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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1881)
. I THE HEW NOBTHWST,; THUBSPAg. MABOH y 188L ' ARAIJCTDAT.i .-: ": f . " . . ' . . . I eaten, the aotee from mi old taae That idly wanders throng say bmla i That aonre u4 falls at Intervals, . Amid thn dropping of the rain, v ' ... Lone years gone by, my love aajdl ,. fga listening- to the wind's low croon, While elooea In elowly-inovtnc erowdj ',..,FMMd on neroaa the glimmering moon. Bo son.' no low, the river's flow j Night's breath wm bat frafrant sigh j." On boar of bllee, n parting klaa, .Then silence, dark n Ma, and good-by.. JIn grarlah abrouda, tba Jealooa clou da . Shot oat tba bright eon's happy light ; ' With ceaeelees plaah tha rala-drops dnah f The dull day deepenaJnlo night. The while tha tana of that old ran -Drops eoMy Ilka tha falling rain,' " Mid blinding tears tba bygona yaara With all thalr bopa coma back again. Ob, who can a'er tba time forget ihe river-side parks, bat not the ardor of the ttght- M I hearted excursionist. . 1 . ' : ' Anlce's school tu promised a picnic excursion to some pleasant spot on the banks of the Colum bia a soon as the weather became "propitious. m ' ' a than I have been for years happy to nay none omethlne- for you." ha added. In a lower tone. , Had he said so shjnlficant a thing to Anlce In the mornlnr. she would haTe. resented It ; now she had no1 such feeling. She somehow felt that When Ufa was young and benrta'were gay t And who ao glad ha flnda not aad , . Tha rhyming of a rainy day t . a. r. i WILLOW. GRANGE. A Stort op Lir ijc Eastkrx Okeook. , ... BT BELLE W. COOKE. ACTBOB Or rtlill AM TICTOBT J f En tared la tha Office of Librarian of Congraas at Waahlng ton, U C In tha year 1M0. r" SMamaaw x. ' CHAPTER XXV. s . Bertha found Anlce hard at work In school, earning bread for a whole family. The health of -Anlce' a mother was such that she could no longer eew steadily, and . thecare.f . the.household and Anlce's children was enough for her waning strength. 1 The teacher's salary was not sufficient to keep them In affluence; but, with the strictest. economy, and the, addition of small amounts re cel Ted by Anlce for correspondence with some Eastern papers, the little family preserved Its In dependence. Anlce had endeavored to pursue her law studies for a time, but found It a hopeless task, hampered as she was by the "necessary care and presence of ertimrraeTidthrTiwKrTTW mind and body for the supply of present wants. She had long ago made up her mind that her studies and jtrsulta should never cause, her to neglect a single home duty, and so she sacrificed Iter dearest aspirations and the prospect of ob taining a livelihood that would probably have been more lucrative for the same amount of labor, and set herself about the work that seemed given her to do without a murmur. It Is a question J f ... there are many men ;w1io wou1d,haycteencqual to the demands that were, dally made upon her strength and patience.- Her little Harry was but a year old, a ud necessarily claimed much care when she was at home. Her brothers - needed cloth I ttg" and school books, and these she must supply, besides what her"oWIPchiIdren required; But she had recovered her health and good spirits, and was now more like the energetic, self-itolsed -!-U-yjP"i 'Of-.her earlier days than she had been since her marriage " . . - The little place in which they had lived across the-river Harry-ha4 btraghtnd contrived Wkeep i free frtJi Incumbrance', and It would have been of some assistance to Anlce now If she could have . converted It Into money and used It as she pleased. But she could not sell it without permission from the Probate Court, and all that it now brought . was-a v.-ry small rent Trad It been located on ' the other side of th,e river, where she could have lived In It and saved paying rent, It would have teen more help than It now was ; or had Harry --willed .it-whollyJtQ-hert she-would have felt at liberty to sell It But how It did not seem to be hers, but to belong to the children. So she deter . mlnedUo leave It for them and get along as best she" could. Though' she had pinched and saved, worked when she was not able to in order that the place might be paid for, she could reap no benefit . from It now. , v. 7 -Bertha and Anlce found delight in each other's society, .which was augmented by the sad and thrllllngexperiences that they had passed through. - . That friendship which endures the vicissitudes, of tlmeand becomes warmer andcloser-as"inati life perfects its charms, which deiends not upon gay sports and merry Jokes and good times alto gether, but which feeds upon sympathy In sorrow, watching over beds of pain ahid Interchanges of ; thoughts which are the outgrowths of the heart's holiest emotion and aspiration this was the rliaracter of their friendship, which had become a source of perennial pleasure to them. Earle, too, did all In his power to assist Anlce and take tle burden of care from her shoulders. He Invested his money In a large grocery estab lishment, ofTwhlch he was a silent pannef, and ' he promised Anlce that as soon as her brother Clifford finished his present year at. school he should have a place in the store, where he .could soon make good wages. . The Winter passed away mUh many pleasant reunions of old friends and' Intellectual amuse inents, which were the more keenly enJoy4 J)y Itrle and Bertha from the fact of their having f ;:rlnytltne came again the period for picnics a-J rlar excursions and all the merry-mak:-izt incident to that blltheseason. The usual rifns of our misty climate dampened the grass of The excursion was finally, enlarged so as to in. he had earned a right to say what be chose to her. dude older people as well as children, and the day Bhe had felt that he loved her, bad known It per- fectly well all the while, for she knew he was not the man to change; but she Ignored the knowl edge, and had seemed In her Intercourse with him Bke ajlistant acquaintance. Bhe was not now conscious of anything more han ad intense grati tude, and a feeling of measureless obligation, which" might draw upon her resources and find her bankrupt ' For this she felt sorryXDut heJ! heart was like-one scorched like a wasted prairie, over which the fires bad raged and rioieI and left' rid pleasant thing.. She-had "'given her most precious trust and love, and received therefor ashes and dus ! What was there left for her but to" pWTonrwlihout theg!ofy and the radiance that vouthful Imagination had pictured ? Life had Its work for her, and her Ichlef desire was to do If well.Tlme was no laggard on her hands. Sheienvled the peoplewho seemed to have enough of It She could have used all the days up had they been twice as long. Thus she thought as she4 sat silently with her little chattering girls at her knee and counted over the things waiting to be done at home. Captain Aldenn saw that she had grown quieter, subsiding Into a thoughtful mood, so he sinlply sat and devoured her sweet looks with hungry glances, hugged her little sleeping boy to his heart, and waited. ' ' When Anlce arrived at home with her little ones, and related the hair-breadth escape to her mother and brother Clifford, who had remained at home on account ofjlight illness Clifford wa nthtii4a4teover CaptaltrAldenn'a exploit "I wish I had been there to see him ! It must have been grand to see a fellow dive right In with Jit 'hoofs and clothes all on I Christopher! I'd like to have tried it myself (-And he was the only one there who lifted a .finger? If he was in New York, now, the Humane Society would be for granting him a medaL I think they ought to b getting up such a society here, so as to-do Justice to brave fellows. There's-eq many plaguey cow ards in the world,-! t's"Jdl J y to fl nd t bra ve ne once In a monlli o' .sunduy s.l.l)onXy5irwTTrwe" had such a man for a brother-in-law, Kit? Whe don't you capture him, Anlce ? You are about as MAAil 1uvb t aa m mam vua wlinri .a-kll aaatk tAiinrW "Why, Cliff, how y'ouvdo go on !" said Anlce. - l4WeIl,. who wouldn't go on? I should think you would, when your only on an' heir, as Mrs. XI mm s calls him, has leen reciieLLy a first-class hero? ' Wont it look fine in the itapers ! Come to me, you poor, little kid you !' continued Cliff, tuiuliiK.tu llttllluii'yii'I)ld j uupiittj ....lljUUl set f ot the first of June. ,i Skies were bright and roses gay, and the merry crowd blossomed with flowers and sparkled wjth vivacious spirits as the steamer with its floating flags and tuneful bands of musicians drifted away from Jtavjuoorings and glided over' the . smooth waters of the beautiful Willamette. . Noble snow peaks arose and stood with their white shoulders against the blue background of the-kyr across long'tvisias and lanes of shining water; while lovely green Islands, asleep in the sunny air, lay scattered on every side. Pictures that might ful fill) the brightest dream of an artist Hoed the whole way to the pleasure ground, and Anlce and . Bertha " sat 1 n si lent tJellght, breat hi ng 1 n beauty and sweetness, with their, little ones ! around them;' too well content "to feel Inclined to participate in the Jokes and laughter. 1 Many young people were in the crowd on matri monial plans intent nd served to amuse the quiet lookers-on with their transparent love- making and bashful awkwardness. Elderly! sedate bachefors were there, some be ing on - the alert for a - smile- from - a dashing coquette, others retired within themselves in the crowd, but not of It Of this latter kind was our old friend Captain Aldenn, who was now engaged in a lucrative business in the city. - Toward the close of the trip to the' picnic grounds, the Captain drifted, as though uninten tionally, to the1 spot where Anlce and Bertha sat. and Joined in their quiet talk. - He wore a look of settled sadness, and Bertha could not look In his face without thinking of a little verse from a poem she had seen somewhere: yon did not not the sadden start. Or ae the ahadow In hia eye, . . Dp fcnow lM fU. wItbn hu neart- " A llttla chamber stand apart, 1 With windows shaded carefullyr- .'; " And In that chamber la a name Upon a tablet clearly traced, , , . Mure sacred than, tba vestal flange, - . Dearer to him than Toice of fame, Or all the charms of falrert fafn." She was sure, when she saw the covert glances that were always wandering in Anlce's direction, that the Captain had never cased his admiration for her. -e She could not help wondering why Anlce had not preferred him In the first place, as . she was sure he was very superior to Harry Noble. She saw no evidence that Anlce was. the least conscious of the Captain's desire to sun himself In her presence. She thought, she perceived that :ftrnti fi-arRTHer eompany might he repugnant to hlm,and was Inclined to shun him I vr conse quence. . -X- The company arrived at their destination, and Captain Aidenn offered his aid In getting Anlce's little folks ashore. Blossom and little lie rt ha clung to his hands afterward, and he assumed charge of them for the time they were on shore. In getting aboard again, the crowd was so dense and Jostled and pushed so that It seemed almost Captain took-the- little girls over and ieft them itlwBcrt h nn ml a rtl Jtaf.k U -aati--A nl with Harry.- , - " . -' Just then the boat's whistle sounded shrilly, and the crowd made a rush, and the little fright ened child gave a sudden spring aside and slipped from his mother's hsnd off the narrow passage way into the watcT. . Anlce screametl, and would have sprung In after himrhadTiottheCaptalnndartedo-heT-side-nd cried: , " - . "Don't fear T I will save him If ponslble !" and Immediately plunged In after the drowning boy. ' . The greatest excitement prevailed. Children screamed, mothers shrieked, and' even men hal looed "Save hlra I Save him !" yet not a hand was put forth to do anything until the Captain had brought the child to land, and with almost superhuman struggles had succeeded In climbing up the step bank to a place of safety. - - "Hard place to land, Aldeun I" said the Capuin of the steamer. would have thrown you a rope if you had waited , "Oh, Cliff, don't talk so! Don't mal light of It!" entreated" Anlce. "Why, my dearly belovetl sister, I was not making light of it. You are as blind as a bat. I thought I was making the most of lt, said Cliff. "ludeeil, J think youTwere doing that, too,", said Anlce. "You do not seem to have much re spect for my feelings.' .' .hry .tl.a iirrl,. lii.Ua 1T llitnrr tnottii in Inirt.. onli utirartleyAidenn. could notafforiliOLWalt for help when the child of her whom he loved was In peril.; He did,ot get his little limp burden to land anv too soon, however. Several terrible mo ments elapsed before the child breathed or show any signs of life. But faithful work and a clear, wise head that, knew Just what to do, and lost no time in doing it, gained the uattttrwitn ueatn; and the victor," iule(, though under -Intense ex citement, gave to Anice Noble her rescued child, with such a look of exultation as even she, In her great anxiety, could not fall to see. Shehaakellmitl-aeellg-iat-worus were poor things, and, as he sat by her Vide hold ing the.drlpplng child, wrapped In a warm shawl, it seemed that the former restraint which had so long existed between them was broken down, and they conversed with, some degree of ease and pleasure. "How different are my feelings from what they were this morning when we went down the river,: laTOrrlTrfeevWre nd quietly happy, now I am all trembling with gratuuae Thai my baby's lllripared to me, and feel as if I could sing and shout for joy. "And I," saaid CapUln Aldenn, "am happier your ferlinrs, Anice. "-You know I was ng. Cim't a fellow joke ? "Well," said little Kit, "I lon't want Anlce to get married any more.; I'd rather she would live with us, and I'm glad that Captain Aldenn. don't want to marry her.''1 - .: ; "How do you know that, you little wise-head?" said Cliff. "You're a precious muff. If he hadn't thought, a, heap of Anice, I don't believe he would THiverjulm peTT I n I'll be shot If I do!" -UTheh you do not believe- In-dUinWreated be-4 nevolence? asked Anice. "JNof much r exefaimed Cliff. fTo lie continu-d.1 Kate Vield saj's of Sara Bernhardt : "Slie Is un- doubtedly an immoral woman,-and I have no aiologies to offer for her. It Is a pity so strong a woman should le so weak, hut a great deal of this hue and cry of her Haunting Immorality Is all siunr anu nnnsnnse. for this reason she should not le admitted iiitosoeiety wortl of my silo and am mean ins: but neither should three- fourths otiiienien hoare roeiveU Yer4 iear a I cry of 'Oh! that's a very difuriant matter mem V nut it can't ve aruillerent matter at all purity it purity and corruption is corruption, whether 'Is 1 1 cxlst!' ,n men or women, llut Just ai long as bowed I women allow it there will be one code of honor for men and another for women, that is, la the eyes of the world In the eyes of (od there la but one code. But people say, 4She is so bold in her im moralitytoo bold even for Paris.' Well, the womanfs boldness challenges the admiration of all fair-minded people shelbad and she don't pretend to be anything ele at least, she don't add deceit to her other sins. Of how many young men can this be said ?" ..' VALCABiin for THK WomUx to Kxw. Pro fessor Kedzle gives the following valuable in-, formation : "Cane sugar Is two and one-half times" as sweet as grane iugar, closely allied to it, and differs so little from it that some persons cannot distinguishIt By cooking, the cane sugar may be changed to grape sugar, and thus lose its sweet ening power. Some women put the sugar In with a mass of acid fruit nd keep cooking and adding sugar, while It keeps on , growing sourer, nnttl at last tbey use two and one-half tl 7 " ure the desired result wuAcuiuurii less would have been was wM1r 4 www - at aw , Bwjuu MTj ueen iar more satisfactory ." LETTER FROM WASHINGTON CITY. (nKOCLAB OOBSISFODESCS .OF TBS BBW BOBTBWBST WASHrxoTox, January 28, 1881, Washington has never been, gayer or brighter than during this Winter. So many men of wealth from other cities have made this their Winter home, that our old rule of having only politicians acid their families as our heads of fashion has be come obsolete. Some years ago Mrs. DahlgreQ was bur Mother Grundy, and her book on eti quette dictated our gloves, clothes, dinner man ners, etc, as imperiously as the Queen's mandate. In Windsor Castle ; but now We have an unwrit ten code of society laws, imported from the best Circles of the East by their . representatives of bluest ,blood, which ruIe9?.usr-A8 a consequence -our fashionable life has in It all that appears in aristocracy's dominion elsewhere, combined with what is peculiar to the National CapltaL through the exceptionai lnfluences given by an executive and the Cabinet Mr. Hayes' receptions, however are hardly so well attended as formerly, and the visitor can now secure an entrance into the, White HouW without undergoing that crowd andlam characterizing his receptions at the beginning of his administration. Tlie cause of this evidently lies In the fact that others hold levees on the same evenings, thus drawing away many who would be at the President's, If now, as In the past eti quette alone gave him the evening. TeMapleson Opera Troupe lent Its fascinations to us this week. ' After a deal of shrewd advertis ing, speculators gobbled all the seats and com- pel led the payment of a large bonus .by the ver- dants wishing to hear a good second-rate perform ance. ' Senators Blaine and Beck have given the coun try the fullest and clearest presentation of the ocean shipping question ever madelqThe Senate. Every American who desires the best possible light upon this .important National issue should get and read the speeches of these two eminent statesmen. -The issue Is fairly-joined -between them, and so ably that Intelligent men who do not now Understand Its bear! ngupon our National ' welfare may form a correct Judgment by reading the two arguments. Mr. Beck, In one of his re- Joinders, spoke of Mr. Blaine as the Premier of the inniLngjauKjnisuTilUjn-IiOr ui mader thus elving confirmation to what possin has long asserted as fact and which we all seem ingly mnt accept as determined. " The Teh'uanteec ship railway project of Captain Eads Is by no means burled through the action of the House Committee In refusing to guarantee his bonds to the amount of $o0,000,000. The Captain Insists he will press his measure until Congress will appreciate Its merit and superiority over all other prof""'-! r'"'" "" r- - r tfug tho tiro oceans. - As he is a plucky and persistent fellow, who goes in a fight to win, as is Instance-! his securing the endorsement of Congress to his Jetties - mprovements to the Mississippi River, over the croak In gs of all the Government engineers, we are inclined to believe he will eventually accom plish his aim In this project If it be practicable, hope he may, but on this point there is un doubtedly rotjm for the gravest doubt - Doh pUKa YQrAN'S DEFENSE OP A FOTtT In Ids "Sketches of the'Historv of Man." Lord Karnes relates an extraordinary instance of pres ence of mind united with courage. Some Iroquois In the year lOiaj attacked the Fort de Vereheres, in Canada, which belonged to the French, and had approached silently, hoping to scale the palisade, when wine musket shots foreed them to retire. On their advancing a second time they were again repulsel, in wonder and amazement that; they could )ercelve no person", excepting a woman who was seen everywhere. This was Madame de Vereheres. who conducted herself with as much Tesotutlon and courage aslfsupportedby a numer ous irarrison. jne mea oi storminor a mace wholly undefendet except by women, occasioned the Iroquois to attack the fortress repeatedly ; but after two days' siege, they found it necessary to retire, iei tney should ue intercepted In their re treat Two years afterward a party of the same nation so unexpectedly made their appearance In-fore the same fort that a irirl of fourteen, the daughter of the proprietor, had hut Just time to shut the cat e. ith this vounc woman - there was no person whatever except one soldier. But not at all Intimidated bv her situation, she showed herself sometimes Inone place, sometimes"" In another, frejuentlyhanglngerilrcssjn. Order to iriVA soma iniiMnniunt imrrtdnn. n(t always fired opportunely. In short, the-faint hearted Iroquois once more departed without suc cess, rhus the presence of mind of this voung girl was the means of. saving the fort H I t Some Individual with an arithmetical turn of mind, says the San Francisco Oru7,has ciphered out the fact that-beer enough' is manu- mtiuicu hi iMr inneu maies 10 give every iu woman and child on hundred ami ton nrdinarf glasses of beer a year. Beer, like money, ls,,.how- uucijuui, uiviuru. puiue cuubuuiv fair share In the first month 'of the year, while tl .1 a. a a a a h . w -4fittA Mvujia uuiv vorinK -oeer eiajhr tt-may ie a hwo- 1 S . a a a a . . . V . a 1 nam on tne Deer drinkers to have to do the wor. Which lmnninM iwnnl.' woman mnii children have undone, but as a rule they accept the respon- biuiiiijt ciieenuiiy. jue uovernmenii mn aooui fii,ooo,OUO a year In the way of Internal A Texas paper Vpeaks of the late 'George Eliot" as "a very gifted but very Immoral man." which another paper replies: "Yes, poor old fel low, he had his weakness; but as a puglllt he tood unrivaled. England will not loon forget his celebrated Mill on the Floss." ' , Envy Is a nasslon so full of cowardice and sham 1 that , nobody-ever had the confidence to ewn-its possession. .