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Your Ob't Servant.
I'VE Wait for an Answer. ,

Under this head the New York Stand
ard takes occasion to make a covert
attack on Mrs. Stanton and Miss An
thony, on account of sympathy alleged
to have been manifested towards Laura
ID. Fair, now under sentence of death for
shooting Mr.. Crittenden, a lawyer of
eminence, who had deserted his wife
and family, and had, for years, given
himself, soul and body, to the woman
who finally avenged not only her own
wrongs, but the wrongs of his wife, by
meteing to him his just reward. 1t is
not our intention to justify Mrs. Fair in
her act, but that Crittenden met fate
he richly deserved no one will deny.
Had Mrs. Crittenden shot both Mrs.
Fair and her recreant and most guilty
husband, the world would have upheld
her We have here to do simply with
the Standard in regard to the article
under the above caption. 1t may per-
haps appear n hard thing for a wOman's
paper to utter; but if the editor of the
Standard We're a woman, and had some
spite towards the ladies against whom il
makes repetition of a slanderous report,
we would account for the presence of that
article in its columns
But what motive the editor of the
Standard could have in giving further
circulation to a matter calculated to cast
a shadow on the proceedings of two
ladies whose conduct and motives have
always been, and now are, above suspic-
ion, we are at n loss to guess. We must
reiterate that that article appears to us
the fruit of longing desire or hope that
the ladies named may have done some
thing censurable, and worthy of wither-
ing rebuke. To throw the shadow of a
doubt on these women is a crime against
all society, as well as against the noble.
fearless women themselves. To utter a
falsehOOd, and then apologize and con-
tradict it, is no compensation to the in
jured party, nor yet to public morality.
which is outraged thereby. To publish
malignant falsehOOd, and qualify il
with feeble, languidly expressed hope
that it may be a mistake, or malicious
misrepresentation of the press, should be
poor consolation to n conscience not
wholly scared by its own lascivious and
free-love doctrines and practices.
We maintain that visit to the pris-
Oner, man or woman, incarcerated for
crime, of whatever character, is always
/ in order with really virtuOus and honor
able women. If Jesus fOrgave the wom-
an taken in adultery, and said to the
| thief on the cross, "TlIis day shalt thou
/ be with me in Paradise" we should like
/ to know what there is, or can be crimi-
nal, or needing any answer or eXplana-
ton in the visit of two respectable, in.
telligent ladies, with worldwide repu.
tatiOn for ability and purity of life, t.
the cell of the vilest creature alive fol
the purpose of coincidence, or any otheI
purpose such women could 20 for?
We wait for an answer also. w,
would like to know when the writer q
that article became possessed of TN
immaculate virtue that SCOTS AT svmDa
thy with the fallen, and whether sIIcI
virtue would not be more seemIv If
little less Ostentatious.-ReU
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The Oregon Statesman, in discussing
the question of woman suffrage, at
tempts to palm Off nearly a column. of
special pleading on its readers for
argument against the measure, the fol-
lowing sentence from which is fair
specimen:
1--WE believe in treating woman with
all the consideration she can reasonably
demand, but We are not prepared 70
force political privileges upon her
against her will
OF course men are to be the only
Judges a to what shall constitute her
reasonable demands. Women, like
slaves, must be passive. The hypOcrit-
zeal talk about forcing political prlvll-
eyes on woman against her wilp' Is too
bald and transparent to require note or
comment to make it apparent to ordi-
narily intelligent readers. y novice in
governmental requirements would nat
urally conclude, on reading that class oi
American newspapers of which the
Statesman is type, that voting was
compulsory; that the citizen 10 whom
the "privilegeu was granted had nc
alternative but to devote his time To
politics, day and night, weekdays and
Sundays, to the exclusion Of other bust
ness matters-attend caucuses, 20 to the
polls on election days at the risk OF ilit
or limb, or be fined and imprisoned foi
neglect of political duties. Every STATE
and National election demonstrates thai
armies of voters neglect to vote; and Sc
long as masculines exclusively shal
continue to engineer our political sys
tenn, by which thieves, roughs and row
! dies exercise a acontrOlling influence, botl
at conventions, caucuscs and the polls
so long will the better classes eontinur
to absent themselves from the polls
and will only interest themselves il
political matters when to do so in tn
interest Of personal friends or for loca
improvements
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servant had been spying out my move

servant had been spying out my move
ments.
"Nanettel what are you doing here?"
'Indeed, ma'am, Pll leave your house
this very night! A woman who meets
respectable men out at night TO talk
about babies they had before marriage
amt fit company for a young woman
who has a character to sustain. will
go right straight to Mrs. Armstrong
and get place, and when tell her what
Pve seen tonight there won't be no
row Oh, nor'
II am ashamed, good reader, to con-
fess TO you that 1 grew angry, but 1
did. Here was an impudent, ignorant
quadroon who had dogged my footsteps
to get material for false accusations,
and when caught in the disreputable
act she had the unblushing audacity to
threaten to leave and expose 1oOnldH,
whom she accused of wickedness, and
go to the house of the respectable
man, whom she adjudged an accomplice,
because she had a character to MAIN
tain!
was so indignant that l did not
stOop TO refute her charges, but gave
her a lesson upon the importance of
minding her own business which, if |
had only been prudent enough to have
said in gentleness, could doubtless have
satisfied the girl and made her my fast
friend. Better and wiser people than
myself have made just such ridiculous
mistakes.
would not let her remain with me
till morning, but commanded her to
pack up and put Off in hurry, which
command she obeyed, vowing vengeance
in a way that would have seriously dis
/ turbed me, had / not been so conscious
of my own rectitude and her audac-
ity that / did not care a fig for her
! falsehoods.
Entering my little parlor l dropped
my trembling frame into chair.
Feathery rays of moonlight tangled
themselves in the vines and lattice, and
strayed through the trailing tendrils OF
the sleeping morning glories. The hal
lowed stiffness of the night was broken
by a screech OWLS note, whose warning
carried me, as if by magic, away through
the long, dead years, back TO the forest
of the long ago, where the same sound
had Jared me. Clasping my hands
tightly over my throbbing temples, /
leaned back in the chair and sat there
thinking, thinking, thinking.
y darkness that could be felt encom-
passed me; F; magnetic chills ran through
my veins; a mellow light gradually
acquired form and substance, and a be-
nevolent face, with long, white beard
and beaming eyes, stood out in bold re-
lief.
"a soft answer turneth away wrath,
but greyious words stir up anger"
These were the words ! heard, and
while L looked and listened the figur,
vanished, the bright light and inky
darkness disappeared, and i'm my soul
as in the olden time, the sweet and sol
emn promise, 'Tll explain" attuned it.
self to melody.
tn fa conffnuedA
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Receipts.

BeJ PaddHg.- the beef; Sc
lecting nice tender pieces, and to every
hundred-Welght allow seven pounds of
salt, two ounces of saltpetre. one and a
half pounds of brown sugar and four
gallons of water In the bottom of the
tub place the pieces you intend for dried
beef, then over them pack the other
meat. Watch it carefully, and when
vOu find that meat and seasoning seem
well incorporated take out the drying
pieces and hang up. To the liquor add
a little more salt, and let the other
pieces remain until wanted. The dried
beef can be smoked as you do hams, if
preferred; but it is more delicate when
that is omitted.
Bread and Butter P,tddm5.-Make
a batter of five eggs and pint OF milk;
add little salt before the eggs are put
in. Have several slices of bread about
as thick as for tOasting, and spread but
ter thickly on them. Butter pudding
dish, and put in n layer of bread and
butter, then raisins and currants and
another LAYER of bread and butter, until
the dish is nearly three-quarters full.
Flavor the butter with nutmeg; pour
over, and bake till its seems firm and
done Eat with sauce.
BAKED Tomatoes.-Take large toma-
toes, make hole in the ends, fill with
bread crumbs well seasoned with butter,
pepper and salt. Set them in dripping
pan and bake.
Street Tomato PickLc.-Take ripe
tomatoes, wash and slice them. Seven
pounds of tomatoes, three pounds of
sugar, one pint of vinegar; boil till done.
Put in a stone pot and cover well.
Canned Pedrs.-Pare and halve them,
and to pound of fruit take a quarter OF
a pound of sugar and several pieces OF
ginger rOOt-the latter improves the
flavor, taking away the tiashy, insipid
taste. Fill the cans, and let them boil
gently ten minutes, or stew them in
| kettle, and pour into jars boiling hot. II
there is not sufficient syrup, fill up with
boiling water.
Another way is to pare them carefully,
taking care to leave ON the stems. Half
the quantity of sugar as fruit; boil till
tender. Put the fruit in cans while very
hot. Seal quickly as possible.
Canning Tomatoes. -Scald them, in
order to remove the skins, stew them
perfectly as for table, JgitbOUt sat, fill the
= cans with pulp, leaving out much of the
water, and seal hot.
Another way is to remove the skins in
the usual manner, scald them gently, but
not enough to have them fall in pieces
; put them one by one in the cans, and fill
r up with the juice. When wished fol
table, slice them carefully, and season
with pepper, vinegar, salt, etc, as YOU
: would fresh tomatoes.
To Wash WundOirs.-Wash well Will
2 soap suds, rinse with warm water, rul
D dry with linen and finish by polishing
. with soft dry paper. \ fine polish il
given to window glass by brushing owe
with paste of whiting; let it dry; rul
= off with paper or cloth, and with a clean
dry brush remove every particle of tn,
, whiting from the corners.
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One Hour.
SscEIBED TO Z. ". =.

A-fs'NAsAAtA--f ~ L. w. 80
Behold. at last, my chanseful fate!
should not think Of thee, know;
But whittier can my lone heart go,
In all this wide world desolate?
Ny early love, lifi up thy brow;
Embalmed in many secret tear,
We have been silent many year;
O. let US speak together now.
lis but 3ittle boon 7 ask
For one who wanders, con amOre,
And loves 10 seek a novel shore;
Il Will not be a dreary task.
There is a place-a lonely spot
Beside wild, sequestered sea;
Go there sometime and think OF me,
And mourn an hour our severed lot.
They'll point thee out spot where oft.
In pensiye mein and thoughtful mood.
Fun many time maiden stood,
When ships were sending lights aloft.
Ny spirit IN that place you'll find;
The tinted shells upon the shore
All knew of me in days Of yore:
The rocks and trees were never blind.
Fit place for loves Young dream is this:
4 pleasing music nils the air:
The sailing moon east anchor there;
The streaming stars all weep for bliss.
An ancient pair, the sea and strand;
He, hoary headed, Speaketh sweet,
And checks for her his battling feet,
And smOOthes her wrinkles with his hand.
Seek then, my love, but once that sea,
And out upon the cliffs dark brow
Regret, one hour, the broken vow.
And consecrate that hour 10 me-
MINNIE VI. MILLER.
SALEM, Oregon.
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g. B. b., JacksonvilIe: Yes.

Madame Jeanette Power, one of the
most eminent feminine naturalists of the
day, has recently deceased in France.
She was known as the discoverer of the
secret of the manner i'm which the shell
OF the nautilus is formed, and her exper-
iments upon the subject are among the
most curious of the age. 1t is to Mad
anne Power that we owe, likewise, the
invention of the aquarium. She was
much esteemed in the scientific world. n
member of most Of the European acadia
mics Of science, and held grade of hiph
distinction at the Academy of Brussels
and, withal, so truly feminine anc
simple-hearted that all this honor ant
glory was freely given.
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THE OLD-FASHIONED MOTHER
Thank God some of us have an old
fashioned mother. Not woman of the
period, enambled and painted, with her
great chignOn, her curls and hustle;
whose white, jeweled hands never have
felt the clasp of baby fingers; but dear,
old-fashioned, sweet-vOiced mother, with
eyes in whose clear depths the lOve-light
shone, and brown hair, threaded with
silver, lying smooth upon her faded
cheek. Those dear hands, worn with
toll, gently guided our tOttering steps in
childhood, and smOOthed our pillow in
sickness; even reaching out to us in
yearning tenderness, when her sweet
spirit was baptized in the pearly spray OF
the river.
Blessed is the memory Of an Old-fash-
iOned mother. 1t floats to Us now, like
the beautiful perfume of some woodland
blossom. The music of other voices
may be lost, but the enhancing memory
of hers will echo in our souls forever.
Other faces will fade away and be for
gotten, but hers will shine on until the
light from heavens portals shall glorify
our own. When in the fitful pauses Of
busy life our feet wander back to the old
homestead, and, crossing the well-wOrn
threshold, stand once more in the low,
quaint room, so hallowed by her pres
ence, how the feeling of childish inno-
cence and dependence comes over us, and
we kneel down in the molten sunshine.
streaming through the western window
just where long years ago we knelt by
our mother knee, lisping "Our Father.H
How many times when the tempter lures
us on has the memory of those sacred
hours, that mothers words, her faith
and prayers, saved US from plunging
into the deep abyss of sin! Years have
filled great drifts between her and Us,
but they have not hidden from our sight
the glory of her pure, unselfish love-
Selected
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TO be continued.J
CORRESPONDENCE.

This department of the New NORTH
WEST is to be a general vehicle for ex-
change Of ideas concerning any and all
matters that may be legitimately dis
cussed in our columns. Finding ii practi-
cally impossible TO answer each cores
pondent by private letter, we adopt this
mode of communication TO save our
friends the disappointment that would
otherwise accrue from our inability to an
swer their queries. We cordially invite
everybody that has a question to ask, a
suggestion to make, or scolding to give
to contribute to the Correspondents
Column.
G. B. B., Jacksonville Yes.
w. r. B., Harrisburg: Your remit
tance received all right. Have not time
at present to answer by private letter
but will take pleasure in doing so as soon
as opportunity offers.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. NJ, Salem: Should think
you would do well in Portland giving q
course of lectures. You should be pre-
pared, however, to extend your lecturinl
tour TO other points. You certainly
would have a good audience here. Hops
we shall be able to answer you privately
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How WOMEN WILL VOTE.-A cotem-
porary speaking of woman's deadly hate
to the whisky traffic and how they
sometimes depOrt themselves on trying
occasions, relates how several women in
a certain town in Ohio took it upon
themselves, recently, to close the gin
mills, and, assembling in squads, they
betook themselves TO the taverns, and
quietly sat down with their knitting the
whole day, working and talking uneon-
cernedly. Husbands and brothers came
in Unawares, and of coures did not drink
under such circumstances, and the re-
form has proved lasting. The query is
would these women, if allowed the usS
Of the ballot, duplicate the vote of their
husbands, or vote according to their own
Judgment as to the pressing necessities
OF the case and the hour ?-P;oneer.
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WOMAN UNDER THE LAWS OF
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

OLYMPIA, w. T., Sept. Goth, 1871.
Ms. A. j. D,milCdy-Maddm:-I
have read with interest several numbers
of your excellent paper, and have felt as
if l should be glad to contribute a mite
in assisting the good work of reforming
our laws, so as to place our feminine popu-
lation in not less eligible position than
the harder sex.
Ihave not seen any criticism upon the
almost universal system of legislation,
on the exemptiono of property from exc
cution for debt, wherein there is nearly
always partiality against the widow and
in favor of the husband and wife. For
instance, in this Territory, man, mar
ried or unmarried, as a professional
man is entitled to q library and other
property to the value of hundreds of
dollars, which cannot be taken for debt; I;
whereas the widow and children of such
man are deprived of any such eXemp-
ton in their favor. The working of the
law is thus: \ red-gloved lawyer or ply
sician with library worth $500, and
wardrobe worth $500, may settle in this
Territory and get i'll debt to "A widow for
washing and ironing his clothes, and
not one cents worth of his $500 worth
of property can she claim. But let her
call the physician when half . dozen
children are sick of measles, and his
charge of IS ervisit holds half the value
of her small property of $500 liable for
his debt.
l have not had occasion to examine
the statutes of other Territories or States
on this coast, but 1 imagine u similar
state of case will be found to exist in
others. You will find what have stat
ed on pages IS, 81, IS of statutes pub
lished in 1863.
This letter is not for publication, bu
merely to suggest what you may no
have noticed and assist you in preparin;
a suitable article on this subject. 1t i
by calling public attention to thes
wrongs that a correction of the aLus
may be expected.
With sentiments of respect am
Your Ob't Servant, H.
. =. :. You can can see the hardship
wrought against the widow of a lawye
or physician. While he is alive and abb
to assist his wife in the rearing and edu
cation of the family, they are favore
f with an exemption of 500 or more; tn
f moment she becomes a widow, and whe
she most needs help and protection, tn
law withdraws and deprives her and he
+ children of the benefit of this exemI
ton, when every consideration for char
ity and humanity would say that sh
should rather have increased than dimin
/. islIed protection.
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A convention Of scientific agricultural
gentlemen has been in session in Chi
cago, attended by some forty delegates
from most of the Northern and Western
States. At this convention Prof. Welch,
of the Iowa Agricultural College, said
the woman question had never been a
matter of doubt with him, and in one
respect it had been entirely successful.
The element introduced by women into
schools was one which had made gov
ernment most easy. The proposition to
admit women into agricultural colleges
was favorably commented upon.
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Hon. ALBERT HAGAN.-The Woman
Suffragists of this State will not be
ilkely to forget that at the very outset
IN Mrs. Van Valkenberg's registration
suit, Judge Hagan made a free offer of
his services to conduct that suit, and did
the same ably. Failing to gain favor
able verdict in the District Court, he
promptly offered, gratuitiOusly, to plead
the ease before the Supreme Court of this
State Ito which the plaintiff had decided
to carry it,. This generous courtesy on
the part of Judge Hagan makes it easy
and possible to bring the question OF
woman right to vote under the l4th and
] 18th amendments TO the Constitution to
a speedy trial. 1t will be argued at the
| October term of the Court, and we shall
await the result with great interest.
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dled down to a very small affhir.

uleu uOWu 10 very sIllau aildlT.
For this very reason the greatest care,
theseverest economy, shouldbe bestowed
upon its management. For this reason
the people of this State should never rest
until the work of the last Legislature be
undone and the 500, 900 acres restored to
the irreducible school fund, where the
people placed it by the adoption of our
Constitution. 7. w. DAVENPORT.
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JUDITH REID;
a Plain Story Of a Plain Woman.

Entered, according TO the Act Of Congress, in
the year lS7l, by Mrs. A. J. Duniway, in the
Office ofthe Librarian OF Congress at Washing
ton City.l
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A young man charged with being lazy
was asked If he took il from his father.
"I think not" was the reply; "father's
got all the laziness he ever had"
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Abraham Lincoln, being annoyed on
one occasion by afiddler, who persisted i'm
playing In front of his house, sent him
OUT dollar, with the message that one
scraper was enough at the door.
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IWO-thirds of the women in lunatiC
asyIums are wives of farmers.
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Young ladies suffering from a pain
in the side may relieve.it by wearing q