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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-12-15
Railroad Accident-Thril'srg Scene on a
ST. Louis street.

ST. LOUIS, December 14.b.-A freight
train of twenty cars on the Iron Mountain
road, beirg drawn up tha Poplar. street grade,
broke in two, and the resr part. Of ffteen
care, dashed toward the river. GA the way
they killed team. One car jumped thu
track and demolished the corner OF Kglb's
drug store and brought up against his stock
Of glass and chemicals. Another left the
track and tore off the front of a saloon, and
hive other cars made huge wreck all over
the street. Intense excitement prevailed.
ara number CT narrow escape3 occurred.
The damage was about SIS COO,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-12-15
The Fire Record

MoRRIsTows (N. J }. December 1ilh.-
Mrs Maria Apploy died in this city yester-
day, aged 104 years ard months.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-12-15

UNFINISHED RooMS-NEW AND NICELY
4 furnished rocms with new furDiture, single and
in suites. Lewis Building, southeast corner Fifth
and J streets. To let on reasonable terms t. re.
sponsibie parties. d7-lms
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-14
What SIZE Thinks of the Drnmmers.

First in the crowded car is he to offer
This travelling man, unhonored and unsung-
The seat he paid for, to some woman young,
Or old and wrinkled. he is first to proffer
Something, trife from his samples maybe,
70 please the fancy of the crying baby.
He lifts the window and he drops the curtain
For unaecustomed hands. He lends his case
To make bolster for child, not certain
But its mamma will frown him in the face,
So anxiously some women seek for danger
In every courteous act of every stranger
Well versed is he in all those ways conducive
70 comfort where least comfort can be found.
His little deeds of thoughtfulness abound
He turns the seat unssked, yet unobtrusive;
Is glad to please you, or have you please him,
Yettakes it very calmly ifyou freeze him.
He smooths the Jove-like froEn ofthe official
By paying the fare Of one who cannot pay.
Trus m odesty he knows from artificial;
viii fiirt, ofcourse If you're inclined that way;
And, if you are, be sure that he detects you;
And, if you're not, be sure that he respects
you.
The sorrows of the moving world distress
him;
he never fails to lend what aid he can.
A thousand hearts to-day have cause to
bless him,
This much abused, misused commercial man.
do not strive to cast halo round him,
But speak of him precisely as I've found him.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-14
Shark MOrkshin.

The inhabitants of many parts Of the
African coasts worship the shark. and
consider its stomach the road to heaven.
Three or four times year they row out
and offer the shark poultry and goats
to satisfy his appetite. This is not all;
child is once year sacrificed to the
monster. which has been specially
fattened for this occasion from its birth
to the age OF ten. On the fete day,
the unfortunate little victim is bound
to post on a sandy point at low water;
as the tide rises the sharks arrive. The
child may shrek, and the mother may
weep. but it is of no avail; even its own
darent thinks that the horrible sacrifice
will ensure her chiId's entry into
hcsven.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-14
The Richest Man in Mexico.

The richest man in Mexico is proba-
bly, Patricio Milmo, which is the Mexican
for Paddy Miles. He owns an estate of
400. 900 acres, and his plantation has a
reputation all over the country. A part
of it is cultivated for corn, sugar cane
and maguey. Milmo's residence is on
the summit-a handsome stone struc
ture, very large, and ornamented by
cornices and pillars imported from
France and the United States. The
interior is like a palace, and so rich
with gold and silver and precious stones
tn At the eye is dazzled with their splen-
dor. Milmo is President OF the Bank of
Mexico, an institution with powers and
privileges in the country as great as
are the Bank OF England's in Britain.
His father-in-law, Santiago Vidsrri,
was executed for supplying money to
revolutionists, and he himself narrowly
escaped similar death, though he was
connected in monetary sense with the
opposing forces. Since then brigands
have captured him several times, and
compelled him to pay from $4,000 to
S25, 900 ransom. These adventures have
taught him precaution, and he has
turned the mesa into sort OF citadel,
accessible by only narrow path,
obstructed by an iron gate Of enormous
proportions. He has distilleries and
several factories, in which goods are
manufactured for his own use on the
mesa, and intends to retire to his man
sion whenever another insurrection is
imminent. 1t is said that when he
came to Mexico he did not havea dollar,
aud got his start in business from his
father-in-law.-[St. Louis Republican.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-14

come, and had vague idea tnat a
nymph might venture to show herself
if no one else appeared" she said, Ian
guidly tanning her flaming cheeks.
81 will retire in favor of the nymph."
"No, / would rather see you now,
having no energy left for the contemp-
lation of naiads."
Dayton's face lighted up for an instant
and then resumed its gloomy expression.
"Mr. Croydon has gone, and SUP
pose everyone else is off enjoying them
Selves" continued Ella.
II thought Mr.. Croydon was a fix
ture; had come on purpose to see you
that is"
"Dear me, mol" laughed Ella. "He
is on his way to my aunt Hattie's, who
lives at Keno. He is to marry my
cousin in August, and only stopped
here to consult papa about something"
"Miss Terrell-EIla-dear Ells--I
have been such fool!"
OF course no right-minded + erson
would like to intrude on the conversa.
tion which followed; suffice it to say
that two weddings came off in August
instead of one, and one happy pair con-
sisted of Miss Ella Terrell and Mr..
Perry Dayton. Waverly Magazine.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-14
Subjects for Thought.

Be silent and safe silence never be-
trays you.
Every man desires to live long, but
no man would be old.
The man who never excites envy
never excites admiration.
Present evils always seem greater
than those that never come.
Some men cannot stand prosperity.
Other never get chance to try.
An evil-speaker differs from an evil
doer only in the want of opportunity.
Those days are lost in which we do
no good. Those worse than lost in
which we do evil.
Never let your zeal outrun your
charity; the former is but human, the
latter is divine.
Education is the only interest worthy
the deep, controlling authority of the
thoughtful man.
He who obeys with modesty appears
worthy of some day or other being al.
lowed to command.
To the generous mind the heaviest
debt is that of gratitude. when it is not
in our power to repay it.
The trouble and worry and wear and
tear that comes from hating people
makes hating improbable.
We Judge ourselves by what we feel
capable of DUNG. while others Judge us
by what we have already done.
As pure and fresh country air gives
vigor to the system, so do pure and
fresh thoughts tend to invigorate the
mind.
Many a small man is never done talk
ing about the sacrifices he Makes but
he is great man indeed who can sacri-
fee everything and say nothing.
Good humor is the clear blue sky of
the soul, on which every star of talent
will shine more clearly, and the sun of
genius encounters no vapors in its pas
sage.
There is secret pleasure in hearing
ourselves praised; but, on such occa-
sions, q worthy mind will rather resolve
to merit the praise than be puffed up
with it.
Truth comes to us from the past as
gold is washed down from the noun
tains of Sierra Nevada, in minute, but
precious particles, and intermixed with
infinite alloy, the debris of centuries.
AS ships meet at sea moment to :
gether, when words of greeting must be
spoken, and then away into the deep,
so men meet in this world ; and think
we should cross no mans path without
hailing him, and, if he needs, giving
him supplies.
There is but one thing which you
have to fear in earth or heaven. being
untrue to your better selves, and there
fore untrue to God. If you will not do
the thing which you know to be right,
and say the thing you know to be true,
then indeed you are weak. You are a
coward, and sin against God, and suffer
the penalty of your cowardice.
Happiness or misery is in the mind.
1t is the mind which lives. and the
length of life ought to be measured by
the number and importance of our
ideas, and not by the number of our
days. Respect goodness, find it where
you may. Honor talent wherever you
behold it unassociated with vice, but
honor it most when accompanied with
exertions, and especially when exerted
in the cause Of truth and justice.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-14
Trusting Yet.

Heart Of mine, beat not so wildly
O'er the hopes Of future years,
For the morrow's sun may find me
Weeping disappointment's tears.
Have the lessons long and dreary
Has the same delusive whisper
Won thy trust complete again2
Thou hast known Of woe and sorrow
All that human heart could know;
Yet thou wouldst through love, forgetting
Cling to those who struck each blow.
And thou still art bravely beating
Measured tunes of trust, and hope
For happy, bright tomorrow
That for thee may never ope.
But, oh heart, beat ever bravely
Bear me on through veal and woe,
Let no one but God-my maker
of thy burthens ever know.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-14
GOLDEN BROWN, ALL SHINING.

Perry Dayton sat in his stuffy little
Office, busily glancing over a heap of
letters which that mornings mail had
brought for the large dry goods estah-
Eshment of Park 4 Haily. He came to
one addressed in peculiarly dainty
feminine hand, and opened it with a
little more curiosity than he had deign-
ed to bestow upon the others.
Enclosed please find--invisible
hair net-color of hair sent. Address
Miss Ella Terrell, Oak-haven," etc.
''Miss Ella Terrell has very lovely
hair" thought the young man, examin-
ing the long curl attentively. 1t was
golden brown, and shone radiantlF in
the beams of sunlight which at that par
ticular moment came pouring in at the
little window. "Perhaps, though, it is
only part of her switch"
However, he laid the letter and soft
coil aside. resolving to match that in
visible net himself.
1t was very strange, but vision of a
young lady with golden brown hair
would keep intruding itself between his
eyes and the remaining letters. Some
times brown eyes accompanied the hair,
sometimes blue. Now it was q petite
fgure-again ''Divinely tall and most
divinely fair"
Having skinned over them all he be-
took himselfto that compartment of the
establishment devoted to such articles
as the one required. Box after box he
examined, and turned away dissatisfied.
He began to despair. Here was the
- L. IN. -
triumph to the Office and began to
write,-
81 have, my dear Miss Ella, at last
found one to match your beautiful curl.
hope-What bosh / am writingl Why,
Perry, old boy, you're clear gonel" he
exclaimed, tossing the offending missive
In the waste basket.
Enclosing the article in q wrapper, lie
addressed it, and laid it with similar
parcels on a shelf, at the same time
consigning the curl to his vest pocket.
4EkA %zS# &EAE $FEK
''Of course you are aware, Mr.. Day.
ton, that some one must go West shortly
to attend to that business in Keno; and
discharge of your duties, and place the
utmost confidence in your judgment,
Mr.. Haily and myself have decided that
you are the one to CO."
Thus spoke the senior partner, COM
ing into the Office where Perry was sit
ting. This happened a few months later.
Perry's beaming face fully expressed his
appreciation of this mark Of esteem.
He was to start in two days. This
was Thursday. The next Wednesday
morning found our friend taking break
fast at the Volcano House, Keno. The
business would probably keep him there
a month or SO. He had plenty Of leisure
time, and devoted it to viewing the
sights Of Keno.
One evening he entered the chambers
Of a young fellow connected with the
business house OF Park & Haily. and
found him making an elaborate toilette.
"Why this unusual and unnatural re-
gard for thy appearance, o Trevelyn2"
he exclaimed, advancing into the room
where his friend stood.
II am going to q party. Don't you
want TO Gomez"
Eyes. Where is it,"
"At Oakhaven, seven miles away. We
will take hack at eight precisely"
The hop was to be given in the hotel.
Trevelyn was we'll known and liked at
Oakhaven. He had lived there several
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-14
VARIETIES.

Farms of the United States are worth
over SIC, ZOO, ,000, 900; fences over $751;
600. 600; live stock over $500, 900, 600;
farm implements and machinery, $408,-
100000.
Nearly all the creamery and other
first class butter is shipped from Iowa
eastward. Sioux City ships an average
of five carloads weekly during the but
ter making season.
The president of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in
Washington, caused the arrest of two
men for carrying live chickens home
from market by the legs.
Chicago complains Of wife shooters
who are called insane. A man must be
insane who will take the risks of shoot
ing his wife in Chicago, where divorce
is go easy.
The length of the submarine cables
in the whole world is estimated to be
Ga 600 miles and the eir value to be $202,.
100000. The length of all the wires in
the world would reach 48 times around
the earth.
The following conversation was over
heard by lady on on one of the streets
of Lowell few evenings ago. A col
ored man met an Irishman with three
children. sam those your generation?"
asked the colored man. Yes," re-
sponded Pat; "thim's my ancestors"
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
hold that ticket is not invalidated as
title to ride, by having been pur-
chased from person not an authorized
agent of the railroad; nor can theatre
manager legally refuse admission on q
ticket because it has passed through the
hands Of speculator. Stipulations to
the contrary, as printed on tickets, are
of no account.
The Supreme Court of New Hamp-
shire has ruled that when divorce has
been granted for crime, the criminals
must be prosecuted by the court officers.
This is calculated to stop the practice
of obtaining divorces by mutual agree
ment, confession of guilt having here
tofore led to no serious results. A test
case Is being tried at Northwood.
Mr.. Werdermann, whose electrical
discoveries have attracted much notice,
has Just patented new incandescent
lamp. The peculiarity of this lamp
consists in the fact that the vacuum,
indispensable in all other such lamps, is
dispensed with. Mr.. Werdermann en-
ploys silicium in place of carbon, and
he has succeeded in procuring from it
better results than il carbon we're en-
ployed.
Mrs. Stow, a San Francisco dress
reformer, has informed the police that
on January l, she will begin to wear
trousers in public, and she demands
protection in case street crowds insult
her. But the chief of police seems to
think that it will be his duty to arrest
her, on the ground that her conduct
would be disorderly. As to the form
of the proposed garment, Mrs. Stow
says: my trousers are made with a
plat, and descend just to the line of
beauty in the calf OF the leg, just where
the dresses of young girls come; and If
young girls wear their dresses there,
why should not old girls adopt the
same fashion ?'' She is advised by q
lawyer that California has no law under
which she can be prevented from dress
ing in that fashion.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-07-01
upPlNCoTT's MAGAZINE.

The contents OF LippncOtps Magazine for
July are of light and lively Kind suitable for
summer reading. BLACK Bass Fishing III Sun
gabnertuk," Ly Rowland X. Robinson, carries
US To soe uf the least irrqueDted streams OF the
EdirOudaJks and j. very agrecably written and
finely illustrated An Afternoon in a French
Hamlet" by Anna bowman Blake, gives an AMI
mated description Of peasant lite amid the beau
tiful scenery OF the forest OF Fontainebleau.
THE Tiger OF the Sea" is the suggestive title OF
an article on sharks by &. Z. Huldrr, OF the
New York Museum OF Natural History, who mar
rates some excidng adventures among the man
caters and other monsters of the deep off the
coast OF Florida. 'Tn the Heart of the AlIegha-
mics" by NJ. g. Van Rensselaer,, Is the first OF
two papers which, tOking Crcsson for centre,
treat of the scenery nd early history OF The sur
rounding country In 'Walks with Bryant"
HOratio Nelson Powers gives pleasant account
Of the poets habits and daily life amid the rural
scenes u which be was so strongly attached and
from which he drew his insl iralioD. A short IL
lustrated article, by Ernrst Ingertoil, describes
'The Coal Mines Of the State OF Dade, and the
system Of convict labor In Georgia. In fiction
Lippincotts h. as usual, especially strong.
new serial, with the attractive title OF FAIRY
Gold" opens in quiet but charming manner
and promises we'll Love and Fireworks," by
Henry A. Beer, is q capital Fourth OF July story
full of huInor lind nice tOuches. Like Cures
Like" by Annie Eliot, and "Miss Matilda Jane
and the Ministe-," 9y susan Hartley SSeti, are
well written and amusing. Among the poems,
"Kineo. tue Legend Of MOosehead Lake" by
srsnces l.. Mace deserves particular notice, and
in the Gossip" paper on Girls at Mount
Desert" is pointed aud timely.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-07-01

NS" RARPEI's FERRY PROPERrY.-Judge
Rayner, solicitor of the treasury, notified
the parties proposing to lease the water
power and privileges at llarper's Ferry
To appear at his office OH Monday, Tues
day or Wednesday, the 10th, 10th or 2lst
of June and state their proposition In de-
tail, with a vcriiication of their ability to
comply, pay the proposed instalment in
advance, and receive their lease convent
ence and thus consummate the matter.
Thursday morning the solicitor received
Il letter from the party who has been act
ING as agent for the alleged company who
have offered to lease the property for
ninety-nine ysars, stating that he had
been unexpectedly called away from the
city, and asked for delay of ten days,
promising upon his return to conclude
arrangements and to lease the property
upon the terms proposed by the solicitor,
or that he will entertain any proposition
that may be made. He concludes his let
ter by saving: Your proposition that
bring before you the principals for whom
l am acting is all unusual one III the
course of business, and one with which it
would be impossible for me 10 comply un-
less assured of determined action by the
government" The solicitor said TO a
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun,
Thursday evening, that he was tired of
pickering with parties in relation TO this
property, and that he intended TO dispose
OF it in manner that should prove most
conclusive to the interests of the govern
ment, irrespective Of persons. lie will
wait a few days longer, and if nothing
definite is heard from the agent the prop
erty will be put up at public auction and
sold.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-07-01
IL L. NOT INV Ohiect

to cut prices, as am hot in that rinr
but my entire stock of spring and sum,
mer Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats,
Trunks aud Gents Furnishing Goods
must be sold at prices that will secure
10 all bargain never before received.
Harvesters, bear this in mind,
That If u bargain You wish to lind,
The place to get it is At NJ. Einstein's.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-07-01

\ punkin vine amt gwlne toaX your
vice bout hat road ii trabbl".
De bull frog nebbcr makes mis- lick
when he starts out Slngln.
y niggcr dat larts at his own bilcs
wasn't made for dis wurl.
Don't buck up again mad yeller
jacket jus to find out et he come Oh.
S,mctimcs the bottom animal IN a
coon fight gifts dc b'st Oh dc bargin.
".'ryin' to undeTstan some folks Is
sort o like guessIn at de rcction oh Il
1t hole i'll de grcnn'.
Ono good ,urn deselbs annndder; ct
IA IAN lend you his trace chain, go and
borrcr his single tree.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-07-01

~" The Wheeling Register has dis
patched one of t. editorial corps through
the New England States, instructed TO
visit all sections OF those parts OF this coun.
try and report upon the workings of the
prohi6itory liquor laws exactly rs he finds
them, without fear on favor, irrespective
of effect upon this party or lhat-and he
will do it. lie will make tour embrace
Ing the principal cities Of Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts.
lie Will take statements, figures, claims
and opinions of the pro!tbitory league Of
iicers; he will take the l,olice and court
records in all the States; he will inter-
view Mel Dow and other leading prohi-
hitioni>i- :he Will talk with liquor dealers
in Boston aS to the character and quantl-
~ of liquors said to people in prohibition
States, cumtra>ted with licensed States.
lie will give both sides of Tie police cor
ruption charges; seq how the hotel buSi-
ness is influenced; write up the summer
travel etc
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-07-01
m- Bunc1ARr.-Th4t our community

re- BugGLARY-Thato our community
is infested with burglars to some degree Is
q fact which cannot be doubted, ana IL
behooves every citizen 10 be OH the alert
i'm orGer to put check to this nefariouS
thieying-
On Thursday night of last week the bed
room of Mr.. G.. Il. Hodges, merchant, IN
our town, was entered after the midnight
hour by some thief, and his pantaloons
were taken from the foot of The bed in
which he and his wife were asleep. The
pantaloons contained about Sl25.oO IN
money, some promisory notes ami check.
The pantaloons were found the next day
i'm his stable. The thief enter by the
back window and prying open shutter,
OH the first floor.
On Saturday night last the residence OF
Miss Amanda Miller was entered through
the kitchen window. and some spoons,
dishes, cakes. &c, were taken.
On SUNDAY night thief also entered
the kitchen at the residence of Miss Annie
f. Shepherd and some toweling, table
cloths, &c. were taken away.
One night last week the residence oil
Mrs. Brituer was entered by burglar,
and when about To take hold OF PAIR OF
pants ut the bedside of one of her sons,the
thief was alarmed and made his escape.
The ticket Office of the Il. " .. IL. il. at
Kerncysvillc was entered on Friday night
of last week and some thirty or forty dol
lars We're stolen.
We also learn that attempts were male
to enter the residences of Mrs. Bennett,
Mrs. Rachael Snyder, Jacob b. Crow,
and others, during the past week, ut night.
Every effort should he made by our cit
liens to capture those who arc engaged III
this thieying so that punishment can he
dealt TO the fullest extent of the law, but
the proper punishment would be powder
and lead.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-07-01
Cas- Anexchange utters this mild pro

rB" Anexchauge utters this mild pro
test. \ doctor will sit down and write
a prescription; time, five minutes; paper
anG ink, quarter of cent, and the pa
tieht pays 81, 81, s.. $40, as the case
may be. y lawyer writes tel oftwelve
lines of advice, and gets from $40 to
$40 from his client. An editor writes
a half-column puff for man. pays a
man from fifty cents to dollar for put
ting it in type, prints it on several dol.
lars worth of paper, sends it to several
thousand people and then surprises the
pulled man if he makes any charge.