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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1872)
FRIDAY. JUNE2S, 1872. THE HABVEST SEASON. The harvest season, that dread of so many farmers' wives, is again near at hand, with its busy toil in the hottest days of all the year. The introduction of machinery has rendered the labor of A MODELf?) NEWS BEPOBTEB. The San Francisco telegraph news re porter who makes up the Oregon dis patches is a brilliant genius in his way. As a general rule he sends a batch or stufl' about Tim Jones and Jim Flana gan, or some other real or imaginary persons, having a fist light on Larkin street, and proceeds to detail to his own satisfaction the various particulars, fi- llrilll- 4ntiMnliiwv ntUI. 41.. is--., !"f J";!?1? itelligJim or. oVbot'u S A 'I Illf wisa m.v liti t-nrt .... t . r.. -n -" mv, uuu iiauiii uii uciuiu or sent to late years. threshers, etc., have taken the place or , r " ' , I 1 ,...,L J, i -n, U,e Plice juJ&c and fined UlU UJlllKl ............ . I In 1 1 in,H1,B., -1 1. !...! I J --... wiita VII lllllMIUIl 1JU11 Ul the woman farmer the case is difTerent, With her it is the same old routine of bake and stow and scrub from morn till eve. Seldom is any help hired for her department, even though there be ten, fifteen or twenty men hired for whom cooking must be done. This state of affairs is altogether wrong. The wife is ns much entitled (o adequate help as the husband, and should have it, Stany farmers do not mean to over work their wives, and wo wish to call their attention, in the kindest manner possible, to the fact thai they do, feeling confident that as soon as they perceive the injustice done they will immediate ly rectify it. Thousands or farmers' wives annually go down to their graves ere the prime of life is readied, victims of over-work. three-quarters of a column an account of hoodlums, prize fighters, pickpockets, etc., about whom the people of Oregon care not a fig, while news matter of im portance is kept back, only reaching us by means of the slower but surer and more reliable mail. But this is not our funeral, as it more directly concerns the dally press, and we should not have alluded to it at all but for the manner in which everything relating to women is dished up. The other clay this model(?) news reporter went out of his way to give a judicial decision in Mrs. Fair's case. Alluding to the change of venue asked for by the defendant he gave it as his decision that an impartial trial could be had in San Francisco, as there were one hundred This is the only true explanation that aiwf jnsand jurors in that city, k ;,., nf (i,r(niinwmn,. aml -certainly, out of that number, tality among our farmer women, who Jwch:? ""Priced persons could be ought to be the healthiest in the coun try. Then heed our advice, O farmer wise, and no more let your spouse be the vic tim of over-work during harvest season or any other time. Be sure that she is as well .provided with help as you arc, and (hat she rises from her slumbers refreshed and invigorated equally as much as yourself. By so doing you will prolong the lire or the one whom you cherish, or should cherish, most of all on earth, and your children will rise up and call you blessed. THE HOBTIOULTUEAL PAIE. The Second Annual Fair of the Hortl cultural Society, held Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week, was a very pleasant affair. The exhibition in all the departments was very good. The attendance, though not large, was, we believe, sufficient to defray expenses. It should have had better patronage, though, as great pains had been taken found! It will be seen at a glance that this astute judge reckons every man, woman and child in San Francisco as a juror! But this reporter is in the full zenith of his glory when describing a "Woman Suffrage Convention. The poor fellow is so fearfully exorcised lest some wom an will get his position that he is al most frantic His latest attempt at witticism is an acconut of a man going crazy from the effect of the recent Pa cific Slope "Woman Suffrage Conven tion. If there is a single person in all San Francisco whoso brain has been turned by "Wbtuan Suffrage Conven tions, that person is tills same San Francisco telegraph reporter. YOTJTHTULJLBBOGANOE. No class of objectors to "Woman Suf frage are so arrogant as the striplings of twenty-one, just arrived at their ma jority, who claim that they are the pro tectors and representatives of women. to render the exhibition pleasant and H1 tbh,k. f 0,10 of these smart young entertaining for spectators. The exhib itors deserve great credit for the tasty display made. With good management the Horticul fellows, without a dollar in the world, and ignorant as a mule, perhaps, claim ing the right to represent industrious, intelligent, property-owning and tax- paying women citizens! Can youthful arrogance farther go? ALL ABOUT KITES. tural Fair may develop into an oxhibi tion which will rival the State Fair itself. This latter institution is now run almost exclusively by the horse jockey element, to the disgust of sensi- Just now the boys are flying kites. bic people. If the Horticultural Fair That reminds us that Mr. nolladay. who will only enlarge its sphore of opera- can't bear to see anybody else have tions so as to include exhibitors of all something that he hasn't got, has pur departments of labor, it will arouse an chased him a kite, which he calls the interest m its behalf whicli will make it a gratifying and permanent success. OBEGON BAILEOADS. Tlio Herald just now is engaged in ruuning a tilt against Ben HoIIaday, the object of which seems to be to gratify private malice more than to do public sen-ice. Mr. Holladay has, un doubtedly, presuming upon his money backing, committed many questionable acts, among the chief of which is his unwarrantable inference in elections. Like the Farmer, we here reiterate ev erything we have said in opposition to Mr. HoIIaday. But while we do this, we see no use in indulging in senseless clamor about Mr. Holladay's being on the verge of bankruptcy and financial ruin. If such be the case we shall all know it soon enough; if not, it will hurt the State as much as it will Mr. HoIIaday. Bulletin. Tho peculiarity about this klfe Is that it has two tails, called re spectively the Orcgonian and Era. The Korthwcsl breeze, however, which pre vails in this quarter, is decidedly unfa vorable to flying operations with this kite. "THE ILLIBERAL LIBEBALS." There can no longer exist a doubt but that the women delegates at Cincinnati were shamefully treated. An article entitled "Tho Illiberal Liberals" will be found elsewhere, which we wish all the friends of the Human Bights cause to read. They will be able to make up their minds then as to whether the Cin cinnati Convention and nominees have any claims upon them for their support. THE BEPUBLIOAN PLATPOEM. After all it seems that the Bepubli--can National Platform is the only one (Mrs. Woodhull's oxcepled) in any way recognizing the rights or women which will be put forth during this Presiden tial campaign. Whether its wishy washy tone will sufficiently suit the "Woman Suffragists throughout iho country to prevent their putting a ticket in the field remains to be seen. The Baltimore Convention, which meets shortly, will do nothing but endorse Greeley and Brown. If no nominations are made by the frieuds or Human Bights, we apprehend that the great majority or them will support that par ty which comes nearest granting their demands. TAKEN OUB ADVICE. Friend Upton, or the Larayettc Cou rier, has taken our advice. He don't publish any more Investigating Com mittee Beport. We surmise, however, that the peculiar result or the late elec tion has something to do with the mat ter. Somehow or other tho Investigat ing Committee Beport didn't exactly carry Oregon for the Democracy. DOUBTFUL. There appeared in the telegraph news a few days ago an account of a most dis graceful scene at an antl-"Yoman Suf frage meeting, in which Mrs. Emily Pitts Stevens is represented as taking a prominent part, in San Francisco. As there have been a great many false re ports about the brave, progressive wom en of California, or whom Mrs. Stevens s one, through the medium of the tele graph, we vcry milch (loubt (u cor rectnesor the account as published in tile d spate, antl belIcve t,mt Ices by m!ui wMI , , .. . an entirely dinerent light. THE LABOR STBIKES. The labor strikes in New York arc be ing settled by compromise between em ployed and employers. This result is significant as showing the Immense power of the ballot. Had these labor ing men been disiranchised nobodies no attention would have been paid to their demands, tft is folly to say that voting has nothing to do with the regu lation of wages. Give woman the bal lot, and her work will immediately command equal remuneration with that Of lllHtl. DECIDEDLY 000L. EDITORIAL COBBESPONDENOE. SrniNOFiKLD, III., Juue 8, 1872. Dear New XoimiwEST : Traveling as I am, from one point to another, to reach lecturing appoint ments, I find it impossible to find time or opportunity to write you as often as I wish. I believe I sent you full records of the Boston Woman Suffrage Anni versary, since which time I have been so constantly on the wing or on the ros trum as to have little time for necessary rest. Last night I held a very successful meeting in the Hall of Bcprcsentatives in this city, and it was all the more in teresting from the fact that tho Bcpublt- can platform, just received before going to the lecture, and which I read from the rostrum amid much enthusiasm, de clares emphatically for "universal suf frage," and says "the demand of the women for an extension or their rights is entitled to respectful consideration." For the first time in the history of our Nation a great political party has come to the front with a declaration of its ad herence to a real Republican form of government, and though we are com peneu 10 annul, mat it uocs in a very weak and rather vague manner assert its support of woman's claim to the bal lot, yet the phrase "previous condition or servitude" includes all mother, even if a doubt be raised as to their belonging to any "race, creed, or color." Since the Cincinnati blow out, which resulted in the setting of the sagc-hcuor Chappaqua on the dimly prospective Presidential nest, the women engaged in me sun rage movement nave re doubled their energies, and bearing down upon the Philadelphia delegation in a body, made them realize that worn an as a political power can be no longer successfully iguored. The evening previous to my leaving New York, after returning from Boston I was attracted by a profuse display of posters, hand-bills and "gutter snipes, announcing that a "Ileal Reform Meet ing" would be held in Stcinway Hall that night in repudiation of Grant and Greeley, and in favor of Revenue Bc- form and Free Trade. William Cullen Bryant, David A. Wells, and other prominent free traders were announced as speakers, ami promptly at the ap pointed hour a score of ladies and over a thousand gentlemen assembled in the Hall. William Cullen Bryant presided taking his scat amid the enthusiastic applause or a large portion or the an dieucc. Tiie speeches were all scholar ly, dignified, courteous, cutting, concise and conciliatory these different and incongruous elements blending contiu ually in a humorous and exceedingly pointed manner. . I listened until, like the preacher i the Salem Temperance Alliance, I was in a "divine fever" and wanted to make a speech; so I wrote upon tho margin of a copy of tho New Nokthwest a re quest, addressed to tho President, to give mo five minutes for remarks. A friend at my side carried tho paper to the edge of tho platform and handed i to a reporter, with the request that lie pass it to the Chair, which he agreed to do; but we noticed that after giving cacli of the half dozen reporters a look at the journal lie "tabled" it, and there it lay. My friend finally sought access to the rostrum and spoke to the secre tary, who said, "Certainly; bring the lady to the platform." I declined to go until the Chair could be consulted, and then the decision was that "it was too lafc, and he feared I could not hold the crowd, but that if the application had been made earlier," etc., etc So I let my fever effervesce in a letter to the Evening lst, in which I embodied resolution which had been scribbled on the fly leaf of my pocket book to throw as a bomb, and which read as follows Universal Suffrage and universal Free Trade arc, and of right ought to be, one and Inseparable." To see men of the brain and culture of which the speakers on the platform gave evidence gravely mounting a one- legged hobby horse and floundering about in quest or a Presidential candi date with only one Idea, and that mere ly a financial one, was to me only one or tho many amusing instances or poli tics run mad, for which the one-sexed political obligarcliy are rapidly becom ing infamous. The Herald says that "a Mr. May bell" was chosen as poet for the Fourtli or July celebration in this city. Con sidering that Mr. Maybcll's articles have boon the only ones or any interest in the Herald under its present man agement, that kind of treatment lias the appearance or being decidedly cool. NOT QUITEBEPENTED. The Bulletin having accused the H7f- lamettc Farmer oi repenting its action during the late campaign, the latter journal, in very strong language, in dorses and reiterates everything that irppeared in its columns. And that's the way Holladay's man Friday gels floored. to do better by us than tho parly in power has dared to do; but I have little hope progression is not an iuhcrent el ement or the Democratic mind. I wish Oregonlans who for twenty ears have been afilfcted with a chronic growl about the weather had some of my chances to get drenched by eastern rains. Three times siiice coming cast or the Missouri river have I been unex pectedly caught in such a torrent or raiu tltat I became as wet as a drowned Cayuse charger. Such rains as the clas sic laud or Webfoot would be ashamed or are continually deluging the country, and the Immediately following heat so rapidly enhances the growth of vegeta tion that the whole middle West Is In a perfect wilderness or tangled green. Dear old Illinois, which Boston and New York style ncu you know, is a cry Edon or emerald and floral beauty; and though she cannot by any means equal our fair, pleasant, breezy Oregon, he is homelike and stately and magnif icent, and I breathe her balmy air and gaze upon her prairies with a realizing sense that I am a welcome visitor to "The liomc of my chiMliood, ihat dearly loved WliU-h memory retains wlillp all clsol forgot." ANSWERS TO COBBESFONDEMTS. Kpitok S ew Southwest: I thought I would ak your advice upon a subject in which I am interested. It is this: I am greatly opposed to the use of tobacco, a habit to which h many young men are addicted, and which I think is very wrong. Now the - 1 1- young man or my cnoicc is a user oi me filthy weed. That is the only objection I have to him. But I dread the Idea of uniting myself for life to a tobacco user, and I thought I would" ask your advice. Now don't tell me to ask my motlwr, for I did, and she told me to ask you. Aunt says that ir he docs not think enough ot me to quit the habit lie isn't wortli having. But lie says that ir I don't think enough or him to take him as lie is that he will go. Now what shall I do? Wetakeyotirpapcr, and I should bo glad to have your answer through its columns. Moi.i.y Salt Creek, Oregon, -lnwcr. It the young man really loves you lie will cheerfully abandon for vour sake the use or the filthy weed, knowing as he docs that you abhor it. Unless he Is willing to comply with your wish in the matter we advise you to let him "go." C. M.. Chicago, HI.: For information concerning Oregon we refer you to Mrs. Victor's "All Over Oregon and Wash ington Territory." The work can be ordered throuch us, or or Williams & Myers, 93 Front St., Portland. Mary S.: Thanks for the subscribers and money. (From the Scvr York World. Illiberal Liberals. Sitting up for Her Boy. Here and there through the village u 4hts llicker like pale stars through r 1.1 r To the Editor of the "World Sir: Pur suant to a "call" Issued by the Liberal Republicans or Missouri for a mass con vention to meet in Cincinnati, O., Mav . . IT .11 .... , . i "."-" ii amm-aies oi mgui oiinnd theclixir of his lire In toil, tho woman suffrage movement, reeling, unless it may bo save as patience and that hey were included in the broad Industry are gained, and give him a and liberal Invitation to "all Bepubll- hold upon eternal hnppiue1. Another cans who syiiiiiauuze wiin me reforms gleams with a iihastlv litrht from nronosed" to meet at the said time ami place, went there in good faith and ap plied for admission to the convention. The illiberal action or the convention in regard to them is well known to the public, but the llimsy pretext upon which iiicir rejection was based mav not be so well understood. Miss Susan B. Anthony, or New York, made appli cation to the chairman or the New York delegation for admission, and was kindly received, courteously treated, &C but assured that there were many more delegates in attendance upon the convention from New York than that State was entitled to votes therein, and mat snouui sue oe annulled as a mem ber of the delegation it would in howisa enable her to become a member of the convention, or entitled to vote as such. This was sufficient to convince Miss An thony that the New York delegation had at least a reasonable objection to re ceiving her, and ended her efforts in that direction. Laura DcForce Gordon, of California, however, was not met with any sucli plausible rejection of her claim to a seat and vote in the conven tion, since there was found in all the thousands In attendance but a solitary man from the Golden btate of the Pa cific. This man seemed to appreciate ills importance as a delegate, entitled to cast the entire vote ot the State or Cali fornia, and determined to rule out all other applicants. At this arbitrary re fusal on ine part oi uie delegate to rec ognize ner claims, .airs. Gordon an nealed direct to the convention, ami in a brier and neatly worded letter stated that sue Had responded to the "call" or theMi--oun Liberals and complied with the requirements iiierciu slated, . e., living Republican and sympathizing with the objects or the convention, therefore asking to be received as a dele gate from the State of which she is a citizen. The matter was referred to the Committee on Credentials, of which the one man from California was a member. None were allowed in tho meeting or the committee except its appointed members, and none of the rejected dele gates from California were permitted to proent their claims. When the com mittee made their "report" to the con vention at its next sub.-ctiucnt session it was resolved, "That in the absence of such credentials as the committee deem necessary they cannot report Laura De Force Gordon as entitled to a seat and a vote in the convention, but tender to her, as to other ladies present, the courte.-y of the hall," &c Now, what A Bich Oxk. Max Adder says: "Down in Wilmington they have a law against the storage or nitro-giycerine andotherexplosivecliemlcal compounds within the citv limits. And so the other day a certain individual, who had a grudge against a man named Smith, informed the authorities that Smith had large quantities of congealed pro toxide of hydrogen secreted in an out house in his yard. Two policmen pro ceeded to Smith's to make an investiga tion. Smith ilonied the allegation. He said it was a sheer fabrication ; that the mail who asserted that lie had protoxide of any kind around the place was a sin ner in whom the truth was not to be found. But the policemen insisted upon examining the premises. Smith said they shouldn't. A conllict ensued, and after Smith's head had been mashed into jellv. and lumps raised upon him, and his arms broken, and chops enough for a small family's dinner had been bitten from his leg by the policeman's dog, the officers laid him. on tho sofa to recuperate, and started "for the yard. They found there only the ice house packed full. It occurred to them then to go around to the drug store and ascertain tho nature of the congealed protoxide of hydrogen, so that they would know it when they saw it. They learned that hydrogen in that shape is merely ice. And poor old Mr. Smith has now brought six or seven suits against the city for damages one for each ruined arm, leg, head and nose. But all the policemen are now studying up chemistry." A Useful Woman. Jane Bell went, singly and unaided, to the North Caro lina coast, In 1SG3, whore she "became convinced that there was as much mis sionary work to be done at home as among the foreign heathen, and settled herself down to a life's work among tho poor whites or the islands, resolved to teach them not only to read, but, more desperate task, to work. She estab lished a free school at Beaufort, and an other on Harkcr's island off the coast, to which is attached a rami. Having been blessed with a strong body as well as will, she lias not only taught, but cooked, planted, plowed, sewed and reaped with her own hands until the wilderness has blossomed, ir not into roses, into figs and vegetables, to the amazement or the natives, who for gen erations have been quite willing to starve if clamming and fishing were not prac ticable. In the nine years or her steady labor in this place she is reported to have wrought a singular change in the habits and condition or the islanders; a "ii:i-in- iiifiit irom a chamber into which death is entering and life departing. One light shines through a cottage window from which the curtains are pushed partially aside, showing a moth er's face, patient and sweet, but care worn and anxious. The eyes gazing through the night, are faded and sunken, but lighted with such love as steals only into t lie eyes or true aiulsaintly motners, who watch over and pray for their chil dren; who hedge them in from the world's temptation, and make or them noble men, and true and loving women. It is nearly midnight, and the faded eyes are strained to their utmost to catch the far-off sight or some one com ing down the street. The mother's lis- teninjr ear Iosp.s no sound however slight that breaks upon the stillness that reigns around. No form seen, no quick step heard, she drops the curtain slowly, goes back to the table where an open book Is lying and a half knit sock. The cat jumps up in her chair, and yawns and shakes herself, and gradually sinks down again into rejiase. No one disputes her pos session of the easy chair. Up and down the little room tho mother walks, trying to knit, but vainly; she can only think of her son, and wonder and imagine what is keeping him. Her mind pic tures tho worst, and her heart sinks lower and lower. Could the thoughtless boy know but one-half the angirtsh he Is causing lie would hasten at once to dispel it with his presence. She trembles now as she listens, for an uncertain step is heard a sound of coarse laugnier and druiiKeii riimuiry; her heart stands still and she grows cold with apprehension. The sound passes and dies away in the disUince. Thank heaven, it is not lie, and a glow comes over her, and once more her heart beats quickly. Only for a moment, for the clock on the mantle shows on its pallid race that it is almost midnight. Again the cur tain is drawn aside, and again the anx ious, loving eyes peer into the darkness. Hark! a sound of footsteps coming nearer; a shadowy form advancing shows more ami more distinct; a cheery WlllSlie. H UriSK, IIKlll Sieil III) IIIU Iiawi- llw.v- linvn nnt nnlv vooolvrwl .a llipumim may; a throwing wide oimi or the door, i We decree or education, but havclearned and the truant lioy finds himself in his . to wisll for work to accomplish it with uiuLiiur BuiiiiK, uL-icwuiuu .win nc 'iuui. stni niiii iiatienpn. anil in ilress. naoits. i 1 1 it 1 . i ' ' ' He chafes at the gentle discipline; he don't like to be led by apron strings; but lie meets his mother's gentle ques tioning jraze with one honest and inau- rcli'rioii and the minor morals and man ners, have risen in the scale of civiliza tion. Miss Bell has now an agricultur al school at Beaufort, and she asks for ly, anil makes a Iiair-unwilliiig promise, lM from nigral people everywhere. credentials had the committee or the and in after years thanks heaven again ; ...... 1 1 , ... . I . 1 1. ,. 1 ...1.,. 1 convention a rigiiLiuuciiuiuu oi a mem- 1 aim again uiui in- iuiu ;i mumi-i mm her or a mass convention? Mr. Tilton 1 watched over him, and prayed for him. In the last Golden Age (May IS) says: 1 He knows better than she now, the "The committee on credentials did not I good that was done by her sitting up. admit her to membership forthe simple Mr. O. S. Phelps, a gentleman well known in tills community, and who is constantly sending abroad all manner or Oregon publications, has handed us the following note, which explains itself: Ai.ij.vsy, N. Y., March 23, 1S72. Olivers. J'hcljn, Jutland, Ore gon: I am directed by the Trustees or the State Library to present you their thanks for your donation of "Captain Gray's Company," by Mrs. A. J. Duni way, one volume, and to state that the same will bcdtily acknowledged in their next Annual Beport to the Legislature. By order, I. B. Woot.woiiTit, Secret a ry. No authentic advices have reached us from this Convention. The telegraph informs us that tiiero was serious di vision in regard to Mrs. Woodhiill. We expect fiill advices for next issue. reason that she was not a voter." The committee did not intimate even in the faintest possible manner what creden tials were requisite to membership, neither did the "call" for the conven tion intimate that any credentials were nccessury, since it was for a mass con vention and not a delegated one. Had the "call" invited only ''all voters" who sympathized in the proposed reforms to meet, ic, it would have debarred wom en, as a matter or course, from partici pating in its deliberations; but, un questionably, under the invitation to ill lU'piiDiicaus wuo sympaiuizcd, Stop ash Think. Girls, stop and think! What about? About whatever you are doing. If you are at work in pies so diametrically opposed the kilcheu, and need some articles from the pantry or cupboard, stop and think of all tho articles you may need from there in the next few minutes, and make one journey do for half a dozen. And perhapsyou may think of several things that can be returned to their places at the same time, thus making a double saving of time and muscle. If you are cooking, stop and think of everything you will need before you be gin that batch of bread or pies, instead Is He Bicii ? Many a sigh is heaved, many a heart is broken, many a life rendered miserable by the terrible infat uation which parents manifest in choos ing a lire companion for their daugh ter. How is it possible for happiness to result from the union or two prlnci- to eacn other in every point as virtue is to vice? And yet how often is wealth considered, a better recommendation for young men than virtue? How often the first ques tion asked respecting the suitor of a daughter is this, "Is he rich?" Yes, he abounds in wealth ; but does that afford any evidence that he will make a kind ami affectionate husband? "Is he rich?" Yes, his clothing is purple and fine linen, and he fares sumptuously ev ery day: but can you infer from tins At.. WOlllell Were as eligible as lUCII. nf liiimr nMinul In inl.-i v-nnr lmml mil Ili-it. ln ia T-!rfnnna' "Is li riMi liotliwithstailding Mr. Tilton discourses' of the iloiiL'h two or three times to run ' Yns. h lms thousands fioatincr on overr so wisely upon the "ineligibility" of the down cellar after butter or lanl, or into , ocean ; but do not riches sometimes ladies in question. He ftirther says: "When one or tho ladies rose and ad dressed the chair, she was as much out or order as ir she had arisen in the House or Bcpresentativcs at Washing ton and addressed the Speaker." Mr. Tilton fails to inform his readers or the fact that the "lady fMrs. Gordon) who aiiures.-eu ine cnair- uiu mi wncii me you must nave. And so with every motion to adopt the report or the Com- 1 thing you do, stop and think whether mitleo on Credentials was pending, and you are doing it in the most convenient while the "report" on the motion was , :Uid profitable manner or not. open to discussion, and so decided by W'o often hear people speak or women the chair, as will be seen In the reports who "turn off work" very fast. I once or the convention. Mr. Tilton says that asked a woman who bore such a reputa "ihe was not recognized." "Neither tion how she did it. "Bv thinking would any man have heed recognized in what I am about; by killing two birds similarcircuinstances." Oh! Theodore, : with one ,tono. and maki n? mm Men iln were you so intent upon your pet' the work or half a dozen," was her re scheino of foisting the potato-raising ! ply. Or course it would not be profita- ...it. r ,i.r ...111 ..-. i. ' pii--ier upon iuu uum unuuii iu u i uio to tiimic loiiKcr about niivtliing than i.tu. . 1 candidate as to lie Ignorant or the fact, 5t would take for you to do it. unless it Home as soon as anticipated prouaury mat a man ickeison a rejected dele- was for the sake of forminc the habit or i. - .. ..... ...... . . A r r... i :r.. ....!.. l.n,l i .. .1., .. .... . . v. not ueiorc uie miiiiiic oi juij or urst in pie uuw uiuiuuua, um uix-ii iiuiirisa- tuougntfulness. JJutdonottry to tinnK the pantry for sugar or nutmeg. If you have a quantity or sewing, or other I work to do, stop and think what will be I needed first, and what you could do without in ease of hindrance, instead or doing perhaps the least necessary thing , first, and finding yourself at the lost moment in a hurly-burly to finish what take to themselves wings and fly away?" And you consent that your daughter shall marry a man who has nothing to recommend him but his wealth? Ah! beware! The gilded bait sometimes covers a bearded hook. Ask not, then, "Is he rich?" but "Is he vir tuous?" Ask not if he has wealth, but has he honor? Do not sncrifice your daughter's peace for money. 0 B0YHB0YS! Those little boys of the Bulletin, Orc gonian and Era aro at It again! This time they have pitched on poor old Uncle Ike. O boys! boys! how could you! Jitit ie carciui 111c out man non i stumble and fall on you, though! You never could get out from under him! MBS. WOODHULIS A00EPTA1I0E. Mrs. Woodhull has written a letter accepting the nomination for President, in which she promises to revolutionize the present state of affairs and turn the world upside down generally. "Whom the gods destroy they first make mail." "WIPE-lfmPPIKG. The Vancouver Bcgistcr says there are several men in its section of coun ry who whip their wives. Wonder if tar, feathers and fence rails nre scarce in that vicinity? Atlanta, June 9. I was all ready for the train to this place from Springfield, thinking my work was done for tho prcscut in the Illinois Hall of Beprcseutatlves, when a committee of gentlemen called upon mo and requested me to give some lectures on Oregon; ami their request being backed by a financial consideration which in the present depicted state of my greenback exchequer I felt particu larly called upon to comply with, I agreed to return to Springfield after having filled appointments in Atlanta, Lincoln and Dclevan, where dear friends of other days are living, and with whom I am enjoying life as well as any doting mother can who has not kissed her chil dren for six long weeks. Thought last night that I would telegraph home for news of them, but when I reflected that it had only been one week since I had heard from home by letter, and that the advance pay of four yearly subscribers would go for the telegram and its an swer, I gritted my teeth, clasped my hands and vowed I'd stand it another week, though the effort cost me many sighs. My dear lady readers, if you think an itinerant stump speaker's life is always an easy or pleasant one, try it and see. I wrote while in New York to the Democratic Stitc Central Committee of Oregon, asking them to send up a dole gate to the coining Baltimore Conven tion who should be instructed to urge a Woman Suffrage plank into their plat form. We shall see what they will do. Probably they will gather encourage ment from the fact that theBepublicans still live after their feeble indorsement of woman, and may thus be emboldened August. For latest tidings from Iter see Editorial Correspondence. For a most cutting sarcasm upon ex isting customs and practices see the ar ticle with the above heading on the first page. It cuts right to the quick. ing the chair and presenting his claims to the convention as a protest against the action of the Committee on Creden tials? Was not Mrs. Gordon as much in order in attempting to press her' of one thing while doing another, unless the work on hand bo very monotonous indeed. When I was a school-girl, I thought it a great advantage to do two tilings at claims to the convention as Mr. Nickel- once, and my grammar shows the effects son was in ills ? Both were rejected by . r being held in my lap while I churned, the committee as entitled to seats and 0r propped up behind the table while I votes in the convention, yet the Impar-1 washed dishes. But I learned that I tial (?1 chairman. Carl Schurz. did rec-1 ,.,.H!mr simh- nor work as fast, oguizea man, though "in tlie same cir-1 :uu that it paid to do one thing at a4 cunisianccs," aim aiiowcu mm 10 au- time, no Keep your muiiina uu mu dress the convention in a ten-minute 1 work you are doing. Excuiiigc. speech; yet when Mrs. Gordon, follow- i : ing immediately upon Mr. Nickelson's ; Stagnant Watku asd Milk. It; address, desired to be heard, according; jla3 been known for a long time that to the reports or the convention, ".Mr. milk left standing in a room where pa Sehurz studiously paid no attention to 1 tieuts are sick becomes permeated with her, carefully avoiding, when practica-1 the subtle poNon or the disease. Con nie, to look in her direction." This con-1 tngion lias also been spread through tlnucd until she secured momentary at-i milk, bv reason or persons recovering tentlon through tho courtesy or a dele- from sickness attending to the labor ot r?terJ?.l,0.COIi,W .Vu,I.KI.,5f3 U w.a? the dairy, TheJtiiid of grass or fodder Mr. Tiltoin whoatlrncted tho president's1.,.. i.int, ilia .i f..,i ..u,-. ,.!,.., ., metry may hide a lie In glowing tender- 9VC aml w'l'mT,.Vi3 - "d ,twal'3 Mrs-1 cuiiar flavor and quality to their milk. in a , r""' ,.,K:V , , ""-;"- J'" In addition to these facts, it lias reccnt- , (.California wailing to be heard." fcena- ir wn ,ifl,niirrf,fl tW n. .,f tor Schurz hen recognizing her said, startling consequences may ensue from he would state with very great regret, the animals drinking stagnant water, that the comiiiitk.e had decided she was I profr j of cSlt;if Uiiivereity not a delegate, fco had it decided that , i1!W ,.vmj,i '-ki, " .J ?i! . .. w. ....... ...V. A...&.fCIV, lillltV Love Letters. Tho words recall blue ribbons, locks or hair, miniatures and dead roses, and they aro as various as the hands that writo them and the eyes they arc in tended to bless. Sometimes they carry balm; some times they bear disguised poison. Tliey may be traced iu honest, truth and fealty by a rough red hand that has no grace to lend tho misshapen letters, save the beauty of true love in coarse disguise; nm incii again a sou u nite bit or sym- i .... ... . . ness and send it like an asp hid rose's heart to carry death to somo h licviug breast. Some yellowed by years and rendered absurd by altered circum stances arc Jj rought out of forgotten nooks to fill the evening hour with laughter at their pollysllabled vows anil verbose adjectives; and others never see tiie light except in tearful eyes, or feel a touch except a passionate pressure to faded breast that claims no other idol. Love letters! There are women whom tiie world calls single who are as truly wedded to a tear-stuiued packago as if it really were the being that it represents to them who live in the old sweet time these missives once belouged to, and who keep their heads apart from the dull realitv Hint mnkes mi their iirosont world. Years may have passed, and rather more credible than the nothing have remained the samo sav,. flimsy pretext that the ladies vin not the dear dream that never knew realitv; ! voters, since that was not stipulated in! j-ct held in their love-life by their fra-1 I,C "call" as the cause or their rejection uie great liberal convention ali:in cinuati. A AVOMAN IX TJIK G.VI.I.KItV. Mr. Nickelson "was not a delegate," inn yet tue cnair nau recognized Him, "a man in similar circumstances," anil or an unusually ronv annoaranca. ami found it full or those fungi, or vegetable flnn " V iin,iT.i i... Vi... tlon revealed the fact that the blood of Mr Til inn Z S .!! nom,,,oes. t very simple. It is the duty of dairymen AIT. 1 lltOn Will HaVO in tnt-ncnmn nHm.i. . .. . ... .. .... T.l..r . IU3CT llllll. Wiril CUlllt? Ilillf . i-Ml't'V gile paper-bond, they dwell in that fair, un-uusianuai spring-time, wniie au tumn fades and winter, cold and heavy, reigns abroad in ail the world. We pity dreamers and their moon shine pictures, their bits of memories and mementoes, their love-words writ ten or recalled as spoken, and faces whose limning fades as the real one had faded long ago under the coffin lid. And yet sucli trifles are heart treasures, as surely as gold and silver are riches to the purse; and as long as there is a world of dry goods anil roast beef, so long sliall old love letters find hoarders and prizers, and so long shall the past and present be bridged by the heart dreams of the words written in the by gone times. Some one says: "Tiiero is but one way to be happy, but there are a thous and ways lo be wretched." Black Shkki'. Archbishop Wliately once puzzled a number of clever men, in whose company he was, by asking them this question: "How is it that white sheep cat more than black?" Some were aware or the curious fact; others set to work and tried to give long and learned reasons; but all were anxious to know the real cause. After keeping them wondering for some time he said: "Tho reason is, because there are more or them." A young lady from the rural districts went to Des Moines to sec an elephant. In tho street, car the conductor said to her: "Miss, your fare." "Well, If I am," she replied, "I don't want any more of your impertinence." pure, sweet wafer. They use such a great quantity of water that a Judicious concern for the health of thocnmmuiiity should induce them to employ none but the very cleanest. Asiscdotk ok toji Comvis. When the late Tom Corwin was quite a young man lie was elected a member of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, and early in the session he brought in a bill for the destruction of the public whipping-ito-t. He made an earnest speech in fitvor of the measure, to whicli an elderly member replied as follows: "Mr. Speaker, the gentleman is not as old as I am, and lias not seen as much or the practical operation of the system or punishment which lie desires to abol ish. When I lived in Connecticut, ir a fellow stole a horse, or cut up other an tics, we used to tie him up and give him a real good thrashing; and he always cleaned right out, and we never saw any thing more of him. It's the best way of getting rid of the rogues that ever was tried and without expense to tho State." Mr. Corwin, who never failed to carry his point by a joke, if the argu ment was against him, only made a brier reply: "Mr. Speaker, I have of ten been "puzzled to account for the vast emigration from Connecticut to the West; but tne gentleman last up has explained it to my satisfaction." It is almost needless to say that Mr. Corwin'a bill passed by an overwhelming majority- Anour Womas's Bights. Bev. Dr. Chapln, in a recent discourse on "The Crown ot Women," said: "The condition of obligation and tho condition of rights are inseparable. To exercise these, women must have copo and opportunity. Her obligations com pel her to demand her rights. She lias a right to develop her nature to the ut most or its power. Whatever power de nies this is tyrannical. Woman has the right or doing and being tho best sho can. The question or woman suffrages was above ridicule. Throwing ridicule at it was like firing pop-guns at a thunder-stormit may be funny, but it is not forcible. Even if women were to vote, God would still hold society to gether as he holds the heavens together. Women should be free to do the work she can do. She lias claim to the high est education. In conclusion, the preacher counselled young women to bo stronsr. true and faithful, not mero : queens of society, but first in acts of mercy ami cnarity, and nrst in a readi ness for all good work." One of tho strongest characteristics of a "nice girl" is tidiness and simplicity or dress. She is invariably associated in mind with a high frock, plain collar and neatest or nice ribbons, bound with the most modest little broach iu the world. I never knew a "nice girl" who displayed a profusion or rings and brace lets, or who wore low-necked dresses and splendid bonnets. Again, there is nothing in this world halt so beautiful, hair so Intrinsically good, as a "nice girl." Siie is the sweetest llower in the path or life. There are others far more . stately, far more gorgeous, but these we merely admire as we go by. It is where the daisy grows that wo like to rest. One or Brigliam Young's wives has absconded. It was only by accident that her absence was discovered. There must be a line drawn some where. Milk Is a good thing, and water is a good thing, but eacli has' its separate vocation. They do not work well to gether. Boston has discovered the fact, and lias resolved that henceforth her water shall be kept free from lacteal in fluences. In a citv like the Hub, where cold water kings it so proudly over all other beverages, it will not do to have, its brilliant transparency clouded by contact with milk. And to avoid this flic milk brought into Boston is to bo sealed up in cans and sold at a fixed price, and the streams which flow from tho cow and the Cocliituate are to bo kept apart forever. A California lunatic fancies that he is tiie original Abraham. Becently he carried a sheep to one of the highest hills near San Francisco, and sacrificed, it on an altar of stones and earth.