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MRS. DVXIWAY AT M'lf IKNVILLK AND 1A PAYETTE.-
North Yamhill, January 22, 1881. .
Diii Riadiu op the HnrNonijWMr,:"
For several days succeeding the date of our last
letter, the Winter- rain came down' In torrents,
converting tbeju adulating valleys of Yamhill Into
mighty aqueducts, and filling the rills and ewales
and creeks and rivers to overflowing. The Yam
hill River bridge at McMInnvllle lost both of 1U
aprons, and sadly bedraggled Its ponderous skirts
In the raging and muddy waters. Travel from the
Interior was suspended, the railroad being the
only outlet from the town for .nearly a week.
But social life at McMInnvllle went on as before,
as heedless of the flood as though it had not visited
her'borders.
A society called the Library Union meets every
Tuesday evening in a hall set apart for the pur
pose.Here we found a fair collection oTmlscel
laneous books and papers, an organ, etc, and met
a happyathering of old and young folks who
were intent upon ,enJoylng themselves-The
music was fair; the ruling of, the chairman was
Intended for strictness, though it poorly succeeded
In Itajpbject; toe readings were of a school-boy
character; and a lecture upon "Mystic Rites," by
7 Judge Harding, evinced considerable painstaking
research through man v channels of ancient lore.
AVe enjoyed a pleasant call at the Reporter
office, and abrief but agreeable visit with Judge
and Mrs. Cowles, Rev. and airs. Russ,'Hon. Henry
Warren' and wife, Mr. and Jlrs. Cozine, Mr. and
J&ICampbeUtJMan
.many otners,ana last, dui ny no means least, the
Lougharys, to whose untiring zeal and wonderful
ability the success of the suffrage neetlng was
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'and the weather was fair and . bright enough for
April. JThe swollen waters rapidly receded, mak
Ing-travel once more-practicable, if not pleasant.
: and we bade adieu to the many friends ot human
" rights In McMInnvllls, to whom we had become
much endeared through the friendly association of
' the publlo meetings, as well .as at their firesides,
and, boardi ng the train for HU Joe, were soon at
. ithe solitary station In the pralrlea quarter of a
, mile below the aforesaid el ty a city ofjraniahed
k ft - hopes, where the terminus of the railroad once
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v i wb,'kdu wuero everaisorrpwiui Duiiaings yet
.L V llngerras gliosts of departed expectations. A de-
- ; serted village Is a saddening sight, j 1
The Tfayette and- Dayton stage met at the
r: tatJon-the-atop-oVer- passengers, 'who "were-all
dumped Into the three-seated thoroughbrace and
, . drawiiJywovtruaty.faorseathrouglLthamadan
over occasional stretches of corduroy road, for the
distance of. two miles, to the town of Lafayette.
JLfter a halt at thetost office,, we Were driven to
the home of a beloved sister and he rosychlldren,
in whose geaial company the hours went by on
golden wings. . : v-:.-.:.
it Spent the night at the home of another loving
' sister, and on the mdrrow advertised for lectures
at the Court House. There were several other
meetings in full blast In the town, rendering the
attendance at the lectures comparatively small,
though the Interest was great, and, as usual, the
brains of the place were with us.
. We were Indebted to Hon. Mr. Kelty, the obllg
, Ing Bherlffof the county, for free use of the Court
House, and te Hon. and Mrs. Burbank, Mr. and
Mrs. Cooke, Mrs. Kelty, Mr. and Mrs. J. Olds, Dr.
. Olds, Mr. Ellery Rogers, Mr. F. Martin and others
for substantial aid and encouragement In our
work. , We regretted to find our stanch co-worker,
Mrs. A. M. Martin, seriously 111 -of a fever, but
hope at this writing for her apeedy recovery
Lafayette improves slowly but steadily the
combined efforts of railway and navigation com
panies to leave her out In the cold having failed
1 to starve or kill herTheJjieayy timber adjacent
to the town has been cut away, leaving an undu-
latlng and elevated landscape for the townslte, ex
ceedingly picturesque and beautifuL There Is talk
that the narrow-gauge road will change Its base
and pass through the place, In which case Its in
terests will revive as by magic.
rr: The tragie fs te of Eva Burbank Is still the theme
of many a fireside conversation. The bereaved
parents sorrow not as though they have no hope
In the hereafter, but the aching void In their
hearts will neter be wholly healed until the
Death Angel shall lift them beyond the physical
Ills of this life Into the blissful realms of glad re
. union In the eternal by-andJby. We spent n
evening In their congenial company and slept at
night In Ers's beautiful -chamber, amid -aH-1 by
-anrroundlngsof her own domain, and where every
thlng retnslns as she left It oT thefaTal morning"
of' her departure for the treacherous beach of
llwaco; Why she was fated to leave her body we
know pot, but In the by-and-by we shall, know,
and, God willing, we shall see her as she 1. Her
parents are greatly comforted by Jthis love evinced!
for her by her many friends, and nothing Interests
them so much as their many fond allusions to her
memory. But they are not forgetful of others, -J
and jnnyarethey jrha are blest by their bounty
and comforted by their kindly regardTZ
-. Lafiyette seems so homelike, and the many
friends of the olden time are so cordial, that we
tear ourself awsy regretfully. But other scenes
and other duties crowd upon us, and we again em
bark In the lumbering thoroughbrace, our desti
nation St Joe, where we take the railroad for
North Yamhill, eight miles away, and are soon
enjoying the hospitality of Hon. Lee Laughlln's
beautiful home and the kindly smiles of his amia
ble and sensible wife. To-morrow we are to lec
ture here, and of further .particulars you shall
hear anon. - - A. 8. D.
"Not one of our friend," ey veteran edltor,
"would rob us of a dollar, yet they rob us bi
amounts needed to help pay the expenses of this
paper when they lend it week after week to those
who are able to subscribe for it. It is rather mean
for a warm man to stand before the flre,when tHe
room Is filled with those who are cold,' but- It Is
not so mean as to Impoverish an, editor by keep
ing a dozen persons In a neighborhood from sub
scribing for a paper by lending It, and thus en-
couraglngjyerybad trait, unless the one who
borrows Is really unable to subscribe and pay for
his reading matter. Those who wish to help an
editor to usefulness do not lend their valuable pa
per, but kindly ask their neighbors to subscribe'
Mlss Nina Morals, the author of the abl
on "The Limitations of Bex," which appeared in
the last number of the North American Review,
in answer to Miss Hardaker's paper, 'The Ethics
of Sex," Is the daughter of the rabbi of .(he Portu-
guese Synagogue In Philadelphia, In the Sabbath
school of which she Is an efficient teacher. She Is
described as an unassuming girl, with a practical
kBowledgeofhat4acommojUy4lleda
sphere, Inasmuch as she Is a model house-keeper
for her widowed father, and takes excellent care
of half a dozen younger sisters. She has contrib
uted for some time past to various Journals, with
out having previously attracted marked attention".
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"The Indications of Character,'' as manifested
In the general shape of the head and the form of
the face: w an jllustrated and neatly printed
pamphlet, treating In a clear and popular style of
an old subjectr but discussing it in a new and en
tertelaing manner, Jt takes' physiognomy out of
the realm of conjecture and speculation', and gives
it a sclentlflcwwacter-polnts, In fact, to rules
the author, and Itls published
Nov 753 Broadway, New York.
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cally diagnosed and trustworthy conclusions ob
tained in any given case.-ienry o. urayion is
y Fowler A Wells,
'rice, 15 cell tw,;.
TheNew "York, correspondent ofthe Chicago
American jTomrWritlng ofoontrats," sayt :.
"Oh, the wealth and grandeur, the poverty and
squalor of New York f Not long since -I aw Jay
Gould - drivlng-'ln the -park, He was -literally
wrapped from head-to foot' lh sealskin seal coat,'
cap, gloves and carriage-robe. ' And then, not an I
Hour later, 1 saw a poor oiu woman, signtiess,
wrinkled, clad In rags and trembling as If palsied,
sitting on the street curbing one withered hand
outstretched for ' alms, the other clutching a
thread-bare shawl, while the Wintry sun of the
afterday stared In her desolate face." . "
From the St. Louis Western Light i J,Joseph
Sellgman, the Hebrew banker,' who has made
such munificent benefactions, Irrespective of color,
race or creed, ought to shame the last Christian
Into silence against the Jews. No charitable in
stitution of note has been overlooked by this
princely philanthropist The Israelite has Indeed
returned good for evil by his -bequeathing such
sums to benefit humanity. When the world be
gins to live above sectarianism, then the wolf and
the lamb will lie down together. This lesson of
love and good-will will be of greater value than
the sliver and gold he gave."
From the Olyropla - Courier: "Mrs. , G. A.
Meigs was on the .Dakota . when, that steamer
broke down and returned to port j She was also
on the steamer. Great Republic at the time she
was wrecked on the Columbia bar, and also on
the W. H. Gawley when that vessel was wrecked
near San Francisco. Mrs. Meigs possesses a good
deal of nerve If she Is not very fearful of ocean
tray el by this time." .
Senator Eaton urges the necessity of prompt
Congressional action on the Chinese treaties that-
they may be speedily returned to China for rat
ification of any amendments that may be made.
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The Woman1 $ Journal commenced Its twelfth vol
ume on the 1st !
MARRIAGEABLE YOUNG LADIES,
- A-contrlbutor to the columns of the, American
Home very sensibly makes the assertion that
there Is no class of people so much abused as mar
riageable young ladles," and none so helpless to
defend -themselves, when called 'by those oppro
brious epltliets,.r4lheartless,'LJ1noon8tant,w and
"merciless."
i In almost every young lady's history there Is a
story of heart-break 'and blasted expectations of
which the world ' around her knows nothing ;
hence, the readiness with which she disclaims all
knowledge of love," and probably her most Inti
mate confidant would not believe that she had
had a romantic episode connected with her life;
but ' the sad expression on the young face proves
that she has suffered her gradual giving up of
worldly Interests will tell how much. ,
Not one-half of the women who marry give
their lives Into the keeping of the men of their
choice. In almost every Instance the man the
young lady loves best In the world Is one who Is
not looked upon with favor by her parents. Can
there be a more trying position for a true, loving
woman ? She has been tenderly reared, and Is
beloved by her parents with an almost-Idolatrous
devotion, and they have staked much upon her
comfortable and brilliant settlement In life r but
when her lover comes, and she knows that her
heart can never be given to another, and knows
too their deep dislike for him, she sees-what a
terrible disappointment It will be to them If she
follows the promptings of her heart'. Then comes
the conflict between duty and Inclination. Her
paientaajemwinjjjul
past the school-gin age, sne snows tnat her nrst
duty is to them. Of course, there are exceptional
cases, when parents know the suitor to be a vll-
lainbutoftenetBomciIoher andjnoreprosperoui
aspirant stands In the way. .
; It Is always mystery to those who have passed
the prime of life why their daughters should not
stead of bestowing their hearts upon nameless
young men who have not acquired wealth. Then,
too, people become childish as old age advances,
and 1t Is certainly a terrible awakening for a child
who has always relied on her parents' Judgment
to suddenly discover that she can no longer seek
counsel of thent, but' must take upon herself the
responsibilities of life. Then she wishes earnest
ly for some one to take up the tangled threads and
straighten out all' thediffleultles beforelter ; but
she has no oneso she goes blindly to work, deter-
Shelhas
mined to do what she thinks Is
been taught "tOTObey-hf rirenis and that ,thelr
la t At 9m sMitsi n f ui a m K t I o swl tk s n a ska
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gives up all Ideas of a marriage that would grieve
them and heroically aacrifices herself In obedience
to their wishes. ' She dares hot hope much for the
future, but believes that she will be happy In the
consciousness that she has doneher duty. And
the man she marries (poor Innocent) knows noth
ing of-this little by-play, and believes that he
possesses his wife's umllvfded I heart J but the
bitter awakening will come In time, and the re
sult is an unhappy home, or, far worse, a shameful
separation; T . - - --- - - ... . ... .
A man should marry, when young, some maiden
who loves htm for himself alene, rather than wait
until maturer years have brought wealth that
weighs so heavily In the social-balance, and ultl
mateljrwill drag his very soul Into the depths of
shame, wheq he realizes that he has bought and
paid for a heart he has never owned a life that
has dragged out merely an existence by his side
uncomplainingly. ,
It Is natural and right for parents to wish their
child ren-tomake-whatthe-world-eallj,good
match," but let them not force their daughters
Into a loveless marriage, for it Is too great a risk
to exiiect a happy result from such a union. And
the young lady who thus sells herself, because of
of a sense of duty7mTslaken though"ltQaay be
think you she considers the financial advantage of
so much Importance? No, She would a thou
sand times rather spend her life In poverty with
her heart's choice than in the splendor which
grows to mock her.
And so the traffic In human hearts continues
from ge. to age, and the world never thinks of
blaming the fathers and mothers, but censures
those to whom but little blame belongs, who are
more sinned against than sinning.
The girls of Lake Erie Seminary, In Ohio, who
nominated Garfield for President as long ago as
1861, and agreed then to go and see him inaugu-
to meet at New York on the 1st of
March and grf forward as an honorary escoitJor
the rresiUent-elect -MoTof"llie girls of twenty
years ago are now wives and mothers, but Mrs.
Grannts, publisher of the Church Union, fit New
York," Is making the'jiecesary arrangements With
all the enthusiasm of girlhood. " , -'
THE CHINEHK-LANGUAGE.
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Mrs. Mary If. de Craffenreid has given us a
dissertation on Chinese writing that might be oT
value In Oregon, and especially to some of our
own Albany readers. ' She says that man's Imag-' '
(nation has Invented two systems of writing en-
tlrely distinct The one employed amoag lha. 4!
Chinese Is the hieroglyphic system ; the other, lav
actual use among the enlightened nations of the
globe, bears the name of the alphabetic or pho
netic system.
The characters which the Chinese employ la
writing are not letters, properly called, but they
are veritable hieroglyphics; they do not repre
sent sounds or articulation, but Ideas. Thus
"house" Is expressed by the aid of a single and
special character, which never varies. The Chi
nese of a past generation may have designed
"house," In spoken language, by a word, totally
different in pronunciation from that which tha
''Nation of the Sun" to-day uses, yet , the charac
ter representing "house" remains Identical. The
pronunciation Is subject to the laws of change,
but the hieroglyphic never. Is tha result sur
prising? -Think of our .figures, which are hiero
glyphics. The Idea of unity added seven times te
Itself Is expressed in France, England, Spain,
Germany, etc., by the aid .of two circles super
posed vertically and touching each other at
single point; but, in seeing this Ideographic
character, "8," the French pronounce It AMifihe
EngUihfleight ; the Spanish, ocAo, .and the Oer-
mans acne, ah, However, agree in assigning te
jt the same value.
If the Chinese Ideographic characters were gea
erally adopted, as the Arabic figures are, every
nation could read In Its own language the gtaad
productions of the master minds of every country,,,
without knowing a single word of the spoken lan
guage employed by the authors who wrote them,
Were this the case, English-speaking eopt
could pefuse with delight the burning thoughts of
Goethe, the beauties of "Jerusalemme Llberata,1
the brilliant wit of Don Quixote, the glowing elo
quence of the. "Exposition de la Doctrine Catho
llque," by l'Algle da Meaux, and yet not be ab
Jeetedto the Inoonvenlenoe of learning new dia
lects and hauling over musty dictionaries, ; ' i
But a considerable number of . arphabetia
languages, with all their peculiarities and Idiom.
may be-thoroughly mastered by the samer time)
and labor spent -upon one ideographic language.
Tlien, too, how Infinite the superiority of thej
alphabetic system for expressing delicate shades -of
poetic thought and abstruse sophistries of log-'
tcl reasonlngn. , Tpll i"g" H f'ntf jlw
wordandapeaks to the eye. Air the words ol aa
alphabetic language of the most extended vo
cabulary of elementary sounds or gestlculationa
require oniy iweniy-iour lo-imrty Jetters to ref
resent them. By the aid of these characters,
variously combined, every , word which strikes
upon the ear can be written, even without kn
tng its meaning.
The greatest defect of hieroglyphic writing la,
that It has no means of expressing new' names.
A reporter once wished to send a. written cocaw
munication from Cauton to Pekln containing tba
Information that a memorable - battle fought tba
14th of June, 1800, saved the French from Impend
ing ruin ; but be did not know how to Inform his
correspondent, In characters purely hieroglyphic,
thaf the name oL the plain, which witnessed tba
glorious achievement, was near the . town off
Marengo, and that the victorious General was
Bonaparte. A nation In which proper names
can only be communicated from. one city la
another by envoys, would seem to be In the rudl
mente of Intellectual mltnrr, and turn, rtnnbfloai.
Is the case with (he masses. There are sr iesr
oracles of wisdom among them, and but feat
The hieroglyphic characters constitute' 1?y
the greater mass of their Writings fbut
whenlt becomei necessary to-write" a proper
name, the Chinese divest these characters f their
Ideographic signification, and employ them to
express sounds and articulations, or, In other
words, to perform the office of Veritable letters.
A womaifcomplalns to the Cincinnati JSnquirtr
that her sex Is compelled by fashion to sufxer
dreadfully from cold. "Eyen when clad for tba
street," she says, 4 'a woman is nowhere near as
thickly covered as a man, unless, ft be about her
chest and arms by a fur garment. . Her head Is
usually not protected at all, and In the other dl-..
rectlon her warm clothing stops at her hips, for
below that her skirts are only a shield against J
wind, without keeping out much coltL There is a
general . f em 1 n I ne aversion tofla n nel nex.t the
skin, arising from the prickilness of the one and
the delicacy of the other. Below the , knees the
only covering Is a stocking. So It Is Uiat the girl
In a sealskin saoque, looking so mighty comforta
ble, really suffers greatly." ,
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