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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1872)
FRIDAY.... .DECEMBER 27, 1S72. SEGULAELEOTUEES. The usual lecture at Oro Pino Hall was omitted last Sunday evening in consequence of the excitement over the fire. On next Sunday evening tbe con clusion of our subject, "Amusements Tbeir Uses and Abuses," will be given, and we hope to meet all our old bearers and as many now ones as the Hall will possibly accommodate. HOLIDAY JffiEETING. uiic lesuvities ot tlie Holidays are upon us iu tho fullness of tbeir force. Many are tbe hearts that arc made glad by tbe munificence or tbougbtfulness of loved ones at home and abroad, and many, alas, are tho souls that are deso late because poverty and sickness bring to them no joy or gladness. Ict us re joice with those tbnt Are glad and la ment with those who mourn. And now, dear patrons, one and all, the New Southwest greets you witli a desire that each may see "many happy returns of tbe season." AVc hope you have .all bad presents, beautiful and bounteous; that each has remembered some person less fortunate than him self, and that all are preparing for an Eternal Holiday of which this is the prototype. As we write our heart goes out to the lonely women in farm houses, the ruddy-faced country maiden at her mirror, the poor strcamstress in the at tic, and the tired mother at her toil. "Ve see tho wealthy woman in her city homo beside tho glowing grate: the lan guid belicarranging her intricate laby rinths of puffs and Hounces; the weary merchant over his ledger ; the anxious tenant whose next month's rent is com- inir due with no cash in bis pocket: the miner in bis cabin; tbe farmer with his flocks and herds; the minister in his study, and above all the smiling faces of happy children who sing the praises of old Santa Claus and join their merry voices with the cheerful chimes of Chrislmas bells. And now we say unto our patrons, one and all, we need your substantial remembrance. A heavy bill for paper and press-work, which has been accu mulated that you may read these pages regularly, stares us in the face like Ban quo's ghost. Can you not each renew your subscriptions with "tbe new year? Can you not each procure us one new subscriber and remit us tho cash, that we may thereby rejoice with you in the glory of the coming year? Again, to eacli and all we bow witli trreetintr. Asrain to even- friend we say, all Jtail! BLAOK JHJNDAY. Scarcely had the State recovered from the shock of tho Oregon City devastation cro Portland was visited by tho fire fiend, and the tracks lie lias left arc in deed terrible. Our citizens wero suddenly alarmed on Sunday morning by a dense cloud of smoko which seemed to originate sim ultaneously from an American saloon and a Chinese wash house. The daily press with oue accord lay the blame upon the Chinamen, who, like the O'Leary cow, have no means of denial, but citizens, living adjacent, have de clared to us that the flames were first seen rising from tho saloon. Be that as it may, the fiery monster gained so rap idly upou the combustible materials which lay in waiting for it, that our gallant firemen were unable to control it, although they worked with a will that excited wonder and admiration. For a time it seemed that the whole city was doomed. The wind blew some times in fitful gusts, and again in steady currents, scattcriug the breath of the fire fiend broadcast upon tbe buildings, where, but for tho vigilance of everybody, hundreds of conflagrations would have rekindled from its contact. Our fire men worked to the extreme of exhaus tion. Chinamen were impressed into tbe service by means efficacious but reprehensible. "White men stood idle by hundreds, uuablo to find anything to do. Men and1 women vied with each other in removing and damaging prop erty. And still the insatiate monster gained upon tho engines, laughing as lie licked tbe rushing water with his ten thousand tongues, roaring fortli his fierce defiance of tbeshrieking winds and hissing horribly at the fast falling ruins. Some of the finest lire-proof structures in the city, with all their contents, were iu flames. Explosion after explosion rent the air, and hope seemed well nigh dead, when the wind, as if in pity of the city's woes, veered suddenly away from the ruins, under which three noble firemen had been almost fatally crushed, and moaning, as- if repentent over the desolation lie had helped to scatter, sought the river, to which he chanted a solemn requiem. Shortly after this providential .change of the wind, a drenching rain began to fall, and our exhausted firemen were re lieved by reinforcemeuls from Van couver, Snlem, Oregon City aud Albany, and the elements aud men combined to quell the fire fiend's reign of devasta tion. We have notspace for fuirparticu lars. The whole amount of loss was $111,170. The insurance was $111,000. WHAT oFlT? A woman In Sew Jer.ey l,al i,er husband claudrtdlnaly Incarcerated m theTVnmii i.f- sane.isjiu"' ... mini um nertiraud lirotlior could in ome vny brome pompJ r hu propcrty-nmountins to nm, for1y dollars. Slio wants to vote.-iUf277$a. rler. A man in Oregon clandestinely com mitted incest, and now that he is in the Penitentiary pretends to be insane. He want's to vote. Wells Drury has retired from the pub lieation of the Clirhlian Messenger of MonmoHth. It is not stated who runs that paper uow. T70MEN PEOTEOTED. It is well known that in this as wall as other cities tho women teachers in the public schools have heretofore been paid just about one-half tlio compensa tion for their services that the men teachers received, who, in many in stances performed less labor than was imposed upon tbe protected (?) women in tbe same public employ. Now, wc suppose the public is looking for these presents to proclaim the glad tidings that the men teachers, seeing the injustice or this invidious distiuclon in regard to tbe sex rather than the brains of woman, have circulated a peti tion among the tax-payers and suc ceeded in getting tho directors to raise the women's salaries a little above their own, that man's protective idea might thus bo practically illustrated. Or per haps the gentle reader is expecting us to chronicle the glorious news that the noble men, knowing woman's physical inferiority, and their own chivalrous regard for her comfort, have decided to do woman's work iu the schools iu the future and that, at tho same time they intend to reduce their theory to practice by herea fter supporting the dcpeudent(?) creatures. Gentle reader, you may crow savniro now, for we have nothing of the kind to tell. Tho plain truth is, that tho live men teachers recently cir culated among the tax-payers a petition to get their own salaries already twice as large as those of the women raised $500 each. This petition has been granted by the generous Board, and the women now receive about one-third iu stead of out-half of tho remuneration enjoyed by their colleagues iu the same vocation. Prolcssor King, of tho North Grammar School, now rcceh'cs $1,S00 per annum; Prof.. "Williamson, of the Central School, the same; Prof. John son, of the High School, which school would have passed into oblivion last spring but for the vigilance of the New XoivroiWEST, receives a salary of $2,000; Prof. Pratt, of the South Grammar School, gets $l,SO0; and Mr. Meacliatn assistant in the High School, under the supcrvhioiupf a lady, who is paid $750, (tho highest price for woman's service), gets 5-I,ij00, although lie is a young man, inexperienced as a teacher, and witli no family to support the old ex cuse for giving men superior wages while several of the women teachers have dependent families. Now, good women of Portland, why is tills? Don't you see that man pos sesses power, pecuniary and political, to enable him to make and control his own circumstances a power which is, and ever will be, beyond your grasp, until you, like him, shall have the influence of the ballot ? Wc used to pity women who boasted that they "wanted no more rights," but we have outgrown the sentiment of pity now, and confess that we're ashamed of them. Such selfish ness is culpable, such ignorance is inexcusable. Wc learn that the worn en teachers, several of whom hav but just opened their eyes to the neces sity of the Woman Movement, are now circulatingapetition, praying the Board to raise their salaries. They may sue ceeu in securing nair tne pay now re ceived by the men, but they will get no more than half until they become voter, and consequently of some political im portance among office-holders and office-seekers. Women of Portland don't you see? THE "SENTINEL" AGAIN. "Wo arc sorry wc have not space for the whole of "Dagger's" last "good bye." That "head-hidden scribbler" displays such aptitude at collecting the most potent of our ready-made adjec tives and arraying them in a formidable phalanx, behind which he entrenches himself for our next advance, that wc conclude he is really good for some thing after all. Then ills child-like in quiry as to what a very palpable typo- grapuicai uiunucr coma mean is so Edith O'Gorman-ish that wc suspect him of a very intimate acquaintance Willi llUllS Hi srciicral. Euonrrh as In his identity. AVe now give his closing paragraph, showing his exceedingly chaste(?) idea of womauliood, mcrelv pausing to wonder if all his woman associates are of a tviws so low as to make his idea concerning "sweet voices," "personal charins." etc.. ex cusable : "Dairers would like in L-t.Au- these "500" to tliotc li-. liir.-K i it n i...u style or cood"oclal sincinir." the of the lectures, her jiersoiial eliarms, or what i .k. iuc ... .luiiiuwiAr never lalls lit meet "smlllnc" Catholics at her lectures tlmt Is Just the kind of Catholicsif) and rroteslanu that can be round al the 1'oIi.t Court ftli Man day morning, after Sunday evening's carou- U1N HJV-UJ . We have always noticed that man's regard of womau is always accurately estimated by the company he keeps. But what say good Portland Catholics to the wholesale insult this vile scrib bler thrusts at tliem in his frantic at tempts to scare them out of I he free ex ercise of their own good judgment. "We are content to let him speak for himself. The fight is now between themselves aud him. A HUBBIED VISIT. Last week wc took a sudden run to The Dalles on a matter of business, and improved the time while"lherc in lec turing two evenings. An appointment was made for the third, wlncli was thwarted by a regular New England snowstorm. "We had prepared a long report of our very pleasant excursion but the fire so demoralized our office that wc are compelled to omit it. Suf fice it to say, we found friends good and true, and were somewhat replenished in purse and very much encouraged in spirit Mine host of the Empire Hotel is a success In his line, and the citizens generally are hosnifnliln nml InfnlMo-ont pro. Hand, or u,e JoKiifitir, is as Ufc worK "d as Kenial as ever. v, e ro going back to The Dalles on pur- i, w course or lectures when the spring open?. HEEDED POLITICAL EEIOEM. The JiuUetinla discoursing vory sansi- bly upon some much-uccdcd Govern-luT0S mental reform. arc parucmany , pleased with the views of that journal upon tho present unwise provisions of our Electoral College. Why the TresI- dential vote may not, when correctly counted, be made to apply directly to the election of the candidate rcC0lvinS tho majority of the votes or ine scerai States, Has over been an enigma 10 our feminine understanding. Ono can cas- ily see the power for goou or cii mat 13 piaceu m me nanus u. lectors, buppose, lor instance, iu iuc pcndingclection, when the College shall convene for the final decision of our 1 l-.l l.ll. l. n1,.,.. . UUUIiai COIUCSl, Willi;" "'"""J uecn virtually won uy uic 1"F ; ular vote ever granted to a 1 resident of . . .1. 1 1. I a great people, these -loors should, many of them, be induced, by the secret olTer of large sums of money or places of ...m .u ., iu uvubwbuuuimiu. "-" legislators can ue auu n uwu currupiuu uy iim-raiif v,.... i... II .,ni:dnoi ifu.-d, nu nu nil"! fa"- -4i. 1-uu,ra s-,"t ;"luu '"IUVfa, 1 v" "" thail among Legislators of a given , V. V """"ere consider their sexual prerogative, should such contingcnces arise as mor- t,., r-i, ..,. .,., .. wn.tll.. .. tals cannot foresee or prevent, by which a commotion among tho Electors would .... i wv. ww ... liewlv stiruncr nartisan scheme, there is I -11 t .11.! 1 1 . T . I ... A u . . - - . uciiiicr law nor cuncs iu ireveui. iiiu changing of the Electoral vote iu di rect violation of the silent mandato of the great majority of individual voters. There is no common sense in the Elec toral idea; consequently its practical application, in these days of bribery and corruption, may well be considered doubtful. Wo sincerely hope the Con slitutiou may be so amended as to abol ish the Electoral College; also tho elec tion of Senators by the State Legisla tures, and the repeal of nii appointive ofliccs; and though the JSullciin's idea is not so clear and strong as wc could wish, yet It augurs a perception of the true Democratic idea of Republican pol itics, and wc arc glad to notice it. Postal telegraphy Is another very im portant theme which that journal con siders very impartially. "We arc sorry, however, that the "little disposition" of Congress to take action in this matter, 'which the Executive aud Postmaster- General recommended a year ago," does not recicve'lliat scathing rebuke from the editor's powerful pen which that 15odys culpability deserves. The fact would be amusing if not so sadly impor tant, that witli the exception of an oc casional shiniug light, the great army of our law-makers, from constable to Congressman, are below the average of the intellectual manhood with which uiey are associated at uome; conse quently they are little disposed to take action in anything important, because they have not sufllcinct brain power to comprehend important ideas. Says the Bulletin: it Ik argucu I uai the unvvmmont lias no rieht to enter the domain of private lmlni-.si cnterprloe and coiniete with It, as It would do by undertaking the system of postal tele trrnnhy. Itut the answer to this Is that the Hcuuiaitlon of the teleitranhs and the trank miKkionor inieiiisencciiiereiiyisquiteiKinueli wiihln the province of the tfuvernment as the tmusnortatkin or the mails. -t it must be adinlltcd that under our mode or Uovcnimcnl there are solid objections to such an enlarge ment oi us domain oi iuiiichhiui duty, such a n-siKiiiHibility asiuiuetl by the (iovornment wouidaimostnecessariiyc.inncctthetck-graiih SSu'tS? tS5?a 'oUISU.5S5,,Tr5Sk,: ."Z,"n. e., LBf "J",P.?.VA .'!: Zr. orjmrty. No civil sen ice that could be devised iniuiiviit mniiu iv iiinui: (u ihii iiiuf tin- iiauui would render this !miov-lliIe. Itcasoning from our present political economy, there is no doubt but that partisan polities would -control the pos tal telegraph system, just as it now con trols the mails. Dut let all ofliccs uow in the gift of the Administration be come elective, and our system of parti san patronage would topple over at once. There would then be no need to fear a "government of the people by the people;" but such a Government as ours, is it is to-day understood by all parties, having the power of direct representa tion without the substance thereof, is liable at any time to become revolution ary and dangerous. Ve feel that the most important work, and one calling loudest for the present consideration of the American people, is the need for a General Con vention of men and women, to form a new Constitution, in keeping with tho intellectual, commercial and financial growth of our prescntsyslem of finance, r..i.,. ! ifn ... grapl y, postal facilities, representation and taxation that these shall rvivo inai cousideration which our necessities domutiil. nml i,..i ct r. i i... rtnom-.!. .... r -v" i . vviuiuuiicuaiuu oiiNiuionai ouuca man (VIII III i.,... i.....t t... ii "rauiw-vuBi inu urigi- nal - fnimcrs of the Federal Dill of Rights. 0UK IIREMEN. I lie heroism and valor of these gallant ooys are worthy of great praise. Dut praise alone is but .an empty compli mcnt, as most women liavc long known to tlieir cost. Now let our City Council remember the defenders of our homos witli something more substantial. Let them make a lilting appropriation at their next meeting to pecuniarily re ward the "boys" for their valorous deeds. It takes more courage to face the enraged fire fiend than the cannon's mouth. Lot our citizens join witli ono accord iu getting them up some sort of a rousing benefit. "What say our breth ren oi ine press V Wc can all see bv what a very slight thread we hold our lives and property. Cannot tho noonlo :.. o..l.ao..i:ni ...... .. . IU uiiic imuot.iiLjai ii i-.iinss lllnli.1 . grauiuuo io uiose who guani mat brit- tic thread? agent at uregon ny, pensions amount- ing to 91l,wu are pam annually, ijj Oregon tliere aro about thirty pension- to $11,000 are paid annually, h, r r ICh) CT 41. r crs oi urn a. u. ' "-- u u. pensioners who are laid through Afr. Warren, tliir'.v-wlue at invalid dw! INCIDENTS OP THE PIBE. n f , sickening fea- of th0 firo was tho brutal manner ...i,,, niiinnmon wero treated by - . . . . f. children of a largcr growth. it Is well known that theso nevcr sbirk a duty when , , . , rwmlred of them if jts nerformanco is withlu their range of possibilities. Throughout the day of the fire an( far Juto th(J nIghtj n0 cessa. Uon of t- . f lnUtvilluai China- mon was periujttcU at the brakes, al- though hundreds of great largo white stoml jdJ mzinK at the ramisneu an(l weary jfonsollans who were met wUh blows or bayonets whenever they woul(1 fio , na mMi their 1 - - him . i. Wn ln nnt civ lilll. f hnt Hllllia- men should have done their full quota of tho work bu(. (,0 emphatically dcel&ro that tho Inhuman manner in which they were abused was deviiisli. No mildcr wortl wn,atall express our meaning. This abuso was mostly the work of boys whoso mothers "havo all tho richts thov w..nt so thev let these cracc es3 vouilff fwnmns run riot on the " ' i stroPls. nronnrlnrr tlmmctnlvoQ fnr flio 1 " " " PenltenUaiy or gallows, by whetting their appetites with tho exercise of that malllvm ctlr,rr.mnnv whinli tlinlr moth. J I stnco the flro. and tho belief is treneral it,.. ,vnm ,imu-ni i,v imn n "j ""j poor leiiow, a quiet, narmicss cook in a .: i. ..:.. :i ,. I IirivilLU UUatUlII I1UU&U 111 UIU VU I . struck by a boy and his leg broken. Another, who worked with u will until dinner time, started to the house of his employer, promising to come back as soon as lie could cook the dinner. His excuse was not taken, aud he was un- mercifully beaten back to tho brakes. I One, becoming exhausted, fell back a little, and was caught by two ruffians and hurled back to the engine, and in his attempt to catch tho Hying brake, was struck under the chin and thrown back in the mud. He was not allowed ono second to recover from the shock, but compelled to arise and work right along. We watched two largo men beating one poor littlo image of his Maker, until we grew so faint as to be scarcely able to stand. We fear a dreadful self-avenging of those creatures' wrongs before the people ..... aro aware. As we looked at the name- stricken citizens whose checks bhuichcd at the fiery inroads of their cro-wliilu useful servant, we plainly saw another fearful holocaust in the near future, when these other servants may wreak their cunning vengeance upon (he Christians?) who have persecuted the heathen in their midst. ANTE-NATAL ilUEDEE. Itev. Dr. Ilatlicld. a felhodist Kpis- copal minister of Cincinnati, Is creating a sensat on bv call ns attcnUon to that""3 "". alarming prevalence of criminal abor tion among American women. lie calls upon the ministers to look the evil squarely in the face and confer to gether for the best means to check the evil and save American society and American life from destruction. Now, we call brother Hatfield's work a sten in the rieht direction. If moth- crs only knew the natural consequences nf nlinrtlnn. n Miov tirn foil. I.v Minlr lielpless victims when usherctl into Im- mortal life before being clothed with a well developed mortality, they would i " stop, awe-struck before committing the awful act, aud their own harrowing dread of the pains and cares of matrn- ity would be always bourn, rather than that their unwelcome children almost be deprived of the physiological ad van- tages of mortal life. Dut the vast ma jority of mothers cannot for many coming generations be made to sec and understand this fact. The ministers would be as badly shocked over such an idea as they aro horrified over nbor- lion. So we say to American fathers everywhere, tho responsibility of this crime rests not witli tho mothers, but witli you. Forgetting, as you always invariably do, that your own selfish dc- ires should ever uc uciii in anoyance to your wives' behests, your often im- pose matrnity upon mem wncn, them could they but choose for themselves, they Would vastly prefer death; and knowing this, how dare you chide tliem, when in their ignorance, terror, sutler ing and despcrntion, they commit the blackest crime known in the physiologi- cnl catalogue? l'Y';,mr 1Iatfleld lr our brother llatlielil is realiv in P " """"""" ""'"-"'"s i"-" pie concerning the prevention of tliislatre. tears, and lifc-lonsr misery, which I 1 1! Ill 1 1 Hi I Til II If. IP I. 1 1 1 III (Till 1 I II I II 11111 'till II I i Mi i . i it it . " " . V cil those most interested. The women - rc mo reai aroucra in iuc case, aim iei him insist that they shrill tell their side oi tne story. Tho principal cause or all . . ...l this crime is enforced maternity, and the crime will never be abolished till tiie cause ceases. A SPLENDID 0FFEH. It is well known that the regular suh- scription prico to DcmorcsCs 3fanazinc is S.'5 00. That our friends may reap the the full benefit of such opportunities as wo can command lo securo themselves an extra supply of cood reading, wc liavctnade arrangements by which wo iro n.,..l.lo.l l Dt.l il.i, Vm X'nnxir arc enabled to send the i ORTH- WIST and nrmnmPB Monlhbl Jfuaa- wist and l)cmorcC8 Monthly Maya zinc for ono year for 1 30; or for $3 50 you can have the New Northwest, DcmoreuVs Monthly and a splendid pair or chromos (Falls of Niagara, and "io- I semilo l.nllui tvl.tnl. .nulil nnf lio imi-. 1. ...! i .i . . . r l-.n ........ ,....vt. .uu. ..... K, " " . u "UK SL 1 u" 10- Orders of this kind must be in- taimuiy accompanica uy uic casu lor """, task by a Riglit Reverend, Grande. Covn nml TTnlnn. aro con- tesliii" the vote liv which tho county I . - - . . . oi union county was fixed at tue last election. It was a tie vote between TTr!ori n;l a Uraadt. caeu oi wmsti . . . ,.,. .it- is,-.,. WASHINGTON TEEBIT0BY 00BBES- rONDENOE. SliAUGIITElt, King county, "W. T., "1 November 30, 1S72. f Kditou New Kokthwdt: For several years past John W. Pln- nell has kept a squaw brothel in Seattle, and lias been so well patronized by all classes of men merchants, lawvor doctors; in fact, the general communltv. as well as tho poor, debased sailor and iosgcrthat ho has grown so wealthy as to have had it in his power to rulo tho town, and In some instances, the I county elections. Gambling, drinking aud licentiousness rclcn to such an ex- tent that five squaw brothels and ono white ono are supported in the little .. nf Sn.ifHc. urnmi nr.,1 i.tw,i fwjo.V-l lll(I, l.nvn lMnmn II. strangers coming here to settle go away disgusted. Tho Territorial University cannot be sustalued-thcro being but very few students attending, and scarce- iyanyof them from the country-from the fact that the farmers will not send their children to Seattle to have their mnmfe mrrnnfml. Tim vlrli.ous nnrffnn nf Mm otflronc, t.o.l M.r. f nfm.. btv. ul j.. n- nell through the process of law; but he was too much for them, until when I Ln.no nfn SonHln M,vl,lnHll .w.. to the conviction that there was no help , ...,,.... "-.........j..,,,,,, L,.f !.,. i..i.. ,,...,..., ..... . , ..... , , . .. Hum uranuvin soui mm oouy, mm ail virtuous ieople deterred from scttlinK . . In town. For over a year I could find no chance to licln them, until last sum nicr when the people became alarmed about the small-pox, and the City Couu cil passed what they thought a small pox Ordinance, bat instead of saying "small-pox," they got it "any conta- gious or infectious disease." As soon as I read it I said: "Now wc havo a chance to get hold of John Pinncll through the Hoard of Health. I will write a petition to the health officer to go ahead and do his duty by placing a yellow Hag on John Pinnell'a house, aud to take up oft the street all persons sus peeled of any contagious or infectious disease and confine them in a pest- house, as provided in the Ordinance." M he response was "do so," and I did, and the citizens signed tho petition. In than three days T got one hundred P"" 'K"1 "amos. me Health olllccr I r t..t.i ii. m. " i"""" laid report before the Council. His report was "that iu his opinion John W. Pin l lull's prtmiics did not come within the provisions of City Ordinance No. 30." Aud the Council concurred iu his opin ion. I immediately wrote an answer to their decision which completely silenced them. After waiting a few weeks for them lo defend themselves, if they had any tiling to say, a lady of Seattle, sign ing herself J. L. I!., camo out witli an atucio asking tiiem "wiiat Uiey were SolnS t do with it," and so the war The side of virtue is prevailing, as you will sec by the paper I send you. If I can I will get and send you all the papers containing articles on tho subject. I have just read the New North west of Nov. 29th, in which you quote from an article in the Seattle Jniclli-1 yencer on the moral standing of Seattle. 111:11 a"101-' ws -aucu "i ui' 'o stanu 1110 t1110 laKCS against moraiuy anu virtue, lie being by common report Olie of Piimell's customers, patronizing his house and upholding him through his mnueuce. c couiu noi any oi us gel I j - . j . 1110 ""cuigawcr 10 prim an arucicon the side of virtue and morality, hut as soon as one on tho other side, slandering " opposcrs oi vice, was prcscntca lor publication, it was readily published. okl Hcriah Drown, with all his faults, nobly tendered ls ids columns and as sists us witli ids pen and intlucnce. I am sure the friends of virtuo and morality everywhere will rejoice that the women of Seattle have taken hold of the matter witli a determination to rid the town of the pollution that is surely destroying its prosperity. Mary O. Drown. To Young Ladies. In marrying make your own match Do not marry any one to get rid of him, or to oblicc him. or to savo him. The mau who woulil go to destruction with out you would quite likely go with you, and perhaps drag you along also. Do not marry in haste, lest you repent at your leisure. Dojnot marry for a home and a living, when by burniug up your rnrspLi anil rollini? un vour sleeves, and I taking caro of your lieaith, you can be strong enough to cam your own living and provide a home for yourself. Do .,.,,,. -fti,0, cnn you for money or position into bonti- I ma nlnun inner mwhtr.) Tin tint Illnnrt I Ull U1UUU H"UV wu.a nuii immvj, vmirnlf liiliifiinllv in tho pom nan v nf "u"u . " " ,,.... any- suitor uu you nave dcciueti me miosHoll Gf marriatre: liuman wills are weak, and people often become bcwil a 1 I 1 1 1. .1 aiit ii dercd and do not know their error till it is too late. Get away from their iullu encc. settle your head, and make up vour miud alone. A promise may be made iu an hour of half delirious ccstacy, which must be redeemed through vcars of sorrow, toil and pain. Do not trust your happiness in tho kecp- I tier of oue wiio lias no Heart, no Health. Do not look too high, unless you wish a companion who will despise you. Do- ware ot lusauc u ooti iiuiess you wish I - . children that will till your life witli sor row and close tucir own with suieiue. Do not marry hastily, contrary to tho wishes of parents, guardians and friends; innq. -Hid rrinntls: you may refu.e to marry at their bid- S but yotl have 110 right to rush IlllwctI,(i ufo aplin3t tficlr counsel. At'i - t. n,nl,n x-oii Wait a few months may make you iimiik liPfivoit fnr their restraini auu care. Jiovo can wan; inai win - .. .. . ...I.,.,. tint imif u MiiiiolliiiiL' of a very uuier- t-nt character. Do not imagino Wat uc cause two persons are miserablo wneii ..... . - - ipart they will live nanny ioKcwiur. .A ........ Hi (run I 1 1 r. ..nTolln la tltnra tlSUaliy irUU. ,rnrtv ' U In tho heart Those who J? JluJ separate will be hap- who ,,inr whon nultcti. tniui. for having Chanuing's works mV licr table, and Her afajesty asked ,iiat they contained very 'why not " tlio ccciusiaaiic uususiwct- ni.ToJtionahle passages. "Ah!" retorted i . J . ,5 iit Mw.:..A ..... i me EraTausi rov-it't-' ' ,--.-..-1.i.- w Kof-r i. hvi..c r-.. iiirm.' NEW TO-DAY. WE STILL LIVE! Christmas and Xcw Tear. Presents. WE WIIXi SELL Boots and Shoes .VT COST FOU C.VBU UNTIL NEW YEAR, At the Ign or tho BIG- SOOT, 1- CAII.1I.IX A C'O'H, First Street, under Oro Flno Theater, Portland. PACIFIC BOOT ANfl QURF nUL HOUSE. CEO. A. PEASE, SCrCWSOR TO PKOTZMiX, OILLIIIAX CO. Now York Mado Boots and Shoos. Tho Proprietor has swnrrtl ihi ,ln npnurv for this State of llurtN eelebrnli-d Flit Premi um ;scw -k or muile CientH', Uulirn', Miss' and iiiiiuiiT .uiH-.tuuu win in future Keep a com- pieiu unfurl iiii'u i. Custom Work. Negotiation havo been roinnlctcl witli flrst-clax cutter from New York rlty to take I charge nf the Custom lieiiartment. Upon hl I arrival uue nonce win uc given. Superior Facilitios. Vo have n ReKldent Partner In New York In tho Hoot anil Shoe llu-liu-rs. which afroriU i.i ciiuieHior inrciia.iiiiir uirici iroin tne innnu t:iiiui-:i lui lillldmaiJiK Ulirt. null, lutr iiihiiu- facturers that are not enjoyed by any other home In the -State, and enable u to havn on hand the latest Kattc-rn Styles as r.il as Uiey ajiiK-arin i-Jistcrn inarKt-ts. Our Determination. wcnreiieierminejataiitiincMoriiniishour I'touiers witli aiiuality of UootH ami Shocx,! both Katern anil Cuotoni made.uniiirnasseil on the raclflc coast at the loire.-t rates. The Sales Department Will bo under the supervixioii of Mr. C F. rmtzuian. who hm ben Ions ami noutiliirlv kuowti to the trade. Geo. A. Fcnso, S. W. COU. FIRST A SIORRISON STRRETS, 1'OltTL.VXl), Oltl.OOX. Oro Fino Thoater. I.F.SSRH AND MANAOER-O. R. WALDRON FROM ITKR K. IJVS1H I.KADKR OF ORCHESTRA C. BRAY WINTER SEASON! Every Night and Saturday Afternoon. FILL ANU f0 Kith I L 1IIUUUIC COUf.lMI All the I.ntp Novelties Will he brought out In rapid .iiicrcsslnn. AilluWMott: DRESS CIRCLR GALLERY-. ..11 00 W3 Rox Onice oiwin from 10 A. it. lo 4 P. ir. for t -..-...t 13-... I DANCING ACADEMY. 1"ROF f A RDINELL'S DANCING Af'AD ? SI V. Ah S.rect,. !. ofx-n on Monday and Thursday 'v',,,i,1,,8fc. ,t T Saturday Afternoons for Children mid Ladles rSolrco every Saturday ecnlnsr. 2-K SPECIAD NOTICES. TO SrltltTlTA LISTS Ann OTIIEK i.... TniXKr.iM.-A full PI'I.?rPir1V"14now'J .. .r...... ii.,i.L-niitonntiintlvforaleatnow ; Rcfiimi'lloo Itii kenl constantly rr' Lih.-ral and Reform Jtookstore nw;j" rucifl".- Asenoy. sw Kearny istreet. o up ntnlrf. iirariwiu... - -" ---;,- ,i ru-ni-o en i'sn, p,,.,,, .i jrenative ftjJm ilisime. at Astern prices. Rn""r Circ ilRniond H.SiSriieriMB ,a'S.u'S ."''".'Si1 c'Tv.nriwo.Cal. v2nH Orloirs Aiin-iooaeco i-r-l'"""'"!Vrnu MM Bnow,lo.lbixii7,sanFroncicoau Tlir tr Clothing Trniie "". "rnT,itIon. thirty dayc, undersone a uhw wroim on l.liel A ltofrtH VnXr of Klnt and . nt.in the last tMotlilni; extabllxhmcnt l.v v Wa.hlnrtoil 'RFSerV-Thof1. t nitetl to oerfectlon They are manulacturl lliey are luivnuiau.ui. . "-- - , ys wear to can make unythliifr ror m r-,,mB iQW order In the very be "J"Y'Th flttlnirand prices, niclrnim uwpw'. vntolheirabllUmfnt,eomer Acall to tiieiri convlnre all in quality. Acall to idci Flrxtand Washlncton m ... . atLtr of the fact. W. H. COBURN, Book nnU Jol Muter, 5 WASHINGTON STREET. UP STAIRS. ynjOiwi Orecou. Soikk-ual RK v'n ABLE RATES, nl NEW ADVERTISE3IENTS. Great Sensation! IMPORTANT TO THE LADIES ! T Ir,V SFr'T' PKOM THIS DAY AT J. MY J Vry Uoods at Greatly Knluml !,!, as ml- W o o 1 Plaici, FORMERLY 30cSl CO, AT STec COLORED ALPACA, FORMERLY 50c. AT 5 ALL WOOL EMPRESS CLOTH, FORMERLY CieSSe, AT G0cXc. BIACX ALPACAS Will bo sold from 23 ct. toil 00 per yard. Also, a Large A-wortmcut of White Jt Col'd Plain &, Twilled Flannels, TICKINGS, Ottoman-Striped Shawls, Doable Shawlg, Rhocue Kit.iwi. Lack Good?. CHECKED. STRIPED AND FIGURED NAINSOOKS. ladltV A thlldrrn-s Knrs A Fur Sarki. I al". have a Flno Ptook of LACE COLL A ItS. Veliolecns In Every Shade. Boys Suits in Waterproof & Cassimere. A fllll n.Orl IllPIlt nrnonU. VnriU1itrir?nA.I.. I always kept. STAR SHIRTS (open back) SOLD Ynr it 881 I also have a imi many other artlels that will bo fold aeeordlHg lo the time. bit Be sure ami call before lwrrlHWIn? ele- where. It. 1IAMIIURGKR, San l-rancien Iwj- flood Store, lXt II rat St., corner of Yamhill, IVwttaml. v23l K L. C. HENRICHSEN & CO. I Tr . . ... - Having received their Holiday StOCK, I conaxsung ot watcues, Uhains, Dia monds, Amethyst, Topaz, Stone Cameo, uorai anu flam bets, bona bilverware, plated Ware, and articles in our line, ' ' invite the Public to inspect the same be fore purchasing elsewhere. II.ii ing no one in their employ except practical Workmen, who know m hat they arc selling, purchasers can place confidence In their representations. L. C. HENRICHSEN & CO., ion rin.vr sntEirr. ai HATS AND CAPS! BOYS AND MBS ! jvt... J. C. MEUSSDORFFER & INI. Cor. Front and Morrison Streets. TATKST STYLUS ARK DISTJNGU1SIIBD XJ by the following iwines : ROYS' SOLDIER CATS, ROYS' CAJ1PAION HATS, ROYS GLUNGARY CAPS, MUX'S RKC1IKRCIIB HATS, MEN'S LIVINGSTONE HATS, MEN'S STANLEY HATS, ven31 MEN'S OAKS HATS. NEW JEWELRY STORE. w THE FINEST STOCK OF av a. rv c ix 12 s JKWKI.llY, SILVERWARE, Ele., Klc., Ete., c L 0 C K S A T C H E S NORTH OF SAN FR-VNCISCO.I Received Direct Front the EASTERN MANUFACTURERS. W. T. SHANAHAN &. 71 Tirit Street. CO., zr Call and examine the Stoclc.-S V2H31 SILVERWARE Important for the Holidays T HIE 11KST AHPORTMKNT OF Iirl-.tuiu Tii.li, Flue niulie, 1l-nx fnmlloH Mini Oriinmi'ii'e.l ChIim, ...IS AT... ALISKY & HECELE'S Candy Manufactory, 1W FIRST STREET. nil A. FEItEEEA, T-EAI.ER IN FAMILY CfHOCRRIRS, Gen IJ eral Merelmndlw, I .ma Angeles Wines and I.iiiir, KorulRii and llomesllc Fruits, Cf(arti nud Tohacco, elc. COMMISSION MERCHANT Vor Oregon and California Fruits, rS First street, bet. Taylor and Yamhill St., v2 rORTL.ND, OREGOJf. nil WORKINGMEN'S HOME! THOMPSON'S TWO-BIT HOUSE! . PLENTY TO EAT! Room Fou Aitl Employers in want ol help please call. n A t