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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-07


The French expedition made the first ac-
curate measurements At the commencement
OF his century. Subsequently to that, how
ever, the first and the only thorough exPiora-
rion and examination OF the pyramids, which
has hitherto been accomplished, was made
nv Colonel Howard WISE, with whom was
Mr.. ], E. Perrinc. The books of Col. WISE,
published in 1910, and the immense volumne
Of plates bv Messrs. Perring X Andrews are
now the only trustworthy authority on this
subject. The present hight Of the pyramid
of Cheops, from base 70 the topmost stone
now remaining is exactly $50 English feet.
Col. Vvre's explorations resulted In exposing
10 view specimens OF the ancient casing
stones in position. For the Pyramid Is at
present pile Of rough stones, in tiers, each
Tier narrower than that below it so that
the ascent is I series Of steps. But these
steps were formerly filed with Triangular
white stones, polished down 10 smooth
and perfect slope from base to apex. This
entire casing OF white stone has been re-
moved. The mosk OF the Sultan Hassan,
and other buildings in Cairo, were conStruc-
ted from material thus obtained. Col. Nyse,
finding some OF the lowest casing stones az
sit,s, was enabled to obtain, for the FIRST time,
the exact angle OF the sl0plnS surface, and
thus to calculate, with matnematlcal accu'
racv, the precise hight oi the original apex
Of the Pyramid, supposingis to have been a
sharp point. This hight was 4SO feet nine
inches, in English measurement.
The reader who desires to obtain an ap-
proximate idea of the appearance Of the great
Pyramid, b. comparison with familiar OBJ
iects, will find this difficult, for the reason
that it is impossible for any but an expert
enced person to reproduce in imagination,
the hight OF lofty objects. \ mountain 2,OOo
feet high appears but little higher than one
which Is 1000 feet, unless that the two are
seen together. A hundred feet on the top
of sloping object 200 feet high, makes IN
the perspective but 4 very small difference
indeed. The spire Of Trinity Church, at the
head ofWau street, appears TO the eye nearly
as high as the Pyramid OF Cheops, although
j, lacks, perhaps, 200 feet ii equaGngit. The
base OF the Pyramid is 7i6 feet square. The
ancient base with the casing stones, was
eighty feet larger. With these measurements
before him the reader can see for himself
how many city blocks the Pyramids would
cover.-JoWRG! Of Commerce.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-07

WHAT AN OLD SALT LAKE LEcHBR SAID
ABOUT WoMsN.--An inquiring visitor to
the great Mormon city, asked Elder Heber
C. Kimball how "the Church" could sup
ply the Mormon male increase with suf-
fcient quantity of wives: Sa' A'gh
"Why," said the old man, twinkling his
little black eyes like godly Silenus and
nursing one Of his fat legs with a liquor
ish smile, .'isn't the Lord Almighty pro-
yidin' for His beloved heritage jist as fast
as he enyways kins This wars a-goin'
on till the biggest part O. you male Gen
tiles hez killed each other of, then the
little handful that's left and comes a-Aee-
in to our asylum II bring all the women
o the nation along with 'em, SO we shall
hey. women enough to give every one on
'em all they want, and hey large balance
left over to distribute round among Gods
saints that hez been here from the begin
min O. the tribulation." s5s.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-07


MIsTooK HIS MEANINe.-The S. F. Sun
day Mercury is responsible for the following;
To show how strangely some people are in
the habit of misconstruing the language OF
others, since the simplest words Of the Eng
lish dialect have been tortured into slang
phrases, we will just relate a little circun-
stance which took plack on the street, short
time since, between very popular and worthy
minister Of the Gospel and lady. Wemerely
repeat the little matter in hope that it may
tend to remedy the vulgar practice, which has
become rather the rule than the exception
among all classes and sexes, of misconstru-
ing innocent words. 1t is as follows A lady,
of prepossessing demeanor, was passing
along Montgomery street, and, being
stranger, we presume, to the city, asked OF
reverend gentleman, whom she chanced to
meet Can you inform me, sir, which IS
Montgomery street? Madam observed
the gentleman, with profound bow, You
are on it. Indeed, SIR replied the lady,
with indignation flashing in her eyes; you
are vastly mistaken! How dare you speak
to me in that manner ? The reverend gem
tlemau as almost consumed by bushes when
he found how his language had been inter-
preted, and before he could explain its proper
meaning, the lady was sailing down the
street, tossing her head from side tn side as
if she intended to deal out destruction on
creation in general. ,... .r.al5 s.1-r.r ,iss =
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"GoING ALONE.

With curls in ;he sanny a!c tossing,
With hight in the merry blue eyes,
With laughter 80 clearly outriaging,
A laugh OF ieligh; and surprise:
All friendly assistance dissiaining,
And trusting no strength but ITS own
The pas; fears and trials forgotten,
The baby ia going alone"
What woful lnishaps have preceded
This day Of rejoicing and prIdel
How often the help that he needed
Has carrlrsS.y EOue from bis side
be has tallen while reaching for sunbeams,
Which. just Is he graSped them, have flown,
Aud in tears OF vex4tion have followed,
But ROW he is going alone
And all through his IF, he will study
This lesson again and again:
He will careleSsly lean upon shadows,
He will fall and weep over the pain.
The hand whose fond clap was the sures:
viii coldly withdraw from his OWL,
The suuuiest ewes will be clouded,
Aud he will be walking alone.
He vii! learn what stern world we live in.
And he rnay grow cold ike the rest,
Just keeping warn suauy welcome
For those who seem truest and best;
Yet, rhasteued and taught by past sorrow.
And stronger and manl;er grown,
No; trusting his all IN their keeping,
He learns TO walk bravely alone.
And vet not alone. for our Father
The falterirS footsteps will guide
Through all the DARK naErs of earih-lie.
And over the rivers deep tide.
Oh here Is a helper uufailing,
A strength we can perfectly trust,
When. all human and uuavailIng,
The dust shall return unto dus:.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-07

A letter from Rome states that a very in
teresting discovery has been just made in
continuing the excavations in the narthex Of
the old Basilica of San Clemente--a paint
ing, representing our Saviour seated and in
the act Of giving the benediction to two per-
sonages kneeling before him, presented by
angels. The outstretehed hand of the Sa-
viour is placed according to the Greek form,
!. e., the thumb and third digit united. The
head is surrounded by deep nimbus; on
either side are full-length figures of St. Gle
ment and St. Andrew, with their names, and
long inscription underneath. 1t is very
possible that this fresco may be older than
the other hitherto discovered in the narthex
of the Basilica, possibly dating from the mid.
die Of the eleventh century.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-07
Iced Liquors.

The aucients were accustomed to have
their beverages cooled and iced in various
ways. Both Galen and Piiny have described
the method, which is still employed in tropi-
cal climates, to reduce the temperature Of
water by exposing it to evaporation, in por-
Gus vessels, during the nighttime; and a
sinlile in the Book Of Proverbs seems to war
rant the conclusion that the custom of pre-
serving snow for summer use must have pre-
vailed among Oriental nations from the ear
hest ages. That it was long. familiar to the
Greeks and Romans is abundantly certain.
When Alexander the Great besieged the town
of Petra in India, he is reported to have or
dered number of pits to be dug and filled
with snow, which, being covered with oak
branches, remains for long time undissolyed
A similar expedient is noticed by Plutarch,
with this difference, that straw and coarse
clothes are recommended in place OF oaken
boughs. The Romans adopted the same mode
of preserving the snow which they collected
from the mountains, and which, in the time
of Seneca, had become an important article
of merchandise at Rome, being sold in shops
appropriated to the purpose, and even hawk
ed about the streets.
At first the only mode Of employing snow
was by fusing portion Of it in the wine or
water which was to be cooled; and this was
most conveniently effected by introducing 1t
into strainer, which was usually made Of
silver, and pouring over it. But as the snow
had generally contracted some degree Of inn
purity during the carriage, or from the reser-
voirs in which it was kept, the solution was
apt to be dark and muddy, and to have an un-
pleasant favor from the straw; hence those
Of fastidious taste preferred ice, which they
were at pains to procure from a great depth,
that they might have it as fresh as possible.
A more elegant method Of cooling liquors
came into vogue during the reign of Nero, to
whom the invention was ascribed; namely, by
placing water which had been boiled in thin
glass vessel surrounded with snow, so that it
might be frozen without having its purity
impaired. 1t had, however, been long pre-
vailing opinion among the ancients, as We
may collect from Aristotle, Galen, and Plu-
tarch, that boiled water was most speedily
converted into ice; and the experiments of
modern chemists would seem to prove that
this doctrine was not altogether without foun-
datiou. At all events, the ice SO obtained
would be Of more compact substance than
that produced from water which had not un-
dergone the process; and this was sufhcientto
justify the preference.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-07

Sr1R1TuAIIsM.-An enthusiastic believer
vas relating to skeptic certain spiritual
nerformances to which he could testify,
and among other things ne said that on
one occasion the spirit Of his wife, who
had been dead several years, returned to
him, and, seating herself upon his knees,
nut her arms around him and kissed him,
much to his qualification, as she used to do
when living. "You do not mean to say"
remarked the skeptic, "that the spirit of
your wife really embraced and kissed
YOU ," "No, not exactly that" replied
the believer, "but her spirit took posses
sion of female medium, and, through
her, embraced and kissed me"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-07

FRENCH AeRIcULTURE.-One of our con-
suls writes from the south Of France to the
Agricultural Bureau: received the request
from the Agricultural Department to furnish
it with statistics. l know not what to do.
I, who have always so loved agricultural and
horticultural pursuits, would certainly be ex-
pected to do much in this line. But when l
look around, find absolutely nothing in all
France to interest our country in that line.
So far is France behind US in all labor-saving
machinery, in everything relating to agricul-
ture, or the mechanic arts even, that know
it is the wrong place to seek light. Many
things are unearthed at Pompeii and Her
culaneum that are much in advance Of any
thing in France. The ploughs are Of the
style Of the ancient Egyptians-a forked tree.
Their carts and wagons Of the farm are four
times the size Of our own-awkward and
clumsy affairs you might worship and not
break the second commandment, for they are
the likeness Of nothing on earth. The peas
ants drive in a single hog to market, as in
Ireland, and everything else is in the same
piddling, picayunish style. Is this the style
to be initiated BY our own large-minded,
great-souled, enlightened, free.born Ameri-
cans Not by my aid or consent. This dis
trict, and the whole south OF France from
here to Nice, on the Italian border, is land
mostly Of grapes; the eastern half of olives
also; poor, miserable character Of farming,
which we should leave, 1 think, after looking
over the whole ground, to the small-minded
small farmers Of Europe. Or when we do go
into grape-raising, as we will largely in Cali.
fornia, let US go at it in our own grand style,
as we raise hogs, corn, wheat, etc.; no
piddling or scratching like this. p, s.t
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-07

MArRIMoxY IN JAPAN.-Eyery japanese
parent is allowed to sell his daughter to the
proprietor Of any "Tea-house, or other
similar place; but only some Of the poorer
classes, believe, avail themselves Of these
sad means ofeconomizing their household by
parting with their offspring at the tender age
Of seven or eight. When they are thus sold,
the better looking naturally command the
largest price. These poor children are, for
their owners own benefit, carefully tended
being kept in comparative seciusion until they
attain the age OF fourteen or fifteen, when
they are compelled TO commence an immoral
course Of life, the poor girls, like too many
sad victims in our own land-oelng decked
out in the gayest and most fanciiul attire,
Either previous or subsequent to this time,
any Japanese wanting wife can purchase
one of these young creatures and be legally
married TO her but, it no such chance oc-
ours, she is not permitted to leave the estao-
Eshmenr until she is twenty-five when she Is
perfectly free, and not in the least regarded
as inferior 10 any other girl IN her station IN
Ife-in fact, generally marrying well. On
one occasion, remember, we visited the
house ofa Yacoonin, who received us with
evident pleasure, treating US to tea and cake.
After some minutes conversation, his wife
entered, accompanied BY her female attend
AM, The officer introduced US to her; but
unfortunately she had not followed her hus-
bands exam pie in learning English-she re-
marks we exchanged were, as is almost al
ways the case, when YOU need an interpreter,
few in number. She was good-looking
young woman, thickly powdered, her eye
brows shaved entirely off, and her teeth
blaekened. The two last mentioned opera
tions are performed by every woman when
she becomes a wife; and, as they have gen.
orally strongly marked eyebrows and pretty
regular teeth, with by no means small mouths,
the disiguring effects OF the operation may
be better imagined than described. The rea-
son ascribed for this extraordinary practice
is, that each woman may show her husband
that from henceforth she desires no adunira-
ton but his.-A Lady's TIsit to Manila and
Japan.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-07
-ET-ITT ETZ--I- -.

NATION AGAINST NATIoN.-List of the
wars which are being carried on at the
present moment: 1a"' 'a '.9 q"
l. War in Poland between the Poles
and the Russians. . .',.--. ..,r -t. 81.
2. War in Italy between the usurping
Piedmontese and Neapolitan patriots.
8. War in Japan between the Japanese
and the English. .r..
4. War in China between the Imperial
lists and the Insurgents.
5. War in China between the Chinese,
the French and the English.
6. War in Sumatra and Java between
the Malays and the Dutch. ss a7a
Z. War in Hindostan between the In
dians and the English. .r
s. War in Persia between the Persians
and the Afghans. E g. r.a-7m
9. War in Cochin China, between the
Annamites and the French.
10. War in Algeria between the Arabs
and the French.
IL. War in Morocco between the Moors
and the Spaniards.
70. War in Madagascar between the In
digenes and the French. ...--
l3. War in Caffraria between the Kaf-
frs and the English. ~
.a IA. War in the United States between
the North and South. .. ..,...... .
Is. War in Mexico between the Mexi-
cans and the French.
-r l6. War in St. Domingo between the
Negroes and the Spanish. ..-..
II. Civil war in the republics of South
America. a 1870
Is. War in Australia and New Zealand
between the English and the Maori.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-07

CrRRANTs.-Dried currants of commerce,
as they are miscalled, are in reality grape,
and free from stones or pits they come from
the Isthmus of Corinth and several places in
the Indian Archipelago. A small Spanish
currant is sometimes sold in their stead.
1t is the island of Zantc which furnishes the
largest amount Of these currants, and their
cultivation is materially lessening, as the
jealousy of the Ottomans does not allow
large vessels to enter the Gulf for their pur-
chase. These currants grow on vines, like
grapes the leaves are somewhat the same
figure, and the grapes similar; they are
gathered in August and dried on the ground; /;
when kegged, they are trodden down close
ly with the feet. Zante Island produces
enough to load FIVE or six large vessels ;
Cephalonia three or four, and other islands
one .-..
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-07

RUSSIAN Ro6UERY.-A gentleman Of st.
Petersburg, buying a cap, selected one of un-
usual shape from the hatter's counter, and,
after much hasgling, purchased it, although
il had bsen made to order and the party for
whom it was intended was expected to fetch
il momentarily. To secure it, the gentleman
put it on his head and departed. In the course
Of his walk he found in his pocket a snuff
box which did not belong to him, and which
he knew was not there snort time before;
he could not account for it. Presently he
drew forth strange handkerchief, and short
ly afterwards he found himself enriched with
pocket-book. Suspicious of these additions
to his property, he determined TO stroll lei
surely about to watch the results, and at
length, from the quantity of things placed
softly about his person, he became convinced
that he was converted into an ambulatory re-
ceiyer Of stolen goods, of which the cap was
the sign He at once made the discovery
known to the police, who were not long In
turning the information to account.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-07

A LIEUTENANT at the late battle of 0lus-
tee, who had lost leg in an engagement in
North Carolina, and who had supplied its
place with an artificial member consisting of
a stout oaken peg, was present at this fight,
and while the battle was as warm as one
would care to experience, rebel sharpshoot-
er put bullet through his trousers leg and
through his wooden peg. He felt the blow,
but escaped the twinge Of pain that generally
accompanies the passage Of a bullet through
genuine flesh and muscle, and enjoying keen
sense Of the ludicrous, he forgot the battle
and its dangers, and gave way to the hearth
est and most explosive laughter. He pushed
along the line and approached the Colonel,
10 whom, after a severe effort, he was able to
communicate the cause Of his mirth. Almost
eonyulsed with laughter, he exclaimed, 'sColo-
mel by George the -r rebels have shot
me through the wooden leg! Ha! ha devil
ish good joke on the fellows!" and he hob
bled back to his position in the line, and
chuckled 70 himself immensely over the sell.
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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-07
THAcxERAY AND A Drex1rARY. - Ate

THAcKERAY AND A DIeNITARY. = After
Thackeray became lecturer, he applied in
that capacity to one of the dignitaries of Ok
ford: " Pray what can / do to serve you,
sir !? inquired the bland functionary. My
name is Thackeray." $50 see by this
card" az seek permission to lecture within
the precincts" "Ah! you are lecturer /;
what subjects do you NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or
political J" "Neither; am literary maj" "
Have you written anything !" Yes; l
am the author Of Vanity Fair" Il pre-
sumo dissenter-has that anything to do
with John Bunyan's book I" Not exactly |;
l have also written Pendcnnis.' Never
heard Of these works; but no doubt they are
proper books" az have also contributed to
Punch" Punch! have heard Of that is
it not ribald publication :" .... as.raaI
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-07
MoHAMMEpAS MERcANrnE MoRAL1rY.

MoHAMMEDAN MERCANTILE MORALITY.
in some Of its phases, Mohammedan mer-
camille morality exceeds in its serupulous-
ness that Of any other people, whatever their
religious character or creed. A mercantile
firm in Salonica had bills to large amount
on the principal inhabitants and merchants
Of the place, which, with their books and
papers were destroyed by FIRE. On the day
following, prominent Turk, who was largely
iu their debt, went in person and told them
that, having heard that their papers had been
destroyed, he had brought a copy Of his ac-
count with them and fresh bills for the
amount which was their due. This example
was followed by all the Turkish debtors to
them. 1t does not appear to be intimated
that this course was one that they had ever
learned from the Christian traders in their
country. ....'' ..
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-07

How LONG diamonds will continue to
be worn may be considered problematical,
if it is true, as it is said to be by that res
pectable authority, the Repue des Dsur
Mondes, that NJ. Henri Berthelot, with two
bushels Of charcoal, can make diamond
Of the first water. The assertion has made
q hero of NJ. Berthelot. He does not often
go to balls, but when he does he is opened
upon with such musketry fire of smiles
and glances as DIR. Faust never dreamed
of. He is the despair of all the dandies,
tenors, and bellies Of the capital. gasf
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Journalistic Dignity.

, False dignity is the armor assumed by
fools to protect their imbecility. When
men come into close and familiar inter-
course with one another, their true char
acters are revealed. The idiot who keeps
his lips sealed, may escape discovery; but
if he enters into discussion, his weakness
is at once disclosed. In society, there IS
large class of individuals, respectable and
estimable though feeble, and who owe
their position to their culture, or their
wealth, their amiability, their '.family'-
to anything, in short except superior
strength or superior talent. The instincts
Of this class impel them to avoid direct
contact with more vigorous and virile ma
lures, by surrounding themselves with a
barrier of "conventionality" and of artii-
cial dignity. AS long as they can CONT
nue. to move in the atmosphere Of drawing
rooms, or amid the fixed routine of every
day life, their complacency and amour
ioroprs receives no wound. But place them
in novel situations, where conventional
ties no longer furnish rule of action-in
scenes of conflict, of peril, or Of excited
pbSelOuoI HlleIe Luen euSOuASek SoOh ObhcA
in the earnest shock of intellectual battle
i'm such circumstances, "dignity" is no
longer an available defence for weakness,
vanity or stupidity. Then comes the tri-
umph of manliness over diLettantisn., Of
native vigor over artificial requirement.
From that crucial ordeal, pompous pre-
tense comes forth shorn of its complacen-
cy, and whatever is false, hollow and un-
real stands exposed in its true lineaments,
unmasked and palpable. Something an
alagous to this, is that assumed dignity in
journalism which consists in certain
wooden gravity and owlish solemnity, as
if its utterances were oracular emanations
from the graves of Delphos or Dodona.
After all, the opinions of "the Press" are
but the opinions of the men who control
it, or of those by whom they are controlled.
Its wisdom is but human wisdom at best,
and if the mask were to be removed from
the "Jupiter Tonans" who wields the
thunderbolts, in the majority of cases a
mortal of by no means formidable proper
tions would be revealed to the public gaze.