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THE WRONGS OF WOMAN.

A woman studied law in the State of
Illinois, and desired to practice. She
was refused. The case went to the Su-
preme Court of the United States, and
was decided against her. 1t was appro-
pirate that a tribunal which so re-
Gently held that Africans and their de-
scendants had no rights which white men
were bound to respect, should hold that
women have no rights which men are
bound to respect.
Women are tried by the courts if they
commit crime; why should not women
have the right to appear in their defense?
The legal profession is very profitable
one, where the necessary talent is pos
sessed by the practitioner. But men
monopolize this, as most other profitable
employments.
There is plenty of missionary work in
this direction, without going to heathen
lands. Let our own people, and especially
our courts, be christianized, and then we
can look abroad for fields of labor.
A mysterious murder was committed
in New York City recently, and woman
was mixed up in the subsequent develop.
ments.
We commend to those who deny to
woman all profitable employment, the
following, from Hearth and Home:
MAGDALENA
A woman was arrested in this city the
other day for supposed guilty knowledge
of a mysterious murder. Up to that mo-
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AN INQUIRY.
The Cincinnati Chronicle gets after the

The Cincinnati Chronicle gets after the
congressional rascals in the following
manner:
There is something additional to be
done by all M. C.'s who wish to place
themselves right on the salary grab ques-
ton, and have not found place in the
white list, by ordering their share of the
grab back into the Treasury. Up to last
night, only fourteen Congressman (four
Senators and ten Representatives. had
absolutely put the money where it will
do both themselves and the country the
most good-that is, into Mr.. Spinner's
boxes. The construction of the appro-
priation laws leaves an open door through
which to play fast and loose on this ques-
ton, that any man who is thoroughly
honest in his intentions will proceed
promptly to shut and bolt. By this con
struction the funds will remain subject to
the order of the member until June 80
1875, that is, for nearly nine months after
the next election for Congressman.
Every man who wants to be counted on
the honest side of this question will see
to it very quickly that no room is left fol
the suspicion that he is reckoning on
taking the chances of the next election
and then taking his grab after its issues
are determined. Put the plunder back
where it belongs.
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MORE PROOF.

One of the arguments used against
woman suffrage has been, that those only
who fight for their country, should have
the right to vote.
We have met this by saying that all
men over the military age, (45 years,)
and all invalids and cripples, would be
prevented from voting And again, we
have contended that if this is correct
rule, all boys between the ages of Is and
q should vote.
But women have demonstrated that
they can fight, if they cannot vote. Clay
county, Indiana, is coal and iron region
quite similar to our own. There are
many miners and other furnacemen
there. Last week the miners, who had
been on a strike, got up big riot with g
lot of negro miners who had been brought
in. The police and militia, were brought
out. All accounts state that the bes
fighters among the miners were tht
women.
Now let them vote, and hold Office
and serve on juries.
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We frequently see soldiers widow
toiling over the wash tub all day for the
sum of fifty cents. She gets from the
Government for the life which her hus-
band sacrificed his life, and made her a
widow, the magnificent sum of eight dol
lars per month.
We know a blacksmith who gave his
strong right arm in defense of the Gov
ernment, and thus was rendered totally
unable to procure living by the only
trade which he understood. He gets
$1S per month.
President Grant gets 1857 for every
week day in the year, and each member
bes of Congress gets $50 for every day
actually employed.
A soldier thus views the case:
THE SOLDIERS AND THE SALARY STEAL.
"Having read the letter of C. N. T. in
your weekly issue of April 3, also the
letter from soldier in last weeks paper,
/ cannot refrain from saying a word on
the subject. l fully concur in those SEN
timents. Where would those Congress
men have been to-day, had it not been
for the soldiers? Echo answers, Where
nose puDlIC TOODOrS VI On0 pSOpl0 ,
money, who live in ease and luxury, al
ready receiving ample pay, are not con-
tent with a large salary, and must vote
themselves more while the poor soldier
is left out in the cold, their petitions
ignored, and they shamefully insulted.
Will the soldiers of the United States let
such things be without saying a word 2
Will not their voices be heard? Wewho
once saved the Union by our bullets
must once more rally for our rights, and
with our ballots elect honest men to
office, who will work for our interests.
General Grant himself is not entirely
excusable He should have vetoed that
bill voted for him twice. still think
there are as good men in the nation as
he is. Fellow-soldiers, let us not be
cheated out of what we deserve by de
signing politicians, but remember them
when we shall again cast our votes, and
elect them to stay at home and go tC
work as we have to do now, and earn
their bread by the sweat of the brow.
GA VETERAN SOLDIER.
'BeGvertea0r, Montgomery Co., o."
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More Than One Way.

In the last issue of the STANDARD, a
remedy was given for the sanguinary
evil of intemperance. The cure proposed
was to be effected by permitting women
to vote, hold Office, and serve on juries.
Give woman q voice in the matter, and
without a doubt, the ravages of the
gigantic curse would be shortly checked.
There would be less paupers less crimi-
nails, and more kind husbands, good
fathers, promising sons, and noble citi-
zens in our country. If women had the
power there would be great political
and social reform. They would vote for
Prohibition almost to imam" But can
not our philanthropic men save our
noble-hearted women the trouble of
going to the polls, holding Office, and
serving on juries, by voting Prohibition
If the men only vote right the demon,
intemperance can be subdued without
the aid of the women. The two old
political parties have about run their
race. They have nothing but past
achievements to live upon. We predict
that the day is not far distant. when the
Prohibition party will be predominant.
God speed the day. The condition of
society and Gods word demand that the
State make and enforce law prohibiting
the sale of Intoxicating drink as a bever-
age 1t was once a question in the minds
of the people as to the practicability of
| legislation, but the Maine law has fully
indicated the possibility of its enforce
ment If we had the right legislation,
and penalty of the proper magnitude
and intensity, then our dram-shops would
close out very rapidly. 1t is said that,
drinking can not be entirely prohibited" "
Neither can stealing; but who would
want the law against stealing made void.
1t is said that, "our laws are good enough" "
The following is an epitome of the Ohio
laws.
L Intoxicating liquors shall not be
sold and drank where purchased.
2. They shall not be sold to q minor
3. They shall not be sold to a habitual
drunkard
f. They shall not be sold nearer than
four miles of a camp meeting.
5. They shall not be sold on election
days.
6. Women have the privilege of suing
the dramsellers for damages.
The above are good laws say few.
What if our theft laws read after the
same manner. Would they be consid-
cred good2 They would read something
like the following:
l. You shall not steal anything to be
used on the premises where stolen.
2. You shall not steal the property of a
minor.
3. You shall not steal from person
already made destitute by theft.
4. You shall not steal property within
four miles of camp meeting.
o. You shall not steal on the day of
elections
=. You shall not steal from a woman
who has been ruined by theft; if you do
the penalty will be few hundred dollars
damage.
Such prohibitary laws against larceny,
as the above, are just as our laws against
the liquor traffic. The amendment of
1870 gives the women an opportunity to
collect damage after the husband has
become confirmed drunkard, but not
before. After the habit is formed, her
man ruined, then the law is of advantage.
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DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.

At Colfax, Grant Parish Louisiana, a
lot of white Democrats attacked the ne
groes. The latter took refuge in the
Court House. The building was burned
and as the fugitives came out, one hun
dred of them were butchered by the
white christians. The Democratic papers
of course will justify this massacre, and
the n. Y. Tribune leads off in lying edi-
torial, half justifying its Democratic al
lies. The fact that only one white man
is even claimed to have been killed,
shows who were the aggressors.
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The Chillicothe Advertiser, Democrat
ic,) had an article week before last in IA
vor of John T. Wilson for Governor, but
last week, when speaking of those Con-
gressmen who refused to accept their
share of the plunder, the Advertiser was
constrained to say:
We regret to miss the name of Farm
er" John T. Wilson from the last meagre
list, especially as he is classed among
those innocent of voting for or being res
ponsible for the "steal" He must re-
member that he who receives the stolen
article is as bad as the thief. We nailed
his colors to our mast as our candidate
for the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor, in our last number, but we shall
have to reconsider the matter unless be-
fore the meeting of the Convention we
learn that he has washed his hands OF
| this miserable business.
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James Effort, manager of Hunnewell
Furnace, Kentucky, and one of the
stockholders of the Greenup Independent,
died recently. He was son of Sebastian
Effort, well known in Scioto county. Sc
bastian Effort was founder at Bloom Fur
mace more than thirty years ago. He
married Rachel Jackson, daughter of
VIM Jackson, of Bloom township. They
resided in Jackson for short time some
eighteen years ago. Mr.. Effort has been
a resident of Kentucky for some years
and built Harrison and Boone Furnaces
He was loyal during the war, and suffered
great loss at the hands of the rebels. We
believe he held the Office of Colonel ir
the Union army. James was his second
son, and was born at Bloom Furnace
Dec. 6, 1874. He was a man of excellen
character, and good business qualifca
tiona He was Mason, and his funera
was conducted by that Order.
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April II, 1873
DARTITIoN NOTICE.

Rebeca Barton, of Jackson county, Ohio, Mary
Ferrel and William Ferrel, and Sarah p, Bar
ton, q minor, of Vinton county, Ohio, Will take
notice that petition was filed against them on
the 18th day of April, A. d. 1873 In the Court OF
Common Pleas, within and for the county OF
Jackson, in the state of Ohio, by jeremiah
Barton, and is now pending, wherein said Jere-
miah Barton demands partition of the follow-
ing real estate, situate in the county of jackson
and state of Ohio, to-wit;
The southwest quarter of the northwest
quarter of section number twenty-nine, of town
ship number seven, of range number nineteen,
and that at the next term ofsaid court, the said
jeremiah Barton Will apply for an order that
partition may be made of said premises.
JEREMIAH BARTON.
James Tripp, Atty. for petitioner.
April II, lS73-0w
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THE SALARY GRAB DEFENDED


upon the Tribune responds as follows:
THE SALARY GRAB DEFENDED.
Stealing without any justification what
ever is very rare. There are always ex-
tenuating circumstances. If nothing
else, there is the plea of unequal and un-
just distribution of property, which the
pick-pocket and highwayman are trying
in their way to equalize and adjust.
There are two sides to questions of theft
and motives for the same, and a jury may
be entertained with the ingenuity of
counsel without accepting the theory of
the defense The letter, published on
our eighth page, upon 'The Other Side"
of the Salary Grab is a clever statement
in behalf of the poor gentlemen at the
bar of public opinion, and quite vigor-
Gus denunciation of the Infamous news
paper correspondents who have created a
prejudice in the case.
1t would be waste of words to reply
to the argument. The people, whether
justly or unjustly, have made up their
minds upon the subject and given judg-
ment upon their instructive sense of pro-
priety and honesty. They may not have
| given sufficient consideration to nice le-
gal and constitutional points; but they
have considered the facts, and without
the aid of newspaper correspondents, de-
cided that the men who took $5, 600
apiece out of the National Treasury, upon
the pretext that it was back pay, are not
honest. But, after all, the conclusive
answer to the whole argument is that not
one of the skulking politicians who pock-
eted this money would have dared defend
or advocate it before election; and there
is not one of them who would not have
howled himself red in the face with de-
nunciation off whoever should have
charged before election that there was
the remotest possibility of such action.
That is the common sense test of the
quality of the transaction. They did af-
ter they came into power what they nev-
er would have dared confess beforehand
that they intended.
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An organization of shoemakers in Gin
cinnati known as Crispins, are on a
strike. They beat to death one of their
number who went to work contrary to
their plans. The boot and shoe manu-
facturers met and passed resolutions to
have nothing to do with this organization,
but to employ whom they please to do
their work. An inquest is being held
on the body of the murdered man, and it
is likely the murderers will be brought to
Justice, unless they leave the country.
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The Cincinnati C1ronicIe saws

Hon. Samuel Shellabarger has never
taken the back-pay, and will not have it.
Hon. John Cobrun, of Indiana, is anoth-
er of the same sort. And Hon. 6. A.
Finkelnberg, of Missouri, is another.
The white list is quite respectable already,
and growing. The truth is that many
members, like Mr.. Shellabarger, have so
quietly done their duty in this matter
that the public are but just beginning to
find them out. It is not too late for
members who have actually taken the
steal to disgorge. AS to the increase for
the future it is now evident that mem.
bers of the new Congress will have to re
cord their votes on the question of re-
pealing the salary increase.
And the following from the GAINESVILLE
Courier is on the same subject:
ANOTHER HONEST CONGRESSMAN.
The whole country has reason to be
proud of Sam. Shellabarger. Like Gen.
eral Hawley and few others we might
name, he is man, every inch of him.
Concerning his action in connection with
the salary steal, the Springfield Republic
has the following: "He has not drawn q
dollar of it-and we venture the opinion
that he never will, except to pay it back
into the Treasury. Mr.. Shellabarger is
one of not very large class of public
men who may be relied upon to do the
right thing at the right time, without
any assistance or suggestion from news
papers or politicians,
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Mrs. Rebecca Chapman of GAINESVILLE
has brought suit against E. Merkle and
twelve other saloon-keepers, for selling
Intoxicating liquors to her husband. She
lays her damages at one hundred and
thirty thousand dollars. Her husband,
Samuel Chapman, is prominent lawyer
of GAINESVILLE.
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Because a few ignorant savages who
had been cheated and outraged beyond
all endurance by white men murdered
two men who were trying to arrange mat
ters with them, the whole country de-
mands vengeance; but hundred ne
groes are murdered in Louisiana,
without any provocation, only
that they were not white men, and no
demand is made for the punishment of
the murderers.
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Divine Revelation says "Woe to him that
giveth his neighbor drink" God is with
US, who then can be against us. Pro-
hibitionists, lift your banners. and
onward march your country to save. Do
not be discouraged. Does a man pluck
ripe fruit the same year he plants his
orchard?
Now is the time our votes are most
needed. We are progressing. The first
vote polled in Ohio was 600. The sec
ond-in 1872, ,8S6, and in 187l-it was
1890 The first vote polled in Jackson
county was 2, the second 7, and the third
800 Hurrah for our county. She is
certainly making progress. The people
are all ready and willing to assist in
destroying the abominable evil in our
land, and when they become fully con-
vinced that legislation is the true way
then they will vote Prohibition. Re-
member that, "the nations that forget
God shall utterly perish" We should
vote according to our honest convictions
of duty. W. SCoTT.
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NJ OF &c E

=
Is hereby given that for want of time to make
proper survey, and procure the right of way,
and Tor other reasons, the order made by the
County Commissioners of jackson county, Ohio
February 2l, 1873, and notice published under
the same, relating TO letting the work, &C., for
the construction of q RAILROAD through said
county, under the special election for that pur-
pose, held in said county January 30, 1873, are
hereby cancelled and set aside and the letting
Of said work is postponed until again adveT-
tised.
BY order OF the Commissioners of Jackson
county, Ohio.
]. r. BOOTH,
April "a, 1s7S-it County Auditor.
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ILL-GoTTEN PRIzE-MoNEY.

lLL-GOTTEN PR1ZE-MONEY.
Mr. R. B. Roosevelt, member of Con-
gress from this city, has offered to the
Board of Education the back pay which
was voted to him and the other members.
1t amounts to "a, 500, and he proposes to
the Board to accept the money and in
vest it, the interest to be applied to the
distribution of prizes among the best
scholars of the public schools. We do
not know what action the Board has
taken on this remarkable proposition,
and we trust that they will deliberate
with some caution before they adopt the
suggestion. There is a moral in the mat
| ter.
| That ''back pay" was little better than
robbery of the public treasury. The
moral sense of an enlightened people,
which is rarely at fault, has, with unex-
ampled unanimity, set its seal of condem-
nation upon this action of Congress.
Mr.. Roosevelt voted against the measure.
That is to his credit. If he has moral
right (his legal right is unquestioned) to
draw this money from the treasury, he
has both moral and legal right to keep it.
But if the act is intrinsically wrong then
his giving the money to a charitable OBJ
iect does not Justify him in taking money
that ought not to be in his hands at all
The money belongs of right to the people
of the United States-it was improperly
voted away by Congress, some of the
members thought so at the time, and
said so by their votes. They surely can
not consistently take the money, after
having said by their votes that they
ought not to receive it. And if they dC
so receive it, by no means would we have
the boys of the city stimulated to dill
gence by the offer of prizes derived from
such fund. 1t would forever perpetu
ate the fact that the Con oress of the Uni
; President, voted themselves "back pay
and while a few declined to receive ii
J the most of them had no scruples, ant
: some of them, after taking it, gave
: away, and out of this ill-gotten pay thes
prizes were purchased That is not
l good lesson for the boys. The Board Q
Education will do well to decline tn
proposition.
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On Wednesday evening of last week
the residence of Thomas Lavelle, in
Macarthur was struck by lightning, and
Mrs. Lavelle was killed, and Mr.. LaYelle
and his nephew were stunned and in
jured. The house took fire, but the
neighbors coming in saved it.
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There was battle at the Lava Beds,
California, last week. between the United
States troops and the Modoc Indians,
and some half dozen were killed and a
dozen wounded on each side. Capt.
Jack and his party escaped, but Scar
Faced Charley was killed and scalped
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The election of Harvey Wells to the
Constitutional Convention from Vinton
county will be contested, on the ground
that he is resident of Jackson county,
having voted here at the railroad cleo
ton, on the goth of January. Testimo-
ny is to be taken before B. F. Smith, j.
P. of Lick township, and G. w. Whit
man, J. P of Milton.
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We did not receive the Columbus Jour
nal on last Wednesday and Thursday, but
on Friday at noon the Journal for
Wednesday came up on the train from
PortsY7oo ol1th
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We have received the first number of
the Ironton C0mmercial published by
Lewis P. Ort. practical printer, lately of
the Ironton Journal 1t is edited by DIR.
B. F. Cory, man of ability
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DHsIRABLE LANDS ron SALE.

l have three farms for sale, one containing so
ing l6e acres. The lands are near the town of
JACKSON, and havea commanding view OF town,
sa la W VIII ne sold on long payments, If purcha-
=, For Or f9Tthsr particulars, inquire at the STAN
Nov. 2e, T2-tf THOMAS NJ JONES
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Let those who were too cowardly to
steal, but who are mean enough to pock-
ct part of the 'swag, read the following:
AN INQUIRY.
To the Editor of the Cincinnati Gazette:
Hon. VIM. Holman, member of Con-
gress from this district, voted uniformly
against the plundering of the United
States Treasury by the guardians thereof
Can you tell whether or not Mr.. Holman
took the fruits of this grand robbery? If
he 'eat of the stolen fruit, is he not as
guilty as those who did the stealing2
Has he returned his portion of the
plunder to the United States Treasury Z
SWITZERLAND Co., IND.
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