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ciared that IL was charming, but that any
hat, with such q faca, would probably be
equallt effective. 1"Thaes nonsense. % said
she "I donstssy that Pm ugly, but there
are hati that would make me public fright.
Well, gave seven marks (seven shiiIipgs)
for That hat n yesterday, aud i trimmed it
myself beiore coming out. An sEpgIish girl
goes infDr va dshop, trys'ra hatr which
takes her fAncy, sud then puts it on straight
over her eyebrows. just as the stupid hat
maker has told her to wear it. Dol iook
as well like this she added, as she pulled
her hat forward. IhadI 10 c6nie1s that IL
was not an improvemsnt9 s'rhe way you
wear your hat" she continued with the sub
Ject sis just as important as that..hat itself.
Costly feathers don't always make fine
birds, and all feathers don't suit all birds
alike. knew an Eaglish familv In Paris.
The amount thst those girls spent on their
dress was per, iy fri"htful, aud they
were never ht Ieseen.n Sometimes th Y
would all come OF DIRE loed alike. eg 1T the
family, had bought web Of CLOTH When
they rwerelnot dressed alike, their thin g
seemed 70 get mixed pp, a,ld the eject was
almost disastrons.9 they had no. idea o,
neatncss. never saw one of them with
out something wrong about her." .Were
they pretty?'I asked. Fl'Yes very pretty
she re'sied, ''aDd this prettint IS is what
spoils~ Enefsh & irls; they are 90 proud ei
their looks that they think it doe not signi-
iy what they wear, while we Americans
are nstdralfy modest. However ? 5odloeE-
ing nasrre may have made US, we "--At
th.s moments the -eoaversa.,an = wss lcut
short by citizen from the far West, ar
rayed in black frock cost, black aspznte"
and On. embroidei ed but crumpled shirt,
with large and valuable diamond stuck i'll
1t, who came up aud claimed acquaintance
with my ta'r trieud. d'1 wa, just sayi,
that we ore very modest nat,on," she
said to the citizen "but as / perceived by
The oratorical attitude into which this man
of the West threw himself that he W ,s
about to treat this natural characteristic of
his nation exhaustiveiy, I Withdrew to my
breakfast, to mediate over toe lecture on
how TO dress and how not to dress, by au
American girl, who csrtuinly forced pre-
cept by example, for she herself was ex,
cedingly well "turned out"
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BURNED TO DEATH.-0n Saturday last
Mr.. Sandy Wilson, a farmer of E Istol.
Neck, Kent county, Nd, came to an un-
timely end in most tragic manner. 1t
seems he was OF his way to Leary's
wharf with load Of peaches, and bad
been smoking having euptied the ash-
es and fire from his pipe, as he tho0ght,
he placed it in his inside coat pocket
After short time he became conscious
that his coat W s on fire, and hastily un>
buttoning his coat ne discovered his
clothes we're in blaze. Ia his Efforts to
free himself from the burning clothes his
hands were horribly burned, the nails
dropping entlre,y off; tbe lips, stomach
and face were also horribly scarlfad by
the flames, and his right thigh was burn
ed to the bone. HIS nephew, Milford,
happened to be passing, and seeing him
struggling, hastened to his assistance,
but arrived loo late, the devouring ele-
ment had done it's work. He was carried
to his home, Alton, where all was done
for MIN that physician's skill could sug-
gest, but no avail. After two frightful
convulsions he died on Sunday after
noon, at 5 P. M.-Cent. eU,lle Record,
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THE STATE CAMPAIGN.

Hon. Thomas J. Keaiing, The demo-
clat candidate for comptroller of the state
will leave this city for his home, CenCe e.
vile, Queen Anne's county, this morning
at 10 a. M, on the steamer George Law.
He will commence the campaign on
Monday next, at Denton, Caroline couD-
ty. The meeting will also be addressed
by Hon. Daniel Fields, the democratic
candidate for state senator from Caroline
The committee have invi'ed the COM
peLitor of Mr.. Fields foc the senatorship,
Thos. F. Gaey, Esq, to meet him in
joint discussion on That occasion. If the
invitation is accepted, the meeting will
possess unusual interest. .-BuH Gazette.
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RERSONAT.

John Y. Foster. of NeX Jersey, who
opposes the admi nistration, il Blaine
man.
Senator Conkling, with his square
shoulders and peaked beard, looks like
the portrait of a courtler in the time of
Queen Elizabeth
Governor Van Zandt's Southern Jour
ney ened sadly for him In an attack of
malarial fever He is critically i'll at his
Rhode Island home. W. Ii
Gov. Hendricks did not rel urn to New
York on Tuesday last Ps promised, and
it is no W said that he has not ixed date
for his departure from Europe.
Adelina Patti will not come to this
country next winter rs YVES reported.
She will sing at Milan and Vienna, and
will return to London next May. u.
Sir Joseph Hooker has been visiting
ives very much pleased with Professor
Marsh's collections. He sails on Octo-
Der 6.
John Drougbam, the actor, has re-
covered :. r.om what her terms his inex-
plicable illness'' at Troy, N. Y, and pro-
nounces himself as "good as new once
more" ~ att q. ,s .ln 8s-
Nathan Minard, of Salem, Conn, a
man ninety years old, and rich missr,
has had his coffin in his room for twenty
years, and has dug his own grave to save
expense.
line health of Mr.. Henry Meiggs, who
was repoIded dangerously i'll by the last
mails from Peru, is announced to be
somewhat improved though the change
is very slight. tH
Tt is expected that Farjeon, the nove-
list, who recently married the daughter
of Joseph Jefferson, will come to this
country with Mr.. Jefferson, who Is to
come home early In October. Hgor
General f. E. Spinner has been fishing
in the Adiro ndacks. Notwithstanding
his seventy-dve years he climbs noun
tains. walks, "camps out" and hunts
with all the energy and vigor of youth.
Colonel Chesney, the bet of Enlish
military critics, who recently wrote about
our civil war, said that McClellan's plan
of operations on the James River We
strictly in accordance with military
principles. 81
Ex-Secretary Bristow has apparently
good deal of sentiment. In his cellar
he treasures two bottles of rare old wine,
one 10 be drunk at the wedding of his
handsome daughter, the other at the
wedding Of his son.
A dispatch received from Chicago says
that Edwin Adams, the famous actor,
had arrived there en- route to New York,
and was in sinking condition, with the
probabilities against his living until he
would reach New York. 5- ~,
Princess Louise of LONE is a kindly
little lady. When she leaves London
she orders that the milk from two cows
belonging to her shall be given daily to
the Victoria Hospital for Children, of
which hospital Her Royal Highness is
paGroness.
Nathaniel Cox, Esq. 4, formerly mem
ber of the bar of baltimore, hfs been
on a visit to old friends in that city. Mr..
Cox went from Baltimore to st. Louis,
where he settled into the practice of the
law with ex-Gov. Thomas, and after-
wards removed to New York.
Governor Wade Hampton is not the
historic Southerner of the gloomy eye.
the melancholy mouth, the dropping
moustache, and lean frame. He has a
rosy and genial eace, pleasant blue eyes,
irongrey whiskers, portly figure, and a
voice full, agreeable, and sonorous.
The daily gazette., 1877-10-01

The Chinese question is under discus
sion in Australia with even more earn
estness than in California. The Legisla-
ture of Queensland has imposed a tax cF
$50 head on each Chinaman enter ing
the COLONY, The money received is to be
returned to the payee, if at any time
within three years from the date OF land
must, to receive this reimbursemeut,
prove that he has not been convicted of
any criminal offence, and the he has not
been chargeable to any public institution
for relief This act has received,i ,it is un-
derstood, advice OF approval by telegraph
from the Home Government. Another
act imposes an annual TAX of $50 per
head on Chlue1e gold miners, six tim ]
p much as is required of other nationaf-
lies. But to this the Governor of the
colony refused to "advise Her Majesty to
assent"
The daily gazette., 1877-10-01

Mr.. F. P. Devices, chairman of the PEN
sylvania greenback State comm ttee, ha9
addressed a note toCapt. NJ &C Clellandof the
democratic committee, aud Col. Wilson,
of the republican committee, asking for
q joint discussion all around between the
candidates for treasurer and auditor gen
eral.
The daily gazette., 1877-10-01

General McClellan's boa7t of the regu-
lar arny's superior respect for law Is
most maladrolt. 1t unvoluntarily recalls
Sheridan's arbitrary desperation of the
Louisiana Legislature and Col kugers
despotic interference with the lawfully
elected representatives of the people Of
South Caroliua. The tree must be judg-
ed by itn fruits. IN. Y. Sum.
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The genial Pittsburg Commercial
Gazette airily remarks that moron OF
Philadelphia has managed to get away
with about as much as our mob destroy
ed" The misery Of the Morton busi-
ness is that he has no responsible back
ers like the Pittsburg mob. ,g,,
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'.H9..t,as' at.. VI ...H. 81 '#aIi-.
III .-IlE .t ---s'Hf.a g .7-.' r.a...
--oi ''T '.,.ie ..t-''.. I'D Ia4 all.-
al-..--. '. -, a, "I,ai oq.d 600 .Es l.sr
aaau so7a dod raB l9v1 e,4 haa ,,a=.
~ n2tad'r'2 l.0-aoE IN -Gr ll hp7A
isome YGi 5a- .U -5.
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'lIeTnadionaI Exhibition,
I American Industrial Palace at
the Centennial Grounds.
largest, grandest, and most COM
Plste Exhibition IN the World.

largest, grandest, and most CON-
plete Exhibition IN the World.
u, -
altty eight States and Territories, and
principal Foreign Countries represent
ult immense Display.
IN great Main Building filled with Ex-
representative OF every Department
moSa rI,a ION Art, Science, and Industry.
tioU ti%UAs the many attractions, special at
SGt Ga called To the great diorama of
Alhgton at Yorktown, one of the largest
must llie-like representations of the
ever on exhibition. The Jahrmarkr,
,u,taole male Illustration of u German fair.
"oVh1ertul mechanical landscape, in
bS,si"est corner of the Agricultural
nitleiiI, most ingenious piece of me-
IIu' .ba ,Ia me New England log cabin pict-
b5on mle simple habitations, customs. and
I,eis sIs OF our torefathers. The glass
Ina ~ ~, winch the manufacture of glass
stiySo Illustrated. III One of the most at
siVe features of the exhibition. the In
4 II eGpnoc3anpmenG, showing the home life
III Man. The colored quartette, who
IN Iualht plantation songs and hymns
n"u.h, with all the melody and feel
h., ',a,cIerlstlc of their race, The eleva-
~ MiIicll line view of the park and
rey oot,n,lnable, Special amusement
IN ho.hit ~ ne provided daily. The eXhl-
panu hassler Bros, Directors), give
4 anI niehtal concert on Tuesday Thurs
N"' saturday afternoons ofeach week
Rafs 1.-THE Grand Roosevelt Organ
Every day at 2 and 4p. m.
Grand Promenade Concert = '
Every Saturday Evening. 10
ss,mer GUNNER Tourist will find no resort
Ji,hg Greater interest than this, which
tsi year. ''-o
+ 'ioniSslon IN Slon Tickets, Price % Cents Child
IN Sents. Admit also to the the com :
1Hlioitlon a of the Pennsylvania Mu'
borin, Jari ~ school of Industrial Art, in
.li"i ha'l aug27-d3m
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"-e. a...I 81. prov e a' '.ae
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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-12-06
n O E.
Administrators Sale Of Real
Estate.

Tn THE PROBATE COURT OF KING COUNTY.
l. Warrington Territory.
d she matter Of the estate Of GEORGE ".
P1E5oOTr. decsased. includi Z the parsnership
estate Of =. L. Msraesil Co.. Of which nrm said
Notice = Asrshy gwen that In pursuance If an
order Of the Probate Court Of the County of King,
territory Of Wsahinstop. made on the rsnth y
Of Ncvsnoer. 4. D. 1877. In the matter Of the
istsatoe e sho said estate viii eel. 81 Public
Auction. ~ tho highess bidder for cash on day Of
sale. and ouo1Dce 20 confirmation by ssid Probate
Court, o. aATuRDAv. the 2sth dsv Of Dec.inher,
day, n fEOat % The odc~ Of the Prsbste Judge In
seattle, oa1d King County. all the right stss IN
eereet and eaeste Of the said George w. Prescott ct
soe time q his dseae: and oil the right. title.
Of =. I. Aafahali 4 Co.. Of which said Grm de-
eeesed ves member. sed al the right. titls aud
Interest thaA the seil ese.te has. b. operation u
don -. tAal o. The ia osasrs w. pr.ssoss :, shs
time Of hla death. ~ In that Of the partneruhip
estate Of said q. L. Aarphall Co., IN and % ali
shose eeEeaia ioe. ptere~ ~ parcc OF land sisu.
aee, lying 80 1rtn9 In the sstd King CopIsy
1sssiiosy Il Wsahingsou. and bounded sad de.
scPihed . follows, to-wtt:
Lott Ooo end T9o IL section rwo. and Lots One
and Two 70 Section Eleven, In Tovnsh p Twenty
hastAiaa. sueAaania6 iss 1910 acres. moro Or
fes.
Alop. Lo(g uue AMI Two. End the Northeast
quarter Of The eouthcast quarter Of section Eiev.
"a In Tovnahip Tveaty-ons North. of ksns~
Three East. Willamette Meridian, containing
lbS SLIGO ACRES. m0se o. lees.
Also. Lots Que and Two. and the Erst bali u
tho Northeast Vuarssr 81 Section Thirty I 80.
Township Twenty two North. Of Range Four hast,
Willsneste Meridian. sonsainins los aeres, naorr
or len.
Aiso. LOss Three and -Four. sd soush@sss
quarter of the 6outheset quarter AZ recsion
fueaty-ninc. Township Twenty-Five North. Of
Range Four East WtllAmcstr Ncriitas. contain
ing la 7S-io0 scres. more or lees: and she North
half oe the Northeast quarter al the Soushsass
quarter Of Section Eleven. and ell OF Los rwe tu
Section Twelve. Township Twenty four Nor b.
Range THREE Est. Willamette Meridian. tExcers
eighteen Ares
Ttrms and couditious Of sale. cash, eoid coin
II the unised Staten. purvhass men~y b. 10 paid
On c1nhrmsttcn on ssle b. said Probate court.
Deed q cxrspec al purchsssr.
4. ,. YOUNG,
Administrative a. satd estate.
0Geat1le. King County. Novem6sf 3oeh, lss;.
1eNansht : Lsary. AtsesnsSs for The secve
\ eeonae dS1td
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H- II In otter said that in modern
times q war in Europe is felt to the
uttermost parts Of the earth. A stIik-
ing illustration is given in one OF the
Russian papers. In the extreme east
ut Siberia the war has produced the
most frightful confusion in commercial
affairs. In Valdivosdeko. for instance,
the Mexican dollar has suddenly risen
from one rouble thirty -four krp-ks "a
three roubles. At the same time the
possibility Of blockade has enor-
moasly raised the price Of things even
G they are paid for in silver. The
hplaints of officials with fixed sal
es paid in silver ara indescribsbie.
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An obliging Customer.

(Trom The New Yort weetiy.J
THE BEST customer ever did meet"
said the book aseut, leaning up axainst
the counter and helping himself to an
other round of crackers and cheese.
Twas . gentleman down in Mississippi.
was cSnvassing down there in '66. and
things were booming. you bet. | had
about dozen books thst wss taking
orders for 1t the time, and dropped IN
on him one afternoon 10 inquire il be
didn't want 70 subscribe to One.
well, We talked about the crops and
the niggcrs, aud politics. for awhile.
aud bad two or three drinks together.
and then / opened on him IL five
minutes I had his orders for two aud
cash down"
"Got any more.' he asked
"A few" answered. The thing wa-
really commencing 70 pan out hand
sosnely. slowed him two or three
other samples. aud he bought them. too
See here" said 1. 'yoo appear to
have . fondness for literature. Can't |
close ont the whole lot to you on liberal
discount Z"
Il don't know but you can" he ans
wer+d. "Name your figures
l did SO. they were accepted. aud be-
paid me over the cash in full. Then
We bad some more whisky.
"Wbst'll you take fnr your watch
and chain :" he inquired, in ~ amiable
tone. as was about leaving.
didn't want to sell, 20 I named q
figure twice what they were worth.
Lets have EN-" said the obIieing
msn. counting out the greenbscks on
the table.
There was no help for it, SO passed
over the articles aud put the money IN
my pocket with the rest.
Hold upr he said. as was getting
out Of the door. Don't you want to
sell that diamond pin of yours? I'll
give you $3.50 for it"
1T was worth just half that, and I
couldn't resist the offer. The amour,
of it all was went out of the man :
place and mounted my horse minus
books. watch, and diamond, but with
$500 Of bis money in my breast pocket.
The narrator here stopped. as if in-
tsrruptsd by some pow erfnl emotion,
and then reached for some more
crackers and cheese.
Well, said the b~rkeeper, who had
been listening eagerly, he was good
customer, sure enough. Did you ever
see him again ?"
''Sec HIM! !" replied the book agent.
II guess ! did. About Al hour later.
rs ! was riding out of town. I saw a
double. barreled shot gun pointing at
me from tree along the roadside. and
he was at the further end of it. He IT.
marked that upon mature deliberat,on
the purchase di Int suit him, and
must give him lis money back or die.
Preferrin9 the former alternative, ]
shelled out promptly. and then he gave
me ten minutes in which TO make N.Y.
self scarce. ] did so. aud ever since
that-well. no more obl.ging customers
for me-"
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SEATTLE 70 REnT0m.
INroRMATIoN WANTED.

INFORMATION WANTED OF THE WHERE.
j abouts of WILLIAM wOuD9IDE Who lefs
Seattle GA the essh day u September Lest. TO work
In the Talbot csal Mine. He 10 said 20 have
worked In said mine one day. and then dissp-
pesred, snd o. sets iate no tidinxs can b. Oh
be has b~~a fouiay dssn vifA. Said Wnoda11o r
about Cs fest hteA: 6lsck hair dark go. ehin
wListers and sncasssche. h of slim build ard
when h. left ssAttle had On . black coat dsrA
vess. with email blue nxure drab ralored cns~i.
mere rarts /; sso vore blue ove,sils. Around
bis neck be always vufe . white handb erehief
loosely tied Any information respecting the
ABOVE vii b. gladly rrcsived by
n. ~ HOskrSSoN. Seattle.
November fush. ISL. novss-dim
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

NOTICE Is Hereby GIVEN THAT THE
IN Ubderptgned. by an order Of the Probsts
% II OF King County. Warrington rssrisory,
made and entered On the l3sh day Of October. A
d ls7f, ves sppOineed Admintssrstor u tbe e.
tate u 0earxs ". Prescoss. dcceass, tnriudins
the partnership estate Of Z L. Msrsnsll Co.
All perSons having claims against the estsfee
ase required 70 present the same. With thu n<ces.
ny vouchers. within one year from this dsse, 20
the Undersigned. at bis ONCE q MILTON lh~rsto-
fose freeposti. IN ssid Aing County. II sneh
claims be q . 20 presented within one year they
will Be barred BY Lag.
A. B. VOTING,
Administrative - Aforesaid
ucNsuzht LAAyy, Aseogusys for Gsssss.
sssssls. ". =, 0ss. tsss. ASH. neo.1xv@
The Morning herald., 1877-11-13
A NEW DANGER TO IRONCLADS.

A new danger to ironclads has just beer
made known. The Russian ship, Peter the
Great, during five days cruise in the
Baltic, has been found anything but tight;
indeed more like an iron cullender than a
sea-going ship. The strange phenomenon
has been inquired into, and the conclusion
is that the ships plates have been rendered
porous, her cylinders cracked, and her ma
chinery fractured by the discharge of her
thirty-fve ton gun during severe frost.
Tho vessel lay at Cronstadt, where the ba-
rometer last winter sank occasionally to
so degrees below zero; during this season
the crews were exercised at the gun during
the frost. It is known that extreme frost
has singular and powerful effect on iron;
and it is believed that the disastrous con-.
dition Of this fine vessel is due solely to the
effects of the conclusions caused by gun
exercise when such frost existed. This
is new experience, and the Russians will
probably in future be chary of gun practice
On board their ironclads during the extreme
frosts of Cronstadt. ...
The Morning herald., 1877-11-13
CHEAP WIVES.

In "Holmes' American Annals" we find
the following curious information of the
way wives were procured in Virginia 26O
years ago. In 1913 Governor Argall, of
Virginia, ordered that tobacco should be a
legal tender at three shillings q pound, and,
referring to the passage from Europe, says:
"The enterprising colonists being then des-
titute of families, Sir Edward sandys, the
treasurer, proposed to the Virginia CON-
pany to send over freight of young
women, to become wives for the farmers.
The proposition was applauded, and ninety
girls, young and incorupt, were sent over
in the ship which arrived this year, 1920,
and the year following, sixty additional
and well recommended to the Company for
their virtues. education and demeanor. The
The Morning herald., 1877-11-13

price Of awrs 81 nrst was 100 pounds o1
tobacco, bat as ne number became scarce
the price was Increased to 15o pounds, the
value of which in money was three shillings
pound; this debt for wives, it was
ordered, should have precedence of all
Other. debtts, and be first recoverable. REV.
Mr.. Wains, a Virginia writer, intimates that
it would have done ones heart good to see
the gallant young virginians hastening to
the water-side whenever a ship arrived from
London, each carrying bundle; of tobacco
under his arm, and taking back young
wife," ~'
The Morning herald., 1877-11-13

I'm. This action corresponds with ths
sprlnkllng Of dust over the graves Of Chris,
tians. ..... -
In ancient times the Jews did not us.
cohns, but simply covered the dead with
shroud and placed them in the ground ~
that they might decompose as soon as posai-
ole. Two padlocks were then produced
one being placed in each coffin, locked and
the keys thrown away. This action d s,p- y
posed to lock up the fate Of the family 30
that no misfortune may happen to the rela-
tives. The clothing of the deceased was
then rent in accordance with custom
dating back to the days Of the patriarchs.
It is sign of mourning, as it * recorded
thatJacob, on hearing Of the death of his
son Joseph, tore his garments. /, The lids
were then replaced, and when the collins
were lowered into the graves the closhinp'
worn by the deceased at the time Of death
was gathered together and placed in the
respective graves. This action is also in
pursuance of very ancient custom, which
ordered that in the event of any sudden
death all the articles found on or near the
body at the time Of death should be buried
with the body, SO that in case they should be
needed at any future time as evidence the
Judicial officers would know where to find
them. Many of those present then pushed |
three h,ndfuls of dirt each into the grave.
and, after reciting prayer, started on their
return home. Albany Daily Press.