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Year: 1878

If your seat is too hard to sit upon stand
mp. Ii a rock rises in your path roll ii
away or climb over it. II you wish for
confidence prove yourself worthy Of it. Il
takes longer to skin an elephant than a
mouse. bat the skin is worth something.
Don't be content with doing what another
has done-surpsss it Deserve success,
and it will come. The boy was not born a
man. The sun does not rise like rocket.
or go down like bullet fired from a gun
slowly hut surely it makes its round. and
never tires. 1t Is as easy to be leader IS
a wheel horse. Ifthe job be long. the pay
is greater; if the task be harl. the more
competent you must BE- to do it.
Year: 1878

An Irishmsp, to whom some wonderful
story was told on the authority of cheap
newspaper, declined to believe it. saying
he distrusted all he SAW in the cheap
prints ~ Why shouldn you believe in
the cheap papers" be was asked. as soon
as any other?" Because was his
ready answer. q don't think they can af-
ford to speak the truth for the money
Year: 1878

Miss Mary Ellen Chase surely did
not mean it when she said that there
will be three women to one man in
Heaven, because two out of the three
women wouldn't accept Heaven on
those terms.-[ Andrews Bazaar.
Year: 1878

Charles Lamb once wrote a poem
on ''Thoughtless Cruelty" beginning,
"I'here Robert you have killed that
fly" 1t it is very pretty poem, but
in the present season would be poor
selection TO read to bald headed
man trying 10 write in room with an
open window,
Year: 1878

The rehearsal of the Philharmonic Soci- ety passed of pleasantly last evening. The music WAS -ery good. considering the small number present. Four weeks ago there were thirty in the chorus, last evening not more than dozen participated in the sing ing. There is great deal of very good talent among the ladies and gentlemen of Prescott, and if they all would take an interest in this, which is certainly a most excellent cause, we would soon have a society that would compare f4vorably with any of its kiad on the coast. There is noth- ing that tends to elevate the standard of a community so much, socially and morally, 4s just appreciation and liberal patronage by its people, of the dramatic and musical arts. We shall soon have cosy little thcater. The Dramatic Association is we'll organized, and only awaits the completion of their building to bring out the first play. In view of these pleasant prospects, why should we allow our musical society to drag along feeble existence.

 Professor Neumayer, although he has had no special opportunity, thus far, of showing his musical talent, has already convinced us that he is an artist of no ordinary ability, and with proper assistance, will give us monthly musical entertainments of high order. A complete orchestra has been se- lected from the 18th Infantry Band. and has been hlrd at work upon tho music of Esther for some time. It will meet with the society for rehearsal, for the first time a ;xt Saturday evening. This will undoubt edly infuse new life into the rehearsals. No paias have been spared by Professor N, to make the production of "Esther" complete success. All musically inclined ladies or gentlemen of Prescott are cordially invited to be present next Saturday evening, even though you do not care to take an active part in the singing. You will pass pleas ant evening, for the music is certainly very entertaining.
Year: 1878

In some parts of Illinois and In
diana farmers are paying from 81 to
$3.50 per day for men to do their har-
vesting, and even at these rates cannot
get what help they want. Meantime
the country is overrun with lazy va
grants who refuse to work at the
wages offered, but complain of hard
times, beg and steal, and in some in
stances destroy farming machinery. In
Iowa and Minnesota these tramps have
begun to herd and travel together,
often in gangs of fifty or more. Some
days ago the Governor of Iowa issued
proclamation against. them and their
lawlessness. Not long since a party
of fifty or sixty was arrested at Madi-
son, Wisconsin. They coolly stated
that they We're the advance guard of an
army OF five thousand. The tramps
are rapidly developing into a great
rowing banditti, who intend to subsist
on the fruit of other mems labor. At
first they took the character of beg
gars, and were quite humble. Now,
they are becoming highwaymen. 1t
is not to be doubted that the States
will find it necessary to enact stringent
legislation against the rapidly growing
class who unite the profession of rob
berry with that of mendicity, and are
becoming a terror as they have for
some time been a nuisance to the coun-
try. These fellows think, of course,
that the financial policy of the coun-
try is all wrong. With one accord
they would vote for an issue of green
backs adequate to the wants of the
country Oreyonjaa.
Year: 1878

1t may be thought invidious in us
to draw comparisons diScreditab!c in
any regard to our own Territory, but
if in so doing it will throw any light
toward the discovery Of the cause of
the disparagcmet, or suggest any in-
ccntivo toward seeking to apply the
remedies for the same, perhaps the
end will justify the means.


One who tqk kes run through the
Willamette Valley cannot but be
struck with the contrast which its
thrifty farms, and brisk, busy towns,
rcsounding with the hum Of indus
trial activity, presents to the unpro-
gressive appearance Of places north
Of the Columbia in our own Terri
tory.


Yet in point of natural resources,
the advantage, if either way, is on
the side Of the Territory. Taking
the eastern and western sections to-
gether, probably as much grain is
raised in Washington Territory as
in Oregon As to the fisheries, Ore
con can claim an interest onl V in the
lower Columbia river, and that is
common property, and we have in
addition the monopoly Of the upper
river and all OF Puget Sound. In the
export of timber we have greatly the
prcp0nderance, and Of coal we have
the exclusive possession. In all the
elements of II wealth conserving, in
dependent State. we have at least an
equal endowment with our ncighbor.


What then is the reason in the dis
parity in the actual conditions OF the
two domains? The explanation is
found in the difference of political
condition. Oregon is State OF the
Union, with influence in the Govern
ment. Therefore she is able to COM
mand capital and grows into com
mercial and social greatness. Wash
ington Territory, on the contrary, is
a dependency. She has no voice or
control even of her own affairs, for
which reason she is regarded of no
account, with 'uone 50 poor to do
her reverence" But the worldmovcs.
Times will change. and we will change
with them. The adoption Of our
State Constitution and admission into
the Union will make new era in
the history and fortunes of Washing
ton Territory.
Year: 1878

The New EMIGRANTs. The Port
land Telegram gives the new emigrants
who arrived from San Francisco last
week the following left-handed send-of:


The steamer Oregon brought to this
city six hundred people of all trades
and professions from lawyers and
physicians down to peddlers and street
ScaveugerS and most of them came
here to seek employment, which by the
way, they find very hard to procure.
Some who have means are already
making arrangements to return to Cal
ifornia, while others are here with the
express purpose of getting the living
the world owes them, and before long
will probably find themselves in prison
for vagrmcy. The police should keep
a sharp eye ON this latter class, while
our citizens should, and doubtless do,
extend all possible aid TO those who
need and really desire honest employ
ment
Year: 1878

a careful analysis Of reports received
from various parts Of the State relative
to the probable wheat crop leads to
the belief that the damage to the crop
has been overestimated; that in many
localities where failure has been ex-
pected the harvest is proving fair
average, and that is quite possible
there may be a surplus for export of
nearly or quite 100000 tons.
Year: 1878

murdered, demanded his sons mules
from the commanding officer also
the agent, and was told he must
have an order from Washington.
Comments are unnecessary on such
an answer from a U. 5. officer and
agent to q demand for stolen prop
prtV
Year: 1878

The New York Times says: Con
sidering that the Secretary of the
Treasury is accumulating, at the rate
of two million month, STANDARD sill
yer dollars" that nobody wants, and
that the law gives him the power to
offer these in exchange for greenbackS,
the feat of resumption at any moment
need not be very difficult one.
Year: 1878

A bedrock Democrat in Jetfer-
son county, on coming home with
his mail matter, threw one of
his newspapers into the fire with
the emphatic declaration: II
will not permit that dirty paper
to be read in my house, and the
first time l go to Port Townsend
l will ordered it stepped" "No
you WON'T" demonstrated his
more prudent wife. 81 would
gladly have it's whole edition
burned, every week; but you
know, dear, that if you order it
discontinued, they will say mean
things about you, and for the
price Of dozen papers l would
not have you made the subject
of a scurrilous newspaper arti-
cle." The reasoning was con-
elusive; the paper was not dis
continued, but is consigned to
flames as too vile q thing for
home reading.


That is not the only paper
that is forced upon unwilling
and disgusted subscribers and
advertisers by the same means.
One publisher we wot of has been
frequently heard to declare: GA
newspaper never loses anything
by. making itself feared by bust
ness men; we have the drop on
them, and they dare not go back
on u.s." Another self-gratulato-
~ expression of the black-mail-
ers is: "There is no law for the
punishment of libel in Washing
ton Territory" We know many
instances in which business men
have been constrained by pru-
Dental considerations to pay tri-
butte to that class of free-bOOters
to purchase immunity from dam
aging statements in relation to
their business affairs. Such de-
vices can only succeed for lim-
tied period. Newspapers con-
Quoted on that principle will
soon exhaust their influence for
either good or evil, and with it
their power of intimidation.
Year: 1878

1t will be seen by the tele-
graphic reports, that a majority
Of the House Railroad Commit
tee in Congress, have agreed to
report in favor Of the extension
of time on the land grant to the
N. P. r. R., providing for the
construction OF the road On the
south side of the Coldmbla river
to Portland, to allow the compa-
ny 25,400 acres of lands per mile
for the construction of their coal
road, and to restore to the Gov
ernment all other lands bereto-
fore withdrawn for the use of
that company, and no provision
for any other road in Washing
ton Territory-the branch over
the Cascade mountains, or the
connection between Portland and
Tacoma; the grant being to the
land in fee, without any provis-
ion to guarantee the construction
of the road between Umatilla
and Portland beyond the forfeit
ure, after term of years, of that
portion of the road the carrying
on which IS now monopolized by
the D. S.N. Co., a private branch
Of SAID company, bearing the
same relations to it that the Ia
coma town site company and the
coal road does. Tho donation
to the coal road under the re-
ported bill, extends to the north
line of King county, covering
the alternate sections on the line
of the Seattle and Walla Walla
Railroad from Seattle to the
summit, thus giving a foreign
corporation an immense subsidy
of public lands for no other con-
sideratlon and to be used for no
other purpose than to obstruct
the settlement of the country
and embarrass a railraod being
constructed by private enter
Year: 1878


would not rather see his soh
stricken dead by the hand of
Providence than to see him sent
forth from the judicial tribunals
of his country with the seal Of
infamy upon him as a common
liar and malicious defamer of
private character? Yet Thomas
w. Prosch, without apparent
sense ofshame, Plies his vocation
as a common slanderer daily un-
der the delusion that "there is
no penalty for libel"
Year: 1878




New HAVEN, Jan. 21.-The
suicide of Grove Camp of Bir-
mingham is the talk of the coun-
ty, throughout which he is well
known. For the past week or
so he has been acting strangely,
the burden Of his cry being that
he knew he was a bankrupt, and
that he was sure his wife and
himself would be turned out OF
doors to beg or starve in their
old age. He had all that any
reasonable man could desire.
His house, on one of the pleas
antest streets in Birmingham,
was as handsome a country res
idence as one could desire. Back
of it was a large and substantl-
ally constructed barn. He own
ed carriages, horses and houses,
and better than all, had a faith
full and loving wife, the daugh-
ter of Alfred Todd, well known
New Haven resident.


He was shaving himself yes
terday, and of a sudden walked
out into the barn, razor in hand.
His wife soon afterward heard
a noise there and hurried out,
and up to the upper floor. AS
she reached the top Of the stairs
she was met by her husband
with outstretched arms, and his
throat horribly gashed, who ex-
claimed, II have done it," and
clasping her to his bosom, both
fell together over the hay NOW.
The screams of the wife soon
brought to the scene one of the
neighbors, who Immediately
went for medical assistance. T.
B. Jewett, a young medical stu
dent, was the first to arrive. The
scene that greeted his vision was
terrible. The wife was sitting
upon the floor absolutely cover
ed with blood, with her husbands
head pressed frantically to her
bosom, begging and implorlng
him to look at her-to speak to
her once more. But he was past
all that, though he seemed to
recognize the doctor and others.
He lived only one hour.


The inquest brought out the
fact that the suicide was most
deliberately planned. One deep
cash with the razor had cut his
throat from ear to ear, and was
undoubtedly the cause of death,
severing as it did the carotid ar
terry on the left side. But before
inflicting this wound he had cut
the thyroid cartilage three times,
besides making two deep incis-
ions in the left side Of his neck.
On the floor near him was lying
a small bottle, half full of tine
ture of aconite, and the physi-
clans gave it as their opinion
that he had taken enough of it
before using the razor to pro-
duce death.


ALI of the witnesses at the
inquest averred that he had been
acting very strangely of Tate,
haunted by a dread fear that
his few creditors would come
down on him and take all he
had. Nothing could reason him
out of this, though friends clear
ly showed him that he had
enough and plenty.
Year: 1878

The Grand Jury this morning
presented to the Court q true
bill of Indictment against Thom-
as w. Prosch, editor of the Iri-
June, for a malicious libel upon
the senior editor of this paper,
and the Prosecuting Attorney
was met by the Court with the
statement that inasmuch as the
Statutes of the Territory, while
defining the offence, had pre-
scribed no remedy or measure Of
punishment for the crime; hence
a trial would only be "for gran
deur," involving a large expense
to the county without any prac
tical result. This, according to
the construction of the Court,
reverses the common law maxim
that "there is no wrong without
a remedy" and leaves the most
valued portion of every citizens
possessions-his private charac-
ter-at the mercy of any mall


cious and irresponsible scoundrel
who may choose to assail it. No
public investigation, no judicial
vindication involving public ex-
pense, no verdict Of a jury of his
peers, guaranteed for the pro-
lection Of the rights Of every
citizen, can be had, because the
laws fail to specifically prescribe
penalty to the criminal. Does
his Honor mean to be understood
as referring the matter to the
arbitrament Of force, with the
bludgeon or the bullet as the Oh
ly redress for wrongs beyond
human endurance? Such is The
inevitable conclusion; f.lr no man
of ordinary sensibility can reas-
onbly be expected to regard laws
which afford no protection to his
most sacred rights, or fail to
avenge one Of the most deadly
wrongs which can be offered to
an honorable man, when neither
the law or the Courts afford him
any redress.


In this libel, put in print and
spread broadcast over the land,
we were specifically charged
with dastardly felony, no less
than forgery committed in the
name Of the Chief Justice, now
presiding in this Court, accom-
panied by the positive statement
that the forgery was in our hand
writing, and in construction and
punctuation bore indubita5le
proofs of being our composition; J.;
that the Court, the bar and the
Grand Jury who Investigated the
forgery, all believed us guilty of
the crime, and that we stood be-
fore this community convicted
felon, escaping the penitentiary
only by failure of legal testimo-
ny. The Grand Jury gave to
the Investigation of this afro
clous libel a patient and thorough
investigation, extending through
two days, during which a score of
witnesses, including the Judge,
the members of the bar and 9th
ers were examined, without eli
citing single fact or expression
in support or justification OF the
infamous charges; and the in
dictment was found accordingly.
Now all that we ask is an open
trial and a verdict by a jury as
to the truth or falsity Of these
charges. That the law allows.
Any thing less than that we
should deem cruel trifling with
the most sacred private rights
ON the score of public economy.
We would not desire a greater
punishment for our most vindic-
tive enemy than the verdict of a
Year: 1878

One of the saddest things about the yellow fever scourge in Memphis is, that Just as the sickness is reaching it's turn ing point, and the diminishing tempera- ture begins to give notice of coming frost, many of the heroic men and women who remained in the city re- lieving the distress of the sick and the dy1ng are themselves beginning to fall before the destroyer. Among them are not few citizens who, if they had con- suited their own convenience and safety, would have fled at the first outbreak of the epidemic, but chose rather to abide at the post of duty and of danger. Be- ing acclimated, they have escaped attack until within the past week or ten days. An idea of the desolation which prevails in this afflicted city may be formed from the fact that, out of a population of six ty thousand, only about twenty-five hundred whites and six thousand blacks less than one-sixth of the whole-re- main within the city limits and yet out of thls small number of people hun dred have been dying daily, which gives the appalling death rate of over one per cent. day of the resident population. The same death rate applied to the mil lion of people who inhabit Manhattan Island would produce over ten thousand deaths day. Prayers for an early frost may well be devout in Memphis.
Year: 1878

Buchanan, well-known in theatrical circles, was as good a poker player as he was bad as an actor. He had an agent to travel with him who in his business was invaluable; he had a thousand virtues and one vice, which vice was that he would rob Buchanan regularly every night of the larger part of his receipts whether great or small.

 But the star was too smart to dismiss so good a business manager as that for such trihing weakness which he met and overcame in another way. After the performance he would almost in- variably sit down with the agent at draw poker, and never failed to win back all the money. He used to say Che had to play twice over for every dollar he got. '
Year: 1878

The sword-fish weighs from 100 to 600 lbs. Their only known breeding ground is Ill the Mediterranean. There the same fish are found weighing half a pound {; from that they go up to very heavy measurement. It is naturally inferred from this that all our sword fish are Mediterranean products. What mysterious ocean current guides them over here? Or is 1t an instinct that teaches, them that here they will find the mackerel and menhaden that they feed on? One can almost imagine that the game of flight and pursuit kept up by these two species starts at Gibraltar and is run to Block Island every year.

 The sword fish darts upon a school of its prey, and by skilful use of its sword wounds those that it afterward captures and eats. Until this season nobody ever thought of catching it except by har- poons. This year, however, it has taken the baits of the trawls-bottom lines of the Cape Ann cod fishermen, and many sword-fsh have been caught in that novel way. What they come up and "sleep" for is one of the puzzles of their nature. They come and go as the mackerel and menhaden do, and from that it is naturally concluded that they spend their time chasing these small fish. What with sharks, sword fish, porpoises, bluefsh, sea-gulls, eagles and seines, and all the rest, after them, the fish of the herring tribe have led such, lives of flight and terror that it is no longer a wonder that the movements of any school of them seem always guided by an inherent idiocy. It is less strange of them that they are all the while victims than that being caught by millions yearly, they should steadily increase. Thele were never more menhaden on our coast than this year.
Year: 1878

Red Kenner, who was recently killed near Cherry Greek, by the fall of a horse, was wild and reckless desperado, and lived Tn the mountains of Nevada for number of years. His hand against everybody and everybody's hand against him but he never forgot his old mother in the States; and after selling his mining property down at Silver Reef for some $55,0OO or $6O, 900 he took a trip home, purchased his mother nice and comfortable homestead and gave her nearly $40, 900 to keep her from want in her old age, then returned to his wild mountain home with a light heart, knowing that his mother was well pro- vided for for the balance of her days on this earth. In the mountains he re- turned to his wild career and soon met his death by violence.
Year: 1878

magnanimity to the vaDquished instead Of
hating, robbing and expressing them. He
would conquer their hearts and make them
want to stay with him. He would make
it Union of consent, not a Union of force.


But the fellows who merely trade on
the name of Uuion-who show their hatred
of it by showing their hatred of other Sec
tions, yet pretend to be its ardent lovers
and warmest defebders-wbat shall we
say of themf They are hypocrites who
their fraud on national scale,
and their disgrace will be proportionally
great and conspicuous.
Year: 1878

The Richmond Dispatch says Q person who
was present and witnessed the scene, says that
q day or two before Con gress adjourned, when
General Joe Johnston was upon the floor of
the United States Senate by invitation of
Senator, the scene in that grave body was
almost like ievee. Senators from all parts
of the United States came up to be introduced
to him and to shake his hand. Not once in
generation is such o scene witnessed. Business
was almost suspended.
Year: 1878

1t is stated that two of the bridesmaids at
the marriage of the Duke of Norfolk and Lady
Florence Hastings were received recently into
the Church. One of them intends to take the
veil in q sisterhood at KensiDgtOp, whose
poor school and convent will in that case &C.
cure an endowment exceeding a hundred
thouAand pounda.
Year: 1878

MT. Darwin might turn to some &C., count story which is told in the Ger man papers about the manner in which an intelligent dog adapted himself to his condition. A Adeaf-and-dumb lady living in German city had as companion 8 younger woman, who was deaf and dumb. They lived Tn a small set of rooms opening on the public corridor of the house. Somebody gave the elder lady little dog as present. For some time, whenever anybody rang the bell at the door. the dog parked to call the attention of his mistress. The dog soon discovered, however, that neither the bell nor the barking made any impress sion on the women, and he took to the practice of merely pulling one of them by the dress with his teeth, in order to explain that some one was at the door. Gradually the dog ceased to bark alto gether, and for more than seven years before his death he remained as mute as his two companions" When expres- sion by sound was useless, it fell with him into absolute disuse.