The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-01-26
Women of the East.

Hebrew women, for instance, were
supply merchandise. bought as Rachel
and Joseph. and handled to suit the
safety and pleasure of their owners. a.
Rsbecca and Sarah in Egypt and Gerar.
Yet Athalis. daughter of Omri. sat on
the throne six years; and Alexandria. a
Hebrew woman, reigned over them
Semiramis. woman in Assyrian slavery.
became a queen and made her name
great by the building Of Babylon in
single year.
Though the Turks bad power of lite
and death over their wives, and if they
rebelled under the terrible tortures and
punishmcnts OF their lot. the very mex
pensive power OF divorce by simply
answering when they asked permission
to go out. &c" without adding. "But
come back again" yet in 1880 the
greatest actual power i'll Turkey was
Sultana Valydeh.
Persian women Of the lower classes
are servile slaves; supporting masters of
unlimited power who do absolutely
nothing themselves, and the upper classes
rarely leave the harem from the cradle
to the grave. Yet, Cassandra, wife of
Cyrus. ruled Cyrus and Persia as she
would" and ruled so we'll that at her
death the nation mourned twenty DAYS
"Mourned for woman
The worst effect of Mohsmmedanism
has been its degrading OF woman. but
the wife of THE Prophet" Ksdijah,
was the first to embrace his religion,
and he afterwards said, "the greatest,
best aud mast powerful Of all who &C.
cepted it."
Brahmin women never see the faceaOf
man, except those of their husbands.
nor any walls but those of their own
harem, aud while their husbands are
away are hardly allowed the neceasaries
of life. Yet the world is indebted to
Mherul Nisa tor the first of its beauti-
ful cashmere shawls, and the existence
of that exquisite perfume attar-proper-
ly spelled atyr-of roses Her name
was stamped upon the coin of India,
and the title given her of Moor Jehan,
Light of the world"
All the cotton and silk used in Bur-
mah il the work Of her women. and
the exquisite fabrics and dilicate designs
displayed at the Centennial might well
have been placed in woman's' pavill-
ion, for they were all the work Of gen.
tlewomen Of Burmah, for which they
probably received blows that they had
not worked faster. and for their endu-
rance and perseverance, cheered by the
proverb, "womsn has many lives, and
bears much killing"
Sismese womeh fight beside their
husbands, and often in front OF them,
who at home are beaten like beasts to
all manner of drudgsries. They. how.
ever, have the uncommon privilege of
refusing an offered husband if they
choose, and take their revenge in ad-
vance by refusing any one who comes
without . number OF human skulls he
has taken in battle.
Chinese women, are. perhaps, of all,
the most secluded in the upper classes.
The bride is not even seen by the bride
groom till. in a close palanquin, she 10
brought to his door. where in full dress,
with the key Of the palanquin, that has
been sent him in advance; he awaits
her. He has the one alternative Of
refusing her. if she displeases him. at
the cost of double the amount paid for
| her.
She is his slave complete, except that
he cannot sell her until he has gained
a divorce, and Is subject to such mot
toes us first dressed aud last undressed
all the year round, and the like. and.
in some parts Of China. to divorce that
consists in simply breaking "chop-
sticks" before witnesses Many writers.
however, ascribe the.first spinning to
the wife of the Emperor Yao. and tl.e
discovery OF the use of the silk worm
was the work Of the wife of Hoang Ii.
Silk-worms, until lately. we're cared for
entirely by the women, called Tsam-
Now
In Liberia, where the marriage GER
emony consists Of the brides taking of
the bride-groom's shoes as sign of sub
lection, and being laid at his feet with
the expression, "Woif. take thy lamb"
the physicians and socerers feared and
obeyed by men are chiefly women.
In Java. before Mohammeasnisnm
found the island women were consid-
cred equal with men, aud in Celebes,
where there is an elective government,
the throne was oftener held by women
than men.
notwithstanding the general degra-
dation of the sex. energetic. powerful
women have made their power felt in
Egypt. The wife of Mohammed Ali
WAS made judge by the people who
rarely appealed to the Basha, end
when they did received the reply: by
my two eyes. if she requires it, it must
be done, though it be through fire
water and stone"
Dino. sister of Phygmalion. King Of
Tyre, was founder Of Carthage. Mr..
Park. the great American traveller.
pays this tribute to the women OF Afri-
ca: 'In all my travels, | never ad-
dressed language OF politeness to .
dark skinned woman without receiving
polite reply; and. if fhungry, thirsty.
wet. or sick, never failed to receive
assistance from them. Post.
THE record Of the Gloucester fisheries
TOR 1877. shows that seven vessels have
been lost during the year. only one