, 1888-02-02

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ALAsEA is yet withou; real estate
agents Why wouldn't that now
Arctic field be 4 good one for such
emPloymeuts There's lots Of real
estate there waiting to be bought.
The telegraph report says that
Senator Turpie, Of Indiana, has in
troduced a bill in the Senate for the
admission OF Washington. Idaho.
Montana and New Mexico into the
Union as states. There seems 10 be
q good many bills for admission, but
no admission.
THE fire tiend has done its work on
the Pacific Coast as well as else
where. During the year 1856, the
loss of property from this cause was
SI0,O00,O00, and in 1887, 50 ,G62, 100, Il
large decrease, owing probably to
greater vigilence, and protection
against it
THE other day Wa!la WalIa paper
was Dragging about vlolets being in
bloom in the gardens there. Here in
Port Townsend the weather is so
tropical-like that siwash women and
children go barefooted Let Walla
Walla or tropical California beat this
if they can.
THE President has sent the name
of Edwin Eells, to the Senate for
confirmation as agent OF the Snohom-
ish agency, which includes NisqualIy
and Puyallup reservations. AIr.
Eells seems to have given sati5fac-
ton in his official duties and will
doubtless be confirmed.
The Victoria, Is. C., Times says
that the people on Prince Edward
Island are almost on the verge of a
rebellion because of the governments
failure to maintain communication
between them and the mainland.
Isolation upon an island through
such failure, is similar to banish-
ment-restraint of liberty.
As might have been expected, the
contest over speaker Carlisle's seat
in congress was disposed by con-
firming his right thereto. This
ends the farce, as it was scarcely
more from the first, because a Dem
ocratic House would not have elected
Carlisle speaker had his party any
doubt about their ability to retain
him in his seat.
IT is not very good commentary
upon the theological profession
when its practice does not keep pace
with its precept This is illustrated
in the case of a Jersey City clergy
man who recently lost 100000 by
the failure of New York stock-bro-
ker. He had recently preached an
eloquent sermon upon the "sin of
gambling"
FRANK GRAY, of the Davenport
Times, is in bad luck He had a
span of fine carriage horses, one of
them, valued at $500. died the other
day. 1t is uot usual for newspaper
men to have any horses at all, and
especially a pair SO valuable. Tell
us Gray, how you manage to ride
in chaises when the rest of us have
to walk bejases."
CANADA evidently believes in rec
iprocity = if not of commerce, in
that of scoundrels. AS evidence of
this, the cashier of the Central bank
of Toronto recently came over into
the United States to escape punish
ment. This is only an exchange,
though the preponderauee may be
largely with Canada, and it will take
it some time to even up.
BISHOP WHIPPLE never uttered
greater truth than when he said:
''As long as the Indian has an aims
house to go to, so long will he be a
pauper." For this reason the gov
ernment should close its pantry to
him, give him a farm and equip it
from the domain reserved for him,
and compel him to go to work and
become man.
''IN God we Trust" is the motto
which the American dollar bears
AS this is the representative of the
commerce and traffic of the country,
a synic suggests that it would be
appropriate to change the motto:
"Tn Wall Street We Trust" If the
change was put to Il vote of the
American people, it is a query in
this age of wild and questionable
speculation which would prevail
The Portlanders have been cultiva-
ting Th: Mast during his stay in that
city with sore eyes. The other even.
ing the Alpine Club-named proba-
bly, as compliment to the Alpine
that overtop their delib-
erations-elected the great cartoonist
an honorary member thereof. In
return for his compliment Mr..