FRIDAY...
AUGUST 23, 1S72.
AW EEEONEUS POSITION.
A, writer iii the London Globe pro
fesses to havo made a notable discovery
in social science. Ho asserts that wom
en are not so popular among men as
they used to be, marriages arc not so
numerous in proportion to population,
and he finds the reason for it all in tbe
higher education of women. "In their
regard for intellectual ambition they
have ceased to respect the emotional
side of human nature, and in their de
maud for free trade in the work of the
world, for leave to spare in all the spe
cialties in, man's life, they have forgot
ten that part of their own happiness lies
in administering to his. They have
lost the trait of loving as they uwl to
love, they have abjured the old virtues
of patience, modesty, tenderness, solf
Eacrifico, home-keeping and home-blessing,
and have become cold, hard, and
worldly and self-assertive instead. They
have ceased to ho women in all that
constitutes true womanhood, and con
sequently have ceased to charm men as
aforetime."
Tills, as a sensible reviewer observes,
Is a serious charge. If woman in seek
ing an intellectual equality with man
and a share of the world's work is edu
cating herself away from the sphere
which God and nature so evidently de
signed for her to fill; if she is becoming
unloving and unlovable; if sho is build
ing up a wall of sejmration between the
sexes, cherishing, as. this writer says,
"an odd antagonism to man," it is quite
time she should pause and review the
situation. It would he a fearful thing
to see woman marching on in her intel
lectual pride, scornful of all that relates
to marriage, home and children, while
hapless man is left to celibacy and but-
tonless discomfort. The masculine half
of humanity, at least, must contemplate
such a situation with much of the con
sternation that falls upon the housewife
whon Bridget gives warning in the
midst of spring cleaning.
But it strikes us that the alarm
sounded by this writer is groundless.
We do not believe that woman can edu
cate herself out of horself, that she can
lose her feminity by intellectual or bus
iness pursuits, or eradicate the emo
tional side of her nature. We have no
fear of her becoming the determined
enemy of man. On the contrary, wo
are induced to think that the "antagon
ism" to which this writer refers, so far
as it lias any existence, is duo quilo as
much to a feeling of jealously on the
part of man as to a cold intellectuality
on that of woman. There is a class of
men who cannot tolerate intellectual
pretentions on the part of woman, who
wish the superiority of their own sex
to he takon for granted, and shrink with
a sense of humiliation from a contest
with a quick-witted woman. Such men
look upon a wife rather as a pet or play
thing than as a companion. If they
choose to go into the sulks and remain
single because girls display an ambition
to understand conic sections and the
differential calculus nn ambition which
nover stirred their masculine breasts
why so much the worse for them. But
no sensible man will entertain the no
tion that a girl has no heart because
she has given evidence of possessing a
mind.
It la not to be denied that self-assertive,
worldly-minded women are to be
found, or that among tho advocates of
woman's elevation there are those who
think more of her rights than her du
ties, and affect a contempt for the cares
of mothers and lwusckeepers. Bat we
opine that on close investigation this
state of mind will be found to be large
ly due to tlte opposition encountered by
woman in her endeavors to enlarge her
sphere of action. Antagonism provokes
antagonism, aud when tho attempt is
made to keep woman in subjection by
civil and industrial disabilities, it is not
surprising that, conscious of her capac
ity for larger employments, she should
exhibit a spirit of independence not nat
ural to her instincts and affections. Let
this opposition cease and the right of
woman to employ herself in any work
within the range of her capabilities be
freoly accorded, ami the antagonism
complained of will disappear, or sink to
those exceptional instances which only
heighten, by contrast, the feminine vir
tues which have ever made woman I lie
loving helpmate of man.
EX0UESI0NS POETHE OHILDBEN.
Little ones in some of the Eastern cit
ies arc now having joyous and happy
time. It is to the credit of such great
journals as the Now York Times and
Philadelphia Ledger that in the midst
of the whirl of politics and business
they find time to think of the unfortu
nate little ones who are confined iii the
narrow alleys and close-pent streets.
The philanthropy of these journals in
providing funds for free excursions of
poor children into the country has ar
rested public attention everywhere, and
afforded an example that should be gen
erally followed. Thousands of children
nave never seen the country, nor known
forth better fruit than r bri"g
kindness which strew T?
DO SOMETHHTG.
I
"Do something! Do sometl.l,,- lo
prove yourselves worthy a voice in law
raakingbefore you ask for further .it
leges."
What Have you done more than we?
In what way, have you distinguished
yourself, str? Have you written a book
or edited acceptably a paper? Have
vow invented a machine or discovered a
new world? Have you demonstrated a
mathematical problem or solved the po
litical muddle, that you should bo per
mitted to say yea or nay with a ballot
to Grant or Greeley? Have you, sir,
subdued ten or forty acres of forest land
and made it produce wheat and pota-
No. .
Why, then, do you insist that wc
shall do something? Why do you not
set the example? This lounging about
whisky shops and gambling-hells is dis
graceful. "Why don't you do some
thing to prove yourselves worthy a
voice in law-making before you" rebuke
us for asking the privilege of protecting
ourselves?
From the city of Portland a few weeks
ago a working woman went by steamer
to Lewis river, W. T. There she took a
small boat, and with her own hands
rowed up stream to a settlement. She
found a piece of unoccupied land. Then
she returned for her boys half grown
lads. With provisions and a saw and
axes they returned and made a desiring
yes, with their own hands cut the
giant trees, trimmed and sawed them
into lengths, and made every prepara
tion to build tho cabin. Then the
mother returned for moro provisions,
and went to ancouver to enter tho
land.
Up to this hour she had been encour
aged by the pioneer settlers, steamboat
men and sailors, who are enthusiastic
in their praise of her good sense and en
ergy. But at the Land Office she was
met with the objection that she was a
married woman and could not file on a
homestead! "You must bring your
husband to do this business for you."
By the way, her husband is at work
in this city. Then a promise had to be
won from the officer that he would keep
the claim for her, and she took the day
to get the consent and the presence of
her husband to do the business that sho
was just as well qualified to do for her-
self.
We sec and call attention to the facts:
1st. It was the plan of the mother to
take a piece of land and set horself and
boys at work.
2d. To save her boys from vagrancy
and bad habits acquired o easilv in the
city.
3d. To her energy in looking up and
personally making the preliminary im
provements. Uh. To the loss of time and money
consequent upon the delay. The hus
band lost a day's wages, S2; steamboat
fare, Si ; meals, CO cts. equals $3 50.
As much more for the wife makes S7.
filh. To the insult ininlied "You are
a married woman, and therefore legally
incapable of making a bargain." '
Ctli. Practically a premium is of
fered to sunder the marital relations by
divorces.
7th. A premium is offered women to
raise families out side of marriage, for a
widow or single woman, the head of a
family, can file on and hold a home
stead. "Probably this woman knows little,
and cares nothing for Woman Suf-
I frage."
1 That, sirs, does not affect the case or
for all will give to her and to us a legal
existence. And a legal existence will
enable women in thousands of instances
to acquire and hold and manage prop
erly that will keep themselves aud chil
dren from becoming paupers and va
grants. Wc have brought this case to show
you that at least one woman has done
and is doing something. There are in
the aggregate thousauds of them with
steady nerves and cool heads, sharp per
ceptive faculties and lively consciences,
toll-hardened hands and tender heart,
who are doing something to prove
themselves worthy a place and a voice
in tiiis great Republic
Every wife who plans and thinks and
longs for knowledge of the true condi
tion of her husband's affairs is capable
of doing something and worthy of citi
zenship. Every mother who has gone to the
doors of death in giving birth to her
boys is capable of suffering keenest, an
guish in prospect of the fact that these
children of her love will be mined by
the precepts and example of those who
sell and drink whiskey. This capabil
ity of love and suffering proves their
capability of exercising the voting priv
ilege for the protection of their children.
Therefore, dear readers of the New
Northwest, use your influence to give
to all women the elective franchise.
EDITOEIAL C0EEESP0NDEN0E.
Mokoloink Station, Oal.,
August 4, 1S72. j
Deak New Nokthwjwt :
Leaving San Francisco on the morn
ing of the 2d, a ride on the cars of sev
eral hours brought me to Stockton,
where I had an appointment for the
evening. I should like to tell you more
about Stockton, but, like many other
interesting subjects of consideration,
must reserve descriptions, cogitations,
etc, for a future narration.
Did I write you about Mayfield?
Well, the Republican Club met the ex
penses of a fine and well attended meet
ing there on the evening of the 20th,
quartered me, not bodily yes, bodily
at the hotel, and set me to leading the
laboriousf?) life of a political lecturer in
level earnest. What docs the genus
masculine know of "woman's incapac
ity, weakness," etc Or is it nothing
but innate perversity that makes him
parade the hardships of political work
as an excuse why weak women should
not engage in it? I venture the asser
tion that the President of the United
States or the equally over-worked ani
mal who edits the New York Tribune
"or in their lives performed labor
qual to washing dishes, to say nothing
cXLhI"2 ,art0l-bal'! there's no
and b!l wnta coffee
1 and making " " "w"
' J afeb P"nounce herself phys-
ically and mentally able to accomplish
the other. But this letter scatters. I've
been reading Mark Twain's "Roughing
It," and fear that I am adopting his
style; not that I object to it It's good
enough In Its way but I don't want to
plagairize.
Stopped 'in Stockton at the residence
of Mrs. C. B. Condy, President of the
Woman Suffrage Association, and was
by her introduced to one of the bright
est and most intelligent audiences I ever
confronted ; that is, I guess they were
intelligent, for they listened with eager
ness aud abstained from the uproarious
applause stiggestiveofclaquers which
greets me in some places.
On Saturday I came to this place, the
home of Laura DeForcc Gordon, where
her father and mother, a noblo and
pleasant old couple, are keeping house
for Dr. Gordon in the absence of his
gifted wife, whom he, the Doctor, has
the good sense to be proud of and tho
magnanimity to spare to the world, for
tho world has noed of her.
Circulated bills and spoke in the even
ing. Laid over till Monday, and am
now bound for Sacramento to meet my
next appointment.
LETTEE PE0M1IBS. YOUNG.
Lewiston, Idaho, August 3, 1S72.
Dbar Readers op the New Northwest:
Have been on the trail 170 miles in
four days. Oh, it is grand in tho moun
tains miles at a stretch, out of sight
and sound of human voices or faces;
cool breezes from snow banks; bird-music
leading'to concealed springs: cross
ing in tho dewy morning the tracks of
bear, elk and cougar; inhaling the odor
of tamarack and spruce; listening to the
rush and roar of cascades and wild riv
crs; hearkening to the reverberating
roll of thunder; watching the scams
made by vivid lightning through the
clouds seething and rolling almost at
our feet, but beneath in tho valley
When weary, laving feet and face in
crystal pure brooks, lunching on sun
dried trout, browning our faces and tear
ing our veils in tho long wild galop
over mountain and lea, has been July
work for two weeks past. A thousand
times I have wished for all of you to en
joy the fun and the fatigue; and then
the sweet rest on the line grass. There
is no pay of dollars in such a trip, but it
accumulates the vigor of brain and body
so necessary to tho coining of dollars
and arguments.
Everywhere in all the passes and
nooks and crags and camps of northern
Idaho the people Inquire first, "Well,
what about this Woman Suffrage ques
tion?" We have been tolling them not "what
we know about farming," but what we
know aud believe about the injustice of
the past, the tyranny of the present and
the grand prospects of tho near future,
when woman shall be not slave, nor
plaything, nor tyrant but a self-poised
help-mate, equal in ability (recognized)
to govern herself, and to help govern
the poor victims of passion and pervert
ed appetites who now despise and de
grade her.
Tiiis gospel the people hear gladly,
and say to it, "Well, we don't know,
but if equal rights before the law will
make men or women better, God speed
the day!"
To that wc ask, Gentlemen, are you
not better in head and heart for having
birth and citizenship in America? If
citizenship and its responsibilities have
clothed you witli dignity above the Chi
nese and Indian, why may not citizen
ship lift tho tcomen of the present and
all the daughters of the future above the
frivolities and foolishness that yon com
plain of?
Wc have promised, dear New North
west, that your chief editor, Mrs. A. J.
Dunlway, shall some time visit this
land of mountains and hold camp meet
ings for the benefit of the political sin
ners who need converting from the error
of their ways. In haste yours.
Mus. Carrie F. Yorxo.
The Constitutional Eight of Woman to
Vote.
The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amend
ments to the Constitution of the United
States, under which it is claimed that
women havo the right to vote, read as
follows:
AltT. 14. Swflnn 1 All 1.
-" . . w 1 ifVlQUIlSUUIli
or naturalized in the United States, and
subject to tho jurisdiction thereof, are
citizens of the United States, and of the
State wherein they reside. No State
Shall Tllilkp nr Ollfapnn nn. In. i. ...l.lnl.
I shall abridge the privileges or immuni
se.-, oi uuizL-iis oi me l ntted states; nor
shall any State deprive any person or
lire, liberty, or property without due
process of law, nor deny to any person
within its jurisdiction the equal protec
of the law.
Art. 15. Section 1. The right of cit
izens of the United States to voto shall
not be denied or abridged by the United
States, or by any State, on account of
race, color, or previous condition of
servitude.
The argument In a nuthell may be
slated thus:
1. A woman is a person.
2. A native born or naturalized wom
an is therefore a citizen.
3. Bclngacitizeii, she Is entitled toall
the privileges and immunities of a citi
zen. 4. The right to voto Is a privilege
and immunity of citizenship; so held
and declared by Kent, Story, and other
eminent jurists.
5. Therefore a woman citizen has a
right to vote.
0. Aiid by the Fifteenth Amendment
this cannot be denied to her. Pioneer.
Fanny Fcru says that when sho sees
"a pretty man, with an apple head, and
raspberry moustache with six hairs in
it, paint on his cheeks, and a little dot
of a goatee on his chin, with pretty lit
tle blinking studs in his shirt bosom,
aud a little necktie that looks as if it
would faint if it were rumpled, she al
ways feels a desire to nip him witli a
pair of sugar tongs, drop him gently into
a pot of cream, aud strew pink rose
leaves over his little remains."
A California lady, whom tho earth
quakes have inspired, writes that
"heterogencious parallelexes prismatl
cally converging are not due to the
silicious introductions of photospherical
asteroids, but rather to parabolic strati
fication of the ingeous zygema."
The Woman's Party. j
For the first time in our hisfnrv. Mm
women of America have a Party. !
Not simply a Party for the establish
ment of Womau Suffrage, though this
will be one of its future achievements,
but a party pledged to fulfil all man's
political obligations towards woman; to
enlarge her opportunities and extend
iier spnere oi usefulness in every possi
ble direction, to consider respectfully
all her rights a3 an individual and a cit
zen. Do we aggregate tho extent and value
of Republican pledges ? Let us see.
The Republican Party of Massachu
setts assembled in State Convention at
orcestcr, Oct. 57, 1S71. unanimously
Iteolvcd, That the Republican party
Is mindful of its obligations to the loyal
women of Amcricn, for their patriotic
devotion to the cause of freedom, that
wo rejoice in the recent action of State
Legislature In recognizing the fitness of
women for public trusts, and that in
view of the great favor which the move
ment has received from many of the
Republican party, the subject for suf
frage for women is one that deserves a
most careful and respectful considera
tion. The Republican Party of he Union
assembled In National Convention at
Philadelphia, June 7, 1S73, unanimously
adopted plank 14 in the platform, as fol
lows: The Republican party is mindful of
its obligations to the loyal women of
America for their noble devotion to the
cause of freedom; their admission to the
wuH-i iiuma oi useiuiucss is received
with satisfaction, and the honest de
mands of any class of citizens for addi
tional rights should bo treated with re
spectful consideration.
There is a peculiar significance in the
fact that this is the action of the Repub
lican Party. For as thecause of woman
Is pre-eminently the cause of Civiliza
tion and of Progress so Is the Republi
can Party the Party of civilization aud
Progress.
Look at the progressive record.
The first Republican platform, in 1SG0,
disclaimed interference with slavery in
the States and only affirmed its prohibi
tion in the Territories.
The second, in 1SG4, declared for Union
and Emancipation.
The third, in 1SG4, demanded Man
hood Suffrage and Equal Civil Rights
lor an citizens.
Tiio fourth, in 1872, recognizes the
claims of womau, approves of her ad
mission to wider spheres of usefulness,
aud pledges itself to a respectful consid
eration of her rights as a citizen.
Moreover, it proposes to make an
equitable adjustment of the ancient and
complicated feud between Capital and
Labor.
In view of these facts, we say to the
women or America reciprocate the
generous confidence of the Republicans.
Accept tne piauorin as meaning just
lint I rna nl nn nn n tnt i.l.nl XI '
uui. .i .um . u,K juji, nav n. , ... vjm.u... on lue western coast oi soutii America,
means. Exert a definite, united, pow-1 o, mothers, don't nurse up your lit-1 i3 ti,e island of Juan Fernandez, where
erful, social influence, as women, in the tie girls like house-plants. The dough- ; 0nce upon a timo Alexander Selkirk,
coming election. j tcrs i of this generation are to bo tho , during a solitary imprisonment of four
Elect Grant and Wilson, and defeat i mothers of tho next, and if you would i years, gathered the material for De Foe's
Greeley and Brown. You can do it. havo them healthy in body and genial "Robison Crusoe." This island, little
Convince Liberals and Democrats, that 1 in temper, free from nervous affections, ! thou-ht of by the inhabitants of the
they owo their defeat to woman, and fidgets and blues; if you would lit them i Chilean coast-land, lias lately become of
that, henceforth, no lwlitleal party cm : for life, its joys, its cares and its trials, some interest by the fact that in Decem
hruorc your rights with impunity. Do i let them have a good romp every day . ber, 1S69, it was ceded to a society of
this, and in 1S70, the Centennial anni-; while they are growing. It is nature's Germans, under the guidance of Robert
versity of the Declaration of Iudcpcnd- own specific, aud, if taken in season, I "Wohrhan, an engineer from Saxony, for
ence may see our Government deriving ' warranted to cure all the ills of the girl the purpose of colonization. The
its just power from the consent of all the i and the womau. Balance. enirepretcw of the expedition, Robert
governed citizens, men and women. j Wchrhan, left Germany eleven years
until this is accomplished, tho mission i The best paintings are not the works ' since, passed several years In England,
of tho Republican Party will not be ful- of a hasty hund. The following story Is served as major through the war between
tilled. llbman' Journal. ; told or Rose Banhcur. She was mak-1 the American States, and was subse-
hig her Hrt tour in the Highlands, with Iquently engaged as engineer with the
Why Women ShocldVote. AVhile solnc l";glaj friends. As they drove Ceropasco Railroad in South America.
many women care nothins about the
ballot or politics, and would avert the lnne Juversnaid, on a day gray witli i seventy individuals, have taken posses
troublo or voting were the right granted Score1' mist, suddenly an advanced j sion or the island, which is described as
to them without 'their askinir for it: i Picket of rough little, Highland cat-. being a most fertile and lovely spot.
others have formed themselves Into
serried bodies of contending, pugnacious
clamorers, whose vociferations are diffi-
cult to le traced or understood. Yet it iiprns emerged irom tne mist, and j ing to be exceedingly shy. They
is supposablo that they think, by the Wowing the breath from their nos-; brought with them cows and other cat
purveyance of the power to vote for trils, took a deliberate survey of the tie, swine, numerous fowls, aud all the
those they belicvo most worthy and best I travelers from a rocky eminence o ver- various kinds of agricultural impie-
ciicuiated to be placed as dictators and
rulers over the people, thev should be
nblo to render that punratlon to the
world which is so nianlfeMly necessary.
tho nmnnr nimiinni 9 -Znt imt ,v,n.
have less than men of the n.ittiml
endowments requisite for forming a
clear and Irrenrehensiblo Judgment: but
iney nave uoi cultivated those lumimeq
Their attention lias been given to other
thin-rs: and thev arc. therefore, unnuali-1
tied, the majority or thorn, to act wisely
in the capacity they so earnestly seek.
That meu abuse the powers they hold. !
is not an evidence that woman would
use those powers in an empirical man
ner If permitted to use them at all. The
fact that the motives of women are
purer, their sentiments more refined aud
elevated than those or men, should bo
sufficient testimony that tho right of
suflrago ought to be conceded to them
Not that they may teach men wisdom I
by their superior intelligence, but that
they may exert their more bcucllcicnt
anu chaste influence in endeavoring to
purity the social atmosphere.
Ox the Track. The other day I
heard a mother tell her little son to do
something. "In a minute," lie said.
She spoke again; hut It was one, two,
three, four, five minutes before lie
minded her. It makes me think of the
switch-tender's boy. What if he had
waited a minuto before ho minded his
father? A swlteh-tender in Prussia was
----- - .
just going to movp the rail, in order to
pui a coming train pi cars on a su e
track, when he caught sight of his little
son playing on the track. The engine !
111 ftlrvlir. niifl in liml linr n tlllnlirn rn
spare. He might jump and savo his
child, but he could not do that aud turn
thc switch in time, and if it Were not
done, the on-coming train would meet
another train, and a terrible crash and
smash take place. Thc safety of hund
reds of lives depended on his fidelity.
What could he do? What did ho do?
"Lio down! lie down!" he called, In a
loud, quick voice to the child. And
seizing the switch, tho train passed
safely on the proper track. Did tho
heavy train run over the littlo boy?
Was he crushed to pieces? No, for he I
did just as his father told him, and did I
it instantly. He fell flat between the
rail, and the care went high over his
head; and when the anxious father
sprang to the spot, there he was alive
aud well; not a hair on his head was
touched. It was quick obedience, you
sec, that saved his life. He did not stop
a minute. Even a minutes hesitation
and it would have been loo late.
uui, were mat power which they so """." ."r . r "al1 lu '"-''""i
enthusiastically claim the right to ! 1 1 11 l)a!t that," sat down again. The
possess, bestowed upon them, how many i J"";y,eu,I"MV s,ie bo a little stock
would bo tmlv on Mnnt in wiM.i it in i of Highland sheep and cattle, and com-
,,T , Old Mrs. G was never regarded as
T. " oman Scfkbage in YOMiXG.- a paragon of neatness; and if "cleanll
Rev. Josiah Stroller writes to the Con-: ,,ri .iii.,oa m t i.,i
a m . . a 1 a . a i
B.vS..iiu.i.w.sia wiai, itiui.muiit nas
thus far proved fairly successful. It has
resulted in no uisturuance, improved
uieonieroi tne poiis, niisei the price of
liquor license from SCO to $120 each, and
diminished the number of drinking
places In Cheyenne nearly forty per
cent. The women havo served credita
bly In various offices. Tho experiment
is still in the early stage of its trial, wc
admit; but so far as it has gone it has
proved a complete success and converted
hundreds of Its original opponent into 1
its anient supporters. ,
EompiDj. Girls.
Most women have a dread of these.
Mothers would rather their little daugh
ters were called anything but romps,
and say to them: "Be very quiet, now,
my dears; don't run or jump; try to be
little ladies." As if a healthy child
could be still; as if it could take time to
walk or step over what came In its way;
as if it could fold its little hands in its
lap when its littlo heart Is so brim full of
tickle. It is absurd and wrong, because
It Is unnatural. Children girls as well
as boys need exercise; indeed, tliey
must havo it to be kept in a healthy
condition. They need it to expand their
chests, strengthen their muscles, tune
their nerves, and develop themselves
generally. And this exercise must lie
ont of doors, too. It is not enough to
havo calisthenics in the nursery or
parlor. They neeil to be out in the sun
shine, out in the wind, out on the grass,
out in the woods, out of doors somewhere,
if it be no bigger place than tho common
or park. They need a romp every day
of their lives. Supposo they do tan
their pretty faces. Better be as brown
as a berry and havo their pulses quick
and strong, than white as a lily and
complain of cold feet and headache.
Supposo they do tear their clothes, tear
them "every which way," suppose thev
do wear out their shoes, a pair a month
even; it don't try a mother's patience
and strength half so much to patch and
mend as It does to watch night after
night a querulous sick child: aud it
don't drain a father's pocket-book half
as quicK to uuy snoesasasit does to pay
doctors' bills.
The odds arc all on the side of the
romps. Indeed, we don't believe there
is a prettier picture in all the wide world
than that of a little girl balancing her
self on the topmost rail of an old zigzag
fence, her bonnet on one arm and a
basket of blackberries on the other, her
cuns streaming out in tne wind or
rippling over her flushed cheeks, her
apron half-torn from its waist and
dangling to her feet, her fingers stained
witli the berries she has picked, and her I
lips with tho-o she has eaten. .
Mother, mother, don't scold that little
creature when she comes in aud puts her
basket on the tabic, and look ruefully at
the rent in the new gingham apron, and
the little bare toes sticking out of the
last pair of shoos. Wash off her hot
race and soiled hands, and give her
bowl of cool milk and light bread, and i
when she has eaten her fill and got !
rested, mako her sit down beside you-'
and tell you about what she has seen
oil in those meadows and woods. Her '
heart will bo full of beautiful things i
the sound of the wind, tho talk of the
leaves, the music of the wild bird-, and
the laugh of the wild flowers, the i
i rippnng ot streams and the color of peb
Dies, tne siiaue ot-tno c ouds, and the-!
I1UU Ol U1C SUIIOCams ail lllOSQ WOUId
naeoveiiiiieirsrK3iioveriierimiocont
. . i
uiougms, anu inaKenera poet in leeitng,
If tint It HVtlPAlviAit
across irom wjch jxibiuiiu w imcii iva-
i tie, red, black, and dun, with slmggy
ma,,cs hanging low over their tlery
between their wide-spreading
1 ""Bs "" "- u"uur
sIraug up delighted, took in the group
1 wltl au.iIltcnse amI Iueisive look, as if
! 8,10 "ml bcen potograpiiing them m tier
menced to study them, to draw and
! PIt U'cm in all attitude. Aftcrabout
1 eighteen months of constant study, she
I commenced the printing of that very
picture of which she had, as it were,
laKon a negative on her sensitive men
tal plate nearly two years herom tho
I Picture or the Highland cattle looking
' put of the mist. She was occupied about
l" mourns in painting it.
Reati This, Gikls. There is not a
girl on earth, whether the daughter or
of prince or pauper, who, if made a per
fect mistress ot all household duties,
and thrown into a community wholly
unknown, would not rise from one sta
tion lo another, anil eventually become
the mistress of Iier own mansion, while
multitudes or young women, placed in
positions oi case, eicganceanu amuence,
but being unfitted to fill them will as
certainly descend from one round of the
ladder to another, until, at the close of
ine, tney are found where tho really
competent started from. Mothers of
America, if you wish to rid yourojvn
children's households of those destroy
ing locusts which infest your houses and
eat up your substance, take a pride in
educating your daughters to be perfect
mistresses of every home duty; then, if
j-ou leave them without a dollar, be as
surLt uiuy win never kick ii warm Kr-
,ncn, a bounteous meal, or a cozy rW,
sured they will never lack a warm gar-
nor fail of thc reSnect of any one who
kn0W3 thenl
T . .
About thirty years ago a foreigner,
belonging anywhere along shore, be
came in debt to a Pittsticld, Massachus
etts, liquor seller to the tune of $10, and
soon after, growing sick or the world, he
came to Sprlugfield and cut his throat,
greatly to the disgust of his Berkshire
creditor. But the enterprising vender
of tho ardent was not to he foiled, and
soon after ho made a visit to Springfield,
and offered a certain doctor, known in
old times for his skill in robbing grave
yards, a good case if lie would accede to
his terms.
Thc man of the dissecting knife con
sidered, and In the darkness or night the
old church yard on the river bank, near
Trask's foundry, was robbed or its self
devoted tenant. The doctor paid tho
liquor dealer tho $1G due him from the
dead man and $9 extra for his services,
aud after selling tho corpse for $G0, felt
that he had made a good thing out of
the transaction.
ftV? a J IIVAV v kUUIIItVMI a.aJ k -a. Ulll
asserts, it is reared that tho
ncVer attained to the latter st
old lady
ie.' Tot
only was she anything but neat herself.
but she showed a sovereign contempt
for it in others. Sneakinc of neat peo
ple one day she remarked that her son
Josiah was one of the most particular
men in the world. "Why," said she,
"he threw away a whole cup of codec,
the other morning, beciuso ithad a bed
bug in it"
A San Diego man cathered
1,200
pounds of tomatoes from a single viue.
Brave Women.
We
find recorded of women acts of
such bravery as wc are accustomed to
si. " 1 i nv.1imTtAli in man
ascnue aimusi cuiusiicij i .....
Grace Darling, in tho lifeboat with her
father, going to the rescue of the crew of
the Forfarshire; the Maid of Saragossa,
animating the soldiers to the defence of
their besieged town are Instances
which occur at once to every one as
illustrating the active form of bravery
among women. Every now and then,
also, we read accounts of deeds done by
women which show that active bravery
is possible to them even under very try
ing circumstances. One of these was
recorded in a recent letter to the Times.
All travelers abroad arc familiar witli
the appearance of the women who are
employed on railways to attend to gates
at crossings, to wave signal Hags, etc.
It is of a woman, occupying no higher
position than that of signal-woman on
the railway which leads from Italy into
Franee by way of the Mont Cenis, that
the story is told. On the 21st of May
the passengers in the train from Turin,
via tho Mont Cenis tunnel, passed safely
through it and the following one that
of St. Martin vhen their attention was
directed to a woman running toward the
train and wavinga red flag. Tho ground
was covered with deep mud, the rain
was pouring in torrents, and, in her
haste to meet and arrest tho train, the
woman was seen to stumble and fall
twice. The engine driver was fortu
nately able to obey the signals and pull
up, and then tho woman, too much
scared aud out of breath to speak,
pointed to a hridgo not moro than a
hundred yards in front of the train.
Here a stream, swollen by the rain into
a powerful torrent, having destroyed a
mule-pass above, had brought down
masses of stones and earth from the
mountain side, and had swept away the
bridge. In a few seconds more, had it
not been for tho presence of mind and
bravery of this poor woman, the train,
with its living freight, would have been
hurled into the mass of debris, and
probably precipitated into the rushing
river beneath. Only a few minutes be-
fore, a train, going towanl the Mont
Cenis tunnel, had passed safely over the
bridge. But in tltese few minutes the
work of destruction had been accom
plished. The signal-woman had ob
served the commencement of the break
ing up of the bridge. She knew that in
a very brief time another train was due
from tho opposite direction. She
hesitated not a moment; she waited not
to indulge 'her curiosity, nor was she
paralyzed by fear; but quickly she saw
what was the only tiling to he done,
and with all her energy she set herself
to the accomplishment of her purpose,
which fortunately did not fail.
u. Crusoe's Island. At a distance
nf Ips fli.m flir ilnva' vnvniri. from
vo-j hiAia iinvw '
Valparaiso, in Chili, and nearly in the
ame latitude with this important port
.-,... J.
jtie ami Ins society, about sixty or
They found there countless herds of
i goats, some thirty hair wikl horses and
i sixty donkeys, the latter animals prov-
ments, witli uonts and lisinng apparatus,
, to engage in different pursuits and occu-
nations. Tbe grotto, made famous as
I Robison' m abode, situated in a spacious
vaney, covered wnn large news oi wiiu
turnips a desirable food for swine has
lieen assigned to the honcrul young
Chilean gentleman to whom the charge
or tlie procine part or the society's stocK
has been entrusted, and he and his
nroteees are doine: very well in their
new quarters. Juan Fernandez is one of
the stations where whaling vessels take
in water ami food,
Several years ago, as I was traveling
in a stage coach it stopped for an instant
at an inn door, in a small village, anu
tlie calm voice of a man in real distress
was head to sav:
"Gentlemen, I have eaten nothing to
day, and have no money, win you
give me a penny?" no appeared to bo
a man about sixty, with a travelers staff
in his hand, yet with an elastic step, and
had the steady, undaunted gaze of an
honest man. "tienllemen." ne con
tinued, "lam not used to begging; I was
once too proud; but there is one thing
that can conquer pride, and that is
starvation.
"Trust in God," whispered an old man,
as he handed him some money.
"Here is something for beer," cried a
sailor tauntingly, as he threw him a
few pennies.
Tho poor beggar stood leaning on his
staff, looking steadily at the bloated face
of the sailor, and, before he moved to
touch his gift, replied:
"If I had been to ale-houses in my
youth, I should not now be walking
twenty miles a day on a bit of bread
and a drink of water. I should not now
converse with a quick ear and a clear
eye. I should not show you at sixty
three a step shaken only by sorrow and
waut. I should not look upon you with
a face changed only by age and starva
tion." He then stooped to pick up his
money, gave them all a blessing, and
proceeded on his toilsome journey."
By a squall in tlie Delaware Bay last
week, wlnlesaiiing in a yacht, two young
men were overtaken. At Nazareth
Methodist Church, on Twelfth street,
they had occasionally been present.
From the way things looked, tho capsiz
ing of their shallop vas very near inev
itable "Bill," said one to thc other,
"tills is serious business; can you pray?"
"No, Ican't; I've heard Joe Quiun do it,
and I've listened to Bill Post, but I can't
do It myself." "Well, you can sing a
hymn, cau't you? For God's sake do
something." "No, I can't sing here.
How can I sing when this boat at any
moment may drown us botli ?" "Well,
we must do something religious. If you
can't sing, let's take up a collection."
To this Bill consented. In his compan
ion's hat lie deposited thirteen pennies,
a corkscrew anil a broken-bladed knife.
As ho did this, tho wind lulled, and the
shallop made a successful landing.
YoCXQ Men, don't do it. No, young
men, don't do it. Don't marry dimples,
nor ankles, nor mouth, nor hair, nor
neck, nor teeth, nor chins, nor simpers
These bits and scraps of femininity are
very poor things look at congeniality,
kindred sympathies, disposition, educa
tiou.andir this be joined with social po
sition, or even filthy lucre, why don't
let them stand in your wnv. Get a
woman notoneof those parlor automa
tons that sits down just so, thumps drt a
piano, and dotes on a whisper. Living
statues arc ioor things to call into con
sultation. The poor little mind thatcan
scarcely fathom the depth of a dress
trimming, can't bo a helpmate of any
account. Don't throw your time away
on such trifling things.
"Where are j-ou going so fast, Mr.
Smith?" asked Mr. Jones. "Home, sir;
home; don't detaiu mo; I have just
bought my wife a new bonnet, and I
want to deliver it to her before the fash
ion changes."
"Wake up, here, and pay for j'our
lodgings," said the deacon, as ha nudged
a sleepy stranger with the contribution
box.
National Eepublican Platform.
For President,
ri.YS.SES S. GRAXT.
For Vice President,
iicxiiy wiijsox.
Presidential Eleetoni,
A. It. Menchniu. orUraaliila County.
IV. J. Hnre. or Washington Ooanty.
Jhh. r. tJnzloy, of Doula County.
Tho He publiron Party of the United Stale as
sembled In National Convention in tlte clly of
Philadelphia, on the 5th ami 8th dayoC Jane,
l$r. again declare 11k faith, appeals to Its
history, ami announces IU position upon the
qupfttlonx Ix'iore the country:
1. Dnrinjr the eleven yran of Its aacntdaney
It has arrepu d with grand con rase the xolemn
duties of the time; has uiprvssed a plgnntie re
bellion, emancipated lour uillioiw of slaves,
decreed the equal citizenship of all and estab
lished universal satlYase. Exhibiting nnpar
alleled magnanimity, it criminally punished
no man for political otlenseft and ha -warmly
welcomed all who proved their loyalty by
obeying the laws and dealing Jnstly with their
neighbors. It Initlatedancw policy Inwanl th
Indians; the Pacific Itallroadnnd similar vast
enterprises have been generounly aided and
Miceessrully conducted to completion; the pub
lic lands unve been freely given to actual set
tlers; immigration has been protected and en
couraged, and a full acknowledgement of tlie
rights of naturalized citisens secured from -
European powers. In the form of National
currency, ft lias provided for tho National
credit, and sustained It under thc most extra
ordinary burdens. 1 1 has m collated new bond
at Iotver rates or interest. The revenues have
been carefully collected and honestly applied.
Despite the annual large reductions from the
rate of taxation, the public debt has been re
duced during I. H. Grant's Presidency at the
rate of SMO,uuo,uoo per year. A great financial
crisis has been averted, and peace and plenty
prevail throughout the land. Menacing Mireign
dliHcul ties have been peacefully and honorably
comprised, and the honor ami power of the
Nation kept In a high position thrnoKliout the
world. This glorious record of the past Is tho
fiarty's best pledge for the future, and we be
leve that the people will not entrust the gov
ernment to any party or combination of men,
comised or those who chiefly have resisted
every step In I his beneficial progress.
2. Complete libcrtvand exact equality In the
enjoyments or all civil, political and nubile
lights should be established and effectually
maintained throughout the Union by etHetent
and appropriate Slate and Federal legislation.
Neither law nor Its administration should
admit of any discrimination in respect to citi
zens by reft.-on of race, creed, color, or previous
condition of servitude.
3. The recent amendments to the National
Constitution should be cordially sustained be
cause they are right, not merely tolerated
because they are law, and should be carried out
according to their spirit by appropriate legisla
tion, the enforcement of which can be safely
trusted only to the party that secured the
amendments.
4. Thc Nat ional Government seeks to main
tain nn honorable peace with all nations, pro
tecting Its citizens everywhere, and sympathiz
ing with all peoples who strive for greater
lilerty.
3. Any system of civil service under whloh
the subordinate positions of the Government
are considered rewards for mere party zeal. Is
jaiuuy- ueuiurNiizing, ana we inerexore ravorn
reform of the system, by a law which shall
abolish the evils or patronage and make hon
esty, etticiency and fidelity the essential quall
ficatiousfurpnblic position, without practically
creating n life-tenure of office.
B. v care opposed to further grants or pnlilio
lands to corporations and monopolists, and de
mand that thc National domain be set apart for
free settlement by the people.
7. The annual revenue, after paying eurrent
debts, should furnish a moderate balance for
thereUuetli.il of thc principal public debt, and
except so much as may be derived from a tax
on tobacco and liquors, be raised by duties on
Importations, which should be adjusted to akl
In securing remunerative wages to laborers, and
to promote the Industries and growth and pros
perity of the whole country-
8. Weholdinundylnghonorthe soldiers and
sailors whose valor saved the Union. Their
lcnslons are a sacred debtor the nation, and
the widows and orphans of those who died iter
the country are entitled to the eare of a gener
ous and gniteful people. We favor such addi
tional legislation us will extend the bounty of
thc Government to all onr soldiers and sailors
who were honorably disclmreed, and who In
thetimeof duty lie-came disabled, without re
gnnl to length or service or the cue of such
discharge.
0. The doctrine of Great Britain and other
l.uropcan powers concerning allegl&nee, once
a subject always i a subject, having at last,
through tlie efforts of the Meubllean party,
bren abandoned, and the American idea of the
right of an individual to transfer his aMegianee
having been accepted by European nations, it
Is the duly of our Government to guard with
Jealous care the rights of adopted eltlzeng
against the assumption of unauthorized claims
by their lormer Government, and we urge a
continued and careful encouragement and nro
tectlon to voluntary emigration.
10. The fr..!iking privilege ouht to be abol
ished and a way proposed for redoeUons in the,
rates of postage.
11. Among the questions which press for at
tention Is that which concerns the relations of
capital and lalor, and the Republican nartv
recognize the duty of shaping legislation so a
to secure a full protection and ample Maid for
capital, and for labor which creates eapltul - tha
largest opportunities add a Just share or tho
mutual prollts or these two great servants of
civilization.
12. We hold that Congresssand the President
have only fulfilled an important duty in their
measures for the suppression of violent and
treasonable organizations in certain lately re
bellious regions and ror the protsrt!onof tho
ballot, and therefore they are entitled to tho
thanks of tbe Nation.
13. We denounce the repudiation of jmbllo
debts, in anr form or disimiiu. ,.
crime. Wc witness with pride the reduction of
... i . u ih i ue rates or
Interest upon the balance, and TOflfldently
expectUiatpurexcellent national currency wlh
PenL hy -P' resumpUon-toieX
It. The Itcpublican party is ntindtnl of its
obligations to the oyal women of Amertei t&
their noble devotion to the cause or fraednm
their application for admisiTto furtheTuSel
reee ved with isfaetUn " Snd t!
honest demands of any class of eitliens lorail-
ConpsTr?n
in the rebellion, and rejoice" In thT1rr,Vwtu ot
appmvesorasv.rtingcons?ituth?nSffawslirtht
purpose of removing evils by the IntSiSiiiS
with rights not surrendered by tlS SSfeflS
cither the State or National GoveramS?.P
IT. It is the duty orthe GeneralvernmBnt
to adopt such measures as wllRend
age American commerce and shiiHbolldlnP
IS. We believe that the modT,moU,m
the earnest purpose, sound Judgment, prsflMeaf
wisdom. Incorruptible integrity and nlustrkma
services of U. S. Grant have commended him to
the heart of the American people.and with him
at our head wc start to-day on a new march tn
victory.
Platform of the 'Woman Suffrage Party of
the Pacific Slope.
Whereas. We, toe representative women of
the Paolflc Coast, In Convention assembled hi
San Francisco, this 21st day of June,18Rt, believ
ing the time has come to form a new political
party.doorganlze under the name of the Wom
an Suffrage l"arty of the Pacific Coast, and
declare the following platform ofprtneiptes t .
1st. All men and women are created tree and
equal, and are endowed alike with certain In
nllenable rights, among which are tlte rights to
"JfV lQ?rly alm ,hp pursuit or happiness.
,.! "ho-m1 that under the Fourteenth and
fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of
tho United States women are already enfran
chised and entitled to the right to voto, and aro
debarred oftho privilege onl v through prejudice
and misinterpretation orthe law.
ud. Pending a decision of the Supreme Court,
as to the rull Import orthese Amendmcnts.aiid
in vlewof the pnslbilitvoi an adverse decision,
we will labor with our uti.ios Zealand energy
for an additional amendment to tne Constitu
tion to secure these rights. We will also work
with determination ror the revision and modi
fication ol the Constitution and laws or our
respeotlve States.
nil. All icrsons alike, both men and women,
are entitled to equal rights before the lew.
oth. All persons and parties vhooppoe thesn
principles shall be treated as oarpollUeal ene
mies, from whom wc will withhold our Influ
ence in politics and onr patronage In business.
6th. We will work for the election of any
worthy candidate of whatever party, who will
work with us, and we will vigorously oppo
any candidate of any party who is opposed to
these principles.
7th. As a political party we unite Uxn this
common platrorm, regardless of nationality,
sex, religion or condition.