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IN England and in civilized Europe
b!oodshed, except for money, is I'M
known. The Catholic, like all Chris
tan societies, prohibits it. The pow
erful worldwide Masonic and Odd
Fellows societies are sworn against it.
Members of these latter institutions
cannot, on any terms, fight one another.
The country's laws and the intervention
Of the church or these associations are
substituted by civilized peoples for the
knife and pistol. Here, however, unless
public opinion declare itself different
ly, might makes right. The worse the
man the greater his power and broader
his rights, and society must resolve it.
self into anarchy, and blood and bru
tality constitute the only code.
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THERE were no trsmps when silver
dimes ana hslf-doIlars and dollars were
the currency Of the country. When
these coins were distributed every
where among the people and were
abundant, merchants and bankers were
not encnmbered as to-day with the
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Squari
WE are taking MexIcan dollars A. M

WE are taxing Mexican dollars at par
for subscriptions to the STATESMAN.
Where clubs of five remit from one
postoflice $40 will foot the bill for five
copies Of the weekly STATESMAN. A
single subscriber must pay 50. so.
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Alaska Seal Sacques, from S65 90 up.
Alaska Seal Mufs. from 5000 up.
Alaska Seal Ioas, from 500 up.
Mink Mufs and Boa from i2.L0 q set, upward
silk Fur-ned Garments. from 5000
Alaska Sable Sets, from $3.50 ,
A good set Of furs MS low as 1900
81 SET 0F FURS Is 4 SCITABLE AZ WELL
AS SEASoNABLE HOLIDAY PRESENT.
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The New Ham Pshire Republican
Convention squAreiy Endorsed Presi-
dent Hayes's administration, aud one
OF It's prominent members Endorsed
William E. Chandler as q political
vagabond and tr.mp. The convention
nominated an avoEed supporter of
Hayes. He has been elected bv 4
slightly reduced majority, in which
Chambers total forca as an aopie OF
diScora IA shown. lie does not seem
to haYe shown much more power 81
the polls than IN the Republican cox
ventloa-
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WE INVITE ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOW
ING DEPARTMENTS OF OUR ESTABLISHMESTs.
THE LOW PRICES AT WHICH OUR GOODS ARE
MARKED. AVE SpEClAL REFERENCE TO THE
HOLIDAY SEASON, AND BARGAINS WILL BE
FOUND THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE, THIS SEA-
SONS EXPECTATIONS GIVING Us AN UN-
EQUALED STOCK OF GOODS.
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shades, commencing as low rs 75c. per yard,
and at 81 80 quality Of last At 81 %
Fancy BrOche ana DamaSsc Figures Of the new
Paris shades, from s3.Gu upwards. Trimming Sarins
at 81 10, worth 81 %.
THE PRICES AT WHICH WE OFFER OUR SILKS
ARE ONE-QUARfER To oNE-flIIRD LESS
THAN LAST SEASON.
~ A SILK DRESS is A HANDSOME H0LI-
DAY PRESENT
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Shawls. Nant,es and Wrans.

India Valley Cashmere Shawls from AGO 90 up
India Filled Centers at $50.0h and up
Real Dacca, Chedia and Striped India Shawls
new designs, from $1,000 upwart.s Also, full lines
British, French and German Shawls in beautiful
new styles, OF the best and most reliable manu-
facture. Paris NANTES aad Cloass Of the latest
modes from $1,000 up and Berlin from $500.
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2 IN DRESS GAAnS

there is richer display Of colorings and brilliant
effects this season Than for many years past.
The mixed COSTUME CLOTHS range in price
from zoe. yard to 1890, and on low-prced DRESS
GOODS, from Toe. yard mp, many of them being
as elective the heavier fabscs
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Ladies', Misses, aud Children'S Hosiery from
S1.5O dozen, up to the finest goods. All the
newest and prettest designs In Hosiery are repre-
scented in our stock in silk, Cotton and Merino
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Fine Hinder CjofI,in0
HHSTERV

These departments embrace everything pertain
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Lord 4 rayIOr's Kid Gloves, buttons warranted
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ALSO,
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has been run into the ground in Mon
tague county. A justice rode to Eagle
Point to hold court and stayed all
night. Ae found his mule the next
morning hanging to a tree in the vicin-
ity, dead.
The fellow who chews brick dust,
expectorates blood, and thus dying,
draws tears and niCkels from innocent
sympathizers was doing Bonham not
long ago. He calls himself an sold
soldier" and nobody should doubt
this much of ais story.
What has become of Issac Morris.
who, not long ago, was teaching Eng
lish grammar in Northeastern Texas
towns2 We have a paper from that
quarter whose ''deviln is sadly in need
OF instructions in the structure and
philosophy of the English language.
d. d. Smith, Esq, of Bonham, the
successor of Howard Sawyer as D.
Appieton & Co.'s agent in Texas, was
welded last week 70 Miss Maggie
Brsdford, of Beloxi, Mississippi We
Rlay soon expect new volume Of the
extensive encyclopedias OF Smiths.
The people of Brennan were willing
to invest in the. Santa Fe Railroad up
ON condition that the directory would
contract to carry freight from Bren--
ham to Galveston lower than the Cen
trail. Mr.. Kopperl would not agree 70
this, and the people OF Brenhsm would
not subscribe.
The telegram is satisfied that Buff
falo Bayou win, before many years, be
deepened to Houston so as 10 bring
Morgan's steamers to the wharves of
the city. Judgment Is coming, too,
and so IA the Santa Fe railroad, II Holy
WHIT and the Galveston Nelrs are to be
credited.
The Comanche Chg says: 'sThe
trn3ps are 10 be removed from Fort
RichaFdaon, and Mr.. 10 will have
things his 6HR way on the Texas fron-
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-06

How Bob INGERsoLL SAVED HIS LIFE.
An ex soldier, residing in Omaha,
Neb., has written to the Bee Of that city
a brief communication, contradicting a
charge OF eowardice made against Col
onel Robert G.. Ingersoll by ono Of the
local clergymen. He writes: AS to their
difference on theological questions have
nothing to say al present, but when the
reverend doctor tries to prove him a
coward by saying that he resigned his
Coonels1rp in the face of the enemy, l
must emphatically protest against such a
foul slander Of Colonel lngersoPs war
record. Colonel Ingersell fought man
fully until overpowered and compelled to
surrender, but not until one of Forest
men had him covered wlh gun and
had drawn bead on him, Ingersoll sang
out, Hold on there What do you
want to shoot me for? | have been re-
cognizing your old con federacy for the
last two minutes p When Ingersol
was exchanged his horse was returned to
him by the Rebel General with the re
mark that he was the man that saved his
life by joke,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-06

A PLACE hunter in Prussia, having
asked Frederick the Great for the grant
OF some rich Protestant bthopric, the
King expressed his regrets that it was
already given away, but broadly limited
that there was Catholic abbacy at his
disposal. The applicant managed to bo
converted in week, and be received in
to the bosom ofthe Catholic Church; after
which he hastened TO his friend the King,
and told him how his conscience had
been enlightened. ''Ah I" exclaimed
Frederick, how terribly unfortunate l
have given away the abbacy. But the
Chief Rabbi is just dead, and the syns-
gogue is at my disposal; suppose you turn
rabbi %
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-06
NUMBER 27.

serious accident after so much preparation
While l was standing on the platform,
thinking whether | had better warn the
passengers to hold themselves ready fora
shock. Jake came forward dragging after
him two large petroleum cans, each OF
which would hold quarter Of tarrel of
oil.
Nov, then, said Jake to me, II you
will oil ono side of the track, will the
other
" saw at once what his plan was. Wo
each brought the mouth OF an oil can as
near to the polished surface OF the rail as
possible and commenced pouring on it
kerosene. In less than minute half
mile Of the iron rails on both sides was
nicely oiled, and as slippery as the tongue
of Hebrew dealer in secondhand
clothes"
"You have raised my expectations oea
catastrophe so high that you have been
obliged to grease the track so as to let
them down again easily" said l, for
felt n little nettled at the unexpected turn
the story had taken, and was inclined 10
believe that the conductor was drawing
largely upon his imagination for the facts.
"Why, don't you know that an engine
can no more make Roadway on a creased
track than tomeat can climb steep
roof covered with ice ?" said the conduc-
tor, with a plying glance at one SO pro-
foundly ignorant of railroad matters AS
myself. "I slapped Jake on the back,
and said, odd follow, your 'cuteness has
brought us all out OF bad scrspe.'
"ln few seconds the lantern Of tho
train behind us was getting dim In tho
distance. We slackened speed and back
cd down to see what the matter was with
5impson,' as Jake said. There stood tho
old Ben Franklin putting aud snorting
and paving like mad bull, the driving
wheels buzDing around on the creased
track like al possessed, but not gaining
an inch We sanded The track and bore
down upon tho old machine, Jake WAS tho
first aboard, spelling for good chance Ut
! AhO VhhibNtl hpihl'oNHs Dub elku VI MI
engineer, fireman, or any other living be
ing, was to bo found. The engine had
only u tender attached and, although
there was still full hend of steam on,
the fire was getting low. We made abort
work in pushing pack TO Lakeland, We
reached tho station, and got fairly upon
the switch when the Greenport train,
which we should meet there, came in.
and were waiting as if nothing had hap.
pened, and rs il We had not been fifteen
miles out on tho road to meet it fow
minutes before.
"The Telegraph operator nj Lake and
handed me dispatch which read ~ fol-
! lows
ITO CoNpUcToR c. The Fen
! Franklin has broken loose aud Is coming
| up the road. Turn switch at Lakeland
aud run her off The truck.
BARTON, Supt.
"BRooKLYE, 1905 2. NJ.
"You SEQ we did not have much time
for turning switches at Lakeland" he
continued, $50 we did still bstter, aud
saved the old Ben-which was not re-
sponsible, after all-irom smash up"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-06
WeaVerville, July 6, 1878,

A SEWING MACHINE MoToR.- Mrs.
Johnston was in the habit OF complaining
. that she found it exceedingly tiresome to
operate her sewing machine, and her sf-
feetionate husband determined to supply
some other power than the female foot to
the machine. After experimenting with
galvanic batteries until he had burned two
coats and carpet with acid, and after
having tried in vain to construct steam
engine which would not fill half the space
Of the room in which it was placed, he
time he made II really beautiful engine,
worked exclusively by clock work, and
fitted it to the sewing machine. When
wound up it would operate the machine
for five consecutive hours, and after ad-
ding to the latter an improved device for
holding the cloth and leading it under the
needle, he felt that he was benefactor to
the female sex, and worthy successor of
Morse and the inventor OF the steam en-
gine. Mrs Johnston was delighted with
the new invention when it was explained
to her, and readily agreed that the neigh
bors should be invited to see it in opera
tion the first time. The neighbors respon-
ded heartily to the invitation, and at 80
on the third day of last month Mr.. John
ston's drawing room was filed with the
L.. 4 ~,tf 90 A.Il
wives. At 8 o'clock Mrs. Johnston sat
down to her sewing machine and under
took to run double gusset in anew
dressing gown designed for her husband.
The clock work was started, and the
gusset was stitched with twice the usual
rapidity in such cases. Unfortunately the
machine did not stop when it had finished
its allotted work, but continued to stitch
the dressing gown until it had become
fairly quilted Probably it would have
gone on and converted the cloth into a
compact bundle, sewed and reserved a
dozen times, had not Mrs. Johnston come
to the rescue and endeavored to cut the
thread. She did succeed in reseuing the
cloth, but ut the sane moment the de-
mohiacal machine fastened upon her
clothing and proceeded to sew it with in
satable energy. Vainly did Mr. Johnston
try 10 drag his wife away. The maehine
rapidly gathered her skirts into its unholy
clutches, mud there was every prospect
that af,er the skirts were finished it would
proceed to hem Mrs. Johnston herself,
and possibly to pat series OF gussets IN
portions Of her fame where they were not
needed Luckily, there was one leading
citizen present, II young physician, who
retained bis presence Of mind. He seized
his knife and cut the fastenings of Mrs.
Johnslon's--t that is to say, he cut her
loose. The machine was compelled 10
satisfy its rapacity upon her skirts alone,
while the. unhappy lady was wrapped in
table cloth and removed to her private
room. The event was certainly deplor
able one, and public opinion in Oshkosh
is decidedly uniavorabe to Mr. Johnston
as an inventor.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-06

A "PHoNE" WokTH SoMETnIEo.-
An intelligent farmer, living io Des
Moines county, has invented henophone,
by VIII ich ono old reliable hen occupying
central office in tho henery sits on all the
nests about the establishment, leaving
the other fowls free to lay eggs, scratch ard
eaekle. AS fast as new nest contalus
the full complement OF eggs, II is con-
nected with the central Office by n copper
wire, ard the business is settled, The
only trouble with the machine is chat 1t
sits so bard it matches out the porcelain
nest eggs along with the Others, SO that
one chick in every nest is born with -
glass eye, aud the farmer has TO buy and
train dog to lead IL around This makes
it expensive. .-Haa0keye.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-06

THE Cabinet meeting yesterday was
disturbed by very bitter quarrel be
tween the Secretary Of War and the Sec
retary of the Navy, This qrarrel, which
is tho first that has narred the harmony
Of the pleasant Cabinet meetings, grew
out OF a dispute between the two Secretar-
les about a line OF battle, the Secretary OF
War insisted that it was chalk mark
drawn on the ground by the generals,
which the opposing parties "toed" when
they began lighting, while tho Secretary
of tho Navy said il was manila hRwser
that tied the flagship to the despatch boat,
to keep it from running away duling q
battle. burlington Hatokcye.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-06

WHAT REvILER GoT.-An English
correspondent relates the following fresh
story of the times of the Commune in
Paris: "As several VersaiIlese were be-
ing led away to be shot, one man in the
crowd that accompanied them to see the
shooting made himself conspicuous by
taunting ard reviling the prisoners.
There, eoniound you" said one of the
prisoners al last, don't you try to get
out of it by edging off into the crowd, and
pretending you are one Of them. Come
back here; the game is up; lett all die
together;' and the crowd was SO per
suaded that the Communard 'svehemence
was only assumed to cloak his escape
that he was marched into file with the
prisoners, and duly shot"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-06

3 TaEY tell about man in Name, who
refused to get mp and lighttb fire, and MS
bis wife said she wouldn't, they remained
in bed thirty seven hours before the mat
ter was settled. How noble and how
beautiful would have been the example
set by her husband, how touchingly
would she have made him feel his mean
ness. if she had risen aud made the fire
under his bed, F
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-06

OFFICE. As bis Residence. corner
Court and Center Streets, Meayeryille /.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-06

A MARKED DAY.-The editor Of the
Martinez Gazette, in his experience of
twenty nine years, has noticed that rain
is more certain to fall on the 10th of May
in California than on any other day Of
of the calendar year. The Goth of last
month was TO exception to .he lu'e.
This is a coincidence worthy to DO noted
in tho climatic records OF the State,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-06
TRINITY COUNTY.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY:
COURT TERMS /:

District Court Second Monday in April
August and December
County COurt-First Monday in anu
ary, March, May, July, September ana NO
vsmber.
Probate COurt-(Same as County COURT
Board of SuperyisOrs=rFirs Monday
February, May, August and November
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-06

SOME SATIsFACTION IN IT.-"Just give
me chance to pour my, voice into that
mach inc, your" said a red nosed man,
stepping up to the front at phonograph
matinee, the other day.
Certainly" said Mr.. Gilliland. "Put
your mouth down close, without pressing,
speak distinctly, and the instrument will
repeat every word exactly as you say it,"
"Ain't you joking now? WIN il re-
ally say the same thing say, without
any mixing up and changing around, to
turn the joker"
"You will get back your own Words
nothing more nor less, SAID the proprle-
tor.
''Hold my hat, then, and open all the
valves" said the man, as he neryously
brought his mouth to the proper position.
"Steady, now, I'm abort to warble." "
"Come-up- boys every body-and
-drink- With the landlord !" was
what the man said, with an emphasis on
each word, and the same was what the
marvellous little wonder shrieked back
"That's the sweetest music I've heard
for about ten years" said the man with a
moist palate and a glowing eye, "and
reckon it's about that long since I've
heard that good oldtune ground out. !
don't s'pose I'm ever get chance to heaI
it again, and so, if it amt too mach trou-
BILE. please run her back and shoot it oul
once or twice more. It's good for tbs
rheumatic, that is. Ny what a head
that man has ! If be could only get up y
Jug, now, that could never be emptied 7
and the man walked out with q sad looi
and unsteady step Cincinnati Breakfas
Table.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-06

AN Iowa man saw his barn and cattle
20 up in the air, and then he got on the
next whirlwnd and went after them .--
indianapolis Sentinel,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-07-06
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