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NUMBER 3S.
Commercial Honors.

Two centuries ago it was thought a
great insult in the Highlands of Scot
land to ask a note from a debtor. 1t was
considered the same rs say ing, "I doubt
Your honor" If parties had small bus
mess matters to transact together, they
stepped out into the open air, fixed their
eyes OH the heavens, and each repeated
his obligation with no mortal witness.
a mark was then carved in some rock
or tree near by TO be a remembrancer of
the compact. Such a thing as a breech
of contract, we are told, was then very
rarely met with, so highly did the peo-
pie regard their honor, and so truly did
they fear him beneath whose eye they
performed such acts.
When the march of improvement
brought in the new mode of doing busi-
ness, they were often panied by these
innovations. An anecdote is.handed
down of farmer who had been to the
Lowlands and learned worldly wisdom.
On returning to his native parish he
mad need of a sum OF money, and made
bold TO ask n loan of gentleman of
means, named Stewart. This was cheer
fully granted. Mr.. 5. counted out the
gold on his library table. This done,
the farmer took pen and wrote a re-
.NNi ~ anu OAlGAGu IL " llic EtiillEllldlls
"What is this, man2n cried Mr.. Stew
art, sternly cycling the slip of paper.
TITS a receipt, sir, binding me to give
We back yer gold at the right time," re-
piled Sandy.
Binding ye? Well, my man, if We
Gamma trust yerself, Pm sure I'll not
trust We! Ye Gamma ha my goldr' and
gathering it up, he put it back in his
desk and turned his kew on il
'But, sir, l might die" replied the
canny SeOtchman, bringing up an argu-
ment in favor of his new wisdom, "and
my sons might refuse it to you. But
the bit o. paper would compel them"
"Compel them to sustain dead faith
er's honOr"' cried the high-minded
Scot. They'll need compelling to do
right if this is the road yer leading
them! I'll neither trust We nor them.
Ye can gang elsewhere for money! But
yell find none in this parish that'll put
more faith in bit o. paper than
neighbours word o. honor, and his fear o.
GOdW
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George Francis Train.

y SIM reporter, who interviewed the
next President of America, in his cell at
the Tombs, says George Francis, as
usual, was very communicative concern
ing his latest scrape. He said:
ION the I'd of November / ADDRESSED
10000 people in Broad street. A few
days after that Woodruff and Claffin
were arrested. l became satisfied that
these innocent women were to be pun
lshed to satisfy the morbid sentiments
OF a cowardly community. l wrote two
letters to the press in connection with
their arrest. These letters created ft1-
rore, and the press, afraid of the public,
refused to publish any more of my let
tiers. L volunteered not only to become
bail for these prosecuted women, but
started this paper to show to the COM
munlty that l had the courage to face
public opinion the same as / faced and
detied $500 infuriated CalifOrnians when
| advocated in San Francisco the intro
ductiOn Of greenbaeks. / issued two
numbers of the Eig55e. They claim that
it is an obscene publication. This l do
not deny; but if it is obscene, the OBJ
scenity is culled from the Billie. have
been in thirteen prisons, but this is the
only one that l have been in where
there is nothing to cover myself with.
Besides, sir, the indignity that has been
thrust upon me. l am a gentleman of
means and education, and they have
placed me in the very cell in which a
woman made three attempts to hang
herself, and in which Bleakley, the
murderer of poor Maud Merrill, over
whose body six of your moral Christian
ministers refused to perform Christian
devotiOns, was confined. L have no fears
of the result; i ask no favors at their
hands. The police and Captain Byrnes
have treated me civilly, but 1 am an
noyed at being in this cell, with a
bowling, drunken woman in the next.
1 have been announced for a course of
lectures to begin in Montreal on the
twenty-third inst. I suppose my visit
to that place must be deferred"
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MADE HIM PAY.-When Gen. Jack
son was President, a heartless clerk in
the Treasury Department ran up an in
debtedness to a poor landlady to the
amount of $50, and then turned her of
as he did other creditors. She finally
went to the President with her COM
plant, and asked him if he could not
compel the clerk to pay the bill.
"He offers his note" she said; "but
his note is good for nothing"
"Get his note and bring it to me" said
the President.
The clerk gave her the note, with the
jeering request that "she woald let him
know when she got the money on itr'
Taking it to the President, he wrote
"Andrew jackson" on the back of it, and
told her she would get the money at the
bank.
When it became due, the clerk re-
fused to pay the note; but when he
learned who was the endorser, he made
haste to "raise the wind" The next
morning he found note on his desk,
saying that his services were no longer
required by the Government-and il
served him right.
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REASONS WHY AMERICAN WOMEN
ARE DELICATE.-Anothe reason of the
delicacy of our women is the far greater
style affected by all classes in dress, and
the wearing of corsets during early
youth. Naturally, if she has attained
a full and fine physical development,
tight corsets, heavy skirts, close-fitting
boots and weighty chignons cannot in
jure to the same extent as when these
appliances Of fashion are put upon the
soft and yielding muscles of a young and
growing girl. The noble ladies of Eng
land exercise many hours daily in the
open air. They do not disdain to don
heavy calf-skin shoes and colOred petit
coats, in which to perform this duty.
This, of course, would not alone make
them as healthy as they are, were not
their constitution strengthened by n
proper physical education before they
are eighteen years of agei but it suilices
to retain them in a good degree OF
health. Our fair Americans, early in
the day, attire themselves in charming
morning costumes, with white skirts,
and then they are averse to soiling
these by exercise, and the least damp
ness deters them from n promenade.
American ladies think far more of dress
and fashion, and spend more money and
time on their toilets, than any women
in Europe, not even excepting the
French, from whom all our fashions
come.-GdIdTy.
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An obscure vocal student in Milan has
doubtless started on the highway to for
tune by aid of most helpful quality
known as "cheek." While the King
was in the city, recently, she threw her
photograph and petition into his car
riage. The petition stated that she was
q stranger in Milan, and in debt; that
she was told she had abilities, but she
had no influence or money to help her to
develop them; in fact, she had to pawn
her clothes to buy bread. His Majesty,
she made her appeal. She did not ap-
peal in vain, for his Majesty, after MAX
ing inquiries, gave her money enough
TO redeem her clothes from pawn and
agreed to pay her training during four
years at the Paris Conservatiore.
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QUEEN NICToRIA.-When free from
the cares of State, nothing can be SIM
pier than the daily routine of life Queen
Victoria leads at Bamoral Castle. She
manages her household on very strict
principles, the servants rising according
to merit-promotion always being held
out. For a stupid act one member of
the royal household had to wait ten
years for promotion. Her Majesty rises
at seven, breakfasts at nine, and then
attends to dispatches and correspond
ence. Luncheon is at two, after which
she takes the air in her carriage. Dur
ing meals piper plays in front of the
window. She dimes at half-past eght,
in the library-the Arrangements are
of the simplest character. She spends
much of her time alone in Prince Albert's
room. She comes quietly into dinner,
with her knitting in her hand, and re-
tires early. She is a woman of great
method. In all weathers she is seen
abroad. ATainy day does not keep her in;
with a waterproof and an umbrella she
defies the elements. 1t is quite a COM
mon thing to see her walking in the
grounds under drizZling rain. She is q
hardy woman, having no "fine lady"
fancies. She dresses consistently with
the climate and the weather; and fresh,
comely, sensible-lOOking lady she is in
her comfortable plain jacket and broad
brim straw hat.
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Pleasures of an Ocean Voyage

have listened in my time, with more
or less pleasure, to the very roIlickina
songs about the sea, the flashing brine,
the spray, the tempests roar, the wet
sheet and the flowing sea, q life on the
ocean wave, and all the rest of it. To
! paraphrase a land proverb, let me write
the songs of the sea, and | care not who
goes to sea and sings 'em. 4 square
yard of solid ground is worth miles of
the pitching, turbulent stuff. Its ina
bility to stand still for one second is the
plague of il.
To lie on the deck when the sun
shines, and swing up and down, while
the waves run hither and thither, and
toss their white caps, is all well enough;
to lie in your narrow berth and roll
from side to side all the night long; TO
walk up hill to your statesrOom door,
and when you get there, find you have
got 10 the bottom Of the hill, and OPEN
ing the door is like lifting up n door in
the floor; to deliberately start for some
object, and, before you know it, to be
hung against it like n bag of sand; to
attempt to sit down on your sofa, and
lind you are sitting up; to slip and slide
and grasp at everything within reach,
and meet everybody leaning and walk
anS vi Slailli as II u neaNy Wlnu were
blowing, and the laws of gravitation
were reversed; to lie in your berth, and
hear all the dishes on the cabin table 90
sousing of against the wall in n general
smash; to sit at the table holding your
soup-plate with one hand, and watching
for chance to put your spoon in when
II comes high tide on your side of the
dish; to vigilantly watch the lurch of
the heavy dishes while holding your
glass and your plate and your knife and
fork, and not to notice it when Brown,
who sits next you, gets the whole swash
OF the gravy from the roast-beef dish on
his light-cOlored pantaloons, and see the
look ofdismay that only Brown can as
sumo on such an OscasiOn; to see that
Mrs. Rrown, on advancing to the table,
suddenly stop and hesitates, two walters
rush at her, with whom she struggles
wildly, only to go down in heap with
them in the opposite corner; TO see her
partially recover, but only to shoot back
again through her stateroom door, and
be seen no more-all this is quite pleas
ant and refreshing, if you are tired of
land, but you get quite enough of it in a
couple OF weeks.-SdunteTings 6y C. d.
ITUrup,.
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Written Jor the New Northwest
Oregon, Ny Oregon.

A tribute 10 my State 1 bring,
A sunbeam snatched from Fame's bright wins
Though young among thy sister ring,
How dost thy heart exultant spring
As laurels over thee they hing,
Oregon, my Oregon.
An Eden thou dost proudly stand;
Nesta and Ceres clasp thy hand;
Thou art by fragrant zephyrs famed,
And fairies with a magic wand
Have aecked with gold thy ocean strand.
oregon, my Oregon.
Thy fertile wales are herdsmenis pride;
The huntsman's JOY thy green hillside;
Ger Cascade rocks thy wild waves ride,
And calm Columbia's waters glide
To mingle with Pacihc's tide,
Oregon, my Oregon.
Thy sentinels are FAR extolled.
ST. Helens, Hood and Rainier old;
Their armor CLEANS with Furnished gold:
Their hearts are FIRE, exterior cold;
They're proud, majestic, lofty, bold.
Oregon, my Oregon.
By Nature thus promsely bless'd,
Thy sons are true 10 thy behest;
Right is sustained and Wrong suppressed.
For God and Justice fire the breast,
And fame crowns thee, star OF the West,
Oregon, my Oregon.
Ma MAssIc.
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n lady correspondent of the Boston
Post, writing from Washington, ID. c.,
says:
And there is nothing more tame and
utterly insane, destitute Of all human
interest, than "good society,"" Look at
good society at the fashionable watering
places, and see how, nOminally in the
pursuit Of pleasure, il scorns the object in
view. 1t is too aristocratic to dance, to
laugh, to talk with animation. ItdriYes,
it dresses, it eats, it watches others dane
ing or enjoying themselves, and despises
them for being capable of underbred eX-
citement. or all the people in the world
these immensely rieh members of good
society are the most to be pitied. They
have no human interest whatever. The
moderately rich have one object in life,
to wit: The desire to appear richer tnan
they are; but those who have plenty
have nothing to do but to take care of
their diamonds and laces. And what q
care these, especially the first, become
to their owners. They must be eter-
nally kept about the person. An owner
of diamonds to the amount of thousands
never dares trust them off her person.
IL not worn Outwardly the twenty
thousand dollar necklace is beneath the
waist of the dress, its cutting and setting
goading the flesh, a perpetual reminder
that al, the representative of a fortune,
am here, wherefore cease to feel my
pricks if you dare.y The bracelets,
when they must not be shown, are
clasped on the arm under the sleeves,
and the brooches, pendants, rings, and
head ornaments are in Il muslin bag
depending from the waist. 1t is a heavy
case, is it not?
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4 rather curious contribution to the
incidents of the late Boston fire has just
come to light. In one of the stores in
the burnt district, the porter with the
keys of the safe was on hand and per-
ceived that the fire was rapidly ap-
preaching. In his terror he rushed to
and fro in the counting-rOom, and at
last caught up the plated ice-pitcher full
of water, locked it in the safe and de
parted from the burning building in the
proud consciousness that he had accom-
plished something to save his employ
er's property. When, however, the
safe was taken from the ruins, it was
found that the books were uniniured.
The heat which would otherwise have
charred and destOyed the books only
converted the water into steam. At the
last advices steam safes are under ad-
vertisement as the last Boston motion -
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GAIL HAMILTON on A MAN IN LOVE.
Gail Hamilton is not always sensible,
as she should be, when she talks about
men, matrimony and woman suffrage;
but she did say this truthful and beau
tiful thing: "rhere is no slavery so alb
ject as the slavery of a man to the wom-
an he loves Abject, because it goes
behind his will and possesses the whole
man. And the more he is, the more
strong and bright and free, the more
thorough is his enthrallment. Woe to
such a one if he falls into the hands of
weak, frivolous, or an unworthy
owner. Joy to him if his proprietor be
a large-natured woman; for then his
completist thrall is most exalted and
divine freedOm.n
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An intoxicated Englishman beat his
wife recently in Chicago, and in default
of fifty dollars to pay his fine was sent
to Jail for one hundred days. The wife's
heart finally softened toward him, and
going TO Mayor Medill, she tearfuIlv
begged her husbands release. The
Mayor is very rigorous with wife-beat-
ers, and refused to listen to any PROPOSE
ton towards leniency, but moved with
compassion, gave the woman twenty
until the expiration of her husbandis
release. This she gratefully took. and
going to the Jail paid the remainino
portion of the fine, TO the chagrin of the
just but generous Mayor.
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A RECIPE FOR BLEACHING Ne
GROEs.-A scientist" has at last solved
the ancient conumdrum, "Can an EthO-
plan change his skin ?'' This is the
way he proposes to do it: The candidate
will be first subjected to a bath of aka
line water. Having been we'll cleaned,
he is placed in a room where a reliable
Thermometer indicates 120 degrees of
Fahrenheit. After fifteen minutes bak-
ing, the partially cooked victim is con-
Quoted to a bath of chlorine water at
the ordinary temperature. The heat
has opened all the pores, so that the
chlorine flows in and reaches the color
ing matter. To keep it in the pores
must be closed. To close the pores the
subject must be introduced into an ice
cellar, where he spends two minutes in
absolute agony, but relative bliss, for
the next step is to drop his exhausted
form into water heated to $50 degrees.
In this the pores open, ,-the chlorine Crap
pies the cOloring matter and departs
with it, and our colOred brother is col
Ored no more.
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WoNAN's GRowTH.-Therei is n period
in the early life Of every true woman,
when moral and intellectual growth
seems for the time to cease. The intel
Iect, having appropriated ailment
requisite TO growth OF the unerowned
feminine nature, feels the necessity of
more intimate companlonship with the
masculine mind to start 1t on It's second
period Of development. Here, at this
point, some stand Tor years without
making a step in advance. Others
marry, and astonish, IN lew brief
beauty. their high accomplishments,
and their noble womahhoOd, those
whose blindness led them to suppose
thew were among the incurably heart
less and frivilOus.
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y WESTERN TEMPERANCE LECTURE.
Billy Ross, n temperance lecturer at
Rushville, ILL.,, was preaching to the
young on his favorite theme He said:
"NOw, boys, when 1 ask you ques-
ton, you mustn't be afraid to speak
right out and answer me. When
you look all around and see all these fine
houses, farms and cattle, do. you ever
think who owns them all now? ? Your
fathers owns them, do they not ~
ayes, sir" shouted 4 hundred voices.
"Well, where will your fathers be
twenty years from now?"
"Deadn' shouted the boys.
''That's right; and who will own all
this property then ?'
"Us boys" shouted the urchins.
"Right. Now tell me did you ever,
in passing down the streets, notice the
drunkards lounging around the saloon
door, waiting for somebody to treat
them ?n
ayes, sir; lots of them.n
"Well, where will they be in twenty
years from now ?n
'Dead!" exclaimed the boys.
'"And who will be the drunkards
then ?n
Gus boys"
Billy was thunderstruck fora moment,
and recovering himself tried TO tell the
boys how to escape such fate.
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Train says some very nice things about
the freshness and modesty of the Eng
lish girls, and one thing especially, that
all American mothers should hear,
which is as follows: ''They love and en-
dure exercise like their brothers; with
flowing locks, at six years they rae e; Oh
horseback and take long walks. AetlEo !,,o
life in this country strengthens I,f tlrf
phlegmatic temperament, and Ine l,.o1,,'. Lea :
is kept simple, whilst the Douy s'0"'
healthier.n
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One of the down-trodden in Indiana
lately applied for a divorce, and the
Judge intimated his intention to decide
against her. The lady, alarmed, began
to shed tears, and her dignified counsel,
edging his chair close to hers, whis-
pered: "That's right, cry, cry like the
ID, and you'll get tyour decree" In less
than ten minutes she was made lone
wOman
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A SHOCK.-A Western editor Oh en-
tering his Office and seeing his appren-
tice boy cutting some queer capers,
called out to him, "Jim, what are you
doing on the fioOr?" "Why, sir, 1 have
had a shOek.u "a shOck?" "Ges, sir.n
"What kind of a shock?" "Why, sir"
said the lad, gasping, Zone of your sub
scribers came in during your absence,
said he owed for two years subscrip-
tion, paid for it, and also paid for
another year in advance"
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A prospective New York bride has or
dered a trosseau of twenty dresses flom
Paris. The wedding dress is now in the
loom at Lyons, is of white satin, and
will cost SIS dollars yard. 1t will be
covered with exquisite point lace, also
made to order.
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A WORD TO BOYs.-Boys, did you
ever think that this world, with ali its
wealth and woe, with all its mines and
mountains, oceans, seas and rivers; with
all its steamboats,, railroads and tele-
craps; with all its millions of groping
men, and all its science and progress of
ages, will soon be given over to the
boys Of the present age-boys like YOU ?
Believe it and look abroad upon your
inheritance, and get ready to enter upon
its possession.
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SONORA HEWITT.
BY MRS. SUSIE wuHERELL

Entered, according 10 the Act OF Congress. In
the year lS72, by Mrs susie WithereH. in the Of
fee OF the Librarian OF Congress al Washington
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Montreal young ladies play the sootb-
ing air Of "HOme, Sweet Home.u abon,
the hour of retiring when their sweet
hearts show signs Of lingering.
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Mrs. Swan, of Council Bluffs, lighted
her fire with kerosene, leaving a hus-
band and one child.
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One-half Of the false hair worn by
American women comes from prisons
aud lunatic asylums.
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Cincinnati bellies devote Friday to
eating onions,
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!G5e aea A!lortBwest.

\ Journal for the People.
Devoted to the Interests of Humanity.
Independent in Politics and Religion.
Alive TO all Live Issues, and Thoroughly
Radical in opposingand Exposing the Wrongs
Of the Masses.
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Correspondents writing over assumed sigma
lures must make known their names to the
Editor, or no attention will be given to their
communications.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-01-23
FntaI Accident.

On Saturday, the llth inst, Samuel
Glover a resident Of Grant township,
this county, while taking a wagon load
Of iron TO Pennsylvania, was thrown
from an embankment twenty 'eet high
the wagon and iron falling upon him.
breaking his back, which resulted in
his death.
The particulars, as far as we can get
them. are these The wagon 10 sup
nossd 10 have come in contact win
seme loose boards OF fence near by
and in Mr.. Glovers attempt to get the
horses again on the road, the horses
vhirIed around, upsetting the wagon
and contents and precipita:lng them
with Glover, a distance OF twenty tee'
the iron and wagon failing upon him
fssrfuIly crushing bis back aod IN
turing him badly otherwise Nc
ono was near to render aid tc
the wounded man. and ne was let
Iv;no in this condition for two hour
md half exposed to the cold, ireezlns
wss,ber he was 'ound BY a stss'
dr,yer and conveyed to his home. hi'
los hands, feet. lips, ears and nos
we're mos, fearfully frozen. He Iingere'
in this con 1ition until Sunday neoo. .
xbich time he died. The deceased "a
forty. zine years old and leaves VII
and ave children to mourn bis un
timely end.-Preston Herald.