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Domestic CerresPsaae nee.
Philadelphia, November lS, 1874. ~,
Thonss Dunn English, ESQ.
My Dear Sir--A little Occurrences csmS
to my knowledge lately, whicllis rather
odd. 1t appears that . gentlel,ai 81 very !
influential connections and high standinis
who has resided here for some tssfa, hsS
been in the habit Of wooing other ladvy,
loves than the one Ia whom this six ears
past he should have confined his addresses. |
THIS was generally suspected, and, his i
wife BY advice Of friends was about 10 ~.
ply for a divorce. She was lady OF rreaf
reputation for pic,y, and 1 'ite,nter I Of 4 i
church in this city, Around hef person
stood out. q feet and half The odof q satcsl
tity. She was, in short most pious and
. Unable dame. Besides this she was.
beautiful, only twenty four years az acs,
and the mother of three interesting cilil-
dren. US sid sghe19fi


Our scape-grace. whose name do noi.
feel authorized to give you---leaying that
for the future-took STROLL on the other
evening, and dropped in at the Office u 1
gentleman acquaintance. Candles had rok
been liz, ,Pnd hs was mot able 70 recuRniss
a lady whom he mel coming OUT q, ~ &C.,
flee; but ~ the figure appe6rsd iss- w.


he followed her. She avoided him =


began 10 talk 70 her. Hcr reply vas !.
monosyllablcs. Feeling convinced siae shs


was an acquaintance, he slyly, with his pen
knife, cut small piece off her shawl, and


wput o,N his xs,a,, ros,,;osn.v


| He had kept the piece in his pocket iof
some days, when happening in u the house
Of his only sister, he noticed 10 his utter,
horror, that her shawl then laying on ths


table was minus the very piece, as il ap4


peared in comparison, which he had o..


cured. Calming his feelings he waited
till she enteredths room, and quietly said---


How did you happen 70 have jour sAa~l


90 mutilated, Anhie" r


Isn't that terriblep' she replied. nv.
best shawl sent home in that condition, L


will never lend anything agsins She took


great fancy to it, and insisted oh Wears
ing it one day last week and here's the


manner in which il makes ito Appearance
We'll, but who i the fair 6ffenderp'
j why, one who ought 10 BE- more care
ful--Youa WIEN. Y. Aurora. rsf1O


at.Hna. woman. TT -T' aliti 4


"A writer In Biackwocd's Nragasins


writes in the following strain. gls lN0tSI


Great, indeed, is the task assignsd td


woman. Who can elevate its dighityr,


Not to make laws, not TO lead armies, aoe


to govern empires, but 10 form those by


whom The laws are made, and armies led
and empires governed; 70 gsurd from ths


slightest taint Of possible infrmity the ir,il
and yet spotless creature, whose moral, no
less than his physical being must b d.
rived from her; to inspire those principles,
" inculcate those doctrines, % antimxel
those sentiments which generations yel
unborn, and nations yet unciviized, shAll
learn to bless; to soften firmness Into fners
cy, and chasten honor into refinement, "a


eNalt genera ity into siftuey BY her socths


ing cares to allay the anguish Of The bsay,
and the far worse anguish Of the mind; 81
her tenderness ~ disarm passion, BY, hss
purity to triumph over sense, to cheer III
scholar sinking under his toll, 10 conso1S
.. the statesman for the ingratit0de a. I iaisl
taken people; to Be the cosnpensation Eol
the hopes that are blighted, for friends thss


are periidious, for happiness that hos pass.


ed away. Such Is her vocation--the couch


Of the tortured sufferer, the pfisou sf ~
deserted friend, The cross of.a rsietisi
Saviour, these are scenes of woman's ex.
cellence, these are the theatres On which
her greatest triumphs have been schietcd.
Such Is her destiny, 10 visit the fofsakcn,


to attend to the neglected, when lnohsfchs


abandon, when councillors betray. Whsa
Justice persecutes, when brethren and dis


ciples fly, to remain unshaken and uhchan.
ged; to exhibit OH this lower world, 4 typG


Of that love, pure, constant and insAabls,


which, in sno,her world, we are taught to


believe the best Of virtue.