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TEje HtE Circle. Conducted by Ml Hattie II. Claiike. SALEM, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1877. Tho Qoodcst Mother. Kveulng was fulling cold and dark, And jieoplo hurried along tho way, As If they v.oro longing soou to mark Their own home candle's cheering ray. lloforo motollod In tho whirling wind A woman with bundles groat and small, And after tugged, a Btop behind, Tho bundlo sho loyed tho best or all. A dear llttlo roly-poly boy With rosy cuoeks, and a Jackot blue, Laughing andchattorlng, full of Joy, And here's what he said I toll you truo: " You'ro tho goodest mother that ovor was.' A volco as cloar as a forost bird's: And I'm suro tho glad young heart had P All fin To utter tho 8W6ot and loving words. Perhaps tho woman had worked all day Washing or scrubbing: perhaps sho sewed; I know by hor woary footfall's way, That llfo for hor was nn uphill road. But hero was a comfort, children dear, Think what n comfort you might glvo To tho very best friend you can havo horo, Tho lady fair in whoto houso you llvo, If once In a whllo you'd atop aud say, In tosk or play lor a moment pause, And toll her in Hweot and winning way, "You'ro tho goodest mother that ovor was." "Not asI Will." Blindfolded aud alono I Mnnd With unknown thresholds on each hand; Tho darkneHS deepons as I grope, AO-ald to feBr, afraid to Lopes Yet tbli ono thing I loam to know, Kaoh day moro surely as I go, That doors aro oponed, waysaro mndo, Itimleiis aro llfledornro laid, .Hv Romo great law un?oon and still, Unfathomod piirposrs to fill til, "Not as I will." blindfolded and alono 1 waltj law Bcoms too bitter, Rain too Into; Too hoavy burdens In tho road And too low holpora on tho load: And Joy Is weak and Brief Is strong, And years and dayH no long.flo long; "Yet thlH oto thing I learn to know, Kick day moro surely as I go. That 1 am glad tho good nnd 111 31y changelosH law aro ordered still 'Not as 1 will." " Xntas I will," tho Bound grows swoot Kch tlmo mv lips tho wordH ropo.it, R "Not as I will," tho darkness fuols I flloro tafothan light whou this thought steals .Uko whlpcrod volco to calm and bloss ' " Not ns I will," booauso tho Ono . Who loved us flrotand host has gono Tloforo uh on tho road, and still 1'or us must bII Ii'h lovo fultll, "Notns wo will." What Girls Shall Read. Un. Homk Cinciii:: I hnvo boon for soma titno n render of your vnltmblo paper, uml hiivo noticed several dtlfor ont articled about what girls can read; and as thoy scorn to dliror greatly In their opinions, I thought It would not -bo wrong for inor to wrlto a lino In Unit regard. I havo often wondered why .somo young lady did not speak out through your columns and tell what ho would read, instead of letting tho old Indies do all tho talking. As I am " only a girl," plcaso allow mo to wty ono worth Mrs. Cauliflower seems to advlso us J to attend balls and read Mrs. Duuiway's paper, Mrs. Ucanpolo says rend history, Mr.. K. Booms to highly Indorso wo man suffrage, whilo Novol Reader bays "read plenty of sensible novels." Now they all gtvo us different advice in regard to reading. Which one's ad vice shall wo accopt? Almost all per sons differ in their opinions, nnd girls nro of different natures nnd seekdlf- ferent reading matter and amusements. My parents havo placed within my reach histories aud books of various Kinds, and havo always allowed mo to read whnt I preferred. They aro bit- tcrly opposed to woman sulfrngo but luivo never denied mo tho prlvilego of rending Mrs. J)unlwny's paper or any other I wished, and I assure you thoy taught mo to read and regard thnt pro clous lK)ok, tho "Holy Utble, book di vine." I have been ponnltted to at- f tend balls If I wished. Now I can't soo V that balls havo ovor bonelltcd mo any. I know I was brought In contnet there with many degraded characters, with whom no lady should associate. I linnostlv liollovo that duneliiL'. osnocinl- J jf iy at public balls, is not tho best amuso Jf jnent for girls. Heading Mrs. Dunl U way's pnper has never mndo nny Im- presslon on my mind in favor of wo- to man's rights. Thcro is no lady who realizes wjmt women would bo In men's m, phces that cum Ih) guilty of advocating M 6tv: an absurd thing as woman suf-fft-icre! Evety one knows that woman's iVi.nlll Ir rminli u'nnlrnr (linn Hint, nf "WW . , -r .. .. ...4-.". . . .! - .u.j.iluh. ...-... ..w....... w. jasn s, out i uoirt inicuu in try to ox- press my sentiments in mai respect, for I should consume a great portion ot rour paper. In regard to reading nov- Vis I would say I onco had a groat de sire to read novels and was allowed, of course, to do so; I havo read many navels, many dozens or hundred nov te, and I daro say I am no wiser now than I was before, oniy i Know wnat unreasonable untruthful stories peoplo iioy&n write. But who havo 1 been road- ' about? i timri Know meroioro 1 Wo only wasted my time. 1 only wish I had spoilt that timo reading somo useful book thnt was placed be fore mo; but, alas, It is too lato new. I havo spent it reading novels and havo not received any bonofit. It is truo that If a young lady or any ono gets Interested In reading novels (I mean gets In tho habit of reading thorn) they will even neglect their du ties nnd business. I havo known ma ny girls nnd boys at school who found it very dlfllcult to read and reclto their lessons well, nnd could not advnnco In their studies. Why was it they didn't learn? Simply bocauso they spent their tlmo in reading novels, lovo sto ries Ac. Novel reading makes no ono wiser. There nro many good books and papers and every girl can select for herself. I don't think parents should deprive thoir daughters of reading what thoy prefer, but nover urge them to read novels and attend balls. Now let somo other girl express her senti ments through tho Faiimkk. Don't let your mothers do all tho writing. It Is no more than right that wo should read various histories and beoomo per fect in all tho branches of education we may receive, but deliver me from novel reading. Give mo good books, music and tho Fahmi.ii, and I think I will progress In a successful manner. I hope to hear moro on this subjet erelong. Miss J. J). .1. 1'olk Co. Woman'u Bights. Mi'MlXKVlLT.K, April 1(1, 1877. En. IIomi: Cuter...: I nover read anything In my llfo that did mo so much good as Susan .Tano Cauliflower's letter in your last Issue. I havo read it a dozen times, or more, ami each time It has furnished new food for thought. Her Ideas on woman's rights are most bountiful, nnd suit mo exactly. But what n shame it is thnt all women dout think about It as I do: There is my woman's rights neighbor, Mrs Mullen cup; you ought to hear her goon about It- Sho says that last artlclo of Mrs C's. is tho flattest thing sho oversaw in tho shape of argument against the woman movomont. That In fact there Is no argumont In it but only a fow as sort Ions that tho writer cannot substan tiate. Sho says sho would llko to know what forco thcro is In Mrs Cs. assertion that It would degrado women rto go to tho polls and voto when another person can Just as easily assert that it would not degrado, but on tho contrary would ciovato thorn: " When Mrs C. makes such a statement, why doesn't sho bring somo facts to provo It V Why doesn't sho show where this degradation has taken placo In couscqttonco of womon voting? Ts it in Wyoming, or tho Good Tem plar or Grange organizations? Why doesn't sho produce her specimens of women, onco pure, and womanly, who havo cast their virtuo into the ballot box along with their votes, and are no longer recogulzed as honest women? Wouldn't a fow more facts bo belter than so much fancy" ? Sho looked at mo as though she ox pected a reply, but I only said; "Wlifit nlinnf flint annun ln'tlin nra ,. ..... ..UV.UV ...... . ..V...U ....... I. ...,.,. Tiioro was moro fact than fancy In that I should think." Yes" sho said, "but what does it all provo? Nothing except that tho man was not a gentleman. There was no mention made of nny rudoness on the part of tho lady. Sho did not ask the gentleman to vacate a seat for her bonefit, Sho answered nu impertinent question, which seems to havo been tho only fault of hor conduct. A gen tleman will always conduct himself as such. A gentleman would no more thing of questioning n lady under such circumstances, in regard to her belief in woman's rights, than ho would of inquiring after her politics, her religion or hor family nfl'alrs. Tho courtesy of men in giving up a seat to a Indy, docs not spring from any of the..o consider ations, but from tho knowledge that womon are weaker and loss able to en dure tho fatiguo of .standing, coupled with a kindly desire to bestow favors. Tho samo feelings prompt n lady to yield tho most desirable placo to u sick or crippled man, aud induce tho young to give up tho easy chair and cosy cor ner to tho old nnd decrepit. It Is f-o strange that peoplo will bring forward tho rudoness and faults of our o ripo.se ra as proof against our caiue." I don't know how much more she would havo said, for she's an awful talker, if hor llttlo girl had not como in, all out of breath, to tell hor tho yeast was running over. Sho iiiU she should liko to pursuo tho .subject to tho end, but a consistent woman would not neglect her home duties not oven to further tho cause of Justice, and so sho departed for her dough. J was glad when alio was gono for It left mo freo to again read and enjoy Mrs.Cs. letter. I think that car itcono Is perfectly sub llmo! I nover road It ovor without eaying to myself, good for him, Serv WILLAMETTE FARMER. ed her right! Only think of tho Impu dence of a woman's rlghter going into ft car tilled with womanly women nnd manly men nnd looklnc up nnd down for a seat! What a hum of approval must havo passed through tho car, when that gentleman told her sho could stand with tho rest of tho men. How the ladles must havo admired him, and how tho gentleman must havo honored him for his manly eour ngo! Sisters If you wish men to bo kind nnd polite to you, you must net and talk, nnd think as they desire you to. "When women so far lay aside their modesty, as to allow their feet, or even their minds, to wander from tho beaten path that men as their natural guar dlans, protectors and rules, have mark ed out for thorn, let them not bo sur prised to find that thoy havo aroused tho sleeping lion who will pounco upon and destroy thorn. ' Jknxy Squash. What Girls Should Road, and Woman's Rights. Ed. IIomi: Cincr.i:: I should llko space In your paper to answer somo of tho ideas advanced by Mesdatnes Pars ley aud Cauliflower. Mrs. P. says as she lias children growing up and a mother's position is n very responsible one, sno wouitt uko to near irom outers on the subject of " What girls shall read." Now, tho way I havo always managed with my children, nnd 1 hnvo several grown sons. and daughters, was to set them the example of reading myself. Parents can hardly expect to cultlvato n, taste for reading in their children, wlym they havo nono in themselves. As to what boys and girls shall read, the parent's example Is as potent In this ns In tho other case. Fur- nUli vmir nlilMrnn with inirmiatlmr book9nnd papers sultablo to their ago and cnpaclty, nnd If thoy havo any. talent in that direction you can culti vate it. My husband and I hnvo bought books from timo to timo on nl most every subject, mixed with light literature, besides wo tako soveral pa pers and magazines, nnd all aro read and appreciated, and none moro than tho Fakmku and New Northwest. Mrs. Parsley admits thnt sho knows nothing about tho New North west ,but supposes it filled, with woman's rights, "and if they exorcised what rights they havo they would not bo carried away with such silly trash." How does sho know It Is " silly .trash," if sho knows noth- lug about It? Sho further remarks: "When they got into tho;hablt of read ing aud thinking about such things, they will (neglect (their studios, their work, nnd; llko wlso their family, and such would not bo (It for wives and mothers." My experience nnd obser vations aro that thoso, womon who bc llevo in " equal rights," (I bollevo in men's rights as wollns women's rights) make better wives and mothers, can turn off moro work, and will study moro thnu those who do not btiioVo' in woman's rights. The wofna'u who has a mind rofuhsivo onough to com prehend tho broad principles of equal rights will have something clso to think about besldos tho potty unnoy nncos of life, nnd that keeps hor temp er smooth and unruffled, nnd if sho does meet with disappointments thoy nro no moro than full to tho lot of oth er folks. Now, for Mrs. Caullflowor. Sho seems to bo afraid sho will havo to fight if womon hnvo equal rights with men. I guess sho Is ono of tho "Invlnclblo in peace, invizlblo In war" kind. As far ns fighting Is concerned 1 had Just ns soon fight ns to raiso sons to fight. Aud she Is afraid womon will lose their modesty and refinement. So it used to bo argued if womon went to political speakings or any such thing they would loso their modesty nnd re finement, but they havo not, us far as my observation goos. Tho Instanco sho cites of tho man who would not give tho woman n scat In tho car bo causo sho bolloved in woman's rights, only proves that ho was a bigot who wanted everyone to seo Just ns ho did. Ho had a perfect right to his sent, had paid his money for it, and no woman had n right to oxpect him to glvo It up. It would havo boon an act of gen erosity for him to havo ofl'orod tho wo man his scat and ho should have boon thanked lutd ho done so, but for hor to oxpect It merely because sho was n wo man Is not right. So far as to men lo-ilng respect for women vvhobollovo In woman's rights, I havo never found It so. I havo ()eou in crowded assemblies whoro ovury man know my sontlmonts on tho wo man question, and I hnvo nlwuys hud seats offered and I always remembered tho teachings of my mother and thank ed tho donor, too. Mits. M. Iafayotto. In society's game of cards hearts are alwaps takou by diamonds. CHOICE RECIPES. Coun STAitcir Pudding. Ono pint of milk, two tablcspoonsfuls of corn stacrli, half cup of sugar, whites of three eggs, salt and flavoring. Beat tho eggs to a stlfl' froth. Dissolve tho corn starch in a little of tho milk. Stir tho sugar Into tho remainder of tho milk, and placo on tho lire. When It begins to boil add tho dissolved corn starch. Stir constantly for ft fow mo ments, thou add the eggs and lot It re main a llttlo longer, then put It Into ft form. Cocoani't Cri Caki:. Tako throe cofleocupfuls of flour, ono of butter two of sugar, ono of coconnut, ono of milk, half a cup of brandy, tho juice and grated rind of a lemon, sovon eggs ono teaspoonful of cream of tartar, half a teaspoon of soda, two teaspoonfuls of tho extract of blfter almonds, or about fourteen of thr nlmonds blanched and pounded; this quantity will mako two loaves; bake in shallow pans. Cint'KiiN L'lticASSKi:. Tako threo onions,ono eschalot,two cloves of garlic, ono bunch of parsley, ono of carrot, all to bo chopped separately; popper and salt. In a sauce-pan put ono quarter of a pound of butter, and brown with tho above; when done, tako two chickens cut up, pour In beef stock to cover, cook slowly for one hour, then pour In a large glass of sherry. Add tho yolks of two eggs, and a largo tablespoon fill of flour to thicken. "V Sponok Caki:. Two cups or thoroughly-sifted flour, (not tho prepared,) two cups of powdered sugar, aud six eggs, and half of a largo lemon; no baking powdors. Beat tho yolks with tlio Juice and then beat tho sugar with It well together; then beat to u stiff froth tho whites of tho eggs separately, and then beat all together, leaving tho sifted flour for tho last, which must bo carefully stirred In. Tho pan must bo ready. Tho ovon must not bo too hot. as Icaro must bo taken not to havo 11 cook too rapidly. It is hotter to havo two persons to mako a spongo cake, as it depends altogether upon Its standing a moment after mixing to mako a stic- Iflcss as a spongo oike. Bats. A handful of fresh chlorldo It..... .,..!. .1.1.,.! I.. .t l.tlrw ...111 1-nnn 1IIIIU nliuiwuu in nu iiuiua u.n nuiiv mom iiwuy ior muiium. v. BREVITIES. Charity under dlvlno Impulso may roliovo suffering. Charity under dl vlno wisdom will prevent it. Many porsons, nftor onco they becoino loarned, cease to bo good; all othor knowledgo is hurtful to him who has not tho scionco of honesty and good na ture. Montatyne. "Is Mr Brown a man or moans?" In quired a lady visitor of Aunt Botay. ''Yes, T should think ho was," replied Aunt Betsy, "as ovorybody says he's tho meanest man in tho town." Jonulo Juno thinks nknowlodgo of cooking Is what tho poor nootl most Wo don't llko to dlsputo with a lady, but it seems to us something to cook might bo fully ns necessary, though wo may bo wrong. Work while It is cnllod to-dny. for you know not how ranch you may bo hindered to-morrow. Ono to-day is worth two to-morrows; nnd novor leavo till to-morrow anything that you can do to-day. Observer. No man's llfo is freo from strugglo ..and mortification, not evou tho hap piest; but overy'ono may buliu up ins own happiness by seeking mental pleasures, and thusmnko himself indo pondontof outwurd fortune Jlumbolt. A cocknoy gentleman Btoppod up to glvo his testimony: ,4Thero was a vast crowd glttlng about 'Im. hand ono said tho man was killed, hand hauothcr said tho samo: hand I hoxc'almod, with n loud volco, 'Hlf tho man his klllod, why don't you stand back hand glvo Mm a llttlo hair?" An old gontlomaiv always took notes of his clergyman's sermons and on ono occasion read them to tho minister hlmsoir. "Stop! Stop!" said tho lattor on tho occurrenco of ft cortaln sontonco; "I didn't say that." "I know you didn't," was tho reply; I put that in myself to mako sonso!" Tho Duty of a Woman to bo a Lady. Wlldnoss Is a tiling which girls can not afford. Delicacy is n thing which cannot bo lost and found. No art can restore to tho grape its bloom, Famil iarity without iovo.wlthout confldoucC', without regard is destructive to all that makes women exalting and ennobling. "Tho world Is wide, thoHO things are small, Thoy may bo nothing, but they nro all." Nothing?- It Is tho first duty ot a woman to bo a lady. Good breeding Ih good sonso- Bad manners In u woman is immorality. Awkwardness may bo Ineradicable. Bashfulness is constitu tional. Ignorance of otlquetto Ls tho result of circumstances. All can bo condoned, and do not banish man or woman from tho amenities of thoir kind. But Holf-possesed, unshrinking and aggressive coarseness of demeanor may bo reckoned as u Stato prison of fenso, and certainly merits that mild form of restraint called Imprisoumont for life. It is a shamo for womon to bo lectured on thoir inannors. It Is a bit ter shamo that thoy noed 11. Women are tho umpires of society, it is thoy to whom all mooted polntssliouia no re ferred. To boa lady Is moro than to bo a nrlnco. A lady Is always in her right Inalienably worthy of resnefct. To a lady prince and peasant alike bow. Do not bo restrained. Do not havo iinpul mis hint need restraint. Do not wImIi to dauco with tho prluco unsought; fool diflurontly. Bo such that you con fer lienor, Carry yoiiroelvos so lottily rr that men shall look up to you for re ward, not at you in rebuke. Tho nat ural sontlmont of man towards woman Is reverence. Ho loses a largo means ofgraco when ho Is obliged to ftccounfc her i bolng to bo trained into propriety. A man's ideal is not wounded whon n woman falls in wordly wisdom: but if in grace, in tact, in sentiment, in deli cacy, in kindness, sho should bo found wanting, ho receives an Inward hurt. Gail Jtamilton. NORTH SALEM STORE. W. JL. WAJD13, A T THB I3U1CK STOUK, HAS JUST KKCBIV OL cd a full attortmentof Q-eneral Merchandise, Dry GoodSj Grooeries, Boots & Shoes, Hardware, Clothing Calculated for tho Cltysnd Country Trodo. Uoncht aa low, and will ho told At ah SMALT. A I'ltOKIT, aa thoio who BELL AT COST. .fOootl delivered to my Dart ot tho cltv freo of churvo. NovSr STORE. I HAVB l'UJICIIASEn THE ENTIHE tnterert or Merer. Yea ton A Loutrtmry In the Furniture Store on thoui'Pt vide of Commercial Street, Snlciu, nnd nhnll l;rei on hand n OKNEHAIj AS B011TMKNT. of Roorin for tlio retail trade. FURNITURE & UPHOLSTERY rurlnr & Chamber setx, BEDSTEADS, LOUNGES, ROCKERS, &C, Ily tlio (ft or rliulfl piece. Repairing and Jobbing DONR IM THE 11B8T MANNKK, Aud at rearouablu ilco, n I nm a practical workman , , JOHN CRAY. Balcm. July 18. IHT.vy . Home - Made aud Haud-Mado B O () T S . L P YOU WANT A OOOD-KITTINO FINK HOOT you can lie accommodated by cilllnj: At Ai'iiiNtroiiK'H Shop, On BlAto Street, uppoilto WIl.t.lS'S HOOK STOUK. AM. W'OIIK WjUlNANTRl). 1'rlce llKAaONAlll.15. Itcimlrtiit: nmllu unit immiiitli ilonr. (livr. Mr a Cam.. Iiicthtri WJtl. AltfllNTltONU. HIGH-0LA.8S J. W. HOBART, IMl'OIlTiat AND HIIKKIIKU OK UIIK-IUti:i Mulil nnd llnrk IIHAIIMA and llrown ami Wliltn MCHIIOICN OlllolLOXMl. mid AYI.HHIItlltY X3XTO0ECJS. r Hatlftfiictlou KiiHMiitecd. I'nr 1'rnu I.lnt, Fowl, and V.K, addrvnH J. W. IIOIIAUT, npilm'l Ilucua VliU, Or. RAILROAD LANDS. Hilloriil TorniHl LOW PKItlltM LONU TI.tlKt LOW INTKRE8T! Tno Oregon anil I'uliror! nnd Oregon Central liallroud I'Mtipanlts OFFKIl their Laud for laloupoN tho following libe ral lormf : Ono tenth of tho prlco In caih; Inlerer t on the balanco at tho tatu of vovoti por ctnt. one year after i-loj and each fultonlng year one-tenth ofthn principal aud Intercit nn (he balance at the rato of vcn percent jieramnni. Doth principal and luler tit payable In U, S. Currency. A discount or ten per cent, will bo allowed for raah. VT Letter to bo addrcucd to I'. SOHUtZIi, Laud Acenl O. & O. It. It.. I'ortland. Oreiron. SPECTACLES, SPECTACLES! For Old and Young. Far-Sighted nnd Ncar-Signtcd, NliootliiK-tJIuaaea for flporUanm, STKKL, SI I. VKU, AND (JOI.U FltAMICS. I AM prepared to nupply Hpectaclea to lit all eye. at price to cult. W. W. ITI A It TIN, Jowcler A Optlilan, liank Woe. Bute St. Halcm, May 111, 187U. Bra Alterative To Purify tho Blood m o. j.yB. Alteriiflvc. It nrtH (ilcoctiy mi tho blood, HtlitmlntiiiK Lou ul)Nu-loiitH, ovoreomliiK tlio obntbuito Htatoof tlio inros of tlio nklii, ntul ImjxtrtliiK n liualtliy kI(mv to tho Complexion. l'lmpluH, IHtHtuloH, Totter, iid Hkln DIhohsoh of nil kind, Mcmirlul Affection!,. Tumor, uml nil viirlo tlui of couiplulntH urlttlug from do pravod or illnonlorod blood, nro tif foctinilly urudleutod by thin romody. Scrofula in all its Forms ih cunni )y tho porHlHtont uko of Ir. Jiijrnea Alterative. ItdotttroyH tho loinon ohh prhiclplo which orIt,'lntcs Suro fuln, mid ultimately driven it front tho NyHtom. It will romovo onlurgo montM of tho OlatidH or Hoiiuh, nnd in a unfo remedy In wch of Ulcer or SorcH of till UIiiiIh. Dropsy and Dropsical Swellings nro oU'octunlly cured by Ir. JayuoV Al terative. Ily NtlmulutliiK tho notion of tho nbsorbonts, all wnlory or c-nl-cnrcoiiH ilojiOHltlonn nro (;nulu;illy curried oil', toning up tho patient nt tho kuiik! tlmo, by Ktrom.'thuuln;; tho dlgCHtlvo organs nnd exciting tlio J.tver, Kldnoyn, Av. to perform thoir functions. For Dyr.pupsitinud I.Ivor Complaint It hns proven u remedy, nnd it litis ostublliilicd cmos In iits of Kpllopsy. It may bo Bnfuly rolled on by nny ono needing n mcdlulua o build up (ho hyetuni, clonnse tliu blood, or to roxtoro tho normal unVn of tho Hocrotlvo Orgun. T. A. IIAVISJ Si CO,, Wholcalo Aeut.l'rtUn(l Oritu. ' nrlSM (Cy? r-J-J u I A'' 'M '-W fc m : 4$ s d hi t t lYi 1 vfl .,! 1 tfT i