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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1871)
I 1 4l iV"' L.. '"X f 4 s' T t I . I t - i . - - .f t i .187L TSX QOtTSLtZJUMfD. W last Week enjoyed the pleasure of announcing ta tb reading public that , er friend of tb JItrmhl wa getting wpkHMiwOir pleasure Is augmented this wl by our "ability t announce that there to at pivsent no evidence of an abatement of tite" symptoms. , last Mk he gladdened our heart and gave us material Air a pood article by , Bible tmm about wouuuu said quota tion being chosen front different book of th Bible, all the way from Oenesi to Corinthlam.lThto week heronoen tratae hla force a little, taking u to task for not ownwlf quoting a full chap tar of good thing n eanaaetlon,- evi dently forgetting thaf w were follow- lng a precedent aaUUiahcd by hlmiehV : Ha say we "omitted tha fines portion of Um description, and thou tn whfc-h LILL II A 1 1' UN Bignm ymw wn srv snofl happily portrayed." He obligingly "quote tha whola for our particular at-' tenilon," and w proceed, having the toniporal welfare- of our spiritually minded brother at heart, to review tha jportlona wt at flrat omitted, ' because we, like all ' well disponed women, would Hdo him good, and not evil, all tha day of hla Uh.n "Bhe aaeketh wool and 'flax, and wortheth willingly with her bands. evidently uua vmaoos woman wa a merchant and dealt In "wool and flsx,"4 -perfectly willing to do with her might her hand found to do. She also was an Importer, of suiqilies. Maybe aba bad an army contract. Lis ten Ljb .J like iht merchant' aliip; .aba brlngeth ber food from afar.'' Merchant ship muat bare started -hmtuH -daylight In those dyus they oftelTao at the pnwut lime, for - the husband - ld, -h-rlscta'also wlUle It to yet night and glvrth food to -her household, and a portion also to her maided" That's nothing Wfw dona It many a tlmmsSZJZ7 She alao (peculated In real estate, as -la proved by the following announcer menti "She eonalderetn a Held awl buyeth It" , . . ; - Then ah tried ber hand at farming. At any rate aba waa In tb -.sadness of grapa culture I "With the fruit of ber - handa ah plantrth a vlneywd: " There la no evidence,' we, are happy to aay, that ah kept a saloon;.. , ; -' Work In the often alrwe good for bejf constitution. : W ,lu v- prooTof this alao: "ghe gVrdrth ber loina with 1 strenth, and atrengtbeneth ber arma." Evidently ber Judgment waa good, for we read I "Hh perodveth that her merehandlaa to good;"- and a an vl denet that ah waa mora Vigilant than moat maaculljna mrrchanU, It waa de elared that "her candle forth sot out by donteatl quallflcatlona, alao, lukeaptrg with ber day and gen ratlori iJ'Hl hiyeth her banda to the aplndl. and ber bantla hold the dtetafl.' niy in alleviating in winn or tn ly t "Kb atretcheth out her banda to the poor j yea, ah reachetb fortb ber bands to tha needy." Bb waa n aucct awful merchant, and provided well for her family i "Hh to not afraid of th snow: for ber house hold ; fur all ber bouaehold are ekrthed with acarWL" 8h loved fine raiment, as beeometh a of aoaanata and ample re I "8b maketh herself coverihgs oTUpeatry 1 ber clothing Is silk and purpl.- .-- .v ' . Bb was engaged In a wholesale man- ulaeturing eataillhmeit: Sh maketh An linen and aelleth It, and delivered) girdle nnto the menhant" , - ' Bh could and did mak Speecltra pea oocaakHta, and ber words wer wtae FRIDAY, MAY 19. tr- 7 - r ... ... a . a a M : i., i Hh poaarlwad TT"' and tempered with blndneaa itihe opeheth ber mouth wl;h wisdom, and : -In 1m tongiw to th law of kiitdncaa." f v; . - Bhwa wile and mother, TH every wayvortby th nam and honor. Proa parity and puldk etuolumeut caused ; no neglect of bar houacltold duties: Hh - Jooketh well t tha way a of ber bouae J Thold and eaethnD4.UW bread of Mie teas. are clad our iM-iirlibor of. the IrraUi sjrreea with mv : Uka hluu we think" th abova extract really give th nneat description of tit tru woman In ber proper sphere that we - hav ever seen anywhere.". Alaa, that so many women of the present day have no ambition, ta aa llissa thlags. Kow that the Herald understands the prinrl- . plea that W advocate, and confesses that they meet hla unqualified ap proval, we call upon him, as a man and a brother, to us what Influence be pos- to bring th passive effeminate luring dolls of the nine teenth century to a realUlnr sense of luelr present degradation. Help us In our work, good neighbor, that we may arouse them to an appreciation of their Inherent Independence and their need or moral ana pecuniary respoiisluility; lt na teach tliem that they are not doll, to be dressed up merely for kivow ; neither are ihey diUres, nnr - tiie beet Of man ', but Indlvhluala, like hlm--artf, "wto6we lilh"dutlt aid heavy eaoral respousl bill lies to Uicmselrcs, the country and the commonwealtbv IX s help th woman who In ber soul feels capable to rise from vassalage, to step outside of the trammels of custom ' and come nobly to the work of ber own womanhood. It nsbeglnthls work by making ber, In Csct as wU as In name, :k responalbl cltlaen of the t'nTUd , Btatse and of the SUte wherein she may reside. x. i The Womsji'a , HufTVag Convention - ' forth Pncifie Coast to now In session I Baa yranclsco. There are fortvtwo J ucicgaies, of uoin sexes, la. attendance, f , We shall look for the proceeding with Interest, "w .-. On day, during the laat Oubernale rial oouteat, we repaired to a eoen of diai-vloa for tha purpoa tf taking i tenia." About three hundred ntcn war preaeot, all acaled together in rowa, while perhaps thirty ladle oeeupled an oUlqn eomer from the men, and rather behind them, ao that the barfca and top or tn fcmg unea or nuMculin cranluma were fUbk. Ve ltotented for wbjl to-th tedloua political harangue, whkh waa a wondfaful and 'atateamaullketTJ argumect tin and agala4 tit f Heathen Chin,'1 pMieotiv and aU peateetiv taiilTJ greentiacka, publie debt, party trite and poMona! diaeord. A we did not Intend to rot on that oreaalon, of eourat It waan't our funeral, and w grew very tired of the obaequiey We baaled our brain for a while la atudylng tha col ffuree of the ladiea and then turned our fWnUlpiT"tl upon the bald paiaa of th gentlemen. .We bad long been of the opinion that th hot and heavy batawernJrJhfJatterJuMl Jhaea the ran of baldneam. -Cut there before ua eat nearly two aoor of ladlea, who, to oar own certain knowledge, bad been wearing for the hat half-dosra yaara much hotter and heavier weight of flxtorea, In a fright ful chignon, than man bad ever worn in th hat; and there waa not nfeml nln bald bead tn the hall, while on man In every four displayed either a perfectly bald bead, a mxail, round, vacant trown-plec or an entirely de nuded cranium. Wbattoould be the rauae oTthto? And why did not tha women grow bald In tha aama propor- tionT-7 7 . . ' EvMcntly th "hot hat theory must be abandoned. IJot bead gear bad not destroyed the balr of women, and. of eoura th same, rut would apply to men. A magnifying gtaaa Trvsals th ff -t thwt ery rmifrf thfl hnman head contains hollow tube, IflWhUh there clrculateaa kind of fluid or nouriahment. hair la wounded by frequent cropping, portions of this fluid constantly cacrpe. Natare, aavklng her own perpetuation, a vigorous eflbrt to repair th damages; bene the rapid growth of a vigorous suit of hair during th first years In which It to subjected o tills ernelpractloa.1,-; "S If, In addition to as cloaely as poaslbl covering the leaves of a vigorous young tre with a garment imperrlons to air and light and water, you persiat In cropping back tha faa. forming leave, bow long win it U before nature, baffled lnhrnttenpta to elotha lb tre with, verdure, 'give np In despair, and the; leaves grow thinner and Anally fall off altogether, leaving, - perhaps, a few ! breathing sentinels, which were not Wholly hidden under th artificial cov ering, standing meUnchololy and alone to bewail the departure of the glory of their common parent? , hair of men and Joys beln kpi cloaely Cn ipped from childhood, and be sc. ing kept additionally covered with hat Impervious to th atmosphere and light, growa diseased and alckly when it ehoutf be 4a It fullest vigor.-The circulating fluid of th hair, correspond ing to th blood in th veins, becomes Weakened in Its functions and a mild dlaeaat-of th scalp ao mild and grad ual In IU ppnebes -that It gl scarcely any warning 4a engendered the capillary glands are destroyed and th hair fallaut by th roots to be -replaced on that unfortunate cranium nevermore. - W do not aay that It not best at times tocut the hair. Bome iimee. some ills which flesh to heir to, fender thto necessary, but one clipping wiu not niaenaiiy injure m. n is ine constant repttltlon of th outrage that make th hair fall off. - A custom baa grown np and become quit popular among the young ladiea fcv kcep their hair " "shingled. Let them keep It up to tlte extent that men and boys have followed it, -and we shall see If they dp not become bald-headed in th same proportion as their brothers. Tha hair If nature's covering for the bo- man head. Cultivate It, wash It, comb It, braid It, curl It,-do anything but cut, confine or grease or Iwrn It If you would bar It luxuriant,' beautiful, healthy and strong. We never as the hair of oar growing boys clipped off without a sigh of despair for their naturally beau Uft4 We never aes ynng la-llrs' crowns of glory smothered Inbuge chig nons or "siBgled'NHit of all come I in cm, but we sigh for the day to come when we will all hars better sens. . Our re4eN wm pleas lsk notice that this practkd-Bcrmon waa like the result of our attendance at a political meeting. Xext week w shall tell you about the first political meeting ws ever attended and what cam of our go- tng- - - ' ! 1 si J? "A CHAT ABOUT EZCBAI0E8. We ar happy to anwooncc the receipt of a gisolly number of exchanges, all of which bave met our venture with a spirit of liberality and fair dealing whkh last once gratifying and reassur ing. 4Tddn the list onmes the fktilg Orfffoninn, high-toned, dignified, cour teous and thoroughly candid. Then comes the Drriln Jlrraltf, equally mag nanimous, quit m court coun, but more disposed to raise a controversy than Its next door neighbor. This to followed by the M'ccitg Bullrii, a mammoth sheet. With a fine typographical appear ance, whlcbTw really Lavn't time to read. Th Drmotwtitki Em now wheel Into line. This paper boast anme ex cellent lady contributors ito principal attraction.- We -also receive and prise II CrUtUwn A4twntr, an earnest cluunplon forth rights of the' Metho dist Episcopal CtiurchTh CaOoiie Smiinri come next, a faTf exponent of th fklth and practJc of It particular form or Chriatlsny. McGlhncy'a 0r fn- r"H 1 Ilk lt Tb StutlenM Keptmtorm to our friend. BTuoeol are bur own special favoritca. TL Stato Eight Dtmocrat, proved. lu friMsd Browa la making a lively paper. The Albany Btgliter is as spicy and rsadubl a aay exchange w receive. The KaJt-ui (Oregon) ZtoJy HhUtmrnam I also a regular visitor. W flea sum goad thing front It many bwal Items. Th golem Mrrrurg falU to appear. ' Wonder what la tha matter T Wt haven't missed Its vtoita before sine we Aral received Its original from Yam bill "where It got Its start a number of years ago; said start betiig about th sis of the Sftdemtf jifjHBiiarg. Hop our brother baanH discarded usf The Qkrfaf fern 3ft mtnfpr also comes liand, freighted with word of greeting.'- The- OlympU Tkwcrijji to a welcome ex change. Wc ha v recei ver cojUt-s of th EUgen OtKuif and Cbrvallis Gazette. Qan any other Bute In the Union, with twice -tha ' neouhUloo. boast a larrer number of newspapers T Wfi ""'t want th ft anmviiX to growl." We know We know Olympto to in Washington' Territory. Then) We have received from .Walla W alia a copy of Hess and- Btanlcy Rrt Eatntt Record, devoted to the In terest of Washington Territory In gen eral and the business iutercaU of Its en- terprialiig uroprkjtora In particular. The JUxU ttai froavffe, of Hurt land, should not be omitted la this catalogue. There are alao a number of Oregon aud Wash ington pspsrs yet to bo beard from. Sucvess to the fraieruity. 1. -1 . r I0B0DTM HTTIT. .; -JL weak baa passed sine we came lie- lore th publie with the aauowtcexnerit thai w juw going to" vote. We bave earefully watched the progress of events since we threw the botnb, aud to our iuteuse gratilV-stUm wa can announce to-day that thrbomb luu hurt nobody.' W bave met hundreds of gcuyetucu since then, and not one of them luu untroaxo mofc us. w the-rontniiTTars tAelrtsUtI.rid how shall they they InvarUbly deiairl tliemsclvc gesyfemeay and w know they will do th asm thing when we meet them at th polls. In a lecture delivered before Woman's Buftrage Association of New York City, March loth, Dr. Fuller Walker said t "It to worse than foolish to assert that going to a ballot-box would unsex woman. ' At the polls she wovUl only meet her husband, ber son and her neighbors. The polls of Amcr- ahoukl be dignified and free from disturbaqecs . tlwy are Jhc janrl us rip of lh'peopiehe plarcs where th aov erelgn will, the wntvcnal conscience. finds expression, and we read tltat vox popM, roar dri. At th polls th people "peak ila th churches the people go to listen to the Word of God. No one thinks of crying out about the Impro priety of vast crowds of men and women flocking to on of out cathedrals. We have seen more pushing nd crowding on the steps of Bt. Stephen's, In New York, and In the aisles, than wu ordin arily -witness at UiapolhwTh ery of 'unsex is a shama man-of straw set up by those men wbo dare not lei us see how rotten the politic of th United Htate are jo-day I If the poll In real- It are not At d laces for women It high time thcyjrermlej(vJlut we contend that In most-place they are perfBCtly rropcr. place .for women- to visit just as proper Tit to for women to1 walk on Broadwsy, to attend the race of the American Jockey Uuh, to be seen on the mall of the Central rark to visit an exposition or country cattlo show." 1 - This Is what we ami every oilier per son of common sense know to be the fact. More truthcould not be com pressed Into- th-' sam space. ; When will men and women accept this fact and cease their idle clamor against the Inevitable ? . A K Alt IDEAL OF V0M1I. "When inele'Uua that their hlcal of a woman to a rood cook, a household angel, a gentle, soothing, tunotnf, pure creature, whose business It la to stay at home jind Jul ml the baUva, we reply that that is all very well as far as it govs, but Ills not deep enough, or high enough, or broad- enough. Beahies, vmen diner as to their ideals. It Is no uncommon thing to learn of men who Twat their household angels to death, to hear of men who betray and cast out these bees ttful creatures; to find men who are not at n shocked to see mothers with babe In their arms begging by the way-elIe for bread; to see men who sneer t or Insult pooriy-dresaed working girl and read of men who make slave of their Wives. Th angel-mid-good-cook (deal sounds very well lnJbookii and In sermons by clergymen who tyrannl over their wlvre, and In spcerlMis from those . who . oppose the elevation of women, but It to a baseless as a dream, as thin as a shadow, and would not pro tect any woman In distress, or against th nger.f her husband, for a single neatrr- How-happens It that th angels of the day hav to toll early and iai mr enongn bread o Keep th wolf from lb door J ... , : . ,.:: ...AI IICpilT. A genial, happy -looking gentleman presented hie humorous phis la sanctum dour.oo day thl weckrandT saiur tm woman wno supports me en th'Kw XoBTiiwRST and Ilkss th fttrp of it. Here's her address and here's th money,'' planking tbe glittering colnnpon the table "with a Jingle a merry aa his own sheering votrev He wouldn't wart for Compli ments; but, as be tamed away and hur ried down lb stairs, w thanked the tan of the lucky wife w1m possesses such a husband. II didn't look Hen pecked either, gentlemen, and we'll ven- tar that bis wife U none of your roneter- pscked simpletons, -r One' of our, boys Who' was dlliiMtlv silekln tvns In the l3nall WrftorwcT bwktp-rur lh visitor had departed and said, "There's a man wb deserves a good wife, and he's got Mie, tony TU betn jewsharp.' In earnest to canvass for qU paper and se aur for themselves aunt vt our rsiuo- bis premiums, . Ws hav hwi th ideas ar of giving credit for several subsorib sta procured for ua by ladies U dlflcreut local I ties, who are eoufUlt-ui if procur ing either sewing macblass br Let others g and do lrkewlse. The aewlng machine ar to be asen at Q. W. Travel's and th organ at W. T. Khans baa's. When dealers tn -table ware, welry, - cutlery, hardware thrrabfngwtachinea, gold watchea, etc. leara enough about. thctr own bsst In teresU to advertise liberally with th only paper la the Btate-tbnt everybody atoef have, we shall offer premiums In their respective drpartmenta. I Tn following teachers have been so "J. Hchool (jummissloners for ine ensuing, yean tfi., r- H. J S Dies and Miss Mary A. OsiUgber, iUst Ha leu. -Miss Mary A. ltobiason and Mamrt l-atton.- iVntral -rVlsaoi. - Mr. C. 1L Brooks, Booth Bsiem. Miss llonora CkiroL North Halrm. The term oomnienoss t-morrow isssnw. In Baleen, as elsewhere, woman teach ers are taking the lead In northern and usefulness. "The dominion of man lost it prestige when tls first woman began to teach.- It waa on that suspicious oc casion that the "coming woman" started. Bhe's pruVeeded a long way on the road by this time and will aoun outstrip all old fogies in many branches of remun erative employment. '-rr Til Annual Convention of tbe Young Men s UtrlsUan Association will be held In ashiiigtoui May StMb. One of th topics of discussion will be "Young men in tiusiueMs; wnai are tuelr temptations, and how shall they be resisted r WAris tiam L hhm. We respectfully suggest another tonic Yonng women out of iwid i-s: wltat be overcome V- . 1EC0XD Or IXCXIT ETUTi. Ia Franc th situation to without special change.' Th Communist ar slowly losing ground," and must even tually surrender. Quarrels, tare .fore runner of coming disaster, b ve broken out among the .Communists, and the Rational Uuards, It Is said, refuse to marcs, aud talk of opening tbe gats to the Yersallle iroopa. ' Th orders of Homarowakl, th Commune toader, are dlMMVyed,. and he baa issued an order that all ofitoers refusing to obey tbe comma mis of their superiors shall be shot M. Btislay, called the father of th Cuoimune, retire- from that body because th reaidence of Thiers haa been despolleil. Th bombardment of Pari to very violent, and shell are falling In the city in large numbers. On the Uth a procession of women marched through the street f rerto to the Hotel d VI lie and demanded aimaA"nroclam"sthn waa Immediately fawned for the organi sation of battalions of women for the purpose of stimulating the courage of the men.jvli to ordered that all. coward ly male b led to prison by Tli women battalions-are to march agalwuTtn VersalllisU. "t ; A Berlin dlptch-f som additional particulars of the treaty of peace Just negotiated at Frankfort. The French are to restore all ship cap tured during the war, or to refund their value In cases where tbe vessels bave been sold. All duties in Alsace are to be abolished after six mouths. A Vienna amps ten or tu inn an nounce that twenty-eight 'Afchblsbopa nd-Bbibopa. th. i have adtlressed a pettttosv to theiu peror of Austria on the Roman ques tion. In th petition the'Cmperor-ts requested to Inform the King of, Italy that tbe Independence of the rope la necessary, to the Catholto Church, and to demand that Rome arid suitable tcrr mory be Immediately returned to the Pope. - -.' '" The treaty negotiated by th Joint High Commission has been reported In lite Beuato of th Called Btatee, and It Is prolieole that with modincatlons It will be approved. - In Connecticut th Irl-duire has UxrlarcTt-iewell, Republican elected Oovcrnor, byatrk4 party vote. - From Han Francisco coniesthe follow- lug particulars of the W i's Huflrao CHnvutiin now. In there: Th Woman'. Buffrage Con ha 43 delegates of both sexes attemtoncc. The committee on pemi nt organl thin are Mrs. Btevriis, MrsTTWncau, Miss -smith, Mrs. raiimfrTMrsrWsJUeo, Itev. Wt W. Kniltlh RelVscea K Ewing. Vlrglsl Kussell, Mrs. DtaBol and Mrs. Hlojicr. Tlie convention baa adoptsd the following resolutl "Jtemttvd, That the Woman Bui movement, as Its name Imports, to a utile one, and Is designed to secure political la.' La franchiscment of women, but iteootefsk- ntolc no war uon rcriiTpn or Any of the csUbllshcd liudlfutk of tlie couu- try. After many decilnall tbeCon- veutlen Anally elected following officers:' rresidenL Xoh A. Collins; Hoe -Twltluiitsy- Mrssr Kralth, Mrs. HusslWid, Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Dennis, Mrs. Btsvseja. Mrs. Ur- ilon, Vn, 131m Tay lottl De WoirfAsslsUuts, Mrs. McOon- nell, Miss DuBois, Mrs.jp. a Bmilh, Miss Kmma Calhonn; rr, Mrs. Bktper. .'- ' r- ' : The bibl contain books, tiro chapters, 11,17 verss ,WZ worda. X.,"Atn) let t era. Th ni bile chapter la th 117th Psalm.. Th lie verse is The middle tbe Mh of th 11 Nth Feali line Is in X Chrootcle.l th chs isnter. 1Mb Vers. The msVMI. Imik' nt tha New Testament Is th adKrdstl to the Theassioulana, Th gtst Vera of the 7 th ctiaiitar of Em has all Ute letter r the aipnabvt In 1L Tu Kngtlsh ver sion now in use, called i King James translation, was eomimneed In t ItMlT and completed In J6Ulto-four men. were sngaars in this work oi tran- Ution and rsvision. h , Girto of the Vtli " Several ladle bava Wn to work ttman session raWttoa 7 la. w MUM koie rum rioM tie fibi Nxw NoTMirT-W are Indebted to A. N'AmokL agcut, fir a roiy of th ahov entitled patr, wlik'li has Just been sent afhsrt apiHt lit sea of Journal ism as Portland, by our former follow ritlsen, Mrs. Dunlway. Th tj-pograpii-leal appearance .Is superb (wbk-h is du to the mechaulnwl sXlll of Mr. Isaac .Long) and the paper abouiMla tn original and vigorou article peculiar to its sbls editor. Of course lu-r scnme-inlrHied protiiviues procrode from almost every line iut turourboutjts inlini eotuuins, but she tempers her ligbt-lstlcal demands with so wuchrntoderatlou aud apparrul eamlor thai, they- are iknxtid of nv of Luose "Cfowihg'ectiiiarltles wuien have mad slmitsr iHiblicstlons so o)- Jeettonahas toth maiiata. The--estab-lishmelit of the NaVW NoarrilWKa'r Is a bold Venture, by 'a holij and dauntless vooun, ami if It does iiiot jrove a suc cess th failure will h In th weakness of its caus and nut In a .want of tdttck or ability on the part of its conductor. Albamg lrmncrnt. t - . ' This ' new Mrs. A. i. - 11", published by Duulws sy, or rortiand, of mir realera re- whom doubtless all member as th talented tody who haa for many years been contributing beautiful gems of poetry ami lirose to our Oregon newspais-rs, and who to tlte author of "tpt. tlray Com pony ."and other stories. ; Th flrst number bearing th thtt FrkUy, May Mk 1x7 1, finds IU wsy to our tabic marked "lleas X," mid la a remarkable specimen of typograpliiral lieaut v. . We accept tlte proffered ex change with pleasure. - - inaeuitMss claims that tier peier is not an organ of Woman's Rights," but to devoted to " Human Rights," aud it errtaialv appears that Iter paper spcaka much mors liberally than do many of those who would ridicule her noble work. ; On part of ths paper to a new thing, we believe, in Oregon Journalism. e refer to a columu reserved for "anssyers to corrcsiwudenta." Here, any one who wisne to ask any pertinent questions will be answered, and It also givss a ch alio to those wIm have anytlilng to say to ventilate themselves. Seud your M per year, everybody. -You'll get your anamf- ' ...... . . .. w f-v- j. i The first number of THkXrwfoitTii- wkst, e1ited and published by Mrs. A. J. lHinlway, st Portland, Oregon, haa reached us. The tone of the paper Is freeand independent, 'ta style elegant, its typographical appearance faultless, with an editorial ability of Do' Ordinary calibre. We do not fancy some sf her female rlglts positions, hut ntherwia ws lik it. It Is a twenty-eight column weekly, at $3 per year. tMympia Tmn eripU - r " ' This ncwJ weekly enters tbe list In "the Interests of huiuanltr." and dis tinctly, as we infer from Its columns. In the interests of female sufTrage.-Th paper la neatlv arranged, well printed. and make a good appearance. We place it on our exchange list, and wish th fair editor abundant success in every effort to advance the true interest oi net sex.-lnUut Mtntmgrr. Throurh the Wilitcness of Mr. Ar N Arnold, scent for the Journal, ws novo received tb Initial number oi in ew Northwest, a weekly journal printed at tortuuMl by Mrs. A. J. lHintway. It promises la ue ins most reaaaui paper Issued from that city, for the ladles. Terms $4 per ysr.-f jt6isjf liegUter. I. . saiBoajtiFicrrx.-W wtice that the tity tnuncii ami some or tne uaiiy pa pers of Portland are discussing jth-b-Ject of the suppression of Chinee broth els in I heir midst, wiik-n itts hoped wiu result in a tnorougn and enectuai clean ing out of those miserable pestilence breeding dens, and while they: are en gaged in thla taut table nuix, would it ijiot be well to paw some attention to Hvslrertain other places,! where,- if alt acv counts do true, nigniiy scenes are ex hibited or the most indecent character. Kvery decent man In Portland realises th disgraceful presence of Chines In famy right in the very heart of thecitr. and will approve any effort for its sup pression; out mere are other places that need attention also, Blgns of glaring paint and gaudy attractions are openly exhibited during the day, Inviting fi Ish lillcrs Usm tlie streets to goliure fit night and witness tawdry srfnc and hear stale vulgarisms, eousllr as well calculated, if not better, to corrupt the morals of the youths of the citv. than T the hat nil L'lil r ipiaisiis. And tills seems to be winked st by. the city au thorities, because a license Is paid to practice such ru i nous decei ion. Make a clean sweep, rentlemen whlls vou are at it; don't stop at Chinese houses, but goon through until the city shall be come a little nearer what some of vou are disposed to boast of . a moral com- munity. i tmmwte tiss- - , Borne Tears ago Horace flmWev. In a lecture Ivfor a press club, rctnarkwl : "It is strange how close the preplcrred tlte paisrs. We never as v a'tivthfn nohodv likes but what w soon bear of It, ami everyhfMlv tells us about it. '. But if once In a while- we happen to say a good thing we never hear of it nobody seems to nothw tltat. - We may pay som man a hundred compliment anil give him a dosen puffs, and he lakes It as a trthttte-rotf giyfnea thinks anything about It-ncver ihUikfr?"? J that It doe him any goo.t But If we w" ' . "T" wf happen to say anything that h don't like, or somclhius tltat ho imarinea i. necis on or tits cttaracter, see now quick he file np and gets mad about it. Ail our evil i duly rliarged to ua. but we never get any credit, aitparently, for wnai gooi we oo." - r.very cumr or a year's growth knowsbe truth of What Jtorac speaks. Pier Jlvaclnthc. In his lecture In the Wus.ni ( Concert Itonm In London, the pmeeeils of which were for th benefit of liie-iU tanccr salt! of tlermsny: f he-should now take up the roe wli icli&r ranee has dropped; If, w(th a simllarHwllndncss and Injus tice, she should attempt aimilariy to re build In Europe teV Cat trie of (Warism which belongel o itneient Rome, she Iwer, Mr.1111 a" vwh tef,Stii.Jl deny yTTic antlnne hlca of race. Tliamob.rn I.L. Is noltlee that J Miw-.n nf nna r.,n lly. srthe da 1 mWac flM-R-lIl t msnklrl.l lutd avarious origls is rf tfrt- Wportenc here., I do not fear thni (UtctHne.t If mixinuitave not sntunfffrnfii the lie rt oi a single Aiism, Xtteytwy eerterhly aprunsrrom the heft of One Father.'' y , Slsswewia,,-,- ; Tnx ttararoi.R. Tlriglnoftfie barber ptde Is alirouded In myttery. The aiternata strip of whfte and ml, that winiia nsrir gracefully around the stick, surmounted by a gohten hall, was In use before Nil scraped tlte chin of learned men. Tbe barber pole Is a sign of civil isation and civil liWrty. It must have been Introduced before printing was discovered, when people read hy signs and had to be stirred up with a long pole hy Way of reminding them at th. cessity of keeping cleanly shaved la or- wer ta mass a gOOU apPearsiMw am, "jy UttU Wend of oura, hat's the use of eirln. mu J. " kT They makehogsW tfiem- 'it to astoulshlng how littU Isssd Is paid la our present system f education to Inculcating cormi k-v Uxlge of the practical qoostiona of our every -day life. Ws listened only a few day ago to a dlarussJoniioerulng the nature of soap, which, for tit first tlm, mad usawar how many intelligent persons there are who have not tlie most remote Me of what soap really Is. All dirt consists In the first place of dust: a flue dry powder containing almost all known substances in greater or lesser quantities, and pro duced by the endless frictirm Incessantly going on In all psrts of the-world.' lids dust, falling oua dry surface, and remain ing a Una Kwdcr, eau be swept offwlth a broom or a elwth, lesviug tlwsVJeet pre cisely as citmn as before. If 111suku a surface wet with moisture,- 'it forms a paste, which tsMjomes a solid cake when dry, and wlk-br when dry, can he rub bed off, leaving thohjcct almost, If not cutircly aa ' clean ras before. If our clothing or our skin were perfectly dry, we should i li an itwifts lly lJ llH'll'ly sweeping off tlie dust. If our clothing or our skin were wet with moisture, we should clean it hy rubMug or. brush lng as atstu as lite ntoisture had cvaporattNl, ami the clothing or skin had become drv.- In the on ease we should tna rp off the dust; In the other we sbouH rub or ocnsA it off. Uut our clothing awl our akin "are neither erfejtly dry, nor wet with moisture. -The- perHitiration from the pores of our skin coutalns a fat ty substance, whk-U- never dries, aud which, more or less, penetrate all our clothings Wlien dust falls on our skin sul clothing H Is hehl there hy this tat ty sulsttance, which prevents aa from getting rid of the dtist by eitlior awecn ing or rubbliig. We can only woaA it oil. uutinetMitysuosiaiice wnicit iolu the 4 lust will not allow tbe water to get at the dust, and all tit waiter In the wisrld cauiuit wash th dust od'a human skin or human clothing. Thefalty suU stancc must first tie removed. A little lye, or alkali, a mlncraL suissxince imis-. bosses' Uto Hullarity tliat when it conies in contact witii grease or fat it reislcrs it soluble In. Salter. Vimiv iv aud w tcrtothe skin and the grease. lsMwiies anlublii in water, is intiUMiiatelv dis solved, the dust is no longer held by th wiw U- aHlicd off" u lth thir'atrrrTsip Is uolliliig but lye ilea form cnnveuiciit for use; It Is Ire mir ed with, grease. The cleaning part ol soap Is lye; the grease which Is mixed i.i. i. - . - -i tit by which the ly is everywhere brought liitocoiiiact wuu luesrucic to le clean ed. This additional grease, .being al ready mixed wltli lye, ia of course solu ble in water, ami is immediately washed otf after it lias served its turpose of car rying in iy. wnerever ii is wanted. The fatty perspiration hold the dust. th lye of the soap dissolves the fat and enables tit water to wash -away the dust.-. - rzz' r ." .. '- - , Yalleje Woman 8xfirag Meetia;. - The following Is the speech delivered by Mrs. K, K Hlceper, of Mountain V lew, at the meeting of the Holana County I Woman Bufrrage Bwiety of Vallrio, on I . l U.lT MIL. Mru.' IrtUtent: HhalT' l 'look over thla people and call them friends T Are they willing womsn should vote f, If so. they are ber friends, and I am proud to greet tiieiu as such. - These on this plat form I uar to call friends, since the ar working for woman, aud I am look Ing over this -assembly .to discern tlie "bow of promise,-" that will encourage us to work on .through toll, misrepre sentation and abuse, to the final culmi nation of a triumphant fruition. There is great hope for our-csuse from the intetllgciiceof the soiile of Vallejol liitil hero generous hospitality, liberal and cultured thought, with, vigoroui action, ami where these go gushing fortb to light and reason, we, as women, bave but little to comlwt. Ignorance and preJudlce-nfwouT opfireMors. , Not, per liniis, from a.ss4flsh wish-stsvwrong us, uut mr want oi carerui, eonaiu-rai at tention to the suiiject. I wish 1 were a speaker worthy of the cause, that I could present to the noble men and women of tills place a discourse in ever glowing wonts or spM-al to their better sense ami lasting coiisiik-ration. .. In lite enfranchisement of woman-we seek lun only to elevate her, but man ahsi, and w know who affirm It, that man's elevation dcis-nds.nnnn th lib erty and mental advamiemeid-of woman. I To give her the vote ta to give her th means of protection ami employment setrfch will enable hcrto live with com fort ami honor, and stimulate to higher miition ami a greater hope and trust In lite All-wise iTestor. n csn ex uveas her thoughts without leer. 'Then will man change his ludgmeiit of her ami acknowledge his own salvation. It will raise wuutan shove tlie petty gossip of ineoay ami tne aii-atsmntiiig vanities of jlress and novels to a more exalted plane. From tRTPiist pnwribed sphere . . . ... .. . . i - slie has not gathered solid reasoning tlMHight on tier own noli ties 1 enfraD- f hlaeinent, nor aces the bright star of nope gleaming 4n the future to her pos terity, when the broad flelils of tiiouirht and action slutH bo a free to her aa to her bmtlier, man. - When woman shall have a voice in the Nation's laws, mo rality will raise it voice for tlie good of tlie people, high ami low, male aiidJ'!''',w'JTii-r Hum aa.l ln.s s, female, liu-u wltttthavnmre honor ssc truthful emblem of American freedom. , SIHfl iN7 Ul MM IHTlf Off and aonien who have found sorrow Is tii-stfipe msy glory tn the stars. -Bays fteccheri . disking peoiilc hap py is nvitlier a small nor an unimport-J ant ousincsa. as i regard good nature as one or the richest fruits of C hrist Un ity, so I regard the nisklng of people round us happy as one of the heat mani festations or tltat -t.lirlHtlan disposition which we are commanded to wear aa a garment." . ? . In a new pamphlet Issued by the Nortlicrn l'acific Itailroad 'om'Hiuy there Is an estimate in the cost of con struction of J l.am.uw to beexpcmlod in bridging the (Vtlumbla at Yancourerand tlie-Willamette wtl Portland, ami also anotlu r j:sunifor the- five miles- of orancu road to connect Portland with tneniain trunk line, . T Tlie Bnoxttsti rri4 U tirij'u vming rpaltt Into provinces containing gta at . ass" a. " j oousniMi luitaitiiaMla, each pmv IneelMingcntlthMl toonereprcsriiUtive. But every Spaniard, kefor fmsMsstins- the privilege of -voting, must he twenty Ave y ears of ago and own real estate yielding a Vearl v hr.mu tJ unwanl of eighty dollars. .-: r Mr. Hoi I later, of Ottawa, III.. Is tli new J is I ire for Idaho: - He takes the Place f J ik I re Isvis, "who wa sliame fuily arrcstol by means of a forgcil letter tsirportingto come from' htm and ten- derlng bis ylgnatiosy ; " Isaac Parker,' of Bcsttle, lss leri nomliwteiJisI frsctorof IV H ers, and of Hulls for the IMstrict of Puget Houud. Extra fltur sells In Mctoria at tlo fio per, barrel- Wheal goes orT at 4 cenU Ir pound, ami other arth les of daily sBeiM Wia."- Acoordl ng to the-beat British Journals,-- niedli-al and literary, the fact no longec-.-admiUof dooU thai ladies iu wealthier " circles of reflnol society III Kagland are '- i ii ii . m I. ..1 .......... . . rapi.ily to foster Blitoug tiieiu lite use of intoxkating stimulants, ruinou alike i to their diysic4 and ptoral well-being. " . A similar slalsini qt concerning AmcrT- - 1 can wouietl snmalsiun yrs siwthy certain nes'swHrs Itere, and sngrlly t denied by others; but tltat It Is true or . - Kngllsh society sejmts amply ltroved by ,. the-agreement of articles on litis supject recently mblished in th "Lauect, lit -4'1'rsrt ft i.Hier," tlie "tfpectatori" and th "Bat unl V UsVlew . i ltecsuse-4 w hich-Is stlt lbutcd "the growing use of Trt nmg wine and light iKHHtrs hy 1-Uigllsh women In London Kucietjr, U one n4 uulikely to sn ex tend to this country. Aivordtng to the : ,Bictatir,' a j'oung laly In IomloUv aitclcty nowadays s worked trMii three o'chs-k I In ihe-1 afternoon until three wctu ITthe" ncTtr-monilng. All - this time her syslopt lain a crftct state of , tension, ami site -cannot rest without tresMtssiiig Usii some fancied ml .. which society Imptstea. Naturally ritough, sits turn to stimulants for sup-. port; whinh she ilerive not from malt liquors, for she has been told that they - wnutd injure her coniplexiou but from -the heaviest of wines. Thcs she drinks iu such quantities as society men, who, , as a rule, are better acquainted with th physiological cfti-cta of both food and driuk, would hesitate to take. It Is extranely probable that lftheh mamlsof society were fewer, ami If if Pursuits and pleasures were some w list leas exciting and exhaustive, so thst girls in fssbUmable life could rest more,v the ncccsHlty of deriving support from : stlmulaute-wouht soon cease to exist among women In ordinary health. But if young ladies must keep upthta exclt- "" ing round of fatiguing gaiety, the stratn- isn them is too kreat lo be sustained witlMtut reaort to alcohol, or some otln-r agent .capable of prod wing kindred re sults. A. Y. Ttmrt. WtT-A- Wimme! V'lnnie- llesm, stand unl ; Now. Vlunie. you ares giMsi. honest ulrl. In suite of the tattler who I f nVT yuu.aiul s, kravs girl sisl a g T eirU more or less, and you are a plucky West Titer who milked cow InAviacou--t. sin and drove a luulc team in Kansas, aud we are proud that, unaklei. yon have so made your way; but, Vlnnle, -rv you need alvlce at this prcseut mo-, ment. You teased Congress Into giving you $10,utMl to make a slstuo of IJncoin ' which was all well enough, for if you had not got It, it would douUless have gone to Ihiv one of the equestrian drag--- on of Clark Mills. lVrha your Statue la intrinsically ami absolutely good; nobody who is onistent to Judg has yet inspected It. Now, supptssryuu J wait a little before Insisting on scilping Admiral rarragut and lien. TJioma. -They are In no hurry lo achieve t tumor- -Ulity In a eieare.-dQi-slt. lh-i3 country see that your Lincoln Is really great, and that you are actually' what . you seem Itefore you ask to be ejected -official sculptors tllve private Individ-"-"3 uals an opportunity to share your--see-vice for a few montha, white tli eoun- ' ' try la arriving at n maturse Jodgnwnt -than Congressmen ran be expected to form while under tlie fire of your ap- ' pealing eyes. Noshenannlgan, Vlnnlel BtuiMokxt Ijt-on Law. Bome thing of a novel vk)ierinieiit 1 beings tried in Olilo, silik lt seems to tw work- iug better for the shutting up of liquor saloons, than any Thing yet trlcdTb-. law pro v Lies that "every husltand, Wlfnl ., isreni, s-usriiisu. eniixoyer, or . , other person, who shall be.Udured in ' is-rson, proM-rty, or means of support, by any littoxicatoi person, or In ronso- ' ' qeme of such intoxication, si tall haver a right of action against both the person ' who-jsuld. th liipor and tlte ia milord -who own the premise on which tlu sale wa nuute." IheeoitslUutkMialltv of the law leave ho onpliolr of cwaii there for the ssiisiii-keejMrts. . .. At Cheyennc-.AVyomlns? Territory. on the 2lxt of April, one Hover, a Chey- ' enne brave, after lslng duly tried by a . lawful court and Jury, was banged la - mper form. It Is Indeed some proof of the progress of civilization arid the trt umith of Inst ice. when an Indian ran h . " trieil ami fxwutel ftr tlie mupler of n white man rlghftn the heart of tlie re gion where white rufnanlsin recently hhl umlisjmted sway - - -.i - Twenty' quires mak on ream : on - Ream makes a statue. . WILLIAM DAVIOgOM. - r H c n 1 K I n to 'l onl c r . or r loa-its. rr, stret, rTtsTx, .-" J, UKAt. .KWTATK IS? THIM TTT AND KJMt : '".' 'Also. ImCSOVBS' ABIfS snd Vlmr ff-v. ct'j.nvaTrn I.axim, lucsirtl Iu sll usrta W the Hsle, j sslu. ItKAt. KvnttlW SThs T-....I..IM . - T. . li jnr t m--ponliil. Is run fir aMthfiMHjh- out III MTATKS snd TKSam.aiaa. aruk esra, aadoa Um asust AovsBTssti-a Tsssa. Hoesas w ssjnim I.iuil liiin K. ' :. TIatkb and 'i.aish or iu Iiksi sleru.ss , I'Sosrn.V I llUKTIU and m I Iks Ii.... rial. aa4 Aukscv Ut sissss Twas.. Tos III ISO HTATS Will MvlvritrarrtmtMMCuf , l'siessif slid" tttrwsnl lbs Mm uth lu sUar-M.. . - a Ptrrish, Itkinson Woodward- REAL ESTATIJGENTS;- - cser Aider Ml rat MiwS, nAvr pKrHTT ri saij: i.v ptthT. ism and throughout i n-iH tTl I r. -i 1 Ws csa isxr . ' ; v - - - -fiUCIOaiTNOUCEMCNTf , to rsw'liaw ru o4 Hesl (. , i- eM fs4leee. . , Tsass fstsl. Ami rvrfrihln Ihst p-rUlitu tn las Km! Km 1st BtMHu-aa site Mi. le lltt wyamlMM ICUl Mfl WlTTtUIl AeillWHNtaV M. U ATKIXMST;, Kotarjr Pul.Us. -I. H. rABBinM. .: at . TtLKB M1I, I i3MjW.il'Mm-Ua.uyjiHV44l' i . 'J';,-