i MAY 48 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
whatever la wanting to make the record complete 
and full. There Is always something fascinating 
in the perilous adventures of a brave man and 
most of General Bartlett’s experiences, his many 
successive wounds—he never went Into battle 
but once wltuout being disabled—his tenacity 
and devotion in persistently returning to his 
command, his capture at Petersburg, his patient 
endurance in prison of the sufferings consequent 
on the criminal delay In effecting his exchange, 
are all described In his letters and his diary with 
the pathetic simplicity of an Intrepid soldier 
conscious of doing no more than his plain duty as 
he sees It. 
As in war he “Imitated the actions of the 
tiger ’’ so In peace was he characterized by that 
“modest stillness and humility’’which so be¬ 
comes the true soldier. When the war closed he 
was a scarred and crippled veteran of twenty- 
five, and his record had made him the most con¬ 
spicuous soldier of his State. Ills position en¬ 
tailed upon him during the latter years of Ms 
life prominent duties In many of the military 
celebrations and It was then that he developed a 
talent for oratory never before suspected, and his 
eloquence will Huger long In the hearts of those 
whose privilege It was to hear hla words. “ How 
many are truor and better men for your influ¬ 
ence,” said one among the last letters he re¬ 
ceived “yon may never know. Your life Is 
already In many another man.” 
With singularly clear judgment and absolute 
Integrity and modesty he conducted his affairs at 
this period. Many civil positions of high honor 
and responsibility were proffered him but con¬ 
ceiving that each Involved some sacrifice of prin¬ 
ciple or Justice on hts part ho promptly declined 
them all. The devious and self-serving ways of 
tne politician he could not understand. It la 
altogether In keeping with the character of the 
man, that he, among the first alter the war, 
earnestly advocated the most liberal spirit of 
toleration on both sides os the surest and most 
consistent means of securing a Just and lasting 
peace; aud that when required by his business 
to reside In Richmond, the scene of ills Incarcera¬ 
tion as prisoner of war, he Speedily won by the 
virtues and graces of his private life the affection 
and respect of his late adversaries, to such a de¬ 
gree, that when the news eamn to them of his 
death, hla late residence In Richmond was 
draped In mourning, and assembled citizens 
passed resolutions expressive of their sense of 
bereavement In the death of the venerated and 
esteemed hero. 
Corporal Rriicc ol the Balnklava Six Hun¬ 
dred. By Gko. B. Perry. Boston: Lorinjf. 
Brice 50 cts. 
This Is a thrilling story of the time of the Cri¬ 
mean War, Corporal Bruce being one of the heroes 
of the Light Brigade, whose charge at Balaklava 
poets have rendered Immortal, it Is not all of 
war. however; the touching friendship of the two 
old retired veterans,—rathers of the hero and 
heroine,—whose life-long dream has been the 
consummation or their mutual devotion la the 
union or their children, the lalthful, tender and 
self-abnegating love of the heroine, the absorb¬ 
ing passion, ardor and courage of the hero as well 
as hla faults and weaknesses and his pathetic 
sufferings tu consequence of them, are all graph¬ 
ically depleted. Without betog sensational the 
story Is engrossing and fascinating. The plot is 
easily and naturally developed, and all the char¬ 
acters are finely delineated. 
Canoeing in Kanuckln j or, Haps and Mishaps, 
Afloat aud Ashore, of the Statesman, the Editor, 
the Artist and the Scribbler. Recorded by the 
Commodore and the Cook (C. L. Norton and 
J no. t! abbkrton). New York: G. P. Putnam 
& Sons. Price $1. 
The name of Uabberton on the title-page of a 
book Is a sure Indicator that tUo reader thereof 
will find In it no end of entertainment, and this 
latest addition to the author’s family of brain 
children displays the same characteristics as Its 
elder brothers. Beside heaps of fun and interest¬ 
ing incidents of travel, there Is much really valu¬ 
able information on the subject of canoes—the 
different models, their merits and demerits—and 
on the management of this now popular style of 
craft. 
The World’s Fair. Philadelphia, 1876. By FRAN¬ 
CIS A- Walkkr, Chief of the Bureau of Awards. 
New York: A. 8. Barnes & Co. Price75 etc. 
This Is a series of articles originally published 
In the International Review. The author, as 
Chief of the Bureau of Awards, is qualified to 
speak with authority on every phase of the sub¬ 
ject, and the book will be found a timely and sat¬ 
isfactory resume of the details of the American 
exhibition, by those who have In contemplation a 
visit to Paris during the exposition Just opened 
there. To the general reader it will commend It¬ 
self as an entertalulhg account of the administra¬ 
tion of the Fair at Philadelphia, and of the display 
of tlie various exhibits. 
Drew’a Window Garden. Published by Geo. 
W. Park, Mt. Veruon, O. Price 25 cts. 
W. C. L. Drkw (florlcultural correspondent of 
the Rural New-Yorker) has written a compre¬ 
hensive treatise on the culture or house-plants, 
complete lu seventeen chap lei's. It Is a plain, 
practical work, and those who are interested in 
window gardening will find it a useful little 
manual. 
J. b. LippiNcorr & oo. of Philadelphia will 
shortly publish a new novel, by the author of “ Odd 
Trump,” entitled •* The Clifton Picture.” Also, 
the Life or Alex. H. Stephens, written with the 
approval of Mr. Stevens by Prof. R. M. Johnston 
aud Win. Hand Browne, which will be large, com¬ 
plete and carefully prepared. 
The same house have Just Issued Petrarch, by 
Mrs. Ollphaut; ** a Sketch-Book of the American 
Episcopate,” Hoy. Dr. it. G. Batterson; *’A Study 
of Milton’s Paradise Lost,” by Jno. A. Hume; and 
“Earthly Suffering and Heavenly Glory,” by the 
Rev. Henry A. Boardman. 
BRIC-A-BRAC. 
He held her in his strong: right arm. 
Close to his throbbing side: 
They heard the music of the sea, 
The moaning of the tide 
Long years have passed, aud often now, 
The neighbors, either side— 
Hear, when the family Jars break out. 
The moaning of the tied. [Hawkeve. 
Glass slippers have been produced by the 
cunning artificers .of Vienna. The slippers are 
actually woven In fine flexible threads of glass. 
The novelty Is quite as much In the effect ns In 
the material. Not only do lines of colored 
light. In different hues, and distinctly definable, 
traverse the body of the slipper, but, with the 
motion of the foot of the wearer, these hues so 
blend and Intermingle as to produce a magical 
and beautiful effect, particularly when seen by 
gaslight. 
Hear the bell-punch with its belhc- 
O. what a slew of revenue their melody foretells! 
How they Jingle, Jingle, Ijingle. in the glaring air of 
noon. 
While the breakers, twain and single, 
By the ingle, mingle, mingle, aa he stirs them with a 
spoon, 
With a spoon, spoon, spoon, spoon, 
Spoon spoon, spoon, spoon, 
With the olrcumbobulatlon of the spoon 
E. A. P. in the Graphic. 
MATRIMONT AMONG ENGLISH PAUPERS. 
How one’s Ideals of the clluglng and enduring 
nature of the marriage compact are shattered by 
the following: It has been very properly In¬ 
sisted that to forcibly separate old married 
couples In the workhouse Is cruel and unneces¬ 
sary. But In St. Pancras workhouse, according 
to a writer in the Dally Telegraph, the old couples 
do not care to live together. In the course of a 
graphic account of a visit recently paid to the 
workhouse ho says, in reference to the rooms set 
apart there for old couples: 
In fact, the married rooms are an utter and 
complete falluro. The old ladles, so long as they 
can see their good men occasionally, apparently 
do not care to be bored with their perpetual pres¬ 
ence, and they Infinitely prefer a gossiping life In 
a dormitory of women. The old men shake 
hands with their partners at this last stage of 
their career, and take their pipes and their 
snuff-boxes off to the rooms where they can chat 
with male companions. The good wife Is, I am 
ashamed to say, regarded by the 8t. Pancras 
pauper as a useful and not an ornamental luxury. 
She was all very well when she was able to make 
a dumpling or boll a potato; but now that the 
boiling and baking, the cleaning and the bed- 
making, la done by ordinary workhouse routine., 
I grieve to say these selfish old gentlemen politely 
take off their hats and bid adieu to the “old 
woman ’’ at the workhouse door. This Is all ter¬ 
ribly unsentimental, but Is a fact. 
A BIBLICAL ALPHABET. 
A was a triator hung by tho hair— 
II. Samuel, xviii.. 9. 
B was a folly built big h in the air— 
Gonesis, xi„ 9. 
C was a fountain o’er-looklng the sea— 
I Kings, xviii., 43-45, 
D was a muse burled under a tree— 
Genesis, xxv., 8. 
E was a first-born bad from his youth— 
Hebrew. xl„ 16, 
F was a ruler who trembled at truth— 
Acta, xxlv.,25. 
G was a messenger sent with good words— 
Daniel, ix., 31. 
H was a mother loaned to the Lord— 
L 8amuel, i. 37—38, 
I was a name received of the Lord- 
Genesis, xxxii 21—28. 
J was a shepherd in Arabian land— 
Exodus, iii„ L 
K was a place near the desert of sand— 
Deuteronomy, i., 10 
L was a pauper begging his bread— 
Luke, xvi., 30—21, 
M was an idol, an object of dread— 
Leviticus xx. ,2—3 
N was an architect ages ago— 
Genesis, vi., 13- -23. 
O was a rampart to keep out the foe— 
II Ohroaiclcs, xvU3-3. 
P was an isle, whence a saint looked above— 
Revelations, i.,4-9 
Q was a Christian sainted in love— 
Romans, xvi., 34. 
R was obscure, yet a mother of Kings— 
Matthew, i.. 5. 
S was a Danite, who did wonderful things— 
Judges, xiv„ 5-6. 
T was a city that had a stronghold— 
IT. Samuel, xxiv., 7. 
U was a country productive of gold— 
Jeremiah, x., 8. 
V wae a queen whom a King set aside— 
Esther, i„ 10—22, 
Z was a place where a man wished to hide— 
Genesis, xix., 1. 
Read II. Timothy, iii., 15. 
IHuffalo Sunclau Nates. 
The king of Denmark is an amiable and Judi¬ 
cious sovereign. A poor woman, the wife of a la¬ 
borer, past fifty, observing a few mouths ago three 
children, who had fallen through the Ice on a 
lake, rushed into the water, and at the imminent 
peril of her own life, rescued the children. Uls 
Majesty tho king decided that this act or bravery 
should not pass unrewarded. Tho poor woman 
was sent up to town from the country; a room 
was prepared for her in the royal palace, where 
she stayed a couple of days to see the sights of 
Copenhagen, and she received rrorn the bands of 
the king, lu the presence of the royal family, 
tho medal and ribbon for civil acts or bravery, 
being the first woman In Denmark who has re¬ 
ceived this houor. on one evening the king had 
secured places for her and her family In the Roy¬ 
al Theatre, where she was the observed of all 
observers. 
(Stontm. 
, CONDUCTED BY MISS FAITH RIPLEY. 
BEAUTIFUL THINGS. 
Beautiful faces are those that wear— 
It matters little if dark or fair— 
Whole-souled honesty printed there. 
Beautiful eyes are those that show. 
Like crystal panes where hearih-fires glow, 
Beautiful thoughts that burn below. 
Beautiful lips are those whose words 
Leap from the heart like songs of birds. 
Yet whose utterance prudence girds. 
Beautiful bands are those that do 
Work that is earnest and brave and true. 
Moment by moment the long day through. 
Beautiful feet are those that go 
On kindly ministries to and fro— 
Down lowliest ways, if God wills it so. 
Beautiful shoulders are those that bear 
CeaseleeB burdens of homely care 
With patient grace and daily prayer' 
Beautiful lives are those that bless— 
Silent rivers of happiness. 
Whose hidden fountains but few may guess. 
t LUtelVs Living Age. 
-- 
INFLUENCE OF WOMEN. 
IS MBS LUCY WEBB HATES PRESIDENT OP THE UNI¬ 
TED STATES?—ABSURDITIES OP THE POSITION 
ILLUSTRATED. 
Those who propose giving to women absolute 
civil and political freedom urge as an excuse 
for not so doing that they already have all the 
power they need. We are gravely told that 
“ lovely woman" even now does more by her In¬ 
direct. Influence than men accomplish directly. 
We are Informed that “ the hand that rockB 
the cradle rules the world,’” and men at. public 
dinners are prone to grow maudllngly eloquent, 
over “ The Ladles, God bless ’em,” and “ Woman, 
God’s last, best gift to man.” By the way what 
a runny assumption of man’3 usual position there 
is even in this last Intended compliment—“God’s 
gift to man.” Evidently the masculine mind 
cannot be disabused of the Idea that everything, 
woman Included, was made for him. One is also 
tempted to ask how many of the hands that 
rock the cradle can command a new dress when 
they need one? 
MRS. DAHLGREN’S POSITION. 
Even women are forced to reiterate all this 
nonsense. For Instance lu Washington there Is 
a handful of ladles who oppose the woman suf¬ 
frage movement. They are headed by Mrs. 
Dahlgren, herself an amusing specimen ef the 
contradictoriness of woman’s position, and the 
uselessness of her “Indirect Influence." This 
lady professes not to be “ strongmtnded,” yet 
she Is known uot. alter the meek, old-fashioned 
way as Mrs. Ulrtc Dahlgren.” hut her maiden 
name, “Madeline Vinton Dahlgren," wheieas 
a truly humble wife should have utterly sunk 
her Individuality lu her husband’s. Again, wish¬ 
ing to obtain money for the Dahlgren guns, the 
Invention of tho late Admiral, hla widow has ap¬ 
peared before congressional committees and 
urged her claims with much eloquence. Yet 
when women ask for suffrage Mrs, Dahlgren op¬ 
poses their claim, and prettily prattles of that 
“ moral influence over men” which Is all potent 
“ In business affairs.’’ The lady’s utteraneesare 
sufficiently answered by her own actions. She 
claims to speak for the masses o( “ silent women," 
yet herself loudly pleads for her moneyed inter¬ 
ests. She tells other women to be contented 
with “Indirect influence,” but herself demands 
personal recognition. 
NECESSITIES OP DIRECT FOWER. 
if It were not that centuries of subordination 
have made women blind to their own Interests, 
they would unite in asking with one voice tor di¬ 
rect power the necessity of which is constantly 
demonstrated. Take our school teachers for in¬ 
stance. Of what avail was their “moral influ¬ 
ence” against an unjust reduction of their sala¬ 
ries? if those 27,000 women had been 27,000 vo¬ 
ters, will not every one admit that their direct 
political influence would have been far more 
potent In receiving their protection? Again, 
look at the “praying bands” of the Western 
temperance excitement two years ago. They 
tried faithfully the womanly weapons of tears 
aud prayers. Of what use was Lila “ Indirect 
Influenee” compared to man’s power In legisla¬ 
tion? All the persuasions of those women 
amounted to absolutely nothing, because they had 
not the direct control of the laws, which alone 
can strike a blow at the evil of which they com¬ 
plained. 
It Is so In all ways and m every direction. 
Womanly protests, womanly entreaties are of no 
avail to give to women protection lu their dear¬ 
est Interests, and men smile sweetly under wo¬ 
manly Influence In states where women have no 
right to their own property, their own earnings, 
or even their own children. 
FEMALE LOBBYISTS. 
But we do not. pretend to deny that women 
have in all ages wielded a roundabout Influence 
often pernicious lu Its effects because of its Indi¬ 
rectness. There Is no position more dangerous 
than that of “ the power behind the throne,” be>- 
cause It is power without responsibility. We 
have seen women who had been taught all their 
lives that the only war to rule meu was by their 
charms; using those charms to gain unjust nr 
wicked ends, it has been said that we needed no 
women lu public lire at Washington, because of 
the corrupting influence of women like Mrs. 
Stanton and Mrs. Livermore actlug as Senators 
or Representatives, or the indirect Influence of a 
painted and bedizened female member of “the 
third House ?” And who la most likely, to banish 
these unhappy specimens of their sex, dignified 
elderly ladles, or the silly elderly gentlemen who 
are now so easily befolbled ? 
A WIFE’S INDIRECT INFLUENCE. 
Again, It Is always a sad sight to see a woman 
of real ability and worth trying to accomplish by 
her " Indirect influence” what the law and tho 
usage prevent her from doing directly, rn other 
words, to see the brilliant and talented wife of a 
mediocre man laboring desperately to help him 
to power and keep him in place. After all her 
efforts he must still at the critical moment do the 
work himself, and thus swift failure is sure to re¬ 
sult. However carefully the wife may have 
coached him at home, it is the man himself who 
must make the speech or act In the committee, 
and then the inevitable blunder tollows because 
the mouth-piece has not beside him, the ready- 
witted brain. 
MADAME ROLAND. 
To go back nearly a century, the story of Mme. 
Roland Is a striking Illustration of this. She It 
was who stimulated her husband to assume the 
position be took as a revolutionary leader; she 
prepared his speeches, but, alas! could not de¬ 
liver them. History records no more sinking pic¬ 
ture than that of the brilliant and beautiful wife 
leaning eagerly forward from the gallery, her 
fine face a-glow with excitement, while her com¬ 
mon-place husband tried to utter the eloquent 
words she had prepared tor him. How much 
more flttlag it would have been if that glorious 
woman could have stood in the tribune herself, 
and poured forth the appeals which her genius 
would have rendered all potent. 
Talk of woman’s “ Indirect Influence !” What 
was the result In this case ?” That because the 
poor husband had not the grand wife with him he 
blundered .and fell. The result is only the old 
sadsoryl Women must he contented with an 
indirect place so long as there 1 b power or glory 
to be won, but when the meed ts hardship or suf¬ 
fering then they must bear their harden directly 
on their own shoulder. So this gifted betog, who 
had never been allowed to utter one word in her 
own behalf, bore the penalty of an Indirect in¬ 
fluence by the loss of life Itself, and another name 
was added ts the long Use of women marryrsto 
man’s most unjust laws, when the fairest head In 
France fell on the block. 
MBS. LOO AN AND MRS. WILLIAMS. 
In our own country we have seen In many In¬ 
stances of a womans laboring a lifetime to bring 
a husband Into power only to have him fall at the 
critical moment because he stood in the place 
which she should have properly filled it Is no¬ 
torious that ex-Senator Logan owed his position 
to the exertions or his brilliant wife, who suc¬ 
ceeded in placing him in the Senate chamber, hue 
who could uot keep him there. The new Sena¬ 
tor, Williams, of Kentucky, Is said to owe his 
place to similar indirect feminine imiuence. It 
remains to be proved where the real strength 
Ues. 
MRS. PRESIDENT HATES. 
But a still more striking Instance of Indirect 
Influence Is to be seen la the White House to-day 
No one can look In the faces of our worthy Presi¬ 
dent and his most exce’lant wife without seeing 
where tho real strength lies. Evidently from the 
moment the young Rutherford had sense 
enough to fall m love with Lucy Webb she has 
been his guide and controller. To-day she is 
undoubtedly tne real president of the United 
States, indirectly this has been acklowledged; 
on all pubUc occasions Mrs. Hayes has been pre¬ 
sented and cheered on, being recognized by 
great audiences as one of the most Important 
membora or the Presidential party. Her dicta¬ 
tion on the subject of wine has been all powful at 
State dinners, and the other day, in Philadel¬ 
phia the honest “ sailor men” did not dare to 
Imbibe their very mild form of “ grog” until tney 
had asked permission, not of Mr., but of Mi's. 
Hayes. 
No doubt the men of tho country have done 
well in so arrranglng their last abortive attempt 
at an election that its result has been to make 
Mrs. nayes President; but as she alas 1 cannot 
preside at Cabinet meetings, aud as the Secre¬ 
tary of State has unfortunately no “indirect in¬ 
fluence” to give him backbone, we have the 
singularly weak administration which is now 
afflicting the nation. Next time we suggestthat 
the men elect Mrs. Hayes by direct vote, as she 
has not said she will not serve a second term. 
Lillie Deykreux Blake, 
--- 
The manager of the'Chtcago Daily Kerning post, 
Oliver A. Willard, Esq., a very capable man, 
died a few weeks ago; and Uls place has been 
Ailed by his wife, who takes charge of the busi¬ 
ness department, and hts sister, Miss Francis E. 
'-Willard, who will control the editorial depart¬ 
ment.. Their card to the public shows that they 
have a good idea or what a newspaper ought to 
be and we wish them great success. Miss Wil¬ 
lard has had much experience in public lire 
and In helping on the causes which benefit pub¬ 
Uc morality, aud brings no uupratlced pen Into 
her new editorial work. To an earlier generation 
the name of her mother, Mrs. Ecnma Willard, 
was very familiar as that of a writer and teacher. 
There are now seventy-two postmistresses 
In the United States, one of whom. Miss Nina 
Hodges, in the Des Moines post-office. Is said to 
have handled and paid out four million dollars. 
For the first time in Holland, the degree of 
Doctor of Medicine has been conferred on a lady. 
Miss Aletta Jacobs, who has announced her In¬ 
tention to practice medicine at Amsterdam. 
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Several answers to correspondents asking In¬ 
formation about fashions, books, and the com¬ 
plexion have to be omitted this week on acco 
of want of space.— Faith Ridley. 
