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The Arizona sentinel., 1877-12-15
YUMA, A. T.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 1877

for social intercourse were used, tn. fam
 fly even sleeping as well as eating in these
 and placing their valuables in plate, etc.
 in handsome chests therein, out of whiel
 custom grew tho sideboard of later use
 The table-cloths were spread with more
 care upon the boards. Forks. although
 known, cid not come into general Use un. 'tll the 11th century;-knives were not fur.
 nisned, It being the common practice for ! each one to carry his own knife in d sheath
 at his girdle.
 By this time, too, there were various
 rules to govern the behavior at table, as to cleanliness in the using of the hands of the hand that grasped the meat on the platter while cutting off portion with tiie Knife in the other hand. In an old English ballad or poem on etiquette, the guest is told to bring no knife "unskour ed " to the table, not to pick his teeth with the knife, not to roll the napkin into a cord, which shows that napkins were in use, though handkcrchiefs could not have been judging from other rules.
 In the Canterbury Tales are some de- scriptIons of the meals and times and man. her of eating them that are quite curious; they seem to have been a thirsty cnmra any on that journey. The refinement in soc;c- ty i'll the beginning of the l6th, seems not tu have been general, even among the no- bility, and cJarscneSs of habit and speech still prevailed that would shock the 18th century.
 These English" said one of the Span. ! Sh nobies who came into Engl nd with | Philip II, so lat: as 1854, "have their ] houses of sticks and dirt, but they con- nonly fare so well as the King" The low prices of food III those days seem to us Iuite surprising. Froude tells us that
 The best pig or goose could be bought
 PN"NS, |" @OOu N"IOn lOI O UT pence, | hickens a penny, beef half penny 'ound, mutton 3 farthings, sheep at less han {, lambs for 12 pence" There be 1g two fast days in the week, fish was in reat demand and extravagantly dear" crring being at five or six for penny. resh fish were for the wealthy and salted >h brought from Iceland supplied the ta- les of the poor. Previous to the 18th century, the large lbstantial joints o. later times were not 'rved, bat instead great variety of made shes to be eaten with spoon. The nests were di'idtd into grours of four, lown aS d mess, and each >crv, d b, one rvant, about the proportion considered quisite at this tay in arranging our own rgc private dinner parties. From these many made dishes" and absence of r int', we perceive that the vaunted Roast Beef of Old England" is not so an ent as has been supposed.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-12-15

JOSEPH U. CRAWFORD is smart. He writes Texas Pacific letter to the San Diego Union in which he gushes about the n"ble journals" naming them, which have taken the peoples part against the Central Pacific monopoly. Straightway every one of those noble journals reprints Crawford's letter and gives him first class advertisement that he could get in no other way
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-12-15
NO. 36.
How Patterson was Elected.


 He tells the story of his election 10 the Senate in very az: eeable style, with all alluslon to the bribery and corruption of members, of course, left out. He says that Governor Scott was very confident of an election, and Elliott, too, thought his chances good On the night before the election, however, he succeeded in getting nearly all the members of the dark -bied Legislature together at his house, and provided them with banquet The dark ies, he said, must have music, and he had song written specially for their edifica. ton on the occasion, the cl orus of which ran thus:
 And we'll vote for honest John,
 And we'll vote fDr honest 7 ohm,
 And we'll send bim to de Sinit,"
 For six years long
 The night was spent in eating, drinking, singing this song, and getting ready for next days business. Just before the time for the converting of the Legislature the black column moved toward the State House with Patterson at the head "I didn't like to do It." he said, hut man gets hardened in war, and we marched up the Capitol ste?s like c"nquering army. Elliott and Scott stood by. The nigger' turned white, and ScOtt's knees smote to- gether like Belshazzar's. ."-[W Washington Correspondence Pittsburgh Telegraph.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-12-15
NEW YORK paper: MT. Michael O'shaugf

NEW YORK paper: MT. Michael O'Shaugh. EesSy got very much interested in the pc. ruSal oi an expose of Chinese leprosy. He prehend the exact purport of the article. "Lupers, is it" he remarked. "Lepers, is it, that the Chinese are? It's an o:d man I am, begorra! an'I'u bet twinty-foive dol lars that I'll lep agin any Choinaman in tue city. was the foinest leper in County Cork in '37, and I'll tread on the tail of my own coat if I can't lep five-fut hurdle this same minuit"
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-12-15

A SAN FRANCISCO paper says the tele. phone is coming into general use there.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-27
A 'coothpick Plantation.

went down to Smyrna las. week 70
look At horse As WAS riding along
the road with Major Barry We passed a
couple Of fields that were 4 LED with
such Wild. tangled confusion OF bushe.
that they resein bled q jungle
That" said the Major. is Merri.
he~'s Toothpick Plantation"
Il don't understand
You see. Merrihew owre that farm.
and he got along we'll .nough until one
day an idea struck him He came 10
me and he said Barry. I've go, the
biggest ides you ever hear: Of Barry,
says be. there are about eight million
men In this country. aint there Well.
bow many :oothpicks does each man use
in Year, Saw four month, on an
average; that's about fifty a year apiece,
or four hundred millions a year for the
whole nation. Now. wha, is the best
toOthpick in the world. Its thorn
say two inches long, hard, smooth. with
sharp point. and not likely to break
I've got a bush f,.ll Of them on nv
place. and Im going TO grow EN-, fill
the whole farm with EN-, introduce
'em TO the trade, and make NV fortune
so, sure enough. Merribew went to
work and sowed about one hundred and
seventy five acres in those thorn bushes,
aud the next summer he had the aw ful.
est crop Of 'em you ever saw-filled
the whole place. When the thorns
we're gro~h, Merrihew employed TWEEN
ty men to pick 'eni. It took 'em abou,
a month at two dollars day for each
man. That WAS one Thousand dollars.
Then he got the toothpicks tied up in
bundles. and h. sent them to the city.
After shining around for five or six
weeks trying in vain TO sell EN-, q man
offered him fort, dollars for the lot.
and he accepted the bid
The forty dollars just paid his board
bill and carried him home. Two davs
afterward the man had him arrested for
fraud, because the toothpicks poisoned
the mouths of his customers, and the
court made him refund the money and
pay the costs BY the time the case
vas settled the thorn bushes had grown
90 fast that an elephant clad in sheet
iron couldn't have made his way
through one Of the fields aud when
Merrihew got some Of his friends to
come out and advise him what to 90;
they decided that it would cost more to
clear of the land than the property
was worth. and they counseled him to
let it alone. So he did, and now he is
driving a mule team for a man in Smyr.
M at dollar aud half Say. and the
toothpick plantation is going to seed.
The very sight Of ,oothpick SETS Mer.
rihew crazy, anu it's no wonder, is it,"
ANY man who feels an interest in
toothpick culture can find a good open
:-C a~--" ---- c---s-- As-.'.
wants to sell out
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-27

u Th. experience of business
man: Il always prefer dealing With
. rascal to dealing with au hone>i man.
With the former yoG Know what 10 'x-
pecs. bu, you can never tell What the
latter may be up e..
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-27
How Long People Will Live.

We hear much said about the uncer
tainty Of human life, but We are apt Il
ignore the fact that it is only to man
individual existence that this uncer
:ainty attaches. Nothing is more ex
clusively established, for example thar
that the dread re.per's scyths cuts 4
clean swathe over the surface Of The
earth every 33 years. gathering int
eternity, during every century. so to
speak. three full successive crops of hu
mani'y. Thus every year. As it wing'
its fight. takes note Of the death throes
OF thirty million mortsls. Who. at the
rate Of one in every second Of time. OF
ninety thousand each day. sxperieoee Q
change Of worlds Their places are sup
piled by births in equal number. aud
this new growth springs up to meet it,
fate from the same scythe's memorable
sweep. One quarter Of all who are
born die before they are seven years OF
age; only one.half pass their seven.
tesnth year. There is, therefore. . nat.
ural law Of mortality. the operations OF
which. while they may appear sceen-
trio. uncertain ard irregular. ss to in
dividuals, are fixed, systematic and
calculsble whsn applied to mssses or
communities of men.
For instance an English writer has
asserted that out Of 100000 persons
born at any particular time, . certain
number will yield up their life each
year; in other words. the aggregate will
be diminished in an increasing but reg
ulsr proportion till none orc left alive.
Of the entire number named. only one
half will reach IS years Of age: 60.0ll
will live to the age Of q: and out Of
the survivors exactly one in . hundred
will die In the following year. 1897
will live to be 60 years old; and 1871
will die in their sixtieth year. So nice-
ly, as well - frequently. have such OBJ
servstions been made. that rules COM
paratively correct. may even be applied
to large numbers Of people Of the same
age Taking 10000 persons at the age
OF SO. we will find that l52 will die be-
fore reaching So. and so on. 1t is said
that. With reference to the whole pop
ulation of London. the same number Of
deaths by consumption occur in that
city each year, and similar regularity
is confidently predicated Of the various
other contingencies to which life is sub
ject.
.Y- The mother Of . young actress
presents herself to the manager in .
state of intense indignation.
Pretty goings on these = she
cries. Your flower girl brings
bouquet Of flowers t. my daughter, an
innocent child Of seventeen, and says
out loud right before the whole com-
Rsaqp.Ha !Rsq p.Has' 'batMhvhSs S'' sis s' VI. n. Ma hty
louis under her table napkin"
Il will see about that this moment"
sterniy answered the manager that
flower girl shall march out OF this
theater before she is day older"
"Send her away: Isn't that too Sc
we're. Would it not sufficc to lecture
her roundly. and tell her another time
not to speak so loud"
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-27

THE greates trouble With yoang
Amcr,sans IS the, they learn how 20
spend money before they learn how 70
make il.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-27
H. e. HATHAWAY,
ATl'ORNEY-AT-LAW

Win attend 10 business iu al parts Of the Ter.
0tory. Particular attention given 10 Probate
AsttssS. Collection Of Debts and Payment Of Taxes
SEATTLE. W. T.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-27
1Anss hcNAus1R. Joan L8AAY
McNAUGHT & LEARY.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW. S0LICE
TORS IN CIiANCERY, 4 PROC
TORS IN ADMIRALTY.
viii practice In ths District aud Supreme
sIOurts.
Mr.. I~ary will give special astsotion to Col
lactions, ConveyAncing. &c.: also To the purchess
asd sale Of Real Estate.
July llth. 1871. Ulo
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-27
Sands Of Gold.

Virtue is tho greatest ornament and
good sense the best equipase.
Everything We add to our knowledge
adds to our means OF usefulness.
True sensibiliiy leads us to overcome
our own feelings for the good Of others
Truth should never touch our top
calls in compliment to Ignorance or
sophistry.
There are more victims tC errors COM
mitted by society itself than society
supposes.
ISLANDERS are like flies that leap over
al a mans good parts, to light only on
his sores.
Deep is tho JOY Of social science
when we speak not with the loved. but
feel their presence.
Others sometime appear to US more
wrong than they are. because We our-
selves are wrong in Judging them.
1t rarely happens that one artificial
mind can succeed IN forming another
we seldom initiate what we do not love.
Plato. speaking of passionate per
sons. said they are like men who snd
upon their heads; they say all@&Sihg'
the wrong way.
1t 10 one OF the characteristics Of a
good man to dispense literally. and
cn;oy abetemiously the goods he kn ows
he may use and must leave.
| Do not consider time lost that is
| spent in the interchange OF social feel
ing. always provided you neither listen
, TO. nor repeat scandal, in which case IL
ia worse than lost
! A mau Who succeeds TO his father
reputation mus. be greater than he. 'c
bs considered as great but he who sue
ceeds 10 his fathers riches. will have e
, encounter no such deduction
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-27

iFovmsrly pupil Of Rir Wm. Jennsr and Sir II. .
Thomson. Coart Physician and Surgeon. London ]
OrflCE- -Frsusnthai Building. cor. Of Com
m~rcisl street.
nENl OENCE-- Occidental Hotel ;elm
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-27

OUx BOAT had stopped to take in
some wood. On the shore was - re-
marisblv stupid looking fellow, with
bis hands iu pockets snt his under lip
hanging down.
A dandy. ripe for Scsapc. mods and
~inks all .rouud. saying.
Now. I'll have some fun. III
frighten the 9resnhorn."
BE jumped ashore with large drawn
bowie knife. and brsndishel IN the face
Of the green "un." exclaim,ug
Now I'll punish you-l'yc been
looking for you for a week
The fellow stared s'up'dly AZ bis a.
ssilsn,; be evidently did not know
enough 10 be scared. bat 80 the bowie
knife came near his face. one Of his fists
suddenly vsca,e,i his pocket, and fell
bard aud heavy between the eyes OF 'ht
dandy, and the poor fellow was found
erirg in the Ohio.
Greeny Jumped OF board our boat
pu; his hands in hi. pockets, and, look
ing around. said
Maybe there. somebody else thar
been looking for NE for s~ecs
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18

0S TRIAL.-The case Of the People VS..
De Young is on trial before the County
Court OF Fl Dorado county. y great
deal of interest Is manifested in the pro-
ceedings. and every incident of the trial
j, telegraphed to the daily papers. 1t is
probable that this trial will be the last of
= c iminal character instituted against
the Chronicle proprietors, but Mr.. Sar-
e It, against whom the libel was chiefly
published, will seek redress by civil ac-
G)n for damages in tho Courts Of San
Francisco county. We have faith IN
Sargent that the accusations OF self con.
fs+cd villain such rs Pinney begin to
1,nnot shake but We have believed
f.om the first that the course he took, of
attempting 10 procure indictments against
the alleged sIanderers in other counties
than the one where they resided was IN
judicious. 1t looked more like perse-
cution than desire TO obtain Justice,
though we believe it strictly legal right
watch Mr.. Sargent had But where so
much depends upon appearances, it is
wei enough not to give anything n wrong
appearance, and that was done by the in
s,itution Of suits in several places Mt once.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18

HCMB1LDT NoNuNATIoNs- Both par
ties have made their nominations in
Humb ldt county. The principal CON
lost will be upon The Office of Sheriff -
The Republicans have nominated j. G.
Bull, the present incumbent, and the
Democrats r. NJ. Brown formerly Sher-
itf Of klamath county. Brown was very
popular when in office and will poll n
large vote in that part of Humboldt
county which formerly belonged to Kla-
nath. Bull is popular in all respects
save one-people are inclined to blame
him for carele-sness in permitting Bos
qui to escape. The Democratic platform
'n!prses Hayes, their convention has
nominated some 'aIf and 'af Republi
cans for Office, and it looks to us as
tn III sh the only principle the "grand old
party" has in TINT county is TO try and
snatch m office or two for some Of its
hungry members.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18

HORRORS OF THE FAMINE INDIA
The Times Bellary correspondent, de-
cribiny the eff cts of the famine in South
srn lhdia, snys the great bulk orthe peo
pie are now omaciatcd their ribs are
sticking out in painful prominence and
their skins coy, red with the dirty looking
dsiiguraton Of the cuticle described in
the Irish famine of '46 by Dr. Donovan,
apec ilar famine eruption.
The Superintendent of Relief Opera
lions in Adori reports that II journey over
on Of his roads showed that it rosembled
'he path Of a great battle in the mum bers
"t the dead and dying. If the people had
been smittcn by local outbreak of chol-
eia in ordinary times they would have
fled from the works md never returned,
hni so severe il the pressure for food that
none could afford to leave the works and
lose their pay even for single day.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18

THK report of the Turkish victory at
Plevna was officially denied, but there is
little room to doubt but the Russian for
ccs have met with serious reverses. Re
Inducements are being hurried forward
by the Car, and levy OF the landwehr
ordered. The Turk fights we'll and with
caution, and some of the papers are dis
cussing the possibilities of an early peace.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18

TIE SPREAD OF CIyILIzATIoN.-W We
believe philosophers have advanced the
theory that suicide almost invariably in
dicatos sort Of insanity, and that none
but partly civilized people have mind
enough 10 become insane. So when we
rsa in The Petaluma ArgI@ that Indian
Pete had committed suicide by shooting
himself with revolver We are forced to
The conclusion that the Sonoma county
Indians are on tho high road to civiliza.
ton. We shall DO sure Of it when we
hear that disappointment in love is what
causes it.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18

CoNFLIc11NG reports come to us from
the Idaho Indian war. The command of
Colonel Gibbons had an engagement with
the hostles, which was hotly contested on
both sides. Sixty soldiers and citizens
were killed wounded, among the lat
ter Gibbons himself, who was shot in the
leg. Forty dead bodies of Indmns were
counted on the field, but they remained
masters Of the situation.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18

VINO FIRST THoUamr or IT I've
'ei the Sonoma Democrat, ike our
Trinity Democratic Convention puts
'orlh tho bright idea that the Republicans
ARE responsible for the late riots at the
Esst. We thought ut the time that the
gam OF thought was too pure to have its
'rigin in these secluded mountains and it
others us moro to think that thoro are
Two minds in the State capable Of con-
ceiving it. Probably it was communica-
ted hy correspondence. in which case it
would be interesting to know to whom
the luminous idea first occurred.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18

WIEN THE BLOSSOMS COVER Us OAR.
LIN0.-This is the name OF another o: the
popular Charlie Bakers new songs can be
had from any music dealer in the United
States, or from the publisher, F. w.
Helmick, No. 50 West Fourth Street,
Cincinnati. o., by sending 40 cents.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18
Dissolution Notice.

THE PARTNERSHIP heretofore
existing between the undersigned un-
der the firm name of Earl Il Steinmi!er
is this day dissolved by mutual consent
A, Il. Earl having purchased all partner
ship effects. Mr.. Enrl will collect ont.
standing accounts and settlea,l indebted
ness of the old firm.
j.. STETNMILLER.
A. r. EARL.
Douglas City, Aug. 10, 1877, I'm.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18

Mr.. O'CoXNoR. Of South Carolina, n
Democratic contestant for seat in Com
gress, b b,rrowed $500 in grecnbacks of
tLo State Bank of that State and returned
the principal and interest in State bank
uptcs, worth from eighteen 70 twenty
FIVE cents on the dollar.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18

THE blood thirsty Modocs seem to be
doing very well. They have plenty of
grub" no work and good climate
This realizes the Indians idea Of heaven,
and what does any man want more than
that.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18

BRowN's VALLEY, Yuba county, is n
happy town. A Correspondent informs
the Marysviile Appeal that tho place
contains no hoodlums and has no Chinese
wash houses to destroy.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18
VOU ARE HEREBY REOUIRED

YOU ARE HEREBY REQUIRED
i to appear in an action brought against
you by the above named Plaintiff IN the
District Court OF the Ninth judicial Dis
trict of the State of California in and for
the County of Trinity, and to answer the
complaint filed therein, within ten days
exclusive Of the day Of scrvice) after the
service on you of this summOns-if served
within tins county; or, If served out Of
this county but in this district within
twenty days otherwise, within forty days
or judgment by default will be taken
against you according to the prayer OF
said complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain a
decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony
existing between the said Plaintiff aud
said Defendant, that she be decreed to be
entitled to the care and custody of the
minor children Of the Plaintiff aud De-
iendnnt to the whole Of their co.,mon
property, and for general relief upon the
causes Of action stated in the Complaint
on file herein, reference to which is hereby
made for more particular statement.
And you are hereby notified that if you
fail to appear and answer the said com
plant, as above required, the said Plain
tiff viii apply to the Court for the relief
therein demanded.
Given under my hand and the Seal Of
the District Court Of the Ninth judicial
District of the State of California, in and
for the County of Trinity, this nth day
of August, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy
seven,
*---* ASA TAYLOR, Clerk.
BY Il. f. Finn,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18
Weaverville, = August IS, 1877.
BUSINESS NOTICE.

All communications pertaining to the Bust
mes: or Editorial management of the JouRSAL
shsuld be addressed TO C. W. CRAIG, "TRlS-
ny JouRSAL." Weaverville, Cal.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18
at'sskly Trinity 9ournal.
OUR AGENTS {:
THE "TRINITY JOURNAL" being

THE "TRINITY JOURNAL" being
connected with the Associated Country Press
Of the Pacific Coast. will receive advertise
Inents through no other San Francisco Agent
than the Agency of said Association. Office
~ Montgomery Street.
GEO. Il. ROwELL d CO., 40 Park
Row. are our only authorized Agents in New
York City
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18

THE grangers sre coming into town
with their hay "crap."
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, J
GnI = .rN. ~. IIn1A.r.r.. w.

STATE OF CAL!FoRNIA, :,
COUNTY OF TRINITY, N.Y.
On this 7th day of August. A. ID. 1877,
before me, f. w. Young, Notary Pub
lie, PERSONAL ~ appeared Isaac Pincus and
Julius kaczinsky, known to me to be the
persons whose names are subscribed to
the within Instrument and who acllnowl-
edged to me that they executed the same.
+. w. YOUNG,
Notary Public.
" \ True Copy"
ASA TAYLOR. Clerk.
I'm. BY b. f. Finn, Dptx.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Summons.

In the DISTRICT COURT OF the
Ninth Judicial District of the
State of California. En and Tor
the County of Trinity,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18
tIe Twenty Second
day of AUGUST, a. II, 1877,

at Il O'Clock a. NJ, at the Court Room of
said Court, mt the Court House in said
County of Trinity, has been fixed for
hearing the said return, when and where
any person interested in sad Estate may
appear and file written objections to the
continuation Of said sale, and may be
heard anG may produce witnesses in sup
port Of his objections.
ASA TAYLOR, Clerk.
Dated, August 9th, 1877. I'd.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-08-18

The People Of the state Of CaEfo,n5a
semi GfectiD9 To CHARLES
HARTMAN, Dcfenddnt: