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Year: 1878

from the effects of the warm weather and are de.
bilitated, are advised by physicians to take mod
crate amounts OF whisky two or three times during
the day. In little while. those who adopt this
advice frequently Increase the number of "drinksn
and in time become confirmed inebriates bev-
erage which will not create thirst for intoxicating
liquors, and which is intended especially for the
beneft Of debilitated persons, whether at home or
abroad, is DR.. Schenek's Sea Weed Tonic Con-
tanning the juices of many medicinal herbs, this
preparation does not create an appetite for the
intoxicating cup. The nourishing and life sup
porting properties of many valuable natural pro-
ductions contained in 1t and well known to medical
men have most strengthing influence. A single
bottle OF the Tonic will demonstrate its valuable
qualities For debility arising from sickness over
exertIon or from any cause whatever, a wineglass-
full Of Sea Weed Tonic. taken. after meals will
strengthen the stomach and create an appetite for
wholesome food. To all who are about leaving
their homes desire to say that the excellent ef-
fectsof DR.. Schenck's seasonsble remedies, Sea
Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills, are particularly
evidentwhen taken by those who are injuriously
affected by change OF water and Diet. No person
should leave home without taking supply Of these
safeguards along. For sale by all druggists
Year: 1878

the President and Cabinet in the same
manner other foreign Ambassadors are re-
ceiyed. The President does not anticipate
any trouble in being able to convince the
embassy to take the same view he main
tains of the subject Of Chinese lmmigra


tion. and it is not thought that China is
opposed to the limitation Of emigration of
her people to this country. Minister Sc
ward will be here and will facilitate the
transaction Of business between the repre-
sentatives of the United States and China.


The naval register. just issued, shows
the total number of officers in all branches
of the navy and marine corps, in active and
retired. service at 2 OCT. 34 3 -c#
Year: 1878

EEITOR LEDGER-In your issue of
the 9th inst. my attention was called
to notice Of the Springfield (Tenn. J
Record, which states that party from
Illinois is about to make a prospective
excursion tQ,our State, with a view to
buy lands if they see any advantages
and inducements offered to emigrate
from Illinois to Tennessee.


But what strikes me in that notice
is a party of 300 persons from Chic
ago, ILL.,, have concluded to go to Ten
nessee to find out what our State is
made of, Is this not pretty bad for a
State like ours, whose mineral wealth
and agricultural advantages are by far
superior to any other State? Yet to
be unknown to the world shows in
deed that we either don't care for
the prosperity of our State or ignore
the progress which our neighboring
States have made by establishing emf
grant agencies and properly advertis-
ing the advantages for emigration to
our State. We have been thus far
left behind and will be further
more left from the notice Of those who
seek new fields for their labor. 1t is
hoped our legislature will call special
attention to the subject, and make a
liberal appropriation for effective emf
grafton purposes, thus following Other
States, even Arkansas. B.
Year: 1878

Oliver Wendell Holmes in the Atlantic.l


The true girl has to be sought for.
She does not parade herself to show
goods. She is not fashionable. Gen
orally she is not rich, but oh, what a
heart che has when you find her so
large and pure and womanly. When
You see it you wonder if those things
outside were women. If you gain her
love. your two thousand are millions.
She'll not ask you for carriage or a
first-class house. She'll wear simple
dresses and turn them when necessary,
with no vulgar magnifcat to frown
upon her economy. She I'll keep every
thing neat and nice in your sky parlor,
and give you such welcome when
you come home that you will think
your parlor higher than ever. She'll
entertain true friends on a dollar, and
astonish you with the new thought
how little happiness depends on
money. She'll make you love home
(if you don't you are a brute) and
teach you how to pity, while you
seorn, poor fashionable society that
thinks itself rich and yainly tries to
think itself happy.


Now, do not, | pray you, say any
more ] can't afford to marry" Go,
find the true woman, and you can.
Throw away that cigar, burn up that
switch cane, be sensible yourself, and
seek your wife in a sensible way, a
Year: 1878




The following notice of the promo
ton of Colonel L. @. Baker will be
gratifying to his friends in this city. 1t
is from the Little Rock Gazette Of
the 11th:


This gentleman, who has been promi-
nently and honorably connected with the
telegraph system Of this State ever
since its first introduction, twenty years
ago, has been appointed superintendent Of
the Southwestern district of the Western
Union Telegraph Company's lines with
headquarters at st. Louis. While we re-
gret to lose Colonel Baker, who has been
such useful citizen and popular gentle
man, we are glad to know that his talents
and abilities have been appreciated by
this deserved promotion, and that his pc
cuniary interests will be bettered by the
change During Colonel Bakers long res
idence in this city, he has become thor
oughly identified with its society and bus
mess interests, always taking an active and
leading part in whatever most concerned
the happiness and welfare Of his fellow
citizens. Here he married and here he
has raised a family, and doubtless the hap
piest period Of his life has been spent here
amid scenes and associations that will ever
be cherished among the most hallowed
memories Of the past. Colonel Baker has
host of warm and devoted friends here
who will unite with US in regretting his
departure, but rejoice in the good fortune
that has placed him in higher and more
lucrative position.
Year: 1878

WHAT'sin the wind now2 All sorts of
diseases are in the wind, and they fasten
on to all who are weakened and debilitated,
and they do mot let go again until they are
made to. The air Is loaded with malaria,
and if you don't want to get it you had
better purify your blood and recuperate
your system by the use of Reeds Gilt
Edge Tonic. 1t restores the appetite, puri-
fes the blood and tones up the Whole
system.
Year: 1878

"That young lady used her best to
catch your husband before you mar
ried him, remarked one lady to
another, as a mass of curls and braids
Aounees and oyerskirt, passed the
window at which they were sitting
" l wish to the Lord she'd got him I"
was the quick reply, and then a dead
silence fell upon the two, aud wonders
in crochet work were accomplished in
the next half hour
Year: 1878

Miss Helen w. Mcdonald, who
brought suit In the United States
Court, at Boston, for an infringement
Of her patent for an improved dress
protector, argued her own case. Gen.
Butler was the opposing counsel, AS
will be seen, it was the case of an old
maid against a widower, and the end
is not yet.
Year: 1878

Among the first things that strike the
traveller in Japan are the wooden sandals
worn by these thirty-6ve millions Of peo-
pie. They have separate compartment
for the great toe, and make a clacking
noise on the street. Straw slippers are
also worn, and traveller setting out on q
journey will strap supply Of them on
his back that he may put on a new pair
when the old ones are worn out. They
cost but cent and half Q pair. They
are not rights and lefts, and leaving the
foot free to the air-we never see those de-
formities Of the foot in Japan which are SO
frequent in this country They are never
worn in the house, being left outside the
door; passing down street you see long.
rows Of them at the doors, old and new,
large and small. It surprising to see how
readily the Japs step out of them, and
pick them up again with their feet, with
out stopping, when leaving the house.
Constant habit makes tlem dexterous. ~ ~. .
Year: 1878

TIE New YoRK Tribune says that
Postmaster General Key gained twenty
six pounds during his Western trip. lie
says the Pacific slope is a wonderful
country for good food and cool water.
Year: 1878

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
~ in Pursuance Of an Order Of tho
Probate Court Of the County OF Trinity,
State Of Caliiornis, made on the 4th day
OF November, A. D., 1878, in the matter
of the Estate OF Davis Hall, deceased,
the undersigned, the administrator Of
said Estate, will soil at Private Gale to
the highest bidder, and subject to confr-
nation by sa!d Probate Court on and
after


TUESDAY, the 1911, day Of EOVEA1-


BLGi a. ID, 1878,


all the right, title, Interest and estate OF
the said Davis Hall, deceased, at the Iimo
Of his death, and all the right, title and
interest that the said Estate has by opera
ton OF law or otherwise acquired other
than, or in addition to that OF the said in
tsstats ut the time Of his death, in and to
the one undivided one-half Of all that
certain lot, piece or parcel Of land situate,
lyiag and being in the said County OF
Trinity, State OF California, on the East
bank Of Trinity River, about two miles
below the town OF Trinity Center and
known as the Fader Ranch, containing
three hundred and twenty acres, more or
less, being bound as follows, to wit : On
the West by Trinity River and on the
North by the East Fork Of Trinity River.


Terms and Conditions Of Sale, at least
ono half cash in gold coin Of the United
Statss, e credit OF enc year will be given
on the balance by the purchaser giving
his note for the same payable in gold coin
Of the Unitad States, with interest there
on at ten per cent. per snnum and secur-
ing the payment Of the same by mort
gage on the premises sod


Bids or offers may be made a. any time
after the first publication of this notice,
and before the making Of the sale. All
bids or offers must be in writing and de-
liyered to the undersigned personally,
or sent to him at his residence at Trinity
Center, Trinity County, State Of Caliror-
MIA, by mail or otherwise,


w. l.. HALL.
Administrator of the Estate Of Davis Hall,


deceased.


Dated November 9th, 1878. noy92i
Year: 1878

In business life two things are essen
tial to success First, sound Judgment
second, activity. In all departments we
find greater deficiency in judgment
than in other requisites. Long familiar
ity in q given department does not
necessarily produce it, though this will
undoubtedly aid and strengthen it.
Only by reliance on ones self, and feel
ing individually responsible for the re-
suits of action founded on ones own
efforts, can the fact be established of
good or bad judgment. Special talent
will not furnish it for man VINO may
have capacity for acquiring information,
may be able to enter into learned discus
sions on supply or demand, may have
vast knowledge of productions, their
sources of supply, and their various
uses, and still lack the ability to apply
to practical and everyday use the bene-
fits of information.


So, also, one may become familiar with
all the details of business through long
experience in the service of others, and
as a servant, or in an executive capacity,
making himself invaluable without ever
realizine the responsibility attached to
individual discretion or Judgment. In
this belief we find an answer to the Oft
repeated inquiry why so large portion
| of business men are unsuccessful !; to
claim that 30 many fail to meet fair sue
cess through force Of adverse circum-
stances, instead of permitting circum-
stances to control them. Men who have
the capacity to comprehend the whole
question presented to them, to properly
weigh not only the side of success but of
failure, and who understand the import
ance of right thinking and the full pen
atty of mistake, are the ones who succeed,
and whether they get credit for having
good judgment or not, they certainly
exercise it,
Year: 1878

by lar the most expensive monument
or crypt in this country is the new one
now in course of construction at the
expense of Mrs. A. T. Stewart in mem
ory of her husband. It is to cost over
$4,000, and will be very elaborate and
imposing. A few days since some ninety
tons of fine marble, cut by skilled work.
men, were sent to Garden City, Long
Island, to be placed in position under
the chancel of the Cathedral of the In
carnation, also being built at the ex-
pense of Mrs. Stewart, and in the center
will rest Mr.. Stewards body. The crypt
in form is a polygon with sixteen sides,
twenty-five feet in diameter and twenty
feet in length. Each angle is ornament
ed by clustered pillars of different-col-
ored marble imported from Italy, and
so placed as to render harmony and to
allow of the light giving the proper
tone through the sixteen windows of
stained glass. There will be sixteen
clusters, each having three different
colored marbles. Between the pillars
the space will be paneled and carved in
pure white American marble, the ceiling
being of the same material. The floor
ing will be of white and black italian
marble set in pretty design. There will
be two approaches to the crypt, leading
from handsome vestibules which connect
with the cathedral above. Mrs. Stewart
takes great interest in the progress of
the work. The building of the cathedral
is progressing rapidly, and when finished
it will be one of the finest pieces Of work
to be found, no expense being spared in
the design or materials employed.
Year: 1878

"Artemas Ward at Cleveland ls tho
title of an article in Scri6ncr, and the
following extract shows how apt at
repartee the great American humorist
was : In repartee Browne had scarcely
an equal among the journalists of his
time, and his pen was held in wholesome
fear by rival members of the fraternity.
He had always a ready answer for any
that attacked him, and he used his
power OF ridicule in reply to his assail-
ants. One day he found neat package
on his desk, which, on opening, he dis
covered was q jack-knife. A reporter of
q morning paper--a notoriously homely
man-heard Of it, and made paragraph
to the effect that Browne richly merited
the knife. That evening Browne re.
torted by naming the person, and say
ing:


"He is the homeliest man in America.
He has broken five cameras in endeavor-
ing to get picture of himself to send
to the children of a bitter personal
enemy, maliciously intending to frighten
them to death. he has been offered a
good salary to stand up in corn. field
as a scare-crow. He is compelled to get
up three times every night and rest his
face. In his courting days he was utterly
unsuccessful until he had procured q
mask. He has gait like saw.horse,
and when he walks the sidewalks the
very bricks recoil in horror" =


Not content with this chastisement, in
the next issue, under the guise of q
special dispatch from Charleston, where
Ossawatomie Brown was on trial for
treason, he said:


"The jury in the case of Ossawatomie
Brown, charged with murder and trea-
son, brought in verdict of guilty at ten
o'clock this morning, and at eleven
o'clock he was sentenced by Judge
Barker. The Judge, after dwelling with
great force on the enormity of the pris-
oner's crime, sentenced him to sleep one
night with -- naming the rival
reporter], 'and,' said the judge in a
trembling voice, may God have mercy
on your soul / The prisoner fell with
an agonizing shrek to the floor, and
there was not dry eye in the vast con-
course of spectators. An effort will be
made to get his sentence commuted to
hanging"
Year: 1878

An Adair county (Ky.) letter says -
Many people will be somewhat surprised
when they are told that there is living in
Adair county a whole family afflicted
with leprosy. The name of this family
is Slavey. The disease takes the hair off
of the head entirely, not leaving even
the appearance that there ever was a
covering to the scalp. The skin OF the
head looks as slick as peeled onion.
The skin of the entire body has q bright,
deep pink, or rather scarlet, color, and
peels off in dry fakes about the size and
shape of moderately large fsh-scales.
The fnger-nails and toe-nails become
six or Eight times as thick as by nature
they should be, and the patient becomes
hideous sight to behold for years be-
fore death relieves him of life that has
long since become q burden. Years OF
humiliation and suffering are endured
by these afflicted people. detested and
scorned almost by their fellow.men,
while they patiently, or probably impa-
tiently, wait that inevitable death that is
their only relief.
Year: 1878

Russian marriages are generally ar
ranged through priests. A well bred
bridegroom must present gift to
o monastery and another to his
parish church !; the bride, through her
friends, is expected to clothe some
statue of virgin with gown of silver
brocade, enriched with more or less
Jewels, according to the piety OF the
donor and in some parts of Southern
Russia she adds a gift of two white
doves to the pope. The consent OF
parents is necessary for marriage
until the age of thirty in the case OF
men, twenty-five in that Of women, but
young people are at liberty to appeal to
the civil authorities if consent be arbi-
trarily withheld. In this event the
parents are called upon to show reason
for their refusal. The reason must not
be mercenary, unless one of the young
people be heir to landed estate then
the question is referred to the marshal
of the nobility in the district, whose
decisions are based upon expedlency
rather than upon fixed principles.
These appeals are rare, because the
Russians are q marrying people, and
dispose of their children early. In the
middle and lower classes men marry at
twenty, when not drafted by the con-
scription. in the higher aristocracy q
young man goes the "grand tour"
before settling down, but he is often
betrothed, before starting, to a young
lady not yet out of the school-room::
There is no country that has so few OLD
maids as Russia. When q girl has
reached the age of twenty-five without
finding a mate, she generally sets out
on what she calls pilgrimage, if poor
on a round of travels if rich. and IN
either case she turns up some years
later as q widow. Widows are plentiful
as old spinsters arc scarce, and widows
whose husbands were never seen are
more numerous than the rest. Etiquette
forbids any allusion to lady's dead
husband in her presence. and this ls
sometimes convenient. When couple
are engaged betrothal feast is held,
and the bride-elect has lock of her
hair cut off in the presence of witnesses
and given to the bridegroom. who in
return presents silver ring set with a
turquoise, an almond cake and a gift Of
bread and salt. From this moment the
two are plighted, nor can the relatives
break the match except with the consent
of the parties themselves, which is sig
nifed by return of the ring and lock
of hair. So much Importance is attach
ed to the ring that among poor people
who cannot afford silver and turquoise,
tin and bit of blue stone are substi-
tuted. These betrothal rings are kept
as heirlooms, but must not be made to
serve twice-a son cannot give his bride
the ring which his mother received, for
instance, though why this should be 80
is mystery which the clergy, who sell
the ring, could best explain. On the
wedding day the bride comes to church
dressed in white but it is only among
the highest classes that the bridal
costumes are entirely white and that a
wreath OF orange flower blossoms is
worn.
Year: 1878

The Syrian damsels to lament his fat,
In amorous ditties all a summers day


Million.
Shall we meet 70 more, my love, at the binding
Of the sheaves,
In the happy harvest iields as the ssn sinks
low,
When he orchard paths are dim with the drift
Of fallen leaves,
As the reapers sing together in the mellow
misty ewes?
Oh, happy are the apples when the south
winds blow.
Love met us in the orchard ere the corn had
gathered plume
Oh, happy are the apples when the south
wirds blow
Sweet as summer days that die when the months
are in their bloom,
When the peaks are ripe with sunset, like the
tassels Of the broom
In the happy harvest fields as tho sun sinks
low.
Sweet as summer days that die, leafng sweeter
each to each
Oh, happy are the apples when the south
winds blow
All the heart was full OF feeling Love had
ripened into speech,
Like the sap that turn . nectar in the velvet
Of the reach,
In the happy harvest fields AZ the sun sinks
low.
Sweet as summer days that die at the ripening
OF the corn-
Oh, happy are the apples when the south
winds blow!
Sweet as lovers tickle oaths sworn to faithless
maids forsworn,
When the musty orchard breathes like mellow
drinking horn
Over happy harvest fields as the sun sinks
low.
Love left US at the dying Of the mellow autumn
Oh, happy are the apples when the south
winds blow !!
When the skies are ripe and fading, like the
colors Of the leaves,
And the reapers kiss and part at the binding Of
the sheaves
In the happy harvest fields as the sun sinks
low.
Then the reapers gather home I'm the gray
and misty meres-
Oh, happy are the apples when the south
winds blow -
Then the reapers gather home, and they bear
upon their spears
Love whose face is like the moons fallen pale
among the spheres
With the daylight's blight upon it as the sun
sinks low.
Faint as far-off bugTes blowing soft and low
the reapers sung
Oh, happy are the apples when the south
winds blow
Sweet as summer in the blood when the heart
is ripe aud young,
Love is sweetest in the dying, like the sheaves
he lies among
In the happy harvest fields as the sun sinks
low.
VIII Wallace Harney, in Rarpe''s Magazine.
Year: 1878

A New Haven policeman has devised
a new kind of policeman's club. It con-
sists of brass covering to an ordinary
club, attached to it by springs, and
colored to resemble rosewood. If man
should seize it he would only get the
brass cover, leaving the policeman ample
opportunity to WELD the club itself.
Year: 1878

Some of the boys at Oarrollville, Wis,
made midnight parade, wrapped in
sheets, and starting from the village
graveyard. Their idea was to scare who
ever saw them. They succeeded. Three
women went into convulsions at the
sight, one sick man was thrown into q
relapse, and girl broke her arm by a
fall in climbing hastily over fence.
Year: 1878

LONDON, June 3--The impression prevails
tonight will show that Austria has been the
marplot in the negotiations between Russia
AMI England and that her attitude is still
one of suspicious reserve In some quarters
it has even been stated that the congress will
accomplish nothing.
Year: 1878

New YORK, June 3.-An event of consider
able interest to the veterans of New Jersey
will take place during the coming summer.
The forty posts of the Grand Army of the
Republic in that State have agreed to hold a


fraternal reunion, and in response to the gen.
Year: 1878

The ladies OF the Benevolent Association
have determined to postpone the spectacu-
lar representation OF the Sleeping Beauty,
notice of which has already been given in
our columns, and to take this means Of
stating to the public their reasons for this
apparent indecision. The Rev. Mr. Rains
ford, whose meetings have been so largely
attended, aud whose earnest efforts in the
highest and holicst OF callings have proved
OF such inestimabe benefit to our people,
has promised to prolong his stay among
us till the 9Th instant, and thus enable us
to enjoy another week Of spiritual edifica-
ton. In view OF this fact the ladies have
determined to fix the date OF their enter
tainment for the evening OF the 9th instant,
this being the only other time when the
Theatre will be at their disposal during the
stay OF the talented young lady who has
promised her assistance, and who, in her
exquisite conception of "Genevra," has so
captiyated the Richmond public that any
thing less lovely would fail TO elicit any adj
miration from an audience rendered fastidi-
Gus by glimpse Of such unquestionable
genius.
Year: 1878

THE PRICE OF CASA curious mistake
crept into our Council report yesterday IN
the statement that Mr.. Skinker advocated
the proposed reduction In the price OF gas !;
on the contrary, he was opposed to the
amendment to the ordinance, and gave
many and good reasons why the price OF
gas should not be reduced.
Year: 1878

THE BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS now being sold ut
LEVY BROTHERS gladden. the hearts OF many.
just think ofit-You first get your dry goods at lower
prices than elsewhere and then you get ten per cent


deducted OFF from every dollars worth you purchase.