rBIDAY-..-XOVEMBER , I8T7.
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1 AaaU will p'eem takVaotiee thf H i
rwl la apae M la pay esprna rbaf apoa
small mm. aad tbr will wafer e greet favor
by leaalt&ag to a lkravk aaeaey eedera or
NUUn4 iettars. - I
"HE WHO EUH MAT IEAD.H
Mr. L. M. Keoyoo, Grand Worthy
VIm Templar for, tbe Btate of New
York, write a Utter tolthe Palladium
strongly ad recall ag Woman Bsflrag a
of vital Interest la the promotion of
temperance. Now, as to wall knows,
wo do not alooato too franchise (or
woman booanof of tbo greet good that
may eomo of It, front a wo conscien
tiously believe tbla will bo. Wo bold
plainly and emphatically tbat woman
aboold bave tbo ballot aa a free, eiprve
ston of ajoyal opinion, and that thy
are ooUUod to a poroonal enoloo In tbo
oalootloa of lawmakers wboao law
tbey, la common with man, aro bound
to obey. Tbla boeanao It to Just and
tight, boeanao by birth, Intelligence,
and patiiotUm women aro oqnally coll
Hod to oojoy tbo prlvllegeo of elleo
hip with tbolr brother. If Justice I
done, there aboold be ad fear for Ite re
eulta, and those wbo predict and thoaa
wbo premise tbat with tbo political
emancipation of woman aba!! eoae a
bow era tbat knowa not lotemperaneo
and tbo legloa of vloee tbat bang apon
lla tattered and filthy garments, do an
unwise thing. Bo when a woman,
atrong In tbo noble Impulses of her own
oat, and longing to cast bar ballot for
poraaooprlnel plea,; core fiom jbo
depths of ber own philanthropic pur
pose, "Give women the ballot and the
evils of this nation will bo changed to
bleeelngt," we fear that her teal baa ob
eared ber knowledge of bamaa nature
and betrayed ber Into promising too
much. Bbould aba eiclalm, "Give
woman the ballot; It la a privilege you
have no right to withhold from any In
telligent American . eltlsen," tbo do
maod would be born of Justice endeaoe
ttoned of truth, and when acceded to
ejrery woman, no pledged eseept to ber
owa oooeolenee, would record ber vote,
and tbo nation could count nod render
Judgment, wblohwonldL.Jtot-4ben.-JM
prejudgment. .
Wo Marted out, however, not to ox
prom our views upon this matter, but
to read the Good Templars of our Bute
a abort homily upon their extreme eon-
acrvatlam relative, in Wnmlll BllgM.
We know that Good Templars' lodges
have dope trealwnri for onwie 4s
familiarising them with parliamentary
rules and nasgae; la teaching tbem to
take part la debates; In Instructing
thorn la offlolal dignity; la giving field
for the exercise of tbolr offlolal capacity ;
la teaching tbem to roepcet tbemestyjs
as the equals of man, and In dieelosiog
to tbem the knowledge that they can
think, discuss, and vole without tarn let
lag their womanhood. Yet, with all
this, msny of .tbem are afraid to breathe
ajuauio bdvb tin auuieo . nw
rights, leet It "Injure the eaoee'oT tern-
Iws eaea-vep
.
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am in mwm I i Kn aaaiai itf iaiiai neiri naa mat
aro to no found in tbla Bute, whose ap
plication for membership" la a Good
emplare1 lodge was leleuted boWleo
they .believed In Woman r""ff"
How the elsters who thougbonflrag eo
vile a thing ooold sit there and smile
.hibi pvia. w w sua... w u v w w
positing a ballot, and a black one at that,
wo have been at a lorn to See. Tbat
there aro many, very many true frlendeU, placed 16 Jeopardy, ahe may, If terror
of Woman Buflrage la Good Templare
- ledges we know, but wo know also tbat
tuere ta cvuuui wiiw-puMivai
ores tnaa tneir oaiiot, going oa en tna
time to keep tbeee from -oocopylbg
prominent pleeee either la the Grand
Lodge or subordinate lodges, and in this
eager wire-pulling we trove- known
more tbaa one lodge to lose eight for
weeks togsthsr of the (object of
log the fallen and saving others from
falling."
iwnr move oireuBaataiiues, we late
pleaeuro and perhaps a pardooable
pride la citing tbo fact tbat tbo lady
man Honed at the commencement of
this article, second officer la the Grand
Lodge of the Bute of New York, not
only dares to proclaim herself In fa
vor of Woman Buflrage, but declares la
the moot unmistakable termedhat until
this vital , principle la recognised. Good
Templare Will Ishna In fU. lung
an Good Templare shirk or fight this
qoeatloo, so loog will they play Into tbo
faeode of the whisky element wblcb
t bay aro pledged to oppose, lor not a
wblaky man will bo found who will not
ugos win an toe rancor vt iu, aaoai
prejudiced, aott-eeffrege and Oood Tern
plar, tbo principle of Woman Buflrage.
iniaiaaii so piaia mat --oe wno rune
may road," and until Oood Templare
leave whisky men a monopoly of this
Barrow prejudice, they cannot hope to
tanks much headway againet Intemper
ance.
. A letter received from 'Mrs. Dunlway
from Celfex, under date of November.
12tb, sTateo tbat she had delivered eev
oral lecture at that place, which were
- well received, and waa on the eve of
elarUOf for Falouee, where notlcee of
lectures had preceded bar. 8b I
tended to go from thence to lwlatia,
and from thence homo, where we
expect her by Thanksgiving. The
weather In that region baa beeo er
pteaaauT(urIbgber eojouru,
lh.l....U. ,K
albllity of eaow and a general freese-up
aueed ber to rellaqulsh her Intention of
proceeding to reodTelon, LaOraode, and
Baker City.
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Bnow was nine Inches deep at Gree
ley, Colorado, oa tbo l2th Inat.
A wife wblpper'e poet le to be erected
at Austin, Nevada,
II OLD B05-, AID MUSIC 1 0T IEW.
The Albany XmKT?'..lth a guah of
originality (?) quite amualng, aaauosea
the roU of ' lecturer,, remluding" tbo
of the hooeeUold" tbat long
eveolnge are at handas If womenln
hundreds of bouaebolde have, not had.
ample time ta find tbla out, as they
bate eouuted off lo solitude tbe lonely
hours and. that men moaLbe kept from
seek log "eojoymeot abroad" by music.
parlor games, and reading aloud from
lotereetlng books. . o
Tbo truth la, brother Democrat, tbst
men wbo deIlgh.t'jB..4mmoral pleae-
uree (Tand only rueb habitually apeud
their eveolnge' abroad, could neither be
Induced nor enticed to listed to reading.
As to music, tbat'furnlabed at tbe thea
ter, ealoon, or daooe-bouee la preferable,
parlor games babi tbey don't
compare, In tbelr estimation, with bill
iard and draw poker, with their wine
and cigar aeeompaDlmaota, op towa.
If one of tbeao rovere could bo Induced
to otay ae homo fur an avontng" by the
euonlog devloee Of tbo ."women of tbe
boueebold,n he would yawn audibly be
fore tbe middle of tha-Hrat obapter In
tbe moat latereetlng book was reeobed,
enore a sonorous aoeompanlmout to the
meet charming home muaie before eight
o'clock, and abruptly riae before the
ooneloe(oe of tbe "lively game" and,
with the air of a martyr, tramp off to
bed before nine, muttering hi prayers,
perhaps, aa be went, to save time.
Men wbo love homo, and aro willing
to do their part In making It a cheerful
abiding-place, Instead of a place to hur
riedly bolt tbelr meals and drop to sleep
when utterly ex b sua ted by late houre
andtbelrlnevltable aeoom pan I men U, do
not have to bo coaxed with eogar plume
gotten up- with feminine cunning and
labeled "home entertainments" to keep
tbem 'from spending their evening
abroad. . Buch men only appreciate
borne pleasures, and such are euro to
have and enjoy tbem. Tbeclaee, on tbe
contrary, wbo prefer outside enjoy
ments, wbo consider it n great oo nova
tion to tbo "women of tbo household"
to content lo epend an evening with
tbelr gmes SQdjmuaUv.il is not worth
while for women lo ebed tears over or
waate entreatlee upon or plan device
for. Tbaa prefer outside society; It ie
always, and always will be, while sa
loon and hurdy-gurdies flourish, at
tainable, and compared with theee, lo
tbo estimation of the habitual and eon-
alitotlonal rover, homo music, games,1
and reading Is too contemptible and
childish to waete long winter evenlnge
upon.
This DU bD tDi OrTOwfuI Verdlcl Of
aorrowlng-wlvevan-ious mother, and.
eollcltwos Slaters for msuy lonsly Win
ters,' and It le not probable tbat It will
be reversed tblo winter. In view " of
this well-known fact, this old song set
tostsls music rsisee no delusive bopee
In the hearts of the "women of tbe
hogeebold," who have so often played'
It, hoping vainly to touch new chords
thatabould wake responsive echoes In
hearts wholly anmlndfol of home Joys.
"HOW HE TBEAT8 HISJWirE.'L-
- "Having obtelned a wife, It le worth
while to inquire how a Turk tfeala her,"
JCUaa.aeorreapondeat who Is discussing
the now prolific and Interesting theme
of Oriental ouatoma, We ehoold say
tbat If tblo le worth while with tbe
"barbaroue Tork.e U Just jhsLmach
In advance of the civilised American,
for "how a man treats his wife" Is oon-
eldercd of iroooDieqffeOt5iTo:TBItKejUthave aa army lo ho defeated, and a great
land of, chivalry. True, If "fneplred by
tangle-foot ot' arrogance, be grows
violent In hie domeello dioelplioo that
the life or limb of hie protected epouee
of a like eobeequent eareealng do not
deter. ber, complain to tbo proper offl
core and have ber husband arreeted and
flood, she and ber children being thereby
deprived of tbe heeeeearlee of life to ap
pease tbo Insulted law, which she flnde
was Injured Inetead of ber owa bruleed
body, but woman are not able to appro-
elate tbo advaolagee of this sort of pro
tection, so they eeldom appeal to law to
red rem tbelr wrong or slay tbe conjugal
udgel. But to proceed with our Turk
ish wife. The Turk, In ordinary life, le
not anklnd or erne The wife' mli
forte nee arlee from ber poellloo. ! It I
ber duty to wait upon ber husband, If
be la poor, at hie meal. Her accom-
modatione In the house aro Inferior to
bla. In all things aba Is bis slave. If
the wife Is tbs daughter of a wealthy
man, has. lot la not bard; If bt le of
poor orlgto, eno'can hardij tt alil tn
have any righta.
, A traveler relate that on several oc
casions he was a peaoeuger on the ateam
ere of tt)e Australian Lloyd's wbsn there
was a harem on board. la each ease
the husband was In tbo saloon, Uvlng
well and aleeplng In a comfortable
cabin, while tbo poor women were
penned up ae deck paeeeogere, living on
wretched food tbat they bad brought
who mem.
Tbe Morton monument aseocistion on
tbe 15tb leaned a proepectus to the peo
ple of Indiana. Tbey eoggeet tbo ex
tension of the original Idea eo that i
memorial bsll shall be built, to be si lu
sted on tbe test alto In lodtanapolle,
and to contain things of historical la
tercet to tbo Bute, sututee, military
Inalgnla, library of writers from this
8lato, etc Tbey eaggeat bronso orna
ments and statu a of Indiana war be
roee, amongst which ehall bo eoneplco
ouely tbat of O. P. Morton. Bubeorlp
tloo alone eball bo tbe means of aceom
pllablttf tnto.- The wtnrte Bute ball be
eaavaessd aaUl $200,000 is raised. Tbey
appeal to tbo Intelligence, eplrit, And
pride of Indian lane to make tbo hail a
fitting tribute to tbo deceased etatee-
Captain 8maIlwood, la bla lecture,
"Mother' Boys," reoently delivered at
Oregon City, eald : "Mot here boye do
not run tbo streets at night, freqoentlog
the saloons, smoking cigars, aod ualng
MUCH 01I3ED, ETES II DEFEAT.
If tbe recent campaign In Colorado
did not load the hosts of Woman Huf-
frags oa lo victory, It aeoom pllabed a
great deal, not on fy. for tbat Btate, but
for every other locality where newspa
pers circulate sod stimulate thought
and eubaeueotIy action Tito words of
many noble workers bave been heralded
over tbe country by this eooteet, giving
a new impetue to tbe car of progress,
and causing people to tblnk wbo never
thought upon the eubjeet before.
Mre. Margaret W. Campbell, one of
tbe most energetic advocates that ever
eepoueed a righteous cauee, a week after
tbe election gave a retrospective review
of tbo eam'pelf ot In. Denver to a Jarge
audience, wbo beaekened eegerly to
know tbo cause of defeat, tbat tbey
might prevent Its recurrence two year
hence. From her wide observation, and
the accurate knowledge gained thereby,
ber ttCterancee carry with tbem a weight
tht all arfcnfrTledg. "Degluulug trfrelluqulsbTng most of their household
the beginning," ehe telle'of tbo effort
tbst a committee of five"womeo' so-
pointed lo present tbe olaima of Wom-
aa Buftrsglsls to tbo constitutional eon-
veouon at Ueuver made to get a bear
ing. Tbo following Is an Incident t -
"Tbe rooming session was taksnup
lib . preliml nary - diss uaa loo, and We
were Invited to bo preeent in Jbe after
noon; 'Jua( before tbe time arrived, a
prominent member of the convention
(old me, loconvereatlon, tbat the con
vention would bo obliged to adjourn as
soon" as they were called to order. .
"What,' I asked, Mo you menu to
adjourn without dleeueelng our ques
tion, when we are all here for tbe ex
press purpose of bearing what may be
eald poa It T -
M 'Yes," said tbo honorable member;
'I regret It aa much a any one can,' but
I cannot help H.'
"Wbea I asked the reeeoo, be eald he
could not tell me. :
"'But,' I said, 'we demand to know.
"'Well,' eald be, 'if you muet know,
I will tell yon; but It muet not get out.
Tbe man who Intended to make a speech
againet you, and who le one of tb
ablest dbators,Is druuk.
"'Drunk, Is her I said; that le tbe
kind of man we expect to oppose our
cauee, always and everywhere. If be to
a suitable man to sit hero to help make
a ooostl tutlos if or us to 11 ve ander, we
ought to.be glad to bear him, drunk or
"Butlho hooorable member said tbat
tbo report which- would go out from
such a speech aa ho might make, while
In Jbatnditlon would prejodlee-the
Interoste of tbe Cenlennlsl Bute. Bo
4tovvnttotrdjournea and ate pea
nuts and smoked cigars tbe remainder
of tbe ay,- -
"uo tne following day in volo
reached, and the cause of th pvtftloner
waa defeated,nnty eight voting In favor."
Speaking for Iho women of Colorado,
Mrs. Campbell declared tbat tbey did
not desire a euccees achieved by bribery
aod fraud, and tbat, much aa tbey
longed for political freedom, they deter
mined never to descend to tbe level of
political demsgogues to secure It. But
tortbls resolution tbo cauee would have
been ooeeeeaful, but the noble band wbo
aro working In this great "reform hope
to root out tbo vile eyeteh) of bribery,
and eleaaao tbe government of tuch eoj
ruption.,7
The opponents of ft eodum ,my ipeakT
boaetlngly of the defeat of Woman But
fran: wa faal that It la a araat thlnv Ia
thing to koow wbo our enemies ars and
(where entrenched. Facta brought out
la the eaavacs show these enemies to be
tbo Ignoraut and degraded men In tbe
southern part of the Btate, who are coo-
trolled entirely by the priesthood,
lees tbo stronger Influencoof bribery to
brought lo bear upon tbem, aod In tbe
northern and middle portion tbe liquor-
celling and liquor-drinking class. Go
wbsro you wjll, and you will find every
man who drlnka and abueea hia family
ctrongly opposed to Woman Buflrage.
Fallen men also Invariably Insist tbat
fallen women ought not to vote, and
bore and there to a clergyman wbo to
afraid that corns woman will prove b er
as If better qualified thaa he to 111 1 hie
pulpit, and be wilt be forced to obey tbe
command, "In tbo sweat of tby .faoo
sbalt thou oat bread."
- Tbe excuse offered for tbe defeat tbat
"women do not want to vote" Is simply
peer lie. No man wbo voted againet
Woman Buffkrgeon tbat day stopped to
enquire whether women Wanted to vote.
I It was enough for him lo biiow Ihsttiff
did not want woman to vote, and tbat
decided tbe matter.
J
Not to taa swirl, aor to the strong, '
Tbe baulaa of U itgbt batonf ;
Bat he wbo strikes tor rresdoaa waar
Tbs amor of tbs captive prajsn,
Aa4 a at or proffers ie bis aaoae
Tba atraa;tb of bar etarsal laws.'
There to great encouragement la the
fact tbat wherever a community to
pneed of temperate, ' moral, well-dii
poaed eitlsone, tbe returns -show the
Isrgest vote for "Womae Boflrago ap
proved." Tbo raueo bae a hold opna
tbe people tbat Will never let go, -
The Western Star, Roaeburg, speaking
of tbo successor of Benator Morton In
tbe United Btatea Benate, aaysf .
He Is a ttraiaerat a tbe sutosaa sect. ae4
cerise tbe last great wuwy bat we tbe
Biatav saver wavaivO la bla Oavolloa to tbe
arlaetplasef bbj panjr.
J In other words, ho waa, daring the
civil war, a eeceealoulst of tbe meet
rabid type, and, could he have bad hie
wUVwould-bavo added Indiana to tba
8outbora Confederacy; hut with Moo
too at tbe holm ho was powerless.
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Too publishers of tbo Baa Francisco
CVceriofe caution all persona not to pay
eobeeriptlona to that Jouraal to F. IX
Henderson, bow traveling In tbla aeo
Hon, aa he baa do authority to receive
the came. Tbey alee announce tbat he
to not and never hss been employed ae'
oorrespoodent for tbo CHromicte, aa ho
represents. '
"WOK ADAPTED TO THE VOBI-
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Durihg tbe first day'e aeeon of tbo
"Fifth Woman's Congrees," Mrs. An
toinette Brown Black wall read a paper
upon tbo above eubjeet full of thought
that will bear careful perueeJaod con
sideration: Bbo starts ''out "with the
declaration that pecuniary Independ
enee wonderfully promotes mental aad
moral independence. Of tbe prayer,
"Give mo neither poverty nor rlcbee,"
woman's part le chiefly againet poverty
personal poverty.' The wife or daugh
ter of a. wealthy man to often as ab
jectly poor, eo far a money In tbelrown
poeeeealoo to concerned, ae le tbe wife of
the day laborer, every cent of whose
ssrolngs go en Saturday night to payi
tbs family bills.
Tbe queetloa le asked, "Is It better for
vigorous aod sensible American women
to bo always doing without something
tbey doslra, er to It ht that, 'without
pursuits, tbey aboeld search out ways
of earning money enough. -to gratify
tbelr own pereonal tastss and requlre-
meete" Without doubt, tone . of
tboussnds woulJ eagerly elect le aro,
If tbe earning were fvaelble without toss
of caste. Life would not be a round of com
mon place; and tbe eeose of geoulae In
dependenee would be delightful, If only
for( the novelty. Could this be only
partially effected, He broadest good
would lie In tbe fact tbat remunerative
work would tbu become as honorable
to women as to msn. No one wbo bae
reflected upon the diffloultlee wblcb
bodge about every scheme for adjuetlog
with equity the involved property In-
tereetaof the family, can for a moment
doubt that,' our civilisation ttetog what
It essentially now la. It would be well If
tbo women of many boueeboldo bad
some - profession, some specialty, by
which, without relinquishing homo du
ties, thsy could yet earn at least eo me
lding for current pocket money. Tble
could not apply, of course, to Jh
mothers who bave young children who
require tbelr care, nor yet tboee women
upon whom aH.tbe.work.tif Iho houae-
bold, Including tbe cooking, washing,
Ironing, sic, falls. But where there le a
mother and aeveral grown daughters,
tbsss latter would much belter bo earn
log Independently their own clothing
than to be sitting in Idle expeotsncy,
waiting for husbands to etep In and
proffer It.
One trouble In tbo road to feminine
competence to tbue touched upon: "Bo
few women bave oven thought of pool
! ttve earnings that the whole class r.a.UBlt, , i.g t..i .MB.ij irfy
I been foread into perntrtOQI Ivilani of
money -eavlog wblcb has left nearly all
feminine loduetriea some eentorlee be
hind the Indoetriee of men. Tbe Jnveo
tion of" giant apfnnrr and weavers and
of smaller mecbltits baa censed partial
revolutions lo the bouaewlfe'e duties;
but ea long aa ebe bae no ex pect atlona of
actual earnings from without, ber active
eooeoleoce muet Induce ber to shoulder
dally a acore of uaeleoa, deel motive bur
dene. In tbe hope of aiding her buiband
In tbe only , way wblcb to ber eeemt
feaetbte. Thers laTVo the family Itself,
small pecuniary gala In tbla, while to
the eomnunlty at largoOhere it great
and total loae."
Tbo following aro tbo ' concluding
words of tbi excellent popart "If I
bave Insisted strongly upon tbs no-
cunlarr moUvo which lies behind tbe
wwi k, it to because this due make tukny
and because it fas beeo thought tba! for
a woman to toll for money la a position
lowering to her poalllon aa a lady. This
pernicious sentiment has templed many
to drift loto idienees, aimleeanees, or
frivolity, eadly lowering their owa char
acters aud tbat Of tbelr deecendanla.
Let we, then, earnestly and nnquall
fiedly proclaim tbe great central truth
tbat honest work, with all Ite reward,
to as creditable and hooorable to women
as to men. Kvery Idler to pitiably out
of place lo world where etagoatlon to
death, and activity alone to life. Sim
plify the- borne,' but T elmultaneousty
widen tbo Industrial b orison, till worn-
an'a work shall transfuse Ite Influence
Intoevery department of human Interest.
8TSUCC ITAT LA8T.
Bpesklng of Iho "Turley horse eollsr,"
an article recently Introduced In Chi
cago by Ite Inventor, Mr. Turley, of
Council Bluffa, tbo New York Trade
Journal ssys: , ,
Tbs collar ts tbe taveettoo of a Stan wbo
ine SJ bat Besa toflk' a Datuiml saacbanle
aad IsvesUvegsnlaaot tba blgbsat order, both
1a one. Tbe palest waa obtained le 17. bla
rtgbta dlapoasd of to tbe eompaar tbat bear
hia aaaae, aod aaid eoaspaar begaa to
feetare tbe enllar last rsbmarr; Wbile tbe
Tartar collar baa sot eaea la tba market long,
1 thai are a boat of parti a slag tbcoi mat only
la lb I eoasuT, bat Is England. Indeed. K
saasM to be atakiag s slses ws everrwbare.
aaat, waat, aorlb aad aoatb.sad tba order book
revaala It. At praBI rau et adoptioa. It will
drl vs clear eatof tbe market every outer boras
collar there la. We advtae ear raedera, both
Cast aad West, aad la Stot aaebaie, tbat
bave not yet asea ee heard aboat tbe Tartey
eoliar to look It ep witboat delay. It I tba
beat la tbe world, we are aaUsOed of It.
Mr. Turley. v I el ted tble Btate
yean el ace, aad many who formed hie
acquaintance here at tbat time will re
joice tbat, to use hie owa language, be
baa struck It at last." '
Tbe Faloueo datette, published at
Colfax, Washington Territory, makee
tbe following mention of Mrs. Dunlway:
"Mrs. A. i. Dunlway lectured la tbo
eobool -house last nlgbt and tbe night
before to large sp4 altentl ve audieneee.
We have not learned bow many coo
vert sb made, but In a financial point
eho was very eocceeaful. She lectures
sgs'n to-night, aod In Palouse City oa
Moodsy evening."
, Tbo Western Star, the new paper re
oently etarted at Roseburg by Messrs.
Flett and M "alter, to an esoelleut local
paper, etriotly Democratic In politics,
and, with tble letter exception, devoted
to the 1irtwrta of Soother trrvjonr
AdTtaUcM and DisadraBtsgm of the
Bawtxr . MacAiaa.
"Blseelpgson tbe man wbo Invented
tbo eewlng mechloe," said a woman
whoso feet bad been upon the' treadle,
and wboee eyee bad beeo following tbo
tucker" attached, to, a eotfl-ruoolug
"Howe" for four mortal hours. Tone,
there wee a pain In her side, and
her limbo were weary, and ber back
acbed with a dragging pain never fell
by tbe mother wbo, In tbe yeare agone,
bad smoothly turned and elltebed tbe
bem ea ber petliooat, chatting mean
while with a neighbor. But tbe tucke
In tbl garment were multltudlnooe,even
and del oily etitchedxaod the overtasked
body ' waa a secondsry eonelderatlon.
Health and bodily comfort were held aa
of Jlttle worth, compared to tbe elabor
ate stitching on tbs. under garments
tbst lbs eewlng machine alone rendered
possible. Ilev, Antoinette Black wl
preaenttd tble uiatier before the late
Woman's Congrees To Itie following
truthful words:
Brlonlng and weaving bave now gone
to t tie large raeiories, while eewioe;, very
generallyi dooe now. by eewlog me
ehtoea, MeUil fcepe wltbln tlie home.
Tbe eewlng machine to of a convenient
household else, end rather ornamentel
ae eewing-room . luruuere! it glvee a
senao of naoful occupation . to many
women wbo would bo largely Idler
otherwise, and It eavee an laiportsot
amount yearly to any family la rather
etralteoed ctreomeuooee. Tbeee are
ite advaotagea.' "
But wbal are Ite diaadvanUgeeT It
weighs dowo tbe eoule of a hundred
thousand woman with a corroding senee
of care and reeponeibility : of work
never flniebed. and of time In which
there to never real, satisfactory, and no
mortgaged leleu re. If tbe eubtle cambric
needle of tbe. poet Hood's dsy, In tbs
white fingers of an underpaid eemp
streae, carried Its double thread, elleotly
elltcblugal "tbe abroad no well ae the
shirt," tbe macblos needle eoftly tbreada
lie way in ana out through l be eoiemn
Uetrooee which ebsll cover tbe hearts
of a vastly greater multitude. It to not
eo much tbat working a eewlng machine
le lu iteaif Injurioue, aa that tbe etitcbee
multiply in proportion to the ease and
rapidity with which tbey are taken;
and tbef bring with tbem a long train
of end Urea email worriee. Feeblon
oheogee hut-H e oeka,-or-Tofllee, or
embroidery, or slsshse, or pleata, or a
com hi nation of colore, gorsa, blaeee, and
loopinga, eompllcated owougb, require
ae much time aod talent to put tbem
together aa would bo needed for come
eimple work of really high art. The re
sult to that many a clever and respecta
ble woman to driven to tbo verge of deo-
peratlen In tbo effort to maintain for
bereelf and nor daughters a beeomiog
place among tbelr aeeoelatea. A rank
lower down to tempted to elaborate
cheap goods Into equally -espeoeive
lelyleeof manufacture, unit t the public
Closing Hour of a Legislative Semioa.
Women of Wsahiogloo -Territory,
road tbo followlog from the Yanoouver
Independent - ooncernlog tbo cloelog
houre of tbo sixth biennial eeealoo of
tbe august body (Lower House) that
makee la we to govern you, and deeldee
what yon eball and shall not do. Bead
and confeee at once to unbounded oonfl
denco In tbo "large majority" of your
law-giver and admiration for tbolr dig-
deportments- Bead and oongrato
late you reel ve that a Woman Suffrage
bill was not pending at tbs lime of tble
.drunken Jocularity, for bo sore there
were "Bradebawe" enough In tbat body
to bave losulted tbe women of tbe Ter
ritory without stint, and Imagined lu
M dolDg that they had dono a fine
thing
The feeling which arose lo the die-
with tbo exhilarated epirlte of a large
majority of the Keprreentatlvee wbo
bad Imbibed freely (to eay tboeWast) of
tbs mslty "oh be loyru!" rurolsbed In n
ten-gallon vessel by the honorable
Bpeaker ot tbe Hooee, wee beyond the
control of all rules of order. After the
bust piss oo the table had been-cleared
up aod tbe Houae waa waiting lor the
council to announce its readloeee to ad
journ, the meat ber of the Houae turned
tbemaolvte iooe, end with
si stance from tbe Jolly boye of the
third houee, held high carnival la tbe
hall where legislative wisdom bad
hitherto maintained Ita dignity. Mo
tion followed motion in total disregard
of all rulse of parliameot. Motloue to
amend, to recommit, to mljouro. t Uy
on the table, or uoder It, or to Indefin
itely postpone, were all alike debatable.
and each called forth eloquent appeala
from all tboee wboee pent up f eatings
but not "too full for utterance," and tbe
paper belle, made op from old bills, now
deed, sod newspapers whoso glory bed
departed with tbe dying? eeeeion. burled
erewbile from oue aide of tbe bouee to
tbe other, and at tbe Bpeaker'e bead,
sufficed to render eeufuehn worse eon
founded, aud put a jlnfe lo the sixth
biennial eeeeion, which will lone; re-
main green In Ilia maesaey rJ 1 1, pawr
tioipsiora. The virgin enii that occu
pied tbe chair of the Houee, Newlaad.
usually anable to maintain proper order
at umee or any excitement, wee totally
overwhelmed by tbe pranke of bla
'boye," aod gated deepairlngly apon
tbe wreck before blm ae with maudlin
acquiescence be eubeided In the com
fortable preclude of ble eeat of honor.
At the time arrived for adjournment,
and after tbe usual resolutions of tfasnks,
and tbe message from one bouee to tbo
other aanounelog tbe final w India g up
ol boeinees, too nammer ran, and ti
eeeeioa of 1877 became a thing of tbe
pest. V- i '
If anything were wanting to prove
tbat tbe "Dance of Death" telle truth,
however anpalatable. It to foood lo each
equlhe as appeared In tbe Standard on
Wednesday morning. Don't tell u
tbat Mr. Crusaa talked toe plaluly oa
Sunday evening, or tbat the nook men
tioned above should no ebut out from
our libraries wbile glrle who waits are
tbue Insulted en eaaete In a dally paper,
aad Ibe loaulusredlseoaaed and laughed
over aa something extremely facetious
and clever.
The seriee of lectures aad reading
given recently In Bslem by Mrs. Lake
have received the popular apcrobatloo
of the capital city. Tbla lady to poo-
teed of rare elooalionary powers, and
deeervee
MleaFrancea Wlllerd lectured la In-
dlanapulie reoeolly oa "Homo Protee
lioo," Bbo affirm that Woman Bof
lrago Is the great need of UmperaAoai
nTbrmsnTsndCLTIsllan pLilaathropUto, I
EECE1TEVEIT8.
Oekej .Hall I advcrtlaed t6 lecture lo
Boston and other cltiea la tbe Eeat
Oppooeete of Beaelor Jonee ellver
bill tblnk It may be smothered In com
mittee IbU erosion.
Bob, Ingersoll deolluee Ibe Berlin
mleeioa In advaoce, elating that ha does
not wiab tbe pool tion. .
Nstlooal banks have ' paid ditties
amooollng to 175,782,067 during thirteen
calendar yeare from 18M to 1877.
Tbo Confederate1 monument "at Chat
tanooga, completed aod ready to erect,
waa defaced beyond repair on Baturday
by eomo unknown pereone.
By Fridey friende ot tbo ellver bill
bone to get It before tbe Sedate amended
In any formpaud trust tbelr etreogtb to
bspe It to cult tbelr own views.
- Tbo coal minors of' Doe Moines, wbo
have 1eeQ
voted by a secret IwoHblrd ballot to re
sume work wherever obtainable.
Cotlou returns of ibe depart met t of
bgrleulluro Indicate four per cent.
ductlonbf tbe aggregate production of
last year, even with favorable picking.
Weather at New York delightful, bat
for tbo first time this ssseou tbe ther
mometer indies tee a temperaturo near
tbe freeslog point.. Cold weather to
probable.
Twenty thousand young California
salmon, hatched near Baltimore, from
egge received la October from Professor
Balrd'a MoCloud river camp, California,
have been chipped from Baltimore for
the Upper Potomac'
Tbe case of tbo people vs. William
M. Tweed, to recover f S3a,S! paid by
the city of New York on fraudulent
bills jbroogb a conspiracy with Watson,
bae been decided, Judgment againet
tbo defendant having been entered, by
confection to the Supreme Court oa the
16th.
Tbe annual report of General Sher
man abewe tbat tbe regular army ag
gregates 14,501 men, of which the force
available for war Is made up of cavalry,
artillery,- and Infantry regiments,
amounting to 20,801 officer and men;
to which ebould bo added tba 11 general
officer and officers of the general etaff
serving with themt together with J70
Indian soouU.
Tbe grand Jury bave made tbelr t pe
dal preeeotment to the quarter eeeeieoe
oa tbe July riots la Pittsburg, antmad
vsrtiog oa tbo refusal of tbe Btate offl-.
eiela to teatlfy. They trace the eausee
of the strifcet In
low wagee, combined
with the action ,of labor nulous, etc.,
and"expi"tbebeITer"niat-lheeberifl
did not exbauet bis power before calling
la military aid. Tbey allude to tbe
mamlng of troops In Pittsburg after the
riots a a mark of disrespect aad coo
tumely to eltiseoe, not called for In view
of tbe unparalleled promptness with
which tbey crushed out tbe -rioter aod
brought tbem to puniehment. " Tble
grand Jury has indicted nearly a bund-
red rioters.
-TOREIQH HEWgr
. A Vienna eorreepondent eaye It seeme
to' be believed at Constantinople that
Osmaa Paaba can hold out till tbo be
ginning of December.
The Russian official report etatee their.
loeeee at too capture of Kara wore 1,500.
Among the officer killed wore Oewral
Belineky and Lieutenant-Colonel Me II
koff., .... .' ; .,r'V..-
Romla is Jirglug Bervia to co-operate
la tbe war la view of operatlooe for the
relief of Plevna, which Mebemet Alt to
expected to commence during the fast-
week In November,
A Belgrade sorrsepoudeot telegrephet
"Although there are marked eigne here
of a desire to take tbo field, eeveral
clauses af a convention between Russia
and Bervia ara still ansstllsd.. It Is be
lieved Romla ledlelncllned to accept all
tbe condition demanded by Bervia."
A epeeial dispatch dated Versa Kaleh,
Sunday evening, says the-fortress aud
city of Kara, with 800 can boo, store of
ammaaitioa, cash, eUk fell Into Rue
elaa bands. The Turks toot 8,000 killed
and wounded, 10,000 prleonere nnd many
flaga.ThrRuslaa loos Is about 2,500.
The Russian eoldier made but a trifling
liooty, and spared peaceful eltiseoe,
women aod children. .
L0UI8IAIA 8U0AS II0USTST.
That we, aa a nation, revel In eweete,
may ho Inferred from the following from
tbe Trad Journal: "In 1850 there were
108,000 tons nf domestic soger consumed
In the United Bute. In 1853 tbe quan
tity had Increased to 172,000 tone, and
la 1882 It leeched tbe maximum of 190,
000 tons. What abrupt aod otter rnla
waa brought by the war npoa tbla, tbe
principal Industry of Loulelana, may be
Inferred from the fact that la the very
aext year, 1883, the cane crop dwiadled
dowa to 50,800. Ia 1884 It fell to 80,000,
and la 1885, tbe last year of the war,
brook to tbo mlnlmun-ot only 6,000
lone. Tbe great trade that was th
shattered la three years has el nee tbe
war been alowly revlvlog, hot still a
long tlmo will have to elapeo before It
agala reaches tbe proportlone to which
It bad attained la 1858. For tbo past
three or four years, owing to labor trou
bles, and other political onuses which
wo need not now enumerate, tbo crop
harvested la Loolelaaa has not bees no
large as might have beeo expected; Mill J
in-eprt or every drawback, it bae In
creased 25,000 hogshead each year, and
dorlog the pact soaeoa, owurdtng lo a
report Just loaned -la New "Orleans.
amounted to 188.SS1 hogsheadc, ore to
tal of 190,872.870 poo ode. It to confi
dently e I peeled that the crop of the
preeent eeaeoa of 1877-8 will amount to
aot lorn thaa 200,000 hogsheads.' 1
- A. ww us, nr. sx
Offle aad loaMeaee, east sMe flnt atfeas.be.
weea YaaahllLaad Taylor. Mpeetol atteaueo
iteea to woasea aad eblldrea'a eosBDlalBta.
,sieea siBmcarga. YAtosi
aMOa,
wMtod with VeatoteUr, to WaaUag I
1 IEW8ITEJ13.
.tats aso TaaaiToataa. .
The public eohoole of Albany- have
II - I Ak.a fkalk ntnlla - '
fOIVIIWi pirwma.eav" f' - -
The ereat eaw mill at Port Plerovery,
Nearly SOO.OOO.UOO buabela or coat have -been
mlued In Wyoming tble season, y
Tba fields of V W. Devenport, of Pine
Creek. Idaho, yielded 110 bushel per
aero of oale and 45 of wheat.
The ttfolflb eonuat lecture eou roe of
tbe medical department of tbe Willam
ette University will oommeoee Decem
ber 17th. . .
8. Calboee. of ttwlnoinlah,: from 200
serve of laud got 83 buehehj of oate to
tiie acre, aud from 150 acres 100 bushels
to tbe aero.
Dr. Dean Clarke has delfvered hie
lecture agajjpet 5'Materlaltam" In Al
bany, wlunioc thereby eueouttums from
the people m mat city.
Work will shortly be ' commenced
near I'matitla landing- to remove oo
jjnitiral l.vi ysrila of rock from tin
Rev. Jsmee Herrle hss eerved the
Coogregatlooal Church at The .Dal lee
eo acceptably during the past alx months
tbst he baa received n.eH to remain
with tbat charge. -- 1 "
There are three' echool lo prngreee at
Cidfax, Washington Territory, each
filled lo too utmost capacity of the
building, and there aro scholar aufli
elect to form a fourth.
Mr. Jacob Wagcohlast, tea miles esst
of Ysoooovor, oo Government Island,
cut and threshed throe hundred aad
i I.I.I t. .1 a nf mi. nuihlM
nre, from three acres of ground.
During the late war with the Net
Pereee lo Idaho, 17 officers aod 111 men
were killed, according to General How
ard's report. Tbo aunroer of wounded
Is not known, but It is about 25.
A tuonol baa been re a something
over one hundred feel Into tbe coal vein
near Columbia City. Tbe quality of
theonarrounaie saia to oo vary srnow,
something like the eannel coal of Kog
iaod. A eorreepondent of the Atforian, op
poeed to the employment of Chinee In
tbs cannerlee, eaye: "Twelve caonerlee
with white labor aod all dolog well,
would bo better than thirty with a per-
ll. lk.aa Waa( Bk WA mil Ktrtns
Cbiaamsn."
Tbs second term of tbo Albany Col
lege begaa last Mooday week with an
addition of 85 new f unite, making In
all 147 now enrolled. Profeeeor Powell
to working for tble school with com
mendable seal and energy, and to euro
to make It euccemfuL
W.-W. Strtckitn, living near Norton's
poet office, baa bad a largs gang of Cbl
namen clearing land during tbe past sea
eon, and they will bave cleared over
100 acres by tbe last of this mouth. The
Mdl Klearlns? and nrenarlue the 100
ecree for tbe plow will bo about $15 per
acre. . . - - '
1. l ITrf.l.r Tnl ft n lnl.nl
child or Mr. aud Mr. J. M. ueeue. oi
,uctni, .warn uniwaw m
mother bad placed It In a tub. In which
there wae about four lueuee of water, to
eplaab and play. On returning from
soother part of tbo bouee ahe found her
child dead. It was eighteen months old.
WftP-T Tnn TTrttYHOTlT. -
Circulate pet It loos for a. 16lh Amend
ment? to eofrancbiee tbo women, nof o
one State alone, but of all tbo Btatea
and Territories. Woman'a rle-ht te a
voice la tbe government anderwhleh
ebo Hvee le a ualuraT righCandmuat ho
guaranteed to her by tbo Federal Con
stitution. Now le our tlmo to knock nt
the doors of Congrees and plant thie
tfinhr Ammn In 111 fiindmnt.l laejr rt
-1 the land.
Plltlona fnra WlHaealW-A Bniiilmnf.
for woman'a enfrsncblaemeot, ' from
10.000 United Biates cllUrna. fruui
taa.MlW-laoA Olakftm l.m as A Lual aaaaaalail
tWf Ul-WU OMIaaj UDVf eVCWH ILStW
In open UouaC tod Benate by 81 Repro
esutatlveeaod 29 Beoator el nee January
19, 1877. The friends of Womsn Bof-
II... I M Will HWHH, WMV V M-
vocate the Amendment la tbe new
Congreetvi deal ro tie friend to SusUIn
mm iy aaammout peimone iromevor
quarter. Circulate this petition through
Ik. A ...I Mil.!.. K 1....M,
20, 1878. ' Obtain tbo aamee of all wbo
have signed slmllsr petitions to tbo
preaeut Congrees, and as many more as
possible. Head the petltlone with such,.
weii-kuown nsmee as yoo wish lo have
appeer in the Congreeeional Record.
Flit the. blanks for Btate, town, and
county, that members my refer to
their own dlalrlcte la prveenting pell
llooe. Have all . Iho nameo el good
plainly wlth. lnk-on.4wo oopiee of the
petition, one for the Houee, nnd one for
tbe Senate. Ask each elgner to remit
at least tsn cento to the Treasurer of tba
Notional Woman Buflrage Aaaoclatlon,
Mr. Ellen FL Rareent. No. 1.7X9 TV
Bales street, Washington, D. C., to
defray expeneea of ' olaaslfl lotion . for.
TTWOTrnbo lb the 45ib CongreeoJl'very
name received before December 1, 1877,
will be elssslfisd with Ite appropriate1
Btate aod county petltlone, nnd pre
sented by tbo appropriate Representa
tive and Senator. 8ood wltb tbe petl
tlone Damn and poet offloe address of
each one who obtalne signatures, eo tbo
offloera msy know the workers.
Cut tble out, and paste It at tbe bead
of a sheet of paper Cod go to work. Put
the names of men on tbo rlgbt, and
women oo tbo left of your petition, and
trace every name carefully In Ink I
MTiTiosr roa '
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
To f he Senate and Uou ofRepreeen
tativem, in Omgrete aeeembled t Tbo
undersigned, eltiseoe of tbo Uolted
8tates, reeldeote of the Bute of ,
county of , town of , earn
eetly pray yoor honorable body to
adopt measures for eo ameodlng the
Conetllotlon as lo prohibit tbo several
BUtee from disfranchising United Btetee
eltiseoe on account of ssx.
A a exchange eaye that "Mm. Ueueral
Fremont Is soon to begla a aerlea of
msgailns articles dsscriptieo of Cali
fornia eoeoee and locldeuta." Hero la
another I netanco of woman's banding
up bricks wbile her hatband hallde.
Tbo General to bankrupt. .. Mrs. Fre
mont la determined be ball not be long,
If her brain can be' of any service. Tbo
old Oeneral will die one of those dsys, -
s q ma .couxi wiu f rem to to sppoinv an
administrator to taks care of whatevef
property Mrs. Pramoot may earn.