aitl
OlIlJ
maim
Absolutely Pure.
orated tor lt (rrmr. leavening mrenirtli
eultlifHltietw. Aiwiiren Hie rood agnitsi w
id nil forms of rtulf-rnM'in common to the
WsuflicieuX
iition of theoj
;ht Of tLo Ot
Viical status
km depended
11 by woman.
lis
WOMEN AND PROGRESS.
fcLady Cook, ne Tennessee Claflin.)
mlyiy there might not at first
ib aprV?r to bo any necessary
inaction between women ana
slight study of the
t to show that tue
kje is a sure measure
hor. The moral and
of any country has
1 upon the position
there. The nearer
is to tbo (ftondition of a slave, the
gentTrally Jegrauod is the
!e uatiil tu ; thus the degree of her
iloui is 1 Mgniticant of a country x
ih au durability. No people
noscir'jcme of progress ever sue-
yVml became lasting which
tot include the advancement of
'mnu epually with man.
Tbo oldest and best ktiown nation
f autiduity was Egypt. In her day
&ewas tho most polished and most
civilized of peoples. Her learning,
Ler science, her military and politic
J anilities, her handicrafts aud
mechanical apphancrs, amaze the
student of to day. He rubs his eyes
Lml asks. Was this really an ancient,
lor a modern country, this land of
t.iuetf'ntb century conveniences,
his L'Hue of established govern
went l.oary with antiquity and of
istituttons venerable with age, thit
.reef ptress and mother of art and
il 1 L LUa 1.1a nf
Hrnm mrouguou wo ui
kuownworldt The answer is
implo: She was the first to recog
ize tbo equality of the sexes. Her
arriacfH contracts prove that an
;:vntittu wife then was in many re
acts in a btter. position thau a
i most European countries
no? Tim medical Drofession was
cMy practiced by women, and
MShm uukUthat the mortality ol
''Aliens, of infants, and children,
surprisingly small. In that
ctuiiiig little story "The Doctors
u'uykmV'by Dr. Conan Doyle.
wpivc a 0(10 where a gifted and
sliitl h.dy practitioner absolutely
anililnted those common prcjudic
C3 ninst female doctors, even
"' 'fiitertainod by a sore male
c1lititor, one Dr. Itipley, a coun-
hy seou of the old school. The
"cl'(,tbat amuses and surpises thu
nov"l.'iuliiig Eugliah of this tail
u" ivhfi nineteenth century, was
ClllLou matter of every-day fact
'Ql '" t a are than four thousand
Women also occupiod
consjn.'ous positions in the State
tuur t. H Priestesses they offici
atnlu iits ceremonies and were
most irw t;t.ly the vehicles of the
divine , Ilcjoa They contributed
largely t tL founding of tho na
tional I t -hi uie, and even in Plato's
uhvh u lm;,i books of Isis were
coDsiiki t0 i,e about ten thousand
years old. Greek sage, when in
Egypt l:au boasted of the diyine
Jescci t of he mushroom royalty of
uisco.intn the high prist rebuked
tim bj ehi!jt1U(? the statues of 300
oi nis oiedrvoHBors in that office in
ono lo lg i (broken line, all high
Priestnuiu sons of men. What
otberthitesiithe world ever sur
Passed this $ good government-
'latis. a co.A.iment most suitable
f "8 P'ople-Kr for steady durabil-
"J " Lilt thii-A. in thnt rntnntn rlnv.
tbe Wife WUS ll m nuf. na (rta OB t.lin
iisbi.nd ani had similar social
fiRbts. Contary to all modern us
BraM .f II -mt i . -
s oum)Mt, she could dine id
puuiic with him, and facetious
printers occasionally depicted her
a various stages of intoxication,
mile monogamy was the rule, poly-
Wny, though exceptional, was also
awful, and the double . system to
Worked Well Tlin i-nfm-mnfinn
"'Jiauouiet excluded women from
"ssystem, denied them education
ma civil richrn. ati
to churches and ifamnrfnl Pnrnrliap
ranked them With the lower ani
'n. The result Us a rapid and
Wal degradation ot the race, and
f materially. The desoeii.lonts of
earned, wealthy, land link-spirit
Peoplo. the most IdiatincriliBhoil in
I , uioiory, Dectame thi? ignor-
aaa feeble fallableen of Egypt,
than whom, under Turkish rule, no
more miserable class ever existed.
Ia Greece the doctrine .of the
natural equality of the sexes was in
duleed in only by a few philosoph
ers, particularly Tlato. Educatioo
and free intercourse of women wort
left to courtesans. Toil and seclu
sion and abundant ignorance form
ed the condition of the mothers aud
sisters of the citizens.
With all her masculioe vigour and
glory, Groece fell, gradually atroph
ied, because ine half of her hud
been, of set purpose, intellectually
and politically paralysed. Not long
ago the wife of a wealthy Greek
peasant sought protection aeainst
the cruelty of her husband. He had
bound her almost uaked to a stakf
in the street in cold weather, aud
urged the pusBenbv to strike her.
chasliBing them when they refused.
The Court exonerated the
husband on the ground of the
wife's insuburdiuation. "We cau
not afford,'" it said, "to teach a wo.
man to disobey the commands of her
husband." And Uome, proud ttouie,
began nobly but endod iu degrada
tion. In her early days her women
could boast of numerous privileges
of which they wero afterwards df
piived. As their liberties becann-
narrowed social depravity increased.
Tho nobility of hor matrons and the
purity of her young daughters were
things of tho past. Foiuulo ignor
ance became a virtue, and every ac
complishment in art of learning was
regarded as fit only for women of
loose morals. Music, dancing, sing
ing, reading, were nil interdicted.
Under Chi isti inized Home and the
institution of the Canon Law, the
position of women not in Home only
but throughout ah Christendom,
was still further degraded. All pre
tence to equal rights was swept
away. Tho Church held and taught,
that woman was created to serve
man and to submit to his desires,
Even to-day the English law, in the
spirit of the Canon Law, holds that
a wife is the servant of her husband.
Official Christianity described the
most innocent relations of the sexes
as naturally corrupt.
Nature was subordinated to a de
praved theology. Kingsley says.
The Christian Church was swamp
ed by hysteria from the third to the
sixteenth century." The Reforma
tion left woman little better than
before. Luther gave as his opinion
and that of six other great reform
ers that polygamy was nowhere con
demned by the Bible. As to educa
tion, "No gown or garment." he
said, "worse became a woman than
that she should be wise." That pop
ular clergyman, the Rev. Knox Lit
tle, in his "Sermon to Women," 18SD.
says, mere is no crime tuat a man
can commit which justifies his wife
in leaving him. It is her duty to
subject herself to him always, and
no crime that he cau commit justi
fies her luck of obedience. If ho be
a bad and wicked man, she may
gently remonstrate with him, bat
refuso him never !"
It is not to Christianity, but to
science, not to our preachers, but to
our thinkers, that the race owes its
progression, and that tho bonds of
women are being loosened. No great
Euglish woman has ever appeared
but some dignitary of tho Church
ha? attempted to smother her or her
schemes of reform. Mary Somer
ville was publicly dcuouncod by
Dean Cockburn of York, and as late
is April 21th, 18S1, Dean Burgon
wrote in a Liberal paper, "Tho Daily
News," against the proposed admis
sion of women to examinations for
honours at Oxford University. He
described it as "a moral revolution
disastrous to a woman's best inter
ests." He went on to give the pur
pose of Creation, how she was do
signed to bo "the complement of
man's being," "his chiefest earthly
joy," "but all this will be brought to
an end at onco if you teach her to
try to be (what she can never be
come) man's equal, much loss man's
superior. Henceforth she will have
to be kept down," and so on accord
ing to the old formula. Do these
good gentlemen really believe that
their Christian offices require them
to oppose, tooth and nail, every at
tempt towards woman's advance
mentt We suppose they do. An
American song goes :
"There was a man wliut had a clock.
Ills name was Mktliow Meurs.
Ho wound It reg'lnr every utglit
For four and twenty years,
And when this precious tlmo-pluce proved
An elgbt-day clock to be
A madder man than Mulliew Mears
You wouldn't wish to ice."
So when the end comes and Wo
man's cause prevails, wili they not
feel like Mr. Mears, that they have
been mistaken in their time-piece
and haVe engagod in suporogatory
efforts to wind up the public clock T
Let us turn from such pulling speci
mens of manhood who would keep
women in perpetual servitude, to
one of our great thinkers and giants
in progress, the late Prof esBor Hux
ley. In his "Ly Sermon"; he tsys :
"What is the first step towards a
better state of thiugst We rvply,
emincipate girls.' Recognize the
fact I hat they (Late the senses, per
ceptions, fee hu'M, reasoning power,
uid emotion of boys, and that the
mind of the average girl is less dif
ferent from th.it "f the avenge boy,
than the mind of one boy is from
that of another. Lt those women
who fel Inclined to do so, descend
into thtoreu i of lif ; lot, them, if
they so please, become merchants,
barristers, p !itiei n. Lst them
have a fair field."
The last sjuleticn contains the
whole secret of social progress:
"Let them have a fair field!" How
otherwise can the male half f tho
community endure in freedom aiid
preserve tho integrity of their man
hood? "Man, Dh it yours to help
them on to gOod !" And although
Jeremy Benthani laia it down that
'No government ever yielded a right
unless bullied into it," Heaven for
bid that the hunie be said of our
brothers and husbands. L:,t them
yield in gi'iil lime aed give the wo
man's i'aiis a fair field, for her
cause is not liei't only, nut mans
also. Wha'ever uplifts !i'r will eh)
yate li f in. Her i'u'resiso of useful
tie will Mimul.ti- him. As was io
inaided l:y a p iweifnl writer : 'So
ciet v is mined lv every new right
that wj.:.cii gain.''
L-t ih hftvo a f.i!r field ! Tnis is
all we '. and we be content
with ii V. 'iii.u !...-. Lie ii igrruf ev
oluti in. vhieh (.mctie-i everything,
is laid ten i, l'li' 111' il, tvtUllell. Tiit-y
have on L'.ioii-si !u u'.l Mm elem nls
of prugM ami i r -i spiiii stirs with
in them. Tliey in e iL'li, i.ig nt for
themselves ul uie, but for tin future
of humanity. Li t them have a fair
field !
Weak Lungs
Hot weather won't cure weak
lungs. You may feel better be
cause out of doors more, but
the trouble Is still there. Don't
stop taking your
Scott's
Emulsion
because the weather happens
to be warm. If you have a
weak throat, a slight hacking
cough, or some trouble with
the bronchial tubes, summer is
the best time to get rid of it.
If you are losing flesh there is
all the more need of attention.
Weakness about the chest and
thinness should never go to
gether. One greatly increases
the danger of the other. Heal
the throat, cure the cough, and
strengthen the whole system
now. Keep taking Scott's
Emulsion all summer.
Vat sale by U druihU at ;oc an J ).
ULOUK MILLS.
Tin' KrvumiT and (ilnlw MtliR Siinrtny mi IkmiIs
will liuid a union i c nu uISiuIMikiovu on N H.
(Mi.
IdIhi anil Alk'li Vodcr.imttl Theological mid
Mi'il.:ul nluueiiis. i'mH!i.'inel', urn upewlInK
tlii'lr vuciilloii ui home.
Hey. Hans pn-arinnl n very Inierestlnif and
insii'iu'livu senium liit Huiul,iv.
The. farmers uiu niislly eiiuayi'tl prepurliiK tbo
soil for wmiur xeedliiK.
Miss Maggie Hannah
DANVILLE, ILL.
Long SufTertfig from Headache Curad by
Or. MMaa' Raatorativ Nervine.
KADACllES arc tho bano of woman's
llf. Frequently relieved but. seldom
permanently cured, the ultliniite re
sult Is C(intiiiu:il misery. MK.i !M:iu'(.'Ie Il.in
nsili, 521 Chestnut St., Ii:invllle, 111., sayn in
.lune IS'.W: "I cannot mid to my testimony of
last year except Unit I am well ami 8iroii'-.
Two years npo I bail such a pain In my head
that I ate nothim:, was desperately nervous
eewejawea ;i n tl could not sh'en
I SS Q I Other complications
lN' ;aji Peculiar to my fox set
, . In and our physician
NcrVlflO called nnother in con
Ei n..4.. 31 sultation. Tliey de-
IfcVC8l"r.0 Yielded I badconsump-
tl.iti find ntnet. fllA. T
SbmJ commenced takinK lr.
Miles' Hestonitive Nervine and tho second
niRht obtained t lie lirst nlt:htJi real sleep In
(our weeks. 1 know that Itr. Miles' Restor
ative Survlno saved my life.
Hr. Miles' Itemedles are sold by all drus
Rlsts under a positive guarantoe, tlrst bottle
benefits or money refunded. Hook on Heart
and Nerves sent freo to all applicants..
1)11. MILES MK1JICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
neartrt v7 i
Everybody Says So.
C'nscnrctB Candy Catliartle, the most won
derful medical discovery of tho nim, pleas
ant and refreshinir to tho tasto, uct penUy
and positively on kidneys, liver mid liowols,
t'leansinif tho ontiro Hvstem, dispel colds,
curn lieadaolio, lover, Imbltiuil constlpntion
and hillonsness. l'leasn hnv nnil trv n box
of C il. U. to-dny; 10, as, fU i'enls. Mold und
gimrauteud to euro ny all UriiMKlats.
A SUMMER SAIL
in ladies1 shoes is a pleasant
voyage afoot, For tli pleas
ure it gives, there's no sail
like our sale. Crowds are
enjoying it, and securing the
prettiest, coolest and best (it
ting Summer shoes now man
ufactured, at prices which
buyeis find it a pleasure to
pay. For house or street
wear, pleasure or every-day
practical purposes, walking,
riding, or driving, wo supply
tho ideal shoes demanded by
fashion and the dictates of
individual taste. Ladies,
whoever claims your bands,
by all means surrender your
feet to these shoes.
cJu&ticeof the Peace
AND CONVEYANCER-M-
2. STElNINGcH.
Kiddlcliunjli, Pa
r. v.. itom:i.
i:. i:. i a w I.I MJ
BOWER & PAVLIHG,
AttorncyH-nt-Law,
Kiilfllctnrgli Pa.
oniees In W illi. Ilillldlmi
I han oury ( j
J Lunqren Special mMWrn"
J $65. ijftV
Sent C.O.D. privilege of Jy
examination on receipt of Zir-v T-
M$5.oo. Money returned less '""'j
expressage if not accepted.
FURNITURE, CARPETS AND CHINA.
oliiHP
:():
!rii;lit new iloim I. ml. uiu frin.'j
evi ry nook mel eniner .f our h;nt
Sllupe.x mid Slyli in v 1 1 i i 1 1 n' ni'.t
ymi see yuiir iil' nl.
PTTATR.R.
Couches
CAKI'KTS, Ul'CS, AKTStL AIlS uml
PK.TL'KKS at prices ho low that olr
er inercliiiiiti- ciui nut coiiiiete
:0:
YiuirH Kespect fully,
V. H. FELIX, Lewi.scowi).
Liberal Adjustments
CHAS. NASH l'UUVIS,
Collections, Loans
and Investments.
Itenl KhIhIc nnil I'rlvnle IliniUer,
AVilliiuiiH)ort, Lfeoiiiine; Co., I'n
DeposlH aeeepled, stiliji'el tod in (Is or elieekH,
rout any part, ol tlio ivorhl.
Veterinary sUrceoN.
SELINSGROVE. PA.
All professional business cut rusted to my euro
will receive prompt mid careful attention.
JAS. O. CHOUSE,
ATTOItNKy AT LAW,
MlDDLKHliliU, PA.
All bii.ii ne.is entruxte.1 to hiri cure
will receive prompt attention.
TO CONSUMPTIVES.
The unilerslirnod bavlnc been restored 10
healtli by simple menus, alter HUtTnrlnir for sev
eral yenrs Willi asevre lino; affeiilon, bimI lliat
dreail (llsense ('iiiixiiinplioii. Is anxious to
miike known lo bis fi.'llow sulTerers the menus
of curn. To thine wlioileslm It, he will ebeei ful
h solid (free of elm rife) a eoiiv of I lie iiieserlnl Ion
used, wiilcli they will flail n sure cure for I'on-
iiiiiMn Aiinnn. i niMrrii, ifcrniirniiiH,
and all throat und l"ii',r HIhIimIIc. He hopes all
sinTerer will try tills remedy, as It Is Invaluable.
Those desiring tin' prescription, which will cost
them nothltiif, mid may prove a uU'sh!i, will
please address
Itev. KinVAUIl A. WII.SO.V,
-10-lyr Mrookljn, New Ycik
An IniHirtunl tiiclln.
If your Irlcnds or nnlKhbnrs aro surrerliiK from
couifbs, colds, Bore throat, or ny throat or lunif
dlstnisedncliidltis cnnsiimptlon), nk them II
tliey liavo ever used otto's cure. This famous
Oerinnn remedy Is bavinir a large sale here unit
Is perlormlnif some wonderful cures of throat
and limit disease. W. II. Spunkier, Mlddleburi;;
M. Kotlirock. M. I)., Ml. I'lnnniil Mills, wlliirlvp
you a sample bottle free. No matter what other
medicines have failed tu uo, try Otto's Cure.
Larue size 25 and soots.
Rlpan8 Tabules cure torpid liver.
No-To-IJoo for Fifty Cent.
Ounrnntoed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood puro. 60c, it. All druifuibU.
-Newly Established.
WEST PERRY HOTEL,
Oiir-lourlli mile F.nsl ol Itlehflelil.
TofiaiH frco fortravcling men to drive
to town, before or after nieuin.
Kates 75 cents per Day.
J". 23. ZrLOJStiS, Ir'X'O.
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