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Show ANTI-POLYGAM- 74 STANDARD. Y f Woman as a Bt nefactress. MRS. WILSON. : Mrs. Wilson was an Englishwo- r man who deserves an honored place among the distinguished of her sex for her noble in going out to India to introduce the light of female education into that region of moral and intellectual darkness. She also founded the first orphan refuge, or asylum for native female children, established under the British sceptre in the East. This beginning of female instruction was introduced only about The Entwenty-nin- e years ago. glish East India Company had held rich possessions and controlling power in India for more than a yet no man had sought to remedy, or remove the horrible degradation and ignorance of the female sex, and f there existed the most awful oppression and brutal practices the corrupt mind can devise" And never will the chains of sin be entirely broken, or civilization make progress in that clime of the sun till the female sex are thoroughly instructed and raised from their social degradation, in which noble work Mrs. Wilson has made such a noble beginning. When Mrs. Wilson, then Miss Cook went to India, the education of. natives had been confined to boys, for whom a number of schools had been opened; and asno attempt at conversion was allowed, there was no prejudice against them; on the contrary, the natives warmly seconded them.' and the schools were crowded with boys willing to learn after the' English fashion instead of their own, but the prejudices against educating females was not to be so easily overcome. For a woman, no education of anv kind but such as related to makingO a curry or pillan had ever been deemed necessary. All intellectual attainments were out of place for one who was not the companion, but the drudge and slave of her husband, and the more ignorant she was the less intolerable would be the monotony and confinement of her life. A wife can never be degraded by preparing her husbands self-sacrifi- climate. Physically, morally and intellectually, she was fitted for her task. Her health was excellent ; her spirits elastic; her temper even; her mind clear, quick, and shrewd ; her manners most engaging, though dignified, and her will indomitable. On arriving in India, her first efforts were, devoted to acquiring a know-l- e ige of Bengalee, the language of the native of Calcutta; and as soon as she could make herself understood, she took up her abode in the midst of the native population, and courted and encouraged pupils. Slowly and suspiciously they came in, attracted by a small gratuity as a reward for daily attendance., In time, others followed their examples, and a school which could scarcely aspire to the dignity of ragged , being literally a naked one, was established None but those of the very lowest rank could be enticed even by a fee to attend the school, and any one less earnest would have lost heartland been disgusted to find that all her efforts were to be so confined. But Mrs. Wilson ; hoped and trusted, and determined to remedy what appeared 'remediable. She was convinced that a large house, in a more respectable part of the native town, would be one means of attracting pupils of rather a higher caste, and she determined to secure this. A rajah, who at that time was anxious to pay court t the ce . cen-tur- y, . . . . . , , . government, presented the Ladies Society for promoting Native Female Education with a piece of ground in a very eligible situation; a European gentleman furnished the plan and superintended the erection of the buildings, and in about five years after her first arrival in Calcutta, Mrs. Wilson took possession of the Central School, a large, airy ' , and handsome abode r To be continued.) ' but it is humiliating and degrading to be considered unrepast ; . worthy to partake of it with him, arid not even to be permitted to enliven it with her conversation. Though in the present day - thing has been effected in the way of elevating the social position of the Hindoo female, yet thirty years ago even that little was considered unattainable, but it was evident that if India was to be regenerated, her female, as well as her male population must be instiucted. The task was difficult ; for while the government was indifferent, the natives of India were all strongly, opposed to any measures for ameliorating the condition, social or intellectual of their women. One zealous friend to woman, however, devoted herself to the task. The work was to be done, and One woman did it." , After her determination was made Mrs. Wilson spared no personal exertion, she had herself trained to tHe business of general instruction, and did not fear the effects of an Indian : 4 . , ' I ' ' : Characteristics of Mormon Polygamy. polygamists wicked desires, which he calls the will of the Lord., Some women, wanting in spirit, may submit with a slight struggle, but even then the cruelty is the same. 'Indeed, it is, questionable if those whose resistance causes physical violence resulting in death, have not the happier lot as compared vwitfl those whose suffering is spiritual and mental.. We could relate numbers of incidents in support of our assertion but one will suffice for the present occasion. We have any quantity of them in reserve, which are fully authenticated also, and if it be charged that these.be exceptional cases, and that such, people, would be brutes under any circumstances, we: leply they are not exceptional, save perhaps in the degree of brutality involved: A poor woman, whose' husband could not provide decently for. one family, opposed him living his religion and taking another- wife, when he flew at her, striking her with his fist in the face, knocking out two of her teeth with the first blow.; After, receiving, a severe castigation for her exhibition of a rebellious spirit toward the will of the Lord, she left home with scarce-- , , - - ly any clothes to try and find a situation, and was at last accepted at the house of a respectable physician in this city. Here: the brutal hus band tracked her, and as it is also considered a gross misdemeanor for a Saint to live with a wicked Gentile family, he was determined that she should return home with him to their saintly abode! 'She refused, having found a comfortable and peaceful home,' and fled up. stairs to escape from him. The master of tho house unfortunately happened to be engaged in his bath room and consequently could not go to her as? sistance, so her husband followed her, dragged her down the stairs, , ' : through the. streets, through a slough, she resisting all the way, to No. III. their sweet and pious home, where our informant saw her the Mormon polygamy is characterized next day. She was a most pitable Incidents have come by brutality. her eyes swollen and blackto the personal knowledge, of many object, ened by blows, her front teeth gone y Somembers of the and her. clothes all torn to pieces, ciety, from time to time, in spite of This poor creature died shortly afeffort at which concealment, every terward .from a dose of poison proves that the most cold blooded whether accidently taken or purbrutality and cruelty is everywhere in characteristic of polygamy as it ex- posely order to escape from the horrible life she was. leading, of ists in Utah. The same may be said whether administered under orders in regard to. almost every Gentile from the Church-bl- ood atonement lady who lives for any length of for supposed apostacy we know time in this ' Territory, and who and it will probably never be manifests the least interest in inves- not, known until the grave yields up its tigating the system. The traditions secrets at the day of judgement. of every settlement, of almost every But this we do know, that her saintlonsehold could substantiate our asly husband still lives his religion sertion. Old Mormons declare with two wives, and anticipates an that the cemeteries of exalted position in the world, to Utah are peopled with women who come. lave died prematurely, and too often by physical violence, on account of to look over Ladies, do not . , i , Anti-Polygam- . ; un-lestitatin- i lolygamy. In any case women must submit. The system calls into play menfc - worst passions, practically arms them with. absolute and irresponsible power for every man is expected to govern his own . harem, and then leaves woriien defenceless in, their pretence. .. The right to be, with her. children, reciprocally loved and i supported, is not 'recognized; Her health, and life even are not weighed in the balance agairist the forget our advertising columns each month. You will find no better places, where, to purchase your necessities. -j Wanted , . r reliable lady canvassers in every townand city throughout the' United 'States, to whom a liberal commission will be paid. Address Anti-Polygam- y Standard. ; V : Look at our Preminm List. , Earner. Ijouscfeetpers SALADS.-- ' ; f . From the London Standard. . . At the period when I first made acquaintance with the Continent France g namely although the art of was infinitely better understood there than here, it was nevertheless quite a usual thing to see in England the salad brought to table dressed This is almost no longer the case. Ini stead of dressed salad, lettuce plants -and almost always the Cos variety, longitudinally cut, are presented. They are; generally served on a flat dish whereon it would not be possible to dress them if inclination prompted the a When bowl does salad attempt. figure the, probability is that the salad stuff will be found lying at the bottom, undressed, but finely chopped and sod-de- n in its own escaped juice, mingled with a quantity of water, which, after the washing, had not been' shaken off. Of late, curious crescentic plates are put by the side of each cover at table, 4 f salad-makin- i -- -- which, as if seems, are intended to the lettuce sections. Thus, so far as concerns salad, the only visible pretence at' improvement has been made by the potter. But he has in the wrong direction. It was;gone the bowl for making the salad, rather than the plate .to eat it from, that required his attention. For your British potter salad bowls are all of one size, or nearly so, whether for the. service of one, two, or a dozen people ; whereas in France a complete dinner service comprises several sizes of salad bowls. French salad: bowls are, moreover, always round in form, as ought to be vessels wherein stirring or mixing has to be done;. but the British article has, by some foolish conceit, come of. late to be oval? As for the. actual salad materials, if something more than lettuce and mustard and cress be coming into use, progress in that direction is and is almost conuncommonly slow, fined to the neighborhood of Leicester-squar- e. re-cei- i ve But, such as it is, that progress has hitherto avoided the line in which it was most, wanted; for, that wherein English salad, even when fairly well made, is chiefly dtfective is what the French call fourniture that is, flavorJierbes, such as chervil, tarra-going and chives, without which salad is insipid. This,, however, every was well in perfectly known, England two hundred years ago. To have arrived, in the year 1880, to the all but total disuse of those herbs implies no inconsiderable progress backward. I in my possession a copy, one ofhjive the the 14th edition, of John Evelyns Acetaria, or Book of Salets, the contents of which make it evident that at the time of that publication the management of salads was not more of a mystery in England than in France. The falling off which has' taken place therein is no solitary event. Cookery and the art of the table in general have, no doubt, undergone the same process of decay ; for it can hardly be doubted that in past ages, when English cooking vessels were made of copper, like those of most foreign countries in the. present day, and charcoal was the ordinary kitchen fuel, this country had much the same style of victuals as the ret of the civilized world. The introduction of iron pots and l firing has largely to answer for the sorry pass to which the culinary art has come ; here. ,, To Cook Dried Beef, Cut the beef in thin slices,' place it in the spider and pour hot' water on it, thicken with a little flour and water stirred smoothly in. Then season with .butter, salt and pepper,', boil about five j minutes, and while boiling break fn one or two eggs and stir all together. 'Halve and butter some warm biscuits, place in a deep dish and pur the: mixture upon them-- It is very nice indeed. I I n, . pit-coa- i 4 |