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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-24
Women in Literature.
ITO be continued.l

We must not commit the mistake of
looking only forward for progress; let
US turn backward a glance over the
broad field of literature and note the ad-
vancement of women in the world of
letters during but third of a century,
and we cannot fail to observe the most
astonishing evidences of its sure ad-
vancement. We will bring to our aid
in this retrospection the observations of
Mrs Duffey, a lady of Vineland, n. j.,
who edited the Woman's Congress by
an interesting treatise upon the subject.
She says:
We do not know that the thing is do
ing, until we are enabled to look back,
and perceive that it is done. The process
has been evolution, instead of revolu-
tiOn. So it has been with women's in
duction into literature. Through all
the ages, exceptional women have been
poets, historians, and novelists. But il
we look back only for thirty years, we
will realize that it is only in our own
generation that women have obtained a
recognized and thoroughly respected
position in literature. The term of blue
stocking, applied to all women who
used the pen, did not lose its sting until
a very recent period. And it was more
than hinted that such women not only
had ink-blacked fingers, uncombeC
hair, and slip-shoG feet, but that they
must necessarily be neglectful of al
recognized wOmanly duties.
Thirty years ago there were two ol
three women editors in the world. To
day there are scores of them, while re-
porters and special correspondents of the
same sex are like the daisies of the fielC
for multitude. Thirty years ago there
| were few Indifferent novels produced
by women in England; scarcely one il
this country. Mrs. Radcliffe and Mrs
Behn may be taken as types of th'
women novelists of a still remoter gen
Grafton. To-day the novelists in Amer
lea and England can be told off, consid
ering not only numbers, but excellence
a woman for man, man for a woman
| through the whole list; while GeOrg
Eliot, man in name and woman il
nature, stands supreme over them all.
The field of literature is conquered 70
women. There are no longer bars or OBJ
structions of any sort in the way.
woman who has anything to say,
! privileged to say it; and if it is wOrtl
hearing, the world will lend an atten
| tive ear.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-24

and John are two persons, despite the
fiction that law has professed to make
you one. And you can no more sue
cessfully lay plans for John to carry out
than he can so lay them for you. Book
life is one thing and real life another, as
books go. So lay aside your romantic
notions, and let US be sensible. Sup
pose you emigrate to a new country,
like California, or Oregon, or Nevada,
and begin your life out there?"
"You might as well say, Suppose you
engage cabin passage to JUPITER auntie.
The very idea is absurd. We have no
money, no outfit, and John has no en-
terprise."
"Edna, will not allow you to dis
parage your husband under my roof
You have no right to speak i'll of him
A lady would not do it,
Edna would have retorted, but she
could not afford it. She had nowhere
else to go, and could not risk being
turned out of doors, so she hung her
head and burst into tears.
81 am going away for few days."
continued Aunt Judy, land L want you
to promise me that you will not be un-
reasonable with John. He is not over
strong in the upper story, but he means
to be good, as far as he knows, and you
must encourage him."
"How cau 1, auntie, when 1 am so
utterly discouraged myself ?"
'Thats for you to learn, my child.
Now keep brave heart. When 1 re-
turn-now mind, you're not to whisper
this to JOhn-a way will open for you
to go to California"
80, auntie! Do you think so ?"
81 know it, child. And now, remem-
ber! You must be considerate with
John. He's just as much at sea as you
are. A little adversely will do you both
good. You mustn't reproach him. No
man will bear reproaches from his wife.
You must make the best of your bar
gain. That will insure harmony, with
out which you had better be dead"
''If aOishing would kill me, I'd be dead
this minute ~ said Edna, impetuously.
(Which is very foolish and very, very
wicked" said Aunt Judy, sadly. "You
have a long life before you, and you
have the talent and power to make it a
very useful one. To want to die because
you find yourself unprepared to live, is
thought wholly unworthy sensible
woman.n
TO be continued.l
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-24
The Pioneer Printer and Press.

When at Salem last month we had
the pleasure of seeing the pioneer print
ing press which was brought to Oregon
years ago, trom the Sandwich Islands,
taken to Lapwai, and afterwards re-
turned TO Washington county. 1t has
been donated to the Oregon State Lii
brary, and will fill niche in the hand
some and stately Capitol building at
Salem. Referring to the pioneer
printer, closely associated with this old
Marion county, the Mercury says:
Mr.. FOisey came to the Willamette
Valley, we believe in 1874. He is a
practical printer and set up and printed
in phamphlet form the Book of Mat
thew, as translated into the Nez Perce
language by Revs. Spaulding and Whit
man. This work was printed on the old
missionary press, now in the State Lii
brary in Salem, primitive affair when
compared to the printing presses of to-
day. He afterward went to California,
where he published paper in the Eng
lish and Spanish languages, during the
war with Mexico, called The CuLitOrn,
ian. This paper was published al
Monterey, and was the first attempt
to publish newspaper in the Englist
language in California. 1t was after
ward merged into the alta California
If we were not mistaken Mr.. and Mrs
w. H. Gray, at present residing on thC
farm of their sOn-in-law in this county
MIR. Jacob Kamm), were employed il
translating scriptures and other works
printed upon the press ut Lapwai.-AS
tOrjdR.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-24
"0nly Waiting. "

Mr.. Saxtonbury has money in the
savings bank, and the wife generally
has charge of the bank-book. She hap
pened to open it the other day, and was
surprised to find that he had got hold of
the book and drawn $50 only the day
before without having said anything to
her. When he came home to supper she
asked him if he couldn't spare ten dol
lars.
Cant spare a shilling" he replied,
"never so hard up in my life."
"What has become of the fifty dollars
you drew from the bank the other
dayw she demanded, trying to catch
his eye.
"That mOney-fifty-dolla
That money l bet on Indiana" he hesi-
tatingly replied.
"And you lost it ?"
mo my dear, L won a hundred dol
lars with it. l didn't want you to
know anything about it until 1 brought
home the seal skin jacket, but as you
have found out, why, [ must explain" D."
"When do you get the money ?n she
anxiOusly asked.
"Oh, it won't be long. The official
count has been made, and as soon as the
returns are sent to the Secretary OF
the State he will forward the official
majority to Washington, and the Secre-
tary of the Navy will telegraph me the
result. Do you prefer brown or black
seal?r
'I'll take brown, my DEAR" she smil,
ingly answered, land do hope the re.
turns will be here by Saturday."
Days will pass, weeks will glide
away, and along next May, after that
good woman is almost worn out with
anxiety, Mr.. Saxtonbury will suddenly
ascertaiued that he lost his fifty dol.
lars instead of winning hundred, and
promise to get her a silk dress in the
fall.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-24

It is manifest that the Inauguration
of a political campaign in behalf of
Woman Suffrage has given new force
to that agitation. Meetings are held
nightly, at which the veterans of that
cause present its claims with their ac-
customed earnestness and ability, and
it cannot be doubted that the principle
of univesal suffrage is gaining new ad
herents. The discussions may not al
ways be wisely conducted, and we
think it mistake both of principle and
policy to advocate the ballot for woman
on the ground of taxation, for taxation
cannot be shown to be the basis of suf-
frage, and repugnance to a property
qualification is very strong sentiment
in this State; but good cause always
wins its way, even if it be not logically
argued, and this cause must gain despite
the mistakes of some of its friends. No
matter what the vote for Baker may be,
Woman Suffrage is advancing toward
certain triumph.-NelO Age.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-24

A COMMON EXCEPTION.-As an in
stance of what woman of energy may
accomplish by self-dependence, we cite
the following:
A cetain woman, Mrs. NJ, was
cruelty deceived in the character of the
man she had married, and left him,
after the birth of son. Her father
wanted to take her home, but she pre-
ferred to make home for herself. Leav-
ing the child with her sisters, she went
out dress ss-making, and as soon as she
had earned a little money, got to-
gether some articles of clothing for
women, and opened a store. She was
soon able to take her child home, and
employ women to work for her. Her
son received a good business education,
and continued to live in his mothers
home after his marriage. A niece, also,
was taken into her family, and edu-
Gated at her expense. One day Mrs. NJ.
was called to the death-bed of woman
| who begged her to take her little
daughter, and bring her up as her own.
| She could not refuse her prayers, and
took the little girl home, who now lives,
happy mother herself, to bless and
revere the memory of her benefactor.
| Grandchildren also were brought under
the same watchful care, after the death
of their mother. Mrs. NJ. was woman
of good sense, force of character, and un-
usual business capacity. If such re-
suits are possible, withogt previous
training, what may we not expect from
women who have greater advantages?
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-24

REMEDY FOR SMALL-POX.-A noted
English physician says:
am willing to risk my reputation as
a public man if the worst case of small
pox cannot be effectually cured in three
days, simply by cream of tartar. This
is the sure and never-failing remedy ::
One ounce of cream of tartar dissolved in
pint of boiling water, to be drank
when cold, at short intervals. 1t can be
taken at any time, and is preventive
as we'll as curative. 1t is known to
have have cured in a thousand cases
without a failure. 1 have myself re-
stored hundreds by this means. 1t
never leaves a mark, never causes blind
ness, and always prevents tedious lin
gering. If the people would only try ii
and report all the cures to you, you
would require to employ many colamns
if you gave them publicity.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-24

There were $1,000 gallons of petro-
leum imported into British Columbia
and entered for home consumption in
1874 and 1875, on which was paid in du-
ties 1858.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-24

Woman's degraded, helpless position is the
weak point of our institutions Jo-day-a dis
turbing force everywhere, severing family ties,
filling our asylums with the deaf, the dumb,
the blind, our prisons with criminals, our cit
les with drunkenness and prostitution, our
homes with disease and DEATH National Cen
tennial Equal Rights Protest
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-24

Margaret Fuller never wrote truer
word than these: "Man is not willingly
ungenerous. He wants faith and love,
because he is not yet himself an ele-
waited being. He cries with sneering
skepticism, Give US a slgnp But if the
sign appears, his eyes glisten and he Of
fers not merely approval, but homage"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-24

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the
year 1876, by Mrs. A. J. Duniway, in the Office of
the Librarian of Congress at Washington City. ]
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-24

A piece of New York uptown prop
erty, valued at 100000 three years
ago, sold for $4,000 cash the other day.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-24

Natural born wood-choppers - the
Chip-way Indians.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-24

Correspondents writing over assumed sigma.
lures must make known their names to the
Editor, or no attention will be given to their
communications.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-24

New school eloquence-cOllege oar
ations.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-24
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Journal for the People.
Devoted to the Interests Of Humanity.
Independent In Politics and Religion.
Alive to all Live Issues, and Thoroughly
Radical in Opposing and Exposing the Wrongs
OF the Masses.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-24
EDNA AND JOHN:
A Romance OF Idaho Flat.

BY MRS. a. DUNIWAY,
AUTHOR OF JUDITH REID" "ELLEN DowD,"
"AMTE AND HENRY LEE" "THE HAPPY
HOME" GONE woMAN's SPHERE"
"MADGE MORRISON"
ETC, ETC, ETC.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-19

sional letter found its way to him
through the mails. His loneliness ex-
cited the compassion of the good wom-
an of the house, and when, a year ago,
he was indebted TO her for many weeks
rent of his attic room, she allowed him
to remain its tenant until the better
times that he spoke of came around.
Then he gradually paid her dollar for
dollar, and at the time of his arrest was
her debtor by only small amount.
One peculiarly of the strange ledger
was that he rarely ventured out by day,
but waiting until dusk he sailed out
with his dog as his sole companion and
would be gone several hours. His
shabby dress excited the pity of some
of the gentlemen in the house, and
thereafter he was attired in their cast
Off clothing. Two years ago
HIS DOG WAS TAKEN SICK
with some distemper, and the strange
old man paid for a doctor to attend
him. The animal died, and his master
buried him in Greenwood and visited
his grave regularly once a week. He
purchased another black-and-tan, the
specimen which was with him when ar
rested. The old mans real name is
Prof Morton. He was committed this
morning for examination by United
States Commissioner Benedict on Fri
day next.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-19
A Review Of the Course Of the Epidemic
in Savannah.

The total number of deaths during
the past week was 1874, of which 1877
were of yellow fever, and 81 of other
diseases. The following is statement
of the number of deaths in Savannah
for thirty days of September: First
week, 1903: second week, AS; third
week, 221; fourth week, 207; last two
days, 80. Total, rs. OF this number
1874 died of various diseases other than
yellow fever. If the 40 deaths which
occurred between the 21st of August,
the period from which we date the COM
melcement of the yellow fever, be add
ed to these returns, it would give total
Of 755 deaths from all diseases, or 20
per diem for SO days.
The mortality amongst children was
very great, showing 273 deaths out of
total of 735-almost one-third. An
other curious feature is the fact that,
although the colored population is with
in a thousand or two of the white, but
l54 of them have Cied since the 1st of
September, or a little over fifth.
Apart from yellow fever altogether,
there have been no less than 1856 deaths
from various diseases since the 1st of
September. This of itself is sufficiently
startling, Independent of any yellow
fever, in community where the death
rate in summer seldom exceeds II per
week, or 6S for the month, opposite to
the 1876 now shown. The oath of Sep
TENDER was the most fatal day, there
being A interments on that day.-SG-
UGnndh Nea0S, Oct. 4.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-19
The Shakespearean Drama Under Diff
ficulties.

The Virginia (Nev.) Evening Chroni-
Gle tells this story: Last night, about an
hour before the curtain rose on the first
act of - Hamlet the astounding dis
covery was made by the property man
that there YVES no such thing as the skull
of ''PoOr Yorick." When the fact was
announced to Mr.. Talbot, who was mas
tica,ing mutton-chOp at G Street
restaurant, he upset dish of tomatoes
and broke tea-cup in bringing down
his fist upon the table with the excla-
nation; I" Kill Chinaman and have
his skull cleaned and dried by 9:30!"
A council was held, and it was the
opinion of the property that it
would be next to impossible to kill a
Celestial and have his skull ready by
$50. Besides this, several persons about
town, who had been interviewed in ref
erence to the job, refused to kill Chi
naman for less than $3.50, and one ex-
Orbitant and mercenary scoundrel
wouldn't look at any thing less than
S12, half of which he wanted in adj
vance. Col. Bob Taylor, the eminent
Shakespearean delineator, was sent for
and asked for the loan of the skull of
an old pioneer which had recently been
presented to the society. The Colonel
rushed up to the cabinet, but found it
locked, and, while the fieshless jaws of
the grinning headpiece were within
few inches of his nose, the skull was
beyond his reach, and there was no
way of getting it except by smash
ing in the glass-a piece
- oh
the society to exterm1nate him with
clubs. 1t was reported that Jim Orn-
dorff had skull, which was just the
thing, and James was interviewed.
Ever ready to lend aid to the legitimate
drama, and being an admirer of Shake
speare and a theater manager himself,
he promised to send up the required ar
ticle Immediately; and after the prop
erty man had waited and waited, and
stamped and swore round the green
room for about an hour, it arrived. 1t
was fonnd to be no other than the skull |
of favorite bull pup Of Jim's, which |
had been killed in a $500 match at
Butcher Town, several years ago. Ora
ham, the scenic artist, was next appeal |
ed to, and authorized to name his fig
ures if he would turn out skull by
half-past 8. The persevering srtist
went to work, and, bypasting sheets of
white paper over a bundle of old socks |
and painting in the remainder of the
makeup, he produced a skull, the nat
ural appearance of which sent thrill |
of CHASTITY horror through the audience,
and must have caused the British ira
gedian to experience a thrill in touch
inc il.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-19
The Tale of an 0x-YOke.

Uncle Sol. Licklider lives on Jakes
Prairie and has lived there for the last
40 years. During the dry seasons we
were so unfortunate as to endure some
years since, Uncle Sol. became disgust
ed with the ridge and moved into the
valley for the sake of water. And this
year he got enough of it. During one
of the freshets his ox-yoke was carried
away and lodged in the bottoms below.
A neighbor discovered it and to prevent
it being still further removed withdrew
one of the bows and fastened it around
q small tree. In his searches Uncle
Sol. came upon the missing property,
and was wonderstruck at what he con-
sidered its strange position. Said the
old man, 81 looked up at the tree; not
a limb was broken. 1t could not have
come on over the top. The roots were
undisturbed and it could not have gone
on at the bottom. / hadn't an ak to
cut down the tree, and / wanted my
yoke. So l climbed the tree, broke off
every limb, and took the yoke over the
top, and gentlemen, the hardest work l
ever had in my life was carrying that
yoke up the tree. Te make the derned
thing still more aggravating, just as l
got it clear l dropped it, the bOw-pin
flew out and the bow went with it, and
just then happened to think l might
have got that yoke off if hadn't been
a bigger fool than Thompson's colt
CraUford Mo- Mirror.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-19
They Met By Chance.

There was a sensation in a well
known fashionable clearinghouse, on
Madison Avenue near the park, few
evenings ago. 1t seems that young
lady-the daughter of a widower-was
missing when evening came, and the
question of her whereabouts was I'M
answerable. The father is downtown
merchant, and has q grown son and the
daughter mentioned. The father and
son are in the habit of starting down
town shortly after o'clock every morn
ing, leaving the girl to spend her time
in the usual way. A fortnight before
her disappearance there was a scene
between the daughter and father, con-
corning her admiration of fellow
boarder whom she had only known
about four weeks. They met by chance
in the boarding house parlOr, and the
courtship was short and sweet. The
father disapproved the proposed match
on account of the young mans apparent
lack of means to support a wife. DE
said, "Wait," but ii appears that there
was in this young mans vocabulary no
such word as /" wait" The young lady
conceded with him, and begged her
father to yield. The obstinate mer-
chant could not see the point, and raised
such row about the young mans con-
tinued presence in the house that the
landlady virtually drove him out of the
family. 1t seems he planned an elope-
ment with the girl in the daytime, and
ran away with her to New Haven,
Conn, where they were married. The
common sequel happened: happy pair
returned-obstinate father relented-
tableau !-Nea0 York Cor. Chicago Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-19
4 Boys Opinion Of Parents.

Parents are born to be great trouble
to their offspring. When [ was ever so
little remember tried to hang up the
kitten by my whip-lash, and mother
took away the kitten, boxed my ears,
and went and drowned it herself the
next day. So she had all the fun her
self. And fathers worse than mother.
He told me to take care of the pennies
and the dollars would take care of
themselves, so l and Ben Smith formed
an anti-swearing club. We had rule
that for every profane word we used we
would pay a cent into the treasury. We
had IS cents in the first day, but when
we divided and l fetched 37t cents
home, father said it was bad business,
whipped me, and broke up the club.
How is a fellow to know when he is
doing right? If l had no parents to
hound me round I'd beat George Wash
ington all boiler, for I'd cut down every
cherry tree in the garden, and own it,
too. Ii l was an orphan, know what
I'd do. Ben Smith and me would 60
to a desolate South Sea Island and
stir up the goats and monkeys and
Gulu2S, lily JOdIlSIOOlSg CS1O VI tbti n
spell, and then we'd make ship and
sail around the world. What's the use
of drying up in one place. L told
mother one day, when she wouldn't
give me ten cents, that l meant to 60 a
whaling and l hoped whale would
swallow me rs one did Jonah, and then
she wouldn't never see me again, for
can't swim. She said l wouldn't be
likely to make such visit, for would
turn the whales stomach mighty quick
after I got there. Wasn't she bully?
If | were parent know what I'd do
I'd keep still and mind my own Dusi-
ness, and let my children have some
fun. There's Tom Cults lives with his
aunt, and has a bully time. He goes
woodworking on Sundays, has no best
clothes, crawIs under the canvas of
every circus-tent, earns money at every
theater, sleeps in the stable when he
likes, and always has his pockets full of
peanuts. He says he wouldn't be
bothered with parents if he could have
'em for nothing, and he thinks if |
hadn't any it would be money in my
pocket. Them'S my sentiments.-Ek
mira IN. ~ Gazette.