The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, December 06, 1872, Image 2

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DEATH OF HOEAOE GEEELET.
Since the departure of the lamented
Douglass, no man of this Nation has
died peaceably in his bed whoseservices
ti.n country could so illy afford to spare
as Horace Greeley. Like Douglass, he
had become a power of reform among
the Democrats, and his place cannot be
fillpd in another decade. J? or more
than thirty years Mr. Greeley has been
one of our most prominent public men
As a journalist he has had no superiors
aud but few equals. His ready pen
vigorous mind and vivid imagination
have left their impress upon our Na
tion's history in deeds of ineflacable
good. That he lias many times been
erratic, making mistakes which have
for a time dimmed tho glory of liis
fame, but proves Jhat he was mortal
But above all the blunders of his life
time arises the grand and glorious and
abiding truth that he lived to become
indorsed by his bitterest enemies, the
so-called Democracy of America. "What
other man has iu his natural life-time
made up such a record ? Hut his work
upon earth is not yet done. Who shall
fill his place? Who but Greeley shall
be able to hold together the discordant
Democratic elements, which he alone
could cause to coalesce upon the plane
of progression? True, Mr. Greeley's
idea of political progress was dimmed at
the last by his unreasonable prejudices
against Human Rights, as implied in
the very foundation of our National su
perstructure, but the record he has left
us also proves that this prejudice was
but a blindness of his dotage, and
harmed no one except himself. His
more vigorous early manhood was op
posed to the theory of sexual suffrage,
and if in his declining years he yielded
to the counsels of bad advisers, who led
him astray in this one particular for
their own aggrandizement, the satisfac
tion that their success in winning him
to their false theories brought no barm
to the unrepresented half of our Repub
lic's humanity should cause us to for
give the error and forget the attempted
oppression. But to whom will the
routed cohorts of Democracy look for a
leader? "What progressionist, save Mr.
Greelej, will their masses indorse?
And who is now to be the Napoleon
who shall rally them from their Mos-cous-llkc
defeat?
"ALL THE EIGHTS THEY WAHT."
"Women who have never been accus
tomed to providing wholly for them
selves, and consequently know nothing
of the hard battle of life as it is often too
sadly realized by their less fortunate
sisters, very naturally feel that they do
not care to possess the ballot; and such
women, accustomed to lead offin what
ever they consider really commendable,
Imagine that because they have not de
manded equal rights no woman should
desire to possess them. But let misfor
tune suddenly overtake these women
who have always had "all the rights
they want," aud let them, with all
the disadvantages of woman's disen
franchised position, undertake to find
employment to keep the wolf from the
door, and the: inequality of their position
soon brings them to their senses.
An estimable and accomplished young
lady of this city, who had been for some
time employed as teacher in one of our
public schools, suddenly lost her voice.
The affliction came upon her in conse
quence of over exertion in the discharge
of her duties. Of course there were
gentlemen teachers in the same school,
but, though they commanded twice her
pay, because of their sex, they failed to
do their half of the work, hence the
protected(?) woman became a victim of
overwork on half pay. The loss of her
voice was of course followed by the loss
of her situation. Being wholly depend
ent upon her own exertions for her live
lihood, she sought the office of ono of
our city lawyers, who had told her in
the days of her prosperity to come to him
if she should ever need a friend. Mode
brave by the remembrance of this as
surance, she applied to him for copying.
but her petition for work was evasively
answered, and the interview ended by
an indifferent invitation to "call again,
After a few days the lady again called
and her application for copying being
again evaded, assured tho lawyer that
she knew he had been giving such work
to men whose needs were nothing like
so great as her own. "True," said ths
honest lawyer, "but we can't afford to
help a woman, for if we do she becomes
a dead weight upon our hands at once.
It Is different with men. If we assist
them we have assurance that they can
some time return our favors with their
votes; but a woman's a dead weight
THE "ADVOCATE" SOAEED.
Wc elsewhere print some correspond
ence to the Cl.rislian Advocate signed
'Credo;" and we now notice the Advo
cate's course towards us in order to
WOMAN'S TEA COMPAHY.
This firm, which was organized in the
city of New York some two years since,
under the financial control of Miss King,
a wealthy real estate dealer of that city,
has proved a complete success. A first
class ship, the Madam Dcmorest, has
been fitted up and paid for, for the exclu
sive use of thes company, and is the first
ship ever owned and employed by worn
en in their commercial enterprises.
It will be remembered that Miss King
visited the tea-growing countries of
China and Japan, spending nearly two
years in the interior, often penetrating
where no other American woman had
ever been, and collecting the purest tea
used by tho natives. During our recent
visit to New York we enjoyed several
delightful drinks of this beverage at the
headquarters of the company in the
basement of Madam Demorest's Empo
rium on Broadway, and can say truly
that this tea far surpasses the common
imported brands. The fine quality of
this tea commends it to practical users,
and it is rapidly being introduce into
every town and village in the Union,
Madam Domorest, as President of the
company, evinces an executive ability
of no common order, and her financial
intelligence is only equalled by her in
genuity of taste as queen of fashion and
design.
AN APPEAL' TOE AID.
"We have received a circular from the
proprietors of the well known Banner of
Light which states that that office aud
everything connected therewith became
a prey to the flames in the late disastrous
fire at Boston. This circular is a stirring
appeal to Liberals and Spiritualists
throughout the world for aid to enable
them to re-iss,ue the Banner. We think
our brethren made a mistake that they
did not appeal to Christians also. Cer
tainly no Christian who is not altogether
a uigot (in winch case he could not be a
vjt who nas ocen ac
quainted with the Banner for the last
year can fail to acknowledge the good it
is doing in reclaiming skeptics from the
error of their thought to a knowledge of
everlasting life. We know of no jour
nal that can take its place in the un
folding of former day mystery aud latter
day science, and we heartily say "amen"
to the prayer of the publishers that "by
the blessing'of the Great Father of us
all, they may soon bo enabled to repub
lish their beloved Banner of Light."
Address Win. White & Co.. No. 1-1
Hanover street, Boston, Mass.
CHANGES TOE SOMEBODY.
One day recently a cheerful-visaged
young gentleman introduced himself in
our sanctum and subscribed for theNKW
NonTiiWKST for a family of seven bad.
elor of wir.cn he is an exemplary
member. As we jingled the oohSS o?r
wJh that our jotXS
may open up the channel or commUm
cation between each of these deserving
disconsolate? and some bright-eyed
help-meet who will take compassion
upon their loneliness and prove to that.
practical satisfaction that men withnnf
wlveB are only half men, and that it is
not good for man to be alone.
upon our nanus, madam a dead
weight." Tliis assurance was conclusive
to the mind of our disenfranchised but
protected(?) friend, and she emerged
from that office a sadder but wiser wom
an. But how could she help herself?
Often as we hurry past the residences of
our wealthy neighbors, whose carriages
are waiting for them at their gates, or
note their transparent look of "I am
better than you," as they bowl along the
pavement past our plebiau self, we
think half audibly, "No wonder you
don'twant your rights. You have more
than equal rights now. Our sympathies
are with your husbands, whose brains
are over-taxed that you may live in
splendor. When the great leveling
comes, as come it must, here or here
after, you'll learn how little is the share
of life's burdens that you have borne,
and this knowledge will enlarge your
understanding. But you ought even
now, to know that if you do have all the
rights you want, the right to censure
those who have them not is not one of
them."
POBTLAKD 00BBESP0HDEH0E.
Portland, Dec 4, 1S72.
Editor 'ew Noethwest:
Yours Truly is indignant. Where was
your proof-reader last week, and what
ll.irnTI)Mnnni)mtiia nnil jlntio f hut lift
please our friends, although we frankly , .,....,., ,, ..? whim mom
confess that it Is not worth the trouble. undertake tn sav- ".livers ml sundry"
Mr. Dillon is a genial and honorable ,n tho pnpeI ,aakiug 8insC your print-
vurisuau geniieman, uui er3 never lnaj.e you say naivcrsa and
figure-head iu the cft-ocafe office, and und m.k!no, ,wn nni! wi,v
lacks the moral stamina necessary for a should they thus abuse Yours Truly,
man m nis position, iiencc, wiiuoe who never injured them? Again, the
have every assurance privately of "" Methodist preachers are not And
good wlll-and we know mar. tie re- yet tho printers made me say they set!
spects us and our worK-ne iacK8 me Vm dIsKstet and j for nothing
back bone to say so openly; anu ior tins eise but 8omo of those mlnisors
ho is to be pitied and not censured. wiU suo me for lb , because intimated
When we first decided to begin our that tliev wcr. ,L brctiiren.
course or Sunday evening lectures upon r beseech you, for I never meant it.
religious and social topics, jir. union Again, I didn't uromlse to be a "chron-
assured Mr. Duniway that he was icie uut a "Mimniolnr." Rut onomrh
pleased to near it, out was sorry mat UDOn tbat topic
bunday evening was onosen, as many dj j you 8ee the last wcets Advocatet
church members would be glad to at- And did you read what one "Credo"
tend who were otherwise engaged on 8aid about you? Are you qoina for
mat evening. htmt Oh, what a wicked sinner you
Mr. Duniway replied that tho hall are to "preach in a theater!" And what
could not be had on week-day evenings, na Dad record" vou are "makinc un"
besides many persons were in the city when you believe in reforms in temper
who could not attend church anywhere, ance, politics and religion, and advocate
and it was hoped to roach them with y0ur principles, in temperance conven
these lectures. To which Mr. Dillon tlons, on political rostrums, and in tho-
giadly agreed, promising to insert aaters!
good notice or the rortbcomlng lecture But I iti close, and don't, let mo
In the Advocate. Mr. Duniway accord- beg of you, dear Duniway, let anybody
Inrltr MirrlnI lltm Hi n rrrut nf nlir Imv. know my name, for if you do the Port-
ture announcement as prepared for the
New Northwest, and Mr. Itoberts, ment on my case and ignominious!'
being present at the time, would not cxpei ouits truly.
permit Mr. Dillon to do as he had
agreed about its publlcationgivingas Easy Ohair on Woman Suftrage.
a reason that "tney must be very care- jf the prncipie 0iat tncre fihan be no
ful and not publish appointments that taxation without representation be cor
wnnlil inlprfere with thelrown church." rect, there Is not, and there never has
,r o-t.i. iiaii -i-i. r- been, a sound argument for tho dlsfran
jir. x-uu.w. -y chiaenient of women since they have
Dillon; say just what you think you can been property holders. A woman mlcht
afford to say. Wo don't wish to Inter-1 own all tho real estate upon the chief
fere in any way with your labors." So, street or tno village, yet alio cannot vote
, .;...wi..i,..it,i for road overseer. Plainly, if her sex
insieau oi """" r. incapacitates her. being mature and In
nltion which Mr. Dillon Had promised telligeut, for controlling her property, it
unasked, there appeared in the Advocate should certainly incapacitate her from
tiu. Bimnln announcement that "Mrs. owning It. The law that authorized her
. ,., i. s r t to earn, hold, aud devise property lifted
xmuiway woum " the lid from the ballot-box. And all
turesat once," not stating the time or tunt the Massachusetts Convention has
subject. We find no fault with Mr. done is to say, "Certainly it did."
Dillon for his course. His bread nnd The Convention said that it was the
butter dpnpiul unon his position. TTn i P'?!ou .f PartJ" b.uA M,at.
. . ; . . . saiu, wo snail now see. we nave notu
noi an aoie-oouicu man, anu we suouid jng to do with tho party, but this Is
be sorry to see him loso his situation, question of all parties, especially if, as
the more especially as we know of no tho scoffers say, every wife will vote
The WasbingtonTerritorypapers still
continue to publish election returns.
Walla Walla is finishing IU new
chnrch, nnd will soon have a brick ho
tel
The measures and policy of the Re
publican party with reference to secur
ing the public domain for actual settle
ment has formed one of the first sub
jects the people have taken into consid
eration iu tho Mmmiirn. Thev have
A Washington Territory jur argued asked themselves how far the party has
half a day over twenty-five cents in Df eu taituiul to labor interests in tue
Hiolrvenlirt uisposiuon oi tno puonc lanus, anu
ture in rejrard to them. The subiect is
on the Alaska seal islands during the ono of great importance, or course, irre
mnM,. nf Tn nn.l .TnK- spec ive of any more party triumphs,
ioritis intimately connected witu na
tional development, with finance, with
months of June aud July,
Olympla has a club called the "Merry
Bachelors." A man is expelled for no
olfenco except getting married.
Tho Utah wheat this year, It is said,
is in quality equal to the best on the
coast, and the Mormons have 1,000,000
bushels surplus.
A Vancouver firm has a contract for
furnishing parties in San Francisco
with one million five hundred thousand
hoop poles during the winter.
At tbelatc election in Klikitat county,
other minister who is at all worthy to
supplant him; neither do we see how he
could subsist without it. But we say to
him in all kindness and candor that
such un-Christian-like fault-finding as
"Credo's" will do more to prejudice the
leading minds of this city against the
Methodist church than we could do with
our religious lectures in a lifetime, even
EGOTISM.
So many good things are written for
our encouragement by friends whose we
faces we have never seen, as well aB by
those who know us iutimatcly, that we
are sometimes tempted to give samples
of them to the public for the benefit of
our few but virulent detractors.
Mrs. E. A. Corwin, of Nehalem,
whose husband introduced our Woman
Suftrage Bill at the last session of the
Legislature, writes as follows: "O, if
could only hear you lecture, I feel that
my soul would be satisfied! My bus
band has told mo of you until I feel ac
quaintcd, but I have a great desire to
meet the woman 'after my own heart.
Go on, good sister, in your noblest of all
good works. Pull up by the roots, and
scatter to the four winds of the earth,
the false ideas of the people. Scatter
the seed broadcast whose name is Truth
aud Justice, and it shall spring up and
bear thee fruit a thousand fold. a
My efforts for the New Northwest
shall never cease till I or it shall cease
to exist. I send you a new subscriber
and the cash. I wish I could send a
hundred."
C. H. Bean, of Leland, writes: "Please
find inclosed a new year's subscription
to your valuable paper. I have read it
for one year and am highly pleased
with it. I wish you success iu your no
ble work."
We might print scores of such letters
had we space, but these are sufficient
for the time being. To all our noble
friends who are using their influence in
accelerating our 'work by remittances
and kindly words we return thanks, and
we earnestly assure you that your aid Is
timely.
Now, we ask every reader to sec if he
or she cannot send us one newsubscrlber
for the coming year. The paper Is so
popular that you have but to make the
effort and you will succeed.
H. W.Scott is soon to take editorial
control of the Bulletin. We look for
great improvement In that journal nn-
dir the new dispensation.
WE DODGED IT.
Bud Thompson says we've 'bused him
The child opened his columns recently
to a Pcurrillous scandal monger calling
himself "a woman," whose obscene
slang had been refused admittance in
the journals of more experienced editors
because unfit for publication, and in our
unselfish desire to benefit the Mercury
oy, we asked the public to "deal gently
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".m Mm ciiua," ana ror this reason
onij.uie fellow says that "Mother D.
1 n us and Urates us severely."
V ith reeanl in
mL Crmald aPted to empty
rn,!--aveon.;to
with her husband. Of course they al
ways agree in religious matters, so it
may ue supposed uiai tney win in po
litical, it hi ecu, mere are never any
(lmerences netween wives ana Husbands,
The husband has only to take snuff, and
the wifo sneezes. The Spratt legend is
a foul libel upon matrimonial tastes.
But if every wife is sure to vote with
her husband, shall she therefore not
have the right to vote? Most youths of
twenty-one vote with their fathers
ir we desired to Injure the church, which shall they also be excluded from the
our public and nrlvate life bears amnio polls? Shall the rule be extended, and
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tM mnni- (lmf n-. ti-n..t.l ! It ''J uuu miiu vuira u.i uiivuuuy eise
J votes be disfranchised for that reason
COUIU. I rti-olinll nnlt tVinoA U tuiftiitflAjl in
who can give a sound nnd satisfactory
moral stamina equal to his goodness of reason for their ballot? If a wifo may
hnnrf-nr Nfi..r .i,.n. : vote because lovo for her husband
. . ' .'. . would lead her to duplicate his vote,
noi in a nnanciai position where he cau then, of course, all men whoso votes are
afford to let his light shine hi the full-1 influenced by personal regard and re-
ncss of its own effulgence; yet we shall sPect ' some ono else must be set aside,
not nuarrel win. Wm. n,r ww . Indeed, It U chiefly when men begin to
. ' -.-. -i orirnf. t lip niip-itlnii nr iiillrni'p rnr wnmpn
tuiuyei mm iuuu, tnat a grave douut or tneir own com
but shall hereafter content ourself with I petency to vote arises.
publishing such of tho Advnont,' nf. Btit if wives are to be excluded be-
tacks upon us as we deem fit to appear & X, .K,1!!:
in our columns, claiming the right to franchise thoso who have no husbands
TEBBIT0EIAL HEWS.
The Public Lands and the Bepublican
Party.
moor, an with trade.
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ii uio ifepuoncau recoru ue sueu
that the party can claim to have acted
in tiie interest of the laboring man, it
certainly has a richt to the considera
tion which such a fact demands. One
of tho first measures of the Bepublican
uoncress. after some necessary steps
had been taken to resist a rebellion, for
which the Democratic party was largely
responsible, was the passage of the
Homestead law. Under that act the
public-domain was offered to the labor
ing man as a practically free gift the
payment of some $10 or S12 and actual
W. T.. Bockland and Goldendalo were settlement beincr the onlv conditions to
ntwl fni-na lio.nnnK-annK flia fnrnlpr SCCHre Uie POSSeSSlOU Ol.IOU aCIVS OI
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receiving ,a anu uie latter . . voies. At the ga. the onlv -. ,)V
Whitman county. W. T.. Ivinir be- which this great opportunity for labor
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ii.- c i -.-i i.t j i couiu iiu reaiizeii was iiol ioil iieiriecieu,
vweeu me oiiahts aim v.uiuujmu ji-is, T . ,. , . noi 'f f nIfi
in the construction of lines of communi
cation, by which vast territories, little
else than an uutraveled wilderness, were
opened up for the advance of civilization
and the creation of- wealth. Thousands
s belug rapidly settled. It already con
tains between 2j000'nnd 3,000 inhabit
ants.
The people of Montana are circulating
petitions remonstrating against calling of new homes have been erected In lo
an extra session of the Legislature, cauties berore practically unKnown
which seems to bo contemplated bv
Governor Potts. The object is to loan
tho credit of thoTerritory tobnIUl or ex
tend the Northern Ltah Railroad to
Helena.
Tho Puget Sound Express says: There
arc in Pierce county, Washington Ter
ritory, thousands of acres of fertile lauds
lying iu nature's wilderness ready to
The possession of the continent with all
its wealth or soil, climate aim oi min
eral production has by means of these
assisted lines been given to the people.
And wiien tuese modes or cueap anu
ea9v transit were established, or provis
ion for their establishment made, Be
publican leaders entered what might be
called the second stace of the process by
wnicu me enterprise anil inuustryoi tne
laboring class micht be secured. When
the work of opening the "vast interior
pour their rich produce Into the lap of I had been assisted, it was deemed proper
industry? and hundreds of young men mai me iurmer development oi ranroau
wasting their health iu idleness and dis
sipation.
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uiyinpia euuor nas received a
specimen from the cinnabar lode lately
discovered in Washington Territory
The mine is situated in the Cascade
range about a hundred miles iu a north
easterly direction from Olympin. The
parties who made the discovery do not
wish to make it public as yet.
The island of San Juan just awarded
to the United States by the decision of
the German Emperor, is fifteen miles in
extreme width. It has an area of above
40,000 acres, and a population of above
400, of whom one-half are soldiers. The
northern port of the Island is well
wooded. The southern part has a num
her of open prairies. The soil is rich
and the climate not cold. It is an ex
cellent farming country, and the best of
all the Islands between Vancouver and
the mainland. There is an excellent
codflshery on the San Juan shore, from
which the Hudson Bay Company in
past years used to take thousands of
fish.
aud canal enterprises should be left to
tne individual btates and Territories.
tV resolution was couseouentlv intro
duced and passed in the Conirress of
1S70. to tho effect that public lands of
the United States should be held for the
exclusive purpo.se of securing home
steads toactual settlers under the home
stead and pre-emption laws, subject to
reasonauic appropriations ror education
al purposes.
Here men is one or the things which
the Republican party has done and pro
poses to do for the laboring man of this
country. It enactad laws by which
the public domain was declared the
property of the citizens who were desir
ous of ecurintr homes for themselves.
.and lmix)ed conditions for the reouisi-
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nun ui aucii iiiut were mereiv nominal
in character. It encouraged the enter
prises by whose means the vast regions
waiting for settlement could be rendered
accessible. And when these latter had
been constructed or sufficiently advanced
further grants were suspended, and the
Immense remaining domains reserved
for the use and benefit of the people at
large.
"Stop My Paper." A week or two
ago, a man who did not like something
the Xrirs said about him. told one of the
carriers with a great deal of bluster to
stop his paper. The same individual is
said to borrow one every morning, it
rarely happens that anybody connected
Willi a newspaper on ice, except the car
rier, knows wiietner any particular per-
The Phaotom Tkaix. A writerin
Hip Albany rN. Y.l Evening 'limes 're
lates a conversation with a superstitious
night watchman on the New York Cen
tral Railroad. -Said the watchman: 'ii
believe in spirits and ghosts. I know
such things exist. If you will come tip
in April l win convince yon. xxu
niii nf tin Tiiiftntnin train that every
year comes up tho road with the body of
Abraham JLiincoin. neguiariy iu nu
month of April, about midniglit, tue air
on mo tracK uecomes very .kku.
cutting. On either side it is warm ana
still. livery watchman, when he feels
this air, steps oft the tracu anu i
down to watch. Soon after the pilot
engine, with long black streamers, ana"
a band with black Instruments, playing
dirges, grinning skeletons sitting au
about, will pass up noiselessly, and tlio
very air grows niacs.
light, clouds always come over the
moon, and the music seems to linger, as
if frozen with horror. A few moments
after and the train glides by. Flags and
streamers hangabout. The track ahead
seems covered with a black carpet, and
tho wheels are draped with the same.
The coffin of the murdered Lincoln la
seen lying on the center or a car, ana aii
about it in the air and the train behind
are vast numbers of blue-coated men,
some with coffins on their backs, otners
leaning on them.
It seems, that all the vast armies oi
men mat died during tne war are
escorting the phantom train or tho
President. The wind, if blowing, die3
away at once, and over all the air a sol-
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emn nusn, almost stinmg, prevails, xi
a train were passing, Its noise would be -drowned
in the silence, and the phantom
train would ride over it. uiocks ana
watches always stop, and when looked
at aro found to bo from five to eight
minutes behind. Everywhere ou tno
road, about the 27th of April, the time
of watches and trains is found suddenly
behind. "This," said the leading
watchman, "was from the passageof tho
phantom train."
On a receut train bound for Texas, was
a sick lady with a little boy aged about
seven years. The little boy, while
walking about the car, during the even
ing, fell off. This was not known to tho
mother until the train had gone two
miles. She then begged the conductor
to back the 'train, or to stop it and let
licr off. He refused to do either, and, in
spite of her tears and entreaties, carried
ner to tne next siauun, wub uc
compelled to stay over night, and wait
ror tne up train, un reiurmuj;, tuo
found her boy lying upon the em
bankment, where he had climbed, with
his head resting among the grass and
wild flowers. The poor little fellow was
dead, having been exposed to the terrific
thunder storm and drenching rain of the
night.
Mrs. Sarah M. T. Hunter of Norwalk,
Conn., enjoys the distinction of being
the first woman in the State to be ad
mitted to the rights of an Elector. On
Saturday Mrs. Hunter entered her ap
plication to be made a voter, after the
approved metnou, ami was successiui.
make our own comments.
B0BE0WEES.
to vote with ? Shall we deprive them
of the ballot as a punishment for not
havinir husbands to deprive them of it?
I The same excellent argument would
apply to their property; and wo ought
to couuscato mo earnings or spinsters
because they have no husbands to man-
ago their money for them. Indeed, the
To every borrowing reader of the New
Northwest whose eyes rest upon these
lines wo say emphatically, they are for arguments all tend to nmv that, wnmon
you. 'Iherc is not another newspaper should be in a perpetual prostration of!solu,ers aroi without exception, or tne
in the State that is as eagerly sought af
ter as is this one. Postmasters have
frequently assured us that it is difficult
to prevent the papers from being stolen
from regular subscribers before they
leave the office. And we often receive
solicitations for back numbers to com
plete somebody's files, because the
owner "loaned tho paper and failed to
get it back." Now, we like to have the
paper read, but we cannot afford to feed
an army of spongers with intellectual
food for which they yield us no equiva
lent. It is no uncommon thing for men
and women of wealth to borrow tho pa
per regularly from some subscriber who
is herself in arrears, but who begs "for
a little indulgence about her subscrip
tion because times are hard." We beg
each and all our subscribers to scud us
the names of their borrowers, aud if
among them are any who plead poverty
tosucli an-exteut that they cannot pay
for tho paper, as well as such mental
necessity that they cannot live without
it, we will send it gratis; but we do
want this borrowing business stopped.
gratitude that men suffer them to exist ! female sex. The men are agriculturists
upon any terms whatever. " uicrcnanis. ine uouy guam oi me
A State IU'i.kd nv Women. Anions
the Holland ios.ses.sions there is a re
markable" little State which in its con
stitution aud the original customs of its son subscribes fororstops the paper, and
innauiiants, surpass me boldest dreams I yet these people who put on an airoi
oi American emancipation ladies. Upon assumed indignation, and imperiously
ine isianu oi java, between the cities or auiirc.ss some carriers wno pronaDiy
Batavla and Samarnncr. lies the little never read the articles that cave offense.
Kiuguom oi xiantam. ivitnougu trio- seem ioiihuk mat mey are uoing some-
. TT-.il 1 I 1 9 1 1 .1.1-1 Jli.t .! I I I i 1. - I 1Y...1
uiui iu jiuiiuiiu, it ia an liiueneuueut lining uiai m uaimiuiit mu iiiaiiumuii.
State, politically without importance, In reality, they only occasion the car
yet happy, rich and since time imme- riers a loss of a few cents, directly, and
monai governed and defended by worn- indirectly tney uenciit inni, ror wiiat-
en. 'Ilie sovereign Is indeed a man, but ever makes a man mad enough to give a
all the rest of the government belongs snarling onlcr to discontinue his paper,
to the fair sex. The King is entirely is quite sure to meet the approval of the
dependent upon his State council, com- public, in whose interest it became nec-
posed of three women. The highest essary to call attention to the conductof
uuiiiuriues, an rttatc oiucers, court some iiuuiiuiiiuiviuuui. imiHiiu;-
functionaries, military commanders and -
tsi,ow csTAi;vATio. jngiaiiu auows
its paupers two shillings aud sixpence
(G2c.) a week to live upon, or rather die
Certainly no reallv creat movemnnt I King is formed of the female elite, upon. A short time since Miss Fanny
A SPLENDID 0PFEE.
It is well known that the regular sub
scription prico to Demorest's Magazine
is $3 00. That our friends may reap the
the full benefit of such opportunities as
we can command to secure themselves
an extra supply of good reading, we
have made arrangements by which we
arc enabled to send the New North
west and Demorest's Monthly Maga
zine for one yeur for $4 00; or for $5 50
j-ou can have the New Nouthwest,
DrmorcsCs Montldy and a splendid pair
of chromos (Falls of Niagara, and Yo
semite Fails), which could not be pur
chased at the book store for less than
$10. Onlers of this kind must be In
variably accompanied by tho cash for
both publications at once.
We acknowledge the receipt of an In
vitation to attend a wedding that Is
soon to transpire upon the classic shores
of Puget Sound. Particulars after a
while.
The editor of this paper is at present
at Forest Grove, where she is spending
a few days.
rml,n. i,?i aodae1 a"d it harmed j Bud Thompson calls us his "venerable
J i paternal ancesler." Oh!
ever proceeded so steadily and swift! v
iu the face of curious difficulties as that
of woman suffrage In this country. It
has had the most whimsical and often
absurd aud repulsive advocacy. It has
often seemed to be the very politics or
the moon. Extravagance and folly
have heed so hopelessly combined iu its
behalf that many of its truest friends
havo wondered that it was not pushed
from decent and candid consideration.
But such friends canuot too constantly
remember that It is the history of every
movement which is an appeal to pure
reason.
There arc no guns or clubs behind the
demand for this extension of tho suf
frage. It is conducted wholly within
the domain of intelligence. And If rid
dled with ridicule, let any sceptic recall
the biglnnlngs of Methodism. Read
Sydney Smith, and wonder how an In
telligent and liberal man could deride
some of the noblest aud best men that
ever lived. The history of the move
ment for the extension of suffrage to
women, like all the other great move
ments in this country, shows to every
youththat he who is hospitable to a lib
erty which is ridiculed entertains angels
unawares. It is safe to heed the counsel
of Condorcct, "Do not choose a man
who has ever taken side against the
liberty of any portion of mankind."
Editor's Easy Chair, in Harper's Mag
azinc for November.
Golden Silence.
Editor Advocate: So it seems at last.
that our friend of the New Mouth west
has tunied preacher, ond discoursed on
Sabbath evening on the Christ of Naza
reth, from an independentand progress
ive stand point. This reminds us of a
lady cousin we once nad, wuo was a
sourco of no small anxiety in the family.
Anna Maria, was an old maid, a very
good woman Indeed a woman of exem
plary character, of some talent and un
doubted piety. She was perfectly unex
ceptionable at all points except one, and
as mat couiu not ue ueipeu, it nad to be
enuureu,
but as
These amazon3 ride in the masculine Edlnborough, who has been in receipt
style, wearing sharp steel points instead of this munificent sum from "the Par
of spurs. They carry a pointed lance, isii," was found dead in her bed. The
which they swing very gracefully, and testimony taken before the Coroner's
also a musket, which is discharged at Jury showed that she had died from
full gallop. The throne Is inherited by slow starvation. Ior months she had
the eldest son, aud in case the King dies not eaten any meat; bread and tea was
without issue, a hundred elected ama- all bbo hoped for, and a very little of
zons assemble, iu order to choose a sue- these. No food was found lnherstom
cessor from among their owu sons. Tho ach after death, and the facts were that
chosen one Is then proclaimed lawful she died of slow starvation. One of the
King. The capital city of this little jurymen on the "crowner's quest" said
State lies in one of the most picturesque it was "a disgrace to England that peo
parts of the island, In a fruitful plain, pic should bo allowed to dio of slow
and is defended by two well kept for- starvation on 2s. Gil. per week." We
tresses. From thcKovcmbcr Galaxy. thinK so, too. Mien cases tend to lessen
tno cuarms oi -uemc jiugianu, ' anu
A Wife's Powek. The power of a
wife, for good or for evil, is irresistible.
Home must be tho seat of happiness or
it must be rorcver unknown, a good
wife is to a man wisdom, courage and
strength; a bad one Is confusion, weak
ness and despair. No condition Is hope
less to a man where the wife possesses
firmness, decision aud economy. There
Is no outward propriety which can
counteract Indolence, extravagance and
folly at home. No spirit cau lonir
endure bad influence. Man is strong
but his heart is not adamant. He de
lights in enterprise and action, but to
sustain him he needs a tranquil mind;
nnd especially if he is an intellectual
man, with a whole head, he needs his
moral forces in the conflicts of life. To
recover uis composure, homo must be a
make us think that her multitude of
sins will not be covered by charity,
OUR AGENTS.
The following persons are duly authorized to
act as AsentK for the New Uoktuwest :
Mrs J. II. Foster
Asbby Pearce
Dr. Buyley
A. A. Manning
MIsk Virginia Olds
HIrnm Smith
J. II. IX Hrnderson
W. W. Beach
Rev. Wm. Jolly.-
Hon. T. W. Davenport
Mary J. Magrrs..
A. V. Stannrd.. -
S. H. Claushton
C A. Heed
Mrs. O. T. Daniels
Mrs. Xellle Curl
P.C Sullivan
Mrs. M. K. Cook
Mrs. M. Cdlne
Mrs. lLA-Vawters
Mrs. H. B. BWiop.
Kov. J. K. Damon-
Itev. I). KaKley.
Mr. Jane M. W ilson
Philip ItlK
P. D. Moore
Mrs. It. J. Oeoree .
Mr. M.J. Ensign..
O. H. Wood
Mrs. M. Jeffrie-
It. H.Welch
Ir J. Walts .
A. X. Arnold..
a. W. Lawon
M. P. Owen
Mrs. C. A. Cobum
Mn.J. DeVorc Johnson.
Thos. Parsons-
It. Penlland
Miss Sallie ApiIente
Miss n. A. Owens-
J. T. Scott, Esq
Mr. .v. t corwin
(!eo. Engle
J. W.Jackson..
I P. Fisher...
.Albany
. Benton county
CorvallU
Olympla
MeMlnnville
..Harrisbnre
Eugene City
Buena Vista
Hlllsboro
Sllverton
Gervals
Brownsville
-.Lebanon
Salem
Salem
... Salem
Dallas
Lafayette
Kaiama
Waitsbnrg
Pendleton
Seattlo
Seattle
Walla Walla
Walla AValla
Port Townsend
Traveling Agent
. Portland
;. Traveling Agent
.Traveling Agent
Washington, county
. Lafayette
. ..Albany
Salem
Dallei
Mrs. I.aura IeForce Gordon
Miss Xellle Mossman
I. T. Maulsby
V. Brock Union Itldge. W.T
. W. Barnes Ochoeo Valle-r
J. X. fSale Washington Territory
Forest Groye
...Oregon City
Milwaukia
The Dalles
....Yoncalla
Itosebnnr
Forest Grove
- Nehalem
..Traveling Agent
. Eugene
-San Francisco
California
Olvnmla
Vancouver
Mrs. E. Oakshett.
Mr. J.C. Hayes.
James t aucc-
. -.Traveling Agent
Gervals. Orceon
Yreka, California
Daniel Waltman sacramento, California
.in-. Niraii tiarry mochwii, caiiioroia
Mrs. Sarah Wallis. Slayflcld. California
Mrs. Chapman Yates San Jose. California
"Woman's Journal" ..Boston, Massachusetts
Charles W. Tappan. Salt Lake City, U. T
Other parties desiring to act as Agents will
please forward their names. "We want Agents
at every postofUcc throughout Oregon and
Washington Territory.
Iu France the ladies go huntintr. A
correspondent iu Paris writes: There
were a few ladies at tno .Hound l'arnas-
sus terminus In fantastic sporting gar
ments, mey wore soil lelt nats, with
tufts of cock's fcathcis, short brown
linen dresses, faced with red, strong,
hob-nailed boots fittinjr vers' ueatl v. and
brown gaiters. At the country seats of
tne Legitimist; nouic ladies often co
a-llcld with the centlemen to shoot
partridcres. .trench women never lonlr
so bewitching as In semi-masculine gar-
Mi u ma.
woitK of thk Hkart. A man's
total outward work, his whole ellet
,wwv . aaus4U U1UQL LitT if. I- .a . - ' "
place of peace, of cheerfulness and com- r"01,1 llle w9ruI in twenty-four hours,
fnrt. Thorn liiucniil r..no,-c. Ii. .1 ,i. has been reckoned about 3T0 fnnt-lnns
and coes forthwith fmali v? .. That may be taken as a 20od'hard dav's
counter tho labor and troubles of life work." During the same the heart has
"! ue anus no rest, and is
mere mei. witu nau temper, sullenness
jeaiousy and gloom, or is assailed bv
been working at the rate of 120 foot
tons. That Is to say, If all the pulses of
a nay ami nignt could be concentrated
and wielded into one great throb, it
would bo enough to throw a ton of iron
complaint sand censure, hope vanishes
and he sinks into
case with too many who, micht seem 120 feet UH0 tl,e aIri aud J'et tho 1,eart
have no conflicts or trials of life- for i3 novcr wearJ'-
such is the wifo's power. Tr. : 7T7" . . . -
A Little Heiioixe. a
rotilVlTllfttf it envo tl.. 1 ...l.t-1. l.-ii. . i . i mi. t..ln n-anpim!
hni,iS Sirl, to save her sisteY from a out will, the caseVnt last Mid: "What
, w r; ; " r " ' wnwnraem, to wnicn sue nad is tne use or i
Two neighbors, livlnir In Westchester
count v.XewVnrk. linilnlontraiidenven
omed litigation about a sina'l spring.
which both
for the best of reasons, gave no curtain been condemned forsimo ullHit on.
at ail, wo became somewhat herself confessed tin crimp? ami wnrff.
The fraud
suffered the
punishment, and when brought before
lectures
reconciled, although the "progression of ! there Instead o the oflendor.
the primaries'' was not sufficiently ad-1 was detected after she had f
vmii.-t.-u at umciueuaoiener Irieuds
to feel perfectly easy.
To be plain about the matter, It is our
opinion, that after occurrences of the
Temperance Convention at Salem, for a
lady to drive like a Jehu through a po
litical campaign, and then to lecture on
Sunday evenings in a theater on the
Christ of azareth and the Christ of
Christendom is making up a bad record.
And withal, very much like what a
French writer said of tho Pope once, "he
has omitted to Improve an opportunity
of being silent he may never have
again." Ciikdo.
mnMniraA nilicll ftlSS abOUt
a little water?" "Your honor will see
the use of it," replied one or the law
yers, "when I inform you that the par
ties ar Imtli milkmen!" The roar of
laughter which followed proved that
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the judge she was sentenced to three the entire audience saw tho point.
months' imprisonments wliicli. limvnvoi- i
she will now escape. Her answer to "There's no uso talking, I'm going to
tho question what induced her to sub- get married " said a bachelor acqualnt-
stltute herself for her sister wa that ance the other day, while busily en-
being a cripple, she could not maintain gaged In sowing. "Here I worked just
her aged mother, which her sister had twenty minutes by the watch trying to
done for a long, long time, "and, there- get this needle threaded, aud then just
fore," she added, "it was better for me as I succeeded I pulled the thread out
to go to prison ami let her be free." A Finally I got it threaded again, and
subscription has been started for the now; uftcr sewing this button on'good
girl, and much has been subscribed to and strong, I, find I've got It on the
aid her and the family of so devoted a wroug side, and now I have my work all
uriuiiir. i to uo over again
ll.l.fut liL-f If.
stmiphook wanted. A.I,
3D
To SPI1HTUA1.ISTSI AND OTIIEK LIBERAL,
TiiivKKKS. A full supply of Hplrltnallut and
Reform Hooks kept constantly for tale atSnow's
Liberal and Heform Booktoro and General
Pacific Agency, 319 Kearny street, up stairs,
nearUuh. Also Adams & Co.'s Golden Fens,
Orion's Antl-Tobaeco Ptc pa ratlon.andSpcnce's
lvM Ive anil Negative Powders. All eoodssold
at Eastern prices. Ilemlttnncesln I'nltedStatea
naner currency received at par. Circulars and
catalogues mailed free. Address Herman
Snow, I". II. liox 117, San ! ranclsco, Cal. v2nlt
The Clothlnr Trade tins, uittiln the
last thirty day, undergone a regular revolution,
by Fishel i KoberLs having opened a first-class
Clothing establishment, corner of First and
Washington st reels, where Men and Boys can
be fitted to perfection In every kind of Clothes.
They are mamiiacturlng on a large scale, and
can make anything for Mm and Boys'wearto
order In the very best style, at extreme low
prices. Their aim is to please both In fittlngand
In quality. A call to their establishment,corncr
lnit and Washington streets, will convince all
of tho Tact. apM-tr
W. H. COBURN,
Boole uiid Jol DPrintex,
6 WASHINGTON STREET, UP-STAIRS,
Portland, Oresou.
"Woik done at REASONABLE RATES, nl