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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29

DON'T LIKE To TELL BEFORE Folks.
A hOrny-handed phrenOlogist in a west
end grocery store of Madison, Wiscon-
sin, the other evening, placed his hand
on friends head and said:
"Bill, 10 you want to know your ca
pacity and perceptibleness ?"
"Yes, if Pve got any," was the reply.
"Well, them" replied the phrenolo-
gist, 81 place the tip of my thumb
about the center of the ear thus; then |
extend my fingers around the posterior
portion, called in phrenology the occi-
put; then join the tips of the fingers OF
both hands, and endeavOr to bring the
thumb tips together, but the thumbs
don't meet by-good gracious ~
At this point the phrenologist looked
puzzled and gazed up at the ceiling
gravely.
"Out with it-I am prepared to heal
the very worst" said Bill.
But the phrenologist said he'd have
to tell him privately, and took him out
and up the street till near saloon door
when he paused and whispered in Bill.
ear:
you've got powerful brain-a pow
full intelleck, and ortO be in Congress in
stead of using a hammer"
Bill dragged his friend into a saloon
and called for ''the best in the house.
They drank, and Bill asked:
"Why didn't you tell me in the pres
ence of those men in the grocery 2"
Because" said the phrenologist, &c
knew they'd call me fool"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29
Good Resolutions.

Persons of gentle and yielding dispo-
sitions are startled when they come in
contact with a rugged nature and iron
will. For there are these giants of hu-
manity who shape their resolves as the
furnace and trip-hammer shape masses
of metal. They bear down all opposi-
ton, compelling weaker spirits into
compliance. Yet the power and tenaGity
of purpose that surprise temperaments
of finer, Trailer mold do not belong ex-
clusively to the bold and the great, for
even the most uuObtrusive persons are
capable of it at times.
1t is a trait of character in men to
form their resolutions with fervOr and
impetuosity; but the mider and quieter
spirit of woman comes silently aud al
most uncOnsciOusly to- determinations
that are not shaken or altered by the
wear and tear of even a whole lifetime.
Man is gifted with strength, woman
with endurance. The difficulty for dis
positions of average power and perss-
verance is found, not so much in coming
to a resolution of sufficient intensity,
but in keeping it for any length of time.
The smooth water of an A pine fountain
may be frozen into a mass as hard, ap-
parently, as glass; but the hot rays of
summer soften it until it yields gradu-
ally, and at length finally melts away
altogether. Bad habits take a long
time to form, and they cannot be thrown
| off without eXertiop. The good habit
which replaces them canNonly be formed
! by a repetition of good acts. Drops of
water falling from the roof of a cave
form, in the course of time, a stalactite,
bright and strong to behold. The pro-
cess, though, of this wonderful fOrma-
ton is slow and barely perceptible. So
do single small acts of our will form
themselves by repetition into lasting
and unshaken habits.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29

Among the anecdotes of George Sand
with which the Paris papers have been
recently filled, the following is quite
piquant: "In the modest dwelling at
Nohant, where she died, her hospitality
was not more delicate than ample, and
it not unirequently happened that a
guest arrived and made himself at home
without having any claim upon the au-
thor of 'Mauprat stronger than the
friendly comm endation of an acquaint-
ance. One day such visitor arrived
call him Bakor-and from the moment
he crossed the threshold comported
himself with altogether Egyptian ease.
He was passionately addicted to cab
bage, and instructed the cook to prepare
for dinner on the day of his arrival an
immense dish of that vegetable, which
he conscentiOusly devoured. Next day
there was cabbage in the soups and cab
bage in the stew, and by the third day
the whole culinary department was con-
Quoted on the basis of cabbage. The
mistress of the household, not a little
surprised, made inquiries, and discov-
cred that NJ. Bakor was responsible for
the revolution. After a weeks stay, the
guest announced his intention of depart
! ing, and Just before starting waited upon
his hostess to present his respects. He
found her in the garden-the kitchen
garden. Madam ne said, may not
hope that, after having been the guest
of so distinguished an entertainer, !
shall not be suffered to depart without a
souvenir of the visiUP Madam Sand
looked at him with surprise; and then,
inspired with a wicked idea, called the
gardener - 'Baptistep The gardener
hastened to her with PLEASURE she
said to NJ. Bakor; adding to the gar.
dener, 'Baptiste, one of your finest cab.
bages for this gentleman"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29

MOUNT ARARAT.-The present fash
ion of Notwithstanding counts an
other triumph. Mount Ararat has been
successfully ascended by Mr.. Bryce, of
Lincoln's Inn. This is believed to be
either the third or fourth ascent, the
first having been made by Parrot, in
1884, and the second by Abich, in 1850.
The mountain is 17,212 feet in height,
and the last 1000 feet had been climbed
alone, the Cossack escort refusing to
go further. The Armenians of the
neighborhood believe the mountain to
be inaccessible, and insist that Noah's
ark still remains upon the summit. As
mountains go, however, Ararat is not
particularly hard climb. The peak is
sugar loaf peak, of volcanic origin, and
covered with snow.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29

A Boys SAD FATE.-A boy about l3
years old has for the past three months
been working for lame shOemaker on
GratiOt street, but was thrown out of a
job and upon a cold world yesterday
through no fault of his. The shoemaker
sent MIN down town to hear 'the lat
est" and the lad consulted a bulletin
board, and went back and said:
"Kellogg says that Louisiana is sure
for Hayes by 5000"
"Goodw chuckled the shoemaker;
''that defeats TildenW
In about an hour he sent the boy down
again, and the lad reported:
"Wade Hampton carries South Caro-
linap
"Thunder! that elects Tilden r'
growled the old man, and he threw
down his lap-stone in rage.
A third time the boy was sent for
news, aud this time he reported:
"Florida Democratic, New York Re
publican, and both parties claiming the
electionw
"You are diseharged-you are not re-
! liableu' roared the old man, but yet the
lad had closely consulted the "latest
dispatches ."-DetrOb Free Press.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY. DECENT

of her life lay in the fact that it was
impossible to prevail upon him to pur-
sue their study.
The saloon and faro table hard by pos
sessed attractions which he fully appre-
ciated, and often during that first trying
winter of Edna's life in Idaho Flat, did
the poor young mother listen in vain
till the wee, small hours of the morning
tor the return of her husband from the
haunts of vice, where the fascination of
gambling became his evil genius.
ITO be continued
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29

HAD BEEN THERE.-Yesterda as a
pale-faced, hollow-eyed man was walk
ing along using cane to support his
feeble steps, pedestrian halted him,
reached out a hand, and said:
"Why, Tom, is this you ?"
"Yes, it's me-" was the mournful re-
ply.
"And what's the matter?"
'I'm all run down, and I've lost my
place."
"Lost it? How? Been discharged ?''
eyes" sadly replied the poor man.
'I'm looking for a job now"
81 know a coal dealer who wants a
driver" suggested the friend.
mo goOd-no good" with mourn
full shake of the head. "Ive been to
two or three, and as soon as they found
that my weight was down to one hun
dred and twenty pounds they turned
right away from me. Coal is down, you
know, and they have to make it up in
the weight of the driver"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29

To Young LADIES.-The pastor of
church in one of our largest cities said
to me not long ago: al have Officated
at forty weddings since | came here, and
i'm every case, save one, | felt the bride
was running an awful risk. Young
men of bad habits and fast tendencies
never marry girls of their own sort, but
demand a wife above suspicion, Some
pure, sweet woman, kept from the touch
of evil through the years of their girl
hood, give themselves, with all their
costly dover of wOmanhOOd, into the
keeping of men of base associations,
who have learned to undervalue all that
belongs to them, and then find time
for repentance in the sad after years.
There is but one way out of this that
can see, and that is for you-the young
women of the cOuntry-tO require in
association and marriage, purity for
purity, sobriety for sobriety, and honor
for honor. There is no reason why the
young men of this Christian land
should not be just as virtuOus as its
young women, and if the loss of your
society and love be the price they are
| forced to pay for vice, they will not pay
| it, / admit with sadness, that not all
our young women are capable of this
| high standard for themselves or others,
! but l believe there are enough earnest,
thoughtful girls in the society of OuI
country to work wonders, if faithfully
aroused. Dear girls, will you help us
in the name of Christ? Will you, first
of all, be true to yourselves and God
so pure in your inner and outer life that
you shall have right to ask that the
young men with whom you associate
and especially those you marry, shall bt
the same? The awful gulf of dishOnOl
is close beside your feet, and in it faith
ere, brothers, lovers, and sons are going
down. Will you not help us in ou
great work ?"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29

Teach child that there is harm in
everything, however innocent, and as
soon as he discovers the cheat he will
see no sin in anything. That's the Tea-
son deacon's sous seldom turn out well,
aud preachers daughters are married
through q window,
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29

An exchange, describing the habits of
the stickleback as viewed in the aqua
rum, says: "The habits of the female
stickleback would satisfy the strongest
Of wOman's rights, for she
grows very fat, never assumes the brill
fancy of the male fish and remains at
home occupied with domestic cares.n
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29

Two persons were once disputing so
loudly on the subject of religion that
they woke a large dog that had been
sleeping near them, and he forthwith
barked most furiously. An old divine
present, who had been quietly slipping
his tea while the disputants were talk
ing, gave the dog a kick and exclaimed:
"Hold your tongue, you silly brute, you
know no more about it than they do.n
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29

Woman's degraded, helpless position is the
weak point of our Institutions to-day-a dis
turbing force everywhere, severing family ties,
filing our asElums with the deaf, the dumb,
the blind, our prisons with criminals, our cit
les with drunkenness and prostitution, our
homes with disease and death.-[NationalC Cen
tennial Equal Rights Protest.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29

Mrs. Kimberly, the woman who has
stock farm in Iowa, has taken over
$4,000 worth of premiums this fall on
her stock.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29

Entered, according to Act of Congress. in the
year 1879, by Mrs A. ]. Duniway, in the Office of
the Librarian Of Congress at Washington City.l
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29

A number of married women of Cam
bridgeport, Mass, have formed a club
for perfecting themselves in cookery.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29

Our greatest glory is not in never fall
ing, but in rising every time we fall,
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29
EDNA AND JOHN:
A Romance or Idat0 Flat.

BY Mrs. Al. DUNIWAY,
AUTHOR OF JUDITH REID" "ELLEN DowD,'
"AMIE AND HENRY LEE" THE HAPPY
HOME" "oNE woMAN's SPHERE"
"MADGE MoRkIsoN,"
ETC, ETC, ETC.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-29

A pickpocket works on abstract prin-
ciples.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1876-02-12

A TIMELY HINT.-In the Comstock re-
gion. the pockets of shareholders, seem
after all, to be the most easily worked
and steadily paying mine. AS an ia
stance may be cited the Caledonia. upon
the stock of which an assessment of SO
per share has just been levied. This
mine has been worked constantly since
81 and has never produced a dollar.
This shows that its owners must have
had plenty of faith or credulity and plenty
Of cash. Upon this subject We notice a
few days since some very sensible re-
marks in the Virginia Enterprise. That
paper suggested to those who were in
vesting their means in the outside mines
of he omstock region, that, if they
were to turn their attention to the COM
paratively untouched mining districts of
Eastern Nevada they would reap a surer,
speedier and more abundant return for
their outlay than they could reasonably
hope for from the outside Storey county
mines.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1876-02-12
THE FRANKrowN TRAGEDY.

From the Carson Tribune, February 7th.
The citizens Of Franktown and the employees
of the railroad company are greatly excited
over the murder of Donally yesterday, and are
determined to leave no stone unturned in order
to ferret out the perpetrators of this most in
human deed. We conversed with a gentleman
from Franktown this morning. and he expressed
himself OF the opinion that the foul deed was
committed by some white man, or men. He
thinks from indications that some fellow went
to the cabin Of Donally, knocked at the door,
and when Donally opened it, the cowardly muir
derer dealt him a blow on the head with an iron
bar or some other heavy Instrument. crushing
his skull. Then it is supposed the wretch took
what valuables poor Donally had about his
premises and person, and then set fire to the
place to cover up his guilt. The gentleman feels
confident that Cinnamon did not do the deed
fromthe fact that they were devotedly attached to
the deceased, and many of them cried like chill
dren when they learned of his sad fate.
1t Is reported about town that a man has been
arrested at Reno on suspicion of having been
the base perpetrator Of the dastardly murder at
Franktown. The story goes that q man got on
the. train at Washoe last evening, and during the
trip down to Reno engaged in conversation with
the conductor about the murder, and asked the
conductor what would be the probable fate of
the murderers. He also informed the conductor
that he had killed several men in his lifetime
and never had been caught out. From the
strange actions of the fellow, the conductor in
ferred that he probably had something to do
with the murder of Donallv, SO he posted his
assistants, aud it was resolved to have the self
acknowledged butcher arrested at Reno. On ar
rival OF the train at Reno. the stranger invited
the conductor to come and stay with him. re-
marking that he had plenty of money. The
conductor accepted, and the twain adjourned to
a nelghboring saloon to take a drink. In the
meantime some Of the brakesmen had procured 4
policeman. and inst as the two first. were
emptying their glasses the policeman entered
~ OBSERVING the officer the stranger turned
ueaoiy paie' and ne remarked " 1 suppose you
are after meT' The officer answered in the
afnrmative, when the fellow further said ct
didn't do it," The fellow was locked m ana
circumstantial evidence appears very strong
against him.
report comes from Reno this afternoon that
nosne man mas been arrested on suspicion of
having been connected in the murder tho watch
o. Donaily having been found in his nossess;o,
Let usnope that no innocent person NAV SNIFF,
out "hen the guilty onesare discovered ,a+ ~
punishment be the severest known
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1876-02-12

ROBBED AND MURDERED.-A Carson
dispatch of the 4th instant says: Thomas
Donally. section foreman for the V.
I. r. r. at Franktown, WAS burned TO
death in his cabin last night. The cir
cumstances are best known to the perpe-
traitors of the horrible crime. No one
knew of the occurrence till this morning.
when some parties went to the spot and
found the charred remains of Donally
among the smouldering ruins. The re-
mains were left untouched and the Coro-
ner at Reno telegraphed for. Donally
was known to be worth from 1000 to
$4,000, and he kept a considerable sum
in his cabin. He has been connected
with the v. & T. Railroad four or FIVE
years, and was always recognized as an
honest, upright, steady man.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1876-02-12
THE SILVER B

Sufficient developments. says the Vir-
ginia Enterprise. have already been made
to warrant the belief that the silver de-
posts OF Nevada are not only incompar-
ably vast in number and in fertility. but
are also practically inexhaustible. With
the slight superficial scratching which
miners have made during the, past
fifteen years, literal mountains of silver
have already been exposed and yet
scarcely a day passes without the an
nouncement that a new I" strike" has
been made in some portion of the State.
Even now the enormous bullion yield of
the Comstock mines is affecting the spe-
Gle values and business affairs of this
coast to an alarming degree. The beau
tiful trade dollar which but a little while
ago was so eagerly sought for at q pre-
MUM is now a drug in the market at a
ruinous discount. Indeed, the silver
supply has become so enormous hat the
Chamber of Commerce at San Francisco
is seriously casting about for some relief
against the threatened silver inundation.
In the face of all this we are now as
sured by the most reliable authority
that Mr.. Flyers process for reducing
ores is a complete success, and that in a
short time every mining camp on the
coast can be cheaply supplied with Fry
er's wonderful c~ontrivances. If one-
half which is claimed for the new process
be true, it is safe to predict that in the
next five years our bullion yield will be
ten times as much rs it is at present.
There are in this State hundreds of silver
mines the ores of which are refractory,
but which by assay, yield a vastly greater
percentage of silver than any of the av-
erage ores of the Comstock. Even the
possibility of this prospective bullion
yield is q matter for serious consideration
and ought to attract the attention Of the
National Congress. We are not speci-
ally gifted as experts in financial prob
lens, but we modestly suggest that if
Congress will pass a law for the issuance
OF silver notes to be redeemed at par by
the United States Treasury. on the same
plan of the gold-note system, it might
be the means of saving our bullion from
a most serious depreciation in value.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1876-02-12

The BABCoCK CAsE.-A st. Louis dis
patch of the 7th says: Gen. Babcock al :
peared In the U. S. Circuit Court this
morning to answer to the Indictment
charging him with completely in whisky
frauds. He was attended by Judge John.
K. Porter, Of New York, Emery A.
Storrs. of Chicago, ex-U. S. Attorney
General Williams. Judge John NJ. and
Chester H. Krum, of st. Louis, as coun-
Campbell for the Northern District of
Illinois and his brother. G. w. Bahcock,
Of Kansas, sat in the courtroom near
him. District Attorney d. P. Dyer and
bis counsel Jas. 0. Broadhead and Major
Lucen Eaton appeared for the Govern
ment. 1t was Gcn. B .bcock's first APP
pearance in court since his Indictment,
aud the formality of Pile .ding not guilty
was gone through with, the jurors re-
naming on the old panel. and those
SPVCialiy ouiutlioleu IOT tuiS CASE We're
called over, but one half of them re-
sponded, they having been selected from
outside Of st. Louis county. and some Of
them not having had time to arrive.
Storrs stated that counsel for defense
very much needed another day for con-
sultation and also to await the arrival
of important documentary evidence.
Counsel for the Government made no
objection to the delay, and after a brief
consideration Judge Dillon announced
that the case woul 60 over until to-mor-
row mornins :, but thnt at 2 p. NJ. the
jurors would be called again that it might
be seen who were present.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1876-02-12
REMOVAL.

A WELcoME DECISION. The Supreme
Court of this State, says the San Fran
cisco Cal of the 9th instant, has never
given a decision more in harmony with
the wishes of the public than that which
declared the mortgage tax unconstitu-
tionai. That law and justice were for
once found on the sans side of a mooted
question, and also in accord with public
opinion, is a combination of favorable
circumstances which it is a pleasure to
contemplate. The popularity which the
law at one time gained was based upon
an absurd idea that money lenders could
be compelled to pay a tax on the mort
cages they might hold. In practice it
was soon found that the money lender
required the borrower to pay the tax; SO
that in effect, a person who should mort
gage a farm for money to stock it with.
would have to pay a tax on the full value
of his farm, his stock, and also the mort
gage which enabled him to possess a por-
ton of this property. The effect of this
decision will be Immediately beneficial
to business, as it not only relieves mort
cages in the future, but releases a million
or SO of dollars which has been paid
under protest and is locked up awaiting
this decision. The borrower will be
benefited more than the lender, as the
former has always had the tax to pay.
and to suffer likewise in common with
the whole community in consequence of
a clog or impeachment upon ordinary
financial operations.