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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1879)
aanaaamnnaaimM I I I a MRS. A. t. 1WX1WAY, Mftar a Ml l'reprtfttr OFFICK-Coa. PnRI WiMIINl.ToN STUNTS, A Journal for the People. Ue voted to the Interests of Ha ma mqr. Independent la Folities and Kcllgton. Alive to all Live Issues, aod Thursnghly Wadtesl Is Opposing and RxfKMtng tbe Wrongs TERMS, IX ADVANCE : One yew Htx muutbx .. Three aratkii ef the Si W , in 1 w Pure Fkke lira, Khkb Pfaplk. Cotiesamdeats writing over aasoaieil signa tores most make known their aaam io the Editor, or no attention will be give to their communication. ADVEBTWKMKKT8 Inserted OB Reaaoua ble Terms. XOT2.TX,.A.NX, OREGON, rr J ITJI2 SUAY, MARCH TL'.V, 1870. FACT, FATE AND FANCY; Mar Hs of Uftoft than tine. Bt atas. A. J. DUXI WAY. aitthob or "lunrm JUI n," "KLUCX noWO," ad umt i.n," "T BAPTT am," "oan wokann srnKait," M 4MB HOUOX," WTC., KTT. K ritnra4.mcanttacto Act of Conrmi, Inthr year Item, by Mm. A J. Uunlwur, In the office of the l.tbrartaaofCirairreuat Waahlnttoo Clty.l CHAPTER XXV. Grace met ber anxious father with enforced compoeare, and disarmed Idm of bis premeditated tirade against Alonzo by a firm and tearless smile. . "And to yon are in trouble, my daughter?" be said, InoBUtariv.fraiiflj aaiHjh ti HM WHHPmrQrace, befouled Jier in hit arm and audtoly thanked heaven that 8 be was yet spared, to him. "Then you really love me, father?" "Love you, cbiid? I'd die for you V "But, father, I trust that you will find it more profitable. If not more pleaeaut, to live for me." "TelU me all, my ebild. 1 am ready to hear the want," and the grand old Captaiu disposed of hie heavy body In a chair that answered back with ominous creaks, suggestive of a collapse which reached a climax when Grace seated herself upon bis knee, ami all came to the floor in a heap together. Tblsdiversion occasioned some timely merriment, aud happily broke the way for further conversation without ftirthei embarrassment. The Captain next seat ed himself cautiously apon a sofa, which. though somewhat the worse for wear, proved sufficiently durable for present occupancy, and Grace nestled at his feet upon a stool, and looked into his face with her great wonder-speaking eyes, and waited for him to break the silence. "All concealment mast be over be tween as, my child. Tell me every thing," said the Captain, and there were vOT(nH.M, .mi hkic were i tears in his voice sod stifling sobs in his I utterance despite hie endeavor lo enforce ! calmiirsM. ' "Father, there is so me thing terribly wrong in marriage." "What is wrong, my child 7" "I don't know, unless it' in the lew." "That is only because yoor experience has been unhappy." "Father, suppose yon were to enter into a contract for ea-partoersblf with some pernon; end suppose you had acted in perfect good faith, only to find, after you had confided yoar fortuue ami your honor to his keeping, that he had be trayed yoor trust and forfeited your con fidence. What would you do ?' "Why, I'd get oat of it a q sickly as possible, and have nothing more to do with the rascal. And, If possible, Vd send him to tbe penitentiary for obtain ing money under false pretences." "I'm glad to bear you aay so, father; for I bad just made Mp my mind to deal with AIoueo in that very manner." "But be is your lawfully wedded husband, child, and it will never do for yoa to even hint at each a thing." "Father, do I understand you aright ? Surely my sense must deceive lie. Would you have me believe that it Is right to condone iu my husband, and the father of my children, a sin which you would puuish la a busioess eo-part-ner with the extreme penalty of tbe law r Captaiu Emerson was silent. He was digesting a new idea. "No wonder tbe world it filled with criminals," continued Grace. "I bad expected a different decision from my father, at least." "My child, you bear the rascal's name. You are hie wife. You have taken upon yourseir a lire-long vow. Should aa Kmerson go back on her word ? I didn't want you to marry tbe fellow, God knows. But you would persist, aad now, for the sake of repeataMIUy, yotr must make the very beet that yon ean Of tbe consequences." "This is your final decision ?" "It is." Xow, leader, I am sorry that I am not portraying such a character as Madge Morrison or Mattle Armstrong. Eitlier of these would have risen in ber maj esty and defied both law and eotm for tbe sake of right, But Oraee Emrreou was not a thorough heroine. Her natu ral impulses wer all for good, and ber perceptions of doty were correct in tbe abstract, bat she lacked tbe metal of which martyrs are made, and she bowed her head before what seemed to be ber destiny, aod burst into tears. "I am sorry for yon, my poor child," said ber father, teuderly. "But I am ho situated that I cannot afford to have a domestic scandal in my family. It would spoil my public prospects. If everything goes smoothly, I shall get into tbe United States Seoate before an other decade rolls around, and I don't want to see my daughter figuring in the newspapers as the divorced wife of a re spectable knave." Then you'll sacrifice me for the sake of otHee, will you T" "No child; it isn't so bad as that. Alouro has had a good lesion how, aod , if we'll see him through it and help him out, I guess he'll be all right in tile future. At any rate, it's our duty tn give him a trial." "But his father is bankrupt, aod he's the cause of it. Old Sbylock. over hero. you know him," pointing to the three VOXTDIE VIII. golden balls that betokened the broker's offlee of Jared the Jew, "is acquainted with enough of the crookedness of which both father ami mil are guilty to ranee the Indictment of both of them by the grand jury. II 3 holds a thousand dol lar note against tbem now, wijli the senior 'Rnowdeo's name npon it In the form of a forgery. A speculator by the rae see Co! den, I believe they called him, has possession of my thousand acre deed -as collateral for a little matter of eleven thousand, already secured to keep tbe young hopeful whom ysw say I cannot discard because lie's my husband, out of tbe State prison. On, yes, marriage a holy Institution under such oireHmstaoees," and Grace gave vent to a hysterical laugh which would hae caused ber father serious ,l'ty taisolw) a menifal delir ium. Eet no reader say that Captain Kmer- Ott was any mora of a coward about facing the world with an unpopular matrimonial fact than are thousands of other fathers. The world is full of such nnwritten histories. And cemeteries are filled with the dead bodiesof thwart ed wives wbo have died rather than break the ehalus which they assumed In the blindness of passionate love, aod tbe ignorance of youthful inexperience. only to find the bargain a fraud and the way of escape walled up by an inpeue treble hedge of family pride. But worse than tlie martyrdom of misuiated live, worse by far than the endurance of a life-long fraud, is the heritage which the physiologist foresees and which Grace was gifted with prophetic pre science to foretell, tbe heritage of dis honesty, peeolatlon and fraud which is instilled into tbe very souls of tbe chil dren who are the bitter fruits of unholy u aloof, ami wbo famish victim for the jail and the gibbet, or, escaping these, accept a higher grade of professional knavery aud distinguish themselves as straw contractors. a-nveriiment stih- ... . eIrt" ln "eHB cipher "I , , , v" "- ner sirengui leaving lien "Father, what would yon have rae to do 7" she aked, rising to her leet and bracing herself to stand firmly, though Ibojaoiesof her feet would hardly ac knowledge the law of gravitation, not withstanding in-r eMbrI to compel them. "I will go with you to see the old woman, Aloaao's mother; and I'll help you to settle up all their affair, that Is, I'll back you and her with the necessary fund to compromise with their credit ors, if you'll be a good girl aud stand by your bad bargain and give np that fool, ish notion of difgraciug yourself and family by a tegat separation." "But, fattier, whatnf Nancy Shad. Ion and ber baby ?" "Tut, tut, child; it's no unrtimmoti thing for fast young men to be guilty of .mm. ft.ni.. if 7"l . .. imurr, sou v trace urew up ner regal form to He tallest height and looked at him as a fawn might, when at bay, "etrppose Nancy Shaddon was your child aod I was ber father's daughter. What wmuld yon think then 7" "I wouldo't think at aH; I'd aet! I'd kill the infamous scoundrel I" ' Grace smiled bitterly. "You see, father, it makes adiilereuce, even with a philanthropist like yourself, as to whose daughter is tbe victim." "I confess It, Grace. Iet everybody take care of their own, is my motto." "Boa, froppoae they don't? what then V "The injured party's onto' lock, that's all.!' "Tbeu, father, listen to me. I will accede to yoor denioods. I will give Alonao new probatioa, for your sake, mind, aad for your aake ooly, provided you will allow me lootipMlate iu regard lo one condition." "Name It." "BTe shall fake bia ejUW ami bring it up. "What?" Captain Kmer-on eoold not have been more deeply astounded bad the heavens began to fall. "I mean just what I say, sir. The poor girl is hopelessly ii.sane. The phyrielansaey there le no earthly wros- 1 peel for her recovery. Her father cast the ebild away at the orphanage. Ami now, so help me Infinite God," awl Grace raised ber bands in attitude of fer vent entreaty, and lifted ber eyes to htavrti as though no human siectator were iu sight or hearing, "I will never see Aloaao's face again till he will take that child to his mother's home aud humble the pride of bis haughty sisters, intriguiug father, and his own villainous and cowardly self by confessing the whole truth." "Hut, child, you surely wouldn't have the scandal published 7" "It need not be. No one need know anything about it save tbe Snowdens anu rmersons and John and Anders." -"But why need they know 7" "Hmilia air T u-ilt 1, 1 "... ik. tji ii i ui mi shame will humble Alonao Soowden. He ie devoid of principle, if be Is my i , i . i . husband. But. since you elect that, for yoar position's sake, I must abide through life by tlie consequences of a matrimonial fraud, 1 elect that the con dition I name is the only one upon which I will content to accept it." Do you think it can be managed I without arousing public gossip, Grace 7" "It must be done. Though, for my part, I shouldn't oare a farthing who knew it, if the fact of Us being known would awaken Alouzn's dormant honor.' "You're a Strang girl, Grace." "I know It. Iet us go nt once to the orphanage and get the child. Then we .will go to tbe county court and comply with the requirements of the law to make it mine," 'Mint yon cannot aet without the eon sent of your husband. He is your legal bend, yon know." "My legal fiddlesticks ! I'll aet, at all events. He may afterward demurr if be dares." But I os nno t comprehend your mo- J tive, Grace." My motive sir, Is to do right. I)o yon . suppeeenat I whlu iar nv cone. 8WamHaw, Ttvaas iTTe wlfeofa man and tbe mother of his lawful children, knowing that he had another, who had every claim of eonsauguinlty upon him, whom he aud land the world discarded? Ee.s order a hack and be oil' directly." The kind-hearted matron of tbeor phauage willingly complied with the legal requisition of Cattain Kmerson aud yielded up the ohikl, a tiny, wall ing waif which Grace greased to her boom with such genuine motherly tenderness that the good woman more than half suspected her to be other than ibi putative mother. But she did not know, and In her position it was con venient for her to remain as nearly as possible, oblivions to a great many of tlie legitimate, as well as the illegiti mate facts and fancier that fate, whether luckless or lucky, was continually bring ing uuder tier ulMervalfon. fro be continued. Testimony of an Eye WitaeM. Rev. F. J. Pierce, well known through out Oregon, having lieen pattor of the Baptist etSiirch in Portland for tbe years 1876-7B, writes as follow to the Den ver Mirror: I came from the vicinity of lloton. arriving. in Iarumie two weeds beore the first regular election In 1871. J bad never symitliiaed with the extreme tbeoriex of the woman' rights platform, to the ndvoeates ol which I had often lisleued in 1 to ton. But I list) never been able to learn Just whv a woman In naturally excluded from the privilege of 1 franchise, and I bad sometimes argned in favor in tyeeiini debates. Still the ; question of her degradation stared me in the face, and I eame to Wyoming unde termined iu the matter, determined to he au impartial judge. I wat early at the polls, but loo late to wiioe the polling of tbe firt female vote by "Grandma" Swain, a much esteemed Quaker lady of 75 summers, u ho deter mined by ber word and Influence to rally her ?x lo defend thecaueeof mor ality and justice. I Haw tiie rough mountaineers main taining tlm mont respectful decorum I whenever the women approached the I polls, and heard tbe timely warning of one of the leading eanvaoters a? lie si lenced an incipient quarrel with uplifted fl".l'r.' ""''uk: "Hist! Be juiel; a woman is eom- " And I was compelled to allow that in this new con ntry, supinwed (at that ti me) to be infested by hordes of outtllroate, gamblers, aud abandoned characters. 1 had witnessed a more quieteleotlou than ! 11 na.i neeii my fortune to tee in tlie quiet towns of Vermont. I saw ladies attended by their hue bands, brothers' or eueethenrte, ride to tbe places of voting, ami alight in the midst of a ileutciowd,und wm through an open space lo tiie polle, depsitiug their vote with no mote exposure to In sult or Injury than they woukl expect on visiUuga grocery store or meat mar ket. Indeed, they we're much safer here, every man of their party was pledged lo shield them, while every member of the other Kirty, whichever lie, feu red the iudueuee of any signa of dieres)eot. And the next day I seul my impres sions to an eastern iper, declaring my self convinced that woman's presence at the polls would elevate the tone of pub lie sentiment in that place, as it does in churches, the social hull, or any other public assemblage, while berowu robes are uiMqmtted by tbe transient associa tion with evil characters, which she is daily obliged to meet in the street or dry goods store. My observations at subte qttent annual elections ha only con firmed my opinion in this respect. Without reference to jmrty issues, I noticed that a majority of women voted for men of tlie most temperate habits, thus Insuring success to the pirty of law Httd order. After three years' alence from my old home, I 0011 III not fail to notice Iu the elections of 1577 ami 1S7S, that both parties had been led to nominate men of better standing iu moral character, In order to secure the female vote. I would say that if the question was ready for action In any State or Territory where I resirfed at any time. I would take the stump for Woman Suffrage, based on my own experience and obser vations. Grant's GttAN0c1ttT.11. General Grant has left IWis for his tour In Ireland. Mrs. Grant awl Mrs. Sar lorls are stopping at the Hotel Liv erpool, and will await there the Gener al's return. Mrs. Sartoris Is looking ex tremely well, ami Is even prettier than she was as Nellie Grunt. She is aeeom po nied by berhubaiidaudehihl,tbe latter n most lovely boy not quite 2 years old. He Is a fair, golden-haired little erea- Lillian , lure W,MI """" u,ue ew. " not in 1 the least shy or spoiled, manifesting a , very uatural, but rattier un Kugllsh, de votion In General Grant "c... . la ... I.. ... I.l....t . I I , ' - i'iciihj ah "iimiiuu 01 great Im l"rtne in the young Reiitlemau'seyes. i,,r?LrU,!i.r.,.l,L'',lds Xo lm "e winter i 1,1 Borne, with her niother-tu-Iiiw ami J it is tbeie that the birth if ber exlictill ( lfaut will take place. National morality can never prevail ... r..iniiti n rejlg-UWS WnxliiiiyiQA. principle. A volume of Hans Christian Ander sen's letters has appeared in Denmark. LETTEE PEOM HEW YQJLE. To thi Ewtok or tnr. xuw NVurrmsWrt: The cipher snb-cdmmittco tbss re turned to Washington, hut the lrtWtlgn tlon Isuotyetended. Enough ilknown, however, to enable those who have fol lowed the testimony to form a very sat isfactory conclusion as to the effect of a marvelous testimony that bag been taken in tuts city, mere is twit one conclusion in Republican cireTMi here, which is that nobody believes tire testi mony of Tildoti or any of the odparcen ers, who have been so busy In swearing to eaeh other's ignorance and IniWunco, while Tilden's defense, that of igsbrance or mental paralyei, is regnrdeiniB the meanest of all. Ko one Lollevcn that the man who foread himseU xhhjn UtasP? t,,,.Ji pSilisoee Ui a very party, who pnreliased publie sentiment, ,n. who bought up opposition aud hired ad vocacy, whose presidential eampaigu was strictly personal, and who attended to the minutest details of the eampaigu, greatly to the disgust of the party man agers, forgot all his corruptions', craft aud cunning on the ulght of November 5th, and retired to I1I9 chamber as an in nocent Imbecile, who knew nothing- nf tbe campaign of eash awl craft that was beiug managed by the inmates of hi own household, w ho had also been his most potent agents throughout the pres idential campaign. One of the most conspicuous and attentive linteuers pres ent at the investigation Saturtlay was Whitelnw Reid. He is n tall, dark skinned, rather large-honed, aud thin man, without much on lor, but sensibil ity in every line of his nostrils, concave contour,- and smouldering ejen. He looks like one who fell appreciated, re euted, aud was easily indignant, oven on impersonal things, hut wus proud of hie good tinnie, and wished the good opinion of tlie world, though he would not ask for It. Tlie path of talent is lonely, eveu though one has social pro pensities, as Mr. Jtelil has. In the oare- less life and hnlltx nf newspipr writers, few of them pay enough attention to in door society Air. Reid always seemed i to me to divide his time into three purl, one for writing, one for society, one for , , , , " . t business. He therefore grew eqnully-1 not the lagged hack nor the wasteful j Boheminn nor yet the mere beau of tlie boudoir, but moderately rich in letters, in frieud!, njid in allairs. His eye was single to two things, fiimueiul Independ ence and career. He has never married, tbouxh he hits leen a capital son and brother. Tlie orlgluul elements of hli character were rather hard ami positive, but time and satisfaction are softening them. Most young ,, . the press i ITtimlaw bold maukiud to too rigid an aeeouiita- j dr some iueapacily. Yet it is an uudis- bility, and exieoXnn ideal poll ties and no pitted fact thai the number of able ami public motive lest than hiftv. Happy is I "uccT,ul fe,le sovereign bears a that ioii-nalbd. who lef inning i i h'"-1'' Breater proportion to the whole tbat journalist wlio, beginning too high, nHlber o( ,Verelgns than does falls not Into misanthropy nor abuses l the number of able awl successful hiaiudependenoe, hut learns at lait that, ' male sovereigns to the whole number of diamond though he is, the worm will i lne" wlJ l,ave ,r?'Rned. An able, ener- i , i . ,11 . . . i getlc, virtuous king or emneror is the polish him or grind him. As tlie imest xet?,,l(m alM ,K(t t7,e rtlle , thfl h,Btorv relief of the skeptic is tile chnreii, so the of modern Europe. With hardly an ex knights must yield to a system. 1'arty ' ception tbe female sovereigns or regeuto life is tlie only true Held of political use. fulness. Mr. Greeley lived ami wrote his best, creating the Republican party; the time lie spent iu destroying It wh ruinous to his paper, his friends, and his health of mind. Out of the wreck nf his great property his young successor has extracted a popular Republlnaii journal again, creative in its purposes., enter prising In the news. Tiie place for In dependence is within parly, not like a detached private railing at the Instinct of organisation Itself. A New Orleans Sunday In New York is jnst what the sportively Inclined have long desired; and the euteriug wedges having been put lu the shape of "sacred concerts," behold; Harry Hill, tbe wick edest man in Gotham, gives a sacred concert at his dance-house on Sunday night, in opposition to the one at the Grand Opera House. While the ctijtu attiman pealed forth at one, the gay and seductive music of 'dlleuhach was fiddled and tooted at the otlier. There were about four hundred people who came in by the ladles' entrance, the front being demurely closed and blinds put up, with a most Methodlsticai air of Sunday propriety. Harry himself sat with a glass of beer in his hand, acigar in his tnouth and Ids chair tilted back, while the rak ish set of his stove-pipe hat gave a most un-Sumlay-lIke look to his "tool-in-semble." The bearing of tlienudlenee generally was more quiet and dignified, but singers ami hearers indulged in a unanimous wink when a fair sylph an. swered au encore with a hymn and an unmistakable sense of a joke on the sa cred doy, or rather night, pervaded the assembly. At time's a nice young man asked the pretty bur-maid If Miss Mollis ... cr , i i i , or Miss Sarah had been in, and was an- swered by an encouraging promle and a consolatory admoultion, "notto fret." A colored. troupe of jubilee singers gave a plantation darkey hymn very melodi ously, witli the refrain, "Didn't old I'ha roah get lostln the Red Sear' derisive ly by tlie chorus, "Didn't old I'haroah get lost," etc. Aud this was a sacred con cert. Let us seek a week day and sun light for something comparatively Sub-bath-like. As Gotham Improves tbe divine truth Is dispensed In various ad va need methods; but the best Is to suit tiie church to the world, instead of try ing to sqlt the world to tbe church, which was the old. way. Give the righteous such a gay time that the sin ners will feel left out in tbe cold, andi alnve all, make n sensation, for that will do anything with n Gotbnralte, even reform him, If the reformation does not iuenr the penalty of honesty ami virtue. The nanal boatmen, nt the foot of Fifteenth street, in Jersoy City, are going it strong In a sort of water party picnic. Here is tlio style of a model preacher's diary, in the school of Talmage: January 1. Last oomic bur lesque sermon trotted out with brilliant success, choir san new selection of op era boufle. Sacred jubilnnto chnrug. Applause. Requested Deity to put down self-pride and schism wliejuyer. It might be found. Hinted ut the JtWtdl ous wiles and devices useil by the, ad- 1 versary, aud more tliau onoe alluded to poinieu manner; rre nan a gnou'itmer and everybody was kept 011 the broad grin during tbe entire service. Several of my ministerial brethren assisted." "January 10. The comic sermons and eollectious of saered humorous hymns have steadily drawn the unregenerule to my church. But I don't allow one nov elty lo get cold before treating another. Six months ago we bundled the old- fashioned pulpit into the lumber-room, and substituted in lie place a large plalu platform. Signor Fortissimo, the great cornet player, has been employed, and as a novelty will draw." riiis is not profanity, but horror of professional im piety and desire for a country meeting house, where there is some real ami pure respect for real religion, ACOUST. New York, February 30, IS78. Woman's Fitness for GcTernmental Affairs. The minority report of the committee on itrlvilegM aud eleetiont, upon the sixteenth amendment to the constitu tion make the .following historical state ment relative to woman's capacity as a ruler: Tbe lessons of experienee favor the conclusion that woman is 111 for a share In government. It may be true tliat in certain departments of Intellectual effort toe greatest achievements Of women have as yet never eounled the greateit achievements 01 men. jsut it is tqually lrue thfl 1,1 t'V'!f.,,"e rrl "eiits women have exhibited an intellectual ability very far lieyoml that of most men who have shown very great politl cal caacity. But lei the comparison be made in regard to the very thing with which we have to deal. Of men who have swayed ehlef executive power, a very considerable roportioti have at tained it by ursiiration or by election, proeeei which imply extranrdinary capacity nu their part as compared witli other men. The women wIhj have held such po Aer have come lo It as sovereigns by inheritance, or as regents bv the i , - -1 ... have been wise and popular. Mr. Mill, who maaes tins point, says: We know how small a number of relguiug queens history presents, in com parison with that of kings. Of this smaller unmlier, a far larger proortiou have shown talents for rule, though many of them have occupied the throne iu difficult period. When to queens and empresses we add regents and vice roys of province-", the list of women who have been eminent rulers' of man kind swells lo a great length. Especially is this true if we take into consideration Asia as well as Europe. If a Hindoo principality is strongly, vigilantly, and economically governed; If order is preserved without oppression; li cultivation is extending ami the )eo pie prosperous, iu three cases out of four that principality is tinder a woman's rule. This fact, tn me au entirely unex pected one, I have colleeled from a long official knoweledgeof Hindoo govern ments. On the third of March, proximo, Mrs. Belva A. Iviakwood was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United Slates. Ex-Congressman, ex-ndvilest, hero of the safe burglary prosecution, awl present District Attor ney, Hon. A. G. Riddle, presented her name. Tbe bill, making woman eligi ble to i-ractice before the highest and most august court iu tills hemisphere, lias been pending In the Senate for three years, awl its final passage mint not be credited to any great revolution in pop ular or Congresiooal sentiment, but to the indomitable persistence nf Mrs. Ijockwood, the lawyer. The hill bad to a I appearances been stilled by two ad-veri-e rejiortsof the judiciary committee. It had oeeu voted down ignomiuiously whenever it dared to show its face in the Senate. All the great lawyers nf that ImxIv, Thtiriuau, Edmunds, Conk liug, were upponed to it. But Mrs. Iock woud was in favor of il, and her place at the bar is won. What she knows from experienee about lobbying would make a mighty interesting little book. The Pu,?r Idea of tlie successful female lob .hyistlsa pretty little woman, half ve ,. half 1'svche. and all brass, or aror. jgeous, magnetic, voluptuous creature. like the ideal heroine of the "Glided Age." Mrs. Eockwood is neither kind of a woman. She forces rather than wins tier point, but nover by the dint of the devil ami dissembling looks. Tlie elevated railway In New York carries uearly 100,000 passengers a day, and the trains run, on an average, 27, 000 miles. The financial showing Is fa vorable. On May 16, 1S77, it had less than $10,000 in cash, and owed $278,000. 1 says, pays a tax to tbe city of five per oent. on its net annual ineome. whleh tax now amountsto Irom $25,000 to $30, 000 a year, and will of course Increase with the increased income of tlie road. No one has ever found fault with a music-box for putting on airs. LAME- LA-MAING. lOTHE KBITfln Of THE NEW Jft The Chinese restriction Mil - has been framed, nrgued, passed and vetoed, so tint it seems now tn be beyond discus sion; but there was about its provisions, as about many otlier laws that have been enaoted amid scenes of stormy debate, aud then either abrogated by the Su preme Court or circumvented by tech nical interpretation, a Ismeness that would have rendered amendment neces sary ot,oQce. For instance, it Is said that lueyjw only restricted the arrival of Chi nese iuto the territory of tiieUnlled States by steamer. Now, lu case' this bill had become a law, would not eva sion of the "restriction imposed been easy enough 7 Had Uie Chlnee6 govern ment deemed It -expedient t tfo' ae I would it not have been easy to have landed within a few months half a million of her subjects on this conti nent by way of British American and lies loan ports, and might not these with no great amount of fatigue or trouble have made their way across our borders? This will compare favorably with a section in "Deady's Code" where inall eitisens of Oregon over 21 years of age are declared entitled to the fran chise, and then when test is made, the intent is declared to be "male" citizens. Tiie Supreme Court decided the blaek mau was not a citizen because he was uoia voter, and when by constitutional umemlmentall "persons" wore declared to be citizens and entitled to the fran chise, it look this same high tribunal to again decide that women were not "persons" iu the intent of the said amendment, and though a citizen, a woman had uo right to vote. The black man could not be a citizen without the ballot; woman, though a citizen, Is not entitled to the ballot. Such discrepan cies are clearly either quibbles to keep woman In political serfdom, or onr law makers, from the lack of natural ability, dojiot themselves know how lo interpret liielrowu laws, it may not, most prob ably is not, wi-e to allow our land to be Hooded witli au Inferior race, yet If this boasted restriction bill had become a law which the Supreme Court of the United States hud fouud without legal Haw, It would easily and surely have been evaded by the simple landing or cargoes of coolies at the foreign ports of tbe continent, aud then would come our law expounders with the declaration that the intent nf the bill was to prevent the embarkation. of more than 15 Chinamen on a vessel bound to any American port, an intent in which liotli the imvem. ments of China aud Great Britain would doubtless have acquiesced with out question. JuttA A. Joh.vs. Uervais, Oregou, March 5, 1S79. Loeretia Mott. Lticretla Mott has lost mwusl her eiglily-Mxth btrthdav. loved and hon ored as few people ever are. Her long puiiiic career shows that a womanly woman may not be rendered lees so be cause she takes Into her active interest awl sympathy questions of the public wenare. Mis. Mott was among the verv earli est of the alolitioiiists. She traveled far and wi.le to sjieak for the slaves. She has been a minister of the Society of Friends sixty-six years; ami is now presnienl ol the IViinsy Ivauia 1'euce Society. She has taken an active part in the Woman Snllruge cause, having been present at the very first conven tion ever held in this country in the special interest of women. Her lius- UttiHl, dear, good James Mott, weut with hur hIiiiinI at.ren-li.ri. i i i rUs Z!k ft. E ! sitle seat, to keep oil tbe bores, who would have worn nut the life as well as the lungs of Mrs. Mott, if James Moll hod not resolutely sal between her and them. At her late birthday, ber children, her grandchildren und her great-grandchildren gathered with loving rever ence for this world-renowned woman, who at eighty-six is a pattern of In dustry, activity, and freshness of spirit which cannot grow old. Outside of her home circle, a stilt larger niimlierof per sons whose privilege il has been to know this rare woman will wish her still "many happy returns of her birthday." Woman's Journal. Fkbttisos. One fretter ean destroy the (leaee of a family, can disturb the harmony of a neighborhood, can uuet tle the councils of cities and hinder tbe legislation of nations. He who frets Is never tlie one who mends, who heels, who repairs evils; more, lie discourages, enfeebles ami too often disables tlwwe around him, who, but for the gloom ami depression of his company, would ilo good work and keep up brave cheer. The effect upon a seusitive person of the mere neighborhood of a fretter is inde scribable. Il is to tlie soul what a cold, I ley mist is to tlie body more chilling than the bitterest storm. Aud wh ;n tbe fretter Is one who is beloved, wbo-e nearness of relation to us makes Ids fiet ting at the weatlter seem liken personal reproach lo us. then the misery of It be comes Indeed iusiiporlable. Most men call fretting a minor fault a foible and not a vice. There Is no vice except druiikeiiiiesf whleh so utterly destroys tbe peace, the happiness of a home. "Are yon sure you are not a newspa per perugrapher?" said a benevolent old Philadelphia tjuaker to a tramp who mm sonciieu nun mr aims, "l never dhl nntllin' to lie sent to tlie penitenti ary for in my life," protested tlie tramp with tears in his eyes; and when the uaaeruroppeua nan-dollar in his palm he walked oil with a countenauce as beaming as a new brass kettle. .dn. reti'' Bazar. We don't know exactly how It is, but there Is usually trouble" where there is a man in a ugiii place, or a tight man In Trofessor Wilson Is about to publish a 'journal of his tour In Norway. Matrimonial Qnarrsk. It Is very commonly observed that tlie most smart pangs whleh we meet w th are iu the liegi lining of wedlock, which proceed from Ignorance of eacli other's humor, and want of prudence to make allowances for a ehange from the most oarefui respect to the iwK un bounded fupilllarity. Heuee it arises that trifles are eommouly occasions of the greatest anxiety; for contradiction being a tiling wholly unusual between a newly-married couple, tlie smallest instance of It Is taken for the liii-ho-i in jury; and It very seldom happens that luo man is stow enougii in aa earning two uumuuier 01 a nusoanu, or AIW woman quiak enough In raimleseallfiiiur to that of a wife. It immedfotsfw lad- lows that they think they,Jiav9 all tbe time or tneir conrtslilp been talking in masks to each other, and therefore be- giu to act like dlseonohited peonie, Phi- jPMa'eE.rflpdaJQena Ul-untare In ad im pertinent, and Delia, rhllanoTer wrly and inconstant. I have known a fond couple to quarrel In the very honey-moon about eutting up a lart; nay, I could name two wbo, after liaviug had several children, fell out and parted beds, upon the boiling of a leg of mutton. My very next neigh bors have not spoken to one another these three days, beeause they differed In their opinions whether tbe clock should stand by the window, or over the chimney. It may seem strange U. you, who are not a married man, when I tell you how the least trifie can strike a woman dumb fora week together. But, e.er e,,,er '",0 this slate, you will find that the soft sex as often ex press their auger by an obstinate si lence as by an ungovernable clamor. Those, indeed, wbo begin this course of life without jars at their setting out, arrive within a tew months at a pitch of benevolence and affection, of which the most perfect friendship is but a faint resemblance. As in the unfortunate marriage the most minute arid ind lifer ent things are the onjeet of the sharo- est resentment, so in a hanov iu Hue are the occasion of the most exquisite satisfaction. For what does not oblige iu one we love 7 "What does n6l offend In oue we dislike? i'or these reasons, I take it for a rule that in marriage tbe Chief business is lo acquire a preposses sion iu favor of each other. They should consider one another's words aud actions with secret indulgence. There should tie always an inward fooduess pleading for each other, such as may add new beauties to everything that is excellent, give charms to what is indifferent, and eover everything that Is defective. For want of this kiud propensity and bias miud, the married pair take things ill of each other which no oue else would take notice of iu either of them. But the most unhappy circumstances of all is where eacli party is always lay ing up fuel fur dissension, and gathering together a magazine of provocations, to exastierate each other with when they are out of humor. These people, iu common discourse, make no scruple to let those who are by kuow they are quarreling with one another; and think they are discreet enough if they conceal from the company tlie matters which they are hinting at. Thk Effects of Worry. That tbe effects of worry are more lo be dreaded than those of slmole hard work Is vi. dent from noting the classes of persons wnosoner mosi irom theelteetsof men tal overstrain. Tlie case hook of the physician shows that it is the specu lator, the betting man, the railway maimger. the great merchant, the su perintendent of large manufacturing or commercial works, who most frequently exhitiit the symptoms of cerebral ax- nausiion. .Mental cares accompanied with suppressed emotion, oceuitious liable to treat vicissitudes of fnrtiina. and those which involve the bearing on the mind of a multiplicity of intricate details, eventually break down Hie lives oi tne strongest. In estimating what may lie called the .staying powers of dif ferent minds under hard work, it Is al ways necessary to take early training into account. A youug mau cast sud denly into a position involving great care and responsibility will break down i cusuimwiKw in wnisn, IIBII as sten I i? ""l!! in ciicumslMiicea lu which, had lie been out difficulty. It is probably for this reason that the professional classes sren- erally sutler lees from the elleets of overstrain than others. They have a long eoureof preliminary training; ami their work comes on Ihetn by degrees; therefore, when it does come in exces sive quantity, ii rinds them prepared for it. Those, on tbe other hand, who sud denly vault into a position requiring se vere menial toll, generally die beore their lime, Chambers' Journal. Cloves are unowned dowers of a small evergreen tree, that resembles In ap pearance the laurel or the bay. It is a native of tbe Molucca or Spice Islands, but bus been carried to all the warmer mrts of the world, and is largely culti vated in the tropical regions of America. The Mowers are small in size and grow in large no in hers in clusters at tlie very end of th j branches. The cloves we use ar." i be fluwers gathered before tliey are ojH-iied and whilst they are still green. After l bey are gathered they aresmoked l a wood fire ami then .dried in the Sun. E li coi.a sts of two rirt, a round he-id, which is the four petals oi leaves of the flutters rolled up. Inclosing a number of slocks mih! filaments. The other nart of die .-love is terminated with four and is, in fact, the flower cun l .iwl m.r pe seed vessel. AU these narts mav hedisUoOtly shown If a W- aniL- o,! soaked a short time in hot water, wheu iuv reurn suueu ami unroll. Happy is that mau who. Hearing the borders of life's sunset, finds himself In tlie care aud companionship of a loving and teuder womuu, whom he regards and has ever treated as an equal, awl to whom all his life he has been faithful and true. 7 " The most gifted of the young authors In Holland is a young lady who writes uwler the pen name of A. S. C. Wallfs. She has just published an historical uovel of the days of the Eighty Years' War. New South Wales orders ber mowers, reapers, rukei, hoes, shovels, pltehforka, spade", aud ehewriug-gum from the Unite Suites. Our dead are never dead to ns until -we have forgotten them. George JJHof. The total number of prisoners in the, 1 California State prison is 1,539.