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Year: 1877

Tho Public Printing.


The time approaches when the
printing contract gratuitous lin .
horny granted the lntelhgencer will
expire; and we suppose that the
farce Of putting in sealed proposals
will be re-enacted. 1t may not be
generally known but the advertising
business in Seattle is probably done
at lower prices than in any other
city of its size and importance in
America. There is not business
house in this town which advertises
in all three papers, but would have
to pay as much to either the Alta,
Call or Bulletin as it pays to all
three here, for the same space occu-
pied.


Now. if men are to do business for
the public let them proceed by some
method recognized as legitimate in
business circles. If the county is
entitled to have its work done at any
less cost than a private individual,
we fail to see 1t. Nor do we know
of any man whose patriotism per-
mits him to charge cash figures for
his work when he knows that his
compensation is to be in scrip that
has fuctuating value.


1t is a matter of public record that
while the L~telligencer claims to do
the work for nothing it not only re-
ceived $176 for printing the report
of Burke and Rowland, as experts,
but also wanted additional compen-
sation for circulating 700 copies as
supplements to its weekly edition.
The Court allowed the bill which
was just about 500 in excess of
what either of the other papers
would gladly have done it for,
though not perhaps Gin q single
issue. The whole matter was
wrong from top to bottom. There
was no law to warrant the letting Of
a contract gratuitously, for the law
expects every man to be paid for his
labor; there was no law to warrant
the appointment of Rowland and
Burke as experts, for the examina-
ton of the books of public officers
is the proper work of the Grand
Jury; and when it comes toprintlng
the report, there was no law to allow
a man compensation at onefigure for
what he had bid to do ut another.


We don't believe we shall put in
any bid for printing "by the lump"
at the commencement of the new
term. No proposals made that way
are fair or equitable. The specifi-
cations should state what advertis-
ing is needed and what blanks are
required for the use of the county
officers. Then there may be some
thing legitimate in the transactions
of the county with the printers.
Year: 1877

A young man named Kemp was killed
at Burrard Inlet last Thursday by being
crushed under spar which was being
hoisted on board q vessel. The heavy
timber swung around and pinned him
down to the windlass on which he died
before he could be extricated.
Year: 1877

The second order of the day, the report of
the Committee on Su8tentation, was cOnsid-
cred.


DR.. Woodrow-The members of this COM
mittee have evidently given their whole
hearts to the prosecution of the work en-
trusted to them, and they deserve our unani-
nous and hearty thanks; but there are some
parts in their report which cal! for remarks.
What is the relation between the Executive
Committee and the Assembly? Do they
constitute the hand or the head of the
Church? And when it comes to the Assem-.
bly,, shall it, as the hand, tell how that hand
has been employed, or shall it undertake tc
direct the Assembly and to critiCiSe the Pres.
bytery with regard to the matter in hand
Unhappily, in former days we had the most
painful experience upon this subject 1t was
the custom in those days for the Boards oi
the Assembly to forget that they were mere
hands, and they came to imagine that they
were heads instead and hence, the Genera
Assembly was yearly subject to kind oi
presidential message. If this or that Pres
bytery had not done exactly as this self
stituted head had supposed to be proper
they received the lash, until the assembling
Of the General Assembly came to be an an
nual exhibition of series of criticisms
which reused, especially, our portion of th'
Church to this course; that it would hav'
none of such headship, and hence it Withdrew
from the work.


So far as I am aware, this condition o
things has not prevailed since We occupied
our separate and independent position, AM
that care may be taken that it never may,
speak now with all gentleneSs few words
Year: 1877

After the reading of the report of the
Standing Committee on Publication


DR.. Welch stated that this report did not
consider the second part of the Executive
Committees report.


Mr.. Davis said he was glad that he had
gained the floor. He was sent here by his
Presbytery to speak. He congratulated the
Assembly that he felt unwell, for if he were
we'll enough, he would talk for two level hours.
1t has been remarked it was strange that his
Presbytery should send up its overture at
this time. The Presbytery was opposed, and
had been for years to this way of conducting
this business He wanted the matter treated
in business way. 1 am opposed to leaving
the matter in the hands of committee that
could not give US plain business account of
the whole affair. He wanted the matter
made plain; he wanted a balanced account of
how the concerR stands. What profit has
this business been to our Church. Since it
started it had issued 1,086, 900 bound vol
umes, tracts, etc., all together. We have
paid $42, 900 into the hands Of this Commit
tee. Divide them up among the members
and you have four cents left. This you have
paid as bonus, besides paying the full pric'
for the catechsms and tracts.


l stated that We have been paying more
for the books than We could get them for,
otherwise l have tried at this matter and
found that I could do better by going tc
Northern houses than to our own Committee
We have been paying our Committee five tc
ten per cent. more than we could have go
books for elsewhere.


The largest part of our $4,000 endow
ment is gone. l won't vote to leave the mat
ter in the hands of this same Committee. Il
my conscience would allow me, would moi
raise my voice to night. speak for con.
science sake. I must speak for the cause ot
Gods people.


Have you not heard cries for aid for Mis-
sion work among the heather. Yet here are
funds contributed in prayer and faith, gone
to the winds, and you now ask me to leave
the funds in the hands of these men, Whc
either didn't know how to manage the thing
or else knew how and didn't do it.


He advocated inserting clause in th'
New Book authorizing the demissiOn Of com
mittee-men. He said he knew he was put
ting himself in position to be pretty vel
eat up, but be did not want brethren to cal
| for the question till he had another chance
Year: 1877

(EHENlNG SESSlON Of e4AIh OAA'


After the reading of the Report of the
Standing Committee on Sustentation-


DR.. Rutherford said that there were no
portions of the Sacred Word that gave more
pleasure than those that refer to the ultimate
triumph of the Redeemer's kingdom, and to
encourage our faith therein we have sixty
centuries of proof We have in our hands
His repeated promise. We know that every
enemy of God shall be overcome; that death
itself shall die. In proportion to the trust
we repo8e in the glorifed Son of God shall
be the confidence that We shall ultimately en-
ter into these glOrieS. But God works by
means. God has given US glorious heri-
tage, and we are to communicate the truth to
others. We are to establish His Church
firmly. As we strengthen those things that
remain, shall we be strong to accomplish this
great work of bringing the world to Christ
II is pleasing to think Of the Church of Christ
Year: 1877

am waiting, o my Father,
For the coming of the light,
For the sunshine of Thy presence
That shall lift the clouds of night.
am waiting for Thy tootstep
AS it comes towards my door,
o my Father, enter quickly,
Leave me never, never more.
] am waiting, blessed Saviour,
Let Thy presence light my way,
Let Thy loving hand e'er lead me,
Let menever from Thee stray.
l am waiting Lord, Why tarry2
Enter quick the open door,
Let me feel that Thou art with me,
And 1 ask for nothing more.
l am waiting, o my Father,
Yet / see the coming light,
And feel Thy tender presence,
Nevermore shall it be night.


Christian MiTrOl
Year: 1877

Drums and fifes are probably the most
ancient, saws Chambers Journal. as they
are certainly the most familiar. II all our


musical pardphernalia and they have


been through many ages associated with
scenes Of warlikc interest and display


Whatever he their origin. there Is a charm


which j. alien 10 all other instruments,
and which makes the music they produce
more applicable o. military purposes
than any other. II would bc difficult. if
not wholly impossible. 10 describe the
cause Of this, but It is certain that on
the line Of march men find it easier to
keep step to the lively tones OF the fife
and the brisk roll Of the drum than to
follow a brass band, which cannot be dis
tinctly heard further than about half the
length OF battalion. 1t is a singular
thing, however, that it is only the Eng
llsh speaking people who make this kind
OF music national, for the French and
othercontinental armies generally march
to the sound of the drum and bugle,
when their brass bands are not playing.
But this kind of music has never found
favor with our British regiments, though
many attempts have been made to intro
duce it. 1t has foreign ring about it
which makes it unpleasant to English
ears, and it is very monotonous char
acter, there being no more than five notes
OF the common bugle, consequently the
few tunes that can be played upon it
have a sameness about them which is ex-
ceedingly wearisome to the ear. But
this does not prevent its being used oc-
casionally, as change to the music of
the trombone or the fife. The chief glory
of the drum lies in the crispness of its
sound and the beauty of its appoint
ments, though of late years the instru.
ment has been sadly used by being cut
down to a mere skeleton, composed prin.
cipally of bolts and screws, with scarce
ly any body to it at all. The handsom-
est specimens of the drum which have
been familiar to us from childhood and
to preceding generations are those borne
by the drummers of the Guards, which
are beautifully emblazoned with the
royal coat of arms and the names of the
battles in which each regiment has been
engaged ; and the bearers take a pride
IN keeping the plain brass brilliant,
while the emblazoned portion is always
we'll polished with beeswax.
Year: 1877

The Chinese have some odd customs
In connection with death. When a per-
son is dying they hasten to dress him in
his best clothes, that he may meet bet
ter reception in the next world. He
must be removed from the koBo (brick
bed lest his spirit should enter therein
and haunt it. When a man is dead he is
supposed to be compelled to cross over
a deep abyss, walking upon a very slen-
der thread. This is exceedingly danger
GUS, and he is liable to be precipitated
into fearful flames. In Shanghai mem
Der of the Episcopal Church died. His
wife was heather. Some of the assist
ants, in dressing him, wished to put on
a pair of boots with leather soles. mo, Z"
said the wife, " they are so slick, he
would fall off the bndge."


When the funeral is near at hand, a
tent of mating is erected at the street
door of the house in which lies the dead
body. This tent is furnished with
benches and table or two, and is for
the convenience of the hired musicians.
For two or three days and nights, the
music ~ goes on at intervals, to foreign
ears making day wearisome, and night
hideous with the din. To the natives
it is a real festival, even more Jolly in
appearance than a wedding. Friends
and relatives come dressed in white.
Even little boys are clothed in this way.
They generally look particularly happy
on such occasions. The firing of pop
crackers adds to the solemnity of the
scenel The day OF the funeral is the
gayest of all. The coffin is placed on a
bier covered with cloth, which really
looks quite handsome. A number of rag
amufins, picked up anywhere, wearing
the shabbiest of old clothes, and the
most 'comical of clowns hats, have been
hired to carry the red banners, which
add to the magnifcence of the occasion.
When all is ready to start to the grave
some pieces Of mating are spread out
on the street. The ladies in the family,
dressed in white, some of the younger
ones with their faces painted and look
ing quite pretty, come out and throw
themselves on the mating, with their
faces to the ground, and weep most Bit
terly. They seem to think it is delight
full. They hardly ever get outside of
their own door, and now to be taking q
prominent part in such festivities is
really charming. The young ladies look
as coquetish as any Fifth avenue belle,
and evidently enjoy the admiration they
excite. When the funeral moves away
the ladies retire, no doubt very sorry
that the fun is over.-Riad Words.
Year: 1877

IMPORTANCE OF PURE WATER FOR
Cows.-In Jarrow thirty-four cases Of
typhoid fever suddenly broke out in a
limited district in twenty different fam
lilies, the cases being mostly confined to
children. The houses, with two excep-
tions, were clean and well supplied with
pure water. 1t was discovered that all
the families received their milk from
the same farm, which was at once visit
ed. Six of the farmers family were
down with the fever. The water used
in the dairy was from a well close to a
cesspit, and evidently contaminated by
it, 1T became putrid in two days after
drawing it from the we'll. The dairy
was also used as q wash house, and the
linen of the sick persons of the family
was washed in it. The person who
MIXED the cows was in constant attend
ance upon the sick. The nuisance was
promptly detected by the health officers
and Immediately abated.-Eaglish San
ituy Record.
Year: 1877

A PRETTY school-marm, to prevent
scholars from being tardy, promised to
kiss the first scholar who made his ap-
pearance at the school-house. ALI went
well for few days, and the nineteen
year-old-boys, anxious to participate in
the fun, actually got to roosting on the
fence all night in order to be at school
the first in the morning. This became
monotonous. and the teacher gave the
idea up.
Year: 1877

TINS" said the private secretary to
railroad manager. us letter five pages
long from the editor Of the Bangtown
BnHsr, asking for some statistics and
miscellaneous information concerning
the road, winch he desires to incorpor-
ate into an article soon to be published,
that will be of great interest to his read
ers, and will possibfy : be of value to the
rnilroad. The circulation of the Banner
is" Skip that" said the manager:
turn over to postscript and see how
far he wants the pass for"
Year: 1877

Mr. Robert Burdett, the Burlington
Hdmheye humorist, is as famous at
home for his tender care OF his invalid
wife as be is for his funny paragraphs.
lie has been her nurse for years, doing
his editorial work at home, and visiting
the Harkeye office only for an hour or
two in the day.
Year: 1877

srssTRoKE-Is rare thing in Oregon,
and especially in this valley, but case
was reported in the Forks last week. IN
this case it was the head of the family, and
he was struck by pitchfork in the
hands of his son. The blow split his ear,
and the physician thought his skull was
cracked.
Year: 1877

While looking around for something nice
to buy. go TO Fred Grafs and look at his
display of hlraiture. etc. lie las every
thing almost you might happen to want in
tile furniture line.
Year: 1877

OUT IN TIE wET.-One of our farmers
last Spring lost sack partially filled with
wheat. Last week the sack was found in
the field just where it t#d been dropped.
and although the seed had laid there on the
ground enveloped in the bag. exposed to
the weather all through the Spring and
Summer; with the exception OF probably
teacupful that lay in the neck of the bag
rather by itself, the wheat was as bright
aud clean as the day it was lost. About a
teaeupful had slid along toward the mouth
of the bag when it was dropped, aud this
small amount had commenced to sprout
This is a great country, yon bet.
Year: 1877

on the new Capitol. The great iron ribs Of
the dome are all in place and tower upward S5
feet from the brick foundation on which they
rest. The lantern will be about 65 feet above the
present top OF the dome. The height to top OF
dome will be 265 feet The plastering is about
two-thirds finished and many Of the floors are
laid. The plastering and wood work are in
keeping with the brick aud stonc work, and
every day adds to the beauty Of this substantial
buildng-Lanslng Republican.
Year: 1877

An excursion Is not all uadlloyed pleasure.
There are several drawbacks to it, There is
little reason to doubt that sardnes enjoy their
residence in their familiar tin box at less they
are never known to grumble, but mankind oh.
jects to be placed in any such packed condi-
tion AID as this is one Of the principal features
OF popular excursion it may be taken as one
OF the reasons why those economical pleasure
trips are not more enjoyable. Last week there
was an excursion from Toronto to Montreal.
In fact the bills candidy spoke Of 1t as grand
excursion; !" and as they couldn't tell lie, 1t
was further stated that no such gigantic oPpor-
tunity for genuine bilarty had ever taken place
or would ever again occur. Consequently al
most all the good people Of Toronto went,
merely taking the precaution to leave enough
at home to prevent the city being stolen in
their absence. Four big trains took the - bask-
ct party" The hotels we're all crowded. and
when the last train reached Montreal no ac-
commodatons could be had. oh, it was pitt
full here a whole city full. and beds there was
none. A bed could not be had at ally price,
and il was difficult to get chair in a sitting
room. Some who took an uneasy nap Tor
couple of hours in chair we're charged dol
lar for the privilege. The first day was wet
and uncomfortable, preventing sightseeing
with any degree of pleasure. I.rf
Year: 1877

Let not the Sunday school teacher become
discouraged, Work done for the Sunday school
will bring its reward Five dollars expended in
making the Sunday school attractive will bring
more converts into the church than twenty.fve
dollars paid some reuvslist to hold protIaeted
meeting In church where the Sunday school
is neglected. As a teacher YOU may say YOU
are doing good. Those little fellows in the
class are restless. They are full OF fun. You
don't Enow how to interest them. But YOU do
the best you can with that class and you will
see the fruits OF your labors. \ few wears will
pass when revival will be held IN your town
and you will see those scholars, one after an
other, make public profession OF Christianity.
Not to the preacher, but to the teacher. under
God, belonged the credit. You cared for the
tree and brought it up through the storms and
the frosts until the harvest was ready, and the
preacher merely bad to shake the tree and the
ground was covered with the golden fruit.


If we as parents and teachers do our dnty as
best we can, then, though our children live TO
manhood and womanhood or die carly. we one
day shall meet them. There are bu. few fam
lilies who do not know what it is follow little
child to it's grave.


There is MANY an empty cradle,
There Is many vacant bed
There is many lonely bosom
Where joy and light are fled
For thick n every graveyard


The little hillocks lie,


And every hiock represents


An angel in the sky"


We have had people come to our home and
inviting us to come and take tea with them.
say, Dress up little Minnie and we Will take
her now, and YOU aud your wife can come by
and by" Angels have come to many home
and said, We want you all TO come soon, but
dress up that little child and we Will take it
now" With what sadness did you get little
Minnie or little Willie ready for the angel
callers! The child must go. You procured FOR
it the finest coffin! You placed wreath upon
its brow, and gently FOLDING its little arms
across its breast you placed the flowers ~ It's
tiny hand Thus you dressed up the little one
and sent it on ahead


DO you not remember that when you went
from home that child would go to the open
door and down to the gate, aud looking along
the street watch for your coming When vou
came n sight 1t said in gleeful tones. "Fsther
is coming " a" Mother Is coming 10 not
believe that your child has now ceased to watch
sor you. / see 1t at Heavens gate still looking
/ for you, aud when LIES work is doae and ycu
shall 30 thither rnethinks il will say 20 the
angels round about, Father ls coming
"Motheg is coming " In that glad hoar we
shall feel that we have been amply repaid for
training up the child in the way it should go.
Year: 1877

LAUGE-AG.-!Te would rather be
poor and merry, shan inheri. the
wealth OF the ladies with a oiscon-
tented spirit. Il merry heart, a
cheerful spirit, fson, which laughter
wells up as naturally rs bubbles IL
the springs Of Saratoga, are worth
eli the money bags, stocks and
mortgages in tbs city. The man
who laughs is doctor, with q
diploma indorsed by the school of
Nature his face does more good in
e sick room than 8 pound OF pow
ders or q gallon of bitter draaght.
If things 60 lightly, he laughs be-
cause he is pleased if they go
wrong, be- laughs because tits cheap
er and better than crying. People
are always glad to see him, their
hands instinctively 60 half way out
to meet his grasp, while they turn
involuntarily from the clammy
touch OF the dyspeptlc, who speaks
in the groaning key. He laughs
you put off your faults, while you
never dream of being offended with
him. 1t seems as if sunshine came
into the room with him, and you
never know what a pleasant world
you are living III until be points out
the sunny streaks on its pathway.
Who can help loving the whole
souled, genial laughter Not the
bufoon, nor the man who classes
noise with mirth-but the CHEEKY,
contented man of sense and mind
A good humersd laugh is the key
to all breasts. The truth is, people
like to be laughed at in genial
sort OF way. If you are making
yourself ridiculous, you want to be
told of it in pleasant manner, not
sneered at. And it is astonishing
how frankly the laughing population
can talk without treading on the
sensitive toes of their neighbors.
Why will people put on long faces
when ii is SO much easier and more
comfortable to laugh Tears come
to US unsought and unbidden. The
wisest art in life is to cultivate
smiles; and to find the flowers
where others shrink away for fear ef
thorns.
Year: 1877

A BUsHEL Of corn is now carried
from Chicago to Buffalo by lake
for Il cents and from Buffalo to
New York by canal and river for
4 cents; total for over 400 miles
of navigation, 81 cents. This is
cheap transportation, such as was
never before heard Of in this or any
other country.
Year: 1877

was more prevalent than in the
Southern States. He said that it
was pie and cake that played the
mischief in that quarter. Pie and
cake worked the same injury to the
stomachs Of the Eastern people
that hot braad and the frying-pan
did for the Southerners. II any
thing, it was worse. IIo thought
he would rather risk his digestion u
upon Southern biscuit than New
England pie. The pie was the
greater curse, and annually killed
more people by slowly breaking
down their digestive powers.
Year: 1877

The mist of death, and the shadows
Of swift approaching night,
Have fallen upon the meadows,


And left them brown with blight.
The bloom and the beauty of summer
To the will O. the wind is thrown,
And winter, the hidden conner,


Maketh the earth his own.
The long, dark night is falling,


The fire goes out while we sleep,
The silence is grim, appalling,


o, why do We wake, to weep?
But the length of my life is summer,
And the end is near to me,
And death, the stern, swift conner,


But brings me, my God, to Thee.
Year: 1877

minutes" Strange to say, that al
though throughout the artillery coma
bat and the subsequent charge Gen.
Pickett most recklessly exposed him.
self, yet neither he nor any member
of his staff was struck. The General
afterward said to mo that~on the day
after the battle he felt that he would
have no right to resent the insult if
somo one should accuse him of COW
ardice, because ho was not among
the killed, wounded or 'captursd.-
"For," said he, "when men hear that
almost my entire division perished,
and that 1 escaped harm, they will
be 10th to believe that I did my
duty" The charge was never brought
against him.