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Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03
Weaverville, April 3, 1875.

A SINGULAR LAKE.-The Scientific
american says Lake Titcaca is the
most singular and interesting lake in the
world. Situated on the crest of the An
des, it is the highest large body of fresh
water and as concurrent traditions point
to it as the spot where Manca Capac, the
first Inca appeared and awoke the abo-
riginal tribes from their long sleep Of
barbarism and ignorance, it is the hstor-
ic center of South America. Humboldt
calls it the theater Of the earliest Ameri
can civilization. On an island within it
are the imposing ruins of the Temple of
the Sun, and all around it are monu-
ments of The skill and magnifcence
of the Incas. There are also at Tishuan-
AGO and Silustania, the remains of burial
towers and palaces, which antedate the
crusades, and are therefore pre-incaral.
Lake Titicaca is about the size of our On
tario, shallow on the West and North,
deep toward the East and South. The
Eastern or Bolivian shore, being backed
by the lofty range of Sorato, is very high
and precipitous. The lake never freezes
over, although the temperature at Puno
is often eighteen degrees at SUNRISE
Two little steamers, of 100 tons each do a
trining business. Steam is generated by
means of llama dung, the only fuel in the
countrY-for there are no trees within q
hundred and fifty miles. These steamers
actually cost their weight in silver, for
their transportation Cn pieces) from the
coast cost as much as the original price
A steamboat company has just asked
from Bolivia the exclusive privilege of
navigating Titicaca and the Rio Desguar-
dero to Lago Pampa, with guarantee
Of six per cent. cost on the capital and a
share in all the mines discovered. Pro
fessor Orton, the latest traveller in that
region, calls attention to the fact that
Lake Titicaca is not so high as is usually
laid down in the geographical works by
about 800 feet. Its true altitude is II, ,493
feet and in the dry season it is four feet
less, This fact has been revealed by the
consecutive dwellings made in building
the Arequipa railway, just finished, which
reaches from the Pacific to Titicaca.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03

On THE RAGGED EDGE OF DESPAIR
a few weeks since Christina Chinaman
assisted one of his countrywomen to es-
cape from a brothel in Chinatown, and
in few days they were married by a
Justice of the Peace. Fearing vengeance
at the hands of the Chinese company by
whom the woman was owned, and think
ing that distance would lend enchantment
to the scene of his marital adventures, he
and his wife took steerage passage to
San Diego. The Chinese company got
wind Of the happy couples sudden de-
parture, and before they reached San
Diego, dispatch charging the man and
his wife with larceny was in the hands of
an officer who awaited their arrival and
led them to their prison home. They
have been returned to San Francisco and
are now on bail. Since their arrival they
have been approached by agents OF the
company, who promise that if the man
will pay a reasonable price for his wife
the charge will be dismissed If he does
not, they say he will prosecuted to the
end, and if the law affords them no relie
he will be killed, for according to Chinese
law, the wages of elopement is DEATH
The Chinaman and his bride are now
quartered in the rear of the Chinese
School on Washington street, and are in
great distress to know which course it is
best TO pursue.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03

RATHER amusing funerals they some
times have in New Hampshire. A man
Of God, in one Of the cities, who had to
pay the last honors to a man of doubtful
character, recently began his remarks by
saying: ~ was not acquainted with
the deceased, and therefore hardly know
what to say on this occasion..' He then
paused, when one Of the mourners, who
had evidently been drowning his sorrow
in the flowing bowl, approached him and
placing his hand familiarity upon his
shoulder, said What ole fell'h (hic)
don't you know Willis He's one (hic)
one ther fellers, (hic) he was. Low me
to intro(hic)duce ye. Willis" said the
drunken man, addressing the corpse,
"This is Mr.. Brown; Mr.. Brown (hic)
this is Willis. Willis, my boy, Mr..
Browns come TO preach yer funeral SER
mon." The drunken man was hustled
out and the funeral proceeded.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03

A REPRESENTATIVE JURYMAN.- Mrs.
Q. ID. Putnam testified that she had been
acquainted with Mrs. Tilton since sho
was girl, and with Tilton since 1855,
but had not spoken to Tilton in four or
five years Mr.. and Mrs. Tlton always
gave cordial greeting to their friends,
and Mrs. Tilton always kissed the gentle
man friends of the family, while Mr..
Tilton kissed the ladies.
At this poin Mr.. Jaffrey, one Of the
jurors, was taken with II sudden faint
ness. He was taken to window where
he slowly recovered.
Now this, from the Beecher- Tilton tri-
al, is one of the instances of poetic fitness
that you read about in books. 1t is rare
that you find anything in real life which
so justly illustrates the eternal suitable
ness of things. The dramatic effect"
Ito use an expression very frequent and
familiar in connection with the great
farce could not well be improved on.--
The juryman acted jus; like all sensible
people in the United States feel like act
ing and as ninetenths of them would
act, or rather suffer-for tho situation is
passive and not active if exposed to the
same tide of gush and stuff that rushes
over that unhappy jury from day to day.
When Mr.. Jaflrey, Immediately on hear
ing that Mr.. Tilton used to kiss the lady
friends of the family and that Mrs. Til
on used to kiss the gentleman friends OF
the same, tainted away and had to be
taken to window, where he slowly lob
serve stowiy) recovered, he rose from the
attitude of a mere juryman sworn to hear
and decide the case, into the dignity Of q
national representative man. lie put
himself in our place, the nausea of the
nation turned his stomach, and he endur-
ed the spasm for us by kind OF vicar
ious substitution. Honor to JaArey, the
man who couldn't stand it. That a man
should sicken under such dose as is
the Tilton eructaton, does him credit.
The literature Of the trial has served this
purpose, il no other that it has disgust
ed the whole world with efIusion, and
diseredited even the ordinary terms OF
domestic affection, and the usual frank
endearments between friend and friend.
Petersburg (Va.,) HlCleE.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03
NUMBER ii.
SWINDLED SENTIMENT.

Lucy II. Hooper, writing from Paris
to the Philadelphia Press, mentions the
following incident:
1t appears that there is a pretty little
creature who has bestowed upon herself
the cognomen of Diane de Bagatelle, with
whom well known viscount is madly in
love. Miss Diane is q very romantic
young lady with taste for the plays Of
the younger Dumas, and especially for
the "Dame aux Camelias." SO she was
not much surprised when one day the
card of Count dc K, the father Of the
viscount in question, was handed to her,
and an elegant elderly gentleman, fault
lessly dressed and with the red ribbon of
Of the Legion of Honor aths button-hole,
was ushered into her boudoir.
"My son loves Mademoiselle," began
the Count without further preface.
81 know it," sighed Diane.
"He has"
"A sister !" exclaimed the lady, re-
membering the interview between Mar
guerite Gautier and tho elder puval.
"No, not sister, but cousin-his
cousin Blanche, to whom he has been be-
trothed for years. She pines and weeps,
and you, mademoisele, you and your
charms arc the cause"
"Alas | " sighed Diane, feeling herself.
"Your sensibility does you honor
Will you break with my son at once and
forever? And if two hundred thousand
francs"
"Two hundred thousand francs ?"
81 will draw you check at once"
"Sir !" exclaimed the lady, "you have
not appealed to u callous heart. l will
make the sacrifice; l will give up Henri.
You said, l think, two hundred
thousand ?"
81 did. Blessings on you, my child ="
exclaimed tho Count forvonty. Write
the letter l shall dictate and the check
shall be yours"
So Diane sat down and penned the fol-
lowing cpistle:
DEAR Henri IL love YOU no more. liz
fact have mover loved you. | love another.
Farewell, forever. D1ANE.
The Count took the letter and inspect
ed it carefully, and placed it in his pocket
book, from which he then drew check
for the amount named which he placed
in the ady's eager hands.
"Allow me, my child, to raise to my
lips the gentle hand that has just saved
my son |" A kiss and tear then fell
on the dainty hand together. twas then
released and the aged nobleman took his
departure. He had not gono long before
Mile. Diane discovered that her diamond
ring, which was valued at 10000 francs,
had disappeared from her finger, and fur
ther investigation proved that her silver
ware and other articles of value had van
ished. The pretended Count was no 9TH
or than a swindler Of tho very worst type.
The worst Of the affair was that the ras-
cal actually mailed the letter of Mile.
Diane to the viscount, 50 the lady found
herself minus an adorer as well as her
yaluables.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03
LOVE UNBOUGHT.

Like Dian's kiss, unasked, unsought,
Love gives itself, but is not bought;
Nor voice nor sound betrays
Its deep, impassioned gaze.
1t came-the beautiful, the free,
The crown of all humanity
In silence and alono
To seek the elected one.
Oh, weary hearts oh, slumbering eyes
Oh, dropping hearts, whose dcstinies
Are traught with fear and pain,
Ye shall be loved again.
No ono is so accursed by fate,
No one so utterly deSolatc
But some heart, though unknown,
Responds unto his own.
Responds-as if unseen wings
An angel touched its quivering strings
And whispers in its song,
why hast thou staid SO long p"
-L0H&fello0.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03

GENERoUs.-An old lady in Lockport
recently achieved eminence by carrying
quart of popped corn to donation
party, and eating two dozen fried oysters,
a pound of crackers, three slices of fruit
cake, half mince pie, and some apples,
after which she was threatened with a
"spasm" and in the effort to prevent it,
she sacrificed all the wine there was in the
house. She attends donations regularly
and does a good deal for the church in
that way.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03
TRINITY COUNTY.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
COURT' TERMS:

District COurt-Second Monday in April,
august and December
County COurf-First Monday in Janu-
ery, March, May, July, September and NO
Probate COurt-(Same as County Court.
Board of SupervisOrs-Firs Monday
february, May, August and Goyenbor.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03

Nor DISPOSED TO GRUMBLE.--A man
from Texas, standing on a hotel gallery,
smoking, who had cigar shot out of his
mouth, was not disposed to grumble till
fellow rushed up and offered to bet him
two to one that he could do it again.
Then he took off his coat and vest and
mauled that man and stepped on him and
turned him over and finally jammed him
into post-hole where he left him, and
when he got out he dida't want to shoot
at any more cigars.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03

A LADY in Germantown, who lives
near a church, was sitting by the window
listening to the crickets which we're loud
ly chirping, the music from the choir re-
hearsal being family audible, when a
gentleman dropped who had just passed
the church and had the music full in his
mind. " What noise they are making
o-night |! " said he. Yes" replied the
lady, 'and it is said that they do it with
their hind legs"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03

LUcgETIA BOYD, of Elizabethtown,
settled the matter with her slow wooer
by simply shedding a few tears and say
ing: II don't believe l have real
friend on earth" What could the poor
fellow do but open his arms and exclaim.
" Here is your refuge +"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03

"BUB, did you ever stop to think, "
said a Michigan avenue grocer, as he
measured out half-peck Of potatoes,
that these potatoes contain sugar, wa
ter and starch ?" Noa-a, l didn't, F"
replied the boy, " hut l heard mother
say that you put peas and beans in your
coffee, and about pint of water in every
quart of milk you Sold" The subject of
natural philosophy was dropped right
there Detroit Free Press.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03

II answer to an advertisement by q
lady of lost wallet containing 500, on
the occasion of a recent visit to the city,
she received note inclosing $50 Of the
money and the simple words (: " Heaven
forgive poor girl"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03

AN exchange asks : "If there's a
place for everything, where is there a
place for a boil?" 1t has said the best
place for such an ornament is on some
other fellow, and we don't think better
location can be discovered. Nor1lstoVn
Ho1.0IJ
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03
PROVERBS OF TRUTH.

-
PROVERBS OF TRUTH.
A bad workman quarrels with his
tools.
Adversely hattereth no man.
A fault confessed is half redressed.
After breakfast work awhile.
After dinner sit awhile.
After supper walk mile.
A wise layer-up is wise layer-out.
A good name keeps its luster in the
dark.
A guilty conscience needs no accuser
A light purse is heavy curse.
A little leak will sink big ship.
All are not friends that speak us tar.
A man may buy gold too dear,
A man may hold his tongue at the
wrong time.
Always put your saddle on the right
horse.
An honest mans word is as good as his
bond.
An hour in the morning is worth two
in the afternoon.
A..nod from lord is a breakfast for
fool.
An ounce of mother wit is worth a
pound of book learning.
An unlawful oath is better broken than
kept.
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
Be slow to promise but quick to per-
form.
Better go around than fall in ditch.
Better go alone than in bad company.
Better go to bed supperess than get
up in debt.
Borrowed clothes never fit.
Charity begins at home but does not
end there.
Catch the bear before you sell his skin.
Cut your garment according to your
cloth.
Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves.
Dependence is poor trade to follow.
Debt is the worst kind Of poverty.
Diligence commands success.
Doing nothing is doing i'll.
Do not rip up old sores.
Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you.
Everybody's business is nobody's bust
ness.
Every couple is not pair.
Everything is good in its season.
False friends are worse than open en-
emies.
Fire and water are good servants but
bad masters.
Fortune knocks once at least at every
mans gate.
Give rogue rope enough and he'll
hang himself.
Great baTkers are no biters.
Great gain and little pain makes a man
weary.
Have your cloak made before it begins
to rain.
Home is home be it ever SO homely.
Hope is good breakfast but bad
supper.
Idle folk have the least leisure.
Let not your tongue cut your throat.
Live not to eat but eat 10 live.
Liars are not to be believed when they
tell the truth.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Never light your candle at both ends.
Never make a mountain out of a hill.
Never split wood against tho grain.
None are SO deaf as those who will not
hear.
One bad example spolS many good
precepts.
One eyewitness is better than ten
hearsays.
One hours sleep before midnight is
worth two after.
One is not so soon healed as hurt.
Patience and time run through the
longest day.
Praise a fair day at night.
Quick at meat quick at work.
Reckless youth makes rueful age.
Short reckonings make long friends.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Temperance is the best physic.
The best physicians are DR.. Diet, DR..
Quiet and DIR. Merryman.
IT'S the second blow that makes the
fray.
Welcome is the best cheer.
When the will is ready the foot is light.
Where there is will there is way.
What may be done at any time is new
ar dono
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03

WHAT changes a few years bring
about-don't they +? A day or two since
the citizens of Arbor Hill were aware of
woman tearing madly along, potato
masher in hand, giving chase to her hus-
band, who was flying from her presencs
like deer. Eight years ago the same
female took prize medal at an EasierR
seminary tor graduating essay on Re
pose Of Character"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03

The greatest discovery at Pompeii is
that Of a woman making a fire in cook
stove, while her husband is in bed and
asleep, She was a noble woman.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03

Go WEST, young man. There are 400
marriageable young ladies in one county
of Colorado, is the advice an Eastern pa
per gives its readers.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03
Weekly VrInitv guarnal,
OUR AGENTS :

TIIOS. BOYCE. Room No. 80, New
Merchants Exchange Building, San Fran
cisco, is our only authorized agent in that city.
GEO. p. ROWELL a CO., 40 Park
Row, are our only authorized Agents in New
York City.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03
w. A. DODGE,
DENTIST,

0FF E-Oyer Thomas Theater.
Having permanently located in Weaverville
for the practice of my profession, l am at the
service of those desiring Dental Work. Teeth
extracted without pain with an an@sthetic if
desired. Satisfaction guaranteed.
W. A. DODGE, d. d. S.
Weaverville, Nov. n, 1874. If
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03

OFFICE. At his Residence, corner
Court and Center Streets, Weaverville. l.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-03

REFERENCES Prof l. T. Dana, Portland,
Me-; Prof W. w. Greene, Long Island Mcdi-
cal College, Brooklyn, n. Y. Prof. Q. f. Brack-
EFT, Princeton, N. j.
OFFICE and ReSidence- Court Street,
above Union Hotel. l,.Weavervile janl.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1875-12-31
Rates Of Advertising.


An old copy of the Columbia MAaAzI
of 177S, published in Philadelphia contains
among others, an article entitled "a justi-
iication Of The custom of Bunding, y taken
from a late history of Connecticut. The
article was published at the time to prove
that the custom did not originate in New
York or Pennsylvania. Many people out
side Of Berks county who have been told
that ''bundlingn is practiced in some Sec
tions of Berks, ridicule it, and say that
nobody but the dumb Dutch'' would think
OF such thing. The writer in the maga-
zine referred to, says that bundling was
first 2racticed in Connecticut; that it was
purely Puritanical, and in the early days
OF that State it was considered the most
virtuous manner In which young people
could pass the time in each others society.
The article opens by praising the good
virtue and modesty of the Connecticut
ladies in those days. 1t was considered
the greatest rudeness for gentlemen 10 speak
Of garters, knees or legs in presence of
ladies, yet to ask her to bundle was very
polite even as far back as 1884. The
writer says: 1t is certainly innocent, vir-
tuous and prudent, or the Puritans would
not have permitted it. Children were
raised to fear God, and believe that angels
guarded over them when absent from their
parents The Indians also had this meth
cd OF courtship. The writer believed that
one hundred and sixty years of bundling
was attended with ten times more chastity
than the custom of young people spending
their hours together on the sofa in the par
lor. The magazine in which the above
was printed was in the early days one OF
the most aristocratic and high-toned 2ubli-
cations known. The article shows what
the strait-laced, ue-blooded people of Con-
necticut advocated in those days. How
ever, the custom of virtuous young people
lying on beds with 4 greater part of their
clothes on, which is called 'bundllug,' is
gradually dying out everywhere; but
the modern custom has produced
any healthier changes, the public is left to
Judge.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1875-12-31
MaisesIlansOus.
In Ancien: TiIaes.

In the wardsobe of Hebrew lady The
most splendid article of clothing was the
turban, for those who could afford il.
The poor people had to be satisfied with
winding a piece of cloth around their heads
and fixing it as well as they could. The
turbans were Of different colors, and wound
in different ways some OF them were like
high tower. Shows and stockings were un-
known, but soles of leather were fastened
with two laches. The ladies, who carried
lnxnry into every department, and whoa
supposed, even in the present day, to be
far from indifferent TO nice neat boot, or
to elegant slippers, had their shoes, or
rather sandals, and their latchet, made of
colored leather dark blue, violet, and pur-
pie were favorite colors. The ankles were
decorated with bracelets of gold or dainty
silver chains and rings, with tiny silver
bells. Hair nets and head bands in great
request. The latter were made Of gold and
silver, and worn under the net, extending
from one ear to the other. Earrings were
much thought of, we're told of some that
weighed a thousand and seven hundred
shekles of gold, and were 50 large that
man could easily put his hand through them
Some of the women wore several rings with
little bells attached to them. They were
generally made of horn or silver. But the
most popular ring was the nose ring. The
left nostril was pierced for the purpose. A
ring made of ivory or metal was put
through it, Bracelets were favorite orna-
ments and were generally worn on the
right arm. Some of them were exceeding
ly large 50 that they reached up TO the e.
bow. Rings on the fingers were also worn
chains of fine gold, or strings ofpearls with
little silver balls or small tinkling bells,
were also wora about the neck.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1875-12-31

! The men exchanged glances. 1t was
indeed true. The idiot had cast the great
bell of St. Johns. Just then the physi-
clan came out. Perhaps he will recover
his reason by this shock and sickness he
said. such things have happened
DO you think SO? Pray Heaven he
may = solemnly calculated the master and
his men; and they turned away deeply
meved.
Two months later the great bell hung
from huge derrick in the lathe-room of
the factory, and beneath it stood heavy
truck upon which it was about to be low
cred. A silence fell upon the workmen as
inventor appeared, borne upon small
soft reclining chair. He had recovered his
reason, and was fast getting back his
strength. His large gray eyes instantly
fastened themselves on the bell, that splen-
did masterpiece, whose making meant so
much 10 him. They had told him the
whole story of the casting, and the disas-
ter in ths fonndry, but it sounded like
wild ramance to him.
Il remember nothing that happened
said he, shaking his head with a smile.
It's all new to me, all knew and strange
so strange.' =
Yes said the master devOutedIy, 1T
was Gods hand.'
Every eye was turned upon the invalid.
Some of the men felt almost afraid, it was
so much of resurrection to have him
their among them, tbs boy they had known
so long unidentified, now Young man
keen and intelligent, as if changed into
another being.
L should like to strike the bell once
said he. Two men lifted him up and put
a small hammer in his hand.
He struck a gentle blow A deep, sweet
mournful tune, solemn a. the sounds of
distant waterfalls, rolled from the great
bell and echoed through the foundry.
Tears filed the eyes of the rough men as
they heard it.
'Ah,' said the master, there's q halle |
lujah in that, and it may well begin here. |
Long may this bell praise God lie saved |
it in the ruin. of the furnace by one wise |
thought in the ruins of a human brain. |
Our furnace is rebuilt, and behold, this !
dear boy has his reason again The bell !
and the boy shall glorify God together =
Amen y murmured all the listeners
Then the great bell was lowered, and as
the truck rolled away with its melod:ous /
burden, the boy was lifted and carried |
after it, aud both out into the sunny day |
the rough men standing in the
doorways waving their hands.
Little Inventor afterwards well proved |
his claim TO the title so lightly given him
tx his unfortunate boyhood. His name is
now read on many bell whose richness of |
tone his genius and skil. in metal. alone
created.