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HKS. A. J. DILMWAT, Editor and Proprtttor OFFICK-Cor. Frout nnd Ntnrk StreeU. A Journal for the IVople, DcvotOlo the Interests or Ilotnanlty. Independent In Folitlrs and Kellglon. Mlve to all Live Issues, and Thoroughly Radical In Opposing and Exrosln'g the 'V?rouc ol the Masses. '" ' TKR15S, IX ADVANCE : One yoar.. ,, oil HHHUHi. Three mmttia... 1 75 1 W Frkk SrsECU, Fcke Prkss, Free 1'r.ort.K. Correspondents writing o'verassurnejl'slgna tures must make known'tlielr name:!o the Edllor.or no attention will be si ven, to their commnntonUous. AnVRRTlSRilKNTSIwwrledoB Reasonable VOLUME III. rOTlTLiViSTD, OREGON, FKEDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1873. MT5IBEU 11. CAME UK LIFE, (to It Alone, 11V JOHN . SAXF. Ter&B a -game m'.ieli In Aobton. I rittnlc IU ealteA Euelire, Theiljli I've never played It ar pleasure or 1 arre. In which, when the ranis stein eertifln rood! tions. One of them men, tn a confident tone 'I think I tsilsiit venture to go It atone." While irateliiii the game, lis a whim of the bant'x A moral to draw ffom the skirmish In cards. An to lanry hi' finds hi the trivial strife Some exrWieni htats fer the battle of lHe. where, whether the prize be a ribbon or throne. The -winner is he irtwom "Co It atone." When treat caltlleo proclaimed that the world In regular onler wa oeMletislj whirled, And km not a convert fttralt tf.Ms pains. Hut only U rNlon, aud aud ahalnfc "It inures, lor all that," wu his answering lone. For lie knew, like the earth, he eoukl'Oo a alone." When Kepler, with intellect piercing afar. Discovered the law of each pjanetand&tar. And doeton, who ought to have lauded bis name Derided his learning and blackened his fame "I can't wan," he replied, "till the truth you shall own," hor lie Ml m lu heart )te eould "Go it alone." Alas! for the player who klly depend In the struggle of II upon kindred and friends. "Whatever the value of bleating like these, Tbei ran never alone for Igtortou ease. Nor t-omrort the coward who Unds with groan. That Ills crutches have left him to "Go It ulmra." Them- i- something, no climb, in the hand you may hold Health, family, culture, wtt, beauty and gold Ik each. In Hs way, a most excellent card- Yet the game may be tost, with all these for your own, Unless you've the cou rase to "Go it alone." In battles of blnM, whatever the game; In law or In love It Is always ihesHtnr; In thestrnggfe Am-power, or scrabble for poll, IX this he your mono: "Rely on yourself!" For whether the rise le a ribbon or throne, The victor will be who can "Go It atone." EUNICE OGDEN. T .ETNA. "O! for a higher sphere of usefulness! I feel such an unnatural longing to do something anil be something that is worthy of more than a passing notice; something that will give my namo a place among the gifted ones of our na tion and win for me a bright crown in heaven. Surely I am capable of better things. "What I daily acccomplish cooking, washing dishes, and chamber work are all well enough, and very es sential no doubt; but I have nobler aims and higher aspirations. I grant that it is a pleasant duty, and ono that I do not mean to neglect, to train our two little olive branches in a way that will be an honor to their parents, but ought my own household to claim all my attention? Are there not others to whom I owe something? Have I no talent hidden in a napkin ? But still, what time have I for any more than I already do ? I am altogether overtasked with that kind of work, too, against which my feelings rebel. If I were rich now, I might hire that done, and cm ploy my time in what? "What am I capable of doiug ? Alas! ray education has been sadly neglected, and I fear I am unfit for anything buta mere house keeper; and I am too old, if I had the means, to fit my sol f for anything more useful than my present occupation. But am I really too old ? Let me see. I was twenty-two last birthday. Old why, what might I not yet accomplish if I were not married, and did not have these two blessed babies? But husbaud and babies need be no drawback. These are a still greater incentive to my work, I will try by the aid of the kind Father in heaven to be content with my lot. And should there be no path open for me to earthly fame, Lord, grant that thy erring child may, by quiet deeds of love in her own little world, win for herself a bright crown in heaven." rm ,tt t i r . iuu9 suiiitHiuiseu .Mrs. ugueii one bright summer morning, as she cleared away the breakfast things, and put her llttlo sitting room in order. This same Eunice Ogden was no ordi nary woman, ueing naturally very sensitive from childhood, she bad ever been yearning for love and sympathy. Her mother died when she was only eleven years old just old enough to ap preciate her loss. For a while she lived with a married sister, who was bringing up a family of small children of her own. and consequently did not havo much surplus petting for lonely little Eunice. After a few years her father married a widow with several small children, and then of course she was placed under the care of a step-mother, who, although very Kind, good woman, had no very exalted idea of rearing "iris. Eunice passed her time as most girls do in the country. She was sent regu larly to the district school, where she acquired a tolerable knowledge of the ordinary branches of the English lan guage. This and nothing more. Hav ing a natural taste for reading, and there being no one who was sufficiently in terested in her welfare, aud, at the same time capable of selecting reading most suitable for her, she fed her taste on fic tion and romance. She often fait a stroug desire to live a belter life. She longed to bo famous of in the world of literature. But here the lack of suffi cient education stood In her way. Her T1IK , . , ,, t,. i lamer was iuu jwui ivccuw uui uhuj iu school, and tho facilities for learning near home were very inferior; and Eu nice lacked the determination to acquire an education herself. So the days drift ed by, and ere she had reached her eigh teenth birthday, she attracted the atten tion of ayoung man in the neighborhood who was in every way worthy of her; and when he sought her hand in mar riage she gave it willingly and her whole heart with it. And thus she launched forth in the sea of matrimony, with her mind full of generous resolves snd noble impulses, but with so little determina tion of character, that they were scon wrecked on the shoal of domestic diffi culties, and here she began her real life. The end of three years found Eunice and her husband with one child (having just lost their eldest), shattered in health, broken in spirits, and the rem nant of their little fortune fast wasting away. So they decided to try frontier life for awhile, with the three-fold pur pose of recovering their health, bright ening their spirits nnd buildingup their fortune. And hear, at the opening of our story, near the foot of the mountains, and less than five hundred miles from the shore of tho Pacific, we find them. An infant daughter has been added to their little family, which partly consoles them for the child they lost Their health is re gained and they have fair prospects of bettering their fortune. The lack of society is a great tiling to cause a woman to turn her thoughts in ward. And here, in this solitude, the better part of Mrs. Ogden's nature be gan to assert itself, and gave rise to the words that introduced her to tho reader. As she had grown older her force of mind had become stronger; and now tho thoughts within her were not so cosi ly quelled, but kept rising up until she resolved: "I will do something yet. I will make somebody of myself that the world shall notice. I can borrow books, and occasionally get a little time to read; and by the llmo we are ready to return to civilized life I may be learned enough to take my place among the aspirants for fame." How well she kept her word we shall see. Ten years havo passed away. In a pleasant sitting-room of a neat house in one of our western cities, sits a lady. Do we not recognise her? Yes, It is Mrs. Ogden. The same, and yet changed. Her face has a more refined expression. Her dress Is neat, and even elegant, as are all her surroundings. Near her stands a bright boy of perhaps twelve years, with cap in hand, and books ready strapped, waiting for his mother to give the farewell touches to his hair ere he departs for school. By his side stands his little sister; as fair a flower as ever bloomed outside of Paradise. Their mother has been through all their les sons with them, and they start off to school with tho knowledge that they can stand unblushlnciv beforo their teachers, and aniwer each question con cerning them. After bidding tliem "good-bye." Sirs. Ogden mado her way to tho kitchen with the intention ot civiug so mo di rection about the dinner. But she had scarcely reached that apartment, when the housemaid came in with tho intel ligence that, "Miss Martin is in the parlor." Very well, Maryf you can finish tho chamber work, and Ivaty, you can wait for your directions until her call is end ed, for she never has time to stay long." Lina Martin was one of Mrs. Ogden's dearest friends. Five years before when she bad just commenced writing for the newspapers, Miss Martin was ono of the few friends who stood by her in all her struggles to override tho bitter preju dice with which the public viewed her "strong-minded" ideas, as. the ignorant were wont to style them. "Good morning, Lina," was Mrs. Ogden's greeting, "I hope I see you well." "Quite well, thank you. There is no need to ask you the same question, you look so blooming." "My health is unusually good this season. But where have you been keep ing yourself? I haven't seen you for a wees." un, j. nave been extremely busy. I spent last evening at the house of a friend, and hearing your name in everv body's mouth, I decided to come and of fer you my congratulations for the well merited applause which your last arti cle in thenar has called forth. Itmust be happiness for you to write." "It is indeed, but not In the way you think. Atone time in my life I thought such praise would be happiness enough, but now I find happiness in the knowl edge of the power for good my writings have over tho minds of the working women. Lina, I know you are a true friend to me, and when" I relate to you an incident of yesterday, I trust you will not mistake my motives: "I went down town and, as I wa3 com iug out of Colby's,lBaw two womeu, evi dently of the working class, comiug up the street justa fewsteps away. As they caught sight of me, ono of them caught the other by the dress saying, 'there she is; there is Mrs. Ogden, now.' 'Are you sure?' said the other, as they camo on behind me. 'Yes, ono who is acquaint ed with her pointed her out to me at Church last Sunday. 'I'm going to speak to her, then,' and ere the other could detain her she had hurried on to my side, and touched my arm. " 'Are you Mrs. Ogden, the author ess ?' " she asked. " 'I am Mrs. Ogden, and I write some times, I replied; 'what do you wish?' " 'You'll excuse my speaking to you, but i did so want to tell you how much good your last article in the Star did me and all my neighbors. O, you do not know how eagerly wo search the pa lcrs for something from your pen. And when we have found it, ltow we devour every word, finding nothing that does not encourage and elevate. Your name is fast becoming a household word among us.' " "Can you amagine my feelings as I took tho good woman's hand nnd thanked her for her kind words of praise? And when her way diverged from mine, she pressed my hand and said, 'God bless you, Mrs. Ogden, and may Ho grant you many days to bright en our lives with sweet and tender words from your pen.' Do you wonder that my eyes moistened with tears, or that my heart was too full for utterance; or that I could but silently return her hand preasure at parting?" "I know this much," said Lina, her own eyes full of tears, "that youare the truest woman I ever knew. You must be very happy, and you richly deserve to be." "Come in often, Lina," was Mrs. Ogden's parting salutation half an hour later. " You are always welcome." "There is no place I would prefer to go," said Lina, as she went down the steps. Aud now, readers, we will also take our leave, with the knowledge that hard as were some of Mrs. Ogden's endeavors to reach thecminencc on which she now stands, the pleasant thoughts that now fill her mind are well worth the strug gle. Arc there not many women whose minds are often crowed with such thoughts as Mr. Ogden had on the morn on which we first made her acquaint ance? And would it not be well worth whiio for such to make a trial nnd see what they can do? They may not all succeed as well as she, but they will at least bo happier for having mado the effort. Position Notes. No change in gentleman's fashions is to be noted. "White sealskin is anew fur which will bo much worn. Monograms on note paper havo gone completely out of fashion. Everything Is loaded witit trimming from the slipper to the bonnet. Tho most fashionable Jewelry at pres ent is oxydized silver "picked out" witli beaten gold. The Elizabethian ruffs are assuming proportions more ponderous and awe-lu-splring than ever. The skirts of ridintr habits should only bo fourteen inches longer than the ordi nary dress-skirt. Pumns and black silk stockings, with scarlet cloaks, are the proper things for geutlemau's full dress. The blue colors with win to spots, so much worn ilnrinr tho summer, still continue in favor in heavier materials. Bodices hich at the back and square In front arc en regale. With these are worn tho Medici or Francis ruffles, which are quite the rage now. "Rnttons are worn Immensely large, of burnished or blue steel cut into an Imitation of d amonds. unuersieeve studs of carved wood are also much in fashion. Bows for tho hair and neck are worn more than ever. Black gros-grain rib bon, embroidered witli wreathes of rose buds and daises, is much used for this purpose. "Watered ribbon sashes are very popu lar. Side sashes have a succession of long loops, and two uneven ends hang ing from the belt on the left side, quite far back. Corsets and Christianity. A lady who had chartro of a voutic ladies' Bible class, speaking of defective home training, said that her best pupil, IS years of age, had caused her the most acute anxiety. Bain or shine sho was always at her post. Tho girl's whple soul seemed absorbed in the straighten ing out of intricate theological prob lems: "and vet," said the teacher, "the girl was so pale and wan that I was -rM .na Cnltlllt 1 1 Ttf 1 1 1 f I lfa finr tflttf jj filU UtUY UWUam wna uw w v in class. One day she fainted, and in trying to restore hori loosened neruress, and what do you think I found? Cor- sets so tightly drawn tnai a iuh respira imnossiblc. I removed them and found that the girl's ribs actually lapped! I took her to ner nioiucr, a very prominent and useful church mem ber, and stated the caso without reserve. "Well, you sec," said the parent, "Fan ny never had any figure. I shouldn't be surprised if the lacings were drawn a little too tight. Her waist is naturally so large that it is almost impossible to make anything fit genteelly on her. How Is your class prospering, Miss ? I hope you are drawing many souls to Christ?" . , . inose who are iu um jiuiul' at, no e , , , , , , . 1 distant day growing up without any Some kind souls arc left In Detroit. . knowledge of the present or study of A boy ten years or age, leading a iivelv, the past; this ignorance, too, being im Iittle dog, calleil at the Central Station, hued into them by those who should, aud asked if that was the place where ami doubtless do, know better did they they shot dogs. Being answered in the ! ouIy think or tho effects or their Insano afllrmativc, liesaid, " ell. please shoot lomirse. Let tho head of tho familv mv nnnr little JJaU. Ilp'A nil fiwful mv noor imie xau. lie's ail awiui good dog, and he plays with the baby all day; but father's dead, and mother's sick, and I can't raise mouey to get a license." Then turning to tho dog, the boy stroked him saying, "Poor dog! how Billy will cry when I tell him you are dead!" Great big tears rolled tlown the boy's face, and in a littlo time those around him mado up a purso sufficient to save his dog, and a person went with him after a license. Tho boy's eyes sparkled at his uucxpocted luck, and speaking to the dog, he cried out, "ou are saved let's go right home to Billy!" Asking for Money. One of the very best wives and moth ers T have ever known once said to mo that, whenever her daughters should be married, she should stipulate in their behalf with their husbands for a regu lar sum of money to be jiald them, at certain intervals, for their personal ex- Eenditures. Whether this sum was to o larger or smaller was a matter of sec ondary importance that must depend on the income and the style of living but the essential tiling was that it should come to the wife regularly, so that sho should no more have to make a special request for it than her husband wouin uavu iu uh iiL-i lur a dinner. This lady's own husband was, as I hap pened to know, of a most generous dis position, was devotedly attached to her, and denied her nothing. She herself was a most accurate and careful mana ger. There was everything in the household to -make the .financial ar rangements flow smoothly. Yet she said to me, "I suppose no man can pos sibly understand how a sensitive woman shrinks from asl-iny for money. If I can prevent it, my daughters shall never have to ask for it. If they do their duty as wives and mothers they have a right to their share of the joint income, within reasonable limits; for, certainly, no money could buy the ser vices they render. Moreover, they have a right to a share in determining what those reasonable limits are." Now It so happened that I had my self gone through an experience which enabled me perfectly to comprehend this feeling. In early life I was for a time in the employ of a kind friend who paid me a fair salary, but at no definite pe riods; I was at liberty to ask him for money whenever I needed It. This seemed to me, in advance, a most agree able arrangement; but I found it quite otherwise. It proved to be very disa greeable to ask for money it made ev ery dollar seem a special favor; it brought up all kinds of misgivings, as to whether he could spare it without in convenience, whether he really thought my services wortii it, and so on. My employer was a thoroughly upright nud noble man and I was much attached to him. I do not know that he ever re fused or demurred when I asked for motley. The annoyance was simply in ', the process of asking, and this became so great that I often underwent,serious inconvenience rather than ask. Final ly, at the year's end, I surprised my friend very much by saying that I would accept, if necessary, a lower sal ary, on condition that it should be paid ! on regular days, and as a matter of bus iness. Tiio wisii was at onco granted, without the reduction ; aud my em ployer probably never knew what a re lief it was to me. Now if a young man is liable to feel this pride and reluctance toward a mere employer, it is easy to understand how many women may feel the same even in regard to a husband. And I fancy that those who feel it most are often tho most conscientious and high-minded women. It is unreasonable to ay of sucii persons, "Too sensitive! persons, "Too sensitive! Too fas tidious!" For it Is this verv duality of finer sensitiveness which men affect to prize in a woman and wish to protect at I all hazards. The very fact that a bus- chair beside her, when her dress that band is generous; the very fact that his she lias not had lime to change smells Income is limited these may bring in of soft soap ami the kitchen ? Let conscience aud gratitude to increase the mothers think of this, restraining influence of pride, and make I A woman lias a right to be human, if the wife less willing to ask money of I not to vote: to have the time to read if such a husbaud than if lie were a rieh I not to run for Congress; to rest aud rcc innn nrs tiiMii nnn Tin. nnlv ilicnifiiwl reation. if not lo run for President. Mil- position Iu which ti man can place his ' wife is to treat her at least as well as he would treat a house-keeper a ml give her the comfort of a perfectly clear ami defi nite arrangement as to money matters. She will not then be under the neces sity of nerving herself to solicit from him as a favor what she really needs i aud has a right to spend. Nor will she be torturing ucrscii, on me otucr side, with the secret fear lest she has asked too much and more than they can really spare. She will, iu short, be in the po sition of a woman aud a wife, not of a child or a toy. I have carefully avoided using the word "allowance" iu what I have said; because that word seems to imply the untrue aud mean assumption that the money is all the husband's, to give or withhold as he will. Yet I have heard this sort of talk from men who were living ou a wife's property or a wife's earnings; from men such as keepers of boarding houses, who worked a little while their wives worked hard and ' from men, such as farmers, who worked nam anu maue meir wives worK naruer. Even in cases where the wife has no di rect part in the money-making, tiie in direct part sho performs, if she takes faithful charge of her household, is so essential, so beyond all compensation in money, that it is an utter shame and impertinence in the husband when he speaks of "giving" money to his wife as if it were an act of favor. It is no more an act of favor than when the bus- mess manager oi a nrm pays out money to the unseen partner w no tnrecti mo Indoor business or runs the machinery. j Be the joint Income more or less, the . wXtlX lino n nlnirn f f 1 1 Of 1 1 f t f m 1 1! rt tt I H M . iv IIUJ vltai - v -aw aawaawaMvraw uaauaa, and that as a matter of right, without i tho dally ignominy oi sending m a pen Hon for it. 7. Hr. Myrjinwn. Without a Newspaper. Nothinir presents a sadder commentary upon the r c;,; i'. lae number oi ' famines" ioth in the town aud in the country, but more cs-! pccially In the latter, mat subscribe to no paperof any kind. How many fam ilies are thus growing up utterly iguo noiaut or what is transpiring in the world around them Ignorant of the mighty events of the day. But who can tell the vast amount of injury that Is be inc inflicted upon the rising generation I .i.,..t rt.t I nn.n t. l.n t . IU1UK Ol IU1P, UUU liovu 111 UIC nuuua oi those for whom ho or she is responsblc the means of acquiring somo knowledge of the moving panorama in which we act our different part. .S'. P. Pioneer. At the students' aunual debate at He gent's Park College, Eugland, March 25th, many prominent Baptists were present nnd took part Iu tho discussion of the question: Ought women to preach? A young lady closed tho discussion in au eloquent speech and the question was decided In the afilrmatlve. Woman's Bights. That women have certain rights that even the lords of the soil will not deny is a proposition that admits of no ques tion. It is of these rights that we talk. It is a woman's right to be supplied witli labor-saving appliances to assist her in the labor of the house. The husbaud purchases a mower at the expense of several hundred dollars, while he ex pects the good wife to make his shirt", the boys' pants aud girls' dresses, In the old fashioned way with a needle and thread, when a sewing machine can be bought that a girl of nine years can run for $50. If such a purchase is mentioned she is told that the com in tho east lot is poor, and the oats across the way will hardly pay for cutting, and the whole matter was treated as if a luxury that could easily be dispensed with was asked for. Tills spring a new horse-rake was boucht for the farm that cost Per sians $123; but who thought of buying a Ktutting-iuaciiiue mat cost Ana yet socks wear out and old needles must be run each evening the year round to keep the family in socks, while with one of those machines a year's supply for the family might be prepared by one of the youngsters in a few after noons. A cultivator comes home in a new wagon, but tho old wash-board is brought out regularly every Monday morning, and no washing-machine is ever thought of, A threshing-machine is hired to do tho work of a flail, but at ths cistern the old hook is good enough for the "women folks" to draw the wa ter with, when for SO a good Iron pump could be provided that, with proper usage, would last for years. And so it goes, one year after another, and the wife becomes old aud wrinkled, and the girls register vows that they will never live on a farm. It is true the money is often hard to get, to purchase many of these conven iences, but it is better to go without some unnecessary things that are bought until they can be procured. If they can not be procured any other way, set aside some small resource for which a small income Is derived, aud let it be devoted to the purchase of those labor-saving implements. Let the hens pay for them; instead of swapping the eggs for sugar orginguam euougn lor an apron, lay aside tho cash they bring for tills pur- nose. Give one of the girls a pig and let her fat aud sell it, and if she knows that the price of that porker is to bo de voted to trie purchase ot something to lessen the drudgery of house-keeping, It is altogether probable mat it win uctiie heaviest pig in the pen in the fall Aside from the help these things are to womeu on the farm, there is another and grauder reason why they should be in every farmer's home, and that is the eflect they have, incidentally, on the farmer's family. What boy can retain very lofty feelings of reference or re spect for his mother when the moment she sits down after tea she fails asleep in her chair, exhausted by the labors ' of the day? He may pity her, but j what interest does be feel in telling her ' what he had read, when he knows she ! does notgeta respite from her household drudgery to look in a book from one year's end to another? How much pleasure does lie take in drawing his chines do the drudgery iu tho hay-field, ami why not at the wash-tub? They rake and pitcli the hay, aud why not knit the stockings? They hoe the corn, and why not sew the shirts? If any one can find an answer to tlie.se queries, let them be published. A NicniT of Trillion. The sexton of St. Joseph's Cathedral at Vienna, being n man of extraordinary nerve ami bold ness, was accustomed to stand on the pinnacle of the tower whenever the Emperor mado a grand entrance into the city, and wave a flag as the pageant passed by. When, however, Leopold, who had just been chosen Emperor of Frankford, was about to enter the city, the loyal sexton, still anxious to be true to the old customs, but finding that years had told against his nerve, de clared that any one who would take his place successfully should win his daugh ter. Gabriel Peteraheim, who was dis liked by the sexton, but beloved of the daughter, at once accepted the oiler, to the disgust of the sexton, who then ar ranged with two villains to close the trap-door of the upper stairway while Gabriel was above, thinking that, as the Emperor was to enter toward even ing, no one need be the wiser, and the lad must certainly fall before morning. The two accomplices did their foul work, aud their intended victim, finding his wav down again, was then confronted with the alternative of clinging to the clniirloe ortlrn ttirntlrvll fl cold, wintry i ,it willl Uis feet resting on a surlace hardly ten inches in circumference, or 10f nrecinitatine himself to the pavement t at 'o,, anj ,U3 emiing tho matter. Gabriel was a youth of firm will and hardy constitution. He clung to the cold column till morning. But the story goes that his curling locks were white as suow, and his wonted ro3y . II 1 .1 1 I cneoKs were yenuy. -anu ......, ...u ! 1'is eyes, before so or gnt, w ere BiiUKen and d m. One night of horror had 1 placl him forty year, nearer his grave. The Livrxci Son- As tho soul is the man, and the material body only his house while upo the earth, a man is never really buried! No human be ing since the beginning of the world has ever yet been burled, no, not even for the space of a few moments buried? Man is where his conscious Ie 5n;. jghis memory, his love, his Imagi nation; and since that cannot be put Into the grave, tho man is never put Ihere. So far from being our last home, the grave is not our hotue at all, for we are never laid in it, nor go near it. Happy the day wheu all shall learn that corpses are the departed garments of living men and women Tem ples of God, iu which diviuo service is over and finished, the chanting hushed, the aisles deserted, and to be contemplated with as little terroras the dilapidated walls of some ancient, time worn cathedral. Hex. An old ladv, asred niueiy-one, who died receutly" in GrayavIIle, Ind., was buried in the wedding garments that she wore seventy-three years ago, aud which were ,of lluen, and spun, wovou, cut and made by herself. Property Eights of Women in California. Although the Golden State has not emancipated its mothers and daughters by opening to them the elective fran chise, It is rapidly approaenmg inereio lv obliteratinjrfroni itsstatutesonerelic of slavery and feudal barbaric rule after another. Its latest movement In this direction has been an amendment which gives to the married woman equal prop erty rights with the unmarried, or the fc)nme iolc, thus elevating the sacred marriage union by uunuing it. upon me rock of equality, Instead of tho quick sands and shoals of womanly subjection, which lias caused so much infinite do mestic misery from the daysof Xan tippe to those of modern divorce. Section 914 of the new code of State laws reads as follows: Skc-. 914. When a married woman, entitled to an estate iu fee, is authorized by power to dispose of such estate dur ing marriage, she may by notice ofsucli power create any estate which she might create if uumarried. In a business point of view this sec tiou gives woman unlimited equality, since if shecau procure sufficient capital to engage in any bread-earning pursuit, ami if she should, like man, succeed in amassing a fortune thereby, the law will not stand iu her way, but enfranchise her from her husband's control aud tpae dixit, the same as though sho were un married, rendering her safe not only from his creditors, butalso from himself if lie wished to appropriate her earnings. Tho Los Angelos Star in commenting upon this amendment remarks that "it is the corner stone of Woman'slJights," and adds that if the ballot is refused to women after this, society will be greatly in fault, since when woman proves that she is competent to engage successfully in the bread-earning avo cations of life, she is certainly fit to vote. Whiio we heartily congratulate tlie Star upon Its enlightened views, which, after all, are only thoe of com mon justice, we aver that if beingcapn blo of self-support, or successfully en caging in the business avocations of life, be a fit test of full citizenship, then thousands upon thousands of women in the length uud breadth ot our laud are as fully entitled to the ballot as men. Woman has proved that notwith standing legal, social and cducatiional ineoualitv. she is capable of not only self-support, but of the maintenance of others dependent upon her exertions; and the reason why she is so seldom the 1 tli and she refused to comply, stating architectof a fortune, is the result of all , that it was no part of her business to these combined causes. With legal bar-, wash the captain's shirts. The captain riers removed, however, her progress ' mildly hinted to her the consequences frcedomward will be more rapid; so we 1 f mutiny, antl the stewardess of the bid our California sisters God speed. ' vessel involuntarily became a laundress May they, through the protectoin of i to the captain. She kept him well sup their laws, march rapidly on the road plied with clean shirts and collars for which shall lead to golden and green- the rest af the trip, and made out her back rewards; since, when they havedis-1 MI at the rate of $1 50 per dozen. The covered the philosopher's stone, the bal-l captain got some tall swearing done lot will bo theirs, as woman's poverty i about miratime usage aud custom, and seems to be the chief obstacle in the the court sent the woman away with way of its attainment. Toledo Journal. ! ''Jr bill. To Imitate an; I'.cho. It is impossi-1 Max.voixo a HusiiAXD. A Pcnusyl ble for a ventriloquist to produce an i vnnia lady has a very romantic and in echo in a room of ordinary size, as thegCuious way of managing tho gentle walls, being sc near, would cause tho ,,, so happy as to be her husband, sounds to be blended, ami would only , Exasperated by her persistent conversa produco one impression on the ear: and tinn ho mimiinntiv l.nrral i,r oars ti, yet a skillful ventriloquist can witli ease imitate, iu a room, a mountain echo. We give the instructions, as it is very amusing: Turn your back to the listeners: whistle loud several short quick notes, just as if you were whistling to a dog; w.u.. -o j.uoo.u.c a m uiu iii, ueauiiiui auu cnensned memories mis note, and as softly and subdued as pos- ! broken-hearted woman rushed franti slble lo be heard, whistle about a third I caiiy to the canal, and witli one parting the samo number of notes, but it must ( sigh, threw in a iarge stono with a be in the same note or pitcli; this will mighty splash. Then she went and hid cause the last note to appear just like herself in the bushes and giggled, while an echo at a great distance. This inn- her husband and twenty other men Iiur tation, ir well done, causes much sur-iried up with horror depicted on their prise to those listening. Hie same , countenances, and wildly dragged the thing can be done by shouting any sen- , canal for her body. When the injured tence, such as, "Hallo, you, there!" or, one became convinced that the wretch "Ship ahoy!' Let your voico be formed had suffered enough, she appeared from close to the lips; in the same pitch or behind the bushes and led him home, a note, speak the same words very sub-1 resigued and willing victim, dued, and formed at the back of the i , , , Zlwo 13 V"y SlnU,IC' yet ' The Widow of SciiuMASs.-Bonn, Beethoven's birth-place and the burial- . place of Schumann, lias had a tliree- Lemons kor Fever. Says that i ,iUy& musical festival iu honor of Scliu walklng cyclopedia of health knowl-, manu, and to rear a monument to his edge, Dr. Hall: hen persons are fever- memory, seventeen years after his death. Ish aud thirsty beyond what is natural, Tho zeal of the composer's widow has Indicated in some cases by a metallic I chiefly promoted the allair. Sbeisher taste in the mouth, especially after Iseff a great artist, a piauist of consum dnnking water, or by whitish appear- mate skill, having manipulative powers auces on the greater part of the surface of the greatest force, and possessing en or the tongue, one of the best "coolers," thusiasm in her playing which excites internal or external, is to tako a lemon, ! her hearers immensely. Her fidelity cut off the top, sprinkle over it some i has done much for her husband's fame, oaf sugar, workiug it down into the j The orchestra at the festival consisted lemon with a spoon, nnd then suck it of one hundred and eleven players, and slowly, squeczingtlie lemon, and adding it was flanked on each side or tiie plat more sugaras the acidity Increases from form by SIM voices, (120 sopranos, 105 being brought up from a lower point, altos, 72 tenors, and 97 bases). Iuvalids with feverishness may take , , . . , ..... i iwo or iiireo icinons a uay in mis man- nnr with th most mnrk-ivl hnnofir. mnn- ifested by a sense of coolness, comfort and invigoration. A lemon or two thus taKcn at tea-lime, as an entire substi tute for the ordinary supper of summer, would give many a comfortable night's sleep, and an awakening after rest aud invigoration, with an appetite for- break fast to which they are strangers who will have their cup or tea for supper, or "relish" and "cake," and their berries or peaches and cream. Antidote for Poison. A poison ofefiiciency lor any personal considera- any conceivable description and degree or potency, which has been swallowed intentionally or by accident, may be rpnilnriKl almost insfaneouslv harmless by swallowing two gills of sweet oil. An individual with a very strong cousti tution should take double the quantity. The oil will neutralize every form of veg - etabio or mineral poison with which physicians are acquainted. The Piute Queen. The far West boasts of a modern Pocahoutas,in tlie per son or Sarah AVinnemucca, the daughter oi me ctnei oi me nutes, winch imuan tribe do her homage, as monarchial na-! tions do their Queens and Kings. She I is said to novo acquired some education, uicaatu i;iwii&CTi icuiluilllLY, UUU 13 re- ported friendly to the whites. Girls who are properly educated, who are early taught the lessons of self-reliance, who have placed beforo- them a high standard of excellence to attain, will never stoop to be mere dolls for the display of the latest fashions, the but terflies of life, gaudy but worthless, but w 11 becomo sober, earnest women, who are fitted to work out the high misi sion intrusted to them. Mother and Son. ROME ISTERESTISe FACTS CONCEENINO VoUSO FEAN'K WALWOBTU ANI HIS IfOTUEK. A Xew York correspondent of the Bos ton JW givea somo interesting facts concerning Frank Walworth and Ills mother: "Mrs. Walworth Is now' ami has been since the first awful' 'new reached her, absorbed in the one Idea of enduring for her son's sake, and workiug for him when there is work to do..' She is perfectly and absolutely Indifferent to the surroundings; heat or cold, fatigue or rest, site does not appear to think or. And in his own case, life inside the pris on means, as it lias outside for many years, 'my mother.' Ho never admits toher, or to any member of the family, that hp feels the confinement, the labo'r, the coarse food, or any hardships of the prison. He claims, as he has from the first, that he committed no crime, be cause ht5 acted in self-defence, therefore he does not feel his punishment as a deg radation. For, during six months at a time lie slept outside his mother's door unknown to her, to prevent a night at tack from the family persecutor. Here is a fact not generally known: There was a broken chair found iu the room where the fatal altercation took place, and there were other evidences which, jf uses had had been made of them, would have established beyond a doubt tho plea of self-defence, aud a friend actually plead ed with Frank Waiwortn to swear mat his father had broken the chair in at tempting to use it as a weapon of offence against him. This Frank point blank refused to do, declaring that not to save himself from the gallows would he de part from the truth. Friends, as well meaning, begged Mrs. Walworth to show more feeling at the trial, urging that it might produce a good eHect. 'I can do nothing for eflect,' she said; 'I was nev er an actress, and ray sufferings have taught me self-control.' " A California court has decided that it is the duty of a stewardess on board a vessel to wash the captain's shirts. A ship landed at Sau Francisco from New York, and the stewardess of the vessel placed a bill of $45 for washing the cup tain's shirts in the bauds of a court for collection, the captain objecting to the payment of tho same, stating that he had been a sea-captain for sixteen years and had never paid a cent for having his linen washed. On his last trip he had ordered the stewardess to the wa-ih- other dav. The wretched woman cast but one lingering, reproachful glance upon her lord, aud lied, simply observ ing, as she departed, that the briny deep should wash away the insult. Leaving behind her everything most dear to her j the home of her married life, full of , ti-tv-tyi VniT TiiT...ir.r. cv, . H T tDIT. Tile London Spectator !1 wjt U the ffi , 9f V r w,,tor to hia personal friends ?" replies: "Strictly speaking, he should have ho friends. He should attack his own fath er if lie disapproves his .speeches, or criticise his wife's last book if lie thinks it rubbish. The journalist is bound, as the Statesman is bound, to do ills duty aud take tiie consequences. He might be a little more gentle in his language, a little more apologetic in his tone, but the attack must not be deprive! of its i tinn whatever." i QUAKER PLUJI Pudding. Take slices of light bread, spread them witli butter and lay them in a puddinir-dish. , with alternate layers of raisins, until 1 within an inch of tho top. Five eggs are then beaten with a quart of mill;, uuu puuii.nuvcriu puuuing; salt antl spice to suit the taste. I bake it twenty to twenty-five minutes, and eat with liquid sauce. The raisins should be boiled in a little water before using, and the water aud raisins put on the pud diug. Storms.- -A smooth sea never made skillful do un- success I r.. r e t - , . The storms of adversity, like those or the ocean, rouse the faculties, and forti tude or the voyagpr. The martyrs ot me ancient times, in bracing their minds to outward calamities, acquired a loftiness of purpose and moral heroism worth a lifetime of softness aud security. ..Miss Annie Lippincott, a daughter of "Grace Greenwood," iuau -j i.i i Tinwaulac. Mich., laatf uia i v i it' Tiiiu week.