VOL. XV.
Jbiccllancou
Occupation for Women.
In last week's Review we published an
extract from the last census report pur
porting to giVe the number of women
employed in all the leading occupations
in the United States. Singularly enough,
farming, the occupation of more than
half of tho population of the country,
was omitted from the statement. As a
comment on this fact, we appended to
the extract in question an item of infor
mation regarding a woman farmor, and a
successful one too. Wo have known
quite a number of cases of successful
women farmers. It is doubtless true
that the inability to herself perform
much of tho work on the farm is a draw
back to all but women who possess an
unusual degree of executive ability suf
ficient to overcome this disadvantage.
But there are many kinds of farming
which offer inducements to those good
women who desire to support themselves,
and right hore let us suggest to farmers
not wives, they always have more than
they can do but to farmers' daughters
who are thinking longingly of situations
in stores or offices in cities whore they
will be able to earn their own living
easily, pleasantly (?), that they will do
infinitely better by adopting some way
of maintaining themselves by their own
labor which will at tho same time en
able them to remain at home, and which
calls for such knowledgo and experience
as may easily bo gained on the farm.
Dairy work is admirably adapted for
women farmers, and there is no reason
why any farmer's daughter should not,
if compelled to earn her own living, be
come a successful dairy farmer. Poul
try raising is infinitely more appropriate
work for women than clerking in a
store, proof-reading or reporting, and
far more remunerative. So with bee
keeping, and now, with the improved
facilities afforded for its pursuit, silk cul
ture. An esteemed lady correspondent
told us, a few numbers back, of two
plucky girls who, left fatherless, kept a
home over their own and their mother's
heads by market gardening. All agri
cultural papers have said a good deal,
from time to time, about giving the boys
a chance. Now we say to our farmer
readers and friends, give the girls a
chance. Don't ask your girls to toil on,
from young girlhood, without a chance
for self-improvement or self-adornment,
save what they or their mothers must try
for. As girls grow up, don't condemn
them to an unceasing routine of house
hold drudgery, unenlivened even by a
bit of bright ribbon for their ''bonny
brown hair." Let the girls learn how to
cook, iron, wash and keep houso gener
ally, but why keep them at that and
nothing else? If Jane can come into
the city and earn money in an office,
why not utilize her talents yourself?
She can save you many a dollar by
keeping your account books (perhaps
you do not keep any, but you ought to,
all the same). Your poultry account
you know nothing about perhaps; you
havo eggs, and occasionally a chicken.
Now let Mary or Lucy take charge of
that; it will bo better for them than
sweeping and ironing, and they can
make their pin-money out of it and con
tribute something toward paying a strong
hired girl to do tho hard, rough domes
tic work. A farm is a manufactory and
a counting-house as well as a farm, and
there is room for all the intelligent help
you can get, and you can employ all
young peoplo profitably at homo, but let
them feel that they are earning some
thing for themselves as well as for you,
and see if it does jiot. help keep them at
homo until the right sort of a man conies,
a courting, and then give tho young
people your blessing and help them to
get the start in tho world which perhaps
you lacked yourself, and for want of
which there tiro more gray hairs in your
head and your wife's than there pughf
to be. TVnnurs' Review.
The tore of Display.
' Perhaps "The Slavish Habit of Imita
tion" would havo been a better heading,
fis leing tho foundation of all the tjouble.
As a nation, wo are sadly lacking in or
iginality; wo linvo not the moral courage
to adhere to our own idea of comfort,
when the prevailing modfl dictate other
wise; we are afraid of being tirmod cc
centric."
If Mr, A., who has an abundance of
this world'o goxls,Mib-cribes liberally to
the chnreh fund. Mr H.. not to be out
done, subscribes a like amount, although
he ha not the remotest idea where'itho
money U to come from. Mrs. A. gives a
large party, and Mrs. D. immediately fol
lows hor example, although the oxpenso
incurred will of necessity deprive the
little B.'s of their summer trip to the
country.
Personal adornment should by no
means be neglected; but dress, which is
too expensive for ono's means, is an in
vestment that brings little comfort. Our
young ladies make a mistake in dressing
extra vantly and spending lavishly;
young men of real worth and small
means have not tho c6urage to marry
women who must imitate their wealthy
neighbors.
The, fashionable wedding is another il
lustration of the love of display. Brides-
elect seem as lavish with their strength
as with their money; indeed, it has be
come proverbial, that tho bride is worn
to a shadow by the preparations which
precede a great display.
Judging from its effects, the passion
for display may be considered ono of the
greatest evils of our time. It has been
followed by the saddest results unhappy
homes, crime and premature death. For
eigners who visit this country romark
the restless, feverish manner, and the
tired, worn, prematurely aged faces of
business men, many of whom aro carry
ing burdens unjust as they are unneces
sary. More humblo conditions of life
would spare to his family, until ripe old
age, many a man whose over-exertion to
gratify the passion for display, shatters
his nervous system, and dooms him to
death in tho very prime of life. It is a
noteworthy fact that the husband does
not talk business to the wife, except
when asked for monoy, and oven then he
gives her no definite idea of his affairs.
Low is a woman to know whether she is
extravagant or not, when she has no
idea of tho amount of her husband's
incomo ? Women are not so witles
about business as most men believe them
to be; they have great powers of in
genuity, and if informed as to the real
state of affairs, -might mako tho allow
ance, however small, suffice for all needs.
Certain it is that if we all had the
moral courage. to stint thejove vof dis
play, we should hear more of domestic
happiness, and less of paralysis, lunacy
and suicide. Lillian Mayne.
On the Nehalem.
Whatever drawbacks there may bo to
the enjoyment of lifo hero, ill health is
not likoly to be one of them. Some
men aro never contented anywhere,
whilo others aro " always at homo " and
satisfied. I believo I am one of tho lat
ter. Here, in this isolated valley, six
miles from a neighbor, twolve from a
post office and thirty from a store,
hemmed in by the everlasting hills, liv
ing in a log hut chinked with moss, I
am well contented. I havo good health
and a good appetite to enjoy the rough
faro, and am surrounded by some of
God's loveliest works. A little prairie,
surrounded by an evergreen forest, on
threo sides of which runs the very
beautiful North Nehalem, softly mur
muring over its rocky bed .and passing
in its course in full view of our door.
On tho opposite side, and also in full
view from our door, a lovely cascade
falls over a rocky bluff and is scattered
into spray ere it reaches the river, forty
feet below, filling tho air with itsimusic
night and day. And, too, for those who
delight in procuring a goodly portion of
their food from wood or stream, we have
in the woods a plenty of meat in the
shape of elk, deer, bear and pheasant ;
or fruit, salmon berries, blackberries,
thimbleberries, and huckleberries of four
varieties ; in tho water we havo plenty of
fish of various kinds. Then we can add
to all this plenty of hard work, and the
mot particular ought to bo contented,
'but men are so queer."
Several havo a-kod' me tho que-tion
"What is tho chance of getting good
government claims on tho Nehalem t"
Through your kindnos, I wish to answer
all at once, I do not wish, to havo any
come and say I raised l(opos not antici
pated;' to I will speak plainly There
are only a few desirable claim yet' va
cant, and they aro unsuneyod. Thero
are also a very few good railroad claims.
Tho second day" after I located on my
claim, a neighbor ca'mp up and asked
inn if 1 did not want eoule elk meat, f
told him that oik moat would go well
about now. "Well," says he, "we will
git it" o oil we started, and in a
ehort time we hud a fine pccunon of
that noble animal at our feet. Wo had
line sport and got about 100 pound of
stripped meat, together with horn?, tal
low and hide in all worth about $ 10,
Corr Register, "
When you don't know what ails you ;
whon you feel aches and pains all over;
jou feci tired and faint, uo Brown's
Iron Bitteri. A wonderful reviver.
PORTLAND, OREGON,
Company Manners.
Good manners do not consist in obedi
ence to any set of rales, and the absolute
uselessness of manuals of etiquette in
forming even their rudiments is duo to
the fact that their very essence is adapt
ability, what wo call "company manners"
suggests tho unpleasant vision of a thin
veneer of conventional politeness,through
which ignoranco and vulgarity arc plain
ly visible. The reason of thi, however,
is not that thero is any innato impropri
ety in modifying one's behavior in ac
cordance with one's surroundings but
that, unfortunately, tho assumption of
ceremonious courtesy is with many peo
ple so rare an effort that it has all the
awkward stiffness of an infrequent and
unfamiliar impersonation. The general
notion that a perfectly polite person is
exactly the same in all companies is not
tenable for a moment, as thero are ac
tions which would be tho ho'g' th of il!
breeding in ono place, and the very es
sence of good breeding in another. In
deed, the difference between good man
norland "company manners" is that ono
is the natural expression of ordinary
courtesy, self-control, aud knowledge of
tho world, whilo the other is an effort
made for some temporary purpose, or to
bring ono's self into harmony with unus
ually difficult surroundings. Extra
pains taken for this purposo is highly
commendable in principle; but those
who make the effort rarely aro apt to do
it awkwardly, and so have broueht tho
endeavor itself into disrepute.
In one of Mrs. Gaskell's most charm
ing stories there is an old ladv who is a
typical member of thoancienno nobesse,
aristocratic, refined, and fastidious to the
oxtremest point. Her perfect manners
are founded on the truest nobility of na
ture ; and it happens, in the course of
the story, that she sees occasion some
what to relax her fastidious exclusivo-
nesi and to admit, as evening guests, a
worthy couple whoso birth and breeding
are not equal to.their meriiA3ifcteabq,
ing handed round one of theso guests',
who had never boforo partaken of the
meal excopt when seated at a solid table,
is embarassed by having to hold her cup,
and having, further, no plate for her
bread and butter, sho spreads a laruo
handkerchief oyer her lap to catch the
falling crumbs. The other, better born.
if not better bred, visitors titter among
themselves, but Lady Ludlow, tho hostess
silences them by drawing out her own
handkerchief and spreading it over her
knee to prevent her guest from discover
ing that hor action is tho cause of the
mirth about her. It is such manners as
Lady Ludlow's that Mr.TennyBonmeans
when ho calls them "not idle, but the
fruit of noble minds," and ho has given
an examplo of such when Geraint, tho
chivalrous knight, saw his fair lady
about to lead away and groom his horse.
His instinct was, of course, to prevent
hor, but on hor lather's explaining the
case, we are told that
Referencing the custom of the house,
Geraint, from utter courtesy, forbore.
Now, while it will hardly be denied
that the actions of Lady Ludlow and of
Prince Geraint wero tho perfection of
courtesy, it would be dangerous to lav
upon the axiom that drinking tea with
a lap protected by an outspread handker
chief, or sitting in a hall while a young
lady groomed your horse, could possibly
bo consistent with conventional polite
ness. They aro instances of com
pany manners, dignified by that tender
ness for tho feelings of others which is
the roof of good breeding, and that
ready adaptability which is its flower. It
is well known that Louis XIV., that
martinet in all mattors of etiquette,
Kinted out as the politest man in his do
minions an Englishman who silently
entered tlio royal carriago boforo the
king in obedience to tho "Aprcs vous,
monsieur,'' of his majesty. London
Queen.
Eras of Pantaloons.
"Can you reiuomlxir tho stjlos of pan
taloons that-have prevailed in this coun
try?" "Let mo seo," said tho tailor; "yes, they
are all before mo in my mind's eye.
There wore tho breeches of tho period
immediately succeeding the revolution.
They were short reaching only to the
knees, mostly madeof cloth, buttoning at
tho side. Tho wealthy wore them of
velvet, or cordnrov , as the fancy seized
them, or of doe cloth. The first long
pantaloon, as I have told you, were
inertly comfortable bag, and this was
principally due to tho fact that they
were homespun- made by willing, but
unskillful hands. The first improvement
was when thev were so altered in con
struction its to button elsewhere thau at
the side. Suspenders were, ,not used
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 36, 1883.
until comparatively recent times, some
where about 1840, 1 believo. Distinctive
stylos in breeches date from tho close
of the war. Then there camo garments
tight at the waist and to the knees, where
they bagged enormously, giving the ap
pearance of swelled joints. The pockcti
wero called 'top pockets,' and could bo
reached onlv by pulling the vcsMip to
the chin. Later they were cut hign in
the waist and medium in tho legs. This
was a return to first principles. The noxt
trousers to achieve popularity wer thoso
miserable 'tights.' Thoy fitted tho nether
extremities like eelskins, and' suddenly
swelled to awful proportions at the bot
tom. They were the invention of a row
dy, and it was a shame decent peoplo
ever wore them. I'm glad tney'ro gone.
The hip pockets came into fashion along
with the 'tights.' Young bloods fain
would carry pistols, and, it beinjr found
cumbersome to add another )ocket to
the coat, tho inoffensive breeches were
subject to tho gross imposition. At first
the buttons of these garments wero
made of bone, then of rubber, later of
motal, and now of metal in tho shapo of
rivets, that decay only when the breeches
are deceased. Tho present styles are ele
gant, and a decided advance on any that
havo preceded. The trousers of to-day
is as complete an institution as can bo
wished for. There are well-contrived
recesses for tho watch, tho pistol, the
whisky flask, keys, knife, comb, hand
kerchief, pocketbbok; in short, every
thing that the most fastidious man could
desire to have about him. Tho only
thing left for man to do is to learn how
to wear breeches. Tall, slim men, with
spidor legs, should wear close, but not
tight-fitting, garments; fat men look
best in tight pantaloons; swells wear
stripes ; gamblers, plaids ; Quakers, quint
colors ; ministers', plain black cloth. Re
porters glory in broadcloth, much to the
disgust of tailors." Philadelphia Pross.
Dofi'r Instinctive DUllkM .
Almost all dogs have an instinctive dis
trust of trampsjiml this may possibly
bo understood upon the ground that
theso individuals havo a hang-dog look
about them, and soem to be intent upon
somo mysterious business which is pro
vocative of suspicion at the first glance.
Dogs aro excellent judges of character
ami of tho signs which indicate a per
son's intentions, and aro quito ablo to
distinguish a man who is intent upon his
own business, and ono who is inclined to
meddlo with what does not concern him.
Anotlrr object of common attack by
this race of quadrupeds is the log of a
breech wearing footman ; and it will bo
obsorved, that tho most dignified and
solemn of these ornamental gentlemen,
are apt to lose their presence of mind as
soon as they becomo awaro that there is
a spaniel, or oven a pug, sniffiing around
their calves. In this instance it is prob
ably the inviting look of tho part at
tacked which proves too strong a tempta
tion to the canino mind; and it would bo
hardly fair to includo this among tho
cases of unexplained antipathy. It is
believed that tho snappishness of pet
dogs, when their mistresses aro touched
or approached, pnocdfl from jealousy,
and doubtless this cause will account for
hundreds of ill-tempered acts indulged
in not only by .ugly poodle and toy ter
riers, but by parrots, monkeys and many
other tamo croatures. But why sh-uld
a dog, walking along tho street, pick out
one cart or carriago rather than another
to run behind and bark at? Why should
ho snarl and snap at somo good-humored
man who in vain attempts to conciliate
him, whilo at tho very first sight ho will
bo reconciled to another of morose and
surly character? In many of theso cases
tho reason is to be found in Bomo episode
of tho animal's lifo, unobserved or for
irottcn by other people. Dogs are quick
observers, but had at generalization, aud
it vvjll often hapjKm that one who Jim
been owo maltreated by a man wearing
a particular costume, will bear malicoall
his lifo against others clad in tho same
garb. London Globe.
When nuy druggist or dealer tries to
sell you, or tells you that somo other
remedy is as good or letter, when you
ak for Amnion's Syrup, look him in the
faco, and you will sen that God has
stnmjwd ujioii his countenance in un-
mii-tiikahio characters the vviru cupidity,
and by investigation ymi will find h is
recommending some decoction oi ms
own that costs linn onlv a low cent' to
prpiro, or somo patent remedy upon,
which hemake a huge pndit. AhU. foi
Ammen's Cough Syrup Take no other
Buy n l."-eoiit or M cent bottle. Ted it
yourself, ft stands upon ito rneriti.
"Do not put article which havo held
milk into liot water," tayiix domestic re
ceipt. Is this an admonition not to drop
tho baby into the wdfh boiler?
' Be Tou a Lady 7 "
We remember reading somewhere an
anecdote of tho ludicrous consternation
of a poor emigrant laborer, who for tho
first time heard his employer spoken of
as a "gontloman." Ho had been brought
dp in England, where his only notion of
a gentleman was that of a consequential
and peremptory being in good clothes,
who swore at and kicked him. Thq New
Haven Registor tells the story of a poor
hoy in that city, whoso idea of a "lady"
was quite as unfortunate; and who camo
by a happy nccidont to concludo that
thero must be two kinds. Perhaps he
was right jn his conclusion. At any rate,
tho nico girl who gave him his first im
pression of what a true ladv- is, doserves
all tho credit of tho story.
Ab a vounjr lady walked hurriedly
down State street upon a bleak Novem
her day, her attention was attracted to a
deformed boy coming toward hor, carry
ing several bundles, Ho vrw thinly
clad, twisted his limbs most strangely as
he walked, and looked before him with a
vacant stare. Just boforo tho cripple
reached the brisk pedestrian ho stum
bled, thus dropping ono bundle, which
broke and emptied ft string of sausages
on the sidewalk.
Tho richly-dressed ladies(!) near by
held back their silken skirts and whis
kered quito audibly : "How horrid I"
while soveral passed by, amused by tho
hoy's look of blank dismay, gave vent to
their feelings in a half-suppressed laugh,
and then went on without taking further
interest.
All this increased tho boy's embarrass
ment, no stoppod to picK up tho sail-1
Banes onlv to- let fall another parcel.
when in despair he stood and looked at
his lost spoils. In an instant the bricht'
facodstraneror stepped to tho boy's sido
anu saic, in a tone oi tnorougn Kina-
hens : '
"Let mo hold the other bundles while
you pick up what you havo lost."
In dumb astonishment tho cripple
handed all ho ht-ld to tho young Samar
itan, and devoted himself to securing his
cherished sausages, When these were
again strongly tied in tho coaisetorn pa
per, her skillful hands replaced tho par-
cols on his scrawny arms.as sho bestowed
on him a smile of encouragement, and
oid :
"I hope you haven't far to go " The
poor fellow seemed scarcely to hear the
girl's pleasant words; but looking at her
with tho saino vacant stare, ho asked:
"Bo you a lady !"
"I hopo so ; I try to bo," was the sur
prised response.
"I was kind of hoping you wasn't."
"Why?" askod tho listener, with curi
osity quito aroused.
" 'Cause I'voseen such aHoallod thorn
selves ladies, but they never sppko kind
and pleasant like, 'ccpting to grand uns.
I guess thoro's two kinds them as
thinks thoy's ladies and isn't, and them
as what tries to bo and is."
Spreading Manure Broadcast.
"Manure from tho yard or stable," says
Prof. Johnson, "rarely contains such an
amount of volatilo fertilizing matter o
should deter from spreading it broadcast
on tho surface when mst convenient.
Unless manure is very rich as from grain
fed animals, aud is in un active state of
fermentation, hot and smoking, and ox
halos a distinct smell of hartshorn there
can bo no loss from exposure, and in any
case tho loss will bo loss by spreading
over thinly than by dropping in small
heaps, because threading means cooling
and a lois of formontation. But man
ure, when proporly handled, need not
waste from evaporation. A moderate
and rogulated heating of fresh manure
results in the formation of liuiuio acid,
which becurcs tho ammonia from loss by
ovnimrntion. This moderate heating it
should have licforn hauling out, or in
cold weather before it heats at all. Tho
advantages of spreading the manuie
from tho wagon us it is drawn out are, a
saving of laljor and au oven distribution
of the holublo salts (ammonia potash,
phosphides, etc ,) in the hoil by rain. If
the manure is heaped on tho field find
gets a heavy lain before spreading, the
giound under the heaps receives an un
due hharo of tho best part of the manure
Independently, however, of loss by
evaporation, there may bo circumstances
when it is host to get tho iiiauuro into
tlm ground before it Jiju a luiucu to bo-
oiiio dry, for it distribute much better
when moist and swollen with waterthan
when 'chippy' or Wuiffy' in foxturo, and
is reaily at unc! to act as mauuro, where
as dry manuie must recover moisture
boforo it can le of any use,"
Heard in a boudoir: "Meruy on mul
What aro thoso horrible sounds ii
stairs?" "Oh, that's nothing but dear
George; I suppono ho lias loH hii collar
button again." '
NO. 37.
Skagit Valley.
A Skagit farmer called at our office
yesterday and left somo information of
interest about tho doings of the people
in that section. It has been, ft good sea
son, take it nltogothor ; farmors, loggers,
townfolk and Rteamboat men having
done well pecuniarily. Tho country
has developed as never before, and
though butlittlo has been heard from,' It
outside it has mado a long stride,, for
ward. Hay turned out especially fine
this yoar, tho average yiold lielng about
three tons to tho aero and the product
of superior quality. A roady salo awaits,
the whole crop at $16 a ton on the
river bank. Considerable has already
been sold and brought to Seattle On
steamers and barges. Potatoes also did
well this year, and, on account of the
dry weather, aro above the average -in,
quality. Four hundred bushels to the
acre is n common yield). As with hoy,
tho prico for potatoes is up thisyear.and
tho demand is greater than tho supply.
Oats did poorly on tho tide flats, but up
tho valloy averaged well. Taking good
find bad yields together, it is thought
sixty bushels nn acre for the whole
region is not out of tho way. Oats are
also vorv salenbln arid nt hiffh rates.
The valloy farmers practice mixod culti
vation, all irrovvintr more or loss nay.
grain, vegetables, fruits, stock, poultry1!
etc. Post-Intelligencer.
The Ohehalem Mountain Land.
The Hillsboro Independent says : Mr.
Brisbine of Yamhill county, a relatiyo of
Mr. Fleming of this place, brought ua A ,
fino specimen of millet this week. It is
five feet high with strong stalks and
largo and well filled heads. It is the
finest millet wo havo scon in this State.
It grow on tho farm of John Titmnn on '
tho Chehalem mountain. This moun
tain has n strong and productive soil, and
produces fino vegetables, fruit and grain.
When it is cleared up it will make one
of tho finest producing distriota in tho
State. This season, which" has beoh so
bad for fruits in all parts of tho State ex
cept Southern Oregon, tho Ghohalotn
mountain orchards (Aro bearing good
crops. It requires muscle, energy and.
porBovoronco to clear up this land and
get it under cultivation, but after that is
done this mountain land boats tho valley
for strength of soil, pasturage in tho
dry seasons, pure water and freedom
from malarial diseases. Tho man affoct
od with a cough in tho valloy who goes '
up thero and stays a few days, quits
couging and gains strength and yigor
lOver theOaseadei.
The Rcattlo Post-Intolllgonoor says!
"A. O. Eckilson, n civil engineer, long in
tho employ of the Northern Pacific Rail
road, has orgnnizod a party and will at
onco proccod to tho Cascade Mountains
to locato tho tunnel for tho Cascade di
vision of tho Ndrtncrn Pacific Railroad.
J. G. Scurry will work from tho east sldo
and Mr. Eckilson from tho west. The
Cascado branch is now building from
both ends. A largo force Is now em
ployed on this side, working from Seat
tlo to Green river, by way of tho Cedar
river vallov,and sovoral miles of grading
has already been completed. On tho
eastern side f tho mountains Mr. Ben
nett, who was recently awarded the con
tract for a 125-milo section, oxtending
from tho Columbia river west as far as
Yakima City, is pushing his work nhead
as rapidly as possible"
From tne Oold Fields.
Thos. Humphiey has just returned
from an oxtendod prospecting tour
north of hore. Ho roortn that thoro Is
no doubt but what valuable mines havo
mines have been discovered on tho
Cuur d'Alenn. Parties, hro in town,
havo received letters from their frionds
who havo been for somo time in tho
new mines, stating that thoy are making
from I 'r to 20 per day to tho man, and
that they will not lxi homo until tho
winter drives them outof tho mines, (sit
po"riihlo that tho gool old days of '10
are returning! Boomerang.
Taken.
A fow years ago, not tnoro than four
or five, much of tho land along the rlvor
fioin l'riuevillo to its mouth, was yet va
cant and open to pre-emption, but now
marly all of it thut is arable at all U
taken, In fact it was not then thought
that men would lo crazy onough to settlo
on a flat where tho sagebrush grow from
threo to six feet high, and thickly set, at
that. But such was the case, and thoso
who havo fortunately taken tho?o tracts
of land aro making what in a fow years
will bevaltttiblo farms. Prinovillo rvtwi.