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MRS. A. J. BUSIWAY. Editor and rroprlely OFI'ICE-C'or. I'ront nud Stark Streets. A Journal fqr,tU&PcopIe. Uevoted to the Interests of Humanity. Independent In Politics undTIeilgtoh. Hive to all Live Issues, and Thoroughly Radical In Opposing and Exposing the "iVron; TBKMS, IN ADVANCE: One rear. t, m oi the Masses. Six months Three monthi 175 I CO Free Speech, -Fuee TaEssrFnEE People. Correspondents writing: over assumed signa tures mast make known their names to' the Editor, or no attention will be given to their communications. '' TrmXERTI8EMEXTS Inerted on Reasonable VOX.TJ3LCE III- - POTtTIVIND, OREGON, JTI?irA.Y, APBIL lO, 187-1. JUDITH MILES; OK Wlint Shall be Done wltli Her? BV MRS. P. P. VICTOR. Rntemi, ncvrtl I nr is Hie Aet of Tongref, In the year K7X, by Mw. P. F. Victor, In tlio OmcenfUte '.tbrtrtanofOomirefw.at Washing ton Ulty. CUAITKR XIX. A BAY OP SMALL EVENTS. , os, Judith was disillusioned about Mr. Shultr. She had learned, all In a moment, that neither culture, nor man ner, nor abundant knowledge of any kind, made her ideal man; she had found out that truth and honor do not eoessarily reIde in colleges; sho hand discovered the humiliating fact for her self, that a gentleman may kill time In developing the mind, and gaining the first affections or any single-hearted girl with intellect enough to amuse him, who chances to come in his way. Judith had fallen upon that time when "Keen ami com ami pitiless truth, In spite of u, will pre to open light The naked angularities ofthlnzs. And from the sleep Ideal the soul drop, In wild and sorrowful beauty, Hk'e a star From the blue helirhu ot heaven Into the sea." It was well for her that she was not hack in the old two-roomed solitary house, on her father's raneho, to eat her heart out in silent grier and hitter re sentment. It was well for her, as for everybody who has a sorrow," that there was immediate necessity for action; and well enough in the chaotic state of her thoughts that nothing Involving strict discipline was required of her to do. While Mrs. Brazee only asked her to dress and go out, she could take time to reconstruct and arrange her world of ideas, and adapt it to the newly discov ered order of things. Nobody should find out from her, that she had once been a fool. Even Major Floyd could not enlighten her now about tho ways of tire world ! It was all ho had said, and more. She no longer either feared or regarded it. So Judith told herself, in the first access of indignant pain; in the bravado of desperation. But com passionate nature has made our par oxysms of feeling short in proportion to their intensity; hence wc have hopes of Judith. : On the day after the visit to the Clifl House, Mrs. Brazee went with Judith and her letters, to call upon Mrs. Gen eral Cool and Mrs. Levison. She went in state, like a duchess, with her young lady dressed tip in clothes suitable for a Presidential levee, to introduco to tho sympathizing observation of the world of fashion a victim of "unmerciful dis- j aster," who but for her references might have been mistaken for oue of them selves. It would have been an imperti nence to inquire of so distinguisned a young beauty what charity she required; and the visits were, to all appearances, very much like other visits. The men looked at her with undisguised admira tion, and the women pooh-poohed behind her back. Offer work to that superb young creature! A situation indeed! But they would call; certainly they should embrace an early opportunity to return Mrs. Brazee's visit, aud to con sider how they could make Miss Miles' stay in the city agreeable. So Mrs. Brazee drove home again, proud to ob serve the glances her stylish protege at tracted, and pleased to have made the acquaintance of the leaders of a certain set. To say that Judith did not enjoy the farce would be untrue. She had a keen sense of the humorous side of things never so serious in themselves; aud smiled to herself to find' how closely the Major's picture of Mrs. Brazee's pro ceedings corresponded to the facts. Be sides, she did not yet find the admira tion of worldly pleasures quite extin guished in her. On tho contrary, she could not help owning that she felt most at ease with these ease-enjoying people; and the Major's warning came up in the midst of her self-examination to remind her that she ueed not attempt to live a hard, unlovely life, into which the beautiful was forbidden to enter. Then she fell to thinking of the way by which escape had been promised hen aud to wishing the matter decided at once. In the meantime the hour fori dinner had arrived. "There was a terrible accident on the Clifl House road last evening," said the Judge, as he sat down to the table; "a lady killed instantly, by tho upsetting of a carriage." "O, dear ! I am always afraid of acci dents on that road, it is so crowded. Who was it ? Any one that we know?" asked Mrs. Brazee. "I know her husband," returned the Judge. "His name is SLullz, and ho is lately married, I think; brought his wife from Germany with him." "What a sad thing ! But what is the matter with Miss Miles ? Are you go ing to faint, my dear? Freddie, hand Miss Miles some water. Papa, help her to tho sofa." In a moment, all these directions being obeyed, Judith was surrounded, and likely to be carried oil for an invalid. "O, thank you, no; I am not ill. it was only the shock," said Judith, apol ogetically, refusing to leave the table. "To be sure!" exclaimed the Jud-e-"you were out on the road yourself yes terday. Well, let us bo thankful It was not you." "Was Mr. Shultz injured ?" Inquired Judith, as indifferently as was possible. "Only bruised badly; no serious inju ries. It is a very lamentable accident, and ought to inspire greater care In driving. But It will not. Warnings are lost on the clas3 of people who do those things." ''Was it Mr. Shultz's fault the care lessness, I mean." "Oh no; some one ran against his car riage. Poor fellow! he used to be agent for the Spedden estate. You" know Judge Spedden, Anna ?" "Certainly, I know the Judge, why, the Spedden estate Is down in yourcoun ty, Miss Miles, is it not?" "Yes," returned Judith, "I know Mr. Shullz, and was introduced to his wife yesterday at the ClifTIIouse." "No wonder you were shocked. So you knew Spedden'a agent? Was his wife pretty ?" asked the Judge. "I thought her quito pretty; and pleasant, I should say, though we could not converse, as I do not speak German, nor did she English," said Judith, try ing to talk of these people as if they had been nothing to her. "Well, that Is the way It goes," the Judge remarked, with a sigh. "A man never knows what Fato has In store for him. Shultz has just got established in business in the city. Got some capital with his wife, I guess. Everything fixed for enjoying life; and young, too. I declare, it is too bad ! By tho way, Anna, Tmet Major Floyd on the street, and ho said he would call this evening." And so the subject was distnlsd. When Major Floyd called, he found Judith seated between the two boys, Freddie and Howard, seemingly deep in the discussion of tho comparative pow ers of lions and bears. "The lion is tho king of beasts," said Howard. "I'll admit that he is, in that part of the world where he lives; though I gues3 a tiger or an elephant would make him knock under In a square fight I know a grizzly bear is as strong as a lion." "You don't know anything about it," denied Howard, "for you nover saw one that wasn't shut up in a cage." "I saw the track of one when I was In the Santa Cruz mountains with Nabb, and they were as big oh, as long as" As long as a boy's imagination," sup plied Judith. "I'll tell you how long a bear's track is, Freddie. It is as long as his foot." At which the laugh was on Freddie. "A new fact In Natural History," supplemented the Major, who arrived just in time to hear the explanation. "But I'll match it with another. Why js rjss Mnes like the golden pheasant out at Woodward's Gardens?" After several attempts to discover tho analogy, the boys announced that they did not know. "Neither do I," said the Major; aud was pronounced a humbug by acclama tion. "But I did not afllrni there was no re semblance; I only said I did not know of auy. A good way to decide the mat ter, would be to take her out there and compare. What do you say, boys, shall we take Mis3 Miles to Woodward's to morrow, and find out about that?" "That would be jolly!" cried Howard; and "I'm on it," proclaimed Freddie. "Fred," said tho Judge, "I've forbid den you to talk slang." "I'd like to know how I'm to tell what is slang. All tho .boys say that," re turned Freddie. "Miss Miles, will you go with us to Woodward's to-morrow, If Major Floyd asks you ?" '.!I am the Barkis of the party con stantly consenting to agreeable propo sals," returned Judith "Miss Miles was telling us that you met that unfortunate Mr. Shultz shortly before the accident," remarked the Judge to Major Floyd. "Miss Miles almost fainted when Papa told us about it," clipped Hi Howard, with that happy faculty children have of always saying the thing they should not. "Boys, go, to your studies!" com manded their father, with somo asper ity, which momentary diversion served to cover Judith's shrinking movement, and avoidance of the Major's eyes. "Yes; Miss Miles was surprised pleas antly, by meeting an old acquaintance among so many strangers," ho said. carelessly. Then Mr. Shultz was discussed over again; and Judith sat silently listening to commonplace facts about his circum stances, his prospects, the pity ho mer ited, and so on, until the subject was as wholly exhausted as her endurance. "Did you find Mrs. Stewart's frieuds at homo to-day?" inquired Major Floyd of Judith "Yes," answered Judith, glancing at Mrs. Brazee, as if she referred him to that lady for further iuformatiou. "What a distinguished-looking wom an Mrs. Cool is!" cried Mrs. Brazee, on the instant. "She reminds me of a lady of tho 'Republican Court' We met quite a levee there, although It Is not her reception day." "DidMiss Miles present her letter?" "O, yes; but It was impossible to do more than present it, Mrs. Cool will call; and so will Mrs. Levison. I tell Miss Miles she must havo produced a favorable Impression, she was looking so nicely; and it will be very agreeable having such acquaintances." "Very true," rejoined the Major, laconically. Perhaps Mrs. Brazee thought this brevity referred to the fact of Its being Impossible to do more than present Ju dith's letter, If she did, sho meant her next remark as an apology. "You see, Major, it will look better for us to give Mrs. Cool time to think over Mrs. Stewart's letter. I havo no doubt she will invito Miss Miles to her house for a time; and I have decided to put off going out tf town afewdays,lf necessary, to give her a chance to Invite her from my house. I shall wait, at all events, until Mrs. Cool has called. We shall know by that .time what she in tends doing." "What's all this about Miss Miles go ing to Mrs. Cool's?" asked tho Judge. "I thought she was to stay with us un til she found a place she HkedJjetter. Does she like Mrs. Cool's better ?" Judith smiled at tho Judge, as much as to say: "It is hardly probable." "It is for her benefit to go, if she is In vited," replied Mrs. Brazee. "She will gain Influential friends by it." "A fig for your influential friends! Wc are influential friends, aren't we? What a young lady wants, is a homo and considerate friends, not influential ones." "That depends. Where sho is entirely without fortune, or the benefit of kin dred, and has to get along In tho world somehow, It is well enough to cultivate the acquaintance of the 'powers that be.' Nobody can say what good may come of It" "No; nor the evil. But if Miss Miles wishes to leave us for a visit, that is quite proper. I hope she will enjoy it" "But I don't," said Judith, irritated Into speaking out. "It Is very good of you to make my stay with you so pleas ant, aud I thank you ever so much. But I did not come to San Francisco to make visits among fashionable people; I camo here to find something to do that would win me a living independent of charity to do some klud of work any kind of work." The Judge looked at her flushed cheeks and sparkling eyes, shifted one leg over the other, reflected, and finally spoke: "What could you do? Could you copy law-papers ?" "Oh, no!" cried Judith. "That Is tho trouble. I am so dreadfully ignorant! My writing is wretched, and I should not understand anything about it. The things I would like to do I cannot do; and tilings I might do are so so so horrible!" she concluded, covering her face with her hands, and sobbing vio lently. "My dear!" expostulated Mrs. Brazee; and Judith, springing up, darted out of the room, and fled to the privacy of her own apartment. "She is very impulsive," remarked the Judge to Major Floyd. "And a little wilful," added Mrs. Bra zee. "She has been constantly excited for months," explained the Major. "Some times I wonder she bears up under it so well." "Sho is young, and has a good consti tution," said the Judge. "I had a little business with Miss Miles," added the Major, "hut it Is no matter. Please say to her I will call for her to-morrow, to go out to the Gardens. And the boys, too. Good-night." To be rontlnued.l Woir.vx Suffrage is Iowa. The Des Moines Correspondent of the Dav enport Western Weekly, of the ISth ult,, says: The Woman Suffrage husiuess, like John Brown's soul, is marchiuc rlcht on here at the capital. The meeting of tue i'oik county woman buiirage As sociation, held at the Court House Hall. last Saturday evening, was every way a success. The largo Court room was crowded full; nearly two-thirds of the Legislature were present. Mrs. Lizzie Boynton Harbert, tho President, pre sided. Men are scarce who can preside at a public meeting with the case, grace anu dignity oi tuia taiemeu laiiy. rro- fessorl'onu did tne organ while a trio did the vocal. Speeches were made by Cant. Clark, and a young lawyer, a Mr. Holmes. That old wheel-horse in the temperance cause, Mr. C. E. Fuller, read an original poem, entitled "Joe Guzzler's Mission." I send a coppy for tho benefit of your "Woman Suilracc" readers. Miss Katie Tupper (daughter of tho noted Beo Woman), made her first annearance on the public rostrum on this occasion. Her speech was quite creditable for one of her years. The speech of the evening, however, was the closing address by tne 1'resiuent, .Mrs. H. A good impression was made on the law-makers, and wc trust that when this question comes before them, as It win in a rew days, they will, with one accord, submit the question to their con stituents that at the next general elec ,on . e Poopl" may say that women suall have the ballot. They can do no icss man give the people an opportu nity to decide this question; soou or late it must como-the sooner the better. Jul?! " WWb,. Wa? afra!d lhat hts wife rouIU leave tho linncn ,m.,mn .1... "ie..h0P. inswept, the i"", """'"--u, tne oeds unmade, tho and the baby uncomfortedif shestepped out once a year to tho polls to caYta vote for good men to carry out eood measures, wants her to barrisade the saloons hours, days and weeks with prayers and hymns for the suppression of the whisky truffle and a victory over Tr. . . tuu uiJuren uncombed me saioomsts. ino last wo heard of that man he was talking about Mrs. Cutler, Lucy Stono and Elizabeth Cady Stanton being out of their sphere. To- icuo journal. Edith O'Gorman, the "Escaped Nun," Is in Chlcage. ESSAY. bead bv miss rinaiMA olds, iiefore mien. S. W.S. A., VEIL 13, 1S7L When wo look abroad over tho face of creation, we behold every object in na ture occupyjug a particular space, and seemlugly existing for a specific pur pose. The purpose for which an object exists, wc call its mission, aud the op erations necessary to effect that purpose we call Its tphcre of action. It is said that no two natural objects arc precisely alike; that even the leaves of the trees and tho sands of the ocean are sufficiently varied to give to each distinct individuality. If this is tho case, aud if, as we might infer, all things were created for the purpose of devel oping a higher form of individuality, it would necessarily follow that no two objects could havo precisely the same sphere, but that their operations would uecssarily be as different as the things themselves. However, bo this as it may, there are so many points of resem blance among certain objects that man has been able to classify them, and to discover to a considerable extent their mission and their sphere. We find, for Instance, that the cereals and all the higher forms of vegetation require moisture, warmth, light and soil to bring the future plant to a state of per fection; therefore wc decide that tho ground is their proper sphere, because in no other place can all the conditions of growth be so easily obtained. We arc also convinced that the birds belong to the air, the fish to the sea, and the wild beast to the forest, because we see In each a special adaptation to its sur roundings. But what if the seed for the field should refuse to be committed to the productive soil so carefully pre pared for Its reception, and should choose instead the arid desert as the most suit able place to. bring forth its hundred fold ? What If the fish should aspire to dwell with the bird, and believing that fins were made for flight, should floun der out onto dry laud in the vain at tempt to navigate the air? Aud what If the beasts and birds should conclude the sea was their proper element and attempt to take up their abode with the finny tribe? Would wenotall agree that each had made an unwar rantable departure from its sphere? Happily we see no such desire mani- fested among the lower order of crea- ... . . .. . . ... tion. All are seemingly satisfied with the position assigned them. 'Tis only when we come the crowning work of the Master's hand woman that wo find discontent and unbapplness and a de mand for extended privileges. Man is content to bo what God made him, tho j Lord of Creation, the protector, sup porter and ruler of women; but woman j is at war with her Creator am! seeks to thwart His designs by becoming what Ho never Intended she should-be, an in dependent being, possessed of the same right as man to life, liberty, and tltc pursuit of happiness. To be sure, all women are not thus affected. The great mass are still sweet, and pure, aud wom anly, aud even angelic In their gentle, clinging tenderness aud obedience to man; but there arc those who are pos sessed of au unholy ambition to wander unrestrained beyond theirsphere. They seek to lay aside the beauties of wom anhood aud tako upon themselves the attributes of manhood; they ask equal privileges witli man, to drink and fight and swear and frequent saloons and other haunts of degradation; they wish to desert their families and destroy all that Is bcautfful and sacrad in the social relation 1 My friends, such arc tho ac cusions brought against us; but arc tliey just are they reasonable ? Can they be substantiated? Arc wo the monstrosi ties they portray us, and does our move ment tend toward tho terrible results they depict? Come, let us reason to gcther,'aud see if wecau 'acertain -who is right and who is wrong, and what is truly woman's sphere. To ba able to determine woman's sphere wo must go back to first principles and endeavor to ascertain for what purpose she was formed, and by what laws sho is gov erned. I believe it is generally con ceded that the ultimate mission of woman, as well of man, Is to make prep aration for a future and higher state of existence; that God has intrusted to us the germs of certain capabilities aud powera which it Is our duty to dovelope as near unto perfection as possible. Wo find that all human beings are three fold In their nature physical, intel lectual and spiritual; therefore they havo a three-fold developmeut to ac complish, and must have a correspond ins three-fold sphere. The order of .na ture seems to be that soul cannot exist without mind, and that mind canuot exist independent of body; therefore, if- wo would attain a high degree of spirit uality, or soul development, we must acquire a sound aud vigorous mind; and to be ablo to acnuire such a mind wo must have a strong and healthy body. As our physical nature is first" lu tho scale of development, it should receive our first attention. If we tako up physi ology we learn that in all tho vital functions of tho body the sexes are gov erned by precisely tho same laws. Tho principles of their formation and devel opment do not vary. What gives health aud vigor to tho one, gives health and vigor to the other. If a man re quires pure air, wholesome food, proper clothing and abundant exercise to se cure perfect physical manhood, woman requires the same means to secure per fect physical womanhood. Tho sphere of the youth of both sexes Is identical. The girl has as much right by nature to run, and jump, aud climb, and skate, and swim as the boy has; bone and mus cle, sound lungs and pure blood are as essential to her happiuess as to his, and the wise and conscientious parent will see to it that tiie daughter is uot robbed of her birth-right by a false and perni cious public sentiment. "But," says one, "I do not . believe in that sort of doctrine. Woman was made for man, and she. should be what he desires her to be. We don't want our women coarse and muscular like men; above all things, a woman should be womanly. Our girls should bo kept in doors, aud, under the watch ful eye of their mothers, should be taught all the various accomplishments of their sex. They should he taught that fashionable beauty aud refinement are of inestimable value to women, and that no pains should be spared to secure for her these treasures." And this is tho physical training she very generally receives. Her feet are bound, uot after the manner of the heathen Chinee, to such au extent as to produce deformity, but but just suffi ciently to check the circulation and pre- veut overgrowth. Her waist is bound to secure symmetry of form, and she is carefully guarded from exposure to the sun and wind, to seen re delicacy of com plexion, aud so she Is "Comiwlled to suffer through the day Restraints which no rewards repay;" And In the end you'll her the sons, Woin.m Is weak, but man Is strong. Wc do not claim that woman has as great muscular powcras man; but werfo maintain that she is not naturally tho weak, puny, miserable creature we so often find her. Look at the hale aud hearty maid of Erin the brown-handed daughter of toil who has sought in our favored land fairer opportunities to gain an honest livelihood. She is a specl nien of the physical attainments of our sex. Site Is uot tortured by aches and pains till her complaints become mo notonous and even wearisome to those around her; but she is healthy aud happy, aud possesses so kind and joyous asplrit that we are pleased with her In spite of t,he prejudices of caste. She is qualified for physical usefulness, and she takes her place as a menial in the house .- u iii , ,.. i of the wealthy, and nobody complains that she is out of her sphere. Behold her Distress, the child of luxury, lan guidly reclining among the cushions of her sofa. She has Ih'imi moulded to suit the requirement of fashion, and she has gained the coveted prize, for society proclaims her the embodiment of grace and beauty. But she is totally incapac itated for usefulness In almost every particular, for she has neither the health, strength nor inclination for any kind of labor. She is scarcely able to meet tho demands of society, aud quite too weak and nervous to endure the prattle and annoyance of her children; so she leaves them to the care of the servants, while she seeks amusement aud excitement to cheer her drooping spirits. But no one deems her unwom anly or accuses her of being out of her sphere. To labor for reward she con siders degrading, and she looks with contempt upon those who receive a poor pittance for ministering to her material wants. Sho seems to forget that labor is a necessity of our existence, and that somebody's hands niust toil, aud some body's back must bend underadditional weight, that she -may be supported in Idleness. She forgets that "labor is worship," and that we are enjoined by Scripture to do with our might whatso ever our hands find to do. Sho has seemingly come to tho conclusion that she is a tiling of beauty, and will be a joy forever, and so she is content to be a mere parlor ornament. And these two women, whose lives are so entirely op posite, are both in there sphere. Sockty virtually Informs us that God, who is no respecter of persons, made tiic one for a life of unremitting toil,iStamped her with the empress of Inferiority, and doomed her to a condition of servitude; while He formed tho other for a life of case and elegance, set upoti her tho seal of nobility, and placed her in the ranks of aristocracy; and that it is right aud proper, by virtue of these distinctions, that tho one should spend her life in submissive servitude to the other. But is tho voice of society the voice of God ? Leaving this question for you to de cide, we will pass to the consideration of woman as an intellectual being. In this department we find her identical with man. There is not a single organ found in tho brain of man but what is also found in the brain of woman; and whatever course or instruction is re quired to develope the mind of the one, Is also required to develope the mind of the other. If the masculine mind Is made broad and comprehensive by graiping after the intricate problems of life, so do like causes produco like ef fects in tho feminiue mind. We find the samo variety of tastes and opinions among one sex as among tho other. All men do not choose the same occupa tion, and neither do all troniei, when they have the privilege of choice. Ag riculture, for iustance, Is an old and honorable occupation; and many con sider the farm the most pleasant field of labor iu which man can engage. The orator dwells with great earnestness on the pleasing and ennobling influence of husbandry, and the musician sings the songs of rural life with wonderful sweet ness and expression; butcompel eitherof them to follow tho plow for a living, and they would soon come to the conclusion that theory is better than practice at least in that direction. The orator would lontr to electrify the world with his eloquence, and. the musician would sigh to caotivate the public ear with his melodies and neither of them would succeed on the farm. Just so it Is with women. All are not fitted for the same occupation. Like men, they are bom ora tors, poets, artists and musiciaus. How, then, can wc expect such to succeed as cooks and nursery maids ? . Debar men from positions for which they are fitted by birth and education, aud for which they have a decided taste, and compel them to engage in uncongenial pursuits, aud wouldn't there be discontent and grumbling among the brothers? Wouldn't they be holding equal rights meetings, and demanding a change in the programme? History would soon repeat itself in a new Declaration of In dependence, the cry of "Liberty or death," aud the clash of resounding arms. But tve have no desire to spill our brother's blood. Instead of appeal ing to arms, we prefer to appeal to his better nature; and we have faith that our prayers for redress will not- be in vain. As the educator of youth, If for no other reason, should woman receive the highest cultivation. What position could be accompanied by greater respon sibilities than that of motherhood? We "read that "just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined." How necessary that the mothers of men be qualified to bend the twig of humanity in the right direc tion, and surround it with proper con ditions, that it may become a healthy and shapely and flourishing tree, rich in the abundance of its fruits of good works. It Is woman's right to culti vate the talents bestowed upon her, and it is her God-appointed sphere to engage In any pursuit for which she Is capacitated. Lastly, wo will consider woman as a spiritual being. Here, as before, wo find her governed by the same laws as man. TI..K i , , r i Each has tiie same desire for happines.s, tho same longing for immortality, and each looks forward to the change called death with equal hopes aud fears. The r .i stings or conscience are as acute m the one as in tho other, and the violation of the moral law is disastrous to each alike. T 1ip!1.v. Minn!nlnn i niiitn nrnvilnnt . 1 . mat, spiritually, woman Is superior ,to man; that it is her special proving; to: be good and true aud purcaud religious. But I do not hold that woman is natu rally man's superior iu any respect. If she is spiritually elevated above him, it is because of her superior moral train ing. She is taught at a tender ago the necessity of being virtuous iu every re gard, while the boy's moral education is comparatively neglected. He may indulge in profane and vulgar language, and little heed is given to it, but society is shocked when a girl is thus found de parting from the straight and narrow way. A man may seek the haunts of degradation, reel Intoxicated through the street, using the most loathsome language, aud fall into the gutter in a state of stupefaction, sunk even below the level of the brute; but ho may rise in the strength of his manhood, burst the bonds that enslave him, and become respectable aud usefuf citizen, and even secure unto himself positions of honor and trust. But woman once fallen can never rise; her doom Is sealed. How important, then, that sho be early instructed in moral and religious prin ciples, to enable her to resist temptation and lay fast hold upon that only which is good. But where comes the idea that woman should bo more virtuous than man ? Is her soul more precious than his In the sight of tho Great All-Father? Were uot tho Commandments given to us irrespective of sex? Andaro not the means of salvation tho same for eve'ry hu man being? Why, then, is it not necessary that mau, too, receive early and careful spiritual training, to prepare him to battle successfully tho evil3 of life, and gain tho victor's crown of a nobleaud exalted manhood, that he may be prepared for tho society of the just and pure in that future life to which we all aspire? It is woman's right to be spiritually free, and whenever she finds a "wrong that needs resistance," or a "cause that lacks assistance," It Is in ac cordance with her sphere to cast her in fluence on the side of truth and justice; aud it is her prerogative to determine for herself what Is rlgh aud what Is wrong, nnd ri i. ci.tf i, ,n,.,iinn nf . any one In this regard, as man can not answer for woman at the Judgment- bar of God, he has no moral right to at tempt to bind herrcason and conscience, and make them subservient to his will. As social beings, it is our duty to en courage, sustai n aud assist oue another In all good resolutions aud undertakings; and it is also our duty to warn, admon ish, exhortand restrain the evil doer. Ia woman, then, out of her sphere, when she at'temps to raise her brother in the scale of humanity by convincing him of the error of his ways? Should she be re garded as his enemy, because sho wages war on dram-shops and other sinks of iniquity? Does she lose her womanli ness because sho seeks the privilege of assisting her brother to remove tempta tion from his path? Nay, verily. Woman will always be womanlyfor she has no power to change her nature, and she will even be man's best friend. As. mother, daughter and sister, she clings to him even when he has so de based himself that all other friends for sake him. Woman would fain purify our social and political atmosphere, as much on man's account as on her own; but to accomplish this she must have power; and to have power she must have independence; and to have independence she must have the rallot. Mothers, Cultivate Tour Hinds. What shall I say of the mothor whose weary years havo but ministered to the necessities of others and neglected her own soul's needs? Alas! the tragedy of such a life! Alas! that it is too often a real tragedy! The past cannot be re stored, but tho future i3 ours. The man who turns irom tlio wile or mother who has thus sacrificed herself at the altar, 'is accursed, hut the sacrifice ought never to be made. The very precious ointment was not taken to anoint the feet of the Lord, but to rub up the pots and kettles. Its sacredness was in its uselessuess. Its use was sacrilege. Children cannot prevent it." The fire is ashes on the altar before they know its cost. But a man is worse than brutal to demand or to accept such a sacrifice from his wife. A woman is wholly, cruelly wrong in making it. rctroieuui .rsasby, in his poem oi "Hannah Jane," gives us such a life history. Hannah Jane yields youth, beauty, culture, ail to make the fortune of her husband. She remains to the tud illiterate, a drudge, a slave, a pack-horse, aud her husband rather takes credit to himself for not "shoving her out alone," and never gets further than "if either I'm delinquent." If either! Sucli a man is dead in sin not to see that he is worse than a wife-murderer. He has slain a soul. What he promised to love honor, and cherish, lie has degraded, despoiled, destroyed. "There's another world beyond this," poetises the mus ing husband, but he need not concern himself with that at present. There Is this world. One is enough at a time for such culprits as he. The man who builds his own fame aud fortune on the souls of his wife or his children does not wait for the next world to condemn him; ho is condemned already. ' Ho is that . execrated and ever execrable monster who plunders tho one lie has sworn to protect, that ho may etirich himself. I But women ought to see for them- ?.elvc3 .uial u ,s,a waste or the ointment. Sometimes, perhaps, itcannot be helped. Fatec,05e3'rouni he cllihl an(, ,xe3 her in one groove till the grave releases her. Perhaps. I can hardly think that ! a ,tnis country any fate is so strong as to keep the soul fast if the will be not firat a'tran,r. But at least let women not feel-that any such sacrifice is their duty. They injure the very ones whom , they Wish to beUeflt. The noblest SOtt I in " ii arlil r i ii in it fi i -Mid cannot feel that delight in a SnuTgnorant mother that he woftjfl rtdeOTOTSnorant mother that liewiiftiJl fed in an intelligent mother. Fit will beunspeaKablygratcful, tender, tailhful He will love her and cherish her to her life' 8 end, but be will miss it is impossi ble he should not miss all that she has lost, all that sho has failed to gain that which makes her his equal and comrade. Nasby's Abel was a villain, but if he had been an angel, he could not haveenjoyed Hannah Jane, degraded, as he would have enjoyed her, exalted. His villainy was not iu his recognizing that she was his wife, and in" feeling ashamed of her, but in permitting her to become his in ferior, of whom it was possible to be ashamed. A refined taste cannot be gratified with rude manners, though gratitude and duty join hands. It is not the effect of city association. It is the natural repugnanceof delicacy to coarse ness, even thoilirli it lm nntv i-n-iraonma of manifestation. If tho whole world lived in scattered houses, all the same the trained ear would be pained by ! rough words, the trained eye by un- graceful motion, the trained intellect by slow perception. O, mother, is it for ! your sons' sake you are grinding in the rr!c-iii-li-ttick rf 1 rn i?crntt 9 "KVt- tlmtx ' iT- if nble. ascend out of it. For their sake, if for nothing else, cultivate I yur minu. uo not oestow upon mem tho pitiable kindness of giving to their aspiring young manhood a worn-out drudge for a mother. This awful abne gation may be the stern fiat of fate, may seem tho only resourco of love; but whether it be fate or choice, at the last it bitcth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Gail Hamilton in Wood's Household Magazine. A RF.JIARKARLK Scese. In referring to Congressman Elliott's effort iu behalf of the Civil Right's bill, tho New York Dispatch has tho following under the title above: "A scene remarkable in its character was presented iu the House of Representatives, last week. Alexander H. Stephens, cx-Vlco President of tho defunct Southern Confederacy, made a long speech in opposition to the Civil Service bill, and sat down. Mr. Elliott, a colored Representative from South Carolina, roso in his place aud made reply.- Think of the contrast; indulge for a moment tho througingassociatious as memory goes back to the days of Cal houn, Bully Brooks, and Rhett to the threats of nullification. No more lash or chain on account of color. Instead, one of the despised slave race sits iti the seat of the chiefest of the Southern chiv alry, and stands before tie Representa tives or inirty-scven otates, tue peer oi i "y, everj- inch a man. ihespeeehof ! Mr. Elliott wa3 Keen, calm, caustic, and c-ear in argument. It must have seemed as strange as wonderful to Mr. Stephens to be answered by a black man Representative though he be. To him, the clear sentence, tho flashing eye, the concise, connected argument, must have told how utterly futile the attempt to establish aconfederacv based upon involuntary servitude as a'corner stone. In that ringing voice he must have realized how utterly a lost causo was that mad attempt of Jefferson Da vis when he outraged tho laws of God and man to attempt the establishment oi a siavo oligarchy. The blacK man stood proudly up, was. listened to with interest, and made an able, feeling.con vincing argument in favor of the rights of the race he so well represents." Mrs. Agassiz has finally completed and ready for the press the life her husband, upon which she has been at work for several years.