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Hits. i. J. DU.Mtt.tr. ""or pd Proprietor OFKIl'K Cor. I'ront aiid Stnrk Strrets. TERMS, IK ADVANCE: A Jonmal fsr the People. j Devoted tethc Interests or Humanity; - -Independent in Politics and Religion. Mlve to nil Live Issues, and Thoroughly thidleal In Opposln; and Exposing the Wrnnj ol the Masses. One year -S3 00 mx innnins- 1 75 1 00 Three month.. Free Speech, Free I'kes, Free People. Correspondents writing over assumed signs tures must make known their names' to tlio Editor, or no attention will be given to their communications. ADVERTISEMENTS Inner! ed on Reasonable VOLUME III. T? OTtTXVIVD , OREGON, 3TKI30A.Y, DECEMBER IS, 1873. NXJ3IBEH. 17. Terms. A WOMAN'S KES. ITlie foHewlnc poem is tnken-from the ad Tanre sheets of a sevr volume of Ioem enti tled "Apple Blosom," by Ilattle Tyre Grli irold.) 'Mid the purple Hies at the Indian sea, A wonderful mountain rears It! head. And to magnetic nis said to be, That the aallors look on lis base with dread. And many the tale to yon I hey will tell. Of bow It will draw the tmiu and barn From th staunch et ship with Its sorcerer. fpelU And cast it afloat -rent sails and span. And they say that a maiden dwelt near by, On another Isle of tula Indian sea, Who had seen t'.ie ships like sea-gulls fly Up against thU moautnln ol treachery, To be severed nl sundered wide apart, Till deep within her a horror crew That struck to the cure of her very heart Lest some sad day th ship and erew To ttorfeenrt most lwr stUHikt fait a'prey To tills terrible mountain, grantl and 'grim. And that she should see her lover lay Stark at her leet as she watched for him. And o the deep feeling of horror grew That she sat by day and she sat by night Gazing up to the mountain blue. And down to the seu at its base, so white. And one bright day the good ship came Sailing up to these Indian Isles, Klgbt toward the mount with Its crest of Came, Whieh beckoned It on with Its sorcerer's wiles. And the maiden's heart grew faint with woe. As with angubshett eyes she watched the ship SalllBgou in the evening glow Into the fatal mountain's grip. But the. maiden'ti eyes, so dark and deep, Sueh a counter sorcery did work, That the ship swayed back with majestic sweep And lay at her feet In the evening's murk. And the lover clasped the maid tn his arms,. While the angry mountain leaped In flame But was powerless evermore for harms, And lost in time Its evil fame. t Tls a Tory fable, some may say. But I, dear love, can well believe When I took In your faee this happy day. And feel to my own your soft Hps cle.-n e. That a woman's eyes could do all this Yea, do, dear love, much more by far For the sorcery of your look and kl Might draw a soul from the farthest star. JUDITH MILES; What Shall be Done Midi IlerT BT MR, r. r. VICTOR. Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 183, by Mrs. F. F. Victor, In the Office of the librarian of Congress, at Washing ton City. j f'HAITEK il. THK MILES FAMILY. Judith was looking at the title-pages of her new books when the sound of her father's foot-steps In the passage-way startled her, and she dextrously moved them from sight with that instinctive desire to avoid contention upon a subject where agreement is impos sible, which lias been often imputed to women for duplicity. If duplic ity it be, then it is the logical re keenest ire. His great black eyes glowed with an evil light. Even Katie had found out that he was in no mood for dalliance, and remained skulking behind him as he entered the house, watching her opportunity to slip past him to her sister's aide, whero she nestled silently. But childhood Is not proof against a dulec, even when awed by a mysterious terror; and Katie, who spied otio of these sweets lying under the table, made a sudden dive for it, forgetting all else In her excitement. Her father noticed the action, and understood it. "Durn his ugly Dutch pictur!" ex- climed Miles, wrathfully, stopping to gaze in a sort of blind rage at Judith. Hie action gave him the appearance of having suddenly discovered his daugh ter's remarkable beauty, and of being a good deal struck by it; though noth ing was at that moment farther from his thoughts than the recognizing of any excellence in Judith, or anyone else. Judith, who was used to these appear ances, avoided his gaze by commencing to brush Katie's curls around her fin ger. "Whar d'ye git that thar thing?" asked Miles, bis countenance changing from angry reverie to scornful inquiry. "Do you mean this, Pap?" returned Judith, with well-assumed carelessness, "Boone brought me this when ho was down to San Bernardino. Look at this pretty handle with a woman's face on it." "I never leen no such woman as that, nor never will. Why, you've got yer hair fixed up like that red ribbon an' all. You'd better just twist it up the way yer mother did her'n. That's the only way I ever seen auy decent woman's hair fixed. An' you needn't curl Katie's hair so much, nuthcr. Bet ter let it be, nat'rel. I don't want no highfalutin' ways In this yer house. Boone bed better be savin his money to take lilm to Arizony." "Pap, don't make Boone go to Ari zona. I wish you wouldn't; it's such a dreadful country; and I read In a news paper that the Indians were killing everybody they found away from the settlements, and In them, too." "Wa-al, I reckon a Miles knows how ter fight Injuns. "What's more, d'yo reckon I'm a-gwine to stay hyar, along o' the the Dutch an' Yaukees, as is com Ui' thick as grasshoppers, with the graln-farmin' an' ther gang-plows an' headers an' railroads, makln' the coun try onfit ter live in ? "Wish I'd staid in Texas an' fit the d d Yankees, 'stead ov comin' ter Callforny, whar they're I thicker'n ever, so!" "I think this is a nice conntry, Pap; and I wish you could be contented to mother's memory. Still she was a good deal angry with her father. Why should he be so determined to go con tiary to the views of other people, and the wishes of his children? Was he al ways to keep on goi ng from place to place and dragging those who could not resist don't know as you ought to feel so un reconciled if Pap sets his head on my going. I reckon the mines are a good cattle-market. And if we all have to go why, there are other people there who find something pleasant about the country, or they wouldn't stay. Isn't him fartheraway from things desirable? that so, Sis?" Wild thoughts of rebellion presented "Perhaps so," Judith was forced to ad themselves to her. If he wanted to mlt. "But, Boone, don'tyoueucourage "pack her out of the house," she would Pap to leave this place promise me you anticipate his wishes, and go without will not," she pleaded earnestly. further leave. But where? -To whom? "Encourage him: AO. But What To leave Katie? No; she would stay difference will tt make? What lie or with Katie, happen what might, uutil dors, that we'll all do. And I'm going she should be eighteen; and then and to do it cheerfully, Jude. Who kuows then the vagueness of her speculations but I shall make my fortune iu that as to what might happen then drew very country you've such a dread of? Judith into a reverie so profound that, Come now, let's believe everything is for standing leaning against the rough boardingof the house-wall, with dreamy gaze fixed on the far-oil mountains, ly ing sleeping like sphyuxes in the sun, The Hew Ira. WOMAX'S BIOItTS IN ILLINOIS. In April last, the State Legislature passed an act, which went Into force in the following July, providing "that any woman, married or single, of the age of twenty-one years and upward, and pos sessing the qualifications presoribed for men, shall be eligible to any oflice under the general or special school laws of this State." What has beeu the result? At the very first election where women have had an opportunity of availing themselves of this law, they have done so in the roost liberal manner. They were on hand early at the nominating conventions, and, where they failed to get nominations through lack of courtesy on the part of the stronger sex, they exercised the sovereign right of bolting, and entered the field under their own colors bound for a free fight and no favors, and with no other plat form than the very practical one, "Let the best woman win." Atthcrecentelec- tlon there were thirty-four ladies ruu uinc in thirty counties of this State for the office or County Superintendent of Schools. In Alexander and .Mercer counties two ladies ran against each ! What Next ? the best! I'm awful hungry, anyway, If you wero a good house-keeper you'd know its almost noon, and be thinking of my dinner. Katie, Katie, come and she failed to observe the approach from get some wood for Judith, quick! I'm adliTermitriirotiann tall nnilliunilsnmn I bo starved I can't tret UP scoot now!" young man with a certain likeness to Thus Boone refused to be dejected, ; other; and in Cass comity there were w I m I 1 1 v.irs finiilnQfinrr tlm finlil ntirl tho viftnr herself, and a yet more remarkable one and tried to keep up the spirits of his .,t ,,,.. ,iron.i tiinnti,nr two. hut two to her father. sister; but in truth he was not well i - "A nennv for vour thoughts. Jude." pleased with the look of allalrs, as said the youth, whose loose frame and Judith secretly understood. She felt smooth chin indicated about nineteen grateful to him, all tlio same, and went years. He was clad in check-woolen with alacrity about lite preparation ol tier, published in Mercer county, are ahiri iiiiifi,niii.iv.inr.i nmininnn. inn. I tlmir slmnlp iltnner if liroiul. bntfin and i sijjuificant. I nder a dcliant rooster ' w ' I ti'ftli linml boots and broad-brimned straw hat; not I couec a Handsome dress, but worn so hand-1 JacK Allies uiu not come Home until somelythat it did not seem to matter evening. Ho had recovered his self- about a better one. I possession, and spoke kindly enough to "Oh, Boone," cried his sister, seizing Judith, though declining to take any his outstretched hand: "I'm so triad supper. He held Katie in his arms uu- unt only defeated the other two, but two men also, who had not gallantry enough to withdraw and let the three ladles have the field to thomselves. As au in dication of the good time coming, the head-ilnesor me Aiaio JJcmocraitc aan- j Nearly every week I fead in the New i York Time, and a few other papers in sympathy with it on the question of ISqual Kigius, paragrapua hkc me ioi- lowmg: "WOMAN'S ItlCiHTS AMONG TIIK INDI ANS." "A few tlavs ago, a duel was seen earning the papoose, the fishing tackle, blanket?, etc., while his squaw walked lelsurelv beside him. smoKlntr a pipe. Take heart, pale sisters, your doctrine is maklnc converts among tne na tives !" It is not surprising that the fact re ccives notice, when we consider how many years the squaws have carried all the burdens. By what stroke of policy the dnsky sister shifted the load to the shoulders of her master, is not told. She seems to be a solitary-instance, and, as such, commands our sympathy aud respect. Think how the 1- lathead news papers opened thclrgibberish upon her! Think how the Flathead politicians aimed their arrows at her! Think how the Flathead pupils quoted Paul at her, and prophesied the extinction of pap liooses,aud the uttertlestrtictlon of those feminine gifts aud graces she iiad ex emplified, in grinding corn aud doing all tne tiruugery ot camp anu etiase: Some instinct must have guided this stay here," said Judith, with a sigh suit of enslaved action in connection nkees wtll start a school, right with a judgment or a will that cannot away; and Katie cau get an education hr, enslaved. Thoueh It is in tho power 80 eas"y- Anu 8ue's 80 Peart. know, of men to choose wives whose wills are feeble as their physical powers of re sistance, is not given them to secure daughters always equally pliant; since to the daughter, as well as to the son, may descend something of the domi nating qualities of the sire. Besides, be it said in vindication of Judith, that she was superior to the class in which she had beeu reared. Women of that class are too often vindictive, treachorous, cruel and lying. I do not Impute it to them for blame. They are what their circumstances and education make of them. The men in the same class aro vindictive, brave, cruel and truth-telling the difference being that physically they know not fear, hence no necessity for intrigue. If it were to serve a purpose against an enemy, the men could be treacherous enough. Out of this class a well recognized one came Judith Miles; out of it, but supe rior to it by some accident of blood, her Pap," she added, with a design of soft enlng her father on the educational question, and so causing him to tempo rize. If she had ever a final hope of success Itwas extinguished hy his an swer: "Katie kin git all tho larnin' I want her to have from you and Boone. You can read an' write, an' that's enough for a gal. Boone kin cipher, besides, an that's enough for a man. I'm not gwine to be ketched in a surround, an' druv to terms, llko a herd o' antelope, by no number of Yankees au' Dutch." "I should not think you could go away and leave mammy's grave," sobbed Judith, forgetting in her terror of the oftou threatened Arizona the dis cretion Bhe usually observed in referring to her mother. That grave had been made within threo months after the emigration to California, and might never have never been needed but for the exhausting toil faults were of if, her virtues were her 1 of the jouruey that had loft not enough own. vitality with which to fight the baltlo The mother of this girl had been a for two lives afterward. Jack Miles had broad-browed, large-eyed, pretty and j never been able to forget that Kato had gentle woman, with natural perceptions urged him to wait another year in of "the good, the beautiful and the true" (Texas, and that he had willfully re in the narrow life it was hers to live, j fused to grant her the respite. This re She never openly opposed her haughty, j feroncc to her mother was so audacious, passionate and jealous husband; neither ' under tho circumstances, that Judith did she ever deceive him; but shamed was frightened, even before her father him often by the dignified patience of , replied iu a tone of intenscst passion you have come!" The slight tremor in her voice told Boone that something had gono wrong with her. "What's the matter, Sis?" added tho lad, encircling her with the disengaged arm in a manly and protecting manner that went straight to the sore young heart. Judith leaned her head against his shoulder and indulged in a little shower of tears not bitter tears this time. Katie, who was within hearing, en gaged in some busy mischief, attracted by Boone's voice, now appeared upon the scene and immediately proceeded to answer a question not addressed to her, after the manner of children, "Pap's been a-sassin' her" but as if that was of no great significance com pared to another, tills announcement was followed by another one, to-wit: "And Mr. Shultz has been here, and brought me a paper of dulces!" "So it's all about the young Dutch man, Is It, Jude?" queried Boone, laughing, yet as If not quite pleased "Mr. Shultz came to see Pap again about the laud," answered Judith, with the hauteur of a sensitive person who feels a wrong Implied not named and releasing herself from her brother's arm. "Did they como to any agreement?" inquired Boone, earnestly. "No. Pap will have a bigger price, or will not sell; and he Is very angry with Mr. Shultz for trying to get it for ills own price; and he was cross to me; and I said something tnat was wrong, which made him very angry with me; so he's gono off I don't know where, and O, Boone, I am tho unhappiest trirl Iu the world, I do believe!" Tho announcement of her unhappi ness seemed to relieve Judith, for she smiled after making It, as if aho felt how absurd It was for sixteen to be help lessly miserable. Boone smiled, too, sitting down on tho door-step. It was an uneasy smile for a a boy's face, cov ering an evident though unacknowl edged anxiety. "If I was two year older," said the til she fell asleep and was carried oil to bed. Then, when he was alone with Boone and Judith, he simply notified them that he had decided to send a lot of beef-cattle down to Arizona, and that he expected Boone to "be ready iu three days to start with them. To tills order there was no remonstrance or reply; nono was expected; none would bavo been of any avail. Silently the family separated; the father to bis couch in the kitchen, Boone to the loft over it, and Judith to her chamber over the fitting- room. Boone tapped softly on the thin parti tion of cloth and paper by which Judith with womanly delicacy had secured to herself something like privacy in their rude dwelling. "Jude," whispered lie; don't you fret. I'll bring you back a sack of gold, and we'll go on a journey by ourselves up to 'Frisco; and I'll trick you out gay as a red wagon see n I don't!" "Boone, I shall die I know I shall," returned Judith, and crept into bod be side Katie, meaning to grieve in dark ness aud alone over the coming repara tion, but falling asleep Instead. (To be continued. Women and Dogs. One day last winter, just as it was drawinc toward dark, I found myse'f near the entrance of a famous dry goods store. Out of it, In all the pomp ot silS and velvet and marvelous lace, a lad came, carrying In her arms a bundla swarthediu softest cashmere. I thought at first It was a baby. I beg all bablet pardon. It was a dog. There were onl.'r a few steps to her carriage-door, but er she reached it a woman came hastll; forward and said something to her which I did not hear. My lady with drew herself haughtily, and angril; shut the door of the carriage after her. The woman scarcely looked like a beg gar, and my curiosity was aroused, f had seen the Imploring look answere I by the indignant one; I had, heard th i rapid, passionato tones answered by th i slamming door, and I was weaving m;' own hypothesis, wlten the woma t turned rapidly round and faced me. iw strange, wild, pitiful look such a loo.: as women haunted by sorrow and jiei plexlng griefa wear. Our eyes met, an I a mental telegraphy assured her I 1m l been watching. "You saw, then," she said. "Yes, I saw." "Look here!" And site uncovered three weeks old baby a baby with th i most unbaby-llke face I ever saw. It was thin and wrinkled, and looked as it with head and tall erect, occur the fol lowing startling announcements: "The Whole Anti-Monopoly Ticket Elected;" "Cornstalks will Make Sugar;" "Miss Walker Defeated by Thirty-one Votes;" "Miss Frazier elected;" "A Certain Bachelor Hannv." This tells the storv eloquently, and leaves the reader at liucriv to lillUKiue uiu juy ui jira Frazier and the "certain bachelor," ond the corresponding discomfiture of Miss Walker and the "other feller." Under tho new regime the sewing circles and evening meeting?, and the Sunday uicht visitations of youtur Gentlemen in school districts will no longer be the tame atlairs they have been. A new clement enters the social circle which will not disturb it, but heighten its en joyments, for the election iu Mercer county snows mat "a certain uacucior- ts happy, notwithstanding tuc iact mat Miss Frazier is elected. It is due to the pioneers in the election . field tnat tlteir names aiiouiu ue Known to tho public, and we have therefore prepared the following table, showing the ladies who ran. those who were elected, and those who were defeated: untaueht creature to tho conclusion it had nassed through vears of anguish. that a pipe is as much hers, by divine i it has a soul they say, and the Lonl right, as his; and the pappoose, as much Jesus died for it, and that woman with his, by divine right, as hers, and that the dog in her arms my God!" an I smoking and "toting the baby" are not she turned from me with a gesture of prerogatives of cither. We hope licr Much sublime scorn and despairas wouli I example will be contagious, for it is lave brought the house down, if it hail better man missionaries or tracts, ttett been in a theatre, aud acting msteaii oc Cloud's "war path," begins iu ill own tent, where he brandishes his club over the head of his squaw. If she had "By God, Jude, if you were not her darter, I'd pack you out o' this yor house quicker'nlightnln'! I don't want to hear you ever speak her name to mo agUn recollect that." "O Pap, I'm so sorry! I did not mean her submission into something like jus tice and gentleness. And Jack Miles loved her well and faithfully; mourn ing her loss after his own bitter and gloomy fashion, iu silence. Perhaps it had made him a shade more careful of the feelings of his daughter, so early 1 please forgive me!" cried Judith, now left motherless, and his memory some-1 thoroughly penitent, as well as fright times reverted to times and scenes when jened and grieved. She cried to deaf his Kate had endured undeserved harsh- j ears, however. Her father never turned ness, never to be atoned for now. Either his head, but strode heavily out of the that, or because ho recoguized in his ; room, away from the house, mounted children a spirit that more nearly j his horse tethered a littlo way off, aud matched his own, he rarely sought to ; rode across the prairie as fast as the an subjugate their will in open conflict. In i imal could carry him. these rare instances, however, ho had Judith stood iu the porch, with flushed never failed to enforce unquestioning j cheeks and tearful eyes, gazing after obedience; aud Judith knew that only i him. Her thoughts were not all penl the total deprivation of her precious i tent thoughts. Some of them were bit books would result from the discovery i ter enough, as they accused her father. mat iney nau oeoti iurmstieu to her hy I not altogether unjustly, of unnecessary tne ounoxtous uerman. inereioro the The Massachusetts Election. The Republican maioritv in Massa chusetts Is reduced, in one year, from 74,otiy to i,uuo. a year ago we siiouiu have regretted such a result, to-day we hail It as tho precursor of Woman Suf frage victory. And the reason is simply this: A year ago the Bepublican party of Massachusetts was tho party of prog ress, with a platform endorsing Woman Su II rage, temperance and the rights of labor; to-uay it nasgono uacK on wom an Suffrage, it has trilled wltlt Temper ancc, it has repudiated Labor Reform, and it lias re-nominateii a governor wiio has shown no sympathy with suflraKo or labor, and who has failed to enforce a prohibitory liquor law which was en acted at his own urgent remiest. To day the Republican party of Massachu setts is a party without recognized prin ciples or purpose. row a party without principles is like a man without a purpose: it is the sport of its own passions and impulses. For the past year the Republican lead ers of Massachusetts, the very men who have worked together siuce 18C0, have boy, after an interval of thoughtful si- resolved themselves into a "mutual uer leuce, "I'd strike out for myself." cmatlon" society, and have actively de- "That's just what was thinking .-eh other for the amusement of the bv- when you ofiered a penny for my standera. Nothing has saved them but thoughts," said Judith, placing herself tho unmitigated folly of tho Democracy, btside him on the step. w,,u """; uit r """ "But you must not think of striking ,.ri' . M,ariu,fpr. ,,t onnosod to all re- out, Jude; you're a girl, and it's difler- form, and who, its Mayor of Boston, by onf rphirnixllipr brother with mascu- hit unparalleled administrative iuefli- ' i . i i i i. : i r i i . t r linn "iiinprloritv icicuuy, imu mauu uiiuacn iiiuuiuuii- ui 1 . . I rp-nlAPIinn. tlml Tlio llpmnpmlii m .Mfm- Not when Pap tells me he'd 'pack B-eilu,Ls nominated John E. Fltzpcr- me out of the house quick as lightning,' aid, a reliable friend of Woman Sur real itv. Ami ever since I have thought of th two women and the baby and the pam- awakened to tho fact that she has some : pered dog. And I have come toremem rlghts that a red man Is bound to re- ' ber how common a thing it is to seu spect, and if she have the courage to as- j women, whose bosoms 'should be for scrt those rights, she will solve the children to nestle in, and whose arm i question of, "how can the Indian be hit- are nature's arks for helpless infancy, manized'" Given a tyrant at home, carrying dogs! Woman whom God in you have a scatter abroad, whether tended to nurse angels and train heroes, that tyrant be copper-colored or white; carrying dogs! Women whom Gfxl the taste of power lie gets iu his home, , meant for daughters of consolation an. I is as often fatal to a man, as the taste I sisters of charity, carrying dogs! of blood to an auimal. "We are not called upon to judge thesn The Iudiau womau has no more and women any higher than they judgu no worse disabilities than the white ("themselves, but we do say that the lovu woman, if we take into account their ami cherishing care of a God-madu i different conditions. Sho keeps the 1 woman are too holy by far to be. given tent, carries the pappoose, gathers ber-1 unto dogs;" especially when there am rles and grinds her master's tobacco, , bodies and souls for which Christ dieil and, in return, shares tho bear skin, the i perishing for lack.of them, venison, and, now and then, a few beads ' Mothers, whose children look down on and feathers. That she la a slave in 1 you over "the golden bar of heaven," N every sense of the word, no one denies, there nothing holier to fill their vacaur. But in her Ignorance or a better condi- place-? Can the snarling, slavering tion. she does not reel the weight or hr heast who answers vour caresses b j bodily burdens, more than our women Hekiti; your hand in any way compen- mr the encircling. arms, the sweec k.es, the baby words, the looks Tram avaa ivlilrtli nnw nltvnva I elected. ' in beintr numbered in our statute books ' imhi ha-fnp of "tlm Knthpr whirh is in t,ass county .nrs. . ji. juucmcj, . with relonsand simpletons. The shame elected; Mrs. M. R. Housekeeper; Miss of being whipped by a drunken, savage liouba Paster. I lord, Is no morekcenly felt by his Coles county Miss JennieMcKmstry, sf,uaWj than the indignation heaped defeated. upon white women, when learned nieu Crawford county Miss Naomi lorn- ! gravely discuss their mental and physi llnson, defeated. , , , 1 cal disabilities. The spirit is as sensi- DeWitt county Miss Mary " elcli, tive as ,!le Uack, and perhaps its wounds elected. :are longer in healing. The lash has Killngham county Miss l-.llen ancc, fallen swift and heavy upon every one, defeated. . I who, like the poor Indian woman, has Green county Mrs. Kate Hopkins, atteinpted to reform the old order of elected. .......... ' things. It is really no creater. no more Hancock county Mrs. Iv. lv. .Mayall, unrp.isnnnble an innovation to attenint n ir..,. tlioi-ctrfMi miMeon linmlu defeated. , to vote or enter college, than that be-i and watch with hungry eyes for your -nciu.) iuLiiy-.u. ! gun oy ner wno laiu tiown me uianKet i coming. Don't go shopping again until. jiuMi uau). ji wtut, inue suuuiu uuu utr , you have lotiliu meui. oame win go to county Miss ranees n. 3100 ror suci, a ,ictiant, unheard-of act, he-wen. and when vou fail "receive von Alexander county Mrs. S. h. Brown, ; feei t,e degradation of their political gate for elected; Mrs. P. A. Taylor. status. There is no more humiliation warm k Boone county Miss Mary l t rary, ln being the pack horse than there is of love! heaven ?' Go rather unto the houses ol! want and in. You will find babies dy ing as ym -a dicifc Iiold them iu your arms till I o angels come for them, or lift some brcht. lovinc child out of tha I misery anu want in which it dies daily. it may be i on win spare it to grow iq and call yo "blessed." And to t oso wives to whom GotI has given i.o children of their own, their duty is manifest. Somewhere in. pain, and starvation, and Ignorance, their children are waiting lor them. feated. Jackson I rage, he would have been elected by a liaudsome majority. "We believe there are 50,000 sull'ragists in Massachusetts, a majority of whom stayed away from the polls because tney wouiu not vote for Washburn and could not vote for Gaston. if. B. Mackwcll in H'omrm' If I were not my mammy's daughter?" asked Judith. "You must have made him very mad, Jude," answered Boone seriously. "I bono vou and Pap won't fall out, for I always depended on you and Katie to smooth down the quills wheu he feels porcupinish. WasitaboutMr. Shultz?" attachment to Newsi-apkus. The added Boone, watching Judith suspi- strong attachment or subscribers to well ' conducted newspapers is fully confirmed ciousiy. by publishers. "Stop my paper," words "It was Mr. Shultz who first made of dread to beginners, lose their terrors him amrrv about the land. Then hosaid after a paper has been established for a ...r." i...f ..iin von to Ari- term ol years, bo long as a paper pur llmirnii. ilpfentprf. Kankakee county Misj Nettie M. Sinclair, elected. Knox county Miss Mary A. West, elected. Macon county Mrs. Frances L. Hick man, defeated. Marion county Mrs. Mary P. Lcmcu, defeated. Mason county Miss Howard, de fcated. Mercer county Miss Amanda Frazier, elected; Miss Walker. Moultrie county Miss A. Anderson, defeated. Peoria county Miss Mary W. White side, elected. Piatt county Miss Anna Combs, debated. Putnam county Miss Harriett A. Fyte, defeated. Randolph county Mrs. Nancy C. Malone, defeated. Sangamon county Miss Mary Howard, defeated. Tazewell county Miss Mary A. Ful ler, defeated. Wayne county Mrs. J. Maria White, defeated. Whitesldo county Miss Agnes A. Gilliss, defeated. Will county Mrs. Sarah C. Macin tosh, elected. "Winnebago county Mrs. Mary L. Carpenter, elected. Woodford county Miss Anna Painter, defeated. Three years ago a young lady gradu ated from the high school in this city and dlsnlaved remarkable scnoiarsnip. She was fatherless, and dependent upon her own labor for subsistence. She be lieved sho had a talent for the profession or law, and she determined to devote herseir to it. She applied in due time to the Supremo Court for permission to practice, but tho Court ignored her ap plication subsequentiy.liowever, mak ing a decision that a woman could not attest legal documents, plead before a jury or perform any of the other ruue tious of a juror, owlug to disqualilica- j it would only carry out the spirit of a into everlasting habitations." Andsomn -New i qrlt Court, or if that tribe should w ill be left to weep over your grave and meet in council, anddecide that asquaw write beneath your name, "A wire who. cannot smoke a pipe witli any degree or; i,ad no children, but whom many chil sarety and success, nor transfer a pap- ! dren regretted." poosetoamau'sshoulder, without bring- , Aud for those women wiio have neither ing ruin iuto the domestic circle, they husband nor child here is the duty would not be unlike some learned pro- which is better than all the "rights" iu fessors. the world. Let them see how many They who oppose us, can only ring I children they can save, so may bo changes on the words, "pappoose" and : brought to pass the triumph of tho "tent." The woman who lays down prophets, and "the children of the deso the first, for any reason other than pre- iate be u.ore than the children of the scribed by the "Faculty"' or steps out- married life." Mr. A. K. Bun; in side the other, without permission from Golden Aye. the same august body, is tryh'ff to over- rule divine decrees concerning her, and worse still, setting at naught human Love. Love is a thing that people ones! Verily, what a great tire a little , like to talk about; but people who love matter kindletlt! Who would have . a cood deal don't talk much about it. thought, when woman first asked to be t Love is like an apple pudding, however educated and remunerated according to good it may be, it cannot be relished un der ability aud not sex, that the civi-, til tasted, and then you want more of it. lized world would have riscu to its feet, Love is like a good many things: it is resolved itself into a medical society to like a brooklet seeking the river, if you dissect her and weigh separately every stop it In its course, it'll run over and zona. I was frightened about that Then ho said he would not stay here, anyway, among tho Yankees and Dutch; and I forgot myself, and said sues a just, nouoraoie anu judicious course, meeting the wants of its cus tomers in all respects, the tlc of friend s Kill old friends In business or social life. atom of her body, soul and brain? Why, every little quack has his scales, and ho weighs Julia Ward Howe with as much confidence, as he would weigh a bit of meat, and strange to tell, his figures are accepted. William Lloyd Garrison also weighs her, but his fig ures are less acceptable. Justice has no business with scales! When woman first asked to be recognized as a citizen, because she lived in a country whose people are sovereigns aud sho could not bo less, aud feel honored, the civilized world again rose to its feet, resolved it self into a miscellaneous body, and talked and reasoned like lunatics! Her demand was a natural one, but it evoked the craziest answers! One almost for gets what brought about such a state get there anyway; It is like beeswax, if you warm it, it'll get soft and may be moulded, if it gets cold It will get hard, but its beeswax all the same; it is like the sun, which is just as bright behind the cloud j as when there are none; It is even like hate, the more you cherisli it, the more you have of it. Love is a funny thing. Everybody laughs at everybody else for being in love; it makes everybody do what no other body would that is, they say the wouldn't, but let them try it. I know a man that walks six miles every Sunday and Thurs day night for love, and havn't yet seen the weather that would keep him back he loves. Love is a stubborn thing. You can't make it when it won't. I once knew a man who killed his wife or affairs, when listening to their non-, trying to make her love him but she scusical harangues. Legislative halls, j wouldn't. pulpits, colleges, are their platforms They err who say love is blind. It sees magazines, newspapers and books, faults wherc.no foults are, and virtues another medium for their low comedy; that were never seen by other eyes. and all founded on the simple question, "Am i a citizen 7" Who, in his sober moments, can blame books wero hastily concealed beneath a frock of Katie's which Judith was mak ing, and an expression of indifference forced upon the young face which should have been all ingenuousness, and under better circumstances would have been Ttiillth knew at a glance that her father was in one of his wont moods. ttir tall. eDaro form was tense with something about deserting mammy's grave. Then he was fearfully angry, Occasionally -defect. , In a , uVc'practice of tl law . "al 8U havoTromrattached to ith rough its n her tcase,aud has slue perusal for years. They sometimes be come dissatisfied with it on account or i i "Vets Ter m nd upon it for you know he Is sore aud that was what made him say what I told you. I was to blame, I suppose; but it's hard always) to do right when Pap does wrong and it is wrong for harshness towards her for tills fault. She had not meant to offend him only to pncfe. nis conscience lu such a way that he might be brought to relent towards Boone and herself. But in her excite ment she had spoken unwisely. She could not but own, too, that her reasons for wishing to remain in California wero some or them independent of fears of the Apaches, or tenderness for her him to worry us so, anu turcateu to send you to Arizona. I shall die if you go to that hateful country, I know I shall!" and the color once more flushed up iuto Judith's cheeks, to cool which camo two or three great tear-drops In slow succession rolling over them. "I'm not struck with the Arizona fever; that's sure," returned Boone, look ing away lest sympathy fora girl's tears should endanger his firmness; "but I i fntii tnliprpiit to her sex. The Lecisla- ......... ....,! W"' in7i, ,n hv l hr of he TOInn for Mkln8 such a lotion? dlsqualificat on by Urn passage or the , Tho booka g,le 6tudfe3( the newspapers following act. r,r.pt11,i,i or .1p- ! sl'e reads, the political speeches to which . P..er8n b.BlLbeP.15?,?.r.H.t she listens, civil aflairs she is watching, barred rrom any occu u, ..ru.esaion , '-, Inn from her lina-sbo ust asK it, Anu wneu it is answereu r sneers or twaddle, but one conclusion .reached, and that is silence. any person to an eiectne omce.- Miriam sr. Cole. lnder this act Miss liuielt com-; law. hue - .Inn. , 1. , ph Ita won tier ursi twi" mv " "D I .1 i. ...... oiinoocsfiil. llpr p.iho mil v nf- wiinlias.no love should tret it; and having it, show it. It is a jewel that caunot be laid away, but must bo worn to bo preserved. The Chelsea Public justly condemns the inaction of men who are "too nice for politics," and says: "Tho man who remains away from the polls and the primary meetings forfeits 1 his right to complain or malfeasance in I M ...If l.!l. . . -rr I omce, currujiuuu, ur mgii uii-raie. iie r ' j neglects his duty to hl3 country and his The Califomian de-; fellow-citizens, and is in no wise enti- tieu to tne benettts accruing from a free government or the people. He it is who but the absence of the familiar sheet at tneiruomcs or omcca ir a icw weeKS i7"'7, " "f Wnmnn'H Ttrirhinare aim becomes au insupportable privation, cbampious of W oraan s iRtgnta are aim and thev hasten to' take it icain. and S- Vuaer me '""- maybe apologise for having stopped it. This we telle ve to be the common expe rience of all established newspapers. No friendship on earth is more constant than that contracted by tho readers of a , journal which makes an honest and j earnest effort to merit his continued i support. Hence the newspaper which Is conscientiously conducted becomes a favorite In the family. A writer in the livers a Sunday School address, of which the followiutr passace is an example: "You boys ought to be kiud to your is responsible for the corruption" or tho little sisters. Ponce knew a bad boy present day, for he refuses to use his iu who struck his little sister a blow over tluenco against It, and allows it to go on. the eye. Although she didn't fade and ! In what better way can he lend his aid die in the early summer time, when tlte , to the various wire-pulling rings than juue rosea were uiuwiug, witit me sweet uy quietly remaining at home, auu catt now engage in any masculine occu- words or forgiveness on her pallid lips, I iug to them the choice of their own set nation except the military, lhat uis-j 8Me roae up amj bit him over the head I for representatives. On one side of us qualification may yet be removed, so wUh B rolling pln. So lle couidn.t We see thousands of earnest women that lovely woman g0 to suuaay school for more than a hurl a catapult, and Urea blunderbuss. Chicago Tribune. The politicians of Alabama are agi tating the question of removing the State Capital from Montgomery. fn month, on account of not being able to put his best uat on." When is a lawyer most like a mule? When he draws up a conveyance. thousands, of earnest women eager ror tho ballot wiucu "";rt0 them, and opposed to tueu . --y large a -.umber of men.w h their righU in their hands, without the luterg to exercise it. Great would I ba the luterest or the country, could the taKen m the one aud glveu to the other.