to be surrounded
with trees and rough rocks, Catherine
scrambled over a few and stopped. Bid
mug our travelers take hold of a large
stone, siio revealed to their astonished
gaze an Immense cave, which seemed to
uu in uio very heart of the hill. Plac
ing a small whistle to her lips, she gave
a low signal, when issuing from a dis
tant ami ouscuro corner, with a joyful
bound, stood our old friend Many Ca
nute, wib iiiuiau jover or White Star
II tl- 1 , f . . .
nuiuume; jtignt welcome Is the
wife of Lenard do MIdci," said he. n lio
extended his hand and motioned for her
to enter.
"Welcome! welcome!" was re-echoed,
as a savagoyell of joy went forth from
every savago of Many Canoes' follow
ers.
"But is" and Many Canoes stopped.
as he was about to inquire about Nor
man, at beholding the followers of Cath
erlne.
"Go on; these are friends enemies to
our enemy. I would have them remain
here In safety, while you return with
me to the camping-grounds of the war
Free Speech, Ft.ee Tress, Fkee Peom.e.
like Natitoches, who have among them
not only a pale-faced girl, whom Nor
man means for another victim, but also
tho villain himself. He would claim
her as his wife. Wo must bo as brisk
as possible, ere it will be too late, for
your enemy, Hani Heart, may wreak
his anger upon her, should he find him
self foiled. Wo must rescue her ere she
droops."
"I am readi Aye, I will be avenged!
But enter, my friends, for Many Canoes
Is no enemy to tlio. pale-faces, except
one," ana leading tne way, they were
soon seated in a broad and spacious
cave, which they named the Cavo of
Refuge. Here -our travelers rested, as
Many Canoes listened to- Catherine re
late some of the past since she had seen
him. As she finished he jumped upon
his feet, saying:
"Let us return at once, that Many Ca
noes may have his revenge upon the
murderer of his White Star, whom lie
has followed for years," and uttering a
low whistle, a door, which our friends
had not observed, flew open, and ten
more savages, armed in tho manner of
civilized men, stood at his side.
"Many Canoes would have his bravo
followers go with him to the camping-
grounds of tho Natitoches, where they
hold In captivity a pale girl and her
servant, whom I would rescue for these,
our friends; and this is not all. There
Is among them ono whom ye have
sworn to hate Norman Burke!"
"Norman Burke!" yelled all in a
voice.
"Aye, Norman Burke!" and turning
to our friends, continued: "You remain
here in safety till we return with the
pahs girl, whom we will surely bring
first making her persecutors feel the ef
fects of our wrath."
"We will return with you," was the
response to this. "Let us away! There
is not n moment to lose!"
"Follow, then, and to-morrow night
at this hour you and the captives shall
bo here again in safety," was tlio an
swer of Many Canoes, as he led the way
over the rough rocks they had just
climbed. "Come! Speak not, but fol
low quickly."
ITo bo continued.
C0EEE0T.
The "sex" havo gained a favorable
point inEngland. A husband over there
wanted a divorce. His wife was pure,
irreproachable and above suspicion. To
secure his object, he hired a gorgeous
looking man, and told him to test the
power of resistance of the unsuspecting
wife. This "shadow" was faithful to
his trust. Tho woman fell. Then the
husband camo triumphantly to the
front His- suit for a decree of divorce
was begun. It came to trial. Tlio tes
timony of the "shadow" was that the
wife had been guilty. It proved more
than that; namely, that she had been
guilty witli the aforesaid "shadow."
Tills, of course, would bo sufficient
ground for divorce on chargeof adultery.
But no. Let us hear the defense. Thoy
admitted the guilt of the wife; proved
that she had been criminal witli no
other person; and then put in that such
"shadow" was an agent of the husband,
and that every principle was responsi
ble for acts of an agent. The Court so
held, and the wicked husband had still
a wife to whose Tall ho had been instru
mental. This is at once law and com
mon sense.
INTERNATIONAL AEBITBATION.
The beneficent principle of Interna'
tional Arbitration has been again cxem
plifled iu the San Juan Boundary decis
ion justmade in ourfavorby the Emperor
of Germany. OurMinister,Mr.Bancroft,
has written a letter of acknowledgment
to tho Emperor William, in which ho is
charged by the President of tho United
States, in tho name of tho American
neonle, to thank nis Majesty for the
great pains ho has taken, and the at
tcntiou which he has devoted to the case
growing out of tho dispute between
Great Britain and tho United States in
reganl to the northwestern boundary,
Tho letter closes with tho assurance of
continued friendship and good will be
tween tho United States and Germany.
If the Administration had no other
claim upon the support of women, the
establishment of the principle of Inter
national Arbitration would sufllce.
LETTER FROM SALEM.
Salem, Nov. 2S, 1S72.
Editok New 'oirruVEST:
My attention has been called lately to
tho subject of divorces, by rcaiiin
numerous slurring articles in tin? papers
on tho frequency of such suits. The ap
plications are almost Invariably from
tho wives; and drunkenness, violence
and destitution are the causes alleged
At tho late term of the Circuit Court in
this city several have been granted;
drunkenness, beating, kicking and per
sonal indigniticsof acrueland revolting
character being fully proved in each
case. If there is a frequency in the ap
plication, it is because more husbands
are being ruined, beggared and mad'
dened by the increased use of poisonous
liquors. The high price of pure alcoholic
drinks since tlio war begun is one in
ducemeut for unscrupulous dealers to
mako up villainous compounds of water,
vitriol, strychnine and other drugs that
much sooner madden and destroy man
kind. The cases here all had the!
origin in the saloon. In Dallas ten
cases are reported. In fact, it is said to
be unsafe to rido through the streets of
that town by day or night unless you
are in an iron-clad wagon for fear of
stray bullets flying around loosely from
some of the drinking dens of that
delectable village.
No wonder applications for divorce
are frequent If men shoot eacli other
under the maddening inflammations of
the fell poison they are Imbibing in the
saloons, with what feelings of reckless
madness will they be actuated wlion
they go home to their defenseless wives?
What can these wronged and injured
women do? It is something to sec their
once prosperous and happy homes
destroyed, their children and themselves
reduced to beggary and want But for
these the law furnishes them no remedy.
Only until they are beaten, maimed or
half killed In body can they ask the law
to protect them by severing the bond
that whiskey had long before broken
and destroj'cd.
few ycareagoall northern America
arose in arms over the wrongs, injuries,
violence and atrocities inflicted by tho
fell spirit of slavery upon the hapless
and defenceless slaves. Can it be that
our white women, our own wives and
daughters, are of less consequence to us?
Shall it become necessary that we who
are rearing daughters, and nurturing
them tenderly and carefully to make
them become lovely women, must
change our course entirely, and provide
them with tho derringer and the dagger
that they may be able to defend their
fragile bodies in after years from the
assaults of maddened, brutalized and
drunken husbands, from whose violence
the law is to furnish no divorce.
Surely those newspapers that speak
lightly and desparagingly of divorces
are not acquainted with tlio facts proven
n nearly all of the cases that come into
court at the instance of female plaintiffs.
Ninc-'tenths of divorce causes originate
in saloons. If they arc to be kept open to
destroy husbands, please, good news
papers, to leave the divorce courts open
ibr the salvation of wronged, beaten and
injured wives. Truly yours, etc..
(i. W. LAWSON.
Educated for the Ballot. I have
friend who says, "Horace Greeley is
one of thu best friends of the woman's
cause, because lie has advocated the
equal pay of women with men, and ap
proves of their entering new avenues of
employment." Jly friend avers that
tins is a Help to the cause, as it is "edu
cating women up to tho ballot"
l near a great deal or this "education
for the ballot," and find it puzzling to
account for the reason why women need
so much more preparation than men.
1 found it necessary to spend a day m
the court-room during a session of tho
county court, a while ago. The chief
business was tne naturalization ot ror-
igners. Pat and Mike and Teddy came
before tlio judge, accompanied by Mike
and Teddy and Pat as vouchers for the
length or time tuey had been residents
of the country, &c. tho judge asking
them one or two other questions, one of
which was, "If they were interested in
sustaining tlio principles of our govern
ment," and pronounced nimscir satis-
fled. Tlio clerk made out the papers,
and they passed out voters; competent
to Help mai;e laws lor you aim me; m
to represent at the ballot-box the wives,
mothers-, and daughters oi tne lanu.
Watching this lunu ami momentous pro
ceeding which made these men citizens,
I could but wonder where tney nau ucen
'educated fortiioballot" In tlio ditch ;
On the railroad track? Then why not
Kate and Bridget at the wash-boanl and
dlsli-pan? Not a question was asked as
to tncir educational capacities; no one
knew whether they could read or write;
probably not one in ten knew what the
principles of our government are, but
tney couiu voio nice tne man wnu sum,
"He didn't caro who was up for office,
he alwavs voted the straight party
ticket" I would not be understood that
education is not needed, but I am won
derhnrwhv men do not need it also. To
woman the ballot will be education.
Ella C. Goodcll tn Woman's Journal.
KrsAX B. Anthony. We heartily
thank our cotcmporary, the Jlec, in last
Tuesday's issue, lor tno Kind aim en
rnnrarrincr words Willi tne important in
formation given of the arrest of Susan
B. Anthony, and some dozen otner
women, for voting in Rochester, N. Y
at our late Presidential election. Our
noble and brave sister busan was among
tho first to don the armor of warfare in
this battleof freedom againstopprcsslon,
and sho will be last to doll it until vic
tory has been gained; involuntary, even
gladly placing herself in tlio breach,
tilling up the Cliasm, so inai ner aisiura
may walk over dry shod, even if she be
Kiiiimnpl hv tho weight of the on-
marching army, wnoomy wan ior mu
liridfrn to be mado ere they find them
.:o. r
selves testing its strength. Our noble
iimiiiora who aro unuoiuiui; incsu in
domitable workers will receive their
rmv.inl in tlin conviction or daring to uo
what tliov feel to be right; besides the
emoluments they will be sure to receive
in tlio not far distant iuiure wnen
woman has had awarded to her the
right to stand by the side of her brother
In all the acquisitions ami reiKiii3iuiu
tiesof life for which her talents or In
clination attract her. Then will bo in
augurated an era, novel and seemingly
disastrous for a time, but out of this
chaos and conhisiou will evoivea ueucr
order of things, than possibly can accrue
under a one-sided government; other
wise wo are a false prophet As things
cannot be in a much worse state than
the present, we hope the coining trial or
tbcJe women will decide thls ma er
whetherweare persons or only things.
The Wtnnimj Way.
Tlinrles Lamb, one afternoon, in re-
"but that last piece of Ple lHd Ule bHSi
ucsa for me."
The Queens of Socieiy.
The great social fact in tho history of
women oi letters is directly contradic
tory to tho current and unconsidered
opinion that a literary woman, by so
much, is less charmingly womanly, and
in consequence of that fact, never "a
queen of society." Whereas the truth
is mat in an ages every woman who
has been a central figure in the social
life of her time has been, in some sense,
a woman of crcnius. a woman of dis
tinctive mental endowments, if not, iu
fact, "a literary woman." It was more
than the beauty of Asnasia which drew
Socrates to her house and made her the
com panion of Pericles. It was her wit,
aim tne attraction of a subtle and com
prehensive soul Irradiatingand exalting
tlio charm of womanhood. If she could
exercise these, her highest gifts, only at
the expense of her reputation, it was
the shame of her age, and her misfor-
From her ,lav to tn'3i even,
wlille they havo effected to sneer at
"superior women,", all men lifted above
ives at all In thejr higher faculties,
havo sought as their chosen friends,
companions, entertainers and counsel
ors, women their -equals by right of
their femininity, women of rich tem
perament, of strong aflections, or
wit, learniug and genius, as well as
beauty. It is the mistake which pro
duces so many social failures in our own
day, that foreign in societv it ladeemnl
all sufficient to bo pretty and rich, to
have fine clothes and a fine house, then
to stand and simper, and wriggle a fian.
Every year these failures are made con
spicuous in our own laud by the large
number of people whom newly gotten
wealth or place enables to rush to make
social displays in metropolis or capital
They strut their brief season with new
furniture, new clothes, new equipage,
then pass back into the obscurity from
whence they came; while it is a fact
worthy of note that the very few ladies
in Washington whoso social frame can
survive their own generation are women
not only ot beauty, but also women of
inunitc linesse and tact women who
have been fitted for high places they
adorn by years of extensive study,
travel, and intimate association witli
the most eultvated and polished society
of the world. To become a controlling
power in social iifc one must possess a
social genius. This is purely personal,
and as distinctively genius in itself as
the power which circulates and rules. iu
any other sphere of thought or action.
.No woman lias ever leit ner impress on
her Generation, or even on the neighbor
hood in which she dwelt, as a social
power, who has not been in some degree
a superior woman. Many a woman
with a personal charm or warmth of
manner, though she had neither beaHty
of feature nor wealth, has made herself
a social success, leaving an impression
on her friends and neighbors which they
have transmitted to their children, and
which survives as a neighborhood tra
dition long after the social queen herself
has passed rorcver irom ner lowiy King
dom. A woman may have social gifts
nre-eminently developed, and no other.
When above this riclt social nature riso
the intellectual and spiritual faculties
pre-eminent, imparting to it nerve,
finesse, and that inexpressibly subtle
psychical charm of blended soul and
sense the intellectual, personal and
spiritual interfused and emanating from
one then you have the social queen
supreme, tho woman who by virtureof
her individual power, nos leu- ner im
press on nations, kingdoms, and the men
who have ruled the world. Jf. C. Ames,
in Independent.
Tijfa- Have Their Rights. We
announced yesterday that several wom
en, among them Susan B. Anthony,
were permitted to vote at Rochester,
New York. In the Seventeenth ward
of New York city the same result was
announced, and doubtless at other pre
cincts iu the country the privilege was
also accorded. Without doubt this is
tlio entering wedgo of a finally success-
ful movement in the direction of worn-1
an's suffrage. Whether it will come as i
1110 result ui inu uiuu .lujuuimiruu vjj
tlio terms of the Fourteenth Amend-
ment, depends upon the Supreme Court,
to which the question lias not yet been
submitted. Several subordinate tribun-
nals have, however, determined the
question afllrmatively, and so long as
there anpearsa ciearcuanco oi iinai suc
cess, the day is not distant when some
party casting about for strength will
strike hands with the leaders of the
movement, and ere wo are aware wo
shall find the ballot the common herit
age of citizenship, without regard tosex,
color, condition, or race.
Tho following is the amendment to
tho Constitution under which Miss An
thony and her friends yesterday exer
cised the right of suffrage:
"All persons born or naturalized in
tho United States and subject to the ju
risdiction thereof, are citizens. No
State shall make or enforce any law
which shall abridge the privileges or
immunities or citizens or the united
States."
It is probable that the case of Mrs.
Mvra Bradwcll, of Chicago, who was re
filled permission to practice law in this
State by tho Supremo Court, and who
has appealed to the Supremo Court of
the United Slates on writ of error, will
be decided within a month. Chicago
Post.
A Sad Scene in a Theater. Last
evening, while tlio audience was deeply
interested in the play at the theater, a
young child was observed walking down
the aisle witli quick and anxious step.
TTor fnco and eves betokened weeping,
and even yet the unwiped tears were
trickling down her pale cheeks. I he
littlo one, after glancing, hurriedly and
anxiously' down tboatalo dart for-
ward towaniayouug J,,;'"""5 V""
the stage, and bending over behind her,
faltered out between her sobs, "Oil dear!
a Sri father's dead!" The young
woman, startled by tho sudden intel-'
1 gence, exclaime.1: "Oh my Cod! my
pfor father!" and hastily arose, and
with the mourning messenger left the
rrav place of pleasure for tho darkened
chamber of death. The scene was
noticed by a number, and for a little
time afterwards there was uotamurmur
of applause, nor a sigu of a smile on the
audience. As the play progressed the
depression passed away, and soon the
sad scene of real life was forgotten in
tho painted representation with the
feigning characters on the stage. Troy
(jV. X. J-rcss.
A thousand American girls, for whom
the schools on this side of the water .in
not good enough, aro receiving their
euui-uuuii in rrance aim liaiy.
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A Journal for the People.
Devoted to the Interests or Humanity.
Independent In Folltlcs and Religion.
Alive to all IJvo Issues, and Thoroughly
Radical In Opposing and Exposing the Wrongs
ot the Masses.
Correspondents writing overassnmpii cinc
tures must make known their names to the
Editor, or no attenUon will be given to their
communications.
About Women.
Sicily has a poetess sixteen years of
age.
Tiie Empress of Austria spends an
nually 50,000 florins for her wardrobe.
Tho Kansas belle, to whom Alexis
took such a shine, was recently married.
Vinnie Ream has sold her statue of
Miriam" to a Philadelphia ladv for
$4,000.
Mis3 Ellen IsabeUe Tunner. daughter
of the poet, has issued a volume of
poems.
The wife of the Rev. Peter Cartwricrht
survives him. She was his companion
and wife for C3 years of his ministerial
life.
Mrs. C H. Nasi! has iust been ad
mitted to the bar. at Machias. tho first
New England woman to gain a full
legal standing.
The Princess Beatrice, the fifth and
only unmarried daughter of Queen Vic
toria, is betrothed in marriage to the
Marquis of Stafford.
Mrs. Gladstone, wife of the English
premier, is said to be a lady of genial
and attractive manners, and thorouglily
devoted to labors of love amoncr the
poor.
Mrs. Vandeventer, a Revolutionary
pensioner, died at Marion, Iud., recently,
at the age of one hundred and four years.
Her husband died twenty years ago, at
the same age.
Mrs. Bella French, the talented ed
itress and publisher of the Hush West, of
St Paul, Minn., is establishing a branch
office in Milwaukee, for issuing her
sprightly magazine.
A Massachusetts paper tells of a young
lady who is at work in the mills of
Lowell, and spends her evenings in tho
study of phonotrranhv. rhnlorin. .-mrl
French, with the view of becoming a re
porter, auu eventually an editor.
A leading London weekly has en
gaged Miss Snead as Washington cor
respondent for the approaching season.
Beneath the signature of "Miss Grand v"
she is known to metropolitan literary
circles as a piquant and entertaininc:
writer.
ABoston paper, in noticing the death,
recently, of Mrs. Susan Warren Apple
ton, in that city, says: "She was al
ways striving to be useful to others, and
to divert their attention from herself.
Could a better epitaph beengraved upon
the tombstone of a human being?
The wealthiest woman inEngland, iu
point of real estate, is the Hon. Mrs.
Meynoll Ingram, a widow about 24
j-ears of age. She is the daughter of
Lord Halifax, and her deceased hus
band bequeathed to her S2o0,000 a year
in land absolutely. Sho has no chil
dren. Speculation is already rife as to
the man on whom her second choice
will fall.
Faltj Bonnets. The beauty of fall
bonnets consists in their ricli fabrics.
exquisitely combined colors, their tinted
feathers, bronzed leaves, and fine laces.
Of their heterogenous shapes there is
little to be said; they are simply carica
tures, and leading milliners say they
must bo greatly modified to make them
popular. Tho most conspicuous change
is in the way the bounce is to be worn.
The head-covering, whether bonnet or
hat, is to be placed far back on the chig
non, leaving the forehead and frizzled
front hair quite uncovered a fashion
that milliners say is generally unbecom
ing. Higli reverse coronets are on
almost all bonnets, and capes are scarce
ly seen at all. Long ends and loops of
ribbon and lace, three or four of each,
hang from the back of the bonnet low
down on the shoulders. A folded band
encircles the crown, and the leftside is
the base from which spring trimmings
that pass directly across the
pass directly across the crown.
These trimmings are usually two loinr.
wide loops laid upward on the crown, a
sharp pointed wing (blue-green wings
uru luusL uscu, auu tn o usinuu tips mat.
curl over the top to the right side, and
j give additional height to the crown. A
i jet ornament is on the right side, and
sometimes a jet bandeau is in front
Bonnets and round hats are trimmed
similarly; theironly difference exists in
tiie strings, and these are often omitted
from the new sailor bonnet.
A Mikacle in Alsace. A recent
miracle monger in the provence of
Alsaco has come to grief, and nearly
lost his life iu a singular manner. The
Jesuits, furious at their expulsion from
Germany, resort to all sorts of devices
to persuade the ignorant that their ene
mies are threatened with the wrath of
Heaven. For some days, shortly after
sunset, a phantom bearing a white flag
appeared in the village of Chantenois,
near Strasburg. The rumor ran that
the ghostly visitor was the Virgin Mary,
who had come to rouse the people to
fight for the Jesuits. So great was tho
excitement that a detachment of dra
goons was dispatched from Strasburg to
occupy Chantenois. TheVirgin, never
theless, appeared at the usual time, but
a matter-of-fact German sentry chal
lenged tho apparation, and receiving no
answer, after three "sommations," fired
upon it. He brought down his game,
and instead of a ghost it proved to bo a
very fat cure. The ecclesiastic, roaring
lustily from a painful wonnd, was put
into a cart and carried off to Strasburg
hospital. Three other priests, suspected
to be his accomplices, weresubscquently
arrested.
Last Hours of War. H. Seward.
Seward's intellectual faculties were clear
and vigorous to the last, save when he
was disturbed by paroxysms nf fowr
A few hours befere his death ho was at
nis own nesire placed on a lounge and
bolstered up and moved from his adjoin
ing bed-room into his study, where, iu
the midst of his books and his literary
and other papers, and surrounded by his
relatives and a few friends, and all his
devoted dependants, ho breathed his
Kisu x'or tno last hours of his life, as
the powers of nature were giving way,
I.I.-. .1 r . r , " -i i t
i-uiiuiiiun oecamo easy, anu uc spent
the time in affectionate leave-taking of
relatives and friends, and finally sank
quietly to his last Test as if going to
sleep.
Colonel Thomas A. Scott has com
pleted contracts for transiting sup
plies, provisions and laborers,
ton3 of iron to bo used in building the
transnUnental railro.b
at tho end of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railroad,