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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-26

The following are held 1t tho postofice :
For postage-"Dr. John PownalI,
Mechanics National Bank. Philadelphia,
Pa" Mr.. John Dewitt, Mannheim, Lam
caster county, Pa"
For better directi0ns-"S s. B. Jones,
Geo. A. Custer. Post No. Z, Department
Nebra&ka, G. A. r.
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Another BSe Bass,

At Columbia, yesterday, ex-Sheriff
Strine caught with hook and line . black
bass that weighed pounds and 2 ounces.
It is now to DO seen alive at b. E. Balls,
corner North Queen and Walnut streets.
It is one of seventeen that Mr.. Strine
caught yesterday.
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THIRD EDITION.
SATURDAY EVENING. AUG. 2e. ise2.
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.
PISTOL FIRING IN THE STREETS.

PISTOL FIRING IN THE STREETS.
Tho Means Taken by . South American
Politician TO Accomplish His ENDS.
PANAMA, Aug. 1.-THE revising boards
have Just completed their meeting. In
Colon on the night of tho 18th
the leaders of the defeated party headed
by a man named Preston, Of political
and murderous notoriety, commenced in
discriminate revolver firing in the streets.
Tho police endeavored to check them but
without meeting with the least success.
In the assault two innocent canoemen
were shot. There were 100 national troops
in the city at the time, but they could not
turn out until matters assumed moro
alarming stage. Fearing the consequences
Preston and his gang took to the woods,
and although parties have been sent in
search of them they have remained up to
the present entirely unmolested. He is
said to have one hundred armed men with
him, SO that the probabilities are he will
give the authorities some trouble, and that
finally compromise will be effected, under
which he will gain some of the political
advantages he seeks. The principal OBJ
jects of the movement is to keep DR..
Nunez from entering into power as presi-
dent, to which Office he was elected months
ago.
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A Preacher Stabbed In . Quarrel.
SHILOH, O., Aug. 26.-In quarrel yes
terday over an attempt to inforce the law
prohibiting the sales of liquors on Sunday,
Rev w. L. Philips, pastor of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, was stabbed seri-
ously by John E. Smith, leading grain
dealer
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The attention Of the street commission
er is called to the condition of the west
side of South Queen street below Sey-
mour. 1t is completely filed up, causing
. pool Of stagnant water, and in case of
heavy rain tho water would be thrown on
the turnpike. washing it into gullies.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-The amount of
the offers for the new three per cent.
bonds, represented by the packages mark.
ed go a. M, Aug. 1st, 1884, all Of
which were included in the drawing for
choice of numbers yesterday, is about
s2OO, 600, 900, the largest since application
40 far received is from the Philadelphia
National bank. 1t is for about 22O0, 900
of tho new bonds.
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Wilson and Elliott 70 Fight.

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-James Elliott
and William E. Harding for "Tug"
Wilson to-day signed an agreement and
posted $500 each to fight for $2,500 side
within 100 miles of New Orleans on No.
vember 1S. William F. Mccoy was
chosen final stake holder.
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spraguo Guarding CanOnchet.

Spraguo GuardinE CanOnchet.
Ex-Governor Sprague refuses to give up
the Canonchet (R. I.) estate to Frank d.
Moulton, its purchaser, and has placed
men, armed with rifles, &C., at all the en-
frances to the property, in the house, and
on its roof. Trustee Chaffee, who went
there with his lawyer to give Moulton
possession, "decided to withdraw and
give the state of Rhode Island q chance to
OlfOrce the law
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Money Lost on Courtney.

AUBURN, N. Y, Aug. 26-The Aduertis-
er will say to day that Courtney told his
friends he was going to win at Saratoga
and they backed him heavily in the pool
box. The Union Springs people are said
to have lost thousands of dollars, one young
mans losses reaching $4,000. All the
sporting men here pronounce the race q
piece of outrageous jobbery.
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PETERSBURG, Aug. 26.-Mr: r. G..
Gray, . prominent citizen OF survey
county, Virginia, committed suicide at
Disputanta, last evening, by shooting
himself five times with . revolver.
The deceased was the husband Of Mrs. r.
C. Gray, who was poisoned short time
ago by negro girl named Mary Booth,
who has been sentenced to be hung next
November. The death of his wife is sup
posed to have caused the rash act.
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AN INSANE wIrK's HORRIBLE DEED.

Cutting Her Sleeping Ausband's Throat
From Ea.' to Ear.
WoRTHINaToN. Ind, Aug. 26.-Wm.
Chapman, an elderly gentleman, was MUIR
dered here last evening by his insane wife.
Preparation had been made to send her to
an asylum, and her husband had been
watching her for several days. It is sup
posed that he was SO fatigued he fell asleep
when she cut his throat from ear to ear
with a razor. Her two daughters, hear
ing the noise, hurried to the room, but
found the door locked and their lives were
threatened If they broke in. They called
assistance and the murderess was secured.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-26

A Thousand Tons Of Entertainment
on three stupendous railroad trains. aggro.
eating nearly a mile in length, is what the
Great Barnum and London show will bring TO
Lancaster, Thursday, October 18th. 1t will
repay you q hundred-fOld to wait for this rail.
road worlds fair OF wonders.
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Halt! Hear! Heedl

1t costs no more to see the entire Great Bar.
mum London shows circusses. menageries,
museum OF wonders, grand Roman hippo
drOme, Jumbo. and all-than Is charged by the
smallest fly-by- night. unknown concerns. The
date at Lancaster is positively Thursday, Oc-
tOber 18th
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Ghandler Mt Newport.

NEWPORT, r. l., August 26.-Secretary
Chandler formally accepted Coasters
Harbor island this noon in behalf of the
United States government. A salute of
81 guns was fired in honor Of the event
from the United States ship New Hamp-
shire.
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Tho Defaultins reller Out ON HAIL.

PROVIDENCE, R. H., Aug. 26-HeDry J.
Hall, the defaulting teller Of the Rhode
Island hosyital trust company, has been
released from Jail on $4,000 bail.
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Sbipnlept of Horses.

Fiss & Doerr shipped from their stables
35 East Grant street this morning IS lead
of very fiae draft and driving horses in
tended for the New York market. Eight
of the draft horses weighed each 1000
pounds or upwards.
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ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 26.-Two Tunisian
meachants, who escaped from Kafr el-
Dwar, have arrived here. They declare
the country generally is thoroughly dis.
contented with Arab Pacha and is am
ious for peace. This applies particularly
to Cairo.
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NOW aOrK N1AYkos.

NEW I0RK. August 26.-Fl0ur-State and
Western dull, stronger and In buyers favor.
Southern dull and weak.
Wheat L0Ac lower and heavy speculation
less active No. White, 81 II No. 2 Red,
Aug, 81 l34 do Sept, 81 1901 13N; do
Oct, 81 144al IS; do NOv.,N l5N@l l6h I:
do Dec. 81 17sH0l tx do year. 81 13N.
Corn N@s<c lower; mixed western spot, S70
&c do future 77N090Hc.
Oats unsettled A62c lower No. Aug,
045X State, 6O@7Oc; Western. 5a66sc.
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Hit With q Red-hor Poker.

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-1n quarrel to-
day a blacksmith named Adam Lamb, of
Brooklyn, struck John Campbell on the
head with red hot poker, inflicting prob.
ably fatal wound.
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Arabia Depicted Forces.

IsMALIA, Aug. 26.-The eneny's loss
in the f. btingOn Thursday with Gen. Sir
Garrett Wolseley, is estimated by some as
high as 400.
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Damage to Cotton BY Rain

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. 26.-The
rains of the past few weeks are causing
great apprehension among farmers as cot
ton is suffering from the polls rOttening
and from rust.
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BAKERS PAIN PANACEA cures q pain in
man and beast. For use externally and inter.
nalIy.
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HIN G. SHORTLIDGE'S

Owl HIN G. SHORTLlDGES
ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN AND BOYS,
MEDIA, PENN,
IL Miles from Philadelphia
SCHOOL YEAR OPENS SEPTEMBER IL.
Fixed price covers every expense. even
books. &c. No extra charges. No incidental
expenses. No examination for ada issiOn.
Thirteen experienced teachers, all men and
all graduates. Special opportunities for apt
students to advance rapidly. Special drill tor
may select any studies or choose the regular
English. Scientific, Business, Classical or
Civil Engineering course. Students fitted at
Media are now in Harvard, Yale and ten other
colleges and polytechnic schools. Media has
seven churches and Temperance charter
which prohibits the sale OF all intoxicating
drinks. For new illustrated circular address
the principal and proprietor, SWITHIN C.
SHORTLIDGE, A. n. Harvard University
Graduatel, MEDIA, PENN. ao6-lmd&w
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WEATHER INDICATIONS.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-For the Mid
die Atlantic states, increasing cloudiness
with rain, easterly to southerly winds,
slight rise followed by falling barometer,
stationary or lower temperature.
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TIE YELLOW PLAGUE.


NEW YORK, August 26. "A Mata.
moras (Mexico) special to the Post
says the number of new cases
of yellow fever here il decreasing,
but . ship lead of recruits for tho army,
who have Just arrived, will furnish now
victims. The fever is devastating San
Fernando, q small town.
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Little girl Drowned.

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-Littlo Nellie
Brown, aged 5, who was supposed to have
been kidnapped on Tuesday last, has been
found drowned in the Harlem river.
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AVENuING A TERRIBLE CRIME.
A Negro hung to . Tree by An Iufurlated
Mob.

"A Negro Hung to . Tree BY an Iufuriated
Mob.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug, 26.-The
negro man, Leonard COker, who commit
ted the outrage on woman named Cath
rine Haynes and then murdered her last
Monday about 30 miles east of this Place,
on the Western railroad was captured
yesterday afternoon. He confessed the
crime as the evidence of his quit was over
whelmiug. Portions of his clothing be-
ing found near the scene of the outrage,
and he having tsen seen with her several
times on the day of the killing. A crowd
of whites and blacks were engaged in the
search for him, and when he was captured
he was carried to the spot where he muir
dered his victim, and hung to tree until
he was dead.
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INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN IN DRAWING
OIL and CHINA PAINTING
MARY ZAHM,
aug23-lwd 80 East Walnut street

DEOPLE'S BUILDING. LOAN AND DE-
Il pOsit company. monthly meeting THIS
EVENING ut IN O'Clock, at keinoehl's Office,
No. ~ North Duke street. No dues received
at the directors meeting. Stock in 18th series
Tor sale. Money loaned at 9 O'Clock.
1t A. s. VILLEE, Sec'y.
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Returned From Europe.

Mrs. Arnold Haas, who loft Lancaster
last April for q visit to old friends in the
Fathcrland. reached homo last evening,
much improved in health.
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DEATHS.

KITCH.-Aug. "a, 1882. in this city. Mary
kftch, daughter of Davis and Kate Kitch, in
the second year OF her age.
The relatives and friends OF the family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral.
from her parents residence, No. Ill North
Mulberry street, on Sunday afternoon Mt *
o'clock.
MILET.-Amg. 25, 1852. in this city, Amos
Miley, aged So years.
The relatives and friends are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral from his late
residence. No. % East Orange street, on Mon
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment ut Lam
caster cemetery.
Huber. August 26. 1882 in this city, Susan
Huber, aged about 96 years.
The relatives and friends ale respectfully
invited to attend tho funeral from the resi-
dcncc OF her son, II. II. Huber, No. % East
Lemon street, on Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Interment at Lancaster Cemetery.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-26

Tho Great Annual National Holiday,
eclipsing IN crowds and attractions all OF her
fete days combincd Is that on which the Great
Barnum and London show makes its appear.
ance. Thursday. October IL, is that day, this
year at Lapcaster. Walt for 1t, watch for 1t.
and bring the whole family to enjoy its sur
irises and delights.
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Csrarrh of tho Bladder.

Cat0ffh OF tho Bladder.
Singing irritation, Inflammation, all Kidney
and Urinary Complaints. cured by Buchu'
patb0.'' d. Depot John Back.
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ALEXANDRIA, Aug. ga blockade
of the Egyptian coast was established
yesterday.
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Thrown From . wagon and Killed.

NoRRIsTowN, N. j., Aug. 26-Henry
Kelly, . coal dealer Of this city, was
thrown from his wagon yesterday and SO
badly injured that he died six hours after
wards.
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hOW TO secure Health

1t seems strange that any one Will suncr
from the many arrangements brought on by
an impure condition of the blood, when SCO-
Wills L'SSARSAPARlLLAAN AND STILLINGIA,
or BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP will restore
perfect health to the physical organization. 1t
indeed Strengthening syrup, pleasant to
take, and has proven itself to be the best
BLOOD PUBIFIER ever discovered, effect
ually curing scrofula, Syphlitic disorders,
Weakness of the Kidneys, Erysipelas, Mala-
ria all nervous disorders and debility, bill.
fous complaints and all diseases indicating an
impure condition of the Blood. Liver, Kid.
neys, Stomach, Skin. etc. 1t corrects indi
gestion. A single bottle will prove to you its
merits as health renewer, tor it ACTS LIKE
A CHARM, especially when the complaint is
of an exhaustive nature, having tendency to
lessen the natura vigor OF the brain and ner.
yous system.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-26

RED HORSE POWDERS cure all diseases
OF horse, cattle. sheep, hogs, poultry and all
Live Stock. A POSITIVECURE. may24-2
For sale at II. b. Cochran's drug store l37
North Queen street.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-26

SLEBPLEss nights, made miserable by that
terrible cOu. II. ShilOh's Cure is the remedy
for you. For sale at COcllran's drug store. 137
North Queen st. I1yl-lwdeOw&w
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We make every style Buggy and Carriage de.
sired. All work finished IN the most coml0rls
able and elegant style. We use only the best
mechanics. For quality Of work our prices are
the cheapest In the state. We buy Tor cash and
sell on the most reasonable terms, Give usa
call. All work warranted. RepaiTtn0 pr0Sspt.
I1 attended to. One set Of WOrkmen especially
nployed for that purpose. Gn26t1d4W
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special sunday Trsios.

special sunday Tr.ios.
Excursion trains to Landisville campmcet-
ing will leave Lancaster tomorrow Sunday }
as follows, viz Via Penn'a. Il. r.. S:l5 and 9:55
a. M; l:55. SIS and GO p. m. Via Phila. &
Reading Il. r., S:25 and 1910 q. m: I:i5 p. m.
Special music ON tho camp grounds tomorrow
afternoon. This is evidently the largest camp
OF the season.
Who would Pay SO Cents for Ono Small
Potato,
now, when no could buy o whole bushel of big
ones ut Lancaster for the same price. by wait
ing until Thursday Oct. l2f Answers may he
addressed to Jumbo.
Don't forget the woods meeting tomorrow
at What-Glen Park. There will be q German
sermon preached by q coiOred minister from
Harrisburg. Geo. BurtOn's Omnibusses will
run. The meeting breaks up ut midnight.
10 Living GIrsffes Mt Lancaster, Oct. 18th
with the Great lIarnum and London Show.
You will not see even u single specimen OF
these rarest and most costly of beautiful
beasts in any other nenagerie. Wait for them.
Springs ON Thursday, Augusta. Fare for the
round trip only SO cents. Train leaves Lancas-
ter (King St) nj 73O ; Lpper Depot mt 7:aO and
Loo p. m. Concert by the Ringgold band from
2tO p. m. a26-5td26, $3.50
Special Meeting.
The teachers and members of the MOravian
church are requested TO meet in the lecture
room this evening at O'Clock. Business of
importance.
Switchback Excursion on Thursday, Sep
tembsr 9TH. Tickets good for three days only
$l25. ID. s. Bursk. agent. aa6.3td26, 1881
-------
Barnum 0nd Jumbo Oct. 12.
1t will pay you more than tor times over 10
wait for them.
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NTORAVIANS AND ALL FRlENDS Of
Nl the mission cause In Lancaster are cor
daily invited by the congregation Mt 1ititz to
participate in the celebration of the laOth an
niversary OF the beginning OF tho foreign
mission work on Sunday, August q. Omni-
buses will start from the MOravian church Mt
O'Clock u. m. Fare, 50 cents. All desiring to
accept this invitation Will please notify DR.. d.
T. Huebener. No. 43 West Orange street, ON or
before Friday morning. August 3, that ar
rangements may be made for their entertain
ment at Lititx. 0l0-S, ,TTukTh
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0tWIm 80U I1OSWaOu VOUG0GHOuB.
One O'Clock quotations OF grain and pr0vit.
ions, furnished by 8. X. Yundt. Broker, l5ll
East King street.
August 26.
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THAT hacking cough can he SO quickly cured
by ShilOhs Cure. We guarantee 1t. For sale
at Cochran's drug store, l37 North Queen St
mYl-lWdeOW&W
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That feeling of langucr and debility that
follows physical exertion. rem' we'd by using
Browns Iron Bitters. For sale at H. Ii. Coch
rams drug store, l37 North Queen street. Lam
caster a2l-lwd&w
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Time Tries All.
So 1t does, and in cases OF dyspepsia, indt.
gestiOn. constipation, kidney and liver COM
plants. biliOusness, ETC.. BurdOck Blood Bit
tiers have been proved by many trial tn be q
reliable cure. Price 81. For sale ut H. Il.
Cochran's drug store, l37 North Queen street,
Lancaster.
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NEW ADIERTlS EMEN7S,

(VlTY PROPERTY Ar PRIVATE SALE
~ On Long Deferred Payments:
l. The Store House and Dwelling ON West
King street, now occupied by JnO. Z. Weaver.
2 The Hall Building on Prince street.
3. The House ! occupy.
4. The House (NO. llO) on West Orange st.
Investors are invited to call upon
al9-tfdS&M A. e. ROBERTS.
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ANCASTER COMM EKCIAL COLLEGE.
Ii DAY AND EVENING SESSION.
BEGINS MONDAY AUGUST %, 1882.
The course of study embraces Single and Dou-
BILE Entry, Book Keeping, Plain Business
Writing, correspondence. Business Arithme.
tic, Grammar, Orthography and Commercial
Law.
For Circulars giving references and particu-
WEIDLER & MOSSER,
a225tdE GWest King street, Sd Floor.
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SPECXAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NOTICES.
The public lacks not = genuine remedy tor
skin diseases I'm GlcnE's SULPHUR Soap.
Pink gums and mouth and dazzling teeth
And breath of balm and lips OF rOso
Arc found not in this world beneath
With young or old, save only those
Who ever wisely, while they may,
Use SOZODONT by night and day.
a22-lwdeOdGw
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-27
WOnnn,s Wit.

A woman's advice is generally worth
having; so, if you are in any trouble,
tell your mother, or your wife, or your
sister all about it. Be assured that light
will flash upon your darkness. Women
are too commonly judged verdant in all
but purely womanish affairs. No philo-
sophical students of the sex thus Judge
them. Their intuitions or insight are
most subtle. and if they cannot see cat
in the meal there is no cat there. / adj
wise man to keep none of his affairs
from his wife. Many home has been
saved and many fortune retrieved by a
mans confidence in his wife. Woman is
far more a seer and prophet than a
man, if she be given fair chance. AS a
general rule the wives confde the minut-
est of their plans and thoughts to their
husbands. Why not reciprocate, if but
for the pleasure of meeting confidence
with confidence? The men who succeed
best in life are those who make conf
dants of their wives.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-27

medicine, remain celibates all their
lives yet no one reproaches them for
refusing the duties of wife and
mother. Thousands of women
earn their living by non-domestic
labor; one profession, that of public
teaching, practically thrown open to
women only during the last half century,
is already thronged by them. Yet no
one feels that the foundations OF So
ciety are therefore liable to be over
thrown. What is it in the profess
sion of medicine which excites at
present such different feeling and
such bitter prejudice? There are sew
eral things. In the first place, the
profession of medicine has been sub
Jected to popular misconceptions, and
the odium due to these is necessarily
shared by the women who aspire to be
physicians. Again, by social fiction,
it is assumed that the usual employ
ments now sought by women are to
be filled by them only while waiting
for marriage, or as resource in widow
hood or desertion. Even such profess
sional work as teaching is expected to
be laid aside after few years, and there
is much, at least in the primary grades
of teaching, to make such Interrupt
tons rather desirable. But the pro-
fession of medicine must be chosen de-
liberately, and not at haphazard, from
strong and genuine taste, and not from
the mere pressure OF economic necessity;
it must be seriously prepared for in
youth must be entered upon at the age
at which at present many women marry;
does not yield its best returns until full
maturity has been reached; must be
adopted, therefore, if at all, for life
time. Hence is required either an acct
dental oelibacy or deliberate renuncia-
ton of marriage for the sake of medi-
cine, such as is not dreamed of in regard
to any other work, or else such an adj
justment of domestic claims as shall
render them and the practice of medi-
cine by married women mutually COM
patible. american Review.