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Year: 1877

Billy Dawson, the celebrated York.
shire farmer, once appealed to drunk
ard in the following language "Sup'
pose yourself to be q servant, and youl
master were to come in the morning and
order you to make a strong chain on
the following morning he came again,
and urged you to get on with it +; and
thus, day by day, you were ordered by
your master to do the same job. Sup
pose again, that while you were work
ing, person came in and asked if you
knew what it was for and that you
answered in the negative, adding that
you did not care 80 long as you got your
wages. But this person tells you that
he knows it to be fact, that it is your
masters intention to bind you with it
in perpetual bondage would you, 1 ask,
add another link to it?"


The man answered, "No; and all the
money in the world would uot hire me
to do it."


Mr.. Dawson then told him that the
habits of drunkenness are Satan's chain,
in which he keeps poor sinners in per-
petual bondage, and that when they
have added the last link, he chains them
in his dominions forever. These words
80 impressed the mind of the man, that
his conscience continued to remind him,
IT am making another link for my
chain |" until he relinquished his wicked
course of life.
Year: 1877

We should esteem virtue, though in q
foe; and abhor vice, though in friend.
He who has guineas for his subiects,
is, unfortunately, the king Of most man.
Moderation is the silken string run
ming through the pearl chain of yir-
tues. ...- N


Though charity may make your purse
lighter oneday, yetit will make it heayies
another.


A man may start at impending danger
or vince at the sensation Of pain md
yet he may be true philosopher and
not be afraid of death. ~
A passionate man should be regarded
with the same caution as loaded
blunderbuss, which may Unexpectedly
go off and do us an injury. -
To enjoy life, you should be q little
miserable occasionally. Trouble, like
cayenne, is not very agreeable in itself,
but it gives great zest to other things.
Every man, in his more serious mo-
ments, must confess that he has done
few things in the course of his life he
would not wish undone; and experience
must have shown him that the things he
most feared would have been better than
those he most feared for.


The reason why there are so few IN
stances of heroism in modern times is the
total decay of political virtue; We are
broken up into small parties, and as
sociate only with our families, thus for
getting the public; in our regard for
private interest. The ancients were
taught rather to live for the benefit OF
the whole community.
Year: 1877

It may be very good thing for boy
to have great deal of native talent, to
he noted among his acquaintances rs "'i
very smart boy-one who is sure to
make his mark in the world" But it Is
still a very dangerous thing. 1t is 4
little curious we seldom hear of those
remarkable boys in after life. They
generally sink into very common people
at the very best oftener they are spoil
ed byinjudicious fattery in after life.


No bog, however talented, will ever
accomplish much whose working power
is not well trained. In whatever Line
that work may be, he must apply him.
self to it with an intense pUrposc-a
tireless industry. .


Sir Robert Peel was not a boy OF
brilliant talents, and he doubtless owe
his greatness more to his fathers early
training than anything else. He was
early drilled in the art of extempora-
neous speaking and when he went to the
parish church at Drayton he was called
upon, ON his return, to repeat all ne
could remember of the sermon. At first
this was very little, put by steady per-


severance he at last came to repeat
nearly the whole sermon every Sabbath.


No doubt those who listened to his
burning words in the halls Of parlia-
ment, and were astonished at kiI
wonderful memory in recalling point
after point used by his opponents, cons:l-
cred this 9 remarkable gift of nature. IS
Year: 1877

When Governor Gerry managed Mas
sachusetts, country deacon happened to
catch q fine salmon, and knowing that
the governor had particular liking for
that sort of fish, he determined to pre-
sent it to him. So the salmon was care
fully packed, and the deacon, in the
absence of railroads, started in his wagon
for Boston. On the journey he stopped
to dine, and telling at the table his er-
rand in regard to the fish, practical
Joker present could not resist the tempta-
ton of slipping out to the wagon and
changing the salmon for poor Goldfish.
The unconscious deacon went on to the
governors house, and after announcing
his gift, the two worthless opened the box
and discovered the favorous Goldfish.
Mortified, the poor deacon started for
home with his Goldfish, and stopping for
lunch at his dining place, the wag
secretly removed the codfsA and replaced
the salmon. When he reached home,
the deacon mournfully told the story to
an incredulous wife, who had herself
packed the salmon ; they opened the box
together. The deacon stared. "Well,
you are pretty good salmon when you
are in the country" said he; "but when
you are in Boston you are miserable
Goldfish"
Year: 1877

During a recent violent storm a gen.
tleman living in North East, Nd, was
returning to that town from Philadel-
phia by the midnight train. On stepping
from the cars to the platform, he dis
covered that the planks were covered
with q white substance resembling salt.
The next morning, after opening his
store, he went up stairs to see what
damage, if any, the storm had done.
Around the doors and windows he dis.
covered q substance similar to what he
had noticed the night before. Having
his curiosity considerably aroused, he
concluded to examine into the matter,
80 he tasted the substance and found to
his astonishment that it was genuine
coarse salt. The circumstance was re-
lated to another gentleman living near
by, and he Immediately recalled the fact
of q pen Of his having been out in the
rain on the same night, and, having put
the pen to his mouth before using it, he
noticed o briny taste about it.
Year: 1877

Reader, did you ever pause and con-


emplate that particular and peculiar
phase of human nature developed by
the existent school boy when released
from study and disciplne-when
"school is out" and he is on his way
home?


Ordinary humanity, when released
from the tolls of the day, is prone to
seek rest and relaxation. The boy
scorns all such eAeminate ideas. He is
composed of but three parts-legs,
arms and yell, and the yell is the
biggest part of him. His legs and arms
have been kept in irksome compulsory
quietude all day, and must now be e1er-
cised. His voice has been seething and
swelling in him for hours, and now must
have vent.


AS soon as he is clear Of the school
house steps he stops and deliberately
yells yell that is ear-spitting, but
which has no more object, meaning or
direction than the midnight vociferation
of mule. and yet it appears at a full
run with his arms flying about like the
scintillations of a pin-wheel: he is no
respecter of persons and is utterly indif-
ferent as to whether he runs down q
smaller boy, spins an aged citizen three
times around or mashes q girls hat over
her eyes in his headlong career.


Nervous ladies hug the sides of the
houses as he rushes by in drove like q
whirlwind ano screams like q steam
whistle.


"Mercy on us If that boy was only
mine I'd" but just then her own boy
flies past, falls over O dry goods box,
bounces up, kicks at another boy, and
is chased across the street and around
the corner before she can get the "You
Robert p with which she intends to
annihilate him, ont of her astonished
throat.


There is but one thing that has the
slightest soothing effect on the boy when
he is on his way home from school. He
can see his old man further than Prof.
Hall can see haystack with telescope,
and the moment that parent dawns upon
his vision he becomes as proper as q
model letter writer, and the neatly modu-
lated voice with which he wheedles the
author of his being out of five cents on
the spot, is a lesson for future ambitious
savings banks and passenger railway
presidents.


The amount of racing, jumping, pull
ing, and hauling and bowling that o
school-boy can concentrate into transit
of two squares is positively astonishing,
and the preternatural GOODNESS and
quietude with which he takes his red
face and painting breath into the kitchen
and asks if supper amt most ready is
q human conundrum that calls for un-
qualified admiration. - Easton Free
P'esS.
Year: 1877

In church and IN state,


It is rule or be ruled
In courtship or marriage,
It is fool or be fooled;
In logic and law,


It is nick or be nicked;
In gambling and trade,


It is trick or be tricked
In treaty and war,


It is best or be beaten ;
In the struggle for life,


It is eat or be eaten.
Year: 1877

southeast the hounds doubled, and, having run back
some thrcequartcrs OF mile, lost the scent and thus
our run was finished Twas pretty piece OF country
and gave scope for some nice riding which iarly
improved by tho majority OF those who attended tho
hunt.


HoMgwARD BOUND.


After the dogs had been called together turned
in the direction of ncghboring farmhouse, In pond
In the yard attached to which the hounds had good
bath. While here somo OF tho stragglcrs came up,
and there was some comparing OF notes and general
"bnzz'' about the run. All agreed that u was a
good one, and that tho hunt fairly put under
way. II Was hero that heard OF the death Of
poor Jack Horner. After had left Mr. Blasson
no put the spur to Jack, ana finding response
icursd something must be wrong He had boon walking
him little and thought TO sot of en- quiet cantor
again. Now, however, nc dsmountcd, and had
sooner done SO than Jack foil over, rolled bnck and
forth once or twice and died IN ''harness" Alter
brief breathing spell at the iarm house walked back
TO the kennel and thence homeward.


COURSE.


map Of the course which tho hounds are to
hunt this season IS given on this page On this Ia
traced the route pursued yesterday. The was
about miles, and dono OF Atty minutes
by few OF tho foremost, who covered nearly forty
Year: 1877

Besides the above, there are on the dump at the mine some 2,4O0 tons of |" waste," too poor to ship, but assaying from $50 to s4O0 per ton. which will be worked with profit when the Company erects its mills, and which should be placed to the credit of the mine.

 AS the reader can readily be- lieve, ore must be very rich that will pay to ship that long distance.
Year: 1877

TIE WHEELER EXPEDITIoN.-Lieuten Wheeler of the Wheeler exploration and sur veying expedition was in town yesterday He leaves tn-Gight for Ogden, to join de- tachment of his command, now engaged in running base lines near that place. His command is divided into small parties, which are at work in the various sections of the country assigned them.

 One detachment is in Idaho, and must now be nearing the region in which the Nez Perces are on the war path. Lieutenant Wheeler feels somewhat uneasy about this party. Being at work out in the wilder ness. where little news from the outside world is likely to reach them, they may run base line into the very midst of the camp of the hostile redskins.

 The surveys of Lake Tahoe and the cir cumjacent country are completed, and naps of the same are being prepared at the Washington office. These maps will be the finest ever made in the United States, and in accuracy and beauty will equal the best Swiss maps of the Alpine regions.

 Much work will yet be done by wheeler's command before the summer is over; all good anu useful work, too.-lTerritorial Enterprise, June %.
Year: 1877

No CATHOLIC NEED APPLY.-If all
the contemplate litlleness, developed in
the opposition to The HERALD--that OF
one of our evening contemporaries, is the
meanest. A gentleman connected with an
exhibition to be given in this city shortly,
was giving an advertisement to one Of the
Wilmington dailies, when The HERALD
was mentioned. Our neighbor said-you
will not surely give the advertisement to
THE HERALD? its owners are Catholics.
The gentleman answered. expect 10 get
Catholic money as well as Protestant.
We ask the fair high-minded portion Of
the Protestant people what they think Of
such warfare. Catholic citizens will no
tice the means used to injure us by some
one of the evening papers. We can easily
guess which Of them as we know posi-
lively it was not the "Gazettc."
Year: 1877

1t is the nature of some people to
gnsh. Heaven endowed them with
a large emotional apparatus. They
have warm affections, grow excited
over trifes, embrace you with fer
vency, pledge eternal friendship,
and mean, for the time being, all
their VOWS of constancy. Doubt
less they fill a necessary place in
the world, serving to give warmth
and color to those aspects in social
life that would otherwise seem cold
and bare. They generally belong,
however, to that class of people who
experience considerable variations
of temperament. They have their
high days and low ones, their moods
of exaltation and depression. They
are in glaring contrast to the cold
and equable people, those variable
compounds who are never put out,
never enthusiastic, never Hurried,
never goaded into delicious indis-
cretions. These are the kind Of
people who are apt to make life a
success. Their temperamental cool
ness enables them to organize leis-


urely, without being perturbed by


the hutter Of emotion. They sit


still and calculate while the rest OF


the world is scorched with fever


heat or writhes like snake in


the flames. 1t is the cold people


who keep their heads above water


while their neighbors drown, and


who put snug little sums of money


in the bank while their friends are


starving.


1t may be answered, that coli
people excite esteem, but not love
That is nothing against them. L
is often very comfortable not to b
loved. This love is frequently al
agony. At the very least, to b
loved by some one whose passion
J you cannot return, is an annoy
: ance You feel that you are doini
J them an injury, while at the sam,
time you are quite conscious tina


you are not. You experience al
. inconsistent remorse for an impos
r sible crime. That is, provided yor
J. are not a cold person yourself. On
) Of the beauties Of being cold
9 that, while you are totally inditfel
D ept as to whether you excite affeC
E ton or not, you may be aware Q
/, having done so in 8 few exceptions
e cases, and yet remain wholly irFl
{ sponsiys and wholly unconcerne


about their irFespsnsiyeness,
Year: 1877

you are cold person, with a good
digestion, you are on the high road
to happiness, for you will be free
from two of the principal causes of
suffering in this world-namely,
dyspepsia and over-sympathy with
others. You will have none Of
those momentary and ecstatic
thrills which flash through the
emotional nature. But you will 60
through life with a nice, comfort
able torpidity of soul, for which you
ought to thank mother nature.
Year: 1877

The Chinese gardens, in the canyon,
are in high state of cultivation.


Linen busters and straw hats have
commenced to pay their annual visit.


Two gentlemen of Portland recently
walked from Albany to Portland, a
distance of 72 miles, in 20 hours.


The streets in this city usually in
habited by Cinnamon, wear deserted
appearance since work began at the
fisheries.


Now that gold is so scarce here every
body will be interested to know that
silver jewelry is the most fashionable
at present.


Frank, eldest son of Prof McGibeny
met with terrible accident at Susan,
Cal. recently. A team rap away
with the family and Frank had his
right arm broken in two places, his leg
badly mangled, and otherwise injured.
His arm had to be amputated near the
shoulder.


A boy, the son of brick mason, in
order to get away from his brutal father
jumped into the river, the other day,
and was almost drowned before he
could be rescued. His clothes and shoes
were too heavy for him to swim with,
and the bystanders were horrifed to
see that he was giving out and unable
to keep afioat. His father, seeing his
sons danger, extended towards him
long oar, but the boy, seemingly deter
mined to die rather than avail himself of
the means of escape thus afforded, shook
his head and refused to grasp it. He
continued to struggle bravely every Sec
ond growing weaker, until he at last sank
from sight. The father, by this time,
had procured skiff, and in perfect
agony of suspense, reached the place
where his boy had disappeared just in
time to grasp him by the collar as he
rose to the surface after his second dis
appearance. The lad was taken ashore
in an insensible condition, but was re-
suscitated with considerable trouble.
The boys fear may be imagined when
he braved almost certain death rather
than bear the anger of his stern parent.
Year: 1877

And in accordance with law and order Of the Board OF
Trustees made and entered the l4th day of August A
D. 1877 many of such designated shares of stock be-
longing and standing in the of the shareholders
aforesaid as shall and will be necessary py the


en upon all shares held and owned by such shareholders
standing in their upon the books Of the company
will be sold at public auction at the office OF said company
in the Office of TrenmOr Coffin In Carson City, Nevada on
Year: 1877

The proportion of salt in the ocean 10
generally about three or four per cent,
though it varies in different seas and in
the same sea at different seasons and at
various depths. The Atlantic Ocean is
mere saline than the Pacific; the Antarc-
tic than the Arctic. The safest part of
the Pacific is in latitude 22o N and ITO
S. of the Equator. The least saline water
is in the Polar Seas, where the melting Of
the Polar ice freshens the water. Tho
surface is often less salt than the deeper
parts of the sea, owing to the flowing
into the ocean of large quantities Of fresh
water from rivers. Deep seas are gener-
ally more saline than those that are shall
low, and inland seas than the ocean, but
this depends on the proportion that tho
river water. flowing into the sea, bears T.
the evaporation from Its surface, and also
partly to the influx Of salt water. Tbs
Mediterranean, for example, in its deeper
parts is much more sal; than the open sea,
but the Baltic much less 80.
Year: 1877

Houdin. the conjurer, used to tell IF 9
Count de Tolrlni, who. being redue ed tc
poverty, took to the display of his skill
as conjurOr for the means OF Lying. He,
too, used to do the William Tell trick, and
place the apple on the head of his son, OF
whom he was devotedly fond. On one
occasion, when continued success and a
crowded audience had raised his spirits to
the highest state of pleasurcable excite.
ment, he placed the apple on his dear
boys head, aimed and fired. TO his as
the boy fell fiat upon his
face on the stage. At first he smiled, and
then his face grew white with terrible
tear. He raised his son. The boy was
dead. 1t must have been an awful scene
to witness. Frantic with horror he dc.
nounced himself as murderer and de-
justice On the slayer of his SON
himself. He afterwards confessed that
he exhibition had been no fair feat of
skill. but a mere cOnjuring trick. The
ramrod removed the bullet-as he thought
with unerring certainty, but in this case
It had failed to do so, and his son g life
had been sacrificed in consequence.


TO do business a man must have dollars
lnu ncllae
Year: 1877

Placing a small roll Of muslin or paper
above the front teeth, under the upper
lip, and pressi 6 hard on the same, will
arrest bleeding of the nose. 1t is some
times cured by spong g,ng the forehead and
face with icc-water. Raising bo:h arms
above the head and keeping them there
for minute or SO will often have the
desired affect.
Year: 1877

A case Of severe burning of the hand,
the surface being almost cooked, was
treated by covering the hand with white
lead ground in oil, which had the effect
of relieving the excruciatng pain in five
minutes time. The applications were
charged as soon as they became dry. On
the fourth day. the surface commencing
to slough, poultice of linseed meal and
pulverized charcoal was applied warm
three times daily for three days. A linen
rag. creased, was next used, and the
hand healed rapidly without leaving q
Scor
Year: 1877

AS soon as fclon is discovered take
spirits OF turpentine in cup, dip the
finger in it, and then hold the hand near
a hot fire till dry, then dip it in again, and
repeat for fifteen minutes, or till the pain
ceases. The next day, with sharp knife
pare off the skin, and you will find some
thing like honey comb filled with clear
water; open the cell and the felon is gone.
Year: 1877

Cleanse the ear out thoroughly by


means Of a pledget of lint or cotton and
warm water; afterw.rd soak a piece of
cotton in some glycerine, which insert III
the ear. After one or two applications
the hearing will be restored.
Year: 1877

TO obtain good nights sleep, sponge
the entire length Of the spine in hot
water for ten or fifteen minutes; this viii
reduce the circulation, quiet the nervous
system, and induce sleep better than any
drug.
Year: 1877

The government has derived great benefit
from it in the progress thus far made in re-
funding the public debt at low rates of inter
est An adherence to the wise and just policy
of an exact observance of the public faith
will enable the government rapidly to reduce
the burden of interest ON the national debt to
an amount not exceeding twenty million dol.
lars per annum, and affect an aggregate
saving to the United States of more
than three hundred million dollars be-
fore the bonds can be fully paid. In
Year: 1877

its readers thus


Our citizens we're compelled to
witness the disgusting spectacle of
dragging drunken mon TIN ough our
streets to the calibooae twice during
the past week. The question very
naturally arises whether the saloon
keeper who received the money for
the whisky which made these men
drunk, and which should have gone
to buy bread for their families, was
not as guilty and nerited the same
punishnent meted out so promptly
TO his victims"
Year: 1877

AT Avoca, Charles wilkins, teach
er Of the public schools there, while
walking down street with friend
was approached by George Carver,
with shot gun in his hand, who
told wilkins friend to step aside as
he intended to shoot Wilkins. The
friend obeyed the order, and Carver
raised the gun to his face and fired
Wilkins dropping to the ground,
however, in time to escape injury.
The friends Of both parties rushed
in and secured Carver before he
could fire the second barrel He
was placed in the calaboosc, but
cut hole through the roof and es-
capped, and no trace can be had Of
him. The cause Of the shooting was
because wilkins had severely pun
ished daughter Of Carver, a beau
tiful young girl If years old. The
citizens while freely condemning
Carver for attempting to take the
life Of wilkins, censure the latter
for his harsh treatment of his schol-
Year: 1877

EoR six weeks past the editor of
this paper has been, and for that
length Of time to come will be unable
to give but very little attention
thereto. Indulgence of readers is
asked for the past, and a hope en-.
tertained that for the future ar
rangemcnts will soon be perfected
to insure better editorial work than
the TRIBUNE has exhibited for some
time.
Year: 1877

TIE bell ringers who gave two
entertainments in the new City Hall
last week proved to be what they
claimed for MISUNDERSTANDING"
A few of their jokes were quite fit
ting to the occasion, but the manner
in which scmo OF our respectable
citizens were spoken of by "Billy
Barlow justifies the assertion as to
til" originality otwhat! their black
guarding and slutring ability. Oh,
for Peak where Smith stands
Year: 1877

SOME two weeks ago sidewalk
notice blanks were ordered printed
by the new Mayor, which were to
be filed out and presented to parties
whose walks were i'll bad condition,
requesting them to attend at once
to the safety and comfort of pedes-
trians. Already the effect is OBJ
servable in places, but still there are
many mere needing attention, and
it Is hoped that the time is not
distant when all walks will reflect
credit upon every property owner.