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51 IIS. A. J. UtmWAT, Edllor and 1'roprltlor A Joumnlfor the People. - - Vcvotftl to tho Interests 6r Humanity. Independent In Politics and Religion. Mive to all Live Issues, and Thoroughly Orrirn Cor. Front mid Stnrk Streets, itadfcal In Orposlngand Exposlnjthe Wrongs TKUMS, IK ADVANCE: of tho Masses. One yeir MK IllOUtllH I Urea months. -S3 00 - 175 - 1 00 Fjiek SPBWir, Free I'r.rss, Fkee Pimple. Correspondents writing ovcrassumed'slgna tu res must make known their, names (to tha VDVEimSBMEXTS Inserted on Treasonable VOLiraiE III. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTE5IBER 19, 1873. Editor, or no attention will bo given, lo their communications. ' , I Forltoe New North west. THE THO DAFFODILS. BY JOHN A. WOMACK. iJown by ft dark-hued, murmuring river, nw two daffodils, bride and groom; l'ure ami troe was their love forever, Sun-kissed oft their fairy bloom. Ilaiwi smiled at them out of the hedge, Pale lilies bowed to them man In the morn While up from llteir burrows, with sun-bright edges. Gamboled the squirrels that ate up the com. Drop by drop ntMn tlte dew so tender, Sinning bright lh ruuch Uie nicy-Hell t brown ; lu-t thru I kiw the lily's splnd,r shine the 1i,-ad of the daffodil' down. Hut Mill their ltMty grows and lingers, A ii J all Um- fieklD iteeiii low and lnni h.'iie rr tln-y ace the lily, finger shame the licht of the early morn. W:iviuK Relds with plume aadtaeo; sky with lis hms and moou-glll rooms; Vh. iv the elve In tlicstarbeAms nestle What are llieae to the lllys plumes? Wind through the hill-top' misty coverinc Now kiuwxl the tweet buds' lips of blue sane the field-lark oror litem hovering, While alt the want seemed Just made new; nu n on ami m through the spring-time weuuier 'f'-w the daflbdiiii ahead of tlie rest ; Sl ill, th.-y were lovers dwelling together In the cnniHi Ihtlitof the (tunny west. ulumn with numitier'i. tears abiding sweet buds all In their mourning dressed li u k mid torwanl, the tHinbeams gliding r.de buU wetig Itreast to breahL. -..-! tlu- two Iovn.,ad,are now pining, nl ;riep like lead on the lllys brow; I nd.T her heart a frosty lining. And in each vein a Jeaih.jiaHS, now. Where are the dew-earls with eyes all shady. - wreatn oi tiuiiilew In their hands T sluwly tlmy I. .How their lee-clad lady, AVlth rmsty tear-droM In the muds. rralli it is not all death to be dying s.id and drear- ourdeath-day doom! O, but to sigh and be everdylug Without a torch In the fire-lit room ! ELLEN DOWD, THEFAEMER'S WIFE, PA RT 8KCOXD. I Knlere.1 aeenilng lo IIm Art of (Vmgress In the year 1102 by Mrs. A.J. Ihmlway, in the of- ' Juraruui oi uongrec at wakiuneton t ity. chaiter xir. But it was soon apparent that the lunatic liai! no Intention of Joking. The Doctor, realizing the position, with difficulty suppressed a hearty laugh, ami yet he was a little mortified as he glanced ruefully at the jacket cov ing his pinioned hands. "This is a rather unceremonious in troduction to California," said he, glanc ing meaningly at Ellen. "But I sup lose insane people must submit. Tell me," turning to the lunatic, whose fierce eyes were flashing upon him with a glare that convinced the physician and officers that they had been the vic tims of a practical joke; "tell me, how came you to know I was crazy? You must be a very sagacious woman." "O, it was very easy to find out Didn't I see you eyeing mo askanco as though you thought I was crazy ? You can't fool an old lady with old tricks, sir. You'ro not the first man that's been summoned to my house to pro nounce mo crazy and get me off to an asylum; but I got ahead this time. Be off with him at once!" waving her hand with imperial dignity at the policemen, who stood dumbfounded near the door. Ellen and her husband attempted an explanation. "Iet me go with them," said the Doctor, giving Ellen another warning look. "Of course I'm crazy," arising to bow himself out of tho room. "Unpinion his hands," said the visit ing physician. The order was injudiciously obeyed in the presence of the deranged lady, who at once became unmanageable. For days her ravings were most fearful. Loving hands that would have minis tered lo her were cast aside with fearful imprecations, and the mild form of lunacy which she had almost uniformly exhibited before gave-place to raving blasphemy. Ellen's household would not ' consent to her removal lo the asylum, and Dr. Goff did not request it. She would recelvo aid from no one except Ellen, and from her only at rare inter vals. riiey say mat. men are women's friends!" sho screamed. "Ah, who but men may women fear? "Who but man allured me from my childhood home and robbed me of life's brightest joys? Who but a man beguiled me into a marriage that was not legal -and made my son illegitimate? Who but man robbed me of my baby and locked ine in a mad house? Ellen D'Arcy, see! yonder on the lawn is Edga Worth. You have trusted him. He will destroy you. He will rob you of your children, lock you in a dungeon de.siKiil you of your grand estates and render you a fiend incarnate. Don' look at him! Don't touch him ! Men who claim to be our friends and pro tectors, are our worse than deadly ene mies." "Dear mother, do not lalk so," pleaded Ellen. "My husband is noble, kind and true, lie loves you, mother. He t ii juurunii uear uauy uoy OI Whom you were jut now speaking. Tho man who was your enemy is dead." ueau: dead!" she shrieked. "The wicked never die! Had he been good and pure and gentle, as you are. mv child, lie would have died; but no, ho is not ueaui lie watches through tho key hole to see If I shall stir. He glares tion me in the darkness, and when ho would sing, ins voice sends forth hiss ing serpents to torment my soul with tongues ofllving fire. Ellen, take warn iug by my awful fato and never, 'ncrcr, f NEVEit trust a man." Dr. Goff and Edgar Worth paced bac and forth through the long, winding corridors, pausing often at the chamber door to listen to the maniac's constant plaint. "No wonder sho is crazy, Doctor," said her anxious son. "The wonder to me is far greater that Ellen isn't unbal anced too." "Ellen's temperament is different, sir. Sho would die before her reason could be upset, Tho wonder lo nie in her caso is not that she is not insane, but that she should havo lived to con quer the untoward conditions with which her early life was clouded and como off, as she has, mora than con queror in the great struggle of her life." "There is some method in my moth er's madness, Doctor. Clouded as her reason is, she sees that it was her so called protector man who was alono re sponsible for all her misery." "Men arc not half so bad as the laws they make, or all women would feel tho iron of oppression in their souls. The wonder to mo is that men, considering the licenso they have under the mar riago contract to have, hold and pos sess the wife are not oftcuer proved lo be Killingsworths or Dowds. Ellen's sister Sarah was a victim of man's lust and ignorance. She died and gave no sign, poor child, yet I, as her phy sician, knew that the man who should have shielded her so securely that the winds of heaven could not havo visited her too roughly, literally oppressed her till she died. The victims of man's inhumanity to woman may bo numbered by tens of thousands." Tiie din of the poor maniac's contin ual raving suddenly ceased. Ellen ran, with a scared look and hurried whis pers, from the sick room Into the hall, where the two men were talking. "Come, quickly! Mother has rup tured a blood vessel, and oh, it's awful!" she whispered. Edgar suppressed a cry of horror. "Don't alarm the children," said Dr. Goff. Ellen ran through tho corridor and down the stairs, locking the various passage-ways behind her, and ordering the carnage, posted the younger mem bers of her household off for a day in tho country- "Thcro will be lime enough lo cloud their lives with the dark sido of life when they are men and women," she soliloquized, as they bowled away on the stony pavement and disappeared behind a grove of gnarled and twisted oaks. Returning lo the bedside of. tho suf ferer in mind and body, she found her lying postrate, a pool of blood upon the costly carpet The same red liquid came gushing in regular respirations from her mouth and nose, whilo in her eyes tho gleam of reason appeared as scon In years long gone. Reaching out, she feebly grasped the hand of her daughter-in-law and pointed upward with a radiant smile. "Don't speak, mother. I underslaud you. lou arc happy," she said calmly, 'and I kuow that all is well." . The veined lids closed over tho fad tng eyes, and the patient, breathing lasily, slumbered, Servants. flitted to and tro, repairing the disordered room. i am afraid that you made a very unprofitable bargain when you sent for me to cure your mother-in-law, Ellen," said the Doctor, in a whisper. "At all events, we havo you hero to live and dio with us," she whispered, through her. tears. "Hark! I hear the- angels singing," said the patient, in a whisper. "Oh," she continued, "the windows of heaven are opened and I see the Lamb of God who lakcth away the sins of the world. I see a country where tho trees arc ever blooming, whose maker and builder is God. Thcro arc no bolts and bars and prison walls and insane people there, And, Oh, Ellen, I seo your mother, El len D'Arcy Do wd!" 'Her mind wanders," whispered Ed gar to his wife. "No," was the quick response; "but wucn-as x was uiiuu, i now sec. 1 see that winch it is not lawful for me to utter. Ilrlehtancels nrn frvim ..im-v Anm They're round my bed, they're In my room; They wait to wait my spirit home. ah is well, nil is well.'" Jbiion stood as one enraptured. Never before had the portals of immortality seemed to open at her very feet Never beforo had she realized that the world of souls was not so very far oil" as not to bo grasped by the mind that hovered on the very confines of the dark and turbid Styx. So deeply intent were the litis band and wife in watching and listen ing that they had not heeded thesudde change in Dr. Goff. with his hands folded placidly upon his breast, and the grey eyes looking earnestly at the spo where no one stood, ho lay, with rigid limbs and fallen lower jaw. "0, Ellen, this .is holy ground," said her husband tenderly, as, turning from his mother lo the lounge, he saw that Dr. Gofftoo was dying. "Yes, yes," whispered his mother; "this is the house of God and gato of" heaven. Our robes shall bo made white in the blood of the Lamb. He giveth his beloved sleep. Ellen, Edgar, when I am gone and you erect a- marble slab abovo tho spot that oiiarks my mortal I resing-place, putno.nauie or dat,e there. Eternity has none. But let the simple words, 'He giveth his beloved sleep,' stand out In base relief upon the marble, that the blind in passing by may read tho blessed words. My mind is clear now, and looking back through tho dead years I see a long and cloudy way, beset by thorns and brambles ; but, Oh, my son and daughter, eye hath not seen nor car heard, nor hath it entered the heart of man to conceive the joys that await me. Attend now to Dr. Goff' and leave mo alone with God. The spirit must not be disturbed when leav ing the frail tenement that struggles to hold it" Closing her eyes, whilo a halo of brightness played upon her features, lighting them up with an unearthly ra diance, sho sank into a quiet slumber and spoke no more. Oh, reader, what is death? Dr. Goff awoke to consciousness. As the flickering rays of an expiring taper will gather sudden brightness after an interval of well nigh total darkness, so the life that hangs all tremblingly upon tho verge of the great Unknown will emit beams of passing brilliancy ere the last raysdio out And it wassowithDr. Gofl. Like a ripe shock of wheat, he was all ready to bo garnered, and he knew the fact full well. "Ellen, Ellen Dowd," ho whispered, "i seo your moiner. sno is near me nowand waits to guide me over the dark river. This bank is dark, I mean, and the stream is muddy; but on tho other shore the sands aro sands of gold, and the clear stream goes rippling on, while countless barks aro dipping their silver oars in its rippling tide. On this side the angel of death has moored his bark and Is watching. On Hie other and near the middle of the stream the angel of life is waiting to meet and bear me on. Life and death, in this great river meet In mute embrace, tho Finite on this side, the Infinite on that. I can't tellyou how'bcatilifully beams tliatshin ing shore. Your mother, in her eager ness lo meet the old man who Idolized her in his awkward boyhood, has crossed the turbid river and stands waiting there Can you not seo her ?" "Alas, no," said Ellen, "except by oycsaf faith." "She says to me, 'Tell Ellen to profit by her post earth-life and mine. Tell her to go into the world and preach the gospel of bitter experience, by which sho has learned the better way, that through her own sad life the world may look and sec a happier way than the oppressed has alked in.' Ellen Dowd, good angels sent me here to die. You have wealth, love, position and past experlcucc. In the name of tho mother who passed out in the bright life when your earthly existence dawned, I conjure you to use your lore of life to open tho eyes of the blind that all may see the better way and be induced to walk therein." Ills voice grew (alnt and hoarser, his grasp was childish weak. Ills oyi-s put on a dying look, he sighed nml ciseu to speaK." This is the house of God and very gato of heaven," said Edgar Worth. "And tho place whereon we stand is holy ground," replied his wife. Concluded next week. A SCHOOL MAjAM'S EEVEEIE. Vacation is ended! Hearken to the school bells! Three months ago the warm breath of June hushed in slumberous silence the merry souuds of the school bells, and loft them to be awakened by the balmy September breeze, that, laden with odors delicious as those wafted from the "spicy shores of Araby," lloals dream ily over orchards and grain-fields, touch ing ,now with grateful coolness the moist brow of the laborer; now playing hide-and-seek in tho curls that adorn tho heads of thoso merry children, bound for yonder school-house; and anon perchance fanning with its fra grant breath tho pale forehead of the invalid and bearing to him healing upon its wings. As the schools seemingly with one accord closed their portals as the year swept royally into its June, so also, as if moved by the same spirit of harmony, one and nil rc-opcucd them as the soft winds of autumn arc lured from their hiding-places by golden, queenly Sep tember. What a pleasing change is visible, both in teachers aud pupils, since weary and listless they turned from the closed doors of their respective school-rooms in the sultry Juno sun shine! How slow then their steps, how aimless all their movements. Yet presume we could scarcely regard these brain laborers as aimless, it certainly uetng me rtiwi or each to enjoy to the utmost tho Heeling weeks allotted to rest and recreatiou. To all appearances mat aim has boon accomplished, for in every look and tono and movement we can read tho energy and determination born of rat that rest which to huiul reds of over-taxed teachers seemed the great disiderattim as they stood upon tho blooming threshold of the now-departed summer and anticipated its de lights. How delightful indeed to both teachers and pupils to cost all thought of books and tasks, all care of rules and discipline to the sweet June winds, feel iug that they wooed none of them until brought again to them by the cool breath of September. Teachers who, during the golden month first bom and most favored child of autumn be gin again to sow, in tho minds of the hundreds of pupils, who, lobedient to the sweet, half-forgotten summons of the school bell?, again leave their homes and claim again your care and instruc tion, the germs which shall in coming years bear fruit to knowledge and use fulness, as you lay aside the mantle of pleasure and again bucklo on the armor of toil; as you patiently "sow that oth ers may reap," witn renewed enerev and determination, with faith and hope Inspired by past succeess, thank God and take courage! . Pupil, who again daily leave your homes to seek the familiar rooms conse crated to study, whclhpr this balmy day of early autumn finds you gathered in the unpretending school-houso of a remote and lonely district or assembled in the stately halls of the Universities that are the pride of our young State; wheti the breezes again come to you laden with the fragrance of pun roses; when at the sultry bidding of summer you again turn from the closed doors of you'r school-rooms to seek rest anil rec reation, may not tho ghost of lost oppor tunity, tlie shadowy specter of mis-spciit time, follow you to your summer re treat May teachers anil pupils alike strive earnestly to make the most of the tal ents God has given theni, work together ill harmony and cxercisu toward each other an abundance of that Charity "thatsufierctlt long and is kind." So shall this school year yield a rich harvest of present enjoyment, future usefulness and sweet memories. C. roKKST Ghovk, September, 1S73. A Lesson for Slanderers. Perhaps the ineanestact a man can be guilty of N to willfully aud maliciously tarnish the fair name of a woman, from whom he has received some real or fan cied slight There is a cowardly atroc ity in the insidious whisper the vindic tive suggestion asserting nothing, yet leaving tiicworsi to ue surmised. Somo years since such matters were taken cognizance of by the code of honor, and thecowardlv culnrit. unless he escanml beyond tho seas, was made the target of tho family pistol, or his body became the temporary sheath for the courtly ra pier. In the present mattcr-of-facttlavs n now order of things exist Tlie cow ard and slanderer is still found In evcrv community, but he seldom pays tho ex treme penalty for his crime. In the out-of-the-way village of Kingwood, Hun terdon county, isew Jersey, a little ! county town, where "everybody knows every other body," lives a Miss King. ii appears that tills young woman had in some manner sllchted or offended an acquaintance named William Heath. Smarting under his fancied wrongx, he goes about that little village of King- woou, anil uy whispers, hints and cun ning innuendoes, succeeded in setting Hie gossips chattering, and the result was that Miss Kinir found herself i avoided, and was made painfully con- j sclous that she was an object of suspi cion to her friends aud acquaintances. Tho matter was traced to tho slanderer, and on bu inlay last Mis King, accom panied by her father and brother, pro ceeded to the residence of this Heath with a view to settle the aflalr. He was found in his garden. Miss King, who had provided uorsesr with "a cer tain instrument which greatly helps a serious argument" a good cowhide advanced toward Heath, and having given him a bit of her mind, let him nave the lode. She lashed him across tho face, head and body, anil whipped the coward Into his house. The father and brother stood by and allowed the girl to administer to this defamer of woman a severe and well-merited chas tisement. The lesson will doubtless havo its proper c fleet, not only on Heath, but on others, who, like him, seek to defame the fair name of a re spectable woman. Dress, Again. Woman, whilo striving to reach a broader plane which places the sex on a level with man, yet fails lo display good taste and sense In tho one province strictly under her management her own dress. Wo aro told that dress is index of character; in that case, how few minds among the fairer portion of our community arc properly balanced! urace, propriety, delicacy, simplicity, fitness and proportion, arc each ami all outraged in the fashions now in vogue. The bello of the time is one panorama oi awiui surprises ironi lop lo toe. Her clothes characterize her. She never charactizes her clothes. Sho Is uphol stored, not ornamented. Sho is bundled, not draped, blic is inicKcrctl, not loliled. She struts; she does not sweep. She has not one or the attributes oi -Nature nor of proper art She neither soothes tho eye liko a picture nor wearies it like a kaleidoscope. She is a meaning less dazzle oi uroKcn eiiecis. Custom lias reconciled us to these bar- bcrous styles in dress, but fifty years Hence tney win seem lo our children as uncultivated as the nose-rings of the Hottentots now seem to us. 'Vlie dictum of our great grand-children upon, for Instance, what has uccn termed the "Kangaroo" stylo or dress will contain fewer aud severer elements of criticism than-any which go to form our judg ment upon fashions which repel us only because thev arc out of date. 1 low end less our ingenuity in sowing this seed of criticism! If we havo a pretty foot, we wear our heels beneath our insteps and cripple It If wo have abundant hair, wo cover itwiin incnair oi some un cleanly dead grisctte, or twine it with an Indian weed which is nameiessiy horrible aud expose the Wearer to name less horrors. If we have a pretty dress, we cut It up, we slash it oil, wo twist it hither, we ship It yon, we bolster it here, wo stuff it there, we mutilate it everywhere. We pay no attention to artistic effect, to harmony of any sort, and yet the thought expended on her dress by the modern belle Is equal lo that bestowed by an author on his writings. If "exer tion of intellect" stands censor on the beauty of our custom, Heaven save the mark! It Is said thaUthirly women are em ployed on .the daily prea of New York city, at salaries varying from StM to ou a weeK. "Graco Greenwood" on "Woman Suffrage. 1 am pretty sure that our Moses has not appeared. I think he will be a woman. Often tho way seems dark, as well as long, when I seo so much fool ing with the great question of woman's claim to equal educational advantages with men; to just remuneration for good work, especially in teaching; and fair credit for lier share in tho patriotic and benevolent enterprises of the Age. I do not sav that equal pay for onual services will never be accorded to wom en, even in the civil service, till she has the ballot to back her demaud; but that Is tho privato opinion of many high government officials. I do not say that woman's right to be represented, as well as taxed, will never be recognized as a logical practical result of the democratic principle till the Democrats come into power; but it may be so. The Gospel was first offered to tho Jews, but first accepted by the Gentiles. In your article, fair as it was in spirit, you failed to touch upon two points which struck me rather painfully. It seems that Judgo Hunt, after pronounc ing a learnrd, and, I suppose, a sound opinion, peremptorily ordered tlie jury to bring the defeudent in guilty. Now, could not twclvo honest, intelligent jurymen be trusted to defend their birthright against one woman? Why such zeal, such more than Roman stern ness? Again, in the trial of tho in spector of elections, why were both judge and jurymen so merciful? No verdict of guilty was ordered, and tho council of twelve wlio had seeii fit to punish Miss Anthony by a fine of 3100 and costs, merely mulcted in tho modest sum of $25 eacli defenseless defendant sinning against light. Was It that they considered, in their manly clemency, the fact that women havo superior facilities for earning money; or, did they give heed to tho old, old excuse: "Tho woman tempted me, and I did register?" It surely Is strange that such severe penalties should be visited on a woman for a first and only indiscretion in tho suffrage line, when a man may rise up on election morning and go forth voting aud to vote. If he bo of an excitable and mercurial nature, one of the sort of citizens which sweet Ireland empties on us by the county, ho may sportively lilt about among tho polls, from ward to ward, of the metropolis, and no man say him nay; he may even travel hilarious ly from city to city, with free passes and free drinks who treats Miss Anthony making festive calls, and dropping bal lots for cards, and no disturbance comes of It he is neither fined nor confined So it would seem "a little voting is a dangerous thing." Say what you will, the whole ques Hon of woman's status iu the State and ehtirch, in society, and in the family, is mil oi ausiiru coiuraiuciious aim mon strous anomalies. Wo aro responsible. yet irresponsible we are idols, we are idiots we are everything, we are noth ing. We are the caryatides, bearing up tho entablature of the temple of liberty we are never allowed to enter. Wo may plot against a government and hang for it; but If we help to found and sustain a government by patriotic effort and devotion, by toil and hardship, by courage, loyalty and failh, by the sacri fice of those nearest and dearest to us, and then venture to clutch at the crumbs that fall from the table where our mas ters Jonathan, Patrick, Hans and Sambo sit at feast, you arrest us, try us, fine us, and then udd Injury to insult by calling us old, ugly and fanatical. One is forcibly reminded of tho ser mon of the colored brother on woman, the heads of which discourse were: "Firstly, What am woman? Secondly, Whar did she como from? Thirdly, Who does she belong to? Fourthly, Which way nm sho gwine to?" The law and the Gospel have settled "secondly" anil "thirdly" mat woman came from man, and belongs to him by tlie mortgage he holds on her through that spare-rib; but "firstly" and "fourthly" remain as profound and un- solvcable questions as they were before the -i-.liiiopiau iiivino wrestled with them. But perhaps thi3 troublous and perplexed existence is our "be-all and end-all;" that iu tho life beyond man may foreclose that old mortgage and re absorb woman into his glorified and all sufficient being. If any thing can mako mo think meanly of my young brothers of the press it is the way they pelt and pester Susan B. Anthpny. For shame, boys! Never a ono of you will mako the man she is. Even some of our Washington editors turn asido from tlie fair game. Providence, in its in- scructablc wisdom, has provided for them in the Board of Public Works to vent their virtuous indignation and manly scorn of the woman they are de termined shall stand in perpetual pillory lit tho market-place of this great, free Republic. While they aro doubling tho guard round the ballot-box in your State, the impression is that, iicrc in Washington, tho authorities arc relaxing their virtu ous vigiianco established with such a tlourish of Republican trumpets a year or two ago over the civil question. Ap plicants for Government positions aro no longer compencu, vuuuuk exception, to "enter in at the straight gate" tney climb tho fence, they dig under it they crawl through hollow logs, they get In any way, no matter now, provided mey havo good, knowing friends Inside. This is what people sav- If tho Admin istration is really kicking away the plank on which it set its best fool; if the reform we all .hoped so much from is going by tho board tho Civil Service Board lam particularly and profound ly sorry for the sake of the women in the departments. Whatever tho defects of the system In Us details, it has proved a good thing lor mem peruaps wu good to bo allowed lo continue. It is ... . . r in nn v moans uv which women oi mo highest worth and capacity could hope tn attain to rrood clerical positions. It is tho onlv nractical concession by Gov primmiit to tho bravo demand of Mr. Curtis for "fair nlav for women." But whotlipr ns n practical working system It triumphs by its Innate right and jus tice, or is overthrown by the selfishness or politicians and the green oi power, j linhl (bat. it. has demonstrated the ca paclty of women to attain to and till verv resnonsible places, to bo llrst-class servants of the Government, which is honored liv their honest and faithful service. Tho experiment proves that if unjust hindrances oi custom aim preju dice bo rpmnviil thev may develop ex tensivo .nbilitii utiifreamcd of even by tlipnisi.lvpa Vrn other barriers that keep them out of the placid paradiso of politics thrown down, it is possible mey unjoin, uispiay some bciiiiu iui ""u""" tratlon find legislation who knows? ihope I am not given to boasting, bu I hope I am not given to boasting, but I venture tp say that, given tlie franchise given a million or two of dollars troops or political menus, or the sort whose devotion is not measured by scruples, but by drams given, above an, a pnani anu unprejudiced .Legisla ture, and some fine morning I will walk into the United Stales Senate and pre sent my credentials with a candid and a Kansas nlr. I think I shall prefer a scat by that good Woman's Rights man, Mr. iTeungiiuysen. iie is aristocratic, but he is evangelical. I will vote with Buckingham, and listen with Abijah Gilbert; and if, at anytime, I shall not be good, they may tako me aud shake me, and set mo down hard by Bogy or Brownlow. Thero Is a new rule adopted bv tho now Civil Servico Commission, which all applicants ought to know before subjecting themselves to tho severe or deal of a competitive examination. It is mat no man or woman having a rela- tivo iu a Government office, here or elsewhere, can receive an appointment as clerk or copyist If this arbitrary rule should be applied to all the higher offices what dismay and disruption it would cause liowmany a happy family circle would be broken up? "- il. -n . iuui uiucr aauiiiyiuu correspond ent, mentioning tho promotion of Miss Mary Nichols, of the Patent Office, to the position of Third Assistant Exami ner, stated that three other ladies cred itably passed the same examination, which was "strictly of a general scien tific nature, but that the Commissioner had given notico that only one lady would, in any event, be appointed to try the novel experiment of so dizzy and dangerous an exaltation as a third as sistant cxaminershlp under Leggctt. Tho solemnity and momentousness of mo e'eut may wolf give us jkiusc. But what of the three other aspirants? At the festive board of theassistanl exami ners aro thero no more vacant chairs for ladies of good character and lair attain ments of a general scientific nature? Alas, no! The fact is there are too many of us. I can think of no relief for coming generations, for future Leg getts and Richardsous, except through me heroic remedy or quietly putting all female Infants out of the way. Noth ing could be so good for us except a long and glorious succession of Herods. y. 1. limes. TilK Wifk. Only let a woman bo sure she Is precious to her husband not useful, not valuable, not convenient simply but lovely and beloved; let her be the recipient or lus polite and hearty attentions, let her feel that her cares and love are noticed, appreciated and re turned; her opinion asked, her approval sought, and her judgment respected iu matters of which sho is cognizant; in short, let her only be loved, honored and cherished, iu fulfillment of the marriage vow, and she will be to her husband, her children and society, a well-spring of happiness. She will bear nain. and toil, and anxiety, for her hus band's love to her Is a tower and fortress. Shielded and sheltered therein, any ad versity will navo lost its sting, bhe may suffer, but sympathy will dull the edge of sorrow. A house with love in it and by love I mean love expressed in words and deeds, for I havo not ono spark of faith in love that never crops out it is to a houso as to a person to a machine, ono is lire, me other mechan ism tho unloved woman may have bread just as light, a house just as tidv as the other, but the latter has a snrimr of beauty about her, a penetrating and pervading ungiiincss to which the ror mer is an entire stranger. The deep happiness of her heart shines out in her face. Sho gleams all over. It is airy, graceful and warm auiLurcIcoiuitig with i her presence; sho is full of devices and plots, and sweet surprises for her bus-, band and family, bhe has never done with the romance aud poetry of life. ' She herself s a lyric poem setting her-1 self to all pttro and gracious melodies, Humble household ways and duties have for her a golden significance. The prize makes her calling high, and the end sanctifies the means. MnmcAi, Colleges for Women. The American Journal of Denial Science observes that "it is less than twenty-five years since the first medical college for women began its work, ow there are several of these institutions in Europe and in this country, while the doors of many of tho older colleges are open to women. There arc scores of women en gaged in medical studies now. where tney wens counteu ny units a dozen years ago. Three Hundred women have offered themselves at one collcgo in Russia, and at Zurich sixty-three stu dents aro now engaged. Tho lady stu dents there constitute one-fourth of all tho matriculates. All restrictions on tho admission of ladies to the lectures and laboratory practice of tho Phar maceutical bociety or lxmuon nave been removed, and in this country women freely attend the lectures and Instruc tions or some or the colleges. Women physicians aro members of Couuty and State Medical Societies, and so have a representation in the American .Medical Association. One phase of this medical education of women is that a call is made for female missionaries who are doctors. Threo of these have already gone among the Zenanas, in India, and another is soon to go to China. Sleep as a Medicine. A physician says, the cry for rest .has always oceu louder thau the cry for rood. rot mat it is more important, but it is often harder to obtain. The nest rest comes from sound sleep. Of two men or wom en, otherwise equal, the one who sleeps the best win ue me most moral, iicaimy aud efficient Sleep will do much to euro irritability of temper, peevishness and uneasiness, it will restore to vigor an overworked brain. It will build up and make strong a weary body. It will cure a headache. It will cure a heart ache. It will euro a broken spirit It will euro sorrow. Indeed we might make a long list of nervous and other maladies that sleep will cure. The cure of sleeplessness requires a clean, good bed, sufficient exercise to prouueo wear iness, pleasant occupation, good air, and not too warm a room, a clear stomach. a clear conscience, and avoidance of stimulants and narcotics, for those who are overworked, haggard, nervous,. who toss sleepless niguts, we commend the adoption of such habits as shall se cure sleep; otherwise life will be short, aud what thero is of it sadly Imperfect. Professor 3Iaria Mitchell, of Vassar College, sailed for Europe on Saturday,' June 23, to spend the summer vacation. Dr. Holland on Srrifrage. Tho Fort Wavne (Indiana) OazelW. remarks "that tho August number of rial on the 'Liquor Interest,'" from tlm the Swibnci Monthlu contains a vic- orous, sensible and well-written edito- pen or ur. Holland, ne considers ic the most important question of the day before the American people, and we ara not disposed to dispute his position. But he could not present his dlscussioir of the temperance question withou tha lonowing uncaiied-ror sneer concerning: Woman Suffrage: "A hue and cry Is raised about Wom an Suffrage, as If any wrong which may ue involved iu woman's iacu or tnesut fragc could be compared to the wrongs attached to tho llouor interest. Doen any sane woman doubt that women ara suffering a thousand times more front rum than from any .political disabil ity?" Well, what advocate of Woman Suf frage claims that th6 "wrong involveil Iu woman's lack of the suffrage" i equal or unequal lo the "wrongs at tached to tho liquor interest?" Who has attempted to make any comparison between tho two, except Dr. Holland'." Bnt right here it is pertinent to ask thu sneeritig Doctor if he means to convey thc idea that because one social or polit ical wrong is less than another, there fore it is not worth arguing about at allf If not, why did he Introduce a compari son between tlie two wrongs, if ho does, a familiar acquaintance with Whatoly is not necessary to show that the ijoctor 13 guilty or a logical absurd- ?: . JjiitDr. Holland is so absorbed Willi his one-sided ideas that he seems never to have discovered that one of tho- strongest reasons urged In favor of Woman Suffrage, by the friends of that; cause, is the tremendous power it would nut into the hands of women for tho suppression of those very "wrongs at tached to the liquor interest," about which the well-meaning Doctor is so justly exorcised. Can't he see that if women wore allowed to vote ninety nine hundreds of them would voto :igainst tlie "liquor interest" every time ? "Does any sane woman," ho in quires, "doubt that women are suffering a thousand times more irom rum man. from any political disability ?" Tins question wo can answer from our own. experience, by saying that-every sano woman in our acquaintance in favor of Womai! Suffrage, and we know any number of them, distinctly recognizes the fact that this very "political disa bility," of which Dr. Holland speaks so slightingly, is one of the primary causes of their terrible sufferings from rum. Tiioe who sell and drink rum now havo all the power iu their own hands, whilo women, who are the principal sufferers from the accursed traffic, are altogether without power. The only effective means of suppressing the iudiscriminato sale of intoxicating drinks is through tho ballot, and yet Dr. Holland would deny the ballot to the only class, ninety nine hundreds of whom would use it every time in voting against the "li quor interest" The illogical Doctor chides women for not paying more at tention to the restriction of the "wrongs attached to the liquor interest," and yet forbids their use of the only weapon which has any potency in restraining these wrongs, namely, the ballot In other words, he binds the hands of tho women firmly together by legal cords, and then rebukes them because they do not use their hands in striking vigor ous blows against a bitter enemy. This is more unreasonable than rcquriug the ancient Isralitcs to make brick without straw. Modifying tho inquiry of Dr. Holland somewhat, it would read thus: "Does any sane person suppose that women would suffer a thousandth part as much from rum as they now do if their politi cal disability were removed?" In other wonls does not ovorv s:mn uprsnn L-imu- iimi. question of "License or No License?" were beforo the community, and in ad dition to that, the question of "Temper ate or intemperate men rorolhce V" tho liquor cause and the liquor men would be defeated every time? It Is positively rediculons, not to say impudent, for Dr. Holland to sit on h-s editorial tripod and chide the women of America for not combining against tho great wrong of intemperance, from which their severest sufferings flow, when at the same time he is' iu favor of continuing their "political disability" which is one of tlie chief causes of their continued sufferings from intemperance. The inconsistent Doctor first .binds women hand and foot, piles upon them all the laws, and constitutions and judi cial decisions of past ages, politically disabling them, and then turns about aud sneers at and abuses them because they do not march against the enemy. And yet we suppose Dr. Holland takes pride in his logic Woman's Journal. Tho next development of woman's rights will bo that they tako off their hats aud bonnets at church, at lecture, at concert, and opera, just as men do. This is recommended also upon the ground of convenience to the rest of tho audience. Someone who has been suffer ing from the prevailing stylo of ladies' hat at church, explains his sentiments thust "We go to church. Wo sit in a back seat Between us and the preacher aro twelve seats. On these seats sit twelve ladles. On each lady's head is a hat. The ono crowning tlie lady immediately before us is high, and obscures our view of the minister; the view of number ono is obstructed by number two's hat, and so on. Number twelve has a clearvfew of the preacher, but nervously moves her head irom sine to side; this incon veniences number eleven, who moves her brain-box also; number leu follows suit, and so do all of us in turn but have Immediately to shift again. AVo desire to see all hats, bonnets, and head dresses left in the hal-rooui at our church, or put in the pocket, or in the muff, or under the seat, or on each lady's thumb, during all future ser vices." The Illinois girl (possessing $30,000) who refused to marry a clergyman be cause she did not think herself good enough to bo a clergyman's wire, re fused him when he proposed again, after giving up Ids profession, because she iiiougni nerseit to good to marry mm then. Objectors to the co-cducatiqn of the sexes say that the first lady grad uate from the Michigan University married one of her classmates. ..AN ell, what hariii resulted? That is Ihqques t'ion. '