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CHAPTER XXVI.
But, outwardly calm as Grace was
when iu the itreeenee of the esmeiy
matron at the orphanage, her ooiujhw
are utterly forsook her when she en
tered the hack, bearing; in her arms the
wailing waif whose lusty cries, site fan
cied, were attracting tbe attention of
every paeser-by. And It seemed to her
that the main thoroughfare through
which the driver led them were never
ho densely crowded with humanity as
now. It was alt in vain that she at
tempted to soothe the cries of the babe.
She was not accustomed to the ways of
children, and could not remember that
he bad ever before eudeavored to care
for one. Certain It was that she hail
never before been entrusted with such a
charge upou her own responsibility.
"What shall Ida. fntliw?' aha ni-ail
in a state of terror fairly bordering on
frenzy. "Can't you tell
soothe Its cries?"
MOW to 1
I
Captain Emerson knew no more about
tbe care of babies than hi daughter did.
In the bringing up of hi own children,
bis good wife had always assumed their
entire charge, and It was little wonder
that at his time of life he should feel
awkward in bis present predicament.
Add to this that he was disgusted with
Uraee lor her, to him. Quixotic deter
mination to adopt the babe, and that be
felt as though the ionooeat cause of
their trouble were a scorpion in their
keeping, and certainly be was deserv
ing of the largest charity. Ami yet, it
was unkind of him to scold and buffet
tbe little stranger. But be did it, and
with aoeh cruelty thai Grace grew
doubly exasperated.
"Thank heaven, we are almost home
now!" abe cried, as the hack drew up In
front of tbe brown mansion amid the ap
ple trees, and Mrs. Suowden, iter fat
face white with apprebenshiR, came
waddling out to meet them, whllealt the
younger feminine Snowdens looked on
lu bewildernteut.
"I've brought the baby home, and
we're to adopt it and bring it up as ours;
and Alnnzo must agree to It, else I'll
never look upou his face agaiu!" she
exclaimed, as soon as they were safely
within doors, and tbe child, relieved of
its many wraps, nestled peacefully
against her bosom, and lilted its immtb
with its pudgy fist.
Mrs. Snowden led Grace Into her bed
room and closed tbe door.
"What do you mean, my child? What
new freak possesses you?" site asked,
bending low over the little one, which,
in its coarse attire, looked anythiug but
the patrician heir which aba lad bume-
times pictured to herself as her first
grandchild.
" 'Tis no new freak, ma'am. Some
body has got to be a mother to this baby
girl, and there's nobody else but me to
assume tbe responsibility."
"Your mother xaid she'd take it and
bring It np, my dear. There will he a
great scandal grow out of It If ym at
tempt such a thing."
"I am prepared for it, mother. Let
wicked tongue do their worst. I'm
ready for tbe consequences."
"But you win have children of your
owu bye-and-bye."
"I never was foolish enough to sup
pose that I shouldn't have children If I
married."
"Then what Hill yon do wttli this
one?"
"Are yon a mother t And dare yon
ask me a question like that,? I you
feel no regard for this Innocent baby.
your own flesh and blood V
Mrs. Snowden wept silently fr sev
eral miontes. But all the while site
knelt upon the Moor and mutely ear
rested the babe, which bad now fallen
asleep on tbe boeom of its foter mother,
and occasionally gave vent to charac
teristic baby sobs.
"Poor thing! It feels its grievance.,"
said Grace, ber heart warminc toward
tbe child iu pite of ber own outraged
seueiDiiiues.
- wuai. we are going to do with the
girls In tbis new trial, is a nutate to
me." said the agitated mother-in-law
"Now tbe baby's quiet, we'll call 'em
n inn ten -em an aooui 11," answered
Grace.
"What?" exclaimed Mrs. Snowden
in sudden and sincere alarm. "You
don't mean It V
"I mean just what I say, mother. It
is part of my plan, and ray father has
agreed trf it, that your daughters are t
know tbe whole disgraceful story."
"But they will cease to respect their
brother, and I cannot bear to think of
It."
"It seems you did not care whether
retpected him or not."
Grace spoke bitterly. It was the first
time she bad attempted to reproash her
mother-in-law amid all her trials.
"But you were married to him, dear;
and a wife loves her husband far more
deeply than his sisters do."
NtavMunamn,
"sums aonan,"
BTCSYC-, arc.
"That depends upon circumstances.
Bat, no maUer. I tdiall 4ft at my own
eoBeeienoe and judgment shall dictate.
Will you call tbe girls to me, or shall I
go out am! carry the babe to them 7"
"Do as you please, ehlld. Hie Lord
knows that I. have honestly tried to do
my duty. Itut I have reached the end
of my tether bow."
Every Inch a queen did Grace appear
"as she arose from ber chair, and smooth
Ing ilon-n the coarse, clean garments of
lite little sleeping waif, walked straight
t the eenter of tbe parlors, and speak
ing in a commanding voice, arretted
tbe attention of the entire household.
"My ststers, this ehlld Is the oHopritig
of shame. It Is AIobio's, but It hm't
mine. Your brother is my Husband ae
eordlng to the law, but according to
moral ethics he Is only n rascal. I be
came bis wife because I loved him, ami
before I knew of this. He married me
because I bad money or laud. I loved
him once, because I thought he was
pure ami true. I detest him now be
cause I know he is not worthy of any
trne woman's allegiance, Itut my
father insists that I cannot divorce him.
I would damage hie political prospects if
I acted out my honest conviction?; and
so, to please him, and do what good I
can In the world besides, I have resolved
to make the beat out of a had bargain.
(Therefore I will adopt this ehlld, my
'atb,er wl" "ly" father's bankrupt
w at-ijuiesTC.iM wverj
thing and be thankful that your brother
keeps opt of the State prison."
The girls stoutly demurred at first;
but the news nf their father's bank
ruptcy soon cool, their opposition, and
It was not long tilt the wee baby girl en
twined itself lu every heart belonging to
the household.
If society marveled, It held Its peace
in the presence of the Interested parties.
There was no gossip of which the young
ladies were aware.
I But the blow to the family pride was
terrible. Had they lieen able to retain
their rank lu social life, they would
have been less deeply nllected. But the
morning prs announced the failure
of the firm of Suowden ASoowden, pork
roerehants, and their humiliation was
complete.
Captain Kmerson faithfully fulfilled
tbe trust allotted to hitn. Asa prominent
candidate for tbe United States Senate,
be could not do . otherwise than stand
by his son-in-law for political reasons.
Bnt be took savage delight iu eursiug
his luck, and abusing the bankrupt ba
con dealer, who wisely remained nut of
town.
Mrs. Eniemon, good soul, had a heart
so full of human kindne-s that she could j
ihh nave new out against aioiixq even
if site had tried. Her prayers and tears, at
first aroused for him through pity, were
never afterward wanting lu his behalf.
Aim), though she did quarrel sometimes
with Aloux't's father, the narrow-vis-aged
little man, who meekly humbled
himself in her presence itnd partook of
iter homely fare with a feeble appetite.
tne sinister sin lie anu gentle tone oi
tbe hnmble.1 son-in-law never failed to I
mollify her. And so, on the whole, I
they gt on well together during the
period of painful probation required by
the law In -ettliiHt op Ihrir shattered
business. Die greatest grief of
tbe elder Suowden was upon ac
count of bis wife and daughters.
"They have never known a financial
care till now," be sobbed, as Captain
Emerson's letter to his wife containing
full accoauU of tbe enforced sale, ami
the meager sums realised therefrom,
was placed In his hands by the rood
woman.
"A little adversity won't hurt 'em,
mister. Never do you fret," she said,
soothingly. "Thegreat mistake you've
made all along, has been through tryiu'
to pull a lend in 'ingle harness that God
deslgnedfor two. And I'm badly fooled
in Mm Snowden if she uou't sltow you
afore site's done with it that the eray
mare's the better horse."
The senior Suowden could not repress
a smile at thi, and to his astonishment
he felt in better spirits than he had
dared lo hope was possible. But bis
happiness reached a climax when a
secoud long, loviug missive from his
wife was placed in his
trembling
bauds, in which a detailed account of
her new hojtes aud aspirations was
somewhat obscurely given.
"Tbe store's gone aud the bacon aud
salt, an.1 every other thing suggestive
of tbe pork busioess," she wrote. "And
of course the house is gone, and all of
the lurniture and tbe piano and the
team. But then, I am by no means dis
couraged. We have always managed to
get bread ami butter, and we doubtless
always will. I am accustomed to econ
omising, and I shall not tniud its con
tinuance. Of course you will get into
some new occupation bye-and-bye. But,
in the meantime, I ami the girls will
go into business nn ollr ow1 8Ccouut.ii
Mrs. Suowden did uot deem it expedi
ent to divulge further particulars, aud
her letter stopped short with only the
added words, "in love and lia-te."
"Sbe and the g'lrls go Into business on
their own account, indeed:" exclaimed
the tiarrow-visaged little man. "Why
they don't know any more about the
ius aud outs of trade than I know about
tbe Inhabitants of the mnou."
"But women learns powerful quick
when they git a chance, Mr. Snowden,"
sold Mrs. Emerson, pausing in ber work
at the great churn dash, and wiping the
perspiration from her brow with her
bared arm alid freckled hand. "I
shouldn't wonder if the woman ainLlhe
gals made a plaguey sight better show
nt last than you anil 'Lonzo did."
"But I dou't see what they're going
to undertake. And no matter what It
Is, I know they'll fail."
"Now lookee here, Mr. Snowden,"
and the good dame placed her arms
akimbo and stood before the fallen city
magnate nf whom she had once stood lu
awe, "don't yon. go to makin' a fool of
yourself. All the women needs Is a
chance. Don't you see It ?"'
"They've had a chance all along, for
that matter. It's poor business for
them to wait till I am bankrupt before
going io' wortt, If there really Is any
thing in them. They might have saved
my honor, you know."
"Save your houor, Indeed, when you
wouldn't trust 'em with any knowledge
of your business. How could they?
You wouldn't even trust 'em with the
facte when 'Lonzo got into trouble, hut
you went and risked your neck In a
noose that would have dragged you to
the penitentiary If the knot hud only
slipped. Take my advice, man, and
trust the women. You'll never lose
notl.in' by It."
Willie this conversation was going
on, the lievy nf dogs began their usual
chorus nf barking.
"Dnwiij Sneeser! Git nut, Bagged
Tall! lie ashamed o' yourselves!" ejac
ulated Mrs. Ktnersou.
But the dogs would not be
quieted, and the good woman
did not wonder at their joyful
vociferations when a carryall halted In
the lane and Grace ami Lillian, as
sisted by honest John Antlers, dis
mounted ami approached the house, the
former carrying in her arms the babe
whose luckless advent had brought
them all so much uiilmntilnee. !
Mrs. Emerson was In testacies. She
kissed her daughters each upon the
cheek and remarked that they had both
grown pale out were otherwise looking
well. Ami then began her matronly
fuss over the Innocent baby girl, which
Grace thought It was a pity poor Nancy
Shadilon could not have witnessed ere
her reason had hopelessly tied.
"I'm proud of you, Grace Emerson!"
she exclaimed In transport, turning
from the babe to her daughter. "Proud
heeaune you have dared to do your
duty."
"It was not my duty!" haughtily re
joined the daughter. "Duty had noth
ing to do with It."
"Theu what in the name o common
sense was it that put the notion in your
Mly hmM to K Bnd Mopt this young
one If 'twnn't duty ?"
"I did it 'cause I could, and I dared
to. The law made me 'liOiizo's wlfef
and I couldn't get away from my
bad bargain without disgracing my
father, so I concluded to make the best
of it and save the sistor of my own pos
sible children from disgrace. But
where Is the man whom the law calls
V husband?"
..He ww ,,ere a mlnute ago; shall I
M, m,
"Would you like lo meet him, Lil
lian?" The wife of John Auders bowed
haughtily ami blushed deeply.
To be continued.
Lydla K. Powler, M. D., wife of Prof.
L. X. Kowler, died on the 28th of
Januury lust, at her residence in London,
England. The immediate cause of
death was pleuro-pncumonla, but it is
believed to have beeu accelerated by
pycremia, contracted by Mrs. Kowler
in tbe discharge of her duties as one of
the district visitors of. lr. Parker's
church. The deceased lady took her
degree in medicine nt Rochester, X. Y.,
and was the llrst woman prnfesor of
obsletrios in America. In lfeOO she
accompanied Professors 1'owler and
Wells iu a lecturing tour through
j'.iiRiaixi. ner lectures win do remem
bered by many as addresses to ladies on
i the laws of life and health. She also
gave lessons in cym nasties. Mrs Fowler
was born at Nantucket Inland, Mas.,
and was a lineal descendant, on ber
father's side, of Benjamin Franklin's
mother, from whom it is said the
American philosopher iuherited bis i
mathematical aud astronomical genius.
She married Professor Fowler lu 1SU,
and shared his labors In Enzland aud
elsewhere. .-Last summer Mrs. Fowler
eciureu in .uomion at uu; .Mansion
House before tbe ladies of the British
Temperance Socioty; her last ellort in
tills cause being made iu November
last, when she lectured with Professor
Fowler iu the Leicester Square Congre
gational church. The deceased lady
was remarkable for tbe dignity of ber
manner, aud highly respected In
the medical professlou. Iftrettological
Journal.
Brethren, before we sing the next verse
of "Johu Brown's body lies mohlering
In the grave," let us taken look into the
grave and see that It Is there. Iu these
days of Ohio medical colleges a cemetery
Isn't no safer than a savlugs bank, and
it may be that political gleeolubi, who
have beeu singing the song quoted above,
have been chanting a rhythmic lie for
the past fifteen years.
Professor Boyeson's book ou Goethe
and Schiller has had the beuetil of the
late Bayard Taylor's suggestions, and Is
snld to give In general the latest results
of Geiman scholarship.
Enforced cleanliness, and the progress
or saultary work in cities, are followed
by an enhanced vitality and elasticity
or mind, still more than by longevity of
the inhabitants.
Joshua was the Rnl man who over
took a newspaper. The IJible tells us
he stopped the Dally Sun. S. F. Alto.
PB01I SAKTRAH0ISC0.
l-'pro leMsi from Hon. J.A.CUiin lo iheO.
. W. H. A.J
I (thank you fur your invitation tn be
present at the anuualmceting of the
Oregon Wouiau Sullrnge Association In
Portlaud, on the 11th and l.lh Inst., and
very much regret my Inability to at
tend.
These annual gatherings are necessa
rily productive of great good, alibrdiug
as they do to the representatives from
tbe varloui local centers nn effective
and efficient media for interchange of
thought and comparison of views as to
the relative value of the various plans of
action employed by which a system for
more economical or affective action, or
both, In the future miy be Intelligently
inaugurated aud maintained.
Had I any particular suggestions to
nfler to the friends of woman's email-
citton and political enfranchisement
In Oregon, I would urge upon them to
strengthen, protect and cherish their
State and local Woman Suffrage organ
isations. They are the mechanisms
through which the few or many, In
spired by common thoughts and feel
ings, can harmoniously and effectively
co-operate fur the attainment of a com
mon, definite and specific object. No
important movement requiring the em
ployment of mental, moral aud mate
rial forces, can reasonably hope to be
successful without them.
Suflraglsts have learned from personal
experience that this Is no trilling un
dertaking, no holiday work, but the
time, labor, money, self-denial and per
sonal sacrifice, equal to tho production
nf the great result, are unknown quan
tities. They have further learned that
it Is one thing tn profess admiration-for
the abstract principles of uaturul right,
justice and equality, as set forth by tho
fathers of the republic, but quite an
other thing to secure the co-operation
of those professors in the work of subor
dinating the American aud State govern
ment and Institutions to the luterests of
natural justice aud equality. For about
four-fifths of a century American slavery
that "sum of all viliaiiie!," that
most barbarous and eruel despotism
known to the nations of the earth, grewt
flourished aud became the dominating
power In church and State, right In the
blazing face of the accepted doctrines
of the declaration of American Inde
pendence, that "all men have a natural
and Inalienable tight to life, liberty aud
the pursuit of happiness." To create
and awaken into life and activity a con
science on the part of the American
people against the traffic lu human flesh
was the mission of the abolitionist. To
quicken the minds of one-fifth of the
Americau people against that unholy
traffic required the untiring, constant
and almost superhuman labors of the
abolitinuists for nearly two-fifths nf a
century. But for that conscience there
would have beeu no Itepublican party;
nn election of Abraham Lincoln to the
presidency; no firing upou Sumter; no
war of tho rebellion, aud no emancipa
tion proclamation, but slavery would
have. In his owu good time, embellished
Blinker's shaft with the emblems of Its
authority. It is time for the friends of
universal suffrage to make up their
minds there-it no royal road to human
freedom, justice and equality; that the
emancipation of women is not a reform
but a revolution; that it Is an historical
fact that those possesslngad vantages and
privileges over others never volunta
rily yield up those advantages and priv
ileges, but yield only at the bidding of
a superior force. Woman's emancipa
tion must, from the Intimate relation of
the sexes, be brought about, not by vio
lence, but by political action, produced
by moral Influences. Hence the neces
sity for thorough organization and the
employment of means equal to the ne
cessities of producing the revolution In
public sentiment.
When the suffragists sliall by their
labors and e (Torts develop a conscience
against sex oppression sufficiently ex
tensive to jeopardize tho success of ma
chine politicians of each and every polit
ical parly, politicians will then bid for
suffrage votes, and then woman's tri
umph will be near at hand.
One Stale after another has been at
dlirerent times the theater of unusual
activity, when their respective legisla
tures had submitted the question of
Woman Suffrage to the people of their
respective jurisdictions, and often great
hopes had been awakened which were
soon followed by disappointment, Kan
sas, Nevada, Vermont, Michigan and
Colorada, each in its turn, though un
successful, has done good work, and the
labor and money expended have not
been lost to the cause. Comrrein nn.i
the federal courts have each had Its
field day on the construction of the
fourteenth amendment to the federal
constitution, which Invested the freed
man with citizenship.
But, with all these disappointments
aud drawbacks, the cause of woman Is
maklog good progress. Numerous in
dustrial pursuits formerly monopolized
by man have quietly opened their doors
to women, who discbarge their duty
faithfully and well.
In tbe practice of medicine the num
ber of women Is comparatively large,
and her influence is very considerable,
notwithstanding the very strong preju
dice that formerly existed against her
admission to practice medicine, and does
now, to a large extent. As preachers,
women have met with very consider-
! able success, and slowly she Is working
her way Into the profession and practice
nf law. In California tho laws are ex
ceedingly liberal to women. About
every legislature severs some legal ob
struction in her pathway. The univer
sity of California and the various medi
cal school have their doors open for her
admission.
The Hastings' law school attached to
the university has recently closed its
doors against woman, which has cre
ated, on the part of many influential
and intelligent people, a feeling not
only of regret, but of ludignatiou against
the directorsof that school fnrits unwise
and illiberal action. Mrs. Foltz, the re
jected lady applicant, is a plucky little
wemau, aud will douhtfesa.Uring-her
rase in due time before tbe courts for a.
determination of her rights in tbe
premises.
The California constitutional conven
tion Is dragging nut Its protracted exist
ence, over the question of corporatious,
taxes and numerous oilier matters
touching properly and vested rights, but
it has but little inollnatiun tn devote
much of its precious time to the consid
eration of the rights nf the disfranchised
class or to the condition of the poor and
unemployed.
I was very much pleased that a minor
ity of the committee ou privileges and
elections, iu the Uuited States Senate,
composed lu part of Hoar, of Massachu
setts, and Mitchell, of Oregon, to which
committee was relerred the various
Woman Sullrage petitions, submitted a
few days sence a minority report. The
prospect uow Is favorable for a ventila
tion of the question of Woman Suffrage,
ami some excellent speech ts may be
looked for before the close of the present
sesslou, if that matter can be reached.
A few years since when the California
Board of Coutrol sent. on a petition to
Mr. Sargent, of more than 5,000 names
attached thereto, who had It referred to
the above named committee but of
which we have not heard since.
Speaking of the action of Hoar and
Mitchell, It Is an interesting fact tn uote
that Mr. Hoar's constituents are many
of them readers of the Woman's Journal,
and those of Mitchell are readers of the
New Northwkst. Each of these Jour
nals have an undoubted right to be proud
of the iuHuence for good It exerts on the
popular mind. The friends of suffrage
ought to make it their pleasure and
duty to extend the circulation of these
stanch, courageous and ably conducted
journals, as a wise suffrage investment.
Fraternally Yours,
John A. Collins.
San Fraitcisco, February 7, 1S7!).
LETTEE IBOM HEW TOHK.
to the Kditor or tub New Xoktiiwkht:
Ou Friday there came a scared doctor
Co Iuspector Murray, and delivered him
self of such a tale as made the officer
think of Madam Kestell's palace of hor
rors and the crimes committed there
with all the odorous scaudal Incident.
At once he sent out skirmishers in the
persons of Sergeant Meakeu, O'Toole,
Coroner Flannagan aud Dr. Miller, who
proceeded to house No. 151, East Twen
ty-seventh street, a handsome mansion,
looking as innocent as the Y. M. C.
A.'s front parlor, except that iu the cut
glass of the window was the sign, Mad
am Burger, doctress and midwife. The
sergeant raug the bell, and was smil
ingly received by the charming hostess
and three "young ladies." It was an ele
gmt interior, furnished with rich car
pets and hung with silk and lace cur
tains. The madam was as serene as a
May morn ; but such serenity
availed little with the veteran sergeant,
who simply asked to go up stairs, and
proceeded there without permission.
The sergeant ami his party paused)
the second floor, and, hearing faint
moaning from one of the rooms, at once
entered. What a change from the lux
uriant aspect of tbe rest of the house.
Ou a wretched bed lay a dying girl,
whose pallid face retained the last
remnants of the beauty which betrayal
and agony had left. The horrible hand
of criminal science had attempted iu
vain to save honor and life. Oue was
gone and the other was ebbing fast,
while the poor, moaning victim called
In faint accents the name which in the
midst nf the ruin It had wrought, re
tained its fatal enchantment; and the
wan hand held a paper on which was:
It I lmpowible lor me to come.
I Q. CoHoaovi.
Perhaps tbis was the first Intimation
of the fatal deceit, ami still love held on
with lire's last spark, and the poor girl
continued to murmur the lover's name,
forgetful of shame aud death. Cos
grove was arrested an hour afterward In
his father's large coopering establish
ment on the Burling slip. He Is a typ
ical nice young man of twenty-seven,
but behaved under the accusation with
more manhood than was expected, con
fesslnc his complicity in the crime of
j Madam Burger, and pointing the path
of the love story whloh was Just culmin
ating. While theofllcers were arresting
the woman and her assistants and the
doctor was nursing the dying girl, two
more similar cases were accidentally
discovered, and the criminal case
opened Is one of those startling things
which make people wonder how far Into
respectable society this sort of crime has
eaten. Just after the girls death, the
j wretched father, who had been tele
graphed, arrived from Nbrtbport, R. I.,
' where he lives, and tbe group surround
ing the corpse, the women, theofllcers.
the seducer and the while-haired father
was dramatic ami Impressive in the ex
treme, while the stoical rotnark nf a
policeman sounded harsh and profane
on such a solemn scene: "The niailam
will get twenty years and the young
man ten. But the consequence of pull
ing this place will be to bring out some
more scandal."
Tilden is a remarkable product, yet
whether admirable or no Is the ques
tion. I think if I could have his whole
talent omitting his money, I should say
with Artemm Ward, "Give it to the
poor!" Looking quite feeble, he is yet
capable, like Mrs. Dombey, of making
an ellort such as he made tUe other day
before the committee. ' The effort, how
ever, Is rather the exhibition ofa dislo
cated mind, dwelling In political ideal
ity, disappointed, yet of such conceit as
Thackeray described iu Henry Esmond
of the Priuee of tbe bouse of Stuart.
'The Prince was late aud lazy, and lost
all his chance through his indulgence."
Time not only works wonders, but
plays strange freaks, not least among
which are his Inroads upon the Immor
tal faculty of memory In wise men's
minds. Now, there Is the great warrior
and statesman, General Shields, who,
tbe other day, was handed an envelope
containing over $400 of his mileage and
salary. He threw it carelessly ou bis
desk and sauntered Into the cloak-room
to chat with colleagues and crack jokes
on the Mexican war, directly forgetting
all about the money. After the Senate
had adjourned, a page found tbe pack
age, and next day returned it (o the
owner. General Shields at first declared
he had not lost it, the circumstance of
receiving it having entirely slipped bis
mind, and more yet, he forgot to reward
tho honest lad with so much as a peuuy.
Sueh failure of memory is unfortunate
in a public character, and yet there are
people who desire to see this man ser-
geant-at-arms of the Senate,
Aca cut.
New York, February 27, 1S79.
Further Testimony of Vife liamber
Nineteen.
Ann Kliwi Yeuiig has written from
Appletnu, Wisconsin, a letter to Mrs.
It. IJ. Haye, which, by her request, Is
published in the Tribune. She- alludes
to a recent call ou Mrs. Haves by two
Mormon women as lieing entangled in
the toils of a system which is the de
stroyer of home. She urges that Mrs.
Hayes use her entire Influence to bring
that system to an end. She says: "Eni
meline WuIU ami Zen a Williams came
with pathetic pleading to touch your
heart with the picture of what would
be the cruel condition of the women and
children if the law against Hlyi;amy
diould be enforced. I recognize the in
justice of the law as it now stands, and
aumit mat it would be inequitable aud
produce great suiienng. j;ut these two
women came to you with falsehoods iu
their mouths. Polygamy has no bright
ness such as they described: no excel
lencies such as they claimed. I could
show vnu a picture nut of the polyga
mous lives oi inese very women which
would make you shudder aud turn
heart-sick. I knew both of them inti
mately for years, and know that they
both have experienced theirshare of the
evils of polygamy the envy and jeal
ousyaud heartburning which are inop
erable from this system. Your
lute visitors and George Q. Can
non, the husband of six living wives,
asert that there is entire harmony iu
polygamous families. The assertion is
absolutely false. There is not a polyga-
mist huslHiml iu all Utah who does not
have a favorite among his wives whom
he favors far above the rest. His ttme,
meaus and afiecion are expended umiu
her, while the other poor souls are left
in loneliness and usually in destitntlnn.
this fact alone furnishes nue of the
strongest arguments against the sys
tem."
Sbe draws a pitiful picture of the deso
lation and uiihappiuess nf the two
Mormon women above named. She
continues: "Nor did these women speak
me iruiu wuen tuey said that polyg
amy gives all children fathers aud all
women husbands. As a rule, the men
care only for the children of the favor
ite, mid those or tbe other wives look
wistfully or jealously ou seeing all fa
vors and caresses bestowed upon the
others. Tills partiality awakens the
most bitter aud vile feelings in the
hearts of the slighted mothers aud chil
dren, and fosters a feeling of superiority
aud arrogance In those who are favored.
Can it be a holy system which fosters
such vile feelings as this sytem of po
lygamy does? If propriety permitted,
tales could be told that would turn ev
ery pure-minded person sick with hor
ror and fill them witli pain to- think
that 150,000 people are so deluded and
demoralized. Has this system kept
women from the insaue asylum and the
suicide's grave? Has it made women
cheerful, happy, healthful wives ami
mothers, and kept despair aud utter
hopelessness from creeping into their
hearts and faces? To these questions I
can say no; and a thousand times nn;
and know that what I say is true in
God's sight. It has utterly crushed the
lives and broken the hearts of thou
sands of women, as I can speak from
personal kuowledge, having barely es
caped lieing one of the general ruin."
She declares that right of sutrrage ouly
rivets their chains by causing them to
vote as their masters dictate. She con
cludes: "Polygamy desolates every
home which It enters. Surely it will
neither be Improper nor unwise for you
to exert your influence against that vast
aud iucreasiug crime. It Is opposed to
all that you prize lu domestic and so
cial lire. It makes tbe civilized Chris
tian home impossible. Even if vou can
only do but little; though you can only
speak words of sympathy, such words
will speedily be wafted westward to
thousands of aching hearts, and will be
refreshiug as the dew of morning to
mauy a weeping Hagar waudering In
worse than desert lands."
Bret Harte, since his consular ap
pointment was bestowed upon him, has
been twice in Englaud. Last summer
he visited Mr. Froudo in Devonshire.
AH EAEIrfAP0STLE.
(An Hoy written tor the O.S. W. S. A. by
W. Cooke, .i4 rl beiort, the amiaa!
onveBthm by J. IVeVore Johnson.
I have lately found an old book writ
ten some hundred years ago, that eon
tains some of the soundest arguments In
favor of the equal rights of women that
I have heard advanced. Tbe book may
not be a new one to those who have
studied the movement whleh has for Its
object the elevation of woman; but I
presume it Is a rare one, and not acces
sible to all, and may contain what is
new to persons on tbis coast. In tha
course of this essay I shall make f-
qubnt quotations from the pages of this
wonderful book, wonderful u'ecaune it
contains so much that, was vastly, iuadj-
vaoee or the spirit or the age in which it
was written. But who shall say that
tbe truths that were first exnressed nub-
liely and courageously by this noble
woman were not like the leaven which a
woman took and hid in three measures
of meal, and the hidden strength worked
anu spread, uutil now the whole world
of womankind seems likely, with its
poient influence, to become thoroughly
leavened.
The name of tbe author of this book,
which la eutitled "A Vindication of the
Krghta of Woman," and was written
sometime about 1790, was Mary
Wollstoncraft, aa English woman who
afterward became the wife of William
Godwin, who was himself an English
author of some notoriety. In a memoir
written by her husband, she was de
scribed as being "lovely in her person,
and iti the best aud most engaging sense
feminise, iu her mauners." Their
daughter is known to the literary world
as tne wife or the poet Shelly.
Mary Wolbjtoneraft dedicated her
book to M. Tallyrand. In her dedica
tion sbe says: "Contendinir for the
rights of women, my main argument Is
outit on this simple Drineinle. that if
sbe be not prepared by education to be
come the com paniou of man, she will
stop the progress of knowledge, for
truth must be common to all, or it will
be inelticaclous with reaped to its Influ
ence on general practice. . And how can
a woman be expected to co-operate un
less. sbe Knows why? unless freedom
steugtben her reason till she compre-
nenu lier duty, aud see in what man
ner it ts connected with her real nood ?
If children are to be educated to under
stand tbe true principles of patriotism,
their mothers must be patriots, and the
love ot mankind, from which an orderly
train of virtues sprioi;. can onlv be nrb-
duced by considering the moral and
civil mlerests of mankiud: but the edu
cation aud situation of woman, at pres
ent, shuts her out from sueh investiga
tions." Farther ou she quotes a senteuoa from
Tallyrand himself, ns follows: "That to
see one-half of the human race excluded
by the other from all narticinatlon nf
government was a political phenome
non timt, according to abstract princi
ples, It was impossible tneXDlain. f!nn-
slder," she continues, "Iaddressyou as
a legislator, whether men contend for
their freedom, anil to be allowed toiudire
for themselves resneeti
happiuess, if it be not inconsistent, ami
unjust to subjugate women, even thniii'h
you firmly believe that you are acting
In the manner best calculated to promote
their happiness? Who made man the
exclusive judge. If woman partake with
mm tne gift or reason? If women are
to be excluded without having a voice,
from the partieipntion iu the natural
rights of mankind, you should prove
llrst, lu order to ward oir the charge of
Injustice and inconsistency, that they
have not the power to reason. ! thf
Haw in your new French constitution.
tlltt first Constitution nratamlintr n l.
, . .1
founded ou reason, will ever show that
man must, in some shape, aet the tv-
rant, and tyrauny, in whatever part of
society it rearlte brazen front, will over
undermine morality."
These statements of the new doctrine
of equal rights were most strenuously op
posed and reprehended, and as might be
expected, found their bitterest enemies
In the pretty soft creatures, the spoiled
children of the very sex she had sought
to benefit.
"What !" cries this apostle of freedom,
"are women the weaker sex? Then if
it be proved that woman is naturally
weaker than man, from whence does it
follow that It is natural for her to labor
lo become still weaker In mind and
body, than nature intended her tohp?
This result must surely be the conse
quence of a lire devoted to the frivolities
of fashion or to a narrow round of
homely duties in which too many moth
ers are confined,, to the detriment of all
with whom they are connected."
We often hear persons of the p resent
day object to woman belngcalled a slave,
but sbe certainly is In the condition of
political slavery if she has no veice In
the goveruraent under which she lives,
and Is placed alongside of those inferior
persons of the other sex who are denied
their freedom on account of crime or in-
pnnanllv
- V J .
So long as woman Is denied the priv
ilege of helping to make the lows by
whloh she is taxed and governed; so
long will she be In some sense a slave.
And if father or husband chance to be
bornatyraut, as many men have proven
themselves to bej then -will her slavery
be the more complete.
Light reading a treatise on gas.