Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 25, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 January 1885 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS DAILY SENTINEL SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25 1885.

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ntststtnded tbat tfcee colnraus lakall record wccaa's work la all the varied fields of usefulness, Tzltzt opinion rapcctlag women, and voice the flm and thouxkts of women. It la toped that tlC7 nay la aoma measure encourage and strength ca women in every worthy effortald them la solv &3 the problem of self-snpport, protect tlhea t tkrovih knowledge of forms of bnsineas and law tssplre taexa to attain to tLeir rlzntfal poaltlon, and tana thronen enlightened, elevated woman fcood ennoble tie Lome, tue race, tne Kation "Tromaa's World" it wide, it L'e, aa mother, M home-maker, aa worker, tt educator, aa phllan tfcxoplrt. at comrade, aa dtlxeD. and at a tinman belzz woman la everywhere building for L erteil and ha feneration. From an tectiont of tnla world trial repent of individual an organised work wwi Iteiaa, thousnts. suggestions and inquiries art invited fer t&eae cclamna. Vddxtaa ail such communication! to 7I4U.NCX M. AXXI5IC, Tne January Woman'a Msgszine contains a well written sketch et Mrs. May Wright feewall by Mra. Helen M Gougar. ' The candlJates for the office of State Librarlan are not so numerous this year ai la ' former days. Miss L'zzie Cal lis. Miss Sallie I'rather, of B'az.l, Mrs. Harriet Cooper and M!ia Susie Kav Wilson, both of Shelby County, appear to be the only contestants. Numerous soeietv Tonn? fn Vw

. Yo'k are tat in? Unions In elccation for the purpose ot gaining fiaency in speech ana j,clü of manner and of generali improving their conversational powers. The art of talking and of reading well ought to receive more attention in oar public schools. Dr. Delia Howe, who has served accep- , tably aj assistant physician at the Cook County (I1L) Insane Hospital is soon to bs transferred to the State Hospital at Kankakee. Dr. Howe's appointment at the county Loapital was made on the recommendation of tne Reform Committee of the Chicago Woman's Clab, aad this committee now pe tifiocs the commissioners to appoint Dr. Hairiet C. B. Alexander to fill the vacancy. Mis. Alexander is a graduate of Vassar and of tbe medical department of the Michigan rniversi'y and is eminently qualified for tie duties of the position. j Mis Julia Holmes ßmltb, M. D., of Chitazx pfeial commissioner for tne North we-i, for tne department of Woman's Work a New Orleans, received a dispatch last WeJnesday from her representative at New Orleans, announcing that the northwestern division is in order. The Inter-Ocean says: "Mra. Dr. Smith, in acknowledging this very satisfactory announcement, expresses especial gratitude to the lady commissioners of the several States of her aivision for their efficient services Mrs. Ha en as, of Illinois; Mrs. Scott, of Iowa; Mrs. Noe, of Indiana: Ma. Elliott, of Nebraska; Mrs. Maratoo, of Minnesota; Mra. Town rend, cf Ohio, and others,1 ' On last Thursday, the Woman's Silk Cul ture Atsociation of the United States presented to the Pennsylvania Legislature a stand of State and National Hags, as a token of appreciation of the encouragement given by the State to the Association in its efforts to develop a new industry for women. On Friday, the Association presented two National flags to the Senate and House of Representatives with a memorial reciting the great successes of their efforts to establish silk culture as a horns industry and asking the good will, influence and aid of Congress in the further developmeet of its purposes. All the flags are woven from silk of native American growth, cultured by women and children in many States of the Union, and spun and woven in Philadelphia. Hon. Wm. Dudley Foulke has introduoed two bills in the Senate with view to enlarging the rights of women. One provides that "all persoos twenty one years of age, without distinction of sex, shall havn the right to Tote for Presidential electors.'' Theothsr provides that "ail married women shall nave all the capacities and powers In law acd be subject to the same obligations as unmarried women." Both were referred to the joint committee on women's claims, which consists oa the tart of the Senate of Messrs. Foulke. Meintcab, Hoover and Adklaon. It is thought tbat the members soon to be appointed from the He use will be equally able, liberal minded and influential men, making the committee one that wIU give tke Interests cf women careful consideration. The question cf the rights of married women makes its appearance In Legislative proceedings almost as regularly as does the appropriation bill for current expenses. The Indiana Hoase has been debating to bat extent a msrried woman should be allowed to make contracts, and to convey and mortgage her property. As the bill which gave occasion for ths debate was indefinitely postponed, it is respectfully suggt&ted tbat a discussion on the rights of married men is in order. To what extent married men should be allowed to imperil the homestead and the joint accummulations of husband and wifs, oy going security, dabbling in stocks, patronizng bucket söops and other forms of gambling is a subject upsa which numerous women are capable ot making some interesting remarks, if men can not do it justice. Devotion to home and family is a cardlral virtue quite aa csmmendaole in man as in woman, and it is pleasant to find that trait of Mr. Colfax 10 appreciatively recognized by a reminiscent correspondent of toe Chicago Inter Oct ao, who lays: "Among his friends and with his family Mr. Colfax lived up evenly and squarely to tne ideal plane cf his writings. In all his lecture engagements, extending over a good many years, he made it a point to speud Saturday night and Sunday with his family at home. There was a disposition to laugh at Colf fax's idea of steaming across three or four Slates to spend one day at home and then team back the next Monday, but he never v abandoned the custom. He always spoke of bis wife with the exalting kindness of a bridegroom. There was more to the peoDle in the example of such a man than the cynica would be willing to admit." It is announced by the press dispatches tbat Mrs. Juiia Ward Howe presented a cotiip'aint to the United States Commission-

eis at the New Orleans exposition last wek to the effect that of tho $50,000 appropriated for the expenses of the woman'a department she had received but ?3 000, which will fall far abort of the obligations she has already icenrrcd. ' Abont two weeks ago a "Lsdies' Auxiliary Aid Association" was organized at New Orleans to raise funds for the woman's derart merit by giving a teriesof entertainments. The first was given the evening of Jan. 13 MraHowe delivering her lecture "Is Po its Society Polite," andJrauin Miller reciting an original poem, "The Fortunate Ifles." It was a brilliant affair, flowers, flags and mcsic, a house crowded "thronged, packed with our best society, Creole and American," says the Times Democrat. The second entertainment given last week was "A Creole concert." Meanwhile a number of society elrls have

-5 fenred a "Young Ladies' Auxiliary," and are collecting au exhibit to represent the ( wtik of Louisiana women more fully than

dees the exhibit of the Christian Woman'a Exchange or of the Ladies' Historical Society. Gov. llohi for Woman SafTrac. The following is an extract from Qiv. Robie'a address to the Maine Legislature, Jar. 8, IbSö: "I call yocr attention to the necessity of rsae change of our lawa which would and

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j hrnld give woman increased opportunities 13 oiscnaree ice auue-oi ciiiznsnip. Kr innumerable deedsof noble conflict oa every ceia oi morai, iDieuecioai. ana social ecort wcrxan baa won eqnal honors with tbe other mx, and tstabllantd by works her right to a jest recognition and equality,which selfish rule has heretofore prevented. Intelligence of the citizen is the only true basis of suf frage, ana ii equality is assured, let us not Ignore its icgical consequences, but jrive to woman all the rights of citizenship. To this end, as a step In the right direction. l would ask tne pas?aze of a general law re cognizing the eligibility of woman to hold anyrruceDot prohibited by the Constitution" All Isjuitice Workt a Lom.' A memorial bearing the above motto has been sent to eyery member of Congress by the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union. It reads as follows: Believicg that governments can be just only when deriving their just powers from tbe censent of the governed, and that in a government professing to be a government of tbe people, all the people of mature age shrnld have a voice, and that all class legislation and unjest discrimination against the rights and privileges of anv citizen is fraught with dsncer to the republic, and Inasmuch as the ballot in popular governments is a mcst potent element in all moral and social reforms; We. therefore, in behalf of the hundreds of thousands of Christian women engstred in i hilanthropic effort, pray you to use vnur il finance, and vote tor the passage of a 10th an endment to the Constitution of the United States, prohibiting the disfranchisement o any citizen on the ground of sex. Miss Frances E. Willard, President of the Natioral Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Evanston. 111.; Mrs. Caroline B. :uell, Corresponding Secretary, East Hampton, Conn.; Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridse, recording Secretary, Ravenna, Ohio; Mrs. L, M. N. Stev ns, Assistant Recording Secretary, S roudwater, Me.; Miss Esther Pugh, Treasurer. Cleveland. Ohio: Mrs. Zejeld . WlIsce, Superintendent of Department of Franenite. Indianapolis. Ind.: Mrs. Henrietta B. WaJl, Secretary of Department of Franchise, Akron, Omo. The TTatbiogton Woman Suffrage Cooven tlon. The following account of the annual meet ing of the National Woman Suffrage Association at Washington last week is gathered from tne meager press reports. On Monday, Jan. 19. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony received witn Mrs. Spofford, of the Rigga Home. The parlors were crowded with distinguished people, who came to pay their respects to these veterans in the work for woman's enfranchisement. Several of the speakers at the convention and delegates were also present. Among the many callers were Senator and Mrs. Logan; Senator and Mrs. Dolph, of Oregon ; Mrs. Secretary Teller; Mrs. Hatton, wife cf the Postmaster Genera1; ex-Senator and Mrs. Pomeroy ; Mrs. Boulette, of Maine: Mis. jörown, of Pennsylvania; tbe Misses Rnnev Mrs. and Miss Stone, of Massachusetts; Miss Cullom, of Illinois; Mrs. Senator Sabin, of Minnesota; Kev. and Mrs. Snippy n. Mrs. Whiting and Mrs. Ediy, mother of ex-Governor Long, of Massachusetts; Mn. Harrison, of Indiana, and hundreds of olbers. Gn Tuesday an executive session was held at the Riggs house, Miss Sur" P. Anthony presiding. Among those pr..ei were Miss Laura WTbite, of Kentucky; 8arah M. Perkins, of Cleveland, Ohio; Clara B. Colby, of Nebraska; Margaret Brown, ot Colorado; Lama De Force Gordon, of California; Doctor Alice B Stockt aim, of Illinois; Annie L. Diggs, of Kamas; Mary E. McPherson, of Jowa; Mrs, Elizabein Cady Stauten, Mra Lillie Devereux Blake, and Mrs. Amelia P. Post, of Wyoming. The first open session of the association began at tbe Universalist Ckurch. in the afternoon and was will attended. Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton presided, and letters were read from Rachael G. Foster, Corresponding Secretary, who is studying law in Germany. Reports were made from Ohio by Mrs. Sarah M. Perkins and Mrs. Ellen Sully Fray; from Conn., by Miss Frances E. Rurr, ana from N. Y. by Mrs. Blake. 44 What Woman Suffrape Means" wu the subject of au s ddress by Mrs. Harriet B. Shattnck of Ma'deD, Mass. The evening session wss largely attended. Mrs Stanton presided, and speeches were delivered by Mrs. Matilda Joljn Gage, of Fayetteville, N. Y., and Mrs. Etanton, the latter a subject being Disabilities and Limitations of Sex." Mrs. Laura de Force Gordon, of San Francisco, CaL, owing to fatigue, did not deliver ent'rely her address on "Is Our Civilization Civiiized?" tbe executive session on Wednesday. following officers were elected for tne etrsnmg year: "President. Elizabeth Cadv Stanton; Vice Presidents, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Phoebe W. Couzins, Rev, Olympia Brown, Abigail Scott Duniway, and acting honorary Vice Presidents from each State and Territory. Reports and letters were then read, presenting suggestions as to tbe future work of the Association. Mrs. Stanton presided at the afternoon session, which was largely attepded. Letters and telegrams were read from friends wishing success to the movement and offering congratulations on the marked advance of public opinion in respect to woman tnfijiga. Resolutions weie read and discussed, particularly one ot a theological character by Mrs. Stanton. It set foith that tbe dogma incorporated in religious creeds derived from Jn4aism, that woman , was an afterthought of creation, was contrary to the law of God and that the association would withdraw from any organization or person teaching such doctrine. Christian ministers were called upon to teach and enforce the fundamental idea of creation that man was made in the image cf God. male and female, and given equal dominion over the earth, nut none oyer each other. Tnis resolution provoked spirited diicussion, and was finally laid aside. In tbe evening addresses were made by Rev. Olympia Brown on "Anti-Monoooly;" Lillie Devereux Blake on "The True Republic," and Matilda Hindman on "As the Rulers so are the people." On Thursday morning at the executive session Mra Blake, Chairman of the Committee on Plan of Work, made a report, which was adopted, recommending that the women of the several States labor with their Legislatures for the passs-e of suffrage laws, acd mark every member antagonizing measures in favor of women in order to oppose them. The work before Congress for the parsage of tbe sixteenth amendment is to be continued. Women in the several States are also requested to oppose tbe re-election cf Senators and Representatives voting against woman suffrage. 1 he Vice Presidents of the association were requested to obtain, if possible, the passage of resolutions by their respective State Legislatures recommending to Congress the adoption of the sixteentn amendment. The question of municipal suffrage was discussed at some length. It was stated achool suffrage had been granted in twelve States. At tbe afternoon meeting addresses were made by Mrs. Diggs, of Kansas, Clara B. Colby, of Nebraska, and Dr. Alice B. Stockham, of Chicago; and reports were made by Matilda Hindman, of Pittsburg; Dr. H. B. Chapin, Mrs. Shattuck and Rev. Olympia Brown. At ths evening session addresses were made by Laura Do Force Görden, of California; Matilda Jcslyn Gage and Susan B. Anthony. The association closed its seventeenth annual session with an able speech by its President, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. General If ewe Notes. l5D7ANArons The silk banner of the Indiaxa, W. C. T. U. for the department at the

Nw Orleans Exposition is now on exhihitir n at Nr. Albert Gall's store. Itrepre sents the State teal and was painted by Mrs. A. E. Feiry. Mrs. Josephine R. Nichols ai- ' reised the annual meeting of the Louisiana W. C. T. U. at New Orleans, last week, taking for her theme, "The Orphans of the L'quor Traffic." Mrs. Emily Thornton Charles who is yialting friends In the city r. as a new volume of poems in preparation The annual meeting of the Indiana Bee-Keepers' Association last week was largely attended by ladies. Mis, E. Stout ws re elected Treasurer, and elected one of of the delegates to the national meeting at New Orleans next month. Mrs. C. Pobbtns, who has served most acceptably as President durinjs tbe past year, declined re-election. Mra Lucinda Harrison, of Peoria, and editor of the Apiary column in tne Prairie Farmer, rad an interesting paper on "Work for women," dwelling upon the suitability of bee-culture as an industry for women. Nrw York A bill to enfranchise the women citizens of the State was presented in the Assembly on Jan. 14 The Dsily Preis and Knickerbecker, at Albany, recognizes that the "woman suffrage party has ri en to a commanding position in politics with remarkable speed." Mrs. Abby Sa2e Richardson is giving a series of lectures in New York city upon "Poets and Poetry of the Nineteenth Century." California. At a recent meeting of the Women's Christian Suffrage Society, a paper wss read upon the responsibility of Christian women witn regard to the suffrage question. It dwelt forcibly upon the necessity for earnest and faithful work on the part of women of all denominations in the cause, and deprecated the desire of a great many to refrain from active work, through a disinclination to place themselves upon the same plane with tbe masculine political worker and manager. I-mtiaka. At the declamatory contest, at Aurora, Miss Rowenna Smith received the first prize, 10, M s Flora Stementhal, secor d, 5. and Mr. Frank Ramsev. third. 2.50.

Mrs. Mary A. Leavitt, of Vernon, has wmten a poem entitled "The White Ribbon Ai my to Louisiana, at Her New Orleans Exposition." This greeting she proposes to have printed in elegant style, at her own expense, and used as souvenirs at the World's Fair, and sold for the benefit of the W. C. T. U. It is also offered as a nraminm to subscribers to "The Organizer." South. Miss Betsie Bisland edits the bric-a-brac department of tha Xpw Orl.n Times-Democrat. Another lady engaged on me same paper is airs. Jfavy, widow of Dr. Pavy, who died on the Greeley expedition. Miss Annie Pettierew. of Favettevilie. ha been el cted engrossing clerk and Miss Jen nie oims enrolling cierk oi the Arkan as Honseof representatives. The effort to establisha female COIIpcb Rt TUltirrtArA nnrfar tbe supervision of the Methodist Episcopal cnurcn, nas so rr progressed that ?l3o,000of the 1200, COO r quisitc is already subscribed. Indications are that the remainder willeoon te subscribed. Massachusetts. A joint special committee on woman suffrage has been appointed by the Legislature. At a reunion recently held at Boston by the New England members of the National Educational Association. Miss Sarah E. Davie of the Prmririonr high school responded for the ladies. She pa;a a nattering compliment to President Bicknell, aisarioghim that his popularity among educators was attributed to the fairness with vh:ch her esx had bten recognized dur ing his presidency, and said that the itm. pie of recognizing the ability of women to ao committee ana otner convention work was worthy to be followed by his successors. Professor Nathaaiel T.Allen of West Near. ton followed, and applauded the growing appreciation of woman's usefulness and influence in education Literature. A trustworthy puide to householders in the practical application of sanitary science is to be found in a new vol ume by Mrs. H. M. Plunkett, entitled "women; Plumbers, and Doctors, or House hold Sanitation." Mrs. Heien Ekin Starren and her sister. Mrs. Frances Ekin Allison, are the joint authors of a little book now in the press of Jansen, McClurg & Co., f Chicago, and shortly to be Issued, entitled. ine ruture ot Educated Women," and "Men, Women, and Money." Mrs. Allison is the author of several remarkable papers on social and domestic questions, and also of some of the best current poetry of the past lew years, ui Mrs. Ktarrett's essay on the "Future of Educated Women," Frances rower cob De wrote, on its appearance in continued chapters in the Weekly Magazine, of Chicago: "It is one of the very wisest and truest utterances I have had on the woman question. Foreign. Miss Octavia Hill is enthusi astically praised by Felix Adler for her la bors among the poor of London, b'he does not seem to find herself hindered in her charitable work by the right to vote in municipal elections which English law accords to single women and widows. The bill to extend the parliamentary franchise to women, which stood for second reading on December 9th, was postponed owinz to the adjournment of the House of Commons. Mr. Woodall has set it down for Wednesday, March 4. A correspondent of the Chicago Inter-Ocean writes: The Italian Educational Association, having charge of the International College for Ladies at Florence, expects to send over a large class next year. Fancy a Chicago eirl studvine music side by side with a damsel from Rome, a uoeton maiden lending her palette to a young lady from Athens, and an English heiress taking a conversational lesson with a Spanish eenorita. Tbe college is a wise idea and gives an objective point for the American girl abroad. At the monthly meeting of the Welsh miners where 7.00Q present a resolntion was nnaminonsly passed approving of extending tbe franchise to women, and instructing their agent to assist Miss Jeannette G. Wiikiason in holding woman suffrage meetings. Expreaalona. Theft is regarded in Scotland, as in England, as a good deal worse than wife-murdsr. At the tbe Hh Court of Justiciary, in Edinburr, Lord Young condemned a man to two inontba' imprisonment for having knocked his wife down and kicked her to such an ex tent tbat she almost immediately died frcm the lesion cf the brain. The next prisoner was convicted of having stolen a letter containing two halt sovereigns aLd sixty stamp?. His sentence was five years' penal servitude. Laboucheie says, "The moral of this is, kill your wife, but never commit the far greater crime of stealing a postage stamp." A wcaaan would say that the moral is to give her sex a voire in the law-making of the realm. New Northwest. The Port Townsend, Washington Terri tory, Argus, in its review of 18S4, says: "Woman Suffrage has been tried in the Territory and is so much a success that both political parties are committed in favor of it. Many good people have in previous years been in doubt about it; but it is worthy of note as showing its value and real success tbat tbe liquor interests of the whole coast Lave combined to repeal it In this Territory ns soon as possible." "If a man will not work neither shall he eat." Nor a woman either; for the old creed, that our sex must always be dependent on the other, has become a creed out worn. First, because there are not enough maies to protect us; ana secondly, because many of them are quite incapable of doing it. uenerany speaking, a woman at any a$e out of teens, being well educated, prudent, ar,d possessed of a tolerable amount of common sense and ordinary "jumptlon." can take care of herself fully as e:l as aiy man can do it for her: and. eiceot in the. love-phass of life, wben help is so delicious and helplessness so sweet, most men prefer a won. an who will and can tale care of herself. It saves them a world of trouble. D. M. Muiock. The kindercarten system places in tne bauds of the thoughtful mother symbols as p: ay ibices by which tbe physical, mental aLd spiritual growtn ox tne cniia may be

started in the ri?M direction, and the care of the baby have for it objective point, not simply amusing acd keeping quiet, but forming and iVhionlng God-ward. The bright, pretty ccbred balls amuse and educate the eye to color and to form, so in every step the training of the senses and faculties, or the physical development, is considered; through the word and works of God the child mind is led out ot itself up to the great source of life. In this child-training the the thought is ever present that weare training an individual who must have suitable food, air and exercise, for physical growth, as well as suitable mental food. Further, we are by this system snabled to carry out the naturalness of the child in desiring something to do. The wise mothers of to-day are they who study the something and attend the doing. Mrs. E. G. Greene. Written for tee Sunday Sentinel. Abijah Fainheart'e Fear. Tfce world's a tarnin' upside down, Nein these oneaiy wimmln, A makln' speeches here an' ttar, At tbougn ol' Nick xvat in 'em.

Tae crittera say they wtnt to vote, Alocg'itb mtn an' niggers. They talk an tell 'bout 'f avin' home?." An bring a lot o' Cggert To prow thet wlramin baint no right By jacks! they're mighty knowin' To pay no tax, onless they tev Borne lay 'bout whar it'a poln. They say, thet "seen perceedins is Agin the Declaration, Thet our ol' dadlea made one Fourth To retelate this nation." They say thnr "cltyzins," and mutt Help make the laws thet rule 'en, They're goln' to sit on juries too You bet, no jedge can't fool 'cmrut wust of all the crltt ers claim It'a njther right nor fittin' Fer then to work, onless they sit The pay thet men's a gittin'. An' my Jcrusha Jane ha? tuck A notion that she's smarter Than our ol parson, Goodenough, An' Mr teacher Tartar. Thej 've argled with her to prove The female mind It weaker, An thet "a woman haint no call To te a public speaker. Or go a Cghtin' In tbe wars Or a bettln' on a 'lection Or nocein' round the ballot-box Zf ike's got men connection." They told her, "men 'ud make the laws, While Imnin do thur darnen' An' nuss thur babies es they'd ort, An walk by 8cripter larnin'," An' then they axed her, "who'ud take The keer o' her young chlldun, While she was tralpsin' off to town To vote fer Blaine or Tilden?' Jerusha Jane cocks np her note, An' then she says, says she Oh! I could Cght whar you lolka fit In a Cone-guard company, 'An speakin' haint no votin' test, 'S I happen to be kcowln'. But et It was, there's loads o' men Would stand no sort o' thowln', Ye' ceed'nt te a mite afeard Yer homes '11 be neglected, Fer wimmin want to vote, becase They want thur homeB peitected. "An votin' wonldn't change our lOTe, Or spile our mother naturs, I'd leave my young uns, same at when I go to hoe our taters, We wimmln are agoln' to vote, It's just at sure at ehootin', An' bummer candidates will be gent off a callahootin. "You men bev let the country rcn Clean down to rack an' ruin, An' 'less the wimmin help ye ouj, Thur'a bigger trouble brewln', An' preachers, an school-teachers, vrho, Ferglttin' thur high callin'. Are runnin' down the wimmin't cause Will soon be left a squallin'." Jerusha Jane's a savin' wife, An' mighty pert an' wlllin'. She makes her hand in harvest tine, An' likewise In hoe-klllin'; Eutsha's a weakly klndo' thing, An' spunky es a Rooshian, An' I'm afeard that votin' would Break down her constitution. Laura Favcett Alnold, Columtu?, Ind. , A Word to CountryGlrla. F. M. Adkinson in Inter-Ocean A letter lies open before me. "Only a girl's letter," sneered a cynical friend, as he caught sight of the long running hand with dainty curves and fine strokes. "Only a girl's letter," it is true, rhapsodical, and full of mixed metaphors and wild fancies but it tells me of a girlhood, inexperienced and undiciplined, yet rare and sweet and sad. I can almost see the writer in her disiant country home a maiden with tremulous, roee-tintcd lips and dewy, brooding eyes, Standing with reluctant feet Where the brook and river meet," and gazing wistfully toward her life to be, her toul tumultuous with discontent, longing, and aspiration. I am tired of this humdrum country life and its neyer changing routine," she writes. "We have no society, no amusements, no libraries, no educational advantages, nothing. I have learned all that is taught in the public schools, and have read the few boeks we own acd can borrow, and I must stop there, I suppose, as we are poor and I can not be spared from home. I am crazy for boots and education. My soul is athlrst for beauty. I dream of tha lakes and mountains of other lands, of noble cathedrals, of ivy-grown feudal castles, cf famous paintings and statuary. It is hard to be denied all these. I envy tne girls in the cities, who, even if they are poor, can have the benefits of superior schools and public libraries. They can visit art galleries and hear eloquent sermons and grand orpan mnsic, and see something cl life. I feel like a caged bird vainly beating against prison bars." There are thousands of girls on farms and in villages, of whom this one is a fair representative girls seemingly merry and content, even frivolous, yet rilled with an unspoken longing for something better, for opportunities, for development. To these I would say that it is the children oi poverty rather than those of wealth who beccme learned and renowned, and that they as frequently come from tne country as from the city It is not so much where you live as what you make of your life. The mainipiing of sll education, enjoyment and success is to make the most ot your opportunities. If yon can not go to college, learn at hone. It yon have not books, study nature's encyclopedia. The habit of observation is above all elee the educator. All of pbjiicsl science we owe to observation. All we know was thus originally learned. Observe a fact, from it and others draw correct conclusions this is the genius of all our knowing. Books are only the result of experience and observation. The cultivation of the habit of looking at and into things is one great educational need. Compel everything around you to be your teacher tnis is the foundation of broad education. To the dweller in the country illustrations of biancbes of physical science are on every hand, free as the air. With a good text be ok of geology, botany, astronomy, or natural history, the girl who has pluck, perseverance, and a habit of observation can become well versed in the elements of those tcf ccee. Do jou need books that you have not means to purchase, tell your desires and interest yonr associates in your pursuit, whether hiktory, literature, poetry, orscl ecce: firm a reading club, and establish a tnall circulating library through such con

tributions as the members can atforlto make. It is wonderfnl how rapidly an j

terpr:te oi inis xina win grow n ooce started. Even in thosa communities "With scarce a human Interest save their ova, Monctonoua round of email economies. Or the poor scandal of the neighborhood." an intelligent, ambitious, intense young woman could bring abont a great change, awaken higher interests, and int roduce nobler modes of thought and living, if she wouM only come out of her shell, give fr eely ot herself, and what she has acquired, and make tbe most of everything. Let your light shine as jou strive to Ciimb, extend a helping tand, and, yoa will be surprised to f.nd how many will be inspired to rise besides you. All along your past are wasted opportunities for social enjoyment, grand utterances, and noble dieds. Your soul is athirst for the beautiful and sullime in nature; for the sight of snowcapped mountains and white crested waves. Your scenery is "tame and commonplace," jou Eay. It may be tame, but nature is never commonplace, never destitute of beauty. Listen to Ruskin. pre-eminent as an appreriatorof the beautiful in nature and art: There is not a moment of any day of your lifts when nature is not producing scene after mne, picture after picture, glorv after?lory. and every man wherever placed, however far from other sources of interest and If auty, has this doing for him constantly." There are the ever changing phenomena of the sky the coming of the sun through the goldtn gates of the east and his going through the crimson and purple birs of the west; tfce grand procession of the stars; the eubiime gathering of the tempest; the clouds piling tLemselvs into massive white towers or into dszzling snowbanks, scattering into ccscf foam or into fleecy wreaths, formleg into a thousand grotesque shapes, scurrying along, wind driven, black and terrible, or sti etching placidly along the horizon like the Lining beach of a celestial lake. There are the succession of seasons, the quickening into life in spring, the falling asleep in autumn, the changing hues of forest and field, the tossing sea of grass and grain, the blossoming and fragrance of lowers, the varied scenes painted by wind and rain, snow and frost, the growth and habits of countless forms of animal life. Beauty everywhere to the artist, interest everywhere to the student. Why be blind to that within sight because you can not see lejcnd? Aspire to the stars, but forget not the earth. Strive for better advantages by using those at hand. Make the mcst of home and home affections and of neighborhood interests. Gather from every source of knowledge within yourreseb. Be yourself a promoter of civilization. Blight no opportunity and others will come. "Get thy spindle and thy distaff ready and God will Bend thee flax." ALL AliOCND THE HOUSE. The Simplicity of Entertaining Suggestions to Mothers Portlerea and Table Cover-Dinner Novelties. It net only taxes the purse of the wealthy beyond patience, but involves the household in such a whirlwind of labor that everyone dreads a lunch party. What we need is ecme one brave enough to pioneer. A eeriea ol evenings, calling together only those who will make a harmonious company, are beyond value as mediums cf real pleasnre. Why do wits or men and women of letters care for course after course of extravagant preparation? Fome of the red letter day6 that come vividly to ns were those where the eatables were so simple that now they are merely a very delicate and sabjectiva portion of a pleasant time. We should make what we eat a most insignificant part of our entertaining. An exchange offers the following SUGGESTIONS TO MOTHERS. 'Have you a button hook?" ,Where is the button hook?" How many mothers hear these cries just at the busiest moment ! You say: "There's one in my bureau;" but alas, Blossom has been buttoning Dolly's shoes with your own particular hook, and Dick's impatient declarations, "It isn't there," and 'he'll be late for school," are anything but calming. Now I offer a remedy for this evil. It is useless to hope to keep a button-hook, unless it is chained, so tie one to a long string, fastening it to the washatand drawer or to the knob of the closet, and one and another will avail themselves of it and shoes will be buttoned without lamentation. Ancther very useful article in mother's room is a little wooden chair. Blossom had seen a child's chair given her a year ago, and it has proved a family blessing. To be sure it is just the right height to finger over everything on mamma's "bureau," but how many times the little feet have stood upon it to reach a pin or needle for some older person, or to bring the "tolone" when she heard the word "headache." The chair is so easily lifted about now to sit by the chained button hook, and again to serve as a mount that mamma may put away something on the cloEet shelves. Once a week three needles are threaded and placed on "mother's cushion." One is stout and thick, holding black linen thread for any shoe-button that falls off; another has black silk, and the other strong white thread. Many a time a boy will sew on a button for himself if he can put his hand on a needle vith thread in it; indeed even a woman is more apt to take ''the etitch in time which saves nine," if she can do it without moving from her toilet table. There is another little thing which I have learned acd will pass on to others: Whatever jar occurs in tbe family, question yourt elf as to ways to prevent its recurrence. The means, as in the matter of a bnttonhcok, may be very simple, but how often we ao not take the trouble to look for them. Let us not forget that clamor is oae of the thiDgs that we must put away from us and frcm our households as much aa possible. HANDSOME I'OETIEEES shown at the Decorative Art Saciety's rooms are of a dull gold silk material, in which corded coils are woven; a band of amber colored plush, one half yard deep, is placed across tbe bottom, and somewhat narrower acre ss the top of each. Between tbe bands are interspersed groups of oak leaves and tccrns, cut in natuaal size, from the ambercolored plush, and fastened down with filoselle in crouching etitcbes, and the veins in the leaves are worked with silk a shade darker. The groups of leaves consist sometimes of two, with three acorns aad at others of three leaves and an acorn and empty cup; tbe cup part of the acorn is filled with knet stitches, in dark brown silk, to resemble the natural roughness. It seems that the fashion for table covers and scarfs is not waning, for they are continually being made, and new devices are employed in their decorattan. A pretty one was recently made of dark cardinal satteen. lined with yellow; on each end is abroad band of plush or velvet of the same color, but of a deeper shade: it is finished on each end with tassels.and above the band is a vine in delicate Kensington needie-work; and, by the way, to do one piece of this needle-work well is more satisfactory than to do naif a dczen in the Kensington painting. That is so easily done that a great many women take one lesson and then goon "daubing," and fancy that they are really artistic in iL Another table scarf is of felt, and is cut into points all round. The ends have three deep points on each; between the points a tassel is hung. A few inches above the points on each end a scroll of velvet is outlined with gilt braid or flue cord. Another, of drab felt, has a bouquet of autumn leaves.in velvet applied, and tne enda of the felt are slashed to zrake the fringe. Yellow satteen makes elegant table-scarfs, and with broad bands of crimson plush and de?p embroidery in various colors above the band it is toned down so tbat there is nothing glaring or too pronounced about it. THX LATEST FASCT 15 MESC CARDS is to have them in fine decorated porcelain. They aie practically e verlas tin gaa the menu

cf tr-iay can be wwhed effaxd the porcelain left ciear for another. Lcvely and delicate cream pitchers are of egg shell china, decorated with tea and blush rceer . The stem of the rose forms tbe handle of the pitcher, while the rose-buds droop gracefully over one side. A rood filling for a plain layer cake, which is to be eaten while fresh, is made by grating one large tart apple, one lemon grated and the juice squeezed out, one egg and one cup of sugar; let this boil for five minutes; stir it constantly.

FASHION AS IT FLIES. Iieirro's Drilcnt LoTtly Latri Kernhaidt'a Mantle A Drtam Dress of Bpuo film. Noteworthy models designed by Eedfern, the London man man tau maker are in Frincess of Wales red, navy blue, seal and nutbrowns, and other popular colors, and black, finished simply with buttons to match. A saperb street costume is of Houbaix cloth in Lincoln green, the front of the skirt is in wide panel plaiting enriched with embroid ery and military design in braid ct mixed silt and golden thread, divided by elender cones of side plaiting, crossed at the top by a short tablier in curved folds, and the back in punea craiery; supplemented by a pointed habit corsage with postillion back. finished with a wide standing collar and cuffs to match, garnished with embroidery. A still more elegant costume, of Lincoln green cloth, has the wide panel plaits en riched at the left side with a double row of palms in embroidery of braid in silk and golden thread; with a habit core ace finished in embroidery of Email palms. A useful and attractive costume of nut-brown boating serge ib garnisaea who tongue-snaped crosswise bars of flat military braid, piped around witn Russian oraid, or soutacne, in red and gold, and shows a waist opening from the wide military collar on a vest cf cloth in Princess of Wales red. A handsome costume of wine colored faced cloth, is outlined on the plaits in the skirt, and on tbe edges of the corsage with a narrow band of Astrachan fur headed by braid embroidery in black, of coil design. A costume of faced cloth in a beautiful shade of plum-color, is relieved with facings, collar and cuffs of plum-colored velvet, showing a design of small dots in a delicate shade of plum-color. A costume in seal brown cloth, with a capuchon faced with red, opens over a tablier and vest of red, over-laid with a checkered design of gold military braid half an inch in width. An attractive iacket. of black diagonal cloth, fastens over on the left side, under an extended piece of bla:k Astrachan fur, while the right side of the iront couar ana cues are enriched with braid embroidery in black and gold, in Astrachan design. A costume in faced cloth. in a rich shade of brown, is garnished on the ielt tr.de of the skirt and on the waist, in embroidery of black Russian braid in fern-leal design. There is a marvelous thing in the way of ro:KT d' alexcos lace seeking a purchaser in New York. It is a complete dress of exceeding fineness and has a history. It once served as part of the bridal toilet of a young girl at that time the only surviving daughter of a well-known widow. The bride who wore this married the only son and heir of one of the richest of Baltimore merchant princes. It was a love marriage ana me xace a gut irom tne groom. Six months later the young wife closed her eyes in death. Her husband, frantic with grief, could not bear the sight of anything reminding him of the past, and all the psrsonal belongings of the young wife were sent to her poor, broken-hearted mother. This was years ago, and now that mother, in her old age, by the strange and cruel chances cf fate, is left in poverty. One by one her valuable possessions have been sold, until finally the bridal robe, with its pathetic history, concerning which its next owner will care but little pleads for a purchaser. Mrs. John Jacob Astor is the best known collector and probably the best iudge of lace in America. She knows every stitch in the fabric cf eyery country, and can tell at a glance tha date, the point and the value of anything in this line. The merchant who happens in his travels upon something wonderfully rare or beautiful in antique lace may be confident of a purchaser in Mrs. Abtor, but lethim beware attempting to palm off a reproduction or a second-rate bit of old point upon this critical judge. In Mrs. Astor's collection there are two or three flounces and lengths formerly the property of sovereigns, among them a beautiful flounce belonging once to Napoleon's second spouse, Marie Louise, an exquisire and gossamerlike fabric, with the symbolic "Bee" wrought in its meshes with the imperial arms of France. She is also very rich in jewels. Mrs. Hugh Jewett, the wife of the railroad king, is another lace collector. Her taste runs more to he old Irish and Italian laces, and she numbers some exquisite flounces of old Irish point among her treasures. SABA II tKF.SEARLT'S GORGEOUS IMFERIAL MAKTLK worn in Eardou's new play, "Theodora," is the talk of the hour in Paris. Though not so valuable as the original, which was said to be worth $000,000, the modern mantle cost 1,600 and is exactly copied from the famous mosaic portrait of the Empress of Bavens a. It is made in blue satin, bordered with gold and sown with peacocks having sapphire and and emerald plumage and ruby eyes, and is worn by Theodora wnen visiting the hippodrome in state. It is said that one lady in New York has a dress of spun glass trimmed with cut crystal beads, the glass being in the palest amber tore, in exact coloring of the hair cf the fair wearer, who is very young and exceedingly beautiful. Another of tbese dream dressea is in a soft uncertain tint between pink, gray, and lilac The lower edge of the skirt Is finished with a full Tuching, while the other portion is entirely covered with designs in silk blond artistically arranged and so beautifully worked that they seem to hold on by magic A Louis XV. tunic, similar to the skirt and edged with a small, pinked out ruche, is draped very much at the backjoining the puff, which is formed by the lengthening of the back of the bodice. The low-necked bodice is edged with a very thick chaplet of hortensia blossoms gathered from their stems and threaded together. Sleeves trimmed with chaplet en suite and a ruche of tulle; very high coiffure with an hortensia blossom fastened in the knot of tbe hair, shoes matching the dress, with moderatelypointed toes, trimmed with cockade bow of tke same material pinked out at the edge; gloves of light-colored unglazed kid. "Heroes of Three Wan." This neat volume of 450 pages, by Captain Willard Glazier, the author of "Soldiers of the Saddle," etc., is published by Hubbard Brothers, of Philadelphia. It is sold by subscription by a ycung lady who is now canvassing the city with it. The book comprises a series of biographical sketches of the Revolutionary War, the Mexican War and those cf the late war with the South. The Boston Traveller in referring to it says: "Heroes of Three Wars, by the autnor of "Battles for tad Union," and other works, is an inwnjely interesting volume, and will be welcomed by the reading public aa a moet valuable contribution to the military history of our country. The Philadelphia Times says: lbeoldier-artbor does bis work la aa artless patriotic Myie, and elves to his readers a real and not an imaginary idea of army life la &11 Its lights and shade. Captain Glazier baa laid his countrymen under lasting, obligations to him. especially in bis new book, "Heroes of Three Wars." The Washington Chronicle 'says: "Heroes of Three War" is written la a graphic style, and i s thrilling delineations of many of the moft important events of the Revolution, and our great mupgle lor tee preservation of the Union, can tot fail to interest those who love tttir country, acd glory in the achievements of lu brave and victcrioua defenders.

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7. . : - V -i AN EX-VICE PRESIDENT DK4D. THS LAT3 SCHUYLKR COl-FAX, VICE PSES1 TSNT Z5CEIJQ rRXSIDEXT GRAKT'S FIRT TEEM. Schuyler Colfax died suddenly Jan airy 13, at Mankato, Minn. lie was born in New York City, March 23, 1823, and attended tbe common schools of that city until he was ten years old. He be gan work at this tender age as clerk in a store, in which he continued three years. He then removed to St. Joseph County, In dians, with hia mother and stepfather, and soon found employment as clerk at New Carlisle. After being about four years la this position, he was appointed Deputy Auditor for the county, and removed to South Bend. He then began a course ot study, read law and wrote for the news papers. When twentv-two veara of aze he beram the proprietor and editor of the St Joseph Valley Register, published at South Bend. which he made an influential newspaper. TT I UÜ..I i 41 xi ia ponucai preierences at ioe time were Whig, and in 1S4S he was a delegate and Sec retary to the convention which nominated General Taylor. A y e it after he was elected a member of the convention to revise the Constitution of Indian. Mr. Colfax was nominated for Congress in 1851, but defeated. lie was a second time delegate to a national Convention in 1802. but refused to be a candidate for Congress in the election cf that year. Two years afterward, however, he was elected to the House of Representatives, against a candidate for reelection who had voted for the Nebraska bill. The young statesman soon made hia influence felt in Washington. He detected and defeated two attempts to put a Democratic Speaker in the chair, and during the ae Dates on tne iansas-aebraaka bill delivered two stroBg speeehes in behalf of tha free settlers. One of these addresses was published as a campaign document by the Kepublican party in 1S5C. While in Washington he was nominated for re election and carried hia district, although the national election went against his party. He was re-elected to each succeding Congress until he was chosen for higher honors. In the Thirty-fifth Congress he was a member of the Committee on Indian Affairs, and in the Thirty-sixth he was Chairman of the Committee on Posoffices and Post-roads. He was active in extendine the mail facilitea of the West, and reformin e cos tal laws. The nomination of Mr. Lincoln was highly satisfactory to Mr. Colfax, and he worked hard for his election. At tbe opening of the Thirtv-eiehth Congress, in Decemcer, 16G3, Mr. Colfax was elected as Sneaker cf the House of Representatives. He waa twice re-elected to the office, on each occasion by a larger maiorlty than before. In April. 16G5, he went with a party of friends on a journey to San Francisco. He called to take leave of President Lincoln, with whom hia relations had been very Intimate. In an hour afterward he was astounded by the intelligence that the President had been assassinated. Eefore starting for California Mr. Colfax delivered a eulogy on the Presiaent in unicago, and repeated it in Colorado, Utah and California. He was well received throughout the West. Jl t a a. ana on nis return delivered a lertnr entitled "Across the Continent." After the nomination of General Grant, in May, 18G8, Mr. Colfax was nominated for the Vice Presidency on the first ballot. When General Grant was renominated Mr. Colfax waa beaten by Henry Wilson in the contest for the second place on the ticket Charze? were brought against Mr. Colfax In connec tion with the Credit Mobilier matter, and this resulted in bis retirement from vublie life. He steadily denied the 'truth of tbe accusations made aeainst him. and a host of friends believed him to have been the victim of misrepresentation. Mr. Colfax was first married, at the are of twenty-one, to a playmate of his childhood She had two children, both, ot whom are dead. A fortnight after his election to tha Vice Presidency, he married again. A aon by the present Mrs. Colfax survives, and is now fourteen years of ago. Since his retirement from public life Mr. Colfax has lived quietly, occasionally appealing as a lecturer. He was exceedingly popular as such, and has been beard in nearly all the great cities of the United States. At his home in Indiana he retained the friendship of hia early associates, and was a prominent church member and abstainer from intoxicating liquors. Instances of his great generosity aro numerously quoted. He frequently gave tbe whole proceeds of a lecture to a deserving and needy institution. After a long life of incessant activity, he died worth only about 5150,000. His residence was at South Bend, Ind. In person Mr. Colfax was under the medium height His hair was of a dark glossy brown before age sprinkled it with gray; hia eyes were blue. Exceedingly pleatant and affable in private life, his public gifts were likewise extraordinary. He wrote win singular forte and accuracy, and greatly excelled as a public speaker. His sudden removal is regretted as widely as he was known, and the acticn of the House of Representatives in adjourning out of respect to his memory, when his death was announced, is significant ot the universal esteem in which he was held on account of his distinguished merit as a citizen and statesman. Since 1849 the American Tract Society Lai aent over nine million pages of reasons reading into Mexico, and the American. missionaries there are now petitioning the society for Spanish translations of "Helps to Bible Study." r m Aathmalene. If you have asthma or a fever the Tery best remedy is Asthotea :. Call at 40 East Washington strees at W Brothers' drug store, andgetab3t t LADTSÖ -,! i 1 r. .t . ' -" . m I, in Ore xninsle. wiihapaaa. "'c ormlM' ' triach MAMA LENK.-Dren. ,0 BU That Grover Cleveland H to be tüe next President, and that 100,000 office noldrs "i Bn render inelr roaiUona to the party cmnlna; into power. Full inlorartlon bow to proceed to obtain an cEce or position ia Government employ, sent pcttpaid on receipt of 2fc. WADE A CO., AUGUSTA, XAIBX.

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