Puget Sound weekly Argus. [volume], August 21, 1879, Image 3

About Puget Sound weekly Argus. [volume] (Port Townsend, W.T. [Wash.]) 1876-1882

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The Child’s Influence.
“ 'l'here is ‘ \Vllll-llx'y llill.‘ who used
to drive the, old white horse in front of
u ‘.’.‘i-rent wagon ;" repeated the mun in
tones of surprise.
" Yes l"
-‘\Vell, now, it}; :t rurious ruse," he
slowlycontinued. "We nll thought he
had gone to the dogs, for sure, for he
was} drinking :1. pint of whisky it day, hut
:1 few months ago he hrnced right up.
”topped drinking, and now lhenrhc‘sin
good liusidess und saving money. It
bouts all, for the lust time i sew him he
was half underground.
When you go home at night and find
that all is well with your own flesh and
blood, do you go to sleep reasoning that
the rest of the world must cure for itself?
Do you ever shut your eyes and cull up
the hundreds of faces you have met
during the day, and wonder if the pale
ness of death will cover any of them be
fore the morrowl When you have been
once attracted to a face, even if it be a
stranger's, do you let it drop from mem
ory with your dreams, or do you call it
up again and again as night comes down
and hope it may 105 e, none of its bright
ness in the whirlingr mist of time?
So Whisky Bill was hunted down.
And inquiry here and there finally
traced him to a little brown cottage on n
by street. He sat on the steps in the
twilight, u lmrly, broad-shouhlered man
of fifty, and in the house three or four
children gathered around a lump to look
over a. picture-book.
“Yes, they used to cull me ‘Whisky
llill,’ down town," he replied, as he
movud along and made room. “But it
is Weeks since] heard the name. No
wonder they think me dead, for l've not
set eyes on the old crowd for months.
and i don’t want to for months to come."
“They tell me you have quit drink
ing. (me could nee that by your face."
“I hope so. I haven't touched It drop
since li‘eln'unry. Before that I was half
drunk day in and day out. and mom of
nbrute than a man. I don't say that
my wife’s death set me to thinking; but
I didn't step my liquor. (lod forgive
me, hut I was drunk when she died,
half drunk at the grave, and .I meant to
go on a. regular spree that night. 1 was
low down, sir, and I was no hotter than
a. brute those days.”
“And so you left your Inotheilesa
children at. home and went out and got
drunk."
“No. I said I meant to, but I didn’t.
The poor things were crying all day, und
after coming home from the burial I
thought to get ’em tucked away in bed
before I, went out. Drunk or sober I
never struck one of 'em a blow, and
they never ran from me when l stag
gered home. There’s four of ’em in
there, and the youngest isn't quite four
years yet. I got the older ones in had
all right, and then came little Ned.
He had cried himself to sleep, and he
called for mother as soon as I woke
him. Until that night I 'nayct'had
the boy on my knee, to say nothing
of putting him to bed, and you can
guess these big fingers model slow work
with the hooks and buttons. Every
minute he kept saying, mother didn’t do
that way; and the lag children were
hiding their heads under the quilts to
drown their gobs. When I had his
clothes oll‘ and his nightgown on I was
ashamed and put him down, and when
the oldest saw tears in my eyes, and
jumped out of bed to put her arms
around my neck, I dropped the name of
‘Whisky Bill’ right then and forever.”
“An I little Ned ’l”
“Melihie I'd have weakened but for
him," replied the man as he wiped his
eyes. “After I got the child’s night
gown on, what did he do but kneel right
down beside me and wait for me to say
the Lord's Prayer to him! \Vhy, sir,
you might have knocked me down with
a feather i There I was mother and
father to him, and I couldn't say four
words of that prayer to save my life!
He waited and waited and waited for
me to begin as his mother had, and the
big children were waiting, and when I
took him in my arms and kissed him, I
called heaven to witness that my life
should change from that hour. And so
it did sir, and I’ve been trying hard to
lead asobor, honest life. God helping
xneano one shall call me ‘Whisky Bill'
again.”
The four children, little Ned in his
nightgown, came out for n good-night
kiss, and the boy cuddled in his father's
arms and said:
“Good night, pa———good night, every
hody in the world———good night, um, up
In Heaven-—xmd don’t put out the light
’till we get to sleep l"—--Detr0it Free
Press.
The Paris Mint has commenced lilac
coinage of 14,800,000 francs m‘ gem;
silver and bronze pieces for thclbcm t
Government. The die adapted IS 113 a: ol
the Latin Uuiun. Suvin hasno nanona
monev ycl, and business has hithertp bgen
transimed in the coins of the adjoining
ccumries. '
Old 501 wins fiery heat in the Sum
mer rays.
The Gourmand
The individual gourumnil is nut \rt
zin extinct being. There are few dinner
tables which his press-nu- den-x not
offend. The writers know him of old;
they scent him from afar. lie is u:-
(luuintetl with the excellence and thi- dc»
feets in the cooking of every iith‘l'll of
note in the city. “l' knows the quality
of every dish upon llm lll"lllli tin-re is
no mystery for him in the most incom
prclmnsihlenf l"l'"lll'll mum-s. [lntakes
his seat at the tuhle with the manner of
on!» who has :1 great duty before him,
and who intends fulfilling it to the
nttermost. He opens his menu, places
it against the decanter in front of him,
and tucks his nupkin under his chin.
By these preliminaries you may know
him, and it will be well that you should
recognize him at first, so as to spare
yourself the trouble of trying to engage
him in conversation, for he is there not
to talk, but to out. Running his eye
down the eurd,he ticks his favorite
dishes, and, buttonholing the .wuiter,
begins to. worry him forthwith: “N ow,
don't forget; and mind, I can’t touch it
unulerdonc. Crisp, you know, crisp und
hrown. What’s that you say—no more
asparagus? \Vhy. you’ve only brought
me twice! Ah 1 guinea fowls, eh'l
Well, if there’s one thing I have n.
weakness for, it’s :t lurded guinea. fowl;
but where are the pens? ()h, hang it,
waiter, vou know this will never do—
guinen fowl and no pens I \Vhy, you’ll
want me to cut Spring chickens without
York hum next time I come here. ‘
’l‘here; take it away. I shan’t get over
this for n. week; no peas, eh’l Oh, yes!
Look here; I’ll have some of these
peaches a. la. Condi, and let them be a In
Cow“, and not a. in. unythmg else. It’s
not it week ago that s fool of a weiter‘
brought me sudoise do creme and swore
it was ice pudding. He thought I
didn’t know an ice pudding when I saw
an ice pudding; but he made a mistake. ‘
Andl say, none of your new Stilton
for me, you know; don't try to come any ‘
fresh stull‘ over me, because it won’t do; ‘
real ripe, and with 11. dash of old port
over it, that's about my form.” llenven
help the. waiter! His assailant won’t
give him more than sixpeuoe.- The
University Magazine. I 'i
Useful Bees.
There uro few persons who have any
idea. of tho innnense agricultural and
horticultural service rendered by bees,
but u eeluulution just made by Rev. M.
Sauppe, a. great hue master, of Zucken
dort', Stxony, goes for to prove the
utility and importance of bee culture.
llis calculation is that out of each of the
17,000 hives to be met with in Saxony,
10,000 bees fly per day—equal to 170,-
000,000——eech bee four times, equal to
680,000,000 of flights, or in 100 days,
equals to 680,000,000,000. Each bee
before flying homeward visits fifty flow
ers, therefore the assemblage has visited
no less than 3,400,000,000,000 of flow
ers. If out of ten only one flower has
become fertilized, 340,000,000,000 of
fertilized flowers would be the result.
Supposing the value of the fertilization
of 5,000 flowers to be only In. German
pfennig (onetenth of n penny), the
united bees of Saxony have earned per
annum the sum of 68,000,000 pfennige
~630,000 marks, or about $170,000.
Thus ouch hivo is calculated to do u na
tional service to the value of $lO per
unnum, and this they «lo while paying
more than the expenses of their keeping
by the honey they gather. Upon these
figures M. Snuppe reeonunends thut
more bees should be roared and kept in
Saxony, but- his reeonnnemlutioh will do
for this country as well.—l3oston (,‘om.
Bulletin.
Woman’s Perfldy.
Here is a fearful instance of woman’s
pcrfidy. A young man in the countiy
went to take his girl for a walk, but
found that she had not done her milk
ing. 'VVith a gallantry that does credit
to the young man, he volunteered to do
the milking for her while she was mak
ing her toilet. After he had got her
milking done, had hung the milk stool
on the ban], and set the pail of milk in
the kitchen, washed his hands at the
pump with soft soap, and wiped them on
the tail of his duster, he discovered that
she had gone to a circus with another
young man who did know enough to
extract milk from a milk wagon. The
deserted young man kicked over the milk
pail, and went his way a sadder man.
Steps are being taken to put in opera
tion the plansfor improving the naviga
tion of the Seine in the interior of Paris.
The project consists in raising by a. yard
the weir of Suresnes, and dredging in
certain places. The engineers eon~ider
that by these operations a depth of three
metres may be obtained as high as Point
National. The expense is calculated at
10,500,000 francs. ‘
Many men resemble the clam, for mu
can see all there is in them when they
open wide [toir mouths.
EFINAM'IM. ,m: mmmnu‘m.
: l'uumxn. Ainimst 35 1975. '
i [...-m! unnurs in I‘mthmd, buying, nunund miling
v pnl'. ‘
silver coin in I‘ortluu-l the banks quote at 1 per vent.
lincuunt w par. ‘ .
l'oiu exchange, on Now \ ark: lvpur cu". yrummm.
Cnin exchange on Sun Ynuwuru, par m a per, cent. .
pmmum. V ‘ ‘
'l‘clvzmphic truwfv'rs on .u-w Xurk. . W 7 .111: pm.
mium. ‘.’ -
‘ “ .. V _ .
lion-w Proum'n Mnrlwi. -
‘ 'l'nr lull-win; quot-rim” ropmmnt tlno‘urlnrwasJo
1 mm {rum prudunem-ur fin! luuuls :
‘ mm]: ..(‘mumhlu 1:) (”My"): lntsut: ht..:x1:1r.11..~.....5‘.
H 11.45.30”; hm, wumry lyrun-ls'. H may 7;,_
~upurtlnc. N 001933 713- 7
\\'U(|l.—-\'nllcy. 1591-31; l‘mpquu. 215361-23: Bum" Uru
wn. “(417m \l-r} I'hulcu «If ‘.lllcy. l‘mmuu uznl
Lantern Urogun wmnmnd an mh‘anw: un lhosu
h-nlua. .
\\'lll‘2A'l'--»sx [-flhuié‘l {.75 l’nl’ memxa; milling,“ 00¢:
31 (in; \mlln Walla lrgnn 25(435 m. lean.
I’UTATUI-IS tguutahle “90ml?! (”per 100 lbs, in to
doacrlpllun unl qunmy. .
MlDDLlNUS—Jubblng n feed, #2010025; flue, 39.5 w;
027; V um.
BEAN—Jobbing a: per um. .15.
“WEl—hm“, per cumin], #1 20m: '.’-0: choiw a shade
u er.
BACON—BImm. Sum: hnml. Willie; ulmulders. 6@7c.
lIAY-e-‘lelmothy baled, lmylng at Slogan! per ton;
w .
LARD-ln has none; no» In tlns, same.
Bll’l'l‘Eß—Wequow choice dulry It. 250; good lreuh
roll. 20am“; ordlnnry, lbellfic, whether brlnc or
sand; common. mam; market steady; California
fresh roll. 225(425.
(ml-ZEN FRUITS-“Apples, good to cholce, 500.@31 per
lmx; Liam, slM} 50 per Lox; Oranges. $2 50010:
per 100.
DRIED “(FlTS—Apples; sun dried. «QM: lnnuhmo
dried. mast. Pours, mm‘lunedrlml, flaw. Plunli,
lunchlnc dried, maize; plum], )Ourl'zvz wlth pm,
nu rule.
_ EGGS—vibe per down.
l‘Ul'lil‘llY—llum and ruuulcn, 341135,; chickens 52 75
$3! ()0.
(‘llll LBE—UIC‘mn. 101:91250; Oulllurnla, murlfm '
HUGS -—Dresscd, scm" (mu, 41'.
BEEF—Ie weight. ‘.‘](Nddc. for 30ml In choice.
b‘lll-Ilil' Live Weight, 2MB?
UlDlfiS—Qunmblo m. lump 45c {or all over 16 than, one
thlrd all for under that, also one-third on {or culls.
TALLUW «Quotable at M 520.
General Merchandise.
RiCb-Mnrkct 3110 M nt Cbinn mixed, snd}: Japan, }
03(97): Sun wiuh Inland. 7mm. . 1
COI-‘Hli-I—Coom ilimJoial'lic; Java, 270; lhu, nune; ‘
(:ucmnmiu. 163(3170. ‘
I‘PAS—Wequote npun in flowered boxes 35@40c;L1- i
quurcd boxes. “@500; pupr r, 30'g37fc. ‘
sl‘GAßSnSimdwich Island. 7139 c; (lo den 0, in bbln 1
Hit; hi bbla 81c; Crushed ls. mic, bf bbil,lo%c; I
l’nivorizod bblu 111:. hi bbii Hie; Granulated b ll ‘
100, hi hbiu 101 k, _ i
SYRUl’S—Quumblc at 475‘: in bblq, 50c in his, nnu 550 1
in k 9 . . ‘
SARDINE'IS—Qr hows, 3). 00; M boxes. 82mm ;
YEAST I'UWDER—Donneliy. 19(‘g20c 10 gross; Dooley, 4
20mm '3 gross; Preston 1: Merrill. ‘.’-it: a grou. ‘
WlNES—Sherry, (“reign in Mk. 3']. 50@5; in ct, 8702030. i
:31;rry.dumeutic in Mk, 31 5061?. 50; in cs, 84 50 :
0. ‘
Port, foreign in bik. 82 50(1187; in cl,v87(l?90.
i’urt,dulnrntic in but.“ 50m)”; incl, 84 m 8“. 1
Al‘igcliun. duuimtic in bik, 81 Mail 50; in an, M 50 i
ul U.
Mumtel, domestic in Mk. 81 75x82 50. ‘
lleiuling, dumesticin hik, 31 50:62 00. ;
Sonnnm White, domestic in MR, 81 00M] '.’.s', in cs, ‘
$4 00385 00.. ‘
Claret. foreign m bik. 91 50m 00; in cu. s: 501188. 1
('lnrct. domestic)“ blk. 75c; in ca, “it"? ‘
CANDlJifl—Emcry,mic; Pick a; Shove, 1 0:; Hail ‘
new. 2050; (innit. 16c: wax. ‘.’lc. }
Sl’llil'l‘s AND MALT LlQUORs—The foliowlng are ‘
the prices current of certain brands of Muskie: and ‘
beer: J. H. Cutter, old Bourbon whisky, mlnu- ‘
incurred by C. P. Moorm in in Co., Kunmcki. 83 25 1
(4P7; 31. M Marshall, Kentucky. $3; other mods,
31 some 75. ‘
01 LS—Ordinary brands of ma). 250: high (rules, Dow
ner a Co., macaw; boiled linleed, 90c; raw linseed.
501-; Pure hm]. 81931 10; mmr, el 2561 50; tur
ycm no. smacsc, .
sAs rnifi‘l'sc'o Pnonucs Timex Iz'l‘
Sm Famcxsco, Aug. 13.
Inner msmmn.
WHEAT—-Dull and weak.
BARLEY—Qaiet and steady tor choice.
CORN—Large yellow sold for 82 ’/,c.
FLOUR—Quiet but very firm.
WOOL—Steady. with fair demand.
smear) nnra'rca. .
WHEAT - Milling, California choice,
$1 67% is otl'ered. Shipping. Calitornial
good, 31 65. Receipts are larger. Demand
is for choice and is of a slow and cautions
character. Market weak and dull. The
general impression is that values are too
high for season. others 'thinlr- anhrpmdw
vance is near. Buyers amliew. and all man
ifest the same indispbsitibn. L 3, l r -’
FLOUR—Market. about bare of Walla
Walla. Demand good. _Localldelivery dull.
xsw mm: whim. ’
le Yonx. Aug. 13.
WliEA'l‘—Quiet..
FLOUR—Steady. ,
WOOL» Quiet.
vnrcmo insurers.
, . (,nrcmo, Aug. 1::. _
\Vlll‘lA’lwGEf‘gc naked for September.
BACON— Short rib aides. $4 42%.
POHK~SB so asked {or samem‘bez. .
l) LARD—- $5 47%(47‘5 ,50 naked tor Sepmn-_
01'. f ‘ . . ‘ .T - .I ’.’ ,1
' . smmsn £61185 Kauai. ‘ ‘
qupoon. Aug. 13. ,
COTTON—Jinn. Uplands, (SIT-16. or
leaus, tifid. ‘ . . ‘
"fi'T‘W/ . «.E --
angina wrmu nan-nu. ‘
Loxnos, August. 13 ~Floating cargoes, 1
rather easier, i“ ~ '-. "5
Cargoes on passage and. for shipment. i‘
rather easier. ' .
Mark Lane, quiet. ~ 1
Quotations of good cargoes oll' coast 480
lbs, sea damage tor seller-5' account. less:
usual 2% per cent. commission: Med. Ch. '
or ma, 42s seams: Bed mum, 47s 6d; |
Calm, 500 lbs, 47am 1.5-; si; w? ‘
Good nhiupiug Gala. wheat on passage.
per 500 lbs, Queenstowuvtor orders; just]
shipped or to he promptly "shipped, 463;
nearlydm-AGH Udeifls; Oregon forshipment, !
475. .
1 Fair average Chicago or Milwaukle.lor
shipment. during present month and follow
‘ in one, per 480 mm. terms». 41:.
Imports of when: into U. K. during past
week, 895,000@400,000 qrs. ' ‘
Imports :1 flourinto U. K. during past
week, 100.000@105,000- bbla.
Weather in England, cloudy.
Ln’nnmon. August 13.-~Wbeut, on wpot,’
rather vanier.
Red Winter. 1)» N.
White Michigan. Us I“.
No. 1 standard, 93 M. No. 2 Itandard.
93 4d.
Red Am. Spring. No. 3 no No. 2', shipping,
per coma], 830085 od. ‘
Peter Cooper says: "I made it a point
to put away somethingevery day. When
I worked tor a dollar a day 3 and nibn‘
cy, and have always done so. That is
the secret of wealth. San: something
evelv day.”
A man would rather live with a cross
eyeu‘ woman than with a cross mouthed
one.
L (DLYJIPIA ADVERTISIEMEN'I‘S.
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5:3. ii. PORTER,
A '3' 'l' H I; .'\ iL Y ~ A T —— LA‘V,
Ulympin, W. T.
H. G. STRUVE,
ATTO RNE YnAT—LAW,
Olympia, \V. T.
OLYMPIA HOTEL.
J. G. SPARKS, Proprietor,
Olympia, W. T.
SEATTLE- ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEW ENGLAND HOTEL,
- SEATTLE, \V. T.
L. C”. IIAIHION, I t I ! I'IIOI'IIIE'I'OI.
l‘rce Conch to xxx—urban) the House,
I 11:; mm. Jog. FMchaur.
McNaught Brothers,
A '1"1‘ 0 RNEYSuATnLAW,
Seattle, \V. T.
I
Geo. W. Hams,
(Successor to J. F. Mon-ill.)
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
”DEALERS IN
DRUGS AND MEDICINES!
1333 [on
Complete Stock
Hard: of San M
01mm
WBY EXPRESS OR ML,
Promptly attended to.
SIGN--C|TY DRUG STORE,-
Sammie, \V. T.
0. i- . GERRISH & 00.,
-———Wholesale and Retail Dealers in——- '
‘ a I M . h d .
' Of extra, Qualitv.
HARDWARE 2 ‘ AGENTS
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Uluw X: I‘ I, Tilylur \ Funk": Hake. 'v
l‘l'n"n-‘inl'.~. ,' Mix-:Zwiik Farm Wag)“, ‘
. Boom and Show, I b'wm-lnznku Plume, ‘
Wine»; g Hahn-a" lh-mler,
Liquors, ; Mdinv Flows,
Cigars. 5 Km, Em,
Eh: i Etc.
IGRICUITUHM iMPIEMENTS Of All KINDS AT THE [WEST PHICH
PHI-'7' TU ”’.‘VSIL'XD‘ ”I T.
Drugs. l DR U Gs lDl‘ugS,
PAINTS, OILS. STATIONERY. mo"
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1311138, Soaps,
Medicines, Perfumery,
Chemicals, Pomades,
» and Trusses. Hair Oill,
Patent Medicines of all kinds. And all Articles used for the Toilet.
Glass, ETC.
P ~ ETC:
nmts, . ETC.
0113 and ’ ETU
Brushes. " ETC.
A large assortment. Quick Sales and Small Profits.
Presc rl ptlo n 9 Ga refully comocflndod.‘
1 E. N. OUIMETTE.
Dealer in I" kinds 0!
DRY GOODS AND MILLINERY,
Corner Main and Fifth Streets, Olympia, W. 'l'.
OLYMPIA
B ro om Fae tory!
ISAAC CIIILBERG, Prop‘r.
——-)lnnutacturer 01-
All Kmds of Brooms
At San Francisco prices. Brooms wm
ranted to give satisfaction. Pat
ronize Home Industry.
l Bros. &_,Co..
; cattle, : : : W; I‘.
IMMENSE
lSpring Stock !
I FROM THE EAST.
! -.-_,_
DRY 60008.
. momma,
CARPETS. "
BOOTS
—-:\ND—-
SHUES‘
1 \Vil] make allowmxce on all cash Rules in
l the above line of goods.
! I‘Eilhmua Early and Oftenfii’;
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