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Year: 1873

The work on the new post Office is being vigor-
ously pushed forward, and the superintendent
thinks that the whole roof will be on by the 1st OF
March. The work Will be continued all winter. and
none or the hands at present employed will be dis
charged, and no new ones taken on.
Year: 1873

1t is unfortunate that the City Fa-
theirs are not employed or concerned in
morning newspapers, in order that
they might have the pleasure of feel
ing their way home from = to A. NJ.
in the dark. If ever there was proof
wanted of the evil of monopolies, this
terrible gas squabble would supply it.
1t appears that the city has granted n
3O-years' monopoly OF the free and un-
divided gas manufacture to this COM
pany. The gas company fixes its own
rates, and is absolutely monarchial in
its operations. OF course there is no
remedy; it is either pay the price, or
no gas.


1t is true that the pleasant manner of
the collector on Monday morning de-
prives the bitter bill of half its sting.
That, however, is not the question. 1t
is not so important for man to know
whether 81 50 is an eXorbitant price
for 200 feet OF gas, rs it is to have an
assura nee that he can reach his. home
in safety after his toll is ended. Is
there no way of forcing a settlement
between the city and the gas cOmpa-
ny: This is the point that interests
citizens more than the actual rights Of
the squabble. When it is too late the
evil will probably be mended. Fancy
reading some such items as these i'm
the Express: ''rhe editor of the HER
AID was assaulted by ruffians in the
dark at 3 O'clock this morning. His
recovery is doubtful" Or, ''The editor
of the sta, broke his neck by falling
down the Office steps as he was going
home. The paper will run as usual"
The idea is not a pleasant one, and, to
be serious, something ought to he done
at once
Year: 1873

"Wi,hin The past few days most
startling discovery has been made in
the case of certain gentleman who
is much addicted TO the use Of tobacco.
and, from what we can learn, it must
have a decided influence on the trade
in that article in this city. Some days
ago he gentleman in question, who has
been great smoker for number of
years, noticed tickling sensation IN
his throat at the base of the tongue and
on the inside OF his jaws. He found
that smoking greatly aggravated the
feeling, aud he decided to leave off the
practice for time that he might re-
cover from the ailment The ,effort
to abandon the tweed" was great, but
by force of an indomitable will he sue.
ceeded, and gave it up altogether.


''The condition of bis mouth and
throat improved for time, but sub
sequeutly became worse, and in seri>
Gus alarm he called upon an eminent
physician of this city. An examina.
ton was made, and the medical gen.
man at once pronounced the ulcers
in the throat and mouth to be the
effects of loathsomo disease. The
patient was closely questioned, and
proven satisfactorily that he had never
been afflicted with the malady until it
had made its appearance in his mouth.


He said he had supposed that the
breaking out in his mouth had been
caused by too much smoking. The
physician enquired where the patient
had been accustomed to buy his cigars,
and was informed that he had been
purchasing them of firm of coolie c-
gar makers on Clay Street. The doc
tor suspected at once that he had found
clue to the seeming mystery, and
taking the gentleman with him, at
once proceeded to the manufactory
where the cigars had been purchased


They pretended that they were curious
to see how cigars were rolled, and one
of the proprietors of the place volun'
teered to show them thro' the working
Year: 1873

NJ Office rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT T APP
~ plication has been made to the County Court
for an order, to sell the following described real
poperty belonging to the estate of Daniel
deceased situated in the County of Polk and
State of Oregon to witt Beginning at sthe s
Corner of the Land Claim of Jesse Harriet;
thence West on the S line of Said claim 27 95
chains thence N .05 chs thence w Z 66 chs to
the center ofthe county road from Salem terry
to Spring Valley thence N 100 55"W along the
center of SAID road IL So chs thence East 40 so
chs te the bank tf the Willamette riAer thence
along the bank Of said river to the place of
beginning containing 6846 acres more or less
by order of the,Court the 9TH day of August A D
1873 at ! o'clock m of said day is set for
hearing said petition all persons having an
interestin said matter are hereby notified to
appear at said time and show cause if any why
the prayer of said potetion should not be
granted.


Done by order OF the County Court,


o F Daniels, Administrative.
Year: 1873

WHEREAS, The open, high-handed,
and glaring corruption of the servants
of the people, in squandering the pub
lie bonds upon pet corporations, in the
Credit Mobilier frauds, and in the ac-
ton of the Congress of the United
States in and about the passage of the
Infamous act commonly called the
salary-bill," by which the SER
wants of the people purloined from
the Public Treasury a vast sum of
money over and above the amount for
which they agreed to serve them; and


WHEREAS, The practice of lobbying
through Congress pet measures has
well nigh closed our ports to any in
ternatianal exchange of commodities,
effected by continuance of the present
high rates of tariff, thus welding a
controlling influence in driving our
shipping from the maritime list of the
world. if not entirely into disuse, hav-
ing no direct interest in export or i'm
port trade but whose sole interest is
to compel the consumer in our country
to buy of them at prices fixed by law;
and


WHEREAS, Such orour produce as
does reach foreign market, the price
thereof is upon specie basis, while we
and the rauper operative are excluded
from the mutual benefits arising under
the right Of free exchange, placing us
Year: 1873

room. In this apartment they found
about twenty coolies employed at tables
ranged about the room. The doctor
manifested great interest in the way
in which the ends of the cigars were
finished off, and requested one OF the
men to instruct him more minutely.
The man first hesitated, but the doc
tor insisted and he finally compled.-
While this one~ation was going on the
physician IL &c to scrutinize
the hands and fingers of the coohe be-
fore him. He found that the man was
terribly afflicted with disgusting dis
ease that had not only broke out on his
body, but had even made its appearance
at the ends of his fingers. The base Of
the nails we're running, fostering sores,
and the palm of the hand was covered
with scabs Of most offensive appearance.
The doctor without more ado, boldly
seized the hand, and examined it at
leisure, though the coolie continued
his protests at the action. He discov-
cred to his thorough satisfaction, that
the disease was the most horrible OF all
physical maladies. In the same shop
were found other coolies who were
afflicted with the distcmper, though no.
in so aggravated a form as that in the
case Of the first examined The doc
tor gave it as his opinion that the
gentleman had contracted the disease
from smoking cigars manufactured in
thcshop which they had just visited !,
We have given these facts without
exaggeration, believing that they should
be made known to all who are in the
habit Of pstronizlng "home manufac-
lures" We have not given the name
of the gentleman who has been SD un-
fortunate, for reasons which will be
readily understood. The physician
who is treating him gives it as his
opinion that there are many shops in
this city in which similar cases may
be found among the coolies employed
therein, and advised all prudent PEOPLE
to be careful in the selection cf their
cigars. 1t is we'll known that the or
ganic poison Of the ulcers, snch as
were on the hands Of the coole men
toned, coming in contact with she
mucus membrane, is bound to induce
infection, and there is no telling how
many Of our smokers may be suffering
from this terrible disorder, contracted
in the way we have described. 1t is
estimated that there are 5000 Chinese
cigar makers employed in this city.
We give these frcts for the benefit OF
all smokers. BE cautious in the selec-
ton of your cigars
Year: 1873

Dr.. ANDREW CoMBE.-Dr. Combe is
an instance of What may be done under
the most dlsadvantageous circumstances
even by hopeless invalid. He was
well educated in medical science, and
fer many years he practiced as a physi-
clan. Then he was compelled, by sis
ease of the lungs, to withdraw himself
from the active duties of his profession.
He nad now to watch his own health
with the utmost discipline and caution.
He knew he was suffering from fatal
disease, from which there could be no
hope of cure; but he knew that with the
utmost care and self-control, his life
might be indefinitely prolonged, though
always with feeble and uncertain ten
ure. He fully acted up to the condi-
rions which he saw imposed on him, and
his life was spared during ten years. =
In this period of extreme ill-health,
caused by extensive organic disease, he
addressed himself to literary labor.
which had wide usefulness and popular
ity. He issued volume after volume, in
which he made important knowledge in
telligible to almost every order of mind.
His long experience rs an invalid was
useful to many invalids, on whom he
urged the necessity of mo eration and
self lf-discipline. With all his weakness,
there was hardly any healthy man who
lived so active and beneficial life
Leisure Hour.
Year: 1873

The following, from the Portland Ore
qonian, shows why we have had SO little
telegraph news lately:


During the prevalence of severe wind
storm, fir tree, from which the tele-
graph wire is stretched where the north
ern line crosses Lewis river, in Wash
ington Territory, was Frustrated few
DAYS ago. Since that time the line has
been down At the point where. the
wire crossed the stream there is long
open stretch, wholly destitute of trees.
Considerable trouble will be experienced
In putting up the line again, as there
will be no natural object to which the
wire can be attached to raise it the re-
qulred distance above the water. The
Isiticalty can only be remedled by the
srsstioA Of y lofty .saf.
Year: 1873

The engineer corps of the new Chi
cago and North Pacific Air Line Rail
road, will start northward from Jefier-
son, Wis, on the first of March, on the
survey of the line to Portage. The
branch from the town of York through
Columbus and Beaver Dam to Burnett


unction will also be built.-Wis. Ia.
Year: 1873

NEW PAPEa.-We have received the
first number of the Forest Grore hide
pendent, published at Forest Grove, O-e-
gon. 1t is very neat paper; but the
proprietors have fallen into that. often
fatal, error of attempting to publish a
large newspaper in a small place. IF they
had started paper of five or six col
umns instead Of seven, they would be
much more sure of success.
Year: 1873

T The steamer Phantom has been
thoroughly overhauled and repaired,
and will now be kept as an extra boat
for the Company, in case Of accident to
the Libby. She can also be chartered
to run to any part of the Sound and viii
be in readiness for that purpose at any
time. She leaves for Tulalip Thursday
morning at s O'Clock.
Year: 1873

MAILs.-We are happy to announce
that our mail troubles are e. an end for
the present. The Starr Bros. have re-
ceived the contract for carrying the N Ill
three times week from and after this
date.
Year: 1873

AN attempt was made on Fri
day night by one Dougherty to
throw the night express Of the
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad


from the track, at North Vernon,
as a locomotive had set his fence
on fire and he sought revenge.
Year: 1873

SMALL potatoes, ii boiled and
fed when nearly cold with some
bran or meal, are an excellent
food for cows. Fed raw, they
sometimes produce irritation or
loosoness Of the bowels, which
considerably reduces the flow OF
milk.
Year: 1873

A DAUGHTER is almost always
right when she endeayors to i'm
itate her mother but it is doubt
fol whether the mother is equally
right when, at a certain period OF
life, che tries all she eau to i'm
itate her daughter.
Year: 1873

AT Wacs, Texas, on tho Gath,
Deputy Sheriff Burt Blankenship
was fatally shot by Bob Crystal
a notorious outlaw. One hundred
mounted men left in search of the
outlaw. The court adjourned
and the grand jury were dis
missed in order to give the
men an opportunity Of joining In
the hunt.
Year: 1873

FANNIE EEDsLEY, a young girl
of Burlington Iowa, early on a
late morning found a burglar
loaded with booty, which he was
about to remove from her fathers
house. Selling q silver goblet che
attacked tho thief, knocked him
down. aud kept pounding and
scratching and kicking aud scream
ing until the vagabond began to
think he was q gone case, and her
sister Kate arrived aud took q
hand in all tho various exercises
which her sister had been practic-
ing upon the prostrate wretch un-
ill other assistance came, and he
was glad to find security in the
ia,l @ 'c
Year: 1873

To MAKE ROOM for our local and other
news We print this morning supplement to
the REPuBLIcAN, in which will be found a
variety Of miscellaneous reading matter Of
general and special interest. Our readers
may rest assured that We shall spare neither
labor nor expense 10 serve them faithfully,
and supply them with the best newspaper in
the District Of Columbia.
Year: 1873

all and then there came shock


that took away his breath and didn't


make him feel very well. He says


he remembers blonde female with.


out anything on worth mentioning,


who wasn't Mrs. Nibs; because he


saw her teeth when she screamed


There was also big fellow without


any coat and things on, and while he


was wondering what they were do.


ing there, anil what had become of


Mrs. Nibs, that big fellow hit him in


the stomach with boot and SHE'D a


champagne bottle at his head and
caromed on his left eye with shaw.
ing mug. The big fellow then grab.


bed him by the back.hair and drag
get fitnSoutsun the 4loor and bit q
mouthful out Of his ear. Tfen he
mellowed him awhile with curling
stick, and mashed his nose with a
brandy flask and shut up his other
eye with a cologne bottle. After
that he snaked him out into an aisle,
and pulverized his ribs with camp
stool, and crammed a mustard cruct
into his other car, and knocked out
SIX OF his teeth with pickle-jar.


Nibs says his mind isn't very clear
about the rest, only he woke up and
didD't remember where he was, and
when he wanted TO know they told
him 1t was Providence Hospital, and
that he hadn't been very well. When
he asked them where his dear vito
and children we're, the sisters looked
very sad indeed, aud one OF them
said they had gone to live with his
inother-ln.law. And before long he
was served with notice Of action OF
divorce, with ali,nony and the custo
dy OF the children, by Mrs. Nibs' at
torney. Pretty soon some fellow
commenced proceedings against him
for damages, who turned out to be
the big fellow whose acquaintance he
had made in the sleeping car, md the
blonde female has turned out TO be
the big fellows WIFE. Nibs says he
isn't half so handsome as he used to be
and they do say he will never smile I
again. lie rarely leaves his lodgings
now until after dark Wash,ngtoa
Capitol.
Year: 1873

We learn at the Department of Agrieul-
ture that the receipts Of letters there daily
aggregate from FIVE to ten hundred. and
that about one third of these ask for the De
partment Report Of ls72. 1t may save
much trouble to the public to know that
Congress adjourned without making any
provision for the printing or distribution Of
this report to the people. Mr.. Beatty Of
Ohio, Chairman Of the Printing Committee
Of the House, kept the resolution to print
in his pocket until within ten days of the
adjournment, and then reported 1t without
any recommendation, under a threat of the
Committee Of Agriculture that they would
offer a resolution to compel a report. 1t
was then reported, and the House immedi-
ately passed it, authorizing 255,OOO copies
to he printed for distribution, and the reso-
luton was sent to the Senate, where it was
referred to the Printing Committee, who
Immediately reported it with an amend
ment to print 81, 900 (the iranking priyi-
lege having been now abOlished), and that
they should be sold by the Agricultural De-
partment at fifty cents n copy.


The resolution came back to the House
the last day of the session, and 1t made the
impression that it was disreputable in the
Government that they should thus peddle
their documents TO the farmers of the cOun-
try, and the resolution, for want Of time,
was not again taken up, and was thus lost.
SO that no provision was made for the dis
tribution of the volume this year, although
tins valuable document, replete with the
discussion ofmost interesting subjects, is all
/ in manuscript, and would have been ready
for distribution at the adjournment of Con
! gress If the Committee on Printing of the
1 House had reported the resolution when it
was referred to them.


After the adjournment of Congress, the
Senate, pereeiving the mistake made, exer-
cised the doubtful power of calling for the
report, and ordering it to be printed for the
use of the Senate, but only the usual num-
ber-l 200 copies /; and, by an act of Con
gress Of 1864, the head of the Department
Year: 1873

The New York correspondent OF the
Buffalo Commercial Adrefiiser writes ~
case in my own intimate acquaintance has
this very week appalled, a large circle OF
frieAds in this city The victim was exactly
of my own years, and companion from
boyhood. For thirty years at least he has
been daily smoker of the choicest cigars,
but in all his other habits temperate and
regular. and of excellent cOnstitution-one
who of all men. would have laughed at the
suggestion that tobacco was killing him. 4
week ago last Sunday night he was stricken
with the progressive paralysis characteristic
of nicotine, and on Sunday night he died,
His death was most pitiful. First, sight
was lost, then speech, then motion Of the
neck. then motion of the arms, and so on
throughout the body, and he lay for a fort
night unable to move or make sign, save
a pitiful, tongueless, inarticulate sound,
which sometimes rose to almost frantic effort.
all in vain, to make known what he wished
to say to his family or friends-for his cons
eiousness and mental faculties were left
unimpaired till within two hours of the last
to aggravate to the uttermost the horrors of
his situation-a living soul in dead body.
The sense of hearing was left unimpaired,
50 that he was conscious of all around him,
while as incapable of communication with
them as if dead, save by slight sign of as
sent or dissent to question. The doctors
were fully agreed that tobacco was the sole
cause of this stroke.
Year: 1873

The hOop-trundling season was opened on
Third street, yesterday afternoon, by boy
about two feet in length. \ long Winter


of total abstinence from field sports had
somewhat impaired the vigor OF his two
bow legs,-and being sadly out Of practice.


he failed to direct the hoop with that degree
of rectilinear precision which Is requisite on
a narrow sidewalk So it fell Oat that the
devious paths of the hoop and boy intersect-
ed then there was a tangled, writhins
mass of boy and hoop for q terrible two
minutes, with now and then a glimpse of
holes and areas Of abnormal thinness in the
youthful pants. the fruits of the Winters
sedentary occupation and when at length
the struggle ceased, and the little sufferer
lay supinely on his back, there was visible
one huge and ghastly rent from knee to
boot, tear past all the seamstress's art,
with ragged, raveled edges, and a complete
of the fabric. Just then
sinewy woman swept past the writer, with
hair outstreaming and a rushing sound Of
skirts like that of Spring freshets, and as
he turned the corner Of the street, the
sunny air was cleft by the shrill quayer-
ing shrIeks that follow in the fiery track Of
the maternal slipper.-Troy Times.
Year: 1873

he wore on the demand of the former, the
governing board of the institution promptly
expelled the offending junior, and have
since established the rule that any attempt
at " hazing," or similar outrages com
mitted upon students, will be followed by
the immediate expulsion Of the offender.
This is highly commendable reform
Year: 1873

\ hanging garden of sponge is one of the
latest novelties in gardening. Take white
sponge of large size and sow it full of rice,
oats or wheat, then place it for week or
ten days in a shallow dish. and a. the sponge
will absorb the moisture the seeds will
begin to sprout in few days When this
has fairly taken place the sponge may be
suspended by means of cords from a hook in
the top Of the window, where a little sun
will enter. 1t will thus become a living
mass of green, requiring little occasional
moisture
Year: 1873

The N0IoH advises all sensible men and
women who have sympathy to spare, pour
it ont first of all ON the unhappy victim who
has been taken off without a moment warn
ing. next on his poor family, and finally on
the millions of decent men and women who
throng our streets day and night relying on
the law for security. theirpockets filed, not
with ' deadly weapons, but with the tools
Of honest trades and the hard earnings of
honest toll, and their heads filled with
dreams Of affection and the plans and
schemes OF useful industry and economy.
We cannot watch over them too carefully,
and feel for them too tenderly and it i
only after doing our whole duty to them
that we ought TO 60 TO the Tombs to save
the men who have been cracking their skulls
or shooting them down.
Year: 1873

TnE LATEST EQUINE DIsrmmER.-For the
past two months, the new malady among
the horses known as a species of hOoi-r0t,
has been more or less prevalent in this
vicinity, though the climax of It's extent
was reached a week ago, since which time
there has been no increase. There is no
particular danger to be feared from the
disease, provided the animals are properly
taken care of from the time the infection
first appears. In its early stages it bears
quitea strong resemblance to the scratches,


and is really no more difficult to cure The
trouble arises from the fact that the drivers
have not given their animals the proper
treatment. Many teamsterS have the idea
that if they do anything at all. that it Is
first necessary to wash the parts affected.
This they proceed to do with soap suds,
after which they apply some kind of poul-
tice and then wonder why the horse does
not get well. The trouble Is that the first


idea is wrong For this particular disease,
the feet should he kept dry and the horse
should be kept in the stable. The disease
sometimes makes its appearance when there
has been no wound or scratch on the horse 5
feet, though more generally it results from


a bruising of the flesh An irritant for the
feet of diseased animals, which is used in


spite Of the affection, is found in the salt,
which, in defiance of the law Is. during the
winter season, spread upon the street to
clear them of snow and ice. At present
the majority of cases are among team horses
some Of which are kept at work. Most Of
them. however, are under treatment, and
the disease Is believed to be on the decrease.
The advent Of dry weather will doubtless
do away with 1t altogether .-BOst0H Herald.
Year: 1873

An esteemed friend full ofyears and ofwis-
dom, sends the following words of warning
suggested by a professional experience Of
over fifty years, in the hope that they may
catch the eye Of some young man who needs
such warninC