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XI88 K. B. CHBESBOBOUUH.
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& "Do you wish to kill me, Mr. Sinclair?
Take your hand from my throat, please." ; 1
Be relaxed his grasp, and she sank with a J
smothered sob on- the coach, while she pat her
delicate fingtn around her throat, as if to 1
ease the pain of the iron hand that had just 1
left It She grasped nervously the diamond
necklace that encircled her throat She }
shuddered, for she remembered that it was for 1
such baubles she had sold herself. - }
Her husband stood sternly watering her;
bow she quailed before the fierce black eye :
that seemed devouring her with its angry
'had," she said passionately. *
"T? ^ " t- j-j. JJ.it _.r?t L. .. ... i
"l naa oeiier oe ue&u; uwm win uo ohotw
to me tft&n life?life with all this bitterness, 1
this woe." }
"Why did you deceive me ?" he asked stern- 1
ly. "You know my nature; you knew the
depths of my love; did you not know that I '
would sooner see you dead at my feet than
know you h|d deceived me?" t
She made no reply. She knew that she a
had deceived the man she had married ; for
long before she had ever seen him she had 1
loved, with all the passionate ardor of her
nature, one who was now unto her as dead.
"You do not answer my question, madam;
why have you thus deceived me ? Why did a
you marry me when you knew you loved an- b
other V' And again the fierce eyes glared
angrily on her. ?
She said, ohoking down the sobs that were b
ready to smother her?"I married you for the *
reason that many a woman marries, for a j<
support." * v
"Thank you, madam; I appreciate the tl
compliment in being chosen to clothe, house r<
and food vnu. It delightful to have E wife g
-rr,-, , j w
oa these terms," and the dark eyes of Boswell tl
Sinclair glowed with anger. p
"Well, madam, I hope that yon have been ^
supported to your satisfaction," continued the a
ironical voice, "I believe that yon have had ^
all that any reasonable woman could wish; *
you have had plenty to wear, and plenty to 11
eat You were poor when I married you; I ?
think you lad but two gowns, you now have *
twenty-two, doubtless, and your neck is en- ^
circled by diamonds." e
The miserable wife put up her hands and ^
unclasped the diamond necklace, and gently K
laid it on her husband's lap. w
"That is right, madam; before you go P1
hence, you must strip yourself of your finery a"
and your jewels.''
^She looked up aL him with a wild, startled 84
?y?'--? ?
"You will not drive me from you, Roewell f &
"Drite you, certainly not; I shall simply ^
request you to find other quarters."
"A woman cannot easily make a home, n
Roewell" &
"But she can mar one easily," he replied w
Of
bitterly.
WI have no one but you, Roswell," was the m
pathetic answer. '
"You have not.me, or rather, you will not 90
have me long; for I have heard this night *
that which has set my whole being on fire, 111
and to-morrow we part forever." **
He aroee and hastily paced the room, Then ?
seating himself, he said:
"Regina, I am not a man of words, but of
actions. I am not a meek angel; there are ?
some things I never forgive, and the man or P*
the woman who deceives me once never has a u
chance to do so again. I bury them?bury
them in a grave so deep that, so far as I am
concerned, they never rise again. I cast them w
so far from my sight and my affections so w
completely, that, even in memory, they live a
no more. I have buried two men and one ai
woman in this way ; and you have dug your ^
own grave, and now I am ready to throw you
into its depths. To-morrow you leave my hi
house forever?forever." si
"O, Roewell, have you no pity in your ei
nature?" fe
"Pity! Was there any pity in your tones Si
? ?t. t vi
Wlliguii, wucu x ucoiu jiuu sajr, ivuucn, j. niu
always true; you forgot, but I remembered.' w
Did I not hear you exact a promise that Ro- tx
bert Arlington should keep inviolate the se- 1?
cret of his early love for you, for you said ^
your husband was somewhat peculiar, a tl
little jealous, and he would not be pleased to m
hear that his wife was once the betrothed of hi
Robert Arlington. Ah! how you started "
when you saw my eyes at the window that I*
looked into the balcony, and knew that I was
in possession of your carefully guarded secret. 81
I have heard it said that women are natural
_ liars, and, by heavens, when I think of the S
black falsehood by which you got a husband, R
I think the saying must be true." hi
Regina grew deadly pale as her husband pi
hurled these bitter words at her. Humilia- v<
ted and insulted by them, she yet could only b
listen in silence. s>
"Well, madam, what have you to say ?" d
She dashed aside the tears that were blind- p
ing her, and said: "I did love Robert Arling- ti
ton, but it was before I ever saw you. He e<
proved untrue to me and married another, si
We never met again until last night" c
"I^ad you told me this four years ago, h
when I asked you to marry me, you would h
not haye been my wife.-. Da you remember
that I asked you if you had ever lqved any tl
other, when you said yoq loved me ?" ! a
"Yes." * ?
uTXTYk*r wAti nnf foil mo flio fmfli 9" I f(
'I uj U^U JVU AIVV Wi4 y**v> Vi MV&+ f I T"
"It is so hard, Roswell, for a woman to 1 d
confess 0iat ghe has ever loved and been de-! tl
ceived." I j?
"In other words, it is very hard for a wo- h
man to tell the truth," he said bitterly." b
"Had you no other reason, Regina ?" v
"Yes.,r | o
"What?" jh
"I was an orphan and poor; I knew the i g
paths by which women gain a livelihood are I a
beset with thorns that wound them at every ! u
step. I had not the courage to tread that1 o
thqrpy Way i I did as many a woman does, fi
married for a support I knew that I did i y
not love you, and if I had only have had the
noble courage, the self-confidence, that some k
women have, I would have gone forth and a
taken my stand beside the working sisterhood, j s
I di&jKjMrcoiifc Bqf^air Sincto,
mazriSgroa I brought you youth and feacfraJfeflk^atytwrfeet
forbid. Even
tlwOf^ Td¬ loveyou, I was attends to
fsar vra&ts, sad you have ever foun<T&e
docile and sympathizing." -?*
Roswell Sinclair, the^mau who never $rgave,
tamed palid at this recital, and his efea
flashed indignantly. He was <a*proud mmi
and it went through his heart like a sh&pi
sword, this candid confession of the womfcn
he loved. He sat speechless; there was angfr,
resentment, mortification, in his glanoe, hit
no pity, no tenderness, no forgiveness. %
Regina Sinclair locked. an instant at the
hard, resentful face before her, then she arose,
ind threw her arms around her husband!*;
oeek and said: '* /
<;Roswelh do forgive 086." ^ gt
He shook her off and said bitterly: j j
"There are female Judas's as well as Male,
who even now, as they did of yore,
k that!*iiWnr
you to remain in my house?these old anwstpal
halls?that I wifl shower diamonds
iwmyou, and, give you velvets to w?ar,anf
u return you will give me toleranoe. -But no,
[ will tell you no, the same house can hold
h> longer the deceiver and the deceived."
"Ynn inrn me into the streets. Roswell; I i
lave no home but this."
"No, no, madam, I am not such a brute as
hat; only take your presence from my house,
ind I will pay for your lodgement elsewhere."
"Forgive me, and let me stay," pleaded
legina Sinclair. . ,
"I never forgive !"*was the stern reply.
"Never forgive!" and Regina shuddered.
God have mercy on those who never forgive,"
,nd turning from her husband, she threw
terself on the couch and wept bitterly.
The next morning when Roswell Sinclair
ought his wife's room, Bhe was gone. She
iad taken nothing with her; her rich dresses
?ere all folded up in the large chest; her
;wels were in the ebony and silver casket
/here she had kept them ; her desk stood on
he rosewood table, and even her work-box
emained on the bureau. He sat down and
lanced around at the deserted apartment,
!iat spoke so eloquently of its departed occuant
A cold chill seemed to come over
im; he shuddered as he grasped nervously
t the arms of the chairs. He looked up at
le picture in its glowing colore, which his
ife had loved so well?Hagar going forth
ito the wilderness. How prophetic it seemi;
out into the wilderness, the great black
ilderness of the world, had gone Regina.
te tried to think that he had acted right,
ren while conscience whispered that he had
one wrong. He solaced himself with the
lea that he had been deceived?grossly
ronged?and that he had meted out a fitting
uuishraent to the deceiver, and he was
ranged.
"Vengeance is mine^^nd J[ will repay,"
iith the Lord; and th? Human hand that
rasp of Divinity will find that its blade cuts
3th ways?him at whom it is aimed, and he
ho aims it Forgiveness, like charity, cares
a double blessing: - he is blessed who forhres,
and he is blessed who is forgiven. It
as years before the revengeful, haughty
ririt of Roswell Sinclair felt this. In the
teanwhile, he wrapped himself in the mane
of cold reserve, and lived in miserable
riitude in his proud ancestral halls. When
one memory of the woman he had banished
itruded itself upon him, he strove to beat
ack the unwelcome visitor by, "she basely
sceived me," for he had not yet learned to
rgive.
Tbus in bitterness of heart, lived Roswell 1
inclair in his gloomy house, asking no symathy
and receiving none. A shadow rested
pon his home and upon his heart?a great ,
arkness that could be felt.
Dark clouds, too, lowered over his country, ,
hich at length, assumed the lurid glare of
ar. Glad for Anything to break the gloomy (
lonotony of Jig life, Roswell Sinclair was
nong the firaNn the field, and among the j
rst wounded and taken prisoner.
feix years nad elapsed since the night he ,
id parted iflth Regina. His dark hair was ,
Ivered with grey, and lines of sorrow were
lgraven on his face. As he lay tossing in
vered sleep, on his little cot in the hospital,
ster Angela, the nurse, was arrested by the <
sion. She had not seen him before, as she
as at a distant post when the prisoners had
jen brought in the night before. She gazed
ng and anxiously at the flushed sleeper; .
lough sadly changed, she remembered well
lat proud, handsome face. What bitter
Emories rushed over her as she gazed at
ira; one more look, then she turned instinct- ;
ely away. But her sympathy soon over;>wered
all harsher feelings, and returning,
le took her seat on her low chair beside the
ifferer.
Then the whole past rushed to her mind,
f.e remembered how, in her early girlhood,
lobert^rlington had won her love. She
ad promised to marry him, and after waiting
atiently three years, he proved false to his
ows, and married another. It was a terrible
low?a blow that seemed to crush out all the
veetness from her life. Then her parents
ied, and she found herself a penniless orhan.
Then it was that she met, for the first
me, Roswell Sinclair. Her beauty attract3
him, he proposed, and though she almost
brank from his fierce love-making, she acepted
him, and, in a few months she found
erself his wife. He carried her to his proud
orae; he surrounded her with almost Orienil
splendor; he loved her, but it was with
bat jealous, exacting loye that makes a woman
lmost as miserable as positive indifference,
le was passionate, jealous, exacting and un-j
irgiving, and she pined even amid the splen- i
ors that surrounded her. She had guarded j
be secret of her early love well from the !
ialous gaze of her husband, but, in an uu-;
lcky momepfc, he discovered all. She had j
een driven from his presence out into the
ast, wearyN^wrld, and she carried with her !
nly the bitter memory of his many years of |
arshness and cruelty. The large, hot tears j
athered slowly in the eyes of Sister Angela, i
s she reviewed the bitter past, and ga?ed j
pon the sleeping form of the man she had
nee called husband. Yet no resentment |
illed her heart; she was ready?she even
earned to say?"I forgive."
The night wore on, and Sister Angela
:ept her watch beside the wounded man. An ,
,ngel?a pitying angel?watched him as he '
lept, but he knew it not. The long rows of!
cots looked ghastly beneath, tfife faint rays of
mt?^^?
, .sleepers, and. a.balf-smothered; groan,. %nt
;aorae sQfferer as he *jw?ly triedtoeourt sleep.
Occasionally, someaoldiec dreaming of home,
Wbuki cry out the loved name lof sister or of
wife, and laugh happily in his isleep. Once
only did Roewell Sinclair wake , during that
long night. He asked for water,' Sister Angela
handed it to
and drank : eagerly, theDy thapoldBg "her, he
-went to sleep. ^ oott 'tomt
For weeks Sister Angela hoverdd htxmt-the
bed of the nek prisoner. sigh
of jieoognltion, and she iandedtlkt her black
^braar'had- qaite concealedirtfOdeatity. fie
was now'-gettiug well, and wts sorinto be ex*
! ^Wnawl. ^hiw he will ffo. thtfutht Sister
Angela/itedwe shall neyerme&ftgain. >
^^p|^^night, the last ni^hfc^Ms stay, m
his hawtf he said:" ?
"Regina!" 'v ' 1
That oue familiar word swept all'the'hitter
past away, and Sister Angela burst into tears
of gratitude and joy.
"My darling, my darling, am I forgiven ?"
said Roswell Sinclair, in low, broken tones, as
the hand he held in his grasped him tighter.
Sister Angela could only weep and grasp
more tightly the hand and sob, "Yes, yes,
forgiven."
"Even as I forgive, 0, ray wife, my precious
wife, how blessed a thing is forgiveness!"
And the next day the prisoner went his
way. Sister Angela, too, was missing, and
when the war was ended, Roswell Sinclair
and Sister Angela were found in the old ancestral
house together, but the name she then
went by was Regina?queen.
Divine spirit of forgiveness, if thy white
wings could only enfold all of earth's children,
what ceaseless melodies would make
musical the world.
LEE--A SOUTHERN REPRESENTATIVE.
At New Orleans, during the celebration of
Gen. Lee's funeral rites, Rev. B. M. Palmer, '
D. D., was called on to deliver an address in '
memory of the great deceased. His remarks 1
were almost impromptu, for he was notified <
that he was to speak only a few hours before 1
the public meeting. But, notwithstanding ]
this short notice, we doubt if any living man *
could, or did, utter a nobler or more fitting <
tribute to him whom we all delighted to honor ]
while living, and whose . memory we now re- I
vere as that of the noblest man "who ever 1
lived in the tide of times." Whatever else <
we may be robbed of, th? South cannot be de- 1
frauded of the fame of Robert E. Lee, His 1
glory is ours, and no human hand can'snatch ^
B j^nuia. - Th; Jjfoliparjwi imi?tB J
tnis idea Jfork after contrasting or rather com- 1
paring Lee foth Washington, he said: i
T J. "D_u . P T ?o tko (ma (vna nf 1
X ituccpi XVUUCI t XU. xjvjc ao iuc u uv vj jjv vi the
American mai^uid Southern gentleman. 1
A brilliant English writer has well remarked, fi
with a touch of philosophy, that when a nation
is rushing to destruction, the whole force 8
of that nation will shoot up in one grand
character, like the aloe which blooms at the
end of a hundred years, then shoots up in one
9ingle sprout of glory and then expires; and
wherever civilization has worked revolutions
it is possible to place the finger on individual
men who are the exponents of the nation's
character, after which others, though less noble,
perhaps, have nevertheless been fashioned.
That gentleness and courtesy, that perfect
moderation, that self-command which enabled
him to be self-possessed amid the most trying
circumstances in his career, clothed him with
the stainless attribute of a gentleman; and a
character such as that of the purest woman
was united in him with that massive strength,
endurance and power, which gave to the people
whom he led such momentum in the long
struggle through which they passed.
Born from the general level of Americans,
the blood of noble ancestry flowed in his veins,
and he was the type of the race from which
he sprung.
But thus democratic in his birth, such was
the gentleness and simple majesty of his character
that his only peer in social life, perhaps,
can be fouud in the courts, and among those
who have been educated amidst the refinements
of courts. In that regard there was j
something beautiful and appropriate in the j
idea that he should become in later life the
educator of the young; and, sir, it is a cause j
of mourning before Heaven that he was not j ^
spared thirty years to educate a generation for !
the time that is to come for this widowed |
South; for, as in the days of the red banner ^
of battle, the South sent her sons to fight un-:
der his banner, those sons have been sent
again to sit at his feet, when he was a disciple
of the Muses and a teacher of philosophy. *
Oh ! that with his imperial influence, his more r
than regal character, his majestic form, and j
all his intellectual and moral attributes, he
i ?
might fit those that should come in the crisis :
of the future, modeled after himself, to take ^
the trusts fallen from his shoulders and bear ^
them to generations unborn.
But, sir, General Lee, I accept as the rep-1
resentative of the people, and the temper j
with which this whole South entered into the
gigantic, heinous and disastrous struggle;
closed, but closed as to us in grief. Sir, they ^
wrong us, whomsoever they be that; speak, who j
say tliat the South was ever impatient to rup- i ^
ture the bonds of the American Union. The ^
history of 1776, which, sir, is no more, yet, a j i
written history than is that of the revolution j.
1001 i.~n_ ti.:. Cn,,?U.n/t ,if
U1 JlOUI, Lens US UIUI 1L WUS 1.1113 Ijuuuimuu v>?
ours that wrought the revolution of 1776. We ^
are inheritors of all the glory of that immor- <
tal struggle; it was purchased with our blood : 1
or the blood of our fathers, which yet flows in j I
these veins, and which we desire to transmit 1
pure to the sons that are born of our loins, j 1
All the tradition of the past sixty years was j '
a portion of our inheritance, and it never was ;
easy for any great heart or reflecting mind j i
even to seem to part with that inheritance ; i
and enter upon the perilous undertaking of i
establishing a new nation. <1
Mr. President, it was my privilege once to ':
be present and listen to a speech by one of the j i
noblest sons of South Carolina, whose name 1 <
glitters among the galaxy of her great names,,
for South Carolina was Virginia's sister, and
South Carolina stood by Virginia in the old
struggle as Virginia stood by South Carolina I
in the new. That
ed," said he, "through'the Tower of Ix>pdonfthat
great depository- where is gatheredJl
that to English hearts is precious^ahd ^wr
the guide, in the pride of his English .IkH
pointed to the spoils 6f war, gathered thriMjj
oenturies, raising myself on tip-toe, I '
axid said - 'You cannot point to one sijSL
trophy from my people or my oountry, though
'England had'been engaged in two disastroii
it- 1
Sir, this was the Southern heart, thafiofe^ >
every inch of American Boil, and every pdW <
of tfc'ftt canvas, which, as the emblemofdra
authority, floated from Spire ^nd; mast h#l?,
and embarked in the revolution with
pfcrience of Mm whose prafee on hur'jj^
to-nigw. r
Like tU English N?toen, lie hJ^od F
the word duty?"fctwvery man do hisduty^- ,
was his only ensign or nidtto. Tearing h^a- jj
self 'away from all the associations of ealy (
life, and abandoning the service in which he )
had gained such honor, he made up his mfod; ,
to embark in the cause, and with moderation ,
and firmness expressed his willingness to ljve (
for his native State> and do all and any'duty
assigned him, - I accept him in his noble team-. .
ing equally as the representative of the Soap, .
in his retirement. It cannot escape any spencer,
the dignity of that retirement, when W- ,
neath that apple tree at Appomattox he eur- i
rendered his Bword to the general on the Ap- ,
posite side; then withdrawing from pubnc
observation, withholding himself from all cm- j
ceivable complications, he devoted himself W p
the one great work which he undertook tomscharge.
: ? ' / ,
So, sir, this land of ours obeyed; quiet, j
submissive, resigned, yet without resigning ,
those immortal principles which are the con- |
victions of a lifetime, and which lie buried in
the recesses of the human heart
Sir, all over this land of ours there are men' ^
like Lee?not as great, not as symmetrical in (
the development of character, or as grandin ,
the proportions which they have reached, but
who, like him, are sleeping upon memories
that are holy as death, and who, amidst til 1
reproaches, appeal to the future and to the j
tribunal of history, when ahe shall render her
final judgment of that struggle, aud the~|Q9? *
pie who embarked in that struggle. We.we ?rene,
resigned, obedient, sleeping upon sol- !
xnn memories; but as said by the poetpreacher
in the Good Book: "He sleepeth, '
jut the heart waketh"?waketh as it looks 1
'orth from the watoh tower into the future,! ^
>nly praying now to. the Almighty God that L
;hose who have conquered may at least have Xhe
grace to preserve our constitution intact r
ind, sir, if it were my privilege to speak to F
ltterwith profound emphasis thatJnopeo^r
iver traversed the moral ideas which undeKj
ie the character of the constitution and laws, j
hat did not in the end perish in disaster, (
ihame and dishonor. t
I was sitting in my study this afternoon ?
itriving to strike some parallel between the.
iret "Washington and the second, and I asked f
ny own heart the question: "Sitting upon the ^
uin of all your hopes, would you not accept ^
he fame and the glory and the career of Rob- j
>rt E. Lee just as soon as the fame and the
jlory and the career of the immortal man ,
vho was his predecessor ?" Sir, there is a pa- ^
hos in fallen fortune, which stirs the sensibil- t
ties and touches the very fountain of human ^
eeling; and I am not sure but that at this
noment Napoleon, as the strange guest of the g
Prussian King, is not grander than.when he j
tscended the throne of France. ^
There is a grandeur in misfortune when
lorn of a noble heart?a heart that has
itrength to endure without bending or break- g
ng. Perhaps I slide naturally into this com- ^
jarison, for it is my province to teach that our j
learts are made to taste both sweetness and .
lUDian woe, and through human woe <fek'
ieart becomes purified?and what is true in
he individual case is oftentimes intensely true
>f a nation collectively.
Sir, men that once followed this great chiefain
through the war are here to-night, that
hey may bend and kneel to the grave of him
vhose voice they obeyed amidst the storm of j
>attle; the young widow, who but as yester- j
lay leaned upon the arm of her soldier hus)and,
and now clasps wildly to her breast the
rouiig child that never beheld its father's face, (
Iraws hither, that she may shed her young j
vidow's tears over this grave to-night; and
;he aged matron who years ago gathered the
daits around her shrunken form, and drew ^
he hood over her eyes, remembering her son j
,vho fell at Gettysburg or Fredericksburg,
iow to-night joins us, and renews her dirge
>ver him who was that son's chieftain and ^
juide, commander and friend ; and the whole ^
rntion has arisen in i|inrif mil ty nf frinf|
lering tribute of its love for him. W
Sir, there is a unity in the grapes as they
jrow in clusters upon the vine; hold a branch ^
n the haud and you speak of it as one ; but .
here is another unity of the grapes when
hrown into the wine press, and bruised under j
he feet of th^se who trample upon them alnost
profanely, and their rich forms mingle |
md their ripe, red blood flows together in a (
jommunion of wine: and such is the union
. 1
uid communion of the hearts that have been
iused together by this misfortune, and we come i
litre in a true feeling of honest grief and af- i j
liction, to render tribute of praise to him j
iipou whose face we shall never look again,
until that immortal day when we shall behold
it transfigured before the throne of God.
The Last Pbayer.?Dr. Backus, presi- j
lent of Hamilton College, was upon his death- i
lied, His physician called upon him, and afLji
ter approaching his bedside and examining"!
bis symptoms with interest and solemnity,
left the room without Bpeaking, but, as he i
opened the door to go out was observed to-/j
whisper something to the servant in attendance.
"What did the physician say to you ?" :
said Dr. Backus. "He said, sir, that you i
cannot live to exceed half ankbour," "Is it
30 ?" said the great and good man. "Then '
take me out of my bed and place me upon
my knees ; let me spend that time in calling
on God for the salvation of the world j" His i
request was complied with, and his last breath
was spent in praying for the salvation of his
fellow men. He died upon his knees, and '
"entered Heaven with prayer."
Troth the Atlanta Plmtatfon. ,
SJKAIJj OUR WOMEN DO I i
There is no difficulty in finding work for the 1
men. Tb v farm, oar tnineB, the workshops, i
the professions, are all before them from which i
to ohooee,. Oar women for the most part, are 1
all eager to assist in restoring our lost for- 1
tones. This was. to be expeqted from them. J
While we are proud of the gallantry ofgpur 1
men daring our late struggle, we are still Ihore 1
proud of the heroism of our women, both as 1
ta the feet anfonanner of displaying it It i
was not the pbrensied rage of a female mob, 1
snob as those which often disgraced Fans during
the first revolution. It was- hot the-fa- ]
natical courage of ChariyUW Corday. It was
not the briHiant, dreamy eloquence of Mad- ]
amp Roland. The patriotism of our women i
and to cHeer"bybrave words and to inspire to t
wewere left penniless, c
this hemic disposifioiibfoar womegnw^wipfl 1
its exhibition,'by cheerfully encountering the
deprivations oftmr common lot. Tt was then C
no disgrace to be poor, but rather a disgrace A>
to be rich. And now the same temper of our ti
noble Confederate women during the existence u
of our Confederacy, shows itself by their ea- f3
ger desire to aid their husbands and fathers c
in the sore struggle of life. But how can a
they accomplish this noble purpose ? Ad Au- to
ring the war, so now, they and we desire that $
the direction of their efforts shall continue'td *
be purely feminine. We want no "strong- ?
minded women," no female lecturers, no fe- d
male voters, no female office-holders. We tl
have no wish to see our wives and daughters n
unBex themselves. We wish our women to a
remain as God made them, gentle, earnest, f
modest, loving, at once the light of the dwelling,
the solace in misfortune, the incentive in r
indolence, the restraint in temptation, the d
strength in weakness and the unfailing inspi- f<
ration of hope. il
There are pursuits in which our women can C
angage which are in perfect harmony with d
these feminine attributes. Why have we so
few Southern female writers ? It is not from e
want of mind, or a deficiency in fluency and t
alegance of expression, nor is it from want of 1
mental cultivation. There are women now in h
Georgia who could make themselves illustri- a
jus, if they would give their energies to com- a
po8itidB.--Tfee field is araple-^we p
lent on the North for text books in our schools: b
Why this dependence ? The cruel incidents b
our late war?incidents heroic, romanti& ft
and tragic, are yet to be portrayed: |?
well qualified for this work as our own women
who were witnesses of the struggle ? Never
was there a wider field in Poetry, Romance,
Memorial, History, Education, than now of- 0
Fers at the South. Who among our gifted e
11 . j 6 ,.q tl
rauntry-women wiU enter and, ocpupy it ^ .
And make us lose the good d
That we might often win,
.. By fearing to attempt," P
[t is needless to speak of the instruction of is
shildren. It is a subject of congratulation d
.hat Southern children are now taught by g
Southern women. p
The two departments of authorship and in- tx
(traction require a high degree of mental cul- &
Aire. There are thousands of moderately ed- p
icated women whose attainments do not qual- ii
fy them either to write or to teach, but who si
mn well fill useful and responsible positions.
Why are there so many young men of respect ti
oKla A^u/iafinn onrl Ka^IIu afimnrflli Tionrillnr* <fl
MUJlv ^uuvawiuu MUU ovivu^vu uwitunug ?
;he yard stick ? It would be more honorable tf
jo leave these feminine occupations to those to ir
vhom they belong. In other countries clerk- w
ihips in a large class of stores are monopolized w
>y females. Are our young men less men ei
han those of other lauds ? It is an inversion re
>f the order of nature to see a stout, healthy p
r'oung mau behind a counter selling tape and w
icissors to a delicate lady customer. He does d<
lot respect his manhood, or he would be fol- re
owing or directing the plough, or striking st
vith the hammer, or would be engaged in p;
feme other manly pursuit Our merchants b
ihould take this matter in hand and give oc- w
nipation to youug females of merit, worth h
md qualification. o]
There are many other departments of busi- h
less in our towns and cities which are now en- tl
grossed by men,which could be well conducted 01
>y women, as telegraphing, type-setting, Ac. lc
But it is not the purpose of this article to is
Iwell upon these, but rather upon those which "!
ire within the reach of the farmers' wives and d
laughters. It is within their power to add E
nuch not only to the comforts but to the in- tl
jorae of the family. b
A common error exists in households where e<
ihere are mothers and daughters who are anxous
to be useful It. is this: Their energies Cl
ire too much diffused and mixed up. Each w
should have her specialty,;and devote herself w
-o that, and as far as practicable, to that tj
te,,, V . d
yTne dairyps one of the most obvious pur- 8j
suits of the country, for the female members j,
)f the family. It is exceedingly profitable if ^
veil managed, and exceedingly unprofitable 0
f badly managed. Its success depends much ]{
nore upon the mistress than the master of the C[
household. It is the business of the master to 8j
provide good cows and sufficient food for
them, and to see that it is fed to them. After u
that his responsibility measurably ceases. The ^
mistress must see that the cowsare well milked. e
A. good ifcilker is as necessary as a good cow. j,
tf the mistress cannot milk she should learn p
how. Not that it may be necessary for her to a
continue the practice, but that she may know D
when she is imposed upon by her milker. We 8j
seldom are able to direct others well in any j
work which we cannot perform ourselves, A
good cow house, with floor, gutter and stancheons,
relieves the supervision of milking of p
most of its unpleasantness. Where milk can u
be sold at six cents per quart the profit is v
large. Butter is always saleable at fair prices. 1<
Cheese would pay better than either. As y
good cheese can be made in Georgia as in New I p
York. Why, then, should we not get the prof-! y
it on it? A neighborhood could send on for j a
a skilled cheese makei^ make it a joint ex-j e
pense, instruction to be given in rotation, i a
Our quick-witted women would soon be be- s
yond the necessity of instruction. n
What prevents the profitable rearing of the o
silk worm and the sale of cocoons ? There is I
nothing unfavorable to the silk worm in our t
climate which cannot be overcome with care, v
The rearing of silk worms and the raanufac- c
ture of silk at home, was undertaken some 1
' ' rfp
fears ago in Georgia. But our former social 1
system was not favorable to undertakings ol t
this kind, and the pursuit was abandoned al- I
nost entirely. Some domestic silk-was exhib* j
ited at the lart JTair at Cartersville. It could 1
iie resumed now under circumstances much
setter calculated to insure success* . The man*
ifacture of silk at the North has already
reached the suin of $10,000,000 annually in ,e
iralue. The subject is well worthy the atten- 8
ion of ladies in the country who desire to '
nake an income for themselves or their fami- a
ies. 1
It is now settled beyond doubt, that the tea 8
slant will thrive in\a&y part of the State. v
rhe experiments which have been made have e
irodueed excellent tea from plants raised in *?
Georgia. The manipulation is not difficult' F
[t is within the power of & delicate female. |>
dr. Jones* of the SeidKer* (hdiivator, at Atfi:heaply
made. Ample inetructionarsi^^!
obtained. A few hundred plants wnnMPde- ?
suecaasful, the pwfili' canbot be (n
itherwise thantasg* KnibtaoesaAgfrtfte^
osb would be small.
Parabta wodA>' 6e wise to encourage? a diapo- *
ition in their daughters to help thennelvw c<
Kovery proper manner. Southern plarta- a
ion life is a very different thing from what it 11
eed to be.. Money among the wealthy canot
now always secure female servants in.the
out try. This difficulty will probably last for H
. generation. When these servants are ob- 00
sined, it is often more vexatious to overlook *
hem than it is laborious to do the work oon* 18
elf. Our daughters should be taught taodaat m
elf-reliance and familiarity with all domartie ^
uties. If they exhibit a turn for any onoof n
he pursuits which have been suggested, the oi
ecessary appliances should be furnished lib- te
rally to them. Thus will they be prepared w
Dr the emergencies of the future. ' d
When the fair readers of the Plantation ?
ead the question, "What shall onr women ^
o ?" which heads this article, and the impter- a
act thoughts which have been suggests by ai
t, will tbey ask themselves another question ? *
Jan it be said of each of them, "She hath
one what she could."^ 1 '
Woman's mission; dways elevated, is now ^
xalted beyond any former period in'our his- *
ary. We are re-organizing our social system. *'
'here is danger that the perpetual strain of
?hnr will nrndnm anrdidness and coarseness m
r . rp
mong the men. It remains for the gentler
jx, while they avail themselves of every op- 01
ortnnity of feminine industry, to remind us u'
7 their example that earnest, wearisome la- ?
or, is qtifte consistent with the courtesies, ?
menities, tad higher pursuits of our exist
a6e.~ lC; 'Wl HOWARD. 01
CHOtED DfcAtfl. v ^
All that ffetatwdriok pMeesorerthetop fa
f the open windpipe, without a particle ever fa
ntering it, although that opening is" hi
ban a dime, because the vejj_ gfort of swal- w,
*?<ng'i4a>n< oi<5 riife ^
oor, which fits so closely, that not evienfa1 a
article of air can pass; but the instant what hi
i swallowed has passed over the trap-door ic
ownward, it opens up with a spring, and we to
o on breathing as if nothing had ever hap- in
ened; but if we attempt to swallow anything H
>0 large, this trap-door being at the narrow- hi
it part of the passage, is kept closed, not a hi
article ot air can enter the lungs, ana we die tu
i a moment of suffocation, as in drowning or ai
nothering. pi
If you chew a piece of dried beef for some 81
sra, there will be a white remnant left which th
rare is no inclination to swallowif it be m
iken and picked apart, it will appear to be ec
lade of little strings, tough and strong; these rii
ere attached to the more flesh-like parts, cc
bich were chewed and swallowed. If, in si<
iting, a man has a sharp knife, and cuts his h?
leat wholly in two, he may put two or three ic
ieces in his mouth, and chew and swallow vt
ithout danger; but if the knife is dull and a
oes not divide the piece wholly, two pieces pi
tay be tied together with one of these little th
rings, and while you have swallowed one m
art nearest the swallow, the other part may th
e near the teeth, and both held by the string, of
hich, holding the two parts together, and
anging across the trap-door, prevents its th
pening, and death follows, ib an instant; 01
ence the practical value of sharp knives at ai
le dinner table. A long hair in a mouthful d
f food may so entangle it in the act of swal- ot
)wing, as to cause a choking to death ; this ci
i what is meant by being strangled by a hair, w
String beans" may occasion a choking to cc
eath in the same way, if not carefully strung, ol
[ence, all food should be cut fine; should be fi<
loroughly divided with a sharp knife; should it)
e taken into the mouth in small pieces, chew- er
i thoroughly and swallowed deliberately. 0
vr l j i cc?a ??:j
iuusi> iwwcnj iJnvo euuctou wuoiuotauic minvenience
from something "going the wrong
aythis.is occasioned by a single drop of
ater, or atom of solid food, a crumb or other **
ling slipping into the wind pipe, and falling ^
own to the lungs, causing an instantaneous, M
piteful, angry, dry cough; it is because na- w
ire was alarmed by an unnatural and un- m
'elcome visitor, and takes this, her only means
f ejecting the intruder. If the particle is
irge or heavy, the surgeon must be called to
ut open the wind pipe and remove the subtance,
10
A person cannot laugh or speak a word,
niess the top of the wind pipe is uncovered ; 18
ut if a laugh is provoked, or a word attempt* 86
d to be spoken while in the act of swallow- aI
ig, and just before the particle has fully ^
assed over the trap-door, it is raised a little, ^
drop or crumb ' j into it, and hence the 48
lischief. Hence in eating, do not attempt to **
nftiilt until the "swallnw" is clear.?HaWs I
ournal of Health. 86
w
God Bless You.?Who has not felt the hj
ower of these words? Who does not treaa- p<
re up those hallowed moments of the irre* tl
ocable past, when from the lips of some ai
aved one fell upon your ears a "God bless b<
ou," that found an echo in the truest and fo
urest feelings of the heart ? A God bless It
ou ! and that will go with us through life, tr
nd bring peace and comfort when all things ai
lse are shrouded in gloom, and no joy seems tl
waiting the heart so long acquainted with ti
orrow. Dying lips in feeble accents have p
lurmured "God bless you." It greets the ear 01
f infancy, and reclaims the wayward youth. c<
t has been heard at the bridal and said at gi
he tomb. Loved voices breathed in our ears ic
irhen we parted, and the sound still lingers to ai
heer our saddened hearts. Oh ! may we tl
tear it through life, and when we stand on the h
jfink of those waters ->)riiich;I^Jpetween
ime and eternity, may the laj&wWb that
>roak apoirour listening earsb^Spfer0q^| bless
ou whicn comes from tht^Q||^^^^)ne8
eft befc&it - THE
Various extravagances break oat st differot
epooks. Cheops and; bis friends wasted
laves in boijding pyramids; the Romans
fasted wild beasts, peaeoeks, nightingales;
i a later period, knights and nobles were
rated in the xtuad*;; and a lamentable
mount of ability and scientific research' itas
rated on alchemy and astrqlogy. The preent
age is partieolaely remarkable for its waster
f gunpowder. A French o^jef/with no sixences
to spare, poor Mow, was once asked
y some boys to contribute to a squib-fund they
^ere rawing agaiort the^pfffi of Ko^iMber. ^
ingth and breAftb df (he land volunteers
tp perfcettiiflly employed not only in blazing
way at targets, which stirs emulation and is
msequently arausibg, but in burning blank ,
irtridges, which I should judge to be a most
wipidpaatime!
But gunpowder expenditure lies at the door
rthat most insanely wasteful of human foles,
war. Just walk through one of Bellona's
luseums: look at that .beautifulsteel gun;
hat an exquisitely finished work of art! It
i a breech-loader, open at both ends to let us
? the delicate rifling. Does it not seem a
lousand pities to soil it with use ? But it
i ust be loaded with one. of those neat bags ,
f powder, which you might take for a ladies (
>ilfet pincushion without its lace cover, and
ould certainly be a sort of bonbon for such a j
elicate throat?that and one of those bijoux '
fshells, which it really seems a Bin to fireaway.
ookat this longitudinal section ofoneofthem,
ad just consider the amount of ingenuity
nd labor expended on their manufacture,
his delicate apparatus is to explode,the shell
irectly it touches any object; this is the
ursting charge; these layers of polished steel
Dminoes which line the interior will become
etached and carry death through a considerale
space upon the explosion, if any one could
ive the heart to explode what ought to renin
under a glass case in a drawing room,
hen the cost of these pretty toys; the bard
tab, as well as the time and trouble spent
pon them. A man can live in comfort who ;
urns per week what every shell fired by some ,
'these guns cost And they fire them as ,
st as they can: and the majority are wasted j
it and out, for they hit no one; and when j
ley do?well that is another consideration. ,
JW'hat a fu?s is made about the new bom- ,
vain his ,
7 Latin master, Greek master, mathematal
master, French master, German master,
store his mind; and of the constant traing
and practice he voluntarily goes through*
'e shows signs of considerable ability, and
s relatives go wild with delight, esteeming
m a prodigy. Then come anxious consultajns
upon the choice of a profession ; and the
my is finally selected. His commission is
irehased, and a new training is commenced,
owly, day by day, he becomes initiated in
ie mysteries of drill, and the more difficult
atters of regimental discipline and interior
onomy. At. last he is dismissed from the
ding school. Even then his education is not
?mpleted, for he wishes to rise in his profes3D,
and gets tpnl to the staff college. Here
i masters the higher branches of mathematr
s, reads law, and becomes a proficient in a
iriety of arts and sciences. Having passed
terrible examination, this highly finished
eceof human machinery, which it has taken
lirty years, thousands of pounds, and an imense
amount of labor to perfect, is sent into
>e field and mown down like a thistle by one
' those shells which is not wasted.
But man is mortal, and death will blot out
e cultivated mind and athletic frame, sooner
' later, under any circumstances. True; '
id it is also true that time will destroy the loicest
work of art But we do not set up
ir Turners for targets. A delicate piece of
ima is certain to be broken eventually; but
hat would you say of a boy who made a
ickshy of it? Perhaps war may become an
jsolete folly befo^c this world rushes into the
sry embrace of the sun; but will its inhabints
ever cease to waste their time, their talits,
their opportunities, their affections ??
nee a Week.
POISON AS A REGULAR DIET.
It is a common assertion that "the human
:J_ i l* i. it: w J
xiy can accustom mrai to auyuuug, auu j
ioUgh this is an exaggeration, the capacity <
' |jhe physical system to sustain conditions r<
hich, it would seem, should destroy it, is a 1
est wonderful fact Opium-eaters common* i
' reach a capacity for assimilating or neualizing
the deadly properties of the drug,
most inconceivable, when we consider that i
uy small proportions of it will destroy life 1
i those not so habituated. Arsenic and bel- i
donna are much more commonly used than ]
generally supposed; used chiefly by the fair t
x, to improve their personal appearance and i
iparent health. As to the use of arsenic, <
tere abound in some districts of lower Aus- \
ia and Styria, and especially in the moon* f
inous regions bordering on Hungary, num- i
irs of persons who make a constant practice <
' eating as much arsenic per diem as would 1
rve to kill off a large population of such as 3
ere not regularly educated to the "arsenic <
ibit," This habit obtains chiefly among the i
&sants of these localities, and is followedfor
te purpose of encouraging a healthy appear
ice of theskin; arsenic being,as has already ,
sen shown, a remarkable preservative ef the j
rm and color of the tissues, even after death.
, is also eaten in those mountainous counies
to improve respiration in climbing lofty
id nearly inaccessible heights. A morsel of
lis poison, dissolved in the mouth, produces
ie most surprising results, and enables the ,
jdestrian to bear exposure and fatigue withit
difficulty or danger. These pois^eaten
>mmence with something less than half a
rain, taken fasting, and gradually increase
i dose, eating it daily through a long life,
nd inly suffering when, by any accident,
ley are compelled to dispense with it. One
ale and hearty old man, upward of sixty
years of age, Had taken ?
doses daily for mcoe tta forty yean. Many,
however, die from carelessness, in its use ; and ?
it ia found that cessation from the practice
produces the symptoms of poisoning by arsenic,
and health iv only regained by a return
to the habit In Vienna, arsenic is commonly
given to. horses to make them fat and sleek.
Tn (jonstintinople, and in Peru and Bolivia,
corrosive,sublimate is eaten for the same pur- pose.
It is a very remarkable foot tK?t nearly - - all
poisons have been found to be antidotes to
other poisons, and also curatfveagante for diseases
which present the. same morbid conditions.
Thus, in India, arsenic i* one of the )
spirits of ammonia; it's the same as hartshorn,
but if sheasks forlhat they'll giver herfartte " ^
fifteen cents % fewdrope in a smwqt^ttle . :
not a* big as her thmqb. While, ahe's
I'll tell youhow to use iC -For washing paint,
put a table-flpoonfbl in a quart of moderately
hot water, dipiaa flannel cloth, and with this
simply wipe off the wood-work; no scrubbing j
will be necessary. For taking greaso^pots
from any fabric, use the ammonia nearly pure,
then lay white blotting-paper over the spot
and iron it lightly. In washing laces, put about
twelve drops in a pint of warm-anda.
To clean silver, mix two teaspoonfbhMMfsifemonia
in a quart of hot soapamk, pufin your
sil ver-ware and wash it, usiBganold nail-brOth
or tooth-brush for the purpose. For denning
hair-brushes, etc., simply shake the blushes
up and down in a mixture of one teaspoonful
of ammonia to one pint of hot water; .wh^Q
they an cleaned* rinse them in cold water
and.stand them in the wiodor inn hot piaee
to dry. For washing finger-marks from looking
glasses or windowi put a few droprofthe
ammonia on amoisfttigaBi!mal^quickwork
of it If you wish your houseqdante to flour*
* . _ . ! a
Mb, putt tew drops ,oftbe spina in evwy pirn
of water used is watering. A teaspodnftil in
a basin of cold water will add mucb to the refreshing
effects of a "bath; nothing better
than ammonia-w6ter for elemriiijjg the Hair.
In every cas6 nns^ oft'JWfc.
: ;-[fTT7T J, JjwQTE~tvwpS? fl&lu
monia is used as a. ruing in oabe-malun^etCf,
but I cannotrecommend it fop1 thst, purpose;
and ten drops in a wine-glass of water itf saad
to be an excellent remedy for headache and
acidity of stomach, but I' dont* believe hr newspaper
doctoring, and so will not chdbsse the
remedy. Efowever, for a sttre of! ifiur and
square, heeded practical household purposes,
spirits of ammonia is invaluable, and I'm not
bouse," bottled and labelled' ^ I say emphatically,
labelled, because it is a sin notfto have
U1 things so conspicuously marked : that no
mistakes need occur. Let me add tav ty
vay of caution, that ammonia dirtctfylty^Ked
snot good for the eyes. & has a Way of T
melting them that is anything hut agreriible.
Hearth and Hme.
" ?? v ''} V ''I') '* i "? ' /'
A Word to Fathers?We have/read a
itory of a little boy, who when he wanted-a
lew suit of*clothes, begged hiauotiiSrto ask
lis father if he might have it; Thertfother
uiocrAsfpii that the W mitrht oak for himself.
'I would," said the boy, "but I don't feel well
mough accquainted with him." Thereis*
iharp reproof to the father in the reply, of
lis son..! Many a father keeps bis children so
it a distance from him,'that they neverfbd
;onfidentially acquainted with him. They
Fhey feel no familiarity with him!^T|^y
ear and respect him, and eyeniov^ him. some,
or children cannot help loving some, everybody
about them, but they seldom get: weak
;nough to feel intimate with him.. Thby sellom
go to him with thehr little wants and trials.
They approach him through the mother,
rhey tell her everything. They have a highvay
to her heart on which they go in and, oat
with perfect freedom. In this keeping-off plan,
others are to blame. Children shouldnotbe
leld off. Let them be as intimate with'the
ather as mother. Let their little hearts be
Veely opened. It is wicked to freeze op tbe
ove-fountains of the little one'shearts. ; Fathers
do them an injury by. living with them as
itrangers. This drives many a child, from
lome for the sympathy hiaheart crswes, and
>ften into improper society. It names tabooon
t and distrust,Sriiich mawy a child does not
jut-grow in his lifetime. O^en jbtfr hearts
ind your arms, oh, fathers; be free with your
children; ask for their wants and trials J play
with them; be fathers to them truly, awhthen -
they will not need a mediator between themselves
and you.
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Our Mother.?Round the idea of one's
nnfliin. tlio mind rtf man Mhim with fnnd ?f.
lUVIMIVi WIIV U4AUW V* ?????? V '? *V??? W*
fection. It is the first deep thought stamped
jpon our infant hearts when yet soft and capable
of receiving the most profound impressions,
and the after feelings of the world are
more or less light in comparison. Even in
)ur old age we look back to that feeling as
the sweetest we have through life. Our passions
and our willfulness may lead \ls far
from the object of our filial love; we learn
even to pain her heart, to oppose her wishes,
to violate her commands; we may become
wild, headstrong and angry at her counsels
or opposition; but when death' has stilled her
monitory voice, and nothing but still memory
remains to recapitulate her Virtues and good
deeds, affection, like a flower hleatep to the
ground by a past storm*,raises bp her head
and smiles among her tears. Bound that
idea, as we have said, the mind, elings with
fond affection; and even when the early period
of our loss forces memory to be idlent,
fancy tales the place of remembrance, and
twines the image of our dead; parent with a
garland of graces, and beauties and virtues,
which we doubt not she possessed.
nTTr,'. .
19" The greatest man is he who troubles
himself least about the verdict that may be ^
passed upon bim by contemporaries or peaterity,
but who finds in doing good, honest .
work, to the best of his ability under existing
conditions, "its own exceeding great reward."
. * > : .