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Newspaper Page Textirr-'r THK NEW NO RT J I WEST, THUimDAY, r JAXUA11Y C, 1881. i - IKMT!NV. tllOH AM A AklRICM. Tbf rt moonlight, pfi w'Wh1 ddwn - Kara wllh It lorfllnw as wUh 'prawn, . - DrotvpwU la a florW window lu a Iowa. - Th rt lw lrtVt U lT -. " JU- o on saowthat Vlht on tM-aijr Waal. TTm mhxiJ mmm, m virginal. an4 Mr, 4 ' ' ahras la lb Ungl of a tisrloi's hslr. Tli third, a wlUowrwHhunrw grlrf mad y ll, J v ( la t'h try palm of hrr iload rhtM. ' ' r t . -.; -' jrrr ttttt?-?-'. v, - - "L - WILLOW GRANGE. - Jc'Vtory tor Lifb ilT Faster Orkoqx. BY BEI4J5 W. lW)KK,; . actho or. wta aaa vCTev. fJbuWd tn lb OIfl 6T JJhrrin Cuurr at WtMhlnc iuiVW L v . i rilAITKH XVII.- - , "A thing of baly la a Joy fcrw.,-Kefc, Wlien Bertha rame home from the YAW ofThcr ffrmn nelrhbor. she- wa o much rxhauated that hwcnt Immediately to hr V Durinj Ut night following she wa quit sick, and It jtm fortunate tor her that Mr. Cleayeland u at iand to administer soothing medicine, or the eflvct of hrr rid and excitement might have resulted dan gerously. A It was, she wa obliged to keep very uuiet much of the time for the next two month. The day quite alowiyijor Jieramt a tvrtjrht Juljr mrtinlng Mr. Zimmerman tkroucht to the iale young nutlci a baby pi rl to uJoy -eometh tn the morning rhljerel ahe to Karle, trlth a mUe of Ineflble Ure Tiat U Jut what It IV hei.-fIet u call Mm iTttU ttarllne Jor. You hare nxnifil it with Mur Ant wont after your nlslht of anjruUh. jhalM Unotheor , ' ' ' - Ve, love; I am willing, aKt he. "AikI may it be a Joy forever Amt a thliuf -o0auty It will be, X venture to ffcrophroy, See the plump cheek aint 1ikI of a mouth, and the tiny Hup of brown allk on the back of It hcatU I never aw a little laty that n myifVltaU-KarU, "waT' , No tbHibt It will be roarvelou in our eye,' aivt Bertha. "Hut I think It nooe too flat and iUcyelta too puny forbeauty.M . . "TTxal rill coom alt rtht. Ml Ruelt In a ferrjMleetle time d lukby vlll open ahei eye, lal tilt eln, two tree reek: ha TlltTa ferry Ar baby. - - . AnU Mwmnieiman wa a truThetrA tmk .Utor, lirle wrote to hi father-in-law: Wiiiitwntttviit. Julr Dkah rAKXT V-A'omi wHl dubtle wlh to lear frni ns In onler to join In rejiciivf over '"onr fetvely tittle cirt, who came to u on the morning af iaiy Tth. I have Jut been reading to IVrtha from Gerald Mey plem and he tell ine -to write one of the tweet vere to ywti s fVJi uty oa wr aw attxai f " t aa I lajac,"" - - '""Attae n wwlUtlmNi ata W, 7 " mt ia atwrt wxSrM artll it. ' w w f.JJ W Kml WIT war tnrw, aanwere trrwrrav- sWr'vTTKy a-wne Aa4 ef Wrm 4rs Urtac aaUla 4 la ia tMkv wwi t .' , V have named her Joy. The flrt irordMhat 'Hertha.M when h loket at It fxr the flrt time wvrcv "Joy eometh In the. rooming, and II a! That mwt be baby' name. Hw'd.i yoa like tt ? We are, all getting oa nicely. Bertha aay t tell yvm that her German neighbor and tSreta are a good a gold, and have taken the -y beat of- cu tttl4ar. gaidii i fine no w. iHr bek lay fiety of egjrs and wv have milk ut erroni ta abttHhtanco. The hepherd kill giwe wwBettha carty every tay WeThfcetved JfW- ee f eyee which Venar,et all rif-ht. and w,tive iChlW thtt.C"fVirlSnd CUat 3ae cawTwot gri married t)l IVrtha t tirong ; eh U go loww to the westing. I ahall bring Aet4aAWetimew "and I advlap you to hiake the moot of It; And thl 1 our llttla ghoat, JullaJ Hhe ha come up here to flud tha baltu of health,' to bathe til th fountain of youth, or something to thateflVct, and we all wUh you muchvy V.H ' It." 'We have one very small heap of It," said Earlts a he aelted upon the sleeping baby and brought It out to make a display. "Now, Earle," salJ Bertha,- "you are i Uklng advantage "of "thl Joj-ful otx-anlcin to illaobey me, ami wake that baby In order to exhibit her. J No doubt j"ou thouxht I wouK! forgive the misde meanor ior thl time, and--I will, you dear fellow, for.F am not sure I would iit havlne.the same thing myself ," - . :w' " There I unanimity for you 1" sabnioHcoe. "I haddio,ped to see a first class squabble; but you may here view the Inconsistency of woman. the Is sure to np our building hope by her unexpected neaa.. I wa morally certain that Bertha would he a model mother, but you see she surrender at the first symptom of an engagement'. , "Well," said Ilertha, VI See that my only brother still keep up hi reputation for using dlo tlonary word on frlvoloua occasions." -,"Yoo are nnmUtakahly correct In your estimate of yourself ami family ; but my Innstc modeaty would have effectually prevented my applying such an adjective a frivolous to a near relative;" "Do take, a look at thl bunch-grass. laby, and Jf the efltct I not otthlng," said Kark laughingly. "But le careful how you apply your adjective to her." - "Her Illustrious father ha set me a notabtcex ample. I will endeavor1 not to stoop Jower than graaa.". ..,;;,,.,.' r - ' "If you get a high asbunchraM Somrtimes grow,you wilt be,Jlkely to get lieyond tyour height," said KarIe.--?Butwhat ilo tyou think of thl ecimenr' ; - "I think It dtWdcdlysalubrtouifor ailing optic; but the undue length of the appellation you have seen fit to bestow upon It U likely to trove an In cubu which wIlLretanl jf . not entirely prevent. it growth, "Joy IVuneth lu The Morning j I think you said it wa In your letter of acceptance I that not a little singular for a girl' name?"., H)ht you ridiculous hoy V said Bertha. "You would Joke C4i the edge; of a precipice, and try to make fun out of the JioUeat experience of life.r, "lotleeAl," ld Koc6k VI would rather Joke on nlanet or stars of the flrt magnitude occurs, I hin'rnii wilt Imk shlo ti tak timirlv iYtr-kttfn Irecariou situation than stand on It, and n&.-bW to,, sn the little satellite that ha M...e ll.l kMkllillt. aa wa..wfl l...ll I . ... ,, , ,, ----- 11 Io mTlhTu anything cahn&uniedToltelier account than to get out of tt the fun I can, for furi I the short name for happlne. - "IVor, mluided youth Tv said Bertha. "You will know better than that some day. But do let Florence have a chance to aay one word. If yoa can be so magnanlniou 1 woul J like to have her opinion ourbaby! Kowhat-wy-ajiigttst-aUterTJia- iciveo- ywu leave my bekvet dromedary you are expected tajp4 you? nnbiased verdict upon thl puny pro duction of the giant resource pf the bunch-gra regton. , Sober, now, Hoy-dt I quite presentable. i It not T' said the Irrepressible ltoecoe. It I a weet a a. rosebud ! aald Florence, MAnl almost the same lovely shade of color of your orthodox rooebud," aid Bo. -1 . "Xow; that 1 too bad," aaid Florence, "to take advantage of my comparison and mUoseit. I III tell you a secret, Hennv in ruer to get even with Bo, 1 le U eooatantly ta fr thai hi nose TWfiTiOTnc dayxMU flic1 jiemtsw wjly-that aanwroayj, huev and thai give him a dislike to the color wherever he see lt.v ' "A tooe by any other name would smell as weet," KI Ko. "lint I ay, Carle, I wouM toi ywac hippr chiVljv, ' . " . J""1 ' ' tHsTy a tw day after thislefilec -wa wtitteas whe IVrtha .wa. getting able to it cp a f ew " Iwaar in a day, 3r Atsrpried bvjiikyd sitoct aJ a bcrx of ta'oter, that seat Se td wijSTa awaVlen roJi to hec heart. .',.'. C - 'u Tht ttd like my bcvUxr1 foce," d e is Greta. . I,ik and eV! - girt, cvMning throash th grUe" sM Greta, a 4m toUowvd Bertha drK ' Oh, tf tt s3V! ber aaid Bertha. J 5e elarberdeeiajkby ..ZT" Hxrte caaae la wilh a bjilTV: tvx ai tvfaa : r -TSTirth; iNu ...c.. ,; . - TVUne, UIi'IVms coming T criel Bertha. Ve my dear; bet I to5.t tt WoeYl Ve too , aaVnt.ryw. ltw did ywa kaw?- ml UtmrX hi Ugh. I cjocU teU It asg a taawan4r U Bertha. " J Ji4 then f.Owvd by hi w fe a4 her .w iar, fe ta wiboet vvony,Na3ad broth """ -nd 5cr. wxre ciTd in eax'h-ashrfr a,nB u . . "T 'WtiV. vws rwr little wh;te-cet Ye a 'Therel a 4rspe rfaliaaVwtadyTrft tiraaltoa. to ael tlaasUa.aTegllkowicgj of an jncideatt briety botkvd ly j j k ..m . . -tvL. -.,. .! -,. ,"?-. '.. . ; .. n I . .1 . . i ."' : ; : : . "iSrSTi .en aSsed 5J IJ- ; 1 Nevr a'(ee bv45r twated r Bcrl iaa.ajJ the J latavOaeed tlr atfc TU 14 jvtr Ct vjkw a .il F-s i rway t .w dmn," anv Knta: aad Uev had arraared to rent'a rart of the same baae la which Aaice s caother lirrd. that ahe wU have the betwit 4 Aaice cooa- paay at might. Rascm' pSeaaanl bow, gtvea him by hi ruber, w-a ear Aaicey, and Flore astUcsrAfcril a arty later "It, aU be I was M wvrried aboct J alia beahh, I wxalJp caial. Bst W ha ax beea tsar! her ackes In the rrsr. at I tear 3e raet ifrv abrr Wiater la Ue Vlllaa- e Valley, a her lanr are-w wry wk' Why av4 rt Vrr twaaia wiA tae, theeir aiJ Tt wv K rrMi Jc tad c U tS oU fft ye.tLe V-TtfT?svat yeoi W Uit T i ee aSt it I t4k w51 e Ja te tSfcg U XjV arrws t i3J Flsenaceu W ev e w iU aoe U it, aaJ I gad U l; MAud do you think she can do enough to earn her board rakeI her sister-in-law.' : "We do not count hoaril for very much up here, a we raise eo large a proportion of our food, and I am sure I can find enough for both Julia and Greta to do when Mr. Cleaveland goes away," repfied Bertha. . . " . '"" : ' . v. . The 'six week that BoscoeVnil Florence srient at Willow Grange were very'dellghtful to. all par tie. Long rides over the rolling hill and hunt ing and fishing etdarslon.' were Indulged Id by th strong one, and shorter ride were keenly relished by the ladies, Julia's Improvement was wonderful, and, a Florence saw the roses coming back to her cheeks, theonly Impediment to-her perfect happiness wa remove I. Gay times and merry laughter, with Joke and repartee, filled the pleasant unny days, crowding far into the cool evening , . ,.. A1ien the time forVeturn came, Earle proposed to fulfill hl promlieto Bertha's father and go down with her .for a visit, and to attend A nice Merton' wedding. Her invitation had long since -cached -theBlidVnetwTher- came, I n fact, not. long after the day wa set. Bertha dreaded the trip for her tender Infant, but she had so many helper she cherished no fears that she would get on nicely, he took a large pillow for baby to lie on, and theJouVney to The Djalles wa madeja'ith'no'mUhap, and no more than the usual unavoidable annoyance. . . When they reached The DalIellhehotel they found Captain Hartley Aldenn, on his way tlown the Columbia from Idaho. VSuch a coincidence !" said Bertha.: y ". delightful r!ald Earle.. IT rl . VSo renovating T' said Boscoe. -; .!o unexpecteiir aid Florence, A all spoke their exclamation together, the eflTcCt. was quite taiighable, to the "Captain, who grteted them with equal cordiality, and sal i he could not see how he ever happened to be so fortu nate.. . "You w'ere-jandoubtedly borminder a "lucky planet," said Bocoeliitohave-uclian unprece dented piece of gooiHortune. nI envy youTniy re-4 pected friend, ! must say ; from the bottom of niy heart, I envy you ! It is seldom more than once or twice In a century that such a conjunction of lately arisen to accompany my sister planet on her eccentric orbit? It has a most happy and scientific name. It la 'Joy Cometh In The Morn ing. Concise and spirited,' and, I may add, as tronomical. Do yon perceive my drift, my Intel lect ual friend?" ; : ; "Oh, Rom ! aJd Bertha, "how can ' anyone helpperceivfngyourdrift? iTahouW think-your talk Was mostly drift a lot of rubbish, under which all the atoms of good sense are likely fb e smothered or entirely hidden. fT . . I "Indeevt, my sensible atom, I am sorry you are in danger of such a sad fate from my overwhelm ing naughtiness ! I will.try..ni get myself and my drift on Imardof the Fort land and Dalle itoat. If it I large enough for the load, aAd not trouble yon any more, at least uotil to-morrow." . The congenial company were not long in assem bling on the steamer's deck the succeeding room ing a soon a breakfast wa over, and a tnot oVIlrhlful dart hrr had of it-The skT was brirtit. i mndTvrrythinriwH atrjev"wekl bavedeaired tSMMJU!. 1 have iLBoss with his Inimitable nonsense, Bertha with her quick repartee, and the Captain with a wit that was keener and more brilliant than that of either of the others, made merry time for all who were fortunate enough that day to hear them. There wa irobably never a fun nier, punnler company trawling a. the Columbia, together. Adjective and compsriwHi were jubi lant that day. like to see the lambs whoe fleece pay. , This one ha no wool to sivak of. Or tliat wontierful horse of yours thai t a rros Mtwi a mUnkey and a St, Bernard-dog tn itdUposila,, In the claic lanruae of elviJitat b-trot them net, my boy." Well trot jx out t e ibenwl think, a yoa ;Uti?n..v, vtrv e holl wit can nevt r t , So the men went oyl to iopect their iecnliar domain, and the women were left to take comfort. nacKdcfted, In their. Flounce had, a whole budgvt 4 news for Bertha, which she projceeled to tWiiver a ta4 a pibJe. ' " , " Aaice had taaght her ix months' achoolr and wna neat home prvfann$ fr her wedding-day. which w sei fa the th of September, It being herbirthdav. ,llarry had made quite a f owr wwiUng mlong, hut Aaw wwiVI axrt be harried. he aaid she wa gewag to grt all ready, aaxt not siait the sv atttrinsoar-wliout all her sail ngjed, She hJ see ij4 who. were in soch haMe to get named that they took a time U rrrfvad she Uad always noticed they wvre re to tptt f ihitir haste anerward. Harry reproduced .repeated without loing whateajUi half it spsrkle the arch smile, the toss of he head, the -soul-enllgh'tening peeeh of the eye -should- always-pry vent ats fivm. altcn ptiog-iU- But still we go on and try to catch the fiahing meteor of thought, that we fancy are iivingstars when we ee them coming down; and when Ire think we have succeeded, and open our hand to examine them- at leisure, we find them dull, heavy stone, wiihwit a single charmr 7 J"7 " ": "rre t'MiaM.r " :' T all penal institutions, and to help prl so nVrs, after they are released, to obtain emplbyment -Of over " ai.UM) criminals ImpriHoned In the United States' 40 per cent were illiterate, while 42 per cent were, between 20 and 30 years of asre. These facts showed .the necessity of education. Almost all difti-harged prisoner were poor, and they needed a helping hand to prevent them from again fall ing into criminal course. The work of the soci ety, which had been so well begun by Mis Linda Gilbert, it founder, had grown to such propor tions that a larpe permanent endowment of . nearly a million dollar wa needed to carry out its ohject,.? - - Dr. Artnitage aald he did not wonder. that so v few of the .doctors of divinfty were' present, 'be cause only five minutes were to be allowed to each speaker.- l ie thought that more radical beneficial measure . Uian the establishing of libraries were necesnary to accomplish the end aimed at, zr Dr. GottheiL made a plea for falr play for con vict, and favored the kind and lenient treatment of prisoner. A man disordered in his conscience; should not be treated like a demon, but should be given a helping hand to lift him up to a higher plane than lie occupletI. r - a a m " . jvir. tienry oerirn wascaueu irom -tne auaience aud surprised and electrified all present by differ ing radically rrorn xne sentiment expresaod by theprevlou speakers, and -vehemently and -pun---gently annorlnclng himself In favor of whipping men into reform.- I le said : "I had no more. Idea i of, speaking when I came to thl meeting to-night than I had of dancing a pn teul. Iaughter.) But you have called on me to speak, and you must take the consequence. All I snail say will be in -direct opposition to the sentiments that have been here expressed. Sensation. No man should commit crime. If a man cannot exist among us without committing murder, kill him; (ret him out of the way a soon as po9ibk Great ap-; -plause. What did we recently see In - the Toombs? . A man who was imprisoned for a most atrocious murder, whose heart was as black as hi ' skin "PplaueJ,- was falrlybesiegedby beautiful women who begged Ui iavor of his autograph, fed him on luxuries, made his cell a bower of lower -and fruit, ami did all In their power to make him imagine that he wa a saint and a hero; This maudlin nonn should stop. Tumultuous ap plaud -Why,r kind-hearted, honet. oor men w;ere starving while this vile miscreant was being pampered in luxury. Applause. . I have been sixteen years in the criminal court looking after the welfare of what are called the lower animals, " but I have a greater ref ect for them than I ever had before . f had" ajt" opportunity of comparing them with some of fheLe anrmiserabie sample -of humanity that I have met in those court. Animals never commit such acts a some of . these horrible miscreants commit.'' Arplaue. A great deal has been said about penal institutionsjL. beinir reformed. I would abolbh all of them ex cel the hitrher irrade of prison for the keeninir of incwi.ri.ca miuianaJLwouiiKjBpji:htppig- pot everywhere to scourge the minor offenders. Great applause and laughter. And to make sure that the lash would be put on feelingly, so that politic could not creep In to help the offender, would otter a nrixe or reward for a team machine ' that would have no mercy and could -not be . - bribed. Applause." Criminals are pampered In . such a manner and given cuch comfortable quar r ter In theTxmb ami on the Island, and baveso"V much better fdol vnd are eonnuclr better-lodged r thap thousands of poor working people are, that they commit all the mirtor crimes in oriler ...to be sent to these comfortable public hotel, f Ap- -plause.1 When will this nonsense- stop?-Ap- Iwause.l e should nave the nappy bastinado ere.:-.jt la.a-charmingtyle:of -whipping and - -r make the recipient cryout lustily that he wlll. not do so any more, and he generally keeps, hi wont. Laughter and applause.1 When I wa in - . the Fat I asked my dracoman if these, men kept their promises not to do so any more, and he . lookeilat me with almost indescTibahle surprise, a ho-responded, Oh, yes, tbey alwavs keep their '. wonl; tley are quite content!. - I lauchter ana applause.) We want a pooii deal f-that content- , r mvnt here. f Iurhter. -Tlie wen of a whlfHInr - - imstion i a rarctcai one. How much estimation ha a man for him self when he preys on society ? No; a whipping J Is the bet kind of moral suasion you can give a criminal. Laughter. Some want to take the ";. confirmed Vrimtinal by the hand a soon a he come out of prUon and do something for him i " rerhr jrive him an office, pcrhp ent him to onpress; but theV hou1 toot rto tht, for many bad men are already in. office. ' (laughter and ap plause.) The bevt thing you can do ton man who hrved a terrain prison is to g-t him sent off where he is not known and let him try life anew. Toere is no chance for him whre he Is kuonu, -and attempted rt forma tionviai-ii onaup;cwition that there is Is laLae. and injuiiors. I have "ex- E rested my honet sentiment, a ni I hope I will e pardoned by thow who diff r with me," Great BEBGH'S GIUELVTEt TXBT. ) ' ''. KXLTOKX CVVSFTKEMTK T HI CrKT A'fRtX jroonrnxo wHirnsa bt rrtAit, . The Xew York tTorWof Decern her lt ha the Char4ain Mackte immediatel v came to the front of ihe rlUorm, and, with a very red face and tn a ' tone of great excitement, cried: "You cannot re form Jen by establishing whippinjr-pot. . We j want to pet some money to-nlghu--- Here nearly J all the audience roe and becau to pxnut. Mr. Maekie called out acain: "We want money to pay for the halt Won't some one volunteer to take up a collection T A thin younr man took a "Dertv hat to go aroun-i. but this onlv frirhtcned the few who had , remained in the aoxtitoriam. and tbev started for tbedww. with the exception of at-out twenty, aocae of whom rave small contributions, and rwben the hat wa hamted in to Chaplain Mack ie. his fice was a perfect study of surprise and chagrin. Mr. Bergh had upset I he meeting altoget her. The Young Men' Christian Association of St. Loui have conelodeit t put on their programme , 4 stated supplications "a prayer for the pre," HeTeafter, orthodoxy will sing: Wu yi th lamp' IkMJ Ml t br, ' TW it( prlatrr may msra," - telegraph: " A aneeting wa held la Cooper Istlxs la evening ander- the direetioat "The -tfWrC Library and Frisooers AM Society." t farther rrio reform measure a4 prefect teIxtg ta a diaiastioQ e crime TWat3iaare wa bk4 larrr-d iW lfUVMrti. (s 4 the Board eft Laajgrrrs rc the J, L raliia? Ue neetiig to eeder.said LeelJ bk amovtit tor tfeefart thau theclerxytora aaawsicJ teak a'y eoe, the Bev. Dr. Arsaitarcv: wa evaea, All the others had frwostwd t h t&ere. Mr. CtArte A. lisnting. .Maaagvr of bf CbriAiaa Hiwae for Icteeapcrate 3ira. was eaade CSialrstsA. aad mm aTurward te Rev. Dr. Ottthei. Hz. 5 Sinclair TVwey ad Mr. Iter Oec raae in. Mr. Maekie w-a the f r4 speaker. II Iwf j We t- Lave Ltsrie ru ta a3 fI I T"- ' T - .- stjtvtioeas. i rive f ce:Jrr t all rwrirs to rrfarn: t ecaia l-rii sn.tr war t rrfsjus roc. Uase c?r La crf : ta iitat In. Hungary one' official age date from hi baptism, A woman of fortv onlv recently bap led in the church wa arretted tr stealing, and 4cadd that she was an Infant, teing leraliy only six month old. The court conbtered llie defense pood and acquitted her. - Ixnrfellow can take a worthless sheet of paper aad by writing a poem on tt make It worth foA A man "out Wet" wa ofTcrcl a plate of mac carjyd, soop, but declined It, teclaring that they couldn't, play ctfTany b'iled )4xtenis on him. - i 4 V 1 : : ' i : .7 I; 1 ; ' I"