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CHAPTER XL
The partiality tbat all mother ex
hibit toward children who are eorsed
with any infirmity, such hb deformity
of figure, imbecility ol Intellect, feeble
ness of body, or well-known weakness
In moral, baa long ago passed Into a
proverb. I was no exception to this
universal rale; Indeed, to this day my
otber children speak occasionally of
tbeir poor elder brother, bat always In
tone of injured innocence, as though
tbey had suffered in some way from tny
particular fondness for say unfortunate
first born. And yet who should blame
a mother for dearly loving an unfortu
nate waif, whom crttel fate has cursed
with untoward birtb, through circum
stance over which mother and child
had no control ? .
If I no longer worshiped Gerald, my
hnsband, I idolised Gerald, my boy.
And when tbe great awakening came,
that taught me tbat my marriage watt a
moral fraud, could I have been free to
act according to my inner convictions of
right and duty, I might have shaken
myself loose from a long train of ago
nising experience, tbe memory of
which often causes my blood to run cold
even yet.
Why a marriage which is a fraud
upon the face of its own contract should
be falsely honored in the observance,
when the only real honor Is in dissolv
ing tbe already broken bond, is more
than I can now Imagine; but In those
days the superstitious idea was widely
prevalent tbat a woman, once a wife,
must accept tbe position as final, if in
so doing she should be compelled to im
molate ber life, aud the existence and
well being of her innocent children,
upon tbe altar where intemperance,
cruelty, and inconstancy held ruthless
empire.
I do not believe in divorces, even now.
There is no need that humanity shall be
so poorly disciplined that it shall con
stantly be making conjugal mistakes.
Oiven perfect equality of rights In all
things, coupled with an intelligent un
derstanding of nature's laws, whether
philosophical, physiological, conjugal,
legal, political, or financial, and there
are few persons of mature age who will
wreck tbeir lives upon matritnouial
reefs. But on happiness will never
. cease in wedlock so long as mere chil
dren are allowed to be wives, and con
sequently compelled to be mothers,
simply because tbey have given assent
to a contract of the nature of which tbey
. know nothing. To recognize such a
marriage as valid is the worst great
erime known to humanity, next to the
ceremony tbat calls It legal, and stamps
It with the seal of enlightened religious
authority,
r suppose that whatever U is destiny.
In no otber way can I account for the
blackness of great darkness through
which mortals are so often compelled to
blindly grope in times of long-continued
trial.
As I now look back upon tbe by-gone
years, I feel astonished tbat I did not
openly rebel. I wonder that tny natu
rally Impetuous spirit did not snap tbe
thongs tbat bound me to a drunken
monster, long after love for him was
dead. But, as I have said, I worshiped
Gerald, my baby; and I believe that I
before have told you that Gerald, my
hnsband, was at intervals, for many
years, very tender and patient with me.
I was not a paragon, either. I was al
ways Buffering either the ills of gesta
tion or tbe agonies of maternity. Tbe
frequent outrages upon my nature were
constantly avenged by aches and pains
Innumerable, under which I bore "the
continually added burdens of a rapidly
increasing family, and I was often ir
ritable without apparent cause, and un
lovable without visible reason.
Ah, me!
But I am anticipating my story. Let
me pass over tbe several weeks subse
quent to Gerald's return in silence. I
need only to say tbey were weeks of tur
moil, which etided, as everything, no
matter how disagreeable, must end
sometime, leaving me ill in body, dis
tracted in mind, and utterly routed iu
aim and purpose.
Mr. Motley would not allow bis wife
to remain in the house with a drunken
man, "lest tier reputation be injured
thereby," he said, so my only friend
was taken from my side at a time when.
of all others, I felt that I most needed
'
IL . . a, . h 1
The fit of my husband's periodic mal-
ady was over at last. But with his cou-
vaiesceoce came a capricious apjmiie,
to which, iu my youth ami Inexpert- j 1o go out to service, with my delicate
enee, I vainly sought to eater satisfae- condition and brief experience, aud en
torily. Add to this that my own diges- ' cumbered with ibis helpless babe?" I
lion was again disturbed by gestalory aloud, when the doctor's back was
symptoms, to wbb;b no oue sought
eater, and for the alleviation or which
there were noue ou earth to care, aud
you may well cease to wonder tbat I
was 00 paragon.
VOLTOEE VXI.
Young girls In their teens, If unmar
ried, are protected in every possible way
by those who love them. Kot one
would be entrusted with tbe care of a
drunken man, for love or money, lest
harm might come to her; and it Is well
tbat this is true. Yet who thinks of the
awfnl Iniquity of compelling such girls,
because not unmarried, to remain in tbe
boose alone with one whom tbe law has
made her hnsband, subject to all the
possibilitiee and probabilities of his un
bridled power T In the name of imster
Ity, I protest against tbe legality of such
wrongs.
For several days Gerald, my husband,
had been too stupid to pay need to Ger
ald, my baby. But he had finally al
lowed the heaviest of his potations to so
far exhaust his vitality that lie was
com pel led to begin to sober up. Of
eourse be was miserable, and his mind
was under a eloud. But he ought not to
have been allowed his liberty, since he
was not competent to exercise it. Had
he been clothed in his right mind, I
know he would not have been so cruel
as to maim our child.
Ah, me !
After a night of such torment as can
never be realised except through bitter
personal experience, I had risen early,
to prepare our meal as best I could, and
was having tbe difficulty with my hus
band's favorite dish of oat meal porridge
which untaught beginners are very apt
to encounter in tbeir first attempts, be
cause I bad failed to stir it properly;
nod it bad burned fast to the edge aud
bottom of the kettle, and filled the air
with a stifling odor, against which my
rebellious stomach revolted until I felt
sick unto death. I was engaged In
retching and gasping, and certainly
needed a nurse, of whom It was sheer
barbarism to deprive me, when sud
denly I beard a terrified baby wail,
sharp and staccato, like explosive and
expiring agony.
I rushed to tbe parlor In alarm, and
instantly forgot my ailments in tbe ! " or, " woum remain
prospect before me. My baby bad risen ; for hours.
from his bed, and had been tattering 1 lh,ok Gerald was ashamed of hlm
nith his chubby, naked feet about the."'- wl 1 m " ,M ment lo refor,u
floor. My husband, in watching him, j thoroughly. He was a very enterpris-
bad noticed his likeness to the man I ,
loathed, and in his frensy be bad dealt
him a dreadful blow. And there be lay,
my precious baby, quivering in every
nerve, while a pool of blood was gather
ing from bis broken nose upon the floor.
"Gerald, what have you done;" I
walled, as in my trembling hands I
seised my quivering ehild.
"Beat the Chalmers complexion out j
of the brat!" was tbe awful response, i
accompanied by an oath that was in it- !
self blood curdling.
I thought our child was murdered out- j
right. For a long time be showed no
signs of life, and I washed the red life
blood from his wounded face in speech- I
1 - ' narniali
I think my husband was shocked and j
sobered by his cruel conduct. He arose
from bis bed, half dressed himself, and
. , . . . ,.
knew, bad spent the night at tbe par-,
ugr -"
id a im wuire
. i. . l .L!I at ...1 d I nt r. r
was bending with me over my poor!
maimed infant, applying restoratives to
life broken features, and assisting me
with word of consolation inexpressibly
valuable to my stricken spirit.
Societies for tbe prevention of cruelty
to animals have long been justly re
garded as of exceeding importance in
tbe advancement of human civil isation;
but a society for the prevention of possi-
ble cruelty to tbe wives and children of , ' "y'ng carry mis oiv.ueu gos
the enraged inebriate has yet to be in- , I1 lnt the same heathen lands, as the
augurateil 1 wnIy "re1' & everlastiiiR life, without
Had Mrs. Motley been permitted to cometh elernal destruction. One
act according lo tbe dictates of ber own tu'nK io me 9 verJ' nU,n- If 1 8na"
conscience, she would not have permit- J w WV ,nl tbe everlasting fire of
ted me to l.e left alone with my child in b Testament Scriptores, it will
su. h a situation. But alas for Ihegenu- l,ec"ufi Eldr Chalmers considered
ine libertv of the average woman, one himself specially called to the work of a
thus free, and vet married, is au anom-
aly indeed.
For a long time I watched the doctor
with almost breath less interest. I could
not weep or lament. I was stunued,
and almost paralysed.
"Will be live?" I asked, at last, as
my baby gasped aud gave utterance to a
feeble moan.
Dr. Suydeuham shook his bead.
"Then Gerald is a murderer of tbe
blackest dye!" I said, my voice hard
and cold, aud my frame all a-tremor
with grief, anger, excitement, and in
Jury. "No, little one; not quite so bad as
tbat," replied tbe doctor, sighing aud
still shaking his bead. "The child will
Iwivs h. diaflvorMl aomawtiat. hut he
will not die, neither will he be a hope- i ' Gradually so much of my old
less Idiot. But bis reason is Impaired fondness for him came back that it was
in some degree. Too bad ! too bad !" uo lo"Sr Impossible, as I had once
Isatasouetuuiedtostone. Whither , thought, for me to live Iu his stmos
Mni.i r ota nr what miiht I tin? Coiild pbere. Gerald, our baby, recovered,
I possibly remain longer uuder tbe roof
where there was no protection for me or
mv I ' ...1.1 T A ..ri- oil
1 ,.. . . , . . , , ,
my life, unable to help myself, and al-
' wy" komea o a lot like this ?
, An me ,
j 1 JuM not bvl
"What could I do. if I bIiquIJ iL.in
to turned to mix a lotion for the baby's
WUuude.
"You go out to service, indeed I" said
i mv husband, iu a tone of lofty indigoa -
jtlon.
rO-K.TI.VlSTO,
Ah, If I had only dared to brave it
oat, with a declared resolution to do
something sharp, decisive, ami sensible.
But I dhl not dare, and If I liad dared,
what oouki I have done ? The question
was well worth asking.
The doctor dressed my baby's wounds,
and then tnmed his attention to my
husband, who sat in the corner with his
head bowed, evidently In profound re
pentance. Such a lecture as that doctor
gave him 1 If I bad only had the inde
pendence as a wife which be posi cased
as a doctor, I might have aided my hus
band in his reformation, through the
enforcement of a moral necessity. But
I was only a child-wife, poverty-strlckeu
aud chikl-burdetietl.
el lie ram was pemteut, ami for a !
time my skies brightened. When he
was sober there con Id he no need of a
better man. He wa9 cultured, intelli
gent, attractive, and naturally hand
some; and, In spile of my baby's injury
staring me in tbe face continually, a
jtortion of tbe old love came hack as lie
returned to his old ways. Aud sick as I
was, and niueh as the duties of house
keeping incensed my rebellious stom
ach, I bore my lot iu thankfulness so
long as he was sober and sympathetic.
That grand old doctor was my stay
and strength. To him I related the
whole story of my so nearly fatal regard
for his son, aud to him I was Indebted
for a mighty though unsuccessful enort
to remove the young clergyman to the
scene of otber labors.
Oerald was wholly himself again
after a while, and then Mr. Motley, now
that there was no immediate need of
protecting me or mine from drunken
ness, was willing for bis wife to return,
that I might enjoy tbe association I so
much needed.
! My baby, who bad been so heal thy, a
! ehubby, and vigorous before his acci
! dent, was now stupid and dull. He
would sometimes break forth into fits of
screaming, from which be would pass
'"K ". nocii in love wnn
California, whither he resolved to re-
move and east his future lot, and I, only
too glad to second any scheme that bad
tbe promise of change or excitement in
it, was delighted with his proposition
for me to accompany him thither.
A fortnight of active ire pa ration fol
lowed our sudden resolve, and then, ac
companied by my friends, the Motleys,
who had changed their minds some
what as to tbeir future mission, and
were now resolved to plant themselves,
with tbeir religion, iu the new territory
of the United Stales, concerning which
tbe colonial newspapers had so much to
tell.
But it seemed to me that an evil
lrsueI me, for ho sooner were
iwe" "h,n th"(l '
Chalmers also came, his destination
OA r lUCI"CU( Ut A 1C IMIflBIUU) as M
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was I licit imicuateu, ma tue ro-
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iVUUIHII lliuilb loiigmu.
And here I had another reason for
questioning the divine necessity of
Christian proselyting. Tbe Catholic
hates the Protestant, the Protestant the
Catholic Each not only believes his
eternal salvation is depending upon the
proper expounding of ami implicit obe
' dieiwe In a certain formula, to which
' tbe otber cannot possibly agree; but
i missionary.
Tbe vessel we sailed in was an Amer
ican three-masted clipper, with a row of
outside state-rooms adjoining the Cup
tain's suite on deck, where my husband
mercifully hid me away from tbe sinis
ter sneers of. the seii-appouileu vice
gerent of the meek and lowly one, who
not pnly never gave cause for resent
ment, but "when he was reviled, reviled
not again."
Mrs. Motley look my husband aside
and gave him a long lesson of Instruc
tions as to his future treatment of the
mother of his children, a lesson that
was certainly beneficial during our voy
age, if net afterward.
Gerald was of duty as shipmaster
now, and he had much time to devote
to-
But his nose was disfigured aud
his left eye destroyed, while there was
Imminent danger of a .curvature or tbe
nine.
All journeys by sea are very much
like those that preceded them. There
is the same interminable warery waste,
accompanied by the same smell of bilge
water, aud the 8ame musty bedding.
Tbe unending variety of shore line one
meets In many voyages Is always so
nearly the same In general outline that
the reader will pardon the paradox
. made necessary In describing. We
w'ere a year on tbe voyage, owing
1 partly to the detention of our vessel at
' I different trading points iu the Pacific
Pan Speech. Fue Pans, ruts I'koplb.
OREGON) FRIDAY, APKIL lsi, 1878.
ocean, and portly to an accWeiit to our
raalnMll la a storm, which could not be
repaired without much, to Me, unneces
sary delay.
My baby tethel Graern- Grey" was
born on ship board. Whs a darling
she was! Her father's Image, her
mother's form. Surely one toukl desire
nothing more Iu a child.
Nature Is wot always a tyrant; hut It
is Imrd to Interpret all her (teaks. The
brief experiences of my murrUd history,
untoward as they were, hud Hot been
lessons lost; and though my life was in
many ways a disappointment. It was
not wholly bitter, thank God.
To be continued.
The Average American Woman.
Now is the time when the average
American woman begins to negotiate
for a handsome Christmas present for
her husband at some store where his
credit Is good. JIoom eounty (Towa)
Jtepubiican.
Exactly ! It is the "average Ameri
can woiiiuu" who tends to the bubies,
washes, cooks, scrubs, washes dishes,
irons, liakes aud sews, and sits down iu
the evening tired and discouraged, to
take up the weekly paper and read such
eruel and insulting taunts and jeers, be
cause in spite of her care and toil, she
is unselllih enough to wNh to give her
hutbaml a Christmas present.
It Is the "average American womau"
who takes ten centi' worth of Hour aud
converts It Into thirty-five cents' worth
of bread.
Who earn the hrail for the family,
the husband who gives teu cents' worth
of labor, or the wife who gives twenty
five? It is the "average American woman,"
who, when her husband brings home
live yards of ctilien for a chilli's dress,
does seventy-five cents' worth of sewing
lo make a dress of it. Who earns the
most of that dre, the husband who
gives thirty cents' worth of toll, or the
wife who gives seventy-live?
The husband is considered a generous
man If he gives his third wlthoutgrum
bling, while the wife's services are ac
cepted as a matter of course, and con
sidered worth nothing.
If you want to know how much the
"average American woman" earns, go
Into u restaurant and llml.out the differ
ence iu price between cooked und un
cooked food, or into a store ami iuUlre
the difference In jirice between ready
made clothing and the same quality of
cloth unmade.
It is the unimid labor of the "average
American woman" which makes it pos
sible for a poor man to raie a family of
children in tolerable comfort. If you
don't believe that two-thirds of the labor
of the home and family is performed by
your wife, oh, "average American man"
just try tiie experiment of paying her
lor all the actual labor she (tenorms,
laundry work, hones' keepsjr'a work,
nursery work ; will your wages pay it,
do you think ?
"At some store where his credit ts
good."
Can it be that the chivalrous husband
who provide-! bis third of the family
earnings, and voles himself till the con
trol of the money, and two-thirds or
the real estate and nil the family au
thority, would he so unutterably selfish
and meau as to givo to her care no part
of the Joint earnings, hut compel her to
wander about, often fruitlessly, to find
"some store where his credit is good,"
to buy tills selfish robber a nice Chtist
mas present?
Can it be that the wages of the "aver
age American man" would be foil ml
wholly inadequate to my the market
pries for the services of the "average
American woman" In her several ca
pst'lties as matron, house-keeper, cook,
seamstress, servant girl, laundry woman,
all high-priced labor, you perceive, as
compared witti shop glrjs and teachers'
wages. And can 11 be mat ins "credit is
good" simply because he keeps his own
earnlugsaud robs her of hers, aud that
all the vices and indulgences of which
he is guilty, beer, billlnrds, tobacco, etc,
are made possible by the unpaid labor
of the "average American woman?"
Julia 31. Dunn, in Ballot Box.
How to Si.EKi Many persons pet
Into a habit of wakefulness during the
night which is often very wearing, and
always annoying and uncomfortable.
Some cannot go to sleep until the small
hours of the night, others wake at three
or four o'clock iu the morning, and can
not coax sleep again until it is hrenkft
time. A writer on sleep recoinnienus
such wakeful ones to try the ellect of
change. Go into another room, or move
the bed into another position, or l:e
with the head in a different direction.
If you are lying on a high pillow fling
it away. If your head is low, raise it.
If you have been trying lo sleep without
a Tight, strike one; if otherwise, extin
guish it. If other menus fail, leave the
bed and take a choir. Wakefulness is
often easily traced to physical causes.
iiut if one does not sleep so muou as He
thinks he requires, do not let him worry
about It or think he must-necessarily
lie sick Jn consequence. Jiek or sleep
is bud, but discontent is worse. Let
every oue be tlmukful fur the amount
of sleep he can obtain, and tint fret be
cause It Is not more.
Writing for the Press. Waste
no time on introductions. Don't begin
by laying out your subject like a Dutch
flower garden, aud telling your motives
for writing. The key. note should be
struck, if si's I hie, in the very first sen
tence. A dull beginning often damns
an article; a spicy one whets the appe
tite, and commends what follows to both
editor and reader. Above all, stop when
you are doue. Don't let the ghost of
your thought wander about after the
death of the body. Don't waste a mo-
i ment's time in vindicating your pro-
mictjons, agalust editors or critics, but
exieud your energies in writing some
thing which stiau oe us own vindica
tion. Gentlemen, ridicule it as you will,
the woman who is good enough to pay
taxes Is cood enough to cost a ballot,
ami the time will come when you'll
have to admit It. Kew York Advertiser.
Tho reason why some people are so
fond of putting on airs is because that's
about all they have to putou.
It is a double shame to a nisji to have
Inherited distinction from his ancestry,
If he bequeath disgrace to his posterity.
OUS WASHINGTON LETTER.
To TBI Editor or tui Xkw Nobthwbst :
The weather lias been most change
able here of late. The recent great
northwestern storm brought us heavy
rains and shut out our warm, bright
sunshine with which March has been
favoring us, with clouds and chilling
winds. With the grass springing up
luxuriantly in our parks among the
trees, whose swelling buds and blossoms
betoken the near approach of settled
weather, our people must perforce, In
their perambulatious, continue their
heavy clothing and appreciate tbat
"winter lingers In the lap of spring."
Apricot and peach trees, in many places,
are in fail hlonni asdjifltr a tajailjl
morsel lor Jacu lrost to utte, suoura ne
pay us a visit, as we feur he may, when
we hear of freezing snows further north.
It has been several years since February
and March have been so devoid of cold
and frost as iu 1STS, and we seem to be
entering upon an early aud a warm
summer, aud we hope upon an unin
jured fruit crop. Loss or fruit falls
heavy upon the agriculturists of this
vicinity, for, as a rule, they an iraprove
ished class, whose entire crops are often
narrowed down to a few peach ami ap
ple trees, with a few square rods of peas,
beans, eablage, etc., and whatever
shortens their limited stock for market
ing produces corresponding curtailment
of comfort.
We have not in the past extended
much favor to the Union Pacific Rail
road, and certainly feel uosymimthy for
It, now that able Senators are endeavor
ing to compel it to disgorge some of its
ill-gotten gains made by depriving tbe
government of Us just dues. To the as
tonishment of his friends, Senator Mat
thews, of Ohio, appeared In the Senate,
as an advocate of the measures urged,
by the soulless oorioratioti, us the basis j
of the sinking fund compromise between
it and the povarnmBnt nnd of course
l ami llie government, ami ot course I
he.urged his views with all the vigor of
his undoubtedly great intellect. Were J
he the lawyer, his speech would be a
... it i ,
mn,illniftit In hnnnr nf Ilia Iamal !nr
and ability; but as Seuator, It will ouly
serve to bury him, should the future
bring his name un for preferment, at !
the hands of the people. The act of
Congress giving subsidies to this rail
road was right the theft of the securi
ties by the railroad corporation was
wrong, and we have no patience with j
any man who puts himself between the 1
brotherhood of thieves found in this !
corporation, and full restitution to the.
government. As such we interpret Mr.
Matthews' action. The Southern Pa-)
nine Railroad In still I twirl m- tn hn nl. :
lowed to extend its track from Its pres- i
ent terminus at Fort Yuma, in tbe
southern part of California, lo the Mis
sissippi River, but is defeated so far at
all points by the Union Pacific influ
ences. It does not ask for lands we !
should give It as mil oh as any other
railroad and agrees to build its track
without auy kiud of grant, If the gov
ernment will permit. Its representa
tives hereurge their views very warmly.
But it seems fated from some cause or
other to sufrer defeat, and because Con
gress won't givo some other corporation
Immense subsidies, we fear we -will not
soon get another Pacific railroad. It Is
mortifying that we cannot get one, now I '"geiy u. minw u- o. o .. ,
, , ' i although neither be nor any of his at
that one can be had by simply granting j i-mlauls ever heard of their first lntro-
it permission to build, and we give up!
The conundrum involved of, why cannot
permission be had ?
A most disgraceful spectacle was wit
nessed iu the House recently. Mr.
Douglass, a member from Virginia, was
beastly Intoxicated, and insisted on in
termitting a member who was address
ing tbe House. The sjieaker, after
vainly calling Mr. Douglass to order,
directed the sergeant-at-arms to remove
him, which was doue. This member
has been constantly under the iullueuce
of liquor since Congress convened, ami
should be summarily expelled, as he is
at all times wholly unfit tn sit as a leg-
islator.
rank as
Iu the pait he 1ms had high
a lawyer, but ho is an utter
wreck now, and there is constant need
In the Capitol for a Murphy.
Our courts have acquitted General
Howard. Years ago the government
entered suit against htm to recover cer
tain moneys alleged to have been re
tained by him when iu charge of the
Freedman's bureau. But on its appear
ing that bis subordinate o Ulcers got the
moneys, and not he, the court directed
the jury to bring a verdict of acquittal,
which was done, so the General's long
fight is ended, though at a fearful cost,
as all his properly has been sacrificed
to meet the expenses Involved. We
will uot discuss this matter at length,
though weJiave strong feelings upon it.
We serveifunder him when a volunteer,
ami know him Incapable of theft or
conscious wrong doing. That he bad j
men around him who would pluck the
government, and to whose bauds money
would stick, no one doubts; and yet be
was as innocent nf their malfeasances
as President Grant was of the short
comings of the Internal revenue thieves,
or as a corps commander eould be of the
pilferlugs of a. quartermaster. He Is
perfectly childlike, and so honest withal
that he never In the past has been able
to comprehend that professions of piety
aud humility may emanate from a
Uriah Heep. Bedueed now to his pay,
and with his home aud property wiped
out of existence, he is doubtless wiser
in worldly ways than be was.
The investication of the freedman's
hospital draws to a close, and this good,
if none other, will be accomplished by
It'; the patients will receive better food
and treatment than heretofore. The
Improvements in these resnects, since
the investigation began, have been very
great, anil now there is every promise
of continuance. What changes the com
mittee will recommend is not announced,
but no one doubts much censure will be
visited upon the heads of the manag
ing physieians, who seem to have been
dereliet In tbeir attenliou to the a
t tents. It does seem tbat in every in
stitution, in wliieh there are slek ami
helpless, needs an occasional stirring
up by those inlent ujion reforming
tbi hospital. i uo exjoejH
Hon.
Professor John Braioard, an aged
clerk in the patent office, recently died
suddenly of disease of the heart. He
has taken a prominent part here in sci
entific matters, aud was an enthusiast
in everything pertaining to fruits and
horticulture, on which subject be lec
tured whenever called upon by any club
or organization with as much zeal and
ardor as a beginner In life. Our agri
culturists will miss him. One of his
suggestions as to the cause of pear
blight was discussed last year in all the
agricultural journals of the eouutry.
Tbe never-ending MeGarrahan claim
is again causing the throwing of an
immense amount of mud. Our poli
ticians everywhere seem deedy agitated,
and all apparently vie with him of old
iu proclaiming, "Tbou canst not say I
did it." Feux.
Washington, D. C, March 15, 1S7S.
The Worth of Courtesy.
True conrte-y is always agreeable, and
ixrt4 m bitiil if iiim tr lift iMfti li tll
even in i,ue,,, auj .iraws custom.
Cyrus Butler, a Providence millionaire,
first made his store popular by reopen-
11 ,MS "'S1'1 to to a llul ,rl
, ofeottoll. A ,.,ly ()f grelU weauii
wss repelled from a dry goods store by
the rudeness of the clerk, and his vulgar
wit turiie.1 thoundsof dollar from the
firm. Mrs. Chaplain, in the Watchman,
......!. '
tells a charming incident :
Lte one Sunday afternoon, three or
four years ago, two lames were return-
LI'S "ome, wnen oneoi mem lost a glove.
Itememberiug she had none suitable for
church next day, she proposed turning
into Winter street to buy a pair. Ac
cording to the summer rules, the stores
had closed early. But one was open;
i.n r un.ii i t-t, i
.'ntoha TheV
would not have thought of going for
gloves. When asked as a favor to see
V18'1- ,K,ov"i the young girl, though
t'Sl
rested as much (tatienee and eagernet-s
to nlease as If it were onlv moriiiinr. and
8,,e ,resn "r "r wor"' "r a" " u,e "UM-
bought, and also some other little arti
cles that lay in sight on the counter;
aud on receiving the mnuey, this young
girl said "Thank you," as If the favor
had been done herself, Instead of her
customers. When the ladies had left
, the "tore, one of them said to the other:
I "That is what I call' courtesy; now,
, let's come here again."
i Neither had ever been in that little
store before, but after that they weut
there for everything they wanted in
such goods. They always met the same
. patient desire to please and do right
from the proprietor ami all tbe young
' girls employed there. Tbey mentioned
the place to their friend-, ami tbey
know to-day that they have added
duetiou to the store.
The Place Where the Sun Jumps
a DAY. Chatham I -.la ml, lying oft tbe
coast of New Zealand, in the south Pa
cific ocean, is peculiarly situated, as it
is one of the habitable points of the
globe where the day of the week
changes. It is just in the line of de
markalioii between dates. There, 41 1
high twelve Sunday 110011 ceases, and
instantly Monday meridian begins.
Sunday comes into a man's honse on
tiie east side, and becomes Monday by
the time it passes out of the western
door, A man sits down to his noonday
dinner on Sunday, and it is Monday
noon before he finishes it. There Sat
urday is Sunday, ami Sunday is Mon
day, and Monday becomes suddenly
transferred Into Tuesday. It is a good
place for people who have lost much
time, for, by taking an early start, they
can always get ahead on Chatham
Island. It took philosophers and geog
raphers a long time to settle the puzzle
of where Sunday noon ceased aud where
Monday noon begun, with a man trav
eling west fifteen degrees an hour, or
with tbe sun. It Is to be liopeii mat tue
next Englich Arctic expedition will set
tle the other mooted question, "Where
will one stop who travels northwest con
tinually ?" Xalional Repository.
A. T. Stewart's home for women was
opened for the reception of boarders on
April 3d. The formal opening took
plaee April zu. uoam ami lougiug win
cost six dollars per week; single room,
one dollar ier week extra; a large par
lor room may be had from three to five
dollars per week extra. Tbe hotel be
ing intended for the use of the greatest
number il will couveniently accommo
date, it is desired that each room be
oecunied by nt least two boarders. A
limited number ol rooms have been set
apart for the use of ladies visiting the
city on oosttiMj.
It is easy In the world to live after
the world's opinion; it Is easy in soli
tude to live after your own; but the
great man is he who, in the midst of
the crowd, keeps with jierfeet sweet
ness the Independence of solitude. Em
crson. Oriental explorers say the ancients
left a good deal of under ware. Ex.
When a mati wants to call a puppy he I aversion to pork, was called upon to
whistlevhutagirl just walks along with say grace at dinner, where the princi
her handkerchief floating across her pal dish was roast pig. He Is rP"rieu
shoulder.-ifomc Sentinel. - 1 o have said: "O, Lord. If thou ea st
bless uuder the gospel what thou didst
Our navy is a sort of fleeting show. curse under the law, bless this pig.
A Journal tor the People.
Devoted to Ibe Inlereeteor Humanity.
Independent to rolltles and Religion.
Utve to all Live Issues, and Thoroaghlv
Radteal la Opposlneand Exposing the Wrongs
ot the Masoee.
Correspondents writing over assumed signa
tures moat make known then- names to tbe
Editor, or no attention will be gtvaa to their
communication.
ABE M0THEBST0 BLAME?
To tub Editor or thi Niw NORTH WSST:
Although I have been a constant
reader of tbe New Northwest from
tbe first issue, and have written consid
erably on the subject of "woman's
rights" for other papers, I don't know
that I have written auy on tbe subject
for the New Northwest. But bavi ug
read a letter iu tbe Issue of March Stb,
under the title of "The Three Classes,"
wherein the writer undertakes to show
that the principal blame for intemper
ance is with the parents of boys, and es
pecially with the mother; aud having
read so many sueli lessons to weary and
overburdened mothers in other journals
of the day, I thought I would venture a
few lipesjiu the subject, In vindication
of the mothers.
Now, in tills case the writer does not
put the case strongly, but brings it out
in tbe inference. She gives two cases,
and shows that by good example and
teaching one boy grew to be sober and
respectable, and the other, by neglect
aud tbe example of drinking at home,
became dissipated. Now, as general
rules these may do, but as specific they
won't, as we have abundant proof; and
yet there are thousands of careful, lov
ing, and prayerful mothers who blame
themselves 'for the dissipation of their
disobedient sons, because they have
tteen taught from the pulpit and from
tbe press that tbe mother had the train
ing of the boy, and if they became dis
sipated, tbe mother was to blame.
How absurd, how unjust, how cruel !
The Spiritual Guide says, "Pray for
your sons; pray earnestly, ami the Lord
will keep them sober," ami the Temper
ance Guide says, "Train them by pre
cept and example, and tbey will keep
sober." The distressed mother says, "I
have tried to do all this, but perhaps I
did not try hard enough, or my boys
would have done better."
I have just been reading a lecture to
mothers in the American Home, which
brought me to tbeir defense. Tbe writer
says, "Intemperate sous are the off
springs of either weak or neglectful
mothers; for in tbe earlier stages of
their lives they were completely under
their Infiuenee," etc
Again, "had mothers trained their
sons aright, they would not now be
standing at tbe doors of the halls of leg
islation, knocking for admission, etc."
Now just think of it! Tbe mothers of
men to blame for their vices dribkiogi,
chewing tobacco, gambling, and de
bauchery. Preposterous in the extreme!
It is the same old story "the womau
you gavest me, etc." But what most
hinders justice in these cases is, that to
"ny women believe these absurd ai
legal ions, so often made by tbe men,
that they are emboldened to repeat
them. Now let me give a case to show
our mothers where and how their boys
are trained, and in which training tbe
character is formed, in four cases out of
five. For many years I lived near the
city of Salem, a city noted for fts intel
ligence anal sobriety, aud having some
business with Judge at one time, I
sent one of my little boys to him with a
message, and when he had returned I
asked him why he stayed so long. He
said, "the Judge was uot at his office,
and I had to look a good while before I
found him, and when I did find him,
he was at & game of cards in one of the
fashionable saloons. "And," continued
the boy, "you have always told me that
it was not a proper place for respectable
people, ami if lie is not respectable I
would like to know who is!"
Now right here the boy took a "new
departure," for he saw other notables
there besides the Judge, and he came
to tbe conclusion tbat bis parents were
mistaken about it being improper to be
about saloons. He saw these dignita
ries there, and they certainly would uot
be there if it was not a fit plaee to be,
so the mother's teaching ami the father's
example all went to aught. Now that
boy continued in tbe belief that It was
highly respectable aud very pleasant
to visit orderly saloons and have a so
cial glass, a social eigar, and a social
game with such social company, aud
his two grown brothers share this belief,
yet tbey never saw liquor or tobacco
used at home, and this is only one ease
in a hundred that I might name. None
of these boys get drank, but tbey are
liable to al some time if they continue
to visit saloons; aud If they do, wbo Is
to blame? Their mother? I think not.
Just think of the situation of four-fifths
of the mothers in our country. They
are compelled to bear children, and by
the time their boys are old enough to
be trained In these matters temper
ance and sobriety tbey are out In
otber company and surrounded by
other influences, ami they soon oome to
think that their mothers must certainly
be mistaken about it being disreputa
ble to drink whisky and chew tobacco,
because our learned men 'and judges,
governors, presidents, senators, and al
most everybody do so. Are mothers to
blame that their sons are led ofl by
sueli iulluences? The wonder Is that
mothers can have any courage at all to
do battle against sueli odds. O.
Soquel, California, March SS, JS7S.
I Tlr Ailnm Hlark. who hod a strong