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Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26
TIT FOR TAT.

If there is one thing that more than an
other annoys a good wife, who is ner-
vousry sensitive to al that is gross and
ill-timed, il is the habit some husbands
have of using proiane language in their
homes. In many cases this is mere
thoughtlessness on the part of the good
man VINO never gives "a thought to the
finer sensibiliues of his better nalf, and
even should She mildly remonstrate, he
pays no attention to the rebuke.
We just had case in point, which
happened in one Of the thriving Missouri
cities on the banks of the Mississippi;
which :he ladies of Georgetown should
know something aboat.
A lady whose husband was addicted to
the bad practice we have alluded to, came
to her family physician, laid her grieyan-
ces before him, and said:
"Now Dr.. n. won't you demonstrate
with him, and try TO break him Of this
habit? l know he will listen to you "
"Why, madam" ;" said the doctor, "be
would pay no attention 10 anything /
could say to him; but as you have come
/ to me, although.somewha out Of my line,
1 will recommend prescription TO be ad-
ministered by you, that will certainly
cure him. 1t is an infalible remedy"
"Oh, what is it, doctor?"
"WeE, when John comes home again
and swears, do you swear back at him.
OF course l don't want you 20 take the
name Of the Lord in vain, but d-n things
little for his benefit"
doctor, for the sake Of the final result
III do it !"
And She did.
The next day John came in and in
qured whether dinner was ready, and
was told it was not.
"Well, why the ID isn't it?" said he.
"Because," she coolly replied, "the
wood was so d-n wet that the fire would
not burn"
"Why, Mary what is the matter with
you-are you crazy or have you been
drinl<ing9"
Neither" she said and quietly pro-
ceeded to put on the dinner.
The beef didn't melt like butter be
tween the teeth-it rather resists all eff
forts n mastication like so much Indis
rubber; ard finally John blurted out:
"What makes this d--n beef SO infer
nal tough?H
"Mary looked up archly, and replied
:Well, John, l suppose you went down
to the butcher and without Knowing the
difference picked out piece of some id
old stag that hadn't been fed for a month
or so."
john jumped up, looked at his wife in
dismay, and wanted TO know what such
language from her meant.
at means just this, John; you are the
head Of the fam ily, ard just so long as
you thing it manly TO swear in my pre-
sence intend to do the same. II you
don't like to hear it, you know how to
prevent it,"
The cure was radical. and to this date
Mary has never been compelled to ad-
minister another dose of Dr.. Ms pre-.
scrIption. Coi0rddo JIHer.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.


A Virginia gentleman just up from
San Francisco confded some OF his ex-
perience to Ctronicte reporter yester-
day. Whileat the Bay he stopped at
the Palace Hotel and made practice of
dropping into the bar-room OF that ca
tablishment Of sn evening. 1t being II
retired and rather high toned place. On
Wednesday evening last the Comstocker
lounged into the bar-room, and was
pleased to behold there rs the only oceu-
pants Senator Sharon. Seth Cook, Tom
Sun derand ard few other historic cap
itali.ts sitting at large round table, in
the center of which stood sundry bottles,
bearing the mystical word, "Roedercr." !"
Presently m ddle-aged nan, soberly
dressed in black broadcloth and wearing
a plug hat, staggered in from the hall
way and lurching up to the bar, yelled
for everybody to come up and have some
thing TO drink. The Sharon> Cook party
paid no attention to the boisterous new
arrival, but quietly went on with their
gossip and Roederer. Giving n furious
var whoop and smashing his tile down
or his head, the stranger performed war
dance in the middle OF the room and de-
clared himself. He was bad man, he
said, and always made it practice to
strew upon the floor the bowels Of any
person who declined to drink upon his
invitation. To point MS remarks the
stranger wound up by drawing an eigh-
teen inch Arkansas tooth.pick from the
back of his collar and advanced upon the
table. There was n stampede. When
the Virginian peeped up from behind the
bar, to which position he had quietly and
calmly walked at the beginning Of the
trouble, he perceived that Sharon and
his friends had gone out, and that Il po-
licemao was Juggling the warlike stranger
out Of the place.
"Who is hep" asked the Virginia man
Of the barkeeper.
ooh, he's "A good enough man when he
ism in liquor" replied the man Of
drinks, nervously polishing the rose.
wood bar with a towel "IIe was one OF
the quietest man ever saw when he first
came here few days ago, but he's bad
when he's ful.'
From Bodie, [ suppose?" suggested
the Virginan.
"Bodie? No, sir-e,e He's from Bos-
ton. lie belongs to that Sundoy-school
excursion party Virginia Chronicle.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

WHERE Whore shall we find our
aristocrats ? Twenty years ago This one
made candles, that one sold candles and
butter, another bu!cheled, fourth car.
ried on distillery, another was con.
tractor on canals, others were merchants
and mechanics. They were acquainted
with both ends Of society, MS their chill
dren will be after them, though it will
not do to say so out loud. For often you
find these toiling worms hatch butterflies
and they live about II year. Death
brings Il division Of property, and it
brings new hnanciers. The old gentle-
man is discharged, the young gentleman
takes revenues and begins TO travel
toward poverty which he reaches before
death, or his children do if be does not,
so that, in fact there is sort of moneyed
rank it is not hereditary, it is accessible
to all. The father grabs and grows rich; !;
his children strut and use the money
The children in turn inherit pride and go
shltless TO poverty. Next their children,
re-invigorated'by fresh plebean blood
and by the smell of the cod, come up
again. Thus society, like tree, draws
its sap from the earth.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26
Weaverville, July 26, 1879

ARE TIE POLAR REGIONS HAB!TABLE.
At the reception given the other day by
the San Francisco Academy OF Sciences
TO the memb bere Of the Bennett Exploring
Expedition to the North Pole, Mr.. Chas.
Walcott Brooks discussed the questions of
the existence Of an Arctic continent, and
the probability Of its being inhabited. If
we carefully examine, says Mr.. Brooks.
the almost universal features of all land
known to US, We find prevailing form
wherever we turn. Each territorial area
of magnitude seems to have an appendage
tending southwark. ii we apply this
rule, by tCrnnng the North Pole Of
globe toward US, we readily see at a
glance that Greenland, which is known
10 US, may bear TO an unknown Arctic
continent the same relation that South
America does 70 North America, or At
riea to Europe. Hence 1t is perfectly
logical TO infer, by the great analogy Of
nature, that an Arctic continent exists
beneath the North Pole, extending three
and a>balf to four degrees south from the
northern axis Of the earth. As previous
Arctic expeditions have advanced to So
degrees 26 minutes north latitude-or
within 394 miles Of the pole-the distance
thence to such a continent would not ex-
ceed about $50 to $50 miles. This inter-
vening space, however, is difficult to
traverse, as it presents a very rough sur
face. II the sea, during the height OF
gale, when waves ran mountains high.
were instantly frozen. 1t would present
muck the appearance here encountered.
For ethno,ogists, the question is, can an
Arctic continent be inhabited, should one
exist? This may be met by the we'll
known fact that the latitude Of 7S degrees
is about the point Of lowest mean temper
ature. The earth is about 81 miles less in
diameter at the equator .han from pole TO
pole, having enlarged at one point and
fl atten4d at another, because Of its
revolving motion. Now it is wel-known
that lower temperatures are encountered
as we ascend high attitudes, and the de-
preston ut the poles may, by lessening
the distance of the surface from the earth's
center, afford warmer temperature,
which will enable the hardy Esquimaux,
Amos, or some other hyperborean race 10
exis: upon an Arctic continent.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

PAPER NAPKINs.-Paper napkins are
increasing in demand. A Boston firm
has sold some $50, 600 of them since they
were introduced, about year ago. The
place Of manufacture of paper napkins is
not divuged. They are said to be all i'm
ported from Japan, but a suspicion pre-
walls that some of them are produced by
ingenious Yankee paper-makers, who
ara we'll content to monopolze their
manufacture for the present. The nap
KiDs are wholesaled at from So to $40 per
LOCO, and are retaied al 81 to l so 100.
A party Of 200 or 300 can be supplied
with them at less expense than would be
requisite to wash and iron similar num-
Der Of napkins BY their use, also, the
host or hostress is relieved Of all fear Of
having the table-linen stolen; and, if an
absent minded guest does happen to put
his napkin IN his pocket after he has
finished eating, he need not suffer any
more remorse than if he had pocketed an
apple'core or nutshell.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

ONE WAY OF REDUcING EXPENSES.
81 say, George; what makes you look
so cheerlu?" said one friend to another,
recently. "Why, didn't you near, Bob,
/ m going to be married next Wednes-
day !" "Well, ! must confess, l see
nothing in that TO make you cheerful; |
should think it would mase you feel sad d"
why, no, my dear fellow, it will be the
happiest day OF my life. You see, Ma
tilda is Il very expensive luxury. She
wants to 90 to the opera every night, it's
cream on the way, pound Of candy
while there, and soda on the way home
! tell you it's a terrible drain on fellow
pocket, so I'm going to put a stop to it.
Core in and have eigar. H. Yonkers
Statesman.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

THE crowned head Of all the Russ ians
lives in the midst Of alarms. On retiring
to bed few nights ago he found n neatly
folded and addressed package Of Nihllist
newspapers between the sheets, and n
few minutes later while everybody was
hurrying TO and fro in search of the dar-
ing emissary of the revolutionists a nj.
hilistic proclamation was tacEed up in
His Imperial MJesty's dressing room.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

A BIRDS ROMANTIC DEATH.-A lady
who lives on Olive street, says the St.
Louis Times, rolates the following: A
few days ago there fell in front Of her
window from = tree "chippy," or ground
bird, such as chatter about the parks and
streets. Itseemed wesricd anl,crippled.
She picked it up, carried it into the house,
fed it from her own mouth, and at night
placed it in the cage with her canary
The canary at once bestowed upon the
new conner all the attention Of mother,
and nestled beside the little stranger dur
ing the night. In the morning the lady
placed the chippy in the window so TINT
it might have the privilege Of regaining
its freedom, Itplumcd its tiny wings and
went away. The caoary mourned during
the day as IL it had lost his mate. In the
evening the chippy came back and perch-
ed upon the window. The sash was raised
and it few in and nestled upon the cnqe !;
the canary at once struck up his liveliest
notes and seemed gra;ided. This was re
peated two or three days, the chippy going
each morning and returning in the even
ing. One day it went away and did not
come back. The canary dropped, and the
next day fell dead from his perch in the
sunshine that played over tbe gided cage
in the window. That night the chippy
returned, and during the evening it
mourned over its dead companion. In the
morning it clung to the cage until it was
turned out. For few days the empty
cage was hung in the window, and on
each. succeeding evening the chippy re-
turned and chirped as if it were grief
stricken. One day it brought worm in
its bill, dropped it in the cage, flew away
and came back no more.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

Or General Grant and his wife in their
poverty-stricken days in 1861, pictures
que little story is told. He had gone
from Galena 10 Springfield to get cap
taincy in regiment then being organiz>
ed and in his absence Mrs. Grant went
to one Of the Galenaehops and asked for
a barre of -four on credit, ms she had no
money. Her request was refused, when
a bysiander, who wes also merchant,
approached and told her she could have
anything she wished from his store. This
kindness in time Of need was never for
gotten by Grant, and after he became
President he bestowed substantial favors
upon this good hearted and patriotic gro
ppp
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

NATURES EXHIBITIONS. - Niagara
Falls is the grandest cataract in the world.
HALF of il belongs to the United States,
yet it is not impossible ioran American
citizen even to lool. at tfe falls unless he
pays at least twenty-five cents Watkins
Glen, New York, isa wonderful chasm.
wild and picturesqe but the free Amer
lean citizen must pay ftly cents To enter
it. 1t is bard 10 fence in Mount Wash
ington, and it has not beeH accomplished,
but as the fares are much highor than the
mountains the free American citizen may
think he can save money by walking TO
the top. He is mistaken. lie will have
to pny eighty cents toll to walk up. The
Au Sable cha>m is gloomy and grand,
but itcosts the free American citizen fifty
cent, to scott. The Aume at Franconia
Notch Is worth seeiiig-seyeuty Avecents
worth, The whirlpool at Niagara is sad
and sombre, ut least it makes the free
American citizen feel so when be goes
there with II party of ladies-fiy cents
each The Fails of Montmorency are
romantic, historical and beauulul-twen-
ty five cents admission and fuy cents
toll. And thus it goes. II the American
specuat0r could only erect wall around
the scacoast SO that no one could see the
ocean without paying ono dollar, it is
quite likely the free Americar would go
to see it without munnur, and take the
children if they were allowed to go for
half-mre. Detroit Free Press.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26
LAND NOTICES
U. s. LAND OFF,cr
SHASTA, CALIFORNIA
NOTICE OF APPLICATrov
PATENT TO A ~"
PLACER MINING CLAIM
JUNE loih

JUNE 10Th, 1870
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVFN"
IN Henry Junkans whose pa, that
address is Weaverville, Trinnr y oHce
State of California, has made oS Gouoly,
for Patent for theLANG AN Rh''ISSMtion \
KANS GOLD PLACER MfNpOUN-
a,ea IN Arkansas Dam Mining Di.n,tiao,' ,,ta'
Trinity County, State of Californis
more particularly described in tina p'ai pSaa
and Fleld Notes now on file in This na'' %
to wit; Lot No. 81 containing q % SIlSs SS
100 acres. Commencing a.a WIZ o. o.
tree 20 inches in diameter, mnrcOaO ,o aO'S
from which the Soldiers Creel, N;1 j.
Monument beais n 514 Il. lO7 a. 01,ih"eNI rhonNI
distant, running with variation Isl"SSS' Il"SS'
S4l12o w. lO,43 chains, to n nina L.
forty inches in diameter. morEed I"ee,
n corner; thence 5 $50 Il. ~ OS oS.iOF a., OF
to II sugar pine tree forty inches !" ;""H' w.
ameter. marked j. for n corner. IL u ul-
S3l130 w. 1880 chains to a snrnco o"yuw o"su,
inches in diameter, marked NJ t"V
corner: thence 5 73o w. 6.7S cbo;"ra "ra
nm onli post four inches in diameter III.
feet long, marked M. and SET ina'u 'u'vs
mound tor n corner thence S 80 n isSs roTS
chains to n black oak post four inrha'' 'SV y;
diameter. and three feet long, morkoW
and set in n rock mound for n corS'u Az
thence N 4So T. % 20 chains to VuIH,,' uai'
oak post tour inches in diameter, fomr CSvs %1.
long, MAJ ked Nj and set in the eorlb b' fS %v'
corner thence N 42Lo Il. IL 40 cba.A'
ton black oa< post four inches in dnm""''
three and one half feet high, marked !
and set in n rock mound for cornoS'
thence N 800 Il. 7.2S chains to .ow",,,
rock 36 30 Is inches, marked thus with" wihs
chise, and set in n mound of rock G,r'
corner thence N 691so w. AZ 30 IN ana
closing on the starting corner said clai~
is bounded on the North West nv Hs
Perkins Bar Placer Nj inc, and on nil o,t"'
sides by unclaimed mining land. "''
Allpersons holding any adverse claim,
thereto are required to present the somo I"
the Register and Receiver of the Unioi
States Land Oillce Mt Shasta, Cn.iornia
within Sixty Days from the first publica.
tioh of this Notice.
AARON BELL,
Register.
June 2lst. GO
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

LEO MIL, snys letter from Rome, is
the most simple in taste Of all the Popcs
known to history. His bedroom is pay
ed with common stones-Hot even bricks,
much less mosaic stones are nsed-and
the room is never warmed. His recep-
ton rooms are fitted up with luxures
but his private apartments are us cheer-
AS hermit's cell.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

TIE British Government has at last
succeeded in putting down the secret So
ciety of religious mutderers in India call
ed Thugs, who, IN the service of their
goddess, Doorga, strangled and plunder-
ed travellers. The laborious process of
hunting them out occupied thirty years,
and i, is only lately that some Of the mis-
creants were brought before the Prince of
Wales, one Of whom beasted of having
committed sixty-seven murders with his
own hand. The god Juggernaut is no
longer suffered by the Government to
crush the devotees who fling themselves
under his chariot wheels. 1t is not long
since a host of human sacrifices were Of
fered by certain nom Brahmin tribes the
villages where this took place used to pur>
chase for the purpose, men, wemen and
children, the so-called Merahs. British
officers have had the difficult task Of ef-
fecting the deliyerance OF these Merahs
and the suppression OF the sacrifices,
partly by force and partly by gentle
means. A single officer, Major Camp
bell, in the course Of eighteen years, ac-
cording to the Cotemporary ReOieio, res
cued fifteen hundred men doomed to this
sacrifcial death. ! required watchful-
ness and energy of the British officials to
put down the practice Of numbering young
girls and burning widows. This prohibi-
bition Of the practice Of Suffice, and the
law allowing widows to marry again,
were denounced as an attack on the Brah-
minist religious system, and reckoned
among the pretexts for the Sepoy NUTS
ny. The value Of human life is to a Hin,
doc infinitely below that Of COW be had
rather Kill ten men than injure one COW.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

A SENACA Falls minister is in trouble
with his people for conduct unbecoming
n clergyman. and one Of the formulated
charges against h i'm is that he recently
hired livery horse and wagon, was gone
two days, snapped horses six different
times, and came back to the stable with
the same horse he took ont and with 500
in his pocket which he had made out Of
the transaction.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

JAMES PALMER went INTO an under
takers shop at Riverton, VA, and got
measured for coffin, which he said was
for mnn exactly hls size. "llave it
ready this afternoon" he said, "for the
corpse will be reody by that time, "
Then he went to a railroad truck near by,
lay down on it, and let train run over
II i'm
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26
THE EYES ! TIE Eyes !
DIR. Il. II. PARDEE.
CGulisst omd AuI'iat.
\ VTnR a PROTRACrnD R,,tNp

a T"TER a PROTRACTED BLIND
N ness Of more than hye years, DR.. Parder
has made himself thoroughly and scilnl ihcal.
ly acquainted with all Diseases OF tho Eve
ana ls NOW practlciug with success not sur
passed. ia tho United Statos.
All operations performed, such ms Strahise
mus, or cf0ss-cye, Cataract by linear eXtraof
ton, Depression or ABSORPTION, pteIygum g.
ioshy membrane growing over The eye, Rcd te.
hOn Of NtaphylUma, or bulgiug ont Of the eys
ARTIFICIAL Publ, listula, Lechpmalis, or clo o
Ing Of the tear P'Nssago, and all deiormitics OF
the Lids, etc.
Artificial lly insortea without tho least
pAin, and pOsst sing all tho movements and
brilliancy Of the real eye. A large ussot otlment
constantly on hand and for sale at rcasoua bic
prices. Tho Doctors Eye Bath for the treat
mont ana cure OF all nervous diaeasos is used
OIL over this cuast.
Ihankfal 10 those physicians who have sent
him eases ior operation he hopes Chat his uni
Yelsal success will warrant . continuation OF
their confidence. His celebrity as an operator
is e0-cXtcnsiVo with hiS succoss as pptieDtq
are presenting themselves, for treatment and
operations, 1Ou Now ork and Boston, ain ost
monthly Many patients can be seen at the
Doctors olhco daily, in different stages of re-
o0yery.
OrrIcG-GaI clay Street, (Over tho Clay
street Savings Banl>l, san Francisco.
TAtkE NOTICE" Lfar Il NOT
be beffSUsd !hOnSh ne sPtaEs me IrHfa
Reports are in circulation through the uppcr
country that have retired from buinoss, thai
have gono to tho Atlantic States, that am
in Europe. &e., AZ. 10 those Interested | will
spy thai inc report has been gotten in circuIa-
tion for tho futhorance of other parties, " no
arc Trying 20 obtain, illopilimHtely, an eve
practica. mo rsI urt has been started bv an
lungant moantebank, and without the least
rulh d7 amat my office daily, and attending
to about sixty daily patients.
G.. II. PARDEE, OcuIIsl,
62l Clay Street,
my2j-lY. SAN FRANCISCO.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

TINS from an exchange, is good advice:
"Ila6itunl promcnading of tho streets by
yonng girls, and the counting Of stars by
corner ionfers is Injurious TO good repu-
tation." A ljttle gum on The back OF
this paragraph win enable parents to
stick it on the looking glass.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

REy. DIR. INGRAM, who died recently
in Shetland, at the age Of l03, is said to
have been the oldest minister in the
world. -Four generations ofthe Ingram S
have lived in the same house in Shetland,
and they were long generations, too. The
decea.ed's father died at the age of 100
and his grandfather Mt l05.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

THE last slave sold in the Conledcracy
was in 1865, near Richmond negro
man, who was bought for nine hundred
bends ofcabbage. Cabbage was worth
81 head and consequently the negro
man footed up at 5000.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

THERE are four hundred and twenty
mdy dentIst, N this country, and only
five females lawyers. A cyolcal bache-
or says this shows that ladies can work
The mouth to much better advantage than
the brain.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

THAT was n ghaslly joke that sinful
Southener played or stranger, whom
be promise to introduce to rich plan
ter, and then took him around and pre-
sented him to the leading undertaken.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

AN Irishman, upon his arrival in the
United States, noling the great number
Of military titles, exclaimed: "What a
devil ofa battle has been fought near
here where all the privates were kilt"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

DIGNITY becomes a man, but when
your hat and a gentle zephyr have aLout
u rod the start Of you, dignity becomes
of MS little account as II last years calen-
der.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

'SuRsCRIBERs coming in Mt the rate Of
fifty day." said an editor; and the rival
paper explained that they were coming
in TO order their paper stopped.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

a GRAVE digger buried "A man named
Button, and brought in the following
bill to the widow: ITO making one But,
ton hole, So.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

A LITTLE ten year old boy who attend.
ed the public school last winter, got to
the head Of his class, and being compl,
mented by his father, who said: "Now
Sam you've got to the head Of your class
| hope you will stay there" mot
much", replied the boy. MY gals at
the foot and she's got to come up, or III
go down. Can't you see her about it old
man2n
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

A CHILD without legs has just been
born. "Thank Heaven !" said the weep
ing father, this can never be champ
ion pedestrian"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

He looked up very humbly, and said
he was sorry to be found in such place,
but he could assure the Court that be was
never in the prisoners box before.
"Never?" asked the Court, with some
severity. "Look a'here, Judge, /" said the
culpit, "name the fine, but for Heavens
sake don't spring that Piaafore gag on a
fellow !"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

A DIVINE advises LET woman do
whatever she can do WELL" Many of
them can hht very well.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-26

A MARIN county man has hen that
became rooster the other night.