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land States as readily as from the
South. The monument bears this
blood stirring inscription: "Thermo-
pyle had her messenger of defeat
the Alamo had none"
| do not advise any farmer to 60 to
Texas who has a good farm and good
health in Michigan, or any other Of
the older States. OF course health is
a boon for which all sacrifices must be
made, if necessary. Texas affords a
mild and salubrious climate, and to
the health Of many is no doubt prefer
able to ours. If a farmer has limited
means, he can open and improve a
farm of given size much easier and
cheaper in Texas than anywhere else.
He should not 90 there, however, ex-
pecting to raise bigger crops or hoping
to get any better prices. have heard
farmers here say that they can go to
Texas and work half the time and
make as much as they do here, because
they have so many more working days
there. Such men will make total fail
ures in Texas. The ground must be
better prepared in Texas for crops
than here. Corn must be worked
more there than here, and cotton must
be worked more than corn. Nature
has provided for this extra work by
giving that State more working wealth
er, and she only half pays the man
who only half works.
SuTT re X T,HrNUnv
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STILES KENNEDY.
EngIand's Might.
SOME INTERESTING NOTES CONCERN
ING THE BRITISH ARMY AND NAVY.

SOME INTERESTING NOTES CONCERN
ING THE BRITISH ARMY AND NAVY.
England'snaval strength is 579 YES
sells Of 615 $50 tons burden, with q
819 guns and steam power equivalent
to 603,448 horses. Sixty-four of these
vessels are powerful iron-clads. So
far as the number stated go, it appears
that we have anAdmiraI for each of
the 267 vessels in commission, with 80
to spare for receiving, store, training
and surveying ships, dispatch and tug
vessels, yachts, ETC., and 43 more than
one for every two of the 579, includ-
ing coal depots, chapels, hospitals and
reformatories. There is a similar glut
with regard to the army. Of Gener-
ais, counting those on the active list
only, there is one for every two of the
one hundred and fifty-one regiments,
with 20 IL to spare. There is Lieu
tenant Colonel for each of them, with
8 over, and for every regiment there
are three Major Generals within eigh-
teen. six Colonels, with nineteen over,
fifteen Lieutenant Colonels, with A
over, and nine Majors, with 1l6 to
spare. Proportionately, therefore, if
not actually, we are more abundantly
supplied with officers than even the
great military powers of the Contin-
ent. Of regular troops we have 151
regiments of military, yeomanry and
volunteers, 488 regiments, making a
total Of 639 regiments, to say nothing
of pensioners and reserves. We have
also a sea force more powerful than
that of any two other naval powers,
and the advantage Of an insular posi-
ton instead of open frontiers We
are in a state Of profound peace with
the world, and may SO continue if we
please. Yet, Notwithstanding all this,
there are persons among us, who be-
lieve, or affect to believe, that there is
nothing to prevent the landing of q
hostile force of 100000 men upon our
shores in single night, and that there
will be no safety for us until every
able-bodied man among us is trained
to arms.-Frons the Financial Reform
Almanac.
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How pleasant it is for the young
school miss to harbor the thought that
the time is fast approaching for her
to stop writing school compositions,
and studying those hard lessons, and
consoling herself with the thought that
she will be two old for school, and just
of proper age to have beau.
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"Woman wants bread, not the bal
lot" says Miss Anthony. Ask the
women themselves what they want
and the vote would be twenty to one
nn.u snrinp bonnet.
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Extravaganza is rapidly running the
Khedive of Egypt. He suscains up
ward of twenty palaces, in which he
supports in luxury three wives and
nine hundred women from the harem.
Each of the grown up princes of the
blood also has his separate palace and
retinue of servants, and the horses in
the stables of the father and sons are
numbered by hundreds.
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"Mamma," asked a precious young
ster at the tea table the other evening,
after a long and yearning gaze toward
a plate of doughnuts, "do you think
could stand another of those fried
holes ?"
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At a lecture recently delivered by
Mrs. DR.. Mary Walker, a lad occupy
ing a seat in the gallery inquired a
loud if sheNas the Mary that had a
little lamb. She replied, No; but
YOUR mother had little jackass."
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Lemon juice used as gargle is said
by a French physician to be specific
against diphtheria and similar throat
troubles, which he has successfully
used for eighteen years.
Middletown transcript., 1878-03-16

"How shall we utilize the Chinese ?"
asks ii California Press. We sup
pose it never occurred to the Calaforn-
ians to petrify the Chinese and sell
them for tea-store signs.
Middletown transcript., 1878-03-16

Tea chests made in Massachusetts,
are to be exported to China.
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Speak, 0 man less recent! Fragmentary fossil
Primal pioneer Of pliocene formation,
Hid in lowest drifts below the earliest stratum
Of volcanic tufa
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found memory has been little un-
faithful in regard to he exact word
ing. l know that l read it with great
satisfaction-in especial, verlike
inventory which it contained Of my
most amiable and admirable charac-
teristics. There were things set down
there that l had supposed known only
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Wonderful Automatic Chess Player, playing chess or
checkers without assistance Monster Devil Fsh feet
long together witt bcf explanation Of its haoits
Dorncr. Ph. ID Huge sun Fish. Green Maray
pent and thousands OF curious creatures aud objects
". B-Extensive preparations being made
the ntroducton of the wonderful BKoNcHO" or Trained
Horses. ou Februaryil
, 1878-02-02

Education, cultivation and leg
islation each have their advo-
Gates as the special means of i'm
proving the condition Of the
agricultural masses. This much
at least is true, that cultivation
and legislation will be the better
if based upon education, since
that man who is not a good cult
vator himself, cannot be a good
legislator for his class. When
the agricultural class says "there
should be more farmers in our
legislative halls, since the inter-
ests of agriculture are SO closely
connected with the general pros
perity of the country" they tell
a truth that the candid profess
ional man readily admits. Yet
some of our best and ablest far
mers declare that they are not
competent to legislate against
the representatives of various
corporations.
The best stock you. can invest
IN is farm stock; the best shares,
plowshares; the best banks, the
fertile banks of rural streams,
since the more the latter are
broken, the better dividends they
return to the investment.
, 1878-02-02

form of social organization is
represented by them; no cnlight-
ened community can maintain
its social organization without
them, and we see no more rea-
son or argument against exempt
ing such institutions from taxa
ton than there is against the uni
versal custom of taxing one
mans property for the education
of the children of another man.
In fact there is a manifest dis
elimination in taxing the volun-
tary contributions of the people
to public uses. We believe no
State in the Union does it; and
while we denounce and threaten
no man for holding contrary
opinions, We should be false to
our own convictions if we did
not oppose it; and upon this is
sue we are willing to go before
the people as an Independent
candidate for Delegate TO the
Constitutional Convention, the
terrific threat of the Mtelligencer
Notwithstanding.
, 1878-02-02

The population Of Richmond,
Va, has doubled since the war,
and her manufactures now num-
Der 36l. The sales in 1876 reach
ed the sum of S22, ,424, 800, her
wheat and corn mills producing
$2,857 900, her forty-one tobacco
factories $12,0Ss, 300, and her
iron works $2,O32,78O.
, 1878-02-02

Rev. DR.. Talmage says that to
edit a newspaper requires one
to be Ga statesman, essayist, ge-
ographer, statistician and ency-
clopediac." 1t is gratifying to
know that one man at least is
willing to accord to the hard
working editor the recognition
Of true merit SO justly his due.
, 1878-02-02
Germany and the silver Scheme

1 -
A recent report in the Berlin
Borsen-Zeitung on the progress of
the German scheme for demone-
tizing silver shows that, accord
ing to the estimates of the best
authorities Of that country, there
still remain in circulation there
silver coins worth about S112,-
100000 in gold at the present
prices of silver IN the London
market. Should the Bland Sill
yer bill pass at this juncture we
can reasonably assume that a
considerable part Of this enor-
nous sum would instantly seek
an American market and be an
important tributary of that great
stream Of silver which foreign
nations would pour upon US
But there is another precursor
bearing on this matter even more
gravely. During the nine
months ending with last Sep
tember Germany exported to
England eleven million mint
pounds of silver, while during
the five years preceding that pc
riod she exported altogether on
ly ten million pounds. This
shows that Germany is rushing
her silver to a market, and that
the Bland Silver bill comes at
just the nick of time to suit her,
should it become law as early
as its INSCRIPTIONS promoters
desire.
With France and other Latin
states anxiously looking out for
a market for their great stock Of
superfluous silver; with Germa-
ny all ready to pounce upon us
with an amount of silver coin
more than double the subsidiary
coin we already have in cireula
ton, and with England herself
drugged with the metaland hope
full Of q western outlet-with
such a combination Of sinister
signs as this, it is strange that
intelligent men at the west and
south do not more generally
comprehend that the Bland bill
is nothing more than the bait for
vast silver trap which the
blundering infationists at WASH
ington are doing their best to
spring.-N. Y. Post.
, 1878-02-02


To THE EDITORS OF THE DISPATCH:
| avail myself Of the present
opportunity of writing UP this
section of King county, for the
benefit of the many immigrants
and others that are in search of
good farming land for the pur-
pose of making homes for them
selves. In this part of the coun-
ty, and within the sound of the
church bells and steam whistles
of Seattle, there are thousands of
acres of good farming land that
can be had for the taking. This
land is composed of what is gen
orally termed upland, and Is
covered with both hard and soft
wood. But there is scarcely a
hundred and sixty acres that can
be found in one body that has
not got at least forty acres of
swale and alder land upon it.
While the fir and cedar land is
interspersed with maple, ash and
alder, which proves conclusively
that it is good tillable land, and
will produce grood crops of vege-
tables, cereal and grasses on the
fir lands; while there are no bet
ter lands in the world for all
kinds of fruit that will grow in
temperate climate. zIe7
This section possesses many
advantages over other places
where there are vacant land. It
is bounded on the east by Sama-
mish lake, On the north by Sa-
mamish river and on the west by
Lake Washington, possessing a
shore line Of about fifty miles of
which the waters are navlgable
for steamboats,. Within these
bounds there are three settle
ments each having a school dis
trict organization. Two of these
district schools are now in ses-
sion, comprising terms of three
months each. So persons. COM
ing here will not have to- wait
a number of years before they
can enjoy the advantage of good
schools and society; but have
that privilege now.
While a great deal Of the land
is as rich as any Of the river bot
toms, there is no danger Of being
drowned out semi-annually, as
is often the case on many of the
rivers. Though we have plenty
of wild land here, l will say for
the benefit Of another class of
men, that there are no improved
farms to give away. And there
is nothing here to offer to any one
but hard knocks, and Il chance
to earn for himself and family,
if he has one, a home out of the
forest. And it is useless for the
chronic grumbler, and the per-
petual perambulator to come
here; as it is impossible for a
man to follow two callings at
once and be a success at both.
Any one desiring further infor-
nation may address Eagle Point,
Seattle. w. Z. EAGLE POINT.
, 1878-02-02

doubtful questions as to the mean
ing of his promise against himself.
I trust that there will be wisdom
enough at Washington to avoid him
dering our present hopeful progress
toward specie payments, and that
the laws of the general government
aud those of our ewn Stete on the
subject will continue to be, as they
now are, in harmony"
, 1878-02-02

A resolution has been offered in
the New Jersey Legislature demand
ing an investigation of some very Sc
rious charges against State officials
in connection with the insurance
companies. It is alleged that these
institutions are compelled to pay
large sums of money not authorized
by law.
, 1878-02-02

Women cigarmakers now carr
from ten to fifteen dollars per
week. They are largely en-
ployed both in Philadelphia and
New York. They are cheaper
than men, because the men clam
three cigars day each.
, 1878-02-02

The Chickasaw Indians are
mostly Methodists, but in the
nation they support Presbyterian
and Baptist churches as well.-
The Creeks and Choctaws are
chiefly Baptist, the latter, hav-
ing in addition to the various de-
nominations, a goodly sprlnkllng
of Roman Catholics.
, 1878-02-02
WON EN-

whe may be racked by palm and suffering from
the many troubles peculiar to their sex, can 6nd
speedy relief and permanent cure sy the Doctors
new treatment, tre result Of bis many years.
practice in their complaints.
kW Write fnll statement and treatment will
be seut to cure any disease at home. Consults-
ton free and strictly confidential. DIR. Flattery's
two diplomas can be seen at his ojice.
AEDasss, J. FLATTERY, NJ. D.,
dec29otf New Tacoma, ". T.
, 1878-02-02

The Secretary Of the Interior
is in favor Of allowing a more
liberal price for government ad-
vertising than that now estab-
lished by law.
, 1878-02-02
NATIONAL Finances.


NatiqnaI Finances.
Gov. Robinson, in his message
to the legislature of New York
sums up the financial condition
of the country as follows: 81:
seems to me manifest now that
if the credit of the federal gov.
ernment can be maintained at
the point at which it stood a
month or two ago, SO that its
bonds bearing low interest are
freely sold, the Treasury will be
able to resume payment on or
before January 1, 1879, without
distressing the community. We
have, in fact, passed through all
the suffering involved in the re-
duction Of prices which inevi-
tably followed the false values
of a period Of great imitation.
Prices both of wages and prop
erty are, with few exceptions,
lower to-day than they wsuld
have been if we had never de-
parted from the coin standard
and I do not doubt that the re-
sumption Of specie payments
will at once increase the eX-
changeable value of property
and the market price of labor.
They are in error who suppose
that prolongation of the pres
ent uncertain condition of things
| will bring relief to those who,
owing money, hope to realize
more for their property, or to
that large class Of men which is
looking for better rates of wa
ges. With the present want OF
confidence, property does not
readily find purchasers at any
price; capital is timid in invest
ing; enterprise is checked. Un-
til confidence Is restored our
wonted activity in the exchang-
ing Of property will not return,
and until the present tendency
to inactivity and almost morbid
caution ceases, we will look IN
vain for higher rate of wages
No financial device, by way ot
renewed imitation or debasement
of our money, will compensate
for the disastrous effects of the
additional loss of confidence
which any such device will bring
about. Relief is near at hand il
we seek it by the straight road
and it would be great weakness
now, when we have paid the full
cost of success, to take single
backward step.
"Any waverlng on the part of the
Federal government in respect tt
this question must have the effect o.
prolonging indefinitely and intensi'
flying the unhappy condition o
business and of industry unde,
which we have suffered for severa,
years. There can be no confidence
in private transactions if the gener.
al government set an example of 9
want of good faith. And it must al
ways be borne in mind. in reference
to the present discussion as to the
precise meaning of the government
obligations, that the government
debt cannot be enforced; there is nc
arbiter or tribunal to decide between
the government and its creditors
the debt is purely debt of honor
in such cases the debtor cannot keep
himself clear of the imputation o1
ibad faith, except by ruling all
, 1878-02-02
FOu N D.

4 Large Memorandum Book, on Yesler's
wharf. about three weeks since. The book con-
tains number of papers of value to the owner
and can be recovered by applying to this office
aud paying for this advertisement.
, 1878-02-02
MIDDLE AGED MEN

May Of the age Of IS to 60, suffer from nervous
loss OF vigor and a weakening. In
manner not to be accounted for, and are igno-
rant of tho cause. DR.. Flattery guarantees q
perfect cure and restoration Of the physical
, 1878-02-02

For every disease of special nature which he
fafs to cure. There is no fail when directions
are strictly followed nor Inconvenience from bu-
siuess while using his treatment.
, 1878-02-02
YOUNG MEN

Who suffer from the follies Of youth can avail
themselves of DR.. Flatteryf new treatment be-
fore II is too late.
THE DR.. WILL FORFEIT A $500
FEE
, 1878-02-02

viii remember that "Procrastination is the thief
Of time" that disease may be cured to day and
not tomorrow, this week and not next; therefore
avoid the danger Of delay. 1t matters not what
your disease may he, let Dr.. +. Examine you,
free of charge. If you are csrabe. he will treat
you, and If incurable, be will advise you.
, 1878-02-02

Office Dispatch Buildings, lanes Street.
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Dieting for Health.

Dieting for health, says Halls Journal,
has sent many one TO the grave, and
viii send many moro, because IL Is done
iniudicously or ignorantly. One man
omits his dinner by herculean effort,
and, thinking be has accomplished Won
ders, expects wonderful results, but by
the time supper is ready he feels hungry
AS a dog, and eats Ike enc, fast, furious
and long. Next day he Is worse, and
don't believe il dieting" for the
remainder of kis life.
Others set out TO starye themselves
into health, until the system is reduced
SO low that it has 10 power Of resuscite-
ton, and the man dies.
To diet wisely does not imply totsl
abstinence from all food, but the taking
of Just enough, or Of quality adapted
to the nature of the case. Loose bowels
weaken very rapidly-totaI abstinence
from all food increase the debility. IN
this case food should be taken, which,
while it tends to arrest the disease,
imparts nutrinfent and strength to the
system. In this case rest on q bed, aud
eating boiled rice, after it has been
parched like coffee, viii cure three cases
out of four of common diarIhea in 8 day
or two.
Others think that in order to diet
efaetually. it is all important to do
without meat, but allow themselves the
widest liberty in all else But in many
cases, in dyspeptic conditions of the
system particularly, the course ought to
be reversed, because meat is converted
into nutriment with the expenditure OF
less stomach power than vegetables, while
given amount ofwogk does three times
as much good, gives three times as much
nutriment aud strength as vege able food
wOuld