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Year: 1876

That San Francisco, the leading
commercial city of the Pacific coast,
should reap all the profit she can
reap from the rest of the coast in a
legitimate way, is eminently proper;
but that she should grow rich at the
detriment of her tributaries and reap
where she does not SOW, is equally
improper. She is fairly entitled to
all legitimate results of her position,
but to none that may flow from ille-
gitimate or unfair violations of the
ethics of commerce.


We are led to these remarks by
the manner in which the sections of
country dependant upon San Fran
cisco, are flooded with silver coin
upon pay-days, all of which the
country merchants are compelled to
receive at par or do no business. But
when it comes time for our country
merchants to pay for their goods,
San Francisco will receive nothing
but gold for any amount exceeding
five dollars. Yet she owns and con-
trolls all the silver-producing mines
on the coast and could check the
issue of silver, if she chose, to meet
the ordinary demands of trade.


The manner in which the United
States Treasury Department has
been run in the interest of the bo-
nanza mines, is worthy Of comment.
A short time before James G.. Fair
(who owns one-eighth of the Con-
solidated Virginia and California;
paid his visit to Washington, last
spring, the stock of that mine was
''watered" five shares to one. It is
also a fact that the Treasury De-
partment allowed the Mints at San
Francisco and Carson to be run on
coinage of trade dollars, and then
Immediately after demonetized them
Year: 1876

Men will go out of town and leave
hired deputies to take their places.
To hold us responsible for all that
appeared in this paper during our
visit to Port Gamble, is about as
Just as it would be to hold Post
master Prosch culpable for missing
letters or missent newspapers.
Year: 1876

Opium dens are not confined to
Seattle. The highly desthetic city
of Portland has its high-toned cess
pools where depraved Webfoot gen.
try fraternize with the brotherhood
of Sop Kow, and smoke opium till
they fall back and dream of the time
when mount Hood was a hole in
the ground"
Year: 1876

Third Ward--It is probable that there
will be meeting held in this ward soon to
instruct the delegate to the Congressional
Convention, in whose interest it is not
known. This ward will also elect an alter
nate, which was neglected at the ward
meeting held last Saturday.
Year: 1876

A New HosPITAL.-The Pinel Hospital,
intended for the most part for inebriates
and lunatics, will be opened with lunch
on tomorrow. We arc thankful for an in
vitation to the lunch, and though we may
not be able to go to eat, we may ut some
time be compelled to go to stay.
Year: 1876

Last Day of Grace.-To-morrow, the
bill passed by Congress making an appro-
priation for the Government stone-yards in
this vicinity will become law without the
signature OF the President, and the stone
cutters will probably commence work at
both the upper and lower stone-yards to-
Year: 1876

Completed. bridge over the canal at
the foot OF Hull street was completed yes
terday afternoon, much to the qualification
of the large number OF persons who have
occasion to pass over that thoroughfare.
Year: 1876

METEoROLoGICAL.-T following is the
state of the thermometer from readings taken
at sunrise of each day for the month OF july.
The point of observation is one Of the most
in tho nitv.
Year: 1876

silks can be had at LEVY BROTHERS in great
variety and at prices lower than ever known. They
continue to sell their stock at old prices, though
there has been an advance Of twenty-five per cent
which you will have 10 pay when the new eoods
N F. Il
Year: 1876

RuNAwAY.-Yesterday morning horse
belonging to Mr.. Dibbrel became fright
ened while standing at the corner OF Third
and Main streets and ran off with the buggy
down Third street. Upon reaching Canal
street the horse stumbled near the entrance
to the tunnel and fell. The dashboard OF
the buggy was badly broken, but the horse
not injured.
Year: 1876




The Stern wheel Steamboat Kitty Hegler,


from Cincinnati, Burned to the Waters


Edge Cause Of the Fire Unknown.


About half past ten o'clock last night
a fire was discovered in the coal room on
board the steamboat Kitty Hegler, lying
at the head of Poydras street. The fire
alarm was Immediately turned in
from the Harbor Station and the
boat cut loose and pushed out from
shore by the police and some men on
the wharf, but before she had gotten out
from her mooring the flames had gained
such Roadway that she was in full blaze
from stem to stern. The tugboats Pro-
tector and Tyler then came to her assist
ance and pulled her out into the cur
rent, and pumped water OH her as she
drifted down the stream, but were un-
able to save her, as she burnt to the
waters edge. fi


The Kitty Heglor was from Cincin-
natl, and was to leave tomorrow even
ing for that point, and was loaded with
sheet iron and molasses. She Is valued
at $4,000. The amount of insurance on
her could not be Hscertained. It was
to learn whether any lives
were lost or not. l4H4 fla
Year: 1876

"Vexillo," the new form assumed by
the game Of croquet, is pronounced BY
many a decided Improvement. The
game is made interesting by the intro
duction Of flags upon the arches. Each
player has flag to play which may be
taken from him BY his opponent. When
a player reaches the home stake be
places the flag on it, and then he is q
rover. His object then is to try and
capture his opponents' flags. or assist
bis side iD getting their flags. The
side that secures the greatest number
Of flags wins the game. "Vexillo"
differs from croquet slightly; the arches
are set out differently. and the home
stake is made with sockets to receive
the flags when they are taken from the
arches.
Year: 1876

Mamma" asked precocious young
ster at the tea-table the other evening,
after long and yearning gaze toward
a plate of doughnuts, mamma, do you
think / could stand another one Of those
fried holes p She thought he could.
Year: 1876

The New York Commercial says /:
"The Cincinnati hotel clerk is in bis
glory in anticipation Of the coming
crowd. He has had his front hair
newly ourled, borrowed diamond pin,
and inwardly registered solemn VOW
to recognize no guest under the rank of
Governor.
Year: 1876

A FACT FOR FARMERS. may not
be generally known that the seed Of the
sunAower is the most infallible remedy
yet discovered for the speedy cure Of
founder in horses. Immediately on dis
covering that your horse is foundered,
mix about > pint Of the whole seed in
bis food, aad 1t will work perfect cure;
30 says an intelligent farmer.
Year: 1876

A young man in western Wisconsin.
who was about to be married the other
day, suddenly remembered that he
hadn't fed bis horse, and the ceremony
had to wait until the horse had been
cared for He explained that good
horse couldn't be found every day,
while thirteen different girls wanted to
marry him.
Year: 1876

The editor Of the Gallatin Examiner
is not an infationist. he gives this
convincing illustration Of the faith that
is in him "Our sad experience in the
Confederate states, where we paid a
800 bill for that last gallon of apple
brandy in North Carolina, did not make
US fall much in love with unlimited
issues Of paper money, and these i'm
pressions have clung to us to this day."
Year: 1876

Judge Hilton. as he sits in the
shadowy solitude Of his chamber, sadly
asks himself. "What does it profit q
man if be gains the whole world and
has to 20 to law all the time to keep it?"
Year: 1876

Been in general use for twenty years. Everywhere
proved the most SAFE, SIMPLE, ECONOMICAL and
EFFICIENT medicines known. They are just what
the people want, saving time and money averting
sickness and suffering. Each single specific the we'll
tried prescription of an eminent physician.
Year: 1876

Buckwheat is profitable crop, and
no good farmer should fail to SOW few
acres from July 1st to the 10th. Half
a bushel Of seed is sufficient for an acre
It is excellent feed for fowls. to say
nothing of the indispensable shot
cakes" that every family must have
in the winter season
Year: 1876

Some careless dairymen pack their
butter in new tubs and firkins without
being soaked. That is wrong, as they
impart the favor of the wood to the
butter, and depreciate the value from
two to five cents per pound. Soak
your tubs and firkins twenty-four hours,
then change the water, and soak twenty
four hours longer; and be careful to
have no decaying vegetables nor any
thing that throws out an unpleasant
smellin your cellar, as your butter will
be affected by such things, no matter
how closely it is covered.
Year: 1876

promise yOu that yen shall have all the
time you want"


"well. | guess I'll trust you.


He started for the door. As he was
about to 80 out the doctor called to
him; My good fellow, you say that
you are ip want Here, take this dollar
(handing, him silver dOllar) | am
willing to help yOu further if you will
write me when you get away. You need
not fear to do 50. for | viii not trouble
you, if yOu really desire to reform"


The burglar stood leaning against the
front door of the house with one hand
on the knob. looking pensively at the
floor. Drawing long breath, he raised
himself full length. and, changing his
position to rest himself. he said, slowly,
and with much feeling "Ah, thank you,
sir. thank you, sir, expected to have
a fight with you when heard you come
In the door. You have conquered me
without fighting. You shall hear from
me again. sir; | viii never forget this
occurrence. l believe that there is one
kind hearted man left in the world.
Goodbye"


The burglar, casting glance behind
him. slid out upon the stoOp, and shut
ting the door after him, walked rapidly
away.
Year: 1876

How TO CURE BAD MEMoRY.-Your
memory Is bad. perhaps; but l can tell
you two secrets that will cure the worst
memory. One 1 mentioned above: To
read subject when strongly interested
The other Is, to not only read, but think.
When you have read paragraph or a
page, stop, close the book, and try to re-
member the ideas on that page, and not
only recall them vaguely in your mind,
hut put them into words and speak them
out. Faithfully follow these two rules,
and you have the golden keys Of knoEl-
edge. Besides inattentive reading, there
are other things injurious to memory.
One Is the habit Of skimming over news
papers, items Of news, smart remarks,
hts Of information, political reflections,
fashion notes. all in confused tumble,
never to be thought Of again. thus dill
gently cuItivating a habit Of careless
reading, hard to break. Another Is the
reading of trashy novels. Nothing is SO
fatal to reading with profit as the habit
Of running through story after story, and
forgetting them as soon as read know
a gray-haired woman, lifelong lover
n hooEs who sadly declares that her
mind has been ruined by such reading.
A help to memory Is repetition. Moth
ing Is 50 certain to keep your French
fresh, and ready for use, as to have al
ways On hand an interesting story in
that language, to take up for ten min
utes every day. In that case, you will
not forget your French" With the ma
jOrity Of your schOolmates.-Oiir.


Th077ae, 81. EichoLas for Sept.
Year: 1876

A Golden talent for the mother is
presence Of mind. Emergencies are
continually arising in the family, when
she needs to have her wits about her.
For instance. somebody is taken sick in
the night There is no time to call the
physician. nor is there any need. A
simple remedy promptly administered.
few soothing words and touches, perhaps
a mustard plaster quickly mixed and
applied. win relieve the sufferer and
restore calm.


Everybody ought to keep in the house,
and in a convenient place. where they
can be reached at moments notice.
such things as camphOr, peppermint, or
cholera remedy. Ifthere are nervous
and sleepless persons, who require some
thing to quiet restlessness, it is well to
have lavender or valerian ready as we'll.
Nobody should 20 to bed in room with
out matches. 1t is more than = trifing
Inconvenience to have to grOpe about the
house in the dark because there are no
matches nearer than the basement.
When the weather is quite likely to
change suddenly in the night, an extra
blanket should always be at the foot Of
every bed.


The mustard plasters prepared by
the druggists are easily obtained. and
have the merit of always being ready for
use. But every woman should know
how to compound one if occasion re-
quires; and if she have in her family
person who is liable to sudden attacks
of pain in the lungs, she should keep
the materials for mixing it in the closet
in her own room. A mustard plaster
wet with the white of an egg will not
blister the most delicate skin.
Those who have children disposed to
Group or sudden colds, should keep a
stock of ipecac and squills at their ell
bow.


Above all, never get frightened. What
ever the trouble, it can only be met and
vanquished by prOmptitude, resolution
and calm courage. Time spent in wiring
ing the hands and fainting is only thrown
away. Whoever else may be alarmed,
the mother cannot afford to be; for to
her tact, judgment, and experience her
household all instanetively turn.
Year: 1876

Try a little judieious letting alone.
The danger is often in your own nervous
fancies the little quarrel will blow over
like summer cloud the chickens will
he chased but not killed puss and dog
can take care Of themselves: the swing
wont break the sooner for not being
watched the tide won't come in with a
sudden rush because you are not there
TO scream warnings every ten minutes ;
a little fall from the tree or rock will
teach your boys caution more surely
than forty lectures Leave them alone
one day, and see, to your surprise, per-
haps, that they are actually alive and
only healthfully tired at night. Save
your 'noes" for essential things, and
say Eyes" promptly and cheerfully to
the things that seem so little to you. but
are actually big for children. Keep at
least one eye and one ear shut, and great
shall be your relief.


"HOw did you train your boys 2 ask
ed friend Of Mrs McCOok, the mother
Of the seven brothers who won the name
Of "the fighting McCooks" as generals
in the army. They we're all stalwart,
brave, resolute. selfreliant, cool-headed
men-soldiers without fear and with
out reproach." "Well. l didn't govern
them too much" said the wise mother.
AS soon as they were old enough to get
around alone out Of doors, she discreetly
heightened their lines. When they went
to play, or later on. fishing or hunting,
she taught them self-relIance by leaving
them to rely on themselves. don't
was a word seldom used. and then it
meant but one thing-do not as "whoa"
should mean but one thing to horse
stop The mothers authority and care
we're not frittered away on trivial and
transient things.
Year: 1876

Outward DEMEAsoR. Much Of the
happiness Of life depends on our outward
demeanor. We have all experienced the
charm Of gentle and courteous conduct;
we have been drawn irresistibly toward
those who are obliging, afable and sym
pathetic in their demeanor. The friend
ly grasp, the warm welcome, the CHEEKY
tone, the encouraging word, the respect
ful manner. bear no small share in Gre
ating the joy Of life, while the austere
tone, the stern rebuke, the sharp and
acrid remark, the cold and indifferent
manner, the curt and disrespectful air,
the superciIious and seornfal bearing are
responsible for more Of human distress.
despair and woe. than their transient
natures might seem 10 warrant
Year: 1876

Yesterday noon bold, bad boy who
lives on Columbia street, went home
from school and said: "Dear mother,
mayn't 90 in my bare feet this after
noon? None of the boys wear shoes in
the spring." But his mother said, "NO,
my darling boy, / cannot let you 60
bare-footed, and if you tease me about it
l will rattle your tender cuticle with the
unkind end of cheerful skate.strap."
So the bold, bad boy closed the debate
with a sigh, and when the yeas and nays
were called his motion did not prevail,
and the house soon after adjourned.
But the boy went out of the yard by the
aleyway, and took off his shoes and
stockings and hid them behind the
wood-pile, and scudded merrily of to
school, and everybody admired his fiat,
muddy bare feet. But when he got out
of school the ground was covered with
snow, and he had a very solemn time
hippity-hopping back home, and when he
got there he couldn't tell the wood-pile
from haystack, and his shoes and stock
ings might as we'll have been in the
middle of the ocean for all the good they
did him. So he went into the house,
and, after a great deal of filibustering, he
made bis report, which was tabled, and
the house went into committee of the
whole on the state of the boy. His
mother took the floor, and after an ex-
citing and highly interesting session the
committee rose and the house adjourned,
while the boy rubbed such portions of
his anatomy as he could reach, and
framed bill for the more perfect pre-
vention of chilblains.-BurIington Hawk-
p,p
Year: 1876

Bees are pugnacious little creatures, if
reused by any fancied wrong or by the
very human vice of cupidity. They are
not disposed to sting if left alone, but
are sure to revenge any hurt or indig-
nifty. Whole swarms often engage in
pitched battles; this is most always for
the possession of territory. One piece of
carelessness on the part of a bee-kee per,
and whole swarm is sometimes demor-
allied if they once gain access to honey,
and can steal it, they are apt to abandon
all pretense of honesty, and give them
selves up to predatory life. Some of
them, as has been before said, are profess
sional sneak thieves; others are high
waymen. Haber and other apiarians
mention the shameless behavior of some
of these highway robbers. One of them
will select a luckless humble-bee on its
way home laden with honey, and force it
to disgorge its treasure. Violence will
not do here, for the humble-bee's honey
pocket is far beyond the reach Of our
little thief. He dee not kill his victim,
but only calls "stand and deliver ~ the
peril of your life" and generally
succeeds in exacting that for which he
asks. When the humble-bee yields and
gives up its honey, the bee allows it 10
depart in peace, and licks UP the sweets
with great gusto.-LouisviAe Home and
ScbooI
Year: 1876

Those who have handled a piece of
CONCEALED mercury, which freezes at
temperature of thirty-nine degrees below
zero, will know that the sensation is
similar to that produced by holding
coal of fire in the hand. In other words,
intense heat and intense cold bear a
striking resemblance to each other in
their effects. A Hungarian chemist, whose
speciality consists of finding out the best
methods for preserving meats, has made
practical use of this analogy in the action
of heat and cold and partially cooks his
meats by subjecting them to the action
of intense cold. Strange to say, the
meat subjected to this low temperature
is reduced to condition similar to that
induced by heat. The material must be
perfectly fresh, and after being exposed
to temperature of thirty-thrce degrees
below zero, must be carefully sealed in
tins. 1t is found, when opened, to
preserve a remarkable freshness, and to
be in more satisfactory condition for
use than has hitherto been attained by
any other method ior the same purpose.
A large mandatory is being built in
Hungary for preparing meat on this
novel principle.
Year: 1876

DR.. Won Bulow, the pianist, is so ex-
ceediDgly nervous that any physician
would look upon him as the victim of
neurosis, and indeed he acts so exceed
ingly unlike other people that he might
fairly be set down as unbalanced in in
tellect. His former wife is now the wife
of Wagner and must be singularly
constructed woman to go from one wild
musician to another. DIR. Won Bulow
can not bear the voices and noises of
children, and finds nothing more inn
portant to do in the privacy of his room
than playing persistently upon the
piano with hardly an instant of rest
This pertinacity, carried so far, seems the
out-crop of disordercd mind, the world
would better study it than animadvert
uponit. The Doctor is, however, clearly
wrong in saying that lager beer is not in
consonance with music. The great
Schumann composed much in lager beer
saloon and drank titanic draughts of the
liquor, and there Is no composer greater
than the author Of the Warum. ."-Ntp
York Graphic.
Year: 1876

An afternoon cable dispatch confirms
the rumors relative to the illness of Gar
Alexander II, and reports what is
thought at Berlin of its probable conse-
quences. The German diplomatic circles
view that event exactly as we said they
would, when we wrote in our commments
on the first rumors of the Ozarewitch's Is
Regency, that "he is the mortal enemy
of Germany and of the German influence
now so powerful in Russia" The illness
of Alexander ii, just at this moment,
when European affairs are in such a
troubled condition, and the absence of
his moderate and peaceful advice may
precipitate the crisis which everybody
has expected to break out over the Old
Continent during the spring season.
The Car will sojourn for some time at
Ems, and afterwards in Switzerland. II
is singular, though not quite unexpected
that the most warlike reports are received
from Herzegovina just on the same day
when the illness of Alexander III is con-
firmed.-N. Y Journal Commerce.
Year: 1876

A truthful soul, leving mind,
Fun OF affection for its kind;
A spirit firm, erect and free,
That never basely bends knee
That will not bear feathers weight
OF slavery's chains for small or great;
That truly speaks from God within I;
That never makes league with sin
That snaps the fetters despots make,
And loves the truth for Its own sake;
That w0rships God and him alone.
Aud bows no more than at his throne
And trembles ut no tyrant's nod
A soul that fears no one but God,
And thus can smile at curse or ban
This is the soul that makes man.


WHAT MAKES A WOMAN?
Not courtly dress nor queenly air;
Not jeweled hand, complexion fair
Not graceful form nor lofty tread
Not paint, nor curls, nor splendid head
Not pearly teeth, nor sparkling eyes;
Not voice that nightingale 0utvies
Not breath as sweet as eglantine;
Not gaudy gems, nor fabrics fine;
Not all the stores of fashions mart,
Nor yet the Establishments OF art;
Not one, nor all of these combined, .
Can make one woman true, refined.
'Tis not the casket that we prize,
But that which In the casket lies
These outward charms which plea the sight
Are naught unless the heart be right.
Year: 1876




There will come q weary day,


When overtaxed at length,


Both hope and love beneath


The weight give way.


Then with statues smile,


A statues strength,


Stands the meek sister,


Patience, nothing 10th,


Aud, uncomplaining does


The work OF both. -Cottridge.
A PERFECT and complete marriage is
perhaps as rare as perfect personal beauty.
Men and women are married fractiOnally,
now a small fraction, then a large frac-
ton. Very few are married totally,
and they are only after some forty or
fifty years of gradual approach and ex-
pertinent. Such a long and sweet fruit is
a complete marriage that it needs very
long summer to ripen in, and then q long
season to mellow and season in. But
real happy marriage of love and judg-
ment, between noble man and woman,
is one of the things so very handsome
that if the sun were, as the Greek poets
tabled, god, he might stop the world,
in order to feast his eyes with such
spectacle.