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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-31
Humiliating and Disgraoeful.

SALT LAKE, September %.
In the First District Court, at Provo,
on Thursday evening, Judge Emerson
ruled that's second wife could not testify
for her husband. Counsel argued that,
under. the laws of the United States,
the woman was not a legal wife, and
consequently was a competent witness.
The Judge stated that the question Of
the legality of the marriage was not be-
fore him. AS far as the Court knew the
woman was the mans wife; therefore,
the testimony could not be allowed.
The above decision of Judge Emer-
son is another reminder of the debased
and infamous position woman must
occupy under the law, if she marries:.
We honestly believe, if the women OF
this country fully appreciated the fear
ful satire upon womanly truth and
honor, which such judicious rulings
contain, they would not be so ready to
initiate the Southern slave of the past,
who, when his bodily wants were sup
piled, cared not for liberty, and sit
quietly down to the enjoyment of ma
terial comforts and say, 81 have all the
rights want"
We believe marriages are the most
sacred relation in life, and therefore we
enter our everlasting protest against
sneh villainous laws as transform wom-
an from one whose testimony would be
taken in any court Of justice, as relia-
/ bic, into an irresponsible, unreliable
creature whose oath is not to be be-
lieved provided it is given in case
where her legal owner that is her hus-
band is concerned. We do not know
( from what such a law had its origin,
unless it might be the old English conf
mon law, which gave TO the husband
/ supreme control OF his wife, even to CO.
ercing her into obedience to his will by
stripes, provided they were not given by
whip 'larger than a mans thumb," +"
which authority might be used, no
doubt, if the husband so willed, to force
his wife to swear falsely in any case
where his interests were concerned.
Since the laws Of the country bearing
upon woman, though unjust enough
still, have been measurably changed Of
late, is it not time that this idea of n
married woman being incapable of tes-
| tifying to the truth, even under oath,
should find n place with the obsolete
| legaliZed wife-whipping of the barbar-
Gus past ?"-.StocktoR Leader.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-31
A BLUNDBR.

Contributors will always secure bet
ter attention to their communications
by observing the simple rule of writing
private or business notices to the editor
upon separate slips of paper. We last
week published the minutes of the Spir-
itual Grove Meeting, and after the pa
per had been issued, found that the clos
ing paragraph of the report had been
omitted because it had been written on
detached piece Of paper containing
an order for fifty copies of the New
NORTHWEST, to be charged to the So
.ciety, which order we filed away, not
noticing at the time that the subioined
portion of the report was written upon
the reverse side: 'TThe following officers
were elected to serve for the ensuing
year: Mrs. Cooley, President; Mrs. Car
ter, Vice President; Chas. r. Hanson,
Secretary Lewis Blakney, Correspond
ing Secretary; Mrs. Hendee, Treasurer.
On motion the meeting adjourned until
the 10th day of June, 1874.
"CHAs. r. HANSON, Secretary"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-31

The Lafayette Courier comes to hand
under a new editorial management.
Mr.. Upton, well known as a journalist,
has abandoned the editorial pen for the
the poultry one, and is superseded by
Messrs. Dorriss and Hembree in the
newspaper, old pupils of ours, whose
education speaks well for itself in the
gentlemanly tone and general COM
mendable style of their paper. We fear
however, that the purity which charac-
terized their first issue will fail to be
appreciated by the unwashed Democ-
racy. But we wish our young friends
the success they merit, and urge the
Republicans of Yamhill to see that they
are pecuniarily sustained in their pre-.
ent course of dignity and decency. We
also congratulate the retiring editor up
on his being able to forsake the weary
wear of mental labor for the more agree
able occupation of cultivating Bramal
chickens.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-31
REPuBLIOANS. ATTENTION /!

If your wives and mothers had had
vote in the late Congressional contest
your candidate would have been elected.
Defeat after defeat will overtake you
until you shall be compelled to arouse
from your present lethargy and say in
self-defense, "Our people shall be free"
You can see how badly your enemies
fear the work of women in politics.
They treat her just as they treated Fred
Douglass and other wise colored men in
their days of vassalage. Though they
accuse her of having q ''black skin,
woolly head, thick skin and long heels, y
they heap upon every woman, whose
character is above reproach, every vile,
filthy and prurient epithet with which
their filthy minds is gorged if she but
dares to demand her freedom. But you
Republicans are direlict in duty. You
made promises, by which you, as party
regained your present Administrations
favors, and repudiated them when YOU
got the offices. You deserve defeat anC
disaster and you will meet your deserts
until you set your trammeled.alliesf free
Now, be admonished by the defeats
that have overtaken you, we pray. AnC
remember, if you do not turn right
speedily from your present apathy in
this regard, woman, as an avenginE
Nemesis, will say of you, in shril
small voice that will hurl yon from your
fat positions forever, aye knew yOul
duty, yet didi it not!'
If Fate had not decreed that the dead
Democracy should rise no more, we
could look to that party to grasp the
oar that could speedily propel theiI
floundering boat. But no power in
heaven or earth can open the blind eyes
and unstop the deaf ears of this sleeping
dotard; and unless you, o, Republicans,
shall speedily do justice to the Constitu-
tion, to justice, to freedom and honor,
your ship will sink forever and new
party will arise, with woman's star in
the ascendant, and its reign shall be
glorious.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-31
BUSINESS LIKE.

Our stauuch Human Rights friends, J..
r. Walker and wife, at Forest Grove, are
putting their theories into practice in q
very sensible way. They have gone into
partnership in the mercantile business
with 4 fair prospect Of success. There
is one undeniable advantage in matri-
monial copartnerships which the strong
est mans rights advocate muStaeknowl-
edge, and that is that if tha husband
or wife defrauds the firm, it is all
in the family, anyway. Our young
friends, knowing this, are confident that
they will loose nothing by the dishon-
esty Of partners. Mrs. W. is neat and
tasty milIlner, and this accomplishment
will add much 10 her success as
merchant.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-31

MANS DUTY To WONGAN.-A bOve all,
let no man practice on woman, perpetu-
ally, the shameless falsehood of pretend
ing admiration and acting contempt.
Let them not exhaust their kindness in
adoring her person, and ask in return
the humiliation of her soul. Let them
not assent to her every high opinion as
if she was not strong enough to MAIN
tain it against opposition, nor yet manu-
facture opinion for her and force it upon
her by dictatiOn. Let them not cruelty
her motives, nor ridicule her frailty,
nor crush her individuality, nor insult
her independence, nor play mean jests
upon her honor in cOnvivial companies,
nor handy unclean doubts of her, as a
wretched substitute for wit; nor whis-
per vulgar suspicious of her purity,
which, rs compared with their own, is
like the immaculate whiteness of angels.
Let them multiply her social advant-
ages, enhance her dignity, minister to
her intelligence, and be manly gentle
ness, be the champions of her genius,
the friends of her fortunes, and the
equals, if they can, of their heart
I T. u. Huntingdon.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-31

CARE OF THE HANDs.-To make the
hands soft and white, one of the best
things is to wear at night large mittens
of cloth filled with wet bran or oat. IneaI,
and tied closely at the wrist, a la9y
who had the whitest, softest hands IN
the country, confessed that she had a q
great deal Of house-work to do, ana md
kept them as white as any idlers I'D, py
wearing bran mittens every night. Inc
pastes and pouItices for the face owe
most of their efficacy to their moisture,
to their protection from the air which. which
allows the new skin 10 oeeonie i1 &c eeilIsi ~;
and delicate. Oatmeal paste Is as EN-
cacious as anything, though less agree;a- g
of egg, alum aud rOse-gateri .I The 3 alum alum
astringes the flesh ana a,II,nientIy na5 Il snft
and ibe rose9water perfumes the mix
ture ana makes the eurd not so hard
HdrDe5's B0sdf.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-31

TEMPERANCE to stand for
the right in all needed reforms, and be-
lieveing that intemperance is now the
greatest curse of the nation, we cheer
fully invite all friends of temperance
to give us their aid in assisting us to
present from time to time any item OF
news or thought that will tend to rouse
up the people and prepare them no, for
the conflict that is soon to come. Inc
great curse of human slavery was soon
disposed of when the people were ready
and We deem the time near at hand
when the people will rise in their might
and summarily dispose Of the mighty
incubus that hangs over us as nation,
and dragging down 80 many to misery
and woe. Courier
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-31

The elaborate combing, brushing,
twisting, curling, braiding, putting,
crimping and winding which keeps
women's arms over their heads at the
expense of their backs for an hour or
two at q time, is much simplified by a
majority of men, who feel just as well if
they run their fingers through their hair
and call it cOmbed.
Such a "short curry" is even better
for the hair than the daily application
of dyes, pomades and sweet-scented
washes, with which fops aud dandies
insult their heads, and cultivate bald
ness. If women would invariably make
themselves presentable when they get
up in the morning, and not be in the
habit of slip-shodding it around as long
as there is no danger of somebody CALI
ing in and catching them i'm frizzled
heads, sOiled dress and general untidy
condition, it would not be such an effort
70 Keep business appointment, for,
like men, they could put on their hats
and go out without further fuss or de-
lay.-EtHi OrlOU.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-31
A PREDICTION.

One thing is certain: When we rise
out of this financial revolution, it will
be with Woman Suffrage assured. Our
mission as agitators and educators is
nearly ended. We must now take the
lead of the masses and possession of the
Government and in blood aud ReUolu-
ton establish justice and mercy-a true
Republican and Democratic Govern
ment for these United States.
HORACE II. DAY.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-31

This Tuesday, morning we start for y
visit to Olympia in the interests OF
Woman's acknowledgements. In leav-
ing the Peoples paper in the hands OF
our boys, we feel confident that we know
whom we are trusting. If our readers
miss the customary amount of editorial
and original matter for a week or two
they will, we are sure, pardon the deh-
cheney in consideration of the fact that
we shall be too busy in another direction
to do the customary amount OF writing
during our absence.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-31
Mrs. DnniMaY's Lectnre.

We listened with attention and pleas
ure to the address of Mrs. Duniway on
last Friday evening. Her subject was
"The Political Situation and the Prefer
ence of Congressional Candidates"
Her lecture was an agreeable surprise to
us, though we had not before rated Mrs.
Duuiway's ability that of mediOcrity.
IL had been many years since we listened
to lady lecturer, and we were forcibly
carried back to our school days when we
first encountered the wisdom emanating
from the pure minds and cultivated in
tellects of Mrs. l.. Y. Fowler, Mrs Mary
+. Davis, COrie l.. Scott, Emma Hard
inge and others. The soft mellow ex-
preston which emunates from the supe-
rior intuition of Mrs. Fowler and Davis
is somewhat deficient in Mrs. Duniway,
but she surpasses them i'm keen precep-
ton and logical acumen, and happy
blending of these qualities makes her a
success as lecturer. Her scathing re-
view of Nesmith; her tart criticism of
Governor Growers afternoon speech; her
comparison of Holiday and Grover in
their ambitious designs upon the State of
Oregon, all point to careful study and
an analysis of character and designs but
too little known to the great masses of
the people. Her idea of eleeting all
candidates to offices and emolument by
a direct vote of the people, is excel
lent, though by no means q new one,
and every day it impresses its immedi-
ate Importance upon the masses; and if
this idea is not soon needed this Nation
will go the way of once mighty and
prosperous Rome. All in all Mrs Duni-
ways canvass has been a success, and
Oregon need not be ashamed Of her en-
ergy or abiiity.-PrOgresSi
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-31
OHIVALRY.

We learn by the daily papers that
Bud Thompson, 4 disreputable bully
who figures somewhat noisily in obscene
journalism, visited Forest Grove on last
Sunday, in company with NJ. V. Brown,
fellow bully, and Matt. Bledsoe, a
psrdoDed Penitentiary convict. This
Bledsoe was pardoped beca use he was
needed by His Excellency, the Govern
or, to vote and work for the election Of
his associates among Federal ex-officisls
who for fear that they might commit
"bigamyn by voting for respectable Re
publicans, turned TO be Democrats and
took the OregoRiGn along with them.
Thompson, Brown, BledsOe, and another
hoOdlum named w. II. Trotter, met by
previous arrangement in Forest Grove,
and while there, these four chivalriC
bloods pounced upon Frank Myers
former editor of the Independent, and
beat him in cOwardly and brutal man,
ner, quite characteristic Of the rabble tC
which they belong.
II appears that Bud Thompson haC
rented rooms for brace or two of cour
tesans in Salem during State Fair week
and somebody wrote to Myers, inform.
ing him Of the fact, which he published
IT would have been easy to disprove
the charge, if false, as the hotel register
will show the facts, but it seems the
I;,rl, tc,,o.l Il "a. IA Mt :.
so, to appease their honor (?) this hood
lum quartette sought ont the boy that
they did not dare 10 meet where he could
have prospect for fair play, and attempt
ed to avenge their soiled reputation by
the last and only argument of men of
their ilk. The Bulletin, we are pleased
to say, speaks Of the eowardly assault
in the most manly and condemning
terms; but the Orcgonidn, since it has
become the champion for men of Matt
Bledsoe's standing and association, COM
mends the brutal Williams in its strong
est language and most exultant style.
We are no apologist for Myers. He
Is simply a reckless journalist, whose
style of pitching into everything and
everybody is far from commendable,
but as two wrongs never make one right,
we are surprised to see even the Oregon
"a" leveling itself to the plane OF these
would-be Southern bloods who think
that aspersions upon their reputation
can be atoned for or revenged with shil-
lalas.
We have risen above every idea of cor
poral punishment for personal indigni-
ties except one; and we confess that We
have been sometimes tempted to con-
slider that: If man, iutrenehed behind
the privileges OF the law which he
makes, but in which women are al
lowed no voice, so far forgets his supe-
rior advantage as to slander a woman as
Thompson, Brown and Buys so often
slander us, we are not sure but she j:
justified in ehastising the scoundre
with the rod or whip; but among mel
where equality of position and priv
leges exists, none but coward, a ruffiaI
or a bully will attempt the physical ar
gument as an antidote for his sullie'
reputation.
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PROFITS OF POULTRY. Nothing which
the farmer produces is of quicker sale
than eggs and poultry. The prices
which he receives therefrom are mainly
remunerative; the labor incurred is light
and agreeable, and can be performed by
the junior members of his family. The
poultry yard produces food which is
highly valuable and nutritious at all
seasons, and i'm this respect is hardly
equalled by any other department of the
farm. Is it not worth while then to be-
stow more care and skill in managing
poultry? Left to themselves, half their
products are often wasted, and half the
year they are nOn-iayers. In winter they
need simply warmth, light and sunshine,
clean, rOomy quarters, and plenty of
food. Every day they will pay for this.
In the summer they want range, fresh
earth, shade, water, seclusion, and pro-
lection from yermin. An abundance of
eggs and breeds of plump chickens either
for the market or the farmer own table
will result from this care. 1t is not feas-
ible to carry on the poultry business on an
enormous scale. Many have tried it and
failed; but every farmer should make "a
couple of hundred dollars worth of
their products yearly. That, at least,
can be done with profit and pleasure. 1t
is business adapted to the boys and
girls, aud they will speedily take lively
Interest in it il only proper encourage
Nment is given.-FdrpleI's Union.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-31
HORACE H.

The Benton Democrat is trying to
coax its party, in advance, to employ
us to conduct the next political cam
paign in the interest of the De-
mOcracy. Where's your respectable
Woman Suffrage candidate, brother
Head We're ready to talk for him il
you'll send him TO the front. That:
part Of our religion. But don't he Ia
too big hurry.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-31

A few days since a seedy person ap-
piled to a wealthy citizen for help, and
received the small sum of five cents.
The giver remarked, as he handed him
the pittauce, "Takeit, you are welcome;
our ears are always open to the dis
tressed" "That may be-" replied the
recipient, "but never before IN my life
have l seen so small an opening for
such large ears
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-31

Many persons destroy their window
sash endeavoring TO remove old putty.
This may be obviated by applying a hot
iron to the putty, which will then YIELD
TO the knife, and leave the sash clean.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-31

Other parties desiring 10 act Is Agents will
please forward their names. We want Agents
at every postofiice throughout oregon and
Washington Territory.
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OUR AGENTS.

The following persons are duly authorized @
act as Agents lor the NEW NORTHWEST:
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DfsDr.y sTKI-gGLE OK 4 TIGHT EoPE-oNE
CuNBATANT HUELED To TIE GROUND AND
INSTANTLY KILLED.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-06-12

THE ARLINGTON EsrArE.-The
Washington Republican corrects q
Louisville contemporary who, it says,
falls into an error when it says that the
property (Arlington1 was forfeited to
the government by the act Of General
Lee" in going into the Confederate
service. 1t is true that in a technical
and legal sense Arlington did not SO
become the. property of the United
States government, as under our con.
stltutien and laws no real estate can be
confiscated in perpstuity OF in fee, but
only during the lifetime of the owner,
and then upon trial and proper decree
of a court. The government, however,
early took possession OF the Arlington
property, and then ayailed Of the dis
credltahfe dodge Of setting. it up and
selling it for unpaid federal taxes, thus
to get ajax 1.-THE on which to hold il in
perpetuity. All subsequent: offers to
redeem it in behalf of its real owner,
Mrs. Lee, have been disregarded, and
thus this dear home Of her childhood is
not only withheld from now decrepit
old lady, but all compensation is SO far
refused her by a govcrnmnt which
claims the loyalty of herself and chill
drsn:s- All honest citizens of the re-
public are shsmed by the SPECTACLE
Bali. Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-06-12

GEN. WISE AND TIE GovERxoRsII1P.
The Norfolk Virginian contains q
long letter from Governor Wise, adj
dressed to James Barron Hope, esq,
editor Of that paper. The Governor
concludes as follows:
''If 1 thought ! could succeed in op-
position to both Of the present organi
cations of the State, I would declare
myself candidate fer the Office OF
Governor immediately, but 1 am with
cut purse and without press to con
tend with the tive already banded to
make nominations. I will not incur
the odium by running, Of electing the
one or the other. But, if either the
Conservative or Republican .Conven-
ton Will abstain from nominating a
candidate Of its own, I will, as an indie
pendent candidate oppose the noninee
of the other; | care not which abstains
or which dominates. If both conven
tions nominate / will not be candi-
date at ALL"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-06-12

The Herald speaking of the alarming
aisrespec. shown ofIate years by chill
dren for their parents, says very pc rti
hciitly and truly: 49, 49,
The peryading affection, the dutiful
Obedience and the becoming reverence
which still may be found in every coun
try in Europe, governing the lives and
conduct in everything, Of. children te
ward their parents, are passing away il
the United States. These old-fashione6
ideas Of ii4ial subordination are TOO slow
for orr fast young people.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-06-12

tered the room with piece
OF wood in his hand, and said to
Mrs. Jones, q want money" and with
the words felled her to the floor
Mrs. Do2ier cried out, s'Jim, please
don't hit me- An Immediately struck
her, and continued to strike her until
she was dead, He then locked the
doors and searched the house, but
found only Mr.! Jones pocket gbook.
lie says he bad no accempli"e; but it is
now believed that. he had. He declares
he did the murder with light wood
stick, and then put it in the fire and
burntslt. Thesstiek found was white
oak, and white oak bark was found in
the head Of Mrs. Dozier. The Jail d
strongly guarded to prevent an enrageis
public from 1ynching him:
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-06-12

The Philadelphia Ledger says, refer
ing to the announcement that the rob-
.befs who broke into the vaults :of the
Waterford Bank, New York; and
plundered it of 100000, lad been
aettled-the robbers being allowed to
retain thirty five per cent Of the plumber
and to be held free from prosecution,
''rhis sort of thing makes bank rob-
berries and bond robberies the most
lucrative and safest business going
The thieves invest no capital they
incur no risk and the returns are enor
nous, Just SO long as the system of
compromising is practieed, bank rob-
berries viii flourish The whole sys-
TEN is premium to the audacious
scoundrels who pursue that branch Of
the thieves, ''profession.