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Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 70, 1873.

A BEAUTIFUL DOMESTIC SCENE" l
have read" says the author of recent
work, "a beautiful Illustration of this
point A lady travelling in Europe Wis
tied, with her brother, town in Ger
many, and took lodgings with a remark
able couple, an aged man and woman.
They were husband and wife. They
lived by themselves without child or SER
want, subsisting upon the rent accruing
from the lease of their parlor and two
sleeping rooms. The lady, in giving an
account of the persons, says: : When
we knocked at the door for admittance
the two persons answered the knock to-
gether. When we rang the bell in our
rooms the husband and wife invariably
came, side by side. And our requests
were received by both and executed with
the utmost nicely and exactness. The
first night, having arrived late by the
coach, and merely requiring a good fire
at our tea, we were puzzled to understand
the reason of this double attendance
"When the time to retire came, the lady
was surprised to see both husband and
wife attending her to her chamber, and,
on looking with some seriousness toward
the husband, the wife, noticing her en-
barassment, said to her, No offence is
intended, madam my husband is stone
blind The lady began to sympa:hize
with the aged matron on the great mis-
fortune of having husband quite blind
The blind man exclaimed: II is use
less tor you, madam, to speak to my
wife, for she is entirely deaf, and hears
not word you say Says the lady
boarder, Here is an exemplifcation of the
divine law of compensation. Could a
a pair be better matshed?" They were
indeed one flesh. He saw through her
eyes, and she heard through his ears.
Ever after it was interesting to me to
watch the aged man and his aged partner
in their inscparableness. The sympathy
for each other was as swift as electricity,
and this made their deprivation as moth
inp'u
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20

AN OLD ENGINE CoMPANY.-Thec cre-
ton of a paid fire department by a recent
Philadelphia ordinance, dissolves the
Oldest fire-engine company in America
the Hibernia, organized in 1852, and now
in its 1924 year. During the Revolution
AIRY war, every member of the company,
with two exceptions, served in the patriot
army, though maintaining intact its or
ganization. Among the names that have
appeared upon its roll of membership are
those of Robert Morris, the American IT,
naneier, and Commodore Barry, of the
navy. A new organization will probably
be formed, and the company's property
divided among its members. As there
are but 6S of the latter in regular stand
ing, and the property amounts to SS5I00O,
each member will receive quite hand
some little sum.
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greatly excited this morning by the ru-
mored elopement of Mrs. B., the wife of
a prominent citizen. She took advan-
tage, it is said. of her husbands absence,
on public duty, to carry out her plan. A
marked feature of the affair is that the
lady has scarcely been married month.
What's thatr screeches Bile Bope,
in an outburst o. terror.
"The foreman read it over agin, slow
an solemn. Now, Bic was as Jealous as
that ere dark-complected chap in the
play. Besides, there want no other Mrs.
b. in the place lately married, an then
there was the circumstances of the hus-
bands absence on public dooty. Bile
had no doubt that the Mrs. b. allooded
to was his own wife.
"'Let me outr he yelled, runnin' full
butt at the door.
Not tell you've agreed onto a ver-
dict, says the bailiff, through the key
hole.
"I-I-I'll agree to anything!' splut
ters Bile. For goodness sake hurry,
gentlemen--a thousand dollars damid-
ges, if you libep
I'VE said we thought that was reether
high.
"'Anything, so it's done quickr he
gasped, in ag'ny.
"We could hardly keep him from
jumpin' out o. the winder, while some on
us pertended to dicker about the amount
we should bring in, jest to termcnt him.
"At last ev'rything was fixed, an we
went into court, give in our verdic', an
was dooly discharged.
"Bje was rushin' out on the double
quick, with murder in his eye, when the
foreman stopped him.
Il think you're a lab'rin' onder some
mistake, Mr.. Bope,' says he; that there
piece reod yOu sees took from q Cali
folWy paper, an mast be at least u
MONTE Old.'
"Bije went off lookn' cheap an sheep
ish. He sent in an eXcoose next day an
got off for tho balance o. the term, an
precious glad we all was to get rid on
him.
"An' now boys, isn't it time to mis-
tenP" said Joe, reaching over for the
demUohn.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20

AN INDIAN LEGEND.-A new Indian
Agency between Grand River and Fort
Rice, called Standing Rock, derives its
name from large boulder standing out
alone upon the prairie about three miles
from the river. There is a strange Indian
superstition connected with this rock, and
the Sioux City, Iowa, journal thus tells
it: We made visit to X short time
since in company with Major Palmer,
the agent at that Agency, who told us the
legend of the reds regarding it. Many
years ago a powerful band of Indians
made that section their stamping grounds.
The chief of the band deserted his old
wife for young squaw. This so grieved
the old Queen that she went back from
the river, and sat upon the ground and
mourned for several days. Upon the
ninth day of her grief she turned into
this large boulder. The Indians at that
agency all believe this story to this day,
and worship the boulder as a god. The
rock has been decorated with ribbons,
pieces of red flannel, and every high
colored piece of cloth they have been
able to get hold Of since time out of mind.
These decorations are replaced as often
as they become decayed or blown away
by the winds. At the time of our visit
it was trimmed in the most gorgeous trap
pings imaginable. Every portion of it
was covered with either ribbons and rags
or paint. Within few inches of the
sacred stone is pail of water, which is
never allowed to become empty, for it is
the belief of those ignorant people that
the old Queen of their ancestors frequently
assumes the form of a squaw and drinks
the water. In former years she drank
much more than at present, they say
but that is easily explained. There was
more game there, which, in wandering
to the pail, drank the water. To disturb
this bucket or any portion of the trim
mings of the petrifed squaw is considered
great offense against the Great Spirit,
and is punishable by death"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20

A French CLArMANT.-Jean Crapaud
too, it seems, has his "claimant." AT
all events the Paris Figaro asserts that
lawsuit has been commenced by a
young man claiming to be the represent
ative OF one of tho oldest French fami-
lies, who was at one time an ornament of
Paris society. The only son of a widow
cd mother, he volunteered to serve dur
ing the war this is admitted on both
sides. lie was, however, among the mis-
sing at one of the battles round Orleans,
and as no news could be obtained of his
having been made prisoner, his naether,
after having made every inquiry, and
awaiting the return of all the captives,
gave him up for dead. Last year she re-
eeived communication from Germany
to the effect that her son had been taken
prisoner, but that he had lost his reason
and vas in lunatic asylum near Minden.
1t was added that he was gradually re-
covering, upon which the mother begged
that he might be brought to Paris that
she might have him under her care.
Upon his arrival she found herself in the
presence of man in whose Scared and
mutilated yissge she could recognize no
feature of her son. In fact, she repudl-
ated him altogether, and acted IN con-
cert with her nephews and nieces to re-
sist his claim. Soon after the case had
been entered for trial, tho supposed moth
er was induced, consequent upon facts
which :" the claimant had revealed to
her, to change her mind altogether, and
she has elasped to her breast the long
lost son. But the other relations will not
give way, and hence lawsuit.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20

A SPECTRAL 3ANQUET.-The Cologne
Gazette prints the following curious sto-
ry: "In one Of the principal restaur-
ants Of Paris single guest lately sat
down to a table laid lfor thirteen. lie
signifed to the gdrcon that tho other
twelve places were taken, and proceeded
quietly to eat his dinner. For twenty
years, on the same day, he had dined at
a table similarly furnished. This year
he was unaccompanied except by the
memories of the past. On the first ami
versary the thirteen places were all filled,
Alfred de Musset, Thcophie Gautier and
the Comte de Fchac being Of the num-
ber. Next year one chair like Banquo's)
was empty. Year after year passed, and
though the friends were fewer, the seats
were placed as for the original party
During the course of the present year,
the last but one died, and the survivor,
M. Rabelles, the artist. in his eighty
fourth year, dined alone.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20

Nor ON THE LORDS PAY RoIL.-As
is well known to our readers, there is at
present in progress at the Methodist
Episcopal Church, under the powerful
preaching and exhortations of Mrs. Mag
gle Van Cott, very interesting religious
revival. Many are for the first time seek
ing the Lord and nightly many mourners
are brought to the "bench." The lady
preacher goes about among the congre-
cation urging all who have not already
done so to come out on the side of the
Lord. Last Sunday evening, as we are
told, Mrs. Van Colt approached Corn
ish miner, who, from the serious face he
wore, seemed to have been good deal
impressed, and laying hand on his shoul-
der said "My friend, are you a laborer
in the vineyard of the Lord ?"
No, num-" said the man, scratching
his head and rolling up the whites of his
eyes at the face of his fair questioner,
" No. mum, be workin' in zee Savage
lower level. - Virginia City Enterprise.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20
TRINITY COUNTY.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY:
COURT TERMS:

District COurt-SecondM Monday in April,
August and December.
County COurt-First Monday in Janu-
airy, March, May. July, September and No
vember.
Probate COurt-(Same as County Court
Board of supervisOrs-First Monday
February, May, August and November.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20
VII

At last he came, the messenger,
The messenger from unsoen lands
And what did dainty Babie Belle?
She only crossed her little hands.
She only looked more meek and fair
We parted back her silken hair;
Wew wove the roses round her brow,
White buds, the summers drifted snow
Wrapt her from head to foot in flowers
And thus went dainty Babie Bello
Out Of this world of ours
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20
LINES OF TRAVEL AND EXPRESS.

Canon city, Junction City and Wea-
verViile Express and Passenger Line
j. II. DRIVER, Proprietor. Leaves Weaver
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning
returns on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Hay Fork and WeaverviIIe Pass
enger and Express Aine, j. S. HOYT,
Proprietor. Weekly. Leayes Hay Fork on
Monday morning of each week leaves Wea-
yer Tuesday morning of each week.
u. y. Mail and Express Line, from
WeaverviIle to Arcata, JOHN CLIFF
FORD, Proprietor. Leaves Weaver every
Thursday morning. Leaves Arcata, every
Monday morning.
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1t came upon us by degrees ;

1t came upon us by degrees
We saw its shadow ere it fell,
The knowledge that our God had sent
Ills messenger for Babie Belle.
We shuddored with unlanguaged pain,
And all our hopes were changed to fears
And all our grief ran into toars,
Like sunshine into rain.
We cried aloud in our belief,
ooh, smite us gently gently, God
Toach MS to bend and kiss the rod,
And perfect grow through grief"
All, how we loved her, God can tell,
Her heart was folded deop in ours
Our hearts arc broken, Babie Belle
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20

AN Indiana farmer don't pay any tolls
He shoots the gate-keeper, and jogs right
along. They have tried him twice, but
he gets clear, since one Of his aunt's cous-
ms used to act "Aighty like"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20

WESTERN women are grumbling ter
ribly because the managers of the agri-
cultural fairs don't give at least years
notice when they offer prizes for the finest
babies
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20

A Missouri woman won house and
lot at rattle, and then she had to buy a
rife to keep her adorers from wearing
out the steps.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20

A DOG with two tails was recently seen
in London. One belonged to an OK, and
was carried in the mouth Of the dog.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20
asteskly Triaity suarnal.
OUR AGENTS

THOS. BOYCE, Room No. 80. New
Merchants Exchange Building, San Fran
cisce. is our only authorized agent in that city.
GEO. p. ROWELL a CO., 40 Park
Row, are our only authorized Agents in Now
York City.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20
A. COCHELL,

OFFICE, At his Residence. corner
Court and Center Streets, Weaverville. l.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20

And now the orchards, which wero white
And red with blossoms when she came,
Wore rich in Autumn's mellow prime:
The clustered apples burnt like flame.
The solt-chcckod peaches blushed and fell,
Tho ivory chestnut burst its she'll,
The grapes hung purpling in the grange :
And time wrought just as rich change
In little Babio Belle.
Her lissomo form moro perfect grew,
And in her features we could trace,
In solened curves her mothers face
Her angel nature ripened too
We thought her lovely when she came,
But she was holy, sanity now
Around her purO angelic brow
We saw slender ring of namo.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20

Gods hand had taken away the seal
That held the portals of her speech:
And oft she said few strange words
Whose meaning lay beyond our reach
She never was child to us:
We never hold her beings kcy;
We could not teach holy thing;
She was Christ's self in purity.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20
JOHN LORD, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON,
WEAVERVILLE, CAL.

REFERENCES Prof l. II. Dana, Portland,
Me-; Prof. w. W. Greene, Long Island Medi-
cal College, Brooklyn, N. Y. Prof. c. Il. Brack-
cit, Princeton, N. j. BS- Orders may be left
at the Drug Store, novl-tE
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20

o, Babie, dainty Babio Belle,
How fair she grow from day to day,
What woman nature filled her eyes,
What poetry within thom lay
Those deep and tender twilight eyes,
So full of meaning, pure and bright,
As il she stood within tho light,
OF those open gates Of Paradise.
And 50 We loved her more and moro,
All, never in our hearts before
Was love so lovely born;
We felt we had link between
This real world and that unseen
The land beyond the morn.
And tor the love OF those dear eyes,
For love of hor HON God led forth,
(The mothers being ceased on earth
When Babie came from Paradise.
For love Of him who smoto our lives,
And woke tho chords of joy and pain,
We said Dear Christ our hearts bear
Like violcts after rain" (down
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20
THE BALLAD OF BABIE BELLE.

Have you not heard the poets tell
How came the dainty Babie Bellc
Into this world of oursS
The gates of heaven were left ajar:
With folded hands and dreamy eyes,
Wandering out of Paradise,
She Saw this planet, like star
Hung in the glistcning depth of oven
Its bridges running to and fro,
0'er which tho whito winged angels go,
Bearing the holy Dead to heaven;
Sho touched bridge OF aowers-those feet
So light they did not bond the bells
OF the celestial asphodels !
They fell like dew upon the flowers.
Then all the mir grew strangely sweet,
And thus came dainty Babie Belle
Into this world of ours.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-12-20

She came and brought delicious May,
The swallows built beneath the caves
Like sunlight in and out the leaves,
The robin went the livelong day;
The lily swung its noiseless bell,
And o'er the porch the trembling vino
Seemed bursting with its veins of wine;
How sweetly, softly, twilight fell
o, earth was full of singing birds,
And opening spring tide flowers,
Whom the dainty Babio Belle
Came to this world of ours
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Nomc OF enc swcot s!nrcrN.

Iucca, like Nilsson, came of pleblan
stock, but, unlike Nilsson, She has
matured into lyric greatness by Il
slower and surer process. | know not
what slaves of ST. Cecilia hunt the
peasant fields of Europe for these da-
monds, but most of us know by what
laborions process they are polished and
set, and how inevitably they come, at
last, to decorate a title with the radi,
ancc of their genius. The Baroness
Won Rhaden sprang from obscurity in
Vienna 1t was in the Hof Theatre
that she was first discovered, u little
imp only eight years old, whose duties
We're to stand on her toes three hours
every morning, andlet the ballet-mas-
ter scold her. Her parents were mis-
erably poor, and they were Jews. 1t
seems strange now to tell of her pltia-
bic sufferings in that theatre, Of the
meanness of her attire, and the SCOTS
of her companions. But why should
it seem strange when there are some of
us who can remember when Adolina
Patti ran barefoot over our free soil,
aud carried beer for her master. Have
we forgotten that but yesterday Chris
tina Nilsson gathered fagots IN the
bleak sands of Smnlund, MS her fore
fathers, | know not for how many gem
erations, did before her? Certainly, of
all people, we are the least surprised at
this-We who cannot stretch out q
hand without coming in contact With
genius and wealth, grown so fast that
the muck of the sprouting place is not
yet washed Off by success.
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FOREIGN.
German Citizens TO be Protected
In Spain.
Cordial Interview between Two French
Aspirants for the Throne.

PARIS, August Ga dispatch from
Vienna says Count dc Chambord re,
ccived the Count of Paris to-day.
Theirs assures his Republican friends
they need not fear that u fusion o
Bourbonists and Orleanists will be eff
fectcd.
French troops entered Nancy to-day
and were received with wild enthusi.
asm.
BERLIN, August G. -- Crown Prince
Frederick William Of Germany II Wis
itmg King Oscar of Sweden.
The German government has in.
structed It's representatives In Spain "a
co-0peratewith the English and French
for the protection Of foreigners and
their property, even If force has to be
employed.
LONDON, August 0.-John Lathrop
Motley, the. historian, has lost the use
of his left side by paralysis.
The Queens speech proroguing Par
lament, thanked them for the provis-
ion for the Duke Of Ediugburgh the
best relations with foreign powers; the
Zanzibar mission to suppress the slave
trade the commercial relations be-
tween France and England which
brought satisfactory issue; and for the
provisions of the Washington Treaty,
which were being carried out.
PARIS, August Ga dispatch from
Vienna says the interview yesterday,
between Count de Chambard and.Count
de Paris, was ofthe most cordial nature,
and that the political situation in
France was not alluded to during the
conversation.
MADRID, August Ga powder mag
azine in Valencia, exploded yesterday,
killing many insurgents, and wound
ing still greater number.
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Commission Merchants,
: DALLAS, TEX AS,

We take this occasion TO thank our
friends for past tavOrs. and respect.
fully call their attention 10 our iIn'
mcnse stock. which we are Just receiy-
ing direct from the principal manr-
fnrtuYers of the NOFth and West. psr-
cIiash:ag direct from FIRST hands for
cash on the spot. and awaiting ouy'
SELVES of every advantage by shipping
in car loads under special contract.
and by onr own labor athiost freeing
ourselves, from store expenses. We fei,i
coniiientin osirnLiiity 20 otter 90 our
friends n nd 10 the Public aencraiisf our'
immense stock M better rates mud
,nOrc uniformly low figures thrA has
ever before bccu offered In the interior
OF Texas. a.
AZ u, basis and foundation q; eur
business, we guarantee every article TO
be ms Represented, or money refunded
~ our expense OF Interpretation.
Our success In business depends en-
tireiy upon establishing n wholesale
traac In Northern T'eSas. and we only
ask u fair and Impartial trial. ana
close comparison OF uniform prices
with tisose OF Shreveport, Galveston,
aud Sew Orleans with rcighss added.
and we ciieerfuiiy abide by the deei-
sion of the same.
GARLIxGTOy, sIAHsALTs & so. (
ifn1tf
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History oe she Waited States Rates Of
Postage.

In li02 the first postage net was
| passed, Every separate sheet of pupor,
large or small, without. reference 10
weight, was considered letter, and
two or three small pieces In one enyel-
ope paid double or triple postage The
lowest of this was six cents 10 places
within sixty miles; ten cents 20 places
within one hundred miles; twelve
cents aud n half 20 places within one
hundred and fIly miles; htteOn
cents to places within two hum
dred and fifty miles twenty
cents TO places within four hundred
and fifty miles, and twenty-five cents
to places more than four hundred nnd
fifty miles distant. In 1909 the rates
were changed the lowest rate was
raised TO eight cents, and the lowest
distance TO forty miles, In 1910 the
minimum rateswcrp again reduced 70
six cents, aud the distance 20 thirty
miles; only Eve rates were established;
eighteen cents and half carried letters
four hundred miles, and for longer dis
tanccs twenty-five cents were charged
These rates continued until 1915,
when the first material reduction took
place. Five cents became the postage
for letters carried distance of less thau
three hundred miles; ten cents for all
greater distances. At the sanc time
the drop letter system was introduced,
such letters being charged two cents.
In 1915, the hall ounce weight was
made the standard, instead Of tho NUM-
Der of sheets. In 1851, the single rute
WAs made thee cents for all distances
undQr three thousand miloa, and six
cents for greater distances, il prepaid.
this being the first induccment held out
to prepay letters Unpaid letters were
charged five and ten cents, accordingto
the distance.
In 1855 prepayment was required,
three cents being still the rates for dis
tmccs under three thousand miles, and
six cents charged for greater distances.
In 1853 the present rate Of three cents,
prepaid by stamps for all distances, was
established.
The history Of these reductions
shows also that no loss Of revenue has
been the result. Since 1862, when sub
stantiaily the present rate was iiNed,
the revenue of the postoillcc has in
creased from S. 800, 900 for that year, TO
S., 000,O0O in 1879 Such figures need
no comment, and give the most cheer
Ing prospect for the future Of this last
important public service, go Manulac-
turer and Builder
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The Hattie al the nu'ifrogs,

Many Of the citizens Of Vermont will
remember to have seen ON one dollar
bills of the Wlndham County state
Bank vignette representing bullfrogs
lighting, This was engraved TO COM
memorate the Battle of the Bullir0gs.
The facts We're rs follows. "Manyyears
ago, when the town OF Windham was
newly settled, there came u very dry
season. There are two large ponds In
Wlndham, separated by an intervening
strip OF land of considerable extent,
Each ofthcse ponds was inhabited by n
large community Of the reptiles above
named. The smaller pond dried up,
and It's inhabitants started In q body
for the lower and larger pond. They
were met in the intervening space by
the community from the larger pond
and fierce and long-contlnued battle
ensucd between the rival communities.
Such was the hideous believing of the
frogs during their fierce engagement
that II alarmed the inhabitants, who
at first supposed II to he the whoop of
the hostile savages. But curiosity get
ting the better of their fears, they eau
tiously proceeded TO the spot whence
the hideous sound issued, and there be-
held the strange spectacle Of two i'm
mense armies Of bullirogs, covering
many acres Of ground, engaged in II
fierce and deadly battle. This battle
continued more than twenty four
hours, md whenitwas over the ground
was literally covered with the slain,
and II was necessary, to avoid the noX-
iOus eflluvlA u gather and bury them.