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ssROGER7 ES. DC.

GROCER7E Es. DC.
TROCERIESl GROCERIES
We invite the trade 80 call and examine our
sPRING STOCK, consisting of
$50 barrels HERRINGs
SO tierces LARD,
100 tubs LARD,
10 ticrces RICE,
100 100 boxes boxes BaCoN SIDES and SHOULDERS,
90 barrels XlNEsAK, = SIss i;AIs svp,7p
so SO barrels Sris GOLDEN sYRUP.
$50 barrels WIllSKEY,
1oo haIIibs,T;jsy :, Sy GINGER ane BLACKBERRY
also n large variety of goods In the grocery nne.
forsale at lowest market PsgvEy P5issesv pE . JoSEs.
ap 4-2m corner Thirteenth and Cary stI GETS.
DAC CON
- WESTERN and BALTIMORE,
SMOKED and DRY-sALTED,
SIDES and SHOULDERS;
LARD In ticrces. For sale by
ap4-lOt DAVENPORT & MORRIS.
TIv POOL
IL AGRICULTURAL SALT.
$50 TONS,
cargo OF bark Rush, daily expected, direct from
England. For sale by
ap4Ht DAVENPORT & NORRIS.
DEFINED SUGARS OF ALL GRADES,
III JAVA, LAGUAYEA, and RIO COFFEE;
BACON. SALT, LARD,
NEW ORLEANS aIOLAssEs,
EkTHA MSE6kS6Fdkkp sGFDEl TOBACCO,
for sale by ' '''' D4YENPORT & NORRIS.
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NEW AND HANDSOME SPRIN G
= DRESS GnODS-NEW AND HANDSOME
STRING PRlSTS.-5.000 yards best Solid Black
mn 1-.oi JULIUS MEYERS.
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MULES. HORSES. 6c.

MUEES. HORSES. DC.
EOR SALE, TWENTY MULES,
Il four years old; an sound and well eSk1
broken. Also, ten good WORK-HORsEo. csNuN.
hnisfed and have 20 iurther use for them. oar-
gains may be had by carly application. Can be seen
at my stables, On Eighth street near sree prioSe,
Manchester. EO. FlChEho'
an 3.Bt*
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ruE TAXES EMBRACED WITHIN THE Pro
VISIONS OF The LAW ABOVE QUOTED
APE THE FOLLOWISG-EIX.:

pcctibers. 5000 90
I,c Trrs retail liuuor. Observation-Disclosures. 25 90
neai.rs wholesale louor................... 100 90
neaiers I'm malt liquors, wholesale.......,.. so 90
Dealers in matt liquors, retail. ~ W
Dealers In leaf tobacco. 20 W
Retaii dealers n leaf obacco............ 500 90
And on sales of over 81 900, fifty cents for every
I,n.Ia,s I"la 81 In manufactured tobacco ..... 800
Wannrnciurers of stills 90 90
nd for each still manufactured .......... 20 90
hnS fnr Zach worm munufacture....... 20 co
nnnmr,rtnrers of tobacco co..,............... 10 90
Manufacturers OF clgars."..... %....:". Io w
Peddlers of tobacco. hrst-class (more than ,o
two horses or other animalsl .............. bo w
pe%&srs GNrses er pt o,heT anina 25 90
tcddlerS OF tobacco, third class lone herse
or other animal) .....................:. 40 wv
PeddiefS 1i tSTaSST 10 oo
VI p,. ~ ,ocs Ih,n $40 barrels 90 90
n,pers of S01 barrels or more e......... 100 90
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MADAME DEMORESTS RELIABLE
vi PATTERNS for the spring and summer Just
received al JULIUS MEYERS. Send for cata-
I.s.,.- (r., NH Q-col
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ShTTLED, 81
BEYOND ALL QUESTION, THAT
F. b. SPENCE & SON
t are selling
.t.... CLOTHING
and
--.. srIRrs
a little lower than the lowest.
Cal, Mt the Old Corner Store, ..a -
1900 MAIN STREET,
and be convinced.
T.. r. SPENCE & SON.
NEW STOCK JUST OPENED.
f. b. SPRRCE & Son,
Merchant Tailors,
are determined that no house In the state shall
UFDERaELL THEM.
=" .s Calat t 4
1900 MAIN STREET,
and examine their new stock OF
COATINGs and
FANCY
CASHMERE
suITINGs.
Il. Il. SPENCE & SON.
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TAXES.
TAKES.
~ o r I & +

NJ q 2 Il
UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE SPE-
CIAL TAXES, MAY l. 1877, TO
APRIL 80, 1878.
The Revised Statutes of the United States, seciions
1922 3237. 323S, and 3239, require every person
engaged IN any business avocation: or en!g!oymsnt
which renders him liable TO a SPECIAL TAX, TO
pRUCUKE AND PLACE CONSPICUUUSLY IN
Ills ESTABLISHMENT OR PLACE OF BUSI
NESS 4 STAMP denoting the payment OF said SPE-
CtAL TAX for the specia-taX year SHINING Nlay
1,lS77, before commencing or continuing business
after April 80, 1877.
return, az prescribed In Form IL. IL nso re-
quired by law Of every person Liable to special tax,
as above.
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NJ. ELLYsoN 6 Co, advertising agents, insert ad-
vcrtisements in AL Of the newspapers OF the United
States ut publishers rates. Orders left ut the Dis
patch counting room Will receive prompt atten-
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PIZzrNI has some very nice MAPLE-suGAR.
GO TO PIZZINIs and get some Of those nice
COOKING PRuHEs-two pounds for twenty-five
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OF ALL THE WONDERFUL DISCOVERIES. per-
hap5 surpass that OF extracting the essence OF
ueef, which has proved such 4 blessing to the sick.
Coden's I.ichiss Liquid Extract of Beef and Tonic
nvigoraor has the preference for weakness dcpres-
sion. consumption, lassitudc, and frvers.
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SPRING AND SUMNER GOODS.

CYCLE BROTHERS
- u>yE JUsl OPENED AFCLL ASSORTMENT
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HAVANA ORANGES.-A tine lol Of this fruit Just
received 1t PIZZ1NI'S.
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r,A2-.lm tc. wren Fourth and Fifth streets.
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TTENTiuN, ALL IE DRY GOODS
\ ElrYEES.-Uur huycr is North attcn Ing the
I.r,c sales oi DRY GOODS, aud Is sending home
;, Ios nf goods bought ~ The lowest cash figures
+. new lot Of those beautiful BLAth Il ALtAtAS'
I'm, p5c IN 7sc: = nice article n 35c. Also. an
>. >nid =, one tnIr,: Of their real value. at
j. g. Wl1lTLOCk'S,
,,ho, 1909 Main street.
, 1877-11-03
Fishing for Sharks,

We hauled in the blue beauties hand
over hand, and in a couple of hours caught
enough for our purposes, and then beat
up against stiff northerly breeze 10 the
shark grounds off Great Point. We an
chored in about eight fathoms of water,
with rapid tide and lively sea, and, rs
one of the preiiminaries, emptied over
board the bloody water from the barrels.
This, of course, runs down with the tide,
and the sharks, seeing it, follow up like
hounds until they reach the boat
The tackle used III taking these fish con-
slsts of long, three quarter inch line, to
| which is attached fathom Of chain to
prevent them from biting il of, as they
will often do without this precaution and
to this, in turn, is fastened aduarter-
hook, eighteen inches long and eight in
ches across the bend. This, baited with
bluetish, Is tiun9overboarA and allow, d to
sink as deep rs the tideway will allow. and
the boat end Of the line made fast to
something solid
We waited perhaps an honr, when our
skipper, who moment before was doing
in the stern, made a frantic leap in the
air, and failing to stop his line from run
ming rapidly overheard, called Justify for
help. Three of us laid holG with him,
and slowly, hand over hand, hauled in.
Now We could see the shark white belly
flashing as he turned on his side in his in
voluntary ascent, and then with gurg-
ling roar he broke water close to US. Now
he would attack the boat, his Jaws snap
ping together like bear traps, and leaving
numberless teeth sticking in her sides !;
then he would roll himself over and over,
biting savagely at the iron .llain, butsoon
We hauled him close aboard, when our
pilot, by repeated blows with a club soon
laid him stiff alongside.
Shark fishing can not be called sport ::
butchery is more proper name to apply.
Sword fishing is dangerous, and, conse-
quently exciting. Shark fishing lacks one
iota of danger; and the putting forth of
sufficient strength to haul one to the sur
face, and then to beat his head TO ielly,
can hardly be exciting. The sand shark
Is most frequently taken here, although
the blue dog or man-eater, shovel-nose,
hammerhead and river shark are also
sometimes caught. The fishermen fry
the oil from their lvers by letting them
stand in the sun sell the jaws to visitors
and the bodies to farmers for manure. l
forgot to mention the dodfsh, another of
the family, although much inferior in size
to the others, rarely exceeding three feet
In length. They are caught for their oil.
and the livers are also '.sun-driod." They
are fierce biters, two men often taking
nearly thousand per day. A hook with
out a barb is used, as they are ugly Gus
toners to handle, being armed with a
spike near the tail, which they do not
hesitate to strike into any one foolish
enough to handle them.-Porset d. Stream.
, 1877-11-03
PASSENGER RATES.
from HaiIiila 70 WaIia Italia. az G,
From WallEla "a Whitman = =,
From WaIia UaIIa TO WaIini.,. 2 O,
from NhitHiE n 70 W aIlHla - <,
Way Pass,nSsrs. per mile M

SorE.-The charges Of the Tara Walla Wallul,
Transfer Company On down freight transferred 10
o. ;. " Co S boats. including the business of for
WArnhS, Is % cents -r ton And Up freigh. re-
eeiyed from O. s " Co.'S bo.ts and t,ry.srIsi n
cents per ton All down freight, for forward shin
nent, not corsiyne! 20 parties at Wailula VIII he
turnei over 70 this Transfer Company 10 forward.
u. =. BAKER.
President ". ". Il &. R. R. %.
NMA WALLA, August %, 1877. mn
, 1877-11-03

ness. power to convince, heartlness ana
equality to each event As these Is the re-
ceptacle Of all rivers, so the air IS the re,
ceptable from which all things spring, and
into which they all return an immense
distillery, sharp solvent, drinking the
oxyren from animals, the essence ana
snirit Of every solid on the globe ; a
,nens.rum which :nelts the mountains IN
10 il. All the earths are burnt metals
One-llal the avolrdupols OF the rocks
which compose the solid crust Of the glote
consists of oxygen The adamant Is al
was passing into smoke; nature turns
her capital day by day. All things are
flowing. even those tha. seem immovab!e.
The earth burns, the mountains burn,
slower but as incessantly as wood IN the
fire The marble column, the brazen
statue burn under the daylight, and
wculd soon decompose if their molecular
structure. disturbed by the raging sun
light. were not restored by the darkness
of night. Plants and animals burn or
perpetually exhale their own bodies into
the air AID earth again
While all this burns the universe is IN
blaze, kindIcd from the torch Of the sun,
it needs perpetual tempering-a phlegm
sleep, atmospheres of azote, deluges OF
waler-to check the spending, centrlpe-
tenc. to the centrifulgence. And this is
uniformly supplied. Nature is as subtle
as she is strong. and like CAUTIOUS tesla
tor ties up her estate SO as not to bestow
it all on one generation, but has a fore
looking tenderness and equal regard to the
next and the fourth and the fortieth. The
wind and the rains come back a thousand
and a thousand times. The coal on your
crate gives out in dccomposins to-day ex,
aetly the same amount Of light and heat
yhich was taken from the sunshine in Its
formation in the leaves and boughs of the
antedeluvian tree The earliest hymns OF
the world Were hymns to these natural
forces. The Nedas of India, which have
date older than Homer, are hymns to
the winds, to the clouds, and to the fire.
, 1877-11-03
ALencfliY Argument.

It was at this season of the year, Just
seven years ago, that an extraordinary
scene occurred in Danbury. 1t was IN the
evening, and couple were bringing IN sew
al pots of plants from the yard to save
them from the frost, which the tempera-
ture of out doors threatened. While thus
engaged she spoke, referring to geranl-
um she had in her hand:
81 wouldn't lose this one for great
deal, as mother gave 1t to me.
He looked at her
"Your mother gave it to youl Guess
not. l bought this plant myself
"Why it's no such thing"
81 tell you l did, he added, speaking
with warmth.
And 1 tell you didn't, she firmly as
severated "Do you suppose L don't
know what was given to mei
"Do you suppose l don't know what l
bought with my own money!
8. If you say that you bought that ger
anium," she said, speaking very slowly,
and with white lips, 'you say what you
know to be false"
"Do you mean to say he !! he hisssed-
"If you say that, do"
"You shall be sorry for this, he threat.
ened
Never" she retorted.
He put on his hat and coat and left the
house.
That was seven years ago this Fall
She never saw him again nor heard from
him in all that seven years What must
have been the thought, the agony of mind
endured by that wretched wife i'll that
time no one knows. She kept her out
ward thoughts 10 herself, and patiently,
as far as outward appearances went, bore
the burden put opon her.
One Friday evening OF last week her
door opened ard a man walked into her
presence. There was a look, a cry, and
she was in the arms of her husband. What
happy home was that All the agony OF
seven long years was forgotten III that
hour of reconciliation and reunion. A
hearty supper was spread, and with tears
and smiles she hovered about him, minis
iering to every want After supper there
was a long talk Of the past.
at is so singular" she said, speaking
in one of the pauses, "that it should have
happened rs it did l can scarcely COM
prehend it all 1t seems like an awful
dream. We both lost our tempers, and
we have both suffered from it. The mis-.
cradle geranium. Do you know that
cannot bear to see one OF those plants!
told mother to come and take it back,
wouldn't have it in sight"
"What !" he calculated, edo you still
persit in saying that she gave it to you!
"Why John, of course she did. Haven
you got over that idea yet!"
"No, | haven't" he persisted, his face
darkening
81 bought that geranium just as sure
as a m living man.
She thought of his years of erneI diser-
ton, of all he had caused her to suffer be-
cause Of his obstinancy and her heart hard.
ened and her face flushed.
at isn't false; it's heavens truth"
"It's no such thing It's mean, con-
temptible lie. !"
He jumptcd up from his chair, seized
| his hat and eOat and shot out OF the house
in flash, and she never uttered a word
of protest She sat there with ciinched
hands and white face and let him so.
And SO he is gone. And to-day she is
alone again, with the old burden and the
old pain-Ualib,Jp NerS
, 1877-11-03
The KaehfOr Glass.

Severa, journals in the Eastern States
have from time to time assumed that the
debtor class desire to pay their debts IN
cheap money. The kind of cheap money
by means of which this is to be effected Is
the "dollar of our fathers" which was
good money when the Oldest Of the pres
ent generation were borne, and continued
to be good money until 1879, when It's
coinage was by law discontinued The
debtor class are represented as proposing
to cheat the creditor class by reviving
this silver dollar and paying their debts
with ii. 1t is true that, with silver at Its
present price, the silver dollar OF 4l2t
grains is worth a, bullion few cents less
than the standard gold dollar 1t is also
true that the silver dollar has recovered
more than fifty per cent of the value
which it lost soon after the demonetlza-
ton of silver Silver receded in London
from Coz pence per ounce to AZ pence,
and now stands at about 90 pence. The
variation being 14i pence, the mean be-
tween the two would be pence from
each extreme, or 53t pence per ounce.
Silver, therefore, at 90 pence, has recoy-
cred more than half of what it lost
1t is admitted by all the commissioners
which have given this subject their especi-
al study, that the depreciation of silver
Was caused by the legislation of Germany,
the United States, and the Scandinavian
States, coming at time when exaggerated
reports in regard to the production of the
Nevadasilyer mines encouraged the appre-
hension that silver, through its abundance,
would descend to the character of base
metal 1t IS admitted now that there is
no foundation for such an apprehension.
The production Of silver has resumed
about its former proportions to that of
gold. OF the three nations which demOne-
tized silver, one-the United States-pro-
pose to restore it. Under these circum-
stances silver, as we have shown, recover
ed more than one-half of the value it lost
as measured by gold.
1t is not unreasonable to assume. there
fore, that when its reconciliation by TIE
United States becomes fixed fact, it Will
appreciate very nearly or quite to its
former relation TO gold 1t should not be
lOf55DltcH eilNeT tilit Win SILVER at UU5
pence per ounce, the silver dollar of 4124s
grains was worth l03 cents. Its value at
that time on a gold basis was the reason
! why SO little was coined. No one wanted
to pay debts in dollars that would bring
103 cents in legal tender coin SO they
paid debts in the cheaper money, which
was gold, or paper based on gold. The
cheaper of the two legal tender coins nee
essariiy forms the basis of paper issue,
as paper can be redeemed in either. The
idea OF the silver advocate, is to make the
gold dollar and the silver dollar as nearly
equal in value as possible, and interchans-
able. The remonetization of silver will
/ cheaper gold. as it viii deprive that met
al of the fictitious value 1t gained when
there was prospect that it would be
made the sole standard Of vaiue-a meas
ure which would have reduced the world 8
supply of coin by one half, and as q con-
sequence enhanced the value of the re-
manning One-half f-Enchange
, 1877-11-03
Perpetual Forces.

There is no porter like grayitation, who
will bring down any weight YOU cannot
carry, and if he wants aid, knows how to
find his fellow -laborers Water works in
masses, sets his irresistible shoulder 10
your mill or to your ships, or transp orts
vast bowlders OF rock neatly packed in his
iceberg 1909 miles. But its far greater
power depends on its talent of becoming
little, and entering the smallest holes and
pores BY this agency, carrying in solu-
tion elements needful 10 every point, the
vegetable world exists. Who are the far
mers servantSl Who but geology, chem
istry, the quarry of the air, the water of
the brook, the lightning of the cloud, the
plough of the frostl Before ht was born
into the field, the sun of ages soaked il
with light and heat, mellowed his land. de-
composed the rocks, covered it with yege-
table film, then with forests, And accu-
mulated cube acres Of sphagLam whose
decay made the peat of his meadow. The
rocks crack like glass by inequality of con-
traction in heat and cold, and flakes fall,
constantly into the soil. The tree can
draw on the whole air. the whole earth.
on all the rclling main. The plant, The
tree, Is all suction pipe, imhibing from
the ground by its roots. from the air bv
its twigs, with all its might. Take up a
spadefnl or buckload Of Ieam. who can
guess what 1t holds! Bat gardener
knows that it is full of peaches. full OF
oranges, and he drops few seeds by way
of keys to unlock and combine its yirtufs
lets 1t lie in sun and ram, and by and
by it has lif;ed into the air lis full weirht
IN golden fruit What AGENCIES of cleo
tricity, gravity, light, affinity. combine 10
make every plant what it is. and in man
ner so quiet that the presence OF these
tremendous powers Is not ordinarily MIS-
pected. Faraday said that grain of wa
ter is known To have electric relations
equivalent TO very powerful fash Of
The ripe fruit is dropped at
last without violence, but the hghtning
fell and the storm ragged, and strata were
deposited and uptorn and bent back. and
chaos moved from beneath t. create anG
favor the fruit on Your table TO-DAY. Go
out Of doors and gel the air. "A. II You
Knew what was in the air See wha- your
robust neighbor, who never feared u i've
n it, has got from it-strength, cheerful
, 1877-11-03
SPEE1As. TEEkGzsvS.

Pianos, Billiard Tales, Furniture. Gls,rs. Gl-ss-
ware and iis contents in Otherwise Qu--ns-
Ware. Marble ami Castings taken OILY at owner i
risk OF damage breakage or leakage
Aciis, Turpentnes, Burning Fluids. OILS AMI all
other liquids, IN other vessels, at owners
risk of les.kaSe.
Eggs taken only at owners risk OF breal..ge
Fruits. Vegetables and all other rerislable prop
er.y, at owners risk Of frost decay.
Furniture not boxed, and all Agricultural and
Mechanical Implements, set up or knocked down
at owners risk Of damage and Ghafing or breaka,e
Nor will the Company lie responsible for Deficiencies
In any part unless the specially receip.ed .or
, 1877-11-03
50 aEi "a III Il II So
PAIN ERADEChT0R,
l.:e ,soxt Moa:i.rfai Hi~cavrry Of .he !re.

The " W"rLi moves. and unlt-. We PROGRESS rlu'
20 Backaarsls- ECthi :, T,-::sIEs S.:tf .rary-
, 1877-11-03
DOWN SPECIAL RATES.

DsiirereJ 10 the o. s. " Co.'S Boais at Wanu,a
Merchapd;se, Fruit and Vegetables, same rates a.
above t@r ton measurement
Wool, one-half more han the above rates per ton
weight Beet hides each 10 cents.
wosi, Sand, Stone and Live Stock at agreed on
ratrSup or down, by ear lOai
Fast freght rates s. PER toa, up or down, re.
ceive,' froII delivered to boass
All frt yht not delivered before P r. on the isy
after 1t is received 1T the depos viii be stored a.
OWE. expense ami risk
And all freight received at depots viii lie at owners
risk OF fire until shippe! delivered TO con-igpee,
All bills payable in gold CON before delivery OF
freight.
, 1877-11-03
Rates on Up Freight,
[PER TON MEASUREMENT, oS ]

GOODS, MERCHANDISE, ETC, ETC.
From Waliula to Wa!ii Waiia-- ....f CO
From Wallula TO Whitman Observation-Disclosures. ) 15
From Whitman TO Wal,a Walla- l GO
81 Building Material, . agricultural and Meriar-
icai implements, II:ne Sc, freitei to Wallna ty
o. S. y. Co.'S tOats at reduced measurement VIII b.
Freishtei 10y Us at tie foregoing rates, y. :. "
Co S rt,ucti measurement
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-19
THE REVOLUTION IN JAPAN,
[Pall Mall Gazette,1

A letter from Yokohama in the HI
genaeine Zeitu1ag says that, although the
government does not publish any in
formation as to the losses suffered by
it's troops in the campaign against the
insurgents, it has been ascertained from
private sources that the average num-
Der Of killed and wounded has
amounted to upward of 200 q day. In
the Osano hospitals there are more
than 1000 wounded, and at Kobe more
than 5000. The operations on both
sides have been limited to small and
more or less 5anguinary engagements.
The most important success Of
the government troops has been
the raising of the siege of
Kumamoto. There were several thou
sands Of soldiers in this fortress, and
the besiegers consisted Of only 300 in
surgents; yet the latter retired without
losing a man, and the relieving army
did not enter the fortress until several
days after the insurgents had left. AL
though the government troops are far
more numerous than those Of it's oppo-
nents, every effort is being made to pro-
cure recruits. Meanwhile the press is
subjected to rigorous censorship on
all matters affecting the civil war. Sew
eral papers have appeared with blank
spaces which had been reserved for ar
ticles and news afterward prohibited by
the censors; others are published in
half sheets only; and when the losses OF
the army are referred to the figures are
almost always omitted.