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Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-11

"THE DEER" "A little time ago II
young man died in Philadelphia whu was
popularity known, iiom his swiitness in
running, As Deer" His story was n sing.
uar one. a few years since he was rng
ged, shrewd lad, peddliug newspapers
about The railway depots, One day he
happened to be on the line at the Pehnsyl.
vanm Railroad, when he saw an engine
rushing dowG the tlack without any driver
or tender. BY some chance it had been
separated from the en- 5 and was diving ON
alone. The boy knew it would meet nn
express train .his side of the next station
He had about four minutes start, and dnIt-
ed down on the track aftCrit. Theengiue
wa, of course, not Mt full speed, yet no,
body but Deer could huye won in such n
race He did win wns cool enough to
remember the signal 10 the station keeper
necessary to have The switch placed so that
the engine would be turned ON to the other
track. 1t was done Just two seconds before
the express train went thundeliug by
Deer, for this service was granted by the
Pennsylvania Railrond Cooperation n mo,
nopoly of the henewspaper and book trad' ON
its trunk route and from this he derived II
handsome income. 1t was TO the boy s
GOODNESS, as well a, 10 his tleetness, that
hundreds OF human beings owed their
lives IN. y. Star.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-11

BooKs.-Books pre not made for lurri-
ture, but there is nothing else TINT so
beautifully furnishes house. The plain
est row OF books is more significant OF re-
ilnement than the most eaborstely carved
sidoboard. Glvo US II homo furnished
with books rather than with furniture.
both ii you can. but books ut any rate.
To spend several days at friends house,
and hunger for something to read, while
you are treading on costly carpets and
sitting on luxurious chairs and sleeping
down Is AS il one was bfibing your body
for the sake of cheating your mind
Books are the windows through which
the soul looks out. A house without them
Is room without windows. No man has
light to bring up his children without
surrounding them with books, If he has
the means TO buy them. 1t Is a wrong 10
his family. Children learn to rend
through being in The presence Of books.
The love oi knowledge comes with rend
iog mud gtowng upon IL: and the love
oi knowledge "a u yppng mind Is almost
warrant nghinst lhs inferior eAeit e
menIs Of passion aud vice.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-11

How HELIER MANAGFp SECOND
SlGnT Mpny person, have been amused
and my,liied hy the lpte Robert IIclcr's
second sight performances. The tlck
consisted in tak ing watch or other ar,i-
Gle from some person in the audience,
which Heller would hold IN hi, hand whic
a blindnlded confrdcute ata di,hncc
would describe everything about it very
minutely, even to the name OF the maker
the number OF lho watch, tho number OF
jewels, ETC. All this was very myslily-
ing, and almost compelled belief in
clairvoyance or some magnetic power.
But former pupil aud conirdelpte Of
Ilellcr'S has explained tho whole mntter
IN the Cincinnati Times 1t consisted of
an ingenious nlphnbclicnl arrangement o'
short questions, the tilst letter of which
represented m object or else another let.
ter, So That hy series of questions the
name Of The object j. spelled. In short,
the questions constituted system of tel
egraphic ciphers Ivy which Heller could
convey any information and dIcmte any
answer he desired TO his nssislunt. All
thut was necessary was n thorough mus
terry on both sides of the cipher and the
key. # viii be remembered that Heller
used To close his exhibition by placing
his confederate on II stool with his hnck
to the audience. throwing II handkerchief
over his head, and then have him Gcs-
crbe objects without any questions at NIL.
The assistant explains his part of the per
formHnce " A. so"n "A, my back ras
turned TO the audience and lnrge silk
handkerchief thrown over my head, the
stool on which was seated, contained
u hollow leg, was placed over II hole in
the stage. a rubber pipe was passed
up which connected with II tin tube
running underl cath the stage To the
back ol the curtain. The assistant saw
through hole in the curtain all the
articles which were held up, and con
veyed the intelligence 10 me through
the pipe. None but largo articles, such
as hats, umbrellas, sticks, etc, were
taken, md rs this always closed the
second sight part Of the performance, II
was clear 10 lhs mind ofall TINT it wasn't
done by questioning.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-11

LADY CENSUS TAKgRs. Lady census
takers will bo novelty OF the next cen
sus. 1t Is thought they vii. be peculiarly
ud' pied to some OF the requirements of
canvassers, but what these requirements
are is not suited. II and inventory of
personal property was desired, we can
easily understand with what superior in
tellgence the Iady census taker would in
quife how many monte" cloth dresses
the lady American citizen possess, and f
thn. lace was Vaenciennes or that crush
ed grape scarf or Parole belt was the only
one IN the house. And then there would
be no fooling heras tolhe agcs ofthc G,mi-
ly for il there is any ono thing womln
can do better than another il j. to tell ut a
glance how old people are--espocially
thOseol her own ax. TIE number Of
babies IN the famil aud the date Of their
advent would also be one Of tho most cor
rect tables in tha next census report
Other advantages, tonumerous TO mention
mike It not only cxpedient but absolutely
necessary that Indy census takers should
be employed To- the canvass - baltimore
NcCs.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-11

WHAT DO NoUR CHlLDREN READ ?
Willie Anderson was one of The brightest
aud most popunr boys in Wuync-v)lc,
Ohio. lTa worked ia printing office,
went regularly TO Sunday School, and
Ind no pcrniciou- habit, except TINT of
reading nm iuanmmnlory class of fiction,
The romances of robhers particularly in
tefestrd BIN. aud he talked - gIcnt deal
with bis compHnion- about the wonderful
adventures thai he found described ia dime
novels and boys stor7 pnpers. lie lived
with his mother, aunt and cousin, the
batter being u little girl, of whom he was
very fond. 1t is now remembered Tint
she was the heroine OF his youthful imug
nation. One day Willc asked hi. en-
ployer to let him sleep in the shop for n
week, sayiug thai hi, house was crowded
with visitors. Permission was rendily
granted, aud he did not for week 60
home at NIL. The house had during TINT
time been closed and the neighbors CON
jcctured that the lamily had gone away
ON visit; but they finally entered, and
found the dend bodies Of Mr'. Anderson,
her sister and niece. They Ind been
killed with hntchet ms they lay aslecp.
Willie fed Immediately but he had no
money, and wns put of railroad train at
Plainville, whore he committed suicide
with pistol Mrs. Andorson's husband.
from whom she had been parted for many
years before her death, is under arrest,
but thore is only a vague suspicion against
him, md nobody doubts that Willie was
the murderer. A motive can hardly be
conjrcturcd, and it may be that he was
melted only By bad literature The class
Of ltemture TINT most easily comes into
the hands OF our youth is unexceplionably
vicious and detrimental both to mental
and moral growth Parents should sedu
ously keep the profusey illustrated sensa.
lional paper. out OF their homes ana shops
and places of oasiness, and procure for
their children popular magazines of the
character Of "St. Nicholas" !" "Harpors'
or "Scribner's." - Stockton Herald
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-11
THE DEBRIS QUESTION.

A plnn, for dispo>iog Of tho debris
question, and preventing their accumula,
ton, has been proposed by w. c. Schat,
fer, of Sutter county. of which the Co,u,
sa SUa says: He proposes to take the
whole of the Yuha. river, Mt ordinary
stages of w'ter, through double nume.
down in:o the low lands between the
Guha, the Sacramento aud Americ,. n
rivers. Mr.. Schaeer proposes u double
llume, with rifles in each, tor the purpose
Of running one of them at "A time, and
catching the fine goll. He thinks the
gold thus cnught would pay the interest
on the cost of the fnme, which he esti,
mnlcs nt $40 600
The Aume as proposed will ne so miles
long, 100 feet wide, feet in depth with a
partition in the center. The entire Yuha
river is to he lun through this flumc and
the taiIings deposited ON the tule lands of
Sultrr county. The water in the hume
WI dnve n velocity of several miles per
hour on fall o! one inch to the hundred
feet
The plan is an enormous one, and with
amount Of the estimate at hnnd could be
accomplished The Sun further saws !:
Under this Ian the whole basin, some
l00, 900 acres, would have to be condemn
ed. The 1ume could then be carr,ed to
that pnu of the land nearest he foot hills
first, md that filed in. say 20 feet above
the bank Of ;he river, md then moved
tow rrd the river making mnd rs it went
1t would take two or three generations 10
fll The whole in, but great deal Of good
hnd would be made every ycar, which
would heip to pay for the 0ume This
debris lAud is, nttcr few years. fertile
enough, but the trouble row is that it
ruins the hand by washing over it every
vcnr Land built up after ;ho manner we
have suggested would not be subject to
over eranw, and ioa few years would become
good nud.
In connection with the same subject,
the Grass Valley Onion SAYS There
hnvr been number of suggestions Ms to
the disposition Of the mining debris, bat
there hns been no engineering dorp to
serve SIS nm intelligent guide in providing
a remedy Thi. prercquisi.e viii soon he
n Sntc Engineer Hall, assist.
ed hy Col. Won Schmidt and j. +. Al
hart, both able evil engineers, are now
with tull corps of men makjng ao in
strumenlnl survey oy the South Yuht riv.
yer, to u-crrnin%ts nll, the extent of
washing nud deposits, ind to obtin such
other Information rs viii serve rs basis
tor terminating ~ practical plan for regu-
lating the deposit ot deb is, ia oider, il
po>> iblr, to mike it u,pul iui,tcpd nf an
injury to tie low hand. of the valley.
The engineering cols has worked up
as aisl ~ Plrlin'. Crossing OF the
South Nuba, ON the Nevada aud san
Juan rond. aud il is updeJ stood thut their
survey will extend up thrlivrra- mr as
hNdnuic mining is cmri,d onHt present,
or likely to be in the future.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-11
A RIDE THROUGH THE AIR.

|
Let us try the elevated railroad and
see what it is like. We will take the
! cars down town and so up to Central
Park and perhaps beyond. Atthe down
town station near Trinity Church where
the trains start from, we pay for our tick
cts and pass out upon the platform. Well
really, this is railroad in the mir in curu-
est. There are engines standing about.
some with steam up ready to start, others
running nader pipe To get water. There
Is bridge over the water-ppe, AMI on
top a7e men with whce! burrows. wheel
ing conf. One opens trap in the bridge,
shoots his barrow. load of coal down the
trap, and i falls through funnel in the
top Of the cab of the engine. At once
the engine moves out of the way to
make room for the next. Quick work is
essential on Iailruad that runs SEQ trains
IN twenty four hours. Opposite is u
switch house and in il we cnn see the
men who contlnl all ihe switches here.
track, we see the signal arm move,
There is train coming The signal
says "all clear" nnd the train comes
down. crossing over from one side Of
the bridge to the other, running up to
the side of the platform Men stand
ready to east off couplings, untasten the
"a Far ,n l,r I'D a.
be ll-lope, The engine moves away to
the coaling place, aud at the same time
another engine backs down and is coup
ted ON; the down passengers have all
stepped out, and the up passengers take
their places aud the train i, Oft in les
tnnn two minutes. AT once an engine
rolls up past TIE platform and !lkcs iD>
place ready tor the next train. The
arms on the sigual posts move up aud
down and another train comes down to
the platform. fthe business i very nc.
tive, one train follows another in about Il
minute and half. Wen take n train
and go up town. The cnr is wide, hand,
some, neatly calpeted and with broad
aud com minrtable seats The buildings
slip past on either side aud we can look
into the second, tory window and see The
people inside. It's mere glance tor IN
instance and then it i passed The p,o
pile ns de- do not appear to mind il much.
Well, when milrond train shoots hy
your windows every ninety sncond,, you
can't "gord to look out at every one of
them.
The train pulls up Mt stMton and
moro people get NJ, aud in less than
minute we are Of again Now we come
out on a wide street and we can hook
through the windows To the strcet below
y truck has broken down on The horse
car truck and the cars ARE stopping in n
loag line How lucky That we cnn fly
right over the whole affair, crowd mud all
and leave them far behind, whio the
drivers below are Quarrelng ms 90 who
shrl get out of the way ! On we @ up
town; stopping Mt station after station,
making two more curves and then com
ing to Sixth avenue. Now we spinnlong
in fine style, and rs the rond is in the
middle OF the street we hnve good
chance TO see the shops aud the sidewalks
below. We 60 on IN his way for nearly
three miles; pass IA branch road lending
off To the lett, and then stop at Fifty,
eighth street. Here we are ut Central
Park in twenty minutes from Trinity
Chuch, and making twelve stops on the
way.-St. NichoiGS.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-11

A UNIQUE MINE MODEL. - We were
shown n lew days ago, 10y j. S. Bying
ton, II miniature model Of :he Diamond
Peak mine of Nevada county, lone in
plaster and wood 10y Mr.. Elkins The
outside Of the model isa perfect rep re-.
sentation ofthc topography Of the country
in the vicinity Of the mine, with the
buildings. works, etc. 1t is built in sec,
tions, and upon being taken apart di-
closes all the underg round features Of
the mine-shafts, levels, tunnels, veins,
Slopes, etc. in perfect imitation. The
model has been sent East, and isa sug-
gestion in the right direction toward af.
fording practical Illustration Of what
cannot so we'll be derived from the ex.
animation OF maps. With il, the iealure.
of .he country uud The workings OF the
mine may be studied with nearly os.much
profit MS personal investigation OF the
mine itself.-Mini3lg Press.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-11

THE HOBsE LED TO WATER THE
clergyman VINO thus described an every
day horse tranaction was on his high
horse OF rhetorical subimity; "Inu
mny kindly guide lhe prpneing sleed 10
the crystal brook which habhls. down
the hin side in the summer sun, but
you can Dot coeicc him 10 sionp mud -hlke
his thir.t 20 the .ilyrry stream " be be
not willing to aeccp, your prya.red kind
ness"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-11
SUBSCRIPTION, SIS PER ANNUM.

Advertising Rates
One Squ0rs--FTi 81 fnserffOn, 8 90
Each Subsequent E.ssrffon, 2 90
ProfessiOnaf Cards, per gear, 30 90
Society .Notfcss, per gear, IL 90
SPECIAL RATES to Quarterly and Yearly
Advertisers, furnished on Application. No
6ireputabe or illegal advertisements will
be inserted at any price, No Agents.
GO SAMPLE COPIES FREE.-sa
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-11
LAST NOTICE.

1 LII PERSONS INDEBTED to tho
n late firm of karsky Il Abrahm, by
note or book account, ara hereby notified
to make immediate spttlo'Nent aud SAVE
cosTs. We havo waited Until the present
time but can wait no longer, and there
FIRE sny a. those indebted TO us, kindiy
hut FIRMLY thnt the business must 30 SO
tied. KARSKY & ABRAHM.
Wesveryille, May l4th, 1870. II.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-11

NEws dispatches are becoming to IA.
comic. Here come. an item from Swift
zcrmnd nhouta Fash of lightning Tint
Killed lnrncr and u COW he wa. miking
and not word about whether It eusd,ed
the milk or not.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-11

a FEW days since the longest train
ever hauled in America, passed over the
Like Shore nnd Michigan Southern from
Clevennd Ia Toledo. II was NJ. rs,
and consisted OF ,G20 empty rreight cars
in tweuty--rvrn sections nl 90 ems ench
a. wltoir lcug'h b,ingg li'lic more tlan
ten miles. Here were ls3 900 cnr miles
run in one day without earning cent,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-11
DISTNFECTANTS.

1 Wv 'NN'hN NFlN'N NtW9 tHll lult~ nave
led To renewed experiments with the va,
rous di>iutceting substances. Thcugh
much studied >lNoet, very little is known
regarding the origin and diffusion of the
germ whose reception ard subsequent de.
velopmaut in the humgn body are sup
posed to cause cholera, yellow lever. etc.
Consequently, di>inlcctjon, or the process
OF destroying these germs, is likewise he.
heved to be bat littlo understood The
best authorities, however, agree in bc-
lievmg these germs to consist OF highly
orgtuized matter, something like the
mlcto>copioal plants to whose growth
and activity ordinary yeast owes its ctli-
cheney. The Gisag7eeuble products of
decaying animal matter. undoubtedly
posed OF hydrogen, Litregen and carbon,
generally united with phosphorous and
sulphur, in such proportions MS to form
very unstable compounds, prone. on the
slightest prov, cation, to decompo>c, form
ing new aud simple combinations that
are harmless and nnoxiouS. ANY agent
that viii effect such decomposition is
di>inlecmnt. Chlorine, whose affinity for
hydrogen is so great that il eagerly tears
it away from all organic combination, is,
perhaps, the best ofall, though its power
tul odor, so disagreeable to some persons
may, in some cases, render its use inex~
prcient, but its gaseous form makes it
particularly effective, as it is thus ena
BLEED 10 penetrate where solids and LIQUID,
would be useless. Where small qunnti-
ties ARE needed, chloride of lime has been
found to DC the easiest and cheapest agent. |
This salt, when >pliukled ABOUT slowly
decompOses, setting free the chlorine in
to the air, where it is always ready to
seize and destroy any organic matter. |
Larger quantities may be cheaply pre- |
black oxide of manganese; the resulting /
gus may be used Immediately, or solu-
tion made 6y conducting 1t into water.
Carbolic acid stands next, though in some
cases it hus mystcrioSuly completely tnil
ed; whio the odor is fully ns 6Hd rs that
of chlorine. For all except medicinal
use, the crude acid may be- employed, |
and must be diluted with twenty or thirty
times its volume Of water. Sulphate OF
IRON, (cnppcms) nitrate of iron, suphata
Of zinc (white vilrio), and permonennate /
of potash, nrc nil good agents to use, and /
are odor'ess. They act by oNidzing, nnd /
So destroy, the organic matter. Splu 4
tions of either may be employed ms is de
sired, and, with the exception of su,phnte
of sine, these Gi.!nitctnnts Nte quite
harmless. Fumignling with smoke, seat
tpling bay -wnter. cologues aud other per.
fumes, are often, though erroneou-ly, re-
gar1cd ms mrthods of li-intccton. True,
smoke doe. di-inlcct n httlc, owing to
+ ic small qunntity OF creosote which it
contains, md, douhtIcss, Is mach better
than nothing; yet few drops OF cnrbolic
acid ARE more cil ctive dian many bar
rel~ of smoke. Allperiumes simply dis
gui,e tine original odor by introducing
one more powerful, md are worse than
useless; for "oxipus vopor stIl remains
in fun power, while the di.galsing por.
flmr prevents is warning odor from be
ing not ccd mud hpcdcd
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-02-11
Lincolu's Great Wisdom.

Judge johnson, of Cincinnati, is
quoted as saying that he was with
Abraham Lincoln one day when a COM
mittee came to ask the President to
suspend the draft until'after his second
election, on the ground of its unpopu-
larity. Said Mr.. Lincoln, quietly,
"What is the presidency worth to me If
/ have no country?- W%hereupon the
committee retired. The Judge says
also: "Mr. Stanton told me the next
day or SO after Lincoln's death that
there was a time when the members of
his cabinet and he disputed on ques.
tions Of policy, but they 50 often found
themselves wrong and Lincoln right, he
came to have his own way, and they to
have entire confidence in his 'inspira-
tions, as they called them. He was a
man Of wonderfully clear inspirations:
a man who employed no spies or others
to collect stories, but judged of the
public sentiment by inquiring into his
own breast, and asking himself what
ought to be done.n
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-02-11
OUR MAIL POUCH.

Leadville has a fair representation of
Judges, ~colonels, captains and other tit
ulary personages.
Orlando Cassler, who was convicted
at Seward, Neb., for the murder of
Monroe, has been sentenced to be hung
on the 25th of May.
Francis Murphy, the temperance lee
turer, will shortly visit Denver.
Many large herds of cattle will in the
spring be driven northward by
Wyoming cattlemen to the wester n
foot hills Of the Black Hills. Crook
county will prove n of Wyoming's
richest possessions. ftgl
At Elko, Nevada, the Columbia mill
has been forced to shut down for the
winter on account of not being able to
procure fuel.
There were 7s deaths in Salt Lake
City in January, 34of which were by
diphtheria and 20 others by Group and
lung diseases.
,e ,na araa. non,n.r nnns.-n ns IL, 80
and precious metals.
Imm;,r,t,or 10 r,n;,,r ., ,ho T.,
crease.
s-or,,..n c,uua.
r,vonn ~ ,arna arc eo'"k 'n'
u,r :.
l., and - hn ~" a,
' p,ioe' ny ."e "rioa ahu
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-02-11
A Humorous Hunehhaek.

There lately died In PARIS a hump
backed man, who, for the previous fifty
years Of his life. had given his time to
researches upon his humpbacked breth-
efn. His heirs found, instead Of a will,
a yoluminous manuscript of two thous-
and pages upon humps. lie was rich,
and travelled in every direction for in
formation. 1t was In the milder regions
of Europe that he found the misfortune
the most prevalent. Spain supplied the
greatest number, and in a circumscrib.
ed locality at the foot Of The Sierra Mo
rena there existed II humpbacked in
dividual to every thirteen inhabitants.
They were also found very numerous
in the valley of the Loire in France.
The writer's conclusion vas that for
every thousand persons OH the globe
there was one humpback, or an aggre.
gate of a million against the thousand
millions of the entire earth. The last
page of the manuscript contained the
will of the deceased, which said moth
ing regarding the disposition of his
property, but simply desired that a
hump of marble should be raised upon
his tomb with this inscription: 'IIere
lies a humpback, who had a taste for
humps, and knew more about them
than any other humpback.r
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-02-11

Concerning Caleb Gushing. it is
chronicled that when first as an ambi.
tionsy young lawyer he entered the Mas.
s~achusetts legislature, he was eager to
exhibit his abilities in speeches. One
day he deliberately ridiculed another
member. a rough uncultivated, dog
matte old farmer, to whose q~uaintness
members generally were disposed ia
defer. The old gentleman was amazed
and angry at Cushing's attack, but
kept his seat until the young man got
through. Then he rose, walked over Ia
Cushing, shook his hand in bis face.
and said:
What do you mean, young man, 10y
abusing me in this way? If you don't
o o out, we won't have YOU here,
speaking your piecesi-
These last three words were 40 nal.
pabie a hit upon Mr.. Cushing,s oratori-
cal styie,' and were spoken so con-
temptuously, that the whole bonse
laughed, and the old farmers triumnb
was complete.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-02-11
Xhat had Beep Accumulated.

II. w. Richardson, in a recent
pamphlet on paper money, shows what
the republican party has done from
1865 to 1873 in the reduction Of our
public debt. Mr.. Richardson's show
ing is:
/. That 1920, 0OO, 600 of the interest
bearing debt has been paid.
, That the ANNA, interest o~cconnt
has been reduced from sl4s. 900. 900 to
s06, DOC, OOO-more than n third.
4 That the avernoe rate of interest
h,s I,oon rod,cod from ea 10 % nor