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rtl FRIDAY. ...AUGUST 7, 1674. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE O.S.'W. S. A. The members of Iho ExecutRe Com mittee of tlie Oregon State "Woman Suf frage Association, are requested to meet at the residence of Hon. O. B. Gibson, in this city, on Friday, August 14th, at 5 o'clock r. M. The object of the meet ing being to perfect arrangements for the special session of the State Associa tion at Salem in September, it is par ticularly desirable that a full board be iu attendance. By order of the President, Portland, August 6, 1874. WORK POR TO-DAY. It must be apparent to the friends of the 'Woman Suffrage cause, that if we expect to receive material aid from the coming session of the Legislature, we must work, and work now. The "Woman Suflrage petitions which were prepared and sent to various portions of the State by direction of the State Asso ciation last spring, should now bo vigor ously circulated, and an array of signa- tures obtained that will compel the re spectful and careful consideration of the Legislature. The work is ready; we only want workers to pusli it through to successful comnletlon. Public semi mcnt has rapidly changed upon this topic in the last few years; many per sons, botli men and women, who, a short time since, could not treat tho subject with respectful tolerance, now are numbered among its zealous advo cates. It is noticeable that the more enlightened aud Intelligent the commu nity, the moro advocates of equal rights are to be found within Its limits. In deed, the truth and justice of our claims for woman need only to be properly presented and carefully disgested by persons of average Intelligence, and they at once yield the point. It Is true, as our Salem correspondent observed a few weeks since, that "there j are too many benighted neighborhoods, where they have just heard that some women have dared to ask for the bal lot," and In these places we should have earnest workers, able, willing, ami ready to dispense this great gospel of equal rights. When ignorance and prejudice go hand In hand, as they usu ally do, they can scarcely be recognized as twain; they are one In spirit at least, and to overcome the first speedily dis arms the second. Come, friends, to the help of the cause for the next few weeks; work, each in your own way, in your own neighborhood only xrorh; and, as a means for helping to carry forward this great cause, give your aid in help ing to place the Xew Northwest In as many families as possible. WOMEN, HAVE A CASE'. Often while the harvest of this most lHMiutiful year is being gathered Into the granaries, we find our thoughts turn ing with sympathy towards the hund reds of women throughout the State, who, for lack of nettled help, are dally overtasking their strength in a way that would be criminal, did they not consider it unavoidable. "We have a vivid, but not a very pleasing remembrance of di- vers and sundry harvests now quietly sleeping in the bo3om of the past, aud from these recollections, and the depths of our own experience, we would warn women, especially women in the first years of their motherhood, to be care ful of their strength and and vitality, as by the abuse of cither, they lay the foundation for a legion of miseries for themselves, puny constitutions for their offspring, and general discomfort for their households. Tlie judicious ex penditure of a few dollars for help dur ing the weeks of harvest, will be repaid an hundred fold in the personal comfort that will accrue to the family from hav ing tlie wife and mother healthful, fresh and good-natured. Men nre often nut so much to blame as some suppose, in that their wives are left to bear the accumulated drudgery of kitchen work inseparable from harvest time without help. The neglect to pro vide help for the house, the same as for the field, is the result more frequently or thoughllebsness than of selfishness or stinginess, and women should them selves see to this matter, and if neces sary, Insist upon having a stout country luss, or, if this is impossible, a "heathen Chliicfe" to help prepare the food for the score of hungry harvesters, whose an nual raids leave the farmers' wives al most universally worn out iu body, and, jer consequence, nervous aud irritable. Sec to it, women, that you do not un dertake this additional toil without necessary help to enable you to come through the harvest of this year, with us little permanent discomfort as do your husbands. And Tor this righteous saving of your life forces "your chil dren shall rise up and call you blessed, yoiirliusbaudsalfo, and they shall praise you." Tlie City Attorney of East Portland has prepared an ordinance similar to the famous or infamous one passed by our City Council, prohibiting women from engaging In a business which is matte honorable and easy for men to pursue. Everybody knows that this ordinance is a dead letter in this city; in fact, It is scarcely supposed that it was ever expected or intended to be en forced; it was morely given as a sort of sugar plum to the ladles or the Temper ance Alliance. Tlie East Portland ef fort was referred to the Committee on Health and Police. Mrs. Duniway has been absent for the past three weeks on a canvassing and lecturing tour through the counties of Yamhill and Polk. She returned to this city on Wednesday, where she will probably remain a lew uays ior needed rest She reports hospltablo people, splendid cropland gratifying progress of the cauBe In the localities visited. 2k "SEX IN EDUCATION." The co-education of the sexes is just now being freely discussed, aud many argutnents pro and coh are submitted to the consideration of the seeker after truth. Tho immediate cause of tho present controversy may be traced to the appearance last spriugof Dr. Clark's work, "Sex in Education," a book which treats of many things heretofore confined to medical works or discussed only by learned societies. This author argues against the higher education of women upon physical grounds; and his doctrines are assailed and his arguments logically answered by numerous women, whose reasonings clearly prove the Im- meuso value of intellectual culture, while their unimpaired physical condi tions disprove the theory, that this cul ture was obtained at the expense of their vital forces, or to the detriment of their physical economy. Statistic! of col leges are brought forward to show that hard study, even duriug the period of early womanhood, docs not Impair the health of graduates, but that on the contrary, their health Is, as a rule, bet ter than that of those women who have never attempted to cope intellectually with men. The deranged physical con dition of so many women to-day is the direct result of premature marriages, man which Doming could be more detrimental to woman's physical e-'ono my. And the prime cause of theso premature marriages, and the conse quent physical wreck of the girls who enter into them is, that they were not provided with a systematized plan for education, but were embued with the idea that they were born to marry, and that to be wife, mother aud house keeper, a womau did not need mental culture, The conditions of woman's physical nature which are brought into discus sion by Dr. Clark, which lie treats as a draw upon the strength, isa normal and healthy one, not a condition of disease, and as shown in Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobl'a essay in reply to that gentle- man, Is not necessarily exhausting, nud that whether such conditions interfere at all with brain-work depends upon the general health. A writer who sustains Dr. Clark's views upon the subject, says in his de fense that "he does not argue against giving women as high an education as they can take, but simply points out the dangers of pursuing their studies with' out regard to their physical organiza lion." This is surely a generous and liberal interpretation of the learned doc tor's views, aud embraces all that the most ardent worker for co-cducallou could desire. The young women of our country only want the opportunity to "taKe" all tlie education that young men can, and as for the rest, it were folly indeed for the young of either sex to pursue any course of study, work or exercise in total disregard of their phys ical conauious. it is not at all neces sary to sacrifice bodily health to intel lectual culture. Sanitary rules should and may always be observed, whether the individual be pursuing a course of study nt a university, working at trade, or pursuing the ordinary routine or everyday "e s cnore iioy, or kitchen maid. It Is a fact too well cs lablished to admit of successful contra- diction, that young women display as much energy and ability in the pursuit of the sciences as do young men. And if given a sufficient time, as young men are, to pursue their studies without un due haste, graduating at 23 or 25, in stead of IS or 20, as is now the case, there is no reason to suppose that their health will suffer as their minds expand. Again, it is folly amounting almost to criminality, to suppose that the great aud baxieficent Creator would create be ings capable of the highest mental cul ture, yet give them bodies totally un fitted to receive it. There can be no doubt that the aim of Dr. Clark was solely and purely to do good, by calling attention to what he thought to be fruitful causes of ill health. But It iias accomplished more than this, haviti brought out in tlie discussion which lias followl jt9 publication a vast array of ideas, upon botli sides, the candid con sideration of which cannot fail to do much for the advancement of the great movement looking to tlie higher educa tion of woman. TEMPERANCE MEETING. The Friday evening meetings of the Prayer League still continue, and, though the attendance is not large, the members of the League do not seem to be discouraged. We arc informed that they have now concluded to work as well as pray, aud, iu pursuance of tills resolution, have sent petitions for Local Option to various portions of the State, have made arrangements for their vig orous circulation, and ordered them to be in at headquarters by tlie 15th. It is hoped and believed that such a formld able array of names will be secured, as to entitle the pelittou to the earnest and careful consideration of thecomlug Leg' Isialure. The meeting was held on Saturday of last week, instead of tlie usual evening, and the change, tof e'.her willi numer ous attractions elsewhere, caused the audience to be quite small. The exer cises were, however, interesting, the meeting being addressed by several strangers, among whom was Mrs. Addie L. Ballou, the popular lecturer. Sev eral members of the League also made some well-timed and pleasing remarks. We wish for this League abundant sue cess in all practical cudeavors to abro gate the evils resulting from intemper ance. Meeting again next Friday even ing. A general and cordial invitation is extended to ail who take an interest in tlie cause to be present at these meet ings. The H'oficrfc Clipper of Cedar Rapids, Mich., has for n mnfio "Pnt.nt Tjius. Equal nights, Equal Suffrage, without ! dlitluellon of Sex, Color, or Caste." MASCULINE WOMEN. . It lias become very common indeed, universal with a certain class to speak of women who refuse to remain nonen tities, as masculine women. Whether this be a correct distinction or a mis nomer, all must agree that it is the bet ter elements of masculinity whi;h these women udopt. Arc they street loungers, tobacco consumers, idlers? Do they work for a living with great reluctance, taking care Jo constantly impress upon the minds of those dependent upon them a wholesome seuse of their de pendence? Do they compel others to do their cooking, washing, mending, econ omizing and other disagreeable jobs which the average masculine always shirks? Clearly, then, they do not ape the little peculiarities of the averu; masculine. More than this, whatever deformity they have exhibited or may exhibit, they are not In the slightest danger of this type of masculinity. If to be capa ble, Intelligent aud independent were to bo masculine, it would more nearly hit the mark, but unfortunately for their assumptions in the premises, these nre not altogether masculine attributes, nor at all incompatible with femininity. Men have for so long enjoyed a mo nopoly of these things that it Is perhaps not strange that they should consider them as peculiarly belonging to their sex. Tucir claims in tuls direction are however no longer borne out by facts in the case, and so long as men cannot charge upon women any of the at tributes of masculinity, except those that belong equally to the highest types of men and women Intelligence and in dependence, a correct estimate oMhelr owu capabilities, aud an energy aud ability to do that which they best can do we shall not feel vcrv decnly ag grieved at the charge. And we know full well that the men who speak de risively of those women who have dis carded many of the follies of their sex, nud developed and put to legitimate use the long dormant faculties of their womanhood, are men who need never be afraid that women, as a class, will so far depart from their natural Instincts as to even wish to ape their boasted masculinity. STAY OF EXECUTION. Seldom Indeed has a criminal received tlie public sympathy that has been be stowed upon Thomas Gerrand, the youthful prisoner now lying under sen tence of death at Salem. He was found guilty of murder in the first degree, at the June term of the Circuit Court, and that hideous relic of barbarism, which the laws of our State still endorse, the death sentence, was passed upon him, the 14th of August being tho day fixed for the execution of the same. In the meantime, the friends of hu manity have not been idle, and several petitions numerously signed have been presented to the Governor, setting forth the youth of the prisoner, and various circumstances connected with the com mittal of ltis dreadful crime, Iu consid eration of which His Excellency Is prayed to commute the terrible decree to a life imprisonment. The Governor, after careful considera tion of the matter, refuses thus to inter pose Ids clemency In behalf of the doomed boy. Ills counsel, however. have not abated their cllorts iu Ills be half, and upon a bill of exceptions signed by His Honor Judge Bonham, being filed, His Excellency granted a stay of execution until Oct. 2nd, to allow an ap peal to the Supreme Court, which con venes in Salem in September. It is hoped that the decision by the lower Court will be reversed, and a new trial ordered. "We submit the fol lowing copy of the order of the Gover nor for stay of execution : fTATn OP OnlMlON IMlON, ") iVYKK. I 1, 137J.J EJimiVKOr .Sali:ji, Augu To lilt Honor IL I-'. liunham. Judge of the Cir cuit Court of the Tlilnl Judicial Wlricl,ln timl for the county ol Marlon: Whereas, upon a Hill of Kxccpllons allowed nt Chambers by III-i Honor, the Judge of said Court, In the- caM of the State of Oregon versus Thonim Gerrand, tried upon nu Indictment for murder In lheflrt degree, at the June term ol -aid Court, 1STI, mid or Mild charge convicted and MMitenewl to execution on the Htli day of August, 1ST I, and upon the perfection of nu appeal to the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon In raid cause, an application has been made by petition to nuspcnd the execution of the sentence in said cause, until mid appeal may be heard before the Supreme Court uforc stihl. Now, therefore, I, I V. Grover, Governor ol the State of Oregon, do hereby order and direct that the warrant of execution In said cause be imipcndcd from Mild fourteenth day of August, A. II., IsTJ, until Krlday,the 2nd day or October, A. I)., 1371, and that hereiion proceedings be had according to law. I. K. linovr.K. Public sentiment will soon demand that the law enforcing tho death pen alty be stricken from our statute books. WOMEN INMEDIOINE. An article written for the benefit of the New York Infirmary for women aud children, by Rev. O. B. Frothing ham, in a paper published in 1SG2, gives thee remarkable facts: "It must not be forgotten that a woman Iu tlie six teenth century lectured ably on obstet rics to large classes of both sexes ; that a woman discovered the causeof uterine hemorrhages; that a woman brought into notice the now indispensable Peru vian bark, having first tested its virtue; that a womau perfected a system of ar tificial nourishment for babes, which is still in use in France; that a woman first illustrated her lectures by a mani kin of her own invention; that a woman made the first wax preparations for the use of students iu anatomy; that a woman was tho earliest performer of the Cesarean operation ; that a woman effected tho iutroductiou of inoculation forsmall-pox; that a woman brought to perfection a tube for the restoration of children born in a state of asphyxia; that a womau prepared the first illus trated medical botany, and that some very important treatises on different themes iu medical science have been I written by women." EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Hr.AR HKMirnsoKTitK Nkw Nokthvb,t: Amity, from which place welast ad dressed you, is a quiet, pastoral town, containing two churches, several stores, two good boarding houses, or hotels, two physicians," two or three temper ance societies, two blacksmith shops, a Grangers' headquarters and the average number of -irresponsible hoodlums. These last sought upon one occasion to have a general "good time" at the lec ture, frequently interrupting the speak ing by monotonous mutterings and "suickering" laughter. We have a sort ofappreliensiou that snickering isa pro vincialism, but it is good, any way, so let It go. You can't always have an "unabridged" at hand iu traveling. But a little quiet firmness, such as a good teacher will naturally use iu quelling unruly boys, whose mothers, bavin; "all the rights they want," remain at home in selfish ignorance, while their sous are learning dissipation in tho sa loons and practicing It in tlie hall or church, soon taught these embryo vot ers that we meant business, after which they either left the church for a more congenial "stamping ground," or sank back and conducted themselves with de cency during the remainder of our visit. We found here a goodly number of in telligent, clear-headed men and women, to whom the gospel of Human Bights was a welcome messenger, bringing glad tidings. The attendance upon the meetings, though good from the beginning, was augmented throughout the course of four lectures, notwithstanding the har vest season is upon tlie people, and they are diligently attending to its demands. A fino array of uew subscribers swelled our subscription list to gratifying pro portions, and we went on our way re joicing. But we must not neglect to chronicle one little episode. A number of boarders were seated with the landlady and ourself at the tea table of the Sherman House on tho last evening of our sojourn, engaged in a quiet chat upon cunvut topics, when a great, burly fellow, a stranger to us, but well known In the village, came in for his supper. The conversation happened to turn upon "Grangers, very interesting theme In farming com munities. Said we, "I fear that when the Grangers become possessed of large ac cumulations of wealth as an organiza tion, that politicians' will put up a Credit Mobilier, or School Fund swindle upon them and decamp to Europe with the booty." "No danger of that," said the new comer, above alluded to; "we don't al low politicians to join the Grange." We ventured gently to remind the stranger that several prominent poli ticians of Oregon are already mem bers of the Order, naming them sepa rately. "I didn't kuow that," said Mr. Sim pleton. "That's because you don't read the Xbw Nouthwkkt and ken yourself posted," we answered, good-naturedly. "Of course I don't, nor my fumity, nuthcrl If I read a ncivtyapcr, I want it to be of some account! I tvon'l have no sucli truth in my house.'" "That's owing to your ignorance, my voting friend," we instantly replied, while c suppressed laugh ran all around the table. "It's main to my smartness" was the pert reply. "Do you know the editor of the New Nouthwest?" queried a gentleman, who, feeling ashamed of the bully, hoped to help him to extricate himself from his boorlshuess. "Yes, I know her well enough. She's not very fur removed from where I set," said lie. "He means to tell you," we instantly remarked, ''that the editor isn't very fur removed fiom a fool just now." Everybody saw the force of the hit except the voting lord against whom it was aimeii. it maito no more lm - pressiou upon the epidermis of his tin-; of , rjllU she wantg complains demanding than a volley or peanuto , bK(cr,y when she is force,i it,t0 au niiglit against the hide of a rhinoceros. 8cal, c0tact with tlie filth and fumes After he left the table we quietly ! vh,ch ,fc cvo vhere cgelulers. r re apologized to he company for having cenU one of lhM0 iesccnt ,a. answered a fool according to his folly, , remark tumlng whitc nbout tno m - niiu , iicn audi ini'ii iiuve power to make the laws that govern women it's little wonder that the women complain. Occasionally we be come, for a short season, a convert to the' doctrine of metempsychosis, or transmigration of souls. So mo men partake largely of the framo of the ele phant and the nature of the hog. A rea sonable conclusion Is that they were once elephants, nud again hogs, under a sec-j oiul existence, and that Is why, when I they come to earth for the third time as ' men, they retain the characteristics of : the animals from which the ages have evolved them. But progression is the law of nature, and all will yet be well ...i.i. . Amity lias a host for the Suffrage cause in tlie person of Mrs. Laughary, a lady of mlddle'age, who, with practice, will make a fine speaker. we long to see her In the field. Leaving Amity for Dallas on Thurs- day morning, we reached the latter j accept these two monstrous evils liquor place about 11 o'clock. This is the shire, and tobacco and make them a source town of the county of Polk, and is a of national revenue. And this iu defi heautifully situated, flourishing place, ' ance of, or in total disregard to the start inhabited by people of intelligence, I ling facts and figures, which are dally, many of whom are quite wealthy. I almost hourly, brought forwanl to show As it was our first visit, there was, as usual, much opposition to overcome, but, as usual, the first lecture overcame it, and we remained for three days; speaking to large audleucca and gather ing many uew subscribers. Dallas has a respectable newspaper. You can always judge of the morals of a community by the- paper it supports. Beg pardon! not always, for Forest Grove is a moral' town, and it's news paper well beg pardon again the citizens don't support It the Governor I if rcspoiisibludbr the excrcaccuce cxiat j Ing there. fbuuuay morning we concluded our course of lectures by a discourse upon temperance. There is but one saloon here, and Its proprietor Is its best custo mer. He thinks a lady is very much out of her sphere as a lecturer aud sighs for the good old limes when a mau might get drunk without opposition. There are three temperance societies In Dallas, all well patronized by women. Went by stago on Suuday afternoon to Lafayette, thirty miles distant. where, weary with constant toil, we rested uutll Monday evening, when we were met by a large and deeply atten tive audience, who listened for an hour and n half to a discourse upon "Mar riage." It was a coincidence worth mention ing that just twenty-one years had passed away since wo were married in that town, and now we appeared before them, after nu experience of nearly a quarter of a century, iu response to their invitation, to address them upon this vital question, concerning which such experience had, as we hoped, fitted us to speak with some degree of wisdom. It was n season never to be forgotten by us or any one of the large audience present. Strange that it should have happened so. But this letter's length admonishes us to stop right here, lest we weary the reader. A. J. D. Lafayette, August 4, 1S7L LETTER PROM SALEM. To the KniTftiioPTiiE KewXobtiiwest: yesterday evening three small boys might have been seen seated iu a wagon in a hack alley Impatiently awaiting the arrival of two of theircomrades with some cignra, for which they had been dispatched. Thee soon made their ap pearaoee carrying the precious (?) arti cles in a hat. Having mounted the wagon, thi'sinnlleslof tlie five handed to each of the others some matches, and soon all were puffing away in true imi tation of their paternal progen itors. This state of things continued fora few minutes, when the largest of the boys removed Ids cigar, and, after allowing the smoke to slowly escape through hit nose, exclaimed, "Boys, these cigars arn't what we bargained for." "That so," said another, "the China man cheated us." "Maylie you kept them in your hat too long, ami that's what tnakc3 them damp," "aid a third. And in like interesting discussion sat these five boys, between the ages of ten and twelve years, in the stolen indul gence of this disgusting habit, of which more than likely their parents know nothing. But who knows but that the parents themselves, especially the fathers of theso hoys, may not be much more In fault than the lads arc? Perhaps they have attempted to govern the boys by precept, which their own example fails to enforce. Hoys are brought up in an at mosphere of tobocco smoke nt home, ineetimr the fumes of the same at cverv . i.r., .... n...ir,..t. nn.i in,i..,n,i win. '1.1 n...t t win r...ir n,m mi idothatwlilehllHvseemeudo.anditI!need for ol,ler ,aws u,lliI 51 was seeu 1 not strange that they become possessed! fn .lniir.. in foiloiv in Mm -ni.- of f i.oi,-' elders. "Lot's go, boys, Pin sleepy," said one, and eacli stupidly climbed from his perch and started for home. "What a debilitating, unwholesome stimulant for these boys to sleep oil," thought I. And this little evening scene, which is of all too frequent occurrence, caused my thoughts to turn to the whys aud wherefores, concerning tlie use of this filthy weed. It is generally acknowl edged to be very injrjous to the human system, and it remains a mystery why the plant should be cultivated at ail. Why is it that we must muster up cour age to. submit to its almost universal use, as a necessary aflliction ? Many a ; i. ..t!,a 1,,,,-ir oc.a.vi i otolith as she did so, "I can't bear the filthy stuff! 5Iy boarders leave its marks upon their rooms and about the porch, and I am dally compelled to wash them oil, and my husband, al though he docs not use tobacco himself, yet spends his evenings in saloons or other places where men resort, and comes home with his clothing so satu rated with it as often to sicken me." I could not forbear remarking in my blunt way, "Well, Madam, If you are possessed of all the rights you want, you certainly have all you deserve." Every tobacco consumer poisons his , ow u!ood .mi, , Umo tIlatof ,lj8 o(r. spriug, and thus is undermined the con stitution of very many of tlie human (family. The injurious effects of this poisonous weed are as great, perhaps, as i those that result from the use of pure j liquors. It Is used by many who are mere children, and by far the larger part of the men of the world, and by very many women. We, as a nation, their blighting ellects upon our race, If now tobacco has a champion who will come out and defend its filthy fumes, he will confer a great favor upon Mns. J. A. Johns. Salem, August S, 1S74. Anna Dickinson is said to bo writing tlie story of her life, and it is added that huudreds or young fellows In various parts of the country are earnestly be seeching her to "say nothing about that! matrimonial proposition of mine." I MR. BRADFORD'S LECTURE. An outline of the sermon preached on temperance, by the Rev. Mr. Bradford, in tho Congregational Church, in this city, on Sunday evening, is given iu the Bulletin, of Wednesday, and from this we make tho following extract: "In tliis temperance work we must be will ing to see the differences that exist we cannot all think alike; aud so in regard to motives: we must work as we can work best. Have laws failed? So have they failed in regard to everything else. Where is tho State In which all the murderers are hanged and all the rob bers imprisoned? There are some per sons who escape from the action of other laws just as there arc men who escape from tho action of temperance laws. He asked a gentleman how much was spent In Portland for fines and police purposes, and lie was told two hundred thousand dollars. In Vineland. in the State of New Jersey, where there was a popula tion of at least 10,000, how much did they think was spent in this direction- just s75. There were three towns in tne State of New Jersey with the privilege of local option Vineland, Chatham, and Moutclair aud the result propor tionately was Just as favorable. He did not believe the temperance element in Portland was anywhere near strong enough to carry a political issue. Go on workiuir kecD nuletly at work wait until something could be done, but do not stop working, Work wisely. They were not the best workers who al ways worked most publicly aud made the greatest bounce. The time would come when a distinct issue on tills ques tion could bo made. First let a man be sure that he is right himself then that the family is right then that the church is right, aud then go out into community and fight and work unto the death. There -should be no limit in re gard to methods. Beware of thinking that what works at one place or at one time will therefore necessarily be elllcii- cious nt another time and place. Cir cumstances and men would have to be studied. Be wise as serpents and con stantly adapt new methods to every phase of the disease. In such a city as tills there should not be one, but two or three places in tlie very best corner lo cations, where the young men, laboring men and men who came up from the sea could go for innocent refreshment and enjoyment. These places should be made attractive by means of games, music and literature. There would be no permanent good done in Portland until something was put in the place of the drinking houses. Lest lie might be misunderstood, lie begged to say with ail courtesy, kindness and perfect char ity and love that lie did not approve of the general following out cf the woman' praying crusade. If they could do any good in that way, do it lie wished them God speed but lie must work differ ently. He reverenced and honored these women. If they would ouly man ifest the same earnestness, zeal and patience and martyr spirit in carry in on this work by other methods, the work would not iu nny way bo halting, I uul gramny lorwani. jie wouiu asK . men to see that the laws they had at : present were executed. There was no K 1 J.. f "-- viiaieneu could be put in force. If there was not public opinion enough in Portland to execute tlie good laws we have we did not deserve any better. Execute tlie present laws and it would be compara tively easy to rise to higher justice and truer laws. After all tho question came back to this, how much do we love? How much arc we willing to sacrifice ?" "HUMBLE PIE." Our friend and practical co-worker, Mrs. J. A. Johns, of Salem, thus dis courses upon her experience in soliciting signatures to the Woman Suffrage peti tion which it is intended to present to tho Legislature at the coming session of the same: "I circulated at the Grove Meeting one of those petitions that we are to pre sent to our law-makers this full, but owing to the limited time allowed for intermission, I had very little time to work iu this humble way for liberty; and I really must say, that of all the 'humble pie' that I have ever attempted to swallow, this contains the greatest amount of unsavory ingredients. The utter humiliation or being, by the acci dent or my sex, placed in a position wherein I must supplicate as a favor, from men, that which, equally with themselves, is my God-given right, is, I confess, a species of 'humble pic' which the vigorous digestion of my native inde pendence instinctively rejects. For the coarse and ungentlcmanly comments which the solicitation for a voter's sig nature sometimes calls out, I am com )clled to console myself by a mental reflection upon the words of the philo sophical Paddy upon receiving a certain kick. Ono thing is certain this class of voters and would-be lords of creation, though they may excite disgust and contempt, can never succeed in intimi dating or turning from their course tliose who are strong in the conscious ness of tlie right and eternal justieo of their cause. "I go to Roseburg to-morrow to re main perhaps a month, and wish you to forward to me at that place a half-dozen of the petitions, and I promiso to do my best for the cause of our liberties in Douglas county." The petitions asked for we have not on hand at present, but will forward some as sooii as possible. We only wish that wo had a thousand such workers as our Indefatigable friend, each making as heroic efforts as she to vorry down the "humble pie," which may after all furnish some necessary elements of strength for tho couflict. It may lie well to ponder over- the fact that one out of every four hundred men iu Massachusetts Is in the State Prison. HISTORY OP THE CRUSADE. We commend to those who have dis torted ideas of the cause, rise and prog ress of the great crusade, T. S. Arthur's new book, "Woman to tlie Rescue." We acknowledge the receipt oi a copy f tlie work from the canvasser in tins city, Mrs. Rosa Martin, who Is prepared to take orders for me imc who may wish to purcuase aim read the history or tuts most, remarka ble movement. It truthfully represents the leaders and prime and prime movers in tne -.oo.ir. tn have ueen women whose lives had for years been Dereit oi an that makes life even tolerable, by the dire curse or intemperance who, while suffering all lmaginaoie horrors from tlie traffic in liquor, yet e.nnl themselves legally powerless to - oppose P., aud who, despairing of long- promised human am, puureu ... .i- vor born of desperation uwu om.j.i.v.--tious iuto the cars of tlie Most High. Purchase and read this dook ueiore you impugn the motives or tliose who desperately, though vainly, hoped to disarm the cohorts of intemperance by tho voice of prayer. The Vice Presidents of the State Asso ciation in the several counties snouui see to it that our petitions to tlie Legis lature aro vigorously circulated, and also that they are returned by the first of September to the Corresponding Sec retary, Miss V. Olds, at McMinnviue. It is necessary to act with promptness in this matter, not trusting too much to others, each acting as if only iu his own exertions lay the victory. - Brother Gale's "little sister" comes to his aid in the last issue oi tue J-.cno, and after the manner of little children, discourses very nonsensically upon "Temperance and Woman Suflrage." There is a rule for the government ol children which, if duly enforced, would prevent these little ones from striving so hard to be heard. GENERALITIES. California wheat this year covers 2,000,000 acres. Two millions and a quarter of people haveemlgrattd from Ireland to America during the last twenty-two years. - The estimated amount or beer drank iu New York city is two barrels every minute, day and night, and tho cost is about S13,000,000 per annum. A couple recently married at Taunton had been courting thirty years, having been affianced before the birth of the clergyman who united them. Philadelphia contributed twenty-three thousand dollars to the Louisiana suf ferers from the overflow, and five thous and dollars to submerged Mississippi. It costs tlie American people five mil lions a year to keep their teeth in order; not overmuch, considering tho hard words and bad cooking that pass between them. Westminster Abbey is a great rendez vous on Sunday afternoon for Americans in London. During service they employ their time by copying inscriptions from gravestones. Galveston, Texa, is now. but three days and nine hours by rail from Phila delphia. Thus, one by one, we draw to ourselves the chief cities of tlie country. This is the real Union. Mrs. C. F. Corbin, of Evanstown, 111., recently read a paper on "Enlightened Motherhood." Of all the children born in Christendom, only one-half, she said, reaah the-age of six years. The use of tobacco seems to be falling off in England. The declared value of the importations for the first quarter of the year wa- only 322,301, against 313,So for tlie same period of last year. Countess of Caithness, a devoted Eng lish Spiritualist, who visited this coun try a year or two ago with her son and husband, has given 1,000 to assist thq, production or an English translation or tlie works of Allau-Kar-dec, a French Spiritualist writer. A Springfield letter, of the 30th tilt., says: "The tomb of Abraham Lincoln was opened to-day, and several promi nent gentlemen from the East took a look at the remains or the great martyr. The body is as natural apparently as the day it was laid in the state-house. witli tlie exception tliut the upper lip is somewhat swollen." One or the women employed as a couuter in the national bank redemp tion division or tlie Treasury Depart ment has discovered among the notes sent for redemption one or tlie counter felt $300 bills originally discovered at the Treasury Department about a year ago. It was so perfect that soveral of the most expert clerks in tlie Treasury Office thought it genuine, but upon ref erence to tlie engraving and printing division it was, after examination, pro nounced a counterfeit. The note will be branded aud returned to the national bank from which it was received. PROGRESS. To thi 1": iToKorTitB JCmvXonTiiWEST: From the followingparagraph, clipped from the imffiilo, N. Y., Commercial, otf July 2-inl, 1S74, you will see, and your numerous readera may learn, how fast and haw far Woman Suflrage i3 spread ing. Both hemispheres have caught the contagion. The list of the names o." eighteen thousand women, which were attache I to the memorial for Woinmi StitfrnKC, Hint was lately presented to Mr. Disraeli, was headed by Florence Night ingale, followed by llHrriei Martlneau, JIary Caricn!er, Lady Aun Gore Tington, Miss Francis Tower Cfbbe, MI Thackeray, and JIlss Anna Swanwlck. Then go on, good lady, in your labor or love. The morning suu will soon arise and shine on that delightful day, when tlie eutire sisterhood or humanity will be clothed with their God-given rights, aud enjoy them freely and fully. O. S. Phelps. Portland, Augusl 3d, 1S7L