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Year: 1869

A gentleman, travelling in a railway
carriage, was amused by constant
fire of words between two ladies. One
Of them at last kindly inquired if their
conversation did not make his head
ache; when he answered, with a good
deal of righteousness mo, ma'am
I've been married twenty years"
Year: 1869

A grim old judge, after hearing
flOwery discourse from a preteDtious
young barrister, advised him to pick
out the feathers from the wings Of his
imagination and stick them in the tail
of his Judgment.
Year: 1869

cigars IEnppose he was locking for the Cus- tom house. .it rr -l

 l thought by this time that Miss Aurora wps olushing rosy red-irom fear perhaps that some one might see the sun rise from h. he'd So turned my steps homeward, following in the wake of generous hearted Boy in bluaH Under whose protecting arm was cuddled a iorlorn-loOking cock, who had, no doubt, been left out in the cold'' by it's late cruel owner The kind hearted fellow was evidently takinp the poor thing home to breakfast, or was it s reversal of the old Adage of the early bird and the worm Quien sabe

 l was now passing the AR1zoSAY office when my curiosity prompted me to look through the window where saw the "deviT' hard at work in his shirt eeves, and he had evidently been there all night. This, then. might account for al' had seen in my dream walk. The "deyirI (there is but one in our little town. is tberePl is perhaps all day long going up and down our streets. melting the hearts of men and women to evil, but st ishI he Is snugly caged m the ARIzoNAN office, and thrn said men and women left to :heir own noble impulses go forth, on deeds of charity and mercy intent ''- .-

 As it was now broad daylight Shdthe "devil" was likely to escape from his cage at any moe ment thought hurried homeward as fast as possible to escape his bare ful influence.

 Preached my own door just as the suns first

 

 a chair and myself on the bed and fell into quiet slumber. Can one dream of going to sleeE

 Ionly know that did sc dream, or it wssa reality. Iawoke when the sun was high up in The heavens, and the first thought that struck me "n jumping out cf bed was "wasi dream !" ...'
Year: 1869

The nirht had been, to me, long and restless

 I am sure I cant tell why; had not gone to

 bed early; iG fact ] had, after nine o'clock on the eve of said night taken a hearty lunch at Levin's-then played cohp pie of gaines of bill

 liards -four or five of Iicquet for the drinks

 had assisted three or foilr hard working fellows

 lars each of their hard earned lney in that

 folly peculiar to the bar room-the "treat" sys.

 tenn and in return had been kindly helped by

 them in deposting in the "Bar Keepers Bank'

 like amount And here allow me to make a

 moraIizing Aggression and ask why we find this system of standing treat in our drinking sa. loan and no where else? if good there why is it not good in other and all branches of busi- ness but do we ever see a gentleman enter one of our dry oods stores, and stepping to the counter, turn to half dozen or more of his acquaintarces who may be present and ask what will you take :? though for sooth dirty faces, torn shirts, rimless hats and solelesS shoes plainly indicate what they should take; l confess I have not yet seen an instance of the kind; and l very much fear, should such an one occur, the would be donor would be very likely to receive more kicks than thanks as no doubt every one so questioned would feel him. self grossly insulted But watch he same gem Ileman, halt an hour afterwards, enter a bar room where are seated the same con panyI whom he did not ask what they would take in be dry goods line, and how different his con- luct. He not only asks but should any one through modesty or for other reason refuse he 1 1rges till the friend consents And the same men who would have thought it an insult to nave been as ked what they would take, in one case, would think it equally an insult not to l ,e asked in the other A little inconsistent it | eems to me. ->-' L'

 But to return. Where Oh. I remember ny three or four friends and had just taken | ur tenth or twelfth drink We'll, have ain: recollection of going then to saloon, or

 # saloon coming to me for the life of me ant tell which-of eating two or three oyster tews with the usual accompaniments of crack. IS, pickles and so forth--of queer crooked oad, running strangely on nboth sides of adobe duses. and iG the middle of which I luckily, [ last, stumbled upon, or rather into my own GOT, but not however till had sadly parted

 th supPer-stews and whisky--excepting lch portions of the latter article as had found

 8 way inte >my head and legs

 Irepeat, don't see why should not have ept soundly and I hear some of my friends fter nearly the same experience almost every ay make the same remark, Bnt the fact is 1ntrary iii my case, to all rules of what had lght ,o have been; for did not sleep well if, deed, slept at al of which am somewhat ouhtful or rather should be were it not for

 dream -f 1'l@

 Now to dream hold that one must sleep, ( at how often do we all have dreams, the iuci-- snts of which are so vivid-so naturally and

 stinctly connected-in word, so undream- ( ke, that we are ever after in great doubt {
Year: 1869

There is more plea4nre in making
others happy than in seeking to be
happy ourselves. II young and old
persons would spend half the money
in making others happy which they
spend in dress and useless luxury,
how m-eh more real pleasure il would
give them.
Year: 1869

The forthcoming number of the Illustra-
ted Western World, printed in oil colors,
will be the most beautiful paper ever issued
from the press since the art of printing was
discovered. Remember, it is the only pa
per in the world whose illustrations are
printed in from one to seven distinct colors
a. single impression. Aside from this
beautiful illustrations which accompany it
weekly every number is replete with glow
ing Romances, Love and Histrionic Tales.
1t is fl t companion of every freside-the
magazine of every branch of literature
the champion of all noble industries-the
support of the farmer, merchant, artisan,
and the education of the masses. Send for
specimen copies. Sold by all newsdealers.
Subscription, SO per annum.-- Address THE
W ESTEEM WORLD Co, corner Park Place and
College Place, L. .. Box ,929, New York.
Year: 1869

same time appear to keep within the let
ten. 1t may be that the constitutional
ty of the proposed measure, is sustained
by every lawyer of any ability in the
Heralds particular locality, but there
are lawyers of distinguished ability
within the range of our acquaintance,
who agree with us, that the great meas
ure,' can only be carried out By an utter
disregard of the Constitution.


We are sorry to be compelled to differ
with our friend of the Herald, but with
our present convictions, we cannot fai
to do all in our power to prevent the
adoption by the people of scheme
which in our opinion will end in anancia


ruin to our State.
Year: 1869

The Legislature of the several States have
passed laws making it misdemeanor TO in
fict cruelty on animals. We heard a man
recently talking seriously of indicting the
editor of the Hickman COURIER Tor his cru
city to white men, and the only question:
was whether he could be brought by any
process of Court away from his own dung
Hill for trial. Conviction was sure if he
could be got away from Hickman--Padueah
Hentuckidn.


With no other than the highest feel
ings of respect to the Court aud prose
cution. we should in our answer to such
Indictment borrow an old couplet:


.sThings have come to pretty pass,


When we cant larup an old jack
Year: 1869

'"S e1KeStl1, "a - ---0 SoH-


stitution a et. az B-.s g government


to create DEBT ior the purposes of In


ternal Improvements, it also requires


that tax shall be laid and collected an


nually, sufficient to pay ''the interest


stipulated, and to discharge the debt


within thirty years" This tax is not


for the general purposes of government,


but is laid and collected for specific


purpose-and is to all intents and pur-


poses specific tax, it must therefore be


germane to the objects and purposes of


the government. Now we ask the Her


aid in all candor is the construction of


railroads and turnpikes one of the OBJ.
jects and purposes for the accomplish


ment of which our State government was
created? We are confident the answer


will De in the negative, aud therefore
this not being one of the objects of the
government all taxes collected for any
such purpose will in the language of the
Chief Justice of the State, be "Legis-
lative spoliation" and we are confident
the Herald favors no proceeding to
which this term can be legitimately ap-
piled.


The Herald abandcns the idea of loan
ing the credit of the State to railroad
corporations, and claims that the friends
of State aid are not in favor of anything
of the Notwithstanding the bill
they attempted to pass through the Leg
islature last Winter, provided that bonds
of the State should be given to railroad
in exchange for their own. 1t
wish to inrest in the improvements, "and
to take a mortgage upon the whole road
at the time she pays over her money, as
for her investment" This will
be novel investment. If the
State pays for one third of the stock,
then she becomes the owner absolutely
Of one third of the road, and has no
right to ask a mortgage on anything to
secure her investment; because she gets
ali she pays for, and needs no further
security. If she pays one third of the
expenses of the building of the road, !
lpon an agreement that the amount SO
,aid is to be refunded, then she be-
ONES money lender, and can rightfully
SIX for mortgage on the whole road.
sut is money lending one of the objects
Or which the State government was ere
ted? IF the State invests her bonds in
ne construction of the road, and takes


mortgage on the road to secure the
payment by the company of the
mount Of said bonds, then she has
aned her credit in direct violation of I
e Constitution. All these difficulties t
ow out of the fact, that the friends of 9
is scheme arEattcupting to disregard e
G spirit Of 6 .H II and At the I
Year: 1869

It. On the note paper was written q portion of the
memorandum In the diary showing that he had left on
writing at the letter "u In the word "househaving
oyertaken by death before the work finished
The body sitting in the chair feet and limbs partially
under It, the hands hanging stessly by the sides the
head thrown back with mouth and Open he being
dead but not yet cold The Coroner who had been sum
moned by the Rev Mr. Homer repaired 10 the yestry at
an early hour and made pOstmOrtem examination the
result Of which is follows The external snrface
OF the body natural in appearance and the body
in good state OF nutritlOn right lung infltrated
with eusion at the apex OF the lung an old cca
trix and that lung only hypOsatcally congestlye the
heart bby slight atherOmatous deposit on the aorta
near the valves the liver very much enlarged and ar
advanced I'm cirrhoss; the kidneys slightly affected with
fatty degeneraon the other internal thorax1c and alb
domina organs normal. When examining the brain ana
membranes, found the arachnoid membrane thickened
with eson between Its layers; at its base large eu
sion 1t and the brain amounting 10 about SIX
ounces quantity the large cerebral VEINS In patches
on their inner surface, coated with atheromatous de.
poslts His death was caused by sudden serous emu


sion or IL IL called serous apOplexy. An inquest was
held and verdict in accordance with the facts stated
was rendered The deceased 90 years old, native
OF Maine resided ut No 391 Clnonst and leaves wife
and several adult children.
Year: 1869

Late on Monday night, Patrolman Gooden Of
the First Precinct discovered that the boot and shoe
shop OF George Craig In the basement OF No. o5 Beaver
st. had been by bursting IN the front door
quantity OF the stock taken Soon afterward Onicer
GoOden John Mccormack acting In a suspicious
the vicinity and he took him into custody In


possession OF the prisoner found the stolen prop
eriy. Ho admitted his guilt, and yesterday, Justice
DoWliug committed him 10 tho Tombs.
Year: 1869

A case of Celesticide, Mongolicide, Chi
nacide or Coolicidc occurred on Jordan Street
on Tuesday evening Tie Cinnamon, in the
advancing march of civilization, and IN im-
tation OF their Melican " neighbors, had
been indulging in game of chance at
place of public resort, where one met
debtor and demanded the payment of 81 30,
then several months over due. The debtor
averrod that 1t had been paid and invited the
creditor to walk up street with him and he
would convince him Of the fact On their
way up, hard words are supposed to have
ensued, and being joined by friend Of the
creditor who caught hold Of the debtor and
held him, the man claiming the money
drew knife and stabbed him twice, once
in the right side Of the throat and once about
the third rib, directly in the heart, either
one of which wounds was sufficient to cause
almost instant death The perpetraior oil
the murder was Immediately arrested and
taken 10 Jail, but the party who held the
victim escaped and ran away up the creek,
pursued by band of Cinnamon, friends Of
the deceased The excitement continued to
grow in Chinatown as the evening advanced
until il was finally determined by friends OF
the dead man TO go and kill five or six part
ners of the one who had held him; but when
the party started on their errand Of ven
geancc they were met and dispersed by
Squire Lyman and Constable Sinclair 1t
appears that the murderer and murdered be
long to different companies or parties, and
for a time a regular war was threatened, but
BY the vigilance of the officers their designs
were frustrated and at last accounts all was
quiet along the Jordan.
Year: 1869

An unusual quantity of rain has fallen
this Spring in Idaho much TO the advantage
OF nearly all industrial pursuits, except
quartz mining. Farmers and placer miners
hail the welcome ram with joy travellers
bless the rain and endure short season OF
mud in order to avoid the heat, sunshine
and dust but deep shafts and tunnels prefer
dry weather and less seepage from the
surface
Year: 1869

EIko has registered over the requisite
number Of votes to entitle her TO county
organization, and an election for county Of
ticers will be ordered for June 2lst, in accor
dance with a law of the late legislature
Elko will be the county scat OF Elkb County,
Nevada.
Year: 1869

The Supreme Court, at its late session.
reviewed the acton Of the District Oour' on
appeal in the sim Walters case, affirmed The
action Of the Court below and directed the
Jndre Of the Second District TO fix day Tor
the execution Thus ends all hope that he
may have entertained Of escaping punish
mon, for The terrible crime of taking away
the lif. Of his fellow man
Year: 1869

benevolent and conscientious Englishman,
said to have been member of Parliament for
merly, who holds United States six per cent
bond, has returned to our Treasury Depart
ment the bond with accrued interest for the
purpose of having the interest reduced to three
per cent. He considers six per cent too high,
that three per cent is enough, and acts, there
fore, from sense of justice. In second
letter to Secretary Boutwell, he reiterates his
conviction that our government ought not to
pay more than three per cent. II may be said
that this is an extraordinary freak of an eccen-
trio individual and is Of no importance in
itself. In Washington, where reduced money
rates, low rate of interest or conscientious
restitution are very seldom heard Of or made,
the British gentleman is already classed as
luuatic, or at least monomaniac, owing to
bis action in this instance, and his assertion
that lower rate of interest for money
should be infused in all civilized countries.
Whoever he may be, we do not suppose
he attached any importance to the trifling
amount to be saved to our government by the
conversion Of his six per cent bond to three
per cent security but he was desirous, no
doubt, Of stimulating public attention to a
great subject in connection with national
finances. But, whatever may have been his
motive, his act has brought before us q ques-
ton that sooner or later will demand a
solution.


This gentleman speaks Of six per cent, but,
in fact, our debt bears nearer nine per cent
when measured by the currency Of the country,
which is the measure Of all values and trans
actions. Six per cent in gold Is near eight
and half per cent in currency at the present
market price Of gold That is really the in
terest we are paying on the debt. II would
bankrupt and ruin any other government in
the world. England, with all her resources
and accumulated capital, could not stand 1t.
II our wealth, resources and progress be so
great that we submit to the burden at present,
the time will soon come when the people must
revolt at the enormous weight Of taxation re-
quired to meet such excessive interest on
vast debt In addition to the current expenses
of government. II Is monstrons that the peo-
pie should have to pay eight to nine per cent
interest on the debt In many States this rate
is considered usurious and ruinous, and laws
are enacted against such usury. Strange to
say, too, that the Treasury Department, under
the late administration, did all II could to in
crease this burden by converting the debt
bearing currency and no interest into the gold
Understanding debt. The whole policy was
In favor Of the bondholding creditors and
against the people, who are the debtors. It is
this which has made the debt far heavier than
at any period since II was created. The well
fare Of the countryside interests Of the mass
of the people-requres that by some means or
other the rate Of interest on the debt should be
reduced.


| But there are other and great evils resultiug
Year: 1869

A QUESTION OF SPACE AND VALUE. The
Cincinnati Commercial gives as a reason why
It did not report speech for the prosecution
In late case for damages against the Western
Union Telegraph Company, for unfealty in the
discharge Of the provisions Of contract, that
IL was "a question of space and value" That's
what's the matter with all the Western press,
as enterprising and intelligent as they may be.
The consideration Of "space and value" pre-
vents them from taking an enlarged and me-
tropolitan view Of journalism, and hence they
succumb to an arrogant and overpowering mo-
nopoly, and inflict inconceivable mischief upon
their own constituencies. Wake up. ye West
ern newspaper men!
Year: 1869

LoNG-HRELED DPLoMAoY.-The respect
able "cullud pusson" who has been made
Minister to Hayti went to see President Grant
to have some confidential communication, and
all the talk over his mission was of the an
nexation to the United States of the country
he goes to. Now, this strictly confidential
matter was no sooner talked over than the
Minister came outside and told it 10 the cor
respondents. So II is printed, so 1t goes to
Hayti before the Minister, and they know his
game ere he arrives. This is the long-heeled
diplomacy, and we think the long headed kind
Is better.
Year: 1869

EIGHT AND TWENTY LADIES IN LINE. Eight
and twenty ladies of Washington applied
lately to the Board Of Registration to have
their names placed on the roll Of electors. The
Board replied that the law distinctly states
that males shall be registered, and rejected
the appeal, owing to this perhaps slight differ
ence. Slight it must be certainly in some
cases; for gentleman named Wilcox ac-
knowledges that the ladies' could vote more
intelligently than himself and he applies to
have his name expunged from the roll. His
estimate is no doubt accurate. Fall in, ladies.
Leave the broom aside and rush 10 the ballot.
Year: 1869

HEALTH OFFIoERs.-There has been in
Philadelphia health officer with the name
of Rush, who, Notwithstanding, has been the
slowest Of mortals, in virtue perhaps of that
common rule of names by which Strong is
usually feeble, Black very fair, White dark,
Brown often blue, and Green anything but
verdant. He was health officer who has made
himself famous by dying, and we would COM
mend his example in this respect to health
officers elsewhere. He Eliminates against the
newspapers that they are ''disjointed
thinkers" How many Of these little fellows
there are who, limping far behind the age,
unable to keep up with its intellectual activity,
lose the thread Of the thought and then fancy
that 1t is something else than themselves that
Is defective. But we cannot crow over Phila-
delphia, for have we not Swinburne What
is the reason Of this propensity Of great cities
to have health officers with added brains?
Year: 1869

The Irish Church Bnl-The Question Now
with the Lords.


1t is now some days since we were made
aware of the fact that the Irish Disestablish-
ment and Disendowment bill had been fully
discussed in committee Of the House of Com
mons and been endorsed by large majority.
We called attention to the fact at the time
and stated that the bill was now virtually
before the Lords. Some little delay has taken
place in reporting the bill from committee for
the final action of the House. In the Com
mons on Monday evening the bill, almost un-
changed in passing through the House, was
brought up for the third and final reading
After debate, which seems to have been more
tedious than interesting, the bill, in House
more than usually full, was carried by ma
jority of one hundred and fourteen.


It is but on rare occasions that the Com
mons speak with so much emphasis and with so
much unanimity. As we have said before, the
bill is changed In no essential feature. 1t has
passed through the House of Commons in
much the same shape in which it entered it,
In this matter Mr.. Gladstone has had almost
unexampled success. The success is largely
due to Mr.. Gladstone himself. His mastery
Of detail, his clearness of statement his
faculty for disentangling what to most minds
might seem hopelessly involved, have never
been 80 cOnspicuousy revealed. 1t is not to
be denied, however, that the success Is also due
to the unanimity which has characterized the
entire liberal party on this great question of
reform from FIRST to last For the present the
Commons are done with It. Their work is
done and well done. The bill will now with
out delay be brought before the Lords How
will the Lords deal with It This question is
easily answered. Tho Lords like not the BILL
It is felt to be blow at privilege. They may
chafe and fume, but they cannot resist. They
know that Mr.. Gladstone is in earnest; that if
they throw out the bill Mr.. Gladstone has
power enough to send it back unaltered; and
they dread the exercise Of his prerogative in
the matter Of creating as many liberal peers as
shall make their opposition worthless. Earl
Grey finally carried the first Reform bill by
threatening to exercise this prerogative. The
threat in that case was enough. We do not
imagine that in this case the threat will be
necessary. It may, therefore, be taken for
granted that the fate of the Irish Church is
sealed and that an old and irritating Irish
grievance is doomed.
Year: 1869

SMALLPOX is pronounced epidemic" but
by those not exactly advised as to the force Of
this word. 1t is not epidemic, nor is there
any sspecia! ocesslon f2r alarm in regard to
1t. The cases In B1ackwell's Island hospital are
Of no Importance to us whatever. There are
always cases there; and the greater or less
number of them is point of no moment, as
we are as safe with them there as we would
be if they were in the Island of Crete.
Year: 1869

MINISTER MOTLEY has told the people Of
Liverpool that we as well as they are "ad-
dicted to commerce." not that commerce Is
bad habit, or a crime, but only that the
Minister is nothing if not scholarly, and 10
not above little pedantic vanity in present.
ing a word here and there in an obsolete
aspect. We hope we shall not have this fault
to find with his diplomacy.
Year: 1869

A SUGGESTION FOR CoDIoIL. men
die and leave millions to be devoted to the
mental Improvement Of mankind. Why don't
some Of them reflect before they go that i'm
provements In public markets would furnish
more meat for the multitude-to cut 1t fine,
something more meet for their understand
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