AIVBTwri(EWTljwertsl Term ' L5z W HE 1XCO0IIZES THE WPOXTAICI, . v -..'. FTC. ., " ,'" ' - Th-proprieior of the Democratic Era In a and dlleirina. .II doean't want women to vote! Of our he doen't S5TTiTfir-TTTy! 'We FecoWOil the. Importance of the mofvment, but Irt-g ).f li rl..n.l from any partkJi tion Iff IU accoi mpUnhment. NJIow like man!,- lie rtinw back and al low tha womc n to do the work,fig gl ng to lx f xcutt4 from IliuIIihj a lulling hand, though "'lie "reooguixe the lm- irtanc of the movement." BOd or wHinm ill expee women, after.lb.ey ikv fought th bttle and gained the victory, to give n wnmai tw lion's abnre of the spoil, expecting thle . . . . . i i i i ijecauae-a man' a good fellow, you .. know."-', Tl -' ,1' T .' f He further aaya: . "Our estimate of ' v U wonianliood la too high to warrant na In aldlngjji an effort to drag her down tin the filthy -pool of party politic." "Now, we are not going to aay one In extenuation of the null that mk from -partyrpolttlea. -It-hr-th presence of that" fllth which outrage ua. We have waited long for our brothers, who have madeth fllth, to arise In their boasted might and cleanse pnrify-their polltlca. Alas, alaa, we wait In vain. Tlte reeking political me In which they dally writhe ratlrrt - have hearkened to tlie rail, and we ask -..you to rejoice, Oh, Era, for woman, with ' lie scrubbing brusliea, ber dust-pan, her aoap aude and Jier ready-waiting rai- meht of cleanliness, la baring ber arms and fortifying "net Constitution,' to come to the retcue. ' Woman" does not . rejoice In this dirty work. ,.81i U nery r ing hr soul and body to aeooinplUh an Important duty; and though she would gladly avail herself of Jhe help of tier brother In tills trying ordeal, alnee he won't help hlmalf7slie must do tlie ' work alone. ' - " : AVe will quoU the Era further:, fit Is a mistaken notion that her presence ' and participation In the scenes of party jtrlfc wUl tend to purify and t levate the franchise right. On the contrary she will lose that moral- power and. Influ- ber nearer approadt to the angeia has always been accorded to her by our E nation over man. - ' Great Heaven I .Are men so bad as thatT And mwt women submit to the presence a ml embrioe of auch reeking z. iium tn Jheir aliodca of - deanllneaaf - Ah7Trother Hicks, If we were to aay auith deaperate things about yoq aa yon y Toqrself yon;wraildKieTni for llbeu. But we don't believe one word of that TWinBcnaB, too are tne-amr ana nas T band of a woman. Their Influence has wMHraiermciea so mucn ojr your natural depravity that we have hopee of even political purification. ...ttt- Here followa theunklndesi rut of all : ( "Howeyer, our attention to other, and what we dwm more linportautaubJeoU, wlil prevent ua from devoting our eol - umna to thedlscMslon of this question." 'ow that la awful f. If women, atand " Ing right upon the verge of this political ' vortex,' making needful preparation to purify, ,r AUuut' eVen have 1 theiurther benefit of free dhwnasUin to tlie Democratic Era, they are Ifdeed un done. But what shall we aav of the cotujlUlon of the party-beHllmed men of tlie period who are determined to con- ! tlnue reeking In their own pollution? V : Brethren, j-ou can't mean It. You are rno"1io flltbyasbuTpiteiiiVour " " " present state of corrution will um "-away-wlien virtuous woman rushes lo tlie rescue. - 1 . fc " - "yr i " T ' Women have always done tbercleans - Ing work of the world. Sad Indeed would be fate of Incipient jniaiihood If It were never purified by the work of . woman. Hlie owns that this work la not pleasant, but,-alas! 'tie neceiwary, ' , : Hhe haa been willing, during the ages - of the past. In trust men W toutlnuu Ue ' worVtrWcp' In their early life she nn heMtatinglyperfornied for them.btit they - prove theninelvea Incompetent tothe r task. -"r"- "' ' .: " " ; .'J . .i Wltneaa the confeasiona of the Heina T" - ' eraiie Era concerning the "lllthy pool of -IwrtyTljClIllcsrtbat man has fostered. - Woman's work .will nurifr your twllt . leal fllth, O brother, ami she will ever teach you to ahun pollution and cleave to that which is good. . . .. . llifcPJdliiaDfe. hlrh pmvl.fas ft.r th Impounding of all eowa found within certain jsvUona of the city in strictly enfurredrBB many poor men can testify to their mat but the ordinance whkh provble ft the inippreaMion of bawdy ; -'.- ; nouweii mil Ins a d.ied tUeTr 1 1 tt-r- letter,- It , talulv iiays very well to euforee the "p pnwnd , law, or a majority of those who are poor keep rowa and are in the hand , V- m, "y jrnariey." Hut would it pay ' wwnj iioune ortiinaiwe j -My"be It j'aiya bwi to let that iUuif t- 1 ! ' . -v-t V r -: -i . Sure, we dWt ' know wlm fflaaav JUiarleyM la, but we do know thai there BMr tnUB lnn Petry In the iliove 41 MsertUma. , A rwpecULIe familyll vlng , .... , Vrgr oi ine city limits re- tb "pounr la wr reccully. and - . we learn Were Ancd. There seems to be T. no desire upon the part of tlte eltv rcr- emmetit; to sujprnw bawds; neither do . ney aeein tusposea to make a tew re atrtetlng the privllcgea of their nuiiier - maaruline arcomnUcee W.JU. of growing anna, are we going" U sub- ) itouoncssT we cannot, bauidi h "step! which take bold on hell" from oar r(r limit unlc we rote, and by wteeaiid prudent legteUtlon tore men from very ahame to put thi growing ertl fmjr away from them, that thereby daughteratuay run-tun rUk of being ana red by the Birch or in .whnn wi now meet on every nave- r ... , ,..i.nchnlv atonr that thelriborrkl lAia'inea -"J." We must wBHumt from tlie aisUhy.whk shroud us If we would aave our sons from tomntatlon. ruin and moral death, IToMtltuUon la owe of toe crowing vice engendered and fostered by the "filthy pool .of pert politic. rTt ua away with the abouiluatlon rum the land, la ua cease throwing by our Indiflar enc a cloak of acemlng respectability over thin damning ahame.. Let ua take such peridsteut Interest la public af-. fair that men will MuhIi to show their (urea when these wretched ouioasta oar Bister, despite their fall undertake to practice theit wily arte upon tfeeuv-f Then will thlwr hellish-trade lose it upporViid,UnguUh and die for want of sustenance. . ' ' " "iortUind and Palemlouk41er have received - largo pamphlei eonUluing rly four humlred Pg?L!l?d,,f port "f all tlte -'evidence, documents, omguinpiments nf counsi-l, ami ntlier pro ceedlnga In the celebrated trial of Mrs. Fair for the murder of A. P. Crittenden, in 8au Francisco. It also contains por traits ot CritteiMWn -aud Mrsyalr.'; Ko aay the papers. Time waa When a private debauch was a national shame. Everybody waa interested I o keeping from the eyes of the young and the pa alone of the lewd, the amoniwof guilt and the outrages of decency But that waa long ago, ? it is Jiow .he fuxhlon to ftner up anyining ami everytniwg( however denioralUIng, that can be col lected . from the debris of dead honor and spawn It broadcast over the land, baeaaas, forooth the carnal appetite demands it, and the publlshera: and vendnra thereof make money.Tt Our' present issue contains a graphic picture fron the pen of Tfrs, Victor, copied from the Democratic Era. Ws have took ad In vain over all of our -ex changes for anything that will compare with Its literary expellenoetibcauty of farcy or originality of conception. Wear prt ud of MraYU-torrbut we arfiorTy thi it she usee her magic power to lend grace and Interest-to the columns of a Journal -which diarlaima the rial m of woman to the free exercise of her InheHmed with ruchln of Uvendr alia, ana eni immumuea, ami men aeoara dia cussion from bis journal because he haa Wore important topics to talk about than the beat Interest of the human family.- ' i -m . " - ' 'Wliy do vou man tha vlvlnr tit Ue ballot to women 7" asked a Utly the other evening of a confirmed bachelor. "Kxcuae me. madam." renlied he. "but 1 have not sufficient eonndence In their rapacity to conduct eovernmeut a flairs.". "What eviilence of their mental Infe riority to mankind can yon advance?" asked the lady. ... "A simple fact Is enough te satiafy niy mind, and that hi the friithtful way In which they do up the back hair." Ejecting. - When tlie Utiles are matte to feel their moral responsibility as citizens of the United-Htates we expect tliem to ex hibit better taste and more' good sense In the matters pertaining to their per sonal adorometitr'"" ?. , , , - . 4 A ood r u.-The" Oregon city Council liaased an ordinance prohibiting lioys untler 18 years of aa front-frequenting aaloonai Many an Albany parent would be hap-py IfTJie same law. were enauted here. The EntrrprU truth fully Bars: "Tlie saloon keepers do not dtaire these boys to rUit-their place, aa they are of no profit, and only a nuia ance, ret tliey are unable to keep them out. It will beaguodUwae bothparv elite aud saloon keepera,", . . The abort la from an Albany pa prkt Kow, whyj In the.nanie of all that la sensible, may a boy not go to theaaloon If lUs father goes i fv3--V t irr O0E1XSP01DEI0E. I This drtntent of the N aw Vokth wawr Is to be a. general vehicle far ex change of Ideas' concerning any ami all matters that may be legitimately dis-' cussed In our column. .Finding it practl- cally ImrMMBlbte to answer each corres- "t n rnraUi letter, we a.io thle mode -of .communication to save our friends the disappointment tliat woukl otherwise accrue from our Inability to an awertheirlquerlea. Weennliall Invite rV?4y 111,1 " 'IVeathHt'to aak, a -"aa"""" tw.maae, oraacoitiing to give to contributl to the CorrMpomlents' voiumn.- eeptj our thanks for the remembrance. W Ihave 'aunplclon thaf-you are al read f launched onhe oceanmatrimo nial If ao, why make fuch Inquiries conorrnlng a certain bwjly? Tlie lady you jeak of is still enjoying the sweets of aingle bleasedneaa. If you are not married and wish to make a proposal, our eulumna are at yonr sfervtae. There's notlOn like trylng, lemj We eanrkttexpi oux gratification. Our Angers tinffttU tune tnemaervea to numhers In reply, but preesimr duties ' wrbkl the. attempt at. A. ialetnl onen." i 11 Your rdrai are exl eeliemV' Hhall took tot aoUU vora fre- quently. you're, a host In 'yourarV. Glad to have euuh alilea ,. . "Mrs. M. Mr, CorvaUU: ' The popqlar shapea of mllUnery have almost doubled In price alnoe the spatojc, ,-ficnina Choice colors aud shadee of ribbon have anw advanced, hut, the morn foimixiu colors are cheapas ever. The way to boy cheap la to buy early; before the styles am "settlott" for the season' ' Ke tpotrfM'dWtipt, just like straw, ex copt thai you cannot Join the1 ends ef thebraid In the as me way, and yon must wash out the glae.Wore pressing. Tlie" hat will then be clear, like tlie' new ones. Xiong'oversklrta, very much over-trimmed ajajjeing worn. - Weaee ne tendency to abandon the loads of ruffling, fringing, , fraying,' niching, puffing,. Adding aud 'pleating, AU are- fashionable. Broad 'saslies are worn.. Mrs. I A. ii., Oregon Cltyi Make your black allk dress with a plain nn dentklrt, Juat clearing he floor. Make a long oversklrt, trimmed with fringe and looped up behind, to form pulls. liong flowlnr .sleeves, finished with fringe and ornamented with bowa of Uk.Coat ubd odcwleevcs, sah.anl .bowpFinanc'lal abUiry Js Uw. jwwec. whkh at the back;: guch a dress will be'faab kmably niaiU.'', : ..) " "A Irlend to the needy" writes; "How long will it be br fore you beoome ho elated by your auoeeaa that you will for get to gjve the sound aitvtce to strug gling women (whe wjil always be be hind you In the race of life), that haa made your paper o popular? ffuoceaa makes people heartless." To which last assertion we would reply,' tot neccsaar Uy, . Our friend will also lake consola tion In the bam u ranee that newanapec business Isn't apt uTmake women too hyTiufy jlon:t getaubsidleafrom rich coijoratlbna. .Wo litigant law cornea to then aid, and railroad moa arena Wre not ready yei to hack tbeaa with ready money, Intlie good that coming, when your vote and onr own will count, as of right it should, las muoh las any other person's we may get paesee to travel) but we expect no other terrrnliritea. ''''. '.. You bridalault may be made of peaIrey-mpreaa cloth, trimmed with lavender allk. ' .Yea need not make the skirt t tit a Irala Hope you are going to be a sensible help-meet to your fu ture husband, and, 1 ao, you, muat be gin by dressing sennll.ly. A tralTthg dress U an emblem of degradation. -Your hat may be a pearl grev a-lneev. trim. tied with lavender ribbon. A'traillnir aprayof orange bloasoma, the hat. win .uenoie your ciaaaincauon. Wear lavanneT-gtevML- Kor arr.,n. I In bridal toura. Rnend raurhniwr.nuvin Ppend your honey-moon with your bereaved hwtlier, whoae pres ent hoart-aclie you will never realise until your own daughter stands In your present situation. The bridal troaseau, which' usually claims ao much atteu tlon,. should be tlie least and last tliougfat of a woman who Is thua stepping into the solemn a nd retnsIblo dutlos of life; an act which will bear fruit of an Im portance which she cannot fathom, and which are destined to, he felt throughout Iha .Ml til I II it mmm . . (' - - . .. - ' Mary! , JWe ifc not see how you could do otherwise. A youi'vand piquant and sprightly glrlwho la a general favorite with the gentlemen, la aura to be a tar get for jealous girls. Don't mind them. Don't noUce, .what Iheyaay.. If they misrepresent you,1 live -so tliat nobody will believe them. :::'. --.;.. Farrncr's daughtor; You can have near beds of lettuce and radJabtw every two or three weeks by Uklng a little trouble, IMg vi a bed in the a-arden: pile the dead limbs from the pruned ap. H tree upon it, mn& net-them on fire. Then, after the ground haa been burnt over, rake It up loosely, let It He Until morning tocool, and aow'the Bated thinly. If frequent rain doe not 01 it la hast to Water the bed. i Make three or four auch lettuce and radish bed at different in terval, and you will eijoy the fruiU as your labors until August. ; '.-: - Mollle: A beiicry on a furm need not ,vrT expensive aflaljr. We've made coope that, auswercl every, pur pose by purloining fence ralbvland building long and narrow pen, of.' thcm. numg MOV0 Wood from the wood pile fur the enda of the coops, and tbatcldng the whole with straw. If fyou can't 'get your father or brother to build you a chicken roont, ask your mvr to do It If he won't bulk! It, give-him tlie mitten and build it youriwlf. -' - ; i Mr, ki r' We think It good economy to cook ftwid for both pig and ctdckenii. It li auiiie truUtdelrr ttrr it, farmer wive sell lorn hav- eonvenrences fnr these thing, but you can build a fur nace with brick-Leta, apon which to Bet a kettle where the Are will not heat op the house, which la a woman' orstobjeo tion to cooking mod for pig and poul- Other letter wiav)w answered next week.. -: v"-iv -s-t ,-i t,-r' is Our. editor went to netting ty pe on day thte week. - Following is tWreMU or her labor : . .''.-.-,., . I Lr ihM!ancn art In j-ijinj i.i jw. wur rurwMuaa s aick aud w are niuu hi place Anydoby can do ritxioif roi LADIES ! J t BBHfc 4 . .1 . I . - -- vy nrVrwrf "P I WW wlejrvTal VIII la about the same a ,141 week. Mrs. Levy, i'aucceMvful dry good and mil linery merchant on . Frontstreet, dls play ome U-mpting pougee and excel lent poplins, -Her pique are beautiful, (tljawl-wf; Lamalaoa wlU be mwh worn, Also wblt fililaad aharnla a fleecy material,1 snowy white and Very stylish and ' inexpensive, WaaoIa of brown linen are much i yogee. .Their cheapness and utility entitle Uwcu to special farot : toe ooym km parasols are used by those who want and can af ford them. j t -.- --':.:aL ... ' Wamat u a M eaaj-afakM Yt has tieen renerallv taken for r ranted Uiat women were almost Invariably dcMtiUite of what- a queer genius caltt "tlie lowest order or uieut-tHtoriuou er-maklngj ' i .""T!!" . Now we are bv no means ureoarvd to admit that this tatetit Is of so mean an onler. Financial ability Involve not only ludimtry; energy, fixity of purpose ana integrity, run a near orain wuicn la capable or originating plana, of form ing combinations to further Uxie fdaus, 1 aud even of tumtng what miirht aeem aeta in motion an trie niaciiiuery of active life. It hi tho hauls ou which tlie supcrwtruetureof society rents. Without it, all liuiustriab emOiaiileal-yhiUvn-throptoj-edupaUitwaVcaiigioMB atid troy emmental enterprise must come to a' stand-still. Witliout it,.. human-life would be retucel to mere animal exist ence, for flnanc'al ability Is the mairio wand wnicn maxea ine eartn yield tier treasures for the nae' of. man; which briugs all triles and iieople of tlie world Into close and brotherly relations of intri( dependence;' which so dlMtributes UAor that the aclenoea, arts, and tasteW winch minister to mau'e hhruer imwIm tuav.ba cultivated; In -atiort it is to tlie body politic wliat the circulation of tlie bLiod Is trt be human mrys nlTnltnn Tlil ! prlnciatote mhovn reeoKUiaed by our familiar phrase iloevi we sneak, T the circulating medium, the atagiuUion of business, unconsciously payinirourtrib ule tothls vital fact In ouraoclalernnnnv rormd which languaew haa wound itself. With these hieas of the Importance of business talent, we should be. very sorry to admit that women were Incapable of adding their part to thls great motive toemcrWomerr have hewn 'set aside from participation in this tdenartiaent of labor by cuiatotn. 3'Uey have.beeu eramiieti in the exercise of UieJr exeo ill I ve qualities by edoeatloa.: Yet, unde- VeiOpvU ffMPWU P"y -trrl-n their power, every now and tiMaaoui woman, turown iy, siren oi- circum stance Into a' neeesmty for elf-liel, haa ebown a txtMiness rapacity quite equal and antnetimea sererlir to that poiweasca uy average men. , - Every such cxperi incut andevery such auoeeaa, on the rt of women; Is of 4m- menaevaiae, notoniyioau women, but to the world. For the-eid idea that there i lust o much to be done' lallie world. and that a pew set of Isborer In the Held mean rhereiy a subdivision nf the work and It reward is new exptmloi. It-baa been discovered tluil lUe world want are inAidte-rthat tlie uiultlplica- tlon of machinery for aupulylng tmise wanta, stimulato .Invention of fresh needs, and give the leisure and oppor tunity to create other demands, ami consequently now employ meul.to satlxfy , tlie new iiccccshiihw. -ine savage lias few absolute iieeda, but a man emergee from barbarism ln) civlliaation his wanta must become more aud more numerous; and although it Is the faithlon to call thi an age of pmgrvsH, we are only, nrgiiining lo riream x ine uemaiids which man wilt make upon the earth, and tlie gvueroua response which he will receive from our bountiful mother. . But woman 'must join him In-tliene reaulHltlona.' Hlie miMt no lontrer be contenr to eit b hi sid slmuly.a a rrcimeuk cue .niunt recKuiw uvr duties to herself and to the world. Cus tom and society must unite In enforcing the performance of -those- dutle upon her. The world 'mast dediand of her that she do hex part of tlte world's work. If, by clrcunmtanoe, -temperament ami organlaathm, that work lie In tlie fam ily circle atone, let her do her part there; but If, a often happens, a womau lia taste and capacities which- lead her outside that circle,' let her not hesitate to obey their dictate. The possession of power to not only a warrant from God. but an obligation luipoeedby Hint for their ... ,. .. . . -A woman who can alujfTlk Jenny Und owe It to tlie workl to use that divine rift ft the world' service. A woman who can palu like- ltona Bon- heur would be recreant la lier dotv. did he fail to use the talent which ChI haa bestowed upon her. A woman who can Writ like tieoraw Kllot, or ( kiorre Hmid, would be guilty of.taithiuaanea to her own self did she allow her pen to lie Idle. A -woman who can speak like Anua Dickinson, or Mr. Htauton, ha no right tobeeilenfcy .. -.: '. :-.. ' And ao w might go ou, to enumerate rntl'XvU g the women who, In toe beatowal of va' exercise nf them, and who, did they fail to obey thi call, nwuld aiii-against iiod andtheirown avaturea. i The women who have entered theleOr ture Held, tlie Jegal or medical profes sional, or tne- ministry, ami who, by their Bueeea iat their varioua callinga, have proven their ntike fur - the ioni tlons which they have aiu lived, hare not been false but true to the blithest Ideal of wBnianheoih . ; . . -....:.... - Nor have the women who liav enter ed: upon -mercantile lire- over-stepped their sppnipriatc sphere.- That oiagi.-al circle I continually wideninir, bikI the enone inai women aremaxiiig Tor inde pendence, which" a few years alnce would have lieen mcireil tinfcnilnine, are now greeted with Brmfiuiso. One of oar ltraakryn patter rhrnrilelca. In the fchxicH spirit, the.hrave art of Mr. Clarke, who was k-ft a widow soon after her hastiand had etahllhed a Bust- J neaa Colleco if emraokl it to any rn le aria would have lci ahle to reallxe very"' little for It, althooKlnt had cost Mr. Clark years of toll to estaMlnh lt.t Uoanigeonijy she resoved to carry ftr ward her-nuslmnira preets, ami the L - TeJi result has been an abundant success. Blbllltlea, she develonct such buslnea talent a to retain ami Increase the prm marityjof the Institution. Her 1 the first inatanoe of a woman having Ailed a poMtKin or tin sort, aud Hnwiklyu may well tTOilffBraucT. i clllxenl Fruin HosUhi we learn that Mr. K. O. f Steven haa tbrmeil baninM eopart aendiip with til-diughter a uvey. amer and for tlie exaudnstion of the title of real estate. Mis- Htevemi ha been far eitrhteen yeara employed in the ltgitry Offlee in tamtriiKi' aud I perfectly compvteiiFlo the task she ha undertaaen. Ho one after another lire ojienlng new Sath nir women toward iMtsmiary iin epeniem, that Arst great -rtep which every American boy feels is tlie U rIih nlngofau individual and free life, which, like the assumption of the Hornan totrar, is the proof and badge of true, man hood., , .., ... . . .,.'u,. Till aelf-Mlance detuaiuled by society of aroung man, and cheerfully acqul esced in by every youth, I one of tliepe euliaritle and gkvrte of our, republican iUHtltutioua. i .-. . , We have outgrown the Old World Idea tliat to be a bwdneas man ts to fir feit all claim to bo Called a gentleman. With us. even the sons of rich men hwie caot If they are mere Idler. ( It remain ror u to reeognlxe tlie trutlu tliat as no man cad lxlrulv manlv without takiliir hhr part trrthe wof k of nfe,"o mr wom an can be truly womanly unles ah obey the same law. ., -u v .'" ... 1 1 ,i hi i . - . - ' . .'- Tie Eomaao aad Poetry ef Oregou. . I have thought tf 1 were a painter liow I - would nersouate . California rh shohld be a girlish Cleopatra; larKt sup ple-limbed,, dusky-brown; fiery, yet Indolent: voluptuous, vet unconscious; lnlell actually a queen; really adwmipg Mwifiio maiden. , He" tr"u w"ltlt he the russet colored hills; hur mantle the violet bate. Her girdle should be gold; her scepter silver, and her crown the native laurel, mingled 'With -wild oat. Behind her throne Mirould, tower tlie grand Sierras; at her feet should murmur the blue Pacific, t retch Ing far away to where on tlie horixon a white winged fleet Axed the dreamy look In the lustrous dark eye of my girl-queen. A fnlr and tam'liiaJtlng picture, i it not? At to fill a niche of our Western Art (lalierv. v- - ' H e to it I would Lave mv ATffiSSfr TourvgTiitheT eautiful, with empire writ- )w,aiidpoertemrrtvdbv UujLoppoait o eoiiatra stronir. and beautlfu ten on hi brow, and power tempered mildna beainlng from hU eye.- Of mv complexion tie, with tawny blonde hair and curlip golden board. His ro)e should be of the richest purple, embroidered with wheat ears, and hi crown -of burnished gold. " HUT throne should tie amldHt the niKxed uiouiitalius, Ci. yea;, what a frightl-Hive-had on With rolling yellow plain on one liaml, t4 last year" bonnet, done up, a poa and Bmlllng green valley on the other, rreen ilk, a black lace mantilla, brown Ilia aocptre, shsped like .the tapering gaiters, Imitation Houiton collar alava flistnshouMlieofBiiverjietwithoiHiU, braceU-t," ber old ear-drps, ami such a garnet aud diamond. At hi itlfnl Oil, myl oh, myl" """" mafrniiu-i,n immnma, i wnue in iu uiannrv HugijF-iiw shduld Seek it eutrance, ami over hi houlder the white creat of Mourn? 4iood atand bluMhimr in a rosy suiixct. Hp Would Iwrmuiate the youna 'rtahtr ORKOoyJYr. rieiw, in the iJririir eratkrErm. v' "v : " 7 -iV .): . Dktkcitio! or tiUtix Faurkh. According to Mr.Hiller. silk can al way be-iMHitinei-in-a--mixturew'iiit-ny otheranlnml or vegetable' fibre bx mans of concentrated hydrochloric acid, which dissolves It completely and Immediately without apprtM'lalily affecting any, woolen or woody fllire with whieh the silk may have been Interwoven. Htmng sulphuric acid baa also a powerful, . oi- vent etlect uu snx, and is iiaywinc much more destructive iiiltsnetlon Hilton cotton than the other a-Id. KlnKild itbe deslred-to itetermlne tlie nature of any filter remalniug after tu,,lutloii of the silk. It Is first neceasary Ut wasir aiM colliH tJheiivwlien they wllXiiMtially be found - ilest it ute of '"color To divide whether wool W pre sent" -or aHUHit, a Mklntinu tA tilerlAax-ld'uiav lie iumloveil. which instantly ,lMiprt a full velloTjli trot to ine wool,, iwt uoe mi m iiie least affect ottoit,lliH'n, or llilna gra; so that It U nnly'riot'caNary to luinicrse the rahrto in tlie dye, wrmg it out, and wasni weU wim water. - ruiouid any pmiun remain V a yellow color tlie preaence ,of wont Is rrtdlcated. Dtlier met lux M can he cmiitoyed similar- in prineliile, but the picric acid la believed to ne liest. IMscrimiuation, IsHwecn the- dillernt kliMl of woody fibre can ie lie proMr eutetlhy means of the microscope. vNTfOKii. DKaTB. Mr. It. Dwlrey. Baxter, in? a iwiier read before tlie BrbV- h AsHoviatiun for the Advancement of Helen', gave the amount tx ma na tional", delrt of tlie dlfl'ereut nations, which .we liave reduced to Fatleral mmunr. aatiuilluar 'Llk . uound aterlln at H M, gold value. Brltixh F-mpire, fW.BJJVnio uut); United ftUte. 2,n,ol,.' WHk Holland ami Belgium, aj17,Mli; France. i.iWn.lAd,Miiu J4orth and Mouth Oermany, $I2MWU,000; Austria, JZ-A- J 6H0,0mi; Itussia.CZ.e.AOuo.'1'"'; npaiii, 1, )W,iO,ia; Italy, f l,24.1,H70,oiRk - The I'nitol Htatea Hcdland and Brl- rlum are'the only nations that are liquidating their obligations; the rest are adding more or less rapidly to their del t. t ranee owed in ?.i.f',v", Austria, hut 4hii,W,ik, Ituwla, (Wj' am.tMi, Hpaln, H,(Mt,ti),JtalyjtA- uiai,ut.' , '. .,.-. '.-Urv;':T' : At a receiit meeting of tllie Natural History fitoclet'y, of Montreat,Vthe dl eoveHr waa announced, by Mr. llrllliiga, of the nearly complete sluJeton tof- fv sil whale at Cornwall, Ontario county, at aout idxty feet above the- level of .the KU Lawh-nce. It I believed by Mr. Iltllinr that this fossil Is Identical with one otitaineit to Vermont by lrotVwr Thnmiann. In a rail war cutting aluut Im-elr ml lea auulh of fatirllnrton. and callediifeii7f vrrttumtana. Thi I etosely allied Wthe white- whaWr'nf the HU lAwrenee, inougn uintryij mumtm rpecbil point. : . . .,. ,f 'tdy"Amberly(w-Ho rlUerlng lev Ium In Kmrtand on Woman's rn fir fre, recently jiaid a hanttsncae and Just tfio ntxt lMcretU MottjUie noble champion f.rtlu, him of Woman's Knflrst'v in Aueri.a. . - Mra. Mott waa.mi of the first assli wasonoof the ablest of the leader of the Wonuta' Itighla iiMive ment. but to FJIlHh Catly htanton must lie awarded the honor of being the first to demand. line eWUve franchise for woman. ,! A step which even .11 r ret la Mott dpreeatel, Utougb, ahe af terward gave it her hearty spproveal -Oeorre FrancU Train has Marlet paper at Oswego, N. Y., to idwMtr hi ; ' 01ilnr. "': . . nrTC -. w .. , - 1 'oiucn arttkehore-th gayer tbo narnesM tney nave on ine better tltey i A chap In 1mIil advert i mr a ielf-siipp.krtlng" wife, "itrrtty and well cIiMaieO." Mwlest, that! ' . A ri Kaltern l'a.1 ad vert I e for a laun- JlUH alio Will be U-niik to fak' hM payu tossonsontheguuar.i-,, t . -t "Intervlcwlns" kothln .i i ex Med In 4war Time. nr did .a great J uliu ask, "Who is it in the pre tliat callr -' . . W ell. m V t'ftftl liar nnlLn.. .hj km. would you like your hair cutr', "Oh! like papa's, pleke with a little round hole at the top." t . -.. . . , k An n-ronaut has dlNcovered that a woman's voir I audible' at a hlght of two bun anil a man's voloe baa never been beard higher than a mile. A disturbed nraaeher reaiarkixL "If that croas-eyel latly in the aide aisle, with red hair and a blue Ism net. d.m'1 stop talking, I must point her out to the coiigregatlott.'' -..- t a t t - A rough Wtemyewiiivlvnln once said of the late John CV.vo.le: "He hasu't much learulng,but he know a heap.", Tlie criticism was ahrewdlv correct There la another clan of men who-are the exact opposite of Mr. Co voUe. Tliey havea heanof learulmr. but doii't kiww niiii'h, x . A " triurerrc4)t rn lha-anordlriar ruller rule ou tlie table; took it un. and. on Inquiring Its use, waa answered, "It is a rnie mrenunung-nousea." - TH well bred, a he construed politeness to ask unnvcsary queMt iona, he turned it over aud over, up and down, reneaiedlv. and at last, In a paroxysm of I filed curloa- tty, he Inquired, "How, lu the name of wtd-dor, do you count houaea with this?" A 0iivia elltor Is In luck. Twentv- four 'heathen Chinese walked In his sanctum the other day, and, through the medium of an interpreter.' Mid caah down for twenty-firtjrsuWriptlons to his paper, i ne euiior wondered greatly wiiattiicy wanted or an lJig4lBb paper, -ffTh? tuVriT ;,","'. iT'fV oil ucuK-Bw to reai is sihi was iiii- the rwier ha vim- a rat catarrh rut, a ruauo trade- mark, arst an umbrella" picture." - 'Mary, can you remember1 the text th la morn I ng ?'r "So, pap': I can never remem tier tne text, I've awn a bad memory." "Mary," aald her moth L I've such er, 'Hid you notice Haran urownr' "WelLunv imp, yiMir-mi.nuiry ia iinpmv)!.).," -B0lptfc ',.-!. Ifutk. Three ' coiTee-cun new milk. three eglra, one tea-cup but tee, one tea cup sutrar, one of yeast, ami flour enough ror ttaiicr. , nen in natter nas well risen, r work" in more flour, but mix It ight, tnit he careful that It doe not I wuFf KHlH iiHir it iv toiit on cults; let it stand again a short time, and bake In a moderately hot oven; fifteen or twenty minute lionld cook tlicnu, Vunkina iVtce. Pick over ami wash m . a , . . . wm. .1.1 pi .... set where it willCook slowly. When ...... I.t... M.1,1. A..I.I U. -... I 1 lie rice lias attKoriieti all tlie water, Mir In a clip of milk: stir-often, and conk slowly; in ten or fifteen minute it will take no all the milk: then add another x-iiS sdo 011, till tlie rice 1 wrft, then add a little salt, fi dlMli. rjit witn meat, or as dessert; if Uie latter, awceton aud use aa sauee to tliftjHif Idlug. f?tr Jfe. Take ctihl rice, ciaik like the alMVe: ami suflU-ietit' cream to make iiirito thin; mh it with a wooden or hdlver smmhlU1I free from lunqm. Ileat up tour egg ;vcry llglit yelka and white separotely, sweeten the rice to suit your laMtivaiid pour In the egg the whites lastLatlr well: grate a little iiutniea; overall; cover a deep custanl, or imrripkln pie-plate with pastry, pour In the rice and la.ke but not long enough to make the custard watery. .. "f; a Tub CajsaDUs Costix:xtal Baii WAV. Tlie-Ottowa Citiirn xnreme tlu following view On thi great project . .. i ' . Our own view of the matter haa been that a political uu!6n with British Co lumbia would be dead letter utile aoiue engageiueuta were entered Into for sccuriiiir a eoinmemial union a un ton wf 1nteiv-t a well a oFloval ami patriotic feeling that the bciit way of ooiaining ma wouni ne mmugn an in-tor-uoeaiiie railway, and. if need be. borrowing Mr. McKenxie's.rxrviiloii, "at almoHt any mcritkm." -.-The uiuler Uklng to secure the1 const ruction of the rsitwar within ten yeara I tlie key stone of the bond of.union.' , n may be a very serious utHlertaking. but the railway i a necesMlty w must have It, and must ccitaiulvmake au ciTort to secure ik - Wt must protest, against the mn ion, apparemiy neid ny some people, lhal the railway is a British Columbia aflair, g'Hop to Induce that Colony to eiiitj ine i nion. itisobviouaiyawork of Dominion necewtdty, without which in grand srnemeof ion federation cou Id nut be practicably completed. 8ir. AtD pRnntf-rtoxs or Prort HotTTrn. To what degree of exultation tlie mind of a man accustomed to aauer- krautaa a dit.and bedded In the faith that sauer-kraut' Is a Man" of life, may he rained by a vision of Immortal and perpetual -caMjagr,- I know -not. But tho-HoBVT K ttorflehle, of-Oivmnta. dnutded me wholly up with a statement which I found had a voucher In th ex- T-rterice Tif many other resit lent of that ptaee. ne illustrated tne ravorabiem-ae of th el i mat of .Olympla. and the rtrhne- of it noil, by telling that be soweti a inch of cabbageHd In the qrirg and cut th hea.br In the fall. J fie nejet near, and for Im wetrn th. 'ler to mtccemHrm,rom0U toMaeavi Uf perfoH cowyo pre on A old rUilitt The puldwatlon of . thi. fact ought to deiiopulate ther saiwr-knmt cou n trie of KiirotWv .VamwW WUhemm, If a bee stlno you.' will you go to the Ihtve M-dediy-ltT--WouU mil a tiiousand com, upon your ir you re ceive a trifling Injury, don't be. anxious vr-i.Tj.ji iii.iaiii uy.ii toltvemre iL ; Let it drop. !! that vlad aa4 water taea 'k'' , I emalauoa,-; f'in Aauwf la hill ptars kldVaatUsaak - -.--Willi riuitloa. : , . WHh maajr tarty am i . Ta mim .,.fyJ hjj ., Hefcad ilw hills m4 rornidikskaull II sly ly pWtl M. - .. Bin tv'rr Book btm)-d aia lair; ; .aTi leaves smand ,llmw '. 'rmt nmie St (lU rirkrh,' anaTM -i; ms prayi bmim an ' ThMi-taacwlBC, erep th water MUi. Vr--'.1 . . Aad iiS ta mallowa n i . ... v lb trM4 aimwU, aa bftfi pmrt,, , ,, , . ! la rwuatlcwi atuillo. - , ' . , i -. -- : . : . - The (ua crnaji BI4 alaailve airaaJu, t. ..... TJMnlcoalal aim; Thrdronplnc wHIowa hrlpod 1l tlM"r " ; KoaUa reveals hhw- , ' ' . ,' ' ; '. -; M ..u JPlll.rn htaronMeaee stsie,; , WHk vlcnraua sally --iJ iu ' , II ip a rook, and a wMaab4 - ;.Tt Wtifciatii valley. . j.iii ' '.,... . KamlPMl lUalr mM' i, : ,,. , . , ,, , . Tkat ita nhnlil tak Bis Mra, sit ' - ' The Mf-aam tale. " ..'r ! But repalatlna aaswercw atowi . . Though I Inelrurd ine " Ti prl, Ifaaee hide mrmt ' ' , May, who shall Bad ateT J , Willi H.r maalnc ikul Is rala, . taaMBaavor-s f If I huttiwsBirwiriroai kw I'm (on BHwrarr' Tiin BvirtaK'a - Isdiokhtiov. Old ftmireTI-li'a aCTyTIUCceasftirand J suuutantlal farmer la an Interior town of -: MaawachiisettA and a more amaxinx eat er never lived In any town anywhere; . and especially much did he eat when rresn porx was to tie 111 nourishment. -Well, at a certain time one of hi hnfrs had been killed. The next morning , there wa fmdi pork for breakfast, and the old man ate most woudrousty. In the course of the. forenoon he ate hi luncheon, consisting of bread and but tcr. ml nee-1 le and cheese. - At noon hla di n ner cUMlstel ef fresh pork, pickle. mince-pie, and the usual accouipam menta. Hi afternoon luncheon wa tike that of theirenoon. When bo ' came homo to supper hla favorite dlah had not lieen pre Bared as a part of that meal.' The old man fretted ami scolded till fresh pork waa adiled to the substan tlals. He ate voraciously aa usual. In ' the evening he toastod oin cuee, but teredaind at It,-.. Just before going to .-- tied ne roasiei a couple or apple and ale them. In the night he wa taken with- t a severe colic. . 1'he doctor waa with him;-c till morning, ami nearly wrought a . miracle in t he old man' life. The next ... ' day Ihdh1 W?t, one of titanet(fhhor," " went In toeomlole-wltrr-trlw old -rWiutrer- on his Ulnes. "Faithful Boll," aald the Old worthy, "I liked to have died last niirht. I'Urnever eat another roast-' ' ed apple aa kug as r live. I never did ' love them Very well; laxt night I ato : only two, ami Uiey nearly.kllled me.M - - , i ,1.. L ....TiT. DYBI'KfHIA AXIITSR'M;.T.T-I)r. J C. Ja'kson, a uocesful jihystclan ami wputar writer on die law m .ine ana tea it h. In sneaking of dyspepsia of It ' cause, and lianeful resuita, aayst "Our , meat, -our drink .aud our drug keep j the ' rank of tlie smitten full. . Tlies constitute the empire of glutton, and ' retirn. without a rival. To eat. drink ' and smoko i the divinest way known -' among men of illumluatlng character, until one's face shine a that of a god. To calculate to speculate, to work fbr i'- - tbegratincation or the lower natur hiature uot a whit loftier or more refined than tlist of a bullock--i an exemis divtiinit .eminently-worthy of those for whom Christ died,' and whnae home at ' last 1 to lie In Heaven. '' W are a na- tloniof B-lutton. . Our. Drcaelwr are or- - dained, glnttons, visiting their parish- loner to koK a ner itieir spintual wel fare, and to take tea. Our Christian , are liaptiaed glutton. Our dortor are glutton by - imroaiou; . ami trie eio a qucmoi tne liar and me wisdom ot tne Bench anlack oftmlled beef and mua- - tanL Our private Uble dally attewt to frluttonou rioting; and ur Tbankagtrr ng toOod for Hi goodne, announced -by proclamation, are consecrated or gies hut little better than feast of Bao 1 chua." ,. vjl -. '. . WoMkX'B IXHCBAMCB CoaTfAUT. A ladies' Insurance company,-w umler-,., staiut, I being formed In Ix.ndon, wlthf a guarantee capital of 1 100, Odd, deposited witn mo I'Wrt.M cnancery aaecunty . for policy hohler. la mUitlon to thia i ruaraiiteefusid, an -ample capital w to lie ralsnL The live of women are to he ' Insured for their own benefit, and one Iwwviaion. la tliat all employee are to bo-1 WUHMWI. .v S;.- - 'lis : . --'w ?;-.l-.i r-r" 81 x hundred year gv under Arab ;, dominion, the unlversltle of Filn were the resort of students from aupartaof" Knrnpe. 'New more, than three-rourth ' of all her pcopla-can neither read nor write, and we are told tliat even In aom , of the larger village the Alcade, who unite In himself the office of Mayor and Justice of the Peaor, us fbr a lg-' '. nature th aign ot rroa. -.- . t? .- By th latest reiort It appcariLf hat ther 828 convict In the Han Uueutln I Vnltentlarv. Allowing the term of a term of . i ra, it iMhV " . Peniton---, vty-V .dd to UU , . , tor pettv .. l rekultia ' , aentonce to average two year, it indi cates the existence of a larg tlary class in California. A the numerous convictions crime In tliat Ktate. and the not very gratifying to our California neighbor. I " Th Japanese rarpentt r are Ingenious worxmen, ana tnir wrx -is none wun marveloua neatness. A curious feature of their houaea is that they do not tain a nail, all their Joist and timber being dovetailed together by many ingenious devices; and th whole work, ' even to the rafters, I a smooth a If H had been poliabed down With snd-pape. r. ,i, . ' ff-.-i The Kwind 7W ya t " If any woman' bead grew Into aueh mon. t idroua shape a may now be secivio all directlona wnerever wonirn arw ), wtod. together, It would bl .of ., mourning to her family, of cociurt aiaonr eminent urron. and ahr 1T would probably siiend tb greater Irt blaaBT l I laaaw 1 an I HI 1 1 ' 'wTgae WI Bwwwaaw-araw ysawr 4 r.. if t. ..-r-: , . : ,, - . i r mmm ' - " . I New York spervla f,M0 a ray bread, and 10,uuu a day tor elrr. - -' " t for ' ' ri : r1 claim to the rrcsUlency. , i ' i -. X"' ": . a. 7 I- v - .4'. "IV -j..:.