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, 1879-01-23
PATRoNllE YOUR HOME PAPER.

A pCIop'i "lH'''f, W. -" ''S''' $500
fornia, recently, in search of an
opening for business, says: "a
short time since, among others, | mo-
sliced paper edited by you at Port
Townsend. l perused it with min,
gled surprise and pleasure, for | had
thought your town had very few in
habitants and consequently must
necessarily be an inferior place; but
if the paper l saw was sample of
what we might expect in all business
in your town, it must be a thriving
locality" The person writing was
M entire stranger to US, and the can
dor of the communication indicates
the case to be a fair sample Of many
others. There is no use in trying to
ignore the fact that properly sup
ported and we'll conducted local
newspaper is the most desirable aid
town can have. A newspaper
which makes favorable impression
abroad where it circulates, which in
dicates to agood advantage the men.
tai, moral, and commercial standing
of its town, speaks loud words for
local growth and prosperity. If it
be used as political engine merely,
to further political or partizan
schemes, if it is devoted to hatching
up local quarrels and venting spite
upon some one, if it contains prin-
cipally cheap, sensational, trashy
stuff with merely local application,
it will certainly fail to accomplish
much for the benefit of the town or
locality from whence it issues. But
rightly conducted journal is pow
ER for good. Port Townsend, like
other towns on the Sound, needs
building up; it needs men of all
trades and occupations to develop
its surrounding resources and help
it to GROW. A newspaper is sup
posed, even by the most casual OBJ
server, to be fair indication of the
town and people from whence it EN-.
anates-hence the more creditable
its appearance the more it does tow
ard attracting immigration, for men
who start across the continent or
away from home to better their con-
dition have decided preference for
thrifty and enterprsing localities.
1t is not an idle boast to say that
the ARGUS, since passing under it's
present management, has outstripped
all its predecessors and competitors
in every important and desirable
feature of local journal. Its ad-
vertising columns give evidence of
liberal local support and indicate
pretty fully the extent and diversity
of thriving business enterprises in its
locality. 1t has never failed to speak
out boldly in matters of reform or
progress, wherein the best interests
of the town are concerned. 1t is our
personal enterprise, and has claired
our earnest and untiring attention to
such an extent as to largely seclude
us from mingling in society. We
announced at the outset that it was
to all intents and purposes life
work with us, and our constant aim
has been to keep it improving as
rapidly as circumstances and its
support would warrant. We have
never appropriated dollar out of its
income, save enough for a decent
support and reasonable contributions
for charitable purposes--al has been
applied in buying new material, in J..
creasing the facilities Of the Office for
work and paying off Indebtedness
for the original purchase. While
we deem It's support sufficient
cause for pride in its standing, we
, 1879-01-23
In Clallam County, w. r.
IN PIERCE COUNTY, w. T

In front of the office of Samuel
Wilkeson, Jr., at New Tacoma, ON
Thursday, 2Osh day Of February, 1879,
Mt = o'clock u. Vi.
Blocks Nos. II, 20, 25 aud 80, and
fractional block No. 13, situate in or
near South Tacoma. Said first men.
toned blocks containing 8 lots each,
and said last block containing lots.
The lots being 50xl00 feet.
A'so-Lots 3, II, II and l3 in
block No. 4, situate in or near West
Tacoma.
Terms and conditions of sale:-
Cash; 30 per cent of the purchase
money to be paid to the auctioneer
on the day Of sale, and the b,lance
on confirmation of sale by said Pro.
bate Court. Deed at the expense
of the purchaser.
f. A. BARTLETT,
Adm'tor of est. of John Wider, dec.
January goth, 1879. 49:3w
, 1879-01-23
NCTTCE OF
Administrators Sale of
Real Estate.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN,
That in pursuance Of an order of the
Probate Court of Clallam county,
w. T., duly made on the 2Sth day
of October 1878, in the matter of the
estate Of John Wider, deceased, the
undersigned, administrator of SAID
estate, will sell at public auction to
the highest bidder, for cash, and sub.
ject to confirmation by said Probate
Court, at the places and times here.
matter mentioned, all the right, title
and interest of John Wider at the
time of his death, and which the said
estate, by operation of law or other
wise, may have acquired other than
or in addition to, that of said John
Vidler at the time of his death, in
and to the property hereinafter de-
scribed.
, 1879-01-23
Administrators Notice
to Creditors.
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF JET
FERSON COUNTY, W. II.
IN TIE MATTER OE TILE ESTATE DE-
Thomas Savage, dec.

N~SV1 NOSs
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN BY
~ the undersigned administrator of
the estate OF Thomas Savage deceased, to
the creditors Of aud all persons having
claims against the said deceased to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers, within
one yenr after the date of this notice to
the said administrator at his residence near
Seabeck. w. H.. or to his attorney G.
Morris lIaIler Esq, at his office IN the city
OF Port Townsend, W. r., or be forever
barred.
Dated the 10Th dny of December 1873.
JAMES DONOVAN.
Administrator OF the estate Of Thomas
Savage deceased. 4l:4C
, 1879-01-23

WE have just received circular
letter and list of questions from Mr..
f. P. Thompson, Of Sacramento,
Cal, who proposes 20 issue a book
entitled the "Pacific Coast Farmers
Manual and Live Stock Register"
He promises its appearance in about
a year, and says it will contain "a
complete pedigree and description
of the blooded stock on the Pacific
coast, besides much other inlorma
tion to farmers.
, 1879-01-23
City Ordinance No. 20.

a y ORDINANCE REGULATING THE
DISCHARGE OF EXPLOSIVES UPON THE
WlIARVES, PIERS AND LANDING PLACES.
, 1879-01-23
116 Acres devoted to Fancy
POULTRY.

UNLIMITED RANGE.
HEALTHY STOCK.
LARGEST YARDS ON THE COAST.
Brahmas. Leghorns, Plymouth Rocks.
Bronze Turkeys, Geese, Pokin Ducks,
Guina Pigs. etc,
S'"Safe arrival of Fowls and Eggs
guaranteed 'ts1
le9- Pamphlet on the care of Fowls
hatching: feeding. diseases and their cure.
etc,. adapted especially to the Pacily
COlst. sent for l5 cents.
Send stamp for price list.
The CENTENNIAL INCUBATOR; any one
can hatch eggs with 1t,
Address, NJ. EYRE. Napa, Cal.
please state where you saw this advt.I 4s
, 1879-01-23

The daily Tacoma Herald las suS-
pended publication.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-12
The Dreadful TarantnIa.

The following story is from a Sacra-
mento journal: "a party of Sacrament
tans returned home last week from
trip to the mountains, bringing with
them two deer skins, one wild cat skin,
and few other trophies, including two
tarantulas-dead ones. They had a lit
tie incident attending the transpOrta-
ton Of these specimens which occa-
stoned considerable alarm. 1t occurred
in Cache Creek canyon as they were
returning home. The tarantulas, for
lack of better receptacle, were enclosed
in cigar box when caught, about ten
days previous, and this box carefully
tied up, was deposited beneath the seat
of the vehicle. While they were jolting
through the canyon the seat slipped, and
the two men occupying it found them
selves dropped suddenly into the bottom
of the wagon. One of them struck the
cigar box, crushing it, and Immediately
felt that something had hurt him. A
glance showed him that he was resting
on the tarantulas, and with yell of ]
am stungl l am stungP he jumped
from the wagon, and dashing his hands
behind him, as though desirous of lifting
himself out of his boots, he bounced
wildly along the road, then turning,
made for the wagon, shouting to his
amazed companions: Whisky quick
I'm dyingl why don't you hurryP
The other three men-there were four
in the party - reached simultaneously
for the demijohn, broke off the cork in
their haste to pull it out, and in their
efforts to knock of the neck of the
demijohn, to save time, broke the entire
concern, and nearly all the contents
were lost. About a pint of the liquid
was saved, however, and, without saying
so much as Here's luck the party that
was bitten swallowed it. Soon he be-
gan to feel better, and eventually felt so
remarkably well that it was evident that
the poison had been forced to succumh.
Then the work of Strengthening up the
contents of the wagon commenced, and
the tarantula box was carefully lifted
out and examined, when, behold the
bugs were found perfectly lifeless, and
so dry and stiff that it was evident that
they had been dead more than twenty
four hours, while a couple of tacks in
the broken cover of the box conveyed
a very good hint as TO the nature of the
injury which the bold hunter had sus-
tained,"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-12
What PlaSter VIII Do.

A farmer in Wisconsin who has used
gypsum in his farming operations for a
long time, gives his experience to the
Farmers Club Of the New York Institute,
and here is 4 part of what he says:
have lived here twenty years and
used plaster, about seventy-fYe pounds
to the acre. I make at least one-third
more clover to the acre than can be got
without plaster. You can see the differ
ence in the growth as far as you can see
the clover. One application will do for
two years. Our land is burr oak open
ings; was new when came here, and
not considered good for grass, bnt spien-
did wheat land. There is no sand some
call it clay. I raise clover, keep 800
sh0 y, four COWS and eight horses and
colt all on a farm of 200 acres. I have
abb i sixty acres under the ploW, and
twenty-five of timber; make all the
manure can, and think my land richer
than when bought it. can raise more
grass than when it was new, and more
corn on a clover sod when I soWed plas-
ter on the clover than when it was new.
Perhaps it will ruin it in time, but as
long as can raise big crops of corn and
clover, and feed to stock and hogs, l
think will risk it. Last year raised
al bushels of wheat on nineteen acres,
and $50 bushels of wheat and oats
mixed, on twenty-three acres. The
latter will clean out about one-half
wheat, which will sell at No. 2, as a few
small oats will be left in it. On sixteen
acres of clover sod I had 800 bushels of
corn, of the yellow Dent variety stalks
left on the field. You will think this is
poor farming, but we think it will not
pay to cut them, because there is so
much to handle for SO little feed.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-12
Of MOmnn.

The jealousies of friendship are IN
this more exhaustions than those Of
love; there are only phantoms to fight,
and the price Of peace is merely a
chimera.
A woman who takes woman to her
friend, introduces her into her life as
they do the bearer Of a flag Of truce into
the enemy's camp-unarmed and blind
FOLDED.
A Woman's fall is something like that
of a child. The first intimation the
child has that it has tumbled is conveyed
in the fact that it is being picked up.
Friendship is a picnic to which all
parties contribute, and therefore is some
thing women cannot understand. With
them one party or the other must stand
treat.
Some conjugal fdelities can be ex-
planned on the hypothesis that many a
woman is satisfied to be nothing in a
husbands heart so that she is everything
in his life.
Prudery is often the mantle chosen to
conceal triumphant vice. Where in
ward remorse prevails, there will always
be a corresponding absurdity in the
affectatiOn of genuine virtue.
At twenty a woman searches for trail
ing arbutus; at twenty-five she is after
hOrse-radish at thirty she digs roots
for her blood. Such is gentle spring in
the various stages of the feminine life.
Women who would hesitate about cry
ing before husband or a lover, have no
scTuple about shedding tears before an
audience. It is with their emotions as
with their shoulders-they are displayed
only in public.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-12
The Ise Of Tobacco.

1t is rather singular that Americans
are the only civilized people who habit
ually chew tobacco, although sailors Of
nearly every nation are addicted to its
mastlcatiOn. 1t is singular, too, that We,
probably, employ tobacco in other ways
less than other countries. Shutting is
rather rare here, common as it is in
Europe, especially on the continent.
We do not smoke any more, if as much
as, the English; and the French, Ital-
ians, notably tho Germans, Dutch and
Spaniards exceed US in smoking. But
as tobaccO-eaters we occupy the field
alone, having, it is to be regretted, q
monopoly Of one of the most unWhole-
some and obnoxious of practices. The
national mastication and expectoration
are known over the world, and do am
pie service in all conceptions and carica-
lures of Brother Jonathan. To see a
landsman chewing tobacco anywhere
abroad is to know him for an American,
native or adopted. Perhaps we stick to
the worst of the three customs because
tobacco is to so large an extent an
American plant. Europe knew nothing
of 1t until the discovery by Columbus Of
the Western world The sailors he sent
ashore at Cuba founl the natives smok.
ing, and, seeing them emit smoke from
their nOstrils, imagined them to be on
FIRE. All the natives from the northwest
coast of Patagonia used tobacco, and
to chew it is one of our inalienable
and aboriginal rights
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-12
A Call to See the Refrigeraf0r.

A couple of weeks ago Mr.. Sarsaper
told his wife one morning that he had
got about tired of buttering his bread
with a spoon, and so that day he sent
home a refrigerator. 1t was a beauty,
and he felt proud of it, so much so that
he had good deal to say about it at
the store.
81 suppose you have to put ice in it,
don't you ?" said one of the clerks.
Certainly" said Mr.. Sarsaper; "but
then it takes very little. It's an improve
ment on all the others ever made. Full
of little boxes and places for all sorts of
things. Keeps everything separate
meat, vegetables, milk and so on, with
out any mixing up. 1t makes hot weather
so much more comfortable, Bob, to pull
up to the table and find everything
nice, cool and crisp, instead of limp,
sour and slushy. We wouldn't be with
out it again for any money. wish you'd
run in and look at it, Bob, the first time
you're going by. It's curiosity, and 1
know you'll get one as soon as you see
it. Don't you bother about ceremony
run in at any time"
Bob said he would.
About o'clock one morning last week,
Mr.. Sarsaper was awakened out of his
slumber that always keeps company
with an easy conscience, by his wife
poking him in the ribs, and calling o.
him to hustle out, and see what the
matter was. The door bell was jingEng
like all possessed.
Mr.. Sarsaper craWled out of bed, and
after banging his nose ON the door post
till the blood started, giving himself a
black eye against the corner of the
mantel, and falling down over pretty
much everything in the room, he finally
made his way to the front part of the
house, threw up window and peered
out into the wet and murky gloom.
"Who's therep he demanded, looking
down at the top of an umbrella.
''Mep came in thick voice from the
under side of it.
"Wbo's me-"
@Bob."
ooh! it's you, is it? What's the mat
ter, Bob? Anybody sickr
"Oh, no. You see I've been out to
Sodamsville with some of the boys to
help institute lodge, and Pm just get
ting back. l happened to think about
that refrigerator of yours as was going
by, and so 1 thought Pd stop in and see
it, without ceremony, as you said. Come
down and let me in. I'm in hurry to
get home, and can't stop but minute"
Mr.. Sarsaper said something that
would bend the types double if We
should undertake to print it, and
slammed down the window.
He remarked to Bob the next day that
for downright coolness his refrigerator
was bake-oven compared to the prank
practised on him.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-12
Alaska.

As this is the latest of our territorial
acquisitions, so is it the least known.
Indeed, the interior regions O. the
country, away from the Yukon river,
are as little known as Africa ITSELF The
word Alak-shak means ''the great land"
and correctly describes the country. It
is great territorially. From its eastern
boundary to the island of Alton, the ex-
treme western limit, is 2,200 miles IN an
air line. According to Prof Guyott, this
island is as far west of San Francisco as
Maine is east. Consequently between
the extreme east and west Of the United
States, San Francisco is the middle city.
The coast lines of Alaska, following
up and down the bays and inlets, are
about 25000 miles, or once around the
globe. Its total area is about as large as
all the United States that lie east of the
Mississippi river and north of the Caro-
1inas and Alabama. It's great river, the
Yukon, is over 1000 miles long. and
navigable for steamers from 1900 to
1900 miles. With varying width from
one to five miles along its course, it is
20 miles across the delta of its five
mouths.
Alaska has the greatest mountain peak
on the continent. Mount st. Elias,
1880 feet high. 1t is the great island
pegion of the United States, containing
an aggregate area of over 81 800 square
miles, equal to the size Of some of our
important States. 1t contains 64 vol
canoes, ten of which send forth fire and
melted rock. The seal fisheries make it
a valuable possession; then the furs of
the fox, martin, mink, beaver, otter and
other animals make it worth having.
Its fisheries alone are worth all it cost.
The cod, salmon, halibut and herring
being there in inexhaustible quantities.
Its mineral resources will some day
attract large population and prove to
the would that Alaska was no barren
purchase.
The great surprise in connection with
Alaska is the mild winter climate of the
northern Pacific Coast The great Japan
current of the Pacific that gives Oregon
and California their delightful winter
climate first strikes the shores of our
North American continent at the west
ern end of the Aleutian islands and i'm
parts its greater heat to the Alaska coast.
Consequently, while in northern lati-
tude, it yet has a warmer climate than
New York city.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-12
Whole Number I549.


Few men die of age. Almost all die
| Of disappointment, passion, mental OF
| bodily toll, or accident. The passions
kill men sometimes, very suddenly.
| The common expression chOked with
passion, has little exaggeration in it, for
even though not suddenly fatal, strong
passions shorten life. Strong-bodied
men often die young-weak men live
longer than the strong, for the strong use
their strength and the weak have none to
use. The latter take care of themselves,
the former do not. As it is with the
body, so it is with the mind and temper.
The strong are apt to break, or, like the
candle, to turn, the weak to burn out.
The inferior animals which live, in gen.
eral, regular and temperate lives, live
generally their subscribed term of years.
The horse lives twenty-five years the
OK fifteen or twenty the lion twenty /;
the dog tenor twelve; the rabbit eight f;
the guinea-pig six or seven years. These
number all bear a similar proportion to
the time the animal takes to grow to its
full size. But man, Of all the animals,
is the one that seldom comes up to the
average. He ought 10 live a hundred
years, acC Ording to this physiological
law, for five times twenty are one hun
dred, but instead Of that he scarcely
reaches, on an average, four times his
growing period; tl'e ,at six times; and
the rabbit even ei, times the standard
of measurement. 7 h, reason is obvious
man is not only a., most irregular and
the most Incorporate, but most labori-
GUS and hard worked Of all animals. He is
the most irritable of animals; and there
is reason TO believe, though he cannot
tell what animals secretly feel, that more
than any other animal man cherishes
wrath to keep it warm and consumes
himself with the fire of his own secret
reflections.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-12
Wit and HulnOr.

The only housework that some girls
do is when they begin to dust around
after beau.
What riles a country pOstmistress is to
have 8 postal card come to the office
written in French.
The lightning rod man must be allowed
q good profit, for when he sells out his
business he never can get much for the
good will.
Proposals for marriage in Nevada are
written on postal cards and the answer
comes by return mail, Come on with
your preacher"
A North Carolinian, who fought clear
through the war without a scratch,
kicked at dog the other day and broke
four Of his toes.
A tramp in Kentucky has married
widow worth 100000. This item should
be marked and sent to all tramps. Men
are scarce in Kentucky.
An Illinois editor returns thanks for
centipede sent him by mail from Texas,
it beipg the first cent of any kind that
he had received for several weeks.
Dink pooty veil Of a man dot yiH
shtood by YOU when you vas In shtormy
vedder. Shwarum Of inskects viii shtSy
around you When der sun shines out,
An ingenious chap has invented an
artificial honeycomb which relieves the
bees of much work. He hopes to pro-
vide them with neck-yOkes and buckets
for carrying home honey,
Eight masked robbers stopped q rail-
road train in the West the other day.
As the train contained an excursion
party Of editors, the only loss was
loss Of the time to the robbers
In oVerhauling book Of maxims re re-
Gently a young man was struck WIN . tIlls IIs
one: "Love, if you would 1e IgVSu. .,s.S ~
tried it on and got kicked a ~ Le..eltu'
inns ever printed.
minister in one Of his parochlal
visits met a cow-herder, and asked him
what O'Clock it was. About twelve, sir,
was the reply. "MelI," quoth the min
lister. 'I Thought it had been more" ''Its
never any more here" said the boy;
at Just begins at one again"
An old bachelor was rather takea
back day or two ago, as follows: Pick
ing up q book, he exclaimed, upon seeing
woOd-cut representing man kneeIl3g
as the feet of a woman. Before would
ever kneel to a woman, would encircie
my neck with a rope and stretch IT,
And then turning to young woman, 3s
INQUIRED: ''Do you not think II Woald 94i
ba tbs hest thing 1 could dol 1T
Iyo,,I5 undoubtedly be the best for The
woman. !" was the sarcastic reply
An editors UIzness, says Josh
billings, is to write editorials, grind out
poetry, sort manuscripts, keep a mighty
big waste basket, steal matter, tite other
people's battles, take white beans and
apple sass for pay when he can get 1t,
work nineteen hours out Of tWenty-tour'
and be damed hi everybody