1 'he &m i?0ttto5i -if i r t 4 ,4 '4 Kit. A. J. BCMWAY. KdKor and Prenieter JFPICE OK 1 J 0T& WasIUXGTOSSTKUT TERMS, IK ADVANCE : Oct yew.. Six months - .nm month.. - 1 W ADVERTISEMEN TS Inserted on Terms HER LOT: on. IIbh She I'rotectctl. Br Mn. A. J. DTJNIWAY. 1W "JCDITH KKtD," "CLLOT DOWD,' 'AXK A BOOT IBB," "TM HAPPY OK," "on WOHAJ "MABSS MOSUaoX,' gTHmia,nwlmtoAofOoatrM,ln tbe tar MIS, by Mn. A. J. Doalwar, la the office of ' Hm Ubnrlanof Oootrm at Washington City. CHAPTER XVL Morning found me weak, etifl, and languid, but so much better tbat I felt tbat I might inaugurate tbe 'otk I bail visited Nevada City to attempt. I rote from my couch and made tbe loileU of my keif and children, my habitation warmed by a glowing fire of pilch pine kindlings tbat my kind friends bad prepared the previous eveuii.g, and lighted by the glowing sunshine that spread its quiet glory over the surround ing mountain tops. The crisp, clear air m as pure as the crystal ether tbat pervades the im mensity of space, and as exhilarating a the nectar of the Olympie sods; tlie reverberating mountains were alive with the hum of human industry; the hillocks teemed with human activity, and tbe gulches were fairly writhing under tbe excavating picks ami shovels with which the miners probed them to tbe heart, in search of yellow ore. I had emerged from my tent and had barely time to take a comprehensive view of tbe exciting scene, when Mr. Lillientbal surprised me by a tempting breakfast, consisting of eoffee, hot cukes, and tbe 8pameh dish of fried brains aud cayenne pepper tbat I will not attempt at this (ate day to call by Its original name. I should have been pleased to In vile him to enter tbe tent and breakfast with me, but for propriety's sake I did not deem it expedient; and though I am sure be was a little disappointed that I did not, be learned to respect me for my conservative uotioos far more highly than be could bave done had I not been extremely particular to sbuu all appear ance of familiarity or Intimacy with bim and every otber man I met. I am no advocate of prudiehneaa or mock modesty. A little sensible dis cretion is at any time superior to a thousand rules of propriety. But I nave no patience whatever with women who are habitually getting themselves "talked about." It is true that the best and purest may sometimes become un conscious victims of untoward circum stances, which malice may eoostrue into accusations of evil, but I have never met but one man who failed to recognize and protect my honor, and may the angels pity bim, anil our Heavenly Father bave mercy upon him tbat one man was my husband. Bat then be would never have fallen so low if it had not been for tbe drink. Ah, me! Mr. Lillientbal was so busy during the forenoon tbat I bad no opportunity to confer with hi in as to my future course; but I knew I needed the ball day's rest and the noon-day meal whieh followed, so I contented myself with the dreamy state of feverish yet restful happiuess tbat proved a tonic as jioteut as tbe electric mountain air. Tbe noontime was warm and comfort able outside the tents, and I dined with my benefactor by an outdoor lire upon tbe ground, our seats pack-saddles, and our table a fallen log. "Is it time for me to begin the prep arations for my restaurant 7" I asked, as we aat there under the blue canopy of God, and listened to tbe music of the sighing pines. "There's no hurry," said my friend. "You'd better recuperate and get rested. You're like a jaded pack mule." I laughed. Such a doubtful compli ment would hardly be appreciated In polite society, I admit, but its airtnees amused me. 'It's bad economy to work a jaded mule before he's bad time to recruit his wasted energies," continued my practi cal patron. "But I want to earn my livelihood. Mr. Lillientbal, and I've no right to put myself on a par with yonr mules. The are your property, and you have a right to protect tbem. I am nothing but a woman. I not only belong to nobody else, but I am not allowed to belong to myself. Women are hii anomaly In I lie world's market." jar. jjiuieuicai looked at me vltn a puzzled air. "wnal no you mean, Mrs. Grey ?" he said, tbe question, by iu manner, con veying a reprw' for what I plainly saw was displeasiug to him. "I mean what I say," I replied, bit terly. "I am the married thrall of master of more absloote power over me than is possessed by any mule-owner lu America over his chattels." "You are unreasonable, Mrs. Grey." "I kuow it, but I don't caie." lie looked at me with a still more puzzled air. Could he have known tbe life of literal death I was leading as I considered tbe possible and almost cer tain calamity tbat I was dreading, he would probably have understood me better. But be did not know, aud not beiug a woman, could not have compre hended, even tint! 1 told him all 1 feared concerning my physical condition. And VOLTOIE VII. I would not bave told bim had the heavens fallen. I wonder If the time wilt ever come to woman when the most Important func tions of lierorgautsm may not be looked upon by herself ami others as a reproach, for which fhe must suffer untold hu miliation through dread of its discovery, as well as tbe agony unspeakable which civilization, go called, lias rendered an unavoidable aeeonirmuliiieut of lite ma ternal relation ? "The quicker Iget about my work the better, Mr. Ullientltal," I said, chang ing the eonversation as abruptly as I bad liegun it. "Very well, since you will have It so. Would you like a hotel on tbe plan of the Asara I loose?" I reflected a season before answering. Tbe dread of my husband's interference in my plans rose up In-fore me, ami weighed u pon my sprits like a night mare. "I cannot risk so much Indebtedness, Mr. Lillientbal," I said. "You are very kind, and if I were my own master, as every humau lieiug ought to lie, es pecially when straggling for their own maintenance, I should not hesitate to so far presume upon your confidence in my ability and integrity as to accept the full limit of tlte assistance you profler. But, under the circumstances, I cannot do so." 'Then, if you will not let me help you, what next do you propose?" he asked; and I could see that his pride was wounded. Above all things men most delight in befrieodiug women In a patroulsing way. And this is not always because of their selfishness, either. I believe that unpervened manhood delights in pro tecting dependent womanhood; aud I thoroughly honor such meu as Colonel Iiigereoll, who assert that women should have alt the rights and immunities of men, with tbe additional right of pro tection, a right which men do not need after their minority is st and woman has protected them tilt she has brought them up to maturity. "I have -a great favor to ask, Mr. Lillientbal," I raid, hesitatingly, "but it can only come through you with cer tain restrictions, as I wish to shield you, or, rather, see you shield yourself from the legal power that Cattain Grey is liable to enforce upon meat any time. You must remember tbat I am a bond woman ." "You ought not to be," was the im pulsive answer. "A great many things exist that ought not, Mr. Lillienthat, but we are com le I led to deal with what it, rather than what ought to be." "Well?" He looked at me with the usual pur tied air, ami wailed for me to proceed "I should like you toereet a rude hab itation for me, that I can use partly as a shelter for my children, and partly as a kitchen and dining-room. Then I must have a range built, and some tables and dishes, and I will keep a res taurant. You must not sell me the I souse and fixtures, for then they would be my husband's, and he could deprive me of the power to repay you. But you may lease them to me at such a twice as disinterested parties may deem Just and proier, aud I will pay you at the end of every month tbe reutal price of your in vestment." "I must say you are becoming t shrewd business woman," wag the mat' ter-of-faet respotfi-e. "Ami yet I bale business women !" I answered, Impulsively. "Why V he asked, in surprise. "Because my education and conse quent instincts are against tbem. Il always seemed to me unwomanly for women to engage in business." "Then why do yon do II V "Because necessity knows no law, "Every woman should be supported by her husband," said my friend. ' "But every woman Isn't so supported, and hence we have the anomalies I de test, and of which I am one," I an swered, bitterly. Why don't yon get a divorce, Mrs. Grey?" Tile question was so abrupt and, to my mind, impudent, that I eouhl only stare at him. You forget that you are addressing an English woman," I answered, rising with offended dignity from my seat on a pack-saddle, aud bosylnc myself nervously with waiting upon my chil li r en. "I beg pardon, Mrs. Grey. I meant no ofteuse, but, seeing you are angry, I may as well tell you that in my odn lou, English or uo English, a woman who will abide by a fraudulent marriage contract till It crushes and destroys her, is only a few degrees removed frotn a fool." Mr. Lilllenthal's thickly articulated German-English was even more cutting than though he had not been laboring to express bis meaning through a for eign tongue. "What do you take me for, sir r answered, with spirit. "A lady, madam, but a fool, never tbeless," was his very honest rejoinder. My cheeks were allame with anger, and I count feel my eyes Hashing. should not have been so angry If I had not felt that tbe honest words be had so bluntly uttered were so provokingly true. But there is nothing else that dies so hard as human prejudice. To soy "divorce" to me was to impeach potmtxvito, my honor, and I would not stand It. It now seems that It was very foolish In me to quarrel with my benefaelor, ami I am surprised that I did It, but I was uervous, weary, despondent, and III. ami It was little wonder tuat I uiu it. But Mr. JJIIIenthal was a gentleman. A kindlier heart never beat under a rough, exterior. Ami I only wonder that he did anything more for me. For two or three days I strictly avoided him. But I was compelled to live upon his bounty, and I contented my con science by doing the camp work, and In that way earning my own and my chil dren's food. Some workmen alter a while came near the camp awl attacked a fa I leu tree wilh whip-saws. I vould not ask ques tions, but I wondered if Mr. Lillientbal Intended to com ply with my proposition. In a few days the doubt was settled, for ! .. .. ... ... 1 a rough building, villi walls oi plank, roof of shakes, floor of hewn puncheons, windows of air, ami fire-place of rocks and clay was erected; and every sugges tion I had made to my benefactor was followed to the letter. A range was built for me in a detached kitchen, tables, dishes, and stools were provided for the dining-room, food In raw mate rial was furnished in plenty, aud there was nothing left for me to do hut to take possession and meet my partof our mutual contract as a business woman should. Then I began to see that I could not consistently Ignore my magnanimous triend. Yet he did not look at me, and how to humble myself to open the way for a reconciliation was more than I could see. But I did it. "Mr. Lillieuthal, you were right when you called me a fool !" I ex claimed, as I walked bravely up to him aud addressed the buck of his head as he stood silently contemplating tile progress of the work. He turned, looked at me inquiringly, aud bowed respectfully. "I have no right toquarrel with you," I continued, "aud I want you to forgive me for treating you so shabbily, if you can." "Never mind, little woman; it's all right!" said the noble fellow, proffering his baud in a onrdlul way. "And here," taking a package from his pockets, "is the lease, that only awaits your signa ture to give you formal , possession of your new business. I have spoken to a French cook, who will call to see you in an hour or two, ami there is a Spaniard in my employ who would aoeet a situ ation iu tlie kitchen as scullion. I pre sume you'll want to wait upon yourown tables." I had no words to thank bim. Woman-like, I could ouly weep. "Never mind, little woman; It's all right! I have a mother and sisters in tbe old country, ami I'm ouly doing by y ou as I would want others to do by them under similar circumstances. Never mind." With this lie turned ami abruptly left me, ami I retired to my own rude but comfortable apartment to thank God, the giver of every good ami perfect gift, for the priceless boon of one disinter ested friendship. Again my work went on, ami I pros pered as I had done in San Francisco. Every thing bore inflated prices, and the lemaml for meals prepared under the supervision of a woman was extraordl nary. And, even at tlie seemingly ex orbitant rotes I exacted for serving ens tomers, my tables were always full. One evening a gentleman wlthadis tlnguished .air, whom I knew to be one of my own countrymen by his style and accent, entered my dining-room, seated himself at a table, and ordered dinner. I was attracted to him by a strange, mysterious curiosity. He looked at me inquiringly as I gased at him, and I wauted much to ask concerning his name and country. But I was so con stantly on the alert to preserve my reti cence among so many meu that I did not know how to oikju a conversation, now that I desired it. But certainly I hail somewhere seen that face, or Its counterpart. The more I pondered, the mme completely was I pussled, and the more piiEcled I grew, tlie more anxious was I to know more of my guest. "Shall you want your meals regularly for a while?" I ventured to ask, lu a very oommdn-plaee and busiuess-like way. "Possibly," was the laconic answer. "You seem a atrauger here," was my next venture. "Yes." "Are you from the old country?" "Yes." "Bo you ooutemplate remaining in America ?" "No." "I, too, am a native of England." "Ah ?" He was looking Interested now, and I tras becoming emboldened. "Did you ever see Bailiwick castle?" I asked, not knowing what olee to say He started In poorly concealed sur prise. "Bo you know anything about Both- wick castle ?" lie asked, eagerly. "My father Is Lord Both wick's tenant, sir." "And you V "I once was Ethel Graeme." "Whatf He started to his feet, as though a tarantula had bitten him. I was fright ened. What could his emotion signify? Fkee Speech, Fbbe Prrm, Fkee Pkople. okegon, jrcsrDAY, may ir, i-r. "Xo.no; It cannot be! You are not my sister, Ethel Graeme," ho said, re suming his seat; "but the former resi dence and tlie coincidence In names Is peculiar." "Bid you know Elder Chalmers?" I asked, Imagining I had conceived a clue. "Theeanllng missionary who married Ethel Graeme?" he asked, at if the question were only hull directed to my self. "The same," I answered, seating my self at the little table and leaning for ward, in. my eagerness to unravel a pe culiar mystery, forgetful of my former habitual reticence among strangers. "Io you know anything about his wife? Is she living?" he asked, his voice and features hetratfug intense emotion. You know, cood reader, how deeply I had been concerned in the lovely Ethel, - -. r . r t.i.i sti.-l . ... I .... I wiie in nmor viioimers, mini mo huu buried at sea. You remember the sad scene at her burial, and the deep desire that possessed me to know more of her history; ami you need not wonder that I wassodeeply interested In my stranger guest that I forgot all else than tbat he hud known her. To be continued. A Crime Against Humanity. We hope oursubcrlliers in New York and Brooklyn will lose uo time iu ap liealiug to the governor to remit the in human punishment just Inflicted upon a starving mother. The fuels us reported need no extended comment. They make remonstrance the duly of every true hearted woman. The ease of Mrs.' Margaret Sullivan, the Kxr forsaken wife aud mother who was recently sentenced to tlie State prison by Recorder Huckett, of New York, for three years, for abandoning her three-weeks-old babe on a door sioop, excites the profouiidest sympathy of IhiiUMiuils of mothers everywhere. The unfortunate woman, on the night of her arrest, after having wandered through the lower wards with her child iu her arms, aud being refused food and shelter by all whom she asked, iu sheer desieratiou, placed her bube on n stoop. An ullicer, who had been watching her movements, took her Into custody after she Had moved away hut a few steiis. He anked her what the bundle which she left on the step contained, and she replied, with tears streaming down her wan and sunken cheeks: "It is my poor baby. I loved it, but as I am starving and have uo place to lay my head, what can I do ?" The officer, ac customed as he was to dealing with the rough diameters of that precinct, was touched by her forlorn appearance, ami, taking the wuif iu his arms, escorted tbe womau to a neighboring restaurant and supplied her with the first meal she had ruken of Iu twenty-four hours. Afterward she wm taken to tilt station-house, where both mother and in fant were placed by the tire and were warmed, as the night was stormy and cold, and her garments were soaking wet. Iu reply to the inquiries of tlie sergeant, she said that her husband had deserted her, ami that she hud been wandering about the city for several days lu search of employment, but had , MOW lliek itufliaicmi ciicoM'ugiifc limb if she had to die, it would not be right for her to kill her baby also, and she had left It on the stoop where it would lie found and cared for. When she turned her buck upon It, It was for the purpose of ending her misery by drown iug. When arraigned before the ixilice justice of the Tombs on the following .1 1 u n.l,.l .... Il W-Klt.. ii ay ,BiitrusviMiii!jiitiniiifi turn. ,iinc ill the Tombs her baby was given toiler, and improved wonderfully, as did the mother, who, for the first time In many weary weeks, had a comfortable place iu which to rest. When, after being sentenced, she was Informed that her baby would be taken from her, she grew frantic and refused to hecomforfed until informed that the child would be sent to her in a few days. Mrs. Sullivan is about thirty years of age, is very intelligent, and, before mis fortune overtook her, must have been remarkably handsome. The harsh sen tence Imposed by the recorder even sur prised the police, who say llial lie lias gone entirely loo fur. A lady, well known for her noble work lu ameliorat ing the condition of fallen women, said: "Itecorder Huckett may have been nrompte-l by a sense of duty in consign ing this unfortunate creature for three years among the depraved and hardened inmates of tlie fetute prison, but I and others think it is the greatest outrage that was ever perpetrated In the crim inal annals of this city. There is not a mother it makes no difference what her station in life may be who has read of this case but whose heart yearns in sympathy for this poor strickeu crea ture. If justice were meted out tiroii- erly, this recorder would now he serv- ugoul'the time that Mrs. bulllvan Is serving. It is a disgrace to humanity that iu a city of such great wealth, aud litre there Is so much real I hristluu charity, a woman should he compelled to wander from door to door in search of enough food to keep body and soul logetuer. it m a lies uo (inference, even if the woman should turnout to bo u Magdalen. The caso should be pre sented to the notice of the governor, ami justice be accorded o her." Others, In seaklug of the case, stigmatized the act of the recorder as outrageous aud uncalled for. Subscriptions will, it Is understood, be asked for lu aid of the movement, and a petition will bn sent to Albuuy petitioning for executive clemency. II Oman's Journal. Physicians announce the recovery alive of Thomas Alsop, a Pennsylvania miner, burled by the cuviug-lu or a pit where he aud others were digging, as one of the most remarkable eases on record. He was covered for llfty-slx hours with sixty feel of earth, iwpos-il ble to move an inch, lying with hi: head lower than his feet, with neither air nor food, and a decaying corpse almost against ins face. lieu rescued, his impression was that he had beeii there oulv a few hours. He is still lu a very weak condition,. but slowly re covering. The star that sets may rise again; tbe star that falls is forever lost. but Money Is well spent in purchasing tranquillity oi minu. OUB WASHINGTON LETTEE. Tonia Editor op the New Northwest: The National Academy of Science Is in session at the Smithsonian Institute with nearly a full attendance of its members. By the act of Congress, the membership Is fixed at one hundred; of this number, several have died since last year, aud the academy held requiem services oue evening since convening, at which eulogistic essays were read. Tlie regular proceedings of the academy areratherunjnterestiug to the unlearned, for they consist of the reading of papers upon various scientific subjects as for eign and incomprehensible to the or dinary intellect as so many metaphysi cal treses. It is a pleasure, however, to drnp into tbe lecture-room and note the appearance of our suvans, even if their words he beyond our ken. The venerable President of the Smithsonian, Professor Henry, presides. Professor Agas-iz is one of the most entertaining lecturers of the body, for he has his father's peculiar fusciuatiug manner of illustrating a dry, abstruse point, such as the period of antiquity to which a !tftb bone should be assigned, with com mon, easy, graceful language that a lis tener feels himself at home with tlie speaker. Others of these philosophers are not so entertaining, and the visitor soon ceases to care whether the scien tific hair is split or not by the sneaker. The wife of Major Behle, editor of oue of our city papers, died recently under most paiuful circumstances. About a year ago she buried her youngest hoy, to whom she was passionately attached, aod since then has been declining grad ually I' health, hoping for death to oome, that through it she might go to meet her favorite. Nothing could be done by her friends to relieve her mel ancholy. We notice that Princess Salm Salm has again appeared on the surfuue, and In a French court figures as having duped some verdant fellow into matri mony, under the specious plea that she was the recipient of $5,000 pension from Austria. Iu JS62and 1883, we frequently saw her with Prince Satin Salm in the eleventh eors, as she was with him in tbe Held whenever his division was not on the march. She Invariably rode a spirited black horse, and ou review days, when dashing over the field at tired iu dark riding-suit with set lips, her haudsome brunette countenance lighted up with smiles, and black eyes flashing under her jaunty cap and red feather, she attracted uo little attention from the soldiers, aud many of them doubtless" ha vw-s vivid recollection of her as of the hardships aud sufferings of that winter and spring. The number of outrages committed upon children within a few weeks past Is fearful; five men and boys are now In iuil awaitinir tritil for attpnmtod nine annn ,.. . . Two of . inals are married men, and their victims not over eight years of age. So closely have these brutal outrages followed eaeh other that our citizens are getting aroused, and certainly uphold the courts for making short work of trials and con victions. Mrs. Hooker, the great Woman Suf frage advocate, at a social gathering re cently held at the house of Colonel Holt, the deputy commissioner of inter nal revenue, startled the guests with tlie statement that pistols should be carried by young women as esseutial to their protection, and that her owu daughters were experts iu the use of all kinds of fire-arms. Mrs. Hooker is per haps more than half right. One of the most interesting rooms for the Treasury visitor to enter is that of Mr. Brooks!, the chief detective. Here is the rogues' gallery, iu whieh are pho tographs of all persons arrested forcouu terfeitiug, and a more motley crew, judging by appearances, cannot be found elsewhere. They are meu, women, and children, aud amoiig these are negroes, Chinese, Jews, and faces indicating all nationalities. We should like to hear the criticisms of a physiognomist upon the collection, for there is every shade and shape of feature, from the lowest type of humanity up to that which bears every evidence of talent and cul ture. Here also are many of the appli ances by which counterfeiting Is done, costly engraving machlues, dies for me tallic money, etc. Iu targe albums are specimens of all the counterfeit money that has beeu captured, from postage currency up to tbe thousand-dollar greenback. Some of these counterfeits are very excellent imitations of the gen uine ; but the greater portion display little artistic merit, and could deceive only the Ignorant aud the poor. An- dlier curiosity in the room is the "Lib erty Bell." It is a small figure in the form of a bell about three inches high aud made out of residuum obtained by the burning of greenbacks'. The colored iuks used in priutlug greenbacks and currency have metallic bases, heuce when immense quantities of nouey are burned, the metallic residuum is cousid erable. Out ol one batch came this "Liberty Bell." Like its namesake lu Independence Hall, It cannot utter sound, but stauds as a monument merely of the good accomplished through it in the past. Our plucky little Dr. Mary Walker has beeu dangerously 111 forsome week past, but Is now convalescent, and prom lses to reappear upon the streets as an unquenchable representative of free thought and reform. She was, sent to NUMBER 33. the Providence Hospital into one of the "free" wards upon the order of the gov. ernment ofllclals controlling, but tbe "Sisters" placed her In one of their best apartments, and gave her their most careful attention. Much as we have ridiculed Dr. Mury for her eccentricities in the past, we are glad she has pulled through this sttack as she did through the hardships of the war as nurse, and trust she may survive tho attacks of newspapers for many a year hence. One of the most persistent claimants before Congress is a Miss Carro'l, of Maryland, who claims $5,000 from the government for originating "Sherman's march to the sea." She iuforms us she first suggested the Idea; that General Sherman merely carried It out as she Indicated. It is difficult for us to under stand why she should be paid. Felix. Washington, D. C, April 10, 1878. The Whipping-Post. The legislature of 1S75-6 passed a law providing for the punishment of wife-heaters with tlie lash. Several con victions were had under this law, but in no case, we believe, was the judgment of the court executed, for the reason that such a mode of punishment was sup posed to be in violation of our constitu tion; but exactly wherein, we are un ale to discover. At any rate it was so declared, aud there the matter ended. Ufion the question of so amending the constitution as to admit of tlie use of the lash aud whippIug-Hist iu certain cases, there may be an honest dillerem-e of opinion. Of oue fact there can be no doubt. It has beeu fully demonstrated that there is nothing like it to deter a certain class of ulleiiders from the exer cise of their brutal aud criminal pro pensities. There are tirutesin human snape upon whom the law of kindness makes uo impresiiou. Imprisonment with good fare is somethiug they rather enjoy. To the ordinary methods of punishment they are absolutely indiflerent. Tlie ife-beater comes under this head Pun ish him by fine and imprisonment, and it only adds to the misery of his unfor tunate family, who are deprived of his support during his coutineineut; ami perhaps the wife is prompted to pay his Hue from her scanty earnings at the wash-tub, or with her needle. But the lash is an incentive to correct deportment that the most obdurate can understand. It appeals to about the only sense some men have; aud once applied, it seldom has to be repeated Il Is a saving to tbe Stale in the keep ing oi the otleuder, who is set at liberty and Is soon ready to go to work, if at all lucllued to do so. As to the kind of offenses for which the lash should be applied, of course nice discrimination should be made. At the head of the list we would place the wife-uhipper; next we would place the dlscustiug wretch wlioliaunts tlieueli:li borhood ol the school-houses, and whose uamelees ofreiisq is not of uarreque occurrence; the foot pad should come ext; and these are iierhans all the of fenses for which the whipping-iiosl houhl be provided at pre-ent. For the ravisher we would provide a separate punishment, oue that we would euter Into bonds to guarautee should be en tirely effective. We trust ourconstitution-makers will consider this matter: aud though at first glance the establishment of the whipping-post may seem like a step backward iu the march of ideas, we must ever bear in mind that there are el members of the human race so low u the scale of humanity as to be beyond the reach of all correctives that do not ppeal to the physical causes. Mercury. The ballot would do them no good, hut, on the contrary, prove a measure to unsex aud masculine them all. In her present sphere womau has a natural and powerful influence over the oppo site sex. Why destroy what nature has so nobly created 1ilaryovtUe Appeal. What good does the ballot doyou, Mr. Appeal Suppose you were deprived of t. wouldn't you siaud up auu uowi : You can no more vote for another per son than you can eat or sleep for that person. And then as to woman's natu ral and powerful influence over the op posite sex. We saw one tlie other day with her lace oauereu oy a uruiiKeu husband. Another we kuow whose hus band siiuandered her fortune iu stocks, and then left her aud her children pen niless, to shift for themselves. We are acquainted with others who have uo one to represent mem, aim yet are com pelled to pay taxes, l lie exercise oi me ballot is si in nl v auuiet aud unobtrusive expression of opinion furoragatusl pun lie measures that aflect woman's Inter ests nuite as much as they do man s The enjoyment of that privilege would no more unsex a woman man to say yes or uo in answer to asimpie question We have had enough of the fool stun about women uusexlng themselves who would exercise the right to protect their persona or property with tbelr votes. Do thev unsex themselves wneu they set up entertainments for the benefit ot the Kor r or wueti mey miuisier m tho sick, or mingle with men In the so cial walksof life? But what's the use! San Jote Jercury. TJsiiappv Maukiaoes. The univer sal expectation of married people is that their lives will always oe uappy ones. Ueiuueu ureamersi iney imac iue that thev are dillerent from other people, and that when they euter the portals oi matrimony, love, peace, auu prosperity will ever be their attendants. Such hud better consider themselves the same as others, but form Iron reso lutions that will keep them from the dauKerous coasts on which so many have been wrecked nud ruined. Uu- happy marriages depend upon many causes. Previous to mariiage, many try to appear more intellectual, more amiable, or more accomplished than they really are. Depend upon it, that love urougui into existence by a moon light stroll, strengthened by deceit auu laBtilonable displays, and finallv consummated through the Influence of Intriguing friends, will fade in after llle almost as fast as the flowers which compose me bridal wreath. There being no hell, the Plymouth Church people have decided to let .Mr. Beecber get aloug on one-fourth less salary. A JoarnalfortBereopIe. Devoted to the Inters tsof Humanity. Independent In Polities and Kellglon. Mtve to all Live Issues, and Thoroughly nadleallnOpposinsandE3EposlnKhe"Wrongs ot the Masieg. Correspondent rrrltlDg over assumed iiena- tnres matt make known their names ta the Editor, or no attention will be given to tbelr communications. Irish Pleasantries. If the walls of the Dublin "Four Courts" could speak, how many a pleas ant story and witty repartee and spark ling oonmof they could tell ! Let me recall aud string together some of these pearls of anecdote and wit, some of which, though perliaps not altogether new to lovers of auecdote, may well bear repetition. The first Viscount Guillamore, when Chief Baron O'Grady, was remarkable for his dry humor aud biting wit. The latter was so fine that its sarcasm was often unperceived by the object against whom the shaft was directed. A legal frieud, extremely studious, but In. conversation notoriously dull, was once showing off to him his newly built house. The bookworm prided himself especially on a sanctum he had contrived for his owu use, so secluded from tire rest of the buildiug tbat he could pore over his books in private quite secure from disturbance. "Capital!" exclaimed the Chief Baron. "You surely could, my dear fellow, read and study here from morn ing till night, and no human being be one bit the wiser.'" Iu those days, before competitive ex aminations were known, men with more Interest than brains cot corn an ointments, for the duties of which they were wholly incompetent. Uf sucn was the Honorable . He was tell- iug Lord Guillamore of the summary way in which be disposed of matters iu his court. "I sav to the fellows that are bother ing with foolish arguments, that there's no use in wasting my time and their breath: for that all their talk just goes in at one ear and out at the other." No treat wonder in that." said O'Grady, "seeing that there's so little betweeu to stop it." The father of the Lord Chancellor afterward Lord Plunket was a very simple-minded man. Kindly and un suspicious, he was ofteu Imposed upon, aud tbe Chancellor used to tell endless stories illustrative of his parent's guile less nature. One morning Mr. Plunket, taking an early walk, was overtaken by two respectable-looking men, carpenters ap parently by trade, each carrying Ibe Im plements of his work. "Good-tnorniiig, my friends," said the old gentleman; "you are early afoot. Going on a job, eh ?" "Good-morrow kindly, sir. Yes, we are, and a quure job, too the quarest and most out-of-the-way you ever heard of, I'll be bound, though you've lived long iu the world, and heard aud read of many a thing. Oh, you'll never guess it, your honor, so I may as well tell at once. We're going to cut tbe legs oil a dead man." "What!" cried his bearer, aghast. "You don't meau " "Yes, indeed; 'tis true for me; and here's bow ft came about. Poor Mary Neil's busbaud a carpenter like our selves, aud an old comrade has been sick all the winter, and departed life last Tuesday. What with the grief and the being left on the wide world with her five orphans, aud no one to earn bit or sup for them, tbe craytltur is fairly out of lrmii!d-tupid,frujj) the nrylng uti Ue fr--i; &ir vhai vti4 she uo, pour woman, but send the wrong measure for the co 111 u, and when iteome home it was ever so much too short! Barney Neil was a tall man nigh six feet we reckoned him. He couldn't be got into it, do what they would, and the poor craythur hadn't what would buy another. Where would she get it, after tbe lone sickness himself had, and with five chllder to feed aud clothe? So, our honor, all that's in it is to cut the legs ofl him. Me and my comrade here is going to do it for the desolate woman. We'll just take 'em oil at the kuee joints ami lay them alongside him lu the colli u. I think, sir, now I've told you our job, you'll say 'tis the quarest ever ou heard of." "Oh !" cried the old gentleman, "such thing must not be done. It's impos sible. How much will a new coffin cost?" Tbe carpenter named tbe sum, which was Immediately bestowed on him, with injunctions to proceed forthwith iu the necessary purchase. The business, however, took quite an unexpected turn. Mr. Plunket, on his return home, related his matutinal ad venture to bis family at breakfast, tbe future Chancellor, then a ynuug bar rister, being at the table. Before tbe meal was euded the carpenters made their appearance, and with many apol ogies tendered back the coin they had received, tie who had beeu spoKestnau ii the morutug explained that, on see ug the gentlemen iu advance of them ou the road, he had for a lark made'a let with his comixinion that be would obtain tbe money, which, having won us wager, ue now reiunueu. uenuiuo Irish this. .V Rosy Future. Tbey were In the bell-tower of the City Hall the other day, aud she Ieaued her yellow-haired head ou his agricultural shoulders and listened to the mighty "tick! took! lick!" of the big clock. "We don't waul such a Dig ciock as that, do we, darllug?" she whispered. "No, my little daisy," he answered, as he hugged her a tittle oloser; "I kin buy a clock for $2 which'll run three days to this clock's two. I've got her picked out already." we'll oe very uappy,- sne signed. You bet we will! I've figured it right down fine, and I believe we can lUe on twelve eggs, one pound of sugar, ten pounds of flour, and one pouud of butter." "And you'll have a bank account?" she pleaded. ' J will, even If I have to buyasec-ond-hand one." "And we will keep a coachman?" "Yes." "Aud have a piano?" "Yes, darling." "Aud I can have Borne snnnm nNlnu- with sharus ou them?" "Yes, my tulin vest WMI sham every durued thlug from cellar to gar- icv, nave me iroul uoor painted blue, aud but le'a go'n look at some second baud cook-stoves!" Detroit Free Prets. General Sherman says "damned" is a good word when appropriately used, aud he thinks he may have used It himself sometime. An able man shows bis spirit by gentle words and resolute aetlous; he Is neither hot nor timid. Pocketbooks season. are worn shorter this