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Year: 1874

This fact, ifit be fact, IS doubtless
owing to too great an area being devo-
ted to the culture and growth Of
peaches.


The soil must have some rest if it is
expected to produce abundantly, and
the constant yearly cultivation of the
land (Which is necessity in the pro-
duction Of fruit) is inimical to all
known rules Of improvement. but is
positively certain mode of impover-
ishment.


Tie production Of peaches in former
Year: 1874

expenses over income. SIG, $50


In making the estimate of income, fol
low in quantity the estimate of T. B. Nor
ris, but differ with that gentleman in the
charges, and think reasonably so. The
N. p. r. r. is making very low rate of
freight between Tenino and Tacoma for
the purpose of diverting the traffic from
Olympia to their own town, as may be
seen by comparing the rate per mile be-
tween kalama and Tenino, seven and one
half cents per mile, and between Tenino
and Tacoma, two and three fifth cents per
mile. To meet them properly, the fare of
q passenger from Tenino to Olympia must
be no greater than from Tenino to Tacoma,
namely, one dollar. Tho same principle
holds good in freight, which 1 put at 81
per ton, instead Of Sl.75 by Morris.


do not bring in any estimate of coal,
as am desirous to meet the case in its
very worst aspect, and if upon that we can
proceed we do not need to have any fears
for the sequel. As shown, the expenses of
the road would be ST.. .OCO more than the
income, if We charge the 10 per cent. in
terest on our investment. claim that our
people can afford to make the investment
for this railroad for two or three years to
come, without receiving any interest upon
that specific capital, after which time the
developed resources of our country will
increase the legitimate business and make
the investment good paying one. If our
people will consider that no railroad to
Olympia will depreciate their property
fully 20 to per cent, while the railroad
brought here will not only keep its value
full, but will increase it; If our mechan-
les will consider that where before thew
may have had 200 days work in the wear.
they may expect with railroad at least
25O days; If our business men will con-
slider that without railroad q large per-
centage of our population will leave. and
the merchant find his occupation gone,
while with q railroad business will ENLARGE
they will see that they can afford to lose
the interest of $4,000 on their direct in
vestment. The conclusion must then he
that we will have sufficient income to nav
the wear and tear and expenses of opera-
ton of our contemplated railroad, and are
fully warranted to proceed.


In relation to our financial policy to be
pursued in building this road, + cannot ex
press myself better than by quoting the
language OF prominent gentleman we'll
known to Mr.. Percival. He says: 'In
all communities mon are found who will
Year: 1874

The Poughkeespie Eagle, in an ar
ticle on Glow mistakes happen in news
papers" figures up the number of
types used IN a newspg per the size of
the Eagle at 600, 900, the actual number
of bits of metal arranged and reaTrang-
ed every day in preparing q newspaper
the size of the Eagle for the press. We
suppose few people think of the print
ing trade as the most exact and particu.
lar business. but it is. In making type.
variations that might be allowed in the
machinery of the finest watch would
render the type useless Tt is very
rarely that type furnished by two sepa-
rate foundries can be used together
without q good deal of trouble, though
they try to make it after the same
standard. We read once IN q while OF
a wonderful piece of cabinet work OF.
mosaic work, containing ten, twenty OF
fifty thousand pieces, the maker Of
which has spent months or even years
of labor in producing It, and people &C
to see it as a great curiosity, but the
most elaborate and carefully fitted piece
of work of this kind ever made does
not compare with that which the prin--
ter does every day. The man who does
the first Is looked upon as an artist-a
marvel of skill, and If hundred of his
pieces sre put in wrong side up, or
turued the wrong way, Il is not observed
in the general effect-but If the prin-
ter. in fitting ten times as many pieces
together in the same day. puts one
where another should be, or turns one
the wrong way, everybody sees il, and
Is amazed at /" the stupid careiessness
of those stupid printers.
Year: 1874

De. E G. ROBINSON, president %
Brown university, IN a recent agricultu-
raj address said, what We fear Is uni
versaliy too true, that our farmers suf-
fer more from absurd ideas Of life and
from bad diet than any other csuse. II
is 50 all over the country. BE had
known large farmers 10 engage In zi-
gantic operations, and reckon their
wheat BY the thousand Of bushels, who
hsd no more idea of q vegetable garden
OF the adornment Of q table or variety
in their food, than If they had Just
come out OF Asia Salt pork, salt beef,
rye or corn bread are their continual
diet year after year. A farmer should be
a man whose table is furnished with the
bsst produsts Of the best gardening In
Year: 1874

marked, London is SO imnese that I
believe any small invading army land
IDg at the east end Of your capital would
lose its way, and at the close of a week
or ten days the soldiers would be taken
up by the police at the west end for
beCoincy -
Year: 1874

Professor Wilder gives these short
rules for action in case Of accident: For
dust in the eyes, avoid rubbing, dash
water into them; remove einders, ect.,
with the round part of a lead pencil.
Remove insects from the with tepid
water; never put hard instrument into
the ear. If the artery is cut, compress
above the wound; if vein is cut, COM
press below If choked, get upon all
fours and cough. For light burns, dip
the part in cold water, if the skin is de-
stroyed, cover with varnish. Smother a
fire with carpets, ETC.; water will often
spread burning oil and increase the dan
ger. Before passing through smoke, take
full breath, and then stoop low, but if
carbon is suspected, then walk erect.
Suck poison wounds, unless your mouth
is sore. Enlarge the wound, or better,
cut out the part without delay. Hold
the wounded part as long as can be borne
to a hot coal, or end of cigar. In case
of poisoning, excite vomiting by tickling
the throat, or by water or mustard. Fol-
acid poisons, give acids; in case of opium
poisoning, give strong coffee, and keep
moving. If in water, float on the back
with the nose and mouth projecting
For apoplexy, raise the head and body
for fainting, lay the person fat.


and f. w. Bourdillon.
Year: 1874

Rather more than three hundred
years ago, ship partly laden with little
green birds captured in the Canary Is
lands, having been wrecked near Elba,
the birds made their escape, flew to the
island, and there settled Themselves.
Numbers of them were caught by the in
habitants, and on account of their
sprghtly vivacity and the brialliancy of
their voices they soon became great fa-
vorites, and rapidly spread over Europe.
The original color of the canary is not
the bright yellow with which its feath-
ers are generally tinted, but kind of
dappled olive green, black and yellow,
either color predominating according to
circumstances. BY careful management
the bird -fanciers are able to procure ca
naries of every tint between the three
colors, having instituted set of rules
by which the quality and arrangement of
the coloring is reduced to regular sys-
tenn. Still the original dappled green is
always apt to make its appearance, and
even when two colored birds are mated, a
green one is sure to be found in the nest.
For my own part care little for the ar
tifcial varieties produced by the fan
ciers and to my mind an intelligent bird
and good songster is not one whit the
less attractive because the colors of its
plumage are not arranged precisely ac.
cording to the fancier's rules.
Year: 1874

AN OPTICAL DELUsIoN.-The follow
ing'is an optical delusion, which is none
the less interesting for being very easily
explained. Let person, standing be-
fore looking glass, look attentively at
the reflection of the pupil of one of his
eyes, and then at that of the other-let
him look at different parts of the eye,
and from one to the other, first at one
and. then at the other. Knowing that
thus, in changing the direction of his
gaze, his eyes must move about IN their
sockets, he will expect to see that they
do so in the glass. As fact, they will
appear perfectly still. If he looks
at the eyes of another person trying the
experiment, the peculiar fxedness of his
own will be still more striking, when he
looks at them again. will not spoil
the riddle by giving the answer at the
end
Year: 1874

The author of "The wonderland of
the Antipodes" writes "The Sanoans
are the most lovely race of savages with
whom it has been my fortune to meet.
They have not the fat noses, thick lips,
frizzled hair of the negro type, but have
distinctly European features and a very
pleasing expression. The color of their
skin is a rich golden; their whole cost
ume is limited to light fringe of grass
around the waist, and the women confine
themselves in the way of tattooing to a
couple of thin blue lines across the lips.
The men are of great physical strength
and enormous structure they have a
great disdain for us whites, and say that
we employ brute force, Armstrong guns,
&C., like bull, they have the reason
and intellect of the child who runs
away from the bull. They live happy,
graceful life ; the earth, unasked, pro-
duces her treasures in abundance they
have no need to dig when all is ready &c
their hand"
Year: 1874

A grocer on Gratiot street keeps "a
little brown jug" near his cider barrel,
and when he wants to do the fair thing
by customer he mingles some Of the
contents of the aforesaid jug with the
cider. lie made mingle yesterday for
an old farmer, but got in good deal Of
whiskey and very little cider. About
an hour after drinking the farmer was
observed leaning against a fence, and
was heard to soliloquize :-"It's too late
for sunstroke and too early to freeze to
death, and guess it's touch Of the
shakin' ager.p
Year: 1874

The libel suit of Mr.. Ross, father Of
the missing boy, against the reading
(Pa.) Eagle, was finally decided on Sat
urday, the court sentencing the proprie-
tors of the paper to pay a fine Of 81, 900,
Their plea was ignoragce of the libell-
Gus article, but the court, in pronouncing
judgment, said: If, because it cannot be
proven that an editor or publisher did
not actually write an article that is Ii
belious, he is TO go scot free, this is TO
establish a very dangerous principle.
What man does by another he does
by himself, and if he were permitted to
fold his hands and say, 81 did not do it
but my agent did" no family in the
community would be safe.
Year: 1874

General Viele, civil engineer, who
owns n tract of land on the line travers-
ed by the recent shocks of earthquake
near New York, expresses the opinion
that they were caused by magnetic
shock running along n vein of iron ore
Year: 1874

see me now.


We reached Louisville in time-at
least the neighborhood of it. We stuck
hard and fast on the rocks in the mid
dWrof the river and lay there four days.
l was now beginning to feel strong
sense of being part of the boats fami-
ly sort of infant son to the captain and
younger brother to the officers. There
is no estimating the pride took in this
grandeur, or the affection that began to
grow and swell in me for these people l
could not know how the lordly steam
boatman scorns that sort of presump-
ton in a mere landsman. / particular
ly longed to acquire the least trifle of
notice from the big, stormy mate, and I
was on the alert for an opportunity to
do him service to that end. 1t came
at last. The riotous powwow of setting
spar was going on down on the forcas-
tie, and 1 went down there and stood
around in the way-or mostly skipping
out of it'll the mate suddenly roared
out a general order for somebody tc
bring him capstan bar. / sprang tt
his side and said: "TeH me where i
is-I'll fetch itl''


If rag-picker had offered to do {
diplomatic service for the Emporer o


Russia, the monarch could not have beer
more astounded than the mate was. III
even stopped swearing. He stood anC
stared down at me. It took him tel
minutes to scrape his disjointed remain
together again. Then be said impres
sively; "Well, if this don't beat hell!
, and turned to his work with the air @
: man who had been confronted with
} problem too abstruse for solution.
Year: 1874

Last Wednesday Judge = was
passing down Spring street on the Jail
side. He halted suddenly: his atten-
tion seemed to be fully riveted on
something on the opposite side of the
street. 1t was to him as music from
the spheres; but those sweet sounds
proceeded from a Decker piano, touch
ed by skillful hands. Now that same
Judge is accustomed to hearing by his
own fireside a first-class piano and
none of the many scrub pianos which
are flooding the California market
would have arrested his attention.
Year: 1874

at the outstart a warm supporter of
the enterprise. In fniuety-nine cases
out of hundred men must work for
their good fortune; it seldom comes to
them without seeking. 1t is just
so with cities and communities.
If we aspire to greatness we must
work for it. The location of Los An
geles fits her for the commercial CEN
ire of southern Nevada, perhaps the
whole of Arizona, and all of Southern
California below Bakersfield. We
haya
Year: 1874

GRANGER Andrew johnson to
representative of the Knoxville Press
and Herald says: "The history Of the
world will demonstrate that in all
national emergencies, when political
integrity was at fearful discount and
the hopes of the nation were blasted
by the conduct of corrupt and profit
gate men, the sturdy yeOmanry Of the
rural districts saved the country from
impending destruction. | confess |
have strong hopes that the great move
ment which the farmers of the United
States have recently inaugurated and
which is spreading so rapidly over the
entire nation, will create a healthful
influence, not only in Incorporating our
exhausted lands, in diffusing the spirit
of education among the masses, and in
placing the profession of farming upon
higher grounds, but in arousing a
loftier feeling of patriotism and ardent
and sincere devotion to our national
welfare"
Year: 1874

The island of Saint Marguerite, on
which Marshal Bazaine will spend
the twenty-eight years of his detention,
is one of the largest of the Isles de
Lerins, in the Mediterranean sea, and
is situated exactly opposite Cannes, at
the distance of little more than a mile
from the shore. 1t is some three
miles long, and less than mile broad
The prison is a fort placed on the
northern side of the island, and is she
only building on St. Marguerite, the
remainder of its surface being covered
with orange trees and myrtles.
Year: 1874

4. That on the trial of all felonies,
not declared capital by law, if the At
orney-General and defendant by writ
ten request, signed by the Attorney
General and by defendant in person,
or by Attorney General and the attor-
ney of defendant in the presence of
defendant, request the court to permit
the jury to disperse, then the court
may, in its discretion, permit the jury
Year: 1874

5. That when bond or recognizance
shall be taken by court, Sheriff, Dep
uty Sheriff or other officer authorized
by law to take such bond or recogni-
zance for the appearance of any party
charged with a crime or misdemeanor,
such bond or recognizance shall bind
the defendant and sureties for the ap-
pearance of the party from time to
time until the case is finally disposed
of in the court before which such party
is required to appear by such bond or
recognizance, unless such surety sur
renders his principal as now required
by law, or he Is otherwise discharged
by order of the court.
Year: 1874

3. That it shall not, in any criminal
case, be cause of challenge that the
juror has served as such within one
year before his presentation, nor such
person be excused upon his own appli-
cation for that reason, nor shall it be
considered cause of challenge that
such person has cause on the docket
for trial.
Year: 1874

When pretty woman goes out alone in
the streets of Paris, the chances are that she
will be accOsted by some gallant, especially
If she loiters to look in the shop windows.
There is exemption in homelY face and
forbidding exterior; also age. To the
pretty young American this is one of the
greatest drawbacks to her enjOyments, accus-
toned rs she is to out-of-dOors freedom, and
to attack the rude sex rather than to be at
tackled by it. Thus, that serpent, man. pre-
vents our daughters Of Eve from wandering
through her Paradise. Freedom from the
annoyance may be purchased at the price Of
green goggles and cork-screw ringlets; but
the price OF liberty in such case is exorbi-
tant, and not to be thought Of. An exasper
atOd beauty, the other day, said that man
Is a hateful creature, anyhow, and it's pity
wo cannot do without him." and all those
who have been subjected to the same street
attacks doubtless repeat the same thing in
chorus. There is saftey only in being con-
voyed; the pretty woman must put herself
under the flag Of the woman-of-war called
the bOnne, for this flag is recognized and re-
spected by all the piratical cruisers about the
streets lying in wait for booty.
Year: 1874

Bury your dog in the garden


1t will make your grapevine grow
Tenderly wait on the summer air
A requiem soft and lowi
And let your saddest dirge be sung
For grief that passeth show
A dirge, a requiem, said -


singlme a song of the vine!
or the ripe Catawba's deSp'ning bloom,
And the purple Muscadine!
In their mellow light thou liv'st again,
o terrier Of mine!
And when scent the perfumed leaves
In the dusky sunset glow,
Methinks they yield their voiceless praise
To the sacrifice below
Bury your dog in the garden


twill make your grapevine grow
And what Is earthly rat-and-tan,


Tho aye my cherished prize,
To the drink that moistens Bsauty's lips,
And brightens Beauty's eyesi
What bettor doom would'st thou, o Jip-
What sweeter paradise
Year: 1874

Boil pint of water, rub together one cup
of butter and two Of sifted flour, and stir
them into the water while boiling. When
It thIckens like starch, remove frsm the
fro. When cool, stir into it ten well-beaten
eggs and scant teaspoonful Of soda, then
drop the mixture ON buttered tins with a
large spoon, having them several inches
apart. When dene fill with cream made as
follows One cup of white sugar, four eggs,
one cup Of -four. one cup of milk. Beat the
eggs to a frOth, stir in the sugar, then the
flour, and stir into the milk while boiling
Year: 1874

The most lamentable sight possible in republican country is that of an unfair election. an election that no one expects will show the real will of the people but the result of which is to be determined by fraud, or intimidation. There could be no stronger proof of the necessity of Congressional interference in the affairs ot Louisiana than the manner in which the election of this week has been con- ducted there. In the first place there is law governing registration obviously passed in the interest of fraud, and with view to giving Governor Kellogg entire control of results. The injustice of this law was so apparent on it's face that Kel- logg durst not approve it till after the ad- journment of Congress had removed the danger of their interference. So plain was it that under such law there could be no fair election that Louisiana conser- vatives chose the alternative of an armed rebellion rather than that of an election that was foreordained farce. The weak ness of Kellogg's position developed by this insrlrrection, and the remonstrances of all fair minded persons, have compelled him to yield something in the interest of fairness, though there are still many sus- plcions and much complaint.

 At the period of our writing we have not yet heard the result of Mondays cleo tion ill Louisiana. We have seen enough of the preliminary s1uabbling, however, to be convinced that neither side expects the result to be decided as elections are elsewhere decided by an honest count of honest votes, not cast from compul- sion nor withheld from fear. The Kel- logg party have such chance for fraud and sncil a character for unfairness that no one really expects honest work from them. On the other hand the conserva- tlves are so ready with their weapons, and so unwilling to grant the colored man his legal independence, that no one expects that negroes will be per mitted to come freely to the polls in To- calities where the White Leagues have matters under their control. Tn any case, therefore, the result cannot be satisfacto- ". It is not in any true sense govern ment republican in form that comes in- to power through such an election and we cannot believe that another session of a Republican Congress will be allowed to pass without giving this most important matter the attention it deserves.
Year: 1874

Subscribers who are in arrears must make up Arrsarges before taking advantage of the forego- iag propositions and subscribers who are in advance may deduct the amount their subscrip rions are in advance.

 Money should be sent by postofic order, cheek or registered letter. if possible. If remit ,aaees are made by mail we cannot be responsible for loss before the letter reaches us, but will take all risks of remittance to the clubbing peri odicals
Year: 1874

Prosecuting attorney Fenn, of Ply mouth, is going for the liquor sellers in his precinct with fervor that is gorgeous to contemplate. If the other prosecuting agents thoroughout the county will only go and do likewise there will be a mere effective check put upon the sales of liquor in this vicinity than has been known for years.
Year: 1874

A heartless English statistician has been calculating woman's chance of matrimony at different ages. At 25 half her chance is gone. After 30 she has but one sixth her original chance of marriage, and after s but one sixteenth. Yet people advise ladies to forego all opportunities of use ful life in some paying avocation for the lonesome sixth or sixteenth chance of a husband!
Year: 1874

party of ladies and getlemen from Odessa
and Middletown drove down to Collins Beach on
Tuesday, where they spent one of those pleasant
evenings for which the Beach is so justly noted.
After hearty supper they had dance, and all
were delighted with the visit Mr. Collins put
forth few extra exertions in their favor ana all
enjoyed ii amazingly, especially Major H., who
declares he had the best time he ever had in his
life, and thinks he was in as good clover as he
ever wants to be-
Year: 1874

An eastern journal calls our at
tention to a touching romance in
connection with the gallant Colonel
Ellsworth'a death, which became
public for the first time on the day
Of the dedication of his monument
at Troy, New York. The beautiful
little incident illustrates woman's de-
votion.


When Ellsworth died for his coun-
try he was afiianced to q beautiful
young lady and she vowed ever after
to lead q life of celibacy. Years
have passed over the young head,
and she has not been mercifully CALI
ed to reioin the other self whom she
loved better than life, without whom
life is death. All, who can tell how.
in the lone, starry vigils of the
night, she has prayed from the
depths Of her pure and maiden
heart to rejoin her hero on the
golden strand beyond the river,
where joy and peace reign eternal!
One who knew the devoted heroine
attended the dedication Of the mon
ument, and inquired frstand eagerly
for the noble and beautiful bride Of
Ellsworth's lowering spirit, She
was not there. Surely she must be
dead; nothing else could keep her
from such tribute to her spirit love.
He ascertained that it was not death
that detained her. 1t was not con-
venient for her to leave her husband
and children. She had weakened" ,"
on her vow several years ago, and
had married. a gentleman who pos
sesses the combined attractions Of
being successful insurance agent
and distinguished dealer in light
ming rods. Though some may re-
gard this as a step from The sublime


to the ridiculous, yet it is vouched


for as being true in all the essentials,