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Sir Roger TichbOrne and the Donkey.
SCENE FROM THE GREAT TRIAL.

From the Pail Mail GaZette.1
William Davis was in the carabineers from
1919 to 1861, and went through the Crimean and
Indian mutiny campaigns. l knew Mr.. Itch
borne i'm the regiment, and was i'm his COM
day for twelve months. Ihavc seen the plaintiff
and told him that if he would answer two aues-
tons pnt he must be the man or the devil
lLaughter.l One question was about young
donkey being put into his bed. Laughter I
asked him ii he could tell me the man who
fetched the young donkey out of his bed. He
said civilian Davis, 1 believe" That is me.
did fetch the donkey ont / asked him what
he gave me three days drill for. He said he did
not recollect, but afterward he said he had given
me three days drill for rubbing an oil rag over
nv horses leg TO make il shine. had done il
to hide the dirt. 1t was the sergeant major who
found it out, and brought me before Mr.. Itch
borne. 1t was Sergeant Major Till. He was
killed in the Indian mutiny.
CrOss-examined.-I am living at Hanley, in
Staffordshire, and work 500 yards below the sur
fac OF the earth.
After the witness cross-examination the Lord
Chief Justice asked him, What did you DO with
the donkey? When Mr.. Tichboope went in he
dropped the candle-I suppose In his fright
and ran out, calling to me, "Sentry, sentry Il
fLaughter.l 1 said to him, 81 don't want to see
the devil, sir" Renewed laughter.l But he
saws, "YOu must fetch him out Of nv bed.n /
said, "Sr, it is death for soldier to desert his
POST until he is properly relieved; you must get
me relieved" did not want to 90, for was no
hero then, and did not want to see the donkey
or devil, as he called it. [Laughter.] He told
me he would be answerable for my post and
had to obey him. When 1 went in poked up
the candle-stick and the candle fell out, and
was expecting every moment that the devil
would take hold of me. Loud laughter.l He
shouted to me, "D-n you, you have let the
candle out" [Laughter.l
The Lord Chief Justice-what did YOU do
with the donkey? [Renewed laughter
Witness-The donkey was tied down to the
bed. l united the fore legs first; there was
nightcap on the donkey. [Laughter.l 1 undid
the fore legs of the donkey and he sat up, and
Sir Roger looked in and bolted again. Laugh
teri shouted to him, at Is young donkey
sir" and when be came in second time the
little donkey was going about the room, and he
said, " ID - you, don't let him kick up a row
the fore part, it is the lightest'-[a laug hl-but
he said, No. will take the hind part"
The Lord Chief Justice-But what did You do
with the donkey? Laughter
Ave carried il down and put II into fine
laIrack yard To run ahout
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-30

The QUESTION of how old cigar should be
before being smoked is often a disputed one
Cubans like green cigar. The workmen, who
ought to knew, smoke the cigars they make
them. III youigo in a certain well-known cigar
store in New York, already quite celebrated for
its Cuban cigars made in the city, and buy
cigar there, before handing it to you the very
courteous Cuban will, with great elaboration.
is that fOr?" "To see, or rather hear, how dry
it Is If too dry, ii will snap very short. L can
hear it. A green cigar is soft, and makes no
two or three weeks, in this climate a cigar is
it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-30

FIREPRooF ROoFs.-A wash, composed OF
lime, salt and fine sand or wood ashes, put on i'm
the ordinary way of whitewash is said to render
shingles ffty-fOld more safe against taking fire
from falling cinders or otherwise, in case Of fire
In the vicinity. Itpays the expenses hundred
fold In its preserving influence against the effect
OF the weather. The older and more weather.
beaten the shingles, the more benefit derived
Such shingles are generally more or les warped,
rough and cracked. The application OF wash
by wetting the upper surface, restores them to
their orie inal or first form, thereby closing the
spaces between tie shingles; and the lime and
sand, by filling up the cracks, prevents the warp
inp-Firemrn's Jou,-nol F
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II BEAN AFFORD.
know not IL or dark or bright
Shall be my lot:
Iftkat wherein my hopes light
Be best or not:
1t may be mine 20 drag for years
Tolls heavy chain;
Or, day and night, my meat be tears
On bed Of pain.
Bear faces may surround my hearth
With smiles and slee;
Or i may dwell alone, and nirlh
Be strange TO me.
NY bark is waited from the strand
BY breath divine,
And on the helm there rests q hand
Other than mine.
One who has known in storms 10 sail
i have on board;
Above the raging Of the gale
i have my Lord.
Es holds me when the pillows unite:
shall not fall.
III sharp, tbs short; If long, tbs light;
He tempers all.
Safe 70 the land'-safe to the landl
The erd 10 this,
And then with Him go hand in hand
Ear int bliss
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thus be treated to great advantage. VIII every
housewife that reads this recipe try IL, and get
the benefit OF IL? Do not pass il by unexperi-
mented, but give ita fair trial. Remember,
flesh pigs meat from old salt pork.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-30

ga woman was recently up before the New
market(N. H.)Police Court for inhumsnly whip
ping her child. The sentence OF the c purt was
that she treat her child better, or go to jail
She said that the child was her own, and She
would whip it as much as she had mind to,
and chose to go to Jail.
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PROPOSALS.
FOR STATIONERY
Posi- oEIIcE DKPaRrEFNr.l

December ~, ISL.
Sealed Proposals viii ke reos iv-a Al thi. Rer,,,
furnishing certain articles of slstioaery Cor :.
q Of the Department. Tor one year from febrasrv
Eslt form. Of proposals.. .t.sias the snaii,v -,
orfpr6cstiOn 20 the First Assistant Postmas,.r
GeSrs
kchprorosal must be signed By the indiri dua, ,r
rqm& ne IL, and be acc npAn I'd b. a gaArAntV
maaer or United States attorney where the biddrr
rsstest bat the bidder shall, within ten days al E
betIN ctled upon 20 do 50. execute a cautra~f -,
furnf romptly, and IN quantities ordered. TIE
artcf oNrticles awarded Co hun: 90 B. sc,ompan
pysRh, with approved security, IN a penalty II
not les Tan vice the contract price OF All the sr,i
oles % be0rni he'd by said bidder. conftio ia M
The fsihG performance Of the same
Propoes unseoompanisd by such guaranty VIII
The BID win be considered and accepted. or re-
lected. Ito BY item. by classes of items A. TIA
Pes;maste General ma elect.
The srtl lee delivered must be % the eaouina
msnuisctst and quality sp-cIned. snd be farnishaf
al the contact price. whether more OF les. than ne
estimated eARtity ordered. and must b. deliyercs
free 81 chsse 90 the Department FOR delivery
ne deiTy must be male "a th- PEARSON desiS-
mated W u Postmaster General 90 receive the arr
clss. whicl shall be subject 10 eXaminatioo -
approval an expert detailed Tor that purn !
1te failure deliver m q reasonable tin~ 50 TO-
weeks st fafhest, or the delivery &c an .rticle a.
tcieni IN gu tts or quantity wil be h-d -u lie n
cause TO ami the contrast AT the discreet N II ths
Pee TINS ster enersl
tn. head othe Department will in al cases aeciI.
whether the tticles rendered by The contractor are
OF the Kind ad quality required by she contract
The foetmaer Gcnef al reserves the right II r.
lecttng sny nl bids II in his ludgm the inter
esis OF the Deartment require "a.
he suhgoint list specifies. - nearly can now
be sere, the sount, quality and description OF
article:
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A SeSluceP Shot.

At Grandview, Spencer county, Indiana. DIR.
Ferdinand Mason, q physician, was shot by an
oid citizen named Larknes Lamar, under the
following circumstances, as given by the Louis
Vile Ledger: Lamar was q mental invalid and
for proper treatment was sent to the Indiana in
sane asylum. This was in November 1870. Du-
ring his stay at the asylum, Lamar alleges that
DR.. Mason, under the d0ubly sacred OBJ CATION of
his family physician, seduced Mrs. Lamar, and
since that time until recently, had held Illicit in
tercourse with her. The suspicion of this fact
forced itself upon Lamar through his observa-
ten, and appealing to his wife, she told him
frankly that Mason had, after the practice of
many wiles, seduced her. This seemed to fully
determine l.. upon the course to be pursued He
procured revolver, which he carefully loaded.
Then going out upon the street, he hunted M
Dr. Mason, and addressing him, asked -" Doc
piled the doctor; elf you will come to my office
will show 1t to you, and we can settle" La
mar accompanied the doctor to the office as re-
quested, and the doctor got match which he
But just ss the match burned up brightly La
mar drew his pistol and fred upon the doctor
from behind, the ball taking effect in the back,
body. He fell to the floor. morfaily wounded.
DIR. Mason, We are informed, formerly lived at
NeUburg. In Warwick county, where his wife,
q divorce, on account Of cruel treatment. He
had the reputation OF being . seducer, and o
using his profession to secure his vile ends.
LAD NAMED MINOR, in Cincinnati, ha
brought an action against his father and mother
claiming $4,000 damages for abuse and III
treatment. He says he was thrashed with an
iron ram-rod and with rubber whips; dragged
about the house and down two flights Of stair
by the hair; thrust into . closet, under . tank
OF hot water, and kept there for ten hours, In
or sit down, and the like. The parents have re-
fused an offer TO compromise the matter.
TON LEONARD, OF Council Bluff, lows, BILL
poster has procured the necessary heating and
baking apparatus, placed upon apair Of wheels,
and furnishes hot buckwheat cakes to the peO-
pie cut there at acheaper rate than they can
manufacture them Themselves.
~Chas. Busch has again been arrested In
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A CERTAIN CURE FOR EARACHE.-we have
recently seen several recipes published as bene-
fetal in case of earache; but one who has a Sc
we're attack OF that malady WILL we think soon
find the ineffciency of them all. There is how
ever, one remedy which the experience of TWEEN
ty years has taught Us Is unfaiing. We have
seen il repeatedly tried in our own family, and
have frequently recommended it to Others al
ways with the same satisfactory result.
No house should be without its bottle of arnica
1t Is indispensable in cases of cuts burns and
bruises, and in earacke il is a sovereign cure.
As soon as any soreness is felt in the ear-whicn
feeling almost always precedes the regular
'ache"-let three or four drops OF tincture of
arnica be poured in, and then the orifice tilled
with little cotton To exclude the air. and i'm a
short time the uneasiness Is forgotten. III the
arnica is not resorted to until there is actual
pain, the cure may not be so speedy, but it Is
just as certain. Ii one application OF the arnica
does not effect cure IL will be necessary to re-
peat 1t, Ii may be several times. 1t is a sure
preventive OF gathering in the ear, which is the
usual cause of earache.
We have never yet known any harm or scri-
ous inconvenience to attend this use of arnica:
though If TIE spirits with which 1t is made are
very strong, ii may be diluted with a little
water, as the spirits-not the arniea-will some
times cause temporary dizziness Of the head,
which is unpleasant.-Arthur's Magazine.
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A Young Wife Bloses Her Brains Out in a FIT of
Jealousy, Because Her Husband Gees to Spelling
School.
From the Louisville Ledger, Dec 2ol
From gentleman who arrived in this CITY
last night from Gospcrt, Ind, We learn the par
tculars OF n most distressing case Of suicide
that occurred near that town last Saturday
night. A young and very estimable gentleman
named Davis, who had been married but short
time, and whose marital relations had been of
the most delightful character, received an invi-
tation to attend country spelling match or
school that was to come of Saturday night
few miles distant from his residence. He in
formed his wife of the invitation, announcing
to her that he would attend. inasmuch as he
had many personal friends whom he would
meet there.
1t seems that the wife was greatly excited at
this announcement; and it has since trans sired
that this excitement was the result of foolish
6t Of jealousy, she imagining he only desired to
attic nd the school that he might fiirt with some
OF his former young lady acquaintance. She
told him that il he went she woald blow her
brains out, and he would find her corpse when
he returned. Mr.. d., however, treated her
threat as bit OF badinage, not giving il second
thought This was in consequence Of the pleas
ant life they had so far lived together their hap
pness never having been marred by an unkind
word, or, as tar as he knew, even thought. He
therefore mounted his horse and rode to the
school-boase.
He returned about ten clock at night, when,
upon entering bis residence, he was Mortified 10
hnd his wife lying in pool of blood upon the
floor, part of her skull blown off. She had too
fearfully executed her threat The wound was
inflicted with a revolver, which. from the pow
der E,arks upon her face, must have been held
close to the forehead. The lady was the daugh.
ter of John X. Dunn, Esq, of GosPort, and an
intelligent, handsome woman. Her rash act has
almost driven her husband to insanity. They
had been married but five weeks, and were APP
parehtly greatly attached to each other. The
out the entire neighborhood in which the I'm
fortunate family lived.
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SUICIDE ON BUSINESS BAsIs.-A man.
named NJ. b. Pierce, who, it seems, was sheriff
OF Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, was found
dead In his bedroom at the Union Hotel, in Sc.
Louis, on Saturday, with a pistol-shot wound In
A letter to the landlady Of the hotel saws: /" Do
as you please with my remains, but my wish is
that you take my effects and by their sale real
frost. Ny effects viii cancel all expenditures.
for oil want u q box and hole. 1 am sheriff OF
Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, and want % be
buried before you communicate with my friends
Ny reason for doing this Is the business OF no.
body but myself" Another letter, addressed to
his deputy, Robert Cosgrove, desires the latter
to settle his affairs best he can, and to do ali
for his wife and babies possible. A letter from
his wife refers to some matters from which IL 10
inferred that Pierce was in pecuniary trouble,
In consequence OF which he may have lett home
He had been here since the 9th inst. Only sixty
cents were found among his effects
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a libel suit, damages at 81, 900, for saying Mr.
Colford was worth s. TO any political party, has
made a retraction- "Mr. Colfordis not worth IS
to any political party: he Is not worth dollar.
sxBrooklynites skate blindfolded.
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CARE OF HORSES LEGs.-Few men who han
die horses give proper attention to the feet and
legs. Especially is this the case on farms.
Much time is spent of a morning in rubbing.
brushing, and smoothing the hair on the sides
and hips, but at no time are the feet examined
and properly cared for. Now, be it known, that
the feet of a horse require more care than the
body. They need ten times as much, for i'm one
respect they are almost the entire horse. All
the grooming that can be done won't avail any
thing If the horse is forced to stand where his
feet will be filthy. In this case the feet will be-
come disordered, and then the legs will get bad
ly out of fix and with bad feet and bad legs there
is not much else of the horse lit for anything
Stable prisons generally are terrible severe on
the feet and legs of horses; and unless these
can walk around, lie down, or roll over, thew
are not half so healthy and comfortable to the
horse as the pasture, and should be avoided by
all good hostlers in the country.-Norh British
AgricultGrist.
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q. GOO g 9. Gee p t.oAs.: :: :; -, g
61a1s vann, bcsiisGs. ana looaSiea. Z. TX -
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The Miners lyoxrnai estimates that the yield
Of the anthracite coal district will this year
reach hfteen and half millions OF tons. For
1872, the probable produce Is set down At nine
teen millions or tons.
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DVChas. Busch has again been arrested in
Nilsson.
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~Brooklynites skate blindfolded.
The union Democrat. [volume] (Sonora, Calif.) 1854-1946, 1871-09-30

Bulwer says that poverty is only an idea in
nine cases out of ten. Some men with SlO.-
900 year suffer more for want of means
than others with $500. The reason is the
richer man has his artificial wants. His in
come is SIC, 900 year, and be suffers enough
by being dnnned for unpaid debts to kill a
sensitive man. A man who earns dollar
day and does not get in debt is the happier of
the two. Very few people who have never
been rich will believe this, but it is true.
There are thousands and thousands with
princely incomes who never know a minutes
peace, because they live beyond their means.
There Is really more happiness among the
worklngmen in the world than among those
who are called rich.
The union Democrat. [volume] (Sonora, Calif.) 1854-1946, 1871-09-30

AT Long Branch the other evening black
eyed girl with mischievous smiles playing all
over her face asked General Grant, whom
she met at a social gathering, if he could
sing "Give Ne Cot" The President .'saw
it, at once, and his brow became clouded as
he answered sharply, II never sing, Miss"
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LON DON.
Figures which Convey some Idea of the
Dimensions of the Great Metropolis.

A surprising idea indeed of the great d.
mansions of London is conveyed in the state
ment that this single town has one eleventh
of the entire population of England and Wales
London proper, or ''the city," as it is termed
par excellence, that is the region within the
municipal limits, return population of only
"A, 49,. Within the parliamentary hounda-
ries, however, the population is 3,00S, l0l,
and within the police circle, which is really
the proper limit the enormous total of 5 ,SS3,-
092 persons is reported. How portentous a
city this makes can best be seen by glance
at the number of our largest urban popula-
tons it takes to make this unexampled sum.
Thus the account stands on the British and
American census respectively of 1870 and
1871
The union Democrat. [volume] (Sonora, Calif.) 1854-1946, 1871-09-30

$50 you chew tobacco ~ asked a lady,
hesitating to sit down by a gentleman in
car. "No ma'am, / DON'T" he replied
"but guess can get you chew If you want
one.
The union Democrat. [volume] (Sonora, Calif.) 1854-1946, 1871-09-30

A CHINESE VILLA Chinaman died, leay-
ing his property bv will to his three sons, as
follows: TO Fun Hum. the eldest, one half
thereof; to Nu-Pin, his second, one-third
thereof and to Dng-Bat, bis Youngest son.
one, ninth thereof When the property was
inventoried, it was found to consist of moth
ing more nor less than seventeen elephants:
and it puzzled these three heirs bow to divide
the property according to the terms of the
will without chopping up the Seventeen eie-
plants, and thereby seriously impairing their
value. FINELY they applied to a wise neig-
Dor, Sum- Punk for advice Sum-Punk had
an elephant of bis own. lie drove it into the
yard with the seventeen. and said (: "Now
we will suppose that your father left these
eighteen elephants. Fum-Hum, take your
half and depart" So Fun Hum, took nine
elephants and went his way. ''Now, NJ
Pin. SAID the wise man. take your third
and git" So Nu-Pin took six elephants and
travelled. snow, Ding Bat." said the wise
man, take your ninth and BECOME" So
DingBat took two elephants and absquatu-
lated. Then Sum-Punk took his own ele-
plant and drove it home again. Query
Was the property divided according to the
terms of the will?
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MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION FOR THE BREATH.
From six to ten drops of the concentrated
solution of the chloride of soda in wine-giass
OF pure spring water. taken Immediately af-
ter the additions of the morning are complet-
ed, will sweeten the breath by disinfecting
the stomach, which. far from being injured,
will be benefited by the midicine. If neces-
sary, this may be repeated in the middle of
the day: In some cases the odor arising
from carlous teeth Is combined with that of the
stomach. If the mouth is well rinsed with a
tea-spoontul OF the solution of the chloride in
lumber of water. the bad odor Of the teeth
will be removed
The union Democrat. [volume] (Sonora, Calif.) 1854-1946, 1871-09-30

Josh Billings says that a large policy of life
insurance dosen't exactly make a mans
corpse smile at his widow, but it helps amaz-
lDgly to get another fellow to do it for him.
The union Democrat. [volume] (Sonora, Calif.) 1854-1946, 1871-09-30
CAI.IEOR MA.
BY JOAQUIN MILLER.

Dared but say prophecy,
As sang the holy men Of old,
OF rock- built cities yet to be
Along these shining shores of gold,
Crowiing sthirst into the sea,
What woudrous msrvelS might be told,
Enough, 10 Know that empire here
Shall burn her Hottest, hrix h:est starr
Hete art and eleauence shall reign,
As Ger the Welt rear 4 realm 81 old;
Here learn'd and famous from. affair.
To pay their noble court, shall come,
And shall not seek or see in vain,
But look on all with wonder dumb.
Afar the bright Sierras lie
A swaying line Of snowy white.
A fringe ofheayen hung in sight
Against the blue base OF the sky.
look along each gaping gorge,
l hear thousand sounding strokes
Like giants rending giant oaks.
Or hrawnv Vulcan at his forge:
see pick-axes fash and shine
Aud great wheels whirling in mine 4.
Here winds n thick aud yellow thread,
A moss'a and silver stream instead;
And trout that leap'd its rippled tide
Have tarn'd upon their sides and died.
Lo' when the last nick in the mine
Is ruSting red with idleness.
And rot Won cabins in the mould,
And wheels no more croak in distress,
And tall pines reaSSert command,
Sweet bardS along this sunset shore
Their mellow melodies will pour;
Will charm as charme-S very wise.
VIII strike the harp with master hand,
Will sound unto the vaulted skies
The valor of these men of old
The mighty men of Forty nine;
Will sweetly sing and proudly say.
Long. long agone there was "A day
When there We're giants in the land.
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STREETS BOOK STORE is the best place in Sonora to
my school Books, Blank Books Stationery, Photograph
Albums, Knives, Toys Cigars Tobacco, etc., delstf
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III L. STREET. having purchased the NEWS, BOOK
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conduct il in the liberal and obigng manner
OF his predecessor.
POST OFFICE and CALIFORNIA STATE TELEGRAPH
OFFICE at Streets Book Store.
SOLE AGENT for ell the leading daily and weekly pa
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