The Huron News-Record, 1892-04-06, Page 69
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Wednesday, April Gtli. 189t.
A DEATHBED MARRIAGE.
CONFIDENTIAL REVELATION OF MISS
GRIGG'S STRANGE ILLNESS. ,
"Yes, miss, certainly. I lived
with Mrs. Birch—Mies Grigg that
was before she rnarried Mr. .Birch.
I knew all about that affair. It
was very eingular indeed—very.
I'm not sure that I ought to men
tion it, for if a lady's maid can't
hold her tongue she can't feud good
places. Dear me. I'm no talker.
I'm as mum as a mouse. Bushels
of pearl powder and quartreof rouge
have I applied with my own hands,
and never as much as hinted at.
As for cotton, bless your heart, I've
never breathed about it, and I did
live with a lady once that took
arsenic regularly for her complex-
ion. That's no secret, for she took
too much one day by accident and
died.
"There wits an inquest and it all
came out. It's well it did, for 'sus-
picion pointed to her husband.
Somehow, it always seems to strike
a jury that a husband is the likeli-
est person to wish his wife out of
the way. But this isn't anything
about paint. Miss Griggs, being on.
the stage, made no secret of that.
She .played queens and such, miss.
I've often had tickets given me and
gone with my young man to see her
act. And tylion she was haughty
and curled her noso like, miss, aud
looked at other folks over her shout
der, and talked away down in her
throat like a pigeon gurgling, she
was splendid, miss. It made me
think how nice it would be to be a
queen ani -t0 take aire over every
body.
"Well; Miss Grigg was engaged
to be married. Mr. Birch had
fallen in love with her when she
was playing Hamlet's ma. Per-
haps you have seen the play, miss 1
The young man objects to his ma
getting married the second time, so
I seemed to make out, and acted
most impertinent, giving sass to his
ma and his step–pa, and carrying on
awful. . And there was a poor
young lady out of her mind that
afterward got drowned.
Well. she was playing Hamlet's
ma and Mr. I3irch fell in love with
her and sent her a letter, and called
-and made an offer all in no luno.
Sho accepted him, of course, and
the preparations fur the wedding
began. I don't think any lady
ever had so many dresses before.
Silks and. satins and velvets and
laces. Dear rne, 11mo.--'d whole
establishment was hard at work for
a mouth, and if I had twenty fing-
ers, instead of ten, I'd have had uta
for them all.
At last everything .was finished.'
The unlike were packed fifteen of
'em, miss, and fourteen were to go
on that afternoon. and one—the
one with the wedding and travel-
ling drosses—was, of course, to be
loft and go with the bride when,
she started next day. Sho was to
he married at ten o'clock in church
and then drive home, hive a splen•
did breakfast., change hor dress end
catch the three o'clock train. Of
course I saw to the trunks, and was
very careful ; but just when I was
needed most, just as the trunks was
going downstairs. Miss Grigg call-
ed ale.
"Miss Grigg was a lady who
didn't like to wait. I went to her
at once, miss, as was my duty, and
I said to Bridget Duster, the sham-
•bermaid,
"'Bridget, watch that black trunk
and see that the men don't carry it
off.'
"Bridget understood with her
elbows, of course, mise, and after I
had been to theland's end for two
yards of blue ribbon of exactly such
4,,ohada, ae ithe rioted ,and ggt book'
l found that ase had irfeot•QCf rho
blapk truck fiat ,of ail, and wee
very proud, ett'llaaing boon so baro-
fail, `.'he• truoke w4're all miles
away by that time; There was
nothingfor it but to tell Nuri
Grigg, She flew at 'inn, -Imlay. ' I
don't ,blame her for being fuigry,.
I would forgive her' Ip such a care.
She flew at wo violent, raise; aid
then, mss,' elle had spitfires. She,
boilthe" sofa, she tore her hair, she
screeched, and me all- the while
shying.:
'Remember your eyes, miss.
think how you'll look. Your nose
ie atvelling dreadful, miss.'
"Finally she come to and bothad
her fitce. And saye she :
"'Flora, what—shall—I dor
"'I don't know, miss, said I, 'un-
less you put off the wedding until
you telegraph for the trunk.'
"'No,' said she, 'that's unlucky ;
besides, one never knows. None
ain't to be depended on.'
"'You might borrow a dress,'
said 1.
'"As if I'd be married in one
that didn't fit nue,' said she. 'Stop,
don't speak a word. I've an idea;'
"She sat with ono finger on her
lip for awhile. Their she said
"'My embroidered drossing•gown.
The, white one ! That's here 1'
"'In the bureau, miss; said L
"'Very well,' said she. 'I'll be
married iu that. Telegraph for the
trunk, Flora.' .
" 'The white dressing•gown,misdl'
said I, nearly astonished out of my
senses.
"'Yes,' said she, 'the white dress-
ing -gown, goose ; you don't think
I'm going to be married in church
in that. I won't put off the wedd-
ing, and I won't stand up before a
crowd in church without my white
satin dress! But I'll be married at
the appointed hour for all that. So
telegraph for my truck and come
back soon.'
"When I came back I found Miss
Grigg iu bed and the doctor sent
for. He was puzzled. I could see
that. Ile couldn't tell what was
the matter, and Miss Grigg was too
faint to speak, He questioned me.
I sa,id she had been very much agi•
toted. He prescribed something
aud Went off, bidding me send for
him if she seemed worse. The
evening papers published the report
that Miss Grigg was dangerously ill,
and Mr. Birch Caine to the hotel in
a terrible fright, as pale as a sheet,
to ask how she was. I took him
down 'her love, and she was very
"Then Miss Grigg said to the
ladies who came in : 'Leave, me
with my faithful Flora,' and we
were left alone. I can't say that I
was surprised when she sat up in
bed and said -briskly :
"'Lock the door, Flora, I'm
sick of lying on my back. I've
taken thein in haven't 11 You see
what I am about now 1'
"'Exactly, miss,' said I, 'to be
too ill to be .married when the time
coulee.'
"'No,' said she, 'to bo ill enough
to be rnarried in the white dreesing-
"own I'rn oiiug to be married on
my dying -Ii , Flora.' s ..-�.-
"`I gave a screech and she laugh-
ed, and then she made a supper of
sardines and biscuits and wine, and
she threw the medicine out of the
window. Early next day the doc-
tor carne. I answered his question
as to what sort of a night his patient
.had passed by Baying oho had boeu
'much the same.' And then I took
a little note she had written to Mr.
13irch.
"I knew what was in it. She
told him 'that rather than ldeve the
world without keeping her vow to
him she would be married on her
dying bed,' I powdered her up well,
muss, and dressed her in the em-
broidered dressing -gown, with tube-
roses at the throat. I pulled down
the green, shades and darkened the
Nona. She fixed the pillows to
prop herself' up with and then skip
ped intp bed. •
"'Give mo my pearl bracelets,'
she said, 'and the handsomest of
those haukorchiefs and all toy rings;
and Flora, mind you must sob all
through the ceremony ; I'm going to
he calm.'
"Wo hadn't five minutes more,
but just as the first knock came to
the door she whispered :
"'Oh, dear ! if I only could have
slow music. Couldn't you catch
that "Traviata" organ, Flora, and
get him to play for half an hour out•
side the window 1 He's always on
the corner. Flora, I'll leave you
something handsome if you -do,'
"I did it, abort as the time was.
I caught The man and he gronnd
out his quarter's worth.
"The clorgyman was a very nice,
neat, nearsighted old gentleman.
Mr. Birch was the dreadfulest sight
—pale as a ghoet and shaking from
head to foot. The groomsman look •
ed dreadfully sorry ; the four or five
intimate friends looked as though
they were at a funeral; and to see
her with her calm smile and paw
ered face, one hand against her
heart, the other in hie—I was glad
I'd been told to sob ; I had to do
something. And so they were mar-
ried.
$f fool,' eid4 ;•f.is Grig&,elaw.ly,
that this, perhap4 •tba loot m.Oatora:t
of my We, is very sweet, 'Ter die
thus, with my hand in yoga.—ah
Poosr friend, adieu.. Flora, my
felthfel maid, take Chia ,zing.'. T
saw her pick out the cheapest ; but
>to watts . :Remember me by it:
Now --leave us•?
"-Viten everybody'kissod her end
went out of the room sobbing,
"In a moment more there was a
ecreatn; Mr Birch had fainted away.
It took an hour to bring hien to.
"The reporter of the evening
paper was waiting outside for tbo
news. It was published • all over
that night, but the next afternoon
the travelling dress Dame back in
the ,black triune,
"Yes, miss, of eourae Miss Grigg
-,I mean to say 1t/Lys. Birch—reeov
,ered at once. And that's the whole
story. I'm the only one that knows
it, and I wouldn't mention it to
suyone but you, ma'am."
HFR'LAST CIGAR,
8118 INADVERTENTLY DROPPED IT ON
THE ROAD NEAR THE MEXICAN
BORDER.
I know a little lady who would
not.barm a mouse, who is a pillar of
the church at home, yet avho was
recently persuaded to comwitt a
crime.
Iuse the word crime advisedly.
I mean au offense against the peace
and - dignity of three big -United
States, and as retribution followed
right on the heels of this desperate
deed I may point a moral and adorn
a tale by "giving her away," which
I propose to do.
My little friend, whom I will
call Mrs. Parry, was one of a party
of us who wont on a•junketing tour
into Mexico. We prowled down
over the Mexican National, return-
ing by way of the Central, and
stopped for a day at Paso del Norte,
that quaint little village on the Rio
Grande. There we separated, for
the ladies of the party had learned
to take care of themselves, and pro-
ceeded to inspect the cathedral, the,
shops, the vineyards and other
points of interest.
It was then that Mrs. Parry had
her adventure.
The brilliant idea occurred to her
that a box of cigars would be a nice
present for her husband, who is a
great smoker, and she dived into. a
little den, which was one step n -
der ground and dark. There she
insists that she met a retired pirate
with a black beard and a native
woman, N ho looked like a parrot
and wore a. mantilla. The pirate
produced' a box of cigars, which he
assured her were made especially
for,the nobility. When she bought
them the woman took her aside and
spake thus:
"Madame," she said, "you go
across the river today 1 Exactly.
You know the duties are frightful.
Now nobody ever pays duty on
cigars. You put them in your dress
—I show you know—and the cus-
tom officer he sees no bundle and
he says nothing,'`
How account for the mysteries of
the human heart. My friend, as I
have said, is a dear, good little wo•
'lawn; Mi'f tliiriM efifti—Iti'scinated-
her. Besides what was wrong if
everybody did it? She hesitated
aud was lost. The parrot woman
showed her how to stow away the
plunder. The process consisted of
pulling up herdress and pinning
the edge of her top petticoat to the
waist. Iu the sack just forged the
cigars wore poured. This it terest•
ing operation was performed in the
rear room.
When Airs. Parry, emerged, ex-
cited and elated, she suddenly re-
membered that elle had yet to see
the ancient church.of Guadalupe,
and bent her stops thither. Half
way there a Mexican gentleman,
riding a little pony, pulled up and
addressed her, "Pardon me," he
said, but I think you have dropped
something." She looked down and
there were four or five cigars on the
ground'.
Oh horrors! In her shame and
consternation she did not dare own
up that the cigars %verb hers. She
thanked him rather stiffly and mov-
ed on, with the miserable conscious
nes, that she ryas latticing cigars at
every step. Presently she heard a
rustling behind her, and looking
around, saw that she was followed
by a rapidly increasing procession
of Mexicans, picking up the spoils.
They wero all smoking, and a dense
cloud cf smoke overhung the line of
march.
As she turned the natives all
simultaneously raised their som-
breros, like a chorus in a comic
opera. Sho doesn't know to this
moment why she didn't faint or die
on the spot. When she reached
the church, at the door of which
she shed her last cigar, she affirms
that there were full half a hundred
natives in her wake.
Inside she found most of the rest
of us, and when we noticed her agi-
tation she buret into tears and con-
fessed, •
If your cough keeps you awake and
restless at night, take Ayer'a Cherry
Pectoral and obtain immediate relief.
This remedy allays inflammation, heals
tho pulmonary organs, induceebleep, and
restores health. The sooner you begin it
the better.
¥4 71rDDl Is4tE>iLl ,;,
Yea, l3i11, my, boy, I recolleo's it all,
Nawtore a, th. at yll,
e ye trlod them old days
,
flow yott st:t .Silas Perkins' dorg on
hmow .the critter bit . rp legin
thr; y
'N' how,ee when vwe was goin' to the.
,
'Twosechoerl: got licked when you had
broke the rale.
'N' how we went a•fishin' in the
creek,
'N' you soused me in Grimes's pond
so slick.
'N' how, when we went to the can
pull,
You filled my best clo'es pockits
chock up full;
'N' how that night, when I had told
my dad,
The Hokin 'that I got—'twas purty
bad.!
Yes, I remember all them boyhood
acts,
Now that ye've chose to bring up all
the facts ;
'N' I remember, too, when I was
small,
I swore I' d lick yer, of I grower' at
all ;
'N' growed I has, jess twicet as much
as you.
'N' now I'll tell yer whaf I'm goin' to
do:
•
I'm goin' to take yer right acrost my
knee, -
'N' spank ye till ye can't most hardly
see ;
'N' then I'm goin' to sweep ye round
• the floor
Ontil the hull nex' town kin hear yo
roar.
I'd tjuite forgot• ye, Bill, until ye
• spoke.
And Si unto his spoken word was
true.
A lovely course, of sprouts he put
Bill through. _
And when he'd done—some forty
minutes after—
The store just rang with Uncle Silas'
lauithter.
And Bill deprrted on his hands and
knees,
Resolved no more to call up mem-
ories.
—JotsN KENDRICK BANGS, in the
Editor's Drawer, in Harper's .Maga-
zine for April.
LUCiNDY.
--�---
I.
When Lucindy's eyes do shine
Lak a ripe, ripe muscadine,
An' 'er lips sticks out
In a tantalizin' pout,
I counts Lucindy mine.
II.
When she droop 'er eyes so shy,
Lake she gwine ter pass me by,
An' des afore she pass
Drap 'er hankcher on de grass,
My courage rise up high.
III.
When she sets up in de choir,
An' 'er voice mounts higher an'
higher,
In unison wid Jim's.
A.singin' o' de hymns,
I sets back an' puspire.
IV.
When she lean down on 'er hoe.
'N' dig de sen' up wid 'er toe,
An' look todes me an' sigh,
. Des lak she 'mos' cold cry,
I don't know what• ter go.
V.
When she walk right down de aisle
At de cakewalk wid a smile,
Au' sbe an' yaller„Jake
Ketch han's an' win de cake,
I steam an' sizz and' bile.
VI.
When she claim me fur her beau,
An' den dance dereel wid Joe;
. An' when she swing me by
Squecz my ban' on de sly— -
I don' know whe'r or no. f
VII.
'fell de trufe, Lucindy's ways
Cits me so upsot some days
Dat, 'cep'n dat I knew
Dats des de way she do,
I'd do some damage, 'cane.
VII.
Some days when she do de wus,
Ef 'twarn't dat I hates a fuss,
An' loves 'er thoo an' thoo
Wid all de ways she do,
De Least I'd do be cuss,
—Rtrrn McENcav STUART, in the
Editor's Drawer, in Harper's
for April.
JUDGE AND JURY.
story is told of a.well-known
judge, who is noted for' his fondness
in conveying to jurors, in his
charges to him, his own opinions in
regard to the merits of the case.
In one case he had done so with
great plainness, but to his amaze,
went the ,jury remained out for
hours without coming to an agree,
went. The judge inquired of the
officer what was the matter, and
learned from him that one juror was
holding out against the other eleven.
He sent for the jury at once, and
stating to the jury that ho bad
plainly intimated how the case
ought to be decided, said he under.
stood that one juror was standing
out against the other eleven. He
proceeded to rebuke the juror sharp-
ly. The obstinate juror was a ner-
vous little man, and as soon as the
judge was done he rose and said :
"Your Honor, may I any a word 1"
"Yes, sir," said the indignant judge;
"what have you to say 1" "Well,
what I wanted to say is, I am the
only fellow that's on your side."
00tA1'lyiN "PRIhTG,T
JAILED,
ae�
Prince Mich (M, K. Dl lls)'is
ip the Detroit lack t►p, 'The hong
haired prophet and Elizabeth Courts
one of hie spiritual wives, were ar•
rested ou a ch'►rge of adultery prefer-
od by. a St. Thomas, Ont., women,
Detectives swooped upon ger "God
house," end informed. the Prince
and Miss, Ceuta that they were
wanted. Both had boon informed
of the i impending arrest and took
mattere very coolly,
James Daily, "Lucifer" Durand,
Joseph Bell, Jennie Sutton, I3er•
nice Bickley, Alice Courts, Clara
Benclie and May Webster were also
taken into custody as witnesses.
The women are all "angels," and
members of Richt-101'a household.
',Come in, gentlemen," remarked
the Prince, when Detective Rober-
itz rang the doer bell. Michael,
shook hands very affably with ell
the visitors, end was very solicitous
of their,epiritual welfare.
"I am prepared to go even unto
death to cava my beloved people."
remarked Michael. "Even unto
crucifixion, as I did nearly 2000
years ago. Load on, I am prepared
to follow the•sooffers and unbolie•
vera."
"1 Ali TIIE GREAT I Alt."
'tI Am the Great I Ain," shouted
Michael as he rnountod the steps of
the patrol wagon. "Glory ;we will
follow thee," responded the faith-
ful..
They were tumbled into the
wagon and driven to the police sta-
tion.
• Asked his age, Prince Michael re•
plied dramatically : "Before Abra-
ham was I was. I don't know my
spiritual age." His temporal ago
was given as 35.
A search of his person disclosed
but $46 in currency.
Eliza Courts, his alleged param
our, °gave her age as 49, and she
looked it.
Mrs. M, K. Mills, the Prince's
real wife, who made the complaint
against Michael and Lizzje. Courts,
charging adultery, fears bodily harm
if she returns to the colony and will
be the guest of the wife of Sheriff
Hanley until the case is concluded.
THE NEGLECTED WIFE'S STORY.
The story of Mrs. Mills wrongs
goes to show that she has been a fear-
fully abused and maltreated women.
She has been kept bound 12 hours
hand and foot by' Prince Michael
and the Courts women, and that'she
was not only se bound but that she
was exhibited to the other angels of
the God house as an example of
what would happen if any one
should dare to rebel against the
Prince who claiunshe expects to be•
come Jesus Christ.
Mrs, Mills who has been married
to the prince for 15 years, says her
married life was happy enough un-
til they ran across Eliza Courts in
Illinois, but that slime that unhappy
event she hes been compelled to
stand aside to make room for Eliza
and in reality has been little more
than al slava for the Priuce and his
paramour.
wAfter prosecuting the two she
ill return to her home near St.
.Tho►uaa; Oita '
Prince Michael (M. K Mills)
naive of Elgin County, Ontario.
He is a grandson of the Rev. Thos,
Mills, one of the pioneers of the
county, who in the earlier days took
up land in the 2nd concession of
Yarmouth. Tho elder's son marri-
ed a Miss Fordyce. They had five
children, one of whom was Prince
Michael who worked for some years
in an axe handle factory in South
Yarmouth. He possessed a certain
amount of mechanicalgenius,but in
other respects was a very common-
place individual. He took the
world easy and it was neverauppos•
ed by the neighbors that he would
win either fame or fortune. IIe
finally married a nice young girl,
well connected, the adopted daugh•
ter of a leading farmer. She it is
who now has had him arrested.
MEDICAL HINTS,
Cure for Dyspepsia.
As is well known' this, troublesome
omplaiut a•isea from over -eating the
use of too much rich food, neglected con-
stipation, lack cf • xcreiee, h•+d air; etc.
&The food should b•; thoroughly chewed
a•rd never bolted or 'swallowed in haste,
etimulants must be avoided and exercise
tatcen if pneaible. A remedy which has
rarely failed to give prompt relief and ef-
fact permanont cures, even in the moat
obstinate cases, is Burdock Blood Bitters.
It acts by regulating end toning the di-
gestive organs, removing costiveness and
increasing the appetite and restoring
health and vigor to the system. As a
case in point we quute from a letter
written by bliss L. A. Kuhn, of Hamil-
ton, Oat.:—"Two years ago life seemed
a burden. I could not eat the simplest
food without being in dreadful misery in
my atomnch, under my shoulders and
across the back of my neck. Medical
advice failed td procure relief and seeing
B. B. B. advertieerl, 1 took two bottlea
of it, and have been entirely free from
any eymptoms of my complaint since."
This gives very conclusive proof of the
efficiency of thia wonderful remedy.
—The Karn organ factory in
Woodstock, Ont., was gutted by
fire on Monday night bf last week.
This is the second time the Bern
company have suffered from fire
within a few years. Loss, $35,000;
insurance $21,000.
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•
A desperate duel wt►sfoNgbt ante
day in August, I8.$Q, by twp .girlie
abdlut eighteen yearn 01 age--Snuor,
itao Espinoza and Morene—employ'
vd at the tobacco factory in Scythe,
that workshop tit front of which the
aret not of the opera of "i)ariwen'r
is supposed to eventuate, two t1,IQ
Munn Herald,
Their seconds were men, who fur-
.nislte,d each girl with a drink, after
which they were blindfolded and
placed in an unlighted room for half
an hour and commanded to "Fight,.
Then the room was locked and the
seconds joined the other employes
at dinner, after which they opened
the door and found both girls alive,
but Mortally wounded. One of the
combatants was cut in twenty-seven
different places, and was bleeding to
death, while the other received se'-
vere wounds in ten and fatal ones
in two places. The two eeconds
attempted to escape, but were arrest-
ed and sent to prison for six months.
The girhi never spoke after the door
was opened, but one of them lived
in great Agony for several hours.
Near Madrid, December 10, 1890,
Capt. Romero and Capt. Murillo.
fought with sabers, lied both were
frightfully injured and maimed for
life Subsequently the principals
and their seconds (all officers) were
arrested, and the former weee dis-
missed from the army and the latter
fined, One of the latter, after pay-
ing his fine, challenged ttie magice
trate who fined. him, who accepted
and received three wounds. He
again fined the officer, and was again
challenged, and fought with pistols,
killing the officer at the first fire.
It is a fact, although I cannot
present, names or dates, that a Par-
isian scribe grossly insulted an army
officer in the morning edition of his
paper, 'fought and killed him at
noon, and published a graphic des.
criptior, of the whole affair in his
evening issue.
Quite as good a little story is that
in which, at en aristocratic party in
Vienna a lady dropped a bouquet
and a gentleman following in a waltz
kicked it to one aide so that it
would not be stepped upon, and
was challenged and wounded by the
escort of the lady who dropped the
flowers, and was afterward nursed
by and married to the lady herself.
A LEAP YEAR PROBLEM.
Do women themselves desire to
be permitted to pop the queetion
whenever the fancy takes them, or
do they, as a bpdy, prefer to wait
modestly to be asked to give them-
selves in marriage'? It is impossible
to say without a universal canvass,
(says a writer in Once a Week).
Hitherto American girls have been
quite content to keep silence until
the right man came aud plucked
the flower of his choice. Are they
beginning to grow weary of this
reserve enforced by public opinion
and public usage! Do they yearn
to have an unlimited power of selec-
tion,.:..to. goArcata 1,..,say.,i•ng.,,to.this
man or to that man. "Be mine 1!'
Before they make up their minds in
the affirmative, they should have
their eyes open to the possible con-
sequences. In the first place, it
may be admitted that if any woman
is seized with. an unaccountable in-
clination to propose to airy individu-
al man., she can do so. Nobody
prevents her; nothing stands in her
way if natural modesty does not.
If, however, it became the fashion;.
for women to propose, what would
be the consequences 1 Well, many
things might happen, most of them
detrimental to female happiness.
Conceive what would be, the state of
mind of a lord of creation who had
had the chance of refusing the hand
and heart of a number of amorqus
women ! There is a natural fitness
in the man's asking and the wo-
man's waiting to bo asked. Man is,
as a general rule, the bread -winner
in the battle of existence. Women
certainly do, in many eases, work,
and work hard; but they aro not
supposed to work, while man is sup-
posed to work, It tomos to this ;
The man, as a rule, has three things
to offer to the woman, or is expect-
ed to have them—love, labor and
money. The woman, very gener-
ally, has only love. The position
of a woman when proposing would,
therefore, be the undignified one of
a person saying: 'Will you give
me support.' On the other hand,
public usage in this matter some-
times may press hardly on the wo-
man who bas all to give,
who is a heiress, perbape, and
in love with a dollarless but
proud man. There have been
numerous cases in which wealthy
girls have missed happiness because
they could not speak, because the
man would not, lest the world
should whisper, 'Money, not rove.'
This, however, need not be serious-
ly discussed. If a woman has a
timid suitor, and wishes to let him
know she loves him and desires to
be hie wife, she can do it without
Baying, 'Will you marry me,1' There
are a thousand little ways, and
every girl in a the world knows
them.
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