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The Ablest Living Writers,

all branches Of Literature, Science, IT, and
Politics.
MONS
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05
Memorable Floods and Earthquakes.

The awful calamity in Bengal, intel
ligence of which comes to us by cable,
is unparalleled in history. A number
of islands lying about the estuary of the
river Megna, which, in part of it's course,
is identical with the BrahmapOOtra,
were entirely submerged by storm
wave on the 3lst of October, and nearly
all their inhabitants were destroyed.
As the wave swept onward for five or
six miles inland, aud as one island alone
.-Dahkin Shahabazpofe-had u popuIa-
ton CT 100000 people, probably not less
than 250,000 human beings were over
whelmed in the catastrophe. With the
exception of the great earthquake at
Antioch, in 450 A. D., in which, accord
ing to GibbOn, 100000 people perished,
history affords nothing like so whole
sale destruction7as this.
The only other convulsion of nature
which can be compared to these is the
great earthquake of 1888, in Calabria,
which probably caused the death of at
least 100000 people, and was felt dis
tinctly in large part of Europe. Orig
mating under the center of Calabria, the
disturbance passed under the sea, and
rolled up a mountain'of water, which
destroyed the city of Messina. On the
morning of November l, 100, an earth
quake threw down the principal part of
Lisbon; the sea retired, leaving the bar.
dry, and then returned in a wave fifty
feet high; in six minutes $4,000 people
perished. The battle of Actium was
fought thirty-one years before the Chris
tian era, while the ground rolled and
rocked under the feet of the soldiers on
land as they watched the sea fight in
which they could take no part. This
convulsion of nature destroyed about
10000 people.
In 1872, 10000 persons perished in a
similar manner at Caracas. Of MEM
orable foundations the following are
noted down: In the early part of the fif-
teenth century the sea broke in at bort,
Holland, and drowned seventy-two viii
lagos and over 100000 people, aud about
a hundred years after general inunda-
tion, caused by the failure of the dykes
in Holland, is said to have destroyed
100000 people. 1t is not too much to
say that within historic times recorded
calamities by flood and earthquake have
killed off between 100000 aud 5000, 900
people. OF all that have occurred in re-
cent years, the flood in Bengal is by far
the most disastrous.-N Y Graphic.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05
"Ten Minutes for Refreshments. y

Some of the most amusing passages in
Dickens american Notes, and in Mrs.
Trollope's now half-fOrgotten book on
America, are those which describe, with
Git must be confessed) very little exag-
geration, the habit of bOlting down food
which was once characteristic of Amer
leans on almost all occasions, and which,
we regret to say, may still be observed
at lunch counters in the middle of the
day and at railway stations where trains
halt short time for refreshments. But
the habit is no longer distinctively
American. No people in the world are
more prone to linger at table, when the
business cares of the day are over and
dismissed from the mind, than those
very Americans who gObble up their
MONDAY lunch with lightning-like ve-
locity. They may begrudge every mo-
ment lost to business by the necessity
of attending to the demands of hunger;
but when they have once hidden adieu
to the bank, the counting-room, or the
stock exchange, when once the hurry
of the day is over, and business no
longer claims attention, not even the
Orientals themselves enjoy leisure with
so keen a zest, or linger with greater
treasure about the social board. The
good Western Governor who bOasted
that he once gave state dinner to his
Legislature in fifteen minutes-'ten
courses, and never changed plate, Sir!"
would find very few sympathizers in
these later times.
OF course, when an express train stops
for five or ten minutes at a railway sta
tion, the rush of hungry and thirsty
passengers is something tremendous
and appalling; but our system of serv-
ing refreshments, aud even substantial
meals on the palace-cars upon long
routes, is in measure doing away with
this vicious incident of travel. They
have not yet reached this pitch of civil
ization in Europe, although on some of
the English railways there is system
of teIegraphing ahead to a station where
the train stops for half an hour, by
which a substantial dinner or supper
may be, ordered.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05
ITO be continued
A Plea for Short Skirts.

A "Dress Reformer" makes the fol-
lowing plea for short skirts, in an East
ern paper:
l am not a strong-minded woman,
and if had "Lord of creation' who
ruled wisely in my Kingdom, 1 should
never seek the public TO complain. l
have no such tyranny to combat, but a
far worse one-the tyranny of woman's
dress. l do not wish to cast off skirts
and take to the masculine garb, but l
do think women will never get their
rights-good health, free motion, good
digestion, or true beauty and grace-un-
til they cease to carry around after them
bedraggled, muddy skirt.
You may say no one denies us the
right to wear our skirts as short as we
please, that women themselves made
and cling to the dirty fashion; well, if
so, women never care for a fashion when
the gentlemen dislike it. The fashion
of long skirts must have originated with
some lady who had extremely long fe It;
but all the girls, no matter how pretty,
go trailing their dresses around in the
mud of "the horrible street."
Is woman any stronger than q man
that when she is battling against the
storm she should have several pounds
of wet clothing clinging around her feet,
while he calmly tucks up his pants and
goes scathless through it all ?
AS for holding up the dress, that is
worse than all, a really modest girl can
not walk along the street facing all the
corner loungers, and hold up her dress
high enough to keep it clean, and put
ting mOdesty aside it requires at least
! four hands to hold up a fashionable
dress. l submit these few thoughts to
you, hoping that they may bring the
thoughts of some sensible women, if all
sensible people are not out of fashion, tC
the subject of short dresses. If they
cannot be universally worn, they coulC
at least be worn on the street.
My dear sisters, these dresses can bC
made to look very beautiful, and if yoU
have pretty feet you will enjoy it. Bu
if you consider your feet ugly, why JUS
squeeze them into pretty boots; neve
mind the pain; it is a less evil than t
sweep the dirty street with silk dress
All feet, left as God made them, un
cramped by tight shoes, have beauty
of their own, no matter if they are
"number nines.n
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05
The stranger departed, leaving Edna

The stranger departed, leaving Edna
in maze of bewilderment.
"True to ones own inner conscious
ness !" she murmured, "ah, mer
Aunt Judy sat down upon the pack
saddle just vacated by the stranger and
closed her eyes in dreamy reverie.
"But for you, my baby Ida, would
curse God and die p' cried Edna, in her
bitterness of spirit.
"Edna, you blasphemeI You make
me shudderu' said Aunt Judy. "You
must conquer such a spirit as that or
you will have no rest here or hereafter" D"
"Auntie, did you ever see that man
before ?"
"Edna, what a question! Are you
crazym
81 believe I am ! Would to God 1
knew I were an idiot W
"Idiots have very little sense of either
pain or pleasure" said Aunt Judy. at
is very wrong of you to make such
wishes. We are not always to live like
this. If it were not for the legal hold
John has upon you, which takes away
your opportunity to control your own
earnings, and renders me helpless also,
we'd get along well enough. The trou-
BILE is not alone or chiefly that John is
dissipated and improvident. The worst
of it all is that the law, recognizing the
husband and wife as one, and as that one
the husband, you are not allowed to be
the arbiter of your own destiny"
"There, auntie, you've said enough
When 1 take a notion to monopolize
Johns pantaloons, I'll let you know it,"
'Poor child, if you could monopolize
your own own petticoats, I'd have lit
tie more interest in life," was the sad
reply.
ITO be continued
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

DOMESTIC LIFE OF THE PRESIDENTS.
Washington was married but had no
children. Adams was married and had
one son, whom he lived to see President.
Jefferson was a widower; his wife. died
twenty years before his election. They
had six children, all daughters, of whom
only two survived infancy. Madison
was married but had no children. His
wife was the most elegant woman that
ever adorned the Presidential mansion.
She survived him, and was for many
years pride of Washington society, hav-
lug lived to listen to Henry Clay's fare
well speech in the Senate. Monroe was
married, and so was John Quincy
Adams. Jackson was a widower, and
so was Van Buren, and Harrison. Ty-
Ter was widower when he entered Of
flee, but soon after married the heiress,
Miss Gardiner, of Cincinnati. He was
the only President that married during
his term of office Polk was a married
man, and his wife survived him a mum.
Der of years. Gen. Taylor was wild.
over. Pierce was married man, but
Buchanan was bachelor. The social
condition of such men as Lincoln, John
son and Grant needs no reference, except
to add that Grant is the first President
who had daughter married while in
Office Cincinnati Gazette.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05
Bones of the Dead---To What Base Uses
They Are Put.

Bones, new and old, wherever they
can be picked up, are put to a variety
of uses. The fresher kinds of shank
bones are used for making the handles
of knives, forks, and tooth brushes.
From some gelatine is extracted. When
not serviceable for these purposes, they
Bone dust is worth from e5 to G5 los
per ton. Farmers buy it in large guam
titles for fertiliZing their fields. The
importation of this convenient fertilizer
from foreign countries is immense.
Stories are told of battle-fields being
plundered for the sake of the decaying
bones of the soldiers who had fallen.
Researches for the material bone dust
are carried on upon large scale in the
ancient cemeteries and pyramids OF
Egypt. Long ago, when the people Ol
that country mummified the bodies ol
their relations, and slowed them cere-
moniously away in caverns, they were
not aware that they were only preserv-
ing them for manure in a distant
European island. A correspondent OF
the Times, writing from Alexandria,
facetiously remarks:
Clancy mutton fattened on ancient
Egyptians The other day, at Sakhara,
saw nine camels pacing down from
the mummy pits to the bank of the
river, laden with nets, in which were
fsmora, tibia, and other bony bits of the
human form, some 200 weight in each
net on each side of the camel. Among
the pits were people busily engaged in
searching out, sitting, and sorting the
bones, which almost crust the ground
On inquiry 1 learned that the cargoes
with which the camels were laden
would be sent down to Alexandria, and
thence be shipped to English manure
manufacturers. They make excellent
manure, 1 am told, particularly fol
Swedes and other turnips. The trade i:
brisk, and has been going on for years,
and may go on for many more. 1t is a
strange fate, to preserve ones skeleton
for thousands Of years, in order that
they may be fine Southdowns and
Cheviots In distant land. But Egypt
is always place of wonders"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

of woman is fully recognized and guar
anteed, it will have become popular to
follow the distinguished men of the ma
tion in advocating such desirable state
of things.
An encouraging indication of the
the times is the Difference with which
women's claims are already treated by
public men, especially candidates. Such
men now, when invited to address a
convention of Woman Suffragists, in
variably return civil, and often SYM
pathetic reply, whom not long since the
scantiest courtesy or contemptuous si-
lence would have been considered allow
able. During our late convention sew
eral gentlemen now prominently before
the people sent very handsome letters.
Hon. Richard Williams especially dis
tinguished himself by a graceful and
sententious epistle in which he consid-
cred himself pledged to woman's politi-
cal advancement by party requirements,
il by no others.
The day is not far distant when the
crisis through which the nation is pass
ing, no less than the inevitable enlight-
eminent of the people, will enable US to
witness the spectacle of the great politi-
cal parties advancing woman's cause
and contending for her aid. Iventure
to say that that aid would not have
been refused by many men of either
party, If it could have been legally used
in the late Presidential election.
Any intelligent observer must already
perceive indications of growing dispo-
sition among politicians to consider
woman's Acknowledgement as a party
measure. Almost every man who voted
or talked for US in the last Oregon Leg
islature afterward claimed credit for the
act, and also remembrance as due his
particular party. This is as it should
be. Such a disposition will help US;
and besides, Woman Suffrage must soon
become one of the great political issues
of the day. Some political party will
CSPOuoO "OuaL Q CduSo anu dClleNe
overwhelming success. Every great,
successful, and permanent party must
be founded on at least one vital moral
principle. Equal rights is the grandest
principle of human rights, and must in
evitably and soon take its turn in en-
gaging the attention of some political
party.
If had not already trespassed upon
your time and patience, I should be
happy to state my convictions and OBJ
servations in regard to the present
growth of liberality toward woman.
Let it suffice to say that 1 am abun-
dainty encouraged. An exhaustive
study of the Oregon Legislature has
convinced me more than anything else
could of the nea1neSs of woman's full
recognition as free American citizen.
1 hope have not wearied you. Let
me congratulate the Yamhill County
Woman Suffrage Association as doing
more for woman's enfranchisement than
any other Association in the State.
Its very name is word of cheer.
Hoping for your success in the ensu-
ing meeting, and desiring some time to
meet with you, have the honor to re.
main, Yours truly,
]. DEVORE JOHNSON.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

KIND OFFICEs.-Few things can be
done to oblige others but at the expense
of some convenience, qualification, or
wish of our own; and he whose means
are limited should seek to evince his at
tachment to friends or family by every
little sacrifice in his power. We attend
to large concerns for our own sakes; we
should attend to lesser ones for others.
Our efforts to please others never fail to
reward ourselves. There is nothing
more lovely than to love to oblige 9TH
ers; nevertheless, it is the duty of dis
Greet man not to be so far overcome by
his obliging humOr as to promise any
thing that is desired of him, without
considering whether he can or ought to
grant it.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

INTEREsTING.-The manufacture of
linen began in England, in 1855
the manufacture of paper from cot
ton rags 100 years earlier; the insur-
ance of ships and merchandise COM
menced about forty years after the
birth of Christ; Venice commenced the
banking business in Il56, the Bank of
Genoa being established in 1407, the
Bank of Amsterdam in 1900, the Bank
of England in 1894; spectaeles were in
vented in 1880; the art Of weaving was
introduced into England in 1880; mus
kets, in 1870; and pistols, about 200
years later; printing is a German in-
vention, introduced by Gutenberg, at
Mentz, in 1850; there are now published
in the United States S,l29 newspapers,
in England and Ireland $500, in France
1000, and in Germany only 800.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS
London SATURDAYS ReUie1U says that spir-
itual manifestatio ls are never heard of
except in select company in private
room, and under circumstances in which
almost any amount of trickery may be
practiced; that the voices of the spirits
usually talk nonsense and bad grammar,
and that there never has been single
occasion on which their supposed COM
munications have been of the slightest
importance.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

The widow of Daniel Webster, who is
now reported as an octogenarian and
living at New York City, and, after ten
years withdrawal from outer life, at
tending church regularly on Sundays,
was Caroline Bayard Leroy, the daugh-
ter of an eminent New York merchant.
Mr.. Webster's first wife, the mother OF
his four children, was Grace Fletcher,
of Hopkinton, N. H., and died in 1928,
and Mr.. Webster married Miss Leroy
In 1929.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

The President of Michigan University
says of women students in his recent an
nual report: "rhese are distributed as
follows: Medicine, thirty-seven; law,
two; homeopathy, two; literature, sixty.
The experience of the last year confirms
the opinion we have been led to form
by the experience of previous years, that
women who come here in good health
are able to complete our collegiate or
professional courses of study without
detriment to their health"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

Spriggs' wife woke him up at three
o'clock in the morning to say that, upon
the whole, she has decided to have a
dark green suit and green velvet bonnet
this winter,
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

Sankey is accustomed to tell, as the or
igIn of "Hold the Fort" about Sher-
mans message signalled to General
Corse, at Altoona, "Hold the fort-I am
coming" The evangelist, however,
does not quote General COrse's reply,
which was: "I am short cheek bone
and an ear, but am able to whip all hell
yetp
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

Woman's degraded, helpless position is the
weak point of our institutions to-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.-[NationalC Cen
tennial Equal Rights Protest
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

Mr.. Henry w. Sage, formerly of
Brooklyn, has just given Cornell Uni
versity 100 fine elm trees, which will be
set out on the college campus.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

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.l
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

Always In debt when there is no ne
cessity for 1.-THE letter B.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05
EDNA AND JOHN:
A Romance OF Idaho Flat.
By Mrs. A. J. DUNIwAI

BY Mrs. Al DUNIWAY,
AUTHOR OF JUDITH REID" "ELLEN DoWD,'
CAME AND HENRY LEE" 1.-THE HAPPY
HoME,D GONE wOMAN's SPHERE"
"MADGE MORRISON"
ETC, ETC, ETC.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

1 u had had a fear
seasons of inn
! good woman
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-20

batteries, artillery, cavalry, carbineers,
rifles, fusileers and all available troops
| in the Fifth and Sixth Military Districts.
They were posted at the usual four
points, and held in readiness for any
movement.
The funeral Of Hackett commenced
at 3 p. m. About 1000 Orangemen
turned out with flowers and banners.
The military preceded them and held
the rear protected. The guns of the
artillery covered them at every flank,
and every avenue was protected.
Through the dense masses of the most
hostile enemies, whose curses were both
loud and deep, they passed, and bore
their dead, almost smothered from
sight in heads OF orange lilies, preceded
by all the military force Montreal had
to give.
Never in the history OF Montreal was
there such funeral. It was q triumph
from beginning TO end. Every Protes-
tant was out; every society banner I'M
furled. There were slight rows on the
road, but none Of any Importance.
Those who created them were speedily
arrested.
Returning home the procession met
with tremendous demonstration in the
streets. For the first time in the history
OF Montreal Protestant tunes were
played. The Grand Master of the
Orangemen declared they had come to
do their duty in burying dead brother,
but IL they had to come again, God help
Montreal.
Ithas been resolved to make Montreal
the centre Of the Orange celebration
next year, when 1t is expected $4,000
men will walk.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-20
GenI Quotations, Ex. O.

The market opened with only limited inquiry
and at about noon outdoor operations were inter
rupted by heavy rain, after which the move
menu was resumed, but only to trfing extent,
and the entire business of the day was confined
to the email amount noted above, distributed
among five buyers. Nothing TRANSFERRED to ind-
cate any variation in prices, factors adhering to
their previous pretensions. Good Ordinary sold
at 1919. There was some inquiry at prices IA
Hc below what factors would accept.
The dispatches reported Liverpool firmer and
quoted lid higher for Orleans, with sales OF
$4,000 bales, and arrivals 1920 higher, closing
steady; Havre quiet and STEADY at previous
rates, and New York quiet and firm at yester-
days quotations for spots and higher for futures,
which at noon were quoted at an advance of
6-lO047-100c for Julys. 5-100c for Augusts and
septembers. and 3.1OG@4lOOc for the later
months, excepting for March, the advance in
which was -100@5. 1000, and closed at net i'm
provement for the day Of only 3-100o for Julys,
l-l0082.l00c for Augusts and Septembers, and
1-l00c on the later months There was more
talk about worms, which have appeared in Tensas
parish as well as IN Texas.
The Exchange makes the amount ON shpboard
not cleared (before to-days exports of 1884 bales
1881 bales, embracing 1878 for Liverpool, 6957
Tor Havre and 81 for coastWise ports, leaving in
presses, agreeaby to its account at IL M, 30
SlO bales, only part of which is on sale.
At noon to-day Middllng was quoted at Calves
ton at l15sc; at Mobile at nc: at Savannah at
11Rc; at Charleston at ll24; at Whining
ton at ll1ac; at Norfolk at 1879: at Baltimore