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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20
Subiugated Glasses.

One of the strongest arguments ad-
vanced by Mrs. Duniway, in favor of
equal rights for women, was barely
touched upon in our report yesterday
morning, on account of lack of space,
and we see that our contemporaries have
not even referred to it. She illustrated
her position by an anecdote that was
fully appreciated.
1t was, she maintained, a physiologi-
cal, philosophical and chronological
fact, that the child derives it's mental
status from the mother. Moreover, a
subjugated or alien class of people, like
women, were of necessity, an intriguing
class; forced to practice deceit, resort to
questionable subterfuges, and even to
what the law denotes as petty crimes,
in order to obtain that which rightfully
belongs to them, but which under the
one-sex government is denied to them,
and declared to be vested in man alone.
Therefore boy brought into the world
by mother who has been compelled to
intrigue, to lie and to steal, will, per-
force, possess those very qualities in his
mental makeup, and they will hang to
him through life, eliminating in broad
rascality which finds punishment in
the county Jail or State prison; in low
anu OdSO dSSOCldIlOho dLu III SlOulb u1O-
bilier, post-tradership, back-pay and
whisky ring rascalities. The sins of the
mother are visited upon the third and
fourth generations, and as long as wom-
en- are kept in a dependent, subjugated
condition, so long will the boys of
America be cursed with inherent quail
ties of evil, which find vent as above
stated.
IT. was a common saving wears AGO.
that "the negro will steal" Nothing
strange about that. Why shouldn't
they steal when they saw their masters
appropriating the money earned by
their labor, and giving them compara-
lively nothing? This was true of any
subjugated class, and was practiced by
the women of America to an alarming
extent. The women themselves know
this to be so though the husbands and
fathers rest in blissful ignorance of the
| fact.-San Jose Mercury.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20
Good Words and Deeds.

1t Is always pleasant to record gen.
erous act, but when the deed is per-
formed by one of the brightest stars in
our Republican court, we feel a natural
pride in holding up such an example for
general observation.
This winter many voices have come
from homes ofpoverty, and the curtailed
incomes of our better class has made
charity a stern duty of self-denial often
times. Yet there have been many acts
for which the recording angel has GER
tainly entered an eternal blessing for
some true man or woman.
Mrs. Senator Mitchell, (whose sunny
face is so well known in social circles in
Washington was looking for a seam
stress, and was told of person said to
work cheap and well, and being very
poor, would be glad of her patronage.
Mrs. Mitchell ordered her carriage aud
drove to the place designated by her
friend. There she found wretched
habitation, into which was huddled sew
eral poor families, and on inquiry
learned that the person she wished to
see was occupant of a room on the "top
floor" Mrs. Mitchel's footman pro-
posed calling the woman down to the
carriage, but the good lady having seen
enough to arouse her interest, gathered
her dress around her, mounted those
stairs-passing through halls, the air of
which she realized was poisoned by foul
exhalations-yet kept "Onward and up
ward" until she found the room. Her
knock was responded to by lady from
the South, with her feeble frame thinly
clad, trembling with cold, no food, no
fire, no furniture-save the bed and q
chair. Mrs. NJ. forgot everything but
the sufferer, and (though wife of a Re-
publican Senator,) took her Southern
sister tenderly away from that place
where, for weeks, she had been held by
suffering, and surrounded her with COM
forts, sending her out in the carriage to
take the air until she got strong enough
to revisit her old Southern home, where
Mrs. NJ. paid her expenses to go.
Old scenes and changes, and rest, at
last restored her health and hope, and
| then Mrs. NJ. sent her money to return
to Washington, where her patronage
soon secured her work. She did not
stop with the cure of the Southern lady,
but visiting the Board of Health, per-
sonally, insisted that the lives of the
poor people should have the protection
they required, and the owner of that
house was forced to make sanitary
changes. What cannot be accomplished
by "Good words of good women,"-
| WODlGn'S Words.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20
Washington, D. c., March 80, 1877

BEFORE AND AFTER MARRIAGE
They were very pretty, and there was
apparently five or six years difference
in their ages. AS the train pulled up at
Bussey, out on the A, X. & D., The
younger girl blushed, flattened her nose
nervously against the window, and
drew back in joyous smiles as young
man came dashing into the car, shook
hands tenderly and cordially, insisted
on carrying her valise, magazines, little
paper bundle, and would probably have
carried her had she permitted him. The
passengers smiled as she left the car,
and the murmur went ripping through
the coach, "They're engaged The
other girl sat looking nervously out of
the window, and once or twice gathered
her parcels together as though she
would leave the car, yet seemed to be
expecting some one. At last he came.
He bulged into the door like house on
fire, looking along the seats until his
manly gaze fell upon her upturned,
expectant face, and roared, "Come on !!
I've been waiting for you on the plat
form for fifteen minutesm grabbed her
basket and strobe out of the car, while
she followed with little valise, a band
box, a paper bag full of lunch, a bird
cage, a glass jar of jelly preserves, and
an extra shawl. And crusty old bach
elor in the further end of the car
croaked out, in unison with the indig-
nant looks of the passengers, ''They' re
married ~
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20

The Daily Press, Colonel Forney,
proprietor and editor-in-chief. Every
body knows Col. Forney. II they don't
know him, they know of him. The ed
itorial Warwick. He never refuses
anything. Handsome, elegant, cOurte-
GUS, it is joy to take him an article,
but then, he forgets all about them.
They are all delightful people about the
Press office, and there is one specially
enchanting man, Mr.. John Dunn. No
woman ever appeals to him in vain. II
it is lecture she wants noticed, or a
book reviewed, it receives approval, or
her chance to air her aspirations, Mr..
Dunn always remembers her claims.
Miss Tillie Forney, the talented young
daughter of Col. c., is regular contrib
utor to this paper.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20

The Woman's Pavilion, which was
one of the chief attractions of the Cen
tenniaI Exhibition, was recently sold
for 81, ,325. 1t is to be converted by the
purchaser into a hotel for visitors at
Ocean Beach. An exchange remarks
that the proprietor can talk about it in
a style that will throw all competitors
into the shade. He can remark that it
was opened by her Imperial Majesty the
Empress of Brazil, and that it has al
ready been patronized by larger num-
Der of visitors than any other hotel on
the American continent. Also, that all
who ever visited it were enthusiastic in
their praise of its internal arrangements.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20

SHAKY.-It is apt to shake mans
confidence in his wife to wake up in the
morning and find her sitting on the
edge of the bed searching his pockets.
Aud it is apt to shake a wOman's conf
dence in her husband to find nothing
in those pockets but lager beer check,
a piece of bologna sausage, a variety
show ticket, and perfumed note signed,
"Ever yours, Julia"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20

Memory presides over the past; action
over the. present. The first lives in
rich temple hung with golden trophies
aud lined with tombs; the other has no
shrine but duty, and walks the earth
like spirit.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20

A lady writer desires to be informed
"why there are no female tramps."
She refers to an accepted fact, that there
are more women than men in the cOun-
try, and cannot understand how it is all
of them make living without devas-
tating the country. If any gentleman
feels like vindicating his sex, here's a
chance
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20

A young lady was so agitated while
dancing with the Grand Duke that she
tainted in his arms. The scion of nobil-
ity merely passed her over to one of the
old ladies with the remark, 'Toodam-
thinovitch," and secured another part
ner
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20

When an unsophisticated Reno girl
gets her pompadour panier on before in
the excitement and nervousness attend
ant on her wedding trip, her general re-
semblance to a Central Pacific snow
pIow is what makes people stop and
stare at her in speechless amazement.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20

Mr.. Talmage has preached about law
yers and editors and doctors, and his
congregation is confident that, If ne
lives long enough, he will yet preach
something about religion,-Burldngton
Hn7DEeUe
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20

Some of our contemporaries, in COM
menting on the marriage of minnie
MYRTLE" late wife of Joaquin Miller, to a
smallpox nurse, call it fall from Par
nassus to the pest-house. They may be
right, but we do not wonder that she
prefers the smallpox to Joaquin.-Er.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20

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 ddeath.-[NationalC Cen
tennial Equal Rights Protest.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20

HAYES insisted on shaking hands
with his wife first, after the inaugura-
ton. That man isn't so devoid OF a
fixed policy, after all.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20

There is an average of three women
to one man in Monroe county, New
York, and no wonder fellow doesn't
feel like going to evening gatherings.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the
the Librarian of Congress at Washington City
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20
CHAMBERLAIN

Came in this week, and has also been in
daily conference with the President and
Cabinet. He is an earnest advocate of his
claimed rights, among which is the pres
ence of Federal troops to sustain him in
position, as he frankly admits that their
removal would necessitate his immedi-
ate abdication, as his party has not in
herent strength sufficient to sustain it.
self. 1t is on this point alone where he
will doubtless fail, as the whole execu-
tive seems averse to sustaining any
State government with bayonets under
any plea. The feeling undoubtedly ex-
lists that the duty of the general govern
ment is only to preserve the peace and
not to hold any party in power by force
of arms, and under Hampton's guaran-
tees as to peace when the troops are
put in barracks to be used for peaceful
purposes alone, it does seem that Cover
nor Chamberlain will soon cease his ex-
ecutive functions in South Carolina.
He is an able man and has made many
friends here, and but for the fact that
his official career can only be continued
through the Intervention of bayonets, he
would undoubtedly be master of the
situation.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20

Senator Withers, of Virginia, has
eleven fair daughters.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20

A woman said to weigh 7l2 pounds is
exhibited in New York.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-20
CoNGREssMEN.

When Congress adjourns. many mem
bers who usually leave the city, not to
see it again until reassembling in De-
cember, have remained here or retained
their apartments, paying but flying Wis
its to their homes in anticipation of the
session in June. A great many mem
bers have purchased or leased houses of
their own, while others remain domi-
ciIed in hotels the greater part of the
year. A movement was agitated some
time since to provide an executive man
sion for the President, as well as
Connecticut western news., 1877-12-28
An EmperOr's Wife.

Countress Mirafore, wife of King Vic- tor Emmanuel, died in Turin. The AL maa,aacb de Gotbo, has persisted in call ing her the morganatic " wife of the King, but this IS said to have been simply a concession to the haut ton. She was married to the King early in 1869 by a Jesuit priest in the most formal and regu- lar manner.
 His Majesty was very i'll at the time and thought he was about to die. He sent to the Pope, asking pardon for all past offences, and promised, if he lived, to act more in accord with the principles of the Church. He expressed desire to marry the Countess "Rosina," as he called her, and priest was immediately sent to the palace to perform the cere- mony.
 The Countess had several children by the King before the marriage. The Ital- ian government refused to acknowledge the marriage. Princes Humbert and Amadeus also refused to acknowledge it, and for some years there was painful coolness between the princes and the1r father. Rosina' was about fifty years of age. She was generally considered 8 good match for the King, being extreme. ly plain and commonplace in her appear ance.
Connecticut western news., 1877-12-28
A WOman's Courage.

A meagre account of disastrous fire and robbery at Salisbury, Charlton Co.,, Mo-, was given a day or two ago, but not much was thought of it. Later advices show that 1t was 8 much more serious affair than at first supposed. It appears that a gang of negroes robbed the store of R. H. Gains. and then fred the build Ing to hide the evidence of their crime. Six buildings were burned and large amount of property destroyed, upon which there was no insurance. After the fire was subdued, four negroes-two men and two women-were arrested for the robbery. An attempt was made to lynch the prisoners, but was prevented by the officers of the law, and the pris- oners were taken to Katesville and lodg- ed in jail. Next day great crowd of Salisbury people went to Kates- vile for the avowed purpose of hanging the prisoners, but the Sheriff, hearing of their design, removed them to place of safety. On Thursday they were brought back to Katesville, and an- other attempt was made to lynch them, but failed through the vigilance of the officers and law-abiding citizens. Other arrests were made and 8 large amount of stolen property recovered. Among these last arrests was Lige Dougherty, who after being badly chok- ed acknowledged that he was one of the gang. He was placed in the second story of the building, under a strong guard, but that night the mob assembled broke down all barriers, and were just on the point of seizing their victim when he jumped from the window and escaped. The crowd followed him, and as they ran past Dougherty's cabin, his wife fired at them with shot gun, but did no harm. The woman was then ordered to surren- der, but she defed the whole crowd. The City Marshal attempted to go into her house to arrest her, and was shot in the shoulder. Two other officers made a similar attempt, and were also severely wounded. The cabin was then fired and the woman with her four children were with difficulty dragged from the burning house.
Connecticut western news., 1877-12-28
We Want Our Money.

Sometimes the financial genius of wo- man, towering in epic dignity above the low levels of masculine imbecility teaches the lessons of economic sense There was meeting of the depositors of the Allegheny Savings Bank at Pittsburg, and committee of fifteen men presented report. Then there was mumbing and stuttering and growing aHd intending chatter over P. J. Hite's plan of compost tion, at the rate of seventy-fve cents on the dollar At the electric moment, when all the men were talking at once, up sprang Mrs. Thomas Sproull and gave her tongue full play: "We want our money, dollar for dollar, and you're no man if you speak for less. We put our money in there and we want it back. Let the women take charge of the matter, if you men can't manage it." The ave- struck crowd, watching her scornful ges- lures in the direction of the unhappy Hite, cried "Put him out p "Dollar for dollar p Then she went on "I want what put in there nothing more nor nothing else. They Knew they were going to fail when put it in, and what is that but stealing'" When she sat down her hearers said one to another, "We may get our money after all." They were still somewhat dazed, for her plans seemed rather vague, but they felt bet ter, and the cheery ones even went so far as to whistle. Financial genius always inspires confidence.
Connecticut western news., 1877-12-28
Two Children Die of Hydrophob1a.

The New Orleans Picaya1sse says :- About three months ago two of the chil- dren of Mrs Ferl1n, residing on Jour- dan avenue, near the Levee, were play ing in the green near the residence of their parent, and were attacked by sav- age dog, the property of a colored wo- man, named Mime. Pierre, and severely bitten. One of the two, little boy aged two years; was bitten in the arm and face, and the girl in the ankle. The dog, at the request of the owner, was killed im- mediately, and the children attended by physician. A few days after the occur renee, both children were, as 1t was thought, well, and played around the house as usual. One month later the boy complained of being ill, and after a few days, died of what was declared by the physician to be hydrophobia. Just one month and two days after the death of the little boy, Victorine told her mother that her leg, at the place where she had been bitten, pained her. Hardly had the child been removed to her bed than she complained of violent pains in the stom- ach and expressed an ardent desire for water bu5 as soon as the liquid was handed to her she repulsedit. The next day, whenever any one would approach her, she would complain that their breath ing was so violent that it annoyed her extremely, and during the four days of her illness, whenever one of the dogs of the house would enter her room she would scream and order it taken away. The pains increased considerable, and, after terrible agony, Victorine died.
Connecticut western news., 1877-12-28
The Turkish Government has asked

The Turkish Government has asked England whether it may expect Eng lands help to resist the Russian demand to open the Dardanelles. Otherwise the Porte says that Turkey will be com pelled to submit.
 Burglars entered the house of Hugh Boyle, farmer of Spencerville, Canada. Mrs. Boyle died suddenly from fright.
 The conclusions of the Naval Court of Inquiry on the Huron disaster, are that Commander Ryan was primarily responsible for the loss of that vessel, and that Lieut.. Palmer, the navigating officer, made errors in navigation; also that the deck officers on the night of her loss might have been at fault in not ascertaining the accuracy of the perpen- dioular soundings reported to them from time to time.
 The bids for the legislative printing of the State of New York were opened and ranged from $1OO,O00 to $12O, ,O0O, Weed, Parsons & Go. being the lowest in round numbers.
 The Texas State troops surrendered to the Mexican mob at Ell Paso. Their ammunition was exhausted and they were unable to hold out longer. After the surrender Howard, Atkinson and Me- Bride were shot to death by the Mexi- cans. Five of the troops had been killed previously.
 An oyster dingy was capsized at the mouth of the Rappahannock River, Va., and five men were drowned.
 A number of heavy failures of busi ness houses have taken place in Chicago.
 The Democratic caucus ot the Cali fornia Legislature nominated J. T. Far ley for United States Senator.
 -Petroleum has been discovered in the Black Hills.
 At the meeting of the Philadelphia Conference of the Baptist Ministers, and the Methodist Preachers meeting, a res olution was adopted instructing the Pres ident of the United States to appoint day of prayer in behalf of the country and it's business interests.
 Owing to the revolution, depress- ing state of affairs exists in San Domingo. Many executions are daily taking place.
 Upon the reassembling of Congress, President Hayes will send to that body his Special Message on the civil service.
 At Wilkesbarre, Pa., eight men were sentenced to jail for riotous conduct dur ing the September troubles.
 Liberty, N. Y., was visited by destructive fire, and several business houses were burned out.
 New York city has colored baby show and cat show by way of variety.
Connecticut western news., 1877-12-28
WHY DE HAIR TS MISSIN'.

Go way, iddle!-folks is tired O hearin' you
 a-squawkin', Keep silence fur yo' betters-don't you heah
 de banjo talkin'? About de 'possum's tail, she gwine to lecter-
 ladies, listen!- About de har what isn't dar, an why de ha'r
 is missin': "Dar's gwine to be oberfow," said Noah
 lookin solemn For Noah tuk the papers, an he read de ribber An so he sot his hands to work a-cl'arin timber
 patches, An lowed he's gwine to build boat to beat
 de steamah "Natchez." OF Noah kep' a-nailin', an a-chippin', an
 a-sawin'; An all de wicked neighbors kep' a-laughin' an
 a-pshawin'; But Noah didn't min 'em-knowin' whut wuz
 gwine to happen: An forty days an forty nights de rain it kep'
 a-drappin. Now, Noah had done cotched lot ob ebry
 sort O beas'es- Ob all de shows a-trabbelin', 1t beat lem all to
 pieces! He had Morgan colt, an sebral head O
 Jarsey cattle An druv em board de Ark as soon's he heered
 de thunder rattle Den such anoder fall ob rain lit come so
 awful hobby, De ribber rig immejitly, an busted troo de De people all wuz drownded out-'cep' Noah
 an de critters An men he'd hired to work de boat-an' one
 to mix de bitters. De Ark she kep' a-sailin an a-sailin, ar'
 a-sailin'; De lion got his lander up, an like to bruk de
 palm De sarpents hissed-de painters yelled-till,
 what wid all de fussin' You c'u'dnt hardly heah de mate a-bossin
 roun' an cussin'. Now, Ham, de only nigger whut wuz runnin'
 on de packet, Got lonesome in de barber-shop, an c'u'dnt
 stan de racket; ,'--- -..-. An so, for to amuse he-sef, he steamed some
 wood an bent it, An soon he had a banjo made-de fust dat wuz
 invented. He wet de ledder, stretched lton made bridge,
 an screws, an apron; An fitted in a proper neck-twuz berry long
 an taperin'; He tux some tin, an twisted him thimble for
 to ring it.; An den de mighty question rig how wuz he
 gwine to string 1t De 'possum had as fine tail as dis dat Is
 a-singin'; De ha'rs 50 long, an thick, an strong,-jes
 fit for banjo-stringin Dat nigger shaved 'em off as short as wash
 day-dinner graces; An sorted ob 'em by de size, from little Els to
 passes. He strung her, tuned her, struck jig-'twuz
 "Nebber min de wedder"- She soun' like forty-lebben bands a-playin' all
 togedder; Some went to pattin'; some to dancin'; Noah
 called de fggers- An Ham he sot an knocked de tune, de hap
 piest ob niggers! Now, sence dat time-its mighty strange
 dere's not de slightest showin Ob any har at all upon de 'possum's tail
 a-growin' An curis, too,--dat nigger's ways: his people nebber los em- For whar you finds de nigger-dar's de banjo
 an de 'possum!
 -Scribner's for January