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A Woman's Idea.
A fine article in tho October nnm
ber of Demoresfs Magazine is from tho
pen of Mrs. Croly. We givo a few
extracts from it:
Who is it that buys all tho sugar
plums that support our great confec?
tionery shops-not such as have
restaurants and --bars" attached, but
the simpler establishments whero
only candies and confections and
crystalized sweetmeats are to bo
found?
Why, women and children, ol'
course. Men ocoasioully may bo
seen going in or comiug out of them,
but men are rarely seen eating can?
dies. The paokage they purchaso is
nearly always bought to take homo to
wife children, or present to some lady
friend.
This fact illustrates a humiliating
truth. Women have boen fed on
confectionery until they have ac?
quired a distaste for more solid food.
In other words, they have boon pot?
ted and sweetened into compliance
with tho wishes and authority of
men, until they have lost individuality
and self-respect, and dread nothing
so much as the loss of their accus?
tomed indulgence.
The first thing that a young man
does when ho proposes to a girl is to
assure her he is willing to work for
and support her to tho extent of his
means and ability to the cud of his
natural life.
This assurance the girl receives in
perfect good faith, admiring Iiis dis?
interestedness, and moro than grate?
ful, as is tho manner of women, for
his exceeding kindness in selecting
her, when, no doubt, ho might have
Lid tho choice of many prettier and
-richer girls.
W* Tho idea that prudence had any?
thing to dp with the matter on his
part never enters her mind. She
would indignantly repel tho intima?
tion that he had been confirmed in his
resolution of askiug her to bo his wife
by tho thought that she would not
require too much of him, and could
givo him all ho wanted in thc way of
housohold services at less cost than
he could got it in any other way.
lu askiug her to bo hin wife, he
proposes to support her, and even in
the church servico magnificently
offers to endow hor with all his
worldly goods-goods that he does
not possess, and never will, unless
she assists him by her iudustry, thrift
and management.
What does "endow" moan, thou,
and why is tho word used at all?
Tho truth is, that it generally
meaus that tho wife rccieves from
her husband whatever he has a mind
to give her, not ns her right, but as
his gift, ho retaining all tho control
over ii is own property, and very often
assuming it over hers, if she happons
to possess any in her own right.
We have had no mind to ask tho
price that many women pay for thoir
immunity from household drudgery,
for their exemption from absolutely
menial employment, for their privi?
lege of living in a houso with a few
moro rooms, for their costly ward?
robes, for their rich jewels; but ono
thing is cortain, that all would bo
given, and more, very ofton, for the
womanhood lost, for tho sense of
perfect, absolute freedom.
For a paper of promised sugar
plums, which they may or may not
get, womon barter in marriage their
most sacred right, thoir right over
their own persons, nud tho control of
their own actions.
A great deal is said about a wo?
man's will, but in mnrried lifo there
is but one will, and that ono is that
of the man. Mon sometimos make a
merit of yielding when they do not
care one way or the other, but if they
do, all the power on earth oould not
turn them.
It may bo that there is a necessity
existing iu tho nature of tilings for
I this inflexibility*, this determination
on the part of men. Undoubtedly
there aro ends to be gained and ob
staoles to overcome, which only
strength and persistence could ac?
complish; but it must be remembered
that will power is just ns often exor?
cised in small things ns i ti large, that
the habit of control is difficult to lay
aside, that great occasions don't
always arise, but little ones do con?
stantly, when the assertion of an
obstinate will, to the exclusion of
reason or nrgumeuts proves a source
of much annoyance, often of perma?
nent misery.
Looking at tho subject from this
point of viow-what do women gain
for tho I088 of all that they unhesi?
tatingly givo to men? Nothing, ex?
cept tho name of wife. Tho board
and clothes, with greater freedom
and much less labor and suffering,
could bo obtained by hiring out to
any other person.
This is not set forth as the highest
or best view of married life, but sim?
ply as the hard, practical side of the
question. It is time that women
understood for what they exchange
themselves, and barter their daugh?
ters. It is time that they set them?
selves seriously to work, to consider
whether it would not be better to
educate and train them as indepen?
dent bunnin beings, with a purpose
in lifo of their own, and knowledge,
at least, of what they have to expect
as dependents in any position in life.
It is not that men are auy worse
than women would be under tho snmc
circumstances; it is simply that thc
dependent position is necessarily
the subordinate one, and that this
dependence, in the case of women,
is increased in an infinite degree bj
the su?Fe:ings and responsibilities ol
maternity.
The better women are treated th<
moro reason thoro is to fear for them,
and for tho futuro of the sex. I
scorns ungrateful to rebel against th<
hand that feeds you, no matter hov
willing a slave you may bo in return
and as there is no recognition of tin
labor that women perform, no ac
knowledged right to compensation
to a share in the income, or to any
thing but so much as a gift from he
husband, they must grow more nn<
more d?pendent ns they grow older
and less able to emancipate thom
selves from tho necessities of tbei
position.
Is this well? Is it best to rcs
under this stnte of thiugs? To ea
tho bread of dependence, and hav
tho credit of eating that of charity
Shall wo forever perform a full shar
of tho work of the world, and relit
quish all titlo to its rewards? Sha
we forever sell our birth-right for
pound of confectionery?
The root of the evil lies in th
stupid idea that women have, that i
is a degradation to work for 11101103
Work they cannot escape, bo the
rich or poor. They must work, moi
or less, for themselves, for tbei
friends, for their husbands, for tbei
children, for their homes, or fe
charities, and the most of them do
early and hito, without a thought t
unwillingness, and with real ard<
and earnestness, unless it comea i
the tangible shape of "cuminT the
own living," and then it immediate!
becomes a hardship.
Tho euro for tho evil rests wii
women themselves. Lot them mid
vocation before, and independent o
niarriago. Lot them bo taught tl
infamy of holding their own persoi
as their only capital. Teach them 1
place a proper value upon their pot
tion and services as wife aud mothc
and demand in return for these, n
a paper of sugar plums, but a fi
recognition of an equal right to
siluro in tho income, acquired pr
perty, in tho disposition of propert
and whatever affects tho interests at
welfaro of the family.
For our part, wo consider tl
right acknowledgement of, and coi
pensation for labor, of the highc
importun?e, and paramount to 1
others for women. It is bosh f
men to talk of women losing tin
titlo for courtesy when they elai
equality.
How much courtesy or how mu
protection do women get from ni
when they really need it? Tho w
men that wo know, who receive t
courtesy from men are those w
pecuniarily and otherwise aro mc
independent of them.
Is it not botter to possess $100
one's own, than be dopendent for fi
dollars upon some one else, a
doubtful whether you ever get it?
Money is power. Let women 1
oeivo money for their labor, and th
can bay all tho confectionery th
want, and something more snbsU
tial-their own independence a
self-respect.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
AVOID POISON.-INr?LlD READER^ j
do you know what nine-tenths of tho bit?
ter compounds you aro solicited by tho
proprietors to accept as universal pana?
ceas aro composed of? Give heed for a
moment. They arc manufactured from
unpnritied alcohol, containing a consider?
able portion of fusil oil-a poison almost
as deadly as prussic acid. Tho basis of
tho regular tinctures of the Materia"Mc
dica is tho same. No amount of '-herbal
extracts" can overcome the bad tendency
of this pernicious element. The essence
of sound ryo, thorough!)* rectified, is tho
only stimulant which can bo safely used
as a component of a tonic, alterativo and
anti-bilious medicine, and HOSTETTER'8
STOMACH BITTERS is tho only medi?
cinal preparation in tho world in which
this article is used as an ingredient.
Heneo tho extraordinary effects of this
great spoeific. It gives strength without
producing excitement. No other tonic
docs this. All tho ordinary bitters Hush
tho faco and affect the brain. Hostettcr's
Bitters diffuses an agreeablo calm through
tho nervous system, promotes digestion
and produces sleep. No other tonic so
quickly revives tho exhausted physical
energies, rostores tho appetite and rc
moves thc gloom and depression which
alwavs accompanies weakness of tho
bodily powers, lt purges from tho sys?
tem the morbid humors which retard "its
natural functions, and which LritiR pale?
ness to the cheek aud suri'ering to tho
brow. It banishes those clogs upon plea?
sure, restores the system to high health,
and necessarily proves a valuable adjunct
to the digestive organs. A trial is all that
is needed to establish it in the confidence
of the skeptic. September 30 f?
"MANHOOD.'*-Another New Medical
Pamphlet from the pen of Dr. Curtis. Thc
Medical Times t-ays of this work: "This !
alnable treatise on the cause and cure of |
premature decline shows how health is
impaired through secret abuse." of youth
und manhood, and how easily regained. It
gives a clear synopsis of tho impediments
to marriage, the cause and effects of ner?
vous debility, and tho remedies therefor."
A pocket edition of tho above will bo for?
warded on receipt of 25 Cents, by ad?
dressing Dr. Curtis. No. 58 North Charles
street, Baltimore, Md. May 27 ly
INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION.
JUST received, now patterns of Dresses,
Sacquee, Capea and Overalls. Also,
new Hoop Skirt.?._August 23
Summer Tonics and Invigorants.
H08TETTER-8 BITTERS,
Schiedam Schnapps,
Sumter Bitters,
Plantation Bitters,
Chosnut Grove Whisker.
For sale by FISHER .V H?INITSH,
July 221_Druggists.
Aromatic Life Bitters.
ASUPERLATIVE TONIC and Invigor?
ating Cordial, composed, in part, of
American Centaur)* and Life Everlasting,
with other valuable vegetable products.
It will be found an excellent STOMACH
BITTERS, an appetizer, and a", anti
dyspeptio remedy. It is invaluable as a I
Tonic, for Debility, Indigestion, Loss of]
Appetite, Nervousness, Torpid Liver,
Sluggish Circulation. A generous stimu?
lant, quickening tho action of the organs
of life, and imparting new powers to thc
whole body.
Directions.-A table spoon-full to a wine
glass may be taken, as often as occasion
requires, with a little sugar and water,
or without. Dyspeptics may take it just
before meal a.
For sale by FISHER A* HEINITSH,
August 14 t Druggists.
Enameled Preserving Kettles,
ENAMELED omi PLAIN SAUCE PANS,
FURNACES, Ac, Ac, just received
and for sale, low, bv
July 21 FISHER .fe LOWRANCE.
Richland-In Equity.
C. M. Forman, Trustee, rs. tho Greenville
and Columbia Railroad Company.
IN pursuance of tho decretal (-nu r of
June 19, 1S0S, tho Creditors of the
Greenville and Colombia Railroad Com?
pany, whose Ponds against the said Com?
pany aro secured by any lien in the nature
of a mortgage, whether first mortgage or
otherwise, whether said mortgage has
been executed by the Company or is in the
nature of a statutory lien, are hereby re?
quired to prove their demands before me.
"designating the security claimed as that
claimed to be for the security of the bonds
so proved," oil or before tho 1st day of
Janunrv, 18C??.
D. B. DKSAUSSURE, C. E. R. D.
July 12_m_
Machine Oil and Belting.
FOR sale by
May 81 " FISHER A- LOWRANCE.
Smoking Tobacco.
1 f\f\ LUS. Pure Spanish SMOKING
?UU TOBACCO,
100 lbs. Lone Jack Smoking Tobacco.
For side low _E. A G. D. HOPE^
Brinly Plows.
[N store and for salo bv
Aug 29 FISHER Ar LOWRANCE.
Extra Family Flour, ?
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September 19 E. A* G. D. HOPE.
Woodenware and Brooms.
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