The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, November 30, 1877, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text- I , FRIDAY NOVEMBER SO, 1177. TICK. - in take cut that It Id M aa miM ohstBSB epee Umm.m4UWU1 bv leaaMStaf w M UnH&k rejlatrd. 1 WITEKPTIBLE COIDUCT." Coder the above bead tb fepewen ef Saturday cpeeka ef tbe Jael tbat there are MkMtfMif mea la tbla ally, af "rtBBSetahlt Bad 0VeW BOOml- Mt geOtlemeB," Who MM BOOB aor. aertead egto laealllBgly et every lady wbo fiiwi that way, and not lafra qeeotfy make aogsallemealy nmiU , eoeotralaa; Uwa. Wo believe emphatically It pebllablng Mm mi of 1Mb aoateetptlble fellewe m that tbe - public, wbleh la oat raged lay aaab aoa- duct, aaay kaew ba the peetoble '. 'aad premlacnt geoUemea af Portland" -ire aba have aa eigoally failed (a masTi 'geollesaeo" af their mm "Uolb.iV boyo" those fellewe ere wet, end wa will ' venture la aay that each, of tbaai la al- weyeraady toeaeer la tba puerile and lat- pertiaeat ateaaer aetamoa la adoleeceat sjompostty at tba vary Idea af equal ' righto, god that aaab Imagleea blmtelf . sepable af delaine wemae'e apbera, ..- aad tbiaka, without doabt, tbat bat for tba Intervention of blaoptalone Woaiaa ' Buffrtga would aooa prevail ami aoalal aaerchy result. Oar remedy for aaab -puppyism would ba la eeed tbaaa "whu .- 4 reportable fathers" ta qolet coun try place where tbay Blight develop 4balr m ocelot by Ulllaf tba Ball, Improve tba vwtaate aad quality af thalr braloa ' by plalB a ad netritleat dial, of which a -unof warm atllk at eupper should be ' lha ablaf aedetlve, cultivate tbalr vaae Bert by fotlewlBg tba precepts of a ana trooly, Biotbarly Boosewlfe who, If boo v! aaaary, should aaforaa ebedleeee by elg - araaa applleatloa af bar allppar, ao4 to j early to bad and rise W B seasonable ' hoar. la abort. Uka tba conceit aat af tbaav tallows -oadyrt Ibem -to-work; give tbaaa plalB sod wholesome dlat; laterdlct wlae, gere, tobaese, and laU - boara. and la a twelve-mooth stoat af thea would ba bm wboas "raopacUbU Bsd pvofalaoat natloaiaa' Baad Bat N Babaaiad fa owb aa aooa. .A aaaaaaa af aspoaara la a dally, papar aaay Rira tbaaa taaaparary a boo a, but Botblag aikobard work aad alala food to afloat a ponnaboat aara. JSITITt The sw Koarawan ertUcloM titTUmjFt wm oeaveru ! mom of theta eeo Jk Bat BUr. II saoaldat sxpoat taoa to sooofs sacois tvt eeoo, yea kao. Wssa- laflea Bteaawe. lEipeotBieaUbecoaiaaageUT Bhjss yoa, we ara aot sa vlaloaary about naa aa aaaa ara about worbea. But wa do atpeetlboai U be aleaa, deeeat baraaa balaga with bralaa aot befuddled by Whisky ae tobaeea. aad breath Bad alnthlee aot befoaled by tlm -i are aaa Botblag Bafalr la ai pee ting aaaa possitssd af ordinary pow ara af eelf-aontro! to exarelaa a llttia af tbalr hoasted streagth af raiad la oeer- ooejlag hablta wbleh aoraBsea aaaet teaeb tbaaa Is detrlateatal to pbye baaLaad asaatal aaaabeod, aadr dlsgaet log alike to wooiea and aaaa wbo are laded aaaagb ta keep the re rtaslplaUoaB. W aajr1I toa't falrIor ae ataay asoa ' to reader theeaeslvea a eteaeh la tba . aoatrlla af daaeaey by alaelsb ladalgenee to appetite, w bet her tbla ba appetite for whisky ar' for tebaeao. Toll as, Brotbar Stemdardt , Isa't this where the anfalraeea aoesee la? If yea I heea eoea polled to aough aad abeke while waltlag yoar tars ta proeare tlakat la tba blaa air of a railroad aJBee aa wa have, yea woald Beaver "aye, Bad eappleeaeot It with a foreeat .4 asoa. ws are sure of thai. r THE rmirrrr its MiTTHEWI. STAlUT A reeeat dlapateb eaytt 'After assort- lag tbat the Ropubllosas are asaklag Badue efforts to wla Oaaoeer back, the Boost aetealsblng thlag la Btaaloy Mat- tbewa reeaBtatlea. He bad a two beare - letervtew with tba rraaldeut, la wbtab . ba argad upoa bla a abaaga la policy, elalmleg tbal bla Boatbera eebeege aaaet bs aWsadoeed. If attbews baa urged the) rraaldeut that be awas "loo to tba Bopabltoaa party ta teriy rata It, Bad that be (Matt beet) la Boavlaead tbat tba rreeldears policy la -oao thai la deetroetlee to tba party. Tba President baa lleteeed patieetiy to tbla weak advlslog of bla latlaaatea, hat doss aot know what ba aaa da to aaead aaattera. .The fact tbal FlUsiei -baa heea rejeatad by tba Seeete JadW alary aeeaailUee preclpilatoe aetloa at aooa apoa this ebjoetlenable class af appalatatoBto la the Beatb. :, Wasblagtoa Territory- appropriates tM,000 aaaaally for the ears af bar la- eaae. Tba wbala aara Bad conduct af tba hospital for tbla elaae ef aaforta Bates la aoiogated to a heard ef traeteee. three la aawber. These are reaBlred to advert lee at elated tlaaca for bida for supplies, aad to aaaet asealbty at tba laeUUUeei aad exawleeaad a edit the aosoaata. The aaaibar aad salary af -the affleera Bint employes sre'flaod, be Ing aa follawat BeperlatetMWnt, tXbOO; ataward, $1,000 baad wardaa, le'iO; fr addltiaaal wardeaa, each t&SO; Iwatxmba, la all, tUOO; two asatreae, la all, tMO; aad wbeaeeer a ry, tba followlug aaay be waspleyedt Oaa laborer, HOO oaa aarpeater, Moo, aad aaa taaaaatar, $U0. Tba eesployM are entitled to aaa alataaoa far oaa, aad beaee real lar their lllea. ' -.- ..- Oar tbaaka ara daa to Ilea. Richard Williams for a copy af tba GmgnUmal XXrecforjr, aad to Ilea. J. H. Mitchell for ealeable public ducameuta. inapt !! feTO Mary oroen ec EIlTOIIOZTElTIia ITSELT. : la bU aadoavora loaoaelllolo tba robal aloasaat la tba Soalb by glvlaf official prtforaioot to ptoa wbo at aaa Uoo loot tbolr boat aodoaara to dlarapt aad r1 tba rToraoone, Proldoat Bayoa baa allooatad Biaay wba laborod aarBoatly aad aaaloaaiy uaaeara blaa la blipfw aat aaaltod atalioB. la paraulag tblo policy ba bat not atroagtbaaod btaoalf la tba regards af Daaaooratla poUltaiaae, wbaiaear alaa aaay ba aald ta tba eWHseot af tbalr pollltoo.1 lalogrlfy, tboy know and booar tbalr frlaada aad ataad by I boat mmd fa ear tbaaa la avery ota or gooey, really to party kalag loo etroogeet artlolo af tbalr arood, tboy aat a rally aoBteaapt a aaaa wba abaodoaa bU polltleal Monde aad track loo to bfa poUtleal aoeailoa. Tblo belog tba aaae, Mr. llayoe will leara agala tba aid lea ooa tbal bo wbo trlee to please eeery body ploaaoa aobady, aad la eeeulaally blaaaaU daaplaad. . pvaaoeratlo aiajtr!tlea Id Btataa for years eoeated BopubHoaa; a Docnoeratle Hooea of Bapreeeatatleea, aad atreag probabllltleaaf a Dooaoaratla Beaate; a Presldeot who lo nellbor the one tblog oor tba'oiber, but adlMpptriaUneat to bla frleada. ami a laughter to bis eae- asleo tbssa are tba resulu of attotopU to eoaeinale ' disloyal " Boutborooro. Burely history to repeating Uealf, aad Is gatherlog raptd ly aaatertale for a bow rebellion. The fset thtU aiea are aot ea pabla af eelf-go'eera stent Is easily ilea- eoet rated whoa they tbua toy with tba destinies af a great repablie, aad, tarn lag bar backward la tba saala af years, plaoa bar agala la tba Jeopardy from blob aba was but bow rescued by tat life-blood af tboaaaada af bar bravest and beat, rrr - - .BILEIOIL la tbla world af bustle, of rustle,' aad af aound, few peraooe stop to tblak af tba grand, deep eloqeeeee or. sWerMe, "Speech la alleer; silo nee Is golden," saya a trlla proverb, and tba eery relief elleooe aoutatlaeea -brlaga eeer-worked braia to sufflcieet to prove tba preeer trao. Blleoco, wbea there la Botbiag pleasaat to be aald. what a boon tbla woald ba to tort a red baataa Ity; alloaee, wbea epeeeh woald oaly provoke aharp retort, tbat perhaps for years would rankle la bitter alienee la a lovlna heart, what balaa la Its stale breath: alleaea, wbea taklag tba hand of oaa bereaved, aa, eovvred with a pall af darkness aa Inspeootrable that It soemt a ray ef light eaa never eaUr, aba alto, a RaobeLyet aaoaifortedLbyilbe healing power of tlaie, bow much esore aloflUtQtapd soggeotlv . af tree sympa thy than tba were lot condolence. Wba. aera teaching tbaa tba vacant shalr with Its silent draping af crape; tba empty eeiuoaes of a papar which ware wool to be filled and eparkllag with gems of thought aad aotee news by a eoea busy, now sliest brain Tba greatest marvels aad works of Be ta re, tba teadereat feollageof efleetleu tba meet heavenly attributes of charltv wor kings of benejoienoe, the asoat aa- foigaod aad genuine sympathy, - the ateraeel rebuke to scandal, the greatest boon la aleknese and su Soring, all bear tba tweet aad soothing aams af milemem, aad, Bartered to) Ita tale realoa, all an- ebeerved and onreeognlied, It b and contforte aBdebeert irameaity. rxiicTEaa of tee iiiriTrirLE. " A atartliag had origtoal Idea la last Week'e bvwter promulgatoe tbe doe trine that tba Creator baa made womaa tba priootses of too la nor temple, at mltUag to bar eharge Ita aarevealed oeaeUtiee. Ara yea quite aara af tbla Tbaa why does not he provide a temple lor each aad every womaa, with ao ta aee" part, wbleh she shall net buffet tbe storms of tba world la order to keep se cure? Forebeitered womea (wbo ara, alaa, tba eseeptloo) who, Uke the 111 of the acid, toll aot, tbla sort of ataff aaaa for logic; be I for tba bin of wemaaklad wba bava bo "temple" ex aept aa tbay at least help to build aad support it, tt will not oe pass. ' Mtay womaa, taking a practical view of life. aad leaving lu vleionary dreama school-girls aad impraotleal aaaa. mand equality before the law, ee tbat wbea death drapes the door af tbe ton: pis aba baa helped to build, or, mayhap. a ballded alooe with bla aable I stgala, aba may aot ba compelled to va- lege or beiog allowed to remala "prieet- i" tberela. . Hard facto loetoad af paling aaotlmeatollty govern tba world, aa many a womaa atraggtlag with bard work aad bitter poverty baa foe ad. Such do act anpreala ta . a aaraaoa- we man's sphere, oor aaa they bo bood- wlnked by aenllmeotal trash which paaaea current with the aathlukiag for A flOIEEl O0IE. lv. Rev. Xlkaaab Walker, wbo bad re sided la Oregon aeariy forty years, died at hie heme Bear Fereat Oreve ea Wad acaday af last week. -Ha was a no of the pleeeer baad af missionaries who crossed tba toatlaeat la ISM, aad labored for years la tbe Spokane country, aaaadoo lag tbat field with many regreto aooa after the massacre af Dr. Whitmaa. Ha had for ataay years resided oa tba place where ba died, aad waa beloved aad re spected by all who keow blanOnehy aaa oor pioneers ara aaeweriag to the I toll Ball, aad vaalshleg from the scenes af tbalr aarly aad aaiiooe labors. Oratltada and respect will lone keen any af their atemorlet greea. Tbe City Teeebere laetltato at Balem will disease at Ita Beit ateatlagV ' -JU- safeed; Tbat aorpwoal puaiebmeat la mg, aad should aot bo tolerated la ear aobeele. . j ' - Tba greateet aaaa la the world might. bat for aeeldeatal odraamataassa, bava beea aa aaaaelesa as any day tbat Bar area tba grass af tbe village ebarebjard. EDIT0II1L C011ESPOIDMCE. Oeaa BaaaBBS e va s M aw Meera w asrt Did yea aver deviate from your Ant In toot Ions without , regretting the ebaagerVlf aa, youreiperleucee dlfler froov tbaaa of yoar bamble servaat. And yet,' It aaakea no difference where kfa find a fletd ready for the bar vest which wa caa aaly ellghtly reap before paaeieg oa to the aett oaa tbal Is alee wbtlealag for thvlkle. ' Agala wa bava heea compelled to re lax saacb atutl effort beeaeee of lodis- posltloai bat all tbiage aapleeaaet aneaeUaeea aewte to a eiuee. aseetie the at tba nervout headaches of. tba, aads We were all ready for the long-talked- af Journey o Ouhooo aud Caayos Clly three weeks ago, Intending to go front the ooo to Baker City, wbea a roteplaced valise ebsaged ear course by evading ae oa to Walluia la searcb ef It. ... Here a day ar loo were epeal la wait- lug aj Mr. Pea body's for the missing baggage, which, being cheeked to Walla Walla, when It did not eome, still fur ther changed pur way; and now we are well ou the road from Col fat to Low I fe lon, and are ecribbllog tbts Utter beside a cheerful fire la Paradise Valley, Idaba, front which we view the "banpy land a' Caanaa" all around as. , Tba recent lectarea la Walla Walla, though aet so asmeroosly attended as on former obeaeioaa, when the woman movemout was new, and tba people ex cited over It, were Bevertbelees aaure tbaa satisfactorily eucceeafuL Then came another trip lo WalUbarg. where wa dlscoarssd upoa tba gospel of freedom, aad ware aa royally - eater- talaed among tba frleude of baaaaa rights as we bava beea sloe where all along tba Hoe, Mr. and Mrs. Crawford being master of caramon lea, aad every body being hospitable aad willing to aid oar mission. . , ' - , . Wo bad beard macb of Colfax, aad baTlong deelred to visit It; acvaa the roado wore la good eondlUon, with ae mountalna to arose, wa started oa the stage, 'to. Bud the vehicle stalled by balky horses befara we bad progressed a feHe Wa "took a et," but aot tor long, for a Chioeee passenger aoa pro bended the eltuallen, aad imbued the obetlaate anlmala Into a new Idea by leading them when tbay woaldn't pall for a w b Ita man. All day leag wa trav eled (wbea tba horses, would go at all) aver tba rolling pralrleo of Waablagtoa Territory, wltb never a tree la eight. Hare and there we pawed a Blearing, If auch It might be as Had where there was haagbl bat grass toaleax, aad aftaa drove lor miles through alluvial bllla vehje -tbat-oe-yet-heve ao-BlateaonUn though tbolr acres fairly greaa with de sire fr tba plow and harrow of the thrifty basbaodmaa. Tba eouatry everywhere press ntt the aama brokea aad yet aavarled scene of vaetaeet aad aadulatlon. - . , T , AI last, whoa it la almost Bight, wa strike the Bnake River' at Peuawawa, and Bra aooa aeroaa Ita rapid tuneDl aad hotel, where & C Cram and wife aod ether frleada af the loag age make aa aa welcome aa though a ecoro and a fourth of years bad aot elapsed el not let! wa held aueb glad reunion. .. r " The travel along- tbla' toad aad over tba ferry la Immeoee, twenty aad thirty tmatgraat wagooe aeetetfmto crosaiag IB a siugle day. Mr. Cram keepa a good Mt7FoalnrtB eonnecUe with ibe ferry, does a tbri v tag trade, away oo from other baunUef elvljiaatioa, among me crow bile so u tadee of the ever- aboaadlBg bllla. . Tba aext day we took stage for Col fax, where; wa arrived at aoon, the country growing boots end mora brokea aa wa Journeyed, aad I Do Iowa at last appearing- ia a eeayen bet weea lofty raagve af blllf that atand eternal guard over the busy burg, like a pbslaax Immorlalltv. " Charlie UopVloa,of tba Paloose Oa asife, aad P. C Bulllvan, of Balem, were tba first frleada to greet at at the boteL Thea came Mra..Weifanl, one of oisocheet frteode of baaaaa righto 1 all tba land, wba Invited no to her cosy aad well-ordered homo, where wa rental aod for lb roe days, leetaring la tba evoalaga and retting daring tba day; for we ware wera oat with travel aad Indisposition and bad to whip ear legging energies with Bleep la order to work at ail. Tba leetarea bora wore all largely at leaded, aad there to much good feeling emanVfreedo Wa found Ed. Beach aad wife. marly of Albaay, Dr. W. W. Beach, of Boeea Vista, the Devon no rtt and Wo I. farda, pf Bllverton, aad auaaereaa ether Willamette Valley frleada la tba piece, wba welcomed aa ae Oregoalane always aaa.' ; ' . Tba tawa la. growinar like maeie. Kvery thing baa aa air of aawi harry, bat there ara aome eabetaatlal Improvements, Including mltbvdoell lags, atorea; aad echooUbooeea. Tba people are all well-pi eosed with their bow homo. Ewart A Co. keep a large Block or general aterchaadlsa; Daven port A Walfard famish tba float for the multitude; Dr.. Beach dispeaorc tba draga; aad maay other braacbea af boat, aeaa flourish, not tba least being the UaittU, aader the rweprietorBblp of Messrs. Kellogg A Hepklaa, wbo bava sodden ly atraek a aewepaper beavea. Tba farming aad grating Undo adjo- aent, bbw for aa ataay leagueC mreaad It that wa wilt aot attempt to gaeaa at the dlstaaeo, ara strangely fertile. Settle ara faat alalmlag tba governmental do mala, aad tba railroad laode are beiog takoa aa ttptdly. There to eoaeidorabls timber wltbla a few mllea af tba town, aad aa laexhauetlkle aopplv apoa Ibe aeeaatolaev 4,. . s, T";.Z ...v . Oar atlaaioa tor the lima ooneloded, took s stage la a private conveyance for Paloaae City, elgbleea miles dlstaat. ear aamjaojeioei dm voyag beiag . the laator member of tba Ooaeffa firm, wbo to tkoreagbly at boas with a team, aad eertaialy aot toes ae with tba eoenlry people aad village xwun.kU.mT4 wbont ba Is a general favorite. Charlie la th grandaoa of Colonel Baker, and III make bla mark aome dsy, for "blood will tell" la the second, If aot In the first eueeeediiig general ion. , The eoenlry grows more and more di versified la leetere aa wa approach toe Paloeee Riven the eternal aamaaooa ba lag modified bore and there by msjeetlc pi nee. that nod at yoa from the lofty ridgee, and sigh from tbolr retlreatent la tba gulches, aa though discontented wltb their deep retreat la the bewilder ing soil lodes. Claims are being token aa every baad, aad tba black, loamy oil will ichlj repay the euliirprtalag termor. release City - el to oa a hill, bard by the little rivet whose aeate It bears, and aeon a ae wee, appearance tnaa Colfax, wiib lie Buaseroue box-booeee. anfiaiebed aad yet occupied, aot the beleg a hotel, wboro wo found primitive aeeommodotlone wltb- aa ebilglag4oodlerd and eepeale laadlady, wbo partliloaed aaa bed-room with ear- ap-eilre among - the stare, and gave as food ad otoely coeaed aa la tbe Palmer House, of Chicago, at the to price of tweuly.fi ee cents per meal. ' ., Tbe dlolag-rooot of the betel ohooea for the lertore, aad the people gathered la from every direct ion and filled it deosely, aad the speech waa fairly begue wbea croc went tbe floor, and eauitA weal tba beuetiee, and deem west tbe people Into the eel lar below, leaviag the undersigned Well against a tottering port I lion to prevent it kaecklag berea tba bead. Luckily nobody waa hart, bat tbe eoefueloa waa ladsscrlbable. Tba halloa aod fright- coed crowd aftee a while emerged from tba eel lar threat a tba ofebris, eoaaeboity lifted tbe partilloa frees tba bardeoed shoulders of the pecker, aad wa all re paired to another room, where tbe tare waa raoamed amid a general feellag of tbaakfulaeaa tbat aobody bad beea Injured. -By morning tbe break waa re paired aad everybody waa happy. Palouec City already has a grist mill, a floor mill, as vera! stores, a blackamtlh shop, etc, etc. Durieg tba leteladlaa eesre the eitlseos.hulll a atrpn atock. ado, which atlll remalno aa a reminder of the border ! rookies which from time to time bava marred aba eettlera track from tbe Atlantic shore te tbe Pacific eea-board. ., , . - t, . vv . Tba ride of adoaeu mllea from Palouec to Paradise Is aa bard a read to travel wbeo tbe weather la bad, aa tba tradl- Nol-lhatlho ride Is aopleaeant; .but tebWy-aad-laby boards to guide yoa, aad but few ssttlsd places where yoa aaa Inquire yoar way Bui ClierHs! a persevering driver, and wa made good time. It to Impossible to explala bow wa got around tba Ceur d' A lone Mountains ; , but wbea . we reoebed Paradise Valley and wera snugly eneeonced la Mr. Howard's hospitable borne, we were certain we bad headed them, for there they were, betweew and Palohse, holding, aloft tbalr plne ml't.WltfonhVlr'evirgrw.n piumeeat aa la ail tba pride of mighty atajoety. . While we have beea ecrlbbllpg the foregoiog bo fore the family lira af Heworda, Charlie baa beea writ! eg tba following editorial for the Paloaae Oo cette, which be kindly perm I U aa to ap propriate, aeelog wa ara ea worn aud tired'', "J. . . "For th nrniirsging iw migration, and la order io sbow the world generally,- and The lodlvidualo who are continually crying dowa the country particularly, tba advantages of this regioa. we publish the following sketch Iroin facts wbleh wa leara from Mr. J. 8. Hoesrd, wbo Is bow one tbe most proeperoue fsratera lo Paradise Vslley t . ' ; "Mr. with bis wife aad family of four children, settled bora In the fall of the year 173, la the face of a severe winter, having barely eaoogb money to build a frail shelter for bit family aad a poor shed for hit flock. Ha bad several loos of bay aod abeaf oats, but, true to tba principle of a- kind-hearted aaaa, be'di tided with Lie more eareleet welgb bore, and anuseqoeutly bis stock, at well at bla family, suffered, severely uuriag tba winter. By careful economy and pereeverlua industry be managed to diag th rough the winter; and tinKe Iprfbg began to fence and, otberwloe Improve lha farm. pea which be raised tha first year four 'MftlJ'qferl of wheal and a goodly qaaatlty of other grata aad vegetablee. The eel I re family put shoulders to the wheel, aad from the time they gathered tbe Bret crop they bava beea steadily growing la prosperity, and are bow ta as comfortable rlrcamstances 'aa Bny erasers ta any country; ' To tba above we pro pi rased to adl, oa our ewa seeoont, tbat we aever saw finer prod eels oa any farm, and bava aaMoaa area them equaled tor where Hie earrott ara not eooteot Wltb ttralrTit roots of even large dlmeaelona, but they asad aat let era lo la all directions, like meoaler lobetera, wbleh they greatly bla. Mr. H. raised ooa haodred aad tweety-lve bushels ef these persist aat vegetables oa a quarter af aa acre tbla year. Peraalpa grow al x feet long, aad en loo seven laches aeroaa. Straw berries grow by lone la tba aara, and ether fruits equally well. There to room a this great, rolling, billowy, t Ira ber- feraleaa, braehleaa, boneb-gri eeeaTrylbr a million families, where Mao at good aa Mr. Howard! eaa be bad for tba bomeeteaJlag, where timber eaa be bronchi from tbe mountain. aever more tbaa twenty miles awty from ibe remotest ranches, and wltbla flv or els miles of tba moat af thea. Water aboand la a million little springe aad rtvuleta, aad where tbssa ara aat found, caa easily be had for tbe digging. Tba climate la aaaerpaaeed for mildness aad bealtbralaeoa. Tbe wla tors are snodWato, with little rale. aad light snowfalls. 'Tha eommera are generally dry, bat there to always rata gh for forming prrnfAjrlth,.BO daagsi af am lbs during harvest Wheal averagee from forty la sixty basbels pel aero, with aa smut, root, w ravel, l lee- pod or fera to deteriorate It ar retard lis growth..' " - The aeit enarulnir after the above writing behold as, Charlie la a soldier coat. Bud ourastf wrapped like an EoqsK maux, aeated la tba boob back aad bouad for Iwletow, twenty-eight miles away. A gentle rain bsd fallea all Bight long, and continued during the entire forenoon. But the air was balmy, Bud wa bad both beea socll- Btated la the lead of Webfoot, tba team was traety, and wa agala made goad UwFur.Ava boara . wa drove at a Jogging Irot through the. aama geo graphical features af country tbat bad marked oor progress front WalUbarg, only we were all the while almost Im perceptibly climblag higher., . ,t- . Finally, at two p. tba aeemlogly otermlnable tnoaotouy of bunab-graea blllowswas broken by a dlstaat blaa line of mounts I a ranges between us aad Snake River. , Thea we climbed another eminence, and lo! wa were atop of the tremendous gorge through which the river runs, tba road below us winding la. tarUHHf uryce and Jtgjsg sntlas for five entire oa dowa and around the il limitable galchee froai wboeefMdy belgbtt we looked In awe and woudcr, Bnake River teemed like ejrrlthlog, sib- very serpent, as It wound Ita laiy lengths through the aitghtyf est bosses tbat bold It la lit course for aye. Far below at, to oar left, the Clear Water aama xlgtaggfog dowa to meet the ail very 8uahe, as though Mneouscioua of the fate awaiting It. The greedy Snake opened Ita moath, and, awallowiug It down, went wrilblog on, while on a flat Just above this eonstaut sceoe of reptile Inebriety, and ao far below aa tbat aba looked like a pretty, toy, sat Lew Irion, hemmed In alike by rivers and roc tains, ber regular ttreela bordered by Rita poplars, and bar neat, white eot tsgee peeping from behind the trees like children playing at bide and seek. The way we drove dowa the laby rinthine windings of tbat xlgtag moun tain weald have' taught a lemon to Jeha. The grade "was splendid. The air waa light, tba eoo waa shining, aod our Journey was almost aver for the day, Wa were In Jolly tptrlta. How the blessed air of this upper country Invigo rates ooe's worn-out nerves. ' Bui bore wo ara at the Clear Water ferry. ' Tba river that looked like writhing aerpent a while ago la now a iq7.hlrgf waters s omberk la a sUaeb . . ... . -r 41 leiiyooat, naving poneci counaence me wire rope uias oy me aiu wj'PMu.. . t.. il,,MwathaHayBrvTous: iiiejs, is to convey us to ine other aide. A tow Dwutec later and we are re moving mountain of wraps braids glowing stove in tbe'lfofef d Front, and resting bonea and brains prepara tory ta leetaring In tha evening. ' h ' A. J. D. : Lcwletoa, Idaho, November 15,1871 - From a elreutar received, we take rib' followlog relative to Ibis Institution t Tha Astoria reading room la Intended to provide a pleasant. comfortable reanrt lor alt oIbbsos of oat altltens. vounesnd old, rich and poor, ami fornbeetraagere wtinio oar gscee. nrrej aa In every sea port, there arc numerous disrepute Me pioeee-whtoh exert aa Immense lu- flueoeo for evlr, eeneclally amenautt yooeg men, wniie mere mil putill lostitutlea whatever, ootoldo of eharchee and rJabbotb Hchoola, caluu laioo io exert la any degree a con u tor- aetloa; InOaeneo. We recnenlae It ao daty wa owe to society et large to afford a reiuge, aa it were, to the young mea wno reside la title ally arid vicinity hj nnn(m temporarily enjournlo wiib as, ana woo oove aot Ibe opportu otiy or enjoying ine aieselngs and cook forts of "borne, eweet boaie," where, wtinov n4, iney snail nave tn pnvi leeeef profitably and nleaaantlv soeiid. log their leteora heart ef the day, and mora especially of tlto evening, aod tbua to some eiteot boeblelded aud pro. totted from the temptations to whioh they are exposed while Booking how to pot ia ineir time. y ibis means maay a yoa eg aiaa may be rvot rained from Vleitloe- tboaa aUcee of diasinaUoai which loo often Insd lo dlaeaas aotl pre malure death. Donatlona of bonks or papers will be thankfully received and ipt ackaowleded. Mr. Holdea baa proeored a goow rooua, out) feet, ta most favorable location, aad baa luat eommeoced to fit It ua for lite ourooaa. It is the latentlon to keep tbarooaxapea rviu v a, a. w N r. Tka latiea'x lead. . . , Cooklla la making- live paper eat of the New Yark FhUa- eTtoev advecailsg mainly temperance reform, and Incidentally, m a component part of tbla, Woman Buffrage; Speak- lag of these two vlisljjoue lg connec tion, tbe paper mentioned aaysi Mea of wisdom, men of bleb oooltlon IB Btete. toeO of the blsTbeet social aod moral aUadlna;, are lost beginning to realise tbe fact tbat tba ballot mast be given to women berore.tbe nation ooa rid Itsslf of I list tyranny and bondage the rule of Uttm, It is a fact a odea led tbat Ran relee America. It la aleak reet that womaa IsMbe greatest suf ferer, and only walla to be alven Iheoo- pnrtantty to epeak by ber vote, and tbe tyrant will be Boomed. Several victorias nave recently beea won by the suffra gists, la tbe Incorporation of their plank la tha platforms of several Htate pre blbltioa conventions; and, to add still greater victory to iba eases, tba Na tional rrebleitloa Onveotloo accepted tba plonk la their bl at form without a oi"eni"tJ ran. oereiy ine wore is j . - .. .. . ' progressing, aad Ibe dsy Is aot far dle taat whoa worn so shall ba recoanlaed aa a eillseo of tbe I'altod Stotee, and iBceqaai or nisa la good aense, Intelli geneer and a clear eooeepttoe of the neede of tba boar. ' Oerrit Smith ooee said: The groat aeod of tba aatloa to to gel um notion eoner." - The e to hereby loformed tbal the womea ftlkt dowa at tha boaea" wba ask "what's tba newt la the f" are aot tboaa wbo apeak their eeatlmeelt through the Mfraaablsa argan." Tbaaa last fcaowaaoagb about newspapers and tba braia power atctmary to ran them aot to expect aewa to emaaato from tVsot roe, a aleaa, led red, tboy shoo Id choose to dignify street talk and domes. Ua.haalla aad gtavrat goafl"by"lbe ' ECCEBTETEITS. -Mrs. Them peon, a sister of Benator Bargent, of Calliornia, recently co ea rn I Ued suicide at IwelL Tbe atruggla fr party supremacy la tbe Bessie the laot week has beta In tones, aad, owing M tbe absence of Ben ator Sharoow Nevada, doubtful. A railway accident occurred near Charlotte, North Carollaa, on the 23d. This train broke through tbe trestle work, and twelve passengers wots drowoed5 - It ieaaopea aecret wltb hp Demo- crate ta tba Senate that Iba com ml lire aa Jadielary ara bow aaentmooely I favor of UarlaVa oomiaatioa to tbe su preme bench, It to ooderttood thai lite late reeldeacc af Booster Biewart loWashlngtoa has beea reeled, furnished, ol 14,000 per aa Bam, to the Bpaalob tninleter. lit ! sleee a Dortatents and elegant saloons have remsiaed aoaecapted for eevaral yearcf ' ' - 1 The bill for the repeal of the resump tion act passed the House by a aome what lanrtr msjorlty than Its friends have recently et pectedi AHxof-tbar Pad fie Coast lUpreeenlaltVva voted against it. Tliey were likewise united In vollug to adopt Ward's aweudaieot, hlch prepoeed to exempt from corpo rations all debts due oa the 1st of Jaua ery, 1809, forjabor, ' - . , " The Tribune' t St. Paul special aays : "The captive Net Pereea arrived bore on tbe 8th, aud left Immediatoly for Fort Leavenworth a Mason Clly aad Otturawa, and through northwest Mis souri. A" large crowd greeted them at the depot, but they were laviaible. Tbe Indiana arc reported to have gotten aver their fears of treachery, and ara recon ciled to their transfer." 1 The bill recently Introduced by. Bar gent about navy aeeoaale, which aama aewspapere bava arlUcleed oa tbe eup- poaliioa that it relatea to eome of Robe son's transfer, was drawa la the fourth auditor's office aud seat to Bargeot by ItLa.prsooril nsrslsry of-tha-aavy, Thompson, with a wrtUaa oommendo tioo for Its lotroductioo and passage. It to entirely prospective la Ita action. , , The Called Slates war steamer "Ho roa" went ashore In a gala aaa Norfolk oa the night of the tSJ, and auSsrad total wreck. Of tba one b aod red and thirty-four effleersand mea on board, bat ... 'JZt k. and - 1 mmH utlMUH. Kha iA loft Fort race Great Hioda bava prevailed la por- tletts of the Atlantic Btatee during the . a --. aooa . e .!.. . M W - B B past week, tub eiuoe oi wcomooo, Lynchburg sndCbarlottsvtlle, Vlrglels, aod Cliambersbarg, Pennsylvania, bava suffered greatly. Tha Potomac aad 8beeandoab Rivera wera twenty-el x feat above low water mtrk. aeoeral rain w mw Many costly brtd. have been swept away, railroad tracks eabmerged, and travel InurruatedT Dev asUtlon mtrkt tba track af tha subsid ing waters everywhere. - roinqiiEWg. RoumsBlaaa officially aaaeunre tbat tofTAook tbf siroog. position of. Pre Vila POuNoyt A prittUeTleUet from Sofia represents mat tilings loos anaatisiactory. Ma bemet All aaa get neither men nor ar tillery enough to form a relieving army, . KamiaB aewspapere prefect a strong desire for peace. There tc much talk of direct aegotiatlona with tba porto, aad probabilities of ouch aettlcmeot. It It aald, grow atjonger dally. j ' ' An order baa beea Issued esllinx ont 150,000 civic guards la Constautlaopl, aud the provlncee to serve during the possible absence of theregular forces. too vnrisusns ara aummoBcd to par. llclpctelB this levy, All recent rumors relative to media tion are agalneclared falee.- Layard. Britlab mialster, has received Instruc tions not to Uke lha Initiative In tbe matter, but to , wait Butil England' mediatioa la requested. , A rerm aorretpoadeat asys: "Tba peace party It tacreastor and atreBa auaiy.caaeavonog to get aome pre per mediator. But bo distinct programme or definite overtures are jet put farToTfor leer -of a bamillatlos- refueel from Russia." . . Tba view token of . Osmsa Paeba'a poeilloa la, oa the whole, doepoadlng, hataoato maialaiB tbat ba baa previa loaa aoough to bold oat tilt Mebeatet All aaa prgaalte tba army of relief. Great efforts are being made to aceom- pilsh this eod. . ( eta Bcasdal. It waa tba aaylag of aa Id acquaintance of our, wbeo bla u teotloo was called loaeylhloe that bad a smacking of scandal In It, "I bavs ao moca io aa tbat I cannot bear It. Oue- nan or my unto le taken no with owa busliurss. tbe other half that of IrV- uns; mono inai of my notch bora." If a mtny excellent oooortunttUa a Unin. alone other people'e booioees are slgbtetj, and tha world is troubled wltb "the in terference of ample with what doaa a.! oonoero ucm I Aeigltonrboodearodriven oraty by report of Mle or mischievous people wno waten tor oceaaleoe of aean dal, and loot ao oppertooity of maklne It public, regardless of lie trotbe,or of the J nj urv K luflicta aooa tba-UmUmmm .i I r - . . "J- paset lor fact, niid war smerj, How Hi Fix bo Him. A elergymaB waa annoyed by rooole talkl glxgtlog. He paused, looked at tba die lurbere aad said I 'l am alwava afr.M to reprove those wbo mlebebove for tbic oomo yeara moos, aa I w preacbiag, a young maa wbo aat before wm anwawo.iv lurnin .i.i and making ancoutb grlmaeee. I osuard od odmlnisteesd a severe reboke. After too oloot of the aorvkaa. a see: -Dir. yea neve mad a mlatakv; that young Visa waa aa idiot.' Since then I hove always been afraid lo reprove those WbO Wilebrhava I. .h ...... Issl I shnnM lepvtrTBsr aaletako ood rprare oooiner iuiout , iioring tba teat af tba aervioe there waa good ardor. : IEW8JTEM8. 7 I StSTB Sat TBaetTOBf Ah ' Irsla. Is beeoming one of the moot tbrivloriUtle town la the tmpqee. A new post office bat beea established at Wllfceaon, neree coumy, nesniog two Territory. lienors! Palmer reoeetly sold one kuadred aereeof bla farm In Yamhill aounty for $4,600. Xbe price or wueai at in nrvitrr ware-boooe lo Haleni bss beea advaoeed to ft 10 per buobetr . , Mrs, Dr. Shone, or Daytea. Woehioo ton Terrltorv. falls heir to Bltl.OOO by lb death of o reiaU vol a England. , ', Tba DaJlaaVtoBtiser flgarea the hee by tbe receut fire at that place at Itl,- 1 IU. ' 1 DO ueovioet e-r waf at. -as. fee, tl&,0U0. lis had $4,(M) Insurtoos, A disuatsh from Umstllla anaouncee the drowning of Jitde John Meyer. Isle of Polk oouuty, in the Umatilla auver oa the list lusu Body Itorreouvered A temperance society wea raeorily" nraanlard In t HO lHtiiee unuor ine name f The TKket Temprraace Booiety Meetinge will bo held once i a two weekt. - I ' - . Tbe aenlor class at tbe Willamette University for ibis year number seven classical stedniiis, aod nine oeleutWa students.' Of'the uuiuber, seveu ate lime lo bow oflrl (or eale at - Boise, which is takeo out near Hnake Itiveroa the Oregon aide, opposite the mouth of the Payette. The limestone Isiuexbauotlbleaudofibepurestquality. win. The new public .Bchonl.house at tu- eene City le aeariy eompieieu, ana oebool Will open fberoia Immediately alter tba bolidaya. , A competent oorpe of teaohero, four lu numbers-have beea engaged. . , PUIHo Rltx. f Walla Walla, is doing aa Imusenee boslnees In fruit trees.' He baa. already filled I ale foil,-trout' pla nursery, ordere for nearly 60,000 tree. Here Is a fact which strikingly Illus trates tbe 'growth of the new apper oouotry. --' - The Aewe says there haa beea eoasld- . able olasatiefectloa BBtong tha atloere on Cooa Bay of late, oa aocount of re duet loo of wages, consequent oa tba low pries of coal, and at Esotport tbe mloerc were oa a strike at last aocount, lo order to enforce their desaaod tor elxuty-eevea and a half eeols per tea for miniug coal, aud a reduction, of house rents of the tntuers. ' ' ' TlieKlTcirriat Indians, who picked hope la the Poyallup Valley aod re turned boute over Notcheoe Peas, bad a hard time of It getting to the vallcye ou this side of the roounulua. C-altio drovers going aver the Past to Seattle report the discovery of tha bod lee of thirty-three oayoeo pooleooa tba bkmio tsla aide, standi og ap In tba mad belly, deep. The ludiaue rode them as long as they could travel aad then left them, while tboy continued oa foot or wliu WOEI TOE ETIETBODT. ClreulsU petition! for l8hAmeod- meot, to enfrancblsa tha women, aofo. . one Stati atone, but of all the Btates aad Territoriea. ';Wumao'a right to a -voice la the govern roent ander which she livee to a natural right, and meat be '. guaraateed to ber by tba Federal Con stitution. Now la oar time to knock at the doors of Congress and plant fAie -fiyal deep ! ibe fuadaqienlal tow of the land. r . , , ., ' - Pvtitlonsfeea-Sixteenth Amendment, " for womau'a - auiraucbieemeuL- frooty .IjftOOO-United Btatea elllxcBs from. . twenty-two Btatee, have beea prrertirxl ' In opea House and Senate by gl Repro- " seniatlveoand SO BeiialortBlncc January '.i I, 1T. The friends of Woman 8uf- rrage In botfi housee, who Intend to ad fWtle lllg AfHehjmetiL in the i.ir Congrree, desire Its friend lo hustalir them by mammoth petitions from every quarter. Circulate thlt petltloa theavgb tba auluma and winter ap to January SO, 187S. Obtain the names of all wbo bava signed similar petitions toJlie present Coiigreas,' and a many more as possible. Head the petitions with such well-known hamee aa yoa wish' to bava -appear Jn .he Voarfioml Jteeord. . Fill the blanks for Btata,' tuwu,' aud , Bounty, Ihst mens her may refer to their own dltlrleu lu present lag peti tions. . If svs nil the bbbmo signed plainly with. Ink on two copies Of tba petition, nna for Iba House, and oue for tha Senate. Ask each signer to remit at least ton oantt to tbe Treasurer of tba -National Woman Suffrage Association,1 Mrs. Ellen E. Sorgo nt. No. 1.7M Do Sales" street, Washington, D. C.' to defray etprosae of claaalflmtioa for preeeotatloBtotbe45lhCoogreea. Eeerw name received before December f, 1877,- wiii te eiamifled wltb Ita appropriate Bute and county petitions, aad ore-. lejenlfxt by lha appropriate ReBrsseuta uve ana Heaator. Bend -wltb tba petf" tiona name and poet offleo ad drees of each one who obUlns signatures, ao Ibo offlorra may know tba worker. " Cut tbla out, and paste It at tba bead of a sheet of paper and go to worki." Fu4- Iba namea of taaa oa tbe right, Bud womea oa tba left of year petition, and-" trace every aama carefully la Ink t -t - - rrrmox ros ' . -WOMAN SUFFRAGE. : ' To tht Senatt and iouae qfErpretm- toffeea, fa Cbores asscmofeoT I The ' aarleroignod,' aitlaena of tba United States, real den is of tha State of , county or Iowa of '- , earo- - eetfy fay your honorable body to adopt meaauree for ao amandin? the Cooetitetloa aa lo prohibit tbe several State from dlafrancblslag Called Btatee etttseos aa accouat af aex. T 1 to rjtwisa. ' MRH. p. M. MUSSAT. rbrsletoa Bad Ber' toa tor Wosaoo. oei.s Use ksiisiu. met.- eatweeB aforriaua uJ TsnbllL OooeanaUoo rut. MKM. i.n. MVSRAT I a trmtnmf mt lbs Worses' Macl- ' oalfMlaaeer reaaairaola,aod bates h Board of , Inert of loe I oal BnekHf of ibe atai af CalUbrela. Ooeamlaelea Mercbaol aad Paretuudn; Aeeet. Oeeparaa to make pejebao to Mew Tork oWs,eooeor.orsJlriaeXiewolry, ' sts.. eo Oomoilastoe of esr eeat. sae . B. of L aad M pee eaot. tor ethers eetalde of oed. Weat I ad Ok preeervee aad MeiUiaa Adtres P. a SHatloa "D." Baw ibaty. ,... . . - i . Bar Tao Baboaai Geld Medal woo ewafded ' tbe Called amies, sod tbe VMooa kledal