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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1875)
"7 "wBBawawaBWewa - ui -f- -w . ?. vt jftwixirr 'wr cviz7i 1 1 v y i i'lr jv ji i" . lovnlad to U IaaraM.of Haatufly. m : : 'miB.n AWisrii -. 1 - fc . - - -, -..'-- ' - J:- "' " ZL.ZZ ' ' ' ' ' X ' ' o-eye ; -- - t ml . -----' ." wV, ' - ; "ZZjL : ' ; ' - ' ' - . I wmMMik. , . , J: : i - . " . - " ----- . ... . . ... - ... . - - - . . :. ' . M - - i - - -, . I - -. i - ' - - - . '. " -- r- v - ni aiBra, hn laaas, Fan Pwtul- ' ' , . '',:.'- .'J :'. .. ' '" ' r!IBnN"w? VOLUME XV.. , . - - pnii'pr.Awn-rtnwS'iriiinAV WAV nri-ril .' rtfTTMllKTl Sir THE HTfPPY HOME;5 - (XaWf; SMwcdla I ami ef CWnw, la 1W k libfMM f On M Wi'iMitf i , CVr.) . .. :.. truKTn. na' ' : Tbc-'Wy As ' mlUml thtmtiwm aloof vltb th thuflif tMMM and - A BUltt of vlnia mow ntmd 1h bill u4 valkjra wUli lU -6fej vkl AM to Ibo depth of WM17 lacbos, i4 Tolopod tbo MTt b4 circs of Ibo ,uJat tow of KUok ipUi awl ro TW T. TrS..,...,. ,;. . -u; . - WA.AICWAT." ' v"rr" " 'uu sew a, ... au msot in, nr., m, fwt-Wf k of atabaatf . ' TW aa m blu ,rpMai' atrvtrbod away, awajr Into tb IlUaaitabWdiatanio, loainf to( ai UO. far oat fowanl tbo oorth la a clow of Aarora BortalU that lit tbo aUrrod Boartna wita rvaeate apleoor. Toward tbo oaat, tbo ovixbtjp rivor ,M If aatcp, locked la tb Icimbx brao of tbo wlater-bf 0 wblU tbo deep gvlcn that raa dowa from I be aaowatala jrld1jybIch,JtfaItU Araiatroin-alwaya ao maeb adaalrod la -orttaon, Dbw UfUi ita aaow-fakiJoa troo- arata iato tbo atanphw, aad bid ita ataaa eoTiwJ bowlder awajr aoW Jta wtatry MankoU; whlU tbo Uttlo rirar, that aoaaeUato bacaata a torrraft darlaf tbo aiaaeoa of rala.baof Ita faff god aad OTerbaaclat ald?a witk eoant loaa Meloa, alcwder, oag, ad CTTataUlaa, atbattUat tbo brow of tbo baay cato nei wita may a 6iaUd pro. . Upoatboboaehof lb labia laad, aaek of tbo Uttlo oil j, aad tader tbo brow of tbo ioa( ridf of bill tbat abcltctwi It, lay Ibo wlator-atflrod Dow koava aa Stoaahatno plaoa, Lone row of bara aad abod- - .atrctebod titoaaaalvoa back. fielUa, aad wer well atorrd wltb food mod atoekad Wllb eattio tbat la auatavar faa4 tbalr aoaUaanea la tbo, luxuriant iwrV la lb auTroaadlai aad dioUat f bill. ' Every wber a poo tbo faxta waa 1 arldaaot of thrift aad ploalj. " Tndoora7ano prepaiaUooafor tbo pand -weddrnjf war clnr ml apoa a acala of aiaorpaoiidniatninrar.fo. Tboatbool had ckaaad forth bvUdajra, aad aspoctaUoa waa apoa tip-toe aaaoeg " tbojaalor Anaairoofa. - ' - ' " .Uaigaret, aawlaa, bicaaaa of pr Mim paper! aaoa, aow alaaoat aa tall M iia:Ui and ao aaocb ftko hot dead Boloer a appearaaea tbat Colonel Car tar eoukt vlh dlffioolty raatraia bU kc. ItfltVMp 4-.Hmrber-reB la tbo eooaolllif prea?na of. gooa Aaat Hai dab eaai back to her boa, to Had It . . - ma thiBftd Cor. tbo vra pvyv""1" w . m hattof, aa to tboroachly bowlMor hery AnM tbo eager qaoeUoalag of tho J ntborod throng of baptben aaAalMon, aba aat for hoara of vry day; raeoaatr Ing aeeaoaof hor travalaoTtrlala with bor alchp-oiotbwjytlay with bar dear Ilttlo broth rVx pa rieaeea of bor horrible ni la tbo BoUtowa "hotel," wbar aba aad bor baby brother had crowa aick algh aatodeath, of Jo8oaa- mmm aad bla klodaoaa. Ptaah aad bar leaeblnga. ITra. Jonea aad bar troablaa. I3aJay aad bor oadaariag baby way, aad aot of all, of her poor fmtber aad hi awtal doatb. TolboJweiUlof aUtboea UrOg atarWa, CaJoaol Cbner Uafawad dallr wooderiag atadt at iUrgareTa ataaaal. mmd P1 mmm' - Tai aatnakihad ovary a t, U loDr. nardlot; "wba I Zl tk. lina V iwawablaaeo tbat Mat- tt Oieawora IM allbpartobrr la dlanaaitlea aa xT1 apprajane aaaaa. It I a werfaH la abvaleal aaoeoai la aa U.f fo-Hy af ablldraa, wbor ta father Zlak Waodwortb paiura " ,. "Tt'a Botklu a wn r"""! wry ralanoL" mm tbo kladlV lMr. AmMtroog can origlaaily Iroaa a BgtUhJaaally. H grow ap la 1 bia buaor waa a bar of tbo lowor llama, Ula graad fatltor dialaberltod- bla aaatbar bioaaM aftltBaeqaaJBarrlago,8o laaa bo Cam a black ahce la thoAwaoUoag Bock; tboagb lb character of bla aa coatry; a well aa tb aaateraal aaaae, I la btochikirea tltro tb agency of their WUllaat aad rblo, bat vr-workd aad aahappy aotbr.N ' -, """ ; "la atotberbood, tbea. tb alUaaport- -awt anaaHiraUia ta iklagoat for the wall-bolac of tb rae 7" "Metberbood la 'liar aaor laaportaat Jho fatberbood, air. Itbacareely mil bla tbat a taleateil aaaa caa roar a largo Dually of cbildraa that ar oaal to hlBMalf. nka tbem wbo 1 hi coaaterpart. ladoad, air. I better tt la iiaaaarbtal that all groat aaea bar had UWatM vbH tnaar groat a) baa had Interior fklhra.r Win (ha lord f araaUea h klad aaotta-h la tear their maltltadlaa avatatloa by tb realde aad aoaaa at bor to assist a protaated waaasa folk - a. lUtl ta deaurailag lb dlalag rssmT" ;aakdfaate, archlyMt aappaaradai tb door, of tbo aluiag oaa.eiadla a . tasteful working wait of light greea ' opera fiaaaol, fosteaed aWwa tb troat ' with delloate bram boUoaa, aad taraed i hack at tba wriaU, rwaallag th aaewy odgeaof thick aaarlaoalnvaa. Jt Jaaaty , hbatk aUk aproa, aalqa aad ampla, aad i y -. -w. r " " rr ttt- : r ifommnuwiou. I i - - J - . . - I deatltuU of trimming, aat off the equally Jaaaty booaa dreea, tba coatuma being oaeoploted by atpqt aboea, of eomforUble pattra, handaom mak, and xoIlnt qnallty, ' VfarU darted back to her work, after awing aar errand, Jeaving tba two men gazing after bar la a, blaak bawlder aaootofadailratioa. ' , ' v -I wouldn't think Ik poaalble that there could bo another human halng Ilk bar, only that Wa bar tb erldenoe that bor brother and aletera ar coming aa, antfor hr teach toga, to Juat such aetgbta a afahatraacbad," aald tb doctor. ' - "y.:"-- r . '"Well," iclalad Colonel Carter, rubbing bla band briskly In tba ruddy bias of tb open grate, ae If forwantof other oeoapatioa, MI an learning new leaaoa ra bnman actenc dallynat aew I aee, aa Borer In my lift t at be fore, that wonua ought to b in all thing tb. arbiter of bar own deatiay, ea If for ao other raaaon than that ah la compelled ta b tb original arbiter of tbo destiny of man." (V doac rU0boJ Aaot Haldabj aa abo dropped bar plucap urDportioni tbrotif h .a ebalr wblcb (ara way oodur bor weight, aabawaprclioilupoa'Il bar offorta ta aoiUt tba aUla with tbolr doeoraUooa la tba dlalaf-roota; nboaa aaoa aro talklog aieUpbyalea wbflo w ara dolaf tbo work.'V Tbat'a luat Ilka a tnaq "But fa aarpriaod that my lady aaotber la fcettlaf roadjr to Uka oar of another aalmal of tba apoeiaa for Ufa, wba aba'a Juat about to get rid of bar 55 ,.!i!gl"fJ!gtl"Jlitllnw r""' Tba anorry round of laughter tbat fol- lowad Aunt Holdah'a fall awoka tba eurioalty of tba "DMUphyalelana' la qaeatloa, wbo rapalrad to tba aoana of raiaaator Juat la tlata to rooder needed aaeislaaoe In lrbmtfng the dear worn an'aanaewhal eamberaom avolrdnpol from tba tangled remains of tb broken ehalr. '. ' rromaB,- bowsb 7 did tttitT throdgb her blushes! And bow the stately Colonel an bended from, his ha bitual dignity to whisper "pretty talk" that heeam aiilbl ta other car than thee for whom it waa lateaded, In tb anorry eoafaaloa.'- --' ;.-- - AsnlllaklaiLwai rsapactfuDy counted out fba remainder of th deooratlag exerclasa, tboogh bor skill -and Uat earn Into actlr nas la th xtenalv eu Unary preparation for tb doctor aad Mattl had reaolTed thaf noo of their acqoalntanoea la - Btonabang abould be xcluled la th long Hat of lavitatioB Jo'tb wedding. At first. lyob tended against ten- darf ngvteeh wboloaal bosplUllty to tb popi. wbo' had ao tnerdllesaly red bar; but the doctor, tnor for giving and mor" politic, over-ruled very ' objection by bis magnanimous lag, aad tb wedding cards found place oa vry table a wekjn ndvaac of the groat ent. - r . , , - ; MaUte laeiated tbatAunt Huldah'a cardaahoald aooompany bar( but tb good daat bad n notion of bartag bar Mia erybody,a uoutb. "It wiU bo Uaaa aough," aba aald, whan tb evening cotoes, and tbn It will mak worthing g off much better, if w Sfarptia I Flddleatlok r amid Ada, pa hardly relished tba matrimonial teas wblcb ao completely filled tb owl of bar aaotber. "There len't a man. wooaaa, occblldj Stoaeheog, but kaowa mora about your approaobtng aupitala than yoa do.", , . .. ,, f I da wish Ad oould meat her own aald XatUa, laughing. "It hasn't aaay years alnc I waa'Juat as in- depeadent a beraelL" - .L. .-r-- - -Doe tamed yoa, Aouy," chuckled H thlak rd keep etlli, If I wer you, Jeha," aald Marearet. - "Doa't yoa re- mrabf how' axaaparatlogly rude you wbea yeu overheard th doctor aaaktegtevor.'' . ' . . "Wbat! wbea b popped tk$ oaac Itoldoablmr1 Ob, I waa a dirty, eourod, neglected hoy, urea; aaa 1 Mu'l eare a ng (r Good c let bet, good food. mtr 1 arroondlnga, and good wages, a aaaking a aaaa or aae, aow." "l tblak 2CU Tbomaoa'a bla eye art eOactiag greater changw ta yoa than all th thr adrantagea, veo If her father I a draakard," laughed Ho. Aad tbu th chat aad Jeets and morrl- eQt went oo, white tb doooraUona that bagaa with th dlalag-joofl ax- te4ed. throagb tba many dloersct apartasaats la tb groat bsass; for tb hi flttttra- to overflowlag. aad UUl wa deter mined te daaal tbem with th splendor of avarythlag pertaining to th aaa hobby warraek.----n".: WbeaCbrleimos ae, which bad for weak held high aaralvat la tb minds of th ye agar Aramtiuaga, at laat abed th baalgwaat lagM of Ita b leased star ear tjba aold, white eipanee of tb bkadacapa, Bteashenge plaa waa aglew with a grand lllumlnatloa.v - -- Ta-woAUag; ilam-waa fixed aft th ptiaaiUv hnr of eight; hut loag arvea the dealaen af tb Iowa aad eur- laaaillng aouatry begaa te arrive; aad they thronged tb groat parlor, crowded Ut apacieu allUag-room, an apaa tly-to af xpUtloa la tb coa aetratory and bay window, or wandered taroagb tba halla aad oorrUora, woo daringly admiring everything tbey saw. Tba women of Btonebenge, wbo bad bated and slandered Mattl Armstrong, Decauee tney rancled tbat sb waa a guilty In conduct as tbey videnllylutd been nlmag1nailan,liut wbo bad lately felt compelled to yield her aoclai hom age, gathered themselves lu groups to gax upon tb elegant bom, nod criti cise, admire, and wonder. "Juat ae what a womau can do wbea a man endow her with power and op pottumty," aald on. "It is a sham tbat power aud oppor tunity for womaa are at all times Uld In oomplst eubjection to the wltl, phl- lanthropby, caprice, and cupidity of man, exolalmed a gentleman, who bad evidently been reading 7tb work of Joba Ktuart Mill. ' . Ol v alt women aa equal a&ow with Mattl Armstrong, and they'll eoon rev. olutloalx tb world, for man's benellt as wall aajlhelr own," exclaimed Mamie Tbomaon, who, as on of Mattie's parrj tlcular friends, waa aa honored guest, as I well aa a sort of mistress of ceremonies tIbrnne-AccliTori. "Wa all remember tbeaa old barracks, as tbeywer In Isaac Armtrong'adayThay.wouldJiaTa been 00 better bow, had he not been oompned-yleWherefnto blsTl" danghtor. " : " " f I've often beard af a quro of borne,' bat I never new a practlcar lllualraUou of tb Idea till I knew Mattl Armstrong la her borne," aald Colonel Carter, wbo grew visibly nervous aa tba- bour of eight drew near, and Dr. Harding, wbo bad been called out o visit a patient, edta mak hit appearance. And, la truth, the bridal party . la Mattie's suite of rooms were getting nervous, too.' 7' -"".'V!.' ; ' " ., Dr. Harding left bla patient's bedside eight I think it's a pity a maa hasn't Utrib to get married," b aald te himself, as giving Sellm spur and rein, be hastened homeward lo ao very gracious, mood. John."took charge of tb boras, and the doctor sought bis dressing-room through the back stairway, thereby avoiding the throng of guesJLs J tbe parlora. - I Aunt nuldah was bewltcblngly lovely In- a modeaf, rob of pal tavendef silk. Itb glove to match; and tb aoft. BQwy fold ofjac at her throat and wrists harmonlxod perfectly with tb goaeomer-ltke cap tbat adorned her siU vary temple. ' Uattie, rmplendant la white lull. ovk, a,ntln job, with aa elegant veil enveloping., her xqulalte form la ita gauxy texture, and fastened above ber long, heavy, waving, and allghtly curl ing ault of hair with orange bloaaoma and white rosea, bad beguu ' to feel alarmed lest Amoa should b "detained beald bla patient and fall to be oa Urn; but she held her peace to reassure Aunt Huldatw- Wbo, aa wa have aald, aaa quite, a nerrous aa the expectant Colo- nL - rreaenUy, bowvr, all tba doubt waa removed; for lb amlllcg doctor, la ele gant attlr and snowy gloves, nought bit tb impatient Colonel Jrom tbe waiting throng, and drawing hi arm within bia own, tbey wended tbalr way to th xpctant brides. "At laat my precious darling 1 ready for tb consummation of tb Jongax pactcd marriage vow P exclaltned th bridegroom, In a 'leader ton. Intended v ww -- "-I forth toihltar,-eurruunded by bef gaily-atUreU tirotnsr and sutera.- . Ada Harding, aooompanled by a tall, dark-yd stranger, ta whom the reader ha sot yet been introduced, but who, nevertheless, bad vary seriously modi fled her notion of being admitted to tb bar, (for some raaaon beat kaowa to themselves), walked rn front of ber mother and th Colonel, wbo followed behind, a nervous aod fidgety aa two bashful children. ' y. Th crowd, a by InaUnot, fall back. Amoa and Mattle stepped to tbe front IiTtb great parlor, tb Colonel and Aunt Huldah meekly taking position a a . a., - rTvt - - - - oesioe mem.- rug ,.e, inciuaiagm,re.iiw, Mwuie, om,wuj aad Margaret, aooompanled by tb Armstrong -brother, . John, Daniel, Jama aad Ieter, stood In tb rear, tb small army flanked by Ada Harding upon on side and the dark-eyed etranger on tb other; all most elegaatly and ap propriately attired, making a plctur of Happy Horn" scene, wblcb vr. Harding declared, after a abort marriage ersmoay, to b a perfect Husband' Triumph." :,;. Kow, reader, tbey ar warned, Ar you dsflrAnd the goesU have gooe aad left tbem. ' Ar yoa happy 7 For wkJ aad months, aa this leisurely narrative has moulded ttaelf lata shape under th manipulation of our boay Angara, yon, hart begged, nato J-horry ap that wedding." -.'Z At laat, w hav obeyed yoa, aad aded tb atory for wbo araany mor aboat tba fortane f a young coupl wbea tb legal oaraaaoay aa ba eoo umraated, w buld Ilk ta know T " Justlc te aur good young friend re world tbat tby ar yt living a 8toe hBg plae, prprawa, healthy, oea tented, and happy. , H ; -K . 'Z. Aaat Haldah Harding aad bar haad mm Coloaal ara , 'vary affaotlonate oapla, ach atrlylng ta ataa for tb other' long year of alngl lonclio, nd each looking forward to a re-ctilon with tbelr lost loved onea beyond the Eternal River. ' Tbelr vlns-embowereJ cottag la a very paradla of peace and ; pleatyj,..--. :r- -. Ada' 'dark-eyed atranger proved a fraud, and abe, determined not lo think again of matrimony, la still knocking In vain at tba door of the tempi of law, wbr woman' protestors ait la solemn state to preaid over their aspl rat Iscshiji to see the bouorahle mmU-r an and destlulee. ' . The Armstrong school still flourishes, though there la a strong talk that there will be oUief "Husbands' TriomphM" wilhln 1U precinct soon. .Dear reader, bow do yeu I Ike Mettle Armstrong's' "Happy Home jDoea Amos Hardlng,a"Hubud;s Triumph" pleasayou?'- . You Ought to aee (heir precious baby boy. Mattle la more Wonderfully beau- tlfultban ever, since bis existence cmefaBt4pa4hy" to colored people. to crown her with tb gtorioua realities of a bappy motherhood. And ao, with baby laughter sounding through tb great house, whore lov and eQUal right go band lit liaDd with peaceaud plenty, w bid tb frlenda-at Htonebvnge place aq affectionate good-by,rhoplng; gen tle reader, that jroubav profited by tbe yoa have learned from tbelr hle- All la well tbat end well. Traa ssM- . Tk Itodera Old Maid. ,4 8b doa't aboffl round In sklmpt" raiment and awkward shoes and ootion jl9-YBJ.lliL t'f P ahln-oiinih fsataniiig six Lairs to ber temples: nor baa aba a sharp nose aud angular jaw, and hollow cbeeke aad only two front, teetb. Hbe don't read "Law'a Serioue Call," or keep a cat, or a snuff-box, or go to bed tdtk' '!t0B.y.try:mt'n P'a-bta, Lshed don. Hot a bit of It. "Tb modern "old maldM la round and jolly, and baa ber foil coraplement of bair and teetb, and two-dimple ia ber cheek, aud baa a laugh aa musical a a bobolink' song. 8b wear pretty, nioe-nttlng dresses too,- and cuauHkg little ornament around ber plump throat, and becoming bit of color in ber bair, aad at her breast, In the shape of llttle'knots and bow; and ber waist I shapely, aud her band have sparkling rloga. and no kaueklea t -aad her foot I cunning, and I prisoned ia a bewildering boot; and aa goes to concert, and parties and up pure and lecture and matinee, and sbe don't go alone, ellberr and abc lives la a alee bo nee, araed by bereelf, aad give Jolly lltti tea la 1L Mb dou't car whether sb I married or not, por need she. She can afford to wait, as men often do, till they have "aeeu lifer' and when their bones are full of aches, and tbelr blood tamed down to water, and they - have doue going out, and want somebody to swear at aud to bars them tbea marry! , , - Abl tb modern "old maid'' has ber eye-teeth cut. She take ear of herself, Instead of ber sister's nine chil dren through mumps, and measles, aud croup, and eblcken-pnx, and lung-fever, and leprosy, aad what not. A As dou't work tbat way for do wagea and bar toleration, day and night.-No, air! If she has no money, alio teachea, or ah lecture, or b writes poems, or sb la a book-keeper, or sbe eti type, or she does anything but bang on to th sains or aomeoody el bus band, and ah feel well and Indepen ant In miumuum. anil KaIHb im Kr I at la oooeequenoe, aod hold up ber bead with tbe beef; and aaka ao favors, and " Womari JiiyhU" baa doue It! Tli at awfut bug-bear. "YVuujan'i Rlgbta, which amall-eouied men, and, I anx sorry to say, narrow wnmm to, borteaqpe and rldieai, and won't be liaveiitt till tb Jnggernnut of I'rogreas knock tbem down and ride over tbem, bees i lae tbsy will wither climb wa-aa 1 I, 11,, rct ta. tb morfern "old mafd a good a tbo modem yeuug .maid,. and a great deal better, to thoea.wbo have outgrown bread and butter, hbe baa sens as well a freshness, and con versation and repartee aa well a dins pies and curves. hbe carries a dainty parasol and a natty llttl umbrella, and wear killing bo eats, and has lie poets and aagea and philosophers la bar train, aud knows how tousbereyesf and dou't car if she never sees a cat, and couldn't tell a snuff-box from a patent reaper. and ha a bank book and dividends; res. sir I aad ber Bam la fbrcbe r AI ana - woman' Kignu" nas oods.i ,k..-i tnt.t.nf thl tt. tinny fW iirXrKtcSgrr n Home of out wine newspaper men con- yiaia tb growing-tendency of young Mweenea toeagageia business lor support, I tha aeglectiog tbJr duty lo enter into marriage relatlona. Tney would bar women oonffned to the aits of husband catching, It is well known tbat It Is tbe hope of getting a bosband to support them that usually makes girls ao luefll lent In all tb work tbey attempt to do, and tt I only wbea they glv up tb thought of aaarriaga a a means of anp port tbat thsy really becom worth any thing la the world of work. Women wbo learn trade, or compete with men la business, ar ondmnd fortbelr ia efficiency, and faiinr to perfect tbem Mires in tbci r calling; yet those wbo do4 perfect themeelve, and in order to do ao glv ap all thought of getting a maa to support tbem, ar by tb sam critic ootid meed for forsaking domestic 11 fe for not becoming wive and mothers. Well, rt ts difficult to pleas som peo ple. . Tbe truth ts, a certain elass ef men, aad a vary Urge elaas, desire to keep womea ia a dependent position. mon Sea. ' '-ie' - - ) in T"ti " . - ' A lady was asked by ber servant tb nature of tb next world, and. If It would be Jut Ilk Ula. Tb lady. Im log biassed with aahappy , family-of eleven ehlldrea. has a skeleton lu tb bees ia th shape ef astoeklng-baaket, that never "gvte empty,' kud at w bee sMe aa Baa epeni aaany a mMaigat hour la avralogr; With lb I specter be fer ber yea, ! replied to the girl playfully: "I doa't think w shall be required ta dam stocking after mid. algbt f , ahar tra for yoa, asaaa, for all tbe ploturea f ngl.I hav svr a wr pareiooted I " - Taxation Vithout-KapssenUtlon. A member of J'arliameut receiitly ob jected to Mr. rawretca motion lor ex tendi ne tbe kuftrsire. under - BDeclfled coiidilious, to cerlaiu women, that tb agilaliou of tb whole aubjeot begaa witb ill-regulated wonieu lu America, aud if eucceHfiil would enfranchise Vim moral women." We have fio doubt tb Canal Iling lu New York, and the liq uor interest everywhere, would era vol v urge the eaujeobjectiou. Uutwesbould swering Mm question why, If Immoral woateu ougbt not to He allowed to tax themselves, immoral nieu should be al lowed to tax4hcm. I mired, tbe ouly ground for eupposing that there Is even any plausible ground whatever for dle francblalng adult, onlerly,- and Intelli gent tax-payer because of tbelr sex, la the faet. tbat-.t good reaauu baa ever been. ofTVred, aud that therefore some kind of boaUlelustluetaiuSt be assumed: an argumeat which will probably be sufficient with tbat class of political sentimentallitlf wbo have a "national Tbe dlseuaalaaof tbe question of equal suflrss; among' lax-ayiNg adult baa recently received a very valuable con tribution in the form of a pamphlet Upon tbe taxation f aomeu Maaear- cbuHetta, by Willaim Is llowtlileb a UUle work full or the result or interest ing research and of a very trenchant Irwlf Ae f lie CRfttennlal Mr arrives. and tb long atml-glorlous series of eele-1 braUousbeainsrotnuieuanraUng tba war that waa fouarht lu vindieatiou of tb J principle of do taxatloiLwUliourepre- sentatlon, Mr. Itowaitco take oeoaition to-aek tbe pertinent question. tton. - l'pon of Lexinir- what ground doe tb niale or Lexing ton, Concord,-and Hunker Hill deny representation to more than balf of Ita adult citizens, wbo pay one-tenth or one-eleventh of the tsies t The Ma, aaohueette Declaration of Rights dfe. Clares nisi no tax suaii oe vieu wtiu out tb conseut of th people or their representatives; and are not women people? If It be replied that the word I aaed to dellue a certain political class. tlnn ,nHl....l niM . hnril tnm 1 1 tbe answer la that in tbe aame Declare- and equal" have been held by the high est courts In tbe Htate to include worn en, and by force of that clause alaee women were freed. Ho th word "his" In tb clause guaranteeing religious liberty naa always beenappiied to wom en as well as to men. Hut If, la denn ing rlgbta, "bis" in tb on caa has been alwaya construed as meaniug also "her," and if the courts .have alwaya held In the other tbat "all men" meana also all women, shall the mor com pro be naive word "people' in lb sam dell nitioa of rights be supposed to" exclude balf the population ? it Is not a dispo sition of tbe matter to my that of course th mn wbo framed the Declaration did not moan women, because the mean ing ol such an Instrumeutls to be sought in tbe word used, -not In a subsequehrr?ortTOougb to bay a, half acre td;jar4dJwJ)oad m dowa oar nr-bouaeaad theory aa to wbat it must b supposed to Dave ueea. .. But, again, the power of the State to tax unrepresented property-holders and eltltena needs to be demonstrated. The Constitution 6f Massachuaettalndecd, aatborlxea tbe liegUUtuae-lo Impoae tax upod all the Inhabitant and par sons resident-arid ell -eetatea altuated within th Commonwealth. llul I not this power limited by tbe Declaratlou of Klghtaf And If so, Is It not con flood, so far aa persons -are concerned, to the resident who peraonallyxir by repre sentation consent to the taxation ? AlH Massachusetts women' are citizen, and this fact, ir titer were any question oft it, is established by tbe quality lug word "male'' prefixed to tbe word citizen In an amendment, the quHrtrnttfm show ing tbat tber may be femal cttlxena aa well as male. Tben all tbe tax-pay. Ing women of Massachusetts araettiteua Wtb,Mit their consent. But . . . . . . . , . Is tbla lawful? .Can citixena be constitu tionally taxed in that-Ktale without tbelr consent 7 Tb lawful way for clt Isens to express their conseut is by vot ing. Ilut if they are deprived of tb power of voting for representatives, tbey are prevented from giviug their consent, for tbe people wbo are taxed can give their conaent onlythrough ttfelt'own" rcjranUUveaOhrM , VHIJ IIIIVHEU I we or otner people, a nunureayeara ago tb few people wbo voted la Kng land may have chosen to tax other peo ple who lived In America and bad not voted. -But those other people Insisted that taxation without representation was tyranny, and that submission to It was slavery. Are tboee acta any leas tyranny and slavery than they ware a hundred years ago? . Tb Huprem Court of Massachusetts baa decided tbat a male clllsen who ia not represented eanac j be tax- wbat ground-can a -female citlxen be taxed wbo is not represented? "Virtual representation" waa decided by our father to b ao representation at all; mplr war one, and tbat wbat affected the mother country affected--the colo !. and vice versa, waa aa argument Uaaily answered at Yorktown. Is tb argument more -forcible now? It may be aald tbat tbe right of suffrage Is baaed upon tb supposed power of tbe voters to bear arms aod BehlT'IlufTuTdi ehusttaon-lxth of the voter ar not supposed to be able to fight at all, and of the five-sixths only one-fortieth ar reckoned actlv militia, aad tb tbirty-alne-fortistn ar oaly liable to service In a remote contingency. Dr la It "ohlvalry'' which exempts women from representation? Why, tben, take tbelr money without leave? Ia tbat also cbivairouaT f.very ux-paying Ibaa la .Massachusetts saves an elevcuUi f b Is latea hy the taxation of w Tber la not a man In Massachuactt wbo doe not through hi representa tives assent to tbe taking ol every penny that bo give In tax. But b sod th other men tak two millions of dollars from the women without a word. It "Is tb. Inexpressible - meanness ; of tb lb lag," ear Mr. Bowdllcb. Our ivaders a lii see tbat this pamph let I not th work of on nf th Ill-regulated women to whom lb honorable member ef-4riUmeol atuibete tb aglteUoa of the question, and that it do not plead for th "immoral" wom en nf whom he stands in w. It Is plea lor tb respectable property-holding i ele clam dear to Mc Irtiaoty. miwXr- U merely ask UisjSQjuipLlkc heroe of Concord, lexington, and Bunker Hlir whether taxation without representation is er Is sot tyranny. iaryer WttMg. Atlanta, Oa., ympathle with two widow, sisters, aged rspecUTly U trfttrV;,v.(Ji, . t ; . , . I . . W . , 1, . nf ,1,-1 -Tk Last Toyagerr- - Hn. Billy, let thank tVnvMrao TUel jruu ami 1 are wmUan, Say tb well-knowa song; but that wa written before tike daya wbeu rotten hulks were sent out, heavily insured, to be lost at aea or conveniently cast away Oa some safe aoast, where captain and crew may easily mak tbelr escape to laud.- There w a Urn when tbe cap tain of a merchantman belonged to bia ship andhis ship to bim, and when tbo sam crew of hardy and faithful men sailed wita Mm year after year. It their bom, loved aa the landsman lovea Ms cottage. In those daya tbe loaa of abip was either the 'result ef eulnable caialewsaeea or a "vialtatiou of Frovl- deuoe." Hut now, aa a general rale. there la no such feeling. A captain la transferred from the commaud of one abip ta aaotber at- the caprW of tbe owners, and frequently never aee hi crew until be aosa on board oh tbe day of -Bailing. -Que result of lliU practice naa neeo a eteaay and geuerai Ueteriora- tloa In tbe character of common sea men, aa ahowa ia tbe lack of discipline toooitsa evinced la cases ol crave smer- gency and peril. -ine receui inveHiif anon et on inot by Mr. !rimeotl, In Kngland, revealed a frightful atata of demorallaatlorr im the commercial marine of tbat country. from wblcb, indeed, our own 1 by uo means exempt. It waa proved that ships are ent to aea by anacrupulous owners for the sxpresa purpneeof being a way. i hi iomtlaia , none witb tb knowledge and couulvanosof the captalry, wbo ia Instructed ta lose his ship and caiwa 'With ae little torn f - lte may be poelbler but tber wer mf 7 Inatauceaadduoadof unaeaworthy snips -Viipatcbeu from port wbere tbe knowledireif their condition waa con- oealed from cants in and crew, with the ex peotetkm ttiainbo total toa of all woum foierbujrthjMccret pf tba TbI crime. Rucli deniuviiy4irould be In- credible If It were not proveri'bv Incon trovertible iscls. in uooest KMper goes on board a ship a "cofflu ship,' iu tb expressive sailor phrase leaving home, wife, aud little one for tb laat time, hlsilfeaaorinoed to-the cuplillty of men who trust In" the wind and wave to destroy th evidence af tbelr g uiiL-p-Jarpcr's Weckl "v - ,, ladj r Agitation goea on as tbunder-storms dearth air. One good from all this fuss about woinan'a right la lo show women' tbat tbey can earn tbelr -bread In other ways than by th needle or by teaching achoqU Many have- turued their atteutlou to gardening and' farm lug In a very amall way witb excellent anew. Many mor have, I dar say, tried aud failed, but usually from a want of resolution and. perseverance In the face of difficulties. . A lady In Hartford earned by daya' TWU.ia su naa set out, and cultivates! " . . . , 4 jsws ivi wuavaeivH aaMdi i iruuatrr . y with ber own hand, twenty apple IreeltoUier -are toe-rlMt. mnint !.- sixteen, cherry iree. eleyeq war-trees, nvar-e nnnitPMl arrenM vltt. fulilM A I variety of small fruit, a strawberries, currants, and raspberries, etc Tbat the lady, baa lost nothing lu refinement of feeling by ber out-door work, wo might Judge from a note sent by her lo an edK tor-accompanying a gift juf beautiful trull, rne mentions tne great -enjoy ment that she baa felt In ber work, audi says: "Tb fruit and flowers, like an gers vole, nave cfleeredtne -on. in their presence, I have cultivated a love for the beautifurin all things, and hav been happier in loftier. witb clearer views above. . 1 woultl die that they give time and attention to horticulture, aa it improve both mind and body." .. Wbo will say that such a life Is not better than drudging over ber needle for a bar pittance, wearing -out-eowl and body-both iu the truggleto keep off famine? .: "r-: A young lady in Mississippi, wbo bad Just graduated, earn bom and hired a lew colored people, and uudertook lb xperimeut of . womau farming.' The results at tha. end of the year were .f.ht K.nlri.lft1 .1 v k,anjtpA.I vum(t wi - ............ , WW I" rash, Ynr the ; aaie ot oousb aner an fspensee were),- paiu. rtuca an insiauoe auamea.many of our kid-glove young men, wbo com plain tbat th time ar so hsrd tbat tbey cannot get a living. . To MAKk a Valcablb Rntrt: Book. Kvery housekeeper should have ber own recipe book a book of her own creation, of gradual growth and proved excellence, and we propose to show oar Iulhe first viae, buy a blank book and writ yoor nam and tbe dateon the first ier. iNvioe tne book into a many Ing each page with t be tiepartmeul to siiicd it ueioDga. aa ioiiowb r . jiecipes for cleaning, recipes for soups, recipes for cooking meats, recipe for cake, and so oa through family cooking. Tbou comes cooking for tbe aick. car of th ick, and all th various things tbat are! part, or a woman' duty, and fr which, LjoJortunateiy, experience. Number your pages If they ere not numbered la th beginning, aud mak an Index, leaving blauk spaces In th Index to eorrcspoed with blank pag betwMB department which yoa do aot expect to fill Immediately. Write down under tbea diflarent bead every recipe which you bay actually tried, or tbe result or which yon have even In tb bouse of your friends, and eater tb peg ia th tod, - . .: iVomeu's rights are recosnixed in Sweden, wber tb rarllameut baa passed a bill enabling women, by a mar riage contract, to fetal a possession and mauageeaeatmuMr property. A large port roa of tb clergy, strongly opnoains: tbe mare,"maintaltMHl that Ilk aa Christ la the head f theCbarcn, tbe maa is need of-id nous Im id. and quality between man and wlf is ab normal, tnat is, trntffuirtr. King Oscar II.. wneee Wire waa a IHnon of Naa- sau, has given bis sanottea to tha meas ure, la wblcb, BotwItbataadiBB tba hot con Crovry over lUther really Is very ,,,..,. .i i.. i , a ! iiiue now. in toe t in lea elates ana in aw iimm V, l v. V, aiuw site may own or aub seouently acquire, by aoeb a aimpl l. gal document a a marriag eetUemeiit, and may also carry oa business la her own nam by another aimpl legal do meat, without kef property or th fruit of ber ladastry being attached by ber bnebend oc liable for h abti different department a yon wieb, bead-iff"1 " Altv u all Un Iwm, jud Tboiuhir Ba4wml la Opoimac and EiMlu tk Wiom ol lh Ma Ikiys uiu( nuu aiHtwa Uttr ium to M rdHur.or its aitrattua will fc glvi'la kt tomninuwuu. Tb Bird. Tb severity of th xtremely eoM weather la said. u have played bavet witb tbe bird of th air aad waterfowl. Thousands of crow hav been starve ( and froien to death. They hav ale ' beea found blind, unable to BavtgabiC from lose of ale-lit. aud helpless froat cold and want of food. . Tbia blind neex 1 caused by the starved bird' DokioiE each other's eyes out at night on tbelr rooata, wbere, In their reduced state of hunger, tbey fight, with desperation, and practice in extremity a sort of fleroH cannibalism upon each other. Many wild ducka have been captured, stupe fied and starving. Tbe Baltimore Sun mention a gentleman la tbat city wbo reports that tbe robins In treat numbers. having exhausted tb food available I u, tbe up eoon try, pr cut eft from supplies! by tbe Ice and snow, ar driven to lhe border of tb city to satisfy their bun- ger. iu some cassa they base stripped bally trees of all tbe berries, and eetsu all tb food they could find. In one In stance tber waa a robin on a holly tree for almost every berry it- bore, aod the tree Ming wiuiin a tow yard or one ot th window of th bouse, they could all bar been shot In a few hours. The humane master of the house, bawsvsr, -fed them, and the ceuaeaenee wa that not only tbe robins, but tbe Kuglish. sparrows and other-poor little birds, found a bospLUhla resting piece aad a. - secure harbor, oompenaatiug tbe family. oy tneir songs ot. tuanaa and i Tbe crows, however, have been reduced to tbe greatest extremity there, and hundreds of them are to be seen dallr In tbe streets V Baltimora picking p whatever dropping tbey caa Had. and the' boy hav caught many of them, helpless, sightless, and starving In the now.- Tbe pleeona have also suffered very much from tb cold. It 1 not aa common to aee a score of galls and twice i many unwi tolletlier U ISoiTllieTce Tu. localities where some choice morsels ara to be found, which have beea cast over board from vessels ; and tb cawing of crows, commingled witb tb shrill tbelr white friends, tbo guile. discordant music. otor CoMlTLSORY KbtM. ATlos.-Th areat want of tb g la anntduatrlal system of educatlon In connctionwllb that of ti Intellectual one. Ouo-batfaf the public educational fund abould voted to the industrial instruction youth, the other balf to Ita intellectual training. ,1110 education or the maaaee should be compulsory, and tbe teacher abould be paid by ttoveremenl: od every bey or girl wbo ha arrived at tber age of eighteen abould be not only poe seasod ol a good aolld edueatlen, Irv all tbe ordl nary branches of study, but like wise a trade or profession tbat will en sure him or ber a livelihood, should cir cumstance make It neoeeeary for tbem n tmuu Tver in is system porsued j.j, for- .jac.tjo,, Btto industry to- rgnoraoc, the parent oi vice, must ylelr. 1 - - J , King Kalakaua waa ao well pleaaatf witu nis rsoepitou in ID is eoetitry tnat ne promises to max us anotner visit, and to b a. a-uest at th fbttadclnbla t'eutcnnial. We suspect that non of tb large cities of the eon a try will re peat tbe rather expensive and not very alisfactory experiment of giving -him a "grand- public reception." lJvtot Olobr. In behalf of the women of Amerlca- w demand tbat no public reception be ly paannort to American resoenitlou ia his regal title. Ulsr lu Boston b visited liquor aioonaand brotbel while th guest of thecitVj.and th property , of women waa taxedto foot tb bill. Woman' t Journal. - ----- - Nothing can be more melancholy than to have the mind at work concern ing its ordinary occupations, wbo tbo body is stretched. In peiu and danger, upon lb couch of sevsre sickness; the Contrast between tb ordinary state of neaitn, ita joys, or lis tabors, readera . . ' ,r . i ui.uiaw g.tha actual lislplassnsss before, whom the vie- Ivna ar risinir; and w all feel a corre sponding degree of oompaaaion for tha sufferer whose thought ar wandering so far from his real condition aa b ax perleooe It in hi every -day life. -The- homestead law requires final proof of settlement and cultivation to bo made within two years after t be expira tion of five years from date of entry. All b o m ex lead e n t ri ?Sb po Uwblcli tbe lime fixed by statute is allowed to ex pire without making tbe requisite proof, win no oeciarea roneiiea ana canceled. reported to the tmmlesioner of tha tteneral Land Offlc for proper action. Homestead claimants, wbo bav mad ntry for over fly years, should pay particular attention to tbia matter im mediately. , ' - p Patent for Invention ar granted oa. tli ground that au Idea ia Just a much, aa article ef proiierty as a four-store- houee, but, Inasmuch a aa Idea can. be totea with far greater ease than can a four-etory booaa, it ia neoeesary to frama special laws for tb protection of tba owner. Tb JuKIc of such law does aot admit of question, for, white many patents over mer luck strokes, aa a rale patent ar granted for th protec tion of Invention In perfecting which both time and money hav beeo expended.- ' - ' Haltb la ob tblng needful; there fore no pains, expense, lf-denll er re straint wblcb we submit to for tb aaka of it. Is too much. Whether it require a ta relinquish lucrative situations, to absteJa from fsvorit indulgences, to control intemperate passions or undergo tedious regimens whatever dlffleulliea " It lays as under, a man wba pursue bbs happiness rationally aad resolutely will baooBteattoMibmitto. s. . . Two weeks ago Kylvanu C, aoa of Dr. M. ratoamrof Mont neller. Vt., aged twelve years, pricked tba Bslm af easi - ki. ik t J.uj-tL. .a., k. bC suffered lateneely until death ea n " I- ta hi relief, physleieoe" agreaiog' lbati' tb miag)y luslgnificaat pea prlatCy wa tb caus of bis decease, ' j , , , , . .. - ht as pas at tha grav af Wsb- ' ter." aald a Vermont lecturer. "Too cold P sbonted a mao4a tha aadlaea. Jfiod Bo pau. wag mad, r . .t ' . ry note or make Aether bade- Of OBL "St. ... .v 4 -7" e --vf
