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CHAPTER XXXIV. -:
TTBBS KKJOICKS. ' "
There k do mora dangerous proepect
in store for any persou than, fhat of a
Urge inheritance.. No mat&r whether
it be a prospective legacy which tberaie
no hope of gaining; except through the
death of a friend ; no matter if it con
sist in broad, unfruitful acres, Mich as
- had cursed Ike early existence of the
Hard I net and Inglelons, causing them
to live in poverty and inaction while
awaiting a prospective rite in their
lands; no matter whether the looked
for advantage be in a rise in stocks, or
grain, or corn, or gold, if it is a legacy
or wojcn ine legatee has gives no
"valee received," and expects to give
none, Its anticipation is always a cnne
rather than a blessing.
From the hour a ben Peter Tubbs
knew that Mrs. Hardine's will was re
corded in favor of tils wife, his only oc
cupation was gossip, his only ambition
bis wjle's looked-for legacy, and his
only anticipation the prospective death
of bis mother-in-law.
Mrs. Tobbs would not allow her hus
band to refer to the will in ber presence.
The idea that he would be enriched
through Her mother's death, and thereby
empowered, through a patrimony which
be bad not earned, to posse a legacy
that she knew be would control to suit
himself, leaving ber, if possible, even
poorer than before, since all the care
and work and worry would be hers, and
all the power and privilege bis own, was
to ber so repocoant that any allusion to
, It made ber furious ; and, after a few at
tempts on bis part to urge ber to de
mand immediate possession of what he
termed "her rights," his, prudence got
the better of cageroess, and drove him
to the ale-houses and street corners for
sympathy and comfort. I do not pre
tend to say that Mrs. Tubbs was aogelie
or even obedient In this display of de
termination and temper; "but I do say
her conduct was justifiable under the
circumstances. The worjd must yet
learn that it is not any womau's duly to
sacrifice ber Individual sense of right
and justice, and thereby crucify her own
spirit, to save any man front the ale
house whole not worth saving; and,
though I hazard my own popularity In
stating my honest convictions, I never
theless .unhesitatingly declare that no
man is worth saving from a drunkard's
grave whose salvation depends upon the
destruction of bis wife's sense of honor
or her iooate self-respect. The workl
lias bad enough of this maudlin senti
mentality. Let the idea tbat it Is a
. woman's duty to not only wear out her
life, but to immolate her sense of justice
aud right upon the altar of conjugality,
to preveut a worthless Hosbaud from
making a beast of himself, be exploded
as quickly as possible. Is a man's char
i aoter so much better than a womau's
' that sbe should crucify herself, soul and
body, to save him ? If so, wby so ?
When Peter Tubbs began to tipple, be
ha4-no thought of becoming a drunkard.
But the. news of bis expected legacy flew
rapidly from one gropgery to another,
and friends to bis prospects grew so
plenty and officious tbat he was rarely
lets without their society. Being con
stantly ander their influence, aud conse
quently, by a mutual understanding
among liquor venders, continually kept
In a state of semi-Intoxication, it was
not long till even his one grace of sober
ness was a thing of the past.
His wife, absorbed in the hand-to-
hand struggle for a subsistence that it is
the duty of every man to furnish for the
mother of his children as his share of a
mutual burden, was only loo glad to be
rid of bis unbearable presence and inter'
miltent gabble, to which sbe bad for
years been subjected around the cooking
stove. Judged by the world's ideal
standard of womanly self-sacrifice, my
heroine was wholly blameworthy. But,
"t'odged as I believe that you, good
reader, bave the practical sense to judge
ber, she was wholly consistent ami
sensibly human. Self-preservation Is
tba first law of nature, and I shall do
my bumble part while life lasts to lead
the world to consider this principle as
equally applicable to men as women.
Pater 1 ubbs came in to his supper one
e vesting in a roaring state of intoxicated I
hilarity.
MB bb-y G d, mother, the ole woni-1
an's d-d -dead at last !" he exclaimed, in'
a maudlin way. "Jin' we're rich as
e-e-cream a foot thick ! No more b d
l-t-timee for Peter T-T-Tubb eh, le
'Peter, what are you talk lug about ."'
cried bis wife, pausing in her work f
disbiog up a hearty meal for her board
ers. "Surely my dear mother Ss uot
dead?"
"B-b-bul I say she is! D d-deader'n
a door nail 1 And Peter T-T-Tubbs is a
rich man ! Got a big farm, lots o'
O-c-cattle au' horses, au' teu thouean' in
b-b-bank stock ! Hooray ! Hallelujah !
Ole womau's dead, by thunder! Good
riddance to bad ruhbage eb, 'Lize?"
Deeply Mrs. Tubbs was grieved
over the not unexpected event of Iter
mother's death, the shock to her feel
ings over the hilarity of her husband
was deeper yet I am afraid my reader
will uot approve my judgment when in
former pages I declared IhatPeler Tubbs
was not at heart a bad man. Hut he
will pleate remember that Idleness and
intoxication will debase any man. He
has seen tbat the overruling passion of
Peter Tubus, e.ven in ills courting days,
was acquisitiveness. He had dotted
'Lime Hardlne as a wife because he bad
rightly calculated upon ber ability to
toil for him and bis household. Covet
ing her, lie had not scrupled to win lier
by a lie. Winning ber, lie had not hes
itated to make her useful according to
his Idea of a woman's usefulness. Tbat
he had been unfortunate in his specula
tions, bad not been the fault of his no
quleitiveoee, but of his judgment
And, now tbat a fortune was once more
within his grasp, and tbe moiety of
finer feeling within him was blurred by
inebriety, it was little wonder tbat lie
was utterly devoid of consideration or
sensibility.
"Peter !" said Mrs. Tubbs, Iter voice
choking with mingled rage, disgust aud
sorrow, "if it were possible for the hu
man tongue to frame into words the
disgust and loathing that I feel fur you
this minute, my very utterance would
crush you forever into oblivion! But
you are, aud for many years have been,
beneath my contempt. Yon are so de
spicable tbat I cannot even hale you !
But I would to God tbat you were dead !
And I declare to you that one-lenth of
the rejoicing that I shall feel when you
have breathed your last has not been
even thought of-hy you to-day, exultant
as you are over my poor dear mother's
death. You have stung rae till I have
no heart for anything. I had so longed
to be willi my mother in her cloiug
hours ! You robbed me, sir, of that In
alienable right ! You robbed her of my
loving care, which s!k so much needed,
and which, before your balelul shadow
crossed my path, I could always give
ber 1 Peter Tubbs, now that sbe is dead,
I swesr to you that I would rather toil
till my dying hour in this smoky
kitchen than to see you obtain posses
sion of my mother's hard earnings!
You bave no right to them ! You
gained me by a lie a wicked, damned
lie! and only through me bave you
any claim at all upon tbe riches you are
rejoicing over."
Tbe boarders were left to get through
their meal iu their own way, for Mrs.
Tubbs was soon on her way to her ma
ternal home, her means of travel the
lumbering stage coach, which was not
yet superseded by the railway. Her
husband did not object to Iter golug this
time, for he felt tbat lie had self-inter-
esta at stake which by her going she
could best subserve.
After tbe death of the senior Hardiue,
tbe widow bad built a quaint, old
fashioned house, and fitted up her sur
roundings with comparative comfort,
and ber long-absent daughter was not
prepared fur the change that met her
eyes as she approached tbe well lemein
bered grounds adjacent to the old cabin
home, where tbe new honse, stark and
white an.1 jrlilteriug, confronted her
with its somewhat commanding pres
ence.
In tbe door-yard were groups of ehil-
dreo, tbe descendants of Mr. aud Mr.
Hardlne. Lounging on tbe front porch,
and laaily smoking an antiquated pipe,
sal John Hardiue, with Tirxah standing
beside him, looking as (tale, weak aod
nervous as it was possible, soil seemed
to 'Lize, for her to look and live. Sally
Ridgeway and her husband, and tbe
widow Kidgeway, tbe latter now aged
and decrepit aud almost ready for the
ebange we call death, were standing at
an open window, and tbe remaining
elder members of the family were loiter
ing idly about witli saddened faeea and
expectant hearts, for they were all look
ing for tbe one absent living member of
tbe old-lime home. But tbe most strik
ing figuie of the assembled group was
Dave, tbe oracle, who, feeble In health
and somewhat shaky In intellect, came
tottering forward to greet tier, after first
making sure that Peter Tubbs was not
at hand to interfere.
Silently, tearfully, the bereaved
daughter greeted them all; aud then,'!
led by Iter sister Uriah, whose fading
form almost startled ber into exclama
tions of alarm, sbe entered tbe death-
chamber and was left alone with ber
mother's mortal remains. 'Gently, rev
erently, as when a mother gazes for Uie
first time upon her sleeping Infant, tbe
looked upon tbe marble face, and un
consciously Uaeed the outlines of Its
early beauty. -Back through the years
long gone iter swift tlioughts new,
marl ng tbe passing months with many
a mile stone of incident of Inexpressible
interest to herself alone. No other
member of the family had ever cared for
her mother through her helpless years
agone. Tbe illnets that at last bad
snapped the llfe-eord bad not lasted half
an hour. Disease of the heart, tbe
physician had called it. Evidently It
bad been a painless deatb. Tbe features
wore a placid smile so serene, and peace'
ful tbat 'Lise clafped Iter bands and
gaeed upon them with ouiy the mental
fjaculatlon of "Thanks, my God!"
So rapt was she In this hallowed as
sociation with the mute form before tier
that sbe was not aware tbat jealous eyes
were watcblDg ber, construing every
unoonsclous act Into deliberate expres
sions of satisfaction.
"see anything of that?" sold Judge
Ilardpan, who had come over to attend
the futier1,aml, unobserved by her, was
watching her through the half open
door. "Never saw nnythliig'llke it hi
all my born days! Never! The wom
an hasn't the heart of an oyster !"
"Of course she liasu't!" exclaimed
John Hardlne. "She always hail a tem
per like a wildcat, and the cunniug of a
fox. Ju9t look al her! There's no more
trace of sorrow on her face than If she
was a sloue." .
0, my God!" said she, half audibly,
and still unminJful of her curious audi
tory, "If It be possible, lot my mother
Lmeet hit mother in tbe better land.
And let no sorrow ever overtake them
more!"
"IAHchI" said John Hardine. "As I
live, the hussy's fairly rejoicing over
mother's death !"
The country (tarsou was by this time
come, aud a large concourse of friends
and ueighbors were gathering for tbe
funeral.
Mrs. Tubbs arose, from her knees aud
met the multitude with ca'lmness. '
The obsequies were brief aud to the
point. The taking all had been so sud
den that the decedent had made no
preparation for her final exit, aud all
had been left to the thoughtful care of
her friends and relatives. A short eu
logy upon her life was followed by the
usual exhortation to emulate her Chris
tian example. The remains were laid
beside those of her husband, hard by
two other little mounds where grand
children had been hurled. There was
almost universal lamentation over the
grave; but amid all the outspoken sor
row of the assembled mourners, 'Lize
was tearless. Her grief was too deep
for utterance, her heart ton full for dis
play. Slowly aud sadly the relatives re
turned to the maternal home, and en
tered once more Its now tenautless or-
tals. Willi them came Jdge Hardpan,
looking Important, officious aud solemn.
All eyes were turned upon him.
"I think, Mr. Hurdiue," tnld lie, In a
sepulchral voice, "that now is the
proper time, seeiug you are all here, to
examine Mrs. Hardine's will."
ITo be eontlnned.l
FATE 01 FIJIAN WIDOWS.
It is said by Chamber? Journal that
there is no uniformity of custom in Fiji,
so tbat no description of whut Is done
by any one tribe can be taken as appli
cable to all the others. The strangling
of widows, however, that they might be
buried with their dead husbands, feems
to have been everywhere practiced. Tbe
widow's brother performs the operation,
and is thenceforward treated with
marked respect by his brother-in-law's
kin folks, who present him with a piece
of laud, over which tbe strangling cord
is hung up. Should he, however, fail to
strangle bis sister, he is despised. When
a woman is about to be strangled, she Is
made to kneel down, and the cord (a
strip of native cloth) Is put around her
neck. Sbe is theu told to uxpel her
b real ' as long as possible, to stretch out
ber hands as a signal, whereupon the
eon! Is tightened, aud soou all Is over.
It is believed that if this direction be
followed, insensibility ensues immedi
ately on lite tightening of the cord,
whereas, if inhalation lias taken place,
there is nil interval of sullVriug.
Ox tick War-path. That most
worthy lady ami excellent physician for
women and children, Miss Lace, of San
Jose, uot being a member of cither of
the State Medical Societies, has been
notified by the Santa Clara County Med
ical Society that she must uo longer
practice medicine in this community.
Miss Lace has practiced her profession
In this community for a period of six
teen years, and with the most remarka
ble success. While some legalized phy
sicians, during that period, have fur
nished corpses enough to stock a good
sized graveyard, only two of Miss Lace's
patients were ever carried hence, aud
oue of then) was past all hope of recov
ery when she was called to attend tbe
case, liow many or our Medical Society
can show so fair a record ? We believe
there is nothing lu tbe law to prohibit
Jiiss jaee iroru nractlcim: as a nurse.
and in that capacity, with the knowl
edge ami concurrence or her patients,
she can exercise her admirable curative
skill in their behalf. We hope sho will
try itanl trust to the good sense of our
eouru and community to sustain her.
ine ume, we trust, is not distant when
every physician will be obliged to stand
upon his own merits, and uot upon a
diploma, which, in four iuia. ni ..r nv.
Is a mere shield for the w'orsl kind oil
ju.cr.ery. oan Jote Mercury.
On the night of March 29lh, a shower
of Iron fell at Cuntauia, in Sicily. For
several hours there was a shower of me
teoric du9t, accompanied by rain, and
this dust contained fragments of Iron,
either In a pure metallic state or In me
tallic partioles surrounded by au ox
odlzed orust. The fragments were of
many .shapes and sizes, aud were readily
attraeted uy the magnet. They only
dillered In size from a showeri-f n-olites.
Simple and pretty substitutes forties
are made from straight pieces of silk
muslin or India tnull, laid in eight folds
from end to end; aud trimmed all around
with lace. These are piuned at the
niroai in sticii a way that one endl
manes a isii turning to the left, while
me uiuti mils oiraigni uown.
A committee on tableaux at a Centen
nial celebration In Vermont l.ano.l
invitation asking "all the pretty womeu
iu town" to meet at the hall to take
part in me taoieaux, ana every woman
in the place came to time. That com
mittee Knew now to gel plenty of help
LITTLEBHODY."
FKOM OUR ItEGl'L-VK COItllBSPOXDEKT.
PK.OVIDKXCB, K. I-t June 15i 1SS0
To the Editor or the New North west:
Since writing my last letter, event has
crowded upon event so rapidly that the
question with me Is not what to write,
"but what can he het excluded from my
limited Bpo.ee.
EGOTISTICAL fJKADCATES.
The "class of 'SO" spoke their little
piece aud stepped down from their rao
mentarj elevation before the'peoplethla
week, and now are lost to view In the
crowd of laborers and traicr. A few
short'months will teach them that now
they must carve a place for themselves
in the busy world or sink Iqjq that ob
livion which so many graduates have
reached before them. The frleuds of a
graduate were asked what his future
plans were.
"He has not decided, but talks of be
coming a journalist; If be decides to,
ho will make an engagement with the
New York Tribune."
The assurance with which this was
said astonished me, as, talented though
I kuew him to be, yet nothing had ever
hinted of a gift for that. Astonished, I
asked :
"How came he to think of that? Has
hea taste for it? Has ho a particular
gift for writing?"
"Oh, no; but then ho Is very binart,
you kuow. He doesn't care to" study
for n profession ; it's so loug before one
can command a lucrative practice either
as doctor or lawyer. As a journalist on
the Tribune, he would get fifteen hund
red or two thousand dollars salary."
All this was so decidedly asserted that
it was most amusing to one who knew
by experience that "green uns" could
not command for their first year's prac
tice at writing for the Tribune's waste-
basket, probably collateral enough to
keep them In stationery
If that is a sample of the conceit bred
In colleges, It is small wonder that so
many graduates are never heard from,
or become merely "sreat nothlucs."
Experience is a college that commands
h situation.
aut.
Tlie Providence Art Club gave their
first public exhibition of paintings aud
drawings during the last tbreo weeks
In May. The paintings were severely
criticised by the art critic of our Daily
Journal. It the critic appeared to be
suffering from a severe attack of artistic
lyspepsla, and all the glimpses of bea
tific visions that were so pleasing to us
cf more mundane tastes, were to his
icsthetic appetite hut "gall and worm
wood;" yet In many points, possibly
all, he was not far from the truth.
An elderly lady (not an art critic)
stood beside me as I was studying au
elaborate fruit piece, aud pointed toward
some lovely cherries, saying, "I should
say those cherries are as large as life
nml twice ns natural." That was "pat,"
and was equally applicable to some
beautiful (Hums. How Nature would
have blusbed at her poor efforts after
seeing Leavitt's masterpiece! Yet his
fruit pictures are usually worthy of great
praise, aud this one would well adorn
some "friskode" wall.
lovely old-fashioned bowl of rare
china, filled to overflowing with rosy
apples, with a bunch of hazel nuts lying
suggestively beside tho bowl, brought
to my uilud visions of the old home
orchard and the double line of hazel
bushes that bordered the couutry road
which led us to our neighbors. This
tiny picture (by Miss Kleanor Talbot)
gave me thoughts ; It was not "too nat
ural."
Robert Hall worth gave us a "Fiddler"
that might well have had for its Inspi
ration "Tho Spell-bound Fiddler," a re
cent novel by "Janen."
For beauty, John N. Arnold's "BsIIo
of the Beach," ranked first, I think
artistically, I should place Knrelch
Beln's Winter scenes first and foremost
For complete misnomer, or complete
failure to cause her picture to express
the Idea, was Ro3a Peckham'a "Ilev
erle" a beauty jauntily attired in pink
silk and wblto lace, aud who was de
murely looking from under her droop-
ng eyelids, particularly tbe left oue, as
If to determine what impression sbe was
making upon observers. If the picture
had been .named i'Coquette," it would
bave beeu admirable and have as fully
represented one type of tbat species as
the bust of that name did the "loud"
type.
If criticism Is healthy, then the "Art
Club" will be liable to strengthen and
oontlnue to exist and yearly do better
work, which is tho prayer of alt well
wishers, "one of whom I am which."
"I.EAGUB OF AMKKICAN WIIEEIJtEN."
The "bycycllsts," representfng twenty
six clubs from various parts of the Uu
lon, met at Newport the last of May
and formed themeelves into an organi
zation with the above title, elected offi
cers, made a grand parade on Bellevue
avenue, grouped themselves upon New
port's, famous rocks and were photo
graphed, gave a "bycycle supper," and
otherwise conducted themselves like Im
portant and useful members of society.
It. I. SCHOOL OF DESIGN.
As we foretold In our last, tbe first
week In June was honored by the second
annual exhibition of tbe above school.
The work for the last term has been un
der tbe instruction of a new teacher, G.
W. Porter. Tbo drawlDga. appear more
vigorous than before, which we were
justified In expecting, as this was tbe
second year. A new department, "Art
Embroidery,1' lias been added during
the year, aud tbe work has been highly
praised by those competent to judge
fairly. Miss Harrletto Sackelto con
ducts this department. "Fancy work"
of tbe past has been but the fashionable
folly of tbe largo number of genteel
idlers who are heedlessly deaf to the
warning call, "Why sit ye here Idle?"
until the wheel of Fate plunges them In
the dust alongside their despised work-a-day
bretbreu. It is a pleasure to know
that it is now fashionable to turn these
formerly worthless bits of worsted and
silk, these formerly useless pink and
white fingers, to sorao active purpose.
Girls of wealth and leisure ore now
proud to paint a necklace, or "tie," or
adorn a tea-service, and frankly accept
their remuneration, glad ot a little
money all their own. Unthluklngly
yet truly they are fitting themselves for
the day when reverses shall come to
them. Wealth with us hardly endures
oua generation, yet there are thousands
being educated and truiued as if tbe ne
cessity of exerllug muscle or brain
would never come to them boys and
girls from whose studies are ellmiuated
all those that would be necessary to
enable them to cope with the world
should they be thrown upon their own
resources. Said one of these unfortu
nates, whose father had been worth mil
lions, and had been greatly praised for
the practical manner in which he had
trained his heiresses :
"Yes, I can sew, aud very nicely."
(So sho really could, but it would take
her a week to do beautifully what any
ordinary seamstress would do sufficient
ly well in two hours.) "But no one
would hire me to do such work aud the
amount I should be able to do. I can
teach n common school if my health
will allow. If I fall at that, there is
nothing in tills world that I could do
that would even secure, me food and
lodging, uuless I should turn dish
washer at a restaurant or hotel."
This was only tho bitter truth. For
more severe household labor, a life of
Idleness had unfitted her. Thanks to
her wealthy father's unusual practical
ity, she was thorough enough in the
rudiments to teach those things that any
farmer's daughter of fifteen would be as
well ablo to do as herself. Yet, when
her wages were paid her, she must hire
a dressmaker to fashion the (to her)
meagre wardrobe she now could have.
Aud yet, who heeds the daily repeated
warning? As long as "pa" cau possibly
pay the bills, Flossie-Belle trifles with
her German and simpers over her
French, aud positively is "Just ex
hausted mentally."
Kesiaii Si?ki.to.v.
Intellect in Brutes.
A late number of Nature furnishes the
following cvldcnceof Intellect In brutes:
A correspondent lias a well-bred cat
which never steals food, even when
placed Iu her way never partaking un
less express permission is giveu. This
cat has a kitten', less refined than her
self, which takes after its other parent,
a half-wild cat of the neighborhood.
Oue cold moruiug she was quietly rest
ing herself by an open fireplace, near
which was placed a plate of cooked fish
to be kept warm for the family break
fast. The kitten, smelling the savory
morsel, was seen to approach the plate
with evideut Inteut to steal a breakfast.
The mother cat was observed to mani
fest her displeasure by an angry growl,
at her ofispriog, which, not being prop
erly heeded, was immediately followed
by a smart blow with her paw upon the
chest of the kitten with force sufficient
to overturn It. On recovering its bal
ance the little creature, with a humili
ated air, quietly retired to another part
of tbe room. Another correspondent In
the same issue of tbo periodical named
has a cat, a great pet of tbe household,
upon the back of which some highly iu
flinimable oil was accidentally spilled.
A short time after, when near tbe fire,
a falling cinder suddenly set poor
pussy's back ablaze. The creature,
with more intelligence than would be
manifested by many of the human kind,
made a rush through the open door for
a watering trough, which stood some
three hundred feet distant, Into which
she plunged, and from which she as rap
idly clambered, shook tue dripping
water from her sides and paws, and theu
trotted gently back to ber quiet corner
by tbe fire. Puss was accustomed to see
the fire upon the hearth extinguished
by water every night.
The Introduction of alum in flour, for
various purposes, lias been a trick of
the baker for the past one-hundred
years. Fortunately for society, ltr In
troduction Is limited now to a few un
scrupulous oues. Iu England, France
and Germany It is au olleuse puulabable
by flue aud Imprisonment to use alum
iu any connection with nrtlcles of food.
It should be so In America.
M. Scheurer, the elder, found that
when meat mixed with llourand baker's
yeast Is allowed to ferment, these be
become thoroughly blended In the
bread, and, If the operation Is properly
conducted, no trace of the meat remains.
Bread prepared thus anil dried will keep
for years without alteration, aud when
dissolved In hot water makes au excel
lent, nutritious soup.
Open an oyster, retain the liquor In
the lower or deep sheel, aud If viewed
through a microscope It will be found to
contain multitudes of small oysters,
covered with shells, and swimming
nimbly about 120 of which extended
but ooe Inch. Besides these young oys
ters, the liquor contains a variety of an
Imalculic, und myriads of three distinct
species of worms.
Although sixty years. old, Herbert
Spencer Is so vigorous tbat ho runs up
stairs two steps at a time.
An Unjust Verdict.
Tbe Jteligio-Philoiophical Journal, a
Spiritualist paper, and consequently op
posed to materialism, has this to say
about the troubles of B.'F. Underwood,
tbe free-thinker, in Pennsylvania :
About two years ago, B. F. Under
wood was invited by a liberal society to
give two lectures at Irvin Station, Pa.
This village is in Westmoreland county,
and In tbe center of tbe most rigidly
orthodox region in the State. A Bishop
of tbo Methodist Church had lectured
there, and mado "infidelity" the subject
of severe criticism. The free-thinkers
thought tbelr views aud aim misrepre
sented by the representative of Christi
anity, aud sent for Uuderwood to come
tbere and put themselves igbt before
tbe public. Weeks before the arrival of
the materialist, the ministers of the
different churches preached violently
agaiust "infidelity," characterized tbe
announcement of an "InGdel" lecture
in that community as an insult to a
Christian people, and called upon the
people to discountenance and prevent,
possible, this piece of "infidel"
etlrootery. The school-house the only
place to be had was secured by the lib
erals from the President of tbe School
Board, who had always rented the
building for lectures, and all necessary
arrangements .were made. Underwood
arrived at the appointed time. Tbe ex
citement was Intense, and tbe minis
ters, forgetting their sectarian differ
ences, united iu using all their inlluence
to Btir up tbe people aud prevent tbe use
of the school-house for the lectures. At
the last moment the Trustees bad a
meeting and adopted a resolution tbat
tbe school-house should uot be used for
Underwood's lectures. The President
of the School Board, although an ortho
dox Christian, declared be had eutered
into an agreemeut and made a contract
with the liberals, as he had with others,
nu previous occasions, and that he was
bound by every legal and moral consid
eration to keep bis part of the contract.
Accordingly, he gave the liberals' writ
ten permission and authorization to
take possession of the building. The
lecture was given. There was no dis
turbance no interruption even. The
discourse, like all the lectures of Mr.
Underwood, was radical in thought but
in I Id In language. Jt was a presentation
of the teachings of science from the
materialist's stand-point, in contrast to
the teachings of theology.
The next evening, a few minutes be
fore the hour of the second lecture, Mr.
Underwood, with two other gentlemen,
was arrested on the charge of forcible
entry and occupation of the school-house
for immoral purposes. Mr. Underwood
was released to meet his other appoint
ments on giving the required bail, $-300.
This case was put oil' from time to
time until last April, when it was tried
ot Greensburg, Pa., aud the verdict was
against the defendants, ami damages
found to the amount of $125. TlieJude,
an orthodox bigot, charged the jury
that Christianity being part of the com
mon law of the Statu of Pennsylvania,
the lecture, if It were antl-Christlau,
'mut be regarded as clearly illegal, and
in that case the coutract between the
President of the School Board and the
liberal committee was rendered null and
void, aud they must find the defendant
guilty. Although there was no damage
to anybody or anything, yet the jury
named the damages at $125, which, with
coSts, amounts to $500. It is a clear case
of persecution, and we are glad to learn
that Mr. Uuderwood has appealed to the
Supreme Court of tho State of Pennsyl
vania, which wo hope will reverse this
most unjust verdict.
Oatmeal as an Aktici.k of Diet.
It is surprising how enormously the
consumption of oatmeal has increased
in our cities within tho past few years;
but we suspect that it's merits as a
cheap and highly nutritious food are
not so generally appreciated iu the
country. Every one kuows how gener
ally It is eaten iu Scotlaud, aud in some
parts of England It is equally popular
as an article of diet. A correspondent
of an English exchange says: "In West
Cumberland, Westmorelauu and Xsorth
Lancashire, especially in the rural
parts, it forms the staple of our fowl,
not only amongst the laboriuc classes,
but also in the families of tradesmen
and thewelI-to-do; the children of most
of them have porridge at least once a
day. For the past forty years I have
made my breakfast of a piut of oatmeal
porridge, with very rare exceptions, and
nothing else, fastiug for four hours
afterward. If, however, I take any
other form of breakfast, I find myself
very hungry before the next meal,
which Is never the case when I have
had my porridge. I feel assured that II
the laborers of the southern counties,
with their children, would but take a
basin of oatmeal and mild porridge
nlcbt aud morning, with tucb other
food as they can procure Iu the interval.
we should bave a much stronger and
healthier race of men aud women tbau
now exist. A few years ago I had a
Devonshire girl living with me as a
servant The gill was willing enough
to work, but had uot the stamina to
perform it. This I found, on questioning
her, arose from the deficient anil lli
advised diet on wbicb she bad been
reared. Sbe shortly began to take ber
porridge night and morning, and tins,
with a daily mid-day meal of meat,
enabled her to perform her duties with
ease."
In business there Is much stagnation,
ami merchants, who were exhilarated
by tbe great advance In prices which
speculation helped forward last Au
tumn, are despo"Jent over their Inabil
ity to gather In even moderate profits.
The Inevltabledecllue afterthatsudden,
unhealthy, and obviously transitory
expauslou, set in early in the Spflng.
and has continued up to the opening of
the Summer. That it will be checked
and prices established ou their normal
basis before Fall, Is not probable. We
may therefore anticipated dull Summer
for trade. AT. Y. Sun.
Summer silks look belter when
trimmed with plaitlngs, or frayed luch
Ings of tbe same material, than when
adorned with satin, which makes Jhem
look too heavy.
There is not a more restless fugitive
upon the earth than be who is continu
ally pursued by his own guilt; nor a
worse vagabond than be who Is at the
beck of bis own lusts.
Iron has gone up so high tbat poor
people cannot afford to have It lit tbelr
Dioou now.
An Address to Man.
The ceneral medlev of remarks, rood.
bad and Indifferent, made by both sexes"
ami all classes and creeds, calls up in
my minu inese questions: What is
woman ? What is her mission In this
life? And what rights does sho claim ?
The Scriptures tell us that, woman
was created for a companion and help
meet to man, because "it is not good to
be alone" the twain to be one, and
their mUsiou iu this life, to neonlu tho
earth with intelligent beings; these
intelligent beings, tbe embodiment of
the immortal spirit with the mortal
body. Unlike other creatures, tbev be
gin life with such protracted helpless
uess, that uo one would attempt to say
that womau's mission could end with
tbe "bearing of tbe sons of men." No !
It is but a beginning of ber task.
The intelligent mother knows, even
intuitively, that the molding of the in
fant mind is ber task, as much as tbe
framing of its body; and ber cares and
anxiety Increaso with tbe age aud num
ber of her olnpring.
Men whose mother's love, teachings.
and prayers bave followed them
through life, like a halo of light, through
the darkness of doubts and temptations,
will readily allow woman's voice to be
heard in all matters pertalulng to tbo
social weal.
Dron all traditions Into oblivion and.
iakiug consistency for a guide, consider
whether woman, iu ber owu sphere,
tbat is, by the side of her husband and
surrounded by her children, has not as
great, If not a greater interest than ber
brother man, in the uprightness' and
morality of the politics and eoverument
of the couutry iu which she lives.
How much safety is there lor the vir
tue of mothers and daughters, aye and
sons, iu a nation ruled by a fraudulent
aud corrupt government? None. But
says one : " there are so many foolish,
giddy womeu !" Well, my menu, are
wise men tho majority? If so, whence
all this general mistrust, contention
aud fraud? Wheuce this gigantic ex
travagance on which is wrecked hon
esty, loyalty and confidence?
Women foolish, vain aud giddy?
Yes, many are, and whose fault? Have
not men brought about Ibis state of af
fairs by givlug to the vain butterflies
the preference over women of worth?
Shape and turn the question as we will,
the ugly but palpable fact stares us iu
the face, thai muu has hitherto en
deavored to keep woman ignorant and
incapable ol solid pursuits in life, tbat
she might be a mere toy in bis bauds,
and in some countries his slave, de facto.
Nay, my brother man ! Fear not that
woman may arise as your rival, and
peruhauce laugle the meshes of politics
more tbau they are already. Sbe wishes
not' to be a rival but a true helpmeet.
Not a Iobylst, to assist in working out
fraudulent schemes, but to openly, and
lu her owu right, assist in bringing
about a reform, without wbicb society
must necessarily become a wreck. It is
not tbat wornau wjpbes to rule, but sbe
demands the privilege of a voice iu
electing the men who shall rule over
aud make laws for herself and offspring.
Ieiiy her not ! Fur ber love, pure and
unselfish,, urges her ou, and sbe will
uot rest uutil her hand grasps the Rud
der of this great Life Boat. Letter to
the Woman's Exjonent.
Woman in Ancient Egypt.
It is not generally understood, by the
way, that woman iu Ancient Egypt was
honored and respected equally as man.
There was amoug the Egyptians a lofty
appreciation of the marriage tie. ' Tbo
wife's name was often placed before tbat
of her husband, aud the sons often bore
the names of the mothers, lustead of
those of the fathers. Women often sat
upon the throne and administered all
the affairs of the government. Tho as
sertion we so often hear in these days,
mat woman nas always occupied a posi
tion of subjection to man, Is glaringly
false. Iu Ancient. Egypt, he possessed
no Important right which was not
equally shared with ber. It is lm possi
ble to iook upon tue statues or tbat pe
riod aud not Teel what a hich decree of
culture was fairly claimed by tbe race.
rue very iiouseuoiu lurulture Is sucb as
one mlgiil uuy this day. We find.
among other things, boards for check
ers, paint-boxes, knives, needles, pomatum-boxes,
straw baskets, a child's ball
for playing, made of elastic palm fibres,
dried fruits, fine cakes of bread, such as
we use to-day, and many of the surgical
.instruments are quite identical. Here
tofore, tue crownlug age of Egypt bas
beeu referred to tbe reigns of the Pha
raohs. This proves to be a mistake.
That was probably the age of the great
est political power; but, compared with
the remains then two thousand years
old, we find a great failing oil in the arts
of tbut time. Between tbe tenth and
eighteenth dynasties there Is a long pe
riod of rested progress. The Hyksos, or
tbe Shepherd Kings, Invaded Egypt two
thousand years B. C, and ruled the
couutry for five hundred years. Who
they were was not Knowu uniu marryai
discovered some statues of tbelr kings,
by which it seems quite certain tbat
they were a wanderiug Tartar race from
Central Asia. The subsequent rebellion
agaiust them by tbe Egyptians, after a
rule of five hundred years, allords a
powerful illustration of tbe vitality of
national sentiment among tbe Egyp
tians. King Araoses began a later em
pire, to which the earlier ones were in
every way inferior. Egypt it was that
cave letters to tbe Phoenicians, aBtron
Smy to the Chaldeans, art to the Greeks,
and the right of circumcision to tbe
Hebrews. After tbe rebellion against
tbe Shepherds, there grew up a second
power. The descendants of the old rulers
re-ascended the throne and became con
querors in return, itielr Bines weut
abroad themselves In search of conquest,
oui iney cioseiy guarueu meir territory
at borne agaiust the intrusion of foreign
ers. Even the Israelites who followed
Joseph into Egypt were confined to tho
latin oi uoshen. The prevention of &
new Invasion was at the bottom of thnlr
exclusive policy. When this policy be
came Weakened afterward, the last anil
fatal invasion soon followed. After the
conquest of Cambyaes, Egypt never pos
sessed more than tbo mere shadow of
her former existence. An age of devel
opment must be accompanied by Intel
lectual freedom. Wo have, therefore,
the best right to assume that tbe forces
of the main elements of civilization
were stronger in the earlier than In tbe
later dynasties of Ancient Egypt. Bay
ard Taylor.
When pastors preach against tbe
vanity of false things, the ladles know
switch Is which.