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Year: 1877

He came wearily up the sanctum steps
yesterday afternoons; and turning the
waste-basket upside down, sat down
upon it with sigh that might have
been cut up in tornadoes and whirl :
winds enough to go around half dozen
agricultural counties. He had weary
look about him as though he had been
trying to die and couldn't find doctor.
His coat was ragged and patched here
and there with prosperous and clanish
communities of cookie burs. His boots,
waterproof variety, so arranged that if
you stuck them in the river the water
would run out faster than it would run
in. We asked how he Jared, and he
glanced savagely among our exchanges
before he answered sadly:


"Well, pretty miserable thank ye.
Ye see, the times comes in pretty hard,
and it was pretty hard sleddin' to git
along. either had to sell the six dogs,
or cut down the expenses in some other
way, and so l stopped the paper. 1
missed it powerful bad the first few
weeks, then I kind O. got used to it.
Borrowing it once in while here and
there, but the folks didn't somehow
pear to lend their paper, and so final
ly lost sight of it altogether. Then
trouble began right off. The first thing
1 knew, was arrested and fined $40 for
violating the game law. See, things has
been changed little, and didn't know
nothing about it; but as the Judge said
as how ignorance wasn't no excuse in
these days, when the State was SO full
of papers that you couldn't fire a stone
out o. the winder without hittin' a.
editor. Then, in week, was arrest
ed and fined $50 for violating the fishery
law, and when begged off, an said I
didn't know nothin' about it the Judge
asked where was raised, and remitted
80 of the fine for me to take a paper
with. But kinder thought I con1dn't
get in any more scrapes, and / sorto
hung on to the 50. In about three days
after was took up and fined 81 and
costs for hunting on Sunday, and 1 hope
I may die if knew it was Sunday. An
had to sell the gun to get out of the
jug. Then a fellow came along and
bought every grain of corn had ia the
crib at six cents less than I found the
next day it was worth In the market;
then lost two of the best cows you
ever saw, and they was took up and adj
vertised, and all the time / was huntin'
the whole country over for 'em, and
when I found 'em at last, the cost was
more than the COWS was worth The
taxes come due and did't know it, an
the farm was sold an had big costs to
pay, before knowed thing about it,
Then lost SO on bet that Pendleton
had dead sure thing on the Democratic
nomination. another S. on a bet that
Belknap was Secretary of War, an |
don't know anything about Babcock,
nor Blaine, nor nobody, and every week
since I've stopped the paper, I've paid
out more money to keep out of trouble
than would keep me in newspapers all
my days. Put my name on the list
Year: 1877

b A proposition to have an extra session
of the Legislature has been discussed
pretty freely by the press throughout the
State lately. In all the references to the
subject SO far noticed, the question of
adjusting the State debt upon some COM
promise basis seems to be the great aim
and object of those favoring an extra
session.


The Importance of an adjustment that
will enable the State to wipe out the
continued disgrace of failing and refus-
ing to pay the interest on her debt,
much of which is in the shape of bonds
held by educational and charitable in
stitutions and as investments for the
benefit of minors and wards throughout
u the State, cannot be over estimated yet
what good could result from fifty ad-
justments while the State is cursed with
as'Ten cents Legislature.


If the present Legislature has sand
enough in its gIzzard to levy tax suf-
ficient to meet the current expenses and
resume the payment of interest on an
adjusted debt, by all means give them
chance. If they have not, an extra ses-
sion would be bnTlesque, and their ex-
penses an outrage upon the tax payers.
Year: 1877

A sf Y OCCASIONALLY tramp does
good thing. Not long since, near
town in Maine. two of them got TO
quarreling about which was the best
city TO get square meal in. One
advocated New Orleans and the 9TH
er Boston, whereupon war was again
declared between the North and the
South, and the result of the first
battle wiped out both armies, and
now the blue and gray lie side by
side where the daisies and Jump-up
Johnies grow.
Year: 1877

Close confinement, intense mental
activity, and that spiritual excitement
which is necessary condition oftine
intellectual work, make grea. draughts
on the nervous system. 1t needs
strong constitution to endure them.-
Every great mental effort has to be
paid for in one way or another. Dl'
gestion, muscular vigor, nerves, and
often the brain itself, give way under
the strain. Let any man who is not
used to intellectual work, sit down to
prepare twenty, Or thirty pages OF
manuscript Or make himself ready to
address jury on case OF life and
death, or calculate some great and
complicated business enterprise, and
he will soon learn the bitterness and
prostration of brain fatigue. When
the parson comes down on Monday
morning his appetite is gone, and his
nerves are tremulous, and his head
feels as If little shaking would make
his cerebrum and cerebellum rattle
about like dry kernels in a walnut
shell. The lawyer, when he has finish
ed his brilliant plea; the lecturer,
when he has delivered his eloquent
oratiou the man OF affairs, when he
has gone through the strain OF wind
ing up a years business the author,
when he comes out from five hours
quill-driving in his study; all these,
unless they are gifted with uncommon
strength and endurance, are exhausted
men, and 4 kind allowance must be
made for their condition.
Year: 1877

An erect bodily attitude, says DR..
Greene, is Of vastly more Importance
to health taan is generally Imagined.
Crooked bodily positions, maintained
for any length of time, are always in
furious, whether sitting, standing, or
lying-whether sleeping or walking.


To sit with the body leaning for
ward on the stomach, on to one side,
with the heels elevated TO level with
the head, is not only in bad taste, but
exceedingly detrimental to health. 1t
cramps the stomach, presses the vital
organs, interrupts the free motions Of
the abdominal and thorax land,
in fact uubalances the whole muscular
system.


Many children become slightly
bumped backed or severely round
shouldered by sleeping in crooked
position. When any person finds it
easier to sit, stand or sleep in u crook
ed position than a straight one, he
may be sure his muscular system is
badly derangeu, and the more careful
he is to preserve straight or an up
right position, and get back to nature
again the better.


Those persons engaged in occupa.
tons requiring the hands alone to
move, while the lower limbs remain
motionless, should bear in mind that
without frequently raising the frame
to an upright position, and giving ex-
ercise 10 all parts of the body, such
practice will tend to destroy their
health. They should also sit in as
erect a position as possible. With
seamstresses there is always more or
less stopping OF the head and should
ers, teudlng to retard circulation, res
piration and digestion, aud produce
curvature Of the spine. The head
should be thrown back to give the
lungs full play. Health cannot be
without free respiration. Strength
and general health must come from
exercise. Confined attitudes are in
violation of correct theories of healthy
stincts s." Of haiars. tAe III
to sit writing for hours, day after day,
can form some idea OF the exhaustiug
nature Of the toilsome and poorly paid
labor Of the seamstress.


Parents and guardians should see to
it, that those under their care maintain
an erect posture, and keep the system
in harmony with the laws of life, es-
pecially during the period of growth.
And persons who, from necessity, are
obliged to remain for time in unnat-
ural or cramped positions, should O.
vercome the evil, as far as possible, by
proper exercise in the open air and
other means of maintaining strength,
vigor, harmony and beauty of their
physical constitutions.
Year: 1877

At meeting OF the Board OF Directors
of the Hollywood Cemetery Company held
on Saturday, September Is, 1877, the follow
ing resolutions were passed:


The directors OF the Hollywood Gene
terry Company cannot permit our late COL
league James Fl. Gardner to pass from
among us without giving expression to our
high appreciation Of his character as man
and our regret at his loss.


As man, as a citizen, in all the walks OF
life, as far as in him lay, he fulfilled the scrip
tural injunction to do justice, love mercy,
and walk humbly with his God.


In his death Richmond has lost one OF
her best citizens, our men OF business one
who was Il living example Of industry and
integrity, the church consistent and eff
cient member. and this company one OF its
earliest friends and faithful officer; and
although he lived to ripe old age we must
all regret to miss bis presence among us.


Resolved, That this expression of regret
for the loss OF Mr.. Gardner be entered upon
the records OF the company, and that the
president be requested to present copy
thereof to his family.
Year: 1877

Within the last twelve months number
Of young girls have been very much annoyed
on the streets by certain blacklcg follow
ing them. In several instances they were
very much frightened by his actions, and
have frequently seen him at distance and
would turn around and 60 in different d.
rection to avoid him. This has occurred
with different young ladies, and stop
should be put to it. 1t has lately been found
out who the offender is, and as he is well
known we hope he will take warning; for if
he repeats it again he will surely be brought
to Justice. Is.
Year: 1877

TRrNITT CHURCH FEAsT.-The lecture.
room OF this church was crowded last night
with the friends OF the cause, enjoying the
good things provided by the ladies. the
feast will be continued every night this
week regardless Of the weather. Among
other attractions the ladies have secured the
services Of a candy manufacturer, aud all
kinds of candy is served out freshly made
every night.
Year: 1877

THE EMPTY TREAsURY.-TheS State author
tiles have for some time been endeayorlng
to borrow for present uses the sum OF $780,
600, for which they propose. as they are
authorized to do, TO give the States notes
at three and four months. The banks mere
express desire to oblige the State IN THIS
respect, but owing to the scarcity OF money
and the active demand for it, now that the
fall trade has begun, have not been able TO
enjoy the pleasure OF temporarily repienlsh-
ing the Treasury. Some bankers who have
been attempting g to negotiate in the North
for the money the State needs still hope to
furnish the amount.


When the 100000 is obtained, il the ef-
forts yet being made should fortunately
prove successful, eight or nine tenths OF the
sum will have to be turned over 10 the De-
partment OF Public Education for payment
Of expenses in, the schools Of the State. y
Year: 1877

YoM KlPPuR-HEBREw DAY OF ATONE
MEST.-The Hebrew Day OF Atonement be-
gan at sunset Sunday and was observed un-
til sunset last evening. 1t is the most sa-
cred OF Hebrew holidays, called In Scrip
ture the "Sabbath Of Sabbaths " to indicate
solemnity and Importance. 1t is day OF
fasting and OF prayer. No food is taken
from the beginning OF the holiday until Its
close. The Synagogues, which were open
Sunday night, remained open the whole
OF Yesterday, the services beginning at an
early hour and continuing until the stars
made their appearance. The command
ment for the observance Of the day is found
in Leviticus, chapter 23d: "On the tenth
dav OF the month there shall be day OF
atonement; it shall be holy convocation
unto you; you shall mortify yourselves,
and offer fine Offering unto the Lord; and
YOU shall do ne work OH this day"


The services in the synagogueS Sunday
evening were Of an impressive nature and
in keeping with the solemnity OF the day.
The prayers had direct bearing on the
significance Of the Day Of Atonement. The
sermons had reference to the necessity OF
each human being reviewing the record OF
the past. repenting OF the sins OF omission
and commission, and abiding by the deter
mination to avoid in future all temptations
to sin. Yesterday services OF the same ma
ture were resumed. Between the morning
ard noon service prayers in remembrance
of the dead were offered. At the conclu-
sion OF the noon or additional service the
service OF the Day OF Atonement is read as
performed by the High Priest at the Temple
in Jerusalem, supplicating forgiveness for
the sins OF his people.
Year: 1877

THE BROOKLYN DISASTER VERDICT
The verdict of the coroner's jury on the
Brooklyn disaster has just been rendered
1t censures in the strongest manner the
business management of the theatre for
negligence and culpability in failing to
take proper precautions against fire, aod
to provide the proper means and appli-
ances to check by prompt action the
flames. Beyond this the verdict of the
jury does not go, but is clear that in the
hands of the counsel it can be used with
great effect in the suits for damages that
have already been instituted.
Year: 1877




Mr.. REDMAN's CoRN.-We are sur
prised to read in a late exchange
that The corn of Mr.. Redman, of
Lycoming county, is seven feet high.
We pity Redman. We cannot i'm
agine how he gets his boot on, over
such corn as that, nor can we con-
ceive how he contrives to walk even
when barefooted. It is hardly like
ly, we should think, that Redman
himself is more than six feet high, ,
and if that is the case, that solitary
corn of his must tower above his
head. 1t must be q good thing to
tie an umbrella to, Or he might carry
flower pot on his foot and have o
honeysucle climbing up the corn and
blossoming under his nose. Of
course, Redman cannot enjoy him
self in wet weather. Those of us
who have ordinary corns, know how
intense is the suffering they cause on
damp days. Now, imagine seven
feet OF corn in one long string, and
an idea may be obtained of Redman's
agony when the air is moist. He
would be q valuable man in the
Signal Service Bureau. A man with
seven foot corn in Washington,
ought to detect storm that is rag
ing in Kansas.
Year: 1877

sE Shakespeare was performing
the part of king in one of his own
tragedies before Queen Elizabeth,


who wishing to know whether he
would depart from the dignity of
the sovereign, dropped her hand
kerchief on the stage, as if by aoci-
dent; on which the mimic monarch
Immediately exclaimed" But ere
this be done, take up our sisters


handkerchief" This presence OF
mind in the poet and his close atten-
ton to the business of the scene is
said to have pleased the queen very
much, 49,.
Year: 1877

else, muss Be cherished, not squan-
dered; and If we waste it in frivol-
Gus dissipations, age will come be-
fore years. The faster we travel the
sooner will we get to che end of our
journey. Enjoy youth in every rea-
sonable way whilst we have it, but
always remember that every time
you overdraw on it you are contract
ing debt that must be repaid, with
heavy interest, in the future Re-
tain youth as long as you can, neg
lecting nothing which will assist you
in doing SO, but scorning everything
which is false or deceitful. -
Year: 1877

The telegraph advises us that a peti- ton IS circulating among the New

 York merchants for a subsidy to South American steamship lines. These same merchants oppose subsidy on principle when subsidy means aid for western interests. It would be economy to gov ernment to give some sort of aid to a Southern Pacific overland railway, but the good people of New York and other northern and eastern cities, are opposed to subsidies-unless they tend to directly build up their own interests. There is hardly good reason for sub sidizing steamship lines, and there are many good ones why another overland railway should have public encourage ment Tine press of New York ap provingly speak of their wealthy men going to Washington to promote their interests by favoring or opposing gov ernment expenditures, but the same press denounce western men as plum derers, subsidy-hunters, leeches on the Treasury, etc, for doing the same thing.

 The Great West is gaining strength, and the press of the eastern cities may as well make a note ont.
Year: 1877

THE Wyoming legislature has memo rialized Congress for such legislation as will enable the people to acquire the right to utilize the timber re- sources of the Territory to such an ex- tent as their wants and the demands of internal improvement may require. Delegate Corlett introduced the subject in Congress on the 5th instant We have no doubt, but Delegate Stevens will see to it that such legislation, if enacted, will apply to ArIzona.
Year: 1877

JOHN P. CLUM, of TIE CITIZEN arrived last evening from hasty trip through the Pioneer and Globe districts. We have been through the Globe country many times since the discovery Of the first mines there but the district never was as prosper ous as at present. The mines are look. Ing much better, miners are industrious and contented, money is quite plenty, business of all kinds is very brisk and the general condition good. Next week we VIII give such notes as we were able to gather during our brief stay. It pleases us 10 state that the entire country over which we have travelled has been refresh- ed with copious rains during the last three or four days.
Year: 1877

FOR the information of School Super intendents and Trustees without blanks upon which to make their returns, il may be said that the school law requires the Governor, who is ex-officio Superin- tendent of Public Instruction, to prepare and furnish necessary and suitable blanks, the subject of which seems to have been to secure uniform reports throughout the Territory. Therefore apply to the Cover nor for school blanks.
Year: 1877

MUcH to the satisfaction of the farmer and miner, as well as the rest of mankind, the long "dry spell" has at last been broken, and we have been visited by a rainfall of something over an inch and a duarter within the last week Sufficient rain has already fallen to make the streets of Florence decidedly muddy in places. Among the gratifying results following the recent showers may be noteda "rise " in green wheat and barley throughout our valley, and a mild imitation of the volume of water in the Gila.
Year: 1877

FLOWERS are admiredi by everybody, and hardly anything else gives a town such an attractive appearance. They cost but little. With little labor, and that .pleasurable, Florence could be greatly beautifed with flowers, and the very air filled with delicious perfume. It is true there are some flowers cultivated here, but very few to what there should be. Will our people please act upon this hint?
Year: 1877

ANOTHER rich strike is reported in the Guanajuato or Connolly Mine. The body of ore recently struck is said to be fifty seven feet up the hill from the discovery shaft, and to excel in richness anything yet found in tho mine.
Year: 1877

A DOZEN or more new advertisements from the Picket Post, Globe City, McAIil. lens Camp and Miami City, will appear in our next issue. This will be one evi- dence that our trip wss not in vain in a business point of view.
Year: 1877

FIsmERIEs.-From the interest ia.
ken in the fishing enterprises on the
Sound within the past two years, we
should say that this part Of the re-
sources Of our Territory, bids fair to
become prominent within the next
two years Report says a cannery is
soon to sbe started at Seattle. If
this be true, as we hope it is, it will
add greatly to the resources OF our
sister town as well as the whole
Sound. Now that the cannery at
Muckilteo has done such good woIk,
and the proposed extensive estab-
lishment at Hoko, bids fair to be a
success in every way, we may CON
gratulate the people Of the people of
the Sound on the rapidly increasing
importance of this industry.
Year: 1877

way Of the people when a question
touching their rights comes up for
discussion. Having no friends whom
we would wish To see unduly ia
yored, or enemies we would stand
by and see wronged in the slightest
particular, we can champion the
cause of right, aud express untram-
meled views at all times. The ques-
ton which came up for dispute at
the time referred to by "Tax. Pay
er," was not the actual right of the
city to Quincy street, but the
right of the board Of town trustees
to sumrnarily di,possess private in
dividual OF land which he had kept
enclosed and been in peacable pos
session Of for years. The law re-
quires that due process be complied
with in all such cases; and, il an in
dividual is disposed to insist upon
having his rights, he can obtain them
This fact, considered in connection
with the apparent attempt to injure
private property, by destroying
fences and exposing a garden and
orchard to cattle and other stock
running atlarge, was what prompted,
we believe, the resort to legal meas
urss. Knowing that there was a
great deal Of prejudice aaoat, we
took the side we conscientiously be
lieve to be the right, and defended
the individual as We would Mr..
James or any other person, similarly
situated. The settling of this mat
ter in Court showed that we were
not at variance with the law, at any
rate. Had the Justice of the Peace,
before whom this case was first
brought, decided in q different man
ner, he would have been direlict in
duty as an officer of the law, and
would have been liable to severe le-
gal treatment for his action.


Now, what the people of Port
Townsend want is to get proper leg
islation, establishing their right to
these streets, and then take the pro
per course to use them. This, the
ARGUS is willing to battle for, and
make a common cause of public re-
quirements.
Year: 1877

II the arrangements now maturing fol
a through Southern mail to Havana are
completed, the New York mail will run
down to Cedar Keys, thence by steam.
ship TO Key West, thence for the ocean
postage BY steamship to Havana. The
postoffice department has received q
dispatch from ID. l.. Yulee. President ol
the Atlantic, Gulf q West India rail.
road, at Fernandina, saying that fast
and continuous train can be arranged to
Cedar Keys twice weekly, for the Key
West and Havana mail, whenever de
sired by the department. Assistant
Postmaster General Brady has sent word
that when the railroad schedule of the
lower end of the line is brought up in
speed the proposition will be favorably
considered. The change will make q
gain of twenty-five hours and it is
thought will divert portion of the
western mails for Havana, now going by
the way Of New Orleans.
Year: 1877

The New York Journal Of Commerce
says:


More than forty years ago, when it
was found that prevention for the Asiatic
cholera was easier than cure, the learned
doctors OF both hemispheres drew up a
prescription, which was published (for
working people) in the New York Sun,
and took the name OF The Sun Cholera
Mixture" Our contemporary never lent
its name TO better article. We have
seen it in constant use for nearly two
score years, and found II to be the best
remedy for looseness of the bowels ever
yet devised. 1t is to be commended for
several reasons. II is not to be mixed
with liquor, and therefore will not be
used as an alcoholic beverage. Its in.
gradients are well known among all the
common people, and it will have no pre-
judice to combat; each Of the materials
is in equal proportion tn the others, and
il may therefore be compounded without
professional skill and as the dose is 30
very small, it may be carried in a tiny
phial in the waistcoat pocket, and be
always at hand. 1t is:


Iihct' opl.,


Capsici,


Rhei CO.,


Men.n pip,


Campho.


Mix the above in equal parts; dose,
ten to thirty drops In plain terms,
take equal parts tincture of opium, red
pepper, rhubarb, peppermint, and cam.
pher, and mix them for use. In case of
diarrhea take dose of ten to twenty
drops in three or four teaspoonfuls of
water. No one who has this by him and
takes it in time will ever have the chol-
era. We commend it to all, and hope
that the receipt will be widely published.
Even when no cholera is anticipated it is
m excellent remedy for ordinary summer