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' A Journal for the People. -"f lvoled'to'tlle"lntercsts"o? HuraahTty HRS. A. J. IH'MHAT. tdllor aai Proprietor. Ol'FirC-t'vr. IVnnl and ftlnrli fiirerU. I IndciicnucnUIu TollUcs undUtellglon. Allvc-.to, all-.Ltro'JsMies, aniLTlioroiitlilj (lladlcal.In Opposing anil Exposing the Wrong ot UiC-Mnsses. ; . .. TBRMS. IN ADVANCE: Oa year. - "' si" months . Xaiee montliK 1 T3 .. 1 00 Fr.tr .Speech, Free Iess, Fbkk 1'koplk. PnmmnTii!intq writing over awnmed Siena tares must mate jenoirn their name-'' to the voltbie in. 3? ORTIuVND , OREGON, ITKIDVY, JULY lO, 1S7V1. NUMBER 1"T. Edltor.or no attention will be given' to their communications. . : . . I VEflTISKMENTS Inserted on Reasonable AMIE AND HENRY LEE; -OK The .Spliirn of the Sum. BY VIS. A. J. HCXIWAT. ' Entered . aeoonlimc Jo Act of Congress, in the rear 16" I, by Mr. A.J. Danlwny, In the office of he Librarian of Concrete at Washington city. girl who has her living to make in the poverty, never imagining that she could city is in daugerof goin' direct to the stoop to demand any assiitanco for her CHA1TER VIL A week vwssed away, and tho usual routine of every-day existence settled itself upon the family of the Lee.?. Poverty, harder and more grinding than they had ever known, was forcing its bitter presence upon them and re minding them of its jiower in every conceivable way. If Amle could have bad the oppor tunity to use her jndgment and intui tion in administering upon the estate, hlie might have disposed of sufficient property to jay the deceased protector's liquor blllR, and been enabled to keep a little spot that might have been home. But the law In its majesty took pos session of tho business and administered upon the estate according to "prece dent," and tbe property went to the highest bidder, under the hammer. Barely enough was realized from the of- fects to pay the funeral expenses and liquor bills of the deceased after adminis trators', lawyers', clerks' and judge's fees had been secured; and when spring came, Amle and Henry found them selves minus a home, and encumbered -with a large family of helpless orphans for whom the beneficent laws of the land had made no adequate provision The principal proprietor of one of the .Sliystorville saloons had bought the farm at a very low figure. In fact, he congratulated himself, and copiously .reatei his chums upon tbe strength of the good bargain he had made, and, with a spirit of liberality for which that class of men are everywhere remarka ble, he generously offered to rent the place and its appurtcneuces to the orphans for a certain stipend, provided the black stumps and dead trees were to bo removed from the clearing around the house, within a given time, as a gratuity. Henry shrugged his shoulders and looked ruefully at tho last half-extracted root of a great hollow stump, that Amle had often mentally compared to the de cayed and blackened molars in her deceased father's mouth. "Blast me if I'll ever dig stumps for a livin1, to say nothingof upendin' 'em for fun," said Henry, savagely. "But I'm suro I can't see what is left for you to do, brother." "J see," was the emphatic answer. "We'll go to the city." "But you might just as well say we'll fly to the moon. How are we to getj there? And how would wo live if wei snould get there?" i "It couldn't be any worse than it is here. "We might starve among these stumps if we didn't keep root In'. The police force would feed us in the city if we couldn't do better than to be va grants." As tho new proprietorqf the farm was desirous of securing a steady tenant, the orphaned family was given the usual ten days' notice to vacate the premises. "What a glorious thing it Is to live in a free country"' said Amle, stamping her foot savagely. "Tho 'equal protec tion of the laws' is such an advantage to women and children ! Don't I wish I were a man ?" "Why, Sis?" was Henry's interroga tory. He had taken to asking the whys and wherefores of many of her thoughts of late. "Because I feel like an eaglo chained. lean think of a hundred things I might do, only It isn't proper for a woman to do them. But who Is to earn a liveli hood for this family if my hands are to be tied, I wonder?" The baby needed her attention, nnd she left tho room with him in tears. "I'll go to Portsmouth, and see If something can't be done," said Henry. "Let mo go too," pleaded James. "No," replied his brother, "the girls can't got along without you. I'll go first, and see if I can get you something to do." "Pity if we can't get along without Jim."' said Fanny. "About all he'll do will be to keep potatoes from being! wasted." "A weighty consideration, owing to their price two bitsa bushel!" laughed Henry. "Well, it's settled?' said Amle, re turning to the room with her puny, fretful charge. "Henry must go to the city and hunt us some sort of a place for shelter. Ho can get a situation with his friends, and the rest of us must find something to do." "But, Bis, you've no Idea how had a place the city is for a handsome girl like you." "Don't you suppose I can take care of myBelf?" "But there aro so many bad men in tho city." "You proposed the city first, remem ber. But aren't men our natural pro tectors t Why shouldn't they take care of us V "Because they tcon'f, that's all." "But they tltall, Henry. They make the laws and handle the cash, and con trol It, aud I iutend to sec to It that we their wards, are provided for, I assure you." "But they'll Insult you.and.lnslnuato unrrioie tning. J'veseen'etn. A poor devil." "I always thought it was poor boys that saloons and dead-falls and courts of death were open , for. It's news to mo that girl are the parlies who aro in danger!" said Amie, tossing her head saucily. "But women always abound in such dead-falls, and, as their average life in them is four years, the, ranks must be filled from somewhere," was the wise reply. "It's no use arguing tho question," said. Amle, decidedly. "We've got to havofood and clothes and education and shelter, if we fetch up in tbe bottomless pit to pay charges." So It was settled, as tho elder sister decreed, and Amle, with a heavy heart, yet full of tho spirit of expectation which the young so readily inhale, set about tho final preparations for a re moval from the home which, humble as It was, was yet endeared to her by so many familiar remembrances that it was hard indeed to leave it. Spring, verdant, gorgeous and glori ously beautiful, was smiling upon the answering earth. The refreshing green of vines and ferns went trailing over the blackened stumps, and the dead trees held their skeleton arms aloft above a wilderness of tangled verdure that over run their roots and climbed around their forms as if seeking to hide the cruel work of tbe fire-fiend. Homely and crude as were the improvements upon Black Stump Farm, the place had be come so deeply endeared to the orphans that it was hard indeed to part with it. The meager effects of the household were crowded into a primitive wagon, the property of ihe Sykes family, and when all was ready for a removal, and the lazy oxen stood leisurely chewing their cuds in the yoke, while a dozen neighbors thronged around to sec the family safely off, Amie took the baby in bcr arms and paid a farewell visit to the trysting-place, where tho last well-re membered interview was held with Melvin Hastings. "It's no use dreaming of happiness," she murmured. "Between that man aud me there is a great gulf fixed. Fate and Fortuue have made the chasm, and a maiden's holiest love must not pre sume to cross it. Farewell, sweet memories.- A practical girl like-Amle Lee, whose hands are tied by poverty and duty, must stifle every pleasant dream and face her destiny with iron will." "What ye dreamin' about, Sis?" queried Henry, as with boyish strides he stalked along a little in advance of the plodding team. "Of days departed," wa9 the sad reply. "2sever mind, Sis; when we get snug an settled. In Portsmouth, your, prince will come to claim you." "No danger of that," starling on, with the heavy child clinging to her neck. "I'll never be patronized by any man. My work is before me, and I'll devote my life to it, no matter how irk some it is." "Come, Amie, get in the wagon with little Dick! He's too heavy for you to U15 up hill!" called Bill Sykes, as he trudged beside tbe oxen, and brought his heavy whip to bear upon them with loud and oft-rcpeated crackings of the cruel lash. "Xot yet," said Amle, "I must sec my mother's grave." When opposite the primitive ceme tery, tbe wagon was stopped, and the weeping family clustered around two sunken ipots that marked the resting places of their parents. "Whenever I can spare the means I'll build a monument to theso remains, and I'll inscribe upon it nothing but the words, "Twas whist:! did it."" said Amie, with husky voice, while her eyes were tearless and her whole frame quiv ered with her mental sufferlug, Beaching the city of Portsmouth at nightfall, tho family took reruge in a little den of a building, situated in an open lot, without a bush or tree near it, where the great desideratum, cheap rent, could be procured. Henrv's waces as a servant in the Hastings mansion brought to the fam i Hy and himself the sum of twenty dol lars per month, and, though this pit tance was their only visible means of support, yet three-fifths of It must go regulurly in advance to Hastings senior for a poor roof to shelter them, aud a spot of mother earth upon which to tread With their presumptuous plebian feet. 2Co mention was made of the depend ent family to Henry by the senior Hastings or his regal wife. Melvin had deigned upon one occasion orphaned brood, for which she was not reaily to give value received. When autumn came, it was decided that all of the children at home, except, the baby, were to be sent to the public school, and Amle, feeling that Fan and hue could manage after some fashion with their household duties In addition to their studies, resolved to take her baby brother and go out to service. The littie fellow could walk now, and, though he was barefoot and his dress was made of remnants of a half-dozen cast-off garments of the oldor Lcea, he was bright and beautiful, and Amie felt for him a motherly pride and solicitude as he toddled by her side on her mission of place-hunting. Ascending the marble steps of a plain- looking mansion, with wide veranda and shaven lawn, Amie rang the bell, and was admitted to an elegaut parlor, furnished with fine glass mirrors, mar ble statues, and the costliest upholstery. Books, which she would have drudged upon her knees for tho privilege to read, lay scattered about In negligent prolu sion of elegauce, and a grand piano stood open in a draperied alcove. "Oh, my, how nitty!" said little Dick, as his brown feet pressed the velvet floor, and lying with his cheek pressed to tho flowers upon the carpet, ho chuckled in an ccstacy of delight. Amie had waited what seemed to her an age, when a dumpy, dowdy-looking woman, in au elegant but ill-fitting robe, came sweeping in, and demanded the intruder's errand. "I came, ma'am," hesitatingly, "in search of a situation as cook, laundress, chamber-maid, seamstress, or anything useful that you might want." "Where Is your husband?" critically eyeing poor Httlo Dick upon the floor. "Iam not married, ma'am," and then blushing deeply at the revealed suspic ions of the daughter of fortune, she said tremblingly, "That is my little brother. My mother and father are dead, and I am trying to bring him up." "A trumped-up story, no doubt! Madam. I do not want you. Even if you were a virtuous girl, which I doubt, I wouldn't think of taking a child into my house. I bid you good morning," and the hostess waved her to the door. 2fow, Amle was no pink of meek per fection to accept such an insult silently. Taking the cfM in her arms, she flashed defianco In her accuser's face, and said, savagely: "Wicked thoughts come from wicked hearts! I'd starve before I'd pollute my conscience oy receiving patronage ; from so corrupt a source!" j "Begone, you beggar !" was the stern reply. "Here, Ah Wing, set the dog on that creature, if she ever puts her foot in these grounds again." Amie walked rapidly down the street, carrying her baby brother, and bending beneath the load, with an additional load of oppression and injustice tugging so heavily at her heart, that it seemed impossible for her to sustain It aud livo. "I believe I'll commit suicide. The river isn't far off, and there's no placo in tbe world for me," she said, audibly, as she shook from head to foot with ex citement. "Poor sissy !" said the child, caressing her with his dimpled hands. "Poor sissy-, don't c'y. Dicky love 'ou." "Sister mit&l live for your sake, dar ling," was the reply, as, kissing the in nocent object of hor recent insult, she went hurrying down the street. Suddenly turning a corner, she raised her eyes and stood face to face with Melvin Hastings, his sister Alice, and Miss O'Toodles. The trio wero marching leisurely up the street, and were evidently en gaged in a very amusing conversation A sudden look of recognition, and a smile and bow from Melvin, were an swered by the tearful gazo and bashful nod of tbe maiden, as she bore her bur den onward down the crowded street. "Whoivas that?" queried Alice, who had seen tho greeting, "Ono of my Httlo country friends, that's all," was the brother's reply. "She's a regular fright in that calico dress and old chip hat. I certainly con gratulato you upon your taste, If she's you friend," said Miss O'Toodles, with a sneer. "One thing is cortain," was the quick reply, "that girl has more native sound sense, and a truer, warmer heart, than any other that I ever met." "Take care, Melvin," laughed Alice; "you're treadlngupon corns. My hand some, dashing brother Is somewhat smitten with that little bundle of shil ling calico." "Is she bouio child's nurse?" with a fanning herself violently. "I've no use for her or her brat !" Ah, Melvin Hastings, protector of woman; lord or creation mat you were, when you saw another woman tearing great rents in the reputation of that Ht tlo Spartan devotee to duty, why hadn't . i ill . i you tlio courage to uoiuiy assert, ner superiority to the silly detractor or ner own sex, who sought to sully her fair fame by base insinuations? Are all men moral cowards . Amie had been miserable before meet ing the ono object of her young affec tions, but she- was crushed now. xier heart seemed like a great lump of lead, and her entlro senses wore oppressed with a mute despair. Tho stem fact that sheer destitution stared her dependent ones in tho face, alono nerved her to make other efforts for employment, but she was every where met with tho one objection, " V e want nobodyfor helpwhoisencumbered with a child." It was of no avail that Amle offered to drudgo for the merest pittance, aud keep her little brother out of sight and hearing of those of whom she sought employment. Falling utterly In every attempt, and heart-sick and tired by frequent rebufls, the poor girl left the thoroughfares upon which tho fashionable residences wero ranged In stately rows, aud betaking herself to the business portion of tho city, sought an intelligence office. Dropping into tho nearest chair, she was waited upon by au important-looking clerk, to whom she timidly made application for a situation. "HTcioir, ma'am"" eyeing her pat ronizingly. ".No, sir;" with an embarrassed air. "Husband living?" "I have no husband, sir; but 1 don't know that is any of your business whether I have or not. If you have a placo where you think I could get hon est wages and a shelter for myself and baby brother, that Is all I ask of you." "Impossible to get places for women with young ones. Nobody wauts to be bothered with them." "But children have to live." The man cast a contemptuous glauco gence officer, who had set a spy to dis cover her lodgings. With a smile meant to be extremely agreeable, he invited himself to a seat, and informed Amie that he had suc ceeded in getting her a valuable place. Every ear and heart was on the alert with expectation. "The work will require some little ac complishments, Miss. I suppose you dance?" "I do riot, bir. My mother waa a Christian woman.". "O, well, as to that, ypu, would. soon learu, you know. Do you play,?" "PJay whati" "Cards and the piano. In short, do you know how to use your regal, beauty to make yourself fdlly agreeable?" "You insult me, sir! Leave the house this iustant, or I'll summon a police man." "Tho wages are twenty-five dollars a week, and found," ho urged, as he nec essarily departed. "Twenty-five hundred wouldn't tempt me," said Amie, hotly. "You'll coino to it yet, my little beauty, nnd it's just as well to be good natured," said he, startiugoff. fTo be contlnueiLl at the child, as much as to say "non sense," and turning away, ignored tho presence of the girl for some moments. The GccdrelIow. We wonder if the "good fellow?' ever mistrusts his goodness or realizes how selfish, how weak, how unprincipled and how bad a fellow he truly is. He never regards the consequences of his nets as lliey relate to others, and espe cially those of his family friends. Lit tle fits of generosity towards them are supposed to atone for all his misdeeds, wntle Do jullicta upon them tho dis graced, inconveniences and burdens which attend a selfishly dissolute life. The invitation of a friend, the taunts of good-natured boon companion?, the temptations of jolly friendship these are enough to overcome all his scruples, if he has any scruples, and to lead him to ignore all tho possible results to (hose who love him best and who must care for him iu sickness and all the unhappy phases of his selfish life. The good fellow 13 notoriously care less of his family. Any outside friend cau lead him whithersoever he will into debauchery, Idleness, vagaboudatre. He can ask a favor and it is done. He can invito him Into disgrace, and he goes. He can d i rect hi m I nto a job of dirty work, aud he straightway undertakes It. He can tempt him into any indulgence which may suit his vicious whims, and regardless of his wife, mother, .sister, wlo mav be shortened in their resources so as leeitlmately to claim his protect ing band regardless oi nonorauie lamer and brother be will spend his money, waato his time, and make himself a subject of contrast and painful anxiety, or an unmitigated nuisance, to those alone who care a straw for him. What pay does he receive for this shameful sacrifice? The honor of being con sidered a "good fellow" with a set of men who would not spend a cent for him if they should, see him starving, and who would laugh over his calami ties. When he dies in the ditch, as he is most likely to do, they breathe a sigh over tho swill they drink, and say, "Af ter all. ho was a cood fellow." This leature 01 ine conn leiiow s case, tm went to bed. uut tuo poem nau which makes it well nigh hopeles", is, jsiezed him, and hocQulduotsIeep.r!He that he thinks he is a good fellow. He got up and wrote the celebrated verses. to Inquire after Amie, but he did not saucy toss of the O'Toodles' head offer to call upon her, although the poor "I don't see how what she is, or what girl had secretly hoped, against thede-jshe may be, cau bo of any Interest to r!lon of her better Judgment, that ha you," said Melvin, somewhat haughtily, micht be Induced to do so by his own as tue trio stopped In front or the desire. dr&cs-ed wearily on, and the family were reduced to tbe strictest possible straits of ecouomy. Had Amie been versed in the art 01 rennea ueg- glug, so adroitly persisted in by occa sional claimants upon public bounty, it would not have been difficult for her to have secured aid from one of tho many mutual admiration societies for charity for which the city was noted. But she preferred to keep her own counsel and hide as far as possible hor extreme O'Toodles mansion Mrs. O'Toodles received them with that fussy show of Iguoraut hospitality so noticeable in tbe shoddy elements of America's would-be aristocracy. "0, mamma," simpered Neliic,"we' v just met one of Mr. Hastings' favorites, a black-eyed little witch in bine calico and curls, with a great young one hugged to her side." 'That must be the verysatne piece of hnuraze that I drove from tho door a few mlnutos ago," said Mrs.' O'Toodlw and dropping her head upon tho shoulders of her little brother, she burst luto a passionate fit of weeping. "I wouldn't cry, little beauty," said the fellow, patronizingly. "As pretty a girl as you might be, if you had fiuo clothes on, has no need to be without friends." I don't understand you," with a faint haughtiness. Indeed, the spirit and dignity that were her natural birthright had been well nigh crushed out of her by tho blight of bitter poverty. 'I mean that I will help you if you will trust me.". "How ?" She was grasping at straws, now. Unlocking tbe safe that stood behind the counter, the lawful protector of womcu drew forth a half-dozen double double eagles, aud extending tbcm temptingly towards her, said: "I'll trust you with a loan of this for your immediate wauts on ono condition." Amie was frightened. Drawing her self to her fullest height, sho said, with spirit, "I did not como here to borrow money, but to get a situation. 1 snouiti never be abio to repay it, and I don't even thank you for offering it to me!" ami IC&VlUg UIU uiuuv, ouu auiiivuuuuii-, still carrying the now sleeping Infant. "Shine yer boots? Only ten cents." Tbe speaker was bent upon a bargain, but the intelligence officer was as eagerly intent upon watching Amie, as she struggled under her load. "I say, Pete, here's a quarter, and If you'll track that girl to her sty, I'll give you half a dollar when you get back." "That's better than shinln boots," said the boy, gleefully, as he started in pursuit of Amle's humble home. "Did ye git anything to do to-day, Sis ?" queried Jim, as they seated them selves around the scanty board, Our Young Lady. Our vounc ladv of the last century was an honorary member of home and society. She sat in my lady's boudoir, .while her future was arranged lor ner. Age or marriage alone could place her iu the active walks of life. This had its compensations but that she was more useful, happier or safer admits of doubt. A new era dawns. May womau do, has been the question of the past. Do answers the present. Doing proves ability. Her record for the past twenty years fchows a steady progress in action. In medicine she takes good position aud shows her fitness. In science she presents a goodly host of patient work ers. In art, too, her struggles aro bring ing houor to this aud foreign lands. The old scats of learning yield and theirgales open Oxford nnd Cambridge bid Her enter, ruipit, press and plat form make room for her, finding work iu each, showing her ability to do it. in tuo school-room, ueninti tue tiesK, -, ------ --. --- or wherever faithfulness in detail is re! those who are bount 1 to Mm b he 1 .1.- t- r t 1 .... 1. 1. ..i.. closest ties ot blood, in tbedemonstration quiruu, mic i uu m ciua. u, - ,,. ,,,,-, ,.. ,ininiml cliar.ctcr. be carries an unruffled or a jovial front while hearts bleed or break around him. Of all the scamps society kuows, the traditional good fellow is tbe most de spicable. A man who, for the sake of LongfelloVa Inspirations.' In alecture in Boston, ou "The Poet Longfellow," Mr. James T. Fields, nar rated somfr-vcry Interesting facts In re lation to the history- of several of that poet's most frequently-quoted pieces, some of which are as follows: It Is always tnterestingtokpow under whatcircumstancesa poet has framed an immortal poem, or sonnet, or song. As I happened to know something of tbe origin and birth or many of Longfel low's poems, let me divulge a few '.se crets In regard to them. . The "Psalm of Life" came IntQ ex istence on a bright summer morning In July, 1S3S, in Cambridge, as the poet sat between two windows at the smalbtable in the corner of his chamber.) ilt waa a voice from his iumost heart, .and he kept It some time in manuscript; uu willing to part with. it. It expressed his own feelings at that tlnlc,. when he was rallviug from the depression of a deep affliction, and he hid the poem In his own heart for many months. He was accused of taking the famous veree, "Art is long and time Is fleeting," from Bishop's xem, but I happen to know that was not iu his mind, and that the thought came to him with as much freshness and origlilally- aV if nothing had been written; before. "There is a reaper whose name is death" crystallized at once, without effort,1 in the poet's mind, aud he wrote It'rapidly down, with tears filling his eyes as he composed it. . "Tho Light of the Stan" was com posed as the poet looked out upon a calm and beautiful summer evening, exactly suggestive of the poem:- The moon, a little strip of silver, was just setting behind Mount Auburn, aud Mars was blazing In tbe south. ' That fine ballad, "The Wreck of the Hesperus," was written In 1839. A vi olent storm had occurred the; night; .be fore, and as the noet sat smoki 112 his pipe about midnight by the fire, the wrecked ! Hesperus came sailing Into his mind. thinks that this pliable disposition, his readiness to do other good fellows a ser vice, and his jolly waysatonefor all his faults. His love of praise Fs fed by his companions, and thus his self-complacency is nursed. Quite .unaware that this good-fellowship is the result; of his weakness; quite uuawarc that his sacri fice or honor, aud the honor and peace or his family, for the sake, of tho outside The clock was striking three." ho said. "when I finished the last stanza."-" It did not Come into his mind by lines, but by whole stanzas, hardly causing him an efiort, but flowing without lejt or hindrance. ' V ' One of tho best known of all Kingfel Iow's shorter poems is "Excelsior." The word happened tocatchhis eye late one autumn evcniinr in 1S41 on a torn No longer need our young lady be a drone. Yet, she must note, that with greater power comes greater responsibil ity. i I .-1. e al Ap it-'nnl. Amie len.tuanuoiasn.opo was Kouc,l n,9 recepUoH at -priucelon. The ..I 1 . i,rvni III,, ' . iii mothers were there but before them, SU Si lnif praise Is the ofldprlng of the. most heart- j piece of newspaper, and straightway his less selfishness; quite unaware that his I imagination took tiro at it. Taking the lirst piece 01 paper at nauu, wniuu uai.i pcued to be the back of a letter received that night from Charles Sumner, Long fellow crowded It with verses. As-first written down, "Excelsior" difiers from the perfected and published poem; but it shows in its original conception a rush and glow worthy the theme and the author. Ou a summer afternoon in 1S49, as he on before falrdaughters J "akes Ids home a scene of a'nx- Armo' rose as out t :thedeep "'--... K,"..: 1 . 11 i.J ietv and torture, and degrades and dls- him aud would not be laid. m nrotect Z bit with the moral i Rraccs all who are associated with him The story of "Evangeline" was firt Sid menTaMr nine tl e age len anS homo life, is whether he knows it or suggested to Hawthorne by a friend who ?.ml..me! . I'.-t-1. '"...S- 1? .."":. not. a brute. If a man cannot be loyal wished him to found a romance upon it. I ',S"5?,,;'U l" ux,u'"v 1 to 1 is home, and to those who love him, Hawthorne did notnuite coincide wi 1(1 lliU iuin wa ntv. She need not be the rival of man, but, as iu the beginning, bis helper. Is there a place of business that is not the purer for the presence pf a well tralued woman? Is It not an honor to man. as well as womau, that the ugly word, the profane expression, is withheld in her company? Would the doors of the drinking sa loon be so carefully screened, or the window painted, did they not fear the eye of woman ? Are they equally secretive with their own sex? At homo her influence for good and purity is never lost upon the brother. In the social circle she moulds charac ter us she mingles witti the other sex. Her companionship, her frowns, her words are educating powers that amid life's trials may help some weaker one to step into a better way. Iu the church she docs her part, hut we ask for more on the street, in the cars, in her business, should sho make her purity and faith to bo felt without ouirusivcness, auu yet so positively as , never to be mistaken. Doing her work always womanly, do ing it well, the world must 00 uetter tor her taking part iu its active strife. Our young lady will marry in time; in most cases she should, thereby chang ing her work from a lower to higher sphere but it need not be compulsory, not merely lorsueiier, ouiy wueii m au doing her higher needs are satisfied in the companiousuip 01 iiomc uuuic, that best typo of Heaven, where . . . . . , A as lign Jt'nesiess auu ueeii ouu may ever make daily sacrifice and rule over the hearts and minds of thoseabout her. Oh ! that sho may rightly estimate her own powers, and never cease to la bor for the good, tho true, and the beau tirul. Temperance Blessing. tli then he cannot 1ms loyal to anything! tho idea, and handed the theme to that is good. There Is .something radi- Longreliow, who saw at once all the.es cally wroug In such a man, and the'sentlal qualities of a deep and tender more thoroughly ho realizes it, in a hu miliation which uenus to ine eann in shame and confusion, the better for him. The traditional good fellow is a bad fellow from the very crown of his head to tho solo of his-feet. He is as weak as a baby, vain as a peacock, sel fish as a pig and unprincipled as a thier. He has not ono redeeming trait upon which a reasonable self-respect can be built aud braced. Give us a bad fellow who stands by his personal and family honor, who sticks to his own, who dare not "treat" his friends when his home is in need of the money he wastes, and who gives himself no indulgence of good fellow ship at the expeuse of duly ! A man with whom the approving, smile of a wife, or mother, or sister, does not weigh more than a thousand crazy bravos ot boon companions, Is just no man at all. Scribner'sor June. idvl. It is a deligthful tribute to Longfel low's genius that all young people de light so In his poetry. They And in it a childlike simplicity as well as the es sential quality of supreme interest. The child detects the imitation article quite as readily as the parent, and will pass the spurious lyre and accept the real one witli a judgment that is mar velous. Old and young, the laborerand tbe professor, alike find occasion for the inspiriug words of Longfellow which they can not do without. Everywhere, anywhere, ho is In the most perfect and delightful keeping. Tbe untaught grace of poetry, the power of infusing the author's mind In tho heart of the reader In his, and this endears him to his readers, and will endear him to gen erations to come. Amle related her day's experience with much bitterness. 'Poor Dick !" said Sue, when she had finished. "There's no placo for you In the wide world. Ame, why didn't yon ask them what was to be done with him ?" Because they wouldn't know any better than I. I met a fashionable woman to-day, who bestows more care and money upon her poodlo in a year, than Tot and Dick and tho twins ever received In their lives. I acknowledge that I'm at the end of my tether. In the receut Suffrage debato In the Senate, Mr. Ferry said: "ft is not mv Intention to speak on the merits of this proposition; but, in asmuch as the Senator from Maine has t.i.i tim miration of consistency and appealed to this record, It reminds me of tho fact that tho question of Woman Suffrage appeared as cany as isos, oe fore the Legislature of Michigan. I had Mm liAnnr nf Imldlnff a seat In tho Sen ate of the State at the time, aud the question was rehjrreu to me committee 2r .r.Mr.u T was & member, and it fell to m,. inf in mushier the subject and re- nort upon It. The resolution favoring the right of women to vote was lost by t,t maioritv of three in the Michigan , smIp. Tho report was in lavor 01 x itvmon enfTmire. and mav be retarded as having contributed to so large a vote. a. a 1 A. 1 -1 L tl don't Know wuat to uu nusi.- 1 n..nvn "J know," said Jim, in a half joke, 1 To-day, sir, is the first time since that "You can wash the dishes and cet ; occasion, that I have been officially thlncm readv for breakfast." " ca"ed upon to record my judgment upon things ready lor oreaaiasu BamVnuestion. I have had no rea- "rm too tired to do anything of the kind," said Amie. "You must soon learn to do without me, for T must go somewhere to work, and I know no bet ter time for you to begin than now." The Granger's Ten Commandments. son, since me repi , . a . shake my belief that the right of Suf frage will not be jeopardized or perverted If wielded by the baud of womau. Be lieving that now, aud desiring to act in accord wim m j" T. Thou shalt love the Orance with all thy heart and with all thy soul, and thou shalt love tuy oromer grangers as thyself. II. Thou shalt uot suffer the name of thy Grange to be evil spoken or, but shall severely chastise the wretch who speaks of it with contempt. 111. itetneiuuur ui,u oaiutuaj is Granger day. On it thou shalt set aside thy hoe and rake and sewing machine, and wash thyself, and appear before the master In the uraugo wim smiies, anu hearty cheer. On the fourth week thou shalt not appear empty-handed, but shall surely bring a pair of ducks, a turkey roasted wim nre, a cane oaKea in tho oven, and pies and fruits in abun dance, for thy harvest feast. So shalt thou eat and be merry, and "freights and fares" shall bo remembered no more. IV. Honor thy master, and all who sit in authority over thee, that the days of the Grange may be long in the land which Uncle Sam hath given thee. V. Thou shalt not go to law. VI. Thou shalt not hum thy straw, but shall surely stack it for thy cattle in winter. VIL Thou shalt not do business on "tick." Pay as thou goest, as much as in theelieth. VIII. Thou shalt support theGrangers' bank; for thus It become tl thee to ful fill the law of business. IX. Thou shalt by all means have thy life insured in the Grangers' Life Insur ance Company, that thy wife and little ones may have friends when thou art cremated and gathered unto thy fathers. X. Thou shall have no miuuiemcu . i-i At ... nn.1 T.lamnnl trt ' ! Tliis is from Edward Everett: uTo ' moil fl.n T(.t.flali linmi1rra nrall tnwfiftk with dispatch a neat, legible hand,' and be master of the first four rules or arith metic, so as to dispose of at once, with accuracy, every question of figures which comes up in practice, I call this a good education. And If you add the ability to write pure, grammatical English, T regard it as an excellent edu cation. These are the tools. Yon can do much with them. They are the foundation, and unless you begin with I these, all your flashy attainments, a lit- tie geoiogy, auu an oiuer oiogies auu osopbles are ostentatious rubbish." Weddings at the White House. There have been three weddings in the White House since 1820. In the Green Boom, Miss Maria Monroe, daughter of President Monroe, to Samuel L. Gou ver neur, of New York. The second was Miss Lizzie Tyler, daughter of President Tyler, to William Waller, of Virginia, in 1S43, in the East Boom. By a singu lar coincidence, the eldest son of this couple married the youngest sister of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, at the Executive Mansion In Richmond during tbe Re bellion. Tho third was that of Miss 2ellie Grant. Woman's Pkookess. One of the most remarkable features of the new Illinois law concerning married women is the authorization of civil suits be tween husband and wife. A married woman may do business on'Iier own ac count, with tho same rights and liabili ties as if -she-were unmarried, except as to partnership business, which she can not enter without her husband's con sent, unless be is idiotic or insane, ha abandoned or deserted her, oris conflued in the penitentiary. A man In Maine has discovered the The one little room, which constituted : Kn ofniv native State, I am glad of the kitchen, parlor and chamber of the I the opportunity to prove my consistency Lees, was well spread with beds for the ' by voting for Wou Sullragc." accommodation of the many sleepers, j A Scotchman went to a lawyer once when all were startled by a sudden tat-j for advice, and detailed the clrcum-tat-tat with a rattan upon tbe door. I stances of the cae. "Have you told me aii. 1 . ' . u , Ithn feia nrecisely as they occurred?" 0 44" - b'". uuuuu as .-- ni. , Blrlll . she flew to' open llj expecting that Mel vin Hastings w ould call. 1 Tho visitor proved to be the intelll- lutvvor. "U 1 av. nllwl he: "I-thOUgUl ll' uott vy MJii jo the plain truth, it yourself." Ye can put the-lies In fatten on thy honest toll, but shall ' advantage of a large family. Ho has surely charter bine own ships, and se t twenty-tw6 children, and recently? thine own produce, and use thine own when he. made arrangements for movl 'XXX rlnS; jugfrom.one school district to another. UiUUUIUCUVt and tho prof others, they 1 nen,?earGo,andaUrmoner S 0,f,e io r?.m?ve halt hou nrosncn and sorrow and hard I hIm free of expense, and so prevailed. times snail nee away. iTa VnH it tho be anv 1 luV9. iransierringrils school tax, his, old Its. And If there 1 be an neighs oSTeTcd to , , aornei.'11!r are!"ele: "0K? "'V.u" "I to remain amomr tfiem.' His new A hundred years ago a vessel sank In In the Zuder Zee, in Holland, bearing witu it to tue uottom 000. Five millions covered, aud now a formed to recover the In a country town iu Illinois, a few evenings since, at a panorama of the Bible, a li ttle eight-year-old sat wrapped iu admiration at tho scones uutli it .tue sum 01 ,uuu,- came to the Picture of Jacooanu.ivcutvv of this havo been rel at tli'e well, when he looked up anu saiu. company' has-been I "Pa. dri'vdu seo that picture. I just remainder. . I bet live dollars they're Grangers.