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: i-i ...i - ijiii " -------- -. V.V-F t Sea? iforitoesi -r frf, s BEMffAT FCBLIsm.NG COHPA5T, Proprietor. A Journal for the People. Devoted to tbe Interests of Humanity. Independent la rollttes and Religion. Alive to alt Live Iseaes, and Thoroughly Ratttaal in OpposlB? and Bs post hit ".the "Wrong ef the Masses. " OFMCE-COR.r,ROBTAWABISOTO9TKKI7rS TBRMS, 13T ADVANCB: 0e yer -see JWX JKiWlMj in Three hhmiUis 1 eg Correspondents writing over awam ail signa tures mast make known their names to tlie Kdttor.or so attention will be given to thcJi ! ADVKRTI8KMBXTS Inserted on Reaeosa- "VOITJ3X23 IX. PORTLAND, OBEGON) THUKSDAT, JTJI5T 1, 1SSO. commnrilcMUons. ri-m rv gym . awt mniZT ' I FREE DPEECHf r KES x r UEC 1 - 1 .1. Mr 4 MRS. HARDINE'S WILL Br ABIGAIL 800TT ttUNIWAY, "JOMTH HBID," "BLLK 3WD, "AHIB ASB HBCBT LEE," "THE 1IAJTV iCT' KATE AND rASCT," 8 Bve xrrc, rjro. to Aetof Ooiwrra,ln tbe ee of the Librarian or Con D.a CHAPTKR XXXUI. TBB ftOENE CHAXQBS. iE twe momentous years the Nation htSBfeee convulsed by tbe awful throes m iDternwylae war. Jatw Iagleton, of whom none of tb ctiaraoters connected with my story bad beard for fifteen years, bad spent bis time In study and toll and travel, and bad at last become a wealthy ami Influ ential public man. And yet, In spite of aw success in business, a success which had been crowned with Senatorial hon ors, be felt that hid life was a failure. He was lonely in tbe midst of listening multitudes, aud sad in the midst of gay companions, to whom be was a constant eDigma. Colonel now General Bateman.wbo bad remained with bis regiment at a frontier post during the long interval wherein my reader bas not beard from him, became deeply interested in there- salts of tbe rebellion ; and, because of certain valiant deeds In times of great emergency, he had suddenly become famous as a successful military hero. John Ingleton bad been one of the first to enlfst as a private soldier, and by bis reckless daring be bad soon at tracted the attention of General Bate man, wbo, remembering bis former con Beetlon as commissary olerk with the Utah garrison, lost no time In renewing tbe acquaintance and endeavoring to re store tbe old intimacy by attaching him, if possible, as In bygone days, to bis staff. But John Ingleton was as reckless and daring as be was restless and impatient. "I am very gratefal to you, General, bet really I can take no easy position in this great struggle," be said, ear nestly. "I have much means at my command, aud such aid and influence as wealth can give I have freely staked upon tbe issues of the war, but I care nothing whatever for life. I enlisted as a common soldier for- no other reason, MM- from a stroug desire to quell the fttLioo, than tbe impulse to lay down my Ufa, that I might rid myself of an uapMppy existence." WH, ingleton ! For shame! Surely yt don't lay' tbe death of poor Miss AiMrton so heavily to heart as all that, after all these years. Been crossed in !veof late, eb?" ", General ; crossed, iu love. Not 7, but all the time, and by my own i band. I was a fool to marrv ni I dill. But I thought I was pleasing you, I felt sure that I was gratifying Miss Arburton, and was quite certain that I was, In a degree, satisfying myself In making her my wife. Poor lady ! Slie didn't live long; and, had I been heart- whole and fancy-free from first to last, I should not regret our short, unhappy union. But that marriage broke two hearts and stranded two lives upon bar ren roeks, far, far apart, with angry waves and Impassable gulfs between tbem. I was a fool, General, and I real Izeil tbe enormity of my sin of omission when I saw the woman who should bave been my wife helplessly enslaved in tbe bonds of loveless wedlock, her feet ob an endless treadmill, which she Uad mistaken for the path of duty, and ber bands tied to an unceasing round of toll, where do recompense of love could be their only possible reward." "Wbo tbe deuce are you talking about, 8lr7" asked tbe General, dryly. "I half believe you've taken leave of your seoses." "Gooeral Bateman, have you forgotten-'Lize Hard! oe?" The General laughed loudly. "Meon-strack, by thunder!" heroared, as soon as he could speak. "Why, man, that girl Is tbe mistress of a third-rate boarding-bouse, away out In Portland, Oregon. Sbe bas a -great house full of obstreperous young ones, and a lazy lout of a husband that she drudges for daily. She's a fine specimen of womanhood for you to be going Into rhapsodies over, to be sure !" "Have you heard from her, General?" "Why, certainly ! A man Sapping ton by name who used to be connected with my regiment in California, writes me concerning ber once in a while. But she gave rare promise of making a name in tbe world when I saw her at CblDcaptn Oaks in '48. What a pity phe WHia't born a boy." ''And that glorious woman -has come i'jwc uo the thankless task of support ing a lazy husband that sbe never loved, Ho ! a treup of children that sbe never wauted !" cried the old-time lover, d.s is 'uly. Veil, I wouldn't make myself- mls e over It,, old boy," said the Gen "Il'll do her no good. She has a i protector whose business it is to look after her welfare, and, If be fails in bis duty, it isn't any business of yours or mine. I met my old-time flame, the famous authoress, last Fall. Her bus band poor simple soul! doesn't amount to a row of pins. But he thinks he's the bead of tbe family, and be bows in obedience to her every behest, and dances dally attendance on her many whims, while she's ashamed of blm, and he thinks he roles ber; aud so they get on famously. Wouldn't sbe shine In court circles to-day as Mrs. General Bateman ? And wouldn't I shine as the gifted Mrs. Batemati's hutbomlf" lie added, finishing witli a prolonged whistle. 'Then you're well pleated that-yon diJ not become her husband, because sbe would have overshadowed you ? Ia that it?" "I believe so. Though I confess that it did warm the Ice around ray bacbe lor's heart to meet her once more. You'd never think, only fur the newspapers, that she was the least hit strong' minded. Sbe has two rosy daughters, and a cultivated and iutelllgentson, and she shines in society as a literary dla mond of the purest water. But, to be the husband of a famous woman, John ! Faugh ! I never could stand that!" And so, rather than be mated with a brilliant woman whom you so dearly love that even ber marriage to another has not congealed your heart, you pre fer the life of a childless bachelor, eh ?" I do." Are you happy, General ?" No ; nor never expect to be. This life is nothing but a hollow mockery, after all." As I have so discovered all aloii; And that is why you needu't tall to me of rank or renown. All I want Is obliv ion." "Which you're likely to get, old boy, if you let tbe gray-coats have a good square shot nt you. If I were you, rich, handsome and comfortable as you have become, witli legislative honors and such a degree of statesmanlike fame upon my bead as rests upon yours, you wouldn't catch me setting myself up as a target for the rebels to shoot at. I'd rather legislate than fight, any day." "But there's excitement in it, Gen eral. And, as for death, let It come"; I am ready." Ex-Senator Ingleton excused himself from farther parley with lits time-honored friend, and returned to his post of duty. After many harassing delays, after many bloody encounters upon the field, Lin some of which the Union soldiers were victorious, and in others the vie tiros of defeat, the plan of operations, under directions from Washington, u.n derwent an entire change. The oouciii atory tactics of the Government having failed to quell the rebellion, and the ninety days' grace after Issuing the emancipation proclamation being ex pired, It was determined to pursue ouly an aggressive policy thereafter, as tbe surest way to compel a t. needy ami permanent cessation of hostilities. Time passed on, and the attempted seizure of Fredrickuburg had come next In order. Tbe northern bank of the river which flows in front of Fredrioks- burg commands the southern shore, which Is an open plain running back for a mile oreo, where it rises In a sue cession of heights which oommaud the plains to the river. The enemy oecu pied these heights and had them strongly fcj-tified. Their batteries exteuded lu a circle from Port Royal to a point six miles above Fredricksburg. But, why linger to describe the terrible conflict to which that level plain and those com manding hills yet bear eloquent but horrible witness ? Let us turn lu loath lug from the slckenlug scene of fratri cidal strife, and lift our hearts in prayer that tbe angel nf Peace may henceforth dwell upon the earth, subduing by her magic presence tbe turbulent passions of the sous of women, aud settling by the couusels of Wisdom the misunder standings of conflicting sections, till Anally, in all the laud, there shall no more exist the possibility of repeating the horrors of the late civil war. The Federal array, after heavy Ios, was withdrawn to tbe northern bank .ol tbe river under cover of the merciful night, bringing away their wounded, -among them being John Ingleton, who had very nearly met the death be longed for. A gun-shot wound bad nlerced his breast,-and the poisoned lead was fester ing In bis fiesb, making bis life as pre carious as burdensome. He was sent back to Washington, In company with thousands of other soldiers, to recover or die, with almost every chance in favor of his death. But John Ingleton did not die. His earthly mission had not been completed, and it was not his time to die. But, In the long interval-that be remained an invalid, be bad much time for reflec tion, and he brooded constantly over the revelation of General Bateman In re gard to the mental and pbyslcal'condl- tlou of the suffering wife of PeterTubbs. 'T will write to her 1" he said, at last. "Suieiy I shall violate no code of law or ethics if I adilrew her as a friend." The Winter bad passed away, aud tbe balmy April wind oame through the opeh window of the hospital aud fanned the forehead of the convalescent soldier with its welcome breath, that seemed freighted with tidings of the far Pacific shore. Tbe hospital, which for months had been the scene of suffering and death such suffering as would have rendered life unendurable In every case save only for tbe ministrations oT the Sisters of Mercy who lingered dally beside tbe beds of tbe wounded the hoep'ltal that for many weary months bad been my stricken bero'a only abiding place, was now very nearly bereft of patients, and John Iogleton was much alone. The restful quiet of the evening hour and tbe balmy breath of tbe West wind soothed bis lonely heart and filled bis soul with quiet peace such peace as Is born of commingled joy aud pain, He touched a convenient bell, and the summons was answered by a vigilant Sister, who was always within call "Bring me my writing desk, Sister, please ; and then come aud sit by me. 1 want to solicit your advice." The faithful attendant obeyed the re quest, anil was soon seated at the conva lescing patient's side. "I bad a close call for tbeBetterCoun try, didu't I, Sister?" be asked, turning his fine eyes upon Iter witli beaming earnestness. " i es, poor boy ! A a very close call ; but the Father has work for you to do, I knew from the beginning that your life would be spared, fori felt that you must do His work, and the time for your departure from the earth would not come till your mission had been ful filled." "Can you tell me what my mission is, good Sister?" She looked at him eearchlngly. He covered bis eyes with his wasted bands. You wrouged a woman once," she said, In a voice that startled him. ile turned to gaze at tier, and saw that her face was transfigured till it shone as the face of an angel. "I could have sworn that my mother spoke to me," he said, while his heart beat audibly. "If at any time you have wrouged an other, and there comes an hour when you can atone for that wrong, and some one urges you to obey the monitor within that prompts you to atone, you may well believe that the spirit of tho Holy Mother has spoken through a mortal instrument," said the devout woman, to uliom every good Impulse seemed a revelation from heaven. Back, through the vista of the years long gone, the mind of the homeless wauderer flashed, and a vision of the little attic room wherein he had last be held the troubled face of ids mother opened before his Inner senses. He for got tlie lime and place that held him, and remembered ouly the loving words and gentle voice that had guided his ways iu Ills boyhood. "My son," tald the Sister, and it seemed the veritable voice and tangible presence of Ids mother, "there nre two ways to right every wrong-r-two metii ods that al ways go hand iu band. Are XP" ready to invoke their aid ?" He trembled as if in an ague fit, but his involuntary response was : Yes, yes, yesf" 'These two haudmaideus that wait forever upon the erring mortal are Re pentance and Restitution. You have long ago repented of your youthful rash nees. Are yon now ready to fiulsh your atonement by restitution ?" "But what if restitution be lniiosi hie, Sister?" '"It is never Impossible under God's law." "But this particular case of restitution does not come under the laws of God, but of man." . 'Man's laws are mortal and fiulte, my son. God' laws are Immortal ami Infinite. And If, lu the wisdom of Iu finite love, the eternal Father sees fit to defer the day of your final atonement till man's law has become, to you, and to those whom you have wronged, as a dead letter, who shall dispute the Di vine decree?" "Good Sister, you are taking me be yond my depth. Let us now talk of something practical. I am moved by my own desire to send a written mes sage to one that I dearly love, whom I once deeply wronged. But I know not what Is best. What do you say ?" "Is that one the wife of another?" "Alas! yes." "And would the husband object ?" "I think he would." "Then my" advice would be to wait, wait, wait." "The very words I beard last night in my dream. But, Sister, It Is so difficult to wait! And yet, what have I been doing through ail these weary years but wait, ieaH, wailT It I could only get some tidings of ber something direct, that would convince me that sbe was at least physically comfortable and I not forgotten ah, me!" Have you not some friend with whom you could correspond who could give you the Information you seek?" "ies, Sister; I have a frieud to whose guidance I committed her when I was compelled to flee from ber preseuce. But be, If living, U Ignoraut aud old, and he could not read my letter." "But he could get some one to read it for blm, dou't you see?" "Very well ; I will write. I thank you sincerely for your good advice." The good woman turned the gas till the light fell upon the little dtsk which sbe bad placed before him, and then noiselessly withdrew. "Get some obb to wrlteto me of her, Uncle Dave," he wrotq; "some one whom you can trtut; and, if It be possi ble that I can be of service to her, I will come at once. Go and see ber, Uncle Dave. Tell tier rtiat John Ingleton her John who had well nigh lost bis life In battle that the colored race might be free, is now ready, If need be, to lose his lire to rescue the mothers of bis own j race from subjugation. I shall await vour answer with Impatience. Let me hear from you at once." The letter was duly posted, and in ilue time delivered to the proper recipient. Concerning what transpired In the Hardlne family during tho tedious months of that letter's journey across the continent, the reader next shall know. ITo be continued.! OASES WHERE WIVES HAVE SUED FOB DAMAGES. It has been erroneously stated that the action for damages brought in Brooklyn by a wife against another woman far tbe alienation or appropria tion of her husbaud Is .believed to he the first case of the kind that has ever been tried. Two years ago a similar one arose in Ohio, the only difference between it aud the Brooklyn trial being that a man was the defendant iu the former aud a woman in the latter. The suit was brought in Jackson couuty by Mrs. Casandra Westlake against Joseph Westlake, who was the father of her husbaud, Wellington B. Westlake. The complaiut set forth that the elder West- lake had spoken scandalously aud falsely of her to her husband, as well as to other persons, for tbe purpose of alien ating and separating ber husband from her, and that In consequence of tiiese reports and the influence exerted by the father, she was actually put away and abandoned by her husband. She there fore sued for the loss of her husband, and claimed $3,000 damage.-'. For tech nical reasons, her husband was made co-defendant. A verdict of $1,700 was rendered lu favor of Mrs. Westlake. The case went Into the Supreme Court of tbe State, which held that a wife may maintain an action for the loss of the society aud companionship of ber husband against one who wrongfully nduees her husband to abandon her or send her away; but ou some technical questions relating to tlie admission of the husbaud's evideuce, the verdict wa9 set aside and a new trial ordered. Two of the Judges, however, dissented, and were of the opinion that tbe wife's peti- tlliou did not show a cause of action, Auother case of this kind was brought in 1871 by Mrs. .Mary Ann Harlau agalust Elliott Clark. .The wife's peti tion set forth that the defendant bad wrongfully and maliciously enticed away her husband from her home, aud bad detained and harbored him lu de- feudaut's residence, to which tlie wife was denied admittance. The Superior ourt or Cincinnati overruled tho de murrer raised by the defendant, and held that an action would He iu fuvor ol a married woman against a third person for enticing away aud baiborlug her 4iusbaud. About twenty years ago a case of this kind was carried to the House of Lords ou appeal from tbe Irish Queen's Bench. The action bad been brought by Mrs. Knight, wife of Win. Knight, against James Lynch. She allegeJ that she had lost tbe consortium of ber husbaud by reason of slanderous words spoken of her by the defendant. The Jury gave the wife a verdict of 150, which was affirmed oh appeal by the Exchequer Chamber, although the judges were di vided. This judgmeut was revorsed by the House of Lords, wblcb held that the facts In this case did not afford a ground for action, although Lord Camp bell ami other judges expressed an opin lou that a wife might sue a third person for words occasioning to her the loss of the consortium of her busb.iud. Lccky Fridays axd Fatal Sathr DAYS Friday has ceuerallv sidered an unlucky day, but in America it nas proved a day or good omen. On that day Columbus set sail for America, which ho discovered ten weeks after, on riiuMv. wi riiuav. iienrv 111. pave Cabot ills commission, which led to thp uiecovery or America. On Frldav. SL Augustine, the oldest town in America, was lounueu. yja rriuay, tne May flower arrived at Plymouth: and nn Friday, tlie Compact, the foreruuuer of tne present constitution, was pupi! Un Friday, Washington was born. On Friday, ilunker Hill was seized and fortified. On Frldav. the surrender nf Saratoga -was made. On Friday, Corn- wallis surrendered ; abd on Frldav. the motion was maue in uongress tnat the United States were, aud of right ought in ue, iree ana inuepenueuu Saturday has proved a fatal dav tn England, and tbe one selected by the reaper whose name Is Death to hew down the llowere of royalty. For one hundred aud sixty years the royal fam ily nave uieu on balurday In Englaud William Iir., Queen Anne. Georue I. George IL, George III., George IV., the Duchess of Kent, mother of the nresent Queen, the Princo Consort, aud Ibe 1'riucess Alice, all died on Saturday. The little shoeblack bad a system of tueoiogy aner which a great many great meu take pattern. He told an Inquir ing missionary that bo always said bis prayers at night because he was asleep aud didn't know what might happen, but- never in the morning, because any bright boy can take care of himself In the daytime. If a Chicago' schoolma'am gets mar ried, that ends her usefulness, and the Board of Education will have her in the schools no more. This makes It'very unpleasant for young men who ais look ing for support. O I.eary has tram ted $60,000 worth. He lias made more with his feet than most men do with their heads. Tombstone, with a population of 2.000, supports one dally and two weekly newspapers. Tbe mark of cane dust on the unruly I schoolboy's jacket. I OLD TIMESAND HEW. WOMAN ALWAYS A SI..VVB HOW IIEIS ursBAND m:.uuEi unit in 179o. BY XATILDA JOLTX OA HE. Tlie Xew York Commercial Advertiser of April 22, 1SS0, says: The following advertisement, which appeared In the old Albany Regitler of uciooer u, 1,'jo, is amusing enough to be resurrected : Whereas, my wlfoFosan behaves herself badly. The way iihe conducts.lt abbees me srnlly; I therefore forbkl any peroa to trust tier upon my account whereby I'm the worser; ni I shall not pay any debt tor the future That he ahall contract, let it crow her or milt . '- Itoiso Merchant. Stephentown. September 28, r&. The followiug ' Notice" of the Cen tennial year, 1S76, was cut from the Syracuse Standard : NOTICE. Whereas, my wife, Ann Thomas, has left my bed and board without just cause or provocation, ! hereby forbid oil persons harboring or trusting her on my account, as I will pay no debts of lier outracllng after this date. Roiikkt Thomas. Syracuse, January 10, 187C. Seventy-nine years between tlie two. What pen can paint all the agonies en dured by woman within this long pe riod 7 Xot owulng herself; not owning her children; not owning her wages; advertised by ber master If she traded upon lis account he having control of iier earuiugs; "all persons rorbidden to harbor or trujt her" on ' account. Think of it, ye women, sunken and de graded lu feeling, humbled by the terri ble slavery over your sex, until you "have all the rights you want." What pity I have for such women ; what con tempt I have Tor them ; what batrtd I feel for tho tyranny which has crushed from their souls every ventlge of self- respecting womanhood. What a loss to the world when humanity Is thus de graded, beaten down, trodden under foot. How can It be that every woman, every woman, does not rise Iu the might of her luherent, Inborn rights and cry "away with It!" Down with all such degradiug, tyrannous laws 1 Let all government cease from ofl the face of the earth, if we cannot build up a gov ernment of equality. A rebel ! How glorious the name sounds when applied to- woman ! Oh, rebellious woman, to you the world looks In hope; upon you lias fallen the glorious tak of bringing liberty to the earth and ail tho inhabit ants thereof. Ail persons are forbidden to harbor her." In the light of advancing civili zation, that lerribleortWotfaneeof "her lord aud master" doe not carry tlie penalty it once did. Oiice, no man dare. for his very life, give the woman so ad vertised shelter or food or drink. Her master had forbidden it. Dreadful pen alties followed it. No matter how areat the storm, tite was denied a roof over her bead. She might be ill, dying; It mattered not; she was an escaped slave, and the person whom Iminnnttv prompted to give her even a drink of cold water, was liable to severe punish ment, o one could hire her, even, for she did not belong to herself; her brain, her hands, her feet, her capabilities aud her work all belonged to her master. She had run away ; she was a runaway slave. Many of us recall the fugitive slave law of a few years lnce, when we Xortliern people all were forbidden uu der severe penalty to give on escaping slave from tlie South either food, shel ter, or a drink of water. Tlie humanity of the country rose against It, and, al though many people broke the law sl- 1 eutly, few dared defy it opeuly. Ooe, of tbe proudest nets of my life, oue that I look buelo upon with most satisfac tion, is that when Rev. Mr. Lougen of Syracuse went to the village of my resi dence tn ascertain the names of those upon whom runaway slaves might de pend for aid and comfort on their way to Canada, I was oue nf the two solitary persons who gave him their names. Myself and one gentleman of Fayette vlllo were the only two persons who dared thus publicly defy "the law" ol the land and for humaulty's sake render ourselves liable to fine and imprison ment in the county jail fur the crime of feeding the hungry, giving shelter to the oppressed, and helping the black slave on to freedom. To-day, my work ia to help rend the cbalns from ofT the woman slave, white, black, or copper-colored, barbarian, sav age or civilized. Nothing Is so sacred as freedom. If to gain it the family must be dissevered, the Church laid in dust, tbe State torn in fragments, better all tills than slavery slavery, that sum of all villainies, within whose vampire grasp no true family oau exist, uo true religion have place, no true republic be built. Womau's slavery the last, the' most vile, tbe greatest of all slaveries must be lorn, root aud branch, ofl the face of tbe earth. When this Is accomplished, we shall see a new earth, and the Heav ens themselves shall reflect the glory of emancipated woinauhood. Victoria, Crown Princess of Germany, who Is au active sight-seer, bas been havirjg a happy visit in Rome. The Pope commauded that every courtesy should be offered to her In tlie Vatican galleries She dressed plainly and ex cited little observation, preserving as much as possible her iucoguito. She visited the Pantheon during her explo rations, and caused a garland with the Prussian colors to be laid ou Victor Emauuel's tomb. rtrtflintn 'Y,iiilfif'M ulilnw fa frfli!nntlir forgetting the old man. Four of ber baa remarried since he died. LETTER PB0M NEW YORK. FROM O0R KKOCIVn CORRESPONDENT. New York, June 12, 1SS0. To the Editor op tub New Northwest : The eohoes of the great struggle at Chicago ftontinue to reverberate aud gather new strength, as the exulting anti-Grant delegates return to the city, from whence they started out a fort night ago on what was generally con sldered a hopeless enterprise. The choice of a standard-bearer having been made, the next thing in order is to or ganize, drill and arm for tbe coming campaign, and a crop of Garfield clubs may be looked for iu a few days. The defeat of tlie third-term faction seems to give general satlfactiou iu many bus iness circles, where it was thought the nomination of Grant would only have a disastrous effect on the Interest of trade, as the policy of Secretarv Sb erman would in audi an event have received a rude shock. Some of the Republicans of the rauk and file cannot yet be brought to regard the Presidential team as likely to pull well together. Iu their opinion, it is absurd to maintain that a prouii, over bearing man like Senator Coukllng should receive such a terrible blow with equanimity and a forgiving spirit, apd that such a petty crumb of comfort as giving his chief henchman tbe second place on tbe ticket would suffice to cou sole him. They even go so far as to assert that the battled syndicate, Conk ling, Cameron and Logan, would rather see the Democratic candidates elected thau be obliged to follow the conqueror's train to the Capitol and wltuess the tri umph of the present Adminlslmtion, with which Garfield Is so entirely in accord. The races on Monday were a surpris ing success ; not that they amounted to anything they did not bgt all Xew York society seemed to have agreed to meet at the pleasant grounds ; and the result was a fashionable crowd. Pretty women aud irreproachable costumes abounded everywhere. It was like a very agreeable tuatluee in the city, ex cept that the adjuncts of green trees, turf, aud a background of light refresh ments In tho way of lunch, made it a novelty. One thing noticeable In auy crowd of faslunnable women is tlie effort they all make to dress as much alike as possible. Besides this, It Is un derstood that it Is the tiptop touch of fashion to be thin. The consequence is that our pretty girfs ore all growing at leudated and waspisb, as was easy to be seen at Jerome Park on Monday. We have bad a minor sort of exhibi tion of water-colors for tbe mst few days ct tbe American Artists' Gallery in Madison Square. A Boston firm offered prizes for tbe four best original lesigns for Christmas cards, and they have been on view while the judges were making their decision. Mls Eai- ni. t. a young lady of New Rocbelle, is very ueoervedly tbe winner of tbe$I,000 pilzf. Of courfe, the restriction to Christmas cards ouly brought out a heavy crop of choir boys, angels, cher ubs and reolluiug babes, and plenty of cock rnbbins and other feathered soug ster; but mauy of the compositions show a good deal of talent. Tile Boston firm select about fifty deeigus from the six hundred on view. August. Gosgh's Taot. It is not expedient for a leetu rer In 1m eulogistlejally introduced to an audl- enee as to arouse expectations which he cannot meet. Joliu 11. Qough relates how he managed to escape from such a catastrophe when introduced to a Ixin don audience. His Introducer lyid pronounced him the greatest orator who had ever lived, and ended a long and fulsome eulogy by telling the people to prepare themselves fortmch a burslof eloqueuceas they had never before llsfened to. Gougb, knowing that the best efforts he had ever made would under such cir cumstances fall farshnrt ol anticipation, determined to practice a ruse, and the rue was to allect stupidity. Heoieued by stammering and hesi tating, by beginning his sentences, and leaving them unfinished, until, as he said, the worst speaker in Euglaud could not have done worse. He soon overheard those on the plat form whispering tbelr disapprobation aud ceusure, oue man saying : "Oh, this will never do here, you know. It may be all very well In America, you kuow; but in England, you know, it is qniteadillerent thing." He still continued iu his dull, discon nected way until he hud seeu that he had a background for ills verbal pictgres. Tlieu he gradually adopted his natural manner, aud as sentence after sentence rolled'out, vivid and resonant from ins lips, ids audience grew enthusiastic, and fairly roared with applause. He had never been more rapturously greeted than he was then aud theie. Those who heard him declared that they bad never knnwn a man to change so after he had ouce warmed up. e Twenty ladles "chipped lu" and bought some lottery tlckots. Oue of them told her minister, and he was sliockel. "My dear madame," he ex olaitned, "do you not know that is gam bling?" She rattled right along as If she hadn't heard him: ''Yes, we are golug to draw the $80,000 prize, and If we do then we've all agreed to give you $5,000 of it for the new church or gan." "An excellent Idea, my dear madame; excellent, and I devoutly trust you may win It." Edwin Booth has made $300,000 since his bankruptcy. Tlie New Haven Hen mer thinks be isn't such a melancholy Why Is a hungry man waiting for his breakfast willing to be made a martyr? Because be longs logo to the steak. A 50.NG. BT ELLA WHHBt.BR.' ! Is any one sad In the world, I wonder? uoes any one weep oa a day like thb ? With tie sen above and UMgreenearttonnder, ny. what is life bat a dream of btte ' With the sun, and tbe ikies, and Mm btids above me Birds that sing a they wheel and flv With the winds to follow and say tbeyloverae. wbo eoara be lonely t Oh, hoi not It Somebody said In the street thts moraine, rt i opened ray window to let In the lteht. That tbe iarkel clay of Ibe world wasdawnlsg ; 1M" i loonea, ana me et wai a gofsaous sight, One who claima that he knows a boot it Tells me the earth is a vale of sin: Bat I, and the bees and the Wrds we dotUK It, Arm mine it a world worth living in. Some one says that hearts are Sekle, Tnat love Is sorrow, that ttHxli ear And the reaper Dumb, with UH sblaMg atalfe. uatners whatever is bright and fair. I tokl tbe thrash and we laughed together. IvtDghed till tbe woods were all ariagS nd he said to me, as he plumed eaeh testeer, "Wen, people moat eroalc If they easHot sing." Up he flew; but bis song, remaining, ,a Rang like n bell In ray heart all day. And silenced the voleea of weak oohi piaintag That pipe like Insects along the way. O world of light and O world oC beanUd here are tbe pleasure so sweet at Urine? Yes, life Is love, and love Is duty; And what heart sorrows ? Oh, not HOlmlHe. Andrew Jackson's Wife. The following letter, just printed for the first time, appears in the Cincinnati Commercial: February S, 1S13. Jv Sear Iliuband .-Your letter of the ISth of January from the mouth of the Cumberland River oame safe, to band. It was everything to me. I re- olced. I was hapuy to hear vou were u health. It was iuv nlirbtlv oraver tn the Almighty God. My tbouchts nrn forever ou thee. Where'erl go, where'er turn, my thoughts, rov fears, ruv ioubts, distress me. Then a little my hope revives again, anil that keeps me live. Were It uol for that, I must sink; should die iu my present situation. But my blessed Redeemer Is making in tercession with the Father fur uatn meet agaiu, to restore you to my bosom. where every vein, eery iiule beats igh for your health, your tafetv. aud II your wishes urowued. Di not. mv beluved busbaud, let the love of louutry, ame ami tionnr make you lorget you have one. Without you, I would think tnem an empty suadows. You will say this is not the Iauguage of a patriot, but it is the language of a faithful wife, oue I know you esteem and love sincerely, but ob ! bow many pangs, how mauy heart-reudlug sighs has your absenee cost me. My time passes heavily, aud I am not In good health, but I hope to see you once more ou this globe, and after this frail life ends be with you in happier climes. where I shall experience no more pain ful separation, aud then I shall be at rest. I feel a foretaste of the joys that are to the virtuous souls. Gracious God, help tne to pray for your happi ness. I was delighted to learn you were pleased with Mr. Blackmau and the other two clergymen and the society in general. Our little Andrew is well, the most affectionate little darling ou earth. Often does he ask me in bed not to orv. saying sweet papa will come home again, and I feel my cheeks to know if -I am shedding tears. Oue of the ex treme cold nights he got a little vexed. .aud said he wondered his papa did uot come home and sleep with him in his bl; bed. On Thursday last, "Mamma," said he, "let's go to Nashville aud see if he ts there." I told him where you were goue. He said, "Dou't cry, sweet mam ma." You cau't think how much that has supported me lu my trials. I wish I was with you vain wish. Pray, my dear, write tc me often. It's a cordial. It's baim to ray mind In lode some hours. I treasure them up as a miser does bis gold. I could write more, toyourpatlsfaetion could I refrain from tears, but j-ou kuow how to malve allow-auceji-rme. Catherine Caffery returned a few days after you set out. The Block wants their master's eye, alt your house hold regrets your absence, all wishing and praying your return. I paid Fields every cent that I did not send you in my letter. He was not satisfied. I then borrowed thirty dollars and paid him. He was going about trying to sell your uote. I have made nearly enough to pay him off. Sister Hayes, Mrs. MeKeane, Mrs. Jackson, Mr. Small and Calberlue send their best wishes to you. Please to pre sent mine to Mr. Blackman and Mr. Hities Carroll, and may tbe Almighty God of Heaven shower His blessings. His mercy on you, assist you In tbe ways of life, lu the ways of righteousness, be your shield in tlie time of danger, sup port you in all things, and keep you in tlie paths of wisdom the ways thereof In peace afar. Well, think on me, your dearest friend on earth, Haciibi. Jackson. While the commission appointed by the New York Herald to take Charge of the fund, approaching $100,000, were hard at work doling nut charity to the poor, fever-famine snfjerers in Ireland, it was left to the clear brain and warm heartof Mrs. Power's labor to suggest tbe most effective method of saving the ris ing generation. It lias long been known that; those who were children during the last famine are now in very many oases dwarfed, Imbecile and helpless mendi cants. Their tender tissues or brain and body could not react from impoverished nutrition. At present, schools are be coming deserted, because pupils are too miserably fed and clothed to leave their wretched hovels. Through the luter-' cession of the above-mentioned lady, the children are fed one meal dally at each school-house In the famine district. Consequently, no less than 15,000 pupils obtaiu their priucipal subsistence from the one simple dinner of porridge and bread, after walking several miles each way to obtain that. It would be a good thing to have woman's quick intuition at work with these eminent prelates and M. P.'s, as the result shows. Since Theodore Thomas left Cincin nati tlie number of hogs slain has In- -creased thirty-eight per cent. This.-. simply shows that Clnclunatians know: more about pigs than music. T