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won.s,s RIGHTS AGAIN.

Women's rights nave come up in a new
form, and all the social circles of Wash
ington are excited upon the subject. A
bill is before Congress which provides that
in case the Presidential chair becomes
empty, and there is no Vice-President to
fill it, Cabinet officers, according to their
position, beginning with the Secretary of
State, shall succeed. The bill has passed
the Senate. At present the Speaker Of the
House is the successor. But what have
women's rights to do with all this? I'm
der the present system the Speakers wife
takes precedence; bat this bill gives the
~preceoence to the Cabinet. apparently"
says the New York Posi-, "this is used as
an argument against the bill, the idea Of
its opponents being that Mrs. Carlisle will
never allow her husband to permit any
bill TO become law which threatens to
diminish her social prestige" The wives
OF the Cabinet officers, of course, regard
the matter from al opposite point OF view.
The celebrated French question, qui est la
femme1who is the woman ?-has at pres
ent an unexpected relation to our repub-
lican legislation. If the women had the
voting to do on this question of Presiden-
tial succession, involving so deeply a ques-
ton of feminine precedence in society, it
would be curious to see how they would
settle it, and their debates respecting the
| passage of the bill would be treasures of
oratOry.
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to attain, especially where there is some
knowledge of Latin Or French. To those
who take an occasional too a knowledge
Of Spanish will open new scenes, wherethey
will see nature and society Under very
different Iorfss 10 those presented in the
hackneyed travel beaten tracks of Europe.
From an article in the Nashville american,
we observe hat in that city there are OPP
portunities for learning Spanish to which
Memphis has not attained. That paper
states: "Dr. J. ii. Norman, professor of
modern languages at the Vanderbilt, has
a class of twenty in the study of Spanish,
composed not only of students of the uni
versity, but of citizenso of this city, to whom
no charge is.made for the instruction given.
Citizen students who attend it, as those
who attend the professors classes in Ger
man and French, nave the benefit of the
instruction without charge, and quite a
number are availing themselves OF the
privilege" Here is something which
ought to set Memphis merchants and par
ents thinking. Memphis will not even
support a public library, and Nashville
| with its cultivated brains will distance it
| spite of all its advantages Of geographical
| position, unless this city extends the mean:
| and opportunities for reading and study.
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Parents who nave their children well
educated usually include some modern
language among the subjects of study.
In view OF the changes that are taking
place it will be advantageous to the rising
generation TO choose Spanish, where the
child is expected in future years to be-
come a business man. The railroads that
will soon offer ready mems of travelling
in Mexico will give opportunities for a
great extension of our trsde into that
country. Those among us who know the
language spoken there will hive the adj
vantage over competitors who ae ignorant
OF it, whether they are merchant seeking
to extend their trade, or clerks ~oenoin.
GERS or PROFESSIONALISM seeking employ
ment or business connections. Tho nd
vantage of understanding Spanish will, lot
be confined TO Mexico. The Panama
canal viii be finished in FIVE wears
and that viii open the countries Of
Pacific South America to our trade,
The Argentine Republic is extending its
railroads with about IS much vigor as
Mexico. The New York Bulletin saws i.
would take half a column Of that. large,
sized paper TO give the details as they have
just been published by the Buenos Ayres
Standard. Besides these things, the fac,
that we are rapidly extending our pro.
ductive power at home beyond the limits
OF the home demand, will compel this
country to seek an outlet for the sunerHu.
GUS products in foreign trade, and this
will lead us to seek TO supply the wants Of
the whole southern portion of this cont.
ent, which portion is almost exclusively
spanish-speaking. On rejecting upon the
facts We have glanced at, and on others
that will occur to any intelligent mind, no
parent, we think, who expects his child to
engage in commerce on the completion of
his education can fail to see the material
advantage of having him taught the Span
lsh language, which is not a difficult one
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are very constrained they are less so with
the Emperor. She exerts through her al.
lection and through her knowledge an
~unbounded sway over her husband.
THE HEIR OF THE CROWN PRINCE,
The Prince William, her Oldest son. is
but t~wentv-four years old; 1t Is difficult
therefore to foreteii what he may become
eventually. 1t is an incontestabie fact
that he Is a young man of mind, of good
ness OF heart, and 1t is probable that his
future will be a brilliant one. He is the
most intelligent among the princes of the
royal family; he is brave, enterprising,
ambitious, Somewhat Eighty, but has a
heart of gold; sympathetic TO q fault,
fiery, active, and so vivaeious in converse
ton and possessed Of such quickness of
repartee that N sometimes Ends it hard
to believe that he is a German. lie
adores the army, and the army returns
his love. He has found, Notwithstanding
his extreme youth, the road to popularity
with all classes of society. He is educated,
we'll read he forms plans for the well.
being OF his country, and is possessed of a
keen political insight; let me repeat ii, he
will undoubtedly become a distinguished
man, and very probably d CREST sovereign.
1t is not impossible that Prussia may find
III lliuu diObllcI CEtucflCh IL, Uut cuOuiu
he become SO, without the skepticism of
his prototype. Add to this that he has a
gayety and good humor which eclipse
what little harshness he, as a true Hohen-
%zollern, cannot fail in some measure to
show. He will be essentially an indie
pendent king, and will not allow himself
to be led; he will exert a sound, straight
forward judgment, and be prompt, de-
cided, energetic and of a firm will. When
he ascends the throne he will continue
the works of his grandfather, and he will
certainly discontinue the works of his
father, of whatsoever character such
works may be. In him the enemies OF
Germany will find an adversary to be
feared; he may become to Germany all
that Henry " was to France; his great
est fault is a pronounced susceptibility to
feminine Establishments. His wife is
a person of too much insignif.
canoe to exercise any restraint upon
his spirited nature: even now she is
neglected by him. She is possessed of nc
charms potent enough to attract or to re-
tain him
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THE HARPER LAW.
High License Declared Constitutional
by the Illinois Supreme Court.

CHICAGO, February l6.-The Supreme
Court of Illinois has affirmed the iudg-
ment of the lower court in the case of
Tinim rs. Harrison, mayor of Chicago,
thereby asserting the constitutionality of
the Harper high license law. This was a
suit brought by Tinim, on behalf of the
State Liquor Dealers Association of Hi
nois, against the mayor of Chicago, to
compel him to issue to the complainant a
Sl03 saloon-license under the city ordi-
nance passed prior to the time the Harper
law went into effect, July /, 1888. The
mayor refused to issue, on the ground
that the Harper law required the pay
ment OF $500 for a license to sell spiritu-
Gus liquors within the State. The Tinim
bill urged the unconstitutionality of the
Harper law, and the matter being carried
to the Supreme Court, the latter decided
against the liquor men, and %pronounces
the act constitutional. The only matter
now before the Supreme Court undecided
relating to liquor licenses involves the
validity of an ordinance granting to
saloon keepers of this city licenses during
the past year at S1O3, thus attempting to
evade the effect OF the Harper law nearly
twelve months.
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victions, Roger Williams was driven into
the woods and hunted down like a wild
beast. The Baptists were driven from
Boston, and those who petitioned for
leniency in their behalf were fined.
Abolitionists were mobbed in Boston less
than fifty years ago because Of their efforts
to free the slave. Mr.. Beeeher cannot re-
lieve the Northern people, and especially
those OF Massachusetts, Of all responsible
ity for the curse of slavery. ALI sections
recognized the institution as right and
proper. The Northern States practiced
slavery, bought and sold negroes, women
and children, like SO many cattle in the
market, and the truth of history cannot
be perverted by the emphatic word Gle"
to which Mr.. Beecher resorts to shield the
Northern people from the responsibility
of slavery.
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more and Ohio railroad, absconded, leav-
ing some sixty Italian laborers unpaid.
Yesterday afternoon the Italians caught
Parliament, the contractor, and refused to
release him till they were paid. Several
unsuccessful attempts were made to rescue
Parliament. The Italians becoming riot
Gus, a force of 200 men was sent against
them and they were all captured.
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eleven miles from here. During the night
a quarrel occurred between Henry and his
brother William, which grew out of
alleged misconduct on the part of the wife
of the former, and William was shot
through the head. Who fired the shot
is not known, but the woman declares it
to be a case of suicide. The coroner is
investigating the affair,
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TRICHINOSIS.
A Whole Family Likely to Die from
Eating Raw Ham.

MINNEAPOLIS, February 16.-The family
of Albert Hammerling purchased Il ham
and were subsequently taken sick. Mr.
Hammerling, his wife and three children,
and Mrs. Hammerling's sister, were taken
to the College Hospital, where the dis.
ease was pronounced trichinosis. Mrs.
Hammerling died yesterday after suffering
horribly. The other members OF the
family are in a critical condition. The
disease resulted from eating the raw ham
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BLEW III THE GAS.
The Terrible Death Of Two Drunken
Country men.

LEXINGTON, KY, February J6.-Two
men, Wallace Brakeman and Dick Craig,
were found dead in room No. 81 at the
Ashland House this morning, They
stopped at the hotel last night about 70
o'clock in a drunken condition and called
for a room for two. They retired st once,
and it is supposed blew out the gas. The
condition OF the men when found this
morning was most horrible to behold.
They had both tried to sleep on a small
cot in a six-by-six room. When discov-
cred Craig was lying with his body on the
bed and his feet 81 the floor. On his face
was depicted the most intense agony. The
other man was doubled up, with his head
and feet on the floor as though attempting
to crawl. A ~coroners inquest was held
this morning. Wallace lived at Midway,
KY, and Craig was a resident OF Lexing-
ton.
W. d. Ray. of Helena, KY, was found
in a dying condition at the Phoenix Hotel
yesterday morning. he having blown out
the gas before retiring. After much diff
Guilty he was restored.
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WEAK lungs and sensitive throats ar

WEAK lungs and sensitive throats are
severely tried by the sudden changes Of
temperature usual in our climate, and in
consequence Asthmdtic Affections, Infdmna-
ton Of the Lungs, Pleurisy, Bronchitis, and
similar complaints are sure to be more or
less prevalent. Coughs and Colds, the
forerunners of these often fatal complaints,
should be p~rudently taken in hand on the
first symptoms, by resoyting at once TO DR..
Jayne's Expectorant, an old and well-tried
remedy, certain to remove your Cold, and
to exert a healing and strengthening effect
on the Pulmonary and Bronchial organs.
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Public RuIoxy Of wendell Phillips.

BosroN, February 16.-George W. Cur
tbs delivers a public eulogy on Wendell
Phillips. The date has not yet been de-
cided upon. The widow Of Wendell
Phillips declined to act as executrix of her
husbands will on account of ill-health,
and requested the judge of the Probate
Court to appoint some one in her stead.
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PREsCIENCE.

The new moon hung in the sky.
The sun was low in the West,
And my bethrothed and l
In the church-yard paused to rest
Happy maiden and lover,
Dreaming the old dream over;
The light winds wandered by
And robins chirped from the nest.
And 10! in the meadows sweet,
Was the grave ola little child,
With Il crumbliug stone at tho foot,
And the ivy running wild
Tangled ivy and clover
Folding it over and over;
Close to my sweethearts feet
Was the little mound up piled.
Stricken with nameless fear,
She shrank and chung TO me,
And her eyes were filed with tears
For a sorrow | did not sees;
Lightly the winds were blowing,
Softly her tears were flowing
Tears for the unknown years
And sorrow that was to bel
T. p. ALDRICa
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MY LADy's EAR.

It's q marvel of pink and white curves,
It's neither too large nor too small,
And il sets off the brown of her hair,
As the rose does the gray garden wall.
1t guards the crimsoning cheek
| tain would press with my own,
Yet carries my tenderest speech
To the heart of the Lady lone.
Is it noting the throb of my heart
As it lists TO my MUSCLES song?
Will it coax from the lips of my love
The harmony dreamed of so long?
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MISa MARY MATTHEW'S
In A BAD A
A Young Choir Singer Awaiting Trial
on I'VE Charges OF Burglary.

NEW Yonk, February 16.-The Brooklyn
Eagle says: "a prominent young member
of a well-known church choir in Chicago
is at present in the Raymond street Jail
awaiting trial with a companion, upon five
charges of burglary. His name is Charles
Ward, and that of his companion, Freder-
lex Bowers. Bowers is well known to the
police. Ward informed the police where
the stolen goods were lodged, and nearly
all were recovered"
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La the Great Southern Rer

Is the Great Southern Remedy for the
cure of Scrofulous Tsint, Rheumatism, White
Swelling, Gont, Goitre. Consumption, Bronchitis,
Nervous Debility, Malaria, and all diseases aris-
ing from an impure condition OF the Blood Ger
tihcstes can be presented from many leading
physicians. ministers, and heads Of families
throughout the South indcrsing Rosadalis in the
highest terms. We are constantly in receipt Of
certificates of cures from the most reliable sources,
and We do not hesitate to Ii as the
best known remedy for the cure of the above dis
AL
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sill M narE as Evar

CHICAGO, February 16.-The mystery
surrounding the murder of James l..
Wilson and his wife, at Winnetoka, last
Wednesday, remains as dark as ever. The
victims of the tragedy were buried to-day,
a GREAT conconrse being present.
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A CONSCIENTIOUS WIFE.MURDERER
Ready to Go to Prison for Life, but OBJ.
iects TO Hanging.

KINGSTON, n. Y, February l6.-In Chi
chesterville this evening a man named
Avery killed his wife and attempted sui
eide. Avery says he is willing to go to
prison for life, but has conscientious scru-
Piles about hanging. Avery and his wife
were about twenty wears old.
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TprRp ia . creat deal nj donht os ~

IHEhE Is u NTtdI WVdI OF UOUUI rs 10
whether the inquiry into the transportation ques-
ton inConFress will result in any legislation at the
present session. The eOnstitutionality of any at
tempt TO fix rates on railroads chartered by the
States is by no means clear, and tho only other
course open to Congress i. 10 provide for n com
the whole subject and report upon it. This seems
to Mr.. Reagan and oNer earnest men n most un-
satisfactory and half-henrted way OF dealing with
the railroads. Yet it II the only way tn obtain
trustworthy information on which ia base logisla-
ton. secresy is the curse of the railroad system
of this country.
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Ohio Young Mems Christian Assoeia-

DAYTON, O., February 15.-The Ohio
State Young Mems Christian Association
elected the following officers to-day: Presi-
dent, Amasa Pratt, of Columbus; vice
presidents, II. A. Sherwin, of Cleveland,
Mai. H. Pollard, of Cincinnati, and John
Dodds, of Dayton secretary, F. S. Good
man, of Toledo; assistant secretary, f. II.
Young, of Denison University.
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Pound Dead ON enc FLOOR.

ST. LOUIS, February 16.-Isaac Gate
wood and wife, Mile Gatewood, a pair
of workhouse reprobates, whose children
are in the house of refuge, engaged in a
drunken.9uarrel late last night, and this
morning the woman was found dead on
the floor with her skull broken, while her
husband was sleeping quietly on a lounge
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are very constrained they are less so with
the Emperor. She exerts through her af.
lection and through her knowledge an
unbounded sway over her husband.
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A YouNa nan in Ohio assaulted and

n lUVNu IIdI III UIIU USSIU!NY" "HW
robbed a prominent lrecthinkcr, and was s6ut TO
prison. Now a petition Cor his pardon has beeH
handed to Gov. Hoadly, in which it is held that
the convict should be set free, because the man
whom he robbed was "a wicked and pervsrse in-
hdel.' Sweet land ofliberty, of thee l sing"
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\ SPnrNorIELD correspondent OF the

A SPRINGFIELD correspondent OF the
New York Times writes that the condition Of the
Democratic party ofllliuois with respect to presi-
dental candidates can be described in u few
words. The Democrats are waiting for the man
who can poll the mcst votes and who has the
largest barrel. To-day they have no candidate.
In 1850 they cast their furty-two votes in conyeu-
ton for Morrison on the first ballot, and on the
second went over to Hancock in a body. Morrison
has not a worry firm hold upon his party here, and
the Democratic leaders know that he isn't large
enough at home or abroad 10 command vigorous
support.
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ideas Of the negro "separation" party: 1.-THE
negroes are obtaining farm and homes of their
own all over the South, and whore they are not
under the control Of corrupt political leaders, are
doing very well. 1t would %probably be the best
for the South that the negroes should be re-
moved, for then the political problem. involved
trious and enterprising people from the North,
who will not now come here to compete with
negro labor. The immense cost of removal and
the practical difficulties in the way of its ac-
eomplishment will cause this great scheme to fall
Fat
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MONTGOMERY. ALA, February 16.-Mrs.
Stribling, the lady grossly assaulted re-
Gently by a negro, has died. Her throat
was cut, and she fingered in great agony
two or three weeks. The negro was
hanged by a mob a day or two after the
outrage.
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N(1[ NhAN1N ~ " :
the earliest in America aud the most cruel in its
provisions IL was pertinaciously adhered to for
generations, and never repcnted Of or formally
repealed. IL was gradually abandoned, not be-
cause II was wrong, but solely because il was
lound, after long experiment, TO be unproftable,
Their plan Ofkeeping twenty negroes as cheap AZ
one white servant did not work we'll; for in that
climate a Negro thus used would infailihly did
before his labor paid for what he cost. They sold
their stock whenever they could, but omancipa-
ton was forbidden under the law. unless tho
owner gave security TO maintain the slave and
prevent him from becoming n public charge. To
evade this law, those who had infrm NEGROES en-
eouraged them to sue for their freedom, and then
by sham demurrers or other collusive arrange
ments, got Judgment against themselves that tho
negroes were free and always had been. Females
likely 10 increase the stock were advertised to Do
sold FOR that fault alone Young ones, be-
cause they were not worth raising, were given
away like puppies of n superintendent litter. In
snis way domestic slavery by degrees got loose in
thaeuee, simply because IL would not pay-but
pIlhelpte on which one man may own another
"a supdues by superior strength or cunning
never abandoned, repudiated or denied.
slavery as practiced in Massachusetts
mace the colony odious throughout the
ciVilzed world. Yet Mr.. Beecber seeks 70
create the impression that slavery Gov
listed but slightly in Massachusetts Fo,
daring to advocate free thouvbt and
pressing the opinion that no person o,oh,
70 be purgsSss &c aessunt Of honest CON.
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THE Gadsden (Ala.) Times says: "The
Ooarier-JourHa is opposed 10 substituting the peo-
pie to encourage the production af iron, but whom
1t come. TO robbing them for the beBsht Of the
whisky ring, il plays a different tune.
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PRoRAR1y an easy WAY ont of fine Man.

PROBABLY an easy way out of the Man
ning-Chalmers difficulty, says the Chattanooga
Ii"'s, would be a resolution that neither is en-
titled TO the place, thus sending them back to
fight it over in the district. Manning clearly has
no confidence in the Justice of his claim, or he
would file his credentials. Chalmers, though
probably elected by the grace of Secretary Chand-
ler,s funds blaekmailed from Washington clerks,
viltnot cause n large vacancy or many tears to
flow by his absence. 1t is a case Of buzzard on
both sides, and ought not be allowed to consume
tho time Of Congress.
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90 Hold the once Until His
Successor Ia Auuaiule1.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, February TO-
Judge Bruce has decided that Paul Stro-
bach, recently suspended for a lack of
affirmation by the Senate, was entitled
to hola the Office Of marshal until the
President makes another appointments.
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WE have not heard what the Green
rass, but If they Wish TO get in the field before
the other parties, we suggest that they hold their
National Convention at an early date. Tho LIST of
April would be a Mt time for such q gathering.