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Year: 1877

met a man in New York who was
an earnest worker, and asked him to
tell me his experience. He said be had
been a drunkard for over twenty
years. His parents had forsaken him
and his wife had cast him off and mar
ried some one else. He went in a law
yer's Office in Poughkeepsie, mad with
drink. This lawyer proved Good
Samaritan, and reasoned with him,
and told him be could be saved. The
man secuted the idea. He said: 81
must be pretty low when my father
and mother, my wife and kindred,
have cast of, and there is no hope for
for me here or hereafter" But this
Good Samaritan showed him how 1t
was possible to secure salvation, got
him on bis feet, got him on his beast
like the Good Samaritan of old, and
guided his face toward Zion. And this
man said to me: 81 have not drank
glass since.n He is now leader of a
young mems meeting in New York. |
asked him to come last Saturday night
to Northfield, my native town, where
there are a good many drunkards,
thinking he might encourage them to
seek salvation. He came and brought
q young man with him They held a
meeting, and it seemed as If the power
of God rested upon thit meeting when
these two men went on telling what
God had done for them; how he had
destroyed the works of the devil in
the their hearts, and brought peace
and unalloyed happiness to their souls.
These grog shops are the works OF the
devil; they are running mems souls
every hour Let US fight against them
and let our prayers go up In our PAT
ties. 1t may seem a very difncuie tning
for us, but It is a very easy tning ior
God to convert rum um-sellers.-HoodyS
anecdotes 6y Mcclure.
Year: 1877

Let US see how the Lord himself. in
the Gospel has taught us to live; how
too, Paul the apostle. Let US hear, o,
Christ, what Chief end Thou dost pre-
scribe to us; and that is evidently the
chief end after which we are told to
strive with supreme affection. Thou
shalt love-" He says, "the Lord thy
God" Tell me also, l pray Thee,
what must be the measure of love; for
1 fear lest the desire kindled in my
heart should either exceed or come
short in fervor. "With all my heart"
He says. Nor is that enough yet.
with all my mind" What do wish
more2 / might perhaps, wish more,
if 1 could see the possibility of more
What does Paul say on thisl "We
know that all things issue in good to
them that love God" We have heard
then, what and how much we must
love: this we must strive after, and to
this we must refer all our plans. The
perfection of all good things, and our
perfect good, is God. We must neither
come short of this; nor go beyond it;
the one is dangerous, the other impos.
sible.


Following after God is the desire of
happiness itself We follow after God
by loving Him; we reach Him not by
becoming entirely what He is, but in
nearness to Him, and in being inwardly
illuminated and occupied by His truth
and holiness. He is light itself. We
get enlightment from Him.


The mind becomes like God, to the
extent vouchsafed by its subsection of
itself to Him for information and en-
Iightenment.


The further a mind departs from
God the more it is filed with folly and
wretehedness. By love it returns to
God, and love which places it not
along with God, but under Him. And
the more ardor and eagerness there is
in this, the happier and more elevated
will the mind be, and with God as sole
Governor, it will be in perfect liberty.
- A1,Isfjne
Year: 1877

Not always do our faces bear
A faithful record of the wear
Of time upon the inner life.
The ceaseless and the dreary strife
Of passions that within US roll
The secret struggles of the SOUL


May frequently impart
Their history to the human face,
But oh! how oft they leave no trace?
How oft there cometh to all men
The hour Of gloom and sorrow, when
The placid brow does not express
The sense of loneliness


That rests upon the heart.
When cherished visions fade away,
Or those who loved us once betray,
Or when the earth is laid above
The still, cold form of one We love.
Our faces for awhile reveal
The litter woe we inly feel;


But later on the seal
or pride IS set upon our grief,
istt may lOt tuCuSCiOith huu iCiiti
In outward seeming, but must dwell
Within the hearts most secret cell,
That careless eyes may not behold
The depth of misery untold


And agony We feel.





1t is because we idly fear
The heartless cynic's covert sneer
That thus we veil our better part
In the still chambers Of the heart:
Or is il that We hold our woe
Too sacred for the world to know,


And only for the eye
OF HIM who reads all hearts TO see?
| know nOt;-yet it seems to me
The world were better could it know
That yerdure bloomed beneath the snoy
Could it but rend the icy veil,
And see that, though the surface fail,
3 The fountain is not dryl
Year: 1877

Mary was the proprietress of diminutive


inciplent sheep,
Whose outer covering was as devoid of


coloring as CONCEALED atmospheric


vapor,
And to all localities which Mary peram-


bulated,
The young Southdown was morally sure


to follow.
Ii tagged her to the dispensary of learning


one dismal section of the time,
Which was contrary to all precedent,
And excited the caehination of the Semin-


ary attendants,
When they preceived the presence of


Young mutton at the establishment


of instruction.
Consequently the preceptor expelled him


from the interior;
But he continued TO remain in the imme-


diate vicinity,
And continued in the neighbOrhOOd with


f.etfulness,
Until Mary once more became visible.
Year: 1877

With his good by ringing in here ars
Drucie Miller re-entered the little tele-
graph Office and dropped into The chair
before the clickering instrument.
CHANGING at the clock above her head,
she noticed that it was almost time for
her to close the Office for the night, and
seek her humble home at the foot OF
one of the darkened streets of the vii
lage. The rumbling of the train which
bad just left the station was growing
fainter, and the girl listened to it as
though it vas the voice of friend who
was leaving her for long time.
She did not expect any more mes
sages that night; the engine breathing
heavily from its great iron lungs on the
track near her window would not
move until the night express had pass
ed up, and tie engineer knowing this,
had sought his sweetheart who lived
in the village.


Tom Gray, the engineer OF the train
just departing, was Drucie's lover, and
his intimate friends knew when the
wedding was to take place. He had
not known her long, but that did not
matter since he was a true fellow, who
loved her with all his heart, and with
all her heart she loved Tom.
The rumbling of the train at length
died away, and. Drucie was about to
shut of the current and leave the Office
when a message began to fall upon her
ears


She started, for the first word drove
the color into her cheeks, and standing
over the instrume ut she heard this
message:


Number ten switch at Colby till
number six passes. Six just starting!n


"Six Just starting! My God. They
will meetp cried the beautiful opera
tor, starting from the table; what
can DO 10 save uim-tucms
And with her eyes staring at the
clock, she stood in the center of the
room, thinging Oh the two trains ap-
proaehing each other through the mist
that almost hid the moon.


The real situation, enough to blanch
young girls cheek, was appalling.


The order for the train which had
just left Fletcher, TO switch at Colby,
could not be obeyed now. The tele-
graph, even could not stop it, for 1ere
was no night Office at Colby. 1t was
an unusual matter for number six to
leave Ft. Wayne before the arrival of
Year: 1877

D You can get the best of work done in the
neaIesl possible style. Ladies' and Children ;
Hair Cutting nd Shampootng speciality.
Shop Opposite Old White Corner. Two Chairs
always found ready for business. Call and
see him and get Good job. Ladies desiring
work done, by leaving word al the shop he
Will call at their residence. IS
Year: 1877

TELLING BAD NEws.-A miner whom
we will call Hughes fell down n winze in
one of the Comstock mines several years
ago and was killed. His companions
gathered up his remains and, putting
them in an express wagon, started for his
home. Another miner, fine, good
hearted fellow was sent on ahead to bear
the sad news to the bercaved family. A II
the way along he was discussing with
himself as to how he should tell the ter
rble story SO as not TO crush the unfortu-
nate household but he reached the
house before having settled definitely up
on his plan. Meeting Mrs. Hughes at
the door he accosted her in the usual
manner of an acquaintance, ard then
said


"Where's George to-day Mrs. Hugh
es ?"


Hes at work in the mine, as usual ;
thank you, SIR" replied the woman.


GLOW is he feeling to day ?" was the
next question. The news bearer was be-
coming desperate. He was brave man
who would not have feared a caving drit
or delayed blast, whose heart was so
tender that he did not know how to tell
woman Of her husbands death.


With some show Of surprise Mrs Hugh
es answered the last question. "About
as we'll rs he generally does | believe"


The man was desperate, and not know
ing what to say, he blurted out: "Ill
bet you ten dollars he's dead, and here
comes the body in wagon"


He swallowed big lump in his
throat and wiped piece Of porphyry out
OF his left eye with his shirt Sleeve
Afterward, in talking over the matter
with his comrades no said it was the
greatest trial he had ever experienced
and that hereafter when n man was killed
they might call on somebody else TO tell
the news -Gotd mn NeOS.
Year: 1877

BTGAMY.-The Santa Rosa Times has
the following amusing matrimonial cpl
sode: G. III. Tuite had cooness with
his wife in San Francisco, and she told
him TO "leave and go and get him another
wife, for she would not live with him
any more" He seemed to have obeyod
this ironical command with more prompt
ness than she anticipated. Feeling him
self free from the matrimonial tolls of his
wife, and rejoicing in being freed from u
proportional share in the care Of eight
children, he started off gay and happy
and landed at Petaluma and inspected
the matrimonial market, and the stock
on hand being in great variety and know
ing that women won't die, especially
when they could make husband so glad
by doing so, he centered his affections on
one Mrs. Barry and her money, not caring
how soon she might see fit 10 dioand leave
him the legateo of her money. They
were married, but everything did not go
smoothly very long, for wife No. learn
ed Of his fortunate marriage, and came
over to Pctaluma and saw wife No. 2.
The consequence is, the two wives were
not as contcnted rs Mormon wives are,
to hold part interest each in husband.
He is now in the County Jail, and indict-
ed for bigamy and perjury both. Marry
ing rich widow is not as nice thing Ms
he thought it was,
Year: 1877

Boys of ten or twelve, seen on tho
street, appear heartless, and without
sympathy, and yet you wrong them
Among the houses on Clinton street is ono
which has missed many pane Of glass
in its windo VS.. Rags and papers arc
used to keep the cold air out, or 1t may
blow and whistle through the desosto
rooms without let or hinderanco, a girl
OF ten, whose life had been one long pori-
cd Of hunger, pain and unhappiness, WAS
taken sick one day in March, and people
passing by could see her laying on u mis-
cradle bed near Que of the windows. 1t
was curious that any of the boys coming
or going should have stopped to think or
care about it, but they did. One of item
feeling sad at sight of the sufferers palo
face handed mn orange through broken
pane, saw it claspod by slender, white
fingers and then ran away. Ilo told
other boys, and by and by there WASH I
day that some lad didn't halt at the win
dow to pass in fruit or flowers. None OF
them knew the family or ever spoke to
the girl, and so they gave her the name
of Gortie, and called her their orphan
Boys went without marbles and the other
things which belong to boyhood sports
that their pennies might buy an orange,
lemon, or some simple flower for Gortie,
and thor anxiety for her to get we'll WAS
fully rs great rs tho Doctors or MOTHER.
Whatever present they had they handed
it through the broken pane, waited for her
to reach up, and never fingered longer
than to hear a "thank you" from her lips.
Days went by but the boys did not grow
weary, nor did they miss II day. 1t was
romance and charity SO well combined
that it gladdened their hearts and made
them fond Of each other. One morning
recently lads hand, holding II sweet
flower and big orange, went to tho
window. No white finger touched his
as they grasped the offering. lie waited
II moment, and then with beating heart
looked through into tho room. The bed
had boon taken away. On table rested
pine coffin, and on the coffin was
bunch Of faded flowers which hnd been
handed through the window the day be-
fore. Death had been there and tho boys
had no longer mission.


You might not hive seen the boy hid :
in doorway and wiping tears from his
eyes. He was seen, however, and when
asked the cause of hs sorrow he sobbcd
out the whole sad romance in four words,
"Our Gertc is dead. - Detroit Free
| Press.
Year: 1877

RAILROADS.&C. IN INDIA.-A railroad
incident occurred recently on one of the
East India lines, which was as startling
as it was singular, and may be said to be
one of the most miraculous on record. A
train was approaching a bridge on a
curve. When the bridge came in sight,
at distance of 300 to 400 yards, the en-
CINE driver was horror-struck to discover
that it was completely in flames. Find


ing his brake power totally useless in the
emergency, he jumped off, and did also
the feman, just as the train entered upon
the burning bridge, over which itrushed,
fortunately with undated speed, through
n continuous flame which rose furiously
above the height of the railroad cars. The
wooden sleepers were on fire, and parts
of the rails themselves were red hot. The
whole train, composed Of a number Of
cars, passed safely over, and not a pass
enger was injured or scorched.
Year: 1877

A WARNINu TO ADVERTISERS. Tho
insanity OF DR.. j. G. Aver, of Lowell.
affords a terrible warning to advertisers.
Here was man engaged in the manu-
fao!ure Of n pill not differing much from
any other pill that may be obtained at
any drug store. In an unguarded mo-
ment he made up his mind that he would
advertise, not in the picayunc style of tho
ordinary dealer, but in n comprehensive
sort Of way, by which he could reach
every possible purchaser of pills. IIo
started with the idea of dovotng half OF
his profits each year to advertising. Tho
result might have been forseen. lIo ac-
cumulated money so rapidly that no did
not know what to do with it. When ho
had rolled together fifteen million of dol
lars and had vainly cndeavored to find
some outlet for his ever increasing profits
his mind gave way under the absorbing
cares of his vast business and ho is now
patient at the asylum for the insane
How easily this calamity might have
been averted. If he had stuck to tho
conservatory methods Of many of our
merchants and rograined from ndvert.s-
ing, he might have been passing quietly
through bankruptcy instead of being
loaded down with uncounted millions.
1t is n dangerous experiment for man
who does not want TO become rich to nd
vertise. Or if he advertisos at all he must
advertise grudgingly and Mt long inter
walls, lest his profits should grow out Of
all proportion to his requirements, and
he should find himself burdened with
wealth. Advertising conducted on tho
principle Of devoting half the profits of a
business to it, we repeat, is u dangerous
experiment. 1t precipitates a fortune
upon the advertiser SO suddenly that tho
chances are even that he will not know
what to do with his money. Il Uttca o.
seTCer.
Year: 1877

UNFORTUNATE.-Don. j. Mozart, the
unfortunate watch inventor, died at the
County Poor-house, in Ann Arbor, Mich
igan, on the 18th inst. He was once a
well-to do jeweler in that city, and sue


ceeded inventing n watch which had such
superior qualities that stock company
with Il large capital was formed for its
manufacture. Everything was in readi


ness for work, when, taking his model
apart for some slight improvement, he
seems to have been SO overcome with his
success that his mind was weakened and
he found himself unable to put the wheels
together again. Soon after he became
hopelessy crazy. His small fortune was
lost, and his family left with nothing but
a home. He was placed under the care
of physicians at the Kalamazoo Insane
Asylum but could not be cured. The
Masonic fraternity have since provided
for him in connection with the country
Year: 1877

but did not make one false motion, and
my nerves were steady as clock.
hadn't the slightest misgiving as to the
result of my shot, after had made sur,
/ that all was right about the gun, took q
position whore | could shoot across my
boys legs, of course, and then lay myself
at my length upon the grodnd and drew
the breech to my shoulder. Oh the sen.
sation of perfect rapture that felt when
my cheek pressed the cool, polished wood
of the stock Never was touch SO swee;
as that I'm ashamed to tell it, and
could have pounded myself at that time
for being SO womanish, but tho tears
sprang to my eyes and blinded me, SC
that l was obliged to wait and dry them
upon my shirt sleeves before could dis
tnguish the sights of the rifle. Oh, how
grudged the time thus wasted, for ev-
cry moment was priceless If the child
should stir now, when moment would
save him again drew the gun into po.
sition and cooked it.


"'There, you devil = said through
my shut teeth, now raise your head
again 7 and with my foot snapped the
stick which l had in readiness tor the
purpose. Up went the cursed head, and
the next instant pulled tho trigger -
simultaneously with the report, it ap-
peared to me, | sprang to my feet and
with three bounds snatched my boy away
from the touch OF the writhing monster
before he was fairly awake. | remember
that much, and then | grew deathly sick
and vow | did faint that time. And
the next thing realized, | was lying on
the ground, my wife bending over me
Monarch licking my hands and whining
and my boy standing by his mother
holding to her dress, looking on with big
wondering eyes. There were one or two
spots Of blood on his dress and limbs
spattered by the writhing serpent, but b,
was safe and sound, thank God


Head or course That was wha
| aimed at. There was clean ball hol,
right through it, and not enough of it lef
to bite anybody with, you may bet.
was over two feet long, and had fourteen
rattlcs and | shot the mate to it the mex
summer in the same field, with ffteel
others, and | hope to have crack u
more Of the deviIish creatures yet"
Year: 1877

AN Upper Austin man refuses to allow
his daughter:to attend church any more.
A few Sundays ago the preacher said in
one of his sermons "Love thy neigh
Dor !" and the daughter followed the in


junction and fell in love with young
man who lives in the house adjoining her
month and board as engineer Of a wheel
barrow in livery stable, and sits up till 3
o'clock in the morning playing pedro.
The father says if the preacher can't
preach any better doctrine than for girls
TO love every scrub who happens to live
in the next house, he would rather his
daughters would grow up without the con-
ISOLATION Of religion.-Austin ReretIts.
Year: 1877

BAD HABITs.-A culprit who was
brought before a Burlington magistrate,
the other day, on a charge of beating his
wife, begged for Indulgence, and prom
ised reform, saying he did not mean any
cruelty to his wife, but it was only hab-
it he had got into. The magistrate said
he would cheerfully excuse him, for he
knew himself how strong were the chains
of habit, and the prisoner must not mind
It, for he really didn't mean anything by
it, but he was greatly addicted to the hab-
it of fning such cases thirty dollars and
costs, and sending them up for ten days.


1--WE are all creatures OF habit" quot
ed the court, and the committee rose,
and shortly afterward the house adjourn
ed.
Year: 1877

which | encountered in this good old town. 1t
was late in the afternoon when my companions
and concluded our perambulations around the
old homestead, and started for the nearest depot to
take cars for your own good city. Judge Of our
dismay when we learned that the Last train bad


TcoNcLUpED ON FOURTH PAGE.l
Year: 1877

In consolidating internal revenue dis
tricts so as to reduce the number to 126,
as required by law, the consultations
will be made in the South, Southwest
and West. A careful investigation has
shown that consolidation cannot be made
in the Eastern States without injury to
the public service. The law requiring
the reduction does not take effect until
the beginning of the next fiscal year.
But the order for it will be promulgated
in time to enable the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue to prepare for the
change in the districts affected.
Year: 1877

In New Jersey house the other morn
ing there was an echo like that of hand
gently nickel-plating a boy with pain, and
anolher echo which spoke of mouth
stretched from ear to ear and two legs
padding the air. When the fond mother
was asked why this was thus, she simply
replied that she was teaching her darling
the mysteries Of the telephone.
Year: 1877

No SToRM.-It seems to be hard work
for the clouds to drop their MOISTURE
For the past week the weather has been
more or less threatening, but beyond a
few sprnkles it has been more like Spring
than Winter. The ground is wet only
to depth sufficient to aid the farmers
and gardeners, but what little rain we
had has done nothing toward advancing
the mining interests. We heard one
friend describing this as the " "champion
dry winter" and we fear he will be cor
rect
Year: 1877

NORTH K.-Chris Meckel, who
was in town this week, informed us that
the old town of Bagdad" was just as
dull as any other place in the county and
nothing short OF plenty of water could be
expected to enliven it. From him we
learned further that the McGillivray
Company are. working some very rich
ground near the site of the saw-mill on
the other side of the river. The new
ground is extensive and under Mr.. Burns
energetic management the Company will
probably realize profit this season.
Year: 1877

ADJUDGED INsANE.-Henry Spiegel-
berg was examined or Thursday before
the County Judge and Drs Lord and
Montague. 1t was found that he was not
a fit person to be at large, he being more
dangerous to himself than any other per-
son and he was accordingly ordered sent
to Stockton. Some months ago he was
sunstruck and it is believed his trouble
comes from that cause. He was man
of fine intellect and it is to be hoped his
alteration will be only temporary.
Year: 1877

MUD.-1t is solid comfort to have
something to growl about, be it ever so
little. a few days ago the streets were
so dusty that it seemed almost advisable
to call on Blackwell to start his sprinkler
again, but now it is changed. Oat Of
town ir almost any direction but espe-
cially so across Sidney Gulch, the plastic
mud encases your boots. As the good
Book tells us that He hath made all
things beautiful in their season." we
must be resigned to this effect of plu
vial dispensation, but we want our growl,
nevertheless, and we intend to have it.
Year: 1877

SEND IT ALONG. If our friend Carter
will just drop our Shasta Courier in the
mail so that it will come over on Satur-
day morning we would esteem it a favor.
We once held forth in that little burg
and cherish pretty strong interest in the
welfare ofits denizens. Send it along,
hoec