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Year: 1877

l hear II said that We were wrong,
Perhaps we were; the truth l. strong.
And let the judgment day decide
II all the wrong was on our side.


1t may be so; if go, the right
Chsnced TO he hand in hand with might.
Forsmc, | only know tn-cay


My life Is wrecked; my head il gray.
The right counts little now for me,
Mine Is the loss and misery.


saw my comrades growing old.
In summers heat and winters cold,
With hard. dull toll aud scanty pay
That barely kept the wolf away;


With wan, discouraged, pale-faceci


wives.


Aweary Of their joylcss lives;


With children growing up to lead
The same sad round OF foil and need,
| saw my little oncs-my own
My little children, who have known
No mothers care since baby Bel.
Came to this weary world To dwell
All growing Older day by day.


without chance TO learn the WAY
To happier lives than mine has been;
And little Bel. my little Bel,


The curly head loved too well.
l wanted her sweet lite to be
Brighter than mine has been to me
No use. No chance to get ahead,
Hard work TO earn the daily bread
That kept starvation from the door
And then they cut us down once more.
Hard times. they said hard times;


indeed,


And hard it seemed to make us bleed
Our life blood, With the sole intent
To pay stockholder S eight per cent.
No cutting dividends no,
Retrenchment isn't figured SO
In railroad management to-day.
Weli-fed directors never say:
"Ill keep horse or two the less
They have no Care for our distress.
That was the rub anu with the rest
struck, and thought It for the best.
1t could not be much worse, said
All. who will give me back my dead?
1t went beyond US. Who too blame
For all the slaughter and the fame,
All hope for us is at an end
Still, still. they get their dividend.
No work! One day l wandered out
With little Bel to look about,
And It was some relief to me
To give her pleasure. and to see
Her wise Importance and the grace
Of her sweet, serious. winsome face,
And hear the childish tones that gave
To little things meaning grave.
1t almost made my heart rejoice
To listen to the lisping voice.
The world to her was but the street
She lightly trod with tender feet.
But she had caught from some far place
The wisdom of II happier race.
We wandered on aud came to where
A crowd was gathered. On the air
Came distant sounds Of fife and drum.
And angry voices growled They


come :"


l turned, u safer place to find.
But surging throngs rushed up behind,
And faces dark and scowliug bent
Adown the street with fierce intent.
l lifted baby Bel, but found
No way to leave the dangerous ground.
Then burst the storm that death defied,
And murderous flashes swift replied,
And rang the burdened, sulphurous air
With cries of fury or despair.
Papa" little faint voice said,
Then dropped the shining golden


head.


And limp and pale my treasure lay
Upon my breast. while ebbed away
The life-blood from her tender side
And SO my little darling died.
l pray for justice. May it fall
Where it belongs, on one or all.
If we were wrong, there cannot be
More cruel punishment for me;
II theirs the wrong. the wrath divine
Can be no better than mine.
Year: 1877

WHEN General Chang.rnier was in
Africa he was colonel Of a regiment,
and was more fearful of draft of air
than the lead of his opponents. His
mind appeared to be constantly with
drafts of air. On one occasion the balls
were flying thick around him. An obi
Ger saluted and said, Colonel you are
exposing yourself" True" said Chan
GARNER, 1--WE are fighting in a gorge"
He turned up his coat collar.
Year: 1877

Ifthe stormy wirds should rustic,
While you tread the worlds highway,
Still against them bravely tussle.
Hope and labor day by day;
Fxltet not no matter whether


There is sunshine, stor IN or calm,
And in every kind of weather,


Hold your head up like q man.
If brother should dectiv you.


And should act a traitors part,
Never let his treason grieve you,
jog along with lightsome heart!
Fortune seldom follows fawning.
Boldness Is the only plan.
Hoping 1or u better dawning,


Hold your head up like = man.
Earth, though e'sr So rich and mellow,
Fields not for the worthless drone,
But the bold and honest fellow,
lie can shift and stand alone.
Spurn the knave of every nation,
Always do the best you can,
And no matter what your station,
Hold your head up like a man.
Year: 1877

Contentment abides with truth. And
you will generally suffer for wishing to
appear other than you are. whether it be
richer or greater, or more learned. The
mask soon becomes an instrument of tor
ture.


If we need strong will in order to
do good, it is more necessary for us still
in order not to do evil, from which it
often results that the most modest life
is that where the force of will is most
exercised.


Charity is that rational and constant
affection which makes us sacrifice our
selves to the human race as if we were
united with it so as to form one individ-
ual, partaking equally in its prosperity
and adversely.


If we will take the good we find, ask
ing no questions, we will have heaping
measures. The greatest gifts are not by
analysis. Everything good is on the
highway. The middle region of our
being is the temperate zone.


1t is the great privilege of poverty to
be happy unenvied, to be healthy with
out physic; secured without a guard,
and to obtain from the bounty of nature
what the great and wealthy are compell-
ed to procure by the help of art.


The misery of human life is made up
of large masses. each separated from the
other by certain intervals. One year,
the death of child; years after, failure
in trade; after another longer or shorter
interval, daughter may have married
unhappily. In all but the singularly
unfortunate, the integral parts that com
pose the sum total of the unhappiness
of mans life are easily counted and
distinctly remembered.
Year: 1877

A DOCS INTELLIGENCE.-The follow
ing good story OF the intelligence Of n dog
is o d in the 70 ton Hcrdtd, and we do
not doubt its tIuthiulncss, having known
cQutlly as much intelligence displayed
by dogs ourselves: r. Gently Il young
man as driving a loaded am near
Smthieid, RI, when the linch-pin Of
the wagon broke, throwing the diver
out, and rolling barrel Of cider upon
him, and breaking his leg in two places.
In this sad position he awaited himself of
the intelligence Of st. Bernard dog,
which had accompanied him. Taking
from his pocket a pencil and piece of pa
per, and writing what had beiallen him,
he tied the paper to the dogs collar and
It'd him to "go home" The faithful
dog did SO, and assistance came to him
within an hour.
Year: 1877

The Joint Special Congressional Com
mttee on Chinese immigration report
that in discharge of their duty they have
examined l30 witnesses representing all
classes, interests, and shades Of opinion
on the Pacific coast. They find that this
influx of cheap and docie labor has been
great thing for that coast, so far as ma
terial development is concerned, and
that many Of the capitalists ard employ
ing class have made money out of it,
On the other hand they fnd that these
laborers, having no families to support
and educate, living on cheap food, herd
ing together in miserable lodgings, being
thus able to work for wages on which
white men would starve, have practical
ly monopolized Il number Of trades and
avocations, and in the others are steadily
crowding white competition to the wall.


The result is that white mechanics and
laborers, as class, are bitterly opposed
TO this immigration, and with good rea-
son. In this they have the sympathy Of
many of the wealthier classes, including
several clergymen. The committee find
That the habits of the Chinese in San
Francisco and elsewhere are so filthy as
to be a perpetual menace to .he physical
and moral health OF the community /;
that they remain distinct class, obst-
nately retaining their own dress, Ian
guage, customs, and religion that they
have no respect for our laws, or love for
our institutions, if indeed they have men
tai capacity to understand them, that
their only interest in the country j. to
make enough money TO live on in China,
and that RS soon as this is done they go
back, making room for others. But the
inflow is greater than the outflow, and in
view Of the discourugcnent to white en-
igration there is serious danger in the
Committees judgment, that the Pacific
cnst may be ongoanized.


This once accomplished, the tide Of pa
gan immigration would pour over the
Rocky Mountains and roll eastward. II
these people are to stay here, they need
the ballot for protection, and the theory
of our institutions requires that they
should have it. But to give it to them
would be political suicide, so far rs Cali
iornia and the Pacific coast generally are
concerned. There are enough OF them to
decide every election, and the head men
could sell the votes in bulk to the high
est bidder. After touching on other ali
nor topics-among them, the CONNER
cial honesty Of the Chinese merchants,
the worthlessuess Of Chinese evidence,
the feuds and bloody afIrays between
Cinnamon from different provinces, their
cruelty TO the sick and the women, .etc. -
the committee, taking all the facts into
consideration, recommend that the ex-
isting treaty with China be so modified
and such legislation be provided by Con-
gress as to check the influx Of Chinamcn
into this country. They would have this
done with due regard to accrued rights
and to humanity, and they hope the Chi
nese Government will see the matter in
the proper light. But the first duty Is to
the Pacific States and Terr;tolie.
Year: 1877

a SOUTHERN bachelor one day set the
table ia his lonely abode with plates for
himself and an imaginary wife and five
children. He then sat down to dine, and
as often as he helped himself to food he
put the same quantity on each of the 9th
er plates, aud surveyed the prospect, at
the same time computing the cost. He is
still bachelor.
Year: 1877

Two Baltimore men bet $1,000 or the
result of the Presidential election, and
being unable to amicably agree as to
which had won, the case was taken into
Court, when the District Attorney, un-
der law Of that State. took possession of
the stakes au! turned the money over to
the City Treasury.
Year: 1877

L, A. Treen, runs large boot and
shoe store in Olympia, and another under
the charge of A. A. Manning in Seattle.
They employ between fifteen and twenty
workmen, being by far the largest estab-
lishment of the kind in the Territory
Their work is of such character as to be
sought all over the Sound, and gives
satisfaction whichever introduced. All
the new styles of boots and shoes can be
found in stock, or made to order. Every
day they send boots and shoes to various
parts of the Sound made to order, for
parties who send in their measure, and
justly rely on this house to do the rest
without visiting them personally.
Year: 1877

In visiting the leading business houses
of Seattle, we called on the tastelully ar
range store OF Boyd, Poncin S Young,
who were displaying large amount Of
choice new goods just received, especially
was their stock full and complete in
dress goods, ready made clothing for
mon, and ladies furnishing goods. The
matrimonial state which the senior mem
Der OF the firm has just assumed, has not
lGssencd his success as salesman, nor
diminished his popularity with the ladies
who all like to trade at this excellent
store Here we unexpectedly met
number of lady acquaintance from the
lower Sound examining and purchasing
holiday goods, and other standard arti-
cles such as they wish to procure of first
quality in Seattle,
Year: 1877

Harris ~ Attridge, druggists, are build.
ing up u large trade in all those goods
usually kept in first cluss store of that
kind. and those who deal with them find
everything done promptly, and with &C
curacy and care. Gard Kellogg will
always keep everything straight in the
dis ensing department while Mr.. Harris
is of the most courteous gentlemen
to deal with. They have large ac


quaintance down Sound, with whom
they do constantly increasing business
Year: 1877

The firm of Hugh McAleer IL Co., have
recently opened up varied stock Of
stoves, tinware, wood and willow ware
on commercial street in Seattle. They
are among the best known of any Of tho
people residing in Seattle, and will
doubtlessly do a large business from the
start. Among the specialitles they offer
are the patent, portable steam ovens, so
constructed that they Can be set upon
any stove, and the interior compartment
will hold the water, into which cover
ed tin is set holding the article designed
Year: 1877

Mr.. Scrope went abroad, and after
time he returned home to begin his
career.


Alice Jervis pursued her homely and
monotonous life. She grew quletr and
graver, and worked more diligently.
She believed that she had decided rightly
as regarded Mr.. Scrope's happiness, ard
the sacrifice she had made for his sake
made her feel that she had right to be
interested in him, and she lived In ex-
citement Of seeing his name in the papers
and in gaining every particular Of him
within bsr grasp. She smiled when she
read his name among the presentation at
court, or noted his presence at the court
balls. At such times she looked down
at the shabby dress and poor appoint
ments surrounding her, and wondered
what sort of an appearance she should
have made in other circumstances.


Al length she saw another announce
ment. Mr.. Scrope Was going u be mar
ried.


she turned pale, and put down the
paper
Year: 1877

One Of the gratifying results OF the
hard times seems 10 be that a. man can
wear shirt for two days without being
accused of being prominent lecture or
q person with tendency toward spirit
ualism.
Year: 1877

swer To the question she had been asking
herself over and over again, since her
conversation with Mr.. Scrope In the
morning, She was even glad that all
around her looked so commonplace, so
poor--poorer and comn0ner than ever
10 night And bitter feeling rose In
her heart and made her almost indignant
that some people should he 50 much more
favored, in worldly point of view, than
Others.


When she went to her own room, in
stead OF undressing. she opened the win
dow and gazed out toward the yew tree
under which she hnd parted with Mr.
Scrope, and then su idenly ub'wis'ing
her long hair she turned to the looking
glass, not with any feeling of vanity,
but in order to find what had SO attract
ed him.


II was more than handsome face that
answered back her gaze, one which
showed an amount of earnest ness aud
intelligence not often met with. OF
this she was no judge herself, neither of
the continual change of expression which
Mr.. Scrope had begun by culiously OBJ
serving, and ended by being thoroughly
interested in. He was passing The Long
Vacation at Shelford reading and fishing
and had made the acquaintance of Viii.
liam Jervis on the banks of the river,
and through him, whom it was condes'
cension on the part of Nr. ScIope to
notice, of Alice herself. .=.
Alice perhaps understood the footing
on which they stood better than her
brother, and the innate pride In her ma
ture caused her to accept it with reserva.
tions. She felt the gulf between them
and measured it by the worlds standard.
Therefore, when Mr.. Scrope made his
somewhat startling offer, she, in spite OF
her surprise, was not unprepared with
her answer.


And now that she had given it, she
asked herself if she had done right.
Mr. scrope was an only son; brilliant
.fniure was before him. world of which
she knew nothing was familiar to him.
| Could she. who was accustomed TO the
littlenesses incident to circumstances
somewhat above actual poverty, move
with proprieiy in circles accustomed to
every luxury? Would hts relatives SO
far above hers accept her and her be.
longings? She answered. "No" Mr.
Scrope had argued, what matter since it
rested with him to give her place and
position in the world rs his wife? But
that she knew would be separation for
him from all former associations, and
her own unfitness to move in her lovers
sphere would make her clog upon the
life of him to whom, before she knew it,
she had given her heart.


Such had been the train of argument
she had pursued. and had struggled free
from the prospect open to her, not with.
out pain, and had dismissed it as dream
of beauty that had nought TO do with
wakiug hours. And now


But it was over. The morning rose
and she went about her tasks as usual
perhaps even more energetically, since
she needed an outlet for her pent -uF
feelings Mingled with pain there came
a sense of happiness in the knowledge Of


Mr. Scrope's love. To have possessed il


nay. perhaps to possess it still--carrie6
her into another world, In which, how,
ever, she must always be alone, since all
that had passed must forever remain hel
own especial secret.
Year: 1877

A GOOD many people in the Pan
Handle, VINO think the cltizels of the
Third district are entitled 20 equal rights
and privileges with themselves, and are
not band of murderers and cut-throsts
as some of our exchanges have attempted
to represent, reason in this wise: AS
Wheeling cribbed the Capital from
Charleston, and the State through her
representatives has signied her ~
tention not to let Wheeling keep the
purloined goods, that the next best
thing for this city to do is to return the
stolen property to tho rigntful owner.
They Will so express themselves, toe. by
voting for Charleston.
Year: 1877

July 9th, 1877. !


The long talked OF conference of poIitI-
csI magnates st this place is beginning TO
develope itself They are just cropping
in rather accidentally you know, there
being no preconcerted movement, ne
cording to the statement of each one.
When n politician of any note arrives
the newspaper men are ANXIOUS to know
what part ne expects TO play in the con-
:ererce-snd OF course is not slow in pro-
pounding the question. The answer IL
invsrIbly the same didn't know Of any
political Conterelce-tbe wife was in bad
health, and just came up here Tor her
benefit So old Adam and BeIknap are
repeated and the responsibility thrown
upon the woman. If any evil comes out
of this White Sulphur gathering of the
politicians, it will all be laid to their
wives, whose health hecams infrm at an
inconvenient time and brought their nus
bands together at the Springs.


Yesterday brought the most notable
arrival of the season up to this time, in
the person OF Hon. Benz h. Hill, OF
Georgia.
Year: 1877

Ths OF the nervous system over life
and death and the direct bearing which IT has human
happiness Is thoroughly recognized; its capabilities. mod
Thought study or intense mental application by the
proper subjects for consideration When the system
Is dcrangod Is absolutely promptly seek
vice from an expert who FOR long series YEARS has do
voted his whole time and attention this study aud Who
nom his experience and practice has learned discover
once the and promptly apply the remedy, thus
avoiding the painfully slow scing utter the
to the inexperienced annoying patient,
who naturally to without delay what
the matter, the extent OF tho
ties of rccuporation and the time required.


stiiking example Of value OF aud
tcal observation, we'll the usefulness Of the
application OF suitable remedies Is found In the import
ant statcncnt coming. both from home and abroad that
very large proportion OF those who suffer from dis
tnrbance and absolute insanity who
placed under treatment wthna after the iii ymp
toms have m manifested themselves


tho brain has become exhausted by intense mental ap
II only its strength BY being properly and
nourished by the systematic methods II IS
precisely tho with tho that preside


life. The value Of this branch OF medical practice
scarcely bc overrated for reaches marriage the perpct
alton Of family the securing OF hereditary titles
and the retention of estates In the same family.


From long and large experience in this direction.
have been able and by thanku
probation Of OF the Gsst families in the
nation and communicate much that pertains 10 the
exercise every the system
and the OF recovering It's powers whether OF BRAIN
appetite, propensity or passion
Year: 1877

New YORK, Sept. 8.-Two days of rain
have almost completely cooled the shoulder
ing ruins of the Thirty-fifth street fire. A
gang of men went at once to work overhaul
ing l. Walkers big charcoal heap. In order
to extinguish the fire that remained in it, some
OF the standing walls of HaIe's factory we're
pulled down by the fremen, and one or two
hydrants were turned on the heaps of brick
However column of white vapor denoted
the fire underneath. 1t is believed that
several missing persons will be found to-day
under the ruins


New YORK, Sept. 8-The work of excavat-
ing the ruins of the fire in this city at Thirty
fifth street continued to-day but up to a late
hour this afternoon no bodies had been found
It is stated that several of the property
owners who suffered by the fire propose suing
the city for damages. The formal inquest
into the cause of the fire will begin next
Thursday. 1t will be complete and exhaus-
tive, and is likely to lay the blame where it
belongs.
Year: 1877

SALT LAKE, Sept. s.-Nine of the twelve
apostles who control the destinies Of the
Church of Latter Day Saints, and who have


been engaged during the past two or three
days in looking over the deceased presidents s
accounts seem to have had much difficulty in
making any distinction between the personal
and official property of Brigham Young.
Now that the important trusts have lapsed by
his death, the apostles want to know what
property is left to the church. The estate of
the Prophet will be sworn as under So, ,000, 900,
and it Is currently reported that extensive
litigation Is likely to grow out Of its SETTLE
ment. The duties of the head of the church,
as interpreted by Brigham, were varied and
striking, and among other things involved
the holding of the title of pieces of real estate
as such head of the church, while by some ar
rangement or understanding with the disci-
pies the real ownership remained elsewhere
The law does not know of such q person as
the head of the church. and considers that
ownership follows the title.


In other respects Brigham's heirs will prob
ably have to have recourse to the law In the
matter and lay claim to all property the title
OF which was in their father, whether as cti-
zen or seer. This is likely to lead to endless
suits by parties thinking themselves ag
grieved, and by the time the court gets
through It is probable that they will be
largely pared down. The belief is becoming
strong here that there will be no election of
the President of the Church at the conference
which meets on the 9Th of October, as has
been anticipated. AS the church has, during
all it's past history, held together by concen-
'tration OF power in the hands of one man,
there are those who see in this proposed diff
fusion Of 1T, division, likely to result in the
downfall of this great modern theocracy,
which constitutes so foul blot upon the
century.
Year: 1877

They tell good story of North
Carolina of the way one of the color
ed Magistrates decides cases which
come before him. Soon after the
War the custom was for the white
men who owned the land and the
mules to lease them to the colored
men and receive therefor one-halt
the crop. Such bargain was made,
but before the crop was grown the
colored man died. His widow and
children went on with the farm, and,
when the crop was gathered, the
white man went down to get his
share. But the woman repudiated
the contract, and claimed all the
crop. The case was brought before
colored Magistrate, who, having
heard the woman's story that she
raised the crop,promptly decided it in
her favor. The white man put in his
objections, and rged that the land
and mules were sand half the crop
belonged to him. The old Magis-
trate, who could not read. and who
was a good specimen of a North
Carolina negro, pondered the case
for a moment and then issued his
"rescript" in the following words:
"De earth am de Lords and the full
ness thereof-de crops belong to de
woman" and it was with great diff
Guilty that the decision was reversed,
and the white man got his dues.