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LONGSHOREMEN.

II is said that women do the work Of
longshoremen in st. John, Newfound-
land. When the time arrives for vessels
from Southern Europe, Brazil, West
Indies, and elsewhere, to take aboard
their cargoes Of salt cod, herring, ETC.,
files Of women, with tucked-up gowns,
bare arms and broad brogans, may be
seen along the wharves, carrying flat
barrows Of fish to and fro. Each bar
row has four handles, and Is borne by
two women. They perform the same
labor as men, but their pay is inferior.
They also 90 on the Summer voyage to
Labrador, and act generally in the ca
pacity Of "splitters," "headers" and
'salters." These women are described
as muscular, healthy and conteHted.
There are no cases Of difficult or danger
Gus maternity among them. TheiT
children receive but little care, and evil
IDENTIFY require little. Intelligence is oi
low order among both men and wOm-
en-; and the husbands claim the joint
] cat uAhhS W AhtuloSAfto ehA nAfN7 a
their own Individual property. The
abstract idea of woman's rights has moi
yet reached recognition among them
The women would doubtless be mortified
at the audacity of any one who would
attempt to inoculate their sluggish
brains with anything so apparently
I preposterous.
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A NOVEL PnuNDED ON FACT.

Chapter I.-Mr. A owned a gentle
cow, an excellent milker, aud a great
favorite with the whole neighborhoOd.
But she got into a wheat field i'm har-
vest time.
Mrs. G saw her entering the field,
and suggested to her daughter that cows
were sometimes killed by eating ripe
wheat; so she had better hurry and tell
Mr.. Brown to drive the COW out in time
to save her life. Like a dutiful daupb-
ter, the girl obeyed with alacriiy; but
Mr.. Brown was of harvesting, Mr..
Jones had gone to town, and Mr.. VIII
son had gone to the mountains for a
load Of rails.
By the time Miss G returned, the COW
had finished her meal, and had gone to
the creek and drank to safety; and in
less than one short hour the neighbOr-
hood favOrite was dead. This ends the
COW, and the first chapter.
Chapter II.-Now, Mr.. w. had a COW
nearly as popular in the neighborhood
as Mr.. AS. She, too, got into a field OF
ripe wheat. Mrs. r detected her in the
act, and sent one Of her daughters to
drive her out, which she eheerfully did,
putting up the fence, which had been
blown down by a strong wind. That
COW is still living, and the young lady's
standing in society is unimpairel. !. This
ends the second chapter and the novel.
n. B.-Copyright secured.
Some editors, as well as other people,
think that woman should use her
mighty influence in persuading her
father, husband, brother or sou to go to
the polls and bear aloft the standard OF
Republican, Democratic, or Greenback
principles. Now, before she could ac-
complish all this, the fatal draft might
be taken, and these same legal voters
hurried away to the war. Might it moi
/ be well for those who are deemed capa'
BILE and worthy to instruct Others il
the art Of voting, to first vote them
selves, and try persuasion afterward
J. MAGONE.
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MRs. PEnKHAM,s LECTURE.

The Temperance lecture of Mrs. p. An
META Peckham, at the Taylor-street
Methodist Chsrch on Sunday evening
last, was one of the ablest and most ac-
ceptable addresses ever given in this
city upon any subject. The lady has
fine, commanding presence, is graceful
in motion and eloquent and logical III
utterance. Her audience, which was
large and at first critical, long ere the dis
course was finished was so thoroughly
in sympathy with her sentiments that
they received her demand for the ballot
for woman with evident pleasure. Her
address was ably seconded by Rev. Mr..
Acton, who expressed himself as en-
tirely in accord with the speakers
views. But, while the lecture in itself
was triumph, we have one severe crit
icism to offer against somebody. The
lady spent several days in this city,
awaiting the time for the lecture at
heavy expense at the st. Charles Hotel,
and delivered the address, the third OF
us Character IN Portland anu lot thls
lecture, as well as the two on former oc-
cssions, she has not received from any
source the sum Of one cent. Somebody
is certainly to blame for this oversight
Ore would think that ministers, who
have certainly had experience in these
things, would understand that the CON-
mon necessities of life cannot be had
even by missionaries, without some
provision is made by somebody to re,
munerate them for their labor. But
Mrs. Peckham will learn after Will,
to look after her own finances, even i
by so doing she finds some churches
closed against her that now welcom,
her to the pulpit.
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had nearly perished in storms. The
little vessel was scgttled.
The Howard Association at Memphis
made a pressing call for assistance, and
Jay Gould sent them 5000, and says be
will foot their bills as long as they
think it necessary. The HOwards re-
piled gratefully to the generous offer.
Their expenses are $1,000 a day.
a minister, David Benjamin, was
beaten to death by his son-in-law, john
It. Sharp, in Zaleski, Ohio, on Tuesday,
because the former interfered when the
latter was beating bis wife and daugh-
ter with a piece Of stove wood. The
wife and child are both severely injured.
\ Norwegian bark, the COlum bin,
was sunk in the Atlantic recently. The
men on board say a huge sea mOnsteror or
1 fish knocked a hole in her large enough
to cause her to fill aud sink in halt an
hour The crew barely escaped. The
water all around the vessel was bloody,
as though the monster was badly hurt.
a steamship picked up the crew and
brought them 10 New York. \ good
fish story.
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LETTER PROM SAN JOSE.

10 IHk EDITOR OF TIE NEW NORTHWEST:
Possibly there is no other spot on the
green earth where the cause of Woman
Suffrage has better friends OF warmer
adherents than here in San Jose. Our
mutual friend, J. ]. Owen, of the Mer-
curry, has grandly stood by US from the
beginning, and much Of the popularity
Of our movement is directly traceable to
his noble efforts. Then, We have Mrs.
Knox Goodrich as our ever-present help
in every emergency, whose hospitable
home is a place Of rendezvous for the
workers aud leaders of our rank and file.
Rev. DIR. McKaig is another tower Of
our strength. In San Francisco the
Rev. Ada Bowles is also gathering her
cohorts for the work from the very best
elements in that city.
I have found many friends among the
very best legal talent in the State in the
study and practice of my profession.
Aud yet, everything is uphill work for
woman. My children, five in num-
Der, not only hamper my progress, but
by their very dependence spur me on
ward in my profession.
have read, with unbounded indigna-
tion, of the Infamous dolngs Of the mob
OF Jacksonville vagabonds. To think
for one moment that lady would, in
this enlightened age, be subject to such
insult is to imagine ourselves living in
the fourteenth century, when women
and young, tender maidens were stripped
and lashed through the streets, while
the ignorant and vicious mob followed
bowling on behind. The young limbs
OF the law who took such active part in
the disgraceful affair, and the fossil OF a
Judge who sanctioned it, would be glad
no doubt, to return to the good old days
of Bacon, Blackstone and Kent, for even
they have declared that the wife is the
serUdnt Of the husband. They doubtless
thought il devolyed upon their OWL
great brains to put to silence the de.
fender Of women through the argument
Of eggs and efligy, since they had nc
hope Of competing with her through
logic. They doubtless thought that by
} returning her to "home and sphere
they would be left in the glory of thei
masculine supremacy, and, with thei
: right to Danish slaudered wives hence
: forth unchallenged, revel on, undis
turbed in their greatness. The Jack
} sOnville outrage is disgrace to Oregon
b Mrs. Duniway's many friends in Cali
fornia feel that the insults heaped upol
her are a humiliation to themselve
. also, and an outrage upon the age W
= live in. The respectable newspapers ar
r everywhere eondemning it. Let m
= brother lawyers everywhere expires
{ their indignation over the riot as the
e have here in San Jose. But | hav
{ reached the end Of my paper, and mus
5 close this hurried, rambling letter. W
e should like to meet Mrs. d. at the con
{ ing Suffrage Convention in San Frar
b. cisco. CLARA :. FOLTZ.
] San Jose, September ., 1878.
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NEW EDITOR.

The Salem Statesman now has
Ladies' Department, under the editorial
management Of Mrs. W. II. OIell.
This lady was formerly the wife Of the
Hon. Mr.. Thurston, member Of Congress
from Oregon Territory, who was the
originator Of the famous Donation Law
by which the wives Of men first began
TO hold real estate in their own right,
aud not subject to the debts OF hus-
bands. Mrs. Thurston, after years
Of widowhood, became the wife Of
Mr.. Odell, the present senior proprietor
Of the Statesman. We are pleased to
welcome this lady to the editorial
ranks, and confidently look for much
improvement in the Statesman under
her management But why say Mrs.
Editrcssg : Would she say lGdy teach
fToSs3
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APPEAL FOR AID.

Mrs. Sara Andrews Spencer, of Wash
ington, D. c., writes to Mrs. Duniway,
Vice-President for Oregon of the Ma
tional Woman Suffrage Association,
saying:
You VIII receive to-day the plan OF work for
the Forty-siEth Congress. Please remit annual
fee to the Treasurer, Mrs. lane II. sheppard,
Riggs House, Washington, D. c. We need
10000 petition forms and appeals. and the
money 10 mail them TO 5000 post ofices-at
least $1,000 Immediately. The treasury Is
empty, and the work waits. Cannot our
friends In oregon help us?
The annual fee Of membership to the
National Woman Suffrage Association
is 81. We hope that many lady readers
Of the NEW NORTHWEST will respond
at once to the above call. The demand
is imperative. Ladies, do not let il
longer be your fault that the "work
waitsn
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We cheerfully give place 10 Professor
Crawford's explanation in another col
umn, pointing out that no distinction
is made by the School Directors in re-
munerating teachers on account Of sex.
Last week a correspondent called atteu-
ton to the fact that Miss Ella Sabin,
Principal Of the North School, received
$500 less per year than the other Prin-
cipals. Mr.. Crawford shows that the
distinction wss not made because she is
a lady, but because 1878 was her first
year as Principal. However, we think
the teachers in the under grades, who
perform the hardest duties Of all instuc-
tors, would be better compensated il
they were gentlemen.
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THE MICROSCOPE.

Small but powerful little instructor
from which may be drawn the wisest
lessons, each one seeming the most inn
portant as il is in turn received. 1t
teaches tina. through the smallest OBJ
jects we may reach great truths; that
nothing can be considered Insignificant.
And what lesson Of toleration we may
draw. No one can say, This view is
the correct one; you should see as ]
see." For every eye must have a new
adjustment to view things OF equal size,
equal force and equal beauty. Mr.. A
may grasp the new idea, but the lenses
are not quite right for Mrs. A, or the
light is insufficient for Mr.. b. 1t shows
too, that we can receive things only as
we are ready for them, only as we take
the necessary steps. The receiver, the
condenser, all the lenses, must be prop
erly adjusted, and the right light strike
all. With the receiUed truth, will come
the wonder that we ever thought one
person could see for another. X.
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FOREIGN NEWS.

The National Bank Of Peru has failed.
In Havana sixty-five deaths from
yellow fever occurred last week.
Paris carpenters have struck for
higher wages and shorter hours.
The inhabitants Of Novi Bazaar are
determined to resist Austrian occupa-
tion.
Ex-Queen Isabella will be invited to
be present at the wedding Of King
Alfonso.
Another lot Of French communists
have been amnesiied aud have arrived
in Paris.
Hanlan, the Canadian, has sent a
challenge 10 Triekett, the Australian
Oarsman.
Crops in Bulgaria have failed, and
the Government has forbidden exporta-
tiOn Of cereals.
Colonel Fletcher, Secretary to Lord
Dufferiu during his Canadian Vice
Royalty, is dead.
The British troops in Afghanistan
are in bad condition to make an
advance in the war.
Spain will only send sufficient troops
to Cuba to replace those whose term Of
service has expired.
Notice Of a ten-per-ceut reduction in
wages has been served on 10000 nail
makers in Stafiordshire, England.
The Australian Exhibition opens on
the 18th inst. Large quantities OF ex-
I hibits from various countries have
arrived
/ In a duel on the Prussian frontier on
the 7th, between Marquis Oliviares and
/ DubOuria, the latter was seriously
wounded.
With the exception Of old and
/ defaced coins, all silver hitherto held
back has gone into circulation in
Germany.
Lurgan, Ireland, and several sur.
rounding districts have been declared
to be under the provisions Of the Peace
Preservation Act.
Eighty-four young persons, sentenced
to hard labor and deportation to SiberiS
for political ofienses, have left Moscow
under an armed escort.
Professor NordenskjOld, the Swedish
Arctic explorer, telegraphs from Yoko
hama that all hands are well, and tha
be has had no sickness.
The steamer Breslau, with l 1900 emf
grants for the United States, wen
ashore on the 7th of Lizard Point. Tn,
passengers were rescued.
The suburbs Of ST. Petersburg wer
flooded on the 7th, the river Neva beinl
higher than ever before known. J
storm had ragged for several days.
Emperor William of Germany wa
} very cordially received at Alexandra
by the Car on the 4th. They wer
cheered by the assembled crowds.
Insurgent bands in the districts o
HOlquin and Santiago De Cuba hav
been broken up into small parties. Tn
] other Cuban districts are peaceful.
. The insurrection against the Britisl
in Cabul ended in the death of Majn
Cavagnari. His party made a stubbOr
defense. About 100 rioters were killed
The Institute of International La,
at Brussels has decided that the dc
; struction or injury Of a submarine tele
, graph cable is an ofIense against th
law Of nations.
The ex-Khedive Of Egypt is said I
have carried off all the cash from IA
public treasury, and swept the harem
Of jewelry and the palaces of plat,
, altogether amounting to e4,OOO, 600.
King Cetewayo is willing to surrende
/ and pay his taxes, if the country
cleared OF British soldiers, His messer
gers were informed that Cetewayo i. n
longer king, and must surrender uncoI
ditionally.
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CONTROVERSY.

\ lively controversy has been going
on for some time between the advocates
Of free trade in the OregonidH and the
adherents to protective tariff in the Bee.
It does looF little singular to see a
Republican journal advocating the abo-
lition OF protective tariff on foreign rails
for public railroads. And yet, were all
other conditions right-were free home
sleads everybody's heritage, for instance
there is no denying that free trade
would properly supplaut the tariff on all
articles Of home consumption OF every
day use. Experience has long demon
strsted that protective tariff on articles
Of special use, which are required for
carrying on mammoth enterprises like
railroads, ship-building, etc, etc, is the
best and easiest way to raise and main
tain a revenue. The Bee, thus far, has
the better Of the argument. We await
further developments with interest.
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y man in Washington nominates
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll for President,
because he regards him as being aptly
described in his own language as "the
grandest combination OF heart, con-
science, and brain beneath the flag
because he holds that a Government
which does not project the citizen is
itself unworthy Of protection; and be-
cause he would tolerate, in violation OF
the Constitution and laws, no infringe
ment upon the rights Of man, woman,
OF child.n
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EXPLANATORY.

PORTLAND, September 6, 1879.
To THE EDITOR or THE NEW NORTHWEST:
Your warm friendship for the public
schools warrants me in volunteering to
explain our schedule Of salaries
First-NOt a line has ever appeared
on the minutes Of this Board favoring
discrimination in sex.
Secoud-Teachers are elected to teach
in the schools Cn genera), aud then the
Board assigns the work.
Third-We have what is termed a
minimum first year and a maximum
Second year and thereafler) salary for
each grade. The schedule is as follows :
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We have received a large number Of
renewals and subscriptions on account
Of the recent Iawlessness in Jackson
Vile, but generally the remarks accom-
panying them are too long to be printed.
However, this note, from a gentleman
at Woodard's Landing, w. T., is so brief
That we will print it: 81 did intend to
have you stop my paper when my time
expired, because am too poor TO pay
Tor It, and 1 do not get il regularly; but
When read the accounts Of the mob in
Jacksonville, I concluded I would 60
one more So 90, anyhow
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II yoI will re-examine the salaries,
you will see that for first years service
the minimum is paid, t0ithoW regard 10
ser. Miss Sabin is now receiving 81 800
per annum. The schedule was made
before she was elected. Miss Macon
nell, you will see, received 81, 100 (min-
imum) last year; now, $1,000. Miss
Shattuck received 81 900. Mr.. Hender-
son now receives the same-no more be-
cause he is a man. Walter johnson,
when teaching second grade, received
$3.50, the same as Miss Watt and other
second teachers; etc, etc.
You will do US all justice by correct
ing a wrong impression in your last
issue. Very respectfully,
T. II. CRAWFORD,
City Superintendent Of Public Schools.
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Sojourner Truth, the famous colored
woman, who is now 1O3 years old, is en-
route to Kansas, to make study of the
colored exodus. Her eyesight is 50
much improved that she now does
without glasses. Her hair likewise is
turning black, and her step is as agile
and her conversing powers as good as
in her youth.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-09-11

The next session OF the Washington
Territory Legislature will begin on
Monday, October 9th. II is to be hoped
that the ladies will be on the alert to
get bill passed declaring their speedy
enfranchisement. The work can be
done with ease if only a little effort is
made, as our neighboring Territory is
we'll advanced in its estimate Of the
ouasffon
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The election in California results in
placing the Republican candidate. Per-
kins, in the Gubernatorial chair. The
four Congressman are also Republican.
Kalloch is elected Mayor Of San Fran
cisco by about 1900 majority. 1t is
quite probable that without the sympa-
thy he gained by DeYouug's assault, the
disgrace Of electing him would never
have tainted San Francisco. Iuasmuch
as the Workingmen have also elected
the District Attorney aud the City and
County Attorney, DeYoung's case will
not be allowed to be forgotten, as at the
time Of the Napthaly trouble. The
Workingmen elected one Supervisor
and five members OF the Board Of Edu-
cation, the Republicans electing the
majority in both bodies. The Railroad
Commissioners are Beersiecher and
Stoneman, Workingmen, and Cone,
Republican. The Democrats aud New
Constitution men cut a sorry figure
| in the fight.
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In the last issue of the Walla Walla
Watchman there appeared a poem,
("Writien for the Wdtchmdn") entitled
"Misty." II Mr.. Besserer will read the
acrostic, we think the mist will vanish
before bis eyes.
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Mrs. f. NJ. Pike is said to be the first
woman who ever started a daily paper
in England. She is the publisher and
proprietor of The Derby Daily Iele-
graph, an excellent evening paper.
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lnasmueh as the interim Of the Stand
az" can only furnish their ''money's
"ofth TO enough subscribers to absorb
ream Of paper, we will kindly
inform him that his ability would not
Ego roundn our list.
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When the toast, "The Queen" was
offered in Dublin recently 10y Charles
Stewart Parnell, be was Missed, and
allowed the insult to pass uunoticed,
though a magistrate and member Of
Parliment The police authorities have
been requested to make a special report
of the circumstances.
Daily Republican., 1879-04-02
NOthissx Short OF Unmistak0ble
ReneDts

conferred upon tens of thousands of
sufferers could originate and maintain
the reputation which AYgn's SARsAPA-
GlLLA enjoys. 1t is compound of the
best vegetable alternatives, with the
Iodiaes Of Potassium and Iron, and is
the most effectual Of all remedies for
scrofulous, mercurial or blood disOr-
ders. Uniformly successful and certain
i its remedial effects, it produces rapid
and co:nplets cures of Scrofula, Sores,
Boils, Humors, Pimples, Eruptions,
Skin Diseases, and all Disorders arising
from impurity Of the blood. By its
invigoratins effects it always relieves
and often cures Liver Complaints, Fs-
msle Weakness ami Irregularities, and
is a potent renewer OF vitality. For
purifying the blood il has no equal.
1t tones up the system, restores and
preserve the health, and imparts vigor
and energy. For forty years it has
been in extensive use, and is to day
the most available medicine for the
suffering, sick anywhere. For sale by
all dealers.
Daily Republican., 1879-04-02
Special "a entiOn.

F. McMonagle, dealer in pictures,
picture frames, &C., would be pleased
to sse his friends and the public in
general at his place of business, N. w.
corner Third and King streets.
Prepared Wheat and Papoma for in-
fants and invalids, sold by J. r. Hart
man, Druggist, corner OF 5th and Poplar
streets.
PARAsoLs AND SuS UMBRELLAS !!-Go
SEQ the new styles at K. G. Strang's
Wilmington mauufactory, S. W. corner
Fourth and Market streets. Repairing
and recovering special feature Of our
business.
Having removed to 3OS West Front
street, We are prepared to furnish our
patrons with the choicest brands of
patent -four, including Pillsbury's Best
and Sprague family favorite new pro.
cess, Good Enough and other choice
brands at the lowest prices. Ezra Fell,
30s W. FreIt street.
Chamois Skins, a new lot just receiv-
ed, and for sale at reasonable prices,
by Taylor & Fullerton, Druggists, 3o2
King street.
A great variety of nipple shields at
the Ladies' Department of Belt, the
Druggist. Separate private entrance
ON 9th street. Lady attendant.