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Year: 1869

With this number the present proprietors ad-
dress you for the FIRST time through the columns
of the JoURNAa in relation to its management
hereafter. We do so with diffdence, for, aside
from appearing in an unaccustomed character,
we fully realize the responsibility we ave as
sumed. The liberality always manifested by the
people of Trinity towards their local paper, we
think ustifes us in believing that to obtain gen.
eral approval we need only deserve it. Entering
upon the discharge of our duties imbued with
these sentiments, we therefore, without any four
ish of trumpets, tender to all an assurance that
whatever of ability we possess, coupled with an
earnest desire to please will be given to the con-
duct of the TRINITY JOURNAL as family newspa-
per, Independent in politics, and specially devoted
to the interests of Trinity county We shall endea-
vor to make our columns reliable medium of
general news, an accurate record of events trans
piring within our limits, and as readable and in
teresting paper In every respect as our limited
space will allow. Politically there will be no
change of front by the JOURNAL. Aiming to be
the exponent Of an enlightened public opinion,
we shall always honestly avow and defend our
political sentiments, and trust that we shall be
able to discuss questions of public policy tenn
perately, unbiased by partizan passion or preju-
dice. We believe that the principles of the Ma
tional Union Republican party are best adapted
to insure US peace, prosperity and perpetuity as
a nation, and shall not hesitate in the future to
declare our convictions at such times and in such
manner as we may deem proper. Having an
abiding confidence in the capacity and integrity
of Ulysses S. Grant, we shall yield the incoming
National administration an unwavering support,
unless good reason for the contrary be made
manifest. Our best energies shall be directed to
the advancement of home interests. Of this the
public have a certain guarantee in the fact that
the welfare of the JOURNAL is inseparably iden-
tilted with that of the county. 1t fully admit
ted on all hands that Trinity is the best placer
mining county in the State. Our vast and varied
mineral resources need but be touched by the
magic wand of capital and enterprise to produce
prosperity such as we have never known. To
this end we shall diligently labor at home and
abroad, looking for information and inviting sug-
gestions from all hands, confidently relying up
on your cooperation. We shall keep strictly
aloof from all local cliques and factions, and our
columns will be free for every one upon all ques-
tions connected with the good of the county.
Our only object at this time being to indicate the
course of the JOURNAL in the future, good taste
warns US to be brief. If we have failed to suf
6ciently define our position in any particular, we
will take the earliest possible moment to supply
the deficiency. Hoping in prosperous future
for us all, in conclusion we make you our very
best bow.
Year: 1869

BETTER BE HAPPY THAN RICH.
Better behappy than rich,
II riches bring sorrow and pain


Better 10 sew and to stitch,
And enjoy the little you gail.


Some people love TO be thought
The owners of thousands awhile,


Aping what others have brought
From the paths Of honor and toll.


Better be happy than rich,
II riches bring sorrow and pain


Better to sew and TO stitch,
And enjoy the little you gain.


Honesty ever can say,
" blush 10 meet no man !" and why


With conscience clear as the day,
He lives with cOutentment and joy.


Better be happy than rich,
If riches bring sorrow aud pain


Better to sew and to stitch,
And enjoy the little you gain.


What is position, If you
Wake up every morning to find


Poverty grinning? How true
That pride can o 'erbalance she mind


Better be happy than rich,
II riches bring sorrow and pain


Better to sew and to stitch,
And enjoy the little you gain.


Noble men ever can see
A something more worthy than gold;


Goodness of heart unto me
Has heavenly joys to unfold.
Year: 1869

A CLERGYMAN and one of the elderly
parishioners were walking home from meet
ing one frosty day, when the old gentleman
slipped aud fell The minister, on being
assured that be was not hurt, said to him,
My friend, sinners stand on slippery places.
The old gentleman looked up, as if to assure
himself of the fact, and replied: Yes, l see
they do ; but l can't.
Year: 1869

WOMEN charm, as general thing, in pro-
portion as they are good. A plain face with
heart behind it is worth a world of heart
less beauty. Gentlemen who have tried both
uniformly agree to this.
Year: 1869

A MAN became insane in England the
other day while in the act of being married.
Uncharitable bachelors say that there is
nothing surprising in this although insanity
generally proceeds matrimony.
Year: 1869

WHEN you see lady nowadays with
" lovely curls," the best you can do is to
say nothing about them. At least, don't
ask for one of them, or she might tell you
where you can buy the whole thing.
Year: 1869

The arrangements of nature are admirable
exclaimed ayoung lady during the late high
winds. The same wind which disarranges
our dress, blows dust into the eyes of the
wicked young men who would take advantage
OF our confusion. Truly a philosophical
young lady, that.
Year: 1869

How TO PROMOTE SLEEP.-In order to promote
sleep in cases where it is wanting, it is of course,
in the first place, necessary to remove every
citing cause of wakefulness. 1t is generally
sential to give up the use of tea and coffee and,
as has been said it is sometimes necessary to
leave off stimulants. The person should take
care that he does not 60 to bed either with cold
feet or with stomach that has been long empty.
Many devices for inducing somnolence have been
practced with more or less success one of these


is combing the hair, which has very soothing
effect on some persons. Another is to have the
feet gently shampooed. Walking about the bed
room in ones night-dfess, SO as to get what DR..
Franklin called an air-bath, is good plan, and
the cold-water bath just before retiring to rest,
by virtue of its stimulating action, is often sue
cessful. In more refractory cases the warm
bath may be tried-it acts by Withdrawing the
blood from the brain. On the same principle,
the upright position, by favoring the return of
blood from the head is sometimes useful. 1t is,
indeed, no uncommon thing to meet people who
sleep with great facility when sitting in chair
or in a carriage, but who sleep with difficulty
when lying down in bed. The best bed to sleep
upon is a hair mattress, and the worst of all is
that made of feathers. Many people so sus-
ceptible that they unable to sleep in a
strange bed. pillow filled with hops, the
emanations from which are narcotic, has been
sometimes used with success to induce sleep.
People, as rule, go to sleep most easily when
lying on the right side. Proper ventilation of
the bedroom is indispensable for sound sleep and
for health. Sufficient outdoor exercise should
in every instance be taken, and those who are
strong enough should carry it to sense of fa-
tigue.-Good Health.
Year: 1869

PREVENTS Ror.-It is said that pint 0. slack
ened lime scattered over barrel OF potatoes
will effectually destroy all tendency to rot. Inc
remedy is simple and within the reach Oh all.
Year: 1869

The truth of the adage that "the course Of
true love never did run smooth" is proved ev-
cry day and hearts that beat in unison, and
souls with but single thought, are subject to
as much trouble now-a-days as when the wise
acre of old gave utterance to the saying. The
latest application is in the case of fellow
named Charles J. Johnson, gushing youth
with heart overfowing with affections, but
with head devoid of discretion. Now this
young fellow met, and afterwards loved,
buxom lass whom will call May Jones. He
swore by all the gods that she alone was the
IDOL of his heart, that for her he would live and
die, survive perish. Her image was with
him ever, deeply imprinted in his heart of
hearts This, and more also, did he say unto
the blusting, but happy damsel, who believed it
all. She at last loved him, and he, base traitor
as he was, first betrayed her, and then bestowed
the wealth Of his affection upon another damsel.
10 this one he also made the same protestations.
But now he besieged heart that was cold.
There was no responsive pressure of the hand,
no glad Frightening of the eye, no tel-tale blush
on the cheek, to give him encouragement. But
like Ulysses, he determined to fight it out
that line, and so he did. Love, though spurned
at first, will at last have its effects, and finally
the lady surrended. The wedding day was ap-
pointed, and the wedding clothes provided.
Yesterday the two who about to be made
one were purchasing the necessary equipments
for their humble but happy cot when a police
man called the attention of Charles to an invita-
tion to Justice Salisbury's matinee, at the Union
street theatre. He was compelled to appear in
season for the performance. 1t turned out that
his earlier sweetheart had heard of the doings of
her betrayer; and here, again, is the truth of
the saying proved, " He'll hath no fury like
woman scorned.'' The woman's love is changed
to undying and malignant hatred. Her first
step was to have the man arrested for bastardy,
and he was accordingly arraigued this morning
and held in $500 for trial. But here, again, is
shown the fckleness of human nature-or, more
properly of woman nature. She saw the one
on whom her hearts first and best affections
were bestowed in durance, subject to the ILL
treatment of vandas. Her wrath was changed
to mourning, and the affection she had endeav


ored to smother again bust forth, as water
from the fountain With tears she told him of
her love, and offered to become his wife.
Charles, looking at the situation in all its lights
accepted the offer and the twain were made one
flesh. In the meantime sweetheart number two,


left thus suddenly with blasted affections, con-
sidered what course to take. As she also has
" great expectations" through Charles, she also
got warrant against him for bastardy. Here
was dilemma unlocked for. He corldn't marry
her, as he had one wife, and our courts do not
recognize polygamy institution. In the
meantime he was held again for bastardy Chi
Poet
Year: 1869

DEGRADATION OF WOMAN IN UTAH.-Since the
opening of the Pacific railway, intelligent travel
ers from the East to the far, far Western States,
have impaired in their published correspondence
many interesting facts concerning the people and
the country. The letters of Edna Dean Proctor
have been of this character, and her last one,
dated at Salt Lake, gives gloomy sketch of the
terrible condition of the females of Utah. through
the system of polygamy, which she says poisons
the social air and dries up the hearts sweet and
refreshing springs. Many of the wives carry in
their faces hopeless look, and show the patient
submission OF slaves. They associate together
and talk over their common sorrows. Most OF
them married when very young, and ,only
through after-trials learned to understand their
position their miseres now so great that,
they openly express q wish to be dead Miss
Proctor after thoroughly examining the horrld
system, says that if she were to choose for her
self between living in Turkish harem, and
even President Brigham Young's mansion in the
city of the saints, she would prefer to live in the
harem of the Turk. She thinks that these IA
natic voluptuaries of the West will not be
changed through whirlwind or fire but now
that the railway has put them in communi.
cation with the ontside world, they will soon
be ashamed to trample under foot the purest in
stincts of humanity. The reform will begin
with the women.-New Bedford Standard
Year: 1869

Yuba county, was recently bitten by rattle
snake. He at once applied haxtshorn to the
bite, keeping the latter saturated with it until
the poison had all been removed. People resid-
ing in rattlesnake localities should bear in mind
that hartshorn is of the best remedies for the
poison of that class of reptiles.
Year: 1869

A New YORK paper, lamenting over the degen-
eracy of the age as shown in the decadence OF
the Democratic party, touchingly reverts to the
good "old Democratic times" when whisky was
sold as low as fourteen cents gallon.
Year: 1869

MARK TWAIN thinks that soda water is not re-
liable for a steady drink. 1t is too gassy. The
next morning after drinking thirty-eight bottles
he found himself full of gas and as tight as a
balloon. He hadn't an article of clothing that
he could wear except his umbrella.
Year: 1869

virtue; when, therefore, virtue is
prosecuted it is represented as
counterfeit, or some crime is laid
to it's charge.


Flowers furnish gorgeous image
ry and beautiful thoughts, they con-
stitute the most touching and deli
cate language which affection
could devise. They speak directly
to the heart, no marvel is it then
that woman loves them. They
bear such similitude to hsr own
history, repaying with grateful
fragrance and beauty the hand
which cherishes them, and dying
beneath the blighting influence of
this worlds coldness and neglect.
Men are born with two eyes, but
with one tongue, in order that
they should see twice as much as
they say, but from their conduct
one would suppose that they
were born with two tongues and
one eye, for those talk the most
who have observed the least.


A wise understanding of the
laws Of our being will show, un-
mistakably, the expediency ofright
and the folly of wrong. 1ffortune
is but temporary and integrity
eternal, how inconsistent to ex-
change the latter for the former.


No trait Of character is more
valuable in a female than the pos
session of a sweet temper. Home
can never be made happy without
it. It is like the flowers that
spring up in our pathway, re-
viving and cheering US. Let a
man 90 home at night, wearied
and worn by the tolls of the day,
how soo' hing is word dictated
by a good disposition! 1t is sun
shine falling upon his heart: He
is happy. The cares Of life are
forgotten.


Poetry is said to be the flower
of literature prose is the corn and
potatoes: satire is the aquafortis
wit is the spice and pepper; love
letters are the honey and sugar
letters containing remittances are
the apple dumplings.
Year: 1869

The Bible is worth more than
all the other books which were
ever printed.


God is we'll pleased with what
Christ has done for us, and when
we are pleased with it, and lay
hold upon it with all our hearts,
God is well pleased with US for his
righteousness sake.


How poor, even in this beautiful
world, with the warm sun and
fresh air about us, which alone are
sufficient to make US glad, would
be life. if we could not make the
happiness of others.


When sin lies heavy, crosses lie
light; and on the contrary, where
crosses lie heavy, sins lie light.


Bad as men arc they dare not
appear to be open enemies to
Year: 1869

monest and most seductive means
of escape.


In dealing with this subject it is
too often forgotten that there is q
class of persons much concerned
in it who may suffer considerably
from the notion that flirting els
an innocent kind of amusement. !"
It was only last month that Lon
don barrister read out in court the
letters of an erratic bagman who
had Tilted dress-maker as bril-
llantly as a guardsman might have
Tilted the daughter of a rural
squire. Whenever these breach
of promise cases turn up, we may
observe the grossness of the vice
of Irritation with the gliding quite
rubbed off it.


In too many examples the wo4
man has suffered the worst betray
al, she not having as many things,
probably, to distract her mind as
her sister in higher circles. Here,
indeed, the amusement is not of
an innocent kind, and the counsel
for the defendant has, as we know,
constantly to struggle for a miti-
CATION Of damages by throwing in
observations as to the conduct Of
the plaintiff, also inconsistent with
the view that Irritation is harm
less recreation: But it may be
said that filtration is the luxury
of the rich; poor people cannot af-
ford the entertainment, or when
they 90 about it blunder into un-
seemly catastrophes. It is doubt
full whether the well.to-do after
all are not worse off from the GUS
tom than those beneath them.
Whatwas the meaning Of the girl of
the period scandal? Why are wo-
men accused Of heartless selfish
ness and extravaganza? 1t may
be, we suspect that they have
sickened of honest love when so
often disappointed Of it; and have
then taken to the drugged cup Of
Irritation. London this year has
not been free from strange rumors
of the consequences Of "this irpo-
cent kind of nonsense" in various
quarters. A little smoke in this
case shows a great deal of smoul-
dering fire, and modern society
needs no instructions or incitations
to "that bright and animated in
tercourse which makes the hours
pass so easily" The Saturday Re-
uiew hints that to 60 too far is to
spoil the sport. Like wine, or TO-
bacco, or the bycicle, you may
have too much of a good thing.
Filtration is one of the few accom-
plishments, luxuries, or sins, from
which we would recommend total
abstinence to the majority Of Ia
dies and gentlemen. Intimacies
will spring up of spontaneous
and agreeable kind between men
and women, which need in no re-
spect resemble that foolish, selfish,
or guilty exhibition of temporary
emotions mildly termed Irritation,
but which is simply constructive
apology for derelictiens Of modest
behavior: .......
Year: 1869

Now, not every one can have
good features. They are as God
made them; but almost any one
can look we'll, especially with good
health. It's hard to give rules in
a very short space, but in brief
these will do:


Keep clean !; wash freely and
universally, with cold water. All
the skin wants is leave to act
freely, and it will take care of it.
self. Its thousand Of air holes
must not be plugged up.


Eat regularly and simply. The
stomach can no more work all the
time. night and day, than a horse !;
it must have regular work and
regulas rest.
Coco. teeth are a help to good
looks. Brush them with soft
brust, especially at night. Go to
bed. with teeth clean. Of course,
to have white teeth, It's needfalto to
let tobacco alone. Every woman
knows that. And any powder or
wash for the teeth should be very
simple. Acids may whiten the
teeth, but they take off the enamel
or injure it.


Sleep IN a cool room, in pure air.
No one can have a clear skin who
breathes bad air. But more than
all, in order to look well, wake up
the mind and soul.


When the mind is awake, the
dull sleepy look passes away from
the eyes. l do not know that the
brain expands, but it seems to-.
Think, read; not trashy novels,
but books that have something in
them. Talk with people who
know something; hear lectures
and learn by them. This is one
good of preaching. 4 man thinks
and works and tells US the results.
And if we listen, and hear, and
understand, the mind and soul are
walked up.


Men say they can't afford books,
and sometimes they don't even pay
for their newspaper. In that case
it does them little good they
must feel so mean while they are
readingit.


But men can afford what they
really choose. If all the money
spent in selfindulgence, in hurt
fdl indulgence, was spent in books,
in selfimprovement, we should
see a change. Men would grow
handsome and women too. The
soul would shine out through the
eyes. We were not meant to be
mere animals.


Let US have books and read
them, and lectures and hear them,
and sermons and heed them.
lErchange.
Year: 1869

A gentleman died last week at his residence
IN one OF our uptown fashionable streets, leaving
$l1 100000. He was a member of the Pres
byterlan Church, in excellent standing, good
husband and father, and thrifty citizen On
his death bed, lingering long, he suffered with
great agony of mind and gave continual express
slons to his remorse for what his conscience
told him had been an ill-spent life "Oh!"
he exclaimed, and his weeping friends and rela-
tions gathered about his bed-"Oh if | could
only live my years over again. Oh if could
only be spared, for few years, would give all
the wealth have amassed in my life time. 1t
IS life devoted to money-getting that regret.
1t Is this which weighs me down and makes me
despair of the life hereafter!' His clergyman
endeavored to soothe him, but be turned his
face to the wall. ''You have never reproyed
my avariclous spirit" he said to the minister,
y on have called it wise economy and fore.
thought but now know that riches have been
only snare for my poor soul | would give all
l possess to have hope for my poor soul!' In
this sad state OF mind, refusing to be consoled,
this poor rich man bewaled life devoted to
the mere acquisition of riches. Many came
away from his bedside impressed with the use
lessness of such an existence as the wealthy
man had spent, adding house to house and dol


lar to dollar, until he became millionaire.
All knew him to be protesting Christian and
good man, as the world goes, but the terror
and remorse of his death-bed administered a
lesson not be lightly dismissed from memory.
He would have given all for a single hone of
Heayen-N Y Sun
Year: 1869

An innocent rural reader writes to know what
IS meant by this phrase, and to enlighten the
styglan darkness Of her unsophisticated mind
on the subject 1t is defined as wearing In the
street lace flowers upon satin dresses, diamonds
In the hair and on the neck it is the unpardon-
able vulgarity of being over dressed it is to
wear glaring, flaming colors trimmed with cheap
fnery and conspicuous jewels it is to be dress
ed SO much like one of the demimoade as not
to be distinguished from them across the street;
it Is to dress beyond your means or station In
life; it is to be overloaded with silks, laces,
diamonds, false hair and paint, and at the same
time to laugh and talk loud use slang and per-
NIT yourself any familiarity OF manner toward
men 1t IS to be always hitching at the should
ers of.your dress while oging the people about
you; 1T Is to wear your dresses disgustingly and
indecently low and daring to call yourself
modest woman and expecting men to think you
SO meanwhile.


That is what is called ''barbaric splendor,"
thou innocent dove that asketh us the meaning
OF the phrase. The term is applicable to men
when they wear profuson Of cheap jewelry,
sop-shop clothes, loud ties, dirty nails, smell
habituay of whiskey and cloves, and are giving
to getting drunk at parties and being surrepti-
tiously smuggled out of the house and home by
of the clothing. of which gentemen's garments
have the money and position of gentleman,
with the manners of deck k-hand and sport
combined. This is what is meant by "barbarie
splendor." And let US be thankful that it is
dying out in our republic, and will be found in
few years only within the kingdom of iIaho
mey or the Sandwich Islands. Louisville
Courier