THUItSDAY...NOVKMBEn 14, IS7S.
UNWABBAKTABLE JIJBISDIOTION.
We see In the District court calendar
for Hie term Uiat began on Monday of tills
week at The Dalles, the case of the State
vs. Mary Leonard, indicted for murder.
This woman has been in jail since last
February awaiting her trial on evidence
purely circumstantial, for Hie murder of
her husband, a monster whom for his
treatment of women, ghottld have heeu
slain by a woman, whether he was or
not, while one man at least under lik
Indlctment has been allowed liberty pre
ceding his trial ami aqulok ileeislou lu
his favor. Tills woman should be tried
before a iury of women, her peers, aud
thofe who in the very nature of things
would be belter able to decide justly
titwiii her case than men could possibly
he. One ef the grand counts in the
movement whloh advocates of equal
rights have brought against exisliug
oustems is, "for extending unwarrunt
able jurisdiction over us," a count that
before the republle was born caused not
merely discontent but was deemed,
amoagst others, just cause for rebellion
A century bas taken to itselfwltigs, writ
ing as the years were counterfoil the areh
ivesef a nation with triumph and honor,
but amid all we still find its laws based as
they are upon a protest against tyranny
exereislng"uii warrantable jurisdiction"
over half its loval subjects. You tell
us that men act with wisdom and with
out class bias In the administration of
laws tbey have made. We merely cite
you to lite cases in point. The justice
of the decision in the case last named
we do not question; the Injustice of the
case of the (supposed) woman offender
admits of no question. She mayor may
not be guilty ; that we do not discuss
but in any event she should, months ago,
iiave bad a fair and impartial trial be
fore a jury of her peers, who alone have
a right to decide whether she has a right
to be banged, Imprisoned, or acquitted
of all suspicion of guilt. Of course,
strictly speaking, being catalogued as
woman Is witli idiots and insane per
setts, and having not the slightest voice
in making the laws, she should not be
liekl subject to their penalties, but when
te tills is added a denial of the right of
trial by jury of her peers, the "unwar
rantable jurisdiction" is glaringly ap
parent. Tyranny Is tyranny, whether men or
women are its subjects. AViiat Is op
pression where men's rights are con
cerned, con be no less than oppression
when directed against the liberties of
women. A principle in defense of which
men are encouraged todraw theirswords
and receive laudations after it is drawn
and crimsoned, It is expected that
woman, their mothers, will not even
recognize. The fallacy of these expecta
tioHi isshown In the prolonged aud gen
eral. demand for equal rights before the
law, whloh Is impossible bo long as
women are not allowed In court-rooms
in any oflieial capacity.
A PANACEA.
Mrs. Fawcett eays : "Women who can
sustain themselves honorably through
their education, professional or other
wise, will never marry for mercenary
purposes." Persons who feel real alarm
about the' prevalence and increase of
divorces, can read in the paragraph
quoted an easy solution to the vexed
problem. Uncongenial marriages are In
nine cases out of ten entered into by
women for the sake of a home and sup
IHirt. Divorces follow these marriuces
In a moiety of cases, and In the other
half the unmated couples "united jar,
and yet are loth to part," because of the
dread of public exposure. While un
doubtedly much may bedone by reason
able people who have made a mistake
I n arr I a ge to reconci I e t h el r d I fie re n ces,
all agree that an ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure ; so to obviate the
necessity of a daily life of constrained
forbearance In wliieii love bears no part,
and to decrease the number of divorces
in a way that nothing but considerate
marriages can do, let girls be so educated
that tbey will not lie compelled to en
ter matrimouy or be homeless and
without means of support. A merce
nary marriage miglitaptly be called by a
much harsher name, and can never take
place without )osof self-respect, in kind,
If not in degree, similar to that which
must result from barter of personal
purity for gold. If divorce does not fol
raw, moral miasms so surround it
as to contaminate its very atmosphere
with their blighting curse. If the pan
fteoa presenueu is effectual even to a
limited extent, it is well worth a trial.
Some person whose associations have
evidently not been of the higher order
though perhaps up to his standard
eHrwfrom Mrs. Duni way's "open letter"
to Mr. Cruzan, published last week, the
paragraph relative to the pro-slavery
"Ulc expressed by the question, "Do
ywmtyour daughter to marry nnlg
r?" and comments with what rele
IbJ,e,!J, to b asserting t"t
the wiv , , "8 w'"enwho are
"hybedVtn;- We '''' "
toteUasreatfK0'
Mrs. H. A. Louel mrv .....
alecturiBtUrupUlea,re71;"''
fore last was compelled toreUnt,
a few daye ago o,, aeoount '
She writes: "A severe oold eem'
weeks ago has so Involved my
uo., mai i am quite
alarmed, and was compelled to surren
der, as I cannot speak without great
pain." In common with a legion of
friends, we sincerely egret our valiant
co-laborer's indisposition, and hope she
ffiay speedily be restored.
Sow is the time
ADVANCED GOSPEL.
The series of sermons which have
been delivered at the Congregational
Church in this city by Rev. J. A. Cru
zan, upon "Woman's Sphere," were
concluded last Sunday evening, the
closing lecture being upon "Woman's
Place in the Church aud Home." The
large audiences that have followed our
brother's lines of argument have lis
tened intently, and for the moat imrt
well pleased, while he 1ms alternately
given his own opinions ami catered to
the opinions of others on the lmMirtanl
questions that involve the liberties and
happiness of one-half the human race,
ami because of this, the destinies and
pleasures of the other half as well. Kv
idetitly at times, "weighing as one who
dreads dissent, and fears u doubt as
wrong," and again rising above the
trammels of custom and bidding defi
ance to the mandates of prejudice, these
fermous have set in motion the IkiII of
equal right in the churche through
the only avenue that twa-thirdi of the
members eau lie reached, the utterances
of tlie iiastor. While our heart was
filled with a jubllaut thankfulness, at
thedisplayof true courage In the bold
and unequivocal stand that Mr. Cruzan
took throughout upon the main poiuts
for which advocates of equal rights are
contending, we sorrowed, but not with
out hope at the opposition displayed
against giving to woman the ballot,
aud, comparing these declarations and
the arguments advaneed to sustain
them with the position token in former
lectures, we could only reconcile the
ditlerences by reflecting that In order to
make his work efl'eclive at all, a min
ister mutt be popular. The advocates
of freedom can better afford to have this
npiuiou advanced than to lose, by its
being withheld, the Immense vantage
ground that the other positions taken
give them to work and build upon.
The amount of solid food that lias lutely
been taketi and digested upon this sub
ject is surprising to those who remem
ber that but a few years since, milk,
and that diluted, had to be carefully
fed to churchmen, a single ounce of the
meat of equal rights iu the church or
Slate, causing nausea with symptoms
more or less alarming iu proportion to
the strength or weakness of the mental
digestion of the victim. Many who
were wrestling with the last Install
ment of solid moutal food dealt out,
consoling themselves with the generous
cup of milk handed pitingly around on
Suuday evening of last week, expected
to receive on last Suuday another sooth
icgdraught from the concluding sermon,
but were disappointed. Instead of a
sermon from the text, "Iet your
women keep silence," remanding
them to subordinate places in the
church, and concluding with a long and
dolorous Jeremiad upon the degener
acy that allows them to occupy the pul
pit, lift their voices Iu public places in
earnest supplication to God, aud exhort
and entreat pinners to take refuge In the
promises of the Messiah, Mr. Cruzan
cordially aud fearlessly endorsed the
miiristratlons of women In the work of
spreading the gospel. Woman's plaee
In theehureh, as it is everywhere else
upon the earth, her joint inheritance
with man, is just what her talents, edu
cation and inclination caue it to lie,
and old-fogy synod that would silence a
preacher for allowing a woman minister
to occupy bis pulpit, and old-fogy cler
gymen who core not how much church
work women do so long as they work
in obscurity, allowing men to receive
both the honor and emolument that re
sult, ma) well take lessons of the en
lightened opinion of ministers like Mr.
Cruzan; and, while they see the fields
white for tlie harvest, and know life la
borers to be few, extend the cordial hand
of fellowship to all workers in the mas
ter's vineyard, inquiring only concern
ing tlie graee, earnestness and ability
tbey are able aud willing to bring to
the task.
Itev. Wm. Jolly, formerly a minister
of that stratghtest laced exponent of or
thodoxy, the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, recently preached a funeral ser
mon in Washington county advocating
the doctrine of universal salvation
Some years since lie became a ditseuter
from tile church and wrought out u the
ology of his own, displaying therein
muoh original aud vigorous thought.
He subsequently established a church of
this creed, which has, we believe, quite
a membership in Polk county, and per
haps also In Washington, letter .still,
Mr. Jolly lias become what lie terms a
"Bible spiritualist," aud a healer of some
local repute. He is one of those men
whom it is Impossible to keep in old
grooves, and to compel to accept the
opinions of dead ages for his guide. In
short.one of those who, right or wrong iu
his conclusions, will think for himself
The Provldeuce Journal, speaking of
the late Woman's Congress, says: "We
have no doubt, as the custom of speak
ing in public grows, as these conferences
aud other gatherings multiply, ami as
women take a greater part In public af
fairs, that we shall hove a co-ordinate
branch of female eloquence as there is
of acting aud singing, and that their full
faculties aud peculiar gifts will be dis
played as naturally and effectually as in
auy ol tno oilier ans. mv) "
... . . . . m... .. Ill ntt
Imitate the style of men, but have oue
of their own, no less powerful, effectual
and appropriate. Persuasion will tip
their tongues, aud they will excel meu
in graciousness and irresistible charm,
as men may claim the province of rough
vigor and logical force. Tlie signs were
not only plenty at the late meeting, but
are to be notieed wherever women ex
press themselves In public"
The Han Oregontan says that nearly
fVory Mloo in Umatilla county has
ueenmaletby tbe court in the sum of
for ( violation of the taw that forbids
the sale ol lk,BOr to minors. A small
fhe;cut0UW8ay'WereabOfOUr8
"DIVINE ARRANGEMENT PRU8-
TBATJCD."
man who signs himself "Adam"
writes to the Boston "Jruvder a letter
on woman's work i" ll'e church, evi
dently thinking that after the smoke
from the bomb shall have cleared away,
that woman thereafter moy tie looked
for iu vain in cliurehe", except as she
occupies, with eyes cast down, the "si
lence bench." After quoting Scripture
from Genesis to Itevclulhms to prove
woman's subordinate iHMiliuii, and buih
pleuieiiliiig Huh witli the assertion that
woman should always work so quietly,
unostentatiously ami silently as to
leave the world largely in ignorance of
what she has done, lie thus concludes
"Woman universally looks up to man
A woman joined to a man, though she
be more Intellectual, more cultured and
iu every way superior to him mentally
ami morally, yet in this relation looks
up, and instinctively consents to he
subordinate. Woman aspiring to pub
lic) work in the church, bristling all
over Willi rights to be maintained, us a.
rule Introduces confusion ami disinte
gration into families and society. The
husband tin longer has a wife, the
children have no mother, the domestic
department nt home lias no head, and
the Divine arrangement is frustrated
If we hail no records of Massachusetts
women other than those given by sucli
Adams as the one quoted, we might be
lleve the example drawn from nature,
anil commiserate me wnue these sorry
specimens of womanhood who number
not in their graces the one upon whloh
all others rc-t that of c elf-respect.
Kvery one knows, however, that no
woman "instinctively consents to be
subordinate" to a man who Is her in
ferior, but, on the contrary, she instinct
ively and prrsisteutly rebels against
such Injustice. A woman joined to a
man to whom she Is lu every way su
perior, is a sufficient object of pity,
without placing her iu the light of
ready and instinctive subordination to
him. As to "frustrating the Divine
arrangement," the most devout believ
er in woman's rights has never, so far
as our knowledge extend", supposed
that women were able to do so much.
Only those who oppose the enlargement
of woman's sphere imagine that she is
able to compass this, and these imagin
lugs nre begotten in dreams "where
thought lu fancy's maze runs mad."
They have no terrors fur well-balanced
urains. women, as well as men, es
tablish more plainly by their work
their place In theehureh than an)' the
ory or any quotation from Scripture can
possibly do for them. For instance, we
see a record of the fact that in the city
of Haverhill, Massachusetts, Anna Gar
lit Spencer is occupying the pulpit o
her husband, a season of severe illness
having rendered him unable to preach
On the second week of her miiiislra
tious, the house was crowded long be
fore time to begin service, by a throng
eager to hear her discourse upon "Intel
lectual Kellgiou." Kincy some piguif
of an "Adam" oonfruntlug the earnest
mil talented speaker Willi his puerile
objections to woman' voice being hnard
in the church. Ten fold adamant Is not
more Impervious to the wooden point of
the school-boy's arrow than are the
prejudices of suoh persons to the shafts
of justice and common sense. If such a
thing as "frustration of 1)1 vine arrange
ments" were possible, It surely must
reaeh consummation when sueh a crea
ture results where a man was planned.
LOGIO.
Hie question of co-educulion is at last
definitely settled. It Is found to be nu
iuipractibility. The following, though
a fuir sample of the logic employed
against It, is conclusive. Tlie curtains
are down, the lights are all out; beyond
tlie range of woman's intellect are these
things; let tlie aspiring read ami retire
to the sphere God bas designed for them,
nor ever again attempt to jostle their
brethren In 'college pursuits: "While
girls unquestionably have their uses in
the economy of nature, and posses mer
its exclusively their own, it may lie
boldly averted that they are totally un
fit to pursue lu company witli young
men the studies which constitute tlio
curriculum of every respectable college.
One of the earliest studies of the fresh
man year is the art of getting the jani
tor's cow into the top story of the dor
mitory. This can be readily mastered
by any young man of good ability and
habits of industry and perseverance;
but between girls and cows, there is a
gulf fixed. The girl, from her earliest
youth, looks uMin the cow as a ferocious
beast, prone to keep young Indies In the
air, in positions fatal to the proper ar
rangement of the back hair. To sup
pose that three or four young lady stu
dents uie capable of the complicated
pushing and pulling necessary to Induce
a cow to climb several flights of stairs,
is to suppose that the natural feminine
fear of cows can be eradicated by the
mere process of martlculalion. Thus
we see that one of the easiest of college
studies is quite beyond the ranee of
woman's Intellect."
Frances A. Ingan Roblson, n notice
of whose marriage was given last week,
writes us from her new home at Forest
Grove, that she Is going to Improve the
present season of rest and quiet that has
fallen into her life, by revising for pub
lication in book form, her poems which
have been written from time to time
during her work in the lecture field.
Tbev will annear under the title of
"Heart Throb?," and will be made
ready for tlio press at an early day.
Her many friends will look with Inter
est for tlie appearance of this work of
her mature years.
Horace Greeley never sold a more
truthful thine than when he declared
that "tha darkest hour in tlie history of
any young man, is when he sits down
to study how to get money without
honestly earning It."
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Dear ItHAUKKsoPTHE Nmv Nokiiiwhit:
After a month's respite from traveliug,
and a corresponding!urceae of editorial
corresHiiideuce, you may resign your
selves to a jierusal of these jottings oi
renewed journeying, while we fniiuige
the hope that you may enjoy the peru
sal with Infinitely greater zest than we
cuu, Ly any stretch of a lively Imagina
tion, bring oursclf to enjoy the jottings.
For two consecutive evenings, prior
to our l.it deiurture from Portland, we
had dissipated to an unusual degree, by
attending iihiii the wonderful perform
ances of the great hirtrionlo urtuilc.
Augusta Durgmi, trliM faultiest iinier-
souutioiiH ou mimic stage have proved
another triumph for woman's genius.
The few hours' slumber we were able
to command after the deuth of "Ca
mille," were filled with dreams of the
many wrongs of real life in our really
fietiuiou world; mid at 4 A. M., accom
panied by a hard oold that'al this writ
ing lickcth to us closer than it brother,
we, chilled and shivering, took a xenl
III the Clarendon 'bus, and proceeded to
the olllee of the O. S. X. Co., where a
crowd of sleepy, gaping travelers were
awaiting their turn for checks aud tick
ets. This ticket olllue Is a new arrange
ment lu the company's management,
and works like a charm when once the
people understand it, Wc notice that
Immigrants accept the Innovation of the
old plans as a matter of course, but old
Oregouiatis evidently like the old moth
ods best, for they often grumble Uon
being compelled to show their tickets
before receiving baggage checks. But
they will learn the new regulation after
a while, aud wheu they are accustomed
to it, will clearly see the wisdom aud
convenience of tlie change.
The new steamer "S. G. Reed," as yet
unfinished iu its palut aud upholstery,
but already as comfortable lu its regu
lations as most of tlie first-class Missis
sippi boats, received us ill Its steam
warmed cabin, under the cover of an
outer darkness of seemingly imjienetra
ble foir. and were soon headed Dalles-
ward, cutting our cautious way through
the misty, murky thickness of vapor
and emerging by degrees, as tlie hours
rolled on, into a higher anil clearer at
mosphere, where at last the sun came
forth in majesty and beamed upon the
erewhlle sodden earth, as llrapidly
clear and sublimely radiant as though
ho had never veiled his face iu fogs and
clouds, or hidden his darkened canopy
to give forth torrents of tears wherewith
to fructify the otherwise unfruitful hills
and vales that everywhere abound.
After leaving the Upper Cascades, we
had a barge in tow, and our progress
with tlio "Mountain Queen" was slow
so It was nearly nightfall when we
reached the landing at The Dalles, and
took (Hissage, we did not say refuge, in
tlie lumlierlng "blow out," called
by courtesy a 'bus, that plies
between the dock and the Umatilla
House. Oh. that 'bus. We'd rather
ride n flax-brake any time than risk
our neck in it- But It's the beet ae
comiiiiHlatiou available, and we entered,
encumbered by a babe, which we un
dertook to manage to relieve a weary
mother of four little clinging specimens
of incipient manhood whom she is
"protecting" at the risk of her own life
and the alnnlute loss of all her health
ami comfort, In order to rear them to
Millleient si.ennd age to enable them to
say, when twonty-nne years of her self
sacrifice have placed them upon their
feet as men: "Women are dejiendeiit
creatures, and we are tlie lords of crea
tion." Bump-lty crash went the lum
bering Mills, and thump-lty bang went
these thoughts) through our brain, ami
mm i n we were all safely landed at the
hotel, where our good friends Handle)
& Siiinolt gave us kindly greeting, and
us good accommodations as the place
allords. A new hotel In this town is a
prime necwdly. We hope to be able
to announce one !u these columns, ami
iu charge of these gentlemen before this
time next year.
A stroll over the town convinces us
that the accounts of itx Improvement
which had reached us at Portland,
were not exaggerated. Dwellings
are goine up here ami there
upon the hills iu all directions, and ou
the flat below, new brick stores are ris
ing as if by magic, and wooden build
ings are keepingpace continually.
Mr. and Mrs. Merry, of the Inland
Empire, are making a live newspaper,
and our genial brother, Hand, of the
Mountaineer, is as rotund and jolly as
ever. Kvldctitly It pays to bo an editor
in The Dalles.
Quite a number of ladies are engaged
in business here. Among them are
Mrs. Doherty, Mrs. Wiswell, Mrs.
Moody and Mis. Wilson, the first tiiree
being engaged in merchandise, and the
last one In the post olllee. Then, there
are a legion who keep boarders and sew,
and quite a number who teach, prom
inent among the latter being Mrs. P.
I. Price, formerly of Portland, who is
meeting with tier usual excellent suc
cess. And yet, In the face of facts like
these, we often meet with gentlemen
who contend that women are supported
by men.
Brother Beazly, whom, It will be re
membered, was quite hostile agHinsl us
three years ago, met us iu tlie street
on Saturday and kindly proffered as
sistance in procuring a hall for lectures.
So we considered the hatchet buried, ac
cepted the aid, and with the valuable as
sistauce of Mr. Kwinir, procured a hall
and collected a crowd, to whom we dis
coursed In thecveuing upon "Woman In
Politics," and on Sunday evening on
"Woman's Moral lulluence."
To-day (Monday) we are preptriug
to depart for Walla Walla. We have
spent valuable hours with hosts of
friends of human rights, among them,
the Maysc, Fultons, Rogerses, Ewings,
Kates, and many others, who are mak
lugour brief sojourn among them decid
edly pleasant.
We lear that we shall be obliged to
again indefinitely postpone the long-
planned Baker Oily trip. Everybody
Miys the trip serw the mountains is too
hazardous fur us to risk at present, and
we don't know but they are right. So,
until further notice, our address will be
Walla Walla. This journey up the Co-
umbln, among the wild, wierd beau
ties of nature wheio dark green forests
guard the eternal mountains below The
Dalle-', and rolling pampas span the
illimitable distance above, witii enow
peaks iu the oiling, and mountain
chains belting the horizon's rim, lias
lieeti mi often deos-ribed iu these columns,
tual there is nothing new to my, save
that the mountains and ever-varying
. , .
saiuetietKi is always new. .mm u any
body can beat that for a -turadox, let
them sneak out. A. J. D.
Tlie Dtlles, November 10, 1S78.
P. s. We have justclossd a very In
teresting interview with Dr. Mary Ol-
ney Brown, whose cord appears in tliesr
columns, ami who, as a reward of juili-
cIoiim advertising, is performing mime
marvelous, palnles cures of cancer, in
casts where, hut for tlie advertisement,
site would not have been heard of by
the afflicted. The heart of the good
woman is lu her work, and we hid her
God speed.
TOBEIGN NEWS.
The Paris exposition was finally clewed
cm Monday.
The Austrian emperor -has granted
general amnenty to Bosnia and Herze
govina.
A bill restricting the electoral fran
chise passed tlie Simtilsh courts with
little opposition.
Two hundred ami eighteen thousand
recruits will he raised by Russia this
year, instead of tile peace contingent of
150,000.
Fighting has been renewed in Soutli
Africa. A British detachment five hum!
red strong has been compelled to re
treat before Kafirs.
Nearly one-half the cotton factories
in Ashtan- on - IA'nn district have
stopped work In consequence of depres
sion In trade, and many of those running
are on short time.
Tlie emperor of Austria on Thursday
sharply rebuked, for meddling with
foreign affairs, a deputation from tlie
Croatian diet, who urged the definite an
nexatlou of Bosnia and Herzegovina to
Croatia.
Russia Is establishing a second line of
defense at Adrhtnople. Several proini
neut Turks, believing that the attitude
of the Russians iu Rnumelia will lead to
a war with England and Turkey, are
anxious to convince, Minister lanyard
that the best mode of lighting Afghan
istan would be to engage Russia In Ku
rope.
BEOEHTEVEKTS.
rroiessor it. w. i.tciie, ni the ooas
survey, died on the 7th inst.
A lire occurred at Cuiie May on the
9th inst., whloh was extremely disas
trous, the loss being estimated at
$100,000.
Hon. X. B. .ludd, minister to Berlin
under President Lincoln, tiled at hi
home iu Clileugo on the Ilth. He was
at the time of Ills death collector of that
port.
Opinions are expressed by tlmse who
have acees to statistics, that 40.000 cases
of yellow fever have been treated in Now
Orleans ami vicinity during the past
four months.
The joint (ontreaiiiml committee to
consider the transfer of the Indian
bureau to the war department, have re
turned lo Washington, Imvini: in pursu
ance of I heir diitse- ti.tvrled 12 OKI milm,
heard feslini my of one hundred and fifty
persons ami visited a number of Indian
tribes. Their report will be submitted
to Congress hi January.
The body of A. T. Stewart ban been
stolen frnm the family vault at St.
Murk's Church. Sirs. Stewart lias of
fered $25,000 reward for the recovery nf
the body aud the conviction of the
thieves. Mr. IJbby, of the firm of A.
T. Stewart Co , states that the estate
will give, if uece-sary, $100,000 for the
conviction of the thieve, 1ml not one
cent for the recovery of the IhhIv.
The Beavertoti literary Society dis
missed at their last meeting the follow
ing : "Jietolvetl, That women should be
allowed both the civil and political
rights of men." We are not advised as
.to tlie result of the momentous discus
sion, but being a champion for equal
rights, we greatly hope it wus not deoid
ed in tlie affirmative. Tlie most radical
Woman Suffragist, so far as our ac
quaintance extends, does not desire to
despoil men of their rlghtsaiid usurp the
same. We will be satisfied with the
permission to exercise our own rights,
which we claim are equal with those of
men.
The aetive suffragists of the Pacific
Coast have received valuable addition
to their number in the removal of Mrs.
Ada C. Bowles t6 San Francisco. Her
buslwud, Rev. B. F. Bowles, Is pastor of
the First Unitarian Church in that city.
Mrs. Bowles recently delivered her
famous lecture on "Meddling Women"
before a lor?e audience in San Jose.
California suffragists may well be grat
ified nt their acquisition.
A dispatch from Waila Walla an
nounces the death at, that ploce, on
Wednesdoy at live o'clock, of W. H.
Newell, editor ami proprietor of tlie
Walla Walla Statesman. Mr. Newell
had been for many-years connected with
the journalism of Oregon and Wash
ington Territory, and was about sixty
years of age.
General John S. Zleber, at ono time
Surveyor-General of Oregon, died sud
denly at his home near Salem on Tues
day afternoon. He had been at work
in his field during tlie forenoon, ami was
in his usual health. His death resulted
from heart disease.
TOBACCO ARRAIGNED.
To tuk Kditob or the Ukw Nobthwim:
Knowing your journal to ravor every
thing that looks toward reform, permit
me space for a protest ngalust thegreat
tobacco nuisance that Is so fast under
mining the constitution of the present,
and laying the fouudation for weakness
of body and mind in the coming gener
ation. Perhaps some who take up your
journal will say that a Woman Suffrage
paper should not meddle with Bide is
sues ; that its columns are no place for
i protestor this kind. 1 have heard a
few brave and conscientious speakers iu
the upen temiierance meetings, that are
held iu this city on Saturday evenings,
u tier a protest against the use of tobacco,
and suplement it with fauts that no one
pretends to dispute concerning its dele
terious effects, ami going down the
stalrsattheclosecif tile exercises, I have
lean! it indignantly remarked on one
occasion by a woman that these meet-
ngs were no place for such allusions.
Visiting a lodge of Good Templars re
cently, I heard a short and pungent pro
test by one of tlie sisters against tlie vile
weed and its use, and was surprised to
learn that this was no jfoee for such
words. Therefore, I hope the readers of
the Nkw Nouthwest, ami tlie editor
as well, will consider that this omni
present thing that can and does make
plaee for Its disgusting presence every
where, will at last have found a place
where it may lie arraigned and asked to
make answer to grave charges. These
charges are so many, and eaeli one of
such magnitude, that I hesitate as to
which one is proper to first cull up, but
will begin with the selfishness that its
use engenders by rendering its votaries,
nine times out of ten, utterly regardless
of the comfort and health of others,
poisoning without qualms of conscience
the very air that a fellow-mortal must
breathe. Why, I have seen a mau be
come so stupefied by tlie selrisuness
that the indulgence iu this habit fosters,
as to sit, holding an Infant upon his
knee, making the air above aud about
the helpless little creature blue with
vile fumes from a strong and most un
savory pipe. As one count iu the in
dictment, therefore, we will euteref!ot
nes of the most inconsiderate kiud.
Second, we will call up the lllthiuess
which the use of tobacco induces, aud to
this count tlie habit must plead guilty
without demurrer of any sort. The
clothing, beard, Hps and teeth of those
who use It; the pools of vile saliva on
sidewalk, post office lloors and court
room stairs, where spittoons are impos
sible; the reeking, unsightly spittoons
in every public hall ; the tainted breath
nf our nearest friends, these speak with
decision upon this point, I wilt sum up,
as this article is likely to grow beyond
the space which you will allow it, by
arraigning tobacco as the great health
destroyer, tlie subtle enervator of the
brains ami Iiodlea of the men of this age.
Nor can women escape its hliyhtiug ef
fects upon blood uinl nerve, for tbey
must live with It, in auauimateor at
least moving form, sit at table iu its
presence, occupy sleeping apartments
rendered foul by its breath, endure its
fumes in public- conveyance-, in f.iet, go
through tlie world with their stomaclis
iu a constant condition of nausea and
their heads half the time dixzy because
of its universal intrusion.
I have always admired tl.e quiet cour
age that was displayed by a woman
traveling in a stage coach with a mau
who leisurely lighted his plie, and by
way of formality asked her if it was
"offensive for a gentleman to smoke in
her presence."
"I am unable to answer," she replied
with quiet sarcasm; "no gentleman has
ever smoked iu my prvaeuce." Just
here Mrs. Editor, I would like lo give
women a little deserved scolding upon
this point, for I believe there are few
women indeed wl.o do not answer a
question of tlie above import every day
iu the week with a weak negative,
when truth would require a very de
cided affirmative. I am sure that I have
often seen a woman compress her blue
lips, tlie ashy color around them be
tokening nausea, ami give a feeble shake
of the head, where shesliould open them
to emit a decided yes when asked the
impertinent question relative lo theof
feiisiveness of tobacco.
Iu reading over what I have written,
I see that I have wandered somewhat
from the plan I proposed to follow in the
outset, but in wandering I have uot gut
away from tobacco. Where indeed
should I go to do this ? A.
Portland, Nov. 13, 1S78.
OUE LIBRARY.
tOTHK KlIITOR OF TH K XKW XOOTHWIST :
I noticed a communication in your
last issue signed "A," iu which tlie
writer calls attention to the fact that
while the Public Library Is something
of which citizens of Portland are justly
proud, that the monthly dues are nt
high as to place its advantages beyond
the reacli of those who most need
them. As one of the class referred lo, I
feel that your correspondent is alto
gether correct. Of course I am aware
that the expenses attending the enter
prise are considerable, not to speak of
the wear and tear of tlie books them
selves, but would not the income be
greatly increased by placing the dues at
a figure within tlie reach of a greater
number of our citizens? I certainly
think so, for I have heard scores of men
and women ofsmall means in our city,
wliile expressing a desire to avail them
selvs of tlio privileges of the library, la
ment their inability todo so owing to
the exorbitant fees and dues.
By all means let the rules be so amend
ed that those at least who are properly
recommended may have access to the
library at a rate within their reach.
Portland, Oregon, Nov. 9. B.
Iu the United States five I mud red
women are practicing medlolue ; five
arc practicing law, and sixty-eight
are preachers.
NEWS ITBMBr " "
W. II. livers has withdrawn from the
Roseburg Jtaimlealer.
The proportion r wn tn wilmm ln
Jefferson county, v. T-t a alMJl ht
to one.
Judge Walton, while Ea. pnreUase.1
apparatus for the Staix Vniverallv
amounting Ml value lo $1,000. '
Fare nil the steamship "Alaaha "
from Seattle to San Franeiaco, is $30 in
tlie cabin, and $10 in the steerage.
Port Gamhli-. the principal milling
pint ou Puget Sound, turns out an
nually hImmiI 50.000.000 feet of lumber.
The United Presbyterian have iu-t
completed a church at JIaUey, at a eot
of $l,0i)0. 1 1 was dedicated last Suuday.
W. R. Dunbar recently organised a
lodge of Good Templars at Carleton,
Yamhill county, with twenty charter
members.
boom of toes containing 2.000,000
feet lies near tlie mouth of the Skagit,
uwaiting a favorable opportunity to tie
towed lo uiarKeU
A lodge of Good Temidars was or
ganized at Dayton ou the 8lli insl., by
Hie UraiKl Wortliy I met Templar,
starting with lliirly-uiue charter mem
bers.
Miss Iaura Adams has been elected
to till the vacancy in the m osteal de
partment of Willamette University, oc
casioned by the resignation of Mrs.
Ella Allen.
W. D. Hoxter, of Forest Grove, who
was burnt out last summer, and subse
quently failed iu consequence, will soon
resume nusmess, ins aceoinpiisiieu
daughter, Miss Daura, assisting himfMJ
the capacity of clerk ami book-keep.
Tlie large ware-house belongl
L. Lu Williams at Hillsborfl
burned on Sunday night. So'fl
bushels of grain belonging to farml
in the vicinity were lost. The woi
of an incendiary, as no fire bad bet'
used in the building.
Geo. W. Snyder and A. V. R. Sax
are now equal partners, under the -
name of Suyder Brothers, in the publica
tion of the Yamhill County Reporter
and the Lafayette Courier, and in tlie
general job aud publication business ap
pertaining to the two offices. Geo. W.
Suyder will hereafter be manager of the
Reporter, and A. V. R. Snyder will be
manager of the Courier. The latter pa
per lias long needed a "manager."
At a recent meeting of the Board of
Regents of tlie State University, it was
resolved that the fiscal year of the In
stitution should end on the 30th of June
of each year. Theexecutive committee
was authorized to raise water into the
building by steam power, and to renew
the insurance. The president was au
thorized to make arrangemeuts with
Wells, Furgo A Co., to have contribu
tions to the university sent free.
Proclamation.
Through a sense of cratltude for the
"many benefits and blessings enjoyed by
the people of mis btate during tlie past
year, and In compliance witti a ven
erated custom, I hereby appoint Thurs
day, tlie 2Sth day of tlie present mouth,
as a day of TnauKsglving.
In testimony wliereor 1 Have Hereunto
set my hand, and caused the great seal
of tlie Stale of Oregon lo be affixed.
Done at the city of baleni, this the otli
day of November, A. D. 1S7S.
skal. W. W. Thayer,
Governor of Oregon.
R. P. Eakhaht,
Secretary of State.
W. B. Lsswidl, Ksq., of Grant county,
had the good fortune to be called
nephew by an accommodating ami con
siderate old gentleman who lately closed
up his earthly accounts with a balance
sheet sbowinir $150,000 to the credit of
the said W. B. We presume that this
is a ease where the Scripture, wliieii says
"it is more blesl to give than to re
ceive," might truthfully lie reversed.
The Duke of Cumberland (titular
King of Hanover.) is to marry the
lovely Prineess Thyra, of Denmark. So
the ex-Imperial Prinee Napoleon lias
been jilted by the Danish girl to whom
lie was engage). Cumberland is enor
mously rieli.
Thnt Hoy.
A young American in roundabouts mad leg
Klna, perched npon the fence devouring-a huge
piece of mince pie, and a maiden of live anm
raers. In pantalettes, looking rerjr wlshrnll jr at
Ibe gormand on tbe fence. Young America
"I "T, t, does roar mar make mlace plea
If abe doe, IMI bet they alnt so good as mv
mar's." IJlUe Muss (timidly) "I like mince
pie awful well." Young America "Wei I, now,
that's runny! Jut look bie (drawing a quar
ter of a pie oat of his Jaetet pocket), and It's
bovi, too! Alnt my mar good?" rearefnlly
stowing it away la his pocket). That boy is
"father lo Uie man" wbo must have his elgam
and any other maaenline luxury bis contempt
ible seinRhness craves, while hts poor sickly
wife must do the work of two women ("girls
waste mere than tbey earn," he says), and for
the want of a little money to purchase a few
bottles of Dr. Iterce's Favorite Prescription,
the sovereign remedy for female diseases and
weaknainsm, she Is literally dying by inches
and all because of that masculine selfishness
that would not divide the childish luxury
with his playmate, and now tacitly Defuses his
wife the luxury of health.
Conxli! Cuuglit I'ungi, j
During tbe fall, winter, and spring month
people are more or leas troubled with eouh.
and colds. Keader, don't neglect a slight eM
as it is tbe starting point ArumMfnptlon, but
" oMinwiiaieiy to your aruggist and get a bot
tle of IIalks HonitofHoskhound andTah.
This article is certain to do lu work, perma
nently curing all coughs, colds. Influenza.
hoarsene, difficult breathing, and all affec
tions ol the throat, bronchial tubes, and lungs
leading to consumption. A trial Is all we ask,
and then tha article speaks for itself. Sold by
all druggists at cents and f 1. areas saving
by buying large "'- Depot, Crtttenlonl, 7
rtllth Avenue, Xew York City.
Home for Homeless Women
Under the anspices of tbe Band oi Helpers.
Location Columbia street, between Fifth and
Sixth. Mrs. Virgil, matron. Tbe doors of
tbe Home stand open to all homeless women
ol good character. Board and room will be
furnished at cost to those who have means,
and xk to those wbo have not. Temporary
work will be furnished at the Home, and per
manent ltnatlon obtained lor Inmates. Ladies
who have sewing u put out, who are In need of
professional names, or any kind of In-lp, are
urged to apply at the Ilome.and thus aid Uila
noble effort to help their own sex.
Certnlu Cure for Cuncer.
Sirs. Dr. Mary O. Brown takes this method or
saying to the atnicted that she Is In poaseaaioo
of a safe, certain, and painless care for that
most loathsome and terrible disease known as
CAsrax, in all lu forms and phases. Her
remedy is never known to fall. Addraaa Mrs.
Dr. Mary U.Brown, Olympla, V. T. 7-m
n- The National Gold Medal was awarded
to Bradley A Kulofson for the best Photograph
ln the rnlt.il states, and the Vienna Meda 1
tir the best in the world. ) Montgomery
street. San Francisco.
Pike's Tollmebe Drops cure lu oae mlaate.