Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-06-25
From the Nations Capital.

NOtice.-Thcre will he a meeting OF the
Directors and Stock holders Of the Mcchan.
icstown Water Company OF Frederick Coun.
~ on July 9Th, 1891, at 8 o'clock p. m., at
the Banking House Of Birely s. Osler for the
purpose Of clec,,ng new directors for the
ensuing year, and other business demanding
the attention of the Company.
BY order OF
s. NJ. BIRELY, VAN B. OSLER,
Sec'y s. Supt. President
Hugo Literary Society.
Debate.
Question: The influence of man and
woman.
Woman-Mrs. J. P. T. Matthias.
Man-Mr. Chas. c. Waters.
Continued from last reek.
1t is generally conceded that the authorcss
of Uncle Toms Cabin, was as instrumental in
bringing about the abolition Of slavery, as
any Of the other agitators OF the subject.
The modern advance of women, with the
department Of science once appropriated ex.
clusivcIy to men, is very suggestive Of her
increased influence. Caroline Hcrschell,
scarcely less great than her gifted brother,
assisted him materially in his work.
Prof. Maria Mitchell, self. made astrono.
mer. when not thirty years old, received the
Danish King s medal for discovering comet.
During her seventy years, she pursued her
chosen work, investigating planets, sun,
systems Of double stars, verifying obscrya
tons with ease, mathematical skill, and re-
porting in learned journals What ever was
pronounced impossible in the female mind,
that educated women are promptly achlev.
ing. Miss Fawcett decides the question Of
mathematical competency, and in every great
city, clever women discredit the verdict that
females can acquire neither neryc nor skill
for difficult surgical operations. Meantime
there isa quality offemlnineness, difficult to
define but easy to recognize.
Intuition, called especially wOmens men
tai gift, which reaches conclusions and
meets emergencies more rapidly aud success
fully than the slower masculine mind.
In the sphere of women't work the social
policy demands reason for innovations.
In no field OF labor is the adaptability Of
woman to the work, more questioned, than
in that most democratic Of professions, the
bar. But the test has been M de. AT the
Office desk, in counsel and court. room, the
woman has swept aside prejudice and gained
the public confidence by mcrltorious work
and strict professional integrity. The pres
ence of women behind the bar, has s"lu.
tary influence in the courtroom. A true
woman here, as elsewhere, forms her own
environment, and becomes restraint upon
the pernicious tempers, the vulgar curiosity,
and rank deceit often exhibited there.
have often thought that If we are fortunate
enough to get to heaven, we will find great
many more women IN that blest abode an
men, for mcu as rule seem to rely on the
female portion of the family to furnish rclig
ion for them. The feminine mind seems pc.
culiarly fitted for religious work, especially
to the great branch of it. woman's work for
woman.
1t is almost an axiom that the mother and
the home determine the character OF any
peoplc. No nation rises higher than its
mothers.
Nineteen centuries have conclusivcly
shown that the one power which can lit the
human soul from the ruin sin has brought is
the life that is in Christ Jesus. Christ and
his Gospel are the only levers that have
raised the nations. But in the all Orient
only n woman's hand can adjust these levers
to the cornerstone. One half the women OF
the earth are In seclusion. THIS may not al
WAYS mean the actual Imprisonment IN In
dian Zenanas, lattice closed houses OF China
and harems ofTarkey, but it does mean, that
NIL the while yelled, ghostlv thongs of the
Orient, are dcbarred from listening to the
Gospel. unless Christian woman bears it
In the light of the facts cited, the claim, thai
women's work for women, is the most lar
reaching power for good to the human race
which this century of marvels has involved
IS apparent What true man, but acknowl-
edges some won IN, as the source of his high
eat inspirations and nobest thoughts. From
the tiny boy, to whom mother Is the cente
of the universe, the loyer writing an ode tt
his lady's eyebrow and "s,ghing like fur
mace" to the bread winner Of the family, be
set by many cares VINO 80 successfully
soothes their sorrows, enhances their joy
and makes the home, the influence of which
goes with him in his daily toll as the moth
or the sweet heart and the wife?
The mission of women, on earth? TO CIV
birth to the mercy of heaven descending be
low. The missions of woman permitted t.
bru,se the head of the serpent and sweet.
enfuse though the sorrow and sin of earth!
registered curse the blessing which miti
ieates all. Born to nurse, to soothe and u
solace the sick world which leans on her
In view of all these facts, think l am JUST
fed in claiming for my sex the greater mia
ence.
But can report that women have d'scoy
cred great facts, laws or principles, whlc
mark an epoch in science. No, but tn
world was not made in day. Whel
women ca command the experience OF labo
tacil ties it Will be time to demand OF 'hcil
,ho biyl,cst kinds of work