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Democratic Platform,

The Democracy Of Washington Territory, in Con-
vention assembled, make and proclaim the follow.
ing as their platform Of principles
|. Res0ired, That the Democracy Of Washington
Territory rely upon the justice aud patriotism o the
American people for the ultimate triumph of Dem
ocratc principles, which alone effect the full
and complete restoration Of the American Union
and restore to the people and to the United States
respectively, their rights under the Constitution.
2. ltesofrcd, That this government was founded
by white men, and that We are opposed to the cx-
tension Of the elective franchise or citizenship to
negroes, Indians or Cinnamon.
3. Rcsoircd, That the recent attempt on the part
of the Radical party in Congress to dlsfranchsc the
people of the Territory, indicates purpose in that
party, to destroy the liberties Of the people.
/. R"sotrcd, That we are opposed 10 the pro-
posed Fifteenth Amendment Of the Constitution Of
the United States.
). Rrsotred, That the exclusion of any States
from representation in Congress in time Of peace
is dangerous assault upon the liberties of the pe0-
pie, in violation of the principles of our Union and
subyersiye of the Constitution.
system of government taxation, and are in favor of
raising the necessary revenue for government pur-
poses by an ad valorem tax on the entire imports
and property of the country.
Z. Resoircd, That we favor the construction OF
railroads for the development of the vast resources
of our Territory, and believe that government should
aid in the construction Of of the same, and VIC ac-
knowledge the important services rendered to our
Territory in projecting the North Pacific Railroad
by the late l. l. Stevens.
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Dishonest Refusal.

The lion. Salucius Garfelde, Radical
nominee for Delegate to Congress, notwitl,.
standing all his boastcd professions of fair
ness in the discussion Of the political qucs.
tions in the present canvass, and the hon
orable treatment received by him from,
Democratic nominees in former years, i'm.
mcdiatcly after his nomination by the late
Vancouver Radical Convention, issued his
appointments in the canvass without Civ
ing time to confer with the Democratic
nominee, and fixing said appointments at
such times and places as rendered it i'm.
possible for Gov. Moore to meet him. Ilc
refused to Hon. Columbia Lancaster fair
division of time ut Vancouver, and has
again refused to Hon. q. B. McFaddcn the
usual division Of time and alienation OF
speeches. upon the same fair terms that
have been 50 freely granted to him in for
mcr years. as the following correspondence
will fully explain:
OLYMPIA, W. IT,, May 10th, 1860.
IloN. :. GARFIEI.pE:
Dear SU:-I have been requested by
the Hon. VI. +. Moore. the Democratic
candidate for Delegate to Congress, to rep
resent him in the canvass in the countic,
on Puget Sound. IL YOU are willing to
equally divide the time, and alternate with
me in the opening and closing, | will com.
mrnre the canvass with you at Stcilacoom
ON the 10th inst.
An early reply is requested.
Respectfully yours.
u. B. McF.ADDEE.
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Wholesale and Retail

II must draw the line somewhere" said
the barber when he refused to shave the
coalhcavcr, and this is the sentiment which
apparently actuates all That mysterious por-
tion of the community known as society.
But where to draw the line is the question.
Mrs. Wholesale look down upon Mrs. Re:
tail as ''not in our set my dear, not in our
set while Mrs. Retail lespiSes Mrs. Cor
| ner< <}roccry for the same benevo volcns reason :
and Mrs. Corner Grocery contcmns Mrs
Huckstcr, thereby taking sweet revenge
for having been sighted by those whom
she considers above her in the social scale
because they outweigh her with money
and so cause her, metaphorically, to kick
the beam. True enough is it that money
makes the mare 80, and how eagerly does
every one desire "thc stamps Of fate, the
sanction of a god And yet there is~sso'
intrinsic difference between these yarious
sets Of people. They all gain their living
by buying and selling, some more, some
less, Birth, education, character, go for
little or nothing. Money is the mercury Of
fashionable life and as it rises or falls cx-.
panls or contracts, so is the fashionable at
mosphcrc warmer or colder. Each class
regards with veneration the ono possessing
more money than itself, and with contempt
the one possessing less; all treating each
other in the manner described in the " Toll
ers of the Sea" by Victor Hugo: "a Chi
ncsc silk. stolen during the last war from
the palace of the Emperor, represents u
shark eating a crocodile, who is eating q
serpent. who is eating an eagle, who is eat
ing "a swallow, who is eating caterpillar.
All nature is dcvouring or devourod." 1t
is however we'll that some distinction should
exist; and, until intellect is taken as tho
standard, money must serve Us the test,
since the possession of it implies the pres
cnce ofmany ofthe refinemcnts, and graccs
which charm and delight.
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CT Strange as it may seem, the first
person to nominate General Grant for the
Presidency was a woman. 1t was the nurse
who attended him in his earliest infancy.
Here is her exact prediction:
" Hoilty toilty! little h'sscd baby. Dan.
cy! dancy! diddleum! Sweetest, biggest,
brightest baby in the blessed land Dan.
cy! Sweet baby, kissy nursy, bless his
booty eyes! Dancy! dancy! He'll be
(baby begins to whino)-Ycs, the little
darln' blessed baby! He'll bc-(Jooho
yc la aw !)-he'll be President of the
United States when he gets big! (Bcc hoo-
he! Wh" how! Na pa! Pa pa") Then
the rocking began. Goueral Grant there
fore, was nominated for President from his
cradle. Other claimants may stand aside
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IInlu u,ln IN NA'n,AI. ,Hl, ~, % a

How THE Turks WoRK K--Thcir meth.
ods of labor arc peculiar. The Turk will
invariably sit at his occupation, ifpossiblc.
The trader, in his little store, all exposed
to the street, may thus be seen, cross
legged, tailor-likc, drawing in the smoke
of his marghilc, through its flexible tube.
sccm;ngly lost to all sublunary affairs, and
Indifferent whether customers come or 90.
lfa mechanic, he also sits, if possible, and
| thus SEQ them, pressing the block of
wood which they are fashioning, between
the solcs of the feet. The blacksmith, in
his scvcn-by-ninc shop, digs hole tostand
III, bringing thus the anvil nearer his arm.
II Il log of timber, forty Or fifty feet in
length, is to be converted into planks, is is
first raised by main force on wooden hors-
cs, six or seven feet aud then one man
above, and another below, pull the saw
requiring good days work for the two to
do what Maine saw-mill would accom-
plish i'll five or ten minutes. And 50
through all tho walks of life. The ancient
scribe is also a Turkish institution. You
find him, cross-lcggcd, in his shop, will,
writing materials before him, ready to
write letter for you, draw an instrument.
or sell you the materials for yourself. Per.
haps yonder sclf-satisficd Turk. en.s.s:nc
the mosque for his devotions, at thi. sasi
of Ramazan, forlns not bad counterse.l ID
the Pharisee, and so we have the Scribes
and pharisecs together.
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TIE IRHErREssiRLE NIGGER.-Wecl clip
from an exchange the following account Of
a raid made by negroes on the Treasury
occasioncd by tho joke of some was:
"Thc other day at Washington, a wog
possessed of keen sense Of the ludicrous
and very small amount of conscience,
circulated story among the colored popu-
lation that five hundred Of their number
were to be given situations in the Treasury
Department to ill the places made vacant
by the discharge of female employees. The
effect was all that could have been desired.
For days the lower passage ways ofgthe
Treasury building were blocked up with the
woody heads and burly forms of negro Of
fec seekers, cmuLatinS the example oftheir'
lighter skinned brethren. -.
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OLYMPIA. W. IT,, May 10th, l;

OLYMPIA. W. T., May 10th, 1869.
lloN. q. B. McF.\DpEN:
Dear .Sir:-Your note of this date.
proposing to divide time with me in the
canvass. is received. In reply have to
say. that had i'll health or unavoidable cir
cumstancc prevented the Democratic NOM
incc from making Il canvass, should have
taken pleasure in dividing time and alter
mating speeches with any gentleman dcSiy-
mated to represent him. But Gov. Moore
is in the canvass personally, and engaged
in filling II series Of appointments. made
after mine were published. and in which
consequently | cannot participate, he hay
ing declined to meet me after general in
vitation. lie can. therefore, hardly clain,
any rourtr.ics ut my hands other than !.
fair division of time and alternate open
in"S and Blessings for himself in person.
This course ON the part of the Demo
cratic nominee renders it necessary for me
t" avail myself of the services of Hon.
f.lw""'l Evans t" accompany him in his
canvass. and who will accept any division
of time, wiIoW alienation of speeches,
which Gov. Moore may sec fit to award
him. AS this is all that is claimed for
Mr.. Evans on my behalf, the representa-
tive of Gov. Moore will hardly claim
greater privileges at my appointments.
Should Gov. Moore see fit to join me at
my appointments. which were first made,
and which he might have attended in per-
son, shall chccriully divide time equally
and alternate speeches with him.
Very truly yours,
* EAREIL.lnE
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\ MUSEUM OF MACIINERY.-Thc
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is
about to organize and establish Museum
of Arts, for one department Of which a
novel plan, and one ofspecial interest to in
ventors. has been adopted by the Curator,
Mr. $. p. Ruggles of Boston. Instead Of
making an unwiclly collection of models
! of complete machines, at great cost Of
money and space. it is proposed to make
museum Of the elements of machincry--a
tangible encyclopedia ofthosc simpler parts
which repeat themselves in different ways
in all machines. 1t is intended to collect
working models of all the primary devices
for transmitting, directing, or modifying
forces and motion, and then to classify
those models according to subject, to cata-
loguc them with precision, and to arrange
them in order iu suitable cabinets. The
singular and evident advantages of such q
Museum are. first, that it would be of man
agcablc size; second, that it would never
grow old; third, that it could always he
added to with case; and, fourth, that its
simplicity and completeness would make it
more profitable for study than collection
VA HiouCiS VI IitthCS VI CutItC NIdCIIucS.
This proposed classification Of nsodcis ofthc
elements of machinery must bccsrceialiy
scrviccablc to inventors, aidiny them very
much as authors arc aided by dictionaries
and gazctters. Inventors have hitherto
been left too much to their own unuidod
devices. but the collection which Mr. Rug
giles proposes will instruct them, as a class,
in what has been already achieved, aud
thus prevent, at least to some extent, the
waste of time and strength in rc-inventiOn.
1t is vaguely believed that inventors are .
useful class in the community, hut the im-
portance Of aiding them in every possibly
way in their civilizing work ais seldom
fully realized. There. is scarcely a COM
fort or IL luxury OF modern life that. is not
owed them, and through the aidof machin-
cry they have created a siuSlc man can do
more work to-day than thousand could
have done Il century ago.
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The effect Of DR.. Walkers Vinegar Bit.
ters, even when taken for its cathartic
properties. are very different from those OF
any other medicine prepared specifically
for that purpose.
There is no nausea or disturbance of the
stomach, and instead of causing any sense
Of languor, or debility, it seems rather to in.
visoratc the whole system, and excite the
kcencst appetite.
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tF The following is singular calcula

g The following is a singular calcula-
ton of the number Of stitches in shirt :
Stitching the collar, four rows, 5000;
sewing: the ends, 500; baton holes and
sewing On buttons, $50; sewing on the col
lar and gathering the neck, 1,2O4 stitch
ins the wristbands, l,22S; sewing the
ends, 6S; button holes, 4S; hcmming the
Sits, 2Gl; gathering the sleeves, $40; get
ting on wristbands, 1,4GS; stitching en-
shoulder straps, three rows each, 1880
hcmming the bosom, 393; sewing the
sleeves, 1882; setting in sleeves and gus
sets, $3.50; tapping the sleeves, 1,526
sewing the seams, 9iS; setting side gus
sets in, 424; hemming the bottom, l.l04.
Total number Of stitches. 20649.
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GJ- The Hon. Joel Parker, for long
time Professor of Law in Harvard College,
has lately been appointed to the SAME po
sition in Dartmouth College, where he has
astounded the Radical Yankees by his in
terprctation'o Constitutional law, by which
much of the legislature of the Ramp Com
yre>s is proven to be clearly uneonstitu
tional MIR. Parker is one os the ripest ju
rists of the age, aud whai is a Lizzie sinya-
lar in this age. he Is an honest mail. ...-
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D' 4 novel mode of fdunninO latclv in

70 A novel mode ofdunning, lately in
troduced into New York, is to hire chaise
painted in flaming rcd letters, Collectors
chaise," in which the collector makes his
daily rounds to the domicils ofslow paying
debtors In very obstinate cases, and when
the debtor lives in fashionable house, it
it is kept standing in front of the prem
ises several hours day.
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ORIENTAL Observation-Disclosures and
Pharpas rivers, of damascus, mentioned iu
the Scriptures, have recently been thor,
ouyhly explored by the famous canoe trav-
clcr Macgrcgor; after going from Cairo to
Sucz, and exploring the Delta of the Nile,
had his canoe carried by land to Bcyrout,
thence over Mount Lebanon, and finally
launched in the river ALBANIA, on which he
padlled to the plains of Damascus The
rivers Abana and Pharrar, in consequence
of the wild beasts, dccp junslcs and savage
Arabs, have heretofore been laid down in,
accurately on the maps by travellers. Mac
gegar gives an interesting account of q
"giant stone town." with stone doors, raj:
tcrs and window shutters, covered with
Greeks inscriptions, dating before the
Christian era.
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NATURAL GAs.-In Erie, Pcnnsylva-
mia, some branches of manufacture, such as
soap-making, arc carried ON by the burn
ing gas from wells, at the depth of a few
hundred feet, the constant flames being
made available for heating kettles. These
streams of gas can bequickly lighted, cause
10 trouble, there neither being dirt nor
cinders and at the same TIME are safe, as
every particle of fire can be shut off in in
instant.
Lss~ Common bilitics-A Ae-ahilitcs
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Streets near the steamboat landing.
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by" VIM. B. Astor, according to re-
cent letter writer, "nevcr did an hours
work in his life, never did kindly act
never knew want ungratiicd, and has not
real friend Oh the planet" Astor is the
Wcalthiest man in the United States.
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R On November 18th. at the house
of the late Baron Rothschild, in Paris,
lo,0Oo poor persons were each presented
with twenty frame piece, about 81 gold,
making the muniGcent sum or $50 900 in
gold.
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TERRITORY OF WASIIINGTUN.D


County OF TnrRsroN, SIS.
In the United States District Court for the 2l
judicial District, ht lLing terms at Olympia,
W. 7.
Henrietta Gordon,
David &. Gordon.
To DAVID q. GoRnoS You are hereby no.
tilted that Henrietta Gordon has filed IL COM
Rlaint against you in said court, which will
come OF to be heard at chambers before the
Hon. c. G. Hewitt, Chief Justice and Judge of
the I'd Judicial District at Olympia, W. r., on
Monday, the 2lst day Of Jnnc, \. ID. 1869, at
the hour of O'Clock r. NJ, which is more than
two months after the date of this publication,
and unless you appear at the said time and an
swhr, the same will he taken Us confessed and
tho pHsyer thereof granted.
The object ana prayer of the said complaint
is to annul the marriage contract entered into
between YOU and the plaintiff, on the ground
ot harsh and cruel treatment and other causes
therein set forth. U. Il. McFADDEN,
AttolMey for Plf.
Complaint filed April 3, 1869.
hate of publication, April 10, 1869 23m2
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By" Mr.. Ncuman has fifteen silk looms
running in San Jose, two of them wcav
ing dress silk.
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sR The Brush yesscl-of-war, NympA,
has captured nine slavc-shirs On the East
coast Of AFRICA this season.
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Information Wanted,

the whereabouts ofJamcs Boyce, native
" otCanada, He left San Franciscan az to
og to CartSo. Any information co nc orni ns him
Will nc thankfully received by his brother.
=, JOHN BOYCE,
'@"y o, Ish?. 21:w. Santa Clara, Cal.
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EY' American steamers aggrc.ating
more than 30 U,OO1 tons are llow runnlnyln
Chinese water.
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to- During the rebellion, the staff of
General Wise We're riding through rath-
cr forlorn part of North Carolina, and a
young Virginian of the staff concluded t
have some fun at the expense ola long
legged specimen of the genus homo, who
Wore Il very shabby gray uniform. and be-
strodc worm fence, ut the roadside. Rein
ing in his horse, he accostcd him:
How are you, North Carolian?"
"llow arc you, Virginia! was the ready
response.
The staff continucd: "Thc blockade
on turpcntinc makes You rather hard up,
don't it? No sale for tar now. is there"
"Well-ycs,' was the slow response.
awe sell all our tar to jeff. Davis now
"Thc thunder you do. What on earth
does the President want with your tar!"
North Carolina answered: lie puts it
on the heels of Virgnians to make them
stick on the battlefield" The staff rode
on.-IMrpcr's Magazine.
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EV \ railroad was sold in Texas recent.
ly for $500,
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HASA Philadelphia publishing house
has produced II history of hats; from it, it
appears that hats were used by the Dolics
probably as long ago rs the time of Homer,
but only by the better classes of citizens
when on distant journey; the Elgin mar
blcs show that the same customs prevailed
among the Athcnians. The Romans used
a cap at their sacrifices, but hats with brims
when journcyng. In the thirteenth cen
tury Pope Innocent allowed cardinals to use
scarlet hats, and about the middle of the
fifteenth century hats became common in
France. and soon after in the rest of Eu-
rope. st. Clement is said to have invented
felt to guard the heads Of pilgrims against
inc!cmcnt weather. The first authentic ac-
count oihattcrs appears during the middle
ages, the earliest spoken Of being at MI
rcmburg in 1860. The hating trade OF
America is noted first by the London Board
Of Trade in the year 1892. In the fiji
tccnth century, hats in Great Britain were
called vanitics, were imported, and cost as
high as forty English shillinss, which, at
that time was Il large sum. Broad-brims
reached their ultimatum about the year
100. after which thrcc-corncrcd hats came
in vogue The hatters' annual festival is
November 23, being the date Of Queen
Elizabeth S grant to the hattcrs Of London
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1s3~ Half a million persons perishcd IN
the recent Alsirine famine.
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pa~ Three concise rules for vcocipcdc
Understandable, paddle. skedad.lle.