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Year: 1877

We commented the other day upon the
general mockery of speeches from the
gallows, but the case of Austin Hum


phreys, who was hanged near Detroit on
Tuesday for the murder of a dilatory
creditor, appears to be an exception to
the rule. Facing death with courage,


but without bravado, the condemned
man spoke this touching farewell: "My
dear friends, am now on the scaffold to
pay the last penalty of the law, and l
bless God that He has seen fit to pardon
me and wash away my sins. feel that
my sentence is just, and want to warn
you all, my dear friends, never to touch
the intoxicating cup. 1t was all through
liquor that l came here. Oh, my friends,
as you value your own souls, leave that
cup alone. 1t has done more harm than
ali other things put together, and has
been the ruin of thousands, as it has
been of me. May God have mercy on
me and give me grace" Probably nc
one then within the sound of his voice
will ever forget these words.-Balt. Gaz
Year: 1877

The heavy rains the last two days have
raised the snoqualmie and Skykomish
both. The logs up the SnOqualmic have
either all come down or are on the way.
The Pill Chuck boom broke this morn
ing early letting loose about a million
feet 10 the river. The sheer boom at the
head of Ebey Slough was put in working
order end the logs turned into the slough
and caught about five miles down. A.
lsss accounts the prospect WAS tina: not =
log would belost.
Year: 1877

B. a


The Dipatc6 and Iatsliigsncsy are hsv
ing quite a pro and con affair about
matters and things that pertain to Seat.
tie more particularly than any other
place. From indications now the duel
promises to become spirited as well as
protracted, with no chance for sticking
plaster, as pen wounds are never danger
ous, the aow Of ink never producing
syncope like that of blood letting. Cut
and thrust away, gentlemen, no doubt
facts interesting to the public will bs
brought out ON BOTH sides.
Year: 1877

The Pacific Rural has put in its usual
appearance and is paper worthy the
patronage of every friend Of agriculture
oil the Sound It is without a rival in
its chosen field OF labor and no friend Of
Washington Territory can wish it any
thing but success.
Year: 1877

The last number of the Adrocdte con
tains choice reading matter highly credit
able to its publisher. There is no dan
ger of brother Utter rusting ont, ii he
perscvers in carrying out the programme
he has marked out for himself.
Year: 1877

The Quicksteps are now making arrange
ments to play the Red Stockings Of Glouces.
ter N. j., who will have the pitcher and
catcher of the Athletic club.


Next week they will visit Baltimore and
Washington on tour of three days. An
account OF the games will be given in the
HERALD the next morning after they play,
which will afford the people Of seeing an
account of the game.


We hope they may have good luck while
abroad.
Year: 1877

THE EXPERIMENT OF ORGANIZING LABOR
POLITICALLY.


WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-Despatches re-
ceived here during the last day or two from
darts of Ohio, as we'll as from Pennsylvaa
mia, furnish grounds for belief that a new
party is about to be organized, by the work
ingmen, the influence of which on the fall
elections may be very important. Some
leading Republicans in Washington have re-
Gently expressed the hope that this may be
done. They say that nothing except good
would be likely to result from such move
ment. Ia the first place 1t would convince
the workingmen themselves how weak
they are, and how hopeless any attempt TO
build up party on the temporary griev.
ances of single class in the community is
alway sure to be. In the second place 1t
will consolidate the more conservative ele,
ments of the country without regard to
party, ard lead to better understanding of
the laws which govern trade ard the rea-
tions between capitalists and employees.
In the third place the Democratic party is
likely to suffer more severely from politi-
cal labor movement than the Republicans.
Such movement would, of course, draw
some of its strength from the Republi-
can ranks, but the proportion OF Democratic
voters who would be likely to join 1t would
he much greater, and the effect would pros
baby be to make Republican victories in
the States which have important fall elec-
tion much easier than they would otherwise
be-"


TIE PRESIDENTS CAUTION.


"Ihe President seems to be little wary
about going South in response to the cordial
and apparently disinterested invitations he
receives so frequently. At first he was in
clined to think they were, as then seemed
prompted by spirit of friendship and re-
spect for the Chief Magistrate from the
Southern people at large, but gradually 1t
cropped out that portion of them ema-
mated from some small-beer Virginia politi>
clans who had come to Washington and
wished to appear important at home by
Year: 1877




A successful business man told me
there were two things which he learn
ed when he was eighteen, which were
afterwards of great use to him, namely,
@never to lose anything and never TO
forget anything" An old lawyer sent
him with an important .paper, with
certain instructions what to do with it.
'But," inquired the young man, Sup
pose | lose IL; what shall I do then p
The answer was with the utmost en-
phasis, 'Yeu must not lose itl'' II
don't mean to," J" said the young man,
"but suppose I should happen to Z"
"But you must not happen to I shall
make no provision for such an occur
renee; you must not lose itp This
put new train of thought into the
young mans mind, and he found that
if he was determined to do thing he
could do it. He made such provision
against every contingency that he
never lost anything. He found this
equally true about forgetting. If q
certain matter Of importance was to Be
remembered, he pinned it down on his
mind, fastened it there, and made it





stay. He used to say, "When man
tells me that he forgot to do something,
! tell him that he might as well have
said, 4 did notcare enough about your
business to take the trouble to think Of
it AGAIN. ~ I once had an intelligent
young man in my employment who
deemed it a sufficient excuse for neg
lecting any important task to say, "I
forgot itr' 1 told that would never
answer. If he was sufficiently inter
ested, he would be careful to remem-
Der. 1t was because he did not care
enough that he forgot. I drilled him
with this truth. He worked for me
three years and during the last Of the
three he was utterly changed in this
respect He did not forget a thing.
His forgetting he found, was lazy,
careless habit of the mind, which he
cured.
Year: 1877

A New sKN.-A boynamed Frank


Hanafn, who had been injured in a
saw-mill the other day was supplied


with a new skin by taking pieces from


the arms of eight or nine other boys.


In the accident very large wound


was made on his back, the surface be-
ing one mass of quivering flesh, though
healthy in appearance. The wound,
Of course, was very sensitive, and the
operation must have been quite painful
to him. Drs. Picot and Maynard and


an assistant performed the operation.


Around the bed were gathered six or


eight Irish boys, from 8 to Is years of
age, from whose arms had been taken,


or was to be taken, the skin needed to
replace that which was lost. As each
was called on by the doctor, he came
forward and barred his arm, a small
piece of skin was skillfally cut out with


the lancet and gently placed upon the
raw flesh. About thirty pieces in all
were put on. Several Of the boys gave
up more than one piece, and FoIger
Picot, the doctors son, contributed
eight pieces. A younger brother of
Hanafn's gave nearly as many. While
the operation was going on the boys
joked among themselves on helping to
make up Hanafn, and bantered each
other on the number of times they had
submitted to be cut for the benefit of
their playmate The hnva were ran-
orally very willing to give the skin re-
quired, but after while thay evident
ly began to think that enough was as
good as feast, and moved out of doors,
watching further operations through
the window. It is thought, however,
enough viii consent to give skin, so
that Hanafn's wound viii be entirely
covered over, thus Fastening his recov-
cry and adding to his comfort when
the wound shall have healed.-Auburn
Advertiser.
Year: 1877




For finding the interest on any prin
cipal for any number of days. The
answer in each case being in cents
separate the two right-hand figures Of
the answer to express it in dollars and
cents


Four per cent. MULTIPLY by the
number of days, and divide by seventy.
two.


Six per cent.-Multiply by the mum.
Der of days, separate the right-hand
figure, and divide by six.


Eight per cent.-Multiply by the
number of days, and divide by forty
two.


Nine per cent.-Multiply the num-
Der of days, separate the right-hand
figure, and divide by four.


Ten per cent Multiply by the NUM-
Der of days, and divide by thirty-fve.
Twelve per cent.-Multiply by the
number of days, separate the right
hand figure, and divide by three.
Fifteen per Multiply by the
number of days, and divide by twenty
four.


Eighteen per cent.-Multiply by the
number of days, separate the right
hand figure, and divide by two.
Twenty per cent.-Multiply by the
number of days, and divide by eigh-
teen.
Year: 1877




DR.. H. V. Redfeld, who has been
travelling through the South. says
"a physician in north Alabama hav-
ing a large practise in the rural dis
tricts, and of necessity stopping among
his patients, tells us that nineteen out
of twenty Of the meals he sits down to
are of fried meat and hot bread. Yet
dyspepsia does not follow to the extent
one would suppose. He thinks they
escape the disease, which such diet
would seem to invite, by the outdoor
life they lead. This physician says
that dyspepsia would be an unknown
disease in the Southern States, if it
were not for hot cakes and the frying
pan. Army life during the war cured
more dyspeptics than bullets killed. ]
asked this physician why it was that
in the Eastern States, where hot bread
was almost unknown, dyspepsia was
even more prevalent than in the South
ern States. He said it was pie and
cake which played the mischief in that
quarter. Pie and cake worked the
same injury to the stomachs of the
Eastern people that hot bread and the
frying pan did for the southerners. If
anything, it was worse. He thought
he would rather risk his digestion upon
Southern biscuit than on New England
pie. The pie was the greater curse
and annually killed more people by
slowly breaking down their digestive
powers.
Year: 1877

Be ENcoURAeED.-Do not be easily
discouraged; remember the old story
of the thirsty crow, that few with joy
to pitcher he saw at a distance BHt
when he came up to it, he found the
water so low that, with all his stoop-
ing and straining, he was unable to
reach it. Thereupon he tried to break
the pitcher, then to overturn it but his
strength was insufficient to do either.
At last, seeing some small pebbles at
hand, he dropped great many of
them, one by one into the pitcher, and
so raised the water to the brim and
quenched his thirst. Skill and patti
ence will succeed where force fails;
necessity is the mother of invention.
Year: 1877

1t was very careless leaving the par
rot in the parlor Sunday evening, but
she never thought anything about it
until Monday morning, when she rous-
ed the whole house by making a smack
ing noise and crying, Darling Susie,
Darling Susie" He kept it up all
day, too, and the old folks are very
much interested in the case.
Year: 1877

1t pays to treat domestic animals
kindly. There is no animal so stupid
as not to know the difference between
kind and unkind treatment, and none
so vicious or ungrateful as not to re-
spond in kind to the hand that pets
and caresses it. The vicious horse has
almost always been timid colt, and
required only kind and gentle treat
ment to drive away fear and establish
confidence, to render him docile.


1t is the nature of all animals to re-
sent i'll treatment, even from one Of
their own species, and to fight when
imposed upon. Thus the horse will
return kick or bite, while the horn
ed animal will do battle with the arms
with which nature has furnished it.


A timid and spirited colt is very
naturally and rapidly changed into a
vicious and unmanageable horse by
rnngh and nnkind handlinp-and the
timid heifer, by the same treatment,
becomes an ugly hooking and kicking
COW. Domestic animals recognize kind
words as well as kind acts, and q cross
word at a critical moment viii bring
fight and determined opposition, where
a kind word would have calmed fear
and subdued anger. In handling do
nestle animals, that man is the most
successful who governs his own pas
sions. With domestic animals, kind
ness begets kindness, and passion be-
gets passion.
Year: 1877

A BABY SENT BY EXPRESS. PEG,


pie who are fond of the practical the


ory of the advent Of babies which
makes them angels, escaped through
the gate left ajar by compassionate
saint, will be Mortified to hear of the
modern prosaic process Of obtaining
babies by express. But it is a fact.
A lady in this city, desiring a house
flower of this sort, and having a fancy
for the daughters of the sunny South,
sent absorption of the kind ofa child
she wanted to a foundling hospital in
New Orleans. A day or two ago she
received a reply that a child suiting
her description had been found among
the babies in the hospital, and that it
was on its way to Cincinnati. Imagine
her sensation yesterday morning when
the messenger of the Adams express
rang the bell and announced the pack
age for Mrs. - at the same time
presenting little human fairy, a little
girl of tender years, with an express
label tied to one little arm. The pack
age was duly receipted for and was
gladly welcomed, - OincinnGtii Express.
Year: 1877

There was little old woman in a
yellow gown stepping quickly about a
farmhouse kitchen. The yellow gown
was short, revealing her blue woolen
hose and sturdy shoes. She was max.
ing fine biscuit, her brisk horny hands
molding them deftly and quickly. She
has set out round table with a white
cloth, taking down the shining dishes
from the old-fashioned dresser.


They viii soon be here, l think, /"
she says, ever and anon looking from
the great door, Of which the upper half
swings in, after the manner of old
Dutch farm-houses.


She comes out presently, smiling
and courtesying to party who drive
up in neat little one-horse wagon.
Year: 1877

There is no porter like grvitation, who
will bring down any weight you cannot
carry, and if he wants aid, knows now to
find his fellow laborers. Water works in
masses, sets his irresistible shoulder to
your mill or to your ships, or transports
vast powders OF rock neatly packed in
his icebergs 1000 miles. But its far
greater power depends on its talent Of
becoming little and entering the smallest


holes and pores. BY this agency, carry
ing in solution elements need fu !
to every point, h
vegetable world exists. Who are the
farmers servants? Who but geology,
chemistry, the quarry OF the air, the wit
ter OF the frostl Before he was born
into the field, the sun of ages soaked it
with light and heat, melloNed his land,
dccomposed the rocks, covered it with
vegetable film, then with forests, and ac-
cumulated cubic acres Of sphagnum
whose decays make the peat OF his mead
ow. The rocks crack like glass by inc.
quality of contraction in heat and cold,
and flakes fall constantly into the soil.
The tree can draw on the whole air, the
whole earth, on all the rolling main,
The plant, the tree, is all suction pipe,
lmbibing from the ground by its roots,
from the air by its twigs, with all its
might. Take up spadeful or buck
load of loan, who can guess what it
holdsl But a gardner knows that it is
full Of peaches, full Of oranges, and be
drops in few seeds by way OF keys to
unlock and combine its virtues lets it
lie in sun and rain, and by and by it has
lifted into the air its full weight in golden
fruit. What agencies OF electricity, gray
ity, light, affinity, combine to make every
plant what it is, and in manner so quiet
that the presence of these tremendous
powers is not ordinarily suspected. Far
aday said that a grain of water is known
to have electric relations equivalent to II
very powerful flash of lightning. The
ripe fruit IS dropped at last without VIC
lence, but the lightning fell and the
storm ragged, and strata were deposited
and uptorn and bent back, and chaos
moved from beneath to create and flavor
the fruit on your table to-day. Go out
OF door and st the air. All, il you knew
what was in the air! See what your
robust neighbor, who never feared to live
in it, has got from it-strength, cheerful
ness, power to convince, heartiness and
equality to each event. As the sea is
the receptacle Of all rivers, SO the air is
the receptacle from which all things
spring, and into which they oil return !;
Year: 1877

After moving our type back to Van
couver, we found much Inconvenience in
carrying our "forms" to another office to
have the presswork done. While our
thanks are due, and are cheerfully given
10 the publisher of the Independent for
his uniform kindness and accumulation
while our presswOrk was being done
there, we telt the necessity of having a
press of our own; and that in the same
Office with the type. Consequently we
set Our wits to work to invent and con-
struct one that would answer our pur-
pose. We have succeeded. Although
some little changes might be made in it
for the better, we think it does very lair
work. and after it has been used little,
will do better, and can be worked more
rapidly. 1t is constructed as follows:


The frame is made Of heavy fir lum-
her. The led is OF % inch oak plank,
thoroughly seasoned and saturated with
linseed oil. This runs on iren bearings,
and is carried under cylinder by crank
Year: 1877

those of Tuesday, except for the certainty OF
much greater gain.


II. then. instead of the battle of Plevna being
fought, the siege has begun, we are at once
met by new possibilities of the war. Mehemet
Ali. after having driven the eastern front OF
the Russian Army of occupation back over the
River LON, has the opportunity, If he has tue
power to strike severe blows. ouieimah
Pasha may descend the northern slope OF the
Balkans almost unopposed, and either operate
against the Russian left wing, or support the
movements of the former commander. 10 pal
ance these chances of success there Is the
strong probability of Servias participation In
the struggle, which would threaten Osman
Pasha from the rear. If but one Turkish Army
could be beaten out of the field, Russia's task
would be greatly simplified. Her present
postion is such that she cannot concentrate
more than certain number of troops at any
one point, without making other important
ponts vulnerable. Both the general features
and the details of her campaign seem to have
been poorly planned; her advance into Bull
garia was either made too soon or executed
too leisulrey and confidently. She seems to
have oyer-estimated her readiness as well as
under estimated the strength and courage or
her enemy. 1t is not likely. now, that this
wear Will see the close of the war. Only
seven more weeks of assured good weather
and GOOD roads remain, and if Plevna be not
taken at once, Turkey cannot be conquered In
Year: 1877

The Republicans of New-Jersey now have 1t IN
their power to mako a willing and hopeful fight
and they only need to nominate for Governor man
whose character is beyond all reproach in its purity
and above all wavering from weakness or tmldlty'
If any of the eminent gentlemen whose friends are
securing the State and who are reported to be
developing strength" in various localities, are
known to be proprietors of regulations winch are
spotted by even suspicion of immortality, they VIII
be proper candidates for reegaton to some very Sc
cluded walk of private life.
Year: 1877

its losses are ascribed to bad investments in
real estate. Its history IS mere repetition OF
that of most savings banks that have gone into
the hands of receivers within the past two years.
1t is said that the concern has really been in
solvent since 1S69-that is, for the greater
pait of its existence; yet it is hoped that by
judicious sale of its assets, so per cent
will be realized to depositors The wedding
out process among weak savings banks has
been so effectual that there seems to be cause
for hope of an approaching end to the meiah-
choly list.


The treatment Gambctta is receiving is moth
ing less than arbitrary persecution, tempered
by legal formalities His sentence VIII, OF
course. be confirmed next week by the higher
Court, since it has no more independence than
the magistrates who adjudged him guilty. lie
will then appeal to the Court of CasSa-
ton, rather to gain time than to receive
Justice Pending that tribunals decision he
will be subject to imprisonment, but it is ex-
pected that the Administration will not
violate established usage so far as to place
him under arrest while the validity OF
his sentence is in question. Should the gen.
eral election of October IA give the Republicans
a powerful majority, the whole proceedings
will, of course. be quashed, since in that event
Minister Fourtou will be more concerned for
his own safety than for the offended dignity
of President Mac MahOn. 1t is ID be hoped that
the Republicans will not, in turn, make the
Courts an instrument of political prescription.
In view of the lawless conduct of de Brogile,
they will have strong proyocation to better the
example.


II is not likely that there will be any dis
sent, worthy of attention, from that portion OF
the verdict found by the COroner's jury upon
the Thirty -ffth-st. fire, which puts upon the
owner, Mr. Hale, the responsibility for the
loss of human life occasioned by that disaster.
The Jury censures the owner for his neglect to
provide appliances for extnguishing iire-a
neglect that was fully established by the testl-
mony of his employees, and was more clearly
shown yesterday by the evidence OF the
Fire Marshal-and recommend that the
owners of such buildings should be COM
PEELED to provide tanks on the top floor.
with hose leading to every floor below. The
iury's recommends ton that larger mains should
be provided "in parts of the city where such
"pipes as are in the above-named street are in
"use," is worthy of more respectful considera-
ton than iures' conclusions often are. 1ms
fire demonstrated the fact that the present
mains cannot supply the number OF engines
which such a confagration would call ont, and
some provision should be made for the future,
for every year the city grows denser. we
ought not to lit to move III this matter uhlil
we have learned the bitter lesson OF great
fire.
Year: 1877

Even policeman is not always guilty. The
death of Officer SchrOff's prisoner, after ne had
made charge of brutal clubbing against the
policeman, gave the affair, at first, an ugly
look. But the officers emphatic denial OF the
charge is not confronted by any proof to the
contrary, the body of the dead man showing
no marks of ill-treatment Perhaps the police
men have themselves only to blame if charge
of clubbing is received with general credit,
but it is only just to them to record an in
stance in which such an accusation was not
susfainpd
Year: 1877

Vladimir, the Grand Prince who in
ass accepted Christianity and made his
people adopt the same religion, would
probably have become Mahomedan
but that he was unwilling to give up the
use Of liquors. Had 1t not been for his
prejudice on this subject Europe might
to-day be Moslem, and that is not a
pleasant possibility to contemplate.