FRIDAY. ......APRIL 12, 1872.
OUE SECOHD VOLUME.
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lect to pay for their paper. To all such
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lecturing, story writing, editorial work
and canvassing, doing faithfully the
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penses of the paper, and our strength is
severely over-taxed; and we now ask
our friend1?, one and all, to cheerfully
put slioulder to the wheel and help us
through the Second Volume, which
shall be in all respects superior to the
first.
A PIOTUBE.
Passing an humble tenement in
squalid portion of the city of Portland
the other evening the placard, "AH
kinds of plain sewing done here," met
our eye. The door being open, wo
glanced in. A fragile woman, pale
and careworn, and evidently looking
old far beyond her years, sat in a rude,
unfurnished room, scwily busily aud
yet with a tired, weary effort, as if the
work were far beyond her strength.
A six months old baby was playing on
the bare floor at her feet, and five or six
children were scampering through the
the room, the oldest not being more
than seven or eight years of age. Near
the door sat a strong, healthy but lazy
looking man, whom wc at once recog
nized as the "head" of the household.
He was filling a dirty pipe with tobacco,
sitting there taking his ease, preparatory
we suppose to filling- the room with
nauseous fumes of poisonous, putrescent
tobacco-juice smoke.
Our heart revolted at the scene, and
we passed on.
It may appear to some that we have
painted the picture too black. To sucli
we would say that this case is by no
means an isolated one would to God it
were! Thousands and tens of thous
ands of women all over our country are
living thus in a state of legalized lust
and abject slavery.
Women, havo you all the rights you
want?
MAEOHING OH.
It is exceedingly gratifying, looking
back and pondering the events of our
first year of journalism, to note the
wholesome change which has developed
itself in regard to the demand of womau
for the ballot Many who scoffed and
jeered at It then have since Investigated
the matter, have seen the error of their
ways, and are now enthusiastic advo
cates of the doctrine of equal nnd exact
Justice and liberty to all.
One year ago the question had re
ceived scarcely a passing thought To
day it is the one subject of considera
tion, and whenever it is discussed large,
attentive throngs of intellectual men
and women are always assembled to
listen. Politicians already begin to see
the strength the cause Is developing,
and while a few are non-committal or
tender-footed, none dare express them
selves as opposed to it, and the great
majority of these sure indicators of tho
hhlfting breeze of public sentiment have
declared themselves on our side.
Labor on, O men and women. Yet a
little longer, and success shall crown
your euorts. The cause Is marching
THE "TBIBUNE'B" OPINION.
In pleasing contrast to some of the
captious, snarling and contemptible no
tices of our struggles, toils and triumphs,
with which some of Oregon's weak-
minded editors seek in vain to snub us,
we note the following from thcOlympia
Tribune:
Mrs. Dunlvray announces that she Is abont to
enter upon the wcond volume of the New
VmmtTr fjt- Trip venr drawlnc to a do has
abundantly proved lira. Dunlway' ability to
edit ably a newspaper, wiring inai penxi sue
has displayed a talent and spirit in Its columns
that ironld reflect great credit upon much more
pretentious Journals. Sbo has very bravely
championed the cause of women's rights, and
merits therefore the most generous return It Is
in their rjower m mnkc Her naner Is every
way worthy of the largest support and counte
nance ironi ner own sex, in wnose interest n is
I'uuiimeu, anu tuey snoum not suner ii 10 lan
gulsh for want of support.
The Tribune lias sometimes combatted
with ur, but always in a manly and
gentlemanly spirit, and is one of the
few exponents of man's rights in the
Northwest that dares to be just toward
a successful opponent Long moy it
wave, s
BEFEESHTNG.
Our friend of the Olympla Standard.
who has a happy faculty of always be
ing ready with the right idea at the
right moment, thus comments upon an
original poem which appeared in his
paper recently:
We know nothing about poetry, and cannot
thorefore express an opinion upon It literary
A.-4te ta imivo that for our six rontfrnnnn..
rles and a charitablo public to do, merely pre
mising that we are Informed that ilr. Lover-
idee' poems have Illumined tho pages of
"Graliam,""Arthur,"ana a nosi oi ouicrsiana
ard publications. .
We pronounce the above a specimen
of journalistic frankness that is rarely
equaled.
WOMEN SLANDEBEBS.
The most insiguincans creature on
earth is the woman traducer. And yet
this class wo are sorry to say it is not
very small as regards numbers, though
certainly so in Teference to Intellect.
Men never gossip! O, no! It is wom
en who always do that Men never
gather arouud the stove in a hotel bar
room, aud, with cigar, meerschaum or
tobacco' quid In mouth, and legs ex-
tended at an angle of forty-five degrees
n order to allow their feet to rest on
tho atove-top, proceed to canvass the
various rumors they may have heard
about womoa in their neighborhood
No, bless their dear, innocent souls, men
don't do such things!
Don't they, though? The testimony
following, which we clip from a man's
paper, and which we commend to the
consideration of all, may possibly throw
a little light upon the subject. "Gen
erally," says our witness, "slanders
upon women by men have their origin
in either of three causes, or in all three
combined. Difference of social station,
where tho man is the inferior, and fa
miliar acquaintance is precluded, al-
most invariably prompts a base nature
to emulation of the fox in the fable,
which reviled the grapes because they
hung out of reach. The victim may be
beyond the material ken of the reviier,
but she cannot get beyond the reach of
his venom. Another leading cause,
and it is entirely independent of the
other, is jealousy for we shall not out
rage a sacred feeling by calling it love.
Let an average girl reject the advances
of an average man, and it is ten to one
that Dame Gossip reminds her un
pleasantly of tho fact, no matter how
late afterward. Base natures lead to
revenge as naturally as jealousy prompts
it. Once rejected, your average man
abandons the role of the injured swain
aud adopts that of tho dog in the man
ger. To him it is a natural metamor-
phis. If he may not drink from the
stream itself, he can poison its waters
so tltat others may shun it with dread
The last cause, since we havo reduced
the subject to three separate headings
and it is a blacker motive for a dastard
ly deed than either of its predecessors-
is baffled lust To tho base mind
pure woman is an easy victim. In the
logic of such men tho purity of a worn
an and tho facility of her destruction
bear relation to each other In direct pro
portion. Against all these classes con
stantly arrayed against her constantly
waylaying her footsteps and springing
upon her from unsuspected ambuscades
woman must struggle alone. Let the
subtle poisou of falsehood touch her
ever so lightly, and her social damna
tion is assured. It matters little that
father, brother, lover or friend de
plore a slander of which she may bo
victim even vindicate her honor with
blood. It is enough that tho slander
finds utterance, and no power may re
store her to social grace. This may,
perhaps, sound like exaggeration, but
let each reader ponder the proposition
as it is presented in his or her observa-
tion and experience, and its truth will
at ouce bo recognized."
Reader, is the picture overdrawn?
BILLY THOMPSON, LOOS HEBE.
While you are an older man than our
friend Sylvester Simpson, whose inde
cent attacks upon ourself cost him his
editorial position, you are not equal to
him in intellectual ability; therefore wc
can make due allowance for your want
of sense when you seek to Te 'fsmart"
by calling us scurrilous, thereby exhib
iting your own shallowness. But as we
are a conscientious friend of all unfor
tunate men who place undue estimates
upon their own ability, thu3 making
fools of themselves in tho estimation of
tho respectable public, we now proceed
to take you quietly across our journalis
tic kuec nnd with a rule of righteous
ness administer much needed flaggella
tion. Doubtless you know more about Skoo-
kum Klootclimcn than we do, Billy, but
we know enough to be certain that
when you apply that epithet to the edi
tor of the New Noiithwest you are
guilty of a willful attempt to cast op
probrium upon ourself, which rebounds
upon your own poor, tender, shallow
pate. If we should in cold blood, and
unprovoked, call you the "Digger In
dian of the Mercury, hlgh-henolorum of
the Salem Mazcjipa, and bell-ewe of the
Oregon Democrats," what would you
think of our journalistic dignity, eh?
Now, Billy, stop blubbering and look
here. Of course you can't look us stead
ily in the eye, but do the best you can
Do you suppose that enlightened public
sentiment Is going to sustain you In a
position where you can exhibit such to
tal disregard of decency and dignity as
is displayed in your uncalled-for attacks
upon ourself? We only rebuke you for
your own advantage, Billy. Sylvester
Simpson lost his editorial position be
cause ho could not behave himself with
decency and dignity, and the battle-axe
of public opinion is now elevated and
ready to cleave your journalistic skull
for tho same reason. Bo warned in time,
wo pray you. It is useless to appeal to
your moral nature, for you haven't any
that's perceptible to our unassisted op
tics. But you have a bread-and-butter
nature, Billy, and to that wc appeal,
that we may be able, if possible, to pre
vent the man who has no more sense
than to bo scurrilous from losing the
only position where he has any chance
to keep his family from starvation.
ME. LAW80FS PLATT0BM.
Attention is called to Mr. Lawson's
announcement In which ho declares
himself an independent candidate for
Kepreseutattve of Marion county In the
next -Legislature. His declaration of
principles particularly his views on
human rights arc unexceptionable.
Marion county cannot be better than
honor Mr. Lawson by an election.
EDITORIAL N0TE8.
i
Every, man in Marion county wants an
office. . Politics are in a pretty muss up
that way. ?
The Albany $10,000 jail is to be re
modeled. If the county officials keep on
tinkering at It it will soon be a $20,000
jail.
Ben Holladay has the Willamette
valley In-thosauie fix-the-rebela had
Ben Butler "bottled up." He is now
putting the cork in.
Victoria Woodhuli intends lecturing
extensively this year. She will visit
the Western States, including California
and probably Oregon.
A card from the Republican Associa
tion of the Pacific States and Territories,
franked by Senator Kelly, has reached
us. Wonder If Kelly is turning Repub
lican?
The editor of this paper Is now lectur
ing In the West Side counties. Large
audiences greet her wherever she goes.
The doctrlno of eoualtty for all is
steadily but surely gaining ground.
The "possum policy" is daily gaining
ground. Should a candidate be brought
forward who can command the entire
strength of tho opposition to Gen. Grant
the Presidential contest will be a hotly
contested one. Otherwise Grant's re
election is inevitable.
The Jfcrald had considerable fun over
grammatical mistakes in the Republi
can platform. The following appears in
the Democratic platform as published
In Its own columns: "Tho corruption
and fraud which cJiaractcrizcs,1' etc.
Where Is the schoolmaster? Echo an
swers, "where?"
Maty' A. Llvermore, late editor of the
Boston Woman's Journal, was one of the
most effective orators on tho Republi
can side In the late New Hampshire
campaign. The State gave a large Re
publican majority against a Democratic
one last year. Who says woman has
no Influence in politics?
In this State the Democrats aro al
most sure of a triumph next June, ow
ing to dissatisfaction in the strong Re
publican counties. The impression is
also out that Mr. Holladay is using the
Republican party to suit his interests,
dictating its nominations, etc., and as
"railroad kings" are seldom very popu
lar with tho people, it will not be a sur
prising matter if many votes aro lost to
the Republicans on this account. In
deed, wo think the Republicans would
be stronger without tho alliance with
Mr. Holladay.
The platform adopted by the Oregon
Democracy endorses the corruptions of
tho present State Administration, op
poses the course of the Republican par
ty, and prates about the "C-o-u-s-t-t-t-u-t-l-o-n"
and State Rights. It docs seem
like the Democracy of Oregon are inca
pable of progressing. Nothing is said
about temperance legislation. The
whisky element in tho Convention was
too strong. Tho platform pledges the
Democratic party to opposition to mo
nopolies, but Mr. Holladay need have
no fear but that he can buy all the Dem
ocratic legislators lie chooses to next
fall.
THE DEH00BATIO STATE CONVEN
TION.
The Democratic State Convention met
at The Dalles on Wednesday.
Hon. James W. Nesnilth was elected
chairman, and made a few remarks, de
claring his confidence in the Democratic
party to carry not only tho State of Ore
gon, but the entire United States at the
next election.
Mart V. Brown, of the Albany Demo
crat, was elected Secretary-
Burnett, of Benton county, was nom
inated for Congress. We thought the
Republicans made an awful blunder
when they nominated Wilson, but the
Democrats have made even a worse
mistake. This campaign between the
Democrats and Republicans scams to be
competition as to which party can
make the most mistakes. Wo would
like to see both the candidates defeated,
and so, we think, would the great ma
jority of tho voters of Oregon, were they
not "whipped in" by the party lash.
Lafayette Lane, Geo. R. Helm and N.
H. Gates were nominated for Presiden
tial Electors.
The following gentlemen were selected
as delegates to the National Conven
tion: Al. Zlcber, Jos. G. Lent), Jas. Vir
tue, O. S. Savage, F. Colby and Asahcl
Bush.
Dr. Chapman was selected as chalr-mau-of
the State Central Committee.
Portland was designated as tho place
for holding the next Convention.
The following district nominations
were made:
First district Judge P. P. Prim; Pros
ecuting Attorney, J. R. Neil.
Second district Prosecuting Attor
ney, a H. Fitch.
Fourth district Prosecuting Attor
ney, C. B. Bellinger.
Fifth district Prosecuting Attorney,
W. B. Laswcll.
NEW SERIAL ST0ET.
A new serial story of extraordinary
merit by Mrs. Josie AVitherell of Port
land, Oregon, will begin with the Sec
ond Volume, and continue from week to
week until finished.
The following extracts from Its table of
contents will euable our readers to form
some estimate of its merits :
The Fortune Teller;
A proposal, and what came of it;
The moonlight sail;
Clarence and Blanche;
Mcintosh and Old Katy;
A New Year;
The half made Bride;
The White Stan
Incognito Lover;
The plot revealed;
Sonora a captive;
Plots and counterplots, etc.
Thero aro six persons in New Hamp
shire wuo are one uunurea years uiu.
OUE GONTBLBUTOBS.
Among the contributors to our col
umns are Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth
Cadv Stanton. "Laura DeForce Gordon,!
Mrs. F. F. Victor, Mrs. Bello W. Cooke,'
Mrs. M. M. Miller, Mrs. Carrie F.oung,
M. D., Mrs. Nellie Curl, Mrs. S. J. Bum
sey, Mrs. S. E. Bates, Mrs. C. A. Co-
bum, and various other ladies who do
not desire to be known; and Hons. Jesse
pplegate, J. H. D. Henderson, G. w .
Lawson, T. W. Davenport, Joseph Ma-
gone, Geo. Venablo Smith, and a score
of other gentlemen who, for political
reasons, prefer for the present to remain
incog. With such a list of contributors
tho New Northwest can hardly be
otherwise than interesting.
We cordially invite all so disposed to
contribute to our columns.
HUMANBIGHTS.
Editor New Xortuwest:
I notice your columns are quite loaded
down with correspondence, yet I would
beg a small space for the suggestion of a
few thoughts on the woman movement
re women entitled to human rights?
If they are human beings (and I think
no one is foolish enough to deny that
they are) they should be allowed to ex
ercise all the rights that other human
beings enjoy. And It is no argument
against It to say that they are not capa
ble, that It will breed family quarrel?,
cause men to lose their respect for them,
and a thousand other objections equally
as nonsensical which our opponents are
continually sending forth as wonderful
ly wise sayings. It was also said the
right of suffrage, extended to the negro,
would degrade the white man without
benefitting the negro, and that ho was
not capablo of exercising it to his ad
vantage; hut time has proven other
wise, and all these objectious have
melted away like the dew before the
morning sun, as also will the objections
now raised against Woman Suffrage.
Time and the Intelligence of the Ameri
can people will regulate and modify all
the evils that may follow if there should
be any. But nunc should necessarily fol
low, and we believe, instead of evil fol
lowing, much good will bo accom
plished. Are we not to-day laboring under the
same mistake in not allowing women to
vote as were our forefathers when they
proclaimed this Government tho land of
the free, and bo designated our flag as
its emblem, when at tho same time
they held bound by the chains of hu
man slavery thousands of human be
ings? Yes, wo are more at fault than
they, for wo arc further advanced in
civilization, and have tho advantage of
having seen all the arguments and ob
jections raised against one class of citi
zens voting explode nnd vanish in thin
air; yet we persist in withholding from
the women of America an inalienable
right that all other citlzcus enjoy. For
why? Merely because they are women,
or, on account of sex.
While wc welcome to our shores tho
foreigner, aud he, together with the ne
gro, can go to the polls and vote the
next day after he gets his naturalization
papers, no matter whether he know A
B C from the side of a barn or not, it is
all the same. But tho widow of the
poor soldier who laid down Ids life to
preserve the liberties which the for
eigner and negro enjoy to-day can't
vote because she Is a woman. But she
can pay taxes on. her property conse
quently she pays taxes without repre
sentation.
Now we don't say the foreigner and
negro should not vote, but that women
also should be allowed the samo prlvil
ege. There is no justice In outraging
human rights in longer withholding the
elective franchise from them.
A Citizen
Gekvais, Oregon, April 10, 1872.
EEP0EM AND PEOPLE'S CANDI
DATE P0E BEPBESENTATIVE.
To Oic Citizen of Marion County, Ore
gon: There being now no great Nation
al Issues before the American people,
but only an cfllminatc and corrupting
struggle between the old parties for the
spoils of office, totally Ignoring the
grand matters of reform aud legislative
needs that arc now agitating the breasts
of the people, and that ought to bo out
worked into practical legislation, I have
concluded to offer myself as a candidate
for Representative in the State legisla
ture and to present, as I may have time
and opportunity, the following grand
reforms and legislative questions for the
consideration of tho voters of Mariou
county.
1st Tho subordination of Railroads
and all other monopolies of the carrying
trado to Legislative control, aud the
regulation, by law, of rates of passage
aud affreightment, establishing at least
a maximum price therefor, and the pro
vision of a speedy and easy mode of trial
to the citizen for damages to person or
property in tho vicinity where such
damages occur. Justice and adequate
compensation for all public improve
ments, but slavery to monopolies,
N'evek! England, France, Prussia and
all good governments subordinate the
Railroads to laws. Are tho American
people less sovereign?
2d. The reduction of lucrative offices
to compensation by fixed salaries, not
exceeding the pay of other skilled labor
In the higher order of mechanical pur
suits. No man to be his own successor
In office. Tho taxation of Marion county
reduced by the above system six thous
and dollars yearly.
3d. The legalization of meetings and
votes of precinct primaries, and punish
ment for frauds perpetrated therein by
nne and Imprisonment and disquallfica
tion for office. Delegate bodies to voto
viva voce.
4th. Universal and equal education.
All professions and pursuits of business
open to competition for the best talent
of both sexes. Equal wages for equal
worK to all, without distinction of sex.
All voting of the people to be by ballot,
Tho right ofjuffrageto bo sacredly
guarded to tno employed, and every in
fraction by employers punished by fine
aim cuwik.-ii:hiiuij- uamages. .Labor
protected by adequate legislation
against the oppression and tyranny of
capital.
5th. The withdrawing of the election
of United States Senators from the Leg
islature, now so ratal to the interests of
the people. ' "
Gth. Effort, first, last and immitiga
ble, to obtain an appropriation of one
hundred thousand dollars or more, from
the Swamp Land or other funds of the
State, to commence the erection of State
Capitol uuiuinigs, now ior nine years
sacrificed to the election of United States
Senator. Will the people of Marion
county any longer neglect their own In
terests In securing the Capitol of the
State, and suffer themselves to be
played "upon that harp of a thousand
strings" tho U. S. Senator! until the
Capitol is lost? It Is now or n'eveh!
I do not expect to receive the vole of
any person not favoring some one of
the above reforms; and I have neither
time nor inclination to speak upon the
dead issues of the past. I therefore take
this method to place my views before
the people, promising, however, to ad
dress them upon these subjects from the
stump, If they desire.
Rouse up! friends of Justice, of Right,
of Humanity! It is only by sleepless
vigilance and untiring energy that we
can preserve the priceless, the impre
scriptible liberties of the people.
G. W. Law-son-.
PE0QBESSIVE MOVEMENT.
Editor N7:w N'oimiwEs-r:
I have frequently had an opportunity
of seeing your valuable paper, and can
say without hesitation that in regard to
spiclness, liveliness aud common sense
it is rarely excelled. No family should
be without it on this coast, for it con
tains matter of interest to everyone.
The movement of which you claim to
be an advocate is decidedly a progrcs
sivc one, aud one that will, at no distant
time, bring a great revolution in the
history of the human family. That this
change will take place there can be no
doubt The people aro beginning to
awaken from their slumbering lethargy
on tho great question of Human Rights.
This question is now fully before the
American people. Tho vchole people are
watching with breathless interest and
anxious Impatience the great discussion
upon which the final decision of its
merits will be made. There are many
highly intelligent women now engaged
in making a grand and noble effort to
give a full and complete diagnosis of the
question so that thero can be nothing
left undone to accomplish the one grand
object that of Improving and elevating
the conditions of man aud woman.
Every new question, or every new re
form, must meet with more or less op
position, and so has the Human Rights
question; but nevertheless wc find that
it grows stronger and stronger in conse
quence of that oniwsition. Wc must
expect to meet witli determined opposi
tion in nearly everything we undertake,
but we are always better off because of
it Opposition has greatly advanced the
interest of the Woman Movement In en
gaging the attention of those not ma
terially Interested in it.
That the ultimate result of this great
reform will be success there can be no
doubt The people are beginning to see
the necessity of doingsomething toward
renovating tho many evils entailed
upon humanity. Every sensible mother
nnd daughter will clasp hands with this
Progressive Movement.
The great work of which the New
Noiithwest is leader In Oregon is daily
gaining popularity throughout the
United States. Every mail brings news
of the action of some Woman's Rights
convention and the conversion of some
great statesman to its interest It is
steadily growing and increasing tho al
ready large number of Its advocates, and
ere the next decade takes its departure
victory will perch upon the banner of
universal reform. Felix
PoiiTiiAND, April 7, 1S72.
Wosiax ix DisorisK. The White
Pine Acim says: There is no class of
men among us moro industrious than
tho wood packers, or woodbiners we will
can them, i n early and out late, they
and their donkeys wade and tumble
through the snow, with cargoes of fuel
from the mountain side. For several
months past a slender, boyish-looking
wooduiuer has been noticed with one of
the wood trains. This woodblner had
but few words to say to any one, attend
ed to ousiness uinving tho animals)
ralthiully, and when the day's work
was done disappeared to be seen no more
until time for the next day's labor to
oegin. a wees ago the train was com
ing down the mountain loaded witli
wood as usual. The animals pushed
through the snow-drifts with difficulty,
and it. required constant attention to
keep them from throwing their loads.
On tho grade above Moody's Point sev
eral of them mixed up together in a
snow-drift scatterincr fuel in all dlm-
tlons. Our woodblner, In endeavoring
iu u.un..iiu iuc minimis, was thrown
down and trampled on, and when taken
out of the drift by one of the packers
was insensible, and packed to the house
on tho edge of the town. The coat and
vest were taken off to ascertain the ex
tent of the Injuries received, and it was
discovered that tho young woodbiner
was a female. Painkiller and camphor
hu uiuj ii-iuraira iil iiuuuj were ap
plied, and she was restored to conscious
ness. In the evening she was removed
to the house of the sister of one of the
packers, where she now remains. We
visited her last evening for the purpose
of learning something of her history,
but could not learn anything beyond
the fact that she once lived at Folsom,
California, and had run oil from home
in consequence of brutal treatment from
her step-fatbor.
Apoorgirl of the demi-monde in Paris,
opened a vein in her foot and bled to
death, the other day. And yet It Is
falsely asserted that for such unhappy
wonien reformation is impossible. Could
a repentance be more complete and a
repugnance to a life of shame be more
pronounced than this deliberate choico
of death implied ! Will not a just God
punish the heartless public sentiment
which drove this woman to despair?
Woman's Journal.
I From the Exceptor.
What Oan VeDl'forlDnr Girls?
I had nloddfd through n. wpnrv Anv
and gladly turned from the business
world to seek the rest and refreshment
of home. After partaking of a well
served supper, and reading the evening
pajH-T, l threw myself down upon tne
sofa, before tho cheerful fire, dozed and
almost slept. Then it was that my five
daughters conversed together more un
restrainedly than they would otherwise
have done In my presence.
"Poor Pana!" murmured Grace.
"How tired lie la ! How I wish I could
help him in his life-work !" .
"When I aua woman, I tctll," cried
Helen, who, though but a school girl,
has energy and spirit enough for a
dozen women.
"Hush, child, what can won do?"
said Grace. "Women can economize.
and make thiucs pleasant at home.
but" "
"But what!" cried tho imnaticnt
girl. "Whv mav I not do more than
tiiat? Our teacher says lam his best
pupil in mathematics. I am reading
hard in the languages, and I long for
improvement, and an opportunity to
mane an my acquirements useiui."
"Still, in anotfi er vear vou must leave
scnooi," said Grace, "l'ana must strain
every nerve to educate John, as you well
Know."
"Yes, that is the way of the world,"
said Helen, "i" must stop. John must
be educated. Wliv? I wish I could
see either sense or reason in it, that I
mignt oe more reconciled to it."
"John i3 an onlv son. vou know,"
said Grace. "After Papa, lie is the
head of the house."
"Nonsense!" was the impatient reply
'John hates study, and I love it I can
excel. He never will. Yet, he must
have the advantages and opportunities
which are denied to me. I lose my
temper whenever I think of it."
"Keep your temper, child, nnd curb
your tongue;" said ICachcl, who has
been just iii;o a mother to the vouncer
gins, since tneir own dear mother was
taken from them. ".Self-control Is a
womanly grace. You must not allow
your school triumphs to unfit you fpr
youractual life."
"uut what duties will my actual lire
offer?" said Helen. "Can it be that the
cultivation of my intellect will render
me less capable orpertbrminrr them V"
"Then come out in society," said the
placid Rachel. "Enjoy your girlhood
as others do, my child, and enjoy that,
aim tneii"
"Well, and then," said Helen, bit
terly. "Go on with your sketch.
wait to hear you. What am I to do
then ?"
"Then perhaps you may marry
said Rachel.
"Hush!" she cried. "Do not place
marriage before me in such a light as
that. I cannot bear it I would work
to secure myself a proper support, oh,
now giatny: liut, marry to secure
home? Nevek!"
At this a book was thrown upon the
table in so ungentle a manner that it
quite startled me.
It came from the hand of my restless,
beautiful Bella, and her eyes flashed
with excited feeling, which brightened
her beauty wonderfully.
"Rachel, you do not understand
Helen," she said, "and you never will.
It Is such women as you who block the
wheels of progress. You hang your
truisms nnd your matter-of-fact sugges
tions upon every woman who would rise
to a higher life or a higher endeavor to
hold her down."
"Bella," said Rachel, mildly, "I have j
not deserved this from you."
In an instant the penitent girl was on
her knees besideher sister, and throwing
her arms around her, said :
"Forgive me, Rachel, l nad just been
reading an article in the -Ecfcffc which
stirred all the fountains of bitterness in
my nature. In that mood your speech
to Helen so iarred unon mvfeclinifs that
I spoke too hastily."
which has so disturbed you, Bella," said
uive us tne ucneiit oi tne article
Ruth, who had hitherto plied her needle
in silence.
"Listen then to one or two choice
sentiments," said Bella, taking up the
book. "I will not iutlict the whole upon
you :
"No one is so well up in the last novel
and the latest scandal, as the Old Girl.
Not that she is very scandalous or ro
mautic. What she really wants is occu
pation. And so she flings herself with
an intense energy into the chaosof little
tilings. Little engagements, little
pleasures, minute particles of business,
the tiniest tittle-tattle, all are so many
weapons against the dreary inactivity of
her nuv
There, girls, I will read no more.
Wiiat do you think of it ?
"I think," said Ruth, "that for once a
man has blundered upon a truth in re
gard to women. It certainly Is the want
of occupation which makes so many
women peevish, or foolish, or vain."
"But now unfair it is," said Helen.
"For it is their own decree that a wom
an's place is only 'by the fireside of the
heart, feeding its flame,' that 'woman's
world is her affections, not her intellect,'
and so on through all the beautiful, ideal
theory."
"It Is an attractive theory," said
Grace. "In a happy marriage, woman
finds a sphere of action where all her
powers, her time and thoughts are fully
taxed."
"But what is to become of tho 'Old
Girls,' as tills writer so respectfully
terms them." said Bella. "Is there no
sphere in which they may employ their
energies with proht .' x am anxious to
know, for I feel an inward conviction
that I am doomed to rank among the
Old Girls' myself."
"Oh, Bella,'" said Rachel, with a sigh,
"if you only could bring yourself to like
James Lorimer !"
"Not even to escape being an 'Old
Girl' can I do that," said Bella. "So I
must face my doom as best I may."
"If these men would only condescend
to look at the world as it is. they would
sec that more than half the women in it
struggle for their own support, only
that, being women, they do it at a dis-
iiuvjuiuige," said Jtuth.
"Yes, and for equal work with men,
they receive uuequal wages," said Bella.
the old farmer was a keen observer
who said he was iu favor of 'having a
school-marm in tho winter rather than
a school-master, for sho taught tho chil
dren twice as much for half the money.' "
"It Is a shame," said Helen. "Still I
am determined that my support shall
never be a bunion to poor Papa. I will
earn my own living."
"Helen! Helen!" cried Rachel. "You
should have been a boy."
"But, being a girl, why may I not
work ?" said Helen. "Why could I not
take a situation as book-keeper, for in
stance, and cam a good salary?"
"Papa would not allow it, in tho first
place," said Rachel. "In the second
place, no one would emnlov vou."
"And what is Papa to do with his
girls?" said Ruth, quietly. "I have a
iiicury WHICH 1 WOUld 1IKC tO SUDSlllUte
for the ideal one. Let every woman,
who lias not full cmnlnvmcnt for all her
energies at home, rise to as high a grade
of labor, and of compensation, as her
capacity warrants. Let girls be thor
oughly educated with this aim. Let
parents Strive in sfnrk Mieir dauirlitpiii
as they do their sons, In an Independent
career. Wc should have fewer idln.
peevish women; we should have fewer.
ungrafefpli clitldre n.lfangry tha t2ey
are uenieu luxuries wnicnineirparciiia
cannot supply."
"There would be lewer marriages en
tered into by women from sheer ennui,"
said Bella. "There would be more love
marriages; girls would not be rendered
mercenary through fear of poverty;
young men would not shrink from mar
riage turougii learoi tne meiiioney aim
extravagance of the girls who attract
them. There would be fewer overbur-
u ed men, whoso" hearts are turned
from home, becauso so many claims
meet them there, which they cannot
satisfy. There would be fewer domestic
jars. Each child could aid in sustaining
the home. - JSacu couiu,jn some degree,
repay parental love by helping to lighten
the cares of life.as advancing agocauses
them to press more neavny."
"An attractive picture," said Helen,
and then there was silence. Idle J,
finding myself suddenly confronted with
a perplexing question, gave up an
pretence of sleep, to study the group be
fore me.
Rachel, with her faded face and placid
contentment; Grace, so like a pearl in
her pure loveliness, so timio, sosnrniK
ing, so tender; Bella, In the full bloom
of her wonderful beauty, so spirited, yet
so sensitive to praise or blame; Ruth, so
lirm, so quiet, witu that aignincu cairn
beneath which slumbers so much force
of character; Helen, so bright, so willful,
with so much genius, such pride and
sucli ambition.
I, a most tender father, gazed upon
these girls with the question ringing
through my very heart
"What is t'apa to no with his gins
Had I only educated them inviewof
a probable marriage? Must thoy marry,
or lead a life of loveless dependence, or
die?
Must they live to be sneered at as
"Old Girls." and find in frivolity and
vain pursuits their only refuge from a
dreary inactivity :
Tmlesnalrof solvimr this problem my
self, I place It before the public.
We, Who nave cultivated uaugnters,
tenderly reared, for whom we can make
no future provision :
We, with daughters who are capable
of anything, who arc willing to exert
themselves, but who are doomed by our
own prejudices, aud tho prejudices of so
ciety, to do nothing:
"What can we do for our girls ?"
An Akxiocs Father.
The Raii.koads of the Would.
The New York rost has collected a
quantity of valuable statistics showing
the progress of the railroad construction
in the world. In the United States in
183S we had 1,235 miIes.of road in opera
tion, 4,002 then building, and 13,131
"projected." In England there were
then 184 miles completed, 412 building,
and 994 "projected;" In France there
were 91 miles built, in Belgium 13 miles,
iu Germany 1S9 miles, in Austria 282
miles building. In Russia only one
short railroad, from St Petersburg to
Zartkoje.was actually built. .The change
in a period of about thirty-three years is
very striking.
Iu 1871 there were 124,115 miles of
railroads in the world; at the close of
1SC9 there were 113,559 miles. Of the
increase, 5,55G miles, about one half, or
2,740 miles, were m the united btates,
while In the previous year we had built
5,000 miles of new road. Tho lines that
have actually been built in this country
exceed 50,000 miles iu length. This, it
will be seen, is about four-fifths of the
amount credited to all of the European
nations. In 1SG9 the entire costs of rail
roads in the world, with equipments,
was estimated at $11,4(50,000,000, averag
ing $90,019 per mile. Of this amount we
represented $2,207,000,000, averaging
$42,533 per mile. In England it is $176,
2G9. The average cost of construction
only in the United States is as follows:
Iu New England, $40,000 ; Middle States,
$55,000; Southern States, $30,000; West
ern States, $44,000: Pacific States, $50,-
000.
Uu our cheaper lines we, however,
find a jrreater annual outlay for recon-
i 3'rc"on ana repairs.
Portland. Portland, the flourishing
metropolis of tho State, has a popula
tion of about 12,000, and still growing at
a rapid rate. It is situated on the Wil
lamette river, at a distance of some
twelve miles from Its junction with the
Columbia, and about 110 miles from the
ocean, aud is the most important port of
Oregon. The situation of the city is ex
tremely pleasant, being built on land
which gradually rises as it recedes from
the Willamette, a view of a portion of
the great valley of Oregon the Willam
ette being obtained from the elevated
land behind the city. In the far dis
tance arc also seen the snow-capped
summits of Mt Hood, St Helen's and
Jefferson, rearing their grand old heads
like sentinels over the land. Taking in
tills vast view, it is a strange transition
to look down upon the busy city at your
feet and the broad Willamette, alive
with ships and steamers. The city is
well supplied with gas and water.
Schools, churches and benevolent insti
tutions are numerous. Its manufactur
ing and commercial interests, already
great, arc constantly enlarging.
If Portland progresses as rapidly as
all prophesy, the time is not far distant
when we snail see ner limits extenaeu
well toward, and even to, Milwaukie,
and a line of horse-cars making hourly
trips on the banks of the Willamette.
The river will, In the future, be a second
Hudson its banks dotted with villas
and mansions. The taxable property of
Portland for 1871 was about $9,000,000,
an increase of $3,000,000 over 1G69. The
West, San Francisco.
Damascus, Stephens county, Illinois,
has a farmer's club, in the meetings of
which tho wives of tho farmers take
part That they arc sensible women,
and that they are in a fair way to adorn,
if not enlarge, their sphere of useful
ness, may bo seen from the following
subjects which they have selected for
discussion at meetings this winter?
"Economy of rag carpets;" "House
keeping;" "Shall- we dress for comfort
or for sliow?" "How shall we plant and
cultivate our gardens?" "What kind
of flowers will prove most satisfactory,
and produce tho most pleasiug eftect
during the entire season?" "House
cleaning;" "Do the size and location of
our sleeping apartments have an influ
ence on our health?" "Household
economy;" "Home attractions;" "How
can we best inculcate the love of truth
and honesty in children?"
A Baltimore lady who had been great
ly annoyed by mischievous urchins who
rang her door-bell and then made off;
made a bad mistake one aftornoon re
cently. She lay in wait for them, and
soon came a step on the porch and a
vigorous jerk on the bell. She cried out,
"I see you, you little rascal," caught
the unresistintr ficuro bv the coat collar
and shook him vicorouslv. When her
strength was nearly exhausted, and
hoarse with excitement, she discovered
to her horror that it was the diminutive
minister of her church, very red In the
face and very short of breath. An ex
planation followed.
Some Western churches have adopted
the plan of having the collections taken
up by young ladies of beauty. .They
look smilingly at a reluctant victim,
and give him a slight wink. Tins pro
cess always wins.