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"ellen Bown," was Sue Randolph lie was in love with, "amie and henry lee," "the happy aIHi gile Miousrht it was herself, the silhi HOME," "ONE WOMAN'S SPHERE," nnnir " "MADdE JIOBKISON," , etc., etc., etc. U guess you may neip ner out. or me wagon, John! If you and she desire fEntered. according to Actor Consress.in the this cat a,ld lIoG ,ife' with starvation as year 1876, by Mrs. A.J. Danlway, In the office on an added inducetneut, I know no human the Librarian or Congress at Washlnston City. aw t0 restrain vou. But I will not live in a wrangle, and we will not go a step further together till this thing is settled." It was well for Edna that the bracing mountain air of Utah and Idaho sur- "Woman's degraded, helpless position Is the weak point or our Institutions to-day a tIIs turblng force everywhere, severing ramlly ties, filling our a?lnras with the deal, the dumb, the blind, our prisons with criminals, our cit ies with drunkenness and prostitution, our rounded her, .supplying the fever in her homes with disease and death. National Cen tennial Equal Rights Protest. CHAPTER IX. Aunt Judy was so thoroughly an noyed over John Smith's rage and rant ing that she was for a while completely cowed. veins with oxygen to keep her blood from consuming, else she would not have lived te continue her journey and fight her battle of existence longer. She closed her eyes in an agony of hu miliation and shame. Yes, it was true, too true; she had given her love, un sought and uudesired, to Hal La Selle, But when a woman, is not the wife or She (jd I)ot 8top t0 collsiler now much mother of a man; when no special ti of affinity or consanguinity compels her to cringe and fawn through that over weening affection in which many gen erations of over stimulation has made the sex morbid, it is not possible for an unreasonable and unreasoning son or husband of .some other woman to long hold her at a serious disadvantage. After the first hour of John's revenge had been expended in inflicting tongue- her own volition had or had not to do witli the matter; she only felt the bit ter, mortifying truth. And as she lay in helpless agony upon the way-worn, travel-soiled bed, and clasped her new born infant to her breast, her bitter self- condemuution, whether it were wise or unwise, might well have made an angel weep. John looked at the helpless young mother, as her tears watered the pillow, lashes upon the spirit of poor weeping, and a spasm of tenderness overcame his sick, and wounded Edna, and equally sordid, narrow soul. unjustified and unjustifiable whip- "Aunt Judy, what say you? Suppose lashes upon the bodies 'of the patient, we bury the hatchet 1 Suppose we own toiling, suffering oxen, Aunt Judy took up that we've all been too hasty and advantage of a lull in the tempest, acted like idiots." sprang from the wagon to the ground "I couldn't say it so far as Edna and and for a woman of her avoirdupois the I are concerned," was the calm reply, ellort was not a slight one and snatch- "Then say it, so far as I'm concerned, Ing the whip, exclaimed, in tones of de- and let it go ! I don't see what we are fi int authority: to gain by continuing this quarrel." "John Smith, I discharge you from "Then," said Aunt Judy, "will you my service, sir! This wagon is mine, let bygones be bygones? Will you for- and the oxen, the bed, aud everything get your imaginary grievances and else included." prize your wife all the more highly be- "Maybe you'd like to claim the wife cause you find that she is ready, even in and baby !" said John, with a sneer. the hour of her greatest weakness, to "I do claim them, John Smith. You choose self-abnegation rather thun pos- have outraged every law of God in your sible dishonor?" fury, and we are out of the reach of the "I didn't think of that hefore, Aniit laws of men, so I propose to protect this Judy. She is a jewel, and no mistake, sisk woman at all hazards." Shall weston nuarreline and proceed to John hung his head in silence. Idaho ?" "Give me the whip," continued Aunt "That seems to be the plan." ture, reader. We are not writing to of her life lay in tne lacs mat it was please, but to iustruct you; not to tickle Impossicle to prevail upon him to pur- your imagination, out to set you to sue tueir stuuy, thinking. The saloon and faro table hard by pos. To prevent the unpleasant results of sessed attractions which he fully appre- the possible identification of the real J ciated, and often during that first trying actors in this interesting drama, we winter of Edua's life iu Idaho iat, did purposely call places by fictitious names, the poor young mother listen in vain and assign our characters to localities till the wee, small hours of the morning that do not exist. Now hearken : tor the return of her husband from the Idaho Flat was a rocky gulch, upon haunts of vice, where the fascination of whose precipitous sides a few men had gambling became his evil genius. discovered paying "prospects" in the To be continued. early spring. A mountain stream, which we shall call John's River after Peculiarities of Horse-Oar Travel. me lasniou oi me country, mougu it VoatB,nv ,, man dressed In was not a river at all, being nothing but 00,i c(,tiies. an eve-class and a gold- a rapid-running creek that lost itself in mounted cane, and possessing altogether summer in a tributary toa largerstream a rather clerical appearance, hailed a i t tt i iewurK uveuue -car. xiicjo nan uum that d.sgorged somewhere, live or six , uaamul or particularly noticeable hundred miles below, into the current j lus except the air of lofty dignity of the Columbia, and overflowed its with which he commanded a halt, and banks iu the early spring when the the desperate ellort which lie maue 10 .. .. maintain ills center oi gravity as uu melting snows were seeking the sea L d , tue car. and revealed the fact level. Johu's Itiver gave a very meager that he was slightly inebriated. Arriv supply of water for mining purposes at ing at the door he solemnly raised his the season of the advent of Edna and ri.ghtfoottoenter.butnotraisingitqiiite liiirli aiintiirn no full lloni Mntlfr nil fllf John, but men were working like bea- L, of car Kai8iK himself up vers, iu both ellort aud numbers, iu get- with some difficulty, he cast a severely ling the "pay dirt" excavated to make reproving look at the old gentleman sit- ,,...,, ...:., nK:.. r tins; near the door, and said: ,Cuuj i auim ... .-m v.-,, w. ..3, wlmt., you this car for jst uiiujuu uesigu aim i""i'unan i""i"" as I was goiir to get in V" tions, were perched here and there upon "My dear sir, I didn't lift the car," Unnlls: tPiilH tli.it iind once been white, replied the old gentleman, meekly but had loug reveled in the creamy color " w. perhaps you didn't. J won't rf nltpmnl. tn jirrrim with n. mnn in vnllr .. .. .!... ... l....l I " ... . . in mc ini.uuuiiii uusi, ncic jjii.ich ucic condition. My amiable mend, it is my and there; pack mules, loaded with calm and deliberate 'pinion you've been looking upon the wine when it was red. Very sorry to see it in a man of your ace. wnat'd s'poseyour momer wouiti say should she see you intoxicated? My lriend, l nave sued many nitter their burdens, stretched themselves laz ily upon the hillsides; men in gum boots and gray flannel .waded iu the river bed; "saloons" and provision stores nestled together undjr the lee of some tears over such cases as yours. Yes," blasted dues, aiut a "faro bank" stood ominously near the camp where Aunt Judy decided to pitch her tent. Edna was now well and tolerably strong. Tiie baby Idaho proved au obliging immigrant, who slept almost constantly, aud there seemed nothing to hinder Edna, who, except Aunt Judy, uas the only woman iu the Flat, from building up a little fortune from the proceeds of her own labor. Years after, when she had learned by bitter experience the folly of building fortunes over wllich she was allowed uo control, she saw the folly of her young ambition, but the wisdom came loo late to furnish her material aid. John very sooti struck a bargain with Judy. "You are not tit to control a caterpillar." Johu was astounded. Hadn't Aunt Judy always plead for him before? "Then take your sat in the wagon, auntie. We've up-hill work before us for many days and nights yet." And up-hill work indeed they had. And now that she had turned against The country was new and the roads al him, what was he to do ? He had mor- most wholly unmade. The trails of tally offended Hal La Selle, so he could Indians, though very good for Cayuse not now go back to seek his assistance ponies, formed often a precarious foot and advice. Indeed, that was the last ing for the oxen and a doubly danger- thing he would have beeu willing to do, uus bed for the wagon wheels. The mountains were high aud the streams rapid; the plains were sandy, aud to all appearances, sterile; aud the wild anil strange monotony of their journey was varied only by loug trains of pack mules loaded with supplies for mouu- auyhow. "Sow, travel!" said. Aunt Judy, look ing him in the eye with a steady gaze, before which his countenance fell. John did not know what to do, aud as he stood before his fate, hesitating and helpless, his courege all oozed from his tain miners tongue and fingers' ends, what should Great phantom like frame works Edna do but, woman-like, declare her- spread their skeleton arms high in the self his sworn ally? air, bearing aloft mighty streams of wa- There are men, plenty of them, who ter for hydraulic mines, carrying the will scold, ill-treat, and sometimes even precious fluid across ravines aud gulches whip their own wives, who become vir- aml dowu into the fastnesses of the tuously and instantaneously indignant gloomy forests, where beds of golden if any other man oilers them the slight- saiids lay hidden. The great desert-like est incivility; so there are women, valley stretching afar aud anear in all plenty of them, who consider them- directions with its ash-colored verdure the adjacent mountains. A cabiu bad just been vacated on a knoll hard by, of which the women took possession, and they were soon domiciled therein in apparent comfort. T 1 1 l, ...... tn .,;.! .. n... n, ' Tn mrvre T. titfq Thf nnefnr of n n... .1.,., ,.(...,......,;....;......,:.... ;.. n, . " -. ...... -. ...omu, ... w,i,,,Uiu.c iuuluuu I., "'" church in one ot our largest cities said cabiu. "I must do something to keep to me not long ago: "I have officiated up the excitement. Suppose I turn at forty weddings since I came here, and pastry cook." ever' case' S!ive ,'e',1 J the bride 1 ivna rmnilnrr nil nu'Mli ruL niinrr laKe my advice, lt-una, and depend me(1 of ba(1 1al,it9 and fast tendencies ou John for a livelihood. He's not over never marry girls of their own sort, but ambitious, as you know, and whenever demand a wife above suspicion. Some , . , ., ,, pure, sweet wuuiiiu, tieiiL iiuui me iuuuii lliM.ni In hiKA ntlior linrdpnQ nil ' - ' . 1 1 - selves fully licensed to speak evil of their own husbauds, who will fight for them in au instant if anybody else at-I tempts to coincide with them. of sage brush, through which wild rab bits roamed; the tortuous Snake aud winding Boise Rivers, running like sit ver ribbon through the distant plain; 'AuUt Judy," cried Ji.Iua, "if you the mountains, abounding in verdant leave John, by the roadside, you must grasses aud gorgeous with floral beauty; leave me, too. Kememberyou have al- the solitary stage making its daily jour ways told me that I accepted him for uey through the arid plain, were all better 6r fir worse, and if this isn't the great helps to Edna as she lay in the 'worse' part of the bargain, I don't know how to find it." Possibly this declaration, unexpected as it was, touched John's better nature. The look of innocent injury which he wagon fighting her own battle, and re solving, with what heroism none who lias not been the tried can ktiow, that she would conquer her destiny and live according to her highest convictions of continued lie, iu a faltering voice, and pulling out his handkerchief, "I'm weeping now, as you readily observe." Whereupon he wiped his eyes with a grand flourish, blew his nose and navi gated to the other end of the car. When he reached his destination lie pulled the bell strap and started for the door. When he got about half way, aud just as he was iu front of a lady, he tripped and fell at lull length on the floor. liaising himself to a perpendicu lar, he turned to the lady, and in a tone of mingled severity and whisky said: "Madame, you've certainly- got the biggest feet I ever saw in my life." "Sir!" said the lady indignantly. "Oh, don't 'pologise, madam. I beg you uot to 'pologise. lou're not to blame for it. liut -if you would pare em down a little, 'twould be a great 'commodation to the traveling public." The lady was speechless with ludigna Touching Story. logger and arranged to haul timber tion, the passengers were convulsed, witli the jaded team of Aunt Judy from and the gentleman stalked majestically out to the door, stepped to the ground, uid immediately sat down. As the car moved away he arose, examined his clothes, looked up aud down the street, waved his Hand m an uucertain man ner, aud walked away. I of evil through the years of their girl- you begin yourself than the care of your house hood, give themselves, with all their aud family, he'll begin to lop and leau, costly dower of womanhood, into the mil vnn'll lifiv.. tbo !mr in keeping of men of base associations, "r ....... , , 1 , . 1 .. ..I, .,. . . T , , , wiiu nave leurneu iu iinuervuiuu uu unit onsense, Aunt Judy! You're per- . . M to .... ,, filul .,. feet ly absurd. John will go on with his for repentance in the sad after years work and I with mine. He'll have his There is but one way out of this that I funds and I'll have miue. Times are can see, and that is for you-the young , ii,-,. mi women of the country to require in good and gold is plenty. These miners .. ,, .,,, f ..;:, .. usairuiaiiiiii ttuu mail lac, juii,j iui are starving for a woman's cooking, purity, sobriety for sobriety, and honor livery one of 'era has been brought up lor honor. mere is no reason wny tne i.v mniiioru ntui fetors ,. who,, t ,iiu. young tueu of this Christian land i i t .i t .i i a p.ay ...y pies a.iu oreau auu uougnuuts, young women, and if the loss of your they'll buy in quantities. We'll get society aud love be the price they are rich after a vear or two. and then won't forced to pay lor vice, they will not pay t rn i.nn,o ,..i ci,n,xr 'Sr,.,ra t? .,t i, rFnrA it. I admit with sadness, that not all I mi l'niiiin tnnmnn n rn mnnlila r f fltia tuliotliur nr tint it a on r Itxni it ntror mo V" I . . . . . . . 1 u u line to Know wnai you are going but I believe there are enough earnest to get to cook out here, and what ar- thoughtful girls in the society of our rangemetrts you are going to make to country to work wonders, if faithfully , ,, ... . , , aroused. Dear girls, will you help us cook it," said Aunt Judy. ... ... name of Ghrist? Wili vou. first I'll build me a mud oven, and I'll of all, be true to yourselves tfnd God? make dried annle nies. auntie. Of so pure in your inner aud outer life that ' I ...... cl...ll I, ...... . ., ,1- ,1..,, ,!. course we wouldn't eat 'em at home, Pu" l" "" , , , ... . young men wuu wunm you associate, where wehad everyihingelse we wanted, and esneciallv those vou marrv. shall be but these miners will devour them by the same? The awful gulf of dishonor It may not he generally known, yet it is probably true, that the famous novel of East Lynn, though written In Eng land, had the ground work of its story iu a singular marriage which took place In this city, the notice and attending circumstances at the time being copied by almost every paper in the country. The matter was about as follows: A Mr. J. M., a clerk iu a down-town house, fell iu love with a young lady whose father was a well-to-do Second street merchant, and after a proper sea son of attention the couple were mar ried. They soon found out that they were not happily mated, and, after a marriage of seven years, during which time they had three children (two girls and a boy), they mutually agreed to the husbaud applying for a divorce, merely on the ground of incompatibility of 'temper. The divorce was granted, and the wife went home to her father, who, through indorsing, lost all his business and all his property. The daughter's and his own misfortuues weighed so heavily on the father's mind that during a moment of mental alienation, lie took his own life, leaving his daughter penniless, and to rough it with the cold charity of the world as best she could. The woman, a brave little creature, tried every way she knew how to gain au honest liveli hood; ;in fact, working so hard, giving music lessons, and doiug embroidery for her old schnoI-matesr that her health gave way, aud, having no money to pay her board, must beg, starve or go to the poor-house. To turn to the other side of the pic ture, the husband, after a month's re lease from the marital bonds again married, and at the time of which wo speak had not only the children of the first wife, but also an addition thereto, a little two-year-old girl by his second wife. The latter lady being ill, the hus band advertised for a uuiseand house keeper, which notice reached the eye of the nrst wife, aud she, in ner trouble, went to the former partner of her heart, told him of her sad condition, and ap plied for the position iu his household. The husband, giving her ample funds for all immediate wants, asked her to call again at his office ou tile following morning, promising to consult his wile about the matter in the meantime. Promptly, as per agreement, wife 2o. 1 was ou time, as was the husband, aud from there they went to the residence where the two wives had their urst con versation, ending in their agreement for tiie first wife to come and accept the vacant place, which she did, seemingly delighted at having a peaceful home over her head, notwithstanding the very strange circumstances under which such shelter was niveu. Necessity de manded that the entire past siiouiu be obliterated, and the new house-keeper treated as any other help; that she must care for the.children her own olfspriug and tiie other child as any hired nurse would do; that she must eat at tne sec ond table to care for her charges. All these things aud even more humility did the poor woman show, uever-a jigh, word, or look, exhibiting the least evi dence of discontent. What, however, must have been the true feeling of her heart, when seeing another filling the place that she had once tried, as she thought, so hard to fill. The above is from the hies of an old Cincinnati paper, but the sequel, as told us, by one conversant with the facts, is stranger than we have already narrated. W hen the cholera was rag' ing in our city iu 1856, the second wife was taken very ill with it, and being in formed by the physician that she could uot live but a few hours at most, as she was then taken in a collapsed condition she asked that all go out of her room excent her husband aud the house-keep er, when she told how much she dreaded leaving her little child among straugers, and as a dying wife entreated them to marry again. The proposition was a strange one, but both promised, aud in a few mouths afterward, when the sec ond wife had beeu dead a sufficient length of time not to cause remarks, the two were again married, brought together after a cruel separation of so many years, and we believe, are now living happily together iu a cosy West End house. assumed as he said, iu a despondent right, regardless of her own happiness. tone, "No, Edna; go with Aunt Judy; The days aud weeks wore ou, and the it makes no difference what becomes of long journey was near its close, ine!" would have done credit to a star A recent mining excitement had actor. broken out among the men who were Edna was in a raging fever, and con- digging for gold in myriads iu another sequently in no condition to think or part of the Territory, aud the crowd was act with judgment; yet the hereditary now assembled at Idaho Flat, disposition of woman asserted itself Let no one who reads these pages fully. ever act so insanely as to attempt to "Help me out of the wagon, John, find the geographical locality which we and lay the baby by me on the sand," have thus designated. Should he at shesaid. "If Aunt Judy discards you, tempt it, he. will surely fail, for the she must remember there are three of name is given thus on purpose to mis U8." lead him. The-place was not a flat at Had Edna's wifely fealty but asserted all, but the exact reverse. It is a ro Hself yesterday, when Aunt Judy had mance of real life that we are chroni beeu pleading for John, the dear old cling, however, aud we expect you to lady would have been thoroughly happy, studiously avoid being too inquisitive or but now she was entirely disgusted. critical about localities, identities, or "Hear anything o' that, old woman?" even facts. Not that we would mislead cried the husband, exultantly. "Maybe you about these last. Indeed, the only you'd, like,. with all your boasted love object (aside from pecuniary reasons) for Edna Rutherford, to leave her to that would induce us thus to write at starve out bore in the wilderness. "I ought to," replied Aunt Judy. "It would serve her right for being such an idiot But John, if I do allow you to go on with me, remember you are not to mistreat your wife. She has acted no bly in fleeing from the presence of Hal La Selle. The trouble with you Is that you are not capable of appreciating her motives." "I can't for the life of me see where the nobility of the motives cornea in," all, is that we may lay facts before you; facts as parables; facts as lessons; facts as they are in the every-day life of more than one woman who pursues the al lotted rounds of a- life of heroic effort, combining the heroism of a general with the wisdom of a statesman, the toil of a bondwoman with the self-abnega- tiou of a martyr, and the conscientious ness of a Christian with the lie-living existence of a hypocrite. You may not be pleased at tbe pic the wholesale." To make the "mud oven" was any thing but the romautic work that Edna had planned in the boarding school. The first attempt was a total failure, Prevention and dure. Man, to a certain extent, is a creature of circumstances. Circumstances pro duce habits, and habit is more fre quently the propelling power than fun damental truth. In view of this, it Is ilmost palpable that the. law which holds good in physical derangements is also applicable to mental aberration. Prevention is better than cure. Do we wish to prevent the evils of crime? Let us endeavor to, prevent crime. How? By training the youth to steady moral habits, and by giving them a thorough knowledge of those branches of science, literature, and the arts, which teud to impart dignity of sentiment. (Our common school system is the "lit tle leaven" that teuds toward leavening the "whole lump;" but crime can never be successfully combated until the law inaKes it a crime on the part of the par ents to bring up their children in ignor ance. 'There are hundreds of children who live within hearing of the school- bell, who are deprived of the benefit of the liberal State and governmental pro visions. They are deprived of this beu efit by those whom the law accepts as their natural protectors. "it would not be just to compel par ents to send their children to school." Far be it from me to advise a law that might mar theconsciences of good Chris tians. It is unjust to allow them to en velop their offspring in the darkness of primitive ignorance. It is uot umustto reo u ire narents to briug up their childreu to a certain de gree of proficiency in tiie brandies of most practical value in the allairs of life. Let us now turn to the maladv. But the disease is already rife; crime is doing its baleful work. A cure must be devised or the bad seed already sown ...III . : . . . . i . win ciuiiiiiue to spring up, anu decay ing, fill the moral atmosphere with stench and poison in spite of the benev olent administration of kindly acts. Those who live in malarious districts. after becoming infected with the poi-. sous so common in sucn localities, have lound it necessary to remove to a local ity where they could enjoy a pure atmosphere. '1 lie same holds good in mental aber ration; tiie criminal must be transported to a pure moral elemeut until he forms habits of industry and attains that ditr- uity of character which is a greater bar against violation of law than bars aud bolts aud prison walls. New Age. Wedding Anniversaries. Fashion has established the custom of late years of celebrating certain anni versaries of tiie marriage, these being named as follows: The celebration at the expiration of . I. . i'. . ; ii l . i . . , me iirsi year is caneu me cotton wed ding ; at two years comes the paper ; at turee, tne leather: at the close of five years comes the wooden; aud at the tenth comes the tin. At twelve years the silk and line linen; at fifteen the crystal wedding. At twenty, the friends gather with their china, and at twenty live the married couple that have beeu true to their vows fora quarter of a cen tury are rewarded with silver gifts. From this time forward the tokens of esteem become rapidly more valuable. When the thirtieth anniversary is reached they are presented with pearls; at the fortieth comes the rubies; and at the fiftieth occurs the glorious golden wedding. Beyond that time the aged couple are allowed to enjoy their many years in peace. If, however, by any pos sibility they reach the seventy-fifth an niversary, they are presented with the rarest gifts to be obtained at the cele bration of their diamond -wedding. In issuing the invitations for celebrating these anniversaries, it is customary to print them on a material emblematical of the occasion. Thus thin wood, leather, cloth, tiu foil, silver and gold paper, aud other materials are btought into use. ut course, those who accept such invitations and partake of the hospital ities of the hostess, are expected to con tribute to the collection of gifts that will grace that occasion. is close beside your leet, and in it fath era, brothers, lovers, aud sons are going down. Will you not help us in our great work?" ; A Boy's Sad Fate. A boy about 13 After a vast amount of mortar-mixing, years old has for the p'ist three mouths that caused her hands to chap aud bleed w"u.g 'r ? iame si.uejnah.er u . , . . ..... . Gratiot street, but was thrown out of a and her temper to exhibit none, of the ,ob and upon a coId word yesterday mildest of its phases, the mass of mud through no fault of his. The shoemaker and rock was shaned into a sort of hoi- sent mm down town to hear "the lat low dome, which was filled with com bustibles and fired. The heat was too strong and too sudden, and the unweildy mass cracked wide open, still further taxing Edua's temper, and causing sev- est," and the lad consulted a bulletin board, and went back aud said: Kellogg says that Louisiana is sure for Hayes by 8,000." "wood!" chucKieii tne snoemaKer; "that defeats Tilden!" In about an hour he sent the boy down eral days' delay. Then the experiment again, and the lad reported bf firing the oven was repeated, but "Wade Hampton carries South Caro with greater skill, and the first dozen of '"ja-" tempting, crispy pies that were exhib ited upon a rougii table covered with old nevrspapere broughf a price that well repaid the tired caterer for all her trou ble. For a few weeks all went well. Then a drizzling rain made logging in the Thunder! that elects Tilden!" growled the old man, and he threw down his lap-stone in a rage. A third time me uoy was sent lor news, and this time lie reported: "Florida Democratic, jN'ew lork lie publican, aud both parties claiming the election!" "You are discharged you are not re- Among the anecdotes of George Sand with which the Paris papers have been recently filled, the following is quite piquant: "In the modest dwelling at Nohant, where she died, her hospitality was not tnorcdelicate than ample, aud it not uutrequently happened that a guest arrived aud made himself at home without having any claim upon the au thor of 'Mauprat' stronger than the friendly commendation or an acquaint ance. One day such a visitor arrived call him Bakor and from the moment ho crossed the threshold comported himself with altogether Egyptian ease. He was passionately addicted to cab bage, aud iustructed the cook to prepare for dinner on the day of his arrival au immeuse dish of that vegetable, which he conscientiously devoured. Next day there was cabbage in the soups and cab bage in the stew, and by the third day the whole culinary department was con ducted ou the basis of cabbage. Tbe mistress ot the household, not a little surprised, made inquiries, and discov ered that M. iiakor was responsible for the revolution. After a week's stay, the guest announced his intention of depart ing, and just beiore starting wailed upon his hostess to present his respects. He found her in the garden the kitchen garden. 'Madam,' he said, 'may I not hope that, after having been the guest ol so distinguished an entertainer, I shall not be siill'ered to depart without a souvenir of the visit, c -Madam band looked at him with surprise; and then, inspired witli a wicked idea, called the cardener 'Baptiste!' The gardener hastened to ner. 'Witli pleasure,' she said to M. iiakor; adding to the gar dwier, 'Baptiste, one of your finest cab' bages for this gentleman.' " mountains difficult, and John Smith liable!" roared the old man, but yet the lounged for a day or two around the cabin, watching Edna's financial ex ploit with evideut relish. Then he be gan to sell pies and pocket the change, Edna did not remonstrate. She had never intended to have interests sepa- lad had closely consulted the "latest dispatches." Detroit Free Press, Two persons were once disputing so loudly on the subject of religion that they woke a large dog that had been sleeping near them, and he forthwith Yt Al rvi not furlrvllali At rit tSif tnn rate from her husband, and was very preseuti wl)0 nay been quietly sipping giau iu see uim uneresieu in ner worn, i ins tea while me disputants were lalK After a while winter came and the oxen were pastured iu a neighboring valley. Edna had brought her bus baud's law books from her former home, ing, gave the dog a kick and exclaimed: "Hold your tongue, you silly brute, you know no more about it than they do." and one of the bitterest disappointments 1 ciples A pickpocket works on abstract prin Don't Like to Tell Before Folks. A horny-handed phrenologist iu a west end grocery store of Madison, Wiscon sin, tne other evening, placed his baud uu a menu's head and said: "Bill, do you want to know your ca pacity and perceptibleness?" "Yes, if I've got any," was the renly. "Well, then," replied the phrenolo gist, "I place the tip of ray thumb about the center of the ear, thus: then I extend my fingers around the posterior portion, called in phrenoloev the occi put; then I join the tips of the fingers of botn nanus, and endeavor to bring the thumb tips together, but the thumbs don't meet by good gracious !" At this point the phrenologist looked puzzled and gazed up at the ceiliug gravely. "(Jut with it I am prenared to hear the very worst," said Bill. But the phrenologist said he'd have to tell him privately, and took him out and up the street till near a saloon door. wuen tie paused auu whispered in Bill's ear: "You've got a powerful brain a now. ful intel leek, and orto be in Concress in stead oi usiug a uammer." Hill dragged his friend into a saloon and called for "the best in the house.' They drank, and Bill asked: "Why didu't you tell me in the pres ence of those men in the grocery ?" ".Because," said the phrenologist, "I Knew meyu can me a looi." An exchange, describing the habits of the stickleback as viewed iu the aqua rium, says: "The habits of the female stickleback would satisfy the strongest opponent. of woman's rights, for she grows very fat, never assumes the brill iancy of the male fish and remains at home occupied with domestic cares." Teach a child that there is harm in everything, however intiocent, and as soon as he discovers the cheat he vnl see no sin in anything. That's the rea son deacon's sous seldom turn out well, and preacher's daughters are married tnrougn a window. Had Been There. Yesterday as a pale-laced, hollow-eyed raau was walk ing along using a cane to support his leebie steps, a pedestriau halted him readied out a hand, aud said: "Why, Tom, is this you ?" "Yes, it's me," was the mournful re ply. "And what's the matter?" "I'm all run down, and I've lost my place." "Lost it? How? Been discharged ? "Yes,"' sadly replied the poor man "I'm looking rorajob now." "I know a coal dealer who wants driver," suggested the friend. "No good no good," with a mourn ful shake of the head. "I've been to two or three, and as soon as they found that my weight was down to one bun dred and twenty pounds they turned right away from me. Coal is dowu, you know, aud they have to make it up in me weignc oi ine driver." Seasons Why "Women Are Invalids. !rv nrofpsslonai work-cives mean op portunity of seelug real borne life, and T no Innirer wonder that three-fourths of all sickness is among women aud children. This is not due to any Inherent weaK- ness among women, but to the many hours of hard work which devolve upon them, or rather, which they take upon themselves. Let us briefly consider tbe difference in the hours of labor between men and women. 1 refer to that large proportion of our population who labor either on the farm or in the work-shop and store, and the wives of such men. A mechanic works irom eigno to ten hours a day, while his wife works from early dawu uutil late at night. The hour or more at mid-day is 10 me man a time ot rest, wuen me wne tases her place at the dinner-table, it Is with weariness too creat for taking food, aud she makes tea or cofiee.supply.its place. Mechanics have also the eveulug, wtieu they go out to meet other men, aud talk of the political allairs of the day, or listen to less valuable conversation at tbe corner crocerv. The wife has the childreu to care for, to work for, to feel anxious about. With farmers mere is less difference in regard to evening du ties, but generally we find the mother planning to relieve "lamer anu ine boys" by milking the cows, feediug pigs, chickens, etc. When, at last, the tired mother seeks her couch, the acb init back and sides prevent sleep. If the childreu are sick, it is the mother who rises to take care of them, oiteu doing this without nuttinc'on extra clothing, or even protecting the feet from the cold floors. Can such mothers have healthy chil dren? This is a question of vital Im portance, aud it ought, to oe uruugnb so piaiuly before the people that they can uot fail to- understand it. Ouce, these questions were only discussed in medi cal works; but now we fiud large, re fiued, aud intelligent audiences listen ing decorously to those subjects which, a few years ago, were merely hinted at iu our public prints. We need not expect healthy children until our mothers cease working beyond their strength. When I appeal to them, I am met with the assertion that it is necessary. They have uot meaus to en able them to hire their work done. You will fiud, in the work-shop and on the farm, every labor-saving machine, while the wife iscousidered recklessly extrav agant if she has a clothes-wringer and sewing-machine. This state of affairs is uot due solely to the inherent selfish ness of men. Womeu must bear a great part of the blame. From the cradle boys are waited upon by their mothers aud sisters. They grow up, seeing a constaut elfort'ou the part of women to sacrifice themselves to the comfort of fathers, brothers, aud husbands. This is radically wrong. Mothers! for the sake of wives that are to be, teach your boys not only how to save making work, but how to help do work. It may give you more trouble at fiist than to lo it yourself; but mere is a principle uvolved which it is your duty to ob serve, liducate your sons iu me an ot seeing and observing. So many good men cannot see that tueir wives are working their health aud strength away. Ihey do not see me empty wood-box or coal-hod, the water-pan, or worrying child. They may hear tha child from behind their paper, aud wonder why its mother allows it to cry and interfere with the pleasure of their reading. There is a held tor missionary worK among the sous who are growing up. See to it, womeu, mat you do uot neg lect tills, for it is not a small matter. The future welfare of our country de pends upon tbe health and strength of the people. Dr. Mary D. Little, in Woman's Journal. Good Besolntions. Persons of gentle and yielding dispo sitions are startled when they come in contact with a rugged nature and iron will. For there are these giants or nu rannity who shape their resolves as the furnace and trip-hammer shape masses of metal. They bear down all opposi tion, compelling weaker spirits into compliance. Yet the power aud tenacity or purpose that surprise temperaments of a finer, frailer mold do not belong ex clusively to the bold and the great, for even the most unobtrusive persons are capable of it at times. it is a trait ot character in men to form their resolutions with fervor and impetuosity: but the milder and quieter spirit of woman comes silently aud al most unconsciously icr determinations that are uot shaken or altered by the wear and tear of even a whole life-time. Man is gifted with strength, woman with endurance. The difficulty for dis positions of average power and perse verance is found, not so much iu coming to a resolution of sufficient inteusity, but in keeoiuir it lorany Ieugth of time. The smooth water of an Alpine fountain may be frozen into a mass as hard, ap parently, as class; but the hot rays of summer soften it until it yields gradu ally, and at length finally melts away altogether, iiad Habits laKe a long time totorm.and mey cannot oemrown off without exertion. The good habit wliich replaces them cauonly be formed by a repetition of good acts. Drops of water tailing irom me root oi a cave form, in the course of time, a stalactite, bright and strouc to behold. The pro cess, though, of this wonderful forma tion is slow and barely perceptioie. o do single small acts or' our will form themselves by repetition into lasting aud uushaken habits. Mrs. Kimberly, the woman who has a stock farm iu Iowa, has taken dver i3,uuu worth ot premiums this fall on ner siock. Mount Ararat. The present fash ion of mountain-climbing counts an other triumph. Mount Ararat has been successfully ascended by Mr. Bryce, of Lincoln's Inn. Thl3 is believed to be either the third or fourth ascent, the first having been made by Parrot, in 1S34, and the second by Abich, iu 1850. The mountain is 17,212 feet in height, aud the last 4,000 feet had been climbed alone, the Cossack escort refusing to go further. The Armenians of the neighborhood believe the mountain to be inaccessible, and insist that Noah's ark still remains upon the summit. As mountains go, however, Ararat is not a particularly hard climb. The. peak is sugar loaf peak, of volcanic origin, and covered with snow. A number of married women of Cam bridgeport, Mass., have formed a club for perfecting themselves in cookery. Our greatest glory is not in never fall ing, but in rising every time we fall,