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Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18
GRANTS DEFICIENCY OF AIRS

Among the more or less imaginative
personal reminiscences Of our distin-
guished guest, with which we are flooded
just row, the following actua! occurrence
may be of interest as showing the always
striking absence of self-importance, or
"friils," distinguishing Grant in ali re-
lations of life:
The writer of this lived within a stones
throw of the White House at Washing,
ton during both the Generals terms, and
drove what was justly considered as the
second or third fastest horse in the Dis
trict-which was saying good deal then.
| The fashionable drive was what is known
as the Soldiers Home road, and it was
the custom when TIE President was out
behind his noted totter Butcher Boy for
the = flyers :" along the road to pull out
and give the General brush, the other
carriages drawing up on either side to see
the fun. One afternoon we met the Gen
eral jogging along the road home, and
in moment both the Presidents big
gelding and our sorrel mare were whirl-
ing along their single-seat Brewster. like
an equine avalanche. 1t was a warm DC
tober afternoon, and the foam specks
from the wide-stretche mouths of the
well-se.tled nags came drifting back over
the dashboard. 1t was close match,
and with hats jammed on hard. and each
driver eagerly watching for a good place
for spurt, the horses swung into the
Fourteenth stree: stretch neck and neck.
AS we struck the wood pavement mark
ing The city limits we saw ahead a couple
mounted policemen, evidently lying in
wait for us. 1t was anything to beat
Grant !" just then. however, and if there
had been the whole NJ. p. office in front
we would have had it out just the same.
But the shouts of galloping policemen
furried our high strung mare, and in a
second or two she broke like the Johnnies
at Mission Ridge, while the Butcher Boy
rushed to the lead like the shot out of a
gun.
Now, there WAS nothing remarkable
about all that-Grant always does beat,
somehow-but here comes in the point of
the story. After he had gotten a little
distance ahead the President looked back
and saw US escorted by an officer on each
side, arrested for fast driving. He at
once wheeled his horse and, trotting slow
ly back, said
" Is that gentleman under arrest, off,
Ger ?''
Yes. General" replied the man,
touching his cap.
"Then there are two of u.s." and, TAX
ing out his vest pocket book, he handed
the policeman his card, with Here,
send up to me for the fines in the morn>
ing," he lifted his hat and drove on.
We have been a Grant man ever since.
derrick Dodd, in s. II. Post.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18

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NICKEL MISING IN NoRwAY.-The
production Of nickel has become an in.
dustry of considerable Importance of late
years. The first mine was opened in
ls46 by an English company in the val
ley of especial, iu the mountain Sondrt
Gudbransdal, bat this was closed In 1851
in consequence of the difficulty of ap.
proach and the absence of communica.
tons. Subsequently to this mines were
opened at Ringerike. and Bamble, near
Skein, and from 1861 there were eleven
nickel mines worked averaging, 3,45O
tons per snnum. In the latter year the
production rose TO 1900 tons from four.
teen mines, and it gradually increased
until 1875, when it attained its maximum
at 1850 tons. The greater part of this
yield Is exported in the shape of ore.
Norway being the principal source of The
nickel supply, and furnishing quite one
third OF the yie.d of the world. A mart
of The ore is smelted near the mines. av.
erag'ng between ls7l-5a yearly make O.
llo,5OO kiogrammes. About 4s5 workl
men are employed in nickel mining
though the number has been diminished
= within the last year or two, owing to the
iessened demand.-London Times.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18
CELEBRATING THE cow.

We have all heard of the rustic youth
who, plucking up courage TO walk home
with his girl, could think of nothing 10
say till they came near what Mr.. John
Burroughs, in one OF his Scrr6ner prose
poems, characterizes as Our Rural
Divinity. grazing in field, whereupon
he asked if it did not seem strange that a
COW should have such motherly appear
ance Ard she made the discouraging
reply that t did not seem at all strange
that COW should have a motherly ap.
pearance to a calf! Now more gracious
infersnce would have been that the BASH
full beau was brought up on the bottle
...........The story is old of the young
lady just fiom town, who on sight of a
herd Of cows innocently asked which
one it was that gave tho buttermilk.
Another showing ignorance equally dense.
has the advantage of an obvious moral
Visiting country cousins. city miss was
offered a glass of milk. and she asked
what it was. Informed that it was milk,
and, in answer to another question, that it
came from the COW, she made the pathetic
comment that it was frst-rate and she
"wished their miliman would keep a
cow" But if he should he might not get
any more encouragement than the one
who, having experienced change of
heart, resolved in his new future to de-
liver milk in all lis simon purity. The
very next morning his first customer paid
him off and declined to receive any more
of his goods, explaining that when they
came to use the milk of the previous day
at dinner it was ''all covered over with a
thick yellow 1.-THE records of
last years Dairy Fair add to this class
of anecdotes. A young lady, accomplish
ed in the vocabulary of fashior, describ-
ing a Holstein COW seen ihers, said "she
wo' a white polonaise and had two horns
cut on the bias. ".....Ts conclude, here is
a deferred item from the county of Salem,
N. j.: Down on the flooded fats lit
tie girl found herself being overtaken by
the rising tide in the Delaware, and was
rescued by catching hold of a cows's tail,
the cow plotting the way to dry land. ="
What presence of mind ! 1t was her last
resort, and saved her from a sad end.
Let other little girls. do Likewise, and let
this one never forget to champion The
whole race of cows by pleas on all suitable
occasions for shade in green pastures, and
water unpoluted by pigs, and winter
warmth in sunny stables (where cruel
stanchions are unknown) and abundant
feed Of fragrant hay. .-Mutey.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18

A FRACTURE OF THE SKULL.-Some
years ago miner was sent To the Ayrshire
District Asylum, who, four years before,
had beer struck TO the ground insensible
by mass of coal, which fractured his
skull. He lay unconscious for four days
after the accident, then came gradually
to himself. and was able in four weeks to
resume his work in the pit. But his wife
noticed steadily increasing change for
the worse in bis character and habits /:
whereas he had formerly been cheerful,
soeiable and good natured, always kind
and affectionate to her and his children
he now became irritable, moody, surly,
suspicious, stunning the company of his
fellow workmen, and impatient with her
and the coildren. This bad state in,
creased he was often excited, used
threats OF violence TO his wife and others.
finally became quite maniacal, attempted
70 Kill them. bad succession of epileptic
hts, and was sent TO the asylum as a dan :
gerous luDatic. There he showed linn
PiSiOus hUu kuIlH. ems
tertained fixed delusio that he was tbs
victim ofa conspiracy on the part of his
wife and others, and displayed bitter and
resentful feelings. At the place where
his skull had been fractured there was
we'll marked depression Of bone, and the
depressed portion was eventually rennov
ed by the trephine. From that time an
Improvement took place in his disposition
his old self coming gradually back he
became cheerful again, active and obl:g-
ing, regained and displayed all his form
81 affection for his wife and children. and
was at last discharged recovered. No
palmer example could be wished to show
the direct connection of cause and ef1ec;
the great deterioration of moral charac
Ter produced By the physical injury OF
the supreme nerve centers of the brain
when the cause was taken away the effect
went also.-Fortnightty Revie,o.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18

LIVING WITH BROKEN NECK -
There is living IN the Virginia town of
Marion twelve year-old boy with a
broken neck. According to the Enter
prase, published in the neighboring town
of Wytheviile, the fellows neck was
broken several years ago, at which time
lrcn and steel bars were run along the
spine and clasped on both sides of his
face. The head is thus held in one posi-
ton. Some days ago the framework US
ed broke and the head fell to one sile
cutting off the power of speech. The
mother put the head in natural poise
until the clasp had been mended, when
all went as before -PhHadciphia Times
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18

POISONED WATER.-A correspondent
of the Mining Press writes as follows {:
| have resided in California eighteen
months, and have been surprised at the
quantity of" gaivsnizedp pipe used for
water. Some eight years ago the matter
was fully discussed in Boston and New
England papers, and the pipe condemned
ms unfit Tor use. The Boston journal of
Chemistry, after tuii investigation, warn
ed the people against its use for convey
ance OF water, and my impression is thai
but small quantity of such pipe is now
used in the Eastern States. think all
waters act upon zinc, and in no case is it
safe to drink water after it has passed
through galvanized pipe. / have
known Of one death. and many cases of
sickness, where the cause was traced di
rectly to the use of water through gall
vanized " pipe. While visiting the
Deaf and Dumb Institution at Berkeley
l called attention to the large amount of
galvanized "pipe in use for conveyance
OF water in that institution. | sent to
Boston for papers giving the analysis of
water through galvanized "ppe also
the action of a town near Boston in re-
gard to galvanized pipe. / am told
the matter was submitted to the State
Assayer for investigation. Some of the
symptoms ofzinc poison Pains over and
about the eyes, soreness in the pit of the
stomach, weakness of knees, NUM- bness of
hands and feet.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18
IN THE ALPS.

y
TEE death Of the Alpine explorer. Mr.
Mosely, of Boston, while descending the
Matterhorn, gives a timely and tragic in
terest to the description by Mr.. Charles
p. Howard, in the current mum Der of Lip
pi'tcotfs MagGzine, of the ascent of the
mountain. The following extract shows
what risk the elm Der undergoes:
To novice cur position seemed fright
fnl. On the right the rocks dropped
sheer 5000 feet to the steep snow slopes
l,ading down TO the Z'mutt glacier, and
on the left the slope was so steep that il
appeared almost prccipice. The ridge
in front, along which we pass, narrowed
unit; itseemed to have no breadth at all
and was capped Ly thin ridge of snow
except where one or two thin needles OF
rock projected up through SO sharp that
no snow could cling to them. =
We soon reached a part OF the ridge
where 1t was not more then o foot wide.
could hardly believe that rock and now
could stand up in such thin, sharp ridge
but there it was, and Bromtschen was
walking along the comparatively smooth,
hard snow which capped the rocks; he
stopped little to balance himself. l
followed, but the slight wind on our right
was too strong for me to feel sure Of my
balance, as my feet, when the toes were
turned out reached from side to side of
the ridge; SO got down on my hands
and knees and crawled slowly and care
fully along. my right foot overhanging
the Z'Mutt glacier, and the left the pre-
eipice which. leads down to the slope on
the left, / crawled in this way for about
$50 feet, and reached a small turret of
rock, beyond which the ridge was not
quite 80 narrow, and where 1 could walk
upright. We followed the top of the
Shoulder without much difficulty, but we
had still to be so careful in placing our
feet that l did not look ahead much; and
so found myself, almost before knew
it, at the foot of the main peak, which
had appeared so terrific from our last
resting place. Looking up, the rocks
above for four hundred feet were seen TO
be very steepIy inclined, making an aver
age angle of ffty-nine degrees, almost
perfectly smooth and coated with glare
ice. A little to our right rope hung
down these icy rocks from cons iderable
distance above, while just below it the
rocks dropped away in the precipice fac
ing the Z'Mutt glacier. did not quite
fancy the outlook, bu: concluded that if
dropped the guides must 90 with me, and
that they knew what they were about, and
would not take certs inty of being kill
ed for only twenty dollars.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18

JOHN AS A SHooTER.-It is a growing
custom on the part Of the Chinese to go
on the roofs of the houses which they oc-
cupy and fire off their pistols. Recently
they have, on several occasions, been dis
covered in that pleasant pastime. Fire
arms are new things to most of these pe0,
Lle. They have no idea what becomes
of the ball when it is discharged. Pro,
baby, as they do not see it, they think it
penetrates the vault of heaven itself.
But the missile describeds some paraboln
ana goes through some window, lodges
on some root or wounds o. kills some in
dividual. This dangerous practice is the
explanation of the stray bullets which
from time 20 time have been found fying
about this town. Already enc man has
been slain outright by them. Several
persons have also been more or less SER
iously wounded. Balls have lodged in
pillows near the heads Of sleeping wo-
men. They have injured persons on
platforms of street cars. For time il
was supposed they were fred by mischie.
vous boys with air-guns, because the re-,
port could not be heard. But when the
frequent reference to it in the press brought
no relief, it was evident enough that the
shooting was done by parties whom jour
nalism did not reach. The Chinese be-
ing the only class in that conditi Sis
picioned for long time pointing toward
them. Now. in several cases the facts
have been brought home to them. When
ever they are in a warlike fervor they
blaze away frem the roofs where they
dwell. The balls travel long distance,
espee tally if fired from an elevation, and
no explosion is therefore heard where
they strike.-Sdn Francisco Bulletin.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18
THE providence Journal is responsible

THE providence Journal is responsible
for this version of an old story: The
steamer HeUetta of the National liner
some years ago was on the way from New
York towards Liverpool, when she came
up with Dutch ship staggering along
under sail, with studding sails allow and,
alolt, and going perhaps, eigh: miles pei
hour. AS the weather was fine and the
sea comparatively smooth. the captain of
the Heluetid determined to pass near
enough to the Dutchman to speak to him
AS. however, the sh ip was steering rather
wild, it was not prudent to go too nea
and the Two vessels were in pretty long
hailing distance. when the Dutch captain
began the talk of hailing through his
speaking trumpet.
"Shteamer ahoy %
"Halloo," replied the captain at the
Top of his voice.
"Vash shteamer vas dot YOU call?,i
said the Dutchman. .. .....
"Hel-Ue-tia!p shouted the captain, di.
viding the word to give it due Significance
go hell NIT you YOURSELF" was the
indignant response. "You dinks you,
big shteamer insults somebody?" and
the Dutchman sbeered off, disdained to
hold further parley with the steamer
which soon shot ahead and left him far
behind.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18

WAITING FOR THE PRoCEssIoN.-An
lnebriate was coming down an avenue OF
trees by moonlight and STUNT b!ed ganst
one Of them. Being polite. though
drunk, ne raised his hat, and stumbled
against another tree, begged pardon
muttered something about his own ide
of the road, which he couldn't keep, and
staggered forward. Then he stumbled
against another tree, and Spoogized
again. "This won't do" he murmured
"too many people come this way. Twill
just sit down till this procession has pass
ed BY"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18

"WHAT are the boys and girls coming
20 ~ we have often been asked. We
cannot speak withany certainty, but when
the hickering moonlight shows the sbad-
ows Of two heads together, the third party
in the tab'eau beng gate, while on the
evening air floats out noise like that
made by a small JDoy when he blows up a
bag and bursts it-wben this happens, not
in spots. but in whole sections, 30 that it
sounds like canonnade of artillery well
coming Grant, then we will be pardoned
if we mildly insinuate that they may be
coming 20 AN understanding.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18

A MAN from Belfast, Me-. went down
to Boston the other day. There he met
an innocent appearing young man, who
called him by name, began glibly in
quiring for well known residents Of that
place, and put en- such an appearance of
innocence as to completely deceive the
Maine man. The innocent young man
professed to be the lucky drawer of lot
terry prize, and invited his acquaintance
to go with HIM while be got the money.
The young man led the way to room in
the alley-way leading from Court street
to Cornhill. Having secured the prize
the young fellow commenced to gam bling
with his money, and soon induced the
Belfast man to loan him considerable
money on bank-chccks which he drew.
The game was worked so smoothly and
plausibly that several hundred dollars of
the Maine mans cash was transferred to
the lottery Dealers till, the till being at
last closed aud the money declared for,
feited. The Belfast man. being n man
of nerve proceeded to knock down the
lottery dealer, wrench open the drawer
and transfer the contents to his pock ct
A confederate, who came to the rescue
was also knocked down. The Belfast
man then finding the door fastened from
the outside kicked it open and gained the
street. During the day he met the in
noceEt-looking young man, to whom he
returned the amount that he had staked
and lost, retaining seventy dollars in exe
cess of his disbursement found among
the funds he had clutched. This he tooS
home with him to Maine, and safely in
vested it.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18

"SEE I" said reverend gentleman I;
:" here is an illustration. Al one time I
should have sworn awful at this fly-but.
look new" Raising his hand, he said +,
gently, Go away, fly; go away" But
the fly only tiekled his nose the r ORE
The reverend gentleman, raising his
hand with seme vehemence, made grab
at the offender, and, being successful,
opened the window to throw the insect
from him, when, in extreme disgust he
exclaimed. Why, IN it, its wasp!'
-NeW Orleans Times.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18

MAN WITH A MARVELLOUS EAR
Rochester contains youHg man who is
possessed of a peculiar faculty for dis.
tnguishing close sounds, and is thereby
enabled to perform some wonderful feats
He is sse to give the numbers of between
$50 and 400 locomotives (about one-hall
the total number) that run upon the Cent
raj Railroad, simply by the sound of The
bells. This faculty has been tested hun
dreds of times and has rarely proven a
fla lure Democrat
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18

He was plain, old Granger, and when
his son informed him that be had determ-
ined to go to college ard learn some>
thing. the old gentlemen looked stra ight
at him and said "Now, look a-hear,
John, you may learn readin'. ritin'
'righmetic and little biography, but if
you grapple with any o. them dead lang
widges, I'll kill you when you come
home, SOS they'll do you some good :"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18
LAND NOTICES.
u. S. LAND OFFICE.
SHASTA, CALIFORNIA.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT TO A
PLACER MINING CLAIM.
August 25lh 1870

august ZOtn, 1879
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN tb.+,
~ the Trinity River Canal and HvS'
raulic Mining Company, a Corporation
duly organized under the Laws OF ,ha
Sate of California, by its President
Thomas IL. Blythe, whose Post Office nd
dress is San Francisco, State OF Califor.
ma, has this day filed an application f,r
Patent for the following Gold Pacnr
Mine, situated in Coffee Greek Mining
District, Trinity Count, California. .n3
known MS the Trinity River Canal md
Hydraulic Mining Company and mora
particularly described IN the plat md
held notes now on file in this office as foI1
lows to wit:
Lot No. 40 in TIP. 81 N RI West M
ID. M . containing 1856 5000 acres. Com,
mencing ut the 5. L. corner of the clnim
pine tree 30 inches in diameter narLad
A. thence ). 100 West 80 &c claims in
tersecting the N. w, corner of the I'm.
right Placer Mine, where post 5x5 in
ches 8 feet long, marke ed E. is placed es.
tablishing n conner Of the Enrisht claim
thence S. $50 West 1904 chains To the
S. w E. corner ofthe claim, where a Black
Oak post inches in diameter marked ID
is set in rock mound. thence North 47
25 chains to the N w corner of the claim
where an Oak post inches in diameter g
feet long ma,ned G. is set in an old rock
mound. thence East 81 80 chain 10 n
Willie Oak post inches in diameter az
feet Ion marked b. in rock mound,
thence S. 27o East 33 40 chains to and
closing on the starting corner, the point
Of beginning. Bounded on the first 10 66
chains of the first course by the Low Bar
Placer Mine, claimed by T.. H. Blythe
and on the last 20 90 chains OF the first
course by the Enrieht Placer Mine
claimed by Edward Enright, on the sec,
ond course by the Lower Buckeye Placer
Mine, claimedby Il. II. Blythe, on the
first 32 so chains of the third course bv
the Upper Buckeye Mine claimed by II.
II. Blythe the remainder OF this course is
bounded by unclaimed Minera. Land: on
the first % so chains of the fourth course
hv the Black Bear Mine claimed by T.
ii. Blythe. and the remainder of the
fourth and fifth course by unclaimed land,
All persons holding any adverse claims
thereto are required to present the same
to the Register and Receiver of the U. S.
Land Office at Shasta California within
sixty days from the first day OF publica.
ton of this notice.
AARON BELL.
Aug 20 God. Register.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18

A CORRESPONDENT of the San Francis
co chronicle SPEAKS of the Spaniards as
a people always ready and willing TO
drink" What admirable California
politicians they would maze
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18

TIE practice of wearing court.pla,ter
on the face, to add to IL. beauty. lust spits
the style Of some women, and the more
coort-plaster they use the better.-Bostoa
Post.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-10-18
THE EYES! THE Eyes !!
DIR. f. III. PARDEE.
OculiSt and Aurist.
A FTER A PRoTRACTED BLIND

A FTER A PROTRACTED BLIND
IN ness of more than five years, DR.. Parde"
has made himself thoroughly and scientifcal.
y acquainted with all Diseases of the Eye
and is now practicing with success not sur
passed in the United States. u
All operations performed such as Strabisc
mus, or cTOss-eye, Cataract by linear extraor
tiOn, Depression or Absorption, Pterygium, c.
heshy membrane growing over the eye, Redue.
tion of Staphyloma or bulgng out of the eys
Artificial Pupil, Fistula, Lechrymalis, or clio E
ing of the tear p',ssage, and all deformities Of
the Lids, etc.
Artificial Ely inserted without the least
pain. and possessing all the movements and
constantly on hand and for sale at reasonable
prices. The Doctors Eye Bath for the treat
ment and cure of all nervous diseases is used
all over this coast.
Thankftl to those physicians who have sent
HIM eases for operation, he hopes that his uni
versal success will warrant continuation of
their confidence. His celebrity as an opera rator
is co-extensiye with his success, as patients
are presenting themselves, for treatment and
operations, from New \ ork and Boston, almost
monthly. Many patients can be seen at the
Doctors Office daily, in different stages of re-
covery.
0rFIcE-6aI Clay street. (Over the Clay
Street Savings Bank, San Francisco.
TAKE NOTTCE.-".s n Lfnr IL mot
be beifsUsd though ne sp. axis The ir Gfh
Reports are in circulation through the upper
country that have retired from business thar
| have gone to the Atlantic States that am
in Europe. &e., &c. To those Interested will
say that the report has been gotten in circua-
tion for the fultherance of other parties, who
are trying to obtain, illegitimately, an eye
practice. The reT ort has been started by an
itinerant mOuntebank, and without the least
truth as am at my Office daily, and attending
to about sixty daily patients.
4. IL. PARDEE, OcuIist,
62l Clay Street,
my25-ly. SAN FRANCISCO.