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Year: 1877

IMITATION MoNEY.-A Washington dis
patch says: Many complaints have
reached the Treasury Department that
merchants and business men in various
parts of the country have been in the
habit Of printing business cards bearing
such u close resemblance to the United
States and national bank issues thu t
many people have been deceived thereby
and quantities of it passed as good mon
ey by parties who have gather ed q num-
Der of these cards. Some Of the samples
received at the Secret Service Division
hero are Of a character to deceive even
observant persons, while they bear upon
their face the fact that they arc not re al
ly genuine, These issues are all in vio-
lation of law. Section 5,43O of the re-
vised statutes forbids the engraving or
printing of anything in the impression
or the likeness of any United States obli-
cations or other security, or any part
thereof, except under tho authority. of
the Secretary of the Treasury. The pen
atty is a heavy fine and imprisonment
Many in dictments have been found
against persons on this account, and the
department intends now to prosecute to
the full extent further offenses of this
character rs matter of protection to the
community; the poor and more ignor-
ant members of which ale very generally
imposed upon.
Year: 1877

The pastor of church in one of
our large cities said to me not long
ago. F'I have offlciated at forty
weddings since I came here, and in
every case, save one, I felt tha. the
bride was running on awful risk.
Young men Of bad habits and fast
tendencies never marry girls Of
their own sort, but demand a vile
above suspicion. So, pure, sweet
women, kept from the touch Of evil
through the years of their girl
hood, give themselves, with all their
costly dover of womanhood, into
the keeping of men who, in base
associations have learned to un-
dervalue all that belongs to them.
and then find no repentance in the
sad after years. There is but one
way out of this that I. can see, and
that is for you-the young women
of the country--to require in asso-
Citations and marriage, purity for
purity, sobriety for sobriety, anI
honor for honor. There is no rea-
son why the young men Of this
Christian laod should not be just
as virtuous as its women, and if the
lois of society and love be the
price they are forced to pay for
vice, they will not pay it. I admit
with sadness that not all our young
women arc capable Of this Eigh
standard for themselves or others,
but l believe there are enough earn
est, thoughtful girls in the society
of our country to work wonders If
faithfully aroused. Dear girIs, will
you help US, in the name OF Christ?
Will you, first OF all, be true to
yourselv es and God-so pure in
your inner and outward life that
you shal have righ; to ask that
the young man With whom you
marry shall be the same? The au-
i'll gull OF dishonor is close beside
your feet, and in it, fathers, bro
hers, lovers and sons, are going
wn. Will you help Us III our
great work ?"
Year: 1877

But you have guessed tho rcst
Softly over that chosen pair
Omnipresent Love and Care
Drew q mightier Hand and Arm,
Shielding them from every harm,
Right and left the bullets waved,
Saves the savior for the saved.
Year: 1877

WESTERN real estate owners, and
particularly dealers, are not very
iocund in these days. The value
of their property does not double
every six months or oftener, and
sales are unfrequent, while taxes
and interest on deferred payments,
s'burn the candle at both ends"
But on the theory that misery loves
company, they mey derive a bit of
consolation from the condition OF
things in other places, and 80 we
copy the following from the New
York Evening Mail of Monday last !:


The owners ofreal estate in this city
are among the poorest men among
US There has been a fearful de-
cline in the price of lots, and even
at the present rates-in some in
stances not more than half as much
as in lo73-there is no market.
The trouble among insurance COM
panies, who are large holders of
mortgages, has further demoralized
the real estate business, and no lot
owner can tell from one day to an
other whether be is worth anything
or not. Nevertheless, though the
value of real estate 60 down assess
ments in taxes are undiminished,
and the owners of houses and lots
are put to great trouble to pay these
extravagant exactlons.


To help the owners of real estate
a bill has been presented to the
New York Legislature to extend
the time for payment of taxes and
assessments to five years, and to
reduce the rate of interest from
twelve to seven per cent, but there
is but little expectation that it will
pass, and without it, the Mail says.
virtual confscation is inevitable.
Year: 1877

lake are pine forests, on the south
shore and on the north shore. and
particularly at the western extrem-
ity. Very large tracts of this tim
Der are vacant lands, and much OF
it unsurveyed. Even those lands
that have been entered were taken
by men who had money to use on
long time investments and who are


making no use of the lands. AS
near as we can estimate it will cost
from one dollar and fifty cents to
two dollars per thousand feet more
to transport lumber from Lake Su-
perior to Chicago or Cleveland
than it will to move the same from
the Michigan pinery to the same
points. If these figures are correct,
it follows that when stumpage tim
Der standing) is worth 81 per
thousand feet in Michigan, it will
be actually worth 50 to $3.50 on
Lake Superior, provided that the
timber is of an equally good quality
and as we'll located for logging
purposes. As to the quality, we are
not perfectly acquainted with the
timber of Michigan or that of Lake
Superior; but we do know that on
the st. Louis River and its tribu-
taries, as we'll as the Nemadii and
many streams, large and small, on
both the north shore and the south
shore, and we are well advised from
personal observation and the testi-
mony of other men, that upon these
streams there are large tracts of
pine timber that will run we'll to up
per grades Of lumber. This timber
averages better than the timber off
to the south Of the lake in the Wis
consin plneries Or that farther west
in Minnesota. Perhaps it is not as
good as the timber in Michigan;
we think it is not quite as good.
But in the matter of it's location
with reference to logging, it is prob
ably far enough ahead, at least in
many places, to make up for all the
difference In the quality of the TIM
Der.


In this great region the many
streams will have to have only the
usual amount of improvements to
make the timber available at all
points, and the notion which some
of our lumbermen entertain that the
shores of lakes like Superior would
not answer for numbering purposes
will soon be exploded, and the Mis-
sissippi Valley will draw part of
her supply from its shore inside of
another generations time, as Eng
land and France get their supply
from the shores of the Baltic and
North seas. The immense drain
upon the scant supply of timber on
Lake Michigan and on the waters
of the Mississippi indicate that the
time is at hand when this new
source will be appealed to. With
IN the last few years some of the
shrewdcst operators have entered
large tracts on the St. Louis, and
the opening of the new city of Ash
land, with the Wisconsin Central
Railroad. will bring into market all
the timber around that region and
the same thing will occur at every
point around the lake.


We shall be greatly obliged to
our friends on Lake Superior for
particular descriptions of any or all
parts of this region, in order that
we may lay them before our rea-
ders.-1nississippi Valley Lumber
man and 1Hnnuf
Year: 1877

We are seldom cognizant of the large
amount OF unhappiness that results
from little ills, though we all yield III
some degree to their successful attacks.
They come upon us like au army, and
besicge the fortress of everyday af-
fairs, until we give up the key OF con-
tent aud are shackled by small troub-
les. They offer us combat in every
path we pursue; their lines of battle
reach far into the distance, and their
destructive power is as strong as it is
irresistible.


AS the tiniest streams wear channels
in the rock, SO the constant fall Of lit
tie ills wear out the strongest natures :,
but the men who are most clamorous
beneath their influence are often those
who stand silently in the presence of
a great despair. The merchant who
frets over II poorly prepared breakfast
is dumb before ruin in his counting
room. The farmer who complains OF
a sun-scorched field is too hopeless for
utterance when famine stalks abroad
in the land. The physician who goes
with murmuring lips to the bedside OF
hysterical patient, will keep silent
vigils when death battles with life in
the courts OF disease. Our powers OF
endurance yield to small evils because
we realize that they are often the re-
suit Of our own carelessness. We rise
to meet a storm, but we fall asleep in
sunny ways, and are shorn of oul
strength by some Delilah of little ills


We vaunt our powers in presence o
the enemy and are stricken down by I
small stone from the cling of smal
Year: 1877

A negro being asked what he was
in Jail for, said it was for borrowing
money. But said the questioner,
tthey don't put people in Jail for bor-
rowing money Yes said the der.
key; but 1 had to knock the man
down free or fo' times before he would
lend it to me-,
Year: 1877

ond Judicial District of the State Nevada and


the county of Ormsby. Roger Crow plaintiff, j. L.


Clegg and Florence Cegg and A W. Pray defendants


Action brought in the District Court Of the Second Judicial


District of the State of Nevada in and for the county of


Ornsby and the complaint filed in said county of Orsby


in the Office of the Clerk of said District CourtThe State


of Nevada sends greeting to j. L. Cegg and Florence Ceg
and A. W. Pray defendants You hereby required to
appear in action brought against you by the above
plaintiff in the District Court of the Second Judicial
Ormsby and the complaint filed therein "a copy
of which accompanies this summons4 within ten days lex
elusive of the day of servce after the service you of
this summons-f served within this county; if served
this county but in this district within twenty days
otherwise within forty daysor Judgment by default will
be taken against you The said action is brought fore
close certain mortgage executed by defendants ]. L.
and Florence Cegg to said plaintiff, lot No. O in
block No six (6 in Rice Peters addition to the city of
Carson in Ormsby county, Nevada which said mortgage
given to secure the payment OF prOissory note
made by defendants j. L. and Florence Cegg the Goth
day of May, A. D. 1875 to plaintiff, for the of
hundred dollars and interest thereon three @ per
per month all in gold coin Of the United States And
plaintiff asks decree of foreclosure of said mortgage and
that morgaged premises be decreed sold and the
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 Cegg for any
,nce found remaining due plaintiff All of which is more
ully set forth in plaintiffs complaint file in my office
And YOU hereby notified that you fail to appear
answer the said complaint above required, the said
plaintiff will apply to 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 Ormsby this
+* oath day of August, in the year of Lord
thousand eight hundred and seventy


au25-law6w ALFRED HELM, Clerk
Year: 1877

And in accordance with law and order Of the Board of
Trustees made and entered the 4th day August A
D. 1877 many of such designated shares of stock be-
longing and standing in the of the shareholders
aforesaid shall and will be necessary py the
upon all shares held and owned by such shareholders
standing in their upon the books OF the company
will be sold public auction, at the office of said company
the office Of Trenmor Coffin in Carson CITY Nevada
Year: 1877

When the Committee on the District of
Columbia in the House was announced we
took occasion TO refer to its excellent char
acter. We yesterday morning made further
announcement of its reorganization by sub
committees, to which the various questions
involved are to be respectively and appro-
prately referred, and also giving the dates
Of their several meetings. This shows a
disposition on the part of the committee to
take up the questions relating to District
matters in a systematic and efficient man
ncr and we have sangune hopes that the
District interests are to receive prompt and
benefcent attention. Our citizens should be
instant ''in season and out of season" in
pressing the claims of the District upon the
attention of the committee, that it may
clearly understand what is wanted and pro-
vide promptly therefor.
Year: 1877

A poor man applied to citizen for relief
to-day, and was referred to the woodpile. Tho
Unfortunate individual declined to tackle the
saw and cx, on the ground that Friday is an
unucky day Y. and that he would rather starve
to death than take chances of spelling his
luck. lie said he had rich aunt back in the
States, and would cut off his finger nails or
wash his face before he would risk losing her
fortune at her death by commencing an indus
trial enterprise on an unlucky day.-AUstin
(TcraS) ReriRe.
Year: 1877

THE immortal bard insisted that there was
nothing in name. Those who are disposed
to dispute the assertion should hold their peace
after the announcement made in the local
columns of the REPUBLICAN yesterday that
JONI Quincy adams, ,colored, had dropped dead
in Fighting alley. A namesake TO die and
one of the family to be defeated at the polls on
the same day, Is enough to make SAM. BowLEs
tear around and swear.
Year: 1877

RICHMOND Ind, Sept Is, 1871


Senator Morton passed very bad night and day,
but has been improving since noon, and II Is believed
he will pass better night Holloway and Burbank
have given up trying to keep the truth the pub
lie and frankly admit him to DO much worse but as
crbc his trouble to extreme nervousness that will do
10 permanent injury, which is probably fact. They
have not claimed any Improvement tor several days.
Year: 1877

HIS PLUCK AND DETERMINATIONS COMPEL AD-


MIRATIoN.


fFrom tho Now York Graphic, Sept II.
The pluck and determination OF Stanley under the
circumstances compel admiration. and before blaming
him for lighting It will be well to walt until all tho
facts known What is positive and certain IT, that
he has achieved one OF the difficult feats which
had been left for explorers 10 accomplish and the
honor OF the triumph will be justly shared by the
spirited proprieors of the new YORK HERALD and the
London Daily Telegraph, whose munihcence made the
Stanley expedition possible.
Year: 1877

AMERICANS HAVE REASON TO BE PROUD.


From the Providence Press Sept Ill
man like Mr. Stanley does much or more for
mankind than great inventor, and we Americans
have much reason TO be proud OF him.
Year: 1877

The export of meat from this country to
England and the steadily increasing de-
mand for it have awakened much interest
OF late, both in England and America.
Much is now said of the expectation of
another article, which is both food and
luxury, the unequaled American oyster.
1t is stated that there is already a ship
ment weekly of nearly two thousand bar
rels of oysters to England by several
firms of dealers in a single American port.
This trade has gradually grown from a
small beginning few years ago to an
amount Of about millions dollars year.
The great demand for oysters in England
and especially in London, has almost ex-
hausted the home supply. While we
have an unlimited area and capability of
oyster production the area there, as well
as the capacity for raising oysters, is lin
tied. Our own Chesapeake bay and its
tributary waters could alone supply the
the world with oysters. II is business,
however, which requires care and discre-
ton in its management and conservation
or the quantity we have might not be
sufficient TO meet the new trade that is in
the process OF development,
Year: 1877

A Kentucky tobacco grower seuds
To the County Gentleman the following
communication, which may be OF IN
terest TO some OF the tobacco growers
of our own section:


As the time is at hand for burning
plant beds. l would like to discuss the
matter, and hear from some of your
scresponds in the tobacco growing
sections. especially those sections
where wood is scarce, as to the most
economical and best manner of making
them. Our present Aode Of preparing
them takes a great deal of time and
hard labor and Il may be that we can
learn better way from those to whom
wood is an object and not, as in this
section. thing gladly got out Of the
way. The ground is first cleaned of
trash and leaves, Gland in the woods,
Of rich. loose soil being the besl) and
logs and brush are piled ON skids and
set on fre. The skids keep the logs
of the ground SO that the heat can pass
under them and heat it. The ashes,
however, often fall and cover the
ground, and prevent the heat from
reaching the weed seeds and grass
roots, which prove Troublesome
pest. Whea the ground is sufficiently
burned the logs are moved on to a
fresh space, and so on until q bed of
sufficient size is attained. The bed is
then plowed or hoed up and thorough
ly pulverized with a rake and the
seed Il or II tablesponfuls to 100
square yards) is sown and raked or
rolled, or as is oftsn the case, brushed
in with q brush held in the hand.
Rolling lightly I think best.


l see some writer's recommend
burning with kerosene oil, gallon
being evenly sprinkled over 100 square
yards. / am strongly Of the opinion
that ii is quite practicable, as the oil
will percolAte the soil thoroughly and
when il is ignited the fire will come
in direct contact with all noxious seeds
or roots and destroy their vitality. l
do not think, however, that one gallon
is sufficient for the amount named. l
would be pleased to hear from those
who have tried the experiment.
Year: 1877

lfyou arein trouble or quan
Diary, tell Your wife that il,
if you have one all abont it
ut once. Ten to one her per-
ceptions will solve your diff :
entity sooner than all your To-
gic. The wit of woman has
been praised, but her instincts
are quicker and keener than
her reason. Counsel with
your wife, or your mother,or
your sister, and be assured
that light will flash upon
your darkness. Women are
too commonly adjudged YER
dant mall but purely woman
ly affairs. No philosophical
munitions or insights are the
most subtle, and if they can
not see a cat in the meal,
there is no cat there. I ad-
wise a man to keep none of
his affairs a secret from his
wife. Many u home has been
happily saved, and many a
fortune retrieved by a mans
full confidence in his wife,
Woman is far more a seer, a
prophet, than man, if she be
given a fair chance. As a gen.
eral rule, wives confide the
minute of their plans and
thoughts to their husbands.
Why not reciprocate, if but
for the pleasure of meeting
confidence? ! am certain no
man can succeed in the world
80 we'll as he who takes a part
ner Of his purposes and hopes.
What is wrong in hisimpulse
or Judgment, she will check
and set right with her almost
universally right instincts
And what she most deserves
is confidence. without which
love Is never without a sha-
dow.
Year: 1877

THE BODY OF WELL-hNOwN THIEF
Found N THE DocK.-Mention was made in
the DISPATCH few days ago OF the exciting
chase which Sergeant Howard and Police
man Otey had after negro, who had in his
possession two caddics OF tobacco supposed
te have been stolen from Messrs. Mayo IL
Knight. He was discovered by the officers
near the corner Of Twentieth and Dock
streets, and, in the hope OF eluding them
ard being able to swim across the dock and
escape, jumped into the water and struck
out. Sergeant Howard called to him, and
thought he heard him attempt to answer,
but was then OF the opinion that the gurg-
ling sound he heard was that OF drown
ing man.


Yesterday morning about O'Clock the
body Of the man was found in the dock be-
tween Twenty-frst and Twenty-second
streets, and proved to be that OF Abram
Clarke, a notorious offender, resident OF
Sugar Bottom, and twenty-odd years OF age.
His shoes were off, which looked as though
he had prepared himself for swim or
long run.


Last evening an inquest was held by Coro-
ner TAYLOR, when the above facts were
brought out, the police entirely exonerated,
and the verdict of the jury given that the
deceased met his death by drowning.
Year: 1877

Serious Accident to q Man Who Was
S[eepinq on q Railroad IrGck.-Yesterday
evening about O'Clock the Richmond and
Danville passenger train, approaching Rich
mond, ran into William johnson, who was
intoxicated and asleep with his head on the
track, six miles from here. 1t is great
wonder that the man was not instantly
killed. AS il is, he was seriously injured on
the skull. johnson is about fifty or fifty
five years Of age, and is a stone-cutter living
at Granite. The train was stopped and the
injured man was taken into house for
medical treatment.
Year: 1877

FELL FROM THE CARS.-One OF the pas
sengers fell from the Danyille railroad train
last evening near the depot, and the city
ambulance was telegraphed for, but he re-
covered sufficiently to walk home without
assistance.
Year: 1877

EXCURSION POsTPONED.-OwinS to tue un-
favorable condition OF the weather the
moonlight excursion down the river under
the auspices OF the ladies OF the Third Pres
byterian church has been postponed Tor
few days. Due notice will be given OF the
time at which it will take place.
Year: 1877

Spiders have been noted 50 long as
spinners of the finest of silk, that it
strikes one little oddly to think of one
as a paper. maker. But hear this true
story that has just been told to me:


In the heart of the African continent,
where no other paper is manufactured
the spider paper-maker does her quiet
work. Back and forth, over fat sur
face about an inch aud half square, on
the inside wall of a hut, the square is
covered with pure white paper. I'm
der this she places from forty to fiftv
eggs; and then, to fasten the square of
paper more securely TO the wall, she
makes a strip Of paper about a quarter
of an inch sluare, and with this gluts
the square carefully around the edges.


When all is done, the spider-which is
quite large one-places herself on the
center of the outside of the little fiat
bag so carefully made, and begins a
watch, which is to last for three weeks
without intermission. Apparently the
young spiders would have many dangers
to fear, did not their anxious mamma
wage free war upon the cockroaches
and other insects that come near. After
three weeks of unremitting watchful-
ness, the mother-spider leaves her nest
in the day-tims to hunt food, but =
always returns at night, until he


are strong enough to take cart


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