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CHAPTER XVU.
"First tell me about yourself, Mr.
Graeme, if mieh be your name; aud I
appose I an not mistaken la believing
70a to be Ethel's, that la, Mrs. Chalm
ers', sister."
"I in Maleom Graeme, at your ser
vice, madam." ,
"Afaloolm Graeme ."'
It was now my turn to be astonished.
"Who are 70a, anyhow f"
The stranger laogbed uneasily.
"I beg your pardon, air," I continued,
"but I am very much astonished. My
father's name Is Graeme Malcolm
Graeme!"
"Ah, indeed ?
"The very same."
"Then I suppose it will not be out of
order for me to repeat your question,
'Who are you, anyhow V
It was now my tarn to iaagh uneasily.
"I am Mrs. Gerald Grey," I said,
hesitatingly; "wife of Captain Gerald
Grey, formerly of Her Majesty's ser
vice." "And now deceased T"
Malcolm Graeme looked at me with
an eager, sympathetic gaze, ax he asked '
the question, and I 000 Id with diffi
culty restrain the feeling of Indignation 1
that prompted me to say outwardly, as I
I did say under my breath, "Ala, no;
be is not dead, but would to God he,
were!"
"My bnsband is In Ban Frsnoirco, si r."
As I spoke the name of the Golden
City, the memory of my hatband as 1
bad seen bim last, brought av vividly
before me the vision of the black eyes
blonde hair, and baby features of the
woman who, band In hand with rum,
had lured him to ruin and me to desti
tution, that I forgot alike my interest
in my courteous stranger guest, and the
carious coincidence between his name
and my blunt attd honest father's.
"Is yoer husband still employed in
Her Majesty's service?"
"No, sir."
For my life I conk not have added
another word.
- "Do you expect him here soon?"
- "No, sir."
"Madam, Is it possible that yon and
Gerald Grey have quarreled T"
"No, sir."
"ineu 1 beg pardon. Tbe savage
American custom of conjugal separa
tion one meets with upon this coast will
not, I hope, affect English women."
"It has not arretted me, sir."
"Then what is Gerald doing?"
"Are yon a friend of bis 7"
"I know him well."
"Then tell me, are any of bis family
addicted to drunkenness? Is it, in
short, hereditary?"
"It is. To my knowledge, not a man
of tbe family can Indulge In anything
that intoxicates but he wakes np forty
demons, and never foregoes his orgies
till lie gets what in American slang
parlance is termed snakes io the boots."
"Ah, me!"
"Why that sigh, madam? ,Are you
not well, or happy V
"Alas, .neither well nor happy, air.
But don't let's talk about myself; tell
me about Ethel Graeme. Isn't it odd
that she, your sister, should have borne
tbe same name u I? and yea, her
brother, should bear tbe same name as
my father?"
"And isn't it odder still that we,
wholly unknown to each other at home,
shoo id meet thus accidentally, away
oat here in tbe American Sierra Ne-!
vada, and under these peculiar dream
stances?" "Malcolm Graeme, are yon my cook i n ,
r?"
"I have not a plebeian relative in the
wide world that I know of, madam,' he
said, stiffly. "But tell me all about my ,
sister, Ethel Graeme."
I grew angry. Such consummate
snobbery might pass as common sense
in Old England, where the privileged
classes hold human titles to all of (toil's
. green earth, and would fain monopolize
the canopy of hir, h.avm if they could
only grasp it; I l,i 1 had already been too
long residing In the wild regiousof half
free America to tamely brook such ar
rogance. "lam proud to say that I have no pa
trician nonsense about m , Malcolm
Graeme; and if you feel that you are
made of better clay than common mor
tals, you may go to your own class and
kindred for tbe information you seek. I
will tell you nothing, our fee, two whining and fretting at my side, when
dollars, sir." , who should enter but the protector and
Tne man, my kinsman, as I knew he , head whom aboveall others I most dread
was, looked slightly humiliated, but ed to meet. Good reader, pity me; it was
ilid not unbend from his imaginary 1 none other than ierald, my husband,
haughtiness. I But he was not intoxicated. Evidently
"You may yet be glad, under the be had fared roughly in the Intervening
mutations of human possibility, to be ' months since I bad last met him. His
able to keep a restaurant, or dig ditches,
orhiiuk cot. bit"' i'ii the Inth way for a
livelii.o I, -.lie- you have dtifti-d away
from the aiicei-tial hallucinations that
male fooN of half my countrymen," II
VOLUME VII.
(aid, as I pocketed the coin and turned
to wait upon my next customer.
You may be sure, my patient reader.
I tlrat I was quite as eager to satisfy my
icurio&ity as he was, or you are, but my
personal dignity is my pet prejudice,
and he and I had to indefinitely post-
pone further mutual revelations on this
topic, afid therefore you and I must.
But possess your souls in serenity. You
hall learn everything in its order.
My next customer was a bland, well
looking gentleman, with fiery and yet
kindly eyes, fine figure, bald foretop,
and snowy hair and whiskers. As be
took a seat at my table and glanced ad
miringly around the rustle apartment,
with its freecoe of spruce boughs and
ornaments of cones and flowers, I felt an
irresistible desire to say :
"Are you an Englishman V
"I was born in England, madam, If I
may credit the story of my parent; bat
I was brought by them to America
while yet a child. Bat why do you ask
tbe question ?"
"Ob, I wanted to know. Yon are my
ideal of tbe fine old English gentleman.
! But that isn't all."
"Then what else ?"
"Wait till I have Ailed your order.
Business before pleasure, yon see."
Tbe reader will perceive that I was,
though imperceptibly to myself, out
growing some of my staid and studied
reticence.
I returned presently with tbe gentle
man's dinner, and as I nervously sorted
and placed bis dishes, I said, abruptly :
"Do you know anything about tbe
man who was seated at that table when
you entered the dining-room ?"
"I did not observe bim, madam."
"He says bis name is Malcolm
Graeme, and that is my father's name,
also. Odd, isn't it?"
"Oh, don't know. It isn't unusual, 1
when one is constantly beating about
the world, to be stumbling upon rela-,
lives many times removed. Did you
trace a relationship?"
"No; and 1 don't want to. He's a
snob."
"Perhaps you mi-judge him."
I suddenly recollected that I was
making myself unduly familiar with
my guest upon a very short acquaint
ance. I blushed painfully, and made
excuse to visit the kitchen, where I re
mained,till time to collect tbe usual fee.
Then I entered nervously.
"1 think," (-aid ti e gentleman, as he
deposited a half-eagle upon the table,
for which he refused to receive any 1
efaan'.'e, "that I am somewbat ac
quainted with the stranger in whom
you are evidently interested. I also
know your husband, and will be pleased
to render any assistance in my power."
"'I iien, sir, the only fa-.or I ask, and
the ouly one I hope to receive, is that
you do not let my husband know my
Whereabouts."
"Are you divorced from him ?"
"I am a trnht, sir, and English, aud I
am not divorced."
"Forgive me, pray; I did not mean to
give Offense,
biding from
l'.ut it is odd that you are
your husband while yet
yon acknowledge allegiance to him." 1
"I am frightened of him, sir. He
takeb my hard-earned substance from
me and wastes it in riotous living,
Please do not let him know where lam."
"Possess jour soul in peace, little
woman. I thai! mind my own business
and leave you to look after yours," said
j the gentleman, bowing himself out of
my presence, nnd leaving me to my own
1 reflections.
But I bad not long to reflect. In a
little while the tables were crowded
with hungry customers, and I was too
busily engaged in waiting upon them
and receiving their fees to ponder deeply
over the mystery of my kinspeople.
Aud yet I did wonder why it was that
my father, who was a stalwart plebeian
from the rank and file of Scotch and
English common tenants and day la
borers, ignorant and uncultivated as he
was, though possessed of strong com
mon sense, should be the relative, In
name and direct lineage, of an evidently
noble family.
My mother had been a lady, born and
bred. That I knew, though, up to tbe
time of Iter death, I had never conversed
with a single woman of gentle blood
except her own sweet, suffering self.
Tbe run upon my larder had been
great, and supplies were falling low, not
only in my kitchen, but in the entire
mining camp. There were still several
companies of expectant table guests,
and I was pondering as to how they
Minuld be fed, when my strange friend,
whom I bad during his absence learned
was a famous district judge, returned
from a short ramble, bringing with him
a slaughtered fawn, which he eontrib-
uted as a "peace offering" between me
and ray husband, he said.
In a little while my cooks were busy
in the kitchen with tbe cutlets, and I
I was seated for a little rest, witli baby
! Ethel in my arms and babv Gerald
once handsome face was seamed by want
and care, and there were two or three
tell-tale scars visible, relics of certain
drunken brawls.
"If you want a divorce you have legal
rOTCTJOANT),
cause," said Uie Judge, kindly, as he
saw me turn, like a frightened raldiit,
from tlie approach of my husband, from
whom my ohlldreu shrank, as though
lie had been a fiend Incarnate.
"Don't mentiou It," I said, rising,
while my knees smote together, and my
heart thumped aloud. "He's the father
of my ehildreu, and my lawful hus
band. I will sacriflee myself for him."
"Bat Immolation upon his altar will
do him no good, and will worse than
crucify you."
"I'll save him, or die trylug," I an
swered, as though the words would
choke me.
"Is this tbe restaurant wliere Mrs.
Grey is boarding?" asked my husband,
addressing several men at the table
nearest him.
"It Is the restaurant that Mrs. Grey is
keeping, and I am here, Gerald," I said,
extending my hand, and gazing timidly
Into his eyes.
"Who set you up In business?" be
asked, bluntly, and in a loud voice,
which caused a look of consternation to
settle upon the face of every man lu the
room.
"Mr. Llllleutlml. The same gentle
man who set me to going in San Fran
cisco." "I thought so, by ."
Ah, reader, I will spare you the repe
tition of that blood-curdling oath, and
tbe volume of blasphemy that followed
it.
Ah, me!
"Bat I lutd to do something, Gerald.
Don't make a scene here, please. See
what splendid venison steaks Judge
Downy lias brought. But for Iilni we
should not have been supplied with
meat for our supper."
"Judge Downy ! Jehere?"
"Yes."
"Thunder.'''
"Your husband is tinder arrest,
madam," said tbe Judge, advancing,
"The officers are here already, sir,"
turning to my husband, "and the better
way for you is to submit quietly. You
shall have an impartial trial."
"But tell me. Judge. What has my
husband done? Nothing criminal, I
hope."
1 "Accused of killiiiga prostitute; that's
all. No doubt he'll be all right. You
just remain calm, and we'll do tbe best
we can for him."
I may be a very wicked woman, and
sometimes I fear I am, nnd you may
agree witli my opinion when I tell you,
patient reader, that I eould not help a
feeling of quiet satisfaction over Judge
Downy's revelation. Iti my soul I
knew that tbe dead woman to whom he
alluded was noue other than she of the
coal-black eyes aud cream-blonde hair
who had lured mj husband into a gam
bling den and won from him my hard
earned money. I did not stop to con
sider that his wrong was paramount to,
or even greater, than hers. I did not
care to remember that she would never
have harmed him had he hut kept bim-
self aloof from her presence. I only
realized that she was dead, and could
now triumnh over me no more.
The officers the Judge bad indicated
1 came forward and seized my husband
by the arms.
j Suddenly I felt as though I were a
, mighty general, whose inundate it
I would be Impossible to withstand.
"Release my husband!" I said, In a
voice that had In It the presage of an
ominous hush. "Men, are you cravens,
tbat you dare not spare me to the father
of my children for just a minute, while
I ask him one little question ?"
"Leave them for a moment," said the
Judge. "Clear the room, aud let them
have an uninterrupted interview."
"Stay, gentlemen. I want you all to
remain wliere you are. My business is
not private."
With this they resumed their seats, as
though glad of the pretext.
Gerald, my husband, stood before me,
his eyes cast down; Gerald, my poor
crippled boy, crept behind me, fright
ened and sobbing; Ethel, my baby,
clung to me and screamed. I verily be
lieve I was tbe calmest person in the
room.
"Gerald, I only want to know this:
Is that woman really dead ?" I asked,
amid the audible breathings of the lis
tening crowd.
He turned Ills fine, full eyes upon me,
in the kindly, expectant way that had
captivated me only a few short years
ago I was yet in my teens, remember
and the old fascination well nigh over
came me. I with the utmost difficulty
restrained myself from falling In his
arms. I did so need a resting-place.
Ah, me !
"You do not answer me, Gerald."
Upon my honor, Ethel, I cannot an-
: swer," he replied, in a steady voice.
Another question, then. Did you
murder her?"
"You need not answer, Contain Grey;
yon are not required to criminate your
self," Interrupted the Judge.
"Y'ou will please remember that Cap
tain Grey is my hutbmd, and I have a
right to know the foots," I answered,
firmly. "How is It, Gerald? Did you
murder her?"
"Ethel, J did notJ"
I knew my husband had spoken truly.
How I knew It I did not know, nor can
I now explain. I was certain, though,
that he was wrongly accused, and. wom
an-like, I wae resolved to defend hlra.lf
need be, witli my own heart's blood.
I "Gentlemen," I said, still speaking
yKr,K Srzcrir, Fhek Inn, Kbek 1'ieori.K.
OREGON, 3TKJCDA.Y, JLVY 1, lS7ss.
with a constrained calmness, which I
even now wonder at, "my husband did
not kill that woman. He is as inno
cent of her blood aa you or I."
"Then, Mrs. Grey, "exclaimed Mr.
Lilllenthal, who certainly had good rea
son to be offended with me for my pres-
oiit attitude toward my husband, "If
you prefer to shield that man rather
than attend to your own affairs, 1 give
you warning to quit my Ihmisc immedi
ately." "This properly is mine by right- of
lease, Mr. I.llllenlhal, nnd when I neg
lect to pay my monthly dses ft will be
time enough for you to complain."
"You can't lease property to a married
woman unless her husband is a party to
the cotitract," said a bystander.
"I should like to know why?" Ire
plied, my spirits sinking.
"Because, you see, In law a married
woman 'is only the appendage of the
husband. She is not an entity, hut a
cipher."
"And why am I not an entity ?"
"Because you are a married woman !"
"And why should a married woman
cease to be an individual?"
"Because she is held by the conjagal
law called coveture. She loses her in
dividuality in her husband."
"I confess I do not understand you."
"That is the common law of England,
madam."
"Pshaw! A fig for England! We
are not on British soil. What is the
oommon law in America?"
"As held by the courts, the American
law Is the snmo aa in England in all
times, places, aud circumstances where
special local legislation does not change
the commonly accepted statute. lama
lawyer, madam. If you want a divorce
I can assist you."
Though I do not usually believe in the
physical argument, my will was good to
knock him down.
I was all at sea. Aral yet I fancied
that I had all the rights I wanted. Aud
didn't I detest the American women
that about that time were said to he
clamoring for political recognition and
financial equality before the law?
To be continued.
Prehutoric Remain.
Incidentally learning that Mrs. Bush,
a lady who resides on Grunt street In
the southern portion of this city, was
possessed of a collection of curiosities of
unusual interest, a Mercury reporter was
detailed to cull upon her .ik! obtaiu per
mission to inspect her curiosities. The
reporter found the lady quite willing to
accede to his request, and he was at once
introduced to the room containing the
cabinet. Perhaps the most Interesting
collection is that of a large number of
what is pronounced by unquestionable
authority genuine celts, or, in other
words, prehistoric remains, consisting
of stone implements of domestic use, or
naments, implements of warfare and
the chase, etc., etc. These were discov
ered ny Mrs. Bush in this Immediate
vicinity, and are the first developments
of this character made In this section,
and fully demonstrate the fact that this
portion of tho earth was Inhabited iu
prehistoric times by :i race of people
the same or similar to that which left
exactly such traces of its existence
throughout Central nnd Western Eu
rope. The first of these remains were
discovered by Mrs. Bush iu n gravel pit
on Orchard street, from which time she
prosecuted a scientific investigation,
which resulted in the collection of a
great many specimens of from all the
stone deposits in and about San Jose.
They were found in such quantities in
the creek bed near Jtmga Archers place
as to lead to tho belief that they had
been washed down from nn ancient
burial place so mev here near by. It is
a matter of congratulation to thinking
women that it was reserved for a womau
witli a taste for scientific researches, the
usual knowledge of this abstruse sub
ject and the faculty of obseivation, to
determine by her own labors this im
portant fact In the geology of this
section.
Beside the collection mentioned, Mrs,
Bush lias a fine collection of minerals
from every part of this coast, fossil re
mains, nnd an excellent collection of
Pacific Coast shells. Mrs. Bush per
formed the work ot classifying and ar
ranging the articles In the cabinet at
the Normal School, which required a
great outlay of time, patience and Intel
ligence, aud the fact that the work Is so
excellently done is a stanTling rebuttal
of any argument against the ability of
women to shine.
A late number of the Anaheim Oa
zrfte mentions the capture at that place
of a strange bird supposed to be a con
dor, which measured fourteen feet from
tip to tip of Its wings, llils bird was
procured by Mrs. Bush's daughter, re
siding In mat section, who Had the skin
preserved and has transmitted tho same
to her mother to be presented to Pro
fessor Allen of the Normal School. An
examination of this immense bird-skin,
together wltn lis Head and talons, con
v luces us that it is a specimen of that
lameu Dim
The condor or the Andes, that proud bint
Which can soaralult through heaven's unntth-
finable depths.
Or hruTe tbe fury of llw Northern hurricane.
Mrs. Bush, as well as her daughter
and husband, is nn enthusiast upon
noble subject, ana lias made researches
and acquired peculiar Knowledge wuicn
would do credit to many persons of
great pretensions who have not her very
commendable modesty, hue pursues
the studv for her own edification only.
Hods great pleasure in meeting and talk
ing with persons interested or who can
be interested in her beloved study. To
any person wishing to inspect her col
lection she will gladly exhibit the same,
which we assure our readers who take !
an interest in such things will afford nn
hour's or two very pleasaut occupation,
beside enabling them to make the ac
quaintance of a most estimable and
pleasant lady. San Jose Mercury, of
April Klh.
No matter if a man does say lie wants
to be au angel, it Is always safe to have
the name or a good Indorser on the back
of his note.
JEONTIEE SKETCHES. MO. 5.
IV S. ft. s. KKDKA.
During the early part of the evening,
Kambo sought me out and Informed me
that he had been entrusted with the
command of the present war-party, and
while it would be expected that he con
vey the Indian captives and their ally,
tbe Frenchman, to the Waco Village to
afford the women and old men of tbe
tribe the ineffable pleasure of tutting
them to death In accordance with the
most Improved methods, that I was at
perfect liberty to eoutliiue my journey
toward tiie lands o my (wople. He was
quite generous. For, in addition to a
bouutiful supply of meat which lie
promised me, he said I might choose
two horses from among those captured
from the 0ges, and that I should still
be allowed the pleasaut companionship
of my atulablecur. I eould not Imagine
what motive prompted sueii magnanim
ity until I learned at a later lwur from
a garrulous comrade of his that the
father of tbe charming Roo Son, in rec
ognition of tbe black-face's prowess as a
scalp-lifter, had consented, in the event
that I did not return to the village be
fore tbe next new moon, to allow him
to add that coveted maiden to an al
ready crowded lodge. I saw my oppor
tunity, aud determined to make the
most of it. So returning to Sambo's
headquarters, I proceeded to inquire
after tbe welfare of my kind "mother"
and her beautiful daughter, and In great
apparent earnestness professed the great
est impatience for the curtains of night
to he lifted so that I might hasten to
the side of that charming mountain
belle, and thenceforth bask continually
in hersuuny smiles. Sam bo was thought
ful. At length he ventured to suggest
that he thought I would do better to go
back to "Massasipp and buy a gang of
niggers" than to settle among the Wa
eoes. Albeit, by shrewd diplomacy I
at length prevailed upon the unfeeling
wretch to allow the Frenchman aud six j
of the Indian captives, all mounted, to ,
accompany me, in consideration of tbe j
relinquishment of my claim to tbe hand ;
and heart of the artless damsel for whom
the sable warrior entertained such ten-
der feelings.
Hence early the next morning Sambo
set about dividing the human spoils of
the late contest, the half of wbich were
to meet a fate most terrible, the balance
to return unmolested to their homes and
kindred. Tbinking one Indian as good
as another, I proposed that he make
the division himself, thus relieving me
from all responsibility iu the matter,
aud he displayed bis wonted sagacity
aud patriotism in this matter, too, for
he chose the youuger captives for sacri
fice, remarking to me tbat tbe older
braves mnst the sooner pass the age of
efficiency as warriors, and that his ieo
pie woultl have less to fear from those
who had already made a proud record
than from the younger and more ambi
tious who yearned, as all savages do,
for opportunity to accumulate trophies
of their bravery and skill.
But it was really touching to witness
the parting of these sons of nature.
Those who were to be free fell upon the
ground and rent the air with tbe most
piteous wails, nor could they be Induced
to leave the spot until intervening space
had.hidden the receding forms of their
doomed comrades from them forever.
We then mounted our horses, aud turn
ing their heads toward the rising sun,
started for the homes of tbe sobbing
O sages. Halting at a muddy brook
some days thereafter, judge of my sur
prise and joy on seeing Boggs, who was
captured with me, come timidly toward
us. Poor fellow, so great had been his
sufferings since last we met that be was
reduced to but the shadow of his former
selfnd his mind was sadly off its bal
ance. He was overjoyed on recognizing
me, for he said now that he had a faint
hope that he might be able to overcome
the attraction of a certain tree that lie
had been revolving around for months.
ne said that he had started from his
present camp numberless times, and in
every direction, but in every case had.
after a fatiguing day's walk, reached
the same lone tree at dark, and that the
next he would complete the circuit by
returning to this place. Nor had he
any knowledge of the length of time lie
had lived In solitude. At night I of
fered to share my single robe with tbe
poor waif, but my incorrigible car, re
garding him with eyes inflamed with
jealousy, sprang upon him and luflicted
a slight wound upon his hand. Boggs'
excited manner ami emphatic adjectives
showed plainly that his sufferings had
not been productive of a very high state
of piety. Neither tbe Frenchman nor
the Indians could master the intricacies
of Boggs' earnest English, but the for
mer afterward told me 'that so fearful
were the savages that tbe poor man was
the incarnation of the ghost of some
victim of their barbarity that they were
tempted to escape in the darkness,
choosing to risk being retaken by the
Wacoes rather titan brave the presence
of an avenging spirit.
Setting out early tbe next morning
with us, Boggs soon descried the dreaded
tree, but we rode serenely by the attrac
tive eim wunoui ueing sensibly per
turbed, and ere nightfall even the er
ratic Boggs felt safe from its influence.
We had traveled Industriously for some
eight days, when on the open prairie
one night a heavy ehower of rain Visited
us, and, probably to escape from the
storm, a large snake awoke me by drag'
giug his cold body over my faee lu seek-
imra lodgment under my warm robe.
I allowed him to complete his recon
noisance unchallenged, and then he
withdrew as quietly as be came. The
Indians had Iain down hut a few rods
from ns, but when daylight eame we
discovered that they had taken thead
vantage of the storm aud darkness to
steal away, taking each a horse with
him. We were now, as the Frenchman
thought, within three or four days'
travel of the Ojage village, near which
he had resided for a number of years,
and he insisted that we should proceed
forward to his home among that people,
where, lie assured us, we would receive
the kindest treatment, and wonld be at
liberty to proceed farther whenever it
pleased us to do so. But I had lost
much ot my previous faith in Indians.
The ideal had proved himself so unlike
tbe real one that I seriously doubted
their consanguinity. Tbe one was rep
resented as dignified, magnanimous,
noble, and as never forgetting a kind
ness, while tbe other I had found grov
eling, selfish, vindictive, and ungrateful,
and I no longer worshiped the ideal,
nor desired -the eompaniouehlp of the
real Indian. Yet confiding in the French
man, and yielding Co the importunities
of Boggs, I at length reluctantly con
sented to pass by tbe Osage village, but
to remain only until a safe opportunity
presented itself of getting to the settle
ments. Two days thereafter we readied a fine
stream of pure water which flowed
through a country that far surpassed in
beauty aud fertility any I had seen since
wandering over tbe Western prairies.
On one side of the stream the prairie
was gently rolling, but on the other an
almost level expanse of green stretched
away to meet the horizon, with here
and there a graceful fringe of timber
i marking the presence of brook or rivulet.
. Anil as I stood and gazed,
" My heart swelled, while the dilated sight
Took in tbe encircling vaslness."
Rack fancy to the utmost, and it
would lie impossible to conceive a pic
tu re of more enchanting loveliness than
tbe spot on the bank of that limpid
stream where we rested one hot after
noon. The limbs of tbe graceful elms
that decked either bank reached over
as if to commune with each other, while
tbe wandering grape vines el imbed aloft,
and, locklug themselves in loving era
brace on meeting, looked the very
picture of soft, pare and unsophisticated
nature. Here we rested iu this grateful
arbor, where tbe timid deer iiad often
passed tbe hot noon-tide hour, slaking
his thirst from tbe sweetly singing
waters at his feet.
" Breezes of the Honth.
Who loss tbe golden and the flame-like
flower,
' have ye tanned
A nobler or a loretler scene than this V
While the unsympathetic Frenchman
and the self-satisfied Boggs were quietly
sleeping away the bright sunny hours,
I took a stroll up the bank of the stream,
and suddenly no less than six beautiful
deer appeared feeding but a few rods
away. Tbey raised their heads, gave
tbe usual whistle, and then stared with
their mild eyes toward me; but, instead
of leaping hurriedly away, they soon
bent their heads to the ground and re
sumed their afternoon meal. I could
not regret that I was not provided with
any means of strewing that very Eden
with trophies of my skill as a hunter,
for it would have seemed gross wicked
ness to wantonly kill those innocent
creatures. Yet I had been at one time
an enthusiastic sportsman. I had often
when at home remained patiently at a
sta nd hou r after hour, waiting for a pack
of bellowing hounds to drive some af
frighted deer within gunshot, and had
In a few instances been rewarded by tbe
faint glimpse of a buck madly dashing
through tbe bushes at very long range,
but up to this time there were just as
many living deer as though I had never
been born.
To be continued.
OUK WASHINGTON LETTER.
To the Ennoa or ths New Northwest:
We obronicle tbe sucsess of an experi
ment made here In lowerlug boats from
the canal down into tne Potomac, a
height of thirty-six feet, by means of
machinery, instead of the usual old-
fashioned lock. Tbe mills of George
town are so extensive that the entire
capacity of the canal is taken in supply-
iuc them with water, hence tbe ordi
nary outlet lock is Impracticable. Pat
terulnc after a lock In Scotland, the
citizens of Georgetown resorted to ma
chinery, and have met with deserved
success. A track of heavy railroad iron
is laid on an inclined plane, extending,
from the level of the canal down li.x
the river. O11 this runs an iron box, or
caisson, supported by strong car tracks
large enough to contain a canal boot
which Is floated out iuto it from the
canal. There, by means of an immense
capstan, rigged with heavy wlro ropea
ami operated by a large turbine wheel,
the caisson iseasily lowered, with a waste
of water probably not one-thousandth
part of what the ordiuary lock would
require. Boats are lifted quite as easily
from the river up intothe canal by a
reverse process.
Oor colored people are taking steps
to relieve themselves from the pecuul-
ary burdens Imposed by their charitable
1 societies. It is simply wonderful tho
I number of associations thoy have, and
A Journal for tbe People.
Devoted to the Inlerestsof Humanity.
Iadapeadsat In PoUUes and Religion.
Mive to all Live Issues, and Thoroughly
Radical in Opposlngand Ksposlng the Wrongs
ol tbe Ma
Correspondents writing over assumed slgaa
tnms most make known their names to tbe
Kdttor, or no attention will be given to their
communications.
the high-sounding titles they use in
namiug tliem. Every church has its
secret society, and the expense entailed
by levies for regalia, carriage hire, mu
sic, etc., is enormous. It is proposed to
devote these funds to the creation of an
industrial school, and hereafter avoid
and discountenance tbe extravagance of
the past by giving means of support to
their necessities. Could this object be
obtained, ami the tendency of the col
ored people in the country to flock into
the city be changed, a few years hence
would find the raee as successful, pe
cuniarily, as tlie whites.
Our sbad fisheries were a failure this
year, for the catch did not pay expenses.
The fish commission has just plauted
SOO.000 young shad,- hoping thereby. 4
re-stock the Potomac and bring back
tbe abundance of old times. But unless
Congress interdicts tbe use of gill nets
in the future, we fear this addition of
young sbad will prove of little avail,
because the gill net will soon annihilate
them.
We must express our gratification at
the passage of the bills repealing tbe
bankrupt acts, and funding the Union
Pacific Railroad's indebtedness. Our
bankrupt laws are simply odious, not in
principle, but in effect, for, as Mr. Frye
said iu the debate in the House, the men
charged with their execution have made
them infamous everywhere, and the
vote of HQS ayes to 39 nayes evinced
clearly how nearly uuauimously the
House shared his views. Ben Butler
and Mr. I,yude had the honor of casting
the only nay votes on the funding bill;
the yeas were 243. Now we must go to
the court before we can reach a dollar
of pur dues, for Jay Gould will never
concede a mite so long as money will
enable him to avoid payment.
Fits John Porter is here vigorously
pushiug tbe re-hearing of his case, hav
ing at last secured from Congress its re
opening and the appointment of a board
of inquiry, composed of prominent offi
cers of tbe army. Our sympathies cer
tainly go with him, not that we think
him innocent of the charge that he dis
obeyed orders whereby General Pope
was defeated, but because other prom
inent officers at the same time disobeyed
equally peremptory orders to fight, and
were equally responsible with Porter
for Pope's disaster. One of these Gen
erals laid at Alexandria with some 25,
000 men, and was ordered on Friday,
Saturdaj. and Tuesday by the President,
in tbe most positive manner, to move
out to Bull Bun and assist Pope, and
yet did not move a man until tbe fol
lowing Friday, a week after receiving
his first order, assigning as a reason for
his inaction the want of shoes among
his men. This deprivation of support
and willful disobedience of orders an
nihilated Pope. Porter was tried and
cashiered for his share of the great dis
aster, and yet the other General never
was even reprimanded. Porter was not
surpassed as a fighting man, and his
record prior to Bull Bun battle is pecu
liarly brilliant, aud we, as an admirer
of his undoubted ability and general
ship, believe that the country has no
right to make him the scape goat, or
rather the exception, in matter of pun
ishment. It is time that the mantle of
charity should be thrown over his ac
tions, no matter how much he erred.
With scores of Confederate officers mak
ing laws for us, and with those as guilty
as Porter holding high places of honor
aud trust, it does seem to us unworthy
that he should be made the exception.
Let him go free.
Our women lawyers are not disposed
to give up the fight for admission Into
the Supreme Court, Another bill has
been introduced Into the Senate, which
declares they shall tie admitted as men
are, and Senator Sargent, their princi
pal advocate, U) making a gallaut fight
to secure its passage, notwithstanding
the recent adverse report of the judiciary
committee. At the head of this move
ment is Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, who
is as persistent and tenacious in it as
she is for her client before tbe lower
courts. Mrs. Lockwood is a very suc
cessful practitioner in a pecuniary point,
and lias accumulated quite a competency
here by business in prosecuting govern
ment matters before tbe department,
and it is but natural she should fight
for admission to the Supreme Court, as
many of her cases go there for final ad
judication, and she considers her ability
to plead her cause there as good as
many of the masculine fraternity who
bar her. Fki.ix.
Washington, D. C, April 26, 187S.
The Carson Tribune declare : "ft U .
lie, a base fabrication, and oue of the
rencs 01 barbarous limes, to assert tbat
woman is man's inferior. Infinitely su
perior is the average woman to the av
erage mau, and God be thanked that
suoh is the case, for, were It otherwise,
the Anglo-Saxon race would deteriorate
faster than it isnow doing."
A devout woman took her baby to
church. Tho volee of the preaoher
waked the child into screams. "Do uot
go," said the minister, "the baby does
uot disturb me." "Tbat may be," said
the mother, still retreating, "but you
disturb the baby."
Bussla estimates
campaign will cost
000,000 in gold.
tbat next year's
ber about $100,-
There are seventy-two post offices in
the Uulfctl States managed by women.
It Isafaet that Hi English persona
went mad from love last year.