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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1877)
gljf Mela islodlnje5t. Jtljc tjcui jttortljujet. IN. 4. J. llltV sad fwnW . 9rfCE-."t WBHOTOTT TCUMa, 1W ADVA WCI Oae year.. aoalha. Tires bmiU. ADVERTISEMENTIUaaertedoBlUasonabIt ' Tanas. MARTHA MARBLEHEAD lbs Bsld sbs Batess or (easiest. t mm. a. j. DcwnrikT. ACTBOB OP "JCBITB B BIB,". "BLUB DOWB .. UNI OBBIBOB,' . " BTC., k. 1 0.( SIC . (Entered, aeeordlnt U Art of Ooasrass. IB the rnf 1S7T. br Mr. A. J. Dun I way. la the oBlee ol tbe Ubrerlaa erfCoafrsss at WaahlainoB city. CHAfTER XIIL Things want swimmingly lo Wub Ing ton, and Mrs. Major Marblebsed wma In bar glory. 8ba became diplomat of tb moat dangerous, becauee moat lr . reapooelble sort. Sbs Interfered with ' tba affairs of BUI aa only an Intrigu- log aod Irresponsible parson can, f Major Marblehead proUatad at flrat agaloat bar ideas of extravagance, holb In style ol living nnd personal adorn ment. But ba was no Match for bis wife In thlnge of this kind. Than, bar Ulant for managing tba aflalrsof g ernment amaxed bias. 8b would have ado n capital Quosn Elisabeth, nnd could bars outrivaled s Braganse, or dlaeonntod tba Hspabnrgs at an I as pa- rial court, i -Tba Major almply szsoutad bar dsrs, M bar willing sobjeet might. Bbs was to bios A sort of Oamallsl, at wboas -fest he Isarned mical leesons dally. -Hsr boos became tba rendeivoue for polltlelaoa of Influanoa and authors and Statesmen of- not. . Nobody gave batter 'dinners or entertained bar numerous . frlanda mora royally In any way, To all of bar scbsmse for getting fat Job from the a-ovsramsnt. with wbleb to sorted himself withal, tbe Major lent a willing ear. Cupidity was strong upon him. How b managed .to get over tbe Scripture declaration concern log tbe rich man sod the needle's eye -nobody" who" neard ' ul m prat of tbe sublime necessity of saving his soul ould understand without falling to give blm credit for that honesty of pur pose wbleb la sometimes thought to be aneceesafy attendant upon pur But perbapa tbe Major didn't analyse hla own Ineonaleteney.,- Humanity sel dom doss. It takes whatever Is for granted, so long as It Is prospering per aonally. Tbs rest reform of this life arc never Ah result of earn and plenty, hut of struggle and need But, avaricious aa was tb Major, be was sometime tb victim of uncomfort able scruples of eooeclenoe. His old- tim Ideas of ntorgrtty wsre yet almost r as strong upon blm as cupidity, aod b would have scorned to violate one law of JCM or man In any ovsrt act. "I'm afraid Tom doesn't deport blm- self as properly as, be would If bla wife war here, Mrs. Msrblsbssd,'? bs man aged to say to his spous ooc evening, when, a crowd of brilliant go tat a had thronged the trlpt parlors .to a 1st vbour, aod a woman bed leaned In costly apparel floated by upon Ms arm, to whom be was whispering word that ' would have been barmleea enough bad i they been unmarried lovers, but were reprehensible under tb circumstances. - MYoV"rc,ou fogy. Major," re plied Mrs. Msrblsbad, under her breath. But tb oxelamatfoo was lost upon .. tb dignitary, who, as 1 have belbrs ob served, was hard of bearing. Tom flirted with tbe brilliant wtdo till a lets hour. H waltsed with her till b was plddy, and at confectionery till b wss sick; but b was fascinated, and bla mother, unuatural as It msy seem, was not dlsplesaed, Had b been the Major's son, aod bad his wife been her dsughter, thus revsrs- Isgtb conditions, ber Ideas of proprl- . sty would bav been reversed also, but It Is always bard to do or feel toward ibers as ourselves, or those helooglag Jo9tJnosinBrJy I Itabl as tb facta will warrant,' and then, 'heaveo knows, we sball bsvs - enough to censure. - When lb time for breaking up tbe party arrived, Mrs. Marblsbead saw ber sou showing tb widow to her earrisgs with a gleam of triumph In ber eye. "What a splendid fellow lie tor sbs thought. "And what a pity he should h tied to that moping mopatlck, away out la Oregon.' II might bav mad a brilliant match If be had waited. Well, well, J've mad en mistake, but It's nly oos. Luckily men can do as thsy please, and Tom's all right." Then turning to tb Major, whs had already retired, and was half asleep, she said: :. "Did you obeerv that tall, handsom gentlemen la tb parlor to-nlgbt, who - didn't seem to know anybody f He was Introduced by Senator Matlock. His asms, waa Green eometblog; I can't remember tb rest of It. But It was long and odd. Whsn I saw him I couldn't bslp wishing I Had a daughter lo match him." "I don't remember htm," replied tb . MaJor"and L most-' go- tavaleeav com time to-nlgbt. Don't, Ulk any mora. Thess parties arc aa abomlaatloa to tbe Lord." ' 'Thsu Hs'd betUretop'emr was tbs pstulaat rejoinder. . I The Major soored; hut Mrs. Msrbls head knew vary well thai h was only sbsmmlog. . "The hypocrite!" she said t 'berssIMclty TcfUyT- 7 : ad yet, good reader, was h any YOLUME.VII. nor a bypoerlt than sbs T Didn't sbs acknowledge allegiance to tbim before tb world, when ber heart f was aot i tb contract ? Had she eby right to Judge, him T She looked at him asb lay tbsre feigning sleep, And her heart rose la disgust. , VHa a pretty-mTrrto-brsurs she soliloquised. . "His bsad Is ss bald as tb dom of tb Copilot, and as sbarp as tb roof of a Catholic church., fil bis old teeth were nulled his Cheeks elnk like gulleys, and bis nose and cbln srs ready to meet lie looks better In tb dsytims, wheoJUe fsls teeth All hie face and mouth to a decent fullhess, aod bis straggling balr Is combed oysr bis steeple-ebaped. bead. But meet always see blm when be looks bis worst. It Is almost morning new, and I'll brave tb' night out, and don, with It. I'd rather stay up till doomsday than sbsre bis couch, anyhow." Mrs. Marblehead left her chamber nd wandsrsdout through the parlors alone. Where, a little while before, tb sound of rsvslry bad been was now su smpty silence. -' Tb world' en vtss me she slgbsd, 'To-morrow morning's papers will d sciibs these Jewels, and thess silks and laces, add will pralss tbs sntertalnment and flatter tb hostess. I know my parties sr tb rag. I know I'm leader In Washington. But ob, I'v pald-a fearful pries for thee things- fearful price ! It H said that everybody baa a skeleton in the closet. I'v Just bad a glimpse of mine." . Tb door-bell rang. . Mrs. Msrblsbead wss nervous. Th servants bad retired, and were lu their first sleep, v "I must answer tbe bell myself," she said,'- tremulously, "but I do wish Thomas was at boms." Very eautlously she opened the door and peered Into tbewsxlng twilight of the coming mornlog- ISfaXJl's-J oivJhomaa, ls-itJ'feithUfromireiMUha wifej AjnaA whom bad such a start!" she ciclalmed, baif hysterically. "But what Is the taatter T You look flushed and eielted, as though eiultaot over a signal triumph "Mother," and tbe son's eountsosncc &rtJjgllJhfcjbj jsss, "I wish waan't married.' "Why, pray f Doe your wife give you any trouble now-a-day T" " Vea, mother." . "And bow, and why T" "Don't aak to." "But I must.. Does sbs writ you complaining letters and send tbsovla lieu of aidle lectures, to disturb tbs serenity of your repose Hsvc you skeleton In your closet, tb sam as I T" Nonsense, mother. You have no bid den skslston. Your ruling Impulse Is ambition. You; bare outlived tbe bey dsy of your purest fovc dreams, and grown surfeited una tbe hollow mock-j cries of the world. I am yet young and susceptible. , You mads tbe match be tween Martha end ins, you know." Yes; I know. And I never did more sensible thing." . O, Mrs. Msrblehead S How could you make euch a speech, when you knew It was wholly false? "With all due deference to your su perior Judgment, mother,'! beg lesvs t dissent." ' "And tfAef" "In th first place, Martha did not lov m. " I wss beguiled by a foolish pssslon. I fended thst I would be hsppy as her husbsnd, whether I pos sessed ber love or not. I was mistaken. She did not love m, and It was a crims to compel ber to marry me, "But, my son, you surely do not In tend to repudiate your marriage ?" "High heaven repudiated It In the be ginning, mother.". "But think of the scsndal of a public sepsratlon, my Son. Think of ths news paper scurrility thst Infests tbs nation. Sqrely you wouldn't subject us all to II 1 1 wWKWWV "Why notr "Because there is really no need of It. Your wife le doing splendidly by you In Oregon. Bbs's raising tbs children and holding tbe property. She love ber children? devotedly, and Is a brisk bust- womao." Mothsr, did you notice thst floe- looklog young ruau In ths parlors to nlgbt, who didn't seem to know any body T" ' - : : . ' Yes; and I asked tbs Msjor about him. - I wondered who brought blm her, hut th Major couldn't tell. H was Introduced by one of tbe Senators, but I felled to catch the name. It waa Green something; I could not toll what"- "Motbsr, that fellow Is Kingston Oreensborough; the man who ought to have married Martha Marblehead." "And sfbal, pray, was he doing bare?" "Looking on and taking ItomaI sup pose. I have no doubt but tbey arc holding correspondence regularly. He Is said to b la tb secret service of the government." . Mrs. Marblsbead toped deathly pale. What's tbs matter T" "Nothing, Thomas. It'a only the late bears and tbe fatigue - Don't worry about ms.". - - " But, mother, you'd better retire Doat you ses It's already morning T" Mother and sen stepped through tb1 parlor window and gasd from th veranda across the domed and spired V ever which ths first radiant ksams the morning were casting a sbsen of "Ll01lt.AlHI, OltElOOlV, rillDAY. HEPTEMUEH 1. 1S77. . "Thomss, I'm more than half tired of public life," said the former, with sigh. . Thsu you must he about ready to pass In your cbseks, for certainly you' never tire of all this glare and glitter If you were declined for a long life, ."Do yoJluTok I'm falling, Thomasf" Tbe son. laughed. "Judging by your rotundity and den slty, I should say, No. and agitation, Yes." By your pslsness "WsIL my son, ydii finust keep sbarp eye on Ibat secret .service de tect! ve. I don't like ibe looks of him Tsn to one he's watching to get us all Into disgrace." . "Let hlm.wstch!'' replied the son, "There's nothiog to conceal. .Besides, hs caa have no special object In spying among us. . Honest people will always bear wstchlog. But, mother, I'm In trouble la another direction." "How T and what about T" "I'm dead In lovo with that band some widow you saw la my company and aba reciprocates." "Thomeur' Tbs soo looked at bis mother, abashed but aternly. "You are to blame, mother. You did oot act toward me with common judg ment In my matrimonial venture. thought I loved Martha, aod you fos tered tbs fallacy. You thought I muat alwaya b tied to your apron-string, and so you plsnnedtoget ms married -and eeUled near you. If Martha had loved me we might bavo gotten along: to gether well enough. But It I oot nat ural for anybody to he contented In an atmosphsrs of conugal dissatisfaction." But what do you propose to do, my son? Remember It's too late to change your courae.now. You area husband and father In the eyee of the law: and must do your sacred duty aa such." "That's - Drettv advice to .stive me, mother tiddiiltijndeed rkod you loathe, w bom. no true woman would reeogulse alleglanc to one hour I" - "O, Thomas! do not cblde roe!" walled tbe wretched woman. -"My pu o Ish men t Is already grsatsr thso I can bear." ""Well, nsver mind I Oo to bed and get some sleep. In a little while, aa you said, the morning papers will '6e here, oontalalng glowiog - accounts'' f . tb grand reception at(h Marblsbead slon, and a flaltaring trlbuteto-th hsppy, witty, and brilliant Mrs. Msjor Marblehead. -A WashingtontflBvyt' us, and. the telegraph will carry the news from Dsn to Bersheba, and ths press will publish It from Osth to Asks ion." . "I wish you were ssfely rid .of Mar tha, poor boy,": said tbe unwise and over-Indulgent mother. "But remem ber, you eooldn't'bavs been here. 1f I hadn't married the Msjor aad got blm Into office." . ... . And I wish to God you hadn't mar ried bm, and badu't got him into of fice, and w hadn't com to Washing ton! I'd rather II v on my Cbehalsm farm, In a tiny log-cabin with a punch eon floor, with a woman I love, and who loves ms, than to bav my present styls of life with a government clerkship, and all the glare and glitter of this Wicked and deceitful city thrown In." 'You're morbid, Thomas. You'd bet ter retire, too.Good-nlgbl, or, rather, good-mornlngV and - the stalsly ml of tbe mauslon turnsd ber back upon ths glittering spires snd mssalve domse of lbs sun-glldsd city, niJ sought tbe chamber where ber' lord Isy suoring. ' - Thomss Jones retired, but -not to slsep. Visions of a pair of coal black eye that wore wholly unlike the mildly beaming visuals of his wife danced con stant attendance upon, bis fascinated senses. Th strsngs .widow bad. bewitched Mi Oi Thomas Jones! Wbyea ,BB6ll some guardian angel warn you from tbe precipice? Why will yeu dally on tbe brink of ruib? Why will any man thus risk bis sacred honor by absenting himself for vests from all the domestic obligations of family, boms, and fl reside? Why srs- women so often . left at home, to struggle sloos, as best tbey may, to rear a family of lilt I ones. while tbe husband and father luiurlatee at tbe capital, among gay women aod gallant men? What wonder that women deteriorate who arc left alone, In drudgery and dis comfort, to hear the double burden of hrluglng up lbe,children la sorrow, aad earning their bread In theswsatof tbslr feces ? - Verily, the Mrs. franklins and the Mrs. Clsys of life arc legion. But outraged nature ever sssks to aysngs herself. "The mills of God grind slowly, but thsy grind eieeeding small." The legitimate children of all public en who fall to do their duty by their wives and famlllsc, fall la tbslr torn t perpetuate paternal genlua; and so the Intellectuality of the race dies out In tbelr femltfe,- lhfoughlhelnustloe meted cut to Its motherhood. . Thomaa Jones wrestled manfully with himself. . But of what avail was his mental wrestling, seeing h approached nearer the precipice continually ? But the woman who .held him la ber tolls bad never a ecru pie of conscience more Once she. was as Innocent aad free from Intrigue as Martha Marble hsnd had ever bssn. Butt ale for ber I alas for bumaa nature 1 she bad been the vloUm of h Ignorant and selfish FmBB HrsacB, Fbss rsBas, Fbbb Paon.B. usagss of life; bad ssen the only object of ber early affections torn from ber side through; the conventionalisms of fslss spelsty; aod she bad rallied, after a few years of humiliation and sorrow, solved to be avenged whenever eppor- tu n Itvshoiilil sgsln he oflered. And opportunities came often. Thus, sgsln does nature ever seek to aveare herself. land sseklng, Invariably succeed. . . To be eoqtlauad. GLIMP8ES Of EODTHIEJ TE1VEL. Tired, weary, and forlorn arc three poor mortals sitting in oos of the most wretched of cars, attached to a freight train slowly Wsndlng lu wsy through a miserably uninteresting section of eoun try, lo tbs most notorious of Houtbsrn Btates, Boutb Carolina. We left Bavannab Monday morning In a drenching rain that kept company lib us all dsy, and made tbe little wretched statioos at which we Stopped look ten times mors dreary, and, I know, made the heart of a poor mother acbe atlll more besvily for leaving what bad been' a" horns, aod with three helpless little children starting to flud a slater, to whom sbs looked for protection. Bucb a day muet have seemed a sad be ginning, but sbs and bsr little ones bad been taught In the school of adversity, and no murmurs, no complaints were beard. only tired thaoks wbsn tbs 'crumbs from the rich man's" lunch were given tbeau The - mother's 4scc Was worn and thin, but tbs little ooss, In spite of poverty and all the sorrows and privations that go band In band lib it, had faces ruddy with hesltb; and I could not bslp thinking, how strsngs Is life, that tbeee children, with out care, with hardly enough to keep together body and soul, should not only II vs, but thrive I Sadder and aaddsr grew my thoughts, and when, at last,1 wc reached the station, where for that day our Journey ended,, I was In bar- mony' with tbs dsy, "cold and dreary.'.' But with 'a sparkling wood Are, (one thing you can always bsvs In tbe "sunny South," and a firs, too, made without paper, for the wood la flowing, not with "milk and honey," but wl(b turpentine,) and tbe bright blase Insensibly carried warmth to the saddened hearts. And wbsn tbs morning broks upon us, ths sun bsd thrown aslds bis dark mantis and was sgsln reigning In ail bis splen dor; and all nature seemed smiling and oyoustiwlth -hsrdly a trace left of ths storm that bad passed ever It. - 8o beautiful waslba-morning that K and I took a loag drive, and found Augusta quit a pretty city, containing STreat many beautiful homes, pointed I out to us as this and that iiHdow'$, It seemed strsngs at firstbut we recuem bered the war---? rr" In the afternoon wc took tbe care to Columbia, reaching there late last night, and I can truly ssy thst our remem braucee of Ibe place will be something fearful, for wbsn arriving at a borrlbls botel about ten, tired and hungry, hav ing been unable to procure aupper along the road, and fully especting then to regale the inner-man with a tempting repast, ws bad set before us, tn a most cheerless room aad upon a most nnln vitlng table, three cups of soms concoc tion or nsrbs, butter made up or "eersp- ings,'1 sour bread and some cold beef, so tough that no respectable ex would ever have eald, "that Is flesh of my flesh," Could even tired, hungry bu mauity bear with that tDisgusUd, we rose aod sought our beJa, hoping In aleep to forget tbe pang of hunger, but woe! to expectation; It was eleetlou dsy, aod our dear colored brelbern, so fitted to govern Ibe nation, were like a pack of wolvse let loose, howling and screeching In a most unearthly manner. Thankful were we to shskc tbs dust from our feet: tble morning, hoping usver s; gain 10 ha oblUed to spsud an other nlgbt in such wrstcbsd quarters. ' My last sentence, you perceive, I unsbls to finish In tbs ears, having fal sa short of paper, aod now I am slttiog n a vary plsasant room, carpeted with bright blue ingrain carpet, Intent upon finishing my letter so that you caa still near of tbe travelers, ooc of whom Is ersiy to get hack loNsw York, longing, b says, for "oos square meal." Tb latter part of our Journey yetef day waa far better , then tbs beginning, for, though we centioued to crawl along -st a soall's pace, the air had so softened and bad become so wsrm that wc had all the windows open, and therefor, though soms what wsery, wsr not so glad to see the little town of Charlotte as wc bad hoped to he. Wc reached here about sundown, found our hotel far better tbsn we bad dared to hope, and after a good tea aod splendid bath, we went to bed tired out, but still refreshed enough to slsep right through the nlgbt. ' This mom log we took, a pleasant II Walk around the village, bought two novele with which to while away to rn arrow, came home and partook f rathr a si m pis dl nnr. M has gone le.smoks hie cigar, and K la reading aloud tb Nsw York JItrald, only two dsys aid, that assms very youthful, for la Florida a week nearly elapsed before we could ret home paper. "... ..... We expect our hardeSt asy'i'TrBvsl to-morrsw, for ws muat rise before the aa lb train start five mlautes aa for six. Our diansr we will get along tbe road, disgusted with the hotel sand wlcbes tbey. put up for us, so will try stopping by tbe "wsyslds." Still It Is not always the safest plan, for If ws arc so unfortuoals as to meet with a South era breakdown, we are likely to become pretty hungry before we reach our des tination, whlcbrwlth ssrytblq propl tlous, ws don't ef pert to do till Bine lo tbe evening. It will depend entirely upon whst kind of a place Llucbburg is whether we remain for tbe Sunday. I abould aay depend solely upon tbs botel, or, rather. hotel table, for even If tbe scenery le magoifloeot, (and w are longing for Juat a glimpse to refresh ths sys), tbs more eolld wants of nature muet be flrat supplied. And M says tb starve for three days In a forlorn little house, even If It were In the lovelisst valley and sur rounded by snow-capped .mountains, Is somsthing thst at this stags of tbs Jour- bey he Is totally Unprepared l67loTSo, though to-morrow night our bones msy scbs, we will have to catch but a short night's rest,' and on Saturday morning, wearied) tired, and cross, be again placed lo anything' but the promised palace car, something more fitted for tbe cat tle, and unless 'tis a far better road than those over which wc bave already trav eled, will Jolt, jolt, Jolt, till eleven at nlgbt, at which hour we hope to fiud beefstsaks and spring beds la the city r Baltt more. irwe travel .iqrspld!y as that, ws will probably be home on Monday, and M aayc onee again In New York, no ooc will ever get him In auch a wild goose chase again. And, truly, I must say Southern travel Is rather wearisome, both to body and mind. - 1 , , -1 ..JUL JUL .' A Good 'SrooESTioN. Mrs. F. F. Victor, who, by tbs wsy, misses no op portunity to put In a plea for women laborers and-woman's labor, ssys, lo a -recent letter fr-n-Astorl tot hcAih'T lend Tidingt The canneries bsvs so perfected tbelr appliances that a great amount of labor may be performed In one working day Maoy hundreds of Cblnsmsn are em- pinvpd In diflerent capacities, Tbsy i -doHaxjfc. Uajr Women -b Temployed lu labeling cans. no ars paid fifty cents per thousand. Most of tbem esrn Chlnamen'e wssree : . eoroe double, and a few even more depend ing of course on their experience. This season tbs Messrs.. Kinney Intend to era ploy.-, women In maktna tin cant. Mere Js-sl cbance for girls to learn some thing of a profltsbls trade, 'rc often sfgried to be a tinner. Let some of the Oregea girls set out on tbls nsw road to Independence, and I am confident tbey would think of a hundred Drettv and useful things to add lo tbe world's stock of comforts, wbsn tbey. onee have the traae in nana, uj trie wry, wby doee nobody think of canning. fruit In'Ore gou eome enterprising womao or com paoy of women f - An amuslngstor comes from Con stantinopla. Tbs Sultan was suffering ucn rrom toothache, and tbe dentist. having Inspected the -royal patient's teeth, declared that one of them muat oe drawn, lb order to give tbe Sultan nerve, a nearo wss brnunht to his room snd had a tooth attracted. Sambo bore the operation so very badly Uiat It had ust tbe opposite effect or wbat was lu tended, and tbe Sultan, tbiuking tbe remedy worse then tbs disease, declined to submit himself to ths forceos. A little later tbs fsulty tooth again made Itself felt, and again the Hullao aent for the dentist, and a train be reptleoriba the tooth muat eome out. So, a eecood nerro was summoned snd undarwofit torture, lie squalled louder then the first, and a second time Abdul-Hsmid declined to be relieved through such an nfdest. Tils attacks of toothache con tinued to recur, and tbe latest' Informa tion ls that eight negroes have been operated upon, but the Sultan baa not. Thr ANswfcM. - "Oh. wbr was I bornT' said be: "why did tbsv "yank me by the hair out of eternal nothing; ness Int concrete existence, to bullet tbe etorms of Ibis rude world, with oo poatponementoa account of tbs weather? Wbat, then, ia tbia problem of human destiny with wntea eels "BVAeJ"""qfrm'vp" teutiy wrestled for eo msny centuries T" But she told him, all the eame, that there waa no base-ball for him that af ternoon; and. If he didn't get the kindling, wood spilt before hie father earns home, there would be soms wrest ling that would make aclenee open her eyee when ebe atruok that woed-ebed. Aw Editor. A young man applied at a newspaper orflee the other day for a slUistion. "Hsvc you any experience as an editor T" Inquired tbe newspaper man. "Weir, oe, not exactly," replied the ambitioua aspirant, cautiously. "But 'v been cowblded a aumber of times, isve been married quite a while, have worn borrowed clotbee for three years. and never had a cent of money, eo j thought I might work In." , He was en gsged. A Ct Bioi a WlLU Tbe will of Gov ernor Blstchett, of Plymouth, (Mass.,) proved in 1783, contains tbe follewlnc singular clause: "I deelre my body to be Sept as long as It msy not be ofteoe Ive, and that on of my toes or fingers msy be cut off, to secure a certainly of being dead. I further requeet my dear wife, that as sbs hsa been troubled with one eld fool, abe will not tbink of, mar rying a second." . A-simple ivmedy-fornea rsTfiTaIs borse-radisb.' Grate and mix la Vinegar, the aame as for table pu rposes, and apply to tbe temple when tbe face or bead le affected, r the wrist wbsa the pain Is in toe arm or snouiaer. William M. Holland, of Iowa, slsn dered a young lady of bis acquaintance, and when he failed to sign a paper re tracting tbe aspersions, as bs bad agreed to do, sbs soot nu Women lnMtonsoota now vote for school offloers, and at a recent election a St. Paul turaed cut to the number af about aJs haodxed. OUft WA8HIIQT0I LETTER. Torus EorroBorTBB Naw Wobtbwbt i Our Rip Van Winkles, tbs District Commissioners, bavs at last discovered thst Its' police force needs thorough drilling and crgsnlitll"p, till li-t p pointsd -drill masters to Instruct the msn'ln mllltsry tactics, suuetitutlng, however, tbe club for tbe musket. Ou polioe forowbaa nsver been drilled; and, as a body, Is totally ignorant of that powsr of organisation gl vsn by thorough acquaiutanee with the principles bf mil Itary organisation, auch as obtain In tb polio fore of Nsw York City, and were It not (or tbe fact thst our force is com posed largely of old soldiers. It would have been powerless to cheek a power ful and combined mob of any descrip tion. ' oobsip, Our divorce market remalus brisk though our city bonds bsvs been soms- wbat effected la their market-value by tbe recent depression In price of gold, yet tbe onbspplly mated In marriage appear as numsrousljHn-our courts as ever, and our lawyers tbrivs. A Mrs. Butler recently applied for divorce en eome frivolous grounds, but bsr hus band's cross hill shows ber to bsvs bsd anotbsr husband living at tbs time sbs was Isst married, and from whom she bad nsvsr been divorced. It le hardly likely ber bill will eta Dd fire uoder ex isting circumstances, and she will there fore hsvs an pportuoity of exercising still further her extreme mstrtmonlat tendencies, for with some women here there appears not the slightest repug nsnce to sxeem of husbands. Tbe lobby Influences of Congress bring here during every session scores of such adveotur- ssses, and tbsy reap a rich harvest seem Ingly among our uneopblatlcated,-lf we may Judge results by tbe frequent as tonishing developments in our divorce courts of "which this Butler suit Is a fair avcrae;'' . ' Anothsr etsss which Congress brings os Is one with a claim agalast ths gov- srnmsnt, and' since the wsr the South has furnished a goodly number of them, among whom we would name- Mrs. rlvsd here some yesrs ago, Louisiana, and claiming that the gov ernment owed ber about 180,000 for eottou, stock, corn, etc., taksn by the troops during the wsr from her planta tion. This claim she had Introduced Iqt Congress, but sine tbsn sbs has amandsd It, and now It figures up to over 1000,000. lu the meantime sbs baa appeared In a aeore of lotrlguse, and has become so "We 1 1 known that sbs and bsrHolugs srs nubile Properly, T''tT is hardly a boarding-bouse In tbe city but can report Itself swindled to greater or lseesr.es tsnt by- some smooth, oily talking stranger, man or woman, who came here to obtain payment for a claim sgslnst tbegevernment. From the beir of soms revolutionary soldier down' to the claimant of half a million for sup pi lee furnished the army during the war, the result to the host sutertalning is tbe samr-an Immense unpaid bill of boa'rd Ingl Onoe-coeconced, tbe clalmaut de velops a faculty for remaining at the expenae of hla hostess, but not tor ob taining hla claim, aa In no case can he gst bis bill passed, and were we not as- I leurcd that poor bumaa nature is as resdy to deceive aod be deceived to-day. aa In the days of Sampson, we might wonder wby our people will not be taught by paat experleuoe of loss. In 1869 there Came to our hoarding- bouss a fellow who said bs waa from Georgia; that he owned a large planta tion, and was now on bis wsy to Nsw jorx tc sell what ntloa he bad on hand, hut would atop here till he could make arrangemente for the collection of an Immenee claim he bad agaloat the government. Before the end of the week, he had Ingratiated himaalf lata, .. the good will of the hoe lees and tbe af fecilooaof ber daughter, aged about all teen, and, with tbe full consent of the mother, married the latter. Tbe mar riage waa, however, at ooce broken up by tbe enraged father, and tbe husband of an hour kicked into the atreete eo summarily that, apparently afraid of bis oeck, be disappeared, taking with him, as a souvenir of his fair brlds, ber moth er's gold watch and some other jewelry. Our curiosity hunters have bad a feast n tbe sale of tbe furniture and orna ments of Chamberlain's gambling-house which wae cloeed last spring bocaoee It Tailed to net Its proprietor any profits durlog last winter's Presidential excite ments. These effects brought good prices. and were purcbsaed chiefly by ladies. who ssemed determined to possiss soms relic of the notorious dsn. Tbe bouse was recently Jodgbt by-General Meyer for a private resldsoce, and It will be onf lb most attract I v la tb city. It was for years occupied by Mr. Thoru- ton, tbe British Minister, and last fall was taken by Chamberlain, whotboughl irewfdBTre aTtrngiBtiishriII0MO,V.,?d Jirtft'.,JrJ,.5fhfl . . , ' , " " flowers filling tbe windows, that didn't moot aa tbe grand scale of MorrUsey at wlthl; himself, soms neat, tidy, Saratoga. The atar gasers In great numbers vlalt tbe observatory every night to see Mars and hie baby moons, keeping tba offi cers la charge quite busy with the tsl- pa. Tbe atmosphere of our nights Is bowaw clear that a perfect view is af forded with the tele 'pa, Koot here has as yst observed tb third aatslllte, reported as discovered by Professor Dra per, hut aa aur teleeoop la aa mach larger aad the rfraterlac pwr la aa . A Joaraal for tbs People. .lit toted to tbe I stereslsof H vasarty . , ladspaodeal la PollUoa aad ReliUB. IMve to all Live Issaes, aad Thoroughly Radios) la Oppoalof and KspostagUie Wrongs qI tbe Masses. Correspoadeols wrlllag ever aasa sued slgaa tares must saake a bow a tbelr Barnes to tbe Kdltor,or bo atteatloa will be flvoa to tbetl -eomtnu titrations. much grsatsr tbsn Professor Draper's, we presume we sball soon have' the op portunity of witnessing tbe three, and even more. We are, like tbe boy from the country? bound to see everything that Is lo be sseu. rrorssaor Hall, who msds tbe first discovery, wss once a stone mason, snd ws propose to hsvs chiseled out a, bigger nicbe for himself and our telescope than that occupied by anybody elae. 'Felix. Washington, D. C, August 31, 1877. Sixtssa Seasons for Woman 8uffrga; 1. Because It la a doctrine of the British Constitution that taxation aud representation go together, 2. Becauee about one-sirtA of those who bold tbe qualification to vote are, women. 3. Becauee a widow or spinster who is a householder seldom hsa male rela tive to press ber political deelre upon members of Parliament. Becauee Ibe erlevsncee of women. (whtcb are very numerous), uot being. laid before Parliament through a con stitutional representative, remain littler- xnownand unredressed. &. Because, while the law glvee to men, bad or good, wise or foolish, youth ful or axed, tbs vols for Parliament, if ouly tbey bavo a property qualification, and refuaea th earn vote lo every woman, even If of mature asre, virtuous. educated, and wealthy, It teaches the whole nation to underrate woman. . Because also ths Isw wbleb thus depreciates tbe sex, bas hindered ad- vanclng civUisaUoa from giving to woman, her rightful equality in pecuni ary matters 1 has depressed ber In the -family and lu the bequeeta of klnfolk; baa drawn after It a comparative neg lect of her education both by parents and by State: and bas stereotyped a public seutlmsnt which debars ber from lucrative occupations suited to her abil- 7.- Uecause tbls Injustice of tbe law Is tbs mors distrseslng, now that two and half millions of women hsvs to earn their own living without man's assist ance. their exolostoo from the suffrage leads to tbclT-.siclusina - or administration admirably adapted to their talenta, and tbua dam ages the public service, while It also de stroys their grsateet motive for solid cultivation, aud tsods to mske them frivolous. . Because th admiealon of women l"J.''"llUlarater.Uei.4rlemtmt net. -BTJS-mr- rUDj u, aoftan asperities and purify oa ', balling from 1 whole state. Woman's lufliieoee, if a td- our 1 -i. lowed due scope, Would especially re press our worst curses, such asdrunksn uses and Immorality. 10. Because It becomes plain that the denial ttf the Parliamentary vote to woman ia an arbitrary aud high-handed exercise o( power, as soon aa.lt Is un derstood that her exercise of municipal sum-age with .tier liability to certain local duties has been, handed down from distant times.' - " II. Because, underour hereditary and unbroken tradition, whether Saxon, AnglirNurri)A07orKugns6, queens bave been accepted, uot as aa Innovation, or As an' anomaly needing special proced ere of Stale, but is in constitutional routine:- a fact which is lo Itself a me mento aud protest against tbs political depression t)f women. " 12. Because a largs number of our countrywomen. Including maoy of tboee moat prominent in intellect or benefi cence, have petitioned Parliament for tbe franchise, and are expending labor and money to pbtaio IL 13. lleeauae the recent extension, or ths franchise to a class of men often Ig norant, as wsll aa poor, makea the de nial of it more galling to educated and . lax-paying women. 14. Uecauae In the Htale. aa In tbe household, tbe co-operation of women ith men la orteu of cardinal import1 a nee. - 15. Because the exercise of the fran chise lends to promote patriotism In mothers, and thereby In the whole rle- . lug generation of the lower classes. 16. Because, althousb In the long run (that ia to aay, in th course of ages) all classes of a nation hsvs but one In terest, yet In (he course of every life time men and women hsvs Interests di verse or sven contrary, Juat as agricul turists and manufacturer, or farmer and landlords: so that woman can uot be filly represented by les-lalatore who are elected by men only. Xatiomil A nxHation o Oreat Jlrilain, Mrs. PsWin haa taksn up three husi- rraficT snry acres of land in Ki untamed prairie. Laat feM abe ploughed teu acres, aud sowed It with wheel. The hoppers bave spared ber, and abe haa ust nsrvssted a line crop; This spring bs uss oroasn up about twsuty acres more, and planted broom corn and sorg hum. Mrs. Kawlq la not a strong-bodied womao: on the contrary, wbeu she commenced ber ploughing;, sbs wss so feeble thst she had au easy cbair, with a plllow-ln It, at lbs snd of bsr furrow, snd wss obliged at every second row to stop aod rest. She chose this life be cause she had more fitness for It tbsn snytbiog else thst gave promise of a fulur for two little sons whom ehc de- ta sduesls to usefulness. Hsr health Improves, and a sheep raiser In tbe neighborhood baa engaged ber to ploogh ten acre of land for-o)tm aad lake hsr pay I o sheep. . The prosperity of Slate depends on commerce, In a higher aenee of that word than the common one: the free commerce, of Intellectual, moral, aod rellgleue Influences, tbe unstinted Inter cheng of nnobllng Ideas, sentiment, and social helpe of every kind, Is the vryeorMiition or true social progr r. ji. Abbot. Whovsr passed. aca Intalllgent body preeidee ovsr the com fort aod bsppluss of that cheerful home ?-- . Four haudced thousand pounda of -muataH aeed was harvested during th summer In the Ssllass Valley of Call- . foraia, where Cblaeee farmers make the j cjilllvBllvjUaf muatardtbetrsote pursuit. As aa svldenes of woman's confiding asture. It le mentioned tbat a yeong lady wae married th other day to a Mr. Forget, but he waa always for getting fcf . 1 i f V... . r -l.
