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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-10-09
INTERESTING NUPTIALS.

A Daughter of Gen. sherman Marries
IA Lieutenant of the Navy incidents
Attending the Ceremony.
Lieut.. Thos, w, Fitch, ofthe Engineer Corps
Of the navy, was married on the LIST TO Miss
Maria sherman, eldest daughter Of Gen. W.
T. sherman, The ceremony took place in
81, Aloysius' (Catholic) Church, in Washing
ton. The marriage was solemnized by Arch
bishop Purcell. of Cincinnati, assisted by
elergymen from New York and Brooklyn and
the resident priests Of the District.
The bridesmaids were Misses Lizzie and
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-10-09

Administration Have. YOU forgotten 1887
and 1882 n
The speaker then compared the two parties
for equal lengths Of time, asked his hearers TO
weigh well the questions that lay before
fparleeelv ..r.arrr
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-10-09

The Anaheim Californian says that
the o1or arising from castor-be is
highly poisonous. A gentleman living
near Anaheim, while engaged in picking
castor beans, was severely poisoned by
their fumes.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-10-09
Public Debt Statement.

The followingts the statement of the con-
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osbibli] If e sc a oelD r,

-Dasbiblii6e sc oelDbr."
3ur @rtldrun9 Der @teue Matb. 49, IA:
u@s ilt lei9ter> oob Elm &ameel o1lr@ elm
yooelDbr gebe, ols bob s Elm Gei6er in
oos @immelrei6 tomme>" lit bemertens=
luertb tpas 2uotpi9 D0lfer iiber Yala=
itina l9reibt; ct 1o9t Tolgenoes: u2oro
9lugent, tpel9er bas beili9e 2ano bereiite
gin9 emit NIT einem Treunoe am Sebron
ipa5ieren. @ie tamen Dor bas 9robe
Sbor, als Elm Bug &ameele ibnen bsge9=
nete Da 1pra9 oer 2oro: v&omm> LAB
uns bur6 bas Naoel6br 9eben" - eine
fleine Sbiire 10 genanat nod Dem
@pra6gebrau6e bes 2anoes'> Die neben
benz pfo lten 1T an pel6em oas 9robe
Sbor bangt, eben groB 9enu9, um cine
Yer1on na9 Der anoeren bereinouf flbren."
- &inoli9e 9eir If : 81 Z
tire. Ser Ct: Po1ioei9ef in Serre
@aute tpurbe jiin9it unter un9etu6bn-
|li9en I'm 5tdnben perbeiratbet. @ein
tleiner, nod feline. 12 Sanre alter @obn>
ma9te linn zines euten Mor9ens ben
@or19lag, tpieber 5u beiratben uno nonnte
ibm 5u9lei@ Die 9ame, mel6e er (oer
Sun9e) als @tiefmutter ucceptiren tperoe.
Ser Dater 9ins auf ben Worl@lag Elm
unb trng Der be5ei@netenDame bic @a9e
Dor. 9ie1e ,pedte ibr fleines SD9ter=
9en, berietb Ii6 nit oerielben unb nabm
nit oeren @tnpili9ung ben 9eirotbsan=
tras an. Mm nd@iten Sage fano Die
9o95eit ftatt.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1874-07-01

]6sn.? iiber ben Mbfono sluilben i'm
uno alleu anberen Merfen SerG9bpfuns?
lnb iiber Sic Oberberrl6oft, Die ibm iiber
jenc geeeben it2. Waan iu9e Dier feline
poetilbe gintleionns; nienlols fat N}o=
les einfaGer geIpro9en. Gin humber
barer 9la9bruf aber uno cine gebeime
araft, Die nur bon Der Mabrbeit berriib=
rem fDnnen 11einen aus Ser Siefe oes
@e9enitanoes allfslltei9en un0 Die 9iiae
Der Worte gu bur6bre6en. Faciamus
hominem ad imaginem nostram,
~2aHet lns Ben Men16en MAIDEN no9
un1erem 8ilb,unb @lei6nib." 9ier BE-
riiDren mir Die &rone ur5 bas Gn05iel Der
@66pflng alle @e166pfe crtuarten einen
9errn> oer 1ie Dor @ott pertrcte, unb
@ptt ,pieoerum bei ibnen pertrete, Der Die
Melt i'm &leinen {ei> entlpre6eno Der
9Belt Ser @eiiter uno 5u9lei6 Der 9Selt
Der G0rper, beitebeno aus beioen, ein ge=
beimnib bpoQer 9lus5uo bes 9inmels unb
Ser Grbe, elm lebenriger Sling Ser 9an5en
5d6pfun9. gSeld Elm @lmoer! llno
mas il olles uebri9e i'm gersleib 5u Die
lem Wunoerlucrfc> ,uel9es fir @ott lelbit
unmD9li9 19iene tuenn CT es nidbt eben
ge>uirft bdtte ? Wie 1teDt bod bic @pra9e
oes W}oles ouf Der 96be bieler Mabrbeit
@ott bot> 10 5u lagen bur6 1ein Wort
olles uebrise MAIDEN loilen, uno no er
1i6 an Oas 9li6ts uno an Die M}oterie
lpenbet, 9elbiebt es nur bur6 iein Mort
Fiat, Sc perOe. 9ier ober iommelt Gr
i6 uno luenoet lib an li6 lelber: Fa=
ciamus, 2ai iIet lns MAIDEN. gSie per=
l9ieoen Do1n @otte Yloto's, bcr es unter
5siner Wuroe bdlt> Sen N}enl l6en gu bill
oen> unb oer oie1e @or9e unter9eorone=
ten @ottbeiten i6erldBt , lit bieb Dem
@ptte Mo1es ein Wert> mas er 1id lelber
oufbebalten uno nobel er 1id 9anS 5u=
lammennimmt, ia 1o9ar bon Ieiner eige=
men g0ttli9en Mel lenbeit entlebnt er fir
oie1e neue unb lebte @66pfln9 bos ur=
Bib: ad imaginem ct similitudi-
mem nostram, no9 llnIcrem 8ilo unO
@lsi6niB. - l1n0 er |9uf ben Men16en
(punoerbar lit Die &roft oller oieler 9Die=
erDolun9en); na6 Dem @6enbiloe Got
tes 19uf Ct i'm; Mann uno Meib @9uf
Gr iie. gDie targ ,uar Moles I'M Wor=
iibergebenoen nit oem @orte S9offen>
un6 tuie frei9ebi9 bot ct es bier 9ebrau6t
Wel@ bobe Sbee mii fen mir ni6t befom=
men iiber benieni9en, pon Dem bic &eoe
| it, penn mir eine lol6e @pro6e DDren
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1874-07-01
pie s. 6t6te Der
s 0p tug. II.
Das gSerf beS fe@sten S6opfungstagcs

miro lns BON Mfoles in folgenber WeIe
beri9tet: ulno @ott ipra6: @s brin9e
Die Groe Derpor lebenoe Me len nod ibrer
Nrt sobmes Nieb uno @etpiirm unb
Sbiere Der Grbe naG ibrer 9(rt ltno
nl5o se19ab es. ltnS @ott madte bic
Sbiere Der Grbe no9 ibrer Mrt unb Oos
5obme Nieb uno o(es @e,piirm Der @roe
nod 1eiaer grt. l1no @ott lab J., oaB es
gut mar unO ipra6: 2aIlet uns ben
Men19en MAIDEN nab unlerm 8ilo uno
@lei6niB, Der ba Derrl6e iiber Bic Slide
oes Meeres unb bas @efliisel Oes Sim=
mets nno Die Sbiere unb iiber Die 9an5e
Groe, unb oues @etpiirm bos Ii6 roget
ouf @roen. l1no @ott 16uf ben Men=
}6en nod 1einem Biloe, no6 oem 8ilbe
@ottes 1duf er i'm, Mann uno Meib 16uf
er 1ie. l1nb @ott le9nete Iie unO 1pro6:
Wa6lct uno mebret eu6, unb erf fiillet
bic Groe uno ma6et lie eu6 untertbon,
ano berrlbet iiber Die Slide bes M}eeres
une iiber bos Sc fliigel Oes 9immels uno
iiber alle Sbiere, bic li5 re9en ouf Der
Der Grbe. unb @ott 1pro6 @ieb i'd
bobe eu9 9e9eben o0es &rout bos fd
be1amet ouf Grbe uno olle Bduue, Die
in iid ielbit @omen Doben na6 ibrer
;9lrt, oaB lie eu@ CUR @peile ieien uno
alien Sbieren Der grbe unb o1em @elii=
gel oes 9i1nmels uuo gl(enl bas li6 re-
get ouf Gr0en, uno in tpel6em cine leben=
ioe @eele it, oamit lie boben 5u elien.
uno ollo 9ei6ob es. l1nb @jott iob
9lqes> mas er semo6t botte, uuo es mar
1ebr out. uno es ,parb Qlbeno un0 Mpr=
gen, Ser le9ste Sag" Il. Mol. 24-31.)
eSn Der erl ten 9dlfte bieles So9es er=
Ibuf Spit bic 2onotbiere. Sc miro bier
peri6ieoen iiberiebt, 10 bob breierlei Sat-
tunsen ban Sbieren 5u unter16eioen
,pdren: Saustbiere, wil0e Sbiere uno
frie6enoe Sbiere. Mqein Oieie Inter
16eibung 19eint ,piIfurli9, unb es 0iirfte
tpobl an bic Glol1e Der @au9etbiere iiber=
baupt au benfen 1ein, bic jeoo6 be5ii9li6
ibrer bert i9ieoenen @r6be nno Der @rt
alno Mei1e li6 5u beme9en', in orei Orb
nun9en ooer Qlrten NIT ben 9ebrau6ten
orei bebrdil6en Worten unteri9ieoen
tpirb.
@aB bier feinesfolls reibenbe SDiere
uno ei9entlibe &eptilien 3. =. @epllrm
uno Snleften erltanben mereen oiirfe1>
19eint aug inneren @riinoen mebr als
tpabrl&einli6. Mie ldbt li@ tpobl nit
einem @arten Der 2ul It, nit elmer parable
5i]9en Notur bas 9alein bon piloen
Beitien pereinbaren $50 1T cine @pur
bon Wilbbeit ober Observation-Disclosures
bet Sbiere ia iener Gr5dblung Il. Moi.
2, l9, 20.) tpobr5uneDmen, Die uns 1o9t
oaB @ptt Dem Moam ale Sbiere por=
fubrte ouf bab ct jebem einen ibrem
g8e1en entlpre9enoen 91amen gob Ion
reiBenoen Si9ern, 9Dmen, 9panen II. o9l.
fann ollo feline &ebe leiu. Grit na9 Dem
Sale Beg Meni@en uno in Tol9e oes
SSlu9es Der audi iiber Die 9lotur fam,
entitanben bic wilben Shiere, D. }. Die
onfdn9lid) gut gearteten ooer 5abmen
Sbiere pertpiloerten uno 5'par IN per=
16ieoenem Modbe, 10 5lpar, oaB elnt9e
tpoDl 5abm ooer bod 5abmbar blleben,
anbere menI@enl@eu uurben, uno anoere
enbli9 cine tpaDrbaft wtloe, reiBenoe fa=
tur annabmen. lnter &eptile, frte3en=
ben Sbieren, perlteben mir @ewiirn1e nno
Sn1etten loqten tuobl oieie NIT einem
parooieie pereinbar iein? @ie tommen
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1874-07-01
Sbio Mailtufreuno.

tuer y te 3 II I I DER pfDte=
tantil6en preubiiden 2onbesfir6e ,tr<
tbeilt bas lutberii9e @olfsblott fir
Stoot uno 2ono: Ser preuBil6e @taat
miro lid) eine Stride rctten, bie sic 81
pilebegatten nur ein1esnet, ou6 bic un.
einselesneten gum Nbenomabl. sulabt &C.,
uno elmer 1ol6en STRIDE miro er, obne
9Sioerlp>ud aus ibr 5u erfobren> audi
elne gerfollung 9e6en tDnnen, Der elm
Htr6om leine 3uitimmung nid)t uer5oot,
- ober cine d)ri1tlide 8efenntniBfird)e
miro bos nidt mebr 1ein , cine 2ebrerin
Der Y0lter, eine 2eiterin sur @eli9teit Ii.
5ur 9ri1tll@en Sebensfiibrun9 ni6t.
Sn Mitte1=M 1icn geben beoeut=
fame 9in9e por, bcbeut 1on> peil Gn9=
lon0 unO Stu Blonb bort in fieberbofter
9olt penn ,uenn aud in Der @tille, oee eeu
einonber pperiren. 9abrepo 10000 So
muoen bisber unbeslpinglde @eoner
ublonos lib Dem 3orn unter,uorfen
boben, ,pdbreno leDr entl6ieoene Qn1tren=
9ungen gema6t >perben, Surfe1ton unb
oos jiin9it eroberte &biwa bonn militdri=
l6en @tonbpunfte ous 5u orsanliren,
entpideln Die &ui1en jebt au@ cine offene
Sbdti9teit an ben @e itsren5en GDinos.
Cine neue Nrt Der Snflotion lit
bon ben @ebeinpplsiiteu Der Negiernno
cntoedt 'pproen. 9ielelben BADEN nQmli6
ous9efl1nben, bob man feds Bontnoten
III feiniter fllnl lt9ere6ter @eile 5er16nei=
Den un0 oonn Die @tiide 5u ]ieben Su=
lommcn5ufleben perltebt Cine gnsabl
ppn Sdll6ern beutet BERN ou6 6iele
&unlt oufs Sbdtt91te ous unb fir pber=
| ild@lide Seobodter 1T es unm1sli6,
ben Sctrug 5u entoeden.
- 3u @ie9soorf in 8oiern 1T Der
lue9en leines gbfolls pom fot6. 81 ouben
uno 1eines Bu1er0iebtobls in @uBlonb
Su elmer trourigcn 8eriiDmtbeit oelonetc
Dr. Mlops Pi6ler toOt i'm Bette 9efun6en
>poroen. Scr 9lrme mar er1t 40 Sabre
alt.
-G ineungebeure @eod9tnib=
froft entfaltet Elm neunjdbriges farbises
W}aod)en 81 8rucetopn in &entuy. @ie
1T I'M @tonoe> lingere @ortrdge, ,pel9e
lie mitangeb0rt Dat> no6 "a Gtunben 81
repetiren. 9fculi9 1pra9 lie so 3eilen ei-
mes 8udes, Die ibr einmal fi9tig porge=
le1en >puroen, Wort fir g8ort noh.
- Gin Mr5t fommt bierSulanoe auf
lie 1e9sbunoert uno a6t5ebn Perlonen.
Trontrei6 uno @n9lanO boben erit Ginen
fir je 5lueitaulenO Gin,uo6ner uno lino
babel pel ge1unber.
- Sn Mi1iiiiippi farb neulid
ein M9t5igidbriger uno Elm oorti9es
Blatt brin9t Die 9}a6ridt nit Der Be-
merfun9, Oab er in Der 8liit6e 1eines
2ebens 9efnift ,uoroen lei.
Git 0 os + irter 9 ar6 6ier in
Solebo, g.. ,uies neuli@ einen &aHense=
) noHen tuesen oer buntlen Sautfarbe bes
2ebteren aus 1einer 8erl9Dnerun9s6ouz
tique. Civil Rights !
- I'm cine Game fir einen 9 q II
sebDris aus5uitaffiren to1tet es i'm @il-
Sen einen Bollen BaumlpoQe> i'm Me1ten
cine 2abung 9eu, in Cincinnati Elm TaB
@9meineI6mols, in @ir9inia einen Ba1=
len Sobat, in PennlDlpanien eine Sonnc
@obeilen uno in 9leu=gnslano eine Rab-
n1al@ine erfer &lalie.
- Sn Min n Eff ia ion eine 2tnl-
burger &dlefabrtt 1ein, >pel4e ibre Sabri=
fate bann er1t fiir Qut erflGrt tpentt Elm
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1874-07-01

lit unoenfbor. un1ere 8oritellung BON
Der onfdngltb paraoieliI6en Natlr 9e=
itottet uns ,peber ,uiloe Beltien mod I'M
gesiefer ofs uripriin9li6e @66piungen
an5unebmen. gBie mir 9laubeu, wurben
in bic ct eroben @od)e nur bic brei eolen
ben Suoen |o,po6l, als jebem dGten No=
turgefiDle reinen Sbiertlalien Der Slide,
ND9el uno @du9etbiere sel6afen, Die
iibrisen &loilen Der Mmpbibicn> Snlefteu
uno gBiirmer aber emit itonben wobl erlt
ned bem Tlu9e nnb in Sol9e bes pieoer
in Die Natur ein9ebrunsenen SoOes 10
>pie bes md6ti9er 9elporoenen odmpni=
iden Ginflules. Cine @6lon9e, 70 luie
lie iebt i1t ,poro 9on5 9e>piB onfdn9li6
ppn @ott ni9t er16offen. Sic @6lonse
BON Der in oer @eneli Die &eoe 1T, &C.
bDrte 5ur &lolle ser @Qu9etbiere un0
maro erf cine trie6enoe auf Dem goben
G6 fortlpinoenbe WmpDibie in ToI9e bes
iiber lie ersoneenen Tlu6es ~Nuf oeinem
8au6e follit or frieben> uno 5tou6 frel=
fen bein 2eben lang" Il. Moi. 3, 14.).
Gin glei9es o0er oo6 abnlidcs @el@id
mDgen pobl ou6 anoere @ottun9en Der
Sbiere erfabren baben. @ino mir aus
noturbiitoril9en @riinoen bere6ti9t
piele S6ierarten nomentli9 olles lose=
nannte unse5iefer ols 1pdter erit entiton=
ben 5u betrodten 10 oiirfte ienes Glue
8ei1piel Der @6lon9e uns ou@ gut Nn=
nobme elmer mebrfdlti9 erfol9ten Gntar%
trln9 (DegenerotioW anfan9li@ erl6af=
fener Sbierorten bere6ti9en. Nt9t 9onj
unbe9rinoet oiirfte Die @ermrtbung 1ein,
oob, 10 ,pie Die @6lan9e> Die Wfebr5obl
un5erer Wmpbibien bdmonil l@ oesenerirte
@au9etbiere piele Snleften entartete
0Doel, uno niele Mrten bes @elpiirmes
entortete Slide iino.
Sic .2anb=@dugetbiere ollo als Die
por5usli9en Welen Der Sbiermelt, pur=
ben 5ulebt erl6aifen. go beri9tet N{o=
les 10 beri9tet aber ou9 in pollter
uebsrein1timn,un9 nit ibm Die g}otur.
l1n1er @jespdbrsmonn lei wieoer Gupier,
welder 1ogt: vGs lit 9emib. boB Die eier=
leeenoen @ierfiBer piel friiber porfommen
ols Die lebenoi9e Sunge sebdrenoen.
Me6rere @1ilbfr6ten> meDrere &rotooiQe
ftnoen 5i6 unter ber 2reioe lin &reioese=
6iroen); Die unsebeuren @ibe4len uno
QrpBen @6ilbfrDten BON D}atri9t Gin
Belsien) lie9en in oer &re'oeformat!on
|leIb}t; ober es ino @eetbiere. Sic eri ten
5puren BON e=@dlt9etbieren 3. y.
BON Meerfiiber, treHen pir i'm tsn9Dlien7
fibrenoen @robtalte an: &no6en bon
2anolaugetbieren finoen ii9 ober ni6t
oarin. l1n9ea6tet ber orsfaltisiten
9{oe5for1dun9en 1T es mir nidt 9elun9en
BON 6ieier &lafe cine beutli6e @pur bon
ben ouf Dem @robtalte ob9ela9erten
Banfen al entoeden. SIN @esentbeil>
1obolb man in biejenisen @ebiloe tommt>
ipeld)e auf Sen, 8robtolte ruben 5eigen
i6 Die 2anbt6iertno6en in grober
Menee." vMlIo," ia9t Gupier weitsr>
vuie es 1ebr natiirli9 anaunebmen 1ebt,
oaB Die &on6plien uno Slide 5ur $eit
oer @ntltebung bes l1rgeblloes ni4t oa=
eetpelen 1iao, 10 miro es aud slaubbaft,
SAB bic eierlesenoen @ierfiibler 5u9lei6
nit ben Til6en i6ren Mnfang senommen
baben> 6aB aber bic pierfiibisen gono=
There erit tpeit 1pater gum @ori@ein &C.
tommen 5inb." - Mu@ bier - pel@e
ueberein5 5timmung 5'pii i@en oem betlt9en
Ruhp hcr @ihpI 1lnb bem heiltQen Bud)e
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-23
Barnun's Wives.

Mr.. Barnum was first married forty
five years ago, November 8, 1929, to
Charity Hallet, Bethel tailoress. He
was nineteen years old at the time of
this marriage, of which he used to say
a." i don't think l could have done bet
ter if L had waited twenty years. The
house he first took his bride to was
in Bethel, and cost him 81, $50. The
house he took his second wife to is on
Murray Hill, Fifth avenue, New York,
and is brown stone palace of magnif-
cent proportions, and worth over $780,
600. MIR. Barnum Las daughters nearly
twice as old as his present wife, and
grandchildren within two or three
years of her age. Although Mr.. Bar
mum is at heart, and always will be, a
Snowman, he is very much of gentleman
in parlor. He is capital talker, and
has an inexhaustible fund of anecdote
at command, and what is more, he is an
accomplished listener. In telling him
anything, one does not ieel that he is
being bored, for he appears to take the
deepest interest in all that is told him.
Rubbing up against all ranks of people
has had polishing effect upon his
natural roughness, and his intimacy at
the Cary's was great refining infu-
ence.-BundIO ErJlress.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-23
TIE UNTERWALD WEDDING.

Maitre Seller was q well-preserved,
agile gentleman of nearly sixty. At
twenty he thought of nothing but law
at thirty, of nothing but pleading; at
forty he became Judge and only at
fifty-fye did he make the discovery that
weighing laws and splitting hairs upon
the meaning of words and phrases is
scarcely all the pleasure to be found i'll
existence.
At ffty-fve he awoke to the conscious
ness that he had wasted life. He was
very clever at every point i'll the COM
mon law of the Unterwald, but he was
not wise enough to know that at that
age one can scarcely begin life over
again.
If, apart from the law, he had ever a
passion, it was a quiet, half-doubting
love of fishing; and, therefore, when
he gave up his judgeship, and retired
into private life with the respect and
even veneration of all who knew him,
having angled half his life for clients,
and settled the differences of other legal
anglers through nearly score of years,
he fell to angling for fish as the one Joy
of his life.
Indeed it was this new occupation
amid nature, trees, flowers and living
water, which prompted Maitre Seller TO
the conclusion that he had made a mis-
take in life when he brought II down 70
grinding law from New Years Dov 70
ST. Sylvesters. which is the last day in
December.
- The old mans heart was desolate
His quiet, resigned old housskeeper-a
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-23
The French Returning to Hard Money.

The French government have taken
an important step in the direction of a
speedy resumption of specie payments.
A recent circular issued by the Minister
of Finance instructs the treSOrier,
generdur of the departments to MAKE
use of gold pieces of 20 francs, 81
francs and 100 francs, in the same wa,
as any other description of mony In
their disbursements for government ac-
count. At the same time the Minister
of Finance recommends the Depart
mental Treasurers to abstain from all
payments in 25-franc Bank of France
notes, but to reserve them exclusively
for their payment to the French Treas.
ury. The effects of this measure will
be to replace the 25-franc notes in the
hands of the public by metallic cur
rency. Gold and silver are very album
dant at this moment in France, not only
at the bank but also in circulation. In
addition to $50, 900, 600 francs of gold
and silver coined by the minis of Paris
and Bordeaux since the Franco German
war, the bullion importations during
the first seven months OF the present
year amount to 634, 900, 900 francs. OF
the latter sum the expectation of the
precious metals since the 1st OF January
amounts to 81, 600, 900 francs. The bal
ance of internal coinage of France is,
therefore, exclusive of bullion, trifle
over 553, 900, 900 francs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-23
Eternal DesOIatiOn.

In the northwest corner of San Ber-
nardino county, lying partly also in Inyo
county, and, by the newly surveyed line,
partly also in the State of Nevada, is
region paralleled by few other spots on
the face of the earth. We say the world
is instinct with life. Here, If the phra-
seology may be pardoned, is a place
instinct with death. A huge basin,
whose rim is the ancient hills, stricken
with the barrenness of eternal desola-
ton, whose bosom is the blasted waste
of the desert--treeless, shrubless and
waterless, save few bitter pools like
the I've of potash water surrounded by
mountains that tower thousands of feet
above the sea-level, itself lying three
hundred feet above the sea. 1t is a very
"Gehenna "a place of death and
bones. Birds do not fly over it. Ami
mails do not enter it. Vegetation can
not exist in it. The broad sands absorb
the heat, the bare mountains reflect it,
the unclouded sun daily adds to it.
Ninety degrees in the shade (artifcial
shade, there is no other) means winter.
One hundred and thirty and one hun
dred and forty degrees, that is summer.
The hot air grows hotter, waivers,
trembles with heat, until nature, goaded
to madness, can endure no more; and
then the burning blast rouses itself in
its might; rouses as an angry beast,
with hoarse, ominous roar; sweeps
mile after mile, on, ever on, over the
broad reach of the desert, bearing il
its black, whirling bosom-black as the
midnight-dust, sand, alksli and death.
Sometimes n murky cloud gathers upon
the mountains above; then there is q
russia warning sigh on the Winds
low rumbling in the air; the hill;
culver, the earth trembles, and tor
rent, half water, half mud, bounds from
the hills, leaps into the desert, plowine
chasms like river beds in the loose sand
The clouds scatter, the sun comes
again, the eternal thirst of the desert is
not quenched. The raging river wa:
only dream.
In the year 1S49 a party of emigrants
entered the basin. Day after day they
toiled on, thirsting, dying. The pitt
less mountains walled them in no es
cape. One by one they dropped anG
died. A few, abandoning everything
scaled the mountains and escaped. The
others lie as they fell, dried to mum
mies-no birds even to devour theil
flesh no beasts to prey upon them
Wagon-tires unrusted gun-barrel:
bright, untarnished. Such is the place
Mile after mile silence reigns silence
and death.
." Walled by the mountains, doomed with brazei
| sky,
League after league the never-ending sand
Spreads like the ocean, to the lifting eye,
An aged, weary, long-forgotten land;
As cursed in wrath, and smt with Gods fierce
hand,
No cooling mist quenches the endless thirst
That rules supreme the boundless stretche
grand;
over its broad expanse no storm clouds burst
With hurrying feet. 1t il Il land accursed.n
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Rare Gems and Their Value

Mr.. ellison has recently concluded q
journey round the world, which he
made for the purpose of ascertaining
the condition of the trade in gems. In
an article in the st. Petersburg Gazette
he states the result of his iuvestiga-
tons. Diamonds he found at lower
rate than they have reached in ten
years past. Pearls and emeralds are.
on the other hand, at a premium. An
opal the size of an average olive would
bring in New York, at the present time,
about $3.50; sapphire of the same
size would bring $3.50; an emerald
$500; diamond $13, 800, and ruby
S37, 800. In Europe these gems would
rank somewhat differently, opals and
sapphires rating higher and emeralds
lower. Pearls are now brought from
Central America, California and the
Persian Gulf, but none of them rival
those of the East indies. About So
$50, 600 of diamonds are annually i'm
ported from South America into Eu-
Many of these are of good size, and
most have yellowish tinge. In conse-
quence of this importation, diam nds of
the same hue have fallen rs per cent in
the market. They would have fallen
still lower were it not that the enormous
fortunes realized in America through
petroleum and military contracts have
created an excessive demand. But this
effect upon the value of the stones may
be considered merely temporary. A
similar depreciation in their price oc-
CURED at the discovery of the diamond
mines in Brazil-Go conda having pre-
viously supplied the market-buJ they
soon regained their value.
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lam now on the shady side of half a
century, but | expect to see the time
when there will not be dram shop in
this land. 1 can't tell just hew they
will be abolished, no more than could
twenty years ago how slavery would be
ended. But the day will come when
temperance shall prevail and hquor
saloons be a thing of the past.-Schuy-
Ter Collar.