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: 'I " - - i1 , - --- - - , . 1 - . : - TEHJt.!-lVA!irt f 1 " fe - . f-- - . . ' J ' - .. 'J3?' . - 7 ! ' - P K - '. .BIS UMlk. ..,,. ,.---. I g'B-S-W.gg I I j I - ... - - .i-... . I ., : -rz--t- ,.-,- ' . .. . rss asaaacs. wmmm r, rw rmoruL. t j ;. " .... . ". .. ... . : : : ; r - - advektwime9ts n"""..l. VOLUME IV- I tmiiTT.AMn nnrnnvVvmn v ipnir. . '-' NTmnKII nil. . fui j . - - - - v..)" ---. --.-.. ------ - v i ' ". r I wiuiiiiiouau THE HAPPY HOME; TBe I Baad'a Triuyk. ' t- VHi a. j. dckiwat, , i "i-n b tr uti - tcH tic,. (CalM4,aeronl.a( la' Ae4 ttf Coociwm, la 1 Hr K7t Mr. A. J.tMiaiwajr.f t--.- of , CUAPTER XX- - Tb monilor (uuimI Mrs. Artnatrsof . ufleriugwlti) ytolaot sick ImmmUcLi.' Bl btlped ib floor Aa joog m btr trDKtb would per cult, and now liUjr i- lipoo tlialouoft with br blood- dot tyn bDu(d. wbll atroug odor of am j moots AIM th room. : . Tb cooleut cbnJrn" wiriT -raodjr oalir, firr1ljreloiortiif-fopkbtf . fooj, aoiI Mr. Juimm, lb r-obIlgiu fl-Bdcaothw, tu broiling tbew dainty biU of ehlekao for tba morning meal, A lood rap at lb front door eauaed Mi Armatrong to atart auJilcnl Apia wo eflecllux bar IbroLbing brain u to almoat throw bar It. to eonvulaioua. Dloab anawvrad tba auoimooa, and MltNfd fa Iba baad of tb family, why tookad bpou tba auffaiing form upon Um ISOUja witb a tritloipbaot laar. -f,lai' yar lawful bitaband aio't tba joliiaat thing la tba world, la It, 'ah, tiaUy r- ba aakad play follyaa ha aaa tad Mrnaeir In cloaa proaimUy to bia wlfa aod rcacbad out bia Lamia for DaUy, who naatlad baraclf in Margaret' arms, ' biding bar faca on bar ahouldar. "Wa know our. frlenda, don't wa, Dalay V aald Margaret, who, too weak ta walk and carry Uia baby, trttchad Jir i cbair away to gat aa far removed from bar fatbar aa poaaibla. " ' " uaadn't feel ao amart t" axelaimad tba father angrily. The Bberig 'U ba J along by booh or tbr4boula, aur'lake i Ut iar to tba hotel." -'I abaa't go I"- retorted bia danghter. zsfBdaad V lii tbu intartng-Tniiw.T "Ye aaem to forglt that Ike Armatroog - la the boae v bia own family." : z "I'll drown myaelf! I'll polaon Frad aadCbrleey! I'll kill yoa befom I'll atand it !" aereamed Margaret, ed Margaret, bar weak frame quivering with Intense emclleuieDt. Tba oldmau.roae to bia feet la a towering rage and advanced toward bar. - w You'd betUr ttriU ew, bado'l you p said tba chip of the paUrnal block "It would bo mm a gloriow eabtbil of manly preweea If you would ooly moaavra atrepgth with tbeaa muaclee,' baring bar attauBuated arm to tba elbow witb a hysterical laugh. -Mm.' Armstrong aroe to aalUlogpoa- tara with both hande preaaed firmly apoa bar temples above - the baodaga - Is which tbey vera cncaaciL... .. ' "Mr. Armstrong," she said feebly, "neither Margaret nor I are Ineooditloi to boar 111 temper or abuaa. As you have already mad kuown your deter utnatloa to rob ma of my lambe, I niuet aay I am at loot to nnderstaud the object of thla unUmely visit." "I eoma, Bally, beoauaa I a'peaed y" com to yer eeoaee by thla time. Tbar'a saunitnr uoate bacl v towo wbKb I can git tolable cheap tike, from Joe Sametm. ' An'. I'll give ye a cool tbou- ' Kl ..--.! It inn .n mil M a MtMf an' JblPgr.". .. - WW you let me keep the chlUrear ril do anything for tbem I And I won't sak any pay from you for their maintenance, except aucb aa may suit your teaaur to give. I'll ssod Margaret to school, too, and dreea . ber-oomlorubly. If you won't let me -live with mother, you'll allow me to go away from bar and keep the children together, Wf jrou t Ob, Isaac, da any - jf""' "Ye'dx things, teouUU't ye?" re-1 torted ber gracious lord. "A nice time ye'd have, too, with Jo Bamaoa, If y j bad everything In yer own hand down at that cottage." x - ; .. "Isaac Armstrong T' cried the wife re provingly, "da you believe I could be guilty of anything aasrc r X, "Circumatanllal evldeooa goea agin ye 'mlchty etrong, mum. What else . but wiekedntMrntt prompted ye to leave . yer lawful husband V . The Buffering wife sank- back upon tbe lounge with a low, despairing Wall. k -You'll kill my daughter P cried Mrs. Jooee angrily. "I'll get .you er raated and bound over to keep the peace, slr, if you do not leave tba house this minute f. I ""The devil awed me a grudge one day, . an' paid mo off with a mother-in-law I" retorted the protector af women... "Dioab, g-el aamman me a mag latrate,"said Mrs. Jones. "Scream mtmrdtr at tba top of your voice as you "How an I ale woman I I beg yer par don. xl't settle this thing among eelvea.f To. ready to compromise with Bally. r r , "Ib what way r "I com hers to make a peaceable propoaittoo, but Ae fltrea up, an' yos . flare up, an' Vjlarea apTaa aoaa a? ye'd llaUB." ' " X - - . - ; "Vbat taytrarprnptaltu, pray r tt I'll buy th Jsc Bamaon Mop- srty."ndni al ve 8ally a cool thuan t ixttap aica, aa'THga lute best- aa'. aaa may have br youaa uae aelcoma-lf she'll live with mean' biOave barsaQ Ilka a wit art to." viMy -tbatTmrbeltrvaT m vikd r aobbed tba wlfa. - - - t -7- u w- -nr . m. w . 1 t -m. t -m v rw. i h - i ? r" r-k 1 i n rf . -m y a . - -m. ..r j i "liow eaayoa lit witb naafur yo nava alandarad tna aary wbara V Tba qaaatioa waa Dot anawarad. Tba.Hbarlff, in obadlane to tba law! of tba aovaralgn com pood wealth, drota up ia bia buggy at boob to taka tba bap- wa ettlldraa oooa mora Into coated. ' AM f' ba aiolaimad aa ba' aotarad tba booaa, nibbing bia band aod look' log dellghUd. "Th la looka llk M taking "op, I aac" "SinaU proapao ytir. Bha1(!. wowau boaU tba vary dail for wlckad muli-hneaa, oooa aba gita bar baad aat." Ob,' air," aaid tba wlfa, braaaing bar throbbloiTUtupIaa UgUU "Mr. Arm- atrong aceoaco ma of eoujugal iofldalit. How cam I aubatlt to a Ufa witb a m wbodoubUmybonorfj V .'- 'Madam," n piled tba autborlied a vttorW Uwr 7our bilabaod doaa sot .baUaca thaaa aoama t looa,t ..-,.- - Tban why doaa ba maka tbem V "Bacaoto ba knowa that only by im paaebing your virtua can ba auecaed la wraatlng yoar Ipved onea from yo.H aTta-rvJJr.fiharlfrr aoIJmad tbaboabaod. "Ya II waot another offlo aoma day, racolleet, an' I'va only to let tba voter know t bat ye' re chicken- baaortad la thla matter to gtt op eich a buaaur-cry -giayoB aa would forever title yer political ehaooea." -"Mb. Jonaa," aald the autborlied dig nitary, "you'd better bagetUng tba ebiU dren raady. . Mrs. Armatroug aaema in ao eosdltloB ta da anything.""-" "I Aaa wow " c reamed Prod, wbo had a very diaagraaabla rvoolleetloa of bia former aiparienoe, away from bl mother."".'"''' Vv ' . "I 'aotto'Uywla ma" cried Cbrfaey. "And I will atay or TU kill some body r abriaked Margaret3" rzz "Itdoea aaem very at range, Mm. Arm- trong.tbat you aboatd peralat la living apart from your buabaod wbea you see tba amount uf ml aery yuareontfacf W tail upon roor children- I, aak friend. ad Tiaa you to Walt JiaffmLUr-m, -taw fffr7riaTd the Bberlfl. "He will buy that saug little bo ma be told you of, and you can live there happily." - "Any where bat there 1 Ob, lr, I oan- I t there P and tbawlfa abuddared. Pjt of memory shoe through ber throbbing brain, reatiadlna bar aud 'xof wlial might have been. . X Tbeo, will ye go somewhere else T' asked th husband, bit eyea gleaming a ba fancied that he bad gained a slight advantage.' ; "r .... "I'll atay with you barer' said she, peaking witb an effort thalended In a woon." ,v ; "Not If know myaelf C aald Mrt. Jonee indignantly. " have some right la tola feottaa Wbtctal propoa taraepeet, and one at tbem la.tb rid tba house of Ike Armstrong preeenca.'i p .7 "' -. . ! 1 .1 iL. ol i m aooa as the' wife recovered. fiYour oi- poaUion to your bueband'i wlahea ooly Involves you la greater difficulties. YWrfepeclmeos of soured womaabood and are not in a coudition, mentally or physically, to think and act for your self. Your buabaad Is your pataral pro tector aad bead.; .You took the yaw of obedience upon you whan yon naarried blm. , "Ob, air 1 becsuss yen are a kladbuo- band aad iadulgeat fatbar, devoted to tba Intarest of your loved ansa, you fail to Judge other mea correctly, wboaa exietenoe 1 nothing to their wlvee but aeaa neen oa tnoir bone. I saw four wife lst week.- 8ha was blooming and healthy and , beautiful. You have cherished, loved, protected ber. Twenty years of married life have only added grace to tboee of ber early womanhood. Six years of married endurance brought me ta tba verge of tb grave, and Into tbedepthsoflusaoHyribaveoommiUsd J.-ta it . , era. iBuuf.wiiHiii mHJWUs WTt iuui I milted murder by eendtng out Into tbe realms of tba Unknown two af my poor, unwelcome little ones, who perl abed upon tba very threshold of bumaa ex let coo, because I eould hot andow tbem witb their rightful heritage which wa health and length of day. You aouasel me to go back to tba aid Ufa aod, per couaequsnoe, repeat tbs old grime. I thought that eelf-preeervatJou wa tb flrst law of aature; and so, I allowed ba law to take lu courses aod 1t tore my children from me, only ta foil to ears for tbem properly. I have rescued tbem from tbe gaping Jaws of death, though tbey yet linger la tba verge of the shadows. You were compelled to return tbem to me for a sessoa tbat T might thus rescue tbsm. "Now, you aay you are compelled to tsar tbem away again, even though tb poor darling need my constant care, andaaonot live without tt." . . 'Mother, pleat, don't tel u na'" pleaded Margaret, her great eye full of tea re. . "There la ooly one of two alterna tives," wee the fcjberifff troubled WpTjT "You must go witb me, or your mother muaUfleld obedience to your father as bl Uwful, wedded wife. ' - Tbe little boy were by thlstlmecry.bg peevishly andclinglng to tbelr bs pleas mother la a beipleae way. - - ,- "Oat their bate, Dinah aaldtb mother calm!: "Oh, mother ! You can't mean to pel na to go," ald Margaret. Wa couldn't live a day la that terrible aW I'll do everything for fatbar. rU ba hie lava for Fred aad Cbriasy'a saksa, If you'll enly let him live with yM aolbat wa 'mayn't be mparatad." . -CT Mra.. Armstrong hugged bar aniR er bosom for aa InataatJ and, then, tear ng tb bandages from bar throbbing I ad, aald la a atralned, hard voice thai badlbe wall of death- ac Armatrong, I: will aotrtlnue to h?j r bond-aervant. Tba Bberiff may go i hi boaioaaa. You are detertniaed that either I arthe chll- draa sball be aaarlBeed to the bonid Moloch of yoar Ignoruot, tyrannical eel Oabnaaa. 1 loathe you far mora deeply tbaa I coald If you were tb vlleet rep ute that craw la upon tba green footstool ofOod. isut tb lair af man Isoa yoar lde,e Jaw bfjromso J BoLjret been bora.-. I eeftaot tall you bow deeply I attpirt the e feature wbo profeeee to doubt my wifely ebaetlty, and yet com pel ma to eodurs bia preaenoa and power, becauae the law ia bis bands will uatcb my cblldrea from me If I try to protect my-alt "I thought she'd com to her mum," aid the huabiad with aebuekle. "Bora the kltteoe an' ye II fttch tb ole cat to terms, soonsr or later." "My daiigbtarr-aiciatm. Mr. Jonaa reproachfully, Myou cannot remain bare if tbatdemoe ataya witb you. If yoa're determlnod to be a feolryou'r no eblld of mtm I'll not trouble anybody very long, dear mother. Please do not reproach Rather be Id me ta endure mr fat. Ood knowe I seed all tb beip you can beetow.-- Good-dayrMrrheriff," aaid tba legal aad HUral bead of tba family. Wa don't need yer eervleee any mora to-day. .1 reckon we'lLsettls our own family matters aflerthis. Bat I'm very much 'blseged to ye for yer klodueee In fetebln' Bally te bar aenaea." moat everybody in Belltowa ap proved of the matrimonial reconcilia tion. A few, mere tboogbtral tbao the rest, were sorry for tba poor unwilling Victim 6f legal circumstances, wh SB oompelled, tor the eblldren'e sakes, y leld ub-OleutSfta riaAfl BIjum pmttser badbecome ' "dead flesh a pea ' ber bonea;" but with tba exoeptlon of tbe poor wife' a mother, tbeea sympathisers all were men. For it I well knowa that, aa among th victim of a by-gone dlspenaatlon, Bona were so merciless in their persecution of tb reetleee aud da San t alavee aa wars thi r -MMnlnn ia bondage, who only rebelled secretly against conditions which they aoa- Ida red bopaleee; so, among tbe woman waa secretly rebel against unjust mari tal relations, aoaa can ba found ta take tbe part of, tba poorTlctlm who. Jack. lag tbalr forttf ude, ac poaaeasing greater Jeniyrtbaa tbemselvea,reaolvea break a yoke wbleh long abuse baa rea- dared-Intolerably gftevous--We tiava beard and ws . confess the f act In ofTow more beartlees .exclamations against Wives, la circumstancaa like tble, from a few women whom wa b.vei kuown to be anlevable aad unloved sometimes, too, 'from women happily married tban wa have aver beard In our life from all tba mea of a long-ex tended aequalntanca. Indeed, we have aeblom known a man wbo bad aot pleaty af philanthropy In bis soul for all womsn, t-torpt that con venient hooaehold "commodity over whom' th law give blm supreme an tbority bia own wife. ; : Kow, bold your temper, gentlemen ! ,Yon-verjr-wel. know,- tf-yon will only ay ao, tbat good husbands are not In cluded In thla category at all. Tbey de serve na condemnation, aod tbey never get It from na. But we are quite will' ing tbat an wnoae conjugal reet are pinched by th ill-fitting matrimonial boot may wear 1L and: wc shall not mwwt K1a m 4IbI mt ! wm IIUB.wwbi.uvh auviua. rnr-li-i-t-tr porch seed ths'Joe Samson -property. What bia wife' feelings, weraas she en ured th eoay little cottage aod realised tbe futility or ber rood regreta over what might have been, we leave the reader to imagine.- . Her mother, superlatively indignant becauae bar daughter bad yielded, was Outwardly cold and rtpellauL Tbla, doubtless, was an aid to Mrs. Arm- trooga ambition, for It aroused ia her a feeling of pride, eombatlveneae aad will tbat enabled her to leave tba aid borne with very few outwsrd demoa strstioos Of grief, while she moved about tba new one Ilk on entranced. ' Of th "cool thousand" tbat ber legal protector aod bead bad given, her as part and parcel of the reconciliation, all but a moiety waa purloined by tb aame Individual sovereign. But wbena nan' wife la hi own property be cannot ileal from her; so It wa all right with the (awe of tba laBdra( tbe protected woman chewed the aud af bitter di tcosr- tent la eooUmptuouee1lenc8rf . Ia tba neat vloa-eotbowf rf' BIQTB'g room of lbs klnd-bearted JBbsriff and bia lovable trlf a company of friend, including, tbe health officer who had or dered tba tick Armstrong children re banded to their mother' custody for proper nursing, aod hi wife and chil dren, a warm dlscnsalon'overtbOIF Iaga aeaadal was going ea at the aaaie Um tbat Mra. Armstrong, with a plrit seared by grief and dlacoaragtmant, waa BKrviag abstractedly abaat tba littl oasr where bar fond, girlish aaticlpa tloaa aaee had alas tared lovlagty. "I never pitied aay wamaa ao maeb la - my lifr,"-aaht tbe rkrod-baartad ebarfS V BM ntBst ba dren tightly to I Very bard-beartad motlior," aald bia amiable wife, aa bar full round eyas beamed lovingly npoa bar vi bappy cblldrao. "I doa't aare haw badly yo abould aot, Abgnaiui, T naaar auld atva i my babies fur tbe sake of getllog rid of yau-" -- . "IaBVery rii- my dear," replied tba boebABd tenderly , nbat if I were to become pereo oally abnoslou In your eyea, I should aooa rid you of my prea enoa, evea It broke ny own heart to leave you and our loved aooa. If I thought myaelf Incapable of loogar -4a apiring your regard,' I'd acora to stultify my -manhood by imposing such cmwll tioos upowyou, by taking advantage of your motber-lova, as would leadyocTUrl leal compelled loenaure my naweioomf preeeDce for on hour." ' "But a womsn'a hlgbcot sbl'gstloa Ileal jCaUegiaoca to bex cblidmC: jabl the health officer's wife. "I sever could give mine op, even for a month, to gat rid of tbe preaanc of any man." "That I becauae your experience with r.nBn ...Kr pUaaanttlut you fall to reall-e the other side of the queetion," replied her baeband laughing. "If you knew old man Armstrong, aad bad felt tbe full power of bis baleful authority, you would c6nalderbla wife a liaroioe in going back to bar ebildren aa slie ba done, beskla' whom Joan of Are would pal la Inilgnlflcsnca.-She knows that tbe father of bar cblldrea has frequented all of tbe low dentin town And blackened ber reputation by tbe meaneat Imagina ble aocueatiooa and the very blackest In sinuations:' He baa time and again in sulted ber witb tbe vtleat charges. He took bar children from ber loving em brace And conflnetL tbem In a low deu, where tbey would have perished but for my timely interference; and now, after having Jendured. more than my tougue can utter ia rweculng tbem from tbe Jaws nf a mi-arable death, eha consents to again taka up ber weary life-march by bis side, subject to all the disgusting In- truslons ba sees At to enforce upon her,? only that ba mar be near ber little ones for the very brief eeaaon which aba will live In bia atmosphere." :" - "Bbe bad no business J marry blm In 4b tba first plaoa-W replied bis wlfa. - - "Doubtleaa aba Is now of your spin Ion," amlled tba Shertw, lu reply. "But that.!0' help the matter any.- Tbe ladles will pardon me, but f am often surprised when I note tbe exoeeelve philanthropy with wbloh moat women endure other women's burdena. Deao Swift's quaint proverb admits of a re versible construction, you ace." - T" Hucboonversat Ions, with many varia- ttona, want on for week tn Belltown, and aU tba avhlla Mrs. Arssstraag paa oed tba tedious tenor of ber way, help lessly, hopelessly struggling against fatf from which ha no longer expected n b dMth Her husband, tobltcredltba it spoken, was much mora kind a atT considerate than; formerly; but his grasping greed and narrow avarice had been Increased. by tbe recent reduction In bia worldly possessions, aorj the cloaeet economy was njotncdnipbn the bousebojd, much to the dlssatlsfacUou ofMkrgaret, who, having enjoyed for a season tba pleotl ful boeplullty and fugal thrift of her vauie iuuimur-iu-iWj wm uuk 1. 1 i , - . disposed to brook her father parsimony In aHePcc. . "-,.;:;. - .Buf, dear reader, tbla part of our'Jifa hlstory is drawing to a close, Jf this were an ordinary novel, written merely for aenaatlonal effect, We could easily ex pand Our power of Imagination and get tbe old man Armstrong wracked oa a railroad, lunbled over a prctpiee,klcked by a rafraotory horse, or attacked by tbe cholera. Hi. eould maka .bint die tragic, and, io the reader, a wclcot dealb, leaving bl not Inconsolable young widow to become, la due Asbion able season, tba wife of her lint and anly love, wbo would be to bar, ever after, a laitbful and affectionate consort, bring ing Joy and gladness to hi old cottage home, and health aad happiness to tba children of tba departed husband. But, aa It la our bueiaewr to 'picture real rather thsn flctltlou life, forgive us, ye reading muUKude wbo follow these page with o much concern, If wa risk your aualbema by closing this chapter after a manner which we woold we eould In truthfuloee conclude other wise. - - -. - - . - -.. The dys wore' on with the chilly autuma-tlma. Not a woman visited tba lonely mother la UrcottagehomeJovor all ordinary domestic difflcultiea; Mea so met! mea called, for Isaac Arm strong : waa alway "on a trade;" but tbe reputation of til wits waa blaated. andibey arged tbelr wl vee to keep aloof ffdm the woman wbo had proved ao on- motherly a to dare to separate herself for a time from ber legal representative, protector aod head. , - ,,. Mm Armstrong bkd been vary si last for a day ar two, and Margaret, wba was constantly aa th lookout for tb retaro of tb old mutal malady, grew ao deeply eoaeeraed tbat aba vealered toriait tb borne of Mrs. Joaee aa morning to lay tbe east before br. - Wlth much difficulty the persuaded the widow too for eooquor her objection to ber daughter eoaree la going back to bar buabaod lb bar children's aakea aa ta ga lor a aaa to tbe cottage Where the poof wlfejt-dared xlatane-Tbey" fooud Armatroog helpltmty Mpportlng the fainting form of bit protected apoose, Vba bad aUlsBwbiU at tbe wash-tab. Sha had aot aomplaioed, ber husband all, and ba hadna thought that aba wm 111 until aba bad IblBtod. Kr several daj tbe poor wife lingered luulet oopnclouaneea, and, tbeo.aftar a trlvf, lifll lnUrvaT,ln wblcb aba lu dUNl ananWtlonatafsraweU to Mattie lo bar farAllatant Btoaabenga borne a letter .which Magaret with much dim- culr controlled herself to write and after bitvlng extorted a promja fromft which each Bute I expected to ba be' husband that he would give her eb'ldren Into tbe custody of bar mother ab yielded up her (pint without a stiuggl, and paaaed peacefully to tbe Uad ef tba Hereafter, where "Tberatst aertbar marrying nor giving 1o mar rime, lor tbey are aa tb angels of God lo Heaven.". Tbe bereavud matbee took tba ba- raaved grandchildren to jttr plentiful home, aad IaaA Armstrong,- satisfled no - saving psriormaa a pusnana' duty according to law, became a fixture ia the boats of bia brother upon tbe Illlooia abora. Joe Bamaoa re-purcbaaed tb littl habitation sud took up b I solitary abode thereto,-" He" bas' mads aT vlue-em-bowered grotto of tba little grave-yard glen, and often goea alone, ta vlait tbe quiet retreat, and muae aud ponder upon "what might have been." Margaret Intanda ta return ta her old gtonehange borne aoma time, whither we will now precede ber. Reader, one "Husband' Triumph," and what came of It, ia before you. Thank God there is a better and a brighter eodiug ta tba biatory of iba other, parties to tbla Ufa-drama. Be patient, and you shall bear. To be eoutlaa14.J, -- '1 UUimJ. 01 klBEUQE. ST -TT-i - - ayruureeerveuiy, mat true marrtea i "e bappieet life to be found this side of tbe beauUful land of rasfc. By true married life I mean tbe I'm wbarela husband, and wlfa respect and love each I other.; and wbera neither I too proud nor reserved to very onen abow tbat love to tbe other ; wbera tbe huabaud' respect for bia wife ia Just aa great a her respect for him ; wbera be gfvee hi wife liberty of action the aame aa he himaelf enjoys, giving -her credit for peaseaslag eammoa sense, at least, and bowing bar that he baa faith la bar tbi tbe will do nothing" to dlabonor tba family aanie. Show me such a uoloo, and if that husband and wlfa are not happy, than aro none happy. The husband know tbat should every one else east blm off, aim will his wife cling to blm. Ha fee la that should other people tire of bit ao elety, there is one to whom be la always welcome one to whom ba caa tail bia troubles, sura of sympathy. The wife (eels tbat there La ana wbo will listen with sympathetic ear to all bebouee keeplng difficultiee, aud. be her troubica ever so trivial, she baa no laar of ridi cule, i He will laugh with ber over all of tbelr ebildren' liuie witticiams, and enjoy almott equal with herself tbelr progress In tba search for knowledge. In tuch a ooloa there are BO secrets for the wife ha no bar of bar husband. and It Is generally fear tb.it prevents' ber confiding her secrets to him. The longer such a union shall last, lbs happier it shall be. Every fresh baby presence in their household is a link in tb chain that binds tbsm to each other. A?nd often, ah! very often, i tber are death-beds bywWcb- tbey have Stood aids by side, watching a youag life, whlcb U a part of their awn being, bovl DDf on me border of tbe tDirit la ml. as it join 10 leave a world so fair, wbera It U m well beloved. And tben. when Ida by side they have followed telife- 1cm form to IU JaU resting place, ob wbat a comfort tbey are to eechther. When I think of tbeea tblns I wan der how there can be aa many divorcee. Still I. .think there comes a time of doubting in each life a wavering of tbe lov and respect which I have Jtlst writ ten about. Looking back aver myawn married Ufa I sea many pagee I would gladly erase. . Yet parbapa, after all, it ia better aa it is per bar tba I which the past teecbee will keep safe In tbe future. J : It see roe to ma tbat it ia In the power of every one to rise above and triumnb would It not be welf for tba husband or wlfa having tba least doubt of tbe other love to strive by every, meana to keep that doubt tram belug kimn? tav-aw way ba loving and kind, and treat the other la iba aame manner tbey would were tbey aura thla aOectioa was re turned ? Above all abould tbey try to govern that foe to domestic happiness, tb temper. -1 feel qnlt ore tbat there ar but few eaaa of slienatad affection but woold, under tbla treatment aooa ret&ra to It aJleglanca,7 Once Secure la tb affection of the neaiirriata life, with tba kindly deference paid by -tba ether which true lov alway dictates, It woold stem bap pioeM enoagh "add ta that tba smooth ing down af all tba ragged corners by willing hands, pledged to cherish each ether, through all life, aad we ha v a picture of jptrfbetaarthiy hpplneea. Momenta of triumph are aot alwar They made a era v a for tbe mortal jra-Jpotepl weapon cjOr warfare; but ikal?""'. , main, of tbemoond Mr Arm.troDg In i hB;VwUh lntil-1 hurVwn by a littls glen bard by ber cottage home. i.l. -!,,., -... . ...a left ber a widow, by rudelv m - I aa-ava ww aaa mmm wisavua m as wua ivi vw puu i - . 1 1 I Plaa of Work of tl Wsmaa't YaUooaI . Cbjiftiaa Tampanac Union. ABurraa avraa coaveirrtnir'aBLD t ti.avs- LAiO,aovBaaas.uri. spcUtloa of more bArmoni sasaai an.l ..!. a Un b uMau Hon wwa bub vsajwvm abwvua as vx wu w wrms ivm aaek especially to eetabllsb a union of all toe toroea at work for tbe aappreaaion of intemperanoa. A oonatitutioa for a national organisation baa been prepared, come auxiliary. Many Htate orranlxa tioea have already been effected, aod It la aarneatly reoommeudad that tbey be Immediately formed In all tbe Blatee. To act with any degree of permanent aueueaa, aetioa moat ba coocortod.Tbo spirit af tba work already exists every. wbera wltn greater or leas manifesta tion'; but "souls must have budiee," a living principle must have an organic outwork. We must combine our forces so iba wImb tba lasperaUM Mm mmm actuate tbe people, baa aettled into a calm awl ratfunal aenUmeat, -wa may doi latiee into lodiaareooe or uiaoour- agemeut. AH moral reform I Individual In it fort will (till ba a It ba been, tbe moat present unbroken trout. - rYom tbeea conalderaUona. ' we urge uniform wrgantxattons everywhere, by Mtatee and CVngreealonsl DUtrieta,wbiie we leave each and all free to nuraue whatever course of proceedings local na- Hltlee may turKest, tnereov aecurlnr mat unity ta variety wbicn Is tba nor mal outgrowth of every humau Institu tion. A mono- tbe manv methods of onera- Hon recommended, tboae which may be of more treoeral application may be tueuUooed: . Klrat Frequent temperance mass meetings in churches, visitation to the drlnklug clsssee-aud their familiea, and meetings' for the masatx, In which tbe goapal cure for Intemperance 1 o tiered inem Keeood Circulation of temperance literature. Tbll---Wnrlnr th cooperation of pastors In special temperance services at some of the tated times aod places of Fourth A the ultimata triumph of tbe temperance reform lie lo tbe thor ough training of ebildren and youth in right principles and practices, ws urgs tba formation of temperance societies lu all achooia, especially Babbatb schools. Fifth The circulation of tbe pledge. Tbe pledge la our ballot, and every vote counts. --- . - - Blxtb We,' also, aarneatly recom mend nnfermanted win foe tb com munion service. . . 8a van tb Also tbe opening of eoffeo- hanaaa aiu. Hnt-lnrT piaoe of aaloooa. ' h la t m Tmm eeeetl wt- fea-ft-e ttf every city, town and village, emblem atic of our work, aa well as essentia! to tbe apmfort ana sobriety of th eom- tnnnlty) v t- lntb But above all. a tba instru mentality moat efficacious, and without which all others are futile, we call upon II i,i-t la esason and out of season In prayer, Invoking tbe aid or tbe Holy Spirit and the Divine benediction. Our work, which originated i prayer, must be oonunuad and consummated by tba mmannfalling agency tbat proved m mighty to tbe pulling down of alrong- noius. .fvn i . . The coaentron, also, proposes tbe Immediate establishment of a periodical which aball be a national organ; a medium of communication; an expo nent of harmonious action, and a bond of union. It could hardly be expected that with m widely varied local Inter mta, covering o vast an extent of ter ritory ae this unioa contemplates, we could preserve even a general purpose of action and interett, without some eon centering attraction. It le purposed to roblish tbe paper at such a price as will ring it within the limits of the most re stricted means, aud ensure Its thorough distribution amoog all tbe clsssoe of tbe community. Wa earnestly iuvlte tbe atttention of all our ladies to this project.- It ia In our power, by prompt and decisive action in tbla mailef, to Inaugurate a movemeut which promises to be a means of nncom- mon efficiency, In tbe perfection of tbe rinciple of tempera Doe; and while are. v no meaua, deeire or expect to sup- pfantrHhctJocar publlcaUoua- wa We to maae it TUB WOMAJfa HATIOXAL TKSiFKRAMrB X . rAren; ..- a paper tbat aball go into all homes, and touch tbe thought of all people. It baa been auggrsted as the wsy opens aud our means enlarge, that the publication of other' temperance literature receive special attention. In order to the fulfillment of all our deaigna, it will ba readily seen tbst tbs 'Work must have financial basis. A plan simple, but aura and feasible, asks each parson to give one eenth week as member or an auxiliary society, or tern pe ranee laacue; a portion of tbla to be (pledged to the state organisation; which 1 organisation agate pays a certain per- of uvage m lue uaiiouai uuu, to carry forward' tna general work;. Tbla plan which aanoot be burdensome to any. gives ua command of reeoorree sufficient to employ tbs best talent, to aid la tbe formation of a atroogaod health. uLrm- pe ranee literatu ' Kucb In aubatanoe I the design and plaa of our temperaBM work; and wa Invito, to our aid, ia tt proseeutioo, all who desire, and labor far the Interest of hu man I ty, ou r national of prosper! t r aud toe nouor or uoq. r EiK MA . ' , ICvanaUnMlL A. F. LuAvrrr. ': .... ClncianaU, Ohio, . MAkV C Joflxkox. Brooklyn, N. Y, i4viaaa, tovomner, 107. r strs, varoune riajMy, of urovMand, Mass., who baa bean deaf for ysatv, had bar bearing restored teeently by k blow upon the car from the leg of a chair woieo ana or ner ebildren bad tipped . v w MlM MV Read is rl vine Madias- aat West. Her buslassa manasor la that wall kaown aad popular ladl vidual, H who raae May Uaad.?. . i -.fr- aaa I re low has written a 1 story entitled "Fated ta be Free." - 1 1 ... ' v A New York dollar lKJ,QUO. A Joaraal I UrmMUl laaiaSat la fullUra aad BlllaKi ailve to alt Uve laeaea, aa4 TarMiWHr Radios! la OaaalB aa4 KxaUa tSe Wivass ol ike I CorrespooaeaU wriUa aver aasaased staaa turn aaat aukke kaewa tketr -tthii lu tbe KalMur.or ao aueaUta will fee gtvea te ibeir Advere Inilnencea. A hundred yearn ago, wbea tbe gov ernment waa young and bad ooly begun to feel ita footing firm, women found tbemaelvce diafraacblaed la tba grip af the law. Ia eSect. tbe law aald to It- . aalf, "Wherever I ind the bead of a - wife, mother or widow. I will hit It bard. Tba wife shall have bo personal prop arty, bo uae of ber real aetata, ne right ' to anything aba can earn, -t.be sua II have no richt to herself even." Bo It put all bar rights beyond ber ow Breech, Into tbe band of another. It went tracking tbe waaberwomaa to And the dollar her hard toil had earned. te rive U to bar buabaad ta whom it te- : gaily belonged. It sought tbe publialter, ta gather from him the tboiiaanda which had been coined by tbe brain of the wife, to put them Into tbe band that had nothing ta do with them except to keep poeeeaaibn. tt ioob in yvwog sdoumt. ana before any eyea bad seen her babe, gave to another tbe right to deed and will it en tirely away from her. It oeered lata tbe nursery, wbera tbe small children were, and took from the mother all legal right to tbe guardlao- UW WWUfBHa death, had tndlna men to March, beds, bad-rooms, dose la, cup- boania, to aeli tbe property and tba booaa, and to Matter tbe children. There waa do elngle thing that con cerned woman lu ber moat sacred rela tions, on which the law did not lay violent bandar Nearly three-quarters of a century bad rolled around, when bore and there, roee up women to whom life seemed to have no value If It (bust be beld under sucb -circumstances, and wbo earnestly claimed "equal rights for woman." Tbe demaud was scarcaly made, whan there beat down upon tbem, like a ball storm In a winter nlrht, "You want to uusex yourselves;'';" ou are out of your sphere:" "Tbe Bible ia araluet you;" 'aou are strong-minded woman;" " lou are unbapi lappj vea;" "You are dleoou- tented old maids," etc., etc, etc Is it atranro that, before aucb ehamplonahlp. 1 wantvn wba b raiti t k wivea, ware client, nor dared to ask for , any rigbta, ieaat or an ror sutxrager LWJieqia power, which had so bruleed and hurt, did bot offer to glvaup orto surrender-an Iota of Its legal rightio rule witlriauch a rod, la it trange if only a few women, compared with the whole, cried out, "Give ue our rights. . Let ue make lawa for ourselves." And If, after years of aaklng by tbe few. thla , same power baa only given tbem "leave to withdraw." ia It strange If a great multitude of women still kseo alleat and give no sign tbat can offend tbe rut ins power, while it is so evident tbat it does not wish to be asked, nor Intend to giver. If there are anr ar many women who. ta t , mm Uf tfusk mt aMsraga, ar by the aoeence or clear inatgnt, cannot take their own part, all tbe more M men, from tbelr nigh vantage ground, cham pion their mot bars and aiatara, aa tbalr great need requires. There are men who are doing this, and they are of the beat aod noUeet, too. Tbelr words af cheer, aad Ibeiratout persistent afflrma Ua of womau'a equal rights, have al ready glvsu voioe and courage to an Army of woman. It la no doubt true, tbat If all women asked for tbelr rlgbla tbey would- get tbem. It ia equally true tbat If all mea deal red or were even willing that women abould have their rights, thsy would baye tbem. Tba work, therefore, Is, for each man and woman to make as maay others willing a possible, and not to cry, "l la gomtr rauit, or It, or pour fault." E. AJTalaabla-Xaw The glory of the present age lathe dif fusion of useful Information. Tba ap pearance, therefore, of any new publica tion that bida fair to enlighten tbe masses still more fully, upon any prac tical subject, should ba regarded aa rea sonable ground for congratulation. It rives us pleasure, therefore, to call the attention of our readers to Ir. R. V. iteree forthcoming book entitled "The Feople'a Common Boom Medical Ad viser." Tbla work will contain about nine hundred pagee, will be well bound. Illustrated with about two hundred wood cut and colored blatee, and sent by mall to aay addreee for tbe unprece dented low price of il 60. It will ba ready for delivery carly-;rtrkrllTha-autbor baa become widely and favorably known lo tbe American, aa wall a tba people - of several forelan nations, through his family medicines, and as tba founder of the World's Irepeaaary at Buffalo, N. V., established for tba treatment of chronic diseases, and , now ventures to appear In tbe new role of authorship. From a perusal of ad vamM pagee, we believe tba book t calculated to be eminently useful It ernbracee a wide range of aubjecta, all of them bear- tbe all-Important qoeetlou of health? Biology, physiology, tbs erebral fu no tions, the human temperamenta, aad hygienic treatment, or nursing of the isk, receive tbat attention which tbelr relative Importance demands. Physical and mental culture, ventilation. Bleep, cleanliness, food, beverages and clothing are practical topics and are treated la a practical manner, Tba um of water aa a remedial agent receives that attention which It deeervsa. Under the head of -"lie in edits for Diseases" ia presented a list of our moat useful Indigenous medi cal plants, together with their propertiee Bod usee, aud pictorial re presentations of many of tba most Important. Tba appropriate doaa of each remedy la also given. After a satiable Introduction, wa have ia part fourth, "Diseases aad their Remedial Treatment." Almoat every dlserder that preyeupon tba ha msa system la hare deaaribed, together whh Ita symptoms, eauss and treat ments, aa far a it ia thought safe and advisable for lbs no n provisional to preeeriboX Chronic ailments receive special attention. A chapter aa aeet dents -and einTeoc!ea Is a very naeful fratore of tba boo Besides this, much misMrUb'eouO-bdhproiftabla informa tiea is glvsu, wbksh WUt ataks it a gea ios f Brntowm a oouvealent eoat aaaloB lo every bousshold. Many a iMda life baa been loot from tba lack of Jus the knowledge wbloh ihto work I oi parts. A bealtby moral Motlassoi" pervadM the whole work, and w aar dially recommend It a woythp of . piece la every family. - ; of Dr. Paley baa boy at Oambridga la W i l A grenddaognter or ur. r-miey naa ; . tramnapper hmi aaataa au we aoya ai vamarMga ia . x at mmvmmm. - ; ,j 7. -. . .; ....-.., . 1 rtt- . ,LT- .1.-.-., I - X-..-. ' M