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Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-28
WHATEVER ~, IN RIGHT.

We never knew moro than ono man
who was perfectly satisfied with the wealth
or at all times and under all circumstan-
ces. 1t was Chubb. In summer, when
tho Thermometer boiled up among the
ninotes, Chubb would como to tho front
door with beads of perspiration standing
out all over his red face until bis head
would look like raspberry, and would
look at the sky and say, "Splendid per-
fectly splendid ! Noble weather for the
poor and the ice companies and tho wash
er-women. They don't shake up any
such climate as this in Italy. Gimme
me my Umbrella, Harriet, while l sit out
yer on the steps and enjoy it," In win
ter, when the mercury would creep down
fifteen degrees below zero, and the cold
was severe enough TO freeze the inside OF
Vesuvius solid to tho center Of the globo,
claim "By Jingo did you ever see
such weather as this ? / like nm atmos-
phere that freezes up your very marer.
H. helps the coal trade and keeps the
snakes quiet. Don't talk Of summer
time to me. Gimme cold and give it ia
me stiff" When there was drouth
Chubb used to meet US in the street and
remark. mo rain yet, | see Magnh
cent, isn't it? / want my weather dry
/ want it with the dampness left out
Moisture breeds fever and ague, and wets
your clothes. If there is anything | de-
spise, it is TO carry an umbreller. Nc
rain for me, if you please" When il
rained for week and swampcd the coun.
try, Chubb often dropped in to see us
and to observe, Il dunno how you fee
about this yer rain, but it always SEEM
to me that the heavens never drops NJ
blessings except when we have lonl
wet spell. 1t makes the corn jump, ans
cleans the sewers. l wouldn't give Q
cent TO live in climate where there wai
no rain Put me on the Nile and I'd die
in week. Soak me through and through
to the inside of my undershirt, and l fee
as If life was bright and beautiful anC
sorrer was nothing but nonsense" HI
was always happy iE thunderstorm
lie would say, Put me in thunder
storm and let the lightnin' play arounC
me and Pm at home. I'd rather hav'
one storm that'd tear the inside out o
the continent, than dozen Of yer littl
dribblin,' waterin' pot showers. If cal
not have rippin' and roarin' storm,
don't want none." One day Chubb wa
upon his roof fixing shingle, when
tornado struck him, lifted him off, car
ricd him q quarter of a mile, and dashet
him with such terrible force against I
fence that his leg was broken. As thel
carried him home, we met him, and wheI
we asked him how he felt, he opened hi'
eyes and languidly said, "lmmorta
powers what a storm that was When
it does blow, it suits the senior member o
the Chubb family if it blows hard. lo
give both legs if We could have a squal
like that every day. Il" Then ht
tainted. We want Chubb elected Presi
dent. lie is the only man in in the uni
verse who don't growi at the weather
and he ought TO have glory and honor.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-28
NUMBER l3.
THE EMPEROR'S DREAM.

Conrad, the Emperor of Germany, was
remarkable for his unsparing punishment
OF all who crossed his purpose. A quaint
but truo legend rectes that certain
Count Lupold, who was one Of them fear
ing death, fled into remote forest and
lived in hut with his wife. 1t happen
ed that the Emperor while hunting, came
to the spot, and passed the night with
them. That night the counts wife be-
came the mother of a son ; and the En-
peror dreamed that the child then born
would be his heir. AS the same dream
occurred to him thrice, he was greatly
troubled ; and the next morning he COM
mNnded two of his servants to kill tho
child, They took it away, hut, being
moved to compassion by its smiles, they
placed 1T under n tree and brought back
a hare's heart to the Emperor.
A certain Duke, passing by soon after,
found the child, and took it home TO his
wife, and adopted it as his own. After
this many years, the Emperor being
with this Duke, and hearing him relate,
as a forest adventure, tho history of this
youth who was then present, began to
suspect that the victim had escaped. Be-
ing confirmed in this opinion he took him
into his service as page, and then sent
him with letter TO the Empress, in
which he charged her, under pain of his
disploasure, to have the bearer put to
death. The youth set out, and after hay
ing travelled seven days, came to GER
tain priests house, where he was received
with great hospitality. This priest was
struck by his comely mir and by his trav-
cling so far. While ho slept he looked
at his letter and discovered the horrible
fate that awaited him so, erasng tho
writing, he substituted for it these words
This is the youth whom | have chosen
for the husband Of our daughter. l
charge you to give her to him quickly"
Next morning the lad awolSe refreshed,
and said, "Adieu, dear host"
Tho priest replied, Remember mo
when you are Emperor"
The boy only laughed, estoeming il
jcst, and departed. On arriving at Ak
Ia ChNpollo he delivered his letter, and
so well did the stratagem succeed, that
when the Emperor wrote, soon after, to
ask it his orders had been oboyod, tho
Empress assured him that tho nuptials
had been celebrated with great celebrity,
as he had desired. Tho Emperor hardly
believed his eyes when he read the letter.
Mounting his horse ho rodo off immedi-
atcly and with great speed to Aix-la-
Chapcle. On his arrival, tho Empress
presented their daughter and son-in-law.
For a long timo tho Emperor seemed
lost in astonishmont and uncertain what
to do. At length nature prevailed, and
he exclaimed, I" the will Of heaven can
not be resisted"
Then he compelled tho two squircs to
reveal what they had done, and the Count
to come back from the Black Forest, and
rocoiye back his son, with peace from the
Emperor, who left him his heir, and who
succeeded him MS Henry ii. On the
spot whore the child was born was erect
cd afterwards the noble monastery Of
llirschau.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-28

am the president Of the Everlasting Equal
Benefit Remunerative Life and Trust In
surance Company. Who can run that
machine if am taken ?"
"And these excited Orientals howled
to the captain as to tho terrible conso-
quences Of the untimely taking off to
that degree that they actually impressed
me. l felt that never vessel carried so
much greatness, and that if it should be
lost, with its passengers, Persia would be
ruined.
The vessel was lost. Tho Mary An,
was on n dangerous coast. Captain Per-
lIins went to his state-room to sleep; she
struck and | was the only one saved,
thanks to my magic art and a hen-coop.
l swan ashore safe but somewhat damp.
| made my way to Ispahan, but | could
not stay there. As these men had all
perished, l supposed of course that wide
spread ruin would ensue. / supposed the
Herdld would-to use vulgarism which
| detest-peg out; that the bank would
to use another-bust that the railroad
and insurance companies would stop, and
that rebellion would break out in the
provinces and so, before the news got
about, l sold my property and came to
New Jersey.
My son, the moral is coming now, so
wake up. | had been here six months
when | got letters from lspanhan. There
wasn't ruin to any alarming extent in
Persia. A new Governor was appointed
over the province and things went on bet
ter than ever. There was less plundering
than before, for the new governor was
vigiant. lie refused to let the members
of the provincial Legislature vote them
selves back pay, and he quelched two
credit mobiliers. The stockholders of tho
Herdid elected n new editor and the
paper was better than ever. Tho new
man was the first to introduce interview
ing into Ispahan and organized an cxpe-
dtion to find Livingstone. Tho railroad
company elected new President, who
put on palace and sleeping cars and 0c-
tually made it pay a dividend and rs
for the bank, bless you, the drowned
president was diminutive tubers compar
ed with his successor. He brought the
concern to n smash-up in half the time it
would have taken the old one, which en-
abled the stockholders to rotire with for
tunes in middle life. The new insurance
president was vast improvement on the
old one. He was man of broad views
He devised the brilliant idea Of arming
his solicitors with Deringer pistols.
so you see, my friend, things went on
the better for the drowning Of these inn
portant men. Indeed the people of Ispa-
han swore that if they could be sure of so
great an improvement every time, thoy
would like more shipwrecks.
" Young man, go home. If your life
is Of any use to yourself, save it but if
you are trying TO save it out Of regard
for your fellows, spare yourself the trou-
bic. There were men in New Athens
before your time, and there will be after
Die, and in week no one will realize
that you are gone-in three weeks the
few who do remember the event will
probably be glad Of it, and will be sorry
that you did not die the sooner. Go to,
young man, go to-"
And Abou waved him off haughtily,
and went to his dinner.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-28

A DANGEROUS GAME" Drop the
handkerchief is dangerous game
Desdemona dropped her handkerchief,
and it cost her her life. A handkerchief
ruptured a Baptist church down East, in
Dedham, Mass. There was church So
ciable in the chapel, and they "played
plays" and "drop the handkerchief
was one of them. We don't remember
just how it is done, but they stand in cir
Gle promiscuous, and lady, taking a
handkerchief, walks around on the out
side of the circle, and drops the hand
kerchief behind one of the male persua-
sion, and he runs after her or he don't
we forget which-but any way, if he
catches her, or if he don't-we forget
whch-he can kiss her. There is kissing
about it any way, whether he catches
her or not, tor drop the handkerchief
is no play with the kissing left out. And
drop the handkerchief is a real play,
and when grown up people play kissing
is the main part. So we know there is
kissing, and the account Of the Dedham
affair says, " the game involves kissing"
to which the Rev. Mr.. Foster, the pas
tor, took exception, and he declared right
out loud that " the church was built for
house of God and not for kissing par
ties. And one of the young men who
was involved" in the kissing party even
threatened to smite the parson, and the
account says "the pleasure Of the even
ing was destroyed" and the Rev. Mr..
Foster resigned his charge.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-28
SATURDAY, MARCH as, 1874.

AsHANTEE.--The late war between
England and the most powerful tribe on
the gold coast oe Western Africa natur-
ally excites new interests in wild race
described in our early school books as
warlike, ferocious, and possessing a love
for shedding human blood. Ashantee is
an extensive kingdom of Upper Guinea,
comprising an area of 1000 miles, with
population of about 3,500,0OO. The
kingdom is an inland one for along the
coast are several Dutch settlements which
have been recently transferred to the
English Government, consequently the
Ashantees can carry on their commerce
with the coast only by passing through
these settlements, which a. first gave rise
to many sanguinary conflicts, and finally
proved the immediate cause of the late
war. There were also secondary causes.
The Ashantees invaded the English pro-
vinces with hostile designs missionaries
have been captured by them and subject
ed to various hardships and indignities
and King Koffee Calcalli resented the
transfer Of certain Dutch settlements to
England, believing that they belonged to
him. Warike and cruel as the Ashantoes
are, they exhibit much skill in various
industrial arts. They excel in the manu-
facture of cotton cloth and in the brill
liancy Of their dyes some of their wea-
pons show superior workmanship and in
the manufacture Of gold articles there is
often exhibited q combination of skill,
taste and dextrous manipulation that is
remarkable. Ashantee abounds in good
gold, which is distributed all over the
soil, and is sometimes found in large
pieces. The metal is used profusely for
personal ornaments, but the natives resent
all attempts of foreigners to work their
mineral treasures. The capital Of Asian
tee is Coomossie, which is said to be a
really fine city, containing many fine
and handsome buildings. The royal
palace is huge stone edifce, divided
into spacious rooms. The King is COM
paratively q young man, being about
thirty-six, and exhibits real executive
ability.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-28

SOME years ago Fanny Fern attracted
the Mortified attention Of strictly convcn-
tional ideas by writing letter TO Lester
Wallack, insisting upon the right of wo-
man TO attend places Of amusement with
out the escort Of men. But now it has
become not Mt all unusual to meet ladies
Of the utmost respectability at public
places unattended except by others OF
their own sex. At Miss Cushman's read
ings at New York fully three-fflhs OF
the audience we're ladies, large portion
Of whom came without the protection Of
men. So great a change in public senti-
ment is worth noticing as one Of the re-
suits Of the agitation Of the woman ques-
ton during the last ten year.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-28

How THEY DO IN CHEYENNE.-In
Cheyenne, when anything happens, the
people consider that religious duty calls
npon them to hold q meeting and pass
resolutions upon it; and so strong has
this habit become that some citizens Of
that place, whenever breakfast bell
rings, call meeting Of the family, elect
officers, and resolve to go down stairs and
eat the meal. The other day woman
fell into Crow Creek and sunk. A large
crowd Of men were on the bank Mt the
time, and they instantly proceeded TO
organize n meeting for the purpose of de-
vising ways and means for rescuing the
woman.
After spirited debate, NJ. A. Arnold
was elected chairman, and on taking the
chair, Mr.. Arnold not only thanked
the meeting very warmly for the com
piment offered to him, but he made a
long speech, in which he discussed the
tariff, the coal product of 1873, and the
hluDulnu NlhliuSs n Sclito VI Ic0Olutiplli
were then offered, and after n prolonged
discussion and the acceptance Of several
amendments they were passed. They
embraced protest against the depth oi
Crow creek regrets that all women were
not taught to swim, and a resolve 10 res
cue the particular woman who had fallen
overheard. A committee Of one was ap;
pointed TO dive for her. He dived and
brought the woman TO the surface by the
hair. jus: then it occurred to him that
he had not been ordered to bring her tc
the shore, so he let her sink again, and
swan TO the bank to report progress and
ask for further instructions. Action was
taken on the report, and after an exciting
discussion, he was directed to land The
woman Immediately.
He dived again and dragged her out
None of the women in Cheyenne car
hold their breath more than an hour at O
time, so, when this one was recovered
she was dead. The meeting resolved
that it was sorry, but it is vastly NOR
important that things should be done de
Gently and in order and according to rule
than that the life Of woman should b,
fsaved.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-28

SLIGHTLY OvERDoNE.-Jenkins, the
gushing, the sweet-scented, the ubiquit-
Gus, has appeared suddenly at party in
Waverly, New York, and just hear him:
Miss X. wore red bombazine dress,
ruched with point alpaca, and an over
skirt-of rose gingham, with border Of
parsley blossoms. Her tornure was par
ticularly noticeable, from the fact that
her hair was so delicously scrambled in
front. She also wore No. lilac double
button gloves, and No. store shoes,
slashed at tho heels, and pompadour
socks -
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-28

A FEW evenings ago a young man
went to spend the evening with his af6-
anced. During the evening he told q
few stories and called them tales. The
lady reproved him and told him he should
say anecdotes" After a short time he
went out to sec his horse. When he re-
turned she asked him how his horse was
getting along. "Oh," he said, "he's
all right, only the calves have ehawed
off his /" "anecdote.n
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-28
LINES OF TRAVEL AND EXPRESS.

Canon City, Junction City and Wea-
verviIIe Express and Passenger Line
j. r. DRIVER, Proprietor Leaves Weaver
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning
returns on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Hay Fork and weaverviIIe Pass
enger and Express Line, ]. S. HOYT,
Proprietor. Weekly. Leaves Hay Fork on
Monday morning of each week leaves Wea-
yer Tuesday morning of each week.
U. 3. Mail and Express Line. from
WeavcrvilIe TO Arcata, JOHN CLIFF
FORD, Proprietor. Leaves Weaver every
Thursday morning. Leaves Arcata, every
Monday morning.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-28

ONE of the editors Of n certain paper.
soon after beginning to learn the printing
business, went to court a preachers
daughter. The next time he attended
meeting he was taken down by hearing
the minister announce in his text: my
daughter is grievously tormented with
devil ~
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-28

A COUPLE of Iowa blacksmiths, for
merly in partnership, have curious law
suit. One sues the other for labor per-
formed and money paid out, and the 9TH
er presents a counter claim for twelve
months checker-playing INDUCED in by
the plaintiff when he should have been ut
work.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-28

THE Pekin Gazette is the oldest jour
nal in the world. 1t is printed on a large
sheet of yellow silk, with the same char
actcrs and on the same kind Of stuff as it
did n thousand years ago. The only
change is in the writers.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-28
W'eekly Triaitu 9uuraal.
OUR AGENTS:

THOS. BOYCE, Room No. 80, New
Merchants Exchange Building, San Fran
cisco, is our only authorized agent in that city
GEO. II. ROWELI4 az CO., 40 Park
Row, are our only authorized Agents in New
York City.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-03-28
JOHN LORD, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON,
WEAVERVILLE, CAL.

REFERENCES Prof I. T. Dana, Portland,
Me-; Prof. w. w. Greene, Long Island Medi-
cal College, Brooklyn, N. Y. Prof. c. L. Brack-
cit, Princeton, NJ.
OFFICE-Theater Building, Main Street,
Weaverville. Residence Street, above
Union Hotel. jan1.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-04-10
4 CLERICAL CU.4RUER.

Burlcigh writes from New York 30 the
Boston J1UrHal. zone Of our city pass
tors is Il most excellent singer lie has "a
sympathetic voice. lie frequently sup
plements his sermon with a song, AMI
the music is quite as efficient as the APP
peal, He visited n mGdhOu>e the otner
day, and was shown n cell in which II
madman was confined. lie was one 81
the most furious sort. He had 10 be chain
ed 10 the floor to keep him from dashing
his brains against the sides of his cell.
Ii was as much as ones life was worth
10 approach him. He tore his clothes into
ribbons, and his he'd was Il mass of rags
As the minister looked through the graf
ing the prisoner made for him. and with
such violence rs 10 jerk himself bach on
10 the floor. He rose foaming with rage
I'll kill you I'll beat your brains out.
Clear out Instead of moving, tbe
preacher began TO sing The hymn he Sc
lcctcd was Our Home in Heaven First
The mailman listened then he stretched
himself out 10 the full length Of his
chain. First one arm relaxed and then
the other Tears moistened his eyes -
Then he cGiicd upon his bed Of rags az
quiet as II child. And when The hymn
was eudC lie looked up saying, More,
more The preacher sang I'LL his strength
gave way, and when he left the mailman
seemed hushcd in slumbcr. The keeper
said he had no doubt but it would have
been perfectly safe for the minister 10
have gone and sat down by his side IN
the cell. it Was tie old case Of saul and
David -
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WHOLE NO 99.3
1 YOUNG PONPEX ~
CALIFORNIA.

California boasts Of Pompoli on a
small scale. IL is the town of Meadow
Lake, on the Sierra Nevada range, 5000
feet above the level Of the sea. The spot
on which it is situated is full Of gold, and
In 1865 there was great rush thither.
Zoo, 600 feet of the land being taken up
in the Summer OF that year. BY Spring
Of the next year, California had become
perfectly wild over the golden prospects
of the region, and during May and June
not less than 1000 people found their
way up there, ana real estate went up like
n kite, siXly-hyeightv lots bringing from
81 800 10 $2 800. 4 stock board was
formed, and The bulls and bears made the
wilderness hidcous with bidding 'or the
stock OF the various companies. over
j, 200 was spent on these rocks. which
never yielded more than 500, 600
though they were full of gold, and town
OF GOO houses was built. The Trouble was
with the ore, in which there was some
substance that would not Weld 10 the
usual processes, and, in addition, the
snow was not mtrcquentiy twenty-five
feet on Il Level, terrible storms being com
mon in June, al at once the people saw
that Nature had played an awful prauti.
cal joke on them, and they abandoned
the town 50 prccipitatcly that a recent
visitor there, walking on snow shoes
through the streets on q level with Tie
second stories, looking into the windows,
saw the furniture standing Just as the oCCu-
pants had last used IT,
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TIE MALIGNANT PUNSTER

There is only one class Of Individuals
for whom we have Il feeling Of malignant
and deadly hatred. We refer 10 those
persons who embrace every opportunity
that is offered 10 make stale pUns. We
know men who never refer - n shoe
maker without remarkin9 H. hc Is u
man of sole, or that ne has lost his lii
tie awl, or that his work is made 10 last /,
who never see a plate Of cheese without
observing that il is mitcr than the
sword and who invariably speak oI
marriage as matter of money. These
persons icrkCd out these pune with all
the enthusiasm that might characterize
q man who has just pcrpctraied good
thing, and then when You decline 10
laugh. because YOU are well aware that
the puus in question were ola stagcrs IA
the name of NCah-that patriarch, m
deed. having amused his family circle
with them in the ark during Tho days Ia
which il was too wet 10 90 Out-thc
fends actually think YOU don't see the
puint. and they proceed 20 explain each
orn i'm detail. We are not naturally Of
a sauguinary disposition. We hesitate
generally about shedding the blood OF
orr fell0w-creatures. We have even lett
the battle-tield-whenw VIC were out with
The miltia-and gone quietly home
rather than steep our hands in human
core; but we have lirmly resolved that
The next man who in our presence makes
a pun on the words sole, or " awl 8" or
shall die on the spot. We
shall carry howiZter in our pocket for
the purpose. Our cry now is vengeance.
We will be tormented no longer.
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DEAF And DUNE.

Jones went out TO the Deaf and Duml
Asylum on Thursday, 10 inspect the in
stitution. Upon entering, he encountered
a man, evidently an inmate, and he a
once endcavored TO explain 10 the man
by making signs upon his fingers, tha
he wanted TO look through the place
The man also made signs which Jones
could not comprehend. Then Jones mad,
other and more elaborate motions, which
set the man at work with greater VIC
lcnce, and for the next half hour they
stood in the hall, gesticulating and twist
ing their fingers, without either being
able TO comprehend what the Other
meant. Finally, Jones became angry
and, in an outburst of passion. exclaimed:
"Oh, get out, You idiot I'm tired o!
bothcring with you"
ThercupOn the man said:
That's just what was going TO say
about you
"Oh, you can speak can YOU? Ther
why in thunder didn't YOU say so, anC
not keep me standing here motioning tC
YOU | thought YOU were deaf anC
dumb
And thought Won were" said the man
II came here TO inspect the asylum,
said Jones, land / took you for pa
tent" said the man.
That's what | came here for, and J
thought shat you were an attendant,
said the man.
Here Jones and the man shook hands.
and hunted up genuine attendant, anC
went away happy. After this, Jones vii
always use his tongue first, no matter
where he is.