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Year: 1874

New attractions are every week being
added to the stock of dry goods recently
opened by E. NJ. Mitchell, southwest
corner Public Square. He now offers
almost every article usually found at a
dry goods store at prices much lower
than have heretofore been ruling in this
market. Try the new store.
Year: 1874

The wife of Mr. T. H. Perkins OF this
city died on the 10th OF this month of
consumption. W. J. McMasters editor
Of the Lake City Lrodcr publishes in a
late number Of his paper the following
beautiful and deserved tribute to her
memory:


Nearly eight years ago. Mrs. Perkins
came to Lake City, the witely compan-
ion Of our intimate friend and ( then }
business associate: where she spent the
first happy years Of her married life.
becoming we'll known to numerous ap-
preciative friends. She resided here
about three years removing with her
husband and child to Red Wing in
1869. For several years since her re-
moval she has been an invalid. The
death Of her on y chila--a bright and
happy boy-ovcr a. year ago, seemed to
hasten her days into a rapid decline,
from which there is no return this side
of the dark valley Since then she has
been more than ever an object Of anx-
ious and tender solicitude On the part
of loving friends. During the past
win'er She failed steadily and on Sun
day last at the opening dawn, quietly
laid down her weary burden, and en-
tered upon the eternal Sabbath of rest


In the sweet fields of Eden
Where the Tree of Life is blooming.


1t is nnly those who knew Mrs. Per-
kins in the reserved circle Of her tami-
ly and intimate friends and in the quiet
routine Of her home life who will en-
tirely appreciate her as the gentlest and
best Of women and they can only real
ize in the depth Of sorrow that reigns
in the tender sensitive breast Of him
who remains to walk alone The shad-
ows Of life's dark hours, which encom-
pass all at sometimes, have fallen on his
pathway, but it may be consoling to re-
member that


We see but dimly through the mists and
vapors:


Amid these earthly lamps


what seems US but dim funereai tapers
May be Heavens distant lamps.


In the close and cordial relation with
our old and tried companion, we can
assure him Of the most generous and
hearty sympathy ii his very many
friends, who viii! very earnestly y hope
that He who has promised to remember
US in our SORROWS and given the ample
assurance II will not leave you com
FORTRESS: will be very uear in this day
Of his trial.
Year: 1874

The new railroad law which wen, mi;
effect on the 2eth ult., has caused consider.
able excitement among railroad men ant
the people. How the thing will terminate
time will have to determine. On some 81


the routes passengers have rendered the
legal fare, to-wit: three cents per mile


and on the conductors refusal TO accep,
they have rode free, the conductor inform


ing them that they were liable to prosecu


ton for not complying with the demands .,
the railroads. There has been no violence
offered SO far. The railroads are deter.
mined not to yield; we say give them ths
law; we hope the Governor will have
backbone enough to enforce it; we know
not " neither he is greater than the influence
that Will be brought to bear against him c,
not there seems to be more than Omnipo.
tence IN the strength Of money; it moves
men into the consummation Of acts that nc
code OF moral ethics will justify even the
theological winnowings of the just from the
unjust. with its consignment of chatf into
the eternal shades of smoking Hades,
fails to make honesty above par and it goes
begging in the markets So if an angry
God with the fearful threatening future, tail
Of itself to make men what they should be,
what will our poor Governors proclama-
tion do: We understand the Commission
ers have organized under the new law and
are going to proceed to vigorous measures
tor the State. We shall Zee. G..
Year: 1874

Box AND Cox.-A great many Of
our citizens will be surprised to learn that
the comic operetta entitled I" Box and Cox -
was presented at Music Hall on Thursday
and Friday evenings last by home talent
at least the numbers Of the audience
seemed to indicate a most profound igno-
rance on the part Of the public Of what was
being done for their amusement and en-
Joyment. 1t is true, the weather was un-
favorable, but this is no excuse for not sup
porting and encouraging home talent.


AS an amateur performance the rendition
was most excellent. In the character Of
Cox, Gen. Jennison succeeded most admir-
ably in piling on all the agony of high trae-
edy, and illustrated the modern stvle of
operate singing to dot. Mr.. Raymond
made no attempt to be anything but natur-
al, and if he did not burlesque modern act-
ing he at least did not spoil the play by at
tempting something he could not accom-
plish. His rendition Of the character Of
Box was we'll received while his sinpinp
was rapturously applauded. Mr.. Sheldon's
conception Of the character of Bouncer was
by no means perfect. He failed to exhibit
the terrible anxiety under which the land
lord who was attempting to lodge two per-
sons in the same room must have suffered
IN the constant anticipation Of discovery.
But II his acting scarcely met expectation
his singing went beyond it, and we do not
know who could have been substituted to
perform that part more acceptably upon
the whole.


For our part we we're delighted with the
entertainment throughout. Of course, no
Year: 1874

A New COUNTERFEIT FlvE-DoLLAR NOTE.
Ii has been aScertained that for several days
past some one has been in the city passing
of counterfeit bills of the denomination of
i've dollars on the "Traders National Bank
OF Chicago" The work on the bill is we'll
executed, and is liable to deceive any but
the most expert. Close observation, how
ever, will detect certain roughuess about
the yignette in each corner and certain
sharpness of the features not found in the
genuine. The bills were first thrown out in
the State Bank by the receiving teller on yes
tpriay
Year: 1874

A lady correspondent or the Oleve- land Herald writing from Callao, gives as follows her first experience of earth quake shock: " Night before last we were having very restless night !: could not get to sleep. About 12 o'clock Belle awoke-her big eyes wide open, and few moments after a low. under ground thunder came rolling toward us. H. sprang up and said earth quake, but there was no need of being informed, for it was unmistakable. l jumped from my bed and cried, O., my God r By the time we were fairly up the house was convulsed with the demoniac shake. I had but one idea in my head it had been told me few nights before to keep my slipp CTS al- ways by the bedside. I had neglected to do so, and in the frenzy of fright could only cry out, o, where are my slippers, where are my slippers ? B , who lay in her little bed quite compos- ed, not appreciating the danger, told me just where they were. My hands were cold and clammy, and I was truly beside myself. I cannot describe an earthquake in a manner that you could comprehend. They are neither sub- lime nor grand, but terrible and de- moniacal. This one lasted about fifteen or sixteen seconds, yet it aroused sen sations that did not get over for twenty.fours. All night I was trying te realize that God had anything to do with terror so horrible.
Year: 1874

The New Orleans Tunes gives the particulars of case of imaginary hy- drophobia. The victim to his own con- ceit was 8 well-known citizen of Oar rollton. He had been reading about hydrophobia as recently developed in New York, and the impression made filled his mind with frightful pictures of mortal agony. He then read DOT tion of medical work on the subject,

 when instantly he became seized with the earlier symptoms of the disease. His aversion for water was almost maniacal, and the sight of dog would throw him into the most repulsive con- vulsions. After the first outbreak he was quieted, but still he was absorbed in the horrible fantasies created by his imagination. The morning succeeding the day of his first attack he arose from his bed with wild and haggard expression, and refused to taste food or drink. After time he became very excitable, and twitching of the mus cles once more betrayed the strength of the impression made on his fancy. This was his condition for two success sive days and nights, during which time sleep never visited his eyes and he rolled in his bed like madman. The slightest circumstance would frighten him almost into convulsions, and if only fly approached his bed he would shriek like one possessed. On the third day he was induced to eat some fruit and remained quiet for few hours, when his muscles again began to twitch, and he threw himself on the floor, where he snarled and parked like dog. Having been again quieted, some medicine was offered him, but it was only after vio- lent struggling that he was forced to swallow it, and he then fell into spasms till thick and snow white froth gathered on his lips. Another night of sleeplessness and agony passed away, and the morning found him somewhat improved. But his old aversion for food or anything of liquid character was still extant, and two negro boys were constantly in the room with fly brushes keeping the flies away. Some purgative medicine was again forced upon him, which threw him once more into spasms that raised foam upon his mouth. This spasm, however, was of short duration and was succeeded by @ nervous calm. He was then taken to the house of friend, but In his passage through the street the twisting of the muscles was again revived, and care had to be taken that nothing canine or aqueous came within range of his vision. During this time h1s countenanoe pre-. sented peculiarly weird expression, but was full of an apparent anxiety. He ejected saliva from his tongue very fre- quently, and his skin was hot and dry, as though it had been parched. From the day of his first visit to his friend's house he began to improve gradually, and with the assistance of chloroform occasionally snatehed 8 refreshing sleep. In four days subsequently he could venture on the street unattended, but still displayed restlessness and a slight symptom of nervous disorder. He is now completely restored, and stands one of the most remarkable living examples of the effect of high imagination on the brain.
Year: 1874

The importance of ventilating bed rooms is fact in which everybody is vitally interested, and which few prop erly appreciate. If two men are to occupy a bedroom during nigut let them step upon weighing scales as they retire and then again in the morning, and they will fnd that their actual weight is at least a pound less in the morning. Frequently there will be & loss of one or two pounds, and the average loss throughout the year will be more than one pound that is, dur ing the night there is loss of pound of matter, which has gone off from their bodies, from the lungs partly and partly through the pores of the skin. The escaped material is carbonic acid and decayed animal matter, or poison ous exhalations. ......
Year: 1874

VERY AMus1Na.-A correspondent of the. Providence Journal tells an amus- ing story of a man who saw thief en- ter his room when the moon shone brightly upon him. He lay quietly as if in sound sleep for time as the ex- animation went rapidly on. At length he was conv,llsed with laughter, which startled the miscreant peering into his desk. Seeing he was taken at 8 disad- vantage, the intruder turned and asked what occasion there was for such an outburst. He replied, 1T was thinking how extremely ridiculous it is for you to be searching for money in the night when I am unable to find any in the day time.
Year: 1874

By faith men are saved in more things than theology makes note of. There was one Heck, 8 farmer, living near Arcanum, Ohio, who imbibed from some dream, vision or other source, fixed notion that he is to die in bed, of sickness, and hence that no accident or violence can possibly kill him. Thus believing, Heck went to war as soldier. He had his arm broken and was shot through and through in one of the battles. The sur geons booked him for dead man l; but Heck's faith in his destiny was so strong that he laughed at the surgeons, and got we'll. Presently, in another battle, he caught it again but he re- covered again. Taking what then was left of him home, he went to farming.

 With his faith in peaceful death, he was not easily frightened, and was rather reckless. A few days ago, while driving team attached to reaper, having only one arm, jolt threw him off the seat, and he was struck by the dlvider, and then by the cutter bar, cutting off three ribs, laying his lungs open to sight and otherwise terribly mangling his body and limbs. The doctors said he would die, sure, inside of forty-eight hours but Heck, in as strong voice as he had left, swore that he was going to get well, and related his faith about dying in bed of sickness, which he said proves that he cannot be killed by violence. And he is getting well-at least all his symptoms are favorable and he continues to swear that he is going to recover. The doctors say that his faith has great effect in keep ing up his strength and spirits, and even has direct physical effect upon his body 1; and that, if he lives, it will be his faith that saves him. By all the usual rules, he ought to die; but he don't die because he thinks he can't die. " ,,-.,.-.
Year: 1874

Those who are on the water at the time when an attack of hay fever is ex- pected are the only ones liable to it who escape. A gentleman who is hay fever subject. came over from Europe in the season. On the ocean he had not a symptom. He had not been On land three hours before he had the disease as badly as ever. Some persons suffer more than others-many are so pros- trated as not to be able to leave their beds. One gentleman last year at Oak land was so feeble from hay fever as not to be able to walk quarter of mile.

 He brought his doctor with him to watch over him, and the doctor was nearly as sick from the fever as his pa- tient, and it became case of "physi- clan, heal myself. . A German profes- sor, quoted in Scribnes, advises adilute solution of the sulphate of quinine poured into the nostrils while the pa- tient lies on his back and keeps the head low. It is not cure, but pallia-
Year: 1874

A blunder in what was intended for a pretty speech was perpetrated by 8 di9nitsry of the Episcopal Church, who. after marrying pair, partook of the wedding breakfast. In the speech which he of course would make, he said: "We cannot, I am sure, do better than express desire that the result of their union may prove strictly analogous to that of tEe parents of the fair bride" A scene ensued, in the midst of which he sat down discomfted. His next. door neighbor whispered: sShe is not their daughter, but neioe who came to live with them when her own father and mother were divorced"
Year: 1874

In speaking Of the present contest be-
tween the friends of licensing the sale Of
ardent spirits and those who believe the
retail traffic in liquor should be absolutely
prohibited by law, we have spoken of the
social feature Of liquor-drinking in Cali
fornia, as compared with other States in
which prohibition has been tried, Thus
far majority of the elections have been
carried by the "No License" or Tenn
perance party, and the victories they
achieved Included some of the most i'm
portant places in which elections were
held. Presuming that in other places
yet to hold elections proportionate results
will follow, we are led to the considera-
ton Of a question growing out Of the
movement, which has already began to
awaken the attention Of the press.


The country, and especially the mining
sections is filed with men who have no
family ties to make their homes pleas
ant place to remain after the labors OF
the day are ended. In this class Of men
the saloons have found their chief source
Of support. The social instinct, which
leads men to seek the companionship of
their fellows, found its opportunity of
qualification in a resort to the hotels and
saloons, and it was used, not only by
! those who engaged in the games and con-
vivialities Of the place, but by those who
never INDUCED in such pastimes. They
resorted there to talk over the current po-
litical and other news of the day, to read
the papers and to crafty their social de-
sires generally. Local Option, if it can
stand the test of the courts and be en-
forced, viii close saloons and like places
of resort, but it will not change the natu-
raj instincts of these who have been in
the habit Of frequenting them. 1t was
not solely the desire to indulge in drink,
for that could have been gratifed at home
at less expense, but it was the love OF
companionship and tina. will remain. The
closing Of such places viii be felt by ma
ny who are Temperance in principle and
who, as such, are classed among the sup
porters Of the present temperance move
ment. 1t becomes q question whether
there will not be drinking carried on to
as great or greater an extent than before,
unless some plan be devised by the tenn
perance people to furnish places where
men can meet and indulge in social recre-
alton. Such have been found necessary
in other countries whore prohibitory laws
were in force, and have been tried with
good effect in other places, in opposition
to the saloons. Coffee houses, and other
resorts Of like character conducted on
strictly temperance principles, have pro-
ven great allies to the cause Of temper
ance and, in our opinion, will become q
necessity to the permanent and entire
success Of the movement in . country
which possesses the same social features
which are presented here.
Year: 1874

THE Chinese labor question has taken
a new phase. A contractor on govern
ment work at Mare Island employed
some of the hcathen on his contract, at
which the citizens Of Vallejo were justly
indignant. The matter came up in Con-
gress. where Luttrell thought he saw his
opportunity, and waited in with a leso-
luton to withhold pay from the contract
or to the amount Of the Chinese labor he
had employed. lie waltzed out again,
with the consciousness that the House had
voted him down without a division. The
calibre Of the Uhion'5 pet is pretty well
taken in Congress by this time, and he
will accomplish about as much as he did
while a member of the Legislature-draw
his pay. Our people will learn some
thing by little experience.


Meanwhile, there should be law to
apply to cases Of this kind. The work
Of the government should be done by its
own people, and should be paid for libcr-
ally. The employment of class of peo-
pie who are not and cannot become citi-
zens, merely because they work cheap,
should not be permitted.
Year: 1874

TRounLE IN UTAH.-Gon. Morrow.
commander Of the troops at Camp Doug
las, overlooking Salt Lake, has rebuked
Mormon arrogance rather roughly, break
ing open a jail door and releasing a SOL
dier prisoner who had been confined by
the Mormon police on some trivial charge.
We presume Gen. Morrow, (who is a
thorough soldier and and gentleman
has some authority for this seemingly
bold step, which is tantamount to dec
laration Of martial law, for the civil law
in this country is superior to the military
or any other arm of the Government.
We await with some curiosity future de-
velopments in this case.
Year: 1874

YoUNG women are prone to romantic
marriages. A few days since girl ar
rived at Omaha from New York City,
for the purpose Of marrying a man whose
acquaintance she had made through an
advertisement in the newspapers, and a
correspondence. When she saw her un-
known fancee, she didn't like him, and
while hesitating whether to 60 on with
the match, the Marshal took him in Gus
tody for robbing a post office, and saved
her from any further hesitation,
Year: 1874

TIE State Superintendent Of Public
In truction says that the law provides
that if a County Superintendent fails TO
make full and correct report at the time
fixed by the Superintendent Of Public In
st uction, he forfeits 500 Of his salary.
No days Of grace will be given. All re-
ports must be on file by the 10Th Of Au-
gust otherwise the Board Of Supervisors
will be notified that the County Suporin-
tcndeut has failed TO make report.
Year: 1874

STREET SHooT4NG.-The editors Of the
Sun and Chronicle had a shooting atfray
on the streets of San Francisco on Tues
day, growing cut Of an article in the for
mer paper similar to the one which
brought on the disturbance between those
papers in January last. Both parties
were held to bail in the sum of $4,000
each.
Year: 1874

THE strongest point raised by the eliquor
dealers against the Local Option Law is
that by it the Legislature delegates the
definition Of a penal offenso to the deter
mnation Of a popular election, transfer
Of its powers for which that body has no
authority.
Year: 1874

WHILE The schoolgirls were at play
back Of the equipment building Of the
Mare Island Navy Yard, on Thursday,
they were startled by the appearance Of a
snake crawling in the grass; their screams
attracted the attention Of several men
who were passing by, and who came to
the spot and killed the reptile, which
proved to be large rattlesnake, having
nine rattles and button.
Year: 1874

THE railroad company have determined
to construct about a mile Of snow-sheds
this season between Emigrant Gap and
Blue Canyon. The experience Of last
Winter taught the company that the
most serious distractions from the snow
on the line of the road was between Emil
grant Gap and Blue Canyon.
Year: 1874

A UTJcA doctor has discovered that a
mans pulse beats at the rate of l4O a
minute when he is telling a lie. When
the pent up Utican wants to call a man a
liar now, he delicately feels his pulse.
Year: 1874

a DISPUTE arose about a cheese in
Fresno few days ago, and free fight
was the result. About one dozen contest
ants we're engaged in the melee and for q
few moments men fell in all directions.
Year: 1874

The most economical Governor in the Union
is the Governor Of Wisconsin. The Chief JUS
tice of that Commonwealth rendered decision
some weeks ago, in the railroad cases, which
was thought the most important decision that
was ever rendered in that state. But the Gov
ernor sent message to the Chief Justice re-
questing him to cut down his opinion to about
one third or one-half its present length, because
it will cost too much to print it.


There is, perhaps, some excuse for spelling
Culpeper with an extra p, but no leniency
should be shown the man who makes Sumpter
of Sumter, and Bngampton Of Binghamton.-
Louisville Courer-Journal.
Year: 1874

Everybody in the World
Ought to see the importance of having their pic.
taken while they are in health and have them
set in handsome case or frame; also have a large
number of Cartes DE Visites to be distributed
among their friends. For unless they do this they


Will be sick abed
and die for there are SO many diseases prevalent
in these days, consumption and feyers among
adults, scarlet fever, whoopng cough, &C. among
children, that they may reasonably expect some OF
these maiadies Will be upon them


This Spring,
yet would urge all to take the necessary precau,
ton to guard their health from the inceniences Of
the weather. And


Unless they take some
such precautionary measures they will be sure to
feet dry and warm by wearing such coverings Tor
them as best protect them from the cold and damp.
Do not wear your


Old Boots and shoes.
that were worn ont last winter, What is more
annoying than to get through March thaw with u
pair of leaky boots or shoes? 1t is sure to


Put them in q Pickle
that attempt it. They will find themselves confined
to their beds, and the doctor Will have to be Called
and he will make them


Take a Dose daily.
which is just as likely to kill as to cure. On these
occasions urge all to make no delay but haste and
goto


A. w. kIMBALL, Photographer,
tell him your wants, and he will most cheerfuly
supply them. mar2l-ftf