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The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-03-21

Iidnight on the Arctic Sea.
.uge icebergs grinding and crash
INF against each other, inky waves
cliibing toward the clouds, the wind
hoting and shrieking like q multitude
OF ifuriated demons hot from Hadss.
Iseemsd as il the heavens and earth
we each struggling for the mastery.
mid these tempestuous scenes q
sta,art young man might have been
seepacing up and down an ics-foe
whh was being driven at q fearful
speebefore the wind.
Tire was something unusual in the
appeanoe OF the unfortunate young
man.
Hsas without an Ulster.
Wiout an Uslter on An ice-hos.
An situation for ayoung man.
Thsind whistled shrilly about him,
ice-bes kept continually falling upon
his deted head, and yet, as an occa-
sionalash of lightning illuminated
his may features, they seemed to
wear suppression OF Joy.
In II course OF several hours the
elemer, as il worn out with warriHg,
sbstetAeir fury.
The ysterious young stranger drew
siglbf relief, glanced cautiously
about Ia, as il he feared the approach
Of a sect foe, and then exclaimed:
"Tha Heaven, have escaped him
at last
"Ha "a hs !"
"HaAl"
"Ha
The i winds waited these sounds
OF demcac laughter in quick success
sion tohe ears Of the astonished
young m.
Leani against On iceberg for sup
port, heurmured:
Gam ker to escape this field p
"Neve' shouted hoaTse voice in
his ear. Il the next moment q form
emergedom the iceberg and confront
ed him VI q grim smile.
1t was young mans fiend.
The Fill wore a very bad beaver.
The refnder Of his costly attire
was fine In.
Altoget too fine one would say
for that liude.
Leaves, Fiend, leave me !" said
the youngan.
"Never Ietorted the Fiend. "nsver
until you scribe"
What IA this time p
''Blobbsctooresque Eurip-comss
in fifty two mbers-75 cents . num-
ber-no fan il complete without il
going of hot cakes-all our best
families suribe for it-three steel
sngravings ZACH number"
II cannotcannot. / haven't laid
in my coal winter" replied the
young man melancholy tone Of
voice.
winter ~ Bah ! Don't need
coal; fine brsy weather this Il
Look at nn exclaimed the Fiend
as he unbuttd his linen overcoat
and began TO " An icicle.
"No. 1 won I've it," exclaimed the
young man. derately.
The Fiepd sped q frozen tear
from his faced exclaimed. with
emotion:
81 pity you, hg man; / pity you.
. | suppose you at your money to
spend on beer, abiliiards, and Uls.
tera. You want lie in ienoranco OF
the beauties of 'tooresque Eurip-
want to 60 down our grave without
knowing what y ancestors done
three hundred yeAro-r y
"You are right. ats so:" broke in
the young man. erdly.
: Tue Fiend resrn. "You don't
care TO know anyth about Joan OF
Arc"
You're right, yo rigbt Iknov
enough about Nsahr BYoke In
the young man esrns
"Yeu don't caro- v,b;ng .bou,
Westminster Abbey. Panls or Al,
Madeline. / supposSn don't ever
care about Notre Dan"
Not or d-n," sed the nou
infnriated Young mat be drove ,
dagger 10 the hilt in tkend's heart
One, twice, thrice the Nv blow wa,
repeated, and then tlouue mar
! ''"''' "ipod MS s;lean upor
ceut's TO
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-03-21

Tho Albany Journal compares the
Grant war on the whisky ring with
"reformer" Tilden's operations against
the members OF the canal Tammany
rings. The figures show the difference
between real and sham war:
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-03-21

A decision by the United States Su-
preme court recently settles the great
''transfer question" for all time TO come
The ca torn terminus Of the Union Pa
.ific railroad 10 fixed nj Council B'uffs.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-03-21
THREE TIMES SLAIN,


a terrible Tale OF Persecution and
Hood by w. n. DE VI uido0n. the
hthor OF fScveIal Thrilling stories
Ut Published Vet.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-03-21

Deep SHOWS in Utah have caused the
death Of 1000 cattle this winter, but
the beast Brigham survives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-16
The Cause Of the 'Splosion.

81 would invite you to my house,
bruader Jackson" said Deacon john
son, as he emerged from church last
Sunday evening, but | dunno as Well
get any supper dis night, the cook-stove
am So dreffully out OBJ repair"
whats de matter wild de stove?"
"Why, you see cold wedder am COM
in ON and woods gettin' skese an
high, an I've 'structed de folks to be
berry eknocomical in de usin' OBJ it.
night bein' out oh fuel l sent n of my
boys ODER to a neighbours to borrow a
few sticks. De man or his family had
gone to bed OWN to de lateness OBJ de
hour, an dat boy, who would 'spise to
do a unhOnest transaction, wrote out
his note for de value OBJ de wood, an
droppin' it in q prominent place in de
woodshed, shouldered an armful an
brought it home"
"Jess So"
"Well, a fire was kindled, de tea
kittle put on, de ole woman she is gittin
de supper. All oh a sudden, puff went
de stove, zOom Ike swish, kuslush went
something, and as I tumbled over | saw
de ole woma maxim for de roof wild de
teakittle and the stove-plates followin'
her, while de boys an de gals was a.
brack wild smut as de ace oh spades.
De stoves goose was cooked for a fact"
"What was de cause OBJ de splo-
shun?"
"I'm strongly 'clined to believe dat
dar was powder in dat wood, an dat de
powder was done put in dar by dat
white man to ketch some thieVin'
darkies wat nebber buys no wood, an
Dressed eff L don't think dat mar spects
me, kase he couldn't find dat note, and
won't make any 'pologies."
"Dat am an outrage"
"For a fact, an de chillen's supper
was spilled, oo."-keokub Constitution.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-16
The Careful Man.

Soon after DON yesterday a stranger
entered a Woodward Avenue hardware
store and asked if they kept Single
nails there. Being informed that they
had a dozen kegs on hand, he further
inquired:
"Are they genuine shingle-nails, or
only imitatiOns?"
"They are shingle-nails, of course
"Let me see them"
A handful was placed on the counter
before him, and be took several nails TO
the door where he could get d stronger
light. After scanning them thoroughly
he tested two or three between his fin
gers, and said:
"Well, they seem to be all right,
and I'll take five pounds. IdOn't want
TO appear captious, but | bought some
shingle-nails along here somewhere
ABOUT y month ago, carried them home,
and what do you suppose they turned
out to be?"
"Six-penny?" answered the clerk.
"No, sir. They were shoe.pegs,
sir!"
"That was strange unused the clerk.
"And another time when | ordered
shingle-nails,' continued the stranger,
"the clerk put up four stove-handles,
three nutmeg-graters and a coffee-mill.
Can [ build a cow-shed out of coffee
mills? Can | single a barn with stove
handlesP Can l clap-board a smoke
house with nutmeg-graters?"
"Curious mistake, that" said the
clerk.
"And another time, when I asked for
shingle-nails, they put up four corn
peppers and a match-safe. 8 These
things have sunk deep into my soul,
and you mustn't blame me for seeming
particular. Now, these are nails, are
they?"
"Of course"
"Shingle-nails?"
eyes, sir"
"Just write it on this card and give
me your name, the name of the firm,
the number of this store and the date of
the month. l don't want to make trou-
bic, but if [ find when | get home that
you have put me up bath-brick and har-
n~ess-snaps in the place of shingle-nails.
I'll come back here and make it warm
for you!"-Detroat Free Press.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-16
California Raisins.

We were shown yesterday a speci-
men of layer ~raisins, with a bunch of
fresh grapes alongside of them from
which these raisinS were made. They
were as handsome rs any Malaga ~raisins
we have seen in years. The fresh
grapes are known as Muscatel, q va
riety, we take it, distinct from the Mus
cat of Alexandria. The former, we are
told, are the best variety for raisin
making, and will hereafter be culti-
waited extensively in this State. The
specimen OF raisins shown US represent
ed about four thousand boxes, produced
from about twenty acres of grapes.
These raisins will bring the producer
in this market about ~ 4 box, or about
$4,000 in all. They will bring at retail
prices $3.50 a box. Now, in what way
can twenty acres be made to produce
more than in this instance? OF course
there are the expenses of curing, boxes
and several small items. But these X
pense could not have been much, if
any, greater than would have been re-
quired if the land had been sown in
wheat. There would have been the
blowing, seeding, cost of seed, reaping,
threShlng, cost of sacks, and so on.
These items would have been equal to
one cent d pound on the wheat pro-
duced, and the whole amount of wheat
would not have much exceeded four
hundred bushels, which would have
brought less than two cents = pound in
this market, or an aggregate of less
than $500 against an aggregate of 49,
600 on the raiSin crop.-San francisco
BuiLetin, Oct. Il.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-16
Prince GOrtchahOff. the RuSsi

Prince Gortchakoff, the Russian
premier, is noted for his abstemious
habits. He I'VE drinks a cup of wine
and never smokes. He drinks a cup of
coffee in bed before rising, and eats but
two meals a day. Retiring very early
in the evening, he sleeps ten or 1Relve
hours. His regular habits have kept
his frame in such excellent condition
that he does not feel the intirmities of
old age at all. He was born in 1898,
entered upon his diplomatic career I'M
der Count Nesselrode, and became the
Foreign Minister of Russia at the close
of the Crimean campaign.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-16
ITS TIME TO GO TO BED.

'ris strange how pa does act sometimes
When / have got a beau;
He seems to think it just the time
Authority TO show.
He never thinks himself once yOung,
But thinks me old instead;
Then raps on the floor and shouts,
"It's time to go to bed"
Now all was silent when at last
His saddened heart to cheer,
! said you must not mind papa,
He's getting old and queer.
He sat as still as amy post,
And not a word was said;
When 10, another rap and shout
'tIrs time to go to bed"
Said poor George-"May, l now must go
And let folks go to bed;
He's knocked upon the floor now twice,
He'll next knock on my head"
"But you must come again, dear George,
Remember, pa is old;
Ii he was young like you and |
Pm sure he would not sCold."
But poor George never came again,
The knocking scared him out;
And always when Pve got a beau
Pas gotte bang and shout.
But | have got another nOW,
And Johnny is his name;
IT'S true papa yet bangs and shouts,
But Johnny he is game.
lHllh your papa HIS retlFel
1t was no sooner said,
When instantly the rap and shout
':lt's time TO go to bed"
L quickly bade dear John goodnight,
Up TO my room did GO,
And what happened quite soon after
You very soon shall KNOW.
/ crept quite silent down the stairs,
While John outside did wait;
l threw my shawl about myself,
And joined him at the gate.
Hours at the gate passed pleasantly
Between dear John and /,
l could not now enumerate,
No, not if should try.
Pa says dear John has common sense
In not staying so late;
But knows not half the sparkling lone
BY us down at the gate.
Dear papa no more raps and shouts
For us to go TO bed;
There isn't SO much sitting up
Since John and | were wed.
-P0ughkeepSie Press.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-16

ant products of the march of civiliZa-
ton, was replete with interest.
Up to the last his faculties were Won
derfully clear. Last year he ever made
a small crop of corn and cotton.
On Thursday this man, who measur-
ed his life by decades, not by years,
ended his long and eventful career.
Death, SO long in coming, finally touch
ed his old limbs, and its icy hand crept
to his heart-strings, and cut the thread
of life asunder. Old Jake, who SO long
has listened to the s'angel voices cali
ing" answering back ''I'm coming"
has at length been gathered to his loved
ones to reap the reward of a life of USE
f~ulness. RequGescGt in pace.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-16
AT Paradise. Cache County. Ita,

AT Paradise, Cache County, Utah,
a little son of VIM. Mitten, aged
seven years, went with his
sister to a shingle-mill. He told
his sister that he would tie q string
around the coming shaft and "see
what it would do" Suiting the action
to the word, he tied the string to the
shaft, and the result was the little fell
lows arm was drawn from the socket
and broken in three places; his legs
were both pulled off below the knees,
and his head, stomach and side We're
fearfully mangled and bruised. He
lived about two hours after the aoci-
dent occurred.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-16
of Sturgis, who bore testimony to his

of Sturgis, who bore testimony to his
good character and general worthiness.
Mr.. Dallas, the Superintendent of the
Dead-letter Office, replied that while he
greatly desired to oblige Mr.. Russell, it
was not permitted to send any of the
letters out of the office; but if Mr.. RUS
sell was ever in Washington he would
be glad to give him any information in
his power, and show him any papers in
the department relating to the case.
The law required that these letters and
their contents be reclaimed within three
years. At the end of which time the
money Enclosures revert to the United
States Treasury, from which they can
not be recovered without a special act
of Congress.
On a recent visit to the Dead-letter
Office I saw the silent, inanimate rel
les OF this strange mystery. A pile OF
plain. yellow envelopes, marked with
some hieroglyphics peculiar to the
Dead-letter men, indicating their refer
ence to the books of the bureau. Ii
they could talk what q strange story
they might tell. What a theme for a
romance are these dead letters-dead in
every respect. Forlorn, too, the speech
less wanderers, with neither their writ
err O their intended recipient to claim
them. [ opened one eff them-there
was no date, no signature, and written
in the center of the page of blue note
paper, with pale ink, in an old-fashion-
ed hand that appeared to have been un-
certain with age, were those few I'M
suggestive words:
81 enclose you the money as usual.
[ will send more the first of next month.
You need not write. "-ChtcGgo Inter-
Ocean. ST.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-16
GRANDMOTHER GRAY.
BY MARY X. BoUTELLE.

by MARY X. B~oUTELLE.
Faded and fair in her old arm. chair,
sunset gliding her thin white hair,
Silently knitting sits Grandmother Gray;
While on ray elbows beside her lean,
And tell what wonderful things l mean
1 70 ne e9s tank ana 80 % to to- a II ISan; seme Cray ray.
She doesn't laugh, and send you away.
Il zee, as 1 look from the window seat.
house there yonder, across the street,
With a fine French roof and a frescoed.hall,
The deep bay windows are full of flowers;
They've q clock of bronze that chimes the hours
And a fountain-I hear it tinkle and fall
When the doors are opeH: II mean" / say,
StTo live in a house like that, some day"
~'Money will buy it," says Grandmother Gray
"'There's q low barrouche, all green and gold,
And a pair of horses as black as jet,
I've seen drive by-and before Pm cd
A turnout like that hope to get
How they prance and shine in their harness gay
What fun 'twould be, il they ray awayi"-
<'Money will buy them" says Grandmother
Gray. 4t--s - "a Is
s'To morrow, / know, q great ship sails
Out of port, and across the sea;
OH to feel in my face the ocean gales
Ard the salt waves dancing under mel
In the old, far lands OF legend and lay
long to roam-and / shall, some day"
''Money will do it" says Grandmother Gray.
ANDY when, like me, you are old " says she,
'And getting and going are done with, dear
What then dc you think, whl the one thing be
You will wish and need, to content you here?"
sob, when in my chair | have to stay,
Love, you see. will content me-" Isay.n
@'That, money won't buy. says .Gfandmother
Gray. r b, @E z e. I'd
Sand, sure enough, If there's nothing worth
All your care, when the years are past,
But love in heaven, and love on earth,
Why not begin where you'll end at last?
Begin to lay up treasure, to-day,
Treasure that nothing can take away. =
Bless the Lord! !" Gays Grandmother Gray. q
-Wide Quake.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-16

A Dubuque girl played copenhagen
at a party the other night, and yelled
and shrieked and howled and ran be
hind the door and scratched the young
mans face in sever places, and upset a
kerosene lamp, and kicked over the
piano-stool, and screamed for the
police, and finally, when he kissed her
just on the tip of the ear, she tainted
dead away, and said she could never
look any one in the face again, and they
led the bashful, modest creature sob
bing home. The next day she ran
away with a married lightning-rod ped
dler with a hare lip and six children
Burlington HGWk-eye.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-16
The Welfare of the system

Is in a great measure dependent upon the
way in which the bowels perform their evac-
native function. II they are regular-and
they can always be rendered so by the use of
hostetter's Stomach Bitters-an important
essential Of health is secured, and that bless
ing is very apt to follow. If they are irreg-
ular, chronic constipation and indigestion
supervene, the liver becomes disordered, and
the bile, being diverted from its natural
channel and purposes, enters and contami-
mates the blood, producing that yellowish
cast OF the skin and whites of the eyes which
is such a sure index of biliousness. All
these disastrous consequences, as well as
others of a far more serious nature, are
remedied and prevented by Hostetter's Bit,
tiers, the leading American specific for disor-
ders of the bowels, stomach and liver.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-16

COLLINS NOLTAIC PLASTER is a gentle and
constant Electric Battery closely and contin-
uously applied TO the skin by the adhesion
of the Plaster and is capable at all times Of
affording the most grateful relief in Rheu-
matism, Neuralgia and S~ciatica.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-16
A DEAD.LETTER ROMANCE.
BY WILLIAM e. CURTIS.

1t was very long ago-as far back as
1885, if the old clerks in the New York
Post Office remember correctly--that
she first began to come to the general
delivery Window modest, plainly
clad lady, with a sweet, sober face, and
a gentle manner She was as regular
as the moon, and like the moon came
monthly, generally on the first Satur-
day of the month, and always found a
letter awaiting her, folded in the same
sort of an envelope; always addressed
in the same cramped, angular hand to
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-16
A RELIC OF THE PAST.

Death OF q Tennessee Negro Who Had
Turned the First Quarter OF the Sec
ond Century of His Existence-Hfs
Recollection of the Revolutionary
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-16
MARIA Ii. RUSSELL,

NEW YORK POsT-OFFICE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-16

A large number of claims have been
made for the money since the publica-
ton last year, and a variety of singular
stories have been told to account for the
manner in which the correspondence
was conducted.
One man wrote to inform the Post
Office Department that he was the per-
SON who had been sending the money
to Maria Russell these forty years agone,
but as his manuscript was in every way
dissimilar from that in the original let
tiers he was at once pronounced an i'm
postor.
A man in Sturgis, Mich, has told the
strangest story and put in the strongest
claim. He says that he is one of a fam
lily of five children, four brothers and
n daughter. In 1885 his father and
mother separated, the father taking the
boys and the mother the girl, and the
father agreeing to pay So a month for
his daughters support as long as he
lived, but to have no communication
with her in any way whatever. He saws.
this nan in Michigan, that his father
used to send the money in the ann
described as long as he lived with him,
but having some differences about 1916
they, the father and son, separated, the
latter going West, where he has resid-
ed ever since, without having heard
once from the rest of his family. He
said he wa in no need of the money,
but would like very much to know if
the strange correspondents were his
father and sister. He would identify
the writing, he thought, if they would
send him one of the letters.
Mr.. Russell's letter was strongly in
dorsed by several prominent residents
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-30
DON'T cay BEFORE YOU'RE
HURT.

Mr.. Robson, the Secretary of the
Navy, has addressed a communication
to the chairman Of one of the Congress
sional committees. which will be found
i'm our telegraphic columns to-day.
The Secretary assumes that an investi-
cation is being conducted by the House
Committee into his official conduct,
and says that in ignorance of the mat
ters cited against him and of the names,
character and testimony of witnesses
introduced in support of those matters
he can not be expected to meet the
charges. He says further, that such a
mode of procedure is in disregard of
the rights of an American citizen"
and remains. very respectfully, the
committees otsedient servant, George
NJ. Robson.
Now, we pass no opinion upon MIR.
Robeson's guilt. or innocence of any
charges that may now be in process Of
investigation. We are not ever adj
vised that any member of any House
committee has entertained a thought
that he might be guilty OF wrong in his
official capacity. We do know that
the House has organized a system OF
investigation into the proceedings of
the various officials, and that such in
vestigations are secretly conducted, as
of necessity they must be; and we re-
gard Mr.. Robeson's demand as a
specious begging of the question. The
House of Representatives in these
matters is the grand inquest of the
nation. Its functions are analogous to
those of a grand jury. Its investiga-
tons are conducted in secret; its find
ings are presented openly. The al
legged criminal is not and should not
be informed of the nature of the
charges and the names of the witnesses
until the case by impeachment is laid
before the Senate, which unites in it.
self the functions of a court and a trial
jury. What would be thought of any
of our county officials who should in
terpose an objection before a grand
jury 10 its mode of procedure in ex-
aiming into his accounts? And what
shall we think of a member of the
Cabinet who alarms himself by pre-
%supposing that the House of Repre-
sentatives is about to impeach him
and complains that he is not advised
of the testimony they may adduce be-
fore the Senate?
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-30
Assessment Notice.

EUREKA CONSOLIDATED MINING
II Company. Location of principal place OF
business, San Francisco. Cali %ornia; location
of works, Eureka Mining District, Eureka
county, Nevada.
Notice is hereby given. that at a meeting OF
the Board Of Directors, held on the 18th
day of May, 1873, an assessment-No. 2-of
81 per share was levied upon the cap
ital stock of the corporations. payable inn
mediately, in United States gold coin, to the
Secretary. at the Office OF the Company, Room
81. Nevada Block. No. 800 Montgomery street.
San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 10th day of June,
1875, will be delinquent, and advertised for
sale at public auction. and unless payment is
made before, will be sold on THURSDAY, the
10Th day Of July. 1915. to pay the delini-
quent assessment, together with costs Of ad-
vertising and expenses Of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors
W. W. TRAYL0R, Secretary;
.O0ice-Room No. ~ Nevada Block, No. oV'
Montgomery street. San Francisco, Cal.
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