i)t ilcm jilorlljnjwt.
A. J. MHVif.
A Jearaal for tbs resale.
Uevoted ta Ue IsWrmUef Hassaarty. '
ladepsaeeat la rolltm aad Ealigtoa. -Itlve
to' alt Uve lseea, aad Tbsevaghly ,
0 F FlCst-Cpa. raerv A Wuiimni Irum
(.Radical la Oseoslsg aa4 ExKiB( tlx Wroa
TRRafa, IM ADVAXCZi
of tba Maases. I" l .;
Oss fvy
I antha
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Faaa araaca, Faaa Pasm, Paaa rson-a.
OonespeodeeU wrtUag ever smuei slgaa-
I tores mast ssake known Uele assies t Ibe
Editor, or ae etleatlod wlU be gtvsa lo Uelr
ADTEITUtHITnilMrMM f-'-ir mMe
TOLUMB VII.
tOTlXI-A.Tl, OREGON, rniDAY, DECEMI1EU 8, 1H77.
IVTJ3HJEII 15.
aanloMloaa. ' ,
gift jUcrc Ttlcrif;KJt5i.
.MARTHA MARBLEHEAD
Tbe Rels aaa uetree ef (Milm, -
vMM.Ai.f(7SriWAY, '
"AMIS ASS OS By abb," tbb Barry
.o, "eaaweuas's SrBBB,
?' ' BBaaT A kA Oa,vma,V.aAa M '.'
4-
Eatm4, aeeordiaf la AM ef Coe-tri, ta IB
yes UH, by Mr. A. J. baalway. Is tbs sAee si
tbeUsceriae (OMMiii WaablagtooCltr.)
. The commotioo fa political circles
eoeesrulog the alleged ma If ease ace ef
Major Marbtebeed would have Indeed
' goos hard villi blm but fur bla tlmsly
: resignation. Tbs fact that Mrs. Mar
blebeed bad bean tba raaLaffirndetaJaa
went far to aereoo bids 'from the eon'
qoeneee of aa aet for wbleb tea, only,
could have bean bald politically reepou-
.eiotow -... i- ..,
- The Reaabllceo preae af tha country
waa aa alaasoroai aa It waa Jubilant
The alleged offender, bcLPg AjDamocral
of tba H ecbool, of course every at-
. tempt aa made by tba oppoaltloa
party U aaa tba fact af bla derelict loo to
tba boat adveatogc To aaaa publla
clamor, tba Major waa obllgad t lay tba
reader- keewe, II really beloBged, aod
. tbla losDlred tha but erceosef -cm
eltloo to woman'e equality before, tba
taw who A3 oca iongsa-ror opportunity
to give aspraaaloa Agaloet lb Ida of
wemao'a eofrenebleement
- Martha Jooaa hm Marbiebead bad
baaa punning tba a van taoorof bar way
with outward-aalai aaaa elaeo tbo do-
part a ra of Klogstoa froai bar Portland
residence, liar bualoaaa waa progrees
lag favorably, aod all eeemcd wall
to tba eaaual obeerver, who could know
nothing of tba laward fever of tba woa
As'e braiay-wha tallad laaemaBtry-wltlF
oat tba blaaalag of love to abaar bar la.
Ilr.'a nn-hllt -I-...!.. rn. m ... 1.
lelaaee,- - ' " ' "'
Bar boardara wara aaatad at labia, and
tba aaual chit-chat apoaaarraal eeeloty
gossip waa batog lodulged oop day,
wbaa Martbe'e aldaat llttla daagbUr
baaoad la apy tba following paragraph
La aa Eaatara aowapapart "
"Raoani raTtlatlooa la high alrolaa
n Waablpftoa ooaearalBav tha aniiitllty
aaa aapiioiij or woman anoaia aarra to
aaod tba bowiara for woataa'a aafraa
eblaanaaal to tbaabodaof owla aad bata.
It appaara that Major Marblabaad, wl.a
for aoaaa'tlma paat baa bald an honor a
bla and raapooalbla Fadaral poaltlno,
tba raaarraetloa mora aaa Id aearoaly raia
Dim, ana an aoeaaaa a la wira la diaoov-
arad la poeaiatlona whleh wooid bara
. aaaua niaa a pnaonar ror lira out ror taa
aitaanatlng elrenmatanoa tbataha waa
tba real oUaodar, and bad aetad wliboat
bla kaowladga.,n ; -- "
- Tba child bad read tba' paragraph
without at all aoaiprabandlng Ita ataao-
lag, and tha elrola at tba labia waa
attack dumb with aonaUrnAtlou..
Htnvi waa too nra m regain oar
aompoaura. .' .
"Bo far from aaalog anything Ilka
argamant agalnat tha fraadem of woman
la that atartlln bill. Iu bm. una una.
peel ad ait or nawa, I ond la It a at mug
plan for making woman personally re
Z anonalbla for bar ewaMccadllloee." aha
mmlA MMMnllv
"la It poMlble, Mra. Jonea, tbat yoo
would be willing to aaa tha wamea
out - . - r--
Thla queetloa cama from a vapid
youth la palu-colored hair, and fraeklaa
aa tblak aa oa a tarkay'a egg, who
bal)ed front merry England, where
V Ofaonraalaboald. Wbyaoltrt
"waoa AWUoui dutlee of poTItioa
are bardeaa too heavy for them la en-
aaa oar immoiaiea upon idi aiiar or
of-" ' ' ...:-" '
M Iadepandenea f laUrrapUd tba
boataaa, a llttla Impatiently. Yoa love
women too well to aaa them permitted
to make their awa eoolraeta and enjoy
tba beneBt of Ibelr owa aarnlnga. Yoa
prefer to aaa tiWm aa Irreeponalble ma
aaaverera, Ilka Mrs. Major Marblebaad,
ft. a . a . m
waa caa rarrv oa tbair nrlvata anaaA.
Ing with Impunity, well knowing that,
wbaa discovered, their Ural beada moat
-aefler Ibe eotMeo,senoea." -.
-I bada't thought of It la that light
Mrfal'tt-' ST aa. I Kaft - -J -
"and I dkt not mean to ralea-aa argu
meat. anvbow.
"I would eve waman,N continued
Martha, "beld before tba law, and In
ovary cuetom, aa a raepoaeikle lodlvld
ual, endowed with right la ee bar Jar
Mfluaallva Bf niuiJui mlkr.'
eleely aa bar awa ladar aeoaa ahall dle
tata, and no mora subject to tba whims
or Idiosyncraalee of maa tbaa man la
eobjeot la answer for ber freaka af falli
bility. I weald make ber legally, aa
' aba cannot help being morally, reepotf
elble'for every overt or other aal Involv
ing ber husband la any way, la any .f
bar ladlvldoaJ eborVcemlng.
-I thlak I do not clearly cam prebend
yoar meaning."
"For IneUoee, thani If Mrs. Martha
Jooaa, oooe Ml as Marblebaad, aeoa lit.
In lha ahaanaa ef ber basbaad.io d1-t
pose of one place of property, tba result
of ber owa earnings, and purebaaaaa
Other wli tba prooeeda, aad aboald lay
bar plaaa acaordl ng to tba best of ber
Jadgeaant to further tba latereeU of bar
family, I see no rsaeoa why tba oonaanl
af Mr. Jooea should bo aeoeaaary to rat
ify bar boaeet agraemoat; nor do I aaa
flaitJWonwnnmTBf MmioffecrAra
bar ooatraota sail aad wold, aod compel
bar either to aobmlt to aa aawarraata
ale Jurisdletloa, which bo would die
rather than eadore for himself, or to go
forth pes at lees and la debt, to beg! a (bo
atrogglo of ber. life anew,' and aappert
bla ebildrea la tha bai-gala.
. 'I see nothing la what yoa aay to sat
isfy ma that womea should vols,"
"That, air, beg your pardon, la beeaoae
yoa do not know what voting means.
don't woodet at It, though. We rarely
prise that foe which wo make aa effort,
aa highly as wa da that which wo arc
compel led to feel the waat of."
Bavmadanr.-ir iruvldeorihat Uie
effect of womau'a Influence In Congreee
and everywhere arouad tba Capitol la
demoraJlaiog. - . .
Hasn't too paragraph Jaat read la
your bearing eipUlned wbyT'
f "Ko, aliv Ow-tbr cuuirary, n BBCott
aeloaaly gives tba very atrengest raaaoa
why ovary woman, aa well aa ovary
maa, should be equally free aad equally
res poos I bla for their owa -Beta. Why
should my father eoffer public disgrace
and dismissal because af too evil deada
of bla wlfet He baa no mora control
aver bar moral or mental make-ep tbaa
have yoa or I.1
"Madam," and tba youog aprlg col
ored to tbo roots of bla aolu-abadad
nair, "i beg yoar pardon. I ba4 no
knowledge that the gentleman under
dlaoaaaloa waa yoar father, aad the lady
your mother else .
u9 apology la needed, air. The gen
tlemaa la my father, but the lady la not
my mother.-She to my fat ber1 e second
ife. All I regret hi that she cannot be
held legally responsible for iianjowa
conduct. If aba baa done aay thing amies
la ber haebaixf aama."
Other geatlemea bad bMntrvlnsvi
rom too beainnln of the conversation.
to change the theme; an4-faJJIg, had
attempted by andgea, nods, and winks
to give tbo new boarder the blot, bat to
ao perpnee; and bow the I rath waa out.
aad bo fell that bo bad eommltted aa
aapardaaabla blender.
I beg yoa will aet mind," said Mar
tha, kindly .""If I should bever suffer;
or.- bad sever already experteaeed,
greater wrongs from maa tbaa tba one
yoa have aalolentloaally committed, I
should bo a bappy woman. But man
have, ander certain c edit lone which
they called legs!, robbed ae of liberty
aad the pursuit of bapploees. "They
have taken from mo my hard-earned
homeland placed me, at beet, la aa
equivocal posltloa. They have made
aseT despite my loir, a pensioner opoo
the boooty of a maa whom they bad
persecuted, aad I am a woman witB'out
home and wltboat a couotry, strug
gling, wltb my bands lied, to rear aad
educate my helpless family, while the
maa wba calls himself my bos band
awns aad dlapoaaa or my property aa
teems good In bla eight, and spends bla
awn eeraiage upon bad womea."
My dear Mrs. Jooea, yoa shook me.
Agala I beg your pardoa, bat la Eng
land wo abouUl consider auch a atate
meat, coming from a wife, aa moat an-
womaaiy." .
"Aud ao It U oo aside red bare, air; bat,
aafortuaatelr. both la Koclaad aad
America ft la often true. Mine1 la not an
leolated ease, I assure yea. -
MBut, madam, aught act every wom
an to have a hatband aad a borne f .
I aoppoac ao, air; aad ao ought ovary
maa to have a wife aad children. It la
poor rule that will not work both
ways, yoa knew." J. ...
Tbea yoa meat admit tba force of
my argument.- If a woman baa a fam
ily aad borne, she should Bad ber
fort la enjoying them.
"But suppose aba baa ao borne till aba
baa earned It herself, agalnat almost
everwbslmlog . edda. Aad aoppoac.
after aba baa earned It, that It la tokaa
from ber by the husband yoa aay aba
ought to have; aod euppose that hue-.
hood baa found a companion elsewhere,
aod left ber to herself, to struggle oa
alone, aa beat aba may."
"O, madam, yoa beg. the qeoailon.
There caa be bo geoeral law to meet sx
orptloaal easea. ", " . (.. ...
"But tberc caa be a universal law to
meet geoeral probabilities." "
What would yoa have, anyhow f
oatdnreoogulse every Inalienable
right of both men and Vfomen as Invio
late, aad weald bold them eqaally free
aod 'equally rwpooaible.- As Ibe law
Bow la, the Innocent must often oeffer
for the guilty. Aa It ought to be, every
tub. would etaed apee Ho owa; bottom.
What a erude Wea.
It may bo crude, bot It la alee cor
rect, air." . . .. -. -
"Mamma P ' cried aac of tbo ebildrea.
la that eager tone for which delighted
or e i pacta n little ones are aoted, "I aae
aoalladge coming, aod ageal big toll
maa aad a 1st wemaa. Laok.1
It waa Mr. aad Mm. Major Marb teheed.
Martha eoald acarely have beea asore
surprised bad they dropped from tbo
deeds. la the beat of tbo dlocaaalea
tbey bad aet beard the eteamera signal
gua, aad wooiti not nave looked for
tSin. Tti1T they had tward
Tbo greellag bet wee a father aad
daughter woa excessively constrained
aad foraaal. It may not have beea wlee
oa the daughter's part to refuse
ogolae bar motber-la-law, bat certainly
It waa vary ha maa. . Tbey were ushered
to tbo parlor, aad Martha returned
her boarders, ber eves flssblng. :
Tbe'm sal w as fi ui sbad la embarraaa
lag alls oca,' and whoa, at last, the last
boarder bad concluded bla repast, aad
at) additional meal waa ready for the
guests, Martha, whose Income would
not afford -the Idiury af a cook, would
have dropped with wearioeca bat for the
eieltemeal that kept ber up.
Mrs. Marblebaad, to bar owa surprise,
waa more thoroughly bumbled tbaa aba
bad ever thought possible. The dsfame
tioa of ber besbend through the papers,
bad It nt reflected apoa herself, would
have been, to ber a matter of trifliog
moment, for aba bad. neither regard nor
res pact for Mm; but sbe felt tba attacks
upon herself with "alt the cruet keenness
of ber self-loving nature. Bat for ber
pereoool bamlllatlon, aha would have
gloried la the alight of bar daugbter-ln
law: but aba Beaded a friend at tbla
Juncture, and waa resolved to conciliate
ber.
If . mm i m m
wereivf
aod
fouud Mtrtng
tick of a favor. The oonetaut
lento!
azaltemeot and accompanying physical
labor of the paat six mootbs bad done
their work at last, and aba foand herself
enable to rise from ber bed of su deling
for maay lingering weeks.
To bava bald out In ber hatred of Mra.
Marblebaad, who dismissed ber board
era and devoted ber entire energies to
promote ber recovery, would have been
bard for tbo worst of persona, aad for
Martha, whose heart waa naturally fall
ef loving kl ad noes, It waa simply Impoe-
sioie.
Oaly . live aad - bo my friend, -my
daughter, aad I will aae what can be
done to repair tha wrong yoa have ax
perienced," said Mrs. Marblabaad, coax
logly; aad Martha, la ber womaa na
ture, accepted tba Inevitable, and for
fgteTlodlnduiBer:
It was long before she waa enabled to
bar aeoaatomed-duties, aod
WBare-WnKooverffloTeolTynSt
move, languidly around tbo boose aod
In Is rest herself once more la maa
daoe affaire, aba waa doomed to meet a
shock which well-nigh epeet ber reason.
A copy of tbo Ortponian lay near ber
chair, where II bad beea thrown by ooe
of the children. Mechanically ehe took
it ap, and. glaoead listlessly at tbe ad-
vertissments. Why bet cyeo were at
tracted to a particular paragraph aha
could not for ber life bava told, bat, un
der the bead of Bberiff'e Bala," aha
aaw that, "to aatlafy a Judgment of Ave
thousand dollars, with Interest aad ae-
erulBg eosu," that officer of tne law,
for waat of other real. aetata la tbe
county of Maltnomah had levied apon
aad would that day mil at pablw a no
tion, at .tae ooei house door, -the
right, title aad Interact of Martha Jones
lie oeitala promises quo
herself, said eale being made to liqui
date the clalma of a certain promissory
Bote, calling for the above cam af Ave
thou mod dollara. Interest aad accruing
la, and la favor of Captain J. H.
Job neon, agalnat Themaa Jooea, lawful
husband of the aforesaid Martha Jones."
"Do yoa aae that, Mra. Marblebead ?"
aakad the boated and hounded womaa,
for whom la all America there waa no
underground railroad upon which to fly
la eeareb af freedom.
Yea, child. But I did not Intend
that you aboald see that advertisement,"
"What good would have come rom
keeping It from me V .
It would have given you .opportunity
to get etrooger before you bad been
compelled to know It"
"Bat Thomas Jonea baa bo moral
right to pay his debts with my property.
aboald IblBK be bad . wronged me
deeply enough -already, without this
last aakladeet cut,' J.
: "Tba property af :tKT6tiisTo
ber boabaodt my child. -
"But thla bouse la not morally mine.
The law. doeo not consider that. It
eely deale with fasts."
"Tbaa law la aothlng but a da I us I oa
aad a eoare. But for the lawa of meo,
which, la my atopldlty, I have thought
iafalllble, I might be, to-day, the char-
lehed wife of a maa that Tom
wronged aad I have loved. I wonder
that ao many womea arc half aa good aa
tbey are, el ace their ooly show1 for fair
play or endurable existence depends
apoa tbo accident of getting aa honora
ble besbead. Woe be to theiwomaa
who marrlee a monster." ,v . .
Don't he BDreasoDabTa, cblTd."
"Aod I must write all tbla to. King!
0,Oodt I would that I were dead P ood
aba toll fainting e the floor.
... . ffe oe soatlBae4.j ; .
It la a serious matter for a brl la aleeL
t order ber eredtUng dross. Oeuerallv
aba gi vec tbe subject aome eonaidarable
attention, aad certainly aha may be
pordonea ror ao doing. Royal person
ages are of coarse expected to exercise
tbeir taste and Ingenuity upoa bridal
attire. The irioeea MaieeUea, Queoa
elect of kSpeln, la no exception to the
rale. The deslgoeoo the iaee which aha
will wear at ber wedding are to repre-
eat the arme of all tbe royal dynasties
wbtch have ever bold away lo Hoaln.
Tbo lace artist will have bo light task.
This Is the way tbey worked It no lo
ooe of the Westera Journals "Finding
ipe impossioie, sae tnrew a feather
bed out on the around, aod erasnlnr
iitecAwa ahlldreaJcapei frcam Ibe aeo-,
ood euiry out apa it, did Mrs. lirtgfe.
All three escaped unburt." hoc waa a
noble woman, to do oo well after Mflod
lag eeeape Impossible."
oui w-ibhijqtoi irntz.
TeruSCnrfoaev vaa Kcai Hoarawaert
Both Houses or Coogrees mst la regu
lar eesstoa aa Mooday without Ibe
proceed log, save the calling of tbe rolL
IB, VIIftUIWMV, w, , U V . BliiiV"
T4.' ..-al . t . I . - --'
averted all customary delaye atteadio
the election af 8pssksr or aeatlag oto-l
bora. Altar the roll waa called, abort
adjourameota ward made lo await tbe
arrival f tbe Prssldeofa message,
which waa read by tbe clerk to nearly
empty bencbaa, and waa followed by Im
mediate adjournment. Each legislator
seemed more deeply Interested la tbe
perusal of tbe piloted copy of the meo
saga laid oa bia desk, Ibaa le.llsteolog
to tbe monotonous delivery of tbe clerk.
Tbe greater number pocketed tbe docu
ment and marched to-other quartets.
Tbo House would not aubmll to a pro
longed at rain upon J is powereof legis
lative endurance, banco, after a two
hours' eeeelea yesterday, It adjourned
over till Mooday, leavlog tbo Senate to
d Is boss of subtle buel
It
.1.- a-.n j
tbo rules, or rather tbo day
.1.- A.m K- b
in tmtmw j w, .a.w - -
usually devoted to diaeeesloa aad pas
sage of private bills la the House, aad,
aa It affords little epportualty for forea-
ale dleplayaer buncombe apeecbes, the
membora ore generally- aa much In-
clloed to adjoura over Friday aa to stay
away from thai r desks on Balurdajs
wbaa tble latter day la aet aside for
apaeob-maklog. Mooday, by tbo rules,
to bill day, that to lo aay, aay member
aaa introduce a bill without aaklng con
cent of the House, wbleb on other daya
must bo aaaalmoaa, one bjselloa euf
ficlng to preveoi Ita prose nlatlea and
refereoeo to a committee, aod we doubt
not that the time Intervening will be
faithfully Improved by tbo members In
preparation for aa Immense addltloa to
tbe already large record of bills, which
ft worthing e-er 8.W In n'jmbfir. Th7
vote, lo -tbe 8eoato yesterday, flxlng
oext Tuesdsy for the consideration of
tbe ella,afJtliJujyrisee and alarma tba
ror oot one or toem oreameu) tust me
. . m . . a . . .a
West aad South would be ao nearly
aoaolmoua la Ita anpportv or that the
bill could command so aeeriy a t
thirds majority, Frfende of tbe bill
claim' that the vote spoa Ita passage
will be larger tbaa that east yesterday.
But year reedero may expect o
longed debate before o float Issue Is
reached, aa tbe East 1a a enlt agaloat
tbe other eeetlone la oppoaltloa to their
clalma for remonellaatioo of ajlver. The
week haa been a aula ooe In Con frees.
for authlurlnaccurrsd to cause a rip-.1
pie of excltemeot oatll yaaUrday'a ac
tloa apoa the l Ivor bin.' Tbe. House
haa tranaacted little business, and tbe
Senate atlli less, aa ttaaa aeed vtyttm
poratloa from Ita axevaal ve labors ef last
week wbleb it baa tokaa through ad
journments. Bens tor Cookllbg, la
bate la tbo 8eoate yesterday, said It la.
likely aa adjooromeal over tbe holidays
Will take place before Ibe l&th laatont.
Mr. Blaine la agala la bla seat, bot
reiuroe apparently not much Invigor
ated by bla rustication. Father Time
la not dealing gently with blm, but be
ay bo made of that stern stuff which
baa kept Alexander 8tepbena alive, aad
which enabled Parse a Browulow to re
tain bla Senatorial aeat for y ears, though
afflicted asore oaverely tbaa hundreds
wba eoeeamb to the came dteeaaee. - Aa
wo looked at Mr.Btepheea Wbea ho waa
listening to the reading, of the Presl
dent'a mcesege, aittlng la hie wheel
chair near the reading clerk, wrapped
la bia ehawle wltlj hst on, seemingly a
mere anatomy, a veriest ptnen or lire.
we fancied that wC owed bio presence
alone to the exercise of will, for there la
nothing apparently In bla physical ap
pears nee to warraat the reteotioo of
tail xplrll With llie bo3yTbeyend the
Bight, '
Our lemperaaee people have taken a
Arm stand against the further aale of liq
uors la tbe Hon as aod Senate restaurants,
and have caused tbo lotroductloa of a
stringent prohibiting bill Into tbe House.
Mr. Rahdall took oeeaeioa coder It to
diaelalm all responsibility for this eoe
ditloo of a Sal re, and threw H apoa Con
gress. We will aoon aeo whether a atop
caa ao put lo tlppliog la tbo Capitol J
Every device la resorted to by come of
the members lo get their customary
stimulus from the loncb-rooma. A call
for a certain kind of lea mesne that Ibe
honorable M. C desires a. drink . of
blsky,, and too varloee dodges by
which the roles are violated equal those
of Boston, which, when ander lu law of
prohibition, managed to aupport over
1,000 liqooratorea. .,
A Strang effort le being made by the
ICew-York-bank unto prtnttivr compel
alee to secure the destructloo of ibe
treasury bareaa of printing, nod eooee
queot removal of all printing lo New
York. Horrible tales of crime and eed ac
tion are Imputed to ibe official! In charge
of Ibis bureau, aod If we may believe
tbese Kew York perfeetioeieta, tbe later
cots of morality etooe demand that tbe
Treeeery should cease farther ooaoeo
tioa with mooey printing. . ... '
Mora vlllaloooa alaodera eanaoTweU
bo eoooetved Ibaa tboae oonoocted by
Interested parries .against tbo moral
atatae of ear Treasury womea aod lha
OfBccis ovtrhrnarTirirainiTytoT
CongTseamen, aod whlcfa are la arder toJ
gst charge of government printing. We
vectors to aae. to defeaao ef ladisa, that
there to act a more reputable bod' of
employee la tbe world tbaa tbey. Far
more honest aad Industrious than tha
male clerk a, for oot ooe steals or dabbles
la pelKlea to tbo oxciosloa of leg"'
work; and with a rigid core exercised
to preveat Improper women being em
ployed aaaoog them, It Is a great out
rage to charge the mam with lieeoUoai
LA sea. We knew aeo res of ibe purest aad
best ol womeo lo tbla bureau whom pov
erty baa forced there to earn bread for
tUsm selves aad families. - Fxlixv
Washlngtoa, D. O, Dec. 7, 1877.
Tira'AiRMY or Dtrpxa axd Victims.
A Baa Frauelseo paper saya that no lees
ibaa zo.uuumsa live tberc on tbe pro
ceeds of stock gambling. Tbe recent
turn of about a million la Ophir all
comes oot of that poor, blind, aud faltt-
out fell a oca upon cliauoa never realliod, 1
but wbleb arreste tbe generoue spirit ol
industry and thrift. Block gambling
ra no bouest relatloo to tbo greet
work of opening up nnd developing the
blddeo wealtb of tbe loines or ibis coast.
Oo the contrary, it Is a bastard, which,
making raise prvteuaiona to tne ngnt
to tbe tbroue, eoliats aa Irregular army
in i nan.araia.1 raeruiia vm
he, lor the most
I""' '"" r"7 "7 v way, '"
I IhmJf nlu-a ta ha flllatf k
their places to be filled by fresh levies
from the ranks of the credulous, the
covetous, aod tbe si an pis. Ita bard aud
erual exactions fall with crueblog
weight anon loose least able to endure
the tax which tbe broker demands, even
i the daurbter of tbe bone lemti
bleb erlse for "more, mors P Tbe
path along which the ayatem haa tree
eled since Ita oraanlxation la marked by
tbe red flsg of tbe auctioneer, tbe ate-
uea Bag of tbe surveyor ol ibe double
track . or bankruptcy end despair,
Ho usee and lota, homesteads aod mer
cantile establishments, family pictures
aod family Jewels, man'a good faun,
and woman' booor, are tbe gbaatly
trophies which It baa' wruog from lu
numberless and ever-loereaaing army
or dupes and victims.
PuairiED Love All men and wom-
sn must lovs something. If our tbougbts
are pure wa love birds, llowera, aud all
beautiful things, in tbeir ooutempia
Ilea ws are baepyi aod theic comes -
our bralo o steady strsngtb. It Is such
a rest from labor to look apoa the fra
grant flowers placed each morolog oo
I .. ... . . i
evidences of thrift ' ood neatness all
about, aa tbese ebildrea of order and
systsm reward the aeneee. It le related
of a man that he called bla wife, who
waa a hundred poonda heavier tbaa be.
hie little darHoe his peftfe Pet People
emlled ol blm because tbey l Bat.ua-
derstana bis actuation tie- held
warm, trusting, loving heart, a great.
aly love all about toe object of that
love, and ao sbe waa bia little pet bia
darling. We ore like ehameleooe, ood
color as we feed meutally. If we love
tbe beautiful, we are bappy. if wa love
tbe coarse, tbe vulxar. tbe objeeta or In
fluences that el vs no sweet mu'a, Mm
ltyyAUBk ? ol;, rfok,i "T1
shrinks Into o boodle of nsilrods to
lacerate tbe mental man,- and we are oo
e direct i
bata beau-
liful world tbla. would bejf all pereooa
would only ornament lltsirhnn.se aud
Ibelr bearta by cultivating aod keeping
alive their love for pels, oo matter what
taeir form or cooaitioo i
John Adams on Womak BcrraAOK.
Tbla la what John Adame aald to bla
wife by letter, lo 1775, to refereuoo to
ber mother's death I . Were Dot ber tat
cote aud virtues too much coofiiisd to
private, social, and domestic life? My
opinion or tbe duties or religion ood
morality oomprebeoda a very ex
tensive connection with society at large.
aod tbe great Interests of the public.
Does not natural morality, and, much
more, Cbriettea Jbenevoleuce. make It
cur indispensable duty to lay ourselves
out to serve our fellow-creel a res, to tbe
utmost of our newer, la promoting aad
op port Cog those great political aystema
and geoeral regulatlooe upon which the
bapplneea of multitude depend T Tbe
benevolence, charity, capacity, aod In
dustry wbleb, exerted la private life.
would make a family, a parish, or a
towu hapny. employed apoo a large
scale, loaopportof tbe great principle
of virtue, aud freedom of political regu
lations, mlgbt secure whole oatlooa and
generations from want, misery, and
contempt. Public virtues and political
aoelillea, therefore, aboald be loeee-
sotly chcrUhedJn oucxhlidrsn ", A ml, I
we would add, la mi ee la m.
Don rstic EcoitoMT. Asthma Take
one-half ouuee of. hydrate potama, put
It loto a pint of water, aad take a tea-
pooarui two or thrse times a day.
raver aod ague una plot of pore
vinegar and eix ounces of salt, mixed.
Drifck eoe-balf bint of the mixture.
ood lo oo boor-take the bolaoce. --
Taking care ef the bands The bands
may be kept emoolh aad white by the
free Bsc of glyeertoo after washing, aod
by frequently rubbing tliem dry in bran
meal. Apply glycerine before retir
ing, and sleep In warm gloveeor wooleo
ml its os. .
Let os tell our lady -friends that la
making their baskets for winter, as a
geoeral thing, they crowd them too
mocb. Tbe roots snnn become an nu-
BJerou sod en tan gTsd lb si tbey are not
reached by ordinary watering, aad, un
less lueroughiy snaked every day or ao.
the plants soon luae their leavea. ttmral
A'ew- Yorker. ,
LlORT LlTEBATTRR. "What la ynor
favorite sulbor, EvallnaT ber old father
asked.-patuifg lha sweet flrra need
wltb bla loving baud.
And - Evelina." with tbe tell-tale
bluebce mantling eaeeke and brew,
looked bashfully over toward where e
by, timid young maa waa Bdgetlug In
rocking-chair, and trying to bide bia
aching feet behind escli other, aud said.
la a voice I rem slow wltb what It meant:
Hleorge'a hand, papa dear." , -"Ueorco
Hand, eb T ' aaid tba I concent
old geollemao, "Oenrgs Band, eh 1 Ls's
see, bo waa a. woman wltb a mao'a
oame, waaa't she T"
-tBo rose tbe world eway.-ftnratrya.
There are nmer oooka and corners yet
left in Old England. A visitor to lha
country psrsne cells howl when be ae-'
u laic the duty
In a remote pariah, tbe sex too 'said:
"Perhaps your rlverence woo't mind
preach I u' I rom tbe ehaocel, for we've
got a duck BlltloJ lo tbo pulpit"
Engliik 8utlstko of Iatsmparaaoa.
From the leal number of the Eugllab
.Puoto Opinio I leora that, aome time
aeo, "a committee waa annotated by tbe
-rjMeuee crsjoreeto inquire into tne
aieneo or inienpperauee amoogioe
nla." Tbla committee- haa recen
mode Its third report, embodying Ibe
evidence glveo byjlweoty oitueaaee, lo
o book
of
over three
hundred pages.
Thla report -thcJutfy Teltgntpk saya
eeotalne a very Instructive reewrd of
facta, figures, al leg at ions, and opinlona,
and pa res tbe rlcii luebrlatee no more
Ibaa tbe Indigent, sola; aod the occa
sional pibaloua habile of ladles la 'so
ciety' are dissected aa mercilessly os the
Cbroolcdroakenness of fallea womep."
-l no witnesses eonslsted of I wo coooaa
and o beneficed elel-gymaa of tbe estab
lished enorca, o totuolle priest, a mem
ber of tbe House of. Com mono, three
I cent physicians, and aome magis
trates and private gentleman, who were
nr less adveealss ef a peetly pro-
h (bit ton. Of the testimony sriveu by
tbese several witnesses, that of Professor
Leone Levi and Sir William Gull Is en
titled, ot least, to o Rood decree of coo-
alderatlon. And seems to i have com
manded tbe largest ahareW attention
from the English press.
Ibe t'rofeaaur. w bo le a careful atatle-
Hctooroxpneea the very considerable CfJ
aggeratlou In the statistics usually glveo
oy tne leetotaiera. Accord I ni la his
calculations, of tbe eleven hundred mill
ion (a I loos or beer annually enoeemed
la tbe Kingdom, only two buodred mil
lone caa be aet dowo aa tbe eonsumn-
fllda of tbo Intemperate, ood, of the
forty-two mllMoa aallona of spirits.
about nine milltooo appsar to be the
chare of tbe Intemperate. Tbs total An
nuai expenditure of tbe nation oo alco
holic drinks aipears to be abotrtr six
nuodred and Oily millions of dollara.
But, of tbla, nearly two-thirds goes loto
tbe national treasury as duty, or loto
tbe pockets of the brewers, distillers aod
letoilera, leavlog o little more thao two
hundred million dollara aa tbe actual
lose to tbe nation as o whole, of the
forty millions of population. Distrib
uting this exaeudllure among the vari
ous elaasee of society to accordance with
tbe statistics that caa be gut at, be eaii
males that the expenditure of the work
ing classes for alcoholic drinks la Just
about equal to tbeamouot paid for rente.
net piemutlugbiram.mvTrepari
aiailaiica. rrofeeeur-ljsvl says that
drunkards, though but a Small fraction.
are numerous enough end cause aufB
social prooiem, and to juaiiiy ail uie at
tention mat baa been etveo it. .
sir vt iiiiam uun, poysioian to ins
0..n ... l .kal f-a. Iff
2i iiT: SZ i Vll
aaya be does oot believe lo tbe eaiab
w--w w w oaae-va wuimvmi svesi eaeaa i
or that dlDualoo of drinking bi
among tbe better classes, and especially
among women, nf which eertala enters
have lately made so much, tie says
that, la bla exlenalve practios amoug
tbe higher classes, he has found abstem
iousness or actual ahetluencc moreoom-
moa tbaa In aay other rank. .In apeak
lag of the effeete of alcoholic drinks, be
aaya "that winner spirits taken between
meals are alwava aiul r.ril....l-,l- I..I..- t
rloua, and that atlmulanta ean never!
promote InUllsetusI labor, even If they (
coo really sustain - thrwtreogth
of
aavvisa-draymfb, aud barvsstera,
-or-la
other mea . whose bodily strsugh
Sharply taxed; at the same time It c
not be doubleJlbata moderate uuantltv
of aloobol. taken with or Immediately
after food, ia a wholesome or, at worst, a
harmless Indulgence." .
I base selected these Items from the
newspapsr notice of tne "House of
Lords' oommlttec'a report opoa Intem
perance among the people." because
tbey are Interesting aa facte aud aa opl
loos of tiM bigbeaV authority, and- b
caOaa they aeeiu to me aaggestlveof
line or work tbet need to be token up
by the temperance advocates of tbls
country.. Ws need facts la regard to
the driuking habile of tbe wealthier
classes, which ean bo best obtained from
pbysiolaos and piiesta, and perhapa from
tbe proprietor of fashionable botela.
A few months age I asked n former pro
prietor of one of tbe largest New York
botela bla oplolon la regard to the prev
alence of lotemperate habits among
Amerlcoo women In fashionable society,
and from no ooe have I ever heard the
ease put lo a more apualllog light I
could ooly oooaole niyaelf with the
thought that be bad aeeu the wont bod
aot the average slate of affaire. The
people who frequent hotels most would
oot represent the average of the social
aod domestic fidelity of the rook to
which their wealth would essigo them.
From abt.ijaentCetbiUa.prliTia oowl.l
probably be obul nod the beet statement I
ia reffsrd to the women of that church. I
aad physioiaoe of Integrity could, fur-
nieb ae with luvaluabie facte from all
ran ka of life. But this Information
eoum oe ooiaioeu -oniy inrougn lite lo-
wiiiuuin i inov lunveuiiai a no i
properly authorised committee Marg
JZ liteda to Woman.' Journal.
CARLTLi 6lt JOB I call the Book of
Job, apart from all theorise about It,
ooe of tbe grandest tilings ever wrltlea
wuo a pen. uue feel, Indeed, aa ir It
were not Hebrew ouch a ambia anlver-
aality, dlflereol from noble patrtotlem
or aectarlBBlsm, rclgne In It A noble
book I All meo'c book I It le our first.
oldest statement of the nreee-eodlng
problem, man'a deetlny, and Ooda ways
with hi m hsro aa this earth. A bd-ott
lo such free, flowing outlines; grand to
Ita aim pi Icily bud epic melody and re-
pose of reconcilement. There Is the
j .. -
ng eye, theldly aodenrtandlog
heart; ao true every 1 war: true eve-
eight, aad vlsloo for all things, material
things bo lees tbaa aplritaai; tbe horse
-nasi iboo Clothed bla neck with
mender r'
hs laughs at the abakTng of f
tbeapear! Boeb living likenesses were
oever ye arawo. nuoiime sorrow, sub-
me reeooclllatioo; eldest choral mel
ody oa of tbe heart of mankind; ao efl
and greet, as Ibe cummer alghi, aa tbe
orld w lib Ita aeee and stars I TlMrre le
nothing written, I thlak, lo tbe Bible cr
out of It, of equsl lltersry merit
The truly good Dracoo Duacaa. af Pea
rranciaco, defsoited to tbe tooe of r
million. Borne veara ace whea an edi.
tor daej to suggest that fraud mlgbt be
Aaeoeiaied wiib bia oame. tbe worthy
deaeoo ooed for libel, and the wtehed
alitor waa lea prisoned. Tbaa are the
unrighteous evertbrown.
Perhepe the long I letter mt record
Waa one recently mailed at lloroelis-
vllle. Mew York. It wa three feet I
eleven Ittchea long, aad eighteen Inches I
wide, aad required sixty eeeta postage.
jHaw Tlay JQllsd tkcVidow'g Only log.
Among the early memoriae that link
me to my childhood's daya, tberc Is ooe
inai time " " at.nt-.1 y.
after tbe laoso of nan. u elsirflv
doea It come before me, that Ume oseme
to turn oacaward la Its flight, aod I am
again a mars child, etaudlug wltb a
group or ehtldren'arouud the eubool
room door, talking la low, bushed tones
of one who Itee dead lo a house aeroaa
tbe street. And then timidly venturing
to the door, we are led iote tbe room
where tbe body Use shrouded for the
grave. , - .
How well I remember the feel log of .
awe that came over me aa I looked apoa r
the face ao while aod ell 1 1, aad bow for
daya It haunted me; but not until alter
years did 1 leefoefrem my mother'o Hps
tbe and story coooected with this osaa'a
life. He waa tbe only sou of a widowed
mother, a youoe mao of esnemua in.
puises bimi talented mloU
arobbd brnfThat Jsarfa! habit, tbe love
oi m roug oriua, bad woveo ae flrmly, ao
closely, -4 bat I had oot etreagia to -break
tba cbalus that bound blm.
'He come uAeo to my father'a house,
aod my mot tier had deep sympathy for
blm. ttbe oald that for weeks ood
sncnetlmve mouths hs would never teste
ofJI.uor Hut Aa-soms wagnarded mov. 1
meal be would yield to tbe power of the
tempter, and having once lasted tbe lo-
tosieauug oraugbt, be loet oil control
over bla appetite, aod tbea would follow
daya of drunken carousal. "And oh V -aald
abe, "I have seen him weep aa ooly
""" wear can over toe oegradat lou to
which he bad fallea, ao deeply did ho T
feel bia dUgraoe which these bacoho
oaliao revsis brought upon blm.!! .
One Tllght A meaaanear lum- I m -.ft
il5?f, my PfUlM, telUag liteea that
iiiiam, ror mat waa tbe youog mao'a
naiuv, uau taaen poison, and waa dying.
Father baateoed to hla aide, and every
effort waa made to save bis life, but all - '
la veto ore morning downed bo waa
motion lees la death. It was a eoiamn "
event, and east a gloom over the whole '
eommuoity. Even the aalooo-koepere
were horror-struck at tbe work tbey had '
wrought, aod aomo of them ceased to
deal out Ihaeoul-deetroylng beverage to '
tbeir fellow men. ."
Mourolnr frienda bora hla hodv to tha
home of bia mother, and laid it beelde
la .is t nar,. a a o to ae-peTtBeT His re m-
Iter's victim: one who. to aaean thmtr
toila, despairing of ever conquering tbe
ppeiiw o wnicn tney were constantly
appealing, bad, loa moniant of angtilttt,.
totn takCll a llrauebk Lbat
ut bla soul, u seal led. Into tbo nraa.'
euoe of bla Maker. Ob, ia tbe daye of
'. " - Will inSf
i required Toor, Womam WurxU,
BvsixEsa la BuaiKaa.-A reporter oil
the local editluu of tbo Dauhury A'cmc
weut to aeo the yuuug lady bo la 1
ing company with. Sunday evenlne.
Sbe met blm AVibe door wltb a color
less iaee.
3. Tom P aba otUmL la u ll.l.wl
voTcer "we have had ucb a scare I Ma
waa coming dowa eialra and abe caogbt
her . foot tu the earuet and want lha
wnole lengtn "
' f"doui- snouted the excited youth;
Z.a. fTu,, hie bip pocket for
bla note-book . while h e'WhlniMaif oiil a
I mini I fmin anmhsr rstcso "Now atr
outgo oo, Matilda I go oo, bet bo col ml
fit, . II 1 1 1 I Zaka.
- -TT r-rniuii XVI 11 nsr i
vraciou. no r
'Break ber beck 9 Prnah hae k ll e
neeaim, oecatmi rot tbs asks Of sci
ence, be calaa !"
''Why, Tom," gasped the girt, fright
ened by bla impetuosity, -"It waaa't ae-
nm waa "
Waaa't aertoua V be gaaped, la toriul
"Do you mean to aay aha didn't braok
anything, after all tbe fwae r'
"W ny, certainly not She never hurt
herself o bit"
"Well," ejaculated the young .man,
with ao cxpreealoa of disgust oa bia
face, ae be eadly restored tbe book ood
pencil to their places, "tbat'a all a wom
an know about buaioees."
"The pure administration of Jaatlce.
saya tbe Pblladelphto Lmtgf. "tbo
aaaloua proseeotiowof rogues aud erlm-
loals, ore mallera that ooueera the wei- '
fare of society; and in all such, all wom
eo end the mothers of children, ao lose'
Ihao the fattier, are vitally Interested. "
The bouest custody of tbe public funds
n . . - "w .
wm ia wotnao taxoeverae dlfwntle-
as the man.-" Tbea why should later-
iigent meo Heel tstc to Invite their wives,
mothers, and aletere lo a fulf and fair
equality before the lew 7 From the rode
partisaua who seek to control tba ballot
la i iei t
Mil little to el oectf bet whea mea ore
sufficiently ' clear-ele-htad ta eiMMaia.
that ber interest lu good government le
tbeaame aa their own, why keep bock
the elective franchise Please rise to a
iqueetwo or privilege ood explvla.
Carefully prepared ststislies shaar
that there ore over 600,000 drunkarda la
the Culled Mtatee. aod that 70.0UO dia
aooually, who go to the grave of a
drunkard. Every year 100.0U0 ea aad
womea are aeut to orison aoder lha la.'
Queues of Intoxication, while 800 mur-
dare and etg, suicides eeeur from tbe
same .cause. Two hoodrsd thousand
orphans are aooually throws anon lha
eharity of the world by tbla earae of ta
temperaooa. i loe-teolbs of our Crime,
oos lose maa eeveo-eigbte ef tbe
'blsky, ood tbet at aeost lo tbo gov
eromeuf-besldvs ludlvldual waat of
then tX),0u0,0U0 every year.
The enduring odor of mask la marveU "
oos. Wbea Jfestioion, la 638, reeerilt
what la now tbo aaosque of Bk Sophie,
the mortar waa charged with musk, aod
to this day tbo atmospbsre of the build--
fag to filled with tbe odor,
Somebody i
nebedy meekly laqalrec bow maay .
but toe will probably bo added 'e -loves.
Ae It la, be Co a, plains tbt.t
more
Rldaglovse. As It Is, be Co a, plains tbt.t
ne baa to get op ao hour earlier oo Sun
day morning, ao aa to Hud time to bOV
loa hla wife' a kid glovea be furs eberoh.
Tall ear let lea of trvea arc far Btore
ouaaereue amoog ao tbaa ia Europe.
There are not more lha a forty klude
there that a tula a blgbl of thirty feet,
whereas la" North America there are
140.
aa nroc
l-iweT;'1tTWnn"arST"Tolfow
that
sbe make a gmd ssstcb.
Womeo who read neweiiepers are al-
way bright, good aatured, aud full of
com moa seose,