that the husband is the
head of the wife, and whatever is his is his'n, and whatever is
hers is his'n, and come weal or woe, peace or war, the right of
all property is vested in the husband, and the wife must not take
anything away. The ox belongs to Uncle Ben, and he must keep it,
and the other things, and if the old woman quits she must go
empty-handed. Know all that this is so by order of the Judge of
Probate.

[Signed] WM. R. HILLYER.

Though quaintly expressed, yet this decision is in line with the
old common law and the statutes of many of the States in this Union
to-day.

XI.--ALABAMA.

The women of Alabama are evidently awake on the temperance
question, though still apparently unprepared for suffrage. In a
report of a meeting in Birmingham in 1885, the following, from a
prominent editor, was read by the president:

Tell the admirable lady, Mrs. Bryce, that I would devote
everything to the cause she espouses, but there's no use. Let
women demand the ballot, and with it they can destroy whisky, and
by no other agency. There is no perfect family or state in which
woman is not an active governing force. They should have the
courage to assert themselves and then they can serve the country
and the race.

If a thunderbolt had fallen it would not have created a greater
sensation. The ladies at first grew indignant and uttered
protestations. When they grew calmer, the corresponding secretary
was ordered to furnish the editor with the following:

The ladies of the W. C. T. U. return thanks to the editor for his
kindly and progressive suggestions, but, in their opinion, they
are not ready to ask any political favors. Whenever suffrage is
granted to the women of the United States, those of Alabama will
be found on the right side.

At Huntsville lives Mrs. Priscilla Holmes Drake, whose name has
stood as representative of our National Association in Alabama
since 1868.

XII.--GEORGIA.

We give a letter from Georgia's great statesman, defining his views
of woman's sphere:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29, 1878.

_Mrs. E. L. Saxon, New Orleans, La._

MY DEAR MADAM:--Your letter to Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of the
22d inst., came duly to hand. He requests me to thank you for it,
and to say in reply that he has ever sympath