FRIDAY. DECEMBER 81, 1877.
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la so-eeJlsd free America Ik U a crime
U be bora a wossae. To writ of Aooea
corpus, though ee dear to tbe average
maaeallee baait tbat tba Constitution
declares tbal H ebell ao4 ba cospended,
except wbaa la eases of raballloo or a-
vesloa tba pgbtla eafety may require It,"
le bold fnoporatlve la every 6UU la tba
colon la eaaa of a married woman
agalnat bar hnabaad, tba marital right
of tbe woman being belda all eeee
aeoopdery to fboee of tba husband.
Tbe rigbtef trial by a Jury of one's
peer wa ao Jealously guarded by men
tbat aeverel Bute rafuaad to ratify tba
.original Constitution Ootll tbia right
waa guars ntsed by tba Slzth Amend
ment; and yet, aoeb la tba political aod
legal puolabment for the blgb crime of
boiog a woman, tbat do won ao baa
ever baaa allowed tbo rlgbt of trial by a
Jary of bar peers, bat mast la all eases
ba triad by men, wbatbar native or for
eign, aduoatad or Ignorant, vicious or
vlrtuoaa. ...
We bava known yoaag girls, tba vic
tim of tbo aoduoar't wile, arraigned In
aaao'a aourta for tbo oris a of Infantl
elde, aod triad and convicted by Judges,
Jurors, and alloroeya, while ao womaa'e
voioo oould ba board In tbalr defense,
and tba man wbo bad wrought tbalr
ruin wara allowad to go aaot free for no
otbor roaaon tban boeaaaa tbalr aaz waa
masculine, and aome oibar man, or
man, bad daelarad themaelvee oqaally
guilty with himself la robbing tba girt
of bar ebaatlty. ?"
Daring tbo Preeldentlal aampalgn of
1873 a woman waa arraaUd for voting,
waa daniad tba protection of a Jary,
a ran of man, waa triad, convicted, and
aantanood to a Una and aoata of proeaca
alon by tba aboolata power of a Judge of
tba Buprem Court of Iba United Bute,
who, holding bla office for Ufa, booomaa
a graatar daapot over tba llbortlaa of a
fraa paopla than tba Antooret of all tba
Russiana. And yat .tba only abarga
agalnat lb la woman Waa Iba crime of ee.
Man bold tbat taialloo without rap
reeeoUtlon la tyranny, yat tbay daay to
woman, baoanaa of tba a rim a of bor eex,
all tsarelaa of bar Inalienable .right la
not to tag bar to tba otmoat limit In bor
. pro party and aarnlnga to aopport a gov
ornmont tbat den lea bar a voice In mak
ing lulawe, ' .
Woman la bald" in law aa a parpatual
minor, deemed, baeauaa of tba or I ma of
aaz, Inoapabla of eelf-protectlon, and do-
oled, baoanaa of the same arTma, of
equal protoetlon with man, before tba
la wo which aba la tazad to anataln. - '
7: Lawa abound npon various municipal
atatnta books, and bav baaa attempted
to bo aograftad npon aevaral legislative
oaaetmonta ozonorating man from tba
.direct and Indlraot eonesqueneee of ao
aialand aaznal Bin. Vador anob laws
wamaa ara flaod and Imprisoned If
fa aione'u Ibe ireet otrpTaoaanf
publld raaort after certain boors, baoanaa
of tba win of aez." "Police effioera, un
der tbo prsunoo of regulating publW
morals, seise tbooeoupaataof disreputa
ble bouses, and march tba Woman off to
prison, while tba man, tbalr partners In
guilt, go fraa. .
Ilea wbo Impose these unequal penal
tiee upon tbo victims of femininity In
dulge, when woman complain of aoeh
outrages, la nonsensical esot about
"woman' greaUr purity being jeopard
ised by political right," tbua ndcavor
log to cover up ber elal ma to Justice by
tba poesy of hollow compliment. But
tbay do not forget or neglect to tas bar
- toeuetaJatb supremacy of mascotTalty,
nor do tbey over omit auab special leg
telalioo as atlgmatlaea tba femininity of
aaz aeaarlmei
A Washington special aaya Senator
: Jonea la of tbo opinion that the allver
bill will receive ao Injury, but, on tbo
contrary, wlU be benented by post-
-nsnsmsnt aesr tba rectos. Neither of
- no iHuar leaoing aiiver aavooaice
- thought it beet that Matthews' reeolo
tlon anonld be disposed of befora ricaea,
- beeauae tbey want tba Preeideut to act
. wpoa tbam, and ba oould bava avoided
action by pigeon-boll ng them for ton
days, which would bava been as good
. . . . . . . - -
. aaa veto. Jeoeo predicts 'tbat tba
. amendment put on Blaad bill by the
Benata committee, limiting' coin ago,
will bo rrj acted by a majority from Ave
, to twelve In tbo Sonata, and tbat Iba
' bill will tban ba passed as It aama from
tba nooea, by a vote of fifty-four to
twenty-two, or la that proportion. Tbia
la tba result of careful canvassing. He
baa made repealed caavssses, and keeps
r. n vary close watch of tba fluctuation of
opinion In tba Senate. ' .. .
. A dlspauh of December 18th aaya:
Tha Prmident readily gave bis consent
aod authorised Representative Davis,
wbo bad laterviewed blm oa tba sub
ject, to aay for blm that, although ba
Hravnif Dupoo warn van
eeeidontaofj
tbia, country mo at ba protected from
outragea, ba also deeply ' ay mi pat hi see
with tba Caucasian working men la the
avlla tbey ei parlance oa account of tba
disastrous competition of Chi boss aheap
labor, and that ba la alee la sympathy
with tba people of tbo real He Coast la
their desire to have Chinese immigra
tion checked. The Importance of tbia
empbatie abnouneemont aan hardly be
ever-eetl mated. The President navlag
delltteratsly taken bla poaition, be may
be rrlled on to bold It, and with bla
powerful aid assured npon tbo main
pmrueltioa, the dtraculiiea aa detailed
will, aa tbey are la lura encountered,
be rapidly everooaio."
AI IKXiaiAlTGIll'l STOST.
- Beoroely a day pssssa - without tbo
publication of some horrible ebapter-of
maa'a failure to protect woman, tba
atofy appearing aa a blot vpoa tbo faae
of the ne Traps per world, aad aa a fouler
etaln upon tbo aham protonoaa of men
that tbey, aa n eUse, aan bo depended
upon to protect each wemen aa ara not
able to protect themselves. Tbo Cleve
land, Ohio, JJeruld of n laic date baa
Iba following: MA few days eiooe, upon
tba arrival of aa Eaatern-bonnd trala, a
young Irish girl, neatly drseasd.-wlth a
plaaaaat and not be prepossessing fsos,
aeooatad Dotectiva Bcbrooder at tba
Union Depot. 8b aald aba waa alone
la tba city, and wanted to bo directed
tea esrtala street." 8be showed the of
ficer n piece of paper, upon which was
written a name and adircse, tbo latter
being No. 78 Coolusgh street. Of course,
no such street waa to be found In tbo
ally, and, upon questioning tba girl for
further particulars, Bcbrooder obtained
tba following Story: A few weeks since
tba girl, wbo is about twenty years of
age, left Ireland for America. Do board
tba vessel aba became acquainted with
a young man wbo claimed to be n
Bootobmau, and wbo fell In love with
her. Upon their arrival la New York,
tba young man. protested bla devetloa
to bar, aad under promise of marriage
seduced bor, aba stay lag with blm three
days. In New York. When ba left New
York Citv be. told her be would send
bor monly In a few days, and aba oould
noma to Cleveland aad ba would marry
ber.l A abort time after Ja loft iba ally
ba aant bar a allp of paper with tba
above direction upon IUHertnnk
waa left at Castle Garden, and, borrow
ing $ npon It, aba came to this ally la
ecaroa of tbo maa wbo bad promised to
make bar bla wife. Upoa bearing the
story, Officer Bcbrooder waa puialed aa
to tba course to pursue, aa no anob street
could ba found, and without aome ad
dram It waa almoet Impoeaible to And
tba man. Happening toateplato tba
Lake Bbore baggage-room, tba girl aaw
and recognised a cheat which aba aald
belonged to bor lover, which ha bad
brought with, him from tbo East, and
bad not aa yat removed from tba depot.
The officer directed the baggage maa to
keep a sharp outlook for tbo maa In
quiring for the chest, aod la that way
succeeded la galalng aa latervlew with
blm wboa be nailed, for bla baggag.
By questioning ba found out where the
youog fellow lived, but without tolling
blm anything of tba Inquiry tbat had
been made for. blm. Ho then directed
tba girl tothe place where the young
maa lived, and aa yrtday, wbaa going
out U aeo falrayenmtroronnCIta
street. 8ba stopped blm and talked
with him, and, aa might bar baaa ez
pec ted, ba eelled bar a fool for tbo pains
sba bad taken la coming here, andJhat
bo bad no Intention of marrying bar.
Two or three times aba visited blm, aod
Implored blm to ba true to blrpromla
and aava bar reputation, but vttbool
sue case. Yesterday aba visited bla board
ing-place again, and waa told by his
landlady not to eome any more. That
the maa doea not intend to marry her
sssaaa esrUla, although aba etlll baa
faith la him; put, whatever la done, the
girl la still In (be etty, pennllesa, ruined,
aad with no fr leads. Bhe left bor en-Ura-elothlnf
at-Caetlo-Clarden. with j
f9 mortgage upodlt,'aod baaw (lb Iter
only tbeelotbee aba weara. Sba aaema
honest, almpla, and willing to work for
her living." 7
- Fathers wbo read these eolom na aome
times complain boeanae, tbey aay, we
harp too much upou the w songs of
women. Would yea think ao, gentle
man, If the above-mentioned girl were
your ow 6'daogb Ur, for whose terrible
wrong there la no redress, aad for
whose ceducer there la ao legal avenger
Think of that defeoesleea, Ignorant girl,
ruined, belpleaa, and pan n I loss, with the
Important fuocttoa of a maternity for
which aba finda no protactloa banging
Over bor ebame-bordened spirit and Buf
fering body I And yet there are maa
who will abed leara from a thousand
pulpits over the agony of the Cruel fled
Ooe who will not bnrdea tbelr eoule
with the grief of these unfortunates
through more tban a passing thought
- We talk toe much of the wrongs of
women, do we? And yet the law la
powerless to protect the weakest of them
rrom Ibe'seJuMpewIles, or" provide for
the belplesa oflsprlog of the woman's
fnnoeenoe. er the seducer's lust He
walks abroad, ' refuel ng' to ratify bla
moat Beared obligation, and aba goes
forth. Buffeting, alok, and abame
atricken, to oooouater poverty, cruelty,
and Jeers, after the maa ahe bad loved
and treated bad "called bar a fool for
bar pains." . A year or (we In America,
under the beautiful system of proteetlag
women which mea nail the beet govern
ment under tba ana, aad tbat young
girt, no longer Innocent and uneusneet
Ing, will avenge herself npoa bor ad
versary by beoomlag la turn tba be
trayer of Innocence. And what won
der f Haa not tba Iroa of eppreealoa en
tered hereoal f If aba become bor own
avenger, and taroe and reads the none
of woman with a power worse tban
dread Medea'a, wbaa man In all the
land can blam bar? Tbay aaw the
wlad, tbey reap the whirlwind, and
the world la full of ale and
UBWVM""ff-M-a
Several
Cheyenne Indian chiefs bad a
eatlafeotory eonsullatloa Wtlb Oeoeral
Sberidaa oa the 16th last, la which
they sx pressed a desire to remain with
General Mi lee, atod amlat blm la eaaa of
Indian entbreaka fa too, epring. Tbey
were, however, Informed that tbey meet
move to their reeorvatloa la the Iadlaa
Territory early la April, aad with tbia
they appeared contented. ,
Women have aa Indisputable right to
demand tbelr liberties agalaat all the
power and authority of all the earth.
Tbey do not seek to usurp authority
ever men, but tbey recognise ibe In
alienable rl;bt of In&vlJual covers! jo
lty, and are dsterciaaJ ta ezardje It
' rciTomL coxiEsroiracE.
Data ftaaa erros M aw Woara v asvi ...
' The doable work npoa our bands and
breia rendered necessary by the depart
ore of Mrs, Coburn to fairer aklef to
see rob of health and recreation, will
render tke shortening of our Journeys aa
equal necessity. '
Oa Wednesday of last week, after .we
bad written editorials and n chapter of
tbo aerial atory, nd bad cut garments
for the needle woman and written busi
ness latlrs, aad bad corrected the mail
ing list and directed toe "alngle wrap
para" to many hundreds of soil tarr aob
sorl bora at aa many different poet offloea,
we again packed vallee aod basket nod
again atartad forth oa a harried mlaeloe
of finance, our deatinatloa Salem and
Albany. ' 'i t' '
It waa two o'clock, 'and by dint of
mach hurrying we were enabled to at
Uod the funeral of Mrs. J. r". Capim be
fore trala time, whose deceaaa, though
not unlooked for, ban cast a apell of
gloom ever the entire circle that ere
while radiated la the aaneblue of bar
genial disposition. As a devoted, Intel
ligent, end ezemplarjrCbrlstiaa wife
and mother, Mrs. Capias waa a leading
ezemple, nud (be Methodist Church, ol
which aba waa n member, ana HI afford
to spare ber. But, If tbe eburcb end
tbo community shall tbua miss the
light of bar noantenanee, what of the
atrickea family, whoa Arealde baa been
left onto them desolate? .We know
bow feeble are the moat serosal words ol
sympathy and condolence when offered
aa palliation for grief and privation like
tbia. But, to ua, there waa beating
balm Ja. Ihe aubllmealmpllcltyo
Brother Anthony 'a anatudied eloquence,
aa be aald, 'Dear friends, I grow more
and more Into tbo belief that the spirit
world la all around na, and very near
oa; much nearer than we formerly eup
posed. We have glorioua assurance tbat
when the rlghieouadla, wbaa tbay ara
Just a boat to leave the clayey tabernacle
aad paaa out Into the life hey pod the
vale, that the heavenly galea are eat
ajar, and tbey aan realise, aa mortals In
health cannot, that the change called
death la but a step Into the higher life.
Mrs. Capias aald, shortly before ber
death, 'I eeo frieoda, many of them, but
I cannot tell them apart, though I abail
very eoou. I see my brother; I know
blm now, aod be la very near me.' She
alee aald lo ber friends la tbo body wbo
lingered at ber bedside, 'Hold my banda;
let me ollng to yea while life lasts. Je
sus will bold tbam oa tbo other aide.'
Tbua uniting the earthly and Immortal
exists nee by.a go Idea ebala of faith, aa
almpla aa It waa sublime. Surely, aa
daTelrcemittPcTlkglKeeeTwssbolJ abed no tear save tboae of joy at audi a
(lose aa tbia." - -
Verily, tbo Cbriatlaa gospel Is a
awtDf.J,kfmanJjboughtJB4 bn
man utterance, and may tba God of love
aad wisdom eased the day wbaa the
ebarcb will everywhere admll tbat
there are others besides tba dylag who,
by living lives of portly aod eharity,
shall draw ao near the pearly gales tbat
tbey, too, may catch glimpses of the
glories tbal await tbo rlgbteona, and
eatebiag them, shall east tbam forth na
ray of radiant light, (o guide those lorn
spiritual (baa themselves from the
Calvary of ' earth; aod Its maniXuld
srsmsst4ettbeklugdoto of knowledge.
UlT It shall be wTlonger nsosssary for
aay to ask la vale, aa did Mra. Usmnna:
"aaeil we kaow saeh ether eyes,
WlU the theeahle the la there Ur,
Whea we Btest above the aklaa,
Which teas ever
The reader will pardoa oa. Th oughts
Ilka these msy not be considered In
plan la a secular Journal, but tbay are
Uppermost la onr btala Just new, aad
there, you have bad tbam.' Do with
(bam as aeemelb good nolo you.
Tbo melancholy rite were aver, and
wo basleoed aboard the ferryboat' and
entered the Salem bound train, where,
wltb a party of Oregon City frlenda, we
enjoyed na boor'a preaaant aoclal chat,
tbat bad very little of tbo hereafter In
It, ao readily do aaorUle pass from (be
oonalderatlon of tbo irrevocable future
lo (be facta and fanclca of the laevltable
present -
The ride from Oregoa City to Salem
waa a lonely one. A fog, ao thick yon
could with difficulty out It with your
breath, aetUad like a pall npoa th
Hnh6dTrrud-TTdjlileer
itatt
could be felt encbrooded alike th
Ing Vetera of tbo flooded etreeme aad
too dark fin tbat held aloft (helrfringed
erma lo tneaepokbral gloom like aentl
neb) npoa embattled heights.
To relieve (be monotony of the fooell
boss, we ceaayed n question or (wo upon
the condition of the. road with a voter
aittlng near; but bla ana were were
whisky laden, aod we were glad to
get rid of bla maudlin oeaveraaUoa.
God help (he womanhood of America,
for verily It la la political eobjugatloo
to whisky, Ignorance, and Intolerance.
-, Somebody called (be fellow MJodge"
a( th atallen, bal wbo bo waa, or of
what district be waa Judge, we do not
know. - We only pity the subject of the
goddess of Joatlee whoa tbey depend
npon maudlin Intoxication for the dis
pensation of law aod (be prveervalloa of
order.
Mine boat of tba Cbeaseketa Hotd I
being pot np wltb" by everybody.
Salem keep Imprevlag, la spits of (be
rain. Many of (be stores are resplend
ent already ia holiday nrrey,jromloenl
among tbam being the elegant novelty
aad variety baser of Mra. V. A. Coon, a
lady wbo baa beltded op a magnificent
BBslnees, for which ahe deserves mash
credit
Sopreese Coort is lo eaeeloe, and (be
solo oe of (be law are beady eagaged la
pluming (be plnlona of divers aod ana-
dry newly-fledged disciple of Bleak
atone, who, like their predseeseara, ore
eectlned to make a living through, the
dlffsrencee end d:roltiac ef people o
lltlfaUoa. We are' by no assaae op
posed to law, or lawyera, nor would wo
decry It or them, nny more tbaa we
wo:4 tfsery rrvix'-lr, or preacr.
But there la so much at a 9 and nonaenae
tbat peaces curreot for (be genuine artl
el la both ooeupatlona, aad nmoqjg both
elate aa, that tbo legally and clerically
tabooed woman of the period finds satis
faction la aaylog aomelblng about them
once In n while tbat may not flatter tba
vanity or the weakeat Some mea are
badly bilious, and (bey think 4 to a
pro found knowledge of law tbat alia
ibem. Otbera are terribly dyspeptic,
and tbey think they're Buffering from
piety. While both are equally mis
taken, doubtless each la Ailing bla little
alcbe In th eeooomy of the universe,
and It la not for na to my thai anything
la made la vain. Some of tbeee newly-
made lawyera are very bright and prom
ising young men Indeed; bet there are
otbera wbo eeo not write grammatically
bot apell correctly, who, we learn, have
been admitted to the ber. Of course
tbeee leal would nee (be might of their
fortified poaition behind the ber to pre
vent any woman from entering the pale
of the profession, on the score of supe
riority of ssx.
boeicty Jogs along aa usual at the cap
ital. - There le to be a notable wedding
eoon, which le to surprise tbo very elect
The University isle full blast and all
the other aoboola are flourish lug. Tbc
health f the ally waa never better, aad
Immigrants occupy every available
nook aad corner la every ere a-bile
vacant dwelling-bouse.
'On Friday evening of last week w
bad tb pleasure of attending n recep
tion gtvca at the elegant manatee uf
Mr. and Mra. Oeorge U. Jonea, in honor
of Rev. P. 8. Knlgbt who haa Just re
turned from a visit to the East Tbc
reception proved n thoroughly brilliant
and enjoyable affair, where the wit,
wisdom, and dignity of the Bute were
well represented. Tbc governor, Judges
of (be Supreme Court, aad several Fed
eral offloera were p recent, alee n number
of prominent clergymen, artists, posts,
author, and editora.
At a wedding In high life (bal look
place a few daya si ooe at (be capital
city, aome Jenkins of the press alighted
the gentlemen entirely In describing
the' dreaaa wore npoa tba auspicious
ooeasloo. Our well-known desire for
fair play and equal rights prompt a lo
slight tb ladle thl time, and notice
the a III re of tbo gentlemen, that tbay
may get even. Mr. Jones looked every
Inch tbo hospitable host tbal be waa, In
a Prlneem train, resplendent In bugles
and ostrich tip. " Hla crooWe of dia
monds waa exquisite. Mr. Knlgbt was
modestly arrayed la a cameo breast-pin,
worn, without ornament, over a pink
mlln jleAu, edged wltb point cf Alencon.
T' g6yefuols Uaaaslal.I flgor.
wa modified la Its longitudinal proper
tieoe by a parallelogram suit of sea
green sella. Judge Prim's dumptueee
waa relieved by vertical air I pes of lav
ender brocade. Professor D. M. C
Oeult waa tba obeerved of all observer,
la a tiara of cello lilies, relieved by pur
ple fuchsias. Judge Wat too y or, pow
der of alabaster and Jswslsmf amber.
He waa the belle of the evening.-But
seriously, the ooeaaloa waa ooe of rare
Interest The speech of wcloome to
Mr. Knlgbt, by MrTWaTtSn; we replete
wltb wit and wladom, and tba res pone
by the former aa feltcltona a It waa ap
propriate. The refresh men te were eucb
aa ged Weman Be Brag 'etc always
boeollful and elegant, aad comes Uuut
In every particular. Mrs. Joner well
ordered home I ooe of the moot pleasant
la all the land, and w congratulate Be
lerat upoa posssssiog ber aa a elliaen.
But we're ashamed of a government
profemedly founded upoa individual
sovereignty tbat will not let anch a
woman vote. Mr,Kntgnt rstorus to his
barge la .renewed' bsalth and spirits,
and certainly baa good eauee to be
grateful for the appreclatloa of tbc com
manlty where be baa labored ao long
aad faithfully.
But ihlflsttsr baa already become
overgrown. Neil weak tb reader ahall
bear from Albaoy. x A. J. D.
December 17, 1877. ' -
' General Ord left Vjesb. legion oa tbc
Uth for Tezaa,
A slight rainfall occurred la various
pert of California oo the 14ih I net
Bemoan PBnnrtre,TdnlfttteTor
Baa Holladay, died oa the lath lost la
New York City of peoumoola. -"
In the Callforala Leglslatare Decem
ber l?lb, Farley wee nominated aa Sar
gent's successor oa the aeventh ballot
Mayo Ely baa addressed a letur U
the police oommlaalooere eomplalolng
of the terrible condition of the Btreets of
New York City. ...
Tba Philadelphia Board of Trade oo
the evealng of December 18th onaol
mouely adopted a reeolulioa opposing
tbo paasag of the Bland allver bill.
Petitions ere elreaUting among bank
era and boa! use man lo Chios go aaklog
Cengreaemeo to stand by tbo President
ia all bla flaaaclal vlewe, declariog
tbem sou ad and healthful for th coon
try.
. A IHlumWi Washiagloa speelal aaya
Governor Packard's frieoda have abaa
dooad the Idea of blebeleg collector of
the port of New Orleaea. Warmenlb
hi aUII con Aden t tbat Effingham's name
will be aant In after tbo holiday.
A bottle of petrol earn was brought
late Dead weed eo-4beJ7HLJneUnt
from aa oil well tbal wa discovered a
few weeka age eight miles from Jrenls
etoekade, and one hundred mile Booth
of Dead wood. The petrol earn le pro
nounced by expert to be oaporior to
that of West Vlrglaia. f
The Hooae committee oa foreign af
fair recently ezamlned General Ord,
the chief polo toot bis testl ssony being
that eossaUoe or diminution of Meileaa
raids en the Rio Grande waa attributa
ble to the large American force, and
revocation of the ex let Ing order would
elate cangeroua elemeete la Mezlon,
oae-a mere rala. ' i
"T0UE8 TiULT" TALIS OF HOUSE-
The New No am wist baa just eome
to bend, bearing nponlta.wlt-aad-wisdom
freighted pegce ao many feasts
of good things tbat Yours Truly feels
Inspired to write aomeibing for It sol
emn which shall, by way Of variety,
aid weman'a awakening Intellectual in
terest fa Improved domestic affairs, as
well as a better order of polities. She
remembers bearing you, Mrs.D., once
my before an audience the! there was
more bard work connected with making
twenty yards of rag carpet then was
necessary to ralss and market a tbeee
and bushels of wheat.' Yours Truly be
lievee It, o b won't make aoy more
rag oarpeta.. Not but that sbs's willing
to work, but sb wants to do tbat which
paya beef, aod sure!yoo former oould
see eay eoooomylo cpending tbo pro
ceed of a thousand buabel of wheat for
the covering for an 'ordinary floor.
Bmseala carpet will not turn,-ao Yours
Truly bought a three-ply. It waa aa
odd affair, wltb a lilac ground, wall
covered with small flgnree In carnation
red aod mazarine blue.
- The wall paper wee eboaeo of a lighter
bade, but eame color as-the ground
ork of tbo carpet, and wee covered
bore and there with a delicate tracery of
vine end leaves lo heavy gilt These,
and a bed-room act of. marble top and
black walnut vary nearly exhausted bor
funds, and act bar to coo ao seising; for
that bottom laod of beaver dam forma
tion must be Improved, yon kaow, and
Youra. Truly must beer a-big chare of
the ex pence, If ahe le held to be a per
pstual mlaor. . j
The chsapsst Nottingham . lace and
the beet white dimity or malnaook for
curtains would each eost half a dollar a
yard. "Let everything be the beet of
its kind, or do without ft," la Your
Truly' motto. So the beat dimity
adorned (be windows, edged with fluted
ruffles two Inches deep. ; We getnered
eome raspberry vines from the fence
corner, under tW matted fern, and
preaaing ibem between boards, used
tbam for drapery over and around the
pioturee, with a very pleasing effect
Your Truly detests steel engravings
to represent famoua men for whom the
owners of the portraits do not care a dot
She bad not the meana to purchase such
bit of fancy as ebe desired; and even If
aba bad tbam oa band, to frame them
properly would bo Increased expense.
So we searched tbo magasloec for half a
dozen years back, and found n beautiful
variety of choice landscapes, historic
sec oee, and qulsf groves aud lakelete,
lfefbJckXour .Truly made frame of
straw and paper and pas is board and an
tumn leavec and mums and aplluta, all
of which aba will describe aome day,
wbeo tbo mood le on ber; end yon
wouldn't believe bow pretty tbey are,
unleee yob oould see Iberq, Mrs. D. .
: But Your Truly' floor mala are ao
pretty aod cheap and ao easily made,
withal, that aba considers ber experi
ence In tbelr production well worth relating."-Diek'e
wife wool rummaging
In tbc aula ooe day, and oame across a
great roll of odds end ends of Brussels
carpet of every imaginable color, the
raised surface of which bad been raveled
In many placee, making a pretty fringe.
"WhalV the nee of kceplpg.alLibla
trumpery to attract the moths T" she
asVcd, m sltebrought t bedbugs bundle
Into the aittlng-room and unrolled It for
family jus pec lion.
Suddenly Yours Truly thought of util
ising that tramnery. Some old gunny
sacks, badly, rat-eaten, but good In
patches, were brought from the barn
and pieced Into the required else for
mate aod edged with n hem. Tbo bite
of Brussels carpet were then cut cross
wise Into etrips four locboe wide. Three
aod n half I no bee of thl was then rav
eled cat, leaving a bee of half aa Inch
aa beading for a very pretty fringe In
deed. A row of this waa tbaa sewed
neatly npon the outer edge of the gunny
aaek foundation, and waa followed by
another, end yet another, well lapped,
to make the fringe thick and fluffy, cere
being taken to blend lite different colore
la a "bit or miss" mannsr, till there
waa only aa oblong square left la tbc
oeoter. Tbia was fill -d by a flower from
one of tbo brightest pieces of the carpet,
cot to lit nd aewed evenly over the
edge of the concluding row; end tb re-
sult waa a mat worth tea dollar, tbat
coat nothing but a balf-day' Ingenuity
One of the most useful articles la a
bed chamber la a eeraa-end-litler bag,
for (bo receptlea of all aorta of odd and
code tbat will eeeamulsie with uner
ring certainty, and give the tidybouo
wlfe much annoyance nnless aba baa a
place fur Ibem. Combing from lb
bead, aalpping from tbo as wing table,
and lint from tbc carpet are among the
meet troobloeome of Ibis epeeloo of til
ler. A very pretty bag for holding anch
thing till yea ere ready to empty and
bora tbem may be made of pink paper
muslin, finished by a draw airing, after
lb fashion of tbo old-time reticule, but
made Irenlar la ahape by forming tba
foundation npon the bottom of a collar
box, npon which the breadth of mnelln
la gathered full. Tbey are alee prettily
made or aepbyr worsteds la crochet but
tbc Urn and ozpenee of this are hardly
at the command of tbc farmer wife.
Bel here eome Jim with a brace of
docks, which "must be dressed for din
ner," be says. Jbal tba time may eome
when every men who kills n few most
beateomeelled lo pick and draw aad
moke It ready foroooklag,4a the earnest
prayer of r ; Yoraf Tct.T.
ravMH-j---e
The Senate Committee oo Uexieea af
faire held liseeeood meeting oa the IStb
Inst, and devoted aome time to the die-
eueetoa of tbo order and manner la
which lb levcetlgatlee shoe Id be eon-
d acted. A atatement la regard to the
eoodllloa of affair la Mexico, aad la
favor or the elalma of Die for rceognl
tlon, wee beard from General John B.
Friable, of California, who recently
aa ex Waded visit le (bat eoeetry.
x , rOiEIMIEVI. -Mehemet
All be arrived at Censtau
tinople. r '
It baa been snowing heavily In the
Balk sua tbc past few daya, - .
It le reported that It baa been acces
sary to amputate Oamaa Paeba'e foot.
Servians en tbc l&tb I net crossed the
frontier at Pi rot, aad are marching on
Kossovo.
Tba Turk burned nnd evacuated
Elenn December 14th, end the Russians
re-occupy It
Tb yVeW Bucharest epeelal aay n
movement oY Russiana Is being mode
through tbc Balk ana to turn Kamarb.
Iafluentiai Russiana consider the p rec
ent moment highly favorable for direct
negotletionc between Recala eal Tur
key. , - r . -
In Russian offloial elrcTce It la not
thought likely tbat either Turkey or
aay power In her behalf will propose
peeoe negotlallona.
A telegram from Berlin denies tbc
truth of lb report thel Englishmen
have been arresied la Germeny on n
charge of treason agalnat the empire. ,
Colonel Wellesley, BrIUeb military
attache, aaya "Oamaa Paeba bad less
than 80,000 mea at Plevna, and In bis
sortie lost 8,000 killed, and tba wounded
were 8,000 more.
- It le known to meoy tbat the Caar
waa privately warned last August tbat
If Russia entered on e second campaign
It would be Impassible to restrain Eng
land front boettts acaonr-"
JL Bucharest correspondent of (bo 1Mb
loot reports tbat orders have been given
In Russia for the .Immediate mobilisa
tion of 80,000 fresh troops. New battal
ions are oootlnually crossing the Den
one.
A proclamation of the Servian gov
ernment wae'laeued December 14th, an
nouncing that the Servian army baa
been ordered to eroes the Turkish fron
tiers. Turkish troops are eoncenlrallng
en (be Service frontier.' .
It la generally believed la Constanti
nople tbal the Porte's appeel for media
tion of tbc powers will have no result
Layard, the Brlliah ambaeeadorr baa In
formed the Turkish government tbat
England will continue to obeerve neu
trality. -
The London morulog paper of tb
lath Inet officially announoe tbat par
liament will meet January 17th. II la
stated, the Cabinet hes decided to aak
parllameet to vote a grant of money for
eucb Increase of the Brilleb army as tba
prceeut suta of TiTopr ttTOnOar-
X Vienna correspondent aaya Inlelll
gence from all sides lea v woo doubt tbat
the. Russlau from Plevna have com
menced a forward movement In various
directions. There are eeveral Indlca
tlone tbat tbey are about to attack
Sehipka pees. There la greet disss 11 e-
fajtioa In Conetantlnople wlth8ulelmaa
Paeba, and hie recair la probable.
The peace and war- parti ec la Con
stantinople are contending for auprem
acy. It la believed the war party will
prsvalL Tbsr Is (rouble In Lebanon I
In oonaequence of (be refusal of (he In
habitants to furnish (be military con
tingent or aend deputies to parliament
based oa tbc fact that Lebanon le uader
EuruVean guarantees. ' 111
The 7Tth Loraloo tpectat aay the
publication of, the term upon which
Ruaala will make peeoe, via.: Independ
ence of Roumanla and Servla, autonomy
of Bulgaria ander a foreign prince, free
paaaage of tbo Dardanelles, delivery of
the Turkish fleet aa war Indemnity, and
cession of a Urge portion of Armenia,
has created a good deal of excitement In
England. --".;':.-.-
" A correspondent telegraphs that Tur
key 'a first pacific effort mey be regarded
aa. a failure. Germany hinted tbat
treating directly with Russia would be
tbo shortest way of coming to en un
derstanding. Il seems that whan the
note was first mentioned, tbo Austrian
go vara men t replied tbal It couldn't
bold out nny hope of successful media
tion oa such a basla. , "
A Montreal dispatch of December 1Mb
says: The strike of workmen oa tbo
Lech me Canal enlargement bee become
general. Between two nnd three. tboue
and ara Idla, ranee nf the strike-con.
tractor oa eeetlooa five and alz paying
alghty cent after promising men, aa
alleged, ninety cents per dey, nnd keep
ing banda a mooth or alz weeka without
pay, Instead of fortnightly eetllemeate.N
A dispatch of December 15lh aaya: A
circular note dispatched by the Porte to
the signatory power of tb treaty of '71
review tb origin and progress of tb
war, calls attention to tbo aggressive
Bourse of Russle, and the disposition
sbowa by the Porte to grant raforme,
sod suggests tbal tba present Is tb
auspicious time for the powers to Inter
pose In fevor of' peece. The Porte has
not yet exbeusted lis reeoareee, but de
al ree to stop tbc. further effusion of
blood. The chamber of deputies bae
elected a Cbriatlaa President'"- V
Events at tbc seat of war bava moved
slowly el ooe Plevna fell, but tbo firm
ace of Russia's death grip on the Otte
mea Empire was demonstrated at tbo
flgbt December 12th, at Metcbka, nine
mlleo eooth of Rustcbuk. The fact tbal
fifty Tarkleh bettallone attacked Grand
Duke.Vladamlr ao pereleteolly and na
suecissfully Indicates tbat the Rosslsn
posllloa between the Lnm and Jaaetrl
to Impregnable. Ruaala la now firmly
maeteref Bulgaria, and ber troop aan
pee tb Balkan la great force wltk
slight obetroctlone whenever tbc
weather permit. The active oo-epera-
Uoo of Servla aew felly recognised to
equivalent to another Roeslaa victory
In tbo field. Tbia baa eome, too, at
time wbeo there la no longer danger
Ibet .11 Witt-lead Austria Into the oon-
Alet ' ' , .
It le universally ooosldered tbat tbc
feud which bae existed between Blelne
and Oookllag to bow at aa end.
IEWI ITEltS. ...
statb axe vsaarfoaiAL. i J
Drain wanta more ware-bouse for.
grain. '
The celtle trad to very lively now la
Lake county.
There le a great deal of sick usee In
Yemhlll eouuiy. ' '
Jobo Jack's troupe elarted for Vic-,
torla oo Tueadey. - r
There are nine patients In the Jeck
eouviile Hospital.
There le now good abating on Iba
Baker City Biough.
The' aew cburelt at Monmouth waa
baptlaedtoet Buuday. -
There le not p bouee et preeent lu'
Idaho City for rent or aale.
Yaqolna Bay le abipplng oyetere la
large qwealtllee to Sea Freuoiaoo.
. There nrp now 207 pupil In altend
ence et the Btate L'ulvereity at Eugene.
The Polk county roads een't be beateo
for slush, atttd, aud 'uoflbMoeble-
Tbcnew eobool el JCugcne City will
be reedy for tbo yduug idea" on the.
1st of January. . . f .
Dr. Baker la eootern plating; tbc ez ,
teueioa of tbia road from W'biimao bla
tiou to- W'seloo. . . . , . - 1
There are no boueea or lumber to be
bad et WalteburK, aud the imuilgranle - -are
sllll pouriog lu.
Good land en the Willemelte River,
not far from Lafayette, waa aoid re- :
cently for $kV an acre. .
The Oregon Mickanle, Edmumle, -spread
bla wings before a Salem autll-
feuce en Monday night
M. P. Bull, formerly of theo Ore
gonial, la now a stalwart Graugsr on
tue Welle Welle River.
Tbc Clallam aod Jefferson county
people want steam .mail service freut
rort lowoeeoa tojeatLj$ay.
Tbe Palouae OaxtfU relates tba cap
ture of a Wild boar which Weighed 600
pounds, and tbc tusks five Inohee long.
Miss Maggie' Jenkins, of Wbetoom,
haa been appointed to the Weshlugtou
Territory University by Goveraor
Farry.
The Lswlaloo Tclltr aaya about $350,
000 baa been epeut on the Mullan iloJfc
Out the road haa never been of much
practical benefit
James B. Pray, long a reeident of
Olympia, and kuowo very widely for
hie geueroue quell lies, died oo too 12tU -Inet
et that place.
D. Dingwall' boom of logs, n third of
n mile long, on the Hernial! Rlvsr, le
le the largest ever tewed by une steamer
In tbc Bouud country.
The schooner "Boboliuk," oo ber way
from Gardiner lo BouFranoisoo, felt a ..
distinct shock ol earthquake at sea on ,
the evenlug of November Suth.
Both the Democratic and Republican
committees have beeo eeih-d to meet at
Beattle Oa the t&i lo eoueider tbc man"
ner of nominating delegalce to the oon"
etltutlonal eouveutlon.
Cbariee E. Getty, a pioneer of Curry
""HUT. i J58t4!l" Jhf
luck, agea eiaiy-.wu jeers, xie.wee
unlive -of Georgelewu, Jj. c., end nr
itd at "ort uriord in August, loi.
woex roa EYEBIBODT.
ClrctttaU petition for a 18lh Amend
ment, to eofranehlee tbc women, no. b
on Stat ofoMbut of ail tbo State
and Territories Womau'a' right to a
voice In the government ander which
be live to a natural right, and most bo -guaranteed
to ber by the Federal Con
stitution. Now to our time to knock at,.
the doors uf Congress and plant thi
right deep lu the fundamental law of -the
laud. . .... : .
Petllooa for a Slzteenth Amendment,
for i womnn'e enfmneblesmcnti Trem
10,0m VnUmi Htstee elllas
-fees
twenty-two States, have been prveeoted
la open Houee aad Senate by 81 Repre
aealallvesand 28 Senators si nee January
19, 1877. Tbc friends of Women Suf
frage 10 both bouses, who Intend to ad
vooate tba "Amendment In tbo new
Congress, desire Its frlenda to sustain
tbem by memmoth petitions from every .
quarter." Circulate tbia petition through
tbo autumn and winter up lo January -
20, 1878. Obtain tb namee of all wbo
have algned similar petttiona to tbo
preeent Congress, and aa maa y More aa
possible. Head tba pellttoos w I lb suet
well-known names aa yon wish lo have
eppeer la the fJbaTreeeiottaf Hecord.
Flit the blanks for Slate, town,' nud
county, (hat members mey refer lo
tbelr ewe districts lo presenting peti
tion. Have, all tbo BBmee signed
plainly wltb Ink on two oopleo of the
petition, oue for tbc Houee, nnd one for
tbo Senate. Aek each el guar to remit
at least ten centa lo toe Treaeurer of the
National Woman Suffrage Association,
Mra, , Ellen E, Sargent. , No, 1,788 Do -
Salee street, Washington, D. C, to
defray eipeosee of eiasslfliatioB tor
preeeoUtloq to the 45lh Coogreee, JLVery l
nam received before December 1, 1877,
will be elaeslflsd with lie appropriate
Bute and county pelttloue, and pre
sented by the ep'proprlele Repreeenla
Uve aod Senator. Scud with the pell-
(ion name "and post office addree of
each ooe wbo obtains signatures, ao tbo
officers may kaow tba work era..;-'
Cut tbia out, and peete It at Iba bead
of a sheet of paper aad go to work. Put
the namee of men on tbo rlgbt, and
women oa tbo left of your petition, aad
trace every neme eerefnlly In Ink l '
rrrmoar roa
WOMAN SUFFRAGE. ;
To fAe SenaU and llou at fimrn.
i Cbepres ossee-oeif : Tbc
undersigned, eltisen of tbo United
But, reeldenU of tbe Bute of . .,
county of , town of ' , earn
estly pray your, honorable body to
adopt measure for' ee amending tit
Cooctltnlloa aa to prohibit tbo several
BUtea from disfranchising United Htalee
dtlaen oo aecouot of aez. r"
'I III. I, I
A special telegram from AaaUlmte
tbe Los Aogelec JSrprett bring Infor
mation of a violent cloud-burst which
occurred la Brea Cefion about alz mile
from tb first aemed place. Two men,
Bhmldt aad Jobneoa, wbo war driving
np tb ca flon, were met by a (remendotin
flood; tbelr wagon waa overturned and
broken, and Bhmldt being caught be
neath tbe overturned vehicle, waa
drowned. Tbe whole eoeuiw la tbe
neighborhood of Ue hilts Was covered
with water totbeSplb of three feet
We bear no report of aov othVr eeel
dent resulUog from the alood-bnrst