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, 1881-01-28
EFT SOUND ARGUS.
lClAL PAPER OF PORT TOWNSEND.
LEF LOCAL ITEMS

III. D'opo'Sh "oS uOA"y Vu 'hS
wee, by head winds.
MRs. J. J. Rogers and Mrs. r.
Delanty, of Clalsm, are in town.
MR. Holcombe has a fine lot of
valentines on hand, of all kinds.
THE new board of County G m
missioners will hold its first meeting
on the 9Th of February.
THE work of overhauiing and re
pairing the schooner Mist is pro
crossing quite rapidly.
Mr.. G. NJ. Haller returned home
this week after an absence at the La
Conner and Seattle courts.
A LARGE amount of job work has
recently been turned out from the
ARGUS office giving general satisfac'
ton.
The schooner Teazer was in our
barbor this week. Messrs. McCrea
and Quinn went down to the cape in
her on Wednesday.
+ The iron furnace at the head o.
the bay turned out some fine look
ing metal this week. All seems to
be working splendidly so far.
TIE schr. Perkins arrived Tuesday
with a load of oats, and wheat, al d
a deck load OF fish, oil and hay for
Messrs. Waterman & Katz.
A COUPLE of young horses from
up the Sound were sold at auction
at this place last week, Mr.. Salley
buying one and Mr.. A. |. Smith tine
other.
On Monday night several inches
of snow fell on Vancouver's Island,
and the San Juan archipelago.
There was no snow on this side OF
the straits.
The Idaho laid here for several
hours OH her way to San Francisco,
taking in a lot of freight consisting
of oats, potatoes. salmon, hides and
furs, shipped by Waterman Il Katz'
WE are authorized to announce
that services are expected to be held
in the Presbyterian church here on
Sunday, Feb. 9Th, conducted either
by Rev. j. Reid, OF Victoria, or his
son, the pastor.
We are requested to say that Rev.
L. Davis, of the Episcopal Church, OF
this place, will be absent next Sun.
day, having an appointment to
preach in Tacoma on that occasion.
His pulpit here will be vacant.
THR ARGUS will be moved next
week to the Office recently occupied
by the defunct democratic Press"
We will also open in tina. building
an office for ourself as Justice of the
Peace and Committing Magistrate.
MARRIED.-In Port Townsend, at
st. Paul's Church, on the 22d inst,
by Rev. e. Davis, pastor, Carl Kasch
and Miss Lovely Lory, ali Of JeffGr-
son county. The bride is niece OF
Mr.. Nichols, of Scow Bay, and is
recently from England.
THE prospect for the grand mas
querade ball to be given here on the
22d of February opens up very
o''s"'' IN iact the preparations are
fairly booming, and subscriptions to
the fund are rapidly increasing. On
"Wednesday over fifty names were
down. A splendid time is anticipa.
ted.
JUDGE D. w. Smith, Vice Presi.
dent of the Immigration Aid Soc.
ETY., has been receiving and answer
ing letters from the colonisls recently
coming to this territory, relative to
the advantages of this section Of
country. If those colonists will qui.
etly take look through this portion
of country we opine that they will
GA Il r,Octaklo 20 tho,,, Vhok :.
, 1881-01-28

1 have pure white faced Black Spanish
Cocks and Brown Leghorn Cocks fol
sale cheap If called for soon. Will spare
few tros Of each. Also eggs for hatch.
Ing, from each variety, in the Spring.
B. s. HOXSIE.
Port Townsend. 42:tf.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03
Cure for Seasickness.

Three New York doctors were recently
interviewed upon the subject of sea,
sickness. The Brooklyn Eagle thus
summarizes their opinion. One said
there was only one remedy for ito
stay ashore. But he subsequently ad.
mitted that that is not complete rem.
edy, for he added that land-sickness,
caused by riding backward and in rail.
way cars, is the same as seasickness.
But another doctor, DIR. George NJ.
Beard, says that within year there is
no disease about which 80 much has been
learned, and which is so perfectly cura-
BILE. 1t is disease of tho nervous sys
tenn, mainly of the brain and spinal
cord, comes from series of mild con.
cussions, and produces, by sympathy,
disorder of the stomach. The remedy
is bromide of sodium, taken three times
day few days before embarking, and
kept up at sea until the danger is passed.
1t renders the system less susceptible
20 the disturbances caused by the move.
ments of the ship. The drug must be
taken intelligently and on consultation
with physician, DIR. Hammond says
that in his own case he has found ten
Or fifteen drops of chloroform on lump
sugar and the use of bromide of potas.
SUM beneficial. All three doctors
agreed that there is no benefit to be
derived from seasickness except foI
those who are in the habit OF eating too
much. And if people are "the better
for it," it is because the sea makes them
better in spite of seasickness. "No
more benefit can be derived from it
than from an attack of typhoid fever, "
says DIR. Beard. If, therefore, it can
be prevented without causing any other
or any greater harm to the system, peo-
pie are entitled to the full benefit oi
remedies that are really such.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Between 600 and 700 different forms
have been distinguished in snow crys-
tails.
Pure water may be obtained from that
which is impure, or from brine, by dis
tillation,
Articles of food which would soon de-
cay if exposed to the air may be long
preserved in vacuum.
In Switzerland the temperature of the
bottom of deep, snow-fed lakes remains
uniform during the year.
Respiration is slow combustion, in
which carbon and other ingredients Of
the blood combine with oxygen.
Why will not grass grow under oui
trees hI Paul Bert has shown that
green light hinders the development OF
plants. Plants inclosed in q green glass
frame wither and die rs though they
were in darkness. NJ. Regnard finds
that plants specially require the red
rays. If sunlight is deprived of the red
rays the plants soon cease to thrive.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03
Opium smoking In California.

The bane OF opium smoking in Cali
fornia, says San Francisco letter, is
seen in the younger generation. Cali
foruia children are very precocious
they seem to have an exaggerated desire
to indulge in everything which is for
hidden. Every Chinese wash-house
throughout the State is the center Of
evil. Young boys learn there to smoke
opium and contract the habit which
ruins them body and soul. The Chinese
receive boys with great favor, and are
always ready to initiate them into any
vice. In the cities the evil is worse, as
the opportunities forts qualification are
met ON every side. There are many
squalid opium "dens" in the Chinese
quarters, and these have the regular
white customers. The police make fre-
quent raids upon them, but the payment
of $40 fine releases the proprietor. Now
it is customary for the smoker to deposit
this amount before beginning his indul-
gence, in order to assure the release of
the patron in case of arrest. The vice
Is most prevalent among the hoodlums
of this city and the women Of the town,
but police officers and detectives, whose
word may be relied upon, declare that
the practice is spreading with great
rapidity, and that the law will soon
have to be invoked to check it by heavy
fines and other penalties. The new
treaty will have no sensible effect upon
the importation OF opium into this coun-
try, as the duties are low in British
Columbia and Mexico, and the work of
smuggling it over the border will not be
difficult. As Chinese merchant said o
few days ago in speaking of the drug :
"The Chinese will get it if it's on top of
the earth. You might as we'll try to
stop your nation from smoking cigars or
drin aing liquor"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03
Lowest N otch
Resolutions.

THE following resolutions have been
il adopted as guide for the miners and
laboring men of this coal region:
1. Resoloed, That no miner in the en-
ploy of any Company in this reaion do
any days work underground for less than
$3.50 per day, and any man that may be
called to do any work may make his own
contract, but in no case may he 20 below
the standard of laborers' wages at any
mine In which he is employed; and in no
case whatever shall cars be made up; and
in no case compulsion be used.
Q. Resolred, That one half cent per ton
for blacksmithing ON and aftel February
1st, 1880, be the standing price paid.
3. Res0lved, That we restrict the hours
of labor to ten hours per day as standing
days work, beginning at z a. m. and stop
ing at 8 p. IN.
4. Res0loed, That five cars be standard
days work for two men.
s. Resolued, That boys at the age of 10
years are entitled to half turn, but they
shall come to the mine and claim said half
turn: and that the Oldest son of widow
shall be allowed full turn at the discre
tion of mine boss, provided, the father
died while in the employ Of said company.
o. RcsoIred, Ihat all tlmoer snail De de-
livered at the place OF working.
z. Resoloed, That laying up roads. for
pillars and timberlng old places be done
by the day at $3.50 per day.
s. hsoloed, That all heading work shall
bc 78 cents per ton, and ten cars for turn
ing off rooms paid at the same price.
0. ResoIued, That we, your employees,
shall not maintain any driver or laborer in
not performing his duty faithfully.
10. Resolced, That we shall not sustain
any recklessness or carelessness To the ee.
struction of life and pr 'perty, for should
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03

A Washington telegraph company is
making the experiment of placing the
wires in the sewers, the use of which
for that purpose has been granted by
the authorities. The wires, fifteen or
twenty in number, are properly insu-
lated and combined in a cable covered
with non-conducting waterproof ma
terial. The cable is then fastened to
the arch OF the sewer, above the water,
except in cases Of extraordinary floods.
Access to the cable for examination md
repairs is to be had through the man.
holes of the sewers. The company be-
lieves the experiment will be entirely
successful, both in point of convenience
and expense.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03

WHAT A DIsTINGUIsHED PIANIsT
sAYs.-From Miss Belle Foster, dis
tiugniahed pianist of ST. Louis
hIEEDELssoHN PIANO Co, New YORK:
Gent'emea-l wish TO express to you
my congratllation upon the success of
your New Scale Upright Piano. | have
never before played upon so fine an Up,
right Piano. 1t seelns as though every
thing could be played upon it that an
artist could wish, from the softest shadow
ofa thought to the grandest fortissmo.
The tone and touch are perfect. am
particularly surprised at the really excel
lent bass and treble you have obtained in
this new scale. Respectfully yours,
BELLA s. FOSTER.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03
Farm and Garden Notes.

Kerosene oil is sure death to insects
of all kinds and in every stage Of their
development, according to Professor
Riley.
If good brood SOW is rightly kept
the pigs from her will more than pay
for her keep by the sale of some over
and above those intended to be kept.
Heliotropes need moisture and heat to
strike root, but pot ed in sandy soil.
with glass tumbler placed over th EN-
they will root quickly in May or any
summer month.
To groom horse feed him on any ntl-
tritious food, keep his skin clean, brush
and rub the hair thoroughly, and often.
Blanketing will aid materially in giving
smoothness to the coat.
Cannot sheep be penned under shelter
at night as we'll as other animals2 ? II
sheltered in well-ventilated building
they will be protected not only from
dogs but the weather also.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03

According TO the London World the
esthetic people who have furnished
London with such food for jest and
laughter by their queer costumes, their
affectation, their long hair and their
general tomfoolery are known as the
"Dadocracy.'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03

During a recent storm at Troy, N.
Y, Jacob Thersduenof went to the tel
ephone to answer a CALL AS he was
replacing the receiver on the hook the
lightning struck his hand, mangling it
terribly aud .paralYzing- his arm
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03

The Kansas Editorial association have
decided not to have o meeting this year,
ont June, 1882, they irtend to have one,
followed by an excursion to California.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03

A structure which is expected to be
the finest and strongest lighthouse in
the world is to be erected in Chesa-
peake bay, off Cape Henry. For eighteen
months forty men have been at work on it
constantly. From the base to top it
measures 155 feet, with diameter at
the base of thirty feet and at the top Of
sixteen feet. There are six stories,
above which are service-room, watch
room, lantern-room and finally the roof.
It's total weight is 100000 pounds,
1000 pounds of bolts alone being re.
quired to put it together. The exterior,
which is octagonal in shape, is con-
structed of cast-iron, while the cylindrical
Interior is of sheet-iron. The casting s
of the base and first story are two inches
in thickness, and the sheet-iron lining
three-eighths of an inch. The staircase,
which has $50 steps, goes around the
cylinder instead of up shaft, as in the
lighthouses now in existence. The
"light-room is circular steel frame
twelve feet in diameter and nine feet
high. The glass to be used is now being
manufactured in France, and light OF
great power will be adopted.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03
risk and trouble worth taking

Josh Billings says: 81 haven't much
doubt but that man sprung from the
monkey, but what bothers me is where
the monkey sprung from" Why, Josh,
monkeys spring from trees. 1t is as
tonishing that man of your perception
should never have noticed this fact,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03

Discussing the effect of good French
harvest upon the competition of Amer
ican wheat in Europe, the French agri-
cultural journal, Semaime AgricoIe, says
that the present appearance of the grow
ing wheat in France is admirable, and
promises superb crop. 1t is added
that, for the first time since United
States wheat began to enter the French
markets, there is the prospect that
France will produce more than enough
to satisfy the consumption of this food
grain. Assuming that the German
yield of wheat and rye reaches an aver
age amount, there will be no other i'm
portant foreign market open to Amer
ican grain than that of the United King
dom. The Manchester Guardian adds !:
"We shall then find out at what price
the Americans can deliver wheat on this
side the Atlantic, and it will probably
be seen that for the present, at any rate,
the cultivation of that cereal has been
pushed too far in the States for the
wants of ordinary years"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03
A Dime. Novel Hero,

The dlme-novel readers would rejoice
in Buckshot Bill, of Nevada. He speaks
twenty-five Indian tongues. Once he
saw eleven comrades burned alive by
the Comanches, signed with his blood {
vow to have the scalps Of eleven Indians
who killed his brother and stole his dia
mond pin, and has on exhibition III
scalps taken by his own hands. He is .
scout after the boys own heart.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03
TIMELY TOPICS.

A Toronto baby. left by itself in q
perambulator while asleep, fell out in
such way that strap suspended it by
the neck, and it was dead when discov-
cred. A Sacramento baby's hands were
tied to prevent it from scratching its
head, which was affected with salt
rheum, and while thus bound it fell
with its face in basin of water, which
drowned it. Much more horrible was
the fate of the Philadelphia baby, who
was left to sleep in room infested by
rats. The mother was careful to spread
o netting over the little one as a protec-
ton against flies, but was not mindful
of the ravenous vermin. When she re-
turned, the infant had ceased to strug-
gle against the rats, its face was gnawed
away, and death ensued Immediately.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03

The sea-lion business has become
quite an industry. They are distributed
among geological collections in all parts
of the world. They are caught by lasso
when summing themselves on the rocks.
1t is ri ky work. The high price paid
and the fact that few die while being
transmitted to distant destinations, make
risk and trouble worth taking.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03

The Congregational Yearbook has
been issued, with full statistics of the
churches for 1880. The churches re-
ported are 8, ,745 and the members 1884,
800, with AL, 429 scholars in the Sun.
day.schools.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03

There are several different sorts of
locusts, and two species which visit this
country at regular periods. One comes
every seventeen years and the other
once every thirteen years. TIE seven
teen-year loousts made their last ap-
pearance in the West in 1864, and the
thirteen-y, ar variety in 1868. This
year the government entomologist tells
us they are both coming at once, CO.
incidence that has not occurred since
1860, and will not be repeated until
2102. Western farmers are assured,
however, that they need apprehend no
harm to grain or grass crops from these
insects, as they do not devour that sort
of food. They confine themselves to
trees and shrubbery, and often do seri-
GUS damage to fruit. The grass-eating
hoppers are q much moro to be dreaded
pest, as they may make their appearance
at any time, and destroy every green
thing in their path.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-09-03

ne census bureau gives us the grain
product of the United States for the
year 1879. From these tables we learn
that from so. .326,952 acres planted in
corn there were raised 1,772, ,909, S46
bushels; from 35, 4S7, ,O65 acres in wheat
the yield was 2S7, ,745, 1926 bushels; &c.
15O,611 acres of oats produced 407, ,970,-
712 bushels; zoos, 466 acres devoted to
barley gave us Al, 149,47 9 bushels;
the 1,S44, 321 acres sown in rye brought
forth 1913, 795 bushels, and the $780,
304 acres of buckwheat gave return
of 9,S2l, 721 bushels. The total acreage
for cereals in 1879 was 11S, ,665,6l9, and
the yield nearly three thousand millions
of bushels, or an average of fifty. four
bushels to each individual of our fifty
millions of population. Commenting
on these figures, the New York Herald
says: "No wonder two thousand emf
grants arrive on our shores every day"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-07-25
BY TELEGRAPH.
MAINE.
Fire in East Bowdoinham.

Especial Dispatch to the Press.l
EAST BowDoNHAM, July A.-The store and
entire stock of goods of Eben Lancaster of
East Bowdoinham were partially consumed by
fire this morning at / o'clock. The fire had
got control when discovered so nothing could
be saved. 1t was doubtless the work of an
incendiary. Insurance will cover the loss.
Escape of State Prison Convict.
ITO the Associated Press.l
THoMAsroN, July A.-Yesterday afternoon
Alfred Duboy, a French convict, escaped
from the Maine State Prison. He was let out
side to work around the premises. Mrs. Charles
Berry and sister of Rockland had a horse and
carriage at Mrs Watts, opposite to the prison
stable and they were about to get into the car
riage when suddenly Duboy ran across from
the stable and jumping into the vehicle,
seized the reins and taking the horse from
them vigorously applied the whip. driving the
horse upon the run toward Warren. Post
master Willis followed him as far as Cough
Inns, four miles off, when he dropped the
reins and ran into the woods. The officers of
the prison were soon in hst pursuit, but he has
not yet been found. He had eleven months
more to serve.
Postal Changes.
WASHINGTON, July 24.-The following postal
changes for Maine are reported:
John F. Moore, Maplewood, York county:
Edwin A. Reed, North Lee, Penobscot county:
Charles e. Aehorn, Palermo, Waldo couHty
Edwin Keith, Simpsons Corner, Penobscot
county; Laura A. Hemenway, South Jeffer-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-07-25
FOREIGN.
EARTHQUAKE AMONG tho Alma


LONDON July 23.-An earthquake occured
at go Friday morning in Switzerland and in
the eastern part of France At Geneva bells
were rung and houses shaken. At Morges the
furniture in dwellings was upset and there was
great CONSERVATION but no casualties. 1t was
also severe at Berne, Switzerland and at
Lyons and Grenoble, France.
The Spanish Harvest.
The Standards dispatch from Madrid states
that the harvest IS advancing rapidly with fair
prospects in wheat, oats, barley and other
cereals. Every class of agricultural produce
promises crop little below the average of
ordinary years After providing for her pro-
tectlve tariff and monopoly market in the
West Indies, Spain will have but little left for
export of her cereals.
Stanley's African Expedition.
The Brussels Etoie Beige says a member n,
Mr.. Henry MStanley's African expedition de
sires to warn the public against erroneous re-.
ports regarding the manner in which the az.
petition is conducted. Mr.. Stanley's instruc.
ton from the Belgian government, he saws.
are to send to Europe any officer using forcs
against the natives. The men emploved arc
all free, and joined the expedition of their
own will. They are well paid and well treat.
cd. This refers to recently published report
that Mr. Stanley was compelled to purchase
slaves to fill up gaps in his expedition by death
and desertion. 'A
Protection In England.
The Economist of this week elaborstely dis.
sects the Quarterly Reviews article on Eng.
llsn trade and foreign competition, and de.
ciares That the writer is ignorant of fiscal af-
fairs, mistaken in his statistics and wrong in
his conclusions IF the article" saws the
Economist, represents the view of the con.
sentative party, it certainly will not commend
itself to the common sense of the country. and
proposals OF this kind, especially when put for
ward forward for party purposes, are little
better than hooking of the distress they pro-
fess to aim at alleviating. f-'
The Spectator says: "We have all soma
hope that we are to escape revival of the
WORKOUT discussion on protection, for, in spite
OF some sinister appearances, we cannot he
lieve he Tory chiefs will lend themselves tn
80 senseess cry
International Medical Congress.
UP to the present time the number of foreign
medical men announced to attend the inter
national medical congress to be held in Lon
don from August to the 9th, is about $40
Inc aggregate attendance is expected to reach
reach 1000. Earl Granville, foreign secretary.