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Carrying Their Husbands.

At one time the Duke of Bavonia was
besieged in his castle and was COM
PEELED to surrender. His lady demanded
for herself and the other ladies of the
castle that they be permitted to go out
in safety with all that they could carry
on their backs. This was granted and
to the surprise Ct all, the ladies ap-
peared carrying their husbands on their
backs, and for the devotion the Emperor
pardoned them all and set them at
liberty. There are many women who,
by their industry and economy, to the
shame of the able bodied men be it said,
are carrying their husbands and their
whole households, either by earning all
the money themselves, or by economi-
zing with the little that comes into their
fingers, while the husband squanders
the earnings in dissolute and
voluptuous life.
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CHAPTER ii.
DELIVERED FROM EVIL.

DELIVERED FROM EVIL.
Two years had passed since the day
that Charley Marshall and Minnle's
father had left her.
They had sacredly kept their word,
and the forms of neither had ever
darkened the doors of the home of Dick
Marshall, and his ever faithful little wife.
But if they were resolute, Minnie was
equally determined, and since that day,
she had never asked a favor at their
hands. She now lived in garret room
in the Five Points, with an uncarpeted
floor under her feet, the boards of which
were as white as the SHOWS of winter.
In one corner of the room a mattress
was lying upon the floor, devoid of
covering. A table, two chairs and a
sewing machine, completed the furni-
ture of the place.
Upon the bed, Dick Marshall was
lying, slowly awakening from drunken
sleep.
BY the open window stood Minnie,
gazing out upon the streets below. How
changed she was
The blush of glrlhood had left her
face, and it was replaced by the pallor
Ol QcClluluB ueaibu.
Poverty and want had emaciated her
frame. Her sunken eyes, and the dark
shadows beneath them, plainly told of
the sleepless nights she had passed
since she had left her old home.
She had managed to exc out livelihood
by working on the sewing machine, but
the season had ended two weeks before.
No more work was to be had, and there
was not penny in the house.
For these two long years Dick Mar
shall had been slave to his passion.
His reformation seemed as ever. Yet
his wife clung to him like the ivy to the
tottering ruins of q castle, patient and
hopeful as in the days gone by.
"Mlnnie Minnie - cried Dick, as he
eat upright in bed, his face pale with
fear, and shading his eyes with his
hands.
eyes, Dick"
"Blow out the candle"
1t is the daylight that You see."
"But those people, Minnie, who are
they ?"
He pointed to the farthest corner of
the room, and as he did so a chill seemed
to envelop his wife's heart.
For long time she had feared this,
and it had come at last. His continued
dissipation had affected his brain.
" must have some brandy, Minnie. y
" have not cent in the house,
Dick"
But you can pawn something"
have pawned everything have. "
"There's your wedding-ring, Minnie.
1 must have the brandy. must sleep
to shut out those terrible phantoms that
have come to crush me. Save me
Save me -
81 did not think of that, Dick" said
Minnie, as she removed the ring from
her finger. I" l will be back in an in
stant."
She hurried from the house, went out
into the street, and directed her foot.
steps toward the nearest pawnshop.
She had no difficulty in finding it, for
she had often visited it before.
As she passed hurriedly by, a gentle
man in physicians wagon saw her.
He stopped his horse, and, Jumping
from the wagon, he cautiously followed
her.
From the pawn-shop she went to the
bar-room, and from thence hurried back
to her humble apartments.
The physician followed her.
"Here's the brandy, Dick"
Brandy Brandy I" exclaimed Dick.
mo, L will not have it. Take it away,
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Minnie Minnie who is this I"
eft is Dick father -

lit IS Dick, father.
''It is useless to conceal the trutI
from you, sir" SAID Charley. "My
brother Dick has been wallowing in dis.
sipation for months past. More thar
that, he has appropriated the funds q
the bank. | have asked Minnie TO leave
him to his tate and to reside with my
mother who will protect her."
every kind of you, Charley, but ]
will never consent to my daughter liv,
ing away from my own home. Come
Minnie, put on your hat and shawl, you
must quit this ho6se at once. To-mor.
row will see my lawyer and procure q
decree of separation for you."
''This IS my home, father"
But it is drunkard's home, too."
'"That man is my husband"
"You better listen to your father,
Minnie" said Charley Marshall.
81 shall listen to no one, Charley, moi
even to my father, when he urges me
to desert my husband. He never needed
kindly word or a true friend more
than he does now. Shall /, his wife,
desert him then? Never"
''Only for time, then, daughter.
He does not appreciate your love; he
does not appreciate his home. Leave
him to himself for few months, and il
may bring him to his senses"
SIT may bring him to his grave,
father. will not risk it.
'Then you refuse to go with me from
this place, Minnie %
''I will not dseert Dick"
"He has disgraced us all, daughter
and from this moment l sever the links
that bind us together. You are no
longer daughter of mine. / disown
you. Never let me hear from you or see
your face again"
''Wait amoment and give your daugh-
ter time for action" said Charley.
"Think of what your father has said.
Minnie. If You go with him, happy
home awaits you. If you remain here,
suffering and misery will be your lot. Ii
you refuse, you antagonize me, as well
as your father. When turn my back
upon this house, you must never seek
me more"
"You have my answer. Charlie"
"Then you will not go?''
81 will remain here"
Without further words her father and
Charley Marshall left the house.
When they were gone, Minnie threw
herself into chair and wept bitter
tears.
She was aroused from her grief by the
loud voice of her husband, as he ex-
claimed: "Save me Save me r
She ran to the bedside,
''Save you, Dick, from whom shall I
save you?"
''From myself From myself r
She gazed intently at him. He was
sleeping heavily, and he had but dreamt.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-08-26
4 RECOLLECTION.

The rose looked fairer as it lay
On her cold breast that summer day.
And sweeter smelled its euileless breath
Above the heart so still i'll death.
Beholding her the eye could trace
A tender smile ON her calm face,
While on her lips one could not miss
The impress of Loves last fond kiss.
She seemed as one fast fallen asleep,
Like one in blssful dreamland deep;
Or like an angel in repose,
Breathing the breath of n white rose.
And yet her quiet loveliness
A deeper meaning did express
And full of such a solemn power
As makes one dumb in such an hour.
We bended down and kissed the face
So white and sad, yet full of grace.
And felt the lily hands that pressed,
As in fond prayer, the bcauteous breast.
And dropped tear of sad regret
Ger one whose lovely bloom had set
In rarer hues, and sweeter scent.
In Gods blest Garden of Content.
GEO. NEWELL LovEJoY.
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The other day stranger in Burling-
ton was arrested for yelling on the
street, calling the passers-by liars and
thieves, and tearing off his coat, collar
and necktie. The magistrate, however,
on learning that the stranger was a
member of Congress, who was only re-
hearsing his speech on reform, apollo
gized for the action of the officers aud
dismissed the prisoner. The police
should be more careful. What passes
for disorderly conduct in private citi-
zen is strictly parliamentary in Con-
gress.
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A sTATIsTIcIAN computes that $50 tons
of human hair annually change owners
in France. This does not include the
locks that change owners in conjugal
unpleasantness.
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IN 1880 this country caught 500, ,0OO,-
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won't believe man when he tells Low
he caught one trout four inches long.
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BEAUTY without grace is hook without q
bait.-Ninon de rEnclos.
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HAPPY LOVE.

HAPPY LOVE.
While they sat before the fire.
Nothing more did he desire,
Than to get little higher,
If he could;
And his heart beat high and higher,
And her look grew shy and shyer,
When he sidled close up by her,
AS he should.
Then he ventured to inquire
II her sister Jane Mariar,a
And her mother and her sire,
Were quite well?
And from time to time he'd eye her.
AS though he would like to buy her,
And his bashfulness was dire.
For spell.
Then his husky throat grew dryer
When he told her that the Squire
To himself would gladly tie her
If she would
Might he now go ask her sire?
When she said to his desire,
That he could
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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-05-20

party. Such charge has been made, but
so far as we are aware it rests upon no
sufficient foundation. Melville, it appears
from his letters, was satisfied that De Long
and his companions had persisted soon
after the twomessengers from the De Long
party came in. 1t is fair presumption
that in coming to this conclusion he was
guided by knowledge which fully justified
him in it. Certainly the facts themselves
prove that his belief was well founded, for
it is now certain that De Long and his
party must have been dead when the two
messengers arrived, or very soon thereafter.
Melville was on the ground, and knew
what could and what could not be done
There is no reason to suspect him of faint
heartedness or lack of energy, in fact, and
the action of the United States Senate in
thus casting public reproach upon brave
officer who has just gone through great
hardships in the service of his country. is
i'll calculated to increase the efficiency or
the enthusiasm of the navy, or to make
posts of danger welcome to the members
of that branch of the service.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-05-20
SACRIFICING SUBSTANCE roR SHADOW.

Bismarck appears to have been sacrificing
substance for shadow of late years in a
very surprising and indeed lamentable
way. In order to obtain the means of
forcing upon Germany number of bad and
mischievous domestic measures he has
abandoned all his gains in the struggle
with the Vatican, and has allowed the
Pope to secure an attitude of dominance
over the State. His submission to Rome
has been complete and unconditional He
has surrendered everything, and he has
received nothing in return. And all this
enormous and dangerous sacrifice to the
end that the internal condition of the
Empire might be made very much worse
than before. Never in fact did really
great man labor so hard to undo the best
work of his own most useful years Had
Bismarck died in 1871 he would have been
his country's greatest hero for centuries to
to come. But ever since the consolidation
of the Empire was achieved he seems to
have been laboring to produce state of
affairs actually incompatible with its cohe.
sion after his death. His mania for paternal
government, in fact, is very plainly sowing
the seeds of revolutionary spirit whose
ultimate explosion may reduce Germany
once more into fragments.
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A NEW EXPERIMENT.

One of the provisions in the new Repres-
sion bill authorizes the infiiction of heavy
fines, in the shape of compensation, upon
districts in which outrages have occurred,
and the perpetrators are shielded by the
people. This is an experiment which has
sometimes been tried in war times with
particularly good effect, and it seems quite
possible that it may serve the same pur-
pose in Ireland. The sympathy of the
people with the most detestable and cow
ardly criminals has just been assumed by
Mr.. Dillon, in contradiction OF Mr.. Glad.
stones theory that the shielding Of these
brutes was due to intimidation. Certainly
MIR. Gladstones view is very much the
least discreditable to the Irish people, for
whereas if they are terrorized it is
possible to believe them not in SYM
pathy with the outrages, on the other
hypothesis they must be supposed to be
as ferocious, cruel and treacherous as the
ruffians they shelter. In either case, how.
ever, the filming of district given over to
outrages is calculated to do good, for if the
whole population are in sympathy with the
criminals they ought to share the penalties of
the outrages; andif they are not in sympathy
with the outrages they will be moved to
assist justice in laying hold upon the actual
wrongdoers. 1t is also possible that if as.
sassination and mutilation and the other
atrocities which are SO frequent in Ireland.
are made very expensive to all concerned,
they will be looked upon less complacently
by the Irish people generally. The expert
ment seems well worth trying, in any
event, and if Dillon is right it cannot be
complained of as unjust in principle.
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COMPULSORY RsTIREMEnTs.

The veteran army officers are greatly
disturbed by the bill to compel them to
retire from the service after certain age,
but sufficient attention has hardly been
given to the ludicrous feature of this bust
ness. General Sherman was at first
strongly in favor OF the bill, which ne re-
garded as calculated to brighten up the
army wonderfully by clearing it of fossils
But after he had arranged at Washington
to support it with all the influence he could
bring to bear, and when he had started on
a Western tour, the startling intelligence
reached him that if it was passed he him.
self would have to retire under its pro-
visions, and also General Sheridan. Sher-
man lost no time in dispatching orders to
have the bill chung up" until he could
get back to Washington, and now it is
understood that he is exeIting himself to
have it modified so as to exempt himself
and Sheridan from its operation. The
younger officers are Of course in favor of
it, and as it would apply only to men who
have long since ceased to be fit for active
service, and are consequently only OBJ
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THE IRISH EvICTIoNS.

The Parnellites are complaining that
evictions are still proceeding, and that they
are hardening the hearts of the Irish
people against the Government, and max
ing them cease to regret the Dublin assas-
sinations. OF course the Parnellites would
be very sorry if their countrymen should
cease to regret those crimes but if they
are sincere in their desire to prevent this,
why do they so act in Parliament as to
hinder the passage of the measure which
would put stop to the evictions The
Arrears of Rent bill is the measure to which
we refer. 1t cannot be approached until
the Repression bill has been acted upon.
The Repression bill is not aimed at law
abiding citizens, but at criminals. Its
avowed and undoubted purpose is to re-
store order and protection for life and
property, to Ireland. Why should the
Parnellites attack and oppose such law,
and speak of it as though it were in some
way an outrage upon the Irish people
They must see, with the rest of the
world, that the present state of affairs in
that country is intolerable. The statistics
of outrages published a few days ago were
enough to appal any one. No country
which permits such food of crime to
sweep over it can hope to prosper, and
the most astonishing feature of the
case is that whatever measures are
proposed to put stop to this anarchy are
instantly denounced as injuries. 1t might
be thought that the Parnellites wished to
maintain the existing condition of things,
if they did not declare that they deplore
it. But since they deplore it, why do they
not help the Government to put down
crime with the strong hand? Why do
they take the part of obstructionists, and
thus really keep up the agitation which
issues in these murders and outrages
They say the Repression Act is severe and
stringent. Well, is it not about time for
the Government to introduce severe and
stringent measures when the law is set at
naught, when a list of between fourteen
and fifteen hundred outrages in less than a
twelvemonth has just been capped by
double assassination almost without a
parallel for atrocity, The fact is that the
complaints against Coercion and Repres-
sion Acts are becoming preposterous in
view of the actual condition of Ireland,
and the position Of Parnell and his follow
ers is rendered anomalous and irrational
by the glazing contrast between their pro-
fessions and their practice
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-05-20

TIE FLUTE, ANCIENT AND MODERN. -
A very interesting lecture on the above
named subject was given recently at the
London Institution, by John Radcl.ff, De-
fore alarge and interested audience. The
lecture pointed out that the flute was per-
haps the oldest musical instrument in the
world, leaving out of account Instruments
of percussion, which are really nothing
more than noise making machines. The
earliest form of the pipe, the precursor of
the flute, was the hollow reed, which when
stopped by the finger Of the blower gave
forth single sound. Then came the COL
lection of such reeds known as the " Pan.
dean pipes, which were probably the same
as the organ of the Bible. The utility
of holes pierced in the side OF the reed was
next discovered, and thus a considerable
advance in the art OF flute. making was
brought about. Mr.. Radcliff exhibited
and played upon some Of these elementary
instruments. An Egyptian pipe, called the
A1ghool, which the lecturer said was still
used by boatmen on the Nile, has two
reeds, one with holes for the production Of
something resembling a tune, the other
acting merely as a drone. The leg bones
of large birds or animals were sometimes
made into flutes hence the use Of the
name tibia for instruments OF this char
acter. The lecturer then went on to show
how improvements had, one by one, been
effected, illustrating his remarks by won
derfully skillful exhibitions of the powers
Of the various instruments described. a
brilliant performance by Mr.. Radcliffe and
his pupil, Mr.. Holhs, on modern flutes,
brought this most interesting and instruct
i've lecture TO a conclusion.
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THE GREENBAcKsRs.

It seems that there are still some Green
hackers in Pennsylvania, and that they
think themselves strong enough to put up
State ticket. One sign of their weak
ness, however, consists in their introduc-
ton of number of other issues OF hetero-
geneous character, partly anti-monopolist
and partly protectionist. 1t is possible
that they may muster enough votes to add
another element of uncertainty to the
coming campaign, which is already trian-
gular, and which they wish to make quad
rangular. That their numbers will be
smaller than at the last election is to be
presumed, since the spread of knowledge
is continually extinguishing in some minds
the fallacies upon which such parties SUBJ
sist. 1t is not to be expected that the kind
of people who naturally take to Green
backism will become extinct for a long
time, however. There will always be
certain small percentage of perverse and
half.opened mentalities which are inca
pable of seeing things straight, and which
can be relied upon to take the wrong side
of every issue. The fact that there has
ceased to be any excuse for the survival
of Greenbackism is not sufficient
to send these people back to the ranks of
commonsense. The truth is that they have
no affinity for what Carlyle used to call
the Eternal Verities." They are intel
lectual "cranks, and such they will re-
main to the end, in all probability. They
will go on supporting obsolete decisions
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