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TII()r(SHT.S. BY THE;;' WAYSIDE.
"Eastern Wash isuton, Sept. 24, JkxI.
TO Til It KlHTOH OK Till! N'KW XiiHTIIWMTi
Autumn days in the fur "New West." How
. truly, to one who for the tirt time dwells amid
its mountain scenery ami breathes itS-Xnsplrlng
' air. How gorgeous the coloring of the forest
trees ! how sweet the ceaseless murmur from be
yond, where the gathered waters roll clear. And
'bright in tumultuous freedom I Rut the bright
. vision vanishes in the moon light, and we wander
out and away toward the dusky slope, over which
the full moon hangs resplendent.
"-It Is good to be alive,J thought f-te- be human
and alive. Wherever there; are intellectual and
Amoral acuities to cultivate, and power to ultl-'-
mate thought and emotion in obedience to Indi
vidual will as love suggests and wisdom dictates,
there Is humanity. This It is to be made in the
Image and likeness of God, for personality is of
the soul and depends not upon any material form.:
On no, higher ground of aspiration and progress
can we place ourselves than that .which would
- accord to all human beings equal rights under the
laws," and perfect freedom- in the indivldualyno far
as it Infringes, not upon the good of . the whole.
When from this sfand-)Mint we can look out over
.-the social and. moraJ..JlDj verse, so perverted now
by manifold evU"i methinks many problems of
human, life,1 heretofore difficult and dark, may
" be easily solved. Therefore It is that I like the
words found In your Journal of progress, "Devoted
' to the Interests of Humanity;!' and 1 believe
. that Lad the earnest, true-hearted workers in
woman's cause commenced ' with the motto,
Equal Rights to all Humanity," thy would
" have been ten yesra ahead of what they now are';
for the large clasa-ofmen who seem always to see
made victims ovf"unhridlcd passions by meuwho
have read In the Holy Word, " Wives, obey your
husband," but. have-' liefer wen the word of far
leeiier meaning and holler -significance! "('n'iclfy
the. ilcsh with the affections and lut thereof."
I have wen wonien',j!ifter" ears of hard ami faith
ful tollHeft at la.t himi'eles- and penniless by
unfaithful companions, Mnd thatj too, with' no
chance- of mires under the law. Ti all. this the
work of the God this man worships? To invert
the' order of creation and make within ourselves
an Intellectual and moral linage to worship and
Ish idolatry. Let us not make gods.lo ourselves
after our image and in our, 44keess, lest we fall,
far short of the rea.1 Kingdom of justice and right
eousness as It is now and shall be hereafter.
Now I do not believe that this man is "an old
fossil," bUCrather that he has fallen off the ear of
progress, and now, like a little child, is driving
his imaginary steeds, satisfied with but Ignorant
of the true position he occupies. It is not God of
whom we complain, but rather the Injustice, op
pression, tyranny and crime-wrought In the dark
places of the earth where the true God Is not.
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II ER FEET (50 DOWN TO DEATH. -
In "woman's rights" an effort to Infringe upon
their own personal freedom are usually quite qui
' escent under the new and suggestive Ideas pre
' wnted In the words, "r believe in human rights."
In fact, I have often Jound, when attacked with
miAuttnn. "Ik vnu bfltv in wnmati'a rlorlif
'-' which is frequently Intended either for dial
lenge.or contelhptuous reproof, that vchange of
. base, Indicated by the tesH)ne, I believe In hu
. man rights," was an active moral antidote to disl
turbed selfishness' and egotistical alarm. It-is U:
'" late in the nineteenth century of human progress
to deny woman a place in the,great family of hu-
manity, not one Individual of whom can boast of
other power than that which enables him to think
and love and will and act. To be human, there-
ioiepflJlrsLiM greatest ; whether man or woman,!
la or lesser moment
I am glad, too, to see that women are venturing
... to engage publicly in political work, for the trl
umph of just principles'; but no progress Is desir
able which cannot be permanent, and none can
be permanent save that which moves in harmony.
.. -with existing order and the sympathies of en
- lightened womanhood. The most of us desire
that when women. vote a new and better element
will be introduced .into polities, making of our
.... law nd of our country something Juster and
purer thanthey have yet been.'
- In" General" Garfield we had a President who
had ever been a friend to humanity in Its broadH
'' est sensed During the war, when he came Into'
Indiana. to speak at; three designated places, it
was my good fortune to hear his thrilling words
of patriotism and his earnest utterances oh the
finances of thacouutry aud the nobility andj-lghta
:-T-tHabor.. At a small social gathering In the home
of a friend of his youth, he touched slightly upon
various topics V social progress and reform. Of
woman's cause he spoke earnestly and In favor vf
all demanded changes Inher political condition
as soon as the majority of women themselves de
sired It.
A most excellent Journal Isjthe Chicago Inter'
Ocean, as everybody knows, being thoroughly
right In politics, and having a cosy "Home" cor
ner, a well-as a "Kingdom,:-here women are
battling-with theweapons of , true , and . noble
EouKTrTor the frecdomrand elevation of our h?x
Of course, husbands a ad brothers "are admitted
home.ever be without these welcohle sharers of
Its Joys? Rut I was exceedingly edified at the
' brother who thinks women are dissatisfied at the
position 'In which QA has place! them. His
words are very suggestive aiwj call to hllnd rar
0us clash's of women and their peculiar position
in nr yl mk ibi laiinc nc van mi-. ini ic mc i 1 he
the wives of drunkTrTsTTofnOT
something worsthan keltonsr.while others areldays ago,
G. F. KT
THE.44 EMANCIPATION" RILL. "
, Amitv, Oregon, September 21, 1881. -
To nil" KiiTa nrMtn-Niw Northwest:
I wonder how many women in Oregon qr men
either know that there Is a law upon our statute
books giving women the "gwe rights Inthe settle
ment of the estate that meiFhaveT IwoiVdeir
whether that law is of any force. . r
A frieud of nil ne died last Winter, andhls widow
undertook to settle up Ills business sola some
wheat, paltThts debts, etc. Six mouths afteshls
death, she was waited upon by parties claiming to
have full authority to administer, who. told her
she was liable to somebody or something for
what she had done, but that if she would give In"
everything Just as It was at her husband's death,
they would report just as If-they haJ settled up,
and she should not be molested. She did so, after.
finding, upon Inquiry, that it was the only thing
sTie could do.
Another, gentleman died Just at the beginning
of harvest. His crop was mortgaged.; The cred
itors claimed everything, leaving the Widow ab
solutely destitute. They even forbade her to Use
any of theyegetables from the garden. She doesn't
know what to do for a support. Jielng no longer
young and strong, ehejeannot earn her livings
I have circulating a iH tltion to the Legis
lature, asking for a' prohibition amendment to
the Constitution. ,Home of the women say :-.4pf
what use Is It for u to sign It ? Our names won't
count anythlng.'The proportion of women who
signed was greater than that of men, a,nd every
one-wlthout. exception, wished success to .the
movement. I wonderhew much 4Inlluence" the
women have In' the matter. LWoiider whether
the LeglsTaturewlIl give the etition a. hearing.
. .-" - Mkh. S. A. McKitnk.
m-1h Miplr kindly suggestions and wordsof wis
dom, into the "Home;" for. wharifidewTwoutd-f ment of afIaTrsll.at has tnade her husband so sue
archaeological paper, sets forth the grand results
of his researches among the "Ruined Cities of Cen
tral America." Finally, Colonel J I. R. Carriog
ton, In an article on " Washington as a Strategist,"
proves the title tf Washington to be esteemed as
"first In war.'
' An eastern correspondent chats thus about the
wives of the members of the Cabinet: "Mrs.
Rlalne Is a woman of markel executive ability.
Mrs. Wimlom and Mrs. MacVeaglt are favorites
In social circles, becauseof the kindness of heart
and the simplicity of manner they manifest. Mrs.
James possesses much of the tact in the manage-
ceshful. . Mrs. Lincoln Is more retiring and digni
fied In her manners than the others; while Mrs,
Kirk wood is like her husband, plain and unpre
tentious, aud evidently fonder of the comforts of
the domestic. circle than of shining In society."-
una for irs. uarneiu is ranhiiv increa nc
ana me uuarier-miiiioTrpornx waTiRsraeTCTaT
ITlio trnKlt'artrriOliiMHi.ii ir tli I If of Julin riurk,lTi;
MMr yoiiitK ntfrrl w lio wim klllttl on-Ili stk tt.,uil In n
lilitc' of IH-r'ul' m Si ihiiI 'r't IKoIm-WAV. IjiiiiM'rt,(
will irlve iicllf lomit Intfrost nnl Iii tli: ihiiiX''I iirtl-,
vU f rnv.JtJjiCJnirfli A Itrpubiinm', wIiTiM In. wo'rljiy lh
rniWul sml thiftlilfiil rAiwiiU-riilfol -4f rvrrv man or
woiiiuii, lmy or iflrl.J .' " w"'3- .
Forty-eight hours after the time Jennie Cramer
walked under the Temple-street elms, in "New
Haven, the 4,jrettlest girl In the city,'.' her dotttl
white muslin fresh' and' starched, and her whole
figur4rl mflrlg aiid.lr wzyiwm ,lieol.e.j.ttawi
hatTaiid Ms brown feather to the little clinking
bras plates oh "the heels of her boots, her boly
was lying, face downward, In a sHiny (kkiI on the
edge of New Haven harbor, thetide Tocklng the
mot ion less bHly back and forth, and at every
motion winding her draggled skirts tighter about
her round,fu1l figure. How she came there, In
quest, indictment and trial have yet to decide;
but her death has written
her last week's history
at large, and the path by. which the young woman
went to her fate is familiar enough to anyone who
watches the young girls who swarm on the streets
H m on lui in j iiiiiv I'ltnj uiinv iu
voiced, skating on thln Jce, over depths of which
they have' the barest knowletlge, and that little
very delusive. .x
Jennie Cramer was not a bad girl, as girls go,
who had. stepped over the line which keeps a girl
at her mother's side and limits her acquaintance
hy her fa'mlly'A The number of girls who do this
is largo among tliuse pretty enyuKU tq pg AiJUllrl
and old. enough to enjoy the freedom of an Ameri
can girl, not hedged about by a canl-case, a' visit
ing list, and formal introductions, The man with
whom, Jennie was last seen, James Malley, a
young, boyish-looking fellow, with a narrow,
black mustache, she met one night 'about a year
ago, on the college green. It was, doubtless, one
of the chance Introductions to be seen any even
ing on Main; street ; but It was very far from be
ing concealed from her parents, and when Malley
wrote, three weeks ago, asking Jennie tq put off I
an out-of-town trip to drive with him, Mrs.
Cramer, with s 44 very sorry" that he was "so dls
appointed," wrouriflm that Jennie had already
gone, but, would be back Thursday morning Just
a week before the Thursday, morning on which
the piother drove the daughter from the house for-
passing the night awny. from home In Mai ley's
company. .' .
One week more brought Jennie to New Haven
TiTior7TTH:e
written notes . which passed between her and
young Malley point to formal relations, formal
for a sidewalk flirtation ; but Jennie had already
known for a week Blanche Douglass a paley delicate-looking
girl, dressed well, but not over
dressel, whom Walter Malley had brought up
from New.-York City She was sTIbrofessioiisl
prostitute. hls""aciualntance, -begun by TiTght
onthe fcoHpge' green rlpejifcljfsldewalks and
suier8 rbrought Jennie, for the last foFnilghrof
her life, to be one of four, of whom two Were men
Th.i.nntntnf h Xnrth Amrriiwin livi,,n fT7TTrtten to the core, a third a woman fresh from a
good or 'for evil( custom has estahllshel a free
sH:ial Intercourse, and the paths by which a girl
passes lieyond home Influences Jrre easy, ami ull
alike dangerous; but the risk is vast ly increased
by ignoraiice of. the facts and conditions which
breed danger and bring disaster.' A healthy home
.life I the soundest of all safeguard,; but, as long
hx village life has disapitcared for "kmm and all in
our provincial cities, and all of them share the
overllow of vice from New York, t like this
one would fall loss often if they were wisely taught
more knowledge of the evil in the world.
,Iti aiot thAtlliey.Areiguomnt uXIUerealjla-;,
tlons of the sexes,-for they-are not fgtiorant of
them; but mothers and daughters alike too often
act as though they were ignorant of the very thin
veneer which may disguise the rake in the garb
o the gentleman, and of the passion which may
transform the ordinarily well-intentioned mats
Into the devil, when opportunity presents the
temptation. Man is a dangerous animal, not to
be trifled wltii or yielded to, and giddy girls who
rebel against the all too loose restraints of our
American homes take perilous risks. The pre
sumption Is also pretty strong In the New Haven
rase that the basest scoundrelism was at work
at the bottom.' ' "
OVERWORKED WOMEN.
October cannot fail: to arrest the attention of all
readers. Senator John T. Morgan, pf Alabama,
considers "Some Dangerous Quetlons.iAinqng
them that of the succession to the Presidency, in
case of the inability of the ejected-lncumbent,
holds a conspicuous place. -ProfT Geo. P, Fisher,
of Yale College, contributes a profound study of
"Elements of Puritanism." Senator George F.
Edmunds, of Vermont, defines the relations which
exist between "The State and the Nation." A
timely historical paper Is that of MrSydney How
ard Gay, "Why Cornwallis was at Yorktown."
Under the title, "Shall Two States Rule the
Union?" Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks discusses
the perennial tariff question, which he Insists Is
a sublect not"foflwIincTansrhut6r economlsls?
M. .DclreCharnay,-In-4he ninth of l.iVyMiPPe'rt0 foun1 Uen th tlJe cm in Satur-
house of Ill-fame, and she, the girl now deal, the
fourth. For two Weeks there were' trips and ex
cursions, restaurant suppers, and rides, alL bring
ing the end closer;' 'ami through 4 1 all Jennie
seems to have been Ignorant that her. companion
was not, like herself, a wild girl, running heedless
risks. A night came at last, Wed nesday, August
3d, which Jennie spent away from home with her
cqOTwnlon. She may have wandered before, but
if she had not, the net lu which, the reckless
young girl was. caught with -the other woman of
this party of four, schooled In vice, might well
have -swept f stronger uatu re away. Thursday
morning she was driven from her home. Thurs
day evening she was again at a supper, and drank
day morning. For a while, there Was more or
less lylug byvthe survivors; but the .arrest of the
young Malleysand the testimony of Rlanchegive
clews which connect Jennie to the last wlth tier
evil companions
Down to the last appalling catastrophe, this
story might easily enough be matched lit any city
and -many a village. Night Idleness and petty
dissipation- work their sure result. Ignorance
does mucn, uui evil more ; anu no man or woman
can play with the devil's own fire and come -off
unscorchen. There appcan to be n aouot tbatJji
this case the parents permitted a risk for which
they are blamablet" but it Is tolerably clear that
this young girl wandered along a path lit Which
she Jostled the bad and vile In blank Ignorance of
her company. It takes experience, a cool head
and a clear eye to see below this plausible surlace
in which vice of ibis sort cloaks Itself, and she
had none of these. " No girl has, of the hundreds
atk-thiljUhrougli dangers ftirwhIclHhy--
has ntwss boon prepsnwd
late to put up the bars In American life. For
U exchange says that nothing Is more repre
hensible and thoroughly wrong than the Idea
that a woman fulfills her duty by doing an .
amount of Vork far beyonl her strength. She
on ly-does-not-f ul fl 1 1 - her-lulyr bu t- sho- most
signally falls In It, and the failure Is truly deplor
able. There ran be nVsadder sight than that of
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a oroaeD-aowu, overworaeii wue ani. moiner a -woman
who is tired all herlfe through. If the
wrirk of the household cannot be accomplished by
order, system, and moderate workxw I thou t the'
necessity of wearing, heart-breaklngiolI toil
that Js. never ended and neyer begun without
making lif a treadmill of labor, then for the sake
of humanity let the work go. Better to live In
the midst of disorder than that order should be
purchased at so high a" price the cost of . health,,
strength, happiness, and all that makes existence
endurable.- Tbe woman who spends her life in
unnecessary labor Is by this very labor unfitted
for the highest duties, of hormv She should be
the haven of rest to which both husband and clill- -dren
turn for eaee and refreshment. She should
le the careful, Intelligent adviser aud guide of the
one", the tender confidantx and helpmate of the
cThTrTTnolTIsni pliSsTW
In body, as a natural consequence In mind also, to
perform either of these offices? No, It Is not pos
sible. The constant strain Is toil great. Nature '
giveaway bencallTtt. 7 Siie Ioss health and spirit
and hoH-f ulness, and, more than all, her youth
the last thing that a woman should allow to slip
from" her, for, no matter how old she Is In years,
she should be young In heart and feeling, for . the
youth of tfge is sometimes more attractive thai
yluTTf 1 1 scl r
green old age i out of the question ; old age comet
on her sere and yelltfw" before Its time. Her dis
(MMitioii Js ruined, her temer Is soured, her very
nature is changel, by the burden which, too
heavy to carry, Is dragged along as long as
wearied feet and tired hands ran do their part.
Even her affections are blunted, andshe becomes
merely a machine a woman without the time to
be womanly, a mother without the time- to train
and guide her children as "only mother can, a
wife without tin? time to sympathize, and cheer
her husband, I womanso overworked during the
day that when night conies her sole-thought and.
most Intense longing Is for the rest and sleep that
"will very probably not come, and even If It should,
that she Is too tired to enjoy. Better by far 1st
everything go unfinished, to live as best she can,
hershare of four bUeof wlneraiid Uis
overwork.
' Mr. W. H. Sm fiord has succeedetj to the manage
ment of the Ouadtue (Cal.) TeUgraph, and he
speaks of the'fornier publishers of the paper as
follows : "For the past eight weeks the Telegraph
has been under the sole management of two young
ladles. They have written Its editorial and
Iqcals, set up all the type, made up the-forms,
lifted them from the stone to the press, done the
press-work-tin "a No. 7 Washington hand press,
and, In fact, K rfrnied all the laborious duties In
cident to the publication of a paper. This amount
of wofyrusTiHTty rcquires-a fowc of three men.
They are not the muscular type of, femlulnlty
either, but loth young and fair to look upon."
Mrs. J. K Scrivener, of Weaton, accompanies
her renewal of subscription' to the Nkw Nonni- 1
west with these words: "I wish you success In
your.wprk, whch I lelleve to.Ie of great Import
ance tox the republic, I see the day fast apprnach-
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