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NORTHERN Pacific PREFERRED
STOCK. - Late advices from New
\ ork and Philadelphi report this
stock to be selling at $50 per share
ON a par Of 800. The amount Of
stock out is about twenty. five mil
hons, showing the mar ket worth of
the road to be only five millions Of
dollars for six hundred miles Of
equipped road, or, $500 per mile,
The earnings for last year were near
Iy S6O0,00O nett, which is twelve per
cent. on the selling price of the
stock. The stock, on such a show
of receipts, ought to be $40 per
share, and would be with board Of
directors in which the public had
confidence. But with more than
half million of dollars squandered
in Puyallup coal road (which has
never sent to market one thousand
tons of coal. although in operation
over year) and other "leaks," we
presume the Northern Pacific pre-.
ferred stock is bringing its full value.
Stock operators generally know what
they are about. We may add that
Seattle, with II miles of railroad,
will ship in the year 1873, upwards
OF one hundred thousand tons of
coal. Tacoma, with 30 miles of
road, will ship about one thousand
tons. What has become of the great
Puyallup coal field 1t has run in.
to gravel bed.
, 1878-11-28
EETTlE FIBER.
4 INV >oiRCE Or INDUSTRY.

of the l4th, extract the following:
Experiments made with the fiber
of the common nettir at langencsh |
walhach, Prussia, are reported toI
have shown thar, treated in the same
way AS hemp, fiber was produced
soft rs silk aud yet strong as linen.
\ large plantation of nettles has
Deen made with Il view OF conduct
ny experiments ON u large scale.
The value OF nettes for manufac
turing twine and small cordage and
weaving with cedar bark into blan-
ket, has been known and adopted for
many years among the natives of the
northwest coast. The first mention
which | have noticed of it is in
Menus voyages in l,SS, who writes
Of the natives of nootka, and other
tribes on the west coast of Vancou
ver's Island: "The principal dress
of the men is either composed of the
skin OF the sea otter, or coSists of
kind Of tiaxen garment made by the
women from the inner bark OF the
pine tree and the filaments Of nettle,
which, having beer prepared in
particular manner and well beaten,
are separated into threads which is a
matter of no great skill. These are
then twisted together to form
strong thong, and then neatly plated
with the fine bark into a garment
which from its close conjecture is
warm, and when new and clean is
rather of an elegant appearance, es,
pecialIy when its edges are trimmed
with a narrow fringe of sea otter
skin"
These garments are manufactured
at the present day by some of the
coast tribes, but are not as common,
and are purchased by whites as OBJ
jects of curiosity. The Indians at
Quilleute and at Flattery Rocks, still
use the nettle for making twine, of
which they manufacture fish nets,
and some particular kinds OF cordage.
Last August while on a cruise
down the coast, procured some of
the nettle fiber which I gave to Col.
Briggs, Deputy Collector, and the
specimen can be seen, by anyone in
terested, hanging up in his Office in
the Custom House.
There are hundreds of acres of
nett!es of luxuriant growth to be
found everywhere on the shores of
Puget Sound, and the coast, particu.
larly in the vicinity of Indian viii
lagos, and any one who understands
the way flax and hemp are prepared,
may lind 1t source of profit to ex-
pertinent with the nettle fiber. An |
examination of the sample l have
alluded to, will satisfy any one of its
value either for the manufacture Of
cords, or beirg woven into a stout
and durable baggiDg, far superior to
jute, or for paper stock.
Any one who can turn this hitherto
detested singing nettle into source
of commercial profit, will be adding
to the wealth OF the Territory, and
deserving of the praise which is ever
accorded to the man who can make
two blades of grass grow where only
one grew before.
JAMES G.. SWAN.
, 1878-11-28

The people OF Whatcom county are no
exception to the rule which applies to
country school district quarrels. In one
district they have board OF directors who
refuse to be choked of, although their
so'ces'ors have been duly elected aud
have qualified.
, 1878-11-28

VIZ have just received a copy Of Social
So'es. a neatly executed and very inter.
esSing monthly j0urual published at u,
Southampton street, Londou. 10 IS de.
voted TO leDperasce aud s, ably con.
dnesed.
, 1878-11-28
WHITTIER ARE We TENDING 2

The recent attack upon King Hu
bert of Italy, for the purpose of as
sassinat;on, has caused an investlga'
ton which reveals few facts of in
terest TO the world. 1t is beginning
to be an accepted fact among the
we'll informed that there is plan,
agreed and determined upon, TO
sweep away all the kings and emper.
ors of Europe by assassination. The
lnternationalists, Communists, Nihi'
lists, and kindred organizations, have
arrived at determination upon the
destruction of the present order OF
society-by "(air means or foul.
The recent attack as mentioned
above, has led to an investigation
which discloses the fact of well
organized and thoroughly premedi
tated plan Of butchery.
Ii is true that these wild schemes,
like many Others of the same nature,
are doomed to exposure and conse-
quent prevention; but their expos
ure reveals the real drift of all this
commotion about capital and labor,
about the "rights of workingmen,'
SC, and leaves us free to judge Of
what may be regarded as the legiti'
mate results of communism. The
leaders of this restless element in
Europe promise their deluded fol
lowers perfect millennium in the
near future; but they propose to in
augurate it by the most villainous
and dastardly crimes. They propose
to demolish the present forms Of
government among the nations and
erect new ones to suit their tastes,
out of the ruins. The late history
of South America shows that the
same uneasy and riotous spirit finds
n support and cooperation there.
The assassin of South American
Presidents probably has no higher
aim or impulse than to secure pecun
iary reward from his employer who
desires a political antagonist put out
Of the way, and is willing to resort
to ANY measures to accomplish his
object. In this respect he is no less
respectable than his French or Ital-
ian neighbor who appears in the
same role, and in neither case is the
hired assassin below the cool and
calculating plotter who incites and
bribes him to do the deed. Indeed
il there is any difference in the shades
of crime it is in favor of the former.
The so-called ''Iabor movement"
and agitators in the United States
are daily proving that our malady is
identical with that Of Europe.
The tendency in each case is toward
the same objective point, viz: Rev
olution and crime. II the movers
stop short of this, it will be because
their plans are thwarted through the
good sense ard judgment of an en-.
Iightened people. No doubt many
are assisting merely with a laudable
ambition to secure for the working.
man redress for supposed wrongs;
but such persons invariably fail to
recognize what their acts lead 10.
When the true positions of capital
and labor are understood-their mu
iuai Experimentation and not till
then will remedy be found for ex.
isting as well as supposed evils.
1.m~wwun.umu-~%us.~ul
IpAHO Territory has zone ReDnbIi,an
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j. LATHAM G. Co..
marl3lYF 4la Washington St Boston, Mass.

GEhE ira Great change to make
ESEH EH money. Ifyou can't get gold
kx@EEAE you can get greenbacks. We
HEHEEaH4 need person IN every town to
~ Jy gfsS t5y take Suhscri pi:ons llr f.,e jory
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-01-15
MARS, MOONS.

When the telegraph announced the
discovery by Prof. Hall that our neigh
boring planet had two satellites, and the
dispatch was read the next morning at
ten thousand American breakfast tables,
what think you was the effect upon the
hearers? Some colloquy similar to the
following was sure to occur? "Mars has
two moons, hey? Pass me the milk,
Litty. Strange, isn't it, that astrono-
mers never saw them before. Another
chop, please. I wonder what they'll
discover next? These corn cakes are
excellent. What's the latest from Eu-
rope" We have become so accustomed
to startling discoveries and announce
ments, that we take them as matter of
course. Even truth must appear in
flaming coiors to make herself SEEM
The virtues of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery and Pleasant Purgative
Pellets have been tested in ten thousand
households, whose inmates will tell you
that they consider the discovery and in
PRODUCTION of these remedies of far great
er importance to the world than the
moons Of Mars.
SHIPMAN. H., June 49, 1876
Dr. r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N Y:
| Dear ST-Last fall our daughter
aged 1S-was fast sinking with con-
sumption. Different physicians had
pronounced her case incurabie. [ OBJ
tanned one-half dozen bottles of your
Golden Medical Discovery. She COM
menced improving at once, and is now
as hardy as pine knot.
Yours respectfully,
/ Rev ISAAC N AUCITSTINE
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Hints To Visitors.

Try, without being too familiar, to
make yourself so much like one of the
family that no one shall feel you to be
in the way; and, at the same time, be
Observant of those small eourtesies and
kindnesses which ali together make I'D
what the world agrees to call good man
neFs.
Regulate your hours of rising and re-
firing by the customs of the house Do
not keep your friends sitting up until
later than usual, and do not be roaming
about the house an hour or two before
breakfast. Ifyou choose to rise at an
early hour, remain in yur own room
until near breakfast-time unless you are
very sure that your presence in the par
lor will not be unwelcome. Write in
large letters, in prominent place in
your mind, "Se punctual." A visitor
has no excuse for keeping whole fami-
~ waiting, and it is objectionable neg
lIgence not to be prompt at the table.
Here is place to test good manners,
and any manifestation Of ill-breeding
here will be noticed and remembered
do not be too ready to express your likes
and dlsllkes for the various dishes be
fore you. The wife of a certain United
States Senator once visiting acquain-
tances at some distance from her native
WHO'S, made lasting impression upon
the family by remarking at the break
fast-table that "she should starve before
she would eat mush," and that she
never heard of cooking mutton before
she came east"
lfyou are tempted to go to the other
extreme, and sacrifice truth to polite
IS, read Mrs. Opie's "Tale of POtted
Sprats," and you will not be likely to
be insincere again.
1t IS well to remember that some
things which seem of very little impor-
lance tc you may make an unpleasant
impression upon others, in consequence
OF difference in early training The
other day two young ladies were heard
gentleman who had great
many pleasant qualities. Eyes" said
one, che IS very handsome, but he does
sat pie with his knife" Take care that
no tribe Of that kind is recalled when
people are speakipg of you.
Keep your own EQGl2 in order, and do
not scatter your belongings al, over the
house. If your friends are orderly, L.
will annoy them to see your things out
of place and if they are not, their ewn
will be enough without adding
yours.
Make up your mind to be entertained
with what is desigsasd to entertain you.
If your friends invite YOU t. Join them
In an excursion, express your pleasure
and readiness to go, and do not act as
though you Were comforting favor in
.tead of receiving one. No visitors are
% wearisome as those who do not meet
half way whatever proposals are made
or their pleasure. Becontented to amuse
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pIFFIDENCE.

"1'm after AKIN. Biddie, dear
And here he paused awhile -
To fringe his words the merest mite rr-s
d With something of a smile ~ = 3
A smile that found its image
In face of beauteous mold,
Whose liquid eyes were peeping
From broidery of gold.
1--WE come to ak We Biddy, dear,
a If" then he stopped again, 81
3 AS if his heart had dubbed DER,
I. And overlooked his BRAIN y.
His lips were twitching nerveusly
Ger what they had to tell,
And timed the quavers with the eyes
That gently rose and fell.
"Ive come and then he took her hands
And held them in his own.
ssTo ak" and then he watched the buds
That on her cheeks had blown, e.
"Me purity dear" and then he heard
The throbbing of her heart,
That told how love had ent cred in
And claimed its every part.
"Och! don't be tain me" said she,
With just the faintest sigh,
"Tve since enough to see you've come.
But what's the reason why?"
ITO ak" and once again the tongue
Forbore its sweets to tell,
''To ax-if Mrs. Mulligan
Has any pigs to sell ~ r.
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q N f p RIO f..

Upon the principle that one persons money is
as good to us as anOtheI's, We mark our goods
at the lowest possible figures at which they can
be sold, and never break change the price
only as the market fiuctuates. child can
make purchases 10 as good advantage as She
best judge of dry goods who crosses Gus ehresh-
hold. The advantages of these two systems we
nee d. not e5patiate ngo3i we have demonstra-
six Yeas: past. The satisfaction of buying
goods with this confidence must be apparent to
every person who has been compelled to stand
and wrangie and jew in.order to get their goods
at ir prices, and then in the end not be GER
tain but that their neighbOrs may come in and
buy their goods for less money thau they paid
Low prices, the largest, and best assorted stock
and first-class establishment are a few of the
many advantages we present to this people and
the dry goods consuming community, We call
attention to the celebrated
s'REARIt3 WHITE DRESS SHIRT.
of which we are the sole agents, only 81 90 fully
worth S1.75.
de25 TIMBERLAKE & BELL.
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SPECTATOR AND GENERAL ADVERTISER

yourself quietly in the house, or to join
in any outside gayeties to which you are
invited, and show by your manner that
you enjoy both.
lfgames are proposed, do not say that
you will not play, or would rather look
on )" but JOIN with the rest, and do the
best you can. Never let foolish feel
ing of pride, lest you should not make
SO good an appearance as the others,
prevent your trying.
If you are not skillful, you will at
least show that you are good-natured
and that you do not think yourself mod
est when you are only proud.-N.
NachOl0s for January.
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Rev. ISAAC N. AUGUSTINE.

That was piece of wise advice that
grand old Thomas Jefferson wrote to
his nephew, Peter Carr-one that will
make a noble man or woman of any
child who treasures it in his heart and
lives it: "Give up money; give up fame !;
give up the earth itself and all it con-
tains, rather than do an immoral act !;
and never suppose that il any, possible
situation, or any circumstances, it IS
best for you to do dishonorable thing"
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pUbTI-
cation in. The world. Any one can become a
successful agent. The most elegant works of
art given free tosubseribers. The price is so low
that almost everybody subscribers One agent
reports making over Sl50 in n week A lady
reports taking over 100 subscri bers in ten DAYS
All who engage make money fast You can de-
vote all your time to The business or only your
spare time You need not be away from home
Full particulars, qfgctions fiiid terms free. Ell
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who engages iails To make great pay Address
THE Peoples Journal" Portland, Maine.
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Observation-Disclosures pleasures
shorten mems lives more than the beat
medIcaments can proIong them. The
Poorare schooner sick for thewant of food
than the rich are by excess of it. Meats
that are too relishing, and which create
IN lmmoderate appetite, are rathera poi
son than nutriment. Medicines in
themselves are really miscellaneous. and
destructive of nature, and ought only to
be used on pressing occasions but the
grand medicine, which is always useful,
az sobriety, temperance il pleasure,
tranquility OF mind, and bodily exer-
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BE@cH Silks.
Strictly Cash Business,

Just received at Is per cent less than importa-
ton prices. Our customers can depend upon
the LOWEST PRICES in every thing. We do q
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FURNITURE.
ENUGNETURE. FURNfTURE!!

Purchasers cf Furniture will always tad If
greatly W ttlsir ad sanIage exaiiitne the large
stock Kept on hand and manufactured by
-. M. WELK E8.
Before purchasing.
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UNDERTAKINGS

METALLIC CASES. WALNUT AND ROSE
WOOD FINISHED COFFINS
always ready for use
a@ NO DELAYS. No TRAINS MISSED.
=. N. WILKES,
apr2T-tf South SideMalu st, Staunton.
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Il CURE FITS!
T II d ''W HITE,'

Sewing Machine is the easiest selling and best
satisfying in the market. 1t has very large
shuttle; makes the lock-stitch is simple in
construction; very light running and almost
noiseless. 1t is almost impossible for other ma
chimes to sell in direct competition with the
WHITE. Aents Wanted. Apply for terms to
White Sewing Machine Co.. Cleveland. o.
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Our stock embraces everything desirable for
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GOODS. DRY Goons
THE :, VICTORY IL: IS ( 6 i,
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DRY GOODS.
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AHEAD "A
The immense establishment
all
without
having gained the
ny honorable
ton to u our
Allow no other House in Virginia to Undersell us
IN AN YTHING
Our advantages for buying
Valley the
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Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-03-30

A FAIR HIT.-The Grass Valley Union
burlesques our Legislature on Its many
commission bills in clever manner.
Among the bills prepared for introduc-
ton is one to protect the impositons of
peanut dealers. The first section provides
for the appointment by the Governor of
titty-two Peanut Inspectors. Section third
reads as follows: at shall be the duty Of
such Inspectors to inspect each peanut in
troduced into the city or town over which
said Inspector has jurisdiction. A Il pea
nuts shall be tested by crushing the shell
and eating the contents. II the same
shall prove decayed Or defective, the own
er thereof shall forfeit the same; and if
the same prove good, estable and con
ducive to health, the Inspector shal! be
entitled to the same as his fee for inspee.
tiOn.u
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-03-30
EDITORIAL JoTTINCS.

SPARE slim Poor Senator Bones,
the whloEa Honest Carpenter of Ala
meda," but latterly the "greatest
scoundrel on record" is catching it
from all sides. Poor devil /! His pres
ent position is em barrassing, even dan
gerous, and anything but enviable. And
yet the press of this State seems intent
on heaping Goals of fire upon his de-
voted head. Was not the recent Ala
media Workingmen's denunciation a
scathing rebuke? And the late Sena-
torisl whitewashing What could be
more humiliating? But the inventive
brain of the Marysville Appeal editor
has devised denoniacal means of ut
terly crushing the poor old man. Hear
him
We would suggest TO Senator Fowl
er To organize II mental corporation and
purchase the brains of Senator Lewis,
Of Tehama, for the use ex-senator Bones
Could such an inhuman design be
executed, would not Senator Bones joy
fully thrust his head through Kearn ey's
moose, and geefully call to the great
army of Workingmen to give ga long
pull, strong pull, and a pull all to-
gether ?" He certainly would if he had
a particle OF sense leftafter the operation.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-03-30

THE San Jose Mercury reporter has
been rega ling himself with decoction OF
tea that he says cost S25 per pound. The
tea, he tells Us, is grown ouly ir one
place in China some delectable noun
taiE Of but few acres in extent-where
the soil, climate and possibly other pc
cuisrites, are cond ucive to a perfection
of The plant attained no where else OF
the face Of the globe. BY an imperial
ukase or something Of that sort. no pro-
fame tea merchant is allowed to purchase
this right royal plant; but it is kept for
the especial use of.heir Shanghighness es.
the royal family. Occasionally, through
the rascaly cupidity of the managers of
these delectabie tea gardens, small guam
titles Of the tea are smugged away, and
pass into the hands Of dealers, and thus
newspaper reporters and other million
aires are permitted to tickle their palates
with the sublime bev erage. 1t is, in a
pecuniary sense, like drinking decoction
OF fve-doilar greenbacks s.-Atdmeda En-
ctldL,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-03-30

The GREAT PEDESTRIAN CONTEST
The international pedestrian contest has
been won by O'Leary, who walked $50
miles in, we forgot how many Tor few,
hours. The next best man walked 800
miles. 1t was an obstinate struggle, and
we have no doubt that the feet Of the
contestants were very sore alter IT,
Precisely what end is secured by such a
match, however, we are unable to
perceive. The fact that O'Leary has
walked so many miles in so many hours
does not prove that all Of his race or
nation can do the same. The fact that
the Others failed to walk so many miles
in so many hours does not prove that
none of their race or nation could perform
the task. We do not see that anyone is
the better for the outcome; that any
great principles have been vindicated /;
that any useful or intelligent result
whatever has been reached. If the contest
had been to determine which man could
sit the greatest number of hours in n
chair, without stirring, it would have
been just as satisfactory an undertaking,
and probably quite as great trial Of
physical endurance.-R Unton.