Puget Sound weekly Argus. [volume], October 24, 1878, Image 6

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FAILURE OF THE BANK OF GHESJOW.
'l‘in' .\lhiwll“ in wt' Hm l'wnlt i:
t;,i§_"|l\\. “Hit mllVilllh“ in lln'v‘.
tvnl int. I‘7H'.r“"'.t‘l‘t'. ran waniw-i} 'irl
In l‘l't'tllt‘ .wnn‘ tint-rt 1n l‘ill_'il~ll 1:»
nn'it-inl Hit it". 'l'nvrv .nu- Inav'lznnlly
lmt Hun-n ininlgs tn .tii .\. rlltnnl.
'l'ln'zr ‘lt'K‘l'illliflll‘lll lmx lh‘l‘ll in lii"
llrl"\ltl‘lll nl'lnnnwhl's. 'l‘ln-sc‘, lii'.t|wl|«-~
lit?! in l‘iil t'i'nzn nineteen t» “nu
ll‘lllill't‘tl and twenty-live pvrlmnli.
Tn.» :i\'--t.-i.n~ \\'.i_~:tli 111 l >t,‘\'t!lll}'-l'lf_‘lll.
'l'nc llinit ni' lilnsg'mv is stun-d to
haw had I'32} brain-hes, llltllt'ttllllg‘ a
invent large expansion, and beyond
question ln‘lnng‘ to the lirat rank.
Scotch lvanking hy reason of [line
grunt akill with which it haslwen
managed has won many ent-oniintns
trnm the financiers. Previous tn
185.3 it was conducted on the free
principle. It was the same kind of
banking that was known among us
as wild cm. Jevons, in the “ .\lu-ch
anism of Exchange,” calls attention
to the fact that very few bankrupt
cies occurred under it, but that does
not. correspond with our experience.
It was based on the notion thata
man or a corporation had a right to
icsue as many promises to pay us peo
ple will lake, which nppeare to be
sound enough in law, though very
doubtful in finance,
In 1845, however, the Bank Char
ter Act was passed, which limited
the paper circulation in the United
Kingdom. Under it the Bank of
England was allowed (1873) to issue
£15,0UU,000 of notes in excess ol'tlu
gold on hand ; the joint stock banks
of England and Wales, £0,460,0U0 ;
the banks of Ireland, £6,350,000,
and the banks of Scotland, £3,750,-
000. All the banks in addition have
the power 01' issuing notes to the
- full extent of the coin which they
possess. There is here a possible ex
pansion of paper equal in our money
to $52,800,000, based practically on
nothing. Whenever a pinch comes,
Parliament intervenes in favor of the
Bank of England, but all the others
have to keep their heads above water
the best way they can. Inglis Pal
grave, in the “Statistical Journal”
of 1873, estimated that the banks of
the United Kingdom never have
more coin and Bank of England
notes on hand than from 4 to 3 per
cent. of their liabilities. Mr. Moxon
of Manchester, two years later, upon
a more thorough examination, raised
the average to 7 per cent. A finan
cial writer of distinction has ad-
mitted that the financial structure ofi
the United Kingdom reposes sirnplyl
on the improbability that depositors
and merchants will require more
than 7 per cent. of the funds in the
banks in gold on any one day. Many
think that this arrangement is a
triumph of financial skill, but it has
been productive of a a grand crash
about once in ten years during the
whole of the present century.
The Scotch Banks, though more
speculative than those of England,
have been regarded as the best rep
resentatives of the system. They
have been so closely allied that all
etl'orts to establish a twelfth bank
have heretofore proven failures. By
their sagscity and keenness, they
have been gradually monopolizing
the banking business of lndiuand
Australia. The causes of the failure
. of the Bank of Glasgow are variously
stated. The first assigned was a {all
in American securities, grain and
real estate in which it hsdlargely
invested. But this can hardly be
the true or whole cause. There was
a. slight flurry in American securities
at the time the Silver Bill was under
discussion and before its scope was
understood, but it did not last long.
There has always been a market for
them in this country. The second
statement is that £5,000,000 hadi
been advanced to East India mer
chants who are not able to pay up.
The finances of that great depend
ency of the English Crown have
long been in a disordered condition
iicotnsequence of the decline in the
value of silver. But whatever be
the true cause, the wreck is an enor
mous one. A failure for 830,000,000
throws all our explosions completely
in the shade. The £IOO shares of
the Bank of Glasgow were recently
selling for £230. They were selling
within the week for £2OO. The ruin
that will be created among the share
holders is certain to be widespread
end disastrous.
W-
St. Louis has a store owr which
there is this sign: ' .\‘whluvhonhuy
ser, Maxeseinheck, liiotwnlloerli'cr &
Co. This reminds us of the .l.lys of
old long sign.
It took Darwin tw- *y years to
com late his “()rigin " Species.”
In the language of tlu- iwn- youth
of "why, he war u~»i.l\'oy\‘ing
nround about it" ag- - ”ll:-
ESSAY on WOMEN. y
\z'r-~;- mm mnu u' mun. .\ml‘
\ln- In.“ lmn: :u‘tur him m'ux'sinv-L;
S‘u~i<;tpn~l‘.~uiluf“HM:- nxtmutinmi}
lwinv: lnmln- ul' :1 man's rib. I .Ivm‘t
kuuw u Ily .\tlum wanted to {mnl away,
hi~ riln~ in that \\':l}'.l»l|t l sujwnwlnn
\\':|~’ nut, uncountable fnrull he «lid.
\Vumvn is nut an :unphibiuus :llli‘
nml Imt she sucms to know :1 gum]
(lvul ul‘muL tlw puculiur murits nf
\\llll‘r..‘ll|‘l preachesthetn to ll"l'lll|"-
band whenever she smells something
stronger than water on his breath.
‘lt costs more to keep a Woman than
three dogs and a shot gun. lint
\llt‘ pays you back with interest—by
giving: you a. house full of children
to keep you awake at nights and
.snn-ar molasses candy on your Sun
-Iday coat. Besides your wife is very
convenient article to have about the
house. She is so handy to swear at
whenever you out yourself with the
razor and don‘t feel like blaming
yourself. \Viunan is the superior
being in .\lassm-hussetts. There be
ing about sixty thousand more of
her sex than males in that State.
'l‘his accounts for the terrilied, hunted
down expression of the single men
who emigrate from the East. “'O
- was not created perfect. the
has her faults—such as false hair.l
false teeth, false complection, and
so on. But she is a good deal bet ‘
ter than her neighbor, and she l
knows it. ‘
Eve was a women. She must have I
been a. model wife, too, for it cost
Adam nothing to keep her in clothes.
Still I don’t think she was happy.
She couldn’t go to sewing circles and
air her information about everybody
she knew, nor excite the envy of
other ladies by wearing her new
spring; bonnet to church. Neither
could she hang over the back faucet
and gossip with her neighbor. Alll
these blessed privileges Were denied l
her. Poor Eve! She’s dead now.‘
And the fashion she inaugurated isl
dead also. If it hadn’t been for the‘
confounded “ snaik” perhaps the lam
dies of the present day would dress
as economically as Eve did. But;
the only place where this primitive 1
style is emulated is in certain por- 1
tions of Africa, where the womenl
consider themselvs in full dress when l
they have nothing on but a postage
stamp stuck in the center of their
foreheads. What a beautiful exam
ple in simplicity of dress is shown
some of the followers of fashion by
that domestic animal, the cat, which
rises in the morning, washes its face‘
with its right hand, gives its tail
three tremendous jerks, and is ready
dressed for the day. Women is en- ‘
dowed with a tremendous fund ofl
knowledge, and a tongue to suit.‘
She has the capacity for learningl
everything she was divinely intended l
to know, and a few extra items be 3
sides. Young ladies take a. good
deal of stock in classics, and learn.
fast. When you see ayounp; lady
student from Vassar, with an absorb
ed look in her eyes, and her lips
moving, you understand at once that
she is memorizing a passage from
Virgil. But perhaps acloser inspec- l
tion will reveal the fact that she is‘
only chewing gum. A woman may
not be able to sharpen a lead pencil,
or hold an umbrella, but she can pack
more articles into a trunk than a manj
can into a one horse wagon. The:
happiest period of a woman’s life isl
when she is making her wedding;
garments. The saddest is when he
comes home late at night, and yells
to her from the front door-steps to
throw him out a handful of keyholes
of different sizes.
There are some real curiosities in
feminine nature. For instance I
once knew a young lady who could
easily pass another one on the street
without looking around to see what
she had on. Poor thing! She was
blind. One of the worst habits a
woman can get into is a riding habit.
But it is not much worse than the
;modern walking dress, which ladies
lpersist in wearing on the streets.
‘W'hen a woman approaches a cross
,ing she pauses for one fleeting in
stant, gives a sudden kick that would
ltire the envy of a Mexican mustang.
land catches her train on the fly. There
lis no fun in kissing a girl when you
lknow you have got to do it, and a
lcrowd is standing by to see fair play.
The best way is to lie in wait for her,
‘and jump out when she is not ex
pecting it; catch her round the neck,
lknock [her hair down, tear all the
leathers out of her dress, pull her
ihands away from her face, have tier
cry, oh, don't! as you press your lips
1m hers, then go off to a. quiet place
‘and think about it. The average
of women is about twenty-two. She
inever lives to he very old. Some of
lthem look to be well advanced in
_\’--:ii'<, lmt Vllll ~llw‘lll “-1! _',ii lge by
:ippwu'nximim 11. \uni will l:ll.’~‘. tlw
lr-vulnlu m ;|~l\' :I \\"l)lll:|ll ILIHV ultl sllu
l“ 5"”! will gut :it, ll.“ I‘l'.ll I'm-ts ul'
lll"llllli'.1‘l‘. .\II-l lliwmw-r that .\lll‘
l‘ltllllh'yuflhif, film >l‘llldlll pnsws
lu-i' lllil'll‘tll illl'lllull‘v'. .\lmut \Vllll'lll
llllli‘ shr‘ lie-gin" tn iteur mil mrtuinl
li‘ilVi‘S in the l'umilv llililv. Siil‘n-l
tillc men are trying to explain why"
\mmun can‘t throw slum-s with tlu-l
I'm-cu :1111l prmrisiun of the sturnm“
mm. This is glaring nunsnmi-e. “'O
- may not he :thn to throw stmws
with force and precisinn, hut they can
hit. the mark every time with u. grill
iron, or a stick «if stove wood. l‘lx
periencehustuught me that. “'O
- as u gem-ml thing, are very
hard to manage. I know hut, mm.
way to keep a wmnnn in chock. And
tlmtis to make her dross in ging
lnun.—Bolimr Blucbuttlc in “Home
Circle."
A 81-lAL'TH'l'l. [’u.\\'l~:l:.—l"mm an
Eastern exclmnge we clip the follow
ing- prayer, which lms been pruparccl
by the House nl' Bishops, um] urdered
to he used (luring the prevalence of
the yellow fever in all the Episcopal
churches: ' l
Almighty God, our refuge and
strength in time of trouble, give our
to our prayers in behalf of Thy peo
ple who are at this time sull'ering‘
under grievous sickness and luortali~
ty, and hide not 'l'hy face from them
in this season of their distress; ren
member them in mercy—not in wrath\
—and stretch forth Thy mighty hand
to stay this pestilence; heal the
sick and deliver them not. over
nnto death. Coter with the shield of
Thy protegtion all those who are ex
posed to danger; strengthen the
weak hearted, comfort the bereaved
and desolate, and give to them that
are sorrowful beauty for ashes, the
oil of joy for morning, and the ger
ments of praise for The spirit of
heaviness. Bestow thy blessings
upon those at home and abroad who
minister to the relief of the alllieted;
sanctity this visitation to the good of
this whole nation, mellowing our
hearts and binding as in sympathy
one with another, and by 'l'hy grace
making us a. people serving God and
working righteousness. So may we
live to honor Thy name and extol Thy
mercies, through Jesus Christ our
Lord, Amen.
“ Treating” is defined by the Ca
nadian election law, as “ the giving
or providing, or paying- wholly or in
part, any expenses incurred for any
meat, drink, refreshment, or provis
ion to or for any person, in order to
be elected or being elected, or for
the purpose of corruptly influencing
such person, or any other person to
give or refrain from giving his vote
at such election,” and is made pun
ishable by a. line of two hundred dol~
lnrs. A similar penalty attaches to
bribery, which includes the promise
of an oflice, which promise is intend
ed to be kept or not. Furnishing
vehicles to bring voters to the polls
is likewise made illegal.
A Proclamation.
BY THE (Yo—venom
I ELISHA l’. FERRY. GOVERN
or of the Territory or \\'a~xhington. do
hereby declare that a General Election
will be held in said t‘crritory on Tuesday.
the filth day of November. A. 1). one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
at which the following named oilleers will
be elected. viz:
A Deleoate to represent said Territory
in the Forty-sixth Congress of the
United States.
An Adjutant-Geneml.
A Brigadier General.
A Uoinlnissnry General.
A Quartermaster General.
A Prosecuting Attorney tor the First
Judicial Dietrtct.
A Prosecuting Attorney for the Second
Judicial District.
A Prosecuting Attorney for the Third
Judicial Diitricr.
Mendy-rs at both branches oi the Legis
lative :\~‘.~'elllhl)’.
And all county and preeint otlleers pro
vided tor hv the laws at said 'l'erritory.
'l‘iureleetor-t will niao at Haillclertion
vote "For" or "Against" the Constitu
tion oi the State ot Waahlngton.
"For" or "Agaim't." Separate Article
No. one oi said Constitution.
"Fol-"or "Against" Separate Article
No. two ot‘aaid Constitution.
"For" or "Against" Separate Article
No. three ot'aaill Constitution. ..
[N TESTIMONY anzmr.
[have hereunto set my
hand and calm-(l the Grant
Seal of tho. Territory U) be
alllxml.
Dulm :Ir Olympia. this rwonty-vighth day
at Auglm. A. l). mu- thousand eight hun
tlrwl :unl seventy-«eight. and of the [lulu
lwmlmme m the l'ultcd States the one
hundred and third.
ELISIIA P. FERRY,
By the Governor:
N. 11. ()wmns,
‘ Secretary of the Territory.
t. . .:g “weigh: your own lmvn. 9". mm}!
Irma .\n “‘1" lhwlm'. il' yuu “an! :1
. lul-im~~~ M which po-r-mu ul‘n'ilhu-I' «ox
‘ mm mulu- urn-u! Inn :111 Ilu- limu lhu-y
\rurk. wrllv- hll‘ll:ll‘li\'ll11ll~ m H. llullvll .\ (m,
I'nrllun-l, )lnimu
IIO“'W "HI'IK LIVE"?
H'tlw ~kin ho yrlhnv and nllullly. tlu‘
lumni~m:l~tip.llt'rl;Wynnhnvvringingin
yuura-rux. dull [mine in Ilu: ~Mu. ~ivk
llw-:III:II'I|I‘. wm' ~mmm-h. hut mull-y ~kin.
~lmh‘ lu-I'uru- tlw uym. lunl [:Nv in the
nmulln. mhl Il'vl :1111l Innuli. sh-upillv~~‘.
ghluliuv-‘x lu« nl'.l]:|u-tih~. hml vircnlatinn
ul‘ thu hlmul. iwvlfml HIH'H. Ala. you may
.:ill-iy mm‘lunlv your Hw-r i»: um ”I" ”uh-I'.
'l'lu- ”Vl'l' i< mun,- apt to hl'L'Ollll‘(llfln‘tlt‘l'wl
[lulu :Iny Ulllt'l' organ of thu hml)’. as in
duty i~' In IHll‘l' [ho purities I‘l'um tlu- hlmnl
Win-n it luemnm wvuk. olwtmctul :uul
diwuwllit mu<t l'uil xmlo Its duty. and
llw “’lmlc bmly sull'ol'i. 'l‘ry Wllitu'e
I’ruiriu Hun-ct. the gl‘cfllt‘it known lin-r
pnnucmin llu: wm-hl. Sample bottle '23
cunts large size 7.7 cents. For sale cw-I'y
m‘lwrc. "
BAT‘I‘ISTE’S HAIR INVIGORATUR.
I .\l. lintti<tv heinitung. 'l'u:n-ot'i:tl ur
iti~tv nt'l’urt, 'l'mvnsuml, \\':l~hington ’l‘vr-
Iritur)’. MAL" to inform hi~‘ Itllllll'l'mh‘ [m
:[l'UlH :ltlll tho puhlh' gt-nvmlty. that hl- Im~
tprqmw-«l from tho original i‘t‘t't'ipf of I’m
ltiww'nr .\luhtnlvmhm‘t. tln'uvlt-hmtt-d t‘ht'lll
iii 01' l’uri~'. and from chemical extracts nt'
mm: Illt'tlit‘illzli |l|.'lll[~‘ 11mm] (mly «m ”w
I.\'urth-w.-<t mm-‘t 0t Auwrit‘u. :1 mm: uh:-
gnnt addition to the u<tml toilette :trtichrs
in the ~h:tpu ut'un invigumtor :uul rvjll\'i
imtm- nl‘thu hair. ’l‘hii th'ligllttul lm-pur
utinn uh'nqu the hair from u“ imputitius:
prmu-nb‘ thunh'uti'. llt'flh all skin lliht'tls‘t! ut
tln- 111-ml. impurti .'l glow :nnl «mm-<4 and
hwuttit'ul cult)! to the hair; “I‘lltl't'i it<
growth hy in In-ztlthy and tonic tit-tion.
:nnl [)I'tBVCIIH its tailing uti'. lu >hort
“111th ("H llnlr In vluurulur
Ii the “sine qua non“ ul'nll tho invvntinm
I'm- the improvvuwlt. lwnntit'ying and
growth ot the hair. 'l‘lw mun-rial 0!
which it i~' cmupneml um hunnhm and can
ht.- uwtl freely :m'urding m dirt-minus m'-
cmnpanying mu-h lwtrlu. l'h'vry lmly dc
slrmu of having; hcnlltihll hair shnuhl unn
sith-r hvr toilette mhlu tahlu immmplutu
without a huILIU ot'rhis (lelimto umlvlv
gum. cosmetic. Prupnrml and for szllc by
BA’I‘TIS'I‘I‘I DELAI'I‘ANH.
At hi< 'l‘onsm'iul saloon.
Water street. l’ort 'l‘mvnsunll, W.T.
Order to Show Cause.
l.\' the Prohato (fonrt 0f Ciaiimn county.
Washington ’l‘erl‘itory.
[N Till-2 MATTER 0F ’l‘iil‘l l'2\"l‘.\'l‘l'2 (W
John Vidler. dec.
F. A. BAR'I‘IJ‘J'I‘T. the administra
tor ot'said wrote. having tiled hii petition
herein. duly veritied. praying for an or
der ot’saie oi' the real estate int-longing to
saidestate. tor the purposes therein set
forth. It. i 4 theretol'e ordered by the said
court that all permns interested. he and
appear before the said court on the
2m!- lluy ol' (It-tuber. [B7”, at. It) A. M.
Di said day at the court room ol‘said court
in New Dungeness. Clmlaln umnty. W.
'l‘.. toshow cause why an order should
not he granted to said iuhninistrator to
sell the real estate of said deceaced. or so
much thereoi as. shai! be necessary to pay
the debts oi deceased and expenses of ad
ministration.
W. L. ROGERS.
Attest: l’rohate Judge.
WV. e. GAItFIELDI-J, Clerk. 304 w
JOHN P. PETERSON
Mr h t T '1
e c an a.l or,
AND MANUFACTURE". or
1 l ' '
Gents and Boys Pasluunahle Sluts.
IS PREPARED T 1) MAKE ['l’ GENTS
, ("Inching uu-m-(llnu m the lulust
l‘lmlllmm. Hpm-iul mtuntion puld to m
pulrlny,unllvlulmlnu. 'l‘umm monk-rum.
Hm comMnlly on lmml n In! of llnn
l-‘rvnch(,‘lnllwuml Unsalmurus. Urognn und
.\llnslnn (.'uuslmuruu. from wlm-h purms
cm: .wlm-l. l‘m‘ tlmmmvlw-q.
uygrtmlurs from u. tllnmm-u promptly at
'onllwl In.
I'm-tics wlahlng m huv llu» lwst Snu‘lng
.\lm-lllnu slmulllcull «m John I’. I’m-run”.
Port 'l‘uwmvml. .'lnll vxmuilm the New
“'hilv. .\h'. l’otm'uun will be pIo-nsul to
show all about, the machine and give full
Instruction-t l‘rw. livery machine war
mnlml to l)ll':l~'('.
JOHN P. I’I‘I'I‘ERHUN.
Agvnt. l’m‘l 'l‘u\\'n.~'(,-ml.
SMI'I. HILL. l‘.} .\lnntgmm-rv sf“
b‘au Francisco, Hun Ag‘t l'uuillc must
$9 52 MILLEfiQ
Head of Union {@lll Pt. Townsend
Wharf. ‘flwj W. 'l'
JEWEL-EM AM] MUSIC EMPflflllfil
iCarries the Largest Stock in the Territory
l D 4|) ’ lT l
lI ‘ ‘
l ~ l l I i
O I i L
“'ll<>lu~':tlu .'lll'] lh-luil lll'.‘lll'l' in
I ' ‘1 ‘ ' _
Sh: D L ham] 1.6: rs;
AND
G r o c e :- ies
.\IH)
(hulk/711w I'.s'/u'/IQ' good.»-
C/(If/l ill 3', CI '(NJ/I (Ty
and (Nun's/("ure,
Al the very Lowest Rates, for Cash
‘ Port Townsend.
New Boot & Shoe Store
AT SEABEGK.
“mule am] 4.00: of the wry In at quulirv
:nnl lutwt pullvrm MADE TU UNDER.
5 :r”llvpairing oxuvntml as usual, and
<:lli.~l.‘l\'liull (l L'AHA N'l‘l‘ll‘ll).
A Fair share
(If {ln} lfilll'llllxlgfl ol the public is solicited.
IT-ll' WILLIAM VET'I'ER.
*__,_A,_____WWW-“.~._.___E~_‘
N 013106 to Shlpmasters.
I buy; to giw nnlij-v—m :ill ~‘hips IIIIHIIIN
visiting l’ugvl Sound to luml Im'lurvign
pork with lumln-rnr ~IIIII‘H. that on and ur
turtln: l<l IL'IV Moi-1.. 1575'. l<|mll bi.- [WP
pnrvll In lnud Vl'<<l'lH at tho wry luu'wt
mun Having llzul an uxpvrimlm of 2!)
yours in Illv lnuinous, and having lilt‘ ruc
mnnwmlnlimi of all Iln: mill nwm-r.‘ 0n
Puget Sound. lguzu'unlvu satisfaction.
W. 11. GILBERT.
()lilimt Slewdm'o ml l’ngut Hound.
OLD,
TRIED,
AND
TRUE.
Peoplo are gelling aequalntml-«md {how wlm
are not ought to In-«wilh the wonderful mum- of
thin great American Remedy, the
M t L' ’ t
118 mg 1111111611 ,
} FOB. MAN AND BEAST.
Thiallnimr-ntverynninraiiyorlginntod in Ameri
ca. whnro .\‘nlnro provides in her inhornmry such
surprising nmldoten for tho maladies of her chil
dren. Ila lame has been spreading {or BMT‘M’M
until now it encircles liw habitable globe.
The Mexican Mustang Liuimenc isnnmtehleu
remedy fornil exurnal ailments of man and hen-AL
To smelt owners null farmers it is invaluable.
A Mimic lmulo often saves u human lifoor re:
More» tho usefulness of an excellent hornemx.
cow. or “loop.
it cures foul-mt. hoof-all. hollow horn. KW“.
II‘JI'NVJTOYXII, shouldeiurot, mango, tho bltol nil-l
atlnra of poisonous reptiles and inlectn. nudevery
.meh drawback (0 stock breeding and bush life-
I It. cures every external trouble of hnrnem “I?"
nu lameneas. ucratchcs. awinny, sprain». founder.
I wind gall, ring-bone. «0.. etc.
'lue Mexican Murmur; Llulmen: In tho qulclfl‘sl
cure in tho world for accidents occurring In ”10
1 family. in tho nhsenco of n phynician. luch M
burns, realds. uni-alumnus. etc., and for rheuma
l (ism. and stiffness engendered by expo-ure. l’nr
‘ lieuluriy valuable to Mine".
' it is that‘hecpt‘af, remedy In the world, {or it
I penetrates the muscle to tho bone. and a linglu
application In gem-rally sufilciem Monro.
I Mexican Mustang Linimeut is put up In three
aizesof Imttlemtho larger ones lpoing proportion-
I nlciy much lhoeheupeul. 801 d everywhere.