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Year: 1875

riences they have been trained to, may
make marriage between them upon such
an income like suicide, or the means of
bringing upon them endless misery and
unhappiness.


A man and woman matrimonially in
clined must be their own judges of their
ability to marry upon the income that will
be theirs, and no arbitrary rule that will
cover the case of another couple will meet
their case. But-when once they resolve to
take their chances upon small income
to live as that income enables them, and
to be content to give up all else for each
other, then they may find in such mar
riage much pure happiness.-Ctnetnnati
Gnz9tte
Year: 1875

An Oregon Justice of the Peace mar
ried couple recently, regulated their
family difficulties as best he coulo irom
time to time, and when the husband Killed
his wife and then himself the same friend
in need acted as coroner and undertaken
and read the funeral service.
Year: 1875

Probably one of the most thrilling
spectacles in life-one that sends through
the observer the greatest variety of emo
tions in moments that of girl dart
ing her lips under her lovers mustache to
capture a cherry held between his teeth.
Year: 1875

The regatta at Saratoga opened yesterday
with excellent promise. The single scull race
70 be sure was defeated by a blunder which
ought TO have been impossible under any
moderately efficient management, but this was
a comparatively unimportant prelude TO the
sports of the week. and the interest OF the
meeting really began with the race OF the
Freshman crews. This was all that good
race ought to be. The contest was close ana
uncertain until the very end; some excellent
work was put forth; and the time was
considerably quicker than that of last year
and highly creditable to boatmen who are just
at the outset of their career. Nictors anu van
shed alike come out of the struggle with
honor. Cornell wins our hearty applause for
the fine effort by which she barely snatched
the prize away from her gallant competitors
and there is not one of the four boats OF which
we cannot say that it well deserved To win.


This race seems to have been carried through
without any of the unpleasant accidents, mis-
takes and misunderstanding which are so apt
to mar the success of such affairs To-Day,
with thirteen boats in line instead OF four the
difficulties of management are increased III
peometrical ratio. 1t will be an occasion OF
much more excitement also than ycSter-
doy. and of greater temptations for the
weak of head and infirm of temper. But the
university crews have shown IL good sense and
gcntlemanly feeling which we are confident
will not desert them in the critical hour, and
whoever wins we shall expect to see them all
come ont of the trial with as much honor as
their younger associates
Year: 1875

Since the accidental discovery of an illicit
dstilcry run by convict within the walls OF
Sing Sing prison, we have heard of nothing
more grot,.,qle than the information conveyed
to the United States Government by the Of
fcials of British Columbia that the manufac


ture and sale of crooked whisky has become
n thriving industry among the noble red men
of Alaska. The process was discovered at a


place called lIoOchnOo, and from this euphOni-
ous geographical term the product derives its
name. We can imagine the perpleXity and
perseverance with which the untutored
savage must have pursued his researches
in this branch of chemistry, and the exquisite
enjoyment of his final triumph. The liquor is
made principally of molasses, sugar, and p0-
tatoes, and the machinery is constructed of
two old cOal-Oil cans. There must have been
many vain experiments before these humble
utensils were brought to such noble use, and
many horrible dccoctions must have smoked
and stewed and smclt loud over the wigwam
fire, poisoning the air of all the foggy coast
from Behring Strait to Vancouver Island,
before the savages learned the best
way To cook mOlasses and potatoes.
But one day the great secret was solved and
the whole settlement of IIOOchnOO drank itself
glorious The news ran from village to village.
All the coal oil in the territory was at once
emptied out, and the cans were applied to
Year: 1875

time too he had discovered in his explora-
tions Of the Department pigeon-holes that II
information on this subject was all that
WAS wanted there was already plenty
of it within the Secretarys reach. In
view of all these facts he calmly
pursued his inquiries as to the truth or falsity
of the representations made to him by Red
Cloud, and now at the conclusion OF them he
laws the results before the President OF the
United States, whose province it is to take
cognizance of such state of affiirs in one OF
the departments of the Government as this
statement indicates.


Prof. Marsh, it must be remembered, has
been unwittingly drawn into this controversy
with the Interior Department by his zeal IN
scientific pursuits, which led him to promise
Red Cloud to communicate that chieftain's =
complaints to the Great Father. Innocently
enough he fulfilled his promise, and there
upon found Secretary Dclano brstllns
with wrath towards him. Forced into con-
troycrsv. he has not shirlcd it, as his state
ment shows. but has pursued it to the end
with system and thoroughness. The whole
people owe him debt of gratitude for the
good work he has done.
Year: 1875

higher p,:rposes.-fOr it Is al interesting TACT
that the same sort of vessel employed by the
original discOvercr was retained with scrupu-
lous fidelity by all the subsequent manufacturers
II must have impaired delicious pungency t0
the spirit, and an aroma to the breath OF the
habitual consumer which is all Sitka Indian
wanted to make him lovely. At any rate the
communication received from the British
officials reports that the product meets all
"the requirements of first-class fire-water,"
being within five per cent OF proof. All the
children of the forest in the entire country
have gone into the whisky business, ana as
they cannot buy molasscs enough from Alaska
traders they are trudging off in mass to the
posts of the Iudson's Bay Company, and there
bartering off their furs and oils for treacle ana
kerosene cans.


1t strikes us that in this little operation the
unsophisticatcd savage has taken soothing
revenge upon his great father in Washington.
Having being the victim of great variety OF
Rings he has turned the tables by forming
Ring of his own, which we venture to say
cannot he cclipscd even i'll the District OF
Columbia. The whole population Is embraced
in it, with the solitary exception OF the tax
collector who sits alOOf the one sOrrOwlul ana
sober human beng in the Territory. 1t Is
evidently out of the question, however, that
the wards of the nation should be allowed to
60 on in this absurd way, running their
stomachs and their moral characters without
help from any of the Government depart
mcnts; and as the Indian Supply Ring is getting
into tight place, we recommend Commits
siOner Smith, Agents Saville, Orville Grant,
and other gentlemen in the Indian line to pro-
ceed at once to Sitka and reOrganize the
Alaska Whisky Ring on the usual basis. If
there is anything in the way of business that
they don't know, let them secure the services
of few members of the st. Louis Whisky
Ring and take them along. 1t is unnecessary
for us to point out what they have to
do in order to vindicate the authority OF
the Internal Revenue Commissioner at the
Arctic Circle. They will assess the proper tax
on HoochnOo, stamp the cans. and inspect the
molasses; the Indians will conduct the manu-
facture as usual the Government will get no
money, and the Ring will grow rich Haply
too, kerosene whisky may prove little too
much for them, and in that case the country
will get rid of one of its problems with COM
parativcly little cost.
Year: 1875

The Dublin newspapcrs with the detailed
rcports of the international Rifle match, enable
us to verify the accuracy of the first successful
experiment ever made at telcgraphing pic
torial representation of the exact position on
the target of each shot fred In all there were
$40 shots. OF these 52S prove to have been
fixed with absolute accuracy in TIE lRIBUNEs
reproduction of the targets. In the case
of the twelve remaining shots. the errors
of location are nearly all trivial, and III AL
but two cases they were due to mistakes OF
the cable-a proportion of laundering not very
remarkable considering the length ana pecu-
larity of the cipher message AMI the haste
with which it was transmitted, but still pro-
portion which wcll-rcglllated service ought
to be able very greatly to reduce on another
trial The most serious errors were III the target
made by John McKenna of the Irish Team at
500 wards. One of his buls-cye shots
was placed little distance outside the bulls
eve, and one of the shots which just missed
the bulrs-cyc was placed on the left instead
of the right side of it, while third was placed
near the upper cft-hand corner, when it
should have been near the upper right hand
corner. In the 1.O00-yards target of James
Wilson, another of the Irish Team, there were
two slight misplacements of shots i'll the bulls
eve, and one shot out of the buGs-cye and
directly above it was placed little further
from the line than it should have been. There
were only four mistakes i'll locating the 27o
shots fired by the American Team, and all
were utterly trivial, the most scrious one being
in the target of X. G. Coleman at 800 yards,
where the shot represented as beyond the
lower right hand corner of the bull s-eye should
have been shown in the same vertical line,
but a little nearer the bottom of the target.


1t affords curious contrast to compare
these diagrams, transmitted by telegraph from
Dublin to the cable, thence 5000 miles under
the Atlantic Ocean, and thence through Nova
Scotia to New York, with the diagrams care
fully made upon the spot for the leading Dub
lin newspaper, The Irish Times, and printed
simultaneously with our own. Comparing
each with the final score THE TRIBUNE's tar
gets are proved to be more nearly correct than
those engraved on the spot.


The process by which these diagrams were
telegraphcd is one invented by The TRIBUNE
correspondent, and has never before been APP
piled. One or two of our cOtempOraries under
took the same task but we do not know in
what respects their method differs from or
agrees with ours.
Year: 1875

The fraternity of smokers will be interested to
read of box Of cigars manufactured III Boston,
A. d. 1860, by Cyrus Green, and which remained nn-
opened until the 18th of June this year, when, in
honor of the day, the top was removed. The weeds
were found be of fine flavor and in good preserva-
tion. Three of them sent to the President, who
will perhaps give his opinion upon them in special
message to Congress. The remainder were rcpacked
in an airtight case and not to be smoked until
the second Bunker Hill Centennial Whoever opens
that box need not save one for us.
Year: 1875

There was fine sport yesterday at Cape May
os well a. at Saratoga. The thousands of visit
ors gathered there to witness the yacht race
were compensated for the disappointment OF
the day before by one OF the best regattas Oh
record, and all things seemed to combine 10
make the occasion pleasant one. The Made
leine won the schooner prize, and the Nindex
led the sIOODs.
Year: 1875

In their determination to hold daily sessions
the R,pid Transit Commissioners give further
evidence of a disposition to expedite business.
At the meeting yesterday several plans were
received, and others are awaited The Cheap
TRANSPORTATION Association also met and placed
their plans and statistics at the disposal OF the
Commissioners. The address OF the President
of this Association shows that it has already
taken some important steps in the direction OF
Transportation Reform.
Year: 1875

Journalism in the West is usually vigorous, if not
ALWAYS polite. A Wisconsin editor recently had the
reckless candor to lecture before an editorial con-
vention on "Thc Vices of the Press" and a Mil
waukee brother gives him this friendly notice:
"Hc il the most of a blackguarl and the most of
liar of any man connected with a Wisconsin news
paper and that is saying great deal for one OF his
very limited abilities" But down South they don't
stop at words. There they have court of last re-
sort for editors who not content to quarrel only
on paper. One Vicksburg paper has just been tell
ing of its two dues while its local coempOrary had
five editors shot over it, and then died to keep them
company. And now we hear of successful journal
istic duest, evidently from the tropics, who re-
turned from one of these encounters i'll such be-
attic mood that nothing less than this would
relieve his mind 1t is something, after all,
to be an editor The profession. being not alto
gether unproduciyc of results, offers "a held broad
enough for ambition of the most varied nature The
bright allrels of war and the modest lilies of peace
are alike growths of its soil and there garands,
too, growing upon its waving globes to twine the
brow of the most exalted fame Some one, not
finding this very definite inquired what his Occupa-
ton was and learned that it was standing before


double -barrred shot gun for a salary of $4,000
YEAR, The last lnstalment of his stipend consisted
of 80 bucksho,.
Year: 1875

NJ. Rouher has given another evidence of his
title to be called headstrong politician.
When he denied the existence of the Bona
partist Committee of Appeal some time ago
there were many who refused to believe his
assertion. His present avowal that he himself
directed that Committee is likely to deprive
him of much of the respect with which he has
hitherto been held by some persons. However,
the part which he has taken may lead 10
another celebrated trial, and we may hereafter
hear much about The ROuhcr Case.
Year: 1875

The Ring suits come to the front again.
Before Judge Barrett yesterday argument was
begun on the application for the reduction Of
the bail of William VI. Tweed. The defense
seem to have laid great stress upon the position
that q person once arrested i'll civil action
cannot be again arrested for the same cause
of action except under circumstances which do
not exist in this case and it was warmly urged
in the same behalf that the present suit is
vcxatious and its prosecution malicious. Mr..
Peckham, for the People, replied effectively,
and the argument was adjourned until to-day
The negotiations for the reduction of the bail
on the criminal indictments against Peter Il.
Sweeny have been 80 far successful that there
seems to be a strong probability that he will
return to New-YOrk and stand his trial !;
while minor members of the Ring, pushed to
the wall, are preparing to disgorge their ill
gotten gains.
Year: 1875

Did you ever see a woman putting
down q carpet? How slow and un-
handy she is at the work. Mr.. Clarke
went home one day last week and
found his wife putting down the car
pet in the rarlor. He watched her
for awhile. He noticed how she'd
carefully take a tack and fix it in the
carpet and then strike 1t half dozen
little taps before she gave it one blow
that forced it into the floor. Then
she'd gather up another part of the
carpet, pull and pat it, and strike in a
nail the same way as before. "My
DEAR" said Mr.. Clarke, II think L
could DO tnat raster than you do II you
were to let me try" "With great
pleasure" said Mrs. Clarke III know
you're so handy" Clarke took the pa
per of tacks and the hammer, and
Topped down on his knees on the car
pet. He grabbed hold of the carpet
near where the last tack had been dri-
ven, gave 1t pull and dragged out
every tack ON that side of the carpet,
Then he had to set to work and pull
out the tacks. During this work he
kept informing his wife that q carpet
couldn't be expected to stay put down
when the tacks wern'tdriven half way
to their heads. He'd show her how
tacks ought to be driven. Then he
took tack in his fingers, inserted the
point in the carpet, raised the hammer,
and then he broughtit down with tre-
mendous force. Then he gave a yell
flung the hammer through the win
dow jumped to his feet, plunged two
fingers into his mouth, and pirouetted
about the room, first on one leg and
then on the other. The loving wife
went up to him and said, "Dear, did
you hurt yourself? How sorry am.
Go down in the basement and let the
croton run on your fingers. That'll
take the pain out of them. II you
ntany amusement afterward, you
can split some kindling wood. Your
style of putting dowu carpet is novel,
but not successful" Clarke went
down in the basement, but he didn't
put his fingers under the croton. He
went out of the front door, and found
place where he could get some good
rye, as he drank he kept muttering,
"d-n cleaning house, anyhow"
Year: 1875

Grass Valley (Col.) Union, Sept. o6th.


On Friday night about o'clock, a
highwayman stopped Chinaman near
the corner Of Auburn and Rice streets,
and demanded his valubles. It is not
known whether the Celestial was in bon.
anza,' but at any rate he resisted the
call, disarmed the would-bc robber and
put him to fight. Some parties in the
neighborhood heard the scuffle and an
exclamation from the Chinaman: You
hittlc mel and shortly after he came
rushing bareheaded from the scene of
conflict. Several white men gathered,
and procuring light proceeded to make
an investigation. At the point where
the struggle took place they found two
hats, one belonging to the Chinaman and
also the robbers which he had left behind
in his fight. The Chinaman was in
possession Of the robbers pistol, which
he had captured from him, while at the
same time he exhibited a wound in his
hand, which appeared to have been re-
ceived by being caught by the hammer of
the pistol in the struggle for the possess
ion Of the weapon. 1t is believed that
the owner of the hat is known, and the
officers are on his track. This is the first
instance in years, in this section, where
the party sought to be robbed has come
out ahead, and it is creditable to the
pluck of the Chinaman that he made
such successful resistance. This
instence serves in calling r. to memory a
funny resistance on the part of Chinese
miners in this vicinity number Of years
ago. A footpad entered their camp,
and perhaps counting upon their non.re'
'sistant qualities, was proceeding to relieve
Year: 1875

A gentleman living up the bay says
that negro man with his wife and four
children were forced to take tree to
save themselvs during the late storm.
The tree swayed to and fro with the
violence of the wind, and threatened to
fall with its heav y burden. The old couple
concluded that SEINE one must be sacri.
feed to save the rest. After consultation
the old woman said she was not prepared
to die, and urged the old man to drop
himself into eternity. But he, too, wasn't
ready, and the matter was compromised
by launching the two youngest children
into the surging waters. A few hours
after they were rescued, the old negro
told the story himself to those who
saved him.
Year: 1875

In Rhode Island, the other day, a ne n.
ly married man returned to the minister
and gave him an additional fee, saying he
had found the wife to be much better
than he euexpected. That is the general
verdict when the man does not prove
worse than is expected.
Year: 1875

TIE new style postal card is being man.
ufactured- at the rate Of 100000 day
but, there are still some of the old left.
Within a%month the new ones will be in
general circulation, They are much i'm.
proved in texture and design.
Year: 1875

The body of an unknown man was
found on the 10th inst, in the woods near
White Bear Lake, NJ nm, 1T was discover
ed by some boys who were hunting birds
The appearances indicated that the body
had lain where found for month or more.
the flesh having nearly all fallen away
from the bones and most of the hair
dropped from the head. The scent Of
the decaylng body had before been Oh.
served by people who passed that way,
and the thicket in which it was found
has been doubtless passed through many
times by boys and men since the murder
was committed. The body lay, indeed,
so short distance from residence that
tbs occupants mus; nave suffered from
the stencil when the wind has blown over
it towards their house.


The wound is just such one as SELF.
murderer could have inflicted, and if it
was given by another person, that person
must have stood on the right side and
close to his victim and little in I'D.
vance. That the two men were walking
side by side is very improbable and quite
impossible, unless the deceased slightly
turned his head at the moment the shot
was fired toward his assailant. There is
nothing, up to the present time, to show
positively that murder has been com.
mitted. The surrounding circumstances
can as easily be explained on the the the
ory of self destruction as that Of murder,
The pistol NAV have been picked up and
the pocket which was turned out searched
by some one who came scross the body
and, to prevent trouble to himself, said
nothing about it. If tho body had beer
carried to the place where it was fount
by murderer the feet, in all probability
would have been lying toward the roat
and the head in the direction the fee


wore found to be-, and more secluded
spot-the hollow close by, for instance
would have teen found for concealment
! The coroner's inquest developed fact.
Year: 1875

States-occurred near this city yesterday.
Alter the destruction Of the hall by fire.
the Masons met for some time in the
Lodge'room of the Odd Fellows building.
This was likewise destroyed by fire a few
days ago, leaving the Order without an
appropriate place of meeting. In emer.
gency the Master Of Virginia Lodge, No.
3. in imitation Of "a custom of the Craft on
the summit of Mount Davidson yesterday
afternoon. Over three hundred members
of the Order were in attendance. When
it is considered that the top Of Mount
Davidson is seven thousand eight hundred
and twenty'seven feet above the leve! Of
the sea, and nearly seventeen hundred
feet above Virginia City, the significance
Of this large convocation will be apprecia.
ted. The summit of this mountain is a
pointed mass of broken granite, yet upon
the very apex rude altar Of stone was
erected, and who, in the heat of midday
sun, had toiled up the rugged mountain
side to witness the opening Of Masonic
Lodge at place so unusual; and there,
overlooking city of twenty thousand
people, the Lodge was opened partially
in form and its regular business tran.
sacted. From the summit of the noun.
tain the country for a radius of perhaps
a hundred miles on every side is visible,
with its towns, lakes, mountains. val
leys, hoisting works, quartz mills and
railroads. The view is one of the
grandest in the State, and the gathering
yesterday was in the eye Of every Mason
present scarcely less grand than the sur.
roundings. AS the Lodge was opened,
the white emblem of the Order was
thrown from the flagstaff on the summit,
and cheers that greeted it must have been
heard in the valleys below. Music,
speeches, and bountiful repast for all,
enlivened the proceedings, and at 5
o'clock, or few minutes earlier, the
concourse wended their way down the
mountain side. Members Of the Order
were in attendance from Gold Hill, Sill.
yer City, Dayton and Carson, and so i'm
pressed were all present with the gran
deur and solemnity Of the occasion, that
the rude altar was almost Clipped in
pieces, to be preserved as mementos. of
an event so unusual in the annals of the
Order. 1t is probable that Masonic
Lodge was never before opened in the
United States at SO great an elevation
certainly never upon SO prominent point
in the light Of day. The occasion will
long be remembered, not only by those
present but by thc> people of Storey
County.