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DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-06-26
BITS ABOUT WOMEN.

MRS. ELEANOR GERTRUDE STENFNs,
graduate Of the Emerson School of Ora
tory in Boston, has been elected profes-
sor of elocution and oratory at Lombard
University, Galesburg III.
For six Or eight years past Junction
City, Kan, has always had two women
on the school board, and now it has
three. For two years past woman has
been chairman of the board.
Mrs. L. NJ. CAMPBELL, for many years
deputy superintendent Of schools in
Oakland, Cal, and also deputy State
superintendent Of public instruction, is
manager of the Pacific educational
agency in San Francisco.
Mosr of the "station-masters" on the
Rothbury Loop Line of the North Brit
ish railway, Northum berland are won1-
en-. They are called collectors, and
are not compelled to wear any uniform.
1t is said that they do their work we'll
and are quite reliable.
Mrs. ELIZA Poole, of Chelsea. Mass,
of the steam yacht Isis, has been grant
ed pilots license by the United States
inspectors of steam vessels, after the
usual examination. Mrs. Poole is twen-
ty-eight years old, and has two years
experience on the steam yacht Nelly.
She is now legally authorized to use the
title captain"
Mrs. ANzoNETTA ALLEN, OF New Bed.
ford, Mass, has pass the local board of
steam vessel inspectors, and holds
special license as pilot OF steam yachts
ford harbor. Mrs. Allen has for years
been an accomplished small-yacht sail
or, and now she will handle the wheel
Of a steam yacht while her husband VII!
work the boats engines
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-06-26
PUBLISHED WEEKLY

Who, with unceasing care. watched over
them day and night, trying to shield
them from all harm and training them
in virtues paths? Whose is the unend-
ing love that many waters can not
quench nor floods drown? And yet, in
the face of all this, men dare assert and
put 1t on the statute books that they are
sole owners Of these immortals. How
came such law? Men put it there and
men alone, as they have other laws to
which women are bound to submit, al.
though they have no voice in the max.
ing of them.
In those earlier days. perhans man
had no thought but that they we're do
ing right, especially as they had always
been the dominating power every way
and everywhere. In this more enlight-
ened age. it seems hardly possible but
that humanity and common sense should
dictate mutual ownership, with pre-
ponderance on the mothers side. had
hoped, with many others. that our legiS-
lators would honor themselves and their
constituents by unheSitatinglv abrogat-
ing law which can not be right, ignor-
ing as it does the first principles Of hui
manity. But, sad to say, their only
verdict was "Inexpcdient' If it were
necessary | could give a multitude of
facts with heartrending details concern
ing the suferings of mothers thus de-
prived of their own Children--torn from
them to be perhaps committed to strang-
er hands.
The ruling of our legislators on this
question alone is enough to arouse every
thoughtful man and woman to the crime
of one-sided government How can it
be possible for the nation to be much
longer blinded to the injustice of allow
ing men alone to legislate in their own
interest, especially III cases like this
and Others somewhat akin, where wom-
en- have SO much more at stake?
How long, 0 Lord, how long?
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-06-26
BLOODLESS BATTLES.


In recent address before a G. A. r.
assemblage in jamestown. n. Y, Mrs
W. c. Scofeld, president of the Political
Equality Club, said;
"One Of the arguments used by our
unsympathizing friends, who have
%sought to silence us, has been that WON
en- ought not to be allowed to vote be-
cause they could not help to fight the
oencee e 81 lev; brave women during our
last war proved that some of us, at
least were able to render good service
in the discharge of even this dreadful
duty. But we do not want to fight, and
we do not need to fight, for we have you,
brave boys in blue, to fight our battles
for us. We have no ambition to become
brigadier-generals, nor yet to be put in
command Of 'awkW ward squads. What
we do wait is to hayo voice and al
influence in the conduct Of the affairs Of
tho nation and of life, which shall
make possible and permanent the
reign of peace so long foretold for the
children of men Men Of the Grand
Army of the Republic. on fields where
cannon roarcd and horrible carnage
ragged, and brave and beautiful souls
foated out in countless numbers upon
seas of blood, you have won; and to-
night we speak again our gratitude and
our thankfulness for what tod hath
wrought for us by the service of your
willing hands and lives. But there are
other fields yet to conquer, in the blood
less warfare against evil and wrong
which has been going on since the be
ginning of the world; citadcls Of super
stition and ignorance to be undermined;
work to be done for the doWn-troddcn
and the needy; vast and ever-increas-
ing army of foreigners and children to
be taught the true spirit and intention
of our God-given constitution, which
guarantees civil and religious liberty to
all and finally the enfranchisement OF
women, in order that the wage-earners
may receive equal pay with men for
equally good work; that the quality Of
the work done, and not sex, may decide
the question of paw
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-06-26

love that boy so. He's been awful
good to old Nose, Master Dan has. y
And the negro's lips trembled with
emotion.
But, Moses, you must find them. or
their father will be very angry. Take
the dinner-horn and 60 outinto the woods
and call them. If they don't answer,
take Rover and go down to the village
and come back across Browns pasture,
past the old mill, where they often play
ball. and mind, Moses, don't come homd
ac1thoW Mem."
Moses prepared to obey his mistress,
literally.
He wenJ up TO MS little room IN the
loft, gathered his few clothes together,
tied them in a bundle, crept downstairs
softly and made his way to the woods,
and thence to the village. He took
Rover along but sent him home again
with his masters letters, after he had
been to the post-office
Moses had told his mistress lie to
shield the boys, Well he knew they
were many miles from home by this
time, he having put them into farm
er's wagon at six o'clock that morning,
on their way to the next town, thence
to go to neighboring city!
In vain did the breakfast wait! In
vain did the angry father scold, and the
mother weep. The boys were gone; the
Dean household desolate. Even the
familiar black face of old Moses was
seen no more, he having gone to seek
his fortune elsewhere.
One week after that eventful morning
two letters came to Mrs. Dean. The
first was from Daniel, and the fond
mother kissed it and covered the boyish
sentences with tears. 1t ran thus:
DEAR MOTHER: Forgive me for running
away You believe in me, but father does not;
so | thought, as I am fourteen years old,
would come to the city and get place in store.
Harold would not let me come alone; so we put
the money we have earned in doing chores TO-
gether and here we are. Believe me When
say did not take fdther'S money. But know
who did. 1t was not Harold. You Will ind II
in the upper drawer of my bureau, where l put
it for safe keeping after the penitent thief had
placed it in my hands. Harold and expect to
90 to work to morrow. will write soon again.
Your loving SON DANIEL DEAN
The other letter Mrs. Dean opened in
differently, but soon her attention was
arrested; it ran thus:
MISSES DENE: wonder the good Lord didn't
send lightnin' to strike this niger when he
gone and stole money from old Massa Dene. l
never stole eny befo'. Sometimes when seen
a little lonesome chicken goin my way, took
1t up and put it under my coat to keep it warm,
but never took eny money befo', and I'll never
do it any mo-. God bless you, Misses Dene;
you've been good to old Nose and so has the
master. Master Dan'l talked to me till he made
the tears run out of my old eyes He did mo'than
the pareon could. Goodbye. MOSES"
Mr.. Dean went post-haste to the city
and hunted up his boys. They gladly
went home with him. Scarcely word
was spoken on the journey; but, ever
after, the fathers justice was tempered
with mercy. Mrs. NJ A. Kidder, in N
Y. Ledger.
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-06-26
CRUELTY OF THE LAW.
Grimes Committed BY One-Sided
Government.

Grimes Committed BY One-Sided
Government.
wonder how any mother in the land
can help being stirred with indignation
at the thought that legally she has no
ownership in her own child. Every in
stinct of her nature and every fibre of
her being tell her that this is a false and
cruel assumption. In the whole cata-
logue of rights that men ever appropri-
ated to themselves, writes Mrs. Obed
Nickerson, in Woman's Journal, the
most astounding and inhuman is, per-
haps, that they as fathers should lay
sole claim to the children. From their
own first inception to their birth, who
sheltered them? Who made home for
them according to the Creators wise
plans? Who bore the sacrifices, the self
denials, the deprivations of society,
often the pain and discomfort? Who
went through the pangs of maternity at
the peril of life, that these children
might be ushered into existence, and
provided at first for their physical sus-
tenance from her own fount of supply?
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-06-26
A MOONLIGHT LETTER.

DEAF, dearest Harry, one o'clock
Is ringing from the Steeple
ntbat sid church across the block;
We used to watch the people
mont YOU rememberO coming out
Af,er the service ended
M twos and threes-the slim and stout,
Tbe shabby and the splendid.
I'm leaning from the window'sill-
This moonlight's so delightful;
me mir Is Just trifle chill,
But neither keen nor spiteful.
Jtrv TO think-it makes me warm
That YOU are here beside me
And that feel the friendly arm
That fain would guard and guide me.
, Nh. Harry, life looks strange at times;
] nseems puitel long ago, dear,
since we two heard the belfry chimes
And leaned together, SO, dear.
You smoked your cigarette while l
Pretended to abhor 1t.
MI that the smoke might now float by;
How dearly I'd adore it
Inst here subject opens wide
! That scarce dare to touch on,
Since there is really but one side
That could argue much on.
What treasures marriage may bestow,
What joys it may discover,
Inerely guess, but this knoW--
Tis bliss to be lover!
wonder in my dreaming heart
five had been together
All these sad months we've pined apart,
Longing and waiting, whether
IMPULSE would beat SO fast ana warm
I Just thinking of you, Harry;
Orif our love would lose its charm
Because--we CHANGED to marry?
All well, time warns me must end
Mymoonlight scrawl; quite right, dear;
Across the sleeping world I send
Sweet kisses Of goodnight, dear.
Ny own best boy I'm sure that pe,
Though marriage oft SO sad is,
Gould never, never cease to be
Tender and faithful. Gladys.
Madeline S. Bridges, in Judge.
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-06-26
"A LITTLE NONSENSE"

~ am sorry your hired girl left you.
But you say you expecthe back" ANY
moment. | see the kerosene can coming
down now. IN. Y. Sun,
-Barbcr-"How does that razor go?'
Customer-'I think you are the man |
saw putting up the big dumb-bell at the
gymnasium. Lowell Citizen.
-Husband-"T Those people living next
door are newly married, aren't they?"
Wife-"What makes you think so?"
Husband-'I see the husband is doing
the housework. Epoch.
-Winks-"Has your wife cheerful
disposition?" Finks-"Oh, very Last
night when l was dancing round the
room on one foot, after having stepped
on tack, she laughed till her sides
ached "--German Joke,
-Stranger-"Do the cars run to the
park all the time?" Conductor-"No,
sir; only half the time" Stranger
"That's funny. How does it happen?"
them to run back. Golden Days.
Simpson ION visit)-'Excuse me,
Miss Ethel, but aren't these-er-vege-
tables burnt" Cousin Ethel (of Bos-
ton)-"O, no; those are natural black
beans. You know, Charles, there's
death in the family. y."-American Grocer.
-Slivins-"Got the toothache! Why
don't you hold some whisky in your
mouth for a minute?' Blivins-"Tve
tried it but can't do it to save my life.
1t will 60 down" Slivins-'I see, the
tooth is in the wrong locat on. Light
Indignant drummer-'I told you
five or six times to wake me up this
morning at seven. Here it is ten o'clock.
Why didn't you wake me up sooner?"
Hotel porter-'I did wake you up sooner,
boss, only you didn't hear Texas
Siftings.
"A Delicate Hint.-"Return my best
thanks to your master John, and tell
him l am much 1attered by his kind
present of the game" "Yessir-an'
supposin' master arsks what you guv me
for myself-what'll I tell him, sir?"-
Pick Me Up.
-Jarrett-''Pearson is absolutely the
meanest man I ever met. Do you know
what that fellow did when he was
married." Garrett-"What? Declined
to fee the minister?" Jarrett--"Fee the
minister! Why, sir, the ushers took up
a collection at the wedding!"-Life.
First Frenchman--'I am in guam
Diary, my friend. dreamed last night
that a man insulted me-" Second
Frenchman-"You must send him a
challenge, of course" First French
There's the difficulty. | did not
dream his name and address. '-Amcr-
iGa.
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-06-26

mrs Dean arose, wiped away the tears
anu going to the dining-room door
called Moses, the man-of-all-work She
was stern, for the honor of her bow waa
al stake-her darling, her only child,
Moses, call the boys to breakfast.
TOLL them to come without DELAY"
i can't find 'em nowheres, missus. T
oeen a-lookin' for 'em all the mornin'
upstairs, down cellar and out in the
Darn. And Moses trembled like leaf
ana his face, black as it was, had an
asnen hue. 81 was goin' to look in the
well, but | so scarf darsent."
What is the matter with YOU, Moses
what has frightened you sop said Mrs.
Dean
i heard master scolding in the din
lng-room about Master Daniel, and 7
thought may be he was a-goin' to
trounce him ag'in, marin, and I'd rather
ned trounce me instead, if he would.
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-06-26

The common copper cent, the in
significant tenth part of dime, can
render useless the vast propelling force
of steam. Place cent before one of the
front wheels of an engine in such man
ner that it rests firmly on the track and
against the wheel, Then, though the
engineer put on the greatest possible
head of steam, his engine will not move.
That little copper must first be taken
away This bit of knowledge will be of
value to him who wishes to delay train
several minutes for a procrastinating
companion. Albany Journal.
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-06-26
HARMLESS lMPOSTORS,


lhey are harmless people, those who
are most eager to be thought literary
geniuses when they are not; those who
are desirous of being thought wealthy
when they are not. True greatness Is
enurely modest. The grandest men
are mpIest and least formal in Their
manners and speech. A very common
place and narrow-minded woman once
gained a most enyiable reputation for
intelligence and scholarship by simply
carrying about with her a well-worn
copy oftSartor Resartus" Even some of
her intimate friends were influenced in
their estimate of her by her ostentatious
devotion to this great work, until one of
them suggested that, if the fair but
rather limited philosopher had tho
slightest idea what she was reading
about she would not have touched a
page of Carlyle with the tongs. This
woman was fraud, though thorough
ly unconscious one, She thought and
said she liked Carlyle, while what she
really enjoyed was her two-penny re-
putation as woman of more than ave-
rage culture.
There are a great many more of these
accidental regulations than society at
Large suspects, and it is an unfortunate
certainty that very small talent COM
bined with a good commercial instinct
for making the most of it, will take u
man further than the most magnificent
genius which lacks or despises the ad-
vertising instinct. Any man who knows
just little more of entomology, for
instance, than his neighbors writes a
paper 70 two for a scientific period
ical, and, by judiciously circulating
copies among his friends, ac-
quires very pretty though small
distinction in this speciality. Now,
nothing is easier than to make large
reputation out of a small one. 1t is not
necessary to add any further knowledge,
but simply to spread the news of what
has already been achieved. Every man
or woman who meets "Mr. Blank, the
great scientist" at afternoon tea adds
more to the popular estimate of his
abilities than would the discovery of %
new species, since it is one of our pet
delusions that the geese we know are as
fine birds as the swans we haven't mes
A certain millionaire answered an in
qu'ry as to the art of accumulatinr
riches with the remark that it was 'sthe
.ree41sar -=.4H5 W Urlu a1Jer the hrSt
million" The multitude who had been
led to expect that CrPsus would give
them valuable ''tip' turned sadly back
TO their daily toll. They felt like the
man who, when he was offered soft crabs
to 60 fishing with, said that he guessed
he'd rather stay home and cook the bait.
A fortune which could only be angled
for with million strikes the average
ambition as hardly worth trial How
ever, this advice, so Superf1uouS in the
connection which called it forth, is an
excellent hint for all who would like to
experience the agreeable sensation OF
having greatness thrust upon them.
The first million assures the fortune to
tho right man. SO the first introduction
as "the great Mr. -" or the first
newspaper mention as "rising" some
body is the drop of suds which assures
the bubble reputation to any one who
can blow it to the proper size. Kate
Fields Washington.
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-06-26
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

A printer who helped to get ont tbs
nrst Issue of the New York Tribune
my years ago, is still employed upon
that paper
Mrs Maxwell Scott, owner Of All
ootStord, has revenue of about s., OOC
per year from the fees paid by tourists
VINO wish to see Sir Walter Scott's
DOCKS, curiosities and personal relics.
Joseph Sutherland, who was the
powder-boy on the vessel which first
brought to England the news of Mel
son victory at Trafalgar, attained his
looth year at Milton, Sittingbourne, re-
Gently.
Baron Dowse, the Joking Irish
Judge who died the other day, once told
an American that it was better to have
small career in Ireland than a great
one in England, because in Ireland
when one said funny things people un-
derstood them and that made life worth
living
A well-known collector of coins has
accumulated remarkable collection of
miscellany, of which the colonial and
American department is said to be un-
equaled. He made large fortune as a
purveyor of baked beans at the Hub,
and began his collection with the Curl
GUS pennies that came to the cash
drawer. Many of his coins are so valu-
able that they are kept in safe deposit
vaults.
"A monument was lately erected in
Sherburne, Chenango County, N. Y,
over the graves of Colonel William S.
Smith and his wife. He was favorite
alde-de-camp of General Washington,
and took part in twenty-five battles of
the Revolution, having entered the pa
triot army at the age of eighteen and
served through the war. His wife was
Abigail Adams, the only daughter of the
second President
M Gounod, best known to the pub
lie as the composer of "Faust," but the
author as well of whole library of mu-
sic, is man of intense religious feeling.
He has gradually become more and more
and more ascetic in his habits until he
now lives almost the life of hermit,
and it is feared that he may deny him
self the delight of further musical COM
position, as too worldly and self-indulg-
ent an employment.
Bismarck was no favorite with
women, least of all with clever women
who dared to think for themselves and
irf..rsv- t'---~- .A-~J ~o---'' s.-+>s>..-.. 4aes
tions of state. He was never tired of
snubbing strong-minded ladies, putting
them down and stamping on them. One
day he paid visit to the Russian En-
bassy at Berlin, where he behaved as
usual, fouting even the mistress of the
house, the Countess Schouvalotf herself.
He took his leave at length to the relief
of everybody, and presently the family
mastiff was heard barking at the great
man, as he passed through the court
yard. Immediately the Countess ran to
the open window, and Bismarck heard
her voice, saying to him in a tone of
gentle entreaty, "Oh, please, M. le
Chancellor, don't bite my dog"
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-06-26
is SENSE OF JUSTICE.
[n Dean Learns the Wisdom of
Tempering 1t with Mercy.

R. BENZ A MIN
Dean, on the
morning of a
day in June,
1887, sat down
to the break
fast table with
a por t entous
frown upon his
brow.
hat has
become of the
boys, Mary?"
he exclaimed,
that they are
not at the table
at this hour?
Plotting and
planning more
mischief I'll be
bound. I saw
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-06-26

em at daybreak out in the wood-shed,
lumbling and shaking their heads. I
oppose Daniel did not like the whip
|ng he got last night, but he deserved
the little hound"
|"Oh, father, don't call him names.
good boy"
But the loving mother was silenced
fh.
E'YOur softness has pretty nearly
Rolled that boy; but, as often as you
nonsense into his head, I've got to
Fatlt out; that's all. You think he's
flfect, but know better spare the
spoil the child He's my own
sh and blood and l have the right,
|ank Heaven, to do it."
|lsuppose so," said the heart-broken
P'her, the tears running down her
|teks but you never punish Harold
severely, and he, too, such lazy,
Fanny boy, that neither likes to study
n work."
AM Mary; that is horse of another
llOE Didn't we pick Harold up a
FFe Oaby, when the Sam Price wont
pieces on the rocks? True, we
|Ougnt him up as our own, but he nay
f. parents somewhere, and anyhow,
luS'ice' and you know justice, Mrs.
fal' Is my hobby, anyhow I've not the
su' 70 give him the lesson l gave Dan
N nlght, no matter what he does"
, Nnat has Daniel done to anger you,
o,0'S" money from me! A good,
uhQ sum, too if Won tba r,othor tbot
DeSoto times. (Hernando, Miss.) 1879-1898, 1890-06-26

day." Ao"' MISSED u yes
~ NO. 1ather; I never will believe
boU a1u !, 1ne weeping mother. Il know
|oois, ny oetter than that. I know his
A baples' He would die rather than do
II oi o caught him in the barn, count
bed 'el' dollar by dollar. As it hap
(er H. ~ la not see me when l entered.
n,ae nv haa counted it over carefully,
Bar "reu " 1t In the crown of his hat,
b II uv an, lining, putting q pin in to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-04-25

Woman's Sphere? Though household
cares may be urgent, they need not
hinder us from acquiring knowledge
that may fit us to be the counselor and
friend. We can gain much knowledge
by being members of the Grange. All
questions relating to the household are
profitable and inexhaustible themes for
discussion, and can be made interesting
and profitable to every intelligent
woman. We can make our meetings SO
interesting and attractive that no mem
Der can afford to be absent from them :;
and the greetings of brothers and sisters
so cordial that the humblest members,
though poor and burdened with cares,
can be made to feel and know that they
are not doomed to toll through life, iso.
lated and alone, without friends, sym.
patty, society or hoped for advancement,
but that they are members of great
brotherhood, all united in sympathy and
interest by ties which bind as gently as
a silken thread, yet strong as a band of
steel, all working for the same great
object, the education and elevation of
the American farmer.