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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-12-30

They have an ample stock, which they
will increase in the spring.
Toennegis & Pencil, ,Restaurauteurs,
began business in tent near present
stand, last spring. Now they occupy
handsome two story frame building,
aax44, on 9th street between avenues
DE- E.
VIM. Rucker &Co. are making pre-
parations to erect an elegant two
story lodging house next to Toennegis
& Pencils.
Sturtevent & De La Vergne, drug
lists, began business on the first of
|September last, on avenue E between n
9th and 10 tn streets. Since the time
of opening their first stock of drugs,
they have been principally engaged in
substituting, for the tent they former
ly occupied, the present handsome
store, and getting ready for the spring
trade. The reading club meets here.
1t has membership of seventeen and
subscribes to fourteen papers and peri
odicals.
Thaddeus May came here on the 1st
of last June and bought two lots, ele-
waited small tent and started therein
retail grocery business. As Mr..
May is, and has been, engaged in
both freighting and mining, he has
not given to his grocery that attention
which it deserves and requires; but in
the spring will open out with a large
and complete stock.
John Slattery, boot and shoe max
er. This camp can boast of as good
boot and shoe maker as any in the
land although he does not give his en-
tire time and attention to the business
The mineral that crops out so freely
from our mountain sides has many
charms for John, and he believes that
"those who seek shall fnd," and con
sequently John hunts it up. He is
interested in some of the finest claims
in the district.
King & Co. corral and feed store.
In August last this firm erected large
corral and feed stable, on 10th street,
between avenues d anc E, where they
have the best of stable room; they al
so keep on hand large quantity OF
hay and grain for sale as we'll as for
feeding purposes. This firm has been
exceedingly prosperous during the past
season. They own the establishment
on the Ohio Creek road, known as
Kings Ranch. The members of this
firm are King, Drake and Markley.
Dave Markley, who stays at the
ranch, is one of the most genial
gentlemen in this section; the
other members of the firm are too we'll
known here to require special mention.
Last spring they began business at
the ranch in a tent, since which time
they have erected a comn.odius house,
and have built stables sufficient to &C
comodate a large amount of stock.
Frankenberger and Eaton, civil and
minlng engiaeers, and U. S. deputy
mineral Surveyors, have their Office In
Roses building, on 9th street. Frank
enberger, now absent in Boulder, be-
ing an extra good draughtsman, does
the Office work, while Eaton does the
field work. Eaton is on visit to his
friends in Michigan. Both are expe-
rienced gentlemen and deserve the
liberal patronage they receive.
Woods and Highwarden have as
stylish barber shop as can be found
on this side of the range, next door to
the post Office, where you can get hot
and cold baths at any hour, day or
night. AS torsorial artists they have
few equals and no superiors.
Continued on Second Page)
, 1880-06-02
His Excellency Governor Garde,
arrived here from st. Thomas in the
|" lTigilamt" last evening.
AGRICULTURAL T

laoa After three highly favourable sea-
2 sons it is certainly remarkable that
we should have such strong promise
of a fourth for that is the meaning
of the bountiful rains which have fall
en- during the past month. It seems
asst the principle Of compensation
which meteorologists say they find
from along series Of observations was
: here being illustrated in a set of fruit
full years following set Of ~unproduc-
tive, years. The experience of last
lsmonth1at least gives us good hope for
Z thefuture.i Down to the middle of
the month very little rain had fallen,
, but since then we have had three
heavy falls. Two of them were of
, 1880-06-02
VHp. o&o67 "a Vt $. !

triAe IN saving Of wages but the other
is the chief consid Grafton where labor
~is~scarce:-There are no ~doubt some
dangers in this plan, and it requires
consideration before applying It IN any
case, but it is worth keeping in view,
especially since we have now SO many
so-called porters, who are specially
open to this kind of inducement to
put out their strength.
The best news, for planters is the
partial recovery Of sugar prices from
the late depression. AS we hear favour
able accounts OF the sowing season in
the beet districts this recovery must be
attributed to the expectation of a Sc
rious deficiency in the supply before
the next beet crop can come in. The
price at the factory was fixed on Mon
day at $4.25. If the rise should
continue it may be a good thing for
the factory, putting a few thousand
dollars extra into the Golfers Of that
institution in the same way as did q
similar rise last year.
, 1880-06-02
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the pleasures OF existence ........I once
prescribed glasses to correct the myopia OF

the pleasures OF existence ........l once
prescribed glasses to correct the myopia OF
alady.~who~had-fo for many years bean engaged
10 teaching, and Who bad never previously
qworDstbem.Y Her FIRST exclamation Of pleasure
bic surprise; as she put on her spectaeles and
looked around her, was a curious commentary
on the state 10 which her life had until then
been passed. She said, why! I shall be
able to see the faces oftha children !'u All
that is. very true, and spectacles 10 childhood
might benefit the eyes-and we suppose do,
for We begin to ses them worn by children
with .everrincreasiug frequency-but Mr..
IIGarter's opinion ia that Of a man who,
Tas) he mentions, has very good sight
himself, and never wore spectacles of any
sort. 1S~pectacles, he may depend IN
lit, if healthy for children's eyes, are
j unhealthy for the rest of their bodies.
They diminish the desire for activity
too much. A squirrel in spectacles
would never get a dinner. A child
cannot jump easily in spectacles, and if
he wears them restraints himself too much;
while he acquires rapidly that sense of
possible danger to the eyes from a fracture
of the glass, which no one who wears
spectacles is ever quite without; which in
fact becomes an instinct, like the winking
4 of the eyelid. A blow from a ball, or a
stick, or a hand, which would hardly
injure the, face of an ordinary child, may
mean for one who is wearing spectacles 4
death by torture. There is an Instructive
e sense of that in most spectacle -wearers,
which diminishes unconsciously their acti-
witty, and which would be most injurious
to children, who ought to be always lin
8 motion, without thought of possible con-
sequences. Of course, in serious cases the
danger of SedateneSs must be risked but
in ordinary cases we suspect it is better to
leave things alone, and to take to specta-
Giles only when childhood is fairly past.
AS we are writing upon spectaales, we
may be permitted to ask a question.
Would it be wholly beneath the dignity of
some great Oculist to give a thorough study
to the question of the mechanism of spec
tacle-frames 1t is very far from perfect
now. The bridge is a great deal too liable
to get bent, producing the most distress
ing confusion, one eye seeing through the
centre OF the glass, and one not; there can
be no sound reason for rims of any sort,
and they are a positive interruption to
sight; and the whole plan of making the
arms is barbarOus. The frames should not
be made i'll hundreds, but to fit each face,
and the sides constructed in some way
which will make them far less mobile. At
present they will not stick on we'll without
double arms, they require adjustment
every few minutes, and their joints are
perpetually getting loose. Spectacles
without rims, with some better continuance
for the bridge, and so closely fitted as to
require infrequent adjustment, would, we
are convinced, prove a fortune to the
inventor, and carry the name of the lucky
Oculist far and wide.
NEW ADVERTISEMENT
, 1880-06-02

Under the title Of the Latest Inven-
ton, the Sugar Cane for last month
publishes from an American paper a
very suggestive paragraph, which we
reprint below. The notion of making
a waterfall drive street cars is certain
ly quite an unexpected application of
water power. If the statement is cor
rect that ''air cylinders TO be put upon
each car can be filled in few seconds
with enough compressed air to run
them 16 miles," we seem to have in
prospect a complete revolution in To-
connective appliances, and perhaps also
in someo other applications of force. Me-
chanicians have for a long time look
ed at the great forces of nature appa-
rently running to waste with a kind
of jealous eye. In the currents and
falls of q river, in the rise and fall of
the tide, and even of the waves of the
sea, and in the wind, there are gigan-
tic forces scarcely at all tanned to
mans use. The use of compressed
air seems to open up a channel by
which any or all of these forces can
be guided to perform extensive and
varied services. We think we are
right in saying that compressed air
for driving machinery was first used
in the Mt. Ceris tunnel. The air was
compressed by machinery outside the
tunnels mouth, and thence conducted
by pipes to the interior, where it was
passed through the boring machines,
and, after driving them, was let loose
into the tunnel. By this ingenious
continuance three purposes were serv-
ed at one time, the machinery was
driven without using fire in the tun-
mel, the tunnel was ventilated, and
the temperature was reduced by the
expansion of the compressed air. The
same method of operation has been
applied with great success to the Mt.
st. Gothard tunnel just completed.
The American Company contem-
plates what, so far as we know, is a
completely new application OF COM
pressed air. They intend to use it as
we use a watch spring, as a reservoir
of force to be let offby degrees. The
non-portable waterfall congresses the
airin b eportable cylinder, and the por-
table cylinder travels all over the town
giving back gradually the force which
was accumulated in it at the falls:
We say this opens up the prospect OF
a complete revolution in 1ocomotlon;
for the invention may develope itself
in such a manner that compressed ar
cylinders will come into general use;
Let lis picture to ourselves the local
future. ; We have, say, the &c CHRISTIAN ns
sted Compressed Air Company. 1t
works gigantic wind-mills, and d.; as the
wind cannot be depended upon, 1t
takes care to have a large store house
, 1880-06-02

which was invented some time ago in
a-neighbouring sugar growing colony:
The London and Liverpool Merchants
who we're interested in estates there
had instructed their attorneys to send
a telegram announcing any heavy
fall of rain For some time after that
an unusually heavy rain was spoken
Of as a "te1egram-rain". The name
was deserved by the rains which fell
here on the 18th and on the 26th.
There have been considerable differ
ences in the amounts falling in differ
ent parts of'the island, for example
A lines on Little Princess and Annas
Hope in Whitsun week were repre-
sented by only 20 lines further west
at Glynn. The whole average how
eve is high, probably not less than
60 lines. This is a great deal more
than usually falls in May; for the
month, though more rainy, as a rule,
thanthose~w which precede it, gives as
the average Of a long course Of obser-
vations only about "a lines. To the
present date the weather for the year
has been as favourable as could be
wished. Through the first four months
it has been. dry with light showers at
intervals, and therefore admirably
suited to reaping operations, while at
the same time giving sufficient mois-
ture. to keep the young plants alive
and growing. The late heavy rains
have perhaps come a little too early
for the western half Of the sugar grow
ing district, where the crop is rather
heavy and where there is no factory;
but in the eastern half they have just
come in good time, the crop being
nearly all off, and the fields only wait
ing for moisture. We could perhaps,
on the whole, have done with a little
less for the present but we cannot
regulate the fall to our wishes, and
what fight there would be around
the stop-cock if we could.
The labour question always comes
to the surface when there are good
prospects, and hence is likely soon to
be a leading subject for consideration.
We have already stated in these col
that the prevalent opinion in
planting circles is hat immigration to
a moderate extent is desirable to put
the local labour market on a proper
footing. We still believe this to be
the general opinion, though nobody
has written us one line to say
that we are right. In the absence Of
an increased supply Of labour the i'm
portant question arises how we can
make the best Of what we have. 1t
is on all sides admitted that the estates
cannot offer to pay more than is now
paid for ordinary labour by the day;
but it is we'll worth consideration how
far working by task can be substituted
for day labour to the advantage both
of labourer and employer. Under
the old system this was impossible
without a breach OF the law: now
there is nothing that stands between
the two, parties immedia' ely concern
ed Iteis generally known that in
England, where labour questions of
great Importance are constantly aris-
ing, task work Is not generally ap-
, 1880-06-02
announcement.
vEW ADVERTISEMENT.

1T is hereby made known that J. j.
Richardson Esq. is no longer agent
of Danish schooner Island STAR" and
that all accounts will be collected by
the owner or his order in either Frede-
riksted or Ch~ristiansted.
st Thomas 28th May 1880.
A. CROOKE.
Owner CfDomisb schooner
"LSI0md STAR"
, 1880-11-26

WE are much indebted TO Hon. The
Il. Brent, NJ. g.. tor bound volumes cor
tanning the prOce, dings Of the &c 'ond Sc =
sion OF the 4Gth Congress, lasting from
d C. l, 1879 to June l6, 1880. The vol
e. are six ia number, one Oi them be-
.'g an index to all the Others, and each
numbers about II Thousand large pages.
rIese books will be preserved for future
reference, ard will doubtless prove boil
useful and entertaining.
A LIVELY shooting match Occur cd Oh
Point Hudson yesterday afternoon. Tu
ry a'tened Ia coop, head protruding,
distance sixty wards: % cents bought Fer.
mis- lou for shot with rifle; and tile
bird Became the property of the slayer
They brought on al average about $25(
each.
, 1880-11-26

UNIVERSAL interest was created by the
debate in the literary society public meet
tlT on Wednesday night. The question
"Resolvcd that the government OF the L.
,. is superior to that of England" was
supported by the following speakers:
Alien Weir. chief speaker and DR.. T. T.
Minor asst, on affirmative; Prof r. e.
Herr, chief speaker and c. r. Phillips
asst, on negative. After lively tilt. the
question was decided IN favor OF lile al
iirmatiye, although the contest was { ose
one. The committee OF judges, c'n sist-
ing OF MesSrS. q. NJ. Haller, S. HadIock
aud ii. McCrae, allowed one point more
Tor the negative than tor the affirmative.
hut attached superior weight " some Of
those OF the latter, and SO, decided accord
Ugly The audience was not very large,
but was quite attentive. The subject will
b '"ntinmd next Wednesday evening
when the ch ef speakers will be allowed
liaIt All hour each, and the debate will
commence at 1880, sharp. Those conduc.-
ing the discussion as leaders, on that oc-
casion will be: DR.. 4. Il. Minor, atilrma-
tive. and e. II, Phillips, negative. The
public will also be again invited GA lend
tree. The officers Of the society, e''ciCd
for the ensuing quarter, are Ga .Ollows:
c. X. Phillips. President; ID. c. Parii,h,
Vice-Presi'lcnt; Ii. l.. Blrkert, Sec; L.
VI. Hammond, Jr, Treas; Allen Weir,
EgitOr; W. II. Roberts. Critic; r. Byle:,
Sst.-at.arms.
, 1880-11-26

LAST Saturday evening iiIe broke out
am ng The dive liig houses at Port Dis
covrly, and three houses We're consumed
b',i(e' one being torn down to prevel,t
the spread Of the destructive element. The
FIRE originated in the lolre of Nj. VIM.
Brown, and most of his household fleets
were destroyed. The furniture and nearly
'verything in the other hsu'es were saved
The lire occurred in the very heart of Il G
yillagt, jn<t above the cook house, and it
"A mercy tlat TO wind was wing a
he time; otherwise the whole a ni.n
lave been destroyed.
, 1880-11-26
~ Mr.. Korter has made a mir

EY Mr.. Korter has made a nice
improvement in his barber. shop. We
venture to say that he has shop as
neatly fitted up as any on the Sound.
He has also fitted ap a bathroom for
salt and fresh water baths. He has
done his best to have one of the fin.
est shops, and is master of his pro.
fession.
, 1880-11-26

The bountiul harvest in both this coun-
try and Europe will no doubt cause wheat
to rule very low this season, but this will
not lessen the demand for the Oregon
Kidney Tea. rs every Han or woman who
has backaCbe or any tiouble with the
kidneys or urinary organs, will try fhi.
well known remedy even II wheat should
he only 6Oc per bushel. Sold by all Drug
gists.
, 1880-11-26

rIIE open temperance meeting at Cool
Tmpars' Hall last Friday evening de-
"rves special mention on account of tie
Splendid success attending the efforts ot
those who had it in charge. The singers
d ,inguishcd themselves pp-2minent'y,
did also those decIaiming and taking
.,,t IN dialogue, tabeaux, sc. The r.
hm'ntS, a.o, iorn'ed pleasing f'a-
{ re oi the entcrtainm AltogetI er it
gmud @nccess and Port Townsend
people would certainly appreciate rep
ion.
, 1880-11-26
A CARD.

Poll and property road taxes are
now due, and will become delin-
quent on the 1st of November for
the year 1880, payable at the office
Of the City Treasurer of the City of
Port Townsend. S. WATERMAN,
City Treasurer.
, 1880-11-26
FARMERS, ATTENTION J
Saddle & Harness Shop,

Call and see tire Boss Improved Paten
Colt breaking harness.
ES- All kinds of repairs done to har-
ness, at living rates. Harness made to
order. Saddles will be sold at "way
down" prices.
GEORGE w. BLAKE, Proprietor.
Next door to Pioneer Bakery.
Port Townsend, w. Il.
, 1880-11-26

Farmers Store
NEW DUNGENESS. W. I.
THIS Establishment has recently been
enlarged, and now carries a iul! and
COMPLETE STOCK
or GENERAL MERCHANDISE, con-
sisting in part of Dry Goods, Clothing,
Groceries, Hardware, 'Crockeryware, Pat
ent Medicines. and. In fact. everything
usually kept In FlRST-CLASS County
Stores.
EY am agent for aII kinds Of farming
implements required by farmers In this
section of the Sound.
EF Sewing Machines sold on the in
stalment plan. "A
ES am prepared to pay the highest
market price for Wool. Hides, Furs Oil
and all MARKETABLE aud SALEA-
BILE iarm products.
N. B. Parties In Port Townsend and
adjoining towns, requiring A. /. Mich
Cows, Beet, Hay, Vegetables, and PouE
try, will do well to seId their orders to
G. F. CLAPP,
Dungeness, Clalam Co., w. Il.
, 1880-11-26

A fine piano'orte almost as good
Ms new, can be had very cheap for
cash. Apply to Prof. Roberts, Po,
Towns send.
, 1880-11-26
NOtiCe.

All reasons indebted to me will settle
their accounts with rhos. Phillips, he be-
ing authorize | to act as my agent.
4l:3t. CALEB X. BILL.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-18
Captain Eads' Ship Railway

The Scientific A6aerjcnn of last
week contains two full page illuztra
tions of Captain Eads' proposed rail
way for transporting ships with their
cargo across continents.
Captain Eads claims by his plan to
take loaded ships of the largest tonnage
from one ocean to the other across the
| Isthmus of Panama, as readily as can
be done by Il canal after the Lessup
plan, and at much less cost for engi-
neering construction.
The project is certainly bold and in
geni0us, and the protector anticipates
no serious difficulties in carrying for-
ward his enterprise. The engravings
referred to in the Scientific Amsricdn
show the proposed construction Of not
only the railroad, but the appliances
for transferring the ships from the
water to the rail.
In addition to the large number of
engravings, illustrative of engineering
works, inventions and new discoveries
" iIiNii ttpibCttA "OCNtli WV 'CLtC'ttt tftJ
american has, during the past year,
devoted considerable space to ILLUSTRATE
ing and describing leading establish
ments devoted to different manu-
featuring industries.
This feature has added very much to
the attractiveness and usefulness of
the paper. More than fifty of the
most important industrial establish
ments Of our country have been illus
trated, and the processes of the differ
ent manufactures described in its
columns. The Scientific Amcrjcun
has been published for more than
thirty-four years by MUM & Co., 81
Park Row, New York, and has at
tanned larger weekly circulation than
all similar papers published in the
country. The publishers assure the
public that they have not printed less
than $4,000 copies week for seve raj
months.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-18
Push Things.

The inv"s tgatiOn into the Chinese
Letter forgery IA getting rapidly down
to hard pan. The witnesses called to
prove the genuineness of the letter
have cut sorry figure from the out
set. The public, therefore, were little
surprised when two of them broke
down entirely and voluntarily con-
fessed that they had been suborned
and had knowingly perured them
selves in their testimony.
Morey svears that for his part in
the affair he received $3.50 from the
Democratic National Committee. The
vigor and success with which the eX-
posure of this forgery business has
been pushed by the Republicans has
been one of the refreshing features of
this campaign. We very much mis-
take the character and mettle of the
prosecution if they will be content
with bringing down such small game
as Morey and Linsay. If any men,
Der of the Democratic National Com
mittee has been guilty OF subornation
of perjury, or in any way incrimin-
ated by this clumsy forgery, the work
OF those engaged in this prosecution
will not be finished until the prison.
doors shall close upon the offenders
head.
This was no common forgery. 1t
was attempted, by means of it, to de-
ceive and defraud the whole American
people and check the rising tide of
Republican success. Such tricks
should he shown to be too dangerous
to be repeated. The American people
overlook much. Especially are they
lenient with respect to what is said
and done in the excitement Of a ma
tional campaign. But the fraud con-
spiracy, forgery and perjury, such as
are embodied in the Morey letter, and
the effort made to sustain it, are too
much. The public demand that all
who are in any way responsible for
this disgraceful affair, be they high
or low, rich or poor, be prosecuted
with the utmost rigOr and, if found
guilty, be made to expiate their Of
fense in a felon's cell.