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A WOMAN TEMPERANCE LECTURER.

During two evenings of this week
Mrs. Carrie +. Young, editress of the
San Francisco VOmdn's Journal, lee
tured on Temperance in this city to fair
audiences. Mrs. Young is a lady Of
about forty summers, wears curls, has
high forehead, a sallOw complexion,
big mouth bearing pleasant smile, is
not bit pretty, and is an educated, SEN
sible, practical woman, if VIC may judge
from her lectures, which abound in
good sense, practical ideas and logical
argument. If she will leave wOmen's
rights alone, and devote her time and
talents to such subjects as she treated of
in our city, no fear but that she will ac-
cOmplish great good and become bless
ing wherever her potent voice is heard.
The above complimentary notice of
our estimable contemporary is clipped
from the columns of the Albany Demo
crdt. Our brother of the Democrat holds
on to the fallacy of mans rights with a
ridiculously pertinacious death-grip. An
educated, practical and sensible wom-
an" whose 'gectures abound in good
sense, practical ideas and logical argu-
ment," >" is just as certain to see the neces-
sity of recognizing her inherent rights OF
citizenship, and of advocating them
upon the rostrum, as she is certain to
see the great lack of good and whole
some laws, usages and regulations which
have combined to make temperance re-
form national necessity. Mrs. Young
is n woman whose mind is fully alive to
the great vital issues Of the day, and.
like other women who have brains above
the capacity Of a rabbit, is not afraid to
give vent to her principles. The woman
suffragist is physician who strikes al
the very root Of national, social and DO.
litical ulcers. The nOn-cOmmittaI tenn.
perance lecturer is a quack who poul
tices these moral ulcers without irwin,
TO effect a radical cure by removing tn
cause of uleerous formations. A woman
with insufficient brains to become a SUI
fragist wouldn't know enough to Iectur
understandingly upon any subject.
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CUPID TESTED BY MATHESIATICs.-
4 literary gentleman of Madam De Ian
nys acquaintance paid her marked at
tentiOn for a considerable time. 1t was
his habit to call for her at a friends
house where she usually passed the day,
TO offer her his arm, and to see her
home. After an interval, however, at
about the time when a declaration
might have been expected, the attention
of the man of letters relaxed somewhat.
He still manifested a regard for her, but
not so intense a regard as he had shown
at first 1t had been his wont, in pass
ing through a large square on the way
TO the lady's home, to take her round
the two sides of the square; as his fer
vOr abated, he still escorted her home
he could not at once give up the practice
but he made short work Oft. Instead
of going along the two sides of the
square, me "split the difference" and
crossed it diagonally. ''Fhen," the wit
tv Iadv remarks, ~ concluded that his
reeardfo me had at least diminished by
the difference between the diagonal and
the two sides of square"
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Death of the DOuble-Headed Baby-0ne
Head 0utlives the Other.

We mentioned IN our columns, yes
terday, the presence in Boston of a most
remarkable child, the offspring of Joseph
and Ann T.. Finley. It presented the
remarkable as well as Unprecedented
phenomenon of two heads, four arms
and two legs, and all upon single body.
The girl, for such was its sex, died last
evening at No. BOwdOin-street. The
first half or head breathed its last at 6,
and the second shortly after s o'clock.
The many thousands in the Western or
Middle States who have seen this mar
velOus eccentricity of nature will learn
its early death with regret. The child
or children, as il would seem proper to
allude to the phenOmenon-had enjoyed
excellent health from her birth, nine
months ago, until within two weeks, at
which time one exhibited signs Ofillness.
This, however, was but temporary. 1t
recovered, and was bright and playful.
Since reaching Boston, a few days since,
the other-or the other half-was taken
sick and died yesterday afternoon, as
already stated. The two portions of the
body were so intimately connected that
| the death of one rendered that of the
other inevitable. The spectacle was
equally novel, strange and unparalleled.
/ Upon one end of the body repOsed the
/ head of the dead infant, upon the other
that of the live one, with its eyes still
! bright and curious, and its lungs in full
/ breathing order All that medical aid
could accomplish was done, but it was
found unavailing. The child died in the
presence of its parents. The corpse
presents the appearance of two infants
asleep. Apparently they escaped the
ordinary suffering incident to death, for
the countenances had the expression of
repose. The disposition of the body is
not determined upon. Several of our
physicians were deSirOus, last evening,
Of having it opened for examination. Ii
is doubtful if the parents consent.
They reside in Monroe County, Ohio,
and live upon farm. They have other
children, but none have exhibited any
unusual developments. Nor can this
extraordinary departure from the laws
OF nature be accounted for. In Phila-
delphia, where all the medical Solons
undertook to solve the problem, nothing
whatever was brought to light. The
child was looked upon with amaZement
! and interest, but all attempts to account
for its existence were futile. 1t is re
garIled as more of a curiosity than the
Siamese twins, and most certainly th'
spectacle was more pleasurable TO the
eve. The child was shortly TO hav,
been exhibited to the public, and wOul,
doubtless here, as elsewhere, have at
tracted throngs of visitors. The parent
were especially devoted to the littl
, marvel, and their sorrow is grievOus.-
Boston Post, June 10.
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WOMAN SUFFRAGE

The arguments advanced by Mrs.
laura DeFOrce Gordon in support Of
woman suffrage have won for her, in
this community at all events, the more
thoughtful consideration of those who
heard her. We were unable to attend
on Saturday evening, but have been
informed by one or more who were there
that she elucidated the point clear
enough, showing some of the advan-
tages to be derived by extending the
right Of suffrage to woman, chief among
which was that il would give her
standing among men, and enable her
the better to demand, among other
things, a Just recOmpense for her ser
vices; showing that woman was not
paid DrOpOrtionately with man for any
work performed by her The argument
that the ballot is a potent charm for
bringing upward any class to whom IT
has been given was substannated by
number OF proofs, and the fair speaker
might have added, in support OF her
view, that of one of the leading judicial
minds of our own Oregon, who, few
years ago, when Agent Barnhart of the
Imatilla Indian Reservation had eX-
posed at the State Fair in Salem a very
choice variety of vegetables raised by
the Umatilla Indians, took the press of
the State to task in a well written letter
to the San Francisco Bulletin, in which,
according to the best of our recollection,
it was said that the reason for this
could not be explained except upon the
theory that "Indians were not voters, 1"
and consequently their productions
amounted to nothing in the estimation
of reporters. "GiVe everybody the bal
lot, and then eshall be free and equal, -
is the cream Of the argument.
The above, which we clip from the
Portland bulletin, is evidence enough to
convince the most skeptical reader OF
that able journal that its editor is con-
verted to the principle of woman suf-
frage. The "sturdy oak and clinging
vine'' theory has lost its strong hold
upon him, and permitted him TO escape
into the atmosphere of common sense
therefore we look to hear no more from
him concerning his pet theories and
pretty talk that amount to nothing but
nonsense.
We have been deeply gratified at the
fairness and candor of the public press
in regard to Mrs. Gordon. Ten years
ago, nay, five years ago, had she essayed
to lecture in Portland on this mooteC
question the press and people would have
been hOrror-stricken; but their preju'
dices have been so far overcome thai
they are gravely considering this vita
issue, and the day is not far distant wheT
all will wonder that they ever were op
posed to it.
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LETTER FROM MRS. BELLE "
COOKE.

Dear Mrs. Dlnlirdy:-I have been
reading some articles in WOOdhuU and
CldfiR's Weekly, and 1 can't conceive
how any woman of delicate instincts or
good moral perceptions can tolerate
some Of the doctrines advanced by it.
An article upon the subject of divorce,
over the signiture of 'Darl ST. Mary"
seems to me unfit to be read by any pure
minded person. 1t struck as me simply
horrible. would give some quotations
from il, but do not desire to give such
sentiments wider circulation. 1 be-
lieve that the advocacy of such princi-
plies will do more to injure the cause OF
woman than any other course could.
The high-flown terms of personal lib
erty," "soul-freedom" and "purity" are
so misapplied as to mean their opposites
to all persons who have any respect fol
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VOL. 4.

has had no ''set back" Don't worry
about us, Bro. 1t grieves us to see you
feel so "mad."
If you'll conquer the silly notion that
men are "brutes" you'll feel great deal
better. Men are not half so bad as you
picture them; and women, for whose
rights you give US credit for fighting so
'heroically," haven't "brutes" for hus-
bands. Not bit of it. They h;--e hus-
bands who agree with them upon the
principles of harmonious
otherwise those husbands
would compel their acqui, 4cence in
mans rights doctrine. Take your SYM
pathy home to your wife, Bro. Equal
rights women have no need of it.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-18

4 WOMAN on NCHILDREN.-Mrs.J Julia
Ward Howe recently delivered lecture
in New York city, in which she treated
of Childhood at Maternity. From her
remarks on children we extract the fol-
lowing: | must here pause to ask and
answertwO very contradictory questions.
What is the most precious thing that
each generation has in its keeping?
What is that which it most neglects and
undertakes? To both / must make
one answer-its children. lido not wish
to rhapsOdiZe on the beauties of child
hood, but / must allow myself a little
time in which to speak of them. Art
lists know the value of the fresh outlines
and undimmed eolors in the emporium
of the beautiful. Hair in which the
sunlight is tangled as in a net, fairly
caught and made to do duty. Eyes
dreamy as evening skies, and with a
sleepy star flash in them, the delicate
hues spring, the OdOrs of summer, limbs
whose undistOrted aptitudes invent new
graces, and, in movement or in sleep,
give the model to sculptOrs-a speech
which grows from the cooling of the dove
through poetic periods of myth and
allegory to the silver cadences of adoles-
cence-a heart with its little treasons,
| its little selfish corners, but, also, with
what powers of mutation, of generosity,
of enthusiasm
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-18

THE Cows INTELLIGENCE.-Ih
cows have memory, language, signs,
and means of enjoying pleasant associa-
tiOns, or combining for aggressive pur-
poses, have been recognized, but scarce
ly to the extent the subject merits.
Travelling in Italy many years ago, we
visited some of the large dairy farms in
the neighborhOOd of FerraTa. Inter
spersed amongst much low lying, un-
healthy land, remarkable for the prev
alance on it of very fatal forms of an
thraX in the summer season, are fine
undulating pasture lands, and the fields
are of great extent. We happened to
stop at farm house one fine afternoon
when the cows were about to Se milked.
A herd of over a hundred were grazing
hOmewards. The women took their
positions with stools and pals close to
the house, and as the cows approached
names were called out which at first we
thought addressed to the milk-maids,
Rosa, FlOrenZa, Giulia, SpOsa, and many
names which were noted by us at the
time, were called out by the Overseer or
one of the women, and we were aston
ished to see COW after cow cease feeding
or chewing the cqd and make direct,
sometimes at n trot, for the woman
that usually milked her. The practice,
we found, was not confined TO one farm;
all the cows on each farm knew their
respective names, and took up theiI
position in the open field just as readily
as the individual members of some large
| herds i'm this country turning rom the
/ fields take up their places in the sheds
The lfiLk Journal.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-18

ARRANGEMENT OF RooMs.-Give your
apartments expression - character.
Rooms which mean nothing are cheer
less indeed. Study light and shade and
the combination and arrangement of
drapery, furniture and pictures. Allow
nothing TO look isolated, but let every
thing present an air of sOciability. OBJ
serve a room Immediately after a num-
ber of people have left il, and then, as
you arrange the furniture, disturb as lit
tie as possible the relative position of
chairs, ottOmans and sofas. Place two
or three chairs in a conversational atti-
tude in some CHEEKY cOrnor, an ottoman
within easy distance of a sofa, a chair
near your stand of stereOscopic views of
engravings, and one where a good light
will fall on the book which YOU NAV
reach from the table near. Make little
studies of effect which shall repay the
more than usual observer, and do not
leave il possible for one to make the
criticism which applies TO so many
homes, even of wealth and elegance
/ Zine carpets, handsome furniture. n
/ few pictures and elegant nothings-but
how drearyw The chilling atm9sphere
is felt at once, and we cannot divest our
selves of the idea that we must maintain
n stiff and severe denleanor. TO accord
with the spirit of the place. Make youI
homes, then, so coy and cheerful that
if we visit you, we may be joyous ana
unrestrained, and not feel ourselves Out
of harmony with our surroundings.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-18

A few nights ago n funny scene
occurred at one of our hotels. The beds
of the house are covered with white
Marseilles spreads. a visitor from the
frontier was shown to n bed at the
proper time. Towards morning the
guest walked up the landlord, and with
chattering teeth begged for some cover
to put on his bed. Landlord thought he
would inspect the room. Approaching
the bed he turned over the cover and
revealed plentiful supply of blankets.
Guest inquired, whats that white
thing on the ouside?" Landlord replied,
That's spread, and here's plenty OF
cover" ''Do tell" replied the guest, 81
thought that white thing was a sheet,
and have been laying on top of it ali
night, thinking what mean cusses YOU
tavern-keepers were" The stranger sci
'em up before breakfast.
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A Little Red-headsd Imp in a Mormon
Family.

An afflicted woman among the Nor
mons writes to her brother at Bellevue,
Ohio, that she wants to come home.
Her name is Lucy a. Wardle, and her
history is a remarkable one in some
particulars. Twenty-Five years ago she
started with her husband for California.
The couple stopped at Salt Lake City for
a few days, and there the husband was
waylaid and murdered by the Saints, and
his property was eOnfscated by the same
parties. The lady found herself penni-
less and friendless, and unaware of her
husbands death, finally married Nor
mon. For time she was quite happy
but her husband commenced taking to
himself new wifes. At the present time
he has fourteen wives, and there is every
prospect of his getting more. With
every new conner Mrs. Wardle's troubles
were increased. The following is her
letter:
MIDWAY, Utah, June 4, 1871.
Dear BrOther-I am well, and hope
this will find you the same. I am
blessed with good health, and that is all.
My troubles have no end, but keep
coming, one after another, until my cup
of bitterness is running over. The time
has come when must leave my country
and my home. / cannot endure it any
longer. / must become a wanderer in a
strange land, unless you send me more
money to leave this woman's hell. My
husband has got another little red
headed imp that he calls his wife, and
she says she has got Just as good right
to everything as have, and he tells her
the same, and then because / cannot
submit to il he whips me like dog. l
cannot stand it; so, dear brother, pity
me, and help me away, and then l can
tell you of troubles that cannot write.
| cannot stand whipping.
No pen can tell what l suffer. | cannot
wear the yoke any longer; and now,
dear brother, for the love of heaven, help
me away, and / will thank you more
than can tell. Help me away from
tyrant who never loved me, only once
in awhile, ard then with the love of n
brute. My tOrmentor, for | shall never
call him husband any more, tells this
little red-head that he got her last, that
she is boss over all, and that she needn't
mind anything / say, for / am nobody.
There is one thing more in this beautiful
programme: / once had a man that
loved me: but these blOod-thirsty de
mons murdered him, and then took
everything / had away from me, and
this brute in human form got good
deal of it, by being sealed to me for
time, and assuming to take care of me.
| have had quite number of rivals, and
have managed to put up with all until
/ the last one came, and now forbearance
| has ceased to be a virtue, and being
abused beyond endurance, / must and
will leave this den of infamy, and hope
to live a few of the last days of my life
in my native land among my friends
| Laramie Sentinel.
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..was 90 Ever n Boy 80

My little four-year-Old Harry,
Bright in beauty and Joy,
said with his accents of wonder,
Papa, was 100 ever boye
Was 90 ever as little as bes''
"Dear baby said in reply,
"Will my darling ever be weary
And heart-worn and sinful as I?"
With forehead of whiteness and candor,
And loving and innocent eyes,
Thou dost measure the distance between us
With a strange and holy surprise.
Thou like bud flushed and fragrant;
1 like leaf at its fall;
far away from the angels
Thou within reach Of their call.
Type OF the beautiful, celestial,
Humble, and tender and sweet,
Thou comest in faith, my darling,
To sit at thy fathers feet.
Taught by the loving example,
By thy truth that knows no alloy,
May go to our Father as simple,
And in heart be always a boy.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-18

MORMON WOMEN GET THEIR RIGHTS.
Commissioner Drummond, of the Cen
eral Land Office Department, has had a
number of applications by married
women to pre-empt Government lands
in Utah Territory, and, where they are
heads of families, has determined to
recognize them as fenles-sole, or women
trading in their own right. He reasons
that there can be no recognition of mar
riage in plurality, but a woman having
children may take advantages of the
benefits Of the land laws, by entering
them in their own name, and for her
own use, as sole trader. The moral
character Of the applicant, under this
ruling, is not brought into the question.
The effect of this ruling has already
resulted in the entry of large tracts OF
land by those polygamic women.
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Society," is to be reconstructed on the
subject os woman's toll. a vast major
itv of those who would have woman
industri5us, shut her up to a few kinds
of work. Ny judgment in the matter Is,
that 4 woman has right to do anything
she can do well. There should be no
denartment of merchandise, mechan-
ism, art or science be .:e1ii against her.
If Miss Hosmer has genius for sculp-
ture, give her a ehisel. If Rosa BOnheur
has a fondness for sketehing animals, let
her make ''The Horse Fair" If Miss
Mitchell will study astronomy, let Der
mount the starry ladder If EyzIiasaill
be a merchant, let her sell pnrEi1s Il
Lucretia Mott will preach the gospsl, let
her thrill with her womanly eloduepes
the Quaker meeting-house.-De wa
TdInddge. n
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Mrs. Jane Swishelm is i'm favor of men
as cooks, and by way of illustration re-
lates the following: az never knew the
significance of the impulse which leads
all boys to want to bake griddle-cakes
until / saw French half-breed from
Selkirk, beside his ironless cart on the
open prairie, preparing his evening meal.
He had a large fish boiling on the Goals
without any Intervention of grid-irOn.
His batter and his 'fiapjaeks' were in a
bucket. He heated and CREASED long
handled sheet-iron frying-pan, poured
in enough batter to cover the bottom,
set it over the fire, kept on serenely at
tending to other matters, as though no
'flapjacks' were i'm danger of being
burned, as it would have been if any
woman had set it to bake; but just at
the right moment he came up, looked in
the pan, took hold of the handle, shook
it gently, then, with a sudden jerk, sent
the cake spinning into the air, caught it
as it came down, square in the center,
with the other side up. The cake was
turned as no woman could have turned
it, and with an ease which showed that
the man was in his proper sphere"
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'Tm not used to begging" said a
little girl to a lady of whom she had asked
aims, "'cause only two weeks ago my
father was a merchantp' "Why, child,
how could you be reduced to poverty so
soon ~ 'NIy father took a bad two
dollar bill at his peanut stand, and 1t
ruined him. sobbed the child.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-18

a German lady, formerly a resident i'm
California, has written to the Secretary
of the San Francisco Labor Exchange
that the late war was especially disas-
trOus to the women, and that She has
concluded to transport number of re-
spectacle working girls, soldiers or
phans, to that State, where they can be
ga blessing to the country and build a
pleasant future for themselves"
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A young lady became so dissatisfied
with her lover that she dismissed him.
In revenge he threatened to publish her
letters to him. Every vel" replied the
lady; 81 have no reason to be ashamed
of any part of my letters except the ad-
dress ~
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-18

There is no evidence to sustain the
statement Of detectives that there are
$4,000, 900 in counterfeit notes OF Ma
tional Banks in circulation.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-18

An Oregon toast over a glass of the ar,
dent: "Here's what makes us wear old
clothes"
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A Mrs. Harvey, who has been trav-
cling in Turkey and visiting harems,
Gives the following account of the man
ner in which newborn babes are treated
there:
Soon after birth they are rubbed down
with salt and tightly swaddIed in the
italian fashion. The pressure of these
bandages is often so great that the cir
culatiOn becomes impeded, and incisions
and Specifications are then made on the
hands, feet and spine, to let cat what
Turkish doctors and nurse call "the bad
blood" The unhappy little creature is.
occasionally released from its bonds, and
never thoroughly washed until the sa-
cred month of thirty dAFs has expired,
when it is taken with Is mother to the
bath No wonder that theBick and all
lug sini under such treAtsneBk ~. f9st
the, nlgFtali ty appongsF ipfslltF s7Pa be
~
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81 AuetberT straw nlstEizig itGcaHI 1tRbt Z
IdlrsetioEzt lls sostaasfer-f le1eFal has
appoinfad ioTlr ladies to first-elasf. .cI Ierk-
4ffss % receive tll 4 same pag ..s md L.
elei.,s 81 llIe aIae grade. They are
IaecomPli led li1g1tgtai and kransls.
and Dncic sam xluh flhi tkena PEA
able servants even at much higher sala.
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