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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1873)
FItlDAY. EEPUBLIOANSATTENTION ! If your wives and mothers had had a vote in the late Congressional contest your candidate would have been elected. Defeat after defeat will overtake you until you shall be compelled to arouse, from your present lethargy and say in self-defense, "Our people shall bo free." You can see how badly your enemies fear the work of women in politics. They treat her just as they treated Fred Douglass and other wise colored men in their days of vassalage. Though they accuse her of having a "black skin, woolly head, thick skin and long heels," they heap upon every woman, whose character Is above reproach, every vile, filthy and prurient epithet with which their filthy minds is gorged if she but dares to demand her freedom. But you Republicans are direlict in duty. You made promises, by which you, as a party, regained your present Admiuistrational favors, and repudiated them when you got the offices. You deserve defeat and disaster and you will meet your deserts until you set your trammeled.allies free, Now, be admonished by the defeats that have overtaken you, we pray. And remember, if you do not turn right speedily from your present apathy in tills regard, woman, as an avenging Nemesis, will say of you, in a 'shrill small voice that will hurl yon froniyour fut positions forever, "Ye knew your duty, yet didi it not!" If Fate had not decreed that the dead Democracy should rise no more, we could look to that party to grasp the oar that could speedily propel their tlouudoring boat. But no power in heaven or earth can open the blind eyes and unstop the deaf ears of this sleeping dotard; and unless you, O, Republicans, shall speedily do justice to the Constitu tion, to justice, to freedom and honor, your ship will sink forever and a new wrly will arise, with woman's star in the ascendant, and its reign shall be glorious. OHIVALKY. We learn by the daily pajH-rs that Bud Thompson, a disreputable bully who figures some what noisily in obscene journalism, visited Forest Grove on last Sunday, in company withM. V.Brown, a felI8w bully, and Matt. Bledsoe, a pardoned Penitentiary convict. This Bledsoe was pardoned beca ise he was needed by His Excellency, t ie Govern or, to vote and work for the election of his associates ambng Federal ex-ofllcials who for n fear that they might commit "bigamy" by voting for respectable Re publicans, turned to be Democtats and took the Oregonian along with them. Thompson, Brown, Bledsoe, and another hoodlum named W. II. Trotter, met by previous arrangement in Forest Grove, and while there, these four chivalrlc Mood pounced upon Frank Myers, former editor of tiie Indrjtendcnt, and beat him in a cowardly and brutal man- ner, quite characteristic of the rabble to which they belong. It appear that Bud Thompson had rented rooms for a brace or two of cour tesans in Snleni during State Fair week, and somebody wrote to Myers, inform ing him of the fact, which he published. It would have been easy to disprove the charge, if false, as the hotel register will show the facts, but it seems the high toned co'tudld not dare attempt it; so, to appease their honor (?) this hood lum quartette sought out the boy that they did not dare to meet where he could have prospect for fair play, nnd attempt ed to avenge their soiled reputation by the lust aud only argument of men of their ilk. The Bulletin, we are pleased to say, speaks of the cowardly assauit in the most manly and condemning terms; but the Oregonian, since it has become the champion for men of Matt Bledsoe's standing and association, com mends tne brutal villians in its Strong est language and most exultant style. We are no apologist for Myers. He Is simply a reckless journalst, whose style of pitching into everything and everybody is far from commendable, but as two wrongs never make one right, we are surprised to see even the Oregon inn leveling itself to the plane of theso wmild-be Southern bloods who think that aspersions upon their reputation can be atoned for or revenged with shll lulas. We have risen above every idea of cor poral punishment for personal indigni ties except one; and we confess that we have been sometimes tempted to con sider that: If a man, intrenched behind the privileges of the law which he makes, but in which women are al lowed no voice, so fur forgets his supe rior advantage as to slander a woman as Thompson, Brown and Buys so often slander us, we are not sure but sho is justified in chastising the scoundrel with the roil or whip; but among men where equality of position and prlvl leges exists, none but a coward, a ruffian era bull v will attempt the physical ar gumentas an antidote for his sullied reputation. BUSINESS LIKE. Our staunch Human Rights friends, J. It. Walkerand wife, at ForestGrove, are putting their theories into practice iu a very sensible way. They have gone iuto partnership in the mercantile business witli a fair prospect of success. There is one undeniable advantage in matri monial copartnerships which thestrong- j est man's rights advocate mu.-tt acknowl edge, and that Is that If tlu husbaud or wife defrauds the firm, it is all in thc Tamlly, anyway. Our young friends, knowing this, are confident that they will loose nothing by tho dishon esty of partners. Mrs. W. is a neat and tasty milliner, anditlils accomplishment , will .add nuiehj"lt ber success as a merrhant. A MOUSNPUL STOBY. In looking through a formidable pile "r", T -I f exchauges which somehow will nc OCTOBKK SI, 1873. j cumulate In the office during ourjour- " imlll Itliiuumu.U.M.il.i.n foot to look over them all and an impossibil ity to avoid overlooking some of the best items, we found an August number of IhvDailyXewt containing the follow ing Raragraph, which at once arrested our attention: A DEGRADED WOMAN A BTRICKKN FAMILY. v Another case of the damning effect of drink ing has come to Ikjht through the highway of the Police Court. The unfortunate erenture, and mother of a family. U named Hmoulden. Once this family lived in happy relations, and assembled round a pleasant hearth, never dreaming of the dark and miserable future awaiting their coming. At last the mother be gan uxln: Intoxlcatlrg drinks, and slowly, yet surely, the demon fastened his grasp upon her. Finally affairs were neglected, and wrangling and quarreling commenced. Slowly khe de scended the steps of degradation, until sho has reached Its lowest lc veL Her husband has leit her and the family nnd gone Into the country. where he Is doing tolorably well. Last night she was found in a beastly state of Intoxica tion, and carried to the City Prison for almost the hundredth time. A short time alter ho had been lodged in Jail, the family ol little children came In search of her. The oldest girl is about ten or eleven years of age, who carried a small child in her arms, and led an other by her bide. What a sad, Had sight. There, upon the prison floor, lay un unnatural mother, totally unconscious of her little chil drrn. o near to her. crying for bread. The sight was heartrending. The little child told her mournful Mory.as tears of btiirerlngcliascd each other down her face. Shcsnld they had nothing to eat at home, and mother did not care for them. Policeman llrannan, touched by their childish grief, took them to n hotel, where he gave them supper, a bed and break' fast. To-day they were wandering around the Jail, waiting for the law to punish this woman, whose life alone Is not the only degraded nnd miserable sacrifice, but the life nnd happiness of her unfortunate little children. Such a crea ture is not worthy the name of woman or mother, and should be refused the care of the little ones. As we read, our soul was stirred within us. Great Heaven!- can these thiugs be? And is thU a Christian com munity? For what purpose do our many church spires point heavenward and our niauy church bells ring their loud acclaim of peaco on earth and good will to men? While it is just cause for womanly congratulation that so few women, as compared to men, are ruined by the insidious worm of the still, yet we all see that so long as the conditions shall exist by which drunkards can be manufactured, just so long will many men and some women fall a prey to its depredations. As we write another vis ion, contemporary with the one of which the News told so feel 1 ugly, rises before our memory. The mother of a family of little ones, one an infant of three weeks, was uttering fearful screams, A policeman hastened to the spot, and bursting open the door, found tho miserable wife and mother lying prone upon the floor, remaining for some minutes speechless. She pointed to a chamber door, which was barred, and bursting this opeti, the po licemau found her drunken and besotted protector, "the law maker, guardian and head," (a la Fowler) half stripped of his clothing, and cursing fearfully. He was arrested, but refused to enrobe himself; j so was ascortcd to the jail just as he was. As soon as the wife recovered sufficiently to be able to speak, she said that her husband had como in intoxicated as usual, and, after preparing himself for bed, deliberately kicked her in the back, all weak aud helpless as sho was, until he had rendered her fainting and speech less. It was the samo old story, too. The man had been a good husband and they had been happy until "by using intoxicating liquors, slowly, but surely, the demon fastened his grasp upon" him. Yet the Government, this right eous, Christian Government, licence protects, and regulate the traflic in whisky, because the revenue from thissourcc is immense. This man-made Government protects weak women, whose appetite for intoxication was doubtless inherited from a drunken futhcr, whoso wife, being in "legal sub- ijection," could notavoid the curse yes, .protect them by permitting them oppor tunity for temptation; or worse yet, by opening sinks of legally protected and duly authorized iniquity, where these self-same protectors (?) may become in toxicated, and, going home to their helplessand unresisting wards, prostrate them in a speechless condition on tiie floo rby repeated kicks in Utc bacl:. But our story is not yet all told. The mas culine protector who was guilty of the above outrage was taken to tho lock-up, and the next morning fined fifty dollars, the last cent belonging to tho wife being taken to pay the fine and replenish the coffers of the man-made city treasury. The husband of tho erring woman "left her and the family" and "went into the country, where he Is farming, doing tolerably well." The wife of the erring man stays by her family as a lioness by her young, nnd when her hus band becomes unmanageable under the very laws that fasten his ruin, she is roWftftliat justice may be honored in the name of law nnd protection! Aud yet vain men and silly women prate of man's chivalry, and woman's security in trusting implicitly in him. A PREDICTION. One thing is certain: When we rise out of this financial revolution, it will be with Woman Suffrage assured. Our mission as agitators aud educators Is uearly ended. We must now take the lead of thc masses and possession of the Government and in blood and Revolu tion establish justice and mercy a truo Republican and Democratic Govern ment for these LTnited States. Horace H. Day. The Benton Democrat Is trying to coax its party, In advance, to employ us to conduct the next political cam paign in the interest of the De mocracy. Where's your respectable Woman Suffrage candidate, brother Head? We're ready to talk for him if you'll send him to the front. That's part of our religion. But don't, be In too big a hurry. JOTTINGS AKDJOTIBHEYINGS. j ,a our readers will look for an cdito-! rial account of our- part of the cam-1 paign, wo will attempt a brief jotting of our journeyings, asking our,, readers to bear with us if wc should grow prosy or prolix. t The evening of the second inst. fouud us at Salem snugly etisconsed in Mrs. Rilev's nnmmnminl Hold, mid nf dir. hour appointed for the lecture we were ! met by a large and deeply attentive au-1 i ri T?nwifQ n,v,r, ir..o , Ul UU V,V 4l V,W J Vf J -a.,a.Utl3Va Wc were surprised and gratified at this reception, as friends had told us that ! 1 such was the apathy of the public mind that no speaker could inlly a respecta-i bio audience anywhere during the cam paign. It was our first visit at Salem since the "Temperance Broil," and we glanced around us furtively on entering, half expecting Modoc Thornton to at tack us as of old; but the superannuated warrior lias gathered himself homo to his Father in the subterranean abodes of the "ardent," aud we failed to encoun ter his creaking voice and sinister coun tenance. 'Thus passeth away the glory of the world." Jlcnuiciat in jmcc whatever that may mean. After tho address we spent an hour in pleasant reunion with many friends who crowded up to greet us and renew their subscription to tho People's Paper, and when, a half hour later, we sought our quiet room, it was witlt an humble, grateful feeling that some lasting good had been done to Freedom nnd Morality that we consigned our weary brain to sleep. The morning dawned clear, bland beautiful; one of those superb October days of which we can only say, "they are perfect." Salem has the appearance of a quiet, Inland Eastern city. Its people are re markably progressive, liberal and intel ligent, and we doubt if morogcuuinecul ture can be fouud in any Capital in the Union. We have here a very large sub scription list, and it steadily increases, as old subscribers grow tired of loaning tho papers that they wish to keep for files, and old borrowers grow ashamed of reading the Nnv NrirrmvEST at our expense. Taking the train for Albany, wc wcro soon In snug quarters In the elegant home of our staunch Human Rights friend, Mrs. M. J. Foster, who, with her worthy and influential husband and in teresting family of sons and daughters, are always foremost in good words and works. In tho Court House in this place we had an excellent audience of Demo crats and Republicans, who seemed un- willing to leave the hall after a lecture oi near two nourv icngiu. ,u "e that railroads were a nuisauco and so leading citizens of this place arc sub- fortIu He jj Umt Ule nnrozll haj scribers to the People's Paper and, of j crus,leu,le fIlrrnig interests of South course, wo were among friends. , ern 0reg01I. lhat the farmer there couId Albany improves slowly but steadily, get but fifty cents per bushel for his and we remark with pride that really j wheat, no matter what the price in Port poor people are scarcely to be found j land might be; and actually felt that he in its borders. Its schools are in a very had "stuffed" his littte crowd of listen flourishing condition, and its business ers into the idea that ho had told the interests keep pace with its education. ' truth. Ah, Governor! the people only Saturday's train took us to Eugene, , laughed at you. Circuit Court ad- where we had the Court House crowded with a fashionable, intelligent and hap- py audience. We were never belter re- ceived anywhere; and if there were gen- tlemen or ladies present who fancied wo were "oufof our sphere" they certainly forgot it, or there is no language iu beam ini: faces. But we Buys, of the Guard. straightway buried debrit of his paper. did feel sorry for Ho went out and himself in tho Poor fellow! Pence to his carcass. How we wish we had lime to portray tne beauties in anil around this thrifty little city. But we I believe wc promised to be brief. Sunday, ami wc were on (lie way to Koseburg. Everywhere, as wc looked abroad over thc broad expanse of country, we saw long lines of teams, loaded down witli wheat. And as wc passed depot after depot, where granaries, shops and stores were filled and garnered with grain, the query repeated itself, "where docs all the grain come from ? " Verily ours is goodly land. Our train was thundering on toward Oakland, tlirough a charming valley, bordered by undulating landscapes from whose bosoms beautiful hills roH'abrubt ly, crowned by oaks or firs', and the long line of cars was winding in and out along the serpentine roadway, when suddenly, on a down grade, the engine wlnstletl sharp, quickslgnalsthatplain-, however, that the purity which charac ly mcnt "down breaks! Obstructions on i terized their first issue will fail to be thc track." Our train was nearly half a mile In length, and several minutes elapsed be fore she could be stopped. Then, with engines reversed, she started back, and we, desiring to learn the nnlure of the calamity, stepped on the platform of the rear car and watched and waited. Pres ently a black object, by the roadside, which wc at first supposed to be a horse, but soon saw was a man, came plainly into view, with ghastly face, and bleed ing nose nnd mouth, his whole frame quivering In mortnl agony. The man had been intoxicated, and gone to sleep, lying beside the track, with his head so near thc rail that the heel of the cow catcher drove its mighty spur Into his skull. May we never look upon thc like again. Even now the horrid vision haunts us. O, whisky, what a demon ye arc! into the ii f n i, L hSS We took tho doomed man I baggage car and conveyed him nearest station, where ho was identified aim oune.1. uni ne nave a motiicr, j TEMI,rRVNCE.rnlending to stand for or sadder yet, a white-faced, anguish- UlL. ri-Miit iu all needed reforms, and bc stricken wife? O, when the great lievelng that intemperance is now thc scroll Is unrolled aud the history of 1 greatcst.curse of the nation, we cheer men's lives shall be read, how many'?"11? Invite all friends JPn veniicu will berendered thus: "Whisky ! gffi- SfffuS oj did it! " Aud our Government licences, i news or thought that will teud to rousd protects and regulates this traffic that 1 UP tho people and prepare them for iU office-holders may pocket the unhal- 11,0 conflict that Is soon to come. The lowed gains wrung out of souls and HfS nTeUcady blood! And wives or mothers, who must suffer the saddest consequences, are forbidden legal protest! I It was qultcdark when we reached Roseburg, where wq-were met at the station by Mrs. Owens and sister, in who8o hospitable home wc found much "ceded rest. Monday evening broiigni us a hub, .- telligent and'ieucc, and again, for two hours, we talked "politics." .The Govern or was in town but His Excellency plead ed "fatigue" In response to our invita tion to come out and hear us; yet he must have received a pretty faithful ac count of our address, for he decided at ouce that something must - Keen Democrats away irom our ainumi- . i p ,uenls- e uovenwr ' are both aspirants for the nest toenaio- .11.. ! i In t urn ' i n ml vacancy, consequent, .i terest to remain friends; for we assure him that if he proves worthy, wc will see that he gets a post oillce when wc become Seuator, and we will look for some such favor from him if he gets there firet. That's business, you see, reader. Thursday's train took us to Albany, and from there we went by stage, through a pouring rain, to Corvallls, where, at tho hospitable residence of Judge Cheuoweth and his Interesting family, we dried oar "water proofs" and awaited with some anxiety the -pros pect of an almost empty house. But, despite the storm, which raged fearfully, we had a crowd of appreciative and at tentive listeners. Ladies braved the storm in a way that proved their inter est in politics, nnd gentlemen looked on in wonder and admiration. Don't tell us that men are too rough and wicked for women to associate with as law makers. All gentlemen instinctively behave themselves among ladies, croak ers of botli sexes to the contrary not withstanding. Stopped over a day at the State Fair. O, the rain, the rain! But "Yours Truly" lias so graphically depicted much more than we saw there that we snail not further allude to it Took the frcitrht train at one P. M. for Portland to meet a week-old engage tnent. The Governor, getting thoroughly frightened, had engagod Oro Fiuo Hall for nn opposition speech, aud fearing that his name would not draw a crowd, his followers dispatched to Salem for a band, aud in the evening, witli fire works and music, they made prodigious efforts to beguile Democrats away from the Court House. His Excellcucy thus drew the "heels" of the city, and the Court House attracted the brain, so we had an excellent audience, though the absence of opposition in the hall took much uf tho vim out of our speech. Friday, atHillsboro, we had the pleas ure of listeuing to His Excellency for two hours and a half. He told us that j nio0poly was the curse of tho country journed in the evening, and wo had a large audience in the new and spacious j Court House. The Governor promised j to be present, but failed to appear. Col. . Meek presided, and honored us witli a neat complimentary speech at the close of our two hours' talk. Saturday found us at Lafayette, where we were met witli another fine reception. Dr. Watts nnd Hon. A. R. Burbank made telling speeches at the close of our address, and the meeting was in every : respect harmonious nnu pleasant. ispect harmonious and pleasaut. That our cITorts made many votes for , t. ni t, i , t iram Smith, the People's nominee, care well aware. Tlieouiy thing lack- Hi i we arc well aware. Tlieouiy tiling lack- lnr iras limn fnr tlio mitlilntn in tlm Orcyonian's 'Orcyonian's treason to take Mtxllve"10,! hold upon the sober senses of the people, and wc should have had an houorable Iteprcsentativedcspltotliemachinations and blunders of the politicians of both politicia j parties, Better luck next time. Tiie Iafayette Courinr comes to hand under a new editorial management. ( yr. Upton, well known as a journalist, has abandoned the editorial pen for the the poultry one, nnd is superceded by Messrs. Dorriss and Hembrec in the newspaper, old pupils of ours, whose I education speaks well for itself in tho gentlemanly tone and general com mendable styleof their paper. Wc fear, appreciated by the unwashed Democ racy. But wc wish our young friends thc success they merit, nnd urge the Republicans of Yamhill to see that they are pecuniarily sustained In their pres ent course of dignity and decency. Wo also congratulate tho retiring editor up on his being able to forsake tho we-ary wear of mental labor for tho more agree able occupation of cultivating Bramah chickens. This (Tuesday) morning we start for a visit to Olympia in the interests of Woman's Enfranchisement. In leav ing the People's paper in thc hands of our boys, wc feci confident that we know whom wo are trusting. If our readers i miss the customary amount of editorial and original matter for a week or two, they will, we are sure, pardon the dell- i cieucy in consideration of inc laci iuui t wc s'la'l be too busy III another direction to do thc customary amount of writing ! miring our absence. ' "un"S j and we deem tho time near at hand ! when thc people will rise in their might ! f ud summarily dispose of tho mighty and dragging down so many to misery and woe. Courier. A BLUNDEB. i Contributors willalways secure bet-! tor attention to their communications by observing the simple rule of writing private or business notices to the editor upon, separate slips of paper. We last week published the,miuute3 of the Spir itual Grove Meeting, and after the pa- per nan ueen issued, round that the clos ing paragraph of the report had been omitted because it Irad been written on a detached piece of paper containing an ortlcr for fifty coiriea of tim NoitriiWK3Trto be charged to the So ciety, which order we tiled away, not noticing ai tne lime that the subjoined portion of the report was written upon tne reverse side: "The following officers were elected to servo for the ensiiinc year: Mrs. Cooley, President; Mrs. Car ter, ice President; Clias. R. Hanson, Secretary; Lewis Blakney, Correspond ing secretary; .Mrs. Hendee, Treasurer. On motion the meeting adjourned until the 10th day of June, 1874. "Chas. R. Hanson, Secretary." Ilea and "Women. Junius Henri Browne has an article in the July Galaxy on the women as idealists, wherein he attributes to the sex the faculties of imacinatlon and idealization to a greater extent than in men, and in a late number or a promi nent weekly periodical there appears a brilliant article from the pen of a wom an, which is disparaging to the female sex and the efforts w hich, the writer as serts, are being made to raise women to the sphere of men. Tho two articles allord a happy contrast to the antipodal views held of woman aud her true po sition. The one makes her a creatureof fancy and imagination, ever soaring into the realms of the ideal and casting a halo of poetry around tho most common-place objects; -something higher and finer than man; tho other parades her weakness and pointsoiitherdefects; tho one makes her too rich and the other makes iter too poor; the one raises her above her true level and the other depresses her below it. There is some truth in Itotii and n good deal of error. The true character and mission of woman has been greatly misappre hended. She is not the weak, vaciliat iugcreature that it has been the constant habit of some writers to represent her. Nor Is she entirely the exalted being, perfect in every moral and spiritual de velopment, that figures iu the pages of another and opposite class of writers. She lias some M-iire, some discretion, some lacuny ot conipretienuiug practi cal afinirs. Although site has a finer organization titan man has; but, being a portion of the human family, she has n good deal of human nature about her, and is competent to uuderstaue that five dollars is iiinrc than three, and to dis tinguish between ordinary profit and loss. There is a pood deal of humbug be tween these comparisons of the sexes. The fact is men and women are not the distinct and opposite beings so often represented, but only dillereut manifes tations of the same being. Whatever is In mnn is in a certain degree in wo man; whatever is in women is in a cer tain degree in man. It is not the mis sion of woman to be above or below man, but by his side. She is not his superior nor his inferior, but his equal aud peer. She is not just like him, to be sure. There is a wide ditlerence between men and women. But while the one sex is superior to the other in some par ticular qualities, the other is superior in some other qualities, and on the whole the two are probably pretty equally balanced. Tho idea that the movement now on foot for the enfranchisement of woman j and general extenitoii of her sphere of labor, aiin in the least degree to assim ilate her character to that of man, or place her iu positions to which she is not designated by nature to fill, is a total misapprehension of the nature of the woman movement. It has no sucli object whatever. What it does propose to do is to make woman, not more man-like, but more woman- ju;Cj to develop the better qualities of ner nature; to give ner iuui. siicugm her nature; to give ner tuai sirengin ?J culture that will enable her more fully to become the helpmeet or man. parfy tlliSf amj partly to throw open the field of honest, Independent labor j thc field o'f honest, Independent labor i tn Ilnr. There are mallV Women WHO j exCeptioii9 It is true, but they are human beings and have rights as well as others. There is no good reason wnj ineys louiu ' H?" 1. ' and earning an honest livelihood. For l instance: type setting, id which tuoiis ands of men earn their livelihood, Is as ' suitable for women as for men. If those mi,n whom circumstances compel to work for their own support and that of others depending upon them, would prefer tviw-setting to dress-making, there should be nothing interposed to hinder them from doing so. And so witli many other departments of labor now filled exclusively by men, but which nrn mnnllv suited to the other sex. It Is not the object to make women tine men or to urge ner lino i uhuhhuij i i e t I. l..f rv if i rn tliom fl fnlr' nnl suchTutor as their own tastes aud in- clin" Ions i may lead them to choose. , Bu t tho question may well be asked ! whether the type of women we have been accustomed to behold is the truest ! tvnp of wn iipi - whether while we have I bcSn at ? spec ol pa ns to develop the! manly in man and have devoted all our attention to tho task, we have not neglected to develop the womanly in 1 woman as well. What if wc have been I BfnmiiK-iirino.mii limiich of tho race rorwardund as constantly held tho other insult their heads, and cultivate bald in check? What if our system of cdu- "ess. If women would invariably make cation and life lias been to stimulate the themselves presentablo when tliey get 1 depress tho fe-lup in the mornintr. and not he in tlm mnle'mind? What, in short, if ourcul - turo and training nave maue ueiicrmcn tlian woman? These viewsot tne worn- ing in anu catcuing them Iu frizzled an question arc not usually taken into I heads, soiled dress nnd general untidy account by those 'Iio look superficially condition, it would not bo such an effort at the movement. What wc want is an j to keep a business appointment, for, equality of tho sexes one as good in its like men, they could put on their hats particular way as thoother. A cultured I and go out without further fuss or de nial! needs a cultured woman for a wife; J toy. film Orlou. iiu i.muui uu nappy n un a woman WHO is, not utterly different from or unllt-o him, but utterly inferior to him. But 1 - luicriiir, w mill. lUlr j suppose our method has been to make cultured men and uncultured women; i ""j oped moil and tiiorovghly undeveloped women? Then our method has certainly been wrong and needs to be corrected. This, no more and no less, Is what the more Intelligent leaders of the Woman movement intend to accomplish. And no undertaking could be fraught with greater Importance. There are those who look at tho specific rather than the general tendency; but It Is the general scopo and object which ought to be con sidered and tills will be found to be true and right. 7Vrrc iraule Expret. Many porsons destroy their window sash endeavoring to ronwo old putty. This may be obviated by applying a hot iron. to the putty,:whlch will then yield to the kniferahd leave the sash clean. Humiliating and Disgraceful. Salt Lake, September 27. In the First District Court, at Provo, on Thursday evening, Judge Emerson ruled that a second wifecould not testify for her husband. Counsel argued that, under, the laws of the United States, the woman was not a legal wife, and consequently was a competent witness. The Judgo stated that tho question of the legality of the marriage was not be fore him. As far as the Court knew the - il.. .IA. ttmrAfnra the testimony could not be allowed. "J ; uul u U"V "rT..iXr t , kiiii la nnniAP rominiinr i , , , , , . 1 1 . , i . i n , and Infamous position a woman must occupy under the law, If she marries. We honestly believe, If the women of this country fully appreciated the fear ful satire upon womanly truth and honor, which such judicious rulings contain, they would not be so ready to imitate the Southern slave of the past, who, when his bodily wants wero sup plied, cared not for liberty, nnd sit quietly down to the enjoyment of ma terial comforts and say, "I have ail the rights I want." We believe marriages aro the most sacred relation iu life, and therefore we enter our everlasting protest against snch villainous laws as transform wom an from one whose testimony would bo taken in any court of justice, as relia ble, into nn irresponsible, unreliable creature whose oath is not to bo be lieved provided it is given in. a caso where her legal owner (that Is her hus band) is coucerned. We do not know from what such a law had its origin, unless it might be tho old English com mon law, which gave to the husband supreme control of his wife, even to co ercing her into obedience to his will by stripes, provided they were not given by a whip "larger than a man's thumb," which authority might be Used, no doubt, if the husband so willed, to force his wife to swear falsely in any caso where Ills interests were concerned. Since the laws of the country bearing upon woman, though unjust enough still, have been measurably changed of late, is it not time that this idea of a married woman being incapable of tes tifying to the truth, even under oath, should find a place with the obsolete legalized wife-whipping of the barbar ous past ?" 'Stockton Leader. Mrs. Duniway's Lecture. We listened witli attention nnd pleas ure to tho address of Mrs. Duniway on last Friday evening. Her subject was "The Political Situation and the Prefer ence of Congressional Candidates." Her lecture was an agreeable suprise to us, though we had not before rated Mrs. Duniway's ability that of mediocrity. It had been many years since we listened to a lady lecturer, and we were forcibly carried back to our school days when we first encountered the wisdom emanating from the pure minds and cultivated in tellects of Mrs. L. X. Fowler, Mrs. Mary F. Davis, Corie Lw Scott, Emma Hard Inge and others. The soft mellow ex pression which emunates from the supe rior intuition of Mrs. Fowler and Davis is somewhat deficient in Mrs. Duniway, but she surpasses them in keen precep tion and logical acumen, and a happy blending of these qualities makes her a success as a lecturer, iter scat'iing re- viewofXesmith; her tart criticism of j Governor Grovers afternoon speech; her comparison or llollauay aim u rover in their ambitious designs upon the State of Oregon, all point to careful study and nn analysis of character and designs but too little known to the great masses oC the people. Her idea of electing all coudidates to offices aud emolument by n direct vote of the people, is excel lent, though by no means a new one, and every day it impresses its immedi ate importance upon the masses; and if tills idea is not soon heeded tuis .Nation will go the way of once mighty aud nrnfmprniw llnmp. All in nil Mrs. nmii- Way's canvass has been a success, and Oregon need not be ashamed of her en ergy or ability. J'rogrcs-tionUt. PnoFiTsopPourritY. Nothing which the farmer produces is of quicker sale than eggs and poultry. The prices which he receives therefrom are mainly remunerative; the labor incurred is light and agreeable, and can be performed by the junior members of his family. The poultry yard produces food which is highly valuable and nutritious at all seasons, and in this respect is hardly equalled by any other department of the farm. Is it not wortli while then to be stow more care and skill in managing poultry ? Left to themselves, half their products arc often wasted, and half the year they are non-layers. In winter they neeusimpiy warnuii, light and sunshine, clean, roomy quarters, aud plenty of food. Every day they will pay for this. In the summer they want range, fresh earth, shade, water, seclusion, and pro tection from vermin. An abundance of eggs and brecdsof plump chickens either for the market or the farmer's own tabic will result from this care. Itis not feas ible to carry ou the poultry business on an enormous scale. Many have tried it and failed; but even farmer should make a eo u pi o of hundred dollars' worth of their products yearly. That, at least, can be done with profit nnd pleasure. It is a business adapted to the boys and cirls. and they will speedily take a lively interest in it if only proper oucouragc- hment is given. Farmer's Union . .'. c,abone T'if' brUS!i!USl twisting, cur ing, braiding, pulling, crimping and winding which keeps women's arms over their heads at the expense of their backs fpr an hour or two at a time, is much s mplified by a majority of men, who feci just as well If they run their fingers through their hair and call it combed, fa uch a "short currj oven better for the hair than the daily application of dyes, pomades and sweet-scented washes, with which fop3 and dandies , habit of slip-shodding it around as long mere is no uanger oi someuouy caii- Cauk or the Hands. To make the hands soft and white, one of the best tilings is to wear at night largo mittens of cloth filled with wet bran oroat-mcal, nnd tied closely at tho wrist. A lady who had the whitest, softest hands in the country, confessed that she bad a great deal of house-work to do, and kept them as white as any idler's ; by wearing bran mittens every night. Hie pastes and poultices for the jce wc most of their efficacy to their moisture, which dissolves Iho old coarse skin, and to their protection from the air, which allows the new skin to become tender and delicate. Oat-meal paste Is as clll-, caclous as anything, though lc agreea ble than the pastes made with the Itel of egg, alum and rose-water, rhcalum astringes thc flesh and makes it lirm.i while the eg" keeps it sufficiently sort, and the rose-water perfumes the mix ture and makes the curd not so hard. Jfarper'sJlasar- ' ; 1 ! Ocmbat in Mid-air. !,mhlv kTnrnni.l OK A TIOKT ro.MHATANT lU'BI.KD TO Tr OKOl'XI AND 1S-T.VXTI.V Kll.l.Ktl. Little did the thousands of men, wom en and children who thronged tho public square of Agram, Croatia, on the 13th of August anticipate that ,they wero about to witness a spectacle such as lias, perhaps, nover been seen before a mortal struggle in mid-air. The oc casion of the gathering was a perform auceon the tight rope. Tlieacrobats, An dreas Kolter and Francis Pergowitch, were to appear on the rope, which had been beeu stretched from the fifth story of the court house to a window in an op posite house, a distance of 210 feet. The acrobats were to meet mid-wny and then to pass eacii other. When the clockstruck twelve tlieacrobats emerged from their respective windows, dressed in tights, and without balauce poles. Kolter walked rather cautiously, while Pergowitch came to meet him from the opposite direction with a nervous, quick step. At last they met, and the suspense of the crowd bencatli changed the next moment to a feoling of indescribable horror. Pergowitch suddenly uttered an exclamation, aud dealt Kolter a terri ble blow on the head. Kolter staggered and fell, but in doing so succeeded in clutching the rope witli one hand while with the other he grasped the leg of his assailant. Pergowitch now fell like wise, but iu doing so passed his right arm around the rope, so that he hung upon it in comparative security. And now began a life and deatli struggle. Kolter, witli his right hand tried to drag Pergowitch from the rope, while Pergo witch kicked Kolter with his right foot, and witli his left hand endeavored to loosen his antagonist's hold. No one was able to interfere, and the result, if was easy to forsee, must be the deatli of one or botli of the acrobats. Many wom en fuinted and strong men wept like children. What added to the general despair was the appearance of Kolter's young wife at the window, from which her husband only a few moments be fore had set out upon his fatal walk. Her piteous screani3 were heard above the din below, and her appeals to Pergo witch to sjmre her husband's life would have moved the heart of an Apache. The struggle in mid-air lasted herhap.s a minute, when Koltersuddenly uttered a last cry and lost his hold. He fell to the ground, striking it violently and ex piring instantly. While the people gathered around the corpse of poor Kol ter, Ills murderer on the tight rope man aged to get on his feet again. With a diabolical expression on his face he ut tered a yell of triumph. The Perfect of Police ordered Pergo witch to surrender. In case he would not do it within five minutes lie would be shot down like a dog. Finally ho raised himself to his feet and ran quick ly to the court house window, where lie surrendered, begging that he might be saved from violence. There was great danger of his being executed by the people, who loudly clamored that the murderer be given" up to them; but the military "by a bayonet charge cleared the public square. Pergowitch being asked what caused him to perpetrate this crime, said there had been a grudge between him and Kolter ever since the latter had married young Rosita Ser- ' fntinfT ?i "Pntfeli Irl nf mr hdnllti- Kolter. in a lit of iealousv. had told him lie Knew one or the other must ilie on this account. Andrras Kolter was the youngest member of tho distinguished familv of acrobats of that name. Man's Duty to Woman. Above all, let no man practice on woman, perpetu ally, the shameless falsehood of pretend ing admiration and acting contempt. Let them not exhaust their kindness in adoring her person, and ask iu return the humiliation of her soul. Let them not assent to her every Iiigh opinion as if Blie was not strong enough to maln-i tain ll against opposition, nor yet manu facture opinion for her and force it upon her by dictation. Let them not crucify her motives, nor ridicule her frailty, nor crusli her individuality, nor insult her independence, nor play mean jests upon her honor in convivial companies, nor bandy unclean doubts of her, as a wretched substitute for wit; nor whis per vulgar suspicions of her purity, which, as compared with their own, is like the immaculate whiteness of angels. Let them multiply her social -advantages, enhnnce her dignity, minister to her intelligence, and be manly gentle ness, be the champions of her genius, the friends of her fortunes, antf the equals, if they can, of their heart. J). Huntington. A few days since a seedy person ap plied to a wealthy citizen for help, and received the small sum -of five cents. Thc giver remarked, as he handed him the pittance, "Take it, you are welcome; our ears are always open to the dis tressed." "That may be," replied the recipient, "but never before in my life have I seen so small an opening for such large ears." OUR AGENTS. The following perrons re doly anthorif.eil to act a Ascnts fcyr the Xkw North wkht : A.W McConncll . North Yamhill HoraM" It. Vy Nev York citv Mrs. S M. Milter.- last Oiianw Mrs. Mary Uybee -Ixwer Clear .Lake, Cal Mrs J. II. Foster Albany suny rearec.- Benton eoanty Dr. nyley Corvalll Olyiiiila JlcJIInnvflle HarrfotHirx Eugene City Bnetm.VIstn HUtofaom SilverUH GervsiK A. A. Manning- - Mls VTrsinla Old. Hiram Smith Mrs. J. W. Juckson . V. Btwli i. Hev. Wni. Jolly ....... Hon. T. W. Davenport Mary J. Mnsers. A. W. Stananl.. S. II. Clauijliton.- C A. lleeU Mrs. O. T. Daniel.. Mrs. Xolllc Curl V. C. Sullivan- Mrs. M. V. Cook Mrs. M. C Wine Mrs. It. A. Vawtere. Mr. H. U. Btahop..- Kev. J. V. Damon Rev. D. ItoKley.:. Mrs. June M. WHmhi Philip It" P. D. .Moire John Holleu Mm. M. 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