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Year: 1874

In the District Court of the Fourteenth Judicial
District, of the State of California, in and for
the County OF Placer.


Nellie Winters VS.. Francis Winters.
Action brought in the District Court of the 18th
Judicial District of California, in and for the
County oi Placer, and the Complaint filed in
said County Of Placer III the office of the
Clerk of said District Court


The people of The State of Californian sepd qycetirq
10 Francis lFinters Defenddnt:


VOU are hereby required to appear in an ac-
i ton brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the District Court of the 14th
Judicial District of the State of California, in
and for the County Of Placer. and to answer the
complaint filed therein Ga copy of which accom-
panies this summons), within ten DAYS (exclu-
sive of the day Of seryice) after the service on
you of this summons--if served within this
county; or, if served out of this county, but
within this Judicial District, within twenty days.
or, II served out of said District, then within
forty days-or judgment by default will be taken
against you, according to the prayer Of said
complaint.


The said action is brought to obtain a decree
Of this court, dissolving the bonds of matrimo-
ny existing between you and this plaintiff, and
awarding to her the care and custody Of her
minor child, Frank Winters, all of which is
more fully set forth in said plaintiff complaint
on file, herein copy of which accompanies this
summons.


And you are hereby notified that il You fail to
appear and answer said complaint as above re-
quired, the said plaintiff will apply TO the Court
for the relief demanded in the complaint


Given under my hand and the Seal of the


District Court of the Fourteenth Ju-


dicial District of the State of Cali
[sEAL forna, in and for the County of Pla-


Ger, this ninth day of April in the


year of our Lord One Thousand


Eight Hundred and Seventy Four.
n36-2m B. +. BURT, Clerk.
Year: 1874

Time hurls US along the downhill
path of life with the velocity of loco.
motive; but we have one comfort-we
can make love on the road. What the
negro preacher said OF Satan may be
said OF love, Where he finds weaker
place, dar he creeps in" There is a
warm corner in the coldest heart; and
somebody, if that somebody can only be
found, was made expressly. 10 Gil it.
Thousands of both sexes live and die
unmarried simply for the want of a
proper introduction. What an absurd
ity. There is not q woman nor a man
Of any age who might not end a suitable
partner by using the proper means. The
TACT is, that affection is smothered,
choked down, subdued and paralyzed by
the forms and conventionAlities Of this
etiauetiish world. Society attaches 8
bali and chain to the natural feelings Of
the heart. The fair girl with her bosom
running over with the purest love for
worthy object must take as much
pains to conceal the fact as If It were
a deadly sin, and heaven had not
implanted within our bosoms the
tender spark and bade us 10 love and
be loved" Is this natursl2 No, it Is
artificial. Why should innumerable
marriages be prevented by chilling rulea
and penalties2 Nature is modest, but
she is not a starched up prudel Look
at the birds. There are no bachelors
Year: 1874

and old maids among them. The hearts
that Autter under their feathered jackets
follow the instinct of love, and they take
to billing and cooling without the slight


est idea that courtship should be a for
NAL affair. Why should there be forlorn
bachelors and disappointed old maids,
and lonely widows and widowers among
the unfeathered any more than the
feathered bipeds? Oceans of happiness
are lost to both sexes every year, simply
because parties who wish to marry are
not permitted by etiquette to make the
fact known. These unfortunates might
very properly say to the happy married
folks, as the frogs said to the boys who
we're pelting them with stones" This
may be fun for you, but It's death to us.
Year: 1874

Over the outer coat of plum aud apricot
there grows a bloom more beautiful thar
the fruit itself--a soft, delicate powder thai
overspreads its rich colors. Now if yoJ
strike your hand over that, and it is one,
gone, it is gone forever; it only appears
once. The flower that hangs in the morn
ing impoarled with dew-srrayed with Jew
els-once shake it, SO that the beads rol
off, and you may sprinkle water over it a,
you please yet it can never be made agair
what it was when the dew fell gently on il
from heaven.


On frosty morning you may sec the
panes Of glass covered with landscapes
mountains, lakes and trees, blending into d
beautiful fantastic picture. Now lay your
hand upon the glass, and by the scratch oil
your finger, or by the warmth Of the palm,
all the delicate tracery will be obliterated


So there is in youth beauty aud purity
of character, which, when once touched and
deiiIed can never be restored,--a friDgc
more delicate than lrost-work, which, whor
torn and broken, will never be repaired
When a young lad or girl leaves their pa
rents house, with the blessing Of a mother
tears still wet upon the cheek, if early pu
rity Of character bo once lost, it is a los
that eau never be made up again. Sucl
is the consequence Of crime. Its eifeo
cannot but be in some way felt, though bJ
Gods mercy it may be iorgiyen.-Edrl
DdyS
Year: 1874

Round the idea of ones mother, the
mind Of a man clings with fond affection.
II is the first deep thought stamped upon
our infant hearts when yet soft and capable
Of receiving the most profound impressions,
and the after feelings of the world are
more or less light in comparison. Even in
our old age we look back to that feeling as
the sweetest We have through life. Our
passions aud our willfulness may lead us
fur from the object Of our filial love; we
learn even to pain her heart, to oppose her
wishes TO violate her commands; we may
become wild, headstrong and angry at her
couusels or opposition but when death has
stilled her monitory voice, and nothing but
still memory remains to recapitulate her vir-
tues and good deeds, affection, like flower
beaten to the groundby past storm, raises
up her head and smiles among her tears.
Round that idea, as we have said, the mind
clings with fond affection and even when
the early period Of our loss, forces memory
to be silent, fancy takes the place Of re-
memberanoo, and twines the image of our
dead parent with garland Of graces and
beauties aud virtues which we doubt not
she possessed,
Year: 1874

TmE LONDON Boy" never get tired Of
studying the London boy" writes the Dam
bury NewS man. He is always on the
street, and always in the way. | never
saw such boy in any other city. He is
not quarrelsome, not saucy, not addicted TO
smoking, and | never heard one Of them
swear, even under the most favorable cir
cumstances. To tell the truth never heard
them say much Of anything. He is help
less youth, addicted to store windows, rub.
bing against buildings, and topping over
obstructions. He has dreadful tendency
to be always backing up against something,
and always missing it, to the detrinent Of
his bones. Only they do not fall with suf.
ficient force to break bone. have seen
one of them slide from the side of lamp
post, turn part summersault, recover
himself hit up against the post again, slip
off the curb, aud gradually get down on his
back in the gutter--taking in all dozen
seconds to do it, while an American boy
would 60 down and stave hole in the back
of his head aud make doctors bill Of
eighteen dollars in less than a second"
Year: 1874

A HUMAN sMILE.-Nothing on earth can
smile but human beings. Gems may fash
reflected light, but what is diamond fash
compared with an eye flash and mirtb fash ?
A face that cannot smile is like bud that
cannot blossom, and dries up on the stalk.
Laughter is day, and sobriety is night, and
smile is the twilight that hovers gently
between both, and moro bewitching than
eilher
Year: 1874

EDITORS APPEAL-Is 1t possible that
Memphis is TO suffer greater calamity
than she has ever yet borne? Better
another ice-gorge, more and worse chol-
era, q more fearful visitation of yellow
fever and the protracuOn of another
panic than to close the public schools.
Is there no hostility TO these that does
not let itself come to the surface? Is
there not some Of that oid-fogyism left
which denies the right Of the children
Of the poor to be educated by the taxa
ton Of property? Has property not yet
learned that schools are cheaper than
jails? Is it possible that there exists
seetar;Rn hostility which would rejoice


at the destruction of our common school
system so that the minds of greater
numbers Of the rising generation shall


be forced into the grooves OF denomin-
ational education and thus dwarfed so
that they may become more easy vic
TINS to superstition which has always


llaeed its "misereated front" across the
path Of human progress? These are
plain questions but they are pertinent
in the face of 80 great a danger. Perhaps
the hostility from these two sources does
not exist ia our city, but there are signs
which our people ought TO watch with
"eternal vigilance A republican gov
eminent cannot exist without a perfect
Iy free system Of common schools. Every
influence hostile TO this should be met
with 80 prompt and emphatic denunci.
alton as 10 carry immediate correction
OF the hopelessness OF success in any
Year: 1874

In view of the excessive and unparalleled Strngency in
money matters and the somewhat advance of the Fall sea-
son. we offer our large and elegant Stock of Clothing at
greatly reduced prices Remember that these are the Ony
goods in the city from the celebrated Manufacturers S
WILDE, Jr. TO- and HENRY JOHN PARET. Such Goods
are rare being fully equal to the best Custom Made and of
such Fabrics only handled by the best Merchant Tai
OrS of the country. We cordially invite an inspection
from the public y. A. y. ROSE,


OLD No. 20, NEW No. Is, SQUARE


eod till man1s7
Year: 1874

slsslppi river, easterly winds veering TO
Southerly with continued high temperature
and fair weather, except possibly in the
lower Mississippi valley, where cloudy
weather with rain or snow will prevail dur
ing the portion of the day, followed by
clearing and colder weather in the north
west.


The rivers in Western Pennsylvania will
continue to rise during Wednesday.
Year: 1874

Yes" said the old man, with q
smile, "Iremember one time in par
ticular, while out prospecting with an
cid friend some twenty years ago.
We were travelling on horseback, and
came across tavern one night about
10 o'clock. Being very tired and hum
cry, as soon as we got some supper and
something warm to keep the cold out,
we asked to be shown to our beds. On
looking around we found that the
room had two beds in it, one Of which
was already occupied by two strangers
who were both snoring loudly. The
fact Of there being two beds in the
room did not surprise us, as in back
woods tayerns there were frequently
three beds in room. We undressed,
and just as was going to blow out
the light, my friend, who had got into
bed, espied the foot of one Of the
strangers sticking through the bed
clothes at the foot OF the bed. With a
suppressed chuckle he motioned me to
hold on . moment; he got quietly out
Of bed, and going to where the mai.'s
boots were, he took off huge,
sharp, Mexican spur, and carefully
adjusted it to the bare heel of the un-
conscious stranger. With another
audible chuckle, as he thought Of the
consequences that would follow when
the stranger drew in his foot, he got
back into bed, and blew out the light
and followed him. He soon man
aged to get long straw from the bed.
and reached over and tickled the
strangers foot. He instantly drew
his legs up until his knees almost
touched his chin. In doing this he
drew the spur the whole length of his
bed-fellow's leg, making bad scratch.
The victim uttered yell and sprang
out of bed with muttered exclama-
ton that did not make out, and
then he commenced a wild dance
around the room, with his neither gar
ment under his arm, making frantic
efforts either to dislocate his neck, or
to see how badly he was hurt, all
the while making exclamations
that would have made bag
gageman with q Saratoga trunk on
his shoulder turn green with envy.
The innocent cause Of the trouble had
been awakened at the first yell Of the
victim, and, In stretching his legs out,
scratched himself most Numerically.
He did net yell or say bad words, but
he jumped out Of bed and made for his
friend with the purpose of taking ven-
geance, supposed; but he had not
taken two steps before he jabbed the
spur into his leg again. The landlord
then appeared with q light, followed
by half the boarders in the house, and
inquired what the matter was. An
examination brought to light the
spur, which explained the matter. The
stranger looked sheepishly at the spur,
then at his scratch, and finally exam
ined his boots, and with a sickly smile,
said: We'll, boys, have lived all
my life among people who wear spurs,
but never before saw q man who
could pull off his boots and leave his
spur on his foot. I'll treat in the
morning.'n
Year: 1874

CRUELTY-There are many families of hap
py frogs and toads in and about what 10 called
the creek in the western part of the citv Rut
Is painIul 10 Know that some of the boys in
that helshpofhood ere so hard hearted as to be
IN the habit OF amusing themselves in per-
formances which cause the helpless little things
much suffering in many ways. 1t is said that
one boy who is old enough to known better has
even been so heartless as to make fire and
roast them alive 1t is to be hoped shat those
having the care of children will be watchf /
and ascertain if possible who are the guilty
ones and prevent further cruelty.
Year: 1874

Music HALL.-Music Hall is still crowded
every evening The bill is good and the audi
ence are we'll pleased with it. Tomorrow night
they have change of programme. Ling Look
is the best performer that has yet appeared,
and it is doubtful if he will be surpassed.
Year: 1874

There was a hearing of the committee of
tobacco men before the sub committee of the
Ways and Means Committee to day. They
asked that licorice and other essential ingred
tents be entered free of duty under bond.
Year: 1874

The OCEAN STEAMERs.-It is reported, on
what is believed to be good authority, that the
contract between the Grand Trunk Rail
way Co., and the Allan Steamship Co., covers
term of ten years. and provides for two steam-
ers week during the winter. Also, that the
Dominion Company will send one mail steam
er week the next winter to this port, and will
have accommodations at the Atlantic wharf.
Year: 1874

The Helena Independent, Republican
paper, does not seem to entertain very
exalted opinion Of the youngest Sena-
tor in the United States Senate" as will
be seen by the following from that
paper


Our readers remember the Senatorial
contest in this State in 1873, the result
of which was the election Of S w. Dor
sey to the United States Senate Prior
to and during the pendency of that con-
test, it was claimed for Mr.. Dorsey, by
his many friends, among other things,
that he was an able financier and success
full railroad man. 1t was claimed that
he was q man possessed of large for
tune, q man OF integrity and massive
mind in short, he was said to have been
blessed and endowed with all the quail.
ties and advantages necessary to fit him
for high position which he was called to
occupy, by his elevation to seat in the
United States Senate


We differed somewhat with Mr.. Dor.
sey's friends upon some Of these points,
in fact most Of them, aud so expressed
ourself at the time We had watched his
career from the time he commenced ope
rations in our State npon the Central
railroad, and we had never seen anything
in his management Of that road, that in
dicated to our mind the existence ofsuch
rare financial ability or railroad skill, as
was claimed by his political adherents,


After his election was proclaimed, the
press throughout tho country commenced
the most unheard Of eulogy upon Mr..
Dorscy's character and antecedents. We
read, with no slight degree of amusement
and some little surprise, the 1aring arti.
cles of praise that appeared in the col.
umns Of some OF our contemporary jour.
nails.


We were not connected with a news.
paper at that time, but We took occasion
to publish, in n newspaper OF our town,
a few ideas relating to the Dorsey ques
tion, and in doing so We took broad
issue with the press generally. so far as
it had expressed itself This was more
than year ago since that time We have
watched Mr. Dorsey's conduct very close
~, and our first opinion Of the man has
not changed in the slightest, but has
rather been confirmed in every particular.
We have been in correspondence with
those who know MIR Dorsey. and have
known him always; and furthermore, we
have procured the results Of the investi.
CATION of his management Of the Central
railroad and its finances; of the grand
frauds in which he has been cngaged,and
will keep toe bali rolling that we started
over year age.
Year: 1874

THE ANTI.SALOON CRUSADE.


The immense crowds which followed
the crusaders yesterday induced change
Of programme, and this morning about
200 ladies were divided into four squads,
going in opposite directions. but still
each squad had its attendants in large
numbers. At IL O'Clock all the squads
met at the Presbyterian church and re
ported twenty places visited with varied
success At several beer saloors the
doors were locked and adlnittaIce re
fused while at Others the proprietors
tors treated the ladies well and made
them speeches evidently prepared for the
occasion. At one saloon, just as the la
dies reached the outside door, a crowd
Of men ran in and calling for beer, rat.
tied glasses, and laughed to show their
contempt. The proprietor refused to al
low prayer to be offered, saying he feared
it would only cause the ladies to be in
suited. One wholesale liquor dealer re-
fused to allow prayer to be offered.
Several prominent grocers said they
would gladly give up selling ifether gro
GERS would do So Several saloon keep
ers expressed a willingness to sell out,
and whether this is done or not they
would promise not to purchase more
stock. No particular indignity was Of
fered at any place and the ladies derived
considerable encouragement from this
fact Quite number of signatures were
obtained to the citizens pledge, but not
one liquor dealer could by song or
prayer be induced to sign the dealers
pledge.
Year: 1874

ES' There are two things that always
working and waiting. Either is
useless without the other Both united
ara nvinciblc aud neutrality-suspicious..
He who waits without working is simply
a man yielding to slcth and despair. He
who works without waiting is fitful in his
strivings and misses results by lmpa
tience. lIe who works steadily and
waits patiently, may have long journey
before linn, but at its close he will ind
his reward
Year: 1874

One riot, six brutal affrays, thirty-five fires,
forty children seriously wounded, at least
three persons killed outright, and one child
burned to death, form the total of the casual
ties consequent on the celebration of the
Fourth in this city and Brooklyn. And as
these are only the casualties which were
thought serious enough to be reported at Po-
lice HEADQUARTERS, doubtless the full extent of
loss and suffering can never be known. 1t
NAV be safely set down that the above
enumeration does not exaggerate the horrors
of the "glorious day we celebrate" in such
senseless fashion.


This, be it remembered is the black list for
only two cities of the country. Judging from
the fact that in Allegheny City. Pennsylvania,
alone, one hundred houses fell q sacrifice to
the Small Boy and the fre-cracker, it is not i'm
probable that the casualties for the rest of the
cities equal in ratio those of the Metropolis.
The statistics for the nation, if they could be
collected, would doubtless be curious, and GER
tainly they would prove alarming.


All these painful facts might be used as a
serious argument for the abolition of the
absurd manner in which we celebrate Inde-
pendence Day if we were people accustomed
u
But we have no time to do anything but
repair damages; such a thing as foreseeing
and preventing casualties appears unworthy
of consideration. We go on from year to year
celebrating the most important event and the
most sacred day in our history in the same
senseless and idle manner that the Chinese
welcome their New Year and the English
execrate a paltry cOnspiratOr, and those who
disapprove it are happy to escape the dreadful
din by flying from the city, when less efforts,
if united, would secure the abolition of the
whole nuisance. 1t is only necessary to have q
wise police regulation rgidly enforced pro-
hbiting the firing of pistols and popping of
fireworks, and the refusal of the Common
Council to make appropriations for pyrotechnic
displays, to secure immunity from the nuisance
and danger. The prohibition of all such dis
plays would of itself soon bring them into
disrepute. Suppose the city authorities charge
their memories with this matter for year and
make an effort in this direction before the
Centennial is upon us. The prospect of man
slaughter, mayhem and arson which threatens
us on that occasion already assumes the pro-
nortions of national disaster.
Year: 1874

to bo that as usual, he has said the wrong
thing at the wrong time, and raised another
obstacle to his restoration. The MacMahon
government evidently intends to leave no
doubt as to its notions in regard to the
monarchical propaganda. 1t has suspended
the paper which published the manifesto, and
boldly announced through Minister Fourtou that
it was for that reason. The monarchical fac
tions were amazed and scandalized at this
ayowal, but we cannot see that they had any
right to be- 1t is true that any paper which
had possession of so valuable bit of news
would have deserved to be suspended for fall
ing to print it, but the gentlemen of the Right
could hardly be expected to take this view OF
the case. They were charmed when Marshal
MacMahon suppressed Republican journals,
and only object to such proceedings when
turned against themselves. The only slgnlii-
canoe of the act is that it shows the intention
of MacMahon to force the Monarchists as well
as the Republicans to respect the Septennate,
and gives unequivocal notice to the universe
that he is President for the next six years and
a half The Bourbonist5 take serious umbrage
at the announcement, and M. Lebrun has given
notice of an Interpolation which will be dis
cussed tomorrow. 1t remains to be seen,
however, whether all this windy disturbance
is to grind the grist of the Republic or the
Emnire
Year: 1874

Mr.. Dawes, having declared his purpose of
retiring to private life at the end of his pres
ent term, is just now the subject Of numerous
rotices of q more or less distinctly funerea
character in the Eastern newspapers. Although
he receives great deal Of faint compliment
we do not observe that his disappearance
from the public service is contemplated in
any quarter with dismay OF even tears. The
politicians are too busy disposing Of his
cast-off shoes to waste time in regrets over
his retirement; and the people at large only
nod their heads and say, "Well, Dawes was
"a pretty respectable man as men GOV and
pass on the other sde


1t is great pity. Mr. Dawes has done the
country no little service in his time, and a
State which gave Butler and ,Oakes Ames to
the House of Representatives and Richardson
to the Cabinet can survey the record of his
eighteen years in Congress with considerable
complaceDcy He did mot escape wholly un-
smirched from the scandal of the Credit Mo-
bilier, but after all he did net get himself
very dirty in that affair-came out,of it indeed
marvel of eleanness by contrast with some
of his associates. In time of general pecu-
lation he was always accounted honest. In
the day of universal extravaganza he taught
Us lessons OF thrift. The most effective re-
Dukes to the reckless expenditures of a Re-
publican Administration were made by this
leader Of the Republican majority, The most