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Year: 1869

In Dresden there is an iron egg, the
history Of which is something like this !:


A young Prince sent this iron egg to la
dy to whom he was betrothed. She re-
eeived it il Eeg hands and looked at il with
disdain. In her indignation that he should
send her such gift, she cast it to the
earth. When it touched the ground a
spring, 'cunningly hidden in the egg, open
ed, and a silver yolk rolled out. She
touched secret spring in the yolk, and a
golden chicken was revealed I; she touched
a spring in the chicken, and crown was
found within she touched spring in the
crown, and within it was found diamond
wedding ring There is a moral to this
story. and that is, it will not do to trust
g0ntward appearances. &
Year: 1869

Salvatore L. NigrO Us. August Lor71tes et al
This action was brought to foreclose mortgage
given by defendant Lormies to the plaintiff Before
the mortgage was recorded the property covered by


1t transferred the other defendant by Lormies
who had his deed recorded Immediately. 1t was
claimed that the deed did not take precedence over
the mortgage, for the reason that the purchaser
knew when he made the purchase of the existence
OF the mortgage in question He had been told, as 1t
appeared by the evidence introduced that there was
q mortgage on the place, but claimed that mere
heresay was insufficient notice. The counsel Tor
plaintiff claimed that he knew enough to put him on
inquiry and that the failure TO inquire further was
equivalent to actual notice.
Year: 1869




General Butler is after the Bond.
holders, and proves they have not paid
their income tax. The Cincinnati
Enquirer states


General Butler has shown that the
bondholders have not paid one tenth
Of the tax which, under the Federal
assessment, they were required topay
upon the interest of their bonds.
Considering the extraordinary patriot
ism of the bondholders we were strong.
ly inclined TO doubt the accuracy Of
the above statement.


The charge is made by General But.
ler a gentleman whose loyalty cannot
be impugned and with whom, in com.
parison, the loyalty of E. D. NJ, of
the Cincinnati Gazette, is thrown far
into the background. He proves by
facts and figures that the bondholders
have not paid one-tenth of the income
tax TO whichthcy are under the law
subjected.


Who would suppose that these pa
triotic gentlemen-who in the hour Of
the governments distress were willing
to lend it money at twenty per cent,
with exemption from taxation in addi.
would endeavor TO deprive the
Government Of the small consideration
by way of taxation to which it was
entitledl


Inasmuch asthe Government knows
the exact amount of bonds out, il can
tell with accuracy what il ought TO
receive from the income tax upon
them. That ii has not received one.
tenth Of this sum is most unfortunate.
1t shows that the bondholder, after all,
is not that paragon of virtue and hon.
esty that we had supposed We are,
therefore, considerably distressed,
inasmuch Us wo had believed that the
bondholders cared nothing for any
such little consideration as monetary
value to himself, but only looked TO
the general welfare of the whole com.
munity. 1t is, therefore, the flaw in
the diamond which had hitherto not
been perceived. What "loyalist"
could have thought that this pink Of
perfection would ondeavor to deiraud
that Government Of its dues from
which he had derived all his profits


General Butler proposes to reach
our distinguished fellow citizens who
have been avoiding the tax, and the
only tax imposed upon them by the
Federal Government, in this manner:
He would imposea u tax OF ten per cent.
upon the coupons or interest of every
bond and empower and direct the
officers OF the Treasury, wherever 10.
Gated, who pay said bonds, TO deduct
from such payment, in advance, the
amount of the tax thus charged upon
them. This would give to the Gov
ernmont a revenue of ten or twelve
millions of dollars per annum, instead
Of the two or three hundred thousand
dollars which they are now receiving.
Year: 1869




Aye, Gdzettey Doughty champion of
the unterri6ed. When Time" is called
you will find your foe on the scratch,
or in your corner. You shied your cap
into the ring long since, in your over
weening anxiety TO finger the stakes,
but bluff is not victory, or cheek an
equivalent for muscle. Your heart had
beat high ss the hour approached and
our corner was vacant. had it? Did
you chuckle with delight when you felt
the fevered blood in your veins throb-
bing painfully up 10 your temples and
believed no dexter hand would be there
to sprinkle it on the turf that lie soon
to cover you? Had you cause for such
hope from retrospection? We trow not.
1t would be well for you, if, when intes-
tine disorders are troubling you, when
the light brigade has deserted, when re-
cruits come not and Donegal is averse
to Pike, as oil is to water, there was no
enemy in the field and no tri-color to
the stake. We will accommodate you
in another way, you country husky,
with butternut skin, bilge water blood,
and Lynn brogans.


And in the name of all that is hellig-
erent, what are you going to make this
fight on2 What is your party? Its
Slavery head is Topped off; its Repudia-
tion tail cut shorter than fly length; its
Secession entrails drawn out; its scaly
hide tanned and used by Seymour to
wrap up speeches on cheese" it's john
sonian body dissolved in contraband
Bourbon, and it's Conservative bones
stuck on a bar with the rest of the An
cirnt Mariners dunnage.


You believe in the popular will:
That popular will has declared the so
called, Democratic party, worships false
gods. is full OF wounds and sores, and
an intolerable nuisance on the earth.
Do you suppose you can longer stuff
your columns with putrid hash and com.
mend it to the griddles of Montana
Democracy as savory sausage? Or do
yeu think the practical men of your
party, with intelligence superior to
smoking corn cob pipes, can longer be
led up by their noses to the polls, to
elect officers who can do nothing for
theIn in Congress but defeat appropri-
alton. and will do nothing tor them in
Montana but impose taxesG If SO, you
insult heir intelligence, by the thought
We tell you the days of your hum
buggery is ended. and in August. we will
send up the victor shout. Babylon is
fallen" You don't believe it, perhaps
think there will be only a light
shower. after ALL" Well! he was
drowned.
Year: 1869

THE letter from Mr.. Theodore Shed
at White Pine, TO his father, Col +. b
Shed. will be found highly interesting
and is well written. 1t is doubtless an
inside view" of White Pine as IL is
and corroborates other and reliable in
formation. The White Pine fever is
ended
Year: 1869

The town of Shermantown is situated
about four miles from here. and two
from Treasure city, and is by far the
pleasantest place TO live in, but very dull
now, Notwithstanding they have the
only two mills running in the country
one an eight and the other a ten stamp.
kept busy all the time crushing ore from
the Eberhardt. There are expected TO
be fourteen mills running here this sum
mer. How long they will run, time will
decide
Year: 1869




DEAR FATHER: Since writing last
have visited the two towns. Treasure
and Shermantown. The former is situ~
ated about three miles distant on n
lofty peak, right among the mines and
the celebrated Chloride Flat. The loca-
tions on the hill are similar to many
in California in former days, when
twenty or forty feet square was
allotted TO a man. Here you see many
shafts sunk within ten and fifteen feet
oil each other and each claiming a sepe-
rate lead. There Is not in the country.
a defined lead. They are all mere
mineral deposits and are just as liable
to be found by sinking in one place as
another, and are in all shapes and po>
sitions, are not extensive, and. in my
opinion. not one out of twenty will paw
to work. On this subject have spoken
to old residents, who concur in the
opinion, but are playing to sell out while
the thing is at the highest pitch of ex-
element. l took the celebrated Eber-
hardt lead in my tour. It's all true about
the fabulous richness. but these rich
deposits are rarely found, and the rock
is piled up in the building and shown
to visitors. who make up their mind
that il is all alike.
Year: 1869

met Mr.. Langrishe. who intends
opening here in a few weeks, or perhaps
months. l was talking to some old
residents on the streets, when he came
along, and in the course of conversation.
mentioned that he had got permit
and visited the Eberhardt mine, (Which
by the way, is closed to visitors) He
said that the accounts of it could not be
exaggerated. In going into the tunnel
he stuck his knife in several places in
pure silver. This is probably so; blt the
question arises, why do they not EN-
ploy more than eight mem They have
stopped running the tunnel at one OF
these rich deposits and are probably
afraid to go farther, for fear that it may
give out.
Year: 1869

Formerly, when Liszt gave concert,
he always made his appearance in the
hall at the very last moment. His foot
man was obliged to remind him repeat
edly that it was time for him to 60, and
that the audience was becoming imps-
tient. All this did not prevent Liszt or
dering cup of tea to be prepared for
him, aRd he said also that be wanted to
smoke first a cigar. When he reached
the hall at last, he shook hands and chat
ted with his friends until further delay
was absolutely impossible. Oneiday 1.-THE
Emperor Ferdinand was still on the
throne Of Austris) Lifzt was in Vienna,
and was requested to play at o court con-
cert He went to the imperial palace,
where he was told that the concert would
commence Immediately. Liszt thereupon
took cigar and lighted it. The lacqueys
then told him that nobody was ever per-
mitted to smoke in the imperial apart
ments "Well, then" said List, who is
q passionate smoker, j shall 90 down to
the court yard and smckeI my cigar
there" That is likewise forbidden" No
sooner had be beard this than he went
down to his carriage, entered it, and took
drive through the streets of the city.
In the carriage he smoked one, two, three
cigars, and forgot all about the concert.
Upon reaching his hotel be was informed
by his excited 6ootman that the whole
court had been waiting for bim ever so
long. Louis XIV came, one day, near
waiting for somebody. But on that day
Liszt kept the whole Austrian Court
waiting for him for several hours. II is
unknown hoy be managed to get par
doned for this dreadful breach of eti-
quette.
Year: 1869


and he to ks it to heart so, the dear, brave
little fellowi"


The old man was sorely grieved in
consequence of the position which he oc.
cupied. Yet, though his sympathy for
Robbie was strong enough to absorb every
other feeling and impulse of his heart,
the old servants sense of obligation and
gratitude to Lady Anna prevented him
from doing anything himself which would
in any degree compromise his word.


However, as in the first instance of his
encouragement ofthe boy's disobedence,
he did not feel that he was wronging his
conscience in securing the assistance of
another to bring about that which he 80
earnestly desired but could not aid in
effecting. arsr


Well, it so came about-but in just
what manner it is not necessary to re-
count-that in a few days thereafter the
Young folks met on the road between
Tsndauk and the village, and passed the
first happy hour together in those long,
weary weeks since the last parting in the
boat. There was something so touching
in the tenderness and sincerity of their
childish affection, that one who did moi
set worldly considerations before all
others could not but be pleased at sight
Of such true happiness.


!. The old gamekeeper was not witness
of the interview, nor did he really knotc
THAT it was to take place-though there
were wits enough left in his old head to
hold himself and the cab. driver aloof a
safe distance until the lad came to them
The boys bright beaming face and look
Of Happiness might have told truth
full tale to the two waiting servants, and
probably did so, though neither of them
car ed to interpret those indications.


l. ady Anna stood at the arched gate
way. al the foot of the gravelled walk,
awaitina the return of her son. She had
espie d thu cab approaching along the
carri,,ge war,s and hastened down to vel.
come her dSsing' safe return. This had
become her Sstom since his recovery.
The moor ladyveemed in a state of con
stant concern for him, and never rested
easy in mind while he was absent for
moment.


As she stood BY the open gate, pluck
ing few bunehes of flowers from lilac
bush that grew there, "a poor, crazy Scotch
woman paused before her, and extend
ing a bony. bloodless hand, begged aims.
Al the same moment the cab drove up,
and the proud lady, with an expression
Of ANNOYANCE, turned from the pleading
mepdicant TO receive her son.


2 ~s Bfiehter and better - exclaimed
Lady Anna. smiling on him. "John,
Won surely have taken unusual pains to
please nv bow. for he has not looked so
we'll and happy since his illness"


Poor old John became instantly red in
the face. and could only stammer con-
fused reply; for in spite of himself he
could not avoid reyerting 10 the probable
real cause of the lads unusual cheerful.
ness. and he certainly did feel somewhat
ruilty of treachery.


|" Come. then. nv brave one" said nv
lady. without noticing the old servants
confusion, "you're ready for luncheon
by this, / am thinking" =


one foot on the carriage step. lust as he
had paused in the act of alig6ring, and
intently regarding the poor,
rarged beggar woman, with something
Of a Questioning, plying look in his eyes.
Year: 1869

"wzsas ARE WE DaIrrNo F'-The San Fran
cisco Aha says we have fallen upon strange
times. General Robert E. Lee has no fears oi
negro suffrage. Further be has declared him.
self in favor of :he fifteenth amendment put for
ward by vile radical Rump for the humiliation
of the long suffering and cruelty oppressed
South, The announcement of this fact will be
sufficient to throw into spasms those terrible
fire-eaters " ho, while Lee was lighting valiantly


though in a bad cause, hastily retreated to the
security of their bomb-proofs, or remained at an
entirely safe distance from the conflict, breath
ing forth threateniugs and slaughter in the most
desperately heroical manner. Lee for the out
rareous, yillainous hideous fifteenth amend
mepti Nor is,this all. The Conservative party
of Virginia is also in favor of the fifteenth
amendment. Its platform is universal suffrage
and universal amnesty. Every body is sOF it,
Year: 1869

EMIGRATION TO CALIFoRsIA.-A New York let
ter to Philadelphia paper says that emigration
to California this coming summer promises to
be on the most extensive scale, the new aud all
powerful attraction being the marvellous richness
Of the White Pine dggngs. 1t is also said that
many emigrants are pressing forward to the
new Silverado by the overland route, people
from the Western States choosing that line of
transit
Year: 1869

ScKaESoEas AGAIN. - General Lee gars his
sword to Grant when he found Eghting was use
less. Again he yields to manifest destiny and
will not fight against negro suffrage nor the
fifteenth constitutional amendment
Year: 1869

A FAIR OFFER.-Dr. Franklin made the
following offer to a young man Make"
said he, :" full estimate of all you owe and
all that is owing you. Reduce the same to a
note. As fast as you can collect, pay over to
those you owe. you cannot collect renew
your note every year, and get the best secu
rity you can. Go to business diligently, and
be industrious waste no idle moments be
very economical in all things; discard all
pride; be faithful in your duty to God; be
regular and hearty praying morning and
night; attend church AMI meeting regular
every Sunday; and do unto all men as We
would have them do unto you. If you are
10 needy IN circustances to give to the poor,
do whatever else in your power for them
cheerfully; but if you can, always help the
worthy poor and unfortunate. Pursue this
course diligently for seren years. aud if you
are not happy. comfortable and independent
IN your circumstances. come to me and | will
ray your debts" Young people, try it,
Year: 1869

CURIOUS FANCIEs OF A DIsoRDERED
MIND.-Sebastion Huffer, shoemaker at
Hannibal, Mo-, lately had an attack of in
sanity, during which he became possessed
with the idea that Satan was in his dog,
and that it would be a righteous act to kill
the brute. After he had dispatched the
dog he concluded that the incarnation of
evil had taken possession Of his eight year
old daughter, and, calling her t. him he
seized her, placed strap around her neck,
threw her to the floor, placed his foot on
her head, and taking knife, cut out her
heart, and swallowed the eoaguIated blood.
He was arrested some time after commit
ting the deed, being found in his own house
with the door fastened He made no at
tempt to conceal his guilt. but gave
Straightforward history of theyafair, mani
Testing no regret at the occufence.
Year: 1869

THE FEMALE ACROBAT" John Paup
has been to see the woman on the flying
trapeze (M'lle Senyah) in New York, and
makes the following report:


She Was quite pretty woman, neatly
and simply dressed in girdle made of
stripe or two from an American flag encircl-
ing her waist. [ never telt so proud of
my country's flag before. I had seen it
waving over Thriving cities, happy villages
and majestic mountain heights, but this
was the first time that I had ever seen it
generously protecting the waste places I
shln't attempt to describe what the pretty
little woman did on the trapeze, the rings
and the incidental ropes She accomplished
feats that made my hair run cold and
every drop of blood in my veins stand on
end. She swung head downward from the
trapeze bar, holding her husband by one
ear with the tips of her thumb and fore
finger and In that position turned ten SOM
ersaults over the bar, swinging her husband
over her head each time. This feat she
afterward repeated, varying it slightly by
holding her husband in her teeth, and
Messrs. Jarrett and Palmer by the hair
one In each hand. Then she supported
herself by twisting her back hair around
the bar, fastening it with single hair pin,
and afterward fearlessly ate mince pie
Which the programme assured US was
bought in Fulton market-while shud
der of horror ran through the audience.
Year: 1869

When a Roman Catholic is nomina-
ted for Governor, and the Roman Catho-
lie organ of the State breaks out in
fresh denunieation and abuse OF our
common school system, it is idle 10 say
that the school system is not an issue.
Friends of the system are compelled to
and to take care that no harm shall
come to it through the election.-Cg Gin.
ObrORicye.
Year: 1869

An extraordinary falacy is the dread of
night air. What air can we breathe at
night, but night air? The choice is be-
tween pure night air from without and foul
air from within. Most people prefer the
latter. An unaccountable choice. What
will they say, if it is proved to be true that
fully one-half of all the diseases we suffer
from is occasioned by people sleeping with
their windows shut? An open window,
most nights in the year, can never hurt
any one. This is not to say that light is
not necessary for recovery. In great cities,
night air is often the best and purest air to
be had in the twenty-four hours. could
better understand shutting the windows in
town during the day than during the night,
for the sake of the sick. The absence of
smoke, the quiet, all tend to make night
the best time for airing the patient.


One of our highest medical authorities
on consumption and climate, has told me
that the air in London is never so good as
after ten o'clock at night. Always air your
room then, from the outside air if possible.
Windows are made to open, doors are made
to shut-a truth which seems extremely
difficult of apprehension. Every room
must be aired from without-Every passage
from within. But the fewer passages there
are in hospital, the better.


Florence Niqhtinoale
Year: 1869

4 singular change seems to be creep
ing over all our Western regions under set
tlemcnt, in the matter of climate and of
rain. Summer rains are rapidly on the in
crease, and the necessity of irrigation is
lessening, especially for the grains and
slow-growing vegetables. When the Nor
mons first went to Utah, there was no rain
April to November; but now summer show
ers are of frequent occurrence. 1t is
growth in the moisture of the summer and
a lesscning need of artificial watering for
the main crops. The phenomenon is pc
culiar, and has yet received no satisfactory
explanation. Connected with this change,
it is observed that Salt Lake is growing in
size and freshness, and the Jordan increas-
ing in width and sluggishness of move
ment In broader phrase, the whole basin,
once evidently filled with water, is slowly
returning to its old condition. The lake
is rising at the rate of foot a year. Gen.
Connor's little steamboat, that has been
carrying ties for the railroad across the lake
during the last year, certainly rode for a
mile over what was good grazing ground
five years before. Does providence propose
to drown the Mormons out, and with water
solve the problem that is puzzl ng our NOR
al philosophers and statesman?
Year: 1869

1t is better to 60 to sleep on the right
side, for then the stomach is very much in
the position of bottle turned upside down,
and the contents of it are aided in passing
out by gravitation. If one goes to sleep on
the left side, the operation of emptying the
stomach of it's contents is more like drawing
water from well. After going to sleep,
let the body take its own position.


If you sleep on your back, especially soon
after hearty meal, the weight of the di.
gestive organs and that of the food resting
on the great vein of the body, near the
backbone, congresses it, and arrests the
flow of the blood more or less. If the ar
rest is partial, the sleep is disturbed, and
there are unpleasant dreams. If the meal
has been recent and hearty, the arrest is
decided; and the various sensations, such
as falling over precipice, or the pursuit of
a wild beast, or other impending dangers,
and the desperate efforts to ged rid of it,
arouse us, and send on the stagnating
blood; and we wake in fright, or tremb-
ling, or in perspiration, or feeling ex-
hausted, according to the degree of stagna-
ton, and the length and strength of the
efforts made to escape the danger.


But when we are unable to escape the
danger-when we do fall over the preci
pice, when the trembling building crushes
us-what then? That is death! That is
the death of those of whom it is said, when
found lifeless in the morning, that "they
were as we'll as ever they were the day be-
fore;" and often it is added, "and ate
heartier than commonr' This last, as a
frequent cause of death to those who have
gone to bed to wake no more we give mere
ly as a private opinion. The possibility of
its truth is enough to deter any rational
man from late and hearty meal. This
we do know with certainty, that waking up
in the night with painful diarrhea, or chol-
era or bilious collie ending in death in a
very short time, is probably traceable to a
late large meal. The truly wise will take
the safe side. For persons to cat three
times day, it is amply sufficient to make
the last meal of cold bread and butter, and
a cup of some warm drink. No one can
starve on it, while a perseverance in the
habit soon begets vigorous appetite for
breakfast, so promising of a day of comfort.


Halls Journal Of Health.