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the Thought Of this troubled lin ,H.rsh
words had notScleadea his nssi.si NOR ssn,,se3
spirit 81 reckless anger. Iustsad Ief sam
ing his companions, bic went and sat down
b. himself, grieying over hts act oil ,iasote.
dlance. As lie thus sat he heard His name
called. He listened.
Thomas, my son, said the father kindly
\ ne boy sprang to his feet, and was almost
instantly beside his parent.
DID you call, father Q"
! d,a, my son VIII you take this pack,
= There was 40 hesitation ia the bows rnrn-
nef lie looked pleased at the sthdueht Of
kssff BSSunasa away WITH 4 iighg step /
II There Is power ia kindness" kafd the
father as he sat musiug, after the, lads de-
paFture. And, even while he sati inusing
oyer the incident, theSboy came back with a
cheerful, happy face, and said
Can DO anything else for sou, father A.
les. there Is power in Kindness. The
tenpestof passion can only subdue, q pstrain
and break bat in love and geutlen9as there
is the power of the summer rain, tEe dew
and the sunshine
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Al CHAnpioN OF .WoAIAN's RI{sHTs.
The Lowell Offering furnishes an Interest
ing account Of Miss Weber, youu3 .Belgi
anFlady, who stands pre,eminellt amhfSg the
advocates Of woman's rights Her practice
isin accordance with her theory, hnd she
wears male attire and carries pn a farm -
Ter defence Of the fashion she|has adopted
israey !
II. The neither was first worn in tH6-bifur-
Gated forms By the, women of aucient Judea
Hpw far it resemblsd the modern lrowsers
ws have no definite information but the
fact is worth keeping IN mind that women
were the original wearers of trowsets; The
EXCLUSIVE cla9hI which man So pcrhieiously
maintains to the use ofthis garmGntI isfaund-
ed upon no principle Of moral Or soc5al pol
ic@ II is angarbitrary claim itlbut sol
itHry argument to .snPportHit not evap that
ofHPrior usage Nature neyerfhtehded that
THE sexes should be distinguished by appar
al The beard which she assigned soiely to
mAn is the natural token Of his sexs But
4nian effeminates himself, centraryto the evil
dent purpose of nature, by shaving off his
beard and then, lest his sex should he mis-
taken, he arrogates to himself a particular
form of dress the wenrings Of wh1chsbY the
female sex he declares to be agrdye .nisde-
mbanerI
lF Common sense teaches us that ths dress
which is most convenient. and sbest adapted
to eur wants and circumstances, is the dress
mpst proper for us TO wear Scarcely case
can be imagined in which the superiority o.
the male attire is not palpable. / aEi cogni
zsnt of no reason why woman shonla moi
wear this dress If girls We're ACCUSTOMED
tapit from early age, we would scd fever del
Tapped ribs. "
| EFThc following is description De The per
sdnal appearance and mannorsof Miss We
( berT from the.pen Of an American lady, whit
| visited her in the spring Of 1895
Y" Miss Weher,s figure being unusually tai
and straighti is well adapted to- masculine
costume She dresses in the Paris fashion
generally in black dress coat, with pantalooni
| ID correspond though hava seen: her il
tile evening wear stylish blue coht, enrich
ca with lustrous plain gilt buttons and small
I clothes Of light color Her vest is Of buf
cashmere witfla row Of fatsurf3ced gold but
! TONS, perfectly plain but exguisitelH polished
/ this is the style of the vest that she ever
WEARS Her hair, of course is cut short
/ She is about twenty flour years df age and
if possessed of a beautiful face, aud her
n3anners are strictly lady-like, She enjoys
tile friendship of the great and gdod of both
sdxes UnliRe most learned ladies, she is
fill Of solitary and unfagging iaerriment
bRt her every word, look and action, il char
asterized with the most refined wonanly
efficacy"
+ \ She has au excellent farm, the business Of
which she manages in person and, by all
accounts, her farming operations have prov
Ell to be steady source Of proftIa pleas
ure to her Her family consists De widow
4 eli mother, with two female COUSINS, between
4 fifteen and twenty FIVE years Of age
] / Miss Weber's style is sentcntiPus, vigor
ons, and graceful, with dash Of gAiet hume
i sufficient to relax the gravity Of, Tie surlies
oRd bachelor in the world She claims til
rightde women to enjoy the etiyefranchist
4 b fiji every description Of civil and eeelesi
teal Offices, to hold their own property indC
4 pendent of their husbands, to have 4 full me
iky OF domestic authority, to dresa 8ithou
Il RESTRICTION as to the form ofgarments,s an
4 TO iba the compeers instead of the lega
4avdsT' Of their husbands 1t will be pei
Geivsd that these demands embrafq every
thirg except, the right to command armic
and Ships Of war. The omission Of thi
A dIaim, However. was no oversight Thoug
! herself the daughter Of a military man, Sd
4 Il opposed to- warfare, ana has no oBilion 0
i pIumed heroes.