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, 1877-11-03
From Alaska.

The steamship California, from
Cassiar and Sitka, arrived at Victo-
ria, October 20, bringing $50 pas
sengers and $4,000 in gold dust.
The revenue cutter Oliver Wolcost
arrived at Sitka on the 18th. The
Chilcut Indians had arrived few
days previous to participate in the
potlach given.by Sitka Jack and his
tribe. The cutter arrived just in
time to prevent the Indians from de-
molishing the barricade around the
town. They had already commenc-
ed, and had pulled down some 200
feet, being protected by seventy
armed warriors from any interfer-
ence by the whites. The citizens
seem to think that the timely arrival
of the cutter was the means OF pre-
venting the Indians, during their
drunken revelry, from numbering
the whites. There is much alarm
amongst the citizens, and nearly all
of them are too poor to abandon
what property they have and leave
the country. Some of the store
keepers are making preparations to
remove to Wrangle. Col. Deahna,
the recent appointed collector, has
returned ON the California, and, it is
said, will not return to Sitka unless
the government furnishes the proper
protection necessary for the safe
prosecution of the business of the
customs department. The steamer
California took up three guns for
the collector. The military depart
ment left $4,000 pounds of powder
in the magazine, which is consideded
safe from the Indians while the cut
ter is in the bay.
The Alaska Gold and Silver Min
ing Company have sent up a quartz
mill for crushing the ore, which
assays from two to sixty dollars per
ton. They have sufficient water
power to run over 100 stamps. There
are ten other lodges besides Stewart
tunnel ready to be developed.
, 1877-11-03
Resumption.

!
The following is the Coe plan,
described by John Thompson, of
the Chase national bank: The
banks under this plan are to
place to the credit of the govern
ment S1OO,000,000 in gold, which
with the specie now IN the treas
ury would furnish 5000, 900, 900
as u basis on which to resume.
The credit for the gold furnished
by the banks is to be secured by
the United States 4 per cent.
bonds to be left in the treasury.
The banks can claim the bonds
at any time by paying for them
in gold, or government can make
a call on the banks to take up
the bonds and pay in gold. AS
fast as the government gold
shall disappear, in the redemption
Of greenbacks, the banks will be
called upon. The government
having resumed on greenbacks,
the banks reserve money in the
shape of greenbacks will COM
mand the gold for these green
backs. The practical working
will probably be the contraction
of the greenback circulation to
the extent of say $4,000, 900 or
s3O,OO0,O00, and a diminution of
the gold in the treasury to a cor
responding amount, at which
point the Government will find
it necessary to call on the banks
for gold, or a payment for the 4
per cent. bonds. The banks will
hold a molety of the greenback
circulation, at least, and be am
ply able to meet the demands of
the government for the subscrip-
ton to the 4 per cent bonds,
without purchasing any gold,
and the government will be
placed in the attitude of merely
paying 4 per cent. year for the
privilege Of becoming deposit
or IN the banks.
, 1877-11-03

Walter Chaplin, a Jerseyman,
66 years Of age, is at TIconder-
oga, engaged in his fifth attempt
to find a box containing SS5,00O
in specie, which he claims was
hidden at Osmand's Bay in 1883
by the French paymasters who
had to desert the Montcalm. He
settled the precise spot by use of
old charts anda divining-rod, land
at depth of fifteen feet struck
upon something of wood and
iron which he believes to be the
box. He has mortgaged his farm
and put all the proceeds into the
search, so that it is case of life
and death with him.
, 1877-11-03

A New INSTRUMENT FOR SCIENCE
There is now in operation in the
Library of Central University. Rich
mond, Ky., an interesting apparatus
that records, in a beautiful manner,
the motion of the earth in its hour
ly progress through space. 1t is
the invention of Professor T. w.
Tobin. The principle upon which
the instrument is formed is, that a
delicately constructed pendulum
will continue to oscillate in the same
direction as started, and preserving
that plane, mark the movement of
the earth beneath it. The principle
was demonstrated by Foucault, a
philosopher, in 1851, was verified in
Boston at the Bunker Hill Menu
ment, and lastly again at Yale Col
lege. The apparatus hitherto en-
ployed has been cumbersome. and
the results obtained somewhat vague.
The experiments, nevertheless, bear
historical interest. and are related
in modern textbooks on physics. Ii
has devolved on Kentucky to furnish
the scientific world with o finished
and mathematical demonstration of
this beautiful phenomenon, together
with the apparatus for producing
the result so as to be proved in a
school room or laboratory.
The instrument is about six feet
high, consisting of an iron tripod
and delicate pendulum. There is
an index attached to the upper por-
ton of the pendulum. and when the
pendulum is started this is perfectly
still. In six minutes the earth 3 mo-
ton becomes apparent, and the
needle shows about one degree of
deviation. In one hour the move
ment is 30 marked that the distance
traversed by the earth may be esti-
mated from its data. The pendulum
is of such delicate construction that
it will remain in motion for twelve
hours, and yet may be retarded or
even stopped by blowing upon it.
, 1877-11-03
PACIFIC COAST.

SAN Francisco, Oct. 2S.-The wreck
of the steamer Clinton. run down by
the steamer Petaluma last night. drifted
towards Saucelito. and day was
towed in there in very dilapidated
condition. The, body of Nance. engin-
eer, drowned at the time of the collis-
ion. has not been recovered. The dam
age to the Petaluma proves to be tri-
fling. and she resumed her trips to- day.
A Sacramento dispatch states that the
trial of the case against ex,surveyor
general and register of the state land
Office, Robert Gardner, commenced to.
day. The charges are. malfeasance in
Office. failing to collect fees due the
state. and failing to pay over to the
state such fees as he did collect, aggre-
eating about $75 600. The points on
which the charges are based were
brought ont by recent investigation
by the state land commission.
STOCKTON. Oct. 29.-On the arrival of
the train from Milton this afternoon.
as engineer Cummings was leaving the
engine he was fred upon and shot twice
by Carlos w. Matteson, of this city,
one bullet taking effect in the right
lung. the other in the right shoulder
Matteson was in the act of firing the
third shot. when chief of police Meyers
ran up. took the pistol out of his hand
aud placed him under arrest. II is
thought The wounds will prove fatal.
Women are supposed to be the cause of
the trouble.
WINNEMUccA. Oct. 80. Robert H.
Crozier was executed here between 4
and 5 O'Clock to-day. for the murder OF
Chas: Silverstein. allan Montana Char
ley, IN a dance. house ARRAY in Elko,
last January. He exhibited extraordin>
ary nerve. He addressed the crowd
briefly. stating thst he was not guilty of
the crime OF murder. His conviction
was owing to the lack of money. Gro
zier was q native Of Alabama. aged 48
years. and came 10 the Pacific coast
from Texas in 1858 His father, who
is still living, was twice elected city
marshal of San Francisco
SAN FRANCIsCo. Oct. 30. Pursuant
to call by Mayor Bryant. q number of
gentlemen representing railroad, Pacific
Mail. mercantile and general business
interests met this afternoon at the may
or's Office to consider the present dis
tress existing among the laboring
classes and devise means of relief. A
committee of three was appointed. con-
sisting of Isaac Friedlsnder. Alvinza
Hayward and Tiburcio Parrott, to take
the subject into consideration and re-
port Monday.
II 1S understood that narfioo whO
, 1877-11-03
Railroad Damages.

Charles H. Worthen, of Leba-
non. N. H., obtained a verdict in
the Supreme Court to-day Of $751;
335 against the Grand Trunk
Railway for injuries sustained by
an accident. It seems that the
plaintiff purchased a ticket for
Chicago, where he was engaged
in business with the firm of
Field, Lieter L. Co., of that city,
and was riding on the defend
ants railroad when the accident
occurred which resulted in the
injuries sued for. He was to
have changed cars at Grand
Trunk Junction, in the State Of
Michigan, and just before the
train arrived at that point he
left his seat and stood near the
door, which was open. The
train ran by the station and col
ided with a passenger train on
the track, throwing Mr.. Worth
en- through the door upon the
platform OF the Car.
The shock of the collision was
SO great as to cause the Miller
platform Of the two cars to over
lap, and Mr.. Worthen's body was
forced through the end of the
car heXt in front Of the one in
which he had been riding. 1t
required consi derable cutting by
nxes to release Mr.. Worthen from
the situation in W hich he was
placed, and he was afterWard
taken to q hotel, where he re-
mained for several weeks in a
very critical condition and under
going great pain and suffering.
One of his legs was amputated
and the bones of the other were
so badly crushed as to render it
useless, thus crippling him for
life and compelling him to aban-
don his business, which was
furnishing him a lucrative in
come.
The plaintiff attributed the
collision to a race between the
train on which he was passenger
and one on the Michigan South
ern road, the tracks of which are
side by side for distance of five
miles. The defence relied on
the failure of the steam brake to
operate when applied by the
engineer, and it was also con-
tended that the plaintiff was
upon the platform when the col
lision took place.
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, 1877-11-03

The Scientific american announc-
es that a new profession has been
thrown open to women-viz.,
that of dimond cutting, which is
a mechanical labor calling into
play extreme delicacy of touch
and SPECIAL aptitude in judging
form and color. According to
the Scientific american, twenty
three young women are at the
present time employed in pre-
pairing diamonds at Roxbury in
Massachusetts,.
, 1877-11-03

The Empress Of Russia, with
her youngest children, has re-
turned from Peterhoff to Eau s.
koe-Seloe, where she will be
joined by the Grand Duchess
Cesarwitch and the Duchess of
Edinburg. Active interest is
displayed by Her Majesty and
the ladies of the imperial family
in the working Of the different
societies for the benefit Of the
wounded. The Empress and her
daughters-ln-law have each at
their own expense fitted out and
dispatched sanitary train. In
order to increase the public ben.
evidence Her Majesty personally
thanks all donors Of large
amounts.
, 1877-11-03

William p. Ross, ex-chief of
the Cherokee Nation, says that
there is not a fraction of the In
dians in favor Of territorial
government. He would like to
have the western part of Indian
Territory bought by the Gov
ernment and set aside for the ac-
commodation Of the savage In
dams soon possibly to be trans
ferred thlther.
, 1877-11-03
Pressure of the Sea.

An officer attached to the
United States Coast Survey
steamer Macarthur, writes as fol
lows to the Chronicle concerning
test Of the great pressure OF
the sea, referring to u recent
item to the effect that y
champagne bottle lowered to a
certain depth would lose its con-
tent is and become filled with sea
water: Having made the
same experiment, that is, lower
ed a pint bottle of champagne to
a great depth, and having had
an entirely different result from
the one alluded to, l take the
liberty to address you these few
lines. About two years ago |
was attached to the steamer Tus-
carora and had charge of the
sounding for a cable from San
Francisco to Brisbane, Australia.
When sounding near the line l
bent q pint bottle of champagne
to the wire and lowered it TO a
depth of 3015 fathoms, or 3.4
miles. At that depth the bottle
was subjected to a pressure Of
about 3.8 tons per square inch.
The bottle was submerged for
over three hours, but came up
in good condition. The contents
were also all right. The cham
pagne, however, was ice-cold
when brought to the surface,
and was tasted by half a dozen
officers, who could detect no
signs Of sea water.
, 1877-11-03

Mr.. Alfred Haviland lately
informed the London Social
Science Association that many
diseases were induced by the
common tendancy to place hous-
es in valleys instead of on the
hillsides. He says that valleys
do not get a full share of fresh
air. The wind blows o7er, not
through them, and the atmos-
pherc within their boundaries is
comparatively stagnant. His
observations are therefore oppos-
ell to the common belief that
valleys are especial channels for
atmospheric movements; but his
opinions are sustained by DIR. B.
w. Richardson, who IS good
authority. The latter gentleman
enumerated twenty-five or thirty
diseases which he thought might
be attributed to the propensity
for valley homes. Among them
are Group, influenza, scrofula,
rheumatism, tistula, calculus and
possibly some malformations.
The list is formidable, and, to
put it mildly, it is almost lncredi-
BILE that diseases of this charac-
ter can be caused by living in the
broad and shallow valleys of
England. Mr.. Havlland's re-
marks We're illustrated by maps
and models showing the geolo-
gical structure Of the earth.
, 1877-11-03

At an Eastern Oregon wed
ding, the bride in a playful mood
kicked the groom's hat off with
out touching his head. All well
enough if after a time her dex-
terity don't turn and kick his
head off without touching his
hat.
, 1877-11-03

It is announced that a Spanish
Ministerial circular will shortly be
issued. stating that the spirit of the
Constitution favors a large and COM
prehensive toleration of dissenting
religions.
, 1877-11-03

Passengers from Portland and up Sound ports
will take Puget Sound Mail steamer and make
connection with "City Of Panama" at Victoria.
Steamer dakota" goes through to Olympia.
These steamers leave Victoria at noon ON the
day advertised Tickets are good only on the
steamer for which they are purchased and are
not transferable. For freight or passage apply
on board. H. L. TIBBALS, -
General agent for Puget Sound.
Port Townsend.
, 1877-11-03

According to a paper read at the Pres
byterian Synod there are at present five
hundred unemployed pastors of that de>
nomination and more than five hundred
churches seeking shepherds.
, 1877-11-03

Nearly ten thousand cigarmakers are
now on strike, and the number 10 in
creasing daily. The manufacturers will
probably soon pat up prices.
, 1877-11-03

Goldsmith Maid. the Queen of Amer-
ican trotters, has been withdrawn from
he turf.
, 1877-11-03

The different species Of fish
will probably reach 10000.
, 1877-11-03
Puget Sound S. S. Nav. Co.
SUMMER Lii SCHEDULE:

Until further notice, the steamers Of this
Company will run on the dates hereafter
named:
North Pacific. Capt. clancey,
For Victoria and way ports every Monday
and Thursday morning at A, NJ.
Annie Stewart, Capt. Browner,
For Ports Madison. Gamble. Ludlow and
Townsend, every Tuesday and Friday, at 3
A. NJ.
Aida. Capt. Brennan,
For Tacoma. connecting with the cars of the
Northern Pacific Railroad. every night except
Sunday and Wednesday, at 10 M.
Otter. Capt. Jackson,
For Olympia and way ports, every TuesdsS
Thursday and Saturday, at 8 A. NJ.
l.. NJ. starr.
my11 #
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-07-21
THE JEWEL-CASE.

al shall not be gone more than a
week, Meta" said Mrs. Darkedale,
"and Of course feel that can leave
every thing in your charge, without the
least anxiety"
''Of course you may, Mrs. Darkedale, "
said Meta, flush of gratified pride
mantling her cheek.
"One favor, however, l must ask, ~
added Mrs. Darkedale, sand that is, that
yOu will not receive any company during
my absence"
She looked keenly at Meta Gray.
The girl coiored deep scarlet
{" suppose you mean the Fenleys."
said she, not without some constraint in
her manner; 81 do not expect to see
them while you are gone"
"Very well," returned Mrs Darke-
dale; 'you are good girl, Meta, and
Think may trust you"
Mrs. Darkedale was the relict of an
East Indian merchant, who had eft her
widowed and childless in the world about
two years previously.
Meta Gray was distant relative, who
had come TO the Darkedale house, partly
because her cousins widow had written
her cordial invitation, and party be-
cause she had nowhere else to go.
She was a pretty, enthusiastic young
creature, who had somewhat strange
ideas of the world, and who rather
despised the promising wholesale grocer
whom Mrs. Darkdale had selected as an
eligible match for her, because he was a
wholesale grocer.
Sugar and raisins are so vulgar"
said Meta, turning up her pretty little
nose.
No more so than stocks and bonds"
retorted Mrs. Darkedale.
And, much TO the good lady's vexa-
ton, Meta persisted in selecting for her
bosom friend dashing damsel, called
Eudora Fenley, who fitted dresses and
trimmed bonnets in a strictly private
fashion. and had a poetical brother who
gave guitar lessons.
Meta Gray was not often obstinate,
but this was one of the few occasions on
which Mrs. Darkedale got, as she her.
self phrased it, thoroughly out of pa
6ence with the child"
al believe they have bewitched her,"
said Mrs. Darkedale. " However. I'll
SAG no more about it. Perhaps the fam
CIV will wear itself out after awhile-and
I've always heard that opposition is the
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-07-21

cause it was too cumbersome to carrv
They are now being reset"
Meta drew long breath of relief.
Miss Fenley had been cheated of her
booty, after all, then, and had disan.
peared with only an empty case.
But was just as much to blame "A
if they had been in the casket," she
uttered sadly. t
Why, yes" said Mrs. Darkedale.
"only your loss has not been quite SO
expensive one, aud my jewels are safe.
Now, Meta, lay this to heart, and don't
let's ever speak of it again.''
And at the end of the year, when
Meta Gray married the young hero of
the coffee and sugar trade, Mrs. Darke-
dale marked her estimation of Metals
character by giving her, as a wedding
present, part of the jewels.
"For she is a good GIRL" said Mrs.
Darkedale, land she has chosen well
and wisely
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-07-21

SUMNER.

Lot lasy SKINNER, swarthy in the sun
Lees s PAINTING with bare breasts upon the
1vathing her limbs in hazes warm and dun
Where splendors into dusky splendors run.
And sultry glory ali the heavens o'erfills
Hot white slimple stirs among the corn,
Not low ripple shivers through the
ssnse. wrapped in gold and crimson CLEANS
unshorn, .Hf
Cs1ne, flashing through the east. the regal
morn,
No tbroaied twitterings gurgle around the
caves,
NODDED in sunny silence sleep the kline;
La laDguid murmurs brooklets float and
The quaint farm gables in the rich light shine,
Aud round them jasmined honeysuckles
Irvine,
And close beside them sun flowers burn
and blow.
Amid the growing heat lay me down,
And into visions swarms the NOTED air;
CLEANS mp before me many a famous town,
I'llard and crested with a regal crown
Discriminating in an orient. purple glare.
Loi iowly Taamor, burning in its stands
Baelbeck and Babylon; see slow streams
Gliding by mosque and minaret-see the
CLEANS,
@, seas in sui.set-slips or stands,
And drowsy Bagdad buried deep in dreams;
See swsrthy monarchs flushed IN purple
rings
OF silken courtiers; through half-open
doors
Catch the spice odors. and the cool Of springs
Leaving forever in a maze of wings,
See light forms dancing over pearly floors
Sleeping seragfos. spire and tremuIous dome
Winking in drowsy splendor all the day
Sec forest haunts where thick the lions roam,
See thirsty panthers, splashed in bloody foam,
Leap terrible as lightnings on their prey;
o. stand with COrteZ on a mountain peak
Above the Aztec city-see unrolled
Gesn threaded shores of MonteZuma weak
Bee the white temples swarming thick and
sleek
And sunny streets stretch up by towers of
gold.
SEQ siiken sails float by, ambrosial,
Laden with spices, up "A Persian glen;
Or STAND on Lebanon, mid the cedars tall,
Or hear the soft and silver fall
OF water down jut of Darien.
But ioi waking shiver in the trees,
And voices mid the hay cocks in the glen
The sun is setting; and the crimson seas
Arc shaken into splendor by the breeze,
And ali the busy world is up again,
London Afhen0stm.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-07-21
The Story Of Teeumseh and the Prophet
Repeated.

Inc story OF IecumSeh and the Prophet
Repeated.
The Nez Perces Indian outbreak in
Idaho seems to be the story of Tecum-
sch and the Prophet over again. The
Tecumseh of this new Indian crusade is
called Joseph. and the Prophet is Smo.
halla, ''the dreamer" who, with fierv
eloquence, is stirring the hearts of the
Indians to final desperate effort for
supremacy over the white man. The
pretext of the outbreak is grievance
dating back 20 years, when the Govern
or of Washington Territory, in treating
with the Nez Perces, refused to recoe.
Mise the hereditary chief and elevated a
cunning and tractable Indian to the
craftsmanship. Joseph, the present chief
OF the tribe, is son of a chief by the same
name, ruler of an auxiliary clan. who
was much dissatisfied with the old trea-
ty, and the thirst for vengeance smoth-
cred in the fathers breast has broken
forth into bloody deeds by the hands of
his hot-headed son.
But powerful element in the upris-
ing has been the insidious teachings of
Smohalla, the Prophet. For years he
has been instilling new faith or super
stition among the restless, credulous
braves of all that region. In his youth
Smohalla had been taught by the mis-
sionaries, but what he had learned from
them was cunningly used by him not to
make known to his benighted brethren
the Savior of the world, but to set him.
Snl hn .f
The story of Gideon and his band was a
Bible lesson of the missionaries that
most deeply impressed itself upon
Smohalla's memory. This was the
legend Oftenest used by him to inspire
the sayages to deeds of unparalleled
valor against great odds. GideOn's
band, reduced from many thousands to
only 300, overcame the myriad hosts of
the Midianites. The whites are the
they are powerful in num-
bers, but the Lords own chosen few,
the Indians themselves, should yet tri-
umph and drive them from the land.
At one time Smohalla was arrested and
compelled to desist from spreading his
doctrines, but Of late he has
been preaching with renewed zeal and
and has at last achieved the on
slaught for which he has so ardently
toiled.
The cardinal points of Smohalla's
doctrine are, that his followers must be
81 wild Indians" not submitting to the
practice of any of the arts of civilization;
they must not tolerate the white man
or have any intercourse with him save
that necessary to buy arms and ammu-
milton; they must not 60 upon any res
ervation, and they must avoid churches
and school-houses as so many snares of
The devil. Chief Joseph, who is now in
he prime of manly vigor, is Smohalla's
devoted disciple and willing tool. He
'corns the white man, and despises the
Indian who will tamely submit to peace
With him. He has following of 1000
well armed and long antici-
oating war, and, from the nature of the
country and its sparsely settled condi-
ion, his subjugation promises to be te-
lious and extremely difficult. Spring
ieid Republican.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-07-21

Who is there that has not sat on the
front steps with certain one, while the
whole landscape was bathed in flood
OF silvery light, and dreamed that the
tabled Utopia had been given to the
earth. Yet what a commonplace prosi-
ness surrounds the same place when she
is seen scrubbing them the next morn
ing, her skirts all suds and wearing q
pair of gum shoes, with her little broth
er's straw hat.-Philadelphia Herald.