Woman As Judge

CllEYEXXK, Oct. 1. My last gave in brief the histury of the rfffrage Act ia Wyoming. I wiil now give sume oí' the practical woikings of woiiuin suffrage and womun offlco-holdtng. The first act taken under the proVisiona ut' thia hiw was tho appointiiu'iit i.y tina .Suci'otary, as Acting (jovcrttflTi OÍ .Mi's. Esther Moiris, of South l'uss City, as tJ us tice ofthePeace for Sweetv.iitcr County. Mrs. Morris qualified, ' remitted t!io usual f,.'O of $o " to the Secretavy, :ind eiltered upon tho the iluties of her office. M"uli.ing unusual ooourrod for some days. Éverybody was satiafiod with thy new Justiee, and the ncw Justice with everybqdy. Üm d-.iy, however, the wiiao of bitterness was mixed in her cup of bliss, and notwit Ustauding her womanly and wifelyfeöling, ghe wascompelled tó drink it. Hor better halt', who was now left in charge of the domestic dcpartmont of the firni, luid, provious to i.is vtirement to the sweets of dom. stic life, occasionally takona social glass with his friends. Taking advantage of this weakness, soino friends waited upoñ Mr. Morris one day, and haring made Mr. Monis dn.nk, lsd him intö a breacb ot' th i .;; ■, t.i.n hastened to the lísquiíos p otíico aud o Igo 1 acomplaint with her honor ágainst her honor 's" liego 1 jtl and :■," that used to be, and demandcd a warrant fot hia arrest. Mrs. Justioe teda moment on the banks of this woman's Rubioon, bat like Casar ghe was equal to the pmergency, and promptly crossed into her lord'a dominions, and Kor former master was dragged before her for trial. Mr. Monis' head was not sufficicutly olear to oomprehen l the situadon. Be begun to assert his sovereign rights in contempt of court, when Middenly he w.ibrouglit up by tin: offioer in obediwtee to the court's order. Soeing that things had ili mged soinewhat, nnd thalüiheilo's oocapation had been at least suspended, he bagan tu expostulate first with tho oÉBcer, until informed by that functionary Ihat he had no discretion, but was acting under ot ■ eourt " Who is the Couit (hio)? " inquired 2lr. Morris. On being informed that the occupant of thé bonch was tho Judce, Mr. Morris looked at the Justico with a puzzl.-il air, ser : - head ip an cil'oi-t to oolleol ns 8oatterod thoughts,' and ejaoulatcd, " Her - her - (hic) you d tool - ly wife - (hio) - she is- that's Esther - my wife Esther - you're drunk, or - oh, don't bothor me, (hioj " and he started to go. "Lóele ap the prisoner for contempt oí' court," súil Mrs. Morris to tho offleer. " bat have yon to 6ay about it, eh i " blurted out Mr. Morris, staggering menacingly toward tho Judge. " You will fínd I have all to say about OüBiOor, look him ui," replied her honor. Although badly inixed, Mr. Morris began to pet a glúnmor of the truth, and bogan a parley. " Xow, look hore, Mr. üiliccr, don't you be 11 a hurry, 1 didn't mean anythiug wrong. I want to to just talk with my wife a minute. Xow, Esther, what's the use oí' foolin' ; you jieb git down out of there and go hoiue nnd behave youiself. i'lltendso this little ditlieiilty myself. Now, go right Ektoug, the baby wuuts noraing. I had to givo it Mrs. Winslow to ge it to sleep when I carne down. - He's hungry, forhe won't aso that old büttle, and 1 ilou't blaine him either. The diahes ain't washed, nor the beds made, neither. And what's more, I ain't Loiu' to do it any more, now. You hear that. Now strt alone." By the time Mr. Morris had deliveted hfanself of this, his tone had ohangod as his feelings warmedfrom that of expostulatiou to commaud again, and the offioer torced him into the rudely constructed lock-up in the rear of her Honor's eourt, and there Mr. Morris was left to retlect upon the situation, and gaze upen the dividing wall between hiinself and wife as the dividing line between man's and woman's rights nader tbia new dispensati.m. On the following morning Mr. Morris was arraigned before her Blonor, and in the most sober and subdned mannor, aml with the deepest humiliatíon, pleaded guilty, asked the pardon of the Court for contempt, begged its clelnency, and then awaited liis sentenee with humiliation and rosignation. After giving the prisoner a Caudlo lectore as amended by tho laws of W'yoming, her Honor imposed the usual fine and i( quired tlie prisonor to givo bonds to keep the peaoe, upon wbioh the the court gallantly offored to let him go, and Mr. Morris vanishod.