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, 1882-07-29
PernIcious Literature.

The newspaper paragrsphist who said
that Edison was inventing a machine that
would turn the festive buckWheat cake,
while the hired girl sat in the corner and
read the latest novel, uttered, perhaps IN
tentionally, a satire upon the intellectual
intemperance OF this day and age; men
raj dram drinking that is far more danger
GUS IL its tendency andaciual results than
most Of rs imagine. Involved in i, Is
the question of right which Is the zenith
of morals, and wrongs the najir right
which Is fidelity t" ruth, wrong which is
infdelity. There is IL Ii mental way
wardness and iaN'lessness, eonvuisIve
and unnatural nse Of the mental powers,
aud a surrender To the passionate ImPui-
ses. 1t Is no doubt true thai there is a
.ood d, al Of nonsense in the charge that
the source Of all our general or special
immortaiities. Is the Trashy nov-l, bus no
thinking person can deny that the ten
dency of all such literature is 10 drag
away the barriers between virtue and
vice. and give both common level.
The danger Of bad literature would be
greatly lessened if the evil came III the
shape Of the common dine novel with It's
pain teachings of vicious principle, its
coarse, slangy language. But such IS net
the case. The hooks We have most rea-
son TO fear in tho hauds OF our children,
come Ia us or them IN the most attractive
sha?e-in The blue of the sky ami the
Iold Of the mint uui'ei with artistic skill
On par.er soft and ll,llow "a = rose Leaf
IN .lInt # sunshine They come II
al he wealth # intellectual architecture,
admirable IN rhetoric, chric. IN rlpest,
roundesr thought, and IL our admiration
We lose sight If the srstemeE; az rr.uci-
iples, which. whom fully realized. should
cause alarm In many 81 The characters
Ne get - iui!y interested that our hearts
are touched and rendered, but vithm
that circle there Is Some drawing that
car!ca,ures homes. humsni,y-somethin.
that IS souless, hl1odi,ss marroHless and
unnatural. Underneath all this, there IS
4 tsashing which viii uphu.id system OF
ethics. the very opposite If what we have
been taught 10 revere, and WhIcn, II Il
takes root, viii rovo!u.Ion!ze, not only
the principles of the individual, but so
icietv. Man is a creature whose mInu Is
canstantly surrender!ng to the ac:uat!on
Of the higher OF lower laws of develop
imcnt. From BOOKS comes both Of the
elements Of this progress, downward or
upward. From the dime novel has come
! The modern Dick Furpins, ArtfGl Dodgers
and the like. Ascend the scale to the
more rre,entious novel Of Mrs. Wood, or
! (iarhrelle S.. Andre, works of fiction
which run along at pitch greatly above
! the plane Of real HE: books that put sen
5iment in the place Of prnciple, substi-
rure impulse for fidelity and now many
a young girl has gone across this bridge
Of print TO land beyond, into which
not single ray Of redeeming hight ever
shines land beyond the frontier Of
h"pe-~ith ouly the mofgue just ahead
This is busy word, but parents should
tind time to look a'ter their children 5
readIng.
, 1882-07-29
Ordinance, No. lf4.

An ordinance providing for the improve
ment Of North Fifth street, and ap-
pointing an assessor therefor.
The City of Wa!la Walla does ordain as
follows
SECTION |. That North Fifth street
be improved from the bridge over Mill
Creek 20 Pine street, by grading In ac-
cordance with the estimate of the City
Surveyor, which is hereby approved.
SIC. .. That V. ID. Lambert be and
he is hereby appointed assessor, and III
structed to asses. the property ON that
portion of said North Fifth street. in ac-
cnrdance with section eighty-One Of the
CITY Charter.
Passed the Council July Is, 1882
lie f. A SHAW, City Clerk.
Approved July 10, 1882.
JAMES MCACLIFF, Mayor.
, 1882-07-29
Ordinance No. 14j.

An ordinance 10 apportion the taxes and
assessment of property on Second street
to pay tor improvements thereon.
The City Of Walla Walla does ordaIn as
follows
That the apportionment, assessment
and levy Of taxes for Improvement OF
Second street, as provided in Ordinance
No. l3S, shall be and is as follows
SECOND STREET ASSESSMENT.
, 1882-07-29

4 FREE TO +. A. NJ beautiful esl-
~cred engrarirss, showing the Ancient
"Maeanie Matters reoenly discovered
IN ES,pe Large Illustrated Catalogue Of Ma
sonic book. and soods. with bottom prices
Also, particulars of the highly lucrative -TE-
ploynent offered T. A NJ RkEDING &
10. Masonic Publishers and Manufacturers,
"a nsssa~sg, New Ysrk, iyU-v%
, 1882-07-29

During the late prohibitory campaign
in Iowa, the women bribed vorers with
tea, coffee and biscuits Preachers car
ned the foed about the polls.
, 1882-07-29

Some American residents Of Jerusalem
propose 70 start regular American soup
house for distressed Hebrews in that city,
vho have hed from Arabian prosecutors.
Americans have been requested t. send
contributions TO B. Steinhart, teacher Of
the Jewish Orphanage at Jerusalem.
, 1882-07-29
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NOTICE.
LkSp OFFICE At WALL1 WALLl W t.


LAND OFFICE At WALLa WALLa W T.
May "a. 1852
Complaint having been erterei at this Of
fee by Wm. \. Wiseman against Henry
Hosler for abandoning his homestead entry
Nc. l627, dated Feb. "a. 1885, npon the \.
W. / sec. ,, township 9 n. h. 80. in Wal
Ia Villa county. ". T.. with view to the
cancellation OF said entry: the sand parties
are hereby summoned to appear at this Of
bee on the 18th day OF July 1852, at 10
o'clock a NJ. to res pond and furnish testl-
mouy concerning ss'd alleged abandonment
+. II. MORRISON. Register.
, 1882-07-29
LOST--STRAYED.

r oST OR SToLES-sIo REWARD.
IL From the ranch OF II Barnes. on the Cop.
pei. a mare and colt The mare Is 10 or i
years old, "a bit,ea, gr-y III e'sor. hr-Aa.ed GA
right shoulder with smSu mule shoe, and A
on left shoulder. The cult Is black, two years
old AMI branded ''O' on each shoulder Five
dollars reward each viii begiven far the recoV-
cry Of the animals. Leave information a. the
Sf.TFsxAS Office or at the ranch oi II. Barnes,
Copper. 'a""im
, 1882-07-29

In Teliair county, Ga. catfish placed
in vel in 1862 Is still alire, but has
become nearly white and has grown but
little. The party on whose farm the well
is situated also owns a goose aged twenty
ysara
, 1882-07-29
FRISCO TO PORTLAND.
- sgK sATCH sHIP's A RE.tIY.-
The Pleasures Of First Glass
Steamship E;de-A Description
of the Columbia-Use OF Electric
Lights Etc. Etc.

San FRANCISCO to Portland IN the - early
days. Il passage at this time upon rie Of
the elegant passenger steamships Of the
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Is pleasant surprise.
Who can remember with any degree Of
pleasure a voyage from the Golden Gate
u the Columbia upon the Old Brother
Jonathan, the 0rtlamme," the "John
l.. Stepheus,' n even the screw-wheel
steamship Ajax, when PASSAGE meant
at least veeg's hard fare aud unenu-
mera.ed G.scomforts Ii has been Gus
tomary for our people to speak with mod
crate pride Of the Chester " and the
- Elder, as nee, comfortable boats when
they We're on the San Francisco line but
even these last-ramed boats are forgotten
when the Present line Of steamships are
mentioned.
The writer las recently completed q
voyage (.he first IN severs! yearsl 70 San
F;anciSco and return. and yhils on the
,,,l .a,r-., s,.,, ;,,,,,, NH, r,.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

DASSENGER TRAIN leaves Walls Walla
l. for all points west at G:s2 y. N eVery
day, except Sunday. connecting with b, at
for Portland, at Bonneville.
Passengers leaving Port ani tv boat. 4 . :.
", daily Except sunday connect al E,unr-
vile with train arriving at Nadia Na.la ~
5:i5 a. NJ.
Passengers for Ainsworth, Cheney and
Spokane Falls change CARS S. Wallula JuEC-
tion.
, 1882-07-29
Nouce for Publication.

LAND OFFICE AT WALIA WALLA ". IT,
June 23i 1882
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the following named settler has filed no
tice OF his intention u make final pro"f in
support gf hs claim, and that said proof will
be made before L. 5. Land Oftce y: Walla
Nalla, ". 4, IN August ith, lss2, Wis: jas
per y. Wa Ber, Hd No. 1883, Tor the SWt,
Sec l., I D. y K "a T., W NJ.
He names the following witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of. SAID land, viz: Thomas Loveray Il Wala
Waila. W. T.: jesse Corhit, of Walla " W..lls;
Moses Tacy, ot W,,lla Walla; jacob Frizzell
If WaIlA " ALA, W. T.
26-Jt Il. ii. MORR' son. Re.,i ter.
, 1882-07-29
WESTON RgANCG.

Trains will leave Whitman d ly a. I. NJ.
for Milton and Blue Mountain Station.
, 1882-07-29

The City Of Walla Walla does orda:n as
follows:
That there is hereby appropriated out
Of the special fund obtained from assess
ment of property on Second street, the
sum Of twenty-five hundred and eighty
four sixty-two-one hundred (Sl.5S+ 62
dollars, to pay the contract price and
other expenses fnr the Improvement OF
said street according to the provisions of
Ordinance No. l3S OF sad city.
, 1882-07-29
Ordinance No. l46.

An Ordinance to appropriate money to
pay for the improvement of 5 cund
street, IN accordance with the prov!sions
of Ordinance No. l3S.
, 1882-07-29
Connections.

connections.
At vallula Junction with the O. L. & y.
Cos railroad lines.
At Cheney with stages :or Medical Lake,
Spansl- and farrn.ngto7.
\. spokane Falls with stages for ColfaH.
Fort Colville, Lewiston, Medical Lake, Span
gle. Fort Corlr d'Alene, lake Pend d'Oreilie,
and all points n Northern IDAHO.
Through Tickets
Through tickets for ssle 81 TIE principal Off
ce. OF the company. ani at the Office Il the -.
N Co, in Portland. Oregon. 10 Victoria
and Seattle. aud via P. n. :. G. CO.. steam
ship from Tacoma and @ L 4 y. C. : ana F.
c. :. :. Co.'S steamships trcm Portland u
San Francisco
Through tickets TO Portland. oreg,n, for
sale at Victoria, Seattle, Tacoma and relino
J. W. SPRAGUE JOHN MUIR,
GenT- Supt't Srp't Of Trzffc. PortlA1i.
OTIS SPRAGCE. Sup't Pac- Div.
II. ". FAIRN FATHER.
Suu. Pend d'Orrille Dirisian
, 1882-07-29

Passed the Courcil July 1S, 1882.
LIE F. A. SHAW, City Clerk.
Approved July l9, lSS2.
JAMES MCAULIFF. MayOr.
, 1882-07-29
Notice to BridRe-Builders-

C.EALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE
= ceiyed 1t the uffic- Of the County Audi
tor for the building Of bridge in Walia
" ALA county acruss the WallA W ALA river st
what is known as the Cummings crossing. on
the Old Walluis roG Plans and Specifications
can be seen in the office OF the County SUI
Veycr Bids will be op med on the FIRST Mon
day in August, 1882 Commissioners reserve
the righ; to reject any and All bids.
". G. PAINTER,
iyl5 w-td County Auditor.
, 1882-07-29
trrors Of Youth.

Errors Of Youth.
! EsNILENAN WHO SUFFERED
=. :, !ea7s irom Nervous Debility, Pre-
;-s-.s a. I'-,sy, ami al the effects of Youthful
r-,.,.f'.', =, vil i'r the sake Of suffering hu.
- - '-ai iree 20 a. who neei il, the r-cipe
y 80 l'..'l Tor making the simple remedy
- 80 = Vas cured. Sufferers yi.hjng 70
i -. 'Ae Aa'erti-er', experience can do 90
-'es''as n perfect Confidence.
,lz.s JOHN B. OGDEN,
4. Cedar Street, y. Y.
, 1882-07-29
PASSENGER FIcEs:
Freight Rates West Eou8d.

Freight Rates West Eou8d.
From Malta WsHa e. Portland in &c Ton lots
Flour and fax seed. per lOi ibs ..-.--S 5 -
Wheat, oats and barley y..--.-....-.---. 80
Wool in sacks, dry hides and Ielts ... -
Green hides, pelts and taliow ......-..-- ~
Rates on merchandise between Walla Walla
and Portland vary. according to Classification
Of same, from 81 20 I" g l. pei 100 pounds.
&. u. PRESCOTT
Manager.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-16
New York Stock Market.

NEW YORK, September 15.-Share specu-
lation opened generally strong and prices In
the main were e to u per cent. higher than
at yesterdays close, the latter for Rock
Island. In the early trade there was a gen
eral advance Of to per cent, led by
Reading, after which a reaction Of n to X
per cent. was recorded, in which Sc. Paul.
UnionIP Pacific and Northern Pacific preferred
were most conspicuous. Subsequently the
market again became strong and prices sold
up q to / 4 per cent, Western Union, Lake
Shore and Northern Pacific preferred being
prominent In the upward movement, but
about midday the list receded IA to l per
cent, Louisville and New Albany leading
the esdownward turn.
In the early part of the afternoon there
was rally of q to Is per cent, after which
the market became weak and fell of stead
fly till the close. The decline ranged from
q to 81 per cent, the latter for st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Manitoba, which sold down
to 1861. Canada Southern, Northern Pa
cihc preferred and common, New Jersey
Central, Western Union and Allegheny Cen
trail also suffered severely in the decline.
New Jersey Central near the close sold lex
dividend) down 2 per cent. to 1855, while
st. Paul common sold lex dividend and ex
privilege) from 127 to 111M, and preferred
from 142 to 126. The market closed weak
at decline from yesterdays closing prices
OF Is to Ia per cent, while st. Paul, Min
neapolls and Manitoba closed 81 per cent.
lower. Transactions aggregated 4l5,0OO
shares,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-16
YELLOW FEVER.
latest Reports from the Infected Cities
Jacksonville Healthy-A War Ship
Quarantined at Halifax.

GALVESTON, September IA Mata-
moras special says: "There were six deaths in
the last twentY-four hours from yellow fever.
This is sudden and startling increase. Two
are soldiers and the rest of the poor classes.
There Is also a slight increase Of cases. and
the disease is of a more deadly character.
Mr.. Bette is reported to have died OF fever
at Reynosa." An Austin special saws
A. @. Jugarell, County Judge of
Starr county, to-day informed the
Governor by wire Of the large number
OF yellow fever cases at Mier, Mexico, re-
suiting In four deaths yesterday. The mer-
chants OF Roma Ter refuse to quarantine on
account Of trade. Reports are also at hand
showing an outbreak Of fever at Reynosa
aud Hidalgo, Mexico. The Governor con-
veyed the information to DIR. Swearingen,
who at once telegraphed Surgeon General
Hammond as follows:
"SIR-Yellow fever has appeared at Rey-
nosa, Camargo and Mier, Mexico, oppo-
site the coast of Hidalgo, and the towns of
Rio Grande City and Roma to-day. Please
establish line OF mounted guards, connect
Ing with the north end of your lower
= don and extending twenty miles
Roma. Roma is dan
gerE point and on the highway
to the interior. II you cannot grant the
entire application give us guards to the
front OF Reynosa, Carmo, Camargo and
Mier. We have DO money TO meet their
heavy demands, and must agaiu ask for
aid. r. w. SwEARINGEN,
estate Health Officer"
BROWNSVILLE, September 15-The riV er
is still rising. About fourth Of the town
is under water. Drs. Graybill and Burke
report two cases OF diphtheria. The Beard
OF Health are apprehensive Of the result of
the flooding of our streets. Twenty-Five
new cases Of yellow fever are reported, but
no deaths.
The sick at Fort Brown are doing well.
One death occurred at Point Isabel to-day
from fever-a Mexican. There wei six
deaths in Matamoras to-day from fever,
Our mornings are very cool and tn days
hot, which the physicians say is the CT Iuse OF
the number of convalescents relapsin g. The
weather Is cool.
WASHINGTON, September 15.-The State
Health Office of Texas having report ed yell
low fever to be prevailing at Reyno sa, Ca
margo and Mier, in Mexico on the Rio
Grande, and requested aid from the govern
ment, the Collector of Customs at Browns
vile has been directed to place qua rantine
guards opposite those places. The Gordon
from Laredo to Corpus Christi will be con-
tinued in force for the present.
HALIFAX, N. s., September 15.-The war
ship Contest arrived here Yesterday, with a
yellow flag flying. He reported that two of
her crew, supposed to have yellow fever,
had been sent to hospital at Bermuda pre-
vious to the ships departure from there,
and that on the passage two more became
i'll, but are now convalescent. There are no
signs of sickness among the other men.
JACKSONVILLE, September 15.-The ru-
mors in regard to the presence of yellow
fever ia Jacksonville are false. The city Is
in an exceptionally healthy condition.
There has been only one death in the past
eight days and that from consumption.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-16

These figures have been compiled with
great care from official sources, and may be
accepted as practically correct, although,
as large as they are, they do not really fully
cover the whole business, for we have pre-
ferred to be too low rather than too high.
In the item OF capital invested we have Civ
en- only that actually employed. Many
companies nominally have large capital,
with probably only half or less paid up,
and in such cases we have taken only the
latter. There are also a number of COM
panies now being organized with heavy
capital-one In Georgia with 81 500, 600, and
several other big concerns-but these are
not included In our figures. Then there are
many companies which, without increas-
ing their capital, have built large
additions and even new mills, from
their surplus. TakiEg into consideration
these points, we think 1t safe to estimate the
actual amount of capital now invested in
Southern cotton mills at $4,000, 900. OF
this, about $l5,0O0,OO0 to $1S,000, 900 has
been invested since June 1880, or in just
two years, while during the next few years
the amount put In Southern mills will, In
all probability, be fully double these figures.
The results of cotton manufacturing in the
South have been so eminently satisfactory,
and the profits therefrom SO large that the
near future is destined to see q marvellous
increase In this industry. It has now been
fully demonstrated that the South can
manufacture its own cotton much more
profitably than can be done In England or
in the North, and this fact is attracting the
attention of the manufacturing world to
such an extent that there viii no longer be
any lack of capital for investment in this
industry.
Examining the preceding statistical table,
It will be seen that Georgia leads with an
invested capital Of $l2,775,000, to which
will soon be added several more millions.
while her spindles number $4,000 and her
looms z, ,462. In the number of mills, how
ever, Georgia Is second and Nn~fh '-Iolins
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-16
DesOIatiOn.
From His Night to Ros0I," by VitrGt Hat
stead,


From His Night to Bos0I," by V4rGt Hat
stead. .
''DO you love me2"
The words came softly forth from ruby
lips still dewy with the kisses of the ono
TO whom they were spoken, and Gladys
McMurtry knew that Ethelbert Freling-
huysen was no dissembler, no trifer with
women's hearts, but ever kept within
the precincts of his soul tiny shrine at
which there burned forever and ever
flame Of pure and passionless affection
for her upon whom he had lavished the
treasures of his heart. Wild and reck-
less though he might sometimes be,
caring naught for the voice of conscience,
but Dlunging madly forward into the
darksome labyrinths of sin and shame,
even at times smoking cigarettes, Gladys
knew that her voice could ever call him
back to purity and repentance, her
dimpled hand lead him in paths that
were gemmed with the roses of inno-
cence. And so when he asked the
question that she loved so well to hear,
there came to her pretty face
joyous smile, and the droop-
ing lips that overhung the
RANT mouth quivered with pleasures
SUC Olll UOb duSWGI 0ii11 III WOiOoh
Putting her dimpled arms around his
neck, she kissed him in the warm, North
Side fashion that was so dear to his
heart and then little head nestled con-
fidinglY upon his shoulder, and the gen
tie pressure of a soft, warm hand told
him the story of how he had won the
first affection of a pure and trusting
heart.
"But this is not all, she said. Kisses,
and embraces, and fair words are very
pleasant things-sweet lips, and warm
arms, and loving eyes-but truth, and
sincerity, and loyalty, and purity arc
very much fairer and infinitely rarer."
"Do you mean this2" asked Ethelbert,
bending forward and looking at Gladys
with a fixed, nailed at the corners and
Clinched- -On-the other-side look.
II do" she answered, speaking the
words in the slow, New York Post fashion
that becamo e. sensuous grace of her
Kenosha feet 81 well.
"Then," said Ethelbert, with grave
tenderness that showed what a daisy
liar he was, 81 will not deceive you
longer"
''What do you mean?" Gladys spoke
hurriedly.
81 mean, he replied, ''that have
Joined the Anti-Ice Cream Benevolent
and Protective Association" and turn
ing suddenly he began chasing a horse
car, leaving the girl who loved him so
well alone and desolate.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-16

Those who are opposed to capital punish
msnt find consolation in the report Just
made by the French Minister OF Justice,
showing the results of criminal trials in the
courts of France during the half century
from 1880 to 1880. 1t seems that since the
provision Of law was adopted permitting
the jury to find verdict of guilty in mur-
der cases, with ''extenusting circum-
Stances" which prevent hsrsher sentence
than imprisonment for life, the proportion
of scquittals is only IL per cent. Formerly
when verdict OF guilty involved a death
sentence the proportion of acqulttals
was 80 per cent The Minister also
reports that there has been a
great increase In the number of
"professionarn criminals arrested, or OF
those who are convicted of second offenses.
The increase is from per cent. in 1880 to
4S per cent. in 1885,. These figures are so
remarkable that they are probably explain
ed by stricter system of keeping the re-
cords lstterly rather than by an actual in
crease of the extent indicated. The total
number of suicides for 1880 was $3.50, and
79 per cent. of the persons destroying them
selves were males. A noticeable feature of
the report on suicides is that in the last five
years no less than 232 children under Is
years old have put an end to their own lives.
This is said to be a larger proportion than
shown in any other country.