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FOREIGN NEWS.

There are 800 newspaper correspond
ents in Roumania.
Russians are retiring from ErzerOum
in order to prosecute the siege of Kars.
The House of Commons refused to
abolish the death penalty by vote of
155 to so.
The Egyptian contingent for Turkey
has sailed, escorted by four Turkish
men-of-war.
The delay of Russian corps in cross
ing the Danube is having bad effect
on the army.
Orders have been issued by the Rus
sian government to accelerate as much
as possible the levy of 2lS,OO0 men.
The Pope received during Jubilee ST.
100000 in hard cash, not counting in
Vulnerable articles of value presented.
A special from ConstantinOple, UiG
Athens, says several Turkish officers
have been shot for the loss of Ardahan.
The Danube has been so thickly set
with torpedoes by the Russians as to
neutralize 10 a great extent the presence
of the Turkish ironclads.
The Emperor travels in luxurious
car, fitted either for railway or ordinary
roads. He looks far from being we'll.
He has met with most enthusiastic re-
ception at all points on his journey.
Both from Constantinople' and Erze-
roum come reports of considerable agi-
tation among the Armenian population
of the Pashali of Erzeroum for ultimate
annexation to Russia. This causes great
anxiety in Stamboul.
The financial committee in the Cham
ber of Deputies will recommend that
i've million Turkish pounds demanded
by the ministers be raised by means OF
forced loan, secured by taxes levied
on the security of public functionaries
and by doubling the present land tax.
A Vienna correspondent states that
in consequence of the remonstrances ol
Christian dignitaries as to the prOpriety
of pressing Christians to fight in a Holy
Moslem war, the Porte has postponed
the conseription of its Christian subjects
and commenced to levy the usual ex-
emptiOn money.
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"AND THEY WE'RE WOMEN. "

An exchange, speaking of a grand
temperance rally, says: "But few
would sign the total abstinence pledge,
and they 1Oere aUonlen."
Could a sentence more suggestive of
the nonentity of women and the COM
plete contempt in which their actions
and influence is held by men and poll
ticians be found?
All unconsciously, too, the words
seemed to slip out, not intending to con-
vey the meaning that they do convey,
but being merely the product of habit
which is second nature-the habit of
considering and speaking of women as
ciphers in political sense.
"And they were women" Yes, to be
sure they were; women who are there,
as elsewhere, legally restricted and
bound, politically ostracised, yetso long
ing to aid in throwing safeguards around
their loved ones, that in the absence
of better way to work they place their
names to pledge-the pledge itself su-
perfiuous, because they will never either
with or without it drink a glass of liquor
as a beverage, their names not worth
the paper they are written on.
Suppose a man should petition in
their neighborhood for license to sell
liquor. Would he ask their signatures2
No. In the first place, they would
amount to nothing, and, in the second,
he could not get them.
Should a remonstrance be circulated
would the women be considered capable
of demonstrating? No. Only voter:
are considered capable, and their sigma.
lures carry weight whether drawn in
imitation of a saw-buck or written with
Spencerian flourish. A remonstrance
that "only women signed" would bt
worth just as much as another piece o.
waste paper of equal size, and voters
can and do ride straight over the will
and wish of every woman in an ordina
rily moral community every time {
whisky license is granted, aud yet tn,
fearful consequences of drunkenness
fall with most stunning weight upoI
the women.
But, sisters, have patience. You WHIT
place your names to bits of WORTHLESS
parchment without enhancing its value
and sign superhuous pledges while you
lords sup their wines and guzzle thei
whisky, the time will come when poll
ticians will cease to speak of you con
temptuously as ''nothing but women,
but the chronicle will read something
in this wise: "The temperance candi
date was elected by q large majority
and they were women"
"Dinna ye hear the slogan ?"
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DRATH or FLETOHER HARPBR.

Fletcher Harper, the last of the four
brothers who founded the publishing
house of Harper & Brothers, died at his
residence in New York City few days
since at the age of 73 years. The his
tory of the firm of which he was the
last original member is interesting and
instructive, showing what energy and
industry will accomplish in building up
a gigantic business.
The older of the four brothers, James
and John, having early become masters
of the printers trade, established them
selves in business in a small way in
their early manhood, taking the two
younger brothers, Joseph and Fletcher,
first as apprentices and afterward as
partners, changing at the time their
firm name from J. & J. Harper to Har-
per & Brothers. This arrangement was
effected in 1925. In 1858 their entire es-
tablishment, occupying nine contiguous
buildings and filled with costly machin-
cry and books, was destroyed by fire, in
volving them in a loss of $1,000, 900,
upon which there rested but $3.50, 900 in
surance. Most of their stereotype plates
were saved, being stored in vaults. On
the day succeeding the fire they began
their work anew, employing the princi-
pal printers and binders in neighboring
cities and producing their books from
the stereotyped plates. Before the ruins
of the old could be cleared away, plans
for the new edifice were prepared. This
building is tire-p proof and covers half an
acre of ground and is seven stories in
hight. The permanent employees about
the establishment number about 600
nearly half of whom are women. Theil
periodicals are welcomed in thousand!
of homes and regarded as authority
upon all matters of which they treat
while their books adorn the shelves o
every library, public and private, in tn,
land. The four brothers attained nearly
the same age, all passing the age of sew
enty and dying before reaching thei
seventy-fifth year. All left Sous, wh,
have been thoroughly trained in tn
business of the house, and who, indeed
have had charge of it in detail for som
wears,
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A WOMAN'S INQUIRY.

To THE EDITOR OF THE NEW NORTHWEST:
1 see a notice in the OTegonidn that
Theodore Tilton is soon to make visit
to this State as lecturer.
Now, do you know I shall look with
great curiosity to see whether any of
those croakers who are so fearful that
something will happen" will attend
his lecture. If any one, male or female,
who is opposed to Woman Suffrage,
should so far forget what is due to good
morals or manners as to encourage this
man by going to hear him speak, such
person should never open his or her
lips in opposition to those things which
he has been charged with, or in opposi-
ton to the teachings and practice OF
this noted lecturer.
Will the virtuous (?) husbands and
fathers of this Stasesgo and take their
wives and daughters Will they intro
duce him to their families Will he
be petted and honored and lionized?
Will pure women, who will not notice
sister who has fallen victim to the
evils of the deceiver, listen to him ol
give him the hand of friendship?
Will those who will not allow the
New NORTHWEST to come into theil
houses, lest their sons and daughters b.
contaminated, will they give thei
money to sustain and take their fami
lies to hear this same Theodore Tilton
We shall see. MRS. NJ.
Yamhill county, June s, 1877.
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81 WAS KEPT IN"

"Why didn't you come home to
lunch ?" asked a mother of a pale,
nervous little girl as she came listlessly
into the room one sultry afternoon,
after school was out for the day.
~ was kept in" answered the child,
and the tired look and pitiful quiver of
the voice reused. tenderness in the
mothers heart and indignation in ours.
We are not one of those who COM
plain or find fault with school disci-
pline, but it is barbarity in the extreme
to keep children in their seats for any
reason whatever during the regular and
needed seasons of recreation. Then to
keep delicate little girl whose brain is
being worked to death at the expense OF
her bodily forces, as any one can see, in,
during the entire noon, coming over In
her little dizzy brain problems and
propositions that will come to her
readily and freely after little rest, is
barbarity that is simply outrageous.
We never hear the expression, "I was
kept in" at recess or noon, coming from
girl or boy under sixteen years of age,
without feeling an instant throb of in
dignation, and a desire to give the
teacher lecture on hygiene and hu-
mRnity.
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LETTER FROM SAN JOSE.

To THE EDITOR OF THE NEW NORTHWEST:
The NEW NORTHWEST is again at
hand, reminding me in every line Of
the lovely Oregon home that for few
feeting years was mine, and Of the
friends that there labor for the advance
ment of human rights.
Now it is the liberal view of your
correspondents, and again it is the stir
ring and independent words of your ed
itorials that challenge my admiration.
Nor do always keep silent upon the
merits of "our paper" but am free to
declare that there is not, so far as my
knowledge goes, a paper published on
the Pacific Coast, not even excepting
the Mercury of this city, that strikes
with such hearty vehemenee at wrongs
of all kinds, and battles for and defends
so nobly the right as does the NEW
NORTHWEST.
While you have been for weeks past
daily visited by spring showers, we have
been enjoying a summer of almost trop-
ical luxuriance, if not of tropical fervor.
Everything here is as lovely as nature,
aided by art, can make it, yet the peo-
ple do not escape the discomfort that
seems to be more or less constant at
tendant upon the human family, and at
present financial structure is the chief
cause for complaint.
1 have received a number of invita-
tions to lecture, but, in consequence of
illness in my family, have been COM
PEELED to decline the most of them. 1
am, however, engaged to go to Santa
Cruz and speak next Sunday, which
will be the 81 inst, at which time and
place l shall discourse upon the Equal
ity of the Sexes" am gaining strength
and courage, but the times are fearful;
never so hard in California within the
memory of the oldest inhabitant. If it
were not for the financial stress, think
it would he comparatively easy to arouse
the sleeping, or perhaps L should say
the sluggish sentiment in favor of equal
rights. But you see how it is; when
people are harrassed about money, even
in small way, they grow to regard it
NOT as the "root of all evil" but as
the one great desideratum. Our people
are, however, hospitable and generous,
and when fully aroused will, am sure,
place themselves square aud fair on the
records of freedom.
You will be sorry to learn of the in
disposition of our good friend, Mrs
Knox, and glad to hear of the return Of
her daughter, who has resided for three
years past in Paris. We hope that this
pleasant circumstance will tendto speed
: lily restore our friend to her usual
health.
t received an Invitation to go to San
Diego yesterday, but have not as yet
? seen my way clear to accept. When 1
: return from Santa Cruz, where, be
4 sure, L shall not forget to labor in the
interests of the NEW NORTHWEST, you
y may expect to hear from me again.
. G. NJ. FoLTZ.
, San Jose, June 2, 1877.
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HARPRR'S MAP OF THE SEAT OF
WAR.

AS a supplement to Ha'per'S Weekly
of June 9TH, comes pictorial map of
the seat of war in the East. The wind
ing of immense rivers, the outlines of
vast inland seas, the location of strong
holds and fortresses, the unpronouncea-
BILE names are all wonderful study. The
map will be invaluable in tracing out
routes and positions of the various lines
of contending forces. Looking over it
and contemplating the mighty shock
that, charged with death, hovers with
raven incumbent" over the white tents
of the hostile hosts, we can almost i'm
agine the crimson tinge Of the waters
and the heavy air murky with the
smoke of battle, and listen with bated
breath for the wall of the wounded and
the groan of the dying that is caught up
and echoed from the frowning battle
ments of the Danube to the Carpathian
Alps, and back again to the Balkan
Mountains. Study tue map, but pro-
nounce the names softly, or content
yourself with looking at them merely,
lest lockiaw be your speedy portion.
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STATE AND TERRITORIAL.

Grove meeting at New Era on the 22d.
The Seattle Coal Company will ship
II 900 tons this month.
Diphtheria has again made its dread
appearance IN Polk county.
Rebuilding the burnt district at Asto-
ria has already commenced.
A good school-house will be con-
structed at Eugene this summer.
Several young ladies have located
lands in Umatilla county and are i'm
proving them.
Henry Failing has been elected Trus-
tee of Pacific University in place OF Pro-
fessor Condor.
The Grover investigating committee
will probably organize and hold its ses-
siOns at Salem.
The East Oregonidn says Pendleton
is rapidly increasing in population,
health and business.
Douglas county claims three times
the number of sheep that Craze in Ma
rion county pastures.
The warm weather is causing the
grain to head, and promises of bounti-
full harvest are everywhere abundant.
The graduating class from the medical
department of Willamette University
this year numbered thirteen, two of
whom are young ladies.
A corporation to take charge of the
salmon Matching interest has been or
ganized at Astoria. Shares, $50 each.
Directors will be chosen this week.
At Astoria a levy of one per cent. has
been made on taxable property for the
purpose of purchasing fire material.
Also five mills for general purposes.
w. A. Mcpherson, at one time State
Printer for Oregon, has been appointed
Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue
for the district of Walla Walla, w. T.
A new company has been organized
to complete the Olympia and Tenino
railroad. The old company sells the
grade and all rights for $4,000. The
latest talk is for narrow gauge.
The Central Baptist Association of
Oregon held its annual session with the
Yamhill Baptist Church, five miles
southwest of McMinnville, in Yamhill
county, commencing on Thursday, June
7th, and continuing over the Sabbath.
The Ashland TTdingS says: "Immi-
grants are coming by droves; some buy
ing, some homesteading, some pre-
empting, some Ienting;also now and then
a tramp, hut our hearts are rather too
fiinty for the Gest-told lie to have any
effect"
Four citizens of Oregon City were
laid to rest in the cemetery near that
city on Monday. Bonny Randall, son
| of Judge Randall, aged twenty-five
wears, Mrs. Howard, aged seventy-five,
| Top,as Wright. aged tWenty-eirht, and
| Miss Thompson.
The "Sunday question" is the all-ab-
sorbing topic of conversation, lectures
and sermons at the Capital. Just who
made it holy, what it was made holy
| for, and in what manner it should be
observed, will soon be settled, to the
great relief of the theological as well as
infidel world.
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SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT.

To THE EDITOR OF THE NEW NORTHWEST
1 have received a large number of
Sixteenth Amendment petitions issued
and sent out by the National Woman
Suffrage Association, and am sending
them all over the State; at least, de-
sire to distribute them thoroughly, and
do so as far as my knowledge of persons
and places goes. Any person who de-
sires to circulate these petitions for sig
natures can have them by addressing
the undersigned and enclosing postage.
We ought to begin at once and give the
State a thorough canvass. Remember
that with the limited time at our dispO-
sal last year, there were but few States
that took the lead of Oregon in sigma
lures to the Sixteenth Amendment pc
tition. Oregon may be the banner State
in this matter this time. But whether
she is or not, we know that with the
time at our disposal we can readily
quadruple our former number of sigma
lures. [ hope within the next few
weeks to receive orders for great many
of these petitions. Every farmers wife
should have one at threshing time, and
she can secure names with little effort.
Every tourist who goes for a summers
rest to the seaside should take one along,
and by being diligent, a great many
names can be secured with very little
trouble and no extra travelling expense.
MRS. H. A. LOUGHARY.
Amity, Oregon, June 8, 1877.
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A widow lady named Mrs. Moore, re-
siding at Hillsboro, committed suicide
on Friday evening by taking morphine.
Her son, a man in strength and stature,
but an inhuman monster in instinct,
had whipped her severely short time
before, and the poor mother, outraged in
every motherly and wOmanly feeling,
sought refuge,in self-destruction. Was
it murder or suicide? If by any tech
nicality it is decided to be the latter, it
is surely closely attended by the former.
The knife to the mothers throat would
have been much more merciful than
the lash to her back, and not more fatal.
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A young girl "who knows" says that
"between times in the farm work and
of evenings the boys went hunting,
fishing, coasting, swimming, skating,
etc.; the girls helped mother make,
mend, and keep clean the boys clothes,
and braided palm-leaf hats. 1t is not the
equally hard study that causes the girls
health to give way, but the extra hard
chance she has to get at the study, and
the extra hard work that accompanies
the study. Boys work equally hard at
their studies, but do not spend their
evenings and an hour before and after
each meal helping an overburdened
father. Therein lies the difference"
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MARTHA MARBLEHBAD;
The Maid and Matron of Ohehale en-

Mrs. Duniway's new serial story,
bearing the above title, will begin with
No. AZ of the present volume, and will
continue without interruption during
the next six months. These stories of
real, everyday life, which have become
a standing peculiarity of the New
NORTHWEST, are in no way diminished
in interest, rs thousands will testify
who have followed the principal charac-
ters through lives of toll and vicissitude
to their final triumph in the story of
EDNA and John," justclo "NIartha
Marblehead" is not a fictitious charac-
ter. Her lot was cast at an early day in
Oregon, where many of her friends yet
reside, and where she hopes to return
and live again before her work on earth
is finished. To all who follow her mar
rative faithfully we promise an instruct
i've treat. The story will abound
throughout in graphic descriptions of
the localities given, though fictitious
names and places are substituted for the
real ones for obvious reasons.
Those who wish to supply their friends
in the East with descriptions of Oregon
scenery, wrought into life experience
of thrilling interest, should subscribe al
once for the NEW NORTHWEST and for.
ward it to their address as a present.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-06-15

According to discourse delivered by
Judge Bronough in the NJ. E. Church at
Albany a short time since, the final
summing up of terrestrial affairs will
take place some time between the present
year and 1882. The Albany Register,
speaking of the discourse, says: "The
sermon was on the second coming of
Christ, and was bristling with facts and
figures that seemed to carry conviction
to every thoughtful mind that the final
winding up of human affairs is at
hand.u
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-06-15

Just as though it were not as neces-
sary for a married woman to have a sal
airy as for a married man to have one,
the Boston school board will not employ
married women. The question, "DO
you expect to be married soon ?' pro-
pounded to lady applicants by the au-
gust magnate of the board would SAVIOR
strongly of impertinence and curiosity
If asked by women of men, but reversed,
it is only matter of business, you
know.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-06-15

Mrs. Margaret w. Campbell, on her
way to Colorado, attended the annual
meeting of the Polk County, Iowa,
Woman Suffrage Association, where
she was cordially welcomed 10y her old
CO. workers. Mrs. Campbell spoke hope
fully of the result in Colorado next fall.
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NOTICE.

Agents Will please take notice that It is
great tax upon us to pay express charges upon
small sums. and they will confer great favor
by remitting to us through money orders or
registered letters.
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The cotton crop will be considerably
smaller than last year. Other crops in
the South are better.
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The President of Paraguy was recently
murdered in most barbarous manner.
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Theodore TiIton is lecturing to large
audiences in California.
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NEWS ITEMS.

San Jose, June 2, 1877.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1877-01-15

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