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tiie Iniru jmisciai tisfrict Oh washington
Territory, holding terms at Port Town
send.
ISAAC CoRNIcK. Plaintiff.
Va.
ELIZABETH CoRNIcx. Def.
TO ELIZABETH c0RNicK, Defendant:
In the name OF the United States OF
America you are hereby required to ap-
pear I'm an acfion brought against Won by
the above named plaintiff In the District
Court of tine Sd Judicial District of Wash
ington Territory. holding terms at Port
Townsend. JeIfcrsOn county. w. T., and
to answer the complaint filed therein,
within sixty days from date of this sum
mons.
Said action Is brought to obtain a decree
OF divOrre from the bonds Of mafrimons'
existing between yon and the plaintiff.
and general relief. On the grounds of de-
sertion. All of which will more fully ap-
pear by the complaint on fle herein. In
the Office OF the clerk OF said Court. And
you are hereby notified that 10 YOU fall 10
appear and answer said complaint as
above required, Judgment by default will
be taken against you in accordance with
the prayer of said complaint.
Witness the Hon. ROGER e. GREENE,
~ Judge OF said District Court,
81. s. and the seal of said Court, this
49, 18th day of .iune. A. d. 1881.
JAMES SEAvEY. Clerk.
j. A. KUHN i THOMAS BURKE.
~ Att'ys for Plaintiff,
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ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
oUNcY srREET WHARF COMPANY.

The stockholders are notified that at q
meeting OF the Trustees OF the Quincy
Street Wharf Company. held at the office
Of Secretary on July 25th, 1881. lst as
sesslnent OF Fifty per cent. on amount OF
capital stock subscribed was levied upon
and made payable oil or before the Goth
day OF August. 1881. at the Office Of the
Secretary in Port Townsend. w. t.
N. ID. HiiL,
2i;2t Secretary.
, 1881-07-29

A LII THE PRINCIPAL PAPERS
IA and Magazines received; AMI after
the Let of June next all yearly sut,scrip-
tions will be received for any periodical,
at less than publishers cost price to you.
f Any Book or Publication loaned.
Old Books Bought. Sold or Exchanged.
Geo. 8arthrop,
Fort Townsend. w. I.
, 1881-07-29
Dutch bark Dordrecht,
FROM VALPARAISO.

NEITHER THE CAPTAIN NOR THE UN.
dersi9ned agents of the above named
vessel will be responsible tor debts CONTRACTED
by the officers or crew.
CHRIST. BEHNCKE, Master.
Fort Townsend. July IL, 1881
, 1881-07-29
SUMMONS.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
the Third Judicial District OF Washington
Territory, holding terms at Port Town
send
, 1881-07-29
SUMMONS.

IN TIE DISTRICT COURT OF
the Third Judicial District OF Washington
Territory, holding terms a: Port Town
end.
, 1881-07-29

Feeble and stckly Persons
Recover their vitality by pursuing q course of
Hosteter's Stomach Bitters, the most popular
invigorant and Alternative medicine in use.
General debility, fever and ague, dyspepsia,
constipation. rheum.tism. and other mala-
dies arc completely removed by it, Ask those
wso have used II what IL has done ior them.
For sale bY all Druggists and Dealers generally
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17

IeSS, CnOugn IL requires dr1Ver TO man
age these animals. Their performances,
however, are very extraordinary. They
Will go many hundreds of miles in con-
secutive journeys, and only require or
dinary attention. With a load of 1000
pounds, team of six dogs will go as
fast as man can walk.
On the expedition in which the writer
was engaged, searching parties made
depots Of provisions, wherever suitable,
en- route, SO as to pick them up on re-
turn. But other depots were also
formed by the ships crews for relief of
missing expedition. These depots
were so built up as to prevent bears or
other animals from getting at the stores,
though occasionally slight havoc was
done to some It is astonishing the
amount of provisions slowed away in
various depots in the Arctic regions be-
yond where whalers or even Esquimaux
go. In one place were deposited II, ,O65
pounds Of biscuit, 16, ,82S pounds Of flour,
nearly 10000 pounds of salt meats, over
10000 pounds Of preserved meats and
soups; beside vast quantities Of gro
ceries, vegetables, fruits, pemmican,
wines, spirits, tobacco, clothing, boots,
etc. So far as the relieving of the miss
ing expedition was concerned, the fore
going provisions, etc., were left in vain.
Years afterward they we're found un-
touched.
| These few notes of what is to be faced
and endured by Arctic explorers may
be Of interest at time when the recent
American search expedition has drawn
public attention once moro to the sub
ject Of Arctic exploration. Chambers
| Journal.
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
An ElectiOneering Trick.

No s'Heathen Chinee" ever excellad
unprincipled politicians in 's tricks that
that are vain and ways that are dark.
As in horse trade, they consider success
a'duty, and all means lawful which in
sure victory. One of the most remark
able electioneering tricks was practiced
some years ago in Indiana. A young
lawyer was candidate for the State
Legislature. One week before the cleo
tion his defeat seemed sure. All sorts
of reports had been circulated against
him. So damaging had been their effect
that even his friends thought his case
hopeless. The district contained ma
jority of voters who were strong 'stem-
perance men," Grog shops and grocers
who sold liquors were odious. The law
yer was not 'steetotaler," but he was a
politician and a strong man physically.
One morning, just before the election,
he stepped into a iquor-selling grocery,
upset the counter, smashed the bottles,
took the faucet out of the whisky cask,
and threw the grocer out Of the door.
The news spread Like prairie fire. AL
the damaging reports were lost sight of,
and the tricky candidate was elected by
a large majority. Not one Of the voters
knew that he paid the grocer literally
for the damage to his stock in trade, and
that the man understood it was an cleo
toneering trick.
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
English Private Hotels.

In London there is kind Of hotel Of
which we have no counterpart in the
United States. This hotel is usually 10
Gated in some semi-aristocratic side
street, and wears no badge OF its servi
tude beyond a large, wel-kept brass
door plate, bearing the legend 8 Jones
Hotel or Browns Hotel, as the case
may be; but, be it Brown or Jones, he
has been dead about fifty years, and the
establishment has been conducted by
Robinson. There is no cofee-room Or
public dining room, or even Office in this
hotel the commercial traveller is an un-
known quantity there; your meals are
served in your own apartments /; the fur
niture issolid and comfortable, the attend
ance admirable, the cuisine unexception-
able and the bill abominable. But for ease,
quietness and a sort Of 1872 odor Of re-
spectabiity, this hotel has nothing to
compare with it in the wide world. 1t
is here that the intermittent homesick-
ness you contracted on the Continent
| Will be lifted out Of your bosom it IS
here will be unfolded to you alluring
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
A Hard Case.

You collect doubtful notes, don't
you?" asked Gilhooly of Galveston
lawyer, who answered in the affirmative.
''Then collect this one, said Gilhooly,
placing a document in the lawyers
possession. The lawyer looked at the
document, and then said confdentially
to himself !:
'Ry the shades of the immortal Black
stone, this is one of my own notes for
thirty dollars that has come home to
roost. Welcome, little strangerp
"Have you collected that doubtful
note?" asked Gilhooly next time he saw
the lawyer.
eyes," replied the latter, s.but new
er had as much trouble in my life col
lecting note, but I happened to know
where the party had some money, and I
just gobbled it. The party kicked Like
the mischief, but he couldn't help him
self. My fee in the case is 800.
Gilhooly was in high feather expecting
to get $40, anyhow. AS he got the note
for a bad debt at five cents on the dollar,
he would still be doing very well, so he
eagerly held out his hand for the avails.
81 can't pay you your $50 in actual
cash, but I'll give you my note for it.
You know it is as good as gold"
''But you don't pay your notes. +"
IF it's not paid at the proper time,
come to me, and I will see myself about
it. I have better facilities, as you well
know, for getting the money out of my
self than any other lawyer"
Look here" said Gilhooly, getting
mad, eff you don't pay me that $40 FL
sue you.
'efhat's right in my line Ell sue my
self on your behalf; but want $40
fee. ]"
cru give you the $40 you owe me to
sue yourself for it, : said Gilhooly sneer-
ingly.
81 am not big enough fool to take
such risks. Cash in advance is my mot
to, particularly when dealing with slip
perry customers. :, Galvestoae News.
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
Burlington Society Notes.

The most stylish purse Of the season
is made Of addressed sealskin, with
nothing in it.
A novelty in neck lingerie for gentle
men is made of hemp or manila, and
is so worn as to close up pretty snug
when the gentleman steps through the
trap. It is much affected in Nevada
and New Mexico.
The engagement of Johnny Snebbly
and Miss Lebechin will be announced
as soon as Mr.. Snebbly has got Lift in
his salary to $11 week.
Mrs. Isinglass held a brilliant recep-
ton in the back parlor of her fashion
able hotel on Saturday evening last.
She received $5.65 apiece from all her
regular boarders except young Mr.. Fas-
boy, who paid her 60 cents and a
silver watch, and stood her off till next
Saturday for the rest of it.
The fascinating Mrs. Tommary, of
North Hill, had a new girl last week a
genuine Swede, imported, that runs at
178 pounds and broke two lamps and q
soup tureen the first day in the house.
Miss Difenback, the accomplished
and beautiful cantatrice of West Hill,
slapped her old mother over the head
with the dsh-rag last Tuesday evening,
because the old lady wouldn't let her
go down and sing in a Dutch chorus
at the masquerade in Bogus Hollow.
Miss Difenback has the true temper of
a lyric artist and our city will yet be
proud of her.
Mrs. Dinkleman read G profound
paper before the !" American Woman's
Society for the Elimination Of the B. B.
in the B. S." Mrs. Dinkleman said she
always got the drop on them when she
used corrosive sublimate. -Burdette.
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
Male Nurses for Men.

The London Lancet calls attention to
the expediency Of employing male at
tendarts for male patients. It is mis-
take to suppose that women are neces-
sarily the only good nurses. In the
opinion of some persons, who claim to
be judges Of the question, they are
neither SO quiet, so self-possessed, SO
precise, nor SO strong as men. It is also
alleged that no man who has been nursed
by gentle handed male servant would
desire, in any subsequent illness, to be
attended by a female. It is said that
whatever element Of the female charac-
ter or influence is desired in the sick
chamber can be best contributed by the
presence Of a mother, a wife, or sister.
When the circumstances exclude these
forms Of luxury it can seldom be neces-
sary. # the employment Of men to
nurse men were encouraged, great tdiff6-
Guilty would be surmounted, and a good
social reform begun.
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
THE OUTCAsT.

Jostle him out from the warmth and Light
Only vagrant, feeble and gray,
Let him reel on through the stormy night
What though his home be tar away?
With a muttered curse on the wind and rain
He crept along through the muddy lane.
Lonely the pathway, and dark and cold;
Shelter he sought meath o ruined wal;
Over his senses numbness stole,
Round him Sleep threw her mystic pail;
Then an angel came with pftying tears,
And lifted the veil of by-gone years.
Gayly he sports by a ripping brook;
Soft Is the breath Of the summer air;
Flowers adorn each messy nook,
Sunshine and happiness everywhere.
He is Willie now, Just four years old,
With his rosebud lips and curls of gold.
Hark to the roll of the war-like druml
See the brave soldiers go marching by!
Home from the battle young VIZ has come,
Courage and joy in his sparkling eye,
And his pulses thrill with hope and pride,
For he soon will greet his promised bride.
Now in the fireside's Pickering glow.
Calmly he's taking his evenings rest;
Fondly he kisses his infants brow.
Sleeping secure on it's mothers breast.
(And the dreamer stirred and family s1niledD:
He is Walliars now, with his wife and child.
The curtain dropped-the morning broke
Faint was the flush in the eastern sky;
Moaning and wretched the sleeper woke.
Brushing q tear from his hloodshot eye.
To his squalid home behind the hill,
With saddened heact crept poor old Bill
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
Darby Tackles the Spanish Outrages

Darby Tackles the Spanish Outrages.
:sMaria," said Darby, as he laid down
the paper, "it makes my blood boil to
read about the way the Spaniards insult
our Government. DO you know that
they bang away at the American flag
whenever they choose, and do so with
perfect impunity ?"
ssNo, I don't know anything about it, -
replied his wife 81 let them shoot each
other if they want to-"
s'Let them shoot each other, eh "
growled Darby. g Let the goggle-eyed,
saffron -colored, bandy-shanked Span
iards shoot into our ships on the high
seas? Why, Maria, Tn surprised to
hear you utter such sentiments.
Look here, John Darby" snapped
his wife, 'I've got too much work to do
to waste any time in watching what the
Spaniards or the Chinese are doing.
When I get through cleaning up this
house during the day, and Juggling you
up the stairs at night, I don't feel inter.
ested in the affairs of the nation-not
much"
"Maria," said Darby, as he wheeled
his chair around in disgust, "when ]
cease to be patriotic I want to die. My
ancestors fought the battles Of then
country, their blood dyed a score o1
fields, and when it comes my time te
bleed for my country Tn ready to do it
We've got to whip the Spaniards, anc
I'm ready to help. The old war spirit
which distinguished our race is in me
and it's bound to show itself"
"Oh, yes, you are brave, John Darby
you are fierce, untamed warrior
When the burglars got into the house
last fall you got the mysteries, and dur
ing the summer you tore your pants get
ting On fence, because poor little dos
showed symptoms of madness. You are
too lazy to talk about fighting, ant
should have sense enough to know tina
you couldn't whip an old woman will
the palsy"
Darby buried his face behind tn
paper and said nothing more about tn
Spaniards.
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
vistas Of the substantial comforts that
surround the private lives Of prosperous
Britons. -B. e. AEdrsch.
What Imagination Effected.

The following story is told by an old
physician Of Worcester county, Mass:
was called into a neighboring town
TO visit patient. It being about the
middle of the day, the old gentleman of
the house (oyer go years old) invited ne
to stop and dine. While at dinner. he
says:
IT don't know as you like my din
ner.
Why yes,' said I; 81 do; I like it
very we'll it is very good.
/ guess that you don't know what
you are eating?"
6 Why, yes I do" said I, stit is some
new corned beef. y
"Ah," said the old gentleman, st is
horse beef"
don't believe it, . I replied.
It is, said he. g { declare it is some
of my old mare"
lwas not much acquainted with him
at that time; | looked at him, suppos-
ing him to be joking, but could not dis
cover muscle of the face to alter or
change. I had just taken another piece
on my plate and mouthful of the sec.
ond slice in my mouth, and in fact it was
AOioO A1Cs1o oIAo cuOuSu-l COulO LaSCo IL
as plainly as my olfactory nerves would
discover the scent of an old horse. The
more I chewed it, the more disagreeable
it tasted. I continued picking and tast.
ing a little sauce which I could swallow
but the meat, as the negro said, would
not go. I at last gave swallow, as dc
with a dose Of physic. I thought that
would have thrown the contents of my
stomach up at the table. I afterward
tasted little sauce, but took care not tc
put any more meat in my mouth, ano
kept time with the family. Glad was
when dinner was over. It being COO
weather, the old gentleman went tc
smoking and telling stories. At last he
says:
''I won't leave you in the dark abou
your dinner. I told you we had horse
meat for dinner, and SO it was. 1 tole
you it was some Of my old mare, and 81
it was; for I swapped her away for asteer
and that was some of the beef"
I have ever since been glad that til,
old gentleman put the joke on me, for
never should otherwise have known hov
far imagination could have carried me.
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17
There's a Use for Everything.

Small Child 6 r-e-a-d-bread." !"
Nurse 8 Now Of course you know
what bread is made from, and what it
is for?"
Small Child It's made from flour
and yeast. and everybody knows what
it's for. !"
Smaller Child g Yes, I should tink
so it's to put jam and lasses and butter
on; Elat's what It's for. :
The Princeton union., 1881-02-17

THERE are two things in this world
which man does not often find away
from home The first is good soup the
second is disinterested love.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-07-21
Thaws and Frosts ON Plants.

Herr Hoffman throws light on the way
in which plants are injured in time of
hard frost. 1t is well known that plants
and trees situated in the bottom of a
valley suffer much more from cold and
frost than those in higher situation.
This is due to the fact that the valley, if
surrounded by hills and high grounds,
not only retain its own cold of radiation,
but also serves as a reservoir for the cold
the neghboring ReigRtaa.o taowP Pt into n it from
the higher grounds in Switzerland are
warmer than the valleys or gorges, as in
these the cold collects as in SO many
basins. 1t is also found in this country
that plants and shrubs, which survive
the severity of winter on ground raised
above the level of the valley, perish when
grown in the valley itself. The great
advantage of hilly position is thus
apparent, and has been amply proved
by Herr Hoffman's observations at Gels
sen. Here he found that the plants SO
situated took little or no harm from the
intense cold; while quite near, in the
valley, there was extensive injury. The
injury, too decreased in proportion to
elevation above the valley. AS to the
immediate effect of temperature upon
plants, the author is of the opinion that
it is not particular degree of cold that
kills plant, but the amount of quick
thawing. This was illustrated III one
case by the curious fact that one and the
same bush--species of box-was killed
in its foliage on the south side, while on
the north the foliage remained green.
The sudden change of temperature
produced by quick thawing was con-
sidered to be some degrees less for plants
in q high situation and for the shady
sides of the half-killed shrubs. The
higher situations are in this respect also
favorable to plant life; because, while
the frost is not so severe as in the valley,
the effect of thawing winds is found to
be the same for both. The plants on the
higher ground are therefore subjected to
less strain by variations from low to a
high temperature, and the reverse, than
their congeners in the valleys. These
facts are of importance in determining
questions as to the sites of country
houses and gardens, and the more or less
hardy character of the plants and shrubs
most likely, in the particular situation,
to survive the frosts of winter.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-07-21
The Uses of Mica.

The mica chiefly met with III com
merce is of that variety which is proof
against acids and intense heat. Its
toughness, elasticity, and close approach
to transparency naturally led, at first, to
it's use for windows, and especially to its
employment in lanterns. 1t is found in
large quantities in Northern Carolina,
where there are unmistaken evidences
that some of the beds were worked a
great many years ago. The finer sheets
of tough mica are now used for such pur-
poses as the dials of compasses, the let
tering of fancy signs, covering photo
graphs, constructing lamp shades, re-
Electors, etc. OF late mica has been used
in the soles of boots and shoes, as a pro-
lection against dampness. The inven-
ton consists of a sheet of mica embedd-
ed in the boot or shoe between the outer
and inner sole, the upper leather tapping
over it's edges, and covering the upper
space from the toe to the instep. There
are many other uses to which mica lis
put, and it is becoming more and more
valuable as the arts and trades progress.
Mercy is sometimes an insult to jus
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-07-21
AslntIc Opium Smokers.

A correspondent, travelling i'll Persia,
writes ms follows of the chief vice of men
of that part of the world "After sup
per of boiled rice plentifully CREASED, the
men, of whom some eight or nine were
present commenced smoking opium, II
vice frightfully prevalent Ill this part of
the world, as one can see from the corpse
like complexion, and dull, leaden, vam-
pire-like stare of the eyes of half the
people one meets. Even here i'll Kelat,
in the room where / am writing this,
three men are diligently plying an opium
kdIida. They lie. mt full length on the
floor, their heads together on the same
pillow, their feet outward, like the
spokes of wheel. Close to the pillow
is small circular table of alabaster
foot wide, and raised five inches from
the ground On this is a small lamp of
the same material, fed with butter This
is covered by glass bell about seven
inches high, its edges resting on three
small copper coins, 80 as to allow air to
enter In the top is a small hole, bound
with brass. The flame comes within
couple of inches of this aperture. A
piece of opium as large rs good-sized
pea is stuck on n point of n kind of metal
bodkin, and held over the flame 1t is
repeatedly melted and tempered before
being smoked. The opium pipe consists
of an earthen or metal pear-shaped bulb,
about the size of boys peg top. In the
broad end is inserted a wooden tube, ten
or twelve inches long. In the side of
the bulb is very small hole. A piece
of roasted opium is placed on this hole,
and pierced with the bodkin, SO as TO al
low the passage of air. The smoker
holds the opium thus placed over the
aperture in the glass bell, and inhales
the smoke, companion all the while
turning and manipulating the opium
with the bodkin. After half dozen
whiffs the smoker relinquishes the ap-
paratus, and sinks back i'll a semilethar
gic state. My head is dizzy, and l feel
quite sick from the heavy, sour-smelling
fumes which pervade the apartment. |
can not very well ask them to stop or go
out, as l am their guest. 1t is singular
that while this vice is SO universal among
the more easterly Turcomansit it is almost
entirely unknown among the Turcomans
of the Atterek and Caspian ittoral.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-07-21
Had a Shock.

eyes," Mr.. Messenger replied, in an
swer to the young lady's remark, she
was rather fond of bathing; very fond of
it, in fact, but he received terrible
shock a few summers ago while in the
water, and he has never recovered from
it."
'My," she exclaimed, "did a snake
bite him?'' "Oh, dreadful!''
''No;" Mr.. Messenger said; sit wasn't
that"
Did he come near drowning, then?"
she wanted to know.
"No," he said, ''it wasn't that exactly
but just as he was about ready to come
out of the river he saw tramp going up
over the hill, about a quarter of mile
away, with his hat, his pocketboOk, his
vest, his watch, his handkerchief, his
stockings, his cigar case, his shoes, his
collar, his necktie, his shirt stud, and
collar button, his s-s-suspenders, his
cane, and, well, in fact, his trousers.
And there was a Sunday school picnic
only half a mile down the river, gradu-
ally coming nearer, and he lounged
around among the willows all that day
and walked home alone in the starlight.
And the fact was he has never been able
10 enjoy swim much since that time,