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;To TUiRcitbw or thk JTew Nuktiiwemt: "".
The morning of the 16th dawned with cloudier
skies and balmy air, and the snug and stanch
little steamer General Canby took a load of ex
cursionists aboard, bound for Cape Hancock and
Ilwaco, among them Mr. and Mrs. Merrill and
the undersigned, bent upon a day of observation
and enjoyment. The mighty river was as smooth
.as a mirror, with here and there. a rippled surface
like a lake of glaw that had cooled too suddenly,
r6IneryTiellucM crystal
that glittered like .burnished 'steel. The little
engine worked away like a patent churn, and Cap
tain Whltcomb stood at the wheel In the tiny
pilot house and.. managed the rudder with the
skill of a nautilus. The Can by is the favorite
accommodation packet ou this line, being always
ready for duty and always reliable and safe. We
remember going over on this boat to Ilwaco some
- lour or nve years aeo, alter -omln aboard at an
angle of forty-five degrees on a ten-Inch plank
'without banisters. They have agood gang-plank
K .now, with a guard, and you have more faith as
youtrust yourself to its tender mercies. llutthe
Captain won't forgive us for .having written up
'thentle'aTuiiH, in which we -returned In i a
gale, and which we described as a "cockle shell
about tie size ir an ordinary washing tub.' We
meant the little craft no harm in depicting her
thus minutely, but we confess we're, not sorry she
got wrecketl afterward", seeing the loss to her en
- terprislng owuer was covered by insurancu and
" no lives, were lost. - Hope he'll" forgive us now
that we'ver praised the Canby, for she skims
rZ- the water like a duek and' njanMgeJhtl.iilereut
degrees of her business like aaable woman.
i , We touched at Fort Stevens, where a couple f
. military ineiiin white gloves and brass-knobbed
regimentals were on the dock, and a donkey cart
- In' charge ot a soldier awaited the;UnittHl tjtajtes
mail, reminding lis as thesteanier turned 'to leave
of the ridiculous couplet, Nx
If I Utl a donkey what ; wouldn't r, ' "
you think I'd wullop tiliii ? 'Oh, no, no !" -"'
Fort HtephVns as now eyuipiH-tl would be about as
available as a defeuse in case of invasion as the
the light-house sits, 'and a merry crowd of us
made our way to It, our numbers augmented by
a boatload of pleasure-seekers sojourning at
Ilwaco, among them the Misses Ca pies', Mlss.Illn
pertoivf. ; atiiTrrs; Wells, bf Portland, and Mr.
Binl,'of The Dalles. The llght-houaethe grounds
the batteries, and everything C4nnectel therewith
are In the best of order, though the guns, like those
of Fort Htevens, are 1m t of date by a-Mleeade,of
years. One fifteen-inch Columblad, carrying a
4-jO-pound ball, is calkil 'The lUiby, and ,1s
mounted usn the highest point, overlooking the
ocean, mi a carriage ponderous as itself, painted a
flaming red, and may be aptly described as a
huge blaek baby with red petticoats. -This "baby"
looks like across customer, and the old-fashioned
.iron-cladhat-wmrtd "wake hitnjJ
look out for squalls. . Hut we a rr told that the
new. style men-of-war In' present use' would steam
past and' scarcely mind it. Other batteries are
stationed on the promontory's aide carrying
smaller guns;two of which arc called 'Swamp
angels,' though "avenging angels" would be the
better name, if one should Judge, them by the
work their prototypes performed at Charleston, , . V Ixxmiis, meet the eye, and what Is still better, the
We paid the light-house a second visit to see
the fun set l?V. the ocean, but the evening was
cloiufy and the orb of dy was veiled In mist -and
gloomy. TheJtateut -California, steamed past, a lid
twilight gathered into darkness, and the lights of
Tilla mook " Itock, Pol nt ' Adaiiis and 1 Ca'peJJIuii-
1 i tt lleineiM aiirt gi TOt-w Mtyn H
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the Shubrick would be in 'warding off the ad
vances of a Merrimac. If your correspondent
were a foreign power bent upon the conquest of
America, she'd want no better prospect of a. vic
tory over coast defences than can be found at this
most accessible polut for attack. It serves as a
haven for the country's professional defenders in
times of peace, though, and is good for something,
so It shouldn't be utterly-condemned, we stipjtose.
Leaving this frowning fortress of decaying ram
parts and Its tarry-coated ordnance of u dead
-decadcf-we'stcam onucross the 1 1 verlir f uil view
of the liuge ironrwllecls and mammoth walking
beam of the Great Hepublic the ghost of a k
paried ship and cruising past Sand Island on
the outer edge of . linker's Hay, touch at Fort
Canby, in a charming rove under the lee o'f Cape
Hancock, where, your corresisandent and her
friends- alight, tp 'spend the intervening, hours
while the steamer Is absent at Ilwaco.
Evidently. the governhient Is partial to Fort
Canby, lor its bulldiiigs', parade grouuds, ramparts
and lawns dre far more beautiful than "those of
Fort Stevens. The natural site Is far prettier
also, overlooking as it does the' foot of the baj',
and sloping back toward rugged promontories.
Clothed In a shaggy fur of huge evergreens,
washwl upon their farther side by the Pacific's
planken walk-way. slopes from the bay
h rough a pretty. ravine, In which Is the lleht-
kcepers' residence, a handsome double house .with
white walls and, green shutters, wUh garden and
. flowers around it, and altogether a beautiful place
to look at or live In. There are three llirht-keer-
ers Mr.. Atidersoii, the first, or 'flxr,''
livfnr
lived litre for sixteen- Jrra is. This gentleman has
recently married a new wife (the second), Import
ed frtni Germany fr the purjMwe under a contract
that a Ke n t uc k I a n wo u Id 1 i ken t o ''buy I ng a pig
In a, poke." Hut the bride and groom apear
quite. as happy Jiv, their honeymoon as though
they had burned cords of wood and cans of coal
ell in the courting season while making vows that.
re seTdoWkeptTMl?Holbeith gootHorq'tiatlenorta4he dangerous eddyr
' keept r4 is a bachelor ami does his owu housekeep
ing. The third keeper Is Mr. 'Woodruff; with
whose pleasant family we spent a day and night
of solid comfort barring the rheumatic twinges
that still remind us of that crippling buck board
jrlde between Palouse and Colfax, for which wc
ought yet to sue for damages. .
..-A'-iiarrow-alduwalk w UHwlys
heaving waters as if to salute her with a grand
display of pyrotechnics?
Wo intended to walk .from-the fort to Ilwaco,
but Al. Hotmail's assertion that the distance was
"seventeen ml Up" deterred us," so we gave ourself
over to the hospitalities of Mrs. Woodrutrs pleas
ant " ho'me.. till, the General Caidy came by the
nextmoriiihg, when a flfteen-inlnute ride laulel
a cnwd of beach-seekers on the .Iwaco dock,
wliere-we-were-met by another croWd, soino of
them homeward bound,!1nd others U-nt upon ill-;
.Version.- "Among the camper are Mayor iCP.
Thompson's family,, Mrs. M. ). MKre," ftf JLlnk
vllle, nod Mr. and Mrs. Meldrom, of Oregon City.
Mr. and Mrs. Hrazec and -.their flvechlldreitl Mr."
and Mrs. Hell, and the Misses Caples, are- at the
hotel, which, though small, 'Is welt-kept and
comfortable, and evidently docs a thriving Jbul
nes. Mr. J. D. Holman and family and quite a
number '.of others-occupy cottages, and numerous
j erection, and a school-house is soon to be built.
The place is exceedingly pleasant as a Summer
resort, and will increase in' favor as the country
gets older. ' U. - . v'"" ' '.
We sjent the night at the house of Mr. and
Mrs. Wh'ealdon, on the Iwautlful hillside, where
kwe feel that we. must visit every Hummer, else
Vhere is a stitch dropped in our year of days which
ravels downward ever after. - The dear old couple
. n re rest I ng-oon fideivt I y- i pn-1 he- bordcrs-of t he
Mystic Hiver that laves the shores of the Hummer
land.ltwteto:1lvehenilfe brings to us
In Its waning hours the promise that Heath is
Wallowed' up In Victory, . -Mrr.SVheahloh has
mnrcvlm left at. his seventy xll years than many
a young "man ever, had.'- Hejs. deeply Interested
In the equal rights movement, - and . engaged a
house for us to lecture on the subject, exacting
our promise to return for that purjsiso on the fol
lowing Welnelay. -.' -
rOuT next destination was Hea View, across' the
promontory 'and theTWeather Heaclu. The
road runs, over a rough corduroy grade up hill
and down, .through a dense hemlock forest,
crowded with undergrowth and hung full with
salijl-berries, for a distance of three miles, and,
then we emerge from the timber and meet the
ocean face' to face.' He shakes his hoary locks in
several lot (lncluling water front). at fair prices.
It Is more' than probable that! the North Reach of
the Pacific will equal that of the Atlantic as u
Hummer resort in the near future. Hunting, fish
ing, boating and bathing are all to le had at con
venient distances, accompanied "by salt sea air
and the healing power of Its Invisible wings.
AtH-mile drive on the level Weather Heach
Iu-tings Us from Stout's hotel to the cozy! and happy
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. L.-Loomis, comprising a
farm of a thousand acres, and everything else that
In desirable In like 'proportion. Mr. Lnomls is
connected with many important enterprises; is
President of two steamship companies and pro
prietor of a stage line, and withal a genial gentle
man, hospitable and progressive, and. of course a
AVoraanrsatrrsglstr- KvcrjmaiihorTearstirat
the love of liberty would cause women to neglect!
their homes should -visit this one ami see the
superior housekeeping of the woman who wants
to vote." OnIerwuTiout friction and luxury with
out extravagance greet you at every turn. Rugs,
t idles bcdquttt7plaher, picture frames, cush
ions, all fashioned by the skillful fingers of Mrs,
lady is a reader and thinker, and of course a kind
and capablewlfe and jnother. She waa disap
pointed three years ago' when we were oyer this
way because her negro rook a voter-r-abandoned
his Nst and left her to hold the kitchen fort while
h" went ' to" town to "liquor up," soldie couUFnot
cwtashcdmittheir-ThCTry radiance Ihrt sherhas arwTjlte gTrT
for help now, tind ho, after a twenty-four hours'
visit at her home, we all went together to Oyster
yijle, ten mlleijMwey, and ensconced ourselves at
Wirt's hotel.; M,r. Wirt had previously arranged J
the .MliKd-house for our use, and here we met a
niuclMM'tter audience than we thouglrfMhe place
would afford, seeing it has hist Its former trade it)
tile oyster line and acquired -the reputation of a
deserted vll!age.xTj-day (Sunday) we are' enjoy
ing the refreshing quietude that a racking head
ache reiidt-rs hjiperative.-r; There is but one "sight"
to .which 'visitors are dlrecletl as"a relic of the
town's era of prosperity, and we thought to go
with Mrs. Wlrtjo see it a while ago. This Is a
somewhat pretentious mansion, now deserted,
which Is offered for sale at less than one-tenth Its
cost.. Hut when a boy was wnt for, the key for the,
purpom,'irewus informed by Its custodian, a re
cently converted squaw man, that "At respected
Jthe Sabbath, if wt didn't," so the project of going
"Well," was his reply, "I don't consider thai,
milch would be gained by letting the women vote.
They would do as their husbands told them'
JWith this jiew 'and conclusive argument, bo-
withdraw. , ,'
"Shall such a fossil make laws for me? Other
can be- sent who will better represent the people.
. Mrs. G. hastily called upon one gentleman after
another, until she thought of a Mr. G rover. ; Pew
men possessed more mental culture iand truV
worth. She proce'eileil Immediately toa printer
and had tickets prlntel, substituting Mr.'Grover's"
4 ie Hf-M rrll V,-w hiclnMied 1st ri butet -at thew
m11s the followlug week. Men smiled, but not -lisapprovlngl3
at the novel sight, anri generally,
uccepted the .revised, ballot. The consequence was
a great majority for Mr. G rover.. Mr. H went
asirbsTrifrrineii. di course tiiTi
iy Woman Suirruge. Hut he
our faces, and roars In baffled rage ere he retreats
for another onslaught, as Impotent to harm us as
the first. Hut how he tempts the dwellers In
tents, as heslhgs seductively of his cooling waters.
. The Fast Portland camp Is a miniature elty of
tent's, and its denizens, nothing (lauuted by the
late drowning disaster, look like so' many' sea.
Tnew as they cling to a floafing life-line, liard Ijy
the hidden channel in which other lives were lost.
Tlie danger here Is created by converging currents
forming-an eddy of meeting waters, which, over
borne Ly lhe iuconil ng lireakers,. JiecaaarUy -form
a hidden Channel for the rushing under-toW. A
mile or two-iahe-nortbwaMrtppTO
hofel, Is a bathing place where. the lcach. is as
IeYl'1 as a inresning noor ami me sun ejuaiiy as
voter isoppoed
inay flatter himself that he has every used-up
rake in the cuntry for company. They all "think
too much of women in their place" to be willing
to see theni free; and could they have their way,
ft. 'womaii's place", would never be a reputable or
selfsuppxrting one. '
As this must be mailed on the morrow, we have
no time to write upTOystervlJUj from more ex
tended obser vat loii;and must postoi)e particulars
uutli -next -wwk. To-morrow (Monday! we are
going on an excursiou up the Witlupa, to be Imck
J at nlfcht. A. H. 1. -
- Mrs. H. T. Clarke says in the' WUUimcttc Fnrtn
cr: "TLe la-st twenty years have not passed
without great progress in matters adventitious t
women. Avenues of lalAtr. have been oja'iied to
tjiem, and they have filled. wituibiUty posts that
would have liiadel our decorous grandmothers
shudder, as overstepping that line of womanly re
tiremeut that' was so rigidly drawn between the
occu)ationa 'proper for men and women.. Mar
riage now is not considered the absolute destiny
of a girl, and she does not sit waiting for a
husband to come to her. If she has not a father's
home, the young girl of ambition chooses a trade
or a business of some sort, and fit
Tts duties, amOiearTy always site
Mr. and Mrs. Stout have built a good hotel,
commodious and summery, where gxsl beds and
the best of board can be had for ten dollars per
week. The rooms are yet unfinished, but will be
finished In good style by another year. They
have laldofTa portion of the place In a town plat,
and have sold several lots and Mckl At flur rra-
brother or boy cousin in quickness of perception
and deftness of action." ','
Vlscouutc'ss lUblerton, who astonUlKMl KigU4i
society a few mouths ago by saying in a magazine
article that a senJiple girl , tieedfU' a chajerou h
Utile. ;'.'a--i4L'nible boy, recently i.organled !a
"rational dres-weiety4 The hivinbers lrtisse"
to lnaugurate-tbiuiiiany ceformatiry changes
whose value is so mUyersally profosned but so
seldui utilized. The outeY aisx'tt cf women's
dfvfa 4s iMtr-to-le-al temf,-ewnt thafgarmChti
will hang more loosely. The weight Is tit Is!
"bor.rieby the sliouMe rs." " 1 '. -X
Hev. Roltert I Stevens says, In a communication
o thfr Albany Tk r.ionr4-tV wnH Jifc, fa
'WHAT ONK WOMAN DID.
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To thk Kditom or tub New 'kthwekt: "
CiUess,we see Immediate results, wear nolvtft
to put forth our energies ; yet how great our possl-1 "
blllties often are. Iiet me tell you a story of wnat
was accomplished, by one of that class from whom
w'e expect so little. r-;f' T : ' ; j "" " ""-'
Many years ago, when equa) suffrage was aub
mittet to the people by the legislature of Kansas, ,
a Mr. R - wished to represent the town of W ,
near Iawrence. His way seemed clear, and, bat
for an event trivial In Its seeming, though all
lmKrtant in its results, he would;have rcpro
sented the town In the next Legislature. He had
occasion to call at the house of a neighbor, Mrs.
Georger few-day before tlielectlon. fcbe care
lessly said : '
VI suppose you will vote for us next week?"
home Jantent lug that one woman, at least, had
her ownjplnlon. Mr. i 3 rover astonishment can
well ttelmagliuHl v hen he found himself a candi
date for Senatorial honors, and he was sent after
ward to represent a well-satisfied constituency , '
. This Is a true story, "a part of which I was."
. 'i : ' J JKM. :
Han Jose, Cal., August 13, 1881.
THK PKNDING AMKNDMF.NT-
f Kroin Ih A tor Is n. J . '""
Mrs. Aj Dunlway's Monday evening lecture
on the j pending suffrage amendment, In .the
Yung Men's Christian Association Hall, was
largely -attended by our best class of citisens,
many being obllgeil to retire In-cnuse unabla jo,
obtain seats. Tm sjs aker re'Hpirulatil the works
accompllslieil by the Woman Huffrage agitation
in orcgou uurnig me pnsi icn years, ana nlgltfy
eulogized tho Voters ofl the State who had not
been unmindful of woman's plea, but had gracious
ly accorded her every solicited right, not except
ing the elective franchise, which was now. In a
fair, way lo final victory. The pending amend
ment had been offered In the State Senate by
Hon.. LV..W. Fulton, of Clatsop, who, the said,
would be eutltled to the laurels of leadership iu tho
annuls pf coining JiUtoryTbie nbjectluna urge4
by some men against the constitutionality of tho
pending amendment were explained away by quo
tations from Rlackstone, aud by what she called
4,a common sense Interpretation of the. organic
Uwr'Tltat m i'iiHling amendment"; could bo
inddinltcly K)stsned, from one legislative. ses
sion to another, by renewed projswitions to
amend It while thus ndlng, was a fixed fart
There was a neissary limit to human notions in
all things, and there were men who would move
to amend pending amendments ,to the archives of
Heaven, If there were uo restrictions to limit their
wfcjl-m.eauing desires. Tho- pending suffrage
amendment Is to go before the next Assembly Tor
ratification. Tlx speaker had no fear of there-
s herself to fill ,",t, ,vncod thinkers had ceased to op-
"wlllxiT TAV1In
sowatle: fate of "fiTYor VTnffle 1 ti sml ALV1-X,
yrrmi-Viiiy, of Portland, ha also sold for which It Is fighting."
fW.RTlfUBseyrbrTJrant's Ps. "ends fjjl
"wt.tti "ffc vnsnes ior ius gooi cause
would then follow when It would go before tho
voters of tho entire State ; and to tho men present
she now appealed to carry the banner for woman'
liberty iuto quarters Avhero she would not go.
She told several new stories, some amusing and
some pathetic. Illustrative-i'f her theme, and held
Jier audience fairly sindl-boWl while appealing
t- vot.cjs to "place, prcgoirin the lead In th
great galaxy of Htatesyfhat rre sure to fill inU
line when she shall have set the example." . Her
plctureof 4otnestlo Jlfe und'UilOi!111
ixallou of" eqgaliglts--the "rejects tho term
WDUian'n rlghtnAwss enoHglt-tu wmut lhe Ico,'
around tho heart of a bachelor, or turn the frowns
of a crusty husband Into smiles of gladness.
r 'm r Ij"i."t.. T. ; . i
the drunkard who beats his wife whipped at the w. i' V. , " ,.: t " ,, v " - w"", .
it . , . . . ... Ounaiaska Island, Is spemllng a goott portion of
whliIng post, when he becomes sober. We A n..i u . J , L
,,,,r ; , . ' . nertlmeln teacnlng the little half-breeds.' Bho
would like to have the man who refuses to civo r... . , K u .'
1 1 i i. . . Li , , fc. ha formed a class, the members of which are
his wife a Just share of his wages, In order that ,, . ,, TL. . . .
Count for what he receives." .... . " ' ..; .. ... J
months ago, Is now conducting that paper suo--cessfully.
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former proprle- - '
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