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MRS. HARDIN E'S WILL.
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CHAPTER XXXV.
MBS. HAKDDfM WIU.
"I mo no need of unseemly baste In
examining tbe will," saW Airs. Tirzab
Hardlne. "I never shall forget bow
mortified I was over tbe will of Father
Hardlne; and tbe quarrels that grew
oat of It are a humiliation to me to this
day. "What is your opinion about tbe
matter, 'Liza?"
"I have nothing to say," was tbe
strangely apathetic answer. "Do with
the whole baelnee as seems best in your
sight. I can only think of my mother
now. Poor dear, departed darling ! If
I only eould have been near ber at tbe
last ! Ob, why is It that this world is
so full of disappointments and sorrow?"
And for tbe first time the bereaved
daughter found vent In tears.
"Yonder comes Israel Sapplngton !"
exclaimed John Hardlne. "Hewasone
of the witnesses of the will, and we'll
have it read in bis presence.
"Ob, don't.'" cried 'Lize, upstarting
In an outburst of grief. "Let us thiuk
of something else to-day besides merce
nary affairs."
John Hardlne gated at bis sister with
a look so strangely like that of bis father
whenever sinister motives bad stirred
him to action, that 'Lize was greatly
agitated. That look meant mischief,
and she knew it.
"I propose to have tbe will examined
mow, so we may know at ooee Just what
notion tbe crazy oh! woman bad in her
bead," be said, with a slgulfieant griu.
"I've known for tbe past ten years that
she wasn't right In her mind."
"For shame, Jobu 1" cried Sally
lUdgeway. "How can you speak like
this of our mother, and she hardly yet
eokl In ber grave 7"
"Shut your bead !" was ttye ungra
cious answer. "What do you know
about business, seeing you're only a
woman V
"Women know that disrespectful ut
terances In reference to one's mother are
not to be tolerated by surviving sisters,
even if the man who is so unprincipled
as to utter them is that mother's un
grateful son and their own shameless
brother!" exelalmed Mrs. Peter Tubbs,
who had been suddenly aroused from
ber apathetic state by her brother's
wants, and now came forward and con
fronted him with flashing eyes and
biasing cheeks, her whole form quiver
Ins with indignation, grief and excite
ment. "There's method in tbe hussy's mad-
Dees, Judge," said John Hardlne, who
still grinned significantly. "Never you
mind 'Llze's tantrums. She always
was a wildcat. When you've once read
the will, you'll understand the motive
that induces ber vehement defense of a
erasy old woman, wbo was bedridden
and speechless at one time for years.
Let her rave. It won't alter the facts In
ttteoee."
Israel Sapplngton was by this time in
their midst, witnessing a tumult of half
emotbeeed excitement that astonished
him. Dave, tbe superannuated oracle,
atone had tbe presence of mind to oiler
him a chair.
"Mrs. Hardlne left a will, as you
know, aud I have thought it advisable,
seeing all the family were now present,
to have tbe will read at once, that It
.may be immediately admitted to pro
bate," said John Hardlne, addressing
the visitor.
"Where Is the will ?" was the quiet
"There, la mother's prl vatetecretary,"
answered Tirzah, wbo bad in late years
been a warm friend of ber motber-in-law.
But tbe key to a particular drawer
wae missing, and, after an hour's search,
Judge Hardpan suggested breaking tbe
lock, and John Hardlne agreed to tbe
proposal.
"It seems such sacrilege," said 'Llze,
'for the surviving oblldren to be so
eager to enrloh themselves at their dead
parents' expense, why couldn't we
wait? Maybe we'd find the key. You
all know that mother never could bear
to see anything broken or wasted. It
seems to me as though her silent protest
was In the very air."
"Observe, Judge Hardpan," said ber
brother, with another significant grin,
"that 'Lize is the only one of us wbo
protects so much against this business.
She has some sinister motive behind
it all, I'll warrant. You'll understand
it before tbe reading of the will is
over."
"I objected to the Indecent baste with
which you pounced upon my father's
will, as all of you who were present re
member. You also recollect that my
share In that great legacy was the old
hand loom that now forms tbe frame of
b nlg-sty In the back yard. I know
there is a better fortune in store for me
In my mother's will, forjudge Hardpan
osce told me so. But I feel awfully
outraged over tbe baste we're In to get
to quarreling over ber hard-earned pos
sessions. I know there will be quarrel
ing, and I'd like to put the evil day oO
as loner as possible."
"And how do you know there will be
auarrellne?" asked John Hardlne, with
a profusion of winks at his friend, tbe
Judce.
"I know It because I know tbe dispo
sition of John Hardlne !" was the scorn
ful reply.
Tbe lock to the private drawer was
broken, but no will was to be found.
"Thank Ood !" said 'Lize, devoutly,
"Now we shall have no trouble among
ourselves, for all eon be divided equally
among us, sbare and share alike."
"Not much it won't! Not if the
court knows himself!" exelalmed Judge
Hardpan, pulling out tbe drawer and
fetching from behind It a huge buff en
velope. "Here's Mrs. Hardlne's will."
Silence fell at once upon tbe awaiting
and expectant heirs. Tbe news of tbe
will, with vague rumors of Us contents,
bad been circulating among them for
mouths.
"I hope poor 'Lize will get tbe lion's
share this time, for she deserves it,"
said Tirsab, In a tearful whisper, as
though speaking to herself.
"So does the devil deserve It !" ejacu
lated John Hardlne.
Judge Hardpan made slow and bung'
ling work of reading tbe will, aud It was
Anally handed over, with apparent re
luctance, to Israel Sapplngton
Again, as In tbe reading of tbe senior
Hardlne's will, I will pass over the
numerous technicalities and complex
verbosity of tbe legal document, and
content myself with interpreting for the
reader's benefit tbe practical facts..
"I will and bequeath to my daughter,
Sally Hurdine lUdgeway, my Jersey
cow Laura '
"That cow's dead !" cried the benefi
ciary, In surprise.
"If she survives me "
"The cow or the daughter?" asked
Jobu -Hardlne, with a grating laugh.
"Tbe ok woman's proved ltereelf crazy
already."
"Bat, should I survive her, the next
direct Issue of said cow shall be the said
daughter's property."
"That never was her way of wording
au idea," said 'Lize, Impatiently.
"Whatever else my dear mother might
have passed for, nobody who knew ber
would believe her an Idiot!"
"To my son, John Hardlne, I be
queath my spinning-wheel and my
blessing. He will find the whsel in the
loft of the old cabin, In a good slate of
preservation."
"A match for 'Lize's loom !" said Tir
zab, laughing, in spite of herself.
John Hardlne was livid with rage and
indignation. He trembled violently,
but did not attempt to speak.
Tir rail's laugh was contagious. Every
body caught it but John himself. 'Lize
buried her face in her handkerchief and
reproaohed herself for tbe mirth she
could not restrain.
"May the wheel be of as much use to
John as my daughter Eliza's loom has
been to ber," continued the will, "ami
may my son remember that with what
measure be metes It shall be measured
to him again."
"Strange wording for a will," said
Judge Hardpan.
"I told you my mother was mad !"
cried John Hardlne.
"Mo mpfml iIati mn!iiMui dull. A
exclaimed Dave, the oracle.
"I will and bequeath to my beloved
daughter Eliza, wbo took sole care of
me without fee or reward during the
years of my paralytic helplessness, aud
who, of all my children, Is the only one
wbo never spoke to me unkindly, my
homestead or Donation Laud Claim of
three hundred and twenty acres."
"Whew!" cried John Hardlne.
"It is also my will that my daughter
Eliza should reside upon aud cultivate
the same, using at all times ber own
discretion in. its management. But,
should she not wish to reside upon the
land, then I wish her to place a member
of the Hardlne family no matter how
many generations removed, but always
a relative (through her mother's branch)
a tenant upon tbe same; such a
person as will keep the place In good
order, as a memento of tbe pioneer
whose home It has been since tbe days
when Oregon wa9 a primeval wilder
nest."
"Didn't I telhyou the old womau waB
crazy 7" cried John. "Why, she was
crazier than a moon-struck bed-bug!
Whoever beard of such a will ?"
"Mother Hardlne was eccentric and
peculiar, but she wasn't daft," quietly
remarked Joe lUdgeway.
"No more daft in her will than In
anything else," responded Tlrzah Har
dlne. "Mother always was peculiar,
but I don't know of anybody wbo bad a
better right to be. It was always a
bobby of hers to keep her iiome In ber
family, and thus perpetuate ber name."
"I'm sure 'Liza's welcome to tbe
homestead if she wants it," said Sally
Rldgeway. "The rest of have more land
than we can cultivate, the Lord knows,
and 'Liza hasn't any. For my part, I
consider tbeeprovisions of mother's as
being wise In tbe extreme. PeterTubbs
can never ouet 'Liza from this home, for
tbe conditions of the will will protect
t i, i -i i . .
in her her rights."
"D n the will I" said John Hardlne.
"You interrupt the reader," mildly
expostulated Judge Hardpan.
"I further bequeath to tbe said Eliza
Hardlne Tubbs tbe sum of ten thousand
dollars in bank certificates, which she
will And attached to tbe margin of this
document, and which are to be hers in
dividually to have and to hold, without
any restrictions whatsoever.'.'
"More evidence of insanity !" growled
John Hardlne. "Tbe old woman never
made such a will as that of her own ac
cord. You needn't tell me!" and he
shook his head Insinuatingly. "Judge
Hardpan, 'Lize can't give mo nuthin.
She had" hand In making that will."
"But I swear I iltiMt!" cried 'Lize,
hotly.
"Here's a letter that may possibly
throw some light on tbe subject," said
Judge Hardpan. "I've looked carefully
among the papers, and I find no evi
dence to prove that any of her other
children have taken tbe same pains as
Mrs. Tubbs to influence their mother to
undue partiality in making her will."
"Let me see that letter, please," sold
Mrs. Tubbs.
"Let her," growled John Hardlne,
rubbing bis bands In a sort of glee over
bis own pun.
"No, I profer to read it myself. This
fis an important document."
"But this Is not a legal court, Judge
Hardpan. Give mc my letter, I say.
You're meddling with that which
doesn't concern you."
Judge Hardpan.wiuked at John Har
dlne. "Read It aloud," said that worthy,
who bad suddenly changed his mind.
Judge Hardpan proceeded to read,
amid tbe general silence of his auditors.
"It's easy enough to see now why It
was that 'Lize got the old woman's
property. She systematically bored for
It," said John Hardlne.
t Tbe insulted woman rose to ber feet
and confronted her defamers.
Judge Hardpan, you are a designing
villain, and you kuow It!" she ex-
olalmed, while fairly quiverlug with ex
citement. shall flue you, niudaai, for con
tempt of court 1"
"But the court is not In session."
"I'd have you to know, you sassy
lade, that this court Is alwavs in session.
I and always an object of contempt !"
That latter remark Is wholly unnec
essary, sir," sbo replied, with ineflable
scorn.
I know It, mom," he answered,
without perceiving the self-evident sar
casm. "You, sir, oaroe to me with the first
Intimation that I. had concerning my
mother's will. After I bad fed ynu, I
took my seat, and In the fullness of my
heart I wrote that letter. It was writ
ten, I reiterate and afllrm, after the will
was made; and In it I expressed' my
honest and afleclionate solicitude for
my mother's health, and my earnest de
sire that she should deny herself noth
ing that would make her declining days
comfortable. If that be uudue ititlu-
ence, make tbe most of It."
I shall, mom; I shall. You see,
you'll find it hard to prove that thh
letter was not written before tbe will
was made. It Isn't dated."
"Then you'll find It equally hard to
prove that It was written before the
making of tbe will. It's a poor rule
that won't work both ways," was the
qulek rejoinder.
Tbe Judge was not c rapid thinker
aud this unexpected sally silenced him
for the nonce.
"Let us finish die reading of the
will," said Israel Sapplngton.
"I will and bequeath to each of nuy
other children, all and separately, au
equal proportion of the undivided live
stock of which I may die possessed ; the
division to bo made by themselves
through two such arbitrators as they
shall mutually agree upon, tliee two to
select a third for final adjudication In
all selections where they shall fail to
agree."
Again I pause to remind tiie reader
that I am eliminating from the original
document the tedious verbosity that
would, if admitted, mar the meaning of
this otherwise faithful translation
"And so all the rest are well remem
bered, and I'm cut otl with the old
splnnlng-wbeel !" cried John Hardlne.
"'Lize, you hussy! you needu't preach
to me.' I know tarnation well that you
had a hand In this business !"
"Did you have a hand in making my
father's will, John? Tbo will that be
queathed to me my mother's old loom
aud left you rich ?"
"A plain admission that you've been
inciting your mother to spite-work,-mom,"
said Judge Hardpan.
"If I believed in physical argument,
and this was not a house of mourning,
I'd horsewhip both of you !" said 'Lize,
her voice husky with smothered Indig
nation. "And you claim that women
are protected and supported by men, do
you ? A fig for such protection ! I
never bad anything to do with law,
lawyers or law-suits, but I am deter
mined to fight for my rights lutblscase.
And I'll win them, too see if I don't!"
"And I Intend to contest the will!"
said John Hardiue.
"By tbe terms of the will, I am to
take possession at once," quietly an
swered Mrs. Peter Tubbs. "And to you,
my brothers and sisters, who have not
I joined in this disgraceful attack upon
. ... ..... .
my honor, I will say that I bad no more
to do with making our mother's will In
my favor than you had. I would have
scorned to ask ber to do such a thing.
Nevertheless, I believe tbe conditions
just. You well know that I burled my
chances for success In life in the sick-
bed of our poor mother In the long gone
years. Had It not been for that, I
would not now be Mrs. Peter Tubbs.
Who and what I am as Mrs. Tubbs, you
all know. My mother knew also, and
she was deeply grieved because our
father cut me off without property when'
I needed it so much, and when I was
certainly as deserving of it as John Har-J
dine or Judge Hardpan, whoso already
large possessions were nearly doubled
by his bequest. I scorned to sue for my
rights, though I could have done It had
I been willing to be represented by an
other whom tbe law makes ray execu
tive, but whom I kuow was not entitled
to it auy more than any other man, lua
strict moral sense. I would not suo;
but now, if I am sued, I shall contest
the matter to the bitter end. I should
wrong my mother's hallowed memory
if I did not carry out her voluulary
wishes. I knew her too well to believe
for an instant that she was unduly in
fluenced by anybody in dictating the
terms of her will."
"But she was crazy!" cried John
Hardiue.
"Crazy only for au opportunity to do
right," said Tirzab, firmly.
"Another bit o your slack, wife, and
I'll shut your jaw with my kuuckle !"
was the quick conjugal reply.
Tirzab turned ashy pale and shrauk
back In the chimney corner, wounded
to the quick.
"John Hardiue, you're a demon!"
exolaimed 'Lize, hotly. ."Would to
heaven that I had not been so wickedly
unwiso as to urge poor Tirzab to con
tinue to share your lot for one minute
after you proved yourself a perjured
villain before you were tweuty-four
hours married !"
"Ob, no! ou don't want any quarrel
ing in the house of mourning! It's
somebody else! What a lamb you are,
to be sure!"
"I beg your pardon," she said, burst
ing into tears, and turning to each oue
of the excited throng. "I did not mean
to lose my temper. John Is at liberty
to remove his spinning-wheel, Sally can
have her cow, aud the rest can choose
their referees aud divide their stock
whenever they are ready. I shall send
for my family and begiu at once to carry
out the conditions of my part of my
mother's will."
"And I'll contest the whole business
in tbe Probate Court !" exclaimed John
Hardlne, shaking his fist violently in
his sister's face.
"Did I contest our father's will,
John?"
"That was diilereut. You're only a
woman !"
She turned away from him in disgust,
and went about ber. duties, si!ently
weeplug.
I To be eouUnued.l
The Kisgof Death.
In Titusville, Pa., a few days aco, Mrs
Joseph Bushnell died from the effects of
klsslug the dead body or her father ten
days ago while atteudlng his funeral lu
Pittsburgh. Her father died of erysipe
las, and at the time mentioned she had
a sore on her lips, through which her
blood was poisoned. Her little daugh
ter, Ella, is uot expected to live from
kissing her mother. Exeliangc.
The kissing of dead bodies is a relic of
barbarism, as clearly so as are any and
all other modes of treating dead bodies
ns it tlie spirit still dwelt lu them. Ma
ture, by inaugurating immediate disso
lution and renderiug contact poisonous,
is peremptory in her mandate that we
no longer respect tho dead body as the
abode of tho living person. Yet this
worship of the dead lingers everywhere,
aud everywhere carries Its punishment
with it In New Orleans, the dead are
buried in ovens above ground because
the superstition of the people leads
them to think it sacrilege to bury the
dead In moist ground, or!n a grave that
fills with water. Hence, every atom ot
the bodies returns a3 effluvia into the
atmosphere, sooner or later, aud doubt
less aids in generating tbe pest of the
Mississippi alley yellow fever. In
Arabia, millions of pilgrims gather nn-
nually to adore the dead relics of Maho
met, aud, being Inadequately provided
for, on their journey, and while stop
ping at tbe tomb of the prophet, they
generate Asiatic cholera, aud send It
over the world as a punishment for su
perstition, i'ernaps behind these pun
ishments nature may bava some impor
tant scientific revelation to make
known, which shall give us a clearer
knowledge of the means by which both
the germs of death and the ccrms of life
operate. Meanwhile, however, those
who are most natural and unaffected
In lettiug the dead alone will outlive
those who allow their grief to become
dramatic at tbe funeral. J!. J Journal.
Photographs that Wixk. The
last new kink In photography surpasses
tbe Ingenuity of the man who Invented
the spirit photographs, and suggests
bow handy it would have been had that
crafty person added this to his devices.
A Frenchman takes one negative of a
sitter with open eyes. Then he makes
the sitter shut bis eyes and remain in
exactly tbe same position while another
negative is taken. The two negatives
are printed on tbe same paper, one on
each sldeexactlycolnclding. When this
double-faced picture is held in proper
position before the lamp, and tbe lamp
is rapidly moved or caused to flicker,
the curious effect Is produced of long
continued winking. It is. not claimed
that a person looks more beautiful when
he keeps winking, but it caunot be de
nied that It gives one a very interesting
appearance. Philadelphia fiecord.
A musical Instrument, however excel
lent, without a competent performer, Is
nf nn use: aud a person, thouzh beaute
ous In form, without loving qualities of
mind, could never necome an agreeable
companion, but would freeze the genial
flow of soul and become distasteful.
Compulsory attendance upon school
Is now the law In Iowa.
IEEE SCHOOLS.
BY C. W. COOC
A recent number of the Advance pub
lished an Important article entitled
'tParochlal Schools." After observing
tbe promptness with which the Catho
lics are establishing and supporting
these, the writer says:
Tbe time Is not far distant when a lnrge pro
portion. If not the majority, or Itoman Catho
lic children will be furnished with the means
of education In tbe parochial schools. Then
will arise a demand either for emancipation
from I he requirement of taxation for the sup
port of public schools or for a division and al
lotment of their sbare of tbe fund thus pro
duced. This demand wilt be successful In
spite of opposition, for It will be founded on
tbe eternal principle of Justice.
For one, I confess that I was not pre
pared to see such ground tajten by so
Protestant a sheet as the Advance. (It Is
held by many that Catholicism desires
the destruction of our common school
system ; that she teaches that "Ignor
ance is tho mother of devotion;" that
sbo desires tbe masses to be ignorant;
benee she opposes the public school sys
tem, because It disseminates loo much
knowledge. Is it possible that Protest
antism is going to occupy this same
ground? Has she not sufficient Inher
ent truth in her creeds and dogmas to
bear the light of trained Intellect and
awakened reason ?) I had supposed that
Protestantism favors intellectual light
and liberty ; that she Is so confidant of
her strength as to favor aud ask the
most scrutinizing search and study df
ber tenets as compared with the reveal
meuts of science in the fields of nature :
and that to abridge, the rights, privi
leges and opportunities of a child for
developing tbe germs of its being, she
would consider tbe height of injustice.
But listen to tho .riifiwnce.-
To compel a man who Is spending bis money
for tbe education of his children in the man
ner which be believes to be for the highest
good to compel such a man to submit to bur
densome taxation for the maintenance or a
system of education which he believes to be
erroneous and dangerous, is the height of in
justice.
There, now ! Close the' doors of our
public schools! Divert their fund to
sectarian purposes, and, above all, don't
you dare to make education compul
sory ! Because, "To compel a man wbo
believes that child-labor," or lounging
about the streets, saloons and slums of
cities, conduces to tbe "highest good ;"
"to compel those who believe that ignor
ance is the highest good;" "to compel
such to submit to burdensome taxation
for the malntenauco of a system" of
free schools, "is the height of Injustice."
But we will pay, without a murmur, the
expenses of jails, poor-houses, peniten
tiaries and criminal prosecutions which
this class engenders. We will willingly
pay the billions which our late civil war
cost a war which a system of free
schools In the South would have made
Impossible, just to show our love of jus
tice for tbe paiochlal system which did
exist there; nor will we drop one tear
over the half-million graves of the war,
all because those people believed seces
sion was for tbe highest good !
Is it not perfectly evident that tbe
belief of this man or that man does not
at all atlect this question ? The facts
are that in a government like ours a
"government of tbe people, by -the peo
ple, and for the people" It Is absolutely
necessary that .the people themselves be
enlightened; and it is eminently just
that such enlightenment shall be pro
vided for by a system of taxation which
Imposes relatively equal burdens ol tax
ation upon all, since all alike derive tbe
benefits of our free institutions, and
since these Institutions themselves are
upheld and perpetuated by the enlight
enment of the masses more than auy
other one thing. It Is equally just that
a vigilant eye be kept upon these funds,
to the eud that they be applied to the
purposes for which they were raised,
and not diverted to mere sectarian prop
agandlsm In short, to parochial schools.
This whole outcry In favor of parochial
schools is a deadly thrust at our free
school system. It comes from the ene
mies of republicanism, the enemies of
free thought, tbe enemies of free speech,
the enemies of free religion, the enemies
of free governmeut, the enemies of free
dom.
But says lbs Advance again :
It Is useless to assort that Intellectual train
ing will make men more moral, or that It will
nddtolbesecurityoftheSuite. History teaches
to tbe contrary.
This in face of tbe fact fresh in every
man's memory that want uf intellect
ual training among the masses In the
Southern States was what rendered
possible tbe late disastrous attempt to
overthrow this Governmeut. When, it
all the history of tbo world, did Intel
lectual training of the masses overthrow
a government? But how often alas!
bow often has their sectarian training
overthrown governments, even from
tbe barbarities which the Jews inflicted
upon the iunocent Canaanites down to
the horrors between Christian and Mo
hammedan in tbe late Busso-Turklsb
war.
Tlien, too, our free schools train tbe
moral as well as the Intellectual nature;
for It Is conceded on all bands that those
great moral truths which are universally
accepted should be Inculcated. This can
be done aside from any Ism. That It Is
done, is evidenced from tbe fact that an
exceedingly small percent of our crimi
nals come from the public schools, while
a very large per cent of them do come,
If not from tbe parochial schools, from
those wbo are thoroughly imbued with
tbe isms which it is proposed to Incul
cate therein.
But we get the gist of the article in
the Advance in tbe following:
Tbe Itoman Catholic Chnrch Is right In Its
theory of churehly education for the younc.
If the clergy are to Influence the community
otherwise than by tlielr lives and t&eir official
ministrations; Iftheyare to retain their hold
upon the masses, they must fashion the minds
of the rising generation.
Cardinal McCloskey or the Pope him
self would scarcely have written differ
ent from that. It Is a bold, bad asser
tion. So, then, justice requires that tbe
rising generation be given over Into tbe
hands of the clergy, does It? This
would soon give the Government also
into their hands, and we should have a
union of Church aud State with all the
sad consequences which history tells for
ourwarulng. Does the Advance desire
this? Will tbe Advance allow me to
tell it, aud tbe clergy generally, that if
tbe free school system be maintained
and continually improved In tbe future
as It has been In tbe past, cultured in
tellects, pure lives, and tbe plain simple
truth will alone enable tbe clergy "to
retain their hold upon tbe masses." Is
It because tbey lack these things that
tbey claim the training of our children?
Truth needs no such "dark wavs" to
render it gladly acceptable to the un
trammeled mind. No, gentlemen, tbe
youth of America are not to be hauded
over to your tender mercies. Tbelr
minds are to be strengthened by culture
and left free to search for and accept
truth "wherover found, on Christian or
on heathen ground."
As an endeavor to sugar-coat this
nauseous compound In the Advance, tbe
writer says :
Our public school system shodtd never be
wholly abandoned. Dot It has far outgrown
Its legitimate sphere.
Ye gods ! then save us from the legit
imate sphere of parochial schools sup
ported by a public fund !
Says the Advance again :
The time has come when oar PrdtesUnt
churches must resume the responsibilities
which they have resigned. By tbe side of
every church should stand the parochial
scbool-uouse. Then tbe unjust system of
school taxation which now disgraces our
civilization would soon become a thing of
the post.
Notwithstanding the above appears
in a leading paper of one of tbe most
liberal brunches of the Protostant
Church, I cannot believe it will be en
dorsed by a majority of Protestants. It
savors too strongly of tbeCittbolic plan,
which, Indeed, the writer of It pro
nounces wiser than the Protestant.
Take awa tho support of our free
schools, aud you destroy tbe schools
themselves. Destroy the free school,
and you destroy tbe Governmeut, of
which they are tho chief bulwark; I
cannot yet bring myself to believe that
a majority of Protestants will lend their
aid and Influence to do this thing.
Will uot a wise love of truth, of hu
manity, of all inspiration, induce us to
perpetuate our free institutions, give
physical, mental and spiritual culture
to our youth, and leave them unlrara
meled by this or t'-at dogma of sectari
anism, aud free to reverently and lov
ingly explore every department of God's
great temple, and wisely employ what
they shall obtain therein to the up
building of a divine humanity on earth ?
One of the passengers on the ill-fated
Xarragansett. that went down lu the
collision on Loog Island Sound a few
nights ago, said to the men who were
tryiug to save the unhappy people:
"Xever mind me; I'm an old woman.
Save the young." That lady's name
should go down to posterity as one of
tne uravest Heroines ttiat America has
produced. Her noble self-sacrifice, her
thoughtfulness for others, stand out
more prominently in contrast with the
conduct of others of the unhappy com
pany, strong men neat ou Willi tlie
oars the hands of dying women wbo
were clinging to the boat sides and nlte-
ously beggiug to be taken In; stout
young fellows heeded not the cries of the
weak aud helpless, but In their struggle
to save themselves heartlessly thrust
aside and cast of! women and children.
Appeals to their manhood were of no
avail, as they possessed no manhood.
The bravery of the noble old lady, who
wanted the younger people saved, would
have preserved many lives on that occa
sion had It been apportioned amonc tbe
strong hands but coward hearts of tbe
panic-stricken men. Salt Zake Herald.
Morse became a revelator when he
applied electricity to machinery for
transmitting intelligence from one sta
tion to another. The beginnings were
small, but to-day every nation on the
globe Is united by these connecting
wires. So perfect Is tho system, that
you may station yourselves at a given
point aud hold communion with the
whole world; and yet 'tis but a short
rim ,in Mora was declared to be In
sane. Ttnt the seouel proves that.her
was, of all, tbe most sane.
So far the beads put on postage stamps
are as follows : On tbe 1-cent stamp Is
tbe head of Benjamin Franklin; 2-cenl
stamp, Andrew Jaokson ; 3-cent stamp,
George Washington ; 5-cent stamp,
Zacbary Taylor ; 6 cent stamp, Abra
ham Lincoln; 10 cent stamp, Thomas
Jefferson; 15-cent stamp, Daniel Web
ster; 30-cent stamp, Alexander Hamil
ton; 80-cent stamp, Commodore Perry.
A man must be dead to be thus hon
ored. A French artist gave bis last work to
a servant to convey to a salon. "Be
careful I be careful!" said he; "the
work is scarcely dry." "Ob, never
minut" exclaimed the porter,
clothes are old."
"my
Tbe apparitions and cures at Knock,
county Mayo, Ireland, have not ceased,
and day by day the locality Is more and
more thronged by visitors of all classes.
WOMEH AT THE00NVEHTI0NS.
Lucy Stone points ie out as a note- -worthy
fact that at each of tbe political
nominating Conventions held this year
a place was made on the platform or
elsewhere for women and more or less
recognition was accorded their claim for
political rights.
t the Republican Convention in Chi
cago, ssventy-six women from the Na
tional Association bad seats assigned to
them on tbe platform, to which they
were politely escorted. Senator Ferry,
of Michigan, bad made special arrange
ments to secure tbe seats. Susan 15;
Anthony, Belva A. Lockwood and Mrs.
Clay Bennett had a bearing before tbe
Platform Committee, and presented a
memorial, asking tbe party to pledge
Itself " to secure women citizens In tbe
exercise of their right to vote." No ac-
tion was taken by tbe Convention on
this memorial. Nevertheless, It was a
point gained to have had It presented to
tbe Committee.
At the Labor Greenback Convention
in Chicago, the same ladles bad seats on
tbo platform, and, as some of them were
delegates, they shared -in tbe discus
sions. Mrs. Matilda Joslyn Gage pre
sented a memorial from the National
Woman Suffrage Association, and Susan
B. Anthony supported It. Later In tbe
discussion, Mrs. Sara Andrews Spencer,
Mary E. Haggart and Mrs. Chandler
bad a bearing. But when tbe final vota
was taken on the suffrage question, It
was "referred to tbe States with favora
ble recommendation," by a vote of 52S
to 124.
At tbe National Democratic Conven
tion in Cincinnati, the Committee
awarded sixteen seats on tbe floor of the
Convention, in tbe rear of tbe dele
gates, to tbe representatives of Woman
Suffrage. Miss Anthony, Mrs. Spencer
and others urged the delegates to permit
a woman to be beard for ten minutes in
advocacy of tbe adoption of a Woman
Suffrage plank. Tbe same resolution
which bad been presented at tbe Repub
lican Convention was brought to tbe
Democrats with a preamble, both of
which tbe Committee on Resolutions
were asked to incorporate in the plat
form. This was not done. ,
At the Prohibitory Convention in
Cleveland, many ladles were in tbo hall.
Mrs. E. D. Foote, of Wisconsin, atfd
Mrs. McCIellan Brown, of Pennsyl
vania, were among tbe Vice-Presidents.
The latter was colled up for a speech. In
which she said she "believed tbe day
would come when all the prominent
conventions would consist of women
and .men side by side; and tbe Prohibi
tion party would be tbe proudest party
of history, because It carried forward
tbe two great reforms of anti-rum traffic
and Woman Suffrage." Tlie platform
contained this passage in the eleventh
resolution: "We also demand as a right
that women having privileges of citizens
in other respects shall be clothed with
tbe ballot for their protection and as a
rightful means for a proper settlement
of the liquor question." When it came
up for discussion, it appeared a large
part of tbe Convention were favorable
to giving women the full and unquali
fied right to the ballot. Several speak
ers thought the platform equivocal on
this point. Others declared the state
ment was as broad as it could be made
aud covered all points of suffrage. But
it was finally adopted. Mrs. McCIellan
Brown bad the honor of presenting the
name of the candidate for Vice-President.
Thus more aud more each political
party is drawn or driven to larger recog
nition of the rights of women.
The New British Premier. Mrs.
Gladstone, if not tbe power behind tbe
throne in tbe new English Cabinet,
has, It is said, no little influence over
the public conduct of her distinguished
husband. She is an active, earnest and
pleasant woman, but not a stylish
dresser. Hervbouuets are said to be par
ticularly dowdy, and some of tbe Tory
ladies are reported to have expressed a
spiteful wish that she would buy a new
oue in time for tbe ovation in prepara
tion for the Premier. She has two sous
in Parliament, and takes a deep interest
In Mr. Gladstone's political fortunes.
While It was still a mooted question
whether the Queen would not induce
Hartlngton or Granville to accept the
responsibility of forming a ministry,
Mrs. G.said: "William shall be Premier
or nothing." Tbe aforesaid William is
himself the reverse of foppish in his
dress. His coats seldom fit him, and his
trousers are baggy at tbe knees, and bis
gloves are too long in the fingers. But
when he is going to make a great effort
he is well brushed, bis hair is oiled, and
he wears a flower in bis button-bole.
Tho old members of the House know
when be comes In that rig that he in
tends to "make an eflort," New Or
leans Picayune.
It Is always healthy for voum? riAonlo.
and also for everybody, to note th riu
of a man like Garfield, and of a woman,
lunjr nuu, H.IH aits, uarneiu. it Is
an old tradition, but It is a precious one
that comes true every State and.Na
tlonal election, that future Presidents,
governors and statesmen and their
wives sit on tbe benches of tHn nri marv
schools of to-day, and taste the life of
iniancy in all the common-plaee cir
cumstances of the great people.
A lady who was once vlsitlog one of
our city churches commenced singing a
hymn which was given out, when the
sexton crept softly to ber and told her
that In that church tbe cbolr did tbe
singing. The lady replied that the
church had better strike from her lit
urgy, "Let the people praise-tbee, O
Lord; yea, let all the people praise thee."
Michigan has appropriated SSO.OOO for
a reform school for girls.