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Unappreoiated Characters.

At the recent commencement exer-
cises of Wheaton College, the lady who
bore off the laurels was Miss Mabel c.
Parker. In her graduating Grafton she
gave the grand women who have been
striving so long for equal rights prom
inent place among her unappTeciated
characters. After noting briefly the de
eeit of Jacob toward Esau; the honest
purpose Of the soldier i'm gray; the
many historic examples Of unappTeci
ated characters, she said: "Hhere are
to-day, all over our land, and, thank
God, the nImber is still increasing,
brave, noble-hearted women, whose
lives, devoted with a sublime unselfish-
ness to the elevation Of their sex, are
but the subjects of ridicule and scorn.
Their motives are misconstrued their
ideas unprecedented their characters
unappreciated. But the light is break
ing over their pathway, and strong
minded,' from an epithet Of derisiOn,
has bee me almost the type Of noble
ness. These women, grand leaders, are
sacrificing their lives in struggle
against public opinion an opinion
formed ia al age Of barbarism, "A relic
Of heathenism evolved in darkness. and
the Legitimate result Of the doctrine that
physical strength is superior to mental
ability. We are just reaping the first
glorious results of these struggles
France rewarded the Maid of Orleans by
crucifying her. But it cannot be that
the very women Of America who owe
their privileges to these new apostles Of
liberty will shout the same cry-ever
new since Calvary-'Crucify cruelty :
Give us Barabbasr = If there is any
thing worthy of appreciation, il is the
lives OF these well-named strong
minded ones, who have gained for their
sex equal privileges in employment, re-
ligion and education. But even these
grand results do not finish their work ;
aud they can well afford to bear all the
scOrn and irony until their mission is
completed, and woman shall take her
rightful place. Then, perhaps, when we
shall enjoy the fair fruits of social and
political equality, their lives will seem
to us grand, their motives pure, their
mission just; and we shall at last ap-
preciate the nobility of their characters.
We are slow to admit the merits OF
those who live according to the ideas OF
right, which do not conform to the
edicts of that selfconceiled arbiter,
Public opinion But truth cannot
thus forever he retarded ; ana, though
history mislead opinion, though honest
error be an error, invective sometimes a
mistake, still the Judge Of all the earth
will do right"
Miss Parker is a young lady OF rare
genius and good address, aud would
make better lecturer than Anna Dick
inson. She is withal good looking
Her mother is dead, and she has now
graduated, and is looking for "A position
as teacher.- WOmdn'S Journal.
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Noble Men


Only strong men give women their
due; weak ones have wholesome fears
about adopting role so full of liability
To comparisons that il may prove odious.
They instinctively regard literary wom-
en- as "A species of monstrOsity, and fall
naturally into the character of Petruclo
i'm the flaming Of the Shrewi" and this
reminds me Of gentleman whose vile
has won a place in ten thousand hearts
by her el0quence, always employed TO
advance the nohlest interests OF human
ity. The Rev. ID. p. LivermOre, Of strong
and generous nature, the valued Irlenh
and companion of some of Americas
most gifted men, when a person deh-
eient in breadth and depth said to him,
Don't you get tired Of being called the
husband Of Mary Livermore p replied,
"Well, no, and / don't think any man
of sense would, who could claim as his
own a wife so gentle and grand as
mine"
There is another gentleman, the Rev.
DR.. George Steele, the husband of our
Vice President for Wisconsin, who holds
a similar view" Nobody who has
looked up to his kindly face along more
than six feet of altitude can question
his physical strength. Nobody who
knows that he was one Of the famous
triangle" formed ia their student days
at Middleton with Bishop Gilbert Haven
and DR.. Fales II. Newhall, eau doubt
his intellectual ability. But he, like
Dr. Willing and Mr.. LivermOre, not
only permits his wife to preach, but
urges her to do 20. One time brother
Of 1.-THE baser sort" seeing this New
England Hercules (whose pulpit gifts
are praise in our Wisconsin churchl
sitting in the pew while Mrs. Steele
spoke from the pulpit, said, "Why,
doctor, what under the sun are you do
ing here? The places ought to be re-
versed." "Oh, no, | don't look at IL In
that way" replied DR.. Steele, with
pleasant twinkle in his eyes. lyon ask
what | am doing? Why, you can't
imagine how enjoy taking care Of my
wife's cloak and muff while she stands
up there and expresses our sentiments
10 these folks.n
All of which goes to prove that there
are benedicts-aud benedlcls Frances
T. Wiii0rd iH Our Union
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Que of Life's Shadows.

At eight o'clock the other morning a
wife followed her husband down TO the
gate as he was starting for down town,
aud kindly said to him:
William, you know how sadly
need a blue bunting dress"
"Yes, dear" lie remarked, "but you
know how hard up / am. As soon as
can see my way clear you shall have
the dress, and a new hat to boot.
Be patient, be good, aud your reward
shall be great"
Forty minutes after that he emerged
from a restaurant with big basket and
d fish pole bound up the river. In the
basket was chicken, pickles, cake,
fruit, pie and a bottle Of liquor of a rich
color, and he was just lighting . twen-
ty-cent cigar when his wife came along.
"What you here ," he exclaimed.
"Hes, / was going to the market.
Where are you going?-whats in that
basket2n
81 was going to carry this fish-pOle
around to a friend" he modestly an
swered.
"Aud that basket?"
"This haskei-well, I was a going to
take it to the Orphanage Asylum as a
present to the children. IL is donation
from six leading physicians"
"William, | don't believe it,"
"Sh Don't talk so loud %
civilian, | shall talk louder yet ~
she exclaimed. "pll bet you are going
fishing ~
"Mary, have I ever deceived you ?'i
he plaintively asked. 81 never have
As proof Of my sincerity, you can
take this basket to the asylum your
self %
"And I'll do it," she promptly replied,
as she relieved him of il.
"Mary, hadn't you"
"No, sir, / hadn't. You'd better
hurry up with that fish pole, as the man
may want it, and be careful how you
stand around in the hot sun -
She left him there. He watched her
take the car for home, and then he
returned the fish-pOle and crossed the
street aud said to an acquaintance:
Tom, I'm suffering with neuralgia,
and the excursion is off till next week.
Too bad, hut we can never tell what a
day may bring forth"
There was chicken aud pickles and
other good things on the table at dinner,
but he never smiled. Even when his
wife wished she was an orphan, If that
was the way they were fed, he never
BETRAYED the gloom IN his heart. Ii was
only when she handed him the bottle
he had so carefully tucked into the bas-
ket, and he saw il labelled, Good for
Little Children" that he said:
"Mary, il is an awful thing for a wife
to get the impression that her husband
is a cold blooded liar"
at must be" she replied, as she took
the other chicken-leg.
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The QUEEN OF ALL Honor the
dear old mother. Time has scattered
the snowy flakes on her brow, plOughed
deep furrOws on her cheek, but is she
not sweet and beautiful now? The lips
are thin and skrunken, but those are
the lips which have kissed many hot
tear from the childish cheeks, aud they
are the sweetest lips in all the world.
The eye is dim, yet it glows with the
soft radiance Of holy love which can
never fade. All, yes, she is a dear old
mother. The sands Of life are nearly
run out, but feeble as she is, she will go
further and reach down lower for you
than any other being on earth. You can
not walk into midnight where she can
not see YOU you cannot enter a prison
whose bars will keep her out you can
never mount a scaffOld too high for her to
reach that she may kiss and bless you
in evidence Of her deathless love.
When the world shall despise and for
sake you; when it leaves you by the
wayside TO die unnOticed, the dear old
mother will gather you in her feeble
arms and carry you home, and tell you
Of all your virtues till you almost for
get that your soul is disfigured by vices.
Love her tenderly, and cheer her de-
clining years with holy DEVOTION
Exchange.
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The tide turned at last, and Frank
Sioddard drifted slowly back from the
shores Of the Unseen and Eternal to the
feverish turmoil Of earthly life, but 40
slowly that those who anxiously watched
him could scarcely believe at times that
he was not sinking beneath the dark
waters, to rise before their fond eyes no
more. But, when convalescehce was
once fairly established, his youth, strong
constitution and temperate life enabled
him to improve rapidly. He accepted
Elinors presence naturally and with a
certain quiet, restful happiness, like a
little child, though, like child, he was
never contented when she was out a his
sight.
From the time he first became con-
scious, his mothers presence excited
him to such a degree, that the hospital
surgeon declared she must only see him
when he slept, or he could not answer
for the consequences. Inwardly raging
like a wounded, bereft tigress, Mrs
Stoddard dared only haunt the place,
like some dark, silent, avenging spirit.
She spent much Of her time in the build
ing, for it seemed uncomfortable that Eli
nor should have the happiness Of minis
tering 10 Frank, while she was shut out
from his presence; and she never per
mitted ElinOr and her friends, the Doc
tor and Mrs. Duff or Walter or Annie
Que Of whom always accompanied her
to go in or out without passing under
the scornful blaze Of her angry eyes.
Poor ElinOr shrank from the daily or
deal, but never attempted to speak and
soften the hard heart of her enemy, az
ter the cruel repulse that has been re-
corded, though she always cast wisiful
glance at the cold, naughty face, to see
if in it there might be any relenting.
So the days wore on, full Of mingled
JOY and pain TO our sweet, gentle friend
full Of peaceful happiness to Frank
when his darling was uear him, and OF
restless impatieuee when she was not,
anu iuil 10 overlooking Of anguish and
bitterness to the poor, hardened. uunat-
urai mother who counted the days, and
al last the hours, that must intervene
before she could talk freely with he,
son. aud when she could hope to take
him home away from her hated rival Il,
his affections.
When at last the physician thought
Frank strong enough to bear It, and hil
mother did visit him, he had reeovere,
himself sufficiently to receive her will
kindness. At the first mention Of hi
rem oval home, his brow clouded, an,
when, in her anger, she could not avoi,
dropping a sighting, eontemptuous re
mark about his officious friends, VIII,
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Thrift is one of Iowa virtues. A
Davenport clergyman was called upon To-
marry a couple one night. They were
nicely dressed, in their tweuties, and ev-
identity well-tO-do. After the ceremony
had been performed, the groom thrust
his hand in his pocket and fished out
three quarters, which he held in the
palm of his hand, saying to the minister:
"There, take your pay from that?"
"Let Us see" unused the minister; "the
publishing Of the marriage notice will
cost half a dollarln "Oh, will il ?1
replied the groom; "well, then take
the whole of it! II amt much matter
anyway ~
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Signs Of the Times.

/ am an old man. says a correspond
ent of an exchange, yet in material
things ! have seen the creation OF a
new world. | am contemporary with
The railroad,
The telegraph,
The steamship,
The photograph,
The sewing machine,
The steam plow,
The friction match,
Gas light,
Choloroform,
Nitro glyceriue,
The monitor,
The caloric engine,
The California gold discoveries,
The oil well discoveries,
Gutta percha,
Canned fruits,
The electric light,
The telephone, etc, etc.
Gentlemen conservatives, these are
some Of ihe foot prints Of material
progress of the present generation.
Do YOU think the moral world will re-
main the same as before? that So
ciety will be unaffected by these chan
ges? IL you do, let me call your atten-
ton TO the fact that this same gener-
alton has seen the abolition Of slavery
on a grand scale, the asceudeuey OF
republican America, the opening Of
China and Japan, the institution OF
worlds fairs, and church fairs, the
spread OF the insurance system, aud
agitation for the freedom Of woman.
And the march is steadily on, with
aceeleraiing motion. What is its mean
ing? Where will il end ?
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VOLUME IN.

and drummed idly on the dusty pane as
he watched the passers-by. Presently
he niuttered to himself;
Il don't see u hat that old fellow
wanted to know about Talbot Tor. The
SIS old dog has been getting into some
-crape or other, tn be bound and this
old gray beard is hunting him. could
see mischief in his eve, or Pm no
gues-er Well, il they would only do
something that would put money Ia my
purse, I wouldn't care much what il was,
for if something doesn't turn up soon
I'll have to change my quarters.
can't stay here much longer at this
rate, that's certain. Oh, for a fat case
A case! easel My kingdom for a
casew he cried, with a melodramatic
gesture, and then sank back into his
armchair, to pursue his usual oceupa-
tion when he bad no one 10 talk to
namely, waiting for a client.
His iudolenee, vanity, aud inveterate
propensity to talk did not win Major
Tones much practice, nor did bis disso-
Lutte habits recommend him TO his own
kind, save in the case fsome scoundrel
who had need Of an uuprincipled law
yer's aid. Yet his assurance and efiront-
cry carried him along and gave him a
position in society that was envied by
more than Que verdaut, struggling
youth
DR.. Duff, with all his suspicious con-
firmed, went directly to the Office Of the
Chief Of Police, aud informed that vigi-
liant official Of what he had learned, as
well as bis reasons for believing tha:
Captain Talbot harbored resentment
against Elinor, and that he would he
glad to have young Stod lard out Of the
way. The Doctor urged that everything
possible might be done, and then left,
while the Chief at once sent dispatches
both to New Orleans and Chicago.
In due time, answer was returned
that no such person could be found in
either place.
The best detectives at command were
set to work TO find out the whereabouts
of the Captain, and, after much fruitless
effort, it was at length discovered that
he had gone TO st. Augustine for the
benefit Of his health. The principal de-
tective was soon in the same place, for
the same purpose, Of course, aud from
that time on every movement Of the
Swallowed man, by night as we'll as day,
was almost as well known TO the former
as TO the Captaif's confidential servant.
But, Notwithstanding all the villainy
that was thus laid bare, the watchful
detective found not the slightest clue to
the mystery he was trying to clear up,
and at last, concluding that he must be
on the wrong track, he so advised his
employers, and soon after left the quaint
old Spanish built city, the ancient and
decrepit mother Of all the countless host
that have since dotted the continent,
from the surf-beaten shores Of the angry
Atlantic to the smiling, sun kissed
slopes Of the milder Pacific.
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A Bic Thing.

"Big thing, this telegraph"
Yes" said /, sit is as big as a grape
vine"
"No joking" he said. "I came here
TO New York yesterday, one hundred
miles out Of my way, to see man.
When / got here | went to the st. Nich-
oias, and when / was ready to go out
aud see my man, 10y George, stranger, /
had lost his address, and l couldn't
think Of his first name, even. And his
last name was only Johnson. Easy
name to hunt, eh ? l was lost. You
know what il is 10 fiud anybody in New
York when you don't know their adj
dress. II is worse than finding an hon
est man. Well, this man was 3 new
conner here; name wasn't in the direc-
tory. | asked questions until made a
fool Of myself. Then / said to the tel
egraph operator at the st. Nicholas:
"Ipll keep me here a week. Pve got
to write TO st. Louis and get that mans
address,
Telegraph the operator said.
Well, / had never thought Of that.
| wrote a dispatch right away:
ITO Getit X Keepit, brokers, ST.
Louis: What is our man Johusonis
first name, and what's his address p
"And in due time the answer came
back:
FLAMES P, st. Nicholas Hotel
"What do you think of that, stran-
ger? l went to the clerk and said
"'Is Mr.. James p. johnson in his
room p
THAT is Mr.. James P. Johnson, said
the clerk.
"The man, stranger, was standing be-
side me, waiting for me to move, so that
he could speak to the clerk. Aud | had
just sent l,064 miles to find out where
he was. Funny, wasn't 1t ?''
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"You make me think" John William
said, dropping upon the sofa beside the
prettiest girl on North Hill, last Sunday
evening, 'of bank whereOn the wild
thyme grows" ''Do ," she murmured.
at is so nice, but that is pas step in
the hall, and unless you can drop out of
the front window before l get through
you'll have little Wild time with him,
my own, for he loves you not" But
John William didn't quite make it, and
now you can make him grow wild time
and time again by simply asking him
what makes him go lame when he
walks. He knows, but be won't tell.
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A little fellow rushed into the street
recently to look at monkey that ac-
an organ grinder who was
playtng in front of an adjoining block.
Never having perused the Origin of
Man. he gazed in wonder and admira-
tion a few moments, and then, rushing
into the house, he met his grandmother,
to whom he addressed this inquiry
Grandmother, who made monkeys ?''
"God, my boy" replied the old lady, in
her candid way. "Well," said the ex-
citable grandson, in rejoinder, "Tll bet
God laughed when be got the first mon
kew done %
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HYDRATE OF CHLORAL FOR FOOT
SwEATs.-Ortega relates the case of a
mechanic who suffered from foul smell
ing foot sweats for seven years to such
an extent that his fellow workmen
Stunned him. The epidermis of his
sole shOne like mother-Of- pearl, aud ia
its furrows aud around the toes were
small ulcers. The foul smell disap-
peared on the second day after using
the wash. Ortega does not recommend
it as radical cure, but as an excellent
disinfectant.
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Georgetown, Central City, Fair Play,
aud In the San Juan region, paying
well not developing sudden fortunes
like the Leadville carbonates, but which
pay their workers fair wsges and profits.
My next will be written after reach
Chicago. DON PEDRO.
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United States Senator Carpenter, of
Wisconsin, has smoked himself into
ill health, as the following statement,
telegrsphed from Chicago, makes man
ifest: "The announcement that Senator
Carpenter has been advised by his
physician to go to Florida for his health
was genuine surprise 10 his friends in
Milwaukee. Few supposed him TO be in
other than the best of health and spirits.
personal friend Of the Senator said /:
Il tell you no man can smoke twenty
Havana cigars day, and keep up the
practice, without encOuntering certain
death IL is a hazardous thing TO do,
and Matt Carpenter is doing It. You
observe the consequence. Matt is a
slave to tabaccO, aud it is killing him
slowly, but surely. He is wasted 50
that his limbs have become emaciated
to the semblauce Of pipe stems. They
call it rheumatism, but it is tobacco and
nothing else that has wasted him away
to this extent, and it will continue its
work until death steps in and claims
another victim"
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A philosopher at Sacramento the
other day intercepted note making an
appointment with his wife that after
noon. Did he set to work making car
tridges, polishing up his breech-loader,
and raising a row generally? Not in
the least. He simply put his false wife's
false teeth in his coat-tail pocket, Kissed
the children, lit his cigar, and tran
quilly sauntered down town.
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The other day some Congregational
ministers in New Haven discussed the
question, How to secure a higher tone
OF morality and business integrity in
the churches" In the course of the
discussion, DR.. Bacon spoke of deacon
OF whom one remarked, ''GOdward he Is
well enough, but manward he is little
riskYn
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Myra Clark Gaines, as yet, hasn't
been able to get dollar out Of the
people of New Orleans, to apply on her
big judgment against the city. But
she expects to be paid in full, ana
proposes TO live until she collects every
dollar due her.
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There is nothing in art that can eOun-
terfeit The expression on the face OF
man who has a grape seed under the
pIate OF his false teeth.
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To some men a dime that buys a
punch OF hairpins looks fifty times a.
lSIge as that which purchases two
glasses Of beer.
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We neser heard Of a man so mean
tnat ny wouldn't become attached to
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THE HOME.

lIhis department ofthe NEW NORTHWEST is
to be devoted to the household, lawn and gar
den Correspondents having new and tried
recipes for any department Of domestic occu-
patton viii confer public favor by contribu-
ing to this column.l
, 1879-08-17

See Of Canterbury bg the arrival Of Augustine
from Italy on these shores: but whe her the
facts recorded in rhe tablet stiil preserved in
the ves:ry OF this church were to be re-
ceived as absolute history or not, the
tablet itself earned back long
time. TO the reign OF Edward ~. There
1t had stood, In spite OF the fire, from those davs
until now, ana. therefore. independently OF the
traditional associations OF the early British
Church; This church was for them full OF asso-
CATIONS with the men Of old. That there va.
such Church long before Rome had anv hold
Oh these islands was fact. The Christianity
orofessed bv that Church knew nothing OF rhe
medieval errors which were introduced as time
veat on. What Its degree Of purity was it
might be- difficult or impossible to say, but it
was certainly moro like our Church of klie pres
ent dar, and the GOSPEL it proclaimed was more
like That Gospel which we maintained Is m
inheritance. first from the Apostles and after-
yard from she Reformcrs. than that form Of the
christian faith which soread itself in the Middle
Ages over these isl nds. In alluding to the
people Hho had HorshIpcd on this site fu the
medieval ages and through the time OF the
reformation, he said that among the famous
citizens OF old, one whose name was familiar ia
every nursery was connected DISTINCTLY With this.
church. even If his name were not, almost accj-
ocntalir, perpetuated in the pastor who now
nf1tstered there.