Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 12, 1874, Page 5

=3 o 0te Xe 1 3 5 1 t i 4 ; 3 : THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1874 5 M Letter from & Strong-Minded ‘Woman, ugn This Talk of Superiority and Inferiority Is St and Nonsense.* fip “Tocks Back on Her Childhood, and (hafes at the Restraints which Tere Imposed upon Her.” { ) THE WOMAN QUESTION. ! ant by an Opponent of Wo- g man-Suffrage. Ho Holds that It Would Result in the Violent Destruction of Popu- ] lar Government. i The 1 posnd saturday Review on the Pro- «Epicene Club” in London. ghe Dangers of Such an Institution-s= Why Some Women Are Revolting - Against Privacy and Do- mesticity. wepan's Rights in Englend During the Last Century. Yiews of A Stronz-Tinded Woman. sothe Eétar of The Chicago Trabune : Sm: When the leading journalof the Weat gevotes & page of 1tS Sunday issue to * The Wo- £an Question,” the siguficance of tho fact i s for us women to congratulate ourselves, 424 not ouly ourselves, buz the editor who so geseronels gives tho “pros and cons” a credit- solo Leariog. The prominenco given to the pesent plase of this question woula almost Jead o6 t0 suppose that woman had never before een the cause of controvessy. The fussin the spplestory was the firet oue of which we have gy record, sud, from that timo until uow, yomin Las been a sort of uusolsable nddle—a rordescrint to whick no really proper position igsociety could be aesigned. The problem grows o s, sod to-duy ussumes a shape that only a sentist or & sociologist secems capable of work- irgont. And scientists do not ecorn the study. Wears coming to Le an important element meiety. The coutroversies regardivg our righte are no longer carried on etrictly throngh ndical mediums. The cooservative treats the voman quegtion with consideration. Conpress doesnot iguore it. sess i3 not the only spiric which invesugates 1t. Mezasd womea geaerslly are awake to the is- mes which hinge upon the preseut phase of woman's rights. It is THE CAUSE OF TRE HOUR. One of your feir correspondents objects to {he term subjection of women ; doek not believe thers is such & state ; fancies that even John Btuart Mill was eubject to some women. She is fortunate if he has escaped through life any intimate acquaintance with such a condition, It is eafe to assert that she is an exceptional woman in this sespect. Thousends will arice to sabstantiate the fact of subjection, to one who Gieclaimn 1t. The very importance which the question is}to-day aseuming substantiates the fact. Could the inner lives of most women be revealed fous, they would startle the boldest reformer into new efforts of emancipation for woman. Pnde and scnsitiveness have kept secret watch over ibe subjective sufferings of women. We all know wives who buve stood 1n bodily fear of buebands, aud were too timid to denounce them to even their pearest friends. Were thers no felaa distinctions in_society, there would never ariee these brutal relations. ' Tho very fact that, {broughout the history of the world, woman has Leen compelled to asgert her right to equality, 18 proof that she was looked upou and dealt with 88 aninferior. Sho was forced once to assert ber rights to it at tho tabie with her lord and master. Christisnity even taught her * subjec- tion.” She has fought her own way out of its crudest forms ; ehe is 4 FIGUTING STILL HER WAY OUT of more refined injustice. The pioneers. of woman's rights have. in all ages, been aggressive 0d uncomfortable. Their methods pam the over-sensitive. 1f it hos always becn man's na- wre~3s andbther correxpondent claims—to shel- ter, protect, and love women. it has also been Bs cawre to domincer and expect submission as sn offset for his shel- teng, placablencss for his protection, sud Limitations for nis love. Tho fact is, the natural man is inclined to bhave bis own way, 1d has had it presty effectually. Afew fractious females fuss and fume, and carry the day by Drsterical storms ; but the fundamental facts of the relations of men and womeu are, or have been for the most. part, domination and subjec- tion. The tuhulence of the times attests this, | If the ociclogical water had 1.0t been very foal snd muddv. afew strong-minded women “could oot bave stirred up such & seetbing mass as to- —~—— day surgesupon the shores of our every-day life. The strong-minded craft swamp sbout, sad make suca sorry work of steering, the world would fain pray for the old calm to rest upou the tronbled waters, however dangerous they may bave been, howerver falze and allunng. We Iong to see the trim little eails glide over sum- mer-zess, guided by man, no matter into what trescherous port they cast auchor. Only keep qoiet, we beg, and fill ont » serene and Jovely pictore. Be womanly, do, and ‘‘the grace of the male sex” shnll grant you . all Fou desire,—s¢ least all you deserve. * The gou- L(:mexe' 8Y cry peace, peace; but there is no Ppeace.” We sirong-minded women will o EEEP THE WATERS STIRRED ot they satele themselves into consistent calm- est, and we purpose to ewamp in them rather 21 1o give ovor trving to steer for ourselves, or, at all events, eide by side with men &s our e}mmomm navigation. The stoutest-hearted 9f us do not ignore the benefit of & brave com- Jmion. The comprebensiva law of love shall hugno controlling impulso because we join b 8 with mau in noble cffort, instead of meek- Iy tutsiding into aimless subjection. {5 SOMTeBpondent who lays such atross upon © lack of the fighting element in woman a3 Eoof_ of her inferiority, may suddenly be n:}ked out of his senea of propriety by some e methiod of warfare which may beas effec- Yok knock-down argument us fisticuffs. We SpUd ask if that is tho characteristic cloment Waoliness ? In the animal creation the female @ is the most ferocious. As we evolve tndJep dmtlism wo drop off the claws b b:m out the blows. A fighting man will peut hl:]rd of in the courxo of centuries of Al this talk of superiority and inferiority 18 i . B STUFF AND NONBENSE. e osen Settled by assumption. When a fow we‘fimmna of men and women, 1mpressed with b “l&magompuor_ equality in tho sexes, have nooed in giving 1o each alike phssical ad- 1.“?"'" bave educated girls the same a5 boys, g ressed them alike, trosted them alike, hfiwnmenl)wnhfl below the standard, it will "meto talk of superiority and inferiority. to o 10 our very cradles, we are subjected ‘h:l:nul: different methods of living and doing, most foder the difference. is 5o marked 2 ihe wale png i H e female infant varice. Al- mihe lour or birth the treatment of R l’flla boy 18 D garments that give free play to mus- E‘}:&ruunufl, and which will stand a reasona- o monnt of wear aud tear. The little lady 18 on 8 strain ndnr care-taking, lest s be soiled, the dawty fabric ot Lattis lady can run, sod climb, aod !fll‘ if left to her own will; but she oldom is. s :Smm to the rocking-horsa or the fence- “p“s Ler brother does ; but some stern guardi- m!"“‘:fl:l-{!m _emphaticaliy puts_hor foot o on il climbing proclinitics. So, in the feoty D:fim' life, a woman fiuds an ogre. of cor- g 0‘:1 ty standing guard over the proprieties, e o thos early learns that gy aspiration in fi\hr gox is not markotyple stodk in gocie- ~y dfluhn walks feuce-rai); the ehont of - tom- G s ber down. .If all gpirit is ot driven of ber by this treatment, and, Iater in life, boy, spelled long, would drive her down if § could.” T 100k back on my childhood, sand | " CHAYE AT THE RESTBAINTS which were imuosod upon me, and took what little vim Nature bod given me away. My dresses wore too pretty fi;: rough play. I was 80 effectually schooled in girls' plays that about tho only quarrels my brother und myself had grew out of my ladylike unwillingness to be his horee, or tend engineon a steamboat improvised from a trunk, or some other of his delightfal plays. His fighting mimn!itien came out in attempts 1o tear m}’ oll's hair, or sacrifice my worsted work, which Was only overcome by paternal authority ; and I wish now he hud con- quered. If I would start ont on an errand with a skip, hop, and s jump, I was remsnded back to the gate, to take a more dignified_gait for o girl! This sects & tnifling instavce, bat is only one in millions, and tells a good ways in this evers lasting story of superiority and inferiority. I am not quite resdy to adopt a friend’s theary, who doclares, if ho had a family, he wonld dress Rirls and boys alike, in red flaunel uight-draw- crs, until they wore 15 years of age: but. uutil both dress and discipline are assimilated in the sexcs, this vexed question of weaker and stronger Physicaily can be settled ONLY BY ASSUMPTION, With regard to mental - difforences, the same holds good s0 long as the one is rogarded ini- ferior i the curnculum of tho schools. With regard to business qualifications, there is scarcely a shadow a8 yet upon which to base the capability or”incapabilicy of woman for bueiness. A ‘boy knows periectly well, before lio leaves off bis roundabouts, that, with the achievement of coat-tails, he is to push out for Iconoclastic strong-minded- | himseif. A girt has uever a glimpye of an idea ‘wbat she is going to do, or what anybody is going to do with ber, rather. She counot con- template any other condition than being done for, and shé is done for usnally most decidedly for all time. . In the general stirring up of the sociological 8ca, o multitude of questions are included in this goneral - woman question.” Tho right of the ballot stands out firomineutlv. The bailot is the redoubtable bombehell which, in the minds of gome, will, when exploded 1 the encmy's camp, cause a uviversal stampede. Other rights assume the all-important shape in other nunds. The subjects of education, marrings, freo love, equal pay, individual liberty, dress reform, and vatious others, are receiving such a siaro of actention as gives Eignificance to the mfluence of the * wormzu guestion.” Al thouo irsues which are involved in the principal ques- tion noed pertiveut handling. The worid moves. Women at last REASON AND THINK. Wealkness is at a discount. Siroug-mindedness is rolling stock, ‘hers is a yizatcous warfaro of woids, if not of blows. Allow me to again congrutulate you, Mr. Editor, on the spirit which oiers your columns for an open field and & fair fight; and may the rigot win, Tbo right is sure towin. Victory is already iuscribed upon the “women's rights™ banucer. When the hour of our triamph comes, wo will show the world hovw generous we can be, like true soldiers. W shall uot have grown too warhke to be womanly, nor +ball we be too triumplant to be tender. Out- growinz only our weakuesscs, we shall have evoived a puwrer, higher, loftier staudpoint of wosanhood. b4 Woman-Suftrace, To the Editor of The Chicuao Tritune: Sim: Iu my last commumication I arrived at the conclusion, that inasmuchas the depeudence of the feniale on the good-will of the maleisa fact. cateblished by Naturo herself, which no enactment of o law of oquality can change, as that very law itself would depend ouly on tho grace of the male eex, the question ag issue could only be rationally argued on the point: Would the grauting of equal rights bo a benefit to society ? Much as I wonld be willing to gratify the wishes of the fair claimants by an aflirmative anewer, o duo consideration of the wolfare of society (and as well of the female as the male portion thereof) forces mo to cmpbatically and positively reply with “No!” And I do so be- cause I am satisfied that—whatever may be tho value of an equality of righta in-otber respects, which I do not care to dizcuss here, as each eingle claim for rights must be trcated on its own merits—the extension of ;the right of suf- frago to the female would bo attended by the MOST DESTRUCTIVE CONSEQUENCES to the peece and stability of the State, and would finally resu't in nothing less than tho utter de- struction of popular government itself by violent aod bloody revolution and civii war. For the reason, namely : that the extcnsion of suffrzge to the female sex would destroy the possibility of attaining the very purpose which tho right of suffrage tries to accomplish. That purpose is neither mote nor less thun to secure the peacefnl existence of the State by shapingthe Government of the samein obedtence to the will of the strougest power. And tho right of suffrage tries to obtain tius end by removivg auy temptation, a5 well fzom tue purty which is posseesed of the strongest powor, as from the weaker one, to- wards attempting to coutsol the adminisiration of the State for the furtheranca of their interests by exercising their natural riglits of using their own *“facu'ties for their own beuefit,” in the vio- lent and forcible suppression of interests hostile tothem. as are thoso of the opposite party. For it is evideut that, if the will of the stronger party be cauied out by tho Government of the State, the weaker party, whose contrary inter- ests are disregarded, will not be inclined to maie au attempt to securs tho advaucement of its 1n- tercats by force, as, the opposite party being stronger, such an &ttempt would carry with 1t the corteinzy of failure, and hence would bo an absurdity too glariug to be- undertaken by ra- tiousl beings. But, destroy the conviction that the governing party is (o more powerial oue, what mouve remaius to secure the acquiescence of the other party in the disregard and violation of its iuterests by the oxwung Goverument? None at all! For arenot ** Governments created for the advancement of the interestsof the gov- erned " 7—and, cousequently. are uot the gov- erned justified to oupose, * by the exercise of their natural faculticy,"—that is, by any means in their power,—any Governwent disiegarding sheir interests? Aud, if tho opposition fails to accomplist the abolishment of the violation of its intercuts in favor of the iutcrests of the ral- ing party, by peaceful means, what wiil provent it from putting un end to tuat distegard of their iuterests BY PORCIDLE MEANS? Nothing else. than the couviction that the employment of forcible meaun would noi achievo the rebult mmed at. But this convietion is only cousequent upon tbe consciousness that the ruling pariy 1s the strovger oue, snd bLence posseuscs the power cuabling it to achievo the victory inan opeuly-hosuleconteat of forces. Thie cousciousness beiug the only element upou which the peaceful acquiescence of the suppressed in the Government of the ruling parry is based, any institution that will teud to creaie it i cou- ducive to the peaceful existence avd develop- meut of the State. Aud, if peaceful existence is an essential element of :ho weifare of socicty in geoeral, it follows that the interests of the latter demand the greatest possible perfection of such etitutions which may produce tuat result, viz.: the consciousuess of any aud everybody, that the reins of Governmeat are indeed held by a party able to inforce its laws sod messures aguist auy oppeettion that may Lappen to feel aggrievod =nd arise sgaiust their execation. Now, I claim that the institution of manbood- suffrage attning that end beiter than anytaing clso yot devised or proposed. Brcause it is an assumption, sufficiently reasonable to impress even the mos fanatical parcisans withits weight, that the majority of the vote under a system of ‘manhood-suffrage is very apt to also CABRY WITH IT THE SUPERIORITY OF POWER. And & Government clected by a mujority of tho male vote will most propably possess the power neccesary to euforce its measures against uny attempts of resistance of aggrieved partics. Now, it is possible that tho right of suilrage, as at present exercised, mav sull be open 10 im- rovements, Such as would more perfectly bring about harmony between the institutions of the Stato and tbe unchangeable law of Nature which has made the weaker dependeat upon the stropger power; yet the introduction of female “anfiraga would not only not have apy such tendency, but would, on the contrary, utterly destroy that security of couviction, na- cessary to the maintenance of peaces and tho sta- Dbility of soctety, that the party which has been chosen to govern by the exercise of the right of suffrage is also the party endowed with the natural qualitics of power sufiicient to_maintain its supreme will against opposition. Grant the right of woman-sufirage, and the resule of any slection will give rise to the consideration of the question by tno defeated party, whether or not their defeat was due to tho vote of the female element. And, if such appear to b the case, would they not be inclined to exercise their ¢ patural rights of taking care of their own in- teresis” by appealing from the decision of the ballot-box, brought about by the influence of the female vote, to the ligher and definite decision of the question at issue by ; THE PERSUASIVE POWER OF BULLETS § which decision, Naturo hes ordained, female power cannot influence ? i ? In short, I consider the extension of the right a8 dpgirea 1o tae platform, (he shout of tom- | of suffrage to the female gex &8 & permaneat challengs directed to any perty defeated st au elcetion to 6ec aside the result of the latter by Tising 1n armed rebellion, whenever there ap- Pears to be a probability ‘of their gaiaing the victory in the civil war ensuing., That ths de- struction of not only the female suffrage, but of any anll'n%:, and of Popular Government, would very uoon be accomplished by the mulitarv des- potism of some party defeated at tho ballot-box of equal rights, but victorious in the battlo- fleld, is & mere matter of course. Hence I con- cludo that the establishment of femalo suffrage is contrary to the interests of wocicty; and, moreover, =t lenst as much contrary to the inter- ests of the female part thercof as to those of the male part, Jonx H. BECKER. The Epicene Club. From the London Saturday Reciete, June 20, One might think we had clubs enongh al- ready, with all those that aro afloat, but still more are projected to supply what is vaguely called @ pressing social peed. The shouting, singing, frec-and-easy club of artists and Bobe- miang: the grave, dialectical club of politiciang aud scholars; tho silent, business-like club where whist is treated as one of the important occupations of life, and substantial sums of money change hands over the rubber as method- ically as on settling-day in the House ; the bust- ling, noisy, botting club where turfites discuss tho merits of tho favorite in tanguage of strange construction, and whero each member is in ox- clusivo possession of the *straight tip” which will “bring him home,” and warrant his *put- ting ou the pot;" the mere club which is noth- ing but a club,—a place for couvenicnt dinners, for the newspapors and magazines, & good ad- dress for the miserable bachelor, and a safe re- treat for the barasscd Beuedict,—all these aro a4 nothing compared to the last new thing pro- posed; namely, . THE DPICENE CLUR ‘where men and women may meet and receive their privato lotters, make appointmouts of which no one knows but thomsetves, ent their mutton-chops, and discuss the afTwrs of Europs together, without fear of Mrs. Grundy or sub- mission to the ordinary restrmints of the draw- ing-room. ‘The proposers of this new fusion are about to make o bold experiment,—if indeed they get o suflicientiy large following o bo abie to make it at all, for we faucy that more beside ourselvesare doubtful of 1ts success; and 1t may be that those who desire it most are just thoss whose support is least deeired by the promoters, It is of courso vpossible that it may succeed when put in work- iog order, aud expericace alons can dotormine Low much vitshty and feasibility it posscsses. But, viewing it from a distaace, and as impartial spoctators weighing dangers aud mieseuring chauces, it ecems Lo us 3 matter bristling with difticulties of all kinds. At the vory owisct, the details of membership will be bard to arravge, and the werlk of the Committee will be, wa should think, 28 plonsaut as walking over burning plo: hares or daucing mmong ¢rgs; for the con tions of incligivility must cither be so elastic a8 to inclute maoy doubiful elements, or to rigid 05 to penl the commeraul succens of the schemo by exclusiveuess. Ia cither case, will the majority of women care to submit them: en to the chances of rejection, with the gk at will be ussumed to be implied 10 that rejection? Men aro acenstomed to this kind of thiug. and are not hurt by it, but women are not aecitetomed to it, nnd are senstive ; and it is scarcely probable that the ledy-candidate for admission 1uto the Epicens Chub, who been biackballed by an overwhelmmg majorits, will accept lier dexial with 18 00d a grace #s Uio ordinary man in the fume pusitton. Sie will feel that it 1s sowmchow A DISGESCE, AN INMPUTATION, A SLIOAT; and her friends will feel S0 two, and will resent hor rojeciion sy an insult. Tbe explauation that sbe is not considered a clubable surt of per- sou, will earry no woight with it, nud no ene will Le able to fall back on the imporsenal objection of her profession and its already redundant rep- 1esentation in the Club, And, this being g0, wo question whethsr the nicest women will care to nubject themselves to the various procesees of canvassing, discussion, inquiry, and peesiblo rejection iucident to club-membership. Those whio are no 8o nice are not £o desirabie. Then, aro nomarried women to be zamitted ? If eo, what it to e the lowest age of momber- ship? It seems ecicaly fair to zllow the mear- ried coquette of 19 a right which she is sure to abuse, and forbid the siaid spinater of twico hor age apnvilege which she would have neither tae wish nor the tempiation to turn to evil ases. Bat, if unmarried wemen are to be membere at 2all, we cannot see how 1t would work to make » distinction between them auod the wives, either in agoor personal appemiauce. Yet, agsin, if girls of 21 or eo, young, pretty, and engaging, are to be members, there wiil be little geacs left in the homes of those lady-members who own light-minded lords. also members ; sud the door which will bo opened to jealousy, prriog, scaa- dsl, and suspicion, will” b very wide indecd. Even if a defivite age, sounding sato enough, is to be set, we still do not quile soe that absolute security which of itsell would disarm all suspicion aud put avend to doubt, The mature siren is as dangerous, all _things cousid- ecred, a8 the youthful*one; and a handsome, clever, well-constituted woman of 40 migit do even more damage thaua gitl of 13, pecause, knowing better the weight of her metal, sud Low far it carries. 1t would scarcely do, huwever, to make the qualification for_spiuster-membership cowsist in confessed homeliness for the salke of keeping the peace among the wives, or to eunct that part of the ceremony of admssion sbould be o solemn onth taken against flirting. Yet, whero pretty women and pleasunt men are mized up together in the sens facon of a club, THERE WILL BE FLIRTING as surely as_thero is flirtng now under more aifflcult conditions. Sex is a great fact, let the new school which wauts to create a third gender say what it will ; and we caunos_ believe that an Enpicens Club, where Don Juan may meot Dona Julia without the trouble of arrangivg An pskignation beforchand, eud lively epinsters may have unrestricted asscciation witli discarsive Benedicts, will bo the safest kind of thing, looked at all round. It would be very pleasant, no doubt ; it would save the exoenditure of Loth wits and falsebood ; the old trick of calling at the pastrycool’s for letiers would be unnecessa~ ry ; and meetings tiat came, au it wers, of them- selves, and in the natural order of events, would excite less suspicion and afford more frecdom than if they bad to bo plauned for and precau- tious taken against discovery. Still. other in- terests have to Le considered begides these, and perlisps those aro the interosts which would be most ondangered under tho proposed arrange- ment. Setting aside the obvious uses to which an Epicene Club might be turned, and to which there is no kind of doubt it would be turned in many ivstances, the question remains, ARE WOMEN, FOI THE MOET PART. CLUBABLE? We think not. Nervous and irritable, rall of strange fancies, given to nufounded dislikes and rootless friendships, impatient of small sunos- unces, most women have littlo real command over themsclves, and are apt to show their feel- ings with what woutd be a savage simplicity sud directueas but for the fivery of mind aud body to which they are given. When they disliko cach other,—and, where thero are s dozen women, there’ will be a dozen enmitics,—they heve an infinite variety of ways of manifest- ing their spite; wnys nnknown to men, aud impossible in a society of men, but which would destroy the peace of a community where thers was mno recogaized hend to keep order and settle difficuities. Even in boarding-houses, femily hotels, and tho Iilce, the feminine warfare, alwaye mora or less raging, makes quiet walking a service of doubt and dnnger; aud, in an Epicene Club, cnmities and rivalries would bo 2s certain to exist on one gido of the corridor as flirtiug and jealousy on tho other. ‘Fie very dress of women 18 a non- clubsble elemont. Men may have the ugliost clothing in the world, but their costume is 80 far densocratic that it brings us all on the szmo level, and prevents the frantic rivalry whick dis- sracts the other sex. With them the badly- dressed are despised by the well-dressed, as poor creatures without taste, scnse, or soul; and the well-dressed are eitber passiovutely envied or set down as sinners very little better than they should be, by thoge who have a desire for five clothes, but have no money to by them with, or who have no tzste in millinery 2nd no respect for ornsment. If one woman' thinks a proper disposition_of laco and silk ,next door fto the cardinal virtues, another holds her bighest solf degraded if shie is auything less than s frighe tiod np in a bundle aryiow and throwing tho graces to the winds. The two sects never Lave sgreed, AND NEVER WILL; while the poor and envious stand on one side la- menting, either aggrioved by tho sight of & splendor which they cannot imitate. or spending strength and mesus in the vain endeavor to reach a mark set too high for them. There have been more friendships broken by the weaver's shuttle than by any other simply material cause, and the millinery of the Epicene Club would be a lion in the way formidable to the peaco of all concerned. "y . - Tro clasces of ladies are said to need this in- stitation, namely: ladies who live in the conntry and want to come up to town for a_day’s shop- ping or an ovening's amusement, und ho, therefore, want a place where they can dine, rest, dress, and bave their parcels sent; and un” married Indies who live n London,—single women with ng home nightly so called, who nro alone and want companjonship, who are poor and want botter accommodation than they can afford without the co-cperation of a society. And, ayit has been proved by exoerienco that ‘o ‘women's club,—or sometbing like it,—where the male element was excluded, was horribly dull and unsatistactory, and the very hot-bed of strife, they wirh notw to try one which will admit men, and o give the homeless fair ones society without the need of chaperons or drawing-room observauces. A for the ladies lwing in the country who want a place for their parcels, their cava is’ simple euough. Whether it is worth while to try such an experiment as an Epicenc Club in order to supply their demand and fulfill their decd, is another matter. “These, then, aro the two classes of women for whosie advantage tie Dow clubis mainly pro- pored. It secms hard to say a word of denial to either, and yet we would be cruel enough to deny both, 1f women want & club aud a club-house, lot them arrange the matter for themeelves, as men have done. But a place where flirting can be carried on under cover of **going to my club” 16 not & thing that wo wish to see established s among the reeognized conditions of modern so- cig:ly It is tho thin‘edgoe of the wedge; andthe wedge, when driven home, will -destroy all that we bold to be valuable ana boautital io our Eng- lish lifo. The truth is, this desire for an epiceno clubis only one among many manifestations showing tho LEVOLT AGAINST FRIVACT AND DOMESTIOITY. in which somo of our women are angaged. For eome reason. the economic root of which is ot present hiddes, mauy modern women find hotne the most tiresome plece, and home-duties the most irlisome oecupations, in the world. They prefer almost anything to domestic life a8 it used to be in simoler tumes.—that life ao fall of ton- der associations, of strong atfections, of powerful ties, of honorablo activicies. Aftor baving helpod toruin the old-fashioned servaut gud to de- stroy the old-fashioned system, they turn ronnd on their own work, sud plead the servants and fle tradespouple a8 the reaacn why they hate hopsexesping, and why they prefer club-life, botgl-life, aoy kind of life that can be named, to home-hife. But it is neither tho cook nor the grocef that makes home-life unpleasant to the discogtentod woman; i her own fail- ing i domeptic qualittes and domestic affec- ¢t is $ho love of dress, the passion Sor smuscment, the frenzy for notoriety, for excite- or chpnse, which have pousessod her of 'his prbposed epicens clab is only 2 fur- ther develoment of the new phase uuder whicls ghe is passing, a farther and stronger protest against tho nataral order of her being. We can- not say that wo wisii it success ; fur wo regard it 13 & dauzeroud oxpernnent, in Which more is in- voived than appears on the surface. EHRp L oa A Woen®s Birhis in the Last Centary. From the Londoa tczdemy. In tarning through some files of old news- pupers, we haye bsen surprized to notioe that the guestion 38 to the propriety of women taking 2 mors prowident part in public affairs was quite iligently discnsseda centurs ago as it innow- . A fei extracts which we bave made will {urnizh eumowkat curious iliusirations of this, Tho Morning: Post of Ayril 14, 1750, contaiua the following sutounceman 4 Casino, No. 43 Great this ovening, th2 1ith_inet. will cominence the Tirst Bersiond of the Fewalo Parlinment. The Dabatoto bo carried on Ly ladies ouly, and a 1ady to praside in the chaif. Question—Is that assortion of M I'ope’s founoed in justice which saya * Every woman is at hesrta rake?’ Ou the sunday eve: thealogical question to Le discused.” In ceeding izsnes of the paper. formal reporss of tho proceedings of this patlisment ia fpet:icouts sro published, such “ Friday, Apal 21, The Speaker having tahen tho chair, it was_tosolved nem. con. that the assertion of Alr, Pope’s, which eays ¢ Every womau is at heart a rako,’is not founded in juat- ica. A member presanted to the Ifonse several petitions from menn ntua-make ery, &c., &e., ngoizet a bill entitled * An Act to provent men 1rom monopolizing wemen's pro- fossions.” Reeolved that eaid bilf and said peti- tions ve congidered.” “Such is the universal raco for public speal- ing, " writes the Moraing Post, of ilay 20, 1780, *thas tue honorable Mrs. L——, passeszedof no less than two thoueand ponnds & year, con~ stantly spenks at the Casino Rooms on the nighte of tho ladies” debates.” In the Morning Post of March 9, 1781, we meet with tois report: ‘* Labelie Assembleo—~ Baagot. The opening ot the Budgoc, aud tho debate which ensuud upon the tases that were proposed by the female Premrer, as tho W. d Means for procuring the supplies for tho present year, afforced such hixh sud uucommon amuse- tnent to the numerous and splendid company in the Roome, that 2 general roquest was made that on tho subsequent Friduy the ludies should re- sume the consideration of the Budgat, 1n prefer- enco to tiie question given out from thé chair. Ia obedience, therefure, to the desire of the public, the ladies moau this evening to resume tho de- bate on the foliowing taxes, viz. : 1. Old maids and bachelors over & certain age. 2. On men milliners, men manata-malers, men marriage-brokers. 3. On female foxes, fernle dragoons, female playwrights, and females of all descriptions who usurp tiie occupations of the men. 4. On monkess. lap-dogs, butterflies, parrots, and puppies, including those of tho human spe- cies. 5. On made-ap complexions. 6. Ou Frouch daucers, Fronch frizeurs, French cocks, French milluers, and French fashion- mongers. 7. On quacks aud empirics, including those of tho Siate, tho Church, and the Lar, etc, ete.” About this time, too, wo find the following in- geniass problem propounded for the solution of ulike gatheriug in **'Tiue Large ITall, Corabill; "— “ Which is the bappiest period of 2 man's life: ) 2 Wife, wlion married to a wife, or & & bad ¥wife,” In 1733 an advertieement appeors of the pro- osed opening, on March 17, of Jice's clegnnt tooms (late Hickford's), Brower street, Goldea Square, for public debate by ladics only. The first subject suggested scoms quite as compre- Lensive 10 the matter of women's rights as ihe mwost zealous advocate of them in our own day could desiro, This is it: ‘Do not the extraor- digary abilitio s of the ladies n thoe presout age demand academical bhonors from thouniversi- tties. a Tight to voto at elections, and to be re- turned wembers of Parlinment # " T8 THE COMET. Marlborough street, Hafl, winged marvel! in thy endlees flight Stemming thie starry current of the ekies, And, with thy taper on thy lotty crest, Circiing the contines of the universe, While constellztions. cluster ot thy feet, And countless worlds behold thy distant Llaze] When Jast thou journey’d by the clouded nook Where sways on grating hinge this mortal Evrt, Where man with mau in deadly conflict striver, Thoa niay st have sturtied with thy fiery truil ve who wrought with unpuid toil grandeur of the Pyramids; . Or. with thy uigatiy toreh, lit up tho vales Where primal theplerds 1ed their lusty sport,— Where, sges since, great Sudom’s city stood, And Iiter burn'd a rake of Hquid fire, Now flowing bitter waters of remurse, Ere thog, within our low celestial arch, ‘Agiin shall bend thy swift aad fiery curve, little ball, which mortals call ihe World, 3fay falter in its staid and yearly round, And, veli-cousum'd wizh jut internal tires, ‘As ifward passions wreek the outward min, Swoop from its moorimgs in the atarry skies, And, like a blacken'd cinder from tho forg, Bweep down the vortex of eternal apac Unnew'd its dim and momentary dink, As was the glossy pebble from thie brook * When Judal’s shepherd slow her giant £09, Art thou eome grest Archangel of a realm, Coursing the desert of the Lusnite s To sec the glory of eternal God,— As Sheha's Queen o'ertracid th? Nublan eand To kee tho splendor of a Solomon,— While, here and there, 3 buge, revolsing With Its attendant worlds, makes dim owsis By thy fonely pata? Jastes Juosox Lomo, 1 It RDid'ni Grow. A mathematical persou wiites to onoof the papers to say tliat *if Columbus when ho first came to Amarica had put away 1 cant, aud had not disturbed it until to-da; amounted to the sum of $587,039,900.76." If this be truo 1t i8 o great pity the idea never oc- curred to Columbus. He mizht have had a nice little fortune to comfort him in his old age. But isittrue? That depends, of course, upon where he would have put it. Old Stacbuckle, of Berks Couuty, Pa., several yoars ago resd in an slun. woald dozble 1tsel? by campound interest in eleven years if it were put away and left untouched. ~Accordingly Starbuckle put £900 1n o tin-box and burnicd itin bis cellar. e rmitied it to remain there for eleven vears, and then ho dug it out with the confident exp2c. tation thattke amount in the box would be $1,800. Bat it wasn't, and Mr. Starbucklo now not only couriders the science of arichmetic a transparent fraud, but he don't reposo any con- fideuce in the almanac when it saysSunday comes on'the firet day of the woek.—ifaz ddeler. METROPDLITFAN MOBDES. Warm-Weather Wanderings.-- The Annual Exodus. Summer Finery in Endless Profusion =--Soft Worsted Goods in the Ascendency. Velvet Trimmings in High Favor Beautiful and Striking Gown. Dainty Coquetries of Fashion---The Rising Fever of Combination. From Our Oun Correspondent. New Yons, July 8 1874 Last weel nearly emptied the city; that is to say, everybody who is anybody fled before the borrors of the Fourth. Certainly there are some hundreds of thousands of persons left, many of whom doubtless need and doserve a change four times as much as thoy who have gouo to seek it ; but an old regident instantly recognizes the dif- erenc 1 the strect-crowds, and actually misses the dearted hordes. Mercly as s matter of physical com- fort, there 1s 3o pleasanter timo to Lo in Gotham than in emly summer, and they who dopart on warm-weather wznderings boforo Independence-Day logo 23 much as they gain. I haven't cuvied the weary owuers of the bursting tranks that have been tending, by the cart-load, station-and-dock-ward for the lnst ten duys. The struggles those unhappy mortals bave bad with miodistes and tailors, before they conld cram their luggsgo with heaps of nu- necewsnry clothing, and dopart in piece-s, are too puinfal to coutemplaza. 1t is too Ligh a price to pay. 5 INCREASING DEMANDS OF THE TOILETTE. Lvery year increases rather than dimishes the nuwber of absoluts requisites of toilette which no woll-attired person thinks ho or she can got along without. So, every year, the getting ready to go away for the summer-months grows to bo 8 groater burden; aud they who, when thoy be- gin their preparations, skow no eigus of doing #0 from necessity, xrow weary and wan before they are prepared to sturt, and appsar as if their epproaching journey was tho ouc thing which would save them from depurting for a ‘sphere where mautna-muking is uinown, The piles of lovely but usprofitable muslins, the dozens of deileato Lut ungerviceable silis, the quaatities of beautifw but unnovessary fineries of all sorts, tlat sre golten up for ummer- wardrobes, are marvels fo benold. A purely practical aud comfortablo wacdrobe for the country would contain only a fow dresses of hight woolen goods; plesty of calicoes au combrics, made so plainly that the washing of them would be po bugbear; 8 black foulard or taflota ailk walki can ; poseibly o pummer silk of such & shadimg of sray, or black and white, 88 would render it at once cool-looking and comparatively weather- proot. Wuh these gowns, sad balf-z-dozen plain, pretty camisvlos for very hot mornings, nobudy need wish for more, Our climate is 50 changeable that frequently what is entirely comfortabie before nuou is entirely uncomfort- able before dusk; therefure certain .wonlen fabrics are as indispensable to our July as to our Sanuary clothing. STARCHED STGFFS AZANDONED. More and more, ludics itending to pass their vacstion by tho ecasbore, abandon sturched staffs, and take to soft woreted goods. Three anarters of the white dresses that huve gone and aro goiug to_ Long DBranch, Ssratoge, Newport, and Cape Aay this eeason, are of grenpidine, tisnue, Chambery gauze, crepe, foulard, tiwili %, and other hght bus noa- als. ‘Che foliy of weanny, intbe up atmospiete of the coast, cestumes which, f-au-hour aficr donning. 3 is fully appreciated nor, though vears torenlizet. 1t is onlr in inlaud or wonutain towns tnat it “p wear lawns and muslins; but thero is notting 5o bm\"riwhmgly feminino 88 these disphonous stufls, A TANCY OF THE MOMEST, It is oneof the faucies of the moment to uso much veivet, both cut and ribbon, in_ trinmiug tin goods. Tl is very pretiy snd inavproprie ate; and, as prezty snd inappropriste things ars seemingly far more atiractive than the preity snd sppropriste are, the foshion baas taken & strong hold. A noticeable dress. of white gauze and_claret volvet is made in the foliowing way : Too demi-train is bordered by o twenty-inch kiltivg of the gauze,—tho kilting being beld down by three bands of claret velver, an_inch, an inch-and-a-hslf, and two_inches wide, ‘Tho upper and na ¢ band is about an mch from the top of thoe kilting; the second band an inch from the first, the third an inch- and-a-half from the sccond. Then comes a gec- ond kilting, fifteen inches wide, held down by two bands of velvet. The overdressisa short and decidedly bouffant polonaise of the gauze, the frout corners rounded and drawn far bick,— the odge being trimmed with _a knife-plaiting, o finger wide, of the gauze, and a band of velvet. Down the middie of tho tront brendth, from the belt to the top of the upper kilting, aro_set cuuning bows of gauze and velvot min- gled. Ovor tho polonsise {8 worn = sleeveless jacket of velvet, opening 80 low in front as to Tequire but three buttous (in this caso garnet :n‘& pearl studs) above the wrist, The sleoves are of gauze, puifed lengthwise from shoalder to wrist,—the patly seoarated by cords of velvet. Afull frill of tho gauze, and an juner one of tulle, are inside the neck of tne jaciet. Thia costume is very handsome, very sliowy, and not very oxpensive; beside being equally woll suited to & July ball or January recaption, A DECIDED CONVENIENCE. It must bo rather a convenience for thoze re- quiring meny evening-dresses to bave them adapted to all_seasous, cspecielly if they do not summer and winter among tho £ame persons. It certeinly would bo an ecunomy never to go in warm __weather where the majonity of one's cold-weather scquaintances stay. In this way, oue's wardrobo—orat leass sone poition of it—would servo the wholo year, and sull be frosh to inquisitive eyes. THE LATEST STYLE in muslin dress (I taw this thiee days 830, and theremey be & dozen new modes since) iv Tornred, 1 believe, ufter the following model: ~ The shirt, Just resting on tho ground, bas a_wide, etzaight Dback bresdth, and is closely gored in frout and on the sides. ‘The breadths are all compozed of alternate rows of Vulencienncs and muslin inser- tion, which reach to within Lalfa yard of the boltom,—the remaining bhalf-yard of the skirt being 'covered by u flounce of plain musio, laid in tho finest knife-plaits, aud edged with Valencicnnes, The waist is o belted blonse, also formed of rows of lace and muslin ivsertion. The sash worn with it is made of rows of colored ribbon, an_inch wide. and laco insertion of tho eame width. The eashes are apout three yards long, und the square of theirends is in =slternate blocks of tace and ribbon. I have never teen o eash so winte, and they are easily muade by unprofes- sional fingers. . TUE COQUETRIES OF THE TOILETTE (20 8omo one aptly terms tho daiuty aprons, and landkerclief-pockess, =nd ties, and buttertly- bows, aud other nothings, 80 necessary to mod- ern toilettes) never were so plentiful and at- tractive as they are now. The dress is the merest skeleton-framo for the display of all gorts of quawt conceits in feminine finery. Just at present, fancy aprons of all Lkinds are mbsorbing atteution. They sre in face and muslin, lace and silk, masiin and sills, aud oll sorts of combiuations. . The musiin and lace ones are both in vertical nnd borizontzi stripes of tucks and insertion, with tiny pointed pockets set on, and hordersd by laced rufiles. "Fhese sometimes bave biby, sometimes shoulder- straps; but, in either case, tley are too elabo- rate and expeusive to be appropriate to their supposititious purposo, and are not really £o pretiy a8 thoso made of plam sheer muelin. 2dorned by u few fino tucks and a lace-edged ruffle, =nd whose tiny pockes are set off by bows' of bright ribbon. Aprons of sol: sill, in delicate colors, cut in Eome- at fantastic shape, snd trimmed with muslin ruffles, — sometimes also with lace,—are very popular, sud be¢oming. Thesc fandiful things, now almost s regular part of morniug and afternoon lome-dresses, render these toilettes disinctively neglige. With morning-dresses, & cap 10 imatch the apron 1s worn ; aud, with afternoon-dresses, a tie, and oc- Sasionally an aumociere, are of the set. Musho, Iace of 2il colora. aud lace and stlk or crepe cor- bined, are the favorite and most suitable veck gamitures. Tics, in a kind of wilk guipure, come in all tints; but, as they are too heavy to ———— make a gracefal bow, they are drawn through scarf-rings, a Ja the other £ex. THE RAGE FOR COMBINISG goes €0 far o« to demand that bandkerchiofs suall have white centres with brosd colored borders, matching the provailing tint of the dress. Thereis a patural antipathy, I think, between good taste and anything but the snowi- et white linen for banderchiefs. Perbaps there i8 0o more reason for rejecting those than for rejecting colored collars and cuffs, colored hosiery, and other articles which Fashion colors for tho timo. Butthat the prejudice is natural, uot the rexult of habit, i§ shown in the fact that a bandkerchief with a' bright border is rarely eeen, while neck-wear and foot-wear, in all pale hues with white, aro scen constantly. ODDS AND ENDS. ‘The Oxford and Newport ties are really tied with ribbons this year, nod nmot buttoucd, 2s they wore last summer.’ Tudolent persous find strings less troublesome than buattons, Happily, the necessity of trimming many dresses, 80 s to prevent their being * laun- dried,” 'basin a mensuro dune away with tho hideous fashion of ornsmenting front breadths differently from tha rest of the skirt; and it s Lelieved the mode will die with the summer. _Croquot-costumes, aro being arranged with picturesquely-short skirts, which do not inter- fere with tho balls, and aldo displas the pretty, low shoes aud striped howe to zdvaatage. - Broud-brimmed Leghorn hats grow daily in favor, ard it is predicted that next summer thoy will bo tho modish head-geer. Already they ars worn on all occawions, except full drees, and, with one sideturned up, are as coguettish os need be. Funserow, THE RICH-POGR OF PARIS. Outward Splendor and Concealed Sgualor. Theatrical Tricks to Incrensc the Size ¢f Apartments—Seven Persons Living in Two Rovms—Bathing ia 3 Dowi—Duminy Folding-Doors— Toil of tire LRic! -L2oor Madiline. Currespondence of The Chicaqu Tribune. Paras, June 15, 1874, It is certain that, if poverty is Lo be measured Dy tho length of- one’s purso, there are untold numbers of the very poorin Paris. If, on the coulrary, the estato of a man is to be judzed by the stylo in which he lives, the very poor in this vast city are fower thun many sunpose, A very rich man must Lavo his botel. Rothschild, for instance, livos liko s king, and a men who, in Hew York, would bo considered & merchant- prince, lives on o grand scale in partments, or what is known in America a3 o flat,—these ofien laving from thirty to forty rooms, and running down from this to two or three. There ia no such thing as mopsuring the dimensicns of 2 Frenchman's house. He may Jive at the top of o magnificent whito-marble palacs in six rooms ataren: of $100 or 200, Aund yet, when you have climbed up there, have sounded the bell, avd bavobeen admitted into tho hall, which, with its highiy-polisbed mirror, will deceive you 2t once in regard to the sizo of the Litle bos, yon areconvinced that he revels in luxurs. Op- posite the hall-glass, open the folding-doors into | the parlor, which is 5 long room with still more | mirrors to AID IX INCREASING THE PERSPECTIVE. It is, thodutyof the servant, to throw these doors open before answering the bell, 0 as to give a stranger the impression that the roomis constantly oceupied, while, in fact, nobody is allowed there excopt to receive visitore, O of this room are yet other folding doors, two of them leading into the dining-room,, which is al- ways fitted up in exquisito taste, and, with studied carelessness, left visible to the caller. Try tie doors at tie oiler side of the room : it is berd to open them. Probably locked? Most efactugily locked! They wnever move upon r hinges. Btill thev aro not quite aa useless 58 **2 painted ship upon a painted ocean,” for they sorve a double purpose ; they diepense with 1ho necessity of pieturas to fill up the bare waily —for wio would bang pictures on doors —end they give ono tho impression that vastapart- j me:ts vtreich beyond. Mademe will receive vou in tae most charm- ingly~fangnid menaer, it vour cati chance to oc- cur in the day-{ime. e bas just arisen; won't Yoz bave coffee withher? This, if sle menus by genorous eonrtesy to make s aseful fniend of you. ow vou find your way into what sae calis Ler private apartments, which, like the other roma, opens into tha parlor. It is really quite & gem ic its way. You wisi vou wero Fresc, or, at least, that you might understand the nit of nviag 8s French people do. Buta little closer scquaintance and a moderate increase in your experience will toach you that tiexs peopie work aud strive only for the wake of the uppearsuce ther make. They compreheud what tha gauces of lifs conaist of, aud they will Jiva with- uu the cominonexy necsesitise 1n order o DECEIVE YOU AS TO THDIR REAL CONDITION. A family of seven perscns sy live in two stoall rooins, and meke their beds up late at uight on the Heor of thie apartigent io which, but a few moments Lefore, they wero chattivg with vou upon the imposribility of economizing in P'aris since the war. Even they, intheir 10odvst style of living, fiud that it takes a fortuue now tospend a yeur in Paris. You sre shocied to hear them suggest that theirs is 2 simple modo of Iifo; you never thought of being so five at lome. In realits, these people that I speal of live Jiks paurers. They slecp on the floor the sear round, zud often on the kitchen floor at ihnt. This last 18 convenient, &8 they cau get up and put the cofes over tho epirit lamp, and retirs againuntil it iy prepared. Coffee it taken 1n bed. of couree. TFor the benefit of the girls at home. who may admira snd envy tlig lady of Juxury that gra- cionsly asits you into her boudoir at 11 o'cioci, declaring she has just aricen, and invites you to take coffee with Lier, I will tell them something of ker toilets, aud tho singular way i Which ther chango with the Loura of the day, Mudame goes to market as early as poesible. Nobudy is out in the early morning,—that is to Say, nooods before whoi she cares to keep up an appoarance,—and, as the market-people al- ways mensure a customer before setting s price, it is wisa to go to the market shabbily dressea, dressy s theso, when worn over either black or-| not only because uo one will sea Ler. but as n watter of economy. So the toilet of the day is not made until this duty hss been performed. Tu exchange tor the great, airy bathrooin, with its abundance of hot and celd water, und 18 fresh, clesn towels, which Americans cannot Jive without, JMadame bas, in o little dark hole between the kitchen and her bedroom, A PINT OF WATER P in a basin the size of a finger-bowl. For water i £00 precious a commodity to be used unless sparingly. It has to be carried from tho strect up fise flights of stairs, anda_servant must be patd 5 centa an hour to do it. No further argu- ments toen these are uccessary with Madane. With theaid of adirty littie towel, for clothes must bie washed awsy from home.—there i neither room nor water to_doitin theso papier-mache boxes,—out ledy will succeed in mnking berself vory tidy. I have really began to woudor if there 24 not such o thing 83 & ary wasb. At 10 the coiffeur comes, pud Madame's hair is dressed, as, my desr, you mover thiuk of having yours dressed, except it bo fora ball. If whe cha to bo s little gray, the hair is powdered after it has becw arravged in its intricate pufis, braide, and frizzes. A coiffeur costs buca few sous, and this dressing of the bair s, I beliove, the stroughold of TFrenchwomen. I know that it made 2 profound im- pression upon mo. I ehall never for- et the feeling of flattered vavity and unutter- able gistitude I expericnced when sucha fino Iady invited us to mske her houso our home. If tro-could put up with their simplicity, aud mako oureelves comafortable n her room, she would glsdly move iuto auother apartment. All this was to Le granted because of the very favorable impression we had made upon her. It would bo o disagroeable for us to move 1uto an ordinary boardipg-house; this sliould b Like home to us. FATAL DELTSION | Home indeed! I have my doubts if there bs many such thingsin Paris, except whore eome ericans_havs made their nest for a few ers. This matter of home, I am coming to thiwk, is purely Americsn. ‘I'ne English caonot make one; tbey tind such repose only in 8 house which their aucestors have occupied. An Amenican will make a little Toom home in a single day. AL C. W, Trupping Mice. . A correspondent in tae Journal of Pharmacy savs: “Having noticed mice in our seed-bar- rely, [ bethought me how I might trap the little satriders. I thought of éaturating & pivco of coton with chloroform and throwing it in, then cloging the lid. On raising it 8gain in a few min- utes, I would find thet life had almost or quite depérted. Having on 020 occasion left tho piece of cotton in tha %nrxel, on agun returning I found three mice with their heads in cloge con- tnct with it and dead. In the eveniug I suturat- 24 another piece and placed it in tho barrel, and, ~n opening it the nezt morning, to my surpries I found mno doad mice. OCEAN NAVIGATION. EMERICAN LINE. The Ony Ling Careying the Uit States Flag, Sziling weekly between Philadalphia and Liverpoal. Cabin, Intermediate, and Steerage ACCOMMODATIONS UNSURPASSED. RATES GREATLY REDUCED Lower than New York Lines. TFixcursion Tickets at reduced Brliaim, Traland and the Gostincat ot log i, 07 Ofice, 133 LaSallo-st., S. W, cor. \adison, . MILYE, Weatern Agaat. FOR EUROPE. CUNARD MAIL LINE ESTABLISEED 1840. Four Sailings Every Week, From New York every Wednerdsy and Saturday, From Boston every Tuesday and Seturday. Cablo Passage, 8%, $100, and $1201a gold. Rouxd-trip Tickets at redaced ratos. Stecrage Passago at loweat rates. P. H. DU VERKET, N. W. cor. Clark and Raadofobsts. GUION LINE. FIRST-CLASS TRON STEAMSHIPS, Between NEW YORX and LIVERPOOL, celling at Queenstown, Carrying the United States Mail. SAFETY AND COMFORT. T Passenzers booked fo and from the principal Ea- R Lottoss or Conit. tssued on 1 B attand Lottoss of Gred snd Hasecrs chrmiznant aroper . O 'otdine Barke HENRY GREENEBAUM & co., _FIFTE-AV. NEW YORK TO CARDIEE, The South Wales Atlantlo Steamship Uompany's Now Firat-ciass, Fuil-powered, Clyde-bulls Steamnbips will sail from Peansyivania Rallroad Whart, Jersey Cii "é“,“.‘,fi’nu"hl ..Jul5 18 PEMBROKE ........Ang1 arzyins zoods and passeagere at through f; all pare of tho United tates aad Caaada (o ports in the Eristol Chiannel s ad all otier pujats ia England. Thesr stuamatiips, ballt sxpressiy for the trado, are pro- ‘vided with all the latost improvements for the comfortand coaveuienca of CABIN AND STEERAGE PASSENGERS. First Cabin, 875 and £50 currency. Second Cabla, 355 curcency. Stocrage, $20 eurrency. . Premid Steerage Sortiicatoa 1rom CAFIHT, eeosessenss 830 2Tt Drafts for £1 and opwards. For furhor particalars, apply In Cardiff, at the Com- Pauy’s Othces. No. 1 Dock Chambers, aad i New York to ARCHIBALD BAXTER L G National Line of Steamships. INOTICE. Tnomost southerly route has always been adopted tbis Company to avold Ice and headlands. ke Salllng from New York for LIVERPOUL and QUENS. TOWN erery S ATURDAY. for Londoa (direct) vory fortnight, 0, 3XI, carrency; stesrngo, al greatly acod rates, " Toturn tickets at Jowest ratca. Drafis for £1 and, upward. Northeast coruer Olark and Randoiph-sta. (opposss: ‘Sherman Hause), Ghicago. = PRNET. Tho ma public, Baltic, Adriat Coltic, ota., nail teom New York on Baturdays aud Lirerpool of Thouorsday % 38 any nrst-class line. flllml r'.'l:zfl from £1 npwards. o RAILROADS. Via MitH, CENT. 6. W, & ERIERY" Puilman Through Palace Sleeping Coach? o Sado} B 2~ e O™ R NEW YORK, 5.15 p. m. Dailyi " RATLROAD TIME TABLE. ARRIVAL AXD DEPARTURE OF TRAINS. [XPLANATION OF REPERENCE MARKS.—1 Saturdayag eepted. *Sunduy escepted. 3 Monday excepted. | Ar- Tive Suaday at¥:W0 s, m. 6 Dailr. KICYIGAN CENTRAL & GREAT WESTERY RAILROADY Dty Toat a7 . Luke it Toot o Dieengseconda, T atirast corner 15ty C. WENTWORTH, =ral Passengor Agent. CHICASN & ALTON HAILROAD. City and D Short Line, Clicago, Npri . Unimt Depot, ‘<t Uffcen : At Depot, a8 City and Donver Fast Ex. » Uity Kzpress. Jain wnd ‘f =228 Eapross. Chicago & Paducal Raflraad Srrvatar, Lacon, Washiagton, 4 p. Jollet & Drmiuht A ccommodation, |* 4:30 p. m.|® 9208 m. CHITACN. MILWAIKEE & ST PAUL RAILNAY. Cmton Legnt, corner Jadison and Canainita. - ficket Oftcs 63 South Ciark 3., opposite Sherman House, and ut Dopat. Teave, | Arrive. *11:00a. ra. Dar Espress 90, m. [*4:15p. 3ilwaakee, Green Bay, Staveny' Powt. Praino du Chlen, & Nor:! nlz_-’uup!l'nl!k. * 7:50p. m. e, St, Paul bt Lxpresa. 't 9:30p.m. |2 6:45 2. mm. fLinos CEVIRAL ALAOAD. f Laknat, and fool 0] Tuentysecond-et, DT Vemdoipr-see nar Clarke ey St. Louls Expres uiy Fast "(a) Rans to Champaign on Satardars, CHICARD. BURLINGTON & OUINGY RAILRO4Y. Depnis—iont o7 Lakeats. Indignue., and Saleenth-st, Wk Canal and Szteenth-ste. - Ticket ofices, No. 59 Clarle st,, Girand l'acific Hotel, and af depots. ] 2nd Express. 2ha and Su aue & Sioax City Fip, Fesy Line, fur Omalia. iiascs City, Ledvonworth, A chison & St. Joseph Exp...... Texas bapress. Anrora Passen Aendotz, itawa Aurors Bascenge ‘Aurora Pasy Dubnqus & Sigux Pacitic Night Exp, for O Kagwas chison & Si. HEER PEERRFON ¢ a ¢ s Grove Accommodation 3 9 “Exr. Suadars. 1Ex. Saturday. iEz. Monday CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILROARL City ofices, @ Ciarinst. (“herman-louse), and 75 Canale *., corner Hadison-se qus Night Ex. via Clin aQu:ana Night Exnresn.. a Frecport & Dubague Kipres. « Froeport & Dabugue Exoress. 5 Milwaukee Mal. 8 Marguetze Exp 4 5t Pral Passage ‘a~Dapot coraer of Wells and Kinziasts. ‘Debot corm {aad Kinzlests. ! d=Devot corngy of CRFEANETT Gen. Pass. Agent. CHICAGD, RUCK {SLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD. it o e SEcrmanatr, | Sieket Devels comer oF ¥ o e tioels oaen Omabs, Leavenw'th& Atahison E: Pern Accommodatiol Night Espross...