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Year: 1878

South Carolina does not Seem TO be
very much alarmed at a solid north, but
is carried on by the same kind of blind
infatuation which led her into rebel
Ion in 1861. Almost every day new and
interesting features of "reconcilia
tiCn" now in vogue in that State, come
to light, and there is NO use disguis
ing the fact that there is a fixed deter
mination, apparently to blot out every
vestig- of Rrpublicanism from the
State either by fair means or foul, even
to the annihilaiion Of all persons who
presume to vote or act in opposition to
the red shirted bull-dozers. Even from
papers published in their own State
We learn how they have run things
with their rife clubs, tissue ballots, and
every other kind of fraud and outrage,
and now everywhere when the United
States authorities attempt to put in
force the Federal Statutes intended
to protect the purity of elections,
these very same bulldozers step
in to lock up the witnesses and if pos
sibe arrest and imprison the officers
for endeavoring to enforce the law.
This defiance Of the national authority
has not even the color Of Stat. law to
blsk it up, and yet the Democratic
State judges have decided that per-
son cannot be held to answer IN the
State for perjury committed in proceed
ings before the Federal courts. The
case of the Rev. Mr.. Pinckney is good
illustration of this manner of "giving
Radical rascals dose ofcvil process.
Mr.. Pinckney was one Of the witnesses
who evidence respecting the el-c
ti)n outrages at Kingstree. For this
he was charged with perjury and
thrown into prison; and the Charleston
Ne,os and Courier, in reporting the
arrest, remarks that the "the appear
ance of his classical facial formation
through the Jail bars will probably
act as a warning to others of his ilk
that they will no more be allowed to
swear Democrats into trouble urques
toned" OF another witness, against
whom warrant is out, the correspon.
drnce OF the same paper says: He
will yet be caught, or made to leave the
country" Similar action has been
taken in all parts of the State;and now
the red shirt Democracy are going so
far as to arrest the United States Com
missioners also, on the most frivolous
and indecent pretexts, whenever they
attempt to enforce the election laws. One
Commissioner, for instance, who was a
Judge of Probate, was attacked by a
a mob while he was taking testimony,
and obliged to fee for his life. That
was enough. The chivalry caused
him to be- sent to jail for not keeping
his o&c. open.
Year: 1878

Do NOT high salaries demoralize the
public service' If persons in the pnhic
employ were only paid such wages as
they earn, would it not put an end to
the disgraceful struggle for Office on the
part Of men who only want office be-
cause there is more pay than work.
Herald, Nov. 2o.


We say in answer to the question
propounded, most undou btedly they do
especially when single auditor is paid
a thousand dollars fof inspecting tb;
indexing of C1hrt record. We agre
heartily with the article, and are xla'
to welcome the new editor Of the Heral
to the ranks of economy and reform.
Year: 1878

The DEMOCRATIC Congressman who
have reached Washington are said to
be- unanimous against an extra session,


and all the prudent ones advise against
raising the question of the repeal of the
resumption act. They think mastery
inactivity" the wisest course, and they
are undoubtedly right in 80 thinking.
Year: 1878

The NEW EDITOR of the Herald com
menccs his editorial career by violently
assailing the postmaster at New Castle
in the interest of "Civil service re-
form" We rather suspect that the
civil service reform of the editor means
rotating the present postmaster out, and
rotating himself (the editoD in. The
salary of the postotfice would pay al
most as well as examining county in
dexes.
Year: 1878

Our full issue is not out this Christ
mas week and this supplement is pub
lished to give effect to sundry legal
notices herein published, and to circu-
late the able report of superintendent
Hail.
Year: 1878

The local paper says that Bible agent has disposed of 118 SIS Bibles to the conductors. engineers, brakemen and ether employees nf the Fitchburg road-Atifol item inthe Rebub- lican.

 We trust the local paper is misinformed and that no Bible agent is abroad preying upon the substance of men of limited income at this rate. Over $2100 spent for Bibles by 1lS men, and for big Bibles which lie on the par Tor tables, gilt bauble, unopened and unread. It used to be the fashion to establish one of these fetiches in every house. as part of the family pretensions to responsibility but we are glad to observe that this vulgar estimation of the sacred book is falling intO.decay. and we should hope that Bible agents would be instructed in accord with the improving taste of the time. The last $1S Bible which came under our notice was a Christmas present to 8 dusky washerwoman from her children, all of them working on scant wages, with only q thin skin of ice between them and poverty. That was away back in ''good times' when it was fashionable to ''sling money When we are dropping the expensive miseries of had habits, let us not forget that wise frugality I in other things is necessary to husband the | family resources and it's happiness, and that Bibles of moderate size, not too small or tol | big but about the size of a common book, are the most consistent investment for the purse and for piety. SpeingfeId Etpabhieon>
Year: 1878

performed vespers without the help of my sacristan, andit was past six o'clock when went down to the crypt to release him. He looked like man who has seen ghost and is famished besides; and, as 1 expected, his first thought was to scamper home to supper, 90 that there was no likelihood of his making any revelations to the police for another hour at least "And when he does make them, Unused l, he will go and say Casimir is to start to- morrow in the disguise of 6 peasant by the road to lKaptcha, 70 that our enemies will be hunting on the wrong track" With a chuckle over the trick had played the worthy lock- ed the church door, took the keys home, and having supped off dish of Vistulan trout, dressed myself for visit to the countess whom wished to see rather out of curiosity rather than because my visit would avail me much at this iuncture. On my way to Stan- islas PlaniwitZ's pottery: shop, 1 saw Ma cha standing in the doorway with her last born baby in her arms who olutched rose in his little fist; by which preconcerted sign. l was informed that Casimir Barins6 was safe on board of the steam-launch.

 Paulina received me very affably, although this was not g reeeption-night and she was alone in the disGhG6ilEe of whitehead cash mere peignOir. noticed there was a moist glitter in her eyes and a something subdued and yet ecstatic in her manner, which proved sufficiently that Casimir's filtration of the day before had altogether blinded her and turned her head. She looked like a woman who is in love, and whose passionate artifces are tri- umphant. Certainly at that moment she would have scorned to do an unkind thing to Ioulka ZeZioff, for it was much greater womanly 1 feat to seduce a lover from his hetrothed by the simple might of her charms, instead of hay

 ing recourse to police interference to crush hel rival. At the age of forty, so far as l have

 seen, women take an extraordinary delight ir

 winning . love battle in 2 fair fight.

 Paulina aud talked about Casimir, for his l name seemed to fly incontinently from her lips, so that she could allude to nothing else; 1 but we did not touch upon his marriage or pro ! posed departure in Paulina's company, being
Year: 1878

Duty is rot only pleasant, but cheap.


To extol ones own virtue is to make O
vice of it. ...-e .5...g gtr.r


Do not, as you hope for success, spend
time in idleness, qe ..f.aa.'


Perseverance is the best school for
every manly virtue. -r7.-


It is with life as with coffee; he who
drinks it pure must not drain it to the
dregs.


The rich are more enyied by those who
have little than by those who have
nothing. 3j'.H s' sI' -n.H7


IL you would not have person de-
ceive you, be careful not to let him know
you mistrust him. q }Ga#1t In 4.sag


The great highroad of human welfare
lies along the old highway of steadfast
well-doing, and they who are the most
persistent, and work in the truest spirit
will invariably be the most successful;
success treads on the heels of every right
effort. Hu


None of us wish to change our iden-
tity for that of another; yet we are never
satisfied with ourselves. The unknown
has always charm, and unless blinded
by miserable vanity, we know ourselves
too we'll to appreciate our special char
acteristics at very high rate. M


A man who has the elements so mixed
within him that he naturally, as one
says, borrows trouble, and crosses
bridges before he gets to them, and
permits things small or great to fret
him, is bound to worry. He may as
well attempt to alter his complexion, OF
change the thickness of his skin, as to
stop worrying. The most he can do is
to control the expression of his mental
state within himsef-and that is often
more wearing to him, however it may be
to others, than to give vent to his feel.
ings.
Year: 1878

A Nevada newspaper says that it is
but little over five years since the Big
Bonanza mine was discovered, and that,
in that time, not far from $100, 900, 900
of ore has been taken from it. The de-
velopemnt of the Big Bonanza was
gradual. No great noise attended it's
discovery, and some time had elapsed
after that event before the mine was
thought to be very rich. A few old
heads had their private opinion on the
subject, looked wise, but held their
peace, SO far as the public was concern
ed. The first miners struck small veins Of
ore, which gradually led up to the vast
treasures that have since made the name
Big Bonanza world-famous, synonym
for untold wealth, or rare good fortune
of any kind. II the Big Bonanza had
had very little in it; its opening would
have been heralded far and wide; an
office would have been opened in Pine
street, and particular friends would have
been taken in Tin double sense) on the
ground floor. Mines seem to be like
streams. Those are deepest are quietest.
It is the shallow ones alone which make
80 much noise.
Year: 1878

New School HOUSE. Everybody is
Interested IN educational matters and the
building of a new School Housein Weav-
ervile is a popular move. 1t is hoped
that a general turn out Of citizens and Il
full expression o:opinion will be had ne It
Sunday afternoon at the meeting called
At the Court House. The question of To-
caity is one of much importance and
should not be decided hastily. Let our
people visit the various accessible places
suggested and see for themselves the ad /.
vantages claimed for each, SO they may
act understandingly. There is now over
$4,000 in the fund of this District which
can be used for building purposes and it
should be SO applied and the new School
House erected this Summer. While that
amount is not sufficient to complete such
a buildngss is desired it will make a
good start, and ways should be devised
for raising more. A commodious, COM
Portable and reasonably ornamental build
ing Is what is needed. Let all citizens
be present next Sunday afternoon at 2
O'Clock and talk the matter over. 1t is
bJtter to have I" say" " on the start than
to force the whole matter into the hands
of the Trustees and then stand back and
"growl when it is too late. The Trus-
tees have asked for this meeting and it
should be fully attended.
Year: 1878

OUR PREMIUM Chromos are too
common and there is great swinding in
gold watches, diamond jewelry and
Grand Pianos. To Journal subscribers
we desire to give none but genuine pre-
miums and perfectly regard less of expen-
ses We make the following brilliant and
tempting offer to all To the man WON.
an or child who will send us Fire Dollars
in gold, silver or currency, by Money
Order, Draft or Registered Letter, we
will mail the WEEKLY TRINITY JOURNAL
regularly for One Year, postage prepaid,
(as compelled by the p. O. DEPARTMENT.
to any address. In addition to our paper,
every number of which is worth more
than the yearly subscription price, we
will furnish each paying subscriber with
an elegant sample of Job Printing, Sax
~ inches in size, on tinted paper, rep
resenting u Subscription Receipt and
showing the date to which payment has
been made as well as containing the
Publishers genuine and handsome auto
graph signature. In order to secure
prompt delivery of this Choice, Artistic.
Elegant and Ornamental Premium, the
CASH must accompany each order. As
the supply of these Premiums is unlimit-
ed, it will be necessary to apply at once
in order to secure one. Don't delay.
Year: 1878

FRANK MARTIN writes us from the
South Fork of Trinity that the promise
of a prosperous year was never better in
that section. Feed is as good now as is
usual in May, and live stock was never in
finer condition. The miners are happy
ovsr~an abundance of water, and pros
pect OF plenty Throughout the season. He
SAYS that Lower Trinity and Willow
Creek can boast as earnest community
of miners as any locality in Northern
California West Coast Signal.
Year: 1878

WAR Last Monday morning one of
tho Cinnamon work ing in John w. Ma
hans claim got to talking back to Bat
Ford and getting excited informed Bat
that "mo no faidee you; you llzee fight,
all rightee," emphasizing his speech with
such expressions as "A white man wont
take quietly even from his own race,
much less a Chinaman. Whereupon
Bat hit the Gilman an "bat" over the
head with shovel virtually "laying him
out" 1t was thought for time that the
Chinaman would not recover, but we
have learned since then that he will pro-
badly live to learn better than to "taIk
back" in the strain which he did on the
occasion referred to. The other Chinese
IN the claim eight or ten in number
becoming incensed at the course taken
with their cOuntryman "went for" Ford
and HannS and run them out of the claim
with picks and shovels, following them ia
Mahan's cabin and only stopping when
the latter gentleman faced them with a
double -barreled shotgun. Whites and
Chinese don't agree well in the same
claim and it is poor policy to employ
them together.
Year: 1878

ALL Fools DAY passed away in the
usual quiet and orderly manner for which
our citizens are renowned. There are some
people who think calling man into the
street at daylight in the morning to see
an imaginary eclipse is particularly
smart transaction. The man who SO
carefully adjusted his spectacles for that
nurpose don't think so.
Year: 1878

SOCIAL DAECE.-Professor Young,
whose arrival we noticed last week, pro-
poses giving our people an opportunity
for social enjoyment in the way of dance
at the Theater, Saturday evening. Young
is a good musician and caller, and if the
folks will turn out they can spend very
pleasant evening.
Year: 1878

GOLD DUST is already beginning to
flow into Weavervile and money is more
plenty than few months ago. We pre-
dict a continuous stream of tho precious
metal for the next four or FIVE mon tbs,
Let her come.
Year: 1878

LABoRERs SoARoE.-Mners desiring
to employ men at this time have great
difficulty in securing them. The fact is
there are no men here who will work that
are out Unemployment. Work is plenty,
wages good and men scarce.
Year: 1878

RADIX," in one of his recent New
York letters, makes good point apropos OF
life insurance investigations and troubles
generally, by calling attention to the fallacy
of Judging of the reliability of companies
according to their bulk. Many such 1nsti
tutions seek to dazzle the public eye by
printing their large gross assets in the heav.
lest type, and by laying great stress upon
the nominal millions under their control to
win confidence and prevent any close anal
ysis of the whole statement. He points out
the plain, but often-forgotten fact, that even
conceding the equally good quality of the as
sets of two companies, it is not necessarily the
one with the most millions which is safest for
the policy holder, but the one whose net
eurplus bears the largest ratio to its whole
property. Judged by this sound and search.
ing principle, "Radix" finds the IEtna Life
Insurance Company, of Hartford, to be one
of the strongest, if not the very strongest,
institution of the kind in the country. With
a little over twenty-four millions of assets
it has about four and quarter millions Of
clear surplus. The special commission ap-
pointed by the Legislature of Connecticut a
year ago, to investigate all the life insurance
companies of that State, say of the Etna
that it is not only solvent, but financially
sound, and under the management of off.
GERS and dieectors of large experience,
sound Judgment, and unblemished charac
ter, and entitled to the entire confidence of
policy holders and the public" Taking the
above facts and this official Endorsement to-
gether, it is evident that this writer's esti>
mate of the Ktna is one that can be every
where safely indersed.
Year: 1878

Seventy or eighty papers have come to
hand this week, inquiring in pathetic
voice who it is that loses the eight cents
when laboring man takes ninety-two-
cent silver piece for dollar. Now, this
is the very thing that has puzzled U.S.
If carpenter receives from the govern
ment ninety.twe.cent silver piece for
dollar and passes it upon his butcher for
dollar, and the butcher passes it upon
the shoemaker for dollar, and the shoe
maker passes it upon his landlord for a
dollar, and the landlord passes it for
dollar upon the state for taxes, and the
state passes it for a dollar upon a mason
for work on the new state-house, and the
mason passes it for dollar to merchant
for silk dress for his wife, and the mer-
chant passes it for dollar to the custom
house officer for import duties, and the
United States treasurer passes it as dol
lar to soldier, and the soldier passes it SIS
dollar to the same carpenter herein.
before previously mentioned, we are
unable to see who has lost the Gig hit cents.
Happy thought-perhaps the loss fell on
some man who did not get it! Seriously,
the same man who lost the eight cents
loses sixteen cents every time he
takes four silver quarters, that have only
eighty-four cents worth Of silver in them.
But, even then, the five-cent nickles
puzzle us. In dollars worth of these
there is only nineteen cents worth of
metal. Now will some of the editors
who Lie awake at nights to figure such
things out please to inform us who it is
that loses the eighty-one cents every
time dollars worth of nickles is passed
Who loses four cents every time FIVE
cent piece is paid for a glass Of lager or
. car ride? The little copper cents are
even greater robbery. We have not
the heart to 90 into calculation as to
how many million dollars are wrung from
the horny-handed bondholder every day
IN the passage Of this debased cent, but
1t is inconceivable how an opponent Of
the Bland. bill can pass one OF these
fraudulent tokens--even at a distance,
without blushing for the perfdy of his
race New York Graphic.
Year: 1878




At late meeting of farmers club in
New York state, member said: "One
difficulty with most of us is that we
allow our clover fields to run too long
before we plow them up. Now, were I
to suggest method, I would say NOW
the clover early the first year, and cut a
crop of seed, and NOW again early the
next season. let the second crop of clover
grow until the first of August, then turn
it under as perfectly as possible. Roll
it, harrow and cultivate it thoroughly
and SOW it with wheat, and my opinion
is that it will do better than summer
fallow. My reason is, the soil is much
lighter. By the decay of the clover
roots wheat gets good start in the fall,
and when summer comes and the dry
weather we generally have just before
wheat fills the roots get down to the
moist decsyed clover, turned under and
the heads fill out beautifully, and the
wheat will be very heavy. If you wish
to plant with corn there is no better field
for that purpose than good clover sod
turned under. Follow your corn with
barley, then with wheat and seed with
clover. Try this method with one field
and another with timothy; give each
field the same quantity of fertilizers for
ten years and gee which field will be in
the best condition. With such rota-
ton OF crops our land will improve with
8 crop every year, instead of losing one
year in four or five for fallowing.-[T B.
Miner.
Year: 1878




A correspondent gives the following
timely suggestions and information in
regard to subject that receives too
little attention in most districts:


The surface of a road is not to be
regarded as an arch to sustain the weight
of the vehicles passing over it, but as a
roof to protect the material beneath.
The road bed should be thoroughly
drained, else the road can never be good
A loose sandy road will be improved by a
coat of six inches of clay; this may be
placed on one.half of the road, leaving
the other half for summer gravel. In like
manner a coat of six inches of sand on
clay road will be material improvement.
The surface of road should slope six
inches in ten feet from the center line.
The lines of slope should be straight
not curved. The plow and scraper should
never be used on roads; their work is
great in quantity, but wretchedly poor
in quality. The pillow breaks up the sur.
face, which by use has become hard and
passably smooth, and the scraper brings
in from the sides alluvial soil and matter
liable to decay. All holes or depressions
should be at once filled up; the neglect
of this is the great fault in our system of
road repairing. A little work is done once
a wear and the rest of the time the road
is left to take care of itself Holes should
not be filed with alluvial matter or turf
which, though at first deceptibly tough,
soon disintegrates, and forms the worst
sort of mud. Nor should they be filled
with stone, which does not wear evenly
with the rest of the road, but leaves it in
bumps and ridges.
Year: 1878

No MAN in his senses should buy
worthless horse and cattle powders, simply
because it is put up in large packages. Sher
idan's Cavalry Condition Powders are put up
in small packages but are absolutely pure
and are immensely valuable.
Year: 1878

better than to raise the Berkshire and
Poland China. The Essex is good hog
and from what we have read of the
Jersey-Reds we believe they are also a
fine hog, especially so for those who wish
to raise large animals; but we have no
personal experience as to them, and
therefore speak only from information.
We know, however, that the other three
kinds make fine crosses on our common
4o,1
Year: 1878

To THOSE who suffer from dyspepsia,
life frequently becomes a burden and ends
in suicide let them try HOME STOMACH
BITTERs and life will become a joy. Pre-
pared by the Home Bitters Company, St..
Louis, Mo,
Year: 1878

The best possible thing for man to
Go when he feels too weak to carry his
work through, is to go to bed and sleep
week if he can. This is the only true
recuperstion Of power, the only actual
recuperation Of the brain force. Because,
during sleep the bgaIn is in state of
rest, and in a condition TO receive and
appropriate particles OF uutriment from
the blood, which take the place OF those
| which have been consumed 10 previous
labor, since the very act OF thinking con-
sumes. burns up solid particles, as every
turn of the wheel or screw of the splen-
did steamer is the result Of consumption
by fire Of the fuel in the furnace. The
supply OF consumed brain substance can
only be had from the nutritive particles
| in the blood, which were obtained from
the food previously eaten, and the brain
is so constituted that il can best receive
aud appropriate to itself those nutritive
particles during state OF rest, OF qniet
and stiffness in sleep. Mere stimulanls
supply nothing in themselves; they only
goad the brain, force il to greater con-
sumption ol its substance. until that sub
stance hes been so exhausted THAI ;hero
is moi power enough left to receive e
supply, just as men are SO near death By
thirst and starvation that there is not
power enough 10 swallow any thing, and
all is over.-Watchnlan.