1 WHEN WE PLANT THE TREE. tVhtt do ws tlnnt lwn we riant th tree lnt tlx' -tn;' hl h will i rm t tie s.'O, Sve 1 1 mt I lis n-ast tomrrr tl sil ; Wa I nit the I'lmika to lth'tii the plS t)wt B'l. t In km lnn. m l In urn and line-; MV lint tlin Mil' II e 1 1 nut ibe tree. A'bt do t Tun ' whe-i wu Intit tlio troo? Ae ilnnt tl.o I o.es fur m.ii nuil mi. V Inlit 1 1 0 tuft. r. I ho rhltnjles. i he floors, We plmit tii ttU'l lun:. tin In' li. the ilonri, 111 lifniim nn I lliiiti nil tits t tint lie; W Imit bouse lnu we .! I the trie. Wht .to I'lutit li n ii i l nt tlii tre? A t !,iru:i! t iiiiiim t ht w ! ill v see : Wn tiiut tli-' rin that nut WfM the crag, We l-l n tli'1 ! lor nur ("mntry's fb it. We 'it-ii t e l.i li Ir iu II e hot sinfrc: V 'i : nil th e l,ou we l int l lio Una, lluur AlUy TOLlf ON ; TlIi:KAIL Are yr:u all rlk'ht, ma'am''" '.Ml rijjlit, thank wu." The vim neer jerked a cord that let lo' .(.!. a Imrrlliie, I'imr, shrill wliis. lie, and moved a crtat steel lur at my fi le that I watehe I w th awful mi le.oiit i.r oil and luartrendiin: fears r rariliu.' mv n w lacncK-bluo Milk dn-s TI.e kjrlinv.fai-i'd i.tcnun rmllcl open the d'iir of the furnace and with tit ti'-!t clatter piked at the Hn within, then shoveled In kjiiid coal, clahe I the ilotir shut, and we were oft And all tlil hai'i etic l In a more trill-! : tl.o time that it ha-i taken to tell it I Imiked at my watch. It was T o'clock and broad daylight, for the time was summer. Seven o'clock and t he wedding was at s an I we had llfty miles to t! 1 x'.pi my faee had an anxious look Mill n 1 turtle I it toward the en gineer, mtvtlm; Ills lull kizc "Oh, I'll cl you there in t me, tea'. i in; I'm hound to. We'll make the lifty miles in llftv minutes, and wed l n . mostly never arc on time. And the mijm nntcndetit telcgra;hcd you'd lo there " "I'l l he. That was very irood of Cou-in John. I wan so Hurried that 1 never thoiik'ht of that.'' An I I :elt relieitd, as I judiciously Have another tuck to my silken robes. As 1 (ltd so, 1 received n dreadful Jar, th.it caused mo to drop them attain, and materially decreased my mental tempo rat lire. A reali.ntion was forced upon mo of the frightful way in which we were d -ishUitf over the rails; while at the same time, the at in sphere within the enjjino rcw hotter and hotter. With desperate efforts, I learned to inaltita u my center of gravity, though, as 1 gathered together atraitt f ii v hicath and my rof.es, 1 clasped despairingly the window lcdtte beside luy high seat. Presently, as one will row accus toojcd tu any bltuatlon, 1 be.amo quite used to the frantic bounds of nv.r ti,ily.vpcedlnr conveyan'o, and oven etiininenced to take some inter est in my surround tnwr-i. toi . iilut Qo fleetlnt; landscapes u.w . es were only productive of a det.uedly unpleasant, dl.y sensation. "Wo aro traveling at a terrible rate," said 1 to the cnurinccr. lie saw that I had spoken, but as 1 had not pitched mv vo cc nearly loud eunuch lor liim to ilMinuuisn the words he called out: "What is it, ma'aiir:" Wo'ro traveling with terrible ra pidity' 1 almost screamed. "Are you sure there Is no dauber':"' Oh, no! nono whatever, ma'am; tills Is a perfect cnj;ln'. " "I suppose you are uccustomc I to It," I ventured. "Cousin .lolm s i d yuu were one of the oldest engineers on t he road " . Yes," ho said, hr1uhtenin up, "I was an engineer here when the Superintendent was only a little boy, the son of a conductor, but you see we don t orten have a call to travel like this and I'm not likely to ioi tfet the llrst time I did it ' 1 saw by his looks thai the remin iscence was a pleasant -me, and. tu cnrmirano him to converge, asked: Why:' 1 m1 sonnthltik' happen.'" "Well. 1 reckon something did happen'." lie said, emphatically, net ting as near to me as the consistent performance o! his duties would al low "1 would like to hear about it," 1 shouted, sympathetically. "Well, ma'am, you sec 1 was a younu felh r then, only ju-t promoted to be auctioneer; an' there came an awful storm that lasted about three days. "Kverythlni: went riht alonif tl.o road until the third day, when late In the afternoon thev commenced to net worried in the o:t;cc, t jcauso aomctuuiK was the matter w.th tho wires, "They couldn't git no messages; and an Kastern train that had been due for half an ho .r had not been heard from alonu our part of the lino. "It ktorwed awful! Just as if it oerer meant to stop! The rain came down In bucket ful, and the wind was blowin' a xoarln' hurricane, to say nothln' of the thunder and lluhtnln' that com menced about dark. "Well, I didn't run no regular train yet I was kevt about the jard shifting cars and tho like and Roln' out on sneclals; and as I was loatln' In my entfln', thlnkln' that I tlessed my stars 1 hadn't t bo on the road such a nlyht, who should lump up In my box but tho old superintendent himself, and a dread ful crave face ho hud, too. ' 'Abo,' Hays ho. -do you think you could take eiiKlu' number J, tho Lltfhtnlntf, and carry n.o down to , Coon's Creek laster than you ever went beforo In your life' ! recKon I could, sir.' savs I. 'Very well; call Morris 'Morris waa the fireman 'and I'll bo with you In two minutes.' Well, sir," said my companion, gettlnir so excited that ho (juite 'or jrot his passenger was ot tho female ex. "in five minutes wo was Just s-ilyini along that road Hko mad, with the storm howlln' nil around us, iiid the rain fairly slzzlln' down on tho cnirin'. ' "Morris and 1 kept a sharp look ) it. with our hearts lyln' prettv near jur throat; for we wasn't very sartln is to what minute wo tulitht coino to ioaic onlucky end.' You see, tho road wasn't no louble tracker. a'l tho way, lu thoso Jays; we had pa-scd two out-trains ivaititi at stations for the delayed i;aterti: and thought we inlh'ht Just is likely as not telescope Into It alotiu the track. And you Kue that wasn't i very checrlul thought, with us uaxelin' at tho rato of nearly a tulle I minute. The old sup rlntcndcnt-ala never i word, but he couldn't even smoke :lic ci.'ars he I shied, o .ly Kcptbltln' Hie enilsolt' and pltcnln' of 'cm away. "And when we got, down into tho C'ooii County, In the long stret hes of wood Mc'li sour, boa-pnssln' through em, ma'am tho wind was jest a teariu' at trees and made the iiuibs and shadcrs beat across t tie track that even with tho Hunt : thociu'ln' wc couldn't always make iut what they was: and a doen times jr so Morris ;.nd 1 looked at each it her a sort of tfood-by. Hut at lat wc llew cut of tho flinders, almost down by ( oon Creek. "Vou see. 'iwi's a dangerous tort jf a place; 'Irst the creek, with a narrow bridge and ono trad: across it, ami then a higli bit of laud, Ihr-ujli whl h tho road had been cut with a sudden curve. "Well, we wcro Just n-swccpln near cnuinr i to sco that the creek was awful.y swollen, when Morris avc a scic mi. " HJood heavens! says lie, 'there's i woman on the bridge!' "I looke I, and sure enough there hc was: taking careful steps from am plank to another, with tho river i-rushin' betiealli her. "Ale,1 savs tho superintendent, stop the engine: for heaven's sake, itop the engine!' ! can't, sir,' says L 'It's too !ate,' and Just then she saw the light )f tho cugin', turning round, and threw u r- her arms: and thcro wc ore. bearing down upon her though Morris w,n slowing up tho best he :t.uld. "A sudden thought camo to nic. "Tliere wasn't but ono chanco In x)ii for the woman's lite, and that manco I'd give her, for tho sako of '.ho mother and sister 1 loved at Home. "I sprang out on the cngln', and down to tho cow-catcher. "Tho bridges, as I said afore, was aarrow; ami It hadn't sj much as a plank of sidln'. "1 reached my place Just In time. Another minute and she would have been lost so young and pretty she was, too. .., ,V" Smv iia. h Da r,t ,1.. logs l gathered .ill my .rtiwauu Hung her into tbo river.'' . : .. 'Miooil gracious!" cried I, wrought up to a state of intcnso excitement by the narrative, "I thought you were going to try and save her!'' That's Just what I'm a-tcllln' you," said the engineer. 'You see, by the time wo k'ot across tho bridgo we slowed up. 'Now, sir, says I to the superintendent. Tni a good iwlminer. Can I go In after the lrl?' " " -Yes ' says he, 'and, Morris, you take a lantern and go on ahead along the track, and give mo the other, and I'll sec if I can help Abe, hero, rescue the girl.' "1 just ho. ped right Into Coon's Creek. "1 knew tho current would bring her toward our bank, only a little lower down. "And sure enough 1 found her, and got her out in no time: and, If you'll belie, e me. the plucky l.ulo thing was a-cl ngini to an oil can she had, and as soim as she opened her eves called out: " 1m all right! Take tho oil ijulek. Uick!' " 'Take tho oil for what?' savs I, thinkin' she must besuuiethin' wrong in the head. "Hut Just then I saw Morris' lan tern come lush ng back along the track, like mad. and ho a-scrcamln' to tho superintendent. " There's been a land-slldo round In the cut, and tho wires are broken, and the rails half-covered with sand aim sioues:' " Yes. that's It,' said thcglrl, 'and tho Kx press hasn't como yet!' "And then she closed her cyei. as if she had dont, her duty, and left tbo rest with us. "Well, tho Superintendent sent Morris round tho other end of the cut with his lantern, and when tho express camo lalong, twenty mlnur.es after, ho succeeded lo stoppin' her; for, you seo, she wasa-runnln' kinder careful like, owln' to the damage done by the storm, and her be:n' so behindhand. "So vou see there wasn't no catas trophe; though likely thero'd been one ir she sailed ever so lightly Into the cut or if we had either. "Of course, there was a good deal of delay, and 1 s'poso some of the peoplo grumbled Yauso they didn't get nothin' to eat till next day. "Hut there always will be some onrcasonable folks in every crowd." 'And tho ixlrl?" 1 asked anxiously. "ih, sho was all right, and folks mado no end of a fuss over her. "Vou see, sho kept house for her rather in a small cottage the other s do of tho creek; and he was taken with a pretty sovere attack of rheu matism, and sent her to the nearcft nelghUir's toward Conn's Corners, to get him somo llnlnilut; aud she dis covered tho landslide and hurried homo, aud tho old man. knowln the Kxpress hadn't gono by, sent her lack with oil to build a signal." "llavo you ever seen her slnco?" I asked greatly interosteJ. . Tho fireman grinned and the en gineer smiled at me patronizingly as he answered: "cs, m ram, I seo her mostly every day, now. You see, sho and I've been married these tirtecn ye irs. Ah, hero wo aro at Coon's Creek." What!" said I, looking out upon tho splendid Iron bridgo we were crossing. "This Is Lynwood Hive, and we're almost ut Lynwood!" I added, with delight 'Yes. ma'am; but this used to bo railed Coon's Creok, and Lynwood was Coon's Corners. Hero we are. It still wants seven mlnat 's to 8 and I guess thoso ladles and fcenttotii'Mi wattin' over there aro your friends." liovs of England. FATE OF A BLIND RAT. Clow lilt Companion ('ml for Illra Till Cmiht Bad Killed. Tho manner In which rats steal rggs has always been regarded as a wonderful example of animal intelli gence. It Is well known how one rat will hold the egg firmly between Its four legs, then turn over upon Its back and, remaining In this position, allow itself to bo pulled along by other rats until the nost is reached. Ucmarkable as this may seem, I heard tho other day of a st ill more astonishing example of the intelli genco of a rat. Patrick Hurler lives in a rural portion of tho Twentv third Ward. Somo distanee from his home Is a large barn, whero besides horses and cows, ho keeps a number of chickens. About luo yards from the barn a brook winds Its way through a ravine. Naturally tho presence ot corn aud grain aliout tho barn has drawn many rats. They frequently come out In the barnyard for fopd or to play. Among tho rats the Hurleys had observed one that was a rare specimen of his tribe. Its coat was of a puro white. Strangely, too. the whito rat, when ever It appeared, had a companion that was a; patently leading it. This peculiarity cau-cd tho people to watch tho rodents. Thcv discovered that the whito rat always held a straw In Its mouth by which tho other rat lei It They concluded the rat was blind. Somotimes, when a particu larly good lot of corn was found, tho white rat would drop tho straw and proceed to satisfy his hunger. Itut by an Impatient movement he was always able to bring to him ono of his kind friends, who would pick up tho straw, give It to him, and lead the unfortunate back to the nest un der tho barn. One of the most re markable things noted wis the fact that every day the blind rat was led out by another down to tho brook to get u drink. This was not an oc cas onal, but a regular, perlormance. After the blind rat had sat sfled Its thirst tho straw would bo put Into its n uth by Its companion or attendant und led carefully bactc Uutoniday i ' . were not iwiualnff t imiui, ra e, iaN tho two animals coming from the creek and at once made a charge upon t hem. Tho leader of tho blind rat endeavored to hurry up Its charge, but was II nail y forced to let go of tho straw and scamper oil to save its own life, Tho white rat, left thus helpless, was caught and k lied. Tho family who bad long watched tho dally exhibition of tho other rats' tenderness and devotion for their sightless companion, learned Its sad fato with regret Washington J'ost DURINQ A STORM. 1'ho rqrllon I'reUlcmueiit of I'as.enccrs Aboard a Ktviimshlp. "Every ono lias heard of the av In which passengers on somo European railroads are locked In the cars." said Henry L. Lukcr, of iHnver. who has Just returned from a European trip and passed through St. Louis on his way homo. The way pa-sengois nro treated on some, at least, of the ocean liners seems to mo even more unreasonable. In a locked car, with vo conductor In range, a passenger appears to bo in a bad scrape In case or a collision, but a passenger who la locked In the saloon of a vessel dur ing a storm Is worse olT still. While we were crossing tho ocean eastward lu January wo wero caught In what I thought the most terrible storm the ocean had ever seen, although my views wero not shared apparently by tho members of the crew, still the water was so high that tho hatchway! wero nailed down, no passenger were allowed on deck, and thero wa a general consultation among us aa to what our chances would bo If the ship went down to tho bottom. It would bo too lato then to open the hatchways and provldo us with lift belts or boats, and It certainly looked as though we should Just dlo cooped up like a lot of prisoners without any redress or assistance being possi ble. I mentioned the matter to the captain the following day, and he told me that there was no more chance of his boat sinking than of the world coming to an end. That reassured me a gocd deal, but on mj return trip the captain of the steam er told me that the one I had crossed In before was no safer than it ought lo be, and that he would hate to be on it In a genuine hurricane. The latter estimate, although perhaps as prejudiced as tbo former, was far less satisfactory lu every respect, and rather weakened my feeling of confi dence In ocean greyhounds. " Cosily Metal. The most costly of all metals, save only gallium, which Is worth $1,000 an ounce, Is germanium, which Is quoted at II, 1 1 i an ounce. Hoodlum Is worth 1112.50 an ounce; ruthenium, I'jO an ounce; Iridium, $a7.50 at ounce; osmium, IJti an ounce, and palladium, tiU an tunce. The last is about equal In valm to gold. Theso metals are of no Breat com mercial importance. REV. DR. TALMAGE. TIIK DHOnSTiYX DIVINE'S SUS DAY SKKMO.V, EuV-jeet: Martyrs of tho Xfedte." Trr. ''It through tb six.. i. M P(iinr tor ft ntiBl t pti ey of d;a tic." Mutthew Whthr till 'vofth n11e" h tho mull ff.tto tit thldof tbn Mi trnt nt thn Mitriin ni inn irmi oi tnManicnr oltj-. sl pnnpriill lnrpr"t ', or th -y of n n-n 11m Mi"h a. Is now hn lln 1 In snwlne a snrm-nt i no nor say. id Hiinr rsa it would bn a, tlirlit thlnn tor a iml to ro through th nya ofa no.!,'. Hut th-raur whola c.iravaos'of fatigue -nri'l hurl-hips irolnit through tbo fy ot it aowitiit woitinn nooitli. Very !onif am th hnellu this hnT. It w.t '-onsl..Tii Itnuor.ihlH for wotnon to toll In nidi n titti". Alcxnn'lnr tha Or-at atool in hi pitlitoa lmwmif Kitrmcnt mvlfl hy his own mother. Tim fin t tnpnstrlo nt Biyaux wt-ri nindrt hy tlti yu.-n of Wllllnm thn C'on qtiror. Atnfiitu, thn K'npnror, would not wt-nr ny inrmpnts ex.-"it tliosa that vrt fnshlniiMil hy so'tm nu'mlinr ot his royal fiimCy. lot the toiliT cverj--hrr ba ro- Th imvttot l.lfMlnit thnt cotil i huva hip pi'itiM to our llrst run-tit waa halnn ttirnn t out of V:i-n after thfy had dun" wron. A Inrn I F.v. In tholr pnrfwt auto, uilttht lnv sot nlnn without work or only auch allnht ottiploymfnt n n pHrftw-t garden, with no twit in if. itxniandat. l!ut as won an thy ha l sinuM th hMt thin for thorn waa to h't turnod out wlit-ra they would Imvo to work. Wo know wlmt a withering thlnn It Is for a man to haw nothing to do. Good old Ashhl (Jrorn, :it fouworp yenn, wh-n naked why ho kept on workiuir. aald, ;'Idooto k-p out of ml"hlf." Wo ao thut a man who hs a Inrrf'i amount of mony to atart with hn no otintfc Of tho thousand pro porous and honoraMo rnrn flint you know, !'. had to work viffornualy nt tho holnnlni;. Hut I am now to toll you tb.it in lustry la lust n Importsnt for n wonmn't tifnty and hnpplni'ss. Tlio mo.it unhappy women In our ootntnunltli-a to-day aro iho.-t who haro no MiiM.f"riH ots to o:ill them utt in tho morn In? ; who. onr-o hsvinir rlan and bpvikhistod, lounito tliroiu-u tlo dull foronoon In allppir down nt tho hl and with dUhovole t hair, rmidlnc tho l.ist novol, and who. having dr.nrwd throuirh n wrotuhod forenoon and ta"n thnlr afternoon aloop, and havlug pi-nt an hour ami n half at tholr t;i!ot, fl(?k up thtvr oarli-ass' and an out to miko -alia. nud who pn th-lr vveuiuct waiting fot iomelio ly to iiomi! In an I hroik up tho mo notony. Ar.'iliolla Htuart nover wu Impris on" t In ao durk a dunveon us thnt. 1 in ro la no happiness In nn Idlo womnn It miy bo with Imn l, It may bo with hraln, It my ho with foot, liut work ho must or ho vrn-tehed forever. Tho llttlo girls of our fnnillli's mut ho atnrted with thnt lda. Tho eursnof our Amrlcn aoelnty is thut our young women are tuuirht that tlio llrst. sec oii'l, third, fourth, tilth, sixth, aovonth, tenth, fiftieth, thousandth thing lu their Itfo Is to get soiiikIio.Iv to tako care of I hem. In utead of thnt tho hrst lesson should bo how, under God, they may tnkofliiro of thomsolve. The simpl- fact Is thnt a majority of thorn do have to take care of thomvilve. und that, too. nfter having, through the false notions of their pnreiitH, wusted tho years in whloh they ought to have learned how successfully to mnintitln themselvHK. Wo now nud here dooluro the inhumnnitv. cruelty and outrage of thnt futher nn l mother who past their dnughters into womuuhood, having given mom no incmty tor enrning tlioir livelihood. Mine, do fctnel said, "It la not these writing! thut lam prou lof, hut the fnct that I have facility in ten occupations. In any one of which I could mnke it livelihood." ' Yon say you have fortune to leave them. O r.sn :Uli " - - ogles, fiea J are wings an.! fly away? f hough ma unoui.i do auccessrui Jn leaving a oo-n-petency behind, you. the trickery of execu. tors may swamp It in a night, or some oldors or deacon of our churches nviy get up a """""" i-onipnuy na j in luce yourorplmni to put their money Inf.) If, nnd If It te lout rove to the:u that It was rternully ilecreod thnt thnt was the way they wer to low It, nnd thnt it went in die most ortaoluxuni ncnvoni) siy.e. u.i. tho (l ininiMi s-hemes thnt profesaol riiriKtlmiH will ctiL- i.- i in until (In I nut. If ; t'liger Iut j the coll.iro.' tho bypi.-nto' roha mi l r!pi it cli-ur down tho bottom ! You nine no rigut. iie.vitue you are well o!T, to l uu. i.i'in iii.h jourenn ir.'u nro going to lie uswllorr. A man .lied, leaving u lurge fnriune. IfiHou fell Ueud In n I'hila iclpliU grogshop. 11 n old comrndi'S cunie Ir. mid :ild im they beat ov.)r his corpse, Wnut is tho mult.-r with you, BogtevV" Tho urgeon htnn.llngorer hlms ild : Hush up ! He's deii I ! " ' Ah, ho is dead:" til -y u l. 'Come, hoys, let in go and tako u urluk in memory ot poor lioggs y !" H-ive you nothing tn-ttor than money fo leave your rhlldreny If you have not, hut tend your dauglit-rs Into thn world with empty brain mid unskilled hand, you iim guilty of usiimtiuasiou, lio:nlcl,ie, regicide, Infiiutlcide. There arc women fulling lu our cities for 43 nn 1 4 -r week who wcro the dnughters of merchant priuc.-g. Thj uf fenug ons now woult be glad to have thn ?ruiulMi thnt oaco fell from their fathers' table. That woruout. broken shoe that s'ne wears 1st tho Uncut desc-inlaut of tho ft 1J gaitcn in whlcii lir mother waiU i I, un I that torn uud fated calico hud un eestry of niagnltlc:'nt brocade that w-pt BdiIwhj- clean without any ex peusu to tl.o Htreet commitoioners. mougn you iivo in nn elegant resldunoitHal inrofciimpluouily every day, let your daugh ters iei h is a msgrioo to Mom not to kuow bow to work. I denounce the Idea, preva lent In ocIyty, that, though our young wo men may embroider slippers un 1 crochet nud n. ate mnis tor lamp to stand on with out disgrace, tho Idea of doing anything for a livelihood is dishonorable. It 1 a shame torn young woman, belonging to a Urge family, to be inefficient when the father tolls his life away for her support. It is a shame for a daughter to bo Idle while her mother tolls ut the washtub. It Is at honorable to iwcep ho is?, make bods or trim bat as U Is 10 twist a watch chain. As f ir a I can understand, the line ot re spectability lies between that which is useful and that which is useless. If women do that which Is of no value, their work is honora ble. If they do practical work, It 1 dishon orable. That our young women may escape the censure of doing dishonorable work I hall particularize. You may knit a tidy for the buck of nn armchair, but by no meant make the money wherewith to buy the chair. You may, with delicate brush, beautify mantel ornament, but die rather than earn enough to buy marble mantel. You may learn artistic rauslo until you oon oquall Italian, but never ting Ortonville" or "Old Hundred." 1)3 nothing practical It you would In tho eye of refined society preserve your respectability. I scout these Hole I uo'.lon. I tell you no woman, any more thou man, bat a right to oooupy a place In this world unluse the pays a rent tor it. In the course of a llietlme you consume whole harvests and drove of cattle, and every day you live breathe forty hogshead ot good pure air. You must by tome kind of useful nest pay for all till. Our race was the last thing created the birds and flatlet ou the iourth day, the untile and lizards on the fifth day and man on the sixth day. If geol ogists are right, the earth wot a million ot years in the possession ot the luseots, boasts und bir 1h belore our race oame upon if. In one sense we wore innovator. The cattle, the lizards aud the hawks had pre-emption right. The question It not what we are to do with the llzarJt aud summer Insects, but what ths liz&rds and summer luteotj are to do with us. If we waut a place in this world, we must earu it. Tne partridge makes lit own nest before It occupies it. Tho lark by lit morn ing oas earn Ut breakfast before It eats It. Tlio Tli'.Io elTi an IntlmMlon that tho flrt duty of an Idler Is to starve when It sv If "will not work neither shall ho eat." Lilen-as ruin tho health, nnl r?ry oon nature iyt "Th. man has rjfusil to p.iy hi r-nt. Out with him !" Society I to ba reconstructed on tho sub ject of woman's toll. A vvt majority of those who would have woman ludustrlou shut her up to ii few kind of work. Mr Ju Igment In thl matter I that a woman has it right to do anything sho can do well. There should ho no department of merchandise, mecban lm, art or science rmrred against her. If Mis Homn has en I us for ctitntur, give bora chisel. If J:oss Tonheur has a f on 1 noss fcr delineating antTtal, let her make "The Homo Fair." If Ml Mitchell will study astronomy, lof tier mount the starry lodier. If I.y.tu will bo a merchant, lot her el purple. It Lueretla Mott will prcnelv tlio Gospel, let her thrill with her womanly elo quence the Quaker meeting house. It is ald that II 11 woman Is giv-n uch on rortunlt ! ho will occupy place that might be taken bv men. I say If ho have moro skill and ndnptodnr4 tor any position than a man has let her have It. 8ho ha as much right to her bread, to her apparel nnd to her home as men have. But It I sahi thnt her naturn Is o dellcat " thnt she is unfitted lor exhnutln toll. t nsk In the name of all past history whnt toll on earth is more severe, exhnustlngand tre mendous thnn thnt toll ot tho neodlo to which forage he ha been subjected? The battering ram, tho sword, the carhln", the hatfloax, have mado no su"h havoc as the noodle, I would thnt thei living sepulchre In which women have for ages boon burled might be opened, nnd that some rexurrection trumpet might bring up those llvln ; corpses to the fresh nlr ant sunlight. Oo with me. and I will show vou a woman who hy hardest toll supports her children, her drunketi husband, her old father and mother, pays her house rent, nlwny has hob-some food on tho table, nnd when alio can get some neighbor on tho Ha'ibath to como In nnd take cure of her family appears In ohurch with hut nu I cloak thnt are fnr from Indicating the toil to which alio Is ij!- Joctod. Ruch n womnn as that has bo lv nnl anul enough to fit her for any position. Hho could stand besldo the majority of your saleemon and dispose of more goods. Kho could go luto your wheelwright shop and bent one-half of your workmen at making carriages. We tnlk nbout womnn a though we had resigned to her oil the IlL-ht work. and onro!vos bad shouldered tho heavier. But tho day of judgment, which will reveal thosufforin?sof tho stake an 1 Inquisition. will mnrhnl before the throne of Go t and the hlrereb of heaven tho martyrs of wash tub and nee lie. Now. I v. if thero bo any proferonce In oocupntlon. let womnn have It. Ood know hor trial are tho everest. By her neuter Kensitivoness to misfortune, by her hour of anguish, I demand thut no ono hedge up her pathw ly to a llvellhoo I. Oh. tho meanness, the dsplcahility of men who bogrudgu a woman the right to work anywhere in uny honorable calling ! I go still further nnd say that women should hare etiual compensation with men. By what principle of Ju-ttlce Is It thnt women In many of our cities get only two-thirds ns much pay ns men, and In many cases only half' Hero Is tho gigantic Injustice thnt work equally well If not better done woman receives tar lest com pens itlon than man. Start with the national government. For a long while women clerks In Washington got iOTO for doing that for which men received 1SW. Tothousin ls of youn? women In oar cltlct to-day there is only thl ultern.itlve starva tion or dishonor. Many of tho largest mor vantile establishments of our cities are ac cessory to the i abominations, and from their large establishments thr ure scores of souls being pitchod oil luto death, aud their employer know It I - Is therj a God? Will thera bn a judgment? I toll you, if God rises up to redress woman's wrongs, many ot our large establishment li hM aaru An ud ntllnlrnp Tnnn n HmiMi America tu.ialcs aver took down nlt- God will catch those oppresior between the two millstones of His wrath and grind them to now.lnr ! I bear from all this laud tho wall of wo- mauiioo.i. aian na nothing to answer to mat wan mit uatterina. He says the It au nnge!. Hhe It not. Hha knowt the Is not. Kho is a human being, who get hungry wiien the ha no food and cold wheu the has no fire. t,ive nor no more ft merles. Give bur justice: There nro about 50,003 sewing girls la New ur nn. I iirooKlvn. Across tuo iiurnoss of this night I hear their dmtii groans. It is not such n cry ns comes from those who nro su.i.i.niiy nurlcd out of lire, but n slow, grinHug. horrible wasting away. Gither tnem bctoro you a 1 look Into their fnece, pinched, ghastly, hunger ttruuk! Look ut their lingers, uuedlo prick-! nnl bloo 1 tipped! Hoo that proinaturo stoop lu the .louiuors : near tuut iry, uacilug, merer less cough ! At n largo meeting of theso women, held In a ball in l'ulladolphin, graud speeches wore delivered, but a needle, .romau took mo stauii, threw aside hr fa lo I ahawl. un 1 with herenrivolu larai hurled a very thunder bolt of elo.ue:-.ce. sp aklug out Cite horrors oi ner own experience. rltant nt the oruT of a street In New ior in tne very early morning us tho wo men go to their work. Many of tliom had no breakfast except the crumb that w re left over from the night before or a crust Ihcy chow ou their way through the mr-jots. Here they come tho work ing girls of tho city! Tueso engaged lu biaJwork, these lu flower making, in millin ery, enameling, cigar making, liookblndlng, labeling, feather nicking, print coloring, p iper box making, bur. most overworWe.i of all und lst compensate, tho swinL womeii. Why do they not take tho cltv o irs on their way up? Tlioy oauuot alTord tho five cunts. If. concluding to donv herself omothlng elo, the get luto tho car, give cor tear, lou want to toe bow Latimer and H 1.1 luy appeared la the tire. Look at thut womnn and behold a more horrible mnrtv-r. Uom i hotter tire, a more agonizing death. One Sabbath night, lu the vostlbulo of mv eiiurch, after tervloe a woman tell in con- vulslonr. The doctor said the nee le 1 medi cine not to much it tomothing to eat. As the began to revive, In hr delirium the said gaspingly i "Eight cent ! Eight oontt ! Eight oents ! I with I could get it done ! I am to tired I I with I could gat tome sleep, but I mutt got it done t Eight cents I Eight cents !" We found afterward that the wot maklug garments at eight cents anlooo. and thut shx could make but three of them in a day. Hear It ! Three times eight aro twenty-four. Hear It, men and women who have eotntorcoble Dome l Some of the worst villain of tho eltw . the employer of these women. They beat then down to the Inst penny and try to suobi iunia uiu oi u. i no woman must deposit U or before the get the gar ments to work on. When the work It done, It la sharply Inspected, the most insignifi cant flaws picked out and the wages refuted, and sometimes the 1 deposited not given baok. Tba Women's Protective Union re ports a cote where one of tbete poor souls. ,...,,.. i . . . i r iiuiuif jmui wuere sue coui.1 get more wages, resolved to change emulorer and went to get her pay for work done. The employer ny. "I hear you are going to leave wer "He," tne said, "and I have come to get what you owe me." He made no answer. Bho tall, "Are you not irolmr to pay me? ' "Yet," he tald, "I will pay you," and he kicked her down stnirs. now are thue evil to be eradicated? Wbat buve you to antwer, you who tell coatt and have thorn made and contract tor the southern and western market? What help 1 there, what panacea, what redemp tion? Home tay, "Give women the ballot. ' What effect suou ballot mlirht have on mhee questions I am not here to ditcous. but what would be the effect of female tuflrage upon woman' wages? I do not believe that woman will ever got Justice by woman ballot. Indeed. women onorott women at much as mu do. Co uot woman, as muoU as men. 9 bat down to the lowest figure ths woman who sews for thorn? Are not women at sharp a men on washerwomen and milliners and tnsntus makers? If a woman aVs l for her work, does not hor female omp'oyer il( if ho will not tako ninety cnts.' You sty, "Onlv ten cent diiTrsnce." But that Is onetimes tho difference between h-nvoa and hell. Women often have ls commis eration for women than men. It a woman tops asldo from tho path o vtrtn. msu may forlv woman never! Woman will never gt justice done her from womau's bailor. Never will sho get it fron man' bn"ot. Ttow, then? Go 1 will ris up for her. Go t ha mon resources than w know o. The flaming sworl that hung nt E ln' gate when woman was driven out wilt cleave with, it tnrrlhl" e tg" h"r oppressor But there I something for our women ft do. Lot our youig pople pr'pare to exes! 1 in nphero of work, and they .will be able alter nwlillo to get larger wag". If It he shown th it a wo"is.n can In a tcr e moro ftoo 1 in a yesr thin a mau. ho will soon be nl.lo not only to ask hut lo domsn 1 moro waee. and to dement them uc-e'uilr. Unskilled and ineo-r.petent labor must tako what I given. 8kllle! and competent labor will eventually make It own stnudar I. Ad mitting that tho law ot su ply nn I tinman 1 regulate thisio things, I contend that the Homant for klllo I lalor is very great nnl tlio supply yery small. Start with tho Idea that work Is honorthl) nnd thnt you can do somo ono thing better than arynno else, Besnlvothat. God help ing, you will tako care of yourself. If you are nfter a while called Into another relation, you will nil tho better ho qu illlb'.t for it bv your spirit of tolf-reliance. or If you nro called to star a you are you can be happy and telf-supportlnc. Poett are fond ot talking niiotit man at ao oak and womnn tbo vine that climbs It, but I have seen manv a troo fall that not only wcDt down Itself, but took all tho vino with It. I can tell yon of tomething vtronget than an oak for an ivy to climb on, and that I the throne of tbo groat Jehovah. Hingl or Affianced, thnt woman. Is strong who loans on God and does her best. Tho nodlo mny break, the factory band may slip, tho wage may fall, but over every good woman's bead thoro are spread tho two great, gentle, stu pendous wings of tho Almighty. Many of you will go single handod through lite, nnd you will have to choose between two character. Young woman. I am sure you will turn your back upon tho useloss, giggling, painted nonentity which society lgnomlnruly acknowledge to bo a woman and Ask Go I to make you a bumble, active, earnest ChrlMlan. What will become of th' go ties disciple ot fashion? Whnt an ins jit to her sex 1 Hei manner aro an outrage upon decency. Hhr is more thoughtful ot the attitudo h strlkrs upon tho enrpet than how he will look In tho Judgment, more worried about hor freckle tlmu her tins, more Interested In hor bonnet strings thnn In her rodornn tlon. Her apparel is tho poot cot part o Christian womnn, however mngnlllccn dressed, and no ono lino so much rlgf dress well ns A Christian. Not to wit' godless disciple of fashion. Take robes, and you take everything, will coma down on her some day, am the bistre off her oyollds, Hnd the roun her chocks, nnd w.th two rough, bony t fatter spangles nnd glass bead and and ribbon and laco nnd brooches buckle and snshet and f risotto aud gi clasps. The dying netrcs whoso llfo had vicious aat.l : "The scene close. Draw curtain." Generally tho tragedy come and the farce afterward, but in her li' was first the farce ot a useless lite and t the tragedy of a wretched etornlty. Compare the life nnd death ot tuch a with that of tome Christian aunt thut onoe a blessing to your household. I do know thut sho was ever offered a hnnd marriage. Hho lived single, that untr melel she might bo everybody bless Whenever the tick were to be visited or poor to be provided with bread, the v with a blessing. Bhe could pray or i -noon or Ages" lor t.y t. i pauper. asked hor. As the got older there were day when she was a little sharp, but t. - the most part nuntio wot a sunbeas " tho ono for Christmas eve. Hho better than any one else how to thing. Hor every praver. as God t It, was full of everybody who bad troi The brightest things in ad the house droj from her linger. 8ho hud poouliar none but the grandest notion she evor had wai make you happy. Hho dressed well nil in always d rosso i well but hor highest n.lor mem was thut of a mock and qulot sptr which, In the sight of GoJ, is of great pric Wheu she dic l, you all gathered lovlngl about her, nnd ue you carried hor out to res'l thn Hunday-sotiool clius almost covered th. eofflu with Japoutcns, nnd tho poor peopb stool ut tho end of the nlley, with thoi nprons to tholr eyes, sobbing oltterly, nw tlieinan of tho world said, with Holomor "Her price was above rubles," nn 1 Jesus, i unto the maiden in Ju l.n i, coaimaudod, ny uuto thee, nrLse !" Uish Bred I)0s:s X0t the Most Intel 11','Cllt. Solomons our dogs wero employ iu tho labor of tho organized recn tions of man, tbo tendency of t association with tho superior bei was iu a hih measure educative. TL were constantly sulimittad to a mc or less critical but always effect; selection which teiidedever to deve) a higher grade of intelligence. V the advance in the organization society tuo dog is ever losing so thiug of his utility, even in tho of sjiort. Ho is fast becoming a mi idle favorite, prized for unituporto peculiarities of form. Tlio effort tho main is uot now to make creutut which can help in tho employment man, but to breed for show alone, J nmuding no more intelligence tb is necessary to make tho crcatur well-behaved deniien of the- hoi The result is tho institution of a v derful variety in the size, shape special peculiarities of different bre with what appears to me to be a comitant loss in their intelligeno appear to me, in a word, that treatment of ibis uoble animal, he is bred for ornament, is. in i degrading. Scribncr. A Practical Solution. A professor at the University o Texas was explainincr some of the habits and customs of the auoient Greeks to his class. 'The ancient Greeks built no roofs over their the atres," said the professor. What did the auoient Greeks i when it rained?" asked, Johnny Fizzle top. The professor took off his sneotaob polished them with his haudkerobiet, ana ropliea calmly : "They got we' I suppose." Texas Sif tings. Austin K. Jones, who has runir tba college bell at Harvard for nearly forty years, was not a bit flustered when he discovered the other morn ing that some mischievous students bad carried away the bell's tongue.' xie ouiainea a Hammer, and at the hour of 7.30 a, in. made noise euouga by menu oi it to summon the studeuU tu duty. m 7 J J
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