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TACttUr BI 8LATK OWHEES
BEFOKE THE WAS.
The Eirleacri of a Teacher Who
Prepared Paplls for the
Xlafitrv.
New Tork Commercial Adotrlitfr:
Asii well known, it wu held to be
agaioat pood policy in the -South, in
the old daya, that the slavei should
be Uught to read. To teaoh theni
wa, in fact, prohibited by law in
most of the Stated. It would be an
jrror to suppose, however, that none
of then were so taught. For the
master ef the plantation was, in many
ways, an absolute monarch every
farm a sort of kiogdom and these
potentates ehose te judge ior them
selves how strict should be their
obedience to general laws, how far
they would allow themselves to be
controlled by the Legislature in the
internal economy oi their little prin
cipalities. t
Soathern planter? were in the habit
of having sach oi their slaves taught
to read as they chose law or no law.
I mvfcftlf . at the ane nf twelve, was
principal of a school consisting of
half a dozen ol mine, and others
sIivm' and some aooount ot my
methods may interest the teachers,
Srofessors and other liters j ot our
ay.
The ehieot of the school was the
highest possible. Indeed, it was not
school, nor even a college; it was a
theological seminary. All my pupils
were preparing for the ministry.
To this day I remember with pride
how thoroughly unncctarian was my
instruction. I made no effort to
bull these slaves into accepting ray
dogmas, as "proof of which I offer the
iact that whereas I was then.as now,
a sturdy upholder of Episoepalian
ism.everyone ot my graduates turned
Baptist.
I held my school in the kitchen
after supper. My pupils sat in a
row on a bench, one of their number
holding aloft a spluttering torch ot
lat pine. It gave a strong if un
steady light, but was subject to this
drawback: Being held near the
bead oi whosoever happened to be
reading, it is more than probable
that by overheating one lobe oi the
brain the symmetrical development
of that organ was marred.
That, however, did not muoh dis
turb us, seeing that neither they nor
I were aware that we carried lobes
of any kind concealed about eur per
boss. From time to time, too, as the
torch was passed up and down the
line, drops of burning tar foil upon
the hands, arms and necks of my
students, diverting their attention,
nay, causing them at times to dance
up and down the floor. Even so, a
philosopher looking on might have
dimly perceived how fairly good and
ill are distributed, on the whole, in
this beat ot all possible worlds, for
the eook and her scullion, seeing
these yonng theologians capering and
suoking the pitch from their rugged
fists, gave forth peal after peal of
free and joyous laughter, so that
things averaged up pretty well, after
all. ,
This was not a free seminary far
from it. My patronswero drawn from
among the most subHtantial citizens
on the plantation. They wore able
. to pay and 1 mado them pay. No stu
dent ol divinity could keep a scat on
that beuoh without bringing mo at
the close of each month a dozen new
laid eggs, worth, at that 'time, lJo;
so that eight months' tuition cost ex
actly f 1. Prepayment was not in
sisted on. Yet I can not recall that
on this account I was ever t ho loser
by oven an egg. As I myself raised
chickens, I was vorv glad, too when
hens were dilatory in thoir laying, to
let an account run over and reotive
at the close of two months a young
pullet.
My wages wore sweet luugh not
ye prol'ossors puffed up with lat sala
ries, yo school principals rolling in
luxury I
My discipline was that of thoso
heniehtcd davs. The rod then pre
vailed throughout tho length and
breadth ot tho land, nor do I bslieve
my clas would have valued my in
struction at an eira shell, even bad I
aboliHhed it. But such a thought
could not luivo occurred to a lad who
had not thought it strange whon his
own teacher, ha ring asked him it he
was ready with his Virgil, and ho re
plied, "not yet." had received thrco
floggings. The first for not knowing
tho Virgil, tho two following (with
intervals of rest for tho teacher) for
not crying. So they stumbled along
through their tasks. 1 kept up tho
i . . . 1. ; . i 1 .A l
circulation in tneir uncus aim miuui-
ders. Neither they nor 1 would
have heard without astonishment
that there was any way of stimulat
ing diligence or quickening tho
brain. 1 Bupposo, however, that my
thrashings could not have been very
severe, for I remember that they
were the occasion ot great hilarity
This was especially tho case when
it came to the turn ot Joe
Nelson to recite Joo wus
a famous stutterer. He was ui
youngest pupil, a broad shouldern
carpenter, twenty years ot ago. 11
was exceedingly conceited and not
a little vain conceited as to his in
tellectual gifts and vain ot bis lasci
nations with tho plantation damsels,
These qualities, however, did not
prevent him from being a thoroughly
good lellow, and he aud 1 were de
voted friends as long as ho lived,
But my aflection lor him did not
savo bis back from a single stroke of
the peach tree shoot upon which
' tightened luv grasn as soon as h
opt-ned fire. My way was not to wait
till the close ot a session and then
mete out the sum total of merited
eastiiution. In ray seminary justic
did not limp. At every trip there
rame a rap. l'unisbment ttod upon
toe heels ot error. j
nc'YYbat made u sDeoiaiiy Hard on
poor Joo was that 1 could not see my
way to allow mm to stutter through
& reading lesson
" I thought it my duty to encourage
him' to disoard this habit. I am
afraid I erred, but I meant well ; at
any rate a livelier theological school
never adorned tne eartn.
A number ot my pupils became
ministers in good standing. Some of
their views on mere morals, it is
true, were at variance with those
commonly professed by us of the Cau
casian race, but I trust this will not
be laid at my door. For neither
Xcnophon nor l'lato would ever
allow the sins of Alcibiadc to bo
traced to the teaching ot Soorates.
Then, too, it must bo remembered to
jny credit that they were ever found
vrhhtbeir -face set as flint when
there was aeetioa as to the funda
mental tenetf of the theology of their
day. No one shall ever say that Gil
bert ranked dancing as other than
an nnpardoaable sin: or that Isaac
ever held out hope of eternal weal to
the abandoned wretch who found
comfort in whistling a jig or patting
J uba.that rhythmio memory of Afri
ca's sunny strand.
Poor Joe never entered the minis
try. He built houses instead. My
falber set him free before the war.
At tho close of that struggle he was
not long in feeling that his genius di!
not find saffioient scope in fitting
joists and nailing on shingles. He be
came a candidate for the Legulature,
but before be could know the joys ot
victory or the pangs of defeat he
died. I had not seen him for years,
but I feel that the world is not quite
so bright for me as it would be were
this old friend of my youth still
among men. To the last, even after
I was a man, he used to maintain
that in his opinion he was my equal
in natural capacity, and I am the last
man in the world to dispute the
proposition or to bear him a grudge
for maintaining it. That he was not
lacking in the instinot ot historical
critioism the following story will
show:
One day, years after he had been
my pupil, as I sat reading in our li
brary, Joe entered and asked me to
lend him a book.
"YVbt kind of a book do you want,
Joe?"
"Well, M-m-m-marse Jack, I've
been a thinkin' I should 1-1 like to
read a history book."
"All rightl" aad I began running
my eyes along the shelves. Hume's,
Maoaulay's, Gibbon's, Rollins, would
tbey suit Joer" Just then my eyo
fell upon a large edition of lMtintxm
Crusoe. I handed it to him with a
steady hand and unblushing coun
tenance He took it with maoy
thanks and departed. A month or
so afterward he dropped in again.
' Marse J J-Jaok, ain't histories a
kind ot book what tells tho truth?"
I could not bolp smiling at the
simplicity of the question. I then
explained to him, as best I could,
that histories were often full of un
truths touching things which had hap
pened, while fiction was often equally
lull ot truths as to events that had
never occurred. Robinson Crusoe,
I explained, was fiction, but a man
so situated would have worn goat
skin trousers, talked to his parrot, or
shot any cannibal that might have
endeavored to roast and devour him.
As I went on explaining a brighter
and brighter light came into honect
Joe's eyes, and at last he exclaimed:
"Well, I ken' rcadin' and readiu' and
studyin' and studyin', and at last I
began to sort o' mistrust that some o'
them things warn't true."
THE BAITLR OF THE BIB ft.
A diaouaelcB intone Brl lah bird areas,
Al u where lb ihoold I raiaa in Al
ml.hLv i
The reverend fiction af rooki wa-a tba '
Of tba twallowa, whoae tenet, wara
fliahtr.
Tba'a wandere'i lax Iron tha Sooth orled,
"Ktjoioel
Na miliar tha anil or tha trca.
Oo whiob ooa aiiahteth to lilt u hit voloe
To tba Lord ol tba land and lbs teal"
"Mot ," owed tba rooka, with a vehe-
ls.no. nt
Oapoaition to drown, or o'arwbaln.
1ot worahip, in, one plaoa nlune uioat all
ait, - -
'Neath tha hiih rothio an-h of the elm.
Tha ordinal, parr t, or nob fuieinn bird.
flea b uie pit J. a rounded douia be mil
narah l
But wa, who ara quits alt apart from tha
her a.
Should abjure raian forma for a church.
That luipuaeut wren haa aeleoted a laroh,
Whole b ukIii firm a eupoM quite)
Wo mo t carry down twigj from our elm'a
vuthin arch.
To make it an orthodoi iPe."
Than a f rest rtorm aroie, while tba advo-
o toi toutht,
Ilia teoFe cackle I round aa nf old :
The mnnpiei roroated the worda they war
taurnit.
The aulla awallewed all they were til J.
be awla hooted round thoir diaoordaut aj
eeat, To tha drearlnat dnctrlna. Tha dove
Coo'd In vain, 'uiid the tumult, and did not
reaent
Th n none heard her metaiee of love.
Till the lark, auaring up to the blue aumtner
Rained down her note" o'er the crowd:
hr.
B'en lha rinhiluKiile'a ainaing wai buahed by
tho hliih
Small oioe that waa heard from the cloud.
"I am niitheelto heaven, and up here, my
f'ien-lr,
Vnur uiiahhle aunear very am ill :
Every aput who oca the voice uf true worahip
anornaa
la bleat by tha milker of alt.
Blot out In ibe wild wood, ye inavla and
morle I
v.... : - '. II.. I
A v ,r ill I miff, vi v vi i nn ii.'.i
Caw, ye reverend rooka, round the el ma of
ino liiarn
R-hiim. nine ronnd the hnrcea of the D"Or 1
Tho Mailer who ive each a ilitTnront tone,
And a plnmnau ilive'aa al our birtn,
Kever meant that one form of a tree or a atone
hbotild be hallowed alone upon eirtn.
Let the r irk hate hia lancet ana pad aula
and ejrotned roo',
Hia dame of rioh lullnte the wren.
Then fhall birda, In their harmony, carry
WIT O
To the turbulsnt children ol men.
CABLEGRAMS.
Caiio, May 14. In the mw ton-v-iiiUou
between the Porte and Gret
Biitain it Is an reed that th Brithh
ore a pa iin ef Kypt sha 1 to not less
than two and not mors than five
years.
Bkiu.in, May 14 Count Herbert
Birunit k, Genual Minister of. Keeltfa
A ffairs, baa started on his way t ) Dub
lin. Count Btamarck is to take a
holiday in I'w'and, at d wl l be the
giiet of thw M uqnis of Londonderry,
tun L nd Lieutenant.
TcOboN, Mav 14. At a trial hern
the new inslinlte shells, with which
the forernrattit is experimeniing
failed to piir.e the lion clad Hel
.
nr.
liqueuie pualnst which they w
thrown. Toe Bullion; nn is a ve
cf tho old type and wb built in 1803.
London, May 14 Two thonsnnd
engineers and artinans ergnitd in the
various manufactories rf Bolton, Lan
cashint, have comhiued to strike to
mor ow lor an inrrenae of two shil
lings In wnger. Ten thousand work
innmen are involved in the movt
tnent. 6t. rsisRFiiDBO, May 14 It la rn
mored that Herr Blelchrnders, ateot
on belall of three large btnktng Aims
InBeilmaxI four in ft Petenbarg,
has concluded an exttriHlvs argument
tor converting the present outstand
ing Husstan Inane into nnw issues wl'h
a view to ratBlig Knssiaa credit
abroad.
Itneaet Rrntra and ih Karlhajnak.
The recent earthquake caused
muoh greater alarm among animals
than people Several instanocs are
cited where cattle on the ranges ran
wild with excitement. It is said a
mare at Pusch's ranch stood for sev
eral hours trembling with fear and
refused to move. It was a notioo
able fact that Tucson, with its more
than 1000 of tho ennino brped, was
as silent from tho bark of dogs the
night of the day of tho earthquake
as tho mid desert. Many who were
driving horses noticed the terror
strickonappiMtraiiee ol the animals.
Sibucrllae lor llie "Appeal'
MEMPHIS PATXY
ME 3UIDS Of
TO QCEEN TICrOBU.KOW BUSY
1BUCT HEft U'BILCK.
nave ABithiar Bat Nlaeeare Posl-tlod-The
French Regalia -Hif-fait)
Bill aad Ills Indiana.
looaaiaroSDiscs orTirraat.
London. April 0. More fine
weather, blue skies and sunshine.
On Saturday evening I attended the
Press Club annual dinner, which
waa held at the Freemason's tavern,
where so many good dinners have
been eaten and are eaten every day.
The reason being that the dining
room of the club in Fleet street
would not accommodate so many
members. Over 2tM) members and
guesta sat down, and the proceedings
were ot the most solemn and deco
rous nature. It was very different
from an assemblage of American
newspaper men. There was a great
doal ot heavy responsibility" about
it. As the great dailies do not print
Sunday editions, and Parliament
does not sit Saturday nights, every
body had a chance to be there, and
there he was, in a white necktie and
swallow tail coat. The guests in
cluded a large number ot members
of Parliament, and Lord Wolseley,
Viscount Cross, the Lord ot Bur
leigh and many other peers. Speeches
were limited to five minutes, and a
good long list of toasts was got
through at a reasonable hour. Lord
Wolseley responded for.the army aod
navy, and advised the "boys" when
they wanted to change their profes
sions not to adopt the army, as how
ever disagreeable their duties might
be, they were not to be compared
with the unpleasantness of army
life, l'carse and Williams, the rival
war correspondents, were boti on
hand, and being separated by some
distanoe of table, aod carefully
coached, eaoh managed to make a
speech without pitching into the
other.
THE QUEEN
has returned from the continent and
"Jubileemanii" is gaining ground.
The papers are full of notes on the
preparations. Among the noble
guetts will be Prince Rudolph, ot
Austria, the Crown Princess Stepha
nie, the King of the Belgians, and
the Queen of the Sandwich Island.
The Jubilee service at Westminster
Abbey will cost the monstrous sum
of 100.000, All the ladies are com
manded to appear in full evening
dress, in order to gratify the Queen's
passion lor bear neeks, and some ot
the religious journals are denouncing
this regulation as a sacrilege, lne
Queen a regalia are 'to be furbished
up on this jubilee occasion. A sug
gustion has even been made (though
it will not certainly be aoted on), to
insert the Koh-i-noor in the crown.
A new crown was made for George
,1 V., at enormous cost; but this, which
weighed seven pounds, was too heavy
and too large for the Queen's head,
so another waa made of less than halt
the weight a cap of blue velvet,
with hoops of silver, brilliant with
diamonds, pearls, rubies, sapphires
and emeralds. Above it roso a ball
covered with small diamonds, sur
mounted by a Maltese cross of bril
liants, with a splendid sapphire in
the center. In front of the crown was
another Maltese o-oss. bearing the
enormous heart! fhaped ruby otice
worn by Edward the Blaok Prince.
There are 2166' precious stones ot all
sizes on the crown, worth ill 13,0(11).
And this remiuds me that the hibtory
of the
VRENCH CinWN JEWELS,
wliioh are about to come under the
hammer, is bound up with tho his
tory of France. They were the com
panions of her good fortune and her
adversity; they assisted in all her
triumphs, sparkling in all their
brilliancy on tho person of thoir sor
eroitrn, and tho next day sent to some
foreign country as hostago for the
rans'im of some town, to guarantee a
loin contracted in the interest of
tho State, or lor the payment of a
war indemnity. Stolen in 1702, the
greater part ol them wero recovered
miraculously, and some sNo disap
peared in the revolution of 1S18. The
war of 1870 exposed them to fresh
dnngt r, aud thev found a refuge at
llroHt agmnst the admits ot the
enemy. It has been said that they
wero deposited on board a ship in
tho roads, and only just escaped be
ing sent to tlio west Indies, as tne
vessol was ordered to that dostioa
tion. Thoir Oilyssey was, howover,
morn siuiplo. Ihey were not ex
posed to the perils of the sea. Nost
ling in their morrocco leather cases
they wore packed in a common
wooden box mado of planks nuiled
tngethor. and taken to the arsenal of
Brest. The box was put in a oorncr
as if it containod nothing of value,
and a pile ot old iron, chain cables,
etc., was heaped above it. Tho only
person who knew the value ol tho
otntentH of the ens" watched over it
discreetly and with viuilnnce. Tho
danger being at an end the box was
brought back to Paris simply cordod,
which gave it the sordid appearance
ot a caso ol ordinary merchandise.
T1IE AMERICAN EXHIBITION
I Will UUl Ul
W, ale of co
Toeauty of I
will not only open on the !hh of
a , ril 1 ,
ciay, out win ve in a very auvanoeu
completion. All the exhib-
ilaitu at the magnitude and
icauty ot tho buildings and grounds
to which no description can do lull
saavticc. Col. lleory S. Russell, of
Boston, who has accepted the prosi
deucy of. the exhibition, and Mr.
Burnett Landroth, ot Philadelphia,
have arrived, and, highly gratified
with the state ot affairs, have put
their shoulders to the whoel and are
doing (heir host to aid in the prep
arations. Mr. John llobinson Whit
ley, direotor general, wears1 the as
pect of a general in command ot an
army doing a torced march, in the
enemy's country. But a short time
will enable every oneeonneoted with
the work to congratulate themselves
on the completion of one of;the most
gigantio enterprises' ever undertaken
by private persons.
BUFFALO BILL
is making a great sooial success, and
as the people have found out that in
America we produce great hunters
aod Indian fighters, who are refined
and polished gentlemen, ho, is loaded
down with invitations, but very few
of which ho is able to aooept. The
Indians arc employing tho time bo
fore opeuing in visitiug theaters and
places of interest, and attract a
prodigious amount of attention
wherever they appear. Rod Shirt,
the head Sioux chief, who closely
resemble. Napoleon Bonaparte the
striking likeness being eveiywhere
APPEAL.. SUNDAY,?
remarked is also a bit of a lion. Ha
told me, through his interpreter,
that be traveled miles and miles
through land and oities, and then he
sailed and sailed until be thought
there wai no more land, only water,
but be had found a land with more
people in it than he left behind him.
They have been much taken with
the ballet danoing at the Alhambra
and Drury Lane: so I asked him
what be thought of the girls,
lie said, "Oh, I'm a great
tiiend to all women," upon which I
hook hands warmly with him, and
evoked one of his smiles, which are
as pleasing as tbey are rare. Asked
how many wives he had, he replied
that he had a right to all he wanted,
but that one wife was enough to keep
any man poor. The llight Hon. Mr.
uiaunivuo lull 11 I D. V IBUDI VMV A ,
ing, Toole, Lady Betive, the Dow
ager CountesB ot Downshire, Col.
Hughes HalleW, Lord Konald Gow
er and Capt. Carl II. Thimm have
been among the many visitors to the
exhibition this week. The opening
will probably attract the largest
crowd ever seen in one place here.
The membera of the Press Club,
Savase Club and Uarrick Club are
comine in a bodv: the Council of
Welcome, numbering 600, and a host
of other distinguished persons.
THE MAIDS OF HONOR
to the Queen earn every penny of the
f:W0 a year which is their stipend
for hluuir a verv dirboult position.
With the best of intentions and with
the kindest heart in the world, the
Queen expects so much from herself
in the way ot physical toil, both lor
business and pleasure, that sho may
pethaps be excused tor sometimes
toreettinir. that the flesn. especially
aristooratio flesh, is weak. The maids
of honor are on duty for a month at a
time and at the end ot the niontu
thev are generally fit subjects for a
course of tonio treatment. While on
duty they cannot call their souls their
own. After breakfast, which they
take in their own rooms, tbey have
to hold themselves in instant readi
ness to obey the Queen's summons,
which comes the moment Sir Henry
Ponsonby quits Her Majesty s pres
ence, with the big red morocco dis
patch box, containing his day's work,
under his arm. After a brief "Good
morning," the Queen suggests a little
reading, and the dutuul maid ad
dresses herself to the pile of papers
wherein the proper passates for Her
M meaty s bearing nave already been
marked by Sir Henry. Through col
umns and columns ot parha
mentary . debate. leading ar-
tiole and correspondence has
the poor lady to intone her dismal
wav. often having to repeat passages.
for the Queea never leaves a subject
till she has thoroughly mastered it,
and is not at all sparine in her com
mands to "Just read that again,
please." The maid of honor is so
busy minding her stops and trying to
modulate her voice that she has little
chance of understanding a tithe ot
what she is reading, and yet the mo
ment the reading is over she has to
rush off and get ready for a drive
with her royal mistress, during which
she will be expected to make lucid
remarks on the topics she has just
read aloud. After luncheon the
only real time the maids ot honor
have to themselves, and even that is
spoilt for them by the uncertainty rs
to whether they will bo wanted to
walk or drive with the Queen later
in the atternoon. They must stay in
thoir apartments, for il by any chance
they should be sent for and wero not
to be found at the mmen'. their life
for a day or two would not be a happy
one, so that a stroll in the grounds
on their own account is out ot the
question, till after 4 o'clock, when if
the Queen has departed on a drive
without them they know they are tree
till 6 at any rate. On the Queen's
return there is more reading aloud,
ibis time oi ponderous works on
heavy philosophical subjects, or else
the arranging oi sketchos, photo
graphs, or, it may bo, the charity
needlework is broueht out till such
time as Her Majet-ty goes to
dress tor her 9 o'clock dinner,
where to the relief of the maid of
honor, she is not expected to bo
present. By this time she is not
unfrcquentally faint lor wantnt food,
for when not at court she would nat
urally be finishing dinner at the hour
when it would bo the Quoen's pleas
ure to commence it. Young ladies
do not as a rule, jump at tho post of
maid of honor to the Queen till they
have given themselves a fair chance
of obtaining an "establishment." It
is not till season after season has
been drawn blank that disconsolate
ladies have recourse to the dignity,
very much minus the liesure ot join
ing the "Household." It follows
that, by no moans in tho sere and
yellow leaf, the majority ot the maids
of honor are not in the first blush ot
budding girlhood. The present
senior maid is the Hon. Lepel
Phipps, a cousin of the Marquis of
Normanby. Miss Phipps will never
see her forty-filth birthday again.
The Hon. Frances Drummond. a
daughter of ViROOuntStrathallan, is
thirty-nine. Ihe Hon. J'.thel Cado
gan was born in J so.!, which puts to
her credit thirty-three summers, and
the Hon. Maud Okcover, a nicoo of
Lady Waterpark, by whoso influence
she got tho appointment, is ouly
twenty-soven.
THE DIVORCE CALENDAR
promises us two set.sations interest
ing to you at home, tho caso of Bou
cicault and of Winans.tho Baltimore
millionaire. The grand ladies ot
Vienna are to repeat their perform
ances of last year; that is to say,
under the direction of Princess Paul
ine Metternich, they will atain put
on the skirls of ballet girls, and turn,
and twist, and posture tor the edifi
cation ot the t Austrian "bloods,"
their exouse being that they dj it for
oharity. "Papa, isn't my new dress
beautiful?" "Yes, dear; was the
material of the bodice very expens
ive?" "Oh, no, papa; what made you
think it was?" 'Because you. bought
o little of it."
A ratal Aclitait a the) Habile
, Ollle) Kallrond.
Miridun, Mips , May 14 An extra
engine going eouih and a north
bound paseergor train, collided three
milee north of Wayntsb ro, Miss., on
tha Mobile and Ohio road, Isst even
ing, refu ting in killing Fireman K)b
ert 8. Henangbt, of tne tx ra eneint,
and Injuring Engineer vV . Tew,
Mail Agent Bell and Conductor P. II.
Hickey.ftt Ihe paogsr trin Bitn
engines were going at lull speed woen
they collided. The ei press, mnil aod
hapgge cars were bully damaged and
botn engines were ertirely demo ieh id.
Miss Catharine Wolfe helped
a number of girls through Vassar,
without letting them know from
whom the money came.
MAY 13, W7.
THE PROGRESS OF TOES
15 ALL THUGS RFQUIBIG
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They Prove Themselves tha Beat
Masters, and la Brataa Ihey
Are Equal to Mta.
IcoaaisroxDasca or vki.afpiil.I
Boston. Mass.. May 13. "It is
today everywhere admitted that
where the unjust discrimination of
man has yielded to the growing civil
ization of the age, and allowed wom
an an equal race in any of the pro
fessions, she has proven herself
worthy of the place.
Georgia chartered and built the
firf-t women's college in the United
States.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox gives
away in charity all the money she
gets for her pqems.
A niece of Maria Mitchell, of
Vassar, is one ot the proot readers on
the new Century dictionary.
Mrs. Daniels, wife of Capt. Dan
iels, of the Water Lily, has just been
licensed as pilot of that steamer.
The Bombay Gazette has broken
the ice by employing sixteen Anglo
Indian girls as compositors and a
woman as proof reader.
The Connecticut House ot Rcpre
sentatives has passed a bill tuakine
women eligible to election on district
school boards.
Mrs. Custer is deliehted with the
scenery and climate ot Southern Lai
itornia, and pronounces it"'an excel
lent trip tor overworked and wornout
women.
Comparing the morals of France
with those ot England or America, it
seems safe to infer that justice to
women is not only right, bat whole
some.
Maria Mitchell says: "I have
so lone believed it was rieht for worn
en to have a share in the government
that it seems like the nrst axiom i
learned in geometry."
Mrs. Jessie Ben;on Fremont
expects to spend tho summer in the
West, writing a life of Kit Carson,
the famous soout and explorer who
guided Gen. Fremont over the llocky
Mountains.
Miss Florence Greene, of Mon
treal, who saved her father last sum
mer from being carried over the La
chioe rapids, has been presented
with the medal ot the Royal Humane
Society ot England.
A class ot seven young women
will graduate next month from the
training school for nurses at the But
lo. N. I., general hospital. Six
young womenjreceived their diplomas
in January. Trained nursing is
growinc in favor as a profession for
women.
About fifty women have this year
been elected as school supervisors in
Maine. The State Superintendent
of 'Schools testifies that women on
school oommittees are reformers, aod
can be counted on to favor the most
enlightened ways of dealing with
teaobers and scholars.
Since the world began, to refine
sooiety has been woman's function.
You may be sure that she who has
carried refinement to the household,
to the church, to social life, to litera
ture, to art, to every interest except
government, will also carry it to leg
islatiou ana the whole ot civil pro
cedure. Many of the arguments that are
used against letting women vote wero
used against letting women enter the
profession-, and with more force.
For if a woman has not physical or
mental capacity enough to help
choose a selectman, she certainly has
not capacity enough to practice law
or medicine, or to preach the gospel.
All reports from Kansas applaud
the fidelity ot the colon d women to
the law and order ticket. Says one
writer in Our J sxengrr : "They
stood a solid front against the enemy.
No money could buy them, no threats
iutimidata them, no flatteries per
suade theai. They said, 'We are for
law aud order and against the sa
loons." "
A new frade for women is that of
"neighborhood darner." The woman
who follows it has tor her customers
a dozen or twenty households, each
of which she visits weekly, and
spends a few hours in doing up the
family darning and mending, includ
ing ripping and cleansing of old
gowns. Her engagements are sys
tematized, and she never lacks work.
Some of these menders make a
specialty of repairing lace and other
delicate fabrics. The pay is fairly
good, and the professional mender is
a great blessing to busy housekeepers
with large families. '
Mrs. Mary L. Barr, who is com
ing into notice through her Scotch
dialect stories, began to write when
she was fifty-four. She lost her hus
band, who was Military Governor of
Texas, and seven ohildren, all within
twenty-tour hours, from yellow fever,
and found herself left with four lit
tle ones and with only fifty cents in
her pocket book. She went to New
York and became a governess in the
family of one ot A. T. Stewart s part
1 ners. Her first talo was written to
gratify the whim of her employer. It
was promptly accepted by a publish
erand since then she has gone on
writing with growing success.
Experience docs not seem to
bear out the idea that domestic mo
rality is improved by restricting the
personal and property rights ol
wives. France is the most notori
ously immoral country in Europe;
yet in France the husband has by law
the most despotio power over his
wife. The French code was drawn
up in aooordanoe with the will of
Napoleon, who said:
"a hueband muat bre absolute control of
hia wife'a actions, lie haa a riant to aay to
her, 'Madame, roo ahall not ko outt mad
am, ton ahall not to tathe iUy : madame,
? 'ou. , ahelj not tee auoh and auco eiaona;
n abort, mada'ne, you are my property,
body end toul.' "
Misa MARr;TiLLINonA8T is one
of the most successful among the
womon who have made a' business of
decorative art. Vanderbilt once paid
her $110,000 for inventing new kind
of tapestry hangings for his1 houses.
She supplied the designs for the
stained glass window just erected in
Grace church, New York, represent
ing Jacob's dream. No piece of
cathedral art had ever been intrusted
in this country to a woman, bnt her
designs wero so obviously the best
that precedent was broken through.
The ancels ascending and descending
the ladder are full of life and vigor,
and the window ranks with the best
of modern dnoorative work.
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