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Year: 1869




On THE ROAD TO WHITE PNE.-A
correspondent Of the San Francisco
Bulletin relates this incident of trip
to White Pine, Nevada, as illustra-
tive of the "hotcls' on the route:


"At one station the party halted
for a square meal. There was tent
and in it huge kettle of coffee and
a camp oven. After waiting a few
minutes, the landlord came to the
door and snapped out, Room for four.
Our informant went in with three 9TH
er men, and they knelt around fiat
box, which the hotel keeper had turn
ed down on the ground. On the top
were four basins of strong coffee, and
by each dirty tin was a dirty biscuit
and an egg. The coffee and eggs
were good and the biscuits were good
on the outside, that is. the eater had
to choose between two eyils-dlrt
over the top crust, dough under it
Each loaf was like a cream cake, per-
fectly soft inside. The hungry men
tore off the crust and after blowing
scraping and rubbing it to remove the
alluvial deposits, put it down with a
gusto and torrents of strong coffee
The inside masses of dough were left
by each mans basin. When the mer
had finished their meal and while they
were yet kneeling their host put hi;
dirt-begrimmed and greasy hand ovel
the box and spoke again, -Four dol
lars He was paid. Plump wen
the silver into his pouchy pocket, anC
pop went the four masses of dougl
back into the oven. AS soon as ;
new crust was baked over thems egg
cooked and the basins were refllet
J with coffee, four more hungry mel
knelt down, ate off the crust, rejected
: the rest of the dough for another bak
ing and paid their dollar each for tn
meal. 1t was calculated that On
more stage load of customers woul
finish the biscuits and put the lanG
lord to the trouble of kneading ne1
batch.
Year: 1869

The COlored People aud the Funeral OF MIR.


TO the Editor of the Star:-By whose authority was
IL that the ateCtionate and admirtng tribute of the
colored people OF the nation, through the National
Executive Committee was denied all mention in the
morning papers among the oflcial bodies attending
National Executive Committee of Colored Men met,
and after passing appropriate resolutions appointed
a committee to walt on General Townsend, who
readily assigned the committee O place in the cor
tege. The president of the committee spoke yester
day to the 0ficer in charge OF the procession, and
learned that the National Executive Committee OF
Colored Men had been assigned place next to the
civic authorities Of Washington and Georgetown,
which place they took and attended the funeral.


Is II not outrageous that delegates OF the Union
League should be mentioned as attending TO show
their appreciation OF this great and good mans SER
vices, and that in reference TO coored peoples ad
miration Of the great abilities and greater services
to our race OF the deceased and our sorrow for his
loss as probable breakwater in the Supreme Court
with the prospect OF greater services still to be rem
dered, there should appear studious concealment
by either the reporters the editors OF the morning
papers il may be simply an oversight, In which
case we await an explanation


II IL is not an oversight, we wish TO state that 1t
is useless for petty spite or silly sense OF deprecla
ton OF us, both combined, TO seek to exclude us
in all mention of national affairs. These men who
try 1t will find that prejudces brought over from
will be more potent argument TO them, Injurious
to their own interests. II they deny the nation the
information the people ought TO have as In this case,
that the colored man knows his friend, loves him
while he lives and laments him when he dies and
hOnors his memory In the same way that other
recOrdere GEORGE IL DOWNING, PRESIDENT
SELLA MARTIN, Yice-Presldent,
National Executive Committee C0l0red Men.
- -WGShfngtOn Stdr, last evening.
Year: 1869

the Court of Common Pleas, on Friday morning,
at II o'clock.


This concluded the testimony. Counsel on
part of complainant said that If Lingard would
execute his own bond to keep the peace for six
months towards his wife, she would be satisfied.


Mr.. Lingard wanted to know whether that
would operate as a separation between him and
his wife.


Justice Dodge informed him that it would not.


Mrs. Lingard inquired whether that bond
would compel her TO live with her husband and
was informed that it would not She then said
that she was glad of it; that no power on earth
could compel her to live with Lingard.


Mr. Lingard then executed bond of one hun
dred dollars to keep the peace for six months
towards his wife. He was then discharged.
Year: 1869

sad affair is reported by the st. Louis Tri-
bu,te in its issue of the oath inst.:-


terrible accident occurred this morning at
the building occupied by the Western Union
Telegraph Company. on Olive, between Second
and Third streets. For three days past man
named Jean Jourde has been employed by the
company as ''battery man" This morning at
five o'clock he went up into a room on the sixth
story for the purpose of doing some work. The
window was out and he took chair and set
the back of it towards the window, so that he
might stand upon it to put up blanket to keep
the snow out.


While he was reaching up with the blanket,
the chair on which he was standing slipped and
he was precipitated down into the yard, dis
tance of about one hundred feet. Mr.. Jourde
alighted on hydrant, striking it with his
knees. The bones protruded through the flesh
of the knees. The head was badly cut, and in
ternal injuries were received. Mr.. Jourde died
almost instantly He leaves one son, aged
seventeen, who is employed in a telegraph
office at Franklin. Mr. Jourde was man highly
respected for his many excellent traits of char
acter. He belonged to the order of Free
Masonry, and also to the French Society of
Mutual Assistance, and to the French Post of
the G., A. X.
Year: 1869

beHIIWeHJs, NC WAS VaheH, WUII BUaIUVUi 10 HVHu-
quarters.


A rigid search Of his person by the Provost
Marshal led to the discovery of complete maps
and plans of several Of our most important for
tifcations, on tissue paper stitched in the collar
of his jacket The fellow would confess nothing;
so he was tried by drumhead court martial AMI
quickly sentenced to the established doom Of
spies-that of dancing himself to death on
nothing at the end of a rope. He was hung
before supper on the same day.
Year: 1869

To his brother Bro, the largest Tea
Merchant in the known world in the
city Of Boston.


This tea was first brought to this
country by the Pilgrim Fathers for
their own use and the Us /, Of their fami-
lies and friends. This celebrated tea
was first raised by an old Chinawom-
an. She never divulging where she
obtained the seed, it remains a secret
to this dav. The old lady cured it BY
putting it in q saucer, and holding it
over q patent nurse lamp to slow music.
Her friends, after her dcccase tried it,
and found il superior TO anything Il cy
had tasted. They found small
amount Of the seed in an old stocking.
and succeeded after much time and
toll. in raising enough TO give all the
crowned heads taste. They soon
sold their right 10 raise the same to
AR-liUM. who. regardless of the press
ing call from all the palaces OF the
old world. sends it all To his brother.
AR-BUG 4 Co.. of Boston, who lets
us have n small amount for our trade.
This tea has all the flavor of ruin. gin
and brandy. We warran, it to suit.


We would state we have
Year: 1869

rE a hcifcr or COW will make beef car.
licr than steer. An old cow or ars old
sheep will not fatten nearly 80 we'll viii.
hay as with grass. Tho longer the straw
of ally kind tho worse as fodder; short
straw is said to be invariably the most nu-
tritious. Cattle always prefer that Which
is fresh threshed, day even making Il
difference.
Year: 1869

4 VAIN Ci6THEs.-In choosing warm


(ress,: gkt it as light as yop can, Think.
How ligEt animals, which have to endure
sreat sold, iar1T elothsd Whist i lighter.
Than feathers and fur? A bear can thus
give us lesson Of civilized science, and a. :,
goose ear. .impart wisaom.. The principle
Of the advice given by the wise pah, +" Go
70 the ant, thou sluggard," might well be
extended to the example Of the way in
Which the Creator clothes the dumb ami.
mails He has made. They are not heavily


laden, unless, Indeed, it is necessary to


protect them with armor, but here the ma
.terial used is remarkable for its combina-


ton of lightness with strength. The tor


toise is shielded more by the arched shape
of the shell than by its thickness. There
are some animals which float in water
which are covered heavily, but the weight
of their clothes facilitates their movement


in the element in which they are intended
to live, inasmuch as it enables them to sink


to the depth necessary for them to subsist
in. But for the warmtf, weight is needless,
aud for equal warmth and weight, is hln.;
dercncc, since heavy dress adds the heat OF
pressure to that of protection to those more


prominent parts of the figure upon which
It rests II you want to be warm, choose
"a material that is not only thick but light,
and when you wish. to be protected from
wind as we'll as still cold, wear under or
over woolen or furry fabric, the thinnest,
impervious texture you can get. Then
you have an arrangement similar to that
with which the animals of cold climates are


provided-namely, thin skin and thick


feathers or hair.
Year: 1869

Why Is 1T Nor PUBLIsHEp?-Thc
San Francisco Eromincr of March 9th,
says that Congress have now, what they
sought to have in Johnson.-a White House
bailiff to execute unqucstioned their will


Upon all the measures of the dominant
party the Address shows him in full accord


He goes the whole Radical swine. bristles
and all. A dispatch to the Herald states
that the Address was read by Warwick, IN
actor, clocutionist, and cx-member Of the
Legislature Of this State. The Associated
Press seems to have been ashamed to give
this little item. They state that after tho
oath was administered by Chief Justice
Chase, Grant then delivered his Address


They mean by this, We suppose, that he de-
livered tito Warwick. Is it possible Grant
could not read his own Address! Surely
this was most extraordinary circumstance.
Verify is the Office Of President getting
to be low down in the scale |" Why have
not our Republican ncwspaporial friends
given publicity to the fact regarding the
inauguration? Are they ashamed Of the
manifest weakness Of their great and glo-
riticd Grant: II would certainly seem 80,
or the people would have been advised Of
all that was worth knowing regarding chat
great era in the life ofGrant.
Year: 1869

1--WE would be much obliged to
this gentleman, if he would extend
to us the courtesies usually con-
ferred upon papers in district
where the member of Congress re.
sides, by sending US bound copies
of the Congressional Globe. We
sea all the papers throughout the
district are returning thanks to him
for these sort of favors, while the
Standard is slighted. What's the
matter ?''-Celina Standard.


awe are assured by Col. Mungen,
that the Standard labors under
mistake, and does him great in
justice. That so far from being
''slighted," the Congressional Globe
and other documents were put up
and mailed for the Standard before
he left Washington, and that it is
not his fault it they have not come
to hand" ."-Hdncock Courier.


WE have edited the Republican
for nearly three years, and have not
received a solitary copy of the
Congressional Globe during that
time.
Year: 1869




A Miss JONES, who holds the
Office of Postmaster IN town in
Iowa, is engaged to be married to
MIR. Smith. But she does not wish
to lose her office. and if she marries
she is no longer Jones the Post
master, and she is in a bother.
She, in her pardonable pride, post
poned the wedding until she should
get the appointment, thus to be
able to contribute materially to the
joint funds of the two, and now
that the contingency, which she
made a condition precedent to the
union, has happened, she discosers
that it costs her the Office of Post
master or the title of wife If she
becomes Smith, there is no Jones
the Postmaster-C. Herald.
Year: 1869

A CHINESE FUNERAL. A San
Francisco correspondent of the Bos-
ton journal thus describes a Chi
nese funeral:


'sFirst comes a wagon containing
several Chinamen, one of whom
is beating aloud gong, and anoth
er pair of cymbals to warn off
evil spirits, another is scattering
little bits of white paper along the
street to the cemetery, by which the
dead can find his way back to the
regions of the living. and two large
pigs roasted to a brown, with por-
ton of which the mourners.. who
follow in a long line of carriages
and wagons, and appear to be jolly
enough, are to regale themselves at
the grave. and the remainder is left
there by them for the departed one.
hut is generally taken possession of
by poor "Melican men," as the
Chinese term the Americans.
Year: 1869

PETRIFIED REMAINs-1'he direc-
tors of the Van Vert Cemetery Asso-
citation, have been, for months past,
engaged in series of changes in
the arrangement Of the lots, streets
and alleys in the old burying
ground, which have necessitated the
removal of the remains Of a MAORI
ty of the persons inferred in that
place. In accordance with their
directions, on Saturday, Of last
week, the children of Alpheus and
Lydia Rovce, deceased, repaired to
the old burial place, to remove all
that was e>rthly ef their parents
When the grave of Ms. Royce had
been opened, it was found that the
usual appliances would not raise
the remains. A number of strong
,, men were summoned, and witt!
difficulty the task of elevating the
coffin and its precious freight was
performed. The lid of the coiiif
, was displaced, when it was learned
that the remains were, apparently
in a wonderful state of preservation
An examination proved that they
were petrified, and that the nicely
nodded form was solid as the mar
BILE slab which marked its resting
place. The face and a portion ot
the neck was slightly decayed, bu
the hair and forehead were perIec
and as nicely arranged as at th'
hour in which they were placed il
the coffin The hands and feet
and part Of the flesh on the breast
where the hands had been crossed
were some what decayed, while th'
remainder of the form was perfect
The color Of the corpse was tha
of light brown. Mrs, Royce was
at the time Of her death. some te


years ago, very large woman
weighing upwards of two hundred
pounds The weight attained in til


petrifed state is mere conjecture
| The form was conveyed to a neV
grave and again buried from view


Tan Vert Bulletin.
Year: 1869

THINNING LAMPs-A correspond
ent of the National Agricnlturist,
writes as follows to that period
ical: Some ALWAYS use pair of
shears to trim their lamp wieks.
I never do. A better way. and
one which I invariably practice, is
to pinch or wipe off tie black crust
with a piece of paper; you may
keep a cloth forthe purpose if you
desire. You will find that the f1ame
will be perfect in shape, and exactly
in the centre of the chimney. and
the e.wick will last longer-quite a
desideratum in the country, where l
have known it to be necessary to
harness horse and drive to town
for lamp wicks. f..-r
Year: 1869

GOVERNOR HOFFMAN has earned
the thanks Of all right minded cit
liens by his resolute protection of
the public interests against the
greed and rapacity of private
avarice. We hope he will, in this,
receive the support and applause
Of the Republican Party. Its men,
bers need not fear that they will
thereby aid the Democracy. They
may, and we hope will, aid in sift-
ing out the dishonest elements of
that party and thus do something
toward what is greatly needed. the
publication of our party politics
from elements and influences that
menace the country, and the real
interests of all parties, with the
most serious disaster.-N y Times.
Year: 1869

Monday three
women-ladies they were not
were on the street in state of
intoxication. so drunk as not to
know what they were doing. 1t is
a shocking spectacle to see men
drunk on the street, but how much
more so is it to see women reeling
through the streets under the in
fluence of liquor One of the women
lives on Cory street and the other
two on Washington street. and all
three are church members.-Hats-
cock Courier
Year: 1869

suspension Of Diplomatlo Relations Be


tween the Government OF Brazil and


c.....p w.nh ~ ----.tf- - eAe trhf


We hasten to inform our readers In the very
beginning OF this article that things are all
right now. Webb and Brazil have embraced
each other fguratively-indulged the kiss Of
peace in most voluminous dispatches, and ere
this, no doubt, have danced a fandango of
mutual delight at an imperial ball. How
much better this than squirting at one another
of misty morning slong the level top Of
mahogany stocked pistols with saw handles.
A sore business that would have been for
Brazil. For, of course, there would have been
war, but that there is peace. You cannot
live on middle terms with man of Webb's
mettle. Hyou will not embrace him you must
blow his brains out. He will accept Of nothing
less He likes the excitement of 1t. He has
had his brains blown out now, to our positive
knowledge, not less than thirty-seven and
half times. That, no doubt, accounts for the
present difficulty; for he had so little brains
left that he could not carry on the simplest
negotiation without getting his dignity mixed
up with 1t, and when Webb's dignity gets mixed
up with anything there is an end to all pro-
gress. We are now so overpowered by our
agreeable emotions in rejecting that there Is
not to be war between Webb and Brazil that
we can only call attention to these eloquent
words of our high mettled Minister: 'Has no
other nation but that Of the imperial govern
ment just susceptibilities' to be offended
May not republic boasting of it's nearly forty
millions Of enlightened and intelligent freemen
be as susceptible to contemptuous treatment as
the imperial government Of Brazil, based
upon the institution Of human slavery2 And
is it not within the scope ofpossible conception
by the present ultra monarchical and reaction
ary administration Of Brazilian affairs that the
undersigned, the duly accredited Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentlary from
the republic of the United States, may have
susceptibilities to be wounded quite as much
entitled to consideration and respect as are
the just susceptbilities' of the Minister Of the
imperial government in Washington" Every
body will perceive that Webb, in this passage,
carried away by the fire Of his fancy, forgot
that he was Minister and thought he was
writing slashing leader for the Courier and
ENQUIRER. Would not Brazil have felt terribly
when that number of the Courier and Enquirer
came out?
Year: 1869

GERMANS IN THE PUBLIC Schools. s.-Our
German citizens are making some agitation in
regard 70 the public schools, and II is said their
object is to have the instruction their children
receive given in the German language. We
hope this Is not the case. Germans come here,
we hope, 10 become American citizens, and
they should at once adopt the language Of the
country. In case any Of their children know
only the German language, nothing In the
school will be Of so much value to them 70
learn as the English language. Let them
learn that FIRST, for all other learning Is Of less
consequence 70 them.
Year: 1869

THERE was brakeman on top Of one Of the
freight cars In the Erie smash who ran to the
rear, leaping from one car to another as each
went down the chasm, until he was saved on
the rear car. Here Is fellow after Fisk's
own heart, possessing Fisk's own talent.
Fisk has been doing lately the same feat He
was on train that began to smash while ago.
He leaped from the Bateman bouffe car and
Pixies Opera House TO the Fifth Avenue
theatre, then to 'Pstrie, then to 'Lurline,"
then 10 two or three other boufYe companies,
then to the Pacific Railroad, and now he may
be saved on the Newport boat with band Of
music" from the grand jam, smash and universal
wreck OF the jubilee.
Year: 1869

HuRr.-A Western paper calls the radical
protectionist charge that David A. Wells 10
bribed to give Official reports force against pro-
lection as only continuation Of the old tactics
Of the other side. When the stakeholder could
not answer arguments against slavery be
used bludgeon, and when the radical cannot
answer the facts for free trade he takes the
broad and easy resort Of defamation. This
charge hits and hurts and the radical declines
To continue the controversy.
Year: 1869

TIE SOUTH IN CLovER.-Among other
crops reported to be unusually luxuriant
in the South this season is the important one
Of clover. With the certainty of fine corn
crop and the prospect Of an unusual cotton
crop the Southerners can generally join in the
old plantation refrain


when the SUMS gone down and the days works ober
Den we boys VIII live In clober.


Away away away &C., &c.
Year: 1869

CONGRESS AT LARGE FROM vRGNIA.-It Is
proposed that Congressman at large be
nominated by the conservatives of Virginia.
That is good idea, considering there have
been for so long time so many Congressman
at home In the Old Dominion.
Year: 1869

BRIBERY is not looked upon as Q great
offence in the South Seas. Some men expelled
the Australian Parliament for bribery have
been elected again and the bribers are set free
by the judges. Apparently the South Sea
men are the pioneers Of progress in this
their conclusions, to be sure, are the same as
ours, but they go 10 them more boldly-and
this is something In their favor. Has the New
Zealander who is TO nsh from London bridge
bought his ticket yet or will he travel as .
deadheadf
Year: 1869

THERE is yellow fever on the schoolshlp
Saratoga, now at Quarantine. Is 1t not o
stupidity of administration that keeps school
ship in fever ports in the fever season? Or Is
1t part Of our broad system Of naval instruc-
ton to teach sailors how to die with yellow
fayer2
Year: 1869




We have received the address Of President
Sarmiento on the opening Of the session Of the
Argentine Congress at Buenos Ayres. 1t ID
marked in the main with good taste and evinces
most praiseworthy spirit Of public reform
and Improvement though we cannot sympa-
thize with the calling of President Lopez ''the
Paraguayan tyrant," nor do we so readily
admit that the allies were ''forced to fght" in
war which looks very much'like an attempt
at division of spoliated territory. But in his
domestic policy President Sarmiento has our
sympathy and our approval. His zeal in con-
structing railroads, telegraphs and other pub
lie improvements has inspired his country with
new life, which is already producing wonder
full results. As consequence thirty thousand
emigrants arrived in Buenos Ayres during last
year, and one hundred thousand are expected to
arrive in the present. President Sarmiento has
introduced many things from this country.
where he resided for some time as Minister,
among which he cites the new weapons ''of
deadly precision" with which he hopes to roll
back the tide of Indian war which has 80 long
devastated the Argentine plains. The follow
ing quotation contains q reminiscence OF
Washington and deduction which we regret
to see :-'In that proud Capitol which, on
hill at Washington, raises its cupola to heaven
as If in eternal record that the Congress of the
nation is the supreme power, the people, when
they mount its broad, marble staircase, pass
between lines of armed guards who are there
stationed to preserve that order due to the
place and the majesty of the highest Of powers.
In the presence of Congress and the other con-
stituted powers there is no people" The SEN
tnels were an incident Of our civil war which
we hope has passed away forever, and in this
country we claim that Congress is but the
representative and servant of the people.