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We MUST DECLINE.


The committee Of the Odd Fellows
library at Albany very politely invite
US 10 contribute the NEW NORTHWEST
to that Institution for one year. We
give many copies Of this journal away
each year, bus we prefer 20 extend char
ity in this direction to women who
thirst for knowledge aud cannot pay for
il, rather than TO men who are not only
able to pay for j; but who will place the
paper given where women have not ac-
cess to it. We did give the New
NORTHWEST TO an Odd Fellows H.
brary not thousand miles from here.
for awhile, snd found that such Of the
members of that order as had allowed"
their wives to take aud pay for it pre-
viously, stopped the paper from their
homes, because they read it at the H.
brary rooms. Under these circum-
stances, and because We are unaltera-
bly, opposed to one-sexed Institutions
from principle, We must decline to re-
peat the experiment
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-10

The only way 90 cure catarrh is by the use OF
a cleansing and healing lotion. applied 20 the
inhamed and diseased membrane. Snuns and
iumigators, while ah0rding temporary relief
irritate the affected parts and excite more ex-
tended Inflammation. Besides, no outward
applications alone can cure caJarrh. The dis
ease originates in vitiated state of the blood
and thorough alternative course of treatment
is necessary 90 remove it from the system Dr.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy has long been known
as an efficient standard remedy FOR this disease,
but, 10 insure "a permanent and radical cure. 80
should be used in conjunction with Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, the best
vegetable Alternative yet discovered The Dis
covery cleauses the vitiated blood, while the
Catarrh Remedy allays the Inflammation and
heals the diseased parts.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-10
THE HOME PROTECTION PETI-
TION."


The women Of Illinois, alive alike to
the claims Of women to representation
and the good OF the temperance cause,
have circulated a petition with the
above title, the text Of which We give
below. Their motto is, "For God aud
home and native land" and their la
bors, Of which an extract published
elsewhere from a Springfield, Illinois,
Journal, in the peculiar province in
which they have been directed have
met with a wonderful success. The les
son learned Of the crusade, in which 50
many undetermined women spent
months Of severe but misdirected labor,
taught that moral sUasion without law
is powerless to eradicate giant evil.
\ little evanescent sympathy may be
evoked by groveling in the attitude Of
suppliauts at the feet Of men, but for
the eradication Of any deep rooted evil,
give the latent moral force Of the com
muniiy power that lies only in the bal
lot. The women Of Illinois have struck
the keynote Of success on this great
question. Reforms never make retro
grade movements, and the ball thus set
in motion by experience will be kept
in onward movement by the breath Of
enthusiasm and the consciousness OF
right, until this monster evil that des-
olates 50 many homes, making those
who should be high priestesses thereof,
pitiful and cringing suppliants at the
hated shrine Of Bacchus, shall be led
captive at the will Of those who have
suffered at its hands such foul wrong.
The petition is addressed TO the House
Of Representatives Of the State Of Illi-
nois, and is couched in these words:
WHEREAS, In these years Of tenn
perance work, the argument OF defeat
10 our contest with the saloons has
taught US that our efforts are merely
palliative OF a disease in the body poll
tic, which can never be cured until law
and moral suasion go hand in hand in
our beloved State; and
WHEREAS, The instincts Of self
protection and Of apprehension for the
safety Of her children, her tempted loved
ones, and her home, render woman the
natural enemy Of the saloons;
Therefore, Your petitioners, men
and women Of The State Of Illinois, hav-
lug at heart the protection Of our homes
from their worst enemy, the legalized
traffic in strong drink, do hereby most
earnestly pray your honorable body that
by suitable legislation II be provided
that in the State Of Illinois the ques-
tion Of licensing az any time, in any TO-.
caiity, the sale Of any and all intoxi-
eating drinks Including wine and beer
shall be submitted to and determined by
ballot, in which women Of lawful age
should be privileged to take part in the
same manner as men when voting on
the question Of license.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-10

\ dispatch from New York under
date Of April 5th says: "The business
prospects Of the country continue good.
as will be seen from the following de-
tails, compiled from various sources:
Amesbury, Mass, is filling large car
riage orders for California. Nearly all
the Pi;,sburg glass furnaces are again in
operation. The iron works at Syracuse
report good orders and a better prospect
for fair prices. The first shipment OF
canned meats aud vegetables from this
country to India, was made a few days
ago. Birmingham, England, is import
ing hay-forks, clocks, apple-parers and
clothes pins, from Philadelphia. Differ
ent manufacturing Interests in This city
give evidence of a marked Improvement
in trade. For the first time in her his
tory, Baltimore shipped cargo Of live
hogs, FIVE hundred, 10 England on Sat
urday. To Canadian lumbermen the
past winter has been one OF the most
favorable on record for getting out tim
Der and saw-logs. In Troy, New York,
the business outlook is exceedingly
bright. All the mills are running on
full time, and every branch Of industry
is picking up. The Laekawanua Iron
and Coal Company have doubled their
steel mill force at Scranton, Pennsyl-
vania, to meet the increased demand
for that article"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-10
PERVERTED ENERGY

All who visit our annual fairs see on
exhibition the inevitable patchworl,
quilt deftly wrought in tiny saw-teeth
and diamond shape bits Of calico.
stitched together without regard to
harmony Of colors, the only effort SEEM
ing to be to get the most pieces in the
least possible space, and TO work as
much energy, eye-sight aud patience
into the conglomeration as is possible.
We hud in an eastern exchange a coun-
terpart Of this tedious counterpane.
spoken Of as follows:
Mrs. sarah Wright has In her possession "a
bed guilt Of her own contriying and hard work
containing 1851 pieces arranged I'm blocks
containing 100 pieces each. 10 is curiosity 10
LOOK an, and leads one % wonder how any
woman can have patience enough 10 puzzle
her brain and busy her fingers in stitching To-
sether 50 many minute squares or calico. We
wonder if it ever occurred o. This lady % think
of The wonders she might have accomplished
ia the way OF study and mental Improvement,
or in benehtting the world, In the same time
she spent over this quilt. which, now 10 is done,
is not whit more useful than a five-cent cal
leo one would De, and probably not any pref
tier; while d certainly cannot be hall as hand
some as a white couuterpane. We appreciate
industrious women, but we want TO see them
learn 10 turn their Industry 10 good advantage.
There is nothing 90 commend IN worthless
work
We have often expressed our opinion
on this subject in language similar to
the above, and every year confirms u
more fully ia the belief Of its correct
ness. In the first place, useless work in
a world where there is so much need Of
useful employment is selfish, aud to that
extent, wicked. Nine times out Of ten
starved mentality accompanies this
interminable stitching; physical dis
orders which il is not only TO the inter
est Of every individual mother, but to
the interest OF posterity to prevent, re-
suit from the cramped position of the
worker, who, defrauded Of Gods blessed
sunshine, sits for weary days and weeks
and months, cutting, and fitting and
sewing together these einharmOnious and
useless bits. Yet other days are spent -
days Of discomfort aud general disorder
in the family-in which, The patching
completed, the dizzyiug maze is
stretched in frames, suspended from the
ceiling or supported by chairs, and the
needle, propelled by a fretfuI energy,
glides in aud out, decorating thumb aud
finger as it goes, firing back aud side
and arms as the position Of the body is
further contoried to make a good
"reach," and after all, quilt that has
neither warmth nor beauty to recon-
mend it, is taken from the frames,
folded and placed upon the shelf TO be
displayed on special occasions as a
marvel Of industry. What need to null
tiply words when the common sense OF
every one says the boast is out Of all
to its great cost.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-10
FOREIGN NEWS.
Gariballi has arrived in Rome.
Rfuierppst increases in II R,ban1fa

Gariballi has arrive in Rome.
Rinierpest increases in Bohemia.
y terrible fever is raging in Morocco.
King Humbert las paid General Gar
abalii a visit.
The Pope has Contributed $1,000 70 the
Catholic school fund
Spain experienced slight shock of
earthquake ON The 4th.
Thirty thousand Durham iron miners
are on a strike in England
The Pope has sent an autograph let
ter to Queen Victoria, welcoming her TO
Italy.
a British supply train in South Africa
was recently captured by the Zulus. TIE
surprise and slaughter was complete.
The English commission sentTto up
per Egypt to investigate the famine
reports several thousand deaths from
starvation.
The 36th race between tie Cambridge
and Oxford University crews tOOk place
at noon on the 5th, resulting in a victory
for the former. v
West African newspapers confirm the
report that two French gunbosts had
landed a company Of soldiers on the
British Island Of Malacong The Brit
ish authorities at Sierra Leon have sent
guuboat with protest to the French
officer conducting the occupation. The
French claim that the island was ceded
to them in 1STS. The British claim pos
session since 1926.
Egyptian officers sent to break up
slave depots at Bahr, Eleazal and Kor-
doftn, report an engagement with Sulei-
msa, chief slave trader and owner OF
twenty-five depois, in which were found
women alone waiting Importation into
Egypt % the number of 10000. The
Egyptian forces numbered 5000, part
armed with improved rifles, and were
entreuched. Suleiuan with 1000 Arabs
made several assaults, hut they were
completely defeated and fedin dis rder,
leaving 49, dead
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-10
NEWS ITEMS.


Wheat is worth 81 cents at Bueua
Vista.
The academy at Drain has been in
corpOrated.
Tie total rainfall at Olympia during
March was l444.
The wheat acreage in Polk county Is
greater than ever before.
The mining season 90 josephine
county Is a prosperous one.
Three ocean steamers ply regularly
between Coos By aud san Francisco.
\ beef was recently slaughtered at
Baker City that Melted ], Jos pounds good
meat.
One hundred and five tons Of potatoes
were shipped from Seattle to san Frau
cisco last week.
John Rankin, man 20 years Of age,
has been arrested in Salem for selling
whisky TO the I-Iians.
The Blue Ribbon Club in Corvallis is
in flourl-hiug condition, and holds
regular aui interesting meetings.
a portion Of the apparatus recently
purchased for the State University at
Eugene, has arrived ia good condition.
Considerable loss has been sustained
by loggers on tile tributaries Of the
Sound on account Of the recent freshet.
There il considerable snow in the
Siskiyou Mountains, so that streams i'm
Southern Oregon will be full for some
time.
The waters in the streams in Jose
phine county have been higher during
the past two weeks than for twelve
years previously.
A parsuip was dug in n Baker City
garden last week that measured twenty
six and oue-half inches in length, aud
fifteen inches in circumference.
Col. C. II. Larabee, a member Of the
late Constitutional Convention at Walla
Walla, was recently married in the east
to Miss Lillian Turner, formerly Of Sc
attic.
Judge NeArthur held an extra session
of the circuit court at The Dalles last
week. The business transacted was
principally in connection with the
Leonard estate.
There are yet those who have great
faith in the silver springs Of Wasco
county. Professor Hurley is one Of
these, and is confident that he has
struck something rich.
VIM. George, charged with burning
| the NJ. +. Church building at WeOfOot,
] In Namhill county, last summer, has
been convicted. and sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary.
The high water prevented the wooden
mills at Oregon City from running to
their fan capacity for sone days. In
/ consequence Of this, work iu the finish
ing department is much behind
The district teachers institute held at
Albany last week, was largely attended.
Professor Powell, State Superintendent,
presided. He is showing an untiring
aud truly com mmeudable zeal iu the
cause Of education in the State.
The mines on the Skagit River, one
Of the eastern tributaries of Puget
Sound, have been pretty thoroughly
prospected during the past few months,
and the opinion is expressed that they
will turn out handsomely, and most
| likely prove a second Fraser River FL
dorado of mineral wealth.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-10
LACK OF JUDGMENT.

A friend, commenting upon the re-
marks we made several weeks ago when
speaking Of Mr.. Dolph's lecture ia Ma
sonic Hall, says: "You say that you
often hearofthe unpopularity Of Woman
Suffrage, and as often reply that it is
unpopular only with the ignorant and
unthinkiDg, and that this evenings ex-
periment abundsntly proved the opinion
true.' Now, have only to say that you
Put very low estimate upon the judg-
inent Of tens Of thousands Of the best
men and women Of our land, as there
are many noble, thinking, upright men
and women who oppose this great ques-
iion." We certainly must place low
estimate upon the judgment Of thinking
persons who oppose the enlargement Of
woman's sphere, as in our view no one
possessed Of logical mind who has given
The subject sufficient thought to enable
him to give an intelligent opinion, can
Tor moment oppose 10, much less pub
lish his opposition. That there are
those among our best men aud women
who oppose it We know, but We insist
that they have not studied this question,
"n its merits, divested Of personal preju-
diees and stripped Of the sophistries Of
custom. If they have done so aud still
render adverse opinion, then they are
devoid Of true nobility OF soul, or are
defective in Judgment. Good men and
women these last may be, notwithstand-
ing this but incapable Of grasping the
broad idea ofuniversal freedom: persons
10 whom the words Of the Declaration
IL independence are meaningless, how
ever blindly revered. The ignorant
class whom Pollock describes as
Men who never had "A dozen thoughts
Ina an their lives, and never changed their
course,
Bat told them o'er, each ia its customed
place,
From morn tHi night, from youth tli hoary
age"
We do not censurei We expect nothing
rom them when great issues are pend
iug, but merely class them, pass on aud
wait the tardy action OF time to supply
iheir ranks with better material. We
must demur to our friends opinion that
The plain statement OF facts "will retard
instead of hasten the day OF woman's
"niranehisement." Had it not been for
;he plain Presentation Of facts, the cause
81 equal rights would be to-day where it
was in the early days Of The century
when all the places of honor, emolu-
nent and trust were consia,red nlaY's
Tightful prerogative
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-10
GRADUAL BUT RADICAL CHANGES.


Though in the main it is exceedingly
tedious to wait the slow evolutions Of
change in public sentiment, it is patent
to the careful observer that this very
slowness is often essential to the safety
Of the nation. Suppose that the Con-
gress Of loyal, patriotic and anxious men
who fifteen years ago assembled in
Washington, could have looked forward
10 the session Of that august body in
1873? Not only the members Of Congress
in 1864, but their entire constituency
would have started up alarmed at the
sound Of the present roll-call. The slow
progress Of events, however, makes the
country look on with unconcern while
seats in the House Of Representatives
are filled with rebel brigadiers, and ex-
Confederate soldiers swarm the places Of
public trust. The Chicago Inter Oceoo,
truly says that such a sight would have
led the people Of that period to have
supposed the Confederate cause triumph
ant aud that the rebel army bad
surely captured the national capital and
forced the federal army to terms. John
ston, whose bristling guns threatened
destruction TO Washington, sits in the
House regulating the supplies Of the
United States army; Hampton, whose
charges against the Union lines shat
tered but did not force them, speaks
with authority from a seat ia the Sem
ate; Withers, who held command over
a loathsome prison pen where many a
hoy 10 blue met death by starvation
and disease, sits as chief Of the pensions
committee. And so on through the
long list, the blue is forced to the rear,
and the gray comes TO the front gilt
tering with Confederate buttons. "And
this occurs" says the journal above
quoted, Gin a nation charged with per-
scouting a beaten foe, trampling upon a
helpless people, and robbing denfense-
less antagonist Of all that makes life
dear" What the sequel will be, what
penalty the nation will pay for this un-
precedented magnanimity or folly, re-
mains for the future to unfold. In the
meantime, the world may well pause,
and, indulging in retrospeciion for
awhile, marvel at the unwonted spec
tacle, counting no change in public SEN
timent impossible. If the result is not
then it is idle to prognOsti-
cate disaster from any gradual change,
however radical in its completion.
Then We trust to hear no further pre- /
lictions Of disaster from giving the bal
lot to woman because Of the "great
change" that it will induce in matters
Of public polity. Greater changes than
have occurred in governmental matters
in this nation during the past two
decades have never been witnessed,
and still the world jogs on, society jogs
on, the nation is prosperous in seed
lime, jubilant when it gathers in its
harvests, its material interests and
prospects boding no disaster, social, po-
litical or financial
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-10

For the past forty years Madam Anna
Bishop, the English cautatrice, has
been before the public on the lyric
stage. She has been three times around
the world, and has sung before more
people than any other artist living.
Outside Of the interior Of China, there
is scarcely town of importance in the
civilized world where she has not been.
Her professional career has caused
more money TO change hands than ever
was yielded from the gold mines Of Cal
itornia. When it is remembered that
she appeared in the Royal italian
Opera-house, London, in 1882 one won-
ders at the remarkable vocal power OF
which she is Still possessed. \ relation
of her adventures would establish the
truth Of the saying, Truth is stranger
than fiction"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-10
RECENT EVENTS.

Brosseu's comet has been sighted with
powerful telescope.
Prospects are favorable for an abund-
ant harvest in Kansas.
Madam Bonaparte, the American wife
Of Jerome, died in Baltimore on the 4th
inst.
Subscriptions to the four rer cent
loan, on the 4th inst, amounted TO S.
502. $50.
Chief.Justice Carter has denied q
motion for new trial in the Oliver
Cameron suit.
James Gordon Bennett and large
party Of tourists will visit Yosemite the
coming summer
A fire occurred ut Philadelphia on
the 9Th inst, on Crown and Race streets,
resulting in loss OF S75OoOo.
The Pope declines 10 accept the resig-
nation Of Archbishop Purcell on ac-
count Of his long service to the church.
The Cheyennes are again on the war
path. They haze broken away from
camp eud gone toward Western Kan
sas.
President Hayes will not visit the Pa
cifc Coast this summer, as was antiei-
pated. He will pass the greater portion
of in Washington.
4 struggling band Of Indians are raid
ing Yellowstone Valley, running of
stock and numbering rauchmen. Troops
from Fort Custer have been sent in pur-
suit.
a bill, appropriating $3.50 900 for the
relief Of the widows and orphans Of those
killed in the Pit,sburg riots in 1877, is
pending in the Pennsylvania legisla-
ture.
The army appropriation bill passed
the House; yeas, one hundred and forty
eight; nays, one hundred and twenty
two. The greeuhack vote was ten yeas
and two nays.
\ call has been issued by many colored
clergymen, teachers, and social direct
ors Of colored people, for a convention
to meet in New Orleans April 18th, tc
consider the condition Of their race in
Louisiana.
The problem Of Chinese immigration
will not be solved until the return of the
American minister from China. Nego
tiations for the modification Of th,
treaty must be carried on through oui
minister with the government at Pekin
Senator Grover has re-introduceC
Mitchelrs bill Of last session, confirm
ing the authority granted by the Ore
gon Legislature to the Portland Bridg,
Company, TO construct and maintain {
bridge across the Willamette between
Portland aud East Portland.
Senator Slater, on the 6th inst, in
troduced a bill for the transfer Of the
Indian bareau to the war department.
The bill provides that the Secretary of
War shall have the same power and
Jurisdiction over Indian affairs as is
now possessed by the Secretary of the
Interior. Offices Of special commis-
sions, superintendent, boards of Indian
commissioners, and inspectors of Indian
affairs are to he abolished after July l,
1850. Among other things, it is pro-
vided by this bill that ali religious de-
nominations shall enjoy the free and
equal right TO erect apd maintain church
school buildings on any and all Indian
reservations, and shall not be molested
in their religious or philanthropice efforts
to advance the Indian in moral, relig-
ious and literary culture.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-10

. AfseratisorytlEh tTilrl. il remains am undfs-
pnteA Yaes tsat tiHe New Wilson Sewing Ar,-
ciipe q thf easiest-running, best. ana mo-,
econoin ieaf Sewing machine In the world. Az
the siiisa HstiF, The singer New Family ss,,,-'--
ioozi ihe second premium over the wit
shuttle Machine, while the New Wilson to-
'he hri premium over both for beIn. tls No.,
family sewing machine and for dofn, ~
greatest variety OF work. John b. Garrison
agent for the New Wilson Sewing 1Iacbins
Company, Im Front street.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-10

To an who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretious OF youth, nervous weakness. earIs
decay, loss OF manhood, ETC., I win sepd :,
recipe that viii cure you, FREE OF CHARGE
This great remedy was discovered bv a mis-
sionary bon south America. send q selfa.l-
dressed envelope to the Rev.Joseph T. Inuar
station d, Bible House, New York City. $50
Mamma, 30 looks negligent 10 see your Iittla
children In the spring Of the year with their
faces an broken ont I'm dIthy sores. Tell bus-
band 10 bring home a bottle OF Plumbers Ore
gon Blood Purifier and give the little pets a
dose every morning, and you viii find their
happy, healthy, blooming cheeks the envy of
aiI the ueighborhood.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-10

Reader, iu almost every weu-reguIated drug
OF patent medicine store in New York City or
county, You viii see upon the showcase, or in
some other prominent position. that popular
remedy known as HtLE'S HONEY or HoRE
HoCND AND TAR, certain cure for an coughs,
colds, iufserza. difficult breathing, and aIl
affect oHs OF rhe throat, bronchial tubes, and
lungs lead.ng 20 consumption, and seeming
almost to speak TO you the above plain but
easily 90 be understood Words Buy me and
I'm do you good Try 10 and be convinced.
sold by all druggists and st Crit enton's. 2
sixth Avenue, New York City. at 50 cents and
81. Great saving by buying large size.