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OVER THE BANISTERS.

Over the banisters bends face,
Darlingly sweet and beguiling;
Somebody stands IN careless grace,
And watches the picture, smiling.
The light burns dim in the hall below;
Nobody sees her standing,
Saying goodnight again, soft and low,
Half way up to the landing.
Nobody, only the eyes OF brown,
Tender and full of meaning.
That smile on the fairest face in town.
Over the banisters leaning.
Tired and sleepy, with dropping head,
wonder why she fingers,
And when all the good-nights are said'
Why, somebody holds her fingers ,=G
Holds her fingers and draws her down,
Suddenly growing bolder.
Till her loose hair drops it masses brown
Like mantle over his shoulder.
Over the banisters aoft hands fair
Brush his cheek like feather;
Bright brown tresses and dusky hair
Meet and mingle together.
There's question asked, there's swift caress
She has flown like bird from the hallway;
But over the banisters dlops Yes
That shall brighten the world for him alway.
Ella Wheeler, In the Inter Ocean.
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Lockout for Sheep and Wool.

The editor of the wool department Of the
Rural World writes 49,
The steady decline in the wool market
during the past year has bsen unable to
check the interest taken in sheep. A few
years ago-after the war-the depression
in prices, although not so severe as now,
caused a rush out of the business. Hun
dreds of thousands of sheep were slaughter
ed for their hides and tallow. Not SO now
oy any means. To-day the average grades
yeas ago. Medium grades, on those about
half merino blood, are II per cent, while
fine or full blood merino and SoxoDy leeces
have declined 25 per cent. Combing woods
have fallen off during the year SO per cent.
Still, the interest gains in the focks over
all other productive industries. A Missou-
ri man writes: "My sheep have paid me
veil yell, while my cattle have paid me moth
ing" The attention of capitalists is more
and more called to investments in sheep.
The cause of all this confidence in the f,l-
ture Of sheep has to be the solid foundation
of the market. So long as people are born
naked, so long will wool be used for cloth
ing. The market is solid and seems likely
to stay so. Until there is more general en-
ployment for the masses who buy woolen
goods. there is no prospect of better prices
for WOODEN goods or wool.
1t requires good sheep, good handling, to
make the growing of wool profitable. With
these two combired, wool-growing is bet
ter, safer, and faster than cattle, horses, or
hogs, on cheap land or on best land. A
gentleman in Bureau county, Illinois, on
land worth $50 per acre, and grand i'm
provements, said his 25 Cotswold ewes were
the best paying stock on his farm. His
sheep we're nearest the barn, receiving his
best care, while the short-horns were taken
in the stalk-field, with the thermometer 100
aelow zero. He claimed, ON land worth $50
per acre, sheep were the very best stock to
keep. il
At no time since the war are men with
ont experience or knowledge of the sheep
business investing so largely in sheep. Not
knowing the price of wool, one would sup
pose the market was buoyant from the zeal
in the business. Among some the fear has
existed that the business would be over
done, but how can such be the case while
we import nearly as much as we grow?
Our population is increasing faster than
our wool production. Suppose our wool
crop was to be more than we needed.
American enterprise would make our Wools
excel the worldin quality and excellence
Our American skill would make our Amer
lean manufactured goods most desirable IN
the worlds markets. Wool-growing then,
would pay us better than it does now. In
| the worlds markets, with the best Woos
and best manufactured goods and clothing,
we should command the respect due ms with
our vast ranges for pastoral sheep husband
~ and our immense sheep interest in con-
nection with our mixed husbandry. Be-
sides these, our manufacturing facilities
wsuld be perfect and unlimited. Our pres,
emit is secure and sound. Our future is solid
and hopeful. Our people are wide-awake
and see it. Our sheep are the best for our
uses, and we know it right well.
q y e
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HEl1ER's AZ ARAyus.
DETAINED FOR DEBT IN PHILADELPHIA
BUT NOW SAFE IN NEW YORK
From the New York Herald

From the New York Herald.
At the time OF the death Of the magician
Robert Heller very general interest was felt
as to the disposition of his apparatus. some
of which was unique and costly and largely
of his own invention. When his will was
published the following clause was found ::
~ have spent years of toll and much money
to bring my tricks to their present state of
perfection, and I do not see why any one
slaould reap the reward of my life of labor"
~ Heller, 10 spite of his physical infirmi-
Ties, had always been genial. generous
FELLOW, and as his half-sister were left be.
bind him, this appeared very strange TO his
fgsands, and no little comment was made
quentIy an informal announcement
was made by the press that in his last hours
Mrs Heller had revoked the direction to de.
stroy his apparatus.
HELLER's DEBTS.
Mr.. Heller died in Philadelphia, leaving
local debts for rent, stage hands and news
papers bills amounting in all to about $3.50.
It was generally believed, however, that
DIR. Heller was very rich man, and no ap-
prehension was felt by his creditors until
they we're met By refusal to pay. Mean
time, before Miss Heller could obtain pos
session Of the apparatus the owner of the
Philadelphia hall where Heller had been
playing levied on it, and declined to let it
10 until his claim, at all events, was salts
ned. Other creditors, thinking that was
81 good idea, followed suit, and it was feared
the apparatus must be sold unless funds
could be raised to redeem them at once.
Il few days since Miss Heller and "Dan''
Gillette went to Philadelphia and endeav-
ored to arrange with the owner Of the hall.
As they were rot prepared to pay in full
their proposition was not at first accepted.
After while the friendly interference of
the landlords lawyer was invoked and ami
cable adjustment was made. Then the ap-
paratus was removed and brought to this
this city, the landlord offering no objection
in the interest of the other creditors. In
this connection it is of interest to know
that although Mr. Heller made money fast
he spent, loaned and lost it nearly as rap
idly. He was also largely interested in
stock speculations, and, unfortunately. lost
much more than he made.
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WHAT THE WITS SAY.

You haYe only to put an atlas on stove
to have plenty of warm maps.-Neso York
Mail.
sour American Cussin'," BY Denis Kear-
ney, every Sunday at the sand lots.--Santa
FS Golden Era.
eyes, John. we 'ear you. Certainly, a
field of corn would be contract. The
verdancy of your query a-maizes us."-Bid-
deford Miniature.
A Western lawyer included in his bin
against his client T: " To waking up in the
night and thinking about your case, 81
Norristopn Herald.
Ad exchange mentions horse that eats
meat Well, we think it about time; they
have been running for stakes long enough.
-.-- Hutsrioo Observer.
A trump-the delinquent subscriber who
paid up last week. Ordered up-the small
boy in the morning. Turned down--the
youths mustaclle inclined to curl.-iSaEeua
Sunbeam.
The Governor of New York puts out a
nlne-column message, but it should be re-
membered that he has large State to cover.
Those who read proof in printing offices
have read the document and called it good
Neao Orleans Picayune.
Now 1t is said kerosene will cure diph-
iberia. We believe in this remedy. Kero-
sene oured from q can into stove having
fire in it, will cure everything except an
undertaker's bill of items--Hartford Jour-
nal.
"What makes dogs mad" asks an ex-.
change. Boys. 1t makes dog as mad as
wet hen the minute he sees boy with a
tin can in one hand and string in the 9TH
er looking for something to tie them to-
Haaokeye.
What did you do then?' asked Colonel
George, after badgering a witness in the
Lowell Railroad case at Salem. 81 went
to the rescue, like lawyer for mans
pocketbook,'' replied the witness, and the
retort was enjoyed all around.-Boston
Post r-.
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How TO Ge TO SLEEP. Sit down in an
easy position, relaxing all the muscles OF
the body, and let the head drop forward
upon the breast a. low as it will fall with
out forcing it. Sit quietly this way for
few minutes, freeing all the will-power Of
the body, and q restful, droWsy feeling
viii ensue, which will, If not disturbed,
lead torefreshing sleep. If the sleepless
fit comes on in the night one can simply sit
up in the position described. Stiffness of any
part OF the body must be avoided, and it is
well 10 bend the body forward after lying
down, rather than to keep it straight or
thrown back upon the pillow. The writer
suffered several years from sleeplessness
cansed By severe pain and nervousness,
and was taught the above BY . physician
Of great experience and ability, and found
through ii great relief. Many persons sim
ilarly afflicted within the writer's knoWl-
edga have tried il, and always with good
results. Kaasas Oits Journal.
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A FAST HOUND. A. Ford, Of Battle
Creek. Mich, owns heavy built mastiff
hound. Business one day called him TO
Ceresco, small village eight miles distant,
and the dog accompanied him. On his re-
turn he got on board the train and did not
discover the absence OF his dog until the
train began moving, when he stepped to
the back platform OF the car and there saw
that the hound had just started. The dog
overlook the train. but as the speed Of the
cars was constantly quickening, it endeav-
ors to jump On board we're fruitless. Then
the train began TO whiz faster, aud the dog
qniekened bis pace, and until within nile
or t~o of this city kept up with the cars,
which we're going at the rate Of lS miles
per hour. He arrived . few minutes after
the cars, his feet sore and bleeding from
contact with the spIinters on the ties having
made the distance Of eight miles in half nd
homr. Inter Ocean.
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THE cHEYENNE MASSACRE.


Better cave in the mountains stern,
home in the swamps morasses,
Where the herds of buffalo never turn
And foot of the deer ne'er passes:
Better death ON the open plains
Than life made weary by dungeon and chains.
Out Of the fort in the cold, gray dawn,
They rush for the forest cover;
The steeds are mounted, the sabres drawn
! And their dream of life is overs
For Murder rides on an army horse,
And it writes its brand on each Cheyenne eorse
Fraud in high places honor In few;
Tne crime is the SINS upheayal;
Poison will come to the surface anew
And evil begets but evil;
Words of hypocrisy may conceal,
But they cannot remove the sores nor heal.
Boston Post
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an assortment is ordered lesser guam
ueaea than one hundred viii be furnished Mt
satne rates. Cash must accompany order.
r0ssage viii be prepaid. Address,
NEW NORTHWEST.
DEER Lopez.
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POETRY
A WINTER MORNING.

The snow-drifts pile the window-ledge,
The frost Is keen, the air is still:
The lane that lies below the hill
Is drifted even with the hedge;
Gray skies, and dark trees shaken bare,
Blue smoke that rises straight In air:
And down the west yellow glare
Is driven like wedge.
Frank Tooker In ScTt6aer.
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How 70 KEEP wARw N WrN7ER.

SOME sEAsoNAgLE ADVICE FROM A LAND.
THAT is JUST now WARMER THAN
THIS.
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DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF TIE
UNITED STATES.
Authorized Capital. $500, 600.
Paid Up Capital ..................... 100,Oo
Permanent Surplus Fund ................ $500O0.00
Dividend paid March 4, 1874. ........... 10000 40
Average Deposits preceding six months, 4S5 100000
Invested in u. s. Bonds s.............. 21400nO0
We transact general Banking business, and buy, at
highest rates. Gold Dust Csin. Gold and Silver Bull
ZION, and Local Securities; Sell Exchange and Tele-
States the Canadaa Great Britain, ireland and the
Continent. COLLECTIONS made and proceeds remitted
promptly Our facilities for handling
SILVER ORES particularly good, and this
branch of business will receive special attention.
Cash advances made upon Ores and came shipped for
account Of owners r We WILL 80 FOR
G&IgT9 az the very Deet r7Tt5s UwuGxc
mines will consult their interests by calling upon u.s.
275
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Blanks for Sale.

We have in stock the following Justices
Blanks, adapted for any township or county
IN Montana. and in conformity to existing
laws. The following are the prices:
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-08-07

Here We laid until past midnight, when
VIC again got under steam for Neeah
Bay
l can describe the beauties Of the
scenery from Port Angeles to the ocean
only by saying that its bleak. black
mountain peaks. sharply piercing the
clouds, and the silvery stripping OF the
pure white snow, untrodien by the
pollu,ing foot Of man. lying in their
deep seristod sides, resemble. in their
weird loyeliness, some Of the stereo-
scopic views seen In the galleries. The
thin purple mist which. Ike a veil,
lies upon. withou, hiding 1t, adds new
lus,er. like q gauze spread over sleep
ing infant at rest.
A. Neeah Bay We find store. Gov
ernmen. life-saving station, on Indian
reservation. and customs office. Jane.
G.. Swan inspector. l find him the
same genial, jovial companion as IN
days gone by. energetic and fully I'M
pressed, as Of yore, with the future
destiny of this the country of our
adoption. Especially find him alive
TO the railroad interest; and If his views
as regards the terminus question do not
agree With those of any other man.
they are honestly his. and he expresses
them with prophetic tendency. There
are many cogent reasons for believing
that ultimately the terminus will be
down on the west side OF the Straits,
but l believe it depend, upon what
company builds it.
Business dispatched at Neeah Bay. on
this Saturday evening at ten O'Clock l
find myself at Semiahmoo writing this
trashy communication. which must come
70 an abrupt close, for the mail boat.
(the Favorite) upon which l have just
arrived. returns shortly. We went to
Point Roberts, where the Pacific Fish
ing Company are sailing salmon.
This Company, at this branch Of their
home station on Fraser river really
this is at the mouth Of the river. for
the water is freshened) have
put mp three hundred and one barrels
Of snckeye salmon, but not fish have
they taken at home. The fish are BOW
away above this. but the Indians are
after them, and will capture more yet.
This Company has complete set of
nets and other gear. and fish themselves
snd purchase all they can besides. They
show very excellent quality OF dosfish
oil. and . sample of that obtained from
the ratRsh also.
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PoRr TOWNSEND. Aug 5-Arrived -
Bsrksutine Amelia, from Honolulu.
PoRr TOWNSEND, Aug. Captain
Foye. OF the harkentine Amelia. re-
ports the schooner II B Raudell. owned
by TAFT & Co. Of San Francisco, after
discharging part Of her cargo at Kansl
island and proceeding TO Honolulu with
the balance. IS having run on the reef
Of Kanai, while leaving the harbor. and
became total loss. All hands were
saved. The Captain arrived at Homo
lulu Just before the Amelia left
The steamer Favorite. Capt William.
son. has arrived from Neah Bay. She
visited the wreck Of the Gem Of the
Ocean, and reports that vessel in the
same condition as before stated. The
mate and crew are still there. pumping
continually. Four and half feet of
water arc in the hold. Ii the sea con.
tinues to pound as at present. she will
soon 60 to pieces.
Cowichau Isdiaus, from British Col.
umbis. are making trouble Oh san Juan
and adjacent islands; threatening set
tiers. stealing and assisting s,nugglers.
They are looked upon as bad set. The
cutter Oliver Wolcott wen. there yes
terday. Customs Inspector lett, of
San Juan, seized . slosp owned and
run by Cinnamon that VAS engaged in
smuggling. and brought here to this
port yestsrdsy.
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Thursday, August z, 1879.
A CHANCE FOa the BOYS.

Delegate Brents has determined 10
give the boys OF Puget Sound the ben
eft of his appointment, to the Naval
Academy of the United States. With
this end in view he has named q COM
mittee for the purpose Of examining
candidates for the position. the members
of which are 4. J. Anderson, President
Of the Territorial University. Thomas
T. Minor, Doctor Of Medicine. and A.
b. Wyckof. First Lieutenant L. s.
Navy - gentlemen most fsvorsbly
known on the Sound, and who as a
committee are eminently quslified for
the discharge Of this particular duty.
The examination will be held at the
University in Seattle. commencing at Q
o'clock on the morning Of Tuesday.
August Goth, and continuing oyer the
day following. 1t will be open to all
boys between the ages of IA and Is
years. AID j! is TO be hoped that goodly
class will present themselves on that
OCCASION At the same time no one
should present himself who is not hon.
est and csger in the effort to obtain the
high prize. The examination here will
bs complete aud searching. aud the boy
will be good one who passes it with
distinction. .....
Delegate Brents has given 10 Edwin
Burr Bsbbitt the nomination at his
command OF the cadetship to the Mill
tary Academy at West Point. Young
Babbitt is . son OF Major l.. s. Babbitt
and . grandson Of Gen. E. B. Babbitt,
both Of the U. 8. Army.
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THE SKAGIT MINES.
MOUNT VERNON, W. TIL
Aug. 4. 1879.

~D'~'
Ed. INrELL1aENcER:-Many errone
Gus reports are being put in circulation
by certain parties who are unacquainted
with the facts, or else who wish to mis-
inform the public about the Skagit
mines for their own individual benefit,
and ct the expense of innocent persons.
1t has been reported that one miner
brought $500 in dust from the mines
short time ago, and that a vast amount
was expected soon from the same
claims. These fabulous sums are merely
fond hopes and fancy pictures of an
overweight imagination. and are the
dreamy shadows that ever linger in the
miners brain Of those never -to-be-
forgotten days OF 40 in California and
Australia. when anticipation was not
equal to realization. AS near as can
learn from trustworthy parties, who
have had the very best opportunity of
knowing. if oil Of the dust that has
been brought from these mines was
weighed and put in one bulk. it would
reach the vast amount of $40. nearly.
for this year. This includes all the
dust brought by any aud all parties
combined. There has not been more
than $l5 brought by any individual this
year, and the whole proceeds Of the
mines during all the time that men
have worked or prospected them will
not exceed $3.50. But for the poor
chance the miners had, on account Of
bad weather and unusually high water,
wherever they have been able to pros
pect they have got first-class indications
OF gold in paying quantities, and oil
are Satisfied. Of course, we dream of
untold wealth flooding us with its many
blessings. miner like. but yet do not
wish to unduly or wron9fully excite
persons who may by our misstatement
be caused to lose good situations and
money, besides risking their health ana
lives in hesdlong aud thoughtless
plunge into the mountains in search of
hidden treasures, and have them finally
come to the conclusion that the mines
are "sell and the miners are all
bilks, because they do not come up to
their overrated and teverish imagina-
tions Of what the mines ought to be.
Take it coolly. gentlemen. If the mines
are good, there are tens of thousands of
claims yet to be taken. Probably three
weeks more will tell the story. for by
that time the miners will have the creek
turned out Of its channel, and then all
will know if there is enough there to
pay man for the risk he must run by
travelling up there, over one of the
worst rivers and through the toughest
country on the Pacific coast. The river
Is falling very fast at present. and soon
the public shall know the facts about
the Skagit mines.
Wow
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WARRINGTON TERRITORY.

ExcIuMvslI TO rar IxrELLlskxcEn.
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EAATERN STATES.

CHICAGO, August 6-Gen. Terry has
received q dispatch from Gen. Miles,
dated Camp on Rock Creek, July 2sth ,
which says Major Walsh, Of the Cana.
dian Mounted Police. accompanied by
the Sioux Chief Long Dog, came into
camp and stated that Sitting Bulls
whole camp of 5000 to 5000 people,
comprising several hostile tribes, had
moved north to Swan Lake, about 80
miles from the line. where they bad
determined to remain. The chief
brought the assurance that the Indians
would make permanent home on Can
adian soil. and would abstain from all
hostile movements, return stolen prop
erty. and desist from hunting American
buffaloes unless permitted to do so un-
der the supervision of United States
officers.
New ORLEANS. August Cdr. White,
of the Sanitary Association, states that
this city is free FROM yellow fever
Physicians soy that the fever has run
its course for the present summer.
During thunder storm today several
houses were struck by lightning.
CINCINNATI. August G. In the twenty
minutes between 3:15 and 1856, this sf-
ternoon, there fell one inch and 46-1OO
OF rain. This is tho heaviest fall of
rain for the same length of time ever
known IN this city.
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CALIFORNIA.

SAN Francisco. August 6-Robert
Ferrall was nominated by the Demo-
Gratis last night for Congress for the
First District of San Francisco, and A.
c. Bradford for the State Board Of
Equalization for the same District
Some time IN May last James r AL
sop, bookkeeper for Weekes, James &
Co., abscon!ed from this city. taking
with bin severa. Thousand dollars of
the funds OF bis employers. 1t now
appears that he took passage on the
ship Guiding Star. which arrived in
Caliao on the 10th of last month. 1t
was known to the authorities here that
that was bis destination, and the neces-
sary papers were made out by the [. 5.
Government for his extradition. On
his arrival be was promptly arrested by
Callao officials and turned over to the
custody Of the U. S. Consul, who will
send him back TO this city at once.
The Republican County Convention
Ieassembled last evening. The reports
of the committees on credentials, per
manent organization and order Of bus:-
ness aud platform and resolutions were
adopted. The temporary officers were
made permanent. The resolutions are
very strong and pointed. They arc es-
pecially outspoken on the Chinese ques.
ton and new Constitution, directly
pledging all Legislative candidates to
support and interpret that instrument
according to its letter and spirit. After
adopting the reports, the Convention
adjourned till Thursday evening.
The Workingmen opened the cam
paign with a big mass meeting at
Union Hall last evening. Rev. 1. S.
Kalloch, nominee for Mayor, was the
principal speaker. He was followed
by Mayor Cudras, Of Oakland, and
others of less note. The meeting was
highly enthusiastic.