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Show - uf. WpMAIsTS EXPONENT. 114 0 linnror" In . , . V'- . - r : 1 r".l . 1 : ' - " .1 1 haw-thor- . winter which one of a delects "when contemplating the falling a3 wn f j. ers, -poi- even yet, afar off, that and, tell us, uthough of field and nrnsrvftftii Araar a :k y- . wiuitr. wim farm (and yet its cheerful hearths), with Mill its light; hunger and death (and ; is hnnrtu and iovous carols') coming with sure The recurrence of the' inotrUohin y tiauiu trpad. Beasons to tnose wnornave ine wimjiu iy jaxu, a 13 not without, proht; the return or eaca is ;ipnfi monitor which Infinite tyootiness has set beforo:-trchildren --.of men-t- o pomtrTmoral and sso adorn the story ot our lives as may ni us for the. coming of that hour when we, too, shall fade as flowera past' away unnoticed as a dry. leaf in boundless forests from among the ihabitations of the. human race, and be and hidden from memory's sight by the snows, ' " ' its-col- ne d, . j . :;. . ,f ; r ' , ' - - 1 . , 'V'ijzi' j e to-da- y i , 4 - " " : But who shall teach us when.to look for thee?" . - : Whenaulumaiues shall tinge Uiegoldeir grain; - to acsnowreuge.- - Adam would probably havtf'been contentto remain in ignorance, 'but Eve, with woman's :; quick, keen perception, saw that Hhe" fruit" of the tree of knowledge was pleasant to' th sight-- ' ': and to be desired, and Adam Was eijcou raged to eat of that which 'Dtherwise:berm have touched, because Eve " offered ' it to"Sm Whit man of the -- present generatipn would ; not do the same uhder a matter of fact,' therfe re thpuaandpf Adams who smoke that ' Tilel weed toTiaccovbe-caussome fair Eve has to! them. sbe adinireg " - the smell- of a TTTTTT Z. good cigar; v : r first modern has a Adam. . bis, Many "Leaves have their time to fall ' And flovrers tojither at the north wind's breath, - ; And stars to set, but all, . ; ' Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Deathl W'e know when morns shall wane, ; When summer birds from far shall cross the sea, ;J3elfast, Nov. 27th, 1885. - areTapt to most-peopl- . . . Wandering Boy. . influence1 than; mint or wining . : ntrbui-gladly-admit-that7be:might-never: greater ' frosts of time. did sav that he would nohave been; half s .bis elbow. long about it if she had been at "Weilon't'wish to express an opinion ohlhat have found tne means io carry out nis grana idea," had not good Queen Isabella of Spain sold her jewels to obtain the necessary funds. -- Butflet us riot for a moment think that cause' man has done so much for material pro-- . so gres3, and woman has done comparatively ' has no Vonian little in that direction; thatj great and controling influence upon the pro- h : . te; ! glass of wine because it was' proffered. ,by the beautiful jeweled hand oi. a modern Eye, and manjr a modern Adam has reformed his habits : lo'Vet and morals because some' fair ej,'r who is more to bi'Wqrfd i?e,siq7 -has .jtold him;. that.b8;t)n'w? 'd6l never occupy the same garden oT Eden witH her. Napoleon said, "Give us good "mothersand we shall have' good men," and end schools for the' special education pf " , ' : ' s WOMAN'S INFLUENCE' i hini'-'rtbaitt':al- l or'-e'cii'n- T We trust that a large proppjtion,. of the readers of this magazine are adies,: and that many of them are but just starting upon life's tempestuous voyage; and, in these days, when , -- . much is being said about "woman's rights" ana V woman s sphere many a young woman. js ieqi xo Dene vc mat necause sue cannot vote or hold an important office in the government, sue nas no antlueuce in the world, and no-- res ; pon3ibility farther than she is concerned herself. Now we believe this to.be an error,' and will endeavor t) convince our fair readers that v it is sucli. Waiving the question as to whether woman would make a better ' legislator or juror tlian man, and whether she would be more useful as an advocate at the bar 'Or a political stump- orator, than she. is as the mistress of a house-bol- d and the mother. of a. family, let us see in what directions her influenca has hp.rt ftnfl from the nature .of her powers and capabilities ever mu3i oa po manKind. ...... : There are those who . claim that woman may in engage any pursuit .Jhat, man can, and succeed itr it; that, she may 'compete succesfqlly with him in any department, of business, in- dustry or learning. , To a certain extent this" is true, but let us ' see how it has been in the past, and then we may judge more clearly of the merite of the question. We shall:find, if we look back over the hUtory of our world's progress, that in material progress not woman-h- as been the1 mainspring. j It was man who explored the . trackless ocoan and traced the paths of commerce on his mighty bosom. It was man. who brought forth from the bo?om; of mother earth tho hidden . treasures of mineral wealth, and invented ways and means to mold and fashion them into .a thousand forms of utility and beauty, It. was man who caught the lightning from the clcuds, and it was man' who discovered a way to send it pulsing through the wires, 'bearing our messages with rapidity of thought,' Ifc was maa who conceived and "carried out the grand .ideas; of national life and national government. ; It was man who discovered and utilized the giant power of steam, and man the printing press, the spindle, the loom and the sewing machine. It was a man who discovered America, though Fanny Fern 4o-th- is so As the days creep: on, the trees and hedges become bare: the fields dose their verdant Iiur. and though enow has not yet fallen, neverthe- less jsummer and autumn are clearly past and wo sadly wait ;the, coming of Winter's shroud that tho picture-odesolation may bo complete. f Each day brings its, changes-cvertree has its peculiarities of coloring scarcely less naked than tho tints of the different leaves; and yet there is a dreary sense of monotony which one finds difficulty in resisting. There ii infinitely greater sameness of color- in spring, but it is never so oppressiveepring is welcome as- the forerunner of summer" flowers, and of autumnal lints no less than; for its own freshness and wealth of green; while for autumn,, when upon us, it never creates that elasticity of spirit we experience in spring, because every denuded : bough, every dull day, the wailing of the wind leafless through trees, the brown .fields, and even the brilliantly burned leaf, tell of the burial ofnature: and of wiuter which is doubly drear to the poor, the hungry, the 'half-claand to the wanderer, even though the comforts of life may be hU in abundance! If it is possible to teU a story .too often, thn:i it would seem that the) tale ot autumn has too often been told. And yet, there is a freshness about it just as there is newness iu the regularly recurring seasons. Who does not know what soft skies, purple hills so near and yet , seemingly afar off, betoken! Who, when he hears the rustle of a :dry leaf, as it falls from abovo-ht- s: head- and is hurried along by the playful wind, or listens to the sober cawing of the crow, or catches the first glimpse of brown-itho shorn meadow, or sees the riisset tint timidly peeping out from among the green and heavy foliage, that oes nut feel a subdued sadness come over. bis spirits, however buoyant they may be, however radiantly his sun of life inay be shining? There-i-s a tender depression .in all these, and the "gen tlo melancholy" they : awaken is among the best moods to which mankind is subject," Tor it turns our back upon our own past aud enables thoughts us to sec tne g)od aud bad hidden. awav jn tho recessca y. - - - d i- -' - n -- .lLtJimcsr fcpnd'to one common : . .'"The day "becomes more solemn and 'serene .. When noon is past; there is a harniony In autumn, and a lustre in its sky V Which, through the Summer, is not heard or seen, As if it couldjnot be, as if it.had not been," . wjoj--?nv?5f7on8-O- sight .oi tne jair.?wanurxe3unz calmlv beneath. A blue mist, like an 1. t 3 . 'it.' i ..t vail, hung over tne earm, anu ciotued iue hills in a Ireepy haze that80bedlhe weaxy4-broLEpini ana seemea 10 Bnare me lougiugs uuu ghed a balm o'er the sorrows of the heart.' Tho " smoke, ascending languidly into the azure depths aove, floated away over the city, whije over all 'brooded' that calm and dreamy air which one feels on rare Sabbath evenings in midsummer. In the fields the kine pibbled lazily at the grass or dozod in the sunlight; the noisy crow and jackdaw 'were silent; the hedge harbored no twittering bird and the dry leaves that filled the wayside hollow were uudisturbed'by the faintest zephyr. Out trees peered the from among the half-bare-d white-walle- d cots of the farmer, seeming to be whiter than ever" seen through the blue mist, that hovered round; the mills, with their never' ending and interminable .noise appeared de-- . serted by the multitude that flock to and from them morn and eve, enjoyed the' Stillness 'of the tomb; in the city. 'seemed the silence of death; while the spires qf the 'inhunieratle'' churches lifted their gilded' fronts away into, the hazy atmosphere, far above the surrounding trees; and seemedas they jBolemnlyjTiointed their fi ngers heaven warf oTpterce tu o bosOra of the biuo vault; the idcean, too, had at.' last' succumbed to the spirit of restfor it stretched ' placidly away into that distance 'wh'cre the blue film and pulseless waWm'eltedJntd each other, ' . and were lost. L'y'r'l': r vr " " ; -- . . . ; . . - . . . ;girls. Napoleon, with:his keen perception aridy .intimate knowledge of human1 nature, knew that It is almost always the 5 'mother who instils correct pTinciples into the mind ii the sonif ' he has any. at all, and it was becausein; ' that eventful period of historythe mothers of ; v ' France were patriots, that the beardless'' boyi V flocked to the national standard and upheld it ' against the shock of battle, defending it? with theirliyes until overwhelmed by the combined : . , armies of Europe. uy-' And so it has been in all ages of the; world's' Had the ' Spartan Tfl'others been the' opposite of what they were there ould have ' si been no Spartan heroes; and'det us not 'forged " that it wa9 because,. of the -- courage, fortitude and patriotism of American mothers that we were enabled to crush out the; mo3t gigantic rebellion on record. i r Let no woman think beeauseshe cannot vote,- become a member of Congress,. preside over a.,.r.; Court, sail a Ship, c'ommand"anr Airmy, .qi pre-,- :: r side over the affairs of a Railroad or. a Haniir , "r ifacturing Corporatiotijthat sbejhaii no Inffuence "un upon society, for such' "emphatically" is not the . i. ca&ev l Knov. a very excellent lady who never voted; so far as ;I know shenever wanted tr Tote, but she raised up four sons .who can vote, aod she taught them those broad principles of ... and to' all men right justice everywhere, and' led them when they became of age to vote the ' same ticket she would', bate voted, had it been ' her privilege to vote. y,;u l; " "n ' If any fair reader of this article regrets that she cannot vote, let her reflect that she 'Has' the ' ear of at least one man who can.' W are in- - " clined to think but few women are aware" of " the influence which womenmierht wield: were she disposed : to Uabor I more earnestlT in that uciu iu vmvu uiq creator uas piaeea ner -- - . d i , 7 " - self-sacrifici- ; . ": i . ; . r 4 . 1 1 " -- in-vent- ed ; ; . for which nature has hot Qualified her ;'s Wd ? belief a large4 majority of the rwomen'rof th ' ;. .. ' ; l J . !j " '1 .1 i 'L, . of usefulness which God has in .y!Mbm.M--J:.'-.- -; to signed: them, and, in cVa'elu3ion;o wjjf gftjr,". I Voar missionrr is an hitrh1 and honorable on?'diftrA-- " ? weu luro oe not weary inf!.. ,nr. H r- r--- -- "T" 9S:rcle.f:, |