I- t- ,-x
Mate)-? a
CM, A. J. aiWil, BsUe Ba flllhlHH
A JMaaal for SB People.
fevetea1 to the IsfeUef BsaaaUr.
f adapeaAeat In PollUea aad Rallgtoa.
Alles ta all Live lelaee. aa4 Tboroachl
luaical laOtBla( anS Espoalng tbe Wroaaa
rriCKOo. bust Ws-aisovua Btasst
Tit AM, 14 AOVAMCAjt
at tbe U
Ob y aa-..-. -
"I MWllll.ai
Tvree aaoaiua...
i n
, rasn r ri.A
Corraapoadeal wrlUes ever aaaawad ala
taiaa meat make kaow tbalr una to lb
Ktlller, or na-allaalloa will be gtvaa to tbalr
eom ma Bloat Wis a.
ADVEBTOEMKNTr) ! a BiiwrtH
VOLUME VII.
POHTLAND, OHKOON, rIIA.Y. NOVEMDEn ,IO,' letTT.
1 NUMDEn O.
!
MARTHA MARBLEHEAD
Tk is aa lum ef rkftoiMi.
r Mm. A.J. DUNI WAY,
SVVBaB W VIMTI BIS," "AW.) WB,
"abus abb nssav abb, "earn Barer
on ) worxl smsse,"
; . . -tadob wosBiBoa," '
ATC, BTC BTC
(E 4, BaaarBlae Ad of Qnngnmm, I the
yaar 1STT, St Mr. A. J. Daalwar. I Um oJHe el
tee Uanrtaa ef Coa-reeaa4 WssalnatoB Ctty.J
CHAPTER XIX.
Martha Brow retired to her rest that
; Bight with baling of solemn bappl
Bess. Behind bar ley-the fleeting year
of brf girlhood, with their shades of
-Borrow and light of Joy. She could
acarc! remember when aha bad not
known ' and .loved Qua . Marblehead.
- Whatever ofjg ood bad been unfolded lo
bias aba knew to bo due, at least In part
- to bar own InflueneeSbe had neeno
"brighter pupil la school than ha Id tba
years agon, and, though balf adeeadsbis
. , Janlnr, bar sal ad waa quit aa oaatura aa
. bta. She also knew that for much of
tba mature , Judgment of bsr own
thooicbu aba waa lodablad to bim; fur
tba silsut, subtl, mutual Influence of a
mated eouplo U Alwajra snnobllog ta
- both. How much such Influence eon
y tributes to tbs moulding and settling of
human, dUpoeltlona In given directions,
- perhaps nooe will ever know; but tba
Analytical thinker will not fall ta not a
-tha fact that two peroowhsu In love
grow onoonsotsuely aliks, sveu If per-
. mlttad to bo together but Vary llttl.
, -' ' Aa Martha iaylw-her lonely chamber,
oo the Bight pieced I tighter bridal, wlib
bsr eyes cloeed sod bar eouflrautjull-
ised, It aeemed to bar Ibat a pala
- Aneo lit op tbe little room, aod a whlta
band waa laid -upon bsr forehead lu
tlseslug.
"Mother, la ii you 7" she asked, la a
whisper. . ' .
"Yes, darllug; your not bar la eplrlt,
JJSoriAit.wpu
body, your motbr-ii-ao. Such, I -re-:
grat tossy, Are -very aehlom mothers In
plyit. Dor aro tbalr daaghtra4o4aw
vary oftea daugbiara lodaad."
Uartbadld not fralaurprlaadorfrlgbt
aoad. - . ' ; ' . ..
. "Waloooia, nolbar aslna," ba.wbla-
parad; for I Aral thai I am bow bap-
. tltad with tbalboly gboat" .
. 1 waa Dear you yeaterday; aod I aaw
tba act that aavd-our-ltfar-lCBy,
aoraI rJHrrplad my. aon, your futart
buabaud, to your aid, aod ueryad him
to tba dead that aparad yoo. You wara
vary near t haMy rtTdTll ar, darli og
Bometlmoe our Heavenly Father chooaea
the weak thlniraof tha earth to confound.
u are a mmjeet. wild-.
lower; but thTel an aroma of
aioeerMy au prlnalpla In youranul that
aihalea coualant atreagtb and a we it-eea..-11
your own Intnillons lead aud
guide you, and you will not etrey. Your
boeband'a alater la t ranged from bar
brother through no fault tf lK but
tbmagh bar great wlafortuno. I would
employ yoo aa a mediator. Oo IA ber
to-morrow and takf po thought aa to
rhat you ahalt aay, for It ahall be given
you In the aelf-aame hour what you
ahall epeah-- . -
My critic eoineitmes complain that
- my cbaraotera apeak eo often In Jtn
gaage that Carrie tit color of Scrip
ture with It that It aavura of rellglnui
cnL To tbLt I have only to make an-
awer lliat In tba ruraL diaUlatarwbonea
' my cbaraotera coumt, tba poaada aro fed
npnn feorlplara till. they nnoonaeloualy 1
tttfua it Into everything. Tba Jearn It
at ehurelt, at Sunday Hchoor, At tba
laaatly Altar, lu eon venation, and every-1
wnfra, ii iney plagiarise it, it la no
fault of mine. I am only a ehronlcljr.
A orlgluata nothing. The beet artiste
are only copy Ut a. Your Ideal artist Is
' only a aArlcAtnrlet, wltm plctorea may
pleaea Iba erltlo, but never raacb the
heart. I Am searching for heart. -
Mattio opened her ayea, but could are
hlng. Had she been dreamlncf
Closing them Again, aba lay for a long
time wondering. Bbould aha obey tba
Injunction that aeemed to ber almost
dlvlnaT V '
"I will ask my a mother,'itia sld,
audibly. ..
"Did you apeak, dear V
"la It yon, mother ' . - '
Indeed It waa no Intangible prraenoa
now. Her own dear mother atuod be
fura her In the moonlight. ,
"I am 'about lolog you, my darling,
and I want to spend ona llttla hour with
yon while yoo are yt my own." -
The daughter threw ber arm about
her mot her neck and held her In a
loeo embrace, while their tear mingled
silently. , .
Verily, tha place was boty. Tb an
dearlDg word that paesed between the
mother and daughter are aasred lo tbalr
AWAAplritar-'ljet me not divulge them.
Like the flrst words of a flection between
lovers, tba parting Mrseaee vMboee ra
lalad by tb holiest tie of consanguin
ity, who well know that ever After tbalr
relatione am to be changed by the Inter
vention of a third party, am too, holy
for audible repetition. Happy Indeed I
ba mother who, when tbue situated,
flods that, InsUad of losing a daughter,
b baa gained a aon, Into wboe heart
f beart she may also come, as tba
bled And honored Author of the tender
belogaheeonelgna to his keeping with
rnot
auob a aacrlftca, aao vbaa thua bleat
aa ouly niutbara can know,
for a long tlaaa tba two lay cuuVJIad
la aaob otbara embraoa, tbalr baarta too
full for augbt but wbiaparad uttaranea.
At laat tba daughter tpoka. . L
"I baa bad a tlraogt, aweat droam,
aaotbar.M
TbAVtay pair'
"I dreamed that Gua nothar eaoia to
me, aod tba room waa filled with a radl
Dt HgbC It aeemed a though aha had
bantiied me wllb mother lova: ' that
holy lova which I hope yoa wtH faeftor
Qua aoana day. 1 1 hardly aeemed
dream, It waa as real. Ao.l what do
yauj think aba told aae to do f . r
Why, leavo your father And mother
And cleave to bar. and bar aou, to I
aura," waa tba Bad rejoinder, aa though
tba mother wara Jealoua or tba saw
matronly relatleo, eveo though It wra
A apt ritual, or wholly Imagluary oua.
'o, mother mlue; aucb a thought
did -not enter luto thycompoaltlon of
my dream. I am aura Iba apparition
did not tblok of It at all.
Mr. Brown did not beTleee In apparl
tlooa; or. If aba did, tbay wara all urn
baly onea. Good a pi r I la bad no work to
do on aartb, aba thought. 8ba amlled
to barealf at bar daughter' xredutlty,
but Ald notbiog.
Tba praaane wanted mo to go in tba
mora 1m g and. talk with Air. Jonas,"
aaid Mat tie. "Hha wanU ber to bo
reconciled to Oua on our wedding-day."
"I don't ee bow I'm to (pare yoo In
the1 morning, child. You koow what a
buay day we'll have. And It' your laat
morning at home aa my own llttla girl,
too."
Very well, mother. I'll do aa yon
prefer. But I do wlab all thl feaatlng
and nonaenaa were over. How much
eenalbl It would ba fur all tha
o ar cook trig tfitoiaelve
Into flta of lllnea to enable them to at off
man Into MlBgTurtfwrwIab, If Ihey
could eaat tbalr own bafTotm. not by
proxy, but' In pereoo. I don't wabV4o
wwim Mnurrivw. uu uw wi.. ...miiw.
I want to tbluk and act. on tb moral
and mental one."
'Bat you've nothing ready fr your
outfit, ehtld." ,
1 "I said a much to Uus, but b would
not hear to me. The aim pie mnslln I
ear on Sondays I clean, yon knew.
And, If Tm In b a htlpmeet lo my ta
Gua, I must rise above vanity, you
know." " - T '
"Ye, but you must look as pretty as
yon can." . .., ,.
"And I will. I've planned It alU
Thoe whit' roses ovefT tb window,
with. luatAfluahof alitk ta ftiam.' Wlll
tin tim umamMili fetid Ualrv Th I
drtaa and giovea am all right, and ftiy
iiiws nuil mln l uwesSalliis km always
resdy.I dou't hIU In worrying fur
six moulha, or even all boars, orer a
wedding ontflt, Y'ou hav always
clothed me comfortably, and I only
bop that I shall In the futui fare a
well."
Do yon really want to go over In tb
morning lo see Mr. Jones V
"I do, mother." 7 ;
"But won't It took told rt
"Why ahould It seem bold, pray T"
"You'mpot married yet." ' - '.'
."But I'm going to ba. Nobody knows
It but ourselves aa yet, and I will go aod
be the II rat to tell Martha." - L.
Martha June net Marblehead wa
busy o her ayea In tba kitchen whan
Mania called.
Th Honorshfe TJiomss Jonea had re
turned lo his official dutlee, taking the
strange woman wlthJbtm.
The wife bad aged Tepidly during bar
husband's sojourn at borne; and now, In
theesrly morning, as hwss busy
with ber nnmeron cares, ah looked to
bo full forty, though ah waa barely
wsnlytiilna. , . -, - -r-
Mattl was aa roey aa tbo dawn., 8be
felt a llttl mbarraaaeil aa sb eoooun-
tared, tb paiuful and yet wondering
gat of ber aiatsr-ln-law to be, but sb
did not heal late for tha confusion lo In
creaaa, Uken eenalbl girl as she was,
she came straight to tba point.
'I have some special business with
you this morn log, Mrs. Jonea," aba
aaid. "Have you tlm to listen T"
Mrs. Jonea wa churning. 6b bad
ust gotten tb older children away to
school, and waa alone with tb baby,
who was teething end cross. '
"Certainly. Yon can talk wbll I
churn." T-.-
Am yon going to 1h busting to
day T"
"I bad not bo Intended. Why r"-
"Beeaue Gua And I have mad' Bp
our minds to be married, and I've aom
to aak yon to assist In giving away tb
bride."
"Dove Gu wish lit" and Mrs. Jonea
mad tbe bum-dash whits.
"tbev aaid Bothlng to bim about It,
Woc't you tat ma ealL yon la
torr AaJ won't yon love Gua, and for
give bim, for yonr mother's aaka T"
Mrs. Jones forgot ner churning, ami,
xlttlug down by Mattla, laid ber bead
upon ber shoulder aud. burnt Into tear.
Mattla e red her tenderly. .
Poor bruised heart, I know It All,"
sb said, aoAXlngty. . '
Mrs. Jons fait that It waa not possible
t concent tba tratn. from tbla pare
young girl. 8h returned ber earaaava,
tbrougb bar tear.
It will do yon good to weep, my
awaet stater," continued tbo brlde-eleoL
coma over and attend tb speaking and
aaaUt at th wadding, won't yon?"
")oe Gua desire It?"
. Mattla waa gaining Iter polofi od
knew It. ,
. "H doean't know I am bare: but
your mother aeot ms. It wa a dream
I bad. , Now, don't laugh at m and
tblok me Buperetltloua and ailly, for It
waa wooderfully real, I do aasu ra yon."
Mrs. Jooea remembered A aomewba
similar dream, or vision, lo bsr own ei
perienoa.'
"I have no disposition to laugh at
you," alt aaid. "uat aeemed to i
my motber'a wish V
"Ttiat you and Gua ebon Id he recon
ciled to each other, and that you would
lova ma for ber sake Bad bla.
I "But Gus meddled w here It bad no
buailieea.'V
"Dou't say that t tn, Martha, my
slater. Yon kaow that I see through
all your pride, and that I lov you, oven
wmie-l pMy-yott. Nowrtfo "behnee
Itb yourself and ma. Y'ou know you
did not lova Tom Jonea whan you
same bi wife. You know better tban
I tb pressure thai waa brought to bear
to cause yon lo marry bim, but yon
ought not to b surprised to sea bim
stray from yon, when you have given
bim no real aflsctlon."
But I lov him now," aobhed the
wretched woman.
You will pardon ma, but Jt la only
because another has beoom your rival.
I can see It all."
"What would yon Lav rue to do.
MaUle?" : . '
"Be yourself. Cess thia everlasting
druJtfsry, which is beyond yoorstreuvtb,
and for which you hav no taat. Y'on
have outgrown tbo neceesily for It. 811
your farm and atock, and rmv to the
oily with your ohlldren, where you will
(4 have the beoeflt of society such as your
Inlellect craves. Your affection hav
been atlmulatot! at th sipeoM rf yauf
judgment." . ' .
But sorneUxiy must live on farm.
. ,,i
i a bow ii. Ann eomenoqy must d
blackamithaAnd bnd-earrler, but It
doesn't follow that yon or I most supply
tb Bead. Agriculture" will
though you or I ahall never wield
cbnru-dash or tnrn a furrow."
"But isn't tbls wedding of your a
littl audden V . ...
Ya, ratlier. But what's th naa of
working ourselves tntn a fever before
marriage?" .
ou'msjuUo-igbt, my aeoaibl sis-
ter, And I will go with you and assist on
th momentous oocssIourBut my work
wUI ''ft..,- . . . . .
kx It.
.Gua and I don't get married
f
eajanns II
My whiU muslin- It's good enough.-
When Gus gets to b Beoator I oaa bav
aometblng richer, yoo know." .
"Y'on'm a woman After all, Mattla.
But let's hurry up."
It took but a lilll while to harnes
the team, for both ladle ware adepts In
tb art. In an boor they wer at tb
door of tb parson' boms, and rood
Mrs; Brown knew that Mattle'a mission
bad been suooeesfuL .. -.; . . .
ICverythiug waa hurry and bnstlo In
the adjacent grove. Tranche had been
dug In an adjacent lot tba day before, Ire
which Immenee Area nf oak timber bad
burned to a maas of -glowing coals.
Abovs . the treoeuee Iron roda were
placed at right angles, and upon these
mraaesee of beeves, pigs, and sheep had
bean placed to. roast at daylight. : On
the table were dainty edible of every
description, with which to tempt tb
appetite. Bouquet and mottoes of flow
ers, of slsborsts design, wer placed
hare and there. The beautiful fruit'of
lb season Abounded' everywhere, eoo-
Laplciioua among, aad abavattail being
Msttis'o plumpest clumps of strawber
rlea, gatbered at euch peril th day bo
for. By noon tbo meat war barhe-
ned, and every thing wa ready forth
feast. ' ( .
Th address by Colonel Msrblebesd
waa flrat In. order. It waa a maaUrly
eflort. Tha logic, earcAsm, wit, Aad
eloquence that mined from bla tonga
for an hour- held tbe audlenc rapt.
Sometimes An electri wave of applaoa
would surge with Invisible hot resistless
power through th moltltud'e,?ooly to
su balds Into a atllloess So eomptel that
on could hear Ibesuppreesed bmathing
of tbo liateuars. Tbrongh It nil tb
bride-eleot sat between ber psreots, ber
eyes aglow with a quiet Joy, while
Martha Jons nec Marblehead looked on
In trlnmpb, and a boots nf simpering
girts, who wonld hav scorned tb Id
of Mallie' Aspirations to tb band nf
tb orator, bad tbay known of It, looked
their pries eel and prettiest, each la tbo
bop of Boding favor In his eye.
Tb oration fiaished, tb band began
prelude to tbo wadding march, and
Colonel Marblehead supped down from !
the out-door platform from which h
had been speaking, and escorted Martha
thither. And when th musle ceased,
tb Rev. Mr. Brown pronounced tb
ceremony that legally united tb pair,
amid tb bewildering mass of mingled
a Bastions of tb ssrer aad, la many
disappointed throng.
Mortals nsvsr gamed upon a fairer pic
ture than tb bride ami groom. One
waa grace, th otber strength, and both
beantlfuL Mattla' was regally
grand.i In bar superb almplioity. Tb
rosea la bar hair aud At her1 throat lent
A harmonious glow to lb faint color In
her cheeks,, while tier bosom' heaved
with peut emotions, AOtlth long VlstA
of A life of eflort rva before her And
bbbmiI onward like a panorama. . .
, A abort hot fervent prayer waa offered
by the minister, and then tb shouts
tltsl rent tbo air made tb Very welkl
ring with gladness. Even disappointed
one naught, the Infection of rejololog.
Bucb wadding feast waa rarely eeeror
beard of.
Tb all-important election eemeofi la
due time pnd Colonel ABf nsina MarWe-
nepn tpon np inenutiesor nis omoe wuo
every prospect that bis administration
would been unbounded success.
(Ta a eoBUaoea.)
. : ! - X. . X. I 1
"So Long aa 8b Bemsini BjBTidow.
. . It has long been n matter of apecola
tion to us whether the above was not a
bit of pleasantry with which a man
propoeea toaolaea hia laat hour. It I
La arose wroog that tbe law permit thi
claua to bo Inserted In a wlu. Tnt
family care of tb wife bav prevented
ber from entering tbe workshop and
"booing Into the liard work," but aha
has 00 less taxed mind and body la the
privacy of home to euetaln bim in his
endeavors to promote the prosperity of
tbe family hy her frugality, economy,
aud ebeerfulne, and what they twa
bave gatbered beioage aa mucn to an
as tba oilier. Th husband baa tb
power to beqoeatb. even to atmngera,
tb moat of th property, and often bas
It recorded in tbo county reeorde that
bla wif can bav tbuof all, or
portion of th reat, as long as aha re
mains bis widow! Tbo maaoullos mind,
sanctioned by legal atatotea, repudiates
tb right of lb wife to aay to bar hus
band, under Ilk circumstances, "Tbls
you can use so long aa you remain my
widower," a ml its may eooo seek sows
congenial soul to help hi in enjoy tb
property wtiloh Ha. 1 carefully saved.
Aside irom tbe legal wrong. It Is also
a morel wrong. A woman left n widow
feela tb lonaiineeaof ber situation no
keenly than a man. and thia claua
In hla "laat will and testament" naa
tendency fro Ita svasloo, illustrated
Iby a
recent ease In Brooklyn, isew
f 1.
where tb will of lb ha baud
atated
.that tbo property should go to
other
1 ir Die widow m-marrieii." I ne
IndyrBsWnaT th Iniustlc nf theACtrt
ami deeinng another nusbanil, went to
reaio with Bim witbout formal cem
monlee, whereupon the ooodlllonal
heirs brought soil to claim the property.
Another case in point is that of a lady
residing near New Hartford, New York,
wnn, saver 1 yearn ago, married n dry
goods clerk. 8hs waa rnaaaased of 1
srgs property, and, soon after marriage.
lire rtuaWrrd 4el Hi altoation and de
voted Me whole attention to tbe cam of
hia wife's ststa. '"L'nder hi manage
ment, ber property dwlodlecf, while he.
aa year rolled on. rrsw rich aud Influ-
snlisl. -On hisdaalh, bis will gave to
several rersons isrge bequests, and tb
ne of what remained aside from ber
right of dower b gsvs to his wife as
long ssabs remained bla widow! What
ever th motive, It must be grim sat-
Isfactlnn for a m t fTloTf no VTlb af sucb-A.
a in nia win wnui.i AtandancyL
tTrrp Dl memory green Jn.4b baart
of hla wife for as many years aa she re
mains n la-widow. JTirtnoloaieat Jour
nal. . i .
Woman-SeAtari.
Irrlhe general eatlmatlen them la
scarcely A more contemptible human
being than "he who lays his baud on
woman, aav In kindness," and that
man 1b particularly contemptible who
strikes n vomit whom he baa taken to
protect, and who bae only ber husband
. ... . . . . il . L . . ' .
to i"r rev 01 auniiKut or a woru
of bopennd eneoumgement when worn
and weary with tbe world'a blinding
atarma that beat so fiercely Into far too
many or in noma of tb land.- Them
can be no Juailficatioo for th wlfe
beater, ami there la only tbe single poor
sxouae which society can make that th
atrocity la confined almost entirely, If
no wnwny, in tuner wim poaeeas much
leas than tha average of Intelligence
who am not mom than their conduct
Indicate them to be. brute. Thl I
doubtless tbcss In this country, al
though it Is not so In aom of th socio
lie of Karon. Tb peculiar civilisa
tion of America and Ita real cblvalrv
nave won mom insn our isws to rentier
crime against women oomparallvaly I
uuaomman, and while them ta nor tiKrt"; J-J'-mM'" " - ---
a. m . . . 1 . I BAlaAarAlKltAA 1 BnvF m SWA I aaaai AttatBnal
mucn to uoast or, 11 la indisputably a
fact that them Is no country In - tbs
orld wbsm women am so well pro
tected as ia America. The wife-beater,
however, nome up not as a civilised
being, but aa a brute, ami must be dealt
with Just ae bale found. It doea not aa
aiet Juatic to inquire bow much provo
cation them may be for bla muscular
manner of enforcing discipline In bis
household. To' be bemmered with tbe
mop-atick, to be brained with n flat
rou, to no eausnt in a abower of stove.
griddles, and frying-pans .without an
umbrella, even to suffer thst most ex
asperating of domestl outrage, a but
louleas shirt non of tbes nor all of
them am.sufflelsat to Justify the wife
beater, aud ills a waste of timetolnquim
Into the eansee that provoke hla brutal
pasaioos. Aif(ifepAid Time. ,
Loot Time. Let any young man
pas all the evening In vacant Idlenees.
or In reading aame silly tale, and eo na
ps r tbe atato of hla mind, when -he
goes to aleep or gta up lb next morn-
ng, with tila stste some otber nay.
when he has spent eom boom In going
through th proofs, by fact aod reason
Ing, of tbe great, doctrine of natural
science, lesrnlng truths wholly new to
mm, satiarying nimeeir, by carafe I ex
amlnatloo, of th ground on which tb
known truths rest, so aa to be not only
arrfnarnted-wttn- thdoclri ne thero
aelvea, but be able to ahow wby he be
iievee inem, nun to prove to others that
they am true : h will fled aa a real a
difference as can exist In the aame be
ingthe difference between looking
back upon tlm unrrrofltably wasted
aud tisae spent la salMmproveoient; be
will reel blmself. In ana aaae. I telle
aud dlaeatlafleti, and in tha ether com
forlabl and happy; In th on ease, If
Be td not ipr to a I meal f bumble, at
leaat will not bsve esrued any claioa to
bis own raapect; In the other eaae.be
will enjoy a roud ennaclouenae of hav
ing, by bla own exertion, and therefore
a mom ex ailed opinion. Lord UruffA
mam.
, OUR VA8EIIQT0I UTTU.
Teena Emtobot ras Mbw Xoa-rMwaar :
Cougreea baa so far developed on
, plate appreciation of tb solsnos f "How
not to do It." Two weeka of the session
la gone, and beyond laying A broad
foundation for interminable debato
IhfLoulalaBA ADiLColanula, mnsr,l
natblng of special Imports ace lias been
done. 'Henator Morrill took Immediate
stops to seen re removal of old doomnt
which worn otomd under the Capitol
roof down jato , tbo fa aae meat, aa on
preoaulloa Against, flm, inasmuch aa
tbe roof wbem tbeae documant wm
stored I not 11 re-proof, being wood cov
ered with copper. Again both House
hav provided A Com ml Ion to frame
aom method for preventing such Presl
den rial meddles as occurred last fall
and winter. ' The matters" oonetllal
lb only bualnes transacted by our
solons. Tbey hav referred tbe ques
tion of IeulsiDB's ISenstor and Colo
rado's member to the proper committee.
and bava been adjourned nearly all tbla
week la order to attend tbo race at
Baltimore. ""Senator Beck', remarked
that hia eonslitusuts would regard bim
a derelict in duty if b did oot attend
tb nee, and, though wa am unable to
aay whether he apok for tb maas of
LI beostorlsl brethren, w know that
many of tb most dignified nf tbsm so-
companled him, aud were as tlsepty I il
ls ras led, apparently, as h In tb re
sult. Wbstbsr Mr. Beck shared ia tb
wbolssal depletion of purses, which
waa visited upon bis Kentucky oonetlt
nsula by betting n th wrong, burse,
Is A matter w am not advised uoo.
But if bls.chagrlu and disappointment
equsls thst of Ten Broerk'a unfortunate
admirers from bis Stats, whom we meet
liere, It I well tb Senate adjourned to
JJlenday, and aparad the country a Ken-
tucky bulltlon of temper, for a mom
wrathv set hss not been seen bare si una
the electoral commission voted sight to
seven. Not a step has been taken yet
toward appropriations, as Mr. Rardall
lMtt-not'-TirwatIBaa
mltteee, and tbo Seoala'a adjournment
over to Monday la based nn tbo ground
of .being UDsbls to work lo tb sbeeucs
of tbeee committees. Boch dilatorln
certainly Indicates aoontlnnou aassion,
for It two weeks am requisite to do noth
Ing, actual work will require month to
perfect. Btlts and measures of all kluda
will reqolm time msfnring and dlacua-
slon by th committee In ebsrgs, and
tb apprapriatlons, a well as admlesloo
of msmbers, premie anil ml ted warfare
of words, and beld. tb flrat, Auditor
baa decided that this extra session doea
carry -do bl m 1 Isags, he ncs on r
opinion that w am necessarll
Longer,
of jlllchlgan. tbo two bumorlsts-pf tb
House, bsvs bad thslr former euoeese
In ealiveolng th wesrlaome monotony
f debet with their sallies of wit,' aod
It Is mfresblog. Indeed, to hsv a large
body of aleepy peopl tborooghly
aroused Into roam of Isnghter by; a
peaksr who oaa Inject Into hla Bfieech
bright point of wit or ssresam,
therewith aavlag th audlenc' from tb
eoporifl lnfluoe of speech which
eom penny-a-liner baa furnished tbo
honorable member wbo.dsllvere It,
knowing It only fleet will as burial In
th (SmgrtttUmal Jttcord.
. PUBLIC BCILDIS08. "
the report, of tbo wa mission - np
pointed by ths President to lo.pect our
public buildings and report upon tbelr
safety from fire, Indicates a fearfully
daogarous ooodiUon on tbo part of all
th government atructurea hem. Out-
aide of tbo new But department, not
one of them fa safer from flm than tbo
poUat-office, n th Capliol, which.
m. ,v, . . .
alteolut proof against eiternal aad In
ternal fires, prove to hav wooden roob
on om portloua of It, and to beat tb
msrey of any Incendiary. The Treasury
la literally rammed, nnder Its wooden
room, with doeu men ta which thnusands
of people would gladly hav destroyed,
even If thereby all government records
wem also burned, and II I A wander,
Indeed, tbat aom a Inosodiary ba not
already swept all out of exists 00. Tb
oommlasloo urges that Immediate atep
taken to remove all the defective
roofs, and to enbstituto therefor those nf
best fire-proof material. 'Tbey claim,
however, tbat the government printing
Offlco cannot b Ore-proofed, banc your
readers should not bo surprised to bear
at aoy day tbat Another government
million baa been lost by tbo burning of
thl t mm Basely vsloabt department.
Ita largo rooms an broken by firs-walls
to aervo aa atay to tb flames arising 1b
any portion of tbem, will furnish a bon
fire which no flm department In tb
world can aubdoe. Th patent offlco
eataatmph showed tbat A cross wall
wonta cnnnic uremeu to ncK names 1
wblenwem obo4nioly wncowtrottabic la f
u h.M. ...l.i ta
long baJia, and we Am at a loot to psr
Id enable flromea to bck flames
eelve why partition wall oaenot b
ollt throughout the government print
Ing office, nnd precaution to tbst extent
be taken age lost Ores. . ' Felix.
Washington, D. C, October 27,1877.
u j i "1 j '
Avoid an argument with ladles. In
ploningyarne amongst eilk and satin,
man will aiwaya be w era lad and
twletod, Bnd finally wound up. .
Rleased Is th man who gives his wife
ton can la witbout asklng bsr wbat ab
v drift In J
BIDWWVIMli
LETTEa r0MQL18T0IBUiT
Toraa BMVunaevna Mis MqwrnwBsvi
Yonr paper Arrive regularly, and I
It wo And annoa InUmeting matter that
w aae nowhera also. , Wo like It nJUoh
for tbo spirit displayed in discussing
mat Issues. II may nut b now to yon,
but I would like to tell yonr temdsrsj
aom of the particular of our recent
treatment by tbo taxgalbera, exempli
fy lag taxation of nampreeepted oltlaOA
Tb laat tax levied upon s amosnled
to .174 A7. r Tbla waa eon a ted dee In
March, but tbe oolleotor, Crane, did not
call In person until September, giving
out tbat bo would take our furniture
next time He brought A witness nnd
demnnded lb amount named. Wo
plied that, as be claimed that b coald
take a much aa ha plenaed, bo must
take It; we had no power to resist, but
w ertaluly should not aid bim In
wrong doing.
"ftls thslsw,"bs said.'
"Not of tbe majority," we replied: "It
I meo'a law only
7Tb general assembly aaya eo."
"But the mea oaly empowered tbe
general assembly orgsve tbst body ex
Islenco."
However, what we wanted I know
wa wbat property of oura b InUnded
totak.
H replied 1 "Yon won't tell u any
thing, and w won't tell yon anything."
They left without telling u wbat to
expect, and w locked our doom and
waited . .
j Tb nsx t morning, seeing tb collector
alon In nur back yard, my slater weut
out. He seemed more moderate, and
Inquired of one tenant If tbe four cows
in tbe back yard were all wo had.' Ho
replied that there wem three other la
th east lot, but added, "You cannot And
them, for Ixsn't.
Last year b went all over tb mead
1 owe -to find twu yearling calves, ehsrir-
log bs fo 00 for bunting then aud $7 00
for keeping tbsm nno 'week, After we
bad assured hita that tb cows would
nrore-Tkff'KnTyni,ruiTun demand.
Our lawyer, Mr. Cornwall, of Hartford,
obliged tbo 00 Hector to tell tbe amouot
of coat beforehand, nnd then bid just the
sunt, for tb two now. Last year b re
fused to tell the amount of ooal, and
seul us horns a half mite through the
rain, Intendlug, If we did not return In
th tlm sat balding hk watch la bts
hand to sacrifios all the oowa; ,beleg a
butcher, ho knew their value. He had
some auob plan, ibis year,, which our
lawyer, seeing, told ue L would take
him np for unlawful charge both last
year nd this. TUs sUtuu 1 clear as to
how much oQloem can charge for their
services. Mia dm t His esss be fere n Ins-
tfff a mFIe er so below ost tha
est nus Jva knew, -the town Laving
turned Mut tbe otic who decided for ua
two years ago very soon after the decis
ion Tbe collector did oot meet us alone:
be got out all tbs authorities, deolarian
thee wuuld lunnort ih-lr l ik.l
performance or duty, but tbey roust
bave mom time to pmpare, examine
witnesses, etcaud caused Ihscsae to be
pnetpoued two weaker Last Bslurday.
the Sdth of thia month, wo met again.
We wem tbo only women present, but
the ball wa Ailed with men. Tbey
produced severs! wilneeaea to prove tbat
tb collector bad not charged mom than
other offleers bad been In th habit of
barging.- ,
All of tbls, Miv Cornwall told him,
h,,t ""'" H wKW the ce. Th
question was, "Haa it cltsrgeil mom
tban th law allowed?" And this ques
tion tbs Isw must decide.
Tb oot lector recounted hie trouble
In seising the aows; how b bad with
Inflnlt trouble driven I hew from pas
turn;, that be bad not been balf paid,
"l ""t nrlMng cmuld psy him. '
jus counsel ws aakSd U bo wem
pleading for Mr. Crane or for tbo town 7
He declined to answer.
Mr. Cornwall said tbat bi clients bad
a right to know, and b wtabsd t know,
bow. much an officer could Inwfullv
ebsrgs for th service claimed to bave
been rendered. , .
After four hours of wrangling aad
dodging and evadiug, tba Judge de
cided In favor of tb defendant, profess-
ing, meanwhile, "great respect for the
plaintiffs." Mr. Cornwall appealed tbe
caae, aud it will com np before lb
Hartford courts.
I would give yon tb item la tbe col
lector's charge, but fear -you bave not
tbe space for tbem. Tbey amounted In
aggregate to over !&l dollars lo tbe two
ears."' This amonol tbe collector put
in bis own pocket. V T "
I bave givea yon Ujls brief account
that yon may Judge of the varioua petty
artifice aud tb nature of tb iyraoay
tbat walu upon "taxation without rep
resentation." . Abbt H. Smith.
Glaaloubury, Conn., Oct. 24, 170. .
. - ,
- "ois ha bean iiappUyelr and
"""f a fortuae retrieved by a man's
ui. -oBn,Ui i hi mit. - Wnn... 1.
full con fideue In hi wife. Woman-la
tor mom n eawr-nnd a prophet than a
man. If stie a given a fair chnocn. A
a general rule, tb wive coafid the
minutest of tbelr thought and dsns to
tbsir husbands. Wby not rectprocato,
If but for tb plsaanm of m eel In aonB-
denes with sou fide nee 7 I sm ear lain no
man eueeeed so well In tbe world aa be
who, taking a partner for life, make
hern partner of hla por poena or hopes.
Wltat la wrong of Lie linpuleea or Judg
nieut, sit will eheok and est right with
ber Almost nulversally right I list i not.
nd wbat ah moot eravee aod moat de
aerveo lo oonfidenca, without which
lov la never troo from a shadow.
Tha Oregon Salmon riakery. ,
The following from the ttnnologipul
Journal shows tbat Oregon's Industrie
am at laat becoming known, and eapa
wt from tbo of California, to. the
great world : j
Tbe'eoplott aunplror preserved or
canned fiah which comes to th Jblc of .
mw consumer on lue-Allaulle sesboartl,
sod which-Is duo 4o tb enterprim of
many companies And Individuals In
sweeping the rlveraoT Oregon, deserves
mom than paaatar- comment. Homo
yean ago It was mooted tbat In fish ele
ments exist of special service to th
brain and nsrvous system. This Idea
hss beeu dlscuseed pro nnd eon at great
length, aud tbe majority of people ap
pear to have accepted It. Certain II la
that among the fish wbicb contain
phoaphorio (natter Inconsiderable quan
tity, the salmon la prominent, and thia
apeciee of the flunyArlbe is ous of th '
inoet highly eeteetvCd of flab by ep- '
cures, iiut Its coat, until tb introduc
tion of Columbia lti vr atock into East
ern marketa, waa too great to admit of
being uaed aa an article of food bv th
gauarai population. PmsioualyL-lhA-cbief
source whence wss derived tbe
salmon supply was tbe upper waters of
Maine, and .they becoming gradually
fished out, the price haa been corre
spondingly advanced. Tbe application
of the methods of preserving aud can
ning at ms nsberies or Oregou msio
rially changed tbat slat of things for
us, and now they who are carnlvoronsly
given,' in a small or large way. may
gratify tbsir appetite for salmon at an
I pens scarcely exceeding the coat of
tne common varieties nf Dsn furnished
by our marketa.
tsalmoa catching and canning on Iho
Columbia ill ver baa become vast iu
uslry, employing unward of 10.0UU Deo
pie. Tbe value of the produce exported.
WUI probably reach thia vear sA.U00.uUO.
Last year 40,000.000 pouude of salmon
were caught on the Columbia River.
The London Tim baa eat 1 01 a ted Ibat
the total catch of Ureal Britain and Irs-
land for 1870 Waa 9,000,000 pounds. Thus.
aooordlug to tbat calculation, tbo
product of one Oregon river was mom
than four UaitA lbs catch vf the whole-
Untied Kingdom.
A short sketch with mgsrdtolllaJi
glnulng aud growth of litis induairy
will probably Interest th reader, Tb
first salmon canned on tbe Pacific Coast
came from tbe Hacramento Ulver, aud
wem put up nt Washington, opposite
tbe city of daommeuto. Old trappers
nd hunters bad ofleu spoken thereof
the wouderfully Isrgs and flue fish lo be
caught In tbe Columbia Klver: nnd
1800 Mr. George Hume atartsd for tbat
far-oil country and secured a location nn
tha river, naming It Kagle Cliff. Tbem'
suitable buildings wem erected, nnd nn .
paratus tmnaportad from . the' Baera
mente River, and the flrat eana wem
filled In I860, by the firm of Hapgood,
Hume. Co. Thia firm flually dissolved.
esch member stsrting a separate eatab
llshment. Nearly every year so bee-
qnent to that saw the erection of at .
least on new building, aud tba alartlog
of a fresh enterprise. The general Sp
ites rauca, or tueee canuerle la mucn tb
same, - - m " t-L
Th fiah aeasnu generally last from
May until August. Tha itoals usually-
4-mr.TAnJTlurnTelweeii
d a e'cluch the nest luntlng. The
fishing la moetly done at niuht. the
salinou knowing a nst when bs see It,
and avoidlug it in the daytime. The -
boat's craw consists of two men. nne for
rowing and tbe other for manipulating
the net. Tbe nets am from twelve
hundred to fifteen hundred feet long.
uom wj wi.u w,a vfiiuiwu vitu leeu.
l.u L. i.wv t..r
somswhst aflsr tba faahiou of tb ordi
nary shad net, nnd fall as much aa
weuly feet Into tb water. These nets
sre stretched across the stream, and
then allowed todrift.down wllb lbs cur
rent. The fish, swimming ngalnst tbe .
stream, arc caught by tbelr gill becom
ing entangled lo the meshes, lame -
il lately after tbe flsh am caught, If not -
row Dad In the not, they am killed by a
blow on the bead. Tbe flab am large.
weighing oa an average twenty pounds. -
As soon ss pnesible altar they are deliv .
ered at tba wharf of tb cannery, tbey-
m prepared lor the' cane. Tbo who '..
clean" the Bill become, by reason nf
practice, exceedingly dexterous, and
eery rapidly open aud diss ra bowel the
fish. In some of the eauneries tbe bead
ud entrails am pot thrown away, but
couverted Into a very good article of
II. Kaeb caa la filled with a bit of flsh.
net about occupying Ita Interior apace.
aud n vary small eraouut of brine ia put
u ,' Alter th-can, naa hosn
iraTed. It Is plaoeJ with others In a
steam boiler, wbem ths flsh undsrgoeen '
eookHg. twratioo for an hour. . Then,
in onisr to psrmit tbe gsaea to eaoape
bleu bav beeu genera lea., by this .
cooking process, a bole lsjrlckd In tb ,
top of tb can, aod soon afterward re
soldered. A secoud cooking now takes 1
plsoe, when lbs culinary part of tbe -huelueea
Is ended. Tbe csus am taksu '
frubi ibe boiler, and a shower of cold
water Is Ibmwn upon them. That the
are pefectly tight is shown by tbe way '
the nap 01 tbe can bends in.
Tlie question naturally suggsstsd It
'If. Will so great an induairy be per-
manenl 7 Tbe large firms on th Colnm ..
bla Klver have I u vested several bund-
red thousand dollars In tbe buslneae,'
aud ao far, during the Operations nf lbs
canning establishments, tbo draught of ,
sues lias practical 1 y remained tne "
k There am proliA season with
sh, aa with fruit or grain, but early
settlers In Oregon declare tbey bave no
ticed no perueptlbl diminution in no Bl
inking on year wun anotner. 't he
ladiaaa located around Astoria state
thst tbe fish run In tbe Columbia to-day
ss Ibsy did thirty yearn ago. Tbe cod
BSboriee otr iewionuuiano, nno too nor
ling fi snarl ee of Hoot I and, bav been . '
steadily drawn1' upon for hundreds of
ears, and anil Beep up meir supplies.
&a It may fairly be anticipated tbat the
salmon flafleria of tbo Columbia will
remain an important tndnstry nf Oregon
(or a long lime. s . "
- ay g gr - bj
Wit Is not tbo produce of study: It
ca mea almost a unexpeotedly ou tb '
speaker aa tb bearer. On of th flrst "
principle 01 It I good temper. Tb ar
rows nf wltought always to b feathered
lin smiles; when tbey tall la that.
tbey become sarcasms. - --
t 1 a..
A pmnd And devoted wife, whose bus
bsnd bad got a Job 00 n cellar exeavn'
tlon, explained hia absence by saying
be bad gone to Wheeling.
A householder
in Boston ad vert lee
gentleman furnlahcd
rooms to let to
with gas.
Then, After a long aUenos, "You'll
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