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VOLUME VI.
POKTLAAD, OREGON, DECEMBER 2S, 1876.
NTJMBER. 15.
Terms.
EDNA AND JOHN:
A Romance or Idaho Flat.
Br Mrs. A.J. DUXI WAY,
acthor op "juditu reid." "ellen dowd," I
amie and uexri lee," "the UAPpr
HOME," "oxe WOMAN'S SPHERE," I
ilADQE MORRISOS,"
etc, ETC, etc. I
Entered, according to Act or Congress, in the
year 1876, by Mrs. A. J. Dunlway, in the office ol "I dou't see but I'd as well be a Mor
the Librarian of Congress at Washington City. mou as what I am."
Woman'H degraded, helpless position Is the
weak point of our Institutions to-day-a dls-
tnrhlnp-fnrrp pvprvwhere. severing family ties. I
turblng force everywhere, severing family ties.
filling our asylums with the dear, the dumb,
the blind, our prisons with criminals, our cit
ies with drunkenness and prostitution, oui
homes with disease and death. National Cen
tennial Equal Rights Protest.
CHAPTER VIIL
And now the last good-bye was spoken
and the young couple who had made
life's bitterest mibtake were marching
on in their weary way across the Conti
nent. Auut Judy, strong in her will power,
earnest and conscientious in p'urpose,
and executive in all things, directed the
incideuts of the journey in her own pe
culiar way.
Edna had underrated John's ability
as an ox-driver when she had tauntei.
him with deficiency in. that peculiai
business; and she was compelled to ad
mire the intuitive skill with which in
managed the patient brutes under hi.
care. "My old notion that nothing wa
made in vain lias received adde
strength since I discovered that Join
was really good for. something," she sail
to Auut Judy, as she watched her hus
band while he slowly trudged along,
whip in hand, ever journeying westwan
and yet never getting nearer the seltiiif.
sun.
"I never saw a man or woman ye'
who hadn't a useful niche in tile worli
somewhere," was Auut Judy's replj
"and I really believe that were it no
for tiie abomiu itiou of the law, whicl
gives tile husband an undue advautugi
in all things, when lie is disposed In in
cept and use it, that you and Join
might get along in the world first rate.'
Edna curled her lip scornfully.
"If it hadn't beeu for me," continue!
Aunt Judy, "you would have been i
grass widow! Think of it! And now,
you have so far conquered yourself "
"That I am out here in the wide wil
derness," fleeing from myself, from my
mother, my home, and everything ex
cepl John Smith, to whom this sell
same law you speak of has bound me.
and from whom, rather than all e se it
the world, I would gladly flee!"
"Hush, Edna. Don't talk so loud
John will hear you and his feelings wil
be hurt. You have uo right to fiiinl
and talk anu act as you lo. lou an
very wicked. He's as good as you arc
and is just as much disappointed in lib
marriage as you can be."
"Then, why wasn't he willing to ge
out of it when I left him at the hotel '.
I'm sure I was ready to release him fron
all obligations on my part."
"Edna, could you give him back lib
heart ?"
"I suppose not," .was the meditativ.
reply. "That is, supposing lie had one
which I very much doubt. He love
himself and his own ease, I admit thai.
but it's moonshine to imagine that hi
loves me. You are welcome to all tin
glory which you arrogate to yourself foi
having prevented a rupture between u
that would have made me that thin).
you so detest a grass widow; but 1
loathe myself as I am far more than I
could if I were forty grass willows. F
a whole month we have beeu journey
ing on. Day after day we toil am
struggle, cooking our food in the mm
and drizzle, or blistering our faces in tin
scorching sunshine; nothing to be seei
but sage and sand hills; nothing at ah
to be enjoyed, not even the congenial
company of a wise young man."
"Edna, you are morbid, and you dis
gust me!"
"1 Know it, anu 1 don't care. I wa
brought up in a morbid condition.
detest John Smith. I abhor myself.1
Here was a problem beyond the skil
of Aunt Judy's brain to solve. She had
through all her life, dreamed upon i.
beautiful conjugal theory, akin' to thai
which Edna had imagined!!! the board
ing school; and here was Edna, whou
she had fondly looked upou as the em
bodiment of all things lovely, witii i
husband who wa9 evidently striving t
the utmost of whatever skill he had t
make her paths pleasant, and she war
as restive as as a spirited, unbroken col
under the halter of its muster.
But what could Auut Judy do? T
act as go-between willi two such un
congenial yoke-fellows was to keep her
self constantly between two fires.
And thus the days and weeks and
mouths rolled on, bringing uo satisfac
tion of soul to any one of the travelen-
' who might, in other conditions and bet
ter mood?, have viewed with a joy as
unbounded as the atmosphere they
breathed the diversity of hill and plain
and mountain, range and mighty catar-
act through which they slowly wan
dered.
''Beliold me, Aunt Judy," said Edna,
one day, after they had wandered for n
long time beside the waters of Greal
Salt Lake. "I am Edua Rutherford
hat was, but now Mrs. John Smith,
wife of a man who can drive oxen. I
was educated to till au important sta
tion in the world of literature, science,
and society. I am married now, and
doomed to bear children, live amonp
savages and drudge like a squaw. I'm
Sick to death of this tedious iournev.
i t , ,, ,.., ,, ,..,,, .....,
, ,,
'ucl' aioug mis toilsome rnau."
"And what would you do here, JSdnaY
Surely you would not turn Mormon ?"
Aunt Judy turned away, mortified
and sad. It was growing dark, and,
joU Smith called a halt with his jaded
...
team under tue lee oi a miguty spur oi
the Wahsutch Mountains and prepared
to encamp for the night.
'Youdei comes u team," said Edna,
seating herself with a painful efibri
iipon tiie bare, haid ground, where,
rurkish fashion, they were compelled to
t atid eat their meals.
As I live !" said Edna, "it's my old
rieud, Sue Randolph !"
Why, halloo!" exclaimed John, ris
ing to his feet to greet the new comers.
"Glad indeed to see you. Beeu on tht
plains all summer'.'"
The man . thus addressed looked a
irifle older than John. He was mort
narked in feature, and evidently pos-
eased more meutal and physical stain-
ua, us well.
"Yes; been joggiug along since
Alaicli," he said, cheerily. "Allow uu
o introduce my wife, Mrs. La Selle, Mr.
iinith."
'Ah!" said John, extending his hand.
Glad to meet you. Hal and I art
i lends since boyhood."
"Iudeed ? Then I know I shall likt
,ou, fori like everybody that Hal likes;
lou't I, dear?"
"Ay, ay, Sue. Let me tell you, John,
.he's a duck of a wife. Introduce uit
o Mrs. Smith, pray."
Poor Edna ! Before her stood tin
nan whom she had imagined was Join.
Smith during tiie days of their claudes
me, boarding school and letter court
hip. She had often seen him from tin
hi nil story window of the seminary fo.
il ls, and the one stolen and hurried in
erview she had held witii John prior t
heir marriage in the shadow of tin
ark wall, where he hud thrilled he
vith embraces, had always beeu asso
laled in her mind, until the lust iulei-
lew dispelled the illusion, with tin
lissful shades of a departed dream.
"What's the matter, Edna?" askei
Vuut Judy, turning from her new uc
luaintances to the wife of John Smith
vho had fallen prostrate across a stacl
f ox-yokes beside the battered wagon
For a long time Edna did not answer
Vuut Judy and Mrs. La Selle held conn
el for a moment, intelligent glance.-
vere exchanged between the two men,
preparations were speedily made for tht
omiug night, which was one of soiiei-
ude, sullering, confusion, ami patiem
vatchiug, and the morning found Edu;
.ale and peaceful, lying at ease upoi
he dingy pillows of her traveling couch
ud by her side a wee baby girl willi
aven huir and eyes like night.
"God has been very good to me, Audi
ludy," said the young mother, as alu
eiiderly toyed with the tiny hands ol
'ier fragile babe. "I dou't deserve tbi
irecious gift, for I've been rebelliou
uid naughty, but I have something t
ive for now, something that is mine
mil heaven helping me, I will try l
irove worthy of the hoou."
"Haven't you a kindly word for John
Edna? The poorfellows heart is break
ng for you. No matter what his mo
ives may have beeu in marrying you
ie certainly lias done his duty towaro
vou since he lias beeu your husband
uid has treated you with more devotioi
ban you have bestowed upou him."
"Call Sue, Aunt Judy, please, am
lou't say anything more to me abou
lohn. I shall try hard, for the baby
uke, to right my own battle; but any
liing and everything you say abou
urn exasperates me. I believe J nevei
.hould iiave hated him so thoroughly i
you hadn't always been preaching him
i p."
"I've caught an idea and I'll use it,
bought Auut Judy, with a chuckle
''As soon as Edna's had a little time t
orget that she has given me a cue t
lew tactics, I'll change my plans."
It cost Edna a great effort, weak ai
die was, and overcome by many con
'ending emotions, to greet her ol
-choolmate and rival, Sue Raudolpl
.vith the unreserved a fleet ion of ol
lays, yet she conquered herself and did
it.
"Your baby is a beauty, Edna !" cried
k,er friend, leaning over the pillow and
rowing after the manner of a warm
learted girl. "What name do you in
tend to give her?"
"I hadu't thought of a name, Sue,
There isn't a name in the ratalogue thai
will couple musically with Smith."
"Nonsense ! I remember well, and
wasn't very long ago, either, when you
i bought the name of Smith the most-to
iie-desired of all cognomens."
"She little suspects that it was he-
cause I fancied it was worn By La Selle,
said Edna to herself. "She never shall
I suspect it, either, for I'll conquer my
old fancy or die! For my baby's sak
I'll endure this wicked farce to the bi
ter end."
"Call the babeHallie, there's a dear,
said Mrs. La Selle. "Hallie Smith is
pretty name."
"But I like names that mean some-
thin?. There's uo significance in such
title as that."
"It means that you will name her for
my husband."
"And that means a great deal too
uch," said Edna, with a laugh. "I'll
all her Idaho."
"Phabus, what a name !" cried Sue.
What ever put such a thought in your
lly pate?"
"I had a dream last night a dream
hat means something, I know, though
m not at all superstitious."
I'd say not," said her friend, "seeing
ou do not believe in dreams, or any-
liing of the kiud." .
"You needn't laugh, Sue. After the
uaby came, and you had all retired, anu
I was lying with my precious charge in
uy arms, afraid to fall asleep lest I
hould wake to find that she had vau
lted, I dreamed of Idaho. I hadu'i
bought of it before, but I'm going to
persuade Johu and Auut Judy to turn
ur oxen's heads in that direction to-
uorrow."
Mrs. La Selle was disappointed.
"I thought, now we'd providentially
talleu in each others' company, that wt
hould, of coure, remain together."
"No," said Edua, "it must not be.
Sometime, when baby is quite a girl
ud we are all rich, you can visit me,
you know. I may not tell you mi
I
ream, Sue, but it was prophetic and we
iiuat go to Idaho."
Mrs. La Selle expostulated in vain,
nil after a lime left Edua to iter own
efleetions.
'I would not dare to go in the com
mtiy of Hal La Selle to California," sht
aid to herself? "I know what I can
ml what I cannot bear better than auj
ue else can know, and if I cannot lovt
John Smith, I will at least protect mj
ouor, for his sake and my baby's."
In the meantime the two men had
talked over their private affairs and had
ome to the conclusion to continue tlieii
lourney togetiier toward tne uoioei
tate. The thought of consulting tht
omen hud not occurred to them, aim
vhen the proposition was forced upon
folin, he treated it with supreme con
fin pt
"He was head in his own household
ud didn't propose to be ruled by auj
vomau," he thought.
Poor Edna! How she longed to warn
er husband ! How gladly would slit
ave unbosomed her whole sorrow, am'
ought to obtain his sympathy aud for-
earauce, if she had only dared
I've only one alternative !" she said,
is struggling witii her tried affections
he would press her innocent babe t
ier bosom aud pray for strength anil
uidauce hi the paths of duty,
"This trial will kill me!" she sobbed
n her helplessness. "At any rate, I
uust tell Auut Judy all about it or 1
hall die !"
The opportunity for a private conver
sation with the dear old lady did not
ome till the day was far spent, and a
core ot miles over rocks and uioun-
ains hud been laboriously overcome.
By this time Edna was in a raging fevei
iiid her words were only half coherent
"Prevail on John to go with me awaj
rom Hal La Selle!" she cried, wring
ug her hands and clinging to her babe,
ts in a frenzy,
"Why, child, what harm will Hal La
elle inflict upou you? He's a perfect
;eutleman aud devotedly attached to
is wife."
"I know it, auntie, dear. That is not
lie trouble. Will you try not to de-
pise me if I tell you ail?"
"Certainly, you precious simpleton !
What is the matter?"
"O, auntie! I was weak and wicked
nd foolish and mistaken; but I tlinugiii
Hal La Selle was John Smith before I
.vus married, aud I really didn't kuow
my better till it was too late."
Aunt Judy, woman like, needed no
positive information expressed in in-
lubiatable language to enable her to
om prebend.
You know I never saw John but
nice, till I run away to marry him, and
then it was in the black shadow cast by
the moonlight on the semiuary wall
mat we met, and I could only half see
iiiui, arid then for only a iniuute," said
Edna. "It was his letters that be
witched me. Mr. La Selle used to pass
lowu the street and touch his hat to
ue, as I thought, from my perch in the
window, but f now find that it wasn't
mp. hot Sup Rmdnlnh. Iip wns court-
ing, and I I married the wrong man.
"You precious fool !" said Aunt Judy,
heiidiug low and k!s3ing her tenderly.
"And you don't despise me, now you
know all about it, auntie?"
"Despise you, you silly child? Of
course not; but you must allow me to
relieve my feelings by speaking my
"mind if you intend me to be able to be
of any service to you in this matter."
"Now. auntie, you must prevail on
'
John to go to Idaho. Hal has made his
ouwui b
positive ai luugciucuis iui aiiiuimu,
and there is uo danger that he will ac-
,.,,mniii.v 119 Xolindv hut vnu and T
need to know w. at I have told you.
Do persuade Johu. 1 can't talk to mm
about it for fear he will suspect the
truth."
"You'd better tell him all, Edna, and
trust to his. magnanimity, 'lhaj's the
best thing under tue circumstances."
"Auntie, he has no magnanimity,
He feels that I belong to him am his
property aud any revelation I make
will only cause him to Insult Hal and
humiliate me. You don't know him us
well as I do."
"Then let me talk to lilm, dear. I'll
manage him."
The insane rage of the husband of
Edna over Auut Judy's cautious and
necessary revelation could only be com
pared to the fierce dignity of a barnyard
Bantam when he finds that the Dorking
that he has proudly appropriated as hi;
own has had the audacity to cherish a
smothered preference for a superb
Cochin China.
Iustead of humbly blaming, himself,
inasmuch as he was blameworthy, for
the clandestine manner of his marriage
with a badly brought up child who had
.inly known him under the false colors
of other people's love letters, he at once
frew very tenacious of his rights, and
turned and cursed like a pirate.
Aunt Judy was frightened. Mr. La
Selle was astonished at his old friend's
uad temper, for the cause of which ht
could discover no clue, and after a mis
erable night of wrangling that would
nave disgraced a Kanaka, Johu Smith
re-yoked his oxen and started iu the
moruing with Auut Judy and his fever
isli wife, whippiug the cattle into a run
over the rocky roads, atid acting in all
things as though it was his purpose to
make Edua as thoroughly sick of hei
dearly bought bargain as it was possible
lor her to be and live.
To be continued.
"New Tissues."
"Habitual drunkards" and their rela
lion to the civil law is a subject much
liscussed at present in Luglaud. bonit
Hstinguished scientific men and others
idvocate such eifactments as will makt
t possible to place not only "disorderly
persons," but other vietiuas of intempei
unce, undersuuh supervision and control
ihut.au opportunity rauy beaiiorued toi
reformation and cure. Dr. Carpeutei
writes to the London Times iu favor ol
such legislation, "as a protection of tht
putieut against himselt as well as lor tiie
safety ot society, and also as a mean
whereby he may p.-cover tils position
ud Jus power ot sell-control." nr.
Carpenter thinks tliTs treatment secure.-
ihe conditions iu wiiicn "all the tissues
ii the drunkard's body are changed, auo
i new tissue uoruied out oi a uiort
Healthy kind ol food) is laid down iu its
place," and in tins way "his nervous
ystem is restored to healthy action auo
control olitaiued again." it iscerlunm
ery desirable that all drunkards shoulo
Have "new tissues" as well as new
Hearts. But many are doubtful us t
whether the government may salely un
lerluke to make provision for tliest
'new tissues" without regard to tht
wishes of those who may prefer to re
mit! their old ones. It is very certain,
lowever, thut the rights and safety oi
amilies and neighborhoods are con
stantly, violated and endangered, becaust
.here is uo legal protection against tin
'habitual drunkard," who is not actu-
illy disorderly and violent. ii,ver)
lubitual drunkard is a dangerous char
icter. Botli persons and property art
very much at his mercy. And yet, n
the present condition of things, it
inly after some criminal act thut it is
possible to chain the tiger. We lieartm
wish that there wus some way in winch
to provide all such wretched beings,
volunturily or involuntarily, witii "new
tissues."
A Warninq to Baciiklors. Bottle-
bury will never dive iuloacreek tosavt
mother woman from drowning. Ht
saw a girl named Sparks tumble iu tht
other day olt a bout, aud hi iustaum
plunged iu after her, caught her by hei
dress, and swam to shore with her. As
soon as they were on dry land, Mis.-
.-jparks gave a hysterical scream, nune
ner arms around Bottlebury's neck ami
lain ted. Just then the father came up,
with the rest of the family, aud perceiv
ing the situation, bedashed up to But-
ilebury, grasped Ins hand ami said.
'lake her, my boy; take her! it is
hard to give her up; it wrenches her old
father's heart; but she is yours. Bless
you, my children; bless you!" Thei
.Mrs. bpurks cried, aud said she hoped
Harriet would be happy. Ine littit
sparks manifested their emotion b
climbing up his legs aud pulliogathis
coat tails. Then Harriet came to, and
laying tier head ou his shoulder, wins
pered, "Kiss me, darling!" Bottlebury
aiuuzed and iudiuiiaut, tore himsel
away aud Hew. He was arrested thai
afternoon on u charge of breach ol
promise, aud on the trial lue jury gave
the brokeu-hearten Miss bparks twi
huudred dollars damages. Bottlebury
lias intimated to hiscouhdentiul friend
that if any other woman intends to fal
overboard near him, siie will find it t
tier advantage to leurn to swim.
She Could, hut She Wouldn't. A
Detroiter, who lias been married bu
three mouths, was the other day tossinp
over the things in tils wire s sewing-
basket, when he came across a little roll
of newspaper articles about Laura d
Fair and Irene House.
"How did -you come by these?" h
asKr'' as " Av. ,B ""
"Those? Why, I took great pains to
cut them out and preserve them," was
the reply.
"But how can you take au interest
reading of such women, one of whom
shot a friend and the oilier a Husband Y
"Oh, I merely cut them out," was her
evasive reply.
There was a painful silence for two or
three minutes, when she crossed over to
htm and tenderly said
"George, you needn't be afraid of me
I know I could shoot you and then se-
cure a star lecture engagement, but I
I 1 , .,.n nntl hadidaa T ... r. .. I
J" -" "7,Vj" rV
you to fasten my skateB on this winter!"
, , ,
When a Boston girl breaks her en
gaceraent with a man, and her friend;
'leosopaS.ne
of COsmogouy are loose, and they realize
at once how impossible it is forany true
woman to risk her Happiness with such
a Person
Many a time a cold exterior covers a
warm heart, and ltotten happens that a
formal aud frigid husband will blossom
out Into the most devoted of men when
his wife goes off to camp-meeting aud
ieave8 the hired girl to keep house for
1 him.
An Example.
The following extract frpm a serial
entitled, "A Woman Hater," which is
running through Harper's Monthly,
though somewhat disconnected, illus-
rates well the obstacles that have been
brown in woman's path in her attempt
to study medicine in England as well
is ou this side of the water:
As to the study and practice of med-
cine degrading women, he asked if it.
iegraded meu. No; it elevated them.
i'hey could not contradict him on that
point. He declined to believe, without a
particle of evidence, that any science
ould elevate tne higher sex and degrade
the lower. What evidence we had run
gainst it. Nurses are not as a class,
nlemlniue, yet all that is most appall-
iig, disgusting, horrible, aud ansexing
u the art of healing is monopolized b
hem. Women see worse things than
loctors. Women nurse all the patients
if hotii sexes, often uuder horrible aud
ickeuing conditions, aud lay out ail
the corpses. No doctor objects to this
n sentimental grounds; aud why ? be
cause the nurses tret only a guinea a
week, and not a guinea u flying visit;
to women the loathsome part of medi-
nie; to man the lucrative! The noble
urses of the Crimea went to attend
males only, yet were not charged with
udelicacy. They worked gratis. The
would-be doctresses look mainly to at
tending women; but then they want t
oe paid for it; there was the rub. Ii
was a mere money question, aud all the
ttempts ot tue uuiun to Hide this and
play the sentimental shop-man were
transparent hypocrisy and humbug.
A doctor justly revered Iu Edinburgh
answered him, but said nothing new
lor ettective, and, to our great joy, the
nujority went with us.
Thus encouraged, the University
Court settled tiie matter. We were ad-
uitted to matriculate and study medi
due under certain conditions, to which
I beg your attention."
"The instruction of women for the
profession of medicine was to be con-
lucted in separate classes confined en
tirely to women.
"The professors of the Faculty of Med-
iciue should, for this purpose, be per
mitted to have separate classes tor
women.
"All these regulations were approved
by. the Chancellor, and are to this day a
part of tiie law of that University.
"We ladies, live in number, but after
ward seven, were matriculated and reg-
stered professional students of medi
cine, and passed six delightful mouths
we now look back upou as if it were a
nappy dream.
"We were picked women, all iu earn
est; we deserved respect, and we mei
with it. The teachers were kind, and
we attentive and respectful; the stu-
lents were courteous, anil we were atla-
ule to them, but discreet. Whutevei
-teveu young women could do to earn
esteem, and reconcile even our oppo-
leuts to the experiment, we did. There
was not an atiti-sludent or downright
Iirt among us; and, indeed, 1 have ob
erved thut un earnest love of study
uid science controls the amorous Irivol
ity of women even more than men's.
Perhaps our heads are really smaller
liau men's, and we haven't room in
them to be like Solomon extremely
wise and arrant fools.
"This went on until the first profes-
-donal examination; but, ufter the ex-
iminatinii, the war, to our consterna-
(iou, recommenced. Am I, then, bad-
nearted for thinking there must have
oeeu something m that examination
which roused the sleeping spirit ol
iraues-uniouism V"
"It seems probable."
"Then view probability by the licht
oi tact:
In physiology the male students
were one hundred aud twenty-seven.
In chemistry, two hundred aud twenty-
41X.
"Twenty-five obtained honors in phys
iology.
"Thirty-one in chemistry.
"In physiology and chemistry there
were live women; one obtained honors
in physiology alone; four obtained bon
us in both physiology and chemistry
"So you see, the female students beat
the male students iu physiology at the
rate of live to oue, and in chemistry
seven and three-quarters to one.
"But horrible to relate, one of the la
lies eclipsed twenty-nine out of the thir
ty-one gentlemen who took honors iu
chemistry. In capacity she surpassed
them all, for the two who were above
tier obtained only two more marks than
ihe did, yet they had been a year louge
it the study. Tins entitled her to
'Hope Scholarship' for that year.
"Would you believe it? the scholar
ship was refused her iu utter defiance
r the founder's conditions on the idl
pretext that she had studied at a differ
ent hour from male-students, and there-
lore was not a member of the chemistry
class."
"Then why admit her to the competi
tlou !" said Vizard.
"Why ? Because the a priori reason
ers took it for granted she would be de
feated. Then the cry would have beeu
"You had your chance; we let you try
for the Hope Scholarship, but you could
not wiu it.' Having wou it, she was to
be cheated out of it somehow or any
how. The separate class system was not
that lady's fault; she would have pre-
feried to pay the University lecturer
lighter fees aud atteud-a better lecture
with the male studeuts. The separate
class was an unfavorable condition of
study, which the University imposed on
us as the condition of admitting us to
the professional study of mediciue.
Surely, then, to cheat that lady out of
her Hope Scholarship, when she bad
earned it under conditions of study en
forced and unfavorable, was perfidious
and dishonest. It was even a little un
grateful to the injured sex; for th
money which founded these scholar
ships was women's mouey, every penny
of it. A lie good froiessor nope nau lec
tured to ladies fifty years ago; had taker
their fees, and founded his scholarships
with their mouey; aud it would have
done his heart good to see a lady wi
and wear that prize, which, but for hi
female pupils, would never haveexisted
But it is easy to trample on a dead man
as easy as on living women.
"The perfidy was followed by ruthless
tyranny. They refused to admit the
fair criminal to the laboratory, 'else,
said thev. 'she'll defeat more meu.'
"That killed her as a chemist. It
gave inferior male students too great an
advantage over her. Aud so tne puuu
aud Protessor Hope were sacrificed to
tr'ades-uuion, aud lost a great analytical
chemist, aud something more; sue nau
to my knowledge, a subtle diagnosis.
Now we have, ut present, uo great
analyst, aud the few competent analysts
e nave uonot possess diagnosis in pro
portion. They cau Hud a few poisons iu
he dead, but they are slow to discover
them iu tiie living; so they are not to
be counted ou to save a life, wiiere
Crime is administering poison. Thut
woman could, and would, L tuiuk.
'They drove her out of chemistry.
wherein she was a genius, iuto surgery,
u which sue was only a talent, she is
now house-surgeon in a great hospital,
ud tilt) public lias lost a -great chemist
nd diagnostic physician combiued."
Marine Acrobats.
The seal is one of the most intelligent
f mariue animals. He cau be tauntit
uy uumber of tricks, aud a living seal
s therefore quite a prize to the proprie
tors of museums and small shows. Im
prisoned iu tanks which are so con
structed that the amphibious victim oi
iiiuan curiosity can remain iu the
water or out of it, according to his
wiiim, he is transported from town to
town, aud put through his paces after
the manner of the "learned pi" and
other auimal prodigies.
in regard to their adaptation to the
society of man, seals diti'er according to
ueir species, rue common seal and
some others have often beeu tamed, aud
are capable of liviug long in domestica-
tiou it treely supplied with water. They
uecome very familiar with those who
nave the care of them, are very fond ol
caresses and ot notice, recoguize their
ames like dogs, aud wneu iu process ol
traiuiug for exhibition, disport them
selves after the manner of apt pupils.
Seals are found iu all the colder parts
of the world, most abundantly, how
ever, in tue Arctic and Antarctic re
gious. They are occasionally seen -in
temperate climates, as far south as the
.Mediterranean, and us fur north as the
La Plata. Some of them will even
ascend rivers iu pursuit of salmon uud
tuer list), indeed, it Is said that their
loudness for salmon is so inordinate
that they have beeu known tohauutthe
neighborhood of nets laid for that fish,
ud waiting quietly until their prey was
utrapped, take possession of it with
easy audacity.
l'he physical structure of the seal is
most perfectly adapted to au aquatic
ie, auu tiiey live cnieiiy in the water.
l'he body is elongated, and tapers from
the chest to the tall; the head somewhat
resembles that of a dog, uud iu most ol
he species the brain is large. The feel
are short, aud little more Hum the nun
projects beyotid the skin of the body;
they are thoroughly webbed, aud have
each five toes. The fore feet are placed
ike those of other quadrupeds, but the
Hind leet are directed backward, like u
prolongation of the body, uud between
them is a short tail. The toes, purlieu
arly those of the hind feet, ure capable
ot being very widely spread out in
swimming, so us lo give greut propul
sive power, rile, movements ot a seal
u the wuter are very rapid anil grace-
ui, but ou laud they are very peculiar.
l'he fore feet arscarcely used at all, and
lie body is coutracted by au upward
bending of the spine, uud thus thrown
orward by a succession ol jerks. In
this manner, iu spite of its apparent
awkwardness, the seal makes very rapid
progress, auu cau readily distance a pur
suer. Harper's Weekly.
A Conductor Who Was Living
Within His Salary. There were sev
eral good stories told at the conductors'
banquet a few evenings since, hut the
oue that created the must laughter was
that which was related by Couductoi
MtfElroy, from Pennsylvania. He sain
that u'couductorou un Eastern road was
approached by a seedy-looking iudivid
uul, wlio wanted to get a free ride, as ht
had ii t any money.
aii ngui," saiu tne conductor, "no
lorward into tiie smoking-car, aud P1I
ux you an ngut."
&oou aiterwurd tue conductor ap
peared in tliesmokiug-car to collect tare
irom the passengers. He took up fare
Irom everybody except the dead-beul
tud another man, who happened to be
tue superintendent, who noticed that
he hud overlooked this man, aud asked
him why lie hud done it.
"Why, that's a couductor." was the
reply.
"1H3 appearance does not indicate it.
Look at those clothes," said the super
intendent.
"Well," said the conductor, "he can'
help that. He's a couductor on a West
eru road, and he is one of those fellows
who are trying to live within their sal
ury, uud that's what he has come to."
This was satisfactory to the superin
teiideiit, and the man obtained his ride
without further inmiirv. Mr. McElro
slated that there wus nothing personal
iu tue story.
Greut as man's influence is in reha
bilitatiug the surface of the earth, he
ouly shares with the rest of the organic
world in effecting the vast changes to
which our planet is being unceasingly
subjected. Everywhere iusects may be
found, whose presence Is sufficient to
exclude that of some of the most endur
ing ot the mammalia. Thus, in Para
guay, the abundance of a certain spe
cies ot lly, winch attacks new-born cat
tle and horses, has prevented those am
mals from running wild iu the country
although they abound north aud south
of it. The presence of this pernicious
iusect has, therefore, induced conditions
which have so completely altered the
vegetatiou, and, through the latter, also
the entire fauna of the district, that
Paraguay has acquired a wholly di Her-
eut uspect from that presented by con
liguuus lauds winch ure free from th
ravages of this lly. In Soutli Africa,
the Tsetse fly bus set even a more fatal
mark ou certain well-defined districts
where it abounds, for within tiiose lim
its no horses, dogs, or cattle cau exist
although asses, zebras, aud autelopes
are uuaffected by it. As long, there
fore, as the Tsetse lly endures, there will
remaiu a barrier against the entrance
of certain auimals, more effectual tha
any raised by mountains, streams, or
arms ot tne sea.
Two ladies were discussing a third
who is, of course, absent. "She is really
charmtug," says one, "and, above all
she has such an air of intelligence,
"Yes," answers the other: "hut there
are no words to that air."
- Miss Hodgkius, who graduated at the
Wilbraham Academy iu 1870, is elected
protessor ol History Iu Wellesley Col
lege. She has beeu for several years i
teacher in Lawrence University, Apple-
ton, Wisconsin.
Pamily Besemblance and Longevity.
A French writer uas said that if oue
would know his probable term of life, a
visit to the graves of his fathers would
enlighten him; aud later observers iu
biology truce, with much accuracy, the
poiuls of similarity between parents
ud children winch utlect the general
constitution, physically and mentally,
t the latter, borne interesting lllustra-
ous of family likeness were published
recently in All the Year Round, and as
nauy of the persons named ure histori
cally familiar to Americans, we give
tuem uere.
Iu spite of certain alterations, the
typical features peculiar to the houses
t uuise aud .Lorraine were trausmitted
to all their descendants through a long
series of generations. The Bourbon
countenance, the Coudes' aquiline nose,
tue lincK aud protruding lower Hp be-
lueatued to tue House ot Austria by a
Polish princess, are well known iu-
lauces. We have only to look at a
coiu of our George III. to be reiniuded
f our preseut royal family. During
Addison's short miuistry, Mrs. Clarke,
wuo solicited uis tavor, had beeu re
quested to bring with her the papers
proving tuaistie was Jiuton's daughter.
But as soou us she entered his cabinet,
Addiaou said, "Madam, I require uo
lurther evidence. Your resemblance to
your illustrious father is the best of all."
Ihe Coiute de Pout, who died iu 1SG7,
at nearly a huudred, told Dr. Froissac
that during the .Restoration he often
met in the saloons of M. Desmousseuux
ie Givre, prefect of Arras, a man at
whose approach lie shuddered us he
would at the sight of an apparition, so
wonderfully was he like .Robespierre.
M. de Pout coutided his impression to
the prefect, who told him, smiiiug at
his prejudice, that the person in ques
tion passed for Robespierre's natural
sou; that, in fact, it was a matter of no
toriety. JNext to family likenesses, vi
tality or the duration of life is the most
mpurtaut character transmitted by in-
uerilatice. The two daughters of Vic
tor Amadeus II., the Duchess of Bur
gundy aud her sister Marie Louise, mar
ried to Philip V., both remarkable for
heir beauty, died at tweuty-six. In
the Turgot family fifty years was the
usual limit of life. The great minister
on the approach of that term, although
u good ueaiiu, remarked to ins friends
that it was time to put his a flairs iu or-
ler; and ue died, iu tact, at hfty-three.
hi the house of Romauott the duration
if life is short, independent of ttie fact
that severul of its members met with
violent deaths. Toe head of this illus
trious race, Michael Federovitch, died
at forty-nine; Peter the Greut was
scarcely fifty-three. The Empress Anne
lied ut lorty-seven; the leuder-hearted
Elizabeth at fifty-one. Of Paul's four
ous, Alexander died at forty-eight.
Coustautiue at forty-two, Nicholas at
IHty-uiue, uud the Grand Duke Michael
it hfty-oue. In the houses of Saxouy
and Prussia, ou the contrary, examples
it longevity are lur Irom rare. Freder
ick the Great, iu spile of his continual
wars and his irequeut excesses at table,
was seveuiy-tour; Jfrederick William
ill. was seveuty; the Emperor Wii-
lum, iu his seventy-ninth year, is still
utile uud hearty. In all the countries
f rurope, families of octogenarians,
uuuogeuanaiis, aud centenarians may
oe cited, uii Hie 1st ot April, 171U,
ilieredied iu Paris u saddler of Doule-
va ut, iu Champagne, more tliua a hun-
ired years old. To inspire Louis XIV.
wilii the flattering hope of liviug us
long, he was made, two years previous-
y, lo present mat monarch with a bo-
luet on til. Louis' day. His father had
ved oue hundred and thirteen years,
ins grandfather oue huudred uud twelve.
Jeuu faiirrnigtoii, a farmer iu the envi
rons of uerghem, lived lo be one buu-
Ired and sixty. Ibe day beture - his
leatli, iu complete possessiou of his
mental faculties, he divided his property
among his children; the eldest wus one
Hundred and three, uud whut is still
more extraordinary, the youngest was
inly nine. Jean uolemblewski (the
oldest mau iu the French army, if still
alive), who accompanied Kiug Stauis-
as Lecziuski into 1' lance, belonged to-
a lamily ot centenarians. Ills lather
lived to be one hundred uud twenty-one
aud his grandmother one huudred aud
thirty.
A Tribute to Women. Place her
among flowers, foster her as a tender
pluut, aud she is a thing of faucy,
waywardness and folly auuoyed by
a dewdrop, 1 retted by the touch of a
uulterlly's wing, ready to faiut'at the
sound of a beetle or the rattling of a
wiudow pane at nlgbt, aud she is over
powered by tiie perfume of the rosebud.
But when the real calamity comes, rouse
uer affections, enkindle the fires of her
Heart, uud mark her then! Place her in
the heat of the buttle, give her a child.
a bird, or anything to protect and see
her in her relative position, lifting her
white arms as a shield, as her owu blood
crimsons herupturued forehead, praying
lor Her Hie to protect the Helpless.
Transplant her iu the dark places of
the earth, call forth her energies to
action, aud her breath becomes a heal
ing, and her presence a biessiug.
sjbe disputes inch by iucli the strides of
a stalkiug pestilence, when mau, the
stroug and brave, pale aud affrighted,
shriuks away. Misfortune daunts her
uot, she wears a Ine of silent endurance,
and goes forward with less timidity
than to her bridal. Iu short, woman is
a miracle, a mystery, the ceuter from
whicii radiates the charm of existence.
Miss Auna Dickinson, who has been
playing iu St. Louis for a few days, re
ceives encouragement from the Bepub
lican of that city, which says: "Miss
Dickinson is steadily improving in her
portrayal of the character of 'Auno
Boleyu,' and is gainiug freedom at
every performance. .Her audietves are
attentive and demonstrative, and she
has been obliged to respond to frequent
recalls every night."
The Smith Sisters of Glastonbury
have wou their law-suit, they getting a
verdict of five dollars and costs iu their
suit brought against the town's select
men for trespassing ou their land and
selling some of it for nou payment of
taxes, ou the strength of some informal
ity iu the papers.
In 1872 the Prohibition vote in New
York was 1S1. In 1873 over 3,000. In
1074 the ranks swelled to 11,000. In
1S75 it stood at over 12,000.
H. W. Longfjllow has been chosen
poet for the Centennial celebration of
Burgoyue's surrender atSaratoga. Octo
ber 18, 1877.