The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-14

and she writes better than any man."
"oh, far better" McAllister agrees, Gag
eTly.
"Nobody disputes George Eliots ability,
nor the ability of many other female writ
ers," Worth says.
"Oh, indeed r'--again with sarcasm land
what is it you do dispute, Mr.. Worth,
"Nothing. hate dispute"
"But you despise the intellect Of woman
"Please say women" Worth requests.
"The sort of rhetoric that gives woman in
| the singular reminds one of the stupid pub
lie speakers who for lack Of wit and power,
keep pounding on some new'tangled phrase
that catches the public ear
After a moments pause, Nina flies at his
ewes with new assertion; "a woman
ought to do everything she knows how TO
do"
"When women, man, or any other
creature does what she, he, or il knows
how to do, the work is worthy of respect
| Worth says.
"Well, sir, and don't women do what
they know how to do"
"Some of them. A women who is will
ing to learn an art or trade by the p!od-
ding process that insure thoroughness is to
be respected and encouraged. But too
many women try to jump al results, and are
impatient of discipline in work, then feel
agrrieved because their unskilled labor
commands no reward. There's large
class, too, who only talk-talk eternally OF
their so-called inferior place in society,
but really make no patient, continued ex-
ertion towards filling any of the positions
that are occupied by men"
do you mean mel" asks Nina.
'How can II During the past year you
have studied German one month, book
keeping two weeks, porcelain painting SIX
weeks, botany about as long, logic-under
my tuition-one hour. You have begun
to write story, and"
"That will do Nina says. you mean
am too stupid to succeed with anything.
mo, but, like many young persons, you
haven't the power of steady and consistent
application
i've known boys as bad, Nina remarks,
tartly.
"But bows are liable to be thrown upon
the world, and taught by privations and
hard knocks"
"Perhaps I ought to be thrown upon the
world, and taught by priyations and hard
knocks" Nina laughs, nervously, and trie:
to look careless.
For once Worth answers inconsequently
women make a grand blunder in de-
. preciating their own value--ln strainin!
! after what they can't have, instead Of cult
vatng what they have"
"Anu. in your opinion, have the.
anything asks the sharp youni
lady.
Yes; so much charm and SO much pow
er as women that man wonders who she
E here Worth grew inaccurate in his NUN
; bers, and looking full at Nina, went on
"why she should be eternally trying
u make an anomaly of herself by aping man
ners that are against her nature, and tha
u she only keeps up in spirit of bravado
c Worth helped himself quietly to green peas
there was little awkward silence. | te
J Worth's chances were oven an
Il Nina smiled sweetIy on McAlliste
Z who was fattering her most transpa
emily.
d At four o'clock the next morning-th
If Fourth OF July-my son Frank, with a so
4 der cap on his head, exploded torpedo
lie my bedside, yelled, Il say, papa, it's Four
is o July " then danced out Of the room iii
a wild Indian, poor old Muf barking ma
rs ly at his heels. BERTHE, aged five. and Je
d ny, a wise little woman of eight ! heard
er loud quarrel about fre-crackers on t
re front piazza.
he "Oh dear" sighed my wife, 'somcthil
h. dreadful is sure to happen"
BY breakfast time Tom had become
IN ungovernablc young brute, and could ia
nothing but soldiers" and cannon" al
,s Crackers in barrel" and rockets
or night" He had face all powder smear
lis and very dirty hands. The younger i'm
followed his lead, and little Lis pinafC
+" was burned through in three places. M
RI couoht the shirt of the lav and hmm