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FACT, FATE AND FANCY;
Xtre H aft ttf Uvfcnj lba line.
, TMv A. J. DUXIWAY.
aurmoa or "jcdfth beid," "ellkk doth,1
MABJT ASS BKIfRY LEE, "THE DAPPY
V"M WOMAH'HHPHMr.,"
"JUMI MOEBIHOX."
KKLfBTCi ETC.
OBpHM4.aeaonaEage Act of Congress, I the
roar UK, or Mm. A. i. IXiuiwajr, in UmoOw of
we UMariaaof Cuuereu at Washington OMjr.)
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Grace, in her goodness of lieart and
her Ilmlled experience, would have
gladly parebaeed th brown city man
ami amid the apple-trees, with all Us
fornltar od appurtenance, ad made
Soowden family a elr deed to the
whole, bad not bar parents. In tlielr sa-
pwtor wisdom, prevented.
"I'm so sorry for tbem," she would
my, repeating over and over tfae hook
Deyed phrase with which the work
contents itself when any one has blun
dered. "I'm so sorry for them; and so
anxious to do something to prove my
sympathy. It will be a terrible down
tall to those girls to be compelled to
leave tbelr city home just as they are
budding into womanhood."
"It 'em begin at the bedrock as we
did, wife. It won't hurt 'era. There's
nothing like a little wholesome adven
ity to teaeh 'em where they belong,"
aaM Captain Emerson, and the sequel
proved that he was right.
Bat the improvement in the business
faculties of Grace was not only marked,
but wonderful. Had it not been for
propriety's rake, she could not have
been induced to decide that her (hi me
and her sister's should remain segwrate.
Each bad fallen heir to more real es
tate than either would ever need, and
both, bad their parents but trusted
tbem when girls, as they were new
compelled to trust tbem as wife aud
widow when women, they would doubt
less have been spared the fate for which
their idle fancy was alone responsible.
But, while Grace grew in every fern
ioine accomplishment, Lillian, as the
years rolled on, and she became- the
mother of many children, deteriorated
at a painfully accelerated rate.
Essie, the adopted child of Greer,
was a sort of vara emit; one of those ex
quisite prod nets of lower eotulitious
which the student of nature ean find in
every aUge of animate growth,
whether his search be In the dunghill
or hovel.
The business tact of the child's feeler
mother was not more wonderful than
her love for the little waif who knew no
other mother than herself.
noe wore oo, aou ttie child was
five years old. The thoueand
acre tract of virgin soil which
urace cawmon nad received a
her marriage portion, had fulfilled the
craftiest expectations of the narrow-vis-
aged little man who had prevailed upon
his ill-etMrred sou to marry the heir ap
parent and thereby become possessor of
the real estate. But the sequel had
long since proveJ his expectation vain.
The wickedness of bis son had indeed
some to naught, while everything the
daaghter-ih-law hail touched hail liter
ally turned to gold.
It was near the close of a brill iaut
1 spring-time day one of those that caju
only be described as "perfect." Grace, the
beautiful widow, was far more charm
ing in look sod manner than Grace, the
maiden, bad been. The thoughtful ap
pearance that business cares and mental
discipline had written upon her
bad left their unmistakable impress, buthj,,, ejeekg
llul 7T ,w,.ve , ,rv" rj' "Hadn't I better send for father and
beauty that fascinated Iff caelr-,,,,,,,,, j ,ra 80re ywl are
il aeriPUMBBau. uqaiewag.au, IIIOI MM i?r olaunlnir hr ala.
Tfiidei of flagiasc ami
- -IMitded tvunorfO
- flltmaiM ""
born and tremalafjsv gn
to tf-e balmy breere. ni,-
crooised tree-bodie, . ;nel to
the child as namatsttb it,,, tentioels
guarding the portals between the Hokt
Ing, veil-like clouds that hovered in the
ether near them, as though they alone
prevented the heavenly gates from
swinging ajar to plainly reveal the but
balf-biddeu possibilities of the Infinite. '
The little
wr nraa nl.l tuHAi.il I ,
F e viu C-UIIU II ri
years,
A mild, eensitir. ,lr,mv .MM
h waa . lik i m. .
1 aai-awair luufi III ner
sad, dark eyes, and a restless, half-
frightened expression in ber dimpled
face, which seemed in -rfect harmony
with a shrinking shrug of her slender
shoulders, as though she were momen
tarily expecting a blow.
"Mamma," she lisped, in a beautiful
baby voice, accompanied by that inher
ited sinister smile wblch Uraee could
never behold without an inward shud
der, "I saw a boy to-day, who called me
naughty names. He said I was some
thing wicked. I really can't tell what
it meant, but be said I was nobody's
child, and my mamma was a oracy
fool."
"You mustu't play with
naughty
children, dear, and then you won't hear
such dreadful stories."
"But, mamma, are you not my very
owa. isamina ? And am I not your own
little Essie?"
"Yes, dear."
"But I don't mean just that. Have I
got any other mamma?"
"My darling, that is a very strange
question. Did I ever treat you so badly
" i-r
cnfTsrlrg'tOtheT
that you bad reason to fanoy that T was
not your mamma?"
"But Have I got any other mamma ?"
"Ymi have two grandmammas, dear."
"But I mtimUHCU, iHtt grandmam
mas." "What wickedness abounds in the
world," sighed Grace. "Why should
saeli fancies be instilled in this young
chilli's ml ml even while she is yet a
baby ? Truly tbe sins of the pareutsare
always visited upon the eblldren In
oeme way." Then aloud, "Walt till
you are older, little one, and I will tell
you all about it."
"Then the bad boy talked true, did
he?" aatH the slender shoulders of the
nervous child sfarugKed painfully.
"Nay, darling; don't Imagine such a
roelleh thing."
"Jlut It's a faet, Isn't it V
The unmerciful quizzing of children
In their eager search for understanding
excite the admiration of the wise, the
wonder of the ignorant, and the appre
hension of those who love them no
dearly they would fain conceal from
their sensitive spirits every sensation
that would give them psiu. It is a
mercy to the little ones that their at
tention is so easily diverted from thing?
which they are not old enough to he
troubled with, and attracted to some
thing equally instructive and thor
oughly delightful to think and talk
about.
"Look, darling," said Grace, minting
In the direction of the milk-white
clouds that floated between the a sure
blue of the arching heavens and the
swaying, slender aud newly-robed
branches of the gracefully-drooping
willows that stood like sentinels upon
the dsRodll and crocus bordered lawn.
Instantly the child was iu a transport
of delight.
I see the angels flying ou the clouds
aud they're fanning God with their lit-
Ll wines. Mamma, don't von m ?"
she cried, skipping back and forth in a '.
lA.niilt Im rwinl w at i-l 1 1, r.i.m..!
!.. ii itu .i i iwi inn
gravity.
But Grace was looking in another di
rection. The well-known horse and
equally familiar phaeton which she had
often had cause to remember as the
property of John Anders ami her sister
Lillian, and which, like their owners,
was now badly the.woree for the wear
ami tear of life, came clattering up to
the orchard gateway, and Grace
bounded down the lawn to admit them
with Lillian and the little ones.
"I'm glad to see you," said Grace, ra
diant with joy. But Instantly her
eounteoauee changed, and her voice
grew strange and startling.
"Whatever Is the matter, sister uiiue ?
For heaven's sake do tell me why you
look co ill? Has any thine happened?"
'Nothing unusual; don't he fright
ened Grace. I'll be all right when I
get rested. It's only the heat," said
Lillian, in reply.
But Grace felt that something more
than the balmy warmth of that bright
afternoon had created that purple bee
tle in ber sister's cheek".
In a little while the four babies were
safely unloaded from the phaeton, and
tile two who were old enough to run
alone were romping through the halls
and parlors with Esale, and the lesser
ones, including a babe of four or five
month, were eoosigned to Grace's well
trained servant. Lillian was then let!
to Grace's chamber, and disposed In at
titude of eaie upon the wide, white bed.
A fire was kindled in the grate, for It
was yet cool indoor.1, although bo
uleaaaut iu the sunshine. The ready
fOevrmlJi'fron mnt a rnililv trlnw to Lll-
- . - , . f - '-rt -
let's warm hand in her own plump, soft
oae.
Nn,'iliter. I came ou purpose to see
'I'-doii'l want to talk with anybody
die; at feast not now."
"What do you want to tell me, dear?"
' LiHtnn elated her eyes and did not an
swer, and her sister stroked her thin
hair lovingly and In silence, her tears
failing steadily In spite of hereilorts to
sobdue them.
"I married John Anders under men
tal prote-t," said Lillian, at last. "I
i ... . . . . , . r .
" """" 11 ws w rou& ,,ul 1 MM "ol
I rW II IWII.
I uow ii men. lie appeared to love me
deeply, aud I knew he was a man of
sterling worth, as the world goes. You
had suddeuly captivated Alonxo, ami I
bad not been undeceived about ids hab
its at that time, nor had you. I sup
pose it was my fate to marry him,
though my fancy lei my heart In an
other Uireetion."
"If I had enly known," signed Graee,
bending low to kit herslMer; "If I had
oaiy Known."
"Then the fact was that yoN fancied
John?"
"Xo. sister. I cannot think I could
have married another If I had fBDil
' him."
i 'Then you are wiser than I. nar,..i
i when too late the humiliating faet that
John did not fancy me."
"Has he not been true to you, Lil
lion?"
The wife looked
meaning smile.
up with a strange,
"According to his Idea he Is true to
me. Decidedly too true for my owu
good, iu faet. Five years married aud
four babies. What do you think of
that?"
"I think It's beastly!" was the spir
ited answer.
"Plenty of liable. If tlielr coming
kill their mother. Is John's Idea
of chastity, hut it Isn't mine. Already
lam in trouble again."
"0, Lillian!"
"Fact. But It's no great matter. I
shall never live through it again."
"Slater, how oau yon talk like that?
l am amaaeu to near you uuer sueli u
threat."
"It's all very easy for you to sit in
judgment upon a cnio that you
know nothing about, my sister, but to
be yourself the vletim of that judgment
is quite another matter. Look at these
worn hands ami my wrinkling brow
and fading cheeks and falling hair. I
haven't a decent tooth in my head,
either. Then look In your mirror and
mark the contrast. And yet, the world
pities you, and fancies that I have an
easy life of It. Ouly yesterday a neigh
bor remarked In my hearing that he
was so sorry for the widow Snnwden. It
was a wonder that the murder of her
husband had not dethroned her reason.
At the same time I was undergoing
mental and bodily torture added to
physical toll that you could not endure
for an hour without doing something
desperate."
"But, look at your reward iu the fu
ture, dear Lillian. Think of your chil
dren. In a few years they will be
grown to man and womanhood. Then,
imagine how proud of them you will
be."
"But I shall never live to see that
day, Graee."
"How do you know you won't?"
"Because I'm dying already."
"Dying"
"Yes."
"How ?"
"By inches."
"Your looks expretrS as mush, sister,
and yet I 1 nj i,d pray that It may
pro. lo l.e only a aiiiig fancy."
"It is not fancy; it is fate."
"Don't talk about dying, ulster. Tell
me ail about your life, aud why you are
unhappy. Maybe I can be your physi
cian." Lillian again dosed her eyes and lay
far a time busily thinking. Then site
spoke:
"As I said a while ago, I married
John utMler n mental protest. As you
know, we went to live with his amia
ble, apple-faced mother. She was neat
and exacting and obligiug ami prim, and
made a splendid home for John and his
meek-mannered and excellent old
father. But when I weut Into the fam
ily, though I tried and we all tried to
make the best of it, somehow we
couldn't assimilate. John put me oil"
for a year or (wo, in spite of his prom
ises about building us a separate estab
lishment. He mean't well; I know he
did; but he very naturally bolleved that
his parent, more especially his mother,
could not err. He has, many a time,
as fairly agreed with me upon a propo
sition to build a house or make other
Improvements ntt any man could hon
orably agree to anything with a fellow
man; and then, when my hope had
risen, he would, after a private talk
with his mother, utterly ignore his con
tract with me. I endured everything
with outward patience for a long time,
and then I got furious. There's no ue
in my rehearsing all I said or did, even
If I eould do it. But I assure you I was
a vixen when I got fairly fdnrted. John
was patient with me, and lili parents
consented for oar home to be built; but
they never esteemed- me afterward as
they would If. I had not been goaded to
desperation in vainly attempting to as
similate with them. Oil and water
won't mix. It Isn't possible. And
new, my sl-ter, I have come home to
you to die. John would never agree to
sign a deed to any portion of my thou
sand unused acres, nor would bis par
ents ever permit him to improve them.
So I have tolled at the churn-dash and
over the wash-board and cooking-stove
to pay the taxe?, and I've prayed a thou
sand times that the whole thousand
acres would sink some day into a thousand-fathomed
lake."
The conversation was suddeuly inter
rupted by a shadow in the doorway.
Grace turned and gazed, her blood
fairly freezing with horror. Before her
stood a oheaply-clad, wild-eyed girl of
about twenty, her thick hair straying
iu dishevelled masses over her head.
The eyes of the two women met for the
first time save in dream; and while
Mrs. Alouzo Suowdeti junior oflered a
silent prayer to God for help, the
woman who ought in justice to her
child to have borne the title, laughed
a loud, grating, guttural laugh, suggest
ive of Pandemonium.
To be continued.
One ol Charles Dlckens'daugliters-iu-law,
Mrs. Alfred Tennyson Dickens, has
met a terrible death recently In Aus
tralia, where her husband has for sev
eral years beeu living and prosjrliig.
She was driving out with her little
daughter, when the horse became
frightened, and running away, Anally
y,ert,u"ed thecarriagc. The child was
killed, and the young wife so dreadfully
Injured that abedled In a few hours.
Mrc. C. M. wnlit. i... i.... ,
1 EST a iff Pfni liUe State .Xalional
William J . m,ee- W,Mm "8 died M rs.
llllams was elected. This is nerharw
the first Instance In the history o
country where a woman has been chosen
character.0 PUb"C C0W"" of thls
LETTER PBOM NEW YORK.
IO THE EIHVOBOF THE NEW NoKTIIWEKT:
Never beforo In the history of this city
has the mercuriol New Yorker caught a
contagion so quick as in the present
contest at Gilmore's Gardeu to decide
the long-distance championship of the
woild. The rush on Monday morniug
was so great that the police gave orders
to slop theselllugof tickets. This act
so Infuriated the crowd that they surged
against the frame-work at the entrance,
breaklngdnwn the partition. Inspector
Williams, he that never hesitates, hast
ily gathered together a dozen of his
blue-coats, aud reached tho scene in
time to tap the head of the leader. An
imlisciiminate clubbing here took' place.
The old advice, "Hit whereveryou 9eea
head," was faithfully carried out, and
many received punishment who were
not entitled to It. Yet on occasions of
that kind policemen can hardly be ex
pected to stop and listen to the griev
ances, complaints or stories of the mul
titude; besides, they would disobey
orders if they allowed the club to re
main idle. In the spring of 1S7S, Sir
John D. Astley Bart., M. P., o great
lover of athletic sports, and a fair pedes
trian himself, conceived the idea of in
augurating a pedestrian tournumont of
six days' duration, wherein the compet
itors could go as they pleased, the man
getting over or covering the most
miles in that time to be acknowledged
as the best performer hi tho yorId. The
idea was acted upon at once, and invi
tations sent throughout the world to all
prominent pedestrians. As a resulti
twenty men sent In their names ascom
iwtltors, and subscribed to the rules and
conditions, which wore: Sweepstakes
of ten sovereigns each, for all comers;
each coni etltor to make, by ruuulug or
walking, the best of his way on foot
(without asslstuuce) for six days aud
six nights, i. c, to start at ouo o'clock
A. ., on Monday, March IS, 1S7S, and
finish at half (ast ten o'clock r. m.,
March S3. The man accomplishing the
greatest distance iu the specified time to
be the champion pedestrian of the n orld,
and to have intrusted to his keeping a
belt, value 100, and to receive 500;
second, 100; third 60; aud any com
petitor covering a distance of four hund
red miles to receive back his stake with
an additional 10. Any competitor
(other than the first three men) cover-
ering more than five hundred miles to
have au additional 5 for every three
miles over the five hundred miles, such
amount not to exceed 40. The surplus
receipts (if any) over expenses to be
either divided between the competitors
who have covered more than four hund
red and sixty miles iu the same propor
tion as the prizes, or awarded In further
prizes to encourage pedestrianism. Two
tracks were laid down one for Kuglleh
men and one for foreigners the former
measutiog seven laps to the mile and
the latter eight laps to the mile. The
contest took place at Agricultural Hall,
London, and O'Leary carried the belt
over the Atlantic. Two attempts have
since been made by various pedestrian
pretention) to wrest the belt from its
owner, in both of which O'leary came
out victorious, and Sir John Astley, the
creator of the belt, saw a posslblecbance
of its deceae, and hardly liking the
farces that had been enacted over its
head, determined to at least give his
belt an ordinary chance to pave its life.
With tills viow, he no doubt looked
around to see who was the man to send
across the pond to take Daniol O'Leary
into camp. After much forethought,
William Bowell was called out of the
long line of pedestrians as the most re
liable mati, and one who could bring
back to England's shore the belt that
encircles the Hiberno-Amorlcau. Asa
result of this determination, the present
race at Gilmoro Garden grew out of it,
and from what I have seen to-day the
Englishman will beyond doubt return
to England In possession of the belt and
no less thuu $30,000 gate money.
Some scientific tests, which have been
in progress several mouths by one of
the most distinguished professors of ag
ricultural chemistry In the country,
have developed the rather startling fact
that the sprouting qualities of lastyear'a
erop of No. 2 spring wheat have been
seriously damaged, owing to the ex
cestlve heat which prevailed just before
the hnivesl-titne last year In various
parts of the West, notably in Minne
sola, in consequence of which a large
quantity of the wheat product was ut
terly ruined by blight. The fact is of
Incalcuable Importance to farmers in
the West. No. 2 spriug Is a grade gen
erolly used for sowing purposes, and It
is feared, unless the farmers are promptly
informed of this timely discovery as to
the deterioaliou of last year's product,
and make ample allowance for it In
thelrarrangementforsowiug this spring,
that tho next crop will not equal fifty
per cent, of the usual product per acre.
It Is stated that tho damage to the
sprouting capacity of the kernel is not
such as to aflect its value for milling
purposes. Outwardly and to all appear
ances the kcrnal Is plump aud unim
paired, but it Is the structural interior
growth whicli is affected. The dis
covery of these Tacts Is timely, indeed,
and If promptly promulgated may avert
very disastrous consequences, such as
would surely follow upon the general
use of damaged wheat for sowlug pur
poses. Atthesameilme, the fact Is one
of great Importance to all who arc in
terested in the course of prices for wheat.
The sale of the library of the late
George Brlnley, of Hartford, which has
bean going on for several day9, has been
largely attended. The library of Con
gress, the Philadelphia Historical So
ciety, the Chicago Public Library, the
Carter Brown Library of Providence,
and other well-known public and pri
vate, libraries were represented. The
bidding was a little slow, but the prices
brought are considered by buyers at any
rate as very fair, although in many in
stances they did not reach the prices
paid for the books by Briuley. One
thousand six hundred dollars was paid
for two little books named "The Verle
Two Eyes of New England Historic,"
in two volume-, printed iu London I6tt
and 1605. Eighteen hundred dollars
was paid for "Smith's General History."
Since the society for tho prevention
of crime closed five disorderly houses
in Captain Williams' precinct, it has
received numberless entreaties from
citizens that it will go on and clear the
precinct. There is a startling number
of bad places doing business in this city,
although but few are ever raided by the
police. Those suspended are said to be
confined to houses that don't give
enough money to corrupt the police.
August.
New York, March 15, 1S70.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTEB.
To the Kditor or the New North west:
The forty-sixth Congres Is now as
sembled iu extra session. It was a
pretty close shave with our Democratic
friends In organizing the House of Rep
resentatives, but they pulled through by
the skin of their teeth, as it were, ami
Sam Itandall once more wields the
gavel and controls the deliberations of
the popular branch of Congress a po
sition seeond only to that of President
of the United States. The opposition
to Kandall in the ranks of his party was
very pronounced, and at one time
seemed likely to be sufficient to defeat
him iu the caucus, but his superior skill
at political wire-pulling, with a com
bination of favorable circumstances,
saved his baeon. It may be claimed as
a Tllden victory, or a hard mnuuy vic
tory; but, in my opinion, it is neither.
Theotily real issues that entered into the
contest among the Democrats were
Itundall aud anti-Itandall, and the ques
tion whether the jtarty deemed It ex
pedient to place an ex-Confederate in
tlie chair. The question was settled by
the ex-Confederates themselves mostly
voting in favor of a Northern man.
The proceedings In organizing were
tame enough, ami hardly repaid the
crowds who filled the galleries aud cor
ridors almost to sullbcatiou. It was one
o'clock when the election of Speaker
was proceeded with. Mr. Clymer nom
inated Samuel J. Randall: Mr. Frve
nominated Hon. James A. Garfield, aud
Bev. Gilbert DeLaMatyr nominated
Hon. Hendrick B. Wright, of Pennsyl
vania. When the name of Bradley Bur
low, of Vermont, was called, be voted
for Judge Kelly, of Pennsylvania.
When Blaekburu announced his vote
for Mr. Itandall, it wi met with ap
plause on tlie Republican side and In
the galleries. Judge Kelley voted for
Hendrick B. Wright, which created
something of a sensation. Neither
U uidall, Garfield or Wright voted. Itan
dall received one hundred and forty
three votes, Garfield, one hundred and
twenty-five, Kelly one, Hendrick It.
Wright thirteen, showing that two
hundred and eighty-two members
voted. Just before tlie vute was an
nounced, Mr. O'Uellly, of New York,
arrived and voted for Mr. Randall, thus
giving him one hundred and forty-four
voles, which Is a majority of all votes
of the members elect. Mr. Randall was
declared elected, and at half past one
o clock was conducted to the chair by
General Garfield and Representative
Blackburn. As the three advanced up
the main aisle there was prolonged ap
plause. Judge Kelly being the oldest
member in continuous service, admin
istered the oath to the new Speaker.
Among the new faces which attracted
the most attention were those of ex-Secretary
Robeson, who occupied a seat In
the last row on the Republican side;
Geueral Joe Johnson, of Virginia, who
sat at the left of the main aisle, and
Godlove S. Orlh, of Indiana. Mr. Black
burn's desk was literally covered with
flowers. Om conspicuous floral present
was a magnificent basket with his in
itials Iu the center, made of violets,
There was also a grand pyramid of
flowers ou Speaker-elect Itaudall'sdesk,
The Senate proceedings were dry and
uninteresting, though witnessed by a
large crowd. Tho reorganization of the
committees was about all that was
done.
The post olllcu department has ruled
that a paper started recently by a firm,
with the intention of advertising its
business precisely as any other firm ad
vertises Its business In its own long es
tablished journal, cannot be admitted to
the malls at pound rates, though the
older paper may bo. By this decision
the department says the act, If nf long
continuance, suffices to remove the bar
which it will impose upon the beginner,
because the original, as well as the pres
ent, intention is swallowed up by the
act, it being a pecuniary success. The
now enterprise, iu not having reached
the point of the true profit, like certain
papers aud magazines published by the
large firms of New York, In which are
e.xteusively advertised their owu busl-
ness matters, has no right to the mails
excepting by paying transient rates of
postage. This may be law, but It is
unjust and unequal, and so much In
favor of metropolitan organs, that we
wouder why it is so, unless the post
office department is run in the interest
of papers that are making money, and
deliberately intends to discourage tlie
starting of other periodicals by those nf
limited capital. Dom Pkiiko.
Washington, D. C, March 15, 1S79.
How to be Beautiful.
The first requisite in a woman toward
pleasing others is that sue sttouHI
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pleased with herself. In no otlferi
can she obtain thaLei
her at liberty fire
You ull know this by the satisfaction
you feel when tastily dressed and your
costume hi order. To believe that
you are beautiful will go a great way
toward making you so. Still, one need
not be too seir-coneciotia, Tor that would
make the prettiest woman homely. The
most beautiful faces are those wherein
the inner life shines out and radiates
them, like the sunlight streaming
through a rose-colored window. Keen
your souls and hearts pure, your bodies
ueaiiny, ami you win never look homely
to any one. One advantage you will
have over your prettier sister is that you
win grow in neauiy as years go by,
while hers will fade with her youth. A
pretty woman, knowing she is pretty,
will seldom do anything to retain her
beauty till It is irrevocably lost; then,
instead of commencing at the founda
tion of beauty, she covers her skin with
cosmetics and powders, slopping up tlie
oreaiuir.g places oi ner uouy, until at
ininy sue is an oiu woman initead or
beiug at the prime of youth. Moat au
thorities claim that a woman is at tlie
height of her power at twenty-six, aud
afler that age grows- old very rapidly.
She does unless she uses her mind and
intellect and lets them keep pace with
her years; then the power and intelli
gence will manifest itself in her face
and makes her almost handsome, bow
ever homely her features may be. What
If they are not regular? If she has a
clear skin, good teeth, bright eyes, lux
uriant growth or tialr, happy, good-
natured face, who asks whether she is
twenty or thirty? It's a woman's busi
ness to look a." well as possible, use her
artistic eye, not in the use of paints, but
in ttie choice ami harmony or colors. A
well-fitting calico is better, neater, more
stylish than are ill-made silks of unhar-
moniouscolors. All people, of whatever
ex or race, worship beauty, thouuli
each have different ideas of it. Women
of genius are tlie first to lay the crown
on the head of beauty. It is not tlie
mere fashion of face or form, pink or
white complexion, but for the symme
try and brightness that comes of physi
cal ami spiritual refinement. Men of
the world understand well that a
woman's uit i-. finest and her iieart
yields the richest wealth after the crude
inexperience of girlhood is vanished.
No woman has a right to sigh over ber
years (though it is hard for us to know
we are crowing old) until the frost ureeos
into her heart. They are young while
they seem young, and a sweet girl of
seventeen and a high-bred woman of
thirty may well dirpute the palm. Tlie
essence of beauty is health, and no
woman can be iieilecl in her beauty
without it. Detroit Free Pres.
Heredity.
Tlie following Is a sketch nf Mrs.
Stanton's conver-mtinu given recently
at the Sherman House, reported by the
laler-Ocean: "She said the law of in
heritance hhould exclude many from
entering the marriage relation. In se
lection of men for soldiers, or in train
ing them fur athletic siMtrts, the great
est earo was exer?ied. Not so in choos
ing tbem to be fathers of families. The
object of erossing wag an important one
in marriage. There is a law or vital as
well - of nliemieal affinity which
should be observed. Superior iareuti
often have inferior children, simply be
cause they do not observe this law; and
tlie reverse Ii aluo true that inferior
parents, by l.einit pr.iperly crowed iu
marriage, will have superior children.
The third point in the lecture was the
consi if-ralinii of lUe transniiwion of ac
quired p-uliiritien from rarens to
children A child Hill have good or bad
qualities Urge' deie'oped itccordiog as
these were ilie ruling pa tons or the
parents at Inception. Tlie next (mint
dwelt upon was the iufluence of the
mother's temperament upon the pre
natal period upon the child. So power
ful is this that it could be truly said that
the child whs partially educated before
birth. A mother can voluntarily stamp
upqti her nflspring future greatness.
Hence a woman during this period
should be guarded and nurtured with
the tenderest care for tbe child's sake.
Tiik Cold Siioui.dek It may be
doubted whether auv human beimr has
overlived to tlie age of thirty without
experiencing tile com shoulder In some
form or other. Who does not know
what it is, when casually falling in
with a couple of friends, to see them
smile significantly at eacli other, and
then accord him a older gretting than
tie expecien . or, wuo uas not neHru a
knot of his acquaintances chuckle wttt
Ill-concealed mirth when be left them ?
If any one has escaped such a fate, has
he never found the conversation of a
friend cold and abrupt when he had
hoped it would be sympathetic and
familiar? Is there a man so lucky that
he has never been made to feel that he
was hi the way when maklinia call?
llave not most ot us occasionally found
that our most interesting communica
tinus have been responded to by a va
cant "Beally," while our best stories
have failed to provoke a smile? Do no
friends who once signed themselves
"Yours very affectionately," now con
clude their letters with a chilling "Yours
truly?" Have none of the old nick
names and familiar expressions been
dropped, and are all the standing invi
tations to luncheon still hi force? Have
we not written afTectioiiate ami detailed
epistles which, afler long delay, have
received but curt notes in reply, con
taining no allusion whatever to our
irienuiy remarks and inquiries? Are
not our tempting Invitations sometimes
refused with no belter excuse than re
grets that those whom we invited are
unable to accept them ?
In Colorado a girl who cau't go after
the cows on a bare-back pony, without
bridle or halter, is looked upon with,
contempt.
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Mrs. Lockwood's .Yiotory.
Supported on either side by Juilite
bhellttbarger aud Hon. Jeremiah Wil
son, and flanked by her admirers out
side of the legal profession, sat Mrs.
Belva A. Lock wood within tbe saered
precincts of the bar or the Supreme
Court of the United Slates from higli
noon Monday until after 4 o'clock, wait
ing, not for a verdict, but for an oppor
tunity to present herself, under the new
law, for admission to tlie bar. She wan
dressed neatly hi a nlaln black velvet
dress, with satin vest aud blue cloth
coat, cut a Chomme, aud witti gold but-
lions. A neat tulle ruffle round neek
ami cutis, black kid gloves, oowuwmev
on the right lappelof nie coat, the well-
Rnovvji.gold thimble, with the addition
of asnnlature pair of Mlbr ia coJJ,
at nr? u mat Muptawr trie
scept the bead, - which was
uncovered, the hair being rolled back
from the face, and fastened in a knot by
a comb at the back. The court-room
was unusually full of casual visitors, be
side those who had come to see Belva
through. Mrs. Briges ("Olivia") occu
pied a seat behind Sirs. Lockwood, aud
of course outside tbe rail. Dr. Mary
Walker, resplendent in a new suit of
broadcloth, made strictly on male prin
ciples, a stand-up collar and bright blue
necktie, sat in tbe same vicinage, mak
ing copious notes in a demonstrative
manner in a large-sized port-folio. Sis
ter Wilcox and Mrs. Duudore were also
there. Shortly before the reai liner of
opinions was finished, Senator McDon
ald entered the room, and after a brief
congratulation of Mrs. Lockwood, ad
vanced and held a whispered talk with
Mr. Justice Harlan. To Mr. MeDouakl,
Mrs. Lockwood believes she largely owes
the success of her "bill of rights." At
last the almost endless grind of decis
ions wasover. A number of the sterner
sex were first presented to the court and
admitted to practice. Theu Mr. A. G.
Riddle, the prosecuting attorney for tbe
district, who had been sitting by Mrs.
LocKwood tor half an hour, arose, and
accompanied by Mrs. Lockwood, ad
vanced to tlie inner rail of the bar.
Here he paused to allow her to enter
first, but she waved him on and they
took their stand immediately In front
of the chief justice. Tbe success of the
application bad been tbe theme of dis
cussion alt day among the lawyers and
others In the court-room, aud as Mrs.
Lockwood walked toward tbe eight
grave and reverend seigniors who held
ail herhopes iu their hands, there was a
bating of breath and craning of necks,
especially among the outsiders. Mr.
Riddle, speaking iu a clear voiee, said:
I move to admit to the bar of this
court Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, a mem
ber ot toe bur or tlie hupreme Court or
the district, in good standing and hav
ing an extensive practice in all its
branches. I desire to state that I am
well acquainted with tho lady, and
know her to be in every way worthy to
practice here." He coutintied In some
further remarks eulogistic of his pro
lege, referring to the law under which he
made the application. Chief Justice
Waiteasked, with a smile, whether Mr.
Riddle would vouch for her character
and rer-pectability. On being assured
that lie would, the Court directed Mrs.
Lock wood to step to theolerk's desk and
take the oath. With a graceful bow, iu
acknowledgment, she proceeded to do
so, but found her brethren of the bar
who had preceded her In their applica-
catlous already fiere. Tlie oath does
not dtller rrom that in use iu the dis
trict court. After signing, she was the
subject of quite a demonstration, caus
ing a rap for onler from the marshal,
Hon. Geo. W. Julian, ex-Attorney-Gen
eral Williams aud others pressing for
ward to congratulate her on her victory.
Mrs. Lockwood was admitted to the bar
of the Supreme CoiTt of the district on
September 24, 1S73, a graduate of the
National Lniversity Law School, of
this city. Her first application to the
I idled States Supreme Court was made
three years ago, and refused on the
ground that a fair interpretation of tho
rules of the court admitted only men,
and unless the custom became more ex
tended in the States, or speelal legisla
tion iook piace on me suoject, It eould
not be done. Eight Stales now ad
mit women lawyers to their
courts. Miss Laviuia Goodell, of
Jaoesville, Wis., lias been carrying
on a similar but not so successful u war
in tbe Supreme Court of that State- She
ba obtained tbe necessary legislation,
but btsitates to repeal the application.
In- reply to a letter for ad vice. M rs. Lock
wood told her to make the trial at once.
and if successful or not, she would in
troduce her to the Lnited Stales Su
preme Court. Washington 1'btt.
The conductors of the H'owum' Jour.
nal send to the Tribune some respoiisl-
oib testimony in regard to the voting or
women in Wyoming Territory. The
Rev. Dr. Crary, a Presiding Elder of
the Methodist Episcopal Cltureh, oon
tradirts the statement that at tbe recent
election in the Territory "no women
voted except those of the baser sort."
He avers that the very best ladles of
that Territory vote, and, as they gener
ally vote ou the right side of all ques
tions, tlie lies told to their detriment
originate with men of the "baser sort;"
with defeated demagogues and disap
pointed strikers of the meanest kind of
politicians, who hate the majority of
the women because of tbelr pure lives
and indeiiendent ballots. Mrs. Matilda
Hindman, for whom Lucy Stone
vouehen aR a woman of undoubted ver
acity, drawH some charming sketches or
the election scenes. Although large
numbers of men stood around the
polling-place, not a single loud word
was to tie heard. There was no smok
ing, and no spitting on the walk, over
iiil-u iue i allies nan to pass. The
habies, too, were well taken oare'of by
lady friends while tbe mothers went to
tlie polls. Not infrequently their sweet
little faces were seen in close proximity
to the voting-place. The mothers
trundling the little carriage, with baby
snugly nestling Inside, would deposit
their votes as though it was the most
natural thing in the world. Nodrunk
eu mon Were there. There was no
crowding, pushing and jamming, suolt
as may be seen and experienced by
women at tbe theaters, operas, lectures
aud even at church when a distin
guished divine is to preach. A copy of
the same testimony, given by the iion.
John W. Kingman before tbe Massa
chusetts legislature, gives a favorable
account of "six years' practical work
ings of Woman Suffrage In Wyeming."
Iu view of this formidable array of
evidence, it must be conceded that tbe
phrase "baser sort" was used tori
hastily.