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, 1876-12-23
WHAT OF THE NIGHT !?


Twenty-Five years have nearly rolled
around since the first settlers landed
with their families on the present site
of Seattle. Then it was a "howling
wilderness" SO to speak. Here they
found the Indian to welcome them to
''hospitable graves, and yet the most
of them are still above the sods Of the
valley.
Behold what q change hath been
wrought by the hand of man in the
quarter of a century now drawing to a
close. Those settlers have lived to see
the city grow to its present proportions.
from q few Lighthouses. with their in
mates, to a city containing four thous-
and souls all told; with its churches;
its public schools; its university; its
public library. (Which should be more
heartily supported), with its houses Of
merchandise, factories and mills. From
one cabin. it has grown to be one of
the largest rnd most important ship
ping ports north of San Francisco, and
destined in the not far distant future to
rival that eister city of the Pacific Coast.
Let the stranger but read of the won-
dsrful resources of this city; that which
made it; that which has sustained it to
this hour and he will find that in her
resources tho city is founded upon q
rock, and will continue to grow in
commercial importance as the years
come and 60. But while this is true
our real estate owners must understand
that the present stagnation in business;
the complete standstill to which every
thing has come is greatly due to their
short-sighted policy in holding their
lands so high that the poor man cannot
secure himself home at once on his
arrival. For as it now exists if he Sc
cures lot at your figures ION time"
that terrible Shylock interest, that usur-
GUS interest of 1S per cent. per arpum
faces him like the ghost of Hamlet.
Your lands are too high. gentlemen.
Give the stranger chance for his life
when he lands on your shore and sell
him home at q reasonable profit to
yourselves, and not pursue any longer
your present policy of 'the dog in the
manger." If You expect to see this be-
come city of fifty thousand people in
the next fifteen years you must let up,
gentlemen, on your high prices. In
stance In 1870 Ben Holiday, in the
city of Portland, paid off his railroad
hands and told them to live as best they
could during that winter, and in the
coming spring he would assist them to
something else. This created de-
mand for houses, and many were erected
in consequence, and rents went up be.
yond all reason, as they are here to- dag
in Seattle. This increase Of rents aug
mentea values and mad speculation
ruled the hour. and property to-day
will not average Except in choice local
ities) GU per cent. of what it did then in
1870. Seattle should be warned by this
example. To be forewarned is to be
forearmed. There is no ldck of deep
acdter at other places on the Sound.
, 1876-12-23

As the month of April is almost here,
we would suggest to the old settlers
that they hold q grand reunion on the
day that marks the first quarter of
century of their residence in Seattle.
Let them call in their old friends and
all rejoice together, in the good old
fashioned way.
, 1876-12-23
To Tree Seed Collectors.

WE WANT to purchase seed of the Doug
w las Spruce, Cedar. Fir and other trees
growing in Washington Territory. Cones con-
tanning seed will also be purchased. Send
samples and price.
SONNTAG T. co, Tree Seed Dealers
deli GAL Merchant ST., San Francisco.
, 1876-12-23

FANCY SILVER GOODS in new de-
signs and patterns, at Chas. Naher's.
, 1876-12-23
H O S p ITAL!
CONDUCTED By
G. A. WEED, M. ID.
COMMERCIAL ST., BET. MAIN JACKSON,
Seattle, Wash. Ter.

TNO THE SICK WHO HAVE NO HOMES
IL and need comfortable rooms, good nurs-
ny and skillful Medical or Surgic Il treatment
at moderate prices this Hospital offers induce
ments superior to any other institution of the
kind north of San Francisco. Apl either in
person or by letter to
o26 G. A. WEED. NJ. D.
, 1876-12-23

Highest price paid for County Produce.
Farmers and loggers supplied at reasonable
rates with the very best Of goods. selected es-
pecially for this trade.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-01
The ice factory at Augusta, Ga,
turns out $500 pounds daily.

The ice factory at Augusta, Ca,
turns out $500 pounds daily.
Another sign of summer--the
probable early departure of Frost
from Washington.
Paris ate nine hundred jackasses
last year. They aren't so well rel
ished in this country.
Mrs. Marsh is over forty, and
doesn't wear Ii boot either.
Paul Boynton starts for Europe
next Saturday. Wonder If he In
tends to swim over?
A Washington correspondent
says Gen. Butler Is much courted
and carressed by the ladies. Oh,
sp00nsf
The capacity for social enjoy
mont with most persons gees on
steadily increasing with age.
Condensed beer Is coming large
~ into use in England and the
colonies. n fs
The artesian well at Oskaloosa,
Iowa, has reached a depth Of 2,11d
feet.
There are ten widowers in the
u. 8. Senate.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-01
Refined.

70 be refined means not to be
over nice. Refinement is not lux
ury. 1t is nothing of this kind; it
is far removed from excess or
waste. A person truly refined will
not squander or needlessly con-
sumo any thing. Refinement is
always closely united with SIM
plicity, and a tasteful employ
ment of the means of good which
it has at command. Refinement
leads to personal cleanliness, neat
ness, good taste, and simplicity in
dress. AT homo, whether elegant
or humble, the same nsatness and
grace abounds. The refined per-
son and the mere presender are
very different. In the former you
will find no gaudiness or false gilt
tering, but with the latter these
abound. In personal manners, re-
finement is most conspicuous. A
lady of refinement is always polite
without ostentation. There is no
refinement like that of the heart,
which bids US show a kind regard
to the feelings of others.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-01
What ia Money /?

Coin. metallic coin, alone is true
money, and nothing else is, unless
it be commodity, as an OK. or 9
COW, or a piece of salt. There il
a very decisive reason for this as
sertion. Every kind of paper call.
ed money carries ON its face an or
der or promise to pay money. aud
without that order or promise il
would be a worthless piece of pa
per and nothing more. An order
or promise to give q thing is not
the thing itself; the thing itself is
absent. This settles the thing alb
solutely; paper is not money. 1t
is idle TO reply that the distraction
is unimportant-that the bank
note does the same work as money
and that practically there is no
harm in calling it money.
/ answer that the harm is i'm
mense for the understanding of
currency. The vital fact is OBJ
scured that the man who takes a
gold coin for his goods receives
an actual piece Of property,a metal
as valuable as the thing he SELLS
He requires not a particle of sub
stance with a check or a bank
note. If the check is dishonored or
the bank breaks, he finds nothing
in his hand against the wealth he
gave away. Ii checks and bank
notes are true money, then so are
spoken words. for they can pur-
chase property and bind the buyer
at law just as firmly as a check
To tell the bookseller ia put five
pounds worth of books to his ac-
count, commits the buyer to pay
ment as completely as check
Coin is the substance, the realty
covenanted to TO be given for goods
bought; consequently coin alone is
payment. The coin at last may
never be touched, because it may
be put down in an account against
which set-offs appear on the debt
or and creditor sides; coin then is
not asked for, because its equiva-
lent in property has been receiv-
ed.
Everything else--spoken words,
shop accounts, bank notes, checks,
warrants-are nothing but title
deeds, evinence good at law to
compel the stipulated payments of
coin, if not voluntarily given
Without a court of law in the
background, they are only ac-
acknowledgements resting en- honor,
and may at any moment prove to
be empty writing. Coin pays
no form of paper does till what is
written upon it is fulfilled.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-01

Some years ago, bill was introduced
in the Indiana Legislature to tax all at
tsrneys and jackasses $500 each. Mr..
Norris, citizen of Someset county, Nd,
having gotten hold of it, and greatly
elated at the joke apon lawyers, called on
Hon. John w. Cris6eld, a prominent
lawyer of the town which bears his
name.
"Goed morning, Mr.. Cris6eld.''
"Good morning, Mr.. Norris, yejoined
the fcrmer.
"Have you heard the news from
Indianai" pursued Mr.. Norris.
':What is that?" replied the other.
"Why, they are men Of sense in Indi.
ana; they are getting upa law there to
tax all the lawyers and jackasses in that
State $500 apiece replied the latter,
rubbing his hands With pleasure at tho
thought.
The veteran lawyer reflected mo-
ment on the information, and theu
gravely rejoined:
"Wcll, friend Norris, it is lucky for
you and me that we don't live in Indi-
ana; they so0uld catch both of as.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-01
CENTENNIAL.
Price or Admission The
Dead.heall Question.

WASHINGTON, March %. ---Gener-
al Hawley and other Centennial peo-
| pie are here, and are discussing the
price Of admission to the exhibition
i and the highly important question
whether they shall issue free tickets
to anybody. Tie noble sdead-head'
begins to press for recognition, and
is an embarrassing object. Consid-
ering the number Of persons who will
demand free passes, 1t is said that
the Commissioners feel that they
ought to charge the paying part Of
the public iifty cents for each admis-
sion, but there Is some reason to be-
lieve that If there were absolutely no
sdeadhead, the people could be adj
mitted at rs cents a head. One Of
the Commissioners asked some MEM
bers of the press to-day whether it
was supposed the press would de-
mand to be ssdeadheaded, and was
decidedly and promptly answered
mo
But he was evidently not convinc-
ed, and thought that the popularity
of the Exhibition would be imper-
illed unle there was a formidable
array of dead heads " II the Com
missioners were encouraged by the
press tocut off absolutely all free
admissions, there is little doubt that
they would feel themselves warrant
ed in charging only twenty five cents
admissiyn and printing and selling
only one kind OF ticket, with no half
fares or ony other distinc-
ton. This is undoubtedly high
enough. No one will be satisfied
with one visit; a great proportion of
the visitors will wish to bring their
families, and will extend their visit
over three or four days, and the tax
which they will pay from repeated
visits, will sufficiently swell the bill
of admission, even at twenty-five
cents.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-01

The Iowa Democratic State Con-
vention meets OH May 18th to select
delegates to the st. Louis Conven-
ton.
A dam and reservoir in Burril-
vile, II. L., gave way on Sunday,
caused by the great flood in the
Blackstone river. Great damage was
done to mills and machinery.
A Louisville special says the Bris-
tow hog story was told in jest and
the relator was surprised to find that
the correspondent believed the yarn.
The floods resulted disastrously all
over Connecticut. In New Haven
$20,00o damage has been done. The
railroads throughout the State suf-
fered greatly.
1t is reported w. s. King, Of Min
nesota, will probably resign his
place in Congress owing to pres
sure of private business.
Monday afternoon an explosion
occurred in Japan oven in the iron
works Of John l.. Mott, Brooklyn.
One workman, William Bartlett,
was severely sealded.
Internal revenue receipts Tuesday
$l27 1854; customs receipts, $4l6, l8S;
national bank notes received for re-
demption, $415, 1924.
The Baltimore Episcopal Methodist
has recently been purchased by
joint stock company, who elected
Rev. Samuel X. Cox, editor. DR..
Cox brings to the tripod the advan-
tages Of ripe scholarship and rich
experience, and the patrons Of the
paper may expect journal well
worthy the cause it represents. Rev.
DR.. Poisal is appointed travelling
agent and correspondent.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-01
FOREIGN NEWS.
Illness Of the Cxar and its
Effects.

LONDON, March 2o-The Daily
Telegraph, in an editorial on the
subject of the rumored indisposition
Of the Czar, says: we believe the
facts concerning the Czar are that
he is seriously i'll, and that the doc
tors have recommended his prolong-
ed sojourn at Ems and afterwards in
Switzerland. Therefore, it is prob
able that the public convenience viii
necesitate the Czarwitch exercising
the functions Of the Emperor during
his ABSENCE
A special telegram to the Times
says: 1.-THE prospect Of regency In.
Russia excites much speculation
concerning it's probable relations Der
tween Russia and Germany. because
of the anti-German tendencies of she
Czarwitch.
CARL vOGT, THE MUREERER.
BRUSSELS, March 29.--The court
of cessation has denied the appeal Of
| Carl Vogt, the murderer, against the
death sentence.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-01
Don Piatt's View On News
papers.

We regret the sudden but ne
unexpected demise of the daily
Tribune. We had a faint hope If
ter 1t had passed into the hands o
the Messrs. Rurritt and Kalbfus
that it would survive. But . daily
journal in the most favorable 10.
cality Is daily loss the first yeaI
Of its existence, and to sustain it,
therefore. calls for something more
than business tact, energy and en-
terprise. We have many offers
that to those less experienced than
ourselves would seem tempting,
to issue q daily from the Capital
Office. The offers faded before our
demand of a hundred thousand
dollars cash capital. Any amount
less than that means vexation for
months and failure in the end.
OF all journals, one Of Democrat
ic tendencies in Washington is the
most hopeless. If we except the
Germans, and they are devoted to
the German press, the Democratic
party is not reading party, and
what is worst it is not an adver-
Using party. This is observed
throughout the country, and cul-
inmates into painful fact, with
out exceptions In Washington.
The truth is, however, that the
day of the partisan press has pass.
ed. The reading and advertising
minds of the country are weary OF
o journalism that divides the
American people nearly into
halves, and prOnounces the one
half made up with fools and
knaves, and the other half of wise,
virtuous citizens. People may vote
under such circumstances, for
through our caucus system the
better class of citizens have little
choice between the two tickets pre-
sented at the polls. But when II
comes to reading matter, and above
all, to an advertising medium for
business men, we have quito an
other field, and one in which an
independent. thoughtful treatment
OF public affairs alone wins.
AS for the national capital, the
rot we have to overcome is the in
huence of the Government. The
journal that succumbs to the poll
ticians in power is lost as a Jour-
nal, while one that opposes cannot
exist at all. We speak now of the
daily press. Washington is South
ern in its origin, and has not yet
escaped the results that come of
the Southern absence of business
instincts. The advertising is not
healthy. 1t is given reluctantly
by the majority, as a favor to the
press, instead of being regarded as
a necessity of business, and al
most exclusively for the benefit Of
the advertiser. The little town of
Springfield, Clark county, Ohio,
supports two daily papers and
does twice the advertising of
Washington city. Springfield does
more business of course. This is
not emily indicated by the advcr-
Using, but caused by it. 1t Is both
pulse and heart.
Washington has improved in
this respect within the last few
years, but it is yet far in the rear Of
other cities of less population and
less prospect of business. When
it gets to be a business centre we
will issue daily.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-01
POLITICAL NOTES.

Buffalo, N, Y, has q Pisneel
Blaine Club.
The Southern congressman have
told Morton they do not support
Conkling.
The Herald calls Kerr q selfish
politician, who knows only the
Mississippi Valley.
The Cleveland President maxi
ers have begun work on Hays,
and-will finish hi,,
The Central New York Demo-
Gratis seem to like Ex-Governor
Seymour; not a strange liking for
them.
The misfortune Of the Republic
can party in New York Is that its
leaders are all candidates for the
Presidency.
The Albany Argus acc uses the
Republican officials at Washing
ten Of .'nest-hiding," or feather
ing their own nests.
The New York Telegram thinks
the "rule or ruin" victory at Syr-
acuse as barren as the British VIC
tory at Bunker Hill.
Their is an International chess
tournament being played in New
York. Why not play draw poker
and take advantage of the promi-
net players lately arrived?
Ohio is q State which no pru-I
dent politician will dream Of tax
ing into the list Of States which
the Democracy must carry If they
hope to win the Presidential cleo
ton. New York World.
"Governor Hays has an honest,
sensible and frugal household, ="
and that Is one reason why he
would make good President. Do
his brothers, and father-in-law,
help make up the family?
In fact the welfare Of the red
skins does not at all enter into the
question; what the Senators want
Is that the appointments of Indian
agents shall be distributed with
some regard to the claims of party
and the shrieks of locality
Tribune.
II the Republicans nominate a
good candidate there is no reason
why they should not win and hold
power until the generation which
fought the war for the rebellion
has been gathered to its fathers
Herald.
The Tribune is SO decidedly Of
the opinion that support Of the
Administration is the c0ndona-
ton of the crimes OF which it has
been guilty, that it demands q /
candidate who shall be in him.
self ga complete severance from
all the past"--one "known to the
whole people to be free from all
faint"
If public spending were re-
trenched as it should be and must
be, in the same ratio that dimin-
ished income has compelled men
to retrench their private expenses,
nothing would stand in the way of
q resumption Of real money and a
return Of real prosperity to the
land at once. Chicago Times. --
A San Francisco Custom House
inspector got drunk in q saloon Of
that city recently, and when some
onej made remark derogatery to
the Administration, drew a re-
volver and began to perforats the
numerous bottles on the shelves.
Nor did he cease until he was ar
rested. He evidently mistoek tho
bottles for Grants enemies; and
he wasn't far ont of the way
oither.-NeW York Sun.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-01
To Young Ladies.

Be cheerful, but not giglers. Be
serious, but not dull. Be commu-
NEGATIVE, but not forward. Be
kind, but beware of silly, thought
less speeches; although you may
forget them, Others will not. Be-
ware of levity and familiarity with
young men; a modest reserve,
without affectation, is the only
safe path. Court and encourage
serious conversation with those
who are truly serious and convers-
ible; and do not 60 into valuable
company without endeavoring to
improve by the intercourse per-
mitted you. Nothing is more I'M
becoming when one part of a COM
pany is engaged In profitable and
interesting conversation, than that
another part should be trifling and
talking comparative nsnsenoe to
each other.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-01

We hear again of cases at the
West in which death has been
produced by eating pork infested
with trichinae. This is evidently
caused by the hogs eating carrion
or other putrescent or decaying
matter. Farmers are too apt to
make scavengers Of their hogs
and thereby paving the way for
the spread of this disease.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-01

The sword of the blind goddess
seems to fall about as often on q
Democratic as . Republican vic
tim, and one begins to feel uncom-
Portable as the reflection Ia enforc-
ed upon him, that possibly there
may be as great q dearth Of right
eous men In Washington as there
was in Sodom ancientiy. Chieags
Pest and Mail.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-01

To-day there is not a man from
Maine to Texas, or cross wise, who
is not fully and finally convinced
of the perfect uprightness of the
Secretary of the Treasury.-N. Y.
Evening Post.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-01

Gov Ames' trial under impeach-
ment commenced Monday. Should
he be convicted President Stone,
of the Senate, would become ex-
officio Governor OF Mississippi.
Mr.. Stone is described as q conser-
vative politician, six years SEN
ator and heightened gentleman.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-04-01

One of the easitHE and lest ways
to expand the chest IL to have a
good large heart in it. 1t saves
the cost OF gymnastics.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-04-14
A FAMOUS MEDICAL INSTITUTION.
From the cAi.aco Times.


.sThe name Of DR.. r. v. Pierce. Of Buffalo. n. 7.
has become a. familiar 10 the people slI over the
country a. pamphlets aud hooks. aud his Large med.
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by presentations OF degrees from two
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