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Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-01-27
FORCING A PROPOSAL.

"Cordela, how long is this thing go
ing to last ?" asked Philadelphia
mother last night, Immediately after
her daughters beau had bowed himself
out.
"What thing, ma -
"Why this cour ting business yours" I"
"Oh, ma |"
"Yes, think you may we'll say 'Oh,
ma for hasn't there been fire in the par
lor stove three nights this week already,
and only half ton of coal in tho cellar.
| declare it does run up expenses at a
fearful rate, just now, when your father
is out of work. Besides, there's the gas. !"
"But, ma. we don't use but tho least
speck OF gas" pleaded Cordelia.
Don't use hut the least specK Of gas ~
echoed her mother. LET me catch you
sitting in that room with only the least
speck OF gas. 1t isn't proper, unless you
are engaged, and III not allow it. /
never did it. When do you think he
will pop the question -
"Oh ma"
"Yes, | think it is owe, ma, and il you
keep on at that rate your ma will owe
everybody else. There is entirely too
much nonsense among young people
about their courting."
"But, ma, don't know that he wants
me to marry him."
"Well, why don't you find out ? Isn't
this leap year ? Where's your tongue 2''
but, ma, | can't ask him. 1t isn't
proper"
isn't proper, indeed Well, then,
I'll ask him myself the next night he
comes here. This courting n girl for five
or six years amt proper, either, and I'm
not going TO allow you to throw away all
your chances in life on fellow that
hasn't the courage to speak out. Has he
said anything yet that sounded like bust
ness ?"
mo-" family uttered Cordelia."
mo! Well, then, I'll find out the
next time he comes"
"Oh. ma, don't. Wait a little longer.
Maybe he'll speak out. He said some
thing tonight"
'He did. What was 1t ?"
"Why, he said that every young man
ought TO marry, and that he" Then the
trembling girl suddenly paused and com.
menced blushing.
"Come, come, now ! No nonsense ;
sharply uttered her mother. "What
next ?"
"Why, then he sneezed," murmured
the girl.
"Sneezed, did he ? What did he say
after he sneezed !? Speak out now"
"Why, believe he said he had al
awful cold in his head"
"Bah," contemptuously replied the dis
appointed mother. and then in q husky
voice she said
go 20 bed, Cordelia; 20 to bed i'm
mediately but remember this, if you
courting business is not settled befor,
that coal is all gone, III take hand in j
myself. Mind that, now"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-01-27

CoLoRs THAT WILL WAsH.-Drs.
Benin and Wagner, two German statis-
ticians, have recently estimated the pop
uation Of the world at l,423, ,9l7, 600 -
Four-sevenths of the whole reside in Asia
Il majority of whom, OF course, are cop
per-col0red. Then, the population OF
Africa is 200, 100000, none OF whom aro
white, but are of all shades and color,
from copper color to midnight bIackncss.
Out Of the 400, 100000 we cannot End
quite 200, 100000 Of white, that is, people
Of pure Caucasian blood. 1t would seem
from the estimate that white is mn eAccp-
tional color, 50 much 80 rs to justify !ha
sentiment contained in negro song.
"Nor we ought not to laugh ut those wh1
happened to be white" 1t the color line
is strictly drawn the white population "l
the world is in Pitiful minority. Bronzo
is the prevailing color, and from that the
shades deepen to the blackest ebony.
celebrated traveller in the interior of AZ
rica excited the compassion OF the nah-
YES because he was white. Evidently
they thought it color that woudnt
wash.-S. H. B@Hetm
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-01-27
ADVERTISERS DIRECTORY.

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CITY MARKET, Wm. Todd, Propiiotor.-
Main Street, Woavcrvlle.
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Center, meets every 'atdrday evening.
EARL, A. Il, Justice of the Peace and Notary
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EMPIRE HOTEL, Main Street, Weaverville.
William Condor, Proprietor.
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Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-01-27
FLOODS AND EARTHQUAKES
NUMBER 4.

The awful calamity in Bengal, ntell-
gence of which comes to us by cable, is
unparalleled in history. A number of
islands lying about the estuary of the
River Megna, which, in part of its course
is identical with the Brahmapootra, were
entirely submerged by n storm wave on
the 3lst Of October, and nearly all their
inhabitants were destroyed. As the wave
and as one island alone Dakhin Shaha-
bazpore-had population of 100000
souls, probably not less than $50, 900 souls
were involved in the calamity. With
the exception of the great earthquake ut
Antioch, in 400 A. D., in which, accord
ing to Gibbon, 100000 people perished,
history affords nothing like so wholesale
II destruction as this. The only other
convulsion of nature which can be COM
pared to these is the great earthquake of
1888, in Calabria, which probably cats
cd the death of at least 100000 people,
and was felt distinctly in largo part of
Europe. Originating under tho ccutrr
of Calabria the disturbance passed undur
the sea, and rolled UP mountain OF VA
ter, which destroyed the city of Messiuu.
On the morning of November /, 1853, mn
earthquake threw down the principal
part of Lisbon the sea retired, leaving
the bar dry, and then returning in
wave fifty feet high in six minutes 60,
600 people perished. The battle of Acti-
um was fought thirty -one years before
the Christian era, while the ground rock,
ed ard rolled under the feet of the sol
diers on land as they watched the sen
fight in which they could take no part.
This convulsion Of nature destroyed about
10000 people. In 1912, 10000 people
persisted in similar manner at Caracas.
OF memorable nundations the following
are noted down; In the early part Of tho
fifteenth century the sea broke in at bort,
Holland, and drowned seventy-two viii
lagos and over 100, 600 people, and about
one hundred years afterwnrd n general
inundation, caused by the failure Of tho
dykes in Holland is said to have destroy
ed 400, 900 souls. 1t is not too much to
say that within historic times recorded
calamities by food and earthquake havo
killed off between 100000 and 100000
people. OF all that have occurred in re-
cent years, tho flood in Bengal is by far
the most disastrous.-N. Y. GFdphtc.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-01-27

GYPsIEs FOR CALIFoRNIA.-A party
OF over twenty Gyp>ies left Baltimore di-
rect for San Francisco on the western
train over the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road last night. They comprised six
families belonging to the same tribe. All
the men and women have been in the
United States from three to six years.
They came from different parts of Eng
land. The men were roughly dressed
but the women were attired in bright
colorrd dresses and shawls, which con-
trn>trd well with their dark but not un
comeIy features. The number of babies
nnd little children was cxtraoldinary.-
Nearly all the women were smoking
short clay pipes. One OF the men, much
lighter in complexion than the others,
stated that he was from Yorkshire, Eng
land, and came over about three years
ago. He had travelled with his family
through Maryland, Pennsylvania, Della
ware, Virginia, and as far South as
Georgia. He took with him numerous
progeny, the wife having an infant in hel
arms, two pairs of twins aged respectively
three and six years, and child about
eight years old. They nll complained
that the variable climate of the Atlantic
coast did Lot prove favorable to theroper
air life, and they had determined to try
the more equablc Pacific slope. The os
tensible occupation of the whole part,
was basket making, though the men alst
traded in horses, and the women some
times told fortunes. All their wagons
horses and cum brous paraphernalia hac
been disposed OF here, but they intended
to reft and resume their customary avo
cations in California. The men wer,
polite and seemingly honest enough. bu
some of this class have achieved repu
tation in Maryland and Delaware tina
will scarcely make their departure sub
ject Of regret to the country people,
Baltimore Sun.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-01-27

OFFICE. Al his Residence. corner
Court and Center Streets, Weavcrville. l.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-01-27

Do you know how church bazaar
works ? The principle is very ingen
ious one. Some ladies borrow money
from their hus bands, buy materials, and
make up fancy articles, which they give
to the bazaar. Then they change places,
and borrow more money from their hus-
bands, and buy The articles back again.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-01-27

THE fall OF Juggernaut is being widely
prophesied among the Hindoos. The
falling of a stone last year from the tow
er of the temple OF Pooree produced n
powerful sensation. The impression is
widely spread that it betokens the end of
Juggernaut, his temple, and worship.
Those who have examined the temple
say that it must soon fall, the walls being
already interlaced with the fbres and
branches of trees, which in course of
time must cause the whole structure to
collapse.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-01-27

A WRITER says that nature has moth
ing out Of place or out of season. We'd
like to know how he accounts for a cold
sore of the lips of a pretty GIRL Rock
ld1.d Courier.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-01-27
DR.. J. F. GRADY,

DENTAL AND MEDICAL GRADUATE,
GSsa Has returned TO Weavervillo and re-
ufff7p sumed the practice OF DES TlSIU1.
Special attention paid to The treatment OF
Sensitive Teeth.
OEFICE:-In the Theater Building up
stairs. 33-tf.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-01-27
Weaverville, January 27, 1877
BUSINESS NOTICE.

All communications pertaining to the Bus-
ness or Editorial management of the JOURNAL
should be addressed to c. W. CRAIG, "TRlN-
tTY Journal" Weaverville. Cal
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-01-27
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-01
Foreign NOte.

Mr.. Julesbrevo had an interview with
President MacAIahon on Thursday last.
The President assured him that parlia-
ment was in no danger; neither its exis-
tence nor functions as established by
the constitution would be threatened.
Apprehensions of coup d'etat were base
less, and he repealed all indictments to
such n solution. The President listened
to NJ. Grevy's arguments for reverting
to parliamentary reign, but although he
did not pronounce for any other solu-
ton, he seemed not to accept NJ.
CREWS proposal, and eyinced toward
the chamber sentiments of resistance
rather than Cancellation.
In official Russian circles emphatic
denial is given to rumors of the inten-
ton to conclude anarmistice after the
fall of Plevna.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-01

The New York Tribune Washington
correspondent sends the following sem
sational dispatch:
1t is impossible to conceal the
fact that many Republicans in WASH
ington are by no means easy in
mind over rumors that Tilden is to he
declared lawfully elected President of
the United States, by q joint resolution
of Congress after the Democrats have
gained q majorityin the Senate. Some of
the Republicans openly avow their
belief that the plans for such II coup
d'stat were long ago perfected, and that
the attempt to secure the admission of
Gen. Butler and Eustis to seats in the
Senate, before the vote was taken OH
the Kellogg Spofford case, is n part of
the programme. 1t may he that the
Democratic managers of this scheme
propose to put it in operation during
the present winter, even if such plan
actually exists, although thereare some
indications that if such resolution
should be introduced in the Senate
during the December session. il might
possibly he passed. The fact that many
Republicans who are not frightened ut
%trifes, look upon these rumors in avery
serious light, shows how great the
feeling of political insecurity is which
now prevails in Washington.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-01

The Russo-Turkish Struggle

Recent events confirm the confidence
that Russia will achieve her aims in the
struggle, both in the field and
diplomacy. Her thirty miles long lines
investing Plevna, are considered thor
oughly secure III every point. The Sec
tons which, until recently, were COW
cred with cavalry only, are now fully
supplied with infantry, and heavy ar
tillery is in position wherever likely to
be required. One hundred and twenty
thousand men will enable the Rus slams
to man a double line of trenches along
the whole line of investment, so that
Osman's chances of breaking through
for escape are slim. His provisions can
hardly last another month, and there
seems to be no possible means of re-
lieving him. The Russians are now
abundantly supplied, and in no danger
of suffering in their commissariat be,
cause of bad weather. The fall of
Plevna apparently is only a question of
time, now that foreign non-interven-
ton is reasonably assured. The I'M
qualified approval by the London Times
and Daily News of Derby's latest utter
ance in favor Of British neutrality, only
gives voice to the true, solid Judgment
of the English masses, despite the ex-
tensive popular sympathy for Turkey
inspired by jealous fear of Russian ag-
grandizemept.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-01
Old Rivers Utilized.

Running water leaves on the earth's
crust marks as permanent as any of the
violent commissions OF nature. The dis
covery has lately been made in Austria
liza that the streams of the tertiary
period. probably many millions of years
ago, but now dried up. are vast store
houses of wealth. They are carefully
searched out and worked for tin. They
acted in precisely the same way as the
rivers of our own day, washing away
the lighter rock, and leaving a concen-
tration of the heavy ore in their chan
nels. They vary considerably in depth,
according to the remoteness of their
origin. In n Of them q shaft has been
sunk to sixty feet, and at that depth
the ground is a regular river bed, with,
in SOM places, a collection of loose
drift sand, heavily intermixed with tin
ore. 1t has been opened, at that depth,
to b distance, horizontally, of 1000
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-01

feet. and explored by boring from the
surface for 600 feet more. The width
Of the seam has increased from Is to
400 feet, and it contains IN average of
three feet of what the miners call pay
dirt that is to say, soil worth working,
for it yields about l! per cent. of metal,
an excellent produce for tin ore. some
of these deposits are discovered at only
a few feet from the surface, a fact
which shows that they are Of much
later date than the one referred to
above, but still of Unreasonable anti
guilty. The state of the earth also shows
that these later rivers were not in action
for very long periods, rs the ore has
been far less washed. Twenty-Five of
these tin mines have already been dis
covered, and although the difficulty
attending all new enterprises has re-
tarded their development, yet within
two years they have produced2 1853 tons
of ore, worth about 81, 900.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-01
The Foe of Pam.

The friend of suffering humanity-the
enemy of disease, and the SdtrdtiOn of
the patient brute, is MEXICAN Mus
TANG LTNIMENT. There is no sore it
will not heal, no ache or pain it will
not Danish. For accidents in the fam
lily, such as burns, scalds, sprains, cuts,
ETC., it has no rival. 1t has saved
more human lives. and restored more
horses, oxen and other cattle, to useful
ness and profit, than all other liniments
put together. may2I-d3awaw6m
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-01
Gov. Kellogg Replies to Senator Hill.

Gov. Kellogg. in a letter to Senator
Wadleigh, pronounces absolutelyuntrue
any allegations or charges contained in
the following extract from the speech
of Senator Hill: Judge Spofford has
told me he has recently learnedthat Gov.
Kellogg came in by a side door, and
insisted upon the returning board re-
ceiving certain illegal afidavits that
were made up in New Orleans by his
order, and Judge Spofford will prove
that Gov. Kellogg himself came into
the alone and insisted on their
receiving illegal afidavits. Gov. KEEL
logg thinks Senator Hill is mistaken
when he attributes the story to Judge
Spofford.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-01
The Downfall Of kars

In all the wars between the Muscoyite
and the Ottoman Empires, Kars, with
its outlying forts and Notifications, has
been one of the principal objective
points Of the invading army. During
the Crimean war the Turks made a des-
perate defense of the place against the
Russians, second only 10 the II Just
concluded. At that time kars was
taken by hunger, and not ly assault:
the garrison was starved, not whipped,
into submission. From late in April
last, when the Car gave his troops the
order to ''cross the frontier until this
final moment of triumph, Kars has been
more or less strongly invested by II
portion of the Grand Duke Michael's
army. In its immediate neighborhood
have been fought moro engagements
than elsewhere in Armenia, and oil nu-
merous occasions its garrison has re-
PEELED n desperate foe in great disorder.
BY many military writers it was from
the commencement of hostilities, looked
upon rs the military key of Asia Minor.
1t was one of n quadrilateral, of which
Erzeroum, Trebizondc, and Batoum
were the other three points. 1t has
been held that once the Russians were
in possession of the place, Erzcroum
and the other strong points of rcsis-
lance would be easily overcome. Since
the beginning of the campaign it las
more than oncc been reported that the
garrison had succmnbed to the hesieg-
ing forces; but, it is hardly necessary to
say, these reports were untrue. 1t has
been bcsieged, then the siege has been
raised, and then again it has been
invested, but at no time until now have
the Russians been inside the town itself.
Its garrison, and the few hundred peo-
pie remaining within its ~fortiiications'
have suffered great hardships, but they
were equal to the emergencies required
of them. From early in May until the
oath of that month the place suffered
greatly from bombardment: then there
was n lull of n few weeks, and then the
firing was renewed. The fall of Ardahan
and Bayazid enabled the Russians to
concentrate Il larger force on Kars, and
only fol the opportune arrival of
SIukhtar Pasha the place might even
then have succumbed to the enemy.
Large quantities of ammunition, both
for small arms and artillery, were
thrown into the place during the months
of July, August. and September, and
the commissariat storehouses were COM
pletely replenished. 1t was dangerously
denuded of troops duringthe occupation
of the Aladja Dagh by the Turkish
army, and mt one time during the great
battle of October II, Mukhtar's com
munications with the place were tenn
porarily severed. The result Of this
great battle completely changed the
Turkish Generals plans. lie was badly
beaten and compelled to fall back, first
upon Kars and then upon Erzeroum.
Kars was at once invested by a strong
Russian force, and finally was captured
hy agrand coup de main.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-12-01
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