The new Northwest., May 31, 1878, Image 1

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A Journalfortbereorle.
Devoted to the Interest of Humanity.
Independent In Politics and Religion.
illTe to all Live Issues, and Thoronghlv
Radical lu Opposing and Exposing the Wrongs
oi the Masaes.
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m I A.J. DL'XITVAY.
ACTIIOK OF -JI KITH RF.ID," "KLMtX POWI,'
"AMIE AND HKSItY I.F.K," 'Tint DAI-I'V
ui.uj:,""osb woiAX'sarnuic"
"MATX.F JCMM-OS,"
1.1 1 . IT' .i I T"i .
;Knlered,nroo!jiij:: to c or ConeresK, .11
.iiUie
i:. of
yi -it l-O., liy Mrs. A J. IltluiWi.v, In
the Librarian of Omsrw at Wasblns'on City.
en VTF. R XVIII.
I turn, d UJk, Mr. I.illienthal with a J
look of seorp
"Sir, do I owe you anything?" I
a-U i, lo.'til .
"No, madam."
"Am I tinder any personal obligation
to you for which I have not already
given viltie receive.! in dollars and
cents ?" ,
"No."
"Io jo-i i, anv claim, real or
maeinarv, ovt r my conduct or motives,
sir?"
"I cannot say that I do."
'Tlien Kiiydii you nnl.T me to quit
these premises? l)iU I not specially
stipulate that I would make no contract
tlia; would give my husband any legal
advantage over you ?"'
"You did."
"Why do yr.n pret.iiie !o interfere in
my doinestk' r.t!airs ?"
"liecaute you stem to li.ive :io -.-!ie
of s;lf-protection whatever. I'urdou
iu-, lUt youi liu-ii.itid has pioved recre
ant to evtry scn-e of Inini'in honor. I!v
yoLr ow'i
your chi! I, r ' '
w-i-'ed yi i:- o
arid luiriit ; o'i
A ud lion , if ; i t,
j on c-ui :. ji, . .; i.
I i!i n 1
I k:, v . '
tot 11! l-t II'l'.UI il
Mr. I.i.lientl.-i!
liav ever i I
-lin, he bus crippled
! yu of otir earnings,
'nice in liotous living,
i:t of house and home.
(!' n-e to liaihor htm,
, ii h. in for protect ion.
! t! e wi'oie matter."
I sdi that tin- v..
e iiH'liisien ti'.-ihle for
to r n h. Few nu n
oittiHil that women
in'iert i t p rional iude
Kt that ti.ey them.elvc
; . r : -eiitiei.ee, w hen
.. i ' tnployinent or op
try n. t n ri 1 1 v d. -ire to
li'ive the
I1
li.-y ivc
jior;u:ii.y
tati a-
l':.i ih
in t.
-h
-luli do, or w itii
ite; at. I t Li i too,
" would never
t''"ir - i". or
of ii i
em; ioyeaoi . i
iteDM i.
Ulllen:; . .
wmsc:: '
the Tit ' '"'
and doi
a worn . .
Hi,-!
lie 1. '
P if 1 II tl (
letr. ! '- ' i
int.. Hi."
j! ion I o t ' e
):'. iin! w a- v
tli-'t Mr. I.-iPe
tllllT." of llMll,
..i.!ji!i,i, he
V -'.ou!d have
! my per-onal
i.ut wl- 1 hut
. t ri.iul fact '.' a'
n' i rffre- a- tl.n o
tin if a dic i l
I i tii . If rr her-"lf
- T i veil no en-
I'
.i i ..I i
i.ii'ly t
.thai i
i:id I 1..
I V tie A' my
i ' I'.ie. I knew
ri -ht in !i is i
'w tint I ontht,
I id ni v-i lf of a
il'y a' i h.ni!y
n aod hold roe
j 1-'! v inceli- -d
in iu-
to Iliwlf, to
v. iio had i: r
' i.. v o :
... k, r, I ..-i
liti-i.ii
fofi-i
ai hi-
H; i . -..j .j ;i,,n (,f ,ny j iron in : t
leinp'.in to jt. tiie h .a nds of our tili-i-lic-
arr ii. ji mc ! to p'ay the rofc of (
dic'.a'or. To t'i- di I believe that
two-thirds of the u.u:is -nihle obsti
nacy of which wotue'i are not without
r.M-'fti accu-i d is thetii'fct con-efj 'iei.ee
of that mi.-.'iili- e i'. -ill "..! inti ovt r their
innate stluioul whie.i is primarily
caused by the legal, political, and
financial sway which mm bold over
t liens.
"And SO, Mr. I..!!., ntha', I atu i.o
body! I can't i.o a le-"l party to a
business c i'r t I.e.- in I'm a n.arri -d
woman. A i' l I cannot longer f n)
favor in the t-iglit of my landlord I e
cause I choose to obey tbe dictates of
my OWii c 'ill-deuce. Sir, you befriended
me whi n I neetUd a friend. I have paid
josj, aocniding to your ovin admission."
full price for evtry iavor rtc-tved, nnd
In SO doitt' have cn.ee. -d all my ot li
gations. Sow, turu me out of doors if
yoo like. Icknovledge I am at your
nwmr''
"Yob see," said
antly. "that Mr
my hu-batid, ert.it
. (Jrev is a fuitii ul
wire."
"She's fa:thfi.l t"..o'.'" j iciilated i iv
landlord.
And now, after the lame of a Quarter I
of a century,
opinion.
"Thank o
The ofliccr-
I e nfefes I am of his
:' loftily.
it, in obed h nee to a
I '
niute commat il tum, .luo-.p
IJowi.y
seized Gerald by the arms and hand'
cuffed him, while lie -tooii quaking in
every limb from fright ami humiliation.
"Mr. Lillieiithal, my wife has tny full
and f'ee consent to make her owu c.mi-trart-,"
lie exclaimed, as a g!imn: ri
of the situation dawtud upon him.
"But criminal;: cannot leiraMy tna'.t
or ratify bargains," said one of the ollb
ccr-.
nc-11-'
isons :.rc snppposed to
be liiboceiit until
guilty,'1 I replied,
they are
II, -p.r.t. '
proven
'How is
it, J 'i'le 1 1 ' "' " '
"I live 110 -'i'l.' a hand from
which to q.iole au "). but 1 iUouid
say, much a- I dilike to say it, that a
strict ro Lni'j of li e law would pro-
iiotf.-t. : '.r ! ' u -I .. niliihle as alcomb an I Irn.-h the chi.iln i, and I
coj.tr... li'i 1 1 . 1 m. 11 r am.-i for the kti-w th it his htart was righ:, in spite
hign crime 1 )r w 1 ::.c penalty is cr.p-
Hal punishment.
VOLUME VII.
"Then T tit fy your la-vs V I cried, ve- '
l.omentlv. '
"Buthowcanvnu, little woman?" I Several weeks elapsed before I was If was not till afternoon or me lonow
Sure enough, how could I? j ready to resume my old place in the ing day that my children and my es-
tn.r l.o.l urnlw in makinc the , di nine-room, and they were, for the most 1 cort, consisting of half a dozen horse-
laws, else I should never have soeruelly
entangled woman in their meshes that
she could not be the owner of her own -
selfhood, simply because she was mar- !
ried," I said. "The law doesn't serve j
men like that." I
TSiere isa latent sense of justice in the
public heart that will at rare times as
sert Itself under pressure of circum
stances, and supersede all human law.
Vorv nnitlv Ihta r.rineinli hail hwn
RAthmnf, force in le t,reB(tU of tlle hy.
staoders during our conversation, and,
as the ofHcers led my husband to the 1
dooj-, manacled and downcast, for the j
iMirttose of remanding him to the orison
in $an Francisco, my guests with one 1
accdrd decided that Mr. L.illieuthal '
shonld not be permitteil to eject me
from the premises, if he bad no other or
better reason for so doing than the one:
alleged. j
"I am Indeed thankful wheuever I see
men rising above human law into the j
r-fiim or l.urnan Honor," s4.t Judge
Oownv, his ee- Ii!!ed with tears.
, "hid ed, sir," I replied, "if you have
given ns a true rendering of tile law,
i and I certainly do not doubt your decis-
; ion, nvn have good reason to blush for
tile jeopardized honor of their mothers;
and women may well uak and trem-
' hie, lor verily they are in the power of
m n, h I ii -on!- a'ld lushes."
I "Men are women's best fneu N, I an
sure," an"ered the Judge.
I "Nobody can be so good to any onens
thycan be to themselves," I exclaimed,
m rep'y, never dreaming that I was ad
vocating the cardinal principles of the
then utterly ot noxious agitation known
as the wou.li.'- rights movement.
"I.t.'.-I, will J on not grant uie one
ki.-s of forgivi ihhs, tiefore I am torn
fr nil o'i to fumi-h a victim f..r the
i.ai .-lii'iii ?"' said iera'd.
At tl.ii I screamed hysterically, i.nd
clung fmiitically to his manacled arms.
"O, Ceri'd, niT hu-ban I, I catiti it let
ou go:
horn r. ty
I.o..k I
vi-ta of
V ar-, :i
' I u.i. i 1, as tlio'uh In 1 ad
I i t an 1 only friend.
! .ok today tliin'igh ;!ie
t'.i'o dttd'S anl n h.ilf of
id
recai'ii i; t!ie old scene, 1
a ;hi:I! oi the old agony.
.,t..- may d -i ant as wi-ly
of or a- ci..iiiinly as
;;!i;c i, 'In lr thenio the ever-
t:i. i i. .1 v oi ! i calls
i in. ii. an mind can account
s rr grasji its ruege of a'-
C in not n (:
l-i n s.
a t!,e k'll
t!ie -'ig- of ;
ex -. .i l- at.
hot I.-t-
freal
hlie-
1 deny that love is always
I. It far more freqne-tly s'ark
I, wliiit si-ii.e plninlv.
"oU imi-l let me trn, Hthe!, darling,"
-rod my hti-!-inl, falterirgly.
It bad bfeti Hit t'jiig since he ha 1 cilled
me lUiil'inn! Again I forgot that he
hud tuken it designing '.vntiti ti to his
bosom and filled her ears with maudlin
exj.'e iou. of urnoro'.is tenderness.
Azi'in I f n ;ot that he had sinnd
aLraili-t the 1 . 1. -t coi j'i-al miws, and I
d: 1 i n; n a'i t'i it in tlo.s openiiie my
heart to r t eve t! e ol I f n d a ociauon
I Ha- p'.icio'.' m;. -elf tij cn h level with
tlieMle w onan for w!m-e tragic do:i;h
he was even now tin ler ar.. -'.
It took manv years of hard experience
to tench me w i-!-t:i, hnt I learned at
last, thank (intl, that no womsti can re
tain her highest -enseof per-onal purity j
so long as she remains thenl.edient con
sort of a husbund who is stet ped in all
Innjuity. I'.nt I .in! so ....f poor (ler
aid's love ! !
Ah, me! !
Tiiey tore him away from me, and ,
mounted him upon a mustang, and
placed the reins of the stiff Spani'li
ori.ne in ins mtiuai'ieu uau-is, w one i
.... .
fell into a -ucces-.on of swis.us, from
which I was not fully aroused till the
next morning, and then there lay in1
mv bosom a wee wee infant which mv
my bosom a we, wee mianr, wnicn my
undue excitement had deprived of life
and sensation. I
"It isa gill an 1 it is be'ter that if did
... . ' ... .'. - . ". .
not live.' was nil 1 said, as l looKed
... . 1
ioiKiiy upon its tiny, well-shaped torm i
and thanked my Gnd.for the premature I
birth tl.at had robbed it of ! right to
life and the pursuit of happiness.
The surroundiiics that will cause a
ni.-th.rto t; - welcome death at the
tl.re-holl of hor chill's existence are '
' ei.eiue ate
iadted ten ible. aud the mother is not i
tne only one to blame, either; for she
would never feel so desperate were she
the arbiter of her wn destiny.
No one was mar to wait up 111 or
speak tome stve branny men iu tie
rouvh.sl of irir!. But, to th-ir crt dit
be it sfoken. ihev were as mooe.i mil.l
- 'I
respectful, and deferential with me as
thouttb I bad lieen their sister or mother. !
Hvery effort was made to s;.re my feel-
ingsMni re-' " my delicacy. Sm iking '
a not
1 cabin, J.
' tin .!,
all..
ed in
the vicinity of the
id tulk at.d oath" wen discon-
tld, '. .n). Ii tl,,, ttrl; uenl r.n
in ll.e restaurant kitchen under tbe su-
... 1. 1 f icncii cook, 1 was as
1 dseatnily at i-t a though 1 bad
never
known a worldly cue. 'Inn. I some
times foil at'l.njid because my l.a'ii.s
, rooked so
p:'.i'ul'.y lmulv tl.py wau.
Jereil about unl
imp', b..t Mr. l.lllien-
. thai, U.ougli ne oia not intrude his crrrr of the apheres-ah, nature has no
presence upon me, always managed where been more lavish of her gifts
sometime d iring the day to wash and
of the un 1 arr.ui'.ai.ie juri-siiciion over
I me which he had, iu a moment of in-
PORTLAND,
dlgnatlon, attempted to exere!. in the
matter of the lease.
part, weeks of quiet, delirious joy. since
reaching California I had not before ,
known rest, and It was so grateful to
my weary, aching bones and sinews,
In the half-dreamy languor of my
'die hours I almost forgot to woiry
about Gerald, my hut-baud. Indeed,
there was fascination in him for me
only when I was in hli presence. And,
as I both feared anl loved tilm
ever I was under his intluetic
I a!o
hated him with undeflnable hatred. '
You may reconcile the paradox if yon
can, gcod reader; I acknowledge thit I '
cannot d it. ltut I was deteriuine.1 to
save him from the gallows. Wiuter
wonld soon be over, and the spring term
of district court was toconvetieat .Sacra-
mento, where my busbaud, un.lcr a
change of venue, was to meet his trial
Thanks to my
French cook, who
realty understood
his business well,
thereby disproving the fallacy that uone
out WOmeu are cooks by nature, my
ln,)e was weI1 8U,)pijej during my
illness that my patronage had not fallen
off, and the very substantial receipts of
my bu.-iness not only enabled me t
keep clear of any pecuniary nidigiiini
to Mr. Lillienlhal, but to lay by a com- 1
fort able sum with which to carry my
self and Imst-an 1 through the ed iting
and expensive litigation in (tore for us.
I was almost ready to take my de
parture, nnd had arranged to leave my
cook, Antoine, in charge of my bu-iuess,
before I mentioned my purp to Mr.
Lillieiithal.
"Why tlo you want to "sto y.itir 1 un
hand, little woman?" he asked, ki elly.
This was receiving the news ot my
determination with better p'itc" tint! I
bad lint lei p.ited.
"it. cause rielit wrongs not.ody, :.;;d
Cer-.ld is not guilty."
My Int.dlid shruggeil his s on! Ivrs
iimi ejHCulated a significant "ugh."
"I know the caf look" dark, Mr.
I.Miieiithal, but I al-o know, no n..it!i r
what else my hii-bind may be vr'iii;y of
iloing when into'xicated, thai Ii- d! not
coniinit fnat murder. What I am re
solved todof.T himTwo'ild M.il.mrly
do for you or any other ii.no- -1 t nmn
under like circurn-taiicc-."
"How do you know he isn't gi.i! s T"
"liy my inner eon-eigu-ne ."
"Ab-urd."
"Vwu'l'. timve le's i'ln-ct-il if the
fact i" e'ear'y p-oven, won't J 'ill '!''
"W-."
"Tlien, you have only to wait."
Seeing that I was thus determ nel,
aid coi.fi lent of succt-s, my landlord
lnterpoel no further audilde objection,
yet the shrug of bis shoulders -poke vol
umes of contempt for what I knew lie
conceived to be my "woman's wl.ims."
1 left Nevada City by a conveyance
scarcely more comfortable than ti e
racking mule'with flsx-tirake gait, upon
liose mangled back I bad ridden i'l
such exqul-ite torture during my j ur
ney thither. B it my hia-t tins lime
siii a gentle pai'rey , of ea-y gait aid
goo! coniittioti, and t tie saddle and pan
niers for my children were far more
oomfortarde than the ncver-to-h. -forgotten
ones I had used before.
The trails along the mountain s.dc,
, where 1 am to.u a railroad now runs,
was intolerably steep, slippery and zig
zag. To this day I cannot imagine why
our necks were not broken. Toe t,r-.r.-ing
up of the wiuter, which, ecii in
California, is not always mild iti tbe
mouutahis, had caused a mixture of
snow and sleet to mingle with the
clayey soil, forming a slippery slush
through which my palfrey Houn lered,
,.,,.,......,, .
ii iKiitciiinb tur i iiii'iicu , mm i "11111 tur.i
t .
"""-"""""K myse.r.
But 1 w" M "",id n reckless us
trouble and disappointment could make
1- i ..
" :reu '""
CJ31 "eauioug uowti some one 01
ll)e '""umerable gulches that every-
where ntwnnl frlendlv llmm.li frl.d.lfnt
ffiiivB f n riwivo ma
r "
C", . ,
hence every debate, every
ine uangerous poriiou 01 our riue was
over at laaf anil I eonfeua I w not a
over at last, and I confess I was not a
little relieved when we emerired iiiinu
"'l,c "'c"cu "1'" emergeo 'l""
1,18 P,a,u "ere "t'rlDR. ,ovviy
",ren tl,at 8,,e as, lay smlliug 111 the
,aP 01 expinug iuter.
In all my travels I have never seen a I no occasion for confession and forgive
lovelier landscape than the one that 1 ness. In business we have bad advers-
slopes downward from the Sierra Ne-
vadas to the Pacific Ocean. True, there
are blemishes "here and there like the
Hat site of i-acrarncnlo, where moqm-
to. s are the chief nroduction. and the
'
stifling heat is at times almost unemltir-
able; but the vast area of billowy acre-
age over which tbe waving gra-s bends
gracefully; the live oaks, spreading th-ir
vernal arms abroad in the purple h.i7'
of the shimmering air; he tall pines,
c' 'thing the distant mountain sides
with theirblue-green verdure; tbe wind
ing Sacramento and modest San J.ei pun
rivers, bordered with tluir ftiiige of
ii'.ow fol'age; the inidiilating mountain-,
with here and there a snow-pt k
towering high; and firilnr on the bil
lowy ocean, brea'hiug fu.'cvar the.
than there.
I itnuniber nou.f tins - wo
ambled through the L.llowy pi nn, an I
11 seemsstrange, now that I recall it all
j that my mind was not too full of other
Furs Speech, Fiuw
Free People.
OREGON, FHIDAY, MAY 21, 1H7N.
cares to give room for the quiet beauty
that everywhere abounded.
men who were going to the Capital City
also to attend the court, baited ourjiutoall manuer of excess, invariably i
I... . !' Mnf nf hnrsil In Ilia 1
:r.J" " " K "ouw. '1)lllirat, but strengthen!!!- to read
where Judge Downy met and welcomed nation the malaria of our river Hats ,,.,, prtn8 of The Easy Chair" in
me in a cordial, cheery way that some- ,vj.l ti.fe r wanips. lie may have been tiie April Harper, as that which com
bo had a presage of future good cheer ,ipoti a week's spree, aud with head inenees with au allusion to a beautiful
in It. swelled with whiskv and its effects, I MO''',et.,,y Longfellow, commemorative
A wellforulstaed cbsmber-the best j yit l,e will gravely tell w Washington
tbs hoose afforded was placed at the t is as malarious and unhealthy as Cuba, i After writing quite as beautiful a son-
when-'disposal or myaeii ana cniiuren, sou i .
was soon luxuriating In the blessing of
a civilization superior to anything I had
met since leaving Melbonrne.
Perhaps my boflutliul sapper Inspired
my dream that night. Perhaps It was
the ballad nation of a disordered brain;
hut let tbe mystical experience be cred
ited to whatever sourse the scientist
may see fit to assign It, certain It is that
my nocturnal explorations resulted In
my obtaining t, cine to the evidence
which was unraveled, link by link, as
the trial progressed evidence which
was destined to either acquit my hus-
hand of tbe charge of murder, or consign
hnu to a felon's fate.
To be continued.
For Husbands.
Don't think when yon have won
wife that von have wou a slave.
Don't think that your wife has l;ss Nearly three colored children die to one
feeling than your sweetheart. Her re-1 white, and this disproportion tends to
latiouship to you simply is changed,. .erious look to our death statis-
uot her nature. ,
Don't think that yon can dispense tics, and to warrant many writers In
with all the little civilities of life toward assrrtiou that Washington is akin to
her you marry. She appreciates these ' Kme in unhealthfuliiess.
rcya"" 1 o-' rp-
Had yoo been that sort of a fellow be- 'c-cd recently over the announcement
lore marriage, the probabilities are you m an evening paper that Senator Mitch
wnuld be sewing on your owu buttons etl-s riaUKilter had made a marriage
""lion'f make vnur wife .bl,.k sI.p is elopement. I5ut prolonged gossip was
an incumbrance on you by giving
Lrrudgiugly. What she needs give cheer
fully, as if it were a pleasure so to do.
Sii will feel better, and so will you.
Don't meddle with affairs of the house
under her charge. You have no more
riirlit to be poking your nose into the
kitchen than she has to walk into your
place of business and give directions to
your employes.
Don't rind lault with her ex t ravage nee
in ribbons, etc., until you have shut
down on cigars, tobacco, whisky, etc.
Don't leave your wife at home to
nnr-e tbe children, on the score of econ
omy, while you bolt down at ulgbt to
s-e the show or spend a dollar on bil
il.inls Don't holt your supper and hurry nil
to sntnil your evenings lounging Hioiiiel
an
from your wife. Before uiarnaire
n'i couldll
h nh her.
t ftjiend evenings enough
Don't prowl in the loafing resorts un
til midnight, wasting your time incnl
p ible idleness, leaving your wife lonely
at home to nrood over your negiejt and
l.t-r disapioiutment.
Don't think the woman you prom
ised lo "love, cherish, and protect" be
comes your servant as her part of tbe
contract.
Don't expect a wife to love and honor
you if you prove a brute unworthy of
love and honor.
Don't caress your wife In public and
s.mrl and growl at ber in private. Thi
I roves you both a hypocrite and a dog.
Don't wonder that your wife is not a"
cheerful as she used to be, when she la
bors from early room till late at night
to nander to the comfort and caprice of
a selfish pig who has not soul enough to
appreciate her.
Don't, if your wife has fault, be con--dandy
reminding ber of them, while
you have never a word of commenda
tion for her virtues.
Ai.vick T- Those Aboct to Marry.
I married my wife about thirty-live
e.irs ago. The ceremony was per-
f.r.n.d about seven o'clock iu the 'morn-
ing. Before retiring that evening we
bad a good talk with each other, and
the result has sweetened our entire
lives. We agreed that we should al-
wajs oe ..icuiui ... emmm, uer, j
word or act, to hurt tbe feelings of the
other. We were both young, hot-tern-
,,ered both nositi in otir llk and dis-
i - -
likes, and both somewhat exacting and
inflexible just tbe material for a life of
conjugal wartare. Well, for a few years
we lound it bard work to always live by
ur agreement. Occasionally (not
onn) word or look would slip off the
tongue or face lie fore It could be caught
allowed the
or suppressed; but we never
Sllll lo go doWtl OU OUT Wn
., in ,lni.ii nn nnr wrmlh. Ileforo
retiring at night 011 such occasions there
.n ...
1 was always conleastoii and forgiveness,
' tne coipril woum oeeome more
! ami tne
, careiui in luiute. wu Mrm,Bia mm nw-
I IS'SIIIOOS OeCSme graiiuaiiy more TOD-
t t wp to
r .. u.i
, OM , reality, as the marital cere-
,ony had pronounced us nominally,
in tuinaiug oaca. w ..u . .m.
ii.. iw.ntn TMMniir t agreement
, , - mntl th "hM u,
(lave our grandchildren about us, and
we are simple enough lo believe that we
have better children, and better grand-
ebibireu uecause . ix.i ...
I lltler SUCH a Contract reilglOUaiy C'U,
ill-natured children 'will be reared,
and no hoys will find the streets and
bir-rooms mewfJeJ"',t husbaiid
1 " n,tt'Ve H..nneratiou of both. A
.'. hj'u.ii Alitor.
What are our aspirations w.af..,
another ami fewer me, out uie
.. .. . . s rw .
1 1 , .. ur.irii m commence
IIS UUIOldlllg lor
tb.it lile. aa trulv as the fluttering of the
yoiing blplling in the best is nature's
primal effort toward qualifying it to
soar on downy pinion away toward the
!o7, while warbling the harmonious
not, iof gladness which brighten Itsown
soul ? Kvery true desire of the soul 1.
"!lSEZZ
llllllio. innij ..i"v,"i ,
the l rest hereafter will rien the glo-
f. us fruitage of purer growth. ur.
'!. r.
More than BOO patents have been1
taken out in England for railroad car
, wheels.
! OUR WASHIBOTOS LETTEB.
.Tothk Kiu-tokof tiik Sew Xorthwr-t:
The malaria of Washington is a fruit
ful theme to 'l speakers and writers
who sojourn here. The Congressman
whose idle and dissolute life leads him
-1 . 1.1-
and that lliernpltai should be removed to
more healthy latitude. We very much
douht whether any city of the Union,
with as large a iola'.ioii, can show
less sickness than Washington. The
infamouL I1il ruir !. !::: " ' ef
acres, created by the causeway of the
Long Bridge lu the Potomac, which lie
right before the White House and are
bared by the ebb of the tide, would
seem sufficient in themselves to engen- j ivery orrv , ,nat theVniversity of
der epidemic disease. Yet the natural j Londnu had decided to admit women to
advantages of tbe city in other direc-iall its degrees upon precisely tbe same
tions serve as admirable correctives,!1"'"8 88 nien-' The secret reason of
, , .. i this regret, of course, is tbe feeling that
and, as a consequence, we Hatter our- there wol,j be .uething unwomanly
selves ire have ns much cause to he in the act of competing for a degree
thankful for our general good health as which would open the pursuit of pro-1
other cities. If we except the terrible I
mortality found among the young of
'. the colored people, then our mortuary
! report would present a far better show
i iug than that of any Northern city.
prevented by the subsequent publica-
tiou of a letter from one of our leading
Kpi-copal ministers stating that he had
married the couple In the presence of
the bride's parents. The marriage has
been op)osed in tbe "test by Mr. ami
Mr- Mitchell t.ccau-ent Iheirdaughter's
youth, she belg but sixteen, and that
of her husband who is but twenty. Yet
finding opposition unless they finally
gave consent, so our sensationalists had
all their wonderment checked by the
qu'et home wedding of the children at
the home of the Senator.
A roost pointed colloquy took place
in the House on Tueadav between the
in me j.ouse on lueauay oeiween i"e
members on the subject of economy,
and Speaker Htodall, who left his chair
to participate iu it, bad need of all his
powers of reply before it was ended.
Kco'inmy Is now the subject matter of
all discussions, and, nf course, Tuesday's
debate was full of it. Mr. Randall was
asked why he bad voted in a former
Congress to give himself $7,"00 salary,
by be afterward voted for the repeal
, of the law by which he grabbed that
amount, and why he took care not to
refund any of It. He replied that he
belieed his servios worth $7,500, but
as Im constituents thought differently,
, lie a cepted their wish as the higher
pow r which had to be obeyed, heuce
bis '-ote to repeal; but as he believed he
I had a full honest right to keep what
' had been paid him, he used it for paying
his debt-, and his people never blamed
him for so !ning. His defense was a
, manly "t", and was well received on all
i,,u"- 1,1 "'' tl!ese personal tilts in
j Congrcs 'I'-r Is a trreat deal ot bitter-
, ness and t r'too h-played, and Tut s-
d . ,,. ; ,.. , ,
, ,, , . , . " , , ,
io- A" 11 ' "' " ,on,t 6 hn" ln
'and many a hricl- wt-s thrown by the
pariii ipmts, who nr- t !! determined to
. , .
in next fall's election, which now is the
object of every move rivn o-r C'oncres-
aion.il .!ieatinnnl
Mr. Randall's recent !:trr to Ohio
politicians uriring the rcdistrictlnir of
that State in order to en-ure the election
! of additional Pemocr.
tic Congressmen
! iml,y shows to wlia! extent the ques-
i lion or lileian elections pneitisn mv
attention of our stattiueii. We hear
t a.. .11 aMua lioFliiMrBr olitatna control
'f tbe PXt Hoage wi, eect t,,e ext
'"
, ,aw i au(, e apnil c)nffrt.,s
1 . , ,- . ..... ,, .. ..
1... i., , ,ew. llr-t. the . llect hdoii the
i fm e!e,..1()11- a,ul second, the
White
House.
If the cobfessions of the participants
in the so-called Louisiana frauds have
disturbed the political equilibrium here,
for either, ilistrny on the Republican
1 side . r joy of the
1 nnt hem 'able to
D- nioerats, we have
.. It Tl . ., ..
'... r...i ,,ineil,' wonder, and
! nn one now in Concress seems to care a
pin for them. One tiling seems assured,
; those who in Cougress voted to sustain
' t,,e ut tl,e electoral commission
will riot now join any on- to re-open
the vi xed q j -lion.
ii to power 11pm an
Mr. Hayes came '
undo'ihte ,1 com-
. . ,,,. ,. n nA .,
1 uiuuiirx. aiisa . . - ----
,..,, ,
wa mny o n in n.. ..ivnuu u
un'do his action. Theelecloral commis-
gion .j it was found so full of flaws in
contest that bv compromise
"K . ,, . ,
only cold tbe counting of the votes be
secured, and the censr.i'y (Xpro?ed
( sentiment is that, ngnt or wrong, Hayes
- President, and mu-t remain so.
Fki.i x.
Wa-h.i lon, D C., May .", 'oTb.
"
Som d travels in water about four
times quicker, and in solids from ten to,
tivfinlti t t maa nninL-n (linn in nia i
1 twenty times quicker, than in air.
NUMBER 31
Woman's Bights in Harper's Monthly.
To say "the world move," seems a
poor expression of the fact that the pop
ular magazines contain articles which
legitimately belong to the Woman't
Journal and its co-laborers. Altbcftjgh
we have no right to be surprised at any
evidence of love of justice from George
William Curtis, it is still not only ex
net in prose 01 inese same readings, air.
Curtis concludes by saying: "A rarer.
more refined delight, which of ns has
known? 1 Mil it ever occur to us that
Mrs. Kemhle was doing anything im
proper, anything unreasonable? In the
wonderful picture of Portia which her
voice's nius.e lnrw,Hja loere auything
a little repulsive, a little unfemlulue?
"This question was suggested to tbe
Easy Chair t.y tbe remark of one of the
most ilevotttl and delighted of all the
llil.nM.1 ll.nuu ra.ili nr. that lla nraa
tcss oos-especiaiiy tne meuicai pro-
fession
n u 1 1 11 MS S mcjm kb 1 1 J cua Ul it: I
exclusively cultivated by men. Yet,
when pressed, the Kasy ( hairs interlo
cutor admitted that there was nothing
more essentially unfeminine in the
practice of medicine by a woman, than
in the recitation of Shakespeare for tbe
entertainment of a miscellaneous crowd.
It is a question of babit, not of instinct
nor of principle nor of reason. When
tbe old Greek and Oriental idea of ab
solute seclusion aud subordination is
abandoned, a woman's reading from
Shakespeare for tbe pleasure of tbe pub
lic is au action not different In kind
from ber nracticinp medicine or Serving i
on a school committee. This genera-
tion, however, is more used to the one
than to the other. It is a habit, noth-
jngmore." y the story or a respectable-looking
These weighty sentences are followed woman with a care-worn face who was
by a reference to some remarks of occupying a seat in the corner of the
dear, witty Charles Lamb upon tbe al- dook to answer the charge of larceny,
lowahle or not allowable juxtaposition Her accuser, Mrs. Km ma L. Marriner.of
of certain dlsbes and certain sauces No. 11 Keefe street, had been entrusted
(things, by the way, only a gourmand ' with material for fourteen coats, which
of the superior sex understands and an had been given her to make. Mrs. Mar
assertiou that cookery was yet but in riner said she was the agent of Snyder,
its empirical stage. Kasy Chair con-1 Harris, Basset & Co., clothiers on
tinues: "It is not in cookery alone that Market street, below Sixth, and that
the mystery is still unsolved (meaning the woman bad admitted that she had
the mystery why cabbage Is reprebens- , pawned the goods.
ible with roast beef, etc.) Why should "What have you to say ?' inquired
it seem a womanly use of heaven's gift Magistrate Smith.
,li., I in. I bmibi far ihu "I did i t for hreai) : indeed. T Hid "' ct.
. p,.a!jure a tiiousaud men, and some -
thing strange and unfeminine that
Portia should plead with eloquence in a
curt to save hapless woman from
. r . ,,,.,
.i iri.u . ' i me v 'i ' i , it . . j in in ..... ..
that Mrs. Ke ruble should Drofessionallv
read Shakespeare, ami 'qoeer' that she
should professionally atteud women in
peril aud sickness? Do we not nat-
ii rally aud logically glide into tbe part
of the citation from Lamli that we just
now omitted? 'Why, salmon fortifJeth
its condition with the migiity lobster
sauce, whose embraces are fatal to the
delicate relishes of the turbot.' Must
we not say that we are yet in tbe rudi
mentary knowledge of what is and is
not unfeminine? When tbe example
of the Loo. Ion University is not sin
gular, hut when all opportunities are
opened equally to all talent and voca
tion, when it is not forbidden a woman
to do any honorable work for which she
Is hy nature and by study ai d training
properly equipped, unless the laws of
nature fail, will any greater catastrophe
befall, w il! there be any more signal re
version of the order nf things, than if
cabbage should come at last to he eaten
with roast beef, and currant jelly ce
ment au alliauce with tbe muttons
shoulder?"
Law Against Flirtixi.. Burke, in
his history of Virginia, says : "I find
that the Governor was obliged soon
after to issue a proclamation prohibiting
women to contract themselves to two
several men at oue time. For women
beiug yet scarce and in request, this of
fense was become very common; where
by great disquiet arose between parties,
ami no small trouble to the govern -
ment. It was therefore ordererj that
ecerv minister should iriWB nonce in bis
- cbnreh that what woman soever should
i use any word or speech tending to a
ciintracVofmarri: to several VJ'j
at one time, although not precise and 1 .Sevn ..nans
leesl. yet so as might entangle or breed
scruple in their consciences, should, for
such offense, either undergo corporal
correction, or be punished by line or
otherwise, according to the quality of
the person so offended." Although tbe
snpply of women is not so limited as it
was when this was in force, we have no
doubt tl ere are many young fellows
who won! i like to see It re-enacted.
If t'i"-- is any class of women for
whom I have a deep compassion, it is
' t''e "l,rll!,rriedand unoccupied daughters
01 ric.i men, an me more 110 1 pity
tiiem, if, as often happens, they ate
horn with a good deal of brain power.
I shudder as I recall the speech of the
editor ot a widely read newspaper: "The
first duty of a woman is to be ornamen
tal in the nirlor." That is, she is to be
1 the marble Clytie or Psyche that stands
11 . 1 tbe lirunlret t Pir uoeii vniifu. vn m -
p" ''"-T only the -low change of the
i .' .. . ...A. 1
uicm, ..1 ,11 11 Wc w kiiicu uui; in;
j one is equal. I u most cases she
j "Sutlers, recoils; tbn, thirsty ami depairin
, ' "est M."'''' ""a"
0e.or M'iria M'drhftl.
Notiiing is aibitrary. nothing is iso-
la'i d in b-auty. It deiieiids forever on 1
, j- - ";r-" "
t no nMHMmrv st nn nuorn 1 rim 1
1 r:.",' TZT r "1.
... I mi ,
i ,f.r.i, me iiiiuiic plumage OI tile
insect, has a reason for its rich colors in
the constitution of the animal. Fitness
is so inseparable an accompaniment of
beauty that it has been taken for it.
Kim rso;i.
He who labors for tbe elevation ot the 1
1 masses has a noble though outlines a '
thankless task. The duties are ardu- j
ous, the. stnigg'es creat: yet the results
sot'iit are worthy all sacrifice aud.
eflort. 1
1 . .
It seems a paradox that the remit of
a crooked still should be a whiskv
i straight.
Corrospondentawri'Ini; over assumed s'er.a
nir. - mast make known their names to tbe
1' !"."-. or no attention wilt be given to their
1 -nun intention-.
Qolden Apothegms.
Hon. Adam Woolever, of Allentown,
lectured recently in !banunt Pennsyl
vania, on "The Knfranehisement of
Women." Many of the sentences of
the lecture are goldeii apothegms. In
stance the following:
A model nation must have justice for
its foundation, and lii-erty tor its top
stone. Savages not civilized men look
upon clemency as cowardice. The cause
of equal suffrage is an uprising of com
mou sense, instinctive justice, and m
lightened conscience.
The withholding of the ballot from
woman is the last relic of barbarism.
Force and caste must be eliminated
from tbe government of the future.
We must break the crust of prejtid
by agitation.
The ballot is soft and light as a sno
Hake, but swift and strong as lightnii
Impartial suffrage is the herb lo
so g':t nr to cure th ntlou' wouie
it would bring with it parity and jt -tlce.
Woman Suffrage is pure republic: ,
democracy.
Iiiist of power does not belong to re
sonahle and kindly men.
Woman pre-eminently possesses the
four cardinal virtues prudence, forti
tude, temperance, and justice.
The meaner a man is tbe more be de
spises woman.
Tbe woman movement is strong and
sure as a snow storm, though, like a
snow storm, you cannot see which way
it is drifting.
When a man attempts to bind his
brother with a chain, God binds the
mau himself with the other end of the
chain.
He Is next to the gods whom reason
impels.
More flies can lie caught with a drop
of honey than with a barrel of vinegar;
therefore keep sweet in this reform. .
Oposition to equal suffrage has no
better source than tbe law of the
strongest.
Sixty-six Gents a Dozen fcr Making Goats.
The sympathies of the Court and the
' crowds gathered at the Central Station
. hearings a few days ago, were aroused
' claimed the roor woman, as the big
tears chased each other down her wan
, 'ace.
"Didn't yon know it was wrong for
! Vnn to nawn the onrii? inr..Or.i tu
j -- i - p. u . ....j... l. . .. -
I Magistrate.
' "Yes, sir; I did, and I never did such
a thing before, but my children were
crying for bread, and I had none to give
them, and I was driven to do it to keep
mem irom starving.
"How many children have you ?" iu-
quired the Court.
"Five; the youngest four years of
age."
Sbe explained to the Court that she
bad already taken steps to get tbe goods
out of pawn and to return them to the
agent, Mrs. Marriner.
"It's a bard case," said tbe Magis
trate, "and you may go on your owu re
cognisance." A collection was then taken up for the
broken-hearted woman, and when she
left thecourt-room it was with a lighter
heart thau when she etitered it. To the
reporter tbe needle womau said she got
only sixty-six cents a dozen foi makiug
the coats, and by working hard she
could make a dozen iu a day. Phila
dclphia Record.
A MiiiKMAN's Bad Mathematics.
When Thomas drove up to a house on
Elizabeth street the other day to deliver
the usual quart of mixture, the gentle
man of tiie house kindly inquired :
"Thomas, how many quarts of milk
do you deliver ?"
"Ninety-one, sir."
"And how many cows have you ?"
I'l 00 .i r tl
1 Tne RuUeol8n ma(le rtfmarkS
alM)Ut eaf close of the
1 ..' .
. r,heVa.k'ed": "" '
Seven quarts, sir.'
"Ah inn," said the gentleman, as he
moved off.
Thomas looked after him, scratched
his head, and all at once grew pale as he
pulled out a short pencil aud began to
figure 00 the wagon cover.
"Nine eows is nine, and I set seven
quarts down under the cows and multi
ply; that's 63 quarts of milk. I told
him I sold 91 quarts per day. Sixty
three from 91 leaves 23 and none to
ctrry. Now where do I get the rest of
the milk? I'll be hanged if I baven'C
given myself away to one of my best
customers by leaving a durued big cav
ity iu these figures to lie filled with
water !" Detroit Free Pres.
A well-known Oxford man, head
master of a prosperous grammar school,
was once delected by an old pupil skat
iugon aSuuday afternoon. "I think,
doctor," was the not unnatural observa-
, ,.
you once flogged me for boating
Sunday." "Yes. mv dear bov."
ion I
was the reply, "and I did quite right.
If a man really likes boating, one day
to him is tbe same as another. Skating
is entirely different. It may freeze
hard on the Saturday night, and then
thaw again before daybreak on Monday
morning."
Tramps are more of a nuisance, if pos
ible, in Germauv. than with us. Iu
I .iui. iril'""" r .
1 1 ' 01 uiiiuj , mau Willi us. iu
' lue rural districts womeu are In hourly
' anxiety because of these pests, and keep
,ue doors carefully locked when their
husbands are away from home.
1
1 I'eii'isMvauia ivodIb are clamoring
lut close of their "teacber factory,
as they term the Normal School, as there
are uow 'i200 teachers with certincates,
oul without situations.
. . TV TwThTnes their
If individuals have no virtues, meir
trieou mr lifl nf I1S6 tO US. J1 '1 '
There are letter-boxes i o all the horse
cars at Amsterdam, New York.