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, 1876-07-08
W1Dows AND THEIR ATTRACTIONS

WIDOWS AND THEIR ATTRACTIONS
Widowhood is discussed by the lporlo
in leading article, and the statistics
presented are very suggestive. win.
ter-kept apyles, seasoned wine, a
clonded meershaum, vase around
which the scent of the roses still hangs,
all these, says the Horld. have a
rare, evanescent flavor that suggests,
but cannot express, the charm OF wild
owhood. A young widow is. perhaps,
the most interesting object in natare--
or in art. She represents experience
without Its wrinkles or its gray hair
She is matronly beauty and maidenly
freedom combined. She is grief with a
laughing eye-sorrow III a house of fes-
tival- a silver moon in a sable cloud.
She is too sweet for anything. Like all
good things, she can only be created at
great sacrifice. Mrs. Browning says
you must spoil man to make poet
and certainly a man must be pretty
thoro lghly spoiled before he can leave
"a widow. This black swan-this
mournful phUnix-rises only ont OF tue
funeral urn that holds the ashes Of o
husbands heart! Let us wipe awav
the briny tear and proceed. Perq;ts
ctn i
philosophers have each felt the in,.efin-
able iatinence of widowhood. Its
quality is not strained. 1t tails alike
on the just and the unjust. Noe can
escape 1t. Edward Plantaeenet welded
the widow Elizabeth Grey, though
he knew she brought civil war for her
dowry. Ned Waller. Joe Addison, Sam
Johnson, George Washington, Napoleon
Bonaparte, John Wesley, Tony Geller.
Ben Disraely, and all the boys, married
widows. Henry the Eighth was so
fond of them that he took two: and
King David was SO pleased with Abb.
gail, the widow of Nabal, whom he took
to wife, that he turned Bathsheba into
widow on purpose 10 marry her.
When Judith ceases her cogi.ations
over the virtues of the late lamented
Manassas. of Bethulia. pnts off her
mourning aud adorns herself in brave
attire to set ont for the camp Of Holo>
fernes. We feel instinctively that she
will come back with his heart, his
crown or his head, whichever she goes
for. When the old widow Naomi
counsels the young widow Ruth how 10
lay her snares in the harvest fields of
her kinsmen and spring her nst on the
threshing floor. we knew Mt once that
the wealthy bachelor Boaz might as
well order the wedding garments. Al.
ler Ramsey wrote song telling how
to WOO widow; he might as well have
left directions telling how TO get struck
with lightning"
, 1876-07-08

Here is Il Centennial love story worth
reading; Bishop Mead tells it in his
"Old Churches and Families Of Vir-
GINA A yonng man fell in love with
Young woman named Mary Carey.
He asked her fathers consent to their
marriage. The old man remarked, If
that is your business here sir, wish
you to leave the house. for my daughter
has been accustomed to ride in her own
coach. The young man left, as re-
quested. but be was heard of afterward
as Commander-i chief of the Ameri,
can army and as the first President OF
the United States. His name was
George Washington.
, 1876-07-08

SICKNESS IN THE HAREsr. The carpet
on which the Sultan daily prays is Kept
in order by several persons, whose joint
salary is $4,000 year. The Sultan's
doctors and apothecaries cost $40, 600 q
year. Whenever any of the Sultan S
wives fall i'll. or rather unwell, she is at
once sent away from the Sultan's pal
ace. His third wife fell suddenly and
dangerously i'll recently, and conld not
in common decency be removed. The
Sultan constantly refused to see her
during all her illness. She died during
the night. and the instant he heard of
her death he quilted the palace. and re-
fused to return until after the burial.
When the physicians are summoned to
the palace they enter the harem with
the old ceremonial. First comes q
eunuch brandishing very large sabre
then GENES the doctor, followed by two
other eunuchs, armed to the teeth.
Muttis. or religious teachers, are never
admitted. Letter.
, 1876-07-08
A FINE AFFAIR.-Somebody has i'm
ported from Paris very novel and ele-

A FINE AFFAIR.-Somebody has i'm
ported from Paris a very novel and ele-
giant rosewood bedstead, with a head
board twenty feet high, inlaid with
father, mother. and all the others OF
pearl! In the foot-board is a musical
box. and by pressing knob with your
feet you can be played sweetly to sleep.
Rocked in til. niattrass of the deep"
would be an appropriate tune.
TIE Spaniard drinks but little water.
but the bulk of the succulent vegetables
and fruit eaten by him is surprisings
Half pound of bread. an ordinary
soup plate filed with stew, and pound
or two Of grapes. would be 10 more
than an average meal.
THE Saturday Rerie,r. commenting on
dull times, says that it is care, and pru-
dence and economy that is now needed,
and that the respectable classes OF En-
glish society are willing and ready to
exhibit these virtues when called on, is
evident to any one who notices the
changed aspect of the streets and parks
of London.
, 1876-07-08

WASHINGTON. July 3-The Tribune s
Washington special says the dead lock
in the Treasury Department does not
furnish any further difficulty in the
Treasury office. The President on Sat-
nrday evening modified his acceptance
of Treasurer News resignation SO that
it shall take effect upon the qualification
of his successor. and he will therefore
reassume the duties of the office so far
as to permit the transaction Of business.
The conference committee Oh the
post office appropriation bill have ar
rived at an agreement. The understood
basis Of agreement includes concession
on the part of the Senate of the reduc-
tion Of 10 per cent. on rates paid rail-
road companies for transportation of
malls. Under existing laws this reduc-
ton of compensation will. it is said.
cause a discontinusnce of fast mail
trains. There are $4,000 for railroad
transportation. Third class matter is
nxed at one cent per ounce. except for
private matter, not including circulars,
which is one cept for each two ounces.
1t seems certain the Senate will not
try tie Belknap impeachment case, and
probably final adjournment be had
about July 18th.
NEW YORK. July g. Yesterday was
hottest day of the season. The ther-
momoter stood $50, and at midnight
$40.
, 1876-07-08
BY BROWN & SON.
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
fOlympia.t

| fOlympia.l
! On Monday last, Mr.. Henry Shot
well, living about twelve miles
southwest of this place on Black riy-
er, In returning home from work in
the evening, was suddenly pounced
upon by two men in disguise. He
managed to rid himself from the.
grasp of one of them and felled him
with a blow of his fist, when. the
other loosed his grip, and Mr.. S..
struck the grounded man with his.
ak, but was interrupted in the work.
by several pistol shots from the,
hand of the other ruffian, one of the,
shots passing through his vest. The
business seems to have been badly
managed on both sides, Mr.. S. not
mentioning the affair till the next
day. Had he been prompt to report
the fact ut home, the foot-pads.
might have been captured, while as,
it is they We're permitted to escape
without detection, and will doubt
less be encouraged to pursue their
calling elsewhere.
Mary L. Laws. It young girl six
teen years of age. living near Cedar
vile, recently killed large Wild
cat. That is the kind of girl for
new countries.
Major Hayden received telegraph
ic instructions on Tuesday night to.
take possession of the collectors Of.
fice on the first day of July.
The Sisters collected about one
hundred and fifty dollars in Olym-
pla and Tumwater, as donations for
their orphanage at Vancouver.
, 1876-07-08

can gets mad he isn't afraid to lei
people know what is the matter with
him. One of the tribe has been reading
what Professor Proctor and the World
is pleased to say about the conduct OF
Americans while at the table, and thus
expresses lis sentiments in the New
York Graphic:
Apropos of Professor Proctor and
the dining devil of Des Moines, VII
stuck five inches" of cold knife
down his throat. the newspapers
are making a row, and the World
this morning comes to the Professor q
rescue by swearing that Americans eat
like swine. Every Difference is due to
the World in such matters, for it knows
all about dining; but still it is true that
Americans better know how to eat than
any other people in this country. The
German always swallows his knife; the
Englishman is gross in his eating. and
in beer makes Pantagruel of himself,
the Frenchman eats table d'hote dinner
of seven courses. Gncluding half a
bottle of wine) for sixty cents-what he
eats therefore may be readily known
and the Italian does about the same;
except that he eats forty or fifty feet OF
macaroni with knife and fingers and
endless gable. All these people use
their knives after the manner of shovels,
as Americans as rule do not. Lovers
of high art elevate the scornful nose at
cheap American restaurants:" but is
not pie good, is not oatmeal favorite
dish of connolsseur like Mr.. R. G..
White. who finds it with his 'Ipopular
pie?" Are not crullers better than two
sparrcws on toast. and coffee and cakes
better than sour wine? Away with this
squeamishness and pretense Let the
World read us no more jeremaids on the
matter; there is q special reason why it
shouldn't. l am weary unto death with
the abominable snobbishness which
leads some of our journals to essay n
cheap notoriety for superior wisdom by
talking folly about America and Ameri-
cans. The French, Germans, English,
Italians, and O'irish would do well to
stay at homs if they do not like the way
in which we, the favored sons OF sires
who bled on Bunker Hill, live. Have
we not as much right to our baked
beans as the Frenchman to his patty de
foicks grass; the Italian to his macaroni
with little white worms in it; the Eng
lishman to his arf.and-arf and greasy
mutton? A cruller is q king to cheese
cake; piece of good pie is better than
chopped up spinach. and coffee Is better
than sour wine. Americans do not stick
their knives down their throats, and
nearly all foreigners do.
, 1876-07-08

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The President
to-day signed the act to provide tenn
porarily for the expenditures of the
Government, and also the Naval Appro-
priation bill. The Committee of Con-
ference on the Post Office Appropria-
ton Bill has agreed to report compro-
mise on the rates of compensation to
postmasters. Tho pay for railroad
transportation is reduced ten per cent.
below the presen: rate, and Commission
is provided to take the subject into
consideration and report at the next
session. Third class mail matter. tran
sient newspapers. magazines, PAM
phlets, books, and all printed matter
except circulars to pay one cent for
every two ounces. The Senate has
| agreed to the amendments appropri>
ating $4,000 for surveying public
lands in California. $50, 900 for Oregon,
$15,Q00 for Nevada and $4,000 for
Washington Territory; also $50. 900 for
the incidental expenses of the Office o!
Surveyor General of California, and
from $4,000 to $4,000 to each of the
other Pacific States and Territories.
New YORK, July The weather con-
tinues warm and delightful.
Great preparations are making for
the 4th. Brooklyn and Jersey City. as
well as this town, are rapidly getting
into celebration condition. Flags.
banners and streamers are in position
in every direction. The entire streets
are given up to the display of bunting.
Many magnificent decorations have al
raady been made. and more are to
follow. The engine houses, police
Offices and city buildings, as we'll as
hundreds of private residences, will be
appropriately and profusely dressed
out.
TRENTON. N. j., July Grin H.
House, noted divorce lawyer, quar-
relied with his stepson at their resi-
dence, near here, last evening. The
wife interfered to save the boy. when
House beat and kick ed her, threatening
to shoot the boy if she ;nterfered. Mrs.
House broke away. and getting a re
yolver, shot her husband dead. as she
supposed he was about to shoot the
boy.
WASHINGTON. July lat the instance
of Mitchell, the Secretary Of the Treas
ury has revoked last months order for
the removal of the Custom House to
the new building. 1t will accordingly
remain in its present more convenient
location.
Governor Thompson, of Idaho. writes
here that on account Of continued i'll
health he contemplates resigning his
lice.
, 1876-07-08

A Louisville Marshal. charged with
seizing steamboat on q writ, furnished
another steamboat with a cannon and
guns for the crew, and started out to
chas,. Tho vessels came together after
long run, and fire was opened from
each. The Marshal and the captain OF
the chased boat were killed. The fight
was witnessed by hundreds of spectators
from the banks of the river.
, 1876-07-08

THE -1h,e,neun', this mail, praises Bret
Harte's Gabriel Conrny," but thinks
that it indicates fati-ne in the writer.
The summary is: t,nr author has diff
fused over large canvas. and conse-
quently has dissipated the power
which. concentrated on small space.
would have produced picture on
which all could have dwelt with de
light"
, 1876-07-08

Would man frequently calcu-
late his income and expenditure, he
would escape many a bitter refec-
lion; for he must be lost to every
gen,rou ceiling of pride and hon
orable principle who wantonly
incurs debts, which he can not dis
charge.
, 1876-07-08
From Port Gamble,


PoRT GAMBLE, July 5 Last evening.
through the mismanagement of the
driver. the team got the best of the Port
Discovery stage and ran off with load
of passengers. upsetting the stage and
injuring some of the passengers. A
man by the name of John Honguest, a
carpenter at Port Discovery, broke
three Of his ribs, and Wm. Gibson, the
driver. broke his leg.
, 1876-07-08

A Story is told Of certain
noble lord that, after prolonged
tour, he was asked at ,linner par
ty what he thought of Athens.
Turning to his servant, who was
standing behind his chair, he calmly
demanded, John, what did l think
of Athens?"
, 1876-07-08

= Senator Foote, OF Vermont,
went to party at Mr.. Stewards, es-
corting his two nieces of the same
name as his own. One of the State
Department messengers, who stood
at the door of the drawing room to
announce the guests, to be gram
matical, and as the trio entered he
shouted: Senator Foote and the
two Misses Feet"
, 1876-07-08

"A Doublin woman, jealous of
her husband, threatened to drown
herself in a tub of water that stood on
the porch. "You dare to hold your
head in it until l touch you," said
the man. The excited woman at
once plunged her head in the water.
The husband waited too long, for,
when he drew her back, she was
daad
, 1876-07-08

DE-. TONNE, one of the Oldest set
tiers Of the Nisqua1ly valley, and
formerly chief factor for the Hudson
Bay Co. for Washington Territory
and Oregon, passed to-day on the
Annie Stewart. The Doctor has be-
come quite gray. He is remembered
by all the old settlers as kind and
good man.
, 1876-07-08

FIVE drunken Siwashes who had
been engaged in free fight down on
the beach yesterday evening, were
hauled up this morning and each
fined S. and costs.
, 1876-07-08

'.Pawnbrokers," !" saysan exchange.
"will advance nothing on a temper
ance pledge" And yet they know
that the longer they keep such q
pledge the richer they grow.
, 1876-07-08

Success rides on every hour; grap-
pie it and you may win; but without
a grapple it will never go with you
Work is the weapon of honor, and
he who lacks the weapon will never
triumph.
, 1876-07-08

- At the funeral of the murdered
French and German Consuls in Sa-
lonlca, an escort of honor was
formed by French and German ma
rines, Turkish military and civil au-
thorities, and officers and crews of
men-of-war in the harbor.
, 1876-07-08

The new British man of war In
flexible will carry in turrets four
eighty -one-ton guns; her turrets
will be probably eighteen-inch ar
NOR; and the citadel or vital part of
the ship, will be guarded by no less
than twenty-four inches of armor.
She is designed to be a floating
castle, the rest Of the ship beside
the citadel being mainly useful for
the purpose of giving buoyancy to
the central stronghold. She will be
fitted, however, with spur, which
can be taken off at pleasure, and
her enormous bulk will give her
terrible power as a ram. Her dis
placement, when all her weight are
on board, will be no less than H.
4O7 tons exceeding that of any
ship yet constructed.
, 1876-07-08

Now subscribe for the newspaper.
An eminent physician says: "One
of the cheapest and most efficient
chest protectors, when unexpectedly
exposed to cold, raw winds, is a.
folded newspaper inside the vest"
, 1876-07-08

THERE was case in London the
other day in which q man died from
fright at the mere sight of a
poison label, which he had not pre-
viously observed, on bottle from
which he had just taken a dose of
simple medicine.
, 1876-07-08

Wasn't it rough on Ella? just as she.
was telling Frederick at lunch how
ethereal her appetite was. tie cook
called out, Say, will yer have yer pork
and green's now, or wait till yer feller's.
gomez
, 1876-07-08

A DR.. Smith insists that while
condensed milk fattens children it is
not so nourishing as pure milk, nor
does it enable them SO readily to re-
sist the attacks of disease.
, 1876-07-08

The Persians of Shiraz stop their
wine bottles with roses. which give the
wine a pleasant smell; and during the
festival of ADRIAN, which takes place
during the equinox, Persian ladies'
throw roses at each other when they pay
visits
, 1876-07-08

Beware of confiding in distant
prospects of happiness, lest they be
suddenly intercepted by the most
trivial present vexation. A leaf in
the foreground is large enough to
conceal o forest on the far horizon.
, 1876-07-08

How a man can afford to give
away an eighteen dollar chrome
with pound of dollar tea, puzzles
people who don't know the i'm.
mense profits made on teas.
, 1876-07-08

Gone who was there says that
the Merrimac was not sunk by the
Monitor, but was blown up by
special order of the commander at
Norfolk.
, 1876-07-08

-Dupes, indeed, are many; but
of all dupes there is none so fatally
situated as he who lives in undue
terror of being duped.
, 1876-07-08
SUPREME COURT.

SUPREME COURT.
At Olympia. the second Monday in July.
DISTRICT COURT. THIRD DISTRICT
Steilacoom-Second Monday of January and
tirst Monday in Au=ust.
Seattle-Fourth Monday of january and third
Monday of August.
Port Townsend Fourth Monday of Febru-
ary and second Monday of September,
Snohomish City-Third Tuesday of March
and third Tuesday of November OF each year.
, 1876-07-08

PocKET-MoNEY FOR CHILDREN.
There is no error more fatal than i'm
agining that pinching youth in his
pocket-money will teach him frugal
ity. On the contrary, it will occa-
sion his running into extravaganza
V it'll so much more eagerness when
he comes to have money in his own
hands; as pinching him in his diet
will make his appetite only the
more rapacious. Ii you put into the
hands of yonr child more money
than is suitable to his age and dis
cretion. you must expect to find that
he has thrown it away upon what is
not only idle but hurtful. \ certain
small, regular income any child
above six years of age ought to
have. When he comes to be capa-
BILE of keeping an account, he ought
to be obliged to do it; he will there
by acquire habit of frugality, at
tention and prudence that will be of
service to him through his whole
life. On the contrary, to give a
young person money to spend at will
without acquiring any account of it,
is leading, or rather forcing, him
upon extravaganza and folly.
, 1876-07-08

There is a sly fellow in Texas
who has laughed in his sleeve SO
much that it has become threadbare.
, 1876-07-08

ABOUT two weeks 90, a young man
named Callahan, accompanied by a
younger brother, went out for deer
hunt on the MoJalla. 1t was agreed
that the younger brother should
take the dogs and drive up the deer,
while the other would go to certain
stand. When the one who had the
dogs in charge arrived at the stand.
there was no sign OF his brother.
He hunted around for an hour or
two, firing off his gun at intervals.
but the elder brother failed to put
in an appearance. He returned
home and informed his father of the
terrible loss. who secured the
woods far and wide the next day,
and failed to find any trace OF his
missing son. When the gentleman
left, party of about sixty were in
search of the lost boy. and we hope
that before our next issue we shall
be able to chronicle his safe return
to the grief stricken parents.
, 1876-07-08

MANY adorn the tombs of those
whom living, they prosecuted with
envy.
, 1876-07-08


MFEesHAU9I Pipes. -Meerschaum is
a hy arons s!licnte of magnesia, a nine
raj OF soft. eartly texture, somewhat
rese mb,.ug CHALK. 1t is found in Spain
and II severn! counties at the head Of
the Mediterranean. The town of
ko nieh, in Asia Minor, furnishes the
principal supplies Tor the manufacture
of pipes and cigar tubes. 1t is roughly
shaped into blocks for expectation, and
freed as far as practicable from the
associated minerals which impair its
quality by interfering with the carving
of its surface. It is made into pipes in
various cities of Europe, Pesth and
Vienna being especially loted for the
manufacture. To produce the yellow
and brown colors. which are brought
ont only after long smoking, the blocks
are kept for some time in n mixture of
wax and fatty matters. A portion of
these is absorbed, and being subse-
quently acted upon by the heat and
tobacco fumes, assumes various shades
of color. Artificial meerschaums, called
massabowls, are made from the parings
OF the genuine material, which, being
reduced to fine powder, are boiled in
water and moulded into blocks, some
times with the addition of clay They
cannot easily be distinguished from the
real, but they are generally heavier and
freer from b!emishes. .ippleton's Aner-
icuH Cyiopedia.
, 1876-07-08
Latest by Telegraph
EASTERN STATES.

Reported Expressly for the Daily Dispatch
, 1876-07-08

The DEVILS FoorsTEps.-An un-
comfortable incident, which formed
the subject of discussion at the Roy
al Society at Edinburgh, will prob
aIay give rise to widespread anx-
iety. A paper entitled Notes on u
New Fossil Footprint found near
Dumfries, communicated by Mr..
Dudgeon, was read by Prof. Turner.
The footprint in question was dis
covered about twenty feet from the
surface, in quarry three miles dis
tant from Dumfries. The imprint
of the hind foot measured 3.5 bv
2.6 inches, and the characteristic
features OF the marks were the we'll
developed claws and the obliquc toes
associated il Fle minds of all right
thinking persons with the devil. In
THE course OF the discussion Prof.
Huxley mentioned that, according
to a photograph exhibited, the foot
print i'll question seemed to bear a
remarkable resemblance to one found
by himself in the Elgin district in
1888; and, assuming the footprint to
be that of the devil, it must be some
comfort to the good people of Dunn
fries to feel that, while visiting Scot
land, he did not especially visit their
neighborhood, but prowled about
the country either on business or
pleasure, not coGtining his wander
ings invidiously to any one particu-
lar district. This is quite in ac-
cordance with his usual practice;
and it will be remembered that when
after severe snow storm in Eng
land few winters ago. some ''foot-
prints of the devil" as they were
termed, were found on the fallen
snow, and excited a deep interest IN
serious circles. They extended over
large tract of country, showing
the restless nature of the fiend.
, 1876-07-08
Official DIRECTORY.

CITY CoUNCII.MEN:
Isaiah Waddell, John H Hail. James r. Rob-
bins, John Leary, Benz. Murphy, G W. Hall.
TERMS OF HOLDING COURT.