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' W ' - V 1 . ' J- . , 9 ' , - ' , ' p . VOLUME Xt NQ;11. - "lXHtTLAN I VH ETSO"N7 THURSDAY, Al'RIL 14, 1KM. PER YEA It $.1. 00. UP THE COLUMBIA. , JoCJiX' AT THE" l.Ji'lVKK. 'ASl'ADKK. v . . - , ... 'I ' , PEAKUK ADKItS UK TIt K. N:W Nul.T.IjVrsT . ' . v . . The beautiful Spring had come, as we thought ta'sy,"ain( on Wednesday., morning we took our departure from -home .for. Eastern Oregon ani.l. Washington, Intending "Mo extend the trip"" to IiUho.-r' Every wiw'TeT-uMi4uirA;.ryhaiuIttuit.j,l vcrJ -baiiks were redolent. with passing .nwds The --lomingCImoM isteaiuer mi lhe xushi ng current, a like .a mighty ipieen she held her head aloft and gazed in trl umph iiih)u the raging - water. I he CI umbra U seldom w hlh at thh wawm of the year a nowf but everylwxly 1 jubilanttthenforr a the fear of a lune freshet lirthereby abated. The farms -on .every hainliart' in exeellent eonditlon, and the frtilttreeH are lalen with bloom. Asihe' teamer nseendeii toward the mountain pip where the tor rent of the Columbia breaks throujrlithe gortfe laud got's .. learl ng onward withredoubled ".vigor we iotleei that the air Fleeeesof fog that had hung low upon the "toward the ea chilly. mountain sides legan to condense. Into clouds and floatJaway to the eummits,'" BylluVclDek theiF forces had gatlared for a utorrn.. We alightetl'at Ithe Iwer Cascades aiid 'wVre met by Mr. H. M. Hamilton and eKeortetl to Ids hospitable farmer' home, where' Mrs. H. received ' us after tlte hearty luannerof acoiisteut Woman Suffragist. , Hince last we crosHitl the portals of -Ihelr homer.fh"e Death Angel had heeu-there aiid -borne away its" ir hie. . InviduntarlJy w-e lookel . for the plensant, failing face of the bright young" -man who nee-oeeupieu- the-coziest nook at the lngleside, but alan, ' ''TIip youth" who-mtt lHfll III wire - CtViiu not MflU hi yhwilr."- ' 1 Few young men had given greater promise of se fulness than Ulney Hamilton. Vhy he was called away lcfre Ills, time, Is not yet known to his friend who yet tarrj', but In the eternal, by and by we shall knowfor we' shall wee him as jie is. If this life were all there I in store for any :body,1t would Indeed be poorly worth its cost. Our friends, though Chastened, are not unhappy. The be reavCd niother?sgwtle eyes glow with a "farther-away light, and the stricken father-i looks longingly for one wljo cornea not J but the even tenor of tlieinivea moves on asTefore, anT, save for the wound in the hearts of parents, brothers - and sisters; the.gap has closed over earthly exlstrl ' ence, and It is as though It, had -not been Alone I wslkil th ocean' .utimiul f- -I hI(mmI, iul wrote upon Hi" hiiI '...:J'yiiP, the yr and day, ' ' t And llif n, I wim wrtlklnj pn, ' One llinfrrltiK look I fondly i'imiI A wave rnnio roll In lifgt and ii.iC v . ''Aad diull my linen itwny. And so, I tlioiiKlit, 'twill Mliurtly bes . SvitfiVry tce''oB"rtrr)tln'.', . .The clouds soared away to the north ward for a while, giving promise of a pleasant evening, and -an appointment was circulated for a Ivelnre ibut at night a sudden ftorm came up, in whlch.,"mln- gled snow and bait and rain" held high and nolcy carnival. .-Lecturing was out of the ouestlon. the roar of the river as it sung the monotonous refrain of the distant ocean, we were glad that - Winter had'concluded to return and linger for a little season ,4inThe lap of Spring." T The next morning found usseriously indispose!. We detest sickness, and think everybody who is hot well owes ' everybody else an apology for - broken laws; but neverthelesswg sometimes do break .them through overwork, as in this instance, when in the hurry of preparation for this Journey we had applied the whip of ambition to the spur of spring ward robe "before leaving homeland how we were paying the penalty. All day we moped . by the Are and repenteii. But at night the' heav , ena were serenejtnd oiirself somewhat recruited,' o we met a ge lvlal audience In MofTett's Hall a - ' achool-house over the store and gave the lecture ' which the previous evening's storm had postponed. l .Nowhere In all our wanderings do we And better friepds than at the Cascades. The Joneses, Mc- , Donalds, Mofletts and Ilamlltons are the princi pal families, but there Is a mesa-house where a large number of workmen are boarded,' and a ware-house and machine shops of ample dimen irfons. Times are lively, and-'everjhody Is happy and prosperous. Work on the rallrostHs progressing at a lively rate along the Oregon aide. The recent rain compelled us to postpone a Visit to Cascade Locks untlHjatorday licit, when e are to return to that point to lecture. On Friday, the" 7th Inst, we departed for The Dalles, and were astonished by the rush of travel and stir of buslneser that are unprecedented at . -.' . . ., . . . . . . this seasoif of the year. Cities f white" tenTs"dot the hillsides at intervals where thivTnroadbuiId or nft nt "work. r-vU'tht' iorfaes tlu ruslt of " " 1 . - "2 r: rrrrt it:"it:-V-- . AMONU THE HEHKICKS, Lrayel vies.w i t If 1 1 ijoiiTXuu v I n g fre I ghtrjiml all is hurry,"sk'urry, bustle. "and confusion. But there s ln-aee and nuietude u the elegant .steotU- crs, and reM'.ln the Citntrctou tatevrooln, vherU we lou.iigeaitd sciibble. "The enterprlicjjff ; thi vast iran-portatlon inttreft ihowllK:rTtig,ln its mnguitude. . . ; - :, ; 'iAniong the iutablos on board,, we piet Mrs., rary TCollIris aud. the -Irfi'l'd'esslbli nnd jTidis- HiisalU 'Ktiagg. . Knags is the aekuowkHlge! IfiZiitluht 11 of .'1tie'""li ui lIe"KnrnVs Wei1ty7nd ha a plea-ant word for "all.1"" Mrs. ; foil ins -lives nt a logglmr eamp.under the lee of it great mountain on the Washington flde She freniently goes to 1'oHland on husinest,' and, thongTf sixty, at least, Js as agile In.gejting into small Utats as a girl of sixteen. She is rvspeted by all who know her, and is far more heartily esteemed by men than any namby-pamby, nott-prodtieing loli-Af the uineUi'iith century, Of course she tsn'oinan uflrngist. . . . Itut hcreVe'art', ut The-Ihtllt It 4s y4-wirly ln . tiie afteriUHn, and -the green hills and busy waters .refleet the brilliant sunlight in a lrf't daze of glory. Here and thereat he gray rocks gaze at you In silent destdat ion, forming a striking contrast with the venkye of theenehantlngseene. No wonder artists love to linger here. "These cogitations are c.utliort by if change froin steamer to train, and we are soon landed atthe Umatilla House, where we are again 'compelled to confess ourself an invalid', and where we will rest until Monday. We have iuit seen mneh to write of, save the fact that the towii is growlng'into metropolitan proportions and business Is lively. To-day '(romlayywerTg)lng ;nhiong the eilizens to make arrangements for a week's campaign. ' '.. '. .' ' ; . A. H, D. The Dalles, April H, ISM. . ' , - : f SCHOOL MEtm NO AT TURN E It." ';TcRXi:KTtr.,'Aprll 1I,1.S1.;' To TIK KniTOR or thk Nw XoTiiwTf -Our wlMxiLIoueetlng wa something new and striking. for the old and hew ffogle," from the fact t haijlxt een ladies came frward and Tho1t-,h sjiith- a inectlllirdeiioles that the ear of progress rolls on with might, yet nuieh was done that should bring th blush of shame to the elreek p'fahj'TioHoratileniahTrTwonft took "their stand- hi front, and challenged, 'Will few exceptions, every lady whoVcame forward,' Her simple," una fleet el manner In especially to children,", carries its own magi wile charm, and her evidently inspiratlomil jilnglng draws crowds to the meetings, where she is the center of uttraetlou, . Her .husband, though de cidedly dogmatic In his religious views, ak well, aiid ai'eompanieir"trrs; wife's singing and playing in a deep, well-trained bass. It Is the "blue- rihlMMi" division, and a .large number of signers hrilid'Vleflge are obtained every night, so .that .1 Is hopefully lu'lievcd Jhat many lnteniper- ate ,twigs are sueeessfully lopjKMl from the greut Upas t ree. ' - " 1 Oncbr t Vomort' ra I Iroads a re. toben n-ned out jurjjt alJKj of our small 'met ropolls, the auryeylpy toryhfcTT" "Tiity '"to e is'progresstng among the still tieep snpws or ine hills, where the rare sunshine fails to reach them, and which, after every rain-storm, havchelnHl to swell our Yuni Creek to the size of a river, threat ening Inundations.. v v At the Oil Exchange, of late, the. lntttom has been dropping from the, barrels until it reached 7 -cents, a anicky, price. Hlaee; ani!upward tendency" Is vf t.f.. t ut n,, i . .... . .... . was, ana how ;., n sue nauinree iHiiirel dollars' worth ; etc.' Indies shttyor seventy years old were uublushingly asked those oucstions. while men wio were known to le In debt more than they were, worth, and others known, to have no taxable i'jerty 'rtttiuq Jorjfiet'tr,' were not challenged. ; Hhaiiie Shahiel! " .. - But, sisters, hail with Joy even this ; it bespeaks a dawn whose1 refulgent- rays wiIL.be felt by the millions. It is wise-to allow this right to the 4 motherrfor-urely she who watches a nd guards wltli such tender solicitude may now scak wltl efTect on matters so nearly connected with her little ones. Were tlh right granted each woman I In these Unite! States, its powejLmight le felt, for it comes uireciiy within tier sphere, directly where Ood in' his infinite wislom has placctlher; aud a But we spent the night at the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Tliomas Moffett, and as we sat be fore their cheery fire, listening to the walling of thestorm as .It songhetl through the rgcljil? wer of woman- liid by Mme to le almi boundless, let Uautake it for gran let I that it will radiate ever farther and farther, until its limitless power Is felt throughout eternity. 'Sisters,' behold the morning tar of promise ! lU'hold! that star beckons you on wan I. Mits. I. I H. riAt the recent exhibltjon of the. Art Association of Sart Francisco, women were well .represented, a goodly number of their paintings being ac cepted -and display edThe post of honor the center of the north wall was given to a picture byMrs. ijntt, who is at presviitTtudj'Tiig inTaris with Barrias, of a calf, just .about to step out of me canvas. 'i he troMcrays or it "h rpm its moist muzzle to the last Jialr on Its kinked tail, 'and from its foolish white-lashed-eye to Its sturdy little hoofs. It is calf-like and life-like."' A curious story comes from Coshocton, Ohio, of a young man, giving the name of Frank" Evans, who "drove stage for-a J'ear, voted for Hancock last Fall, did all that a beardless youth might be expectel to do, and, ori"telng arrestetl oh'a charge of iheft, the other day, turneil outlojjea womaiiT Who she Is, or what her history Is, she refuses to tell. . - - ' - - , .. . . . .' . i Frorft the Pataha City (W. T.) Arfr; "The New yoRTH west last week commencexl a new serial entitled ?Iteanlng the Vhlrlwlnd.-hr - - : -. , 2 ' m Mary Elolse CombsrThe openings chapters are good, and we advise those who want a good family paper from Tortlaud to -try-4h- Jew BitAnKORis'ra.March , insl. ... TJJiriLJiioa Oy 'iriiK.r vv Xom it wr i " - For the last, two mojitlis there sccm-i t( have Ik'ch some,-impassable Kiiowtlrfili't wifii x these; ridges tif the Ajleghaufes and the racifle coast whUrh yoiir 'brei'zy" journal has licet unable to jH'iietrate, aiitt the loss wivhlTve sullWcHn const iiirviice-Is hot to be compute. "Vhrarlylisparagetuentndcnuri for Jh.e AVom.an. SuJIiage cause, even from a Woin n sent some time ago from Philadelphia to cMab- Ji-ll a lja uck I'f. J I leNyonien's Ch ri sjj an Ty per anee I nioii. iiiere. are dountiess 11111 vmuiu one hears -7nui AMEBICAN AND EUnoplLVN BUSINESS ; WOMEN. uirrticrlt here, but no one hears ffrom them. VvithjiMrs. 1 tu ni way in our midst, there would certainly lie a diH'crcht state of at la Irs. ( Just at present there Is a niuch-neelcl temper ance revival in progress, conducted liy a reformed man, but not a word is alvan'ed for prohibition, or in regard tMoinan"rS'Voti,ruiHn the momentous questioir undoubtedly In deference to the jsiwcrs that Ih, the churches. The cause Is greatly aided by the peculiarly sweet volCe'of oJiIrs. Wilson. sp'aking, -TIh Anwria o busln- vupntion,' and thus U-plays h.H- t-it ,anl lu r a'tft- hltjou, though not always the natural lllnes or prrparatlon for her.-cholv. If-she has t1n s elt nitHtary essentials also.'xhe ji.e-es- vast n1 van tage over Iier co-laborers on the oilier. side n the Atlantic for, wlieil women can -iect their. work and iiueduealtMl for itt as in n are for theirs, t here will not be such legal enaetiiH-nts noedtsl as riw exist ill England to provide pi. ices in w orU-hou-e t,rjiiipjlTtlt'MiiMwonieii ; and the daughter of tle jMsir tiee:l not cast lots to dv:cut whleli of""ni"Tn" shallVpi,7llhelr lives In tlie convent, as Is the. ciistojn in Brittany. In Italy, there is no scent madetof'the fa-t that poverty, and not reflujor, has niult iplied the convents and peopleil thecloi ters.'l Handierafts are open to American woim-iy .ami 4 re bxi numerous to be iMiintiMland it' is ClalmeVl;that the same "kill, that .the Eurojs An woman Is ten and twenty years In aeuirlng cao U taught ill ten and. twenty lesson, by improved systems, to t lie more apt American mind. Class Hues arecohstanfly "Interrupted. It is nothing I pass froin one cliUe f -wndely to another, nod leave the line of" division low enough to-step over at pleasure. The business .woman may ' fn-ely mirtgle with the professional, the literary, -Mb idlers and subordinates ; most likely she has friend In all theseclreles. This exchange Is an' advantfcge to 1ier general wnman"h7nd, "bit-ittt- tax -her' stremrth and consume her time and means. The spirit oft our age is experimental diid only experi mentalv.Hvat,lrgmVfoil, clotliing. faltli, awhi tecture, home rule, tilueat ion, and social anil town govertimentarcll subject to the prevailing 1 woman also Is al lowed much opsrtu- Ity to exjieriment ujKin her capacity anil her versatility of talent. . Bich samples of the irsulla of her experiments are flashed In-fore us ia. every direction, and the short-sighted In tlese saai jiles of extraortllnajfyhlllty, prMf and prophecy tif the extended sphere pf all women. Let n not confound experiments with illustrations 3 Ye are by temperament and 'education restb: ambitious, and irlv "nil liilllih 1 1 1 nil change " Tliough slightly remote-from- the .great thor oughfare of. the New York and Erie road, yet we 177or7f(5T70,,"R her property- are not passed by oiv that side, but are annually icre Is so great a demand for hotel accommoda tions, business places and dwellings, that build-, lugs have been' constantly going up llirdughlhe Vlnter, iidj.!iejj and' the Vuring. In these particulars we both lose and gain bj- com parison with I'uroK'an women. They hui e ease of mind and stolid satlsfot-tjoa; we, larger, cxpie-, rlences,. 'greater dlsappolntnienti (and swifter recompenses- Jfr. (. 117"". il vlslted by" the lKst hcturers and troupes of the country to such art' extent that the long Winter has witnessed a great diversity of entertainment. '. ; - - r .--hHWWK Ol.lVKR. ,' "Messrs. Fiwletr& Wells,' of New YorkV hftVeln' press a neW work, : bearing th.e title of "How We Fctlie-BhbTwrittvtthyi:I'gvwl has devottil much attention, both In this country at?d iirEuroie, to noting the condition of children and then making careful IiKjuiries as to the feed-, Ing, care, etc., and this work Is a special rwonl of TinqeTOcw1th his own child. This manual will be welcomed by many mothers In all parts of the land. ."One of the most 1 m porta nt quest loiiffwlih parents Is. how to. ftHtt the baby, to- promote. Its liealth, Its growth ami Its happiness. 7 ii addition to answering the piest Ion - to fmnl the- baby, .1 . - 'II A ll nils volume wui icit is of equal lniKirtance. The publishers say "the work Is radical, and may be startling to some, but the Imjiortance of the subject Justifies thlvand the common sense which enters into It, tlie ldaln, practh-al way lit which Its arguments are put, will tie found very convincing, and it Is not too much to say that when Its Instruction are fully am thoroughly adopted we may certainly look for a large decrease of the death-rate among children." The hope of the children roust be found In an eii lighten edjmotherhoTvt.ndvcfy-FrTort-trrthiii jlirection should Ie welcomeilT ie iiaiiy, wiurii I wontjiii van ptttn tciy ctnii The brain, weights of men and women are in al most exact proportion to the avoirdupois of the two" sexes. Woman Is . about ten or eleven per cent-smaller than phtyVnd Jer brain Is about that nruch lighter thah lils. Certain writers have made this difference tlie basis of remarks Intended to convey Hie idea that women are mentally In fV.rlor to men; overlooking the fact that, If quan tity Is to be synonymous with sujieriorlty, the haul would overtop man more thatrt! one.; - Mrs. Blaine, Mrs. Sherman, Mrs. Tcndleton; Mrs. IiOgan, Mrs. Harlan, and other ladles known In Washlngtoh society and throtighniit th rniin, tryafal o the people of the United States p behalf cTsuflVreTs from the disastrous earthquake In Clilo, urging that collections be matte as speed ily as practicable and remitted to Rlggs-A Co., Washington.- ! Inovelty. We cannot content ourselves with to-day Just as we 41" iL yesterday, and we. place high value oii our ellbrts, and aseendiag , value, too. The natural tendency is fwl and Ht- and tK doilig J'BOTECTINU WOMEN FltOM INSULT. "How can women, be .jirtciteil from Intuit T Tjils Is aiuestioii askeil us by'ft young girl, wImjl Inanswering an advertlsenientlur a proof-reader w.iiwiiwmsKm-iw-gnwini tnnBnoy i re mat btHi who pretendiil to be desiroHs of.wH-uring her services in. his-publlsldng business. Women crtluiot always proteiUiluoaolvetrii the scoundrtds who lirsult or assault them. When -they ask what they shall do when some brute ia man's shaiie. outrages them by improHr propo-. tttd tlijiv nr.. bIivavi tnlil llf..i. iM.rf.M.ll.- ....1 . w v . J 1 In the matter. If yTuTTryto gain protection " through male friends or through a court of law. your .reputation will be gone forever." Ni rage or Insult without the I ox of her good name. When a well-known i , Iresliyteilii jiiittUter of thlsclfy, in his pastoral visit- ! his congrcrition, made I in proK-r advances to .i'..nst every female memlKT of the church, the women consulted ti get her, and, as they felt that .. p.r se!f-respwt demandel that they should excise his conduct. 1 they went to the Moderator of the (lenera! As sembly, then in session, to tell their grievances. That official said: "Go home, ladles, and keep ty rtHl-nporr this mMtrr. 'i' -giw it wIk licityvwlll only ruin .-you and do no harm .to the Rev, IJr. , although I Iwlleve, and aany others tieileve, that your statements rre entirely truthful.'V,(infi:Vcoiri,if irr-thA'I'UUmtrJpkia &'unfta,t-J!t public. A council oftwenty-slx blshop.4 held at 'Orleans in the sixth century promulgated rv canon that women should tie excluded from the dencanshlp because of their frailty. A council of Presbyterian ministers In the nineteenth century decided, through their Moderator, that an accusal to a of m morality, sustained by" abunduht imutTTDt donoliarm to a reverend divine of that church, while ' the simple accusation would 'ruin the ladles making it. Let every woman make'her own comment. JirrriWft Jontun Otiue In Hit. XT ' - -. Mr. Charles Ballou, the "Mammoth LQuiejen died at V home In Saranac, Mich., oa Saturday last? Her weight while she was with tltows Waa 670 pounds. .- . . t .