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Ut'SlHAl PSMlKHtXil cwm, rriericters.
A Jetlmol for the-People.
lnvotou to lbs Inte4or HuinanHy..
Independent In Polities and Religion.
Alive to all Uve 'iesoes, and Thoroughly
1 tad leal in Opposing and Exposlnsthe'w'rorjgs
of tbe Masses.
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toraa most make known their naraea to the.
Kill tor, or no attention will be given to theli
eommnnicatlona.
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bleTerma."
VOLUMK XX.
NUMBER H,:
ii i - nil mil - i- n in -, - . . i. .1 " ' 11 inn-ii i ng
.ELINOR NORTON.
BVStAHY KHA?:E fMHR .
S . 4'
vVH," ftf. !.! C.'l Tallin, .
they readied ! room, '"hw much
looker ar foa K4ng In fct-cp in liete
limit Ibis trifling tt .n i.-w T"
And lA iianr tiiiuetf into an arm
chair, and looked up at Frauk aotl the
- Doetor with defiant hate.
The Boater coaid seareely restrain an
angry e-xlamUoii, whit Frank looked
atcrniy dowa Into the malleirMis face,
an4 amid, bliwiy and dlatlnetly :
"We Only want jhi lonje tiwrji l
arrange a little business matter, and
then we hope never '. inraMr you
again, nor to er y, eiilier. Yu iua
think it a trifle t ruin an imi.H-etit
woman's reputation ; t!!-t it Is, to
such aa you. Bu H-r:iap tbv reuWf'f
your attempt in ti: ea-e ::-.:y i .it mh oi
so trilli uk. A yoii are aaie, J liuld
the proof i-f a crime that woul.1 eetid
yon to Hie nUeo(inry ii I gave t he
word"
"You Lave p!djtd ynnr-H-If not to
give that word, and a dear price I've
paid you for it, to!"lnke in Talbot,
fiercely.
"You tired have no fear that I will
ever break tuy pledge," xaid Prank,
ealmly ; "tout it s i happen that I also
have ample proof of another crime com
mitted by you, which proof will le atif
flcieut to consign you to prison fur the
rent of your life, or perhaps"
"Il'aa lie ! You've got no proofs!
There baa been ito crime committed 1"
stormed Talbot, with fearful oaths.
"Listen," taid Frauk, In a cold, hard
voice that chilled the luti'iu- man into
sileuee. "Do yon reaiemler the night
of the 3t of December lal ? Do you
remember the road leading north Ironi
St. AugiMiUne, and who traveled it that
night? Do yosi remember the orange
grove ami inauaioti of Mr. "
"Hush! For heaven' bal: . hush
I low did you know? it ia impoeaihle !"
internipted the Captain, in a tone of ab
ject terror, while great drops of terapl- ,
ration started out on bin iivid forehead,
and be looked away from Frank, on
whom hte gaze bad been rtvited, to the
Doctor and the policeman, searching
their faces eagerly to see if they, too,
knew hh) guilt.
"No," wrid Fmrk,sdfcg hie took,
"they do not know as yet, ami but few
do. It depends entirely yonwelf ;
whether anyone el-e tear. the terrible I
Heret or not. Hie that yon remember
tbe clrenmatance. I allude to, I trut it
the incidents of that feoiful night.'
"No! no! Not another word ! What
do you want ine to do? Fll do any
thing !" said tbe wretched belmr, as he
eame close up to Frank and bent toward
him entrentingty, his face absolutely
ghastly in Us' expression of helpless ter
ror. Frank shrank liack with instinctive
disgust, as he said, grimly :
"I want you to take your polluting
presence out of tbe country, f want
yon to lie where you cannot again harm
the woman yon have tried to destroy by
your foul slanders. Agree to thi, leave
as quickly as you can settle up your
business, and never show yourself In
the United States again, and the knowl
edge of this and still other crimes, will
remain eotifiued tn the few who already
know of your mimleeds. Itefnse, ami I
will deliver you up to the law at once."
"I will do as you require, if you will
give up tbe proof you say you have got,"
mattered Talbot, without lifting bis
eyes from the floor.
"Do as you ehoo-e. I shall never do
that," replied Frank, firmly.
Captain Talbot started up with furious
oaths, but Frank calmed him soon by
saying, quietly:
"Want is your decision? I do not
care to spend more time In tht way
Wilt you go to the penitentiary or to
Europe ?"
Tbe defeated villain started as if be
bad been struck, and, dropping into his
ehair, buried bis face in bis hands ami
groaned. At length he raised bis head,
lifted his bloodshot eyes to Frank, and
said, hoarsely
"I must consult a lawyer before I de
cide. I must have a little time to think.
Send these men out. I must talk with
you alone."
Dr. Duff shook his head warning!,
and the policeman looked amused at
tbe idea ; but Frank said :
"Certainly, if you desire It, thou-h I
repeat that I can make no concessions.
What lawyer do you wish V
"Major Jones, of 876 J street," re
plied the Captain, after a moment's hes
itation. "Very well, be shall be sent for," taid
Frauk. Then turning to bis frieuds, be
requested them to retire for a few min
utes, and to have a messenger dfs
patched Immediately for the lawyer.
They retired, very unwillingly, while
Frank remained alone with Captain
Talbot aud heard what he bad to soy,
which, however, It is not necessary to
repeat here.
When Major Jones arrived, be and his
client held a brief consultation, while
our three friends waited outside in the
hall.
"Do you suppose there is any possi
bility of that old scoundrel gettiugaway
from us by means of the window?" said
Dr. DufJ, In a low tone.
"Not the lensl," !! Fiajik. wl.it
tlte "litv man lonkul p fjoit My,
laughed litftitly, and aaM, cpto row:
"Thai would he the Ik-mI llilt-c f..r
that he eouM try ; hut I loo Mimrt
fnr that
At leneMi Frank w rllc l In an.l
luformeil hy the JIaJor that, hi rnpiire
menls would lie oomplletl with.
Caplaiii Imlliot toemed too ilrj.-etel to
talk, but sat apart In Khmmy MIence,
while Ills lawyer mule a last etTort to
secure better terras for him.
hIt Is uselesB," replietl Frank,
oannot give any asurnneea as tn Can
tain Talbot's safety, unless lie leaves
this country a Ann as imslblc and re-Ju,U0 serenii
mains airay. IrTfe reTurns, It Is afhfsl "Why do
peril
"Ami thote ilocmnents ?" said Major
Jonef, persuasively.
"Are in safe keeping, ami will remain
there; no It will be useles-a to employ
aassin t follow me again," said
Frank, turniog sharply to his enemy as
he uttered the last word.
The wretched man gazed at him an
instant In n daxed sort nf way, ami then
muttered :
"Have you got him too? The miser
able coward, did "
"Husiri Slop, Captain; you don't
know what you are baying," broke in I
hie lawyer, hastily, adding, presently,
"this trouble is upsetting you Iwclly;
you must be very direful what youtay."
"Uememlier," said Frank, "all the
Dominions, and observe them faithfully.
f ami my witnesses u ill not forget them.
you may be sure. Ami It anything
should hapeu to me," he added, sig
nificantly, turning to Talbot, "It will
not make u particle of dilleretice to you,
for everything Is so arranged now that,
should it ever be discovered in the future
that you had uttered one word against
Miss Xortou, your punishment will be
sure and unavoidable. Now, if you as
sent lo all the terms, aud promise to be
out of the country in a reasonable time,
I have nothing more tn say, exeept tn
advie you lo cease your systematic
warfare uon inuocent women. If you
do not, you will certainly be overtaken
by frightful retribution some day. You
cannot alu-aya escape."
So saying, Frank turned aud walked
away, followed hy eurses and execra
tions. He joined his friend and left the
hotel, after charging the policeman not
to lose track of his man till he was on
boanl tlte outward-bound steamer.
Captain Talbot remained for a three
dttJ,,8 v,4f aml in ,,UB Ume ,t WM a.
I1MJIlced mwh to llle surl,riseor his set,
,,,,, q,., Tabot ,,mI mM , d t
re,,,,eucet ,i,.KWei, of aU hU prol)erty,
CHAPTEK XXXV.
When December snows once more
with clinging draperies enrobed the
City of Brotherly Love, Kllnor Norton
begau her final preparation for her life
work. Kveu Dr. Dull was satisfied with
the apology tendered hor, ami those who
had so oruelly wronged her by their
readv belief of foul slanders warn soon
won to appreciation and admiration by!,ee 80,1,6 of 'our !"." W
herquiet, modest, ludy-like deportment,
her conscientious faithfulness In her
studies, and her evident genius for her
ehofeu profession.
"She Is the peer of any.ttudeut iu the
class intellectually, and the superior of
every man here morally ami spiritually,
while her bearing ami manners place
her above all other ladles who have
studied with us."
So said Professor Marstnn, rather en
thusiastically, to ProfessorGrimsby, one
day, not long after the npeuiug of the
session.
"Yes, T don't know but what you are
right, Marstnn. She Is certainly a very
worthy young woman, nnd quite exem
plary In her conduct," admitted the ex
acting Professor, who had been the last
of all to admit that good women might,
from the purest motives, wish to avail
themselves of the advantages oflered by
a first-class medical college.
Ami now, at last, all obstacles re
moved, lllinor pursued her studies with
untiring energy, aud gladdened the
heart of her faithful old friend by her
rapU1 ProKres!" wl,,,e M. Duff leaned
upon her more aud more as the Chang
lug seasons rolled on, and each succeed
ing Summer seemed more trying, ami
each Winter longer and more chilling,
to the dear old iauy, who had so unself-1
ishly lived for others more than three
score years.
Thus it was that Elinor's cares gradu
ally increased as time passed, until, by
the time she hail completed tbe course
of study, had graduated with high hon
ors, and felt that she must look about
her for a busluess location, both the
Doetor and his wife felt that they could
not possibly do without her.
"My dear child, why should you leave
us dow?" said the Doctor, earnestly,
when she spoke of tbe necessity of "get
ting to work." "I used to jest about
taking you iu as a partner; but now,
you see, it Is no joking matter. Oo in
with me, then, instead of searching for
a new place, and make us the happiest
old couple In Penn's wood a. I really
don't see how mother would live with-
ouv you now, aiier naviug you an mese ferIng mother blessed her for saving a
yearB, aud you couldn't be cruel enough darHnK child, or a husband, with ven
to waut to deprive me of both of you at ' eration and gratitude In voice and face,
t I Ml I
once, could you?"
"Oh, my child, bow can I live with
out you, sure enough?" broke In Mrs.
Dufl, without wailing; for an answer.
"Whtrt' la- ttr ilntie ll.nl jnii uanC to
letave In mir t'dd afee '
I d.iiPi ,t tn leave von. my dear
si. Iwt friend-." " d K'iimr. Strug-
eli!r hart lo ke-t hn-'K ft"" lr" nt un-t-enimlni!
! vnnjs D, ai..t nut
aornmlin); y ll, a -I fit ler
arms nlKiul Iter ail .ti4 nittlor autt laid
her lien'l oh lite faithful 1MMVr, hi
retnly to hear the buntet.a f another.
Jiio enter lady's eyefc were by no
meaiH dry, and even the practlpal, Jocu
lar old Doolnr dashed away a few stray
drop4 that sometiow had fallen nn hit
oiat cutr, altrwHigh It was n glorious,
sunlit day, wlilmut a ol ud to mar tile
blue serenily.of. heaven,
yr)tidUtress,'us' by'lallrlng
about going auay, il you don't want
to?" Mrs. Dull found voice to eay, pres
ently. "I can't think why you flmilld."
"ISeeauo I felt that I ought not to be
dependent on your kindness any longer.
There is no other reoMin," sahl Kllnor,
earnestly.
"Oh, you proud, silly child! Can
you feel that way after all this time?"
said Mis. Doff, reproachfully, while the
D Kilor, thinking of the tireless eiforta
nf his young friend to save them both
every step ami every oare she could,
aid, with deep feeling:
"My child, the dtpendeuce Is just the
other way. We put more on you thnu
we ought, I fear; so dnu't have such a
thought as that, but, if you can stand it,
stay with us and share our labors and
our home."
So at length it was all arranged satis
factorily, muali to the delight of the old
folk-, aud perhaps equally so of lilinor
herself, for her atlecttonate, home
Inviug nature hud shrunk painfully
from leaving the truest home and
friends she had ever known since child
hood, and .she was deeply touched to
learn that she was held so dear hy il.obe '
she loved ami revered, and thankful to
feel that she could conscientiously re
main with them.
The new Arm proved to lie a success
in every respect, as, contrary to her ex
pectations, Iiliuor found abundant work
tn do, for, while some women flittered
and senlled at the Idea of a woman
physician, many others weie thankful
indeed that they could now consult with
a lady of education aud refinement,
capable of symjiathlziug with them ami
understanding them, as even dear, good
old Dr. Dufl never could:
.Ali, you are taking all 1113' practice
among the mothers ami the liable,"
said lie, laughingly, one day, as tlte
three sat at dinner. "How do you man
age so soon to displace me in families
011 whom I supposed I had a life lease?"
"I could have had no chance tn dis
place you as you say, if you had not
llrst sent me to these places in your
stead, pleading illness or press of busi
ness," sold HI i nor, quickly. "And it is
only because I am a woman that any
one prefers me to you, I know, D.ietor,"
she added, earnestly.
"I always knew our girl would make
a good doctor, from the way she acted
the first time she ever went with me to
Mrs. Dull', and she looked sharply at
Elinor and then at the Doctor, saying,
as she did so, "I believe you two are
just alike in one thing."
"Is that all?" laughed the IVclor.
"What may it be?"
"Well, I think you would both rather
work for nothing than for pay. I really
think you don't take as good care or
rich patients as you do of onr ones that
never can pay you a cent iu the world."
"Oh, well, mother," said her husband,
smiling, "we get enough to eat and keep
us comfortable, don't we? And rather
more, I think, since our girl has been
helping to support us."
"Indeed we do," said his wife. "Don't
think I am Roiling fault with either of
you for being like the blessed Savior."
Aud the mild blue eyes gazed almost
reverently at the two so dear to the aged
heart.
It was a buiy, active life that Elinor
lived during that first year of practice
full of hard work ami harder trials ; but
it was good for her, nnd every hardship
had its counterbalancing blessing. She
was not I-pa red the tiling she had most
dreaded ; but she learned In endure it
better than she ever thought she could,
though mikconception of her motives
always continued to be one of the hard
est things she had to hear. Many aud
many a time, after working hard to al
leviate pain, or even to save the life of
some miserable inhabitant of a "tene
ment," she had listened with burninu
cheeks to coarse and brutal comments
upon herself as she hurried past the be
sotted wretches, some of them miscalled
gentlemen, whom whisky, as well as
natural vileness, had made Insensible to
tbe charm of purity and refinement.
At such times, she would draw her
veil closely over her face aud hasten
along the street toward the friendly
shelter of her home, feeling much like
poor Godiva, as she sped trembling
through the sightless town for the sake
of the suQering poor she would succor
at any cost to her own pure, shrinking
soul. Like that noble lady, too, per
haps she felt rewarded for her sacrifices
when the feeble tones of some poor suf-
thanked ber for the restoration to health
of a beloved wife.
Laboring zealously and intelligently,
our friend had many such rewards, even
1 In the early rt f Hh-e, fnr he
Mije-l wi "ly lltewthnleal ktHtwI-
jtilge nrisiy fr her dulle, but that
! eeRliar, Ii d-erlUMih qitnltly en een-
lial to a tine ph -MiiMI. thai l, the
ixiivt-r of 'jrtxti, nii-iil .aTy, I In- hidden
vw ktnu "f ll-Ht WMWdtrfnl' ph-eo l
uii-rhunti'iii in whieti dtteft Ihehmnan
wiol. Marvelnux, ln'i'li it i in tin
'eniiipiexhy, Ms perfect adajdahility to
its multiform "environment," IU won
derful refelfallug and rtcuproling Miver
In short, lu ite perfect adaptation tn the
needs of itssplritual oeeupt ut and mint
marvelous to thoone who most studies
ivlio m
l4l
its wonders.
To ba ootJtto
GIVE THE QIELS A OHAHOE.
HY M1IS It. A. lairnilAKY.
S- much Itao lieeu said ami written
alioul "Our Glrlf," that it rmild seem
that the sul-j ct U an Ineshaustlhlenue.
We cm aeareely take up a paper, bonk
or magaaiue but we aeo some of the fol
lowing articles, "Hints to O iris," "Ad
vice to Sloiliera," "IysMoiia of JCcotminy
for Wive-i," eto. Alnmst any beardlets
Ik; fvels ipiite compftetit and author
ized tn advise wives in the duties of
housekeeping, and mothers how to train
their children. Notwithstanding all
that has been cald and written, much
of which Is mere cant ami undue criti
cism, there Is a muoh-iietrtled reform in
the manners aud customs of training
girls.
Xow, I hope none of the girl readers
of the XoitTHWKsr will think
that they are about lo receive another
castigntlou, for it is the fathers and the
mothers, ami society In general, that I
propose to address. I am inteiested In
the dear girls, for I am the mother nf
girls, and feel that few iierhapi are
n"'re I,Hll,e,1 ,ha" 1 to 8ee tl,u "lilrect-
eil ideas ami wrongs resulting therefrom
iu the training nf our girls from birth
to womanhood aud wifehood yes, far
ther back still, to their prenatal condi
tions. To abrogate some of these, I
submit the following: Fir-I, give them
a sound and healthy organization and
right conditions of living through child
hnod; second, give them a comprehen
sive education ; third, give them em
ployment; fourth, give them money;
fifth, give them property; sixth, give
them the power to protect property.
Iu my opinion, none of thee proposi
tions Is so important as the first. Every
child born, whallier.girl or boy, Is enti
tled to a sound organization, physically
and mentally, and pirents might to feel
that they have 110 moral right to be
queath slekly, dwarfed, poorly-organ
ized children to society. Society is
made up and dependent uu individuals,
and individuals are dependent on soci
ety. This fact suggests another, that
individuals are entitled to a pure and
healthful society in which to live. Not
a puny babe can wail and sutler and die
without to a greater or less extent uf-
fecliug society, if II Is but lo touch and
pain the tender cords nf sympathy. The
dreadful mortality among children is
truly appalling. Wherever we go, we
are brought into the association of sad
and bleeding hearts. Some one nf the
dreadful maladies which choose children
for their victims has suddenly swoo-ied
down into a community, like a terrible
simoon, snatching a victim here and
there ere we can realize the fact. There
Is certainly a wrong somewhere. Chil
dren ought to he born to live. Parents
should give their children such pure
and healthy surroundings and condi
tions as will contribute to their comfort,
health and happiness. Give them pure
food and drink, good clothing properly
adjusted, pure air, exercUe aud recrea
tion, nnd we have thrown around them
a powerful safeguard. Our girls of the
present day are placed in a hot-bed and
pushed from the cradle lo the crave.
Almost a9 sooti as they drop their baby
robes, they orp pushed into fight-filling
garments, still" laced boots, embroidery,
laces, aud crimping pins, which rob
them of many of their natural, health
ful, girlish sports and exercises. At loo
early a period they are pushed iuto
schools, exposed to so many of the dan
gerous surroundings and Influences of
school-rooms, ami their premature
minds overtaxed with task duties.
Added to this they must have painting
and drawing, or some of the flue
arts. Music has become- a kind of
mania, which almost everybody is at
tempting, while only the few make it a
success. It is fashionable, aud every
little girl, before she enters her "teens,"
in addltlou to ber already over-taxed
mind and body and unnatural surround
ings, must be doomed to spend two or
more hours each day "practicing" In
one of those uninviting places called
parlors, where scarcely a ray of light or
glen in of sunshine ever enters too nice
for a living room, and not fit to be sick
or die In. In childhood they are pushed
into society, assuming the places and
occupations of women. Instead of our
laughing, sporting, rollicking, frolick
ing Susans and Frankles and Mamies,
they ore merged Into "Miss Morse,"
"Miss Jones," or "Miss Smith." From
fifteen to eighteen they are pushed into
matrimony, to assume the responsible
duties of wifehood and motherhood be
fore the organs of either mind or body
are fitted for such positions because
society requires it, and the laws, which
mothers did uot make, permit It. Ob!
bow we are pained to see tbe many poor
glrl-motuera, tbo roses faded from tbelr
obks, tire brillltucy from their eyes,
nnd lliey ready to be pushed into the
grave and called n'd before thpy havo
renahed the ag-if well-developed wom
nnlHHwI. T'ls profuxltfin lias been no
ticed Isrgely from a nefUive sland
Hiiut, Imi yon so flie drift of the argu
ment. Oirr, them u comprehend e etlaoafiOH.
In th.?s- days of liters ry ndvantagesand
attainments, and at a peri ml .vtien girls
are allowed equal advantages witli boys
In many of our schools and nolleges, It
may seem unnecessary to urge the edu
cation of our girls, were it not that we
mean one more comprehensive than a
text-book education. That we leave
with .our, educators except that It Is
hanily wise to leave our girln lo pursue
snub a course as the usual stereotyped
routine of a college education. There
are many things to be considered the
time, the mental and physical forces,
the adaptation of each to certain studies,
and, as far as possible, the future appli
cation of the same. But thete is not so
mueli objection to the course usually
pursued as in the manner aud circum
stances iu which it Is pursued. Owing
to an ignorance or neglect of the laws
of life which govern our minds and
bodies, there are but few of our girls
that go through college who do not
come nut physically wrecked, their
health so shattered, anil consequently
their mental forces so exhausted, that
they are unable to receive the benefits
of the application of their knowledge,
and many die, their talents covered in
untimely gruves before their education
is completed They possess the jewels,
but, alas ! nn oasket to hold them.
Our girls need to be taught economy
ami the knowledge of business, trade
and commerce such as will call iuto
question their individuality and inde
pendence of thought and character.
Teach them the duties of wives and
mothers the science of housekeeping.
A girl is but half educated, though she
may have conquered all the sciences
aud fine arti, if she Is ignorant of do
mestic aud iifeful knowledge, whether
or not an application of Mich ktiowledge
Is demauded of her. One of the great
errors iu regard lo the leaching of our
girls is the "cramming" process inva
riably adopted, which has a tendency to
destroy the taste for future study. Edu
cation Is a constant process of develop
ment, aud therefore a life work. A
well-trained mind In a strong body will
expand and develop from youth to old
age. One strong roason why so many
of our girls are so easily satisfied with
useless, trashy reading, that does not
tax tlie minds, is because of the "cram
ming" process.
Give them employment. In less than
a single decade the time will come that
a girl who has no business, trade or pro
fession will lie In line with such men of
to-day, "tramps." We are disposed to
look with suspicion upon the mnu who
presumes to jtass in the ranks of society
with no special profession, trade or bus
iness that is remunerative. It will soon
be as true of girls. Nothing can be
more elevating to the character of our
girls than honorable employment. Idle
ness is the parent of vice. Such have
been the changes within the last few
years relative to woman's work aud po
sition In society that we find very many
avenues opened up to our girls which
were closed to women when we were
young. In addition, fclrls now have an
almost equal place iu educational labor,
aud the doors" of medical, law aud theo
logical schools are opened to women.
Trades are aUo available. Mothers, we
flinuld begin early to watch the uatural
developments of adiptation In our girls
for certain professions, trades, or busi
nesses, and educate them specially for
the positions which will suit them, and
aid them In securing such places. It Is
useless to educate an artist for a teacher
or banker, or for one naturally domestic
to be urged into the editorial sanctum
or the lecture field. Let no girl feel that
it Is right or safe to leave the parental
roof to enter Iuto society destitute of
the means of n lucrative employment,
The time for girls lo be bequeathed to
society as parasites, to be petted and
supported, is well nigh past; It will
soon he a dishonor, as it should be,
rather than something to he proud of.
This naturally brings U9 to the consid
eration of our next proposition.
Give them money, as it Is given to
their brothers, whou they earn and are
entitled to It. Every child, as soon as
It can count ten cents, should be taught
the real valuo of money, and should
have a separate purse in which to de
posit Its little earnings aud gifts; as
soon as a few dollars are accumulated,
havo it appropriated .for something use
ful and durable, or loaned for Interest
This is the only way to tench our chil
dren the value and use of money.
are often reminded of the extravagance
of girls. This Is largely because they
never have enough money or ttieir own
earnings at their disposal to know lis
real worth. This fact Is detrimental to
the present happiness and future pros
perity of our girls. Many of our indus
trious better class of young men refuse
to marry because they feel unable to
support these girls of extravagance and
Idleness, who are utterly unable to sup
port themselves. Many unhappy mar
riages are the result of this helplessness
of girls, who have neither occupation
nor money, and marry for a home and
a support. They are sent out into so
ciety without a dime in their pockets;
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they must enjoy the pleasures of .the
social world, which cost .mnney, amlJ
therefore they are brought under oblv
gut ions toyouug men of doubtful char
actcr, who readily spend money, (ir the
pleasure aud entertainment nf such
girls. We should as much avoid send
ing our, girls into society for a single
day, without money sullicleut to make
them independent and safe, as we would
avoid a pest-house. As soon as the duty
of giving our girls employment and
money is generally adopted' we .will
have but few girls marrying for a Iianie.
Men want partners for wives instead of
"clinging vines," that are a constant
tax upon their pockets and their time,"
and, moreover,,, we will have amorJ
useiui ami iiiuepeutieni typo or woman
hood when it need not any longer be
said that women, because they are
women, are unfitted for business tran
sactions and to assume responsibilities
and liabilities. Because of this wrong
usage practiced by women, ami adopted
by society, special legislation is thought
to be necessary for women, which not
only places women in thecatalogue with
idiots aud criminals, but robs them of
their money, their property, and their
God-given right to telf-protectinn and
eelf-governmeut.
How Gain Got His Wife.
A few years ago, soys Harper's
atine, while the Alabama aud Chatta
nooga Railroad was in progress of con
struction, it was a favorable field for
colored preachers to labor and take up
collections "for de spread oh de gospel."
Among these a frequent visitor was old
Father Helms, from Tennessee, whose
vivid eloquence and practical "spound
in' oh de Sacred Word" were very at
tentively listened to by large congrega
tions nf the sable race, with nn small
delegation of interested white listeners
upon the outskirts, t'pou one occasion,
assembled in a lovely Alabama grove,
he addressed his congregation thus:
"Ladles aud gentlemen nb my beloved
congregation Haviu' colched a bad
cold de odder eveniu', I shan't attempt
to preach to yer ills Sabbath mnrnln',
but will read a chapter from de Bible,
aud 'spouud It as I go along."
He then rend the fourth chapter of
Uenesis, alter which lie continued his
remarks :
"Ds odder ovenin' I tuk for my tex'
de tragedy in de garden of Eden tie kill
in' ob Abel and de cuss and drivln out
ob Cain. And after de sermon one ob
yer smart young darkies one ob dese
thin-skinned, saleratu9-complextoiied
darkies steps up-to me, and says lie,
'Fader Helms, yer disremembered to
tell us who Mr. Cain married down in
de laud o' Nod; was it his 111 udder?'
Dere was a grinnln' crowd ob no 'couut,
trillin' uiggers will him, an' I 'spected
at once dat de white folks had sent him
up to ax de question. I was so overcome
witli a sense ot no siniuines anu
threat
'sumption oh de sinners, bote white aud ; Worthy a Monument. The heroic
black, dat I could say nufliii. I had spectacle of filial devotion which Is pre
nullln to s-ay. I tuk the question under sented to our minds bv the noble defenso
prayerful consideration, an' de answer"
were made plain. I'm gwine to 'spouud
dat part oh de Scripter to yer.
"Who Cain's wife was, and whar he
got her, is plain tn de all-seing eye ob
faitii In the Garden ob Eden Cain
raised right smart crops of garden truck
aud such. Hut after de slewing ob his
Christian brudder Abel, we don't read
ob his workiu' no mo'. He tuk his gun
aud dogs and went down into dat sleepy,
lazy, no 'count section ob Xod, and
loafed arnun' dat country; an' bavin'
lost all oh bis self-respec and pride ob
family aud state, de nex' we near on Htm
he had got so low down an' trifling dat
he married 11 gal oh one ob dree nn
'count, poor, white-trash families which
de inspired 'postle didn't considerllttin'
to meullou In tie lioly word."
The reverend '"spounder" gazed
around upnn his admlriug congregation
with an air or triumph, and a tirntner
struck up the hymn, "Whar, oh! whar,
am de Hebrew chillen ?"
Good stories are always born twins.
We all remember the quaint story of
Kiiftis Choate, who, when told that If he
pursued his tiard work he would ruin
his constitution, replied mat tue consti
tution was gone long since, and that for
years he had been living on the by-laws.
And of Sheridan the counterpart is toiu.
He was somewhat given to indulgence
in stronir drink. When remonstrated
with aud told that the quantity of
brandy he drank would certainly destroy
the coat of his stomach, he quietly
nnured out another class, aud replied :
"Well, then, my dear friend, there Is
nothing for mv stomach to do but to
digest In its waistcoat."
Talk of the bravery of the sterner sex!
Do you remember the first time you
asked her. "Will vou take my arm?"
while you trembled all over like the
narrative of a stump-tail dog, and ex
perienced the sensatiou of having swal
lowed your Adam's apple, what did she
do ? Why, she took your arm as coolly
as she would eat a ptcKie.
Some persons have a great faculty for
shaver who stood at tbe foot of his class
when we were sehool boys together, now
proudly guards the left field In Borne
crack base-ball club, and Is playing for
a fielding average of .970. Aew JIacen
HeylilCT.
It was at Kantncket, the other day.
On the way up from the boat one of tbe
party asked the driver, "Do they play
'Pinafore' here?" "Guess not," was
the answer of the benighted islander,
with a puzzled look, "but they play
billiards." Boston Tranecripl.
If.llll r llll III LIIH nilllu. i V .......
"So," said a Texas lawyer, as he
nlaced a couple of loaded Derringers on
the table before him, "the furl that this
witness Is a desperate man, will not
deter me from asking him such ques
tions as I may deem proper."
Anew field for the speaking telephone
has recently been discovered by utiliz
ing tbo American barbed wire fences as
local lines connecting distant farm
houses, ami practically uuiting the
farming populations.
Wound no one's feelinps unnecessar
ily; there are thorns enough In thepathof
uumaa me.
st urn Errs uo.e.
BY MILS. L. C WUiroN.
TUjuorr ih-1, n ea of Uw larehm iImw,
MnlkmleM l,i !,l in the lanuuul air;
wyi'iM the swwibrtern frayr.
Vt We bloom laving their gold hearts bare.
InirulhinKone by one;
hummer Is aJruosl done.
Deerier-lHiel r. hava lonz ilnre lld -
niSiiSlVh b.w mISI"1' tew"iis miittty;
mvm of tbr ll.KiiM by hnt nans drteil,
tiwBKUli p.le B.xxt vine xroiui: Blah:
Utile liruoka rainier run-
Hum iBr llino!ti duuv.
Later the flush of the annrise tweeps
Hhodaintue toe ralga of the slow-ominetay :
Earlfer aHade ol the twilight cro-ps '
Over tMe swallows skhnniing away;
Cricket tbelr notes have begun:
' Ha ranwr Is almost dons.
Darkened to monrning the sad-colored beech,
KrnittT the nasi In Its Darole bourhs lie:
Something elusive we never can reach
iwrpenx ine siory 01 nays going by;
AQaufnath Ilea iuMaauu;
. ct-i jjon, mens aMtoWVone.
Child, why regret tbatKnmmermiwt go?
Swwl lies the aarmaih left in the sun:
Lives that ar earnest more beautilut grow
mi 01 a enuunooa in oeaniy negnn;
Harvest of gold can be won
Only when Summer is done!
-Wide Awake.
Sixoi.k MARltfAOBS. The best in
stincts of the noblest men aud women
iu all climes and all ages have turned
towards mouogamy, or the devotion of
one man to one woman and her poster
ity, as tue wisest, most uatural and
healthy arrangement of the sexes.
Young love, budding and blossoming in
tue suusutiie of lire, gladly and heartily
volunteers promises of endurlnc; and
exclusive devotion. The world Is right
111 holding that the manly man and
womanly woman, the well-balanced
minds, will find the path of least resis
tance in a constancy to such early vows.
The high aud holy consummation of all
sexual love, in the perfect child, and
the perfect future of Humanity, can bo
attained iu no other system. In its
progress toward such consummation
true love brushes aside all obstacles or
surmounts them w.ilh joyful ease. 2fa
tious who have adhered most closely to
this system have subued all others.
X Y. Man.
Mrs. Louise II. Thomas, of Taeony,
Philadelphia, lias a beautiful farm of
twenty acres uuder her management.
She looks after everything about the
farm, takes sample bags of wheat to the
mills and sells her crop by It, and has
twice received ten cents ou a bushel
more than any of iter neighbors. SI10
has four acres of wheat this season,
under cultivation, but takes most inter
est in her cows, chickens aud bees. Her
cows are Jerseys, and ber butter sells at
G5 cents a pound' on the average. She
disposes of two buudred pounds of butter
yearly and ouejiundred dollars worth of
honey. Her chickens are of the pure
Brahma breed, aud she has a hatching
house built after the plan of one used by a
French lady near Paris. She sometimes
raises one thousand chickens a year,
uses many, and sells others at from Si
to $3 a piece. Mrs. Thomas is a finely
educated woman and has traveled ex
tensively in Europe aud in this country.
Mrs. Thomas is a stroug Woman Suf
fragist. of Judge Chisolm by his son and daugb-
ter is not excelled iu history. The ac
count should be written up for aud in
serted in the school-books of the coun
try for the benefit of our youths, and a
monument in commemoration of such
devotion would grace the capital city.
It is a subject for a grand historic paint
ing which would clothe with glory the
American artist who should do justice
to it. In that scene, the antipodes of
human nature are brought into juxta
position, the highest and lowest that
can sway the human heart. Let it live
tn History, though it lie, as it Is, at once
the glory and the shame of our people.
.lmerican Home.
Borax and Xiteu for Hoarseness.
La France Metlical remarks that these
two salts have been employed with ad
vantage iu cases tit Hoarseness and
aphonia occurring suddenly from the
action of cold. The remedy is recom
mended tn singers and orators whose
voices suddenly become lost, but which
by these means can be recovered almost
instantly. A little piece of borax, tbe
size ol a pea, is to be slowly dissolved in
the mouth ten minutes before singing
or speakinu. The remedy provokes an
abundant secretion of saliva, which
moistens the mouth and throat. This
local actioti of the borax should be aided
by an equal dose of niter, taken in warm
solution, before goiug to bed.
Women are more prudent than men.
As a rule, women are more faithful
than men ten times as faithful as men.
I never saw a mau pursue bis wife Into
the ditch aud dust of degradation and
take her in Ills arms. I never saw a
man stand at the shore where she bad
been morally wrecked, waiting for tbe
waves to bring back even her corpse to
his arms; but I have seen womau, with
her white arms, lift man from the mire
of degradation, and hold blm to ber
bosom as if he werean angel. Ingeraoll.
Mr. Bright has been shocking the
Euglish people by telling them that
their government of India is nothing
but a despotism as much so as if it
were under a Czar and not under a
Queen. More than one-half of tbe
revenue derived from those 200,000,000
Hindoos is spent to support tbe Indian
army.
The baby oyster is not much bigger
than a pin's head at tbe end of a fort
night, aud at three months old only tbe
size of a split pea. In a year it will be
come as large as a five-ceut nickel, and
at the end of four years' growth is fit for
the market.
The Idea that you can read a man's
thoughts in his face is all bosh. Look
the man in the faco who borrowed ten
dollars from you a year ago "for a day
or two," and it expresses nothing but
blaukness the blankest kind.
A mother, noticing berllttle daughter
wipe her mouth with her dress sleeve,
asked ber what her handkerchief was
for. Said the little one: "It is to shake
at tbe ladies in the Btreet. That Is what
papa does with bis."
If your llpa would keep from slips,
five things observe with care of whom
you speak, to whom yoa speak, and.
bow and when and where.