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lies. A. J. nr.MW.VT, Editor and Proprietor orriCE-Cor. 1'roiit and Stark Streets. TERMS, IX ADVANCE: nnnycar,.., , , , KIx months Three months trw -175 -100 ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted on Reasonable Written jor the New Northwest Oregon, 3fj- Oregon. A tribute to my State I brln;, A sunbeam snatehed from Fame'-S brljht wins. Though young anions thy sister rine, How dost tliy heart exultant spring As laurels over thee they fllnsr, Oregon, my Oregon. An Eden thou dot coudly stand; Veata and Ceres clasp thy hand; Thou art by fragrant zephyrs fanned. And fairies with a magic wand Have flecked with gold thy ocean strand, Oregon, my Orrgon. Thy fertile vales are herdsmen's pride; The huntsman's Joy thy green hlll-nlde; O'er Cascade rocks thy wild waves ride, And calm Columbia's waters elide To mingle with Pacifies tide, Oregon, my Oregon. Thy sentinels are rar extolled. St. Helens, Hood std Ralttter old; Their armor gleams with WurxMtctl gold; Their hearts are Are, exterior eold; They're rood, maJesUe, tody, ImM, Oregon, my Oregon. Jly Nature thus profusely bless'd, Thy sonsAi true to thy beliest; Itlght Is sustained and Wrong suppressed, For Ood and Justice lire the breast. And tame crowns thee. Star of the West, Oregon, my Oregon. ilA Massic. S0K0EA HEWITT. IlY MBS. KC8IR WXTHKRHLL. Entered, aroordlnc to the Act of Congress In the year 1S72, by Mrs. Susie -VHirell, In the Of fice of the Librarian ofOonffress at Washington City.) CHAPTKIt XL. CATHBKINK Da MIDClVi ADVEfTUHrs. With the early morning came the im portunities of Catherine do Midcl's friends urging her to relate her adven tures. At first she seemetl rejuctant to begin.is though loth to bring to mind memories oi me past, but, rallying to overcome her feelings, which, evident to bo seen, cost her a great effort, she at length began: "No doubt you were all greatly sur prised when you heard of my appear ance in your midst, but scarcely more so than I was at finding myself here, for I had fully made up my mind when I left never to return. You will remem ber," glancing at Sonora and niuit Mag gie, "the last you saw of me I disap peared in the forest, after feeling fully assured that the wretch who had been the bane of my life had ceased to breathe. But the evil spirits seemed to have endowed him with a charmed life, for ere I hail been gone two hours he re vived from his death-like swoon, and gazing about, for ho was still bound, he ' called faintly for some one to release him, or at least to give him water. One of the savages who was passing near, perceiving the lips of what he supposed a corpse move, in his cowardly supersti tion crept softly back to where his com panions were, and together they re turned to Norman; but ere they reached him he had again fainted from loss of blood. Becoming partly conscious, he became aware that they were terrified at his ghastly looks, and that they wore determined not to burn his body until the noxt day. In his mind he resolved to profit by this and free himself if pos sible. In the first agony of the intense pain caused by the stab I had Inflicted he had struggled so hard that one hand had become loosed, and remombering his little pocket knife, he resolved to cut his fetters and trust to his coming strength for freedom. The snvages're traced their-steps in single file to the wigwam of Hard Heart, and which was some distance from the slake where his body was to be consumed on the following day. "As soon as all was quiot, and before the moon had risen, Norman, whose strength returned fast now that hope revived, soon managed to cut the cords that bound him. This done, his next effort was to staunch the bleeding wound, from which still oozed his life blood. Creeping more dead than alive to a place where he had seen some wam pum, he hastily procured a piece and applied it to the wound, which in real ity was not very serious. He then peered cautiously through the darkness. All was still as the grave. Rising upon his feet by the aid of a stick which he picked up, lie silently groped his way beyond the bounds ot the" camp; and at each step gaining a little more strength, he was soon wending his way through the forest at a speed he little dreamed of ever again attempting. Long before daylight he was many miles from the place he had sought of his own free will for the destruction of another's happi ness. Glancing hastily about for a place of securit, he espied an excavation at the foot of a hill, which had probably been caused by a severe storm, a3 part ly across it lay an immense tree, which had evidently been struck with light ning, and which rendered the little cave a complete retreat" Into this aparture ho crept, for now that he felt compara tively safe, his over-tasked strength be gan giving out oven faster than hope had before revived it." How often in the weary pilgrimage of life would we droop and languish were it not for hope. When utterly depressed for the want of strength to endure, and almost yieldingUo fate, be what it may does this beacon rise up before us in all her glory and whisper, "With me for your anchor, press onward, and I will help you through." "Nornian determined to remain in the cave until night, when he again pursueu ms journey, and before the next miumgiu was wimin a few miles of Baton Rouge. He at once proceeded to a little cottage by the road-side, where ho was kindly received, after first stating that he had been wounded by some unknown assassins. He pin cured the services of a physician in hopes to regain his health and strength. The former he never regained, hut lie soon acquired strength euougli to pro ceed on his journey to New Orleans, where he determined to spend the rest of his few remaining days, which he felt were numbered. "Having thus far related Norman's escape, I must now go back to myself. After running a distance of nearly a mile, I at length fell, completely over come with excitement and fatigue. Feeling that I had completed my re venge, I cared not what became of me, and thus I remained In a sort of half stupor for many hours in the midst of the thick underwood, shaded by trees whose height seemed to shut out every bit of sun God had meant to shine upon this earthy After a while I aroused from the uneasy slumber into which I had fallen, and began looking about for some roots whoso medicinal powers I knew would soon alleviate my de pressed state of feelings. After partak ing of these I felt better, and once more set out to wander, I know not where nor cared whither. I stopped at many different places, and after two montlis of weariness at last fouud myself once more in New Orleans. As the climate there suited me, and a few familiar as sociations rendered the place somewhat dear, I resolved to abide there, and ac cordingly took up my abode in a little out-or-the-way hut in the suburbs of the city, feeling more peace and happi ness than I had enjoyed for many years. I had been there about a mouth when one day, passing by a neat little cottage in a very obscure part of (ho city, my .At 1? . 1 . .. ... aiieuiion was suuuemy attracted by a well-known voice at an open window, and turning quickly, whom did I behold but Norman! Yes, twa3 he! Sun- ported by pillows he was reading from the Bible. Yes, though I had never opened its pages, still I heard enough to know from whence those words pro ceeded: Thou wilt show me the path of life; in Thy presence is fullness of joy; at Thy right baud there are pleasures forevermore. Turn Thee unto me, aud have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am desolate and afflicted.' Distinctly I heard those words, and for a moment I felt as though I would spriug.upon him, , so frantic was I to think he still lived, but something held me spell-bound. Then mustering all my energies, I walked boldly forward, opened the door without ceremony, and stood face to face again with one whom I was fated ! to encounter. Tottering to his feet he attempted to speak, but the excitement and fear of my presence was too much for his weak frame, and he fell his full length upon the floor, while the life- blood oozed afresh from the old wound I had made mouths before. Hastilv call ing the only occupant of the house, an old negro woman, we raised him and placed him upon the bod. Presently he opened his eyes, while a smile rested upon his bloodless lips as he murmured, urorgive,' ana glanciug at his Bible, which he still clasped, he faintly added: 'Seek forgiveness from above! Tell her whom you rescued from me that I havo learned to love these sacred pages ; that her Christian Influence was my savior, and tell her I died blessing her May she forgive me as I hope I am for given!' aud witli these words breathed bis last. Though I was glad that he died blessing you, yet had ho said one word of love or uttered one regret for my own white Star, my soul would have echoed amen to his prayer, and I too could have almost forgiven, or at least felt happier, but" Here tears choked her words, and resting her head upon hor hands, Cnth eritie remained so quiet that had it not been for a deep-drawn sigh they might have supposed her dead. Sonora, whose heart was ever sympathetic witli grief, threw her arms around her as she said "Will you not consent toremaih with us, dear friend? Nothing shall be want ing to make you happy. Let mo be a daughter to you. All are as urgent In litis matter as myself. Only promise (o aoiue me rest or your life Willi us." "Yes! yes! You must not say no," hastily added the Colonel, as lie saw Catherine about to answer in theneca tive. ".tor our cniurs sake say you will remain, iet me aud my persuasions also," said Mrs. Hewitt, who until this moment had seemed to bo deeply ab sorbed with her own thoughts. "Will you not consent to remain witli those whose happiness you have been so in strumental in securing, and thu3 be come to us a sister friend ? Come, re main with us and be happy once more.' "Happiness is not for me," answered Catherine hysterically. "Oh, that were sleeping beside my child! that my days had ended with yours, Lcnardo!" and she gave way to feelings which she seemed unable (o control. All. felt deeply for her In her grief and allowed her to weep, unrestrained by words of condolence, knowing that after this outburst of sorrow her heart would feel relieved of its heavy load, aud be more capable of receiving good inipres sions. After a few moments' silence she dried her eyes and said : 1 'My only friends, forgive mo for caua roxiTx.vivr, oeegon, xix.vy, .xivxrvitY si, isra. jing you so much unnecessary distress, It Is not often I indulge my feelings uor allow them to cain the mastery. As ! much as I thank you for all your well- meant offers, still I feel none theess gratcful-when I say I cannot accept them. I have led too long a roving life to sit down quietly to a tame one. My spirit longs to be free. My loved ones are gone -they sleep in the hunting grounds of their fathers, and Oh, that I might rest beside my warrior husband and my peerless child! I have nothing now to live for. My aim Is accomplished. My God is the God of my Lcnardo, and in His hands I am content Then ask me not to stay, but let me go ! let me go !" aud with an impatient gesture sho arose quickly and opened the door, waved a farewell, and before they could say more was gone. That afternoon Sonora and Adelo were preparing for a visit to Blanche, when Rissey came bounding up the stairs, her face covered with smiles and looking uncommonly significant "Why, Rissey, what has happened to cause you to look so very brilliant to day?" inquired her young mistress. "Oh, sumfin'! Bress your heart! I bet I can make dem purty cheeks turn red, he! he!" and with a malicious look she drew a letter postmarked D , Georgia. Aud true to Rissey'a bet, the pretty cheeks did blush and the eyes glisten as Sonora recognized the haud writing of her lover. Hastily retiring to her own room, that she might in sol Itudo Inform herself of its contents, let us as privileged characters tike the lib erty of following and be so impolite as to peep over her shoulder. Jy own loved one: With feelings of pleasure, which ever expand the heart wnen writing to inoso witom we sin cerely love, do I pen these lines to you. While writing I seem to be present with you, and in fact I am so in spirit, for oft-times I fear my thoughts wander too much to you and less to my God. I feel that I need more self-watchfulness for my soul. How is it with you, dear girl? Docs peace serene still reign within your heart and love for God abide uppermost in your soul? Let not thelovc of mortal usurp the place of a Higher, a loftier affection. Oh, would tlnft I were near you, that I might bo benefitted by your sweet counsel; that we might help each other in the better fulfillment of our duties. But I must "let patience havo her perfect work," for soon I hope once more to call you mlno, mine lor inc. 1 feel that my happiness Is more than falls to the common lot of man, and in return to my God for His kindness and love towards me, pray with me, my loved one, that I may be the means of making light where there Is darkness, and making happy thous ands of my fellow beings. I havo some thing to tell you which I am so vain as to think will make glad your heart It is simply that if nothing prevents I shall be with you before Sunday. This may surprise you, as I did not expect to come beforo next spring, but as the church over which I preside is' to be closed in order to undergo some repairs, I am consequently free from my task of love aud duly for a few months, and which nflords me a pleasure I antici pated more distant of clasping you to my bosom and hearing you again pro nounce those words which have so lightened my labors and rendered me one of the happyiest of men. I shall be with you almost as soon as this letter. Wishing to be kindly remembered to all, I remain as ever, your fafthful and true flLinrvPi. Sonora closed this letter with feelings that can only be known to those who nave experienced sun iar ohm Timi her affianced was soon to bo with her again made her heart bound witli joy, wiuie tno warm blood mantled her checks as her thoughts reverted back to the many hours they had spont to gether, and to think they were soon to be renewed under the eye and sanction of both parents, as well as all her friends, rendered her so perfectly happy that sho became oblivious of all about her, and was uot aware that Adele was standing beside her until she broke out in a merry laugh. Souora's cheeks crimsoned still deeper as she placed the precious letter within herdoskand arose to accompany her sister-in-law. "Well, my little recluse, you blush as though you had been guilty of some thing naughty, and not- the exquisite pleasure which the reception of a love letter must impart" "Must impart!" laughingly replied Sonora. "Then I am to suppose brother Harry free from all such follies, or else my sweet sister 'Doll is too dignified to designate them by such titles." "The latter is the most correct," said 'Dell, drawing down her mouth with a comical expression that made Sonora laugh as she replied: "I fear I havo kept you waiting too long. .Let as go as soon as possible, or poor Blanche will think wo have for gotten our promise. But I have good news to tell you. What do you think? Clarence is coming!" "Well, that certainly is very good news, aud enough to make any young lady happy, but I have something still better to Jell you. Come down in the parlor first, and then I will tell you, when if you like, we will go," and open ing the door she ran down stairs, fol lowed by Sonora. Entering the parlor Dell said, "Now, If you like, I will go," and in a moment Sonora was clasped in tho arms of Clarence Plerpont ITo bo continued:! FnBK SrnECir, Kkbe Pium, Fere 1'kople. Marriage vs. Free Love. Mils. l.tVERM-IEKVl LKCrtfltE IX BOSTON WHAT site thinks or rnr.r. love advocates. .Tho fourth lecture in tho lyceutn course was delivered last evening by Mrs. Livermore, and entitled "Marriage vs. Free Love." It was made up of a statement ot a very uign and pure ideal of marriage, succeeded by a short but slight attack upou free love audits prin cipal feminine apostles in this country and was, it is needless to say, very inter- wiiug iiuu iuul-iuuj ueuvercd. Mrs Livcrmoro began byspeaking of tho an cient Ideas of marriage among different nations, who considered woman as tho Inferior and slave of man, and con trasted it with tho account of tho crea tion given in Genesis, in which man and woman are both said to be made in tho Imago of God. Man lias been saYd to have judgment aud reason, while woman has perception and feeling; man Is the head, while woman is the heart God is all these, and In order that man should be made in His image it is nec essary that ho should have all these, and hence a man is only half a man, until lie is married; and hence it is said, "What God has Joined together, let no man put asunder." The fact that per fect marriage Is rare does not change tho theory; we ought not to drag down our ideal because it is not easily at tained. Because marriage lias hitherto been legally a condition of slavery, wo should not say that it must continue so, as if that were the foundation of so ciety. Mrs. Livcrmoro said that in looking about among young people she won dered that there was as much happiness as existed, and took occasion to say, 1y way of parenthesis, that she did not be lieve that there was more unliapplness in married life than out of it, but rather the reverse, and drew an extremely funny, although truthful, picture of the average courtshipof ayouugcouple who meet in society, fall in love and marry. She then spoke of the fact that five sixths of the applications for divorce come from couples who have been mar ried only about six years; If they tidiid over that period they generally kept on to the end. Making another parenthe sis, sho observed that when people told her that they had been married, twenty rivo or thirty or forty years, and had never quarreled, she always accepted their statement with a largo discount; if peoplo were idiots, they might get along forever in a certain sloppy effu siveness of good nature; but sensible people had wills which were not easy to bend, and occasionally two who loved each other dearly would come into col lision like two locomotives. When this happened, those who were wise re ceded; and determined thatsuch'a thing should not happen again. She then spoke of the dlilcrcnt motives for which people marry, and said that sho really believed that, at the present time, more men marry the woman whom they love than women marry tho man whom they prefer. This Is partly because the men select their wives, partly on account of the wretched tralnincrof tho womon.whn. being reared dependent upon the care of' a father or brother, naturally seekl another protector, and make a merce nary marriage. Tho remedy is to be fouud in educating the girls until, in stead of dawdling, idle, and lazy, they stand upou their own feet; then, anil not till then, shall we have the grand est marriages. Most divorces are grauted at tho re quest of wives, aud the grounds upon which they are demanded are drunken ness and licentiousness. Mrs. Liver more spoke at some length of the Inev itable harvest which follows tho sowing of wild oats, aud declared her belief that there was no safety for youug men until they were held to the same standard or temperance, purity and chastity as their sisters. From this she went on to talk of the preponderance of men in the pop ulation of tho West, and of women in that of the East, the result being that in tho former locality the men grew coarse, while- in the latter the women were held cheap. It is necessary, she said, to go back and give women the same training as men; then they will find it for their advantage to go West as much as their brothers do, aud will not sit down by tho river of life and wait till a young man comes along and offers to paddle their canoe down the stream, but launch boldly out and row them selves. After defending Xantippo as a much abused character in history, and speaking of the unhappy marriages of several distinguished men, sue closed this portion of iicr lecture by drawing a very beautiful picture of n true mar- negc. She declared that theassertlon of Mrs. Woodhull, that frco love and female suffrage were identical, was utterly laise. rreo divorce sbo thought worse man irec love, in say "l loved once," said she, is a libel on tho namn of Iov Wrhocver loves once, loves every hour. They never loved who loved "once." Who loves once, loves as God loves, for ever. Sho then spoke of the manner in which the subject of love is treated In somo modern French novels; of Jim immsu, witli ins "One wife In Mntchez under the hill. And another here In I'iko," and or the Kit Carson drawn by Joa quin Miller, leaving his stolen bride to die in tho prairie lire, while lie rides away on her father's stolen horse. She explained all thiS as a social epidemic of moral looseness everywhere preva lent, so that society, although having a high standard or intellectual culture, stands witli its feet in tbo mire of sen sualism, me lecture closed with an animated portrayal of tho wid ilifTor- euce between the results of the doctrine of marriage and free love, and an invi tation to the audience to choose between tiicm. An intoxicated Englishman beat his wifA roAfinllxr In PlilMfn. ninl It. 11 of fifty dollars to pay his fine wa3 sent to jail for one hundred days. The wife's heart finally softened toward him, and Kuiug io jiayor lueiuii, sue tearfully begged her husband's release. The Mnvnr ! vnrv rlfrnmna will ... I A. i i ers, and refused to listen to any proposl- u" iuaiu3 juuiuuuj, uut moved with compassion, gave the woman twenty- n?iid.TUws l? relieve her necessities until the expiration or her husband's wC; ?.li3 f1!? Gratefully took, and trolntr to tliA tnil nnnl llm . u - - Aciiiuiiiiiijr nortlnn nftlm tlno tn 1 1, i. , . !t' just but generous Mayor. . Montreal young ladles play the sooth ing air of '-'Home, Sweet Home," about tho hour of retiring when their sweet hearts show signs of lingering. Pleasures of an Ocean Voyage. I have listened in my lime, willi more or less pleasure, to tno very rolllckinjr 1 . . 1 . 1. . j I t . . . nuugs uuout me sea, me iiasiung urine, till? Knrnv- fhn lpmnKt.r9 runt- u.. sheet and the flowing sea, a life on the ocean wave, anu an tno rest or it. Tn paraphrase a land proverb, let me write the songs of the sea, and I care not who goes to sea nnd sings 'em. A square yard of solid ground is worth miles of tho pitching, turbulent stuff. Its ina bility to staud still for one second is tho plague of It Tn Ha nn ilin ilnilr Yvlintt Hia shines, and swing up and down, while the waves run hither and thither, aud 1033 tueir wintc caps, is an well enough; to lie in your narrow berth and roll frnm allln tn ciitn nil tho ntnlif I.... t walk up hill to your statcsroom door, and when you get there, find you have got to the bottom of the hill, nnd open ing tho door is liko lifting up a door in thu floor; to del iberately start for somo object, nnd, beforo you know it, to bo flung against it liko a bag of saud; to attenint. in sir. ilmvn nn -nnf cnr. find you are slttiug up; to slip and slide and grasp at everything within reach, and meet everybody leaning and walk ing on a slant, as If a heavy wind were blowing, and the laws of gravitation were reversed; to lie in your berth, and hear all the ilislmi nn Urn fill! n nliln n-n sousing oil against the wall in a general losit ui tno taoie iioiuing your soup-plato with one hand, and watching iui n uiukuce io put your spoon in when it comes high tide on your side or the dish; to vigilantly watch the lurch of tho heavy dishes while holding your glass and your plato and your knife and fork, and not to notice it when Brown, who sits next you, gets the wholeswash of tho gravy from the roasUbeef disli on his light-colored pantaloons, and seethe look ofjismay that only Brown can as sume on such an oscasion; to see that Mrs. Rrown, on advancing to the tabic, suddenly stop and hesitates, two waitere rush at her, with whom she struggles wildly, only to go down in a heap with them in tho opposite corner; to sec her partially recover, but only to shoot back again through her stateroom door, and be seen no more all this is quite pleas ant and refreshing, if you are tired of land, but you get quite enough of it in a couplo of weeks. Sauntcrinya by C. D. Warner. A lady correspondent of the Boston Ttist, writing from Washington, D. C, says: And there is nothing more tamo aud utterly insane, destitute of all human interest, than "good society." Look at good society at the fashionable watering places, and sec how, nominally in the pursuitof pleasure, itscorns the object in view. It Is too aristocratic to dance, to laugh, to talk with animation. It drives, it dresses, it cats, it watches others danc ingorcnjoylng themselves, and despises them for being capable of underbred ex citement Of nil the people In tho world these immensely ricli members of good society uru tho most to be pitied. They nave no human Interest whatever. 1 he moderately ricli have one object in life, to wit: The desire to appear richer than they are; but those who have plenty have nothing to do but to take care of tiicir diamouds nnd laces. And what a care these, especially the first, become t iu meir owners, iney iuusl ue eter nally kent about the person. An owner of diamonds to tiic amount of thousands never dares trust them off her person. If not worn outwardly the twenty thousand dollar necklace is beneath the waist of the dress, its cutting aud .--ettintr goading tho flesh, a perpetual reminder mat "l, uic representative oi ;i luriuue, am here, wnereiore cease to icei my pricks if you dare." Hie bracelets, when they must not be shown, arc clasped on the arm under the sleeves, and the brooches, pendants, rings, and head oruameuts are in a muslin bag depending from the waist It is a heavy case, is it uot? IlKASONS "WHY AMEKICAX W0MF.X are Delicate. Another reason of the delicacy of our women is the far greater style affected by all classes in dress, and the wearing ot corsets uunng eariy youth. Naturally, if she has attained a full and fine physical development, tight corsets, heavy smris, ciose-iming boots and weiciitv cniKiions canuoi in jure to the same extent as when these It ...!.! .i..n. appliances 01 iusiuuu mo iui upu uu: soft aud yielding muscles of a youngand growing girl. Tho noble ladies of Eng land exercise many hours dally In tho open air. They do not disdain to don heavy calf-sljin shoes and colored petti coats, In which to perform this duty. This, of course, would not alono make them as healthy as they are, were not their constitution strengthened by a proper physical education beforo they urn eighteen vcars of aire: but it sulllces to retain them in a cood degreo of health. Our fair Americans, early in the day, attire themselves in charming morning costumes, wnu wuito .sKiris, and then they are averse to soiling these by exercise, nnd the least damp ness deters them from a promenade. American ladies think far more of dress and fashion, and spend more money and time on their toilets, than any women in Europe, not even excepting the French, from whom all our fashions come. Galaxy. Woman's Growtil There is a period In tho early life of every true woman, when moral and Intellectual growth seems for the time to cease. The intel lect, having appropriated ailment . . h nf l ift nnernwnnd rcnuisiiu lu jjiui.... - feminine nature, feels the necessity of more Intimate coniiKuaii mo masculine mind to start it on its second r .l..rt1rt,ininnl IForA. nft flila point, somo stand for years without making a step in advance. Others marry, and astonish, in a few brief years, by their sweet temper, their new beauty, their high accomplishments, aud their noble womanhood, those whoso blindness led them to supposo they were among the incurably heart less and frivilous. One of the down-trodden In Indiana laieiy upuiicu " . , . , judge intimated his intention to decide against nor. iue iau , u........, to shed tears, and her dignified counsel, edging his chair close to hers, whis pered f "That's right, cry, cry like the d hand you'll getyour decree." In less than ten minutes she was made a lone woman. One-half of the falso hair worn by American w'onien-conies from prisons aud lunatlc'nayluuM NTDIBER 3S. f Commercial Honors. Two centuries ago it was thought a great Insult in the Highlands of Scot land to ask a note from a debtor. It was considered the same as saj ing, "I doubt our honor." If parties had small bus iness matters to transact together, they stepped out into the open air, fixed their eyes on the heavens, and each repeated his obligation with no mortal witness. A mark was then carved In some rock or tree near by to be a remembrancer of the compact buch a thing as a breech of contract, we arc told, was then verv rarely met with, so highly did the peo ple regard tueir honor, anu so truly did tuey icar mm beneath whoso eye they performed such acts. When the march of improvement brought In tho new mode of doinsr bus! ness, they were often pained by these Innovations. An anecdote is handed down of a farmer who had been to tho lowlands and learned worldly wisdom. On returning to his native parish he had ueed of a sum of .money, and made bold to ask a loan of a gentleman of means, named Stewart Thin was cheer fully granted. Mr. S. counted out the gold on his library table. This done, tiie farmer took a pen and wrote a re ceipt and oilered it to the gentleman. "What Is this, man?" cried" Mr. Stew art, sternly eyeing the slip of paper. "It's a receipt, sir, binding me to give ye back yer gold at the right time," rc- Xneu aanuy. "liinuing ye? Well, my man, if ve canna trust yerself, I'm sure I'll not trust ye! Ye canna ha my gold!" and gathering it up, he put it back in his desk and turned his key on it. "But, sir, I might die," replied the canny Scotchman, bringing up an argu ment in favor of his new wisdom, "and my sons might refuse it to you. But the bit o' naper would compel them" "Compel them to sustain a dead fath er's honor!" cried the higli-minded Scot. "They'll need compelling to do right If this is the road yer leading them! I'll neither trust ye nor them. Ye can gang elsewhere for money! But yc'H find none in this parish that'll put more faith in a bit o' paper than a neighbor's word o' honor, and his fear o' God!" Qci:f.n- ViCToniA. When freo from tho cares of State, nothing can be sim pler than the daily routine of life Queen Victoria leads at Bamoral Castle. She manages her household on very strict principles, tho servants risingaccording to merit promotion always beins held out. For a stupid act one member or the royal household had to wait ten years foe promotion. I Ter Majesty rises at seven, breakfasts at nine, and then attends to dispatches and correspond ence, iunchcon is at two, alter which she takes the air In her carriage. Dur ing meals a piper plays in front of the window. She dines at half-past eght, In the library the arrangements are or tho simplest character, bhe spends mucli of her time alone in Prince Albert's room. She comes quietly into dinner, with her knitting in her hand, and re tires early. She is a woman of great method, "in nil weathers she is seen abroad. Arainydaydocsftotkeepherin; witli a water-proof and an umbrella she defies the clement-. It is quite a com mon thins: to see her walkimr in the grounds under a drizzling rain. She is a hardy woman, having no "fine lady" fancies. Sho dresses consistently with the cli mate and the weather; and a fresh, comely, sensible-looking lady she is in her comfortable plain jacket aud broad brim straw hat. Madb Him Pay. When Gen. Jack son was President, n heartless clerk in the Treasury Department ran up an in debtedness to a poor landlady to the amount of $C0, aud then turned her off as he did other creditors. Sho finally went to the President with her com plaint, and asked him if he could uot couiiel the clerk to pay tho bill. "He oilers his note," she said; "but his note is good for nothing." "Get his note aud bring it to me," said tho President The clerk gave her-the note, with the jeering request that "she wortld let him know when she got the money on it!" Taking it to the President, ho wrote "Andrew Jackson" on the back of it, and told her she would get the money at the bank'. When it became due, the clerk re fused to pay the note; but when he learned who was the endorser, he made haste to "raiso the wind." Tho next moniiii" he fouud a note on his desk, saying that his services were no longer required oy me uovernmeut anu it served him right. A rather curious contribution to the incidents of the late Boston fire lias just come to light. In one of the stores in the burnt district, the porter with the keys of the sarewason hand and per ceived that the lire was rapidly ap nroachincr. In his terror he rushed to and fro in tho counting-room, and at last caught up the plated Ice-pitcher full of water, locked it In the safe and de parted from tho burning building in the proud consciousness that he had accom plished something to save his employ er's property. When, however, the safe was taken from the ruins, it was found that tho books were uninjured. The heat which would otherwise have charred and destoyed tho books only converted the waterinto steam. At the last advices steam safes are under ad vertisemcntasthelast Boston "notion." Gait, Hamilton- on a Man in Love. Gail Hamilton is not nlwavs sensible. as she should be, when she talks about men, matrimony and woman suttrage; but she did say this truthful and beau tiful thine: "There is no slavery so ab ject as the slavery or a man to me wom an he loves. Abject, because u goes behind his win and possesses tno wuoie man. And the more ho Is, the more strong and bright and free, the more thorough is his enthrallment Woe to such a one if he falls into the hands of a weak, a frivolous, or an unworthy owner. Joy to him if his proprietor be a large-naturcd woman; for then his completist thrall is most exalted and divine irceuom." A prospective New York brido has or dered a trosscau of twenty dresses fiom Paris. The wedding dress is now in the loom at .Lyons, is or white satin, and will cost $18 dollars a yard. It will h. covered with exquisite point lace, also maue io uruer. Mrs. Swan, of Council Bluffs, lighted uei ma mm iieroscuc, leaving, a 11U3 band and one child. A Journal for the People. Devoted to the Interests or Humanity. . Independent In Politics and Eelljlon. Alive to all Live Issues, and Thoronahlv Radical in Opposlngvind Exposing the "Wrongi ot the Masses. Pnmvsnondonts writing overnssnmpd slima- tnres roust make known their nam as to the Editor, or no attention will be slvfip to tltrflr conynunlcatlons. George Francis Train. A Sim reporter, who interviewed the next President of America, in his cell at the Tombs, says Georgo 'Francis, as usual, was very communicative concern ing Ids latest scrape. He said: "On the 2d of November I addressd 10,000 peonlo in Brnml fitrnor. A fnu- days after that Woodhull and Claflln were arrested. I became satisfied that these innocent women were to be pun ished to satisfy the morbid sentiments of a cowardly community. I wrote two letters to the press in connection witli their arrest These letters created a fu rore, and the press, afraid or the public, reftiscd to publish any more of my let ters. I volunteered not only to become bail for these persecuted womnn. hut started tills paper to show to the com munity that 1 had tho courage to face public opinion tho same as I faced and defied 2,500 infuriated Califominus when I advocated in San Francisco the intro duction of- greenbacks. I issued two numbers of thcLinue. Thcv claim that it is an obscene publication. This I do uot deny; but If it is obscene, the ob scenity is culled from the Bible. I have been In thirteen prisons, but this is the only one that I lmvc been in where there Is nothing to cover myself with. Besides, sir, the indignity that has been thrust upon me. I am a gentleman of means and education, and thev have placed me in tho very cell in which a woman mado three attempts to hang herself, aud in which Bleakley, the murderer of poor Maud Merrill, over whose body six of your moral Christian ministers refused to perform Christian devotions, was confined. I have no fears of tho result; I ask no favors at their hands. The police and Captain Byrnes have treated mo civilly, but I am an noyed at being in this cell, with a howling, drunken woman in the next I have been announced for a course of lectures to begin in Montreal on the twenty-third inst. I suppose my visit to that place must be deferred." " A Western- Temperance Lecture. Billy Ross, a temperance lecturer at ilushviiie, ill., was preaching to the young on his favorite theme. He said: ".Sow, boys, when I ask you a ques tion, you musn't be afraid to speak right out and answer me. When you look all around and see all these fine houses, farms and cattle, do. you ever tmnic who owns tneni ail now ; our fathers owns them, do'they not?" "ies. sir," shouted a hundred voices. "Well, where will your fathers be twenty years from now?" "Dead!" shouted the boys. "That's right; aud who will own all this property then ?" "Us boys," shouted the urchins. "Right Now tell me did you ever, in passing down the streets, notice the drunkards lounging around the saloon door, waiting for somebody to treat them?" "Yes, sir; lots of them." "Well, where will they be in twenty years from now ?" "Dead!" exclaimed the boys. "And who will be the drunkards then?" "Us boys." Billy was thunderstruck fora moment and recovering himself tried to tell the boys how to escape such a fate. A Reciie for Bleaching Ne groes. A "scientist" lias at last solved the ancient conumdrum, "Can an Etuo pian change his skin?" This is tho way he propose to do it: The candidate will be first subjected to a bath of alka line water. Having been well eleancd, he is placed in a room -where a reliable thermometer indicates 120 degrees of Fahrenheit. After fifteen minutes bak insr, tho partially cooked victim is con ducted to a bath of chlorine water, at ine orumary temperature, me heat has opened all the pores, so that tho chlorine flows in and reaches the color ing matter. To keen it in the pores must be closed. To close the pores the subject must bo introduced into an ice cellar, where he spends two minutes in absolute agony, but relative bliss, for ine next step is to urop ins exhausted form into water heated to 180 degrees. in tins tno pores openrinccniorine grap ples the coloring matter and departs with it, aud our colored brother is col ored no more. An obscure vocal student in Milan has doubtless started on the highway to for tune by aid or a most nciptui quality known as "cheek." While the King was in the city, recently, she threw her nhotocranh and a petition into his car riage. The petition stated that she was a stranger in Milan, aud in debt; that she was told she had abilities, but she had no lniiuence or money to help nor to develop them; in fact, sho had to pawn her clothes to buy bread. His Maiestv. she had heard, was generous, and to him she made her appeal. She did not ap peal in vain, tor his majesty, arter mak ing inquries, gave her money enough to redeem her clothes from pawn ami agreed to pay her training during four years at the Paris Conservatiore. A Shock. A Western editor on enr tering his office and seeing his appren tice boy cutting some queer capers, called out to him, "Jim, what are you doing on the floor?" "Why, sir, I have had a shock." "A shock?" "Yes, sir." "What kind of a shock?" "Why, sir," said the lad, gasping, "one of your sub scribers came in during your absence, said ho owed for two years subscrip tion, paid for it, aud also paid for another year in advance!" A Word to Boys. Boys, did you ever think that this world, with all its wealth and woe, with all its mines and mountains, oceans, seas and rivers; with all its steamboats, railroads and tele graps; with all its millions ot groping men, and all its science and progress of ages, win soon be given over to tho boys of the present aire bovs liko von ? Believe it and look abroad upon your lniieritancc, anu get reauy to enter upon its possession. Train says some very nice things about the freshness and"niodesty of tiie Eng lish girls, and one thing especially, that all American mothers should hear, which Is as follows: "They love and en dure exercise like their brothers; with flowing locks, at six years they ride ou horseback and take long walks. Active life in this country strengthens the phlegmatic temperament, and !s kept simple, whilst the body gros healthier." Cincinnati belles devote Frhlayto eatlng.onions.