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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 !
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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,
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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
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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.
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