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l-U)M BY Tt'RXH fx UKMrffllTiy K, W.KMOX Al. AMI
MOUALIZISd ritOHK A KIIK JorRHKY BM
!Hirn.AM to MoMKuruo. . ' ' . .. .
To tub llKAiicHmr tub Nkwt Noktiiwwt: .
Again, In the onler of sublunary mutations, the
underKigiit'U. board the eat-lile train, lxuiul
.... south ward, her deHtination Jacksonville. Autumn,
rejoicing In her roheii of ftlenty, Id abroad In the
land, her eklrU wheat-laden, her hand Jeweled
with-JroMy aiIef,' her . bowotu heaAhig with full
netw, ier tiara the glowing imftsh I ne. ; 'Th erer
; WhHe gteen of the shimmering hillHidiH has'giyeiv,
'way to a golden .ru'Het. -iiaplen are bestud'ded
.with colore of flame; alders glow like burnUhetl
rubles arrow-woods gloam with Jaier rlatltes;
fir trees frown In theirYoatiiof maiL fUlorned with
uncut emeralds ; dogwoods-lear leaves of a miner
tlnt and elder Jushesjiohlaloft grea clustersjpf
purple amethyttS swaying temptingly la the sun.
The Willamette River, sometimes so turbulent, Is
" now, In its ydrve and eddied, a glatwy mirror, re
flecting alike the flashing glories of bejeweled
Autumn and the somber hues ot the solemn ever-
greens-
On board the train Is a heterogeneous multitude.
. Yonder Is a pale, pinched -woman; her slender flg
. ure wrapped in a scanty shawlcovering as best it
caalersel fa ml "bale7'lhe'1 a 1 1 erasTe"and
pinched as herself, and about The sire of a stunted
kitten;-beside her sit two cadaverous children,
equally scrimped in ,food and clothing, and yonder
-comes her protector and. head, likewise depleted
and. sallow, and we are not surprised to learn that
they were steerage passengers by'!the late ocean
steamer, fresh from the alluvial regions of the
malarial Middle . West, Where, after a half-dozen
'years of tolling wedlock, in which they were only
successful In the reproduction of their own
thwarted Images they finally grew disgusted, sold
- uf and migrated. Theylhave reaehedjQregon in
a.state of. nature so to speak having nothing
- left of their years of honest tolliaave thehtielu
enumeraiedJlvtek; AVeTwatch them as tljey
alight at a way , station and stroll uncertainly
. toward the unpretentious hotel, and inwardly
hankheuckyanrthatT)rougntthem away
from the. land of corn and pumpkins, wellsTand
malaria, to the abode of wheat and apples, run
nlng water, antTalrfreTghted with theellxlr of life.
From. uregon cuy onwara our train picks up
- here and there a bright young girl, whose destina
tion Is the Willamette or the State University.
Bless their kloom I ng cheeks and fluttering hearts!
How the sight of so much roseate ambition-
roseate because , untried recalls the long-gone
years 1 We jrae at them, but do not wish to be a
-child again. No, no I Theorists may prate as
they may of the happiness of childhood and youth
and the blessings of' early womanhood. We
would note xchun ge one yea rof faiddle 1 If? for 1 1
ail: nor would we forego the promised fruitions
of Its 'approaching Autumn, even , though W
' Winter of Death be close at hand, for all the
- blithesome laughter of the school-girl, or the
rapturous re-awakening of "lovers young dream."
jXetchll4h)odndry0UtliJoIceJnlts-flM
'happiness. It Is well. . Rut It is not wellto look
. back with Vain regrets over the days and yeari
that never cart come again, and never ought to
r come, when the untried cycles of eternity. are be
V fore US', and the tippling tide of the mystic river
Is beckoning us toward 1U ever-approaching banks.
Salem sits In silent majesty on Jihti Willamette's
border, thrusting her many spires heavenward
. through . the mellow haze of the- Autumn
aura that emanates fromrevery tree and shrub..
-What boH 1 jr Hven!ettee t W ral I road Is for the
people, but how like ablight has it affected the
Without it the rich would have uohanee to grow
richer, the )oor could not grow poorer, and every
body .would have enough. Without it the -world
would learn the beauties of cMperatlon ,and ihe
delights of OTitrammeltHl actiun. Debt crowns a
Vijlard and dethrones a Cooke; builds. aTailroad
ahd bunk runts a iieonle; erects a palatial residenee
for one "and removes the rorTrbiirile "head of "a
hundred..-But, bad as he Is, he dot's many neees-
rsary and wonderful works. Hewtarts great enter
prises and carries forward .mighty Improvements;
he backs the steam engine that moves the world's
commerce. The earth iCnot yet ready to do with
out him ; nof will she be till "swordi ars.beateii
Into plowshares ami spears into pruning hooks,"
and all mankind have practically adopted the Di
vine Injunction, All things whatsoever ye would
that men should dp unto-you, do ye. even so unto
tiiem.'L 7 : ' ;. 1
But we have passtMl several other stations, and
are now at JeflVrsx)n-pn-the'-iantiaTi. We recall
tliedaysthatjare onesweazeujHii t.li.e
familiar surroundings of the napping, hamlet.
The 'little ferryboat ilelow the great railroad
bridge tooks Uke a child's plaything, aiulthe team
upon It like a span of toy- horses. Only the river
seems the same, as it goes eddying, swirling, hur
rying and surging on. Where is It gofrqr, and
whence do itswaters comeY Can It be. that Its
llyriTg, moving, sparkling Current has no selfcoi)-sclousness-?
We cannot think so. -
Albany prairie and the town of Albany, the last
financial enterprlsesfthe Capital City, founded
before railroads were. -Even the bote I -runners
have a time-worn, solitary look, like the chit-
ector at a Siberian Torte. And
ad to say, business prospects in
htening,..real. estate Is rapidly
ntls at advancing prices, and wheat,
pie, the palladium of Oregon finances,
emand, with an upward tendency that
y reassuring. ;v
of two minutes at the depot, and the
s off again with a freshly-watered steed and
engine."" Here and there may be seen a
iLlJLeA!i ILihe jhocavbut-ibe most-of -the
fraln Is threshed and garnered, and much of it is
already In the bands of the merchant In exchange
for diygoodsTgeW-gaws, fiwerles, whiskey, to
bacoo, hardware, and hotel blllsridebts contracted
s while the seed that grew It was jret In the bin.
. Debt is the farmer's bane, the merchant's curse,
.laseensumei's lulu, the'nlltiui'i uinijaui'g;
dibtsr's clwsgHnfihe pwit man's Tiftmj; tbr rteh
dren of .the Col)
X yet. We are gl
ualem are brig
- cnanging na
' the gYeatata
Is In brVkd
lsairreeabl
A, haft
train J
newly-fed
man'g friend, and the usurer's glory. It Is the
father of three-ball "Uncles," the temporal ben
"enactor of a Oodgrlnd, and the pride of a Shy lock.
relieved from the universal drowsiness of the Sep
tember day by long 11 nes of farm wagons con-
Tergtng from many, points with, loads' of .wheat.
Conductor llogart shouts, -i'Twenty minutes for
dinner TirA genial-faced landlady-stands at the
receipt of customs, and men -wait upon the long
rows of hungry -guests that bolt their dinncr-with'
hearty relish an agreeable change from the
Aurora plan, where, the women do all the' work
arid the men handle all the money. The down
train meets the up train, and all take-dinner save
here-arid there a seedy woman, who looks -wist
fully at the tempting tables, sighs, saves her
bits rand goes huugfy, possibly because of
lord's extravagance lu using tobacco.
: A crowd gathers at the. depot to bid good-bye to
a band of tyros heading for the State University
at Eugene. Young girls in dainty ribbons- ana
Jaunty hats -are treated after dinner by -young
I btaux lnexqulslte moustaches tpa juppy;M
"taffy," both literal and ethical, Which would re
joice tts to behold were It not that- we cannot help
knowing they'are drawing far too generously
upon their slender Incomes, and the day will come
when their wives' will feel implied to vo hungry
for sheets-necessity's sake.; for don't we remember
when the husband of yonder listless woman who
does without her dlnuer to saye h"' snltry fifty.
I & a . m
Kcenis, ireaieu our own young sen 10 apples at a
dollar apiece, when" we weren't hungry and didn't
need them, and accepted the gift as a right and a
matterof course, just as those young girls are now
taking taffy at the hands of those young men, the
sons of other mothers as neglecteil. as she? We
ask the woman, In due-course of conversation, to
give her opinion 6n the suffrage question, and find
ber to be an earnest believer In equal rights. ' We
ask the same question of the girls who arain'4
tlly picking at the taffy, and And, of course, that
they "have all the rights they want" Poor sim
pletons How can they be, expected to have bet
ter sense? What experience have they had that
should teach them wisdom ? Theonly thing to be
regretted Is the fact that their equally simple es
corts have votes and may use them, at their be
hesij against the equal rights of the hungry woman
who Is young no longer, but helplessly awake, at
last, to a sensible woman's prerogatives.
-Arlfarrlsbnrif we areurpnsedTtnnjat nl to
husband said It "would take twelve or fifteen dol
lars to repair It." 4I must give up my visit to
my mother now," said another, when a favorite
horse died"; "John felsso badly about, losing him
that I can't -at k hlrfrjor a cent to pay traveling
expenses."-jonn neveryreailzett that. while nls
ownhrns was a wound upon hit atnulsltlveness
oirty71i"w:as" a'douhTewo Keairt of hfs
faithful wife, whose cherished dream of "visiting
mother In the Fall" had upheld her weary hands
and stayed her tired feet through many a month
of painf ul toll. .
While we are busy with these cogitations, the
train moves o if through the level plain, bordered
by abounding buttes and flanked by mountains in
the distance, with here and there a spying snow
peak bobbing Its hoary head above au undulating
range-like watch-tower bleached by ages of al
ternate jstorm and sunshine. ""Fallow ground
basks in the suuf fields of stubble. stretch -away
for miles and miles oyer the plain, bordered and
dl v hlef hy long 11 nes of fen'cl hg here and there
farm-houses,, good, balvnd indiflerent, are seen
.at Intervals ;Hnd orchards, bending-to the earth
under their scartet' and russet burdens, seek In
van to hold their heads erect" as' our traliivru"m.
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At Eugene we meet a goodly crowd at the dejot,
who have come to greet the students of the
University. We long to "go to school too," as we
gaze upon the somewhat Imposing structure de
"Voted toTenceVllterature and art, whose Faculty
have recently learned to regard Mr. VI I lard with
veneration becauce of his timely bequest, and who
are striving to outrank the Willamette University
anil all others In the State with a school that Is
certainly a "credit to Its chosen name. Rev, Mr.
Oeary gets aboard here, his destination Roseburg,
and to his edifying conversation we are Indebted
for relief from the otherwise intolerable tedium of
the long afternoon. Mr.Tlearythough over sev
enty, Is remarkably well, and more vigorous In
Intellect than many a so-called talented man of
forty. Though a clergyman of the Old School, he
IJsjinlmsal reader, aiid has the happy faculty
bfVememblttg-ttrepoints In whatlleTrpadsTaTrd
being able on any occasion to apply them appro.
Tvrlately.j J ' ' V
Six p.m., and Oakland, jltmn. ITmige, Davis
and Richardson, of Iortlarf, come aboard at this
place, forming a pleasing aldltlon to our little clr
c.".0! i?a rJivl.u'l! n t a.ne,sA
behold the smoking ruins of what was yesterday
a ladened warehouse, wherein, the oornbinel har
vests of many farms .Were stored Jtwaitlng shipment--Wheat
by the ton lies on the ground in
blackened heaps, and farmers gaze helplessly at
the steaming mass, reminding its of disappointed
bees, returning to, their well-filled forest store
house to see the tree In which they had skillfully
cached their, all, felled to the ground by vandal
hands, and their hard-earned riches spilled upon
the sod. The fire caught in the warehouse from
the passing engine, It Is said, and nobody was to
blame, since no one could foresee the accident.
How many women who have tolled beyond their
stirngthhrmigh the stifltng-heirrif midsummer
to feed reapers and threshers, wjll see their hopes
of new shoes for one child, a new frock for an
other, and a nw book for a third, laid waste, to
say nothing of their own privation, since every
unexpected waste upon the farm acta directly
upon the woman's Interest In the house, and com-
thrtTenrmrcTretftBent in n aianifieut 16 ruULT
tow:
There goes my new cashmere dress," said one
of these In our bearing once, as the wagon wheel
broke when they were going to market and ber
Seven o'clock, and Roscburg. It Is t6o dark for.
sight-seeing now, and we repair to the"Cbsmd
poll tan Hotel and retire before eight to fortify the
already weary" body, If possible with excessive
fleep ln antlcliation of a' night-long stage ride,
beginning at seven p. M. on the morrow.
September 11th (Monday). Didn't get started.
Cause, serlooslndlspowl thn. Jfetter-to-dayrand
will be off to-night. Weather as hot an blazes.
Roseburg Is quiet, though not dull. It boasts two
of the finest stores In the State; the first the prop
erty, of MrAsher-Marks, and the ot Iter of Mr
Sol. Abraham. It is refreshing to visit these
palatial houses, and a feminine delight to Inspect
the attractive order apparent Injevery detail:
Each of these merchant princes has "a mammoth
warehouse, the' friendly rivalry between them
causing Abrahamr whose store- was erected later,
to eclipse Marks's, and Marks whose warehouse
was built afterward, to excel Abraham's. Fich
has Very warm personal friends who are ready to
bet bottom dollars on their favorite, and so busi
ness Is kept afloat between the two public bene
factors. rr- ' ' . . . , '
Hon. W. F. Owen Is engaged n a large ware
house', storage, commission and forwarding busi
ness, and lives like a lord In a pretty cottage on
the banks of the Umpjua River, where he owns a
Te ft yhirifToes a thrl v I rig Trade! Xf rs. O we hs,
like- her hushand, Is an enlhuslastio suffragist,
and their bright and entertaining children are
equally strong in the falthv r
The two newspapers, the rtaindealcr and the
fndrpnulcnt, are evidently In a flourishing condi
tion, Messrs. Byars A Hursch, of .the former and
Mr. Kelly, of the latter, having burled their ani
mosities like true knights of the pastepot and
scissors, and gone valiantly to- work to show the
world "how peaceful and pleasant It Is for breth
ren to dwell together jn unity." ; A, 8, D.
From the Dayton fW. T.) naoers we learn thst
a. man has been engaged la the mean-business of
trying to "wronga younrladytrat of her preemp
tion." Miss Martha Marks bought thelmorove.
ments made by a man named Victor on a claim,
and bad a well dug on the tract ; but Geo. H. De-
Laney built a bouse en tbe land before she cot on
constructed, and thus endeavored to rt thm nmn.
irJiliJlUMlJ Willi Walla
J I I .a S il a a a
The Tlcmlter Is now published one-half at Dallas
sad the other half at Indrnrndrnrr. This suptlles
both places with local paper.
"WHAT TO WEAR AND HOW?' NO. I.
.'""6Y"'A"L.MY WHO KMWHL '
"What to wear and how to wear It." is a matter
of no small moment to women, since there are no
settled styles and no regular supply stores' where'
they can be fitted out from" nether lo"uppe gaK
ments m complete suits at prices within the scot
of even ample means.
As the Fall season approaches, Ittls requisite,
first of all, that women and girls be clothed from
head to foot In under rarmeuts. of which the beat
are made of unblesched'cotton flannel. Silk, when
obtainable, la preferable to cotton, but it Is uot
presumable that one In ten who read this will
care to, purchase the silk, even If amply able to
meet the expense. Manuel garments should not
be worn next to the skin, as they raen the deli
cate outer covering of the body and disturb Its res-
plratlve functions, i et woolens are. excellent ab
sorbents and It is well to wear soft flannels red
Is better for Winter than whUe-Mlifectly.over tbo
.fleecy cotton chetnlloon, or combined ehemise aud
drawers. Thin wh(te cotton hose should be worn
next to the feet, and over those elastic woolen one
should be loosely drawn. When fastened at tbo
top by a suspender attached to the corset, they, re-
f . S t At . ' ' a
main snugiy in ineir places ana au ligatures are
thereby avoided, thus accelarating circulation and
giving new impeius 10 me action of the lungs ana
heart. - - -----
The writer believes In corsets and recommend
their dally use by all. women. Small watsis are
happily out of fashion, and lacing to compress the
stomach Is not only unfashionable and unhealthy,,
but In polite society Is now appropriately constd
ered vulgar. A well-flttlhgeorset, suspended fronv
the shoulders by straps, with steelayand bones ad
justed to fltl the figure, loosely worn with atteodk
ant buttons for attaching the skirts, Is the best pos
sible protection against pressure npbnlhe vital
organs by the weight of outer elothl hj&. Corsets
are as comfortable aud ' necessary for girls as for
women, and noysHd riBnn emit h gtven wgalnrt,
their use hy boys and men, as the same rule would
mpply In their cases. They keep the figure erect,
and protect the body by permitting the sir to cir
culate around ltunlmeded by the pressure f lig
atures and bands.
Siout shoes of calf skin or pebble goat should bo
womwheucverahc weather 4s cold. with. the-1
dltlon of fslse soles .f felt or wrk when the rains
begin.
: These general rules apply at all Autumn seasons,
and the mother of many children may rest as
sured that with these foundations for dressing her
self and family she will be snared the annnvsnn
of further changes lu the fashion till tbe entire i
freootgrown,orTlescendrfroml)ldeflounger
members until worn out. " z'.
Dresses for Autumn wear arc scant In the skirt
jind of rich, warm .material, in many shaded
stripes, and plaids, and make up In numberhwe
combinations with plain goods In black and ool-v
ors, forming an odd and picturesque attire strlk-:
Ingly allied to the plumage birds In the troplos,
- An exceedingly stylish suit Is made of a combl- v
nation of black armure wool a ad copper bronze r
Surah silk, the armure skirt trimmed at thf bot-
torn with full box plaiting of thesllkyso arranged
that the shade'of Jronze and copper may alter
nate at even distances. The oversklrt of the
armure cloth has an apron front, and Is shlrnsd
deeply at the back where It Joins the waist and is
covere! by a broad belt of the silk, which also
trims the apron's edges In folds cut brf the bias.
The yoke of the waist is made of armure cloth,
shirrtnl horizontally to match the back of the over
skirt, and the aist between th yoke and belt is -formed
of double box plaiting of the Surah silk
carefully alternated In shades to match the trim- -mlng
on the bottom of the skirt The loug coat1
sleeves are of the black goods, with an open cuff
filled In with pleatjngs of the silk, also to match
the skirt trlmmlng.7 Finish with round collar and
copper bronze buttons. Such a dress can be pur
chased ready matte at a cost of about "f35 or the
material with pattern for $25.60. For the mate
rial of cheaper dresses, ranging In cost from $3 to
1 12, there are new serges In shaded stripes and
plaids, morale cloths, cashmeres and camels-halt:
goods In endless variety.
Mothers With several young daughters to clothe
would eeoiHmle by purchasing thrtroodsZbjr
the web, lu two pieces varying the dresses In the
combinations of the goods according to taste or in.
genulty. One thing should always be remembered
In making purchases r The best Is always the
cheapest. Nothing Is gained by the purchase of
Inferior dualities. Hannllv there Iss ilA Itawul s ss.
mm w - --w VI BaJ
JOUJnbcrAif suits In any faihlonakle ssdrobe wy.-
AlJMJIUUiJarlli mnitf, ! all that Is eequlrod for
season. This suit beoomee a "second best" when
replaced by a hew one, and If of good material will
last half a year or lonrer as a aebnal
discarded for ItviUcceasor. .
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