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Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-13
A Manufacturing Trick.

We extract the following anecdote from
Robert Dale Owens interesting article
entitled "My Experience of Community
Life" In the September atlantic:
When nv father left me manager of the
New Lanark cotton-mills, In tEe winter
Of lS24-25, a certain Mr.. Bartholomew,
who had long been customer Of ours to
the extent of twenty-five or thirty thou
sand dollars year, came to me one day,
asking II could make him lot Of yarn
suitable for ordinary shirting, at such q
price, naming it. 1--WE have but one
price" said, "and you know well that
we sell such yarn twenty per cent. above
the rate yeu propose"
Il know that" he replieds '' but you
could make 1t, so as to be sold at my
price,"
"Yes, by using waste and mixiuG In
weak, short-stapled cotton"
"And it would look almost as well?"
perhaps"
"Then I'll risk it."
"My fathers instructions" replied,
"are not to lower the quality Of our
goods: I'm sorry; but 1 can't fill your
0rder.''
He went off In huff, but returned two
days later. "See here" he said, don't
OC NulAOtlCs L Cdll DAtC bilC gaIn doEtu
you about spun elsewhere. What's the
shall get the stuff want, and use it, all
the same"
sit would injure the character of our
MILL"
mot If you leave on your trademark.
What do care about the picture? Mark
is as you will" ION each ten-pound pack
age we were wont to paste an engraving
Of the mills and village; and our yarn, In
consequence, went, far and near, by the
name of "picture-yarn."
hesitated; and finally-not much to
my credit-agreed to make the yarn for
him. l had it marked with large B. at
will stand either for Bartholomew or for
bad" said to him when he came to look
at it. ''rm ashamed to turn such an ar
ticle out of our MILL"
But three weeks later he came again.
"Just the thingi" he said; and he gave
me second order, thrice as large as the
first.
The B yarn became a popular article in
the market; the shirting that was made
from it looking smooth, and being sold at
some ten per cent. less than that made
from our usual quality. Yet, to my GER
tain knowledge-for tried Tit did not
last half as long as the other.
That transaction sits somewhat heavily
on my conscience still. Yet It helped to
teach me great lesson. 1t Is my firm
belief that, at the present time, purchas-
ers of cotton, wooden, linen, and silk
goods, of furniture, hardware, leather
goods, and all other manufactured staples,
lose, on the average, because Of inferior
quality, more than half of all the money
they pay out.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-13
GLORY-A SUMNER IDYL.
BY JAMES MAURICE THOMPSON.


On the sycamore's dusky spray the
sunshine dropped, almost vertically,
breaking into streams and fragmentary
fakes of glory, sitting down and falling
IN fine drops on the green grass that
! fringed the bank of Sand Creek. An
oriole, cleaning like bit of phosphor in
the midst of dark paw-paw tuft, sang
airily the while a little fat man, some
three and thirty years old, sat down on
ae bank of the brook, and began, in a
ssw, patient way, to unron a line from a
aag cane fshing-rod. This done, he
orefdlly examined the perch-hook pre-
natory to batting it with worms from
aetn cup he had deposited beside him.
AZ sngth, as q swell of summer wind
NSndered through the top Of the syca-
non. he cast his line into the water after
.s Me manner of an old, but very unscien-
mc angler; then, lolling back against
srsst heap of gnarled roots that were
haii'covered with lichen and swamp-moss,
nepushed the larger end of his fishing
roo into the ground, in such a way that 1t
needed no other support, and, producing
s0me-novel from his c0at-pocket, began
job Dunlap liked nothing so well AZ
Sls iounging about the banks of Sand
Sreek, a stream he had studied for ten or
WE'VE o~0a years, finding, In its semi-translu-
SSn. SI water, green-fringed banks, and peb-
ny ny snoals, something new at each turn of
hn. I eye: He dearly loved to catch fish,
tha' 1wlng to his habitual inattention to
nnv ~ s,mPisst rules of angling, he only
Strn Um apo enen hooked the game when 1t
was 0a' \ vi; rstner, when it nibbled. He
WAS WAS oacheior and well-to-do in the
o muriu as the phrase goes. being the
owner OF q fine farm and snug cottage
ss1, 1 la..er sa; Standing on a pretty knoll, a
Aai'-mile back from the creek.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-13
Danberries.

A PROPHET is not appreciated in his
own country, if spelled In that way.
NEW apples are $l.l0 q quart. Ten
cents for the apples and dollar for the
doctor.
A DANBURY mans highest ambition is
to get money enough to buy place In
the hearts of his countrymen.
WE never knew man to be elected to
an Office of trust who carried horse chest
nuts in his pockets as preventive of
rheumatism.
The sunshine which warns and cheers
our hearts, exposes the weak spots in our
Sunday suits. That's the only objection
we have to sunshine.
CRY people who have come to the
country for their health, are up nights
looking for camphor By the aid of strange
lamps they don't understand the mechan-
ism Of.
FoR two hours before the rain Saturday
the heat was intense. Not breath of afr
stirred, and the leaves on the trees were
as motionless as monumental fund.
A YOUNG man who has recently lost
both parents, and has just recovered from
a severe attack Of illness which left him
penniless, writes for position on this
paper as humorist.
WHEN you see q little girl with odd
CATERS on her feet, crownless jockey on
her head, three brown.paper packages In
her arms, and mouthful of candy, you
may know her mother is washing.
A VERY Juvenile member Of q Danbury
unday-school asked his teacher, Sunday.
I anybody could 20 to heaven who didn't
have bay-window on his house, and was
favorably impressed with the answer.
Ar one time Saturday there were five
bald-headed men In one Of our dry-goods
stores, looking vacantly about, and each
one thoughtfully rubbing his head with q
finger that had q thread tied about 1t.
"WHAT shall 1 give my boy to make
bin honored and respected?" writes an
affectionate father. Education and moral
were once required to accomplish
this purpose, but diamond pin now COW
ers the ground.
4 DANBURY man, while under the in
u q nee. i'q'or. yesterday, claimed that
iie WIZ q org- frTe els Train. When So
bere'i tbi- noraibg. sh, learning what
ne hid done. te tried 10 k. 'i. own life
by knocking his i.ea again. a telegraph
pole, but was not successful,
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-13

TOBACCO FOR GREEN BUGs.--A writer
in the Ladies Cabinet states that she has
rid her house plants of the green insect
b. getting a paper Of cut and dry tobacco
(such as smokers use for the pipe). spread
ing 1t about one-fourth Of an inch deep
over the soil In the pot, and when this dis
appears she adds more.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-13

A POND mother In Norwich, Conn.
gave her five-year old hopeful an outfit of
flsh tackle. Soon she heard shout from
Willie, and, running out, found one of her
best hens fast winding up the line in her
crop, whittier the hook had already pre-
ceded it. Willie, observing the troubled
look Of his mother, quietly remarked:
Don't worry, mother, guess she will
stop when she gets to the pole" =
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-13

A GENTLEMAN in Salem, Mass, received
last week legacy Of $17 900 from young
man who had died at the West, and to
whom, several years ago, he had given
work on q pile-driving job when the
young man was In destitute condition.
Let the man who doesn't own pile-dri-
yer borrow enc and set all the loafers to
work r fs ~ s
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-04
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.

THE following letter is one among
many that came to hand Immediately
after our vacation, but, though some
what out of date, the facts will keep
Ed
Dear Mrs. DuRitCdy:-YOu must not
think that you are forgotten because L
have not written to you in some time.
Your lively sheet keeps you constantly
in mind; ! met friend lately who sub
scribed for your paper last spring, and
she was quite enthusiastic over it. 81
would not he without it," said she. 81
keep it going, l assure you; send it
about among my friends, and many a
hearty laugh We have over its bright
sayings and happy retorts."
We in New York have Aourishing
Woman Suffrage Society which holds q
monthly meeting for business at the
house of some one Of the members, and
is now about to hold a public meeting
which we expect will be addressed by
Mrs. Stanton. We have also literally
bombarded the Legislature and COnstitu-
tional Commission with memorials and
petitions. Miss Anthony addressed the
Commissioners for an hour and half on
the subject of striking out that hOrrid
word "male'' from the Constitution, and
a delegation of ladies from our society
have asked a hearing before both bodies.
Our Washington Convention was a
great success. The hall was crowded,
and at soma sessions people could not
even get into the room half an hour
after the meeting commenced. Mrs.
Stanton and Miss Anthony were both in
a peculiarly happy frame of mind, and
made many capital speeches. We were
rather short of orators, having only
these two ladies, Mrs. Gage and myself
from outside, so that we were all called
upon for heavy duty. Everything,
however, went Off eapitally, and we had
some able assistance from prominent
lawyers and other residents.
We are talking of starting a paper
here soon, as we need an organ very
much, and there cannot be too many
journals devoted to the cause of woman.
have been much interested in learning
of your Sunday evening lectures, and
hope they will continue to be a great
success. LILLE DEvEREUX BLAKE.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 1873.
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LETTER FROM WASHINGTON TER
RITORY,
SLAuGHTER. June 80. 1873.

SLAUGHTER, June 80, 1878.
Dear Mrs Dani,cdy:-I am glad to
see the New NORTHWEST again; but
you don't know what disappointment
it was to me that / could not attend
your State Convention. I intended to
write letter TO be read before the Con-
vention, but sickness prevented. There
is nothing that does me so much good
as to be actively engaged in the work of
Human Progression, of which L con-
slider the enfranehisement Of woman as
the first round in the ladder 1 was
pleased to hear a good account of the
doings of the Convention, and of the
progress ofthe glorious work. Every Con-
vention held, every resolution passed,
every speech made, every letter written,
and every newspaper published in the
cause of the elevation and enfanchise-
ment of woman is helping on the final
consummation of the work. But let not
those Of us who have to buffet the waves
Of scorn, ridicule and calumny faint nor
be discouraged, for it is only by united,
persevering and determined effort on
the part of its friends and advocates
that any great reform is accomplished.
am glad the people of Oregon are
becoming alive to their best interests,
and that they have elected Senator
that will cast his vote to secure for
women the recognition of their Consti-
tutional rights TIL him the Women
Suffragists of Washington Territory will
bid him God speed, and pray that he
may not falter, but throw his whole
soul and energies into the work.
very much regret that cannot per-
sonalIy be employed in the glorious
work OF Woman's Emancipation. But
don't imagine for moment that I shall
forget the cause, that above all others
has been my life work-one which l
have advocated for thirty-four years.
No, indeed! If 1 am where / cannot
talk for want of hearers, at least hope
to be able TO still do little good with
the pen.
Susan b. is being badly treated for
knowing her duty and daring to do it.
How dare men who claim to be so CHR
alrie, SO 1ldgndnimous, so protecting in
their care of women, and withal so hon
est in all their management of the cleo
tions, that nothing but fraud, illegal
voting and bribery, characterizes their
proceedings from first to last; how
dare, l say, such men to prosecute wom-
en- for legal voting. The trial of Susan
B. Anthony will do more to help on the
cause than hundred speeches; yet it is
hard, very hard, to see Human Rights
trampeled upon in this enlightened
Nineteenth century. Yours, etc.
-d a NJ. o. BROWN.
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CALIFORNIA LETTER.
SEQUEL, Santa Cruz Co., Cal, I,
luna 9Th 1879

SEQUEL, Santa Cruz Co., Cal,
-.- June 9TH, 1873.
Dear Mrs. Dt1,itcdy:-You will see by
the heading of this that 1 have drifted
south. have come here to try to inn
prove my wife's health as well as my
own; but l am as Jealous for the cause
for which you labor as ever. have
been here but short time, and don't
know the feelings of the community on
the question of human rights; but shall
know soon, for the matter must be
brought before the people in order that
it may be understood and appreciated;
and as much of what little time have
yet to stay in this world, as can spare
for the purpose, shall be devoted TO the
elevation Of the disenfranehised class of
our citizens. The people here seem to
be Intelligent and generous, and think
they will embrace the truth, if it is
rightly presented to them. We have
not seen copy Of the NEW NORTH
WEST for two months, and my wife says
she can't keep house without it. Please
send it to my present address. We are
four miles from the town of Santa Cruz,
and have a daily mail. NJ. p. OwES.
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SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

Miss Mary Low won the sophomore
prize for defamation, over her male
class mates, last week, at Colby Uni
versity, Maine.
Fifty girls employed by G. II. Whit
comb Il Co., envelope manufacturers at
Worcester, are on a strike for higher
wages. They demand one cent more OH
the thousand, which their employers
refuse to give. .r
In New York great dissatisfaction ex-
lists among those interested, that the
committee should have ignored entirely
the application of the female teachers
for equal compensation with the men,
where equal work was done, and they
regret that no attempt has been made
to remove the unjust discrimination;
while the primary teachers are cores
pondingly disappointed that the dispar-
ity in pay existing between them and
and those Of the grammar departments
have not at least been made less.
Foreign-born citizens of Rhode Island
not property owners cannot vote. But
a naturalized citizen of Massachusetts,
owning real estate in that State has
moved into and become a resident oi
Rhode Island. He insists on his right
to vote, and has carried the question
into the courts. The case excites deer
feeling, because its decision is supposed
to decide the political control Of the
State. II the Republicans Of Rhode Is
land had political common sense, they
would confer suffrage upon women.
The growth of public opinion in favo
of woman's Rights during the last hal
century is indicated by curious lottery
which came off in Calcutta, in ISIS, !
better idea of which may perhaps be go
from the following advertisement thar
from any other account that could b,
given Of it. The advertisement wa
clipped from Calcutta newspaper;
BE 1T KNowx: That six fair, pretty youn
ladies. with two sweet ana engaglns ,ein sOgn
children, lately imported from Europe hsNln
roses Of health blooming in their cheeksl an
Joy sparkling in their eyes, possessinS tillla9
manners and highly accomplished whoin ~
expressions OF rapture, are 70 ~ ~ i@Ai % Ai-'
FOR next door 20 the British Gallery.
Such transaction could not openl.
take place to-day In any part OF the civ
] llized world.
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Rev. Mr.. Eaton of the First Congre-
gational Church in this city, the body
of whose excellent sermon upon
ESTHER" appears upon our first page,
preached recently very effective ser
mon upon the wickedness of the times,
in which he alluded to a church, sand
wiehed between a saloon on one hand,
and brothel on the other, and to the
house of a respectable citizen, stationed
conspicuously between two dens of in
fanny. He also spoke Of one house hav-
ing been destroyed by fire in the "Court
of Deathr and forthwith another and
grander one rises from its ashes; yet the
people go to church, in their calm
respectability, paying little heed to the
frightful state of morals in their midst.
Last winter, when the editor of this
paper talked thus plainly to crowds on
Sunday evenings, in the theater, some
excessively proper persons were shocked
at her plainness of speech. Six months
have not passed away, and 10! the minis
tiers in aristocratic churches dare tO
speak the same truths. VIII they as
positively point out the remedies? Mr.
Eaton is doing good work in Portland
! Success to him.
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RIGHTS IN NEBRASKA

EDITOR NEW NORTHWEST:
In April, 1871, I came with my family
of seven children under fourteen years
of age to this county, the most remote
then settled in this part of the State. 1
openedschool inMayafter ermyarrival, and
have taught six months each year. Our
county has been organized two years,
and we now have a new school-house,
costing $1,000, well finished and fur
nished, which l am occupying for an
eight-months school.
Atthe election of county officers, l was
elected County Superintendent ofPublic
Instruction. / found the Office congen-
ial in its duties-not interfering with
domestic pursuits, but rather relieving
them of their drudgery.
For almost two years have filled the
Office without question-defining the
boundary lines of new districts, appor-
tioning State school moneys, issuing
certificates to teachers, etc. Last month
1 offended a man in drawing boundary
lines of district (Which power is vested
in the County superintendent. He
forthwith called on the District Attor-
ney for a quo lCarTdRto, on the ground
that was woman and no voter and
not eligible to any county office. My
services for so long gave me no prece-
dent to which I could appeal. Before
papers were served resigned my Office,
and the County Commissioners ap-
pointed man in my place, my office,
business and pay going to him.
should have preferred to have tried
the question in a court, had my means
permitted, but the wants of my family
have made me more discreet than val
orous.
would add that am deputized to fill
the Office al interim, as the gentleman
appointed is in a state of preparation.
1 wish to be n candidate, this fall, to fill
the office again.
l have cooked dinners, taught the
children, fulfilled Il duties of my Office
and, in every way, endeavored to please
my constituency, but all are as nothing
compared with vote. The i'll will o
one man has demolished my pay anC
Office. have left nothing undone ol
untried, except brickbats and whisky
Would you recommend them as "der
dier resort ?r The man who tried Il
render my official acts void is w. w
Cones, of Iowa, not citizen of thi
State, but Il speculator in lands on join
account. He used his influence to pu
me into Office and abused it to put IN
out of it. Yours in the bonds of dis
franchisement.
ADDA WOODS Lucas.
PIERCE, Nebraska, June IL, 1878.
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STOPS HIS wIFB's PAPER.
Eugene City June the 18th 1878.
NFra nuniu-ox-

Eugene City June the 18th 1878.
Mrs Duniway
you will Please Send me my
Bill If am Owing you any thing and I
will toward the money as 1 have Ordered
the North west returned
my reason for So Doing was Simply
your attempt to Excuse and plaster up
the actions of NJ Nipple. 1 think the
man was dsgrased Enoug befor that
Effort yours Z Z Poindexter
PORTLAND, Oregon, July ., 1878.
z. E. PoindexteT-sSir:-I have looked
carefully through the Eugene City list
of subscribers 10 the New NORTHWEST,
and am unable to find your name on my
mailing books. Mrs. ]. w. Poindexter's
name is there, however, and it was her
paper, and not yours, which you saw fit
to return, accompanied by the above
letter, which plainly shows that you,
though a voter, are unable 10 eompre-
hend the English tongue. freely for
give you for falsely accusing me Of that
Of which any intelligent woman (whose
husband is man enough to take her pa
per home from the Office and let her
read III knows / am not guilty, but it is
very hard to forgive you for taking such
unwarrantable liberty with Mrs. ]. w.
Poindexter's property. 1 remember
well that you said, when subscribing foI
the paper, that your wife had been urg-
ing you to do so for six months. What
would you say if she should order your
tobacco discontinued, ELI?
/ shall write Mrs. J. w. Poindextel
privately, stating her account, and en-,
closing this correspondence.
In conclusion, friend Poindexter, al
low me to say that man has a perfec
right to be consistent Democrat, bu
he has no moral right to interfere Will
the disposition of his wife's property
neither has he right to be other thai
a courteous gentleman.
1 am, sir, with the smallest possibl,
fraction Of Indignation, yours, in tn,
doubly enhanced conviction that tn,
vote of Senator Mitchell must be given
as God knows it, is needed, to aid Mrs
J. w. Poindexter in securing her inal
ienable rights.
Mrs. A. J. DUNIwAY.
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THANKS.

To the numerous exchanges that de-
Gently, respectful and truthfully greeted
our craft upon its reappearance on the
sea OF journalism we tender cordial and
courteous salutation. The words Of
cheer we get from leading journals like
the AdUocdte, OregoniGn, Statesman,
Bulletin, Democrat and many Others, so
far outweigh the scurrillous attacks and
ignorant Misrepresentation of half a
score of jaundice-eyed belligerents, who
come yelping at us like "Furies from
the Wierd Inferno,' that we are jubilant
and grateful. While we care nothing
for the malicious attempts Of corruption
be-cOated enemies to injure our honest
endeavor to know the right and do it,
we appreciate the cheering words ol
those who are capable of knowing right
from wrong and are honest aud manly
enough to admit and avow the truth
when they see it.
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A SPLENDID OFFER.


1t is well known that the regular sub
seription price to Demoresfs Magazine
is S3 90. That our friends may reap the
the full benefit of such opportunities as
we can command to secure themselves
an extra supply of good reading, we
have made arrangements by which we
are enabled to send the NEW NORTH
WEST and DemOTesfs Monthly Mdga-
zine for one year for 81 80; or for So so
you can have the NEW NORTHWEST,
Denoresfs Monthly and splendid pair
Of ehromOs Falls of Niagara, and Yo-
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chased at the book store for less than
$40. Orders of this kind must be in
variably accompanied by the cash for
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This week we shall refuse at the post
Office all those scurrilous, scavenger
newspapers whose notices Of ourself and
our work are too libelous aud indecent
to be spread before our boys. Our duty
as a mother, who desires to bring up
her children apart from the contamina-
tions of lewd, beastly dogs who style
themselves editors, but whose papers
are nothing more than charnel houses,
full of all uncleanness, actuates us to
! this sfnn