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cent Cleopatra, whose moral character
Mrs, Stanton would hardly commend for
modern imitation. and who was very ike
all the other ancient queens Of whom his
tory has preserved credible accounts. The
songs of Isis would not, nowadays, be re-
garded as suitable productions for women
to read, much less to have written. They
are loose, amorous ditties, r%eciting a story
verv much like that of Venus and
Adonis, and are .untranslatable, as we'll AS
unfit to be translated.
The priestesses of ancient worship were
women rs little worthy of imitation NOR
ally, as the ancient queens. The mys-
teries of classical religions were rites cele
brated in secrecy, simply because they were
too indecent Il be celebrated in public.
The poetical forms Of mythology. the
graces in which NEUROLOGICAL worship was
clothed, the myths in which it taught,
possessed only a meritorious significance,
and formed a school of sexual debauchery.
The religious rites for which a female
priesthood was instituted were but a sys-
TEN for the practice of secret amours.
The ancient culture of woman was for
no better purpose than that for which she
was made a priestess. Aspasia was one Of
the class of ancient women gifted with a
brilliant mind, highly educated in classic
art and poetry, a social and intellectual
queen, but stepped in vice from the soles
oil her beautiful unsandaled feet to the
rosy tint of her ravishing lips. II was for
the culture Of such n class that ancient
female schools were established. These
were the scholars hat were taught in
their classes. The virtuols daughtcrs,
the honest wives and mothers in the
homes of ancient life were as coarse and
uncultured as the other beasts of burden
with which they divided the labors of the
house and the field. The women who
were taught all the accomplishments that
their sex could acquire, were made at
tnctiye simply TO ct them to share in the
lives Of gorgeous indulgence and luxury
which the lords, the rulers and the pos
SCISSORS Of limitless wealth pursued. The
brilliant women of ancient history, who
are iancifully described by Mrs. Stanton
as enjoying a condition superior to that of
Christian women under our laws. can only
be truly described as Infamous in their
lives and moral conduct.
ME. Stanton has not added to her
fame, nor to the respect in which she is
held, by this singular production. 1t is
inidel and immoral. 1t is not a proper
publication for the home circle. Its doe
trines are iucendiary and licentious. She
may, through Ignorance, not have intend
ed it, but the entire argument and illus
t%rations, by which it is supported, have n
free love tendency, as marked as IN of
the works of Victoria Woodruff or Fanny
Wright.
, 1885-04-29

TIT statement is made by the Pail
Mall Gazette, with apparent assurance,
hat the king of Saxony has offered to
the British government the gem of his
gallery, the famous Madonna di San
Sisto' of Raphael, for the sum of $3.50,
0O0 This is Just ten times what Angus
tin Ill paid for the painting, but his
successor must be very hard pressed by
his creditors or else very reckless to be
willing TO sell at such a price, or at any
price, the greatest treasure of his king
dom. The Madonna is not only the
central ornament of the Dresden gallery;
it is one OF the greatest pictures of the
world. 1t is the thing above all others,
even in a collection that contains the great
Ilolbein and the lovely Titians that people
go to Dresden to see. The king of Saxo-
ny might as well close out his business
altogether as part with his Raphael. But
if the picture is really in the market,
there IL a chance for some Vanderbilt to
bring over here a treasure worth more
than a dozen Egyptian obelisks. Euro
pean powers and warriors despoiled the
monastries and churches 20 enrich their
capitals. and there is no reason why
American millionaires should not despoil
their galleries in turn.
, 1885-04-29

lN QuIErER times quite a mountain
would have been made out Of the little
mole-hill explosion in the admiralty office
in London, the other day. No doubt it
was either %gun-cotton, or gas, or dyna-
mite, or sotne other combustible stuff. and
Of course it was either a spontaneous
freak or a wilful attempt to blow up some
body, or an accident, and which in partic-
ular the English themselves do not yet ap-
pear to know. But in these days the
British lion no sooner whirls around to
see who pulled at his tail, than somebody
plucks at his beard and naturally the out
RACED beast is considerably disturbed But
he will hold his when he gets ready
TO tackle the bear.
, 1885-04-29
: g. BACKBONE
How the Length Of the spinal Column
Affects a Mans Character.
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How the length OF the spinal Column
AFFECT. a Mans Character.
Washington start
When n person compliments another
by saying he has a good deal Of back
bone" he m very near stating a sci
entiic truth without knowing it, per-
haps. At least, so remarked a naval med
zeal officer to a reporter the other day,
As the latter stopped to chat in tho room
Of the naval examining board. step
up here a moment, continued the Off
Ger, conducting the reporter to a meas
uring rod which stood in one corner of
the room. This rod, besides having the
movable arms with which a mans
height is guaged, had anothes inter
mediate arm below, by which the
length OF his legs is determined. The
difference between these measurements,
Of course, shows the length of his body
and head. There" said the officer.
after the reporter had subjected himself
to the measuring process, you are
sixty-nine and hve-eighth inches tall,
your legs are thirty three and FIVE
eighth inches long-pretty good legs
and that leaves a length Of body thirty
six inches. That's very good, above the
average
we'll, WHAT uOth II III meauti hSktu
the reporter.
Boiler power" remarked IA official
who was standing near.
The medical officer enlarging on the
figure thus suggested proceeded: That's
it. You see putting his hand on his
head here's the governor. Here, " he
continued, lowering his hand 10 his
chest, sis the boiler. The lungs and the
heart are here, and below are the alb
dominal organs or yiscera. Your mouth
and n~ostrils are blowers. You shovel in
coal-take food-in your mouth. IL ia
turned into steam-blood-and goes out
in every direction, you see, toward the
surface. Now the man with a long
body has n great deal of boiler surface. "
Then the man with considerable
backbone is stronger than the one who
has not"
well, that is one circumstance to be
considered with others, of course. The
nan with backbone is apt to have greater
power Of resistance. He can endure
more toll and can resist disease longer.
Why, there are no men in the war so
good for n long march as your duck
legged fellows with long bodies. The
long-legged men could not stand IL.
Gen. sheridan is a good specimen Of n
mar with a long body-long grasp on
life and Gen. Grant Is another.
, 1885-04-29

The consumption of wood for fuel and
timbering in the Comstock mines was
enormous. When the entire line of
mines, some forty in number, extending
a distance of ten miles, was in full blast,
it required over 200 ears daily to convey
timber over the Virginia & Truckee
railroad to supply the Comstock. From
1873 to 1880 over 1000 cords of wood
were used daily, and prior to the
closing down Of tie lower levels on the
north, the daily consumption of fuel
was over 400 cords. Over $40, 000, 900
has been spent in supplying fuel for
machinery alone, and it has cost as
much more to timber the shafts, in
clines, drifts and wines with FIR, pine
and tamarack.
, 1885-04-29

Tue two articles ON the relation OF
Christianity to woman, by Mrs Elizabeth
Cady Stanton aud Bishop Spaulding, re-
sleetively, in the North dmerican Re-
risc Tor May, have attracted considerable
attention from the press and from the
rrsding public. IL is due to truth and
justice to say hat Bishop Spaulding : ar
tide is much better in its tone and spirit,
is more ably written and is a better trib-
nte io woman than that of Ms. Stanton.
The lonely priest, bound by the vows of
his class to perpetual cclibacy, to whom a
houic. Voinanhood a. AN object 10 be
losel with Il human passion. and paterni-
ty with the sweet love Of offspring, are
Forbidden. has presented a much more
philosophic. humane and Christian argu-
ment on this subject. than that of the
wife and mother, who expresses her scorn
Of ue influence which Christianity has
hail on the fortunes and condition Of her
sex
The implied ribaldry of Mrs. Stanton S
argument is not its main characteristic.
She either is totally ignorant Of the condi-
ton Of woman under pagan institutions,
Of voman's part in NEUROLOGICAL worship,
and OF the spirit Of classical poetry relat-
ing 10 woman, or she has notions about
woman better fitted to the moral atmos-
phers Utah than To the Christian portions
of The United States We, in charity
believe simply that, when Mrs S anton
wrote this article, she did not know what
she was writing about
In ancient Egypt, at the most bril-
liant period in It's history, woman sat
upon the throne and directed the c%iviliza-
tiou OF the country, says Mr. Stanton.
As priestess she performed the most
holy Office Of religion" to her are
traced the sacred songs Of Isis: ''all
~pagandom recognized a female priest
hood. she continues.
A. for Egypt, history does not mention
any woman who sat upon its Throne ex-
, 1885-04-29

One evening when the beautiful Kau
81, daughter of n powerful Chinese
mandarin, was assisting Mt the grand
feast of lanterns, she was so overcome
by the heat that she was obliged to take
OIL her mask. But to expose her face
to the eyes Of the profane and vulgar
was n serious offence against the law,
so, holding the mask rs closely as pos.
sible to her features, she rapidly nut
tered it to give herself air, and the
rapiditv Of the movement still concealed
her. The other ladies present, witness.
ing this hardy but charming innovation,
initiated it, and at once 10, 900 hands
were fnttering 10000 masks. Thus the
fan was evolved aud took the place OF
the mask.
, 1885-04-29
Bashful Uncle Rsmas.'


A gentleman from Atlanta told me
recently of Joel Chandler Harris, whose
Uncle Remus' stories are read from
one end Of the land TO the other.
HE is the most bashful, modest man
ON the face of he EARTH, - he said. ut
was only a few months ago when he
was in New York that the journalists
decided to give him a banquet. When
lie heard Of it he took the first train
for home and autographed back for his
baggage. lie was so morbidly sensi-
tive that the mere thought of being
compelled to make an after dinner
speech was more than he could stand.
In other ways he is very timid. lie
never receives a letter from his pub
fishers but he opens it with fear and
trembling, dreading that it may order
him to stop his work or criticize some
thing that he has done. On the con-
trary his letters usually contain n
check. He has very little confidence in
himself and there is nothing aggressive
or self assertive about him.
, 1885-04-29

1ENAk '
The Rev. Reginald Barnes, Gordon's
most intimate friend, relates how no
made the acquaintance of the hero of
Khartoum, at Lausanne. For some
days | did not know his name, and even
after l did it did not occur to me that
he might be the famous Chinese Cor
don. One day he invited me to his
room, | noticed some strange docu-
ments on the table. you have been
in Palestine, and know Arabic, he said;
look at those papers, l took several
and looked at them, remarking that I
knew very little Arabic. They are
death warrants he said. | was so
startled that | exclaimed, Death war
rants. Why, who are your Don't you
know mel' he answered. Il have been
governor general of the Soudan, and
still nominally retain the position; but
nothing now remains for me but to
sign these papers-that will end it.
, 1885-04-29

TnE rumor that Russia has sent a pow
erfuI squadron to cruise off the coast of
Italy Just to overawe the Italian govern
ment, and to drive its notions of friend
ship for England into nonentity, may be
true. But Russia will not oyerawe Italy
in any such manner ltaly's naval power
is equal to Russia's, and the Italian navy
could very easily handle any squadron
that Russia would bs able to spare for
overawing purposes. Such action on the
part Of Russia would only deepen and
strengthen ltaly's purposes to help Eng
land by every means in her power.
, 1885-04-29
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No risk is incurred as thirty days trial is
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, 1885-04-29

THE Fenian ram, says the Hartford
Times, that aroused considerable public
curiosity through the columns of the
newspapers two years ago is still at New
Haven, in a wooden building on the bank
of the Mill river, near the consolidated
road bridge. 1t is about thirty feet long,
cigar shaped, burns petroleum for fuel,
and can make excellent speed under
water. 1t is said to have cost $4,000.
No one is allowed to see it except those in
whose charge it is, and they refuse to talk
about IT,. Tue building has no side win
dows and the door is strongly barred.
, 1885-04-29

Two monkeys sat under a tree in an
Indian forest. One monkey was seen
to busy himself in smearing the other
with red clay earth. When he had sue
coeded in entirely covering his COM
panion, he disappeared into a neighbor-
ing wood, leaving tho other a mass of
clay, but for two small holes through
which peered n pair Of cunning eyes.
Then the bedaubed monkey was seen to
climb to the hollow of a tree where was
a beehive. The bees buzzed about the
intruder, but all they could do was to
leave their stings in his clay coat. At
length they swarmed away in despair,
aud the clever monkey helped himself
to the honey-comb. Then the other
monkey came out of his hiding-place
and proceeded 10 pick off the clay cover
ing from his brother. This done, they
set to work at the honey-eomb and fin
ished it.
, 1885-04-29

Mr.. VIM. johnson. of Huron. Oak,
writes that his wife had been troubled
with acute bronchitis for many years, and
that all remedies tried gave no permanent
relief, until he procured a bottle of DIR.
Kings New Discovery for consumption,
coughs and colds, which had a magical eff
feet, and produced a permanent cure. 1t
ir guaranteed to cure all diseases of Throat,
lungs or bronchial tubes.
Trial bottles free at Gray & Pearse's
drug store. Large size $l.00.
, 1885-04-29

TTTT- IN : TT7TTT"TlTT u
| have never been in the habit OF
preserving private letters. and If | was
10 try | suppose | should make a
poor record. My business in life has
been such that somebody else has al
ways taken care of letters hal had to
he saved, and the only way that | have
now Of preserving a letter that | wish
to preserve until ! do something with il
is to put il in my side coa pocket OF
put it in the drawer where | write, and
then when / want to look for a letter il
is about the last one | find.
, 1885-04-29

Tue English prcss consoles itself with
the reflection that, in the event of war
with Russia. Germany and France are too
much afraid of Russian a%seendancy to take
sides against England. But how about
colonial encroaehments2 Can Russia hold
a candle to Britain there 1t is a selfish
world, but the United States can feed and
clothe the whole OF it if necessary.
, 1885-04-29
FOLDED.


IsL James Gazette.l
Folded upon her bosom true
Lilo the still hands, which lately moved
So busily for all she loved;
Which moved so busily for you.
Cold tho quick feet which to and fro
Went at your wish. God grant your own
Through long disuse not lifeless grown.
How IN her zeal but wrought your wool
Some rust undrawn from day to day
Through long. dull years which nave no
story.
Better the brief fash OF your glory
Brave sword soon broken In the frayi
, 1885-04-29

Read new books, welcome new
thoughts, take up new studies; thus
only will your mind retain its fresh
yigor, thus only will it attain to a
breadth and depth to which it has not
vet attained
, 1885-04-29

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money refunded. Price % cents per box.
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, 1885-04-29

1891 Prizes, amounting 500
Application for rates to clubs should
be made only To the Office OF the COMPANY In
New Orleans.
For further Information write clearly,
giving full address.
Postal notes. express money orders. or New
York exchange la ordinary letter. Currency
by erpfeks tali sums or Is and upwards
mt our expeneel addressed
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, 1885-04-29

1t is said that eorundum, the new
mineral, is found in every county in
North Carolina west of 1redell TO the
Tennessee line. In some localities it is
so abundant that it lies ON the surface
and may be picked up by the basketful.
, 1885-04-29

The Sutlei, one Of the great streams
of British India, is probably the swiftest
largo river in the world. II has a de-
scent Of IL, 900 feet in $50 miles, an
average of sixty-seven feet per mile.
, 1885-04-29
Louisiana Stale Lottery Conln'y
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added.
BY an overwhelming popular vote Its
franchise was mnde n part OF the present
State Constitution ndopted December 2d. A
ID. 1873.
TAe only Lottery ercr voted or and endor-~d
BY the people Of any &dfe.
IL never scales or p~ostpones.
Hs Grand SiHgie Number Brau4n0s fnks
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, 1885-04-29

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, 1885-04-29
A ail-norner.

A young lady writing from Florida
says that name is misapplied, as there
is nothing like the quantity Of flower
blooms n can see in any northern
field of buttercups and daisies.
, 1885-04-29

of the cat, bear and squirrel, the lat
ter only a run down a tree head first
, 1885-04-29

Jud Lafagan: Weed out oontentment
from your labors and work will become
n drudgery.
, 1885-04-29

Greenlanders, il is said, live in the
hope of a warm heaven and n cold
place for tho wicked.
, 1885-04-29

Tarpaulins. wagon sheets, oil and rub
Der clothing Al be bought cheap at Po-
laek'F.
, 1885-04-29

Legal blank at the Leader oI6ce.
, 1885-04-29

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lasire 10 our annals ahall there not be an
answering glew IN every American bosom, m eagef
thirst ourselves 10 do something worthy 81 th1
gl0tioaapaai and will then not rise from every
heart 70 livery lip the echo OF those waf,h ihaHs
t'ei fAatf faise, ss ~ asrficiH' tArpiauHc'l
AileF the hearty applause which wis iendcred
the able 3oung orator bad subsidized, the Neoalisa.
ton u no "Slar Spsneled liannVr" was gene
through with, and the exercises In the Pavilion
were brought 30 an end, the audience returning "
the outer Als 10 the music Of medley ot patriotic
airs Of the Band
rNn.
At noon refreshments were dispensed 30 large
crowd, Of every nationality but Americans, the pIu
ponderancp OF foTtugacee and Hawaiians At the
ice cream and cake table being most noticeable,
Cooling drinks were eapipprd BY the otnaiprcseng
small BOY and Che big band boy, much 70 thv dts.
gast OF thOso who would have liked 10 have seen
more equal division % the neraicd waters. Aflcr
sufficient time had been eivca % saiiate the wants
of the "inner man. the string orchestra Vl thc
Hand took position and discogrsed lively mnaic.
much 10 the delight Of many lovers " tho hight
fantastic" il being past hre O'Clock before the
WeaFied musicians were Attended rvSt aud then
only BY the notice that the hussca were ready ~
take passengers for home. which under tho able
and careful administration II Mr.. h, +. billing
ham was successfully accomplished. AZ y m
the picnic grounds werc deserted and on Tho way
home tho expressions were favorable % the efforts
Of the Executive Committee IN having provided
pieAsurshle entertainments Tor the general pubc
on the lo9th anniversary II American lndcpcn-
lanre