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Year: 1874

Santa Clara (Cal.) Echo.l


We thought everybody in the State
knew that we were deaf, but once in a
while we find one who is not aware of
the fact. A female book peddler came
to the osice the other day. She wished
to dispose OF book. She was alone in
this world, and had no one to whom she
could turn for sympathy or assistance;
hence we should buy her book. She was
unmarried, and had no manly heart into
which she could pour her sufferings;
therefore we ought toinvest in her book.
She had received liberal education,
and could talk French like native; we
could not, in consequence, pay her less
than 81 for a book. We had listened
attentively, and here broke in with:
"What did you say? We're deaf. She
started in loud voice and went through
her rigmarole. When she had finished,
we went and got roll of paper and
made it into a speakingtrumpet, placed
one end to our ear and told her to pro-
ceed. She commenced: I" / am alone
in the world -" 1t doesn't make
the slightest difference to US. We are a
husband and father. Bigamy is not
allowed in this State. We are not eligi-
BILE to proposals" "Oh, what fool the
man is, she said in low tone; and then
at the top of her voice, don't want to
marry you, | want to sell book.
This last sentence was howled. I'VE
don't want cook, we remarked bland
ly; our wife does the cooking, and she
wouldn't allow as good looking woman
as you to stay in the house five minutes,
She is very jealous. " She looked at ut
in despair. Gathering her robes about
her, giving us glance of contempt, she
exclaimed: II do believe that if a 300
pounder were let off alongside that deal
FOOLS head, he'd think somebody was
knocking at the door," You should
have heard her slam the door when she
went out. We heard that.
Year: 1874

Sherwood valley, near Utah, in this
State is full of deep gorges, and has
many waterfalls The surrounding
country is farm land, but this valley has
not been won from its primitive wild
ness The farmers and Indians hunt
and fish there, but it is at most times a
solitude. Two days ago wandering
Indian came to where a stream shot
over a rocky shelf, leaving behind the
falling water a clear space between il
and the rock. The sides of the gorge
are nearly perpendicular, and approach
to the fall is very nearly impossible. A
legend ran that behind this veil of water
we're treasures of some sort, but that an
effort to reach them would certainly re-
suit in death. The Indian, however,
mustered courage enough to Chamber
down the rock and peep behind the fall.
He saw no treasures, but the corpse of a
woman was there. Scared out of his
senses, he ran away and told what he
had seen.


A party Of white men went and got
the frozen body, which was that Of a
Mrs. Strong, who had seen missing for
months. She had been shot from a
horse, while on her way to her husband s
rancho, and robbed Of $500 which she
had Just collected on note. Two men
have been arrested as the murderers,
the finding of the body adding to suspi-
cions which had been rife against them
A reward of $500 had been a solution of
the woman's disappearance, and the In
dian will get it. So the legend of a
treasure behind the fall has proved true,
so far as he is concerned.
Year: 1874

The proper drainage of buildings. 10 a
matter of great importance. Cellars
may be wet, stables not very dry, water
may drip from the caves, cutting holes
into the earth and making puddles. The
water from such puddles filters directly
into the cellar, so that old houses in the
country are very frequently dangerous to
life on account Of the water settling into
the cellars. A damp cellar may some
times be made dry by making a sink in
in it, as already described for the fields.
Cellars are sometimes made in such
wretched places that they need drain
pipes to carry off the water. In arraug
ing any of this kind of work about a
stable, it is necessary to be careful that
the DRAWINGS Of the stable do not filter
into any water required TOR domestic use.
Water should on no account be allowed
to drip from rapidly destroying build
ings.


Air confined anywhere, even in a clean
room. becomes offensive, probably un-
healthy, with a dissgreeable smell Of
closeness. and confined with filth in q
drain or sewer, it must be infinitely
worse. Drains built tight, with traps,
etc. so that there is no ventilation of
their interior, generate very poisonous
gases, which are ready on the occurrence
of any small leak to escape and poison
everybody who happens to 60 near them.
The best arrangement for ventilators in
houses is to have separate due built in
the chimney stack expressly to receive
Year: 1874

From the San Francisco CALL


There are two parties on the Sandwich
Islands-one upholding the. State
church and the other opposed to it.
Emma is allied with the church party.
David Kalakana believes in separating
the church from the State. Until very
recently foreigners either had control
of the politics Of the islands or dictated
them, but it would seem from the tenor
Of the latest news from the islands that
the natives in the late election asserted
an independence and power which it
had not been supposed they possessed,
or at least would attempt to exercise in
the manner they did. The monarchy IS
little better than farce, under any cir
cumstances, while it had been found to
be oppressively expensive. The govern
ment is already so deeply involved in
debt that it will require steering the ship
of state close before the breeze to avoid
bankruptcy. Whether it be Emma or
David Kalaksna, then, who is selected
to rule, neither is likely to 6nd the
throne seat much to be envied.
Year: 1874

Ii was the earnest endesvor Of the
author Of the subjoined epic to render
it a perfect poem. If it be not abso-
lutely perfect in every respeet-and he
confesses that it may possibly not be SO
the failure to invest it with that distlnc-
ton is due solely to the fact that pertee-
ton is not always within reach OF even
poetic genius itself:


CLOSED.
They sang and they prayed round Pat saloon
In sunshine and in rain;
But the old galOOt was quite prayer-prOOf.
And they sang and prayed in vain.
But at last they bribed a cuss named LATHE
Some forty odd drops Of the stuff
AS. weary, half asleep, he repOsed;
But forty odd drops were quite enough,
For il handled the old man mighty rough,
And tkof saloon was closed


--Courier-JowHal.
Year: 1874

the sOutb-Kellogg's Recognition


Determined Upon.


Special TO the Cincinnati Gazette.


WASHINGTON, Dec. ga portion of
the caucus committee of the Senate on
Southern affairs met Tuesday, but no dei
mite action could be taken for want Of a
quorum. There will be full agreement to
recognize the kellogg Government. This
point is already settled in the resolution
re. ting to Pinckback. There is very deep
feeling among all members of the commit
tee in regard TO State affairs jim the South,
and quite number are openly in favor Of
formally calling on the President, by
resolution, to suspend the writ Of habeas
corpus in the several sections Of the South,
and arrest and try murdereIs, wherever
found, By the military authorities.


The decision Of Judge Bradley, by which
the enforcement act has been stripped of the
very power over persons which Congress
intended to give, is openly characterized by
some prominent members Of the Senate as
worse than the Dred Scott decision. The
exact manner in which the perpetrators Of
crime against person can be dealt with by
the United States, the Senate Committee
finds, under the circumstances, most diff
Clllt 4ucSllOD W UcCAIcs Jul buC lCChA7 -
almost unanimous that, in some way, the
Government must reach the case, and pro-
tect life in the South or stand disgrace.


The President is inearnest abOutthis mat
ter, and, in some way, intends to reach the
perpetrators of these crimes and bring them
to punishment. The matter was discussed
at length in the Cabinet, and the Attorney
General urged immediate and prompt ac-
ton.


The understanding among Republican
Senators is that the Presideht, in view OF
the caucus resolution, adopted in regard TO
the Pinchback case, will feel fully author
lied in proceeding in the Louisiana matter
upon the hypothesis that the Senate has
definitely recognized the kellogg govern
ment. 1t is now well known that the in
tentiOn of the caucus was to so frame a
resolution in the Pinchback case as TO i'm
ply full recognition of Gov. kellogg, ,'and
as all Republican Senator'S are bound to
stand by this resolution, thus insuring its
passage in the Senate, it is regarded by tie
Senators Of the majority that the President
is as fully authorized in proceeding in any
emergency that may arise, as if kellogg
had received formal endorsement.
Year: 1874

In note to the editor of this paper,
Judge S. NJ. Fite, the Democratic nomi-
nee for Congress in the Fourth District,
says: 81 wish to make it known
through your paper that my resigna-
tion of the Office of Judge of the
Fifth Circuit will take effect on
the 4th day of February next,
that aspirants for the Office may
take notice and govern themselves
accordingly. AS there were courts
coming on Immediately after my nomi-
nation for Congress, in accordance with
a very general expression of friends
with whom consulted, and my own re-
fiections, 1 deem it my duty to hold the
courts till the Governor shall have had
time to investigate the merits of the
various aspirants, and appoint my sue
cessor."
Year: 1874

The uns&vOry Mordaunt divorce case in
London, which threatened to be reOpened,
is to be disposed Of in silence, Lady Nor
daunt's father, as her representative, having
decided not to defend the suit, so that her
husband will obtain his divorce upon
making, through his counsel a general
statement Of his case. This is the case in
which the. Prince Of Wales was mixed up on
the first trial, being one Of five who were
charged with adultery with the lady; the
Prince and two others swore that there was
no truth in the allegations, but the other
two were afraid to undergo an examination.
In the present suit only one man, Lord
Cole, was charged with adultery, but he re-
fused to appear in court, and so the lady's
lawyers had TO let the case 20 by default.
The lady herself has been for long time
insane.
Year: 1874

So FAR as we can learn, q majority
of the new General Assembly think
that some kind of school law should be
in operation. There Will be an ava
lanche of bills proposing changes In
the present system.
Year: 1874

IT is stated in Washington that Sher-
idan was sent TO Louisiana by Grant
alone, and not as the result of Cabinet
action. One member Of the Cabinet
said as late as Tuesday evening that
he did not know Sheridan was going
South.
Year: 1874

| could be swung sideways from each car. The
rope would hang along tho train to tho next
station. There tho Withdrawal Of the clamps


and the application OF brakes would bring it to q
atand-stilL This method would secure 3 more
even motion, and would dispense With the heavy
locomotives otherwise necessary. Both these
facts would diminish the jar Tho Indirect 3D.
vantages would be the absence Of steam and
smoke, and the possibility Of making tbs tunnel
lower than it would have to be in order to per-


nit tho passage OF locomotive depth OF


1lins OF ten feet would be sufficient This would


shifting soil The city's sewage system seems
at first an insaperable obstacle. Our sawers


have to rise steadily from the water in order to


get sufficient slope. 1t Western avenue they
are very near the surface, The proposed sub
sidewalk roadway would cut OF au the
connections Of houses with the main sewer
Of tho street. Even In the heart
Of tue city tue sowers are not deep
enough to be below the level Of such = road


bed, much 1esa at tho outskirts. The difficulty
can be met thus: 4 sewer must be built On the
inside OF the tunnel half ; rnile or mile long.
AL the houses in that distance would drain into
this. At its end al U-shaped pipe, passing
under the tunnel, would connect it with the
main sewer. cssspool on the inner curve Of
the would catch the solid matter too heavy to
be forced up the other side. This cesspool could
be easily cleaned, at regular intervals. 4 series
OF such side-Bewers would drain the whols street.


3Ir. Echofeld's plan strikes Us as tho best Of
ali the underground schemes, it the engineer
ing art can overcome the obstacles. Tho space
his railway would occupy ia Of Ittle value.
Where It is used at all it holds only coa1~vau1ts,
water closets, etc. The streets would have to be
torn up only at the crossings. Tho Company, in
return for tho right Of coudemning the needed
land, might justly be required to strengthen
the foundatoo-walls on one side and the curb
wall on the other, and to lay stone-sidewa1ks for
the roof Of its tunnel It would thus benefit
property in mora wayB than one. Men who
ought to know believe that the main objections
urged against the scheme ara not sufficiently
wejg6ty to counterba1aDce the arguments in its
favor. Some OF them can be- overcome. The
others can be borne. It seems, as We have said,
the best OF the underground plsns. and is Ger
talnly worthy the mature consideration OF civil
engineers in connection with tbs p1oblem OF
intramural transit.
Year: 1874

better grade Of animals. The only practicable
way Of breaking over this e1torton is to buy
less beet, or no becf At all for few days, or
week and this, with the warm veather, will
bring these people to the choice Of t1king hon-
eat prices or suffer total loss Of stock.
Year: 1874

THE THREE JOLLY HUSBANDS
Three Jolly husbands out in the
country by the name of Tim Wat
son, Joe Brown and Bill Walker, sat
late ono night drinking at the village
tavern, until being pretty well corn
ed, they agreed that each one on re-
turning home should do the first thing
his wife told him, in default of which
he should next morning pay the bill.
They then separated for the night,
engaging to meet the next morning
and give an account of their proceed
ings at home so far as they related to
the bill. The next morning Walker
and Brown were early at their posts,
but it was some time before Watson
made his appearance.


Walker began first: ''You see when
I entered my house the candle was
out, and the fire giving but glimmer-
ing light; came near walking acci-
dentally into a Pot of batter that the
pancakes were TO be made of the mkt
morning. NV wife, who was dread
fully out of humor at setting up so
late, said to me sarcastically, ''Bill,
do put your foot in the batter just
as YOU say, Maggie said I, and with
out the least hesitation, l put my
foot in the pot of batter and went to
bed"


Next Joe Brown told his story {:
''My wife had already retired to our
regular sleeping room, which adjOins
the kitchen, the door of which was
aiar, not being able to navigate, you
know, perfectly, I made a dreadful
clattering among the furniture, and
my wife in a pleasant tone, bawled
out, Do break the pOrridge pot No
sooner said than done, | seized hold
of the tail of the pot and striking it
against the chimney jamb, 1 broke 1t
in hundred pieces After this ex-
plot I retired to rest, and got a cur
tain lecture all night for my pains"


Now it was Tim WatsOn's turn to
give an account of himself, which he
did with a very long face as follows:
MY wife gave me the most unlucky
command IN the world, for as I was
laundering up stairs in the dark, she
cried out, DO break your neck, do
Tim III be cussed if I do, Kate, said
I, as 1 gathered myself up, III sooner
pay the bill;' so landlord, here is the
cash for you, and it is the last time
I'll risk five dollars at the command
of my wife"
Year: 1874

How TO FIND Our ABOUT Ir.-We
made the statement that advertise
ments are very generally read. II
anyone of n practical turn of mind
desires to test the accuracy of such a
statement, and at the same time learn
the effect of advertising on business,
let him advertise in two lines in the
most obscure part of some newspaper
that he wants to buy a dog. If he
does not want the Visitations this
will bring him, let him insert a line
in the midst of a batch Of other ad-
vertisement that he will no longer
pay his wife bills and then go about
among his acquaintances and observe
if there is anything peculiar in their
manner that would seem to indicate
that they had read the notice.-Cour-
ier-JOurnai
Year: 1874

It is not now as it hath been Of yoTes
Turn wheresoe'r l may,


By night or day,
The things which l have seen 1 now can


see no more;


The rainbow comes aud goess


And lovely Is the rose;


The moon doth with delight
Look round her when the heavens are bare;
Waters on 4 starry night


Are beautiful and fair;
The sunshine is a glorious birth;


But yet know where'er go,
That there hath passed away a glory from
the earth. Wordsworth.
Year: 1874

Scolding is a habit very easily form
ed. 1t is astonishing how soon one
who indulgeB in it at all becomes ad-
dicted to it and confirmed in it. 1t is
an unreasonable habit. Persons who
once get in the way of scolding al
ways find something 10 scold about.
If there were nothing else they would
fail a scOlding at the mere absence Of
anything to scold at. 1t is an ex-
tremely disagreeable habit. The con-
slant rumbling of distant thunder,
caterwauhng, or a hand-Organ under
ones window would be less unpleas-
ant. The habit is contagious. Once
introduced into q family, 1t Is pretty
certain, in a short time, to affect all
the members. If one of them begins
finding fault about something or no.
thing, the others are apt very soon
to take it up, and a very unnecessary
bedlam created.
Year: 1874

"Shall have naught that is fair said he
Naught but the bearded grain;
Though the breath o. these flowers is sweet


10 me,


1 will give them all back again.


On a little knoll behind the cottage
might be seen two little mounds of
earth arranged side by side. The
birds sang sweetly in the trees; the
flowers blOomed gayly in the woods;
the hum of life was heard on every
side. but there all was hushed and ST.
lent.


No sound ever came from these
mounds. A trench was dug on either
side to lead the water off; but other
wise they lay the same as the day
they were made; and the yellow clay
of which they were formed looked
poverty-stricken and forlOrn as it lay
baking in the September sun. No
monument, nor even a rude board
was there to mark the spot. They
needed none. For well did Maria's
mother know that in one she had bu-
ried cabbage, and in the other turl
nips.
Year: 1874

BErrISo IN ENoLANp.-The practice
Of betting is regulated in Great Britain
by law, one provision Of which appears
to make very marked distinction where
money passes before the event upon which
the bet is made occurs, the act Of betting
is punishable offence, but where no
money passes prior to the event. betting
is no offence at all. That is to say, a
man whose credit is good enough to en-
able him TO contract a "debt Of honor"
may bet as much as he plesses, while the
trsdesman or workingman, who cannot
have bet taken unless he puts up bis
money, ofeuds the law by indulging in
the dangerous pastime. A Diapers sales
man, for instance, may be heavily fped
or imprisoned for that which, under the
sanction of the law, is allowed to ruin
great names and large estates with i'm.
punity.
Year: 1874

RTouT BEoINNINos.-We all know how
hard it is to 60 on pleasantly if wo have
made bad beginning. When wo rise
in the morning, as we sometimes do, with
aching head, and throbbiug nerves, cur
bodies devitalized aud all the life forces
at low tide. it is not easy to speak gently,
and be good.tempered, and meet every
body with a smile Of love. Our Christ
ian grace needs to be in full exercise, and
we must draw largely upon heavenly help
if we are not to make others unhappy and
overshadow our homes with gloom by cur
looks and words. Breakfast time gives
the turn to the whole day. If father is
stern and mother is cross, if the big
brother gives short answer, or the young
lady sister frowns over her coffee, aud
little children catch the infection. One
discordant note sets the whole household
choir jarriug. One cross face repeats it..
self in very many variations. One angry
word challenges another.


Let US be very careful to begin right
in the morning. Are we careful to pray2
Do we open the grtes of the day with a
petition to tho Mighty One, wh) guards
US in life and death ? A little child
once said, II always pray to God at
night, because in the dark | want Him to
take care OF me, but in the daylight |
don't pray for | can take care ofmysef
well enough then" In very much this
opirit some grown people act. They are
hurried and worried in the morning /;
they have oversight business presses
them with manifold vcxations and per.
plexities many are the excuses they
make to themselves for the omissions and
abbreviations bu. secret prayer and
household worship are neglected and the
day goes wrong


Sunny faces at the breakfast.table ard
a cheerful "good.morniug' from each to
the other arc blessed missionaries. They
start everything right, and all housekeep.
ers know the value Of that, Others who
are not housekeepers know it too, and
benedictions follow tho man or woman
who goes down the street in the morning
with bright look and word of cheer
for every Que he meets on the way
Christian at Work.
Year: 1874

WHY Sue REFUSED. say you
went to the party last night, and you saw
Mrs. Switn, an old friend, whom you had
not seen since she and your sister we're at
school together. You had very pleas.
art talk until supper, then you gave her
your arm and took her to supper. When
some one came along with few glasses
of wine on a waiter, and offered her a
glass, you saw her shudder, as che said
mo ~ and you wondered why Mrs.
Smith, who didn't use to be particular
about such things, not only refused but
shuddered when she said, mo |" You
cannot tell why? 1 can tell you why.
You went on with your talk, and had
little renewed Irritation, did you 2 | won't
say you didn't. She was very gay and
seemed glad to forget herself, did she ?
Very we'll l am glad you gave her that
hour Of the evening. l can tell yon
where she went after the party was over.
She went home-the latest person from
the party. She was glad 1t was late, for
her husband had not come home. She
sat and read for an hour, and he did not
come. She sat at the piano an hour, and
he did not come At length, between
three aud four o'clock, there was noise
at tho door. She went to the door, and
two policemen held him in their arms.
She knows them both we'll by this time.
1t happens so often that she knows every
policeman on the beat. They bade her
good night, She brought him in. She
had locked her chld's room that he might
not abuse him, She took the abuse as he
flung himself upon the bed. She dragged
off his ueckcloth and coat and sat there
until be should fall into his stupid sleep.
She was the woman who refused glass
of wine with a shudder. You do not
know the story. You thought she was
so gay and bright. / know her story be.
cause | am her minister. They have a
sort of skeleton in the closet, which We
are permitted to see and you are not.
And when wo see that skeleton, do you
wonder that we sometimes say sharp
things about moderate drinking and tho
temptations offered at parties?
Year: 1874

The CRY OF THE HEART There is
something in you and me that yearns and
cries ont with uplifted hand, for God. If
any one believes that he is to sink down
to nothing better than dark materialism
or atheism he cannot know what man is.
But who are they that say this? Sarely
not religious men, but they who profess
that they have no religion, and that they
don't want any. Are these fiji persons
to speak on this subject? We ask ex.
perts, not inexperts, to judge a thing
Suppose an ignorant man were to say to
an educated man, "Y our studies and your
pursuits are of no account your science
will die out" He would not think much
Of his opinion and when skeptIc or
worldly wise man tells me that religion is
to die out, | cant think much Of it
Rec, DR.. De0ey.
Year: 1874

Do not trust to your own industry for
success, but lean wholly on Gods help !;
rest in Him, believing that no will DO
whatever is best for you 80 long as you,
on your part, are quietly in earnest and
gently diligeut say this because i'm.
petuous activity hurts both cur business
and our souls, and is really hindrance.