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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-22

LECTURE. Prof. John Muir, who re-
Gently returned from Alaska, and has very
acceptably delivered several lectures since
has consented to deliver a lecture, subiect
''The Glaciers of Alaska" in Oak Grove
at the garrison, tonight. Thursday, Jan
uary odd. An admission of fifty cents will
be charged, and persons desiring to attend
can procure tickets at this Office
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-04-24

long dock. The truth was plain. MY
internal machine had run the whole
length of the road, and, stopping Tor
nothing, had shot over the dock. Inc
fall into the water had saved my me-
and 1 was spared to tell this story
which I feel pretty confident no one
will believe.
I spent the next two weeks at Firepan
in raging fever, and as soon as l re-
covered sufficiently started out to LOOK
for the remains of the unlucky machin,
list. and to learn what it was we had
run over. learned that the latter was
locomotive and tender which had been
found the next morning smashed to
fragments, with the engineer and fire.
man both killed. The accident was
attributed to a whirlwind, as pieces o.
the wreck were scattered rods around
AS for the machinist, 1 could find moth
ing of him save few shreds of clothing
and a little blood resting upon the rails
/ spoke of this to an Old engineer who
accompanied me on my search, anc
remarked that thought it strange thai
/ could not discover his body any where
about.
"Well," said the old engineer, eject
ing a quid, "you say you was going
two miles in minute and betterE"
"Yes, as near as can guess"
"Well, you see, when you come Y
grease the track with q mans body
don't last long. guess you won't fin.
no more of him than that. "-NeU Yor'
| Mercuru.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-04-24
THE DEAD POET.

The poets little span is done.
The poets work on earth goes on
The hand that strikes the ringing cnorus'
THE Thought that clothes itself I'm words,
That chimes with every varying MOOD
That gives friend TO solitude;
In flash or fire, I'm smiles or tears.
Wakes echoes for all coming years.
The poets hand and heart arc Dust
The poets grave lies green and husneo-
Ills music lives, and scars, and sweiis,
And shapes the natures where II uwclis. -,
blends with their grief, refines their mirth
Gives of fits own pure grace to earth,
shrines dreams and iancies. and TOR love
Finds words to speak and strength "
prove.
Oh. many a heart struck desolate,
And many life, by bitter fate
left dry, and dull; and many soul
Chatting 'gainst circumstance, controis
In fret and doubt, the surest balm
Finds in the poets golden calm;
Their blessing whom his power has blese
Haloes the poets tranquil rest:
All the Year Round.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-04-24
European Royalty.

There are at present in Europe 719
Princes and Princesses, each having a
claim more or less remote to a crown.
The one with the greatest number of
titles is the Emperor of Austria, Francis
Joseph. In addition to his title as En-
peror, he is nine times King, once Arch
duke, twice Grand Duke, eighteen times
Duke, four times Margrave, FIVE times
Count and Lord. His cartes de visite
make the fortune of photographers.
The King of Portugal, has eighteen first
names, his eldest son has twenty, and
his Youngest twenty-nine. One of the
Kings of Portugal, according to a Span
ish story, got lost in the woods while
hunting. Coming late at night upon a
little country inn, he knocked and de.
manded shelter. The landlord put his
head out of the window and asked who
was there. His Majesty replied by Civ
ing all his names and titles. Excuse
me, SIR" said the landlord, T" haven't
room in my house for so many people, "
and he shut the window and left the
King out in the cold. The title of King
of Jerusalem is borne by the Emperor
of Austria, the ex-King of Naples, and
the Prince de Lusignan. A similar
conflict exists between King Oscar Of
Sweden and King Christian Of. Den
mark, each claiming to be King of the
Goths. Oscar also calls himself King
of the Wends, and Christian King of the
Vsndals. The Grand Duke of Mecklen
burg-Strelitz is . General of cavalry in
the Russian army, . Colonel of Infantry
in the Hungarian army, and a Doctor o
Laws in Oxford University.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-04-24
The AntipathIes Of Great People.

Being through an affilcClOn mucn con-
fined to my house, l take delight in
being surrounded by domestic pets, and
have been much amused by what
thought the whims and affectations OF
my acquaintance. Some start and are
i'll at ease while my mastiff (who is as
gentle as lamb) lies under the table;
some tell me they have an aversion to
nv parrot-its sometimes startlingly
apropos answers and words that GU
riouslv fit in the conversation terrify
them, and they think it "uncanny -;
others-and these are many-really
can not sit in the room unless my cat
(who is q great pet) is removed. This
all seemed so mysterious to me that |
searched an old work on the affections
and Imaginations of the Mind - for q
solution, and was rewarded by the fol-
lowing extract, which / send, thinking
it may be interesting to your readers.
M. Chevraux, celebrated French
writer, observes:
"How exceedingly whimsical some
antipathies appear! l have known
people faint on smelling the delicious
| fragrance Of rose, and yet experience
a pleasure in smelling jonquil or hy-
acinth. A certain Governor OF one OF
the frontier towns could not bear the
sight Of fish-spawn, and lady whom l
knew went into commissions on seeing q
crawfish. Erasmus, who was native
of Rotterdam, had so great an aversion
to fish that he could not even smell it
without being in fever. If we may
credit Ambrose Pare, q man of some
celebrity, he says that he could never sit
at table where cells were served up with
out fainting. Joseph Scaliger never
drank milk. Garden could not bear
eggs. Julius Cesar Scaliger had an
antipathy to crosses; Uladistas Jagellon,
Polish King, hated apples; and when
Du Chesne, secretary to Francis the
First, smelt them, they occassioned his
nose to bleed. Henry the Third could
not remain in room where there was
cat; the same aversion was OBJ
served in Marshal Shomberg,
Governor of Languedoc. The
Emperor Ferdinand introduced gen
tlenan to the Cardinal de Lorraine
at Innspruck, whose fear of cats was SO
powerful that when be heard them new
at a distance blood spurted from his
nose. M. de Laucre says that he knew
a gentleman whose fear of the hedge
hog was excessive, and who believed
that that animal had actually been prey
ing on his entrails for more than two
years"
He also relates another story equally
singular of gentleman whose Drawer.
none disputed, but who was so nervou
when a mouse appeared that he coul.
| not take out his sword to destroy it. NJ
, vaughneim, the Kings huntsman il
Hanover, tainted whenever he saw
, roasted pig. The philosopher Chrysip
pas hated bows so much that when b
was saluted he fell down. There ar
|, persons who can not tolerate the sigh
: Of spiders, and there are others VIII
Z eat them for amusement. A friend {
! mine, gentleman, brave as the best
i tainted when vaccinated few month
: ago. He could not account for it, b
!. said, as of course there was no pair
4 neither did he feel any repugnanc'
4 Land and Water.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-04-24

,nudder beafin'! Lock de do. Aunty:
You peepin' out dat curtin agin, is your
Wush you'd come rub s'mo' sperits ttn,
p'ntine ON de knuckles o. my LEFT ham
foot. Hadn' bin fur Mars Lightnin''
come long takin' hum of, Dock would
a bin deader'n do nail BY now!''-
" Pleasant Riderhood, "sn Detroit free
Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-04-24

Brigham Young was first to solve
the gem puzzle with fifteen wives. He
had very little trouble with Nos. thirteen,
fourteen and fifteen so long as the Gen.
tiles let him alone.-N. 0. Picaynpe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-04-24

The Boston RIei, the IT,
saws that Irishmen in this counss5
no business with green naes'
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-04-24
A Relic Of Columbus.

The Moniteur Of Martinique prints an
interesting story about the finding OF an
anchor belonging to the ship upon which
Christopher Columbus sailed on his
third voyage of discovery to the New
World. On the night OF Aug. l, l498,
says the Monitewr, the small feet had
come to an anchor at the southwestern
extremity of the Island Of Trinidad, to
which the navigator had giventhe name
of Arenas Point. Washington living re-
lates that Columbus, who was very
poor sleeper, suddenly heard frightfut
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-04-24


the minutes into months, and it really
seemed as if l should never stop. But
did. After time / found myself
losing sensation in all my members. !
could no longer feel the handles in front
of me nor the iron brace under my feet,
so was little surprised to perceive q
cold, wet sensation overcome me and to
find myself cleaving q body of water
somewhere, and going down, down,
with slower motion than had expert
enced for some time.
A shock at my feet convinced me that
l was at the bottom of river or lake,
and upon striking out to swim was de-
| lighted to feel that l rose toward the
surface. Notwithstanding the confused
state of all my faculties could see, on
getting above the water, that was sew.
eral rods from the shore-say about 800
! feet-in the bay near Firepan, the end
| of my journey, some 260 miles from
Slingwheel. With considerable trouble
| for [ was stiff and sore, SWAN to the
railroad dock, and, climbing out of the
water, asked a bewildered depot hand
how came there.
"Shure, sir, (" said he, 81 DOM
know; but I'm after belavin' twas the
devil that fetched gel"
By dint of close questioning, | learned
| that he was g jist a-settin' on his thruck
a-smokin' his dhudeen, " when h
| heard singular noise, such as ne haf
never heard before, and immediately
after saw . tremendous splash in thu
bay, many yards from the end OF tn
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-04-24

"Anarky' DAT po' mggers gooo as
dead!"
These words were us1ereu IN sucn
thrilling, mysterious zones ..as Aun n
Anarky cropped 'ne Do.',e u nius-
tangie hniment, c'asPeo ner ia', Irown
hands, roileo up nes osos s"u "a
Claimed ,,, .4s
lou donv sesso 49,. :..
aoes, rep repneu ac SGua~ ~; ;nn!t l fm-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-04-24


dreds of millions of paper. Wv
| mon seems paper god, after al
may mold in gold and silver
you want to carry your flnanel1
ates around you. you fall back @
| per. Lady visitor in the bond TO-
patiated volubly on the De.:
wealth and the convenience @
plenty of money. Popular
Appropriate place the Tressuly
vault for such lecture. Lazy
much money because she {" COMA "
much good with it." 1t II VIVA. ,
us want it for ere we get IT,
good with it." After we got = ~
/ t is necessary to do much no.o IA
to ourselves than we prey'o!ssy
ined. Give . man SIC, 900 wno
never had ct once over 1iVt
three months time he'll feel -
ever, and be longing for mllll :.k
ssfor the good he could 40 -
More money, more wants. pu
yourself thinking you want
money, Just to do good TO osne.
It with 800, 900 to start witns
the jewellers window does nos
with diamond possibilities unas
before. And the new house. ~
riage and the new tailor, the ~
liner the new mantua maker, ~
ing abroad and at home. now r
Lutte necessity, keep shaving 49,
rover and narrower that mn
] mood we were "gofng TO 40
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-02-26

behind him and hit him on the
head aud took his money and
his watch as he lay senseless.. /
wouldn't have killed him if. he
hadn't come to and called out,
Good heavens! It's Slmon!'
Then / had to. / hid the watch
in the tree, meaning to get it
again some day, and / limped
home as / had come. If any one
saw me from distance, they
thought it was Dan. / left the
crutch where I'd found it. No
one was near me. No one sus-
pected me. Dan was arrested,
and tried, and hung. / would
have saved him if / could, with
out hurting myself; but that
was not possible. | here swear
that he was innocent as a babe,
and that / did the deed he was
hung for"
Simon lived just long enough
to sign this confession, and long
ago repentant hands set stone
over poor Dams neglected grave
with his sad story upon it. 1t
was a poor atonement 10 the
victim of circumstantiat evil
dence.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-02-26
Taking Oath Upon It.

The London Sporting Times
tells this good story: A clergy
man who recently left Liverpool
in one of the huge ocean steam
ers began to feel uncomfortable
soon after leaving the mouth of
the river, and, having had an In
PRODUCTION to the Captain, sought
him out to learn if there was any
danger. The Captain did not
answer Immediately, but led his
passenger to the torecastle and
told him to listen to what was
going on. The clergyman was
shocked to hear party Of sail
ors swearing vigorously, and ex-
pressed his horror to his conduc-
tor. The Captain merely re-
marked: "Do you think these
men would swear in such a man.
-ner ifthere was any real dangerY'
whereupon the parson seemed
satisfied and retired. A day or
two afterward when they encoun-
tered a rather severe storm, the
clergyman, remembering what
he had been shown before, man
aged to make his way with great
difficulty to the forecastle, and
was overheard by the Captain,
as he came away, exclaiming to
himself:
"Thank God, they're swearing
yeti"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-02-26
Sweet Consciousness Of Duty
Performed"
GSan Francisco Post. I


The other day, over at the Al
ameda baths, a timid and retired
looking man waited until the Su-
perintendent was disengaged and
then said to him:
81 do hate to give any one
trouble, but have you a long
stick or pole of any kind you
could lend me?"
"No, sir; | told you so ten
minutes ago." snapped the over
driven official.
$50 you did," replied the man;
"but | thought I'D ask you once
more. / guess, now, Pye done
my duty in the matter. Don't
you think SOP"
"What matter? What on
earth arc you talking about?''
"Why, you see my mother-in-
law diyed off down there at the
deep end about an hour ago, and
as she hasn't come up yet |
thought I'd like to tell my wife
that ! sorter jabbed around on
the bottom awhile for her any
way, but if | can't, why | sup
pose / can't, that's ALL" And
pensively writing her address on
a tag, to be tied to the old lady
when she came up, the conscien-
tious man, walked thoughtfully
away.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-02-26
Mail D1reotory.
rayettcville Post-omce.


Ds;trnad--Ieaxes every day except sun
<.x.t o.I5A.M. arrives at $40 Pm. Supplies
=, : so,lo,Sanr ofIices: Kelsos Lincoln, tlynt-
~slls Oregon, Georges Store, Flora, Hunts
esst,on salem, Winchester and Decherd.
sheIbyyille stage-arrives Monday, We'd
~.sdsy ana Friday at IL A. NJ; leaves same
SsSs stRP. NJ Supplies Mulberry, Lynch
80 Ilooneyille, County Line, Shelbyville.
sinntsville stase-leaves Monday and
7,,,nrs,,av NJ s A. NJ; arrives Tuesday and
zr;dav at 5P.M. Supplies sGoshen, Halle
ss,sen Meridianville and. Huntsville.
shoibvville hack--leaves Mondays and
,t.hnrsdavs at 8, A. NJ; arrives Tuesday and
rr;dsy at5P n. Supplies Norris Greek,
f.lsssfaut Ridge. Hawthorne and Shelbyville.
pniasl.i horsc-arrivcs every Saturday at
s,-al1u. leaves same day a. 1890. Supplies
rvrnston. Millsille, Pisgah, Bradshaw and
IiIlaski. n,...5., ,d
r.s.w atsA. NJ; arrives "Wednesday and
saturday at Pm. esCamaTso' MO-
. f;ro' Csld Water, Blanche
N, p,,ors Hiil horse--arrives every Satur-
!, % n. leaves same day at FIX.
Rs.sersl,,ro horse--ieayes Saturt-Ay at A
srv;res At 5pM same day. Supplies
.,Sro,v Station and Petersburg
''S,,i. no,,cv Q,ders can be obtainsa at this Of
nn5n post offices in all parts CT the u
:.a5 STATES. A list of Money Order Offices
.rsv .'ss,. be seen on application. Rates OF COM
80 ,s.s fo, Money o. ders are as follows;
UieF'oi -, s,l.sr ak 10 cents
go ~ and not exceeding $780,. 10 DO
~ go do do 40 ~ do
an. do do 60 rs DO
W. b. D0UTHAT. P. NJ
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-02-26

them at every point. 1t is fun
damental, an organic principle,
underlying the foundation of our
government, that "AlI govern
ments deriyetheir authority from
the consent of the governed, "
and that gall power is inherent
in the people" 1t follows then,
that upon this question, as upon
all other questions, that the peo-
pie should be right, they being
the source of all power. In this
great work of getting the people
right, the printing press, which
is a grand lever in the cause,
should bringto bear its powerful
influence, by way of stirring upthe
people TO the Importance of edu-
eating the youth of the country,
the bright, blue-eyed and black
eyed boys and girls, who consti-
tute the pride and the hope of
the land. Ill. Il. CHILDs.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-02-26
CINcrNNaTI.J Jan. 80. 80.

Ed. JOURNAL OF COMMERCE:
k-In response.to your favor of
THE 10Th inst, we should prefer
continuing our remarks mainly to
the Western and Southern mar
kets and to their severai sources
of supply. One very material
point is lost sight of by those net
conversant with the business,and
that is the supplies of desirable
ores. Some of the largest con-
Germs in the country are already
under contract for all they can
turn ont during the year, and
we know Of a number Of furna-
ces which will be compelled to
look for supplies when the cost,
by reason of additional freights,
will be tremendously increased.
In view of the foregoning are we
not warranted in the opinion that
the consumptive demand at pres
entis in excess of heproduction?
In any event, we believe this is
the case as regards the entire
West and South. Truly yours,
MATTHEW ADDY & Co.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-02-26
DIAMONDS.
A Novel Theory as to Their Origin

a %NO'SA %AOOAJ 90 Co 4AOh Va e iA'
(Scientifc American.
One Of DR.. w. b. Fletcher's
frogs escaped from his frogarium
some time ago, andxwas found
the other day, behind a register
at his Office, starved to death and
shrunk to half its former dimen-
sions. The doctor dissected it,
and coming to its lungs found
these organs clogged with thou
sands of black crystals, which
looked like coarse gunpowder.
Under the microscope these crys-
tails presented regular facets, with
smooth surfaces, presenting the
same angle of crystalization as
the diamond. On burning, they
gave off carbonic acid gas, and
they are pure crystals of carbon,
as the diamond is. According
to the Indianapolis Herald, the
doctor ingeniously theories that
in the ages gone by the huge
reptiles OF the antediluvian peri
cd, dying under circumstances
similar to those under which the
frogdid, may have formed large
Crystals of carbon in their lungs
which were afterward transform
ed into the hard and lustrous
diamond.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-02-26
An Honest Sale.
Detroit Free Press.

A day or two ago a motferly-
looking woman of As entered &
Woodward avenue clothing store
having a mans linen duster OF
her arm, and, when approached
by salesman, she said:
"Some one in here yesterday
sold this duster to my sen"
"Yes, ma'am, / sold it myself :
replied the clerk, as. he looked at
the garment.
~Did you tell my son that this
duster could be worn either to a
picnic, funeral, bridal party OF
quarterly meeting?n
-''I did, madam, and so it cam
'Did you tell him it made a
good fiy-blanket when not 9TH
erwise used?"
81 did"
"That it could be used as a
boat-sail, a stretcher, a straw-bed
and bed-spread?"
Eyes, ma'am, l did," Il
"And many people used them
as table covers?"
81 did,"
"And that they would last for
years, and then make excellent
stuff for rag carpet?''
II did,"
"And you only charged dol
lar?"
"Only a dollar, ma'am."
"Well, when John come home
last night and brought the duster
and told me all you said, | made
up my mind he must have been
drunk, and l was a leetle afraid
he stole the garment. I'm glad
it's all right" F"
'It certainly is all right, and
since he was here yesterday we
have discovered that the duster
is a great conductor of sound, a
preventive of sunstroke, and that
no man with one on his back ever
dead of heart disease. f."
"Land save us!" she gasped,
as she waited for the bundles
"but who knows that they won't
fix EN- so fore long that they'll
raise a mortgage off the farm?"
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P9efEYsA



" WE TRY.
We. can learn q useful lesson
From single drop of dew,
For it sparkles to remind us
How TO make our whole life true;
We should never waste our moments,
They are passing quickly by;
To improve them is our duty
: We cap do it, five try.
Let us drop gentle warning
By the wayside as we go,
And, perhaps, the germ of kindness
In careless heart may grow;
Let our seed be sown at morning,
For the night is drawing nigh;
There's harvest for the faithful,
We may share it, if we try.
As the bee is never idle,
And the brook is never still,
In the pleasant field of labor
There's place eve all may fill.
Then be ready Tor the Master;
lie is coming by-and-bY;
There sresstarry crowns in glory,
We may wear them, if we try.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-02-26

Ed. Journal OF C0NMERcE:
Yours received. We think the
Eastern writer's opinion totally
at fault. From our connection
with the trade We are satisfied
that the consumption is largely
in excess of the production. We
represent some thirty-five furna-
ccs. in this market and do not
know of one that is behind in
their deliveries. On the other
hand, the stock of iron IS the
smallest we have known for q
great many years, andduring the
last few months some of our lar
gest, as we'll as some of. our
small foundries, have had to stop
work because they could not get
iron to keep them running. We
expect to see all the furnaces
that can be put in blast, but do
not believe that they can make
enough iron to supply the de-
mand, and do not expect to see
over production until a large
number of new furnaces are built
which We think cannot be COM
Ipleted for twelve or eighteen
months. Very truly,
GEO. Ill. HULL e Co.