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PRICEsi
Facts for watch BUYERS,
We bsve Determined to di-card the usual practice
OF selling TO Jobl.efs, and shall hereafter Deal
Directly With the Re- all Purchaser, allowing him
the several heavv profits he would be obliged 10
paw II be p2tTonized the retail dealer.
We have just commenced the manufacture Of
the Best Low Priced Watch ever o6.red IN this or
any ether couptry and iu order 70 introduce X
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Wholesale Jobbing pricei This 10 IN accordance
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pressing demand Tor doing avay with two or three
middlemen before reaching the retail purchaser.
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, 1878-08-24
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New Hampshire Churn

IL superior to all others in the following points
it is easily worked. having cog wheels. The
larger patterns have double bottoms to regu-
late the temperature of the cream with cold OF
warm water. From the shape of the paddles q
CHuRnING OF so TO 100 POUNDS
Can be churned in from six to ten minutes.
Shop with b. A. HILL and OLE SCH1LLES-
TAD, on Mill street. Address by mail,
HUNT & ALBRIGHT, SEATTLE
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, 1878-08-24
uMYERsAL SATISFACTION.

GENnEAKN..Weh have sold sAxyoRDt Ram.
VI cAL CuRH for nearly one year, and can say
candidly that 10 never sold similar preparation
that gave such universal eatis1Action. We have
70 lean the Arst complaint yet.
We Arc not In the habit OF recommending pa.
ent medictnes. but your preparation meets ne
should be convinced Of It's great merit that theE
suffering will be relieved. We Eave been IN the
drug business for the past twelve yeafS constantly
and sold everything for CataxTA. but your leads ~
the rest II you SEQ proper you can use this lstfes
Very truly ycurS' 8. b. BALDWIN 4 CO.
Wholesale aud Retail Dealers in Drug, Book and
Stationery. Washington, Ind. Fob. q. 1ss&
Each package contains Dr.. eenfofdt lmpcove6
1nhaling Tube, and full directions for us6 In az
retail druGgi0 aud deale1s tArcgGholf tAo United
States and Canadaa. WEEKS 4 POTTER. General
, 1878-08-24

THE undersigned, desiring to close out his
j0bbing business In Seattle, will sell the fol-
lowing materials st very low rates for cash:
, 1878-08-24

The north-Pacific Rural
Will be furnished to subscribers Of the DIS
PATCH At 81 OOa year.
~ ADDRESS,
PUGET SOUND DISPATCH"
Seattle, w. z.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-18
For the Credit of the Family.

Ayoung gentleman was passing little
girl on Seventh street yesterday who was
sitting on the doorsteps and making the
air melodious humming over tune. He
was interested by the sweet and inteli-
gent appearance of the child, and accost-
ing her the following dialogue took place
"Sissy, what's your pas name p This
was politely answered by the little girl.
"How many brothers have you 2"
:" Four or fve." "How many sisters"
"Four or five. " The young mans curl
osity being satisfied he passed on. The
mother of the little 4 year old (who had
neither brother nor sister, overheard the
conversation. and calling her in asked
her why she had stored to the man, and
received the following cute reply:
"Well, mamma, didn't want the gen.
tleman to think we were so poor as to
have no children. - Columbus (Ohio)
Statesman.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-18
Ninety! It's a good old age, and it
can't be long now before I meet Evan
and the rest in heaven.
WaShingtOlt,S Will.

Unless something is done very soon to
preserve it, Washington's will and the
accompanying notes will soon be lost.
That valuable document is now on file
in the Office of the Clerk of the Court in
Fairfax county, Va. It is kept in glass
case, and, from appearances, the writing
has almost all faded away. Owing to
it's old age it will not bear handling.
The Clerk OF the Court, some years ago,
had it copyrighted, SO that now, under
the copyright law, he is the only person
who has right to publish it. In the
spring OF 1876, this Clerk published the
will in pamphlet form, and sold great
many copies at the Centennial, and also
in other parts of the country. Recently
some gentlemen, both for the purposes
of speculation and as a means of hav-
ing an exact copy, in case the original
faded away entirely, OR was lost by fire
the building in which it is now kept
not being fire proof-nade PROPOSE
ton to the Clerk Of the Court to have
the will and accompanying notes, as
also the will Of Martha Washington,
photo Autographed, but the Clerk re-
fused on the ground that in case this was
done it would prevent the sale of the in
complete pamphlet which he had is
sued, and which does not purport to
give fac-simile except of one page Of
the will. Application was then made to
the Librarian of the Congressional
Library, Mr.. Spofford, for the purpose
OF testing the right of this Clerk of the
Court of Fairfax county, under the
copyright, to hold the exclusive right of
control and publication of the will. Mr..
Spofford answered that, so far as he
knew, the Clerk of that court Having
obtained copyright, there was no way
under the law to get it away from him
to have it photo Autographed, although
it was very desirable that fac-simile
should be obtained for preservation as
well as for distribution. It seems
strange that the law should thus put in
control OF one man, and his heirs or as
signs, the possession of this more than
valuable document, and that the Gov
eminent has no way to get it from him.
The only remaining way is for the Gov
eminent, or some private Individual with
the means, to purchase the copyright.
Strange as it may seem, this will does
not appear in any of the published lives
OF or works on Washington, and conse-
quently but few Of the people of this
country have ever read it in full. Il
would pay handsomely as speculation
It some enterprising publisher could get
the use OF the original will to have it
photo-l Autographed, and it will be news
to many readers to know that this docu-
ment can only be published by the per-
son referred to above Washington
Cor. Hartford Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-18
CurrenGeS of China.

The Department of State has received
a very interesting memorandum on the
currency of China from Mr.. Seward,
United States Minister at Picking. The
Chinese Government issues no gold Or
silver coins. The pieces called by the
natives ch'ien," by the English "cash, :"
and by the French "sapeque," from the
Portuguese sapeca, are of copper va
riously alleged. They are cast, not
minted, and are circular, with square
holes in the center, used in stringing
them together. Their standard value is
the 1,000th part of tael of silver, ac-
oording to the Chinese treasury scale.
By curious fiction each piece of cash
is called two (cash). Their actual value
in circulation, as compared with silver,
varies at the several posts, thus: /, 900
cash are required to purchase a tael's
weight of silver at Newchwang, and but
1868 at Swatou. Their value has fuc-
tuated in fourteen years as much as 33aH
per centum. Counterfeits of the copper
tokens abound. Their purchasing power
is very uniform. and they practically
constitute the standard currency OF the
empire. Great abuses have been prac-
ticed in their coinage. In the Sung
dynasty (96O to 1920 they we're made
$50 small that they we're called geese
eyes and SO thin that they would swim
upon the water Silver passes by
weight, but the standard of the tael va
ries appreciably in the different prov
inces and ports. The Kuping tael is the
most general standard in use, but the
Holkwan tael is used in collecting GUS
toms duties. The relation of silver and
gold is very variable. The lowest quo.
tation for thirty years past is l to 1913
Cat Shanghai in 1850; the highest, 1 to
IT'S Cat Picking in August. 1870. Hu
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-18
Herman Schuster's "Close Cali >,

Herman Schuster, of st. Louis, awoke
the other morning to find himself dead.
That is to say, the newspapers said he
was dead, and that his body was at that
moment at the morgue Mr.. Schuster
went to the place mentioned, and there,
sure enough, found himself laid out on
a marble slab, dead as anybody could
wish to be. The forehead of the corpse
was exactly like his own. The mus
tache likewise. The body wouldn't vary
in weight five pounds from the weight of
his own. The clothes of the inanimate
person were as much his own as if he
had worn them himself. 'sVot ish de
COLOR Of his eyes ?" asked Herman of
DR.. limbaugh. The doctor turned up
the corpse's eyelids and found that the
eyes we're blue. "Dot ish peter, said
Herman, with long sigh of relief.
"Dot ish not mine pody. Dose ice is
plue, and mine is plack. Colt in Hin
nell yot narrow eshcape-vot CLOSE
gall dose wasp It was the most re-
markable case of mistaken identity that
st. Louis has had in years. Buffalo
Ea1oreS3
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-18
From the Frying-Pan into the Fire.

The blessings of the conquest of Bull
garia by the Christians are thus set forth
in recent letter TO London paper:
{" The Bulgarians pay now about treble
the amount Of the taxes to which they
were accustomed under the Turkish
rule, and can support this heavy in
crease only by reason of their unusual
earnings. The money is partly spent as
salaries for the Russian functionaries
and their Bulgarian clerks, while the
remainder appears to be absorbed by
the Bulgarian army now in organization.
For the good of the people, especially in
the towns where rigorous tax-levying,
combined with heavy fines for the least
and often imaginary contraventions, is
carried on, nothing whatever has yet,
been DONE"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-18
"THE HOT SIC AsON."
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.


At last two Farenhe Is blew up,
And killed two children small,
And one barometer shot dead
A tutor with its ball.
Now all day long The locust sang
Among the leadess trees;
Three new hotels warped inside out;
The pumps could only wheeze;
And ripe old wine, that twenty years
Had cobwebbed DER in vain,
Came spouting through the rotten corks
Like July's best champagne.
The Worcester locomotives did
Their trips in half an hour:
The Lowell cars ran forty miles
before they checked their power;
Roll birthstone soon became drug.
And loco-focos fell
All asked for ice, but everywhere
Saltpetre was to sell.
Plump men of mornings ordered tights
But, ere the scorching aoons,
Their candle molds had grown as loose
AS Cossack pantaloops!
Inc dogs ran mad-men could not try
II water they would choose:
A horse fell dead-he only left
-Four red-hot, rusty shoes
And all about the warehouse steps
We're angry men in droves,
crashing and sphntering through the doors
10 smash the patent sioves
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-18

The Russian hospitals near the mouth
of the Danube are Tiled to OVERLOOKING
with cases OF typhus, and the majority of
patients are now under canvas. An
epidemic Of the same disease is prevalent
among the Russian troops in Asia Minor,
and the mortality continues to be very
great. About fifty of the medical staff
have already fallen victims to the disease,
the spread of which is favored by the ex-
oessive moisture.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-18
Heart Disease and the Turkish Bath.

Perhaps 20 per cent. or more of the
whole population of the United States
think they have heart disease. Every
body who, under any excitement, feels
little futtering in the region of the
heart thinks it is heart disease. It is
taken for granted that little palpita
tion is evidence of disease, and, there
fore, it is extremely dangerous to
take the bath. Never was a greater
mistake.
In cases where there is real disease of
the heart, the danger lies in any sudden
or excessive forcing of the blood through
the organs, just exactly the opposite ef-
feet from that produced by the hot
rooms which is, paramountly, to pro-
duce an even circulation. and, there
fore to relieve the pressure which con-
stitutes the danger of heart disease. To
be sure, such person is liable to die
anywhere, and at any moment, but least
of all in Turkish bath, and for the
reason just given.
There is absolutely no foundation for
fear IN any case, and the public need
only study the philosophy of the Turk
1sh bath to be convinced of the sound
ness of our position. We have seen the
very worst cases of valvular diseases of
the heart treated in the bath, and that
after dropsy had set in and the case had
been given over as hopeless, but the re-
suits have always been favorable, and
the best effects have been obtained from
the highest temperatures. OF course
the bath could no more cure such cases
than it could replace an amputated
limb, but it has afforded relief and added
years of usefulness to lives that were
despaired Of Hartford Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-18

The Louisville Courier-Joatamol says
of the late race: Mollie McC arthy was
beaten, but not by Ten Brock. Pace
did it. She took the track and tried to
keep it. Ten Brock waited and won.
He outlasted her. The California swon-
der" killed herself, and, if the race
proved failure for this reason, there is
no cause for calling it fraud.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-18
THE GOOD OLD FARM
BY REV. LEANDER s. CoAN.

" There's got to be revival
Nv good sound sense among men,
Before the days NV prosperity
Will dawn upon us again.
The boys must learn that learnln'
Means more'n the essence NV books;
An, the girls must learn that beauty
Consists in more'n their looks.
sEf the boys all grow up savants,
Studyin' rocks n bugs,
An the girls grow up blue stockin's
Or experts in kisses n hugs
Who'll keep the old pillow in order,
Or fix up the traces n tugs;
Who'll sweep the floor NV the kitchen,
Or weave up the carpets m rugs?
Before we can steer clear of failures,
An big financial alarms,
The boys have got to quit clerkin'
An git back onto the farms.
know it amt quite so hobby,
It amt quite so easy, / know,
EZ partin' y'ure hair in the middle
An settin' up for show.
Shut there's more hard dollars in it,
An more independence, too,
An more real peace and contentme1t,
An health that is ruddy an true.
know it takes years of labor,
But yu'Ve got TO hang on In store
Before you can earn good Twin,
An clothes, with but little more.
"An' you steer well clear NV temptation
On the good old honest farm,
AM thousand ways n fashions
That only brings ye to harm.
There amt but few that can handle
With safety other mems cash,
An the fate Nv many who try it
Proves human natur' is rash.
$50, when the road to States prison
Lays by the good old farm,
An the man sees toilin' brother
Well out NV the way of harm,
He mourns It he hadn't staid there
A-tillin' the soil in peace,
Where he'll yet creep back in dishonor
After tardy release.
"Wbat hosts Nv 'em go back broken
In health, in mind, m purse,
To die in sight Nv the clover,
Or lInger a'ong, which is worse!
AM how many mourn when useless
That they didn't see the charm,
The safety m independence,
Nv life on the good old farm.
So preach it to EN-, parson,
Jest lay it out plain m square,
That land flows with milk m honey,
That health m peace are there;
An call back the clerks m runners,
An show 'em the peaceful charm
That waits to cheer an bless them
On fathers dear old farm"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-07-18

made his heart light and sent him back
to me; but our young Squire Heaven
bless him
And who was it that sent old grand.
father the deed of gift that made the
cottage his own, and who spoke a kind
word to the gentry for young DR.. Locke
that helped him into practice? Still nc
one but Squire Turner, whom we taught
our children to pray for every night. For
we were married, and in few years had
boys and girls at our knees; and. when
the eldest was nigh 2, the thing needed
to make me quite happy happened-and
from far over the sea, where he had been
three good twelve-months. came DIR
Squire, with the bonniest lady that ever
blushed beside him, and the hall had q
mistress at last-and a mistress who
loved the Squire as I loved Evan.
En- but it's an old story. She that T
remembered girl I saw in her coffin.
withered and old. And then they opened
the vault where the Squire had slept ten
years to put her beside him; and I've
nothing left of Evan, my life and nv
love, but his memory, and it seems as #
every hope and dream of JOY ever had
were put away under tombstones. And
even the Golden George, the great. strong
ship that would have borne my dear from
me, has moldered away on the bottom Of
the sea somewhere. And I think nv
wedding-ring is likely to outlast us ali.
for | have it yet, and I shall be 80 to-
morrow.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-11-28
THE CROPS.

The weather has been very favora-
BILE this fall for crop gathering and
VIC are informed that our farmers,
mindful of the damage sustained last
year, are busy gathering corn. The
roads, too, have been repaired
and arc in far better condition to be
passed over than they were last win
ter. Still little or no corn is coming
in: Dealers cannot afford to pay
over s1.l5 per barrel and farmers
are receiving S1.25 at the crib.
The crop, as we'll as we can gather,
is about an average, but not over. In
some sections it fell belox that.
According to best information We
can get, the number of cattle in this
county is about an average, but that
of hogs is largely in excess and it is
for pork fattening mainly, that there
is extra demand in the country for
corn. OF course, after all that is re-
quired for home feeding, shall be
consumed there will be considerable
excess, but farmers evince no dispo-
sition to sell at present rates.
The wheat raised this season in
this county is all delivered. Over
0,o00 bushels were purchased by
Messrs. VIM. Pollock & Co, at about
an average of IS cents per bushel. II
was of good quality and made excel
lent -four.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-11-28
LEGAL TENDERS.

Now that the election Is over and
there can be no room for suspicion
of design.on his part to assaii any of
the positions taken by aspirants for
office, the writer asks space in your
valuable jourla al to discuss the legal
tender question::
AS the writer's views Of the pow
er of the general government TO de-
clare what shall be a tender from
man to his fellow, differ from some
that have been given to the public.
he expresses them modestly and
c~ourteously, and if they shall be re-
viewed he hopes they will be criti-
cised in similar spirit.
According to the writer's views,
except as a a measure, the legal
gal tender powers of the federal
government have not been passed
upon by the courts, and until some
thing more than coming money is
adventured upon in ordinary legisia-
ton, there can exist nothing to de-
mand au adjudication of them.
Very early in the history of this
nation congress declared that the
fees and duties payable to the fcder-
al government should be received in
gold and silver coin only. There is
no record of exceptions being taken
to this, that the writer is aware of.
but when in 1871 it was furt Ter pro-
vided that the bills aud notes of the
u. S. bank redeemabIe in gold or
silver coin, should also be receivable
in all payments to the United States,
the authority of government to con-
stitute anything but coin a tender
against itself, was questioned, and
Mr.. Hamilton, who fathcred the
measure, contented himself, when
called upon to reply to directors, by
stating, that independent of eonsti-
t%utions, there existed in the tax
levyer a natural right to receive his
taxes IN such articles as he pleased.
This was acquiesced in for many
years, but Col. Benton, in a speech
against The bank, declared that Ham
iiton had evated the issue and thus
acknowledged the omnipotence of
the objection.
The Colonel, however, admits in
the same speech that the notes of
the bank had not been made a legal
tender between man and man. lie
declared they were q practical ten
der, however. Ee sand also there
was no necessity for a statute law
for that effect it was sufficient that
they were made a legal tender to the
federal government, the law of ne
~eessity far superior to that of the stat
ute book would do the rest. A law
of tender was not necessary, q forc-
ed incidental tender resulted as in
evitable consequence from the credit
and circulation, which the federal
government gave them. Whatever
was received at the custom houses,
at the land Offices, post-ofiees, mar
shall's and district attorneys offices
and in all the various dues of the
federal government must be, and
viii be, received by the people. 1t
becomes q e actual practical curren.
ey of The land people must take 1t
or get nothing, and thus the federal
government establishing a D
currency for itself, establishes it
also for the states, and everybody
must, OF necessity, receive it wheth-
er compelled by law or not.
1t is unnecessary to state that how
ever trne and pertinent Co. BEN
toms presentation of the practical
effect of what he complained of NAV
have been, he did MT shew such am
exercise of legal tender authout as