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WOMEN. HAVE A CARE !

Often while the harvest of this most
bountiful year is being gathered into
the granaries, we find our thoughts turn
ing with sympathy towards the humid
reds OF women throughout the State,
who, for lack of needed help, are daily
Overtasking their strength in way that
would be criminal, did they not consider
IL unavoidable. We have vivid, but
not very pleasing remembrance OF di-
vers and sundry harvests now quietly
sleeping i'm the bosom of the past, and
from these recollections, and the depths
of our own experience, we would warn
women, especially women in the first
years of their motherhood, to be care
full OF their strength and and vitality, as
by the abuse of either, they lay the
foundation for legion of miseries for
themselves, puny constitutions for their
offspring, and general discomfort for
their households. The judicious ex-
penditure of few dollars for help dur
ing the weeks OF harvest, will be repaid
an hundred fold in the personal comfort
that will accrue to the family from hav-
ing the wife and mother healthful, fresh
and good-uatured.
Men are often not SO much TO blame
as some suppose, in that their wives are
left to bear the accumulated drudgery OF
kitchen work insepaable from harvest
time without help. The neglect To pro-
vide help for the house, the same as for
the field, is the result more frequently OF
thoughtlessness than of selfishness or
stinginess, and women should them
selves see to this matter, and if neces-
sary, insist upon having a stout country
lass, or, if this is impossible, "heathen
Chinee" to help prepare the food for the
score of hungry hArvesters, whose an
nual raids leave the farmers wives al
most universally y worn out i'm body, and,
per consequence, nervous and irritable.
See to it, women, that you do not un-
dertake this additional toll without
necessary help to enable you to come
through the harvest of this year, with
as little permanent discomfort as do
your husbands. And for this righteous
saving of your life forces "your chill
dren shall rise up and call you blessed
your husbands also, and they shall praise
you"
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responsible for The excrescence exist

is responsible for the excrcsecnce exist
ing there.
Sunday morning we concluded our
course Of lectures by q discourse upon
temperance. There is but one saloon
here, and its proprietor is its best custo-
mer. He thinks a lady is very much
out of her sphere as lecturer, and signs
for the good old times when a man
might get drunk without opposition.
There are three temperance societies in
Dallas, all well patronized by women.
Went by stage on Sunday afternoon
to Lafayette, thirty miles distant,
where, weary with constant toll, we
rested until Monday evening, when we
were met by a large and deeply atten-
tive audience, who listened for an hour
and half TO discourse upon "Mar-
riage."
1t was coincidence worth mention
ing that just twenty-one years had
passed away since we were married in
that town, and now we appeared before
them, after an experience of nearly a
quarter of century, in response to their
invitation, to address them upon this
vital question, concerning which such
experience had, as We hoped, fitted us to
speak with some degree of wisdom.
1t was a season never to be forgotten
by US or any one of the large audience
present. Strange that it should have
happened so.
But this letters length admonishes us
to stop right here, lest We weary the
reader. \. J. ID.
Lafayette, August 1, 1871.
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PROGRESS.
, E1rron OF THE NEw NORTHWEST:

To TN EuIToR OF THE NEW NORTHWEST:
From the following paragraph, clipped
from TIE Buffalo, y. V, Commercial, of
July 23nd, 1874, you will see, and your
numerous readers may learn, how fast
and how far Woman Suffrage is spread
ing. Both hemispheres have caught the
contagion.
The list OF the names o. eighteen thousand
women, which were attiche TO the memorial
for Woman Suffrage, that was lately presented
70 Mr.. Disraeli, was headed by Florence Night
ingale, followed by Harriei Martineau, Mary
Carpenter, Lady Aun Gore Langton, Miss
Francis Power C5bbe, Miss Thackeray, and
Miss Anna Swanwick.
Then so on, good lady, in your labor
of love. The morning sun will soon
arise and shine on that delightful day,
when the entire sisterhOOd of humanity
will be clothed with their God-given
rights, aud enjoy them freely and fully.
o. S. PHELPS.
Portland, August 3d. 1871.
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TEMPERANCE MEETING.

The Friday evening meetings Of the
Prayer League still continue, and,
though the attendance is not large, the
members OF the League do not seem to
be discouraged. We are Informed that
they have now concluded to ,Cork as
well as pray, aud, i'm pursuance of this
resolution, have sent petitions for Local
Option to various portions of the State,
have made arrangements for their Wig
orous circulation, and ordered them TO
be in vt headquarters by the 18th. 1t is
hoped and believed that such a formid-
able array of names will be secured, as
to entitle the petition to the earnest and
careful consideration OF the coming Leg
lslature.
The meeting was held on Saturday OF
last week, instead of the usual evening,
and the change, together with numer-
Gus attractions elsewhere, caused the
audience to be quite small. The exer-
cises were, however, interesting, the
meeting being addressed by several
strangers, among whom was Mrs. Addie
L. Ballou, the popular lecturer. Sew
eral members of the League also made
some well-timed and pleasing remarks.
We wish for this League abundant sue
cess in all practical endeavors to abro-
gate the evils resulting from intemper-
ance. Meeting again next Friday even
ing. A general and cordial invitation
is extended to all who take an interest
in the cause to be present at these meet
inCe
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The City Attorney Of East Portland
has prepared an ordinance similar to
the famous or Infamous one passed by
our City Council, prohibiting women
from engaging i'm a business which is
made honorable and easy for men to
pursue. Everybody knows that this
ordinance is dead letter in this city;
IN fact, it is scarcely supposed that it
was ever expected or intended TO be en-
forced; 1t was merely given as sort Of
sugar plum to the ladies of the Temper
anee Alliance. The East Portland ef-
fort was referred to the Committee on
Health and Police.
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The Vice Presidents of the State Asso-
citation in the several counties should
see TO it that our petitions to the Legis-
lature are vigorously circulated, and
also that they are returned by the first
of September to the Corresponding Sec
retary, Miss V. Olds, at McMinnville.
It is necessary to act with promptness
in this matter, not trusting too much to
others, each acting as if only in his own
exertiOns lay the victory.
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FRIDAY..................AUGUsT !, 1874.
EXBOUTIYE COMMITTEE O.s.W.s.A,

The members OF the Executive COM
mirtee of the Oregon State Woman Suf-
frage Association, are requested to meet
at the residence of Hon. o. B. Gibson,
in this city, on Friday, August l4th, at
5 o'clock p. NJ. The object of the meet
ing being 10 perfect arrangements for
the special session of the State Associa-
tIon at Salem in September, it is par
ticularly desirable that full board be
in attendance.
By order Of the President.
Portland, August 6, 1874.
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Brother Gales '1ittle sister, comes to
his aid in the last issue Of the Echo,
and after the manner of little children,
diseourses very nonsensically upon
Temperance and Woman Suffrage"
There is a rule for the government of
children which, if duly enforced, would
prevent these little ones from striving
so hard to be heard.
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Anna Dickinson is said to be writing
the story Of her life, and it is added that
hundreds Of young fellows In various
parts of the country are earnestly be-
seeching her to "say nothing about that
matrimonial proposition Of mine"
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Mrs. Duniway has been absent for the
past three weeks on a canvassing and
lecturlng tour through the counties Of
Yamhill and Polk. She returned TO
this city on Wednesday, where she will
probably remain few days for needed
rest. She reports hospitable people,
splendid crops, and gratifying progress
Of the cause In the localities visited.
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1t may be well to ponder over the
fact that one out OF every four hundred
men in Massachusetts is In the State
Prison.
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The Wolrerie Clipper of Cedar Rapids,
Mich, has for its motto, Equal Laws,
Equal Rights, Equal Suffrage, without
distinction Of Sex, Color, or Caste"
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STAY OF EXECUTION.


Seldom indeed has n criminal received
the public sympathy that has been be-
slowed upon Thomas Gerrand, the
youthful prisoner now lying under sem
tence of death at Salem. lie was found
guilty of murder in the first degree, at
the June term of the Circuit Court, and
that hideous relic of barbarism, which
the laws of our State still endorse, the
death sentence, was passed upon him,
the l4th Of August being the day fixed
for the execution of the same.
In the meantime, the friends of hu-
manity have not been idle, and several
petitions numerously signed have been
presented to the Governor, setting forth
the youth of the prisoner, and various
circumstances connected with the com
initial Of his dreadful crime, in consid-
Grafton of which His Excellency is
prayed to commute the terrible decree
to life imprisonment.
The Governor, after careful considera-
ton of the matter, refuses thus TO inter
pose his clemency in behalf Of the
doomed boy. His counsel, however,
have not abated their efforts i'm his be-
half, and upon bill of exceptions signed
by His Honor Judge Bonham, being
filed, His Exeellency granted a stay OF
execution until Oct. 2nd, to allow an ap-
peal TO the Supreme Court, which con-
venes in Salem in September.
1t is hoped that the decision by the
lower Court will be reversed, and a
new trial ordered. We submit the fol-
lowing copy of the order Of the Cover
nor for stay of execution:
STATE OF OREGON,
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
SALEM, August I, iS7f
To His Honor B. +. Bonham, Judge OF the Cir
cult Court OF the Third judicial District, in
and for the county OF Marion:
Whereas, upon Bill Of Exceptions allowed
a; Chambers by His Honor, the Judge Of said
Court. in the case OF the State OF Oregon versus
Thomas Gerrand, tried upon an Indictment Tor
murder in the first degree, at the June term OF
said Court, lS5i, and OF said charge convicted
and sentenced TO execution on the 18th day OF
August, 1874, and upon the perfection OF an
appeal TO the supreme Court Of the State oi
Oregon in said cause, an application has been
made by petition TO suspend the execution oi
the sentence in said cause, until said appeal
may be heard before the Supreme Court afore-
said.
Now, Therefore, !, l. +. Grover. Governor OF
the State OF Oregon, do hereby order and direct
that the warrant Of execution in said cause be-
suspended from said fourteenth day Of August
4. D., 1874, until Friday, the end day OF October
a. D., lS5i, and that hereupon proceedings be
had according 10 law. l. r. GROVER.
Public sentiment will soon demand
that the law enforcing the death PEN
atty he stricken from our statute books
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IUIIaW " EEhS.
Assistant Secretary of State
PROCLAMATION.
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department, :
New Orleans, July "a, lS74.3
Whereas, during the night of the ninth of july
1874, on the Bayou Pierre road, in the parish Of
Caddo thirteen miles from the city of Shreveport
one MANUEL MUNOS, an industrious and unoffend.
ing Spaniard was called from his bed and cruelty
murdered in cold blood by body of armed and
mounted men. claiming to belong to the socalled
White League of Caddo parish, on the false pre-
text that he had been carrying arms to negroes
Whereas these same men subsequently proceeded
to rob the widow and fatherless children of the
said Nunez of all the money and valuables they
possessed, leaving them in state of sickness and
utter restitution; and whereas such crimes are a
disgrace to the State or community which toler-
ates them or permits them to 60 unpublished;
Now, therefore, /, William Pitt Kellogg, Cover
nor of the State Of Louisiana, with view if pos
sible of bringing the perpetrators of this outrage
to justice. and of preventing the repetition of
such crimes in the future, do issue this, my
DOLLARS for such evidence shall lead to the
arrest and conviction of the said murderers, any
of them.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State
hereto attached this twenty-fourth day of july in
the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-four, and of the independence OF
the United States the ninety-ninth.
WILLIAM P. KELLOGG.
BY the Governor:
WILLIAM WEEKS,
Assistant Secretary of State. jy25
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A MISAPPLIED TERM,

The Bulletin speaks of Governor Kel-
log and Marshal Packard as 'earpet bag
GERS" How long does it take for a man
to outlive that term. and under what cir
cumst ances can he be considered, accord
ing to the Bulletin, entitled to certificate
of citizenship?
Gov rnor Kellogg has resided in this
State for more than ten years, has become
the owner of real estate, and pays taxes
thereon, both in the city and country.
Marshal Packard has lived here quite as
long; has married Southern woman, and
enriched the population to the full extent
permitted by nature and by law-twins be-
ing exceptional and not required of any
one. Now we submit if length ofresidence,
if accumulation Of property in the form
of real estate, if marrying and raising a
family-if all these things do not argue
Identification with the interests of the
State and exempt man from the accusa-
ton of carpet-bagism, what will? A car
pet-bagger is man without means, or
regular occupation, apolitical adventurer,
ready to fit at moments warning, and
having no ties in the community strong
enough to Withstand political defeat.
To apply the term to good citizens at
tached to the State by property and family
ties is worse than unjust, it is foolish.
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DEPARTMENT OF IMPROVEMENTS,
New Orleans July 8. 1874.
CEALED PROPOSALS, ADDRESSED TO THK
y undersigned, will be received at this office un.
til 10 A. NJ. MONDAY, August 10, 1874 for the cree.
ton of buildings and machinery for q draining
chine at the lake end of Upperline canal.
consolidated bonds, drainage SERIES at par, at the
option of the City Council.
The city reserves the right to reject any or all
bids
Proposals to be accompanied by plans and speci.
fications, both general and in detail. The prOpO
sails to state the price of the machinery, including
boilers engines pumps foundations and buildings
total height Of lift, force BOTH to be seven.
teen feet also to state the quantity of fuel
sary for the discharge OF q certain quantity OF
water in given time.
Machinery to have capacity of 100000 gallons
per hour to be of durable character, and in all
respects first class
Buildings to be of iron, good design. well VENT.
lated. and constructed in a substantial manner.
Work to commence in sixty days following adj
Indication of contract and complete in five months.
The work will be located Immediately inside of
the northwest angle OF the lake embankment at
it's intersection with the west or upper embank-
ment.
Aplan showing arrangement for pump, engines
and boilers can be seen at the Office Of the City
Surveyor but bidders will not be confined to any
particular class of pumping machinery.
are required to deposit with the Administrator of
Finance as evidence of their intention to abide by
the adjudication the sum Of $2500 in cash, which
shall be forfeited to the city In case of failure to
sign the contract
Bidders to whom the contract is not awarded
shall have their deposits returned to them the
day the adjudication is made.
No bid will be received unless accompanied
certifying that the required cash deposit has been
made.
Bids to be Endorsed Proposals for Draining
iv9 td JAMES LEWIS Administrator
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A GOOD SIGN.

The "discord'' among the Republicans
of this city, over which those unfriendly
to Rep ublicanism are rejoicing SO bolster
ously, is rather apparent than real. 1t is
nothing more than friendly struggle for
supremacy in the approaching State
convention, sign of robust vitality,
the possession of a belligerent spirit now
manifesting itself by struggles among it's
own members, but which, when the hour
Of battle comes, will vent it's force in the
achieving of victory. It is like the
friendly tournaments by which the knights
of chivalry exercised themselves in war
like accomplishments, acquiring in mimic
fights that skill and prowess in arms which
afterward helped them to success and
glory on the field Of battle. These
"discords" are likewise a sign that
the Republican party is composed
of self-a citing individuals who have minds
and opinions Of their own, and are not a
mere herd driven hither and thither by
party leaders. Those who look on, hoping
that the triumph of either Of the tempo
rarily conflicting parties will afford any
advant age to the foe, will find themselves
greatly mistaken when the great day
election day-comes on, and they see the
Republican hosts marching in solid
phalanx to the polls, with banners flying,
drums beating and bands playing-no
matter whom the candidates may be, no
matter which side carries their point
"see the conquering heroes come"
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NORTHERN LOUISIANA.

A number Of gentlemen are now in this
city from the northern part of this State,
and they all concur in representing most
threatening condition of affairs there. A
large body of armed men, mounted on
horses, recently appeared in the town of
Natchitoches and demanded the resigna-
ton of all public officers, and the demand,
we understand, was complied with in many
instances. It is said the same demand
has been made in Shreveport and other
places where Republicans hold Of
fee, but with what success we have
been unable to learn. The movement
seems to be a preconcerted one to
wrest by violence the control from Repub-
ican hands of those parishes in Northern
Louisiana bordering on Texas and Arkan-
sas, with a view Of transferring them to
Democratic control; and there is good
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"a WORD TO FOREIGN CITIZENS. .

Under the above caption the Bulletin
attempts to make political capital with
citizens of foreign birth by misrepresent-
ing the tone and purport of section twenty
of the registration law. Unfortunately
for the success Of its unfair attempt, it re-
published the clause in question. We
will initiate it, and likewise invite the at
tention of all intelligent men, whether
"foreign born or otherwise, to its pro-
visions:
SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, etc., That
every person of foreign birth Claiming a
right to be registered shall, in addition to
the proof Of residence, prove that he has
been naturalized, conformably to the laws
Of the United States, and as evidence there
Of he shall produce q certificate of natural.
izsticn under the seal of the court in which
the naturalization took place, duly attested
by the clerk Of the court, in his own proper
hand writing, and shall prove by the oath
of two qualified electors of the election
precinct that he Is the person named in the
said certificate, and the person to whom it
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was issued, and shall further answer
upon oath to the satisfaction OF the
| supervisor or assistant supervisor OF
registration before whom the said Ger.
| tificates may be produced, when and
where he was born, and when and where
he obtained the certificate, and from
whom; and the said certificate shall not De
evidence that the person presenting 1t Is a
naturalized citizen unless his answers be
consistent with the facts certified and the
proof OF his identity be satisfactory to the
supervisor or assistant supervisor OF regis
tration, and upon such proof being made to
the satisfaction of the supervisor or assls-
tant supervisor of registration, but not
otherwise, he shall register the name OF the
claimant on the registration book, and shall
stamp or write on the said certificate OF
naturalization the word registered with
the number and precinct OF the ward or
parish and the date Of registry and add
thereto his official signature.
What is there in this to which any good
citizen need object What is there in it
more than has always formed portion Of
every law regulating registration in some
form or other ever since registration laws
have been in use What is there in it
harder than native born citizens have
to endure? Are they not required, no
matter how well known to the whole COM
munity, no matter if every man they meet
at the polls can call them by name, tell
their age and birthplace, and date OF
citizenship, are they not required to bring
their registration papers to the polls; and
before getting such papers to satisfy the
supervisors or assistant supervisors, should
any doubt arise, that they are entitled to
them? Surely foreign born citizens are
satisfied to enjoy the same privileges as
those accorded to native born.
The assumption, moreover, that the
Republican party is anxious to throw diff
ficulties in the way of foreign born citi
zens in their exercise of the right of suf-
frage, on the ground that such citizens
are not likely to vote the Republican
ticket, is totally unwarranted and even
absurd. The Republican party invites to
its support citizens Of all classes, and ex-
poets support from among all. 1t would
never be guilty of the stupidity OF cutting
off from itself the assistance of large and
important class of citizens by an unjust
legal enactment.
This would be veritable Dogberry-
ism indeed. No; under the new registra-
ton law there is no invidious distinction
of class; nothing that any honest citizen,
in the lawful exercise of the right of
suffrage, need object to. Men who carry
dead mems papers may indeed find it
awkward to evade its provisions The
law is and ought to be a scourge to offend
ers, but it will be found in the working
that good men and true will experience
no annoyance under these cautionary pro-
visions.
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reason for believing that the Ku Klux
Democracy of Texas and Arkansas-now
known as White Leaguers-are actively
engaged in this outrage upon the peace
and dignity of Louisiana. There seems
to be deep-seated determination to over
throw, by violent means, Republican gov
eminent in Louisiana it may posi-
bly, be contaminated should the national
government determine to remain silent
witness to these outrages upon the consti-
tuition and laws of the country and upon
the rights of individuals.