National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-06-17
FOR THE WOMEN,

"A New Jersey man asked his wife,
"What is an hour -glass?" William said she,
it is something to measure time by-that is, the
time between drinks
"A little boy, upon being told by his
mother that too much iee-cream would make him
SICK replied as he extended an arm, Guess it
won't hurt me, cause I've been waxinated."
-Answerto modest maiden: "Eloise"
asks if we will publish her poem on " The Wave
let of the Rivulet' With smilelet on our facelet
we reply yes. Write only OIL one sidelet of the
sheetlet, Eloise, and put on enough stamplets
Your poemlet shall have spacelet.-Qaincy Argo.
"A young lady became so much dis
satisfied with a gentleman to whom she was en-
gagged to be married that she dismissed him. In
revenge he threatened to publish her letters to
him. Very well,'' replied the lady; 1" 1 have no
reason to be ashamed of any part fmy letters,
cept the address"
Mrs. Prudence Crandall Phillis, the
Quaker woman who in her girlhood shook the
town of Canterbury, Conn., to its foundations by
undertaking to teach some colored children, is
still living in Kansas. She is now a widow of
nearly seventy eight years, well-preserved and
happy in placid life upon a farm owned by
herself
"A Mormon woman, Mrs. Hampton,
has been telling a Chicago reporter that when
Mormon women are getting married a white head
dress with flowing cape is worn. During the
ceremony this cape is over the brides face until
the groom lifts it When the wife dies sheis buried
with this cape on her head and when she is laid in
her coffin the cape is thrown over her face. The
teaching of the Mormon leaders is that she cannot
be resurrected until the husband raises this cape
from her face that if he is satisfied that she has
cape and she may be resurreeted; but il not salts
fed he will refuse TO do SO and she canno. be re-
surrected. One Of the most common threats, she
said, by which her husband used to compel her to
obedience was that if she didn't obey him she
should never be resurected.
1t was a summer car rambling down
Chestnut street-three back seats reserved for
smokers. On the third seat from the rear end sat
a married man smoking his cigar. young
woman, deaf 70 the conductors almost frantic ap-
peal to "step up 'front.'" sat beside the smoker.
Another man with cigar took al place on the same
bench. That made three in TOW. Five persons
fill the bench, with little margin for comfort.
Three young women boarded the car; they also
refused TO step up front" and they jamned them
selves into the two remaining places on the Smok
ers' bench. Something or somebody had &c give
way. "0f course not" said one, no gentleman
smokes in the presence o, ladies'" Some men
don't know ladies when they see en- put in
other I" ] am sure there's standing room back"
suggested third First smoker threw away his
cigar. Second smoker got off the car. Then the
four young women had the bench 70 themselves,
and the three pards hdgeted around until they
made it SO uncomfortable for the lone young
woman that she stepped up front" Then the
three spread their draperies and seemingly were
happy. Yet il has been said that there are no
manners in q stree,-car and smoking nun IS nc
respecter of persens--Pf Philadelphia Press.