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III I 'w.. w. MRS. A. J. M'UWAT, Editor an4 Proprietor-! OFriCK-t'or. Kront mid Ntark Ntrcet. TBItM.3, IN ADVANCE: Oneyear.... Six montlw Three MOHtlits... -tsoo - 175 - 1 00 ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted on Keasonabh Terms. JUDITH MILES; OK What Shnll be Done with Her? BV MKS. T. P. VICTOR. Enter, according to the Aet of Congress, la the year IBS, by Mrs. F. F. Victor. In fh.' OBice of the Librarian of CodfreA, at AVaihlng- iqu vriy.i CHAPTER X. IJIIHAS- AFFAIRS tit ARIZONA. Fort Kellogg, in Arizona, is not In a peculiarly JnvlUngsltuatlon, occupying, as It does, a bleak and barren plain, witlmothlng-tn view, even in the dis tance, except some low, reddish mounds of earth, which look as though they mlghtbedlssolved brick-kilns. Between these flow, in the rainy 6eason, turbu Ieut streams of muddy water which find their way through a still lower country to the Gila, But It is summer now, and everywhere the earth is baked with drought, except in the small stream which runs close by the fort. The air is so still and breathless that the heat, as of a furnace, makes wavering lines through the atmosphere, sugges tive of evaporation, though there can not be anything, apparently, to evapo rate. The low adobe walls Inclosing the garrison, and the low adobe houses Inside the walls seem to radiate heat. In the corral the mules and horses crowd into any bit of shadow they can find. The sentinels at their posts are provided with shelter from the sun, and nobody else of the garrison seems to bo living or moving; for it is but little past mid-day yet, and the imitates will not ' venture out before four o'clock. And yet out there in the bh.zing sun some object is moving is creeping slowly along toward the Fort. One drowsy sentinel after another sees it, and word goe3 to tho officer in com mand. Reluctantly Colonel Kellogg arouses himself from his siesta, aud giving a field-glass to a subordinate, or ders an examination of the strange ob ject. Directly he Is Informed that a man, apparently an American, alone and on foot, aud probably either sick or wounded, is making his way toward the Fort. "Been another massacre, I suppose. Dn the Apaches! Send a detachment of six men and bring him in," was the growling response. A detachment was accordingly sent, and the man brought in. By evening It was known to all the inmates of the garrison that there had been a massacro within a few miles of the Fort, in which a considerable parly of Texan emigrants had been killed and captured, and their property appropriated by the Indians. The sufferer who arrived at the Fort was a young man, whose desperate courage and determination had enabled him to drag himself from tho sceno of the murders where he had been left for dead, to a spot within sight of succor, but un happily, too late. That night mortifi cation set in, aud in the morning he was dead. On the wooden tablet placed at his head was inscribed, "Boone Miles, Aged 20." It appea'red -from the information young Miles had given, that the Indians were not In very great force, but had surprised the emigrants at Eupper and thus overcame them without much re sistance; aud it was thought that they might be overtaken by good cavalry, as they were encumbered with stock and the plunder of the wagons. A com mand was therefore sent out to follow on their trail as soon after the informa tion was recoived as the troops could be mounted and equipped, which was not until thirty-six hours had elapsed after the massacre, for all of which loss of! time nobody was to blame. During the absence of the troops, who were under Major Floyd's command, there was a good deal of excitement among those remaiuing iu the Fort, first, because any event furnished excitement! In that dreary desert; second, because somebody might get killed iu the expe dition, and lastly because the Fort was left in rather a defenceless condition by the absence of so many troops. Mrs. Kellogg, wife of tho Colonel, and Mrs. Stewart, wife of the Surgeon, the only ladies at Fort Kellogg, spent the day together conversing from their hammocks, and alternately denloritur w t the state 01 ttie inerraomeier anu tuo. stale of the country. "Only think of it!" said Mrs. Kel- logg; "there were women and children IU Hie iraiu, jiiiu juuiij, s"-i tff he carried into captivity like that Oatman girl. The horrible, disgusting wretches!" "It is dreadful," relumed Mrs. Stew art. "I do hope they were all killed; it would he so much more merciful to the poor things. J do wonder If the Gov ernment "will ever furnish meu enough to fight the Iudiaus with." "Well, It is quite certain it never has. It Is all a farce, our staying hero iu this abominable desert with only a handful of men who can do nothing but 'take the trail' after the Indians have got out of reach. I do not suppose that Major Floyd will ever see one ot those crea tures unless when they come about tho Fort playing 'good Indian' aud wanting ammunition, and it would never do to kill them then! It would not be hu mane." Mrs. Stewart sighed, aud. let her fau drop a momeut. She was not of a sar castic turn of mind, and could not rid berielf of diiagreeabla or painful emo- ilb ir if r4 iir- ir i i t& i inr h ma rim mrwu m LJ iOfl IL WL RLrHL HI L I II fil ' II .1 Hi 11. 01 El EL , "TIM L . . VOLTOIE III. tlons by opening her batteries of irony, as tho Colonel's' wife could.. She was 1 are on the war-path killingand destroy thlnkiugat that moment or friends at Mug everything aud everybody In tho home In an Eastern State, and how much she should rejoice to see them, and how much she dreaded the long, perilous march which laid between them and this out-of-the-way post. But di rectly her thoughts reverted to the topic in hand. "The doctor says the young man who was burled this morning was a remark ably fine-looking, bright young fellow Southern by his speech. He was going to California, where he had friends. When asked If he wanted letters writ ten, he said, 'No, it was no uso to set them fretting lie was ouo Mlle3 the less, that was all.' That is so like a high-spirited boy; he never reflected on the uucertaiuty worse than death that cousumes the hearts of those waiting for news at home," "How many of all tho men scattered i through the mountains and deserts ever write home?" returned Mrs. Kellogg. "Even husbands aud fathers cease to bo ; held by domestic ties when they have once tasted the sweetness of freedom from all restraints. I believe Darwin Is right, and that man sprang from some ranger of tho woods and fields. You don't think I'd trust the Colonel out here in the Territories without me ?" "I don't know about that," returned Irs. Stewart, smiling. "It never oc curred to me not to trust the Doctor; but I know I always stick to him, wherever he goes. I supposo absenro and absorbtlon in other ideas docs weaken the home affections. For my part, I don't believe in families sepa rating, even for a short time, if it can be avoided." "Oh, as to that, I thluk'au occasional change refreshing. One likes tho ex citement of farewells and meeting; and the letters arc so much more devoted than the man," laughed tho Colonel's lady, with a bitter merriment. "Did yor ever observe how different tho let ters are apt to be from tho writers? I have known more than a few cases, es pecially in the army, where so much of tho courting has to be done by mail, in which girls were insanely in love witli young officers who had a talent for composition; hut who had not another quality to recommend them, and about whom they knew absolutely nothing. It was an infatuation with them cacoc thte scribendi by proxy." "Well," confessed the Doctor's wife, "used to think a person must resem ble his or her writings, but I find that it is not true always. Very few letters ever passed between the Doctor and me, and those fewwere very brief and to the point. I dpn't think cither of us have n talent for belle lettrc." "I used to have several hundred of them," murmured Madame the Colonel, with a sigh which explained her little thesis on love-letters. "By the way, did you never think there was some thing odd about our Major?" Mrs. Kellogg did dot describe the kind or pe culiarites noticeable In that officer. She left It to Mrs. Stewart to do so a cuu nlng way of making another responsible for our own ideas. "How, odd ?" Mrs. Stowart asked, in nocont of being too sharp to be caught starting a chain of gossip. "Oh, silent, unsocial, sarcastic Dear me! was there ever as hot a place as this Gila Valley? Oh, for a breath of pure White Mountain air," and Mrs. Kel logg settled herself anew in her ham mock, seeming to have forgotten all about Major Floyd. 1 never wonder at such peculiarities as those when the officer had been a long time on tho frontier, without a family. Either they will take to drink, or grow unsocial : I suppose it is the tendency of their circumstances." "The Major never speaks of himself or his friends r ho writes few letters ; he seldom drinks; sleeps little for this climate; and the Lord knows how he does get rid of his time. He certainly does not bestow any of it on us ladies." The yawn which Mrs. Kellogg made so ostentatious, hardly conceded to dissat isfaction couched in that laststatcment. "Well," laughed the Doctor's wife pleasantly: "wo can endure that, if he can. But I did sav to the Doctor the, other day, that I feared tlio -r-itnr R, unkappy;-for I could not believe so gentlemanly aud agreeable an officer kept to himself on accouut of auv Miv- iiessur uispqsiuon." " What did the Doctor say?" "O, he smiled qulzlcally, and told mo I was alwaysseeiug a misery somewhere j "Why, I've done it at Saratoga. It that I was anxious to alleviate ; and he ! wold be better, if wo only thought so, hoped I wouldn't takoto pitying good-; t,ian lounging about getting the. blues, looking army-officers, whose wives or iTu Mexicans dance, you know, a great sweet-hearts wero two or three tlious- ! 'cal. It would be a good Idea, wouldn't aud miles away. It would be taking an j il. to s.end out a party to capture an cm unfair advantage of the sweet-hearts." j 'Brant train and bring In all tho pretty Mrs. Kellogg smiled archly, and a lit-. Blrls - By Jove! it would. Wish I had tlo mysteriously. It was plain there told tlle Major to go on a scout aftcrem waa nothing to bo learned from Mrs.1 grants instead of Indians," at which Stewart, and she had nothing to im- j celt Colonel laughed humor- part. So tho two ladies having ex - haustcd the only subject they could think of for that time, dozed for fifteen miuutcs simply to rid themselves of that quarter of an hour. . 'Directly, however, the Colonel made his appearance, and the conversation started in afresh. "Well, now, here's a mess," ho began, throwing himself at length upon a very comfortable" extension chair. "Here's a letter from the Governor with more In- 3?OXtX3L.TSTO, OREGON, ITKirVY, PEBRUAKY O, l&T-l . j diatt news in it. -He says tho pachcs Territory, and the while settlers are go lug to be exterminated. He wants us to arm the volunteers, who, ho claims, can fight the Indians more successfully than the regulars, being ready to strike the moment of an attack. By Jove! that's a pretty demand to make. Tho arms at this post aro supposed to bo for the use of the army. The business of tho army officers aud soldiers la pre sumed to be that of managing the mili tary affairs of tho Territory. And here comes along a request Its a wonder it 1 isn't an order for us to turn our fighting tools over to the set tlers. These civilians have the impu dence of the Devil !" "If tho settlers want to do their own Indian-fighting they ought to have the privilege, I'm sure," returned the Col onel's wife. "I don't see that the regu lars cither prevent massacres or punish the savages. Do you supposo the troops that aro out will catch or punish those savages? Not a bit of it! About to morrow they will come in, having ex hausted their animals, with neither a scalp nor a prisoner." "You'ro a capital army-woman, Ali cia!" was the Colonel's comment on his wife's viow of the case. Ho was of fended by her want of esprit du cortis, and maintained a frowninc silence for several minutes. But the whole budget of news was not yet unfolded, and until it was, the Coloucl could not turn his back upon the most civilian of wives. "I have learned, besides, that a Terri torial delegation goes on to Washington in a few weeks to see what they can do with the general Government. A highly Lsatlsfnctory state of a Ha I re It will be when the Indians aud settlers get to shooting each other at sight." "Quite as satisfactory, I should think, as where only one side is allowed that privilege. Come, Mrs. Stewart, why don't you express an opinion? Aro you so good an army-woman that you want white folks to be massacred to sustain the dignity of the military?" "I should hope that was not tho object of the opposition to volunteer move mcnts which our officers always seem to feel," answered tho Doctor's wife. "They hellevo that a certain amount of discipline is necessary to prevent armed men from being simply marauders; and they think, too, with great justice, that since their business is fighting, they ought to be furnished with an army and i sent into the field, not shut up by com-1 panics in forts. Is it not so, Colonel ?" "Now there's a woman who ought to be ageueral's wifo instead of not having any chance of promotion. Why cannot you see things in that liglit, Alicia ? Of course that Is the right of it, aud I can not understand why you never see it." "Because I happeu to see some things which upset much of that plausible the ory; because I think that arms aud ammunition had better bo tiven to tho settlers than told to the Indians." 'That depends on the character of the Indians and the settlers. Docs not the Government furnish theso things to friendly Indians ? Is it desirable to set a lot of white desperadoes to killing in offensive savages? These volunteers never discriminate they go In for kill ing every Indian they meet." Mrs. Kellogg turned her face away, on which scorn and unbelief were only too legibly written. She was dono with tho subject. The Colonel might talk to Mrs. Stewart, who was fool enough to- be humbugged, was what her action said. And the Colonel availed himself of the ungracious permission. "This is not the sort of life we had during the war, down on the South Caro llnacoast. Gay timesyou ladieshad,with horse-back ridingand plenty of gallants. I hope wo havo not three years to spend in this placo, for your sakes. Two la dies in an Arlzoua fort Jove! The Ma jor ought to bring a lady out here that's what I tell him." "And add another sufferer to the list? No; if he has no wife already, he ought not to marry until he is ordered to a plcasanter post," "Well, ho is a very pleasant fellow, is the Major, and I hope he will not be or dered oft while I'm in command. I've got a very agreeable lot of officers. All that's needed is that they should be married. Such a thing as a hop, now, isn't possible, is" It?" "A hop!" cried Mrs. Stewart, laugh- ing. "Fancy our dancing with the mcr- ' cur-V at 105!" 1 ou'-' " Whcu do you expect him in ?' "Impossible tosay. Ho had orders if he got on a fresh trail to follow It until he came up with the Indians, or until ho found they had escaped to the moun tains. I hope ho will be able to make a few of them bite tho dust. The Gov ernor and ray wife will bo moro sarcas tic than ever If wo do not kill a few." Mrs. Kellogg made an impatient ges ture, but vouchsafed no other reply. Free Hvkvcu, Fkkk Press, Fkee People. " ' I Pleasant little Mrs. Stewart herself felt wmi someiiiiug cisc more suitable to tho timo might have been said. She was ouo of thoso prudent, mild, womanly women who hare been held up as models for their sex. And certainly her affairs moved along more smoothly than those of her less cautious and moro impulsive sisters. Amiable women arc favorites with men, and terriblo bores to the more spirited of their sex, who feel that there Is a leaven of selfishness at the bottom of their complacency which they would bo ashamed to possess. Not that Mrs. Stewart was so extremely amiable as to deserve censure for It, but sho had a way of managing people which showed at least a proper appreci ation of self. There was one other person who was admitted to the benefits of this pruden tial talent of Mrs. Stewart, and that other person was the Doctor. Advanc ing tho Doctor's interests was ad vancinjr her own wlthoutsecmlug to be thinking of herself, and It obtalnd for her the rep- utatlon from others of being a most do- j voted aud self-abnegating wife, while it made the Doctor reckon her "the dearest little woman in tho world." Who shall say that Mrs. Dr. Stewart was not wise and right? We fear the Colonel's wife must be confessed to bo pretty much the opposite of all this. She was not known for her personal devotion to the Colonel, though it must be admitted she once entertained high notions of wifely love. It was a good while ago, while she was under the influence of those "several hundred" extremely well-written epistles which had constitute!! her courtship. But if: her own faith was severely shaken In things slue once believed iu, it was still a trail of her remnant of renialninsr loyalty to an idea, that no-one could presume to reflect upon her husband, except herself. Perhaps the Colonel was right iu thinking lie was badly used by-hlswife, who no longer attempted to couceal her disgust of certain traits, mental and per sonal; for tho man could not help his nature, and probably was as much mis taken about himself when ho wrote those deceiving epistles, as his wife had been about him when she read aud believed in them. When they were stationed near a large town or iu a settled country it was not so bad, for there a man could fiud relief iu society; butasarcastle wife in a broiling hot desert that was an other matter, as ho now and theu re minded her. "Well, Colonel," returned Mrs. Stew art, after a thoughtful pause, "what do you say it to be done about tlje affairs" of this Territory ? There must be some truth lit what the Tuscoti papers saj about the Impossibility of developing the mines or settling up the farming lands." 'I suppo.se there is. But it is greatly the fault of the whites. You heard what the Commodore said about 'Mau- gus Colorado' old Bloody Sleeves? The Commodore had sometime done I him a favor. Well, when his party were camped in an arroya cookitig supper, along comes 'Mangus Colorado' with his baud and discovers the whites. He peeps cautiously over the edge of the cation, thinking, no doubt, here was a good chance to take a few scalps, but recognizing the Commodore, withstood I the temptation, and signed to the band to move 'on. The chief told the story to tho Commodore afterwards when they met In some Mexican town, and proved it by tho circumstance of the Commo dore's teaching a man how to turn slap jacks by tossing up the skillet." "But then," suggested Mrs. Stewart, "it Is not every one who is so fortunate as to secure the friendship of the chiefs even one of them. How would It have fared with the Commodore if some other chief had been iu the place of this one ?" "You know quite well, Lawrence, that tho Commodoro has had to aban don his mine, which ho considers worth a million, more or less," Mrs. Kellogg could not help saying. "I'll admit it. But if other men had acted like him he would not have been driven out of the country; that's what I contend." "But there is nothing to prove it. I suppose a great Apache chief may in dulge himself by taking a. fancy to" a singlo white man, either on account of his bravery or for somo other reason; but as loug as he goes on 'murdering other white men, just as good, who have never done him an injury, I don't think his whims benefit any but the one man, and only then whcirunder his immedi ate protection." "You should have been a lawyer, Ali cia. You never leave a holo for your oppo nent to creep out of, nor even a paper screen for him to intrench himself be hind," returned the Colcuel, fanning himself with his hat-brim "If my opponent is right ho will not need or desire them," retorted his wife, "I should scorn cither to crcen or to hide." "Shade or Xautippc!" cried the Colo ucl, fanning himself still more vigor ously. ."You do make it confoutided hot here, Alicia. Do you ever nagg the the Doctor that way, Mrs. Stewart?" "O, I administer a diilc Colorado oc casionally, when I judgo it good for him," replied the Doctor's wife, smiling indulgcully. "Which Is not often, I know; ho looks 'such a happy man. tMlcia. I have a letter from the boys." "And you uever mentioned it before!" she cried sharply, and stretched nut her hand eagerly to take the letter which her husband indolently searched his pockets to find. "What's tjie use of hurry? I believe I left tho letter In the office. It was from Fred. Dick has been ill, it ap pears." "Agaiu! And you kept It from tneall this time?" The reproof of her voice was enough without further words. "Why should I want to distress you? and for nothing. Dick is better by this time. It is only one of Ills frequent at tacks, and did not last long, I dare say." "I don't know how you dare say it," returned Mrs. Kellogg, all the mother love in her nature feeling outraged. "Theso frequent attacks are rapidly un dermining Ids constitution. It will not surprise me to hear that he is prostrated at any time. O, my poor Dick; you Heed your mother!" "Well, then, Alicia, why don'tyou go ? Though what the devil I'm to do all alone, I don't know. There cannot bo any immediate danger. He has tho best of advice, and his grandparents to look after him. Besides, it is not safe for you to travel while the Apache raiding is going on, is it," inquired tho Colonel. "If tho next letter Is not moro favor able, I shall risk it," returned Mrs. Kellogg, with a dellberateness that meant she was iu earnest. To be continued. AN OPEN LETTER TO THE COM MONWEALTH OF BOSTON. in MKs. r. r. irron. nUAll AT THE "cnSTKNMAI. TOAST AND TEA rAirrv,' bt miss. a. j. ucsiway. Dear Athenians: It is but fitting that, upon au anniversary like this, your most distant relations should cel ebrate with you the first dawn of real freedom for the world. When your dozen brave citizens, dis guised as red men, destroyed tho tea cargo In Boston narbor, and your peo ple generally made it a religious duty to abstain from tho "cup that cheers, but not inebriates" rather than submit to "taxation without representation, you set an example of self-government to tho world that will continue to be quoted while the English language is a part of iii literature. A hundred years ago! Why, a hun dred years ago, Oregon was a terra in co'jnita. To be sure, there wasa Boston ship reported to have sailed far past the mouth of the Columbia, aud to have entered the Stickeeii river, longer ago than that, but the rumor must be taken with some grains of allowance. We aro aware that your Boston merchants sometimes sent out vessels to California, carrying Indian goods to the converts of the Jesuit Missions that flourished there a hundred and fifty years agp, taking iu exchange tallow and hides, the spoils of the countless herds that roamed tlie yel low plains of that sunny laud. Aud wo arc awaro that after the Revolutionary war had left you poor, and your conti nental scrip was good for Iittla or noth ing, you still dispatched occasional car goes of Indian trinkets to tho North west coast, aud picking up by this means furs from Oregon, ablone shells from California, and sandal-wood from the Sandwich Islands, completed the venture by exchanging these assorted freights for tea in Canton, aud that so, in the course of two years you were able to convert "Yankee notions" into gold, at a very fair rate of profit. Permit us to remind you that It was one of these same venturcsomo Boston trading vessels that first entered the Columbia River giving it the name It bears, and selling to the native Orego nlans the first goods over furnished to Indians iu tho interior, so that to this day the Oregon Indiau's name for a white American is Boston. You will perceive therefore that, al though wo are a long way off, and per haps little known or understood at the "Hub," we are yet closely related to yourselves. Iudeexl, we Portlanders just escaped being called Bostonians by the flip of apeunyVtails up" decided in fa vor of Portland. The history of our State is not unlike that of your own. Our pioneers did not come out in the "Mayflower," but they came across three thousand miles of wilderness country, with ox-teams, to lay the foundation of a Western Repub lic Like you they struggled against a monopoly; like you they defended them selves against a savago foe, and their militiamen were as notable as your own "Miles Standish." They, too, were neg lected by the homo government a gov ernment, however, to which they clung with heroic patriotism, because they be lieved it to be a good, and true, and free Government, the same which you in great part founded. These Oregon Pi- ouecrs remembering your Boston Tea-1 party, and Buuker Hill, and the rest, fought King George hero In Oregon, in 1813, as persistently as you fought him in Massachusetts In 1773. They, (and this wo say with all deference to your high character), rivaled in good deeds the heroes of '70 for they conceived, framed, aud nurtured asovereiguSlate, on the shores of the 'Pacific, thbusauds or miles from the United States frontier, and havlug given it laws, morals and re ligion, and something lik a commerce, presenU-d It ready-made to the Federal Tnion which j-ou helped to found, thus linking the Atlantic to the Pacific by an indissoluble chain, aud fairly forcing into the grasp of the Tniled States Gov ernment all the territory lying between. Nor was this all. wiiue tuese men were laboring to extend tho empire of freedom, tlwy were at the samo time working to secure the trade of the Orient, and importuning Congress for a Pacific Railroad that they might 7:eep IJoitor - ".d trith the finest quali ties nf t: . Thus It is, Dear Athenians, that you see us doubly bound to you while cele brating, ceutennlally, your masquerade tea-party. The tea and the principles you planted in Boston Harbor, have taken root and grown, until from one seaboard to the other every freeman's family' may partake of the refreshing draught you once denied yourselves; the lax upon it going to support a govern ment that governs you only by your own consent. (Somebody suggests here, that one half of each freeman's family and that half the greatest tea-drinkers, are governed without their consent being asked upon the principle probably that "what is sauce for the gander i- sauce for the goose.") Having shown you, dear Athenians, the bond of kinship which exists be tween Portland and Boston, we herewith tender our congratulations upon a marked eveut In your history, and close with the expression of a hope that a hundred years from now, you may Join us in a National jubilee upon these Pa cific shores, at which the finest Pekoe leas shall bo furnished ad adjinilum by us to every delegate from your glorious commonwealth; and the loatts by the finests classicists of old Harvard of the' "Hub," wliose health we are about to drink in aromatic Oolong. A Word to Wives. How often do wc see bright homes darkened, prospects blighted, aspirations crusiicu t Ann witu curiosity natural to mortal we wonder what evil spirit presides over the destiny of man, to cause so much discord and misery. But wc do not think (as a general thing) that the evil could be avoided with but little inconvenience to ourselves. Of course wc all believe that the fault is ours, my sisters. It is because we fail in the performance of our duties as wives, and cousenuently our home?, in stead of being the .abodv of peace aud i harmony, are filled with discord aud contention. And from experience I will tell you wherein we fail. Because wo sometimes allow a cloud to rest upon our faces, sometimes allow our feelings to come to the surface. It matters not, my sisters, thousli your heart be heavy as lead, when you hear the footsteps of your joru aim master approacntng, you must summon to your face a bright smile. It matters not though you may be, comparatively speaking, "literally crushed beneath your-load of cares and sorrows, you must always meet your husband with bright smiles and a cheer ful voice. For perhaps he has spent the day in his dull, dreary, and lonesome otlice, sitting with his feet elevated at au angel of forty-five degrees, smoking choice cigars and drinking ale with his boon companions, and of course after a day thus spent in attending to his bus iness, when he returns home he desires to fiud that house cheerful and pleas ant, ami yourselt neatly attire!. It wash-tub or attending to sick children, .... ... . . ' ! bestowed upon you tlie great honor of ills name, ami given to you tue protec tion of his home. For of course you wero homeless, friendless, and penniless when ho condescended to employ you, at reduced rates, as his house-keeper, laundress, dairy-uiaid, seamstress, nurse and coo' s after yotr have made him co. ie in dn-ssiug-gown, slip- tiers and iwiu-chair, with x table beside him covered witli books, smokiug para phernalia, and newspajvers, lest the fret ting of your. sick child should disturb him in his reading, you must steal away to some remote part of the house. and there with your lullaby soothe your moaning child to rest. "When you won your husband, the roses of health were blooming on your cheeks, the light of a new joy sparkled iu your eyes, your mind, tpo, was stored witli useful knowl edge, and you must not forget as you pass along to devote the requisite amouut of time to tho preserving and cultivating those charms which first at tracted him, lest when tho beauty fades from your face it may bloom for him upon another. And now, my sisters, be entreated by one who feels an interest in your welfare, to remember at all times aud under all circumstances to meet your husband with a smile. IKE. J1, in Sin'ccland Jtcjiorlcr. How Sou. was Made. The late Prof. Agasslz claimed that all the materials ou which agricultural progress depends are decomposed rocks, and not so much those that underlie the soil, but those on the surface, and ground to powder by the glaciers. Ice all over th6 continent is the agent that has ground out more soil than all otheragenclesput together. The penetration of water into tho rocks, forests, running water and baking suus have done something, but tho glaciers more. In a former ago the whole United States was covered with ice sev eral thousand feet thick, and the ice moving from uorth to south by the at traction of the tropical warmth of press ing weight of tho snow and ice behind, grouud the rocks over which was called soil These masses of ico can be tracked by the hunter. Professor Agassiz made a study in this country as far south as Alabama, and had observed tho same phenomenon In Europe, particularly Iu Italy, where, among the Alps, glaciers are now iu urufuos. nv oiuun auu rocks grouud aud polished by the gla ciers can easily be distiuguished from those scratched by runnlug water. The augular bouHers found iu meadows and the terraces of rivers not reached by waters can bo accounted for only iu this way. yourself sick, it is all tlie same; remem- "' l,"uf?i jou ",,u " "oiuone wen, anu, her your first thought, your chief duty, ; soj injured. It seems to be the is to sea to the comforts of him who has Plal f Providence that all great inter- A Journal forln&People., Mytt&eita the Intcrptiof.Hunianlty. Independent In Politics aniRellglon. llv to all Live IWues, and, TfioVbaghly Radical In Oppnslns and Exposing tfie 'Wrons ol tlie Masses. " Conwpondenti -wrRlnsr over a-isameJ signa tures muit make known their namei to-the Mltor.or no attention will be elven to tnelr communications. , ' How to Become Distinguialed. As a general rule, the best placo for young man to begin life is right where ne is. He need not go a hundred, or three hundred, or a thousand miles away from home to trv the world; that particular spot where lie lives Is a part ot the world, and just as good a place.to try as soma other particular spot three hundred miles off. In tho Eastern btates, where society is settled, and things change but little, where business Is held In fixed channels, and certain families have a nreserintlv rlwlit tn'ttn everything that is done, there is not mucu inducement for a young man to rrmain at home unless he nossesses thi genius and enterprise to break through the traditions and regulations that hamper him, but no such coudition of things exist out West, there everything is n-- v, fresh and plastic; and a youug man may do ids part in moulding thing - to his purpose. It : a very common mistake for yottn. ters, wna have not butted their tendei leads against the hard angles of of the world, to imagine they possess supericr talent, If they only had an op nortun 'y to exhibit it. If they live on . a farm, hero is no chance there to show tueirgeutus. it tneylive in a country town, it is entirely too small to spread their wlusrs In. They vearn foracreat city, where talents are appreciated, and imagine, tuat there is tue lieiu lor tnem to rise to eminence and wealth, and yet they had better stay right where they are, and make their beginning In tlie locality where they were raised. If they really possess sreniu3 or special aptitudes they may first develop them and test tlie metal they are made of in the limited sphere of their native place', and, if the experiment proves satis- lactory, aiterwarus transier tuem to a wider sphere of action. Thousands of young men who go to great cities to try tue world, linu tlie world in sucn cities too much for them, aud they learn too late that it would have been better lor them to make their trial Iu a humbler and safer sphere. The Noisi: of CiiiLDitEN. There .is too much fussing about the noise of children, consequent upon too little knowledge or the requirements or youtu iu Its effervescing state. If growth and health are considered in their true bear ings, children contiot make too much noise. Mne scliool-mistress wuo en forces silence on her pupils is commit iug, unintentionally, of course, an of fense against reason, worthy ouly of a convent. Every burst of laughter, every shout, ttay, every moderate fit of crying conduces to health, by rapidly filling and emptying the lungs and changing the blood rapidly from black to red that Is, from death to life. An drew Combo is a great authority on suclt matters, and lie tells a story of a great charity school, where the pupils were forced to be so silent that a largo portion leu ill. Witnot doubt tnis one good reason wny cuiidren or delicate cousllutiotis caunot co through our public schools without breaking down. They are kept too still. Often too teachers are disposed to insist on a posture so erect as to be absolutely In-, jurious; for the body has more parts thatijone, and while to sit so upright is good for the chest, It is, if long con tinued, au intense strain on tho spine. The truth is, children should not bo subjected to monotony of any kind. They should speak and be silent, sit erect aud loll, very much as nature, in clines grown people to do. It la time that more atteution is paid to the Kin dergarten system In schools, and less to the State's prison. one so generally la vogue. Demandino Woman Soffbaqe. I come to ask something of woman. I don't ask that she may vote, but de mand that she shall vote. I say. let us summon to the craud struirirle of th i aso all the moral forces we can. Whpr- ever in history wo see one sex attempt n 1. In ...... ft 1 t A. A .1 1 1 eats shall be undertaken bv both sex. Take literature. You can't read Chaucer and Shakspeare to your fam ilies without expurgating, but you can Dickens anil Tennyson. Chaucer wroto for men; Dickens for the race. So with art; the statuary of the Greeks was for men for a male civilization. In so- ct ,'ly we find the arena where men and women meet together on enual trround. Society in its keen respect for woman, is aiiead or pontics, bociety would send a woman to convehtry for the very tiling mat makes a man a jno. i in tne cam, j . Now, I want to lift that caucur to tli level of society. God seemed to mean hat together we should work but theso problems. Let women help us make he great experiment of tho peo ple's . .vcr successful. Wendell Phillipt. Tun Fiitsr Element of a Home. I never nu a garment too fine for man or mai ; there never was a chair too good for a cobbler or cooper to sit in; never a house too lino to shelter the hu man head. Theso elements about us, tho gorgeous sky, tho Imperial sun, are not too ood for the human race. Ele gance fits man. But do we not value these tools of house-keeping a little more than they are worth, and sometlmos mortgage homo for the mahogany wo can bring into it? I would rather eat my dinner off the head of a barrel, or dress after the fashion of John tho Bap tist in the wilderness, or sit on a block all my life, than consume all myself be fore I get home, and take so much pains with the outsido that the Inside was as hollow as an empty nut. Beauty is a great thing, but beauty of garments, house and furniture is. a very tawdry ornament with domestic love. All the elegance In the world will not mako a ho.m. , and I would give more for a spoonful ofhearty love than for whole shiploads of furniture, and all tho up holsterers of the world could gather to gether. Theodore rarher. Gail Hamilton on a Man in Dove. Gail Hamilton is not always sensible, or even as truthful as sbo should be, when she talks about meu, matrimony and woman suffrage; but sho did say this truthful and beautiful thing: "There Is no slavery so abject as tho woman he loves. Abject, becauso.it goes behind his will aud possesses tho whole man. ana tue more lie is, tuo more bright and free, the more tho" 5 his thrallmcnt. Woe to such a one i ir he fall into the hands of a weak, a friv olous, or an unworthy wnr" i? him If his proprietor be woman; for then Jji9,c?PfSm-' la most exalted and dlvino freedorflj .