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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-07-13
The Family Alter.

ne throne Oi peace III INC uouoeuolu
is close behind the lily altar If this
alter of worship is sacredly guarded. the
smile of God pours light through all the
house. Let us look in at the hour Of
morn ing prayer. Father, mother. chill
dren, guests, and servants, (if possible)
are assembled. We are not dreaming of
an immaginary family, therefore we will
not suppose that II have come in de-
vout frame of mind Tie earliest conven-
lent hour will still leave time enough for
some vexations to have ruffled the spirit.
A sleep!ess night. the 'aten' IS of servants,
fretfu lness o f oh idren, cares of breakfast,
the clamorous demand of the coming days
work-thesc are some of numberlsss 9th
er annoyaDces. to say nothing Of inward
faults that begin early in tho day, but
they teach US that the throne of grace is
needed early.
Now, bring all these hearts togsther
be fore God Let The time be SO regard
ed, whe Their long or short. that there
shall be no hurry. A single verse from
the Word of God. quietly read or repeat
ed and thought upon, is worth more than
the whole chapter dished through in
haste Ten minutes for the whole SER
vice, with the feeling that the time is
uncllalenged by any thought or duty, is
better than half an hour snatched by vi
olencs from other engagements. What
ever other hours of the day may be dis
turbed, let there be peace now. for this
the fountain ofpsace for tho whole day.
A fter the lesson from the Word, do
not fail to sing. You haven't time ?
The doxolgy can be sung to Old Hundred
in one minute without hurryinge You
could sing at least one verse. Would 1t
not be better to shorten the prayer for
one minute than to omit singing? There
is such an inspiring and harmonzing eff
in uniting the voices in good hymn.
The fact that itseems nsisteht with
the furry with which many begin every
day, is one reason why it should be insis-
ted on. It's measured flow is antidote
to nervous haste. Especially is the hymn
needed for the children. AS often as
possible sing one that the youngest can
understand. twill hallow the family
altar for the child.
Do not forge your children in your
prayer If you are father, you aEe, in
a sense, priest to your house. You
bring to the mercy seat wants that are
not strickly your own Idensfy your
self with these for whom you intercede
Take their wan is and sins upon your own
heart. Lift the ir hearts with yours up
to the peaceful commun ion with God.
This will bless the day. This will bring
peace to your house.
Yet the fam lily altar is dependant on
the closet. Thence bring the incense for
the morning Offering No family cere-
mony can produce household piety unless
the individuals are in communion with the
Most High. Concentrated eoldness is
not religious ferver. Let secret prayer
be preparation for the worship Of the
household, and the house shall be tenn
pie for the God of peace.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-07-13

GEE the advertisement of
y Nelson 4 Co., in ansther colunn.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-07-13

ID WINCHESTER BREWERY
Water street. Winchester. Va.
UPERIOR CREAM, xxx, STOCK ALE &c.
THE BESTIN MARKET.
Prices low as any in the State. je24, '69-Iy
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-07-13

F'sH.
I-have now made arrangements to open
the spring FISH trade in Woodstock, and will
deal in meme other but Strictly
PRIME NO FISH,
which will be sold in barrels half barrels and
hundreds ct the lowest
CASH PRICE.
The first run Of fish is inveriahe the BEST
andscHEAPEsT.
Hand in your orders early and secure a
good article
mar 30 IT, W. G. BARRON,
Dealer
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Ghe Sheaandoa h raid

Rates0f Advertising. VI
Transient advertising inserted at the rate of 81
per Square, ten lines Of this typc.) The rates Of
three months and upwards, will be found ir The
following table:
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Special Notices inserted at 20 conts per line
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-11
MUTUAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION.

The time has gone by when persons of
ordinary business sagacity cavil against
the benefits of life insurance. Ii is
equally obligatory upon the husband
and the wife to make provision during
life for the family that is liable at any
moment to be deprived of one of the
main stays of the household. The father
who is left at home with family of lit
tie children is in reality left in a far
more helpless condition than the mother
who is so bereaved. Therefore it is nee
essary that the mother, as well as the
father, have a life assurance policy, or,
what is equivalent, an interest in mu-
tual relief association, which, by the
payment Of an inconsiderable sum year
ly, secures to the heirs of the assured a
sum of ready money, at the time when,
Of all other times, such sum is most need
ed. In these mutual relief associations
no one ever receives a benefit beyond
that received by every individual menu
Der.
The plan l. cheap and safe, and insures
to people of moderate means aa oppor-
tunity to secure benefits while the more
expensive modes of life assurance are
beyond their reach.
Under the mutual relief association
plan any person over eighteen and un-
der sixty may become a member.
The annual payments range from three
to nine dollars, according to the age of
the member at the time of joining the
society. Thus: Persons under 30 years
at the time of joining pay a fee Of s. 90,
and an annual payment Of 50 90 each
year thereafter; over so and under S5,
81 90; over 80 and under 40, s. 90; and
so on. These annual payments are not
raised above the first payment made
when joining. Upon the death Of any
member Of a class each survivor pays
the sum of 81 90 TO the heirs of the de-
ceased
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-11

engaged in great national lawsuit
bribery, corruption, fraud and intrigue
being the order Of the day. Justice may
cry out for shame, while Virtue weeps
and Liberty bewails the departed glory
of national honor.
How long, as a nation, are we to en-
dure all this? Certainly the times are
rife for new political organization; one
which shall be established on basis of
the fundamental principles of equality,
justice and fraternity, which shall ig-
more alike the aristOcracy of sex, the
corruption of political intrigues and the
demoralizing influence of corrupt cor
poratiOns.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-11
MRS. G0RDON'S LETTER OF AO-
CEPTATI0N.

To the Officers and Members Of the San
Joaquin Go. W. S. association, Stock
ton, CdI.-FfieRds: =
The letter of your worthy Secretary
containing the information that YOU
would be pleased to honor me with the
nomination for State Senator for San
Joaquin county is received. | should
indeed be unworthy your expressed con-
fidence, and the high compliment paid
me by the proffered nomination, were |
to decline accepting it, though cannot
but regret that at this time your choice
has not fallen upon another than my
self. But / have learned from years of
warfare, waged against the wrongs of
politics and the vices of society, that
personal inclination and individual in
terests should be held in allegiance to
sense of duty, and this motive prompts
my acceptance.
For the information of those who do
not understand my views upon the lead
ing questions of the day, that legislation
can effect, 1 will state that, while decep-
ton and intrigue are praeticed by polit-
ical leaders, and unjust and unchristian
laws are permitted to rest upon our stat
ute books, with scarcely an effort made
by our masculine lawmakers to remove
them; while the penalties for evil doing
fall heavily upon the poor and obscure,
and fall lightly, if at all, upon the rich
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-11

and influential; while our homes are
impoverished and made desolate by the
curse of intemperance that stalks almost
unchecked through our land; while the
sacred ordinance of marriage is desecrat-
ed by wanton infidelity and lieentious-
hess, followed by indiscriminate homi-
eide or suicide, or both; while land mo-
nopolies check the development of agri-
cultural resources and industrial enter
prises, and threaten to centralize power
by vast accumulation of wealth in the
hands of the fer, leaving poverty and
want the inheritance of the many; while
Ignorance is allowed to increase despite
our free schools; while an unjust dis
elimination on account of sex is made
IN remunerating labor, even by the Gov
ernment, doling out TO the faithful and
efficient woman the inferior salary, and
to the often less competent man the
larger sum; while the fundamental prin-
ciples of our Government are ignored by
the system Of class legislation which
prevails; while all these and similar
wrongs exist, there is need of counter
action to correct them. And should
circumstances ever place me i'm a posi-
tion to oppose them by the direct power
of Legislation, you can rely upon my
certain and unequivoeal adherence to
such measures as would tend to right
them. Yours for EauaI RIGHTS.
LAURA DEFoRCE GORDON.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-11
Original.
MY Mothers Grave.
A FRAGMENT.


'Tis my mothers grave. Since when a child,
With childish fear and grief. saw her laid
Within the damp, cold ground, and heard the
clOds
OF earth, with rattling and dIscordant sounds,
Which seemed TO harrow up my GRIEF afresh,
Enclose the sacred dust OF her TO whom
owe the gin orlife, have not seen
This spot To other scenes my early life
Was drawn, mid them to spend the fieeting
years
Ofchildhood and Of youth.
My manhood's day
At length has dawned, and in its early morn
long TO wander back to see the dear old spot,
And there to think OF thee, my mother dear,
And 'bove thy grave TO shed the filial tears
Ofnurtured love.
The thronging thoughts Of days
Agone their dreamy spell around me weave.
The pearly gate that leads to memory's store
ofJewels treasured in the passing years
Is opened wide.
Again methinls see
My mothers loving face; again rest
Ny head upon her breast, in childish love
And joy, and listen to her lullaby,
So sweet, so soft, so low, and yet so clear
It seemed an angel sung in seraph strains
The dreamy path along whose glittering course
The feet Of childhood pass from wakeful hours
To find repose amid the fiowery realms
or balmy, peaceful sleep.
And passing DER
The intervening time, SO thickly strewn
With memories fond that trance my soul and
cling
Within my inmost heart, 1 seem to stand
On thy sweet face, beautiful and pale
With deaths cold touch, and press thy marble
brow
And pallid lips with earth's last kiss of love.
They told me thou weri dead. But death to me
Was then word whose very name was naught
But mystery. Thought thee in a sleep
A strange and deep and dreadful sleep-from
which
Could'st thou he walked they might not bury
thee;
And so / called and called again thy name;
From those mute lips OF thine no answer came
To my appealing cries; and as they heaved
The sod above thy form my grief burst forth
In floods Of tears and passioned words until
In my despair they led me from the place
where She was buried that loved.
oh, mother mine,
Thy boy would fain come back to lay his head
Upon thy breast and hear thy song once more.
Alas, the sod Of many years, grown thick
With grass and blooming flowers, between us
lies,
While miles of dreary distance intervene:
Yet in my fancy now rest my weary head,
Which aches and thrObS for mothers soothing
hand,
Upon this green and narrow mound,
Above thy loved remains.
And yet
While here in thought linger, lone and sad,
Methinks, although see thee not, and though
No word Of thine comes ringing to my ear,
That thou are here. The air around me seems
All freighted with thy presence and thy love.
My JOy-enraptured soul envelOped is
With bliss ecstatic and with peace profound
All, yes! ] RSow that thou art here!
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-11

The New NORTHWEST, paper pub
lished in Portland, Oregon, devoted to
Woman's Rights, Education, Temper
anee and Humanity, comes to us regu-
larly. II is ably conducted by Mrs. A.
}. Duniway, editor and proprietor. IL
Is first class family paper, and should
receive liberal support and find place
In every family on the coast. Its senti-
ments We fully endorse, and as cola
borer in the great moral reform move
ment we give it cordial welcome.
The above is clipped from the columns
OF the Weekly Echo, a lively temperance
paper, published at Olympia, w. T..
We are happy to be able to fully return
the compliments of our editor brother.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-11

Don't go to ''wOrll' to win the affec-
tiOns of woman; it can't be done in
that way. The more you 90 to work the
more she won't like you. Push her into
duck pond and pull her out by the
hair. If you are afraid to do this Jump
in yourself and let her pull you out.
Lend her money, borrow some from her.
Make her believe she has deeply
wronged you, and then forgive her.
Deeply wrong her, and don't ask to be
forgiven. In short, eOntrive either to
lay her under lasting obligation to you,
or lay yourself under a lasting Obliga-
ton to her. 1t does not make the diff
ference of a headless pin which, so far
as concerns the result.-LdrdH2ie Ser
tiRei.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-11
MRS. LAURA DeFoROE GORDON.

The lectures of this gifted, logical and
womanly woman, at Orc Fino Hall on
Friday and Saturday evenings, were at
tended by small but intelligent and APP
preciative audienees-the very brains of
the city, masculine and feminine, being
assembled each evening-and, notwith-
standing the excessive and very unusual
heat, the utmost attention was mani
tested through the whole of the pro-
tracted argument. Mrs. Gordon takes
to the rostrum as though indeed to the
manor born, and as we listened to the
unanswerable logic, elegant diction and
eloquent utterances of this feminine Pat
rick Henry, we were rejoiced beyond
measure at our excellent fortune in thus
having found such an able ally in our la
bors in this quarter of the political vine
yard.
The Independent Political party of
San Joaquin county, California, having
nominated this popular champion of
Woman Suffrage for the State Senate
from that county, are calling upon her
TO return; hence her sojourn with us
must be brief. She designs, however,
to return overland, and will lecture at
places along the route if the friends will
address her without delay, care of this
Office. Mrs. Gordon will lecture Olym-
pia, w. T., Saturday evening, August
10Th: from there she will 90 IN Seattle
returning to Portland in about ten days.
She will probably lecture here on herre-
turn
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-11
IT'S NONE OF OUR FUNERAL.

In the spring of 1865 Henry Winter
Davis, of Baltimore, in an elaborate let
ter to one Of the leading Republican pa
pers, said that the Republican party
must OF necessity accede to the negro
the right Of suffrage or die a political
death. This was said before one man in
hfty in the party ranks had for mo-
nlent admitted the probability of enfran-
chising the negro, but subsequent events
proved that Mr.. Davis knew whereof he
spoke.
Nothing but the enfranchisamant of
the negro insured the last RenubIican
victory and nothing but enfrancbiso-
ment of women will ensure the nextono
But Republican mans rights doctrine
dies 50 hard that We strongly susnect
that il viii Proloag the struggle till the
Democracy catches is vital breath and,
3 agsthsing new life fIsmithes inhalation,
g flisassi On toi victory ibuoysdaup by
AwdsaAn shafage tBs3 great iIIle Isfsserver
Of our rational liberties. .7I''s
slaoInu tAs meaptiFAe we are like the
5oniEnsB 1g1 Isemplaeently
while her husband and aiI1ear ware in
fight: s'We never did see fight before
but We cared which whipped"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-11
LETTER FROM REV. JOHN SPENCER.
JoHNsrowN, Pa. Julv p. Isl.

JOHNSToWN, Pa, July %, 1871.
Dcdr EdGOr:-When about to leave
for the Atlantic States you requested me
to write little for you. I thought to
do so, but somehow till now 1 have
failed to make beginning.
Since leaving home my wife and /
have had nothing in our experience
much out of the common orler-some
sea-sickness, considerable railroad fa-
tigue, and moderate degree of health.
We have had some happy reunions and
pleasant memories. But we are sad
dened everywhere with reports of the
death Of old friends. We are here too
late for pleasant visit. was pre-
pared for something of the kind, but
not near so much. What havoc death
can make i'm two score years! How
important to work while it is day,
In some places considerable is said
about Temperance. In several towns
the hotels do not sell intoxicating
drinks. The quiet and order are quite
apparent. What an insult to sense and
delicacy the whole license system must
ever be- License to sell drunkard-
making beverages is simply authority
to poison the citizens. Then the guards
intended to control the business are
mostly to be managed by those who
have no special interest in putting
down the abOmination. Ohio is an ex-
ception.
Two features in the Ohio law are pc
culiarly appropriate. One is, the suf-
ferers are to apply the remedy. The
wife who is damaged by the poisoning
of her husband can prosecute the pOis-
oner. The other is this /: The nest OF
the viper is liable to share in the pun
ishment of the reptile. If the one who
deals out the poison is unable to make
good the damage, the property on
which he does his work is held account
able. That is as it ought TO be.
These two points are essential to efii-
cheney All who sustain damage should
be able to recover damage, and all
property devoted to vile uses ought To
be bound for the consequences. These
points are plain. Their constitution
ality is not to be questioned.
think il would be well to say moth
ing about prohibitory liquor law at
present, and with one united and ear
nest effort go for something like the
Ohio law. L trust the people would
sustain the latter, though / fear they
would not properly back up the former.
Legislation, when in advance of the
people, is useless. To do its work ii
must be the roiee Of the people.
am pleased with Oregon better than
ever. 1t improves by contrast. The
hills here look higher and more repul-
sive than formerly. The roads are bad.
Much Of the cultivated land is hillside
some of it very steep. 1t rains every
day or two more or less. My wife
thinks the weather much like our
rainy season. / confess it appears
much so to me. 1t is certainly far from
suitable for harvest labor. The hay and
oats look much bleached. The wheat
crop is good in most places. The same
is true of oats. The corn looks well.
Apples are scarce, many and great trees
being without fruit.
But withal / must say the improve
ments of the past twenty years are
wonderful. JOHN SPENCER.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-11
THE NEXT GREAT POLITICAL Is
SIZE

Vallandigham, the great Mogul Of the
Democratic party, tried three hours to
prevail upon his friends i'm political eau
Gus to insert woman suffrage plank in
the ''new departure" platform, and, we
doubt not, would have succeeded had it
not been that the party is so "eminently
conservative that it has to be whipped
into recognition of all progressive ideas"
Now, if that party is 50 ''eminently con-
servativen that it must needs fight all
vital issues until some other party has,
despite its opposition, made those issues
a living law, which law, after years of
unavailable protest it at last uncondi-
tiOnally accepts, what is it good for rs a
party except to endorse the measures of
its political opponents? Cannot the
Democratic party see that by taking the
lead Ro1C in the greatest political reform
of this or any other age it can have op-
portunity to vindicate its record?
Again, the Republican party, which
accepted the vote of the negro through a
political necessity, which swallowed the
bitter pill at the time when Northern
Democrats and Southern Rebels would
else have strangled it, learns no lesson
from its past extremities, but, like the
Democratic party, waits, trembles, hes
itates and procrastinates, intending af-
ter a while to endorse woman suffrage,
ProCided it can no longer succeed as n
political organization without it.
Justice is but feathers weight with
the Republican party when placed in
the scale against Expedieney. The only
issue at present between the two great
parties is the spoils of Office. They are
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-11

n ST. LANDRY RANcHE.-The fol-
lowing is from the Opelousas journal:
1T Is said that Mr.. Iastite Dupre, of
this parish, owns about 10000 head of
cattle, ranging over the greater part of
southwestern Louisiana, from BAYOU
Teche on the east to the Sabine river on
the west, and from Bayou Chicot on the
north to the Gulf on the south. His
principal vacherie il on the BAYOU
Nezpique, about thirty or more miles
west of Opelousas, on the line between
this parish and Calcasieu. His agent or
stock-keeper, residing at this vacherie.
is colored man, who has been i'm his
employ for many years, and in whose
honesty and ability he has implicit CON
fdence. The cOlOred man is said TO i,t,
worth about fifteen thousand dollars.
made in Mr.. Dupre's service. From
this stock of cattle between two and
three thousand calves are branded every
year. The stOck-keeper is compensated
Tor his services at the rate of fifty cents
IN silver for each calf branded, and this
Is the greatest or only expense incurred
In raising the cattle. The entire stock
are not worth less than S2O0.OOO. The
annual revenue derived from the yearly
increase cannot be less than $500, clear
OF all eXpenses-it Is probably much
more. MIR. Dupre, like many Others,
lost a large fortune by the war, i'm other
property; but this stock of cattle has
Kept him rich. And no man better de-
serves his good fortune, which is simply
the result of his industry and good man
agement, than he; for no man is more
honest, and few as kind-hearted, chari-
table and willing to relieve the suffering,
as Mr.. Lastite Dupre.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-11

The name of the Turkish omaH's
paper, Einidiki, is in English, Lvydics,
1t is so called in in memory of l.,l siio
of Orpheus, whom he brought 'ck, OF
tried to from the realm OF daI-
Its aim is to call women to higher lie,
and with this view series of lives of
women distinguished in art, science and
literature are being published in its
pages
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-11

A Mrs. Johnson, Of LeavenwOrth, was
sued by lawyer for $50. He did lot
of talking to the jury; but all she said
was, II leave my case with the greatest
confidence IN the hands # such 4 zonf-
look jury IN i've minutes @ ver-
diet eas a.tUFuesi IN her favor