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Year: 1876

Many silly prejudices seize upon and exist among the masses of mankind with which this world is peopled. These prejudices generally exist among the com mon people and are exercised against those of their race who seem to prosper and thrive. Of this class is the prejudice which has sprung up among the tlllers of the soil against the merchants. So widespread and so strong has this prejudice became of late years, that now the average farm CT and laborer seems to almost look upon the merchant as a hui sance which ought to be abated, an extortionist who ought to be suppressed, pilferer who gets his profits by some illegitimate and unfair means, or a self-con. stltuted tithe gatherer to whom tribute must be paid without re- ceivlng back any benefits. There is no more foolish, unfounded and unreasonable prejudice than this, and none which is so we'll calcu. lated to recoil injuriously upon those who allow it to exist in their minds. The idea of array ing those two great interests the agricultural and commercial intercsts-against each other is simply ridiculous, and can have none other but damaging effect on the country. These. two inter- csts each have their sphere, must exist, and are essential in a great and prosperous country. They are mutually and rec,procally nee essary and beneficial to each other The farmer would make but poor progress if he could sue ceed in the task in which many seem to be engaged, to-wit: break ing down the merchants and de. stroying the commerce. The man who invests his money in merchandise is in as legitimate business as the one who invests in farm, and if he conducts his business upon fair and honorable principles he deserves success just as much. It is utterly i'm possible to dispense with the ser vices of some one to conduct the commerce of the country. When commerce is active and the trades men prosper, times are a great deal better for everybody than when trade is stagnated and the crash of bankruptcy overtakes the merchants. Hence the fool ishness of the farming and labor ing classes trying to pull down the merchant. If the class who are prejudiced against the mer- chants would only think for a moment of the inconvenience to which they would be subjected were the merchants to withdraw from trade, they would certainly see that it is to their interest to Geal justly and fairly with them, and would cease to look upon them as enemies to their welfare The commercial and agricultural interests of a country are the sur est evidences of its prosperity

 and when there is not mutual prosperity it denotes an unhcal

 thy condition of affairs.
Year: 1876

The great political contest IS now over, at least so far as the people have anything to do with it at the polls. It now only re- I mains for the pallets to be sum med up, the result to be duly an nounced, and the successful can didates to be inaugurated into office. That the country may en- joy q season of perfect peace and great prosperity under the new administration is a consumation most devoutly to be wished for; and to this end, we presume, are the desires and hopes of ali N good citizens, irrespective of race, : color, or previous condition ofpol- itics. The country needs peace and a relaxation from the stress of excitement inseperable from q great political contest such as is the choosing and changing of the prime administrative officials of our government. For weeks and months all interests and attention have been centcred upon the cleo tion which is now over and past. Ithas been all the talk and all the ' interest, with all classes. Men and even women and children have plunged head long into the turbulent vortex of a heated political campaign, aban- doning for months all other ob- jects and subjects. The nowspa- pers of the day have fed their readers upon one perpetual flow of political talk and speculation. The peaceful interests of the country have been neglected, and for the time forgotten in the wild fray and tussle.

 It is well that it is over, and we'll that the country is subjected to this whirlpool of political strife no oftener than it is. If the cost of all this strife, excitement and toll over a presidential election, could be summed up and the re- suit placed before the people who eso eagerly engage in it, it would be found that the profits which are generally supposed to be gain ed, are dearly earned. But it is over and we turn from it, and looking around us we find that we shall not be wanting for other em- ployment more profitable and more pleasant. There is an am pie field resdy and waiting for the exercise of all our thinking and acting powers-a field to which we may turn our efforts and ener- gies with full assurance of ana pie reward for its cultivation, Let the political excitement. therefore, with all its bitter ran. cor, its heated spats, its crimina- tions and recriminations, s,-often times unjust and foolish-.pass from our minds; and let us each as good citizens turn our attention to those neglected interests around us, upon which we must m fact depend for whatever degree of prosperity and happiness we shall { enjoy.

 Our social, our moral and our educational interests, all stand prominently before us, presenting q sadly neglected front and ap. pcaling to us in most beseeching terms for our attention. The re- mobilization of our country will never be accomplished, we will never enjoy that degree of pros perity, and our people will never realize that peace and content. ment which is always essential to happiness of the people, until we v turn our efforts in this direction Therefore let each good citizen begin at once to study this phase of our condition, and while they are doing 50 let the press of the
Year: 1876

The colored candidate for Governor of


Tennessee does not meet with that hearty
support which he had right to expect


from his party. The Republican paper at


Elizabethtown, in that State, says OF


him:


"This fellow Yardley, is brazen im-


pudent-looking negro, and would cerrain-


ly ornament cotton, or sugar plantation
under the management OF a good overseer
who could use the lash with deNterlty
far, more than he would the office to winch
he so impudently aspires."
Such language in IA Democratic Journa,
of the South would speedily be copied
frome one end of the North to the other


as an evidence of the fendish spirit OF tne
unrepentant Confederacy. Think OF 1t
Here is an organ of Rutherford Hayes
virtually recommending that the next
Governor of Tennessee-there's no know
| ing what my happen-be hustled out OF
politics and into the cotton-feld, there to


be lashed as often as an active and deX-
/ ter.
Year: 1876

THE TURN OF THE TIDE-DEMoCRATIC


VICTORY ASSURED IN OCTOBER AND


NOVEMBER.


From the special correspondent of the World


CINCINNATI, October IL desire to
record prophecy. Ohio will elect a
Democratic Secretary of State at the ap-
preaching election. A month ago
would have taken a person making such
an assertion for a lunatic, and so would
two-thirds of the observing men of the
State. Thirty days ago the tide was set
ting the other way; but the turn has
come, and come with such steadily in
creasing swell that no influence that can
be brought to bear between now and the
10th of October can check its course.
This is prediction based upon facts
gathered in the course of an extensive
tour of the State.


In almost every locality l have met
persons who voted for Hayes when he ran
for Governor last fall who will not SUD-
port him for the Presidency at the forth
coming election, and in but few instances
have met or heard of voters who voted
for Allen, last fall, who will not support
Tilden and the whole Democratic ticket
this time. In addition to this vote there
will be very large gain ON the head of
the State ticket-Alr. Bell, candidate for
Secretary Of State-because of the CRU
SADIE record of his Republican rival, Mr..
Barnes. This gain will come chiefly from
the Republican Germans, many of whom
will vote for Bell in October who will not
support the Democratic ticket in Novem-
Der. Still another element that enters
into the campaign (and very powerful
| one it is) is the geneIal-unreasonin it
may be-desire for change that has
grown out Of the long continued hard
times. While this class of voters could
not, if pressed tell very clearly how a
change of administration was going to
make times better, they can all very
readily answer that it couldn't possibly
make times worse; and acting upon this
idea, they will give the Democracy the
! the benefit of the doubt by voting the
whole ticket, local, State and National.
Our largest gains will, however, be in
the centres of the German population
the cities of Cincinnati, Cleveland and
Toledo. This class of voters, disguised
with the fanaticism of the temperance cru
saders, came to us in almost a solid body
two years ago, and would have remained
in the fold had it not been for the soft
money lunacy of last years campaign.
Year: 1876

THE disgraceful scenes in the House
during the last forty eight hours reclll to
mind the occurrences in the same body
preceding the outburst of the rebellion.
The word lie has been banded about by
the Opposition after the manner of the old
plantation manner style, doughfaced fists
have been "assaultingly" advanced toward
the Republican seats. and matters bordered
upon actual riot. Finally when Speaker
Sayler's gavel fell and the final adjourn
ment was pronounced, sigh of relief es-
capped from the breast of every respectable
citizen cognizant of the facts, which was
provoked or evoked by the knowledge that
a repetition OF such scenes cannot occur
within the next three months
Year: 1876

MORE than eight months have passed
since the organization of the Forty fourth
Congress, and although the adjournment Of
the first session is matter of record, nothing
has occurred to crafty the prophecies of
the Democracy that the return of Demo
cratic power in the House would be &C
companied by a return Of national pros
reritY
Year: 1876

WE PRINT elsewhere list of the acts
passed during the first session of the For
ty-fourth Congress, which have become
laws by Executive approval. 1t is care
fully prepared from the official records,
and will serve as reliable index to the
work ofthe legislative branch of the GOV
ernment during the past eight months.
Year: 1876

of infamous scandal who thus glor.es in his
own filth; who counts falsehood and treachery
cardinal virtues; and who, after such a confes-
sion, actually carries his head erect and asks,
to be classed among honest men "The Lord
give you WISDOM" wrote this political Chad
band to his chief in the Cabinet. "The Lord
give the country strength and courage" we
respond, "to deal with such graceless hypo-
critics and demagogues as they deserve"
Year: 1876

WE inadvertently omitted to mention
last week that Capt. G Noun of this town,
has accepted and IS nSs occupying TIN
position Of Master of the brig Deacon,
loading at Port Discovery with lumber
for San Francisco. The Captainsis a tho
rough sailor and skillful navigator, and
the Port Discovery Mill Company are
peculiarly fortunate in securing Lis SER
vices.
Year: 1876

An individual says to US a few days ago:
4 Why don't you say something about The
ring in crooked whisky? 1t ought to be
put down." About an hour afterwards
we saw him front Of bar putting 1t down
very effectually.
Year: 1876

Keep your eye on your neighbors.
Take care of them. Do not let them
stir without Watching. They may do
something wrong if you do. 10 be sure
YOU never knew them to do anytL .ug
very bad, but it may be on your account
they have not. Perhaps if it had not
been for your kind care they might have
disgraced themselves long ago. Then
do not relax in your efforts to keep them
where they ought to be. Never mind
your own business-that will take care
Of itself. If you find any symptoms of
any one passing out Of the path Of duty.
tell every one else what you see, and be
particular to see great many. It is
good way to circulate such things, though
It may not benefit yourself, or any one
particularly. Do keep something e-go'ng
silence is dreadful thing. II is said
there was silence in heaven for the space
of half an hour. Do not let any such
thing occur O earth. Il would be TOO
much for this mundane sphere.
Year: 1876

! did not finish because was inter.
rupted. ! lugged mp wood from below
for some little time, and then turned In
and fell TO snoring % only . man can
whose soul Ia worn out. Last Of broad
daylight ! felt grip on my shoulder
that brought me to my senses suddenly:
My wife was glaring down on me and
gasping. As soon as she could command
her tongue she said:


"It is over All over The child's
perspiringi What shall We do"


Mercy, how you terrify me /
don't know what We ought to do. May
be II We scraped her and put her in the
draft again


"Oh, IDIOT There is not Q moment
to lose. Go for the doctor. Go your
self. Tell him he must come, dead or
alive"


I dragged that poor sick man from his
bed and brought him. He looked Of
tho child and said she was not dying.
This was Joy unspeakable TO me, but II
made my wife as IL he had offered per-
sonal affront. Then he said the child's
cough was only caused by some tri1ing
irritation or other in the throat. At this
I thought my wife had q mind to show
him the door. Now tho doctor said he
would make the child cough harder and
dislodge the trouble. So he gave her
something that sent her into spasm Of
coughing, and presently up came lit
tie wood splinter or 30.


This child has no membranous
Group" said he. "She has been chew
ing bit Of pine shingle or something
Of the kind, and got some little slvers
in her throat. They won't do her any
hurt"


"No," said I. II can we'll believe
that. Indeed, the turpentine that is in
them is very good for certain sorts Ct
diseases that are peculiar to children.
My wife will tell you so."


But she did not. She turned away in
disdain, and left the room; and since
that time there is one episode in our life
which we never refer to. Hence the
tide OF our days flows by in deep and
untroubled serenity.
Year: 1876

1t may be said that the population of
England increased in the quarter of q
century about twenty per cent. that the
people living in 1874 were, on an aver
age, at least twice as we'll off as they
we've in 1851; that they drank in 1874
twice as much tea and sugar as they did
in 1851, and forty per cent. more spirits,
wine and beer; that they had saved
twice as much and travelled nearly five
times as much; that, taking the increase
of population into account, serious
crime had decreased by nearly seventy
per cent, pauperism by more thantwen-
ty-five per cent, while primary educa-
ton hal become six times as general.
These are striking symptoms of material
and social progress.
Year: 1876

How can I made lime waterf An.
swer.-Slake four ounces lime with q
little distilled water, then add distilled
water to make one gallon. Cover the
vessel and set it aside for three hours.
Pour off the clear liquor for use.


Is there any remedy for tender fin
gersG I am printer, and my fingers
get sore and the skin peels off. An
swer.-Printers frequently burn paper
on an iron surface, and rub the sore
place with the resulting oil.


How can I prevent oil paintings from
crackingi Answer.-Cracks occur in
oil paintings when the colors were
ground in oil containing impurity or
otherwise unfit for the purpose. Lin
seed oil is the best, poppy oil the next;
but purity is the essential quality of all
vehicles for colors.


am finishing wire work with paint
mixed with varnish it takes too long
for it to dry hard. What will dry
quickly and not break off easily2 An
swer.-Boil good linseed oil with enough
litharge to make stiff paint; add one
part by weight of pigment to every ten
parts of the itharge. Boil for three
hours over gentle fire.


How can I make stain for wood to
initiate mahogany9 Answer.-A simple
way of effecting the object is to brush
the wood with aquafortis, and dry it at
the fire. This is good for veined birch
and beech. The latter may also be
stained by putting two ounces dragons
blood into one quart rectifed spirit; let
the bottle stand in warm place and
shake it frequently; and when the gum
is dissolved, the stain is fit for use.


Will you please inform me how can
restore edge tools, such as plane bits,
chisels, etc., to their original temper,
after they have gone through fire :
Answer.-Heat them to cherry red,
and quench them endwise in lukewarm
clean water. Then brighten the surface
with emery and rokeat them slowly over
piece of heated iron until brown
color appears, then quench them in wa
ter.


Gan you inform me how white wine
or whisky vinegar is made? Answer.
Obtain large cask, and about foot
above the bottom construct false per-
forated bottom. Above this fill the cask
with good, we'll burnt charcoal in coarse
Jumps, over which pour first a sufficient
quantity of good vinegar to thoroughly
moisten it. Let the whole stand for
short time, when it will be ready for
the introduction of the alcoholic liquors.
This should be introduced in small
quantities at time, and the apparatus
kept in moderately cool place to pre-
vent too energetic On action. This
method will give you q pure vinegar,
which will suffer considerable dilution.
Use a very small quantity Of annatto as
color ing matter.-Scientifc american.
Year: 1876

A child afflicted with diphtheria in
Pitts6eld, Mass, was poulticed with
large Indian meal poultices which, after
being used, were thrown out where a
dog and flock of hens fed on the meal
of which the poultices had been made.
Seventeen of the hens and the dog died,
it is supposed from the poison absorbed
into the poultice from the diseased
throat. The child recovered.
Year: 1876

and were improperly in his. Multi
gan's, possession, he, Blaine. would
not return them. Blaine then called
in two of his friends. both lawyers,
and read all the letters to them aud
informed them that he would also to-
day lay the matter before two of the
wisest legal counsellors in Washing
ton, and If they said there was any
thing in the letters bearing on the case
in the remotest way, he would relin-
quish them. He considered that Null
ligan might just as well go TO his house
and take his other private letters and
lay them before this committee. The
chairman then asked Blaine to
submit the letters and memorandum
made from them by Mulligan to
the committee for their private ex-
animation. Blaine said that he must
for the present decline to do so. but
If in the judgment of counsel
who would command the committees
entire confidence they had any bear
ing whatever upon the pending in
quiry, he would produce them. He
did not want the committees verdict
on the pending charge sto be delayed
by their going into purely private
matters outside of the case.
Year: 1876

in every sense Of the woDl. What. think
you. would friend IayAuAn say were You
Ia pass hiS shop AMI >eUl.uP Sound Tor
your haef-tcak. when EoV could g.t IL
just aS good and cheap and F;E>HEE from
him: think he would say You wanted
sinking meat, This i hut a parallel
case with our papers. We pass the Office
Of our home medium and send away for
news which, though it does not smell, Is
very stale for all that.


The farmers are having a busy time
rushing in the hay. Some grain has been
cut. a species of potato worm is teasting
on the potato crop in places, they even go
into the shed and eat the potatoes where
they are laid away.
Year: 1876




NKw DUNGExEss, July q. 1876


EDITOR ARGUS: In one Of your late
issues was an article headed ITO whom il
may concern, - which Think viii fit all Of
us here as well as your tOwnsfoIks. It
seems to be = kind Of fdistemPer that II we
want q newspaper we must send 70 New
York, Boston. or some other place in
preference to taking home paper not
but that IL Is all right to get Eastern pa
pers. but We ought TO subscribe for the 10
cal one first; and we, the people Of tie
lower Sound ought certainly give big
support to the organ through which we
heuOme known to the outside world, and
should he as careful OF its interests as Of
any other part Of the machinery on which
our existence depends. We do not fully
realize the importance Of having the ex-
oellent features OF Onr several districts
kept before the eye Of the emigTanf: as
more than one settler las had the pleasure
Of getting a neighbOr and an emigrant =
home through the medium OF the local
paper, yet some viii sniG AZ Il and send
10 New ! Ork TO hear the news. Now.
while we would not underValue the efforts
made in our bellalf by the papers Of the
upper Sound, yet the residents Of the low
er Sound must say. that without the ABGUs
they would be lOst-fOr il Is q NEWS paper
Year: 1876

The Horticultural Fair closed last even
ing. We are sorry to know that it did not
receive as fine patronage as it deserved,
but there were many ohsta tacles to encounter,
and we take it for granted that the good
display made this time will be recommen-
dation to attract better attendance at the
exhibition.
Year: 1876

Hon. Elwood Evans, of Olympia,
has returned from the Centennial at
which he was q Commissioner in be-
half of this Territory. He has full
filed his trust ably and will be
remembered as "the right man in
the right place." He is one of those
men who will always do more for
others than for themselves; thence he
has taken great pride in exhibiting
the products of our Territory and at
fording information to those design
ing to make this their future home.
Old friend, you have done we'll;
may every one. appreciate your
work as we do.
Year: 1876

Our advocacy of the Constitution
al Convention appeared Immediate
ly upon assuming proprietorship OF
this paper and our reasons therefor
are first, that the Legislation required
at Washington for our commercial
interests, can never be acquired till
we have vote in both houses OF
Congress-; secondly. that the devel-
opment of our agricultural resources
cannot be made till we receive the
proceeds of sales of our public
lands. When Oregon was admitted
into the Union, she received 500, 600
acres of land for internal improve
ments which she imprudently di-
verted to school purposes. This has
left her without many needed inter-
nal improvements. We should man
age things better if Washington
Territory was admitted into the sis
terhood of States. We need some
substantial aid to popular education,
however; hence we urge a division
of the public land gift, one-half to
the common school system. This
would be doing justice to both these
important public interests. Itwould
greatly lessen taxation for road pur-
posese and yet place the common
schools upon a much better footing
than they now are.


One great aid we need from the
Federal Government, is the improve
ment of our rivers that are tributary
to the Sound. The Skagit, Puyallup
and Stillaguamish, all need.cleaning
out in order that their fine bodies of
farming land may be made accessi-
BILE to market. Water is the farm
er's natural helpmate and should be
utilized in every possible way.
These appropriations may possibly
be obtained by our delegates, though
we doubt it; but once let our Terri
tory be admitted into the Union, and
our three voters will obtain us any
reasonable amount Of Legislation for
the development. Hence we urge
all friends of progress to advocate
the admission and vote for a Consti-
tutional Convention. We are far
better able to support State Gov
ernment than Oregon was at the
time of her admission. True, we
have not as much available grain
land; but we can cut longer timber
and ship cheaper coal than she can
And as for fisheries we catch hall
the salmon she exports. Don't LEI
the fear of taxation defer you from
voting for a constitution. Our ex
penses will be increased, little, i
is true but we will soon gain re
sources that VIII readily overcome
that disparity.
Year: 1876

Judge Jacobs is looked for here,
tonight OF tomorrow. We oppose
him politically but like him person
ally, just as we do many o,her good
men in his party--such as Sheriff
Wyckoff and Collector Webster.
Let us make mans fight of it aud
resort to no trickery that would sully
the laurels of hard-fought battle.
Our motto is, "Always first--if with
honor"