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4 x Mi. 1. J. ursiwAT, WKr and Proprietor 3 FriCK C(W.VteaT4kWA8RIKCTOKSTRn TKKMS, IX ADVANCE: One fnur. .... THree Huratbc. -.169 ADVKKTISEME S T8 Inserted on ReMoavMe Tense. HER LOT I law She or. Proleotcil. Br Hss. A. J. DDSIWAY. actbob or "muni bud," "bubs mwd,' "AMI A3TD HBNBT UK," "TBS MAPPT HOME," "OBB WOMAN SPBBBB," "Mxoam vouusox," ETC., BTCt BTC tEnlered.acoordincloAetofConBnn.ln the year 1878. by Mr. A-J. Dunlwajr, in tb offlc of the Librarian or Ooacrcas at Waablncton City. CHAPTER XXIV. I am well aware that I have reader! who will call this picture overdrawn. It is Terr difficult for those who have bees so fortunate as never to have been associated, even temporarily, with the discomforts of a drunkard's borne to realise tbe privations, crosses, and gen eral disappointments of a drunkard's family. Still harder must it be for them to imagine the terror, drudgery, aud destitution constantly endured by tbe drunkard's wife, who, being continually under tbe sway of a despotism that can nowhere else be so thorough and com plete as in l lie relation tuat binds a helpless woman to the lneaue exaotions of a husband whose every human faculty bas been diseased by dissipation, must constantly endure tbe consequences. But I also know, and am sad indeed to know it, that there are many, heaven pity them and me, who realize to the bitterest extent the facte that I am here relating. If my case were only an iso lated one, its sorrows being over now, except In my memory, It would not be worth my while to trouble the public with tbe history; bat I see that tbe seeds of tbe curse tbat eansed my poor bus band's disease and ruin are still being sown broadcast all over tbe land. Scarcely a family of my acquaintance but possesses its "black sheep," or way ward son, whose blood Is liable to the infection of drunkenness. And forevery inebriate's wife there Is a destiny as ter rible as mine, a fate tbat. If not parallel to it in many, or even most, things, is at beat so terrible tbat when they read this story of my lot tbey will see many things with which their own experience shall so nearly tally that tbey will won der now I came to kuow so much about their lives of shame and sorrow. Then, too, there are women by dozens, I know whereof I speak, who are to-day endur ing tbe very bonds of Iniquity which so long oppressed me, and are consequently drinking hourly of (be gall of blttemeee. To such I need not say that I am not overdrawing my picture. Alas for them, they know tbat I eannot paiut the por trait with sufficient vividness to portray a tithe of the blackness of great dark ness through which I have passed, and which has left the marks of its terrible scorching so indelibly upon my brow aud form tbat every movement of fea ture and physique attest to tbe analyt ical observer tbat what I assert is true. Women suiter their share In tbe world's erucible of affliction, when un der proper care and kindly treatment tbey bring forth children in sorrow and train them up in pain and weariness. But when added to tbis comes tbe double burden of physical toll which alone would overpower tbe strongest man; and wbeu, in addition to all, comes tbe tyranny of a druuken despotism tbat is not so rare as to be deemed ex ceptional, it is indeed time for them to cry out, and demand tbat protection which men claim to be woman's lot, but which, alas, tbey so often fall to be stow upon her that thinking, reflect ing persons of both sexes are now en gaged in searching, as never before, for a removal of the cause of her disabili ties, that tbe effect may thereby b'e, in time, outgrown. But to resume my picture. Tbe fag gots of pitch-laden fir with which I kindled my fire biased up cheerily. I was so nearly benumbed with the cold that I was long in warming, and when onee my blood was temporarily deprived ef Its chill, I grew so stupid that I soon fell asleep beside my little ones. I must have slept an hour, judging by the Height of U(e sun, when I awoke aud started up, in an alarm far more fcevere and sodden than that I bad felt on that never-to-be-forgotten day when I bad found myself adrift with Gerald upon the bosom of the tidal river tbat bore u lowara my terrible destiny. My first impulse was to look for my chil dren, but tbey were nowhere to be seen. I was struck dumb with a nameless dwad. I looked Tor Gerald, but be too was missing. What was I to do ? My bones were troubling me with rheumatic twinges, and my blood was agUl lh a thorough chill. But I forgot my penoi agony ill my apprehension for tbe safety of mv darlings, and I sallied (ortb in search of tbem, not knowing wbitber to turn. Yht.e Speech, Free Pkess, Free People. VOLUME VII. POKTIiAND, OKEGOX, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 187S. NUMBER 44. foliage or the mighty forest, that grew j hard against the blackened tree burn, rose the long, serrated line or tue cas cade Mountains, guarded by their one lose monarch, lHry awl majestic Hood, whose Icy brow tbe rosy morn was khetog. Could I find my loved ones sheuld I wander eastward? But to my mental query came no answering response. To the westward ran a broad and level prairie, beyond that another wood, and still beyond tbe winding Willamette River, coursing ever onward toward the distant sea. Had ray babies wandered toward the west ? The morning breetes answered me never a word. Toward the south lay a clearing, tbe home of a neighbor, mere than a mile away, from whose cabin chimney the morning smoke was laaily curling. Should I journey southward? My heart answered, "Yes. Go auy where to find a human being with whom you may take counsel." Every movement of my aching bones was torture, but I did not mind it. What is tbe rack of tbe body to the agony of the mind when both are tor turing you at once? I was afraid that Gerald would destroy my children. Had be not already crip pled one of tbem ? And yet I knew he loved them, for at times be was almost foolishly fond of them. But, most of all, I was apprehensive lest he should remove them forever from ray sight and protection, and I knew, laying aside my personal solicitude, that be was wholly unfit to be trusted in their bringing up. I reached my neighbor's house in a state of exeilement of which tbey little dreamed. Outwardly I was calm, and certainly I was tearless. "You are an early riser," said good Mr. Brown, as he opened tbe door, ex hibiting a tastefully spread though primitive table, at which happy Mrs. Brown and three rosy children sat at breakfast. "Have you seen Gerald this morn ing?" I asked, calmly. "Your husbaud ?" "Yes, and my children." "No." "O, my God !rI walled, throwing up my hands in despair. "What has happened?" asked my neighbor, feelingly. "Gerald bas taken tbe babies and gone!" I cried, for the first time be traying tbe least agitation. "Impossible!" said Mrs. Brown, look ing viigly upon liar own chubby little ones, as a tear stole down her ebeek. Every woman in our community bad struggled to prevent that accursed keg of ardent spirits from being brought into their husbands' midst. We had all felt tbat It boded no good to some of us, but It seemed too cruel that I should be singled out by fate to be tbe only suf ferer in the lot. Not that I would will ingly inflict anguish upon anybody, but certainly I had more than my share. Mr. Brown mounted a pony and soon aroused the neighborhood. A sys tematic search was instituted iu all di rections, and by noon the fugitives were found behind a mammoth log in the heart of the forest, the children crying for food, and their father, crazy from the eflect of his potations, defending them with a rifle from tbe approach of his pursuers. It was long before he could be induced to fire, and when he did, thank God, bis aim was unsuccessful. Then Mr. Brown rushed upon him before he had time to reload, others came at onee to the rescue, and in a few seconds I had clapped my hungry and shivering babes to my anguish-burdened bosom, with such a feel ing of relief as a mother can only expe rience when she has reseued her little ones from the jaws of wild beasts that are ready to devour tbem. I.watched them while they bound my husband with thongs, and I listened to bis unearthly yells, as, struggling with delirium tremens, he imagined himself In the grasp of hobgoblins, and my woman soul rose up in pity and com passion. As I saw hlra wrestling help lessly with the thongs that held him, I no longer felt afraid of bis presence. I longed to approach' very near to him, that I might soothe and reassure him, for I saw that his suffering was real, and the old love that I had thought was dead grew warm within me. "Gerald, darling, It Is I, your own Ethel. Don't you know me?" I said, approaching as close to him as my chil dren, who clung to me, screaming In their fear of him, would permit. "Women are dod-dttrned ulioUJ" ex claimed oqe of tbe men, who had risked his life to rescue my children. "I know It," said Mr. Brown. "They are fools whenever and wherever their hearts are interested. But that's not our affair. We didn't make 'em." By tbis time several women of our .. - -y -.-.. u community came crowding up zz ' r . ;.hiv :t,z wr dld't h.ba,dsa '.rr .r ; .r::.:..:.: :; ..." uai any of them d serve, ttiev'd li f. ox. . imuiy, mm one. will of ber own, and was not afraid or ashamed to express or enforce It. "I am sure I don't know what I thall do. What can I do?" I replied, almost savagely. "Sure enough. Poor child, what can you do ? It seems you can't get rid of your incubus, for he follows you, no matter where you go. I believe that every man whom rum has conquered is as unfit to run at largo as a raving maniac." But there was no insane asyfm In Oregon Territory then, nor is there now a rerage in the State for the cure of In ebriates. Ah, me! I have never been considered what tbe world would oall strong-minded. But I cannot help knowing that if I were a law-maker, as well as a law-supporter, I should leave no stoue unturned till I bad provided an asylum for Ine briates, ami compelled all sufferers from the cup to enter It and remain until cured. But, alas, I am not a law-maker, aud I sometimes fear that men are so stolid and so fearful of losing power over women that I will be too old to do my country very much public service before I shall become one. "Is that you, Ethel?" said Gerald, making a frantic attempt to reach me with bis pinioned arms. "Yes, darling, it is I," I exolalmed,' again. "Nobody shall hurt you. These are not hobgoblins, but men, your friends and neighbors. You won't be afraid of us, will you ?" "Hum! for God's sake, give me rum There are a billion demons in my blood, and they're all demanding rum ! Give it tbem, or I shall die!" he cried, his voice a pitiful wail that fairly frose my heart's blood. v "Neighbors, be must have rum !" I shrieked. "You waked the sleeping demons in him yesterday when I would gladly have died to prevent it, and now you must nurture the fiends of yourown creating." Latterly I have learned that my then newly-discovered or imagined theory is sometimes authoritatively pronounced a scientific one. The medical world is gradually solving tbe problem of tbe cause of mania jtotu. Aud when the present researches are crystalfsed into demonstration, I am sure it will every where be understood and' acknowledged that the frantic thlrstof the drunkard is the Insatiate demand of a billion para' sites, which are coursing through his blood during their running season, after tbe manner of salmon coursing through c stream. Let the doctors who deny this propo sition laugh if tbey will. 'If one of tbem should live for a third of a century as the wife of a drunkard, he'd reach the same conclusion that I did If he'd allow himself to think and observe at all. Tbe men were afraid to bring my hus baud rum, but ono of tbe women ran with hot haste to tbe bouse of tbe neigh bor who supplied tbe fluid to wake tbe demons tbe day before, and she soon re turned with a sufficient quantity to stupefy the monsters and reduce them to docility. Then we led my husband to our home without difficulty, and sobered him off by degrees. My neighbors then entered into a sol emn compact that they would never again, under any circumstances, be guilty of putting the bottle to their neighbor's lips. Gerald could not remember that lie bad driven me out of doors, nor did he recollect that he bad fled from imag inary devils to tbe woods with my chil dren. He only realized that be was sick and tortured and weak, aud that he felt like a miserable sinner. Ah, if I could only have induced him to remain away from liquor, even after that! But there was no use in hoping. Inalittlewhllo the immigration from all parts of tbe world began to pour Into tbe Willamette Valley; mines were dis covered in Southern Oregon that at tracted vast crowds in that direction; the community that bad been eo staid and reliable that I could depend upon It to protect my husband from bis Infirm ity, bad no influence over the enterpris ing but unscrupulous man who opened a store, hotel, and groggery at tbe new village, only a mile from our borne, and mypeaeeof mind was of short dura tion. Maternity was again my portion, and this time I was the mother of twins. Every one who has observed the phe nomena that accompanies tbe settling of new countries has remarked tbe ex ppssivelucreaseofthesettled population. r ,ri,re vou will In the new settle ments, and vou will find that the bur dens of motherhood are grievous to be borne. There Is philosophy In this un conscious effort of the earth to replenish it sreirse population, but it is exces sively trying to the health and temper of pioneer women to enuure u. To be continued. that picture of the valley of tbe Sacra mento of wbleb I before have spoken, I never can forget iL In one direction lay a dense fir forest, skirted in the foreground by a stretch of prairie, in wblcb my fettered cattle were quietly grazing. Immediately beyond the prairie was a belt of charred, denuded timber, tbe great black leafless tree- Mn Miy it's oHr ,, , , .. observed another. " ' mk Ty. TU8Uaml fer or for worse!" cried I wag os rJ auu BUU ""e as any husband ouruv 10 uv, oui ue is me vletlro of ills, ease. I pity more than I blame him ' "Do you intend to endure this all your a., Tiiinni. frpRhrnan has the repu. ttn nf h.nlnr thus outwitted P .IUII u. ." , - i .-- nrw. vnu L-nfnv wnv o ii i. ..,nii Iparned nlace?" r resll man "urcourse; iueireuiucu.. n lutio loaniinrr iiprp. and as the seniors " " "--n .7 it A never take away any, it uaiurany bu-j cumulates." Of everv thousand men. twenty die annually. The population of a olty or jj"uU1.ry is renewed once in tuiriy yeura. trunks holding aloft their skeleton arms 1 nie" asseu.a Kiuu-nearted woman, r. f ... 1 1. n r llacrmrl li - li1ita.frpaAn I frtf .Tin atmnTa MUDnn flint .Via find I . . I in mute-appeal, or else in mock defiance who was not a favorite among the men, 1 " ,?u myerof old men who die In cold r . i i i i v.i 1 1 , i i ., v. - I " uiose who die in warm OUB "WASHINGTON LETTEE. Totiie Editor or"TUB New Northwest: The exodus of our solons since tbe ad journment has been sweeping, and with tbem has gone much that gave our city a busluess appearance, the o"Jces and reading-rooms of our hotels have been crowded for several weeks with visitors and lobbyists. Huge piles of trunks blocked up the passage-ways, street cars and chariots were packed with those nassinc and re-passlug to the Capitol, and on every baud were Indications of something to be done and doing of In tense Interest and importance, let to day nearly all. these havo disappeared, and we are joeglng along as quietly as some rural town In harvest time when Its only vlsltow, the adjacent farmers, are kept at home by the necessities of the harvest-field, tor days the Hag was continually floating over the Capi tol, and during the succeeding nights the brllliaut light of the fio!u or lan tern which surmounts the dome, showed us that the war of words below was go ing on; but now both flag and beacon are gone, and we realize that many of the disgraceful scenes flowing out from disordered brains will not be seen here again till another approaching adjourn ment forces prolonged sessions, and per mits drunken aud disorderly members to exhibit themselves in their maudliu imlties. The closlug scenes of Congress are al ways Intensely interesting. In the at tempt to concentrate into the two or three days preceding the hour of ad journment tbe accumulated business of months, much excitement necessarily is aroused, not only among the solons, but In tbe crowded lobbies. Instead of acting upon the appropriation bill dur ing the winter and spring, Congress In variably consumes its time In windy debate npon collateral and unimportant issues, leaving undone until the last moment that which should be done at first. Millions of dollars are voted away in the press and confusion, without any one oa tbe floor of tbe House or Senate save some interested member who is acting for tbe lobby, having the slight est Idea or kuowledge of tbe matter or the Interests involved. Every conceiv able form of steal is tacked on to these appropriation bills, until the riders amount to more iu amount than tbe original bilj called for, and tb'cn, under tbe objection which Is raised to their consideration, the whole omnibus la re ferred to a conference committee of six men, three members from each House, who aru expected to recoucilo all the ditfereuces In the space of two or three hours, and determine what monies the country needs, inasmuch as the two Houses cannot of themeeU'es. Sncb farclal proceedings never lose their nov elty, to us at least, and, notwithstand ing we have for many years watched Congress as it hurriedly prepared for departure from the Capitol, tbe clash aud din of factions in tbe House are as Interesting now as ever in tbe past. On the night of the 17th, Ben Butler gave us an exhibition of bis pluck and tenac ity of purpose. A member moved tbe passage of tbe fisheries award bill, at which old Ben bristled up iu bis fiercest style, and wanted to make a Ave minutes speech in opposition. But tbe House would not consent to hear him, and for live minutes be stood at the desk with his arms folded, coolly listen iug to the bowling of a hundred or more men at him, who, with cries of "sit down," etc, were drowning the calling and rappings of the Speaker. Nor could quiet be restored until the ser- geant-at-arms, under tbe Speaker's order, stepped up to Mr. Butler and caused him to take bis seat. It Is rarely that the Speaker directs the sergeant-ot-arms to "do his duty," and only once before this session has a member declined to heed tbe command, "out of order." Whisky, then, was the cause, pure obstinacy In tbis In stance. Tbis award matter is a big thorn in every members side, and it will bo made only from a sense of honor, for we have seen no one who concedes tbat we owe England even a million, much less five. Years ago wo agreed tbat tbe United States should not arbitrate her differences with Eng land, Inasmnch as the precede ut she had herself made would far better buo sorve our Interests than arbitration; hence, our acquiescence in tbis award partakes of the spirit wblcb led Tom Corwln years ago to mako bis famous" Mexican war speech. At last our government Is established, for the Senate has confirmed tbe Presi dent's nominations for commissioners and justices of the peace, though much opposition was invoked by the disap pointed applicants. We feel sure that tbe District of Columbia has the best municipal government in the United States, and that its real interests are better consulted aud cared for by Its government officials than those of any other city or district. .More watchful ets .can be exercised here than else where; for every citizen can appeal at once "to Congress for an Investigation and for redress an appeal wblcb has far more weight than resort to the bal lot-box or to a State Legislature. Washington never looked more beau tlfol than now. The recent heavy rains have washed Its concreted streets clean as a pin," have whitened up tbe marble fronts of our.publlc buildings, land covered our many parks with living green and flowers. On every hand are evidences of warmth and shower, and all nature, and art too, is smiling upon us with voice of gladness and sympathy. Tbe appropriations made for the Dis trict by Congress are heavy. Including the salaries of our officers, the repair of the pateut office, the completion of the north wing of the State Department, and other improvements, the govern mental expenditure for the next fiscal year will amount to nearly twenty million of dollars; hence, with what we regard as a good city government, our citizens feel that good times are coming, aud that, in a year or two at farthest, we shall be In the full measure of pros perity. Fklix. Washington, D. C. June 2S, 1S78. Hew Wocn Should Be Educated. Miss Jennie V. Stauton Is lecturing In the East on subjects connected with the Intellectual advancement of women. The New York papers speak in high terms of her lectures, and from the fol lowing extract from one of them, en titled "How Shall Women be Edu cated," we judge she Is well deserving of all the praise she is receiving : Mothers, educate your daughters In every science that can be utilized to their benefit. Fathers, let the capabili ties of your children, and not their sex, influence your partiality In bestowing upon them educational advantages. Never mind if some esteemed friend or lover is afraid of a girl "making a man of herself." An educated woman knows that can never be done. A well educated woman who is in a normal condition always wins In the race of life far health, wealth, excellence or distinction. Never mind If even the majority of men superciliously remind us of our "sphere," or discourse to us of God's purpose In creating us, the "glory of motherhood," etc. No man can ever know half so much about tbe "glory of motherhood" as even the weakest and most Ignorant of mothers. In my eagerness aud anxiety to have the large majority of women who are so situated as to be mostly inaccess ible to culture, who have much poverty -and prejudice to overcome, I do not for get that they need a special inspiration to endeavor in the way of proper com panionship and proper books, and my heart goes out to them with a great love and care. In conclusion, man represents power, woman represents the affections. Mau provides for woman, woman cares for that provision. 31an dispenses liber ally, woman economizes and utilizes the means entrusted to tier Keeping. Man may lay n broader scientific basis, but woman will build up higher toward heaven. It is Impossible that society should ever attain to a higher moral condition without the higher culture or woman. Society is to be olevated by tbe om nipotent power of moral education, of which womau may be the principal channel. It is useless to talk about the equality of the sexes, for tbey are not and never can be equal. -Alan is the superior oi woman in iorcc aud science, but woman is superior to man iu tbat without which force and science are worthless, the moral nature, which bestows happiness here, auu leads to influitely higher happiness hereafter. N I will not omit to thank the noble men who protect tbe noble women; nor fonret to thauk the noble women who. in spite of all binderances, in spite of uetumat on. anu in me very laceoi mar tyrdom, are struggling to elevate tbelr sex, and are urgiug tbem to keep pace wltb ad vanclug civilization. "Women as Lawyers. Like Spiritualism, the question of woman's rights bas already "passed be yond ridicule." Exceptingamongafew remarkably slltl-neckea conservatives, anil .i fewremarkablvicnorant pretend ers? It Is now conceded that the tide is setting Btrongly In favor of woman's emancipation from the unjust disabili ties and the absurd prejudices by which she has so long been fettered, and kept from entering into the nans oi science, art aud literature, the doors of which are now not only ajar, but openiug more and more widely every nay. .airs. Barnhurst truly says : "A reform once inaugurated, ouce organized, canuot go back, no more than the sun can retrace his steps through the broad expanse on high, or the world return to chaos. What Is done, Is done." Although the profession of law has not attracted as many women as tbat of medicine, to which women seem natu rally fitted, yet lady candidates for ad mission to tbe bar are by no means in frequpnt, and in many States aud Terri tories such app'llcntlous , are freely granted. This bas been especially the case in Iowa, Illinois and Utah, and is the older and more conservative States tbe number of such cases is rapidly in creasing. We are ashamed to confess, in this connection, tbat in Italy, Swe den and Holland, the admission of women into the learned professions has been more freely granted and more ex teuslvely taken advantage of than in the United States. "The law of Illinois," says Miss Wil lard,"ailmlttinc women to nracticein the courts, making tbem eligible as officers in nil departments of the public schools, and notably 'the married women's prop erty mil,' are unexcelled Dy any in the Union. So far as indicated by this year's reports, Illinois ranks as the ban ner Male oi woman's opportunity, If not of her achievement. The chivalry of courtesy and compliment is being slowly replaced by the chivalry of jus tice. The Imperious 'thus far and no farther,' that has rung from custom's lips, checking over-buoyant steps in other years, is giving way to tbe kindly 'tnus lar aud no larther oi uod, written not in any statute book nor spoken by any human voice, no matter how au gust, but revealed in tbe limitations, as well as tbe powers of the nature with which our Heavenly Father has en dowed us." "Of lawyers," says the same writer, "we (in Chicago) have at least three. Mrs. Myra Bradwell was the first lady lawyer in our State. She is the editor of the Chicago Legal JVetos, which is an authority all over the Northwest. The beauty of its typographical execution is a natural result of 'the woman in print ing, and tbe partnership of Judge and Mrs. Bradwell in tbe legal profession is a refutation to some popular objections of 'woman out of her sphere.' Miss Alta M. Hulett, of Chicago, who died of consumption in Ualllorula, wliere slie went for ber health last year, was a young lawyer of noble promise. She was admitted to tbe bar betore she was nineteen, and at the age of twenty-three had attained an enviable reputation and u practice amounting to three thousand dollars a vear. A number of vouncr women are studying law, and Misses A Journal for the People. Devoted to the Inleresuor Humanity. Independent In Polities aad Religion. Alive to all Uve Issues, and Thoroughly RadlealinOprxwIngaadKxposlngtheWrongs ol tbe Masses. Correspondents writing over assumed slcna tarea must make known their names to the Editor, or no attention will be given to their coramanieatione. An Irish "Woman's "Wit. A long time ago, when giants were plenty in Ireland, there lived on tbe ..rr?r?f ll,e,couty Armagh one Bar uey M'Connell, who lawfully came un der the above appellation, being seven feet high, and made in proportion. His prowess was well known, and acknowl edged for many a mile round; but there was one thing that grieved Barney above a little, namely, tbat he could get nobody to stand before him in his own country. Now, report spoke of a certain giant iu Scotland who was laboring un der tbe like grief, and for precisely tbe same cause; therefore, Barney, after consulting his friends on the subject, sent a challenge to the Scotch giant, to "come over to Ireland and get tbe con cait taken out of himself." After due time the bearer of the dial Ienge returned with word that it had been accepted, and further stated that he was advised to inform Barney that be had better make his will, get bis coffin made, etc., as he that be was about to encounter never left bis work half done. "Did you we him V asked Barney. "Faith, an' I did," answered themes- seuger. "What is he like?" interrogated toe giant. i- "Faith, Barney, avic, he's like any- thing at all but a mortal being." "How blc is be?" asked Barney, looking anything but pleased at the de scription of his rival. "How big is hp, did you sajj? Faith, he's as big as the ould tower forninst the door, an' a bead an shoulders on him like Father M'Gurney's bull, an' by all accounts he'll ait you alive." Barney began to feel rather uncom fortable at tbe prospect before him, and straightway went to consult his wife as- to wnat etioulu be done in tue event oi his rival proving to be such as bis mes senger had represented. While they were thus engaged, one of tbe children came running in and exclaimed: "Daddy, come to tbe door and see the great big man that's corning up the hill." liarney peeped through the chluss or tbe door, and to bis great terror saw the monster. One look was enough to sat isfy bim tbat his messenger had not ex aggerated his account of bim, and turn ing to bis wire, he said: "Sbela, jewel, I'm ett alive, forsartin! Here comes tbe Scotch baist to drum your poor Barney." wnen biiela nearu oi tue approacu or the coming foe, and saw ber lord's utter Inability to wage war with one so far superior in strength and size, she con cluded that it was only by some piece of woman's wit that her husband could escape from tbe affair without dishonor, aud accordingly she gently lifted tbe child out of tbe cradle, and depositing it on the bed in tbe inner room, made tbe father get in its place, and covering him up with a quilt, gently seated herself and resumed her work. After a few moments, in walked tne cause of all the disturbance, and demanded an interview with tbe giant. Shela, after motioning with her hand for bim to keep quiet, walked gently across tbe floor to where he stood, and In an undertone told him Barney had goue out to the woods. Tbe giant informed ber tbat be intended awaiting his return. A Correspondent's Testimony. Mrs. S. L. Knox, of San Jose, a stauch worker In the cause of equal rights, and known by name at least to Its many vo taries on tbe Pacific Coast, receives the following notice from a correspondent of tbe Record Union : Mrs. Knox, whose handsome resi dence with Its elegant grounds is one of the first ornoments ot han Jose, has long been devoted, heart and mind, to the political emancipation of her sex. She succumbs to no discouragement, she acknowledges no defeat. As so large a property-owner, oue cannot wonder at her strong feeling on the sub ject, and yet she works not ror ber own rights, but for those of others. She, as well as the rest, asks for a clause which shall not make us of tbe distinctive word "sex," but which shall submit to the people tbe question or educational qualification In State allalrs, and the tironertv nuallllcatlon In municipal af fairs. I followed .one lady Into the kitchen to hear her comments on Ken nedav as a delegate. She was making one-two-tbree-four cake one cup of butter, two of sugar, three of Hour, four eggs, half-cup of milk, teaspoonful of soda, and two of cream tartar. "Ken nedav. Indeed !" says sue. "l nope these young men who feel tbat they are not properly represented without one from their own ranks, may begin to un derstand how trodden upon we feel, who nave never neen representeu.-- o- withstandlng these seutiments, incom patible as some think with tbe kitchen and tbe cook-stove, the cake was a suc cess, stirred up with Indignation, light ened wi tli argument and sweetened with the spirits ot tbe times, tuougn it was. Tbe old leaven of '76 is working still you see, aud though a hundred years or more Have passed, it yet retains enougn of its insurrectionary virtue to keep alive in Santa Clara Valley the ringing revolutionary cry : "iSo taxation witu out representation !" Temnerance comet from within, and not from without: tue man wuo uos 10 be bolstered up with occasionahpledges, aud keeps sober only while your eye is upon htm, is scarcely worm tue goou man's time who has to keep sentinel over bim. Neither Is it tbe wife's duty to stay by au intemperate man and expose her children to tbe dis advantages of so wretched an example. Sbeowes to her family something better than this. Tbe intemperate man Is al ways a selfish man; the man devoted to duty and principle cau never become In temperate. Tben let tbe mothers of our country raise up their sons to be soldiers In tbe army of principle. Ferry and Martin are iu successful prac tice in Chicago." Our readers may perhaps remember that we meutioned Miss Hulett in one of four early articles. Few men ever get into legal practice without waiting patiently for years, but, somehow or other, the lady lawyers often succeed in immediately establishing a fine prac tice. It may be partly owing to the novelty of the thing for men love nov elty but we rather think that it isowiug to the fact thot the euergy and persever ance required to enable a woman to choose tbe profession of law and go steadily forward in the pursuit of her chosen duty, Is a guarantee of success in almost auy walk in life. A notable in- tance or success Is tuat ot iurs. iielva Lockwood. of Washington City, who has practiced fouryears and has realized twenty thousand dollars. How many young men can say as much? Mrs. Lockwood is said to be htty years ot age, so she must have begun the study rather late In life. We know of cases of women who, after rearing large fam ilies, instead of spending their lives in indolence and in tue endeavor to grow old before their time, have undertaken tbe study of some usetul profession, or have organized some absorbing scheme of benevoleuce, thus emphatically mau Ing the hoary head a crown ot glory. How many aged women we have seen with minds as active as ever, and bodies still quite vigorous, who yet were slowly dying of inanition, both physical and mental. JJo something, aged smer. Patchwork quilts are good, but they do not provide mucu mental or spiritual aliment; and if you have souls above patchwork, why, then, In heaven's name, blaze out foryourself some nobler path, and snow to the lords oi creation that women are not merely the pro ducers of children and the drudges of the household, but that after forty-live. when most women have laid aside tbelr crop of children, they can still work for humanity, etui lauor in tue ljoru's great vineyard. This Is the best way to keep young, dear sisters. ine old adage : "It is better to wear nut than to rust out," applies with peculiar force to tbe aged. The wearing out, it we Keep at work according to oar ability, will be so gradual and so gentle tbat we shall not know we are tailing till we lie down and sweetly "fall asleep." Mrs. Shin- dler in l occ of irutii. Very well,-' said Shela, "only don't make a word of noise for the life that's in you; for there's nothing that makes him more furious than to bear the child crying when he comes home." By this time tbe giant bad seated himself on a bench, and was ouietiv surveying the apartment; but when bis eye rested on the cradle, with a look of unutterable astonishment, be asked what was In It. "In it!" cried Shela: "don't you see it's the child that's Iu it? An' heaven help you If you wake him. Tbecravtbur didu't get a wink of sleep last night, with tbe two back teeth he's cutting." Tbe giant, with a look of terror and Uistonishmeut, asked what size the father was. "Faith, an' I can't tell you," said Shela, "'cause I never measured bim; but tbat gossoon (pointing to tbe cradle) wnen ine lamer is angry runs and hides himself in one of his boots." "Laird save us!" exclaimed tbeclant: "I winna mind waiting the noo, lassie, t maun ue gauu; guue morning." And so saylug be looK to tils heels. and never thought himself safe until he got among the hills of bis own country. What One Woman Can Do. Wash ington's female lawyer, Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, who, by her persistent knocklug at tbe doors of Cougress for admission to the Supreme Court, has become somewhat famous, bas two im portant cases pending before that Court, which she Is debarred from pleading on account of her sex. One Is a Cherokee Indian claim involving $300,000,000. Mrs. Lockwood Is now iu the fifth year oi ner practice, auu uas an the busluess she can attend to. When she began. her property consisted of a few feet of real estate in a Cemetery. Now she is worth $20,000, and her practice brings ber a yearly income about live times as large as the salary of a clerk in the treasury Department. She Is a widow. ueany uuy years oi age, anu very at tractive. A doctor went out for a day's bunt ing, aud on coming home, complained that he had not killed anything. "That's because you didn't attend to your legitimate business." said bts wife. The Duunkard and His Doa. A crowd was collected oue day near a pile of stones in Central park, New York, evidently very intent upon some object inoi nau urougui logeiner quite a col lection of policemen. On drawing near you would have seen nothiugso remark- aDie; oniy a drunnen man utterly In sensible, lying ou a pallet of blasted rocks and stoues. But for all there were so many officers on hand, tbey could not take tbe man away. There he must stay, to all appear ances, and disfigure the ground, until he came to himself sufficiently to move oil on his own hook. He bad a friend, of whom he was wholly unworthy a friend who stood by him like a brother, notwithstanding bis degradation. A noble Newfoundland dog stood over bim, looking down into bis face, and would sutler no one to approach. He did not like the looks of the policemen, and tbey did not like his looks. Twenty feet was the regular distance be bad set tled upon, and it was at bis- risk tbat any one came nearer. They brought several pails of cold water and threw over the dog, hoping to drive bim away, but he only drew closer to his unworthy companion. "We can't take tbe man unless -wo shoot the dog," said one, "and he's too noble an animal to kill." "Which is the brute ?" asked a nasser. by, and very appropriately, too. One of tbe most solemn passages of hp man knowledge to know tbat even in this world we, none of us, ever wholly die; that our acts, our virtues, our fail ures, our physical conditions, appeti'ea, passions, pass on to other generations; tbat the forms we mould ourselves toby acts original to ourselves pass on to other generations; tbat habits and pas sions we 'subdue in ourselves are sub dued, as far as we aro concernedr in other generations that spring from us. It is said that "class ves for horses are uow so beautifully made tbat they defy detection." The Imitation must be wonderful Indeed, for we understand that tbe horses themselves cannot see through the deception. New York bas .twice as many women, printers as Ave years ago.