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Year: 1875

The Pittsburg Gazette man has produced the
following after mature thought and careful
reflection GAS we see it, the contest is really
between President Grant and Gov. Hartranft
The former, without so much as lifting q fin
ger, is a formidable competitor for any man.
He has place in the hearts and confidence of
the Americanpe people equaled by none. Should
he not be nominated, it will be solely for the
reason that he has filled two terms of office;
and the people will turn to another with a feel
ing of regret. Should he be nominated he will
be elected. We have not the slightest fear as
to this point. If he is not nominated, we have
no hesitancy in predicting that Gov. Hartranft
will be, and that he will be easily and tri-
umphantly elected"
Year: 1875

Tilton is greeted in the West with overflow
ing houses, and whenever local church at
tempts to detract from his purse by urging
the congregation to stay away from him, the
congregation just quietly put on their duds
and go, and those that can't get in peep through
the windows.
Year: 1875

Foreigners could not have a more auspicious
time in which to study the different phases
and shades of our politics than that which
will be afforded them during the Centennial
year. When the celebration of our nations
one hundredth birthday shall be in the zenith
of its glory, and the land be crowded with
three or four million strangers, our political
horizon will also be ablaze with the excite
ment and enthusiasm of Presidential cam
paign which bids fair to be one of the most
exciting partisan contests that has ever taken
place in the Western Hemisphere.
Year: 1875

event down at seal" In these four mono
syllables we find embodied sad and heart
rending tale. The steamship Pacific, supposed
to be one of the staunchest and most secure
vessels sailing over the main is run down by an
unknown craft, and in less than one hour sinks
beneath the crest of the pillows with two hun
dred precious souls on board; sand it was Lot q
dark night either" so says the only man res
cued from the waves. Sand lights were burn
ing" in the fatal steamer, which passed rapidly
on in its course, unmindful of the awful ruin
it had wrought. Still, with even this brutal
and inhuman act on the part of the officers of
the eolliding craft the passengers of the Pacific
might have been saved, had 1t been possible to
make the life-boats available. "There was no
confusion on board'' is the statement Of Jelly,
the sole survivor. In that terrible hour of
suspense, when death brooded over the scuttled
steamer like a gloomy pail, the faith of the
passengers in the power and ability of the
goodly- fashioned vessel did not falter even so
much as to arouse that excitement and futter
which so often occurs and leads to disastrous
results. Working like Titans at the life
boats, which seemed to cling to the
vessel like blood-sucking leeches, the
passengers spent their last hour on earth. Many
of the boats would not yield TO the giant
efforts of the men to launch them. To call
them life boats then seemed paradoxical. Hav,,
ing the power to save, still through some fatal
fault of construction or mooring, their power
was as dead thing as the unfortunate pas
sengers themselves were found to be an hour
afterwards. In one or two instances boats
were launched, but being unskillfully manned
were capsized, and those who had taken ref
uge in them as the only way of escape per-
ished in the sea. Tie whole narrowing thing
is sad commentary on the inefficiency of the
hie-saving equipment Of the vessels Of the
present day. Ahalf dozen strong and securely
built life-boats properly arranged for expedi-
tious launching would have saved the ma
jority of those who are now sleeping for res
direction in the unfathomed depths of West
ern waters.
Year: 1875

The Cincinnati Enquirer man is feeling very
badly, and to relieve himself says that he
don't want any such man as Thurman for Pres
ident so long as Allen and Pendleton and men
of that stripe walk the earth.
Year: 1875

The Southern press is urging the army of
idling young chivalry who are holding up the
lamp posts in the city and holding down the
rail fences in the country "to go to work."
Why, the idea of those young gentlemen, born
in luxury, bred in indolence, and matured in
pride-induced laziness, going to work 1t is
simply ridiculous.
Year: 1875

There is another of Stanley's letters reported
on hand in London, and now the Herald man
is busy constructing map to fit it as near as
he can guess. The Herald forgot to give US
map of John Kelly's feelings after the election.
This was a great oversight, and it is under
stood that Mr.. Bennett is very much enraged
about it.
Year: 1875

1t is amusing to see how earnestly the Dem
ocrats whistle in order to keep up their spirits
for the coming Centennial contest. In the
last elections they see the handwriting on the
wall, and its portent is so clear that it needs
no Interpretation. The cheering music of
whistles falls dead on the dreary waste of Salt
river waters.
Year: 1875

One Of the principal requirement.


Of the practical farmer is to know


the causes as we'll as the means where


by useful nutritive substances present


10 the soil, but not in a form available


for nutrition, may be rendered diffusi


bic and capable of doing their work
The presence of moisture certain


degree Of heat and free access Of all


the prozimatc condition Of these chang


es by which the nutritive substances in


chemical combination are made avail.


able for the roots. As the smallest


portions OF food cannot of themselves


leave the spot in which they are firmly
fixed by the soil, we can understand


what immense influence must be exert
ed on the fertility by its careful NE
chanical division and thorough adm:x


ture. This is the greatest Of all the
difficulties the agriculturist has to over
come. If field is to produce a crop
corresponding to the full amount Of
food present in it, the first and most
important condition for its accomplish
mcnt is that its physical state be such
as to reach the spots where the food is
to be found. The extension of the
roots in every direction must not be
obstructed by the cohesion Of the soil.
Plants with their delicate roots cannot
grow on tenacious, heavy soil, even
with abundance of mineral food. None
OF these three important constituents
Of food (potash, phosphate of lime and
ammonlaD exists by itself in soluble
form in the ground, and mono Of the
means employed by the agricul,urist
to make them available to his plants
deprives tho soil of its power of re-
tanning them, or, if dissolved, Of with
drawing them from the solution. The
principle end gained by the means he
employs is only a uniform distribution
of the food throug ghout the soil SO as
to put it within the reach Of the roots
Of his plants-Exchange.
Year: 1875

RAIN, RAIN A deluge Of rain
has suspended the wheat harvest
There was a heavy fall Of water Mon
day night and Tuesday forenoon.
Tuesday night and on Wednesday af.
terpoon heavy thunder storm flooded
everything with an avalanche of water
The prevailing wind has been South.
and the weather very sultry.


This rain catches the farmers in the
beginning of stacking. Probably not
over one-thirl of the wheat in this
county is stacked. Most Of the mag
nifcent crop stands in the shock, un'
capped. There u considerable wheat
still uncut which must be damaged not
q little by this protracted rain. If the
weather does not clear off soon, great
damage will come from grain sprout-
ing 10 the sbeaf: General anxiety
prevails.-Mankato Union.
Year: 1875

Latest and most reliable figures
from the North Carolina election show
that the Republicans carried the State
bv majority Of over 49, on the
popular vote, giving republican gain
Of about 10000 over the vote Of last
year.
Year: 1875

A committee was appointed by the city
council to report how much the imbecile
and incompetent management of the water
commissioners cost the people for lowering
the water pipes.


The committee should not omit the ex.
ira csst Of street work in consequence Of
the stupidity of the water board Nearly
all the street work this year should be ad
ded to that bill. Also the loss of revenue
in consequence Of freezing up. Also the
cost to private consumers for relaying theil
service pipes. Also the damages paid and
to be paid by the city for accidents. food
ing cellars, etc. The committee should
rot fail to include these matters in theil
report.
Year: 1875




NJ. 7. Wiser, Deputy Collector of Inter
nal Revenue, informs us that new stamp
for liquor packages has been prepared
under the direction of Commissioner Pratt,
to be used on and after Oct. l. Instead of
destroying the stamp after it passes into
the rectfying establishment, as the gauger
was credited with doing under the old
system, that official will now be compelled
to cut out strip from the centre of the
stamp, on which is recorded the number
of gallons in the package, the number of
the stamp and other information of service
to the revenue department The tell-tale
strip is made part Of the gauger's report
to the collector who forwards it to Wash
ington, where comparison can be made anG
any irregularity discovered instantly, TIL,
new stamp will be self-acting detective
and it is hoped will render collision be
tween dishonest government gaugers O
storekeepers and illicit distillers O
rectiiers an absolute impossibility. But
that is pretty hard thing to do.
Year: 1875

THOSE PICTUREs.-In addition to. that
handsome variety of chromos on exhibition
at Lundy's auction room, they say there is
also fine collection of real oil paintings,t to
be sold at the sale commencing this even
ing Most Of these pictures are beautiful
ly framed with massive mouldings Of wal
but and heavy gilt. They are well worth
inspection.
Year: 1875

FoR THE CAMP MEETING. -Hartzell &
Co. will run their excursion wagon to camp
meeting tomorrow (which by the way is o
is nice one)if full load can be obtained.
The price for each person will be one dol
lar for the round trip, Leaye orders al
their Office.
Year: 1875

A speciality for hOarseness, the Cleansing power


of the Carboc Acid tending to expel all collections
and formations of mucous matter, phlegm, ETC.,


and restoring healthy action to the sensitive and
delicate organs of the throat and windpipe
Year: 1875

THE GOLDEN RULE AND THE RULE OF
CODA few days ago a gentleman of
this city received by mail a check for
$500. He deposited it in his bank and
went down into the street, there to be
met by rumor that sent him back in
haste. Just twenty-five minutes had
elapsed. The teller's little door WIS shut.
The money had gone. Had it been
stolen Was the banker a. swindler 2
No he had failed. About the same
time a merchant received large quanti-
ty of goods one day near the close Of
business hours. He made some common
payment, and promised to send check
the next morning. The first announce
ment of the morning was that he had
failed. He had the goods, but the real
owner was without his check. Was the
merchant G thief Ought he to have
gone to jail ? Not at all. He had mere
ly suspended. He was unable to meet
his obligations. Two young men were
recently brought into one OF our police
courts on charge Of stealing shoes from
Third avenue store. They were de-
cent in appearance, and it was believed
by some that they had been driven to
crime by want. Had they failed, or had
they suspended Or was it because
they were unable to meet their obliga-
tions Not at all. They were thieves
common thieves-very common thieves.
They were sent to the penitentiary for
two months.-NeaU York Tribune.
Year: 1875

mis- friends ; and so, in fact, was half the
excited town of Little Rock, who had
come out to witness the fight, see fair
play, and, If need be, take a hand on
both sides-a part is friends, and a part
as foes.


The preliminaries being arranged, the
principals of the first duel were placed
ten PAGES apart.


''Be firm, steady and fire at the word!'
said Bradley, as he shook the hand of
Granger, and Withdrew.


There were few moments of breath
less suspense, and then the fatal signal
was given. In an instant the arms of
the combatants were raised like two lev
ers of iron, and the next there was q
blended report. Young Granger stood
firm, with the blood trickling down his
face from slight furrow in his forehead,
pioughed by the ball Of his antagonist,
who already lay stretched out on the
earth, shot through the brain.


"Hit, but not hurt 20 said the young
lawyer, coolly, running his finger along
the wound. as his excited friends rushed
mp to him.


Such skill and courage were enough
for even fighting Arkansas. A hundred
stalwart men gathered around our deli
cate little hero, and swore his life should
not be put in jeopardy again, to please
himself or anybody else and placing
him upon their shoulders, they bore him
off back into the town in triumph, his
two waiting antagonists nowise regret
ting the whim of the spectators that had
saved them from standing before such
fatal marksman.


"From that time forth, the star of
Arthur Granger was in the ascendant.
He subsequently married lady of for
tune, and rose to the highest honor the
State could give him.


Great mental abilities could only be
appreciated in Arkansas when united
with great physical courage, and then
the road to distinction lay open to the
fortunate possessor of both.


Though the names above given are all
ficticious, there are many persons living
in the North who have heard the voice
of Arthur Granger in the halls of our
National Congress.
Year: 1875

troH tne lckSDufS Herald.


He said he used to be a reporter on a
Cincinnati paper, but lost his situation
for telling the truth. He was out of
money, hadn't had shave OF clean
shirt for twenty-one days, and he want
ed a free pass to New Orleans.


The Herald man replied that the
boats didn't pass anybody this fall, and
the ex-reporter smiled blandly and said


"All right, get me pass to Jackson"


he was told that a-railroad pass was
an impossibility, but that there was a
plain highway which he could take, and
he promptly replied


''I'l take pass on mule team 20


He was made to understand that no
teamster would carry shim on a free
pass, and he pondered awhile and then
said


''fhen I'll go up the river


1t was just as impossible to pass him
up the river as it was down, and when
he came to realize this he said he would
edit the Herald for $50 per week. Being
told that there was no vacancy, he want
ed to set type, to do job work, run a
press OF fire for the engineer Debarred,
from Situation of any kind, he wanted
a pass to a first class hotel for week.
board, while he was looking around.
The idea was not acted upon, and lie
offered to go to q boarding house. Disap-
pointed in this he wanted to borrow s.,
and when repuised in this direction he
fell into a fit Of dependency, from
which he soon rallied to exclaim:
Hang me, if this isn't tough town
I'm tight UP, but [ won't be hard on
you. If you'll trade hats I'll call it
square and pass on to the next place -


Rebuffed again, he said he'd take it
out in a letter to the Mayor Of New
Orleans, recommending him as a Cl.,is-
tan and gentleman, but he finally
compromised for a few exchanges and a
chew of tobacco, and went down stairs
singing.
Year: 1875

Too GOoD TO BE TRUR.-A Paris
journal of recent date records that
there is panic in New York regar-
ding the scarcity of women, and that
on this account the male population
are beginning 10 leave that congress
IS disturbed about it, and that there
is a proposition TO give brilliant fetes
there to draw women from all parts of
the country, who Will then be kept
there Oh that it were true
Year: 1875

a woman in Maine recently mar
ried her fourth husband under very
peculiar circumstances. The man
had been her first husband, and she
had been divorced from him. She lad
married a second time, and the second
husband had died. Then she had mar,
ried a third time, and been divorced
from her third husband, and now she
marries her first husband for her
fourth.
Year: 1875

A RICHMOND man will exhibit at
the Centennial the whole process Of
manufacturing tobacco from the leaf
to the plug, and thousands will at the
same time and place practically illus
trate what is done with the plugs after
ward.
Year: 1875




New TACOMA. Aug. 29th, 1873.
Ed. DIsPATcH:


Our very nearly defunct town wai


aroused on Friday by two startling an.


nouncements-one the failure of the


Bank of California, the other still more


disastrous to the people here was the
dismissal of Mr.. G. P. Ferry, the COM
petent and gentlemanly clerk ard CASH
Ter of the Tacoma Land Department.
To say that Mr.. Ferry has done his
duty while in that position is only q
mild term, but to say he has earned


Maj. Hibbard's salary for him, is more
to the point. You people in Seattle
don't appreciate Maj. Hibbard as you
ought, especially a. he is doing SO much
good in sending you our best citizens.


1t Is said he was q successful emigrant
agent before coming here and We believe
1t. from the way in which the people


have and are still leaving this town. and
at the rate they are getting out Of here,
it will not be long before there is none
left to tell the sad story of the big hum.
bug. Tacoma. That they intend to kill
this place is sure thing. else why do
they retain such men as Ainsworsh,
Sprague and Hibbard? Not one of
whom has invested anything in this
town. and not q man in their employ
who owns land about here. Do you
suppose Maj. H,bbard cares a. long as
he gets his four hundred dollars per
month. with house and horses thrown
in. Perhaps if some few of his trans
actions were known at the head Office
he would etand but little show. There
are vague hints of gravel beds and five
and six horses kept at once, which comes
under the head Of sundries I suppose
in the accounts. And such transactions
as selling three or four hundred acres
Of the company's best coal land for less
than ene-third Of its real value. Lucki-
ly the mistake was found out by some
cns in his employ just in time to save
the company thousands and thousands
of dollars. And other things that 1
could mention that know to be facts.
The Major has never posted himself in
regard to any of the coal lands and don't
know the price Of lots adjoining Head
quarters bnilding without looking over
his pslce list and it's head-work for him
to tell even then, as he is as ignorant
of such matters as he can possibly be.
The people of New Tacoma hope while
they are recognizing the company they
will be considerate enough to leave the
Major out and send them some one who
Is competent and willing to lals an in
terest in this place. And, Ferry, al
though our loss may be Seattle's gain
and this little burgh will miss you and
yours. We hope success and prosperity
will follow you. TACOMA,
Year: 1875

MURDER TR1AL.-The trial Of
Peter Delaney for murder was
concluded last night. During
the evening session the prosecu-
ton closed their argument and,
after a brief charge by the Judge,
the jury retired at about Z, p. NJ.
They returned IN abouttwo hours
and announced their verdict as
murder in the second degree
The punishment for this offence
is not less than ten or more than
twenty years confinement in the
penitentiary, with hard labor.
Year: 1875

pA- Mr.. e. Mcdonald has the
fan blast now in running order
and has discarded the bellows
from his blacksmith shop. He
says these is a large saving in
fuel, while the amount Of work
done at the forge in the same
time is nearly one baltimore than
with the bellows.
Year: 1875

SNoHOMIsH COUNTY FAIR.-We
were handed, tor publication, a
copy of the proceedings of the
Snohomish County Agricultural
Society in regard to a County
Fair. 1t unfortunately got
crowded out by press of mat
ter that day, and as it has since
been published by both of our
contemporaries and a synopsis
of it by this paper, we deem it
useless to reproduce it.
Year: 1875

EXTENSIVE preparations are being
made by the citizens of Utica for the
approaching annual gathering of the
Society of the Army of the Cumber-
land. The arrangements include a
public reception of the Society by
the city on the 18th instant, at which
the military and citizens will partici-
pate, and an Grafton by Colonel
Waterman, of Chicago, in the even
ing of the same day. On the 10th a
grand levee and ball will be given to
the Society by citizens. Governor
Tilden will deliver the speech OF
welcome to the State. President
Grant is to be the guest of Senator
Conkling, while Chief Justice Waite
will be entertained by Judge Hunt
A positive assurance has been re-
ceived that General Sherman, Gene
raj Hooker, General Custer, Secretary
Bristow and other notables will be
present, AS well as many members of
the Society from the West.
Year: 1875

The Rink again filed to its capacity last
Brooklyn with hero and there sprinklng Of church
people The admission by ticket 5000 OF which
issued and distributed before O'Clock yester-
day morning mainly TO the class for whom tho service
was intended. There was no mistake about some OF
those present Before the service began the writer heard
about drinking shops and places sin and
vice. 1t peculiar gathering, and resembcd moro
the crowds and classes that followed the Son Of God
when He was on EARTH basket OF flowers stood on
the platform beside tho melodeon. Several new faces
were noticeable the PLATFORM and the opening PRAYER
was made by the Rev. Dr. Storrs Mr.. Moody read tho
narrative in Luke K, familiarity known us that OF
the Good Samaritan. Jerusalem was the CITY
OF peace; Jericho was the city cursed by
Joshua, and this who fell among thieves
was going from the city Of peace and blessing
to the city Of cursing and destruction This il
tho condition Of every sinner The priest and the
Levitc who passed by the other side represent tho
law which cannot help the sinner but the Good sama


ran represents Jesus Christ who comes TO help every
one Of us lie does not say to the poor man. Come


Jump up here behind mo and III tako you home
No; but he got or his mule and put the
wounded man thereon, and took him TO
to care for him and no would pay the bill This is
what Jesus says and docs And here are inns all around
you and these ministers OF God are the nnkeopers aud
they Will take care Of you and Jesus will pay them.


You are helpless ana must have help And Jesus
comes TO have compassion you | hope said Mr..


Moody there many here tonight who viii lot Jesus
take the place Of the Good Samaritan TO them. They
ara wounded by sin and He can have comDassion on
Year: 1875

Corset to fit dress over, because it is cut i
such manner that the front and back seams tit
like seams to dress.


And it is superior to any other Corse now in
use because its peculiar style of cutting gives
sufficient fu lness at the bosom, without folding
at the top; gradually and closely fitting to, and
over the hips. is longer front and back than or
dinsry Corsets, and in fact is the only Corset cut
in this form.
be found large assortment of other makes at
the following prices-Sl.25 Sl.5O, Sl.75, $3.50,
So. so and S.