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Hans Andersen's characteristics.

writer in the London Academy saws
| In character Andersen was one of the
| most blameless of human creatures. A
certain irritability of manner that almost
amounted to petulance in his earlier DAYS,
and which doubtless arose from the suffer
ing of his childhood, became melIowed
as years went on into something like the
| sensitive and pathetic sweetness of a
| dumb animal. There was something in
his whole appearance that claimed for
him immunity from the rough ways of
the world, a child-like trustfulness,
tremulous and confiding affectionateness
that appealed directly to the sympathy
OF those around. His personal appear
with arms of very unusual length, and
features that recalled, at first instance,
the usual blunt type of the blue-eyed,
yellow-haired Danish peasant But it
was impossible to hold this impression
after moments observation. The eyes,
somewhat deeply set in under arching
eyebrows, were full Of mysterious and
changing expression, and kind of exal-
tation, which never left the face entirely,
though fading at times into reverie, gave
singular charm to countenance that
had no pretension toward beauty The
innocence and delicacy, like tine pure,
frank look of girl-child, that beamed
from Andersen's face, gave it unique
character, hardly to be expressed in
words; Notwithstanding his native shrewd-
ness, he seemed to have gone through the
world not only undefiled but actually
ignorant of its shadow-side
The one least pleasing side of his char
acter was his singular selfabsOrption. 1t
was impossible to be many minutes in his
non L. IL
naivest way to his own greatness The |
Queen of Timbuctoo had sent him this :;
the Pacha of Many Tales had given him |
such an order; such little boy in the |
street had said: "There goes the great |
Hans Andersen" These "reminiscences |
were incessant. and it was all the same to |
him whether little boy or a great queen
noticed him, so long as he was noticed.
This intense craving for perpetual lauda-
ton, no matter from whom, was an
idiOsyncrasy in Andersen's character, not
to be COMPOUNDED with mere vulgar van
ity. 1t was a strange and morbid char
acteristic, to be traced no doubt to the
distressing hardships of his boyhood. 1t
was harmless and guileless but it was
none the less fatiguing, and it was so
strongly developed that no biographical
sketch of him can be considered fair that
does not allude to it. During his life
time it would have been inhuman to vex
his pure spirit by dwelling on a weakness
that was entirely beyond his control, but
it was only just to his own countrymen,
who have been so harshly blamed for
their want of sympathy with him, to
mention the fact which made Andersen's
constant companionship thing almost
In a small community like
that of Copenhagen little personal
popularity of this kind is not so easily
passed over as in wider circle
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How Messages are Sent by the Ocean
Gable,

He (the ocean telegraph operator)
taps the ''key" as in land telegraph, only
it is double key. 1t has two levers
and knobs instead of one. The alphabet
used is substantially like the Morse al
phabet; that is; the different letters are
represented by a combination of dashes
and dots. For instance, suppose you
want to write the word ''boy." Itwould
read like this g.. ----.
- B is one dash and three dots; o,
three dashes, and Y, one dash, one dot,
and three dashes. Now, in the land tele-
graph, the dashes and dots would appear
on a strip of paper at the other end of
the line, which is unwound from cylin-
der, and perforated by a pin at the end of
the bar or armature. If the operator
could read by sound, we would dispense
with the strip of paper, and read the
message by the "click" of the armature
as it is pulled down and let go by the
electromagnetic.
The cable operator, however, has neither
of these advantages. There is no paper
to perforate, 10 "click' of the armature,
no armature to "click." The message Is
read by means of a moving flash OF light
upon polished scale produced by the re-
Election" of very small mirror, which IS
placed within "mirror galvanometer,
which is a small brass cylinder two or
three inches in diameter, shaped like a
spool or bobbin, composed of several hum
dred turns of small wire wound with silk
to keep the metal from coming in contact.
1t is wound or coiled Exactly like
bundle of new rope, a small hole being
left in the middle about the size of COM
mon wooden pencil. In the centre Ofthis
is suspended a very thin, delicate mirror
about as large as kernel of corn, with a
small magnet rigidly at
tached to the back of it. The whole
weighs but little more than grain, and
is suspended by single fibre of silk; much
smaller than a human hair and almost in
visible. A narrow horizontal scale 10
placed within darkened box two or 'nree
feet in front of the mirror. narrow slit
being cut in the centre of the. scale to al
low q raw of light TO shine upon the MIR
ror from a lamp placed behind said scale,
the Iittlc mirror in turn rejecting the light
hack upon the scale This spot OF light
is the index by which all messages are
read The angle through which thetray
moves is double that traversed by the
mirror itself; and it is, therefore, really
eouivolent to an index four or SIX feet III
length without weight.
To the casual observer there Is nothing
but a thin ray of light, darling to the left
md right with irregular rapidity; but to
The trained eye of the operator, every
lash isreplete with intelligence. Thus the
word "boy,' already alluded to, would be
-ead in this way: One flash to the right
md three to the left is b. Three flashes
o the right is o. One to the right, one
O the left and two more to the right is Y,
md so on Long and constant practice
makes the operators wonderfully expert
n their profession, and enables them to
cad from the mirror as readily and as
as from a newspaper.
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long to France, but to the world. FOl
| human growth to be normal, France
| must be entire. A province lacking to
France is a force lacking to progress an
organ lacking to the human race. This
is why France can give up nothing OF
| France. Its multilation mutilates civil
lization. Moreover, there are fractures
| everywhere. At this moment you are
hearing one cry out, Herzegovina ~
Alas, no sleep is possible with wounds
| like these-the German empire re-estab-
| lished in the full blaze of the nineteenth
| century, Paris violated by Berlin, the
city of Frederick ii. insulting the city
of Voltaire, the sancity of force and the
| equity of violence proclaimed, progress
buffeted on the cheek of France Peace
can not be erected upon this. To pacify,
it is necessary to appease; to appease, it
is necessary to satisfy Fraternity is not
an affair of the surface. Peace is not a
superposition. Peace is result. One
no more DEGREES peace than one DEGREES
the dawn. When the human conscience
feels itself in equilibrium with social re-
atty when the splitting up of peoples
has given way to the unity of contin-
ents; when the trespass called conquest
and the usurpation called royalty have
disappeared when neither an individual
nor nationally is bitten into by a neigh
Dor when the poor comprehend the ma
jesty of it when the intellectual part
when the appetite allows itself to be
bridled by reason; when to the old law
pendre succeeds the new law cOmIrendre;
when fraternity between minds is based
on harmony between the sexes; when
the father is respected by the child, and
the child respected by the father; when
there is no other authority than the
authors; when no man can say to an
other, "Thou art my cattle" when the
sheperd gives place to the doctor, and
the sheepfold Ito say sheepfold is to say
shambles) to the school when there is
identity between political honesty and
social honesty when BOnapartist is no
more possible above than a Troppman
below when the priest feels himself a
judge, and the judge priest-that is to
say, when religion is upright and justice
true, when the frontiers are effaced be-
tween nation and nation, and are set up
between good and evil, when every man
makes kind of internal Fatherland of
his own probity, then just as day appears
peace appears-day by the rising Of the
sun, peace by the rising Of right. Such
is the future. l hail it.
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employed each day, the rate of compen
sation, the daily receipts for stock and
farm produce sold, money paid out, and
for what purpose, the character of the
weather, together with such reflections
as the current news of the day supplied
This journal was uniformly written III
each night just before retiring To rest
but when the party was absent, as was
occasionally the case, it was the duty OF
the person in charge to make the neces-
siry memoranda each evening.
These records were often appealed to.
to decide disputed points in regard to
the weather and crops of particular sea-
sons, and not infrequently taken before
the courts for the purpose of determin-
ing the date of particular local transac-
tons. At first the nightly records may
prove rather irksome, but if the practice
is kept up perseveringly for two or
three years it becomes a habit, pIeasur-
able rather than otherwise, and profit
able to the parties who steadily pursue
it.-Americdn Farmer
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" LET'S PLAY.

On the blessed and wise little children,
What sensible things they saw,
when they cant have the things they wish "a
ihey take others, and cry, :. Let's play ~
Let play b" that the chairs are big coaches,
And the sofa q railroad car,
And that we are all taking Journeys,
And travelling ever 80 far.
Let's play - that this broken old china
Is dinner set and fine
And our tin cuI~ filled with water
Are geblets nj milk and wisel
" Let's play " every one of our doIIic,
IL alive and can go to walk
And keep up long conversations
With Us If want To talk.
Let's play " that we live in n palace.
And that the queens and kings:
-" Let's play s." we birds in trec-top
And cin fly about ON wings.
Let's play THAT we are school-kecrers
And grown people come to our school;
And punish them all most soundly
II they break but a single rule
Oh the blessed, and wise little children
What sensible things they say =
ADJ We might be as happy a. they ,arsS
IL we would be happy their way
What odds, 'twixt not having and having,
When We have lived out our day,
Let US borrow the children's wafchword-
The magical watehword-''L Let's play -
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THE RISING OF RIGHT
victor IIugO-s Reply 10 an Invitation 10
the Congress Of the League of Peace
and Liberty.

victor IIugO-s Reply 10 an Invitation Ia
the Congress Of the League of Peace
and Liberty.
The Peace Congress is kind enough to
remember and to appeal to me. l am
deeply touched by it. L can only re-
peat to my fellow-citizens of Europe
what have already said to them several
times since 1871, the year SO fatal for the
whole universe. My hopes are not
shaken, but they are postponed. There
are now two movements in civilization,
the one working against the other-the
effort OF France and the effort of Ger
MANY. What France wants to make is
Europe. To make Germany is to con-
struct the empire-that is to say, night.
To make Europe is to give birth to de-
mocracy-that is to say, light. Between
the two words-one gloomly, the other
radiant-one false, the other true-the
choice of the future, be assured, Is made.
The future will give the casting vote to
Germany and France, it will give to the
one its share of the Danube, to the other
its share of the Rhine, and it wiIl~e1ve
to both that SPLENDID gift, ErIopert
is, the great Fedora ~Repuphc Oh the
Continent Kipss band together TO
fight and-~eonclude treaties OF peace
which 4ead to chsus beth. Hence those
n,,,ntrous unions of mOnarchical forces
against every social progress, against the
French Revolution, against the liberty
of the people Hence Wellington and
Butcher, Pitt and Coburg; hence that
crime called the holy alliance. To speak
of an alliance of kings is to speak of an
alliance of vultures. This fratricidal
Fraternity will come to an end, and to the
Europe of coalition kings will succeed
the Europe of united peoples. To-day +?
No Tomorrow Yes. Letns then,
have faith and wait the NO
peace till then. Disme9
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JACK CAMPBELL, a famous negro. has
rlst died at Madison, Georgia, aged eighty
years. His reputation as broad humor.
lists extended throughout the state of
Georgia and~.asted for many years. He
was "A slaEe owned by an inn-keeper i'll
Madison, and brought great prosperity to
the establishment with which he was con-
nected. His name appears in the sta
tistics of Georgia" and "Major Jones,
Courtship," and many of his jokes and
witty sayings have appeared in the pub
LEGATIONS of the Harpers. 1t is reported
that at one time Barnum offered the
owner of Jack the sum of ten Thousand
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forth from its open portal as in the gay
pictures>on the curtains of the theatres.
The world~0elated expresses the gen
eral impression. which the monarchical
and aristocratic fabric of English society
makes upon the observer. 1t is like the
banquet hall the morning after banquet;
the goblcts overturned, the dishes halt
emptied and the strong sunlight pours in
upon the silent chamber, long deserted
by the revelcrs
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A CORRESPONDENT of an English pape

"A correspondent OF an fngIlSH paper
tells the following: Some twenty OF
thirty years ago the inhabitants of a
portion of the Northumberland district
engaged a singing-master to teach the
church-singers some new tunes. lie
found his pupils not inapt, most of them
being able to read music. But when
the music came to be welded t" i'm
mortal verse certain Old gentleman who
sang bass were detected in substituting
for the saered words the monotonous
syJI.Lhs boom BOOM One of them, on
-1etng demonstrated with, thus replied:
Yer ways may a be vera weel, but
they dunnut suit me. A always dud
sing bum bum, an a always will sing
bum bum"
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BEFORE THE LEAVES FALL

wonder il oak and n,apke.
Willow and elm and All
Are stirred at heart hv the coming
Of the day their leaves must fall
Do they think of the yellow whirlwiud
Or of the crimson spray.
That shall he when chill November
Bears all the leaves away.
III die We must" the leaflets
Seem one by one To saw,
We will wear the colors of all the Garth
tntIl We pass away.
N"eye shall sec us falter:
And before we Law il down.
We'll wear in the sight of all the earth
Ehe years most kingly crown.''
70 trees of the stately forest
And trees by the trodden way
You are kindling into glory
This soft Autunnal day
And We who gaze, reremcmber
That more than all they lost
To hearts n nd tree, together,
May come through ripcniny frost
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AGRANGE COTTON During
the past month several interesting grange
meetings, outside of the ''iiates," were
held in this state. One of the most i'm
portant of these took place at Irwin's
mills, on the Saluda, six miles east of
Honea Path. 1t was addressed by Col.
J. n. Lipscomb, state lecturer. Twenty
five hundred persons were present, in
Guiding a large number of ladies. A
subscription of thirty-fve thousand dol
lars was made to build cotton factory
at that place, the capital stock of which
has been fixed at fifty thousand dollars.
The fine water power is presented to the
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-10-23

Poor MINISTER'S CAKE.-1 teacup
sugar, tablespoon butter, egg Gall
well beaten), 2 cups flour, l of sweet
milk, l teaspoon cream tartar, tea
spoon soda, 2 teaspoons extract bitter
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ADVERTISING RATES.

One square, ten lines, one insertion. 8 / 60
Each subsequent insertion. ........ 70
1ar Is of one squaTe one yeAr........ 10 90
Cards Of two squares one year....... 2j 90
One-s flh of a column one year 50 90
One-fourrh CT a column one year As 90
One third Of a column one year IS 90
One half column one year............. 30 90
Ohe column one year -..--..-.........loO w
Notices in local columns inserted for 20 cents
per line for each insertion.
No proof of publication Of legal advertise
ments viii ne made until our fee il settled.
Announcing candidates for state and district
offices, $40; and for county Offices, SO.
Marriages and deaths published free Obitu-
aries charged Us advertisements.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-05-13
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

SPECIMENS j. II. Job had a box
of specimens forwarded to him from
Cornwall, April 28. They comprise
lime and quartz crystals from Wheal
Wrey mine, st. Ives, which is worked
for some distance under the sea; also,
specimens of satin malachite, from
South Caradon mine, st. Clear; crystal
lied mundie, from East Caradon mine;
and a variety of tin ores; red oxide of
copper; crystals of yellow and peacock
copper ores from various mines in
Cornwall. The box weighs fifty
pounds. and was forwarded by Wells,
Fargo * Co.'s express from England
The specimens were collected by John
Trelease, who mined in this county
several years ago, and after wards re-
turned to England.
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7 e. C. r A p HlC.
EASTERN DISPATCHES
ESPECIAL TO THE SILVER STATE

New YORK, May II.
A London special says ten bodies
were recovered from the wreck of the
Schiller yesterday. A large number of
bodies have not been identified. The
weather is fine, and the representatives
of the underwriters hope to recover
considerable salvage. The Schiller
could be approached yesterday without
danger, and boats piled between the
wreck and shore all day. Twenty-Five
more bags of mail matter have been re-
covered. Two divers have left Pen
zance for the wreck.
A Washington special says untaxed
WHISTLES have been traced from West
ern distilleries to numerous places East
and South. Orders have been issued
for seizure, and quantities have already
been seized in New York and other
points. Secretary Bristow is deter
mined to have no compromise. All
officers implicated in the frauds have
been removed. Further seizures have
been ordered in Milwaukee.
The Herald, reviewing the political
situation. considers General Grant the
strongest and most conspicuous men,
Der of the Republican party for the next
Presidential election. None of the
other Republican leaders have sufficient
national influence to elect them. The
Herald deprecates the apathy of the
Republican leaders on the third-term
question, and says the President should
come frankly to the front before the
country on the issue.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-05-13

GOING TO LEAVE Us. - w. B. Has
kell is going to leave US. He has been
rendered the position of cashier of a
bank at his ola home, Petaluma, Cal
ifornia, and will leave about the LIST
OF June, to enter upon the duties of
the place. During his residence in
humboldt Mr.. Haskell has made hosts
OF friends. ana the fact of his appoint
ment to the above position shows the
esteem in which he is held by those
among whom he resided for many
years.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-05-13
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

The Board of County Commission
ers met yesterday pursuant to adjourn
ment, a full Board being present
1t appearing that the new bonds as
printed, were not in accordance with
the law authorizing the issuance Of the
same, upon motion it was ordered that
the Clerk return said bonds to A. l..
Bancroft d Co., and request them to
furnish the Board with like number
of bonds, as per corrected copy fur
nished, at their earliest convenience.
Upon motion it was ordered that bids
for the purchase of bonds be invited by
advertising for the same.
The official bond of George E. Green,
Justice of the Peace of Black Rock
Tow nship, was approved, and the
Clerk instructed to notify E. W.
Crutcher to transfer all records of the
office to said Green.
The bond of z. McLeran, Justice of
the Peace of Quin River Township,
was approved.
1t appearing that G. S. varian, de-
signs vacating the room occupied
by him in the Courthouse as a law
office, about the 1st Of June, and that
the County Assessor was not provided
with an Office, upon motion it was or
dered that he occupy said room as soon
as the same is vacated. 1t was further
ordered and agreed between the Board
and County Assessor that said Asses
sor be allowed $50 days in which to
assess the county for the year 1875.
The consideration of the petition
from citizens of Oreana, praying the
Board to bridge the Humboldt river at
or near Lovelock's Station, was laid
over until next meeting.
The money received from Lander
county for cost incurred in prosecuting
Lander county prisoner, was ordered
to be transferred to the Treasury, and
that the Treasurer place said money in
the Redemption Fund.
The sum of IS collected by the Sher-
if for the use of the Courtroom, was
ordered transferred to the Treasury.
Board adjourned until Tuesday June
/, 1875.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-05-13

"A BAD BRUIsE. - A young man,
named William Mckenzie, had one of
his toes badly bruised yesterday at the
depot. He was engaged at the time in
loading iron on a freight wagon and
one of the bars, weighing about two
hundred pounds, dropped on the toe
and smashed il fiat.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-05-13

A VARIETY OF Cars. - In train of
twenty-seven cars the other day thir-
teen railroads in the Atlantic States and
Canada were represented by one or
two cars from each road. 1t was what
might be termed cosmopolitan train.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-05-13

A Lone TRAIN.-A special train, con-
sisting of tifty-six cars left this station
going west, last night, drawn by two
engines. The train was so heavy that
it required double-header to make it
up in the yard.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-05-13

FREIGHT ARRIVING From twenty to
nifty tons of freight arrives here daily
ior the northern part of the county and
Idaho. The warehouses are getting
pretty well filled, and teams are being
loaded constantly.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-05-13

RovER.-J. W. Rover, the alleged
murderer of Sharp, was detected the
other day by Deputy Sheriff Hayes in
the act of butting his head against the
floor of his cell. When asked by the
Sheriff why he did that, he replied:
" l am hanging on the ragged edge, l
wish that / were dead" from which
the officer inferred that the prisoner had
been reading the scandal trial, and was
studying Beecher closely.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-05-13

A GRANGER's FUNERAL.-The re-
mains of Nelson Kibby, who died yes
terday at Wise's Ranch, were brought
here for burial by the Patrons of Hus-
bandry, of which he was member.
Deceased was recently from Missouri,
and was a member in good standing of
Pleasant Valley Grange No. 899, of
that State. He was buried to-day with
the funeral ceremonies of the Order by
Winnemucca Grange No. 8.
LUMBER AND LIME.-W. G. Record
announces that he has opened a lum-
Der yard, and has on hand and for sale
every variety of lumber usually kept in
a first-class yard. He has just received
a car load of lime, which he will sell in
quantities to suit. See his advertise
ment in another column.
-~
ALABAsTER. Experts who have
subjected a specimen of the Table
Mountain so called marble to chemical
tests pronounce it alabaster, which is a
compact variety of sulphate of lime or
gypsum. Alabaster is used for vases,
mantles, ornaments, etc.. but will not
stand exposure to the elements like
marble.
DRESsMAKING.-The attention of the
ladies is directed to the advertisement
of Ella S. Need in another column.
She is prepared to do all work in her
line with dispatch and in the latest
fashion.