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4 I if i I ii 'tf i !!-' .8F.PTKMBER. 21. 1477. TICK. Ajsau will ptMM taks notice thai M is grssl tax apoa a io pay sipeses shsrges upon assail soma, sad tbay will eoAter grsl favor h ressltMng to ns through money oriM or A EErOEM -SCHOOL HEEDED. As ths year pas ovr ourVlty, mak lug ber a city la population and In In Iqulty, tbe downward path that lead to death ob wld aod yst wldr before tb feet of tb young end tb unwary, and children In many euti become fa miliar wltb vice la It .moat bideoui .phases before they be or can bav a knowledge of tb penalties, byical anautal, aod Judlalal, wblcb ar Imposed upoo tb oonimlaaloo of crime. . Man and womn fathere end moth era whether they know not or rack not -these appslliug facts, pursue tb daily routio of life, alteod to It business, and enjoy hi plaaaurc la seeming up concern, or, when approached upon tb subject, slgb that things ar not a tbay wci wtjm they war young, and (bank God thst their children - ar oqlM lb children of olhsrs, ..Tall on of the, If you doubt this, that para phlet or papers wblcb It would . b crime agaloat tb United State, and pcriiababl a such to aeod through tb rnalla, war balog circulated among tb achool ehildrao, tb tb ruin of tbelr moral and duoatl6n, and ee if bin .out of ten will not believe Implicitly that their boy would not. circulate nor their girl read or bandl such accursed stuff. Whether tb fact I traceable to tbla overweening parental confidence - wblcb engender esrelessneas where " TlgTIaoce "la TmperatWaly demanded, or to other cauae more remote, but to which tb organisation with wblcb tbee youthful offender agalaal decency I attributable, certain It I that tb rank of immorality ar not likely to be depleted by tb coming to maturity of com Who ere Just now verging upon manhood and alaa that w hav to eay It upoo womaobood.. : ' Aoy on who keep his eye and ear open aa b move about this city doe -not need to hav tb truth Impreaaed upon him by argument that th need of reform achool baa grown Into an ur gent demand. In tb nam of morality, and tb futor protection of th com- ' monwealtb call for Its speedy ssisbllsh ment. W war an ey witne but a abort lim aluo to tb arreal of a girl scarcely seventeen year of ag In a atat of In loxicatioo, wbll bar alater, near bar own age, atood by uttering fiercest Im precstloua. -Tl eritas-cccesssry but the manner or It waa moat rppre- BabimiaTircfemToSe"'offlvHo mad It.- Tbr girt bav grown to womanhood In tbla city; tbelr down ward Course baa not bee sudden, but . gradual, and could have, been checked by tb wholesome dlaclplln of a reform . achool,. Tbacaaeof th boy criminal, riUDAV. i" for a second time sentenced to the pen I tonjjary.fojr, crime a grav aa any In ibe calendar fcefor UheT"Tiad"TeBcired bla eighteenth birthday, la freab In the memory of alk -These, and other of ' ' ' Ilk ag and hardihood, would now reap no bene fit from a reformatory Inatltu tlbn. aod lb 'peace aod safety of tb community require that prison bar should. Juterveu betwevo them and th world; but those who ar faat becoming ebetMn vteeboy of from lit lo twelv and fifteen years of age, who loiter about streets where brolbele '. abound; who baug about aaloon and theater entrance, atnoklng bad cigars and contaminating their blood and be fogging tbelr moral sens by chewing II tobacco; w bo bear dally, or nightly, to tb ahame' of tbelr parent be It spoken, lb vilest, language that can manat from (he lip of besotted men, Tbee na!, first, alrlct parental re- . . strain, and who that I defied or cir cumvented, th stringent dlaclplln of a reform, school. Th tlm I not far distant when aa - Institution of this character most be es tablished, or our jail and pcullentlary enlarged, -for juat so sore as that "b . who sows th wind shall reap th whirl wind, o sur will a large per cent, of . thee Juvenile reprobate become social - outlaws within th ntit decade peals to a community, from which only prhv 'one aOord relief. YV take from Harper! Wtrkly th following ftinimMiH " r.r.. lory luatltutlnn la New York, which. "wltb other of It kind, annually save hundreds of bnye and glrla to career of usefuluea end honor, who, If left toJ their own device, or th Inefficient re straint of parents, would be almost con stant attendant upon police court dur ing their youth, aod Inmates of brothels and prison before maturity- Tk Javaalla Asylasa at Hub. Bridie la a rs ajrsMtorjr InstiUilkMi lor bojrs aod girls aadar six lee a years of ace. There are saw about aevaa hundred ehllUitea there, who are (leea elementary school lasuacUos, aad are te. tight saaebanleal oeeitatkma. Pares u are required to swrreader all control of their ehlldrsa when they are admltled, though they often are al lowed to reclaim them. Those who are sot re- claimed, after they have Bnlebed their eouree are seat to htrnim' homes la the West. Aa aatuslna reatura of th asylum la the brsaa hand, containing a doiea pieeea armors fu li st led wind tastrumeais, wielded hy lads from twelve to ell tees years .old. V ftaj reach such proOcleeey that they ehtala pi.i. es la rrgslar bands whra they leave the aayluiu. " Mrs. F. F. Victor will canvas bttl shortly for bar new book, meotiou of wbkb waa mad la tbee column last Week. Th velum baa received favor able comment from, lb Wading paper of tbla Btat and Washington Territory. Mr. Kit) Fostsr, a woman lawyer of Clinton, Iowa, baa bee appointed by ' h District Court on of th committee to examine candidate for admission to the bar. It fk safe lo say that no woman vr held ucli an offlcsya thai before, j i 1 AI ADDEHDi. If a wife values her ova and her boehand ease, stui should let hereirBsee aad dcelrea ever wllbla the reach of blselrcuiuilanres hit, M poverty should follow, sh must el) are the svlt Let her be very aareful sever lo give him any estueof lealoaay. She shoe Id sot let maai days pass without ssertoai esamlsetloe 1st her conduct aaa wlfsTaad If. oa reoollee Uoa, lb Sad bemslf guilty of any foibles or om I as ion i, j ha beet atooement la lo ha more ranful tn the future. Tbe above, under tb bead of "Wifely Economy," Is fr6m th Balem Jtecord; whether rlglDallng In th brain of tb editor or not wdouot kuow. It sounds some Ilk lb Sunday Welcome, will probably appear In thai sheet Dei Sunday. Ws will add to It a supple- ment, and, , not to be outdone, w in dub it "Huabaudly Discretion." If a husband value bis own and bi wife' ease, let blm kecpherjhorougbly Informed a to th atat of tb fin a ace of tb Arm, ever keeping hit desires and eipensee wllbla tb reach of their cir cumstances, not compromising bis own eoosxrt em7i)or feefciy attempting hoodwink bis wife by having bis cigars, tobacco, and club and lodge bills cbsrged "to sundries;" "for, If poverty should follow," b will b compelled to curtail tbee evils that so est Into th fan Hy substauce, and sh cannot ahar them. "Let blm be very careful oever lo b Jealous of bis wife without cause, remembering that th' "green-eyed mopster" meke a mouster tt an other wise good husband, and bl wife may bav a brother, and tb Jealous At bar what Kgglrwton call a "iudlckeroua1 termination, ii snouia not jet many days pas without careful eiamiiialioii lulo hi contfuct a a buaband, and If be ha frowned darkly when told that tb flour and sugar barrels needed replen isniug, a ihougn Ae bad eaten or wasted tb entire previous eonteuts, or sr3owldbetrnmraavbslrrscIe' shoes wer completely wora out, and Tommy having passed hi grade, must bav an entirely new set of book for lb coming term, Juat as though A had Injured ArtTby bringing tbos xpe na ive children Into tb bouse, let blm seek to aton for thee anbuabandly, un fatherly acts by acquiescing cheerfully to all reasonable demands " upon lbs family fl nances In futur.8a will tb matrimonial 'berk Sail la smooth without danger of becoming atranded on th shoals of selfish nees. ' LET US HATE FACTS, HOT TASOIES There Is a woman In tbs Rtatc hocpl tal for th Insan who It J alleged was carried titer by fraud, aod is detained without Just cause, her Insanity Iwing purely mvthlcsl.Nuuierous acquslot- aoce who bav visited aud conversed wim ber sine her Incarceration have, during tb past few.wceks, tlaclad Iter perTeulTy ssne, and urged us to bring th matter beft.r. thjrpubHc i"lTr-.TTTn.rZ;.l i l j ..n usswww svsejssui W WTIIUVU rW Ulli IfTVI I II confident that tb uperlntendenl and resident physician of tb asylum will not counteuaoc either th unlawful commitment of a patient, or the deten tlon-of one If ssne. . This Institution Is ons In a large measura kept up by tb Hlate, and tbe public hav ao undoubted right to know of Its workings. This Ugh! baf ever been cheerfully acknowl edged by those In charge, visitor every day eicept Sunday being conducted thi-nog-h tb wards and over the grounds, aud their numerous questions patiently aod readlTy auswered by th obliging wardens. Access to ths patients being thus easy, It would cerlaluly be a mat ter of no great difficulty toascertaln til facts iir tb cat' ooentloned, aod facts ell authenticated by responsible per sons, w ar and trust vr shall be ready to glv to tb public In matter of such grave import, however, no cor respondent wbo Is not wllliog to give bis nam to tb public need tpeit to c bl statements In print, nor need persons who request us In ominous whis pers pot to mention their names In con nection with the matter eipect to. alt Ibeir views in our columns. Tb ci I on easily Investigated, and w do not believe th superintendent to b th man tn shriuk from proper loveetiga Hon of matters trsnsplrlng In tbe lostl. tutlon over wblcb b basso long pre sided. TO THE FEIEND3 OF E'QDAL EIGHTS. Iet Us-mak on more appeal In be half of th proposed Hiiteeuth Amend ment. Almost very body attend lbs rtlat Fair. ' Wclir, making arrange ment for canvassing for slgnstures on thst occasion, but It will lak ready iLW-'t-IHr'! Tfll""g ''"' '"!" "- aired work. Hoflrag meeting will be held on th grouud a often as practica ble. Blank petitions will b distributed dally all or any persons who will de vote an hour or more each day to the work.. Tbla plan, If successfully carried out, will greatly facilitate tlm and la bor la pushing forward this mucb-de- slred work. Come, friends, rally to tb work of justice aod right. ' . II. A. IjOt'OHARY, President O. K. W. 8. A. Amity, rteptember IS, I8T7. Tbs fall Isrm of tb 8laU University commenced last. Monday, with Professor J. W. Johnson, President; Professor Mark Ilailey, mathematics; Professor Condoo, natural acieoce; Mr. M. . Mplllcr, pieceptresa; and Miss Boise, as sistant la preparatory , department. Tbee ar all abl aud iperlenoed teachersi tb peer of any In tb gist. According to laformatloa received by the Dulse Statesman, Mr. Manual, wbo suffered such shocking alrocftle at lb hand of tb host I Is Indiana at th Orel outbreak, I not a prlaooafvaaluka Use reported, but waa killed. ' Her father, Mr. Poppln, Is confident of tbla, bavlug himself seen ber body about two hours after life wss eitlocL Tb Hills bo ro Independent, to aav ibsusllv brain labor aod eompoaitor wages, Moubl lead" lU'leadlug ed "WILL MOTHERS IEVEE LE1EI Tt ' An eichsng asks Ibis pathetic ques tion at the conclusion nf a notice to the Nefi'ect that a little. child aged fifteen months had pulled br bucket of bolllug water off a bench, thereby scalding It self so severely that lt;led In a few hours. ' i Iu Lave i very uoguerus habit of charging any and every accident that befalls children to tbe csrelesaues of tb mother, Juat ss If th mother' sol ear and duty, was to keep th toddler constantly in' her armaor'under bereye. A little considerate reflection will surely serv to couviuc any on that tbla, w'bsn mothers must, as nln-tutb of them ar compelled to do, bear th double curse, Is simply Impossible. That mother of young chlldrvu should be lempl from all bsrd Tabor, la wblcri calatogu- appeara' foremost washing, scrubbing, Ironing, and boues-cleaulng, that they may thereby .save their strength and tempera, and devote their time to the car of tbelr ofl.prlug while blples, ISSs true as that not, one moiLsr in ons tnousaoa among tn work- log classes' 1 thus sheltered and pro - tected while iterformiog tbe functions of motherhood. Tolling with a fretful babe at the breast, or In a condition of body that renders all labor torture, with tbe little baud of three, four, or sis, rauglng lu age from fifteen months to ten years, restlessly diving, pulling, pushing, climbing, falling, crying and clamoring around ber, tbeooly wonder Is that there are 'not an hundred sod den is to chronicle where now but one eppears. ". "'. . , Fancy a mother In uclv eirciimstancee aud tbla la do fancy sketch berrying to tbe very limit of ber strength to get the family washing oa the Hoe la time to prepare thefamlydlnner moving from"ToTrerto tub, rubbing, rinsing, starching, quieting thla child with a "piece,!! and pulling that one from lu play la tbe ashes or sugsr bsrrel, bal ancing tb baby upon hip or knee while preparing tb vegetable for dinner, glancing meanwhile at tb clock, and foreboding what A will say if dinner is late. . : . - Suddenly a simultaneous splash and shriek is beard, aud U other turns quickly, to behold th toddler who waa but now at play in th yard deluged with a pall of boiling wafer that ab bad hurriedly th posited, as sh sup posed, beyoud bis reach. Is Dot tbs mother's agooy Intense enough, but that la additloo ah must be censured for what was not her fault? And If blame for thla accident eslsta, doe It Dot rather belong to the father of lb child,' la that be so utterly failed to protect tb mother of hi children aa to reimer 11 lllllOSBim, JtJ-ier-IO 1'IUlCl'l -1 - - . tbem.r - I I-- I J..,i , m a -r w . . . otyoung children presume to alt lo Judgment upon an over-worked moth er's acta, .and bring in a verdict oT ''guilty of carelessness" for an accldrut that bappene-to a child. "Will moth era never lrsrn?" you ask. IUtber ak. "Will f.ll..ra I..,- It,. I j . ... "JBU1m mettiirriir'K.Tr It.. Cl.i. mrrthers shontd t exeuipt from all la bor ibat require bot water as an agent la lu accomplishment while their ebll dren ar so young as not to kuow that hot -water will scald T" Will fathers nevsr Jaaru this 1 THE IHWAI WAET . 2 Ths followine dlsDstrh from R( ore Is; dated "Near Yellowatoue, September" I6tb," appears In tb Qrtgonian ? '' hav Juat bad a bard fight wltbib Kei Perce, lasting nearly . all day. We killed and wounded a good many, and captured several huudrd bead of stock. lie ports not yet I n; can' t say w batour loss Is, but It isconslderabl. Several killed and a good many wounded. Nothing to eat for two days. We marched sixty miles to strike tbe Indiana.' Our horse wer worn out. Tb Indiana atuck well to tb rock, but w drov them out for several miles.".. In additlos)r-OenersJ Froet reports that tb Crow brought lu to tb agency on th 13lh 100 head of Nes Perces ponies; that several Crows started out at once to assist Sturgis. In describing th magnitude ol tbe work undertaken in Colorado, and. ap pealing for mean necessary to-' carry it on, II. B. Blackwell, now In that State, says: "This Stat Is larger In eitent than New York and all New Eligland combined. It is composed nf vast plnlni and Immense chalna of mountains, Over thla Immense expanse are scat tered about 130,000 Inhabitants, mostly miners and herdsmen.' Of th 30,000 voters, about 5, 000 ar Mexicans, the re mainder, of every nationality under heaven. . The Americana are from vry section of th Co I ted Statea.Ta reeb population so scattered, living often In a condition of tb most primitive roughness, and totally isolated from th eooveniionalltlea and luturlee of our older civilisation, la a herculean task. At best, It can only be Imperfectly ac complished, aud at great expense and labor. But, thanks to tbe heroic efforts of the friends of Woman Suffrage in this Slate, the way la opened, and the only limit of tbe work will be th money at command. Let every f rleod of wom an give of tbe meats at tbelr disposal, be tney small or largs. :sevsr waa money more needed or likely to do more good." : Hod. G. W. Lawson bae received and accepted an Invitation signed by numer ous cltliens of Oervals to lectur at that place oo lbs 23d lost. Sutjeci, "Spirit Forms and th Speaker' .Experience with Tbem." A.ghostly subject.' ' " Tbe J'tortan learns from a gentleman uat from Tillamook that Dr. Smith, late of AalorfaThi la Ibat part of the country selecting a luL-aliou where a colony of Spiritualist Is to be founded. rrs 0U1 COLOE ADO LETTER. ' To tub EhiToa or vas New NoTwaaTj Laht evening the Lawrence-street M. & Church v.h7.1Uh1 to overflowing with people aUraeteU by tb pro oils of u(f rag addresses byceveral promiueot workers to tb cause, tbe most Doted being Mrs. Lucy Stone. , Many were present seeking clesrer. light, mauy from Idle curiosity, and sous, w doubt not, with tbe end and aim of ridicule In view, while mauy, who needed not to bear for tb sag of th argutneots, hoped to receive new energy aud cour age from the brave word to be spokeo. Hut whatever the motiv Ingoing, w think all must hsv received benefit; the luqtilriog been convinced, th eurM ou become lnlerestel, and thesoooVr slleucel, at least. Dr." A. C. "Avery, our "efficient, never wearied President, opened the eseroisee with an account of the progress of the movement bereeluee the meeting Isst January, aud an eloquent appeal to the voters of the Blste fur Justice. 8he theu ntroduced Mrs. Campbell, wbo spoke a short tlm In ber usual interesting ami 1 efficient manner., Jh wgifollowed by ' Miss 'Matiida HfnduiVn, of Pittsburg, I Pennsylvania, who r.rennteJ aoma strong argunieuts deduced from existing social conditions. Miss Hludmao? was perhsps th most practical speaker .of tbe evening, and ber fortnldable array of indisputable facts, which illustrated tbe Deed of tbe ballot for women aud tb practical gnrkl of It to them, will convince many who do not and will not consider tb great underlying princi ple, of. the. cause more than empty, sounding words. After this address, Dr. Avery Intro duced Lucy Ktone lu the following words: "I havs not forgotten bow my l ear rejolcetl at tbe warm applause which greeted the announcement which I made at the.Jauuary meeting, that I.ocy Stone hoped to be with u la tb September campaign. . That far-away hope baa become present fruition, and she, who for thirty years has mads tbe promotion of hurnao rights tbs central object of ber dealre, tbe clear, white pur pose of all that she has thought, and ssldjaMdiluiieaher-Lucytonelias eoatetous,hereat lbs foot of the Rocky a, with ber great heart full of the greater faltb that ah will see Colorado a truly free State. Ladles and gentlemen, Mrs, Lucy Stone." Mrs. Stone spoks well, whoever bss beard Mrs. Stops spesk knows how, aud whoever has not will nsvsi-kaow uutil b has lb prlvlleg of hvarlug her. rh depth aud richness of ber soulful toIc, llui wonderful power f tier pathos, lbs genuineness of ber mirth, 'be 'AmpUcilyXbaelfergetfutflssslui T ....,. n . i .it .1 1 uei ufauuer, an iiienw are 1 1 ; . . . uaj'ieviauve uj .muse wuo nave not lmar,Melearrh1ui- a,r. l,.-- w. memories tq those who have. W Jwr sorxy not to bear 'Mr, Dlack well, too, but ther waa not tlm for all th good thing which had been prepared. Mr. iou and Mr. Ulackwell will ge to morrow to Colorado Springs, and thence southward for two weeks; tb last fort- nlaht nf tt.id.mk.. Ik. 1 1 1 . 1 " 1 I " r- ..lyieww I enclose a list of the appointments which are already made. Mrs. Matilda Fleleber, of Iowa, wilt begiu work Sep tember 13tb, and we shall bars a good doaJ of 'help from a number of our best men; coin giving three speeches, otb srs a week- or ten days of solid work- but ft Is ths women wbo keep at It first. Isat, and all tbitlmr'- 11. L. Denvsr, Colorado, September 2, 1877, W'ltb Increasing bop and good cbeer I writ you at the cod of th Oral week of active campaign work. , Lucy Stone and Henry B. Blackwell area host in themselves, and tbelrcnmlng has served to luspire tbe heart of every friend of equal rights with teal and confidence, and W mak many dw friend to tb cause. Interest and thoughtful atten tion characterise the attitude toward tbe movement of the more Intelligent dtlseos all over tbe State. i our last Colorado letter gave an ac count of tb grand opening of tb cam paign In Ienver, at which w bad speech from trios veteran workers, Lucy Stone and Margaret W. Campbell, and a most plesssnt little address from Miss Matilda Hindman. Tbs last nsnied 111, doubtless, but deepen th favorabl Impression she then mads when, to morrow' evening, sh will again speak to a Deuver audience. 1 have Just besrd that she wss refused the una of a a..l.l. house for her. meeting Isst evening, al though but one of. the three achool di rectors objected. : There you bav th other aid of lb Democratic majority, ruls I Probably this geullemsn sgfees with th. astute editor of the Denver Tribune, wbotblnks that an ausulut monarchy baa advan tage for good government that a repub lic cannot aslr to; hence, th more limited th suffrage ths better I Well, we may comfort ourselves with the knowledge thst all such Instances bf tyrannical assumption set mr n aud women Srht ar. truly lovers of liberty to thinking; aud, that doue, it is only a queetiou of lime when they eepouse tb right side of llil question. Miss Pstrldgs waedetslned by Illness, nd could not meet ber engagements from September Si to eth Inclusive; but she arrived yesterday, and has already begun 'her pilgrimage Into th moun ts! ds, whence must come our -help next October. . ' Two young law ) srs,Mesrs. Dillon and Harten Stein, of thla clty-ns a Demo crat, one a lUpublioaH kludjyexledaa subatitulea for Miss PatrMge at' herap- polutmeota for Monday aud Tuesday; tbos al Ooldsn and Idaho were, by aa unfortunate misapprehension, left un filled. . Tlie Geo i ge town meeting wss addressed by Dr. Avery, who went Up en very slmrt notice, but felt It was better to show a desire to fulflJl ths promise of the aasouialioa, even If shs ber If appeared at somedladvePtg from lack of preparation and lack of gift for publl speaking. Tb advertise!' meeting at' Silver Plum ou Saturday night did Dot occur, bo account of a want of proper manage ment regarding ball, etc.; but, aa Lucy 8tone wdll be there later, we bop that tb sturdy miner of tb Terrible, th Dive and Pelican, end all tb rest of thoscrleb ruins will be fully persuaded to vot right nst month. ' Mis Authony will open her share o th work to-morrow at Orenads. - Mrs. Shields aod Mrs. Mstild Fletcher will begin theirs here two days later, on Thursday, Beptetubcr 13t.h. The Democrats, at their, recent County Convention, took off 4he,4aity muille to the estentof ssylog that on thsquee tlon of Women Su drags every men was left entirely fre to vol. ash chose; for even short step lu tbs right direction we ar -thankful. C.lW. S. A. ,.!?.v.rji.i!vJ-?J!S!!.Jiel,lemCer 10, 1877, WOBI FOE JEVEETBODT. Circulate petition for a 10th Amend ment, to enfranchise the women, not of one' ijlsifaalone, but of all the States n.t-T.F.i t VVi.m.i.1. .1 ..I. ,A . vole In lb government under wblcb she live Is a ualural right', and must be guaranteed to ber b'y th Federal Con stitution. ' Now Is our time to knock's! th door bf CongFess'and plant thh right deep In lbs fundamental law of tbe land. - Petitions for a SlatrenTli Amendment for womau'a enfranchisement, from 10,000 1'utted States citizens, frotu tweuty-two States, have beeu presented In open House and Senat by SI Ilepre- sentstl ves and 29 Senators al tics January 10, 1877. Th friends of Woman Suf- frageJjbhJiouseswlin Intend I vocat in Amendment la th nsw Congress, deslr It friends to sustain tbem by mammoth petition from every quarter. Circulate this petition tbrougli lb autumn aud winter up to January 20rlS78. Obtain th names of all wbo bav algned similar petitions" to th present Congress, aod aa many ruor as posslbl.' Head lb petition with such well-known Damea ss you wish io have appear in - htContTrtmionat-7i'ecordr Fill tb blauh for Stat, town, and county, tlat members may refer to Ibsir own districU lu presenting peti lions. Hav all th name signed plainly with Ink ou two copies of tbs petition, ou for tb House, aud on for tb senate. Ask escu signsr to re ml It at least ten cents to th Treasurer of the Natfbual Woman Suflrag Association Mrs. Lllan K. Sargent, No. 1.733. I Sate street, Waahlugtou, D. V.i to defray eipeuee of j gtliill tut praweatatirwtatbrlJdrCougresa. -.Very name received before December 1, 1877, will be classified with Its appropriate nly ! pstklons, and"pr seuted by th appropriate ltepreseula- lie and Senator. Seud-with th peti tious osms aud post officer' add re of each on who obtain signatures, so lbs officers msy know th work-era. Cut this out, aud pasts It at tb bead ofaabeetof paper and go to work. Put ttb bamesof man on the right, and women on the reft of -your petition, and trace every name carefully in inkT ' ' . PKTlTlOx'rOB'. -AYOMAN SLFFHAO E? To the Senate and Iuime" Jicpfcsenl tativn; in Cungre AMtembled i-rTbe uwlerslguedy: elUxeua of th Uultcd- States, resident of tb StatT)f oouutj oi , town or earnestly- pray your boudrabl body to adopt meaaure for so amending tbe Constitution as to prohibit th ssveral States from disfranchising United States i . i L' citlsens on account of sex. LETTER FSOH 8 AS JOSE. 7jn ths Kpitok or tub Nsw Noam wear: The auuual meeting of tbe California State . . Woman Suffrage Association cloaed Its' suoeeaaful end interesting sessions on Isst Friday evening. . Thi main object of thla uieetlng was th election of officers for lbe ensuing year, which result is aa follows: Prealdeot, Hon. J. J. Owen, of Sen Jose; Vice- President, Mrs. Sarah Wallace, of May field; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Maria 1 1 ttT, of 8a n Era nc I sen ; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Dlo Lewis, of Oakland; Board of Directors, Mrs. Dr.-White, Mrs. Ollvs Wsahburn, Mr.. Dr. E. D. Smith, Mrs. M. Hill, Mrs. O. Irwin, Mrs. H. A4 Hasklll, Mrs. Dr. Dlo Iiswls, Mr. 8. Wsllace, Mre. C. M. Foils, and Mrs, Dr. Watterhnu, It Is unnccessare to give vou a full u port of the meet I pg, as you hav ere this received the sanis tlt;piigh tncol umn of th'San Iranclsco rresa. : in state, nowever, mat your corre- spondent was honored with an Invita tion to deliver th annual address, aud, Judging from the frequent and prolonged applause, they did Dot regret its ring Is sued such luvitatlon. . Rev. Dr. Benton, of Oakland, favored tbe audience with a half-hour' speech, which for good bumor, logic, and sar casm w hv seldom heard equaled. Governor Woods, Oregon's representa tive man, wa not afraid to let the. Im portent fact be known thst h I now, and has ever been In favor of woman'a political equality wltb man. I would1 not fall to writ you of th untiring effort of Mrs. Sarah Wallace, of Maj field, who, In th absence of.tbe President, presided successfully, and, In tbe meantime, not only proved ber ex ecutive ability, but ber ability to ex press ber grand principles upon the roe tram la most eloqnsot style. Petitions for a Sixteenth Amendment were passed through tbe audience, and lobt a I u ed maay alg n s t u res. I eerily poH lieve, notwithstanding the slumbering condition of our local societies, that ther I a power behind tb throne bleb will In the near future work wonders for our grest, good ecus. . Accept aoy aroet wishes for your health and success, aod believe tn ever ready to do aod dare la the csus of lib erty. . Claku Jl. Fotvrx. Well. rOEEIQJf IEWS. It la probabl Osmsn Pasha will oe mad oil ulster of war. Th Russian police bare discovered a Nihilist conspiracy to aasassinalaf the Cr oa the balllefleld. Russia, after all her appalling loaaee, will be forced to commence another campaign where It begsu the present season, - ' ..... The Turks havs mads tleerat efforts t e fees p (u re U r v i t sa-reduu b t, ' m s k I it g seven luelfectual assaults, and losing 10.OIK) men. - A dispatch from Shu tula elates that Sulelmau Pasha yesterday took Fort SL Nicholas, and tbe Turkish flag now floats over ths Russlsn fort. Tbs"Tiic' London eclai aays un less ther' Is a 'Special interposition of prbvidenc th Russian in vasion of Bul garia Is sulstanlially at ausnd. Hence forth defenslv movement will be re sorted tb toescsp annihilation. A dispatch from Shu mis ssys ( in an Psha attacked tbe Russians In great force at 'Dubult.ou tbe road from Plevna to Sofia, wberjj they bad fori lyd them selves. The Russians were badly beaten, and hav lost severs! thousand men besides nine guns. According to reports received up to Frldsy, 230 wounded officers aud. 9,482 men have psssed through Russian hos pitals since September 7lh. The num ber of killed I shout 1,000; tot si loaa, about J00 officers anil , 12,500 .men. Up to ths morning of September 14th, the Roumanians bad lost about 60 officers and 3,000 men, killed end wouuded. ' Ther la a reign of terror from Adrla- uopls to th Balksus. All respectable tn a le Bulgarians arc-bu"td. ''""" order or eoouivsnco of, th authorities. Fever bss broken out In Sulci msa Pasha's camp. Every Irouse in Kezsulik Is 'a bospltal." Th place reek with fever stench. All th country, from Mchlpba Pas to Yspl Ssghm,can only' be ridden over with camphor In one' mouth. Dead bodies ar. lying on tb roadside, and in fields and In gsrdsna. From-)0--o bodies are" 1 a "Yeiil 8.aghrs,'snd have been there ever eluoe tit bsltl som weeks ago. Th Timee1 Ixndon correspondent ssys the situation of. tb Russian camp at Plsvna la sickening and horrible from tbe odor of the pulrifylng bodies, half , buried, or. not burled st all. Tb rain aud lack ,if ssnllsry arrangements, enormous losses since the Investment of Plevna, are producing dissatisfaction auxuug the suUUrs, who thin k tbry are belug uselsfsly slaughtered. Th reeun auctf twifirt mttsckfere"'nia"3eon Tuee- day, resulting lu wholesale murder, costing 23 per cent, of tb men engaged. The Russians bad toehargoup thsglscls jawkiili wlttrmrtrT Three regiments of 8,000 men of tbe 4tb corps, who made the assault against the south front of the Turkish line,. were nearly annihilated. Two brigade left one-third of tbelr number behind when beaten back.JS'o prjaoners jer-lken ou cither side. ; - . . BECESTEVXHTS. - , RandaU Is full of hi vpa-of being tbe belt Speaker. -"Es-Heuator'james A. Bayartl Is rap idly failing In physical vigor, although bis mind cootluues as clear as v. 1 .Th yellow fevr In Ferdlnanda, Flor ida, ha, ssstiroed snpldemlo.crtsrelr. Tb number of casei Is daily Increasing. It is retried that tb trunk line managers wtif sdvnncs grain freights from Chicago to Nsw York to .forty ceots per 100 October 1st Tbeatrlksat th Amerlcsn iron works, Pittsburg, ended on th IStb, th meu accepting th old rates. This will glv from 1,600 to 2,000 men work again. 1 The commission appoluUd to Invest! gat the Philadelphia Custom-bouse ssys thst th condition of th servlc Is at tbs present tltne reasonably sslisfac- tory. Th President will send only au In formal message to Congress In October, atinouucltig th reanous.wby th extra session was called, and giving reports aud estimates. . Ther I much suffering In Washing ton bees us of thos displaced by the government recently. A finance com mittee la attempting to ameliorate the condition of th poor. ... . v Over forty building belonging to the Cbiiiesc quarters In'TTras Valley, Cl Iforula, were destroyed by fir on the night of th I7lh. It I supposed to hav beeu lb work of Incendiaries, Th Tribune' SL Paul special says: Letters received here disclos th fact thatjlobart Pasha, second In command of th TurkbuVNavy, la Captain- Man t It np, formerly of Watonwau county, In thla Stat, a British naval officer re tired on balf pay, wbo Intend to return ber a soou aa tb war I concluded. Senator Raosom, of North .Carolina, repudiates tb Idea that th Democrat will seek to control tb organixatlon of tb I nited Slates Sensts al lb October session by an alliance wltb Southsru, Republicans, Senators Spencer, Dorsey, Patterson, and-Onover, wbo ar alleged to b dissatisfied with th administra tion. The Supreme Court opens tb October Ion oa tb 8ib proximo. It docket I nearly thre year behind, and th accumulation of business Is constantly ocresstng. rrotnlneut members of ths bsr contemplate urging Congress to Dro- vld a commiaslou "rpprals to assist reesrtng Th docket aod relieve ths court of It pending routln of business. A book ulilld th "Dance of Life," criticism oo Rulofaoo's "Da no of Death," will, It I said, shortly be Issued a Sao Frauclsoo, ' ' Tb Chinese ooiulug to San Francisco during th pajqjear wsra m.ly 4qn , Wees of those returnlne hnma HEW8 ITEMS. stats ass vsaaiToBis Diptitlrerls lias eutlrtjly disappeared from Salem. ." General Shermaa has arrived al Wali Walla. - A lodge of flood Tsoiptars has been loslltuted SI JS'ew Taoouta., , ; Yamhill couuty'sespetiditures forth Isst fiscal year wer ftf.WI 73. ; Thomas Ro has sold his pise near Forest Grove lo a VsuiUlil mau for $H 600. .' The Helena ycraWcalle'lboee editors wlio are biamiug Howard "saucluiu soldiers.". , . , Th bop crp of Washington .Terri tory bae beeu damaged to some extent by th rat.1- " . At Baker City they ar raislug.funds by suoaurtpllou to buy au urgau for tb district school. 'Alliert Toiler, of Hillsltoro, ha beeii ai.polnteil to a scholarship tu lbs Slats I ui versity at Eugene City. ' , J The Union County Teachers' Iustituts held lls'auuuai Sesaiou all'ulou this . f week, begluuiug ou Monday - . - .a teeu bsuil , tunds, will Fair. A Wasco county ox, niuetee high and .weighing g.&tsj mii be on exhibitlou at the Hlate ' ' Tb Wsshlugtoir County Agricultural Society have prohibited lit sale of lu toxlcaliug liquors ou the Fslr Ground. Th loss bf gralu from th Incletueut weather last week will be incuusiderable, nwrog to lb quick reluru of bright skies. ; . . Ths Farmers' Witre-bouse at Salem re ceived on Tuesday nf last week tt.uuv bushels of graiu. Th price paid Was fl Uo per bushel. - The Hillsboro publio school will be gin ou lb first Mouday iu October. Mr. Heuderauu will be priuclpal, aud Mis Lydia Humphrey assisiauu - Tboinaa W, Prose Ii, editor of th Se attle Tribune, wa married al Taoouia ou Weduewiay of last week to Mis Vir ginia, daughter Of th 11 Ueueral Me- llATVer, Mrs. Dr. Murrsy addressed tbe ladies of Forest Grove one evening last -week upou "Tbe Health of Wouieu." The lector waa largely atteuded and . well rvoel ved. Chemeketa Iynlge, No. 1, I. O. O. F.r of Salem, ar .negotiating for' tb pur cltaae of twvuty-oneai.d ouvrbalf aures " adjoliilug tbelr cemetery In that city for burial purpose. . , - . A Yamhill man was torn inlltsJ tevtbe asylum this week, a violeul maniac, madofrooj iuordiuate us of ualural leaf tobapoo which h culiivalel ou bl J Cbsbalem faros. . " George Carr, of North Yamhill, was.1 caught lu tb tumbling rod uf a separa tor last week, aud belug whirled around with Jighluiug rapidity, wajuao mangled thai death resulted lu a few hours. A fearful boiler explosion occurred at ' South Bend Mills, V. T., on Thursday of last week. .On mao was killed out right, aud several otbera badly, if Dot I fatal I yJ'jHfvd. A tara purllim nf tb mill, logetlier witn several surrouuuiug bullJIngsaxs aoumplet wret-k. ' "" Th numbsrof patienta In th Terrl- torial Asylum at rleilacoom la rapidly ! I Increasing, there being-at I h breseut . k time savenl v-two Inmates. 1 111 inuro , priatloo 'for tltetr toatntenance at "lTiet! (Winrrg seksfA rTbrTtie TZgfiTilut Ouus. J, ue mucti larger tuna sur orroer pertoa. - 11 Th Wall Walla" Watchman says.' f "Titers is such a vast amount of gralu I at th demt awaiting sblpmeul tbst th best Informed cannot vo guess al th a mount. Th train can be loaded ; f"rr J" teadyT-wilhout a do'1. f being added, but Just See the lemiJ.. w they ,re piling lt1gTrr"g ' t -All persons very where, bot b men and ... women, who want to vol, can now -glv real hrlp by Just signing their own uames, aud getting tbelr neighbor lo Ign -alen,' to tbe pelllion for th Six Ueah Amendmeut, and forwarding to Washington tb the chairman of tbe p tltlon. cuninilH,- Mrrara'Abrrew " Spencer, corner of Seventh anl L streets, where they will b preserved and as--, sorted for presentation to tb next Con gress. The petition Will be circulated at th Stat Fair. Se th appeal of tb Preeident of our Stale' society, Mrs. . '. Iooghafy, and fet every Woman Suf fragist go prepared lo spend at least on hour each Vy In circulating thm, . Tti mayor of Philadelphia has. or- . dered th closing of al). bar-rooms la that cityou Sundays, and a commlttse--of temierance men have undertaken to see that ths order is obeyed. A good suggestion for our mayor and-tamper-sncf. workers.' Tb latter mauy of them attempt lo Mow Jjot and cold with ths ssm breath, ud, as a result, - intemerstice const iUy Increases, to- persi mtHleTste drinkers, and saloon keepers alike laughing temperance ef fort to scorn. 1; The AsrstrAW Kkwararsa tHaacTosv Issn epitome of newspsper history. It Is' al asnl 4 as nw sfrh ml muter UI eiWulallih': This fenlure requtran ths ehlaest srrntinjr lo prevent It from leading to abuses. Ths plan adopted by lbs pubuhers of the I1 asx-rt kt lo seeureeomx-t and lrulworf4iy reports la rigid Its requirements, sad Is adherrd tu with Impartiality, rtueeeasful publishers, who hsve " uiurthlng to gain by s eompartsuu, srs genee sllv prompt, not only In'send renurUlaeotf S.ruilly, but give Mr. (leu. P. Uowsll a fa, unh InhtrinaUon as enables them to wsed out unsuliatanUaled stateihenU of prelanders In journalism. The popularity of ths booh, and ' lbs general ennfldenee ia Its aneumey and good faith, ar Btteatad by the Immense body of ad- ' vertisrmenta It receives. ttt A Vslcablb IiscovKBVtr. J. P. Millar, a practicing physician at UI Hprae street, Phila delphia, h as d Isnovered that ths s I treet of eran- berries and hemp combined cures be4arhs, either bilious, dyspeptic, nervous, or slek head- he, neuralgia and aervonsneas, This Is a tn-.. araph In medical ebsmlstry and sufh rers sll over the country are ordering by mall, lie - prepare II In pills, al 10 eents a bus. Ths line tor is largely known and highly respected. Philadelphia Bulletin. . TAMB TI r. Mr. Hende Is la town aad Is biking pictures la all styles of ths art, aad lias all ths advant ages of easy sores to bis Uallary and toe best light la th Mtata, and lakes aa gond pletnres ss ny other man and alasreasnnakls prices, atii" Is always ready and gnod-naturaa. etaaaveall and teat bis ability. Uallory la ths mlddls of he block, rtrst street, botwessf Morrlaon and Yamhill, Portland, Oregon. . iH - Mtar r. resru, r Commission Merehna4 aad Purchasing Agent, at prs pared to mak purchase In New York and other elites, oo order, of all gmua, jewelry, cronerlea,tfl.,on commission of t per rent, for of L and I per sent, lor others outside of tb w ! u.wta . snasarvsa. Addrsaa P. U. htaUoa 1 MW TmkOty. . " " i .1. in . r. re-' V I
