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FRIDAY.. JULY 5, 1S72. THE DIYOEOE MANIA. Picking up a prominent Eastern jour nal lately the first thing that met our eye w as a long dissertation on the "Di vorce Mania," giving various reasons for its alarming increase in the United States, anil deploring the evils that are to flow to society from this source. There is no disputing the fact that di vorces are increasing in an alarming ratio. Hut the writer does not give the true reason. No ivouder that women sometimes grow restive under the un natural bonds imposed by the law. No wonder that, as they become informed of the wrongs which they endure and the remedy, they should demand to be released. .More than any one thing else the idea, incorporated into the law and carried out iu judicial decisions, that the husband and wife are ono and that one the husband, is responsible for this deplorable condition of society. Give woman equal rights Itefore the law, with power to hold and bequeath property, aud the great cause of diseon tent in the marital relation will bo re moved. Marriages will seldom then be formed from purely monetary considera tions, which is lamentably the case to day. "When will the people learn wisdom, and our law-makers justice? THE REMEDY. "Gypsy" has an admirable article in this Issue, showing the cramped condi tion of married women under the law, in a financial pointof view. Rut, "Gyp sy," what are you going to do about it? You object to our plan have you a better one? now are inese laws which oppress women made? By legislators. Where do these legislators get their authority? They are elected by the rote of the pco j)le. It logically follows, then, that so long as woman is a disfranchised no body, witii no influence in the political world, so long will she be oppressed by odious, man-made laws. We do not blame the men particularly, for a priv ileged class always makes its authority felt. The women are more to blame for submitting to this state of affairs. The ballot is the one grand remedy. That obtained, and all those odious dis tinctions of sex will vanish like dew be fore a summor morning's sun. TOR GRANT. The Woman's Journal is out for Grant and Wilson. While wishing that a more positive Woman Suffrage plank had been adopted at Philadelphia, it is very much pleased for the slight ac knowledgment of woman's political demands. The Pioneer, of San Fran cisco, also Jeans tire same way, although evidently waiting to see what will be done at Baltimore. Should the Cincin nati mistake be there repeated, the great majority of the Woman Suffra gists will undoubtedly fall into line for Grant and Wilson, and contribute largoly towards securing the greatest triumph yet aehievod by the Republi can party. C0-EDU0ATI0N0P THE SEXES. One of the most cheering signs of the times is the rapid change taking place in the advanced educational institutions of the civilized world in regard to wom en being admitted to compete for colle giate honors. It lias been satisfactorily proven that young ladies learn the higher branches as readily and acquit thomselves with as much honor as the young gentlemen. l"? has also been demonstrated that both sexes make better progress when they thrown to gether, a spirit of rivalry being thus Induced that would not otherwise exist. OUR NATAL DAT. The Anniversary of American Inde pendence has been celebrated again, the Declaration of Independence has been read, flaming orations have been delivered, and blazing sky rockets have spent tholr force upon the summer air. How long will it be ere the immortal truths of the Declaration of Independ ence will ms fully comprehended and nctoil upon, and our glorious Anniver sary Day celebrated in the true spirit of Universal .breedom? THE PACIFIC ELOPE CONVENTION. There is yet no definite news from the Pacific Slope Convention other than the first day's proceedings published in the San Francisco Bulletin and copied by the Pioneer. With the exception of a little warm feeling displayed on "the Woodhull" question, the session was harmonious. Many subjecLs of inter est were discussed, and the speeches made were replete with logic and good sense. DON'T ACCEPT. Pred Douglass, the Woodhull nominee for Vice President, is out for Grant and AVilson, ami, as a matter of course, he don't propose to be tailed on to the ree Lovers and Internationals. Thus anewdinicultyi, presented for Victor ia to settle We suggest that she sub stitute in Mr. Douglass' stead the name of Little Rear, Sotted Tan, Geo Francis Train, or some other noble savage. ABOUT CEEDIT. The Eclio, a lively little temperance paper published at Olympia, W. T., republishes an articlo which originally appeared In this paper, from the pen of Mrs. Carrie F. ioung, without giving us .credit. Come, fneud Edio, don't im itate the example of some other jour nals we wot of who make a practice of appropriating our thunder without much as saying "by your leave." ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. "Gypsy:" "Souora Hewitt" will be published entire without interruption. Can't inform you when the publication of "Ellen Dowd" will be resumed. The editor of tills journal will arrive home about the middle or latter part of July. Don't know where the work can be had. Mrs. E. II.: Sent paper sts requested. Hope you will succeed in getting up a large club. D. S.: We have pronounced in favor of no party as yet in the Presidential contest. Provided a straight Human Rights ticket be not run, other things being equal, the New Nokthwest will support that party whose platform nearest conforms to the grand princi ples of Freedom, Equality and Justice. "Susan:" Your "pome" on the "ge lorius Forth" is respectfully declined. Your forte isn't exact poetry yet awhile. Webster's Dictionary and an English Grammar would be very instructive reading matter for you. "Carrie:" Your letter will be answered privately in a day or two. WHAT'S UP 7 Strange tilings have happened in this world, and strange things will, no doubt, continue to happen to the end of time. The latest occurrence is an indication flint iUn rtnrirut lma nhntlt. nrrivp.! wllPIl .in i 4i i i .-II it.. in I husband for five dollars without a tre the lion and the lamb will lie down to- gether although we'll wager a two-bit piece that the lamb gets the worst of it All of which means that the editors of the McMinnville West Side and Lafay ette Courier arc becoming atlectionate. Rro. Handley actually advises his pat rons to subscribe for Rro. Upton's pa per! In the Ianguageof the poet (we've forgot his name), "what's up?" A malevolent individual at our el Ikjw suggests that it is pretty hard to see just where the lion and lamb come in, aud thinks that a couple of animals of the mule persuasion would be more appropriate. We wish it distinctly un derstood, however, that we take no stock in the base insinuation. "THE PROST." "The Frost" has been lecturing in San Francisco to slim audiences. From the reports of the press it appears that her hearers, as usual, were badly Frost bitten. The Chronicle says that part of her lecture consisted of Indecent tales about Frce-loveistn in New York, which disgusted her audience. As we anticipated, the report that Mrs. Emily Pitts Stevens drew a pistol during a disturbance at one of "The Frost" meetings was untrue. It was, undoubtedly, a malicious invention of the lady's opponents. Mrs. Steven's statement in regard to the affair will be found elsewhere. HEARDFROM. The chief event since the finding of Dr. Livingstone is the coming to life again of Oregon's favorite son, General jasper asniiigiou j. . ooimaou jua- . -w .. 1 T lir T-1 T per, etc, etc. e were airaui ne was lost. Rut he has been heard from. He o c,i. t rv.ni.i., t- 1(1. nf Tiino ,i,l in VWr Vnl-fc ! ..... . -..v, - " I " says "every hit the gallant Ore- gouian made was received with shouts of applause by the vast audience." Just how many hits were made wc are not informed. Tho best appreciated hit of General Jasper's speech is generally that when he takes his seat. FROM THE SOUTH. Tiia Tablet, a spicy little Woman Suf frage paper published at Memphis, Ten nessee, aud edited by Mrs. Elizabeth Avery Meriwether, comes to us solicit ing an exchange. Much ability is evinced iu its editorial management. few years ago a Woman Suffrage paper was quite a curiosity; to-day Human Rights papers and periodicals circulate through all the civilized world. We gladly give the Tablet a place on our exchange list. IlIHOOENOE ! RIcss its innocent soul! tho Orennnlan is willing to have the railroad affairs of Oregon invcslicaleil but then it would like to know what cause there is for investigation. Oh, profundity of ignorance! Oh, sublimity of unsophis toeated innocence! THE TEEATY. Johnny Taurus has rather got the best of Jonathan Spreadeagle in the Treaty business. No indirect damages allowed, and nothing certain about the direct damages. Rut what else could be expected when a Fish attacks a whale? "WANTED: Another editorial import for the Her ald establishment. The green Missour- ian has alont written himself out, and his articles now have very much the appearance of the "last run of shad." The account of tho Spiritual Grove meeting at Woodbum, furnished bj' Hon. T. W. Davenport, Secretary, came too late for insertion this week. It will appear in our next issue. The Democratic-Greeley-Rrown rat ification takes place at Raltimore on the Oth insL And thus will exit from the stage of action the once grand and powerful Democratic party. "Columbia," the original poem on our first page, is one of Mr. May bell's master pieces. UUU1L' Jlf.TlT.lt . .. C -rx . .. A WORD PORGENTLEMEN. I hope my dear NoivrmvKST will al low me a short space to give vent to my indignation. I have just finished read ing an article on the justice of women being the lawful property of men, con cluding with a paragraph from the Lon don Examiner, of December 23th, 1847. These are the words: "A trial took nlaee rpceulK- nt flio Olil Raiiev. of a l I ' i man who had stolen a lady's reticule, with money in it, from her arm, in the street, and was arrested while attempt ing to escape. The fuels were proved; but the indictment charged him with stealing the lady's property, but, as it was afterwards shown by his counsel that she was a married lady, and there fore could have no property in her own right, he lifts discJutrffctl."' Now, all this may do very well for thoss refined Euclish days: but we American ladies must rebel against such oppression. Could it not have been proved that this money was brought as a dower to the husband? O, but the wife is, or by right ought to be, a weak slave, incapable of taking care of property, and the husband a glorious, good fellow, holding the reins of govern ment with a steady hand. That justice it is that enables men to quietly pocket their wife's lawful property, leaving her but two alternatives against pover ty either stealing or begging. And what woman is there that can ask her inor in her voice? No matter that the money is rightly hers the husband is the "lie.nl" and carries the purse, and the wife, to obtain a dollar for Mary's or Willie's clothes orsciiool books, must lay awake night after night planning how to get it without the humiliation of begging from John. At last, when he Is in a particularly good humor, she ventures pitoously to observe that Wil lie's shoes arc worn out, or that the master said that Mary must have a new reader. Presto! what a change! "Zounds! Madam, do you think I'm made of money? That's always the cry new books, new shoes, and good ness knows what else! At this rate how long do you think it will take us to reach bankruptcy? No, madam, not a cent! Willie can go barefoot; it will teach him to be more careful of Ills shoes. And as to Mary, I never did believe in teachers 'advancing children so fast; so she can do with her old book. Wo must economize, Fanny remem ber that !" Willi these words our lordly hero slams the door aud goes out, congratu lating himself upon having saved enough for cigars for a whole fortnight, besides "treats" for friends. Now, thank Heaven ! all men arc not so, but the good men are scattering and very scarce. Sister of UicNkw Noktk WEst, if you can change this, here's my hand, and my prayers shall bo with you in your great work of revolutioniz ing the world. I don't wisli to vote, but if my sisters think it proper, why, I will say God bless and prosper you in it. Because I think it impolitic to ex tend suffrage to women is no reason why j , , , , aBSlhlBt u Kor fnith ami ronn let Keniew iiKtifieiit; w"-e "Ie w 111 ,,,B Now you may think I am "going over to tile CUCiny," hilt it is Hot SO. I was never truer to my honest views that women aro better off without the ballot than at this moment. Gypsy. Cokvalli.s, Juno 20th, 1872. Baltimore Warned. srsAN U. ANT1IONV ON TUB BALTIMORE CON VENTION. To the Editor of the World-Sir: Huv- ' ing faithfully watched the action of the Cincinnati and l'lilladclphia conven- - . . . . . - lions, my waiiiiig eyes are now luriieu iu xiuiuiiurc 14 Liiv xruuiuuriiuy w as- scmble there shall go as far ahead of the Republicans on the woman question as they have, in tiicir fourteenth plank, of the self-styled Liberals who met iu Cin cinnati, tho Raltimore platform aud nominee mut .secure the sympathy and support of every loyal woman iu the country. A plank recognizing women that would be satisfactory to us might read as follows, "According to the Consti- tutlon as it Is, with its fourteenth . amendment declaring 'all persons born or naturalized In the Lnitcd States, and subject to tho jurisdiction thereof, citi zens,' and concurring in the opinion of Judge Taney, 'that a citizen is one who has entire equality of privileges, civil and political,' we aro logically com pelled to admit that women, being citi zens, are possessed of the right to vote, and entitled to national protection iu the exercise thereof." We ask every Democratic paper in the country to publish this plank that it may command the timely considera tion of the best minds in the parly who will mould the action of the coming convention. Political parlies must be built on some live issue. After all the talk we hear of policy and expediency, the soul of every successful coalition is some living principle. And the success of Raltimore depends on a progressive platform and a nominee with pro nounced opinions 011 finance, free trade, the interests of labor and woman suf frageall of which Cincinnati ignored and Philadelphia winked at. You can not rouse the enthusiasm of the people on a party cry or "kill Grant," especi ally among women, with Greeley as a substitute. The World in a late editorial so ably presented a point that is often pressed on our consideration that, if your space will permit, I would like you to repro duce it with my reply: "One of Miss Susan R. Anthony's res olutions, offered at the meeting of the National Woman Suffrage Association, lias the true political ring; but we arc impelled to ask if it is not just a tritic superfluous? The resolution in question reads as follows: That we, the woman suffragists of tho country, will work and vote with the great national iiarty that shall ac knowledge the political equality of women.' 'We attach so much importance to all Miss Anthony's utterances, that it causes us a pang to note in the above extract an apparent dereliction from principle. Does she really mean to pledge her own support and that of her sex at large to any party on thp singlo condition of acknowledging woman's political equality, irrespective of all I oiner issues? Has she have they no 1 convictions concerning tho broad nues 011 which 'great national parties' aro 'founded? Does she entertain no pre- feronce between Protection and Free Trade, Stale sovereignty and Fcder.il integrity? Has she no opinion touch ing the Massachusetts fisheries, or eon sequential damages, or local option in the matteror Presidential appointments, or other like momentous questions? Or, having such preferences and opin ions, is sho willing to subordinate them to purely personal considerations and to work against coiwtfcnce in return for political recognition ? Suppose that me only nartv to 'acknowledge tne ..... u.aaj jlrtllj IU Hl,nii"nv.'f1v - - - political equality of woman' should be fiiin uncmi nnvn tim nnuin tT nil fi nm I luiiouat amendments, the repuuiauon of the national debt, and the admission of the richt of secession: does Miss An thony mean to say she would barter her birthright of conscience for sucli a mess as this ? Alas! according to strict rules of construction her language will bear no other interpretation. Rut perhaps and here appears to be the superfluity to which we have alluded perhaps Miss A., like others of her sex, adopts the positive form of statement only to ap ply its negative antithesia, and merely resolves that she will not vote with any party that does not acknowledge the political equality of woman, or, in other wonts, mat unless some one suau give her a ballot she will abstain from the polls." Human rights, freedom, protection of person and property, are the fundamen tal questions fn government. Finance, trade, commerce, banks, tariffs, national debts, &v are of minor consideration to the civil and political rights of the individual. Moreover, what avails woman's opinion on these questions, or Infraction iu trying to right any wrongs, po long as she has no voice in legisla tion, no nlnce at the imlls? Ibelieve in the one-term principle, the aliolition of the Electoral College, the rights ot .Mas sachusetts fishermen, the Federal Integ rity as pledged in the fourteenth amend ment, and the richt of every man to sell his wares iu the best market the world affords; but above all I believe in the rijrht of every American citizen to a voice in the laws that govern her, to vote the taxes she is compelled to pay, to choose the judge, the jury, the sheriff who may deprive her of liberty and life. 1 iwneve in the right or every woman to own and control herself her children. her children, wages, property, and her right to enjoy all the advantages of ed ucation iu colleges she lias helped to endow and support. With me such "purely personal considerations" under lie and ovcrton all political Questions that have ever yet occupied the minds of the American people. The party that Is wise enough to see this and brave ououglt to do it, if not right on all other questions, could soon bo made so by the votes of women. Such a party could not in the nature of things propose to roll back the wheels ot civilization by repealing tlio Iegisla- nun ui uiu i.isi. cigin years. Yes, Mr. World, put a woman's suf frage plank not a Philadelphia splin ter in your platform, with a Tliurman. a Sumner, a Trumbull, or a Groesbeck, anil the best women of the country will wnri: with pen and tonguo Tor the In u m nh of your party. Rut if Baltimore shall lose to ;thc Democracy thisgoIdenopiortiinity tode clare for the full aud equal protection of women citizens iu their right to vote, then will the woman suffragists of the country accept the fourteenth plank of the Philadelphia platform, and with a united front, aud a zeal and earnestness such as women only can carry into any work, go into the Presidential convass for the success of tho Republican party. It is principles, not men or parties merely, that we demand. Susan R. Anthony. RociiKSTEit, N. Y., June 9. Dolly Vardens. "What arc Dolly Vardens?" This Isjtion In their heads RIackstouo having how they came about. In the spring of ; helped to drive it there that the wife is jb.U, while napoleon was tussiiig with Rendctti up at Ems, aud Rendctti was fussing with old King William to drivo Iilm into this big war, the Empress Eu genie was making up a party to go to the Longchamp races. The crazy ladies of the court had exhausted all the re cent fashions, and so the Empress set about getting up a stylo for tho races which should be about as crazy in fash- Ion as old Nap, her husband, was crazy In war. Eugenic scut for Worth, the m:n:nftr nllli trtfrnfhor Hint- ttlni K! ?S5. nm Iffi lZSa aJV.M 1 7- . 1 . o " . --r ------ 'shoc-lly hat, with velvet nm! daises, and dandelions, and any and everybody I I . X I - .1.1 I 1 T 11.. . . 1 -. """ . - f "V.aK", if,'f Jli"li rri " , ,wu" ti.A - w . - most insane specimen or window cur - tain, and the hats looked just as coquet- tish as our Dollv Varden hats do now. It looked as if it had been struck by a whirlwind behind or, in a wonl it was a cocked hat just ready to fiy, but an chored down with velvet strings. Well, tho Enipns and tho court la dies went up to the Longchamp races, and wore these winnow curtain suits. Of course Paris was crazy about it, but Jst "'jj g illiain slapped hair n mtiliAit TliilIi mnti itir tutu A Icniii ........... ...... v.. ........ y ...... lino i.v, ........ ......... ....j. quit the races and nm back to Pans to look after the liospitais which were full of wounded Frenchmen. "Who revived the crazy fashion?" Well, Mrs. R , of Fifth Avenue, and several of our ladies brought back the window curtain dress from Paris, in the fall of 1S70, and wore it at the Jerome races a very proper place for it. Last Spring it began to creep out up to Sara toga. Tho pretty Mrs. A io was the envy of all the ladies, for she had one right from Worth's. They were "just the cheese" for the races, and did well for Saratoga flirtations and morning's down at Moon's, but now the ladies are becoming as crazy as the fashion. They insist on wearing the hop-vine, sun flower pattern all the time. They are cutting up their window curtains to make what they call "Dolly Varden" drosses, and the little forty cent palmetto hats made by the darkies iu Florida are brought up here cocked on side, ballasted with $10 worth of Paris pansies and poppies and bachelor's buttons, and sold for $20. Rut don't they make a sensation? It is all right Dolly Vanlen wasa crazy woman, she did all sorts of queer things; but If Dolly Varden should walk out of her crazy English grave and drop down on Rroadway, mid see 35,000 insane American women adopting her lunatic dress patterns, and cutting up" gener ally just as Dickens said sho used to "cut up," Doily would immediately get up a grand Fair to raise funds to build a gigautic Dolly Varden insane asylum. Those window curtain cretonne suits are only to be worne at the races. TIicv are not for morning nor afternoon; but now every biddy on $4 per week is talk ing about Dolly Varden for morning; Dolly Varden for evening, and Dolly Vanlen crazy Dolly Vanlen for funer and weddings for the pall bearers and bridesmaids. Seckct ok Health. First, keep warm; second, cat regularly and slowly; third, maintain regular bodily habits; fourth, take early anil very light sup pers; fifth, keep a clear skin ; sixth, get plenty of sleep at night: seventh, keep cheerful and respectable company; eighth, keep out of debt; ninth, don't set your mind on things you don't need; tenth, mind your own business. Do Mothers Earn Their Own Support? nv HELEN P. JENKINS. A gentleman recently said to me, "Your Idea is good, that girls should be taught to be self-supporting, but do you think married icomcti, mothers of fami lies, should support themelves?" "Sir." said J, confrontine; not mv questioner merely, but a stalwart error or six thousand years growth, "the mother of a family of children doe sup port herself." My questioner looked surprised, as if an unexpected mow nau been given him, which was true ; ideas strike hard sometimes. It is arrogance for anv man to insinuate that lie supports the wife who makes their home, who keeps house neatly and beautifully, who bears children, nurses them, cares for them Willi a patience aim watcniuiness no other occupation can require, who rears them through helpless infancy and way ward youth, and educates them into manhood anil womanhood this wife who. during all the davs of care, and the tedious nights spent with worrvinir children, has never shirked responsibil ity or toil has never faltered In the midst or sicKiiess and death never hes itated before sacrifices which would daunt tho strongest men can a husband believe he lias supported his wife be cause he has furnished her board and clothing? Does lie support' the man who tills ills garden? ..Does ho support the cook in his family because he fur nishes her a home, board and four dol lars a week besides? These persons would resent as an Insult tho assertion that they arc supported by the man who pays them for their honest labor. Well, then, does this man support his wife, who does more work than cither gardener or cook? The husband thinks so, beeaiii-p he nrovides her a home. board ami clothing, but ho nrovides home and board for the cook, and more money than enough to buy clotliinir. and does not dream he is supporting nor. It Is adding insult to injury to suggest to the wife that she lives on bounty. My questioner says: "Rut the wife is working for heiself. is she not? And for whom is the husband working if not for hrr.'" Very prartlwil is tills sweet as sonar, but it is not true. A fortune is amassed as the years co on. The husband dies. If the wife has been working for herself, and he for her, as you say, my friend, ! tne property an belongs to her, does it not V and the husband cannot dispose of what is hers. We are mistaken. He has made a will, knowing it is all his, and has willed her the vtc of one-third of his property ! Rut, .-.uppose before she dies, the hus band, if the property was all hers, or as much hers as the husband's, she can iiiiike a will and give to her husband the unr of a third, can she not? Oh, blo-s you, no! A lawyer tolls us the husband has it all without any process of law it is not divided among the chil dren or distributed while ho lives. Poet- ! fi't gallantry said it was all hers, be-, cause the husband toils for his wife, but law says not one cent of this property ! which nas accumulated by tneirjoint la bors and prudence is the wife's; and law l.UXIll. , If ilior.- 1 nines in 11m rnmmimiK' which 1. ai t.,oll,. ,l..fr,,.l,wl f Wo l,nf ........ .j . v..... ings, it is this same cluss of hard-work- i ing wives and mothers, who get merely I board and clothing, and have some-' times t maneuver to get even that. I do not say husbands are individual ly responsible for this error, nor that men have been plotting injustice. I be lieve men are Ignorant of woman's na- tiir. miii! lmvn .nf Mm vorv wrmifr ,111. ,nerely an adjunct of the husband; or rather a fraction of the matrinional unit. so "infinitely small in comparison with . the husband, that it is lost, as math- S emaucians say. i.-see uiacKsionej - a ne unsound ami wue are one, aim . tllUt OtlC IS tiie llUSbaiHI. ' This work of the home this mother work, which men poetically praise (praise Is so cheap!), is not recognized ! bi' th State as having any value what- T T t 1 -ii 1 ft !)?luc n it, notwithstanding it never iut tol mitt k-i4 iiuivii ui . the world goes," is its am society say till ' . . . . i n n- !" money; t lcrcrore, rlV liuA"- l,"s Vor,v V X ; if my answer nothing is not correct, i i will some lawyer or logician solve the i iiiuiui-ia ut iuu luiuuu il iu iiuiuu . , problem, and give a correct answer. My listener saiu: "You would not have the husband pay the wife?" 1 looked a moment to take the proba ble dimensions of this man's soul. "Certainly I would," I said; "but don't be alarmed ; it would be to his ad- i vantage as well as hers." At least he oi to pay her, as the i . . " . ... . jrVes lo mm tne property resuitlug ironiineirconibinediauorand prudence, i,lstead of recognizing her as an equal partner in the matrimonial firm. I know this idea is shocking; but it is no more so than, twenty years ago, was tho then new idea that married women could own property. That idea does not frighten men at all now. Instead of destroying the home and the nation, as they said it would, men have themselves received so much advantage from this law that they like it ; and so they will yet like this new idea of the absolute money worth or the work of mothers and wives. A man receiving a salary should say to his wife: "I receive so much; we ought to live on so much. As you al ways purchase for the family, I will place this amount in your hands. Make the best of it you can. This reserves dollars a week lo you and the same to me, for the private use of each, or to lay up for future need." Then, if lie never failed to place iu Ills wife's hands the designated amount that family would prosper; and rest assured the wife would "lay up" more than the husband, and would grow bright, happy, and wise in her independence. Men who have been in the habit of dealing out money by morsels to their wives, wnen the latter get up sufficient courage to ask for it, will laugh at such a plan, and exclaim, "What do women know about money? The world would go to ruin if women get this advan tage." Rut women know much more about money than this class of men know of women's needs and natures. Men of large and varying incomes, if they have large hearts, usunuy sa u their wives: "Get whatever you need for yourself, tho children and the house, and have the bills scut lo me." This is not a wise course. It leads some women to be unintentionally extravagant, and deprives them of the necessary disci pline of "handling money." These men should place in tho wife's hand a stated allowance, sufficiently lurge to cover all necessary expenses, and still leave with the wife something to lay by irslio will. These men may say, "That would never do. Wc could not afford it. Rut after a little time it would be found tho cheapest way theplcasantest and the saftest and would give the wife skill In the management of expenses is somewhat more binding than gallant- i , , Y, i . , ... 'it," ry. If there is a class in the community " " "f; TJic'n ' "J!1 J" which earns its living bv honest, noble , Hnety, I nm totally opposed to labor, it is these perpetual tollers of the tb? J "n""8- , , . , , which she will never get if she is ad- viscu to run bills at ucr pleasure. There is, however, one much worse way of mauaging family finances. It is the other extreme, when the husband will not trust his wife to purchase any thing, lest she will spend too much. T know a man who did not think his wife competent to buy the groceries or even drj--ool3 for the family. She never had a portmauuaie. She never had a ?uarter to buy even a Christmas present or her children. She never murmured in his hearing, but the children born of that woman bore the curse of distrust, hate and cowanliee, and the woman's life was a wreck. I knew a lady who, though a devout Methodist, was driven to pilfer from her husband's money, to buy suitable cloth ing for her children. 'Reasoning and entreaties failed to bring the necessary funds, and she was obliged to take se cretly what sb knew sho oucht to have. I do not think the correct theory of family finance is vet understood. There needs to be a good deal of revelation, confession and discussion on this sub ject. I hope women generally will study up the matter and experiment. In no other way can we arrive at a true and wise system of family finance. In closing I wiMi to return to my question er's first idea. It f certainly unfortun ate when the mother of a young family feels compelled to leave her little ones to earn food and clothing for them and herself. No mother does this from choice. When necessity compels iter to do it, fortunate is it if she is prepared for the emergency. It is unfortunate, too, if the mother of young children needs to toil incessantly in her own home. The mother who uses all her energies and time iu cookiiur and cleaning, m wasliiugaud baking, making and mend ing, till the nerves arc unstrung, and the disposition disturbed, the courage and patience gone, actually defrauds her children of their natural rights. Tiie mother should have leisure for the sweet and tender ministrations which fall into children's lives like the , warm summer rain on the thirsty gra.-s. Children have a right to expect from parents, especially from the mother companionship delightful chattering and frolics and caressing, patient and loving instruction of heart and hand and head; and it is unfortunate if the circumstances of her life are so severe the mother has no leisure, no heart, no cabapility to furnish these. Rut when the children of the home have grown beyond the need of a moth er's constant assistance, the riicness and richness of her life need not dry up nor ferment. She may bless still, not only husband and children, but multi tudes about her. And certainly, with health, vigor, time and ambition, she should not be restricted by any law, civil or social, from entering any kind of life to which her head and heart may direct her. From the R. V. Clinmielr. Mrs. Pitts Stevens' Pistol. A CAItI MWM TUB LAIV SHK DKNIKS HAVING DRAWN THK l'ISTOI. I have been most unjustly accused by the Press. I never pointed a pistol at it - . ... . ,...,1 u"3 muse uiiiui luiiuiu auiLuiuum, uuu lllllllllll (JlllUWI.-Ciluni, lUCltlUl O I ,l. ,, request tho press throughout the Pacific uoast to xmblish this statement. Emily Pitts Stkvens. San Fhancisco, June 23, 1872. CARD KKOH MKS. I4JOMIS. Editor Chronicle: In your report of the Anti-Suffrage and Anti-Land Grab i lecture last evening, at Piatt's Hall, 1 there were some inaccuracies which I must ask you to correct. Your reporter states that "Mrs. Loom is shook her fists at Mr. Meeker and the other persons composing the Hoodlum element there assembled." As 1 am a member ot the Peace Society, I do not believe in that wav of settling diiterences. l'robably after one more withering frost, Mr. Ar..I.-r n-Ill lu ,n..nl.-or ttill TuimnK- pointed inv finger at those persons en- ie attempt to tyrannize over M!. ,i .i:et.-i,ni,A t :t distinctly understood, once 'for all,' that , A iwcoru 10 every muiviuuiu uiu ' right to entertain and applaud such sen- timents as best pleads them, and de - ! :l pi6tol, I must say that I was with hen all the time and saw nothing of it. I think It a pure invention of the enemy, Respectfully, M. O. Looms, S.vx Fuaxcisco, June 25, 1S72. Postal Items. Revenue stamps will not prepay post age, although the effort to do mi is made by a score or more citizens every week. A letter having once reached its destination, and been delivered accord ing to Its address, cannot bo remailed and forwarded without an additional postage charge of three cents for each half ounce or fraction thereof, prepaid at the mailing office. Printed matter cannot be sent in sealed envelopes with clipped or notched ends, at the transient (two cents) rate of jwstage. The proper way is to leave the Hap of the envelope unsealed. A business card printed or impressed uiwii the wrapper of printed matter is allowable; but in cases where such cards are written, letter postage is charged. Writing oi any description, other than the address, on mail matter passing at less than letter rates of postace. sub- jectH all sucli matter to letter postage. letters addressed to initials or box numbers are not deliverable. Liquids or glass are not allowed to be sent by mail. The weight of a package of mailable matter is limited to four pounds. Postmasters are not required to re ceive mutilated notes in payment for postage stamps; nor are they required i the Press. 1 never pointed a pistol at 1. 1. ........ -yr l. ...... ...... JL UIU lUIUtrU IU UC1CJ1U 111SC1L UUlil money value, t lin VAarvstrtf ajI in Hint f i rrli f Au rn t-rtt hilinuil tliln civ rrroifiu nf TIHl-ll- flYlfl i tiling. mniwi Frtr mi'Quii t in enmn rifrhf Miifi in imwr ennm vimi JiiisniPf snmr niiisp- 3 JlOIUC AVOrk. 'il.itn.iii.i (l.nf Affa Plttt- CJ0,..,i- .In.ii- .nit' Lu-Aot iw.nti'il nil nifiv Tirfifor siulciiiciiii tnub a'&io a iii.i i. uiv, an i-.v. vnjvtii w -- ..- v.. i iiuMtigu si.iiis, nor are nicy required mrci,,Hl all to receive notes so much soiled or dei. i.ii-eti mat uicir eiuiineiiess ciiiiiiut ue clearly ascertained. Circulars inclosed with ncwspajicrs subject the whole package to letter post age. Tea, coffee, rice and flour, not being classexi as mailable, must bo prepaid at letter rates of postage when sent by mail. l,oiitsriUe uourter-jourmu. Pahasites. There is not a leaf, a flower, or any organized being, large or small, that does not furnish an appro priate home for a parasite. They iiirest the interior of the viscera, as the liver, spleen, kindney, the brain, and even the fluids of the eye of many animals. While some arc so very uiinuie as o re quire a very powerful magnifying glass to examine them distinctly, they gie unmistakable evidence of haying an ap petite, locomotion and vo'ition to de termine their course of action. , J all imaginable aspects, forms, and con ditions, is detected oyerywhere. But the minuteness of tiie physical structure of the bodies of parasites, which are mere points even when enlarged four hundred times under tho magnifying properties of an instrument, overwhelms us with the resources of nature. Labor In Vein Working a coal mine. Recipes.. A To Take Aw&jlsoor'S&ftfo FfOn&a Floor. Dilute some sulphuric acid with water, and wash over the stained part. If you do not find the stain disapponr, add a little more sulphuric acid to make the mixture stronger. To Sireeien nutter. If you add two and a half drachms of.carbonate of soda to one pound of butter having a rami flavor, it will render it perfectly sweet again. Drippings aim laru inaj aisuue treated in the same way. t Kcfrcihinn Drink.SUeo two or anges and one lemon into a jug with two ounces of candied sugar. 1'our over this one quart of boiling water, keep stirring at intervals till cold. This ia an excellent drink in warm weather. Artificial Cold. A very intense degree of cold, sufficient for the turning of liq uids into ice, even in the hottest day, may lie produced by mixing together equal parts of muriate of ammonia and saltpetre, both finely powdered, in about six parts of water. Com Bread. To ono quart of milk and five eggs, beaten light, a small tea spoonful of baking soda and a little salt; stir in sufficient corn meal to make a stiff batter, pour in a deep iwn well greased and bake; when done, it should be two inches thick. Eat while hot. Bread Sauce. Into a saucepan put as much fresli milk as will nearly fill your sauceboat. Add to it a dust of salt, the same of grated nutmeg, a few pepper corns, a blade or two of mace, and a middle-sized white onion, chopped very fine. Let these boil together, watching that they do not boil over. When the chopped onion is quite tender, the milk, etc., is fit for use. Grate into your sauceboat enough stale bread-crumbs to fill it about one-quarter full. Over this pour enough of the hot milk, pepper corns and all, to soak it. Let it stand two or three minutes ; then, after stir ring up tiie heated milk, pour the rest of it over the bread, and stir all together. Re careful not to ue too many'bread crumbs, in order not to make the sauce too thick. To Clean Kid Gloves. It is well known that common benzine is the best substance to take the greasy dirt out of leather gloves, as it does not attack the leather like most of the other substances sometimes used for that purpose. Those who make it a profession to clean gloves put them all together in a wide-mouthed jar, with glass stopper, until it is about halt lull, cover the gloves with benzine, and shako the whole several times, let ting it rest alternately. The gloves are then taken outj one by one, and exam ined. If any dirt spots have remained, they are rubbed out with benzine. The glove is then wrung out and hung up to dry. If sucli gloves were, however, to be worn after simply air-drying, the higher temperature of the hand would cause the evaporation, with an unpleas ant odor, of the benzine which, at the lower temperature, was left behind. Hence they are dried at a temperature of some two hundred degrees, between plates heated with boiling water, which removes all traces of benzine anil conse quent odor. The benzine remaining in the bottle after being used a few times becomes dirty : but as benzine is so cheap as to make it not wortii while to recover it by redistillation when tints soiled, all glove cleaners throw it away. To Make Jars Sweet. Hy the follow ing formula a sweet jar may be made which will retain its fragrance for twenty years and upwards. When roses are in perfection, gather tliem upon a fine dry day ; pick the petals from the stalks and green parts ; and when you have half a peck of rose-leaves, take a Liima bowl and strew some common salt over the bottom; then put in two or three handfuls of rose-Ieavea and strew salt over them; and so on, with al ternate layers of rose-leaves and salt, till you have put in the whole quantity. Cover the top with salt, and press tho leaves down gently with a plate. Let ', it rem tin four or five days, stirring, turning and separating tne leaves onco a day; ami when you perceive the leaves to have become very moist, and water to be drawn from them, stir, and mix nmnnr tlii.m tlir..o nlllliM of .llIsnicA? this forms the stock. After three or four days put it into the jar in which ' .. ;r.i,,i,,i tn i-nn it nmi miii morn nil. : spice. The following ingredients may aisu uutivu wnuuui juuviuua jiiuikhu- tion: One ounce broken cloves, one ; ounce bruise,! cinnamon, one ounce nut- lavender water is excellent, and a littlo may be added at any time when you i find the jar getting too dry. The follow; ! ing flowers, etc., are proper to be added at such times as they come in oioom: .a. handful or two of fresh-gathered violets, picked from the stalks; some myrtle leaves ; a few clove pinks, picked from , the stalks; some orange blossoms ; and, above all, some lavender, freshly stripped from the spikes. These may be added yearly. The jar should be fre quently shaken, particularly at first, and should be kept closely shut down. It may be refreshed occasionally with new roe-leaves, but they must always be prepared, as at first, with salt and allspice. "Kiss Me, Mamma." "Kiss me, mamma, before I sleep." How simple a boon, and yet how soothing to the sup plicant is that soft, gentle kiss! The little head sinks contentedly on the pil low, for all is peace and happiness with in. The bright eyes close, and the rosy lip is revelling in the bright and suuny dream of innocence. Yes, kis3 it, mamma, for that good-night kiss will linger in memory when the giver lies mouldering in the grave. The memory of a gentlo mother's kiss has cheered many a lonely wanderer's pilgrimage, and lias been the beacon light to illumi nate his desolate heart; for remember life lias many a stormy billow to cross, r i i l:.l. ...itl. So a . we" 'know not wlmfc is In store for the little one so sweetly slumbering, with no marring care to disturb its peaceful dreams. Tho nd revereu iji """'u lewy again as recollection 'u sufferer's couch a inoiner-a ' mother's kiss. Then kissyourlittleones ere they sleep; there is a magie power in that kiss which will endure to the end of life. Dacoiiteiis ok the Ricir. No class nf women are more to be pited than the daughters of rich men, who, having real force and energy oi character, nave no vent for it, because fashion requires them to sit still and fold their hands. It does not require this of their brothers. They are applauded when they grow restive under it, and breaking their bonds, interest themselves in a manly way in something besides mere pleas ure. Rut let a daughter try it. and im mediately the awful Mrs. Grundy starts up, and points to her worsed dogs and cats, and her croquet ground, and her French dressmaker, and bids the daugh ter of the millionaire still her pulses, and close her eyes and ears to the possi bilities, aud think of nothing but hus band hunting. We never can know how many real heroines are behind this wall of restriction, till what is callejl "ad verse" fate sets them free to statnl upon their own feet, and to use their own bauds, and know their own powors, which had been dwarfed almost to ex tinctiou by inaction. c