THUHSDAYJ
.AUGUST 8, 1878.
THE WASHINGTON CONSTITUTION.
After Veeks of careful consideration,
this baa been completed, ready for ac
ceptance or rejection by "we, the peo
ple," f. e., the men of the Territory.
Prom tbe basty perusal which we have
been able thus far to give the moment
ous document, we Bee much that bears
the Impress of careful, painstaking
labor, much that follows in the beaten
track In which "we, tbe people," as
above translated, feel bound to tread,
ami much that argues a trembling
deference to public prejudices. In the
"declaration of rights" we find the Just
enunciation that "all power is inherent
in the people and all free governments
founded upon their authority." Thai
"all persons are by nature free and
equally entitled to certain natural
rights," among which Is specified that
of "acquiring, possessing, and protect
lBg property." Section elxtb spec
ifies that "no person on account of sex
shall be disqualified to enter upon or
pursue any of the lawful business avo
cations or professions," thus showing
that women are regarded as persons in
the same catalogue with those whose
rlfrhts are specified throughout the
declaration. We find further that "all
, elections shall be free and open, and no
power sball interfere to prevent the free
exercise of tbe right of suffrage," and
that "no law shall be passed granting to
any citizen or class of citizens privileges
or immunities which upon tbe same
terms sball not equally belong to all
citizens."
Reading these fair aud impartial
declarations, and noting the fact that
women have actually been denominated
"persons," we find it hard to believe
that this Is all such a hollow mockery
as regards them; that Its application to
them must be decided by tbe men of the
Territory in voting upon "separate arti
cles" that shall determine tbe polltica
standing of the women thereof. Suf
frage must either be a right or a privi
lege; this declaration asserts most post
lively that neither the natural rights or
privileges of "people, persons, or cltl
zans" shall be abridged. Yet so great
is tbe prejudice against permitting the
full enjoyment of these by one-half of
the people, that it is found necesssary to
ask special consent of tbe other half be
fore tbese plain statements of justice
and equality can be made to apply to all
alike.
If our memory serves us correctly, the
Territorial legislature at its last sessiou
refused to allow the petition of women
to practice law within its jurisdiction.
Section sixth, as quoted, will, in event
of tbe adoption of tbe constitution, re
lieve any woman of tbe State of Wash
ington of tbe humiliating necessity of
appealing again to a legislature to be
allowed to pursue a chosen profession
for which she bad with due labor fitted
herself.
There are three separate articles sub
mitted with tbe constitution, numbers
one and two relating to Woman Suf
frage, number three providing for "local
option." It is provided, in the event of
the rejection of tbe first two by the
"qualified electors," that tbe question
may be submitted to the people by tbe
legislature at any general election there
after, and that a majority vote shall de
oiile tbe matter. Of course the members
of the Constitutional Convention know,
tbe present qualified electors know, and
tbe disfranchised citizens know that the
women of tbe State of Washington will
in the not distant future be enumerated
In the list of qualified electors on tbe
same terms with the men who enjoy
alone at this time that distinction.
Those first named proved thisconvlction
by the manner in wbloh loop-holes for
Woman Suffrage establishment were
left open; tbe second show it the generous-minded
portion in advocating it;
the narrow and bigoted in angry oppo
sition and invictive, and the last in the
brave and steady determination with
willed they bring it before the law
makers, and there push its claims. And
when freedom without absurd restric
tion shall be tbe goodly inheritance of
tbe entire people of that broad and beau
tiful domain, then shall they, as set
forth in the preamble, "grateful to tbe
Supreme Ruler of tbe universe for tbeir
freedom, in order to perpetuate its bless
iugs," work together "to form a more
Independent and perfect government,
establish justice, insure tranquillity,
provide for tbe common defense, aud
promote the general welfare." No one
can assert that womau's interest in
these is less than that of man, nor will
tbe most arrogant much longer seek to
silence her voice in the measures that
look to tbe public weal.
LICENSE TO DO EVIL.
How mistaken the idea that a license
law will, In any degree, mitigate the
terrible evils that follow in the train of
dram-drinking. "Genteel tipplers,"
men whose example should be given to
better things; men who, with bloated
visage, blood-shot eyes and poisonous
breath, boast that they know when they
have had euough, while their friends
see with sorrow aud shame that that
time baa long ago arrived and passed by
unheeded, together with many others
who profess total abstinence principles,
talk of license as a means that will reg
ulate this matter effectively. The
number of drunkards is manifestly not
diminished by making a contract with
the rum-seller. It is not lawful to mur
der or to steal, and by no process of
sound reasoning can it be made lawful
to sell to men a fluid that incites them
to the commission of tiiese and kindred
crimes. The license law is an accessory
before the fact of the commission of
two-thirds of the crimes on tbe calendar.
License Is only a form of weak compro
mise with tbe diabolical system of
druukard-makiug. If it be necessary,
right, or legitimate that men shall sell
intoxicating drinks, it Is neither wis
dom nor justice to restrict the traffic
any more than to restrict the sale of
bread. Tbe business, if this is ad
mitted, should be as free as any other.
License merely forbids Patrick or Hans
from selling In his little store or beer
house what wealthy men are permitted
and encouraged to sell In glided saloons,
and from tbe bar of hotel or steamboat.
it may be a genteel way of manu
facturing young men into drunkards,
but when the drunkard is fully estab
llshed he is an object of pity and con
tempt, no matter where or how his grog
was procured. License, in this case at
least, is merely legal permission to do
an act otherwise uulawful and detri
mental to health, morality, and tbe
safety of the individual and com
munity. The term Itself Is suggestive
of all evil practices, which, but for its
protection, would subject tue perpe
trator to deserved punishment. Again
we say, if the business is right, by all
meaus make it free as any other. If I
is wrong, no human law can make it
right, though taking shelter behind tbe
name of license. Right to do wrong, no
law can confer; privilege to do wrong,
no law should confer. The proposition
is plain enough, the results of license
disastrous enough, yet men look on
helplessly, too weak or too wicked to
blot the great evil forever out.
HBS SPHEBE.
Every woman should be a perfect
house-keeper, that is, should thor
oughly understand the business of
house-keeping In all of its details. This
is an assertion often made, but to sus
tain it thoroughly and successfully by
universal practice, we should be com
pelled to go back to first principles oM
declare that every womau should be
born with a taste and capacity for this
work. That this last Is uot so is clearly
proven by tbe fact that so many women
fall utterly to become good house-keep
ers, while they do or could succeed ad
mlrably in something else. There are
women of talent to whom the needle Is
hateful, tbe kitchen a pandemonium of
heat, hardware, hurry, and horrid
smells, whom house-work disgusts, aud
to whom house-keeping is slavery.
What are we to do about It? Insist
that they keep at the business simply
because they are women ? subject those
around them always to the discomforts
of a disordered home aud a fretful pre
siding spirit ? or, recognizing the uatu
ral Incongruity of taste und employment,
fit such girls for some avocation that
will be sufficiently remunerative to en
able them to hire those who are fitted
by nature and skill to perform tbe
household labor for them? The world
has yet to learn, It seems, that tbe
process of harnessing Pegasus to a
gravel-cart Is a wasteful one. True,
Pegasus may draw the cart, leaving
thereby some poor Dobbin without food
or shelter. But this is both wasteful
and inhuman, ns the former might well
accomplish something different, if uot
better, while the latter, with but one re
source, Is left to starve.
A woman's sphere Is what she can best
accomplish. Of this she Is herself the
best, if not the sole judge, and arbitrary
opluion enforced without judgment can
only lead to unsatisfactory results, in
volvlng in discomfort not only herself,
but all Immediately concerned.
EDITOEIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
THIRD DECADE MEETING.
Rochester papers come to us with
glowing accounts of the third decade
eelebration of the first Woman Suffrage
convention ever held in the United
States. The celebration was conducted
by the National Woman Suffrage Asso
elation, whose euergetic labors for tbe
advancement of woman have become
world renowned. The meeting was
called to order by tbe president, Br.
Clemence S. Lozler, of New York.
Among those who appeared upon tbe
platform was the venerable Lucretia
Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susau 15.
Anthony, Belva A. Lockwood, Matilda
Joslyn Gage, and many others whose
utterances have become bulwarks of
strength to the long-struggling cause,
and whose names hare long been
watchwords upon the outermost wallsof
liberty.
Commenting upon the appearance of
tbe assemblage tbe first day, the Roches
ter Advertiser Kays: "One of the first
tilings to atlraet tlie attention of tbe
looker-on was the abseuce of that ele
ment of womau's rights for whom every
petty satirist, and the writer whose pen
is capable of vitriolic sarcasm, as well
as every shallow wife aud mother, have
bad a budget of contempt. A band of
noble womeu, noble in appearance and
noble in motive and purpose, was the
proper characterization of the gathering.
Women holding an enlightened position;
who" have outlived tbe coarser nature
aud sway of animalism; women who be
lieve earnestly aud honestly that reform
for the advancement of womankind In
tbe direction of the civil, the social, the
educational and industrial is not only
possible, as measured by their capabili
ties and by facts, but assuredly probable,
and who are willing to give their lives
for such work; womeu who believe that
no country aflords women such asphere
and surrounds her with as much respect
as this, and women uno have struggled
against tbe most intensely bitter antag
ouisms in tbeir eflorts to advance their
sex, and whose hearts are gladdened by
tbe better signs of the times, and there-
salts of their labors, which, even in the
opinion of their bitterest opponents.
have been groat and in every way com
mendable."
LITER ARTN0TI0ES.
The Phrenological Journal for August
comes to us, its fresh pages glowing
afresh with tbe secrets It has so long
and so ably promulgated concerning
the manner of living to insure long life
and cheerful age. Among its gems Is a
portrait of William Cullen Ilryant and
a sketch of his life, a paper on "Slip
shod Ways," that meets an every-day
application, and another upon the "VI
tality of Food," that is in Itself worth
tbe price of tbe magazine for a year.
Address S. R. Wells & Co., 737 Broad
way, New York.
Harper's Magazine for August is re
plete with elegant illustrations, hislorl
cat facts, scientific records and pure lit
erary gems. The illustrations are es
pecially noticeable for tbeir beauty and
clearness. It is impossible to read a
single page without profit. Harper
Brothers, Franklin Square, New York,
Tbe memorial addresses on the life
and character of Hon. Oliver P. Morton,
delivered in the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States,
come to us printed on thick, tinted
paper and appropriately draped in
black. Tbe little volume Is handsomely
and substantially bound, and contains
HOLIES SECURED.
The litigation concerning tbe title to
the land embracing tbe town site of
Lafayette, which has been in progress
some time, has probably reached a ter
mination. Lemuel Scott was chief
mover in the matter, bringing suit as
claimed in tbe interest of bis children,
whose mother died on tbe premises in
ISol Th court heW U)at Mnj gco
having died before her husband notified
upon the claim, bad no vested Interest
in the land to which tbe complainant
V""J uu mat, at Uip t(lle t,e
husband filed his notification nml e-
nma n. ftpttlnr linnn f tin 1. .1 .
. -r-- i.uu, ufc wa a
single man, and could not claim h a
married one. Persons who have bought
lots and beautified homes in Lafayette in
tbe supposition that the title was per
fect, can, it Is hoped, hereafter posesss
them in peace, undisturbed by possible
technicalities that might step in and
render them homeless.
Notwithstanding the eflorts of men to
abut women out of tbe pulpit, there are
In tbe United States sixty-eight women
preachers.
THE HEAT IN ST. LODIS.
Of the cases of sun-stroke that ha've
proved fatal In St. Louis, It is estimated
that two-thirds were men or women
who were either drunkards or habitual
users of beer. During a period of ten
days in July, it is estimated that be
tweed fifteen hundred and two thousand
people were sufficiently aflected by the
hwit to renuire medical treatment. It
is little short of appalling for the dwell
era of Oregon, who sit iu their shaded
parlors or cool porches In a state of com
fort, to read of these periods of intense
heat, which nrostrate often with fa
tal results the inhabitants of tbe
Kast aud Middle West who are exposed
to tbe sun's ravs. debilitating to a fear
ful extent even those who may in some
"use cuoose location and occupation.
i ew reany warm days we have as
yet experienced n tbla portion of Ore-
E 1 . u n """Wetf by tbe usual
wo nights .0 tbat exhausted nature
Sdt anVU,,y operate.
.... . t- uettr me occasional
hot day with comfort.
Ignorance is the mother of Impudence,
Dap. Headers ok tub New North whit:
This time our editorial letter halls in
Its beginning from beloved old Yamhill.
And now let us Indulge In a short retro
spect of tbe wanderings of the week,
and see If we can gather up enough of
the raveled edges of our scattered
thoughts to enable us to go on with tbe
broken thread of a somewhat tangled
narrative.
The journey from Portland to St. Joe
on the west.Blda train varies wun tue
changing seasons In a striking manner.
In tbe winter months your locomotive
goes wading through the lakes and
dragging its tail of cars through mud
and slush; iu tbe spring lie meanders
leisurely through primrose beds and
lurge tracts of newly.turned sod; in the
autumn he tosses his head and goes la
boring through the grain-fields, bur
dened with his harvest freight, and in
the summer he sniffs the dust from
anear and afar, as tie goes snorting
through the slumbering valleys, or halt
ing here nnd there to give a scream of
warning to frighten the lazy cattle from
the serpentine track.
There Is a fair array of passengers for
tbe first, thirty or forty miles, for the
people are going to Cornelius, Forest
Grove, North Yamhill, and other way
stations. But we drop our living freight
as we proceed, until, when we reach St.
Joe, the terminus of the road, as well as
tbe termination of many a terminal
nope, our number of passengers Is as
badly depleted as the village itself.
Here we take the hack for Lafayette,
accompanied by a weary woman with
six little children, refugees from the In
dian country, whose relatives she is
seeking in the land where the noble red
men are no longer numerous enough to
be troublesome. Years ago, while we
wero yet n village schoolma'am, her
husband, then a very young man, had
been numbered among our scores of pu
plls, aud we could hardly believe our
senses as we met his tired, anxious little
wife, with her interesting brood of de
pendent ones, three of whom are already
large euough to atteud school on their
own account, burely tbe title of
"Mother Duniway" is uot inappropri
ate, and whenever we hear it we accept j
It as an agreeable omen that we will
some day be growl ug old. To. hear this
little woman's story of her early mar
ried life on the border, and her rehearsal
of the Indian outrages which at last
compelled her to gather up her children
and flee for her life, would naturally in
spire any humane listener with a desire
to make a "good Indian" ot every
camas-eater tbat goes scalp buntlug,
from the Clear Water to the Skagit.
She told us of one woman, a Mrs. Per
kins, whoso husband bad been murdered
and herself scalped and burled alive.
The poor creature bad thrown a great
many of the rocks off of her prison be
fore death had come to her relief, and
when found her arms were outside the
ground and her knees drawn up, show
ing that after tbe savages had left her
she had made a desperate struggle, alone
In the solitude of tbe wilderness, to free
herself from her horrid living tomb. It
is quite likely she died of starvation
Then the Indians would make a raid
upon a Hock of sheep and cut oil their
fore legs to the knees, and open the skin
The Dayton, Sheridan, and Grand!
Ronde Railroad (called "D.. S.. G. &
Three R.'s" for short) was begun on tbe
nrst or May, under tbe enterprising
management of Hon. J. Gaston, Presi
dent, who, assisted by Mr. Anderson, of
1'ortianu, superintendent, lias already
graded tbe track to Sheridan, twenty-
two miles distant. It was our good for
tune, accompanied by Mrs. Harker, of
Portland, aud Mrs. Riley, of tbe hotel,
to take a ride ou the road to the eud of
the finished track, about five miles from
Dayton. We wero agreeably surprised
at tbe stability of the work, aud the
speed with which it approaches comple
tion. The track, a narrow-gauge, Is the
smoothest uewroad we have ever"sara-
pled" In all our travels. The ties and
rails are of. the best quality, and the en
gines, flat cars, and, Indeed, everything,
Is of tbe very best of Its kind. Oue
hundred aud fifty Chinamen and nearly
as many white men have been employed
on the grading. Substantial bridges
and culverts are built wherever needed,
and the whole gives gratifying evidence
of tlie prosperity of Yamhill's sturdy
farmers and business men. In another
month we expect to be able to carry our
mission to Sheridan by rail.
Friday evening, and a fine audience;
subject, "Liberty." Saturday morning,
aud we board the little duck of a
steamer, "McMInnvllle," aud spend a
delightful forenoon In the pleasing coin-
pauy of Captain aud Mrs. Sanborn and
a number of other friends. One i M.,
and home. Evening, and open temper
ance meeting. Sunday, and rest. Mon
day, and we are oil to tbe State Couven
ventlon at Astoria, half out of breath
with tlie rapidity of our peregrinations.
A. J. D.
Portland, August 4, 1S78.
one hundred and twenty-five pages, re'
cording tbe chief events in the life of of lueIr necks t0 leave an exposed spot
the distinguished statesman dud the ap
preciation of his vast services by a
grateful nation. The volume will be
prized by hundreds who felt a justifiable
pride in him whose uame aud acts it
commemorates.
Godey's Lady's Book for August is
gorgeous in its summer robes, and de
Iightful In its general characteristics.
It has no rival In its peculiar field in
rVmerica. Lady's Hook Publishing
Company, northeast corner Sixth and
Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, Penn
sylvania.
INDIVIDUAL EIGHTS.
for the reception of maggot eggs, and
turn them loose to suffer and die!
Shame upon a government that treats
with creatures beside whom coyotes are
fairies aud hyenas angels. Let us
think of something else, or we'll be
tempted to shoulder a hatchet and em
bark for tbe border, to prove that armed
women can fight, whether they're al
lowed to be voters or not.
A ride of a mile and a half iu the
dense dust ot tbe dry season, through
the familiar sceues of tlie long ago, and
we reach tbe town of Lafayette, and a
little farther on tbe beautiful country
home of a beloved sister, from whose
Jt may Interest the married women of doorway wecatcii sweet, soul-Inspiring
LETTER PROM SALEM.
To thk Editor or thk New Northwest:
My regret at being unable to atteud
tbe Convention at Astoria this week, I
can scarcely express. In the days now
long goue I thought when the babies
should be self-sustaining, or even able
to wash and dress themselves aud cook
their owu victuals, that I should be free
to go at my will aud come at my
pleasure. But to my surprise, I Und
that It is still hard for a womau to leave
home, first on the ground of expense,
and second because tne farm ueeds look
ing after so closely, especially at this
season of the year. Meu can, it seems,
easily leave home, because tbe first
reason mentioued does not exist except
with the most Impecunious of them,
and for the secoud, the wife is always to
be trusted to look after her owu work
and that outside, too. I trust, how
ever, that enough womeu will find it
possible to atteud to couduet the busi
ness iu the usual satisfactory mauuer,
aud that men will come out iu sufficient
numbers to listen to the gospel of
equality to render the meeting a grand
success. Every convention aids the
.cause more than appearances indicate.
Agitation Is tbe pioneer of progress,
andlt is impossible for one such meeting
to be held without good seed haviug
been sown. Scattered, it may be, over
a wide extent of territory, sown broad
cast, as It U, It Is inevitable that much
must fall upon unproductive soil.
Having made up our minds to this re
sult, we need not be discouraged when
we find our best and most logical ideas
often stranded upon the arid rocks of
Ignorance, or engulfed In the morasses
of doubt, obscured for years from human
sight by prejudices that cannot be van
quished, but must be outgrown.
Hoping for the Convention grand suc
cess, and its members good cheer from
their co-laborers down by the sounding
sea, I am as ever for the good cause,
Mas. J. A. Johns,
Salem, August 5, 1S78.
REOEHTEVBNTS.
Yellow fever has reached Cairo, Illi
nois. Iowa corn crop promises os well as
last year.
One death from yellow fever bus oc
curred at Memphis.
The North Carolina electlou resulted
in a Democratic victory.
Tramps still Infest Iowa, occasionally
committing fearful outrages.
Tlie sales of four-per-cent. bonds on
the 3d amounted to $7,000,000.
Wheat in Iowa and Minnesota is
mostly gathered. Crops light.
The Mastin bank of Kansas City sus-
peuded payment on the 3d Inst.
Mining was resumed in the Schuyl
kill region on Monday after a week's
suspension.
Hie total number of cuses of yellow
fever in New Orleans up to August 3d
was 28S; deaths, B0.
A number of the cities and towus of
Texas have established strict quarantine
against New Orleans.
A heavy rain-storm visited portions
of Wisconsin on the 5th, causing con
siderable damage to the grain, all of
which was out.
Kearny spoke at Fanuell Hall, Boston,
on Tuesday evening, to a large crowd,
repeating his San Francisco utterances
and eulogizing Ben Butler.
Owing to tbe present great demand
for four-per-ceuts., the Secretary of the
Treasury has directed the mill which
makes the paper to resume.
Tlie Burlington aud Missouri River
in Nebraska .broke ground at Omaha on
the oth for the erection of a bead-
quarters' building, to cost between $40,
000 and $50,000.
Four men are undergoing trial at
Rawlins, Wyoming, for robbing a
sleeper on the Union Paaific last spring.
One has been convicted aud sentenced
to five years in tbe penitentiary.
Tlie Republican Congressional Con
vention of Dakota Territory will meet
at Yaukton ou tlie 22d. Twenty-nine
delegates from the Black Hi IU will be
present, and vote solid for Judge Ben
nett as Territorial delegate to Congress.
Bennett is judge of the Black Hills dis
trict. The Democratic Convention will
also be held at Yaukton on the 29th.
Six hundred journeymen shoe-makers
of Chicago struck on Tuesday for an ad
vance of wages from $9 to $12. They
have refused the ofier of the employers
to compromise on S10 50 per week.
There are ten thousand shoemakers of
NEWSJTEMS.
HTATS AHD TXBRXTORI A 1
Washington to know how the members
of tbe Constitutional Convention stood
regarding their personality and indi
viduality. We find in a report of the
proceedings of this body tbat, when
considering an article entitled "The
Rights of Married Women," Mr. DennI
son moved to amend by adding : "Laws
sball be passed enabling married women
to make and euforce contracts relating
to their personal rights and safety, and
to bring and maintain actions In their
own right for all Injuries done to their
person and personal rights." The ayes
aud noes were called on this motion as
follows: Ayes Dennlson, Eldrldge,
Gilmnre, Henry, Lacy, Steward, Wait
and Mr. President; 8. Noes Andrews,
Bradsbaw, Emery, George, Hannah,
Larrabee and O'Dell; 7. By this it will
be seen that the reeling that wben a
married woman sustains injury her
husband Is tbe injured party, is strong,
even in a body noted for Its generally
progressive Ideas. Personal ownership
in women as wives dies hard, and It is
particularly pleasing, In view of this
fact, that a majority of tbe body named
were willing to record themselves as In
favor of its extinguishment.
"WELLD0NE."
Senatorial "credit marks" should be
bestowed upon the following Senators,
upon the one last named, however, ou
condition tbat "his friends" are not the
victims of misplaced confidence : "Sen
ator Sargent Is the good boy of the last
session of Congress. He was not absent
a single dav. nor did he miss a roll-call
during the seven months' session. Sen
ator Windom was absent only one day,
and Senator Blaine only a part of two
davs. notwithstanding the press several
times bad him 'dangerously ill at his
tue
..oti.ianxo Rnnntor Cockrell was
most regular attendant on the Demo- audience In Granger Hall
a. I InM Knfnvn N n llAWa lima
craticslde. Senator Sharon was nonu
Washington at all during tbe session
His salarv and mileage, amounting to
over $S,000, lies awaiting him in the
hands of tbe Senate's disbursing clerk,
but his friends say ho will not draw It."
glimpses of the old hill-side farm, where
we used to make butter for sale to pay
taxes under tbe government that denies
us representation, even while teaching
us that such denial is a tyranny which
it Is obedience to God to oppose.
The next day, urged by sheer neces
sity, we rest. Ob, tbe dreamy, delici
ous languor of a rest that has never a
minute of toil In ill The contented
house-files dance a quadrille in the air
for our special benefit, and busy hornets
buzz through tbe room and disperse
them for our amusement. Humming
birds dart in the windows, canaries sing
in tbe cages, kittens purr in tbe sun
shine, chickens cackle in the back yard,
and odors ot Araby steal In at the open
windows from the fine floral array that
revels in its luxury of gorgeous colors
around and over the front verandah.
But there is a prosy side to all of this
rural loveliness which we realize to tbe
fullest extent wben tbe loved ones come
In from tbe gardens Iadened with black
berries of tbeirown picking, and radiant
with exercise in tbe summer heat. The
morrow will begin the harvest, and
every farmer's wife knows what that
means to her.
Evening comes, aud we repair to tbe
court-bouse in tbe adjacent village,
where we meet a good audience, aud
discourse for an hour upon "Facts."
The next day we are sufficiently rested
to go out in the beat and dust to attend
to business, and a pleasant though labo
rious season is spent among old friends
and neighbors, in working up the wom
an movement.
Thursday evening we take the hack
for Dayton, where we alight after a
half-hour's ride, begrimed with dust,
and wearied out with the day's endeavors.
Supper at Riley's Hotel, and then an
It Is morn
ing before we have time or opportunity
to look about us, and then we note tbat
the hotel is crowded, tbe stores and
shops are full, aud there Is an air of
thrift and enterprise about the town
that is gratifying to behold.
Peaches ar rlna in .THnkson oountv.
The crop is sbort.
The Benton Democrat has discarded
the patent outside.
The State Agricultural College will bo
re-opeued September 2d.
The first train passed over tbe Olym-pta-Teulno
Railroad last Thursday.
Tlie clerk of Clackamas county issued
eleven marriage licences during July.
Mrs. P. L. Price, of East Portland,
will soon commence teaching at Tbe
Dalles public school.
Mr. Bush has sold the Pioneer Oil
Mills at Salem for $15,000, Mr. Joseph
Gray being purchaser.
It is claimed that the Indian scare ban
injured the business transactions of The
Dalles to the extent of $50,000.
The clerk of the Seattle school district
reports 1,321 children in tbe city, the
girla outnumbering the boys by forty
three. Business is fast revlvingat Pendleton.
A ooniHiny of soldier, by special re
quest of citizens, stilt oeoopy the court
house. Two hundred immigrant from the
East have halted at Ruse City, afraid
to proceed further west on account of
Indians.
The loss in Umatilla couDly alone
from the Indiau war and its attendant
pauie will full but little sbort of oue
million dollars.
The school fund distributed to tbe sev
eral counties by order of the School
Land Commissioners, July 28,1878, ag
gregated $43,150 80.
Studies will be resumed In the Uni
versity of Oregon on Monday, Sep
tember IStli. Tbe faculty anu corps oy
i.anltura tlio Barn. n ln.lt vwir.
A cranberry marsh hus been discov
ered in Tillamook county which covers
many acres of ground, aud will yield
thousands of gallons of berries.
One trouble succeeds another in East
ern Oregon. The latest is the difficulty
experienced iu sorting out the sheep,
and deciding which belougs to wbom.
Philip Ritz. of Walla Walia, baa
closed nut bis nursery at Los Angeles,
and is concentrating bis entire bueluess
at tbe former place. He iias Ibis year
over 400,000 trees.
The second locomotive for the Day tou,
Sheridan aud Grand Ronde Railroad bas
arrived. It is expected tbe road will be
completed to Sheridan by September
1st, aud to uallas one niouiu later.
Exeitement has so far subsided in
Eastern Oregon that people are return
ing to their homes. Wool hauling
between I'enuielon anu umaiuia uus
beeu resumed, the road beiug considered
safe.
Drop another tear for tramps. A
local paper says that several persons
were iu Roseburg' recently lookiug for
help, but all those who were so anxious
for a job a few hours before, declined to
work.
The Ptaindealer declares Its belief,
notwithstanding tbe confidence of
ot tne
Appnt Tlnortr Hint the Tnjliuna
tins class in that city, aud tuose wbo : Klamath Agency are "a lot of low,
tliteving scalawags, wuo are only Kept
from the fray, if kept from it, by tbeir
have not already struck threaten to do
ho. The strike includes all leading
wholesale houses.
Credit Market for Yamhill.
Meu and women who In years agoue
"got their start in "iamhill" have be
come noted in tlio annals of the State'
That this renowned county has not re
ceived more than herjust meed of praise
in this regard isshowu by the following
extract from a sketch of the life of Rev.
S. C. Adams, as published in the West
Shore:
He removed to Oregon In 1S50, and
assisted his brother, Dr. W. L. Adams,
iu the conduct of a school in n log hut
iu Yamhill county, which, In the lan
guage of Wendell Phillips, "turned out
governors and great men." Of the pu
pils in tbeschool.one, Johu R. McBride,
was sent to Congress from Oregon, was
afterward Chief Justice.of Idaho, and is
now one of tlie ablest attorneys in Utah.
Another, L. L. Rowland, became Presi
dent of a College, and is at present tlie
very popular huperlutendent or 1'ublic
Instruction for Oregon. Another, James
Shelton, became the edilorof a medical
journal.aud is now a successful practicing
pliysiclan in balem. l nomas 11. -McBride,
a young iawer of fine promise,
who is now practicing law with his
brother, the Hon. J. R. McBride, in Salt
Lake City, was also educated in this
smoky log hut Iu Yamhill notorious
for "great men." Anotherof the Adams
pupils who was trained in this school,
George L. Woods, became the governor
of Oregon, and tbe writer of this article
was informed by governors, Senators
and other leading men in New England,
that Woods was considered "one of tbe
finest stump orators on the American
continent."
P0REIGNNEWS.
The Sultan has sanctioned the treaty
of Berlin.
Russian troops are returning home at
tlie rate of 5,000 daily.
There will be no dissolution of
English Parliament tills yeur.
It is rumored that England Is nego
tiating for the Island of Teuedos.
The Austrian troops are meeting with
armed resistance in the occupation of
Bosnia.
Considerable uneasiness prevails In
Servia at the aspect of allairs iu neigh
boring provinces.
Tbe Roumanian army is expected to
make a triumphal entry into Buobarest,
accompanied by Bulgarian trophies.
It is said thattbePorte is distributing
fire-arms among the Albanians, and in
citing them against their neighbors.
The independence of Servia will he
proclaimed August 22d, together with
cessation of state of siege and martial
law.
Emperor Francis Joseph and Arch
duke Rodolpbe, son of tbe Emperor,
visited Eruperor Frederick William Ibis
week.
It is reported that Noebeliug, the
would-be assassin of Emperor William,
attempted suicide on Saturday with a
pair of seissurs.
Last year's revenue of the German
central exchequer was 15,000,000 marks
below the estimate. The defieit is cov
ored by saviugs from the French In
demnity. The American minister has sent the
gun-boat "Dispatch" to investigate the
case of the American lady who founded
a missionary school in Tbessaly, and
who is said to have been seriously mo
lested by Greeks.
Detailed reports show that the inhab
itants of Maglai, after promising un
conditional submission, had barricaded
the main street, and deliberately pre
pared an elaborate ambuscade for the
returning iiussars. Austrian com
manders have beeu orderedrto treat in
surgents with the greatest severity.
unequaled cowardice.'
Arrangements are being made by tbe
Young Men's Christian Association of
Seattle to commemorate the next anni
versary of tbe massacre of Dr. Marcus
Whitman and family, on the 29th of
November, by appropriate exercises, to
include an address aud historical sketch
by f fun. El wood Evans, of Oly mpia.
The Indianapolis Herald speaks thus
of literary women as boose-keepers :
"The greater tbeir talent, tbe more do
they apply it to use in daily life. Tbeir
coffee is clearer and richer, and their
bread is lighter, whether they make it
or whether they have it made, and tbeir
bouses In general are brighter, gayer
and happier because of the superior in
telligence brought to bear on the house
hold regulations, perhaps by reason of
their royalty of uatu re, touching noth
ing that they do not gild, and, in spite
of tbe slanders f certain coarse souls,
who thiuk the world was made for men
alone, we must declare tbat, in a long
experience and acquaintance among lit
erary womeu, we have seen very few
instances that did not sustain this
opinion."
Up to the time of going to press, no
news from the convention at Astoria
has reached us. Mrs. Duuiway, Presi
dent of the Association, went down on
Monday, and Mrs. Loughary, Recording
Secretary, on Tuesday morning. There
is no doubt but tbe meetings have been
well attended and enthusiastic, and we
hope enough workers were preseut to
elaborate plans for fall work. We will
doubtless be able to give full details
next week.
Scouting tlie prevailing Ideas upon
health reform, an old man remarks :
"The good old way is well enough for
most people, I take it. To take a little
medicine when one feels bad, and die
wben the appointed time comes with
resignation to the divine will, Is a
Christian life and a Christian death."
Little Minnie Warren, so widely
Known m connection with "Tom
Thumb," died on the22d ulf,, at Mlddle-
ooro, Massachusetts. The casket In
which her remains were deposited was
of the size used for an ordinary child of
ten years. She wis buried embracing
her bady, having died three hours after
Its birth. It was a beautiful little girl,
and weighed just one-seventh of tbe
little mother's weight, six pounds. It
Is thought that her death will end Tom
Thumb's appearance on the stage.
The cottage at Soldiers' Home where
President Hayes and family spend the
summer Is thus described by a Wash
ington correspondent: "The floors ore
covered with matting, aud the furniture
used is mostly willow aud cane. Ham
mocks depend from the piazza roof, rustic
chairs are scattered about the grounds
under the grateful shade of the trees, and
everything is suggestive ot simplicity,
rest, and comfort. The Iwt oeason can
certainly be enjoyed here if eujoyed at
all."
Tlie funeral of Carl Werner, only son
of Werner Breyman, of Salem, took
place on Friday afternoon of last week.
He was ten years of age. Tbe procession
attending the remaiue to the cemetery
was one of the largest ever wiluessed in
that city, and out of sympathy and re
spect for the parents the business bouses
were closed. We tender our sincere
sympathy to the bereaved parents and
sisters In this dark aud soreattlietion.
Tlie proper study of mankiud is your
neighbor.
Oregon Alimil or the World.
Some ol tlie gnatest tetenttats. In exploring
tbe North Pacific Coact. have discovered an
endleta variety ot plants In Oregon, which they
declare far excel any plants of other countries
for tbe lance percentage of medicinal proper-
Hex they contain. Oregon may well be proud
of her advantage over other countries In pro
ducing vegetables ol ao valuable properties.
The Incomparable climate, sbundancy of rain
and rich mil li nneqnaled by any other conn
try. Mr. William Pf under, an experienced
chemist or IVrUand, has, after several years'
experimenting, succeeded in extracting all the
medicinal virtues of some of these famous
plants, and In combining them scientifically
with the choicest botannlcal remedies of other
countries, produced a preparation which baa
never been equaled as a purifier of tbe blood
and a general regulator of tne system. Anyone
suffering from diseases tbat anse from Impuri
ties of the blood. Irregularities of tbe liver,
bowels, and kidneys, would do well to try a
bottle of this excellent preparation, and Judge
Its effective qualities. It bas been named the
Oreook Blood PmuFin, and may be ob
tained ot any dealer In medicine far the rea
sonable price of one dollar. Principal depot
and manufactory, Wm. Pfunder 4 Co., Port
land, Oiegon, to wbom all orders may be ad
dressed.
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Mrs. Dr. Mary a Brown takes this method of
saying to tbe afflicted tbat she Is In possession
of a safe, certain, and palnles core for tbat
most loathsome and terrible disease known as
p. in all Its forms and phases. Her
Tu never Known ,o . Address Mrs.
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snbM-ri pilous or otherwise, must be directed to
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