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Police Court,

His Honor was sitting at his desk
yesterday, when a dilapidated Fen
ian was brought in by a policeman,
in state of chronic dipsomania.
The Court corrugated its brow like
a zinc washboard and inquired:
'What do you mean, Muldoon, by
walking up Commercial street and
inviting the whole town of Seattle
to tread on the tail of your coat !?
Why do You thus set society at de-
fiance and
''Plaze, sor, me an Barney Flynn
had wan dhrink an'"--
"Silence, Muldoon. Don't inter-
rupt the Court. You can't play
yourself for fighter in this town,
for you can't lick anything but a
Wells-Fargo envelope. If you were
a fighter You wouldn't stay here.
You'd go to San Francisco and get a
big limit. What do you suppose
would have become of the progress
i've civilization of our beautiful Ter
ritory if such men as Governor
Ferry, Elwood Evans or Jim Swan,
were to go about lobbying for a
skim d nose in this fashion 2"
eth do it no more, yer Honor, :"
pleaded Muld n.
Il don't think you will for the
next forty days, Muldoon," replied
the Court, setentiously. "You won't
be able to attend Montgomery
Queens circus next Wednesday
evening. J would also state that
there will be mass at the Catholic
Church, next Sunday, but you won't
be there to hear it. But when the
Christmas trees are decked with
lady-apples and the Yule-log burns
on the hearthstones of loving pa
rents, you will emerge from confne-
ment reformed man."
, 1876-10-14

and wife,. Wilhelm and wife. T. Mod
gewick and child. Jacob Olson. c. b.
Platt, VIM. Moorehouse. aud twenty
six in the steerage. Tacoma
Jearnet McCarver. Olympia.
Ida Stringer, Miss. Bertha Powell, j.
Goodrich, Charles Burmister and wife,
Samual Davenport, and seven in the
steerage.
GRADING THE STREETS. The work of
grading Front street, is nearly ended
and is an important improvement to
what is destined, ere long. to become
a.great business thoroughfare. This
work entails considerable expense, it is
true; but the property-holders will be
speedily compensated for the outlay by
the increased value of their houses and
lots. Moreover. it has given employ
ment TO large force of laborers who
have been obliged to spend most of their
earnings in the city, SO that Seattle is
the gamer in the long run. The resi-
dences here are ahead Of the average of
seaport towns on the coast and the
neatness of our ;horoughfares hereafter
will do much to attract the permanent
location Of floating capital.
DAIRY Products. solid
wealth of opulent sections is always
in the hands Of men whose maxim
is, buy nothing that can be produ-
ced on farm. We have seen far
mers in California with hundreds of
acres sown in wheat, buying their
butter, cheese and potatoes. Your
more practical farmer plants few
turnips for his kitchen and feeds the
rest to few nice mutton sheep. His
carrots are more than enough to
supply his table and the surplus he
feeds to his horses in winter. He
plants sugar beets, not only enough
for his own house, but few for the
COWS that keep his table in milk and
butter. We know Of no country
better adapted to dairy purposes
than Washington Territory, yet see
the quantity of butter brought here
from Califol MIA by eveiy steamer.
The peculiar formation of our sec
ton is not favorable to Durham
cattle, which are good enough for
level prairie country. But for the
active Jerseys and Attorneys, the
best mixers in the world. this Sound
country is ''just the cheese" We
have two months more Of green grass
in the year than any portion of Cali
fornia, south of Cape Mendocino and
it takes green food to make milk and
butter. The Jerseys, Attorneys,
Devons and Ayrshires, are coming
rapidly into favor ON the coast; and
we are anxious to see an importation
of herd made, from one of these
breeds. Their small size and active
habits adapt them to hilly countries;
and they keep fat where shorthorns
would starve to death. We see no
good reason, in the way that our
neighborhood is filling up, why our
farmers should not be able to supply
all the butter consumed here. There
is a 'bar'l O money in butter even
at thirty cents a pound, when good
practical dairymen get hold of the
business.
, 1876-10-14

NEARLY DoNE.-The drain tunnel
at the Talbot mine is nearly COM
plete, and will probably be finished
in time to admit Of resumption of
work before the frst of next month.
1t will save great expense in pump
ing the shaft and greatly facilitate
operations for working the mine to
its full capacity when coal goes up
to the old plices.
A P1LGRIM.--A yourg man named
Christopher S,reamer called on us to-
day. saying that he was in search of his
brother Frank, who has resided in this
comfy for many years. By his own ac-
count he has been great traveller. hav
ing walked from Texas to New Mexico,
thence through Colorado to Salt Lake,
thence down through Nevada to Arizona
and SO up through California and
Oregon to this place. The entire jour
ney occupied eleven months. Now,
Frank, come to the front. Here is your
long lost brother whom you Can identi.
fly by the usual strawberry mark just
abaft the starboard ear.
BUEGLARIEs.--The store of Phillip
Keacli, on Occidental Square, was burg
lariously entered by unknown parties
on Tuesday night and box o. pressed
tobacco stolen. The money drawers were
opened, but as they had been emptied
by the proprietor before he closed the
store, the light fingered gentry had their
trouble for their pains. There is but
little doubt that our city. being located
i'.iermediately between Portland and
Victoria, catches all the runaway rascals
from both those places Our police
force is small and canno. be everywhere
at once, but we can assure them that
their tenure of Office depends entirely
upon their vigilance.
HOPS. Washington Territory bids
fair to surpass all other Pacific coast
regions in the quantity OF hops
grown, and to equal Kent county,
England, in their quality. Mr.. P.
Hays, of White river, says the H.
telHgencer, has commenced to press
his crop for the San Francisco mar
ket He has gathered $4,000 pounds
from a patch OF fourteen acres of
young vines. During the past sea-
son he has had sixty seven persons.
mostly Indians, employed in pick
ing hops, and their wages have ex-
ceeded one Thousand dollars, nearly
all of which was spent in this city.
The Puget Sound hops are acknowl-
edged by brewers to contain greater
tonic properties than those Of Cali
fornia.
From Daily Of E;day
RESIGNED. - The post OF City
Councilman is not one OF any great
compensation or honor. At the
meeting last nigh. the designations
of Messrs. W. w. Barker and C. n
Moore were accepted.
MARINE NEWS. The bark James
ChestOn sailed from Port Gamble
yesterday with lumber for the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad at Oakland.
The bark Martha Rideout Capt.
Nickels. arrived at Port Blakely
yesterday from San Francisco.
Th.1 DAKOTA. - Steamer North
Pacific arrived here from Victoria
this afternoon, reports she met the
Dakota this morning Off Point VIII
son. The latter vessel came over
and discharged her smallpox patient
into Doctor Minors pest Tho use OH
ihe Point and then squs ed away
for San Francisco.
, 1876-10-14
The Rubber. Paint !.

Is put up in Quarts, Gallons and Five Gallon
Cans, ready for use, in all shades and col0rs
and for sale by W. H. SHOUDY.
~ Shop back of Horton Denny's Bank
Buildging, Seattle. f2iu
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THE MODIsTE'S ART.
Handsome l'arIarS Devoted 10 Dress.
making.

Few persons Of unprecedented minds will deny
that the Ladies OF San Francisco are among the
best dressed in the country. Frequently it is a
question Of dispute whether their personal beau.
ty or the elegance OF their costumes is entitled
to the greater admiration. There may Ike no
Worth nor any other man millner in the city,
and il Is possible that some of the wonderful
suits manufactured by the great authority of the
fashionable world Of Paris may have some fea-
lures peculiarly their own. but so long as the
ladies Of the Pacific Coast have such accom-
plishcd dressmak.rs a. Mrs. II. &. Lewis and
Miss l. +. Derby to prepare their dresses for
them. they will have the best reasons to BIZ sat
istied with their personal appearance. They
well understand that the modiste Of the present
day is as much an artistic AZ any star of the dra-
ma or knight Of pallet and brush. They also
know that elegant appointments are very attrac-
tive to the business and present strong claim
t. patronage and popularity Accordingly they
have fitted up handsome dressmaking parlors at
Nos q and % Thurlow Block, corner of Suffer
and Kearnv streets, and are determined to meet
the wishes of their patrons in a manner to make
them as successful us possible in their efforts.
Both the ladies are tasteful and experienced
dress makers, and have manufactured some of
the most elegant costumes that arouse the admit
ration of the fair sex and excite the astonish-
ment Of gentlemen. Mrs. Lewis formerly csn-
among her patrons several Of the most fashion,
able ladies of the city. Miss Derby lately ar
rived from the East. and has all the training
and experience to render her Il valuable ASSOC
ciate to Mrs Lewis. with whom she il almost
certain 10 make her mark as Il successful mo-
diste. 4 visit 70 the parlors is always both
pleasant and instructive, for, apart from the
tasteful elegance If the appointments, there are
to be seen beautiful suits Of the latest and most
approved styles to soon alorn the fair fashion,
ables of the city. Walking suits, evening
dresses, and bridal costumes are made after the
latest modes and with the utmost dispatch. All
kinds Of material are likewise furnished. while
mourning dresses are y specially. See adver-
t;sement.
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AN OLD FIRM.
Removal of the Employ mnent Onlce of
NI'NriG n 4 WMrd-Thcir New llMNrlCrs.

The wel-known firm of O'Bren Il Ward have
removed their employment Office to their new
and commodious rooms at GlO Clay street, on
the north side, a few doors above MONTGOMERY,
and directly opposite the Clay Street Savings
Bank. San Francisco. where they have fitted up
Il fine office, with separate parlors for those
wishing to engage male and female help, where
they can sit down and quietly converse, free
from the presence Of all except those who wish
to engage.
THE LADIES' PARLoR
is in the front part, and the entrance il but one
step from the street, so that lereaft ladies who
wish to engage girls will not be i, qnred to as
cend flight of stairs and to pass through a col
umn of men, as was the case in the old Office on
Montgomery street.
In all business matters, the great essential is
experience: and O'Brien & Ward. after an expe-
ricnce of
SEVENTEEN YEARS IN THE EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS.
feel and believe that they are better able to sup
ply the people Of this Coast with competent help
than any other parties whatever. II is one
thing to send a person to fill situation, and
another to send suitable one. Their great OBJ
jet is always to send the right person for the
position. In this, however. they sometimes
fail yet they firmly believe that their experience
of seventeen years gives them advantages in
this respect such AZ no other parties on this
ter, as heretofore, in each and every case. to
send the right party las they belicvel or none
at ALL
They wish to particularly state that they can
send both male and female help Of every nation
ality-AmercaIl. German. Irish and Scandina-
Wan, AZ well as French. Italian, etc.-S. +. Err
UiniIIpj..
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He used to stand in front OF the post
office and veil, 'Ere's your papers, n
few weeks ago-a ragged, sad-eyed.
light haired boy, frail and hungry look
ing. No one noticed him; no one cared
for him; even his fellow newsboys, with
whom he seldom associated, knew him
only as " Dominic" Yet he was at his
post from early dawn till late at night,
always civil and obliging, never bolster
ous, ever attentive to business. OF late
little Joe has been missing. They missed
him first at the news offices. where he
was a general favorite. He had been
weary looking and haggard for days, and
pcrs, he would take II drink of water,
and lie down on bench for half an
hour.
One morning Joe woke up on the
steps of house, and found that he could
not move. His head ached, his eyes
were dim, and his hands and feet were
swollen His tongue, which seemed to
be burning, was dry and cracked; and
he was frightened when he saw the door
open, and heard the hired girl call to
her mistress
Missus, missus, here's sick boy on
the doorsteps."
And little Joe again tried to get to his
feet. but failed.
The mistress came out and saw the
little fellow. She bent over him and
asked:
Little boy, what is your name?"
Little joe" he murmured.
Can't you get up?" kindly asked the
lady.
The little fellow made fruitless at
tempt. but it weakened him so that he
fell back again on his stone bed, and be-
gan to cry.
Poor boy" said the lady, as she
called the hired girl. And both of them
lifted the nearly unconscious form of
little Joe, and carried him to bed in Il
quiet room in the rear of the house.
Next morning Joe was no better, and
his nurse waited on him tenderly. He
could only look gratitude ut her-the
poor little street waif knew no words of
thanks, accustomed as he had been to
the roughcr side of life in the busy me-
tropolis.
Joe wanted to look out of the window
They propped him up with pillows, and
he felt happy. He longed to be we'll
again.
Then he grew dclirious, and would
cry, in strangely altered tone:
Mister, here's your papers!"
Next day little Joe was no more. The
kind lady, who had learned to love him
while she ministered to his wants, wept
few tears over the inanimate form of
the motherless waf. But who misses
him from among the throng of busy
bodies who come and go at the post
office? The newsdealers say, {" Guess
Dominic Joe's gone mp the river some-
where;" but none of them think that
the poor little fellow has been taken
away from this world of sorrow to the
only Father he ever knew.
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COMMERCIAL HOTEL,

Montgomery Avenue and kearny SITS, san Fran.
cisco, Cal. 7tco blocks Uext NJ the Isstfce- Street
Cars fran 'ai the steamers and Rdiirond De1pts, and
FREE COACH and CARRIAGES to the Hotel
IIORNBI.OWER Il SANE, Proprietors.
Hotel is brick, four stOries contains IFS large
rooms, all perfectly lighted and ventilated, bathing
rooms, hot and cold water and closets on every
floor street frontage I'll feet, three flights OF stairs
and one Ttttsnt Hvdr1n;ic ELEVATOR. Hotel and
furnishing oil nsT-cOst nearly S24s,G0 VIII be
kept FIRST CLASS, at 4: 10 per day and less BY the
week month. Come and See,
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Effects of the Cocoa Leaf.

A Mr.. Dowdeswell has been making
some observations on the cocoa leaf. an
abstract of which has found its way
into the English scientific journals.
The cocoa plant. which is cultivated at
the present day exclusively on the
slopes of the Andes, is bushy shrub
from six to eight feet high. The leaves
are gathered with great care, and. when
dried, are chewed Ivy the natives of the
county; they arc used both to sustain
strength and appease hunger in the alb
sence of other food, and as a stimulent
or narcotic in the same manner that
opium. tobacco and alcohol are used in
other countries. A little lime is added
to the leaves. and somewhat less than
an ounce is chewed every day. All ac-
counts agree in attributing great powers
of endurance to the use of the drug.
Miners, for instance. chewing it every
three hours, are able with handful of
maize, to work for twelve hours in the
mines, while an Indian runner will
carry load of hundred weight for
ten leagues over rough roads by its use
alone. Some tavelers "ssert that the
natives of the Andes, if supplied with
it, require no other food for several
days while performing work. There is
considerable doubt whether it eXerts
any ieleterous influence on the human
system or not.
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nal Weakness Loss Of EiROr Sexual and Genera
Debility, Physical PrOe iratOn, and the many all
ments arising from indis tons and abuse. To those
requiring ii reliable remedy for the above com
plants, DR.. LA MARS SEMINAL PILLS are n
veritaf ic TOWER or STRENGTU-A FOI' NrATN OF
YOUTH. Price, az 10 per bottle: sent by express,
co. d.. to amy address y. McBOYI.E& co.. Drug
gists, San Francisco. Post-O1icp Rpx a., s0l..
Agents. to " HON all orders should he addressed
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A CURE within the reach of the poorest suf-
ferer from rheumatism. sore throat, stiff joints
and all aches and pans-Trapper' Indian Oil
Price, SO cents per flask.
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Muller. Pebble A,,~c,nc,,...

directions and price list mailed free. Orders by
mail receive prompt attention Goods forwarded
per Wells. Fargo & 10, CO. ID. (subject tn APPROVAL
4. MULLER Optician, lxs Montgomery street. neal
Rush. san Francisco. California.
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SIO


PAINLESS DENTISTRY. Nitrous Oxi. Gas adj
mnsterrd for painless extraction OF teeth. sets of
Artificial Teeth warranted to last ten years, from
$50 upward Gold and silver Filings at ablt.
prices Ten years constant practice. Office i20
ter street. san Francisco. Use the elevator.l
DIR T. NORFEEW
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-09-16

The NEXT CENTURY. There are some
questions that never seem to get settled,
and here is one of them, propounded to
us for the hundredth time: "Please
have the kindness to inform me whether
the next century begins with the first of
January, 1900, or the first of January,
1901" When did the present century
begin? Or, to make it palmer, when
did the first year or first day begin? At
the birth of Christ, of course; and the
second year commenced the very mo-
ment the first year was completed, and
not before. Thus the next century be-
gins with the first of January, 1901.
since it takes the whole of the year 1900
to make up the nineteenth century
!Smu.
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tbs II an excePnt SCHOOL Tor boys ana young
men. II educates thoroughly aud discplines care
fully. Young men should examine this School be-
fore attending elsewhere. For information call at
he office. - Post ST.. address T.. \. HfAfb, =
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Qy%TaE National Gold Medal was awarded to
Bradley Il Rulofson for the best Photographs in
best in the world.
429 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.
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a CA II ID.

70 all who are suffering from the errors and luds.
\ creu0ns OF youth, nervous weak ness, early de-
cay loes OF manhood etc. will send recpee that
VIII cure You, FREE or CHARGE This great remedy
was dsc0vered by missionary In south America
send self.addressed envelope to the Nv JOeEPH
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-09-16
poverty's Offering.

To be poor in a great city is to have
nothing, to he nobody, to be ever strug-
Cling and planning for bread alone.
This fact might have entered the mind
of lad who one day, walking by cot
taSe tenanted by poverty and despair,
tossed his painted rubber ball to a little
ragged eiH sitting on the doorstep. 1t
was prize more valuable than the child
would have dared to ask for, and as she
played with it there was more sunshine
in her heart than ever before. Wealth
and poverty may he fonnl with only n
fence between. The next house to the
cottage is almost IL palace, and one day
curly-haircd boy climbed upon the
fence, saw the bail in the hands of the
ragged girl, and wept because he had
none, though he might have had hun
dred for the asking. He did not climb
up again, but week later the knot OF
white and black on the door told that he
was dead. The ragged girl heard his
name spoken, and, while weeping rela-
tives and grieving friends were moving
softly about, she assembled the steps,
stood in the open door and handing ont
the ball, softly whispere,:
please. ma'am, but your little boy
cried for my ball, and l didn't give it
up, and now he's dead, and if you'll
put it into his coffin Illplay with ball
of mud and never be so stingy again I"
Poverty is sometimes wickedness and
degradation, but nobler action or q
greater Offering could not be made. The
millionaire who had offered half his
wealth would not have offered what pow
erty's daughter did.
A LAW Po1Nr.-There lived at one
time in Merton Square. Dublin (the
fashionable quarter of that city. an
eminent lawyer, who atterward came to
occupy place on the judicial bench.
He was man of high professional at
tainments. but OF testy and irritable
temper. His next-door neighbor was a
retired major, noted for the eccentrici-
ties of his habits. Between the two
there was anything but friendly feeling,
and they did all in their power to annoy
and harass each other. One night,
memorable in Ireland Us 9 the night of
the great Storm" the majors chimneys
were blown down. Crash they went
through the roof of the lawyers house,
and thence down through floor after
floor. carrying havoc in their course.
The man of law was in no good humor
as he contemplated the destruction, and
what made matters worse was that it
was the majors chimneys that had
caused the wreck His mind was actively
engaged in devising some process by
which he could get satisfaction from his
arch enemy, when a missive arrived
from the latter couched as follows:
Send me back my bricks Immediately,
or I'll put the matter into the hands Of
an attorney"
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Eicrnmt isl,OaOxrnr ,,bs

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San Francisco. All work guaranteed.