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ALL Cry AND NO WooL.-The
Olympia "Transcript," the Vancou.
yer "Indspendent?" and other or
gans that seem to have no higher
aim than to work solely for the in
terests of personal friends or to
wreak We ngeance upon supposed en-
emies, are trying to pick flaws in the
manner Of calling the recent meet
ing of the central committee and its
proceedings. Without the sem.
blance of foundation for their hue
and cry about "defeating the voice
of the people," they are neverthe.
less trying very hard to make somO-
thing out of nothing. The "Inde.
pendent" because Gov. Ferry would
not do just as it wanted him to, is
proving itself independently enough
to vilify him without stint; the
transcript" is merely displaying
its proclivitlSs for grumbling. All
sensible people will consider their
inuendoes in the light of the objects
sought by them to be gained.
, 1880-02-19
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, lsSO.

VOLUME X.-The ARGUS starts
to day upon the experiences ol us
tenth volume. Not doubling that
the liberal patronage and encourage
ment with which it has been blessed
in the past will be continued IN the
future, it is prepared to do battle
against all obstacles in the way oil
,uscess, with renewed vigor and
.>orse determination Being fully
aware that many strides forward
must vet be accomplished ere the
ideal newspaper of our ambition Can
be produced, we are nevertheless
determined that no reasonable effort
shall be spared to attain that goal as
soon as possible. The country must
grow and our income must increase
well, slightly-before we can head
relief subscription funds 100000 at
a time, a la Bennett, Of New York;
but still our readers are perhaps
aware that Benefits paper, when /.
started, was far less pretentous than
the ARGUS OF to-day. What has
been done can be done again. At
any rate, il we never get half as
high up the ladder of fame as the
position occupied by some of our il
lustrious predecessors in tbs profes
sion, it will be a satisfaction to know
that we did not fail Tor lack of high
aims.
, 1880-02-19
A LETTER FROM WhATGGM
WuArCoM, Feb. 4, 1880
To MAJ. VAN BoKKELEN,

To MAJ. VAN BoKKELEN,
DEAR SIR:
Mr.. Bnkin arrived here this
morning. Came before we were
ready, however, we go out in che
morning to Nooksack crossing, Is
miles, from where we will get a
Guide. A man named Garnet came
in last evening three days on foot
from Hope, from where three of his
partners went in to Ruby creek.
He reports wagon road from here to
Chillwhack all right. He says the
settlers at Chillwhack had a meet
ING when he came through and raised
500 for boundary trail, and have 2
white men and 2 Indians to start out
in few days. The Indians say the
trail is open, but snow on the noun
tains, which makes trail hard to find.
The distance from Chiliwhack is re.
ported to he 10 miles less than from
Hope. Indians report Summit lake
frozen over, so you see there will
be no difficulty there at present.
But the north fork of the Nooksack
will c the shortest route of all, and
this route we will put through if the
mines prove good. We have horse
trail already to the foot Of the noun
tains. and trapper by name of Bur
trow, reports open country north of
Boxer, and plenty of grass. The
man who came from Hope wants
work to earn provisions to send to
his partners.
, 1880-02-19

THE CHINEsE.-Recent narrow
escapesifrom fires on account of the
China dsns in our city, together
with the most unmitigated nuisance
OF opium smoking, lead many to
hope that the grand jury soon to as
semble in our city will pronounce
the celestial abodss nuisance--and
thus authorize their removal to some
place outside Of the city limits. In
summer weather people who reside
within block of either of the wash
houses can open their windows only
at the risk of being stiAed with OPT.
um smoke Insurance companies
raise their tariffs to enormous and
oppressive rates in blocks where Chi
ma houses are, and, besides this, the
residents Of those blocks still incur
the increased danger of being
burned out. Yes, away with the
Auisancs.
, 1880-02-19

TAKE away n democratic papers taci'-
ity for lying and its usefulness n a parry
organ is entirely gone. The STANDARD"
says that three proxies were ruled ont by
the late Republican Central Committee,
wien, in fact, there were but two. 1t al
So says that Pacific and the river counties
and all of Eastern Washington were thus
deprived OF representation. The member
Of the council district which includes Pa
citic. WahkiNkum and Cowlitz counties.
is Mr. j. q. Megler, who sent no proxy.
Lut sent his resignation instead, saying
that MS lie was federal office holder he
did not think he ought to act on the COM
mittee. Tie only proxy that was repre-
sented from East of the mountrins was
held by L. NJ. Reed, who is in full politi-
cal sympathy with the members OF the
committee who refused him seat with
them. Neither he nor Mr. Brown had
any argument to offer against the course
adopted by the committee, except that
they thought that the rule should not be
enforce ell at that session but should be adopt
ed. Tor future sessions of the board. The
only request made by the gentleman who
sent Mr.. Reed the proxy was for the cleo
ton Of Mr. Jas. A. Perkins as alternate.
Eastern Washington is the home of Mr..
Brents, one of the delegates; and we do
not believe that section OF the country
will feel other than that it was fairly and
generously treated in The whole NATTER
Olympia Courier"
, 1880-02-19

RECEPTIoN.--On Monday evening last
our esteemed townsman, Mr.. Frank Bart
lett, and his bride formerly Miss Leila
Seaveyl, OH their return from San Fran
cisco. were complimented by the members
OF ''Rescue Engine Co. No. l." who
marched TO the residence of the bride
groom in full uniform, where they were
received by the worthy host and hostess
In the pleasant manner usually adopted
on such occasions. After an interchange
OF pleasant remarks. varied by the per-
formance of the wedding March" on
the piano, by Prof. Roberts, the members
formed ranks, and after giving three
hearty cheers Tor their fellow fireman aud
his bride, they marched to the engine
house where they disbanded. Handy had
they lett the premises when the members
of the Brass Band appeared with torches.
and after performing few pieces in a
very excellent manner, on the invitation
of the bridegroom, they entered the house
where they were treated in similar man
ner to that in which the members of the
fire company had previously been treated.
After wishing the newly married couple
every happiness, they departed tor their
homes, each one seemingly pleased at hav-
ing been able to extend this compliment
to so worthy couple.
, 1880-02-19

THE steamer California, JUST one
week overdue today, from Portland
TO this place, was heard from yester-
day, having put in to Victoria harbor
minus her rudder and leaking badly.
If she would run from Port Town.
send, as per schedule requirements,
there would be fewer irrsgalsFities
aud far less c0uplAirlI @ moo
, 1880-02-19
CUR WkSR.ndTQM Letter.
D. c. Jan. 3Oth. 1850.

Early in December the country
was tlattered with the promise of the
democratic majority in Congress
that the BUSINESS of this session
would be promptly attended to, and
especially that the appropriation bills
would be disposed of in shorter or
der than was ever known before.
Those who know what Democratic
promises usually amount to, took
little stock in this vow, and events
have justified and will further justify
them. The appropriation commit
tees are now moving as slowly as it
is possible for them to move, and it
is the general belief that they don't
mean to report the bills until they
have given all the jobbers a chance
to have their "claims heard" and
until it is too late to have much po.
litical discussion, OF which they are
very much afraid. If these conjec
lures are right, the session will be
long and tedious one, or by and by
it will cut suddenly short and there
will be large amount of business
neglected or very badly done.
The Democrats will not make much
out of what they call Republican
quarrels and divisions in Pennsyl.
vania and New York. 1t is true
there is lively controversy in those
States as to Presidential preferences,
and in the former particularly, Sena.
tor Blaine seems to be walking
away with good deal Of the sup.
port which Senator Cameron is said
to have set up for somebody else.
But this has been done in good spir
it and after fair primary contests.
The Democrats who understand that
the Republican party can win with
any candidate it may nominate, and
that it will be harmonious whether
its standard bearer be Blaine, Sher.
man, or Grant, or anybody else in
fact.
Senator Ingalls, I believe, will ef.
fectually puncture the fraud set up
against him in order to drive him
from Congress or extort money from
him. The Senate committee have
examined all the witnesses that
could be brought against him from
Kansas or anywhere else, and have
failed to show anything except their
own bad motives. The Senator
stands high here.
The vestigation of the Indian
Bureau, and also of the Uts troubles
are developing very little that is
new. But good deal of nastinsss.
That there has been mismanagsment
and corruption in the Ind an officials
has been the opinion of everybody
except in Schurz's charmed circle,
is very apparent. Yesterday the
thing eliminated in the disgraceful
dismissal Of commissioners Hayt.
The best thing to be done is to
change the whole Indian policy, and
cease to treat the Indians as paupers
and children.
Senator Blaine was warmly re-
ceived on his return from Maine,
where he has destroyed the latest
democratic fraud, and ex posed in all
its enormities the biggest democratic
blundsr ever committed in the
North. His health ia excellent.
, 1880-02-19

Our farmer friends, by subscribing for
the western Farmers Almanac" pub
liShed by John p. Morton. Louisville,
Kentucky, will secure much valuable
reading matter for themselves. 1t comes
dirt cheap, at the low price of ten cents.
, 1880-02-19

Services will be held In St. Paul's church on
Sunday next mt II A. NJ. and p. NJ. Sunday
schools y. NJ. Evening prayer on Wednes-
day, al O'Clock. Litany on Friday morning,
at 10.
Preaching next Sunday in the NJ. +. Church
morning and evening, by Rev. W.. Cosper,
pastor. Sabbath school ut &l5 p. Mn. ID.
Hill, Supt. Prayer meeting on Thursday
evening at O'clock.
, 1880-02-19

Mr.. j. A. J. Shaw. recently of Dunge-
mesa, will leave shortly for his old home in
Georgia. Having disposed Of his farm,
and all Of his stock except span of val
liable horses which lie brought to this
place, he is nearly ready TO start.
, 1880-02-19

CAPT. Hickman. of the sloop Frances,
is determined to let the public know that
his ferry boat can accommodate the tray
cling public to the satisfaction OF ALL
Read his advertisement.
, 1880-02-19

ARIZONA contains 100000 acres
of land, 100000 acres of which are
, 1880-02-19

A FOUR-LINE nd" IN last weeks AR
GUS restored valuable gold pen to its
righttul owner on the day the paper was
issued.
, 1880-02-19
WILDLY ISLAND FERRY.

SloOp Frances, Capt. T.. Hickman,
viii connect with The Starr line OF
steamers, DAILY, at Port Townsend.
" Persons desiring to go to Utsalady
or Skagit can go through in one day. ltf
, 1880-02-19

CAPT. Dalgardno has purchased a
sloop and gone to the sealing
grounds off Cape Flattery.
, 1880-02-19
Notice.

The undersigned, having purchased
from ALI Jay the entire interest ia and
title to the ''Sepna Ranch, "notice Is here
by given thar will not be responsible for
debts contra cted OH the same by any other
person. YEP SOY.
Port Townsend W. r., Feb. q, 1850.
523t.
, 1880-02-19

SEVERAL passengers came up on
the Dispatch; which arrived ysster.
Jay. 4, -
, 1880-02-19
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

MORGAN is prepared for court week.
, 1880-02-19

FThf9?a9 anuE3aIy
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-11-26
THANKSGIVING.

SWEET was the song Of the robin,
Blithe was the hum Of the bee,
In the day when the drift of the blossom
Was light a. the foam OF the sea.
Then deeply was cl0ven the furrow,
And gayly they scattered the seed,
Who trusted that rainfall and sunshine
Would surely he given at need.
The robin hath flown to the tropic,
The honey-bee fitch no more,
The reaper hath gasnered the harvest,
And the fruit and the nuts are In store.
The fame hath died ont on the naples,
We tread on the loose4Ytng leaves.
And the corn that was sturdy and stalwart
Ii gathered and bound into sheaves.
And sweeter than music OF spring time,
And fuller Of jubilait mirth,
Are the stron9-tided chorals o'er6owing
From hearts where thanksgiving has birth
The songs Of the home and the altar,
The gladness of children at play,
And the dear love of households united
Are blending In praises to-day.
For pasture-lands folded with beauty.
Tor plenty that burdened the vale,
For the wealth of the teeming abundance,
And the promise too royal to fail,
We lift to the Maker our anthems,
But none the less cheerily come
To thank Him for bloom and fruition,
And the happiness browning the home.
Oh, the peace on the brow Of the father,
The light in the mothers clear eyes,
The Tilt in the voices Of maidens
Who walk under dream-curtained skies,
The dance in the feet of the wee ones,
And the sparkle and shine in the air!
The year has no time like THANKSGIVING
A truce to our fretting and care.
Sweet was the song Of the robin,
Blithe was the hum OF the bee,
In the day when the drift of the blossom
Was light as the foam of the sea;
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-11-26
PERSONAL AND Llr.sARY.

"a -
GAxBErrA Is going 70 be candidate
Tor admission into the French Academy.
HENRI FREDERtc ScHoPIN. tho
French painter. is dead; aged seventy
six.
Nix. ROBERT j. BURDETrE, the Bur-
linston RaWkeye humOrist. and Mrs.
Burdette viii live in Philadelphia this
winter.
Two HUNDRED and fifty thousand
dollars is the sum which . delighted
public has paid Jules Verne for writing
impossible stories with an air of scien-
tific probability.
DAVID SMITH. of Franklin, Pa. cele-
brated his close OF century Of life by
dividing among his children his for
tune. He died soon after the act, but
not until he was assured that the
division was acceptable to all con-
cerned.
THE somewhat notorious "Ouida''
has sued air. LabOuchere, the editor OF
London Truth, for libel against her and
her last story, "MOths." Her books,
it is stated. have been ordered by the
Edinburgh Philosophical Institution
from their library shelves.
!. Irsa noticeable fact that . large
number of women of genius have in our
own time seen fit to marry men many
years younger than themselves, promi-
nent among them being Marian Evans,
Miss Thackeray, Rose Terry, Grace
Greenwood and Dinah Mulock.
The correspondence of Peter the
Great is about to be published at st.
Petersburg by Imperial authority. The
work of editing has been'seven years in
progress, and the first volume Is anxi-
ously awaited, not only on account OF
its intrinsic interest but its expected
elegance.
Mrs. JULIA WARD HOWE, who in .
recent address has spoken severely OF
the slavery of women to their dress
maker. dresses very richly herself, al
though not showily. She is statuesque
in appearance. fair and pale, with dim
blue eyes. and some one once called
her an arrangement in black and
white" Although her full face might
be called plain, her profile is exquisite
as q cameo cut on gem.
The late Lydia Maria Child's choice
of literature as q profession was purely
accidental. She had been living IN the
wilds of Maine. and was ON q visit to
her brother, Unitarian clergyman, at
WATERFOWL, Mass. One Sunday noon
she took up copy of the North Anseri-
can, and read paper by DR.. Palfrey,
showing the fitness Of the early history
OF New England for the employment Of
fiction. She had never written, or
dreamed of writing. for print; but. the
spell being upon her, she Immediately
began what was afterward the first
chapter of her irstnovel Hobomok' },
and by the time of afternoon service
the chapter was complete. Showing
the MS. to her brother that evening, he
was surprised; he could scarcely believe
she had done it. His doubt was the
best of encouragement. She continued,
and her story was finished in six weeks.
It's publication sealed her fate; she was
never fairly out of ink afterward.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-11-26
HUMOROUS.

IT has been said q slight blow win
break the nose, but with all this epi-
z0otic weather we have failed to notice
any popularity in the shape of the nasal
organs about here.-Philade!phiG Sam
day Transcript.
A woMAN-a lovely woman, it is to
be supposed-had her first political
trouble at Port Jervis. A horrid and
wicked man challenged her az not be-
ing twenty-one years old, and instead
OF swearing her vote in she commenced
to weep bitterly, and tore her ballot to
tatters. If woman has got to swear
to her age before she can vote this fe-
male suffrage won't go very far.-Roch-
ester Herald.
MAN is not bundle-carrying animal.
He can tuck few stray parcels in his
pocket. to be sure, and lug package
under his arm, perhaps: but on the
whole, as common carrier he Is fail
ure. But q woman! well, we should
hate to say anything that wasn't abso-
lutely true; at the same time . woman
can carry parcels enough into . horse
car to fill up one side of it, and pick
them all up in one arm when she gets
off car at q crossing, and lead pair
of twins, carry an umbrella and hold up
her skirts with the other hand.-Nes0
Haven Register.
A LITTLE fve-year old girl in the city
asked her father one day last week If
it would do any good If she should pray
to God to let it rain. She was told per-
haPs it might, and nothing more was
thought of it by her parents till after
Sunday evenings shower. When she
walked Monday morning she asked her
father If he knew what made it rain.
He. said no, and she replied that it was
because she had prayed ''last night and
the night before. Her mother re-
marked that she did not pray hard
enough. for it rained only little, when
the child answered. ''well I didn't
want to wake up the baby."-Sprng-
field Republican.
A suRLY-Lo0KNG darky skulked past
the Neaos Office yesterday afternoon. A
straw hat without any crown and very
little brim. Old Nose, who was stand
ing ON the sidewalk. snickered right
out. The sulky. darby clutched his
stick. and walking right up to Nose,
said: "Was you GRIMM about dis hear
hat?' "What put dat or in yer head!
l wasn't studying about no hat. 1t was
de big hole in yer hat what m,.de me
SMILE" 1t was mighty lucky, ole
man, you wasn't reHectin' on de hat.
bekase de niggah what suits dat hat is
U,vine tn die He In ffinOin, Oravoyard
dirt on heeself. suah. Galseston Ntrs.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-11-26
The Hygiene Of the Face and Eyes.

IT is mistake to believe that good
complexion depends upon the use Of
such and such cosmetics. It really de-
ponds upon digestion. which itself de-
ponds upon our mode Of life. Persons
who rise early and 20 to bed regularly
at ten, who take plenty of air and ex-
ercise, eat with moderation at regular
hours, having their meals at intervals
long enough for digestion of one to be
thoroughly accomplished before they
begin the next-these persons are sure
to digest well. and in consequence have
clear, healthy compilations, which
win require no other cosmetics but
plenty of soft water and good toilet
soap.
The hygiene of the eyes is very
simple. For them, as well as for the
complexion, good digestion is equally
necessary; more 80, for no cosmetic
could alternate the yellow tinge which
biliousness imparts to them; and If
some mysterious pencils can supply the
insufficient shadow Of rare eyelashes,
good health alone can give them that
brightness which is their principal
beauty,
Never read in bed or in . reclining
attitude; it provokes tension of the
optic nerve very fatiguing to the eye
sight.
Battle your eyes daily in salt water;
not salt enough. though, to cause .
smarting sensation. Nothing is more
strengthening, and we have known
several persons. who, after using this
simple tonic for few weeks, have put
aside spectacles they had used for
years, and did not resume them, con-
tinuing ofcourse. the oft-repeated daily
use of salt water. Never force your
eyesight to read or work in insufficient
or too broad light. Reading with the
sun upon ones book ID MORALLY in
furious to the eyes.-Rural Nes0 YORKER.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-11-26

uAS AIA0uOs uS0u0 1U1u0Ubd%0 1uQUlIlc6
into the case, which confirmed the truth
of Fuller or Brainard's statement, and
the facts being laid before the Govern
Or, Mr.. Harley had the pleasure be-
fore he left for home and Thanksgiving
of walking down to the Penitentiary
with pardon in his pocket, and it Is
doubtful II in all his full prosperous life
he had ever known many happier hours
than when young Brainard stood before
him once more . free man. his face
flushed with joy, and his voice choked
with emotion, and putting in his hand
the little purse that had been raised by
q few who had become interested in his
story, told him to take the next train
for Massachusetts, and Thanksgiving.
The young man. clinging TO his hand,
exclaimed oysr and over again, "Oh
Mr.. Harley, you don't know what this
is to me. Why. it is home and friends
and . chance in life again. But how
can I ever thank you or ever repay you
for it all?''
"By letting Us know that you have
made man Of yoursef-a sober, hon
est, honorable man."
please God 1 will" was the falter-
ing answer. 81 have had bitter les
son. but it has been welllearned." And
20 they parted. the one to social pride
and position. to rounding of the year 8
pleasant success, made sweeter bv this
truest Of all charities, the charity of
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-26

How the Popular rsrspo Originated.

ANlhlnoICinl.
rT0'@''sr soAsls de We're gives the origin
o. 'n' expression "salt river ia his book
called =, "Amsricanim; The Rnxllsh Nav
WoTls." Before the day Of steam Al pav,.
cation Of the ohio river was csrrlsa on bv
na'oosts and kaslboats. Ii was .sc..,.ry /.
rev rev y, NE ksslbsaii up stream, Tso labor WAS
pnAiui and sIsauitng, Thare wsrO slaves
q, ~ Mosg tao Kealuoky side sf ths rivar !,
Wnen a Negro had bsen rsfsctev !,
ssMii, u Was tss custsm 10 punish h,s, ~
nnlr!nK him eut TO row kselboats Nh ~ r;,ss ~
Inn pusishmsnt was called .rovi,v nrm
IN t1,s II became the popular slay, tern, sor
scoldins or Punishmant OF sny .ort sli 49,.
tss country, much as the torn ahl.w ms Il
applied rsNadsye, Prsfs,snr ds Var.nsn,.s
thh sentence from The New YORK Harald ~
Nay Z, 1906 eve hope the prs,idsst ssvs
oility.n W t'' n'' iihss-
salt river was, sad Is, a little trihut.rv
OF ths Obs, in Kentucky. Ii wa, a. oroarsS
Mu uanksFen, thai reuing kselbcM up its
NArS was about the hardest labor A iaAn
Sou'u c undertake, Hence, to row man an
SAt 'l'sr was aa severe q punishment AZ could
" supposed upoa him, The er preston became
pro'er9iN- oas day, on tho aoor OF csnrresn.
menoer nom Kentucky made use Of the
pArme n hAppy aluslon. 1he ernre.sion
NM thehca orystAlized in tho popular snseoh
ei ths country From that dAy To this, the
person o. party that has bean badly defeated
IN an eioctl0n Is 'teRt up Salt riyerp