A CHAPTER OF HOEEOE.
FRIDAY ADGCST31, 1ST7.
XOTICE.
Agents mi please tase notice tnat it is a
great tax upon us to pay express charges upon
small sums, and they will confer a great favor j
by remitting to us through money orders or
registered letters.
"ME. NANOY SMITH."
We wonder if any husband ever stops
to think how it would seem to so change
the condition of matrimonial affairs as
to put himself in the legal, domestic
and financial situation of his wife thus:
Suppose Mr. Joliu Jones marries Miss
Nancy Smith, and by virtue of the con
tract becomes forever thereafter Mr.
Nancy Smith, instead of Mr. John Jones.
Then, suppose that, from the date of
marriage, the financial fruit of all his
earnings and savings belonged exclu
sively, through law and custom, to Mrs
Nancy Smith, who would not hesitate
to appropriate them to suit her own in
clinatiou, satisfying herself, should he
sometimes venture to complain, by say
ing, "My dear, don't you have every
thing you need? "Why should you de
sire to use money? Don't I support
you ? Do you think I'm made of money,
that you should be wanting this or that?
Don't you know that whatever belongs
to us is mine? that I am the head of the
family, and you are supported and pro
tected by me?"
Don't you suppose, good reader, that
Mr. Kancy Smith would very soon cry
out against such an innovation upon
bis rights? Don'tyou think he'd speed
ily assert himself, if there was any real
manhood in him ? Don'tyou think he
would remind the head of the family
that he was no longer content to be a
servant without wages? Would he not
speedily and peremptorily demand an
equal copartnership with the dominat
ing power?
Such, men and brethren, has long
been the condition of the married wom
en of these Stales. If the husband de
sire to use his power, as we have
stated, there is no redress for the woman
who toils by his side, unless, through
domestic insurrection, incited by this
inequality in the copartnership, which
the husbaud would die rather than en
dure, the wife becomes an aggressor,
and breaks up her household rather
than longer submit to the unwarrant
able jurisdiction over her which the
laws of men allow and protect.
Suppose Mr. Nancy Smith, having
suffered a loug train of financial abuses
and domestic usurpations, should some
day see a newspaper, having for its ob
ject the equalization of financial forces
and restoring the just equilibrium of
domestic rights; and seeing such a pa
per, suppose should venture to subscribe
for it, economizing in a dozen ways to
spare the money.
Mrs. Nancy Smith, when the paper
comes, refuses Mr. Nancy Smith the
right to receive and read it in the house.
Theu Mr. Nancy Smith makes a sub
rosa bargain with a neighbor more for
tunately situated (whose' wife lets him
have all the newspapers be wants) aud
she receives it for him. Then he goes
to that neighbor's after that to read it
regularly.
After a while the subscription ex
pires, and Mr. isauoy smith has no
money, because Mrs. Nancy Smith owns
all his earnings and refuses to give him
the. pittance of 'three dollars per year,
unless he will spend it exactly as she
chooses. Then Mr. Nancy Smith writes
to the publisher, or sends word by a
friend, eaying, "Please do not discon
tinue my paper. I will send a remit
tance as soon as ever I can."
The publisher, knowing that Mr.
Nancy Smith is a financial pauper, de
spite his constant industry, sends the
paper till his own liabilities, incurred
in publishing, compel him to forward a
bill for arrears. Then Mrs. Nancy
Smith must find out all about it, for
she knows just exactly what Mr. Nancy
did with that "two bits" she gave him
the other day; so sbe gets in a passion
and goes to the post office and leaves
a peremptory order, which is followed
next day by a Hue from tiie postmaster
to the publisher, saying, "Your paper,
addressed to Mr. Nancy Smith, is not
taken out, but lies dead in this office,
Reason: refused by Mrs. Nancy Smith."
How would you like it, men and
brethren? Would you not speedily file
complaint against the wifehood of
America for inciting domestic insur
rection among you ? And wouldn't you
contempt the craven sycophant who
would say in the face of your complaint,
"3Ty wife lets mc do as I please? 1 have
all the rights I want ?"
Good reader, we have received more
than a hundred orders like the above
from the Mr. John Joneses of America
within the last month, and the Mrs
John Joneses are compelled to abide the
coneequences. How would you like the
exchange of conditions, Mr. Jones?
Once your wife was Miss Nancy Smith
A young and bright aud good-natured
girl, who could earn, and was earning a
handsome support as a school ma'am,
or a milliner, or house-keeper, or artist.
But she gave up her lucrative situation,
her life of comparative ease and com
ion, to become your wife, aud was
henceforth known, not as Mrs. Naucy
Smith, but as Mrs. John Joues, the re
lation carrying with it all the unjust
consequences which we have enumer
ated as applying to you if conditions
were reversed and you were Mr. Naucy
Smith..
Sometimes we're half tempted to
print the name of every man in a black
list who refuses his wife's paper at the
post office. Men who deserve the title
despise the delectable meanness that
prompts a man to do such a thing, and
men who wear the title undeservingly
ought to be unmasked.
Brigham Young is suffering from chol
era morbus and i nflamation of the bowels.
The other day, as we were hurriedly
passing by the house of an acquaintance
in Salem, on our way to the hotel, and
from thence to the homeward-bound
train, we unexpectedly encountered a
sad-eyed woman, whose recent wrongs
had furnished a single paragraph to the
daily press, to the effect that her hus
band, E. D. Towl, had absconded with
their two children and all the money
his wife possessed in the world, amount
ing to some S2.000.
Meeting her thus, by what seemed the
merest accident, we found her ready to
communicate the facts in the case,
which wa are especially pleased to lay
before such of our readers as have said
that our story of "Edna and John" was
badly overdrawn, that they may be bet
ter prepared to judge of its accuracy
than formerly.
A few years ago, Mr. Towl being in
straitened circumstances, his father-in-
law gave his wife a ranche in the foot
hills, whither they repaired, and retired
from the world till they could retrieve
their fallen fortunes. Mrs. Towl, like
auy true woman, cheerfully adapted
herself to the apparent necessity of cir
cumstances, denying herself needed
wearing apparel, and in every possible
way stopping all the leaks of ordinary
expenditure. Recently they sold the
farm, the money belonging, of course,
to the wife, as the land had been her
own property. Mr. Towl, after the cus
tom of the protectors- of women, kept
the gold in his own possession, and they
came back to Salem and look tempo
rary lodgings, prepared, as she sup
posed, to settle down in a comfortable
little home, where tbey might educate
the children and give themselves the
advantages of society.
But the head of the family decided to
plant his wife east of the Cascade
Mountains, on a stock ranche, to which
Mrs. T. objected, saying, truly, that she
had had enough of hermit life in her
past four years in the wilderness. The
husband appeared to accede to her
preference, aud told her of a home in
the suburbs of Salem which tbey might
secure for a certain sum. me iiome
aud the price were satisfactory, and
Mrs. Towl came into the business part
of town with her husbaud on Friday
last to conclude the purchase, without
an apprehension that he meant to deal
other than honestly by her.
He left' her at the house of an ac
quaintance for a little while, promising
to return presently and finish the busi
ness. The wife waited for his return
from eleven o'clock till four, and then,
becoming alarmed, returned to their
temporary home, to find that the inhu
man monster had absconded, taking not
only her money, but ber children, and
leaving her no clue by which she might
even guess at their destination.
Now, ye mothers that have all the
rights you want, pray hearken, while
we "suppose a case."
Suppose that woman had taken that
money and those children aud absconded
in that way. Straightway the officers
of tbe law would have beeu placed upon
her track, and she would have been sub
jected to the same treatment as that
meted out to Mrs. Savage, in Yamhill
county, a few years ago, when she de
cided, in her husband's absence, to visit
her friends in California. She would
have been pursued and overtaken,
robbed of her children, stripped of her
money, turned adrift penniless, and os
tracised by humanity. How is it with
the truant husband ? He goes scot free,
so far as tbe law is concerned. A man,
in law, raunot steal from bis wife, no
matter what he takes; whether it be her
good name, ber money, or her children.
Mrs. Towl tried to get out a warrant
for her husband's apprehension and ar
rest, but found thatitwas perfectly law
ful, at least it was not uulawful, for
him to rob her, so she could not act,
Think of it, wives and mothers! Think
of it ! Be ashamed of yourselves if you
are content that such things should be.
Suppose you do have all the rights you
want. Are you coutent with the way
rights are sometimes meted to other
women ? A week ago Mrs. Towl would
have scorned tbe possibility that her
husbaud could so cruelly wrong her.
But he did it. Suppose be had been
your husband. Suppose your daughter
should marry a mau who would not
scruple to use the full power of the law
as mau has made it. Think of that
woman, Hearing , middle age, broken
down in ber husband's service, bereft of
her property, her husband, her children
Think of her, returning to her bare and
lonely lodgings to find her little ones,
the offspring of her peril, the result of
her long years of love, of her midnight
vigils, her unceasing toil, think of them
gone from her embrace, perhaps for
ever, without one parting kiss, or one
endearing word 1 Think of the longings
of the mother's heart, as she listens in
vain for tbe footfalls of her darlings
Think of her empty arms, ye mothers
who sneer at woman's rights !
"I lost one child by drowning," said
she, with a wail of despair in her voice,
"and I thought my trouble then was
greater than I could bear, but that was
nothing compared to my anguish now."
We looked into her agonized features
and wept. But what could we do?
Had the woman thus wronged been any
other man's wife, the man who wrouged
ber might be prosecuted; but the suf
ferer is the wife of tbe robber, hence
there is no redress for her in law. And
this, too, in a free (?) country ! heaven
save the mark ! and under a coustitu
tion which- declares that no State shall
deny to any person within its jurisdic
tion the equal protection of the laws!
How long, O, Lord? how long?
Since the above was written, we have
learned that other creditors besides tbe
wife bave appeared, who, not being the
absconder's "property," can prosecute
him for non-payment of debts, and
there is a probability that their wrongs
may be righted, but alas! we hear of
nothing legal for the benefit of the in
jured wife.
EDITORIAL OORRESPONDEKOE.
DEAR HEADERS OF THENEW NORTHWEST:
After a season of hurrying in affairs,
both mental and physical, that would
have done no discredit to the woman
who lived In a shoe, behold us, on
Wednesday morning, aboard the east-
side train, bound Salemward.
Dame Nature haschanged herspring-
timerobeof emerald green forademi
traiu of russet-brown, with overskirt
and pannier of canary and amber folor,
aud a mantle of purple, trimmed pro
fusely witli ripened wheat ears. Her
head-dress Is of purple, golden and scar
let fruitage, and she carries a magnifi
cent boquet of sun flowers, golden rods
and china asters. Her jewels are soli
taires of lakelets, irregularly set in
rims of catkins; her fan a breeze from
the eternal ocean; her embroidery the
cultivated flora of green houses; her
crown a tiara of mountains. At her
feet tbe crystal river meanders lazily,
while lambkins sport in the sunshine of
her pastures, and children roam at will
in the shades of ber door-yards.
No wonder tbe old dame is happy.
Already her garners are groaning under
the weight of her good things, and her
larders reek witli fatness. Her apron is
loaded with cereals, her baskets with
apples, her firkins with butter, aud her
pastures crowded with kine.
The iron horse is panting in his eager
ness to do her bidding, and he switciies
his tail of freight cars along the lines of
travel likea monster anaconda writhing
through the brakes. The little towns
along his route have a deserted look,
The surplus labor thaterewhile thronged
the stations is grappling with the glad
some harvest. Children are out of
school, for it is vacation now, and
ma'ams and masters are attending the
Teachers' Institute.
While we are busily engaged in tak
ing note of all these things, tbe train is
nearing Salem, and soon we are seated
in the Chemeketa 'bus, en route for tbe
hotel, where we arrive In twenty- or
thirty minutes, covered with dust, and
tired euough to forget all our other mis
eries.
A good bath and thorough dusting
somewhat refresh us, and by two p. 31,
we are seated in a hack witli Mrs. Odell
and Mrs. Jackson, whose husbands own
tbe Statesman, and who are as wide
awake in public matters as their gentle
manly lords, and we all bowl away to
tbe capitol, which still holds aloft its
skeleton arms as of yore, mocking, in
its undressed uusightliness, the wanton
stock-jobbery of a former gubernatorial
administration, while standing ever as
a silent monument of the fizzled expec
tations of unscrupulous political Gerry
mandering.
Mounting one long flight of stairs,
aud then another, aud yet another, we
pause, literally breathless, in silent con
templation of the magnificent view
from the many windows. Mother Na
ture has lifted her overskirt in the dis
tance, displaying it full of ripened
wheat. The hem of her russet robe is
trailiug in the lazy waters of the crystal
Willamette, and her tilting hoops re
veal the forest-crowned aud field-clad
hills of the agricultural couuty of Polk,
But we must not linger here, for just
beyond us is the, Legislative Hall, and
the Teachers' Institute is in council
Entering, we behold a fine array of the
professional element, the feminine pre
dominating in numbers aud intellect,
and the masculine bearing tbe palm of
power aud pay. We are introduced
here, there, and everywhere to profes
slonal dignitaries of genial mien aud
well-filled brains, and seat ourself as
soon as may be to tbe work in band.
Tbe chairman is a natty little body,
about tbe size of an ordinary popinjay,
and as dignified as a bantam rooster.
How be came to be elected to the post
tion deponent knoweth not. Certain it
is that he presided well when no knowl
edge ot parliamentary law was needed;
and when it was needed, Miss Hodgden,
the efficient vice-president, was near by
to prompt him, aud be got along first
rate.
The first question that came up for
consideration after our entrance was
"Citizenship." Professors Lane, Worth
iugton, Crawford, and Bishop each had
something to say upon the subject, aud
succeeded admirably in avoiding it al
together, whereupon the undersigned
innocently arose and defined the word
according to Webster, taking theground
that it was a necessary study, and ought
to be taught in all American schools,
where government rests upon sov
ereignty, and the safety of the people
upon their intelligence and liberty. We
held that the Declaration. of Iudepend
euce and Constitution of the United
States were the only ueeded text-books
for the study of citizenship; that, rightly
interpreted, they iucluded the funda
mental principles of liberty, and so on,
ending the ten minutes address with an
appropriate hit or two upon feminine
sovereignty, which "took" immensely,
The discussion thus far bad not occu
pied above twenty minutes of the thirty-five
allowed for itsconsideration, and
at least a dozen gentlemen were fired
with thought, aud ready to expound it,
when the natty chairman aforesaid
brought down his gavelksaying, "This
is unfortunate. We will now proceed
to the discussion of mental 'rithmetic."
If the little mortal hadn't looked so
frightened, we'd have bothered him
with a motion to overrule his ruling,
and thus compelled him to let "Citizen
ship" go on, but we bad compassion on
his Lilliputian proportions, and pitied
bis supposed masculine supremacy, so
we contented the crowd by an appropri
ate side thrust or two at the "uufortu
nate chairman" in subsequent discus
sions.
Many of tbe papers were able, some of
the discussions ditto, and much of the
speaking simply buncombe. With the
exception of a few personalities, which,
bad women indulged in a suffrage con
ventlon, would have given men pre
tended excuse for their further disen
franchisement, the deliberations were of
a harmonious and elevating character,
reflecting much credit upon the worthy
State Superintendent, aud all others in
authority. We were especially gratified
with the number, culture, aud intelli
gence of the lady teachers. The most of
them are yet timid about attempting
extemporaneous speaking, but a propor
tion of them, equal, at least, to the men
who usually monopolize the speaking
on such occasions, will gradually ac
quire the habit. Readiness in off-hand
debate is a requisite qualification for a
first-rate teacher of either sex.
As it was impossible, owing to many
other pressing duties, for us to attend
the institute regularly, we are not pre
pared to give such a digest of its delib
erations as we could wish.
On Friday evening, after the adjourn
ment, the institute met in the ample
parlors of the Chemeketa Hotel for a
social reunion, which will be long re
membered as a most enjoyable affair.
There were conversations and music
and supper, and toasts aud responses,
aud wit, laughter, and repartee; and in
the wee, sma' hours of the morning
good-byes and good wishes were ex
changed, and the great hotel grew
strangely silent, while old Morpheus
locked us all in fitful slumber.
During tbe progress of the institute's
meetings a gentle summer rain came
down upon the dusty town and filled
the air with a delicious freshness.
Mother Nature gathered up her bedrag
gled russet robe and tucked her ample
aprons over her overskirts of wheat,
and sighed for sunny skies. By and by
her fleecy shawl of clouds was tattered
by the summer breezes, aud tbe pleas
ant sunshine kissed her cheeks with
floods of golden light, and filled her
heart with joy and gladness. Then the
fleecy shawl evaporated in the summer
mist, and the gentle rain retreated to
tl e ocean.
Saturday we spent in rest and calls
and writing; and when eveniug came
we gladly greeted a goodly multitude in
the Opera House, to whom we dis
coursed, after our own humble fashion,
upon "Law and Liberty."
Contrasted with the old-time preju
dice, the present feeling in favor of hu-
mau rights in Salem is something mar
velous. Times are very dull financially,
and our struggle to maintain the paper
through the preseut stagnation in busi
11 ess tells fearfully upon us. Friends of
the cause, will you not rally to the sup
port of the paper, aud thus assist us
through this great ordeal? We could
not help lusertiug this paragraph right
here, where all of you will surely read it.
Salem is preparing for the Stale Fair,
and wisely hoarding every penny for
her approaching harvest. But few new
buildings are in course of erection, aud
all sorts of industries are enjoying a re
spectableand fashionable degreeof dull
ness. A. J. D
Salem, August 2G, 1877.
P. S. On Sunday evening we again
met a good audience in the Opera
House, our subject, "The Cause and
Cure of Evil." Monday forenoon was
spent in canvassing, aud at one p. 31. we
are again on board tbe train, this time
bound Portlandward. Mother Nature
has added a ruflle here aud a ruch
ing there to her afternoon attire. Her
attendants are everywhere busily pluck
ing from her ample overskirts the boun
tiful burdens of her golden wheat. Busi
ness wears a brisk look, and soon the
cry of hard times will be no more heard
in the land, for the commerce of tbe
high seas will take-up the produce of
the earth from tbe depots where the
freight trains lay it down, and carry i(
to the remotest corners of the globe,
where men are murdering their fellows,
leaving us in exchange the yellow gold,
for which we are all struggling. So
mote it be. A. J. D,
OUR COLORADO LETTER.
To hie Editor op the Nkw Nortuwest:
Denver has beeu alive this week: on
the subject of equal suffrage. On
Wednesday, the 16th, a meeting was
held at the City Hall, where Interesting
and effective addresses were made by
several of our leading suffragists, and a
central county committee, composed of
prominent men niue Democrats, eight
Republicans was organized. Follow
ing an editorial in the News of last
Sunday was an eloquent paper by our
earnest and helpful friend, Dr. B. F.
Crary, and yesterday the Tribune ex
erted itself to tiie extent of a long edito
rial on the subject. We feel that it is a
great ileal to have the support of two
daily papers and the interest of another
in tbe capital city. The Tribune per
haps does us much good by raising ob
jections to the measure as it would if it
advocated it. As long as the subject is
kept alive, so long will thought be
busied, and we feel that success must be
the ultimate result of thought and dis
cussion. We quite agree with the
Tribune that suffrage is a duty which it
is wrong to neglect. We believe the
feminine conscience is not generally
supposed to be less acute than tbe mas
culine, and when the right or privilege
of voting is given to women, tbey will
not be more likely than men to neglect
their duty in that direction. We have
heard several womeu who do not believe
in suffrage say that if it came they
should vote from a sense of duty. On
tbe other band, we know that some
women say'they would not vote if they
could; but that is a careless expression,
which many use when they mean that
tbey do not desire to vote; but, if it be
came their privilege, they xvould quickly
see their duty in the matter, aud, even
if unwillingly, which we think will pot
long remain tbe case with any, would
vote. We are not so extravagant as to
say that all women would be conscien
tious enough to vote, but we think tbe
chances are that the proportion of worn
eu's votes, would compare favorably with
that of men's, unless, indeed, as is some
times hinted, men's consciences are so
active as to urge them not only to al
ways vote, but to vote more than once,
rue lrxoune says mat it women's
tastes "incline them to the light, the
delicate, the elegant, the pleasiug, the
reflniug and purifying things of life,
rather than to the wear, the tortuous,
tiie laborious, the straining and rough
ways of politics; if their aspirations
move them to seek social and literary
rather than political and professional
triumph, or to strive to reign as the
beautiful and beloved queens of house
holds rather than as the powerful and
feared sovereigns of States, tbe propri
ety of crowding political duties upon
upon wome'n becomes a question at
least for argument." We fail, it may
be from our lack of experience in that
little ceremony, but we quite fail to see
that mere voting would be any obstacle
to the cultivation and pursuance of any
of "the light, delicate, elegant, pleasing,
refining and purifying things of life,'
or would involve anything "wearing,
straining, tortuous, or laborious;" and
surely the franchise will not compel
auy one whose tastes are opposed to it
to strive for "political triumph," or to
"reign as the powerful and feared sov
ereigns of States."
Susan B. Anthony, Miss Margaret
Fletcher, Miss Leila Patridge, Miss
Margaret Hindman, Henry B. Black-
well, and Lucy Stone will soon be here;
these, with our excellent local workers,
will form a baud strong enough to pre
vail against the ignorance and prejudice
that are the enemies to be conquered.
H. L,
Denver, August 19, 1877.
REOEHTEVEHTS.
General B. F. Butler is credited with
aspirations for the nomination for the
Presidency by the new Workingmen's
party, which be hopes to aid in building
up before 18S0.
Two spaus of the Omaha bridge were
blown down in a recent gale, rendering
a resort to the old-time ferrryboats nec
essary. It is estimated that it will cost
$350,000 to rebuild.
Resolutions were adopted at a work
ing men's meeting in New York, sym
pathizing with the strikers. It was
onion measuring eighteen inches in circumference.
The Bedrock Democrat says that
grasshoppers are creating sad havno
with the larmers and fruit producers in
Baker county.
The Guard man had some plums pre
sented him, of the Magnumbonum va
riety, which averaged seven by eight
Inches in circumference.
The "North Star." laden at Knann-
tnn, has cleared for Iquique, Peru, with
100 000 feet of tongued aud grooved
flooring. 213 000 feet of rough lumber,
and 1,000 pickets.
Three booms, holding nhnnt. Tfinnm
feet of sawlogs were let or broke adrift
t. Krpnnpt. W I. an. ,
held under the auspices of the furniture- al,out one-half of which will be entirely
makers, who are agitating au increase lost to the mill company,
of wages to the extent of twenty-five Last Friday the ship "City of Amov"
per cent.
At St. Paris, Ohio, August 27th, about
five o'clock in the morniug, a shoemaker
named Dash attempted to munler his
wife by cutting her throat with a razor,
and afterwards cut his own throat, sev
ering the jugular vein, and died at nine
o'clock. Mrs. Dash is still alive.
A Georgia paper credits Robert
Toombs with tbe intention to stump the
State against tbe proposed new const!
tution, and with loudly asserting after
his manner, that he "could take Foster
Blodgett and five niggers and make a
better constitution than this convention
will make."
The working men of Pennsylvania
have organized uuder the name of tbe
Protective Labor party, indorsed tbe
eight hour labor law, reduction of lax,
compulsory education, liberal applica
tion of funds for that purpose, and con
demning (be employment of prison la
borby private persons, manuel labor in
factories of children under fourteen, and
laws making it a conspiracy for labor
ing men to combine for their own pro
tection.
At a meeting of the Board of Super
visors, August 27th, a petition was pre
sented with 1,000 signatures, of which
the annexed is the substance: For the
appointment of a committee to wait
upon the six Chinese companies who
control Chinese immigration and the
ship companies, particularly the P. M,
S. S. Co., in whose steamships the Chi
nese are chiefly brought here, aud rep
resent to them the dangers which
threaten us by means of the great influx
of Chinese to our shores, aud request
them to desist from their further impor
tation until the United States and Chi
nese governments shall bave au oppor
tunity to consider the grave question
involved.
Three road agents, who have been
plying their vocations on the Cheyenne
Stage route, were arrested and jailed at
Deadwood, on the evening of August
26th. They came into town the day be
fore aud were spotted by the sheriff and
his deputies. Oue of the robbers re
sisted arrest, drawing his revolver and
shooting officer May through the arm
The fire was returned, but the desperado
succeeded in getting to a horse and
started over the hill. The horse was
killed by a rifle shot, and before the rob
ber could recover himself from the fall,
Sheriff Bullock closed with and easily
overcame him, as he bad been shot
through the body, and was weak from
loss of blood. Tbe wound is probably
fatal.
cleared trotn Astoria for Liverpool. Her
cargo consists 01 ie,irja sacKs of wheat,
and 11,000 cases of Balmou. The total
value of the cargo Is $116,000.
Dr. Autr. Kinuev informs the Astnrinn
that the small fish beinir cauirlit h
abundantly there are the true Anchovy.
iucj me uuer uavoreu mau inesaruiue,
but of nearly the.saiue appearance.
Charles Kitchen, four miles from
Walla Walla, raised 750 bushels of Has
seed from forty acres of land this year,
ior wnicu ue receives one dollar per
bushel from the Pioneer Oil Company,
of Salem.
There are four hundred and eli?htv-
three acres of land devoted to the culti
vation of hops in thePuvalhiD Vallev.
and it is estimated that 2.700 nickers
will be required to gather the crop. The
probableyield is placed at 900.000 bounds
for the eutlre valley.
A certain neighborhood in Orpiron.
desiring mall tacilities, have petitioued
lortne esiaoiisnment or a postal route,
and give as a reason why such prayer
should be granted, "that it would ac
commodate twenty-eight large and rap
idly increasing families."
The Walla Walla Watchman savs:
"Last Saturday another batch of emi
grants from Kansas passed through
town. They tell us the road between here
and the railroad is dotted witli iiumi-
igraut teams. When you ask them how
times are back in the grasshopper State,
they look you straight in tbe eye and
say, "Awtul."
The West Shore says: "Over $11,000.-
000 in gold will be realized this sea-ion
in Oregon rrooi the surplus of wheat,
wool, salmon and lions. Besides the
above principal staples, many millions
will be brought into this State for the
surplus of less important articles. This,
witli a population or only 100,000, aud
thousands of acres of unoccuoied land.
but point to what greatness this coun
try id destined, at no very distant day,
when our population increases and our
unoccupied acres are placed under the
plow."
The Sisters Smith, of Glastonbury.
Connecticut, live in a house 139 vears
old, sit under a tree 104 years old, and
are tiie nappy possessors ot the Gov
ernor Saltoustall china, which is 200
years old.
England annually Imports $30,000.-
000 worth of fruits; of apples alone about
Sio,uuo,uou worth, and yet the British,
grower has a decided advantage in pro
ducing most of the varieties on his own
soil.
THE DirPERENOE.
Human nature is a beautiful and fragrant
thing. If an employer whose profits permit
him to employ one hundred men discharges
fifty of them and doubles the wages of the re
maining fifty, all is pleasant in his factory. On
the contrary, If he retains the hundred, giving
them only the pay of fifty, there Is discontent.
hard language, perhaps a strike. The man
who is willing to have his own .pay cut down
in order that another man may have employ
ment Is dead, and his grave Is forty feet deep.
-Ex.
And tbe man who is willing to do
without interest for a while, on capital
that came to him through iuheritance
or sharp practice, rather than honest
work, in order that his neighbor or em
ployee may have an opportunity to pay
for a roof to cover the heads of his help
less ones from the approaching winter's
storms, was never born.
Mr. Beecher recently delivered a ser
mon to working people, in which he ad
vised them to live on a dollar a day,
Such counsel, from a man who receives
tens of thousands annually, for less la
bor than that performed by the lowliest
hod-carrier or brakeman in tbe land, is
not only ill-timed, but impudent. We
advise this eminent follower of the meek
andTbwly Mau of Nazareth to "sell all
that he has" for one entire year, except
a dollar a day, and "give to the poor."
Then, having cast the beam from bis
own eye, he will see clearly to extract
the mote from tbe eye of bis brother.
Some unknown nomads came to Sa
lem the other day and advertised one of
those disreputable performances known
in large cities as tbe "can can." Colo
nel Reed was induced to lease them the
Opera House before their bills were out,
on tbelr representation that tbey were
to give a respectable seusational show.
Our latest advices are to the effect that
upon learning the character of the show
he refused to open the hall if tbe citi
zens would stand by him.
THE INDIAN WAR.
The dispatches from Montana report
the Indians still on tbe war-patb. A
Herald's special from Mammoth Hot
Springs, of the 26th, says: "Our party
was attacked to-day about noon. I am
tbe only one, so far as known, tbat es
caped. Probably they will come in to
night." Iudians appeared in Geyser
basin on the 14lh inst. They struck the
Helena aud Radersburg party, killing
seven women, and taking two women aud
one man prisoners. Just as the courier
left Mount Washburne on tbe 25th the
Indians attacked another party, killing
nine of them. One escaped. The In
dians released Mrs. Cowan, her sister
and brother, who reached Scliofieid on
the 2oth. The warriors went back to
fight Howard. AVhite Bird and Look-
ng Glass remained with the camp,
Joseph went with the warriors. They
say they are going to Wind River and
Camp Brown to get supplies. Schofleld
thinks they are going to the lower Yel
lowstone via Clark's Ford. They crossed
tbe river between Mount Washburne
and the lakes. Schofleld does not say
just where he will send a courier to
Sturgis.
Either the government must change
its treaty tactics with tbe Indians or ex
terminate them altogether.
vTho following is the substance of a
telegram from Captain Wilkinson, bear
ing date of the 25th inst.: "Just returned
from Spokane Falls. Wheaton's col
umn due at this place Monday, the
27th. Tbe council with the northern
Indians has been very successful. In
spector Watkins has written agreements
from all the chiefs that they will go on
the reservation designated. Iudians
seem peaceably disposed, and express
kind feelings toward whites." "Good
Injuns" will be both prayerful and
plenty when food gets scarce and
weather cold.
P0REIGN NEWS.
Servian district officials have received
orders not to give passports to militia.
There are uninterrupted daily com
municatious with Russian headquar
ters.
Prince Tcherkasskis' removal from
the administration of Bulgaria is immi
nent.
It is alleged Gladstone has written
letters to a Greek merchant in Constan
tinpple urging the Greeks to unite with
tbe Slavs in an attack on the Turks
A collision almost occurred at Nikop-
olis between the Russian and Rouman
ian forces in consequence of the Russian
commandant having caused Rouman
ian soldiers to be flogged.
The Turks took Kizimte, but in at
tempting to take Kurkodova were en
tirely defeated. The Russian Generals
Komaroff aud Tchavischevadze were
wounded.
From the manner in which the Rus-
liaus are pushing forward reinforce
ments to Schipka pass, it seems they
are confident of being able to resist any
advance from tbe river Lom or Osmau
Pasha.
A renewal of fighting In Asia is Im
minent. Russian reinforcements con
tinue to arrive at Alexandropol. Twelve
thousaud men and eighty-eight guns
reached Erivan for the reinforcement of
General Tergukassoff.
Peruvian Syrup.
Brooks, if e., Sept. 7, 1870.
Dear Sir: From early youth I was iii feeble
health, troubled with humor In my blood,
weakness and debility of the system generally;
was unable to labor much, and only at some
light business, and then only with great cau
tion. Seven years ago, the past spring, I had a
severe attack: of Dlptheria, which left my
limbs paralyzed and useless, so I was unabln to
walk, ore en sit up. Noticing the advertise
ment of Peruvian Syrup, I concluded to give
it a trial, and to my great Joy soon found my
health Improving. I continued the use of the
Syrup until three bottles had been used, and
was restored to complete health, and have re
mained so to this day. I attribute my present
health to the use of Peruvian Svrup, and.
hold it in high estimation. I cannot speak too
highly In Its praise. I have in several cases
recommended It In cases Rimilar to my own.
with the same good results. Yours truly,
50 Charles E. Fearcy.
From X.TnntcIier, 3I.D.,of Herniou, X.X.
'Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry
gives universal satisfaction. It seems to cure
a cough by loosening and cleansing the lungs,
and allaying Irritation, thus removing the
cause, instead of drying up the cough and
leaving the cause behind. I consider the Bal
sam the best cough medicine with which I am
acquainted." Sold by all druggists.
Home for Homeless Women.
Under the auspices of the Band ot Helpers.
Location Colun-bla street, between Fifth and
Sixth. Mrs. McCord, matron. The doors of
the Home stand open to all homeless women
of good character. Board and room will be
furnished at cost to those who have means.
and free to those who have not. Temporary
work will be furnished at the Home, and per
manent situations obtained for Inmates. Ladles
who have sewing to put out, who are In need of
professional nurses, or any kind or help, are
urged to apply at the Home, and thus aid this
noble effort to help their own sex.
Mrs. Williams, editor of the Ballot-
Box, Toledo, Ohio, writes us a cheerful,
personal letter, sparkling, and full of
enthusiasm aud zeal for woman's en
franchisement. -Her paper is only a
dollar a year, published monthly, and
is deserving of national support.
We acKnowieuge the receipt of a
ticket to the Walla.Walla Fair, which
commences on the JSth proximo and
continues five days. Shall be most
happy to attend, should circumstances
permit.
Senator Morton, who has recently
been alarmingly ill, is reported as slowly
convalescing.
HEWSJTEMS.
STATE AND TERRITORIAL.
Wheat Is quoted at 97 at Eugene.
The Mute School reopeus next Mon
day.
Wheat is quoted at $1 02 at North
Yamhill.
There is not an empty bouse to rent
in Lafayette.
The M. E. Conference convenes at Se
attle on Weduesday.
Wheat at Jacksonville is worth fifty
cents a bushel, at present.
The grading of the Tenino Railroad is
expected to be done in two months.
Miss Mary Toy, of Baker county,
killed a large lynx with a common
shovel.
Diphtheria is proving very fatal in
the viciuity of Spore's ferry, Lane
county.
It is claimed that Looking Glass Val
ley, in Douglas county, will bave 40,000
bushels of surplus wheat this year.
Cantain StuuiD's boat Is ready for
service as soon as Bbe is inspected. Sbe
is intended to run on the buaKe River.
Logs have been sawed at Port Madi
son which weicneu iweui.y-uve ions
each, and produced 6,000 reet of lumber.
Mrs. Dr. Bailey presented a large or
can to the Catholic Church at St. Paul,
Marion county, on the feast of Assump
tion.
Mr. Hill, of Myrtle Creek, presented
the editor of the Plaindealer with au
TAKE XOTICE.
Mr. Hendee is In town and is taking pictures
In all styles or the art, and has all tbe advant
ages of easy access to his Gallery and tae best
lleht in tbe State, and takes as good pictures as
any other man and at as reasonable prices, and
Is always ready and good-natured. Please call
and test his ability. Gallery in the middle of
the block, First street, between Morrison and
Yamhill, Portland, Oregon. 6-21
9IKS. IS. A. OWB.VS, 31. I.
Office and residence, east side First street, be
tween Yamhill and Taylor. Special attention
given to women and children's complaints.
Also, gives Medicated Vapor Baths, com
bined with Electricity, in treating rheumatism
and chronic diseases. 5-32
A Valuable Discovery. Dr. J. P. Miller, a
practicing physician at 327 Spruce street.Phila-
delphla.hasdlscoveredthat theextract of cran
berries and hemp combined cures headache,
either bilious, dyspeptic, nervous.or sick head
ache, neuralgia and nervousness. This is a tri
umph In medical chemistry and sufferers all
over the country are ordering by mail. He
prepares it in pills, at 50 cents a box. The Doc
tor is largely known and highly respected.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
31 Alt V FOSTEU,
Commission Merchant and Purchasing Agent,
is prepared to make purchases in New York
and other cities, on order, of all goods, Jewelry,
groceries, etc, on commission of 5 per cent, for
S. of L and 10 per cent, for others outside of
the Order. West India preserves and Mexican
conserves. Address P. O. Station "D," New
Yotk City.
No such word as fall in the case of Gi.enn'8
Sulphur Soap. When that peerless purifier
and beautifier Is used to banish diseases of the
skin and blemishes of the complexion, it in
fallibly succeeds in producing the desired ef
fect. Sold by all Druggists.
C3" The National Gold Medal was awarded,
to Bradley fc Rulofson for the best Photographs
in the United States, and the Vienna Medal
for the best In the world. 429 Montgomery
street, San Francisco.
Hill's Hah- and Whisker Dye, black or brown,
fifty cents.