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THURSDAY- -AUGUST 1, 187S. MAZE YOUE CHOICE. "We liave frequently and earnestly urged girls not to be content or to tbiuk themselves qualified to enter upon the great duties of life as women, until they make themselves familiar with some occupation by which tbey may earn an bonest and ample living. This idea never came to us in its full and com plete sense until we found ourself com pelled to face the world as bread-winner for a family, or see the children con signed to the protection of others; and it was an experience that came with a weigui iuai uas caused us to earn estly entreat young women while tbey nave a miners table to sit at and a father's roof to shelter them, to qualify themselves for some business. Co not think that in the event of being pro vided with a sheltered home, the time spent in learning a trade or profession will be lost. Nothing is Io9t that de ' velops the spirit of self-dependence, that completes you as an individual able to make terms with the world, and so look serenely on calamities that may overtake any one, that surely will over take some. The despairing wail of "What shall I do?" so often answered after weeks and months of vain endeavor by the demon of licentiousness that regards woman's pecuniary necessity as his vile opportu nity, and presses his dire advantage un til be revels and riots in woman's fall, should cause every woman to work for some object, however lowly, that will lift her iU'tbe future above the barest possibility of holding parley with the viees of men for ber bread. Not a day passes but we see these things exem plified before our eyes. True, tbey are the daughters and sisters of others. This case may not come near our own threshold, but what assurance have we that that case may not? And eaalted, self-sufficient womanhood is priceless wherever found. How many cases can eaehofus recall that has fallen under under our own observation where women, but yesteiday sheltered by home and support, to-day are bereft of both and obliged to maintain the one and supply the other, or starve, or worse? See them with health broken ami spirit bowed with grief, without preparation of any sort, open small millinery stores, essay and fall at dress making, take in washing, advertise for plain sewing, and, holding out against gaunt famine as long as possible at these, look helplessly this way and that for succor, finding none. There can be no more pitiful sight, and if beauty and comparative youth is their portion, what wonder is it, with but one path open that leads to all outward appear ance to a eupport, they, constantly urged, find tbeir footsteps tending to ward the forbidden labyrinths of sin to which it tends? Contemplating this every-day picture, can any ouo doubt that a sure preventive for much of what is denominated the "social evil," might be found in placing women in situations of pecuniary Independence? To do this, each must be carefully aud thoroughly instructed in some business that, faithfully followed, will yield not a mere pittance, but a comfortable liv ing. Make your choice, girls. Not of c husbands, until this other choice of avo cation is made, and the probability, not to say the certainty, Is that you will be able to make a matrimonial choice of far greater wisdom by being possessed of the comfortable assurance within yourselves that marriage is not to you a pecuniary necessity. SENSELESSJIOUTHINGS. "The moutblngs of demagogues who never risked their lives to save their country" are, as last year, let loose upon General Howard and his course of action He is toiling at tbe front, undergoing privation, anxiety, and fatigue, while his critics never think of sacrificing their ease for a moment, but spend all their spare time in vilifying and mis representing him. Such people really seem to think that General Howard should by bis strategy and generalship annihilate space, compel these bostiles to draw up in military precision before bis columns, and quietly and unresist ingly die in the last ditch. A few such exhausting marches over a mountain ous country in the heat of summer as General Howard and bis troops have made would take the conceit out of men who lounge on tbe shady side of the street all day, talking loudly ol what the General should or should not do. Sensible people, however, knocr that There Is more honor in his armless sleeve" Than in all tbeir conceited moutblngs. OHANGEOF DATE. Tbe New Northwest will hereafter be published on Thursday of each week Instead of on Friday, as heretofore. Communications of any length must be in the otllce on Tuesday to secure Inser tion in the issue of that week. Adver tisements and special notices, unless ex tremely brief, must be In by noon on Wednesday. We hope all those inter ested will bear this l miml, aiMj be 0Q time with all matter Intended for a cer tain Issue, and thereby save themselves disappointment, and us the iifcewity of of making further explanation Penny-a-liners throughout the nation seem to think it extremely clever to say "smart" things relative to Mrs. Tllton, and low-minded readers rub their hands in ghoulish glee as tbey repeat them to others of their class. One of them, imagining himself very witty indeed, casts a slur upon all womanhood by announcing that this most pitiable and suffering woman proposes to lecture on "Woman's Fall." True manliness must forever blush at such shameless exlbl tion of low wit and vile Innuendo. "PIDELITT." Under this head we frequently see women landed as noble, when tlnv should, if spoken of at all, be denounced as silly and coutemntlblr. Tim fnl. lowing is a fulr specimen : Thousands of cues have been recorded of woman who have refuted to exnoe itaelr brutal husbands, who have maltreated them. Information ba jutt reached ui ol an enraged husband biting off big wife's mm. On being arrested and brought Into mart, the noble woman tehtlfled I bat the bad bit It on" herself. If faltehood is any test of nobility of spirit; if weak submission to inhuman treatment and lying to screen the per petrator from just punishment, is to be commended and held up as an example, then should such weak and erring creatures as above referred to bear ofM thepaltn. We're magnanimous. We're not only willing, but anxious for those who appreciate that sort of thing to monopolize that kind of glory and no bility. To be called stroug-mlnded and deserve the appellation in its most rad ical sense is, to our way of thinking, vastly preferable. Nay, we would will ingly suffer the word "fidelity" to be expunged totally from our vocabulary, if weak submission was its only defini tion. Wo never could see how a woman of sense, of dignity, of self-respect, of nobility of character, could continue to love, cliug to, be abused by, aud lie for a man after be had foresworn every marriage vow and violated every ele ment of commonest humanity in his treatment of her. "The beaten span lei's fonduess" is not so strange, aud to speak of such women as "spaniels," un reasoning, criuging, fawning, would be in much better taste aud much more in keeping with truth, than to dignify them as "noble women." Out upon a nobility that sinks self, forgets justice, defies truth, binds a human soul in ab ject bondage, and subjects the human body to mutilation. No Nancy Sykes1 "fidelity" forus. "HE HATH DONE WHAT HE COULD.' It is usual to see ouly upon grave stones the just commendation, "He bath done what be oould," and these words or their import gleam coldly white over the resting-place of many a person who never in an his life heard his most untiring ellorls spoken of with appreciation. One of the maxims said to have been adopted by Washington is this: "When a man does all be can, do not blame him, though lib succeeds not well.1 Whether Washlngtoulan or not, liu manity and justice speak through it, and should be heard. One of the com monest forms of injustice perhaps is that of expecting of our fellows more than, with tbeir mental organization and capacity, they ore able to perform, and then blaming them for failure. To expect something from nothing is man ifest absurdity, yet few of us there are but are guilty of it almost every day as we comment upon tbe life failures of others, losing sight of the efforts they have put forth, in weakness it may be, or It may be iu mistaken zeal, to com pass different results. Honest effort, if only conspiuous for tbe disheartening failure that follows it, deserves to be crowned each day with an acknowledgment. When dreamless sleep comes to tbe discouraged soul, It may stifle tlio remorse of surviving friends to place tardy acknowledgment upon the tombstone, but cheerful pres- entencouragement, while yet the thorns of life pressed into the weary spirit, would have precluded remorse and brightened a clouded pathway strewn ever instead with hopes abortive. SEEKING TO EVADE THE OUBSE. The Idea that the army of tramps that Is sweeping over the West are poor fel lows soliciting work which soulless mo nopolies and heartless capitalists stead ily refuse them should certainly be dis pelled by the fact that farmers In Iowa, where these posts have recently been so troublesome, cauuot get men to help tlirougb harvest for wages varying from ! 60 to S3 50 per day and board. This fact should cause even sentimental phi lanthropists to bottle their tears and un cork their Indignation against a thrift less vagrant class that seeks to evade all responsibility and live off the bounty of others, not because tbey are unable to work, but because tbey are unwilling. They seem to have convinced them selves that the world owes them a liv ing, aud in pursuance of this idea they demand free rides, freo lodgings, and free food at tbe hands of Industrious in dividuals or enterprising corporations. Tbe truth is, they are constitutionally opposed to and seek in every way to evade the primal curse, "In tbe sweat of thy face sbalt thou cat bread." This is, In bur opinion, about the true state of the case. WOEK TOE THE00NVENTI0N. It is hoped that suffragists who as semble at Astoria next week will care fully elaborate plans for work so that the legislature-soon to assemble may see that the women are in earnest about their just demands, and know how to present them. We understand that Hon. F. O. McCown, of Oregon City, is engaged upon the review of tile laws of Oregon as affecting the interests of women, and it Is to be hoped tbe same will be completed in time to be made eflectlvo by the executive committee before tbe legislature meets. Generali ties count for nothing when brought to be test. Positive, truthful detail Is what we want, and, losing sight of per sonal preferment and personal strife, endeavor to systemlielour work so that " " e"ecvc. "Sound and fiirv ! ?.n"SlD?.noth,DS." "lenities even less than notblnc- in ... . Let 1 " . 0 , 7 ""POP"'" cause. us have careful, earnest work. t onal Convention win cost the S ritory about $6,000. AN HOUE. WITH COBBESFONDENTS. A friend asks : "Would it not be well to announce through the columns or the New Northwest the time the up- river boats and cars connect with tbe Astoria boats, so that those going to the convention could make their calcula tions accordingly?" We answer that the daily Astoria packet leaves this city every morning, Sunday excepted, at 5 o'clock; returning, leave Astoria at the same hour. Au active co-worker writes : "I have been sick ever since the meeting of the association lust winter until about three weeks ago; hence have been unable to make money to meet the expenses of the Astoria trip, aud, though it is a great disappointment to me, I fear I shall have to forego it entirely." Men, and indifferent women as well, often censure the movement because Its advo cates and friends do not attend its con ventions in larger numbers. The above reason, lack or means to defray ex penses, and not indifference, keeps the earnest workers at home, aud tbe fact that they do stay at home time" after time when the great desire nf their hearts is to be with and work with the advocates of human liberty, is a com plete refutation of the popular dogma that women who believe in suffrage neglect home duties. Our Seattle correspondent, whose art' Icle on finance was published last week, says : "Sherman may not bo a gay de ceiver, but he certainly Is a public de' celver on a grand scale. I find by com' parlson that the public debt since I860 has actually increased over $600,000,000, and yet he would have the public be lieve that our national debt Is on tbe decrease." In view of the events and developments of the past year, as well as those foreshadowed by them, It is not likely that those In whose hands the nation's financial interests are intrusted can much longer hoodwink tho people, even by the vast array of figures that make such formidable show at the close of each fiscal year. It seems to be nat ural for persons to have a sort of blind veneration for things which they can not understand, yet which make Impos ing show; so when the Seoretary of the Treasury sends out his annual exhibit. tbe people look helplessly at tbe foot ings of the immense columns, and, un derstanding only the vnstuess of the amount, console themselves with the official statement of tbe "decrease of tbe public debt," and attempt to pay their next installment of taxes with a little more of cheerfulness and hope. Mrs. Foltz writes from San Jose : "Our Constitutional Convention meets In September. We hope to have embodied In our constitution a clause or section that will untie tbe hands of woman, and allow her equal political liberty witli the men of our commonwealth. We need workers at this juncture, aud bit terly regret that Mrs. Duniway was compelled to return home so suddenly.' Mrs. Duniway would have been glad In deed to have remained and labored In California for the next month, but tbe need of work In the home field was too pressing to render her absence ex pedient. "Sybil" writes from Salem, express ing her own views upon the Indian war, or, rather, upon employing tbe Umatillas to fight against, tbe hostile tribes, as follows : "When will mon learn to set a civilized principle for bar barians to pattern from ? Surely there are men enough tramping aud loafing to subdue the hostile Indians without arraying other tribes of their own race against them ! It seems to me that there can be no greater shame tiian In arraying one barbarous horde against another in battle." One peculiarity of au Indian war is that there Is such an amount of easy fighting done on paper, far from the rough edge of battle. For our own part, we care very little what enginery of destruction Is turned against these merciless savages, so that they are compelled to a quick result that will enable the farmers and ranchers of Eastern Oregon and Washington to return to their homes. It is not nearly so repulsive to our feeliugs to see Indians fighting Indians, as to see Indians employing their savage arts of war against the whites as they so delight In doing. it.uilra uuu lumurs wouiu not, we Imagine, make first-class soldiers any more than they make first-class labor ers, and unless sent to the frout as tar gets for Indian sharp-shooters, they would probably serve an indifferent purpose in the field. However, we ad mit that turning different tribes against each other in deadly combat has a sort ot civil war element in It that is shocking. Agentlemau who left this city sud denly for the scene of hostilities some days since, says : "I pursued the Indi aus until I came within about twenty miles of tbem; then, not knowing but their guns might have uncomfortably long range, I turned and made my way back toward tho settlements. The country up this way Is In a forlorn con dition, but tlie probability now is that tbe worst of the scare aod its small at tendautareality is over." It is indeed to be hoped that the latter supposition is correct, as enough might yet be gar nered from devastated fields to provide for tho most pressing needs of the people. The fear jocosely expressed concerning the possible "long range" ol the savaces' cuns, Is one that more than likely bad an accelerating effect upon tho movements of many who tied before such a ghastly probability. The most remarkable birth ever known occurred near Salesvllle, Ohio, recently. Mrs. McCormlck gave birth to five healthy children, four of whom were boys and one girl. The medical works give but few Instances of such wonderful births, and when they do occur children have scarcely been known to live. In this case the mother and children are, in common language on such occasions, "doing well." ANONYMOUS LETTEBS . We are not in the habit of noticing any effusion which is not endorsed by a responsible name; but the following epistle seems to require special mention at our hands, hence this departure from our general practice: Mrs. A. J. Dmiway-Madam:-In reading your last paper, I was much Im pressed witli the high moral tone 01 your senllmeuts. Hut wuy itu iu wlille you were In Walla Walla your most Intlmato associate was the former Mrs. , uow miUrett of Judge , a member of tbe Constitutional Conven tion ? She goes to her meals with him opeuly, ami remains with him in his room. Now, are you a champion and advocate of such practices? Your action here would seem, to indicate that you were. If so, myself and a large number of ladies in this town feel ashamed aud scandalized by your conduct, as you do not represent our ideas or sentiments. Ax Odthaoed Woman. Walla Walla, July 21, 1S7S. J. Outraged Woman Sir: The above would receive a private answer but for the fact that you get behind au imaginary woman, nnd so cover up your Identity that it is impossible to address you with absolute certainty. But the fact that you are not a woman is as patent as that hoops failed on a certain occasion to conceal the boots of "Presi dent" Davis. We shall lay the original of your letter away, In company with another to which Is added the signature 01 a certain deputy sheriff of your county. They bear the same chiro- graphical imprint, and will look well together some day. I omit the names of the persons you mention, because I have no proof that you have not slandered them. When I travel on tbe public highway and stop at the public hotels, I never think of keeping my nose to the ground or my ear to the keyhole, on the search after social iniquity, and consequently I never find it, unless in the foul imagination of some evil-minded man. who writes anonymous letters over the signature of a woman, that he may thereby taint womankind with tbe stigmaof "gossip." I remember meeting- tbe lady you name at the Stiue House, aud convers ing with her several times on interest ing topics; butshe merely impressed me as a modest, unassuming, aud well-behaved lady, who had the good sense and good manners to mind herowu business and slander nobody. In common with others, I frequently ate at the public table with her and the gentleman whose nameyougive; but as to the disreputable matters you mention I have no knowl edge, and, so far as I know, no cause for suspicion. I have purposely kept my self ignorant, and consequently inno cent, of tho supposed evil practices of men and women In all my public ami private life, and if you are wiser than I In these tilings, you are welcome to your inauner of obtaining superior knowledge, and the evident satisfaction which such knowledge affords you. Now to your question. I am a cham pion and advocate of everything that Is pure and ennobling. I detest libertines, courtesans, and tho writers of anony mous letters. I despise everything that gives even the appearance of evil, and so steadily have I held myself aloof I from It that I do not even suspicion its presence unless it is thrust under my nose, as you have thrust it, by sorae-j body whose verj imagination is ataiut with foulness. The couplo you name mayor may not be guilty as you charge. I do not know, and certainly It is the better part of our common duty to con sider tbem innoceut until they are kuown to be guilty. Should I meet one or both of them again, I should not mis treat them on the strength of a thousand anonymous letters; but should I detect them or you engaged in advocating Im moral social practices, either by precept or example, I should not hesitate to de nounce you openly, over my own signa ture. In my seven years of public life, I am proud to say that I have been uni formly so courteously treated by gentle men that nover, except by auonyraous letter-writers (and they are few and far between), has any ono dared to assail me. Now, let me give you a little advice. If you consider the persons you name guilty, as charged in your Indictment, wiiy do you not attack them, Instead of me ? If you have seen practices in them which iu my unsophisticated innocence I have fulled to discover, why do you not turn reformer, and oust such a man from your Constitutional Convention? Aro you a champion of such practices? Your actions would certainly seem to Indicate it. Iu conclusion, let me ex hort you to repair at once to the nearest apothecary "aud get au ounce of civet to sweeten your imagination." Indignantly, A mo aii. Scott Duniway. Portland, July 22, 1S76. EDUOATIONAIiT From a circular sent out by Professor !. L. Rowland, superintendent of public instruction, we learn that district teach ers' institutes will be held during the month of August, as follows: At Em pire City, the 2d and 3d; Jacksonville, 8th, 9tb, and 10th; Lake View, 16th and 17th. In September, at Oregon City, the 2d, 3d, aud -lib; Eugene City, tbe 5th, 6tb, and 7th. The State Teachers' Institute will be held in Legislative Hall, Salem, on the 21st, 22d, 23d, aud 21th of August. There will be an ad journed meeting of tbe State Board of Examiners during tbe session of this last, for the accommodation of applicants for State diplomas and certificates. Tbe total number of school children enrolled in tbe different counties, as returned by county superintendents, is 53,4S4. Our educators appear to be working in a thorough and systematic manner, aud, as a result, our public schools are a growing honor to the State. Rumor has it that Captain Wilkinson has been ordered to join his regiment In Montana. EDITOBIAL OOBBESPONDENOE. Dear Rkaukks op the New N'orthwkt: Our last balled from the Bay Cltv. where we were making a flying visit too short by half for our purpose. And now, when wo are at home again, pre paring hurriedly for our next brief Jour ney, aud wo undertake to recall events of the past fortnight, the whole seems as an unenlightened dream. We, however, well remember spend ing the last evening of our brief sojourn in ban 1 ranclsco In the charmed society of our intelligent aud hospitable friends, Colonel Collins and wife, who, with a circle of literary, acquaintances, be guiled the time to a late hour with the choicest conversation and most enno bling thoughts. Then came an hour or two with our owu loved oues ere we sought a little needed sleep preparatory to the morning's journey. Iu our wanderiugs we chanced upon a precious little orphaned waif, to which the parental hearts of our liege and self so spontaneously warmed that we de cided to adopt and bring It home aud rear it as our own. To resolve was to ant. There was no time for reflection, and almost before we knew it we found ourselves aboard the "Great Itepublic," aud afloat upon the bosom of the ocean, bearing in our arms the treasure, who was henceforth to have no earthly home but ours. The voyage proved a long and tryliig one. A heavy wind and rain storm lashed the ocean to a fury, and the crowded ship was disagreeably cold. We took the best possible care of tbe tiuy waif, aud reached home with him iu safety; but alas, tho change of food and the hardships of the journey proved too much for him, and after a week's waiting at our fireside, during which brief time tho entire household had learned to love him more deurly than words can express, the precious little life flickered and went out, and the first funeral Iu a homo that for a quarter nf a century lias been crowded with life took place on the 26th Inst., Rev. Mr. Authoiiy officiating, and a genial circle of warm-hearted friends ablating witli their love and care. Then the casket was closed over the beautiful gem, the west-side train halted by previous ar rangement in frout of tbe house, and our sorrowing liege and self bore away the jewel to the dear paternal cemetery near Forest Grove, and our sweet, short dream was over. We are too sail to dwell upon this theme. A little while ago and death seemed a long way off, Now he is so very near that we can al most feel the edge of his sickle. But we must not linger over thoughts like these. There is a mighty work be fore us yet, aud we resume our public duties after a fortnight's change, our heart comforted by the knowledge that ' Not as a child shall we again behold him ; For when, with raptures wild. In oar embraces we again enfold him. He will not tie a child." Why we should have desired to add the care of an Infant to our other duties is a mystery; but why we should hove lost him is a greater one, to be solved only in tho great Hereafter, whither we are all drifting. At this writing, July 29th, we are hurriedly preparing for a tlyiug trip to Dayton and Lafayette, Intending to re turn in time to be on hand In Astoria at tlie coming convention.- A. J. D. 0. S. W. S. A. To the Editor op the Nkw Nokthh-fmt: The call of the President fora meeting of the Oregon State Woman Suffrage Association at Astoria so nearly covers every point to bespoken about that It is hardly worth while for me to add any thing more; but I cannot forbear urging every friend of tho cause of woman's enfranchisement to be present at the ap proaching meeting, either in person, by letter, or essay, and see how much we can accomplish to advance the cause which ought to be dear to every lover of humauity and liberty. I regret to say that I think it will be impossible for me to attend the meeting myself, but will be there In thought aud great hopes for tbesuccessof the meeting. Women of Oregon, this Association is yours, this cause is yours, aud being youis, it is the cause of bumaulty. It Is your duty to make It a success. Will you do It ? Ann M. Martin, Cor. Sec'y O. S. W. S. A. Lafayette, July 23, 1S7S. The reglsterof the land office of Walla Walla District, P. B.Johnson, has been notified of his suspension from office by tlie President. He is also directed to turn over all the property of the receiver to K H. Morrisou, of New Jersey, who has been appointed to his place. Mr. Painter, receiver of public moneys at the same place, has been superseded by Mr. Reed, of Ohio. The first named gentleman has beeu connected with the laud office siuce its establishment iu 1S71. We presume the changes are made in accordance with the boasted "civil service reform," of which we heard so much in the early months of Mr. Hayes' Presidency. It ran something iu this wise: "No removal except for cause, and no promotion or preferment except for service." Sales of land along the Northeu Pacific Railroad in Dakota continue at au enor mous rate. During sixty days tbe gov ernment lauds taken amounted to 178, 034 acres, while sales of railroad laud during the same period reached a total of 103,997 acres, making a total of 5S4.931 acres, which, if taken In one solid body, would cover a tract of laud six miles wide and one huudred and firty miles long. This rapid absorption of lauds Is far Iu excess of anything in the past. Mary A. Llvermore receives $18,000 per year as tne proceeds of her lectures. She Is at present In Europe, where she Is engaged In preparing lectures for tho comlngseason. Theseshe prepares with great care, having each one finished in every point before the first delivery. BE0ENT EYENTS. Yellow fever rages iu some of the i Southern cities. I Wheafcrop short In Iowa. Other ce reals yield well. Galveston Is quarantined both by land and sea on account of yellow fever. Cities and towns in Southern Missis sippi have established quarantine against New Orleans. The yield of wheat In tho southern counties of MInuesota will not exceed twelve to fifteen bushels to the acre, S. Myra Hall addressed the National Convention at Syracuse last week in favor of Woman Suffrage, favoring But ler for president. The session of the Womau's Bights Contrress onened 1 11 Paris on the 27th M. Martin, mnnininnl counselor of Paris, and Julia Ward Howe, or Bos ton, were chosen presidents. Twenty-two tons of flue sliver bars, valued at S750,000, were shipped from the astwy office at New York on the 26th for the Philadelphia mint for coin age into standard silver dollars. A great corner In wheat is being run by Milwnukle and Chicago coaimisiou merchants. The price has steadily ad vanced for two weeks, and intense in terest is manifested in the result. Senator Schurz' declslou that the Union Pacific lauds not yet sold can be pre-empted by settlers for il 2o per acre, will throw open to tlie public a large amount of valuable land in Ne braska. cloud burst about forty miles from Yankton is reported as occurring on Mouday of last week, by which a largo tract of country was submerged, seven persons drowned, and muoh property destroyed. At Washington a mob interfered' with laborers working for sixty cents a day overturned carts, plows, etc., and com pelted them to desist. The police pre vented further violence, but tbe laborers did not resume work. General Sheridan, accompanied by three of bis staff officers, readied Dead wood on tlie 26th from tbe military camp on the J.UlIe .Missouri, rue ueuerai after a careful examination of tbe ground, expresses tbe opinion that the permanent Black Hills military post will be located at some polut between tbe Spearfish aud Rapid Creek Valleys, A riotous demonstration was made in Washington on Saturday against the laborers who were excavating for th foundation of the bureau of eugraving building. About two hundred men made the demand. The men were at work at seventy-five cetils per day, Placards were posted near tbe building warning men not to work at such wages, and threatening those who did so with summary punishment. Tbe de ma ml was for SI 60 per day. I0BEIQN NEWS. All the powers except tbe Porte have ratified the treaty of'Berlin. Sir Hastings Yelverton, Lord High Admiral of tbe United Kingdom, is dead. The complete evacuation of Shumla and Varna will take place within a fort night. The Austrian troops crossed tbe fron tier into Bosnia, and without encoun tering any difficulties. Much sickness is reported among the troops at Cyprus, who landed there at the most unhealthy season. The "Whitworth," a thirty-eight-ton gun receutly experimented upon at Woolwich, proves to be a failure. Garibaldi has written a letter warmly approving the annexation demonstra tions, aud recommending ritle practice throughout Italy. The Russian authorities have assured the Porte that the Imperial guard aud other Russian forces will retire as soon as Varna is surrendered. Russia desires to withdraw her troops in the neighborhood of Constantinople by sea, and demands theprevious with drawal of the British fleet. A Nebraska Girl. We find the following In an Eastern exchange: .In Secretary Schurz' private room In the patent olliee building, writing qui etly at a table, the visitor will see a graceful, pretty youug ludy. This is Miss Auna B. Irish, tlie secretary who answers Mr. Schurz' French, German, Italian, ami other letters iu foreign tougues. She is a Nebraska girl, with elegant manners, a musical voice, and gentle, lady-like ways, which are wholly winning. At an age when most j-oung ladies, especially in Washington, sleep nearly all day with their hair in curl paper, and fpend the night dancing, or traveling from one reception to another. Miss Irish quietly turns her baek on the world, and studies. As a linguist she is probably not excelled by nnv oue of her age in this country, having it knowledge of ancieut languages as well as modem. Besides her linguist studies, she is also learning phonography. She Is uot more than twenty-one or twenty-two years t d, yet this graceful, gifted American girl has the engagement for translating all of Auerbach's works. She met Auerbach himself in Germany while her father was consul there, ami pleased him iufinitely.as indeed she does every body. Tlie German novelist's latest work is "Landolln," and Miss Irish's translation of it gratified him so much that he wrote her a letter, warmly ex pressing liis pleasure. Undoubtedly tbe youug lady lias a fine career before her. She does her studying evenings, after she has speul her eight hours iu tbe de partment. WashingtonTerrltory papers announce that all attempts to strike out the word "male" when specifying the qualifica tions or voters have failed in the Con stitutional Convention. Tbe members seem to have been dosed with so-called "expediency," to the exclusion of Justice on till, nnlm A illsfranohlsed class have uot, and never have had, any Hs" t which their political sovereigns were bound to respect, as Is aKalu clearly shown by the action above refered to. MEWSJTEMS. HT.4TK AND TBBKITusUAL. People about Mount Idaho have all forted up agaiu. Five brick buildines are la weeess of erection at Albany. Stnces now make schedule time over the Blue Mountains. Steamboats are running a llvolv nnnn- sltion on the Upper Sound. Waltsbure furnishes present emnlov- meut to thirty-five carpenters. The population of Lewis county U ,0S6. Number of families, ass. Searlet fever Is racing anions tho children in Sweet Home Valley. A. number of deaths are reported. The Tucoma Lime Company ship from 125 to 200 barrels l lime eaeh week. It ii of excellent quality. Three thousand nine hundred tons of coal were brought on the coal trains uto Seattle iu one day last weew. The Ashland woolen mills are crowded to their utmost, ami are iuthiuk " very handsome ami valuable goous. a i' rout maiiv buildings are In eourse of erection at Colfax, ami it is said to bo one of the liveliest towns ot tne interior. a retention was civeu to the Oregon City Quartette at Blaekwell's Hotel, In New Taeoina, 011 Wednesday evening, tlie 24th lust. A-i.inml Anademv Is a peculiar source of pride to the citizens of that thriving town, its prospwio ii ness are bright. It is thouEht that th bop crop of tv..l,l,.int, TsrHtorv will fall short of the usual yield about one-third, owing to the dry weather. The whole number of pupils enroiiett iu the State university tne - ."" was 37S. Of these 174, or nearly one half, were young ladles. The WeUfoot M. JS. unuren, turee miles south of Dayton, lamniii county, was burned on the night of the 2Mb. The work of an tuceudiary. ti.q huvminiivn with its tender, one box freight car, one passenger coaeli and four platform ears, will constitute mo first truiu from Olympla to Teniiio. An t-.titriHteof the DoDulationof W asb- ingtou Territory mkethe uuoibereast of the mountains 21.000, and of Puget Sound aud ou tbe rivers aud coast, 39,000. Washington Territory Republicans will hold their convention lor inomi nating delegate to Congress ou tbe 9lh of October. Date of Democratic con vention not yet fixed. A. L. Alderman, of Dayton, and Henry Warren, of McMliuiville, have purchased tbe right to the Pluonuer fruit dryer for Yamhill couuly. Some $5,000 worth of these niaeL' les have beeu sold in that county wuniu a w weeks. The trick of theOlympia-Tenlno rail road was completed 011 Saturday front Warren's Point to Teniiio, thus com plying with the terms of the contract and having six days to spare. It is hoped that the trestle work in the bay may be completed within that time. Walla Walla county has 46,580 acres in wheat which will yield 1,367,400 bushels this year. Beside this she has of barley 7,507 acres; oats, 2,919 acres; corn, 290 acres; orchard, 747 acres; timothy, 1,260 acres; sheep, 26 066; lions, 4,964; cattle, 12.117; mules, 205; horne. 6,362. For a total population nf 5,700 this is pretty good. All of 50,000 touts of this will be for export. The eclipse of the suu on Monday cast a gloomy semi-darkness over this region for several hours. Sitting in our sanc tum in the ghostly light of the darkened midday, we could scarcely wonder at tbe superstitious terrors that accompa nied such au event in olden times, ere science had made plain the mysteries of the movements of the heavenly bodies. Milton, in describing the obscured glories of Satan after Ills fall, makes tbe following reference to an eclipse and the terrors it occasioned : As when the sun, new risen , hooi through the horizontal miaty air Shorn of h Is beams ; or from behind the moon. In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half tbe nations, and with fear of ebanjfe Perplexes monarch. " A wmnau, Mary Leonard by name, is being tried for her life at The Dalles for the supposed murder of her husband. It remains to he seen whether a jury of men will decide iu this ease that to be hanged is one of woman's special righ -The murdered man was, from all ac counts, a brutal wreleb, of whom '- world should be only too happy to be rid. The evidence fastening the guilt upon the long-outraged wife is purely circumstantial. If tlie half told of him be true, lie for years cheated the hang man by holdimr 011 to a life the tender mercies of which were extreme crueltv We begin this week h series of sketebes of tbe Indian wnrof 1855-6, written by an eye witness of and partieipaut therein. The iuleutloti of tbe narrator is to make these correct in historical fact without tedlousneus of detail, and we are quite sure tbat tbey will be found Intensely interesting at this time. They will be continued from week to week, and all tlie main points touched upon. To understand the world is wider titan to condemn it; to study tile world is better than to shun It; to use tbe world is nobler than to abuse it; to make the world better and happier is tbe noblest work of man or woman. The Duke of Coimaught has been voted a marriage settlement of $50,000 per annum, and In the event of bis death $30,000 to his widow. He will marry the Princess Marie Iuii ot Prussia. Hit, MAXAXE. Of Baltimore, the most sklllrol op"7 l.m. ever visited iHMIIand. can th his Improved Parabola ,med, relief andtouracteywcwalnlmm by consult!- the Doctor M Hotel, room 1. this week. r- - lMeoaa. produce the x. IX. try. r. , vebraska, Wm. II. Oarber. gornor ' A. J. xr- shall, of Sl'ECIAl. NOTICE. . .. immmk letter perMtalng to the New .." wnr.andall money due Ihtsoffiaeoa br,PKn m MRS. A. J. DUNIWAY. The National Uold Medal was awarded u Bradley 4 Kulofaon for the best Photographs In the United Stales, and the Vienna Medal tor tbe best In the world. 429 Monteemery street, San Praneisoo.