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Year: 1878

.. April III, 1875,


Even in so simple and small a matter


as the employment of temporary Clerks


in one ofthe departments, the difference


between what ought to be the policy Of


Government and what its policy is, was
shown in the House yesterday. A


House committee recommended sum Of
money some time since tor the purpose
and ths House voted the money and
sent the bill to the Senate. The Sen
ate doubled the amount and sent the
bill back to the House, Conference
Committees were appointed. They
have been unable to agree. Ifthe House
does its duty the Senate will yield. If
the House fails to do its duty in this
case it will prubably fail in larger
matters.


For instance, the Consular and Dip
plomatic Appropriation bill, in which
the difference between the Houses in
quarter of a million dollars, goes to
Conference Committee today. Other
still larger sums are or will soon be in
Conference Committees, A little back
bone among Democratic Representa-
tives will help the. country and the
party wonderfully just now. Let us
have as much unanimity where millions
are concerned and where principal is
involved, as where a doorkeeper is to
be elected.


Senator Thurman won great victory
yesterday in the passage of his Pacific
Railroad Funding Bill. The vote was
40 to 10, and not in any sense politic-
al. The bill IS designed, while force
ing the companies to terms on their
business as now conducted, to still
leave to Congress the power, by future
legislation, to protect the interests of
the country in any change of policy
on the part of the roads. Senator
Blaiue offered an ingenious amend
ment calculated to deprive the cou ntry
of this power by declaring the settle
ment made by this bill fnality, but
was overwhelmingly beaten.


Hon. Fernando Wood yesterday
opened the debate on his new tariff bill.
He said this measure was not all he
wanted or all the country needed, but
was beginning. and the benefits to be
derived from the comparatively few
changes now asked for would soon
make the country eager for greater and
more radical changes. He said, what
IS in part true, that this was nots party
measure. Mr.. Wood is . very clear
headed man, and understands his sub
ect as well. perhaps, as any man in
he House, but his speech ofyesterdsy
Year: 1878

According to a medical Journal,
bathing should always he avoided un.
der the following circumstances, viz:
"Within two hours after meal; when
exhausted by fatigue or any other
cause; when the body is cooling after
perspiration-the bath TO he taken
when the body is warm, provided no
time is lost in getting into the water.
Bathing in the open air should be
avoided altogether, IL, after having
been in the water a short time, there
is sense Of chilliness, with numbness
of the hands and feet. Vigorous and
strong persons may oathe early in the
morning, on an empty stomach, but
young persons and those who are weak
are safer in bathing three hours after
meal, the hest time for such a bath
being two or three hours after break
fast. Those who are subject to at
tacks of giddiness and faintness, and
those who suffer from palpitation or
other sense Of discomfort at the heart,
should not bathe without first consult
ing their melical adviser. afs
Year: 1878

A nice young man employed in the


Kansas Pacific office, resolved the 9TH
er day To present his beloved girl with
nice pair Of shoes. lie accordingly
procured her measure and went into
one Of the fashionable boot stores on
Main street and purchased 81 pair
Of shoes, and, in order to make them
appear more valuable, marked IS up
on the soles Of the shoes, and at his re-
quest the c!erk put receipted bill for
81 in one Of the shoes. The presenta-
ton was made and the lovers were
happy, as lovers should be. But mark
the sequel. The girl examined the
shoes and was not satisfied. She was
convinced that her lover had been
cheated in the purchase Of such pair
of shoes at that price. She decided
to go and change the shoes and obtain
a better. Yesterday she appeared in
the store and selected pair Of shoes,
price 50 80, and politely requested
the clerk to take back the shoes for
which she said her lover had paid s..
The receipted bill was produced as
proof, and the boot man found it i'm.
possible to go "behind the returns"
The smart girl took the 50 so pair OF
shoes and obtained 81 so in money,
and went home happy and satisfied.
The boot seller sent bill for So to
the young man, who promptly paid
the difference, but he thinks that girl
a little too smart for him.
Year: 1878

A good story is told us of former
Judge of a certain Court in the Bay
State. whose hair was whitened by the
fros,s Of near 20 winters before he left


the bench. Entering a Boston and
Maine railway car one day, he saw but
half a vacant seat. and that by the side
Of very pretty young lady gorgeous.
ly arrayed. The Judge was grea.
s.lmirer of the Ladies'. and he immedi-
Year: 1878

An impostor has appeared in Bel
rut, Syria, claiming to be Jesus Christ


His first act was to have his photo.
graph taken for general distribution.
An old lady wanted him to try his
powers of healing on her, but he de-
clined making an attempt on account
of urgent business at Jerusalem. He
said his time had not yet come for the
performance of miracles, but that
when it did he would show the people
something very striking in that line.
Year: 1878

The microphone of itself cannot. Of
course, produce sound; but what a
world Of sounds there is at present
undistinguishable by the human ear,
which it makes manifest The i'm.
pinging Of ray Of light on anybody,
the growth Of a tree, the rise of the
sapin plant, the fight and breath.
ing of minute insects, the flow of the
blood in the veins, the passage of the
air in the lungs. the combination Of
chemicals--all Of these may be ren.
dered distinctly audible to the human
ear,
Year: 1878

The following is said to be a sure
remedy for horse slobbering in sum.
mer time: 1t is simply to give the
horse a cabbage leaf. This will stop
the slObbering till he eats something
that will again produce it. Every
farmer has a number of cabbages that
have not developed which can be used
for this purpose.
Year: 1878

While growing at her husband a
New York woman was struck by
lightning and instantly killed. IfyOu
wish your wife to see this paragraph,
you must cut il out and paste it on
the looking-glass.
Year: 1878

National Associated Press TO the Star.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-Mr. Sherman was
asked if it was true as stated in the morn
ing papers, that Matthews, Garfield Hale
and White had sent dispatch to Ander-
son. He said it was true; and as that fact
had been made public, he would furnish a
copy of the Gdispatch, and they meant all
they said


Mr. Sherman then said that he regarded
the arrest, trial and conviction of Ander-
son as great outrage under the color of
the forms of law. Anderson was not
indicted The Grand Jury had refused
to indict him. The proceeding against
him is called "On Information" and
is expressly prohibited in cases of felony by
the Constitution of the United States and
most of the several States, but is provided
for by the laws of Louisiana. The informa-
ton was signed and filed by a man w..o was
an officer of the White League and identified
with all the numerous crimes of that or
ganiZation The Judge who tried the case
is public defaulter for over
5000, ZOO. When Anderson was ar
rested he was the acting Collector
of the Port of New Orleans, and the arrest
was made while he was in the discharge of
his duty at the Custom-house, which
stands, as Mr. Sherman thinks on
grounds under the sole jurisdiction of the
United States by cessation from Louisiana.
He was hurried to prison and required to
give excessive ball. and failing to do so was
kept in custody, denied all postponement,
forced to trial and convicted, and is now held
for sentence without the benefit Of bail
The jury was packed to convict. The panel
had been selected almost eX-
clusively Of one political party and
one race. The examination 50 called
showed the deepest and strongest prejudice
against the defendant and in any tribunal,
| he (Mr. Sherman) knew nearly every one
| would have been rejected on his oath, and
yet, though challenged, they were sworn in.
With such jury l am prepared to believe
the stories telegraphed this morning that
the two ColOred jurors were tricked into
agreeing to this verdict by an empty appeal
to the mercy Of the Court. The cause OF
this excitement against Anderson and his
associates, is that on the performance of a
public duty in plain pursuance of law, and
upon ample testimony they eliminated from
the election returns in Louisiana, the results
OF violence and intimidation, though this
was not alone in the information, yet ev,
erybody knew that this was the burden
of their otfense, and without it no man
on this jury would have convicted
Anderson. 1t is this that excited this popu.
lace heated with passion to the highest
state of resentment
Year: 1878

pose to reopen the Presidential election
controversy. This Misrepresentation was
promoted by the fact that the telegraphic
reports of the letters gave in full point
numbered four, relative to the fulfllment
of the Louisiana bargain, but only brief
summary of the remainder. An entire pc
rllsal of the letters will correct all misap-
prehension on this point.


They contain expressions like the follow
ing: "Unquestionably he should have as,
serted in every possible way the moral and
and honor therefore, it seems, have clearly
required that President Hayes should main
tain his own rightfulness of title. Had he
done so, in my belief, the Democratic cry
of fraud would have been the merest folly ;
In fact, instead of asserting the Presidential
title, the complaint in the letters is that
president Hayes himself has effected
a taint upon his own title by his
betrayal and destruction of the lawful
Governments of South Carolina and Louisi-
ana and his abandonment of the principles
of the Republican party and adoption of
the principles of the Democratic party
which it is sinconceivable that he would have
done if he had believed in his own right
fulness of title and desired to stand by and
vindicate it, Therefore, for whatever re-
agitation or demonstration of the Prcsiden-
tial question there may take place, the
President and his advisers, the louisiana
bargainers, who sold their birth
right for mess of pottage, are
responsible and not those Republicans
who denounce and repudiate the trade and
the treason 1t may also be added that ii
can not be possible that the true interests
of the Republican party are to be subserved
by denying or cOncealing any fact connect
ed with the Presidential canvass or count
ings. If any such exist discreditable or dis
honoring to the party or to the President
to Secretary Sherman or Senator Matthews
Or Mr.. Chandler or any other members OF
the party, the sooner they are exposed, rep
rotated and repudiated the better and safer
for the future of Republican principles and
the Republican Organization"
Year: 1878

National Associated Press to the Star


WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE debate on
the Silver Bill was resumed to-day. 1t is
not probable that vote will be reached be-
fore the latter part Of the week. The indi-
cations are that the bill will be passed by
a two-thirds majority substantially as it
came from the Senate Finance Committee.
1t has been decided by the friends of the
bill to vote down every amendment looking
to an increase of the number of grains in
the dollar. 1t is probable that ali amend
ment will be adopted providing for the
issue of certificates by the mints and assay
offices on deposits OF silver bullion such
certificates to be legal tender for all pur-
poses and to any amount. This it is claimed
will give immediate effect to the BILL as the
certificates will be at once available without
having to wait for the slow process of coin
Year: 1878

The House Committee on Ways and
Means are considering the Tariff Bill re-
ported by the Subcommittee, and have
already completed schedules A and B. The
changes thus far made are said to be unim-
portant 1t is not expected that the bill
will be ready for presentation to the House
before the 1st Of March.
Year: 1878

In pursuance of an arrangement sec
reilly made between an apprentice in this
office and a number of Others, not resi-
dents of this place, but under the strong
est conceivable obligations of good
faith and fidelity to- the publisher of
this paper; all work on the STAR ceased
just one month ago, while the publisher
with his family was away from home for
the holidays, and supposed the paper to
be in the hands of its most true and
trusted friends.


The local, $50 long, boys" was the
signal agreed upon, by which this friend
informed his fellow conspirators, that he
had obtained control of the office anI
secured the stoppage OF the paper.


Allwork had ceased for nearly week
before any inrimation of the plot was
conveyed to the publisher. The first he
knew of it was the shame
less boast of one of the conspirators OF
their success, made to- him TwIsiie on lis
way home from the skagit.


: Financial matters had little or nothing
to do with it, except that these plotters
hoped to bring such pressure to bear
upon the creditors Of the concern, that
they would prevent its resumption. The
paper itself, was more than self.support-
ing, from the start. Other matters had
created an Indebtedness which left the
paper subject, in a certain degree, to the
control OF it's creditors, provided they
could be induced to take advantage of
such treachcry. Fortunately they could
not be induced to do so.


The whole schcme was carefully
contrived plot to effect the financial ruin
of the publisher, and use that as q
means OF breaking up his family and
destroying his social happiness. AS
far as known, all the parties were pro-
iessed friends, and did this work while
making the strongest possible pledges of
good faith and fidelity. This was the
only opportunity that they were likely
to secure to crafty their earnestly
sought scheme of jealousy, personal
hatred aud revenge, which they so
Carefully covered up with professions OF
extra zeal and affectionate personal re-
gard, until they were ready to strike.


The paper would have been resumed
couple Of weeks ago, had it not been
necessary to first secure it from all such
covert foes. 1t is now on firm basis,
with little to tear from either secret or
open enemies. 1t will probably be
restored to its original si1e again when
all these matters are iully settled. No
pains will be spared to make it worthy
OF receiving continuation of the liberal
Patronage heretofore extended to it.
Year: 1878

Yet not aiming to make war upon any
mans opinions, but giving every repre-
sentative person chance to place their
opinions upon record in its columns,
whether they agree with those of the
publishers or not, as long as the proper
bounds of courtesy are preserved, Thus
far, while affording the fullest opportu-
nifty for Investigation upon all topics, it
has not heen found necessary to take sides
editorially in any religious discussions
This course will he persued Tie lead
ing feature of the paper editorially win
be in furnishing, as heretofore,
Year: 1878

no pains or expense will be spared iR
studying up these interests fully, and
furnishing accurate information thereon.
Another leading feature of the STAR
will he the furnishing of as great an
amount of scientific matter as possible,
and especially in publishing original
representative articles furnishing sclen-
tihc intelligence relating to the north
west. The design of the publishers of
the STAR being to make it, as soon as
the support will be sufficient Tor a
specialist Journal of that kind, the rep
resentatiYe
Year: 1878

VIRGINIA OPERA-UoUsE.-A complimentary
benefit will be rendered CHARLES KENDRIcK TO-
NIGHT at the above place OF amusement by the best
minstrel talent in the city. Dir. KENDRIcK Is In
every way worthy, and as the price of admission
will be low We hope he will have 4 full house.
Year: 1878

pREEDEN s. FOX,


BROAD AND FIFTH STREETS,
will open this day and during this week an assort
neut OF


DRESS GOODS
which has never been equalled in variety OF styles
and in prices In this market.


They guarantee to sell all GOODS as low as they
can be bought in the retail houses Of New York city.
They ask special attention TO unusual bargains III
BLACK and COLORED sSILkS-a very large as
sortmeut, lower than ever known before.
Their stock is now complete in all departments.
Inll 25-lw
Year: 1878




It is hard, il not altogether impossible, to
obtain exact information as to the results
OF the Moffett system OF taxation from the
books in the Auditors office for the sufi-
cient reason that the returns have been
made to him irregularly. In many cases the
commissioners do not report according to
calendar months, but end months from one
court to another. That bother the Auditor
proposes to have remedied hereafter by re-
during (as he does in the above circular)
that the reports shall be made to him at the
end of each calendar month. Some coun-
ties-Mr. Speaker Aliens (shenandoah) is
one OF them-have never been heard from
at all. 1t is therefore not known officially
whether the law is in operation in them or
not. It is said that in some counties the
commissioners would not take the registers
from the dep0ts to which they were sent
because the law provided them no allowance
therefor. However that may be, it is evil
Cent that in many parts Of the State the law
Is almost disregardcd.
Year: 1878

EOR SALE at the Wagon and Carriage
i Paint Shop of W. E. Jones, First ST.
The Centennial tops are adjustable to any
kind of vehicle and make a perfect sun
ahede and storm protector at a moderate
price. Clarke's Carriage um brella can be
used on every kind Of vehicle with an open
seat, and is easily changed to any angle
They supply a want long felt. Come and
examine my large and complete stock of
these goods. Prices low


w. E. JONES, lst Street.
Year: 1878




1t was long supposed that the brack.
ishness Of the Salt River was caused by
the stream running over a bed of salt
somewhere along is course. Its waters
afe pure and fresh from where 1t heads
in the White mountains to within fifty
miles OF where il enters the Gila. Fifty
miles from,its junction with the. Gila
there comes iuto tia stream of water
that is intensely salt. This stream pours
out of the mountain and is from 20 to 30
feet in width and about two feet in
depth, 1t is very rapid and pours into
Salt river n great volume of water. Here
could easily be manufactured sufficient
salt TO supply all the markets of the
world, All that would be necessary
would be 10 dig bitches and lead the
BRINE to basins in the nearest deserts;
the beat OF the sun would make the salt
Were there II railroad near the stream,
it would doubtless soon be turned and
led to immense evapomting ponds, It
is supposed that the interior Of he moua
tains out OF which this stream flows is
largely composed OF rock salt. -Aris0aa
Herald.
Year: 1878

Walla Walla Uaion We have been a
resident for II years ot this valley, and
have never, at any season. seen at the
close of March such promising look as
all the tall sowing of wheat now present,
The grain is much more forward than
common.
Year: 1878

PoRr TOWNSEND HosPITAL.-Dur-
ing the past eight years years there
have been over 1000 patients treated
in the Marine Hospital at Port Town.
send. Of these one only has been
arrested for being drunk and dis
orderly. We do not believe any
similar institution can make better
showing. We doubt whether any
community, however quiet and order
ly, can present better record. The
malicious, indecent and untrpthful
attacks made on Doctor Minor and
his Hospital, we are prepared to
show, are prompted by jealousy; but
no man, however rich i'll the vocabu-
larry of billingsgate, need hope in
this community to pull another dow
with falsehoods, or build himself up
with SANDERS on his neighbor.
Year: 1878

REvERsEp.-The Olympia "Stand-
ard" says that, Gone of the most
serious objections to many religious
organizations is that they prescribe
rules of conduct for those outside
the pale of their denomination which
they do not pretend to follow them
selves" We do not know just who
has stepped on Bro. Murphy's corns
this time, or what particular reli-
gious organization he is shooting at
under the guise of random shot,
but, we do know that he is candid
enough, after serious consideration,
to admit that the sentence just
quoted reverses the matter exactly
from the actual facts in the case.
The real trouble is that many Christ


ians, of the hickory and hard hack
variety, tacitly accept the idea that
a non profession exempts them from
all obligations to obey the com
mands of the Bible, or exercise any
OF the Christian virtues not suggest
ed by what little natural goodness Of
heart they may possess, while at the
same time it leaves them free to
snarl at every flaw noticeable in any
professors character. Let Church
member fail, even in the least partic


ular, to live up TO his profession,
and he is Immediately set upon and
ridiculed to scorn for his weakness; /;
and the wall is sure to come loudest
from some one outside the pale"
ETC., but designate to the assailant a
similar transgression on the part of a
man outside the Church and he will
reply =" Oh, well, he doesn't make
profession" This rule, when APP
piled, will infallibly indicate who
keeps one measure for his corn and
another for that of his neighbor.


noNfr Won raad anv of our new
Year: 1878

THE Olympia Transcript" is eyi-
lently striving very hard to coax the
federal officials Of our Territory to
bestow little patronage on 1t TO
keep it quiet. One of the misfortunes
of that Gum is thatits cartridges too
often prove to be blank, having for
their object the intimidation of some
body, but doing little execution.
Year: 1878

COMMON SENsE.--The very basis of
good taste is formed by common sense.
1t teaches II man, in the first place, that
more than two elbows are highly inCon-
venient in the world; and in the second,
that the fewer people you jostle on the
road Of life the greater your chance of
success among men and women. 1t is
not necessary mat the common sense man
needs 10 be an uuimaginative man; but it
is necessary that his imagination should
be we'll regulated. Good taste springs
from good sense, because the latter enables
him to understand, at all times, precisely
where he is, and what he ought to do un-
der the circumstances of his situation.
Good taste is u just appreciation Of the
relationship and probable effects of ordi.
nary as well as extraordinary things, and
no man can have it unless he is in the
habit of considering his own position,
and planning his own actions with cool
ness and accuracy.
Year: 1878

CHURCH GAMBLTNG--If festivals are
necessary, let them be held in such way
that no questionable method shall stain
the money left behind. Turn not the al
tar's broad top into boa,d for dice rat
tling. Let the church stimulate the state,
and not put itself where tie state shall
chase it with stout stick. 1t is high
time that all church gambling should
cease. Illustrated Christian H%kly.