' ' ' 1 r "
4'
A Journal for the People.
Devoted to the Interests of Humanity!
Independent In Polities and Religion.
Alive to all Live Immcs, and Thornuclily
RadftHl In OpposlHsand KxposfHfr the Wrong
MRS. A. J. HtMn".U, Editor am Proprietor.
Ul'MCIS-C'tir. Trout mill Nlxrk Mr-U.
TKItMS, IX ADVANCE:
o! the Masses.
On year-
sis mouths
Three motiUt
-?.. W
.. 1 75
-.100
Ft.ek Sprrrir, Fkf.k l'mas, Kiiek I'wm
rnrrMn!ii!nLK irrliln? ovemssnmrtl.Sfcna-
tures mint make known thrtn naine'tt'itho
Kdltor.or no attention will he given tojhelr
AWRRTWRMRJCTS Inserted on reasonable
VOLIDIE IV.
rOTtXIVTND, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTE5IBEK 4, 187-1 .
NU3IBER :i.
eonimunloattons. .
; W I
AMI E AND HENRY
OK
LEE;
Tlie Spheres of Hie Srxe.
v ns. a. i. m-xiwAT.
(EnlMvd.aceonllnc to Act of Congress, In the
ynr 1871, by Mis. A. J. Ikintway, In the office of
I lie IjlbrariM of Onvf" i Wafclilngtou City.
CHAlTElt XV.
The nmrriage of May Hastings with
Mr. Itobcrt Green had been postponed
for a year. Such was the grief of the
family over the unaccountable absence
of Alice that the health of Mrs. If. be
gnu to fall, and it was feared that she
was going rapidly into a decline. Med
leal skill, seaside resorts, mountain fast
nesses and niral retreats were resorted
to in turn, hut without bonefit; and
now, It was derided that while she was
yet able to do the houorsof her house,
the grand wtMhH11r7fl101lU5.be celebrated
In a Style incoming the wealthiest fam
ily In Portsmouth.
The invalid mother was reclining by
her daughter1 s.s4k- in the carriage, when
May, in doing thp shopping necessary
for the preparation of tho bridal trous
seau, ordered the driver to stop in front
of Miss Lee's Emporium.
"You're not going in there?" said the
motlter, proleslingly.
"Indeed I am !" was the ungracious
reply. "Miss I.ee's milliner is the only
tnodiaie in Portsmouth that I would
trust to make my bridal millinery. You
ought to have seen Net O'Toodles' bri
dal bonnet. You know she's going to
be married nest month to 'Dolph Fitz
foodle. I don't know but I'd be willing
to marry htm myself to get such an out
fit. Her bonnets, especially! You'd
have thought that Alice planned them
You know her taste was always better
than anybody else's."
May hounded from the carriage and
loft her mother gaeing abstractedly
through the window, as if striving to
get a glimpse of the milliner whom iter
daughter so enthusiastically eulogized.
Amie had been compelled to yield to
the commands of a raging headache,
brought 011 by overwork and anxiety
about her profligate brother, and had
reluctantly yielded the sales-room to
Alice, while endeavoring to sleep oft her
indisposition during the long afternoon.
Alice, who was now woll known in
the city as Miss Le Clerq, went forward
with a nervous trepidation which the
reader may imagine, but the writer can
not describe.
It would not have Been possible for
her to avoid waiting upon the customer
had Amie been present, for May was de
termined that none but the milliner
who was to make the hats should re
ceive lier onlm.
The work of making selections to
please tite fickle fancies of the bride
elect was long and tedious.
"Mother," called May, Impulsively,
as she stepped to the door, "you'd better
drive home and not- wail for me. I can
walk."
"Don't be late getting to dinner!"
"I won't; just go home and rest con
tented till I get there. I'm going to
watch Miss Le Clerq till she gets one of
my hats finished."
After an infinite amount of handling
flowers and laces, selecting this and re
jecting that combination, trying one
style and then another, as is the wont
of ladies whose ideas center upon dress,
the choice of the customer fell upon tho
vory articles which 'Alico at first sug
gested. "You are so much like my Iostslsler!"
May exclaimed.
"Indeed?" answered Alice, while her
hands trembled and she feared that she
might faint.
"Yes; you are much like her. You
have her eyes, form and face; but your
complexion isn't like hers. She had
6itch beautiful complexion, blonde hair
and all. If she were only here I'd not
trouble my brain for a minute aliont se
lecting material for these hats."
"Play that I'm your sinter Alice,
then, ami see If I don't get them tip to
suit you."
"Capital ! I'll do it," replied May, I
with a laugh. "Do you know," she rat- j
tied on, "I always will believe that
she'll eome liome safe and sound some
day." Then suddenly, as if a new
thought had struck her, she exclaimed:
"Did you ever see Miss Lee carrying or
wearing expensive jewelry ?"
"I think not. A woman in her busi
ness fiiHls enough to do to buy food and
clothes, especially if she has to support
sueli n futnilv as she maintains. Why
did you ask the question ?"
"Mr. Green my afiianeed, you know
says that Miss Leo once took some
very valuable jewelry like that which
he had seen my sister wear, to the as
sying office to learn its value. Now, I
wouldn't mind paying you handsomely
if you would contrive to find her jew
elry ami allow it to me."
Alice unconsciously drew herself up
haughtily.
"You uWt mean to insiuuate that
you lmve any suspicion that Miss Lee
possesses your sister's jewels?"
"Oh, no! not that at least not cx
aelHf; but, you know, my brother cares
a great deul for her. I beg your pardon
of course you don't know but, at any
rate,ny husbaud that is to be" and
MayttilHshed scarlet as she spoke "my
husband that is to be would have a bet
torfrqjHuien of her than ho docs if he
could lie positive that she. knows noth
ing about my sister's whereabouts."
Well, Miss Hastings," and Alico as-
sumed an independent tone and manner
that beeamo her finely, "I assure you
that if 3Iiss Lee kuew anything about
your sister's wanderings and would con
fidedhat knowledge to me, I'd die before
I'd tell on her."
"Ob", .you needn't be offended. I was
only see'kitiga good opportunity to clear
up your, employer's character in the
estimation of Mr. Green nnd the pub
lic." i
If Alice had spoken her own senti
ments just then, she would have an
swered,' f'A'nd If Miss Lee were not pos
sessed With the forbearing spirit of an
angel s!ieI horsewhip the grand ras
cal." Hut she was bent upon a profita
ble pecpniary transaction, and so, to
steady her nerves, sho bit vigorously at
her thread, and snapping It in two, be
gan making an eilort to thread a needle
with an eye too fine to admit tho silk
she wns Using.
"What has Mr. Green been saying
that wa derogatory to the character of
Miss lxf?" sho asked at length
"I amnotnt liberty to tell," was the
cautious auswer. "But I learn from
somo conversations he has lately held
with mamma that she is being strongly
suspiciojied by the police of having been
in some way connected with a con
spiracy to aid my sister In escaping."
"Then 1 should say, Miss Hastings,
that you would nover make a very skill
ful detective. SupposeMiss Lee had been
guilty as charged in your mamma's in
dictment, of what avail would it be for
you to como here and put her employes
upon their guard? I assure you that I
would never think of thus warning her
if I had your or, rather Mr. Green's
suspicions."
"Did you ever see my sister?" queried
May, abruptly.
"You jwill recollccl," was the adroit
reply, "that I came to this store after
your sister absconded, and have been
made acquainted with many of the al
leged circumstances of her departure
through the gossip of the customers."
"Puff the illusion lengthwise across
the crown, so," said the sister, changing
the subject. "I want a sprig of forget-me-nots
in this hat, to wear with my
demi-train Irish poplin. And I saw a
choice aigrette in the show-case. Make
a rosette of blonde lace and velours and
finish It with that."
You're terribly concerned about your
poor sister," thought Alice, proceeding
to obey.
"I believe it iscurrently reported that
your sister shipped before the mast,"
said the milliner.
"I know people say i, but, somehow,
I can't really believe it. She told me
she would, though; but I have always
fancied that she did it to put me on a
false scent."
"Does her mother grieve after her
much?" and Alice's tones grew tremu
lous. "Oh, terribly! She is really going
into n decline. I sometimes think Alice
might come back for a little while, se
cretly, just to let mother know where
she is. I'm confident she's not hiding
from her. Oh, my hat Is just lovely!
Do you know that, though you don't
look much like her, you somehow
strangely remind mo of my lost sister?
But, mercy ! how I do run on ! I must
go now; but examine Miss Lee's jewels,
won't you ? There's a dear."
"Oh, I can tell you all about her jew
els now, if you would like to listen."
May's features quickly lost their in
different and happy cast, and she looked
into the eyes of her sister half in tears
and wholly in earnest.
"Miss Lee's jewels consist of seven
brothers aud sisters who are wholly de
pendent upon her thrift and energy for
livelihood and education. One of these
jewels is a cheat of the first water, and
is much more expensive than orna
mental. If to these I add a jet brooch
and a plain gold circlet your brother's
gift, I judge you have the stock corn-
nlete. She seldom wears her brooch, a
simple ribbon or spray of flowers be -
coming her better; and I have even
heart her regret purchasing the trinkot
as a piece of extravagance. She got it
at the dollar store."
"Miss Le Clerq, you're laughing at
me!" was the somewhat petulant reply.
"But, after all, I don't blame you.
Bring my hat this evening, won't you ?
I want mamma to see if she can suggest
any alterations. You've played the role
of Alice Hastings to perfection this
afternoon."
Mr. Robert Green was closeted long
with the editor-in-chief of the Eeery
Morning Gazelle What tho conversa
tion related to the subordinates around
the office did not kuow.
Once or twice, when
"copy'
was
short, tho factotum usually dubbed jsidcring the impossibility when wom
"devil," who is an omniprcscut neccs-1 an, freed from the domination of the
sity in all well-regulated newspaper es- protecting sex, and empowered with the
lablishmcnts, ventured to intrude upon privilege to protect herself, shall sud
the editorial presence, only to meet jdenly deluge the world with sensuality
with an imnaticut rebufl, which inva-, al corruption, which now nrc only
riably caused him to report to the fore -
man that "scissorings" were yet
order. ,Tbis, of course, caused tliscon-
tented mutterings among tho journey -
men printers, who, having an eye to
rapldly accumulating "thousands," had
a natural affinity for "fat" or "leaded"
editorials, and an equally natural
aversion to "lean" or "solid" clippings.
"There's a new gal at the 'Walk In
aud Welcome,'" said Mr. Green; "a
reg'lar stunner. Whenever I see such a
glorious animal I think it's a deuced
.pity that she lives common. Ifldidn't
have a keen scent after old Hastings'
money bag9, which my new fortune,
luckily, had n successful itch in' for,
I'd make up to her and get her out
o' the 'Walk In.' She'd mako a splen
did ornament to a bachelor's club
room. But the worst of it is, when you
get such n biped on her metal, tea to
one if she don't throw off on you and blow
on you an' all that. I've got logo cau
tious till I get married. Then, when
the settlement's made, nnd my spirited
Hastings filly gets harnessed for life,
I'll have plenty of tlmo to hunt up an
afllnlty."
"Why do you come to me with such
talk ?" said Henry Lee, who was really
taking his first lesson In total deprav
ity. "Because it's a principled in nature
that when you're a good fellow your
self, and haven't a chance for various
reasons, pecuniary and otherwise to
appropriate an enjoyable bargain, It's a
principle in nature, I say, to turn that
bargain over, to u friend, the more es
pecially if that friend is an editor, whom
it's to yottr Interest to oblige, you
know."
"I don't fairly understand you, sir."
"Then, pardon me, but you' re as greeu
as a July persimmon."
Henry Leo had become so greatly
elated over the many fluttering enco
miums bestowed upon him by the press
and people throughout the country dur
ing the previous year that he could ill
afford to brook the half-ironical insinu
ations of his friend. But negotiations
were now on foot by which he hoped to
secure substantial aid from Mr. Green
in establishing himself as a stock-holder
in the Gazette, aud instead of resenting
the insinuation, 'he become invested
with a sudden desire to overcome his
verdancy.
"I have a deep curiosity to visit your
stunner, as you call this strange, fair and
frail woman," said he. "Is she a regu
lar inmate of the 'Walk In and Wel
come?' "
"Oh, yes. Came on tho last steamer.
She's very imperious and distant, as
yet; but T notice! an elegant necklace
that she wore, which I want you to sec
for a special reason."
"Very well. I'll go around to-night
after nine o'clock. I'll have to finish
my writing and attend the club first."
'Then I'll not detain you longer.
You'll bo sure to be on baud ?"
"You may roly upon me."
Henry Lee addressed himself assidu
ously to his leader, and had become
deeply engrossed in it, wheu a voice,
tangible only to his inner senses, whis
pered :
"Jicicarc;"
"What was that?" he queried, men
tally; but though he listened long, no
repetition of the mysterious sound was
heard.
I guess I'm a fool !" he exclaimed,
impatiently.
" Wicked steps take hold on hell" said
the voice, as soon as he was again ob
livious to all else except his writing.
"Hang it all!" exclaimed tho boy,
now almost nineteen, and indeed a boy
in years, though already old in editorial
experience. "Hang it all! I believe
I'm bewitched this afternoon. Here,
Tom !" bringing down his fist with an
emphasis that brought tho factotum
suddenly to his side, "lake these para
graphs and these clippings to the fore
man. Tell him to print the general
news as editorial leaded, I mean; and
make a leader of this dissertation on
morals from the Pttrilan Evangel."
"All right, sir," and the "devil" drew
his typc-stalncd fingers across his nose
aud retreated, bearing tho message to
its destination
"What I" queried the foreman, who
was looked upon as a sort of oracle by
the other office employes. "What!"
he repeated, "docs the editor mean to
commit literary piracy? Tho Bugle
I will be after him with n red-hot pencil
If I obey him. However, it isn't my
funeral. I can stand it if he can !"
"The editor of the Jhigle won't know
1 it's ttolcrf," said the factotum. "That
is, not tinlc8 yon tell him an' I guess I
wouldn't ! Might lose your place !"
This very gentle admonition produced
n vory salutary effect. Suffice it to say
that the stolen editorial was widely cir
culated add well received, and tho7iVi
ing llugle Mast, the rival paper, usually
called Jlugle. for short, was pleased to
copy some of the most lucid paragraphs
upon the "Woman Question," espe
cially those that threw most light upon
the approaching and much-to-be-dread-od
immorality of the masses, which was
sure "to follow the Impossible event
which was everywhere being widely
j agitated an unaccountable wonder con-
1 stayed in their course by the superior
in ' law-making and vice-restraining power
01 tne protecting aim pursc-iioiuing sex.
1 Tho appointed hour fouud Henry Leo,
j Esq., editor-in-chief of the Every .Vbri-
ing Gazette, sitting at an elegant round
table in the sumptuous public parlor of
the notorious "Walk In aud W'elcome,"
while close by his side, aud near enough
for him to count tho respirations of her
heaving bosom, sat tho strange young
woman In the gloaming necklace, whom
he had been attracted to the place to
visit. Henry Lee was painfully aware
of hisprominentawkwanlness. True, the
coarse clothing and clumsy mud-clogged
boots in which (he reader first beheld
him, had long since given place to
snowy linen, exquisite patent-leather,
aud conventional broadcloth; but his rai
ment sat uneasily upon him, nnd his
broad, honest hands toyed nervously, as
he sat at the table with a very Incipient
and somewhat. uncouth mustache.
"Miss, or Madam," said he, at last,
"will you please to tell nioyourname?"
"I was introduced to you as Rosa l)e
La Vere. You may call me Madam
Kosft If you like. Of course you have
not learned my real name, and I do not
intend that you shall. But I like the
looks of you. Do you often come
hero?" 1,..
Henry blushed deeply probably be
cause of his verdancy in matters ami
mansions of such character, but an
swered truthfully that he had hitherto
but seldom visited such resorts. 1
The woman, who could not have been
more than one year his senior, rendered
herself an extremely agreeable compan
ion. Not one indelicate word or net did
he notice, and he was especially struck
with the respectful deference paid her,
as by common consent, by all the women-protectors
in the gorgeous saloon.
A great bronzed clock stood at the
further end of the parlor, which regu
larly, at the hour of twelve, opened two
ponderous doors, and from behind their
cavernous depths a majestic Hercules
stepped forth upon a platform, and with !
steady and deliberate strokes upon a
great suspended silver bell, caused the
whole house to ring willi a well-understood
summons to retire for the night.
l'or be it known that the righteous
city of Portsmouth had recently
awakened to an alarming discovery.
Places of immoral resort were 'open long
after midnight, aud while it was "un
constitutional" to deprive the worthy
and license-paying proprietors of these
places of the "right to keep them open
at all," it was considered "right" and
"proper" to "regulate" the "privileges
of establishments of the kind, by a gen
tle restriction concerning late hours.
Any time after 12 i. was wisely consid
ered "late hours" by the discreet and
law-abiding fathers of the commercial
emporium of an independent common
wealth. "Mr. Lee," said the woman, with a
rapturous smile, "you see that the hour
is late. I have enjoyed the evening's
chat amazingly. When may I have the
pleasure of its repetition ?"
The fascination of a strong temptation
was upon the boy; but, as he looked
into her melting eyes, the same sweet,
still small voice that had whispered in
his ear during the afternoon, repeated
the warning wonls, "Jlewarc! Wicked
tlcjis lake hold on hell!"
Turning suddeuly, as if to tear himself
away from the poisonous presence, ho
started down the stairs and encountered
Mr. ltobert Green.
"Ain't she a stunner!" he whispered,
eagerly. "Did you notice that magnifi
cent necklace? It used to belong to
Alice Hastings. When last seen, it was
in the possession of your beautiful sis
ter, Amio Ixc !"
"Oh, my God !" exclaimed the be
wildered brother. "Is Amie Lee a thief
nnd robber?"
Bushing down the steps, and out into
the starlit night, he hastened to his
home, and tossed upon his couch in vain
attempt to sleep, till far into the gilded
autumn morning.
ITo I roiitimi-d.
Lauy Ci.f.kks in Washington-. I
am acquainted with a lady who writes
Spenccrian pages in the Patent Office at
Washington for $900 a year. Her father
was a naval officer of long and meri
torious service, anil dieil a Bear Admiral.
Her husband put $70,000 on the wrong
side of the stock sale in 2sew York, lost,
aud sneaked to the hereafter through the
back door of the suicide. Patient and
lovable, she works as steadily as if some
mighty reward were near at hand. I
suppose it is hope on, hope ever, with
her, though nobody can see anything
she has to expect more than a life of
routine aud u humble grave, hi Paris,
she would have llown first to the streets
nnd then to the charcoal brazier. In
Loudon, it would have been the Argyle
rooms, gin, and the waters of Black
friars' Bridge. As you pass the tables
of the ladies in the Treasury building
you are moving among belter materials
for romances than exist In the teeming
brains or Jiugo or uurgenien. "ou see
that second woman to your left," whis
pered Spinner. "Her father was once
at the head of two railroads. The '07
panic laid him out. She married a
Baden baron, and he lcil her in a year
or two for some Dutch name. She has
a noble little boy, live years old now.
Savs she is going to fit hint for Harvard
hy-and-by, and then make a Senator of!
him. Watch her count that mouev. I
You cannot move your lingers up and
down in the air as fast as she brushes j "ii.gcnco,
oil the single notes. Never did a day's ' moral purpose, it cannot rail to add au
work of any kind till she camo hen?." I important moral element to the fran
All honor to the lady clerks at Washr I cilIse jts practical workings have been
ington foradding the strongest proof yet CM, , 1 " .,.. mnlli i,,,. ...
given of woman's power to lose friends 1 Ed where properI managed, biu in
and fortune nnd still retain virtue and ' Kvanston it has been a damage, because
independence. God bless the multitude ood women would not vote and gave
of faithful workers who are showing 1 M,cir cllcn)los the balance of power.
eacn my now possiuic ins .or mem to
earn their own living, and yet remain
cultured, respected ladies. Washington
Chronicle.
Twciity-Hvc husbands are iu tho 2sew
Haven Almshouse for failing to support
their wives. They are obliged to work
for their own board, and any surplus
wages go for the support of their fami
lies. Germany has 40,000,000" iuhabitatiK
WOMAN SUFFBAGE IN WYOMING.
nr r.BV. n. J. mkrck.
Women were given the right of suf
frage by the first Wyoming legislature
as a joke. Two or three wise heads fa
voring the Idea presented the proposal,
not as a matter of right, but of notoriety,
Inducing the Legislature to grant it as
nu advertisement. It wasconfidenllycx
pected by many that the privilege would
never be accepted.
At the same session, tho right to sit
on the jury was also ceded, although a
conflicting sentence in another part of
the code has withdrawn the women
........ .1 ...... .. - I
t wr r w a in Ftf o 1 iino run onnnin i-nn r- 1
...... ...v -'"innd imposing personality of her clmrac-
A hen the first jury was drawn at Lar-1 terali culture: "Who'd think she was
amie, four, at least, or the live laities
drawn were intelligent, earnest Chris
tian women who, when the judge in
formed them of his willingness to ex
cuse any not wishing to serve, surprised
all and shocked not n few by answering,
"We all propose to serve." Their term
of oftico may fitly be called "the reign
of terror for evil doers." Finding a
dead Sunday law on the statute books,
they revived it, shut up every saloon
ami place of buinei on Sunday, fined
several for breaking over, and adminis
tered justice, as Judge Howe afterward
testified, in as able and judicious a man
ner as any jury he ever addressed. lam
not acquaitied with the results of the
first female jury in Cheyenne, but In
Iirnmie, owing to the strong principle
and intelligence of the women, aided
I... r..:n...i 1 f e I
' " B J 3' re,un,,BU
1 ,e cltv' B,v,,, a.reS .f fluiut "u.ver
.tiiumiu. j ilia t).i.-iu iiiu aiiiiiii;
of 1S70.
On the following September the first
election was held under the law, aud
for several days the women were quietly
discussing the propriety of voting. Two
candidates for Delegate to Congress were
before the people, besides several county
officers. '1 he one, a promising judge in
the Territory, was the favorite of the
moral, order-Ioviug citizens ; the other,
a frequenter of saloons, a man of wealth,
but lately removed to Colorado, was re
lying 011 the lower element for support.
It was rumored that the latter had given
instructions to keep back all his femi
nine supporters till nearly night, nnd
thus, at the last moment, cut oil the
hope of the other party. An old
rand-
ma in Iiramie, seventy-five years old,
by the name of Swam, beloved by all,
rose early on election day and declared
her influence should be used to over -
. . ..... r 1 1 i- 1
come such a fraud, and accordingly,
knowing that example is belter than
precept, voted the first ticket after the
opening of the polls, and unconsciously
won the credit of being the first female
voter in the I nited States 111 modem
days. Women rallied their friends
ninny voted who, though conscientious-
1 .1. in,. r i 11. . hi-
ly oppo,ed to the ballot, felt that this
was their only hope, and about 3 v. si.
our liquor friend was heard to remark,
'These women are raising the devil
1. m. . ,...: i.
with us!" The next morning the sepa-
rated count proved that woman deji altd
fraud and whisky.
This was the first election. Women
li-ul vntixl intl Hmt indpnonilmitlv
had oted, and that indepeni cntlj,
often scratching their husbands' tickets,
but never, as I heard, quarreling with
Itheni about it. I never saw a more
., , , . .. .
quiet day. Men accustomed to curse
anil swear Knew too well the danger to
their party to behave unseemly
aud to
this day, 110 woman lias been insulted
at the polls of Wyoming, or has wit
nessed scenes one-half sa degrading ns
the sight of 11 drunken man
across her path in the street
.... . ., . 1 ... . , ...... , , ,
mc umwiooi.i. iieKieuiuis " -
is purely nonsense. Any man with a
particle of decency would so arrange as
to allow his wife to call occasionally.
What if she spent half an hour in vot
ing? Happily for Wyoming, the women
who have led have been the best wives
and best house-keepers. Yet the agita
tors of Woman's Bights are unpopular
there, and In no place is there less said
about rights.
Last year tho expected opposition to
Woman Suffrage appeared iu shape.
They wero voted out of both Independ
ent and Republican caucuses, though
properly Included in the call for voters.
They then held a Woman's Convention,
and selected two women and three men
as their ticket for the Legislature. These
men were selected from the other tickets
in hope of securing a temperance ticket.
But .1 band was organized against them
and two hundred men signed 11 pledge
to voto for no man who allowed his
name to bo used on a woman's ticket.
The men, fearful of defeat, consulted
with their party. Two resigned their
places 011 the women's ticket, and one
stood firm and was defeated.
Woman Sullrage is no panacea for all
ills, but if accompanied with proper in-
. ... 1 .. ri..:in
, ni v superior moral
character will purify the cesspool, and I
I I Ulllttll i .--
do not believe it would seriously tarnish
her robe. But woe to that State or Ter
ritory which introduces universal suf
frage in advance of a general ititclligeucc
and a firm moral sentiment. It merely
multiplies tho evil without furnishing a
possible remedy.
-Portland, August 10, 1S7I.
A End Word for the Sisterhood.
BY LVTKA A. IICBBAim.
The great honor accorded by the world
to the jMisition of wife aud mother has
given rise to some very abstinl delusions
in regard to the character of unmarried
women, and leil married ones of average
capacity to rather over-estimate tho im
portance and value of their mission in
the world, as compared with that of
their single sisters. Ouo of the delu
sions referred to Is the very general im
pression which prevails, that there must
certainly be something abnormal in the
nature of a woman who voluntarily re
mains unmarried
Said a lady to me, who had come away
from bearing Charlotte tusiiman read,
.stroii"! v imnressed with the attractive
- c mi - 1
an old maid ! " The surprise expressed
In the tones and words of the person
who uttered thus exclamation is only
what has probably been felt by hund
reds of others on beholding this superb
model of womanhood. That so grand
and cultured a woman should volunta
rily remain unmarried, is something
whieli people of small understanding
cannot, nor ever will understand.
It is very common to hear people ex
claim of a single woman, whose social
and feminine graces are such as to call
forth a spontaneous and hearty tribute
of admiration and friendship from those
about her, "What a pity she isn't mar
ried !" as it matrimony were the ultima
Umle of every woman's mi.ision in life.
As straws show which way the wind
blows, do these seemingly trilling and
involuntary exclamations of individual
opinion manifest how strong is the so
cial prejudice against unwedded womeiu
Another result of the undue importance
given to marriage over and above every
other relation or positson that woman
fills, is that it leads married women to
believe that they possess superior vir
tues, and occupy a sphere that calls for
a greater exercise of the spirit of self-abnegation.
Hence we hear a great deal
of what may be fitly termed twaddle,
.about the self-sacrificing nature of the
duties of a wife and mother's position.
From the earuestuesi and emphasis
with which they dwell upon the matter,
one would suppose, it one did not know
to the contrary, that they hud assumed
the position from a solemn sense of
duty instead of being impelled to it by a
stroii", human love, such as ought to
help make all things easy aud pleasura
ble. Though the writer estimates highly
the dignity of a married woman's posi
tion and fully understands all the labor
aud responsibility it involves, yet she
never could see, when a woman mar
ried for love, why the labor she performs
should be termed one of self-sacrifice.
! n entering the conjugal relation, and
: assuming me duties t:m uciong to it,
' she only follows out the strongest crav-
lv. Gf ht.r nature. A woman, to be sure,
may give birth to children so frequently
, as to seriously deplete her vital energies;
or, unfortunate circumstances may com-
1 ', ,lertoBUcU exhausting bodily labors
1 j caring for her family, or helping her
) husband to get a living, as to bring on
i-heulth and depression of spirits to
"aS p'SS.jS
ut these troubles, though frequent, are
' merely incidentals that may, and do,
, ?ome in ot,.'e,r forms ' all women. If
labor and sickness and perplexing trials
, came onIy with ,usbala ali children,
, then the married woman might justly
claim to make all the sacrifice called for
, According to ebster's definl-
1 tion of the wonl, self-sacrifice is only
. ,nclrrel, wIlen 3 person give3 llp som(i
thing that la very dear to the heart, or
yields up that which is of great value to
one's own personal interest. This a
happily married woman certainly docs
not d uecauso her i1IM,bandf ilcr cliU.
,rel)i ,i i,cr i,me constitute the inte-
gral parts of what are her own and her
Rarest interests J.ut tne same cannot
' u.' sain 01 tne duties and lauors mat
. ,.. tolileiotof unmarried women.
M:uiy a h-WAc woman is compelled to
perform the hard task of overseeing a
household and bringing up gliuilreti,
without any of the compensating anil
sweeteiiing'joys of reciprocal love to
lighten the burden of her uncongenial
and thankless toil, such as comes to the
wife and mother.
t . 1 .1.... 7 ii..t .
1 ib i.uiii"k uv iic-mni ui.ib iiiut .1 mm-
. riwi Wonian's l)t is a ban! one, in the
sense of a restricted, dwarfing sphere of
thought and action, and the laborious
and oftentimes exhausting nature of
their duties, yet so strong is the natural
instinct and desire in the sex for some-,
thing upon which to center their
thoughts, labor and affections-, that to
most women it calls for a greater sacri
fice to forever forego all hope and possi
bility of possessing husband and chil
dren, thau to endure all the care and la
bors which wifehood and maternity
bring. Thence I assume it to be all fol-de-rol
for the world to talk of tho self
sacrificing nature of a married woman's
work, when they are only doing what
they desire to; or talk of the superior
importance 01 tneir mission, ir moral
development is the object of life: for the
truth is, if there is one tisition more
than another wherein are developed the
higher attributes of human nature, it is
In that of tho unmarried woman of ad
vanced years; and if there isnuvhuman
being who deserves canonization for the
greatest amount of unselfish, unrcmuti
erative, unappreciated labor which they
perform, it is the dependent old maid.
Who does not know of some unobtrusive
woman of this claso, who makes herself
the maid of all work in some family
where affection seems to be doled out to
her according to her willingness to
shoulder all the disagreeable tasks of
the household, yet who bears the loneli
ness and dependence of her position
with a meek uncomplaluingness that U
indescribably sad and touching. There
Is a dim consciousness of the self-sacrificing
nature of such a life, expressed In
the commiseration which people really
seem to feel for the woman who has
missed marriage. Hence I assert, when
it comes to talking about self-sacrifice,
110 one so well knows the meaning of
the word as does the dependent, common-place,
single woman. But the role
of the meek and humble martyr to her
life labors and her duties has so Iongl
been accorded, by a sort of utilversal
consent, to the married woman, that
the unobtrusive virtues of the single sis
terhood have been hitherto ovcrlooUcd.
Ladies' Own Magazine.
Iu the United States thorcia one doc
tor to every CIS of the jiqpulatiou; In
I- ranee and England tlfffrcMs 'only one
to overy 2,000. i
Paator and Parishioner.
The New York Observer, a religious
journal of extensive influence and circu
lation, thus discourses upon the senti
mental relation that so frequently exist
between pastor and parishioners:
The establishment of such rpliifions
between a pastor and his Hock as shall
secure for him that intimacv which
lit to exist onlv in the domestic cir
cle is an evil of fearful tendenevnud un
speakable danger. Ministers are cen
surable In a high degree who encourage
meir pcopie, men or women, to come to
them with family matters or secret
sores, home men are themselves goi
sip,nnd delight to get and give all they
can of social news, and the more secret
the richer the prize, ihey eneouruge
revelations when their ears should 'bo
. . . ... .
'teat to everyiiiingapproHcntng to scan
dal. All iudiclous pastors discourage
familiarity on the part of their people.
especially of the female denomination.
For this way lies the danger. A ."illy
woman, pious jerhaiH, but very soft
and shallow, hears the stirring word-rot
her eloquent pastor; is roused, wanned,
soothed, exalted she thinks edified
aud straightway she believes him to be
the man sent to do her good. She goes
to his study to tell him so; how much
enjoyment she finds in his wonls; orshe
writes him a letter and pours out her
little soul full of twaddle about her
gratitude for what her dear pastor has
done for her; how she "is lifted up" by
his instructions; hofrshc loves him as a
friend given to be her guide and com
fort, and so on, and so on, more nnd
worse, running into a mawkish senti
mentality, a sickening man-worship,
disgusting to every sensible person, but
very nectar to a vain, wordly preacher,
who seeks only to make his hearers
"feel good." Such people never go to
their pastor to tusk "what they must do
to be saved?" It is to tell him how
rood thev feel; how he is "exalting"
them, "filling them with joy, peace,
ami love." We cannot go into jmrtieu-
lars without offending the -tastes of
avery reader. We make our manning
nlaiu. We wish to be understood as
saying that what worldly preaeliers and
sentimental women call "communion of
ouls" and "kindred stunts." "mutual
help" aud "holy sympathy," ami words
in the same strain, is not religion 11 is
not even religioiw. Is is of the earth,
earthy. It is "carnal conceived in sin."
It is simply the lower nature, the human
passion of one creature toward another.
God is not in it.
A Washino-Dav Uksoist. We were
very much interested in an account of old
times at the Hot Springe, which was
given us by a lady who has for many
years been a resident of Santa Barbara,
it seems these springs have always been
a resort, though formerly they were
sought for domestic purposes as well as
for the medicinal properties. The Cali
foruiaus used to go there to do their
washing. The water was soft and hot,
the surroundings were delightful; and
the natives, who naturally make a rec
reation of labor, combined washing with
picnicing, gathered aip their foiled
clothes, mounted their steeds, and with
their children hied away for a few days,
camping nnd washing at the springs.
Several families would frequently be
here at a time, and, as described to us,
the company presented quite a pictur
esque appearance. Three poles were
stood apart and on end, and their tops
caught together after the style of the
Kiny tniiod. i-rom these was sus-
i jieuded a great Kt, in which was done
the cooking. hue the smoke, curling
up from a "lire beneath the pot, wound
its way upward through the trees, and
the children gamboled over the hills,
the women washed and chatted in
groups beside the stream, until, under
the magic of their cheerful toil, piece
after piece was turned out clean, and the
green imdergrowth of the cufum was
laid over with white aud brilliaut-htieil
garments. Happy washing-days! Phil
osophic washerwomen! Santa. Itarbaru
Index.
An Extensive Okcuaisd. The Ne
vada Transcript thus describes an or
chard and vineyard belonging to Josiah
Rogers, near Nevada City :
There are 12,000 grape vines, ."j0 cherry
trees, 300 peach trees, -1,000 apple trees,
300 apricot, and about 0,000 other trees
011 the premises. He has yearly from
ten to twentj tons of plums, which are
wortli from twelve to twenty cents per
pound, when a market can be found.
He dried five tons of fruit last year.
The cherry trees are loaded and of the
finest varieties. They sell fOr twenty
and twenty-live cents per pound. The
grapes are made into wine and vinegar.
All the trees and vines are thrifty and
bear well. He has an elm treo which
was planted iu 1SC2, which measures
fifty-two inches in circumference. Tho
fig, apple, peach, pear, plum, almond
and cherry trees, and in fact every kind
of tree on the place, are literally bent
down with their load. Rogers is quite
aged, but he has recently taken unto
himself a better half, and they are en
joying their honeymoon under their
own vine and fig-tree, and no one mo
lests them or makes them afraid. Tho
nlacu is reallv a little mrodise. Thoso
who desire seeing the adaptability of
this soil and climate to the raising of
fruit, should visit this orchard.
Facts Plainly Btatkd. Does not
the whole drift of the so-called education
of tho country run to a pretense iu what
people call the higher branches mthor
than to solidity in the three Rs read
ing, writing and arithmetic? And does
any one know this better than tho edi
tor of the daily newspaper, condemned
to read articles badly written, badly
spelled, and based on very liad calcula
tion ? It is not West Point alone which
rejects half the people who apply for ad
mission. There is not a bank which
wants a new teller; there is not an im
porter who wants a new clerk for corre
spondence ; there is not a minister who
wants a new amanuensis; there It not a
merchant who wants a new book-keener.
who does not reject nine applicants 011 1 of
ten for tho very reasons for which West
Point has rejected these boys, because
they can not spell, they can not write,
and because thev do not know what the
rule of three means. And thus we come
round again to the question, "Would it
not be better to tcacli three lhi" ",ul
oughly than a thousand things illT
in the mulla. '