The New Northwest/1871/October 27
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- One Hour, a poem by Minnie Myrtle Miller
- Judith Reid, chapter 24 of a serialized novel by Abigail Scott Duniway
- Correspondence
- Death notice for Jeanette Power
- Free Schools for Oregon by T. W. Davenport
- Receipts
- Woman suffrage items
- Filler
One Hour.
INSCRIBED TO B. W. M.
Behold, at last, my changeful fate!
I should not think of thee, I know;
But whither can my lone heart go,
In all this wide world desolate?
My early love, lift up thy brow;
Embalmed in many a secret tear,
We have been silent many a year;
O, let us speak together now.
'Tis but a little boon I ask
For one who wanders, con amore,
And loves to seek a novel shore;
It will not be a dreary task.
There is a place—a lonely spot—
Beside a wild, sequestered sea;
Go there sometime and think of me,
And mourn an hour our severed lot.
They'll point thee out a spot where oft,
In pensive mein and thoughtful mood,
Full many a time a maiden stood,
When ships were sending lights aloft.
My spirit in that place you'll find;
The tinted shell upon the shore
All knew of me in days of yore;
The rocks and trees were never blind.
Fit place for love's young dream is this;
A pleasing music fills the air;
The sailing moon cast anchor there;
The streaming stars all weep for bliss.
An ancient pair, the sea and strand;
He, hoary headed, speaketh sweet,
And checks for her his battling feet,
And smoothes her wrinkles with his hand.
Seek then, my love, but once that sea,
And out upon the cliff's dark brow
Regret, one hour, the broken vow,
And consecrate that hour to me.
Salem, Oregon.
JUDITH REID;
A Plain Story of a Plain Woman.
[Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by Mrs. A. J. Duniway, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington City.]
CHAPTER XXIV.
A few evenings after the scene just described, I again strolled out into the grove of maples, whither I was wont to repair when holding silent and sweet, yet sad and solemn, communings with my inmost heart. Suddenly the sounds of whispered conversation disturbed my reverie. Instantly looking up, I again perceived Dr. Armstrong and his companion, evidently engaged in earnest discussion. Determined this time, if possible, to secure an explanation of what I saw, I stepped hastily forward to where they were sitting.
The Doctor's companion arose and hurried away, but I felt, from the magnetic condition of the surrounding atmosphere, that he could be no other person than Dr. Gordon, upon whose account I was fast losing the strongest attribute of my nature, my innate self-respect.
"Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall!"
What good monitor whispered these important words of warning? Certain it is I seemed to hear them, and they nerved my soul to strength.
"Judith Reid!" said Dr. Armstrong, timidly, "this is no fit place for you! Why are you out here alone at this hour? Whom did you expect to meet?"
"I am here alone because I have a right to come and choose to exercise the right. I expected to meet none but the Creator who stretcheth out the heavens as a span. I came here to commune with Him."
The Doctor's companion wrapped his heavy cloak about his face and disappeared in the black shadows of the moon-lit grove.
"By what right do you transgress upon my grounds?" I continued. "Your companion flees at my approach and you proceed to arraign me as a criminal, guilty of some flagrant misdemeanor. Dr. Armstrong! I did not look for this from you! What does all this mean?"
"Judith Reid! I command you to listen to me! Have I not sought your highest good? Did I not follow you to your northwestern home and snatch you from the degradation of drudgery and the very jaws of death?"
"There was no degradation in the fact that I earned an honest livelihood; and I would gladly welcome the ferocious jaws of death to-night! Dr. Armstrong, what motives prompted you to seek me out? By whose connivance was my early womanhood so badly warped? Why was I made the victim of such awful circumstances?"
"God knows I never meant to harm you, Judith. I have taken the deepest interest in all that pertains to you ever since I found you, many years ago, a fiery prey to your own morbid fancies and a victim of unappreciation and poverty. Do you remember that I then saved your life?"
"Would to God that you had let me die!" I wailed, as I fell to my knees upon the dew-bejeweled grass and poured out my spirit in a prayer of silent agony.
The Doctor was moving away as if glad to escape from my presence.
"Stop! I implore you!" I entreated.
"This is no time for further discussion, my poor, frightened child. To-morrow I will visit you and see what can be done. My daughter says you contemplate an early return to the Pacific coast."
There was a sort of relief in his voice as he uttered these last words, which caused me to feel that he would be very glad to get rid of me. A suspicion had for some time been vaguely gathering form and substance in my brain—a sort of intuition that led one to feel that this man knew more about my early misfortune than he cared to unveil.
"Never will I leave this city," said I firmly, "until the mystery and misery of my past life have been explained. I have wandered in darkness all the days of my life, and now, by the Eternal, I swear, and these stars overhead shall bear me witness, I will ferret out the labyrinth of past mysterious circumstances and explore the darkest depths of fate."
"Judith, you are in a frenzy. You know not what you say."
"Indeed I am not mad," I said. "The words of truth and soberness are on my tongue. I feel and how that you are in some unaccountable manner connected with the great mystery that shrouds my life, and I will know the whole if the investigation brings you to the gallows and me to perdition!"
The strong man quailed and hesitated.
"Speak! sir, speak!" I shouted. "Tell me how and why you are connected with my fate, and how and why you came to be my good and evil genius."
"You shall know all in time, my poor, bruised lambkin. If I have been, as you assert, your evil genius, I have not so intended. God and the angels bear me witness that I have never meant, by word or deed, to bring you ought but happiness. And if there is any work that I can accomplish by which you may obtain that peace of mind to which I for many years have been a stranger, personal humiliation shall be nothing to me. I will do my duty though my own roof tree full and though the blight shall crush me. Judith, God only knows how unhappy I am! I have carried a secret sorrow all the days of my manhood. I am about to tell you that which I have struggled all my life to keep from the world. John Smith, the man whose name you bear, and the man with whom you saw me in the grove have had me in their power many, many years. Poor John has gone the way of all the earth."
The Doctor stopped abruptly here and began pacing up and down the graveled walk.
"Oh, Doctor! tell me all! I implore you to spare me not, for I feel and know that something that you can, nay, must reveal, most vitally concerns myself."
"Indeed it does, poor stricken child! Indeed it does!" and he kept on pacing up and down the graveled walk.
"Dr. Armstrong! I will bear with you no longer! Who is this man Gordon, and why is it that he so deeply interests me?" I asked, savagely.
"Judith!" and the tone was sad and sepulchral, "Will you give me the word of an earnest, honest woman that you will not betray my trust?"
"The word of a woman is pledged to you, my friend. But hark! Doesn't somebody listen?"
A slight rustling in the bushes was detected, but soon all was still, and we were satisfied that we could not he overheard.
"The man whom you know as Dr. Gordon is my natural son! Nay, don't run as though I were a demon! His mother was a pure and noble woman, whom I loved with an intense devotion which was only equaled by her implicit confidence in me. I was young, passionate, ignorant, undisciplined. My father had failed in business; my mother was proud, and I was, of course, poor. The sins of my father were visited heavily upon me, and my passional nature, of the inordinate cause of which I was wholly ignorant, was not under that control which is born of knowledge. My idol became the disgraced and suffering mother of a child of shame. I would have married her and defied the world, but, poor, true, trusting creature, she was snatched from me by her parents, and after lingering for a few years in an insane asylum, her spirit took its flight."
"Does Mrs. Armstrong know of this?"
"Of course she knew of Susan and the child, but she has no idea that the child is here."
"How came you to marry Mrs. Armstrong, if all this that you have told me is true?"
"How came you to marry poor John Smith? You see, as society is, young people are controlled almost altogether by circumstances. I was known as a popular and rising young physician; Mrs. Armstrong as an heiress; and our well-meaning but ignorant friends did the rest."
"Well, I am sure you have made the best of the lot that has fallen to you, so far as matrimony is concerned. But what of this boy? Where has he been all these years?"
"Poor boy! he has been an Ishmaelite. He is to-day an outlaw!"
"The mystery grows darker. But, Doctor, I must know it all."
"Not to-night, poor, wounded dove!"
"Why in the name of common sense not tell me all to-night?"
"Because curious ears may listen and idle tongues tell tales."
"Well, then, good night, and come to me alone to-morrow."
He disappeared in the shadows, and I, all quaking with a terror I could not understand, emerged into the limpid light of moon and stars, and knelt down to pray.
Hope and peace came to solace me in my perturbation, and I arose from my devotions refreshed and strong.
A figure glided past me through an opening, and hid behind some clumps of lilac. I hurriedly sought out the intruder, and found that my very reliable servant had been spying out my movements.
"Nanette! what are you doing here?"
"Indeed, ma'am, I'll leave your house this very night! A woman who meets respectable men out at night to talk about babies they had before marriage ain't fit company for a young woman who has a character to sustain. I will go right straight to Mrs. Armstrong and get a place, and when I tell her what I've seen to-night there won't be no row! Oh, no!"
"I am ashamed, good reader, to confess to you that I grew angry, but I did. Here was an impudent, ignorant quadroon who had dogged my footsteps to get material for false accusations, and when caught in the disreputable act she had the unblushing audacity to threaten to leave and expose a woman, whom she accused of wickedness, and go to the house or the "respectable" man, whom she adjudged an accomplice, because she had a character to maintain!
I was so indignant that I did not stoop to refute her charges, but I gave her a lesson upon the importance of minding her own business which, if I had only been prudent enough to have said in gentleness, could doubtless have satisfied the girl and made her my fast friend. Better and wiser people than myself have made just such ridiculous mistakes.
I would not let her remain with me till morning, but commanded her to pack up and put off in a hurry, which command she obeyed, vowing vengeance in a way that would have seriously disturbed me, had I not been so conscious of my own rectitude and her audacity that I did not care a fig for her falsehoods.
Entering my little parlor I dropped my trembling frame into a chair. Feathery rays of moonlight tangled themselves In the vines and lattice, and strayed through the trailing tendrils of the sleeping morning glories. The hallowed stillness of the night was broken by a screech owl's note, whose warning carried me, as if by magic, away through the long, dead years, hack to the forest of the long ago, where the same sound had jarred me. Clasping my hands tightly over my throbbing temples, I leaned back in the chair and sat there thinking, thinking, thinking.
A darkness that could be felt encompassed me; magnetic chills ran through my veins; a mellow light gradually acquired form and substance, and a benevolent face, with long, white beard and beaming eyes, stood out in bold relief.
"A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grevious words stir up anger."
These were the words I heard, and while I looked and listened the figure vanished, the bright light and inky darkness disappeared, and in my soul, as in the olden time, the sweet and solemn promise, "I'll explain," attuned itself to melody.
(To be continued.)
CORRESPONDENCE.
This department of the New Northwest is to be a general vehicle for exchange of ideas concerning any and all matters that may be legitimately discussed in our columns. Finding it practically impossible to answer each correspondent by private letter, we adopt this mode of communication to save our friends the disappointment that would otherwise accrue from our inability to answer their queries. We cordially invite everybody that has a question to ask, a suggestion to make, or a scolding to give to contribute to the Correspondents' Column.
G. B. B., Jacksonville: Yes.
W. R. B., Harrisburg: Your remittance received all right. Have not time at present to answer by private letter, but will take pleasure in doing so as soon as opportunity offers.
Mrs. M. M. M., Salem: Should think you would do well in Portland giving a course of lectures, You should be prepared, however, to extend your lecturing tour to other points. You certainly would have a good audience here. Hope we shall be able to answer you privately soon.
Madame Jeanette Power, one of the most eminent feminine naturalists of the day, has recently deceased in France. She was known as the discoverer of the secret of the manner in which the shell of the nautilus is formed, and her experiments upon the subject are among the most curious of the age. It is to Madame Power that we owe, likewise, the invention of the aquarium. She was much esteemed in the scientific world, a member of most of the European acadamies of science, and held a grade of high distinction at the Academy of Brussels, and, withal, so truly feminine and simple-hearted that all this honor and glory was freely given.
FREE SCHOOLS FOR OREGON
Is the title of a well written pamphlet of forty pages, containing the lecture delivered at Salem before the Marlon County Teachers' Institute, Aug. 17th, by our young friend, J. A. Waymire, Esq.
This is, perhaps, the most elaborate and valuable contribution among the many pleas for free schools that has ever emanated from a confessed Oregonian.
Mr. Waymire has given a plentiful supply of facts and figures; enough, we would think, to start from his habitual lethargy the dullest Oregonian and fill him with an earnest conviction of the necessity of doing something more than we are doing for the education of our youth, more than half of whom do not attend school at all, or so irregularly as to make no progress in their schooling.
On pages 28, 29 and 30, under the subhead of "What Oregon Is Doing," is a terse synopsis of the present educational condition in this State, which compares very well with the old slave-holding States before the war, when the rich aristocrats opposed school tax, educated their children at private and select schools, while the children of the poor, always by far the greater number, were forced into mental starvation and degradation.
Let every inhabitant of the State read what "Oregon Is Doing," and firmly resolve that the next time Mr. Waymire looks at the statistics he can report a commendable progress in our educational condition, even if we are not ready to adopt the "American Free School System," the practicability of which I think Mr. Waymire has fully demonstrated in the succeeding pages of his lecture.
On pages 36, 37 and 38 will be found a statement of "Our School Funds," to which I would invite the attention of everybody concerned in the education and training of youth.
Mr. W. says, "Our State has a rich endowment for her schools." I thought so once, and thousands besides, who immigrated to this coast, came over the great desert with the happy prospect of ample provisions for the education of their posterity. Let me whisper to you, friend W., that the rich endowment is non est.
Do you call that a rich endowment which does not yield enough revenue to keep a 1½ month's school In a year? Why, sir, as compared with the States of Illinois, Iowa and other new Western States, we are poorly endowed. A single county of the States aforenamed has a greater fund than the whole State of Oregon.
It is indeed true that our good and generous Uncle Sam did set off upon paper a most princely inheritance to the children of Oregon, but what, with the snow-capped ranges of mountains, which cool our air and furnish us with perennial streams of purest water; the waste alkali flats and scoriated hills; the elevated table lands of grand extent, fit only for pasturage; the giving of section and half-section claims in the rich and fertile valleys to actual settlers in advance of the surveys, by which most of the 16th and 36th sections were blotted out of the original bequest; and last, though not least, the robbery committed by the last Legislature and the Governor, Grover, by which the 500,000 acres of land set apart by the Constitution of the State as an irreducible school fund were given away to a private corporation, the educational prospects of the aforesaid children will come out at the little end of the horn so far as the rich endowment goes.
It is true we have 75,000 acres for a State University and 90,000 acres for an Agricultural College, making 105,000 acres. But what the children are most interested in knowing is, "How much money will it bring?" Where is this land? In the Willamette or other valleys? Is it mountain or sand plain? Is it worth one cent or one dollar per acre? Will it ever be worth any more than it is now? Can it be sold at all? The same questions must be asked about those lands selected in lieu of the 16th and 36th sections, called indemnity lands.
The so-called rich endowment depends for its richness upon the answer to these questions; and until they are answered don't let us talk about the balance of the proceeds of the 500,000 acres, after paying the $200,000 and interest to the Canal and Locks Company for their disinterested labor in behalf of the State.
There is no balance of the proceeds of the 500,000 acres. There never will be any if the funds and lands are managed as the law provides.
That little Lock Bill effectually gobbled up the whole of that irreducible school fund. There are no means of knowing what amount could be realized from a judicious handling of the 500,000 acres; — probably $1,000,000, which, at 12 per cent. per annum, would yield $120,000, and, with the other funds, would give us a free school six months in a year. Whatever they are, are gone — all gone — not even so much as the baseless fabric of a vision left to the children of the State to compensate them for the loss of that rich endowment.
The fact is, that, owing to the peculiar geographical character of Oregon and the peculiar circumstances attending the transfer of the laws of this State by the General Government, our rich endowment for school purposes has dwindled down to a very small affair.
For this very reason the greatest care, the severest economy, should be bestowed upon its management. For this reason the people of this State should never rest until the work of tho last Legislature be undone and the 500,000 acres restored to the irreducible school fund, where the people placed it by the adoption of our Constitution.
LETTER FROM MRS. GRIFFING.
Washington, D. C.
Mrs. A. J. Duniway, Editor of the New Northwest:—
Dear Madam:—Your name has been proposed for Member of the National Woman Suffrage Committee (headquarters at Washington, D. C.) by our mutual friend, Mrs. L. DeForce Gordon. It gives me great pleasure to invite your co-operation with the Committee, and shall he happy to hear at your earliest convenience that you will accept the position.
Our position is probably known to you, and is the simple outgrowth of a rapidly developing public sentiment in behalf of woman's political and civil equality. From all parts of the country the demand now comes for united action, and, to secure this, fundamental knowledge on this subject must be extended to those called upon to act — and the Committee are straining every nerve to put this whole argument in favor of woman's voting, and the evidence that she is now entitled to vote under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution, into the hands of all who manifest any interest individually or through a representative to us.
What we ask of members of this Committee is, help to organize committees or societies — in their localities or in any way most effective — to circulate petitions asking for "a Declaratory Act" of Congress, the coming session, that will strike down the State laws that now, contrary to the Supreme law of the land, "deny" and "abridge" the right of woman to exercise the rights of a citizen of the United States, which is the only hindrance to her exercise of the elective franchise over the whole country to-day. You will see how important is this work. We send you blank petitions. Another part of our work, and not less important, is the circulation and sale of our publications and the collection of money therefrom, and by other means to print tracts and bear current expenses. Our "Address to the Women of the United States," containing a pledge and declaration of sentiment, invites all women favoring the same to send their names in autograph that is, on a slip or on a sheet with a page of names accompanied with one dollar for printing fund — the same to be placed in the great National Autograph Book, which is already nearly filled with the names of noble and live women — to be kept in the archives of the nation. If more than one dollar can be spared, let it come — and to all such contributors we respond with a History of the Movement for twenty years, lately published by Mrs. Paulina W. Davis. You will readily see that this constitutes the bone and sinew of our movement. Without it we cannot print and continue our educational work — that is, without the money. Contributions are of course solicited in any and all ways, that may best please the taste or suit the convenience of the members of the Committee and by each one's effort, though it may be of small amount, we shall accomplish the work we propose to do, and, I trust, shall realize our hope of the speedy and peaceful enfranchisement of woman.
I have written quite explicitly to indicate our programme of work, and hope soon to hear of your favorable decision and be able to forward you the samples of our cheap tracts and Constitutional argument, and so feel the support of your strong arm in the State of Oregon.
The Oregon Statesman, in discussing the question of woman suffrage, attempts to palm off nearly a column of special pleading on its readers for argument against the measure, the following sentence from which is a fair specimen:
"We believe in treating woman with all the consideration she can reasonably demand, but we are not prepared to force political privileges upon her against her will."
Of course men are to be the only judges as to what shall constitute her reasonable demands. Women, like slaves, must be passive. The hypocritical talk about "forcing political privileges on woman against her will" is too bald and transparent to require note or comment to make it apparent to ordinarily intelligent readers. A novice in governmental requirements would naturally conclude, on reading that class of American newspapers of which the Statesman is a type, that voting was compulsory; that the citizen to whom the "privilege" was granted had no alternative but to devote his time to politics, day and night, week-days and Sundays, to the exclusion of other business matters—attend caucuses, go to the polls on election days at the risk of life or limb, or be fined and imprisoned for neglect of political duties. Every State and National election demonstrates that armies of voters neglect to vote; and so long as masculines exclusively shall continue to engineer our political system, by which thieves, roughs and rowdies exercise a controlling influence, both at conventions, caucuses and the polls, so long will the better classes continue to absent themselves from the polls, and will only interest themselves in political matters when to do so in the interest of personal friends or for local improvements.—Pioneer.
WOMAN UNDER THE LAWS OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
OLYMPIA, W. T., Sept. 20th, 1871.
Mrs. A. J. Duniway—Madam:—I have read with interest several numbers of your excellent paper, and have felt as if I should be glad to contribute a mite in assisting the good work of reforming our laws, so as to place our feminine population in a not less eligible position than the hardier sex.
I have not seen any criticism upon the almost universal system of legislation, on the exemption of property from execution for debt, wherein there is nearly always partiality against the widow and in favor of the husband and wife. For instance, in this Territory, a man, married or unmarried, as a professional man is entitled to a library and other property to the value of hundreds of dollars, which cannot be taken for debt; whereas the widow and children of such man are deprived of any such exemption in their favor. The working or the law is thus: A red-gloved lawyer or physician with a library worth $500, and wardrobe worth $300, may settle in this Territory and get in debt to a widow for washing and ironing his clothes, and not one cent's worth of his $800 worth of property can she claim. But let her call the physician when half a dozen children are sick of measles, and his charge of $3 per visit holds half the value of her small property of $800 liable for his debt.
I have not had occasion to examine the statutes of other Territories or States on this coast, but I imagine a similar state of case will be found to exist in others. You will find what I have stated on pages 86, 87, 88 of statutes published in 1869.
This letter is not for publication, but merely to suggest what you may not have noticed and assist you in preparing a suitable article on this subject. It is by calling public attention to these wrongs that a correction of the abuse may be expected.
With sentiments of respect I am
P. S. You can can see the hardships wrought against the widow of a lawyer or physician. While he is alive and able to assist his wife in the rearing and education of the family, they are favored with an exemption of $700 or more; the moment she becomes a widow, and when she most needs help and protection, the law withdraws and deprives her and her children of the benefit of this exemption, when every consideration for charity and humanity would say that she should rather have increased than diminished protection.
"We Wait for an Answer."
Under this head the New York Standard takes occasion to make a covert attack on Mrs. Stanton and Miss Anthony, on account of sympathy alleged to have been manifested towards Laura D. Fair, now under sentence of death for shooting Mr. Crittenden, a lawyer of eminence, who had deserted his wife and family, and had, for years, given himself, soul and body, to the woman who finally avenged not only her own wrong, but the wrongs of his wife, by meteing to him his just reward. It is not our intention to justify Mrs. Fair in her act, but that Crittenden met a fate he richly deserved no one will deny.
Had Mrs. Crittenden shot both Mrs. Fair and her recreant and most guilty husband, the world would have upheld her. We have here to do simply with the Standard in regard to the article under the above caption. It may perhaps appear a hard thing for a woman's paper to utter; but if the editor of the Standard were a woman, and had some spite towards the ladies against whom it makes repetition of a slanderous report, we would account for the presence of that article in its columns.
But what motive the editor of the Standard could have in giving further circulation to a matter calculated to cast a shadow on the proceedings of two ladies whose conduct and motives have always been, and now are, above suspicion, we are at a loss to guess. We must reiterate that that article appears to us the fruit of a longing desire or hope that the ladies named may have done something censurable, and worthy of withering rebuke. To throw the shadow of a doubt on these women is a crime against all society, as well as against the noble, fearless women themselves. To utter a falsehood, and then apologise and contradict it, is no compensation to the injured party, nor yet to public morality, which is outraged thereby. To publish a malignant falsehood, and qualify it with a feeble, languidly expressed hope that it may be a mistake, or malicious misrepresentation of the press, should be poor consolation to a conscience not wholly seared by its own lascivious and free-love doctrines and practices.
We maintain that a visit to the prisoner, man or woman, incarcerated for crime, of whatever character, is always in order with really virtuous and honorable women. If Jesus forgave the woman taken in adultery, and said to the thief on the cross, "This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise," we should like to know what there is, or can be criminal, or needing any answer or explanation in the visit of two respectable, intelligent ladies, with world-wide reputation for ability and purity of life, to the cell of the vilest creature alive for the purpose of condolence, or any other purpose such women could go for?
We wait for an answer also. We would like to know when the writer of that article became possessed of the immaculate virtue that scoffs at sympathy with the fallen, and whether such virtue would not be more seemly if a little less ostentatious. Revolution.
Receipts.
Beef Pudding.—Weigh the beef; selecting nice tender pieces, and to every hundred-weight allow seven pounds of salt, two ounces of saltpetre, one and a half pounds of brown sugar and four gallons of water. In the bottom of the tub place the pieces you intend for dried beef, then over them pack the other meat. Watch it carefully, and when you find that meat and seasoning seem well incorporated take out the drying pieces and hang up. To the liquor add a little more salt, and let the other pieces remain until wanted. The dried beef can be smoked as you do hams, if preferred; but it is more delicate when that is omitted.
Bread and Butter pudding. — Make a batter of five eggs and a pint of milk; add a little salt before the eggs are put in. Have several slices of bread about as thick as for toasting, and spread butter thickly on them. Butter a pudding dish, and put in a layer of bread and butter, then raisins and currants and another layer of bread and butter, until the dish is nearly three-quarters full. Flavor the butter with nutmeg; pour over, and bake till its seems firm and done. Eat with sauce.
Baked Tomatoes. — Take large tomatoes, make a hole in the ends, fill with bread crumbs well seasoned with butter, pepper and salt. Set them in a dripping pan and bake.
Sweet Tomato Pickle. — Take ripe tomatoes, wash and slice them. Seven pounds of tomatoes, three pounds of sugar, one pint of vinegar; boil till done. Put in a stone pot and cover well.
Canned Pears. Pare and halve them, and to a pound of fruit take a quarter of a pound of sugar and several pieces of ginger root — the latter improves the flavor, taking away the nasty, insipid taste. Fill the cans, and let them boil gently ten minutes, or stew them in a kettle, and pour into jars boiling hot. If there is not sufficient syrup, fill up with boiling water.
Another way is to pare them carefully, taking care to leave on the stems. Half the quantity of sugar as fruit; boll till tender. Put the fruit in cans while very hot. Seal quickly as possible.
Canning Tomatoes. — Scald them, in order to remove the skins, stew them perfectly as for table, without salt, fill the cans with pulp, leaving out much of the water, and seal hot.
Another way is to remove the skins in the usual manner, scald them gently, hut not enough to have them fall in pieces put them one by one in the cans, and fill up with the juice. When wished for table, slice them carefully, and season with pepper, vinegar, salt, etc., as you would fresh tomatoes.
To Wash Windows. — Wash well with soap suds, rinse with warm water, rub dry with linen and finish by polishing with soft dry paper. A fine polish is given to window glass by brushing over with a paste of whiting; let it dry; rub off with paper or cloth, and with a clean, dry brush remove every particle of the whiting from the corners.
The Old-Fashioned Mother.—Thank God! some of us have an old fashioned mother. Not a woman of the period, enambled and painted, with her great chignon, her curls and bustle; whose white, jeweled hands never have felt the clasp of baby fingers; but a dear, old-fashioned, sweet-voiced mother, with eyes in whose clear depths the love-light shone, and brown hair, threaded with silver, lying smooth upon her faded cheek. Those dear hands, worn with toil, gently guided our tottering steps in childhood, and smoothed our pillow in sickness; even reaching out to us in yearning tenderness, when her sweet spirit was baptized in the pearly spray of the river.
Blessed is the memory of an old-fashioned mother. It floats to us now, like the beautiful perfume of some woodland blossom. The music of other voices may be lost, but the entrancing memory of hers will echo in our souls forever. Other faces will fade away and be forgotten, but hers will shine on until the light from heaven's portals shall glorify our own. When in the fitful pauses of busy life our feet wander back to the old homestead, and, crossing the well-worn threshold, stand once more in the low, quaint room, so hallowed by her presence, how the feeling of childish innocence and dependence comes over us, and we kneel down in the molten sunshine, streaming through the western window — just where long years ago we knelt by our mother's knee, lisping "Our Father." How many times when the tempter lures us on has the memory of those sacred hours, that mother's words, her faith and prayers, saved us from plunging into the deep abyss of sin! Years have filled great drifts between her and us, but they have not hidden from our sight the glory of her pure, unselfish love. — Selected.
A convention of scientific agricultural gentlemen has been in session in Chicago, attended by some forty delegates from most of the Northern and Western States. At this convention Prof. Welch, of the Iowa Agricultural College, said the woman question had never been a matter of doubt with him, and in one respect it had been entirely successful. The element introduced by women into schools was one which had made government most easy. The proposition to admit women into agricultural colleges was favorably commented upon.
How Women Will Vote.—A cotemporary speaking of woman's deadly hate to the whisky traffic and how they sometimes deport themselves on trying occasions, relates how several women in a certain town in Ohio took it upon themselves, recently, to close the gin mills, and, assembling in squads, they betook themselves to the taverns, and quietly sat down with their knitting the whole day, working and talking unconcernedly. Husbands and brothers came in unawares, and of course did not drink under such circumstances, and the reform has proved lasting. The query is, would these women, if allowed the use of the ballot, duplicate the vote of their husbands, or vote according to their own judgment as to the pressing necessities of the case and the hour?—Pioneer.
Hon. Albert Hagan. — The Woman Suffragists of this State will not be likely to forget that at the very outset in Mrs Van Valkenberg's registration suit, Judge Hagan made a free offer of his services to conduct that suit, and did the same ably. Failing to gain a favorable verdict in the District Court, he promptly offered, gratuitously, to plead the case before the Supreme Court of this State (to which the plaintiff had decided to carry it). This generous courtesy on the part of Judge Hagan makes it easy and possible to bring the question of woman's right to vote under the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution to a speedy trial. It will be argued at, the October term of the Court, and we shall await the result with great interest.
A young man charged with being lazy was asked if he took it from his father. "I think not," was the reply; "father's got all the laziness he ever had."
Abraham Lincoln, being annoyed on one occasion by a fiddler, who persisted in playing in front of his house, sent him out a dollar, with the message that one scraper was enough at the door.
Two-thirds of the women in lunatic asylums are wives of farmers.
Young ladies suffering from a pain in the side may relieve it by wearing a sash. FRIDAY OCTOBER 27, 1871.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE CONVENTION.
A Woman's Suffrage Convention will be held at Olympic Hall, Olympia, W. T., Nov. 8, 1871, at 10 A. M.
The friends of Woman's Suffrage, from all parts of Washington and Oregon, are cordially invited to be present and participate in the deliberations.
The object of this convention is to arrange some plan by which to secure concert of action among the woman voters of the Territory.
Miss Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. A. J. Duniway will be present.
- Mrs. Mary O. Brown,
- Mrs. A. E. Bigelow,
- Mrs. Sarah E. Chapman,
- Mrs. Mehitabel H. Elder,
- Mrs. Jane Wylie,
- Mrs. J. B. Allen,
- Mrs. C. A. Sands,
- Mrs. P. D. Moore,
- Mrs. Mary A. Barnes,
- Mrs. M. J. Baldwin,
- Mrs. Susan Dofflemyer,
- Mrs. Olive B. Manning,
- Mrs. Clara M. Littlejohn,
- Mrs. Jane Pattison,
- Mrs. M. M. Ruddle,
- Mrs. A. R. Elliott.
HAVE THE "PEOPLE" VOTED?
The dispatches every few days come to us announcing the triumph of this or that party in some portion of our country. Speeches of jubilation are made, pæans of rejoicing are sung, cannon are fired, bonfires are lit and other expedients resorted to to celebrate the victory. The appeal has been taken to the ballot box, and the "people" have returned the verdict! What a libel, when one-half of the citizens of our country are denied the right to vote, and when consequently not one of that number has the chance to pass an opinion upon the questions at issue!
Come with us, reader, and take a survey of the voters around the polls at election. You see the professional politician, the wily attorney, the wealthy merchant, the devout clergyman, and last but by no means least, the sturdy workingman. They are here to-day to protect, each in his own way so far as in his power lies, his own particular, individual interest Who will say on such an occasion as this that the ballot has no power? Yonder workingman feels that he is the peer of any in the land. He can deposit his ballot, giving expression to his wish as to who shall hold office and frame the laws, and the millionaire can do no more. Should he have wrongs to redress he will remember them here, and woe to the candidate who has incurred his displeasure. How assiduously he is courted by the partakings, and how politely and affably is he treated withal! Let those who say the voting power has nothing to do with the regulation of wages come and take items. Suppose you this laboring man, holding the grand birth-right of freedom in his hands, will deposit his vote in favor of any party or candidate opposed to labor reforms in which he is interested? And do you further suppose that any party or candidate, knowing that this workingman — the type of the great mass of our voters — holds in power the political say-so, will run counter to his wishes?
Having suggested these thoughts in reference to the workingman, let us now turn to the workingwoman. But you will look in vain for her here to day. Toiling for half pay day after day, there is for her no grand court of appeal. The iron grasp of the employer may grow more merciless still, but she is powerless. She casts no vote; she helps make no laws; she has no governmental voice. She is a mere machine. Her work may be in every respect as good as that of the workingman, yet it is only paid half as much for, for it is merely the work of a machine. See you not here the great reason of woman's inequality of wages?
And now, why has not this working woman voted to-day as well as the workingman? Has she no rights to protect, no wrongs to redress, no kindnesses to remember, as well as he? Does she not need the protection of laws in the making of which she has some voice, as well as that the workingman should be enabled to insert in our statutes provisions favorable to his interest? But perhaps you suy this workingwoman's is an exceptional case. Behold the haggard faces of thousands of her sisters, toiling for remorseless taskmasters — the factor girls, the seamstresses, and the multitudes in various other employments — their remuneration but a bare pittance scarcely sufficient to keep body and soul together, and then reflect that upon the earnings of many of these women depends the support of aged parents or orphaned brothers and sisters. Have the "people" voted while this vast army of toiling women and them not only, but every woman throughout the land — has been denied the elective franchise?
Some day, when the people do vote, and that day has nearly come, there will be a general renovation of our laws and customs. Equal pay for equal work will be as readily accorded the workingwoman then as the workingman now. Speed on the good time coming when the women of our country shall no longer be powerless, when they shall no longer be mere machines but the free, independent, responsible beings their creator designed they should be.
DISAPPOINTED.
Bro. Campbell, of the Christian Messenger, was disappointed with Miss Anthony's lecture at Monmouth. He thinks her style is "prosy." Whether that be true or not, she doesn't put audiences to sleep near so easily as some preachers we wot of.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
A bill is now before the Legislature of Washington Territory giving women the right to vote. It provides that the question shall be submitted to the women of that Territory, the men not voting upon the question at all, and If a majority of them are willing to exercise their right to the elective franchise, that they shall have the opportunity of so doing. While we are not in the least afraid but that the women of Washington Territory will, in case this bill becomes a law, vote overwhelmingly in favor of Woman Suffrage, yet we do not approve of the principle therein contained, that a portion of the women of our country might be restrained from the just exercise of their inherent rights because a bare majority, perchance, of their own sex were indifferent thereto. If the principle of Woman Suffrage is correct — and that it is, is now almost universally acknowledged — then it logically follows that every woman has the right to vote, and the fact that a majority should not care to exercise that right ought not to debar those who might choose to show their preference in the selection of the officers who are to administer their National, State, county and municipal affairs from giving expression to their wishes at the ballot-box on election day.
This bill, however, is a great stride in the right direction. The opponents of Woman Suffrage may well say that it has become "too formidable to be laughed at," as Beriah Brown expresses it. But a few years ago it was looked upon as an absurdity which would never rally even a respectable number of adherents to its support. To-day in every State and Territory it counts its supporters by thousands; it has found its way into legislative bodies and has become there the one great theme of discussion; political conventions no longer entirely ignore the demands of its votaries; and already in some portions of our country the victory has been won, and, tested in the crucible of experience, the principle is found to be a thorough success when carried out in practice. Judging the future by the gratifying progress made in the past few years, the kingdom of woman is indeed very near at hand.
WILL THE "BULLETIN" EXPLAIN?
The editor of the Bulletin professes to be very ready to correct or retract any false information he may have unwittingly conveyed to the public through the medium of the newspaper over the editorial columns of which he presides. In his paper of October 20th, in the leading editorial column, occurs the following very unfair statement, to say the least, relative to Miss Anthony:
Miss Susan B. Anthony feels very sorry over the Chicago calamity. She cares in cash just one-third as much for the sufferers as she does for Miss Susan B. Anthony. The strong-minded lady was announced to lecture in Olympia last night, and magnanimously proposed to charge no more than one dollar admission fee — one-third of the proceeds — not gross recepts to be devoted to the Chicago sufferers! If, with strong-mindedness and Woman Suffrage, converts to her faith are thus to demonstrate their benevolence, it will hereafter be rough on any who are prostrated by misfortune, if they depend on the Anthony crowd.
Now mark the following, taken from the Olympia Echo of the 19th inst:
We have received from Miss Anthony the following note, which speaks for itself:
Olympia, October, 18, 1871.
Editor Echo: Dear Sir — Enclosed I hand you $30, the entire nett receipts of my last night's lecture. The one-third of the gross re ceipts, as had been proposed, would be altogether to small a sum.
Respectfully yours, Susan B. Anthony.
Olympia, October 18th, 1871. Received of J. H. Munson, [Mr. Mun- son is the proprietor of Echo] thirty dol lars, coin, to be paid as directed by a committee, to be appointed by the people of Olympia to apply on funds of the Chicago sufferers.
G. A. Barnes & Co.
We understand that Miss Anthony forwarded the gross proceeds of her lecture at Salem, Oregon, before an audience of more than two thousand people, to the sufferers of the Chicago fire.
We respectfully suggest to our friend of the Bulletin that when he expects a lecturer traveling from point to point, with more or less expense necessarily incurred thereby, to devote the gross receipts of the various lectures given for an object of charity to its benefit, he is asking the performance of a labor of love which few are able or willing to perform.
We have waited from day to day to have the unfair statement corrected. Now that attention has been called to it there can be no excuse for a failure to set the matter before the public in its true light except the desire to willfully misrepresent Miss Anthony and poison the minds of the people against her.
Will the Bulletin explain? We shall see.
THE NATIONAL W. S. COMMITTEE.
We print to-day a letter from Mrs. Griffing, Secretary of the National Woman Suffrage Committee, announcing the proposal of our name as a member of the Committee, we are willing to work in any way we can for the furtherance of our grand and glorious cause, and cheerfully accept the position assigned us. A fair idea of the work being done by the Committee may be formed by the perusal of this letter. The sale and spread of publications is one or the means adopted to bring our cause before the country, and it is a very efficacious one. Let every woman in favor of asserting her just, inalienable rights immediately forward her name to the Committee, and, if possible, accompany it with a dollar, the same to be applied to the further publication of documents. A full History of the Woman Suffrage Movement for the past twenty years will be fowarded in return. Mrs. G. indicates quite fully the work of the Committee, and we feel sure the women of Oregon will be liberal in lending a helping hand.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Olympia, W. T., October 23d, 1871.
We have had a delightful journey. What with steamboat rides, stage coaches and corduroy roads to aid digestion and controversy, and fun to keep our tongues employed, we reached Olympia in perfect health, but with fagged out bodies and wearied brains. A change was made in the time of our meetings, so the first evening after our ride of 90 miles in the stage coach found us in the rostrum with Miss Anthony, on hand with her invincible array of facts about the Power of the Ballot. One hour and forty minutes did this invincible veteran talk, and all who listened were converted except an obtuse Johnny Bull, whom we'll gather into our fold at the Woman Suffrage Convention on the 8th of November.
On Thursday, the 19th inst, we had the honor of addressing the Territorial Legislature, by the special Invitation of that honorable body. Miss Anthony led off in the argument, as by right she should, and her plea for the recognition of our rights under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, as well as her plain showing that we posses the right, converted hundreds of people to a knowledge of the truth as it is in the Constitution. Her argument was calm, courteous, convincing, dignified. She dwelt particularly upon the fact that women already possess the right to vote under the Territorial Law of Washington, and urged the Legislature to pass a declaratory or instruction Act, by which obtuse judges of elections may be compelled to recognize the law.
With our heart in our throat over the idea of addressing a legislative body of wise-looking and critical men, we followed with a short history of the rise and progress of the movement in ye land of Webfoot, which was well received. We are certain that our brethren of Washington Territory do not feel that the enfranchisement of woman will be at all unpleasant They were as cheerful and happy as the day, and many of them are now at work to pass a bill to secure the law that Miss Anthony recommends.
A motion to amend Mr. Bigelow's bill by declaring women already voters was indefinitely postponed by a vote of 16 for and 11 against. The names of the immortal eleven will be heralded throughout the great Northwest. We hope to get the bill through in proper shape before the close of the session, as we hear every day of some new convert in one house or the other.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY LAWS.
The Legislature of Washington Territory is now in session, and we respectfully call the attention of that honorable body to a communication on the first page of to-day's issue, which suggests some needed reforms in the laws relating to women holding property. As in Washington Territory, so it is in every State and Territory throughout the Union, to a greater or less extent, where women are denied participation in framing the statutes. We have no idea that this unfair discrimination will ever be done away until woman is armed with that most efficacious of all reformatory weapons, the ballot. The attention of masculine legislators has been called to this rank injustice time and time again, yet but very little action has been taken to remedy it, and that in an extremely tardy and sparing way.
The letter we print, as it announces, was not intended for publication by the writer, but we have thought best to waive his objections to its appearing in print and let the article speak for itself.
Legislators of Washinton Territory, will you longer permit such odious laws to disgrace your statute books?
THAT "NIPPING FROST."
The Herald of this city calls the woman who is endeavoring to gain a little cheap notoriety by following in the wake of Miss Anthony's lectures, not daring to confront that distinguished advocate of Woman Suffrage, a "nipping Frost." Well, we agree. And so, we think, will the afflicted audiences who have been so mercilessly "nipped" by this "nipping Frost." They were indeed very badly "Frost-bitten."
The same paper says this "nipping Frost" is very anxious to have a discussion with Miss Anthony. How does this statement agree with the fact that she peremptorily refused to discuss with Miss Anthony at Albany?
Should she ever muster up courage sufficient to meet Miss Anthony on the rostrum, we predict this "nipping Frost" will be most effectually thawed.
THE CAMPAIGN IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
As will be seen by copious extracts from the Washington Territory papers, Miss Anthony is carrying everything before her there, her success being fully equal to that in Oregon. Besides the lectures of which accounts are given elsewhere, she spoke at Tum Water on Friday evening, Oct 20th; at Olympia on Saturday evening, Oct 21st; at Victoria on Monday and Tuesday, the 23d and 24th, and probably the two evenings following. This (Friday) evening she is announced to speak at Fort Townsend, and also at the same place again to-morrow night.
Speaking of the New Northwest the San Jose (Cal.) Mercury says:
We welcome to our exchange list the above excellent journal, started a few months ago at Portland, Oregon, by Mrs. A. J. Duniway. It is an able and earnest auxiliary in the great reform. Mrs. Duniway has proved herself mistress of her art and calling, as her paper is very neatly printed and most ably edited.
The Mercury is one of our best exchanges, being n good, readable, reliable newspaper, alive to the exigencies of the times, and of course, as all such papers are, in favor of Woman's political and civil equality. Success to you, Bro. Owen.
GOING TO THE POLLS.
BY ROSE GREENLEAF.
"You wouldn't go to the polls, would you?" inquired a horror stricken young man.
"Yes; why not?"
"Well, a sister of mine should not go to such a place If I could help it. It is enough that I must mingle with the brawling crowd on election day," and the speaker indignantly signified his desire to dismiss the discussion of such a subject, leaving me to meditate in silence upon all the positions the ballot might compel me to occupy.
To many a mind that most insignificant part of the question, "going to the polls," is a most serious objection to the whole suffrage movement, for what woman, It is asked, would be willing to mix with the drunken, fighting, excited throng that gathers around the ballot box? And from many a lip the reply comes confidently, "None but the coarse and low." It is true that few sensitive women would possess sufficient courage to cast a ballot if it were necessary', in entering the political arena, to participate in the general melee, for it must be acknowledged that election day are anything but days of peace and quietness, but are prolific of drunken brawls and pugilistic combats. This can hardly be said to be a disgrace to the masculine half of creation, though it is much to be regretted, and shows clearly that man cannot walk alone without stumbling, but needs the presence of woman even In politics to keep him within the bounds of good order and decency. During a political campaign the streets of our cities are filled with public demonstrations of every kind, and it is not considered unladylike to mingle with the crowd, not only as spectators but as participants. On all days except one women help to increase the magnificence of party display, and the excitement incident to such occasions sometimes leads them to attract greater attention than casting a ballot could possibly do under any circumstances, while they lend their aid to crown the victors after the result is made known. If meddling with politics is out of a woman's sphere all this is certainly treading close upon the boundary lines, yet it is never intimated that it is in any way improper; but as soon as we ask to take part in the exercises of that one day a dismayed cry comes from every quarter. Overlooking a public parade I saw decorated wagons filled with women, from the gray-haired to those of childish years, yet could I have asked them in their sober moments the question, "Would you like to vote?" the indignant reply from the majority would have been, "Do you think we would unsex ourselves?" never dreaming of the inconsistency of gracing a party demonstration and affecting disgust with the idea of giving their political convictions expression and force by the ballot.
That men have possessed the ballot box entirely to themselves is all the reason that anyone ever deemed it improper for women to go the polls, while all that renders our fairs, picnics and Fourths of July other than general displays of rowdyism is due to the presence of women. And why, dear brothers, ask us to participate in the celebration of the national anniversary If we should have nothing to do with politic Women always exhibit party spirit, do not hesitate to attend political meetings, talk politics and help to make public displays; remove the interdict and they will go to the polls en masse.
Salem, Oct. 20th, 1871.
THE OLYMPIA PRESS.
The press of Olympia is unanimously in favor of our most righteous cause. The Echo and Standard were known to be our friends, and whatever doubts the Tribune and Transcript may have had have been dispelled by Miss Anthony's visit All hail to the gallant press of the capitol of Washington, say we. We assure you, brethren, one and all, that your noble stand in favor of political and civil equality will be remembered in the swift-coming era of the triumph of Woman Suffrage.
The Ethics of Dress.
The first instinct about a new fashion is the true one. Don't wait till your eye has lost its accuracy and your judgment its edge. Subject the thing at once to the general rule, and bow to the decision.
2d — What suits one person does not suit another.
3d — Dress should supplement good points and corsets bad ones. Thick and thin, long and short, are not all to be subjected to one Procrustean style.
4th — Colors should be harmonious — should be massed — should be becoming. Id est, many little points or blotches of color sprinklded over a costume produce a disagreeably pied and speckled effect, as of a monstrous robin's egg, or a plum pudding. One tint should prevail, relieved by a contrasting tint. No amount of fashionable prestige can make an unbecoming color becoming. "Nile Green" will turn some people into oranges, though twenty empresses ordain its adoption.
5th — Lines should be continued, grace ful, and feminine. It is better to look like a woman (if you happen to be one) than anything else — even a fashion plate!
6th — Ornament must be subordinate. Nature, with all profusion, never forgets this fundamental law.
7th — Above all things, be neat. Dainty precision and freshness is as essential to a woman as a flower.
8th — Individuality is the rarest and the cheapest thing in the world.
9th — And lastly, "Stylish" is of all the words in the English language the most deadly. It has slain its thousands. — Scribner's Magazine.
Mrs. Flint, the Boston dressmaker, is about to tell the absorbing story of her "little bill" in a chaste volume from her own pen. If she will expose the extortions of dressmakers, her book will be an immense success.
There is a lady telegraph operator in the West who can receive a message on one circuit and transmit it in a second, simultaneously, with ease and rapidity.
Nine-tenths of all the school-teachers in Massachusetts are women.
Hon. Albert Hagan. — The Woman Suffragist of this State will not be likely to forget that at the very outset in Mrs. Van Valkenberg's registration suit, Judge Hagan made a free offer of his services to conduct that suit, and did the same ably. Failing to gain a favorable verdict in the District Court, he promptly offered, gratuitously, to plead the case before the Supreme Court of this State (to which the plaintiff had decided to carry it), This generous courtesy on the part of Judge Hagan makes it easy and possible to bring the question of woman's right to vote under the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution to a speedy trial. It will be argued at the October term of the Court and we shall await the result with great interest. — Pioneer.
Miss Anthony's Speech Before the Washington Territory Legislature.
[From Legislative proceedings of October 18th, in the "Washington Standard.")
The House met at 2 P. M. and was called to order by the Speaker. A large number of ladies present were invited within the bar. The hall and lobby were crowded with visitors. The Committee appointed to wait upon Miss Anthony and Mrs. Duniway escorted those ladies to the forum, whereupon the Speaker introduced the ladies to the Assembly.
Miss Anthony, upon taking the stand, said for the first time in her life, she appeared as a speaker before a Legislature, and this was the first time in his tory of our nation that a woman has been allowed the privilege of addressing the law-makers in session. She said they had done themselves honor in according her the privileges of the floor. She appeared as the advocate of woman suffrage under the guarantees of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution. Governments, she held, were institutions not to establish rights but to secure them to their possessors. The theory of our Government is embodied in the Declaration of Independence which declares that "all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights;" "that to secure these rights, Governments were instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." And it further declares that: "Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and institute a new government, laying its foundation on such principles as shall secure their safety and happiness." How can this be done peaceably except by giving to them the right to vote? The idea of free government does not appertain to those not enfranchised. The tenor of the Constitution is the same. The preamble says, "We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice," etc., "establish this Constitution." The preamble of the Constitution of the State of New York begins with "We, the people, in order to secure the blessings of freedom," etc., and the Organic Act of Oregon, which a few years ago was the supreme law of this Territory as well, reads "We, the people of Oregon." These examples are sufficient to show that all the people were included as the body corporate. It is assumed that men only were included from the fact that the personal pronoun "he" and "his"has been used through the Constitution or the United States, and is the mode of expression in the laws framed in accordance with it. If this is so, the laws affixing penalties and levying taxes should receive the same construction, and only apply to the male sex. She held that the pronoun included both sexes, and the injustice of collecting taxes from disfranchised women was acknowledged, whenever they made a spirited opposition to such demands. Miss Wall, of Massachusetts, and a widow lady in Wisconsin, she lately met on the cars, refused to pay taxes after long submission, and the tax-gatherer passed them by without attempting to enforce collection. She said that until the 14th and 15th Amendments were adopted, no law existed fixing the status of the citizen. The 14th Amendment affirms that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States, and of the State wherein they reside." The only question is, Are women citizens? The next clause declares that "no State shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States." Would any member of this Assembly believe that he held all these rights and immunities, should he be deprived of the right of voting? Webster defines citizenship to be "a person, native or naturalized, who has the privilege of exercising the elective franchise or the qualifications which enable hum to vote for rulers, and to purchase and hold real estate." All authorities agree that citizenship includes the right to vote and hold office. Previous to the adoption of the 14th Amendment, the negroes had all the rights except voting and holding office. Chas. Sumner declares that there was no necessity for it, that all citizens possessed these rights. Judge Taney said in substance, in the famous Dred Scott decision, that negroes had no rights that white men were bound to respect. His decision is to the point. He declined to assert that Dred Scott was one of the people; to acknowledge this would have been to acknowledge citizenship, civil and political. Under the act of congress of 1870 and the recent Ku Klux bill, if anybody estops a negro from voting he is liable to the severe penalty therein provided; and these apply with no less force if anybody hinders or prevents a woman from voting. Naturalization does not change an alien; if he is in Irishman he is an Irishman still: he possesses all the rights of citizenship except what this is designed to confer — namely, the right to vote and hold office. The enfranchisement of the negro was the result of party necessity. Nobody cared for him further than this. Although he had the right to vote, the question was unsettled and the result therefore uncertain. To determine the question, and obtain a judicial explanation of the exact meaning of the terms employed the 14th amendment was adopted. The two amendments together determine, unquestionably, who are citizens and who are entitled to vote. It is claimed that because women were not specially mentioned it was not the intent to include them, but she maintained that under the clause "involuntary servitude," a special allusion is made to woman. By all men's definitions of the term, the witholding of the ballot and representation while taxes are imposed, is the most abject of servitude. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Otis says that the act of taxing, exercised over those not represented, is servitude. Franklin said that to be enslaved is to have others govern them. Paine said that the right of voting is the primary right upon which all other rights are based. All the women want of congress or State Legislatures is a declaratory law, explaining the meaning of the 14th Amendment. Legislatures are estopped from legislation to regulate the matter, as the right exists in the fullest and freest form. Even granting that this was not so, she objected to Mr. Bigelow's bill, because it submitted the matter to the women, who were in a condition of servitude and incapacitated from voting on the question. It was hard to break loose from the restraint imposed by popular sentiment, and only those who have used the ballot know its value. You might just as well leave the decision of school matters to the children, who would prefer to romp and play, the regulating of the sale of liquors to the saloon-keepers, that of gambling to the gambler, or that of brothels to the prostitutes. The negroes when given the ballot thought it was a mule, but they were soon instructed in an intelligent use of it.
She recommended as a substitute for Mr. Bigelow's measure, a declaratory act (and she hoped it would be proposed by some good Democrat) requiring the proper officer to register the names of women and making it the duty of the judges of election to count their votes, the same as those of the men. This is only needed to allay the doubts which may exist in the minds of the election officers. The Legislature could very properly do this, and if they did, she could promise them the most gratifying of results — the immigration of a large number of good women to the Territory. The ballot is the key that unlocks the door to knowledge, to equal wages, to honor, to prosperity.
Among the hosts of eminent men who endorse the enfranchisement of women, Miss Anthony mentioned the names of Bishop Simpson, of the Methodist Church, Judge Chase, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, those of a large number of Senators and Representatives, Democrats and Republicans.
The Speaker of the House, at the close of miss Anthony's remarks, introduced Mrs. Duniway, who in well-chosen but very emphatic language, gave a brief review or the rise, the present condition and the future prospects of the Woman Suffrage party of Oregon. She said that her first efforts caused her lady friends intense alarm, but that having an nounced her determination to vote at the next election, and having discussed the question until the novelty of the in novation upon ordinary customs had somewhat abated, she now was sup ported by a large party of intelligent and respectable women, who design march- with her to the polls. She warned those having political aspirations that now was the accepted time of salvation; to take heed of the indications of the times, before it was too late. Already many men were filled with fear and trembling, and she urged them to hesitate no lon- and at once embrace the inevitable logic of events.
A New Britain (Conn.) pastor was rather carless the other day in his se lections of the "to be omitted" portions of the good old hymn in which occur these lines: "Shall such worthless worm as I be found at thy right hand?" The next stanza was omitted, and the choir continued singing: "Oh I Lord, prevent it by thy grace!"
Women in Colleges. I confess that the arguments for admitting women to men's colleges are pretty nearly conclusive; but I cannot resist the temptation of standing off and looking at the subject in various aspects, before settling down upon the stereoscopic view. The men's colleges are established, endowed, enriched by antiquity and charity; they have libraries, museums, laboratories, all the facilities of a varied training; and to their establishment women have contributed quite as much as men. The mothers's prayers count for something, and everybody knows that the gifts and legacies, though in the man's name, are usually the result of the joint earning and economy of the man and his wife. The colleges are in full line of usefulness and opportunity, and it would be the work of many years to create their equal for women, even if it were possible in this new country to duplicate the teachers of learning and experience. The present colleges must long remain the best, and if women are to have the best advantages, they must go to them. This being so, and the right being conceded, there is nothing to do but to vote that woman is a man and brother, and open the the college gates; and not only the gates, admitting to the purlieus, the lecture-rooms, and the libraries, but the other doors where the honey of Hymettus is stored, and classic bees are hiving it. — C. D. Warner in Christian Union.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton writes as follows: "I grieve to inform you of the death of my dear mother. She was a grand, brave woman. Her name headed the largest petition sent to the last Constitutional Convention of the State of New York asking to have the word 'male' stricken from the State Constitution. She has said for years that she hoped to be enfranchised before entering the kingdom of heaven; but the wheels of progress have moved too slowly for her earnest wish to be gratified, although she has watched and waited eighty-seven years." Mrs.Stanton's mother was Mrs. Margaret Livingston Cady, wife of Judge Daniel Cay, and a resident of Johnstown, New York.
Cleanliness. A neat, clean, fresh-aired, sweet, cheerful, well-arranged house exerts a moral influence over its inmates, and makes the members of a family peaceful and considerate of each other's feelings and happiness. The connection is obvious between the state of mind this produces, and respect for others, and for those higher duties and obligations which no law can enforce. On the contrary, a filthy, squalid, noxious dwelling, in which none of the decencies of life are observed, contributes to make the inhabitants selfish, sensual and regardless of the feelings of others; and the constant indulgence of such passions renders them reckless and brutal.
Handsome Men. An exchange says: "One of the greatest nuisances of a hotel is a handsome man. He is an intolerable bore to all the ladies of good sense in the house. If we might be allowed a suggestion, we would advise every father who is threatened with a handsome son in the family, just to take a clothes pounder and batter his nose to a pumice. For some cause or other, nine out of ten of the handsome men you meet are conceited jackdaws. They cultivate their hair and complexion so much that they have no time to thing of their brains. By the time they reach thirty their heads and hands are equally soft."
Mary Wager says she knows a man who prayed night and morning, preached on Sundays, and was a rich farmer be sides. His wife milked the cows in all sorts of weather, cut most of the wood, built the fires, churned, economized, and died of consumption. He put a weed on his hat tried to resign himself to the "dispensation of Providence," when he ought to have been tried for womanslaughter in the first degree and sentenced to chop wood and milk cows in the rain all the rest of his life. She wants debating clubs to discuss whether it will go harder with him or Jim Bludso in the day of judgement.
A full-bearded young grandfather recently had his hairsute appendage shaved off, showing a clean face for the first time for a number of years. At the dinner table his three-year-old granddaughter noticing it, "Gazed long with wondering eye," and finally ejaculated: "Grandfather, whose head you got on?"
Woman Suffrage.
Miss Susan B. Anthony, the renowned advocate of universal suffrage and Temperance reform, lectured in Olympia Hall on Tuesday evening upon the one great object of her life — the enfranchisement of women. We had formed a high opinion of the ability of the lady, and her remarkable talent as a public speaker, and our expectations have been more than realized. She presents her arguments in graceful and elegant language, her illustrations are ample and well chosen, and the hearer is irresistably drawn to the conclusions which she seeks to inculcate. She cited the inadequacy of the wages and salaries paid to women, as a result of her disfranchisement, and illustrated by the history of the trades Unions, and the "strikes" which result when capital bears with too remorseless a tread upon labor. Those inaugurated by men had generally been successful, for men with their votes were enabled to control the politicians, by the same means could control the capitalists. With women, however, the case was different. When they required an increase of the miserable pittance which constitutes "woman's wages," or a reduction of the number of hours constituting a day's labor, they were met with a prompt refusal; and experience had proven that "strikes" were of no avail, for without the potent charm of the ballot, the employers found but little opposition to their plan of starving the employers into a compliance with the old rates; or, probably, a further reduction, or still more onerous burdens were imposed to punish such presumption. In the higher branches of labor, requiring special knowledge or skill, the salaries paid to men were always higher than those paid to women for the same services, performed with equal precision and fidelity. She cited an instance in which the authorities of one of our metropolitan cities advertised for principals for the common schools, in response to which several applications were made by women, who were refused the positions although amply qualified to discharge the duties, simply because they were women; and another instance wherein the salaries of a number of lady teachers were reduced, though already lower than those of the male teachers, to increase the salaries of the men. She likewise related an amusing incident in which the person authorized to pass upon the qualifications of teachers had to employ a lady school teacher to examine applicants, and signed his name with an X when the certificate was written out by his assistant But it excited no comment, for the authority was held by a man, even if he did avail himself of the use of woman's brains to extricate himself from a dilemma. He could vote, and exercise influence at ward meetings, and this covered all the defects of intellect or education. She referred to the condition of the negro before the ballot was given to him, as the most universally condemned and despised of all races or conditions of men, and noted how pliant had became the hinges of the knee of the politicians now, whenever Sambo asserted his "rights." It could have but this effect if given to the women. While it might not be required by those surrounded by all the luxuries of wealth, or those who have never known want through the exertions and earnings of fathers, husbands or brothers, it was essential as the life blood to those who labor early and late for their daily bread.
There is no denying the sound logic of these arguments. They appeal to a sense of right and justice which cannot be longer denied. In expressing this opinion and it is no new position for us — we are aware we invite criticism, but we have resolved to meet and answer all arguments against the proposition with candor and earnestness, to the best of our ability. It must be understood that we do this as an individual, and not as a party journalist It is a question upon which Democrats as well as Republicans, may honestly differ. We do not depart in the least from the principles we cherish and have so long advocated, nor do we intend to do so. It is simply a question of right, upon which we wish to be on the side of right. — Washington Standard, Oct. 21.
Miss Anthony's Speech. The far-famed Miss Susan B. Anthony, on the invitation of the Legislature, addressed that body, and a large assemblance of our citizens, both men and women, on Thursday afternoon last, at 2 o'clock, at the Legislative Hall. The speaker confined herself to the Constitutional argument touching the right of women to vote. To make these points clear and demonstrate them beyond the possibility of contravention, she quoted extensively from judicial divisions, brought to bear the Declaration of Independence, and the early opinions of the founders of the government, in order to sustain her position as to who are meant by the term citizen, and their rights are such. She clearly demonstrated under these decisions, together with the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution, that the right of women to vote and participate as citizens in the benefits of the government exists by Constitutional law, and the Territorial Legislature had no right to abridge these privileges; and to give effect to her views on the subject, simply requiring the judges, at the next annual election, to receive the votes of women and count them as they would any other citizen qualified to vote. The speaker held this to be the fair interpretation of our election law, as well as the Constitutional view of the case. Miss Anthony is a woman of more than ordinary ability, and the able manner in which she handled her subject before the legislature, was ample warning to the members of that body who oppose woman suffrage to be silent. Mrs. Duniway, the able editress of the New Northwest, was present and made a few remarks. The speeches were listened to with marked attention, and if they do not accomplish the purpose intended, it will not be for the want of sound logic. — Olympia Transcript, Oct. 21st.
From the Yamhill paper: A singular evidence of Oregon's antiquity was lately taken out of the ground at Tillamook Head. It appears that some men were grading a road bed. and when 25 feet be- low the surface, one of them exhumed a copper bowie knife, over 22 inches long, 2½ inches wide by 3/8 of an inch thick. The curiosity was sent to C. Roop, of Dayton, who has it in his museum. Here is another mystery for the oldest inhab itant to explain. The knife is made of the best copper, and the work is done in a superior style.
A negro preacher at a Georgia campmeeting told his hearers they could never enter heaven with whisky bottles in their pockets, and urged them to "bring 'em right up to the pulpit," and he would "offer 'em a sacrifice to de Lord." It was done: but the preacher was found incapable when the hour for evening service arrived.
Two sisters, a Mrs. Eldred and a Mrs. Barton, aged respectively 08 and 93, who had always been together as much as possible, recently died, within two hours of each other, at Baldwinsville, in New York, and were buried in one grave.
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The Panic—The musical concert given last Friday evening for the aid of the sufferers by the recent devastating fire was quite a success. Some $1,200 were realized. A panic which occurred among the audience during the fore part of the evening, however, greatly marred the remaining portion of the concert. Some mischeivous boy, it seems, amused himself by throwing stones upon the roof, the sounds of which instantly conveyed to the minds of a vast majority of the multitude the idea that the building was about to crumble to pieces. Immediately there was a grand rush for the door and windows. Many were severely wounded in escaping through the windows by the broken glass, such being the panic that many absolutely forced their way through the window panes, regardless of bruises or wounds. To add to the confusion some one shouted "Fire!" The audience at length perceiving that the building was neither falling nor on fire, gradually quieted down somewhat, though, perfect order was not restored during the evening. Many are the ludicrous stories told of scenes connected with the panic, which will furnish an abundant supply of incident and anecdote for some time to come.
The rendition of the pieces was particularly creditable, taking into account the fact of so short a time for preparation. The "Tyrolean Warblers" gave some of their characteristic pieces, which elicited immense applause. Miss Mayer was warmly encored, and deservedly, too. She is a very fine singer, and with the proper training is capable of doing almost anything with her voice. The choruses were heartily sung, and the orchestra was fully up to the requirements of the occasion. Taken altogether, but for the panic it would have been one of the most pleasing concerts ever given in Portland.
N. P. Railroad. — We learn from General Sprague, says the Herald, that the first twenty-five miles of the North Pacific Railroad will be completed by about the latter end of November, and that the contract for building forty miles more of the road will be let in day or two. It is expected to have this latter section finished early next season, and when completed the road will be within fifteen miles of Olympia. The Western end of the road is being pushed ahead rapidly. The contract for building two hundred miles west from the Red River of the North was let a few days ago to F. E. Canda, and it is prepared to forward it as rapidly as possible. This section will also be completed during the coming year. It is the intention to commence running cars on this end of the road as soon as the twenty-five miles are finished. Two first-class passenger locomotives, two passenger cars, a mail express, and a baggage car, will arrive at Kalama in a few days. Four thousand tons of iron are also expected there in a couple of weeks. A machine shop 40x100 is also being constructed in Kalama, and when that is finished the population of the village will be materially increased, as a large number of workmen are to be employed.
Sad Accident. — A short time since a youth by the name of Alvin McKnight accidentally shot himself, near Fish Lake, in the Cascade Mountains, where his parents, who were moving to Eastern Oregon, had stopped to camp for the night. The unfortunate youth was endeavoring to draw the tent from the wagon the purpose of pitching it, when a loaded gun, which had been rolled up in the tent a short time previous, struck against the wagon in such a manner as to go off, discharging its contents in the breast of Alvin. He reeled backward, was caught in his father's arms and laid gently on the ground, when he gasped the words, "Good-bye, mother," and expired. The next morning the stricken family turned their steps in the direction of their old home in Linn county and buried their first-born in the family graveyard at Sand Ridge. Deceased was 18 years and 9 months old. This account is gleaned from the local columns of the Albany Democrat.
State Fair Statistics. — The Secretary of the State Agricultural Society, says the Statesman, finds that the result so far shows the receipts to have been $13,925.68, or an increase over last year of $582.93. To this is to be added some $260, received on licenses, the exact figures are not remembered, making in all over $800 increase on receipts of 1870. The entrance money was some $150 over 1870, and the license about $200. Who says the Fair was poorly attended?
Blind School. — Certain parties desire to found a school in this State for the blind. All persons who have blind children, and all those who may know of blind persons living in Oregon, are requested to report the same to Miss Nellie Simpson, Salem, Oregon, giving name, Post Office address, age, sex, whether parents are living, whether educated or not, and any other information in regard to such blind persons. It is desired that this information be collected as soon as possible.
Jefferson. — The Statesman says that ten tons of machinery for the Beaver Hosiery Co., Jefferson, arrived by rail road Monday, direct from Davis & Furber, North Andover, Mass. It will be immediately set up and the Hosiery works will soon be in operation. The flouring mill of Jacob Conser will also soon be at work with additional and improved machinery. Jefferson is going ahead and improving.
La Grande. — A flouring mill costing $15,000 is nearly completed at La Grande. Other valuable buildings are going up.
Refuse to Pay. — The citizens of Eugene who subscribed to bring the railroad to that place now refuse to pay, alleging that Mr. Holladay has broken his contract by erecting machine shops at Junction City instead of Eugene as contemplated, which they say was "nominated in the bond." There is a prospect of litigation about the affair.
Returned. — Rev. John Spencer and wife have recently returned from a visit to their old home near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Like most Oregonians visiting the States, they found no place they liked so well as the land of big red apples and Webfeet.
Plummer. — This benevolent humorist gave an entertainment last Monday evening at the Unitarian church in this city in aid of the Wisconsin and Michigan sufferers. The receipts were considerable.
Fair. — The Washington Co. Fair commenced on Thursday last. Owing to the rains the attendance has not been as full as was expected. "Trials of speed" seem to be the principal feature of the fair.
The O. & C. Railroad. — The track of the Oregon & California Railroad has been laid eight miles beyond Eugene City, and the work of construction is being pushed rapidly.
Printing Press. — Mr. A. L. Stinson, proprietor of the Willamette Farmer, has just received a large cylinder Taylor press, and will soon also purchase complete job office.
Lecture. — Mrs. J. B. Frost is announced to lecture at the court house in this city to-morrow evening in opposition to Woman Suffrage.
Wheat Sewing. — Seeding for fall wheat is fast progressing in Linn county. A much greater breadth of land will be sown this fall than last.
Expected. — Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Bates are expected here soon to commence an engagement at Oro Fino Theatre.
West Side Railroad. — The West Side Railroad will be completed to Hillsboro in about twenty days.
Spiritualist Campmeeting.
A campmeeting of the State Association of Spiritualists was appointed for the 22d, 23d and 24th days of Sept. at the grove near Woodburn, but the unavoidable weather of Friday deterred many from starting at the appointed time, and it was not until late Saturday morning that the meeting was organized, by electing D. H. Hendee, of Portland, President, C. A. Reed, of Salem, Vice-President and Harriet K. Eves Sec'y. P. R. Eves, J. Hawkins and E. Cooley were appointed Committee of Arrangements.
The hour following was devoted to conference.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Meeting convened at half-past one.
After the transaction of business, Mr. Charles Lohmeller, trance speaker, addressed us on the distinction between the duties of the physical man and the spiritual man. He said: "Man's duties pertain to this world, to the advancement of science, art, mechanics and all material interests. The inhabitants of the spirit sphere handle thought, all that pertains to the mind as you handle material things, and their duties are the furtherance of spiritual interests. Together their work is complete and harmonious."
He was followed by Prof. Chaney, who endeavored to answer the chief objections to astrology and to show that it did not in any way conflict with any recognized law of nature.
The evening session was devoted to conference.
Mr. Northcutt, clairvoyant, gave some satisfactory tests, and Prof. Chancy entertained the audience with a long and interesting account of his experiences as a spiritualist.
SUNDAY MORNING.
The meeting opened at ten with the reading of a poem entitled "Footsteps of Angels," from the pen of Cora L. V. Tappan.
Lecture of Mr. Lohmeller on immortality. His remarks on mediumship were worthy the attention of every Spiritualist.
Prof. Chaney volunteered an astrological test, and, knowing only the date of birth and sex of an individual, gave a remarkably correct description of character, personal appearance and tendencies to disease.
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AFTERNOON SESSION
Was opened by a lecture from Mrs. Eves on education. She objected to the popular system because of the lack of physical culture, the inattention to that all-important department, physiology, and the large proportion of time devoted to the ancient languages, the need of which was entirely past, and advocated a more practical system. She claims that the young should be trained for practical life, for husbands and wives, for fathers and mothers of healthful and beautiful children, for farmers, mechanics and housewives, as well as for the professions.
She was followed by Prof. Chaney on the same subject. He argued that the three learned professions were a disadvantage to the world; that lawyers increased divisions instead of promoting harmony; that physicians would be useless if the people were taught the alphabet of all knowledge — self-knowledge; that the clergy were the enemies of progress in every form.
The committee appointed at the June meeting to take into consideration the matter of founding a liberal school in this State reported as follows:
We, your committee on school reform, beg leave to present you with the following report: That a sufficient number of persons interested in the movement incorporate themselves under the laws of the State for the purpose of instituting a school to be free as possible from all sectarian influences. That such incorporate body receive propositions from different parties for the location of such school, and also receive propositions from different teachers as to the plans for conducting such a school. That said incorporate body open books for subscription to capital stock and do all and any business calculated to advance the cause of education.
The following resolutions were adopted by the meeting:
Resolved, That it is the duty of all Spiritualists to stand by the faith they profess, to use all the pecuniary means they can spare for the encouragement of free thought and the promulgation of truth.
Resolved, That Spiritualism tends to purity of thought, holiness of life and virtuous conduct, and that all who indulge in profanity, sensuality, licentiousness, dishonesty or any other form of immorality, violate its fundamental principles and misrepresent its legitimate tendencies and plain teachings.
Adjourned, subject to the call of the executive committee.
Harriet K. Eves, Sec'y.
Miss Anthony's Address. — The audience that listened to the able address of Miss Anthony last evening numbered about one hundred persons, among whom were several members of the Legislature. Notwithstanding the fatigue incident to a stage ride over the portage. Miss Anthony spoke with her usual ability and logic, carrying conviction to many minds. Before closing, she introduced to the audience Mrs. Duniway, the sprightly editress of the New Northwest, who made a few remarks about her paper. Her statements that she began her editorial career by rocking the cradle, that she was the mother of her type-setting sons, and that she had earned the type by her sewing machine, were received with applause. Mr. and Mrs. Duniway will accompany Miss Anthony in her tour of the Sound. We hope both ladies will address us again, and that they will put the admission fee within the reach of the masses, for there are few in this community who can afford to pay a dollar for any kind of entertainment. Olympia Tribune.
Editorial Call. — We acknowledge the compliment of a call, made by Mrs. A. J. Duniway, the talented and enter prising editress of the New Northwest, who accompanies Miss Anthony on her lecturing tour of the Sound. The ad mirable results of the lady's efforts to establish her journal were set forth in her remarks of Tuesday evening. She said she began the enterprise sixteen years ago, by rocking the cradle of, and singing lullabys to, the oldest of the three sons who perform the mechanical labor upon her paper. The type and material were paid for out of the earn ings of her own sewing machine, and the edittorial labor was performed exclusively by herself. A noble example of the en terprise ot American womanhood when emancipated from the thralldom which has hitherto bound her down to the frivolities and vanities of life! May it stimulate others to effort, and fit them for the duties which they will soon be called upon to discharge as co-laborers in the great problem of self-government. — Washington Standard, Oct 21.
Miss Anthony's Lecture. — At 8 o'clock Tuesday evening, a large and intelligent audience of ladles and gen tlemen were in attendance at the Olym pia Hall, to listen to the lecture of Miss Susan R. Anthony, the far-famed, elo quent, learned and logical advocate of woman's right to the ballot. The sub ject of Miss Anthony' lecture, was the enfranchisement or women. Her argu ments were able, pointed and logical, her illustrations were forcible and clear, drawn from facts incontrovertible. Miss Anthony's style of argument is syste matic aud philosophical, her manner dignified and lady-like. It was hard for her to speak as she did for an hour and three-quarters, after a stage ride of 90 miles across the country, yet she held her audience spell-bound to the end. It was a rich treat. When she is rested we anticipate a thorough and elaborate in vestigation of her commendable and popular theme. — Olympia Echo, Oct. 20.
"Where's your filial gratitude, you naughty boy? What would you have been without your kind father and mother?" "I s'pose as how I'd been an orphan, sir."
Mrs. Ida North has been appointed State Librarian of Iowa.
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Including uuin chalk, perfumery, etc.; uraiinmuuin im i-ot; Or a Kerosene Lnmpr Or J4 dozen Class (tablets; Or V, dozen Class Tumblers; Ora large Class Fruit Dish; Ora Work Ilasket; Or a Fino Embroidered Handkerchief; Or dozen Linen Handkerchiefs; Or a Woolen Table Cover; OrU dozen Table Napkins; Or J4 dozcnTowels; Oran elegant Portmonla. Any subscriber who Is I ll nrnfeirs l i vnt'o subscription, nnd who will send his or her own subscription fee, nnd two ncsv subscribers, ac companied by the cash making $9 tm wo will send : A set or Rogers' Table Forks, triple plated, on white metal, warranted; Ora setorRocors'TaliicKTwme tt-inl. nifitn.1 on white metal, warranted; ' Or a set of Rogers' Tea Spoons, triple plated, on white metal, warranted; ur y unzen itogers' a- Russell's Table Knives, best quality, warranted: urn naipisomc lllrd Cage. Any person in nrrcarsiorsubscriptlon to THE Nkw Northwest, who will send his or her subscription fee and thrve newsniisiriim . companled by the cash, making j!2 ft), we will A handsome Mnrsallles Quilt; Ora handsome Woolen llnllf r.1 n.i.l ..lilin or blue and white; ur a pair oi rnDie Cloth; Or two pairs of Nottingham Lace Curtains; Or three lutlrs Alexandre's KM f color or size; Ora Japanese Inlaid Work Rox; Or IS yards best yd. wide Sheeting. For seven subscribers nt SS no each, amount. ing to S2I 0). we will send : An extra Castor, triple plated, on white metal valued at $9 00; or n Lady's writing Desk, ofcijual value; OraCablnet, Japanese Inlaid: Oran Extra Japanese Inlaid Work Hot. These articles are all valuable, and nre war ranted to be Just as we reDresenttlinm- IVr- son living in iniscity nrwiiocan visit us can receive mesc nniciesimm our own tmm snt.in hour's notice; or If not convenient to visit us, we will send the articles by express to any ad- No order of this kind will receive attention unless the cash accompanies It. Send money In lVistofilcc orders at the cus tomary rates or currency, or send draft if pre ferred. All orders promptly attended to. We sincerely hope that this unparalleled offer, which is a new feature In the newspaper business in Oregon, will meet with a hearty re sponse Trom the many friends or our paper, who up to this time have seemed to fall to real ize that The New Northwest cannot be run without money. Now Is the time to makeup clubs. Ilegln before some other person gets the start of you. See what you can do for your self, the Public and The New Nohtiiwkst. Eiiijii'e IXotul, MAIN STIIEET, DALLES CITY, OUEGON. BOARD BY THE DAY, Week or 3tonthon the most reasonable terms. Superior accommodations for families, ('ncord Coach to ami from the house free. A large safe for the keeping ot valuables. House own all night. nil THOMAS SMITH, IVoprietor. SHADE & CO. RESPECTFULLY INFOltM THE PUI1LIC ' thai they have established a PIONEER DYEING AND SCOURING BUSINESS In this city, and are prepared to receive onlers ' for Dyeing and Cleaning Ijidles' Dresses, Cloaks and Mantles. Also, Damask Curtains and Gents' Clothing. Work done in the best style and Wnrranttjh Kid Gloves nently Clcansed. Please gits a call at our Dyeing Establishment. First St.. between Oak and Ash, opposite the Oregon llakcry. July 21, 1ST1. vlnlJ SHADE A CO, $20 A DAY TO MALE AND FEMALE AGENTS ! T0 INTRODUCE THE CELEHItATED $25 Buckeye Shuttle Sewing Machine. Stitch alike on both sides, and Is'the only licensed Shuttle Machine in the United States for less than SW. It Uses tho Celebrated Wil son Feed, nnd Is acknowledgedby all to be the best Family Machine for heavy and light sew ing in tho market. Out tit free. Address MINER A I'EAILSON, nl General Agents, Albany, Oregon. PORTLAND ADVERTISEMENTS. &5J ASDIEIj CLAYRT. SAN FBAXCtaCU. , 1 ( Bn.vNcit, 121 First St.. ( I Foutinu,Ogj.-. CRAY, M IH-cusio 3PTX"fcldLslix Iinporterand Dealer In nil kinds or MUSICAL MERCHANDISE Sole Agent for the Pacific Coat STEIHWAT'S AND OTHER FIRST-CLASS PIANOS, Tlio " Burtlett " Oi-raiis The Best in the World! PIANOS AND ORGANS TO RENT! And rent applied to purchase. ALL K1XDS OF MUSICAL LVSTMJjIKXTS Timed anil IJepalred. Every Instrument Fully "Warranted FOR FIVE YEARS. WASTED: I".ery Town In AKTlltH 111 the Slate. Catalogue and Price List sent free on appli cation to . I- Del'KANS. Manager Gray's liranch Music Store, 121 First St., Portland, Oregon. August 1, 1871. lull PACIFIC Boot and Shoe Manufactory! rJ?lii Oiilj- TsiimIitctoi;- I LADIES' AND GENTS' FINE SHOES On the Northern Coast! gHOKS OK KVKHY CLASS Made to Order on Short Notice, Wholesale and Retail. JSTJEl-SAT STYLES 2 ARE BEING MADE DAILY. DEPOT AT PACIFIC BOOT AXD SHOE HOUSE, lrotzinan. lillllliaii .V Co.. Comer First and Morrison Sts., Portland. J VST OUT: The Box-Toed Oxfords and Gaiters, JERSEY TIE, The easiest fitting Summer. Shoo made. August 1, 1S7I. lnl "F!ttti xalxe 3E3t3x.ox-y ! KLLI' Gl-J It st CO., Washington St., bet. Second aiidTliird, TORTLAND .OREGON rE MANURACTUP.B AN A XOi 1 ARTICLE OF BREAD, CRACKERS, CAKES, nd nil kinds of Pastry usuallyfnund In n First las Bakery. ' caGood delivered to any part of theclf JJl.TlnlS MRS. S. J. HIIMSEY, PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE PAINTER GAN BE FOUND IN HER STUDIO, on the third fiooror Corbett's New Building, rrom 1UA.M.HIU r. it. of each day CB-LEysOXS GIVEJT IN LANDSCAPE PAINT ISO. nl KAST i. RICHARDS, AT TIIK 'Philadelphia Boot & Shoe Store, Have Just received a New Stock or Roots nml Shoe. Etc. All are Invited to call and examine. n-?- 112 TUvi'J."1 pPPwlte McCormlck'! M Rook Store), Portland. PORTLAND ADVERTISEMENTS. ItiaA.L ESTATEi! St ITZEL & UPTON REAL ESTATE BROKERS! CORNER FRONT AND WASHINGTON 3T3., PORTLAND. OREGON". Agents, for the Sale of Lots and Blocks In HOLLADAY'S ADDITION I TO I EAST I OH 'XLAXD . rpO OUR PATRONS AND. TIIK TUDLIC I (ienernllr de-slrine to make SAFK ami HB- I.I.M1LK INVESTMENTS IN JtBAL I'UOI' t KItTY, we bes leave at this time to call row ' attention to this Desirable Tract, which has been subdivided into ijiocks ami ixiiw.unuiK now In the market, to be sold in Alternate Lots and Illoek.s. No one has ever visited this body of land but what will say that Jt is the mo.- t eligible for Suburban Residences of any ottered In this market, the Innd bavins a gradual slope front tho river back to Seventeenth St., there belaf: scarcelv any ltlock in lueeutire tract but what a Fair View of the City of Portland and the Wil lamette river can be had. Another ndvantase this property will have for residences: No Idxh water will everaHeet the drainage of the city. TIIK O. .1 I. It. 1L GO'S NEW FEKI1Y BOAT Is now makinercEiilar trips from the foot of F St.. t'ourli'M Addition, to the foot of ()reou St, HoIIaday's Addition. IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE: Aside from trlcantic improvements now In contemplation by tue Kallroad Company, In tne construction oi nan es, areumisa. ami Machine Shons. nulte a number of citizen will commence erecting Fine Residences ami !!- mess nouses. Also, street improvements, un der coiitmct.bygradinsand plankimrllolladay Avenue Its entire length, to connect with the Sandy road. We can say that at Ieutllalf a Minion Dollars win oe exiHmueuiu permanent Improvements on this Addtiou the present season. Terms or Salei Forty ler cent, cash down : deferred rav- luents, six and twelve months, with interest at the rate often er cent, per annum. QUESTION AS TO TITLTJI STITZEIT& UPTON Offer for sale a larse amount of PORTLAND and EAST POIITI.AND RESIDENCE and HUSINKSS PHOPKItTY. Parties wishing to purchase farms or kmus will be conveyed to them and shown the game free of chnrxp and ut all times to suit the convenience of our patrons. A lace amount nt choice FARMING LANDS for sale situated in Multnomah, Waatiittton. Yamhill, Polk, Ilenton, Lane, Marion, Cteek amiis. and other counties of this State. For PRICE LIsT call at our office. roit s.vli:: Eighty Acre Lot forsale.atljotiiinxlfot today Addition on the east. Apply to Slltie! .t Upton. Five and Ten Acre Lots for sale, adjoining East Portland, on reasonable terms. Apiflyto Stltzel A Upton. Five and Twenty Acre Lots for sale on the McAdamized road three miles south of tht eity limits. Apply to Stltzel A Uptou. FARMS TO ItLXT. We have a number of Improved Farirt,sUu ate.1 in Washington county, from fourteen to" twenty miles of Porlnnd. WASTED. At this office. ImmedlnhWv. from Two to Three Hundred Dwelling Houses, situated ia Portlund id and East Portlund. Tenants waiting patiently. nl STITZEL & UPTON. JACOB MAER, Importer and Wholesale Dealer in ID 3rL "5T GOODS, MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS, Hats and Gents Furnishino Goods, I.ndleH' ami Misses' TRIMMMED AND UNTRIMMED HATS AJfD BONNETS, Frames, Braids, Cords, Ornaments, Flawers iiiuoons, xrimiulngK, ete. Dress Goods, White Goods, Yankee ao. tlons, Eli-. Ladies1 Cloaks, CIoaK Trim mings, Etc. AGENT OF THE ELLENDALK MILUS CO. WOO LBN A Full Slock of Blankets, Yonus, Bm verg, Tweeds and Cussimere Constantly on Hand. LATEST STYLES MY EVERY STILVMER. K5T IARTICUIiR Onlers. ATTRNTION' I'akl to nli i On Tliii-a Stvoet, Vein een Jloi'risoii ami A'niiiUIII; AT JOHN WILSON'S CAN BE HAD: W H IT E CO O D S-Plaln. Check and SI rlped NalnsooX-, Soa Flnlshe.1 Caraurta. is'clolnueTelce'11 CORSETS-In White and Grey The bt keYlrs?eVeott;rA thUSlS s-et all sizes and prices. H O S I ERY English, French anil German, In inllnaryand cstra lengths, &,r Itdles, Misses and Children: Gents' and Boy's Hose and Underwear, etc. " LINEN Cambric Handkerchiefs, Plain. Hemmed nnd Hcm-stltehed,nnys'and Gents' Hemmed. Children's Linen Braided Suits, Dress Linen, Table Linen, etc. BLACK DRESS SIL KS-"Amerim Gros Grain," "warrantwl not to cmcsr or change color,underthese-ert usage, for years." SUNDRIES Fans, Parasols n"l. White Zephyr (silk and nl- Knit snawis, odleV Wpcr Collars (a pri , in ,ch ox). Lace Collars, Rubber ClothIlk JlUI box), Buttons, Trlmmiiigano '" luumms, Velvet Ribbons, usie jiin-iim.ioes, ' etc. W COODS-Openedeveryweek. n!2 FRIDAY.
"Drunk for a Week."
"Tom?" and the tones of the master's voice Came sharp to the listening ear; "Where is the woman who does this work?" Said Tom, with a shrug, "I fear She had to give it up. She was ghostly white When she left the office at six last night."
"Well, scratch her name from off of the books; Get somebody in that's well. These women are always in trouble, I think; And Tom — about Timothy Snell: When he get over that last week's spree And comes to his senses, send him to me.
"It's a week to-day since he's shown his face, But he's got his oats to sow; And I'll give him a hint on the evil of drink, And let the whole thing go, Tim's a good fellow — he'll steady at last; Who wants young men to grow old too fast?
So "drunk for a week" is a young man's joke, And sick for a day is a sin; The woman who faints is sent out to the dogs, While the fellow who drinks is kept in. And why? Oh! that is a riddle confessed; The answer I'd give but it's never been guessed.
My Story.
BY ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS.
[From the Congregationalist]
Hiram came in and unbuttoned his overcoat, and hung it up without speaking.
There was always something prosy about Hiram and me. I suppose there always will be. It's in us, both of us. I don't know that we should have got married, If it hadn't been — it is such a prosy thing to get married about here.
You go right along, you know. You see so little of anything but each other, and the quarter's bills, and measles, and Thursday evening meeting.
You don't read much poetry, and you don't see much company, and it isn't often there's a concert, and it isn't once a year that you read a novel, and that is when you have the influenza — and I don't think, all things considered, that anything is quite so prosy as a novel and an influenza taken together.
But on the whole I'm sorry about it I don't think we should have been any happier if we'd been the other kind of people; for I often tell Hiram there is another kind of people, after all.
"Is there?" he says. "Well, I don't know, Paulette."
And I don't suppose he does. And so we jog along.
Happy?
I'm not used to writing for newspapers, I never tried to do such a thing before in all my life; and when you ask me if we're happy, if Hiram and I are happy, I declare I don't know what to say!
Happy?
I believe that I never have stopped to think, since I was married, whether I was happy or not. I used to think a great deal about it before. All girls do — cry about it nights when they're not too sleepy. Since I've been married, I have not had the time to think about that nor anything.
Now that it comes up, it seems such a ridiculous question! Hiram and I happy? I should like to know what business a man and his wife have to be any thing else! Of course Hiram and I are happy.
Of course, at least we were that evening when he came in and unbuttoned his overcoat and hung it up before he spoke; generally he spoke just in latching the door: "There, Paulette?" or, "How's the baby?" or, at least what a cold night it was!
Now that was what made me say that Hiram and I were prosy. Some people would have gone off like a needle gun if they'd had what Hiram had to say. Hiram just unbuttoned those buttons, six of them, slowly, and he hung his coat up by the loop, and took off his woolen comforter.
Then he came to the fire, and then I saw how white he was, and then I felt myself turn sick and faint in my chair.
I was holding the baby, and I could not jump. And if I pushed him down he would have cried at the top of his lungs for an hour. So I ran and emptied the sugar out on the dining-room table, and sat him down there, and the children came running in, and I shut them all in, like flies in a molasses jug, and went back and got down on my knees by Hiram.
"You've had another?" said I, and I said it fast and hot.
"Yes," said Hiram; but he said it slowly.
"Worse?"
"The worst one yet. I was helping about a barrel. Don't worry, Paulette; I've got over it now; it was three hours back. I was only pushing a little at the barrel."
"Dincks shouldn't have let you!" said I.
"Dincks wasn't in," said he. "He'd just run over to the office. The boy couldn't do it alone. It was flour. I choked and fell, I think. It wasn't so much the bleeding as the faint. They took me into the counting-room, and I lay across two chairs till I got over it. I'm quite over it now, Paulette. My lung isn't very sore. I wish Paulette, that you wouldn'—"
And there before my eyes, he choked and dropped again.
Well, I got him to bed. He wouldn't listen to a doctor. We couldn't afford it, he said, and we couldn't. And what could he do? and what could I? So I got him to bed myself, and I declared I couldn't tell which worried me the most for an hour or so, that Hiram was going into the consumption, or what a colic those children were getting over the sugar-bowl! But that, I suppose, was because I am prosy. Four children with colic, to a prosy person, seems at the time of it so much worse than anything else that can possibly happen.
By one o'clock he was over it. He slept, I think, and had a cup of tea, and roused quite bright and strong. So he sat up in bed, and finished his sentence:—
"—Wouldn't worry," said he, beginning where be left off.
"Dear me!" said I, for he frightened me.
I came and set down on the edge of the bed. I was tired enough to drop, and worried enough to cry.
"Don't! said he.
"I don't mean to," said I.
"No," said he, "I know you don't." And then he lay back again upon the pollow.
"Hiram," said I, "it might just as well come now as any other time."
"Just as well," said Hiram.
"It's better than to worry along so."
"A great deal better," said Hiram.
"You must tell Dincks to-morrow."
"I shall," said he; "I'll disolve partnership this week — if I knew who was going to support the family."
"I'll support the family," said I. "For who would if I couldn't? I'll support the family if you'll only go to sleep."
"Very well," said Hiram; and I don't suppose he had the least doubt of it. he turned over and went to sleep.
Hiram went to sleep; but I didn't. The children cried till three. From three to six I sat up in the rocking-chair to think. There was just so much thinking to do, you see, and I can't think very well unless the house is still — perhaps I don't think often enough to know how — and it's never still at our house except when all the children are asleep. So I sat in the rocking-chair till six; and at six it was time to build the fires.
By this time I had it settled. Hiram saw as much when he waked and looked around. I think Hiram had a great deal of confidence in me if there was anything to be settled; and that's more than you can say of most men: at any rate, if a man's wife can make good muffins, and doctor the children through whooping cough, he doesn't generally expect much more of her; at least, that's the way with men about here. But my husband is different.
After breakfast (he ate a little gruel himself, while I crumbed in the children's milk), he says: —
"Well, Paulette?"
And I said. "I've got it, Hiram."
"I'm very glad," said he, with a dreadfully worried sigh; he looked most too worried to be very glad. He asked me to sit up on the bed and tell him all about it, and to send the children off so I know how worried he must have been. So I sat up on the bed and I told him my plan, for I'd got it very clear to myself, between three and six, and it didn't take half a minute.
"Hiram," said I, "I can't teach."
"No," said Hiram: I don't think you could."
"Even if Sarah Pratt hadn't the district, for a year to come; and her mother blind; and her father with that leg."
"Yes," said Hiram.
"And plain sewing wouldn't earn our salt."
"I don't see how it could," said Hiram. "There are so many of us. It never did seem to me before, Paulette, as if there were so many."
"It never did to me." said I. "And now," said I, "I'll tell you how I've got it. I'm going to take the business."
"The what?" said he.
"The business," said I.
"Whose?" said he.
"Yours!" said I.
"Well, I never!" said he.
"Of course you never," said I; "you never had the chance to."
"But W. I.," said Hiram. "If it had been dry goods without W. I.!"
"As if I couldn't manage all the W. I. groceries there are in the store?" said I.
"Why, yes," said Hiram, "as if you could not! Well, I never!" said he.
"But Dincks wouldn't have another clerk," said Hiram; "you couldn't make him put up with the putter of more than one clerk round, if it were to save his soul. Dincks is set."
"Dincks is sensible," said I, "and so am I. Do you think, I should like to know, that I'm going to support the family from being any of Dincks' clerks?"
"I don't know, I'm sure," said Hiram, "what you're going to do."
"I'm going into partnership, to be sure," said I.
"You're not though," said Hiram. Then he raised himself upon his elbow and began to look so bright!
"I'm going into partnership," said I, "in dry goods and groceries with Frank Dincks. I'm going to buy you out (I can borrow you out, at least,) and pay you any interest you'll name."
(It was the first time Hiram had laughed since the attack came on.)
"But," said he, "I believe a business contract between husband and wife won't hold. It seems to me a wife can't legally make a contract anyhow; something like it; what of that, now?"
"You can make a wife a present, I suppose?" said I.
"Of all I'm worth? Why, yes. That will do. What else, Paulette? I guess we could get over that. What else?"
"Then," said I, "I'm going to add that five hundred of mine that father gave me."
"No, you're not," said Hiram; "I won't touch that"
"Nobody wants you to touch it," said I. "I'm going to add that five hundred if Dincks needs to be bought over. In fact I don't know but I shall, any way. The shop needs an entrance on South street, and the candy ought to be Southmayd's, every stick of it, and the balmorals Frank Dincks gets are enough to scare trade clear the other side of the river! Now, Hiram!"
"Oh, dear me, Paulette!" said Hiram.
"Of course its dear you," said I, "or I shouldn't be doing it. Now, Hiram, I understand dry goods and groceries, don't I?"
"You've always understood everything I understood," said Hiram.
Hiram is an honest man.
"And I can make money on it, can't I?"
"Of course you can," said he.
"Then I'm going to do it," said I.
"But you'll get molasses on your dress! Oh, dear me!" said Hiram.
"As if I never got molasses on my dress at home!" said I. "I'm going to see Dincks this minute;" and I got up and put on my bonnet.
He never said a word, and he looked pleased.
I'd got my bonnet on and got to the door. Then I stopped. There was one thing he hadn't thought of, and I couldn't go without its coming up, and I couldn't seem to bring it up. He was lying with his eyes shut — as pale as chalk — and smiling to himself.
"Well, Paulette?" for he saw I waited round.
"I suppose you see" —
"That I've got to be housekeeper? O yes. I saw that at the first. When I get up from this, I can manage very well. It's not like lifting hogsheads. I'll see to that. Don't you mind that.
But I did mind it. I couldn't help it. To see him lie so patiently and take it in — for I knew he took it in. To wash the dishes, and run after the children, and set the table, and chop the hash, and do all the little fussy, fretty, worry ing woman's jobs! After being brought up to be a man! If he hadn't been brought up, it wouldn't have seemed so, for its bringing up that makes the dif ference to my mind, and i declare I minded it a minute — couldn't help it — till Hiram called me back and kissed me.
"My dear," said he, "you've done it all your life for me. If I've lost the power to go to the store, and you've got it, I hope I'm man enough, Paulette, to be a good housekeeper. Now run and see Dincks as quick as you can! You're such a hand to see to things, Paulette!"
Now, how many men do you know would have done that? I never saw an other one. I don't think there is an other man in the world like Hiram.
"We'll get you well between us!" said I, half laughing and half crying too, "and if I do pretty well, we'll hire Mary Smith, and you shall go off somewhere and board a fortnight in a four-dollar-a-day hotel for a change! Or perhaps the the mountains, Hiram, in our old buggy, with Mr. Perkins' Jim!"
And with that, I was off to the store, and Hiram's face went with me, with such a settled look, it makes me wicked to think back and remember now.
Now I'd known Frank Dincks ever since I was a baby. I saved him from drowning on the mill-pond and I beat him at the skating match in '56. Dincks was the last man to make me trouble.
"It's an idea," said he. He was sit- ting on a flour-barrel with his feet on the counter, when I went in to tell him. "It's not a bad idea;" he took down his feet. "Some people would think it wasn't a woman's sphere, but I don't make so much of that against the smash-up of the firm. It's too old a firm. I'll think about it, and come over to-night. Tell Hiram not to worry. I'd as lief have you as him as far as I know, any day. I'll be over this even- ing, tell him."
Now what do you think Dincks had to say when he came over that evening, Hiram and I sitting so bright and happy, talking the new plans over in the dark?
You'd never guess it, I know, nor would I, and I've lived in Massachusetts all my life. Dincks never did himself, till that very night. The minute he came in, I knew something was wrong.
"It's a shame, I declare," said he; he sat down while I lighted up, and he looked at Hiram in a worried sort of way.
"Fact is, it can't be done!" said Dincks.
"I should like to know why not?" said I. I was so disappointed and taken all aback, I declare, I set the baby on the table, and put the lamp into the crib and tucked it up.
"The laws of the State of Massachusetts forbid it," said Frank Dincks. "I've been over to see Bean about it. It's a fact. A married woman cannot carry on business in partnership with any one. That's one of the improvements our Legislatures make in these days. There isn't a crook nor a corner by which we could get you in, and Bean tried his best for half an hour. You couldn't be my partner with nor without your husband's consent. I declare it is too bad," said Dincks.
"I'll get a divorce!" said I, for I was angry.
"Well, well," said Hiram, "we must think of something else."
But we both could see how hard he took it. Frank Dincks got up and went away.
"Oh, Hiram!" said I, when he'd shut the door. "I wish you hadn't married a woman!"
"Well. well, well," said he, tired half to death, and coughing too, "it can't be helped."
I suppose he meant the laws.
That was a year ago. We've never thought of anything else. We're living on our principal — yes, of course, and what there'll be left to live on soon wouldn't board a chicken, I can tell you. I never saw a man so changed, and worn, and worried out, in one year's time, as Hiram Bent is. Giving up that shop, and fretting for those children, are rasping him to death. I'm so down-hearted and disheartened myself, that I declare, I don't know how to pull along. Hiram's lung is in a dreadful state. We're most worn out, and it doesn't seem as if we saw an inch ahead or ever should.
It can't be helped. Can't it? We sent to Boston to a lawyer with a bigger name than Bean. He said it couldn't. Well, I don't know. If that's the kind of law that men have for women, I don't know about its not being helped. Nor Hiram either.
I never thought to see the day when I should say: Shame to the Old Bay State! But I write it down, and I write it down again: Shame on the Old Bay State, for the laws its men have made! And I could have told you in the first place, when you asked me for a story (I'm such a prosy person), that that was all I had to say.
A Story of a Pair of Lovers.
"Strange! that a harp of a thousand strings Should keep in tune so long." Old Hymn.
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they were to have been made one there
sprung up a breeze which soon blew into
a cloud that burst upon them in resist-
less fury, and they parted in anger.
Both were proud and haughty, and in
stead of acting like sensible people —
burying the hatchet and going on with
the wedding — they nursed their anger
and resentment, until finally the young
man moved into another part of the
country, where he met another woman
whom he married. A few years later he
moved to the Pacific coast, and in time
became a citizen of Oregon.
The young woman, finding that she had lost her love, fitted herself for the occupation of a teacher and wont to Iowa, where she engaged in teaching school. Years rolled along, and brought many changes, but none to the heart of the Yankee schoolmarm, who was a general favorite in the community in which she resided, and she received a number of good offers to change her name. She remained true to her first love, and cherished in her heart the image of him she had loved and lost. Fifteen years passed by, and then the schoolmarm joined a family that was emigrating from the vicinity of where she had been residing to Oregon, and in due time she arrived here and endeav ored to procure employment in her pro- fession, but met with indifferent success, and finally determined to accept employ ment as a domestic until she could do better.
Shortly after making this resolution she was offered a position in the family of a gentleman and accepted it, but the first time she saw the head of the family recognized in him her former lover. The recognition was mutual, and of course the lady could not remain. Her old lover, who had grown rich, furnished her with funds, and she went to San Francisco, where she obtained a posi- tion in the School Department of that city.
About eighteen months ago the wife of the gentleman died, after having been in feeble health for some years. After a while the widower wrote to his old flame, telling her of his loss. She replied with a letter of consolation, and a correspon dence sprung up between them, and finally the widower made a proposal to the lady that they bury their old differ ences and consummate the engagement of their younger days. The woman who had loved so steadily and so long signi fied her willingness, and a couple of months ago our friend proceeded to San Francisco and led his first love to the alter. They returned to Oregon, and are now residing on one of the mast beautiful farms in the Willamette Valley. — Portland Bulletin.
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Il KSPKCTr-CLLY INFORM THE PC1II.IC jlv mat nicy nave cianisucd a PIONEER DYEING AND SCOURING BUSINESS In this city, and are prepared to receive orders ror ityelng and Cleaning Uulles1 Dresses CtnaL'. .. ri . I I .. ..It , i.. . . . . "V . -i,iya. .nisi, v.unaK V.UriAlUS and OenW Clothlngi Work Ione In the lt stvle and Wiirranleil l.-l.l ,.... i.. Cieanseil. Please give us a call at our Dyeing Establlsbment, Flrt St.. Iietwccii Oak and .YF.ii, u)ihisiii. me oregou iiaKerv. Julyil.lSIL vlnK SHADE A CO. $20 A DAY m M&IF ANn PPM A1P arpnts? rp INTRODUCE THE CELEBRATED $25 Buckeye Shuttle Sewing Machine. Stitch nllke on both sides, and Is the only licensed bhuttlojMuchlne lnttho ynlteAl state3 fitriitiinn i7i it urn's tho'CclebratciI W II- son Fecd.and'lsacknowledgcdby all to be the t)est Family Machine for tieuvy auu nsia own ing in inc marKci. . i srrvr.lt A 1ML1ILSON. ill General Agents, Albany, Oregon. HI Orasctof Ibigcrs' Ten Siwkhis. triple nlnted. I filix-l:--mwnr anil "ICIiiff-'nf ibe (ir.-.nu Turf-- eav- i "u wiiite metal, warranted- . . , . TJNK "WEED REMEDY. THE UNK WEED REMEDY, Oregon Rheumatic Cure. HISTORY: millS ItEMEDY IS COMPOSED OF THE L Active principle or the unK v ecu. Ens. Tha.plum CnrdatumOrlcInlfi.Iit. Indigenous to Oregon. Orowx most abundantly and per- i lecny in v apiungion couniy. PROPERTIES, ETC.: It contains an Active and Volatile Principle. extracted by Ether, and c bitter Tonic Prin ciple. MEDICAL PROPERTIES AND USES: It 1? the most sure and speedy cure for Rheumatism, Rheumatic flout and Rheumatic Pains of all kinds that was ever Introduced Into the Materia Medica. The UNK WEED REM EDY, us prepared by us. In consequence of the existing bitter principle, possesses the neces sary virtue of being it I?o"wciiiil Tonic, Promoting the Appetite and Invigorating the while Digestive Apparatus, thus building up and strengthening the system, while at the same time thu volatile principle, being ab sorbed In the blood, acts specifically on the luicumaiic roison, removing it irom me circu lation and system. There are tew remedies known to the Medical Profi-sslon which will remove the Rheumatic Poison from the moon, but wnose action is so powerful In depressing the system of the al ready enfeebled Rheumatic patient, that their use has to be abandoned before specific effects nrc obtainable, mid hence the want of success In treating this prevalent and consequently heretofore Incurable disease. Unlike the.su medicines, already known, the UNK WEED REMKDY.althousli producing as active and as powerful effects on the blood and system in re moving me iiiicumaiici'oisou,nisit possesses a strom: Tonic and Recuperatlnc Element which admits of its continued usu even by the most del Irate and debilitated. Thus we have the combination for the nrst time of these two necessary elements In one remedy, which ac counts forltssuiieriornudncver-falllngcurative eiieeis in iineumatism, luicumaiic uout and Rheumatic Tains of all kinds. N. It- The ITNK WKKI) REMEDY Is lmrtlc- ularly ATFLICAHLE TO IA1I1KN. In conse quence or lis i onic uuauuos. TESTIMONIALS : We aru aware of the fact Hint It is "enernllv an easy matter to procure certificates attesting mo eiuency oi patent renieuies irom a certain class of tliosc wlio use them. AVe have selected the following because the names attached to them are tlinseof mennt the most careful and scrupulous character, and because the large clHSMOf their acquaintances In Oregon will not for a moment, accuse or suspect them of any r??.?"""u" "'l' wuj ma, " Certificate from the lienuty Jailor of Mult' noniaii uouuty jail: ' City Jail, Portland, Oregon, June 7. 1S71. Dr. A. M. Loryea A Co.: I was attacked with a severe case of rheumatism. It was In my inigus, nips, lingers, snoutuer Diaue indeed in all the joints of my body I suffered great pain and nnitulsh. I was attended by n regular phy sician, but with no etrecL I was induced to try yourUnk Weed Remedy, and It Immediately curcu me up. x consiiicr ii, innn my expe rience, the oesi remitiv lorrueiimailsm Known. Ai.i-iif.ii r. i vnz t.n, iieputy jauor. Tills Is to certify tliat the abox e statement 1 correct to my own knowledge. juii.n r. WARU.Jallor. .VltaCnliforiiliillookandJobPrlntlngOnice.l -Vl fVillf.irnln stro..t . 8an Fnuiclsco, June 1, 1S71. J Dr. A. M. Iiryen & Co.: For seveml years have been subject to rheumatism In my right arm and shoulder, rendering me unnblo to work. On a recurrence of the attack, some time since, I was Induced to try your "link Weed Remedy," and the result was a perfect cure In a few days. I took only two-thirds of the contents or one Isittlc. My linn belief is that tho "L'llk" is n certain euro for rheuma tism 111 nil Its forms, nnd I would heartllv rec ommend all mulcted with that dreadful dU- to try your "Remedy" and lie cured. JNO. It McLANE. Certificate of A. R. Slilplev. Eso.. sneeial eon iriiiuuH-io me -t iiiaiueiie rartner." and rsee remo oi me wre-iu iiomctinurai :socieiy: Oswemi. Oretron. March 1STI Dr. A. M. Iiryen: SWime lour weeks no I was entirely prostnili-l Willi rheumatism: In fact was almost helpless. I sent to vou for one 10 nunce lsdtle of the "Cnk Weed Remedy," by .ne um'i ii iwnrii i exiiericiiceu nimooi imme diate relief, and by the time the bottle was gone the riieutnatlsin was gone. From mv own cxiH.'rience,aiid from what I have, hcnril others say who have used the Unit Weed. I oencve n in ne a certain curelorrlieumatisui. loureresiiectrully, A. R. KIIIPLEY. Certllicate from Hon. A. J. llnfiir, rT.I'nsi dent of the Oregon Stale Agriciillunil Society una nutiiiir oi - isiaiisiir oi urcgon;" East Portland, April L1K7I. Dr. A. M. Ir- t C-o.: I was nltllcted with severr attack of chronic rheumatism: wascon inii-i io my ihsi iiinsini me nme mini January lo juiy. wnen I useil the I.'nk Weeil and cured me tip. A. J. DUFUR. or Oregon Rheumatic Cure." I was ainiele ror months with n very serious attack of In flammatory rheumatism, nnd tried n. irlv nil of the son-ailed rheumatic remedies without any relief Percelvab e. 1 then tried vou Itemedy, anil Us u-e resulted In tho most happy i:ii".h ii iHTieei. cure. i ruiy yours, J.VJIES UYUEE. Certllicate from the well-known merrhnnii i. eaver, ri.: The Dalles. May 3. 1871 Dr. A. M. Iirvm fc Co.: I have Used tbn "lTntr eisi Kemeuy," anu can cneerrully recom mend It to liersons ullllctcil Willi Inflammatory rheumatism. It cured me of that disease. My hands, wrists, ankles indeed, nil my Joints wnv miiiiiicii jinn wry iiainiui. O. W. WEAVKlt. Certltlcate from Hon. Nat- II. Ivine. l'ilot Cnmmlsloneror Oregon, nnd a member of the City Council ot Eait INirtland: . r.. 'J, Kast Portland, April 13. 1S7L Dr. A.1 M. lAtyva&CtKS I have been afflicted for several years past with "weakness In the buck." nnd wandering rheumatic pains, ac companied br severoeonstliintion. llytheuse of one bottle of your "Unk Weed Remedy, or uregon uiieumniic i lire," i nave ucen emireiy reiieveu. antl 1 eiieenuiiy recommenu it as a most valuable and cllecllvc remedy. NAT. II. LANE. Certificate from Hon. fJIdeon Tiblvetts. a member of the Cit council of East Portland: East Portland, April 7, 1S7I. Dr. A. M. Loryea A Co. f ients: Tills Is to in form you that I have used your"Unk Weed" ror neuralgia and rheumatic pains, and found relief from theuse of only one bottle, ami can recommend It to those in need of snei. n rem. edy. Yours, OIDEON TIBI1ETTS. Certificate from Hon. K. 1 Qnlmbr, ex County Commissioner of Mnltnmiiali Oregon: Knt Portland, April 1.1S71. Dr. V. SLJyirvea A Co.: I liriveu.1 tiiAirT,iL- V . eed llemeily," and am satisfied it is a valua ble medicine. It regulates and Invigorates the system. Tills Is my experience with the Rem- !u. iruiyjonrx, E. U QUI.M11Y. Certifiente from tbn vitim,.t ProC Otto Vleuxtemps: musician. Oregon Musical Institute. 1 Portland, Slay lS7I.f Dr. .V. SI Iiryen .t Co.: I was attacked with severe Inflammatory rheumatism, sulfuring great pain, nnd was so prostrated that I was miHuie io icnn lomy nusincss. i useu one ooi- tle or your "Unk Weed Remedy, or Oregon Illieiimatlc Cure," and was entlrelvcured by itahitae. OTTO VIBL'XTBSII'sJ. i rrr up jxten-ouxce ftorrLEs, AT tine Dollar nml Flltj- fcittn per llottle. PREPARED AT THE OREGON MEDICAL LABORATORY, CO. EVST lORTLAND, OREGON, Fok Bali: ht au Duccoistk. ln!2 i engi, iin-euicacy oi your"unK weed ltcmedy. .PORTLAND ADVERTI5K5IENT3. LADD & TSLTON, 33 3ST ES JEL S , POKTLVXD.. .OUKGOX DEstulliHcl, 1S50. -rMrncrra iivrv.TW.rt AND ACCOUNTS J kept suMcct to check nra w INTEREST allowed on TIME DEIrR, or timtsx fitvtis. In sums of ONE DOLLAK AND ITPWAKDS from date ordeiioslt. Bonds' Stocks and other valuables received Collections made and proceeds promptly re investments In Real Estate and other prop- Sight and Telesrahle Exchange on San Fran cisco nnu me .iianiic tuc-s r Oovcnunent Securities bought and sold. Agent for the transaction of all kinds or 1 1 nancial and Trust Ilusiness. nl Hit. 3IAIIY A. TIIOJIl'SOX, PHYSICIAN AND ACCOUCHEDR T) ESIDENCE AND OFFICE THIRD ST., J.V between Salmon nnd Main, opposite the Public Square. lLitf.Hf4 fnr vnln mid Instructions iriven on 'tins nireiiupti in anv narL oi me cii-. the use of electricity as a Remedial Agent, nl. ISAAC Hi:itGMA Cor. Second nnd Wnsliliiton Sin. TTAVINd RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS Xi Market, I am now prepared to sell on reas onable terms the best Meats the country af fords. nl ritor. g.vxs GIVES LESSONS OK THE PIANO AT THE of Pupils. Residences HEItMS 11EASONA11LK. L anteetl. Satisfaction GuHr n2 J) It. J. K. CAllIMVKI, X c lit i s t Dbntai. Rooms No. SU First St., Portland. BC'The Latennd Improveil Styles of work at Reduced Rales. Nitrous Oxide (Jas for the painless extraction of teeth. Iul2 CLARKE, HENDERSON & COOK, Wholesale and Retail Dealers In Staple and. Fancy Dry Goods, Notions, Ladles' and Grnt's Knrnlshlns Goods, ir., ir.. Cor. First and Washington streets, Portland, Oregon. lni; $30 SAVED! Why I'ny $73 lor a Senilis Mnelilne? rnilE IMPROVED HOME SHUTrr.E SEW J. Ins Machine, with black walnut table nnd treadle, nicely finished, Complete for $45! A llrst-class Sewinc Machine; uses straight Needle; under feed; makes "ixwk stltcii;" warranted to do all kinds of family sewing as well as any machine In thc market. A few more Azents wanted to canvass conn- ties (not taken Tor the Improved Hand. Ma chineprice, :) In Oregon, Washington and liiano lemiory. Call on or address EO. IV. THAYER. General Agent, 112 Front St., IVirtlnnd. ROYAI. i SMITH, .gents Salem UK. R. C. HIM. Jt SON, Agents Albany JeWnS PIANOS AND ORGANS. I II AVE JUST RECEIVED THE TjARflEST stock ever brought to this market, consisting of the following makes or Pianos: HAUETT lL DAVIS', tCelebmted New Scale), Clilckerlnp: A Sotr.s, Parlor Gem, BRADBURY PIANO, . And coming by rail Something Entirely New! In the line of Piano Fortes. My Stock will range In price ITVom St;j."50 to $ooo. 1 have also a large Stock of MASON & HAMLIN'S WhicIi I oiler for sale at Eastern Prices. IV. T. SIIAN'AirAN", No. 75 First street, (near Inld and THlon's n7 llaiiKJ Portland, tjnjgon. . , ACH, T.UST RETCRNKD FROM SAN ' FRAN- U Vlsco with a large and Splendid Stock or JZjEL5T GOODS, SILKS, WORSTED GOODS, GRENADINES, Japanese Silks, Poplins, Alpacas, Lawns, Marseilles, Etc. ...ALSO- A Iirge and Renutlful Assortment or MILLINERY GOODS, RIBBONS, Tine Laces, Etc., Or everjJvnriety and description. Straw Goods, Parasols and Kid Gloves 01 the best quality. JEWELRY, FANCY tiOOilS. ETC., On hand nnd made to order. CHILDREN'S AND INFANTS' CLOTHES Or all descriptions. Call nml Exniuliie the .Stork. Good Sold to Suit (he Time. r Acir, S7 First street, Portland. BV CONSTANTLY Receiving New Supplies by every Steamer. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE! n. SO Front HU American Exclmnjje lliiliain. U "dirnters-amt Wffirffi 5 WM"?.b,?3?: WWl Snfl feavkSlrad- SrWTTtT K i"TY11Js! r. witiieri-:ll. P?S. I have also Mine Good Farms nnd lot. for sale. n- JR. W. C015URN & McCABE, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, 5 WASHINGTON STREET, UP-STAIRiS, Vortlnnd, Oregon. Work done at REASONABLE RATES, nl PORTLAND ADVERTISEMBNTS. MILS. S. J. Kl'MNEY, PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE PAINTER CAN" HE FOUKII- IN HEIt STUDIO, on the third tloorof Corbctfs New Building, from 10 A. M. tUl 4 p. m. of each day BIT-LESSONS GIVEN IN LANDSCAPE PAINT ING. nl KAST & .RICHARDS, Philadelphia Soot & Shoe Store, Have Just received a N'evr Stock of Hoots nml Shoes, etc. AH are Invited to call and examine. N'o. 112 Front street (opposite MeCormlek's nS Book Store), I"ortland. , Bit. 15. It. FKEEI.AXD, (LTK OF SAN FR-tNCISCO,) 13 IS' rJ0 1ST OFKICE-COItNEIt FItON'T AND WASH IN'UTON' SiTS., POUTIVN'D. HAVING HAT A NUJIBKH OF YEARK practice in Sinn FmncJsco.Iftelcompeu'ht to do First Class Work In all Dental Opera tions. Satisfaction euarantced. Nitrous Oxide administered. Kcfercnccs: Rev. AVm. Roberts, Jadso O. N. Denny, Dr. Dickson, Messrs Qulmby and Perkins, and Mrs. Dunlway.oftheNEW NowniwiMT. nl nil. j. :. i.exn", DENTIST 107 Front Street, PORTLAND-- OREGON nl E. I). SItATTCCK. SIIATTirOK 11. KILLIN. .1 Iill.I.IX. Attorneys sit-X-iti-w. i SFFI w. st,l ICE-IN PARRISII'S I1P.ICK, soutli side ashlnston street, between front and Portland, Oregon. nltf Ml'IUMlY .V: Iii:i.I.Y, PKAI.KS IN FAPrtlLY GROCERIES, I'OlSTRV PKUUICE, FKl'ITS AXU VEGETABLES, Corner of Third nnd Washington streets (np poslte l'rosbyterlan Church I, lortland, Orezon. CixmIs delivered to all parts of the city FREE OF CIIAROE. nl PORTLAND CLOTHING FACTORY Boys ClotliiitK1 33iiiox'iimx AVnsUIiiston Street, BETWEEN SECOND "AND THIRD STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON. A. ItOIIKltTS nl ...Proprietor ARCHITECT. MR. II. McDON'AI.D r S NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ...FOR Business and Swelling' Houses Of every description. Also Cnnrrbcs, Bridge and Factory Buildings. Rills of Materials, together with Detailed Darwlngsof all classes of Iluilding. AH Work Warranted. OFFIt'nIn WcllerN Building, opposite tho Oro Flno Theater. n2 GO TO HENDEE'S GALLERY THOR RES111R.VNTS, PIIOTOC.APIIS, SUN J2 Pearls, Lire-size Pictures, aud Pictures of Every Grade, Children's and babies' Pictures taken cheer fully and- satisfaction guaranteed. Wees mod erate. Inl2 SIRS. It. IVAVLESS, M ANCFACTITRER AND DE.VLER IN sniKl0 unuLnoniaia, unniitnj, liu., Corner Front and Yamhill streets, Portland. Shirts Made to Order Of the best material, and warranted to fit. All kinds or mending done. n5 SAN FRANCISCO ADVERTISESIENTS. .inn. iiunpnpuinT nnilurnff trn TOBIN, DAVISSON & CO. IMPORTERS, INVITE THE ATTENTION' OP TIIETRADE to their Large toek of AnicrJcan, Ensllsli, French and German JTVNOY GOODS, SMALL WARES, PRRFUSIKRY, STATION ERY", POCKET CUTLERY, MILLINERY GOODS, Yankee Notions, White Goods, GENTS' rURXISHJNG GOODS Linen Handkerchief, tilings. I) rest Trlm Hoslf ry, Etc, Etc., Kir. WHICH THKY OHKRItAT THE LQWBST RATKSj. . Corner Sutter nml Sniisome Sis., SAN FRAXCISCtl. nlvl CIIAKLKS TEXCE CO.. Importers or FRENCH MILLINERY, STRAW AND FANCY. GOODS, NUMBER 13 SANS0MB STREET, Between Bush and Sutter, next Cosmopolitan Hotel, San Francisco. f No. 32 Rue du Faubourg-PolionIeni Pari olnl