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The editor, however, evidently beHeved in preventive medicinal 

 treatment, inasmuch as we find under the Business Notices a 

 reading advertisement which boosts " A Good Tonic " in these 

 words : " ' Take a little wine for thy stomach's sake ' is a scrip- 

 tural maxim. . . . With due deference to the old maxim, how- 

 ever. Dr. Thomas Blake recommends for the same purpose a 

 little of his 'Aromatic Bitters,' of which there is no fear of 

 taking too much. We are but one of many thousands who can 

 testify to its excellent tonic qualities." 



Some of the articles on the, at that time, beginning of woman's 

 struggle for recognition as a responsible human being, are some- 

 what similar to recent editorials in the New York Times, or to 

 expressions of opinion from Elihu Root and Everett P. Wheeler, 

 and are equally amusing. Under the caption Woman, for 

 example, may be found the following : 



" Our theme is Woman, and a beautiful and glorious one it is. 



"What a brilliant subject for contemplation! Woman! created 

 by an All-wise Ruler of the Universe, as the companion of man. 

 . . . And if it has not been so ordained that she can take part in 

 national affairs, or that her voice can be heard in the halls of legis- 

 lation, she nevertheless exercises a controlling influence, in 

 cementing in indissoluble bonds otir common country; for her 

 motto is — • 



' United we stand — 

 Divided we fall ' 



Much has been said about 'Woman's Rights.' Without a wish 

 to make a noise as to what constitutes these ' rights,' we will en- 

 deavor to point out a few of them. If married she has the 

 ' right ' to dandle her little ones on her knee, or sing them to their 

 rosy slumber. ... It is her ' right ' to repair to the hovel of woe, 

 seek out the wants of the destitute, and spread bread on the 

 empty tables of the famishing, etc., etc. . . . 



" Woman ! for thy convenience and comfort there was launched 

 at the creation of the world, from the workshop of the greatest 



