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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1894-3-1, Page 7y+�yItISTIANITY AND ` WOMEN; Toils $ Leg Time to iJndersInnd Christ'sTeaching. IRR BARBAROUS DISTINCTION OF SEX. • Wolnanr$ Condition in any Oriental `", OountrIee, (By Rev. Hugh Price Hughes.) erg HRiST1ANITY has drone so much for woman that it is diffi- cult for us to realize bow much. When Ciirisblanitymime into thin world, woman wad the slave—ib would often be Mor- tally correct to say the e •} =_ g r chattel—fireb, of her r. `��•F /father, thou of her !% �Lk "�t hoibend. Even in bhe t r • most civilized coun- tries 'ehe had praoti- a:aelly no pommel righter at all. Snoh rights ran she did resent were 'here, rob for her •awn sake, but far the bent fib of her father, .her bueband, or her son. She was praoti- naity treated au the toy er the drudge of line partlau av man who happened to have. Irgal poseeasion of her. Jean Christ was dfatioguiebed from ail other great leaders ed t•henght and rel glen by the marked esautteepe and , reverence with which he "abed Woman.. From him she invariably neeelved nothing but repent rend kindness ; and it is an intereet;rnp; nand delightful fact likely Eq far as We .snow, no weman ever ereeodted him, or did hire any injury, or elesarted Bim after bi coming his "disciple. 3iSe to the other sex was one 01 tem ' rrehen peace and goodwill Women had nue »bare in the wrongs end cruelties which pmltimately broke hist heart: He alone of all great Oriental tuschere deneonoed and ' AIDOL1SHED FOREVER POLYGAMY,, which ander all oiroumebrnets must be the elegreda'bten of women., He introduced into marriage e e too.;erneeri and its eaoredneas, and, in so doing, created, for the limb time in home n history, . a true home. Ib le only 'ars far as the iefinenee of Christ extends Inuit weman receive.,, either from her hue - :band, or from her children, the respect and aeyeraooe and therefore the real affection, to whfoh she is entitled. `3lybat a contrast all thin Is to the meat :monspicuous facia in the Item and teaching sof other leaders of mankind? Baddha began bis remarkable career by the cow- ardly and et. graceful abaodonmenb of hie Wife and child. The reletdon of Seoratee to 11a wife ie the darkest blot en his memory ; avers at the solemn' cine of his life, when his wife and ohi'idren were weeping; over :him, what barebnese he displayed in his :references to them, and in bis command that tbey alio-old be r+•meved.from .hte pretence 1 I3f the infamous teaching of Mohammed with respect to woman, I it earl say nothing. Sic ONE ITNTJL. CHRIST CAME 2Ieoegnized and proclr reed bbe -brae sphere and wsieeien of weman ; and, indeed, Christ's teaching with merman to woman was e01subaard-of and so revolutionary that it le only at the clime at the nineteenth oen- tnew of the Chriefrian era that Christiana themselves are beginning to act upon it. All through theChrieiitan centuries until now tithe beaching of the Christian Church with Toepscb bo woman has been largely heathen, in gee very teeth of the doobrine and the example both of Cbrleb and of Lia apostles. One of the most codeine dolneiona respeot- Ing women current in the Chriselan Church is a betel misappreheueion of the teaching of St. Paul on bile aubjoob. He has been ;mapposed to advocate a subjection on the parb of woman wbleh the enlightened con- aelenoo of our own time resents and denies. .Bub this interpretation of certain sentences mead by St. Paul is whinier erroneous. There la nothing in the Scripture itself mere ex- albed than the true dectrine of St. Paul with respect to women. Ho asserts, in - :deed, that as Christ le the head of the .church, so is man the bead of woman ; but what door that mean? • Christ is not the 'Head of the Chnroh .to lord it over the •f3hnroh, or to take advantage ef the Church, sr to ease the Church for hie own personal advantage ; + nb in order that he may give ail that be ban to the Courtin and to exalt the Church to share his own throne and his ewe jay. in like manner, argues St. Paul, the hfghenb minden of man is to lift up woman' to the full rnjoymsnb of all the sntberlty and all the hsppineee of which be lean if le capable. There is beechen sex distinabieu is now made. 1phe girl is trotted exaotly'like the boy. In soaoadery wheels this Is also vee care., Even in our universities the barbarous dis- tinction of the sexes le rapidly disappear- ing, When, egalo, with respect ; to the various 0000patiens, poor women' have always been obliged to work for their liveli- hood ,• but, after a fierce reslatanee from reaobienaries of all carte, the learned pro fessisns themselves are now opening to weman. ' i need not dwell en the extraordi- nary and inoreag degree ria g e in whioh wornen partieleate in abaroh and public life. The Soolety of Friends and the salvation Almy have the immortal honor of being the .fires communities of Christians to aooepb the teachings of the New Testament : that in Chrisb Jesse there is neither male nor female. In the act bivibler of civil litew amen is now for the that time taking active and beneficent part. You find her on boards of guardians and school boards ; she will soon be found in town oonnoile and parlia- ments. Alt thio is the direct and inevitable result of the;teeching of Josue Christi, who abol- fished ell diatInobtoes bebween the emcee except those that are natural and inevitable and blessed. Selfish and degraded men have tried to sstabibsb some mental super- iority for their ownsex; there le no evi- dence of bin in reason, in Scripture or hi history. So far es any evldonoe deer exist, it is the miserable result ef the selfisbneea of men in heathen countrieo, where they have taken full advantage of their physical superiority. A VERY CURIOUS INDICATION of the effeob of Chtiabianity upon woman wan brought to light by the late Proleeser Rellosben. Ile made, in the museum of Oxford, one ef the termini and moat re- markable oolleotlons of human ekuflu bbab has ever been breughb together. A friend of hie informed me that whoa the Professor instituted minute inveatigatione ° with respeob to tie capacity of skulls before the advent of Obriet and Mem, be diacevered the striking faob that the difference in size between the male skull and the female skull Is much tete in the Chrletlan ere than in any previous period of history. Hera, then, we have imbedded in the very phyeioial frame of woman a striking indica- tion of the way in which Chrisblaniby has already enlarged her intellectual aphore; and this is but a propheoy of the immense and limitless servicer which Chriabisnity will render to weman in tho holier ages be - fere ne. MUCH AS 'CHRISTIANITY HAS ALREADY DONE N0 REELECTION 'CPON WOMAN in atattag that it is the duty of man no to Mb her up, because, as a matter of fact, in all heathen' Iande, and in all se -called Christian lands where the teaching of Ohrleb, is not yet accepted, weman is degraded. Inho aeiffehnese el men has taken advantage of her physical weakness, and also of the way in winch beautiful and sacred maternal Ankles haedfoap her in the mere struggle of axiatenoe, to degrade ha r and to wrong her. Now, the essential duty of the Christian Sian Is to de the execs eppesite, and ulti- mately to create a aooial order in which no elegradod savage of the mate sex will be able As take advantage to aty way ef the physi- cal weakness of weman. Every man's true preibten in the scale of real greatness is determined by his attitude and relation to weman. Any mean who alerplses a weman, er disparages woman, or daises any advantage of woman, may beast react of his heeor, and of bis wisdom; and sf bis gravamina ; but he is realty a degraded sand contemptible savage. All moral pro- gress for man dopende upon the extent to which he accepts and imitates ern, LARD'S TREATMENT OF WOMAN. And the true poet ion ef all oemmnnibies in 'Che scale of otvttiratlon le determined by Ike legal petition which they concede to twsmen. In our own day the teaching of ... isb ha.snddenly taken peeseselon of the b men In all cemmumlttes. During the b thirty years the Christian movement in aviation to woman has made greater progress than during the preceding 'seventeen centuries. We are rapidly realizing the truth of St. Peni's teaobing ; and the meati ,alaaraoteristib, as well as the most reveler- tienary, feet in the medera life of civilized cemnauuibiea fs bee way in whfoh the personal ri hbs of women are being re- Imp:rizxd in—all directions. There is nob xuifietent space at my disposal to enumerate sail bbe astonishing ways in which, for the limb time in history, weman is being emancipated from the ser eeltnrte be whioh heathenism had doomed her. Neither is it useenesry bo enumerate thein—they are eo i�ppaaatent, so well known: Indeed, We aro eo fsmiiler with them bhab we scarcely realise The chimp that has taken piece in the life- time of the preeent generation. Let any- one try to realize the advance whioh has been made be the dirention of educating the embeds of weiase. Now, tsr the first time In bosun history, rWOMAlx IS 0000 EMICATEIa. urs primary schools •01 ,gangland no A SOCIETY'S .NOBLE ;'WORK. HOW THE ANQIENT ORDER, OE FOB- ESTBRs Fenn; .A nnorina for woman, there is still a great deal to achieve. The laws of England do nob yob fully recognize the claims of womanhood as atoll, notwithstanding the enermoue ad- vance of recent years. Ties right of women to hen own property, to her own body, and to he own children, is new fully recognized and established by great lege) deoieiees; and -no words'can describe bbe priceless vain, of each of these acts el juetice, or the miseries which they will avert in millfone of casae. Noe a few excellent persons are etiti so misled by utterly nn-Cbriablan customs and traditions which have dome to us from heathen, generally from Oriental sonrcee, that they are alarmed ab the way in which many of the old disabilities of womanhood are now being rimmed. But there le nob fibs leaeb occasion for this alarm. To talk about weman betng.ender any con• eeiveble clroumetances " nneexed," is to talk atter nonsense. SEE IS A FACT Too PATENT, tc a vital, too essential, to be altered by any law or engem. There oan be no denbb, however, that every purely artificial and conventional distinction between man and woman is en the point of being abolished. When that is achieved, Hewitt be found that bbe necessary and inevitable sex distinc- tions will suffice, and will achieve mirth more directly and thoreugblytben any vain inventions of man the purpose of the Ebermal ween ho said, " Ib is net good for man to be alone." • No doubb, in the -daring attempt which is new being made to nob en the tesehing of Chrisb, there will be mis- takes and blunders for which some must suffer ; but its will end in an immeasurable enrichment and elevation of human life. I am very mnoh afraid that even row I have given readers wbo have not internally studied this eubjecb, a quite InadrTaste Gere Dept ion of what women owe to Christianity but if they sill try to realize the exleting CONDITION OF WOMEN IN AFRICA AND IN ASIA, they will be able te form some idea of the lmmenee•meral and epirituai, revolution ini- tiated by our Lord Jenne Christ, which is alewly reoonatruoting human seoteby. I wilhonly add that, as Christianity has done so much for woman, it le natural to erpoot that' woman would befriend Ohrietiantty. This she has done in all ages. Women were lean at the cross and first at bbe grave of Jester Chrisb ; and from that time until now they have rendered the Christian faith unspeakable service. Ignorantand degraded men have nometimee sneered ab the marked devotion of women toward Christianity : They ,maid not in any way mere conspicu- ously exhibit their own imbeatliby. There could be no higher tribute to the Christian faith than the reverence and affec- bion wibh whish pure women oling .to ib. There ie no better teat of any particular religious, social or political movement than its probable effect upon the rendition ef woman ; end the most hopeful eign of the future, as we new stand en the threshold of the twentieth century, in the ever-in- oreaeing intereeb *doh woman taker' in every department of human life. Until now she bas been unduly confined to the kitoben and the nursery; she bas been pre. vented from taking her legitimate part in all spheres of human life. Now, however, she is realizing her many-sided minion, and those who would fain prevent her from ful- filling it are growing weaker every day. This is the brighbeeb of all omens, and in- dicate's that the twenbreth oentnry will probably be the beet end the happiest in the history of mankind.—Independent. Dorrtble Murder by a Witch•Doetor. The Matabeleland despatches state that ,Colonel Goold -Adams hes captured and shot a notorious witch -doctor. The wiboh-deotor had visited the break' in the vicinity of Shiloh, and carried off may women and ohildren. In one instance a woman who fell into his hands was murdered in the mosb horrible manner. Her bends and feet were first bound together, rad the dootor then " prinked out her eyes with needles. She was efberwards thrown Into the $harm River, wirer° she was born to pieods by crocodiles. On the bearing of thin abroolby, Colonel Goeld-Adams ordered the arrest ef the witch -doctor and the victim's husband, and they were both tried for murder, and condemned bo be ,hob. The other women and obtldren seized by the witch -doctor were set at liberty. The Startling Experience of Mr. Isaac Briggs. of London—A Sufferer for Four Years—Ills Lodge Canoe to the 'testae After, Doctors -- c Mad Fatted Ire is Again Able to be Out. (From the London Free Press.) The home of Mr. Isaac Briggs, at 501 Charlotte etreeb,this oiby, is one of the most prettily situated and well kept of the many hawed of he The t workingmen of Louden. w 8 m front is carefully boulevarded, and at the side aid rear of the cottage home iealattice work covered with vine,, and there is alto a garden. Within view are fields and woods, and in fact there was nothing needed upon the ooea140a of an autumn afoornoen visit to make the let of a sink man amid such bur- roundinga as pleasant as peasible. And so it was not to be wondered at that Mr. Briggs was found in a cheerful mood. But a conversation with the gentleman re- vealed the faob that there were very good reasons why any man under the same cite oumetanoee, and enjoying the same bright hope, could n obbut alsowleis facetoboemforth with whet he felt. The story as told will be found most interesting, and than it is absolutely oerreob there are many of bbe friends of Mr. Briggs will testify, should Nita testimony be needed. Mr. Briggs has been an invalid for four years and had been unwell and under medical treatment for eight years. It was In 1885 that he fires fait •tire twinge,, the aches and the, pains that foretold trouble. Ho 'lectured medical attendance, and !earned that his liver • was out of order, his kidneys were bad read Web he suffered• from dyapopela. However, he worked along for nearly four yearn, when the terrible malady affected his eyetem in a way painful to relate. It enure 'directly after an attains of "bbe grip." Mr. Briggs was yet in hie "fifties," and ne all appearances was a well preeorved. ar, d strong man. But almost without warning the jointe in every part of his body were as solid and immovable as though they bad been padlocked, and the strong man became as helpless as a babe. Many doctors were cousalted, and they all promised relief .and occa- sionally a slight relief did came. But it was only temporary, and the unfortunate mea, in consequence of theme relapses, was gradually loosening bis hold upon hope. The days were long and weary bheethe spent upon his bed, with the dismal prospect ahead of being held a close prisoner, to be released only by death. The family, too, 'began to lose faith` in medioal skill. They had given a trial to some of the foremost practitioners of the oiby, but always with the same unhappy result. Patent medicines of varione deeorip- tfens were likewise tried, but in vain. Then about Christmastide same news that had almost been expeoted. Mr. Briggs bad net long te live, the dootoresaide Gradnellyhe grew weaker until early in the spring so seriously ill did he appear to be bbab the end was deity looked for. Court Forest City, A. O. F., of which Mr. Briggs Ian member, proved east at this jaaoture to be a friend indeed. During all his illness the brethren had leaked carefully after his wants, and had beenveryabbentive. And no one iegrebted mere than they the unhappy prospect. One night the court was discussing the case when it was tug - gee had bhab Pink Pills should be tried. Searles had been told of what they had eii'eoted 'In ether centre. Then why not in thief Finally the court agreed t o present one dozen boxes of the pills be Mr. Briggs. The attending doctor told his patient bbab• the pills were only geed for cases of paralysis, but he con - enticed to their baing given a trial as a lest hope. Accordingly Mr. Briggs began bak- ing them. Very noon a change was noticed. He grew more cheerful and suffered much lest. His whole system seemed to be awakened to new life, just as wan the world outside, for it was the glad epringbime of the year. With renewed strength name renewed bops, and the invalid began to look upon Pink and as hie deliverer. He need them faithfully, baking rix a day. In a month he was able to leave his bed, and he did eo with a thankful heart. Only those who have been foroed to undergo long oenficemont bebween bedclothes oan realize the pleasure and joy there were in that first day spent in the nest little parlor, seated in a big arm ohatr beside the window where the sun sent in its warm, bright rays. Since then Mr. Briggs has been atone daily. He user °rutahea yet, but he grows stronger every day. Now he ban use bis hands, craning wibh a knife end fork, and the joints continue to grew looser and pliable, giving only a faint idea of the veritable knots into which those of the hands and feet were tied. There was a oeeeation of the pains too, a meet pleasant fad to the invalid —and she blood vessels that had become lost to view and dried np are now quite healthy looking. Mr. Briggs has only used twenty boxes of the pill., at a coot of $10. Certainly his bill for medical attendance shows a marked deoreaee. Mr. E. W. Bayle, druggist, 652 Dundas street, who is also seorebary of Court Forest City, was oleo interviewed with respect to the case, and his .tetemenbe were all con- firmatory of wbab Mr. Briggs had said. Ho said he had bad a tremendous male of the pills. No other similar medicine ever ap- preaobed to the same demand. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are a perfect blood builder and nerve restorer, during 'such dimmer' as rheumatism, neuralgia, partial paralysis, l000mobor ataxia, Sb. Vibes' danoe, nervous heedaohe, nervous prostration and the tired feeling therefrom, the after effect's ef la grippe, diseases de- pending on humors in the blood, each as norofnla, chronic erysipelas, eta. Pink Pills give a healthy glow to pale and Bellow oomplexlone and aro a speoifio for the troubles peculiar to the female system, and in the case ef men they effect a radical cure Wall case's arising from mental worry, over- work or exee'seee of any nature. Bear in mind Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are never sold in bulk, or by the dozen or hundred, and any dealer who offers 'lubab!- tutes in this form in trying bo defraud you and should be avoided. .Ask your dealer for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People and refuse all imitations and enbstitubes. Dr. Williams' Pink Pill. may be had of all druggist!, or direct by mall from Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brookville, Onb., or Soheneotady, N. Y,, at 50 cents a box er nix boxes for $2.50. The prior et which these pills are sold makes a course of treat- ment Comparatively inexpenelve as com- pared with other remedies or medtoal treat- ment. Paps—My ren, how did yen get so hope - tally entangled with an actress? Willie (blushing)=Well, you etre, she deem the but- terfly danoe, and. carries 300 yards of ekirb 1 Mre. Blnerteb—Aren't 3 ote going to mend your dmtaginer to fintnhine soboe', after all? Mrs, Newrieh---Wbat'a the neo? fibe'r as goad as eaptared a ricde young man UMW. " This parrot, ma'am," said the dealer, " is one that I can recommend. Ib was In the family of a clergymen for many years." " Well, gents, what'll ye have? Name your pizen," ohrieked the parrot with start- ling emphasis. " He was obliged bo pert with it, however," continued the dealer with an apologetelo cough, " and for the ledb ye.sr or twit 11 hes belonged to the alderman from any ward." b&*RI.AGE BETWEEN 1140I11I55, Igesrarrbab1e Cissa IdtolY Aired In it A utile a Court. The legal world of Leaden le • mUoh exert deed ever the complications likely to ensue from revelations made in a trial which has just been bad before Mr, Justice Ohitty. It appears 11101 In a marriage dointraoted fin 1865, and which, up 'to the present time, was thought valid, both parties were we - men. In the year meutIsned, Mrs. Relabel Elizabeth Wiener, a widow, wee harassed by creditors, who wanted to arrest her and attach the income she derived from the w111 of her husband, Thts income, by the will, she would lore if she married again. She had living with her a son and daughter, tegether with Mimi Sepbla Newland, a >. cousin of Mrs. Oullene.r Tato husband; The whole family wan euffering ler the want of food, when it was suggested by the daughter tbab her mother marry again after which her children wenld collect the income and sup - pub ter, It was diffioult to find a husband who could be Metaled. Se Mrs, Calmer, io. man's olothorr, ander the name of James Stanley, was married in due form to Mea Sophie Newland, who, at the marriageoere- moay, took the name of Mr,. Oullener. Both signed their borrowed names in the register of the pariah, and Miss Newland lived with Mre. Cnlloner until 1883, • Both have testified on the trlai to the facts here narrated. Mr. Justice Chitty refueed to believe the wltnereea, and diemiesed the ease, holding that a woman who has, by her own admineion, been for years " eteeped in fraud" has no right to cern- plain if the Cenrtr decline to believe her when she comes forward in ber own inter - ern to impeach a solemn entry in a marriage regfeter, the accuracy of a tesital in a deed to which the was herself a party, and the plain intent and meaning of the (vnrse ql conduct wbiob rhe has pursued. -Literary Digest. PRINCE Ole WALES ISLAND. An'nitre stir gWitof Information for Geo graphical Readers. Janne Mllier, wbe has long resided en Prince of Wales Island, and who, by reasen of his being the flub white Battler and now controlling the largest interest, is referred to at the monarch ef that island, bee arrived here. Mr. Miller is located at Hunter's Bay, where he 'has been for four years in the bneinene of catobing and salt- ing I almen. The strange Island of bbe Prince of Wales, en whioh Mr. Miller ber elected be make his home, lies ab the month of Dixon's entrance and only aboab three miles from the northern line of British Celambie. The island ie aboab 2C0 miles long and frem 10 to " 30 • or 40 miles wide. Ib is tingnier in its make-np, having a fringe of lowland all around. Toward the centre are ridges of meuntaine,tomo of. them reaching lofty heights and covered with perpetual snow. There le magnificent timber in groat quantities. I1 omelets of spruce, fir, hemlock, splendid yellow cedar and a very superior red cedar. " The island has never been surveyed nor explored," said Mr. Millar, "and 'tome day it must peeve, I think, a meet inviting field for exploration. The Indiana, of wham there are probably some 3,000, are scattered around the island shores in Mlle villages, usually of about 100 inhabitant/ each. They oeneist of manydifferent tribes. Most of these 1 came in contact with are Hydatid. There aro between 300 and 400 of them at Hunter's Bay, and they are quite indus- trious as fishermen and s leers of the sal- mon,"—San Francisco Chronicle. A LONG RaNGE. A Wire -wound Gun That Sends 380 lbs. of Metal Twelve Miles. In a paper read before the Western Seoieby of Engineers, Cepbain W. H. Jaques sayer : "The wire•wrapped type had bbe honor of firing the ' Jubilee round,' in the Queen's Jubilee year, and gave wonderful results, On April 16, 1888, was fired at Sheeburyneee the firat of a Renee of rounds intended to Investigate the conditions at- tending firing at very long ranges. Tee gun selected was a 9.2 gun, made ander the direobien of Ganeral Maitland In the Royal Gun Factories. The weight of the guys was 22 tons, that of the p:ojemi.e 380 lbs., wbiob, Bred with a charge ef 270 lbs., gave a muzzle veloolty of 2,360 foot -emends. The elevation of the first round was 40 deg. The prejeeb(le fell at a range of about 21,000' yards, er nearly la ram Oa July 12, at 43 deg. elevation, a range ef 21,600 yards was attained ; and on July 26, wieb 45 deg. elevation, the range was 21,600 yerds, or about 12.4 miles. The prejootele remained in the air abent 69.6 aeoende, and its tra- jectory reached a height of 17,000 feet, or about 2,000 feet higher than the summit of Mount B'am" Mrs. Blank baked 'a cake am an object lesson to the new cook. The latter, having tasted it, remarked approvingly: "1 oeuld always eat after you, ma'am.' .a yIone .,3 Pt, SHORTENING. Down the street through the busy way A lady passed on marketing day. Who, pausing at a grocery store, Stepped quickly in at the open door. With bated breath and anxious mien She queried : "have you COTTOLENE?" The grocer, leaving off his work, Interrogated every clerk ; But none up to that time had seen An article called " COTTOLENE." "What is it?" said he to the dame, "That answers to this curious name. What is it made of? What's its use? My ignorance you'll please excuse." "You're not the merchant for my dimes, I see you're quite behind the times. For COTTOLENE, IA have you know, Is now the thing that's all the go, An article of high regard ; A healthful substitute for lard. Its composition pure and -clean ; For cooking give me COTTOLENE." As from his store the lady fled, The grocer gently scratched his hea On his next order, first was seen, , "One dozen cases COTTOLEN.ig°" ; ,Ask Your Grocer forlt. Made only by N. IC. FAIOANK & C0.1 Wcllingto t and Ann Streets, M `tINTREAL. THE ULD WORLD, , SERVANT. She is by . no Manner of Means a Flawless Gem. ITALIAN MAIDS OF ALL WON4. "Matter Out of P1aee" Not Abhorrent to the illifelien Girls of 'silan—The recliner .Beaddresa of Lombardia* NarsemaldO. Here is a readable, extract from a letter wribben by a lady in Milan : " I wonder where that Batton has gone off my wrapper." 11 was a little American woman who epake ; she was married to au Italian gen- tleman, and, ae Ruth of old, whibber her husband went went she, and so found herself in Italy. The friend be whom the remark was aedre/sed replied : " I do nob know, unless that little women of yours has carried it home to her lawyer." The " little woman " wee the 'servant, and the " lawyer" her husband, a copyist in a lawyer's office. So well developed is the appropriative faculty of the average European servant shat when an article is alleging, no matter hew &bieard, its disappearance is at enoe abtrihut'ed to le nerve. The maven for this may possibly be found in the fact bbab the wages of the ordinary heasehetd servants aro pitifully email, and they usually have families depending en tbem for support. Other causes may be bee eduoatlen, or lack of it, in the claw from whish the servant Domes, and the socialistic tendencies which permeate all Europe, and welch teach : "You are rlober than I, but you have no right to be,. therefore, 1 will bake a part." THE MAID OF ALL WORE. The maid of all work comes in the morn• lag and prepares bheesoffee, which ie served to the family in bed. At noon comes the breakfast of beefsteak, paeans and fruit. She then has liberty until time to pre- pare the 7 o'clock dinner. Her duties are net onereue, and, as she takes her own time and doss her work in herown manner, ahs has not a bard time of it. If she ohne es to eft on the floor while washing the dishes— and she frequently does—remenebranoe is useless. Her method of cleaning anything is original, and generally consists in wiping. it off, without waehieg, with a soiled cloth —always a soiled cloth in preference to a clean one. Her favorite towel for wiping the dishes is the table cloth, from which the meal has just been Nerved, or the dirty kitoben apron tied about her nook. As a gentle reminder that a little fee would be acceptable, she suddenly acquires a strong desire to peliab semethieg—from the shoes on your feet, bo bbe brans cornices over the window. , If there are guests in the sale she is likely to appear at any moment with the most melees piece of tinware in the kitchen, scouring away an if her very life depended upon it. If all this exertion fails of its object she will reasrt to bbe bookcase, and slowly and carefully dust every leaf of every book there, and tnenplaoe them back all amide down.. "Juliette is to be married loon," said Marguerite to me one morning, "and when the daughter of a servant of the gran pezza marries they always give her something nice ; the greater the people the nicer the present. Julietba expecte something very nioe from you." After such barefaced flat- tery what could I do but help Julletta to realize ber expectations? Te the average servant the nee of the doorbell er knacker le absolutely snperflu- sus; she simply epene the a€or and walks right in. - L OMOABDIAN NUTRSEIrAIDS. The first object of great curiosity that 'strikes the eye of the foreigner as he comes down this aide ef the Alps is the peculiar head-dress worn by the Lombardian nurse. maids. Ib remises of a circle ef flat silver hairpins arranged about the back of the heed in such a manner as be look like a teelloped tin pan—" Uneasy Iles the head that wears a epedinl," mlghb be a more just rendering of the familiar phrase. The nurses are obliged to sleep in them, as it la such a work of time and patience to braid and tsetse the hair about each separate pin that ib le only done up once in two weeke. Ib is very hard en the. hair, as the pine cub it and it moon becomoe thin and scant and unlikethe magnificent Drowns of glary worn by the rest of the Italian women. In the midst of the circle is pinned a bow of bright ribbon from three to five fleshes wide, with long ends reaching to tine bottom of the short, full ekirb. About the edges of the skirt, is also a band of the colored ribbon. Across the bosom is a brilliant handker- chief, around the neck are 'triage of oeral beads and in the ears are Large hoop oar - rings of coral. A completely picturesque costume. In taking an airing the wee, brown babies are bound tighb in their swathing bands, enveloped in gauzy floating veils and carried en a pillow in the nurse's . arms. Baby oar. sieges are never seen in Italy. A libble American lo as wheeling a large doll in a doll carriage In the park was almost mobbed. So great was the iabereab exhibited in the strange toy that it wee wi h difficulty her mother rescued her from the engem crowd, pub her on a oar and got her and the carriage safely home. The aurae is the true autocrat of an Italian household. For her meet be pre- pared the beet and meet Latriafoue food ; ebe must have the finest of white bread ; ebe can sib comfortably in the -beat room In the house while the mietreea le toiling in the kitchen. Her wager are high -50 fiance a month and the spadini and pretty costumes she wears. Epigrams By Bishop Newman. "Great truths never come singly, but in pairs." "Humanity is a oinking Peter ; Christian- ity is the helping band raislog humaniby." "The time will came under Chriet'e reign when the great epic will be not Milton's 'Paradise Leat,' but 'Paradier) Regained.'" "Chrfeblaniby is the meat intellootual .religion known to the world. Jesus (lintel is the numb prodigious intellectuality known to history." " [there to a vent difference between Ohriatien and Chrisbliko. We are a Ohrinbian nation ; but we are nob a Ohrlabllke nation." "The devil is nob as had es he will be a hundred years from to -day." "Heaven le an eternal approach toward God, ' Hell le an eternal retrooeeslen from God." "But few men are pious when away from home; Circumstances are a means' of grace." "The only'power that can re.create In the power that created." Charles K. Barrie, of . Milwaukee, the mann who wrote " Afber the Ball,' ''w+►a mar- ried In Ontoago 'the other day+ gin wife Hoye he will soon sing a new bane;' Mid he neve, he hes nn objection if he oan make an - Daher 1100,000 by 1b. There Is so snob thing as an Imitation baseball diamond. CARTER'S ITTLE IVER PILLS. Sick Meadaoh,e and relieve all the troubloo inti- ., dent to a bilious state of the system, such as Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness Distress after eating Pate in the+ Side, &c. while *facile most rem al fable success has been Shown HI cin'ibg SICK Headache yet O,ixasrt's Manus Levee Poen are equal valupable in Constipation, curing and preventing this annoying coalptaint, ',ASO they also correct all disorders of the atarnaelt. stimulate the liver and regulate the bowels. Even if they only cured HEAD Aghe they would be alolpst priceless to those who suffer from this distressing complaint% but fortunately their goodness does not end here, and toe who once try them will bud these little pillsvaluable in so many wrimatrate tney will not he willing to de without therm But after an sick head ACHE is the bane of so many live, that here is whore we make our great boast. Orin prier reeve i, while others Hanot. CieareasiS1 n-o'iaa nivnn Pwa are very email and very oast' tb tale. Ono or Iwo pills maids a dose. They are Strictly vegetable and do not gripe or purge, but by Blair gentle amnia ease all whopue<e thele. In Menat $6 ciente; for $1, old ever:wheat, or sent 5' mein Caltnnii linnli tl02 GQ, ITate Yost. Tai h11 dos h hitt, GETSING A LINE ASHORE. Am Old Wrecker Tells How 11 May Be Oona. Ib Oben happens that all hands on board of a stranded vessel might be saved but for the difficulty of getting a rope from the beat to the shore. A correspendenb of the Scientific American says : " During my 30 years' experience I have dene coneiderable wreokixig, and during that time I had a number of occaaiens to send a line ashore. We then called it running a line. After trying buoys, bearde, rafts; ebo., 1 adopted the plan of a barrel with & reel Weide, leaded inside en the corner, and a grapple on the onteide to the shepe ef a enc -finked anchor that was to catch on to prevent tho surf from carrying the barrel back when it ,truck shoal water. The lend I put in heavy enough to keep the barrel partially en end, and on the bobtem and aide of the barrel theta the grapple to attached to. The device m se cheap and simple that any sailor can make one for bis vessel with little coat, and in may be relied on to help him cub of a bad mete." Unappropriated Syllables. In the early days of the gold exoite- ment in Oalfiornia a young German from Miehlgan departed for Califernia, and, after preseeeting for awhile, settled there. Hit name was John G. Almondingor, and, wishing to Amerioaniza himself as much as peaelble, he applied to the Legislature of California, and had hie name changed to John G. Almond. A few days later a man named John Smith applied to the tame Legislature, and, after reciting a leng catalogue of the ills to which he rats eubjeob owing to hie unfortu- nately cowmen name, he said in conclu- sion : " And, whereas, I have noticed that yen have curtailed the name of J. G. Almond - lager to J. G. Almond, and have not dis- posed of the ' Inger,' which teams to be lying around loots, I respectfully rogueeb that the name be added to my name." The result of this appeal is net stated. And the Bat 51111 Lived. A queer story comae with first -oleos recom- mendation all the way from England. Thirty-three years age, in 1860, a somber el the Chaplin family died at Blankney, .Llnoelnehtre, and was laid in the family bomb. This particular Chaplin was a naturalllt, and among hie other pets had a large gray bat. That bat was permitted to enter the tomb and was sealed np alive along with the corpse of hie dead master. In 1866 the vault was opened, and to the sar- priee of all the baa was alive and fat. On four different occasions einoe the Chaplin. have looked after the welfare of their dead relative's pet, and each time ib has been reparbed that the bat was still in the land of the living, aItbough occupying quert era with the dead. He was fast seen in 1892. mound to be-Engllsit. Algya-Hullo, sld man 1 What the devil are you going round with only one Monter leg turned up ler v Oholly—Weil, yen tee, deah boy, my early cable advice, reported : " Reim, fol. d byclear weather,"and I had to verb Iowa ef compromise the matter, dontoherknow, " Will you Five me thio little hand 1' he pleedad lovingly. " Reginald, this hind to alleadq pledged,"° the replied. " I will redeem ib," he adewered, ab- sently, " if you will let me have the pawn ticket." • MY MOTHER'S MEMORY. There is one bright star in Heaven, Ever Shining in My night ; God to aro one guide has given, Like the sailors beacon light. Set on every shoal and danger Sending out its warning ray To the homebound weary stranger Looking for the landlocked bay. In my farthest, wildest wanderings I have turned me to that love. As a diver'neath the water Turns to watch the light above. Virginia raises 5,000,000 bushel, of pea- nute and $4,000,000 worth of fruits and vegetable.. The iron product le 200,000 bens, and over 32,000,000 of gold has been Bent to the Unites: Saari s mint: This State Ines the largest lead mines in the South, and the greatest menganeee mines im the world. A patch on a hoy's treaters is something now under the son. Time files ani ate ye for no man. The only fellow who oan beet it is the mueloian. When a man has no bills agatnab Mtn be muse feel ae If he belonged to the nobility. When a person le in everybody's mouth he naturally has a high appreciabfoa of the popular tante. You don'b nee much of him at We eraser* of the year, bub the grasshopper enjoys a beautiful spring. , Tommy --Paw, Winn is a party worker? Mr. Pigg -Pretty often he is a man who works the party. tithe arrested a State geologist ori a obarge, of drunkenness shoes the danger of tea' much rook—and rye. The time is coming when a man In tbo gallery s1. a European legislative hall wilino* be allotted is make a motion.