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Rates esa Eh0W.a Efeisht,
Rates CT, Up Freight,

GOODS. MERCHANDISE, ETC, ETC
Fyo,, Wa,luy. to Will, WuIIa 4N
Fiom Waiula 10 Whitman =
From WLit.i.an 10 Wala Walla-. -...-.----.-- ! "
81 Building Material, Agrirultural and Merhsn-
icl impitme mis-, Lime, Sc, Freigt,d to Wallnla "
O.. 5. y. Co.'S ioais AT IetlucI! measurement VIII ne
Frei-htei by at the foregoing rates, on D. q y.
Co Is reduced measurement:
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Troifing Race for stations

ESQ ?. M.-Trottins Race: 2-mile eats
in 3 Free for all stations Purse so; first
horse $50; ID horse so.
, 1878-06-01

NOTE PAPER-Ruled NorE hPER, for
~ sale at the SIArEsxAS offc..
, 1878-06-01

NNVELOPES. Received at the STATES
~ MAN Office large lot of Envelopes, which
viii be printed and sold at slight advance up.
On San Francisco prices.
, 1878-06-01

HyHE UNDERSIGNED, ADMIN,iEs,rfGGY,
tor of the estate of THOMAS n I'D ussrnsd,
deceased, hereby gives notice to al eonir,- e;,;..r,-
that he proposes to resign as such aan ;Dr lbs:
tor; that he has fled his petition n. ~ VA,
purpose. in the Probate Court OF "a ;i etans
county, ". T, and that the same WI VIZ ls.s,,
up for hearing at the regular May HaRT HT
of said Court. DANIEL Sic M.rstM
-o a96s
, 1878-06-01

BLANK DErps at this Office.
, 1878-06-01
Two femarkabIe CASES.

Tho prChatc court IN DEbiin and The Mari
borcurh Street Polic. Z, uTJ III London have
recently been engaged TN two remarkable
scandals. which would not GiscTcdIt BROOK
Ivn or Chicago. Trc DGu,in case arises from
:: contest over Will male by Mr. Bagot,
who had realized large fortune IN Australia,
which al his dca.A he left principally to his
brotbrrs and sister, making only small pro-
vision fer ms wife sud a son born after we'd
lock. but " hose legitimacy The testator de
med. hir. hagat. after leading dlsslpated
lite IN London. after his return from Aus
iraha. mel with an accident which crippled
and disabled Linn. Miss Werner, the daugh-
ter Of !iaranet. became MS wife subsequent
10 TIM. accident. Il IS ALLEGED that she Ell
ticyd him into the marriage, and dhercareefa
pears to have been most extraordinary one
The evidence shows that she was tond OF
entertaining array officers - hotel DINNERS
AID one bill was produced for dinner for
the laiy. her sister and two Oi,icerS, footing
up p,aflv six soyercigus or a'roS thirty dol
lars. In addition to A!r,. hagots nclInatIcn
for officers 81 the ilucers she was accCSt0m-
ei duriLg her husbands sickness to play
ria..os aud drag heavy furniture about III tie
room over his heai, because he insisted on
having III, sister with him. Altogether the
deceased does not appear TO have lived a
very pleasant married life. although the at
fractions ot his wife are sad TO be so great as
To enable her to caputre the doctors who at
tcuH,aonherhushInd and all whoappr"ached
her except Mr. bagot's iron-clad relations.
The evidence givcl III the case Is III the
broalrst AID most 0utspcken description.
c,J the rrpnrts in the I!ub!in papers throw
the notifications even Of the Western press
into the shade.
The Euelish ease takes ihe form Of A crimi-
nal prosecution for malicious siaudeF, insti-
tuted by Mrs Dixie against her bFo;herin-
Law. Major ". G. Fcatherst"ne- Dixie, for
malicious libel Mr. Dixie, the husband of
the complainant, was of uns"und mind and
committed suicide The defendant persisted
in allgging an improper intimacy between lis
sisterin-aw and the Earl OF Aylesford. The
lady. who is the daughter of Lady Dixie and
hi.hly connected, brings forward the most
positive testimony denying the assertion of
Major Dixie and entirely clears away the
suspicious circumstance OF her occupation Of
Lord AylcSiord $ London house Ter several
DAYS while her husband WAS absent through
m accident in proving that she was sick, was
:.ll the time surrounded by her own family
and servants, and went there In preference
IL being alone at a hotel The case is com
piicated hy divorce suit brought by Lord
AVlcslurd agc.I(t his own wife, but Ma jnr
Dixie appears 10 have been too rash III his
charges, and Is likely to suffer the penalty OF
malicious libel, which i'll England IS severe.
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Furniture Repaired aud Vanished.
GS WAREROOM. Main street. Walla walla
below Third street. A-tf
, 1878-06-01
CRANE & BRIGHAM,

Wholesale Druggists.
$50 and 81 Market Street San Francisco Cal
Price 81 per Large I,Oftle. six bottles s.
Sfu
, 1878-06-01

The World moves. and unless We Pro2re-s we musi
go Backwards. Nothi g remains Stationary.
, 1878-06-01
PASSENGER RATES.
ID. s. BAKE
Notice Of Resignation.

President w. ". & 4. x. n ,ss
ALA WaILa. November 4, 1871
, 1878-06-01

Fest SeEVing NachtNei
nov in use Tie 9ii,erea. v'r ties ot Grover E-k-
e-'s eelelIa.e Sewin.. N.riin Inw ON hand ana i
sale at his Gunsiai h Store, Main street, Hah
Waa, at san Francis If',,s, with freight a'!irS.
I2s-I will ruI-nnise tn keep thesr Mlctnfr IN
prOl nrer free nf rissl,r,. 10 81 ,'rrrHa>ar. lSt
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A Joke That Missed Fire.

Cooleys oldest boy is a little too fond
of playing practicle jokes. The other
evening, he went up into the third story
back room. in which the hired man sleeps,
and fixing a piccs eff stout Irvine to the
bed clothes, he raa it down stairs into his
own room, with tbs intent to remove the
cover from the hired man as soon as that
individual got into bed.
The Cooley's lad Just taken down their
winter stove, and they had the parlor stove
standing temporarily at the head OF the
third story stairs.
The man discovey<d the string Just as
he was retiring, and comprehending the
motive of the inten ID trick. he quietly
united it. and fastena ito the stove.
The boy, meantim6 49, gone to bed,
and forgotten about the string. But
ABOUT 10 o'clock, Mr.. Cooley, who was up
stairs getting apple in theigarret, caught
his foot in the string as. he was coming
'o He i fell. and pulled the stove after
him. and the next moments Cooley, pan
Of apples. and about II pieces of
stove-pipe, ana brick In ere rafting
down stairs with noise volley of
musketry.
AS Cooler lay on the ing. with q
pile of apples and cast iro eped upon
him, Mrs. Cooley, and The BOY and the
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The Song-SparrOw

Birds of the doorsidei warbling clear
In the sprouting or fading year,
Well art thou named, from thy own sweet
lay
Piped from paling or naked spray,
AS the smile of the sun breaks through
Chill gray clouds that curtain the blue.
Even when February bleak
Smites with his frost the travellers cheek,
While the air has no touch of spring,
Bird of promise we hear thee sing,
Long ere the first rathe blossom wakes,
Long ere the earliest leaf bud breaks
April passes and May steals by;
June leads in the sultry July;
Sweet are the woodnotes, loud and sweet,
Heard from the robins and hang birds seat
Thou, as the green months glide away,
Singest with them as gayly as they.
August comes and the melon and maize;
Bask and swell in his fiery blaze;
Swallows gather and southwark bound,
Whirl like whirl- blast round and round,
Thrush and robin their songs forget
Thou art cheerfully warbling yet.
Later still, when the sumac spray
Reddens to crimson day by day,
When in the orchard. one by one,
Apples drop in the ripenin sun,
They who pile them beneath the trees
Hear thy lay in the autumn breeze.
Come November, sullen and grim,
Spangling with frost the rivulets brim,
Harsh, hoarse winds from the woodland tear
Each brown leaf that is clinging there;
Still art thou singing amid the blast,
"Soon is the dreariest season past"
Only when Christmas snow storms make
Smooth white levels ofriyer and lake,
Sitting the light snow all day long,
Only then do we miss thy song,
Sure to hear it again, when soon
Climbs the sun to a higher noon.
Late when the sorrowing south wind brought
Tdings of battles fiercely fought,
1idings of hosts in war array,
Marking with graves their bloody way,
Still vert thou singing near my door,
"Soon is the stormiest season DER"
Even thus sing cheerfully on,
Bird of Hopel as in ages gone,
Sing of springtime and summer shades,
Autumn's pomp when the summer fades,
Storms that flee from the conauering sun,
Peace by enduring yalor won."
- BRYANT
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servants came running out 70 ascertain
what ON earth was the matter.
AS they approached, Cooley said:
Terrible wasn't itg AwfuIlest earth
quake we ever had in this countryp,
was It real earthquake2n asked Mrs.
Cooley. | didn't feel shake.
Didn't feel iti'' exclaimed Cooley.
taking stove leg out of his shirt collar
and brushing the SCOT from his clothes
didn't feel ita Why my gracious the
| house rocked like a cradle. I thought
| she'd go clear over every minute. Its
the worst shock / ever felt. Sent me
skipping down stairs, with things a-rat-
ting after me, till thought the roof had
bursted in. There's something queer
| about these natural commissions The
fclentific men say that the shake always
moves In waves from east 10 west, so that
lift comes from the -"Hellot what's
this2' exclaimed Cooley, discovering the
Irvine wrapped around his leg. Who tied
that string to that there stove2n
As he looked around inquiringly, he
observed his oldest boy suddenly mount
upon the banister and glide swiftly down
to the first floor, where he stood wal ing
Tor an offensive moment on the part OF his
father.
Then Cooley leaned over the railing,
and shaking his fist at him, said:
"You wicked little scoundrel! If you
amt a candidate for the gallows, I'm no
Judge. You come here and 90 to bed.
Tomorrow morning I'll tan your hide for
you with bed Stat. You mind me |
I'll give you enough earthquake TO make
you dance from here to the equator, you
tow-headed outcastr'
Then the family went to bed, and the
boy crept softly up the kitchen stairs,
thinking there was not much fun in such
jokes anyhow.
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MORGAN PRUSSIA.
The Irishman Who Outwitted Mon

sch.
George the fourth, who was remark
able for his dexterity in telling a story,
wheA Prince Regent, was fond of collect
ing winstances of the within and humor of
the Irish peasantry. One of those was the
history OF Morgan Prussia
Morgan, the gay and handsome son
of a low Irish farmer, tired of home,
went to take the chances of the world,
and seek his fortune, By what means he
traversed England, or made his way to
France. is not told. But he at length
crossed France, and probably without
much knowledge or much care whether
he was moving to the North or South
Pole, found himself ia the Prussian ter
ritory. This was in the days of the first
Frederick, famous for his tall regiment
of guards, and for nothing else axcept
his being the most dangerous compound
of fool and mailman amoung the crown
ed heads of the Continent.
He had but one ambition, that of in
specting twice a day regiment of a
thousand grenadiers, not one of whom
Morgan was an Irish giant, and was in
Il
sergeants. who forced him to counter in
to the tall battalion. This turn of fate
was totally out of the Irishman's calcula-
ton, and the prospect of carrying a mus
ket till LIS dying day on the Potsdam
parade, after having made up his mind
to live by his y its and rove the world,
more than once tempted him to think of
leaving his musket and his honor behind
him, and fairly trying his chance for
escape. But the attempt was always found
lmpracticable; the frontier was too close,
ly watched, and Morgan still marched up
and down the Potsdam parade with dis
consulate heart when one evening Tur-
kish recruit was brougt in; for Frederick
looked to nothing but the thews and
sinews of man, and the Turk was full
seven feet high
How much did his Majesty give for
catching that heatheni" said Morgan to
his corporal.
"Four hundred dollars, was the an
swer.
He burst out into an exclamation OF
establishment at his waste Of roya
treasure upon Turk.
~Why, they cannot be got for less, re-
piled the corporal.
What a pity my five brothers cannot
hear of itm said Morgan; q ami dwarf
70 any one of them. and the sound of
half the money would bring them all
over Immediately
As Tue discovery Of tall recruit was
the well known road to favoritism, five
were worth at least pair Of colors to the
corporal. The conversation was immedi-
ately carried to the sergeant, and from
him, through the graduation Of officers, to
] the colonel. who toek the first opertu-
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. Did our neighbor behave any bet

Did our neighbor behave any bet
ter9''
AT ali event he suffered unjustly.
This canLot be allowed to pass. Don't
you think you had better call and apollo
gize2n
Well, I'll think about it.
On my way home from the station that
enening lang the visitors bell at YER
andah House, and was in due course
ushered into the presence of the pro-
prietor. Our recognition was mutual /;
and as my neighbor approached me, I
prepared tc put myself in defensive at
titude. His hand however, was not ex-
tended to commit an assault, and before
could stammer out the elaborate
apology | had prepared, was forestalled
by hearty shake of the hand and an
apology from the quondam Thereafter!
Under such circumstances ii may easily
be guessed that satisfactory under
standing was soon arrived at, and an ex-
changa of invitations to spend the re-
mainder of the evening in each others
society ended in my returning home with
my neighbor as my guest.
| am very partial to an after
dinner cigar. Having already commit
ted myself, however, | determined to
practice little self denial; but what was
my surprise, when ] carried off my
neiGhbor to my study to show him a few
rare volumes of which / am almost as
proud as am Of my children, to see my
friend produce cigar-case, and not only
fer me the means of indulging in my
favorite weakness, bur himself preparing
to join in it.
"You may well look surprised" said
he; but in truth am an inveferate smok-
err / passed many years of my life In
Havana, and these cigars which | ven
ture to say YOU will find remarkably
good--are of my own importing
"But you expressed such contrary
opinions the other day.
''The fact is, that when in the West In
dies I suffered from severe attack of
yellow fever and the remedial appliances
so effected my mind that for some time |
had to be placed under restraint. Thanks
to the skill of clever practitioner, | am
cured but my old malady still shows it
self in occasional fits of uncomfortable OBJ
stinacy."
II beg your pardon" says l "but are
you not military man2"
Eyes; was captain in the-th Regi-
ment'
Captain B-l Nv mind reverts to the
story had herard on the morning of our
first meeting. But was our friend as thor
oughIy cured as his ex-kceper seemed to
imaginel can't say but know that he
IL an exoollent neishhor~., Ho troats his
misadventure as a capital joke; and it is
likely to be stock story for the rest of
his life how he was fined forty shillipgs
by the railway company because another
passenger had infringed bylaw No. L.
Chambers Journal.
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The Parable Of the Lark.

Two welded larks were safely hid
Below the waving wheat,
where IN the summertime they made
There nest with grasses sweet
And from the eggs the mother warmed
Beneath her downy breast
Out peeped brood Of pretty biroE
To make their parents blest.
Built in the furrow of pillow,
The nest was well concealed,
And all around this happy home
Stretched out the golden field,
One dewy morn the fathers wing
Was soaring TO the sky,
As with his storing voiced notes he held
His jubilee on high.
The gentle mother heard his song,
And knew love filled his breast,
But in her heart were anxious thoughts
As she sat near the nest.
"My little darlings," then she said,
Il charge you listen well
To all the farmer says to-day,
That you each word may tell.
The gIittering scythe will reap the wheat
Which bends with golden weight,
And II it touch my pretty brood,
Iwould leave me desolatew
The faithful mother sought for food
In fields both far and near,
OFT wondering, as she homeward flew,
What news would greet her ear.
Five little throats were opened wide,
To give the instant warning,
That all the neighborS had been called
To reap the field that morning.
"My hearts relieved" the mother said;
II surely need not fear;
For neigh6ors will not cut the grain,
And we may linger here.
Listen again." the old bird said.
As from the nest she flew,
sand tell me what the farmer says
To morrow hewill do"
At night the fiuttering wings expressed
Great terror and alarm;
we heard,p they said, 'the masters friends
Invited to the farm"
The mother-lark was peaceful still;
Her little ones she fed;
And many a time she whispered soft,
Ellis friends do not dread"
Once more returned from errands sweet
The lark inquired the news;
Hell reap his field himself he saws,
Aud not wheat-ear lose!'
make hastei make hasten the mother
cried,
Stretch our your tiny wings;
The brave intent to work himself
No disappointment brings.
"The farmers work will now be done:
He trusts no more his friends;
And surely he's the wisest man
Who on himself depends"
Old School book.
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unnumbered Graves.

Yon hillside with its shafts of cleaning white
Bathed in the glory of the setting sun,
Holds many grave where, hidden from otii
sight,
Some loved one sleeps, llfe's toll and labor
done.
But there are graves over whose slumbering
mould
No polished marble rears its stately head.
And were not fragrant flowers above unfold
To waken pity for the quiet dead.
These are the graves deep down within our
hearts,
Where lie the hopes and drems of early
Buried from sight but signaled by such
marks
AS only can be made by blood and tears
Some early love that crowned us in our
And. made life glorious for short sweet
hour
Some cherished promise, robbed of strength
and truth,
Crushed in the morning of its newborn
power
There is the spot where memory has en-
gTaved
The form and face of one we called friend,
One for whose welfare we would cen have
braved
Censure and heartache to the bitter end
But twas not wisely done and so we draw
Before the treatchery of the smiling eyes
4 heavy veil. The cold world if it saw,
Would protier pity in thousand lies.
So life goes on. We lay the forms away
OF things we loyed not wisely but too well.
And in the lapse of years we learn to stay
The fretful chanting of their fueneral knell.
We learn to smile before the smiling throng,
Although the adder's fangs be deeply set;
Aud JON perhaps our voices in the song,
To soothe the pain we never can forget.
And thus we lern 70 envy the calm rest
OF those who sleep beneath the silent sod
Bound with life's CALLING chains, we know IT'S
best
To bend our heads and pass beneath the
rod
And when we see some mourners heavy clad
In robes of black, haggard, with tear-dm-
med eye,
We know their lives would be more bright
and glad
Could they but reason-it is life to die.
Mourn not the slumbering dead, but rather
say,
Blest are the sleepers. Years may come
and 20;
Heads that are brown and gold may turn to
gray;
But they are done with earth and tears and
Woe
Somewhere, we know, beyond the world of
stars
They viii. at lasthaye found sweet Lethe's
stream;
Where life is love, and love one long true
dream.
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For the Young People.
The Pretty kittens.

A long time ago, not many years after
the old revolutionary war, there lived in
the northern part of South Carolina MIR.
Williams.
The country was not at that time very
thickly settled, and bears, wolves and
such like neighbors were not so rare in
the forests as they are now.
This Mr.. Williams had two little boys,
Robert and Samuel. about ten and eight
years old.
One day these little boys had been to
the field, considerable distance from
the house, to carry their fathers dinner
to him, and coming back concluded to
go round through the woods.
There was beautiful little brook run
ming through deep shaded glen, where
they played long time, then climbing
over the steep hillside, they came upon a
hole in the rock like the mouth of a cave
this was quite discovery, and they
scrambled into it with loud EXPLANATIONS
of delight.
They were still wondering and admir-
ing. when from bed of leaves, that
seemed to have been driven by the wind
into one corner, they heard a strange
weak cry, as of some young animal.
Fearless lite country boys that they were
they FASTENED to the spot, and
80 what beautiful little Kittens they
both exclaimed "Let's carry them home,
they will die here. Where could they
have come from2"
There were just two so each took one
in his arms and started homewari eager
to show their treasures. The little
creatures seemed to be very wild and
fierce, and the boys laughed heartily at
the way they snapped and snarled at
them. but held on to them with deter
mined kindness.
They bad COTTON out of the woods and
were crossing a large open field, when
they heard some one shouting to them.
'.Robcrt Sam run for your lives!"
They looked around, and there, not far
behind them, was large volt following
their track.
Clutchipg their pretty kittens more
tightly than ever, they did run with all
their might, but their enemy was gaining
on them every moment. Now the house
was in sight; but they were so tired,
would they ever get there? Already they
could hear the quick tread of the wolf
close behind them; and something else
was coming up Oh one side. Gould it be
another wolff They dared not stop to
look. Poor Sam, bis little tired legs al
most refused to carry him, but there was
never thought of letting go the kittens
for the cruel wolf to eat.
A step or two more, and there was the
quick report of gun, a furious howl,
and they turned to see their enemy roll
ing OR the ground and their father COM
ing rapidly toward them. 1t was he who
had given them warning. Crossing from
one part to another of his farm, he had
seen their danger, but the chance of
reaching them seemed hopeless; yet hap
pening to pass hunter, he snatched his
gun and so succeeded in intercepting the
raging animal and saving his sons.
And what do you think the kittens
were that they had been carrying so care
fully in their arms at the risk of their
lives9 They were young wolves. No
wonder the mother wolf pursued the boys
with such fierce hastel But the little
bows were greatly distressed when their
father insisted upon having their rough
little pets killed.
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Good health is blessing only attained by
careful attention to the real wants of the
body; but by how many ways do we aggravate
symptoms and produce diseases it is difficult
to cure. frequent among which is Heart Dis
ease, Nervousness, Sleepless or Wakeful
nights. Among the many forms of Heart
Disease are Palpitation, Enlargement, Spasms
+ the Heart Stoppage of the Action of the
Heart, Trem bling all over and about the
Heart. Justification or Bony Formation of the
Heart, Rheumatism, General Debility and
Sinking of the Spirits. These troubles can
be cured by the use Of DIR. Graves HEART
REGULATOR. Send to the sole agent, F. E.
INGALLS,, Concord, N. H., for pamphlet of
testimonials, &c.
For sale by druggists at SO cents and 81 per
bottle.
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EarYyPotatoes

Much interest is manifested among
growers In the Early Ohio potato, as
variety which reaches maturity earlier,
and is better than the Early Rose. 1t is
regarded as about week earlier than the
Rose, and is more prolific and of excellent
quality. 1t needs, however, care and
good, rich soil to obtain the largest re-
suits. We obtained the largest and
earliest tubers where we used whole
seed, and fertilized with pure superphos
plate in the trenches. S perphosphate
and potash give to the potato crop the
kind of nutriment itrequlres.