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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-07
Chinese I.abOrers.

Ottawa, 6-There are 1850 Chinese
employed on the Canada Pacific railroad
works in British Column bis, and that
number will be increased to 6 500 in
August.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-07

as follows:
IRKUTsH, July 9Th, Ais am.
I have just arrived with Berry and Gil
Gner, of the Rodgers, and Melville, MIN
dorman and Norss, of the Jeanette,
sitter 8 journey of twenty-four days. We
were unfortunate enough to miss Lieut..
Hsrbor between Chicken and Erkesk.
We passed each other on q steamer dur
ing the night. Melville found letter st
Olekum, from Hsrbor, requesting his re-
turn, but Melville thought that Bartlett
could supply ell the Information about
the Lena Delta. At his own request and
by Captain Berry's permission, Ensign
Hunt, Of the Rodgers, left the party at
Oklum 10 join Hsrbor.
(Signed) JACKSON.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-08
Don't Girls.

Don't think it necessary for your hap
piness that every afternoon be spent in
making calls or on the street shopping.
Home is not mere hotel wherein to
eat and sleep-too dreary to be endured
without company from abroad; home
work is not mere drudgery, but useful
ministration to those VIC love.
Don't mistake giggliug for cheerful
ness, slang phrases for wit, boisterous
rudeness for frank gayety, impertinent
speeches for repartees. On the other
hand, don't be prim. formal, stiff, nor
assume country face" eloquent of
''prunes. potatoes. prisms," nor sit bolt
upright in corner. hands, feet, eyes.
and lips carefully posed for effect. An
effect will be produced, but not the one
you wish. Nor yet sit scornfully re-
served, criticising mentally the dress,
manners, looks, ETC., of those around
you. Make up your mind that your
companions are, on the whole, pretty
nice set of people-if they are not, YOU
had no business to come among them
that there is something to respect and
like in each of them. Determine to have
Il nice time anyhow; then do your part
to make 1t so. Be genial, cordial, frank.
II you can play and sing ordinarily well
do not refuse to take your share in en-
tertaining your companions in that way
You cannot be expected to sing like q
Nilsson or Kellogg. If you cannot play
or sing, say so frankly, and do not fee
humiliated. probably excel in some
other accomplishment. Even if you do
| not, you can possess that one grand ac'
complishment to which all, others arc
accessories, that of being "a lady"-s
true woman, gentle and gracious, mod
est and loveable.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-08
Testing His Sons for a Ruler.

Feeling extremely i'll one day, Will
lam Thompson, the renowned Maori
chieftain, being at the time in advanced
years, deemed it incumbent upon him to
settle the succession to his supreme au-
thority over the Maori nation He had
two grown-up sons-tine, spirited fell
lows-and, with the shrewdness that
characterized him throughout life, he
hit upon the following test of their re-
spectiye capacities for rule, resolving
that his choice between them should be
determined by the result of his quaint
experiment: AS he was lying on couch
by the open door of his house, he sum-
moned them to his bedside, and address
ing the elder of the two, exclaimed,
Shorthand, take down nv gun and
shoot that white man standing by the
hut over there" The heir-apparent
was in the act of obeying his fathers or
derS when Thompson's second son
stepped forward, caught his brothers.
arm, and demonstrated with him, saving,
''Why should you kill the man? What
harm has he done to you, or, for that
matter, to any of usr' Thou hast said
well, my son." calculated the dying
chief. ''In thee discern the true quail
tiles requisite in rulers of men-intelli-
gence, prudence and love of justice.
When am dead thou shalt govern in
my stead" And SO it came to pass;
for, few hours later, Thompson for
mally presented his second son to the
elders OF his nation as their future chief.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-08
A I,eatla I,ata

When the oil excitement was at its
height hundreds of Ohio farmers drilled
wells in search of the liquid fortune, and
in u very few cases the farmer came out
ahead of expenses. One of the poorest
farms in Medina county was owned by
Elder Smith, who kept the even tenor of
his way, and looked upon the excite
ment as ungodly. One night some of
the boys emptied barrel of oil into a
spring on the elders farm, and within
day or two, by the help of a stranger.
there was great hue and cry. The
stranger called upon the elder and offer
ed him $4,000 for his farm-then $1O,-
O00-then $4,000, and finally asked
him if he would take S25. 900 cash down.
The farm was worth about $500, and
speculation was ungodly, but the elder
replied to all offers:
Il will wait and consult the Lord in
prayer
In three or four days the sell was dis
covered, and then someone asked the
elder if he wasn't sorry he had refused
the offer of $4,000.
well, l don't want to say I'm sor-
ry," he calmly replied, "but I'll admit
that if the Lord hadn't been leetle late
in answering my prayers, might have
gone to York state or visit this sum-
mer!n
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-08
Stories About the 0ueen.

Some interesting stories are told Of
the early days, when the Queen was
obliged to sign death-warrants, before
she was relieved of that odious duty,
and sign-manual substituted by Act
of Parliament. On several occasions
the Queen may be said to have begged
off the life of offenders. And on one
occasion, with hand trembling from
eagerness and emotion, she wrote ''par-
doned" across the fatal scroll. A great
degree of reticence is very properly i'm
posed on all connected with the Court
Her Majesty, on principle, has always
steadily discouraged amy thing in the
way of gossip or trivial conversation
respecting the affairs of the household.
So many persons are brought into pass.
ing, and somewhat intimate, connection
with royalty. that it is obvious that the
sanctity of the vie intime Of the Court
could not be obtained unless such rule
were carefully observed. We remember
knowing lady who was credited with
being private correspondent of Her
Majesty's for years, from her youth;
but the most distant allusion to this in
tereSting circumstance never escaped
her. Others, though not quite SO ret
icent, are always guarded and careful.
A draft of a treaty of amity and COM
merce was sent out from England to
Madagascar, and on the margin these
words were written: "Queen Victoria
asks, as a personalfavor to herself, that
the Queen of Madagascar will allow no
persecution of the Christians" A month
afterward the treaty was signed in Mad
! agascar, with the insertion of the fol-
lowing words: I'm accordance with the
wish of Queen Victoria, the Queen OF
Madagascar engages there shall be no
persecution of the Christians in NADIA
gascar"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-08
She Wanted Comedy.

Three months ago, when new serv-
ant girl came to well-to-do family,
says an exchange. the mistress said sha
desired to post the girl in advance on
one certain little point. She and her
husband belonged to an amateur theat-
rical company, and in case Jane heard
any racket around the house she must
not imagine they were quarreling-they
would simply be rehearsing their parts.
The ''play" began on the third evening
of the girls engagement. The husband
taunted his wife with extravaganza, and
she said he played ''poker'' for money.
and chairs were upset and footstools
were kicked around, and threats were
made of ''going home to mother. -
Next morning the mistress said to the
girl: s.....5...... ga, mes.
''Did you hear us playing our parts
In The Wronged Wife last nightP'
'.Yes'mm
s'It was simply rehearsal, youknow;
and You mustn't think strange of my
throwing a vase at my husband and call
ing him vile wretch!'' t
Three or four nights after that the
curtain went up on a play called ''The
Jealous Husband" and Jane heard sobs,
sighs. protestations, threats, and ex-
elamations. The next play was entitled
Coming Home Tight" and was mostly
played in the front hail. Then followed
1.-The Depths of Despair Threats of
Divorce" and '.Such Wretchr' until
Jane was at last tired of having pri-
vate box and of being the only audi
ence. The other morning she appear
ed in the sitting-r room with her hat on
and her bundle under her arm, and
said:
''Please, ma'am, but I'm going this
morningr' ..-......
''What! going away?'
'.Yes'mm
'.For what reasonFn
"Please, ma'am! but I'm tired of
tragedy; I'm q girl as naturally likes to
see hugging and kissing and love-mak-
ing, on the stage, and when Marks the
Lawyer comes in ON what-do-you-call-it
Pm sure to be tickled to death! l think
rlltry some family where they rehearse
comedy and have a deal of kissing. and
perhaps may come in as a 'supe,' and
get small share of it for myselfr'-
EXCHANGE
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-08
Hardy Plants for the Garden,

There are numerous hardy herbaccous
plants which should have more atten-
ton than they usually receive at the
hands of amateur gardeners, who seem
to prefer bedding out plants to fill their
gardens. There are many perennialS
which will survive the severest winters,
and require only a semi-annual enrich
ing of the soil, and when they have be-
come too large, u division of their roots.
In planting them, place the taller vari-
eties in the center of the bed, and plant
in straight or circular rows, decreasing
in height until the border is edged with
the dwarfest varieties, and when the
plants are in flower you will be greatly
pleased with the fine effect of the AZ
rangement.
Among the most desirable of these
herbaceous plants are yarrow. colum-
bine, bell flower, lily of the valley,
chrysanthemum, Mead's cowslip, lark
spur, dictamnus, bleeding-heart, day
lily, mullen, iris, p@onies, five-finger,
phlox, penstemon, dropping catchhy,
pansies, spir9, stone-crop, saxifrage,
violets, speedwell, tricyrtis, &c. Indeed,
the varieties of these old-fashioned plants
are too numerous to mention, and in
clude some kind of bulbous plants which
are also very snowy, such as the tiger
and martagon lily; common plants, per-
haps my readers may style them, but
none the less beautiful in my estimation.
AS long as 1 live they will be dear to
me, because loved hands-that are now
at rest-delighted to cultivate them with
great care, and bright eyes grew bright
er when the brilliant flowers rewarded
their labors.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-08
Beer Not Intoxicating.

/ hav finally come to the conclusion
that lager beer as q beverage is not in
toxicating.
hav been told so by German who
drank it all mite long. just to try the ex-
pertinent, and was obliged to go home
sober in the morning. have seen this
same man drink Is glasses, and If he was
drunk it was in German, and nobody
could understand it.
1t is proper enuff to state that this
man kept lager beer saloon, and could
have no object in stating what was not
strictly thus.
l believed him to the full extent fmy
ability. never drank but three glasses
of lager in my life, and that made my
head untwist as tho it was hung on the
end of string. but was told it was
owing to my bile being out of place;
and thot it was 50, never billed oyer
wus than I did when got home that
mite. My wife thot was goin' to die,
and l was afraid shouldn't, for it SEEM
ed as tho every thing had ever eaten
in my life was coming to the surface;
and believe that if my wife hadn't
pulled off my boots Just as she did
they would hav cum laundering up,
too.
O, how sick wuz! Fourteen years
ago, and can taste it now!
never had so much experience in so
short time.
If any man shud tell me that lager
beer was not intoxicating, l shud believe
him, but if he shud tell me that wasn't
drunk that mite, and that my stummick
was out of order, should ask him to
state in few words just how man felt
and acted when he was set up.
If warn't drunk that mite, | had some
of the most natural simptums that a
man ever had and kept sober.
In the first place, it was about eighty
rods from the place where l drank the
lager beer to mi house, and was just
two hours on the road, and hole bust
ed through each one of nv pantaloon
neez, and l didn't have any hat, and
tried to open the door by the bell-pull,
and hiccoughed awfully, and saw every
thing in the room trying to get round on
the back side of me, and, sitting down
on chair. did not wait long enough
for it to get exactly under me when l
wuz going round, and l set down little
too soon, and missed the chair by about
twelve inches, and couldn't get up soon
enough to take the next one that came
along; and that amt awl; my wife said
/ wuz as drunk as beast, and as
said before, began to spin up things
freely.
If lager beer is not Intoxicating, it
used me most almighty mean, that !
| know.
Still 1 hardly think that lager beer is
intoxicating, for l have been told so; and
am probably the only man who ever
drunk eny when his liver was not plumb.
I don't want to say anything against
a harmless temperance beverage, but il
ever drink eny more it will be with mi
hands tied behind and mi mouth pried
| open.
1 don't think lager beer is intoxicat-
ing, but if l remember rite, think il
tasted to me like glass of soap-suds
that pickle has been put tew soak IN
Josh Billings.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-08
The Prosperit3 of France.

The extraordinary charges imposed
on the French national treasury by the
German war amounted. including the
indemnity of five millards of francs, to
the sum of 11.471, ,661 .666 francs, or
nearly 9460, 100000 This amount is
exclusive not only of private losses but
of war expenses borne by the communes.
1t includes, however, the ALLEGATION of
260,OO0,0 900 francs to towns and depart
ments to repair Il portion of the damage
caused by war; of 260, 600, 900 francs to
repnir the damage caused by the corps
of engineers in destruction for defensive
purposes; of 1G0, 900, 00Of for the repro
yisioning of Paris: of 25,000,000f for
subterranean telegraphic> lines, and g.
696. 900, ,000f. calledthe cona1te de liquid
alton, devoted to the reconstruction of
Notifications, of armaments. and of mill
tary provisionlnent. In addition to
bearing this enormous load, the treasury
had to repay to the Bank of France the
loan of 800, ,0O0,000f contracted in
1870 and 1871. The extraordinary re-
sources created since 1876 to meet this
unprecedented demand have been as
follows: a. An increase of the censoli-
dated debt, amounting as the balance
OF four separate loans, conversions. and
sinking fund, to 6,627, 200, ,00Of.; (2) an
increase of terminable debt, under twen-
ty separate heads, to the amount of B.
200,-O0, 0O0f., and (3) alterations of the
national capital to the amount of Ill.,
o00,O00f. The total amount of extra
ordinary resources thus created amount
to $685., ,620, ,537f., being 1,573,O41, 1921.
less than the charges Of the war as be-
fore stated. And yet not only is the
Bank of France repaid, and the compte
de liquidation closed, but the decouverts
du tresor, a floating debt, which on Jan.
l, 1870, stood at 725, 995, ,055f., were re-
duced, on Jan. 1, 1880, to 636, ,565, ,404f.,
or by SO, 429, 351f.; showing the gross
reduction of debt after defraying the
whole expenditure, of more than &c.,
100000. Nor has the growing wealth of
France been shown only by restoration
of her military defense and by reduction
of consolidated and floating debt In
1879 and 1880 successive reductions of
taxation were effected, amounting in all
to nearly 222,000,000f The ordinary
expenses of the budget, which in 1879
stood at 2,700, coo, 00Of, have risen in
1882 to 1854. 600, ,OOOf Thus between the
budget of 1880 and that of 1882 is diff
ference in diminution of receipts of 222,-
900, ,0O0f., and the increase of expense
of 154, 200, ,000f., making together the
large sum of 5000. .00Of.- -Frasey's
Magazine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-08
Planting Trees,

You can have no idea of the exquisite
delight of 81 planter; he is like painter
laying on his colors; at every moment
he sees his effects coming out. There
is no art or occupation comparable to
this; it Is full of past, present and future
enjoyment. | look back to the time
when there was not a tree here (Abbots-
ford) only bare heath; look around
and see thousands of trees growing up,
all of which, may say almost each of
which. have received my personal at
tention. I remember five years ago
looking forward with the most delight.
full expectation to this very hour; and,
as each year has passed, the expectation
has gone on increasing. do the same
now; l anticipate what this plantation
and that one will presently be, if only
taken care of, and there is not spot of
which lido not watch the progress. I'm
like building, or even painting, or. in-
deed, any other kind Of pursuit, this has
no end, and is never interrupted. but
goes on from day to day, and from year
to year, with perpetually augmenting
interest. Farming I hate; what have 1
to do with fattening and killing beasts,
or raising corn only to cut it down, and
to be constantly at the mercy of the
seasonsp There can be no such annoy.
ances or disappointments in planting
trees.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-08
For Your Brothers Sake -

A good story is told by the Providence
Journal of a gentleman's mistake while
on the way to the Inauguration at Wash
ington, in March, 1881. Between New
York and Philadelphia he took seat
beside portly gentleman, and CONVEX
sation began. .s..
Politics were mentioned, and the
Rhode Islander said he was Republi-
can, and thought last fall that it would
not be well for the country to have a
change, but that he had a brother who
was Democrat. 80 3t-'
Soon the train stopped at station,
end the Rhode Islander stepped to the
platform and met an acquaintance, who,
after a little space, remarked:
General Hancock is on this train,
and, as am acquainted with him, per-
haps you would like an introduction. ="
Of course he would; so they entered
the car, and approached the portly gem
tleman just left; the Rhode Islander
was introduced to the General. With a
twinkle of the eye, General Hancock
saidi
Il will shake hands with you for your
brothers sake
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-08
Gwendolen's Mistake.


1t was in summer that GWendolen Ma
haffy spoke these words TO Ethelbert
Quirkson as they sauntered back from
the croquet-ground to the house. Gwen
dolen hit her corn instead of a croquet
ball. and as the blow fell there came to
her such a feeling of desolate loneliness,
such wistful yearning to howl and
swear, that she had looked into Ethel
bert's eyes with her own dusky orbs
and said in the low, musical voice whose
every tone thrilled Ethelbert with a
sweet, rapturous, -for-50-cents
thrill. that she really must go and help
her dear mamma get supper-she loved
so dearly to help in all household mat
ters that mamma had often said that
whoever got her for wife would never
need to hire girl and merry laugh
was thrilled forth from between the
wine-red lips that Ethelbert had so often
made up his mind to kiss. and then weak
pned when the time came.
He bent tenderly and lovingly over
her now, listening to every word she
said, and believing it all Nothing could
have shaken his faith in the girlish in
nocence of Gwendolen, and he loved her
with passionate alteration that knew
no bounds. To him she was perfection
whatever she did was right, and what
ever she said was his gospel.
1t is even betting that he didn't know
her front hair was bang.
Reared amid the solitudes of ST. Louis.
and having only nature for companion
and teacher, his child-like faith was not
to be wondered at.
Eyes, Gwennie, DEAR" he said, II am
very fond of pie"
"And do you love me as much to-day
as you did last tuesday," she asked,
changing the subject in her impulsive,
Nord-Side way.
''Better, far better, my darling Eth
Gilbert replied, in tones that were tremul-
Gus with tenderness. "My love for you
shall never falter, never fade, but al
ways be greater, stronger, and more
beautiful than before. Into that love I
have woven the best efforts of my life,
and she to whom it is devoted shall ever
be the shrine at which my soul shall
worship"
Unfortunately there was nobody with
a club in the immediate vicinity,
II can make pies" said Gwendolen,
smiling archly rs she spoke.
"Can you. darling?" in low earn
est tones.
''Why of course responded the
girl.
'.Then," said Ethelbert, calmly but
firmly, don't do it. Somebody that
you liked might accidentally eat one of
them"
Ethelbert now has q secondhand en-
gagement ring for sale cheap. Chicago
Tribune
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-08
How it Affected His Conscience

A young man from the country, whose
ideas of milk had been perverted and
abused by contact with the cow in its
native haunts, recently engaged himself
with proprietor of that animal engaged
in supplying milk to customers in San
Francisco. The second day the new
hand resigned. He didnot like the bus
iness, so he must go. An investigation
ended in showing that after washing the
cans the day before, the water, as is
usual, was left standing in them. Instead
of the cans which he should have taken,
he put those with their milky fluid into
his wagon and started on his route. On
coming back again, he learned his Or
ror. He resigned at once rather than
meet his customers.
''Why, it was cheatin' )" he said; ''the
worst kind. | can GO up to eannon's
mouth and let 'em shoot me, but Inever
want to set foot in them houses any more
where [ carried round that water, not
il know it.''
His employer demonstrated. He had
no time to hire another man, and il
would greatly embarrf . him to get one
In time. But the young man was in
flexible.
NO; L was brought up to be honest.
and | can't look 'em in the face again"
''Well. I'll tell you what I'll do" said
his employer, desperately. ''I'il give
you couple of dollars to go round this
once, and if you can't stand their abuse
you needn't try it again"
After much urging the young man
consented. He came back with very
curious look on his honest face.
well" said his employer" you came
out alive, after all, didn't you? Did you
have to stand very hard racket"
NO" said the boy; ''they did not
say one word anywhere, except one old
woman, who told me she thought the
milk was improving; it was little bit
richer yesterday morning"