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Year: 1878

Ring out wild bells, to the wild sky,


The flying cloud, the frosty light;


The year is dying in the night;
Ri lg out, wild bells, and let hlfn de-
Ring out the old, ring in the new,


Ring happy bells, across the snow;
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor
Ring in redress to al mankind.
Ring out the slowly dying cause,


And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws
Ring out the want, the care, the sin.
The falthless coldness of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes
But ring he fuller minstrel in.
Ring out false PRIDE in place and blood,
The civic SANDER and the spite;


Ring IN the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love OF good.
Ring out old shapes of foul disease:
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold
Ring ont the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free,


The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be
Year: 1878

NEVADA dogs seem to be made Of
:. .sterner stuff than other American
ours. Last week one fell down q ninety
fve-foot shaft-struck with emphasis on
hard rock, lived sixteen days without
food OF water, was taken out otter that
time and Immediately ran down and
totally destroyed rat that presumed too
much ON appearances, and approached
rather too near the sickly-look1Dg
canine.
Year: 1878

HONESTY REWARDED George and
Harry worked in the same shop; but as
the working season was almost over,
and there would be little work TO do
during the summer months their en-
ployer informed them, as they settled
up on n Saturday evening, that he
could only give one Of them work here
after. lie was very sorry, he said, but
it was the best he could do. lie told
them both to come back Monday morn
ing and he would then decide on the
one he wished to remain.


So the young men returned to their
boarding house a good deal cast down;
for work was scarce; neither knew
where he could obtain situation if he
were the one to leave.


That evening, as they counted over
their week. wages, Harry said TO his
friend:


"Mr. Wilson has paid mo quarter
Of a dollar too much"


$50 he has me-" said George, as he
looked at his.


show could he have made the mis-
take?" said Harry.


ooh! be was very busy when six o.
clock came; and handling so much
money ne was careless when he came
to pay us our tri1e." said George, as he
stuffed his into his pockot-bools.


"Well," said Harry, 81 am gong to
stop as go to the post-oliice, and hand
it to him."


"Your are wonderful particular about
a quarter" said George. "What does he
care for that triAe? Why, he would not
come to the door for it If he knew what
you wanted and | am sure you worked
hard enough to earn it,"


But Harry called, and handed his en-
ployer the money, who thanked him fol
returning it, and went into the house
Mr.. Wilson had paid each of them q
quarter of dollar more than their wages
on purpose to test their honesty.


So, when Monday morning came, he
seemed to have no difficulty in de.erm-
ming which one he would keep. lie
chose Harry, and intrusted the shop to
his care for several months when he
was away on business, and was so well
pleased with his management that when
work commenced in the fall he gave
him the position OF superintendent.
Five years afterward Harry was Mr.
Wilson's partner; George worked in the
shop again, but AS common laborer


There is nothing Ike geod character
when you want employment. Some
young men can always get work, no
matter how dull the times are; while
Others can find nothing to do when hand.
are scarce, simply because they cannot
be trusted Kind Works.
Year: 1878

ASTONISHING RESEMBLANCE.-lnt In tins
city are twin brothers, whose semblance
to each ether is so strong that It's daily
occurrence for one TO be mistaken for the
other by their most intimate friends.
They compose the law firm of Thomas &
Thomas-the one is Theodore H., the
other Herman T. They are 25 years old.
The only difference that can be preceiyed
between them is that the nasal organ Of
one turns the hundredth part Of an inch
TO the right, while that ofthe other is bent
just as much to the left.


Messrs. Thomas & Thomas are very
genteel in their dress and department,
small of statute-about five feet SIX and a
a hslt-and quiet in their intercourse with
other men. Both speak German fuently,
and both are shorthand writers. They
have the same tastes. .sppetites, drink the
same quantity of water during the day, and
eat the same amount of food. Their SINH
iarity in dress is the result Of taste. and
snot a design. When one gets a suit of
clothes made he does not con suit the other
and it always happens that both select the
same material, and have it made up in
the same fashion. They are unmarried
and live together on Geyer avenue, and
occupy the same business office. it fire.
quently happens that client, after speak
ing to one about a case, meets the other
apA IL nd l..
told that he is talking to "the other
Thomas" /. is related-but this is pro-
badly an invention that one ofthe broth
ers paid his addresses to young lady,
and made so favorable an impression
that it was thought there would be q
match; but the other happened to see her,
and taking a fancy to her also, completed
The conquest which his brother had begun
When she saw them together she could
not decide which she loved best, and so
the matter remained in allegiance. ~


It's rule in the Circuit Court that
but one attorney on each side shall exam
inc witnesses. In recent trial, in which
Thomas s. Thomas were engaged, this
rule was violated by them in very dex-
torous manner. Stepping on one side as
if for private consultation, they ex-
changed chairs, and no one could tell
that it was not the same one who had be-
fore occupied the seat. In this way they
relieved each other, while the lawyer on
the other side had 10 stop from exhaust
ion.


"Mr. Thomas," said circuit Judge a
short time ago, "are you ready to argue
that motion now?"


What motion, your Honor?"


"The motion you spoke of yesterday" :"


"Your Honor, l was not in the court
room yesterday"


"Your memory is very, short sir. saw
you here"


"Not me, your Homer"


81 know i: was you; and if you trihe
with the Court shall have to fine you
for contempt SIR"


"Your Honor it was my notion" said
the other Thomas, entering the room.
The Judge looked at the two Thomasses
in amazement, and, recovering his good
humor, remarked that nature had COM
mitted plagiarism in the case of one of
them, be couldn't tell which.


Many amusing incident might be related
Of the everyday life of these remarkable
duplicate men, but as they are extremely
modest gentlemen and dislike notority
the above mus: suffice for the present.
81. louis Globe Democrat.
Year: 1878

Portland, Sept 14.-sixteen OF the q Democratic
Representatives were chosen on straight Demo
cratic ticket, over both the Republican and Green
back candidates, and will hold the balance Of
power in the House. The other II were chosen
by GreenbaCk aid
Year: 1878

| SleDaDuOdn, Id', Sept AO'- lGottIuhy lnOLnlhb
an accident occurred at the William Penn colliery
near this place, by which an orphan boy, about
fourteen years old, named John Rice, who was
working in the breaker, lost his life Two OF his
companions escaped the same fate through what
may be called miracle. Several OF the boys, it
appears, were amusing themselves by sliding
down the Telegraph" which conveys the coal
fIOm the large screen into the shoot and precipi-
tating themselves into the coal below q distance
of several feet from the end Of the telegraph, at
the men under the breaker engaged in drawing
coal from the shoot into the cars.


COVERED WITH COAL,


The boys slid down several times in rapid sue
cession without injury To themselves but atlength
when they were piledup in heap, the coal above
rushed down and covered them completely. The
other boys, who saw them disappear in the COAL
gave the alarm and men ran to their assistance
The boys could be heard calling for help but II
was difficult to render assistance. The drawing
of the coal from the shoot into the cars below con
tinued In the meantime and 1t was soon decided
that the best way to rescue the lads was 10 run
the coal out until the boys would come to the gate
below II this could have been done rapidly the
lives Of all the boys might have been saved, but
small screen through which the coal had to pass
after leaving the shoot had TO be torn out before





the cries of the boys In the shoot subsidized and it
assupposed they were all smothered When the
screen was displaced and the coal again started
to run from the shoot the excitement was in
tense.


BROUGHT OUT DEAD,


The gate was opened to Its full height, and the
coal allowed 10 rush out John Price was the first
to appear He came through the gate head first,
and was quickly picked up by the eager men who
stood In waiting. But he was dead, Water was
procured and poured over him, but without effect
BY this time hundreds Of people hocked to the
breaker, the women screaming al the top Of their
voices, creating terrible confusion. The coal
kept rushing into the cars, and in short time the
other two boys came out head foremost from un.
der the gate They were also quickly picked up
and found TO be alive though unconscious. Their
ears and eyes were filled with dirt. They were
finally resusctsted, aud the joy Of their parents
was so great that they tainted. An accident Of
this kind rarely occurs about coliery.
Year: 1878

N ational Associated Press to the star.


PARIS, Feb. A false alarm of fire
during the performance at the circus in
Calais last night caused a panic among
the audience. During the rush ten per-
sons were trampled 30 death and others
severely hurt.
Year: 1878

WHAT WE NEED.-The Peninsular Neaos in
its last issue instead of advocating the
fraudulent silver dollar as standard Of
value, more wisely considers the "condi.
ton of things" and comes to the conclu.
sion that it is not so much more money
wanted, rs is a remunerative market for
the plethora of over production and says
the true remedy for the hard times" is a
larger demand for the products of the in.
dustries of the country. For this we must
look to other nations who are not glutted
with the products of skilled industry and
machinery. We have rapidly grown, under
the stimulus of protection and the war, to
be large producers of manufactured goods,
and have suddenly become like the old
countries of Europe, prepared to produce
four times as much as we can consume
What we do want is the facilities for trans
porting our manufactured goods to all parts
OF the world, that Great Britain and France
have. Then we are ready to compete with
them for the trade of the world but they
have wisely subsidized and fostered mum.
erous steamship lines TO all the chief ports
of the world for the very purpose Of giving
to. their manufacturers and merchants the
best and quickest facilities for getting their
goods into foreign markets. These facilities
we have not, and this is what we lack.
Year: 1878

The MoFFETT BELL-PUNCH.- Much is being
said in the papers, especially the Southern,
about the Moffett bell punch for registering
drinks, and its introduction is now being
considered by the Legislatures of Maryland.
South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Tennessee.


The measure was introduced in the Legis-
lature of Virginia by the man whose name
1t bears, some two or more years ago as a
revenue measure. The use of the punch
has proven a great source Of revenue in
Virginia, where the tax is p cents on each
glass of distilled spirits and ! cent on each
glass of malt liquor. 1t is likely to be
adopted by the three last States above
named, and an effort is also being made to
adopt it in Maryland, but a very strong
effort is being made in this State to have
the present Legislature adopt Local
Option as a State measure. The present
temperance feeling is such that some
measure of amelioration will have to be
adopted.
Year: 1878

DELAWARE is divided in the U. S. Senate
on the money question-Senator Salisbury
being for the silver dollar and inaation
and Senator Bayard for the gold dollar and
permanent values. We await with some
interest to see which end of the State will
tip up.
Year: 1878

1t is difficult, writes a war correspond
ent, TO describe, as it is, indeed, almost
impossible to understand even on the
spot, the marvellous rapidity of fire, and
the enormous quantity of bullets that
are whizzing in the air. Above the roll
of musketry is heard the whistling, like
strong wind blowing through the trees
These are the showers of bullets that
rain upon the ground anywhere within
the radius of mile and half from the
fight, and the oftener ehears this sound
the more its significance becomes.clear to
him. 1t means that every man .of the
thousands engaged is firing several times
a minute, more OF less, as he fires at ran
dom or takes aim. The Turk, as is well
known, does not take aim, but fires from
the hip when in the open, lays his rife
on the parapet when behind intrench-
ments, and shoots somewhere in the
direction of his enemy, and depends
more on the quantity of bullets he sends
than on the direction OF them. When
this fact is borne in mind ii will easily
be understood why the proportion of
/ dead and wounded is 80 great in every


sstsls shss kss taken slssei
Year: 1878

The Indiana woman of superior ton is
not behind her sister of New York or
Paris in her idea of the eternal fitness
of things" Recently in one of the cities
of that interesting western state a very
beautiful woman died, whose mind was
somewhat given to styles. On her sick
bed she was particular about color, light,
and the general tone of the room, and
never received visitor without a red or
blue shawl thrown across the shoulder.
She preferred not to die, and did not in
tend to die alt is such disenchanting
process she declared. When it was
discovered that she must die, her hus-
band broke the news TO her very gently.
She was little distressed, but not much
agitated. She had only one request to
make. 1t was: My darling, don't let
that horrid Mrs. make my outfit
Her fits are sickening, and she overtrims
terribly: besides, she viii be sure to spell
myrtle m-u-r-t-e-l in the bill."-Horper''
Magazine.
Year: 1878

Who will make the disturbance2 Will
the Democratic majority, who were de-
frauded of the results of the election
Not at all The time for them to have
violently disturbed the rnachinators who
overthrow the republic in which the will
of the people was the law of the land,
was when Hayes was inaugurated amid
the anger of an outraged people. Will
the Republican minorityS With what
show of decency can they provoke dis


order at the expense Of the crimes oi


Hayes and his agents ? Are they pre-
pared to indulge in lawess acts True,
they lawlessly supplanted Tilden. Are
they willing to 60 further. and invoke
disorder by tumultuons opposition to


retribution for their crimes !? The grea'


mass OF the people, in both parties, viii
frown down any such rebellious hostility
to the lawful exercise Of the power o


Congress. So go >"
Year: 1878

II Mr.. Hayes feels that he was fairly
entitled to the votes of Louisiana and
Florida there is no reason why he should
complain that his friends are willing to
have lightthrown upon all the dark cor:
ners. Men with clean hands do not or
dinarily meet q demand for investigation
in this way. il there was perfectly
square game in the South, why not lei
the fact be established and settle the
matter at once and forever?
Year: 1878

The rye and wheat crop look splendid and
the only fears are Of too rank growth, lodg
ging, &c The growth of the rye In tome places
where IT stand Z to feet Is remarked The rye
is In blossom and it said that seven weeks
after blossom brings harvest, so that we
may expect the rye harvest soon after the
longest day--21st Of June. 1t looks now as
II the wheat and rye would all have to be
harvested before the 4th of July West
Chester News.
Year: 1878

The butfalOes of India are domestica
ted. Though uncertain as to theiI
temper towards strangers, they are
very much attached to their keepers
Reared from the day of their birth in
the hut OF their master, they grow UP
with the children and cling to them
through life. A Buffalo bull will de-
fend his master from the attack of IL
ger, and buffalo once saved her mas
ter's life by her attachment TO him.


Among the prisoners taken by the
English troops, on the day after they
had thrashed a rebel chief, was a man
with wife, mother and q buffalo
COW. He was not a soldier, but camp
follower. The women were let 20, the
cow dashed into the jungle, and the
man marched off.


The march was a long, hot one,
through valleys and over hills. But the
buffalo never lost sight of her master,
though she would not come near the
soldiers.


While marching through the thick
jungle, the man would now and then
give call. Immediately the faithful
buffalo, answering with grunt, would
come crushing through the thicket.
When she saw the red coats of the SOL
diers, she would stop, utter below
and disappear.


About the middle of the afternoon
the troops halted by the side OF small
stream. All we're tired, hot and hun.
cry. The native looking at the COM
mander, said:


'Sahib, If you will unite my hands, 1
will give you all milk


His hands were united, and he called
to mis- buffalo. She came out of the
jungle but would not approach the
troops.


'Sahib,' said the man, you must let
me go to her. l will not run away


Very well,' replied the officer, you
shall go to her. Bnt mind, il you run,
this rifle never misses. You'll drop
dead before you've gone three yards


Taking glass drinking vessel from
one of the men, the native went to his
buffalo, MIXED her and returned. The
milk was very refreshing to the tired
men, and the officer was grateful. He
determined to release his prisoner.


That evening the prisoner was told
to be off. With a low prostration he
blessing on the officers
head, and bounded into the Jungle.
The last heard of him was his cali to
the buffalo and her answering grunt
as she ran to meet him.
Year: 1878

THE Marquis of Lorne is to be Gov
ernor General Of Canada. This is a
tardy recognition Of the talents Of d
good Scotch nobleman, whose great
mistake in life is in being the Queens
son-in-law. OF his own will, and by
his own talents, he could raise himself
to the place in learning occupied by his
father, the Duke of Argyll. But as
Victorias son-in-law his proud spirit
is subject to many insults On account
of inferiority in rank. 4 Why he daren't
even escort his wife to tea. He must
follow in rear of the procession. Such
2 Life Is calculated to blight the ambi-
tion of any man. Something good may
be looked from Lorne now.
Year: 1878

The 'priarie oyster'' is thus made


Break q new-laid egg into wine glass,
add half a teaspoonful of vinegar, drop
ping it gently down on the inside of the
glass, then drop on the yolk a little
common salt and pepper according to
taste. Place the glass with the vinegar
farthest from the mouth and swallow
the contents. The vinegar coming last
gives it more of an oyster-like flavor.
1t may be taken with or without the
white of the egg, according to taste.


1.-THE eclipse came off promptly ac-
cording to the predictions of the Chey-
enne Sum-" The Sun is to be congrat-
ulated upon having conceived of such
a rare, exclusive exhibition for the res
idents of this city, and sparing no time
nor means to bring it to successful
conclusion. 1t, was unfortunate that
several cloudlets at times obstructed
the view, though no blame for this need
be attached to the Sun. The weather
authorities, however, may have misun-
derstood the SUMS orders and ran in a
few just to rest the eyes of the observ-
ers. Otherwise the affair eliminated
just as great enterprise should. Un-
der the circumstances we can't blame
the S,m for having the performance
terminate just in time for it to go to
press and thus beat THE LEADER as to
printing it first. Were it our eclipse
we certainly would have ordered it
about midnight, just to get ahead of the
Sun you know. But it's all right. The
Sun has done to us what we are not
likely to do to the Sun. ~
Year: 1878

WHEN the wash-out occurred, week be- fore last, a telegram was received late in the afternoon by the acting agent here of the railroad company, instructing him to engage q large number of laborers to go out and repair the track. Some thirty men were engaged, who expected to re- ceive S1.50 per day for the job. But when the Superintendent of Construction came in, that night, he refused to pay oyer $1.25 per day. Only two men went out. This fact accounts for part of the delay in get ting the track repaired and the trains through. The usual rate paid here for that class of labor is S150.
Year: 1878

SOME goods arrived by cars last Saturday morning and were at once loaded on steam boat. Of course they were not included in the Sentiners published freight list. The same thing may occur every Satur- day Cn which a boat sails.
Year: 1878

lT is no doubt true that there were
more lawyers in Congress during the last
ten years than ever before whether
there would have been less rascality if
there had not been SO many Is a matter
for inquiry. Certain it is that there ney-
er was SO much fraud and peculation,
nor 30 much money paid by the lobby to
committee men.
Year: 1878

The amount of money lost by the
National Banks since their existence is
greatly in excess of that lost under the
old State Bark system, from the iounda-
ton OF the government up to the time OF
the rebellion. And the losses were five
tunes more Injurious because they fell
heavier on few, sometimes carrying
away all that widow or an orphan pos
sessed in the world. In fact many of the
banks established Gu this system Were
mere swindling shops, and could never
have been started on any other princl.
pie.
Year: 1878

AND now the remnant of the Republi-
can party in this county is about TO ruin
the temperance cause by running it into
politics, as was the case in 1915. If by
the help of the Greenback Republicans
and few weakened Democrats they
should succeed in electing one or two
men to the Legislature, we don't sec that
1t would amount to anything; since
nearly two-thirds of the Legislature
would refuse to concur in their measures.
Year: 1878

ATHE Indignation OF the Republicans OF
Maine at the political rascality Of Hale
anu the set that he led must have been
very great to have caused the resolution
upon winch Murch has come into pow
er but this is not all wonderful. The
wonder. is that such revolution does NOT
prevail everywhere since the burden of
complaint of the popular vofa eyerv-
where has been formed of objections to
the conduct of the Republican party in
Congress and the enormous sums ot
lnosey squandered and stolen. y large
number Of Republican papers two lay.
harped Oh this sting.
Year: 1878

No A few weeks
ago an item made the rounds of the
press of this State, being copied in the
JOURNAL about that time, to the effect
that n law had been passed requiring
al voters to be registered thirty days
previous to election, and that the law
would take effect sixty days after the
first of April. That such law did ,.5s
pass appears from the following letter of
Thos. Beck, Secretary of State, to Will
5. Green, editor of the Colusa Sun /:


A." l deem it my duty to inform you
that no law requiring voters to be reg
stsred in the township in which they
are entitled TO vote, thirty days (ur any
other number of days. next preceding
the election at which they desire to
vote, was passed by the last Legislature.
A genera law, amending certain sec
tons Of the Codes relative to elections,
was passed, but it contained no provis-
ion fixing any time for voters to be
registered previous to election"