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E0W soaosIs1 REssEs,
A RosE-coLoRED VIEW OF THE FAMOUS 'yo-
MEMS CLUB


From Letter in the Philadelphia Weekly Times.
:" Have you been to Sorosiss Then, |
| suppose you have heard political speeches,
remarks on women's rights, and have seen
plenry Of Bloomer costumes, was the
greeting of a friend. AS a guest we have
| visited Sorosis I number of times, ant. have
never yet heard a word about politics, and
| as to di ess, we will dt scribe a few of the
costumes worn at the last lunch. Just be-
| fore us sat lady in black silk, velvet and
| damasse, reception suit, rBa,le III the most
approved style, finished with dainty ruch-
| ings aud rich laces. Her ornaments con-
sisted of large single diamond earrings,
jet and gold necklace, from Which mag
niticent diamond cross was suspended by a
| ring Of the same sparkling gems. 4 blonde
| beaufy with golden e6Ftfuie, sumduHted
by a heath garnitured bonnet, with here
and there Il pink osebHd in the garland,
wore a typical suit If the Moorish, or balf-
dead moss cnlored silk and damasse, while
at her throat was an exquisite half. blown
rese and opening bud IN bed of lace.
Another lady was arrayed in a becoming
suit of navs blue silk aud velvet, with bon
net to match, with pearl-gray plumes tip
ped with blue, and ornaments of pearls
and diamonds. There were many other
handsome suits and some beautiful bonnets,
after the new models and excellent floral
dasinne but in rorard n, f'roeS tba l,d;as
act exactly as they please, aud many of
them wear the simple walking dress of
working woman.
Some of the Sorosis ladies are so pretty !!
Not only are the fair young sisters, but
the sweet, m,,sherly members, with their
beautiful finger puffs of frosted hair, their
lovely intellectual faces and handsome
manners, SO full of heart, soul and mind.
Are all the oorosis members worthy ?'
we are asked. If they were not so before
joining the society their oath on doing so
would, if observed, tend to make them
good women. They are I'LL 1s0manly aoon-
en-, some ambitious, capable, eager for op-
portunities to expand, others with only
moderate need of brightness, bus anxious
for light, wl,:la others are the very noblest
wo;Ren VIC ever knew, whose lives have
beeE written histories of labor and self
sacrifce-and such arr he leaders Of Soro-
si-, the life and streng Ii of The society
women with broad, liberal views, and can
tolerate every feminine foiale aud vanity;
can forgive sins Of weakness and impulse,
and who are anxious and yer working to
ul~y.ate the sA
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A Prevalent Vice.

Surely profanity is one of The glaring
vices of the day, and nowhere is it exer-
cised more freely than in country village.
In cities. profane swearing is not common
in the streets. The individual in such COM
munities acquires a respect for the rights of
his neighbors, and among mnltitudes he
has te be cautious III regard TO the pIeju-
dices of all. Any such act as obtrusive
swearing in the street would soon arouse
the attention Of the policemen as the rep
resentative and agent of public sentiment.
In many country villages different state
of things seems to prevail. Profanity is not
regarded as a thing to be ashamed OF, but
as sort of manly accomplishment. In the
bar-room and the corner grocery the air is
blue with strange oaths flung ont. not in
anger or BY way of execration, but merely
to strengthen, adarn and emphasize dis
courses. An expletive lis the rural Ameri-
cans great figure of rhetoric. 1t serves to
describe girls beauty, to estimate the
speed of a horse, to estimate the YIELD OF
wheat field. It IS the climax Of inyective
against an enemy, the chief argument in a
discussion, the poiat of every wittieism
Two men cannot meet in fhestreet without
adding to each Others health choice speci-
mems Of profanity. Plenty Of decent pee-
pie passing By must feel shocked, but they
are roweriess to express their indignation,
for profanity has got to be a country habit
Tits vice of ineisciiminate swearing. set
ting aside its indeceney, tends to corrupt
tie use Of language and destroy its capa-
bilities for expressing any strong emotion.
A bad habit, neighbor; master If ere you
become It's slave.
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NOT A NEW IDEA.
FRYING INTO THE SECRETS OF CIPHER DIS
PATCHES.
Alta, CAL, April II

Alta, CAL, Aprit IA
It is said that Senator Sharon has made
complaint that messages sent to him in ci
pher have been deciphered and their con
tents given to others speculating in stocks
and the other Resident Director, D. O.
Mills, has ordered an investigation. This
deciphering of dispatches of large stock
speculators is not a new business, but, on
the contrary, is an old one, and one of the
admitted evils that follow stock gambling.
In the days of the suit between the Potosi
and Burning Moscow mines, telegraph
operator was sent from here by some of the
mining magnates to tap the wires at Sports
man Hall, locality IL miles distant from
Placerville. In those days the only tele-
graphic communication with Virginia City
was by this route. The operator was de-
tected, arrested, and finally sent to prison
for term of two years. A few years since
one of our present mllionaires, who was
not SO ich in worldly goods, but fertile in
resources, made arrangements with an ope-
rator in Virginia City to decipher the dis
patches to Senator Sharon, those especially
relating to Chollar. The Senator then, as
in the present case, was not only surprised
but indignant that what he considered his
sole and private information was in the pos
session of this other stock operator long be-
fore it had reached him. After spending
some time in trying to find the onward
ness'' of this marvel, he resorted to STRAIT
egy. He instructed the Superintendent of
the Cholar to forward cipher dispatch, as
usual, but which was understood between
them to mean to the contrary of what it
was used for formerly. The result was the
stock broker got the information first, as
usual, and made such demand and pur-
chased so largely of the stock that it was
advanced many dollars per share. and at the
very highest figure was he loaded and his
friends; but, unfortunately, Sharon was too
basty and "let the cat out of THE bag F" the
first day. Had he but kept 1he strategy
secret for three days there would be to-day
one millionaire less. The operator was de-
tected, and when confronted with the evi-
deDce, admitted he was the one who deci-
phered the dispatches of Sharon and for
warded them to the broker here. There
were also we'll authenticated stories atioat
wears ago of how Hay wards dispatches
from Grown Point were deciphered and
several well known brokers connected with
the tampering. 1t is to be hoped the pres
ent investigation will be thorough and
check that betrayal Of confidential matter
WHICH operators by oath bind themselves to
keep 5. cret.
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cTs21ay boss.
THE sToM or HIS ABDUCTION AS TOLD
IMFUBLIc By HIS FATHER.
j From the Boston Advertiser,

/ From the Boston Advertiser
/ a considerable audience assembled in
fremont Temple recently to hear tlie story
| of the ADDICTION of Charley Ross from the
/ lips of theFboy' father, Mr.. Christian X.
Ross of TIliiadelpllia. With but slender
indofseuiehts as an orator and entirely
without platform experience (this being
his first public experience), Mr.. Ross was
obliged to depend solely on the intrinsic
interest os his subject. ard his own personal
connection with it; but these were sufficient
to engross the attention of most of his
hearers j an hour and half He simply
narrated the circumstances of the abduc-
tion, .gaYes general account of the efforts
a.teaagg anapoers, 2ead extracts from
| the correspondence with them, and finally
alluded briefly to the death of Mosher and
| his associate, the confessed abductors.
Since their death, he said, ,altho' he had con-
tinued the search unremittingly, no infor-
nation of Charley's whereabouts had been
obtained. He believed the boy to be
alive but whether alive or dead he intend
ed to seek him until he knew his fate
Nj. Ross aun0unced at the beginning of
his lecture his belief that it was the design
of the kidnappers in case they were sue
cessful in extorting a ransom for Charley
to make a regular business in such trade
in human life. Nearly every letter from
the thieves contained evidence of such
design. Having this conviction he refused
fer long time to compromise with them,
feeling that to do so would expose every
maa's family to the same terrible danger.
It seems however, that at last he entered
into an agreement tU pay certain sum OF
money, in consideration of which his boy
was to be restored. The arrangement was
that he was to take an express train leaving
Philadelphia for New York at midnight,
and on arriving at New York take a Hud-
son River Railroad train aud ride to AL
bany. During the railroad ride he was to
stand on the rear platform Of the last car
with tho money in q vaise, and when he
saw a man on he track making a certain
signal he was to throw off the valise. lie
took the trip, but saw no signal, and was
afterward Informed in a letter from the
kidnappers, that seeing newspaper report
that. he had gone elsewhere to see.a boy
said to be Charley Ross, they had not sent
their agent with the money. Thus vanish
ed, perhaps, ghe last opportunity Of recover
ing the stolen boy.
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Why Young Men Remain sin-le.

It is said that the extravaganza of girls
is the chief reason Why so many young
men remain single rather than marry girls
whom they could not support as wives in
their ante-malriage style. There never
was more absurd charge made than this
The average young man is m"r fxtraya-
giant than the average young woman, and
the young man who is afraid to MARY
because girls are extrayagant is usually The
most extravagant of his class, and d"fs not
desire to marry, because, in order to sup
port wife and children, he would have to
cut off his extravagances. In the majority
of cases the wife is the cause OF actual
saving to the husband. Before marriage
he lived clear up to his income, saved
nothing and owned nothing. After mar
riage he saves money, because he is CON-
PEELED to, and usually owns the house he
lives in. Before marriage he was not
obliged to economic, because he did not
look beyond the present with its enjoy
ments. After marriage he is required to
ecopomize, because he has to regard the
future, with it's responsibilities. With re-
gard to the question of expenses this wri-
ter very well says: Girls expenses are
confined almost wholly to their dress;
young mems expenses are coniined-no,
they are mol confined u anything; they run
wild. A. ng nan OF the class alluded to
will frequently spend as much in one day
or night among his companions as W. pld
support wife a week. Franklin said that
one vice will bring mp two children
Then, two vices should certainly support
one wife, and most of the young men Of
tile day could easily give up two and still
have large variety on hand. - CAicsgo
Tribune.
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PRrscEToWs, March II, 1878.

A colored preacher in Georgia thus held
forth: & My brudring, the Israelites went
over the Red Sea on The ice. They got over
all safe. In de morning when de sun was
up, hot, Pharaoh and de egyptians came wild
deir great numbering chariots Of iron.
Dey broke through de ice aad all went to
de bottom ob de sea. Step dere!' ex-
claimed a hearer. IS wsnt to ask ques-
ton. I've read geography and Egypt's .
hot country. It's under de Tropics. it's
near de Quator, and dere aiR't no ice dere
How could dey go over on de ice. and dere
no ice iere ?'' To which the preacher re-
sponded: I'm glad you asked that ques-
ton. Now / can splain. That comes Of
reading geography instead oh Dc Bible.
NJ brudring, when de children Of Istael ge
over do Red Sea, dat was great, great
| while ago; before dere was any geography,
before dere was any Tropics, before dere
| was any Quatur. OATS de reason dere was
Ice. my brudring.
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Fight Il Gu. lika Pa ard Ma Do.

A story is told Of Il daughter of prumi-
nent person now in the lecture field which
is peculiarly interesting and suggestive of
unconscious wisdom. A gentleman was in
vitsd to the lecturers house to tea. Imme-
diately on being seated at the table, the lit
tie girl astorished the family circle and
the guests by the abrupt question:
Where's your wife ?"
Now, the gentleman having recently been
separated from the partner of his life, was
taken SO completely by surprise that he
stammered forth the truth
81 don't know"
"Don't know ?' replied the enfant terri
BILE, 'Why don't you know? p
Finding that the child persisted in her
interrogatories, despite the mild reproof of
her parents, he concluded to make clean
breast of the matter, and have it over at
once. So he said, with calmncss which
was the result of inward ex pletives:
"Well we don't live together; we think
as we can't agree we'd better not
He stifled groan as the child began
again, and darted an exasperated look at
her parents. But the little torment would
not be quieted until she exclaimed :
Cant agree! Then why don't you
fight it out as pa and ma do?"
"Vengeance is mine," laughingly rotor
ted the visitor, after pa and ma exchanged
looks of holy horror, followed by the girls
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POETRY
HE DIDN'T KNOW rHE eAMR.

His hat was the style of 50,
His nose was warped and thiu
But his " strongest hold was his sad, sad smile
That whispered of grief within
He cast Its glow DER the darkey's form
Who ushered him through the door
To the room where the scratch of the tigers claws
Had wounded full many score
The 'dealer "winked as he saw his form
The cappers :" smiled with glee,
And the crowd of . sports had merry thoughts,
OF the fate of such as he.
de 81 ghed as he said eod-evening all,r
And he bought his humble stack
Then wiping bis nose with weary air
He" coppered upon the " jack
He said that war dreadful thing
A chine and dreadful sin
Then grabbed his profits from off the jack
And played them :, The ace to VIA"
He won On the queen. the ace, the tray
He " was luck from head to HEELS
And he called the turn y in dreadful way
For seven successive deals.
They changed the dealer" they " changed the
pack
anu HSureu 10 cnange the style;
Then the sad-eyed stranger grasped his ''chips"
And . though he would reet awhile"
He was, he said, but sickly man,
Unused to the ctys din,
And then he counted hie pile of 9 chips
And wanted to - cash them in. -
He rather preferred large bills, he said
They wouldn't make such wad
g. Five stacks of scarlet and six of white''
A hundred and fifty odd.
But then the dealer arose, with oaths
That forth like fountain burst
And said to the man of inward woe
That he'd see him further first
But when they saw that man Ut grief
A pistol begin to pull, @
They thought of the beauties of blessed peace
Ann settled his claim in full.
And now, when the darkey through he ieer
Peers forth with look of doubt.
If his glance encounters the sad, sad smile,
He carefully bars it ont"
Ed. e, Ridder In ". 7. Clipper.
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A DIVINE PUNISHMENT The chicago
Drorsrs' journal tells this tale of retribu-
tion Two Germans, fresh from Chicago,
visited New York, and one well acquainted
with the city invited his friend to dine az
Delmonico's, where dinner for two aiid
bottle of wine were ordered. The place
and fare were praised until the bill Of FL
was presented. This they considered an
extortieD. They paid, however. and while
walking down Broadway the excited Ger
man commenced 70 swear at the supposed
extor,ion His friend then said " DO not
siuear, Yawcob. Itiswicked to shweaf.
f,oa has punished dor man Delmonico.'
!. How M .fI have mine pocket full NIT
spoons
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THE BARRooa JOURNALIST He stands
in the saloons with his back to the stove
and tells how he cnuld runa newspaper;
how be would be as independent as hog
on ice and call things by their right names;
how be would expose corruption in high
places; how he would write good, sound
common sense, and none of your frivolous
try-to-be-funny stuff. Then be criiicises
other peoples methods of conducting
newspapers, and just wishes somebody
would give him chance to show his jour-
nalistic ability. And set. nine times out of
ten, this same smarty cannot converse In
passably good English. and don't know a
period from a fiy-speclx .--1Aa astin Repeille.
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Boarding and Lodging House
CHARLES RoULEAU, PROPRIETOR. +

H,ying purchased and thoroughly overhanled and
.eiit I'd the City Hotel, Main street, Deer Lodge
haYe opened the same as
ptg.r-CLAss BeARDITe AND LoDGISG HOUSE.
Terms moderate respectfully solicit the patron
age of my friends and the public in general
AT -3m CHAS. RUbLEAo.
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Beecher's arrangements have nat an
been profitable ones this season. He lost
$500 by his st. Louis lecture.
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Ilnkie, Ilnkle, llttle plnch,
When the people go to-lnnch.

|
They say the Indian name for an editor
| is, il" We-rack -ta- -che-resh- he-ha haw. y
! That's what we always theseht it was. 4
means Tired and hungry" probably
Lima nemocrat.
Good clothes make more difference with
the worlds opinion than good many peo-
pie are willing to admit. How do you sup
pose Senator Conkling would look climbing
the heights of fame with patch on his
pantaloons ?-Senhneg.
We desire to express our thanks to the
young nan who kindly sent us geranum
leaf, but we are at loss to understand his
note. Our name isn't Maud and we can't
possibly spare a lock of our HAIR. Can
there have been mistake here ?--Boston
Post. ..--.-
One night ths master of the house over
heard an exchange of kisses in the corri-
dor. He struck match and discovered
the chambermald and the valet. She
blushed, held down her head and said !:
81 thought it was You, sir, had encoun-
tered. Paris Letter. t-
"Why do love sou SO. darliug9" is the
title of new song by Mildred Young. We
haven't the slightest idea, Mildred. We
admit that we are rather attractive than
otherwise, but why you should love US SO
is entirely beyond our comprehension.
However, you may console yourself with
the fact that you are rot alone. They all
do it. Hold on--we have an idea. Per-
haps it is the way we carry an umbrella
that has brought you to this condition. If
there is auy one ding we pride ourselves
on it is the distingue air with which we
carry ali umbrella -DanJury Nens.
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WHAT THE WITS SAY.


Why do the ducks travel mostly at night?
Register. Are you married or single P
Constitution. @ eF
john Cass is a heavy man of Delaware.
1t makes him feel mnlish to corrupt his
front name into Jack.-Keokuk Constttu-
ton.
A news item says that an English travel
er in the Holy Land has discovered Ja-
cob's WELL A rumor has been afoat for
some time that Jacob was deai.-0u City
Derrick -t ..
Give us the Moffett bell punch. by all
means Let the song be E.
Tinkle Tinkle, little punch,
When the people go to-lunch.
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ton for taco gears sn succession. The exam
pie of this excellent brother and his success
stands before the view of the entire church
showing what may be accomplished by per
sonal presentation of the claims of thes
causes by the we'll known evangeli8tS among
the va@nt churches, and the beloved pastor
among the devoted people of their specla
charges.
One subject more and the Committee vii
cease longer to trespass upon the patience
of the Assembly. The subject of the expen
siveness of the Executive Committees has
been frequently urged as ground of Objec
ton to the scheme. Without designing tc
argue this question the Committee will be
content to suggest that while all extrava-
gance of these Committees should be careful
ly avoided, and the expense reduced to the
minimum at which their operations may be
properly conducted, it ought to De admitted
that no scheme that promises as good results
can be managed without certain amount OF
expense. Let this be wisely determined and
adhered to, and then lee the churches be pru-
IDENTIFY brought up to that degree of liberality
to which they can yezy readily be brought
by their pastors, e7yreelsts and sessions,
and the disproportion between the expenses
and the aggregate amount Of the funds man
aged will at once disappear, because while
the salaries of officers and all other expenses
may be fixed and invariabe with scarcely a
perceptible increase, the contributions OF the
churches would be largely increased; and
thus with the same or nearly the same ex-
pense, funds could be managed and distrib-
uted double and even treble of that amount
now contributed by your Committee.
The whole amount Of funds received by
the treasurer during the year just closed, as
seen in the Treasurer's report, is ST., ,O23.7O
These funds have come from the usual
sources, viz: churches, individuals and leg
aces.
The Committee would close their report
by reminding the Assembly of the custom in
use for many years of recommending for OBJ.
servance a day of prayer for the youth of
the Church and the country, and requesting
the Assembly to include in it prayer for the
buCC6eb Vi JuS Cduo6 vi hlulo1OlinA GuNNUVi"AA'
Respectfully submitted, by order of the
Executive Committee.
JOHN N. WADDEL, Secretary.
Apra 8OM, 1878.
P. S.-Tho amount, S11,O28.7O, above
reported is exclusive of the report of A. f.
bod, former Treasurer, of Receipts for May,
1877.
TREAsURERs REPORT.
A. F. bod, Treasurer, reported balance
on hand and receipts to June 7th, 1877, at
a total of $855 S3. Expenditures to June
9Th, 1877, $7O815; turned over to G. W.
MaCrae, Treasurer, on that date, $14768;
total S85583.
G. W. Macrae, Treasurer, reported re-
ceipts from June 9Th, 1877, to May 1st,
1878, 11,0237O. Expenditures, $lO,9OO.-
90; balance on hand, May 1St, 1878, $l29.-
So.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Statement of Receipts and Disbursements Of the
Treasurer of Publication for the year ending
March 90th, 1878.
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Excess of expenditures, $27l Is
In addition to this, it must be borne in
mind that the Committee of Publication has
its Office in the building, the rent of which
elsewhere would be at least SlOO.
There are generally some slight expendi'
lures each year for repairs; but as the build
ing is in excellent order, the amount required
for this purpose is very small.
CHANGE IN THE EARNEST WORKER.
The fourth resolution of the report of the
Standing Committee, which was adopted by
the General Assembly, is as follows:
"That the Earnest Worker shall here