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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1871)
FRIDAyZ..7...SEPTEMBER 1S7I. A SAD CASE. During the past week the journals of our' city have from day to Iay con tained accounts of the destitution of a poor, helpless woman, the mother of wsven Mnall children, whose worthless husband had left Ids wife and off springthe youngest a babe penniless and without home or shelter, to beg from door to door, or starve in the street. It is said that the woman's unnat ural spouse was formerly a soldier, and that he has goue to San Francisco to enlist again, if possible, determined that if he cannot make a living in that way he will make none at all. The unfor tunate woman says she has searched the city through and through in quest of honest employment, but as she is unac quainted with any trade or profession, and is capable only of doing rough kitchen work which department of labor is almost entirely monopolized by Chinamen she is obliged to be depend ent upon charity. Ve learn that for the time lieingher necessities have leeii provided for by the hospitable citizen of our municipality. This woman, doubtless, was educated to believe that she was born to be sup- irted bv some man. Xo thought that it was as necessary for her as for her brothers to learn a trade or profession ever crossed her simple imagination. She was to le the "clinging vine," the twining tendrils of whose delicate womanhood should cluster around some nnlv masculine oak. This was her maiden dream, as well as that of thous ands of other girls all over the land, en gendered by the false teachings and customs of society. Hail she been told that the day would probably come as it docs come, omt time, in the lives of most women when, single-handed and alone, she must go forth to strive in the great world of human labor and enter prise for life itself, doubtless she would have answered, in the language of so many young ladios of the present day, "Oli, I intend to marry a man who will support me." But a dread awakening has come to her. During all her married life, we dare soy, she has had little respite from daily toil and drudgery, while the ex hausting task of bearing seven children, whose young lives date not very far apart, has been rudely forced upon her. And now, to crown the sum of miseries, lie on whom she built her airy castles of hope the sturdy oak around and against which she was to twine and rest secure has left her crippled, strug gling vine of effeminate womanhood to stem the blast alone, or fall in weak ness to the earth. No wonder that some women, thus roared and educated, and then in time thus overtaken by misfortune, barter the priceless jewel of virtue for a inor Mil of bread. The only wonder is that under the present regime then arc not score of fallen women where now there is one. And yet some men prate that woman would be degraded by allowing her equal rights and privileges witii themselves ! THE "W0MA1T3 JOTJBNAL." Our able contemporary of Boston comes to us regularly and is indeed a welcome visitor. Aside from the many good things wc have from time to time copied from its plethoric columns, we find a long letter from Virginia City, in the issue of Aug ust 20th, which leads us to fear that some disappointed suffrage aspirant has failed to receive personal aggrandizement at the hands of California progressionists. When this woman speuks of Stanton and Anthony as agitators whose "cour age is commented upon and much rep robated," we opine that she either knows nothing of what she is trying to talk about, or that she is piqued over some personal failure. Mrs. Stanton and Miss Anthony gave our cause an impetus in California whose effect has followed the latter to Oregon. And when they have the Su preme Court, the Church and the people on their side, which we assure our Jour nal is emphatically the ca-e, there is no use talking, their movement is not rei robated unless it may be so among their personal opponents. Again, this querulous correspondent soys that a prominent gentleman in speaking of Laura Del'orce Gordon said to her: "We should have carried suf frage in this State last winter if it had not been for Mrs. Gordon. If you want to succeed you must not let such people come to the front." No wonder this writer think she' is "beset by foes with in and without." She ought to be. The woman who reviles Laura DeForco Gor don is either a simpleton or a deceiver. If the former, she Is not able to appre ciate this true and noble champion of sulfrage; if the latter, she should no longer be allowed to impose upon the noble ally of our cause, the glorious ll'oninii's Journal. THAT BTJEIED HATCHET. Our friend of theSalem Statesman ac knowledges a friendly raid that wc re cently made upon his Hanctuin, and promises that henceforth then, shall be peace between us. In mr uns . . ., cated innocence we thought there al" ways had been "peace between us," "We feel ecstatic over the fuel that this peace is recognized. We can't help poking a little fun at our brother sometimes, and ncm- n.... we are personally acquainted we hope lie'H always Know we mean fun. Get the better of us if you can, brother. That is one of man's as well as woman's iriglits. Our friend of the Bulletin wants us to "take his measure." 'Twas done long ago. OITE BOLLOF HOHOB. Mis Anthony's success at Salem was as complete as at Portland. .Supreme Court was in session, and she had the honor ofcoiiVIncing that hon orable IkmIv thather logic is unanswer able., "She was interviewed by them at the Clienieketa hotel, and we could sec that the majority were ready and will ing to accept the new and righteous ren dering "ortlieT'6urle6ntlraiUl Fifteenth Amendments. The supreme judges urge us to make a case and test the matter of our personal enfrancliisemenUaUan.early day, and we shall certainly do so, provided our brother judges of election prove so per verse as to render such action necessary. Tills we believe they will not do, for so much of the foremost judicial talent of the State is already committed to the fact of woman's right to vote that no judge who has a political ax to grind and what politician hasn't? will hard ly dare to run the adverse chances that will follow such refusal. Then the editorial fraternity are rap idly opening their journalistic eyes to a sense of woman's coming political equal ity, and are coming over to our cause in battalions. Some of these are somewhat tender-footed as yet, but the majority arc men of nerve and brain, who know whereof they speak and will not go back on their own assertions. Prominent among them we may make favorable mention of the Portland Orcgoniau, Ifcrahl, and sometimes the Jliillctin, sometimes the Salem Statesman and Mercury, Corvallis Gazette, the Vancou ver JteffMer and Olympia J-a'Jio. We don't wish to exclude any deserving Or egon or Washington papers in this list, and if they are omitted they will please hand in their cards and we will take great pleasure in advertising them, yratU. Of the prominent ministers of Oregon who are on our side we are proud to claim Henderson, Elliot, Jolly, Dawson, Atkinson, Geary, Lindsley, Knight, Bishop, Small, Hines.Stratton, Parrisii, Miller, Cosper, Green, Condon, and a host of other whom we cannot just now name. Brethren of the minstry, whose names are omitted, send your cards also, and let us add your names to our roll of honor. "" , COBBUPTION. . ..... . .. ; ina.uinionioineasloimluuge.NiM.sures;trt)u.imUIlu;o0(, ,n ovuly ()fthc of corruption in 2ew ork city alluded i English-speaking world. Such produe- to a few weeks ago, scarcely aday passes I hut brines to us the news of some re- .niiv iiiw.nvor,.ii iioltiiniionpv M-iim-1 HooV... ivivmnster in the I'. Armv and stationed at Baltimore, is a defaulter in the sum of S4"0,(H)0. Superintendent Norton, of the money order department of the Washington City postotllce, has confessed that lie is a defaulter in the sum of Slll.OOO. And so it goes. The wife of Major Hodge, up to the lime of his arrest, was entirely ignorant of his defalcations, which were the result of gambling speculations in Wall street. Had she been his assistant, or in any J way acquainted with his proceedings, is it not likely that her pure and gentle in lluence would have restrained him from Hie commission of the crime which darkens both of their lives? We do not expect in the coming eraof woman' po litical enfranchisement that all manner of corruption will be done away with, but we do think there will be a great improvement in the moral character of our National, State and municipal offi cers. OUE OALIPOBNIA FBIENDS. There seems to be some feeling mani fested anion? our California friends in consequence of opposing views concern ing the policy of supporting independent candidates, who were in favorof Woman .Suffrage, at the late election in that State. A stricture on the course pursued by our able and vivacious coutcmiorary, j the Pioneer, will be found in our Cali fornia correspondence, published on the first page of this issue. "While we dep recate the use of harsh words, and fain would see our brethren and sisters ex press their opinions in a more catholic spirit, we fail to see wherein the candi dacy of Mrs. Gordon for State Senator for San Joaquin county lias in the re motest degree injured the cause of Uni versal Suffrage. But the election is over. There Is no further need to dis cuss the propriety or impropriety of measures adopted during the late cam paign. Let all dissension be hushed, and let all work, hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder, for the accom plishment of our grand and glorious ol ject. THE "HEEALD" AND "ENTEEPEISE EDITOES. These truly deplorable specimens of humanity, whom wc lately chastised into decency, have "returned to their wallowing in the mire." And when they select Miss Susan B. Anthony as the target of their uncouth remarks and silly attempts at wit, they are attack ing a woman so far above them in in tellectual ability, moral stamina, and public and private worth, that we know of no comparison sufficiently strong by which to illustrate the matter. Some men seem to have been born destitute of all gentlemanly instincts, and there fore arc more to be pitied than blamed. The pusillanimous editors of the Herald and Enlcrpri-e evidently belong to that class. VOTEDpOWN. The new constitution of Nebraska has been voted down, and with it the clauo favoring Woman Suffrage. This is as wo expected, and the result in no wise disheartens us. Every time this question is presented for a vote of the People Its increasing popularity is at tested, and thoUgh It may fail to obtain a majority r lhe HumnBC- of hc voting class, U v!rtuaUy ac,,icveK a triumph in showi,1r to the wnri.i ' increasing number of u.s adherents. J. H. D. HENDEESON'S LETTER. It is with pleasure that we give place to this gentleman' i: cog! tatious; but while wc endorse investigation, free discussion aud free exercise of human reason, wc beg leave to respectfully assure him that we are not ruuuiuga newspaper upon anybody's opinions. If, as he assures us and we certainly are as unable to refute his assertions as we are to dis prove" the astrological conclusions of Prof. Chaney his views of Bible doc trines "are as impregnable as the eter nal hills" they do not need the feeble indorsement of the Xnv XoKTinvKST, and, if they are false, our refutation is not neeiled, as they will in time prove their own falsity. Wo are not mixed up in any way with religious controversy, and do not intend to be. AVc have proved the Bible to be a woman's rights organ, and leave our brethren of clerical belongings to prove Its further infalli bility. Meanwhile, Prof. Chaney, or any other man who will take a woman's rights stand in the columns of the Xi:w XoimiWKST, and who can write a read able, plausible argument, shall be heard. We welcome everyoody to. the "Woman Sutfragc ranks who works with or for the movement. Our belief upon relig ious matters is a private affair, to be set tled according to the dictates of our own conscience. If ourrespeeteil brother aud co-worker had answered Prof. Chancy' article, in stead of scolding us for publishing it, there would have been a vast deal more of propriety in the deed. Our education being that of a woman, we cannot boast of enough research among the linisty tablets of the past to enable us to answer the article in question, even had we the disposition to do so. Mr. Henderson, educated for the Presbyterian Ministry, should have been amply qualified to re ply to it ; and if it is likely to do sis much harm as he fears, may not his neglect to answer it be one of the accounts charged against him at the day of final reckon ing? THE D00T0ES HOLLAND. Our intelligent, able and lively editor of the Xkw 2f oktiiwest is mistaken in supposing that the San Francisco Dr. Holland, who is the practical defender aud champion ot masculine free lust, is I the Dr. Holland whose poetical and other writings have instructed and pleased aud thrilled with pleasurable emotions the lovers of the beautiful, the lions spring not from suoli a soil. A. r. Pioneer. Our able contemporary of the Pio- , w mistaken anoul me iiicnuij 01 - lr. Holland whom we have been vaumiisliitig. Our Urn-tor is me verita ble ioet Iiimgctf, and the articles upon the woman question for which we took him to task originally appeared in SerUtner'n Monthly. The San Francisco Holland has sins enough of his own to atone for upon the "contagious disease" question, without being made to shoul der the man's rights idiosyneracies of the ioet whose name he bears. THE "OEEGONIAN'S" VIEWS. The Oregonian, in a well written arti cle, comes boldly out for Woman Suf frage. Bravo! While not agreeing with that journal in regard to the influence it will exert in politics, we are glad it ac knowledges the abstract right of woman to a voice in the Government. A cor respondent of that paper attempts a re ply, bringing forward the .stale state ment that politics will degrade women, but is effectually answered by the argu ment that if the corruption of politics requires the disfranchisement of women to keep them honest and pure, the dis franchisement of men should be de manded to also keep thein uucontaini nated. The cause is marching on. Who comes next? WOMAN EIGHTS PEELING IN POET- LAND. An article under the above caption, from the Portland Jlrrald, will be found elsewhere in this issue. Doubtless some things in it will afford some amusement as wull as be of interest to the friends of our cause in Portland. Some of the statements therein contained are correct, but for some others we cannot vouch. We will, however, lieltherassort nor deny anything in the premises. The article in question is sullicicnt to show that the cause of Equal Bights lias flourished anil increased immensely in Portland during the last six months, anil our edi torial brother seems firm in the convic tion that women will soon use the bal lot ill this city, and bows gracefully to the decree of destiny. And he is right, too, for the ladies of this municipality intend to vote at an early day. "The good time coining is almost here." LATJEA DeFOEOE G0ED0N. On election day in California a man scratched the name of the Bepublicau candidate for Secretary of State, and wrote Iiura DeForce Gordon's in its place. Mr. Gordon's electioneering experience was a grand triumph. She received 101 votes that were counted votes of gentlemen of lioth political parties licsldes an immense number of votes of women, which, lo use her own expressive language, "lloatcd loose in the ballot Imixcs and failed (o stick." THE ANTHONY PAETY. Miss Susan B. Anthony, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Duni way, started Mon day morning on a lecturing tour up the Columbia, intending to visit the Walla Walla Fair, and stop at as many inter mediate points as possible. Miss Duni way also accompanies them a portion of the journey. They will return in time to meet an appointment at Albany next Wednesday evening, Sept. 27th. Joaquin Miller, the eccentric " cstern poet, went to a great London party recently, to which he had been invited, in a ml flannel shirt, and his trowsers tucked into his boots. LETTER PBOM KANSAS. MiSs Anthony has received the follow ing letter, which, owing to her many du ties, she request us to publish and an swer: ; My Dear Mis Anthony: Can you, from your numerous employments, find time to oblige mo with the following informa tion, or direct me where T may obtain it: At what time (the year) did women first appear as lecturers orspeakers before the public, and who was she or they. And any other facts vou can give me in con nection will be gratefully appreciated. -Mrs. A. I". .Nicliois, OI lius cuy, ami myself arc circulating here a petition, claimine- the elective franchise for women, and headed with the "Wood- hull & Clatlin" Preamble. eare nieci imr with great success, and would be glad to hear from vou if the movement Is generally succesful throughout me united States. With pleasant remembrances of your self I remain Affectionately yours, Gkktiii'Iik J. Laxo. Lk.wkxwohth, Kansas, Aug. 22il. ItKt'IjV TO LKTTKIt FItOM KANSAS. If the friend will send her name and P. O. address with $1 to our National Woman Suffrage Committee at Wash ington, Mrs. J. S. Grilling, the Sec'y, will return to her-a. copy of the "History of the Woman's Bights Movement," pre pared by Mrs. Pauline Wright Davis, from which she will learn that Francis Wright, in 1S2S, was the earliest public speaker mi our question; then, in lxiti, Ernestine L. Hose, Lucretia Mott, Clar inda J. H. Nichols, Pauline Wright Da vis, Francis D. Gage, Dr. Harriet K. Hunt; a little later A boy Kelly, the Grimpke Sisters, Jo-eplilne S. Grilling, Jane Elizabeth Jones; In 1SU), Lucy .Stone, Antoinette U Bowcu, Emma It. Coe, Lydia A. Jenkins and many others. As to the progress of our "New Depart ure" women already voters under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments It Is accepted by lawyers and legisla tors almost universally, and the people have but to read Gen. Butler's unan swerable report on the Woodhull Memo rial to accept the conclusion, hi all our public work we have never seen any idea, or plan to attain it, so readily and rapidly adopted and acted ujmui ; aud this Bcport of (Sen. Butler's is in the book that Mrs. Grilling will send in re turn for every autograph and SI. Let every friend of Woman Suffrage get this liook and circulate it among her neigh bors. Shall Women Have a Chance to Learn a Trade. toom TmxiNim: tii.tox's luttki: UjCIS LAUOUCIISRIIIMS, AVO. TO T1IK ST. r., 1S7I. If I could be in St. Louis at your meeting, I would beg a hearing in jier son in behalf of an Idea specially im portant to the working classes; namely, a re-arrangement of your crafts, ami particularly of the liner mechanical pur suits, so as'to give to women an equal chance with men to earn a livelihood by well-paid toil. I believe in women. So docs every man who remembers his mother, his sister, or his wife. Eagerly do I share in the sentiment that even- man should support some woman his heart's mate whom lie loves, and for whom he strives. The chivalry which makes the strong sex the natural protector of the weak runs in every true man's blood. Nor emi miv nut. Tin morn setmHfvn tli:iti T f.i ! all the'pretty phrases with which the poets paint and gild it. Hid tiiriif i,f. noetrv of :fy Jjut, turning irom me poetrj or lire aud looking at its prose, 1 see millions of women wlio nave no otner protectors than their own womanly selves; who have no other livelihood than they can earn with their own weary hands; ami who have no other comforts than they can purchase with their own meager wages. Now. these women to earn money, mtit iearu trade?. But in entering trades, they compete with men; for men are already in all trades even to the making of women's shirts ami chil dren's jdnaforc. Asa consequence men, instead of being their natural protectors, 1 two me in reality their natural enemies. For instance, in my own business, which is printing, I know of bearded anil brawny compositors who, while I,,ti- n.n!- ii.r,.,.n...i '.. ...: den In the face anil shatter the third ' pniiuimiitlfiipiit In eitiiklumlzitirv tin. 1 proioitton that women have no natural : right to set types. Ami yet the swiftest tpye-sctter 1 ever saw was a woman The world is large enough lor both sexes-otherwise God would not havel"',,cHI'lii c"Je e?i v ur, ,-, m. fliem Im.I1i in It. Tt..ln,r i it n.! i""- Biddy, (meekly). 'Tec laid an bavin.- both to fiirhi. bravol? llm linttli' of life, they ought each to help and not to hinder the other in winning the vic - inn-, it must w inonii .-... ,iv...i,i .M-nilire a woman herelmne.. lo irn n.. honest living. What if that same man's , "ft1 ;uul wkesa microscopic view of the wife should become a widow, or his!" , . , daughter an orphan, and what if either or both should be bitterly forced to work at a trade for the sake of filling Hi..!.. .a.tl,lf..ttfu liimtr-.- .iim.lliu T ...... fancy that such a man would be repent- nurf closely, I lwrcelve it is not pre ant in his very grave at the remorseful oIeI: ""ped; too short, madam quite .it...!! ,f i.....:.... ,.i...m. .i., too short, not well finished oil, by any oniKirtunitv to nnv slrm-limr daVhter of God Suffer ine, therefore, to say point- j blank (though I mean no ollense by it) that utile capitalists nave Hitherto op pressed the working-men, and this must confess, so also the working-men j have hitherto oppressed the working I women, ami this .'on must confess. ! Nor confess it only, nor better it in I pint, but reform it altogether. Let the j old grievance be now brought to a ha- py end. You are a body of noble and generous souls. Speak at St. Louis a , word that shall gladden the heart ot every woman In America who tons lor her "daily bread. From the center of the continent to the boundaries thereof, send out a declaration that you will henceforth bid women a cheerful wel come into all your trades, ami add to this the hist anil brotherly pledge that I for women as for men a fair day's work ; snail bring a rair day's pay. I Finally, after having done tills ius- tice to woman; after having gallantly I nn)!tiw) li.. I, if., tlin 4 roil, nf l.t,-.lwitiw.. if then you cannot bear to sec her soil ing her white hands with its grime, and you want to get her out of it, why, sieze the first golden chance to marry her out of it siml take my word for it, she will then graciously leave you thcmonopolv all to yourselves! Tciuiie V. Clatlin addressed a Uermuii IKilitical meeting in New York on Fri day, and announced herself a candidate for Congress in the Eighth Congres sional district of New York. This is James Brooks' district, and it is not the first time that tills gentleman has had a woman for an opponent, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton having been a candidate against him several years ago. Silks cure sulks. The Booster-Pecked Wife. The following article contains (as wc humbly think) some errors in National History. Whoever saw a hen scratcii ing up worms for a cock? But we fctroneTy suspect there is eoneenlwl muter the rural picture.au attack upon some of wie oiiiesi iiisuiuuous o! society. Do you ask, Oh, conceited critic! what this seeming contradiction means, and why we should print what we so much suspect and disapprove?. We answer in the words ofShakespeare modernized-, "There are more things In heaven and earth, ijiu U.M. ui-ior. Than are ilrcamt orin your philosophy. SCKXE FIRST. Mrs. Biddy Chanticleer scratches for her breakfast. O. Chanticleer; Esrtt from the top rail of the barn fence, be comes cognizant of the fact, and struts with dignity towards his little spouse. Biddy "Good lnorninu, my dear." O. C. Esn. "Mornlmr. madam: nuite enjoying yourself, madam; of course vou are not aware of the fact that I have been up for more than an hour, and have not vet eaten a mouthful? Is this what I married vou for. madam ? "Gives her a pointed salute on the ancle. Where are your domestic qualities, madam : Imprints a mark of affection on the top of her head. Where was your smile of affection when you saw me getting off the fence? I watched you, madam! Where was your tender female solicitude when you beheld me looking weakly for the want of a little nourishment?. Where, I reeat, is my breakfast? Coek-a-doodle do !" Biddy (meekly). "Have a worm." .st'KXi: si:coxi. Mrs. Biddy Chanticleer lays her first egg, and has invited two or three female friends to help cackle O. V. Esq., being absent. Mrs. Biddy. "Cut,cut,cut-a-a-a! cut, cut, cut-a-a-a cut?" Mrs-. Part lett. "Qua, qua, qua, eut-a-a-a cut ?" Mrs. Penfcather. "Cluck, eluck, qua. qua, eut, cut, cut, a-a-a cut!" Is Inter rupted by thesuddcu appearanceor U. U. Esq., who has just returned from a stag party. O. C. ISsn. "Cock-a-doodlc-do! Now. may patience Ih vouchsafed to me to ask of you, madam, hatffocall this mean? Here am I rcturninjr, careworn and ex hausted, from the excitements and temptations of a delusive world, expect ing to liud reiHise and ieace in tne miiei of domestic nct, instead of which I dis cover vou in the midst of riot and dissi pation. Madam, insult not my lienetra lion by denying it lallirm that you are having a party !" Mrs. Biddy (apprehensively). "Not at all, my dear; that Is, at least, my friends were just going ty, and stopped in quite accidentally, ami so for you see, my dear, I've laid an egg! cut, cut, cut, a-a- a-c tuat is, at least yes, sir, wo ve lam Three female neighbors, siniultane ously. Cut, cut, cut, cut-a-a-a-cut!" O. C'. Esq., (majestically). "Peace, hens. Madam, what does all this cack ling folly mean?" Exeunt hens, in indignation. O. C. Esq. "It has become necessary, at tills stage of our matrimonial career, that I should state, in mild but unmis takable terms, my opinions regarding the appropriate sphere and duties of licnhood : "First, self-devotion. It has been the decision of all rooster-kind, for ages, anti therefore cannot be denied, that the crowning virtue of the hen character is disinterestedness. A true lien should be patient, self-forgetful, obedient, tenderly solicitous for her husband's little wants, delighting wholly and solely in the graceful anil pleasant duties that cluster round the domestic nest. On the con trary, I find you thinking only how to gratify your own selfish tastes ami de sins, instead of displaying (as might naturally be expected) some little sense I of loneliness and melancholy at j-our I husband's absence. I return from a visit i . .,... i,nIlrv n,i fi,i Vnn of nearly twelve hours, and fiud you literally rejoicing ! Madam, I ask it of you, is this true henhood? "Second. A retiring disposition, a delicate shrinking from contact with the coarse and uiisynipathizing world, an exclusive indifference to all without the sacred circle of the domestic nest. On the contrary I find you gadding among the other hens of the yard, making ap polnttnents.scnilinginvitations. Again, I ask of you, madam, is this true henhood? "Third. Freedom from curiosity; a true lien never evinces the slightest in terest in the affairs of her neighbors, scarcely in her own; she never inquires concerning the whereabouts or actionsof her husband, being perfectly assured that, wherever lie may be, and however ii ...... . appearances at tne time may seem to a view to the welfare ot tne domestic nest. On the contrary, what do I find to be the truth in regard to yourself? Not a rooster raises ids voice within half a mile of the yard but you are able , to ""'"eliim; not a hen fays an egg, but ' SB eut, cut, cut, cut-a-a-a. No, I ! "'J'lT3!' ! v i an cps'"1. i V- , Jv ( solemn animation), I I oft tc laid an egg ! And pray where l H" thing?" (Walks briskly to the ' . Jl'",,y- - lll CIU 1 n,ea" ' " ". . I sir?" O. C. Es X "Htimxih well, yes; very i means. And what do you lneaii, lnatl- am, by having the thing so much larger at one end than the other? "Where, I I ask, Is your Idea ofsymmetry? Zounds, madam, it mis is me nest you can uo in that department, I shall lay the next myself!'' Mrs. Uiddy, (with Iierclaw in her eye). "Please, 1 couldn't help it. I didn't mean to." O. C. Esq., (mollified). "Weil, well, don't fret your gizzanl ! Your'e no chicken, madam, lobe so sensitive about a trifle; only remember my advice in future, anti recollect that the crowning virtue of licnhood is disinterestedness." Mrs. Itiddy, (meekly). "Haveaworm, dear?" O. C. Esq., (solemnlyi. "I will." seuxK THIKP. Mrs. Iliddy C. has been setting for three weeks. O. C. Esq., appears in the distance, parting from one of ills num erous female friends; the tones of his ....r r..tl r..l..it.. -tr. Tt.f.l..f ...... uee liiu lauiiiy ijii ...us. j.imaj a win. i ... . - . . .! U. U Jisq. "And now, sweetest oiiyi" ----- ,,-"- hens, farewell ! and may all the stars of I-f would not honor them ten times heaven, ami all the saints or the bam- '"rc for such a course than fori Itsop yanl, meet to register the day when Pite, he is nol ; the man ic ' your smlle dawned upon my weary life, take" to lie. Wo have iio wi rse w sh and made me the happiest of roosters frMr. Greeley than that ' Io F-ircwell'" I to hear his daughters speak from the O.C. wends his wayhonieward. "Good i platform in a way that will re fleet credit evening, Jack; monstrous fine hen, that, i uik.ii his name, and to sec them each Just betii parting from her. Or may I ? UxunrUuxt . public mitlon von did not notice her points. Quite fond .... r .. ...... c-:ti i.. i OI Hit , loo, I iissuie jou. oiill in tears, you will observe ahem! Cock-a-doodlc-do " O. C. reaches the domestic nest. Mrs. Uiddy (feebly). "Oh, I'm so glad to have somebody to speak to. I haven't stepped oil" the nest, nor seen a creature since sunrise. How do you do, my dear? Anything new going on in the yard ?" A long pause. O. C. Esq. appears to be suddenly overwhelmed with depres sion and silent glooni!)-B(. , Mrs. Biddy. "WhaFis. the matter,- sir?" .... O. C. Esr. tin a terrible voice, anti walkiug like Othello). ".Matter! mad am, behold!" InsertsliiS bill undcriiis left wing aud p'roduces a rooster's Tail feather. "Do" you recognize that, madam. Do you acknowledge an acquaintance with the chicken hearted caitifl who dropped it ? Are you aware that I found it within three feet-of the domestic nest'?""'" Mrs. Biddy (languidly). "Did you? I didn't notice it." O. C. Eso. "Peace, lien, and listen, while in calm but decisive terms I stri ve to impress upon your mind the enormity of your conduct. Has It not'been decided, I ask you calmly, madam, has it not been the opinion of roosterkiud for ages, and is it not, therefore, undeniable, that (after disinterestedness) the one thing needful to the female character is ex cessive modesty. A true hen is so strictly and severely virtuous that the slightest attempt at intimacy from one of an onnosito sex. though disguised i ... ' .,. "!.. ri..i. uciiciun uiesjH-Vious iuasK in ineimsmjp, j win excite in ner urcast me exircinesi i iversionand horror. On the contrary. what do I find to be the casein regard to yourself? Only yesterday, on returning from a little party, I beheld you in ani mated conversation with my brother. Heavens, madam, am I to be longer the victim of such duplicity ? Nol sooner would I .sacrifice at once the domestic nest, and fling the lifeless body oh! oh! misery! violence: revenge: u" rainy, thy name is lien.' " Mrs. Biddy gets lidgety on her nest. "Oh, dear me, I'm so tired !" Silence ror Halt an pour. Mrs. B. (in gentle desperation). "My dear, do you think you would like look ing to tliencstaintnute, wiiiiei run ami pick a little bit of something? I haven't taken a mouthful to-day." O. f. F-s!. (starting up in doubt). "Madam, have I heard aright? Do I understand that you have distinctly offered to shift upon your husband the little duties of lhe domestic nest ? Are you going to step from your sphere. madam 7 Do you mean to lie a hen's rights lien, madam V Have not I again and again impressed upon your mind that female selfi-dine- alone is at the bottom of these impious doctrines? And what, on the contrary, according to the decision of all roosterkiud, should. be the real pride and ambition of henhood? Disintere-tedness; a true hen glories in little crosses and trials: for, without temptation she perceives there can be no virtue; without trials no patience; with out afllictions no resignation, which is always so lovelv in the female character. A true hen, situated as you are, would not only rejoice that Providence had seen lit'to perfect her with trials, but with that beautiful self-abnegation which can never be too strenuously in- cuiated by roosterkiud, would set herself to planning new sacrifices, i say a true lieu, in your situation, instead ot siieak ingfrom her little duties, would contrive some plan (if only by reaching out her head ami picking the earth around her) for supplying licr husband's little wants." Mrs. Biddy (ineeklv). "Haveaworm, dear?" O. V. Esq. (solemnly). "I will." About the Blood. If we take a glass of water, it begins to cuter the blood within one minute, after it is swallowed, and soon it is all there. If we take a cup of tea, all the soluble parts of it are in the blood in a very short time, usually. If we take a glass of whisky or beer, it is on the same route of travel witii the tea, and very impure blood it makes at the time. To be sure, all hands go to work to get rid of it: the little capillaries of the skin go to cinp- i II 1, !.. A. 11 1 1,.- lying ine liquids out iiirougn iiicskiu as fast as they can, and if the weather is warm, they get along pretty rapidly at their work. The lungs throw it out in our breath, in the shape of vapor, and the kidneys work away as lively as they can. Then our food, when It is properly prepared by digestion, goes, so far as; it is soluble, Into the same current of the blood. If wc cat suitable, nutritious food, the products of it arc all wanted to supply the tissues, and the material is carried along to the points where it is wanted, and is then used. Further, when the smallest part of a muscle, or a nerve, orof any part of the body, is worn out, it must lie removed, and it is taken in very small pieces and floated off in this stream of the blood, to be ehaliged still further, and if of use, it is used; otherwise it finds its way out of the body. So we can see how the blood is con tinually changing, growing pure and impure. Not impure because some villainous stream of dark poison main tains its stay there, floating, around to do what mischief it may, but impure because we have introduced the impur ities to it through our stomachs or lungs: impure, perhaps, because we have filled it with the contents of some villainous bottle of somebody's dyestutr, which lie claims will purify the olood. Tf wc would have pure blood, then, let us breathe pure air, eat pure loon, and drink pure water. MicJiiyan Tribune. Hokack Ghkklky's Vikws. In the Golden Aye of this week, Mr. Horace ureciey ventures to iicuue lus position on love, marriage ami divorce, and the woman question generally. His views on the former topics "are orthodox enough to satisfy the most fastidious nf social riiarisecs, and on the latter ques tion no tioggeuiy mautaius an attitude of obstinate ami unreasoning opposition to sullrage, and every line of effort wlncli would bring woman into public notice. He goes so far as to exun-ss me nope mat. siioum ins ii.nugntcrs en gage in puitno auairs ami occoinc con spicuous in conventions, at the bar and in the Senate, his career may close be fore tlieir's are fairly begun. Hut sup pose that his daughters are fortunate enough to inherit a large share of their father's political taste and insight, and find themselves impelled by native in stincts ami called by circumstances they cannot Innocently disobey to take part in public allairs ? Shall they bo true to themselves and the voice of duty, or to their father's whims? Supiiose they find themselves each with a husband anti family trt support, and to tlo this are compelled to take a itositioii which Involves publicity? Would he not honor them for brushing away ail fas tidious and superfine tastes, ami accept ing me situation and meeuug me - o . , --. lq 1M.H..1. ... n .-.ti ...i ... m... .Mill !imif moiMl. Willi smicriur iiuumpvtivv, ...m suiHjnor Iwuor.Jtcrolulioii. At a funeral at Des Moines, after the funeral sermon, the preacher gave per mission to any friend of the deceased to make a few remarks. A chap got up and called the attention of the mourners to an article of hair invigorator which he had the agency of or the State of Towa, and which the deceased used before his death. Late Telegraphic News. Lowull, Mass,, Sept. IS. Twontv onc new cases of smallpox were reported in this city yesterday. The Superin dent of schools prohibits the attendance of children in whose families or im mediate vicinity the disease shows it self. New YoitK, Sept. 18. Gen MeClellun declines to accept the office of Con troller. Connelly's letter to Hall, declining to vacate his office, cites the Mayor's an swer in the Court, that he had no power, if so disposed, to remove the Controller, aud announces his firm determination to hold the oflice. Viuoixia City, Sept. 19, 3:30 p. sr. A great lire is raging. Everything is burned south of Taylor street. The Express building and Bank of Califor nia, and all the brokers' offices on C street are burned out on both sides, from Danley & Goodsmau's to the Tahoe House, inclusive. Omaha, Sept. 10. On the vote for the new constitution of Nebraska, with twenty-seven prominent points to be heard from, there is 1,-17 majority against its adoption. Five independent propositions were submitted: l'irst, to make bank stock-holders liable for three times the amount of stock: second, to give counties the right of prohibiting the sale of spirituous liquors; third, pro hibiting county or municipal aid to railroads; fourth, compulsory education; fifth, woman suffrage. These were all voted down by an overwhelming ma joritywoman suffrage worse than all. It is not expected that further returns will materially change this result. CniC A(io, Sept. LU The remains of the late President Lincoln were removed from the temporary vault in which they have been since hisdettth, anil placed in a tomb just finished for their reception. There were no ceremonies. Itobcrt Lincoln, Senator Trumbull, Gov. Gratz Brown, ami Judge Davis, of the United States Supreme Court, were pre-cnt. San Francisco Market. San Francisco, Sept. 20. Flour Tn consequence of a falling off of exjiorts me (lemaiHi is quiet; nuner weaK at last quotations. Wheat Market weak; demand light at S2 .-0( 2 021 for milling lots. Barley Prices given away under in fluence of large receipts ami a pressure to realize sales. Bange of quotations SI 'X(.jj 10. Oats Good, $2 05. Potatoes Mission, 0o($S71e; Half Moon Bay, OOcfeSl; sweet, S2,2 12. Onions Little more tone to the market, 70S(ie. Corn Quoted at $2 35f2 15. Comment Local mills 2ffil. Bye Quoted at ?1 Oof. 2. Buckwheat Last sale of new at 3c. MISS SUSAN 6. ANTHONY, The Worlil-Kcuoii noil "Woman Suffrage Advocate, l.-itt-ly Tnim lhe Kant nud t'alilornla, WILL LECTURE AT ALBANY, VKDXKsiDAY HVKNINU, ssKPT. 27, .-OS... "THE POWER Or THE BALLOT," At till fourl Utilise. Xisis: Clara Dmii-vvaj-Will sine some iin)n-lnte Cam)Mcn .Soug-. APMIsMHW.-.,.. -FIFTY CKXTS WILLIAM DAVIDSON, 15 o 1 Kstate Dealer. OFFICE--N0. 64 Front Street, l'oitTiaxi), oitr.uox. OKAI. ESTATE IX THIS PITY AXI) EAST XXj lWtland, in the mewt desirable lixullties, coii-lstiiiKor Kims, IIalk Hlocks ana Hi.ocks, Houses ana sVroitKS. Also, Ixi-itiivKii Farms and Vai.vabi.k Vx cultivathu 1.ANI.S, located In all ivrtn or the Mtatc, for sale. Kkai. EsTATKand lbr Properly purehawtl for Cirivs)inili-iit, in this City ami through out the siT.vras and TBtmrruiifes, wMh great eare, and on the niot Aivantaoius Terms HnUSlSJ AND STQUi I.KAsKll, Iaaxs Xeoo- TrTKii ami claims ny all Pism-khtioss 1'liO.MlTI.Y CoLLKCTKD.alld liKNKKAL FINAN CIAL Ulld AUKNCY ill-SINKSaTKANSACTKIl. Aoknts ortliix Officb In all the Cities and Towns In the statk rtlt rpreive description of Kaum l'Hiii-Rinv anil lorwanl lhe same to the above address. n2 Parrish, Atkinson & Woodward, REAL ESTATE AGENTS 'orii-r Aider nml I'rout Mrcel. HAVR I'ltOI'RRTY KOli SAI.K IN" POHT land and throughout Oregon generally. AVe ecin otrer SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS to Ii!rrhnrsof Iteal lttr. limine ICeiifiMl. Iti-nli t'ollcrte.I. Money Unned, Titxco I'alil. And everything that iwrtaiiwi to the Ileal Ks mtel!tilnexsidt6ndel to with nroniitnet. ICGAL PAPERS WRITTeFaHD ACKNOWLEDGED J. I- ATKIXSON. Notary I'ubllc I.. M. IMItltlSII. "1 TYT.T.U WOOmv.tllM. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE! o. SO I'mut Ht.. Aliirrlrnn Kirlinnse ltnildliir. ClOXTIlArTOItS, Untel KeeM-rs, Farmers ' Ulint'liters and ItiiHden-. IVmHIei.anil In l.wt all who rconire help of any kind, will finjl it to their ail vantiisre to call and 1 ,h.t'. , " dns. J. IS. W1THKHKI.U 1VX. 1 liave also some (Jowl Farm; and i Uils for sale. nZ J. H.W- COUUKN & McCAUK, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, s WAsiiiscrros KKT' ST-U,,S' rorlla"'" . ni- tsoN VBLE KATES. Ul Work done at HEAhU 4