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Water Pine.

While the attention OF the people OF this
coast Is attracted to the question OF obtain
ing proper and sufficient supply Of water,
not only for domestic and manufacturing
purposes, but for use in irrigating the soil,
1t Is but right that some attention should be
paid to the proper means of conducting the
water, wher found, to the spot where 1t Is to
be put in use. Itis well known that for many
years iron pipes were supposed TO be the
only safe and proper conduIts through which
either water or gas could safely be conduct
ed but science and time has demonstrated
beyond doubt that pipe made Of a combi-
nation Of wood, iron and asphaltum, is not
only cheaper, but far better and more dura-
BILE.
Nearly twenty years ago the manufacture
OF this pipe was commenced In the city of
Elmra, New York, and miles OF 1t laid of
both water and gas, where 1t is, to-day, as
sound as when first put into the ground.
In several OF the streets where 3 and inch
mains have, after eighteen years use, been
found insufficient for the increased popula-
tion, and been taken up to be replaced with
larger pipe, not sign of decay has been
visible.
Mr.. George NJ Divin, formerly managing
director OF the Erie Railway Company, and
one of the principal owners in the Elmira
Water Company, and NJ. s. Benjamin, Presl-
dent, unite in a letter containing these
words:
"The Wyckoff Combination Pipe is as sound
after sixteen years use as II was the day II
was laid. We can imagine no reason why
this pipe will not last a hundred years as
we'll"
From scores Of cities and towns just as
strong endorsements have been voluntarily
given. Mr.. John Brawley, Superintend-
ent Ho!ydaysburg Water Works, Pa,
writes: ave have had it in useA under l7C
feet pressure for sixteen years, and find II
perfectly sound" From Lockport, New York;
Augusta, Maine; Bellalne, Ohio; Saginaw,
Michigan; Ramapo, New York; Centralia,
Pennsylvania Chicago, Illinois; Salt Lake;
the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and
twelve other principal railroad companies in
the East, the most convincing testimonials
, 1877-12-07

inch pipe per day with four men, and that
In all ways, tapping, laying, ETC., the expense
is far less than iron pipe. That this pipe
must eventually come into general use there
can be no doubt, for II possesses the follow
ing advantages over any pipe in the world:
most durable Of all pipes-practlcaliy imper.
ishable; Sd, IL neither expands nor contracts,
and corrosion is impossible; 4th, 1t 10 more
easily laid-can be tapped with an ordinary
auger; 5th, it is more easily handled-lighter
In weight and perfectly tight; 9th, 1t Is not
liable to get out OF order; 7th, 1t need not be
laid so deep, and in cold climates will not
freeze 80 quickly; Sth, when used for water
1t neither tastes OF, or can be affected by
chemical ingredients; 9th, when used for gas
1t prevents condensation.
Descriptive books, with full information,
can be obtained by addressing AMERICAN
PlPE COMPANY, No. % California street, San
Francisco
, 1877-12-07
Honey.

A man in Sprague, Conn.,, during the
last summer noticed bees going from the
caves of his house, and returning loaded
with honey. Last week he took a few
clapboards from the house, and Sc
cured seventy-fve pounds of honey in
the comb. In California the bees hide
their stores of honey in crevices in the
rocks in some places. That State is the
great honey region. Immense fields of
natural flowers cover its soil in many
parts. The past year, however, by reason
of the want of rain, the flowers have not
grown. The bees, in the dearth of flow
ers, have made little honey, and accord
ingly are brought face to face with the
prevalent problem of the day, show to
live" In the excavations made in the
mountain region in building the South
ern Pacific railway, great stores of honey
were found in assures and sheltered places
in the rocks, revealed in some cases by
blasts in working the rock for the road
way.
A convention of bee keepers in the
United States was held in this city last
week. They represented constituency
estimated at 100000 persons, keeping
seventy-five millions of bees producing
honey to the value of seven million OF
dollars yearly.--7hs Stakeholder, NSU
York.
, 1877-12-07
Purchasing A0encv.

Ladies who are desirous OF having goods
purchased for them in San francisco can do
80 by addressing Mrs. w. Fl. Ashley, who
Will send samples Of goods for their inspec-
tion and approval. Would say that am an
experienced dress maker, and have the ad.
vantage OF buying at wholesale, and would
give my patrons the benefit Of same. Goods
purchased and sent c. o. D. Send for Cir.
cular. Any information in regard to styles
cheerfully given. Would add that have
hrst-class establishment for Dress-making,
and am prepared to execute country orders
with dispatch. Address MRS w. II. ASHLEY,
l20 Sutter street Room 81 San Francisco.
, 1877-12-07

PHYSICIANS Of high standing unhesitating-
ly give their Endorsement to the use OF the
Graefenberg- Marshalps Catholicon for all fe-
male complaints. The weak and debilitated
find wonderful relief from constant use of
this valuable remedy. Sold by all druggists.
S150 per bottle,
, 1877-12-07

COLDS AND CoUGHs-.Sudden changes OF eli.
mate are sources Of Pulmonary and Bronchi-
al affections. Take at once "Bro,oa's Bronchi-
al 7roches," lei the cold, cough, or irritation
Of the throat be ever 80 slight.
, 1877-12-07

CURE FOR SORE THRoAT.-Rub the throat
with Trapper's Indian Oil until red then bind
on flannel until saturated with II, and in the
morning it is gone
, 1877-12-07

w. sHAEFFER s. cos GREEN SEAL
CIGARS are made from finest Havana To-
bacco. 323 Sacramento ST., San Francisco.
, 1877-12-07

AN old lady with large family, living
near river, was asked If she did not live
in constant fear that some of her chill
dren would be drowned. "Oh, no." she
replied; 1--WE have only lost three or four
in that way"
, 1877-12-07

WE should not be too hasty in bestowSS
ing either our praise or our censure on
mankind, since we shall often find such
a mixture of good and evil in the same
character that it may require very &C
curate judgment and very elaborate in
quiry to determine on which side the bal
ance turns Fielding.
, 1877-12-07

OLD minds are like old horses; you
must exercise them if you wish to keep
them in working order.
, 1877-12-07

For all your lameness, aches and pains,
gout, rheumatism, bruises, sprains, for collie
cramps, or bad attack of sore throat, stiff
joints, and lame back, use ABOLITION Oil.
, 1877-12-07

THERE are 1000 lodges of knights of
Pythias in the United States, with total
membership of 100000.
, 1877-12-07

FALL styles Of "Domestic" Paper Fashions--new and
beautiful designs. Send stamp for catalogue %
Post street, San Francisco.
, 1877-12-07

USE Burnham's Abietine fer Group, colds,
sore throat and hoarseness.
, 1877-12-07

USE Burnham's Abietlne for rheumatism
and neuralgia.
, 1877-12-07

CARDS, 81; Cabinets, 81 per doE. PEOPLES ART
GALLERY, "a Third street, San Francisco.
, 1877-12-07

THE first newspaper advertisement ap-
neared in 1862.
, 1877-02-03

1t is anticipated that the population
of Russia in 1883 will amount to 90
OO0,OO0. At the last census there were
SJ,00O,000, appOrtioncd among religions
as follows: j0,0OO,0O0 Greek Church,
100000 Roman Catholics, 4,OOO.OOO
Protestants, 100000 Jews, 100000
MOImmmedans.
In the Georgia and Tennessee cyclone
recently, every house in Rutlpdgc, Ga, Il
village OF 800 inhabitants, was blown
down, the railroad depot being left
standing alone.
The donkey in Cincinnati who whip
ped the loness has been cast into the
shade 10y n squirrel which killed rattle
snake, i'll that city the other day, after Il
desperate struggle.
There is n monastery IN Turkey inhab,
ited by twenty-three monks, who have
mt seen woman since infancy, and one
OF them tells nm interviewer that he can
form no idea what woman is like.
Gen. Crook says that Indians make the
best cavolrymcn in the world. o
A big snow bank in Rutland, Vermont,
was carried into the boiler room of Il
factory and melted, in order to find u
valuable ring that a woman had lost
A thousand dollars has been spent in
litigation about the ownership of Gin
cinnati dog. The dog won the case, and
left for parts unknown.
There are not less than one hundred
and sixty different religious denomina-
tons in the United States.
A woman dressed herself as a boy in
Richmond, for the purpose of begging
without being recognized, and she made
such pretty fellow that her pecuniary
success with the ladies was astonishing.
The Chicago school census, just com
pIeted indicates that the population of
that city is about 407 ,65l.
DR., Dio Lewis has been heard from
again. He says that no man should eat
more than two cold mince pies Just be
fore going to bed.
, 1877-02-03
In October next the question of won

In October next the question of WON
on's suffrage will, by the new constitu-
.inn of Colorado, he submitted to Il
ropular vote. Mrs. Margaret W. Camp.
hell has the credit Of doing the most
towards securing this action.
Dom Pedro was invited 10y the Khc-
dive OF Egypt to paltake of his hospi-
rltv, but the metcoric Emperor sml.
indy declined, and announced his
prefcrrncc for II pubic inn, where he
could pay for what he got and feel
independent.
If you are tired of city business and
It's small profits, You might 90 to log
,dpg in Minnesota, where hands get 81
a month.
The Coleman sawmill, in Seattle, dur,
the past year has been averaging about
$1,000 feet Of lumber per day, and Civ
ing employment to 35 men.
The vessel now in the stocks at Port
Ludlow, is the seventeenth. She will be
$40 feet in length, 13 feet deep, and
over 80 in breadth. Her frames are up
and the greater part OF her planking
done.
1t is only by labor that thought can
be made healthy, and only by thought
that labor can be made happy, and the
two cannot be separated with impunity.
Washington City is full OF pickpock'
cts (No disrcspcct to Congrcss.)
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-29

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the esae- y9~, th.s v~ ere gnsss.
ne snaIl. Il yos passse. h~gia an
other dance IN wh,rh ] val he y01r
vis-a-vis," and. without ssying zscre,
he put up his pistol and drew
his sword.
The officer, satisfied with the
lesson he had received, and judging
better OF the man whom hs had 90
grossly insulted, extended his hand
amicably. The other received it,
ana the pair parted friends.
1t is no story we have been telling,
but q true account of an incident in
the early life OF DR.. Edward Young,
the melancholy author of Night
Thoughts" to whom, more than g
hundred and fifty years ago, in the
manner we have described, q bluster-
ing son of Mars was indebted for " A
Dancing Lesson"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-29

After nineteen hundred years o
civilization and one hundred years o.
liberty, we have come to this. Ou1
so-called statesmen cannot devise q
system which will prevent the re-
currence OF panic, bankruptcy and
widespread ruin every decade. They
cannot devise q system which viii
protect the laborer in the possession
of the fruits of his toll. They can.
not devise a system which will keep
a woman and her child from starv-
ing in the middle of q city which
boasts of its wealth by hundreds Of
millions. They cannot invent
system which will rescue poor child
rem from the monster ignorance
and its mate crime.
This is the confession of the nine.
teeth century. This is the humil-
iating Acknowledgement which
stares in the face those who mourn
over their own niseries and the mis-
fortunes of their fellow-creatures.
This is the saddest of all commen-
taries upon our- civilization.
II would seem ttsxt mankind ia
destined to pass alternately through
periods of light and darkness. A
great mind lights up tho world
and all see clearly as in the noon
day sun. The darkness comes and
there is progress but retrogression.
We are now in q period of darkness.
Our statesmen stand stupid and
powerless before the great questions
Of the hour. They declare when
called upon by suffering millions that
there is no remedy. That physical
misery is the lot of man, and that it
is useless to seek after the impossi-
BILE. They assert that no financial
system can be devised which will re-
lieve society from these ever recur-
ring panics-these constant losses
through vicious monetary laws. The
sum total of all their wisdom is con-
tanned in this declaration,
According to their theory it is
wrong to seek after any higher civ
ilization than that which we already
possess. They do not pretend to
dispute the evils under which we
labor. They can suggest no remedy.
These are the men who are called
statesmen. but who are only pol
iticians. These are the men to whom
the people have been looking fol
assistance during the past years OF
adversity. and from whom they have
received stones when asking fo'
bread. Yet the citlx~us Who hzv.
rno~: NJ stake nnd tho1e whose veTl
exi~sen@e srp~n&s upoa q hrttsi
orsssr & ihz~<s. zr~ sssl1SwzE< are
tA~-~ F-aasrd b~~a~r~ TDs ssrz-
lx@~Aszx th@ h&zB4
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-29

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el>2,.g ~ esA and raeAly susas
eAsreA. TIA Sra ~r~<<<s2 N M<xsna.
whsrA seAndis sSxzns ons ssl~ II a
and q krst - sAk<n O. . E.ars q the
eakkssarzl ifseh. II desr.rfs euusl-
ersh1y from the grandeur of the u..ia
building, which soald otherws~s be
very imposing. II Was founded in
l69s. and kniAhsd jus, ninety years
after, st . cost, while considering
that labor wss bat oue-ffth its pre-
ssnt value in the United States. of
about ~ ,000, 900. Its towers are
over three hundred feet in height.
and are hung with q great number
Of bells. 1t has main entrances. with
grand old carved doors. nearly forty
feet square, with two smaller sizes
Get into them. There are three main
rooms Of the cathedrals, paved with
stone. The roof of solid masonry is
supported by twenty stone pillars,
with cross section of the form of
two fguree SIS supported across
each other and eight feet across.
The main altar is very imposing and
rich in statuary, columns of lapizlaz-
uli. gold and paintings. It is con-
nected with the choir by double
hAlustrAde in bronze of more than
300 feet in length if measured in q
straight line. This would be con-
sidersd heavy work in wood, and is
no rich in alloy OF precious metals
that the church has been offered
similar one in solid silver in exchange
for it.
There are not less than thirty deep
and lofty alcoves or inches, each con-
tanning numerous shrines tothe vari-
ous saints. enriched with q multi
tude ofstatuary, paintings and carved
work, with masses Of gliding Of
febul01e richness. There Secesses
'sisSsssa Wy Ysst1n hsgnt, xishIks'
entire surface of their sides and arched
roofs canvassed with paintings,
frescoes and gilded carvings. There
are not less than sixty private affairs
and shrines, q great number of or
gans, thirty confessional chairs, and
nearly q thousand oil paintings.
Although all look old and dusty,
the display of wealth is astonish-
ing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-29

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-29

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-29
A Musical Mountain.

A gentleman who has been taking
look among the old abandoned
mines of Truckee District, made q
critical examination of the musical
mountain, of which q good deal was
heard some years ago, when the
mines were first discovered. Some
fthe early miners pitched their tents
at the foct of4he mountain, and were
not little surprised and puzzled at
hearing during the quiet hours OF
the night, tinkling sounds that SEEM
ed to pervade the whole atmosphere,
coming from they could not tell where.
The sounds were not unlike those Of
small music box. At times they
supposed that the sounds were caused
by the wind playing among the twigs
on the side of the mountain, but they
sfound that this solution would NET
answer, rs the same bushes were
found everywhere, while the musical
sounds were heard nowhere else than
on the side of the mountain at the
foot of which they were camped.
They spent much time in scouting
about and listening of nights and
quiet hours during the day, and at
last tracked the strange sounds to Il
bed of small pieces Of rock that
covered the slope of the mountain.
These bits of rock were found to be
quite sonorous, aud the miners con-
cluded that the sounds they emitted
were caused by the action of the
wind among them.
The gentleman who recently visited
the mountain says he went to it ex-
pecting to find it q good deal of a
humbug, but found it much more of
a curiosity than he had anticipated;
the mingled tinklings much resem-
bled the sounds of an molian harp,
and frequently attaining startling
degree of loudness and distinctness.
The sounds seem to rise and fall, ap-
proach and recede, as though caused
or governed by the wind. On close
examination it was found that the
small flakes of rock covering the
mountain possessed n large per cent.
OF iron. This iron is supposed to lie
magnetic, and there appears to lie
constant motion among the chips Of
II, whsch appear to cover the ground
to the d~rth Of several feet in uazsy
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-29

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-29

JOSEPH IS ELOQUENT UNDER DEFEAT.
Lieut.. Wood, Assistant Adiutant
General to General o. q. Howard,
who was in Washington, on the 18th
ult., gives the following as Chief
Joseph's speech on his surren-
der to General Miles: Tell Gener.
az Howard I know his heart. What
he told me before. have it in my
heart. I am tired fighting. Our
chiefs are killed. Looking Glass
is dead. The old men are all dead.
It is the young men who say yes or
no. He who led on the young men
is dead. It is cold and wet; we
have no blankets. The little chill
dren are freezing to death. My
people, some of them, have run
away to the hills and have no
blankets, no food. No one knows
where they are-perhaps freezing
to death. / want to have time to
look for NV children and see how
MANY Of them I can fnd- Nav be
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-04-04

An Army Scandal
TIE GALLANT MAJOR RENO IN AN UN
GALLANT ROLE.

A scandal in which Major Marcus
A. Reno, of the Seventh Cavalry,
Clusters regiment,) is the principal
figure is now the talk of army circles.
The matter has progressed so far
that Major Reno is being court-mar
tailed at St. Paul, Mimi, for conduct
unbecoming gentleman. The I'M
becoming conduct is said to consist
in amorous proposals by the Major
to the wife of another officer-Capt.
Bell, Of the same regiment, The
first advances were made in Novem
Der last, as reports goes, at Fort Blu.
ford. The lady resented and inform
ed her husband of the insult. Bell at
once bruited the matter about, and
threatened to raise Reno's hair
Reno thereupon reported it about
that Bells wife was not fit person
for other army ladies to associate
with. The whole affair was officially
reported, and both the officers were
placed under arrest, so.they could not
do each other, any bodily injury
The Post Commander reported the
matter to Washington. A strictly
private investigation was ordered
from General Sheridan's headauar.
tiers. The investigation resulted in
the convocation Of general court.
martial by order from the Secretary
Of War, Cameron. /. Breyet Major
General Hazen, Colonel Of the Sixth
United States Infantry, was appoint
ed President, and Capt. P. T. Hughes,
of the Third United States Infantry,
of General Terry's staff, Judge ,Ad-
yocate of the Court. The Court con-
vened on the 9Th inst, and proceed
ed with, its star chamber examina-
ton so that the scandal would not
reach the outer world. The affair
becomes of greater interest when it is
remembered that Major Reno, the
chief actor in this disreputable army
episode, figured conspicuously in the
newspaper annals of the Custer mas
sacre. Captain Bell, the other party
so closely connected with the affair,
was at this time Lieutenant on re-
cruiting service, and received his
promotion to a Captaincy by the
death of his comrades on the from
tier. Major Reno's wife, whom he
married at Harrisburg, Penn, recent
Iy died. Mrs. Bell was married about
three years ago. aa .