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CKAPTEB XXXII.
OBSTMCraOim VOHANHOOB.
Night eame on apeso, bringing with
Its shades a lowering storm. Tbe last
chHil was snugly stowed away in Its
luimbie bed, awl there was do danger
titat Peter Tubbe would return for at
least a fifty or two, ami 'Ltae was once
more alone. An open fire smouldered
on tbe blackened hearth, and an omi
nous death-watch worked ceaselessly In
tbe shattered wall. Site took a candle
and went from bed to bed and from
room to room to view her sleeping
oharges. Without, tbe rain fell in tor
rents, and within, the tumult or her
feelings was almost overwhelming.
She stooped and kissed eaeh sleeper
with a mother's passion suoh a passion
as tbe despair of death wrings from the
lone survivor of a cruel fate.
"If I oould only take you with me,
darlings mine!" sbe wailed, at length,
bs, crouching before tbe trundle bed
where the two youngest of her loved
and helpless ones were slumbering, she
bowed her head before the overshadow
ing darkness of an agony that was un
utterable. Site tried to pray, but oould
not. Sbe was stupefied with- despair.
Sbe was dumb before the appalling
prospect of separation from the helpless
bone of her bone and flesh of her flesh
which bad tied her fast by her heart
etriugs through all tbe weary years of
ber married life to a union that her very
eotil continually spurned with loath inc.
For a long time sbe knelt thus in
speechless agouy. Then sbe arose and
arrayed herself with a shabby shawl
and battered bonnet, and turned for a
last long, lingeriug look at her sleeping
children. Agalu &he knelt beside the
trundle bed. Again sbe essayed to pray,
and again her tongue was powerless to
give her longings utterance. .She closed
ber eyes and clasped her hands before
them. She shuddered convulsively.
Her very heart throbs eeased, and she
relapsed into unconsciousness.
How long she remained in this coodi
Uon she did not know ; but u hen she re
covered her senses the wild wind and raiu
bad eeased, and through a crevice in the
outer wall the gibbous moon was shin
ing. Tbe caudle had burned to Its
socket. The work of the death-watch
bad ceased. She was shivering as if
from an ague flt. Again she Itowed her
bead and essayed to pray. She could
not speak, but a strange calm grew sud
denly up within iter heart, am! a strange
light, that did not seem to come from
tbe moon, filled the shabby room with
a peculiar crystalline radiaoee. She
fixed her eyes upou vacancy, and white
sbe gazed the gauzy light took form and
substance, and a pair of kindly eyes
beamed full upon Iter with a look of
radiant peace.
"Mother IngleUm .'" site exclaimed,
aloud.
Ami then it seemed that her great
trials all at once grow less, and she
weodered much at her sudden hsppi-
"Do nothing rashly, precious daugh
ter. Wait, wait, wail" exclaimed a
voice, which broke upon tbe startled si
lence of tbe hour like the near-by crack
ef doont.
Tbe resolution that Mrs. Tubus bad
nursed so strongly for a fortnight for
sook her instantly. Sbe leached forth
ber bands to clasp the filmy form from
which tbe voice had seemed to emanate;
but sbe clasped instead the empty air.
Tbe dying candle flickered for an In
stant and expired, leaving her alone
with her children, the impression of
tbat mysterious presence, and her own
suddenly calm and strangely peaceful
thoughts.
"What all this waiting is for, I cer
tainly know not; bat there Is, there
must be, overruling wisdom in It, else it
would not be," Bba said, aloud. "I will
be obedient to tbe heavenly vision. I
wIM do nothing rashly. I will wait,
wait, wait!"
With this resolve sbe quietly removed
her wraps, and, undressing, crept shiver
ing Into tbe trundle bed between her
steepiug little ones, and listened tbauk
fully to the slghlng.wail of the dying
night wind, into which she bad so nearly
ventured, a childless, homeless wan
derer. .
. In her dreams tbat nigbt sbe sUue-
gled painfully in climbing a long ami
steep and rugged mountain. But, no
matter how precipitous the way ; no
matter if huge bowlders overhung the
path, or wild beasts-growled defiance at
ber approach ; no matter If the thunders
. rolled or ligbtuings flashed, or her
haBds grew tired or her feet weary, eer
and always, as she elambored upward,
carrying her children with ber, tbe
beaming face of mother Ingieton ap
peared in advance of her footsteps, over
her head a bow of promise, and beneath
her feet the shadows of despair.
When Peter Tubus returned to the
house after his three days' abseuce on
jury duty, be found, instead of the deso
late hearthstone to which he bad trem-
blingly expected to come, tbat for once
bis wife bad overruled her own uesper-
ate resolve, and bad gone to work again
at her old luaukless task of keeping
boarders for him and bis for hire.
He surveyed the situation with 111-
dfegnlsed satisfaction, but mercifully
abstained from open exultation.
In a little while he sought his legal
adviser, Hard pan.
"Come over -and board with us,
Judge," he said. "You're welcome to
free entertainment In my house as long
as Court sits. If it hadn't been for you,
elie'd have got away with tbe whole
concern."
"It's well Indeed for men that there
are salutary laws to restrain obstreper
ous women," said the Judge, as he
ribbed bis bands gleefoliy
"Yes, you may well sey it's well for
the men,"- replied the not altogether
happy husband ; "but, after all, isn't it
a little hard on the womeu V
'Don't be a fool, Tubbs. Of course It
would be bard on the women If they
possessed the self-esteem and firmness
tbat naturally belong to men. But
with women it's dllle'rent. They are
weak-minded and irresolute. You uever
siw one of 'em yet that wouldn't squeal
when you'd steal her chickens."
"I wish I could take the view of mat
ters that you do, Judge. But hang me
if I believe I've served 'Llze exactly
right. In spite of your logic, I can't
help thinking tbat I'd feel better if I'd
do by her as I'd want her to do by me."
"Theu what tbe deuce are you croak-
In' about ? You .brag one minute about
your luck in bringin' her In terms, and
the next you berate yourself like a self
condemned pirate over the bole busi
ness. I'd be a man or a mouse, if I were
you, Pete. A man that can't rule his
own household wisely and well oughtn't
to have a family."
"It seems that you failed once upon a
time to rule your household to your lik
ing, Judge Hardpan "
Peter Tubbs bad trodden purposely
upon tbe Judge's leuderest corn.
"If I couldn't control, I eonld crush.'"
the Judge cried, savagely. "When my"
wife grew obstinate, I took a different
method to subdue her from that I ad
vised for you, beeause the two women
were so deueedly different, don't you
see ?"
Peter Tubbs mutt have "seen," for lie
bowed his bead in acquiescence.
"My wife," continued tbe Judge,
"was a timid, shrinking little thing,
and never worth a cent to take her own
part excel wheu her temper was up,
and then, sometime9, she'd try me
dreadfully. But she'd lie gay enough
when I wasn't 'roun.l, so I'd hear; aud
once, when I'd beeu oil' on a eircult for
several mouths, some o' my chum
came to me with stories that looked
plausible on their faee, which I was
obliged to resent, or lose my dignity as a
husband. Not that I ever believed any
harm of the woman ; but things looked
bad. The neighbors were talking about
Iter, and I couldn't afford to allow my
honor to be doubted. Jtfj wife had to
hold herself above suspicion, or abide
tlie consequences. I accused ber of mar
itnl infidelity. Why. Tubbs, you ought
to have seen and heard her. I'd no idee
there was so much grit in Iter. You
never see a tiger robbed of Iter cubs cut
half so many shines. Site vowed that
she'd leave me, aud eaid abe'd always
hate me, and a great deal more on tbat.
strain ; but, blee-i you, she'd never con
fees Iter guilt, nor anything bordering
on it."
"Didn't you say yon didn't believe
Iter guilty?"
"Yes ; but I didn't admit it to her.'
And when she got too sassy over it, in
order to vindicate my conjugal honor
and set myself right before tjie public, I
jost packed her trunk awl traps anil set
'em outdoors, and when the stage came
along, I hail 'em put her aboard ami
ship her back tn her people."
"And the children?"
"I kept 'em, you bet!"
A more cultivated listener might have
beeu disgusted with the Judge's slang.
Peter Tubbs was disgusted only with his
heart! ess nees.
"Didn't she grieve over the separa
tion, Judge?"
"Oh, yes. That was part of the pro
gramme, you see. She hired out at
kitchen service here and there for a year
or two, and supported herself and sent
the children presents once in a while;
but I'd never let her set eyes on them,
and after a while they forgot her."-
"But you're living together now, I
bear."
"Oh, yes. It's deuced incouveulent,
raising your young ones without a
mother. Kverybody else tbat does any-1
tiling for them has to be hired, you'
know. Besides, I'd already viudieated
my h-uior before tbe ptibllc by banish
ing ber from hotne. Sbe bad no busi
ness, as my wife, to get herself talked
about, you see. After I'd let tbe public
know that I appreciated my own dig
nity, I was willing then to compromise
with her."
"Was sbe willing to go back to you ?"
"No," speaking slowly and with a
peculiar emphasis. "But, you see, I
knew the woman nature of tbe animal
about ber young ones, aud I made the
chickens jeep for her. That fetched
her. There's nothing humiliating that
you can think of that a mother won't do
for her children."
"I know it, Judge. But I confess that
it looks like taking an unfair advantage
of a woman, after all, to tie her to you
by such a prosess. I half wish I'd let
'Lize go to her mother witli the whole
kit of her young ones."
"Don't be a ninny, Tttbba. Stand on
your dignity as head of the family, and
bold up for your rights."
"See here, Judge 1 Wasn't theresome
sort of a rather Itard story con
nected with your history ouce? I
mean, didn't you have a hang It! you
understand. Didn't you fall in love
with a pretty servant girl, and make
your wife a good deal of trouble once?"
"I won't deny that I fell In love witli
tbe girl. How could a warm-hearted
man help it, I'd like to know?"
"Did the neighbors gossip about it ?"
"Oh, yes."
"What did your wife say?"
"Nothing, particular. She oried aud
grew sick, and was as unreasonable aji
tlwugh she thought she'd married a
saitit, and had a right to expect him to
live up to her Ideal. She dismissed tbe
servant, ami did her own Washing when
she wusu't able, rather than have her
'round. She hadu't cost me a dollar for
help for a whole year before I sent her
off."
"Suppose, now, Judge, that she'd had
the power to banish you from home and
children, and throw you Into dNgrace,
uot because you were guilty, but be
cause somebody had told her that you
were how would you have liked it?"
"Thai's a hos of another color, Peter
Tubbs. There's no danger that women
will ever get the upper hand of men like
that."
"But, after all, Judge, It does seem to
me as though what's sauce for the gnoee
ought also to be sauce for the gander."
'And it's ju9t such admissions as this
on the part of. Iamb-hearted men that
makes women ready to raise the dick
ens nowadays about their rights. You
once let your. wife get it into ber head
that you have a conscience about such
tliiug", and you can no more hope to
manage her than if she wai an untamed
deer. If you keep women in their
proper sphere, you've got to get the m
per hand of 'em, and keep It."
"But the question Is, how would ice
like It if the tables were turned?"
"But they're Hot turned, and not likely
to be. Suppose we go up to your house.
If I'm to board witli you fur u month,
I'd like to eeieot my room and get ray
valise brought over. You can semi one
o' your boys after it."
Peter Tubbs hung his head. While
It was true that in the lirst flush of vic
tory he had invited the Judge to come
to his house, his better nature revolted
at the insult aud wrong that would thus
be heaped upou his wife.
"I've some good news for Mrs. Tubbs,
Peter. And I'll set her all right by
telling ber of it when I go up to the
house. You needn't hang your bead ;
it's all right?"
"What news have you to tell ?"
"Wait and see. I'll tell her In your
presence."
Mrs. Peter Tubbs was busy in the
kitchen. Judge Hardpan entered un
ceremoniously aud accosted her with a
groly familiar "good-morning."
Her hands were in the flour, and she
was mixing bread. She raised herself
to her fullest height audonnfroiited him
without speaking.
"Judge Haril(KU), 'Ii'za," said her
husband, tremuloudy.
"I have no desire t renew the ac
quaintance," site answered, haughtily.
"But I have good news for you, Mrs.
Tubbs."
Involuntarily her thoughts flashed
bac.k to the long ago. Good news, to
her mind, had always been associated in
some mysterious way with John Ingle
ton her John. She blushed deeply,
and her eyes grew bright, while her
heart beat painfully.
"Well ?" she said, pausing with her
hand iu the sticky compound.
"Will you be civil if I tell you?"
"I am always civil, sir."
"Will you make mo welcome here for
a month If I tell you?"
"I am not purchasing information,
sir."
"Then hang it 1- I'll" tell you any
how. Mrs. Hartllue has made ber
will."
"Well, what of U ?" she asked, nerv
ously tugging away at her dough.
"What Is that to me?"
"I'd say It was a good deal to you,
seeing she's willed you the old home
stead aud ten thousand dollars In bank
stock."
"Poor mother!" she ejaculated, fer.
vently. "Her heart always was iu the
right plaoe."
"When are we to take psesiion ?"
asked Peter, expectantly.
"Xot till after the old lady's death.
She's fearful headstrong, aud Is. Sap-
pingiou tens me that she'd listen 10 no
body's advlee about making her will.
John Hardlne's as mad as a March hare
over It; swears he'll do desperate thing;
says the old woraau's crazy, aud be can
prove It. But there's no telling how
these' things will turn out."
"Who transacted thebusiue's?" asked
Mrs. Tubbs.
"Is. Sapplnglon aud a lawyer from
Chemeketa. The old woman had her
eyes peeled. She got medical experts
to give her certificates of taulty, and
managed It all very shrewdly. Sapp
says it's an iron-olad will. I haven't
seen It."
Mrs. Tubbs had been Inwardly expect
ing tbat some such arrangement would
bo made by her mother before her death.
She knew that If faithful service ever
deserved a reward of the kind, the bail
earned It. But she would have scorned
to ask it; nnd, now that It was given
voluntarily, her feelings overcame her,
and she fell upon the floor and wept.
"It's tbe way with the women;" 6ald
the Judge to Teter. "I'd 'a' supposed
that Uze Hardiue was proof against
that sorto' weakness; but it seems it's
In the sex. She'll recover her equanim
ity after a while, if you'll let her alone.
Now, show me a room, won't you ?"
The two men left the kitchen to
gether, aud took teats in the dining
room. "I say, Judge, do you think lite old
lady'll die oil pretty t-oon?"
Jui!gplfnriipan laughed immoder
ately. "What a pity she Isn't dead already,
so you could enter luto possession of
your patrimony at ouce. Eh, IViter?"
The expectant beneficiary did uot re
ply. "I'd say she'd be likely to live half a
dozen years or so ; aud if she goes on
making money at her present rate, your
wife'll be worth fifty thousan' at least
by the time the ole woman's through
with the farm. But it's a pity women
cau't die when the world's dono with
em."
PeterTubbs also thought it a pity, but
Jie could uot bring himself to say o. It
was not an easy" thing for liitn tn be
wholly unscrupulous and bad.
Mrs. Tubbs could not have wept mure
convulsively or felt more deeply stirred
Iu her finer feelings if the news given
had anuouneed her mother's death. It
wus with the utmost difllcuity that she
schooled herself to her renular toil ; and
when the middle of the afternoon had
come, and she was ready to sit down and
write to tier mother, the flllal gratitude
of her heart went out In strains of gush
ing tenderness that, strange to say, wore
destined to be perverted by the court at
last Into evidence that she had used
"undue influence" in securing a ill iu
her own favor from the hand of a weak
minded and eadly-persiiBiled mother,
whom she had caused to discriminate
unjustly against her brother and slaters
and in favor of herself.
"My precious mother," she wrote, her
heart so full that she forgot to date her
missive, "I do so long to be with you
aud care for you In jour declining days!
I look hack upon the years wheu you
were a helpless invalid, ami hud no
friend but mp. as the very happiest of
my thwarted life. And, if it only could
lie so that I might have you with me,
that I might brighten your closing
years and smooth your pathway to your
heavenly mansion, I should so rejoice to
minister In you. My precious mother,
take care of your health. You are able
to live iu aflltiencQ and eae during the
remainder of your day. Do not, I pray
you, allow any undue regard fur your
children to cause you to deny yourself
of any luxury that money can bring or
desire suggest. Ood bless you, mother!
Your daughter's heart is sore, her feet
are weary, and her way hedged up. But
do not worry about me. I have lived
thus long because I could not help it,
aud do not duubt that I shall live on for
the same reason. Cau't you come aud
visit me, mother dear? If I could only
pillow my weary head upon your loving
breast as I did iu my childhood, it would
re$t me so. But do not come unless you
are able. I will go to see you whenever
I can."
Judge Hardpan returned to the dis
pensation of Justice on the beuch. Pe
terTubbs sat down in the kitchen and
speculated upon the new enterprise
with whicli he was to astonish the world
wheu the "ole woman" should be gath
ered to her fathers, and Mrs. Tubbs pur
sued the toilsome tenor of her way,
while the world wagged on as before.
(To be continued. 1
Six young women, armed with shot
guns, recently accompanied as many
young men on a rabbit hutit iu Georgia.
No one was hurt.
Why should girls not go a-shooting?
Why should they not play ball upou the
court-houss square Saturdays the time
as boys do? If they are needed at home
to help about the work, why do not the
boys stay at home and help until the
work is doue? Boys can scour knives
and wash dishes as well as girls do, if
brought up to it. It thedignity of caste
were removed, no man or boy need ever
become a tramp; aud if public opinion,
formed by an uncultivated mob, could
be Ignored Iu America, girls and women
would take out-of-door exercise 9u in
dent to keep them in health. As long
as we do just as other people do, our girls
will be nervous just as other girls are,
and our women will have female com
plaints just as other women do, and we
shall raise a family of physically worth
less men just as other women do. Col
orado Antelope.
Good Sexsk at Court. Becently
one of the children of the Princess
Royal of Encland, now tbe wife of the
heir of the German Emperor, bad beeu
ailing, aud with maternal solicitude the
Prlnces personally supplied the little
Invalid with many of Its requirements.
This innovation on German court eti
quette produced utter dismay, and was
brought to the notice of the Emprets, iu
answer to whoso expostulation the
Princess replied, "If my mother, the
Queen of England and Empress of India,
can carry milk In to oue of her children,
who likes It so much more because
given by ber, I think I may do so with
out forgetting my position."
George Washington uecer told a He,
but then his wife never skirmished in
his pockets and Insisted on knowiug all
about letters written Iu a feminine
band.
EUSSIAN WOMENBEVOLTJTIOHISTS
It is asserted by the JVaffonaf Citizen
that Russia is to-day the country in
which woman is most persecuted for
political opinions. Since the time of
the second Catherine, Russia lias boasted
feminine revolutionists. Catherine her
self overthrew tbe Roraanoll dynasty
and seated herself a native of Prussian
Pomeraula on the throne, where ber
descendants, now, rule. The Countess
DascbkofI, ber confidant and assistant,
rode at that time in male attire at the
head of the famous Preobrajenski regi
ment, with pistols at her saddle-bow;
auJ, though this woman general was
then but eighteen years of age, to her
tactics the success of that bloodless rev
olution was largely attributable. The
object of those women was to establish
another line of aristocracy ; but to-day
a revolution of a different character Is
in existence ; its uiut'.o, My Country
and Liberty. What grander battle-cry
for freedom than this? "Country aud
Liberty." Thousands of people slghiug
for liberty have torn themselves from
their native laud and come to the United
States in its search. But liberty here Is
not so great a liberty for women as some
monaruhlal countries allow. Even in
Russia woman holds her own property
uncontrolled, and under certain circum
stances casts a vote in its management.
But the progressive women of Russia
are not satisfied with this. They de
maud wider freedom of self-government.
They ask land for the landless; freedom
of the press; free speech ; trial by Jury;
religious liberty and elected representa
tives. Women of the highest rank take
part in these demands, aud with many
of them the bullet is used, because the
ballot cannot be.
Vera Sassulitch, who sholTrepofl, the
obnoxious Chief of Police, ami whose
whereabouts were for a long time un
known, made goou her escape from
Russia, and is now oue of the active
directors or the revolution, from its
headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland.
Vera's act was not oue of private ven
geance; she was tbe agent of the cen
tral body, the choice falling upon her by
tot. -
0!ga Golireslawska, a young girl of
Moscow, whose house was under sur
veillance, escaped -by means of a bal
loon, descending iu a field half a mile
from the city, whence all trace of her
was lost.
At an outbreak in Keifl, three youug
ladies of high birth took a lending part,
a ball from the revolver of Olea RufTaw
ska killing a policeman duriug the me
lee. Of the two preliminary meetings
held before'thls outbreak, one was com
posed entirely of women, among whom
was the daughter ol General Gerslifleld,
belonging to the. highest ofllcial class of
the empire. Another participant was
the Countess Pauim, a student of the
University, equally renowned for her
studious habits, her remarkable beauty,
ami her republican ideas.
Praskowin Katsehka, a girl of nine
teen, handsome, preposseailng, and a
member of a well-known noble family
in the Wiltia District, shot a young no
bleman in his own dining saloon. Like
Vera Sassulitch, she was doubtless act
ing under orders, as tills young noble
man bad shortly before received a
threatening letter from the Executive
Committee of the Revolutionary Soci
ety. This organization isa the mot
complex, secret and complete revolu
tionary society ever known. Its mem
bers, men and womeu, do not hesitate
to sacrifice themseJves in any way or
dered, locating iu remote parts of the
Empire, taking upon themselves all
manner of privations in order to propa-1
gate their idea", or hazarding their lives
with the coolness seen Iu ca-e of these
youug girls.
Russia has for ages been a land of
atrocities, until now a general insurrec
tion prevails. Fearful crimes have
brought forth fearful retribution ; even
the Winter Palace of the Czar was the
scene recently of an attempt to desttoy
tbe whole imperial family. The licen
tiousness of this Court lias usually
equalled that nf a Turkish seraglio.
Tlio present Czar is ruled by a Priticess
Dolgoronky, of whom he became enam
ored several years sluce, thereby causing
a rupture with his family. The ill-
health and death of the Emprsss are
traceable to this period of domestic
trouble, for so infatuated was the Czar
be wanted to bring up the child of him
self aud this woman in his own family,
treating It as though the Empress was
its mother. Could be have divorced the
Empress, he would have married the
Princess; but this could not be done
without abdicating his throne. He fell
Into parozysms of fury when he found
he could not take this step without
loslne hls crown. Tbe Countess Hern-
dikofl, wife of one of the Maslersr of
Ceremony of that Court, was recently
baulehed for saying that In case of the
death of the Empress, sbe doubted not
the Czsr would marry the Priucess,
whose wonderful control over him
seemed to increase after his rupture
with his family. It remains to be seen
If the predictlou was correct. While
the Czarowltch inclined toward govern
mental reforms, the Princess Dolgo-ronky-opposes
them, and through her
influence, it Is said, the Czar has been
luduced to refrain from the promulga
tion of tlie new constitution, which was
expected several months ago.
Those who fear and bate the revolu
tionists call them "Nihilists," as a term
of reproach that is, believers In noth
ing. They themselves have adopted the
name of the "Russian National Secret
Society." The Countess Paull, lady In
waiting to tbe Czarina, was banished to
Archangel In February, being charged
with Nihilism. Women revolutionists
aro shown no more mercy than men by
tbe Government. Tbe knout, the gib
bet, tbe still more horrible banishment
to the mines of Siberia, fall to their lot.
Women have died from the floggings
inflicted upon them by the terrible
knout. In a Government attack upou
a secret printing office, four young girls
were killed, and Nathalie Gortschskofl,
niece to tbe Chancellor of tbe Empire,
was first publicly knoutcd and then glb-
blted. Many have been banished to
hard labor In the mines, which means
confinement far under ground In a place
of damp, fetid atmosphere, where not a
ray of sunlight ever enters, and whose
barred doors are uuder charge of Cos
sacks, not speaking Russian. No day
of rest ever comes in this horrid prison-
house, but twelve hours' labor with a
pick is each day demanded. Sunday is
uiiknown, and only upon Easter and the
Czar's birthday Is a moment's cessation
given while life lasts.
And yet, so dear is liberty to tbe heart
of woman, that thousands of high-born,
wealthy and noble young ladies, those
of the fairest prospects, hazard suoh re
sults as these to obtain freedom. That
Russian womeu should die that liberty
may come to their couutry, is the more
remarkable because of tbe utter con
tempt In which women of the Sclavlc
races are held. "God remembers all the
world but the Sclavouian woman," is a
womanjs proverb. "A woman has no
more sVuse than a hen has teeth," is a
proverb applied to them. Until the
time of Peter, women were held to pos
sess no souls, and were not counted Iu
the population of the Empire. The an
cient Sclavs considered woman a malign
being, an incarnation ol evil. The Tar
tars look upon her but as an iustrument
of their pleasure, "made for them," as
our Christian brethren express the same
Idea.
Left to fight their own battles, thee
Sclavic and Tartar womeu are fighting
them well, even their worst oppressors
seeking their aid-in gaining freedom for
themselves.
"Country and Liberty," means to the
Russiau woman freedom for her sex
equally as well as for man, aud to that
end she gives her own liberty, her life,
ami all she holds moit dear. The world
has seen no more noble devotion to
liberty than that of the Russian women
of to day.
LETTER TEOM HEW YORK.
FKOM OUR HKarjLAU COKKBSrOXDBNT
New York, May 31, 1SS0.
To TUB Kditok (IPTHK 2CKW -VoHTinVHMT :
Notwithstanding the social interreg
num of this period of the year, we have
had one or two mild seusatious. Rob't
G. Iugersoll delivered a tremendous
t rade against the C?iritian religion
a lecture at Booth's Theater on Sunday
last- His subject was "The Gotls " ILs
arguments were old, but iiis laugunite
and method of delivery were taking so
much so that some well-intentioned
person set a man at the door to distrib
ute New Testaments gratis to the audi
ence as thy came out, with some geutle
notion of counteracting the dire - fleets
of the lecture.
Tlio despised tool of the Society for
the Prevention of Crime has caused a
gentle ripple by Ids notification to book
sellers In the city that the very wretched
translation of Zola's "Naua" must no
longer be oflered for sale. It Is an ad
mirable advertisement of a very dis
gusting book, of which about 40,000 had
been sold before Comstock's interfer
ence. Had lie let it alone, the sale
would soon have ceased at any rate, for
it is the most wearisome tilth that can
be imagined.
The long-list of suicides contiuues iu
the most unaccountable manner, and
the methods of sbuflliug oil this mortal
coll are as varied as tbe alleged causes
which lead to the act. If good, vigorous
punlshmetits were imposed upon the
nuisances who thus uudertake to shock
the nerves of the community, and are
not successful, one of two things would
happen either they would kill them
selves dead or the number of suicides
would materially diminish.
That highly aristocratic iustitutloD,
the Uuion Club, held Its annual meet
ing on Wednesday night for the election
of governors and the transaction of
other business. For the first time in
its history, no meeting could be held
for want of a quorum. A special meet
ing will be called. Tbe club is prosper
ous financially, and has a tremeudous
list of candidates waiting for vacancies.
The gross Income last year was about
$230,000. Another prosperous club Is
the new University Club, which sprang
into existence last year, and already
numbers nearly 700 members. These
geutlemen, In tbe intervals between
quoting the classics to each other and
working out problems in conic sectlous,
appear to have a very pleasant time, to
judge by tbe snug little sum disbursed,
according to their annual statement, for
the b r. Another Jiighly aristocratic
Institution is the Coaching Club, which
is to have its annual parade on Saturday
next. The turnout of coaches Is to be
larger than usual, aud tbe amateur
coachmen are brushing up their absu.d
bottle-green unlforms.which make them
look like their own footmen.
The loss of Ufa and nrnnprlr nt tlm
late terrible accident at Madison Square
uaruen Is likely to be compensated for
without any appeal to the courts. It is
understood that a settlement for thi
pictures destroyed has already been
made, but whether thn h
and survivors have yet been settled with
IS not Known. Atmttsrr.
Charity for the Eallen.
"Neither do I condemn thee: o-o nn.i in n
moie."
How forcibly do these simnle wnrilanf
Jesus portray his charity for a fallen
woman; out now dlllerent the oharity of
men and womeu professing the same re
ligion! Whenawomau falls a victim
to mau's evil persuasions, it is the cus
tom of all Christian people to look upon
her as a thing beneath their notice, ex
cept it be to point the finger of scorn at
and call vile names: and yet. if we nos-
sessed one spark of the charity of Jesus,
the worst accusation that we would feel
justified in making is that she was very
wean; anu iu many instances, could wo
know all the circumstances aud realize
tbe power of the tempter, and tlie arts
aud devices used to deceive and lead
astray, and how long and cunningly the
betrayer has pursued bis victim, our
censure might be turned to admiration
for the strength tbat resisted so long.
But we only see the fall; God aloue sees
the conflict, aud He only Is competent
to judge; He aloue knows how to draw
the line between willful sin and the
temptations too strong for our resist
ance. Were we permitted to read one
chapter in the pre-natal existence of
many persons, and know the traits of
character bequeatiied to them by their
pareuts; uow ttiey were endowed witli
propensities that were so indelibly
stamped Into their existence that they
cannot be eradicated by any teaching
aud Influence in after years, together
wiiu weaRuess and indecision ttiat were
never taught to how in submission to
principle, we would pity tile poor help
less creatures thus born with no armor
of protection, for they are destined to
necome an easy prey to the flattery and
temptation of unprincipled men. .
Parents, if you have an erring daugh
ter that you would turu from the pro
tection of your home aud love, look
back to the time before that child was
cast upon the great eea of human trial,
and see if a remembrance of your former
selves cannot arouse within you feelings
of charity and pity for one jou sent into
the world to battle with its temptations
with no shield, and then perhaps you
may be able to say, "Neither do I con
demn thee; go, and sin no more."
I know thutsuch arguments and such
charity as I would urge in behalf of a
sister who-has stepped from the pleas
ant path of virtue would be met by
many with the tauntlnir reply that "vou
are as bad as she, or you would uot have
so much charity." Yet who would
think of casting reproaches upon the
purity of Jesus beeause of his charity?
The virtuous may abhor sin, yet pity
tlie sinner; and it is their love of virtue
that would prompt them to reclaim
with kiiidnes- those who have forsaken
its path. I micht plead the same excuse
for men tlilit I have for women, did thy
not already claim too mucli sympathy
from society ; but I plead for helpless
womn, who are siin-d against su much
more than they sin. Soc-iety supports
ami smiles upon man whil lie injures
woman, who can claim no mlreis, no
-y.npatliy from tbe same source that
"liields him The ii-kc"loi--i of a man
who pursues a in in ! her ruin is
only w;nk-l at ! -Moiety, while the
unman may plead lor mere may
nli nut her sm by night with hitter
tears of repeiituuee, ami wnlk the earth
hy day beneath the crushing sense of
shame and humiliation; but that will
avail nuthlmr. bociety does tint' speak
the words of Jesus; It only turtm re
proachfully aud says, "You have sinned
once, that Is sufficient; there is no help
tor you uow, no nope, only m go down
to deeper degradation and eternal mis
ery." But who is iiiHch to hlatue f-r
this slate nf things? Woman herself.
Woman, remember that you are a pjrt
of that society that would senrn you
should you fall. Be not you the one to
crush your fallen ulster; do not draw
your untarnished garmeuts around you
with such an air of superiority, but ever
think, "You might have fallen as low a
she, had you beeu tempted equally."
And you may yet see the time whn
you can say, "She has but stumbled in
the path that 1 in weakness trod." .No
human being can be frozen back to a life
of virtue more ellectively than they can
be drawn back by kindness and true
charity. Few hearts are so innately bad
that they cannot be reformed by the
power of love. Olive Branch, in Wom
an's Exponent.
Miss Florence Doty, a banker's daugh
ter In Buflalo, recently had a thrilling
adventure. She was walking along
Delaware avenue about 11 o'clock, and
when uearTupper street noticed a well
dressed and spruce-looking young man
coming toward her. As he approached
bo gradually swerved from a straight
Hue, until their meeting and passing
would naturally bring them close to
gether. She carried In her hand an ele
gant velvet purse trimmed with silver
and surmounted by a haudle. As the
two met, the man suddenly seized hold
of her purse and made a violent effort to
wrest it from her. The bold thief
seemed determined to get the money at
all hazards, and continued to null and
jerk tbe purse. But Miss Doty showed
no signs oi abandoning the contest. Sbo
grasped the purse with a firmness irt'l
coolness remarkable under the ci.-un -stances.
At last tlje purse flew op. n
and bank-notes and coin fell upon 'ie
sidewalk. At this the bold operator Id
go, darted up Tupper street and was soon
lost to view. Miss Doty watched btm
until ne got out ol sight; the she
picked up her money and went l.ome.
This is the second adventure of this son
which she has bad.
Queen Victoria is a good anas' -ur
draughtsman, and reproductions of
some of her sketches will soon appear.
They will be accompanied by reproduc
tions of some of Prince Albert's "picto
rial expressions."
Wliymper, the Alpine climber, has
reached the summit of Cbimborazo, tLa
first man to so honor the peak.
"A good girl to cook," Is still adver
tised for.