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Year: 1878

to protect them against whatever foes may
come, as the men of rs did from George Ill


and the men Of 1860 from the madness of the
South. We do not believe that thisspirit is
less ready now than it has been hitherto, or
that it is likely to be less intelligent in its
perception of danger. Apparently our next
danger is to come in the name of an agita-
tion for social as well as political equality
in the name of demand that the freedom
by which the people have grown great, and
which they hold as their one inestimable
treasure, shall be set aside in order that the
notion of a community of goods may be
tried. 1t is an insidious danger
that assumes the form of philan-
thropy and presents itself to the
people as contrivance to make them
happy. But dead level of social equality
and a central despotism in authority are
inseparable facts and the instinct of the
people will teach them this, and will inn
pei them to defend themselves as resolutely
from danger in disguise as they have
hitherto done from open enemies.
Year: 1878

TIE Doc CATCHING BUSINESS is SO dull that
It is feared the bankruptcy lists will be largely
increased before the season is over. The ranks
of dogdom have become fearfulfy decmated
that in the hope of rcviving trade the jealous
and indefatigable gentlemen engaged in the
business are casting covetous eyes on the rich
pastures of the Jerseys and Long Island.
Year: 1878

The ALDERxANIc COMMITTEE engaged in the
pursuit of fraud in the civil courts hnd o very
interesting witness before them yesterday.
This gentleman had acted for some time in the
capacity OF disposscss clerk in Judge Dinkels
court. His qualifications for the position may be
ndgcd from the fact that he can read and write
little and that he has obtained a finished legal
education from the study of the revenue regula-
tions on cigar wrappers The legal standard of
Judge Dinkels court is evidently high.
Year: 1878




number Of physicians and surgeons,
some of whom are capable enough men rs
ordinary practitioners or in surgery, have
published startling paper or protest., as
they call it, setting forth the evils which In
their judgment will result from the noise
occasioned by the passage of trains on the
Metropolitan Elevated Railway. These gen.
tlemen declare that, in their deliberate
professional judgment" the continuous din
will prevent the healthy development of the
growing brain of childhood and rapidly
waste the faculties of mature life.
According to them the unfortunate
beings who live along the line
OF the railway will be subject to
perverted mental and moral action. cere-
bral exhaustion, insomnia, hysteria chorea,
mania, paralysis, meningitis and decay OF
nutrition, unless they find relief in deaf
ness, dementia or DEATH In the cases OF
those who are temporarily brought within
the influence Of this terrible engine Of
destruction the NECESSITY of speaking in an
overload voice to drown the clatter of the
ever passing trains and the strain
on the function of respiration due
to the smoke and coal gas will pro
duce laryngeal catarrh, bronchitis, en-
physema and pulmonary hemorrhage,
with pulmonary consumption in the back
ground This catalogue of diseases to be
produced by rapid transit is a fearful one,
and yet it can scarcely be pronounced COM
plete. Tanners Index" would have fur
nished the authors of the protest With the
names of twenty times as many maladies
equally startling and incomprehensible to
the non professional Enough have been
enumerated, however. to horrify the public
mind, and when the learned doctors assure
us that in addition to these evils of rapid
transit we may look for an indefinite num-
Der of surgical injuries, and need not be
surprised at O confagration SURPRISING
those of Chicago and Boston, we begin to
see that, like the student Frankenstein, we
have galvanized into life monster that
will spread devastation and misery oil
around and be curse to its creators


The protest is, in truth, extravagant
enough in it's assertions to warrant the sus.
picion that it bears about it the aroma Of
horse railroads or of Sixth avenue real
estate speculations. According to these
medical alarmists there never has been such
o monster in the world as this Metropolitan
Elevated Railway, which people have been
foolish enough to regard as a pleasant
means of travel and great blessing to
the city. We may, however, find some
consolation in the belief that as the
Sixth Avenue Railroad special diseases are
to be so numerous and so fatal they
will fully supply the bills Of mortality, and
that henceforth such minor causes Of death
as cholera, diphtheria, malaria, policemen's
clubs, smallpox, revolvers, scarlet fever.
bowie knives, typhoid and pneumonia
will be unknown. 1t is remarkable, how
ever, that the earliest instance Of brain dis
ease developed by the running of the
Metropolitan Elevated Railroad should be
that of the doctors who have signed this re-
markable medical aud surgical protest.
Year: 1878

II EAST ST. LOUIS were Oh the frontier of civil
ization the action OF its Coroner in sulnmoning
his jury entirely from of the factions which
have violated the law and then conducting the
inquest in secret would not be very surprising
but it is certainly remarkable performance
in that latitude at this date in the century. 1t
is what is called wild Western justice.
Year: 1878

they come to improve on the Creators work.
While we deprecate any unreasonable zeal
on Mr.. Bergh's part that may lead him into
ridiculous antagonism with the great ma
jority of his fellow citizens, we cannot but
admire the generous impulses that govern
many of his acts in defence OF our dumb
servants.
Year: 1878

MONMOUTH PARK presents a first class racing
bill to-day, and the management of the course
thus far gives the assurance that it will be fully
carried out. The other great event on the track
will be the race between Ten Brock and Molle
Mccarthy, at Lexington.
Year: 1878

TUE press begins to reflect the SEN
timents of delegates to the State con-
vention as to the holding of another
convention in Austin. The delegates
were necessarily annoyed by attaches
of the government who were in the
opera house and on the streets, ever
button-holing them in the interest Of
Hubbard. This feature of the case
should serve as civil service reform
text in the future.
Year: 1878

THE newspapers say that the chief
wants of Austin is enterprise. The
capital and resources of the place
are as infinite as the want of wisdom
and public spirit of its property-hold-
ers. The city, We are told, is only un-
fortunate in having such a population,
and chiefly unfortunate for want OF
first-class funerals.
Year: 1878

remains faithful to his post, and feels
that his CHEEKY note enlivens little
the dreariness of winter, as does the
reedy piping of the nuthatch and the
voice of the dowry, fuller of life than
of music, and the discordant note Of
the blue jay, who, clad In bit of
summer sky, loudly proclaims his pres
enCe; but the singers are gone and he
misses them.
Year: 1878

THE eclipse of the sun will be total
Monday at Mexia, and Fishburn and
the other gay old cocks of that town
will go to roost. Darkness over
spreading the land, the planets will
be visible, and no chicken will sus-
pect that the sun still shines behind
the moons sad face.
Year: 1878

Mr. ". H. Simmons returned home
last week from Texas. He says Ten
nessee is good enough for him.


There was considerable excitement
last night over the destruction by fire
of a small dwelling house in the north
western portion of our city. Nothing
but a cook stove and piece of meat
was saved. We did not learn who the
occupants were.
Year: 1878

In telling you of our pretty corps
of clerks, we have neglected to say
that they are all married, and if this
Was not the case they would all soon
be so; we like to be married the best
in the world, and will further say we
never employ anybody but married or
marrying young gentlemen; after 8
months trial We turn cff Ill un-marri-
ed clerks, and we ha' e never had to
run many off either. soliciting the
trade of the world generally, we are
with profound respect,
Year: 1878

SPLENDID SToRM.-The past week has
indeed been a nappy one for Trinity
County. Although the season was com
paratively only begun, the faint hearted
drought and failure of the water supply,
We were told that our mines would lie
idle another season, and enough bed
rock would not be stripped to pay Tor
cleaning up. Last week we we're ena biz ed
to report glorious rain which continued
AS we went to press. Since then the rain
fall has aggregated 03 inches mailus
grand total for The season 10 date of 25.I5
iaehes-9.77 inches having fallen from
tho l1th to the oath of the present month
Up to the present date OF last your the
lall was only 1913 or 1912 less than thu.
feason. With more than double The rain
iail at this time, q good mining sea.on Is
insured, and there is no reason for appre-
henGing less than six months rln, even IN
Weaver Basin, which is as scantily sup
piled with water us any other section of
the county. An all-day run here was
something unknown last year, while for
the past ten days in most of our claims
the streams from "Giants have barely
been broken during the daytime, Old
Bally mountain appears covered with
heavy coat of snow, and the chances for
wet Spring are as good rs in any previ
Gus season. The storm has been the best
we have had for years and gives us good
cause for rejoicing aud mutual congrntu-
laton.
Year: 1878

ALL RIaHT.-So far as we have been
noie to learn no material damage has been
done in this county by the late heavy
rains and high water. Streams and
gulehes were higher than for several wears
past but the freshet will prove beneficial
in cleaning them out to some extent
With us the storm has been all good and
no bad
Year: 1878

OUR subscription list will be re-copied
next week. Ifany who have been get
ting the JOURNAL for several years with
out paying for it, fail to get it after this
month, they will please attribute it to
their negecting to settle.
Year: 1878

GOOD ADvICE.-A Weaver merchant
held the note of an impecunious native
Californian for sum exceeding one hun
dred dollars, and thought to realize upon
at by playing generous. Calling the
debtor into the store one day, he politely
informed him that he had chance TO sell
the note at II discount, but not wishing to
be mean ubout the matter would sell it to
the signer himself ut the same figure,
rather than let it go into the hands of
third party. The debtor thought the
matter over for some time and then asked
how much the merchant could get for the
note Fifty cents on the dollar"
promptly responded the man Of business.
WelI," said the other, ''you better sell
'em p And yet some people think there
is no cheek " outside Of Congress.
Year: 1878

VANDERHoFF, on the Hay Fork route,
didn't get home last week until Thursday.
owing to high water in Reading Creek -
He tells us that he had to cut thirteen
trees out of the road between Douglas
City and the valley.
Year: 1878

along that stream for years, but the guam
.ity found was small, and although the
existence of mines of this metal was sup
posed, nothing whatever was done in the
way prospecting for them. In the year
1871 and ~, some miners were working
on one ofthe streams above Trinity Gen.
ter found 80 much cinnabar in their sluce
boxes, that it was no easy matter to sep
arate the gold. The farther up this
stream they worked the greater became
the amount of cinnabar collected each
day. 1t was not long before this discov-
cry was turned to advantage and resulted
in the discovery of the cinnabar mines of
Altoona, the deposits OF cinnabar in
which are probably as rich as any of the
mines on this coast. They were found
about eight or nine miles distant from
the wagon road leading from Trinity Cen
ter to Yreka, and for the first Two or three
years were necessarily imperfectly work.
ed. The tools, provisions for the work
men and everything else necessary, was
packed to the ground on mules, which
on the return trip, brought out sacks Of
cinnabar ore to a point near the wagon
road where couple of small retorts were
erected. A: the price which quicksilver
then commanded in the market, even
this way of working paid, the ore beng
plentiful and easily obtained. In 1875
the original proprietors sold their mine to
company ofcspitalists and preparations
were at once made to develop the resourc-
es of that region. A large gang of hands
was put to work and wagon road made
to the mines. The company took in some
large retorts, and for while produced
quicksilver extensively. The decline in
the price Of that article has to some ex
tent stopped devel pment and put AN end
to many ofthe prospecting schemes which
had commenced. But sufficient work has
been done to demonstrate that the CHINA.
bar region of this county is both extensive
and rich.


Latterly some attention ia being paid
to quartz mining, an industry new to this
county. 1t is only within the last two or
three years that. with one exception),
any OF the numerous quartz lodges which
are known to exist have been tested to
any extent whatever. 1t stands to reason
that where there have been such rich and
extensive placer mines, there must also
be quartz veins from which the gold de-
posts originally came. The result o! the
trials thus far made, have been favorable,
and it is more than probable that quartz
mining will be successfully followed in
many places.
Year: 1878

The DAMAGE.-We have positively
learned nothing as to the extent of dam
age done to the railroad beow Reading,
further than that the bridges at Cotton
wood and Red Bank Creek had been
washed out and some damage done to
trestles and embankments. Albert Kise,
driver on the Shasta line, heard that one
OF the railroad men had been up To Read
ing and that it would probably take u
month to put the road in running order
again, but weeks time will likely be
sufficient.
Year: 1878

The Virginia City (Nevada) Enter
PRISE, in a recent issue, says: About
five o'clock last Sunday morning the
fine hosting works Of the Lady Bry-
an Mining Company took fire and
burned down in an incredibly short
space of time. At the moment that
the fire was discovered tho engineer
received signal from the bottom Of
the shaft to hoist to the second sec
ton, $50 feet below the surface. He
hoisted the cage to the surface at once
The station-tender proved to be on
board. He was asked to descend to
the bottom Of the shaft, which is 600
feet deep, and tell the men working
in the drift from the 600-feet level of
their danger, but refused to take the
chances, teing safe on the surface
and the building beng wrapped in
flames. The men below were thus,
left to their fate, and it was felt that
there was little hope Of those who
were working in the drift at the bot
tom Of the shaft ever reaching the sur
face alive. b.


There were six men in this drift
and their position was one of great
peril. The first notice they had Of
the fire was when the cage almost red
hct came laundering down to the
bottom, followed by falling GOALS and
burning brands. All then knew that
they must climb for their lives to the
$50 feet level-22O feet above. They
instantly took to the ladderway and
made their way up through a shower
of falling bran Is and burning Goals.
A man who was at the head Of the
line of climbers was struck by the
bell rope, which, in falling wound
about his neck and Threatened to pull
him down.


He called to the men below, tell
ing them that the rope was about his
neck and might pull him down there
fore all would do we'll to hold on as
firmly as possible, as in falling he
might knock them from their places.
They moved up to where he was and
succeeded in disentangling him from
the rope. All eventually reached the
$50 level in safety, and on landing
there they were all right, as all that
remained for them to do was to pass
through a drift to the shaft at the old
works, when they could easily ascend
to the surface. Seven men who were
at work on the $50 also passed out
through the old works.
Year: 1878

The only attempt on record of Dan
bury trying to organize female base
ball club occurred recently. 1t was
rather an incipient affair, but it de-
monstrated everything necessary, and
in that particular answered every pur-
pose. The idea was cogitated and car
ried out by six young ladies. 1t was
merely designed for an experiment on
which to base future act.o, - The
young ladies were at the house of one
of their number when the subject was
brought up. The premises are capa-
cious, and include piece of turf, hid
den from the street by several droop-
ing, luxuriant, old fashioned apple
trees. The young lady of the house
has brother who is fond of base ball
and has the necessary machinery for
a game. This was taken out on the
turf under the trees. The l&dicc as
sembled, and divided themselves into
two mines of three each. The first
three took the bat and the second
three went to the bases-one as catch
er, one as pitcher and the other as
chaser-or more technically fielder.
The pitcher was lovely brunette
with eyes full of dead earnestness.
The catcher and batter were blondes
with faces afame with expectation.
The pitcher took the ball, braced her
self, put her arm straight out from
the shoulder, then moved it around
to her back without modifying in the
least its delightful rlgidity, and then
threw it. The batter did not catch it..
This was owing to the pitcher looking
directly at the batter when she aimed
it. The fielder got a long pole and
soon succeeded in poking the ball from
an apple tree b9ak of the pitcher
where it had lodged. Business was
then resumed again, although with a
faint semblance of uneasiness gener-
ally visible.


The pitcher was very red in the
face, and said II declare p several
times. This time she took more
careful aim, but still neglected to
look in some other direction than to.
ward the batter, and the ball was
presently poked out Of another tree.


"Why, this is dreadful" said the
batter, whose nerves had been kept
at pretty stiff tension.


Perfectly dreadful" chimed in the
catchers, with a long sigh.


81 think you had better get up il
one of the trees, mildly suggested the
fielder to the batter.


These observations somewhat net
| tied the pitcher. and she declared sht


would not try again. Wheleupon ,
| change was made with theN Gs,ac-
! She was certainly more sensil
Year: 1878

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD IN MA
RYLAND.-A report having been Cir
culated in this and other nsighbor-
hoods that the Pennsylvania railroad
in Maryland had suspended work
temporarily, we made it our special
buainess to make some inquiry into
the matter. NoS oapfning ourselves
solely to the officials, we went to the
employees as well as the officials that
there had been no stoppage of work
whatever. On Saturday last the men
engaged upon the work were paid
in full, and the funds will be ready
for the next payment when the wa
ges are due. We are also assured by
the officials that unless prevented by
continued stress of bad weather the
road will be completed by the first Of
January next.-AUeganian.
Year: 1878

as soon as she was ready to let drive
she shut her eyes so tight as to loosen
two Of her puffs and pull out her
back comb; and madly fired away.
The ball flew directly at the batter,
which 80 startled that lady, who had
the bat clinched in both hands with
a desperate grip, that she involun-
tarily cried, "Oh, my "and let it drop
and ran. This movement uncovered
the catcher, who had both hands ex-
tended about three feet apart, in
readiness for the catch, but being in
ten.ly absorbed in studying the coil
on the back of the batter's head, she
was not able to recover in time, and
the ball caught her in the bodice with
sufficient force to deprive her Of all
her breath which left her lips with
ear-piercing shrillness. There was a
lull in the proceedings for ten min
utes to enable the catcher to take some
camphor and the other members of
the club to arrange their hair.


The batter again took possession,
when one of the party discovering
that she was holding the bat very
much as woman carries broom
when she is after COW in the gard
en-, she showed her that the tip must
rest on the ground and at her right
side, with her body a trihe inclined
in that direction. The suggester
showed just how it was done, and
brought around the bat with such
vehemence as to almost carry her
from her feet, and to nearly brain the
catcher. That party shivered, and
moved back some fifteen feet.


The batter took her place, and laid
the tip of the but on the ground, and
the pitcher shut her eyes again as
tightly as before, and let drive. The
fielder had taken the precaution to
get back of tree, or otherwise che
must have been disfgured for life.
The ball was recovered. The pitcher
looked heated and vexed. She didn't
throw it this time. She just gave it
pitching motion, but not letting 60 Of
it in time it went over her head, and
caused her to sit down with consider
able unexpectedness.


Thereupon she declared she would
mover throw another ball as long as
she lived, and changed off with the
catcher This young lady was some
what determined, which argued Sue
cess. Then she looked in an alto
gether different direction from that to
the batter.


And this did the business. The
batter was ready. She had a tight
hold on the bat. Just as soon as she
saw the bail start she made tremen-
dous lunge with the bat, let go of it,
turned around in time to catch the
ball in the small of her back, while
the bat being on its own hook, and
seeing stone figure holding vase Of
flowers, neatly clipped off its arm at
the elbow and let the flowers fall to
the ground.


There was chorus of screams and
some confusion of skirts, and then the
following dialogue took place:


No. I. Let's give up ths nasty thing


No. 2. Let's.


No. 8. So I say.


No. 4. It's just horrid.


This being a majority, the adjourn
ment was made.


The game was merely an expert
ment, and it was just as we'll it was.
Had it been real game it is likely
that some one would have been killed
outright.
Year: 1878

THERE is slight increase in the
demand for domestic help. There is
no perceptible decrease in the num-
ber of those who advertise, but there
is a marked increase in the number Of
those advertised for.