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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
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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
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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
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1 uei ufauuer, an iiienw are
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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. . " "
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