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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-04-05

A CERTAIN gentleman Of this county
had . daughter who married. A short
time after she was taken sick, and her
father being in town one day was asked
by lady here: Your daughter is
convalescent, | learn" The father.
who has an aversion to any word OF
more than one sy liable, responded with
q twinkle Of the eye: ''Oh. no, faint
time for that yet; 'tsint that"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-04-05
VOICES IN THE AIR.


on In tho pleasant talk Of walking dreams
I hold eonmanion with tho woods and streams,
Speak to the garrulous trees when winds bio"
Ada hear responses 'twixt the earth and sky;
] AAk old Ocean. when he ehaies and rolls,
whether he chide., rejoices or condoles.
And hear. with sympathy deem divine,
Hls awful voice make answer back to nine
Bsside the bswlder Of the reeky shore
Forlorn old relic Of the days of yore.
Ere earth was trod by foot Of human kind
hear the wandering whispers Of the wind;
Voices Ike Memnon's In the olden day. u
That breathed soft music TO the morning ray,
AnAspok OF my steries to wondering mon,
Within their hope, bot far beyond their Ken.
And al the voices. all the sounds sud eishs;
The half formed questions aud the mute replies.
Breathe bat one mingled hymn and psalm and
Which day and night, and morn and eve, pro
: long. 4
In waves OF music ripping low and clear,
Unhsard OF but the mind that seeks to hear,
Quo psalm sublime. around. beneath, above,
Words Of myriad meanings-God 10 love.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-04-05
PASSENGER TRAIN.

IN AND AFTER FEBRUARY l. is7s,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-01

announced the fact that he was seven
years old. "Just think, mother, last Sab
bath was seven years old, and next birth.
day | shall be eight. That will not be long
will it. mother?" And as he stood by my
side with one arm about my neck and told
me of all his little pleasures and troubles
during the week that had passed, Won
dered if the time would ever come when
my boy would think it was not worth
while to contide his heart thoughts to his
mother. And thought, g If the time does
come, l shall feel that have lost one Of
the dearest privileges of my life" 4
1t is hard to realize that our children
are no longer little ones at our feet, butsit
is harder still to feel that they have groV,
beyond our confidence. And [ dos1at
think it absolutely necessary that they
should, if we could only understand the
right way to retain that confidence.
have seen mothers with sons six inches
taller than they, and yet those sons rever-
encing and trusting their mother with a
devotion that was touching and beautiful.
May We not all retain that confidence and
exercise that influence? | feel that we
may if we only pursue the right course.
But we are in danger of erring in judg-
ment as to the manner of doing it. Too
much restraint will not. Who will show
US the golden mean ?-Central A.irocate
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-01

himself from falling only by the very
greatest exertion.
Still he kept on, though it seemed mad
ness to hope, for his pursuers had gained
on him fearfully; he knew it by the beat
ing Of their footsteps, but with energies
inspired by mortal terror, he ran on, hop
ing to gain only the brow of the hill, for
there the ground became more open, and
his own cabin was but few yards beyond.
He felt sure his pursuers would not fol-
low him beyond the summit, but could ne
reach it before they would close upon him ?
No, not by his own exertlons, for just
as the thought passed through bis mind
his foot caught under gnarled root that
extended across the way, and he fell
heavily forward his head struck the
frozen ground and he lay senseless.
When Peter recovered consciousness he
found himself hanging over the shoulders
of his brother John, and about to enter
bis own door. Here he soon collected his
scattered senses, and was able to listen
intelligently to his brothers account of the
rescue.
Uncle Tom Barry, in his flight, had
stopped at the cabin long enough to shout
through the window that the wolves were
out, and hurried on. John, who lived
with his brother, knowing that Peter
must come the same path, took his gun
and walked out to the edge of the forest,
where he halted to listen. But a short
time elapsed before he heard the sound
of pursued and pursuers, and rushing
down the hill be arrived upon the scene
Just in time to leap between Peters pros
trate form and the wolves, the foremost
of whom was less than ten feet distant
Taking steady aim he sent bullet into
the creatures brain, and then, while the
pack were fighting over the dead body of
their comrade he slung Peter on his back,
and gained the open ground in safety.
Peter frankly told the whole truth
about the affair from beginning to end,
and concluded the story with an emphatic
assertion that as long as he lived he would
never be guilty of another practical joke,
a vow he faithfully kept.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-01

BANYAy TREEs.-The most celebrated
of these trees is on an island in the
Nerbudda; its stems occupy a circumference
of 1000 feet, the area covered by its
branches being much greater. The shade
from the sun afforded by this large spread
tent is most grateful to the traveller on the
hot, dusty plains, and many groups of old
and young may be found at once resting
or gambolliDg under its branches Bird
lime is prepared from the tenacious milky
juice which abounds in every part of the
tree. Birds, especially pigeons and
paroquets, eat the fruit greedily, and with
squirrels and monkeys, which also delight
to resort to the deep shade, make the old
tree seem alive with their lively and rapid
motions. At night it is often lit up with
myriads of irehies. The banyan-tree, as
well as its congener the peepul (reziigosa),
is regarded with veneration by the
Buddhists in Ceylon, and by the Hindoos
in India, and these trees are often found
giving shelter to their temples. The fol-
lowing notice of well known s2eci-
men of this remarkable tree is recorded by
the director Of the Royal Gardens at Kew ::
In the Botanical Gardens at Calcutta,
the great banyan-tree, which is still the
pride and ornament of the garden, Dr.
Falconer satisfactorily ascertained to be
only seyenty-fve years old. Annual rings,
size, etc, afford no evidence in such case.
but people were alive few years ago who
remember we'll its site being occupied in
1872 by kujoor (date palm), out of whose
crown the banyan sprouted, and beneath
which fakir sat. 1t is remarkable fact
that the banyan hardly ever vegetables on
the ground but its figs are eaten by birds,
and the seeds deposited in the crowns of
palms, where they grow, sending down
roots that embrace and eventually kill the
palm, which decays away. This tree is
now eighty feet high, and throws an area
800 feet in diameter into dark, cool shade,
Had this tree been growing in 1S49 over
the great palm-stove at Kew, only thirty
feet OF each end of that vast structure
would have been uncovered; its increase
was proceeding SO rapidly, that by this
time it could probably cover the whole.
Larger banyans are common in India but
few are so symmetrical in shape and height.
As the banyan-tree gets old, it breaks up
into separate masses, the original trunk
decsying. and the props becoming separate
trunks of the different portions. --Hooker's
Him. Journal,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-01

He was shown into the library, where
parliamentary law and gavel relaxed in
gown and slippers.
"Well, my m an, what's wanted p
L heard, sab, dat you lad mighty
big Job OBJ whitewashin on hand, an jes
drop along to see eff | could git it"
"Whitewashing" I" repeating each separ-
ate letter as if dropping the word from a
vial into a spoon.
Yes, sab; dey do say dat you is gwine
to whitewash de whole House OBJ Repum-
sentatives."
You Internal old scoundrel," cried the
speak er, but he could not refrain laughing
at the amazed look of the venerable
African.
Lord sab, Ise no sroundrel, l only
axed you for yer job OBJ whitewashin'-
dat's all Now-now, look ye heah,' he
continued in some trepidation as he saw
the speaker rise to question of order, q |
do'no what you mean. An you jis tell
me eff you want dat whitewashn' or not
eh %
Look here, old map,'' exclaimed the
speaker, some stupid ass has been
imposing on you"
An den, sah," said old JOB to US, he
'spain de matter, an - Here the old
fellows countenance opened in the most
alarming manner, and from its cavernous
depths came Yah, yah, yah" of the
heartiest sort Washington Capital.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-01
HippOcOriZa.

Not sound was heard on the silent street.
AS home from the party we hurried;
For we found not street car, carriage OF 'bui
And we felt considerably worried.
We hailed Il driver we used to know
And hurriedly asked the reason;
And he said, as he sadly shook his head,
That the horses were all II sneasin'.
And SC we silently went our way
To the place where we kept our filly;
We found her weeping at eyes and nose,
And shaking as though twas chilly.
In vain we offered her tempting oats,
And bran mash warm and smoking;
She turned her head at the fragrant bait,
And swallowed as if she was choking.
We shook down a bed of fresh new hay,
With new bag of corn for bolster;
And we gazed at the saddle overhead,
With its shining stirrups and holster.
We thought as we looked in the glazing eye,
That her troubles would soon be over;
Never more would she crop the fragrant grass
Or Craze on the crimson clover.
Slowly we turned from the stable door,
With hearts that were sadly beating
And when we went in the early morn
We found her quietly eating.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-01

An ODD FIsu.-Among lot of fish
shipped few days ago from Mobile to
George and Dan, the hotel restaurateurs
Of this city, was rare specimen OF the
fnny tribe whose description and history
are not generally known. The fish is
called the cheralli, is Of very singular
form, is known only in Charleston harbor
and in certain localities upon the Gulf
coast, and is said to be the richest and
most pa latable fish known 10 the fish
eating world, The average cheralll
measures about seven inches from the tip
of his nose to the end OF his tail, and is
about five inches broad, having long sharp
fms, one upon each side, two near the
back close to the tail, and long and
singuIarly shaped tail frs The most
peculiar feature of all is the shape of the
head, the front of which is almost
perpendicular from the mouth, which is
on line with the belly, and the crown of
the head is nearly on a line with the
spinal column. Mr.. John 7. Morton
having overhauled all his books Of natural
history, and falling to find description Of
the fish, employed Mr., Henry Barr TO
make sketch Of this specimen, and an
illustration Of the new creature will
doubtless soon be exhibited to the world.
\ copy of the drawing has also been
framed aud hung up in therestaurant, and
is regarded as quite a curiosity. The fish
itself was cooked and served on the plate
of patron Of the house yesterday as a
surprise treat. One cherall is considered
sufficient for an ordinary meal, provided
the eater is not gormandizer or an ex-
tremely hungry person, and the usual
price for single fish in the native market
is oily s. 0.-LouiSr,He Courier Jar
nal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-01

The DRESS OF CIVILIZED WoMEN.-1 do
declare that think it would be better to
die and get out of torment at once, than
to have to rise every morning for some
forty or fifty years, and box ones body up
in a sort of compressive armor. hang weig ghts
to ones hips, and more weights upon the
head, which last are supported by the roots
of the hair; put ones feet into shoes
number too small, and not of the right
shape, and with heels like stills; and then
set about doing the whole duty of women
with cheerful face and a spry air, for
from fifteen to seventeen mortal hours out
Of the twenty -four? That there are so
many women who are not frightened into
8 decline At such prospest, and that they
bfxveiy 11ndeftake e 10 do it-nay, more,
safki fIe5 sfcsp dream dat under such dis
advass6kesdheS scs1i WORK side by side
with uBshhstletI tInah, ,ssrd they do not die
in trying toqdbi4, s05kteisl5 aysanach fer
their courage but rerplitsiD&orsthe comi
mon sense. HsnzIs edT .SoE5sN-sn
a mans dress, to great sxtents is1asae
iened for comfort. He has contxixaAne
for suspending the weight OF his clotAqg
from bis shoulders. If the east wind bloW5;
he can turn up his coat collar, button HIM
self up snugly, slouch his hat over his eyes,
thrust his hands into his pockets, and brave
the weather. But imagine a woman Ie-
moving her hat or bonnet from the angle
at which fashion says she must wear it on
account of the weather, or turning any of
her fixtures up to protect her neck and
throat, or buttoning up anything that was
unbuttoned before, or sticking her haBds
into her pockets. She would be taken for
an improper character out on mild spree.
or for aa escaped inmate of lunatic
asylum, should she endeavor by an i'm
prOmptu arrangement of her babiliments
to save her Science of Health.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-01

THE GREGoRIAN CALENDAR.-To restore
the civil year to a correspondence with
the astronomical, Gregory XIII, ordered
that the 9th of October, 1882, should be
called the 18th. To prevent the intrusion
of the same errors in the measurement of
time in future ages, and TO secure the re-
currence of the festivals of the church at
the same period of the year, be further
decreed that every year whose number is
not divided by four should consist of three
hundred and sixty-fve days; every
year which is so divisiblc, but not
divisble by one hundred, of three hunderd
and sixty-six days; every year divisible
by one hundred, but not by four hundred
of three hundred and sixtY-six. A more
perfect correspondence of the civil and
astronomical gears will probably never be
obtained. After the lapse Of four thousand
two hundred and thirty seven years the er-
ror will be less than one day. In the
preparation of this rule every source of
disagreement is estimated, and as far as
possible corrected. The allowance of an
extra day every fourth year is indeed
small excess; but this is not allowed to ac-
cumulate, for at the commencement of
every century the centennial year is not
to consist of three hundred and sixty-six
days, or in other words, is not to be count
ed leap-year, unless its number can be
divided Icy four hundred. Thus the year
1860 was leap-year, and the year 1000
will be the same; but the years 100 and
1900 contained, and the year 1900 will
contain only 365 days.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-01

An AWFUL LONESOME Man IN CALI
FoBNIA,-In the shanty which, in Caifor
MAS early days did duty as office for the
banking, postal and express business Of
Wells, Fargo n Co., in Marysville, there
sat, one Saturday evening, a misanthropic
and detected looking individual, whose
long and unkempt hair and beard cowhide
boots and rough dress bespoke the miner,
For over an hour he sat there the picture
of despair, with not q word or look for
any one present Miners came, left their
dust took their coin in return, and ex-
changed greetings with all present save
the one morose man whose apathy nothing
it seemed, could disturb. Finally there
entered u young miner with a beamlng
face, who, after completing mis- business at
the counter, turned to the agent in charge
and remarked that on the previous Satur-
day he had some dealings with the bank,
aud thought that some mistake had been
made in his account.
'.Guess not said the agent. '' Our
cash was all right and | reckon we keep
our books pretty straight"
But upon the request OF the miner that
the account should be examined. the ac-
count was looked at, and it was found that
through clerical error. the miner had
been paid just $50 too much.
" That's just what ] make it, said the
latter, " and here's your money With
this he threw down the gold and received
the thanks Of the agent.
While this conversation was in progress,
the mlsanthropic miner had preserved his
look of utter indifference; but. when he
saw the money actually returned, his face
frightened up, he rose slowly, walked to-
ward the honest miner with slow and SOL
emn step, and said
" Young man, don't you feel awful lone
some in this country p
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-01

The Danbury Ne'cs tells the following
story of the sad consequences of boyish
mischief
A rather contemplate trick was played
on one of our young clerks Sunday night.
He bought a cut-glass bottle of cologne,
with glass stopper and pink ribbon, to
present to the young lady he is keeping
company with, but on reaching the house
he felt little embarrassed for fear there
were members Of the family present, and
so left the beautiful gift on the stoop and
passed it, The movement was perceived
by graceless brother of the young lady
who appropriated the cologne for his own
use, and reflled the bottle with hartshorn
from the family jar, and then hung round
to observe the result. In little while the
young man slipped cut on the stoop, and
securing the splendid gift slipped back
again into the parlor, where, with few
appropriate words, he pressed 1t upon the
blushing gin! Like the good aud faithful
daughter that she was, she at once hurried
into the presence Of her mother, and the
old lady was charmed. They didn't put
UP scent stuff like that when she was
girl it was kept in china tea cup, and it
was kept together by samples OF al the
family's hair. But she was very much
pleased with it. She drew out the stopper,
laid the beautiful pestals Of her nostrils
over the aperture, and fetched pull at
the contents that fairly made them bubble.
Then she laid the bottle down, and picked
up a brass-mounted fre-shovel instead,
and said she, as soon as she could say any
thing Where is that sinking brat?'' and
he, all unconscious of what had happened,
was in front of the mirror adjusting a
necktie and smiling at himself And here
she found him, and said to him, "Oh, you
are laughing at the trick of an old woman,
are you, you wall-eyed leper." And then
she has;cd him on the ear. And he, be-
ing by nature more elegant with his legs
than his tongue, hastened from there,
bowling like mad and accompanied to the
gate by that brass mounted shovel. He says
be would give everything On earth if he
could shake off the impression that mis-
take had been made,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-01

WHIrEwAsHING DONE HERE.-A good
story is in circulation at the expense of
our able friend Speaker Blaine. Old Job
Saldkell, colored man, has been in the
whitewashing business since the days of
Washington. He is lively old darky,
and be dropped in to say dat some dem
felers fooled him like the debble." And
it seems that some wags, soon after Mr.
Speaker Blaine had made his dramatic
demand for an investigating committee,
told old job, always in search of work.
that Mr.. Speaker Blaine had the biggest
sort of job of whitewashing on hand, and
he, Us, had better see him. Duly armed
with bucket and brush, the old man took a
pull at the bell of the speakers palatial
residence, and on its being answered, said,
II wants to see the speakah."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-01

TYPE-The standard size type is known
as plea, a sample of which low before us
measures rather more than the one-sixth
of an inch in length. The largest size
metal types usually cast are known as ten
line pica-that is, one line of such type
would cover ten lines of plea, and conse-
quently they measure one inch and two
thirds in length. Larger type may be
occasionally cast for special purposes, but
is not usually found in market.
The size next smaller than plea is known
as small-pica then comes succesively, long
primer, bourgeois, BREWER, minion, nom
pareil, agate, pearl, diamond, and brilliant.
Plea is known by the French as Cicero,
because his works were first set up in this
type. The next largest, English, is for
the same reason known as St. Augustine.
BREWER was first known in printing
breviaries. Minion was so called because
it was the smallest type then known !;
nonpareil, because the maker thought it
could not be equaled Pearl was the pro-
duction of an ambitious die-cutter Dia-
mond was first cast in Baltimore foundry;
and lastly, brilliant, in which it takes
1000 Of the letters to make a pound, and
which is but a twentieth of an inch long,
is the production of die-cutter in Berlin.
1t is said, however, that there is Prussian
microscope type smaller than this, which
has never been brought to this country.
We hope it never may be.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-01

GIGANTIC TREEs.-Dr. Ferdinand Muller
Government botanist of Victoria, relates
his discovery in that colony of forest of
Australian gum trees, surprising in height
the famous HelliRqtonia qiganteq of Cali
fornia. After giving at some length an
account of the journey and of the scenery
of the district in which the giants were
found, Mr.. NJ, mentions a few particulars
by the aid of which some conception could
be formed of their height and size Though
taller than their American brethren, they
are not so large in girth, and have conse
quently a more slender and graceful
appearance One that has been felled
measured 800 feet to the first branch and
20 feet more to the point at which it had
been broken eff. when its diameter was
still 3 feet. Another was 81 feet in girth
at feet from the ground, and at a height
Of 500 feet its diameter was still 6 feet.
Another felled on the Black Spur was $50
feet in total height. If, it was said, we
assume that only half the wood which such
a tree would yield were sawn into one inch
planks one foot wide, it would afford 426,-
720 running feet. If the same parts were
cut into railway sleepers 6 feet long, s
inches wide, and 6 inches deep, their mum.
Der would be $50, enough to lay a double
track of FIVE miles, and to load vessel of
1000 tons burthen. The oil obtainable
from the leaves of the whole tree might be
set down at 81 hogsheads, the charcoal
from the wood at $4,000 bushels, the
pyroligneous vinegar at 100000 gallons,
the tar at 10000 gallons, and the potash
at 80 cwt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-01
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