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, 1882-07-01
Eulogizing the Chinese.

Rev. Mr.. Pierce has been writing a
letter from Portland III which he makes
use Of these words
This church has 60 Chinese converts
brought IN since 1876, who have erected q
chapel of their own and hold evening
school every night and religion. exercises
every Sunday by their missionary Fung
Chak. Seven years of experience proves
them 10 be an upright, perseverlng and
trustworthy membership
In view 0! the fact that the intelligent
white people of the Pacific coast have been
struggling for several years TO rid them
selves Of the curse of the Mongolian
that every christian who voted in Cali
fornia in 1880 placed himself on record
against the Chinamrn on general princi-
pies, and that the present congress passed
bill wiki the obiec, of serving the best
interests Of white labor ON this coast, this
eulogy, even from the assumed stand
point, comes with bad grace. Mr.. Pierce
ought TO know, If he does not, that the
very Cinnamon he IS eulogizing are not
only absorbents as are the horaes who
clog labor avenues formerly occupied by
the whites, bat do not assimila,e our
habits of living or manner Of thought and
do bring with them the depreciation be-
longing TO that race All the so-called ali
vsnt4ses Of the Chinese, will not bslaacr
the least of the evils they fois: upon aul
l people
, 1882-07-01
Cremation.

We are not ted that Garibaldi lett any
directions in his sil, relative 10 the m
cinera,ion os his body, but the eheruo
who fings electricity from London, IN
forms Us ;hs, tie body Is 10 be reduced
TO ashes, in cremstory. There Is
strong presumption, however, that Gsrl-
baldi was an advocate Of cremation, and
upor. this ground, his friends intend 10
get the body into such a quantity, that \
vine bottle will suffice 10 hold 1t.
Generally speaking, cremation does not
take very strong hold Of the public In
part. this may be due to the fact, that
the incarceration of the body OF the
most earnest advocate Of cremation,
DR.. lie Moyne, vas 8 miserable failure
Ii will be remembered, that when the
body of this ,heosophisr vas pu, into the
retort. the furnace refused 10 do It's duty,
and instead of crumbling away 10 ashes,
the flesh merely hardened, and cracked
horribly. He was baked, but not ere
mated. Doubtless a hundred times In
his life, had he, in his dreams, seen
his mortal remains fading aSay beautiful
ly into mist OF blue smoke, or falling
back into soft white ashes, - be kept
and cherished in graceful urn, or Bohe-
mian bottle. Instead Of that, repulslve
failure. This failure has evidently, had
much 10 do with the falling of IN the
advocacy OF cremation, and What crema-
tories have been erected, will probably be
turned into popcorn factories, as thzt
one, failing to cremate Mrs. Ben Pullman
in Cincinnati There, the builder de-
spairlng OF getting any human remains to
roast, made OF his venture a factory for
the production of popcorn, and now,
from the retort whence nothing but hu-
man ashes was to issue, to be moistened
with human tears, comes daily, the CHEEKY
masses of s. hot popcorn.
The factis, the popular stomach has turn
ed, end the people Of this generation will
not have their bodies burned, though the
superiority of cremation may be demon
strated, over and over again. The people
rustlIng round tending 10 business above
ground, care very little about the carni-
val going on i'll the city of the dead, and
the late occupants of the mortal shells
buried there, have other business 10 attend
to than watching the return Of these shells
to earth Possibly they may have little
crematory Of their own which consumes
time and attention III So hot climate. Ii
is sufficiently humiliating to every person
Of spirit to know that he is dust and must
return TO dust, and he does not care TO be
laid In a retort provided with 6 ass door
through which = dozen reporters gaze IN
tent upon recording every ghastly detail
Of the process, adding new terr"rs to
death.
, 1882-07-01
" Why Don't Yos Publish NY
Poetry

About once moon-and perhaps It Is
because poet-asters generally produce
moon pale truck-somebody asks the
question at the head Of this article. In
leisure moment We 20 over the pigeon
hole monogramed y e., and OF course
fail tc find the poetry alluded to. We
discover so-callrd verses, that seemed to
have come by the wrenching. OF block
and tackle as the inspiration, and OF
course We cannot offer our readers such
stuff for their mental tea. There Is a law
of rejection. but it is difficult to e1pound-
No poetry or story work which has for it'
basis practical thought will be rejected.
The writer who can say something new,
and say it in pleasing saS, Will always
be welcomed. Even sn old idea present
ed IN novel and attractive form will not
find the q. F. " pigeon-hOle. But when
a man, woman OF girl, chooses to use upa
quarter Of a mile Of paper IN spearlng
about in the realms Of fancy for Prac-
tical thought and then misses ii, there Is no
statute to forbid such a waste or to COM
pei newspaper to gulp 1t down. Nine
tenths Of these things are written by few
erishly buoyant young men, dyspeptlc old
maids, OF young girls to whom life is
dream. Now life is hard-pan practical
fact, filled with great banks Of difficulty
into which men are digging instead Of try
ing to slide around them on pOeticai run
ners. You might as well Try TO knock
over the elephant Jumbo with toy blad-
der as to interest practical reader with
one of these poems. fcu can no more
rIvet the attention of ALI honest man to
the heart -crunehing devotion Of ali imag-
mary Leander than you can fatten cali
on saw-dust II you m,lSt make 4 Lean
der. call him John Smith; make him a
flesh aid blood man; iii him rs full oi
business as possible, and then people will
have some sympathy for him when INTRO
duced in the newspaper. The presum'ion
is that some Of these people have a talent
worth getting AT, but 1t must be in prac-
teal way.
, 1882-07-01
Editorial Spinnings.

The house has passed resolution pro-
viding for AL adjournment July 30.
The cashier Of the Third National Bank
Of 81. LOUIS has stolen Sl50.0 of the
funds.
The governor Of Massachusetts alarmed
at the illiteracy in that state, petitions
congress to make appropriations to aid the
schools.
Dan DrQuill, of the Virginia City En-
t,rDnss. still sticks TO it that the Com
stock is iu the midst "f 200 mil. min
eral belt
DeLesseps wants 10 draw water from
all parts of the globe in order 10 wet down
the desert Of Sahara. On behslf Of Mill
creek, We object
Minister Daggett goes To Hawai- Just
in time The government there desires
to borrow half million dollars to he used
for immigration purposes.
That there are 252 lawyers in congress
probably accounts for the immensely Of
the bills. III a financial sense. and the
tangled mp condition cf resolutions
4 fence is being built from the north.
ern part Of Indian Territory through
Texas into New Mexico, 200 miles long
A good many politicians beside David
Davis. could ride on that fence.
The desire Of this community for a
change in the membership Of the city
council, must be taken as tolerably
strong presumption, that the people dis
like to have any Cf their fellow citizens
get the impression that they carry Walla
Walla in their vest pockets.
K NJ Daggett who stepped down in
leaving the Virginia City Enterprise to
become member Of Congress, has been
appointed Minister to Hawai- He will
no doubt make good Minister, not in
religious matters but journalism loses a
trenchent and brillian, pen, when he
leaves it.
The Troy Times says of the death IF
Mrs. Poet Miller: Among the friends
who ministered to her wants IN her last
days was her former husband, who,
although he has another xife and child,
va. not insensibie 10 the sutferings of the
woman he had once loved He sent
her flowers and fruit constantly, and did
whatever he could to make her last days
comfortable
As pathetic example of what the En-
glish language is capable. the following
sentence from MIR. Evarts may be cited.
1t was in answer to the question, what
part Of the turkey viii ynu havel X was
quite incnnsequential TO one of his recog-
nized abstemiOusness and supersensitive
stomachic nervation, whether he be ten
dered an intinitesimal portion of the opa-
Que nutriment Of the neither extremities.
the superior fraction of a pinion, or a
snowy cleavage from the cardiac region"
Editor Grady, OF the Atlanta Constitu-
| s.oa, has been petirioned by about 1000
of the citizens there TO run for congress,
and he had the good sense to decline.
He said to his friends: Journalism is a
jealous profession, and demsuds the
fullest allegiance of those who seek it:
honOrs or its emoluments Least of al
things can it be made the aid Of the dem.
agosue or TIE handmaid Of the politician
The man who uses his journal TO subserv,
his political ambition or writes with a sin
ister and personal purposes soon loses hi.
power, and had best abandon the profes
sion he has BETRAYED"
, 1882-07-01
Teverish Flush.

A few weeks ago the UniOn of this city
followed up the visit here Of NJ. Y. b.
Stacey, of Seattle, with an article headed
"Feverish Flush, q maundering, jaun
diced, semi moral sermon on the subject
of speculation in general, but intended
specially as cater TO the be-fogged pref
udices Of certain Moss-backs here, who
have set on their nests until only the pin
feathers are left, and who raise cackle of
alarm at the least hint of a boom that is
likely to disturb them. The Caion said
1t i. rumored that Nj. V. b. Stacey, a
Seattle capitalist, has purchased large
tracts Of land in Grand Ronde valley.
CITY lots In Union. Baker and Prescott.
We say it is rumored because while II is
certain the records show that he is the
owner, it is claimed by parties on the In
side thst other papers might show All
agreement with . certain corporation 10
give them title in . certain contingency.
For tie benefit Of the U,.ion and as an
evidence OF the evil consequences Of tha,
kind of utteranoe by a newspaper, We copy
the following from the Orsgonidn:
E. S. McComas, formerly register OF
the state land office nj La,;rande, who
arrived here las, night from Eastern Ore
yon, informs us that he has recently made
some extensive aales of lands in the vicin-
ity of Baker city TO Messrs. Stacey, Lati-
mer and Denny, of Seattle. Bread
town seems TO capture all the Puget
Sound capitalists who GO east Of the Cas-
csdes 20 invest their profits on their sal
mon and hoop poles. The Walls Walia
Union talks good deal about the bane
ful influences of those clam digging spec
uiators, but they are pretty shrexd men
and do not invest their money In an,
place unless 1t has some elements Of posi-
tive merit
Now We submit that = public journal
can do nothing mere damaging, nothing
that is certain is to be followed by disas-
trSus effects upon the best interests of
this people, than sending word 20 the
worid through the columns Of newspapers
sxift TO make capital for their own local
ities a, the expense Of this city, thst the
citizens of Walia W.lls do not desire the
business visits of capitalists, do not desire
tae Investment Of their money in this
city, deprecAte "boom, and are eonten
10 simply drift Along until dry rot caus. 9
IN carly demise.
The Unioa is nos told that Mr.. Stacey
has made purchases of large trAc,, II
land, and IT Is further informed tha; be
and his friends named are shrewd men
who do not invest their money haphazard
Mr. Stacey sau in wAla WAlla the ele-
nents of positive merit And shrevdly
he invested, a. he invested In Eastern
Oregon He intenGs 10 come here again
ere long, and the journal that does not re
reiye HIM cordially, instead Of endeavor-
ing TO discourage his investment, Ger
tainIy lacks enterprise and that public
soirit, which ought ~ ehArscieriss iis
daily sttseaaesa
, 1882-07-01
THE OHEICIALCITY PAPER
Full Of Years

There is no~ living near the little vii
!sge Of Bak-nville, in Coshocton County.
SIX miles north Of Newcomers,own, lady
whose age exceeds that Of the Declaration
Of Independence by at least one year, and
probably more. Her name is Catherine
Albert, and the following brief history Of
the more than centenarian was obtained
by q CORRESPONDENT, who made trip to
her humble home Tn knocking at the
door of the cottage, the correspondent
was ushered into the presence Of a gray
haired, venerable looking lady, whom We
at frs. supposed sas Mrs Albert, but
who proved TO be her youngest daughter,
a blushing maiden Of sixty summers, and
70 whom We are indebted for the partic-
ulars Of her mothers long career. We
were shown into a room adjoining the one
We entered, and there, lying on couch,
Was Mrs. Catherine Albert. She was in
a deep sleep when we entered. but started
up immediately after, and apparently
stared wildly about the room, and then re.
mained silent for while, after which she
began TO scream loudly, as if frightened
at some object. Her daughter informed
US that she was very restless, and opiates
had to be administered frequently, as she
cried out and screamed greater part 81
the time.
Hes maiden name was Cutshall, and
from the best information obtainable, we
found she was born in Reading, Pa, IN
I715, although the month is not known,
as the old German family Bible IN which
the record was kept was lost when the
family removed to the region east of the
Aiieghenles- She had three sisters ana
seven brother, and out OF this family OF
eleven children, Catherine, though not
the youngest, is the only survivor She
was married at twenty-five to john Al
bert, VINO was i'ur years her JUNIOR, ana
by whom she had eleven Children lie
died at the age OF eighty-one, twenty one
years ago. Up to about one year ago olrs
Albert enjoyed the best OF health, and
Just before she took to her bed she dried
FIVE bushels of apples without assistance
from anyone. For about year she has
been confined TO her bed, and, although
she suffers considerably from rhematic
and neuralgic pains, she otherwise seems
to be in good health. She is now totally
L.. -. boo, varv nall and b.r
speech mas al"'oSl iai'eu n'f' HS 'n' '"i''
not be understood except by aer daughter,
Elizabeth. and her grand daughter, Fan
n. who A.. h.- con.t,n, attendants
ms
Her teeth are sohe' an" sue has sus.a''ie'
life for years on nothing but pap pre-
pared from milk. As she lies asleep on
hsr co,cb she an,sar, more ike q eorpse
, 1882-07-01

Both Lydia E Pinkham'. Vegetable Com
pound and Blood Purifier are prepsred # ass
and 235 Western Ayenn-, Lynn, Mas. Price
OF either. 81 Sii bottle. for S.. Sen. by mail
IN the form Of pills. OF Of lozsnges, on rec-io,
OF psice, 81 per box for either. Mr-. Piukhsn
treely answsn all letters If inquiry. Rnc.o.e
&c stamp Send far pamphlet Mention this
papa.
, 1882-07-01

LAyD OFFICE AT WAL;A WALLA. W. T.
June 23d lSSa. (
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
" the following named settler has fled no
tice Of his intention 10 make final proof il
support af his claim, and that said proof will
he made before L. :. Land Office 1t Walls
Walk, W. T.. on August +th, 1852. Wis: jas
per y. Wa ner, Hi. No. 1859, for the SW4,
Sec y. L Il. y K "a 4, " NJ.
He names the following witnesses TO Prov
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
nf. said land. viz: Thomas Ioveray Of Walia
Walls, W. T.: Jesse Corbit, Of Walla Walls;
Moses Tacy, ot Walla Walla: Jacob Frizzel.
Of Walla Walla, W. T.
Post f. II. MORRISON. Repi ter.
, 1882-07-01

The sfereO'yped campaign 'riek Of get
ting three or four ward candidates ior
councilmen, for the purpose OF increas;rg 2
the chances Of 8 favoriie, dont seem to
work we'll this year The general public
drop On II too easily.
, 1882-07-01

Rev. Mr.. Pierce mas been writing a
letter from Portland III which he makes
use Of these words
, 1882-07-01

! viii mail free the recipe for s s:na,,e
kEcsTAsLs BAIa thst win remove TAN
FRECkLES, PIMPLES snd BLOTCHEs
leaving the skin soft. cle.r AID beautiful: as,
inst-ac;ioL. ;or producing iuyIrianc srosth
of hair on bald head or smooth fscs. Ad.
dress, inelosins stamp, 2sa. VAnisif 4 Co. 5
Beskman Street n Y. IIaS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-10

Pearson, postmaster at New York, is prob
ably the most interesting and important.
In the New York postoffice methods some
thing like those proposed by the Pendleton
bill have been adopted and adhered to.
Mr.. Pearson reports that since the adop
ton of these alleged simpracticable" plans
of constituting and conducting the force
of the New York postoffiee, the increase
in the volume matter handled has been
from $50 TO 800 per cent, while the in
crease in cost has only been about 2 per
cent. This would seem to be showing
exceedingly practical, forcible and elo
quent There are employed in the New
York postoffice about ], 450 persons. Mr.
Pearson states that this system is ''abso
lutely essential to the attainment of eff
ciencyin service so large;" that with
out it he would be unable to accomplish
his work satisfactorily, and would be com
PEELED to abondon a great deal in the ser
vice Of his office that is excellent" that he
would be unable to perform his service in
the thorough manner that at present OBJ
tains with the old system of control from
the outside reintroduced without doubling
the force and probably more than redoub-
ling the cost of it."
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-10
A TOLL BRIDGE.

The letter. published ON another page,
from Congressman Farwell to Mr.. Jno.
Green, effectualy settles the question as
to the inspirations of the bill to impose a
toll upon the bridge across the river. Sec
rotary Lincoln is then quoted and he states
explicitly that ''the principal reason
urged was the complaint, made by the ferry
company, that their business was injured
and in danger of being ruined" Also a
letter is on file from prominent attorney
of Rock Island" urging the same thing,
and as its date is July Is, 1881, it is in all
human probability from our ''honored y
past master The letter can be easily pro-
cured The mere fact that it was intro
duced by Kellogg in the senate, Chalmers
in the house, and Sypher is the lobbyist
goes to prove that outside and interested
bill, as none of the gentlemen could pos
sibly have conceived the idea themselves.
The fact that an ex-carpet bag and probably
desreputable congressman is the lobbyist
shows that the whole scheme is simply one
inspired and procured through the use of
money. The question is what is Rock
Island going to do about its If no action
is taken the ferry company will undoubted-
" secure its ends.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-10

s.. O0O for s.willful and malicious defama-
ton of plaintiffs character Tue cause of
the suit is based on the publication of the
item below, which Mr. Hill considers has
injured him SO, 900 worth. The item is as
follow:
We are in receipt of several communities
lions relative to the wrong doings OF one
III. s. Hill, who at one time had card in
the Neecs We are grieved to say that
from the testimony received, we are forced
to believe that H. S. Hill is a fraud. We
have not received certain names nor mon
ey for subscribers as asked about in letters
received, and fearing that the same course
of conduct may be continued in, we are
| compelled to warn all against one H. S
| Hill, from Davenport, Iowa. Will parties
please furnish US full information of his
conduct?
And Mr. Hill will undertake to prove
there was no cause for Mr. Brady, or the
northeastern Neaos being 'tgiieved to say
he is fraud, and in court he will. with
pleasure, furnish full information of his
conduct The Objectionable paragraph,
which has injured. Mr.. Hill to the extent
of So, 900 worth of character, appeared in
the Meas of the Sth.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-10
A RApIsr CAPTURED.

In Daum's barber shop, under the First
National bank, yesterday forenoon, VIM.
Smith, of New Boston, ILL.,, engaged in the
saloon business there, was arrested on the
charge of having committed the heinious
crime of rape on Mrs. Bridgewater, liv-
ing near New Boston. on May Gath last
Constable Ford, of Columbus Junction,
Iowa, and G. w. Durdin, of New Boston,
H.. arrived in the city yesterday morning
after having tracked Smith from the place
where the crime was committed to Vino
ma, Mimi, and from there to Davenport.
On the street in the forenoon Durdin met
Smith, who failed to recognize him. He
then watched him until he entered the bar
Der shop, and knowing his mission there
was to get shaved. he repaired TO the police
station, told the facts to Chief Kessler,
who proceeded at once to the place, where
he found the man seated in shaving chair,
and placed him under arrest. He made no
resistance, but went at once TO the station
house, was handed over to the parties who
were after him, and was taken to Wapello
on the first Southwestern train.
Smith has a partner in the same kind of
crime, attempted on the same woman
Mrs. Bridgewater- at the same place, but
on the night previous, May 23d. His
name is Henry Stowell, and he has fam
lily residing in Davenport. He is well
known by the police here, for time tend
ing bar in low groggery on Front street
and serving in the same capacity in his
brothers saloon on the same thoroughfare
Stowell is in Jail at Wapello, held for ex-
animation on the charge of assault with
intent TO commit rape. Excitement runs
high in Louisa county against both of the
men, the circumstances connected with
the deeds being particularly despisable
Money was raised by the angry citizens to
pay the expense of tracking Smith and
effecting his capture. Smith has wife
and three children at New Boston.
His reputation is none of the best where
he has lived, the parties after him report
ing him "a bad man." Apparently they
stood in fear of him. insisting at the sta
ton house that he should be thoroughly
searched from head TO foot for any weapon
he might be able to conceal, and asking the
same operation to be repeated couple of
times. His arrest, they said. might have
been accomplished where the crime was
committed, but no one would venture the
task.