, 1879-08-09
CHADlVICIL I'UENIXED.
lAriD nEMAKnY1NG-wMr WOMEN YEAHN FOE

AlfUHCE.'
70 tht Editor NJ The Tribune.
OKLAHOMA, /. r., July oo,-Casual!y picking
lip paper, It is soniewtat startling to stumble
upon onr's own olit'tury. For 1nnl to read,
In t1lo flesh, the details Of Ills own assassina-
ton Is certainly privilege accorded to but few.
10 doubt an event recorded tu Il popular jour
nal Ia assltseily The climax OF skcptictam, hut
q position which serms forced upon me. After
carefully pcrustng the rccounted ollEcgulcs, 1t Is
an additional bcwldcrmcut 10 find that IA
Friend" is responsible for tho whole. Such
friendship Is certainly Of q character as aml-
hseuous us tl.at which ktdnnpneI Luthcr, re-
turning from Worms, aua Imprisoned him =
year In Waytburg. The day ,nay not bo distant
when the assassn nav say, In stabbnC Ills VIC
tim: "Accrpt this sEnall evidence OF my alice
tion."
1t Is not however, With tito view Of offering
consolation 10 tho Homoltes In view Of my de-
mise, OF ot rcassurng them OF my continuance,
that haze rc-entercd tho inhoBpttablo circle.
4 grarcr matter demands my attention. The
lottcr appearing In the last llo1no as my wlfc's
forht3s alcnce. 1mpellcd altku by her urgent
entrcntv an,l my own right, Wish to distinctly
dIsnyow for her Its authorship. and to stato that
1t Is both spurious md uhwnrrantcd. mny
add TINT tho Instincts Of Judy, AMI her native
refinement, would. under my circumstances,
ftu1EF hSA IAEARh44C "a Nv AAH OlHAIAJ
ccedinE.
Severe criticisms hare been offered rcgnrtting
tho contracting Of new mnritul relations tmIne-
dfatulY upon the annnllng Ut tho tor1nor ono by
death. These arc unnstitcd alike by practical or
scientific mcthUa, o. historic tsaEc.-" Lo rol est
mnrtl vIvc ic tol'' Is tho vnIco OF the nations.
The act Of death Is IN tteUlt complete. The
ph5asclao's art Is as powcrless TO rpyitalize a.
hour after death Us r. century thereafter. To
conden9c lfs Is the nrt OF ihe a.c. AnacqMaint-
auee (whoH. Wura It exncdient, could nn.nc,
With Residence, ctc) lust, through IN Illness
tionr Or nrt could deviso was s1ono to restore
tlcaltlt nnl prolong life. but whcn 1t boraIne
evident tl:at death was inevitable. With hls
wife'a consnnt and approval, ile resolved. fn Or
dor to avoid nll arrangement iu the family mat
tors, to provide a ailceossor. nnd sool, suc-
cee1ed tn SECURING d desirable cugagcncnt with
n beautiful nnl worthy wotnan, The sa'nc day
t1,At the remains of hts first wife werc carried
forth trous her ho,tc. md u became inev!tab'o
that t'ths p!nrcsswtirh Ind known her should
know her no more forever" Witnessed also tho
contamination III tho union Of lsearts. Tlls do
All tho usual family d!scou,forts un4 inconycn-
fences were obyintel. But ono gathering Waa
necessary 10 render final onors to tho dead md
grcettnGs to the w-Itade bride. The sann
priest WHO STOOD beside tic dead uttering "dust
to DUST" pronounced his henellction upon tho
now unity. The children Of tue dead were SO
soon provided With mot!,er's caro- tint
they searccY realized the absence Of their
own. SurelY the numerous practical au-
yantaCcs Of method 80 admirable, SO ceonoH-
fc OF friction ard disruption arts too obvious To
require comment. IL 1t too much to believe
that n tho SomE e u W. ~ tho
hAVe heretofore avorFca thAt must men 40
secretly hold tho ltog,1sa that to women .dcath
ends alf." 1t Is \ nnticcabe fact that though
many women ot The Home assail tho statement
It Is yet unchallcn=cd by onc nsa,l,-whilst, to
the contrary, part ot Forty fcara' letter fJuly
2S), replying to lsaycn Hail, does tnicrenta!'Y