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Year: 1869

WEAK BRoTRgRs.-The County Commissioners
met on Tuesday last, but without transactiug
any business Immediately adjourned, the mems
bers of the Board being unwilling to run The
risk of the small.p pox contagion. This action
indicates a degree of weakness that is uuaccoutn-
able, and is calculated to convey wrong im>
preston. Thus far we have not had single
case of smallpox of local origin, and the man
who came down here with the disease upon him
is doing well and in fair way to recover.
There is not the slightest indication that the
disease is likely to spread and as far as we haye
observed the alarm is confined to very te"
persons who have allowed their fears to run
away with their judgment. In day or two the
excitement will subside, and then those who run
away from an imaginary danger will insist that
they were only out of town on business. 10 time
of danger it is well enough for weak women and
pulling children to become alarmed, but grown
men should set better example.


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SNoQUoLoMIE PAss.-A gentleman who has
lately came 10 from Yakima Valley, informs us
that several teams have come through from
Seattle over the road that bad been opened by
way of the Suoquolomie Pass. The road is pro-
nouuced entirely practical, and by another sea-
son will be extensively travelled. The,people OF
Yakima Valley have laid out county road to
intersect the Suoquolomie road, and when this
is completed there will be no difficulty in the
way of loaded teams going through from WaRa
Walla 20 tide.water on the Sound. All our in-
terests point to a direct communication with the
Sound country, and until we can get railroad
this Snoquolomie road will answer au excellent
purpose. The last Legislature appropriated 81,
500 towards opening the road, which at the time
was deemed by very many Of the members a bad
investment. fit now turns out to have been the
means of opening a direct communication be-
tween the two divisions of the Territory, it will
be the best Investment ever made Of the same
amount of money. The writer is one Of those
who supported the measure hesitatingly, and as
consequence is greatly grati6ed to 6nd that
time has dissipatsd his fears. The.openiug Of
this road, and the fact that teams have passed
over it during the winter season, is conclusive
evidence of the practicability and great advanta-
ges the route presents for railroad purposes. In
'ais case We doubt not the wagon road will be
tne precursor Of the railroad. Evidently there
a" good time coming"
Year: 1869

FALSE ALARM A young man named J. Car
roll, just down from Florence, was taken sick ia
the early part of the week, and from the synpA
toms was supposed to have the small pox. He
was at once removed to the City Hospital, but
after being there day or two recovered his
health, and on Thursday morning left the HosI
ptal, NCfectiy we'll We have here an illustra'
ton of how needessy people become alarmed,
and rush from safety into danger, In San Fran
cisco there has been quite a number OF eases
where parties taken sick with other diseases
were removed to the pest house and there cou~
tracted the small pox. Great care should be
taken to avoid mistakes of this kind.
Year: 1869

Az usual, the day was observed in New Jersey by
an entire suspension OF business. Despite the in
clement weather and disagreeable sleet. the GUS
tomary calls OF the season were made almost as ex-
tensively as ever the number Of which could gene
rally be calculated in proportion to the unsteadness
OF the callers. At Paterson, several hundredweight
OF poultry were rafed of at various places. Captain
Cundell's Company OF Fantasticals made parade.
An indefinite number OF individuals were severely
struck with Jersey chainlightning but fatally.
The day was wound up with Sunday school ami
vefsary M the Cross street church and the per-
formances OF minstrel troupe at the Opera House.
Year: 1869

Did you ever awake in the night in great
terror over some dream2 Some fearful dan
ger was Just before you, and you cried out in
fear for {" Mother, mother!" Though there
was nothing near to hurt you, yet your ter
ror was just as real as though lion was in
the room.


Now, the imaginary terrors Of man in
the delrium which drinking causes may seem
very funny to lockers on, who know there is
no danger; but they are terrible beyond all
thought to those who experience them.


A man living in New Haven, Ct., drank
so deeply that his reason was for time over
thrown. When his paroxysms came on, he
fancied that he saw before him men prepar-
ing to fay him alive Slowly they began
their dreadful work, cutting his flesh with
keen little saws, then tearing off his skin in
strings, and hanging it up on wires before his
eyes He would shrek and cry out in as
terrible agony as if they were really doing
it. Then he would imagine that his heart
was a cage of wild beasts, who were tearing,
growing, aud fighting with each other. He
would beg his companions to tear them out,
and when to crafty him they pretended to
do so, feeling of deathly faintness would
come over him Then he would think those
about him were throwing sharp hooks at him,
trying to iasten them in his flesh. lie would
wrestle and fight for hours with his unseen
foes until the sweat poured from him in
streams.


Did not he pay dear for his cups2 Was
the little pleasure he got out Of them worth
all that agony2
Year: 1869

Great truths are dearly bought, The common TRUTH
Such a. men give and tlko from day 10 day,
Comes IN the common walks Of daily life,


Blown BY the careless wind across our way.
Bought In the market at the current price.


Bred OF the smile, the jest, perchance the bowl
10 tells no tales Of daring ol worth,


Nor pcrceiyes cen the surface Of the soui
Great truths are greatly won-not formed by chance
Nor waited on the breath Of a summer dream
But graspod In the great struggle Of the soul


Hard huiieting with adverse wind and stream.
Not In the general mart, mid corn and wine


Not In the merchandise of gold and gems
Not in the worlds gay hall Of midnight mlrthg


Nor mid the blaze Of regal dadems.
But In the day Of conflict, fear and grief,


When tho strong hand of God, put forth In might,
PlOws up She suhsoil OF the stagnant heart


And brings the imprisoned truth-seeds to the light.
WrIng from the troubled spirit in hard hours


OF weakness, solitude perchance Of pain,
Truth springs like harvest FROM the wo- -powed field
And the soul feels It has not wept Ia vain.
Year: 1869

A FABLE.-A young man once picked up
sovereign lying in the road. Ever after
ward, as he walked along he kept his eyes
steadily fixed on the ground, in the hope of
finding another. And, in the course of long
life he did pick up, at different times good
amount of gold and silver. But all these
days as he was looking for them, he saw not
that heaven was bright above him and nature
was beautiful around He never once allowed
his eyes to look up from the mud and filth in
which he sought the treasure, and when he
died, a rich old man, he only knew this fair
earth Of ours as dirty road to pick up money
as You walk along.
Year: 1869

Learn from the earliest days to insure
your principles from the perils Of ridicule.
You can no more exercise your reason if you
live in the constant dread of laughter, than
you can enjoy your life if you live in the con-
slant terror of death.
Year: 1869

1t is one of the most anomalous and
romantic incidents connected with the
hunt for place here, that in this city, at
the present moment, boxing for an
office, are members OF family living
lust cut OF Sc. Louis, who knew Mr..
Grant several years ago, when he used
TO haul wood from the city to the farm
ers in the suburbs. The plea special
which they put in Is, that on one nota-
hls occasion Mr.. Grant carted soma fuel
70 them, and that the mother OF the
household called him in the back kitchen
and carefully darned considerably di-
lapidated overcost Of the then teamster
and now President. Since then the fam
ily have met with reverses, and hearing
of the great American gift enterprise"
set up ia this city since March A. have
sent on several of their number for an
Office for the husband OF the lady who
seyed the historical garment several
wears ago Washington Correspondence


Nes0 York Herald, March lSth.
Year: 1869

There has @ren discovered about 10000
acres of peat in She State of New York a
lone. Many of the New England states
are also distinguished for having large de-
posits Of this formation, while II is calcu-
lated that large proportion of the West
will yield an immense quantity of the arti-
Gle i'm question.


In the state of Minnesota peat manu-
factory has been established, supplied with
all the necessary machinery for thoroughly
testing the question as to the value and a
Availability of peat for fuel, Thus far, the
test has been very satisfactory. one of the
railroads running from st. Paul has made
an experimental test as to its value for on
gino fuel, and found that it gave promise Of
answering very good purpose. The West
is, perhaps, more deeply interested in the
valuation of this question than we, ON
account of the great scarcity of wood that
prevails i'm many sections; although pres
ent prices for that article In New England,
indicate that there we have not an overplus
of timber land.


At any rate, when it is settled that Amer
lean peat can be generally employed, and
successfully, to the uses of engine or house,
keeping fires, it will be joyful day TO
those whose annual wood bill is something
to be dreaded; as one of the greatest rec-
concentrations of the former is its prospec-
tive eheapness.
Year: 1869

The New Jersey Railroad Company have
recently put up in Jersey City a building
two hundred feet long, designed especially
as cleansing house" for sleeping cars.
1t has three tracks upon which the cars are
to be run in; also platform extending its
entire length. This is fitted up with racks,
scafiolds, and cross-beams upon which the
interior furniture of each sleeping-coach
is placed Immediately upon arrival at the
depot. The arrangements for dusting and
airing the blankets and cushions are extern
sive and complete, and the sleeping car,
before ii leaves the building, is subjected
to thorough course of washing and cleans
ing, and goes out thoroughly renovated.
Hitherto the practice has been to sweep the
car simply while it stands in the depot.
The new system gives it more thorough
cleansing, rendering the car more comfort
able to passengers who are under the ne
cessity of using it for a lengthy trip. \
dozen sleeping coaches are run into the
building daily to be washed and cleaned.


The prevention of accidents has been
aided by a system of telegraphic signals
between stations on the line, which sys-
TEN has not hitherto been used upon other
roads. BY this plan no train is permitted
to leave station until the train preceding
II has left the station next advanced. Op-
orators are placed at each station to give no.
tice to succeeding trains. This course has
been found necessary to prevent collisions,
for one hundred trains daily are run over
the road from Jersey City, and although
the track is double every precaution is
needed to prevent accidents. The compa-
ny have also placed at short distance from


each end of its drawbridges an alarm sig
nal that serves to stop the approaching
trains, in case the regular signals have fail
! ed to do so, even at the cost of destroying
the locomotive. A heavy iron plate is low
cred nearly to level with the track by the
| opening of drawbridge and, in case OF
| fog, If other signals do not apprise the en-
gine er of danger, this arrangement is sure
to do so by knocking down the smoke
stack and the engineers cab.-Artisan.
Year: 1869

on but you amt going to make me be-
lievo, when 1 read all the papers on both
sides, and Mr.. l.. and 1 talked it all over.
and 1 had my mind made up rs much as
he, that if could have voted for President
Lincoln the house wouldn't have gone on
as straight, buttons and all, just for drop
ping little printed paper in box. Mr.
LIS vote don't upset him, and / amt such
different flesh and blood that it's going to
affect me, knowl And sometimes think
how the lawyer and the doctor would bow
and nod if 1 were going 10 vote next fall;
and if 1 couldn't pick out better road
master than they did give up, and give
me burned griddle cakes for the rest of my
life And Widow Robbins, they'd be apt
to bow to her too, and she might get fifty
cents more on job! Itwould make some
dffe renee then what she thought about
prices and the labor question. However,
as was saying, time will show; and, as
tell jimmy, just now that you have all got
TO do is to remember that what is sauce for
the goose is sauce for the gander; and stick
to it, and don't give in to no Julius Caesar
airs, and you'll be all the better for it, take
the word of Matilda Lumpkn.
Year: 1869

During the past week the only events OF note were
the opening OF the Empire and Eckford CLUBS. The
former as noted in the HERALD OF Tuesday last had
q right royal time, such as became the reunion Of
the Empire, and the latter had good pleasant
game. The weather during the greater portion Of
the week was not favorable to ball playing and IL
the opening OF May may be taken criterion, the
ball players may, they did last year, sigh ana sing
and sing and sigh,


All hearts weary waiting


Waiting for the May.


Owing to the rule which provides that players
must have been sixty days In the club which they
represent the clubs have almost all made up their
nnes but few II any important games Will be played
July.
Year: 1869

Somebody gets of the following bcauti-
full paragraph on the closing night of the
week. There is volume of truth in it


Saturday night makes the people hu-
man, sets their hearts to beating softly
as they used to do before the world turn.
ed them in to war drums and Jared them
to pieces with tattooes. The ledger closes
with clash the iron door vaults come
to with a bang; up go the shutters with
will click goes the key in the lock, 1t
is Saturday night, and business breathes
free again. Homeward ho The door
that has been ajar all week generally
closes behind him the world is Shut out?
Shut in, then rather. Here are his treas
ures after all, not in the book-save the
old family Bible-and not in the bank.


May be you are bachelor, frosty and
forty. Then poor fellow I; Saturday night
is nothing to you, just as you are nothing
to anybody. Get wife, blue eyed OIL
black eyed, but above all true eyed get
little home, no matter how little, and
little sofa, just to hold two or two and
half, aud then get the two or two and {
half in it Of Saturday night, and ther
read this paragraph by the light, Of cour
age.
Year: 1869

Never forsakc q friend When eueA
mics gather around, when sickness falls
en- the heart, when the world is dark and
cherries, is the time to try true friend
ship. They who turn from the scenes
of distress, betray their hypocrisy, and
prove that interest only moves them. If
you have friend who loves you, who has
studied your interest and happiness, be
sure to sustain him ir adversity. Let him
feel that his former kindness is apprecia-
ted, and that his love was not thrown q.
way Real fidelity may be rare, but it
exists--in the heart. They only deny its
worth and power who never loved a
friend, or labored to make friend hap
py.
Year: 1869

A gentleman had two dogs of the ter
rier breed-the one rough coated, and of
rather large size, of great Intelligence and
great attachment, named Pincher /; the
other was a very smooth coated snarling
little animal, but an excellent house, guard
named Jacko. These animals lived to-
gether on very friendly terms, domiciled
generally in the house keepers room
where they were great favorites. One
Sunday evening the servants were sum-
moned to prayers, leaving the room with
their supper on the table, the cook only
remaining in the kitchen adjoining the
supper-room. In short time Pincher
went into the kitchen and pulled the
cooks gown who, supposing he was beg
ing for food child the animal and drove
him away. In few minutes he returned,
and again pulled at the cooks garments
when he was again reprovcd A third
time he came, and pulled at her gown
with more vehemence when, wondering
at the cuase, she followed him to the sup
per.room where the first thing she saw
was little Jacko helping himself to the
supper. In this instance it is impossible
not to suppose that Piucher knew right
from wrong, and that he thought it his
duty to report the wrong done, although
by his playlellow and friend, to the per-
son in authority. Here, in fact, degree
of intelligence was shown which is nearly
allied to reason.
Year: 1869

A good story is told of captain who
went into grocery where there were a
lot of loungers and no one offered him
seat. Knowing everything about the
grocery he went behind the counter, and
seizing keg marked powder, threw it
upon the fire, exclaming: Gentlemen,
its my opinion we've lived long enough. /"
The way they ran out of the store was a
caution to ground and lofty tumbling. OF
course the keg was empty.
Year: 1869

Gen. Grant received the other day by
express stout, new three, stiuged broom
with red, white and blue handle, Several
persons were present in the Generals
room when it was handed to him, and
numerous jokes passed as to its being an
intimation that he should "sweep clean )"
but the General himself expressed no
opinion.
Year: 1869

The laws of Japan, which are
regarded as sacred In their origin,
provide that the husband of a
seduced wife shall have full power
to slay the wife and seducer, and
shall not have the right to siay
one Of them and spare the other
This is different from the. custom
prevalent in America, 8
Year: 1869

IMPORTANT DEcIsloN.-Ever since we can recollect
it has been the general rece7ed opinion that insur
companies were not liable for the loss arising
from the explosion of steamboat boilers although they
might have taken risks on the boats. This received
opinion has lately been decided by the United States


Supreme Court to be erroneous and that boiler ex-
plosons on steam vessels among the pers of
igaton, tor which public carriers cannot be held re-
sponsible. The decision is one of much importance
to the commercial community and we give the gst of
it We find it in the Courier Journal The suit was
brought against the propretors Of the steam propeller
N ohawk, plying between Buffalo and Chicago On
her last voyage she had cargo of wheat, and
gounded the st. Clair Flats While she was en-
deavorng to get off, her boiler exploded and she sank,
and the grain almost wholly destroyed Suits in
admiralty were instituted by the firms on whose ae-
count the grain was shipped. Their claims were re-
sisted on the ground that the Mohawk was in good
and seaworthy conditi on when she left port and that
she SO continued till she grounded, that the catas.
trophe did not arise frem any neglect or careessness
on the part of the vessel or of her officers and must
be considered peril of navigation. The plaintiffs
insisted that explosions not dangers of the sea and
that Carriers liable for damages caused by them.
The Circuit Court of the northern district of Illinois,
where the suit was first brought sustained the theories
of the defense and the Supreme Court of the United
States, to which an appeal was made from the lower
tribunal, has reafirmed the decision.
Year: 1869




New ORLEANS AND THE COUNTRY MERcHANrs.-The
New Orleans Picayune of the 25th utmo, in speaking
of the scarcity of money in that city, says that
day two before, the banks, by agreement put down
the New York to onehalf per cent discount, in
order facilitate remttances from that city, but the
counter demand has been strong for both the city
and the country that the rates advanced oneeighth
The Pcayune says:


This will tend to cut off the only hope of immedi.
ate relief and merchants who have large debts due
from the country merchants would do we'll to start out
their collectors. 1t is heavy strain upon our resources
to meet the necessities of the planters but this season
new programme has been adopted by the country
merchants They have laid in tremendous stocks of
goods mostly credit and retaining the proceeds
for speculative purposes exchanging goods for cot
ton with the small planters and in many holding
the cotton for rise in prices There certainly be
objection their specuating ir cotton should they
chose to do so, but the system of speculating upon
capital which is not their should not be encour
aged 1t has been conducive to the extension of credits
with the North, favored trading and will tend to
keep the planters in state of dependence. Though
merchants have been prudent enough to run for
while on short stocks of dry goods and plantation sup
plies thats small in comparison with what they had


short time since, yet there is disposition to lay
in further stocks time, in anticipation of largely
increased trade soon the tributaries little
higher In this latter, however, they may be doomed
to Disappointment for notwithstanding the heavy cash
purchases in the North early in the season. and the
sales of So, 100000 worth of cotton in this Market
the demand for Northern exchange strong as ever
in consequence of the heavy balance of trade against
In consequence Of the strngency street rates ad
vanced yesterday to Is and "a per cent per for
business paper secured by satisfactory coateras 81
and 80 per cent. without collaterals.
Year: 1869

CorToN WILL STAND CULTIvATIoN-It has been as.
eerained that cotton will pay well for high cutiva-
ton as any thing else This was demonstrated last
season by Col G. R. Locket, of Georgia, who made
the experiment on six acres of land The average
yield of Georgia cotton lands is quarter of bale to
the acre He aimed to make three bales from each of
his six acres. The land was highly manured, deeply
and minutey cultivated and kept in the best order
and the result is that notwithstanding the severe
drouth in Georgia. he will gather seventeen bales Of


hive hundred pounds EACH Of superior quality, which
will sell for Sec per pound for the whole crop
It is evident from this example, that high cotton eul
ture will pay
Year: 1869

EJNHE TRUSTEES of the Shreveport University are
i pleased to announce that Prof. GEO. E. THATCH-
Err will continue in charge of this institution.


The Board encouraged by the of the past
session and by public appreciation every where freely
expressed to believe that they have met awant of com
munity at the right time and in the right place And
they confidently assure the public that pains will be
spared to afford educational facilities equal to those of
any part of the country.


The University is located in very pleasant and
healthful situation, two miles west of Shreveport
The grounds are extensive, affording ample for
exercise, and the building is capable of accommodate
ing large number
The extensive repairs made during the summer
cation add much to the comfort and atractiveness Of
the institution


JOHN n. HOWELL,


President Board Trustees.
Year: 1869

BISMARCK WA1NING.-A Radical paper says that
bismarck is waning-that drunkenness is sapping
the strength of his brilliant mind and darkening into
savage waywardness his calm and resolute will
Russia is too in the homogeneity and frmness
of her institutions to be seriously affected by the fact
that Alexander has acquired special preeminence as
drunkard in country where man must drink very
hard indeed to excel the general CUSTOM" Our Rad.


cal contemporary had better not throw stones, or he
may get his glass house knocked into shiyereens We
admit that it is bad thing for ruler with brains to
be drunkard; but it is worse for ruler to be one
who is without brains. Let him reserve bis commits.
Grafton
Year: 1869

BEEF ExrRAeT.-The San Antonio Beef Extract
Company and the Texas Lebig Extract Company have
consolidated under the name Of the San Antonio Lie
big Extract Company The establishment near San
Antonio will use thirty beeyes per day to begin with