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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16
THE ToBAooo NuIsANOE.

One can occasionally find even among
the sayings of imbecile monarchs some
thing worthy of modern endorsement.
Walking up First street and down
Front the other day, taking in through
our disgusted nostrils just as little of
the air, laden and blue with the fumes
of tobacco, as would suffice to keep the
fires of life burning while we walked,
we thought for the first time with re-
spect of James l., of England, by re-
calling his verdict upon tobacco. He
said: "The use of tobacco is a habit
disgusting to the eye, obnoxious to the
nose, injurious to the brain, and dan
gerous to the lungs. The black stink
ing smoke Of it resembles the smoke out
of the abyss of hell"
Pretty strong language; but then old
James Stuart had not become civilized
in his tastes, and was not one of those
(women represent that class nowadays
who hold their breath and with white
lips and half-averted face declare tha
they "do not object to smoking"
A savage, unwholesome, dirty, expen
sive and offensive habit is this use o
tobacco, so common as to be almost uni
versal; so common that one is in DANCE
of being spit upon when suddenly turn
ing the corner of a public thoroughfare
so universal that the air in all public
assemblies is poisoned with its villain
GUS fumes. From men with gray, un
kempt beard and hair, and poorly cla'
sons of toll who smoke the short
stemmed clay pipe surcharged will
deadly nicotine, to the exquisite VIII
rolls up dainty cigarettes and puffs then
languidly while he recounts his killin
conquests at the last Soiree and the grav
elders or "solid" man on 'Change VIII
finds solace in his costly meerschaum
all puff and smoke and expectoratE
while their eyes grow weak and water
and their breath and clothing reek wit
intolerable odors. If women woul
unitedly discountenance and frown upo
f this habit, we do not believe that me
: would "smoke them out" as they al
about to do under the present "tolers
tiouu sVstem
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16
AID FOR COLORADO.

Aida c. Avery, President of the Col
orado Woman Suffrage Association,
writing to friends of the cause in Ore
gon, says: GAS you know, the bill pro-
viding for equal suffrage will be sub
mitted to the popular vote in Colorado
next October. This important question
coming to decisive open issue in any
State makes it of paramount interest
and necessity to all the friends of JUS
tice in the nation that the issue be sue
cessful; and to insure that end, we ap-
peal to the friends of our glorious CON-
mon cause to help us as largely as pos
sible; to help US with papers, pamph-
lets, tracts, lectures, or the means tc
obtain any or all of these. Victory in
Colorado next autumn will make sue.
cess in any other State comparatively
easy; so I feel sure that what aid il
rendered to us will be its own rich re-
ward in the abundant return which
each State will realize in its own legis
lation.n
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16
STRANGE MUTATIONS.

Ill-gotten gains of men frequently re-
turn by bequest of daughters or profit
gaey of sons back to channels where
they can WELD an influence for good,
and in the great moral summing up of
human things defeat the designs of
those who wrung them by greediness,
tyranny, and oppression from the
masses, or filched them by games of
chance from victims less fortunate if not
less immoral than themselves.
Occasionally one of the first class,
who hesitates not to build the ladder by
which he rises to fortune OF the PROSTATE
hopes and cherished plans of his fellow
men, dies without offspring, as did
Stewart, and Immediately his great
wealth begins to flow back into the
channels from which it was wrung, and
charities, the needs of which were per-
haps created by the undue Capitalization
of this wealth upon one individual, are
relieved by bequests of his heirs. Of
tener, however, profiigate sons scatter
by the whirlwind of their own ungov-
erned passions, or let slip by their innate
inertia, the means that grasping, care.
full and painstaking fathers have accu.
mulated at cost of every pleasure tC
themselves, and the many have a chance
to use what the few would abuse.
The following paragraph, from ar
Eastern paper, concerning the disposi
ton of wealth by the daughter of {
noted gambler, proves the first assertion
Miss Mary Dancer died at New York las
week. She was the daughter of a we'll know
gambler, now dead, from whom she inherite,
a vast fortune. By the provisions of her will
she divided $685., 900 among thirty-one religious
benevolent, and charitable societies, after dis
posing of SlS5,OOO to relatives and friends.
Thus by strange mutation moralit.
is fed upon the proceeds of immortality
although in this case for long series Q
years the latter, arrogant and boastful
defied the former and obstinately refuse
to be guided by her sweet influences.
Though the mills of God grind slowly,
Yet they grind exceeding small;
Though with patience He stands waiting,
With exactness grinds He ALL"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16
INCONSISTENCY.

''There is little doubt" says recent
writer on woman's influence, "that had
woman not passed into political and So
cial bondage in savage times and
places, when the brutal had displaced
the human; that had woman been free
all through historic periods, she would
have dragged the world along after her
to moral height far above the condi-
ion of the present." Yet the man who
writes these words, and host of men
and women who agree with him, be-
lieve, or pretend to believe, that it is
''inexpedient" even now TO give woman
her freedom, bat desire still to perpetu-
ate the political and social bondage
that woman in savage times and places
passed into. If such persons expect the
considerate judgment of mankind to be
recorded in their favor in the future,
they certainly will be vastly mistaken.
Inconsistency could not well array her
self in a garb more becoming to her con-
Trajectory character than this, and the
light of the nineteenth century is fast
penetrating such fiimsy DISCUSSES, and
will shortly dispel them altogether.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16
NEWS ITEMS.
STATE AND TERRITORIAL.

Diphtheria has at length disappeared
from Salem.
Astoria is to have daily paper about
the 1st of April.
Camilla Urso is expected at Eugene
City on the 10Th.
There are 127 voters in Ashland and
574 school children.
Ashland Lodge of Good Templars is
the banner Lodge, umbering 136 MEM
Oers.
Ports Madison, Gamble, and Ludlow
present manifest signs of growth and
prosperity.
Wells, Fargo & Co. have established
an express office at Dallas and appointed
]. t. Wortley agent.
Ship building is still carried on sue
cessfully at Port Ludlow, where the
seventeenth craft is now on the stocks.
Hon. r. NJ. Wilson, member Of the
last Legislature from TillamoOk, died
at his residence in that county, on the
4th of March.
1t is said two gentlemen named Ver-
non have killed seventy deer in the
foothills of the Cascade Range, in Linn
county, this season.
Mr.. Mitchell D. Tracy committed sui
eide at Bridge Creek, Wasco county, on
| the 5th instant, by shooting himself
| through the head with rifle.
The Catholics of Baker City contem-
plate at an early day, to erect school
for boys on some land recently pur-
chased with that object in view.
The Circuit Court for Linn county
convened at Albany on Monday, with
full docket. There is no perceptible
falling-off in the number of divorce
cases.
Port Townsend is making a slow but
sound growth. 1t is the most western
port of the United States, and must
grow into importance as a naval and
marine station and place Of rendez-
vous.
It is reported, says the Olympia COur-
ier, that a consolidation of the Tum-
water Pipe Factory has been accom-
plished, and stock company with
100000 capital will hereafter carry on
the business.
A lady at Canyonville waited for her
better half until bedtime the other
evening, and then she marched down N1
town to a saloon, where she and her
husband remained until the "wee sma'
hours.n The head of that family will
90 home earlier hereafter.
D. B. Jackson purchased the UtsalaGy
mill property at bankrupt's sale for $50,
4O1. The Seattle Dispatch says it is un-
derstood that this purchase is made in
the interest of combination between
the Bakely, Gamble, and Tacoma COM
panies, to keep Utsalady closed as
numbering port.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16

A panic in Catholic Church in New
York, on the night of the 8th, resulted
in the crushing to death of seven women
and one boy. The panic was caused by
the fainting of young woman in one
of the galleries, who was overcome by
the description of purgatory and the
tortures of the damned, to which the
priest was regaling the vast audience of
women and children. The priest re-
paired damages by offering solemn re-
QUEEN mass for the dead, and prayers
for the speedy recovery of the wounded
in the same church Oh the day following
the catastrophe. His arrest for murder
has not yet been chronicled.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16

Cameron's reason for resigning his
seat in the Senate of the United States,
as given by himself, are: 81 am seventy
eight years old, and think 1 have been
in public life long enough, and that I
will never find better time to retire.
am tired of the care and worry of Of
fee; of having to turn away good people
whom 1 would be glad to serve if I had
the power, and of being annoyed by bad
people seeking to make use of me. lam
rich and need not subject my self to all
this trouble" Newspapers, however,
attribute the resignation to hostility tc
HAYES.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16

The time has at last arrived when
rebels, erewhile in arms against the
United States, can congratulate each
other on receiving proof of Presidential
confidence in the shape of Cabinet off,
ces. B. F. Cheatham, commander oi
the famous "Cheatham's division" oi
Johnston's army, sends the following to
Key, once his companion in armed trea.
son, now Postmaster-General of the
United States: ''I tender my sincere
congratulations. Do not fail to accept
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16

Elizabeth Cady Stanton relates an in
cident. She and several other ladies
educated young man for the Presby-
terian ministry, gave him a new suit, a
beaver hat, and all the appurtenances
of a genteel ministerial garb, and OF
course were all agog to hear his first
sermon. Imagine their dismay and dis
gust when he announced, with solemn
voice and patronizing mien, the text;
''Let your women keep silence in the
churches, for it is not permitted unto
them to speak,"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16

1t is quite evident that DR.. Dillon
took the backbone of the Advocate
with him when he resigned the edito-
rial chair of that journal to his sue
eessor. The quiet dignity with which
be declared his intention to edit the
paper while occupying the position as
editor, is in marked contrast to the hur-
rying shuttle with which the present
editor abandons his premises when
frowned upon by the elders.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16
A TRIBUTE TO BABYHOOD.

In these days when "babies are such
a care" and the dimpled darliugs of our
earliest remembrance, in their bright
pink frocks and cunning bibs, Growing
in their homemade cradles, have given
place to the pale and puny nurslings
dressed in an elaborate mass Of tucks
and embroidery, and wheeled out for an
occasional airing in dainty carriages,
we reread with pleasant throb of olden
memories Emerson's tribute to baby
hood. Listen, mothers, you whose chill
dren
" To man and womanhOOd grown
Have launched forth in boats of their own,"
But whose baby-life is, and ever will be
to you joyous memory; listen and see
if softly over your heart will not steal
the glory and glow of the early days of
your motherhood: "Welcome to the
parents the puny struggler, strong in
his weakness; his little arms more ir-
resistible than the soldiers, his lips
touched with persuasion which
Cheatham and Pericles in manhood had
not. His unaffected lamentations, when
he lifts up his voice on high, soften all
hearts to pity, and to tender and clam
orous compassion"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16
FROM SHoALWATER BAY.

To THE EDITOR OF THE NEW NORTHWEST
Being on visit to this part of the
coast, (Shoalwater Bay, find that the
Woman Suffrage question is beginning
to agitate the minds of the people, and L
find further that some of them have
never seen a copy of the NEW NORTH
WEST. This being the case, of course
they very much lack for information on
the important subject, and know little
or nothing of its vast proportions or the
rapid progress it is making in the minds
of the people. When 1 tell you that
some of them claim that Woman Suf-
frage and free lOUe go hand in hand, you
will understand how much they need
enlightenment.
They had the question up for debate
in their club this week, and many and
amusing were the declarations made
pro and con. The feeling has run sc
high that an open meeting for the pur.
pose of discussing the subject has beer
called, at which all are invited to ex.
press their honest views.
Please send as reinforcements to the
friends of progress and justice mum
Der of copies of the New NORTHwEs1
for distribution throughout the camps o
the enemy. We expect to number mos
if not all of these among the friends o
the cause after the circulation of the pa
per and the debate. will endeavor t.
report progress before my return to Ore
gon. SUBSCRIBER.
Bay Center, w. T..
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16
A COMMON SENSE VIEW.

DR.. Holland has published book en-
titled "Every Day Topics" which con-
tains the following views upon co-edu-
cation of the sexes which is just to our
mind: "If the studies and the modes of
study of the college are not to be modi-
fled in consequence of the admission of
men and women, teachers and students
need make no objection. The society
of women will do them good rather than
harm. 1t is certainly one of the disad-
vantages of college and female board
ing-school life that it is sexually iso-
lated. There is no question that the
daily association of the sexes when
young, under judicious supervision and
regulation, is much healthier than their
separation. 1t is better that the sexes
see each other daily than to dream OF
each other; and either the one or the
other they always do. 1t is the univer-
sal testimony of teachers, so far as we
have learned, that morally the sexes dc
well together in school-do better, in.
deed, than when separated. The asso'
citation of men and women in schoo
or college is just as safe and healthfu
as their association in ordinary life."
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16
RECENT EVENTS.

Mrs. Hayes and family will worship
in Methodist Church.
Heavy SHOWS have been falling in
portions of Utah for some days.
Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, has
resigned the position of United States
Senator.
New Hampshire election took place
on Tuesday aud resulted in a victory for
Republicans.
No extra session of Congress will be
called unless absolutely necessary to
supply the army.
Frederick Douglass will undoubtedly
be appointed marshal of the District of
Columbia in few days.
No offers of any kind have been made
by the President to Gov. Packard, of
Louisiana, as some have believed.
The Cabinet nominations were con-
firmed by the Senate on Saturday by
nearly unanimous vote in each case.
In accordance with custom, Mrs.
Hayes held her first reception at the
White House on the afternoon of the
10th.
Secretary Fish, after eight consecutive
years of labor in the Department of
State, retired on Monday from the cares
of office.
Joe GOss, the pugilist and principal
in the Goss-Allen prize fight, has been
arrested and held to wait the arrival of
the Kentucky officers.
Thurman and Eaton were the Demo-
, Gratis who voted against Key and Evarts
in executive session. Eaton and Chat
fee voted against Schurz.
Members of the Cabinet who had not
previously been sworn in, except Secre-
, tary Thompson who had not arrived,
took the oath of Office on the 18th.
!. Woodburn, Wigginton, Luttrell, and
: Lane started for the Pacific Coast on
( the 9th. Page and Piper remain in
). Washington for week or two longer.
II The Worlds Washington special says
n that Hayes will give an opportunity to
:, Packard and Chamberlain to voluntar-
?, lily retire from the positions they cannot
e possibly maintain.
: The President and Cabinet are in daily
It receipt of letters and kilograms from
n prominent persons of both political par
e ties in approval of the rational course
g indicated as a rule of government.
IS There is the best reason to believe
Is that Schurz will not remain in the Cab
~ met many months, but will resign to
accept foreign mission as soon as he
Is enjoys for a short time the honors of a
q Cabinet position.
"a Objections to the probate Of the will
of the late Commodore Vanderbilt were
= filed at the office of the surrogate to-
"a day. There are seventeen in number
of and deny it is the CommOdore's will, oil
- that it was signed and executed by him
.r Joseph II. Lewis, of Hoboken, died 6
he few days since, agei lightweight years
or He was for many years statiOner or
H. Nassau street, and accumulated ovel
ys one million dollars worth of property
or the whole of which he left to pay the
nd national debt.
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Lawyers are gleefulIy rubbing thei

Lawyers are gleefully rubbing their
hands over the prospective fat pickings
in the Vanderbilt will contest. A dis
patch of the 10th inst. says: "Objec-
tions to the will of Commodore Wander
bilt were filed in the surrogate office to-
day by his son, Cornelius J. Vanderbilt,
on the ground that the document of
fered for probate is not the last will of
deceased; that it was signed by either
Lesaeter or by witnesses at his request;
that deceased was not in sound mind
when the document is purported to have
been signed; that it was procured by
fraud and undue influence of William
H. Vanderbilt, and that by desire to
concentrate his fortune in the person oi
VIM. II. Vanderbilt, deceased had be-
come incapacitated from making a will,
and disregarded his other children"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16

The verdict upon the Ashtabula dis
aster, after reciting the causes which
led to it, closed with these words: "The
deceased, therefore, came to their deaths
by the precipitation of the cars into the
chasm left by the falling bridge and the
burning of the cars, for all of which the
railroad company is responsible.n
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16

The new gentlemen's fashion of shoot
ing at ladies who decline proposals of
marriage received a severe check re-
Gently. Judge Gildersleeve has sentenced
its latest votary to ten years imprison-
ment. 1t is thought that this severe
sentence will tend to discourage one of
the nobIest of our national sports.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16

The Singer Manufacturing Co. report
their sales for the year 1876 at 262,3l6
machines, being an excess of L, ,464 ma
chimes over their sales of 1875.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16
NOTICE.

Agents will please take notice that It is q
great tax upon us 10 pay express charges upon
small sums. and they will confer great favor
by remitting TO us through money orders oI
registered letters.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16

Morrill, has been appointed collector
of customs for the district of Portland
and Falmouth, Maine. He leaves the
Cabinet shattered in health and very
poor,
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16

The Massachusetts House of Repre-
sentatives has passed what is known as
the Hawkins Bill" giving to married
women their clothing.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16

The election of U. S. Senator from
Ohio occurs next Tuesday. Mathews,
Taft, and Holland are the prominent
candidates.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16

At the swearing in of the Cabinet
there was an amusing scene. All the
members except Thompson and Sher-
man stood up in a row, with uplifted
hands, when the Chief Justice began to
repeat the oath. When he reached the
sentence, "You do solemnly swear that
you have never voluntarily borne arms
against the government of the United
States" Secretary Key exclaimed,
"Hold on there, 1 cannot take that
oath ~ and after a little whispering,
Key dropped his hand and stepped out
of line until after the rest of them had
been sworn by the iron-clad oath. Their
an attempt was made to find a copy o.
the modified oath to administer to Key
but it was impossible, there never hav'
ing been any use for it at the White
House. The Chief Justice solved tht
difficulty by repeating an oath to which
Key assented.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16

The McGibeny family entertain the
denizens of Oakland, CAL, with their
"song services" this winter.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-16

Kossuth, at seventy-fOur years of age,
SAYS: "My hands are empty but clean."
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Never contradict man who shutters,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-01-04

Of eloqueuce flowed in startling force. 1t was
wonderful while it lasted, and having witness
ed the scene once your interest grew in the
silent man who carried under that quiet eN-
terror so much suppressed vehemence. / might
tell you too of Il little incident where he show
ed delicate thoughtfulness for a stranger and
an invalid that has never been forgotten, but
that will keep till YOU and |, dear friends, can
have Il confidential chat. Mr.. CulberSon is Il
thorough lawyer, and he 50 perfectly compre-
hendS legislative business that he will make no
mistakes for his constituents.
Judge Hancock is more widely known. You
would not call him 4 beauty, yet he is undeni-
ably what Joe Gargery would call "a tine iigger
Of Il man, sir" The face is full of Intelligence,
frankness and good humor. Mr.. Hancock is
universal fayorite on both sides of the House.
and many Il good point gained for the South
has been won by his wise management. He
comes from old Virginia stock, though born in
Alabama and educated in Tennessee. and - he
is bachelor, a fact vastly enhancing his other
fascinating qualities in the eyes of countless
widows and maidens who have not vet relin
quished all hope Of matrimony. The b'gaest
man in the House comes from Texas, too; for
Gllstave Schleicher's home is at san Antonio.
that loyeliest Of all ut-of-the-way-pace ever
seen. 50 lovely is it, and so many charming
memories have | still concerning my sojOurn
there. that must not begin to recall them now.
but sometime when ''the returns are in" and
the Presidential conundrum guessed, l may
tell you something you will like to read. Now,
| wish you all the happiest New Year of your
whole lives. ANNA 5. Hustled.