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He sat and gazed with : plncid misn, ];
And cheerful and q confident smile
At the little square box with the gem fifteen,
And he said he'd bet bis pile
That he could agger It out right thar;
So he jun bled the blocks about
And then he remarked-lts simple, / swar,
And I reckon I'll work it out.
So he tackled it sharp for an hour or more,
And his hands he ran through his hair
As he jumped right up and fearfuily swore,
!. And his eyes had q maniac's glare. Ell
That he'd be dashed if the dash, dashed fool
That invented this game was here,
He'd smash his dash, dash, dashed skull
And chaw off an end Of his ear.
But after another hot hour had flown,
The bead drops down began to roll,
And he raved in way that the people all say,
. Struck terror to each watching soul.
For -thirteen-ti fteen-fo fourteen alas!
Were all that he got for his pains,
So he frantically swallowed Of poison glass,
And with bullet he bored out his brains.
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What Saved jackson.

Mr.. s. Park Baker, of Youngstown,
N. T., after having read current &C
count of the Jackson Dickinson duel,
thus writes to a friend in Kentucky:
There is one feature about this duel
with Dickinson, however, that seems
little peculiar, and that is that Gen.
jackson, who was a very spare man in
his person, should have been dressed
in loose-ftting gown or coat, SO that
his antagonist could not readily tell the
location of his body. Dickinson aimed
right, and if Jackson's body had been
where Dickinson supposed it was, and
where, perhaps, the code datello would
say it ought to have been, there is no
just reason to doubt that Gen. jackson
would at that time have spassed in his
checks" for the ball from Dickinson's
pistol would have struck his heart be-
You'd any doubt, according to the &C.
count of the duel. Now, the criticism
and point 1 make in the character of
"Old Hickory" in respect to this duel,
is this: Having dressed himself in q man
ner to deceive Dickinson as to the precise
location of his (Jackson's) body, and,
having received Dickinson's bullet
without any serious injury, it was not
just and fair thing in Jackson afterward
to take deliberate aim at Dickinson and
kill him. No matter what the provoca-
ton was on the part of Dickinson which
led to the duel, it seems to mo that,
having resorted to what was then con-
sidered an honorable method of set
ting the difficulty, they were each
bound to give the other fair play, and
the only excuse or justification I can
find for Gen. Jackson for his deliberate
and premeditated killing of Dickinson
is the fact that perhaps, upon general
principles, Dickinson ought to have
been killed for slandering so upright
and estimable woman as the wife Of
Gen. jackson. In reading IN account
of this fight I am reminded of the duel
between John Randolph and Kentucky's
most illustrious citizen, Henry Clay, in
1926, only the termination Of this duel
was not so disastrous as tho former, and
yet it might have been if Mr.. Clay had
not, to some extent, been deceived as to
the location or position Of Randolph's
body, for it was stated by some one that
Mr.. Clay remarked after the duel was
over that he might g well shoot at q
pair Of tongs Is ct Randolph.
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Origin Of Brandy.

Brandy began to be discovered in
France about the year 1913, but it was
prepared only as q medicine, and was
considered as possessing such marvel
GUS strengthening and sanitary powers
that the physicians named it "the water
of life" (eaa1 de uie), q name it .retains,
though now rendered, by excessive po-
tations, one of ife's most powerful and
most prevalent destroyers. Raymond
Lully, disciple of Arnold de Villa
Nova, considered this admirable essence
Of wine to be an emanation from the
divinity, and that it was intended to
reanimate and prolong the life of man.
He even thought that this discovery in
dicated that the time had arrived for
the contamination of all things the
end of the world. Before the means of
determining the quantity OF alcohol in
spirits were known, the dealers were in
the habit Of employing very rude
method of forming a notion of the
strength, A given quantity of the
spirits was poured upon a quantity Of
gunpowder in dish and set on fire. If
at the end OF the combustion the gun
powder continued dry enough it took
fire and exploded; hut if it had been
wet by the water in the spirits, the
flames of the alcohol went out without
setting the powder on fire. This was
called the proof. Spirits which kin
died gunpowder were said to be above
proof; those that did not set fire to it
were said to be below proof. From this
origin of the term "proof" it is obvi-
GUS that its meaning must have been at
first very Indefinite. It could serve
only to point out those spirits which
were too weak to kindle' gunpowder
but could not give any information re-
specting the relative strength of those
spirits which were above proof. Even
the strength of proof was not fixed, be-
cause it was Influenced by the quantity
of spirits employed-a small quaIsity
Of a weaker spirit might be made to
kindle gunpowder, while a greater
quantity Of stronger might fail. Clarke,
in his hydrometer, which was invented
about the year 1870, fixed the strength
of proof spirits on the stem at the spe-
ciGc gravity of 1920 at the temperature
of 60 deg. This is the strength at
which proof spirit is fixed in Great
Britain by act of Parliament, and at
this strength it is no more than MKT
ure of forty pounds OF pure alco-
hol with ffty-one pounds of water.
Brandy, rum, gin, hollands, geneva and
whisky contain nearly similar proper
tions.
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Asking to Go Home.

The Springfield Sabbath Republican
has pretty story of two little children
who went alone on recent Sunday to
church, when minister from out of
town preached. They took seat near
the front; and, after the minister had
got well into his sermon, the smallest
child whispered to his sister that he
would like to 60 home. People who
sat behind them heard the little girl tell
hlm that he must not 60 without the
minister's permission; 20 hand in hand
they lett their seat, and, standing be-
Tore the clergyman, the little chap
hsped out. his petition. = The minister
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do the stations two or three days, and
hop on the next revival train that comes

do the stations two or three days, and
hop on the next revival train that comes
laundering along. Good. ho]e-souled,
companionable conductors; amt any
road IN the country where the passen-
gers feel more At home. No passes;
every passenger pays full traffic rates
for his ticket. Wesley anhouse air
brakes on all trains, too; pretty safe
road, but I didn't ride over it yester-
day."
Maybe You went to the Congrega-
tonal church 2" I said. b Fl i 5s.s
Popular road said the brakeman;
IAN old road, too; one Of the very oldest
in this country. Good road-bed and
comfortable cars. Wen-managed road,
too; Directors don't interfere with .Di-
vision Superintendent and train orders.
Roads mighty popular, but it's pretty
independent, too. See, didn't one Of
nthe Division Superintendents dow
East discontinue one of the Oldest sta
tions on the line two or three years ago?
But it is q mighty pleasant road to travel
on. Always has such q splendid class
OF passengers"
Perhaps you tried the Baptist"
guessed once more. @
"Ah, ha! said the brakeman, she's
a daisy, isn't she? River road; beauti-
full curves; sweep around anything to
keep close to the river, but it's all steel
rail and rock ballast, single track all the
way and nota side track from the round
house to the terminus. Takes q heap
! Of water to run it, though; double tanks
| at every station, and there isn't an en-
CINE in the shops that can pull q pound
or run mile with less than two gauges.
But it runs through lovely country;
these river roads always do; river on
one side and hills on the other, and it's
steady climb up the grade all the way
till the run ends where the fountainhead
of the river begins. Yes, sir, III take the
river road every time for a lovely trip, sure
connections and good time, and no
prairie dust blowing in at the windows.
| And yesterday, when the conductor
came around for the tickets with little
basket punch, didn't ask him to pass
me, but paid my fare like little man
-25 cents for an hours run and little
concert by the passengers throwed in.
tell you, Pilgrim, you take the river
road when you want" @s.,.s, "a. ..ss
But just here the long whistle from
the engine announced a station, and
the brakeman hurried to the door.
shouting: =.
"Zionsville! This train makes no
stops between here and Indianapolisln
-BXrlSagto1 Ha1uk-Eye. .b +
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Art received rather an awkward criti-
cism from free-and-easy young man
who met 9 sculptor in q social circle,
and addressed him thus: g so
you are the man er that makes er
mud heads2" And this was the ar
lists reply: er, not all Of 'em; I
didn't make yours" @
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was naturally surprised,
interrupting his discourse, nodded his
assent. That did not satisfy the chill
dren. and again the boy asked permis-
sion to go, and was answered by anothey
nod. The little girl, fearing the minis
ter had not understood her brother,
said: Please, sir, may brother and I
go homer" The minister stopped and
verbally granted their request, and,
with q sweet Thank you, sir, and a
courtesy, the children went down the
aisle together.
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TIM mule always puts his best foot
hindmost. l.5s
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-07-11

same as here. and thinks they can
count On eight months of the year for
work. There Was ouly about week
last winter severe enough to interfere
with uiniag. That other paying creeks
will be found is more than likely.
On his way down he talked with
miner that was in to represent from
Hope. who had seen an Indian with $50
dollars in dust that rssembled Ruby
gold Fer consideration agreed upon
ne promised ~ SHOW where be got IT..
They surmised tina: it came from one Of
the tr!bu:a' les to the Skagit above
Ruby Greek.
Mr. keBnaston came down 20 recruit,
being pretty we'll worked aud starved
out. For time be was on rather short
allowance. aud says it is the hardest Of
bis mining experience. la two weeks
he expects tn re,nrn aud prepare for
work d. Il -ONRA
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Sunday, July IL. 1880.
An UNEHTERPRIsING TOWN.

There are not many communities in
which the people are DO. willing to en-
durs the annoyance Of smoke and cin-
deIs for the sake Of the benefits to be
derived frem having manufacturing
establishments in their midst. Bot
thsre il . conservative little village in
Psnpsylv auia. named jersey Shore. from
which . large sawmill is likely to be
driven because little sparks Of SCOT are
thrown from the furnace. which find
their way into the houses in the vicinity
Of the mill. and are very annoying %
the occupants 1t times. The mill is
ownsd by Wood 4 ChiIds, isadmisably
located on the banks Of the cansl. - the
logs come from Lock Haven without
any locksge. It employs about IS
hands and 10 by all odds the most use
fol establishment at Jersey Shore. The
frm have shs~n . disposition to humor
the fsstidious tastes Of the people of the
little borough and raised their chimney
this spring to the hight Of 100 feet, but
this did not avail, and one party has
already commenced suit for damsges
The mill firm has tried several wsys 10
avert the evil and propose to try several
more. and il not successful will shake
of the dust from their machinery as .
testimony against the peculiar comma.
nifty sad remove else where. Nsighbor.
ins towns are hopeful that Jersey Shore
will maintsin its apparent antipathy to
the big sswmilI. which will persist in
making smoke apd cinders. When
Wood q Childs think they can no long.
er endure this petty opposition. they
may look this vsy for new location,
end may rest assured that different
treatment may be expected frsm our
people. ftE
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THORNDIKE' Els PERJURY NAILED
UPON THE WALL.
TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON.
Connfv ar King

TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON. |
County Of King
s.. L. Crawford. on oath dsposs and
say that the affidavit pu blished 10 last
evenings Post by e "A. Tbssndike.
stating that l had demanded of him
500 for the ,services of the INTELLI-
GENcER IN assisting in his election in
1879. is false from beginning to end;
that nsver ut any time asked him fer
. single cent for supporting him on that
occasion, nor did ever expect dollar
FROM him; that never ct any time had
any conversation With the said Il. "A.
Thorndike In which 800 or any other
sum was spoken Of as consideration Of
the services OF the INTELIIGENCER, OK
any other paper: that when confronted
by me personally, 10 regard to the
statement that he had authorized bis
supporters to make concerning the 500.
he hemmed and hawed. aud flew
into a rage. and Threatened TO make it
hot for me for opposing his re-electios;
that l believe no made the aforesaid
affidavit knowing it To be q lie from
first to last. for the purpose OF break
ing down the weight of truthful state
ments published about him and his
official career Of late; aud that III doing
this hs. has at least aided moral per-
jury to his mary previous inisdeeds.
.srs8e s. l.. CRAWFORD.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 10th day of July. a. ID. 1850.
u. M. RAsIN.
Notary Public.a.
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visions and come on foot over o misera
bic trail, with part OF the way no trail
At all When they arrived here they
were in 10 very good humor. aad de-
sired me to write ever 50 many bad
things regarding those who deceived
them. which refrain from doing. how
ever.
TIE facts Of the case are these this
place is the head u. steamboat navigs-
iinn for at leas, light months OF tue
wear, aud doubt MT there will be river
s,eamers built that will come here all
If tae year. With perhaps the exception
Of one ar two months during the winter.
Tho steamer Chehslis. Capt. Brenr an.
has made one trip 10 this place, and the
cap, ain told me that he could come here
wlih safety and would do 81 Whenever
il would pay. The stes@er Nellie came
~itnin a few miles of this place with
tile genial Capt Green at ths wheel, who
said ile could come the rest Of the way,
as he was then over the worst part The
steamer Josephine. Captain Smith. has
come here fonr times and is now max
ing weekly trips bet vsen Seattle aud
this viscs, where there is = good trail
to Goodelrs, which is within 16 miles
Of Rnby Greek. aud the trail is fast be
lag pds1e to completion between Good
ellis aud the mines. When completed,
it will reduce the distance between the
head Vt navigation and the mines TO 20
miles of tran. which will he route
that the much talked<d Fost Hope
route an nevss CON pete With, notviih-
Standing they have already brought
pack animals in that way. x ia
In corciusion. would advise miners
and eli others coming to try their luck
up'this way. while engaging their pas
sage to stipulate in the sxreeme MT to be
landed 1T Alma city. where they can
get their goods packed on animals to
Geodeil's, otherwiss they viii be liable
to be left at Sank river, where they wiz
have TO leave their goods snd come on
foot. l.. Z. COY.
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LAST YEARS RECORD NOT GOOD
THIS YEAR The Post takss US to task
for inc"n.isi ency : and the ground gifts
Gem plaint ID shat we supported Thorn
dixie in 1879 aud oppose him in 1880.
Mr. Thorndlks was rot Oh ef of Police
last year. but instead was Q candidate
for the place tn coming year. As q
consequences. he WAS Oh his good be-
hsvior. There was nothing he could do
10 ingfatiats biwself with the people
that be did not do, and we then frankly
admitted, and admit again now. that
ts did many things we'll. We favored
his election and did what We could to
assist it. Oncs elected, though. he was
q difftren. man. and has been different
from that day to this. He has been
quite Independent Of tho people who
elected him. and cared not whether he
served them or whether it was an inefh-
Gent stick of q deputy. He had the
Office for a year. aud it Was his to pun.
ish those whom be disliked. and favor
others who would perhaps tickle his
palm. Ooe whom he didn't like WAS
the unfortunats. helpless boosblsck.
jimmy. who. in the way Of two n.
rests represents the years vigilance Of
the doughty chief, .s shown upon the
record of the city. Looking ct itin this
way. these tWo srrests cost the tsxpay-
ers$60O apiece. The .axpaye rs d.n't like
this record. and amsng the number We
don't either. The ofiice might we'll
have been abolished year ago. aud all
but Tlornd.ke would have been better
of il il hal, We dnn't go back on any
thing Se have said in the past en- thin
score. &1tis not the old record Of 1889
we object to, but the one of 1879. 80. the
one for the making of which he re
ceived $1,000 for not one dollars worth
OF real service. He has now been
tried. and found wanting. and the PEG.
pie have their minds. made up to lay
him on the sbelf aud try another man
If there is any inconsistency in getting
in the right when one has been 10 the
wrong. we will choose to be inconsist.
ent, aud will leave the other course tn
the giraffe organ Of Mr. Thorndike. 5
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Her Friends Astonished At she Won
derf0l Change I'm Her.
90 GRIFFlTH SrRrrr

ROCHESTER,. N. Y. Aug. Is, 10. -
H. H. WARNER & Co.:-This is to
certify that I was attacked with q kid
ney disease about four years ago,
which brought me very low for about
six months. l then grew better, but
in February last toe old disease re.
turned in . more serious form than be-
fore. employed four different physi-
clans at different times. noue of whom
seemed to do me much good. They ali
said my disease would terminate in
Brights Disease, aud none of them
gave me any encouragement that
could recover. My uncle then told
me about your Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure, and at his urgent solicitation
procured bottle and commenced tax
ing it about the Sth Of the present
month; I am now taking my second
bcttie, and feel that I sm almost we'll.
My Improvement commenced ss ssou
as ! commenced using your remedy.
aud has been constant ever since, and I
expect to be Is we'll Is ever was in .
few days more. Ny friends. as we'll
a. my sell. are. wandering d the change
which has been wrought in me. aud
some Of them, wonder that Il an still
alive. Gratefully yoar.s ,eal !.
isr:t - bases MRs. EluGA RRowN. :,
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Have you any excuse for suffering
with Dyspepsis or Liver Complaint!
Is there any reason who you should 60
on from day to day complaining with
Sour Stomach. Sick Headache,
Habitusl Costivensss. Palpitation of
the Heart. Heartburn. Waterbrssh.
Gnawing and Burning Pains at the pit
Of the Stomacb. Yellow Skin. Coated
Tongue. and disAgrceAble taste in the
mouth. coming up Of food after eating.
Low Spirits. sc. No! 1t is positively
your own fault if you do. Go TO your
Druggist--and get Bottle Of
GREENS AUGUsr Flower for 70 cents.
Your cure is certain. but if you doubt
this. get Sample Bottle for 10 cents
and try it. Two doses will relieve you.
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That the Chinese army il prepared to
meet the Russian 10 absurd. The whole
foros Of that country consists Of COG. 900
ssen. Most Of these 00O. 900 are only
srmei with heavy old sAbres. pixies and
even bows and arrows. The Palace
Guard at Pskin Of 900 men are par.
ti.lly armed with muskefs six feet long
which ono soldier must hold while an,
O.hsr shoots. ss e
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1t 10 the privilege Of every duly
qualified elector to vote tomorrow for
just whom he pleases. and that it will
please him to vote for the right men In
every case we earnestly pray. There
should be no bulldosing, no intimida-
ton. no deception. no tricks. This.
however. would be an ideal election,
and for this. in the year 1880. we ass
hardly justified in hoping. Tricks
with election tickets are no more honor.
able than tricks with cards, and their
practice BY so many Is thing to be
deplored. A warm and spirited con-
test We rejoice in. but one of political
chsnsnigsn and fraud We despise. Let
tbs people on this occasion put the seal
OF their disapproval on all tricky. bad
practices. and OF future occasions We
will have fewer OF them put forward.
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DEsERTERs CAPrURED.-A few days
ago two soldiers-Bur Wsshburn and
- Shost--deserisd frou the garrisop
at Port Townsend. On their Wsy 70
Port Ludlow they cut the telegraph
wire. aud at that port took the steamer
for Port Gamble. The. wires were
fixed and the ofIicefs IS the various
towns on the Sound were notified.
Sheriff WyckoF dsputised James Wool.
cry to 60 in pursuit Of tham. He took
the steamer for Madison. End from
thss 10 walked 20 Port 6Hmble. sEriv.
ing Just sftef-the desertsfss had been
arrested BY the deputy sheriff Of Kitssp
county. Bus Washbprn 10 veil known
about Olympia. where be spent bis
boy hood days. e
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- - 4
CONCE0NING THE SKAGIT
+ MINES.

~ ~ ~
WILDLY ISLAND 'u'y I'm 1851.
EDITOR iNrEILldESofR;
As Ne are all more or Tess Interested
10 the future o.. the Skagit mines, any
information s.o,, thar. cammo.as o,r
~"
attention. ana We gisecrea't according
to our estimate Of its merits I have
Just had the pleasure Of a call from
u.r,vJK.r,a.,o, oh, ,sf, mi. 49,.
.I-| { 70
J" sos.moss 'Ass 20 ptosp'c' tnose
mines. The news ne brings is refresh
ing. 81 ~ has spent ths winter thore.
Ia -. :. sE -. -. tai, h.,u.o..s
100 ~. ~,.....-
os.s - seoys 49, nsns'sen times
and with one OF bic psrtners. Ffedfick
0watkins. hes buiIt house 1891 feet.
h,.;l. ...s,.1..xs-, h.;a 60. ga.
~ ous' ~. P.' w
imais oveF the ckag't ninety feet above
high wstsr. aud forty now. and also
made \ rood trail foor .m;las ,ano ,-o
a.c,, -. srom ,ha Mi.
- 80 ~
mines OF California. Mr. K came here
10 1853, and since then hos passed one
year in the Fraser. one in Cariboe. two
IN the John Day mines. and viz il
Cassiar. The. balance OF the time be
has spent 10 the employ Of the differ
ent MIL companies aud 1oeoine q me
on the Sound, where he has mnds
many friends. I'll Of whom will vouch
! for the sincerity of his statemen,s And
be. glad to hear from Henry. For
pluck, snergg and perseverance. "A !
prospector be 10 excelled bv none and
his frjssds all vi,hp him success
About the rout 81 u. tljs mines hs sav,
Abe natural anpro.ch.is be- thu Ghsy;t.
| and that viii be the future hich vsv:
thsa ths. peoblsau1 he Sound are iniur.
| ine themosaso allowing snv nor.
tioa ot.tha tSsfssto come via british
ColumbiA; that There was a train O,
shirteen loaded animals ia from there
on thu 30th. and that beef will arrive
soon. s
Sixteen miles from Goodelrs, Ruby
Creek enters the Ekagit. From the
right bank. nine miles up. Ruby forks,