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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-03

From the Christian Weekly.
Sextant OF the meetinouse which sweeps
And duStS, or is supposed to! and makes f1erS,
And iites the gas and sumtimes leaves screw
In which case it smells orful-wus than lampile;
And wrings the Bel and tOles it. and sweeps paths;
And for these servaceS gifts 500 per annum;
Wich them that thinks deer let EN- try it;
Glttin up before starlite in all wethers, and
Kindlin f1ers when the wether is as cold
AS zero, and like as not green wood for kindlfnS
Il wouldn't be hierd 10 do it for no some)
But But Sextant there are one kermodity
Wuth more than gold which don't cost nuthin:
mean pewer Are, SeXtant, mean pewer Are!
Q It IS plenty out dores, SO plenty it doant no
What on airth to do with itself, but fiize about
Scaterin leaves and bloln OF mems hats;
In short its jest as free as Are out dores;
But Sextantl In our church its scarce as piety,
Scarce as bankbils when ajunts beg for mishuns,
Wich sum say is purity often, faint nothing to me-
What give amt nothing to nobody; but Sex
You shet 500 men women and children
Speshily the latter, uD in a tite place,
Sum has bad breths, none Of EN- amt too sweet
sum Is fevery, sum Is scrOtluS, sum has bad teeth
And sum haint none, and sum amt over clean;
But evry one Of EN- brethes in and out and out and
Say so times a minnet, or million and half
Now how long viii cherch full OF are last at that
ask BE SeS aid Say 'een mnne's and then what's to
Why then they must brethe it all over agin,
~A~A~
down
At least ten times and let it up agin, and whats
more.
The same indlvidlble doant hev the privilege
or brethin his own are and no ones else,
Each one must take wOtever comes to him.
. sextant! doant you know our lungs is bel
To bio the fler of life and keep it from
Going out; and how can bellusses bio without
And amt wind are7 Iput it to your konshens
Are is the same to us as milk to babies,
Or water is to ish, or pendlums to clox,
Or roofs and afrbs unto an Intun doctor,
Or little pills unto an Omepath,
Or BOze to girls Are is for US to brethe
What signifies who breaches ef cant brethe?
What's Pol? What's POllus to sinners who are de1?
Ded for want OF breth7 Why Sextant when we
dye
Its only coz we cant brethe no more-thats all
And now Sextant let me beg of you
To let leetle are into our cherch
(Pewer are Is Sertln proper for the pews);
And dew 1t week days and on Sundys teW-
It amt much trubble-only make q hoal,
And then the are will come In OF itself
Ut loves to come in where 1t can git Warml
And o how 1t will rOuze the people up
And sperTit up the preacher, and stop garps
And yOrnS and dtitS as enectoOl
AS wind on the dry bOanS the Profit tells
OL ARABELLA WILSON.
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A Three Days Bride Dead.

From the Charlottesville Va.) Chronicle. Dec. 49,
Last week Mr.. J. w. Brown, of this place
accompanied his friend, Mr.. John r. Chapman,
to Maryland, to serve him In the capacity of
best man" at his marriage The marriage took
place on Thursday of last week, according to
appointment, and on the following Sunday the
bride died
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-03

LADS UNTIMELY ENDING.-Christian Bess-
Ter, thirteen years old, son of Gabriel Bessler.
ST Clair Pa, carpet weaver. met with instant
death Monday morning while playing with some
friends at gin.in use at shaft on Mount Hope
The boys had wound the gin up, and while
struck by the handle and knocked down. His
head strucked rock so violently that his skull
was fractured, ard he died befor he could be
carried home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-03

EIGHTEEN CONv1CTs DROWNED. thirty
penitentiary convicts, mostly negroes. with two
White guards engaged at the Cowee tunnel on
the Western North Carolina railroad, in jack
son county, NC, were crossing the Tuckasee-
gee river On Saturday, one of the convicts dis
covered that the fiat was leaking, and gave an
ALARM which created q panic. The men all
rushed to one end Of the fat. bearing 1t down,
and the boat Immediately filed and sank. Only
twelve were saved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-03
why this Winter will be sharp.

From the Dalton Argus.
"ias, sab, Use obnosdecates de mos ongree-
able winter dat de oldest inhabitant OBJ Georgia
can dismember." remarked gentleman of re-
constructed privileges, In front of the National
hotel the other day.
why so!" queried an interested bystander.
well. sar, boss de fact am. when de chicken
ne ro0sts in de cedar tree on de souf side of de
Dlg house, clost toIe front winder, yer can bet
yer bottom dollar delS gwine to be hard win
ter. Dat am a fact; dat's fact. sh0ah."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-03

THE PAINLESS NATURE OF DISSOLUTION AND THE
CAUSES OF THE DEATH RATTLE-AvERAGE AGES OF
DYING AND THE HOURS PARTICULARLY FAVORED
By THE GRIN SPECTRE.
, 1883-04-12
.SlEIPPEN d NEW S.

ARRIvED.-6hip City of Brooklyn. from
San Francisco; loads coal at Seattle to
return. Ship Merose, from San Fran.
cisco; loads coal at Tacoma, to return.
German bark Federico, from africa; loads
lumber for west coast $. A. Schr. La
Girondc, from San Francisco; discharges
freight at Seattle. Schr. Aurora, from
San Francisco; loads lumber at Tacoma,
to return. Schr, Queen, from San Fran
cisco; loads lumber at Seabeck. French
bark Plato, loads lumber at Port Diacov-
cry The British bark Earl Elgin, and
two other vessels are reported below.
Ship Dashing Wave sailed from San
Francisco for Port Townsend April 9th.
Steamers Umatilla and San Pedro
coal laden; bark Fresno, lumber laden
and Henry Buck, coal laden, from Puget
Sound, arrived at San Francisco on the
9Th.
Bark Vidette, u days from Port Mad
isou, II. X. Ham, II days from Port
tBlakely, and bktne Makah, 8 days from
Port Discovery, arrived in San Francisco
on the Sd.
, 1883-04-12
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Fr0m tic Ddiiy " YaesGay.

The bust of Washington is to ornament
tie new 2-cent stamp.
THE frame OF the house of Father
ManioulOuX is nearly completed.
Charles d. Kinds, general agent Pa
c!tic Coast Hotel Register Company, is in
town at the Central.
Mr. Harry Stafford, President Of the
Seattle Typographical Union, is visiting
in this city for few days.
ANOTHER house going up-this time
on the block owned by Mr.. Prongua on
Maple avenue.
The report circulated some time since
that the Alto california;, OF San Francis
co, had chopped the twig" was false; the
Alta still breathes.
The steamer Virginia has been hauled
out on Mr.. Toby's ways preparatory to
being thoroughly overhauled and re-
paired.
The lover that fingers until o'clock
by the moon with his girl is undoubtedly
corset maker. Cause why. de makes
such long stays.
IHE rooms being fitted up by Mr.. Bar
throp, in the old Red Mems Hall, are
very convenient for the bachelor popula-
ton of this place who do not wish to rus.
tlcate at the hotels.
IHE steamer Idaho sailed last night
lor Alaska, with mails, freights and pas
Sengers. A large number OF people had
Deen waiting here for several days, that
Wentup on her.
sTEAMER Dakota sailed last night for
can francisco. Among other passengers
that went from this place was Mr.. II. A
Webster, accompanied by his wife. Mr.
Webster goes to California for his health
, 1883-04-12

Steamer Evangol sailed last night on
regular route between the Islands sand
New Westminster This steameris build
ing up q large and paying traffic on this
route 4 little enterprise, rightly direct
ed, some time since, might have brought
all that trade to Port Townsend. Now.
however, We have the pleasure Of suck
ing our thumbs and seeing thousands of
dollars in trade passing our town for
othersfurther up Sound. This matter is
not yet too far gone to be amended, if a
right kind of effort is made.
Houses are SO scarce here that almost
anything with roof on it could be rent
ed with ease now, at a good figure. We
think 1t would be paying Investment
were some land owner to have erected Il
number Of cottages that he would rent
at reasonable figure. No trouble il
finding tenants would be experienced
Why don't the owners of the rattle traE
shanties at both ends of town pull then
down and put respectable buildings ny
i'll their places? They would be elsjly
rented, at Il higher figure than at pres
ent; would improve the value Of tn,
property and the appearance of the town
, 1883-04-12
Outside News.

The vastness of the pension system IS
shown by the fact that the forthcoming
list, which is to contain merely the name
ofeach pensiOuer, his postoilice address,
statement of the amount OF the PEN
sion, and the reason why it Is granted
will make a volume Of 4,20O pages. The
ara says: "Ono more war would make
the ension list big enough to bankrupt
the government The best thing the
non pensioners could do, then, would be
to move off to Mexico and Canada and
tell the pensioners to take the country
and call it square
The Northeru Pacific was the only
one Of the great roads in Minnesota and
Dakota that did not lose business dur
ing the two first two months of 1883,
compared with the same months OF lSS2.
March last, though, was good month
for them all, and April has SO far been
immense. The trade of the whole year
promises to be to the roads referred to
from 20 to 80 per cent. in excess OF last
year.
They were Boston couple, who had
been married but few weeks and had
lust gone to housekeeping AS the nus
band stood at the area dourone morning
with the market basket in his hand, his
bride threw her arms around Mm and
said: DO you, indeed, love me so very
much, Bradiord?' bunker Hill Mon
ument may fall" he answered with en-
thusiasm, "but my love will always
stand" "Well, them she exclaimed,
don't forget the beans
The receipts Of wheat at San Francis
co from July LIST to date show 4 falling
off of three and half million centals as
compared with the corresponding period
of last year. The figures are: From
July lst, 1881, 10 April Sth, 1882, lt,5UO,-
900 centals; july 1st. 1882, to April 9TH,
1888. l4,GUO,OOO ccntals. Flour receipts
show an increase during the same period
of $4,000 quarter sacks.
~ Getting even. NJ. Leieburo de Fourcy
was examining 4 student Ill physics once
upon time, and the young man, being
nervous, failed utterly on the first ques-
ton put to hinl--a very simple one.
" Bring this gentleman bale OF hay for
his breakfast" remarked the dlsgustod
professor to one Of the attendants
"Bring two--tho professor and l will
breakfast together added the student,
who thus suddenly regalned and asserted
his self-possession Paris paper.
The most striking uniform in the Dip
lomatic Corps at Washington is that
worn by the Chinese Minister and his
native secretary. They appear always in
the Chinese court dress, a gorgeous cos
tune Of gold and blue quilted brocade,
with wide sleeves, flowing pctticoat, and
close skull cap crowned with the button
denoting exalted rank.
Nearly 100000 bushels OF potatoes
we're imported into the Eastern States
last year. About l,GOO,OOO bushels came
from Bermudas, New Brunswick and
Nova Scotia. The remainder came from
Europe. and we're generally OF so poor
quality that it must need n real potato
famine to make q repetition Of the eS-
pertinent desirable.
, 1883-04-12

MY mother says Your father has gone
INTO bankruptcy Sait one little girl to
another. "Whatis bankruptcy, Nellie?'
" don't know exactly" replied Nellie
but 'spects it's something awful nice
Pa used to work awful hard, and used to
20 around in his old clothes; but since
he has gone into bankruptcy he dresses
up every day and doesn't do anything
but walk around just like a perfect gen
tleman."
Parsonby taken abnck. 1t took Young
Parsonby all aback when, at the theatre
the other evening, he whispered to his
girl that he guessed he would step ont a
moment to take the air, and she quickly
responded" IL very oppressive, George;
Fllgo ont with YOU" ."--Boston Transcript.
San Francisco papers say tha the
winter of 1852 3 was the coolest known
since the State was settled, Now some
deforcsting lunOtic will probably arise
and say that Yankee civilization has
changed the laws of nature and brought
about this result.
In the Scotch highlands forty years
ago the people were cleared ont to make
way for sheep. Owing to competition
from Australia, wool became barely half
what it was so that sheep have since had
to give way to deer.
De man what 'pends on de rooster for
ter crow
An wake i'm up 'arly in de mawnin',
May sumtime fin dat de rooster is no mo-
But waz stolen sev'al ours fore dc
dawning'.
The offense committed by the Dart,
mouth College Sophomores, for which
several have been suspended, was to lard
the chapel seats Of the faculty.
A million of dollars in our gold coir
weigh 3,6S5.71 pounds ovordupois, and
100000 standard dollars in our silyei
coin weighs 5S, ,92S.5 pounds.
There is no truth in the report that tho
foreman of the grand jury refused tC
sign the indictment against Senator Kel
logg.
The reason we don't get any true &C
counts of things from Alaska, is probabl,
because it's too cold for the naked truth
The cotton products in the South ar
most excellent. There is promise of al
unusually large and valuable crop.
The mill at South Bend, Pacific coun
ty, w. T., is turning ont $4,000 feet pc
day and cannot fill orders.
The wonderful length and beauty o
an Illinois girls hair led burglar t
gag her and cut it of.
Eight female clerks are employed il
: the Massachusetts insurance departmon
at $40 year each,
4 new sawmilI is going up among th,
, fine cedar trees of Brush prairie, CLARK,
county, W. Il.
The new mill on Burnt Bridge creek
near Vancouver, W. T., is now ready FOL
business.
Beecher is sorry the Bible has II,
praise for dogs. This is indeed a serious
omission.
A careful calculation puts the loss o
Newport, KY, by the food at 81 100000
A new mill is being constructed il
Kittitas valley, Yakima county W. 7.
A new steam planning mill is being
erected in Pomeroy, w. 7.
, 1883-04-12
PUGET SOUND ARGUS,
orE,c,AL PAPER OF POaT TOWNSEND.
rr,s, ,yesncsgay's Daily. .

rrom Wednesdays Daily
s.or, for The new bank building is be-
ing hauled .,, ,,,,
laden. is in the bay
Willard sails for Portland on the Queen
Of the Pacific tomorrow.
Mr.. Eiscnbeis has obtained a donkey
orcine TO be used in his brewery.
A large boom of logs for the saw mill
,u.s hrouaht to this place last night
A number Of fine cattle for the local
bn+obcrs were brought over from Vic
tnr;a this morning.
The Typographicai Union OF Portland
= Going after Hines, the printer, in Wig
orous style because he refuses to comply
with the scale Of prices established by
the Union.
When We see q tightly-laced woman
irving to enjoy good laugh with a
smile on her mouth and tears in her eyes,
we think of the dear old hymn which be-
gins Let joy be unconincd''
The latest instance Of poisoning from
wearing colored stockings is that OF a
Reading, Pa, girl who died from that
cause last week But then woman have
always held that they may as well be out
Of the world MS out of the fashion.
The lime kiln belonging to Mr.. Robert
Gaines on Orcas island has been leased
to Mr.. Shipley for number Of years.
Mr.. Shiplcy is an old hand at the lime
burning business, and he will repair the
old kiln. build new one Of large burn
ing capacity, and be prepared, shortly,
to throw large quantity of tirst-class
lime on the market
The advertising columns Of his paper
is to the publisher what the house or
farm is to the real estate owner-his
source of income, Why any one should
expect the newspaper publisher to be
more generous in squandering his sub
stance than any other business man is
something that cannot be accounted for
except on the proposition that some peo-
ple have an idiotic idea that printers sci
up type for the love Of the work, and that
ink and type and printing presses are
gifts from heaven to sinful men, who
publish newspapers merely for the pur-
pose of smoothing the pathway of theiI
fellow men on the rugged road to for.
tune, and who hoped not for reward this
side the grave. This idea, however, Is
wrong Newspaper men are not quite
angels, and must have as much Of The
material things of life as other folk, and
must have coin to pay therefor. If a
person living two OF three thousand miles
from this place, who have idea Of send
arg pun Of some nostrnm or patent af-
fair with the request TO please publish
should happen to tumble across this ar.
ticle, that person will please forward the
sponduiic with it, in order to insure pub
licatiou, otherwise we shall use the paper
on which the pulTis written for hserpur-
poses and publish it not. We shall do
this not only in justice to ourss!f but to
our regular advertisers who pay for the
space they occupy and expect the full
benefit thereof.
, 1883-04-12
Notice.

NT OTIcE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE UNDER
~ signed, heretofore one Of the copartncrs
Of the firm of r. W. DcLion & Co., having
disposed of all my interest in said firm, have
this day withdrawn thcreirOm. All debts and
accounts dno or to become due are to be set
tied by r. W. Del4ion d Co., who will continue
the business, and whom cordially recommend
to my friends for continuance Of fayor5. q
j. n. CUSHING,
Port Townsend, W. t. Msrch %, 1881 Q
, 1883-04-12

Canned Roast Beef CH.etH.
Spiced Pig FcctCpakHl,
LOb-tcr-. Oyster. ..r
SUic"-. Whula
, 1883-04-12
AOaNEilAA sARk kyegaI 80.

FROM TotuH titt.
NEITHER the captain unf fHe
Agents of the ah0v,-nHmfi tfsa
sronsiblc Iur debts CunfrltfHf H fH.
or crew.
j g.. NNUl~fEh-t H..
Rothschiij a Co, Aerut-
Port Townsend, July IS l-r2
, 1883-04-12
German ak. gIack D.inc
FrGlgh PlPllg Pni-

-. Y NNi NANa NNl '.a "N.
NEITHER TliE tApT..N NHM UHE
der-igncd Agents VIII hr u...sIH..
debts contracted hy the rrrH.
Port Townsend, june a. l-tL
A. kfllfr. mt
RUrusCHfLD. 3 Go. Agent.
, 1883-04-12
French bark Felix BStiVaIt.

From Valparaiso.
Neither the Captain nor the undersigned
Agents will he res pOnsiblC for debts contracted
by the crew OF the above named vessel
f. GRANDlN, Master.
ROTHCHILD & Co., Agents,
Port Townsend, Jan. D. 1888.
, 1883-04-12
rRrNcH BARK PLATA
AMERICAN BARK HOPE
EIrcncn I3nri< lAuGus'tinc,

From SAN Francisco.
Neither the Captain nor the undersigned
agents will be responsible tor debts Cuu-
tracted by the officers or crew of the above
named vessel
G. BRECHOIR, Master.
Rothschild & Co., agents.
Port Town. md, March 49, 1883.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15

Speaker-The motion is not in or
der. Defects can be cured on third
reading.
The election bill Judiciary commit
tee substitute for those of Mr.. Cot
ton and others to amend articles 1878,
1899, 100, 170o, 1907 and 1706, of the
revised civil statutes, prescribing the
duties and providing for the pay of
officers, judges and clerks of election
was taken up as regular order.
Mr.. Cochran in the chair.
Chair-The question is on the adop-
ton of the report of the committee
which will bring the bill up for con-
sideration.
The pay proposed by the bill is 81
for each day and 81 for each night for
each and every day and night neces-
sarily employed in the discharge of
duties, to be paid by county treasurer
where the services are rendered upon
the order of the commissioners court
of such county.
Various amendments were proposed,
one of which by Mr.. Cotton was
adopted, requiring the making and
furnishing of duplicate returns of
elections together with duplicate poll
lists and tally sheets.
Mr.. Upton moved to adjourn, but
withdrew the motion.
Mr.. Chenowetb. chairman of COM
mittee ON internal improvements,
made a report, asking for further time
on house bill 225, providing for a
board of railroad commissioners, and
authority TO print the evidence taken
before the subcommittee, which was
granted.
House adjourned Till $3.50 a. NJ,
Tuesday.
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cotton shipped by him through his
agent, w. G. Hunt. Appellants pla ell
the amount proceeds to the credit of
w. c. Hunt, their debtor. w. G.
Hunt rs agent had authority to ship
the cotton and receive the proceeds.
Appellants knew the cotton belonged
To appellee. Judgment for appellee.
Held, Hunt rs the agent had author
ity only to receive the proceeds of
cotton in money. An agent with au-
thority to receive the payment in
money. cannot eXtinguish the debt
due to his principal by payment in
anything but money. The crediting
of the agents account with the pro-
ceeds of the sale of the principals
cotton was not payment that would
bind the principal. Appellants know
ing TO whom the cotton belonged be-
came directly responsible TO him.
M Texas, 46l; IL Texas, 764. At
iirmed.-Wilson, j.
Harrel VS.. the state; from San Ja-
sinto county.-It must be clearly
shown that the object and intent of
the assault was To commit murder. In
order To sustain a conviction for as
sault with intent TO murder, an in
tent to intlict serious bodily injury,
and the inhiction of such without an
intent to murder is not sufficient. If
an assault be committed with intent
TO intiict serious bodily injury and the
result of that assault be death, muir
der would he the crime. Yet such be-
ing the intent and death not ensuing,
the assault is not one with intent TO
murder. The intent uufSlrder con
stitutes the essence of the offence, 2nd
nothing short of that intent can sns-
tain IA conviction for an assault with
intent To murder. Reversed and re-
manded.--White, T.. j.
Gillespie vs.. state; appeal from
Walker county.-In this case we have
the single question presented, can a
party be legally convicted OF an as
sault with intent TO murder without
1t is clearly shown that he intended to
take the life of the assailed party
and further, If the intention Is shown
to be to commit serious bodily harm
and not to take life, is the party gull
ty of an assault with intent to muir
derp Held, The assault must be
prompted 10y the specific intent to kill
in order to sustain "a conviction for
assault with intent TO murder. I'm
criminal law when special intent,
beyond the natural consequences of
the thing done, is essential to the
crime charged, such intent must be
pleaded, proved and found" As Wis.
279; White VS.. state, decided at last
Tyler term. Reversed and remand
ed.-Hurt, J.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-15
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The house met at 10 a. m, Speaker
Gibson and quorum present.
Prayer by the chaplain, Rev. DIR.
Poindexter.
Reading of journal dispensed with.
The following members were ex-
cused on account of sickness or i'm
portant business: Messrs. WurZbach,
Thompson of Bexar, Cramer and
Hardness.
DR.. G. U. Mead, ex-member of the
legislature, was invited to seat on
the floor of the house.
Mr.. Swan moved to reconsider the
vote by which Mr.. Taylor's amend
ment to the estray law was adopted
Saturday.
Speaker-The bill having been en-
crossed, the motion is not in order.
PENDING BUSINESS.
Mr.. Frymier moved to suspend the
rules in order to take up, out of order
house bill 286, the branch asylum bill
on its third reading, the bill having
been amended by the senate.
As the bill was the regular order fol
a later hour, he withdrew the motion
BILLS, ETC., INTRODUCED.
Petitions, bills and resolutions were
read and referred, unless as otherwise
stated, as follows:
| BY Mr.. Davis, of Lamar: Petition