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Year: 1875

The whales have had comparatively
easy time since petroleum was discov-
cred, but it seems that they are now
going to suffer again since whale oil is
coming in demand, for some cause or
other, and the New Bedford whaling
people are fitting out large fleet for a
regular old fashioned whaling cruise
For years the business has been as dead
as it well could be, but the old New
Bedford wharves are now said to be
alive with busy preparation. One hun
dred and eleven ships will soon be
started out.
Year: 1875

The government is going to send two
entomologists to the west to study the
grasshopper and his habits, with view
to e1terminaiing him. The people of
Minnesota seem to be mastering the
pest with clubs and other weapons,
without the aid of high science.
Year: 1875

GEORGIA Is very fast returning to
that prosperous condition of ante bel
INN times which gave her the enviable
title of the Empire State of the south.
LabOrers, both white and black, are
working with a will, and a very large
portion of the males of the latter race
make as reliable and trusty laborers
on the farms as they did when slaves.
Her crop prospects are magnificent.
There has been but little corn aud
bacon sold to her farmers this year, and
the slack demand from the south gem
bulls of the west to make a successful
corner in bacon aud CORD Union and
american.
Year: 1875

GEORGETOWNs Oct. ~ 1odos


To the Editor Of the National Republican:


DEAR SIR: VIII you kindly allow me q few
words In your paper explaining my action as ref
cree In the late race between the Potomas and
Analostans, about which some of the Washing
ton dailies have been pleased to take me to task:
In the first place am charged with starting the
crews in an unusual and laundering way, with
out giving the customary caution Of "Are you
ready!' % before giving the word "Go." / can
simply refer, in reply, to the special articles of
agreement signed by the representatives Of both
clubs, which expressly provide that the crews
shall be started with the WORD 'Go !" only.


In regard TO the foul which took place shortly
after the first start, there but two courses to
take in such cases. If the boats come together
in water belonging to either crew the boat which
is out Of its own water must be adjudged the
loser. But should the boats come together in
in neutral water, or, to be more explicit, should
it happen that the crews steered in toward each
other and met half way between the two courses,
then neither party would be entitled to claim the
race on account Of the foul, as IL is clear that
neither party had any right to be there, and the
referee would be required to start the boats over
again. Now to return to Mondays contest. The
boats after starting took rather an erratic course
the Analostans coming in on the Potomacs, fore.
Brown, also seeing his error, headed back for his
proper course, and Truax, having been crowded
In too close to the Virginia shore, also came out
toward the centre OF the river, the boats coming
together In what seemed to me neutral water
So ordered them to start again. certainly
the rule, and think that a reference TO "The
Laws Of Boat Racing" will convince any impair
tial spectator OF the justice of my decision.


very truly yours, LINDSEY WATSON.
Year: 1875

BUSINESS NoT1cE.-Pumphrey
L. Young of the "Pioneer Book
Store" wish to inform the peo-
pie of Seattle and vicinity that
they do not expect to move, Ell
ther before or after the holidays,
consequently are "unable to sell
at cost" but the great rush to
their establishment is proof pos
tive that they are selling their
fine assortment of Holiday Goods
at a lower figure than any 9th
er house in the city. They can
always be found at their old
stand on Mill Street.
Year: 1875

u Shaking carpet is feature OF
house cleaning which thoroughly enlists
the attention Of the man Of tie house.
It is done after dinner. The reason the
women select this time is because he ID
dressed and has to 60 back to business
again without a chance to change his
clothes. He carries the carpet outdoors.
Il is not rolled up: it is in wad shape,
and he gathers itup in his arms and
starts for the door, with one end Of the
carpet dragging between his feet. He
scorns to stop and roll it up. He has
got his arms full. It presses into his
bosom and leaves riffs of sand and grit
on his shirt-front, it bulges into his face
hot and dnsty-and fills his mouth
and nose and eyes; then the long end
goes under one foot as he is going down
the back stoop. and the other foot mounts
up the breadth, and he stumbles. but
catches himself. and prevents falling to
the ground on his face by deliberately,
yet blindly. jumping off the stoop. He
finally gets the carpet on the lire. It is
very warm. There is a breeze from the
west. He steps on the west side of the
carpet and hits it lick with stick in
stantly the wind turns sharp around to
tho east and he is enguffed in the dust
He darts around to the east side and
hits it another lick. The wind veers
around to the west simultaneously, and
he IS plunged into sneezing fit which
seriously threatens to dislocate his neck.
Then he pauses and looks around uneas-
lily. He sees that carpet has the same
effect on the wind as a sieve full of coal
ashes, and he doesn't understand it.
He gets clothes-pole and stands around
it at the north end, and hits the carpet q
terrible rap. The wind promptly sails
around to the south and catches him full
in the face with pint of dust before the
pole has fairly left the carpet. He doesn't
stop to reason now. He would be q
jack-ass if he did. He grasps the pole
with all his might and madly smashes it
against the carpet. and dances around
the line, and coughs, and sneezes. and
swears. After that it is pulled down
and the hired>girl. with the strength Of
an OK, takes hold of an end with him,
and they proceed to shake it. HIS hands
are in blisters across the palms and his


fingers, aching with the grasp on the
pole, can seem to find no hold on the
woof and warp. At every other shake
they glide of, starting the nails and
causing his arms to tingle clear to the
elbows. And every time he picks up
that carpet he does it with renewed en-
ergy and weaker backbone. The most
we can hope for man in this position
is that he Is not deacon of a church
and the hired-girl member of it.-Dan-
bury Ne,os.
Year: 1875

SAw-MILL. = Stetson Il Post
have set up in their sash and
blind factory asaw-mill and now
cut the lumber for their own
use. They saw it out Of bolts
entirely free from all knots
and in this way obtain a better
quality of lumber for their use
than they could get elsewhere.
The new saw-mill is entirely
of home manufacture, the wood
work being done by Mr.. Stetson
and the iron-work by G. w. Bull
lene.
Year: 1875

nA- Prof. Rice, the mind
reader, this evening gives his
last entertainment in Seattle, to
which admission will be free.
The whole will conclude with a
social dance, the music for
which will be furnished by the
Seattle string band.
Year: 1875

YOUNG kEDsKINs At SCHooL.-In Da-
keta some of the Indian children attend
school, and at least one schoolma am
in that territory wishes from the bot
tom of her heart that they didn't. OF
course, in the conduct of schools it
would not do to make any distinction
on account of race, and this precept-
ress has been compelled to restrain the
copper-colored portion of her pupils in
a degree far more irksome to them than
the white children. For time the In
dian pupils submitted tolerably we'll to
the discipline of the school-room, but
recently an outburst came all at once,
Looking upon tie school-ma'm as ono
maliciously depriving them of their lib
erty, the Indian pupils made. one after
noon, dash at the teacher. carried her
out Of door to the creek, and actually
ducked her in the water. Fortunately
the youthful braves did not quite drown
the young lady in getting satisfaction
for their injuries, and the school goes on
as before, with the sole difference in its
conduct that the teacher doesn't scold
SO much, being deferred by . painful
hoarseness.
Year: 1875

Newspaper correspondence Is becoming a line
art Amongst those of note who are recently
directing their talents in that direction, are j.
w. De Forest, the magazine writer and novelist,
who has gone on a transatlantic trip, and is
writing letters for the New York Times, and
Olive Logan, who is writing from Long Branch
to the Baltimore american.
Year: 1875

WHILE we are dulling the edges of our
axes by the cutting of ice, California is rum
ming the ploughshare. An immense breadth
Of land has already been planted to wheat,
and the season is more favorable one than
was ever before known in the history of that
state. There has been almost uninterrupted
pasturage during the fall and winter; so the
farmers, grazers and wool-growers will have
prosperous year.
Year: 1875

We do not read anonymous letters and cemmuni-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all Indispensable not necessarily tor publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return OF reserve commu-
nieatons that are not used.
Year: 1875

Nilsson's popularity has been very much inn
paired in Paris by her very peculiar conduct in
the matter of the opera house. They say the
Parisans don't care now whether she ever
sings for them again or not
Year: 1875

THE BOSTON ALMANAc.-The little volume
published by Sampson, Davenport s. Co, in
which is comprised the Boston Almanac and
Business Directory for 1875 Is about as COM
plete q work as has ever been published. IL
contains quite everything which the traveller or
the business man cares TO know in regard to
that city. A man who can miss his way in the
devious streets of the Modern Athens, with this
handy book as guide, must be very stupid. IL
is guide book and business directory in one
volume, and contains all manner of informa-
ton in regard to matters about which the visi-
tor would naturally inquire. The accompany
ing map of Boston and its new wards will be
found of use.
Year: 1875

BRAKEMAN's sHADowY JoURNEY-THE


CALL THAT WAS NOT FINISHED.


He had been sick at one of the hotels for
three or four weeks, and the boys on the
road had dropped in daily TO see how he
got along, aud TO learn If they could render
him any kindness. The brakeman was a
good fellow, and one and all encouraged
him in the hope that he would pull th rough.
The doctor didn't regard the c,se as dan
gerous, but the other day the patient be-
gan sinking, and it was seen that lie could
not live the night out. A dozen of his
friends sat in the room when night came,
but his mind wandered and he did not rec
ognze them.


1t was near one ofthe depots, and after
the great trucks and noisy drays had ceas-
ed rolling by, the bells and the short sharp
whistles Of the yard locomotives sounded
painfully aloud. The patient had been very
quiet for half an hour, when he suddenly
unclosed his eyes and shouted:


"Kal ma zoor'


One ofthe men brushed the hair hack
from the cold forehead, and the brakeman
closed his eyes and he was quiet for a time.
Then the wind whistled around the depot
and banged the blinds on the window of
his room, ard he lifted his hands and cried
out:


jackson Passengers going north by
the Saginaw road change earsv


The men understood. Tie brakeman
thought he was coming east on the Michi-
gan Central. The effort scented TO have
greatly exhausted him, for he lay like one
dead for the next five minutes, and a
watcher felt for his pulse 10 see if the life
had gone out. \ tug going down the river
sounded her whistle loud and long, and the
dying brakeman opened his eyes and CALI
ed out:


Ann Arborr'


He had been over the road a thousand
times, but he had made his last trip. Death
had drawn spectral trail over the old
track, and he was brakeman, engineer and
conductor.


One ofthe yard engines started a shrill
whistle Of warning, as if the glare of the
headlight had shown TO the engineer some
stranger in peril, and the brakeman called
out:


"YP-slanty-change cars here for the Eel
River road"


Hes coming in fast, whispered one of
the men.


'And the end OF his run will be the end
of life" said a second.


The dampness Of death began to collect
on The patienrs forehead, and there was
that ghastly look on the face which death
always brings. The slamming of a door
down the hall startled him again, and he
moved his head and family called:


"Grand Trunk Juncton-passenger GO
ing east by the Grand Trunk change cars ~


He was so quiet afler that that all the
men gathered around the bed, believing
that he was dead. His eyes closed, and
the brakeman lined his hands, moved his
head and whispered:


DE"


Not "Detroit" but Death He died with
the halfuttered whisper on his lips. And
the headlight on Deaths engine shoue full
in his face and covered it with such pallor
as naught but death can bring.-Detron
Free Press.
Year: 1875

Mr.. Ferguson had reached the nearest
station in safety, had sent back the wraps
his careful wife had guarded him with,
and started by the ten o'clock train to
FOrdham.


The rain beat on the windows a. the train
flew along in the darkness, and presently
a prolonged whistle told him that they
were approaching a certain junction where
he would have to wait some ten minutes or
so.


Two or three lamps on the platform by
which they drew up showed some few pas
sengers and a couple of sleepy porters.
Another train had just come in from the
opposite direction, from Fordham, now on
ly fifteen miles distant; aud some of its
passengers had alighted and were making
their way past the line of carriages.


Looking out upon his fellow-trayelers,
without much curiosity or interest, Mr..
Ferguson caught sight of a face which he
had little expected to see. Shouting to
porter to open the door of his compartment,
he sprang out and grasped the arm of
man very much like himself-in fact his
own elder brother.


GEORGE" he exclaimed, "were you 60
ing for met Is my father WorseG'


"What on earth dOyon mean, and where
Year: 1875

In assisting them to overcome a morbid appetite
for intoxicants. Taken by one of confirmed habit,
it will allay thirst, generate healthy flow of the
gastric juices thereby furnishing the proper sol
vent for iood, and permit by taking the place of
intoXicants, and assist by its renovating action
the system, the complete restoration OF the appc.
tite, health and strength.
Year: 1875

A correspondent of the Rochester
Express writes from Niagara Falls:


SThe ice bridge is formed in all its
perfections, more so than it has been
for the past twelve or fifteen years.
The ice columns rear their heads in
all their majesty below the Ameri-
can and Horseshoe Falls to the
height of over one hundred feet.
Those at the base of the American
Falls reach nearly to the top of the
falls, and are as clear as crystal. On
visiting Table Rock the VISITOR pass
es between the ice columns and the
falls, and they present to the view
of the beholder a magnificent spec
tacle. The ice-bridge above the falls
extends at least mile or two up the
river, and varies in thickness from
two inches to five or six feet. Mon
day, party of seven young gentle
men started from the head of the
Third Island, which is about a mile
from the starting point, and stopped
at the old scow which is anchored
in the river above the rapids; re-
turning, they went under the Second
Sister Island bridge down to MeCai-
lough's Rock, broke off some OF the
rock as a memento, went over to the
old scow below the Third Sister Is
land and returned home. The dis
tance travelled on the ice bridge was
over fiye miles, and this, it will be
remembered, is located over a por-
tion of the sWiftest rapids approach
ing the cataract. It is said the dis
trict traversed has not been frozen
over before in twelve or fifteen
years. In some places the ice SEEM
ed frozen to the rocks, leaving but
little room for the water to flow be-
tween the ice and the bed of the
river. The gorge below the falls is
very rugged; it is supposed to be IN
places piled up to the thickness OF
twenty or thirty feet. One gentle
man assured your correspondent that
in one locality it was forty feet
thick, but we took the story in with
a good deal of allowance.


The bridge below the falls is very
rouob. making travelling tiresome in
the extreme to pedestrians, though
this does not Sdeter people from
crossing and recrossing the river up
to within a stones throw of the
great cataract. The scenery, from
both the Park and Goat Island, is
magni6cently grand.
Year: 1875

BY an Undergraduate Of the Law


school.
Believe me, Bess, when declare


A title deeds my heart,
And you the party of the first,


And the second part.
That have an attachment true


Is useless quite to mention;
In vain seek TO serve you and


Arrest your sweet attention
You know you owned some love for me,
When I the question mooteG,
But now it seems TO me you act


As if you were non-suited.
My case is one in equity;


I've pleaded with precision;
You know the points; why will you then
So long reserve decisionP
make no dilaIory plea;


Tn driven TO distraction;
Unless / soon obtain relief


I'm sure shall take action.
At first civil suit I'll bring


AT Cupid's special session;
And there, q plaintiff lover, ask
For judgment by confession.
Now don't demur when this you read,
But own you feel compunction,
For my suit will prosecute,
In spite of your injunction.
And if my Judgment in despite,
You will not hear me still,
I'll get an order from the court
To administer your will.
l trust you'll file an answer brief
To this, my declaration,
Or else shall proceed TO make
A cross examinaiion.-N ?. Post
Year: 1875

out the precise circumstances OF the
situation in which we were.


As we entered the kitchen, our
hostess was busily engaged in clear
ing from the table the remains of a
breakfast, and resetting it with
tempting viands. She bade us a
cheerful good morning, motioned
US to a seat by the fire, and then
went on with her preparations.


Good morning, young ladiesl said
our host, entering at that moment.


Were you disturbed last night?


We hardly knew how to answer
such cheerful, good-humored ques-
ton, but we were saved the trouble
by the opening of the door and the
entrance of my father. What load
was removed from my mind when /
saw him safe and soundl But there
was certainly something mysterious
and strange in the events of the
past night, that neither Susan nor l
could understand.


Gone! exclaimed my father, with
a painfully surprised accent, looking
about the room


They left only few moments
ago, said our host; only one staid
behind to go with you.


All! that rogue, l suppose? It's all
through him that I lost a part of
my nights sleep.


We certainly had made mistake,
but what the extent and nature of it
was, 1 never imagined.


If you had got up little earlier,
girls, you might have seen


What! we both exclaimed in one
breath.


The rest of our harum-scarum,
wrong-headed party. As I expect
ed, they were all obliged to take this
road, after all, and as luck would
have it, they stopped here. Twas
disturbed by their noise, and went
down stairs for a short time, but 1
was careful not to disturb you. Why,
Susan, what an expression of face!
You surely didn't think they were
robbers?


Susan muttered something that
sounded like "yes;" but she was pre-
vented from saying more by hearty
laugh Immediately behind us. There
stood Atherton Camden, with a mis-
chievous expression on his face.


All, Susan, what a terrible night
it must have been for you'll l can
imagine your horror when you heard
the whispered conversation between
your father and me at the head of
the stairs. -a


My father now Joined in the hearty
laugh which was raised against us,
and little by little, were induced to
relate our nights experience.


All, girls, said my father, we all
gain wisdom by age. Even my little
Ann will, in time.


Strange to say, we parted from
our host and hostess with regrets
that morning. No one could have
been kinder to us than they had
been, and yet we had been unjust to
them in our Thoughts. 1t is needless
to say that there was no end to the
hints and inuendoes that Susan was
obliged to receive that morning, and
long after that. Nor did her perse-
cution cease even when she had mar
ried Atherton Camden, for he never
ceased to remind her of that night
among the robbers. 1t was really
the most anxious and terrible one
that I ever spent.
Year: 1875

The report that the Servian Representa-
tive Assembly had voted motion for war
with Turkey is contradicted, but such an
act has been for some time imminent, and it
is only in virtue Of strong foreign support
that the sovereign has been able SO far to
prevent this violent course Should
this extreme line Of action eventually
be taken, as seems not improbable, the Her
zegovinian instruction will evidently not be
altogether without results on the political
condition of Eastern Europe Servia pos
sesses an independent existence in virtue of
the guarantee of the great Powers. She does
not stand by her own might and cannot 50
stand. She does not stand in virtue of any
good will toward her at Constantinople She
has been a makeweight in certain political
complications and has retained her political
autonomy in virtue Of those complications,
and that autonomy is, therefore, not fact
of unqualified stability. In 1856 the
Treaty of Paris placed the immunities that
Servia then held from the Porte, 'its inde-
pendent and national administration, under
the guarantee of the signatory Powers de-
clared for the maintenance of the Turkish
fright of garrison" and said ''No armed in
tervention can take place in Servia without
previous agreement between the high con-
tracting Powers" In regard to the right of
garrison, in virtue of which Turkey kept a
body of troops at Belgrade, it has, perhaps,
practically lapsed for the troops, whose pres
ence led to frequent disturbances, were
withdrawn in 1867, but otherwise the stipu-
lations of the treaty are the public law upon
which Servian independence stands. Servia
cannot be too careful how she trifes
with that law in the aspiration for
better conditions. Do her people hope to
whip Turkey single-handed That is
scarcely possible. Do they anticipate inter-
vention in their favor under the guarantee
Certain of the Powers will not touch the case
now on any terms, and those that might
interfere would only do so if they approved
the quarrel on which the conflict should
arise. 1t is clear that the ''war party is not
one with whose purposes they can have any
sympathy. 1t is a party generally of agita-
ton, and neither Austria, Prussia nor Russia
will raise finger to strengthen by support
a party of this nature. Russia indeed, has
already limited informally to the Servian
Prince that he must keep the peace or take
the consequences in the abrogation of the
guarantee. 1t would be sad result of the
insurrection if it should close, not in the
further extension of freedom to Christians in
Turkey, but in the aggrandizement of Mos
lem power at the expense of S ervian indie
pendence.