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MUS. A. J. DrxiWAT, "Mllsr na.;Proprietbr; OFl'ICE Cor. 1'roat anJ Mark NlrMls. A'SoarnaLibr'thereopte. .Uifil Devoted to thelnterestg'oritumanltyr""" jiadependenlilnrrlltlcs aniSRelJHpnffciL MlVptoUyWy? ISlf a?3,Thqrousbly Radical In Opposing and Exposing the Wrong THRMS, IX ADVANCE : oltheMaises, - :!- ., iai .$3 00 175 - 1 00 Hlx inoUth, Three mouths... . , - "... . is md aoi3 .Correspondents writing. over assunieiWsna- Free SrEECii, Fbek ThesS, Fese People. tares mast makejknown their namesj tOj tnp Editor, or no attention will lie' given to their communications. ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted on Reasonable VOX.TXME III. IPOTtarr.AJTD, OREGON, FKCDAY, MAY 1, 1874. IVTJ3JTJBER, sr. ft JUDITH MILES; OR be Done IV lint Shall nlth Hrr? BY MUS. F. F. VICTOR. Entereil, according 1 the Act of Congress, in tneyerlKS, by Mrs. F. F. Victor, In the Offlceorthe librarian orCongrcnt WaOiIng- ton OHj-.l Clf AITEIt XXII. SO OBS THK WOULD. It occurred to Mrs. Brazee Hint Ju dith's eighteenth birthday would be a very proper occasion for a party, and as it would fall upon Thursday of Easter week, that was the day selected for the return of the invitations of the whole season. As it had been so long deferred, it was to be made as gay as pomp and circumstance could make It. Judith herself, having been chosen as the cen tral object around which the gayetles were to revolve, was specially adorned for the dccaslon; Mrs. Brazee having presented her with a crimson silk, to which the crimson brocade bhe had long ago given her was made to add elegance as petticoat to the mass of silken puffs and flounces above "it. A little white lace, white gloves and a white rose in her crown of shining curls, made her toilet all that could be desired. The party was a success, from every point of view. The weather was fine, everybody came, the music was excel lent, the supper delicious, the dancing enchanting, and the belle of the evening was the handsome debutante. Judith had said, at the Cliff House, where she had first seen waltzing, that she wished she could dance. She had no need to now. Her dancing master had found no difficulty in imparting the Terpsicho- rean art to a person so formed for every expression of grace in motion. Again and again had Judith whirled the giddy round with one eager candidate after another, and the evening was well spent, when Major Floyd offered his arm for a promenade. "You must bo 'weary of dancing,' like the bride in the 'Mistletoe Bough,'" said. he, leading her away from the dancing room. "It isn't quite fair to keep us old fellows waiting till morn ing for a chance to speak to you." "0,1 like dancing!" returned Judith, fanning herself vigorously. "Why did not you ask me yourself? You dance, don't you?" "It would be more correct to say that I have, than to say that I do. And I do not fancy your round dances. I should be jealous if I had a sweetheart, and she whirled about that way, with. Tom, Dick and Harry. I was almost jealous of you." "That reminds me to wonder wily you do not have a sweetheart, as you say," returned Judith, looking up at him with smiling curiosity. "Are you so willing to part with me that you wish me to have one?" he asked, returning her smile with onelcss unconstrained "No, indeed; I should be desperately Jealous, without doubt. But if it was for your happiuess, why, I should try to be resigned to my broken nose." "I presume, since you have asked me that question, I may Inquire why, amongst all these young gentlemen, you seem to show no favor. I thought young ladies of eighteen always had a suitor or two, whose hearts they played against one another, for the sport of it." "is that the custom ? I did not know; and it would bo awkward beginning to put on such airs now. When I am out of school, and set up to teach others, I shall be too busy to practice them; so my chance for 'flirtations,' as tbescbool girls call them, will never be great." "But you do not affect Invincibility, I hope. You expect to fall in love aud marry, sometime?" "O, dear, I should, hope not," said Judith, laughing. "I have my debts to pay, you know?" "Your husband should pay your debts. You will marry rich, of course? That is the ambition of all well-regulated young ladies," answered the Major, carelessly. "I should like to be rich," said Ju dith, yielding to a movement of her companion and permitting herself to be seated in a window-recess. "I must hide you, if I mean to keep you five minutes," he said, drawing the curtain between them and the swaying crowd outside, and leaning against the window-frame. "Do you know I envy you to-night? What power there is In beauty ! But you do not play yours of! to advantage, as you might, and as women have a right to. It is their cap ital, as society is organized." "A talent for making the most of my capital never was mine," Judith re plied, with a reminiscent smile. "much is the prodigal to you. reason nature is so To those that have, saau be given,' seems to bo tho rule. Before Judith could renl. I.t! in conversation naui" 1 ' . "sules .i ' l,ausedontheotliori.o of the screen which 3 ncealed her from her silent. l leu lUat he i .1. ... "Major Floyd!" said one ladv . tone of surprise. "You ? !f t "a taken."" "jS'o, I am not mistaken," declared theotherlady. "if be ls self o'fflforan tinmnrri-i ,DS.Ulm- inaften'tlons to this Southern beaul ttiiui la nci name Jliss Allies he is wretch. I knew his wife before they were married. She brought him a handsome fortune and a loving heart, poor girl ! And now that she Is a hope less invalid, he has abandoned her." And tho two ladies moved on with the throng. Judith looked up inquiringly to her companion, too thunderstruck to take In the whole meaning of what she had heard. She expected him, too, to con tradict it, to show that there was an error in the lady's statement. But In stead of that, he stood there silent, with a blanched face, and bent brow, biting at his beard, evidently a man detected in something he was unwilling to con fess, but confessing his guilt by his silence. Judith rose up, her bright looks all gone, tier race as paie as ms. jt tu Brute was the nature of her thdughts. But It was not for her to charge him with anything. His case was different from Mr. Shultz's. The only thing that was quite clear, was that there could be no more of the old familiarity, no more patronage, no bachelor friendship here. Once more the world had slid from under her feet, and she stood alone, on nothing. The sigh with which she ar rived at this climax of her thoughts re called Major Floyd to himself. "I would not have had this happen for the world," he said, vehemently. "Oh, the deviltry of gossip ! Tell me, do you believe it?" he asked, suddenly, as if there still was a chance of evading exposure. But-Judith was too. generous to say what she feared. It was for him to tell her what to believe. If It was true, he must say so. "You are silent, and your face speaks for you. This Is no place to explain. You must go back to your guests, and I must go away for to-night. To-morrow I will come and tell you the story. You will not return to Madame M 's to morrow ?" "No," said Judith, drearily, thinking of tho Impossibility of that now. "Judith," whispered he, rapidly, "don't you lose faith in me. Keep what you have heard to yourself until I have seen you again. J will tell you now that there is some truth in it; aud quite as much falsehood; but you shall judge for yourself to-monow. Will you not give mo your hand? Well, then, good-night" How abasing is disaster. How it humbles the proud man, and annihilates the humble one. As Major Floyd bade Judith good-night, with that deprecat ing tone, and hurried away out of the house, it seemed to her as if this man was a stranger, so different was he from the assured, critical, easy-mannered gentleman she had known before. She followed him with compassionate eyes as long as he was distinguishable lu the throng, and with compassionate thoughts long after. "For," she said to herself, "I will pity him while I can. To-morrow I may be compelled to blame him." Blaming her friends was what Judith always deferred doing as long as possible. Recalling as well as she could her company looks, she got through the remainder of the evening without be traying her secret uneasiness. It was a relief to find from Mrs. Brazee'a ques tions concerning the Major's early de parture that she had not heard the rumor. Perhaps no one had overheard the gossips but themselves, aud it might not be repeated. But that did not alter the fact. The fact itself, aud all its consequences to her, occupied her head and heart to the exclusion of every other consideration. "I congratulate you," said Mrs. Bra zee, when the family were left to them selves in the empty, disordered rooms. "I could not be more proud of you if you were my daughter." "Thank you," said Judith; "I should In that case be proud of my mamma." "A mutual admiration society," said the Judge, looking from one to the other with critical eyes. "You both look ex tremely well; but I do not see the use of so many furbelows on ladies' dresses." "That's what makes them look so ex tremely well, I suppose," put in Master Freddie. "Smart boy 1" laughed Judith. "That is what they are for." "I'd be willing to bo a girl, if I could look as handsome as Miss Miles," How ard declared, examining that young lady through a telescope of his bent hand. "I wouldn't," returned Freddie, scorn fully, "they are good for nothing but to look at; and I prefer to act 'to do, not to be.'" "Did not I do your sums for you last evening, and ought not you to&ea lit tle less high and mighty, Master Fred?" retorted Judith. s . "What took the Major off so early ?" inquired Mrs. Brazee. Bat Judith did not feel called upon to account for his movements, and affected to be busy res cuing from peril a choice vase that stood tottering to its fall on the edge of the clagcrcs. , 'The Major Is getting to bo an old bachelor," said the Judge, looking slyly at Judith, "and cannot endure tho rout and rabble of parties. It is time he set tled down with a wife and house or His own." (, 'Military men cannot settie.down," corrected Mrs. Brazee, '.'but there is nothing to prevent; niaxryliur,' that.I know of. Well, you had all belter get to bed, or mako up your minds to dis pense with sleep altogether." Judith was glad to be dismissed, and as she undressed and laid aside her fin er', thought herself too beset with cares to sleepa wink that night. But she had not much more than laid herhead upon the pillow, and resolved to tblnkout her problem, when sleep snatched her away from care and fruitless brain-work thanks to a healthy organization. When Major Floyd came, about noon, to call upon Judith as he had said, she went very reluctantly to the Interview. Sho desired to find her friend what he had been, but felt that she should not. AH her experienco 'was of a kind to make her despond. She told herself, bitterly, that truth and honor were the oretical qualities, and wished I na potently that it were possible to live without be lieving in anything. Her agitation gave her color and auimatlon. "You are looking well this morning," said the Major, going forward to meet her with something of his former cor dial assurance, but looking palo and haggard. "Then you have not grieved very much over my wickedness?" 'Are you wicked?" asked Judith; "that is what I wish to know before I grieve," and she seated herself at a lit tle distance, with the air of one who walls. "Heavens! In that attitude you seem like an Inquisitor. I cannot talk to you, Miss Miles, if you do not sit at ease, and smile a little, like yourself. I will tell you before hand I am no ogre, that you must be afraid of me; nor any deep-dyed villain, tbo revelation of whose deeds will shock you. I am simply a man who is more wronged than wronging; but unfortunately not in a position to submit my case to the world's judgment." He paused, aud seemed to brace him self up fox the effort; then continued, striding across the room, back and forth, his eyes on the carpet, and his right hand busy with bis beard: That woman said what was true when she said I married a lovely young girl with a fortune; but you will ob serve that society does not object to that. I loved her when I married her; society does not object to that, either. But I discovered, in tho honeymoon, that her friends had practiced a deception upon me, and she had aided in it, by their ad vice. She was afflicted by epilepsy In a fearful degree, so that I was astonished at the manner in which the secret bad been kept. Can you imagine living with a person having frequently the most fearful convulsions? The poor girl, when she perceived ray involuntary horror, was filled with grief. She acknowledged by whose ad vice I had been deceived, and with tears implored me to seek freedom through the law, since neither she nor I could derive any happiness from such a un ion. But, wronged as I felt myself to be, I resolved to keep her secret and my own. I procured my orders to a distant frontier post, and have been on the frontier, when not in activo service, ever since. To this, it appears, society does object. Whether it would do so if the facts were known, I cannot say. I left my wife provided with the best medical skill, aud am in constant cor respondence with her physician. I know from him that her life cannot be long continued. She herself sends me word that I shall soon be free, and thanks me for my forbearance. "I suppose society will say that I se cure the advantage of her fortune by taking this course; but I have never touched a penny of her capital, and yery little of the interest of it. My pay supports me. Yet if 1 were to make use of her fortune, it could never buy me pleasure enough to counterbalance the pain this connection has given me. That Is my crime. "What do you say I ought to suffer for it?" he asked, sink' ing into a chair beside Judith. ".Do you think I am wicked ?" Judith found it difficult to reply. Questions of this kind were involved in so many issues, it was not for one of her limited knowledge to decide upon them. Though sympathizing deeply, she was silent. 'Tell mo what you think," he said, with a desperate air of defying the re sult. "I do not see," answered Judith, re luctantiy, "that you have wronged your wife. I should esteem your injury the greater. To me, you do not appear to have deserved blame in that matter." "in what matter, then? J?or l see you have made a mental reservation." "Have you dono quite right by me?" j faltered Judith, half ashamed to drag her own wrongs before his observation at such a moment "By you?" he repeated, giving her a searching look. He was eager to know he- would have been glad to believe- that 4he felt herself wronged in a way uc perceiveu sue was not thinking of. "If this story gets abroad, It will place me In a very equivocal position You onco torn me, when I wished to do something, uot wrong In Itself, but which you judged to be inexpedient, that I could not defy the opinions of so ciety, even to do right; that society was tho stronger, and would crush me. Have you hot made me seem to defy public opinion, by keeping me In ignor ance of your relations."' "You are an apt scholar, who con found mo with ray own teachings. It Is true. I have made you Incur a risk. But you have not forgotten, perhaps, that it was not until all other resources had failed, that I sought to save you from tho heedless selfishness of society, by Interposing between you and It? Possibly I might have done it more cir cumspectly than I have. But to a man situated as I am, in tho prime of his days on earth, to Ignore entirely his so cial nature, la defrauding himself of tho object of his existence, and compelling his own martyrdom. "I call God to witness, and you to witness, that I havo done what I have done, with every respect to you and with regard to your entire welfare. T did it without laying a single obligation upon you, while I risked my own future peaco In the experiment. For H is uot In the nature of things that I should be come so Intimately acquainted with you should see you ever gaining In beauty and every charm that belongs to the best of your sex without thinking of a possible happiness. "Do not look so terrified. Let mej finish what I have to say. I have not Intentionally sinned if sin it be to love that which Is loveable. I have generally avoided ladies' society; but circumstances compelled me to Interest myself in you. And when little by lit tle I beheld unexpected traits of charac ter, as well as .constantly developing personal attractions, I yielded, at first reluctantly, at last willingly, to the temptation. Y'ou needed what I had to give, for the present. I needed what I should have tried to win for myself in tho future a true, sweet wife. Judith, I love you with a singleness of devotion you will find it hard to match In your knowledge of men; not with any selfish passion, but with every Intelligent fibre of ray soul; aud all tho better and more purely that I have had to put such strong restraint upon myself. Jf it is wrong, God help me, I know not what is right!" It was well for Judith that she did not love this man; that the old infatua tion for Mr. Shultz had prevented her heart turning to him, and that she re garded him as she might have regarded a generous relative, in whom authority and protection were blended; else, tho sight of his trouble might have confused her judgment. As it was, she leaned to mercy's side. He had been so good to her! Ho was himself so unfortunate, how could sho be bard on him? The tears kept springing to her eyes. "It is a difficult thing to decide the absolute right of things," she said, gently and sadly. "I supposo It must be determined by our relations to oth ers, aud their Involvement In our ac tions. I cannot feel like uttering your condemnation. I am. under loo many obligations to you, aud the bid habit of personal regard is too strong upon me, yet. I only can say that it must be wrong for you to cherish such feelings as you have spoken of for me. Neither situated as you were, ought you to have given, nor I to havo accepted, such aid and protection as you have given me. Kiudly as it was meant, it must com plicate the difficulties of my position in the world." 'Do not say so, Judith. If you be lieve in my integrity; if possibly somc timo my hope of compensation for past misfortunes may be realized, all is not yet lost. In order to avert scandal, should that woman's story get afloat, I will absent myself entirely, until such time as I am free from bonds. A suffi cient sum of money shall be placed at your disposal for you to continue your education at Madam M 's; or, If you prefer it, you can remove to some insti tution In the East, out of the way of disagreeable rumors, or the chance of my following you." And Major Floyd eagerly perused her countenance for de nial or consent. "Do you think I wouldjtake money from you again, Major Floyd ?" asked Judith, with dignity. "Instead of that, my first care will be to repay what I al ready owe you." Then, feeling that she must seem ungrateful, she added frank ly: "But I thank you I thank you a thousand times for the real benefits you havo so generously bestowed on me: aud I do uot think It wrong to be grate ful." The Major rose and paced tho room with those impatient gestures a man uses when he feels that Fate is against him that lie might as well war with wind-mills as wrestle with circum stances. You make an end of everything, then ? Y'ou return to tho battle of the babies, according to your lady friends, and dare tho dull weight of your loneli ness and misery to crush you ? O, Ju dith, Judith, I know you better than you know yourself, and you will yet find the need of such care 83 I would give you will cry out for it in your pain and dread, a3 a child cries for its mother in the dark," aud pausing In his restless movements about the room, he stood regarding her bent head aud de jected air, her white hands twisting nervously in her lap, with eyes as moist as her own. "Think better of it, Judith. Leavo a space for consideration. This story will not get abroad at once, perhaps never. In a few days you can quit Madam M 's, and go", far away. I shall tell Mrs. Brazee that lam dissatisfied with this institutiou, and she will not object. So long as you go without me there can be no gossip; and In six months we shall both be forgotten." Judith did uot reply immediately. Not that sho wavered in her first-formed resolve to relinquish the bounty of Ma jor Floyd. Her pride of character would not suffer the shadow of a reproach. But there was that loyalty In her nature which could not turn coldly from a friend on the requirements of prudence. It was the struggle between her gener ous Impulses and the rigid laws of pro priety which kept her silent. "Judith, do you Itnow that silence Klves consent?" "Not for me," she answered, rousing herself to reply. "If I have been silent, it was because I knew uot what to say. lam too sincerely attached to you," she said with ingenuous sweetness, "to be willing to give you pain. I have too much respect for you to reject your ad vice rudely; yet I feel that It 13 not safe for me to follow it. You have fallen into error, which your own judgment will correct ultimately. As for me, I must take my life Into ray own hands, to do tho best I can with it, without your help." "And is this my reward for wishing to mako your path smooth and easy to your feet? How hard you are, Judith, to be so young'aud lovely!" At this moment another visitor was announced, and Major Floyd, thus com pelled, arose to take leave. "I have not given you up," lie said hastily. "I shall see you onco more, when you have had time to think it over," and seizing Jier hand, kissed it and clasped St, as if he never could relinquish the owner. To be continued.! The Wife ok Agassis. It may be a fact less familiar to the public, but it is one well known to Prof. Agasslz's friends, that his wife was his complement and in every sense a helpmate. What the Professor lacked in order, method, or business habits was abundantly supplied by Mrs. Agassiz. It was her graceful and assiduous pen that recast and put Into more classic moulds the Professor's ready English. It was her constant encouragement and stimulus that sup ported the Professor in newand difficult undertakings. Her counsel was always listened to with respect. It is safe to say that we should not have had so many of his works nut inanermanent form In English if it had not been forher earnest co-operation. The Professor, as all Knew, was a ready lecturer, aim always delivered Ills addresses witliont manu script. In all Ills lectures aud speeches near Home. Mrs. a trass iz accompanied him whenever possible, and took copi ous notes and thus preserved the thought for future use. All his com munications for the press passed through her hands. She wrote much trom ms dictation, attended to a great many of his business details, and in n thousand ways forwarded his work. Every word of praise we bestow on the silent dead is an unuttered recognition of her who shared alike his labors and his rewards. Let us hope that sho who kuew liim better than any or all of us, may crown this life of devotion by com pleting and giving to the world her own record lone since begun of the genius aud work of him whoso departure has left such a void In our Hearts. a. l. Tribune. Commerce of the World. France exports wines, brandies, .silks, furni ture, jewelry, ciocks, watciies, paper, perfumery aud fancy goods generally. Prussia exnorts linens, woolens, zinc. articles of iron, copper and brass, indigo, wax, uauis, musical msiiuujuma, iu- bacco, wine aud porcelain. i - i i i '.. i uermany exports wool, wooien goous, linens, rags, corn, timber, iron, lead, tin, flax, hemp, wine, wax, tallow and cattle. Austria exnorts minerals, silk, thread, glass, wax, tar, nut gall, wine, honey and mathematical instruments. England exports cottons, woolens, glass, hardware, earthenware, cutlery, iron, metallic wares, salt, coai, watcues, tin, silks and linens. Spain exports wines, brandies, Iron, fresh and dried fruits, quicksilver, sul phur, salt, cork, saffron, anchovies and woolens. China exports tea, rhubarb, musk, ginger, borax, zinc, silks, cassia, filigree work. Ivory ware, lacquered ware and porcelain. Brazil exports coffee, indigo, sugar, rice, hides, dried meats, tallow, gold, diamonds and other stones, gums, ma hogany and India rubber. West Indies export sugar, molasses, rum, tobacco, cigars, mahogany, dye wood, coffee, pimento, fresh fruit and preserves, wax, ginger and other spice. East Indies export cloves, nutmegs, mace, pepper, rice, indigo, gold dust, camphor, benzine, sulphur, Ivory, rat tan, sandal wood, zinc and nuts. United States export principally agri cultural produce, tobacco, cottpn, flour, provisions of all kinds, lumber and tur pentine. Womax and Female. The use of i li won! "female" for woman Is one of the most unpleasant and inexcusable of the common perversions oi language. It is not a Briticism, although it is much more In vogue among British writers and speakers than among our own. with us. ladv is the favorite euphemism for woman. For every one of the softer and more ambitious sex who Is dlssatls fii with her social position, or uncer tain of It. seems to share Mrs. Quickiy's dislike of being called a woman. There is no lack of wnai is caneu autuonta tlve usage during three centuries for this misuse of female, as I may show, should I undertake the discussion of Ameri canisms, so-called. But this is one or those perversions which are not justified bv example, however eminent, A cow n con- nr anv she-brute, is a female, fust as a woman is; as a man Is no more J . t to rf n lwnr nnil no woman calls herself a female without thereby sharing her sex with all the brute creation. Rural New Yorker. Mrs. Luclnda Marsh, widow of Major David Marsh, of Litchfield, Conu., left a nt t..t,r iipr nronertv to trustees to divide tho income amoug the needy poor of that town. An Oft-Bepeated Story. About fifty years ago, in a newly set tled portion of Xew York, a young farmer wooed anil won a pretty young school teacher, and established her as mistress of his humble dwelling, which consisted of living-room, bed-room and pautry. What care she for carpets, when viewing her snowy floor? Thrifty and ambitious, evervthlinr Klowed with her touch. I seem to see her now, after having arranged everything neatly within, coming In from the woods near by, her arms full of green boughs, and nroceedine to decorate the whlte-cur- talned bed and windows, transforming her home into a fajry bower, her bright black eyes and red lips adding to tne ra diant smilo which spoke so plainly of the loving heart within. Her husband loved tills inviting re treat all too well. Tilling tliesnll had no charms for him, and so, hiring a man to do that, ho stayed indoors with his books. Four years passed in th's way, and three little ones wore looking to him for bread. Tiie wife had economized and struggled along as best she could, but at last, in despair, she said to him, "If "you must read, why don't you read something that will support your fam ily?" At this suggestion an inspiration siezed him, aud jumping to his feet, he said: "I will! I'll be a doctor!" . The patient wife was willing to strug gle on with this object In view. The medical books were purchased, aud he commenced to study in earnest. The little farm was sold in order to live and pay college expenses. They removed to town, and the wife boarded two stu dents, to help along. She milked the cow, brought in the wood and water, prepared the meals, washed aud ironed, cleaned house, made the.clothing for the whole family, and took care of the ba bies night and day, sick and well in fact, taking every care from her hus band, that he might study. In the meantime, a fourth little one was added to her care; but she struggled on, and felt paid for all when her hus band stood before her, diploma in hand, and announced that he stood first in his class. But the end is not yet. Their means are all gone, their wardrobes very low,and they mustseeka home in some country villaire. and trust a rood Provi dence for a practice that will support them. But Hope, beautuul Mope, lights the pathway of the courageous wile! They remove to their new home, where vl fifth responsibility claims their love and care. But the husband soon galu3 a fair practice, and being wedded to his profession, ho still leaves all the care of the family to his wife. At forty, they have a pleasant home and the husband a lucrative practice; tho cider children are educated aud fitted for usefulness the youngest can not walk, but the mother's work is done! Her tired body is laid away in the grave ! Hercbildren mourn her, but her hus band is soon consoled. In a few months another takes her place. Has the father forgotten his oft-repeated assertion that "hist children should have, an education, if nothing eUei" They are not now seen regu larly, neatly clad and with clean faces, at the village school; but are permitted to grow up as best they may, till old enough to "shift for themselves." After awhile the second family are old enough to attend school, which they do regularly. In due time they are ed ucated and self-supporting. The father dies, the will is opened, aud -it is found that all their little fortune is bestowed upon the second wife and her children ! If mothers are accountable to the law for tho treatment of their children, why should not fathers be? For the old couplet Is as true as ever "A mother's a mother nil the days of her lire. And a father's a rather till he gets u new wile." Iave Cattle Measure. Rule for estimating weight of live cattle: First, see that the animal stands square; then, with string, take ms circutnrerence just behind the shoulder-blade, and measure the feet and inches; this is the sirth. Then measure from the bone of the tail, which plumbs tne line witn tne binder part of tho buttock, aud direct the string along the back to the fore part of the shoulder-blade, and this will be the length. Then work the figure thus: Suppose girth of bullock 9 feet 4 inches, lengtn u ieei3 incites, wntcu muitiptiea together make 3 square superficial feet, and these multiplied by 23 the num ber of pounds allowed for each superfi cial foot of cattle measuring less than 7 and more than 5 feet in girth make 759 pounds. When the animal meas ures less than 9 and more than 7 feet in girth, 31 is the number of pounds to be estimated for each superficial foot. And suppose a small animal to meas ure 2 feet- in girth aud 2 feet In length; these multiplied together make 4 feet. which multiplied by 11 the number of pounds allowed lor eacii square loot when the cattle measure less than 3 feet in girth make 44 pounds. Again, sup naap .i calf or sheen, etc.. to measure 7 feet C Inches in gittu, aud 3 feet S inches In length; that multiplied together makes 1G square feet, and these multi plied by lGV-the number of pounds al lowed for cattle measuring less than G and more than 3 feet ingirth make 3oG pounds. A deduction must be made for animals half fat of one pound In twenty from those that are fat; and for a few that have had calves, one pound must be allowed in addition to the one for not being fat upon every twenty. DI mensions'thus taken aresufticieiitlycor rect for valuing stock. Aninebriate, some little time back, got into a car in Boston, and became very troublesome and annoying to the other passengers, so much so that It was pro posed to eject him; but a genial and kind-hearted reverend doctor, who was also a passenger, Interposed for him, and soothed him into good behavior for the remainder of the journey, xseiore leaving, however, ho scowled upon the occupants of the car, and muttered some words of contempt, but shook hands warmly with tho doctor, and said: '"Good-day, my friend; I sco you know what it is to be drunk." "Invisible" Writing. A solution of cobalt nitrate may be used to write with upon unglazed paper, and tho characters will be Invisible. Hold,-it before a fire, and the characters will be distinct, A solution of sulphate of cop per will also be invisible, if weak enough, and may be plainly iseen'uf wasneu witn a nine ammonia. , , Dickens and ids Wife. The history of CharlM THnkpna" . mar riage is simple enough. He was ab that Lime, earning aoout thirty shillings a week, and met Mrs. Dickens, then a moon-faced, fair-haired, even-tempered, round-waisted, good-natured, but very common-place English girl; oneof those women the bight of whose ambition Is a large family, a little cottage, a new dress, a big bow and a merry Christmas She was an honest, virtuous, simple mipded, slightly romantic woman, whose heart was in her home. Charles Dickens at that time was a young man of very nervous temperament, with un bounded self-esteem, and who would have made a good husband had he not been successful. It was after the birth of their second child that Dickens be ean to realize the importance of doinc something to add to Uisjiot aufeiz. Ha hlmsell has often described with what fear and trembling having a. sick wifo and two crying babes to provide for at home, and an unlimited .number of smalkcreditors watchinghlm how he approached tbo great, big, yawning editor's box of Chapman A'HaTI, ainl tnrew in ins nrsc two cuapters or "Sketches bi'Boz." How astonished ho was a few days after to see an adver tisement requesting "Boz" to call on the edllor, and with what joy and trembling be returned home and tnhl his wife he had been offered 20 a chapter for his "Sketches." Tho era of Dickeiis'"Sketchcs" constituted the hap piest days of Mrs. Charles Dickens. Often has the writer heard how Dickens would read them to his wife and dance wildly around the room. With the close of the "Sketches" began Airs. Dickens' troubles. To better understand the gradual change in Charles Dickens' treatment of his wife, it is necessary to analyze the character and training of the so-called common-place English girl. In this couutry the women easily adapt themselves to their positions in life. In fact, in this country the woman generally rises superior to t lie man. ?ot so, however, with the dull, good-na tured, loving English girl. She, from hei earliest childhood, is brought up in a circle whose views are narrow and whose education is extremely limited. The monotony of her existence is only broken by her regular attendance at church aud the counting of the house hold linen on wash-day. If she goes to the Crystal Palace she will stare vaguely at a Correegio and makequaint remarks when brought In contract with a chef iVceuvre. Her eyes will only sparkle as she sits in the buffet or dining-room. Her circle of acquaintances will be amongher class, and that class of society, like herself, sees no beauty in art, nor can appreciate true genius. This is the character of Mrs. Dickens a truly good natured, loving, motherly woman. So long as Charles Dickens had to buffet against adversity, so long was he con tented with his little wife. But as soon as Charles Dickens began to be courted: as soon as he found he was on the road to immortality and fortune; as soon as he begun to mix in society, and realized the extraordinary facination of mixing among the upper ten, then Charles Dickens, for the first time, looked down upon his little wife, who could not do justice to the name of her husband. There Is no mystery attached to the sep aration. C'orr. jS'cw York ITerald. IxExrExsivE Happiness. The most Eerfect home I ever saw was in a little ouse into the sweet incense of whose fires went no costly things. A thousand dollars served for a year's living of father, mother and three children. But the mother was the creator of a home; her relation with her cnildren'was the most beautiful I have ever seen; even a dull and common-place man was lifted up and enabled to do good work for souls by the atmosphere which this woman created; every inmate of her house in voluntarily looked into her face for the key-note of the day; and it always rane clear. From the rose-bud or clover-leaf which, in spite of her hard bouse-work. she always found time to put by our plates at breakfast, down to the story she had on hand to be read in the even-' ing, there was no Intermission of her in fluence. She has always been and al ways will be my ideal of a mother, wife, home-maker. If to her quick brain, loving heart and exquisite face had been added the appliance of wealth and the enlargements of a wider culture, here would have been the ideal of home. As it was, it was the best" I have ever seen. Helen Hunt. "If you don't see what you want, ask for it," is posted up in a conspicuous place in a New Castle grocery. A na tive stepped Into the establishment last week. He saw the card and remarked: "I want a ten dollar bill, and I don't see it." "Neither do I,' laconic reply. was the Florence Nightingale, Harriet Mar tineau, and many other women, have signed an address to Mr. Disraeli, urg iug his influence in favor of Womaii Suffrage.- ' - Mdlie. Aimee Desclee, the most re fined artiste of the Parisian stage, the creator of "Frou-frou," died In Paris, some days ago, after a long and painful illness. Mrs. Belinda K. Kerr, and Mrs. Amanda V. McClymonds, were chosen as School Directors, at the election on the 17th ult.-, in the borough of Darling ton, Pa. m A friend should be one in whose un derstanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once tor its justness and-sin cerity. i Mrs. E. M. Elliott of Mt. Pleasant. Iowa, has been appointed Trustee of the Insane Hospital at Mr, Pleasant, by the Legislative Joint Convention of that State. Mrs. Walter CLvman Win! nf. a a. sociation Hall, New Yorkr last week, on "Nervous Diseases." Her lecture was highly Interesting aud instructive. Mrs. Harriet D. Walker, of Low.ell, Mass., has been licensed to preach by the Methodist Conference of the Lynn District. Mrs. Miriam M. Cole, of Westcrville; Ohio, is achieving a great success, by her new lecture, entitled. ,'lHannah Ja.ne" livi.lsj ti'.'Hay fever?! Is what members of Con gress calUhe, Granger rage,. -