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Year: 1867

RoBBERY.-The Merced Herald says that man
named Howard was stopped on the highway be
tween Morey's Ferry and Martinez, on the Stock
ton road on the 9th ult and made 10 shell out all
the spare change he had, amounting to sl7. After
the scoundrel had taken his money he gave hi m
back four bits telling him that would do to pay for
his dinner, and he could stake his horse out. The
robbery took place about five miles beyond the
far
Year: 1867

Hon. JoHN BELL.-The health of the Hon. John
Bell. Know Nothing candidate for President in sc,
is said to be gradually failing. His mind is still
clear, but the exhaustion of his physical system is
extreme He resides near the Cumberland iron
works in Tennessee which were formerly source
of immense revenue TO him. But the war wrecked
his fortune, health and social and political reputa-
ton, and the old man is passing away from gen.
Grafton with which it is his misfortune to have no
symDathieS.
Year: 1867

My heart has Its secret chambers,
Where I always hide away
Ny sweetest and dearest fanctes
From the light of the curious day.
On the walls have hung the pictures
OF the faces have seen,
When the spell OF my dreams was ON me,
And 1 wreathe them in fadeless green.
And one there is that has won me,
With Its pure and pleasant grace,
And the light of the moon seems shining
Out Of that beautiful face.
The blue eyes smile upon me


AS rapt and spell-bound stand,
Till fancy am looking


At the skies Of the Summer-land.
The hair is a sunny tangle


About the sweet, pure face,
And seems to have robbed the sunshine
OF Its richest, brightest grace.
1 look upon the lips that are stained
With the lips of royal rose.
And think of the pleasant orchards
Where the luscious cherry grows.
1 think when gaze in the azure
OF those dreamy-shadowed eyes,
That look through the miStS of evening
To the lights OF paradise.
Smile on me, beautiful fancy,
Out of your far off life
Out of the airy castle


That shuts you away from strife.
Speak to me. lips of crimson,
Speak, and my heart will beat
With thrill OF that strange emotion
That no language can repeat.
O will ever keep you


In that palace of my heart,
Thou with the face of morning,
When the shadows break apart.
/ shall not miss the sunshine,
Or the blue of the blending skies;
shall find them all in your features,
And the depths of your fathomless eyes.
Smile on me, beautiful fancy.


And my lonely soul will sing,
Some song tc your wondrous beauty,
Till the chords of my heart shall ring.


-EbeTl e. ReTJ0Td.
Year: 1867

dering eyes, which even she declared
would make me the belle of the fete.


You will think me very foolish,
Mabel; but do you know I dreamt of
that dress? | loDged to wear it as
eagerly as any village schoolgirl longs
to put on her new bonnet. You may
conceive, then, my disappointment
hen, on the eve OF the fair, re-
ceiVed letter from Eustace, which at
first sight seemed to make the pleasure
impossible. 1t was long letter, filed
with accounts of his mothers health,
and his own intense anxiety to get
over the next few days, during which
crisis was expected to take place in
the disease: but in a short postscript
he said, 6 l have heard that you have
been asked to patronize the charity
fair at Little Denton. | will send you
G10 as my contribution. OF course
under our present circumstances you
cannot be expected to appear at such
a place."


That was all. He seemed to con-
slider it matter of course, that whilst
his mother lay dying | should never
dream of appearing in any publicplace
of amusement TO make such re-
quest as a favor granted to himself.
would have appeare d like an insult to
my good feeling and good taste.


(CoNCLUDED IN OUR NExT)
Year: 1867

WITHOUT exception. every one of the
sneakers from abroad who have visited
Mokelumne Hill during the present political
campaign, has been very much pleased with
the appearance of the town, and their opin-
ions. that it is the liveliest and pleasantest
mining camp in the mountains have been
unanimous. All branches of business are IN
q hourishing condition. Our grocery and
dry goods merchants are kept constantly
employed waiting upon their customers, and
the number of teams, laden with freight
which weekly arrive from Stockton, attest
the quantity of goods sold. All classes OF
mechanics find ready employment and day
laborers experience no difficulty in obtaining
plenty Of work and good wages. We are IN
formed by those engaged in buying gold
dust that their purchases are larger no"
than they have been for years, and are con-
stantly increasing. The information we re-
ceive from all portions of the county, IN
relation to our quartz interests, IS cheering
and in this immediate vicinity several leads
which prospect finely have been recently dis
covered A "back lead" has been lately
struck in several claims located in Tunnel
Ridge" which were supposed to have been
worked out, and are now paying better than
ever before. Quite number of hydraulic
claims are also being opened and the pros
poets are fattering that Chilli Gulch will
soon be as thriving as it was three years ago
The Mokelumne Hill and Campo Seco Canal
and Mining Company are rapidly extending
their ditch to Cat Camp" a new mining
district of some twelve miles square in extent
the whole of which will pay the miner remu-
nerative wages. When that and the quartz
mills which are now in process of erection are
completed, the shipments of gold dust from
Calaveras will be fully as large as those o
any county in the State.
Year: 1867

PERsoNAL.-Daniel P. Clark, for years
resident OF this town, who has been absent
during the past two years in the Eastern
States returned on Tuesday last His many
friends will rejoice to learn that DAN is as
]ovlal and healthy as ever. We return him
our thanks for the finest specimen of purr
we ever saw a REGULAR fire-eater.
Year: 1867

Those croakers who, sitting around the
saloons and whisky shops with their heels
higher than their heads, straining their eyes
and ears to discover the first intimation of
of the approach of C. candidate, and are con-
stantly bewailing the sad condition Of the
country, had better be at work, trying to
earn an honest livelihood. Despite their
belief to the contrary, the political affairs of
the nation do not rest entirely upon their
shoulders, and if they should turn their at
tenton to some occupation for which they
are better calculated, the result would be
beneficial both to themselves and the balance
of mankind. Try and see if a pick-handle
don't fit your hands frst-rate


The Water Company has purchased the
ten-stamp mill formerly owned by Mr..
Depew, and are moving it to their claim in
Chilli Gulch, known as the '.AIercier" claim
The Company have ground enough to last
for years, and when they commence opera
tons we expect to hear good account from
that direction. As soon as the hurry and
press Of business incident to elections are
over. and qu.etus put upon the Copper
heads, we intend visiting the various mines
In this vicinity, and shall turn our attention
more particularly to local affairs.
Year: 1867

Loose Dealing.


A gentleman, a Christian, and Of course
a friend, hands us the following clip from
a religious paper suggesting the propriety
of its republication: we agree with him
and here is the article:


Some people have very easy way OF
getting along in the world. They seem to
have slippery way Of forgetting things.
Oblivion seems to be a pleasure to them.-
We are sometimes alarmed about their con-
sciences Have at times thought them to
be somewhat gum-elastic. We have ref.
eference to Christians who make promises
and never fill them, and who profess one
thing and do another, or rather don't do
it at all. There is q certain kind of Chris
tians who promise to pay, give promis-
sorry note, and put their names on sub
scription papers, Especially on Church
subscriptions) and who pay no further at
tention to them until they are reminded of
the fact, and then dogged about awhile
This is bad Christian morality. Such
persons take hint with great difficulty
They have very thick epidermis. When
you talk about paying up arrearages they
straction. They hear at a great distance.
Like lazy camp followers they are always
tagging behind, and then you always find
them behind. There is a great want of
promptness among this class of people,
and We here wish to assure them that
their persistent indifference in regard to
paying store bills, and paying up on sub
scription papers, and fulfilling their words
OF promise, is not only very annoying and
aggravating, but it is positive sin in the
sight of God. We know Of brother who
remained out of the Church many years,
because of the loose dealing of such per-
sons, who bought at his store what they
wanted and paid when they pleased, and
who always made promises to pay, but
never paid till dogged about awhile. We
know Of men who never pay their church
subscriptions till the last day of tho year.
and then they must be cornered before you
can get it out of them. 1t is so with their
store bills, and their bills with mechanics,
and with everybody in general. Prompt
ness 10 Christian virtue, and an index to
Christian character. We injurc the cause
and our Christian profession by not being
prompt.
Year: 1867

WHAT Is YOUNG LAUGHTER THINKING
ABoUr?-You are very careful of her dress;
you attend personly to its purchase and fit.
You 20 with her to see that her foot is
nicely gathered, and you give your milliner
special instructions as to the make and be-
comingness of her hat, but do you ever ask
yourself what she 10 thinking about? In
other words, do you know anything at all
Of her inner life? Many who are esteemed
most excellent mothers are as ignorant on
this all important point as if they had new
er looked upon their daughters face. They
expect respectful obedience, and if the
young creature yields it, and has no need
of physicians immediate service, they
consider their duty done.


Alas, what a fatal mistake! There are
mothers who, never having invited the
confidence Of these young hearts, live to
see it bestowed anywhere and everywhere
but in accordance with their wishes. Is
it, can it be enough to q mother worthy of
the name, to be satisfied that her daugh-
ter's physical wants are cared for? What
of that yearning, hungry soul that is cas-
ting about here and there for something to
satisfy its qucstionings? Ohl give q
thought sometimes to this. When she
sits there by the fire or by the window,
masing, sit down by her, and love her
thoughts out of her. Cast that fatal sdig-
nifty" to the winds which has come be-
tween so many young creatures and the
heart which they should lie nearest to in
these important, forming years. "Respect
is good in its place, but when it freezes up
your daughters soul utterance-wh it
sends her for sympathy and companionship
to chance guides, what then? A word, a
loving, kind word at the right moment
no mind can over estimate its Importance.
Remember this when you see the sad
wrecks of womanhood about you, and amid
the sweeping waves of life's cares and
pleasures, whatsoever else you neglect, do
not fail to know what that young daughter
of yours is thinking about
Year: 1867

A SAGAcIous DoG.-Dog stories have
come to be considered stale, fat and un-
profitable, but an instance of the wonder.
full sagacity of one Of these animals, which
came under our notice yesterday, is worthy
of mention. A large and noble looking
Newfoundland dog, while crossing Spring
street bridge, dropped his muzzle, but not
seeming to wish to part with such firm
friend, he picked it up in his teeth. Com
ing to the corner of Wisconsin and East
Water streets, he laid his muzzle down be-
fore number of gentlemen standing there,
and as plainly as actions could speak be-
sought them to replace it over his nose.-
He placed his proboscis in its proper place
and with q whine and q pleading look
friend who could aid him to re-muzzle him
self. Observing couple Of policemen
coming along the street, he seized his muz-
zle and in an afrighted manner ran across
the street, where he renewed his importu-
mites to passers-by, keeping, meanwhile,
a jealous eye upon the ''stars' who were
lettering near. The police once more came
near him, which caused him, with growl,
to run to another corner out of their reach.
About this time an old friend of the dogs
probably his master-came along. To
him the dog addressed himself as before,
pleading to have the muzzle replaced
The gentleman at FIRST paid no attention to
him, and was just crossing the bridge when
the sagacious animal placed himself direct
y across the pathway and refused to let
him pass, at the same time showing, by
unmistakable signs, what he wished. The
gentleman, rightly divining what was wan
ted, replaced the muzzle on the dogs head
and passed on. The joy Of the poor anmi-
ma! knew no bounds at this happy result,
and he leaped and frisked about in the
most frantic manner. The stars had no
longer any terror for him, and he passed
them by with defiant growl, evidently
we'll knowing that they were the enemies
Of his race, but that he, for one, was safe
from their destroying power.-KI. Senti-
mel,
Year: 1867

for sleep He insists on going to bed early And TINS
with his absfnent habits at the banquets spread
before him daily-almost hourly-enable him to con-
tnue fresh and strong while his aristocratic enter
that adjective sometimes applied to them or If not
yet bloated they are looking puffy and pale. III
is thought that at the Sultans departure the London
season will end at once.
Year: 1867

GRATING GRAPE VINEs.-J. d. Stockton
sends to the Petauma Argus, the following
suggestions about grape grating:


:. The gratis should be cut IN january
about the coldest time of the year-and
buried in soil, about six inches deep, on the
north side of a stump, tree or building, and
where the water will not stand around them.
Let them remain until March, when uncov-
er a few at a time, rinse in clean water, and
wrap them in wet cloth when ready to
use them unroll and take out but one setting
at a time, replacing the others and laying
them where the sun will not shine on them.
Divide an ordinary cutting near the center,
leaving an eye near the upper end; shape
the other end about the taper necessary for
wooden wedge, but leaving the edge under
the bud or eve slightly thicker than the other
edge, using thin keen knife; clip the point
oft graft from one edge to center, then from
the other edge in like manner, so as to make
the point square and With edges to that thick
ness that will fill the lower part of the cavity
left by the saw, which is prepared In this wise:
Scrape the soil from around the vine which
YOU wish to graft, so to leave the roots
bare. and far enough to allow room for your
saw. and 80 as to leave the stump square,
which should be several inches below the
surface-leaving room for the inclslon IN
which to place your graft-if Inclined select
the upper side for the graft; place your saw
80 as to cut this side at right angles; saw
down enough to take the wedge OF your
graft opposite where yoLr graft will stand
force in wedge so as to spring the sides OF
the stump slightly open; now, with sharp
budding knife pare each OF the inner sides
for the graft, cutting from bottom to top ard
gliding deeper as you pass up so that the
graft will fit with but little pressure the cav
ity on that side; insert the graft, with the
thick or eye side outward remove the back
wedge, and bring up loose soil around and to
the top of the graft and the work IS accom-
plished. In cultivating. gradually draw the
earth away so as to let the bud grow. You
may expect some fruit the first year"
Year: 1867

No sickly person can honorably marry
another in good health without previously
making fair statement of the case. And
even then if a marriage takes place a crime
has been committed against the community
and against unborn innocents But when
both the parties are i" sickly," it is wholly
inexcusable, and ought to be frowned upon
by every intelligent community, hwever
satisfactory the pecuniary condition of the
parties They may be able to support them
selves, but they can give no guarantee that
their children, diseased in body and feeble in
mind, shall not be public charge at the
hospital, the poor house, or an insane asy-
lum The best general plan for insuring a
healthy and vigorous offspring is to make an
antipoial marriage to make as much of a
cross in the physical characteristics as possi-
bic. The city should marry the country the
black haired the blond the bilious temper
ament the nervous; the fair skinned the
brunette the stout the slender the tall the
short. To marry each its like. is to degrade
the race.-HaVs Journal of Health.
Year: 1867

THE SOCIAL EVIL IN New 1oRK.-ln the
CITY of New York the number of those women
who. with n lamentable truth, are styled
Abandoned. cannot be less than ten thou
fand In 1858 the number of profesSed
prostitutes, by actual census, was $50 !:
thew must be more numerous now, and their
roll is continually increasing. Already they
equal the population of two average rural
townships. If they were placed in line,
two abreast, they would form procession
two and half miles long, that would reach
from the Battery to above Union Square Oi
all this CHASTITY army. one-half are under
twenty years of age. The average duration
of an abandoned woman's life, after she
Yields herself to her horrid trade. is just four
years 1t only requires that brief space OF
carousal and champagne, revelry and rum,
to reduce beautiful girl, fresh from the
country, into loathsome mass OF disease.
ready for the pauper's grave. In addition to
the ten thousand prostitutes, there are prob
ably twenty thousand more who are either
kent mstresses, or the occasional fre
ouenters of hou es of assignation. If the
names of all these could be published. it
would make fearful quaking . in society, T"
ard some knees would "smite together
behind those brown stone fronts, AMI beneath
Paris laces. Some years ago New York was
Mortified at learning. through the press, that
a licentious man had been conducted to IA
room in house of infamy, in which hefound
his own wife waiting to receive the " wages
of SIM Neither one had suspected the
infdelity of the other.
Year: 1867

We do not generally give much credence
to ghost stories, but the following, which
we find in the Lynchburg News, appears so
intrlnsically reasonable in view of the awful
doom which doubtless awaits the wretch
who would swindle an editor. that we cannot
for a moment doubt its truth. The story,
saws the News. is - dedicated in an especial
manner. to all newspaper readers" That
apparitions do not always wander without
cause, is proved by the we'll lattested fact
which we give below:


Last Tuesday night, as Mrs. -, Ia
lady of rather literary taste and studious
habits) sat reading in her drawing room, the
clock on the mantel-piece struck twelve !
As the last stroke reverberated through the
apartment, the door was flung wide open . In
the act Of raising her head to repel the IN
truson (unrung for) of her servant, her eyes
rested on the form Of her late husband she
screamed and fell senseless on the carpet
This brought up such members OF the family
as had not retired to rest restoratiyes were
administered. and when Mrs. - had re
gained her suspended faculties, and being
woman of strong mind and highly cultivated
intellect. she felt disposed to consider the
whole distress she had undergone as the re
suit of certain associations between the mel
ancholy tale she had been peru-ing ana her
late loss, operating on a partially deranged
nervous svstem She however considered II
advisable that her maid servant should re-
pose in her chamber lest any return of what
she considered a nervous affection should dis
tress herself and alarm the family. Last
Tut sday night feeling stronger and In bet.
ter spirits than she had been for several
months past, Mrs. - dispensed with the
presence of her attendant, retiring alone TO
her chamber. and went to bed little before
ten O'Clock Exactly as the clock struck
twelve. she was awakened from sleep, and
distinctly beheld the apparition she had be.
fore seen, advancing from the table ION
which stood her night lamp) till it stood OPP
posite to and drew aside the curtains OF her
bed. She describes her very blood retreat
ing with icy chllness to her heart from every
vein. The countenance of her beloved IN
life wore not its benevolent aspect the eyes
once beaming with affection were now fixed
with stern regard on the trembling, half dis
solved being who. with the courage of des
peration, abiured him thus, " Charles dear
Charles why are you come again?


Jessie, slowly and solemnly gasped the
shadowy form, waving in his hand "a small
roll of writing paper, Jessie, pay my
newspaper accounts, and let me rest IN
neace -
Year: 1867

A POOR woman and her child lately set
tied in Western city, and were greatly re-
duced and in need of food. The child see
ing chicken in the back yard. wanted to
kill it and have pot pie. No, no, )" said
the mother, "that would be wicked, and
God would surely punish you" Then, !"
said the youngster, looking up, g let's move
back to New York, there amt any God
there"
Year: 1867

ME would call the attention Of the Public


w TO the fact that. having entirely altered
and improved our premises, we are desirous OF
selling out the present stock OF DRY GOODS
H prices which we do not publish for PUFF
and BLOW, but would simply ask OF a diserIm
fuaAfnu nuh1fo lo coma and
Year: 1867

John McDonough, the millionaire of
New Orleans, has engraved upon his
tomb series Of maxims he has prescribed
as the rule for his guidance through life;
and to which his success in business is
mainly attributed. They contain so much
wisdom that We copy them:


RULES FOR THE GUIDANCE OF Ny
LIFE, 1S04-Remember that labor is one
of the conditions Of our existence Time
is gold; throw not one minute away, but
place each one 10 account Do unto all
men as you would be done by. Never
put of till tomorrow what can be done
to-day. Never bid another do what you
can do yourself. Never coVet what is
not your own. Never think any matter
so trifing as not to deserve notice. New
er give out that which does not come In.
Never spend but the produce. Let the
greatest order regulate the transactions
of your life.' Study in ycur course of
life TO do the greatest amount of good. Z
Deprive yourself of nothing necessary
to your comfort, but live in an honorable
simplicity. Labor, then, to the last mo-
ment Of your existence. Pursue strictly
the above rules, and the Divine blessing
and riches of every kind will flow upon
you to your hearts content; but first of
all. remember that the chief and great
duty of your life should be to tend, by all
means in your power, to the honor and
glory of our Divine Creator. 5


The conclusion to which I have arriy-
ed is, that without temperance there is no
health; without virtue no order without
religion no happiness; and the aim ofour
beings is to live wisely, soberly and rights
eously. So


JOHN McDoNoUaH. aa


Ncu Orleans March 8 1904. -