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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.
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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."
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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.
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