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Year: 1876

We send the Historian daily pc
paper and Ireland sends US back a
weekly though he publishes a daily.
Old man, we won't have it that way.
If you can't send your daily, just
refuse to take the DISPATCH out of
the Post Office and--that settles it.
Year: 1876

publisher of this paper, on HIS t'''-
suming charge of it, that every
Democrat in the Territory would Ia
bor for it's success. This was all
very we'll to make man get down
to a desk for ten hours per day and
perform the. editorial labor that
is usually allotted to two men, but
but the other side of the contract
has not been forthcoming. Of all
the promised assistance, only one
man has come up to his word. M.
v. B. Stacy, Esq, subscribed for
the DISPATCH, seven copies to be sent
to his friends and paid for them IN
advance. Such Democrats are worth
conducting q paper for, but it IS
worthy of remark that Mr.. Stacy is
not candidate for any office. Now
we do not propose to abandon this
undertaking in which We have en-
gagged, but we cannot conduct it
without money. The current ex-
penses of this office are about $3.50
per month and should be met
promptly. Nor will we so far abate
our self-respect as to solicit subsidies
from men who make their living out
of public trusts and are always can
didates for something. What we
want is, legitimate patronage for a
legitimate newspaper. 1t costs but
three dollars per year. to send this
paper to any part of the United
States, filled as it is with matter per-
tanning to the best interests of the
Territory in general and Seattle in
particular. It is aggressive in its
policy and never waits for other
journals to point out its path, before
it takes up the line of march. 1t is
devoted to the advancement of free
labor and opposed to pagan bond
age, believing that capital is the
savings of labor and that cheap labor
makes no country wealthy. 1t favors
liberal business education for the
children of all our citizens, regard
less of sectarian prejudices, believ-
ing that religion should be taught
at the freside and not in the school
room. It advocates and throws open
the free use of its columns to every
industrial scheme calculated to ad.
vance and build up the material
wealth of the Territory. And, in
short, it will be newspaper pub
lished by one of the people, for the
benefit of all the people.


Feeling that no want of industry
in conducting this paper may be
justly charged against its present
publisher, we ask for legitimate sup
port. Of oil the Democratic news
papers published on the Pacific
coast since 1e49, but two-the Er
onaiae,' and Sonoma DeMocrat-have
earned more than bare living fol
their publishers. We should b.
pleased to add this journal to tina
little list of honored exceptions. II
say that Democrats can't read, is I
falsehood often uttered by Republi
cans during heated campaign; bu
to say that they don't read, is logi
cal deduction to be drawn from tn
many failures of ably conducted
Democratic journals upon the Pa
cifc coast. Let us see if the DIS
PATCH cannot be made to pay.


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Year: 1876

For many ages this question puzzled
astronomers How far off are the stars?
liz was known that their distance was
great, very great. Ii was known that
they were immeasurably farther off
than the sun, the moon, or any of the
planets; but it is only in the present
century that the question has been even
partially answered.


OF the countless thousands of stars
which stud the universe, the distance
of perhaps about twenty has been de-
termined. Others which have been
tried have detied the powers of the most
skillful astronomers. Ii is impossible to
explain here the manner in which il is
conducted; we must endeavOr, rather,
to realize the result which has rewarded
these successful labors. There is a
beautiful star i'm the southern hemi-
sphere, the brightest in the coustella-
tion Centaur, one of the most brilliant
stars in the heavens. This was dill
gently observed by the skillful astronO-
mer who managed the observatory at
the Cape of Good Hope in the years 1882
and 1888. He found, AS the result of
his labors, that the distance of this star
Alpha Centauri, as it is called-is
twenty billions OF miles.


1t requires little consideration to
estimate what the words twenty billions
OF miles really mean. A billion contains
one million millions, and we shall en-
deavor to convey an idea Of this amount
by few simple illustrations. Supp0s-
ing that our great forefather, Adam,
had commenced to count as quickly as
he could, and that when his life was
ended, his son commenced to count,
taking up from the number at which
Adam left OFF, and spent his whole life
day and night, counting MS fast as he
could, and supposing that at his death
he enjoined on his heirs. an eternity of
counting, and that they had continued
doing so up to the present moment,
their united efforts would not yet have
reached the amount of quarter of
billion; and yet the distance of the star
is twenty billions of miles.


Another illustrauon may be given to
convey an idea of this vast distance. Ii
we were TO take sum equal to five
times our national debt, and were to
expend this in postage stamps, we should
get one billion of them; and if we were
todraw a line around London, including
every house in the suburbs, and then
take an area equal in size TO this, cleared
and arranged for the purpose; if we
then commenced 10 stick them side by
side over the entire area of London. we
should not be able TO get them all in.
After we had covered every inch of
surface completely, there would be
countless thousands sill remaining.


Such, then, is the distance of the
nearest fixed star. We cannot grasp il
in our imagination, nor are we more
successful II we rrv to make q map.
Suppose we pro, ee by first laying
down the sun, ant then placing the
earth one inch distant from 1t. II we
inquire at what distance the nearest
star should be placed, using the same
Year: 1876

All me nv garden lies under the snow,


The shrouding drifting snow:
Each flower that / reared has bowed its head
Its sweet bloom withsred. its fragrance fed
1 so loved them. living. and mourn them dead
Dead under this Winter snow.


LYING beneath il still and low.


Dead! and l loved them So
But the sun by and by viii melt the snow.


The glittering shroud of snow,
And the beautiful bud and the stately tree
Will shed their fragrance again for me-
And my heart shall be glad when my eyes shall
Ny treasures from under the snow


That my yesrning love hath cherished so,
Rse fair in the Summer glow.
Gods garden lies under the shrouding snow,
The beautiful sheitering SNOW;
And the buds thst He took from your hand


and mIne,


Are but waiting the time when His voice divine
Shall bid His sun on the garden shine


And warm to life in its glow


The precious germs lying under the snow,
That He took when He loved them SOL
Year: 1876

How unsatisfactory is the possession
of meerschaum pipe! SuppOsing you
to have secured a fine piece-the best
piece i'm the universe, say-you would
not be more happy than miserable. The
whole universe seems leagued 20 destroy
it. You fear to put it away, lest harm
should come to it i'm your absence ;
equally do you dread taking it up, for
there is the risk Of dropping, scratch
ing, breaking. While smoking it you
cautiously keep on the morocco case ;
handling would soil the bowl, and you
have heard that the colOring oil evapO-
rates if the pipe be exposed to the air.
The longer and more completely your
precautions are successful, the greate-
your anxiety and nervous apprehen-
sion; and if. after all lit generally ends
sO.) the cherished, the inimitable, the
invaluable meerschaum is broken all to
pieces, your agonizing sense of loss pays
dearly for your season of uneasy ecstacy.


This ever present excitement and un-
rest is destructive to the peace and COM
fort which should attend thoughts of
pipe smoking. Our pipe should be our
refuge and sOlace rather than our care
and torment. You will seldom find a
smoker of age and experience induIging
his habit through costly and fragile
medium; possibly. if he be rich, he will
have you to his cabinet and parade be-
fore you choice specimen of ''real Vien-
na,' but you will notice that the lay
is still virgin; and having carefully
locked it back I'm the cabinet, your ex-
perienced friend picks up some battered,
disreputable looking old corn cob or
other, which he loads and fires with a
sigh of relief and satisfaction ; and when
he is through smoking he throws the
corn cob carelessly on the table, nor
careth he should it fall thence 10 the
floor; bless you the corn cob can stand
it. Be not deceived by this seeming
neglect, however; trust me, your wise
friend loves corn-cOb. from his heart,
and would feel its loss there, while the
''chOice Vienna's" evanishment would
chiefly harrow his-pocket.-7he Ga
(drJ.
Year: 1876

A Ner Way to sleep.-Many of you.


children, have your maids who go with
you when nature tells you that you
need q nap, while your little brother
and sister have their nurses, or per-


haps the kind mother sometimes, to
"hush- a. bye" them to sleep. How do
you suppose the little ones are put to
sleep in the mountainous districts of
Indiaf Years ago l saw it and it is a
most curious custom. Wherever there
is a flowing stream of water convent
ent, a shed is built and under it troughs
of stone filed from the stream. From
these trOughs there are little hollow
reeds which spout ont the water with a
gentle and light fall. and under these
sprays of water the children are placed
just so that the water plays on their
foreheads. II puts them to sleep in
stantly and they sleep soundly and
well, too, and don't wake mp every few
minutes with a little whimper. like
sOme children do whom have heard
of. These little Indians never catch
cold in their heads aud they grow up
strong and healthy men. Whether the
water-sle-p does much to make them
healthy do not know, nut have seen
dozens of children sleeping this way
and they all seem to like it. I never
saw one who didn't. Tell your old
family doctor about it, and SEE if he
as much of the process as Grip
does.
Year: 1876

mittee, and SO could not have formed any
part Of his income in 1862.


Il seems proper to say that a return
made under oath, must be assumed to be
correct unless il can be shown to be false.
This attempt has been made by the Times
and growing bolder from day to day, its
efforts have finally eliminated in specif-
cation Of thirteen items, twelve Of which
are wholly or mainly fictitious. While
the Times was thus making excursions
into the regions Of fiction it seems to have
found it convenient TO overlook the posi-
bilities Of lawful deductions such as ex-
expenses, rent, interest and losses The
simple fact is, the amounts returned were
the net result Of income after taking out
the lawful deductions. For me il only
remains to assert that every fact within
my knowledge confirms the good faith
and adequacy of the returns, which were
verified by the affidavit of one who for
more than q generation had lived life
so pure and blameless that the breath of
calumny had failed to touch him, until by
the general voice Of great party he had
become their candidate for the highest
Office in the gift Of the people.


In respect to the allegation that after
two years Of income tax Mr.. Tilden made
no. return, but left that portion of his tax
which was in excess Of the payments for
his account made by the corporations,
whose bonds and stock he held, to be
assessed under the law by the estimate Of
the public officers, the answer Is simple.
The statute gave the taxpayer the
option to take that course, and good and
honorable reasons existed why scrupu-
lous man should accept that option. Mr..
Tilden received no favor fr0na the Gov
ernment officers and sought none. He
did nothing but pay all they imposed on
him. Nearly all his income from invest
ments paid the tax through the corpora
tions whose bonds and stocks he held
without allowance for the lawful deduc-
tions. On the residue, after the lawful
deductions were made, he believed at the
time that instead of paying less, he
oftener paid more than would have been
the result of full, but troublesome, ac-
counting. He preferred in that way to
be exempted from the difficulties incident
to attempting a specific statement of the
affairs in which he was interested, and Of
the corporations and business in which he
was an investor and also to be exempted
from the responsibility of adjudicating on
the facts and the law applicable to uncer-
tain and fuctuating elements during rapid
and violent changes of fictitious values.
The law was unsettled questions of real
difficulty existed Constructions we're set
up by officials which were often conflicting,
unintelligible or incapable of just or safe
application, and it was not agreeable to
make return on a doubtful or disputed
theory, or in contradiction to even un-
meritorious claims made in behalf Of the
Government. Respectfully yours,


JAMES p. SINNoTT.
Year: 1876

Who is the cause Of your reduced
wages? {?


The Republican party.


Who has been the cause Of many labor
ing men being thrown out Of employment?
The Republican party.


Who has been the cause Of depreciation
Of the value Of your property 7


The Republican party.


Who has been the cause Of your house
and lot being mortgaged?


The Republican party.


Who has been the cause Of your getting
into debt, and making the future dark be-
fore your eyes7


The Republican party


Who, in general, Is the cause Of the hard
times


The Republican party.


From the many evils Of the Republican
party the ballot box can deliver us, with
Tilden and Hendricks to lead us out Of
the house Of bondage.
Year: 1876

SEA newspaper is window through
which men look out On all that is going
on in The world; without q newspaper .
man is shut up in a small room and
knows little or nothing OF what is hap
pening outside of himself. In our day
the newspapers keep pace with history
and record it. A newspaper will keep,
a sensible man in sympathy with the
worlds current history. IL il an en-
folding encyclopaedia, an unbound
5ook forever issuing and never finished.
Year: 1876

CHEERFULNEss.-Addison says: Il
have always preferred cheerfulness to
mirth. The later | consider as an
act, the former as q habit Of the mind.
Mirth is short and transient, cheer
fulness fixed and permanent. Those
are often raised into tho greatest
transports of mirth who are subject to
the greatest depression Of melancholy;
on the contrary, cheerfulness, though
it does not give the mind such an ex-
quisite gladness, prevents us from
falling into any depths of sorrow
Mirth is like fash of lightning
which breaks through a gloom OF
clouds and glitters for moment;
cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day
light in the mind, and fills it with a
steady and perpetual serenity"
Year: 1876




Ninth SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE.
1t has heretofore been the practice
for the two Houses of the Legislature
to provide themselves by resolution
with copies of the different newspa-
pers published in the Territory. The
present session has, as yet, taken no
action in this matter. We did not
wait for this, but in courtesy to the
two houses have caused the Statesman
to be laid upon the members desks.
We believe that they have also been
furnished with other papers published
in the Territory. Of course if the
Legislature accepts this service the
publishers will expect to be paid by
the Territory as formerly. Mr. How.
ard, Of Idaho county, i'll bis place in
the Council, yesterday, while speak
ing to the question of appointing a
Journal Clerk, opposed that measure
on grounds of retrenchment, and said
that he foresaw that many attempts
would be made to draw money from
the treasury through the Legislature.
He mentioned the fact that his desk
was being supplied with newspapers,
and that no doubt, it would be eX-
pectcd that the Legislature would or
der the bill paid. These papers, he
said, had not been ordered.


We do not know what view our
contemporaries may take of this mat
ter. but we can assure the Council and
the House that what we have done
was a pure act of courtesy while
awaiting an expression from them.


The Statesman has no desire to in
trude, nor any desire to force claim
upon the Territory.


We will go as far as any member
of either house in the way of reform
ard retrenchment, even to the extent
of keeping away from places where
we are not anted.-Sdtesman.


The Statesman is correct. The ap-
preparation for furnishing members OF
the Legislature with copies of the Ter
ritorial press should have been made
ere this. We, like that paper, have
been furnishing the members with the
WoRLp, thinking provision for paying
for them would be made as soon as
the permanent organization was COM
pleted. 1t should attend to the mat
ter Immediately. The Territorial
press is of considerable value to the
members
Year: 1876

The Presidents message recon-
mends the establishedment of com
pulsory education and the disfran-
chisement of all who become citizens
after some fixed period, who cannot
read and write the English language.
It claims that foreigners who do not
take interest enough in our laws and
institutions to learn our language and
inform themselves do not deserve to
have any voice in the choosing of the
Year: 1876

The House yesterday unanimously adopted
tho resolution consuming soHKsog for his
connection with tho Enma Alino while serv-
ing as Minister to tho Court Of st James.
There was no debate on the resolution.
Year: 1876

The Washington correspondent OF the
Boston Irareller writes:


The Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections have reported fayOrably upon
Pinchback's application for pay and mile
age during the time the question as to his
admission to the Senate was pending.


In their report they say that the great
length of time that has elapsed between the
beginning of the term for which Mr.. Pinch
back was contestant and the date OF the
final determination of that contest by the
Senate, as also the remarkably close vote
by which the contest was decided, have i'm.
pressed them with the belief that the full
measure of the compensation which the
uniform action of the Senate heretofore has
given to contestants should be allowed In
this case. They refer to the recognition OF
the Legislature which elected Pinchback by
the Louisiana courts. by President Grant
and by the national House of Representa-
tiyes, in admitting Congressman to seats
under certificates issued by Governor hel'
logg, and say there were ample reasons Ior
Pinchback to persist in his application 1or
admission to the Senate during the tnree
years his application was pending before
that body. A..


They therefore report q resolution that
Plnchback be allowed an amount e4nal 10
the compensation and mileage of senator
from the beginning of the term for wacn
he was a contestant up to the perlod OF tne
determination of the contest by the Senate
If the Senate agrees to this resolution Pinch
back will get about S2O,O0O
Year: 1876

THE ORGANIZATION Of a Constitutional
Republic has been brought about in France
by mutual concessions ma&e by liberal and
patriotic men Of all parties, and has been
sanctioned by very large majority of the
body Of vetsrs. The French parliament
has been organized by the election of officers
to the Senate and Chamber of Deputies.
For the first time since the overthrow Of
the Empire the French nation is under the
rule Of constitutional government, which.
while It is admitted to be but An expert
ment, nevertheless rests upon more solid
foundation and better basis, than any
government that has been tried since the
great revolution by which the downfall of
the ancient monarchial system was effected.
This is q great event in the history Of
France, and the ministerial statement Of the
situation which was read on the 14th instant
to the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, is
a document to which future generations Of
Frenchmen will be able to allude with more
pride and Satisfaction than they will be to
most papers Of similar character. Let u:
hope that the present French experiment
will be perfect success.
Year: 1876

NEXT Tuesdays session Of the Senate has
been fixed to take action on the nomination


of Dana to be Minister to England. The
Senate Foreign Relations Committee will
hear. him in reply to the charges preferred
by General Butler, of literary piracy, etc.
The report that the committee had request
cd The President to withdraw his nomina-
ton is denied. Mr.. Dana has been informed
of the order Of the committee, and will
doubtless be present to confront his ac-
Year: 1876

The Constitutional Convention of Colora.
do has completed it's labors, and the Consti-
tuition framed by It will be submitted to the
people on the 1st of July. There is now ev-
cry probability that Colorado will be admit
ted as State into the Union In time to vote
for the next President.
Year: 1876

Speaking Of the present style Of ladies'
dress, we read of an English lady who.
after succeeding in seating herself, was
unable to rise without assistance, on ac-
count Of the tightpess of her over,lress.
What her sensations were must be i'm
agined. A woman who wears this un-
becoming garment might as well he con-
fined by a straight-jacket. She has no
power Of locomotion left worth having.
II she have naturally the gait Of We
nus, she can only move on with that
painful wriggle which we see in place
Of free motion; and the crumpled mass
of shirred ruf1es and anticipating and
French folds, which we call an over
skirt, flop after her like tho tail of a
whipped Newfoundland dog on q wet
day. She cannot step across-a wet spot
in the street-her clothes are too mar
row-she is tied back too tight. She
stumbles into a car and out of a car
riage; danger waits on her at every step.
The new bustle-that abominable pig
eon-coop, reaching to the very ground
which every lady of fashion must wear,
completes her discomfort. She cannot
sit down in it comfortably, yet she must
wear it; for, though she is the subject
of ridicule with one on, she is an object
of remark if seen on the street without.
She knows that she makes an absurd
spectacle of herself; the clothes jump
from side to side; as she walks, the bus
tie heaves and tumbles about like the
keel of q small schooner "in blow, "
and sailor would feel incliIied to cry
out, " Steady the helm there; hold her
fast!" The short hustle is a little ab-
breviation in length, but utterly uD-
manageable when the unfortunate
wearer desires to sit down. If woman
makes up her mind, sic will sit down
in spite of the whalebones. The loos-
ened bones penetrate through their COW
ering, and stab her in the back; she
knows that the diabolical concern is
crushed hopelessly out of shape, and
that when she rises she will resemble a
broken-backed barnyard fowl, or small
camel with an unusually eccentric
hump; yet, martyr to fashion as she is,
she bears it all as only devoted women
can bear ife's ills, and never dreams of
discarding the source of all her woes;
for is it not the fashion? Fashion, fash
ionl how much have you to answer forl
Make amends for past cruelty, and
speed the time when women can dress
with taste, comfort and decency.-
Warerley Magazine.