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Year: 1877




the captain. Seated on an elevated
flooring in the stern of the boat, he
steers with the common helm, o.,
if the situation is critical, with a
long, powerful sweep, with one
stroke Of which an expert man will
affect an entire change in the course
of his boat. 1t is an important
duty Of the steersman, also, to lift
the pieces from their places in the
boat, and lay them on the backs Of
the tripmen at the portages. The
process of raising seventy or seven
ty-fye pieces, each weighing 100
pounds, from a position beneath
the feet to a level with the shoul-
ders, is one requiring a man of con-
siderable strength to perform eff
ciently and with expedition.


Of the eight men composing the
crew one is called the bowsman.
The special duty of this person is
to stand at the bow of the vessel at,
all portions of the route abounding
with rapids, shoals or sunken rocks,
and while advising the Steersman
by voice and sign where such Oh
structions exist, himself, with the
aid of a long light pole, to aid the
motion of the boat into a safer
channel. When not occupied with
this distinctive duty, the bowsman
does duty at an oar like any other
man of the crew.


The "middlemen" are the rowers.
When a favorable. breeze blows
their duties are relieved by the sub
stitution of the sail.


At portages they transport the
boat and goods overland. Each
man is competent to carry two
pieces on his back at a time. They
are maintained in position by a
leather contrivance, termed a
portage strap" by which the
weight Of the burden is brought to
bear upon the forehead of the por-
ter.


Over each brigade there is placed
a guide. This functionary may be
termed the commodore of the fleet.
His special duty is to show the
route in all parts where it is doubt
full, or to lead the way where rapids
or other distractions intervene
He supports the authority Of the
steersman and transacts the bust
ness of the brigade at posts where
it touches on the route. He is an
important official, and, when prop.
erly qualified, exceedingly useful
He is generally advanced in life,
having necessarily risen from the
position of middleman to thai
which he now occupies. His knowl
edge of every rapid and shoa
throughout the long course of hi,
run is generally perlect-so much
so that, even on a dark night, Will
a fayoring breeze, they will pres
forward through treacherous water,
when economy Of time becomes al
object.


Of the brigades making the long
trips, occupying the four summer
months, the pay OF a guide is f35
of a steersman $50, bowsman Els.
and middlemen ZIG. When eff
GENTLY performed the work done
though of a healthy nature, is ex'
tremely severe.


In addition to the money they
receive, the boatmen are furnished
by their employers with provisions
Year: 1877

A girl who makes herself too
cheap is one to be avoided. No
young man, not even the worst, ex-
cepting for a base purpose, wants


anything to do with a cheap young
lady. For a wife, none but fool


or rascal will approach such a wo-
man. Cheap jewelry nobody will
touch if he can, get any better.
Cheap girls are nothing but the
refuse; and young men know it,
and they will look in every other
direction for a lifelong friend and


companion before they will give a
glance at the pinchbeck stuff that
tinkles at every turn for fascinating
the eye of any that will look. You
think it quite the correct thing "
to talk loudly and coarsely, be bois.
ferrous and hoydenish in all public
places; to make yourself SO bold
and forward and commonplace,
everywhere, that people wonder il
you ever had a mother, Or home, Oh
Year: 1877

anything to do. So be it. You
will probably be taken for what you
are worth, and one of these years,
if you do not make worse than a
shipwreck of yourself, you will be-
gin to wonder where the charms
are that once you thought yourself
possessed of, and what evil spirit
could have SO befooled you. Go on,
but remember, cheap girls attract
nobody but fools and rascals.
Year: 1877

The Liberal Club, Of this city, had de-
bate on the existence OF personal God q
couple of days ago, and as Mr.. Mccarthy
had voice In that debate he will review
the arguments to-day in his own church.
The recent defalcations OF men holding
trust funds in this city and elsewhere will
give Mr.. Virgin an opportunity to discuss
the whole question and condemn the un-
faithful trustee. The season Of the year
will give Mr.. Davis q text for presenting the
gospel Of the autumn time and MIR. King
for comparing the falling leaf with the
fading life, and Mr. Lloyd for en-
phasizing this as the time to seek
the Lord. Success Is what every man
seeks after. but comparatively few men
attain it. Mr. Colcord will tell some
to-day how they may become successful,
and Mr.. Martyr will prove that men must
reap what they SOW, and hence there is the
Year: 1877

Among the names mentioned as the prob
able nominee for Register on the Tammany
ticket is that OF Shepherd F. Knapp. Such
q nomination would be exceedingly strong,
as indicating that the Tammany leaders
recognize the necessity of satisfying public
sentiment in the selection of their candi-
dates for Office. There is not much political
significance attached to the Office Of Register,
but it is nevertheless responsible position
and one which ought to be filled by citi-
zen OF recognized standing, in whom the
people can have full confidence Mr.


Shepherd F. Knapp answers all these re-
quirements, and his selection would be o
Year: 1877

Mr.. RANDALL WAS CHOSEN by the democratic
caucus last evening as the candidate Of his party
for Speaker His nomination is, of course,
equivalent to election, for there is prospect
that any bargain or sale can be effected which
will give the position to a republican, as was
foolishly intinatcd some time ago. In Mr.
Randall the man best fitted for the place has
been selected, and the democratic members
have shown their wisdom at this critical period
Of their political history by making no expert
lents with new leaders
Year: 1877

THE RACING SEASON for this year at Jerome
Park came TO o close yesterday. There were six
splendid contests, which were witnessed by a
large and brilliant attendance, comprising the
beauty and fashion Of the metropolis. The fall
meeting has been unusually successful, some of
the best horses in the country having been en-.
gagged in the different events and some very
fast time having been made.
Year: 1877

To those who have O sharpened appetite
for scandal the confession Of Gilman affords
an opportunity not to be lost. 1t will serve
many an illogical mind as ample testimony
against religion and as sufficient proof
that all who profess life of holiness are
necessarily knaves and hypocrites. It will
enable those who, for reasons best known
to themselves, keep aloof from the Church
to sneer to their hearts content, and to de-
clare, with all the positiveness of infalli-
bility. that whenever Q man says he is q
Christian he is, for that very reason, either
fool or q thief.


higher philosophy, however, teaches US
that certain moral principles are true even
when those who profess them are bad. Ii q
criminal puts on the garb Of sanctity that
he may the better serve his own purposes,
or if man who has the honest record OF
years behind him is tripped and falls, it
does not follow that the Church is at fault
or that the Sermon on the Mount is mere
rhapsody. There are counterfeit bills, per-
haps in large numbers, floating about in the
general currency Of the country, yet they do
not affect the value Of bill that is genuine.
No man refuses one greenback because an
other greenback is bad. The fact that there
are counterfeits in circulation only serves
to make us look at each bill with q more
critical eye and to set higher value on it
when we are assured that it is Of the govern
ment issue.


Gilmans letter is the saddest piece Of
literature we have ever seen. 1t exposes
the weakness Of man whom not even re-
ligious associations and constant participa-
tion in charitable work could keep honest
He was not made criminal by his religion,
but became criminal in spite Of religion.
The natural tendency Of his friendships,
which were certainly among that class Of
men and women whose influence goes TO
strengthen rather than to undermine ones
character, was to buttress his moral
principle and to show him the awful con-
sequences Of guilt. And yet, with all these
upholding forces, he fell. He is oil the
more to blnme because by education and
social position he was made fully aware Of
the iniquitous character of the life he was
leading.


There is, moreover. o moral attached to
this sad story which must not be overlooked.
Gilman's great fault was q lack Of moral
courage. When he found it impossible to
meet his expenses he was more afraid Of
public opinion than Of positive guilt. It
was harder to move into . small house and
openly enter upon an incisiye retrenchm ent
than to run the risk of forgery. The newt
able logic Of law overlook him, and he is
now paying the penalty of his weakness
From such disaster the young men Of New
York ought to receive timely warning. 1t
is better to be poor than to be guilty; better
to live within your means, and lose. il need
be, the friendly nod Of those who lift their
hats to the capital rather than the character
you represent than to spend money which
is not your own and finally end your career
in disgrace, leaving blotted naIAe to those
who love you. Honesty and manliness are
always triumphant in the end.


So drops the curtain on another tragedy.
Year: 1877

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
ket was dull, and there was o large decline in
the amount Of business DONE Gold advanced
from 1923 to 1884, at which price it closed.
Government bonds were strong, while States
were dull and railroads irregular The bank
statement showed a decrease, and money on call
lent at per cent, declining to Az and clos
ing at per cent.
Year: 1877

SITTING Bulls ESCAPE into Canada, which
has heretofore been pointed q sort of trium-
phal march, turns out to have been exactly the
reverse He and his fellow murderers travelled
night and day and in the utmost disorder 1t is
difficult to understand why they should have
been warmly welcomed by the mounted
police Of the Dominion.
Year: 1877

MIR. EvARTs' ADDRESS ut the laying Of the
corner stone Of the Seventh Regiment Armory
WAS an eloquent tribute to the worth and eff
cheney Of citizen soldiery generally and, as
was betitting the time, of the gallant Seventh in
particular. The ceremonies were imposing and
the attendance was large and brilliant.
Year: 1877

The NECESSITY of a general and easily under
stood divorce law is shown by court reports
this morning in case of peculiar hardship and
severity, the victim of which is. of course, q
woman. At the end of long life she finds her
self deprived of whatever little property she was
justly entitled to. and all because a former
husband whom she supposed dead, and who
perhaps ought to be dead, insists upon reappear-
ing for apparently no purpose in the world. The
next Congress ought to pass a divorce act which
shall apply to the whole country and abolish
the present tumble of State divorce machinery.


THE WEATrIER.--Rains continue to prevail in
the Upper Mississippi and the Missouri valleys,
attending the depression which still remains
central in that region. Rains have also fallen
over the lake district and in the Eastern States
within a wide belt Of cloudiness which extends
from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic. In
the Gulf the pressure Is falling the great area
Of high barometer moves eastward off the con-
tinent. Ii is not improbable that owing TO the
peculiar alignemcnt of the southern isobar of
mean pressure a storm will be developed


In Southern Texas which will gradu-
ally move to the Gulf coast and into
the South Atlantic States. The tenn
pcrature has risen generally throughout the
South and Southwest, but continues compara-
lively low in the northern and eastern districts.
The highest barometer is now central OH the
Middle Atlantic coast and in Manitoba The
lowest press,,res are in the West Mississippi dis
trict, Newfoundland and southwark Of Florida
The weather IN New York and its vicinity to-day
will he partly cloudy or fair and warmer.
Year: 1877

NTuE INSTRUCT COURT OF TpE SEC-


Ond Judicial District of the State Of Nevada in and for


the county of OrmSby Roger Crow, plaintiff, J. L.


Cleyg and Florence CIegg and A W Pray defendants


District of the of Nevada in and for the county


Ornlsby and the complaint filed in said county of Ormsby


in the office Of the Clerk Of said District COurhe State
Nevada sends greeting j. L. Cegg and Florence Clegg
and A. w Pray defendants You hereby required
appear in action brought against you by the above
District of the State of Nevada in and for the county
OrmSby, and to the complaint filed therein Ga copy
of which accompanies this sumnOns) within ten days Tex
elusive of the day OF ServCe after the of
this county but III tits district within twenty days
otherwise within forty daysor Judgment by default will
be taken against you. The said action is brought to fore
close certain mortgage executed by defendants J. L.
and Florence Cegg said plaintiff lot No. % in
block six (6 in Rice Peters addition the city of
Carson in Ormsby county, Nevada; which said mortgage
given to the payment of pronlissory note
made by defendants j. L. and Florence Cegg, the Goth
day Of May, A. d. 1879 to plaintiff, for the Of six
hundred dollars and interest thereon at three CD
per month all in gold coin of the United States And
plaintiff asks decree of foreclosure of said mortgage and
proceeds applied to the payment of costs attorneys fees
taxes, insurance and the principal and interest
said note in gold coin of the United States, and found
insufficient, that judgment be docketed against the prop
erty of defendants L. and Florence Ceg for any bal
lnce found remaining due plaintiff All of which is
ully forth in plaintiffs complaint file in my office
hereby notified that if fail to appear
the said complaint above required, the said
plaintiff will apply the Court for the relief demanded
Given under my hand and the seal of the District
Court of the Second Judicial District of the State


Lo of Nevada in and for the county OF Ornsby, this
oath day of August, in the year of Lord
housand eight hundred and seventy


au25law6w ALFRED HELM Clerk
Year: 1877




In the course of an article on the
subject of the country press, the New
Orleans Democrat thus combines a
good word for it's rural brethren
with another for ITSELF:


But the country press can yet be
improved, and it is, it seems to us,
the duty of every citizen of parish,
where an enterprising paper is pub
lished, to aid the editar in improving
it and increasing its influence by sub
scribing to and paying. cash for it.
After he has done that, let him for-
ward cash order for the only repre-
sentative Southern and live news
paper in New Orleans-the Democrat.
Year: 1877

COUNTY ROADS are in excellent con-
dition and barring the cold mornings the
teaming business can be carried on as
well as at any time of the year. Some Of
our exchanges below complain of the
dust in the streets and suggest the neces-
sity of the sprinkler starting to work
again. a little breeze can raise a fair
cloud Of dust in the streets of Weaver
vile just now.
Year: 1877

The MINING OUTLOoK.-The contin-
ued dry weather is unprecedented at this
time Of the year, and cannot fail to have
abad effect upon the mining interests Of
the county. Ii is fortunate that the pres
entseason was preceded by one which
was It's reverse in all essential respects,
giving the miners one Of the longest flows
OF water on record. Indeed, the run of
water las ted so long in the claims that
there was barely time to get ready for
working again.


The lack Of rain in Decem Der, leads to
little reflection as to the character of
those seasons in which Decem Der has
been a dry month heretofore. Accord
ing to the record of rainfall kept in other
places, while it is not shown that dry
Decemoer is Invariably followed by n
dry winter, very wet winter was inva-
riabIy preceded by large rain fall in
December. There have, however, been
several seasons in which the rainfall up
to the 1lrst of January was light, which
were fair water seasons in the latter part.
Year: 1877

No observing man as he passes through
our police are not very dangerous-looking
persons. Not few are too old for any SER
vice worth calling active, and many are so
burdened with fesh and short of wind that
a run at decent pace for quarter OF mile
or even for single block would not only
prove difficult and hazardous, but very
likely fatal. Clumsy footed almost as q
class, their occupation of standing about or
moving at snails pace but adds to their in
effectiveness for a sudden emergency. and
such emergencies arc just when the
public expects them to be equal to
their work of protecting life and prop
erty. At any moment, without the slightest
warning, any patrolman in New York city
may be forced to face danger as imminent
and great as soldier ever encounters on the
bloodiest field. Pitted against him are bold,
desperate characters, many OF them heroes
of scores Of barroom brawls or cracksmen,
trained to their work by long experience on
both sides of the Atlantic. always armed and
seldom without confederates within easy
call. Give one of these rufians start of


Aif block or even Of ten feet, and what
does he care for one of these unwieldy,
paunchy, broken-winded lubbers. even
though he has on his back revolver and
bludgeon, to the skilful use of which he is
uniformly stranger? Not that there are
not good men on the force and many OF
them who would prove ugly antagonists to
the brnyest men that breathe; but who Of
these will deny that at least five hundred
policemen in this city are to-day physically
unfit for their places?


Commissioner Erhardt is, we believe,
Now he can make q name. Let him at once
initiate and press with his known energy q
simple system of drill which shall speedily
bring every officer not to the top of his con-
dition-fit to run five mile race or fight q
hundred rounds--but into half condition,
nearly as good, for instance, as that of thou
sands Of gentlemen here who are partial in
their odd moments to athletics, as that Of q
West Pointer or of any blacksmith. Let
every man who, after reasonable time,
fails to reach this condition give way to one
who is fit to fill the place. It will not now
take the burglar long to know the sort of
man he has to tackle the policeman will
use weapons less because he has found he
does not need them repetition of the '63
riots will bo an experiment too foolhardy to
ever again attempt; and we may justly then
ask the other great cities to search and see
if we have not police force which, if not
the finest in the world, we may at least we'll
be proud of.
Year: 1877

A report from Boston published to-day in
dicates that the failure of the republicans
to decide by o positive expression between
the respective claims of Mr.. Boutwell, and
Mr. Hoar for the United States Senatorship
has inspired some hope Of mischief making
on the part Of the democratic minority in
the Legislature. Professor Seelye, Governor
Bullock and General Butler are spoken OF
rs probable candidates, the success Of one
or the other of these being, of course, de-
pendent on union Of his special friends in
the republican party with the democrats.
This scheme is predicated on the supposition
that there is determined hostility between
the supporters of Mr.. Boutwell, and those of
Mr.. Hoar, which is not the case. The question
as to the Senatorship will be settled in
Year: 1877

| We have no intention to reflect on the
fortunes of superannuated members of the
theatrical profession when we introduce
q strictly astronomical question. 1t is one
which, perhaps, demands grave considera-
ton from those who are disposed to invest
largely in real estate, or who have ambitious
designs of founding dynasties or leaving
tall monuments TO their memories in
fashionable cemeteries. It is nothing
less than, Is the permanency Of our planet
threatened by celestial conhagrations which
are daily demolishing some Of our choicest
stars and are likely, sooner or later to in
volve the sun itself in destruction? Profess
sor Schmidt, of Athens, is satisfied that a
certain star in the constellation Cygnus has
suddenly taken fire and bQrned itself out
like n cheap candle, with good
deal of sputter and much flame when
the tallow begins to run. His announce
ment of this astronomical calamity has
started all the wound-up scientists Of the
world, and we hear on every side most star
tling theories announced rs to the probable





earth we dwell on. Professor Rutherford,
whose views we present elsewhere, talks
quite calmly Of the annihilation Of this
sphere of ours, just as if the question
of the Presidency was already settled and
we had rapid transit in New York. Pro-
fessor Newcomb. of Washington, almost car
ries us with him on journey from the earth
to the sun, and boldly points out all .the
queer confusion that is taking place on that
centre Of light and heat and, lastly, Profess
sor Proctor shows such startling familiarity
with things celestial as to impress
us with the idea that he has made On
extended tour among the stars and noted
the popularity of each, particularly those
that rank among the "burned out" planets.
For our own part we are perfectly content to
let each bright particular star take care Of
ITSELF If incendiary comets or other vagrant
wanderers of space will go jostling things
about in the far away regions of the constel-
lation Cygnus, or even burn the tail off Ursa
Major and upset all celestial propriety by
winking at Virgo herself we are entirely sat
isfed by Gemini.