FOR A WOMAN’S SAKE. 
BY MRS. HATTIE F. BELL. 
“ No treachery lurks in that face, all ay low 
With beauty and innocence pure as tile snow.” 
So sayiutf. ho paused for a moment to hear 
Her word* or enticement so pain fully clear: 
“ See how the wtne sparkles with rich crimson wealth! 
Come, won't you oblige me by drinking my health f 
The goblet is full—hold it up to the light; 
Put doubt and dull care far away from your sight, 
And drink and be merry for one Jolly night!" 
Thus spoke the fair tempter, with exquisite grace, 
To one whose warm passion was growing apace. 
The hand that extended the lure in the glass 
Was lovely to see more’s the pity Vlas ! 
Had voice boen loss bland aud tho beauty less bright. 
That youth would have shown a more resolute light. 
But Siren aud song had the power to break 
Through firmer defences than he sought to make. 
He yielded, he said, "Tor a sweet woman’s sake." 
Ah, yea, " for a woman's sake!" Tray, can it bo 
That sorrow may flow from such light-hearted glee ? 
Did you, comely maiden, the future forecast. 
And see nought therein to give trouble, or blast 
Proud hopes fondly nurtured —no struggle life 
through 
To throttle a demon commended by you? 
Or did you most blindly and heedlessly stake 
His immortal souL, without tears or heartache. 
Against a brief Joy, fur a vain woman’s sake ? 
In Eden, for woman’s sake, long, long ago, 
The fall brought mortality coupled with woo. 
The smiles of this guileless buguiler are now 
As fatal as then. Man will eagerly bow 
To evory behest of tho fair conquerors 
Whose favors he asks, but whose faults he deplores. 
The chustcning purpose, how few comprehend. 
Which Ooi> iu his wisdom lias seen lit to blend 
With trial and wrong, for a merciful end ! 
Oh, daughter! to you must be charged, not a crime, 
But innocent blundering, fraught for all time 
With sequences which will enkindle a flame 
Of consuming anguish, unless you reclaim 
The victim of folly. To do that, for aye, 
Your duty with pleasuru should constantly vie. 
Then guard well your steps, lest tlie veil shall be 
riven. 
And show you, fair girl, how your slave may be driven 
By too thoughtless acts, to foul hell from high heaven! 
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PHILADELPHIA EXHIBITION NOTES. 
NO. 3. 
The weather was quite similar to that of one 
year ago: scorching In the sunshine, pleasant iu 
the shade, with a strong breeze ror the benefit of 
those who had not room enough to fan them¬ 
selves. Almost every person directed his steps 
first to the beautiful T, A. B. Fountain that at- 
tractea so many last year, although It was far 
from bolug complete thou. I tried to make a 
thorough inspection, so as to give the description 
In this article, but found It Impossible, on account 
of the immense throng surrounding It. The con¬ 
tributions for its erection were received from all 
the States and Canada. For so beautiful and 
complete a work, but a comparatively shortspace 
of time has been consumed. The ground was 
broken July 4, 1370, and to-day It stands com¬ 
pletely finished aud free from all incumbrance. 
Long before lo o’clock — the hour iixed ror the 
ceremonies — the crowd covered the terrace and 
extended a long distance beyond the western en¬ 
trance to Machinery Hall. The first proceeding 
was the calling to order by the Chairman or tho 
Centennial Committee. In the meanwhile they 
were hoisting the statue of Moses Into place, and 
when that was accomplished, the same was an¬ 
nounced by the elevation to the shoulders of the 
statue Of the American and Irish flags, ( lieer alter 
cheer rent the air, while the beautiful colei's 
twined about each other as It In embrace, then 
spread out grandly to the breeze, proclaiming 
power, peace, and brotherly love. All the bauds 
burst out enthusiastically, and the people—why 
It seemed as If tliclr applause would never end! 
After it had been formally transferred from one 
Union to another, Guv. Carroli, ot Maryland was 
Introduced and received with loud applause, lie 
Is a tall, handsomely-proportioned umu, of dtgul- 
lied, commanding appearance, and wears the 
most genial smile upon a face which Is of that 
type that never grows old. some or the Unest 
sentiments wero constantly dropping from his 
lips, aud the long address seemed only' too short, 
as the frequent applause testliled. lie said: 
“ If 1 understand, we have not gathered here to 
assert any particular faith, but simply as Ameri¬ 
can citizens to render enduring tms Offering la 
the hearts of all, and to announce once mure that 
In this broad land conaclen trot ever be as 
free as the air we breathe, and that loyalty to 
our country’s Government cannot be restricted to 
any sect or class or people. 1 ' 
He then quoted from a letter written by Cbas. 
Carroll whose statue adorns one corner of the 
fountain), In which he sayb: ’■ To obtain religious 
as well as civil liberty ] entered zealously Into the 
Revolution, and observing the Christian religion 
divided Into many sects, 1 founded the hope that 
no one would be so predominant as to become the 
religion of the State.” 
In speaking of the great source of good that the 
Centennial proved Itself, he remarked: 
“ I have long believed that one of the greatest 
elements of strength and union that we could 
possess as a nation, would be a more thorough 
knowledge of the necessities and habits ot 
the sentiments and opinions of the people of 
the various sections of our country ; In fact, a 
more Intimate acquaintance with our fellow-men. 
The great Ignorance which has so long prevailed 
upon this potut has been the cause of misrepre¬ 
sentation and abuse, and has boon used effectively 
by those who would cause dissension for their 
own bad purposes. The International Exhibition 
was inaugurated with the hope and belief that 
through Its influence this ignorance would In 
part be dispelled; that from every portion of our 
country people would come and see how great 
were the interests that bound us together : how 
strong we were la union and peace; how weak we 
would be divided.” 
He spoke earnestly lor the encouragement of 
education, saying: 
“ It will readily be believed that the stability 
and welfare of governments depend more upon 
the morals and Information of their citizens than 
upon laws, tor tho latter, though never so wisely 
framed, are ineffectual for the preservation of 
societies where the former have been corrupted. 
Let us endeavor to obtain for our youthful ones 
teachers who will Impress upon them the im¬ 
portance ot Jkkfkrson s theory—Equality, civil 
and religious—and we shall continue to have In 
public education the greatest source of strength 
that we possess as a nation. But once allow 
them to drift into other aud more narrow chan¬ 
nels, and bring up the young men or this land 
with sectional animosities and religious preju¬ 
dices, and you light the tires of discord, which 
will ouly be fanned by progress, and which no 
Intelligence will be able to suppress.’* 
The applause that followed the close of his ad¬ 
dress, of which I have given only here and there 
a sentence or two, hal hardly ceased when Gov. 
Hartranet of Pennsylvania took tho stand, fa¬ 
voring the people with a very brief address. The 
statue of Mosks was then crowned with a huge, 
handsome, emblematic wreath—cross and crown 
—which was followed by the recitation of a poem; 
then the sculptor—a modest little man—being In¬ 
troduced aud vociferously greeted, we took our 
doparlare. 
I u the afternoon there was music, both vocal 
and Instrumental, varied by tho arrival of •• Sol¬ 
diers’ orphans,” with band, and later, the “ Gi¬ 
rard College Boys,” who played so finely that 
they were rewarded by long applause. Col. Fou- 
nky’h oration, extremely long as It was, kept a 
laigo number crowded about the stand. The 
acoustic qualities ot tho building aro so poor that 
they were compelled to stand near to hear any¬ 
thing. After tho "Anvil Chorus,” which was 
loudly encored, some remained to watch the ca¬ 
dets drill, while others started out to observe the 
tilling of the balloon In which Master John Wise 
ascended. 
In tho evening there wero more music and llre- 
works. Everything passed off nicely. TUere 
were over 50,000 people admitted Into the Exhibi¬ 
tion, and mere must have been many more out- 
sldo tho building, especially at the time the ilro- 
works were aseendlng. 
it was not until half-past eleven that we were 
able to secure a seat In the street ears, and all 
those living up-town aad those who disliked to 
wait walked home; so you can Imagine that a 
large part of Philadelphia took part in the “ glo¬ 
rious Fourth.” C. Estelle Pkircb. 
“ Aquadale.” 
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MARRIAGE. 
BY U. A. WHITTEMORE. 
“ The tear of a loving girl,” says an old proverb, 
“ Is like a dewdrop on tho rose; but that on the 
cheek of a wife Is a drop of poison to her hus¬ 
band.” 
Ancient as this may be, It has, in many Instan¬ 
ces, proven false in part. True, the heart of sym¬ 
pathy goes out. toward those or the softer sex, 
young In years, suffering anguish of mind that 
causes the tear to llow. It Is not, necessarily, a 
tlxed fact that a tear upo* the cheek of a devoted 
and loving wife is poison to an indulgent and 
palns-taklng husband. There are cases not a few 
wnore the lover is never lost In the placid and 
careworn husband, any more than the betrothed 
Is In the wife aud the mother. 
The great secret In the tlrst step to a happy and 
suitable uulon, Is to marry your equal. Another 
safe rock to build upon Is, to "Never marry but 
tor love, but sec that thou lovest what Is lovely,” 
“ For wedlock without love. " some say,” Is but a 
lock without, a key.” Marriage always should be 
considered from a eomruon-seuse standpoint. Of 
earthly goods the best Is a good wife. Equal with 
a good wife Is the Indulgent, and devoted husband. 
In either are combined tho three Graces—Faith, 
Hope and Charity. 
It Is a great mistake to consider marriage mere¬ 
ly as a scheme of happiness. It is also a mutual 
bond of service. It is the most ancient as well as 
the most sac re I form of the social mlnlstraLlons 
which Gon has ordained for all human beings, 
an.l which is symbolized by all the relations or 
life. 
Tho brightest lineaments of woman’s character 
arc developed in the wife as she stands, with 
watchful anxiety, by the bedside w hile the shad¬ 
ows of life grow darker. We only attain the true 
Idea ot marriage when we consider It as a spirit¬ 
ual union—tho uulon of Immortal affection, of un¬ 
dying faculties, of au imperishable destiny. No 
marriage can ever result in happiness to either 
party, when either considers it only as a bond, or 
when we attempt to control or blame, in too 
many Instances of thoughtless marriages, we Dad 
the grace much better than the dinner. 
Marriage can become obnoxious rrom ex¬ 
cess ot attention, It not Indulged In in the right 
spirit, and equally from neglect and Indifference. 
A wife may make such demands upon a husband’s 
attention and time as to make him feel himself 
little better than a slave, aud slavery Is galling to 
tho most submissive. Such a wife puts Shackles 
on Uls feet, a palsy to bis hands, a burden to his 
shoulders. Then, too, a light wife doth make a 
heavy husband. Each should have perfect con- 
fldenne In the other. Should one remain away 
from tho other a length of time unaccounted for 
by them, let sllcnco be your monitor until a vol¬ 
untary return reveal the secret ot the absence. 
Both men and women, united in the marriage re¬ 
lation, are necessarily tried and perplexed at sea¬ 
sons wuen silence should close their Ups until 
moderation takes possession ot them. Jealousies 
of even trilling natures should never be entortaln- 
od for a single moment. 
“ Of earthly goods the best is a Rood wife, 
A bail the bitterest our so of liumiiu life.” 
This Is not alone applicable to the wife; with as 
much propriety may it, apply to the husband. All 
pci-sons entering tho snored ordeal of married life 
should acquaint themselves with the disposition, 
tastes and unavoidable requirements of their part¬ 
ners, and resolve to govern themselves as much 
as possible thereby. 
One of the most beautiful expressions that has 
come under my observation, was evolved by a 
young wife, as she retired to tho bridal chamber 
with her devoted and loving husband: “ Each for 
the other and both for Quo.” The English lan¬ 
guage contains nothing more expressive of what 
the lives of all truly married persons should be. 
Marriage 111 form, and not In spirit, Is Indeed a 
bondage which causes the links that bind to fes¬ 
ter and corrode the very flesh they unlto. Many 
a person has found Ihu golden chain lli-t bound 
them only glided; and their value is not counted 
by the spirit, tho purposes, the love within the 
human soul, but by the dollars and cents they are 
worth In blood, bone and muscle to promote the 
physical avocations or Ufo. 
Marriage Is something more holy, high and ex¬ 
cellent than this. It Isa state In the which we 
but strive In offices of love to lighten each other’s 
burdens and add to each other s joys. It should 
be a union for mutual good. If Is the strictest 
tie of perpetual friendship, and there can be no 
friendship without commence, and no Confidence 
without integrity. The links in the chalu—irom 
the lover and the loved to tho wedded pair, and 
thence on till death shall snap asunder the link 
that hinds should ever be kept polished by kind¬ 
ness, sympathy and love, as devoted and as heart¬ 
felt as when wo stood at the altar. Marriage 
should bean alliance that has a double tie; tho 
minds united as well as tho bodies. 
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GRANDMOTHER SPEAKS. 
Well, If you really wish to hear from me again, 
I will be obliging enough to spoak; but l sent a 
paper to tho girls, last March, and I guess the 
Editor did not ilke It, for ho has not printed It; 
perhaps be thought It hit too near the mark, and 
might make some of kla relations wince—a good 
many people are afraid of having their corns hurt. 
I suppose they do not realize that it Is better to 
be hurt a little and get cured, than It Is to go 
limping all their lives for lack ot a Utllo moral 
courage. I do not expect that such people will 
ever Improve much. They will Jog along, just as 
they have done, and when they get through with 
life, they will be laid aside and forgotten, and peo¬ 
ple will say, “ Their troubles are ended; they are 
at rest.” 
Some folks think, because they came Into the 
world crying, that it is their bounden duty to cry 
all tbelr lives, ami make themselves and every 
one near them us unhappy as possible; they are 
always In trouble of some kind, and nothing goes 
as they would have It. It always storms when 
they want it plcaaaut weather, and when they 
could enjoy a rainy day It Is sure to be bright and 
sunshiny. They have a most peculiar faculty of 
being miserable; If It is not one thing, It Is an¬ 
other. They are sure to Ilud something to groan 
and croak about. In the spring, they are always 
arratd it is not going to he a good corn season, or 
Jt will bo too dry for grass and grain ; and. when 
It cornea autumn, the worry la lest the frosts should 
come too early and cut down all the crops. They 
have weevils, smut, and potato bugs on the brain 
all through tho summer, so that they cannot 
enjoy tho glorious seasons as they pass along; 
and before winter snows drift In fairy wreaths 
upon the earth, they croak ot cold weather and 
rheumatism, aud are Impatient for the warm 
spring again. 
Perhaps It Is constitutional for people lo make 
fools of themselves In this manner, but I do not 
believe it. Perhaps It Is their natural tempera¬ 
ment; butlfltis, T would get a different temper 
as soon as possible. 1 hare seen people that really 
seemed to enjoy being miserable. 1 do not believe 
it Is right. This endless fault-ti riding and antici¬ 
pating trouble all the time, Is wrong. We have 
Gou’s promise " that seed-time and harvest shall 
never fall us; and us P Is as sure as the succes¬ 
sion of the seasons and the rotation of the years, 
then of what possible good can It be, to always 
fret about it ? The Heavenly Father knows what 
we need better than short-sighted mortals, and 
all our stewing and complaining cannot alter the 
plana of the Almighty. We only waste our breath, 
and at tho last we may wish we had saved It, to 
keep us alive a little longer. 
Borrowing trouble Is another very prevalent 
habit, and It seems to me It Is wrong. I do be¬ 
lieve, people suffer more In anticipating evil, than 
they do In realizing It. Plenty of time to bear It 
when it arrives! I happen to think, just now, of 
a little illustration of the propensity of worrying 
without cause that 1 will write; it la no more 
absurd than a hundred and one every-day exam¬ 
ples that occur to wear out a person’s llfo and 
cheerfulness:—A mother was going to church one 
Sunday morning; her little girls were respectably 
equipped for public appearance, so she took them 
with her, for the sake of good example and pro¬ 
priety ; but the boys wero lert at home, because 
they had no hats or shoes suitable for tho occa¬ 
sion. 8he told them plainly what they must aud 
must not do during her absence, and charged 
them to be obedient and good. During the long 
prayers, her mind wandered off, and she com¬ 
menced thinking about the urchiua left, behind, 
and she thought that If Jimmv should go out to 
the big barn to look after hen’s eggs, and should 
climb up on the high beams and fall and break 
his neck; and Tom should wonder why Jimmy 
was gone so loug, and go out. to look for him, 
and go Into the stable, and the colt should kick 
him and break Ills leg; then, If Wilt, should won¬ 
der what the boys wero doing, and go to see; and 
tbe bull should got loose aud gore him to death ! 
She could not st and It,, and she began lo sob and 
weep as If her heart was broken; but snddeuly t he 
old proverb came Into her rnlud, “ Fret not thy 
gizzard, nor lot thy mazard bo troubled,” aud she 
was comforted; but she Install the good of Divine 
service that day, and was In a nervous, unhappy 
state of mlrnl till she got home, and found that 
not one of them had boen Into the barn while she 
was absent. 
Any person could say It was perfectly ridiculous 
for her to get up such an excitement and make 
herself uncomfortable, all for nothing; but it. was 
her way, maybe her ternpcrainuuL; but there are 
plenty of Individuals who do the same continual¬ 
ly, and so deprive themselves of happiness that 
they might enjoy, If they would only take things 
as they came, aud not borrow trouble. There are 
sad things enough In real lire, for Into « every life 
BOine rain must fall,” without. Imagining all sorts 
of disasters that, never will occur. Take lire easy, 
bear troubles that, come, bravely, aud be as happy 
as possible, Is the advice of one who has traveled 
the road. Grandmother. 
[GaANOMOTfi eh appears to have switched off 
her usual track of abusing this unwise generation 
because It. la unlike that of her youth, and now 
pitches Into humanity In gcnoraL If there are 
any real good, hearty people who do not fret over 
trifles, but just enjoy the good things which llfo 
brings to them, let us hear about them. Don’t 
all spoak at once!—E d. 
THIRTY-THREE YEARS IMPRISONED. 
A woman has lately been found In a secluded 
cave near Udlnu, In Italy, who had been impris¬ 
oned there thirty-three years, in isu she be¬ 
came attached lo an Austrian olllour, but her 
father, a violent, hater of the Austrians, who, at 
that time, were In possession or that part of 
Italy where he resided, refused his consent, to a 
marriage. The girl stated that she would then 
marry without his permission. He dissimulated 
his anger, and during a walk, In which he accom¬ 
panied her, he Induced her to descend into the 
cave with him by moans or a rope ln-dder, with a 
view of examining It. Ho was the llrst to ascend 
to the surface, and, withdrawing the ladder, left 
her. She was kept regularly supplied with food 
aud clothing. 
At her father’s death, her sister, whose hatred 
toward the Austrians was equally grout, contin¬ 
ued the Imprisonment. The unfortunate woman, 
on her liberation, had a complexion of death-llke 
pallor, caused by the darkness In which she had 
so long lived, and her voice had departed, through 
constant, cries for help during the early part of her 
sequestration. Hhc could speak ouly In a hoarse 
whisper. 
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FLIRTATION. 
“Tn a certain sense,” says a modern writer, 
“ all attractive females are more or less flirts.” 
It Is true there are some women about as good- 
lOOklhg as the rough side of a horse-radish grater, 
who read with glasses and eat with porcelain 
teeth, and yet flirt. There is an excuse for them. 
It Is business with them. They arc obliged to 
snap at tbc tlrst chance like hungry wolves. But 
girls who don’t have to Jump at ehauecs tllrt 
because It’s pretty business. True, It Is pretty, 
and Il ls right. It Is a very different thing from 
being a heartless coquette. Flirting In the 3ense 
we mean Is the only way a girl has to Unit out 
what her beau, possibly her future husband, Is 
like. A man always approaches a girl dressed In 
society politeness, and It Is tho girl’s duty to 
pierce this thin coating of sugar and plutn, and 
learn what Is beneath. She cannot accomplish 
this without flirting. 
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GIRLS’ ATTITUDE TO YOUNG MEN. 
There Is a thing or which I want to speak, and 
that Is of tho behavior ot girls toward young men 
who arc not lovers but simply friends. Lot me 
tell you plainly that our sex were not meant to 
be wooers! The custom prevalent among a cer¬ 
tain class of young ladles or asking, directly, or 
indirectly, the attentions of young gentlemen is 
not an admirable custom. “ My son,” said a lady 
to me, not long since, "is much prejudiced 
against a young girl, whom I admire, beeauso she 
Is constantly sending him notes, Inviting mm to 
be her escort here and there, and planning to 
have him with her.” A modest and dlgnltled re¬ 
serve, which Is neither prudery nor affectation, 
should distinguish your manner to gentlemen. 
Too great familiarity and too evident pleasure in 
the society of young men are errors Into which no 
delicate and pure-minded girl should fall. 
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Mmb. Christine Nilsson Is said to be a martyr 
to rheumatism, 
