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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1878)
l)t $m tie rf ijii? csi. FRIDAY.!. .. APRIL 26, IS7S. XOTIC'K. rvwresMMidenU. In onler to inure prompt attention to their communications, aboeld ad dress all letters containing remniBneesoTnmi ,,r for ttublieaUon to tbe New Nohthwkht. Letter intended for Mm. Dnnlway or Mr. Co- burn should be addres-ed to them personally, without reference to the paper. WOMEN JMOBED. The recent course of lectures delivered io this oity by Dr. Smith, of Brooklyn, were interesting, amusing, and instruct ive ia many ways, yet we wonder if it youth to middle life, from middle life to hoary age they had toiled toiled without recompense for their earnings, all went to sustain and build up others, and when at last their tottering limbs would no longer bear them about to perform unpaid labor, they found them selves unwelcome Inmates of homes that to them were no homes. In child hood no educational advantages were given them ; they were girls. Iu early womauhood they received nothing for their labor; they were tcire. In middle life with years of toil behind them, uo money nor lands nor houses had they; they were women. In age no cheery nook called home gave them welcome; they were simply indigent females, the two words Iu the language most sug EDITORIAL OOBBESPONDENOE. on to a certain post ofllco till he had ll.l 1.1 If r..l .roll DeakReadebs or THENrw North whst: ic " A. fortnight prior to the subjoined "'S" plunged tue nation into civh war. date, the peregrinating portion of the Hut the ungrateful conimonweaiui re- XoKTUWEsr stair, accompanied by bas- mauueu mm io me suauea o !... ket and bundle, boarded the train for 'e mis time, in spue or nispersisieucy, Southern Oregon and Intermediate wuue mey siaugniereu yet oiuen. win. points, aud got as far as Oregon City agreeable uncertainty, '1 ho convention under the happie.it auspices, having en- wouiu lire useii out once iu u. Joyed, during the dav, a pleasant so- with the laborious use or the paper journ at the quiet village of Clackamas, messengers, aud would Ihen adjourn to J 1 .1 t . It.!... TTV II.. Uaii In the company ot W. A. Mills and CUBUKC ""uiuates. nunj lffl trhi.Mtf.nil the Dost office, station w- D- Hare of Astoria, was ahead on and store, and Mrs. Bailey, who keeps l,,e uut' uuJ ou,i' lacked one vote of PBONTIEE SKETCHES. NO. 3. occurred to me women wuo lormea per- Mt, P of abject misery, of hopeless des- i i m i. at t in iu . naps one-nan oi eaou auuience now m- , ,,. viewing this dreary and too tie encouragement they received; in short, how completely they were ig nored. Is it possible that the "humor ous folks" have always been all men that the "successful folks" have all been men? the "old-time folks" all men? This last supposition Is really too much, as it annihilates at one fell swoop those venerable crlterlons of all excellence, "our grandmothers." Tli ft leatura on "Successful Folks" accurate picture on tbe one baud, and tbe thoughtful kinduess and beneficence of the woman mentioned In tbe first paragraph above, our heart goes out toward her Iu gratitude for tbe careful anticipation of the needs and wants of indigent, infirm, and aged women, whom life detains after usefulness has said to them, "Adieu, until we meet be yond the river." Worthy of nil honor are women who, being able to provide was not embellished from Unit t Iast COmforts of home for a number of the by even a feminine pronoun, and wane aged auj nrjrrn 0f tbetr owu sex, neg Commodore Vanderbilt was DemgeuiQ- Iect not to do g0 guoh wm not be greed aud held up as a flnanolal model, haunted by tue fearfui decree, not one worn was sum ui w Ye knew your duty, but ye did It not: mother of his twelve cuiiureu, uusc thrift and cood management as Inn keeper gave him his flrst start on the broad highway of financial success. What use for women to listen to pre- the hotel. These are about the only business enterprises visible iu the little burg, though a church and sohool-bouse give evidence of intellectual enterprise, and the good villagers are hospitable aud wideawake. the two-thirds majority necessary to a choice. We thought wo had trapped our candidate sure, but, alas for the uncertainty of woman's expectations when she depends upon the votes of men to secure them! though our Hare An ex-governor carried our jiouderous rati like a veritable rabbit through the basket from the Oregon City depot to the pleasant home of our progressive and intelligent friends, the Chase's, where he left us toeujoy their agreeable society while he wended his way to the hotel and political headquarters ; for It first course, a Beak-ed man overtook hitn on the homestretch, and Mr.Beek man was declared the unanimous nom inee! Such is fate, fame, or fortune. On Thursday evening there was a rati ficatlou meeting, at which, Judge Pee- ' li ; i . ... l . 11.. was convention times for Clackamas "-'3 Iiuiug, -ir. juues oiauu au u.o potintv. and the lords of the realm were auJ "baustive address, iu which, had husllv enured in seltltnr their baohe- 110 but Klven tue women an earnest of lnn' ball in Hnmn ..nmhlanao of order, H'tica! recognition, ho would have Frldav helm? convention dav did uot 1,0,10 faultlessly well. But, like Senator rfntpr no from rallimr at business offices Mitchell on a like occasion, he forgot if, nn Main alrt. where rnanv renewal "! whether we forgive him or not will subscriptions were tratbered for the peo- depend upon how nle'a narter. a cointnoditv which most Srcss nf our readers declare to bo as necessary in their homes as bread. nominee lor prosecuting AH HOUE WITH CORRESPONDENTS. A gentle but independent lady writ Ing us from Yamhill takes us to task certs and theories which profess to be for sending tbe bill for subscription to guide-boards on tue roou to success, yet uuauauu, iuu u. us.... leave tbem hopeless of achievement be- There are two reasons why we some- c. r i.l t i tlmoa .In tl.tu. tlia firfit la Mint mfltlV hum tiisv are women i iuum uouoi 'u,jr . j have told us of Rosa Bonheur and the women sign their namea Mrs. Henry or ineleoees of purpose and indomitable George or John Smith, a proceeding, in eiuOTv that have clven her precedence our estimation, in extremely bod taste. among the great animal painters of the In looking over the books to make out -riri And is there nothing in the oms, me niascunuo cognomen is ou- lifo f Sarah Josenha Hale, of Eliza- served, aud the bill rendered accord- betu Barrett Browning, of MarlaMItch- ngly. The second reason is that nine out ell. of Caroline Hersbell, of Catherine ot every ten uusoanus carry tuo mmiiy I r i I.l a -I r tl.. Rlrwik. or of Harriet Beeeher Stowe iunus, anu must, ue apjwaieu io uirecuy ' C3 v that savors of success or encourages em uiatlou? A lecture on Mich a subject that en tirely ignores women is about as chill ing to their enthusiasm as are the usual "last day" exhortations of the commit tee men who visit the schools, to the In order to reach a settlement. Our Yamhill friend, however, uses her share of tbe family funds in her own way, as tbe following extract from her letter shows : 'My husband attends to the settle ment of his own bills; I attend to mine. he treats us in Con It is a foregone coucluslou that ho will bo elected. Hon. J. F. Copies, attorney for Our work In Oregon City-uuder-the- hill being accomplished, that of the city-on-the-hlll next followed. The homes of Professors Worthiugton and Stevenson were visited, where we learned of the gratifying success of tbe academy over which they and several ladles pre' side. Then visits at the homes of Hons. W. Cary Johuson and F. O. McCowan wero in order, tbe time being occupied in conversation on all practical quea tions, from house-keeping and orua mental gardening to national govern ments and State aud county officers. Xor did we neglect to consider babies, bread and butter, pull-backs, potent rights, aud legal literature. the fourth district, uext addressed the audience In his usual felicitous way, and made even his defeated opponents happy. Theu came the ponderous and would-be prominent post office man o Yamhill, iu respouse to a loud call from a score of fellows who left the hall as soon as he began to address tbem, As a statistician, Watts is intolerably tedious, loud, disiugeuuous, aud bluu derlng. Nature never cut him out for a statesman. She meant him to stick to rolling saw-logs, a business for which he is admirably builded. Theu there's not a voice iu Amenou cuu equal nis ior cattle-driving. Womeu are not tbe only creatures that sometimes get out -irU. who have at least kent nace in When 1 una my part oi tne iunus get learning with their brothers during the ting low, i economize wuen aim term. Boys, as we all know, are ai- JuuBUJOUfc""-,"co """"''" wavs assured on these occasions that "Im. bo please semi tne uiu to me anu I . It V Air.. .llu.t Iml.utrim.a nnn-llnnllnn In tllplr UlSCOUlinue UUUI 1 UUUiy juu, studios 'will bring them great things In uopo and believe will be soon. I shall tl. fntiira. Th.v mav be statesmen, miss your paper more mu m. .c... lwvrs. doctors, ministers, aud even but there are many things in life that m-f.hirn..mhrmvMtRln totlie we miss, and feel that we cannot w. 1 . ... ... i.i rrun iimi ..i-ia wituoui. yet me moves uu jusv io nntwAtdun nf lioinrr in at nRniilnl; tnlmirn. I BBHIC. as ready to apply themselves, and as uni uas oeen etieenuuj ,euuc., I 1 lit. a ...11. n ..Ti to staml wll in their classes as 3 oruereu. e regrei io nri. rtl.B .vf,. look on in discomfited si- old and valued friend even for a time, !, while a brilliant future Is thus JM. as one oi me great ibkhius iub n.lt fr tlmlr hrntlmni. Tf the NORTHWEST enueavors irom weeh. iu stoker be not too fearfully obtuse to week to teach Is tbe proper exercise of take In the situation, he will notice the luuiviuum JUuSiuCuw .u uuu.. yearnlng expectancy in the bright eyes ters, we are glad always to see tbe les- of the girls, and thinking to propose a son appneu, auu are sure iu u,c.u torall thalr disannolntmenta in engineering of household matters will life, he hastens to assure them paifon- shortly evolve the three dollars for uext iilocly tuat they must study bard so year's subscription they will make fit wives for these com Saturday tnorulug found us too 111 to l their sphere pursue our journey. What a nuisance human avoirdupois becomes wheu its constaut accumulation brings no ade quate Increase of strength to support It, while it yet falls to ward off the neces sity for constaut active effort to float the financial part of the sutl rage move ment! he trip to Southern Oregou was in definitely postponed, and we returned ing heroes. wonder tbat so many women are helpless nonentities when their early aspirations and efforts to be somebody and do something are thus frostbitten by the egotism and arrogance tbat wait upon tbe aristocracy of sex. And no wonder tbat women who go to hear nn eminent lecturer discourse upon "Suc cess" feel disappointed and discouraged when he places men only on the royal road, and points to men only as having ever reached tbe dazzling goal a goal to wuieh, under tbe operation of equal laws, honest and persistent effort will carry men and women impartially. A lecture on "Folks" of any kind tbat ut terly Ignores the existence of women, or their part in the great life battles that are fought, would perhaps do fora world fcueh as Milton made his Adam yearn for a world peopled with "spirits mas culine" and such a world would need leaturers of divlue ability and power to point out for them tbe road to success, If they ever traveled it. WOBTHY 0F HONOE. Mrs. Fletcher Harper has bought the Sea Shore Cottage, a large building about one mile north of Long Braueh, as a borne for infirm women connected with Harper Brother's publishing house in New York. Mrs. Harper was the originator of the enterprise, and will have tlie entire supervision of the es tablishment. It is only of late years that woicon have been tbe recipients of the systematized charity of humanita rians, or of the bequests for special pur poses, even of women. Hence, it is es pecially gratifying to uote tbe Instances that now frequently occur wherein the needs and merits of women are consid ered when bequests are made or great institutions planned. We remember having read, If memory serves us correctly, in Irving's "Astoria" an account given by travelers in the great aud trackless western wilds, who came suddenly upon a little wreath of blue smoke iesulng from a sort f cave, ...I appreMklni; fouud an aped and de- .eplt Indian votnan crouvued alone i er tbe embers, " itfa rwUnc worn to nktn and bone, i Aud wrmpfied IB inoot defeasing rag." Destitute of everything it seemed that could be used to sustain life, she had been abandooed because of her helpless items and age to starve in tbe desert. Scarcely lew mnrable aDU" destitute has mauy a woman within the pale of . lizatiou oroDched in unwelcome ci.io.mey corners, made every day to f t! that they had outlived their use fu.uehs, their hearts quivering cou--acty itcnuse of tbe rankling fuugs of toothed unkindness." From But what have we next? Just the opposite of the above. A Mrs. Melissa, of Benton county, whose name has ap peared on our books for several years, sends tbe following plaint in the cramped chirograph' of her proxy Mr." Melissa: "Your paper'is tinctured two mutch with spiritual ism for me bee sure and stop it when the time is out." Perhaps if "Mr." Melissa would take a few lessons iu spelling ho would be able to read morennderstandingly. We offer this as a suggestion well worthy of trial, and promise, as we part company with him, that when we deliver a lec ture on "Bigots" we will send him a tloketof admission duly labeled "Admit one." A German correspondent, not a sub scriber, sends us a note which we are unable to decipher, but from tbe best knowledge we can gain of it, It seems to be a complaint that in the list of post offices published for Clackamas county Boone's Ferry Is omitted. These little post towns spring up like Jonah's gourd in so many localities mat we uo not nriend to keen account of them. If subscribers aud friends residing In such places will, after rubbing their eyes aud surveying the wonderful growth some morning, take the trouble to post us ill l.tt.t. al. . I- eonoerninir "it. we win puunsu tueir items cheerfully. In the meantime, we will atone for past neglect of Boono's Ferry by publishing the following, which accompauled the above letter: "Charles WIlsou, postmaster and mer chant at this place, proposes to lay out forty acres of land on tbe river for a town site, and the embryo city has al ready been christened Wllsonvllle." A postmaster's blank, telling briefly tbat a subscriber has "left the place," comes next. Turning to the books, we find he had paid up, so we draw our pencil through his name, and pick up a dainty sheet of note paper about three Inches long, feeling that we have stum bled upon something disagreeable. Sure enough ! A man says to us, "My wife cannot read your paper longer. I will not allow ittooomeiuto my bouse." After this tbe fellow has the effrontery to sign himself, "Yours very reqfecta ble." Kot if we are a ludce of tyrants; but we cancel out "my wife's" name, without feeling at all as if we were at tending the funeral of the New Nokth wkst. A letter from Slaughter, Washington Territory, containing a renewal, a new subscription, and words of cheer; an other from Xeedy congratulating us on our safe return, and closing with kind wishes for future health and prosperity; (several containing money orders In re sponse to bills, aud a roll of "Editorial Correspondence," whleh warns us to cut this short, that "ye Chief may be heard to Portland to help with the spring house-cleaning and take a rest. To add to our leisure we were placed on a committee to get up an entertainment for the benefit of the open temperance meetings; and the visits, persuaslous, arguments, contrivances, and so forth, necessary to secure the services of cer tain elocutionists, musicians, orators, and tbe like, were crowned with grati fyiug success; and wa repaired to the regular meeting on Saturday night to make the announcement for the forth coming literary aud social jubilee, when a letter from tbe finance committee of the Y. M. C. A., from which the tern perauce society rents the hall, aud for whose financial benefit we were really doing the work, offeuded our sense of justice aud blew the whole arrungemeut, so far as wo are concerned, into smlth eresns, by demands for consultation with them as to the character of tbe proposed entertainment, ere we should be allowed to announce it. If the good Ix)rd can't hold us level without the intervention of Wadhams, Warren, Macrum, or any other man, he'll uot be apt to succeed witli their assistance, much as they may feel disposed to oiler it. And, if In the half-dozen years which we have spent before tbe Portland public, they have so far held themselves aloof from our work that they do uot know that we will never do, or sanction anything not even a prize fight that would desecrate a Y. M. C. A. hall, it is time they step dowu aud out, aud make room for those who do know it. But the reader will excuse us. Our wrath was bottled at the temperance meeting, and now we have effervesced here, so we are serene again. Theeutertalnment beiugoffour mind, we did some morebousc-cleuulng, wrote chapters of the serial story, letters of business, and so forth, aud on the fol lowing Wednesday, being partially re covered from the fit of illness, took the train for Salem and the Republican Convention The solous who guard the liberties of their constituents, aud all the savans who can't, but want to, were on hand in large numbers wheu we reached the Opera House. The crowd, though mostly of tbe masculine order, was well be haved and harmonious, barring the In cessant suioklug of a few of the un washed aud unterrified, who were at last led to yield their pipes to tbe stress of decency by a gentle reminder from a Portland delegate, who Informed them that there were ladies present. Then came the natural query: If the mere presence of a few respectable womeu can settle a large body of law-makers into the temporary observance of the proprieties of life, what may we not hope for when women, armed with the power of acknowledged citizenship, shall take their rightful position everywhere? As the proceedings and results of the convention will be published In all tbe State papers, and a summary of candi dates given In the news items of these columns, we will only soy here that Mr. Hiues, n gallant Woman Suffragist, and our choice for Congressman, led oil on the first ballot, and handsomely 'out distanced his anxious competitors. The balloting for governor was not so easily finished up. To watch the result of the different ballotlngs as they ran, a thoughtful woman could not but won der at tbe vacillation of her protectors, There was but one man who never said die as long as he could get a vote, and he was already famous through holding We suppose it must have been in or der to give the meeting "tone" that wo were Invited to follow the doctor, which we did, iu a short address, thank ing the Republican committee for lead ing the van In thus publicly acknowl edging woman's right too seat on its platform, aud a place In tbe delibera tions of the arbiters of her destiny. On Friday wo hod the pleasure of meeting the officers and members of the Marlon County Woman Suffrage Association In the Opera House, where a harmonious season was spent In de bates, for particulars of which, see miu utes, published next week. Then, iu the evening, notwithstanding a driving rain, wc met a good audience, and dis coursed upon the "Political Situation," his excellency the governor and stall honoring the meeting with their pres ence, as did almost all the leading geu tlemeuof thccapital city. Owing to the severe storm aud tbe general prevalence of sickness amoug the children, there were comparatively few ladles present, though there was a fair audience, aud much enthusiasm. Mine host, S. F. Matthews, of the Chemeketa Hotel, Is overrun with busi ness. His pleasant rooms afford home like accommodations for his numerous guests, and his capable wife oversees a small -army of servants in their various departments, evincing more skill in the management of the house than Is re quired of a governor to run a State. We noticed a new departure iu tho dining-room witli which we are much pleased. A bevy of bright, intelligent women are employed as table-waiters. Tho Commercial Hotel is also crowded with guests, aud the hotel business Is at a premium. The grand opening at Conn's variety store is tho finest exhibit of tbe kind we have ever witnessed in Salem. The Milllcau millinery emporium Is nlso first class, and tho Immeuse mercantile house of Breyman Brothers displays a magnificent stocli of merchantable com modities which clerks and proprietors alike delight In exhibiting for the grat ification of customers. From the nmount of business being transacted by Messrs. Kced & Cox, real estate agents, we infer that lands are looking up In price, despite the effiux toward Eastern Washington. But this letter has alreatly outgrown all due pro portions and must end, like all subluuary endeavors. To-morrow (Sunday) we are to visit the State prison to talk to the convicts. To-nluht (Saturday) we will attend the opeulug temperance meeting at the Congregatloual Church, If not too tired. How we wish we could regain the old-time endurance! April 20, 1STS. A. J. D. OHBISTIANOHABITY. ' Wbt merey secret penltenee may wlu. How do we knonr The true prlnclploof Christian charity Is evolved In the following words, iu which the Churchman makes mention of Mr. Burton: "The bishop has de posed from the ministry of tbe church the Rev. George Burton, tbe late head roaster of the Grammar School. Mr. Burton has left Oregon and gone to Cal ifornia. We have no heart to speak of the deep disgrace which tbe man has brought upon himself, nor of the sorrow his siu has caused his brethren. We can only hope that he may live long enough to thoroughly repeut and make some restitution, by a noble life, for the great evil be has done In the iast." The Mountain Sentinel, published at Union, is the only Democratic journal published in the Slate, so far as we know, that favors equal rights and gives space to arguments aud articles In advocacy of Woman Suffrage. We commend that Journal to those who de sire a paper from that great "wonder land" kuown as Eastern Oregon. BY -V. O. S. RBDNA. I traveled briskly forward during the day, determined to put as much terri tory between me and the Indian village as possible, and at night lay down to sleep with only the scant 'grass for a bed. A darker night I never experi enced; no moon, no stars were to be seeu; uo distant fires illumined the horizon in any direction, and not even a friendly fire-fly deigned to stripe with variety tbecurtaiusof that dismal night, Fatigued as I was, I must soon have fallen into oblivious slumber, bad not the sepulchral stillness suddenly been brokeu by the harrowing screams or a pack of gaunt and hungry wolves. One of these sneaking scavengers of the desert, perched hut a few feet from me, first broke forth Iu a shrill uosal wail, and sliding dowu the chromatic scale an octave or more, began with sharp staccato to skip about, till scores of others, hidden by the black darkness, jolued their discordant voices In hideous refrain; then all the grating claugor rolled and jarred and swelled upon the midnight air, to be echoed and re-echoed by environing cliff and crag back upon my tortured ears. Nor did they cease to pipe forth their execrable notes Until the mora, with rocy hand, unbarred the Kates or light." Often did I see their eyeballs glaring like balls of fire but a few paces from me, or bear with a sickening sense of helplessness tbe ominous griudlng of their savage jaws, as though wliottlng their fangs for immediate use. And once during tbe uight, while probably quarreliug over the division of my car cass, they came tumbling with soul- chilling snap and snarl so near my bed that I speedily crept to one side, shud derlng. But morning came at last, aud I con tinued forwaid on my trackless way notwithstanding I realized, from the experiences of the past night, that my journey was fraught with dangers of which I bad not thought before at tempting it, I expected to suffer from hunger, thirst, and fatigue; I expected to be exposed to tbe furious storms of that wild region, and to run the gaunt let of unrelenting savages as I traversed au unknown extent of Inhospitable wilderness; but It never eutered my mind that If I should fall asleep at uight I should be devoured by prowling wolves. But my motto was "liberty or death," and I determined to brave every danger necessary to secure the in estimable boon of freedom. LAto iu the day I was surprised to see a scurvy-looking dog come whining up to me. He was a miserable-looking our, neither wolf nor dog, and bis home less, famished, aud forlorn condition would have protected him from the operation of any code of dog laws now in existence. I had had, to say the least, a toleration of vagrant canines from my boyhood, aud at divers times had innocently furnished specimens of the genut eanit for my good father to exercise his inordinate bump of de structiveness upon, aud when this rep resentative of an oppressed race came so humbly suing for protection aud compauiouship, my old Instinct asserted itself, and I proceeded ot once to bestow upon him a liberal share of my meager store of dried meat. Stopping soon after, I sought to cultivate tbe acquaint ance of my new companion. His coun tenance betokened little Intelligence or amiability, nor was his appearance In any way particularly prepossessing. Uncanny as was his exterior, however, his moral nature proved even more un lovely; for no sooner did I essay to lay my hand caressingly upon his searred back than with angry growl he brought bis lank Jaws together with the energy of a steel-trap, In uncomfortable prora imity to my fingers. I was tempted to try uext to toucli his beurt with one of my arrows, but fear of losing a valuable arrow upon so worthies a brute turned the scales of mercy In his favor. The following night, though slighted by my sorenaders, the heavens got up au entertainment on so maguillceut a scale that I could uot complain; for never before had I teen such blinding sheets o( lightning, nor heard such con tinued heavy rattling peals of thuuder. Kever can I forget the early part of that awful night. The lightning appeared to bo playing around me on all sides, while deafeniug peals of thunder seemed to rise from the very bowels of tbe earth, and then muttered away In the distance, as though rejoicing at their escape from Pandemonium. Therain literally poured down for an hour, as though Niagara herself were weeping over the desola tion that pervaded tbat God-forsaken realm. Ab, me, bow different the real ity from the enchanting faucles that my imagination had conjured up before I left the paternal roof. I did not find myself calmly sitting far above the storm king's rage, ou some grand moun tain, contemplating with admiration and awe the lightning's flash and thun der's crash, but lying, instead, half buried in the mud, blinded and stunned, by the side of a wet dog. When morning came, bright and cloudless, I doubt whether a more mis erable, woe-begone unfortuuate has been seen since wicked Cain was driven from the garden, to be a fugitive aud a vagabond upon the face of tbe earth. As wet as though I bad beeu towed a stern of a steamboat from Pittsburg to St. Louis, my scanty aud ragged vest ments full of mud and water clinging closely to my person, or hanging heav ily and sadly downward like weepiug willows, I certainly presented a picture of discomfort rarely equaled. But judge of my ludlgnation when, on looking for my sack of dried meat, I discovered that It had been appropriated during tbe night by the sneaking ingrate that so persistently dogged my footsteps. To say that I was angry would be a very feeble way of expressingthetruth. I wo, thoroughly exasperated, and though I exhausted tbe whole vocabulary of abusive epithets upon the miscreant's head, I still think I failed to do the sub ject justice. Weighty consideration, however, tempered justice wuu nnnj. Lost as I was on an inhospitable desert, the company of au ungrateful, snarling, and In every way disgusting Indian dog was to be preferred to being entirely alone. Theu I thought It not improba ble tbat an emergency might arise when my lost meat might prove as "bread cast upon the waters;" that I might yet, ere I reached a land of civilization anu safety, be forced to subsist upon the ob ject that had come so opportunely to be my compauion in tribulation. But a more exciting scene was iu store for me during the day; for as I sat on tbe bank of a small stream feast lug upon uncooked crawfish I was startled by tbe sudden appearance of a buffalo cow that came dashing madly down the hill toward me, with three mounted In dlans in close pursuit, Tbey were armed with long lances, which they carried poised in their hands, while the Inevitable bow was swung to their backs. Their dress consisted of a few feathers fastened in their loug, stream ing holr. So Intent were they on cap turing their prize that they seemed uot to see me, although they passed within a few rods of my seat. I was at a loss wbat to do. I felt sure that others would follow at a slower pace, aud that It would be impossible for me to evade their lynx eyes; aud tbe thought of be ing returned to captivity, after all my pains, to me was theu terrible. But while these thoughts were chasing each other through ny mihd, a solitary white man oame riding down the hill toward me at a very leisurely pace. He drew his pony up to me aud saluted me iu French iu as unconcerned a manner as if we bad met upon a mueh Ue- queuted highway. He was a large, muscular man, pust middle age, and his appearance marked him as one of an ec centric class who, crossed iu love, or in some way soured with the world, or, it may be, to escape from the punishment due their crimes, quit the abodes of civ ilization and bury themselves in the unfrequented wilderness. His iron gray locks hung far down on his shoul ders, while bis tangled beard entirely covered his face. He was dressed in skins beaded and fringed by the deft fingers, doubtless, of an Indian wife. and ou his shoulder he carried a long- barreled Uiul-lock rifle, of the pattern used In Revolutionary times. Heseemed the coldest, most unapproachable sou of Adam I had ever encountered. I at tempted to draw him iulo conversation, for I was quite familiar with the French language, iu which he saluted me, but be wrapped a hauteur about bim more Impenetrable tban his buokskin shirt, and with all my French vivacity and Yankee ingeuuity I ignomiuiously failed to interest him iu the least. His ye was quick like the snapping of a pipe-stem, and his to came suappiugly from bim like the growl of my Incorrig ible cur. I tried to learn his name, his place ot nativity, his present residence, bis business in tho Western wilds, his destination, iu short, who or what he was, but be evaded every question that could uot be answered by yes or no. While "interviewing" ray strange compauion, however, about fifty In dians came riding down upon us, ami proceeded at once to alight aud prepare for the evening's bivouac With all their traditional stoicism, they mani fested considerable interest in me; lor, although they conversed in a tongue that was new and unintelligible to me, they crowded arouud and displayed as much eageruess to learn the mystery tbat enshrouded my lonely wanderings as white people would have done, while the impassive old statue leaned his bead against the trunk of a tree aud passed over to the land of dreams. These In dians exhibited no disposition to re strain me of my liberty, aud, in fact, I had no wish to leave them fora while, as my experience in travel! ug alone had been anything but pleasant. Just at dusk the huuters tbat bad so persisteutly followed after the fleeing buffalo returned, well luden with tbe spoils of the exciting chase, and I was invited to join tbem In their repast. Fearing that my preseut entertainers might be friends of tbe Wacoes, from whom I was escaping, I was on my guard, and feigned Iguorauco of every language but French and English. I learned, however, duriug the evening that I was now among the Osage In dians, aud that they were just entering upon an extended buffalo hunt. Why, then, if it was agreeable, should I not accompany them, ami realise some of my cherished fancies? SEW8 JTEMS. STATB AND mmOMAI. Fruit prospects have been nipped in many localities by tbe frost. Crickets have made their appearance in some portions of Grout county. Three thousand aoreaof flax will be grown in Umatilla oouuty this year. D. Fromau, of Linn county, Is chair man of the Republican State eeutral committee. Mrs. A. M. Brown, of Amity, was elected school clerk f her district at tbe aunual election . Three of the Chinamen who robbed Mark's safe at Roseburg will probably go to tbe peniteutlary. Last week there was a heavy soow storm Iu tbe Coabt Range, heavier than auy that fell during the past whiter. It has become necessary to prepare another ward iu the Sleilacoom insane asylum iu order to keep dangerous pa tients. Rosehurg is enjoying unprecedented prosperity, if the rush in improvements and demand for lumber may be so construed. Mrs. Victor still tarries In Jiastern Washington, canvassing the towns of that region for lier book "Tbeew i'eu elote." A succession of cold nights and warm duvs has made sad havoo with tbe fruit crop iu uearly every irioi n sm8w Territory. Th Statesman of Saturday savs: "Tbe people of Salem always give Mrs. Duni way a respectable hearing. Good erowd at the Opera House last uight." The big saw mill at Port Gamble has shutdown temporarily in consequence of there being no vessels there to load. It will resume as more vessels arrive. The Good Templars of Forest Grove have purchased a half lot iu that lovely little city, and intend to build a hand some hall thereon duriug the summer. W. R. Duubar, G. W. C. T., is doing Southern Oreicou in tbe Interests of leniperaoee. He is a very effective worker iu tbe order of Good Templars. The Reporter says that parties just returned to Yamhill from Tillamook re port that a colony of thirty homestead ers went iu there recently aud have taken laud. Misses Mary Porter ami Lillle Grant have charge of the district school at Forest Grove. Both are faithful aud experienced teaebers, and will perforin their duties well. Frances A. Logan lectured at Hills boro, ou Wednesday aud Thursday even ings of last week, ou the "Cause and Cure of Intemperance," and "The Rela tion Man Sustains to Woman." Miss Hattie Collier, daughter of Pro fessor Collier, of Willamette University, intends to study medicine, title is well fitted to adorn the profession chosen, aud will compel success to wait upon tier endeavors. There is a woman in theCnrry county jail charged with the murder of her il legitimate child. The father, whoever or wherever he is, is equally guilty with the mother iu this most cowardly crime infanticide and should sutler with her measure for measure. "The Astoria Packing Company" was incorporated last week with a capital Mock of $7,j00, divided into shares of $100 each. Tde busluessof tbe company will be the taking, packing, eauuing, preserving, buying aud selling fish, oys ters, beef, vegetables, fruits, etc. Incor porators are J. Kinney, J. Young, and V. S. Siboon. rOEEIGNNEWS. The Caucasian army corps is to bo disbanded. People of Turkey aud the Turkish army favor England. The first brigade will embark for Malta on the 20th Inst. Russian occupation of Bueliarest is becomlug more and more unlikely. The English government has char tered five steamers for the conveyance of troops from India. . A special from Vienna reports that all convalescents in Russia have been or dered to join their regiments in Turkey as quickly as possible. BEOESTEfENTS. The appropriation for post route maps bas beeu increased from 25,000 to -10,000. Eighteen bankruptcies were reported iu Chicago on the 19th, ami tweoty-oue on the 20th. Flags floated at half-mast at Lowell, Massachusetts, on the 19th, in memory of the Baltimore massacre. Two hundred horses per week are being purchased in tbe neighborhood of Troy, Xew York, aud in the western portion of Vermont by tbe agents of the English government. There were but eighty-six deaths re corded at the health office in San Fran cisco last week, tbe smallest number for several months past. Ko new oases of email-pox have beeu reported for sev eral weeks. Diphtheria does uot figure iu tbe report this week. G. Wiley Wells, late Consul-General at Sbanghae, was on the 20th further examined by tbe House committee on expenditures in tbe State department with reference to charges agaiust G. F. Seward, minister to China. Wells showed that illegal fees were charged to the government, aud illegal fees exacted from the prisoners. In one embezzle ment ease of $200 tbe fees amounted to $1,000. DIED: In tbtx eitv on Raster Snndav. ADril 21 at. In the tenth year of her ace, Xante, eldest dansbler of Kev. T. L. and Henrietta B. Eliot. To another ha been given the "victory with out the battle, the crown without tbe conflict.' A fluinc type of the brhrbtand Joyous young life that in Iu early spring tine closed Ita rec ord of beauty and loveliness here was tbe mild and perfumed April day that bore it be yond the reach of mortal ills. Standing by the tiny casket, bestrewn with April's choicest garlands, we realized as never before the im pressive truth that " Leaves have their time to fall. And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath. And stars to set, but all. Thou bast all seasons for thine own, O, Death." MAItY F. l'OSTKR. Commission Merchant and Purchasing Agent, Is prepared to make purchase in Mew York and other cities, on order, of all goods. Jewelry , groceries, etc., on com mission of S per cent, for S. or I- and 10 per cent, for others outside of the Order. West India preserves and Mexican conserves. Address V. U. Station "D," New York City. The following Is tbe entire Republican State ticket: For Congress, H. K Hiues, of Uuion county; for Governor, C C. Beekmau, of Jacksou county; for Secretary of State, E. P. Earhart, of Multnomah county; for Treasurer, Ed. Hirsch, of Marion county; for Printer, W. B. Carter, of Benton county; for Superintendent of Public Instruction, L. J. Powell, of Linn county. District nominations: Prosecuting Attorney, second district, Horace Knox, of Lane county; third district, Hartwell Hurley, ol Yamhill county; fourth district, J. F. Caples, of Multnomah county; fifth dis trict, C. W. Parrish, of Grant county. No nomination for flrst district. Jilts, uit. ituitn, Graduate of tbe Homeopathic School, and member of the State Medical Sodety-at Cali fornia, makes a specialty of the disuses of women and children. CMBee hours from 2 to 6 r. x. Office Corner of Second and Morrison streets, orUand. Consultation free. 7-17 3IUS. It. A. OWE.VS, 31. I. Office and residence, cast side Hrst street, be tween Yamhill and Taylor. Special attention Klven to women and children's complaints. Also, gives Msdicatib Vapor Baths, com bined with Electricity, In treating rheninatfom and chronic diseases. 5-& The family provided with iii-KNlfs Soxrnim SoAr need have no fear, if It Is nsed freely, of Salt Kheum, Scald Head, Ring Worm, Itch. or any other of the annoytug and disagtunng eruptions, which children arexiapt to contract at school. Rejuvenate yourseir with Hill's instantane ous Hair Dye.