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MEN' AM) HflUKN WHO HVK AT.
TKAtTKI) IT KMC ATTENTION.
I'rijiOf Albert.
As Queen Victoria is the topic of the
hour in this her jubilee year, we present
tooarre.nlersaportn.it of the young
Queen and Prince Albert, as they ap
peared on the day of their wedding.
Prince Albeit, or more fully. Albert
Francis Augustus Charles Emmanuel,
prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. and hus
band of Queen Victoria of Great Britain,
was born near Coburg. August 2ith.
He was careful !v educated, re-
ceiving all the tuition that was deemed ",,nw the fi'ip:nion-the helpmate of
necessary to his station in life, and stud- man- But we Americans are not even
ied philosophy at Bonn. He was mairi- -itent with this. In the present prog
ed in ls-40 to the Queen of England and T'iw and enlightened age. it seems but
in 1V")7 received the title of Prince-con- a coml,rumise- a "ps-essary ncession.
sort. As the confidential adviser of : We ma-v be f:li,,U(l i '' weakly
Queen Victoria, he exercised great and ,
extensive influence in public affairs and I
current topics of the dav. His earlv
leath which occurred on December 14th.
IMil. was the occasion of much grief and :
sadness, not onlv to the Queen and her!
immediate family and less closHv allied
relatives.l)ut.-1isot,1tl.esnl,iM,.t.thr.,.ri,.
out her .Majesty's great dominion, and '
was one of the universal general regret
as he was sincerely beloved for his own 1
good traits. !
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i. toria Alexaiidrma. Queen of Great (
Britain and Ireland aud Emperor of In-
d.a. only child of the late Duke of Kent j
and of the- Princess Louisa Victoria of :
Saxe-( 'oburg. was born at Kensington j
Palace. May -J4th. 1 s 1 lJ : her parents, who I
had been residing abroad, having hasten- j
en to r.ngianu. m order that their child
might be born a Britian. Her father died
Jan. 'iJinl. )'(T. Until within a few
weeks of her elevation to the throne, her
life was spent in comparative retirement,
varied only by tours through the United
Kingdom. Queen Victoria succeeded her
uncle. William IV. June 20. is;7. as Vic
toria and her coronation was celebrated
iu Westminister Abbey. June "'th. ISIS.
She was married IVbruarv 10th. 1"40 to
his i;,te li.iyal Highness Prince Albert of
Saxe Co burg Gotha.
Her mother d.ied March IU. lMil. fol
lowed by the sudden death of the Prince
consort. December 14th. (Jn succeeding
to the tli rone, the Queen found the Whig
and Conservative parties nearly balan-
ced in the house of Commons. Lord Mel- j
bourne and his colleagues continued to
hold office until September. Wl. when i
owing to their unpopularity arising from
their want of financial ability, they were
obliged to give place to the late Sir Tub- '
ert reel, ins rejieai ot tin- corn laws
led to Hie accession to power of Lord ;
John li:issell. who was succeeded iu
January. lS-VJ. by the Earl of Derby. In
the following December the Conserva
tive party resigned, giving place to Lord i
Aberdeen and the Coalition Cabinet. '
which w.is dismissed in Feb. !V-V. Then
cam;- Lord P.iimerstoii s first adminis
tration, which was defeated in -V-. and
Lord D'-rby for the second time held
power. In 110 his ministry resigned
anil Lord 1 'a ! niersioii formed his second
Cabinet. Hrdu-d in IMi."). and Earl Kus-,
-ell assumed po.vi-r. In lHiii Lord Der
by w;:s again called iipnii and formed
Ids third administration. The Conser
vatives hcing placed in ;: minority at the
general election ol li' . Mr. Disradi re
s'.,neii ofiice and w.is .iiir-.iili-il as Prime
Minist.-r iiy .Mr. (ila.i-tuiic lu i-7! th.-'
('oi;sei at: es again came into power
and Mr. Disne!:. alterwards Lord Bea
coMsiicld ioiined a ii" w administration.
hi January 1. C77. the yiit-eii was pro
claim d Empress or India by tit" (iover
iii r ( lci!-'.;;l at D'.-ihi. )n th" deie.-.t
the Conscrvat i V"S at t ll" elect i '11 . ' t 1 vMl.
Mr. Gladstone P-rn.'e-l anotle r Libera!
.vdministrat ion. which continued in nf
t.c till the spi ir.g of !v-" w h.-n it was
tl.-fe.it "d 021 a taii'l' bill and succeed etl
bv a Conservative administration under
Li 'rd Sa li.sbnry. In Ajiri
tentm on th" ' 'm-en's lite
an at
wus made at
u mdsor bv one Ivnteru k .uacteau. wjio
aft-i- trial, w.is confined during the
Qui." en s plca.sure. "The Early Days of
His Roval Highness, the Prince Consort "
compiled under the direction of Her
Majesty .appeared in lsfiT: followed b.i
"Lea-es from the Journal of our Late in
r "s:; 1 the Highlands.
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BY RAY MONTGOMERY.
"Ephraim waxed- fat and "kicked
has Weu the htnry of maD.v hwKl
Ephraim. of none more strikingly than
of woman.
Throughout Pagan ages and countries
women have ever been the slaves of men
with all spirit anil independence so utter
ly crushed out as scarcely to leave any
desire to be free.
However, od placed her uion a high- the cra.lle to manhood those who shall are most free when best governed? It
er platform, and in all countries where be its rulers and law-makes. the ri"ht the character is in unison with the law
the Bible is read and regarded she be-
moull- !t ls agreed, though even tliat is
doubtless due to the want of proper phys-
1 culture, but even granted that m-
ture so decrees, that does not prove our ,
inferior.
Let the sewing and sweeping. coking
.lish-wsishing be done by those who
have not the taste or-talent foranvthin- .
else.'just as the plowing and clod-hop-
Pm" lmlsl: w "one oy some oi ine oiner
sex. aud give to those who crave the right
to improve their mind, an equal chance
with the lxys and see which will come
to the top. Tlus they tak. ;1U( it all :
soun.ls fair and s.piare. And so we And i
these "weaker vessels" climbing labor-
iously xV to n perfect equality, eagerly
claiming all the rights a:ul ju-ivileges of
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PRINCE ALBE
the other sex. to preach, to vote, to heal
11 wtn as ,mm. tIu- sick, to make and
expounl the laws of the countrv. &c.
If any old fashioned lady meekly Kints
to such hints from the Bible as "That
vomen adorn ihemseLt s in modest ap-
parel. with shame laced ness and sobriety
with good works." "Let the woman,
learn in silence with all subjection."!
"But I sulfer not a woman to teach nor
to usurp authority over toe man but to
be in silence. Let your women keep
sile nce in the churches: for it is not per
mitted unto them to speak: The young
women to be sober, to love their luis
bamls. to love their children. To be dis
creet, chaste, ke'-pel s ;-,t lionu whose
a lorning let it bv- the ornament of a
me' k and quiet spirit, which is in the
siJd of God d gr"at price." And all
those suggestive pictures given in the
iast chapt'T of Proverbs, -he will only
be sneered at for her ignorance and si li
pid ity. and if answer she get all. it wiii
"U tho-e passagt-s eoul
meaning tor these tiims
with a shrug:
"If I thought the Bibh
i not have any
Or perhaps
intended such
sentences ;ts that to o"
I w oil"! lose my revere:
Thus we ;ire drifting
ta
11 literally,
lor it."
,'e
drilling with
the current, away trom the Bible I
somet imes tear our anchor our eman
cipation proclamation.
Does it ever occur to you. O most pro
gressive
and enliglitene.l sisters, tliat
.nimawum 100 i.u oew-u
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the reach of Bible liberties. I know
how useless this talk is. how little it will
be apt to reach those who have once
'. d . ; lHret!tinu If thev w;n
-iaiieu in vnis uimiiuu. 11 mn 111
not hear Paul aud the Apostles, they
WOUIU UOl listen mOUgU "Uf SJTOKe TO !
i i - l . l i l - i
lufui lioui nit? uejM.iis ui ufiuufuuNU. j
Ut ;c ., l....l,..1o.l f-.
many are looking out and longing : only
hampered bv earl v training and the con-
ventionalities of life, heedless of tlie(iol
-riven rights they are discontentedly
trampling under foot.
Is it rights you want. O women of
the nineteenth century '. Turn back to
your Bible and see what glorious rights !
are yours '. The right to mould the bone
and sinew of our land to train from
to influence and guide by your strong there can be no conflict and when dis
instinctive right, those u ho by daily con-, satisfaction with legitimate authtnify
tact with the world are pricked and occurs, it impart iall y examined into, the
goaded into more or less conformity to fault will generally be found to lie with
evil. Nay do your duty faithfully, aud the grumblers. Surely no complaint
instead of one vote, vou mav control can be made in this country except it le
vour dozen and that too. without bri-
berv lobbying.
i it because educated. Christian
mothers are seeking other and wider t-)
fieMs of usefulness, than home where
(iot h;S phu.ed their ,,(U, that Ule
best blood in the land is to-dav mingling
with the W(irst jn the felou-s r.lnf; tht.
,1,T..itl..v ,.u .,. ti, ,ro
lnim tle i;uv y
Look to your laurels mothers wives.
What higher ambition can a woman
have? What greater honor can a 'wo
man's heart ask than that "the heart of
husb;md (lnth s;(felv.tl.ust hl ller--
that 1(J is kllmvll iu the gates, when lu
sitttth 5lmou the elders of the land.'
aU(1 that ..her diildreu arise up and call
jler blessed."
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QUEEN VICTORIA.
CHATS I'llOM TH I' CH IMNT.Y COIJNKK
13 Y MISS ANNIE E. WILSON'.
How thesurgf s aud billows of thought
:unl opinion roll back and forth on the
shores of humanity, from despotism
straight across the line of freedom sweep-
ing broadly out into the sandy wastes of
lawlessness, then back again into some
new depths of tyranny and so on.
A young friend v.-as greatly shocked
the other day at our expressing the be-
lief that no better remedy for obstreper
ous children hud yet been discovered
than switching. Such a cruel frame of
mind seem" 1 to her inexcusable in this
enlighten.
snd pi
OL'li
mvc nu'f.
The subject has repeatedly returned
to us since, bnt all the I'Jth century light
w hich we have been a.bie to throw upon
it has not at all "hanged our opinion.
"li is such a pity to break a child's
spirit." said this warm hearted yotinu
lrieii'' am! -.ve piunged our-el -s to un
known depths m her estimation w h"i!
we exehiinmd. "Th" vei y be- i thing that
can even hanpeii to anybody is to h;;e
th.-ir ill brought into compe te sub
jection to some legitimate authority.
Test ii by observation and see if it be
not trie tii.it it is long continued un
kindicssorasense of inju.-tice which
break a . hil.t's spirit. makes him ser
vile, cow a: ill v. mean spirited, deceitful,
but subjection to lawful authority ye;:,
absolute and unquestioning obedience
. to mivnts. O-acluT.-.. etc. 't. .
It will be true, we suppose, until hu-
. man nature is maoe over again, imu me
best soldiers make the best commanders.
aud vice versa. No one who does not know
how to obev will ever be rj&o command.,
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loanoiu iogy u iooks mt mucu as u
8 (irp- JL UWH n TIT JJll-
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ui j; ui u)u u. s n " . v4uiui in "'n,
..Lali-, 1miI- Lmw fmin naniiifdl untl..
oritr, domestics ami-employees reseuta 11
interference fnm employers and claim
the rilit to dictate the terms of their
mutual compact. Women are fast shuf-
fling off the hnieding skirts of home
duties, to seek wider (?) fields of useful-
ness. Even wives would have a yet
newer version of the Bible which would
leave out the command of obedience to
husbands. When will we learn that we
of too much freedom. freedom to do all
evil.
Laws enacted with the best intentions
and all available wisdom may prove un-
Infect since hi w-makers are human, but
we must remember that those who are
object to law are human also, and if
only we will, each one in his own path
and station, go straight on to make the
best of the opiort unities God gives us,
the restrictions of la w and order will not
be apt to distress us.
The boy who begins his career with
the clothes on his back, and those per
haps ragged, has as much ;'( to gixw
rich as anybody else and may. even
without dishonesty. And himself at the
to) before his life is ended. It is only
those who want the best of life without
earning it who stop by the wayside to
grumble.
A HO.Mt: IN Till-; Ol TH.
Ml.S. M. K. DAVIS.
They tell me of homes in the cold, icy North
, Win-re- beauty with splendour vies,
1 Where geiius and culture have plighted
j their troth
j To dazzle and charm the eves ;
: But I hs we a cot by the streamlet side,
With a verdant Savanna, opening wide;
; Where thehoiiey-beu levels in beds ot Thyme
i And the cow hells tinkle a drowsy chime,
J And this is the home for me I
; A Home in the Smith- the sweet Sunny
I South,
! A H'Uue in the South for me.
They whisper 1 if vales in the far distant West,
; Which tlie wonders of Nature show ;
I There's a snowy wreath on the mountain
I crest,
i While Summer is ripe below.
! But I have- a lh-aveli of Turquoise blue,
i Wheiv the liquid stars seem melting through
I And all niuht Joag. in the moon's pale sheen
, The mocking bird sings to his fairy queen :
h. a Hume in the South fur me !
A Home in the South the beautiful South,
! A Hume in the Smith for me.
I I envy nut old England's halls,
' Nor the pride of hei he.lgt s green ;
; 'Though the nightingale's sung so bewitch-
ingiy falls
The liute of the ellekoo between ;
There's a sweet low tr.ll, at i.ill ot eve.
Sniveling along, tin 0m
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the
,'leeQ
h-avt s ;
And my red-winged starling's harshest notes
Are sweeter to lue thall those foreign throats.
( di. a Home in the .South tor me !
A Home ill the South the s eet-Voiced
South.
A Horn.; in the South fur me.
Italy's skies ale t.-ir. I wetn.
And the flush of her. purple grap -s : --Jh-r
marble hal's itii seid uui-.-s gleaai.
And she his relit s oi nd-.o:-,., sh;q..-s ;
But tin- guttering h
vine Al'iUlld lli V cottage V
And .!e u. i th. v.
: Vl s 1 t l lie je..,s.;li,;il,j
lalida's twine,
mm tUi s- rums grey,
ins in y ce ii h e:i l'la .
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W Le.e each man S fiC-C is an .
Ami thoughts are luirrored to .
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( Ui. this is ti.e Home forme :
; A Home :n the South tie- grand old South,
I A Hume in the S'.-ith n r me.
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