davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1878-07-06
"Mr. Clark chief attention was to be

"Mr Cark's chief attention was to be
given to the country lying between
Bear river aud the summit G( the range;
Ms Iiy universal conception, there nrc no
difficulties in respect Of work or grades
on the eastern slope, and none as we had
previously Iound between the Puyallup
Branch Road and the Bear river.
You will note on the map the line
makes more of Il 'southing', and sa little
less direct Than had previously report
it betw cen Orting and the N,squally: but
this will probaly he rectitiedi in part by
future and fuller surveys.
You will also note, that Mr. Clark
makes the elevation Of Bear Prairie to
I've $500 feet, hereas, in Mr.. Tilton's sur
vey it is put down at ITO teet, and in
Hazard Stevens account OF his ascent
of Mt. Tacoma, IN the Atlantic Monthly,
for November 1876, it is recorded vt
aG3O.
We are justified in believing Mr.
Stevens used but a single barometer.
and without any rectiiication for rcfract
ion; and we know, upon the testimony
OF Mr.. Longmire and Mr.. Packwood,
guides for Mr.. Tilton's party in 1856 8,
confirmed also by Mr.. Carlton himself
chief of lliat party, that the altitude Of
1870 was IN assumed height.
In our survey Mr.. Clark used two bar
ometcrs, and we kept u third simul;a
ncausly in Tacoma the temperature care
fully rated at both places, and tue obser
vations corrected 10y the temperature.
We may therefore assert in much conii-
dencr. that $500 feet Is tbg correct alti-
ludc.
In noting the general alignment NJ
givrn ly DR. CLARK. and cillaiing hit
, 1878-07-06

Two fine songs have iust been received, viz.
''Why Don't He Come Ivy P(crdner. An
excellent sentimental ballad Of medium diff
cuty,with yciy pleasing melody aud rich,
harmonious accompaniment. Pretty Little
Snowflake" ~ by Dohrnla, has been sung so
often on the stage as TO need no special men
tion, and we only note that 1t retains it, pop
ularity IN wonderful manner and always
takes. These songs can be had for35 cents
encl by addressing Messrs. sherman, Hyde
& Co., who publish both above named pi, ecs.
, 1878-07-06
The N. P. Railroad.
SURVEY or THE ROUTE OVER
COWII7Z PASS. DIS7AN-
CES, GRADE, OBJ
STA CLES,
ETC.

Perhaps the most important question
up for decision is the prncticabilty Of
Il route. connecting by railroad Eastern,
and Western Washington.
The fact ia generally known that the
North Pacific r. r. CO. claim 20 have
found practirailc route fnr a road
from New Tacoma up their Pnyalup
branch. thence around the south side oi
W.. Rtini,r IN Cowlii2 Pass Nothing
more hal hccn made public, 30 no hppol.
, 1878-07-06

DOL. lslslclas H.esIcr.

BY the kindness OF Col. Black, the fol-
lowing portions nt the office copy OF a
letter "rittrn by him 23rd, Aprilto Gen.
Georgr Stark Vice President of the n.
p r. r. Co, III reference to the B4ro-
metricnl observations and examination Of
n route fora railway over the Cewltz
Pass as made Ivy ID. y. Clark. is submit
ted TO the readers o. the SrAE.
, 1878-07-06
NO LIQUOR SOLD l

Everything neat and clean about the premises
GOOD BILLIARD TABLE
, 1878-07-06

NorlcE. The partnership heretofore exist
ing between VIM. Miller and VIM, Decrng in
the log running business is this day Dissolved
by mutual consent; Mr.. Miller continuing the
business, and paying all debts of the laie firm
and collecting all moneys due Them
WM MILLER,
NAI. DEEKiNG.
, 1878-07-06
LIST o. PUBLIC LNSTITUTYONS

iiasouir, Centennial Lodge, No 5c Regular
communications irs and tHri Saturdays ul
each month
;, 0. q. 7, olive Leaf Lodge, NO, II, iirst0nd
fourth Saturdays oieacl month.
{. .. O. +. SnOhomish Lodge, No. II. Reg
ular mc, tiugs Oh Thursday evening Of each
week.
snohomi,h Athrueum.
,nohumi>h Free Religions Association.
Gniou Presbyterian Church and Congregation
of Snohomish City.
inohomi,h Couaty Agricultural Society
,nohpni-h Rifles, Militia Company.
,nohomi,h telegraph company.
,nouomish Cemetery Association.
, 1878-07-06

notes, it will bc observed as worthy of
| special remark, how closely the line fits
/ the ground, and how nicely the lions
/ professional apprchcnslons have c0njur-
ed up In the pathway OF railway across
the Cascade range are all dispclIcd.
| Ihrrc mr no engineering difficulties in
the way. For mountain work, It will be
= Il chcap construction. As mountain
line it will hc when buit, easily main
tained and easily worked, miles, profess
iooal nfAclity or iucompctcnccy shall
abort its tna. location.
/ Otncr noticeable features will be the
IcwneSs OF its through cuttings, bridgcs
and high h'nls, and almost total absence
Of necessary tnnnrliugs.
One olthe slrnngest Things to he not
cd Will he, the meteorological tact Of the
purity Of snow and rain fall as compared
with the other side of the mouptan and
djacrnt, No rain or snow fell during
the eighteen DAYS Mr.. Clark WAS ut
Work there. We lad several days Of
heavy rain at Tacoma during that time
lhe meteoroloest will account for this
satisfactorily by one of his unerring laws,
based upon simple statement of the
facts.
The rain and snow all comes there
from lhc south or southwest winds, and
the clouds which bring the rain do not
condense their vapor until they pass the
snow line OF the mountains, ur roll over
GA to the Other side of the mountain. the
railway tmyersing below this line of con
densation nntl it neurs the summit. A
good hope is to De found in this tact tor
the stability OF the ground which is to
bear the raslroad, aud it concerns the
economy of operations,
To cheapen construction, you will
note suggestion for dropping down 500
feet in ten miles, on one of the tributaries
Of the Cowitz, reaching summit, ,hence
I,y Il 60 foot grace; but ii the red line "
Sc feet be retained, its cost will be. am
certain, less than of either the Pennsylva
MIA, or the Baltimore and Ohio in seal
/ ing the Allcghanies.
The grades all practicable, the work
itscl not comparatively costly; n few
wods upon the prospective trade OF
such line whcnbuiIt, provided it Is
not supcrceeled by rival interests earlier
in til c field.
A computation Of the gain yield Of
( the Yakima, the WalL Walla, and the
Palousc CHE undoubted granery of the
world in The near futurc) and the average
yield of all their fertile aces, will show
| a grand total in tonnage OF surplus gram
| little less than marvellous, HE largest
part of which must find an ocean point
for shipment on Puget Sound.
! That same marvellous country must
from the necessity Of the case, import its
coal, It's lumber, its fish. iron, possibly
lime and merchandise, and from nowhere
so chenply rs from the Sound hy means
/ of this short line of rail roaG; hence
frcights both ways and the immense
augmentation of profits ot the carriers.
Recapitulating grades: ascending Puy-
allup road to Michel's "a and AZ feet,
Michel's tn Benr Prairie 27. "A and 90
feet. Bcor Prairie to summit 36 or &c
feet. Fast Of the summit. per Carlton
descending 63, 36 and 80 feet TO the
mile.
We would have gone from Summit to
the Yakima, hal time permitted; but NO
one here consider that necessary at this
stage of the question.
Respectfully.
SAMUEL A. BLACK
, 1878-07-06

letter conveying so much information.
Although he has no financial interests
here at stake, yet none can read this CON
tidcntinl business letter, not written or
designed tor publication, but furnished
Mt our request, without SecinI that Col.
Black is a true, firm and constant friend
OF Puget Sound region, one who has
done more pcrhHps tinn ANY one else 10
secure Il road nom the Sound dlrrrt to
Eastern washington. lie certainly has
Ieit nothing Nhd"pc I" acquire me lu'I-
est pos''o'e information IN regard to tins
as wen aN all othrr routes
While his letter explains iIself, yet the
following additional information may he
Of use
Ortinr is the t,,ird station from New
Tacoma on the Puyo]lup branch road TO
w;u,i.o, I1.re tbe ", 81. s,,ry,v ho,,,n
r,,,n,r,r , E,,Io w,st or.nr,h ,rt;I Mich.
ans ,rl w,s roochcd -, - hr,,cb ,f,hc
Nisou,Ilv tsl ni,ro d;s,on, from Onino.
h.;,ht ohovp Ga, lov.l increnspl rrom
on tcet ut Ortinr to 77O feet. 30 feet ner
beino the Grade rconircd for Il rnllrond
Thence on n curve to the east until the
Nsqually was reached, thence up that
stream.
The different stations dcsignnted as
below between the ford and Bear Prairie
elevation, Grade etc. are AS follows: b
Indian hose 11SO feet: distant "a miles,
27 foot Grade. C. Silver creek. 4G miles,
elpvotion 171O GRADE NOR mile. T. sc
miles elevation al7o feet Grade 4G feet
per mile. The next station is Bear
Prairie, G3 miles from Orting, to reach
which requires Il grade Of so feet to the
mile. From here mgunr grade can he
obtained of SO cet to the mile to the
summit, or to cheaper construction, the
road may run down SQualrz creek, u
hr,rnh oF fine Covlity r,yor on a down
,r,d. of 5O t,.t Nor nile and from
,honro IA tre summit situnted AGO feet
above the sea. On a Grade OF SO feet Der
,,l,
~ ;,
~ '"'. '''' -" ~ $50
- ""' w '''s,' wv '''
nun 4''" '"''''."' :" ''''''7 ' ~
,,'''c'' '''''' o'''''''' '''''' '"'7 :"
''N ~ .o
.. .,,,,. on,,,I.
u,,, ~, 60 r..,,,,oa .ho l;s,onoo :, on rilos
....,,, os,.,u, ,,..o,;o.,la,, ro,,o 80 ,ha
''"''" W '"' 'l''''P ~ ~
7''".'
N'"''1
->.9''"''9 'e", WV "'"'"' ;" P">' "
'"'"" i'5 w 10y "'.>' ~ ~
,,. an ,,,;,os sr,,r, ort;rn ,v, vo;,. ot
,nno,n,,,.a,;,o oo,l oro e,nrd an, wat,
: oo c... ,,o -, l. sfoo,
r.3 M, .,rs ,hot w.ro !, ;mross;hl.
=, o,a ,,,or,ho o,,rntoirs va, II would
,,T ,,.a oo,,n.,,, ,o h,;rl 70 within %
n,ios or ,ho srn,ri, . local conl road
lust to secure this anthracite coal; yet he
also states that road can he made from
Ortinr to Yakima CITY, ironcd and every
thing ready for the cars for less than $25,
600 pei mile.
whor :, e ,rdor0,ool ,,o, Ton, Scot,
,sks , cuaron,.e trom the Government
o,.ao5 ooo nor mill. for the whole lepg,h If
, 1878-07-06
; : = = : =
M A Il RE ..

IN Snohomi,h City July ID, 1878 Mr. 5. q.
Woods to Miss. G. MNtheWson.
lSc
DIE D.
O., the Snoquane, in King Co, Juy 9th
1873 Thos W, sou Of Frank and Sarah DuN-
all. aged H.
Oregon papers please copy.
, 1878-07-06
MARYLAND HOUSE,
La Connor. w. T.

mo PAINS WILL BE SPARED w
r. keeping up thd reputation Of this housels
one of the quietcst and best kept hotels in the
Territory
, 1878-07-06
LOCAL AGENTS.

sheriff G. w. l.. Allen, ... FOR Wha;com Co.
Dr. j. !. church. .........n for Lh Conner
,. u. Cage, ....1Ur SkaGit Clly
lo'hicr i English, ....... .Modnt Vernon
iIaj &. O. tIalIer, .,.... Coupcyiilc, Island Co
i. M. lluiler, ...........Po Port Townsend
John NJ. Izett oak HarDor, Island Co
>. q. Pearson ... SMnw0Od Snuhomish Co.
ias Williams, .... Rentonyillc, King ..
rhos, L. Flannigan, ,..........,.. Newcastle,
Money IL Co. .........N New 1acl
Crank Young Observation-Disclosures. .Puyalup.
:. NJ. NaDD0mn.... .......dWhitc River,
, 1878-07-06

Kept for the convenience Of patrons Of iLs
house. spsial efforts will be made to keep
the ialae supplied with the best ihc market
aiosds, and 10 see that the food J. cooked and
tcfycd second io no other house Ia the Tcfgs-
ton. .sVhn Mcesllnn.
Ifl-u ifuprittSg
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-09-26

In EMEReENC1Es.-If q person falls in q
fit, and begins to snore loudly, with very red
face, it is apoplexy. Let him be seated so as
to favor the blood going downward, away
from the head apply cold cloths to the head,
or cushions Of equal quantities Of snow or
pounded ice and common salt. If the person
is perfectly still, face pale, and there is no per.
ceptible breathing, it is q fit of fainting. Do
not touch him, except to loosen the clothing
then keep off Eve or ten feet distant, so as to
allow the air to come in; make no noise,
and there will very soon be calm, quiet re-
turn to consciousness and life, for it is only a
momentary cessation of the circulation of the
blood of the head. But suppose there is a
very violent motion of the hands and feet,
and all sorts of bodily contortions, it is cpl
lepsy. Let the man comfort until he is tired !;
you can't hold him still all your efforts only
tend to ,aggravate the trouble and to exhaust
the strength all that ought to be done is to
keep the unfortunate from hurting himself.
There is no felt suffering, for as soon as he
comes to he will tell you that he remembers
nothing of what has passed, appears to be the
only calm and selfpossessed person in the
crowd, and is apparently as perfectly we'll as
before the occurrence. Dizziness often comes
instantaneously, and we begin to reel before
we know it. Shut your eyes, whether you are
walking the street, looking over precipice,
ascending ladder, or climbing to q ships
masthead; the fear of dizziness disappears
instantly if you look upward.-Haps Jour-
nal Of Health.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-09-26

A SOLID ACRE OF S1LvER.-One of the
most remarkable mines in the California
gulch, is lead three feet in thickness, the ore
from which yields from 240to 270 ounces Of
silver to the ton and like q coal bank in STRAIT
i6cation of limestone, dipping about Id de-
grees. Two openings have been made at
points 600 feet apart, and sufficient ore is in
sight to make millions of the dollars Of our
daddies" The owners have gone far enough
to know that there is full acre of the ore in
one solid body, and some conception may be
formed of the amazing riches of this discov-
cry by brief calculation of its dimensions.
A cubic foot weighs 1S0 pounds, and as the
ore lies, IL cubic feet make ton. There are
$4,000 square feet, which with IL cubic feet
to the ton, make 10000 tons, worth $3.50
per ton, or the enormous value of 100000.
The Crescent is another mine worked like
coal bed, the ore lying horizontally in the
large room that has been opened, the roof
being held up by heavy timbers, with very
stout caps and tugging poles. The ore breasts
from one foot to three and four feet, and oc-
casionally very fine specimens Of horn silver
are fouud.-Rocky Mountain Tourist. & on
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knew where l could get that amount for three
years. He told me he did, and offered to be-
come my security. The money was borrowed
and my barn begun.
"a few weeks later, Captain Cole called to
see me. Like Squire Black, to-day, be seemed
delighted with everything he saw. Hia fiat.
terry put me in the best possible humor, and
when be asked me to indorse note of $4,000
for sixty days, and assured me that he could
meet'it, Cor even twice as much promptly to
the day, I consented against my better judg.
ment, and affixed my signature to the note.
That act ruined me. Before the sixty. days
expired 1 learned that be was bankrupt.
MY farm was sold at sacrifice, under the
hammer, and when paid the thousand dol.
lars which I had borrowed to build the barn
with, was left penniless.
with my history in your possession, do
you wonder that was alarmed to-day when
1 saw you about to fall into the same trap7
l tell you have right to feel deeply OH this
subject Would that could make my voice
be heard by every young man in the land. l
would say to him, shun, as you would SER
pent, this evil which has brought ruin to SO
many families realize fully what it means
to put my name on another mans paper, and
it is Just this-that I assume all the risks of
his business, without any voice in the manage
ment, or any possible chance of profit if he
is successful; but with fearful certainty that,
if from any cause be- makes failure, my
earnings must make it good, even though it
reduces my family to beggary. Since my own
misfortune, I have made this matter Of
study, and I find that very large per cent
of the business failures of the country (and
nearly all among farmers) are due to this
practice"
The remainder of my story is soon told.
My father was deeply impressed by Mr. Days
story, and before night was dispatched to
Squire Blacks with a note from father, sta
ting that after carefully considering the mat
ter, he had decided not to sign the note. In
less than year after this, Squire Black was
declared bankrupt, and in the final settle.
ment of his business, it did not pay ten cents
on the dollar.
Father felt that he owed debtof gratitude
to Mr.. Day, and be presented him with good
team and helped him to rent farm. This
encouraged him, and he worked so industri.
ously, and managed so prudently, that in
few years he was able to buy small farm,
and has since been able to support his family
comfortably.
Many years have passed since these events
transpired, and am now passed middle life,
but have never ceased to be thankful for the
lesson taught me by Mr.. Day; and in fulfill
ing his wish I would repeat the lesson which
the story teaches-never indorse.
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Selttted gaetrg.
FADES THE DAYLIGHT.

FADES THE DAYLIGHT.
Fades the daylight, and the shadows
Slowly gather on the lawn; >~"t-
Now the night falls on the meadows, ,l.r..;
And the light of day Is gone.
In the darkness which enfolds me
Tender memories come once more
How each thought enchains and holds me,
Of the dear ones gone before.
Not in pain and not in sorrow ''.
Think T of the loved ones gone;
Every night has still morrow,
Darkness but precedes the dawn.
Were it not for heart-ties riven,
For the friends that come no more,
There would be no hope of heaven
In the bright forevermore.
So while shadows dsrken DER me,
Sit I at the close Of day;
Loved, lost features are before me,
Faces which have passed away;
Voices which made happy laughter
Come again in tones of love;
Sweetly echoes follow after .
Twilight angels bend above.
Is it daylight which is fading?
Light of day which now must flee! -
It is but the happy shading .,.....
Of brighter day to be.
So when twilight dreams have found me,
Twilight voices fill the air, IS
Loved, lost beings gather round me,
And their forms are passing fair.
e. Norman Gnnn'son.
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The HOWARD Assoc1AT1oN.-The How.
ard Association, of which 80 much is heard at
present in connection with the relief work in
the fsver.stricken cities Of the South, is COM
posed principally of heroic young men, who
volunteer their services and 60 from place to
place to nurse the sick. The society has its
headquarters at Memphis, and is not stand.
ing organization, but an association formed
in the emergency of the moment. The name
is taken from John Howard, the English
philanthropist,
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fellows who are afraid of hurting their moth.
ers and sisters, and are not afraid to say 80, l
shall treat him as hero just waiting for his
opportunity. Here is to the Honorable Thom-
as Jones and his lovely bride! We are going
to.India, gentlemen, next month, and l am
sorry the Eighty-fourth has lost Lieutenant
Jones. I have no doubt whatever that he
would storm fort as bravely as he boarded
9 wreck"
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it in all respects as their own. Neither faith
ers nor husbands exercise any sufficient fore
thought for our helplessness and that of our
children" We are speaking of the rule;
there are many honorable exceptions, and as
we advance in real civilization, there will be
more of these exceptions. Methodist.
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WORK FOR IT.-Ruskin never said tru-
er thing than this "If you want knowledge,
you must toll for it; if food, you must toll for
it and if you want pleasure, you must toll for
it." Toll is the law. Pleasure comes through
toll, and not by self.indulgence and Incidence.
When one gets to love work, his life is hap
py one. Said poor man in Brooklyn the
other day, with family Of eleven to pro-
vide for "If were worth million dollars,
should not wish to do much different from
what do now every day, working hour after
hour. 1 love it thousand times better than
to rest" He has for nearly half century
been surrounded by workers, and has caught
the spirit of industry. He loves his work as
he loves his food and sleep. He is happy
who has conquered laziness once and for.
everl
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ag Hon. George H. Pendleton made cam
paign speech in Columbus, Ohio, on t'.e 10th:
Concluding, he said: "Let us remember and
duly approve the fact that President Hayes,
in the midst of unusual embarrassments, has
withdrawn the federal troops from the state
houses of Louisiana and South Carolina, and
thereby restored selfgovernment to those
States. Let US remember and duly applaud
the act that he has spoken word for civil
service reform. However Ineffective, howev-
er thwarted, with whatever reserve spoken,
however ludicrously executed, it was at least
a word spoken in behalf of an essential
reform. These acts deserve the warmer com.
mendation, for they we're done against special
opposition. They have alienated partisan
friends, broken a united support, and divi'
ded, perhaps fatally, the republican organiza'
ton. They have demonstrated the utter i'm
possibility of the republican party reforming
itself, and if he has destroyed it. he has filled,
as 1 think, the measure of good mans USE
fulness to his country" Tae.
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THE DISCOVERY OF 0UININE.

The discovery of the medicinal properties
of cinchona bark is enveloped in great obscu-
rity. All that we know about it for certain
is this Before the year 163S-that is to say
$50 years subsequent to the discovery of
America-not even the Spaniards were &C.
qusinted with the febrifuge qualities of Gin
chona bark but in this year, or thereabouts,
the Countess de Chincon, the wife of the Span
sh Viceroy of Peru, was cured of q violent
intermittent fever, by drinking an infusion of
the bark, and this led to its introduction into
Europe. Were the natives acquainted with
it? Humboldt answers this question very
positively in the negative, and refers the dis.
covery to the Jesuit missionaries, who, being
in the habit of tasting the bark Of every tree
they hewed down, at length discovered the
precious febrifuge. NJ earbt1.:s
Other authors of repute contend that the
virtues of cinchona bark were known to the
Indians, long before the advent of tho Span
iards but the question again arises how they
first became acquainted with its properties.
To account for this, ridiculous tale has been
invented that certain animals, while laboring
under fever, happened to gnaw the bark of
one of the cinchona trees, and was cured forth
with. Far more probable is it that some Gin
chona trees, having been laid prostrate by the
tempests in pool of water, and the latter
becoming charged with the medicinal princi.
pie, some person laboring under fever drank
of this water, was cured and published the
result. But, however this may be, it is GER
tain that the remedy first became popularized
in Europe, through the agency of Count de
Cinchon, Viceroy of Peru, whose wife was
cured of intermittent fever by its administra.
ton. The new remedy, however, was badly
received in France and Italy.
The faculty set their faces against it. Ply
sicians who dared prescribe its use were per-
secuted, and it was only the patronage OF
Louis XIV, which ultimately rendered it pop.
ular in France. This monarch suffering from
intermittent fever, was cured by an English
empiric named Talbot, by means Of secret
remedy. This was no other than cinchona
bark. Louis XIV. purchased the secret for
$4,000 livres, and bestowed, yearly, a pension
of 1000 livres on the EDglishman, besides
giving him letters of nobility. Three years
subsequently the remedy was published. It
was highly concentrated vinous tincture OF
cinchona bark. Cinchona trees grow in the
densest forest of Peru. The task of discover
ing them, removing their bark and conveying
the latter to the place of export, is trouble
some, difficult and dangerous. In these for.
ests there are no roads. Frightful precipices
intersect the path of the cascarillero, or bark
gatherers, across which it is difficult to pass,
even while unembarrassed by load. So soon
as the treasure of bark has been secured, these
difficulties and dangers proportionately in
crease, so that the comparatively low price At
which cinchona may be procured is, in itself,
a matter of surprise. ..... .