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VOLUME III.
AMI E 'AND HENRY LEE;
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The .Spheres or the Sexes.
BV NHS. A. J. DUXXWAY.
Entered, according o Act of Consress.ln the
year 1S74, ly Mrs. A. J. Dunlway, In the office or
the Librarian ot Cmigresj at Washington City.
CHAPTER IV.
Melvin Hastings was toon at home in
the city of Portsmouth. The residence
of his parents occupied a fashlouable
thoroughfare. The mansion was built
in the castle style, grand, gloomy and
architectural. There was about it a
sort of solid, aristocratic air that raised
It in thoory as well as fact high above
tho more unpretentious habitations of
the less wealthy neighbors of Melvlu
Hastings senior.
It mattered not that everybody kuew
that the great wealth of this family
originated In suudry questionable per
formances in a low doggery in the days
when tiie city of Portsmouth was
young. It mattered not that everybody
knew that in an Inner den of that dog
gery a faro bank had been the great at
traction In the days when virgin gold,
fresh from the mines, abounded. It
mattered not that tho senior Hastings
was often, even in his present pros'
perity, known to "buck" at faro in den?
that he was now far too respectable to
patronize openly. The senior was rich,
and money covereth a multitude of
sins. Besides, hia family was far above
uimsen in morals. In their younger
days hia children, six In number, had
resided with their mother for a number
or years upon a cattle ranche in a wild
and unfrequented region of the State,
and it was here that Hastings junior
had learned the art of making himself
useful In performing such domestic du
ties as had made him a wonderful model
In the estimation of the feminine portion
of the family of the Lees,
Themotherof Melvin Hastings junior
was a well-preserved matron of fifty,
with gentle manners and a regal air,
while the daughters, five in number,
were petty, piquant, fashionable dolls,
who, with the parents, idolized the son
and heir and well-nigh spoiled him ut
terly. It was evening when Melvin arrived
at home, and all were glad to welcome
him. A ciieerful fire was sending a
glow through the richly furnished room
and lighting up the twilight with Its
Tuddy gleams.
Alice Hastings was reclining upon a
crimson ottoman in a charming neglUjc
toilet of delicate blue merino, with fac
ings of mauve-colored satin, open In
front, revealing a skirt of dainty em
broidery, from the hem of which peeped
a beautifully wrought slipper. Her
long, blonde hair fell in ripples over her
checks and bosom, and her blue eyes
flashed in the glow of the firelight with
a gleam peculiarly their own.
"What are you doing, Sis?" queried
her brother, as he dropped into a luxu
rious easy chair beside her.
"Nothing. I was just wondering
what on earth I was born for. -There is
nothing for a fashionable young lady to
do but recoivo calls, which I hate, re
turn them, which I detest, read novels,
which is nonsense, drum the piano,
whlcu 13 a bore, llirt, which crows
tedious, and make tatting,- which is
abominable ! I was just wishing that I
were a man !"
"A Trf tv flrmr vnn'il out n.q n ninn.
mv nroHv slofnr Thnso .Iinf tWr
would wield a trowel or those model
shoulders carry a hod so deftly ! You'd
look charming in a demins shirt with
overalls to match, carrying bricks and
mortar in the sunshine. Suppose you
try It for a while."
"One would think you had enumer
ated the full catalogueof masculine em
ployments from the stress with which
you speak of hod-carrying. You're a
man and you've been busy at something
that would just suit me if I could have
an opportunity."
"What is that, pray?"
"Why, you've been loafing through
the grand autumn woods with a gun on
your shoulder. You've been driuking
of forest springs, listening to the songs
of forest birds, and camping at night
with rustic families in little primitive
cabins in the deep, dark woods."
"How do you know all this, Sis?"
"Oh, I've followed you in imagina
tion. And to-day, when I was down
town In the carriage, we stopped In
front of a Government office where papa
had business with a dapper little clerk
whose fingers were .quite as dainty as
mine. Papa says he has a salary of two
thousand a year. Now I could fill such
a position as well as any man and thus
be independent and busy; but I'm a
woman, and there's no avenuo of use
fulness open to mo but teaching,
kitchen-work or dress-making, and I
despise them all."
"Alice, how can you talk so?" said
tho mother, reprovingly. "There is no
need that you should lift your hand tor
a livelihood. It's nonsense for you to
think or earning money. It's unlady
like, besides."
"Weren't you just as much or a lady
as you arc, now, mamma, when you
milked cows and made butter to earn
our living?"
"Don't allude to such things, Alice.
It was once necessary that I should do
such drudgery, but it has been the one
aim or my lire to elevato my children
above it."
"And make beggars or us," said Alice,
Impationtly. 'To-day a pale, puny
woman came to the door and timidly
asked me to buy a little bucket of ber
ries for twenty-fire cents. She wanted
to purchase a little medicine for a sick
child and had gathered the berries to
get the money. Beggar that I was, I
hadn't ten cents! Had she asked for
food I could have made a raid upon my
father's kitchen for her benefit; or had
she asked for clothes, I have plenty
that I shall never wear, but I find my
self at tweuly-two a nonentity in the
world of will or work or choice."
"You'll be getting married one of
these days, Alice."
"Who would I marry, I'd like to
know? There isn't a young man in our
set, from Adolpbus Fitzfoodlo to Ber
tram O'Toodles, that has a thimbleful,
of brains. I believe that I'll cut my
hair short, get brogan shoes and blue
calico dresses and go to the country,
where I'll see if I can't catch some
broad-handed farmer who reads news
papers and talks hone!" and tho girl
arose and paced the floor impatiently.
Mrs. Hastings and the four younger
daughters of tho family were by this
time properly shocked, and their ex
clamations of disgust were more em
phatic than reasonable.
"You ought to have been with me
during the past few days," said Melvin.
"I stopped at one of your Ideal country
homes and helped a rustic maiden to
milk the cows and feed the pigs, and
she . helped mo to cook and eat the
pheasauts that I would bag during the
day."
"And I suppose you made love to her,
and she accepted, and you'll be bringing
the great red-handed drudge to our city
home as your wife some of these days,"
said haughty, imperious "Slay, who was
the very opposite of her elder sister In
physique, complexion and disposition
.Melvin colored deeply as he replied,
"I certainly should bring her to the city
if sho were willing to come. But she
had the courage to do what not ono of
the twenty girls of our set would think
of. She, refused my advances point
blank, when I tried to make lovo to
her."
"You don't mean to say that you
would marry her ?"
"I mean to say that she has too much
good sense to marry me under-the cir
cumstances." A merry laugh at Melvln's expense
followed this enthusiastic outburst, and
he retired to his room to mu so upon the
doubtful advautagc he held over other
people by being the son and heir of the
wealthiest man In Portsmouth.
The twilight deepened Into a dense
gloom, and tho cheerless autumn rain
fell In blinding torrents on the slippery
pavement Melvln's apartmentH fronted
toward the street, and gazing out into
the darkness, his eye rested upon a
familiar form that stood at that mo
ment in tho glare of the lamps that
guarded the entrance to the mansion.
Henry Lee was looking wistfully up
toward tho window where Melvin Hast
ings sat, but the shutters being closed,
he did not discover his friend, and so,
with a sigh born of his dreadful loneli
ness, the boy turned timidly away and
disappeared In the darkness.
"I suppose I ought to have gone out
and invited him in," said Melvin to
himself, "but it would have raised such
a breeze in the house that I wouldn't
I baVC henrd the last Of it for a tUOntll
Besides, I'm tired and lazy, and the
rain falls by buckets full. Guess I'll
turn in and get a good night's rest."
"It's no use!" said Henry Lee.
"Tli at mausion's too fine for me. I'm
too proud to be snubbed, by his parents
and Bisters; but I'm to tired and hungry.
Where can I sleep to-night, i wonder?"
Thus soliloquizing the anxious boy
turned down the street and plodded on
in the pitiless rain. His back was
smarting under the pain of his recent
wounds, which thcraln, fatigue, auxiety
and hunger conspired to keep in con
stant irritation. At a dozen places
where he had called for a supper and
night's lodging he was gruflly turned
away, and at last, finding it impossible
to proceed further, tho homeless boy
laid down in the shadow of a building
and was soon in a deep, exhaustive
j sleep. From this he was quickly
aroused by a policeman and hurried to
the station house, where he passed the
night amid blasphemy and drunken
ness, the like of which he had never be
fore Imagined.
So many more important criminal
cases were on the docket for the follow-
ing day that the prisoner, who had been
arrested only for vagrancy, had no op
portunity for a hearing. And so, for
two days and nights, this boy was de
tained, reeling all the time as though he
had been arrested forgarrotingorarson.
But when the third day came, there
being but a limited number of cases
dispose of, he was brought up early
tho morning to answer for the crime
having no place to lay ins neau.
The boy told his story earnestly and
frankly, but refused to give his name.
"How came those marks on the back
of your neck and hands ?" queried the
prosecuting attorney.
"I decline to answer, sir," said he, a
deep tinge of mortification and anger
flushing his cheek.
"And you can give no account of
yourseU except that you had no money
aud no credit, aud was a stranger In the
city?" said the Judge.
"That's all, your honor.-"
"Have you nobody In the dty who
can vouch for your good behavior?"
"I know Mr. Melvin Hastings, sir,
whose father lives in the city."
"Do you wish him summoned as a
witness?"
"Oh, please don't! I don't want him
to know that I am here."
"But you see, my lad, as you will
give no satisfactory account of yourself,
it is our duty to hunt up your friends."
"Don't betray me?" said the hoy,
desperately, as Melvin entered the
room.
. A few word explained all (hat
Henry's friend felt at liberty to tell, i
He knew the boy to be honest, but un
fortunate, and ir tho Judge would re
lease him, he would see that he was
given employment.
"What new ragamuffin has Melvin
fallen in with this time, I wonder?"
queried his mother, looking over her
spectacles and down Into the street.
"I expect its somo country bumpkin
whom he desires to make a roan of,"
said May.
"And I think the best tiring for him
to do is to make & gentleman of himself
and abjure all such company," remarked
the mother warmly, as tho two objects
of their conversation walked up tho
broad avenue iu the shadows of the
cone-shaped evergreens.
Henry Lee looked ruefully upon his
home-made clothes and stout brogans.
His brawny hands had never, he
thought, appeared so clumsy before, nor
his feet looked half so awkward, as,
by contrast with the elegant door-yard,
their imperfections were all brought
out with startling vividness of outline.
Nor was his self-esteem augmented
when, encountering the critical stare of
Melvln's mother and sisters, ho found
himself unable to reply to their interro
gations iu aught but monosyllables.
"Mother," said Melvin, desperately,
"isn't there some kind of chores about
tho house or stables that this young
friend of mine could do for a while till
he can find moro congenial occupa
tion?" "Have you been in the city long, my
lad ?" was the cool query of the mothnr.
"Only a few days," said Henry, des
perately. "Where have you been stopping?"
Henry looked Imploringly at Melvin,
and made no answer.
"Ho hasn't bad employment at all
yet, mother," said Melvin, coming to
the rescue. "He has come to the city to
get an education and a livelihood; and,
as he is entirely without means, he
wants to bo placed iu a situation where
ho can earn his personal expenses for a
few years while going to school."
"I'd like to accommodate you, my
son, butthero is no vacancy about the
house or grounds for your protege."
"Can't you dismiss Ah Ho ?"
Henry's blood began to boil. The
boy had been taught to consider himself
"above" all menial service, and the
thought of having the Chinaman dis
missed to give him an opportunity to
act as a sort oi scullion, was to him a
mortification so deep that he repressed
Indignant tears with difficulty.
What can you do?" queried Mrs.
Hastings, coldly.
"Almost anything," was, tho quick
reply. "I can groom the horses and
work in thecarden."
"Can you milk tho cows? Wo keep
two, and that Is part of Ah Ho's work."
"I can learn to milk, ma'am, but I
should.prefer other work."
"Very well, then, we shan't want
you; and now, you will excuse me for
desiring to end this Interview."
"But won't you let him try" said
Melvin. "I'm willing to teach him
myself, till he is master of the situa
tion."
"A capital Chinaman you'd make,"
said May, contemptuously.
"At any rate I am willing to try,"
was tho ready response; and taking
Henry to his room, where tho privilege
or a bath and some of his own cast-off
clothing, sufficed to metamorphose him
completely, the exhausted boy disposed
of himself upon a loungo and was soon
sleeping off tho effects of fatigue, dis
grace, and disappointment.
His labors were to begin tho follow
ing mornlug, and Molvin was then to
play tutor iu initiating him Into their
mysteries.
That night, with Infinito labor, Henry
Lee was enabled to write and, with Mel
vlu Hasting's assistance, post the follow
ing letter tuhls mother:
portsMoulh October the Third.
My dear mother 1 take my pen In hand to
Let you Know I am well and wood be flad to
no that these few lines 'inlshtflndyoaenjoylmr
the Same bleulnr I have come to live as a tort
of kitchen or stable Boy at Mr. hasting Moth
ers, everything Is nirty here 1 tell you. But
Ime nothing but a servant 1 have tocteln the
. kluhfn and taVe off mi Hat to the wimmen.
to! , ,, "tcrtan bem1 flowed, i Bet twenty
In Peoe
or j remember me as yourdutllul son. Don't tell
",c " you tot This, i send it under
cover to Hill Sy kes who will
Tell Ami to rite to mo and excuse badSpelllne
.... . inai ai letter wrltln.
Henry Lib
Bill Sykcs, to whom the safe delivery
or this precious missive was Intrusted,
was a chum of Henry's, who, three davs
after It had been dispatched to the poit
ofllce, called at the homo of tho Lees
with his important trust.
The first fall rains wero now over, aud
October, gorgeously orrayed in robes be
fitting the season, sought In vain to
cover up the blackened stumps In the
clearing around the cabin with parti
colored leaves of the briar-rose and
blackberry
Mrs. Lee was gradually growing
weaker. All efforts to rally herself had
failed, and she was now walling wearily,
day by day, for the death summons that
quick consumption had come (o herald,
and for which this fell dlseaso was rap-
Idly preparing her.
John Lee, the head of the family,
who, since his wife's illness and Henry's
flight, had been more constantly drunk,
cross, and lucapauie man ever before,
was sitting by the fire, and for tho first
time in many days, was busy regaling
the children with ribald rhymes.
How to get rid of this protector, law
maker ami head, so that tho dying
woman could see the letter wliich sho
knew young Sykcs had brought, was a
question which was more easily asked
than answered.
Amlc, desiring to possess herself of
the coveted letter, complained of a lame
wrist, and invited the rustic visitor to
go with her to the spring for water.
"When the two were out of sight of the
family head and the younger children,
who were always his allies when lie was
in a drunken good humor, the letter
was transferred to Amie's pocket, while
her heart ached with anxiety to know
its contents.
It was late before the head of the fam
ily could bo induced to cease repeating
his drunken doggerel and go off to bed,
where Amle knew that ho would soon
relapse Into a sound slumber.
Jim and Fan had both been admon
ished to remain awake till their father
should be asleep, and, as soon as it was
considered safe to open the letter, its
contents were read to tho lisleningquar
tettc in a guarded undertone.
"O, Amle!" said the mother, excit
edly, "it seems so hard that children
should find it necessary to mu from
their father as though ho were a wild
beast, watching to devour them In his
lair! But remember, when 1 not dead,
that It was the drink that did it, and be
kind to him. Never forget that ho is
your rather. I reel strangely peacefal
and happy to-night. Write to Henry
when I am gone, and tell him not to
forget his brothers and sisters."
"Do you feel worse,' mother?" said
Amlc, anxiously.
"No, my darling; I nm much better.
It Becms as though a glory fills the
room. I catch faint strains of heavenly
music, and a voice whispers 'all Is well.'
Go to bed now, children, all of you.
I'm cortaln I can sleep. O, Henry,
my boy, it was so thoughtful in you to
ramnmtinr vnnp mntltnr'"
The morning dawn revealed to Amie
the still deeply-snoring form or her
besotted rather over against the wall,
while on tho edge or the bed lay her
pale-raced mother, her hands folded
peacefully across her bosom, the blue
eyes calmly closed, and the features in
an attitude or deep repose. When Amie
bent to kiss her she started back iu ter
ror at tho Icy coldness of her touch.
The mortal frame had done with
Buffering and the martyr wife was dead.
(To be continued.!
Oommunity of 'Women Only.
Tho establishment of a woman's com
munity within the limits of the town or
Woburn, about twelve miles rrom Bos
ton, was begun on tho 22nd or January,
by the formal raising or the rrame or
the first building, lit this community
all tho land is to be owned by womeu;
aud, so far as the management of the
aflairs in tho village is concerned,
Woman Suffrage U to be realized to the
extent or the utter political disqualifica
tion or the sterner sex. The members
or tho community are obliged to asseut
to a constitution which is to govern It,
but farther than this they are unre
strained: except, however, that they aro
expected to attend at least once a week
nnon thn iinswtnrian service to be held.
The occupation of this town (Autora it
1 lll 1, ,-orlrl nnd industrial
schools are provided to fit persons for
different kinds of work to be done, in -
cludiugadomestlcschool for Instruction
In home duties. Each homestead will
bo accompauted with a garden, and
rmrdpnlnir nnd frtiit-raisltiir will be
a lavonie occupation, uo-operauve
schemes are also planned. One or these,
and that which has been pushed nearer
to realization than any other connected
with the enterprise, is the establish
ment of a laundry where every facility
Is to be afforded for doing work on a
iarge scale, and bringing money into
this thus for needy village by compet
ing with tho ramous Troy laundries.
About ono thousand persons are com
mitted to this enterprise; though they
aro not all women and are not to bo
residents. The slto ot the town is a
wilderness, aud it oilers all sorts or ob
stacles. Tho community is called "The
Woman's Economical Garden Home
stead League," aud is established by
act or the State Legislature.
Tho Toronto Globe tells an iucident
which illustrates a curious trait in sheep,
&nd teaches a lesson in the care of those
animals. There is a covered bridge at
Peoria, 500 feet above high-water mark.
A drover recently attempted to drivo
1,000 sheep across It. Hen about uaii
wnv over, tho bell-wether noticed an
open window, and, recognizing ids des
tiny, mauo a leap ior giory anu iuc
grave, when ue reacneu tiie sunugut,
ho at once appreciated his crjtica! situ-
tion. and with a leg stretched toward
each cardinal part or the compass, he
uttered a plaiuti ve "m-a," and deocenueu
to his fate. The next sheep aud tho
next followed, imitating the gesture aud
the remark of the leader. For hours It
rained sheep. Tho ero-whiic placid
stream was incarnate with tho life-blood
of moribund mutton, and not until the
brief tall of tho last sheep, as it disap
peared through the window, waived
adieu to tho wicked world, did this
movement cease.
"Woman Snfirage in Michigan.
The movement In favor of the voting
of women has acquired a gravity wliich
cannot be disregarded. In the Senate of
Massachusetts the proposition of sub
mitting the amendment to the people
was lost tho other day by a majority or
five only, and In Michigan the question
has been laid before the Stato hv the
Legislature, andoxcites very great in
terest. We observe among the support
ers of the suffrage movement tho names
of well-known citizens,.judges upon the
bench, and other official persons, and
the press enters warmly Into the debate.
The proposition is very serious. What
may be called the American arguments
in Its favor are obvious and conclusive,
so much so that tho meetings of its
friends are almost monotonous from the
familiar toue of tho speeches. That
women havoan erpual stako In society
that they are property owners and tax
payers that "virtual" representation is
not representation that they are there
fore taxed without representation, are
truths that an American cannot deny.
Again, that many laws, made by men
alone, are, for that reason, unjust to
women that an improving sentiment
constantly demands their modifications
on the ground of injustice that on
School Boards and in certain local ques
tions their official presence, and sufirage
are of high public benefit, is not a sub
ject of dispute. But there is n serious
and thoughtful doubt and opposition
reasonably and temperately urgeu which
deserves the candid consideration of the
friends of the movement.
The first and the most powerful of
these, because the vaguest, and suscept
ible of highly imaginative treatment, Is
the argument or sex. It is aolifficult ar
gument to state plainly, because it im
plies what is no matter of public dis
cussion; but it is substantially this, that
the iiillucnco or sex in its widest and
most comprehensive sense would be
found practically the source or a cor
ruption in politics quite beyond any or
which we havo experience, and that the
effect both upon men and women, and
upon the national diameter and pros
pects, would bo most demoralizing and
alarming. The Nation, iu a clear and
admirable presentation of this argu
ment, illustrates it from the case or
church government in wliich tho fact
or sex has bred such scandal and trouble,
and cites, as an instance or what might
bo expected to arise from tho relations
oT men and women iu political life, the
trouble m which a very uistiguisucd
and most honorable man, an advocate
of oman buffrage, has lately been iu-i
volvcd.
But In view of the fact that men and
women are of necessity most intimately
associated in every relation of life, and
mat, so funis sex is concerned, ltsinuu
once would be neitiier more nor less rc3Uit was to greatly improve the char- on the emancipation or women, with
than It is now, we cannot seo why ad- , nctL.r or those assemblages. Their pres- ! the degraded blacks,
mission to the suffrage should produce ence isurcti peace, because In tills In both cases logic would clearly in
the extraordinary results feared. If His country men had to be very low to bo dicate that this unfortunate stain Is, by
true that this degrading clement of sex Kuilty of rowdyism in the presence, of natural consequence, too plainly dyed lit
surroun Is the co-operation even of the , femaies. tho WOol for one generation to change,
best men and women with serious dan- Mr. Flanagan (Rep.), of Texas, said Oppression leaves its mark on both op
gers, is it also true that where there is ' i10 wns a ne- convert to the cause of! pressor and oppressed,
the least cooperation of the sexes in the Woman Suffrage, aud was made aeon- The southern black having expert
common Interests of life there Is also a ( vert by the glorious efforts of the worn- : enced the degrading evils of slavery, but
purer morality atid a higher Individual :ms crusade against intemperance, now emancipated and holding the bal-
character I Dovx tiie association or'
women with men iu the management i
of education, or the right of women to
VOto as StOCi-llohlcrs, or their equal as-
soclatlon in churches-coiiceding the 1
scandals and troubles produce a lower
moral tone in the community? Orisit I
not rather true that it is as society be
comes more truly civilized, more intel
ligent, more self-restrained, and iu com
munities ot tiie Highest moral tone, mat
tiie demand for the ballot is the most
earnest? Wo do not admit that a fe
male politician would hold her male
opponent at her mercy in the sense and
manner anegeu; anu wo aro very sure
that any increase of the trouble sup-
posed would by tho necessity of the case ;
tend tO CUre ItSClf. that is tO Say, the
damaging power orsuch calumny would i
m wrahei ra-mu c, uu uw uui uuuu, conferred upon Her, aud the strongest have neglected many other duties and
there would be an influx of more geuer- evidence or this fact was that neither in pleasures. We talk "only of temper
ous motives and nobler feelings, arising ln:3 country or England had woman de- i ance work" here, and many of the ac-
equally from tho iudillcrencoof sex, and
which any man who nas oeen associated
with women in works of practical ciiar
itv fully comprehends, but of which
those who urgo the objection
seem to bo wholly unmindful.
Of SeX
Such considerations arc in their na
ture speculative and abstract, but there
is another more practical objection. It
is that to multiply ballots is not to in
crease the virtue and intelligence with
out which no number of ballots can se
cure good government. Tho argument
which underlies this objection is that
the Suffrage-should be educated; that a
certain and rather high intelligence, in
dicated bv a proper decree of education.
should be required of even voter. This
may be a good reason forregretting tbat
1 ignorant black men vote in Carolina,
but Is It a reason that intelligent and
educated white women should not vote
in Michigan ? Aud is it a sound reason
, for excluding such citizens from tho
polls that, if admitted, tho ignorant
would also votov it tno reason mat.
women should not vote is not their sex,
but the ignorance of some, then tiie fact
of the exclusion of educated women, by
which the advantage of their character
and intelligence is lost, should be a rea
son not for opposing their admission,
but for the most strenuous advocacy or
or au educated suflrago only, in order
that they might be admitted.
We aro very glad that the general de
bate upon tho question of Woman Suf
frage is to take place in the State of
Michigan, because the judgment of so
intelligent a community will be or great
weight. Aud there is this satisfaction
iu the discussion, that the decision will
represent much moro nearly than is
usual at the polls, the actual, unbiased
opinion or the people of Michigan.
Sve have no doubt of the ultimato re
sult; and if the State decides aversely,
fhn niiesllon will have a fair hearing.
nnd tho cause, retiring in good order
from Bunker Hill, will proceed to York
town. Oeo. William Curlj in Harper's
Weekly.
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At the Battle Creek race meeting the,
nKf nrim for the best rider nuionsr tiie
young ladles or that place was equally
divided between Miss Ida Chilson and
Miss Mattie Upton, ttie committee uliuk
unable to determine which was entitled
to it. .
"Woman is a delusion, madam!" ex
claimed a crusty bachelor to a witty
young lady. "And man is always hug
some delusion or other," was the quick
retort.
Why Is a thunder-storm like an onion"?
Because It 1 a peal on peal.
Debate in the
Mr. Boreman,of West Virginia, called
up the Senate bill to establish the Ter
ritory of Pembina, and provide a tem
porary government therefor.
Mr. Sargent moved to amend the bill
so Hint the right to vote or hold ofllce iu
the Territory should not be restricted on
account of race, color, or sex. He said
he believed the amendment was not
only justified, but required by the or
ganic law of tho United Slates. Nu
merous petitions had been presented in
Congress for this right to females, and
the only notice takeu of them was to re
port them adversely. In theotherllonse
tho Republican- party was, to a certain
extent, pledged to extend suffrage to fe
males in the Territories. 'To confer
upon woman the right of sufirage would
bo to open wide the avenue for them,
and the advancement of society. Give
them an opportunity through the ballot,
and they will break up tho nefarious
practices now existing and purify soci
ety. The spirit of tiie Constitution
should be carried out, and women be
allowed to vote'.
Mr. Stewart (Rep.), of Nevada, said
the question of female sufirage was be
ing considered seriously by a large por
tion of the peoplo of ttie United States.
Here was an opportunity to experiment
with Woman Suffrage in this new Ter
ritory, and if it worked well there, he
hoped it would spread all over thocouu
try. lho experiment or negro sullrage
was tried in tno iJtstrict oi I'oiumbia, 1
and it became catching, and spread all
over the South. If Woman Sufirage in
tiie new Territory should work badly
tho act could be repealed at the next ses
sion of Congress.
Mr. Morton (Rep.), of Indiana, said
ho was in favor of the amendment upon
what lie regarded as the fundamental
principles of our Government. The
Declaration of Independence said all
men aro created free and equal. The
word men did not mean male; it meant
tho whole human family. The women
of this country had never given their
consent to this Government within the
theory of the Declaration of Independ
ence. Tho old common-law argument
was that the husband took care of the
interests of his wife; tiie father those of
his daughter; or the son those of ills
mother, but under the common-law the
husband was a tyrant and despot. This
old doctrine had been overcome, and
wonian could hold property now. He j
IlplinvtMl t!l!lt Wfltlinn ll:lfl Mm enmn tint-
ral right to a voice in the Government
that man had. To give woman the i
right or sutlrago would elevate suffrage
in tins country. Iitty years ago it was
(thought to be beyond all reason for
I women to attend political meetings, aud
now tucy wcui to sucu places, and the
Women, and women onlv. through Al.
mighty God, could save this country
frou, tm) Worst of all evils intemner-
. Wnmon nnnlil mnlrnl Mm n-
try, and men could not. Tl icy were
more decidedlv interested in nil nnes.
tfons of morality than men, and from
thls time henceforth lie intended to be a
woman's man. Laughter.
Mr. Merrlmon (Dem.), or North Caro
lina, said he did not yield iu his admi
ration or woman to any man, and by-no
act or word of his would he detract
rrom her dignity, but he claimed the
right to be the judge together with her'
as to what means were best calculated I
to promote her interest. He did not be-
uevo woman herneir thought her hap- :
,,U.n nr iltrrnitv wnnlil In. ilvnnxnJ l.t.. '
having alt the political rights or man j
manded such right. The number which '
Iiaddemandedthem was but a drop in the
ocean. He dissented, with all respect,
to the revolutionary construction
u-Iiirli thi Senator from Ttullnna IMr.
Morton had put upon the Declaration
or Independence, and denied that it '
meant fomales as well as males. The :
women had consented to this Govern
ment, because they had never raised
their voice in opposition to It, and they
had always had the right to memorial
ize Congress, as well as State Govern
ments, ir they thought their rights re
stricted. Mr. Stewart said that in ten years
rrom now there would not bo a man iu
tho Senate opposed to fomalo sufirage.
Mr. Merrimon asked, Why not try
the experimentin theDistrict of Colum
bia? Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, favored the
amendment and said he would vote for
it.
Mr. Anthony said ho had no doubt
female sufirage would came Iu time.
He did not believe that suffrage was a
woman's right or a man's right. It was
not a natural right, buta political right,
regulated by the body politic
Mr. Morton argued that as womeu
had the same natural rights as men they
had the right to the means to maintain
them, and among these means was tho
right or sullrage.
Alter furtherdiscussion, Mr. Edmunds
moved to lay the bill on the table.
Lost yeas 21, nays 21, as follows:
YEAS.
Rayard,
Buckingham,
Conkllng,
Conover,
Cooper,
Davis,
Edmunds.
Hager. Morrlll.lMe.l,
lIuinllton(Md.)Norwood,
Howe, Hansom,
Incalls recoil.
Johnston,
Jones,
Sherman,
Wadtelgh,
Washburn,
Wright.
McCreery,
Krclinsliuyfcen.Merrluioii,
HAYS.
Bogy.
lio reman,
Boutwell,
Carpenter,
Chandler,
Clayton,
Kerry(Mlch..
fillliert,
Hnrvey,
Hitchcock,
Ian,
Mitchell,
Morton,
l"attcron,
Pratt,
rtanifey,
SarKont.
Spencer
Sprague,
siewan,
Tipton,
West.
Wlndom.
Flanagan,
The question then being on Mr.
Sargent's amendment, Mr. Bayard said
it seemed hardly possible that the Sen
ate of the "United States proposed such a
change In the very fundamental princi
ples of government. That such a change
as this should be blocked out as an ex
periment, in utter disregard of that de
cree by which men aud women were
created, could hardly be believed. Tho
sexes wero different, physically aud
mentally, yet here was this poor, puny
attempt, in disregard of every experi
ence, enlightened as It had been by Di
vine Interposition. Such legislation as
this was irreverent, and in defiance of
The Peinhina Bill Under
Senate.
the law of God himself. It would give
two heads to tho family, and ' there
would no loneer bo that unitv. that
subordination, required by the Christian.
marriage.
Mr. Morrill, of Maine, onnosed tha
amendment, and denied that, the right
of suffrage was a natural one.
me amendment of Mr. Sargent was
rejected yeas 19, nays 27, as follows:
TEAS.
Anthonv.
Harvey,
Mitchell,
Morton,
Iatterson,
Pratt,
.Sanjent,
Sprague,
.Stewart,
Tipton'-
Washburn,
Wear. - J
Wlndom.
Carpenter,
Chandler,
uonover.
Ferry (Mich.),
Klamuran.
liilbert.
NAYS.
Edmunds, Morrlll-Vt.),
Allison,
Bayard.
Boremun,
Boutwell,
Buckingham.
JIuEor. Itamsev.
HamlIton(Md.)Itansom,
Hitchcock, Saulsbury,
Jones, ficott,
Kelly, Sherman.
McCreery. - UVdlelgb,
Merrlinon, Wright,.
Clayton,
I'onklitig,
Cooper,
1SHY13,
Messrs. Dorsev. Sneneor.and Hairer.
who would havo voted for 'the amend
ment, were paired with Messrs. Boirv.
Johnston ami Morrill, of Maine, who
wouiu nave voieu against it. i
The question then being on the final
passage of the bill, It was rejected veas
19, nays 29.
Ignorance vs. Woman's Eights.
A very fair illustration of the fact that
the advocacy of Woman Suffrage de-
peuiiH in :i mrge uegree ou tne ratio ot
intelligencein the peoplo, can be noticed
in tile record of the blacks or South
Carolina, who have come so largely into
the possession or political power. In
that State the excess In population of
tho black over the white race, is 30.000
two-thirds of the Legislature are colored.
In an able article In iS'crioncr's Monthly,
headed "Tho South Carolina Problem,"
If fa Qfnfofl Mmf. n Inrirn TorHrn nf -
t - r f . . . I. IT t . : l j
ruL'3m cuuiu I'Uruiinu, ujuau tnsjirciuuy
on the seaboard and sea islands, are ex
tremely ignorant and degraded. A cor
resondent of the Woman's Journal,
writing from South Carolina, makes the
statement that the blacks universally
oppose the enfranchisement of women.
There are some few eminently rare ex
ceptions. Wo mention this not in the way of
censure of these people irr view of tho
fact that progress in reform depends
upon intelligence, how can this be oth
erwise? Tho blacks of the North,
largely in advance of the Southern ne-
groes In point of intelligence, almost
,i,iSam,I1v hollavn f,i tlm (rrnfif nrlnnl-
pie of Woman Suffrage; regarding its
exercise as a sacred right- The w?hlte
population of South Carolina, also, per
meated with the code of morality which
slavery stamps unerringly and incredi
bly iu the soul of the slave-bolder, al-
r- not ii M I sn sv n 1 1 r llftlf! 4lA Oft m n s. I jtiq
lot, cannot be expected to rise rrom his
degradation sufficiently to desire for
other classes cursed with disfranchise
ment the blessings of political emanci
pation to which he has so lately at
tained. Ho must struggle longer and
attain a larger mental and moral devel
opment, before he can comprehend this
question. The natural philosophy of
events runs in the channel thus indi
cated. The argument meanwhile is
strengthened that intelllgeuce, and hon
esty as well, enter into the demand for
Woman Suffrage. Toledo Journal.
Suffrage and Temperance in Ohio.
fforr. Woman's Journal.
Pp(i TnrilViT.- T hnva l.on an
busy in the temperance work that I
tive workers would be frightened If it
were suggested that it meant, or would
lead to something more. Many were
frightened in the beginning lest it
slioud turn out "somo Womau's Rights
tncK," ami leareu tney would oo caught.
in somo kind oftrap. These may have
been over-wise, but there Is no longer
need of gainsaying the matter, it really
is the greatest sufirage work ever Inaug
urated here, although it is not, and
never was intended to be such. It has
converted moro men to tho doctrine of
Woman Sufirage than any other move
ment could have done, I think; and
many of them against their own wills,
too.
A gentleman asked me, several weeks
ago, if I did not seo "the handwriting on
the wall." Ho said it was "Woman
Sullrage, as certain as fate." I begged
him not to tell anybody, and believe he
has not. It is best that every one
should see for himself.
Well, if the temperanco movement
means "Woman Suffrage, it Is equally
true that Woman Suffrago means tem
perance, and the end, if not the means,
is the same.
I do not send this hasty letter for pub
lication, but living, as I do, in the heart
orthe temperanco wors, i woum uumcy
I giving you a little "view" or it.
Very truly yours;
S. M. F.
Springfield, Ohio.
The Tiide Gentleman. Show us
tho man who can quit the society of tho
young and take pleasure in listening to
the kindly voice of tho old; show us a
man who is always ready to pity and
help the deformed; show us a man that
covers tho faults of others with a mantlo
of charity; show us a man that bowa as
politely and givc3 the street as freely to
the poor sewing girl as to the million
aire; show us a man who abhors a liber
tine, who abhors tho rldiculer of hl
mother's sex aud the oxnosure of wom
anly reputation; show us the man who
never lorgets for an instant the delicacy
and respect duo a womau,-as a womau,
in any condition or class and you show
us a true gentleman.
A Danbury man who received a tele
gram from Buflalo requesting him to
come thither Immediately, to attend his
mother-in-law's funeral, sternly de
clined, saying that he never attended
celebrations during Lent.
"Brethren," said a young Quaker
lately married, "I lave married a
daughter of the Lord!" .e dIvlI ye
have!" ejaculated -an Irishman. It H
be a long tlmebeforeye'H see yer father-in-law."