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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09

The QUEENS DISCIPLINE.-An anec-
dote illustrating VictOria's admirable
good sense and strict domestic pTinci-
pies, writes Grace Greenwood, came to
me directly from one who witnessed the
occurrence:
One day the queen was present in her
carriage at a military review. The
princess royal, then a rather willful girl
of about thirteen, sitting on the front
seat, seemed disposed to be rather ia
miliar and coquettish with some young
officers of the escort. Her majesty gave
several reproving looks, without avail
"winked at her, but she wouldn't stay
winked." At length, in flirting hel
handkerchief over the side of the car
riage, she dropped it-too evidently not
accidentally. Instantly several young
heroes sprang from their saddles to re-
turn it to her hand-but the awful voice
of her majesty stayed them.
"Stop, gentlemen" exclaimed the
queen, "leave it just where it is. Now
my daughter, get down from the car
riage and pick up your handkerchief
There was no help for it. The rOya
coachman let down the steps for tht
little royal lady, who proceeded to lif
| from the dust the pretty piece of cam
brio and lace. She blushed a good deal
| though she tossed her head saucily, ant
she was doubtless angry enough, bu
the mortifying lesson nipped in the but
her first impulse toward cOquetry. L
was hard, but it was wholesome. How
many American mothers would b
equal to such piece of SpartOn disci
pline?
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09

Poor Mrs. Kerr used to excite my pity
last winter as she stood up in full dress
for hours, receiving her guests and try
ing to look pleased; and l, knowing the
kind, tender, thoughtful heart, filled
with solicitude for the dying man by
inches, whom she had married for true
love, years ago, when she was simple
minded teacher in country school way
up in the pine woods of Western Penn
sylvania, could gauge the quality of her
suffering. The crimson mOire antique
and lace overdress, described by CORE
spondents, is exchanged for Grape
mourning, and the white hair of the
gentle mOurner's head, who made an eff.
fort to do as society expected her, has
grown whittier than ever Washington
Correspondence Chicago Journal.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09

The recent Bennett-M May quarrel is
reviviug the discussion of duelling.
And it is certainly pleasant to see hGw
generally this relic of barbarism Is con-
demned by the press. NOthiGg is more
indefensible than the dU5i, and its alb
surdity aud baseness lave been so fire.
quently exposed that the public senti-
ment is decidedly against it. But it
finds now End then fugitive defender.
Thus, one newspaper correspondent
writes that it is great hardship that a
man must be cast ont of the society in
which he moves if, when insulted, he
does not fight duel, and if he does he
incurs the penalties of the law; and he
urges that the laws against duelling
should be repealed. But far greater
hardships might be shown. 1t is a
hardship that a man must sometimes
starve if he does not steal, and be put in
prison if be does. Shall we therefore
repeal the laws against larceny? 1t is
by the growth of humane and just sem
timent that duelling has been placed
under ban; and we shall not turn back
ward to the practices of savage society
to suit the whims of all the fashionable
raseals in Christendom.-NeaOA Age.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09

for Roses room, only to be met by such
q strong turbid mass of moving dark
ness and noisomeness and suffocation,
as to stagger back again single mo-
ment before it. But almost immedi-
ateIy he was bounding through it,
throwing open the doors between, and
all at once, as he opened the third one,
great binding glare fell from above,
and there was the monstrous horror of
flame towering and soaring, like an evil
spirit that wiped matter from existence.
But Roger did not pause to think
what it was like; he only thought that
it was sweeping through an upper floor,
that in a moment the floor must fall,
that be must reach Roses room. The
house had been struck by lightning in
the storm, and the smouldering spark
had been making headway in the lonely
upper rooms all the delicious summer
evening, all the time that he had been
leaning on his balcony drinking the
balmy air, all the time that Rose had
been folded in her sweet slumber, all
the time he had been hearing that tiny
crackle, and thinking it was the rain
dripping from the leaves upon the walk.
Another moment and over its dull roar
came a cry, "Roger! Roger! Oh, my
dearest my dearest! where are you
do you know it ?" And Rose, with a
cloak thrown over her, burst through
her door, and was caught in his arms as
| he leaped down the stairs at one vault
and bore her out into safety.
They had barely reached the gate
when the roof fell in, and though the
neighbors came thronging round, and
the engines were presently at play, they
stood there with the rest, and saw thai
! it was no use, and the blaze of the home
of their childhood and their youth wa;
ascending like a smoke of sacrifice
Rose stood folded in the arms of Roger
hiding her eyes from the dreadful sight
as a child might stand beside the grave
of a mother while it is filled. "Let il
go without tears, darling-let it co.
Roger whispered. at is a kindly
flame. The old house is still protecting
us; it has lighted our way to each other
Without it, we should still have beef
cropping in the dark. I should neve
have dared win you; you would neve
have known loved you"
"You are coming right home will
me, children" said Mr.. Vance, ''till w
can turn round and see what's to b
done. Is the house insured? ? Where
your papers ?'
'rThey are gone" said Rose, "witl
every thing else. We are utterly penni
less r'
1t was just fortnight after that
when Roger entered Mrs. Vance's hous
one night, Rose ran and clapped a bit c
paper before his eyes so closely that h
could see nothing. When he steppe
back, she was holding it over his lips
and then half bashfully tiptoeing u
and kissing him through it. "Do yo
see what it is?" she said 'It is chec
for twenty-five hundred dollars from th
Safety Insurance Company, who hav
taken the circumstances into account
1t is the insurance on the buildings, an
the lands are still left. The old house
taking care of us yet, Roger. Tw
thousand for your business, and th
rest" she whispered, shyly, and blush
ing like a rose indeed, "to furnish th
new house. ."-Hd1per' BGzGr.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09

Anne of Cleves, one of the wives of
Henry the Eighth, after her divorce,
amused herself with playing viol with
six strings; and from a ballad of the
time of Charles [. we may infer that it
was not then accounted extraordinary
for ladies to play the fiddle; Maddalena
Lombardi, who came from Venice, pro-
duced a great sensation as a violinist in
I735, at Paris. Regina Schirk was ia
nous violinist in 1854; Mozart said of
her: mo human being can play with
more feeling" In 17SS Signora Vito
ria dalp Occa played publicly on the
violin in the theater at Milan. Signora
Varravicini, born in 1850, at Turin, was
violinist of considerable reputation,
and enjoyed the special favor of the
Empress Josephine. Louise Gautherot,
French woman, was celebrated for the
violin performances which she gave in
London, from 1850 to 1890. In 1911
Signora Gerbini performed on the vio-
lin, in Paris. In 1885, Madam Fill.
powiez, the wife of a Polish Colonel
played the violin at the London Phil
harmonic concerts. We are told tina
those who came to laugh remained t.
admire. The names of Krahmen
Schultz, Newman, Humler, and Wit
| toria deBuOnO are those of renowned fe
male violinists. Many will remembe
the ftsrOre produced in 1910, and later
by the sisters MiIanoIla. Madam Nor
man Neruda is professor of the violiI
| in the Academy of Stockholm; and t.
| this list of lady viOlinists must be addeC
the names of Camilla Urso aud Mis-
| Collins.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09
A Lady on Marriage.

do not see the propriety of woman
being ruled by her husband or he being
ruled by her. My ideal of a happy
home is one in which there is indisput-
able love, and where neither rules, but
where their hearts, their fortunes, and
their beings blend. 1t is not the cOarser
tie of human law that binds their peace,
but harmony itself. 1 think there
should exist between man and wife a
boundless confidence in one another,
and that the wife should be consulted
on all her husbands business plans, and
give her advice; for woman is mans
"best friend" 1 consider it a wOman's
duty to look after her domestic affairs,
mot trust to servant girls), be economi-
cal, and make her husband and chill
dren a pleasant and cheerful companion.
1t is stated that "the law might allow a
man a half-dOzen wives, but yet he
would have no right to more than one"
Why would he not have right to them
all if the law allowed it? But the law
strictly forbids man having more than
one wife, and he or she who has more
than one wife or husband is a bigamist
and should be punished. [ hold that a
man and wife have a moral right to sep
arate and be divorced, provided there is
reason for it. If man is cruel and
harsh to his wife without reason, do
not think she should bear it uncom-
plainingly, after she had tried with all
| her ability to win him back to kind
ness. A woman will never be false to 8
man if he is a good, kind, and affection
ate husband, and provides for his fam
lily as well as his means will allow hin
to. If difficulties do arise between mai
and wife, and cause a separation,
think he should still continue to sup
port her and her children-if they are 81
Unfortunate as to have any-as long a
they need his assistance. And the Law
should be that neither should MARI!
until death makes the second separation
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09

A CROWDED SCHOOL-HOUsE IN
FLAMES.-A three-stOry schoOl-house,
with a narrow and winding stairway, in
Minneapolis, Mimi, caught fire from
the furnance recently, while over nine
hundred children were in the building.
Presence of mind on the part of the
women teachers prevented a panic and
probable loss of life. The fire was first
discovered on the first floor, near tht
flues, which extended from basement tC
roof. In ten minutes the flames haC
burst out in every room. The children
were marshaled down the stairways
The teachers were all women.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09

A Paterson Christian refused an op-
portunity while out sleigh-riding to put
his arm around another mans wife,
''for fear that the Lord would paralyze
the offending member" "In Brooklyn" J"
frankly says the argus, "such cases of
paralysis never occur, and some sup
pose it is because there are so many
provocations that the Lord doesn't
know where to begin.n
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09

ANOTHER VICTIM.-Rapherty of the
Cheyenne Leader, has been married re-
Gently. He came up here to consult
with US about the new life he was about
to enter, and we called him off to one
side, and told him a great many things
which we knew would be of use to him.
Among the rest, we told him that if he
went home on these cold evenings and
found the bed cold, that he must keep
his grief to himself, and not make a
newspaper article out of it; but he has
forgotten our well meant advice, and
came out yesterday morning in this
way: "Hhese are the nights when the
married man whose business keeps him
up late rejoices, upon reaching home, tC
find that his wife has gone out to stay
with her sister, leaving behind chill.
ingly cold bed. .n-SentineL.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09

Mrs. Jane G. Swisshelm says of Anna
Diekinson's Anne Boleyn: ''There is no
kind of COMPRISING machine or patent
corset that can ever put this great rep
resentative American woman into the
dimensions of that very small-sized bit
of English royalty"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09
THE STORY.

Again are those who are interested in
the fortunes and misfortunes of "Edna
and John" compelled to wait the tardy
movement Of the mails for further en-
lightenment.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09

A horse-thief was being conducted to
Jail in Texas, when the officer remarked
to him that it looked like rain. eyes,"
replied the prisoner, "we are going to
have a wet, gloomy Christmas. 1t
don't make so much difference to you
and me, but it's rough on these mer-
chants. I really feel sorry for them"
The last remark was made while the
taller was unbarring the door.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09
Invest in Real Estate.

Although an investment in real estate
may not at once prove lucrative and
yield an immediate income to the pur-
chaser, we have found, from many years.
experience, that all judicious invest
ments made, either in farming lands or
suburban property adjoining a growing
and prosperous city, invariably result
in fine speculation, or at all events in
one that is doubly sure for good pay
ing investment.
In the products of the soil all wealth
has it's origin. The industrious farmer
must always have a market for his
wares. What he has to sell are the alb
solute necessities of life, aud he that
does not produce them must obtain
them of him who does.
Whatever may be a mans business,
however much money he may control,
he must look to the tiller of the soil for
that which will sustain life. There
may be local arrangements, but on the
whole there is of necessity a market for
every important product, and the pro-
ducer must always be sure Of his living,
so long, at least, as he is the owner OF
the land he cultivates. In every de,
partment of life sunshine and shadow
alternate, but if the foundation fails
the ruin of the superstructure is newt.
able.
The possession of real estate is a sub
stantial capital. If ones title is good
no thief can steal it; it needs no insur.
ance policy to make it safe; nothing
short of an earthquake can swallow it
A good farm or suburban garden, will
rich roll, judiciously managed, whethe
its commercial gold value go up o
down, is still the source of good ant
comfortable living. Whatever else
man may possess, he cannot afford t,
, do without real estate sufficient to max
himself and family, if he has one,
good home.-St. Paul Business ReporteT
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09

'I can't pass you tonight" said the
door-keeper of cOncert-room to an in
veterate dead-head. "Well, 1 don't want
you to pass me-" said the dead-head.
''You just stay where you are, and I'll
pass you !' and he passed.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09

An old woman who came near being
run over by hearse declared that she
was not at all superstitious, but always
thought that it would be unlueky to be
killed by a hearse.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09

An exchange says: What this coun-
try needs to have right off is religion
which will make man feel that it is
just as cold for his wife to get up and
build fire as it is for himself.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09

An obituary notice contained the
touching intelligence that the deceased
chad accumulated little money and
ten children.u
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09

An editor in Michigan, talking of
corn, processes to have couple Of ears
fifteen inches long. Some folks are re-
markable for the length of their two ears.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09

The earnings of sewing girls in Paris
range from fifteen to thirty cents day,
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-09

The death penalty has been abolished
in Italy.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-20

starving man and his starving child?
how you fed and warmed them, and
then, rather than that they should be
thrust forth into the pitiless night,y you
spent q long weary night In solitary
watching. That man was my father (;
that boy, myself. - 8
~ was then, to be sure, very young
but eight Year, old, indeed-y yet
| every circumstances of that evening re-
mains indelibly fixed In. my mind.
Nor could T have we'll forgotten them,
Ilfmy own memory had proved less
strong; for during tina few remaining
years Of my fathers life, he never fall
ed to mingle your name with those Of
his best loved ones, IN his morning
and eveningprayeD.Fe After that even
ing we continued poor--very poor !;
but we never begged again. Ny father
sought and found employment Is q
day laborer, and by privation and Ia
Dor he earned the bread we ate or,
when he was unable to do this, we
;could do without-he never begged
again. 81, "a s.,sa' 80
AFTER his death, 1 was taken into
the family. Of Mr.. Richard Morley,
who Is, as perhaps you know, The
partner Of your brother. Mr. and
Mrs, Morley had no children; and
.aftefI q little while, they formally
adopted me, aud have ever been 10 me,
rs trp6,and kind as the parents whom
i have lost could nave been. / was
sent to school, and then taken into
the c0untidg-roonl Of Morley q Cray,
where I still am, with hopes. or soon
becoming ajuni0rmesnbera OF the fifm.
THERE .is naturally sn ipt!Macy be.
his partnery and this. happy circum-
stanceswas the means OF my introduce.
ton to your sweet Alice-may not
say, my sweet Alice, for the dear girl
has already confessed that am dear
to her. From what she has told me Of
your former house, and of syeu, dear
ing that benefactress for whom my
evening prayers'were taught to ascend
to be called your eon will be only
second in thelseale of happiness to the
title Of Alice's husband.
Tomorrow, dear mother-f forgive
me, IL i am premature, but the heart
gushing with joy Is not easily re-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. will call upon
you and deliver u letter from your
brother, containing, as he informed
me, every argument which he could
use in my favor; but could not re-
sist telling you first of this secret link
between US, which is secret TO all the
world beside, excepting. our gentle
Allce.s lfs ts,gn fsggDt d stT 4
IL remain yours, with the profound
est gratitude and esteem, ios es
3 "FRANz ACKEIssIAN Morley"
What need to add more! Who that
has loved, loves, or hopes to love, but
foresees that the offer Of Franz was
warmly accepted by Alice's mother?-
that they were soon married, and that
Mrs. Lincoln took up her abode with
hau,o ~ 49, o. ar4.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-20

went out, and soon after the dool
opened, and one Of the most beautiful
beings / ever saw entered bearing q
light. rf 40
| "Oh. my brother-my dear brother
why did you nc; 40 raslriy 2" she asked
as kneeling down she kissed me again
and again, keeping up a cross fife OF
| Questions about her ''sister lsabel.n
This was not dlsagreeable, but In
honor Icouldsnot accept those Kisses
~ the brOther-in-law of my pretty WIS.,
it0r. / was about to enlighten her
whenlI found her cutting MY o0f$le,
SSS Re e b aSs~sa Hwise no'7setto sn-
X '.Esior G6stiilp wi II iso0ni d,s. here.
You must hy, as. you value your life ~
she said, leariiug me To the door and
extinguishinxt the light. ). aOithgni
was not slow to avail myself of her
advice, and, IN a spirit Of heartfelt
gratitude, a LIT her kiss ME again., and
l am not quite sure did not return It,
AZ something that did not belong to
me. Being confused, am not 50 Ger
tain about this. q.
Il hurried back 10 the hotel ,antl there
found the captain, who, alarmed at my
absence, was going out to search for
me. , IS IaVS Ei 81 ssni iilW rIf9
told him my story, which at first.
impressed him as something serfous;.
but when concluded he burst into q
laugh, long and loud, but not at all
agreeable To ire. '''F "iH' -" -
/ S"Why, Senorita Maria Diaz eiS, a
twin sister of the doctors wife, and
looks as much Hike her as pos.i,l,. In
deed, the doctor IL not quite sure he
got the right one, for they were, both
in love with him." -fsaff9s V't
You amaze me ~ st.,naI -
"It Is true, nevertheless. But this
Costello Is engaged to the remaining
one.u y .
/ am straightforward man, and
don't Nike plots; but this affair was
decidedly mixed so l went y bed
without trying to unravel 1t.
My sleep was troubled, for every few
minutes fresh gangs of Mexicans were
binding me, and as fast as they did so
and went out, pretty girls, with lights
call me brother, ask after Isabel, and
free me. ,asfratNl Al 600.
Next morning, Captain Hammond
aud other friends established my iden-
tity, and the Mexicans sought me out
and was prevailed on not to take that
steamer, and skipped the next.
], met SenOrita Diaz frequently and
fatally, but Carlos Costello was quite
vigilant. He never liked me, and per-
haps 1t was my pride not to be beaten
by Mexican that prompted the rash
act have never regretted. Maria and
i eloped, were married, and reached
San Franciscoin safety.
Since then have my double, but he
does not resemble me when we are to-
gether. Hammond writes me that the
Mexicans believe that the doctor is q
Mormon, and has married both sisters.
/ do not propose to prove it il a matter
OF Resemblance.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-20
J, To know good and evil Is the wisdom
OF all, and to forsake the evil and choose
the good only the wisdom OF o few.

IL. All
To know good and evil Is the wisdom
OF all, and to forsake the evil and choose
the good only the wisdom Of o few.
-H Oaths are vulgar, senseless, offen-
sive, impious; they leave n noisome
trail upon the lips, and stamp OF
odium upon the soul. They are mex
cusabIe. They crafty no sense, while
they outrage taste and dignity. 9aJ
o A LADY reader writes to the New
York Herald for recelpe TO remove
freokles. A lady In Rome, who has
trieJ the remedy, recommends the
Giiowinv: Battle the face lightly
With cologne water after tea, and 1T
el,out 10 q. M. .brush both cheeks, the
forehead and chin with carefully
seiected mustache. If this does not
remove the freckles, 1t will, under or
binary circumstances, cause them to
be forgotten 1T Rome Sentinel. $40
A whoop-baug sort OF q boy with feet
"a broad and fat rs . ple-fin, trotted
through the market yesterday till he
reached stall kept by single woman
about thirty years old. Hating there,
he yelled out: "Say sayl Your lit
tie boy haa been run over and killed,
ub ~ the City Hallf''i "Ohi oh,
Heavens Oh--lu She screamed
Is she made q dive under the counter,
came up on the outside, and started 70
follow the boy. After going ten FEET
she halted. looked very foolish all or
sudden. and remarked: what goose
I ami Why, i Amt even married."