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Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-08-31

A CELEBRATED French preacher, in a
sermon on the duties Of wives, said: II
see in this congregation woman who
has been guilty Of disobedience to her
husband, and in order to point her out,
will fling my breviary at her head" He
lifted his book, and every female head
instantly ducked.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-08-31

A FRIEND writes to clergyman that
he has got SO far into politics as to hurrah
for Or, but doesn't know whether to
end with "ant" or ''eeley." The clergy
man, a Grant man, replies by referring
him to Proverbs, vi, g.: 4'Go to the ant,
thou sluggard."
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-08-31

THE Salinas Republican tells of two
steers recently weighed in that town
which brought down the scales respect
lively at 1868 and 1000 pounds.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-08-31

EVERY person arrested, convicted and
sent to the penitentary in the United
States costs on average 81 ,200-while ev-
cry boy educated at the expense of the
State costs only about $4OO.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-08-31

The Worcester, Mass, Spy says that
in answer to the question put to him by a
gentleman of that city, John Quincy Ad-
ans replied: 81 shall support and vote
for General Grant"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-08-31

IT is authoritatively stated that A. T.
Stewart, of New York, will support
Grant and Wilson. He has heretofore
been classed as Greeley man.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-08-31

THE value of the fruit product of CAL
ilornia the present year is estimated at
80, ,0O0, 900, of which amount Los Angeles
county produces about 100000.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-08-31

THE Sutro tunnel is now in 5000 feet:
the ground is softer and it is expected
that the progress hereafter will be more
rapid.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-08-31

In Wellsville, New York, the Grant
Clubs now have on their rolls 525 names.
The largest Republican vote ever polled
in the town was 404.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-08-31
TRINITY JOURNAL
OUR AGENTS:

THOS. BOYCE, Room No. 80, New
Merchants Exchange Building, San Fran
cisco. is our only authorized agent in that city.
NEW YORK :-Hudson & Menet, Al Park
Row Geo. P. Rowell & Co., 40 Park Row S.
M. Pettingill & Co., 81 Park Row.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-08-31
SATURDAY. AUGUST 81. Is72.

COLONEL Tom SCOTT says he will have
his railroad at San Diego in about five
years.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-08-31

In letter to the colored people of Bos-
ton, Wendell Philips favors the election
Of Grant in preference to Greeley.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-08-31

GLADSTONE & Co., an East India and
China firm of London, have failed for
$4,000, 900.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-08-31

Monuments, Tablets, Tombs, Head-Stones,
within the reach of all. All work warranted
to give satisfaction or no sale.
Chico, June /, 1872 IL
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n installments as I can earn the

in installments rs can earn the
money" ~ -l
'Pd like to know how you're going
to earn q living there. Perhaps, how
ever, as you've learned from my saga
cious brother-in-law hsw to break in an
unruly wife, you'll provide for me after
the Hamilton style." was the sarcastic
rejoinder.
"Wouldn't you like to own the old
homestead, Ellen?"
"Wouldn'tIw
'TThen it's settled"
"But how are we to liye?"
~ will work."
"Peter, see herew and Ellen produced
the roll of bills, the gift of good old
Aunty Harris, of the Darcy estate, and
unfolded them before his eyes. "Here
is money to build me n cabin home and
stock the farm. You may manage to
pay for the land. will buy some cows
and sheep and chickens, horse and
wagon, and housekeeping outfit. / am
resolved to be acquisitive and ambi-
tious. Your determination inspires
me-"
"And am resolved to grow rich and
powerful" was Peter Dowd's reply.
Reader, are the richest families the
happiest ones? We shall see.
CTO be continued.)
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MRS. MILLER's LECTURE AT sA.
LEM,

SALEM, April lS, 1872.
EDITOR New NORTHWEST:
have just listened to Mrs. NJ. NJ.
Millers lecture at the Opera House on
"Man-his past, present and future"
and am of the opinion that the lady is
doing herself considerable injustice-in-
justice to herself because she is unjust
to others; unjust to those true, mobiles
hearted, self-saerificing women who
have had the hardihood to speak out in
defense and justification of just such
women as Mrs. Miller herself; unjust to
herself because she ignores the only
feasible remedy to right the wrongs she
complains of unjust to herself because
in ignoring the elective franchise in
the woman question in her lecture, she
attempts to play Hamlet with Hamlet
left out. Why it is she cannot see that
equality before The ldlg is the one thing
needed TO right all the wrongs she sets
forth is more than can tell, and
would make this suggestion for her BEN
eft, that she so amend her lecture as
TO include the tUhole woman question,
cast her manuscripts aside and put her
'0liole soul into her lcork, rs she then
could do, and she would have such fu-
ture before her rs an angel might envy.
Her fine-toned voice and clear enuncia-
tion and commanding figure would
make her power in the land second to
none. But, as it is, she lacks enthusi-
asm herself, and therefore fails to create
enthusiasm in her hearers. She says
many pleasing and interesting things
which one is gratified to hear, but hav-
ing heard feels none the wiser.
Mrs. NJ. at heart l believe is n Woman
Suffragist, but because she does not SC
declare it, thus ignoring the great max
am, "Be ever what you seem," she
cramps and dwarfs her own best thought,
and feelings.
Hoping that she will speedily discovel
the error she Is now in, wheel into lin,
and take command Of division of the
grand army that is now marshaling fol
battle and 'fight it out on that line,
Equal Rights to aln help win the bat
tie, enjoy the fruits and receive tn
, welcome plaudit, "Well done, thou goo,
r and faithful servant; since thou has
been faithful over few things, 1 viii
make thee ruler over many" is the sin
l cere wish of Yours truly, oes
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CORRESPONDENCE.

This department of the New NORTH
WEST is to be a general vehicle for ex-
change of ideas concerning any and all
matters that may be legitimately dis
eussed in our columns. Finding il practi-
eally impossible to answer each CORES
pondent by private letter, we adopt this
mode of communication to save our
friends the disappointment that would
otherwise accrue from our inability to an
swer their queries. We cordially invite
everybody that has question to ask, a
suggestion to make, or a scolding to give
to contribute to the Correspondents
Column.
II. W., San Francisco: Your letter OF
April 9TH is at hand. The change has
been made as directed. Very sorry tC
hear of the ill-health of your son. Hope
your new position will be satisfactory
and pleasant to you. Should have beer
pleased very much indeed to have seer
yourself and wife, could you have mad,
il convenient. Have no doubt, how
ever, but that we will meet in San Fran
cisco sometime during the present year
E.G.B., Virginia City, Nevada: You
note inclosing subscription received.
4 "Gipsy:" The poem will hardl,
"pass muster" You have ability as
writer, but we would advise you to Civ
your thoughts to the world in prose
Poetry is overdone. None but thos
who are 'sborn to singt can ever beeom
/ proficient. You wished plain criticism
and you have it.
Annie w. wants to know If our sui
+ scription list is Increasing. No 9th,
! paper in the State has ever made sue
} progress in adding names to its sui
[ scription list as has this one. Subscril
l tions are rapidly coming in all the tim
4 And yet some say the people of Oregc
e care nothing at all for Woman Suffrag
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a SKELETON CLOCK.-A matchmaker
in an Illinois town has constructed a
peculiar time-piece, and the local Jour
nails describe it as follows: sit is a sim
pie dial plate with two hands-an hour
hand and a minute hand. One dial is
twenty-fOur inches in diameter, with a
large opening in the center. The min
ute hand is twenty inches in length,
and the hour hand is nine and a half
inches, fastened in the center of the dial
upon small pivot. That is all that
can be seen by looking closely on the
large ends towards the center of the dial,
and on the reverse side YOU will see
what appears to be weights, intended to
balance the hands, but which in reality
contain the secret of the movements of
the hands. Within these small weights
are miniature works like those of a
small watch, strong enough to control
the large hands. A person may whirI
the hands until they spin like a top, but
each will return invariably to its proper
place and indicate the time correctly.
| The hands may be taken off and laid
away for an hour, two hours, or ten, or
any length of time, and when placed
upon the pivot they will instantly point
the precise hour and minute. There is
no electricity or anything of the sort.
The dial hangs by a tiny hook from q
nail. 1t may be suspended by a string
or held in the hand, and the movements
of the hands are always the same. 1t is
really remarkable piece of workman
ship, and eXcites much comment. Moth
ing is seen by looking at it, save the
rim of the dial and the hands. This is
all and when they do correctly mark
the time of day it seems as though some
unseen spirit must represent and impel
; their movements.
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By STEPHEN MAlBELl.
stand amidst field Of waving grain,
Where armies met and there were thousands
slain;
Here host met host with wars dread armament
And slaughter's echoes shook the continent;
Here the hoarse cannon's mouth with flaming
tongue
spat death, and ruin Oe'r the valley rung;
Here came the charge, and there stood the de-
fense.
And death gave death in deadly recompense;
To yonder hill, now crowned with nOdding
corn,
Through binding flash and fire, "hope for
lorn"
The soldiers rushed-ah, rushed into hell
And where 1 stand n whole battalion fell,
And lay, the dying buried meath the slain,
Beseeching, praying, calling help in vain,-
TIL fainter, lower came the sinking breath,
TIL all was quiet, hushed, for all was death.
Yet o'er this scene prolific Peace now smiles,
Her golden seas OF plenty bloom for miles.
The world is sick OF drums and generals,
And swords and guns and wholesale funerals
Man, come acknowledge, are ye man or brutes
II brute, continue still in wars pursuit
II man, let mans Intelligence hold sway;
Stand forth in the broad light OF reasons day;
Rise in the great image thou vast made,
And sheath forever wars degrading blade.
Yes, sheath the sword-the sword that poets
sing,
That hirelings swear by TO defend their king
The sacred swOrd-the SCARED veterans pride
The ornament that bangles by the side;
The sacred sword-ambition's carving tool,
That hangs so well upon the plumed fool;
This harmless toy, forsOoth, 20 butcher man;
This pretty relic, used fore sense began;
From first TO last, DER histOry's red page,
The argument Of DespOtism's rage.
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OUR COMMON SCHOOLS.-The common
schools give to the mass of the people
the kew of knowledge. I think it NAV
with truth be said, that the branches of
knowledge taught therein, when taught
in a mastery manner-reading, in
which include the spelling of our lam
guage, a firm, legible handwriting, and
the elementary rules of arithmetic-are
of greater value than all the rest which
is taught in our district schools; but the
young person who brings these from
school can himself, in his winter even
ings, range over the entire field of use
ful knowledge. Our common schools
are important in the same way as the
common air, the common sunshine, the
common rain-invaluable for their COM
monness. They are the cornerstone of
the municipal organization which is a
characteristic feature of our social sys-
tenn, they are the fountain of that wide
spread intelligence which, like mortal
life, pervades the country. From the
humblest village school there may, GO
forth teacher who, like Newton, s6sli' 6li
bind his temples with the stars OIL Ori- ~
on's belt-with Hersehel, hsht up ms
cell with the beams Of before unuIse1S, .s t1'.
cred planets-with FTankliaH' grasp ''-'
LIGHTNING. EtltcaTa EreTet''
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y DYING NATIoN.-The accounts of
the famine in Persia, which continue to
arrive in greater detail, bid fair TO treat
the world to the spectacle of a calamity
the like of which has not been witnessed,
in historic times at least-the sudden
extinction of nation for the want of
food. This has really been the fate of
the great States which filled the Valley
of the Euphrates, and it is a fate which
has for centuries been threatening some
modern States-Spain for instance
Man has stripped the soil of trees; the
absence of trees has brought droughts,
has slowly diminished the productive
powers of the ground, and finally de-
stroyed them-the population in the
meantime, dwindling in numbers and
vitality. Spain had forty millions ofpeo-
pie in the time of the Romans, and
| flowed with milk and honey; it is now
an arid region, only half of it under eul-
| tivatiOn, with only sixteen millions Ol
/ inhabitants, and, if modern science haC
not come to its aid, would probably gC
the way of Babylon. Persia was one o
the most powerful States of antiquity
and even in the fourteenth century wa.
able to support the army of Tamerlane
who marched without cOmmissariat o
baggage, during bloody contest. It i
now almost wilderness, with poPula
tion of two millions-abOut half of then
nomads, which is rapidly perishing from
famine brought on by three years Q
drought. The worst of it is, that owin
to the absence of either common road
: or railroads, it seems to be impossibl
|, for the charity of the rest of the worl
. to reach the sufferers, 50 that there
j really strong prospect of the total de
, population of the country. The mora
7 of this horrible story is-loOk after you
trees.-THe Nation
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RULES OF CoNDUCT.-1. l never lose
any time. / do not think that lost
which is spent in amusement or rec
reation every day; but always be in the
habit of being employed 2. Never err
the least in truth. 8. Never say an ill
thing Of a person when thou canst say
good thing of him; not only speak
charitably, but feel so. Never be
irritable nor unkind to anybody. 5.
with consideration; and when thy path
to act right is most difficult, feel con.
/ fident in that Power alone which is able
TO assist thee, and exert thy own power,
so far as they go.-lLrs. En-.
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ELLEN pOwp. THE FARMERS WIFE

Entered, according to the Act OF Congress, in
the year 1872, by Mrs. A ]. Duniway, in the OF
ice OF the Librarian OF Congress at Washington
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Sammy thinks he would learn much
more at school if he did not have to at
tend to his own books all the time.
Because" he says, ''if study my own
book all the time shall only learIfwhat
is in it, but If l hadn't any book to
study, L should know all the whole
school are reciting.n
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A little boy was lisping his prayers .sTs
wntn Snee. "lV When hem he came to Give us this hi;
dav our daily bread" he was ast2nls1ed 1 NJ. Se1.
To- hear a fraternal whisper, ASK ior
cake. Johnny, ask for cake
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The most remarkable evidence OF the
mechanical science and skill of the
Chinese at an early period, is to be
found in their suspended bridges, the
invention Of which is assigned to the
Han dynasty. According TO the con-
current testimony of all their historical
and geographical writers, Sangleang,
the commander of an army under
Kaou-tsoo, the first of the Hans, under
took and completed the formation of
roads through the mountainous province
of Shense, to the west of the capital.
Hitherto its lofty hills and deep valleys
had rendered communication difficult
and eircuitOus. With body of 100, 900
laborers he cut passages over the. noun
tains, throwing the removal soil into
valleys, and where this was not sufficient
/ to raise the road to the required height
/ he constructed bridges, which rested on
pillars or zlbutments. In another
place he conceived and accomplished the
daring project of suspending a bridge
from one mountain to another across a
deep ehasm. These bridges, which are
called by the Chinese writers, very
appropriately, flying bridges, and
represented to be numerous at the
present day, are sometimes Sc
high that they cannot be traverseC
without alarm. One, still existing il
Shense, stretches 400 feet from noun
tain TO mountain, over ehasm of 50t
feet. Most Of these flying bridges are 81
wide that four hOrsemen can ride on then
abreast, and balustrades are placed OI
each side to protect travellers. 1t is by
no means improbable las NJ. Pauthie
suggests), that as the missionaries 4
: China made known the fact more thai
, century and half ago, that tn
Chinese had suspended bridges, an
that many of them We're made of iron
the hint may have been taken from
: thence for similar constructions b.
Euronaan engineers
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EIoauence when at its highest pitch
leaves little room for reflection or rea-
son, but addresses itself entirely to the
fancy or the affections, captivates the
willing hearers, and subdues their under
standing. Happily, this pitch it seldom
attains.-HuHe.
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AsiAS a. Hst1 u liSAAihlAh-
1t is not always the experiment of the
mariners of the BOsphOrus.
81 think you might settle that little
account, sir; four months standing, and
only a single deposit"
HeavensI that train of reflections
like these should be broken in on thus
rudely by a vile collector. We told
him, gloomily, and with absorbed air,
to call again and left the corner, mourn
ing for humanity and the persistence OF
tradesman.
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BY srEPnES NAYBELI

Written for the New Northwest
Upon the Scene Of n Baffae-neld.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-10-24

themselves with shot -guns, and found and
killed Shepherd, and were searching in every
direction for Sherafd.
General W. II. Clark, Of Dubuque, Ga,
suddenly expired few nights ago, of con
gestion of the brain. He retired in his
usual health His age was 81 years
Horace Greeley delivered an address before
the Maryland State Agricultural and M
chanical Society on the 10th, ct the fair
grounds.
Recent dispatches aunounce that the Pope
County trouble in Arkansas had been set
tied, and the militia dtsbanded.
The new Liberal State ticket in Arkansas
has been formally withdrawn.
j. NJ. Provne, one Of the pioneers Of Mem
phis, died recently, aged 80.
The building IN nleh the Daliy Sentinel,
Raleigh, N. G., is printed, was nearly de
stroyed about one o'clock on the morning of
the nth, by an explosion of powder, which
some party unknown had placed under the
pressroom, Everything in the room was
thrown into confusion, and the press com
pletely demolished. The explosion caused
great excitement, and crowds fiocked to the
scene. The Sentinel is a Conservative paper
Memphis dispatch of the 18th says: 'Se-
rious trouble between the whites and blacks
at Osceola, little town forty miles above
here, on the Arkansas, has been brewing for
several days, which eliminated Wednesday
evening in fight in witch one negro was
Killed and several wounded. The trouble
originated in the killing Of Murray,
the Sheriff, some six weeks since, by Fitz-
patrick, County Registrar, and the breaking
up of a Conservative meeting last week, as
reported at the time. Fitzpatrick was to
have been tried this week. To prevent the
trial coming oil, it is believed he melted the
negroes to arm and surround the town, when
the whites in turn armed and drove them off,
a stated above. The officers of the court
and some merchants, with portions Of their
goods, arrived here late last night, the ne
groes having threatened to return and burn
the town. The greatest excitement prevail
ed there at last accounts"
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a broken limb, which entered his chin,
tearing up through his lips and nose to his
forehead, making a frightful wound.
"A little girl Of Mr.. Wells Nashville
merchant, was sleeping with her head
resting on flower box that was sitting
in third story window, Thursday after.
noon, when the box broke from its fas-
Jennings, and the little girl, aged six years,
fell TO the pavement below, but miracu-
lousy escaped with slight injuries.
Base ball hath her victories no less
renowned than those Of ,1e kicking mule
In rush to catch fy, at Constantine,
Mich, the other day, two small boys came
in collision and each had the unconscious
satisfaction OF having knC cked the other
senseless. When resuscitated, one had
lost all his teeth, and the 1Chcr had u
broken nose and split IiG.
A strange fatality seems to have fol-
lowed certain pair Of horses at Lyons,
n, y. The other day they ran away,
throwing their owner from the wagon
and killing him. The same day, rela-
tive Of his, named Fox, took the team to
the town TO procure a coffin and in cross
ing the railroad, they were struck By
locomotive, and Fox and the horses were
killed,
AT North Byron Mich, recently,
Elton Whitcomb, a sawyer, while stand
ing upon log, slipped and fell backward
on circular saw, striking the saw with
the back part Of his head and his right
Shoulder. The saw passed entirely through
him, coming out under his left arm, com
petely severing him in twain The body
presented frightful appearance, the saw
having passed through his lungs, and the
lower portion of his heart fell to the uoor
underneath the saw, and his head and
shoulders rolled to one side and the other
portion Of his body to the other
AT Silver City, Nevada, few days
ago, man named Hammill performed
most ingenious experiment, He had a
breach-loading rifle into which, by some
MEANS he bad got a double load He
took the gun to a blacksmith shop, screw
ed the gun into wise, and then, opening
the breach, picked out the powder till he
came to the lower ball. Then he heated
an iron red hot and melted the ball till he
reached the powder Of the cartridge be
yond, when there was sudden explosion,
the gun shooting both ways. The bail
coming out in the rear carried away
piece Of Mr., Hammi!l's cheek and filled
his face with powder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-10-24

The Goldfish catch falls short Of last
year.
The Inman line is building two new
ocean steamers.
The system Of strikes finds no favor
among Italian workmen,
Hawkins County, Tennessee, is ship.
ping marble to Chicago.
Considerable activity in shipbuiding
is indicated 10 the Nova Scotia papers.
A single cheese factory in Southwest
ern Virginia will turn out $4,000 pounds
this season.
Petroleum has been successfully used
as fuel in smelling iron at the Laclede
mills, St Louis.
Georgia will not tax any cotton or
wooden mills that may be erected in the
State for the next two years.
The dam across the Muskegon River
at Hersey is nearly completed, and prom
ises to furnish one of the most complete
water-powers in the State of Michigan.
Considerable activity in shipbuilding
is indicated by notice Of launches, etc, in
the Nova Scotia papers. New York cap
ital is in some cases employed.
The Alpha, the first steam fishing
boat with floating nets ever made in
France, has just been launched at Fe-
camp, seaport on the English Channel
near Hayre.
A new kind Of kindling- wood for
kindling coal-fres is offered for sale 1t
is oak wood, chemically prepared, with
claimed that coal fire can be kindled
with II in hQ1f tln ttun1 nf nt hIr