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, 1879-09-20
Wise Saving. rro,., bon ou,,o,e.

Beauty in a modest woman is like fire
or sharp sword III the distance neither
doth one burn nor the other wound those
who come not too close to them.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes
open
The absent feel and fear every i'll.
Self praise depreciates.
The dead TO the bier, the living to good
cheer.
All women, let them be ever so homely,
are pleased to hear themselves celebrated
for their beauty.
Squircs and knights-errant are subject
to much hunger and i'll luck.
Liberality may be carried too far IN
those who have children to inherit from
them.
Virtue is always more prosecuted by
the wicked than beloved by the righteous.
Every one is the son of his own works.
Honey is not for the mouth of all ass.
No paddock. bolts or bars can cure a
maiden So well as her own reserve.
Wit and humor belong to genius alone
The wittiest person III comedy Is he
who plays the fool.
There is no book SO bad but something
good can be found in it.
We ate all as God made us and often
times great deal worse.
Let a hen live though it be with a pip.
We cannot all he friars, and various are
the paths 10y which God conducts the
good 10 heaven.
Cuvetuasn, SIS bursts the bag.
It is easy 10 undcri axe, bus more diff
cult to finish the thing.
Tl.e term is equally applicable to all
ranks: Whoever is ignorant is vulgar.
BY the streets oi = Bye and hye " one
arrives at the house II - Never
Betxeea ike Yes and - No D." of a
woman I won,i not undertake 10 thrust
the point Of pin.
Patience, and S.ufie The cards.
\ solder Lad better smell lunpowdcr
tlian musk.
Other nens i.a;,.s age easily borne
\ h.,l c,,at often covers a'Good drinker.
Pray devou'ly and hammer on stonty.
When thing is once begun II is always
halt finished.
Lay bridge of silver for flying enc
my.
The j,st that gives pain is no jest.
, 1879-09-20

The peril of employing highly educated
young men as clerks was again illustrated
the other day. A woman stopped at a
green grocer's on Woodward avenue n e,a and
asked "Is them lettuce fresh " =" You
man that lettuce" suggested the clerk,
90 and it is fresh ''Then you'd better
eat it - she snapped as she walked on
The grocer rushed out and asked the c,erh
what on earth had happened to anger her,
and the young man replied why,
nothing, only l corrected her grammar.
"You have turned away one OF my best
customers Only yesterday she came IN
srd asted me how / sold those white su-
gar gar, and got an order for whole bar
rel Hang you, sir but if them custo-
mers want grammar they don't expect to
find her in a grocery, No, sir; and II
YOU see she again you want to apolize IN
the most humblerest manner.
, 1879-09-20

A WAsnrR-W WoMAS At LEADyrELE.-
But it is 10: alone III mining operations
that fortunes have been made. Mrs.
Sarah Raw. an old Irish washer-woman,
who was amCn- the earliest settlers, has
a somewhat romantic history. Her stock
in trade, when she came, consisted OF a
pair of tubs, and washboard. She be-
.an business under an old pine tree on
the hill side, having no means Of hiring
house. She soon, however, got together
with her own hands a rude slab cabin,
and, as business was good at 81 30 per
dozen for washing, she soon began to pro-
vide for her wants. She got camp-stoye
and after furnishing her cabin comforta-
bly. BEGAN to accumulate money. The
town began to grow in the direction of
her cabin, and after while she employed
labarers to put her up a log-house. As
there was great demand for miners
boarding houses, Mrs Ray concluded to
abandon the wash-tub and start a board
ing house in her new edihcs In this
idea she received great encouragement,
and the house was opened with tiatterinS
prospects. In this venture she proved to
he very successful and made money and
saved it. By the growth OF the city, her
house finally got to be in the very center,
and, as the streets were laid out, 1t proved
to occupy a location on the corner OF
Harrison avenue and State street. Busi-
ness was good aud she continued 10 make
money, which she invested wisely. She
built another log house and rented IT.
Then she put up frame building, which
was rented before it was finished About
this time some of the land grabbers dis
puted her title to the land, and tired to
dispossess her. But the ola lady had so
many determined friends among the
miners that the effort was given mp.
Several months ago she refused an offer
of SO. 900 for her property, and since
that time she built twO-story block
fronting on Harrison avenue, and as de-
sirable a piece Of property as any IN Lead
Vile She still lives in her og-house,
hut she now intends to tear 1t down and
erect two-story brick block in It's place;
When her improvements are completed
she will have an income ef more tnan
$1,000 month"; pretty good record OF
bnsiness success for an old washer-woman-
, 1879-09-20
Ixn1,Ss DY1SG OFF.-Nachez recently

Ixp1,Ss DYING OFF-Nachez recently
ro.a;vad a letter from his sister, the
Pr;pc.ss Sallie Winnemucca, who Is now
.aacb;no the Indians at Yakima reserva-
Ton near Fort Simcoe, Washington terri
tory, in which she says that .he e si1.es ,,s
taken there last winter, are dying on hke
sheep. She says that no Indians taSeh
sick get well, and she wants TO gel away
from there. She speaks in terms OF the
highest praise of Father wiiour, ana .S's say
that some fifty of her people were recently
converted and baptized by him She
noticed the contrast between the 'rea,-
ment of the Indians at Yakima and Nal
heur, and says that not an Indian was was
ever taught the alphabet at the latter
mace while many OF them at Yakima are
auent readers-Silrer State.
, 1879-09-20

That there is to be Grant organ at
Washington seems to be a settled fact
The new paper viii make It's appearance
about the first OF September. Its name
has not yet been decided on. but in view
of the circumstance that Seeor Robson
mas put $50, 900 into the concern, saved
out Of his salary as secretary OF the navy,
and that VIM J. Murtagh is to be the
business manager, and that it is to be the
central official bulletin of the bummers
brigade, We would respectfully suggest
that II be called the 81 National Ring
Shorter"
, 1879-09-20
The EDper Country.

In order To fully ascertain the immense
strides this upper country has made with
IN the past five years, 1t Is absolutely neces-
sary that man should have known the
country before that period. New comers
here take everything for granted, and as a
matter OF course, it is the old settlers who
are surprised at the progress made When
the first settlements were mad-, the land
that was mostly IN demand was hat situated
on the river and creek bottoms; no other
was then considered TO be tis for anv-ather
purpose except grazing. without expensive
irrigation works. As time Wore on, aud the
country became more populated, enornach-
ments were made by degrees on the land
sloping from the hills toward the streams.
These lands bore such unprecedented crops
that farmers were encouraged to go still
further, until finally the whole country, hill
sides, mesGs and every acre, where 1t was
not too steep to piow, became grand
wheat field. This has applied in the past TO
the great Walla Walla country, which IN
cludes the Touchet and its numerous tribu-
taries in and around Dayton ali " Waltsburg-
As the traveller rides along on the stage be-
yond that point, he receives the impression
that the country has been settled mp rs the
immigrants went along, as If they had come
upon location and were satisfied without
going any further. Reaching the Tucannon
and Pataha creeks, We find young and thirty
ing towns springing up. with every indlca-
tion OF prosperity around them. Marengo Is
the town o. the Tucannon and contains an
hotel, and mil that has the reputation OF
turning out one of the best brands of -four
in he country. A beautiful stream of water
courses through the valley and adds mach
to its
, 1879-09-20

1. nice state of affairs, isn't it, when
miserable negro, like Casanave, can ektort
a'- NE" ont Of the administration to keep him
mon' fnom telling things tnat the fraudulent pres
dent I and his minions don't want the people
~ ,u LnoW or rather wants them to forget!
, 1879-09-20

Cascades. Another will be at once erected
by the well known and respected Madame
Francois she Is bound 10 keep up with the
spirit of enterprise, and viii build o! brick.
1t will be furnished in the best style; Mad
ame has imported 5000 worth OF the finest
furniture for that purpose. The people of
Lewiston are
EREE AND EASY
In thei. manner, and in fact are hard TO best
for good nature and hospitality. combined
with shrewdness The only city We know
that can in any degree compare with them Is
our other love, Boise City. The business
men are very liberal and accommodating
and a man must show terrible amount of
meanness and rascaity before they press
him. Any ,corking man need never leave
the country for want of supplies so long as
Grostein & Co., Loweuberg Bros and J. c.
Baldwin keep goods for sale. They are old
timers. and can tell good from a bad man
by his back The Teller is the paper Of the
country; it is owned By the We'll known A.
Leland,
VETERAN NEWSPAPER MAN
Who has done more in his single person TO
bring the country he represents iuto notice
IMAM all luc TcSt nave, VI cNci Sdh vi
There is some talk of a new paper being
started there Unless it is conducted by a
lire, well known, go-ahead man with more
than the usual quantity of brains, We pre-
diet for it either a miserable failure or a star
walton existence Every blacksmith printer
thinks now a days that he can run paper /;
the country is full of them. and the people
are sick and tired 1T the thought of even
glancing over them in the vain hope that
something original viii meet their weary
eyes. We generally find a notice OF some
gentlemanly clerk or gay and festive"
barkeepeF who has given the poor devil a five
cent cigar and wishes pull on his ''elegant" ="
bar, or else some
AMBITIOUS MELON RAISER
Who is desirons of seeing his name in print
to be humbly thanked in the old stereotyped
stvle. This, with lots of other matter would
not hurt, but when the people get dosed
every week with the nauseating stuff they
generally bnck. "A little ounce improves
an apple PIE, but it viii never do to make an
apple pie solely of ounces" While we have
by no means exhausted our knowledge OF
this fine rising country, We must ''let up >
for the present, and give 1t more extended
and worthy notice IN succeeding issues OF
the Walla Walla STATESMAN.
, 1879-09-20
LEN ISroN,

Situated at the junction of the Clearwater
with Snake river, was our early home as far
back as G6. At that time there was hardly
a ranch in the country Hour and other com
mon necessaries os hte had to be imported at
a great expense from the lower country the
land, hike 1t was in our valley here, was con-
sidered worthless for agricultural purposes.
To larger extent than is generally consld-
cred, this state of affairs may be attributed
to the fact that mining and its results was
the only thing considered worth looking af
ter Few people came here to stay; they
wanted to
, 1879-09-20
AMBITIOUS MELON RAISER
Versatility OF Western "Dusters."

A day or two aga motherly- looking wn-
man of 4J entered Woodward-avenue
clothing store having a mans linen dusteE
on her arm, and when approached by sales
man she SAID
'.Some one in here sold this duster to my
son yesterday"
"Ycs. ma'am, sold it myself" replied
the clerk, as he looked at the garment.
Did you tell my son that this duster
coui,l be worn either to picnic, funeral,
bridal party or quarterly meeting:"
Il did ina am, and So it can. ="
odd you tell him it male good fly
blanket when not otherwise needed :"
Il did"
That it eonla he used as boat sail, a
stretcher, straw-bed and 4 bed-Spread p
Yes, ma'am, | did
"And that may people used them as
tahle-c0vers
Il did"
And that they would last for years and
III y make excellent stuff for rag carpet
Il did ="
And you only charged a dollar p
.'Only 4 dollar, ma aam-"
well. wapa John came home last night
anl nroa.!,t the dGs:er and told m,e all yon
said, | made up my mind that he mast have
been dr,;.k, and | vas leetie afraid he stole
,he garment | am glad lis all right.
1T certainly is all right, ma'am, and
since lie waS here yesterday We have DIS
covered that the duster IS great conductor
OF snurd, 4 preventative Of sanstroke, and
that no man with one on his back ever drop
ped dead Of heart disease"
Land save us - she gasped. as size reached
for the bundle; "but who knows that they
won't fix 'em so fore long that they'll raise
a mortgage of the farm FIRE P.'eSs.
, 1879-09-20

FISHING CHASCEs-The following care
fully prepared table shows the chances
professional men have of catching fish
when they go fishing:
, 1879-09-20
Rates Oh EScvvn Freight.
Rates on Up Freight.
LrgG TOY wnIe:ir OF, mEAsrKrurxr
!rER TDY NEASCREMENP. |

lfEE T"S WEIGHT or MEASUREMENT.
Between Walla Waila and Whitman
teach w;ayj $4,000. ...-....----.--..S 81 CO
Between Walla Waill anl Milton Station Oh
Bctwee!. Na!ia Wsiia and Blue Mountain 8 90
Ma single consignment taken Tor any distance
for hess than Fifty Cents.
Fast freight rates, one dollar pee taa cxtr..
up aowu between any paints.
All freight destined frr any points where
there is no agent nust L. pr.p.ia the rates
ciinrsta!iie for nrAt Station beyond.
Throu IL rates from Portland will be as fol
lowS:
From Portland to Walla Walla or WHIT
nan, per So 90
From Portland To- Milton Station .... - 80
From Portland II Blue Mountain Station 70 20
, 1879-09-20

CAsaNAvE. .-Gustave Casanave Is ne
gro undertaken and livery stable keeper
in New Orleans. He was one of the Re
turning Board who sold the electoral vote
of Louisiana to Hayes. His three part
ncrs in the infamous transaction We're
Anderson, Wells and kenner. This trio
have been paid for their dirty work by the
fraudulent administration. They and, as
Casanave testifies, forty of their family
connections are all occupying positions
under the government. The four were IN
dicted for their crime, and in the language
Of the Philadelphia Times, " but for the
technical defense ingeniously devised by
able counsel, they wculd have heen sent
to the peniteEtiary, while the administra-
tion, which is the creation of the Board,
would have been covered with lasting DIS
grace That defense cost 5000, which
could not be collected from Wells, Ander-
son and Kenner, who have no property,
and for which their counsel has received
Judgment against Casanave- To pay the
Judgment would rob him of his all and
Casanave, not content to thus be made a
beggar, has been in Washington for some
weeks, trying to compel the members Of
the administration, the benefciaries of his
crime to pay it for him. A part of the
sum has been contributed by republican
officials. and the Collector of the Port Of
New Orleans has been telegraphed to
from the Treasury to advance another
part out Of the public funds in his haada-
Secretary Sherman said to an interviewer.
that it would be all paid, that g it Is a
damned cowardly piece of business for
the republicans to be afraid TO help Casa
nave, that he had no hesitation in an
nouncing his willingness to give money,
and "that any republican who hesitates
TO do so is damned fool And this is
the man who wants to be President of the
United States. There is no more black
and damning page in the history OF any
country than that Of which this business
| is an incident.
, 1879-09-20
MAKE THEIR PILE


And return to a more civilized community
The country was Overrun with men intent
solely on making stake from the mines, and
then clearing out as fast as they could from
what they were pleased to term God lor-
saken country As they travelled, they saw
nothing but grass covered plains, hills and
valleys covered with wild horses herded by
sarages, and none OF the adiuncts OF civili-
zation as compensation These reports
men carried away, and were by 10 means
particular about exaggerating the situation !;
had they reported otherwise 1t would have
been a reflection on themselves, for enquir
les would have been made, why. "if 1t was
a good country they had NOT stayed here: !"
All these reports had to be forgotten, and a
new class OF men who knew not Joseph came,
saw, and conquered for themselves The
country below Lewiston Is now Ill such state
of prosperity that little need be said; they
can walk alone; there is, however, such
vast amount of land with Lewiston for a
central point. that only an exhaustive notice
will do IL full Justice Our sister city's no-
sition Is such that it must, IN the very near
future, according to the
VERY NATURE OF THINGS,
Become the first city above Walla Walla
For years owing to the causes We have men
toned, and over which the citizens had no
control, their town has been IL state OF
..tdtuo quo. bat they have az last awakened
from Their short Rip Van WInkie sleep aud
are branching ont In all the avenues OF busI-
ness, getting ready for the good time that
has been 50 long coming. Already the gras-
sy plains and hills for miles around are
plowed up and have yielded their first mag.
nificent crops Two years since, during the
Neg Perce war, We rode over this country,
and
NOT A RANCH WAS TO BE SEEN.
Now a continuous line of rails fences in miles
of the former grazing and bunch grass hay
fields. The rlaehinery OF enterprise has
been started and Will now be kept going to'
all time. There are hundreds Of thousand:
of acres vet lying vacant that are every Di'
as good as any in the valley OF the Walla
Walla The country is self producing, and
but little money need be sent away except
for luxuries. A fine grist mill, run by one
of the best millers In the country, Is IN oper
alton and doing well c. s Hale Co. have
a fine furniture factory, where the newly ar
rived emigrart eau be supplied at very rea-
sonable rates. The school hOrse Is the best
in the territory of Idaho. and would be
credit To a town ten times its size. nne
new hotel has recently been finished tna'
will bear comparison with any east OF the
, 1879-09-20

a NEW HoTEL-The celebrated Patterson
hotel, at Kalsma, which was recently de-
stroyed by fire, is to be rebuilt again, and IN
fact, has already far advanced towards tn
completion. This hotel has Away mann.
tanned a reputation second to none IN the
lower country and on the Sound.
, 1879-09-20
ROMANTIC APPEARANCE

Between this stream and the Pataha is a
high bench from which can be seen IN every
direction, even unto the edge of the timber
III the Blue mountains. numerous fields OF
waving gram. Pomeroy Is fine little town
that must in course Of time be large place.
1t has flour mill, some stores, and every
thing else that goes toward making city ;
our short stay prevented us from any ex-
tended observation. Fataha city, three
miles further up the creek, is rival town;
Vine Favor is the acknowledged m,gnate Of
the city Here We found line planning mill
and one of the finest grist mills III the whole
country. There Is a very nice hotel where
the stages stop, and the hungry can always
depend upon "A good, clean meal. From Pa
taha toward the Alpowai, the road leads
over fine, we'll graded toll road owned by
Mr. Wheeler, through some Of the richest
farming lands in the country. We can easily
remember the time waen this land was con
sidercd as fit for nothing but 10 Craze cay
cayuses, cattle and sheep. 1t has only re-
Gently been located, for amongst the stubble
fields are many acres that have not yet been
touched with the plow. and much more land
that Is ROM
, 1879-09-20
BROKEN FOR THE FIRST TINE

BROKEN FOR THE FIRST TINE
The soil Is the best and blackcSt in the com
try, and will Weld the usual 40 bushels OF
wheat To the acre This Is the country that
the settlers hunting for new homes should
paw particular attention to for many reasons
but principally on account Of ITS vicinity TO
navigation and the heavily timbcred mauu-
tains The Alpowai is reached and the road
leads down the creek. which Is settled I'D by
i few white men and some Indians, who look
y:rr,-, us tE,y work III tiIe.r catle.Is olothe't
~ 4 costume
HALF CIVILIZED ANn HALF EsEEARic.
These Iud:aas wori, hard. make good liv-
i... and a-c cr.ltcl.;cd, as well as ou cua,i
terms with ;il"ir civii.z,i E.iIhblrS Ea-
;wecIis tie I,,owai and rierc, ferry Oh
SNAKE riYrr, At Lewiston, there IS a large
l.,.,ly Of rulii.:g and be:.ch land that is We,
vacant Ii is covered with a perfect mat Of
the finest Lunch grass. sAic.! Is 4 sure crI-
trrion of lis alSpt4liiity Tor grain. THIS
section IS fast beng se;tlad, and IN another
Year the whole country fr,n, the hills slipping
down Ia Snake river will be occupied. Vt
Whites ferry, SIX miles below Lewiston.
MIR. White experiment-d by planting ont a
grove OF Lomhardy poPiars on the dry land
on the bcIch next the river. This is tree
that is not Supposed to grow without plenty
Of water Wen, there Is no water on this
land and yet the trees are as large and
thrifty as cal. be found anywhere.
, 1879-09-20
COMPANY!

On AND AFTER SEPTEMBER I.lS79,
~ the following rates will be in effect until
fnrt her n1tic...
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feeling his way with cane.
thought the subject over for ten min
utes or SO but did net there and then puI
out my eyes, but admitted nevertheless
that there was a good deal i'll what be
had said, and that he was philosopher
in the fullest sense Of the word.
A few days after I called at my blind
friends house, remarkable fine house
up near Central Park.
HE is not at home, sir" said the ser
want who took my card. "or rather he
can see no one for a few days. DR.. Ag-
new performed a successful operation On
him for cataract yesterday-one my
master has long and hopefully looked
forward to-and absolute rest is ordered
my master for the present. From TIE
French Of Pierre FeroR.
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A Maine Couples Bridal Tour,

: - - --s1
he came rom ilalioHel' VIZ - IL
and only love. ne hao - a''1'4s land
majority sne nao sea.es.5 soA9 be
sweet 10 1hef oesi,e -" ! i
mated legally as, lhoeeo 'he5 ~ }
spirit foano thelr allln,'y - y, ,,3
munster % perform tlla' lh'efes." Il
important service was 10 ea'5 ,as 4 of
was the afternoon q the hfss oao''1 II
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av.=y powerfully reasoned and. and o.
i. rt;cnlar branch OF the subject !
su,' Hing to admit that your blindness
has ii compensation. Bat take arf.. ....,.
aAs you say, take art : me Ple.an .s.
Is ! hing to thank God for, but ! Delley'
tbat - !, il the present moment several exhl- :.
,ia, b;s;ons II are raging in our midst as tbsl
oi''o Answer me candidlY, how man,
sa,,.rs sas. acres Of poor pictures % you hay'
saaaanre y before you come to something
y s4 .tl, seeing. Is not The average
,sa,5 n.ic. II enjoyment thus made pnoons
a;,s,y p'' high ? For my part ! am con
s''aa miss the few good pictures, seeint
that have not 70 look at the many p'0'
ones.
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An Internal Machine In d Letter.

The Cologne Germany Gazette re-
ports new edition Of the internal ma
chine of the murderer Thomas. A
Zabrze, in Upper Silesiia, letter direct
ed to a man named Pelka, to be delivered
into his own hands, was given up 20 ais
wife. Being very large and thick snd
fastened with tape, it excited her curos.
;ty. On pulling one of the ends Of he
tape for the purpose of opening the lesl
there was q frightful explosion. fsa
Pelka was thrown down and seYesly
injured, and all the windows IN the hose
were broken. AS far as has been os-
covered from the fragments atterWFe
picked up, it appears that the letter en-
tained some explosive substance, elasl
dynamite Or nitro-glycerlne, and q y
and needle for its ignition, with wien
the tape communicated. The author o
the crime has not yet been caught; 9Mas W.
whoever he be he has not given up ns
intention TO destroy Pelka, for he las
written a letter to the latter's empbIsf
threatening TO repeat the attempt o11s
life if he is not at once dismissed.