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Year: 1877

magnitude, and that Judge ia
cobs, in allowing this manifest
swindle to go by default, would
be grossly derelict in duty to his
constituents and to the General
Government.


Judge Jacobs has not, and will
not, offer any factious opposition
to any measure calculated to
promote tho best interests of the
Territory, but he would be false
to the interests of his constitu-
cnts if he blindly yielded acqui-
escence in the demands of a COM
bination of unsclupulous men
who have heretofore proved false
to all their plighted faith and
public obligations.


This correspondent recon-
mends that "our people should
forthwith take action against
him. They should hold public
meetings and denounce him as
misrepresenting the Territory's
interests and wishes" The Leg
stature, which represents every
interest in the Territory, will
attend to that matter, and we
can safely guarantee that the
action of our Delegate will be
sustained by an almost unani-
nous vote.
Year: 1877

There were two Of them hang
ing over the front gate the 9TH
er night. She was standing
within the yard and he on the
sidewalk outside, both leaning
on the top rail, and apparently
as happy as two pigs in a corn
field. He was saying: Now,
my own little darling, sweet idol
Of my soul, whose image is ever
on my heart when he saw the
old man coming down the front
walk, and continued in a differ
ent strain "The potato bugs
haven't destroyed our crops as
much since we purchased Paris
green; and you will find also
that cabbages can be raised bet
ter on a richer SOIL The old
gentleman heard it, and turned
back, saying as he entered tho
house: "These young people
take more interest in agricultu-
raj affairs than people generally,
suppose
Year: 1877

senting various party phases, all
agree in regarding the President
as the official head of a party,
and that party victory can on
ly be achieved by "dislionorable
work" melted by the hope of
spoils. y


The facts which they ignore
are, that Mr.. Hayes is not, and
does not claim to be, a party
President; he was not elected by
any party; is not a candidate for
reelection; does not require or
need any party support in the
maintenance of a policy which
has the express endorsement Of
a large majority Of American
citizens, not only as indicated
by popular vote at the last
general election, when his party
was in minority Of several
hundred thousands, but by many
of his own party conventions
subsequently. No party has any
claims upon him as President
He holds the office not by popu-
lar vote; not by the tenure pre-
scribed by the Constitution; but
by the judicial determination of
Il Board, the joint creation Of the
highest official representation of
both political parties, whose YER
dict he had no right to reject,
and in which all other parties


were pre-plcdged and in honor
bound to concur. He is as much
the President of the Democratic
House of Congress which created
the Board from which. he derived
his title, as he is of the Republi-
can party which nominated him,
and no shadow of fraud rests
upon his title, for which he is
responsible. He holds, not by
popular vote, but by a recogni-
ton of independent State sove-
reignty above and beyond the
reach of Federal interference,
even to inquire into or correct a
fraud or an error in the election
of President. President Hays
has mantully accepted the situa-
tion, lifted himself above party,
and is managing the affairs of
the government as one having
no responsibility to party and no
party responsible for his acts.
Year: 1877

RAPID FL1eHr.-1t has beeAa
disputed question whether q car
rier pigeon can fly Is fast as q
lightning express train, but the
question has been decided in ia.
vor Of the pigeon. The London
Spectator Of tho 21st ult. has this
account of the race between-tbe
train and the pige on:


A very careful experiment.
intended to test the speed of car
rier pigeons-was tried on Fri
day week. The bird, one OF the
homing pigeons known as "Bel-
gan voyageurs," was tossed
through the window of a railway
carriage as the express train left
the Admiralty pier at Dover
The train had been timed to
travel at sixty miles an hour,
but the bird reached its home in
Cannon street twenty minutes
before the train. AS it could
only shorten the distance by six
miles, it had travelled at pace
of seventy-fve miles an hour
The bird, when released from
the railway carriage, took nearly
half minute to discover its
bearings, rising to the altitude
Of half a mile before it set off on
it's course-pehaving, in fact, ex-
actly as If it knew that by rising
IN the air it could see its homo
in London. The wind was west
erly, and the bird carried an ur-
gent communication from tho
French police.
Year: 1877

At an immense gathering of
workingmen in New York a
few days ago, the following res
olution was adopted: "Resolved,
That we solemnly pledge our
selves, as independent working
men, to support no candidate for
public office but one who is
pledged to our interests, and
who will use all the power and
influence of his official position
to secure an equitable return
from capital for labor"
Year: 1877

Sitting Bull is naturally fiat
tered at the prospective visit OF
the commission, and is preparing
to receive them with all the
pomp and circumstance of saw
agedom. Fifteen hundred war
riors surround him, and he evil
IDENTIFY regards himself as a pre'
ty big Injun.
Year: 1877

Inc perIect ACCORD existing
between the journals in the in
terest of the o. s. N. Co. and
the "Tacoma Land Ring" isvery
notable. Whenever one strikes
the keynote, the others yelp in
concert. The present game to
which they have been hallooed
is to "hound" Delegate Jacobs.
A Washington lobbyist opens
the cry through the Tacoma
Herald, and prompt to the echo
comes the sub-editor of tho H.
teNigencer, in the same key and
instigated by the same onimus,
but with a different pretext,
trumped up for the occasion. By
the former the Delegate is assail-
ed in abusive terms for interfer-
ing to prevent a robbery Of the
people to the amount ola million
Of dollars for the exclusive bene-
tit OF a private corporation. The
second took up the cry in like
abusive terms, upon the pretcxt
that the Delegate is wholly re-
sponsible for q manifest clerical
error Of an enrolling clerk In
Congress, by which a few hun
dred dollars are temporarily
withheld from the Territorial
contingent fund. 1t was one of
those errors which escaped the
notice Of all the members of both
houses of Congress and the COM
mittees on engrossment, during
the last hours of the session,
when all was hustle and cOnfu-
sion, and yet a Delegate, who
has no vote in the house or a
place upon committee, is held
up to public scorn and abused
like a pick-pocket for permitting
the mistake to occur. The real
cause Of the attack is too appar-
ent, and the device too thin to
deceive any intelligent person
familiar with the matter. The
Walla Walla Statesman, which
will offer some other excuse for
joining the hunt, is yet to be
heard from.


Our people, who do not lack
honor or generosity in their or
dinary social relations, are too
much in the habit of viewing
with Indifference, if they do not
actually give aid and comfort to
the enemy, the attacks to which
public men are exposed in their
service. Nothing is so discour
aging and depressing to the eff
forts of a faithful public servant,
as to feel that his services arc
treated with Indifference and ne
glect by those he serves, while it
exposes him to the most relent-
less prosecutions from their COM
mon enemy. We have suffered
too much in that way to regard
with indifference the like treat
ment Of others.


Judge Jacobs should be made
to feel that his uDtiring efforts
to defeat an enormous swindle
upon his constituents by a pow
erful and unscrupulous combi-
nation, meet with the cordial
sympathy and hearty approval
of every honest, disinterested
man, woman and child in the
Territory.
Year: 1877

OILY LAMrs.-The upper part Of a kerr
osene oil lamp, after standing short time
frequently gets oily from the condensation Of
the vapor of the oil. This will be greatly, If
not entirely prevented, By taking piece of
felt and cutting hole in it SO as to fit exactly
around the socket into which the burner IL
screwed trim the felt go as to leave rim
about half an inch wide, and place this felt
RING on the sock et
Year: 1877

To KEEP TOMATOES FOR WINTER ST -
As the tomato season is now here, contribute
one way for keeping them for winter use thosl
may be new to some of your readers. ate,
them in February, sliced and seasoned With
sugar and a little vinegar, that seemed avery
way as nice as tomatoes picked from the vines.
They were preserved in the following man
uer Dissolve teacup of salt in gallon Of
water. Pick ripe tomatoes, but not over ripe,
leaving little of tho stem on. The tomatoes
must be well covered with brine, and they
will keep till spring or over. a'
Year: 1877

inIuccmcnt to establish mills and facto-
rigs near the head of Port Townsend
Bay


As at present run, the Phantom is Of
no more benefit to Townsend than any
of the other transient passing boats.


The ferry to the Island needs steam
boat rather than Whitehall boat, yet
Captain johnson supplied the require
m"nts OF the route with his Whitehall
boat better than it has been sup
piled by the steamer, because he could
always be relied on at some certain time
the steamer neccr by parties at dis
tance.


While IA wharf could be constructed at
Ebey's Landing that would resist the
surf that frequently beats so heavily on
that beach, yet none will probably he
built there until regular route is estub.
lished. Until this takes place it would
cost only tliilc to construct a large raft
of cedar logs securely joined together 50
the surf would not break it.. Fastcn this
to the buoy, where the surfboat takes
freight and passengers from the steamer.
A narrow way could he made on floating
logs, so joined together that the connec.
tion between the raft and the shore could
be easily broken when desired, yet in all
ordinary weather freight and passengers
could land on the raft and walk ashore
without the aid of a surf-boat, as now
used.


Some of these things are of self.evi,
dent benefit, yet others appear 10 he of
too little Importance to be noticed, yet
oftentmes the whole prosperity OF
community depends on the successful
carrying out Of such little details. Port
Townsend, to-day, might have been
much larger place than it is now if every
thing of this kind had been carefully at
tended to.
Year: 1877

by the name of cheering, and
mechanical impulse, that had be-
come deeply ingrained in his
nature, made it impossible for a
time that he should obey the
order to charge without indulging
in the luxury that used to accom-
pany it. Those who imagined that
the Importance of such a luxury is
insignificant commit a very great
mistake. 1t has played a more
curious and influential part in his
tory than any one would at first
sight suppose. Readers of the
Gaulish campaigns of Julius Caesar
know that at a very critical moment
the legions were disconnected and
almost thrown into an utter panic
by the piercing and unaccustomed
yells of the Belgian hordes advanc-
ing to the attack, and this although
the Roman soldiers themselves were
perfectly accustomed to shout on
the charge, The very same COM
mander who had then SO striking
an example of the practice wit
messed another and a still more re-
markable instance at the battle of
Pharsalia. 1t is well known that
at the battle Pompey ordered his
soldiers to stand still and receive in
silence the attack of Caesars legions.
His idea was that the waste of
breath involved in the sharp run
and the loud shout might simply
be economical and reserved for
solid muscular action. But the
event belied his theory, and it was
always said that Caesar attributed
the speedy defeat of his adversary
to the mistake he made in depriy.
ing his soldiers Of this accustomed
moral incentive.
Year: 1877

Civilization has many points of
ambitious attainment-the rewards
of letters, triumphs in the forum
and legislative hall, the diplomatic
bureau, etc.-but the Indian has
only one prime honor to grasp: it
is triumph on the war-path, it is
rushing upon his enemy, tearing
the scalp reeking from his head,
and then uttering his terrific war
whoop. For this crowning act he
is permitted to mount the honored
feather of the war eagle-the king
of carniverous birds. BY this mark
he is publicly known and his hon
ors recognized by all the tribe, and
by the surrounding tribes whose
customs assimilate. When the scalp
of an enemy has been won, very
great pains are taken to exhibit it.
For this purpose it is stretched on
a hoop and mounted on pole. The


inner part is painted red, and the
hair adjusted to hang in its natural
manner. If be the scalp of a male
eagles feathers are attached to de.
note that fact. If a female, a comb
or scissors is hung on the frame.
In this condition it is placed in the
hands of an old woman, who bears
it about in the Scalp-dance, while
opprobrious epithets are uttered
against the tribe from whom it is
taken. Amidst these wild reioicings
the war-cry is vociferated, and the
general sentiment with old and
young is, "Thus shall it be done to
our enemies" The feather of an
eagle is the highest honor that a
warrior can wear. When it bears a
red spot it denotes that the warrior
has killed an enemy; a notch cut
Year: 1877

1t has Just been stated, on the
authority Of a London paper, the
Globe, that the old custom of
cheering at the time of charging
with the bayonet is ordered to be
reintroduced into the British army.
There can be little doubt that such


an order, if it has been given, will
be hailed with very great satisfac-
tiop, 1t is only a few years-not
certainly above fifteen-since this


practice, which had existed, proba-
bly, from time immemorial in our
army, was formally abolished, and
officers of no very long standing
can well remember the reluctance Of
the rank and file to abandon, and
how long after the order was given
it was still often impossible, when
the word was given to charge, to
prevent the well-known shout from
rising to the soldiers lips. In the
mind of many a veteran the mere
action of advancing at the double
was inseparably connected with
that of shouting the sort of indie
scribable war cry which was known
Year: 1877

in it, and the edges Of the feathers
painted red, indicate that the throat
Of an enemy has been cut. Small
consecutive notches on the front
side Of the feather without paint,
denote that the wearer is the third
person that has touched the dead
body; both edges notched, that he
is the fourth person that has touched
it; and the feather partly denuded
that he is the fifth person that has
touched the slain.
Year: 1877

numerous inquiries ana eXamlna-
tions which precede the prescrip-
tion Of a careful physician, the state
of the pulse is never omitted ; yet
as it is probable that few of our
readers are acquainted with the
reasons for this inquiry, or, what is
the same thing, with the facts to
be learned from it, we think it may
not be minteresting if we enume-
rate some of the more prominent
ones.


1t is almost unnecessary to pre-
mise that by the pulse is meant the
beat Of an artery, and that the one
commonly chosen for examination
is the radial artery which beats at
the wrist. The first point general
ly attended to is the number of the
beats; and since in all other medi-
cal questions it is necessary to be
acquainted with the state of health
in order to recognize any deviation
from it, we must mention the ordi-
nary frequency of the pulse at diff
ferent ages.


In the newborn infant it is from
one hundred and thirty to one
hundred and forty in minute
but decreases in frequency as life
advances so that in a middle-aged
adult, in perfect health, it is from
seventy-two to seventy-fve. In the
decline of life it is slower than this,
and falls to about sixty. 1t is OBJ.
vious that if we should suppose a
practitioner ignorant of these plain
facts, he wOuld be liable to make
the most absurd blunders, and
might imagine boy of ten to bc
laboring under some grievous dis
ease because his pulse had not the
slow sobriety Of his grandfather's


The quickness Of the pulse af-
fords most important information,
If person, for example, whose
pulse is usually seventy-two, the
beats rise in number to ninety
eight, some alarming disease is GER
tainly present; or, on the other
hand, should it have permanently
sunk to fifty, it is but too probable
that the source of the circulation,
the heart itself, is laboring under
incurable disease, or that some
other of the great springs of life is
irredeemably injured. Supposing
again the pulse to be seventy. two,
each beat ought to occur at an in
terval of tive-sixths of a second;
but should any deviation from this
rhythm be perceived, the pulse is
then said to be irregular. The va
rieties of irregularity are infinite /;
bat there is one so remarkable as to
deserve particular mention. 1t will
happen sometimes that the inter
val between two beats is so much
longer than was expected that it
would seem that one beat had been
omitted; in this case the pulse is
said to be an intermittent one.
When the action of the heart is
irregular the beat of the pulse is SO
likewise; but it will occasionally
happen that the latter irregularity
takes place without the former one,
from some morbid cause existing
between the heart and the wrist. It
ia hardly necessary to observe that,
in all doubtful cases, the physician
examines the pulSation of the heart
as well as that at the wrist.
Year: 1877

APoughkeepsie parent lately Undue.
ed a croupy youngster to make quite q
hearty meal of buckwheat cakes and
.tmaple molasses, but the latter prov
ed to be nice syrup or squills. The boy
said he thought something allied the
molasses the very minute his father
told him to eat all he wanted.
Year: 1877

Flatuency, Sluggish Digestion, want OF Tone and
Activity IN the stomach and Bowels Oppression
after Eating, are sure to be relieved by single
dose taken after each meal. a great want exists
lur
Year: 1877

STEPHEN TYING, JR., AS A WORKER
1t is a marvel that young Tying don't die.
He wants ten thousand year 70 carry
on his enterprises. His church debt is
5000, 900. He has but few rich men
in his congregation to back him up, yet
he keeps the whole enterprise swinging.
The whole depends on him, and he holds
all the financial arrangements of the So
ciety in his own hands. He breaches
three times every Sunday and has some
kind of service every night in the week.
His experiment of feeding the tramps at
his church door last year was not fraught
with encouragement enough to have il
prosecuted this season. His tent services
are great success. The attendance is
large on week nights, and jammed on
Sunday nights. The Bishop has made
up his mind not to hold Mr.. Tying to a
very strict canonical rule, and even high
church men are rather proud that the
great Evangelical movement Of the city
is under the lead of the Prayer Book.
Three times year the Bishop is called
to Holy Trinity to confirm GLASSES pre-
sented by the rector. A good deal OF
money to carry on the Mission work is
sent in to Mr.. Tying from outsiders. He
has won the confidence of the Church
Universal.-Boston Journal.
Year: 1877

NoRD JAHNsEN, lumberman in Wis
consin, had his left leg caught by the
branch of a falling tree in such a manner
that he could not extricate himself, While
he was thus fast he saw that huge pan
ther had discovered him, and, yelling
vociferously, he fortunately attracted the
attention Of hunter that CHANGED to be
near, who came up in time to shoot the
panther and save Jahnsen from being de-
Ynnred
Year: 1877

MY strong belief has been and still is
that the drunkard's only hope is in a re-
neWed heart, with new desires and
strength from. God to keep him. have
no faith in a simple pledge alone
HOOdU
Year: 1877

LETTER DRoPPING BLUNDERs.-Many
amusing instances of Observation-Disclosures
come under the attention of postmasters.
Postal cards are frequently dropped into
the box without being directed. One
gentleman, duringa fit of absent-minded-
ness, walked deliberately up to the box
and dropped in five dollar bill, while
he carried of the letters he intended to
post. When the bill was discovered in the
box it was returned to its owner. At one
of the State post-ofiices, a visitor was
shown pile Of letters collected that day,
all of which it was necessary to send to
the Dead Letter office. There were forty.
two in all. Some of them were 50 direct
ed that only the name and street were
given, while the name Of the town or city
was entirely omitted; great many were
not stamped at all or insufficiently
stamped; some were stamped with inter
nal revenue or proprietary" stamps
while others were stamped with stamps
cut from postal envelopes. Regarding
the after, Il should be understood that
q stamped envelope issued by the Postal
Department is not good, even though it
NAV not have been used on the envelope
on which it has been printed. Another
letter was directed in such manner that
there was no attempt at words or writing
properly, there being nothing on IL but a
numbe of zig-zag marks. This, however,
was probably the work Of an ambitious
child,
Year: 1877

BOILED CUsTARD.-One quart boiled
milk, four eggs, one cupful sugar, one
even table spoonful corn starch; beat
the whites separate, and stir in when
cold


IODINE AND BoILs-As soon as a boil
becomes hard and infamed paint it with
iodine. The poison will not be scattered,
but absorbed by it. Another authority
says: "Do nothing for boils out bathe
them in tepid water"


Tor SLAw.-One head of cabbage,
half pound of pork, and try it out and
take out the scraps. Chop up the cab
bage and put in the fat with water and
pepper; if liked, mustard. When nearly
done, add one cup OF vinegar.


SCENT BAG.-This will prevent moths
injuring clothes: One ounce of cloves,
caraway seeds, nutmeg, mace, cinnamon,
and orris root as much as will equal the
other ingredients WIEN put together
Grind the whole well to powder, and put
it into little silk bags.


CLEANING PANT.-n cleaning paint
an old flannel cloth will be found very
serviceable, as it removes the dirt with
out much friction, and an addition OF the
magical mixture to pail of water, for
Year: 1877

Books go first; the book trade fattens
under panic illustrated papers next,
and then daily papers. If the panic
continues, the trade in pianos and fine
furniture falls off, but the laboring
classes begin to contract on furniture
from the start Next it begins to cut off
getting pretty tight. Put on another
turn of the screw, and tea and coffee
suffer; then all our finer groceries; and
then the incest kind of produce. If the
screw still tightens, when the worst
comes to worst, and there is no help from
God or man, then whisky and tobacco
begin to be cut off. But the dogs about
dead when it comes to that.
Year: 1877

ONE of the great annual festivals of
the Hindoos was lately celebrated upon
the banks of the Sariu, small tributary
of the Ganges. The Brahmins and as
trologers announced that happy con-
junction of the planets at the time would
render the occasion especially favorable
for all who desired purifcation of their
sins by plunging into the river. Myr1ads
of Hindoos rushed to the spot, de-
termined to bathe without delay, but so
great was the crowd that a number of
persons were crushed to death. Their
bodies were Immediately thrown into the
water with the idea that they would float
direct to heaven.
Year: 1877

A GENTLEMAN writing from Deadwood
closes his letter with the following advice
to those who think of emigrating to the
Black Hills "But now a word to those
thinking OF coming. If you have plenty
of money and want to speculate, all
right; here is a good place. II you have
some to spare and want vacation trip,
it will do you no harm to come and see
the Hills for yourself. If you have a
family dependent on you and situation
where you are, stay there. If you are a
poor man, stay at home; living is cheap
er there than here, and labor is abundant
here already; so abundant that men are
offering to work for their board. Don't
come here trusting to luck, for thousands
who came in that trust have already
turned about and gone home"