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r - o V' t v 1 - '1 J O 2G"W O 4 i& A i ; O -J j a.- - a l v O OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY J), 1S73. VOL. 7. NO. 28. o 3 &"5 A AW 4 o c L i i I i i -1 J ! a I Tmmv-n PJ"1 ST J-1 7""i iTi P"1 A LOCAL DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER V O II T II E firar, Busies 5I:in, i Fair.il Cirri?. ISSUED HVKItY FRIDAY. A.. IV O LrI" IV 1 R , &DITUH AX'D PUBLISHER. OFFICIAL PATES FOR CLACSAMAS CO. OFFICE In Dr. T'lossing's Frick, next Moor to John Myers' stor, un-stair.,. Tori of Subscription : Sln-'e Copv One Yi-ar, I" Advance .Six Months " " I-50 Tor:- of Ail vert ilrsi Transient a.lv-rtis-m'Mits. incliidiiiff All lal nnuo-.s. t s yi.ii. Im" vm"k v For t-ach sal qu-"t iiis .ri.ion CohuiKi, :; ypar CJUir ;; ;;;;;;;; 4:).!K.) Su.".v.;, Car,!, 1 sauaro. on- your G -r -..- - ' 1 - - F. BARCLAY, TJl. C. S. Fona-rly S.ir-on to th-- lion. II. V.. Co. TUirlj-li vc Y-:ji' Eipriic"". PS1CTICIXC FIlYSinAN AND SIRGLCN. Main Sir- t, r'f;on City. j7w. MORRIS, (LATE OK ILLINOIS.) PIIVSKIAN AND SULunON, o - a o v c r r. f -v- tlT-Will r 'spin t promptly to calls tlurin eit.i.r day or Hi r!it. i-,,i at the :i:ir II at niiit. l-?UHsa..- V7. H. VATLILS, rJi. D-f Pj.4i L A! Ji 9 r ) F F I ' ' F ' 1 ' FM I .-.v s IV m ; ! , w a r Fir.t 'aad Aid' r .s!r-ts. It- sid-rnc--- e.ni'.T of jJaiu and .S..vjiith strjit.. Drs. Welch ATh'jnipsou, r----- ''....'.? V-" pv 7 r: 'T 3r?7 cy. in ' I! F-It---v Tfaij.I-,'.".ir:l'T of F.rt and A I It .! r. -t i .r:!.i:i-1. .,v? i,a!r.'.ii-..: 1 t:i s .1 -s.nni A sioy r,:.r r.-.-'flL, .. 1 l! :5; .!.. i" - I1! . -"s:i "" sl tor tit j-ai:.i s.t ra. t ton : i. Art.fina! t -11' ' u It -r t t;:t t '-., aii.i Ui ' a tu-' rii.':ip-'.-! . Will J- i: ;r-:i f.ty a Satttr..a. Nov. :'i ti. MITI.AT. c n as. v.. , - , 9 m m n t - r ri r-- r r " II U L il 3 ti W i-t ui'vi ey-.jKFb 'I'.- 'hariiiars Lr'.c-'.c, Main st. j.n iri"7J :tf. j o i : :i 3 o r- o. ir. oco v n :mvm ni3 ro: allocs at-law. s Orziovx City, Oregon. crWill prac:- iti all th ( "ourt s of t hr r. K'.al-. Sp'v.i.il a:t ;it:-tri t;iv: ii to eas,-.-, in tu: L'. S. i.aad .ii. .-.t r."t;on City. 3. rJL 3 51 irv ATT O R 11 EI Y- AT- L AW , OFF1C1- i v.t Fop.-'s Tin St nr.-, Main Lrc-'t. lniar"i-Ll. A- F. FORBES, a t t o r: i: v a t i. w . j CV-.1.T..-P No. 1". IVlasm's Fuildie.?, For.- ! laud, O.-o:;. ariS7o-ti. O J. T. APP2RSOK, PFFICE IN I'OsToFFICF 1.111.1 UNO. L.o.-il Ti'ii l.rs C ''.acliaina fotustj- Or. dors, mi 1 ri'.j i ity Onlt'i- L0U3HT AND SOLD. NOTARY PU3LSC. lans nsothit '!l"rt i'ns jitt -ud -d tnaiidaUfU Tal !':jcu0r" business o;irried jjh. 'jvmit. W. II. IlUiliriELI). PlabU3iifl l'J, t tHp old stand. Ail-i str.Tt, Or:?oa City, Crsoa. frr- Ac nni'?T- ii'-nt of Vath"P. Jw-l- (-' r.li ot u hit h uro warrant, tl to be a. j fr-'lJ r,-pr "K-'Dt-'il. JH-j:iiriti 'inn" .n short notice, and ;hank!ul lor past patetjaf. JCIIX :i. I5AC0X, IMnniTFIt ANI TKAI.KU ii'fj!j - ia Uiks.st.i! ioii.rv, lVK'umr r-y ry. etc., t-to. " Or-oii t il', Orejon. tyt rhnrman .t Warner's old stand, ,a !y occupied by s. Ackcman, Main st, A. NOLTNER -NOTARY PUBLIC, EHTRPI?!SE OFFICE. OREGON CITY. For the very best photographs, poto Frad Ir i Uulofson's Gah'ry without STATUS Ascend In th Elector, 42f Monimnrtv I TIU: OM), OLD HOMC Vhen I 1J" for sainted momorics, Like aiifi-l troops tho tn''. It I I'olil my arms to jxjiiilcr On the olM, ol.l home. T!io heart has many .assa:rs Through wliich the t'n linxs roam, Hut its mi'klle aisle is saercl To the old, old home. Where infancy was sheltered Tike rose-huds from the ! lust, "Where hood's hrief t lyinm In joyuiisness was passed ; To that sweet spot f'oiever, As to some hallowed dome, life's pilgrim henils her vision 'Tis her old, old home. A father sat, how proudly, P.y thnt hearthstone's rays, And told his children sloiies Of his early manhood's days; And one soft eye was l-aniinir. From ehild to ehild 'twould roam; Thus i mother eounts her treasures, In the old, old home. Th" birthday "ills and festivals, The I lended vesper hymn (S :me dear one who was swelling it Is witli the Seraphim) The fund '-juod nights" at bed-time, J low quiet sleep vt-ould eome, A ml fold u- all together In the old, old home. Iike a wreatii of scented dowers t'l-ise intertwine each heart ; Hut time and ehanire in eoneei t Have blown the wreath apart. Hut dear and sainted memories I ..ike an-zels ever come, IF I f"ld mv alios ;md ponder On the old. . Id home. M A V. r.Y V1.UN i: I.KK. Welcome, beautiful May. Witli your we;;lih of bitdsar.d llowers, Making the woecdau'Is so fray, Oil's:. rimy of Ajad show i s I W l.-ome. beautiful M.iy '. I'air u.dlif m. ininii of life. Ik-i'.re our uls are saddened Hy :dl eaith's Ik.'A and strife. V.'e sei' r.ee im.re thy irarl.mds. Tiiat make the spi in. cemph le, A:id we i!e;ir aiiain the musie. Of thy d:dn!i!y-saiid;ded feet. And the sweetly seenb-d :irl iitus, i.!vn in tiie it hi I t b.w. Tiii.s wis It its fairy b'n-;.s"ins i'ti loliuij the Uicr.ths A' snow. The apj K--tn es are filllnir The air with swec-t pi-rfum -. ViV to ;dl thei;- boughs are eliniuj', The elustors of seetlted I.lot.m. And the birds, with radiant plumage, Titat to wjiotl and held h.iej;, -id to the jrifts of spi in'i i:ue T.i:.- "lorioti.s oik.' f .-oirr. And we tltltd: we hc::r t!:e:n T!i o ;-tio'!t the liel.JUi day. Ih;.i.-.e to the frr'-'.t (.'reutor, r For tiie i.i :!'.iLi .'id v.i.ts ! .si v "nsocila neons XJara;rph. . Kngl ami's roa-t beef f;:r l.: -t year was Tss pounds per head. The Roston health department. dur ing 1MJ, expended -::.-0,0.!;). Th. R. tj.lon an ! Albany railroad is di. charging its e:.gi:iet(is by wholo- i sale lor i.ist runuin r. i t ohec-groun. .s r.ro not OM'hc-.vrd b;;t iT-ehevv i by marsy o-i' the weuliliy phmtcra of ,J alii.i'.'a. Within the last A days there have o-.'-.;r:v.l -.1- railpjud iteeidciits.killinf' -it irsous injuiiii-j S'7. The apir;!ri:iti.!S bv Cortfrvess for t'ue e sir rent year arf.2-l, U ),W0 more than they were last year. A ( e.rq"iu grand jury recently ar rayed tho;::seIv" in Kn-Klr.x clothes; for what purpose, it ilais not appear. In London, for bigamy, raisetl to the ninth j-ower, a man has been committed to ten Years imprison ment. The 3Ias:;rich::seits Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has put upon its new board of directors three women. The planting interests of southern Georgia are in a better eo?idition than (at this season) in any year sim o tho war. Corn i:s np and cotton holds in sper.Jid preparation for the seed. It is discove-ed that tho American eagle himsi If is in tho habit of viola ting the custom laws, lie iroos over to Canada ami sum 'rifles his crop full ff f re -h i,.ufi-i Cincinnati baibers have decided not to slutve any r.ioie black cheeks. Chawles will now jtvejiare an amend raent to tin; national constitution to compel the despised raee to have re spect for its own members. A very wealthy farmer of Ohio county, Kentucky, has this ''notis'' posted up in his held: '"If any man's or woman's cows or oxen gits in those here oats, his or her tail will be. cut oil' as tin? case may be." The town of HakerhVhl, Vt., has hit upon a pretty plan for satisfying every citizen's demand for an oihee. It was voted at a recent town molding, that every man's premises shall be a pound, cf which the proprietor is Keeper. The last thing that the deceased Rhode Island Senate did was toburv a house project for converting a grave-yard in a site for a new State house. Let the dry bones It. I. P.," said the presiding officer, as the ham mer f.. II ut adjournment. Governor Smith of Georgia has issued invitations to the Governors of Western aifl Southern States to meet him at Atlanta, on tho -Ji'th of May, to confer concerning the scheme to connect the Tennessee river with Savannah.. The "Montgomery AJrerfisor, speak ing of the cot ran crop for this season avs: '"The money paid for it in its raw state will not fall far short of $1:10.000,0' id. Of this sum a! out S')o,0i.i0,(HX) will have gone to specu lators and lirst purchasers, leaving ?2'.i3,lKX'.000 to tho producers. Ala bama's share of this magniticenf sum is nearlv S.'io.iXW.OOO, estimating her cvor r.t'lOO.OOO bales." The Oregon Ieniteutlarv. THi: MANAGEMENT OF AFFAIRS CES Er.AI.LY AT THE STATE P15ISOX. From the Statesman tf April 2o. AV yesterday visited tho State Pen itentiary, familiarly known as the Hotel-de-Watkins, about one mile east of Salem, and was conducted throughout the establishment by the Warden Judge Hohilav. The li brary occupies one corner of the spa cious chapel, and consists of about 700 volumes of choice literature, and is a source of great xdoasure to many of thr- convicts. In passing around the t ells on the "bridge if sighs," we took particular pains to notice the appearance of the rooms and furniture. All of them were ne.at and comfortably furnished. Two cells on the upper tier attracted our attention by their handsome ap perance. The walls were hung with beautiful pictures, the floor carpeted, and upon the little stand in the centre lay numerous articles, such as are generally found upon a parlor table. We were a little surprised to see so much taste in a prison cell, and great ly surprised when we learned how they succeeded in obtaining the or naments. Last winter when tho con victs were cutting wood, a premium was given them for all cut over a certain amount. These two persons worked hard and cut more than the stilted amount each, day, thereby get ting money with which to purchase those articles. Resides these tilings they buy thoirbutter, eggs, chickens, or any thing they wish. In another cell we ;-:av the "musical Chinaman." This poor creature's mind is derang ed, and at certain times he sings and capers around for hours at a time. We then passed n into the taylor shop where the clothing is made .and repaired. Sewing machines are in constant operation, and tho shop looked as though business was l:e ly. Two fallen Celestials keep the laundry in boiling water, and. the clothes ISims trimmed with strip"J clothing. We next entered the bake house where a batch of bread laid just been baked, and. we can truly say that our city bakers cannot pro duce a nicer or lighter article. The kitchen was as neat and clean as it could be made, the large range pol ished as neatly as a 'dandy's boot. We then passed up the tower to the room where convlet't clothes are i kent. When a man is brow Id to the Penitentiary his clothes are tiken, warned, labelled, and place 1 in this room nr.; 11 his time is serve.! j oat. After leaving the Penitentiary we went up th" road about half a ; m:i- where foriy cniviet:-. were en- gaged in digging -i ditch. The die h j w hen linish, d will be ubont. o:v; and one-iouni:iii!h s in length, and ;s for the purpose of cnrrhig water to the ol.l Pt niter-diary buihiiag w!:i -h is to he turned into a manu factory of a"evihii:g and evorvl'iir.g that can profitably made. A new foundation and floor will be p-ice in the building before any machinery will be moved into it. The ditch is about half done at present, and will re.jnire about throe weeks longer to tin;: h :t. There are ninety pris oners in the Penitentiary, including one female. After inspecting the entire building, and management we can truly say we would not be afraid to ohal!en e anv similar in stitution in the Union for cleanliness and comfort. Dismal PinroprircY. Dr. R. T. Trail, in the Philadelphia Sw. is a very cheerful prophet. He says that we are approaching the climax of a pestilential period. Prom lNO to lSo the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will approach the earth nearer than they have-boon for eighteen hundred years. When ever any one of the four have come near enough for us feel its influ ence pestilence, famine and extremes of heat and cold have been the re sult. Now. we are to have the in fluence of the four combined, and he predicts' that in seven years from now all manner of evil which grows out of the atmospheric changes will be upon us. To lessen the calamity, the world is urged to use the strict est sanitary measures, and by health and cleanliness counteract the effects of our unwelcome neighbors. The world is so much better able to care for itself than it was two or throe hundred years ago, and by care we may avert much of the danger. To the following claries he gives verv cold comfort: "The dissipated, the glutton, the debauchee, may calculate on being among the first victims. Young men who devitalize themselves by tobacco-using, young ladies who dostroy one-half of their breathing capaeity bv fashionable dress and tight lacing. will never survive the perihelion of all the larger planets e.f the solar SYshm; and peilaq'S it will be best that they should r.ot." . Moke Roilei.s. A good one is told on All.'y, the eondjutor of Ames, and an exM. C. A lady of Irish extrac tion, it is sai 1, applied to Alley for a share of Credit Mobilior stock. With the characteristic diplomacy of her race, she commenced tho interview with an effort to Hatter Mr. Alley, saying: 'Shure, sir, you've a kind benevo lent face, and 1 think ye'il do me a favor, sir; now that's a kind giutle man. that ve are." "Well,"' said Mr. Alk-v, "what is it?" "I poo by the papers that ye've been giving away Credid Mobiliers to Congressmin and their wives, and I make bold to ax ye for one myself. My biler is burnt out, and I have to wash for a livin. Can't ye give me one of your new kind?" Alley declined, and the old lady departed, saving he looked like a i "dirtv thafe of the wormhl." C'oqueHe Valley, Coos County. A writer in the Coos Ray Xeic gives an interesting description of Coquelle valley, front which we take the following: The Coquelle valley is about six ty miles long, and runs nearly through the center of Coos county. About forty miles from the mouth of the river, the North and South forks form a junction, and about four miles farther up, the "Middle fork empties into the South fork. This place is considered the extreme head of tide water, i'he main valley, below these junctions, is of various widths, from one to eight miles, and is covered v.ith a very heavy growth of Myrtle, Maple and Ash timber, so that it requires cleari .g, in order to bring into cultivation, but after it is once brought to the plow, it is very prod active, and as it is overflow ed every year, leaving a sed iment from the water, it scarcely ever wears out. Crops p.re very good almost every year, Wheat, Oats, Potatoes, and in fact all kinds of roots growing spontaneously in all parts of the valley. People have been known to raise at the rate of seven hundred bushels of Potatoes to the acre. One man by the name of Anglo raised last year, over one hundred tons of Roots on four acres; of course this r; rather over an aver age crip. Fruit such as Apples, Pears and Plums, grow in abun dance; it is thought, however, that the best fruit is raised on the low hills near the bottom lands. The best 1 mils along the river have all been taken up, or entered, but there is still some vacant land farther back, tdong t'.e small tribu taries, and it is thought by some, that ssich places will be the most valuable in future, for raising stock, us cattle would have egress to the hill lands which produce a heavy growth of Avild grass, both winter and summer. Land can also be bought : the river, of the settlers, at a liable price, so that persons re. iso seeking hon.es in this lovely vale can small capital. The advantages of this country are numerous; first those of Navigation. The waters of the Coouol'o are in close oroximitv to Coos Ray, there being an Isthmus of one and a half miles between two sloughs, and this is crossed by a horo railroad, through the enter prise of Judge Hall. This roil has been m sue two -;ears, m ssful operation over ling what was imprae- t '.cable, n w of Piodue Ik ;sy, the shipping' of I. and Racoi, to the Coos Ray market, fian anv ot tor in t v. iicn is oetter date, oonsum- in r so much more tha.i i here, s:.-: to ieouiro. large prei.UCevl mount:; to l op fro. a California to sup ! i. ply the tleuciency. iho raising i swine in this part of the country, is .pule tiv Mvrtle mast be ing sum 'lent lor them to snosist on. summer and winter. I have seen fine Pork made from hogs that hail fattened in the wool. Another ad vantage is in the line quality of building timber which cover, in large and exlen.-ive forests, the surround ing hills and mountains, such as Fir, and white and red Cedar, of which, with a Saw, Froe, Ax and Hammer, gool comfortable build ings can be easily erected, which make good comfortable homes for the hardy pioneer, until after a few years of toil, they become able to erect more permanent dwi Rings. The Coq telle river is navigable for vessels drawing twelve feet of water, from the mouth to tho North Fork, but the Rar changes so much that it has finally been decided to build a dam at the mouth, to keep the chan nel in one place. Stops are being made in that direction and if it meets with success, it will be of groat bone fit to tliis country. There is also a project on foot to construct a ship canal, to connect the Coquelle river with Coos Ray, and a Loeonitive Railroad is also talked of; if either succeed, this country will no doubt be one of the first in the State, for there is untold wealth in Lumber and Coal, in this region, that would yield a large income to the country, besides giving employment to hun dreds of men, at good Avages. The hard-Avood lumber, such as Myrtle, Maple, Ash and Matherone. in itself, would be no small item, for there are millions of feet of such timber only waiting for a convenient Avay of shipping, which would bring a large "price, for the Ash is equal to tough ness and durability. that brought from the Atlantic States. An Inpikixt Riimkpy. Doctor W tells the following story of himself, which is certainly very amusing, and characteristic of the skilled practitioner: "One evening I received a call from a seedy-looking individual, who, with a snarl, informed me that he ha 1 a 'cussed sore throat. vyhich he thought 'ought to be 'tended to at on.ee.' "I examined hi throat, and found it to be very much inflamed, gave him the necessary medicine, and ad vised him to go home and stay there until his throat got well. "About two months afterward, the same party slouched into my ohiee and asked for some more of 'that air medicine,' remarking that he wanted it for a friend, and not himself. Having put up the medi cine, I handed it to him, and inquir ed if his throat was quite well, when the fellow coolv replied: "Yes; but that medicine you guv me didn't do it a d d bit of pood. It cured an ulcer on my leg, though, and that's what I want this other for. Good dav.' " The railroad ectnranies demand SSUO per mile, instead of for carrying the United Stites mails in New Y'ork. and in default will refu-;q to crirrv thtm. 1 COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, The Salary Steal. We notice that a number of our radical exchanges are exceedingly indignant over the salary steal, and i loudly denounce the Congressmen who voted to replenish their empty pursers. This denunciation is all well enough, but if our radical friends would have the world believe that tiiey are sincere in their indig nation, they Avill go a stop farther, and denounce the President who gave the steal his ollicial approval Without the signature of President Grant the laAv Avas worth less than the paper on Avhich it was written, and it was his signature that breath ed into it the breath of life. The law gave to the Congressmen So, 000 as the sum total of their steal, and and at the same time it secures to the President 100,000 more than the sum for which he bargained and agreed to serve the people. That is to say, in this "steal" the Congress men "steal So. 000, and the President steals S10J.O00. This is the plain English of it, and the Avriters and orators avIio condemn Congress and justify the President, literally "strain at a gate and swallow a saw mill." The men who thus write and talk can never convince the people that they are honest. AYe know that the men who voted for the "salary steal" Avere acting under tho solem nity of an oath, and that they were bound by the highest obligations of patriotism and integrity to keep their hands from plundering the public treasury; but these obligations were light as compared with those devolv ing upon the President, who under the Constitution is made the special guardian of public interests, and is given the veto power to the end and that he may arrest all corrupt legis lation, lie, too, was resting under the shadow of the great men Avho preceded him in his high office, not one of whom, from Washington to Johnson, hail ever been charged with the crime of taking improper gams, and yet disregarding the ex ample of tiiis long line of illustrious m.m, President Grant gave the ap proval of his name to the "salary steal" and thereby made himself a principal of the greatest crime of this or any are. YV- know that the conn try is disposed to place a charitable construction upon the acts of the President, but stretch the mantle of charity however broad, it will fail to hide President Grant's direct partic ipation in the "salary steal." The future historian when he comes to make up the record of to-day, v. ill not fail to write Grant down'as the he-ad of the conspiracy organized for the purpose of plundering the cof fers cf the nation. Charged with the high duty of guarding the public faith and protecting the rights of the people, tho. Chief of the State accept ed the 100,000 bribe, and then roJl i el back the gates and bars that guard. -d the nation's treasure and bade the plunderers enter in and di vide the spoils. No such disgrace ful abandonment of duty can be trac ed to the head of any civilized State, and recognizing the crime in .all its enormity, it is not strange that jour nalists and speakers hesitate to char acterize the act as it deserves. In future, let all reference to tiiis great crime be avoided; or, if the shafts of denunciation are to be launched, let them be directed against the central figure in the plot, and not waste am munition on the men who figured as mere supernumoaries in the drama. Denouncing the "salary steal," and failing to couple the President with the iniquity, is about espial to the I day of "Hamlet with the Prince omitted. In dealing Avith corruption the higher the station the greater the crime. Any other course tends to de grade the national morals, and leaves the impression that Ave have lost that high sense of honor that char acterized the purer and better davs of the Republic V. IF. Salesman. CV kkt'I't ion E vr.nv wriruE.-Corru -tion has shown its slimy head among the Commissioners to the Vienna Exposition, some of whom are using their positions to turn an "honest penny" for themselves. A late dis patch from New Y'ork tells the tale as follows: A special announces that one of tlie Commissioners to Vienna has been suspended for improper prac tices, avIio is now on his way to Vi enna, and another is suspected and his case being inquire.! into. Rr pot ts are in circulation that some of the complimentary commissioners secured their appointments in order to represent certain manufacturing interests, and that a sewing machine company and gun company eac h has a Government Commissioner in its employ. These villains in high position, Avhor.e rascalities are disgracing the nation and bringing our froe institu tions into contempt should he sum marily punished. A young man Avrites for the Avay to gain an entrance to our most respect aide families. We like to see our young people aim to improve them selves, and in no way can they do this as surely as by good boeks and the soc-ity of the refined. To gain an entrance to our best families the eas iest and most direct Avay Avouhl se.om to lie the front door, although our young friend might tunnel under the sidewalk and come up through the Some ladies and gentleman wore taking a walk near a comet rv when a ghost appeared. They nil "run with the exception of a pretty widow, who stood her ground till" Iho "ghost" got to her. She then Avent for the spectre, and thrashed off the disguise of a young felloAv who merelv Avanted to frighten the party. 'Leading her victim back to the house she cried: "Can't fool me I have'seen toommymen in si ?cf. in mv time." r A Vision of Ist)3. I Avas sitting by the fireside, the other evening thinking of everything in general and nothing in particular, Avheu, hearing a noise and stamping at the door, met bought I rose to open it, Avhen it flew back Avith a crash, Avaking the cat, avIio Avas sleep ing by the lire, ami causing her to retreat under my chair in a fright. Refore I had time to wink, there Avalked in a young person, dressed so queerly that I could not "tell whether it Avas a man or a woman until it spoke. It worn loose troAvsers, reaching just below the knee, and plaid stock ings ami high boots completed the lower portion of its attire. A loose sack coat, open enough in front to disclose a snowy shirt, covered the upper portion of its body; while a two-story hat was set jauntily on the side of the head, the black hair being cut short and parted on one side, as I could perceive after the hat had been knocked off. by the cciHng. "Well, Avhat are you looking at? I hope you'll know me the next time you see me. I suppose you Avouhl like to know who I am. Well, I am the Coming Woman not coming any more, because I am here; and here I intend to staA-. It is the a ear 180d, and things are entire! v changed now from the time when you were born. Y'ou look as old fashie.ncal as if you had just stepped out of Noah's Ark. How old are you?" said this amazing person. I stammered forth I was twenty years old in 1S7"3; but, of course, if it was IN'.'O, I must be a good deal older. Rut Avhere had I boon in all those yeirs? Had I, like Rip Van Winkle been asleep? " Asleep? Why, of course, you goose! or else you Avould not be so old-fashioned. Come out Avith me to-night, and 'see how it is yourself." she said, in a falsetto voice "Rut how can I leave my little girl?" said I. meekly. "Is it pos ible you have a child?" she said, in sucn a tone that I felt as I had been doing something awful to have a ehild to lend to. Turning to my husband, who had been sitting in the now darkest cor ner, open-eyed Avith astonishment, she said: "Here, you, man, you: go and tnd to your youngster. I'm going to show your wife ' the elephant.' Hurry up, and make tracks!" ale quickly arose, and she assisted iiim out in the door by a shove; at Avhich I looked aghast to see her take such a liberty. "There is nothinglike making men know their places,' she said coolly. " Don't be all nignt getting ready, or the fun Avill be all over," she said, impatiently, as I hastily put a snug fitting velvet basque over my new poplin house dress, and a jaunty ax-1-vet hat on my head. " Y'ou are not going to wear those things, arc you? Why, you look like a grandmother. Rut nevermind; come along." I felt nettled at her speech, for my basque and hat were the latest style when I bought them; but just then 'I thought it Avas not IST'h but and subsided.. Wo walked down the street, and I rubbed my eyes to see if I was awake. Where were the neat cottages that used to line the street? They wire gone, and large, met my sight. "Where are five-story mansions all the cottages gone?" I gasped. "Pshaw! Don't you know that families do not IIac by themselves any longer? A dozen families rent a house anil conduct it on the co operative plan. It is one large fam ily instead of a dozen small ones. There is a large court i.i the centre, and all the children in the house, which are not many for it is not fashionable to have many children nov. -a-days are collected there, and men are hired to tend to them, Avhile the parents are free b go any place and every place." She then Vr.id: "Let ns go into this saloon and take a sociable smile." "A smile?" gasped I. "Yes, you goose! a drink then," she said, as - she dragged me into a saloon, Avhich Avas carpeted and fur nished Avith sofas and arm-chairs and mar ble-Lop tables. Rtdiind the bar stood a handsomely attired avo man who Avas mixing " drinks. The room Avas crowded with bcdd-lookiug women and forlorn-looking men. My conductor nodded here and there, and said, to the woman at the bar, "Raw whisky for two"; then, to me, " Come an. I sit down." Walking up to whore a luckless man wa ; sitting, she took him bv tho neck and. landed him at the other end of the room saying, as she sat down: "That Aviti learn you to sit when there. IP a woman standing, vou contemptible creature!" A pretty girl brought the Avhjfky ar.d placed it before us. Mv com panion swallowed it at one ge.jp, and and then said: "Why don't you drink? That wouldn't hurt a child, it is so very mild." The eyes of all the room Avere turned towanlmo at her loud speech. I stammered out that I wasn't used to drinking Avhisky, and would pre fer lemonade. "That weak stuff is only fit for babies and men! Rut you can have it, and I Avill drink your whisky!" she said, swallowing the llery liquid without winking, as I lrankmy lem onade. "Where did vou pick up that grandmother?" said a black-eyed young girl, with a pert, saucy air. "None of your business! Y'ou tend to your "affinity!" replied my companion. I noticed that, while all the wo men drank something stronger and did all the talking, the men drank lemonade and coffee, and nerer opened their lips. Just then Iho door openeel. nnd a tall, portly man, Avith a frightened expression on his face, peeped timid ly in, and said: " Sally, I wish you would come home. The baby is cry ing, and I cannot make her stop." A bold-looking, red-cheeked young woman the same that had called me grandmother avIio was sitting on the knee of her affinity, replied: " How dare you come here afd:er me? I told you not to stir from tire houso until I came home. Give the young one some opium ; that Avill quiet her in a hurry. Start.or I'll get after you and make vou take French leave!" Tho man withdrew and my com panion arose, and, leading me", went into the street for the city was so strange that I could not have found my Avay home if I had tried; so I had3 to follow her till she cot ready to j take me home. There Avere very fer ! men on the streets, but k great num I bcr of women, all rushing in one . direction. Ma- companion asked mo if I had found an affinity yet. " Affinity? I have a husband, and what do I Avant with an allinity?" asked I. "La! that's nothing! SomiA-omoa have a husband until they get tired of him, or he don't mind, and they0 let him slide and get another. '"I know how it is myself!' I amnly thirty, and I have had five husbands and now am on the lookout for an other one, as I told Jim, (that's my last husband.) this morning, I told him to wash the dishes and black my shoes, and he Avouldn't do it until I locked him in the closet an hour or two. I Avant a man that Avill mind. I believe your husband would justsuit. I believe I'll go and make Ioao to him!" said she. " Y'ou couldn't get him away from me; and if you could. Avhat would'! eio? I asked in despair. "lou do? hv, get another! Y'ou are pretty enough to change a hasband every go a begging !' Aveek. and need' not she said, coolly; then added: Well, to please you I will lot him alone, and find sorju onooelse to make Ioac to." q "Do Avome.i make lovo to tho men, said I, in amazement. " Certainly ! The women pick out a man that they like aud court hixa- sit in his lap, put their arras around his neck, kiss him, and, in fact, do all the love making. They propose, and no man dare refuse. If he did lie would be driven from the toAvn. They are married by a woman, and after marriage the man does tho work, or hires some other man to do it, and goes to the woman for every cent of money. If children come, the men take care of them. And so it goes on. Oh! this is the age of progress!" she said. I meekly said, "I should think it Avas." As avc turned the corner of the street, I saw a platform on the sidewalk, with a woman on it, ges ticulating wildly, and I heard tk C words, "Down Aiih the man! Wo men the rulers forever!" The crowd cheered and shoufed, and I grasped my companion's arm in affright. "She won't hurt you; she Avants a public oflice, and goes round lec turing, Avhile her husband stays home and takes care of the house. We haA e a woman President, women m nearly an tlie public ollices; avo men jurors, Avonien everyAvhere," sne saul. asked And where are the men' I timidly. "Oh, they do all the hard work, and tend to tho children; and if they htiA'en't any, tend to somebody else's children. Men are nobodies, now-a-O days; but this is the age cf jrogrea sion," said the Coming Woman. "Rut I always thought it Avas not proper for rcsectable women to go into saloons. Were those respect able women where avc Avere?" I haz artleel. "Oh! bless your innocent heart! you don't knew the ropes; that'a where over half the women spend their evenings. When the men wanti'd to go out evenings, they used to toll us confiding women that they Avere going to the lodge, and we, poor innocents, would, believu them; instead they went to saloons, and Avhen they came home rather late, would say, 'My dear, the lodge had important business to transact, and I could not get home any ear lier.' Rut now women attend tho lodges, and afterwards spend two or three hours in the saloons, where avo haA-e a jolly time. Come, let us-get another smile, for I am getting 3ryt and then I'll hunt up an affinity for you. Rut here he is now. John, this young woman has fallen in Ioao Avith yon, and wants you to escort her home," she said, as tt tall, slen der man stopped in front of us. And he put out his arms, as if to en fold me. O That Avas enough. I turned anel tied; and as I Avas crossing a street, my foot slipped, am I awoke to lind my husband lifting me off the carpet,' on Avhich I had fallen in my sleep. " Where is she?" I asked, bewil dered. 'Where is who? Y'ou hav been asleep, and just noAV fell off your chair." said my husband. " Then it is all a dream; and there is no woman President, and women do not go into saloons and Lake a smile." said I. "What in the world are you talk-G ing about? Are you insane?" die asked. I then tedel him my dream; and ho said, if ever such things came to pass' he wanted to emigrate to son)" distant country; and, for my part, I wa glad to find it Avas IST'i instead of 1803. I went and leaned over my little daughter, and hoied she nuuiJ never turn out to be like one of those women in tho saloon, hunting fer an affinity. o G 0 0 o O O O o o o o o r ' 0-