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Year: 1878

Hon. George w. Peck, in his
Fourth Of July Grafton at La Crosse,
Wis, said:


"It may have been noticed that
thus far l have made no allusion to
the American eagle, the national
trademark, patent applied for, but
1t is not that do not appreciate
the position that species of poultry
occupies on these occasions. The
poet, alluding to the eagle, says:


"Bird ofthe broad and feetIng wing,
Thy home is high in heaven"


"This is too true. He Is high
old bird, and the committee that
selected the eagle as national en-
blem should have been arrested for
dlsorderly conduct. o, great bird!


You live on mice. You soar aloft
on pinions airy, until you see q
poor little mouse with one leg
broke, and then you swoop down
like a ward constable and run him
in. You are nice old bird for O
trade mark, for a nation Of heroes,
you Old coward. You sit on q rock
and watch q peasant woman hang
Ing out clothes, and when she goes
in the house to turn the clothes
wringer, you, great bird, emblem
OF freedom, you representative of
the land of the free and home of the
bravo, you swoop down on the
plantation and crush your talons
In the quivering flesh of her little
baby, take him to your home high
In heaven, and pick his innocent
little eyes out. You bald headed
old reprobate, you would turn your
tail and run at the attack of a ban
tam rooster. o eagle, you look
well on dress-parade, but you are n
unanimous coward and you eat
snakes. You are fraud, and you
were counted in by vote of eight
to seven.


"The bird that should have been
selected as the emblem of our
country-the bird of patience, for
bearance, perseverance, and the
bird of terror when aroused, Is the
mule. There Is no bird whion COM
bines more virtues TO tho square
foot than the mule. With the
mule emblazoned on our banners,
we should be a terror to the foe.
We are a nation of uncomplaining
hard-workers. We mean to do the
fsir thing for everybody. We plod
along, doing as we would be done
by. SO does the mule. We as a
nation are slow TO anger. So is the
mule. AS a nation, we occasional
~ stick our ears forward and fan
flies off our forehead. So does the
mule. We allow parties to get on
and ride as long as they behave
themselves. So does the mule.
But when any nation sticks spurs
into our fanks and tickles our
heels with a straw, we come down
stiff legged in front, our ears look
to the beautiful beyond, our voice
is cut loose and is still for war, and
our subsequent end plays the snare
drum on anything that gets in
reach OF us, and strikes terror to
the hearts of all tyrants. So does
the mule. When the country gets
Older, and Congress has time to get
ia its work, the eagle will be su.
perceded as the national trade
mark, and in it's place will ride the
mule in all its glory"
Year: 1878

We may live without poetry, music and


art;
We may live without conscience. and


live without heart;
We may live without friends, we may


live without books,
But civilized man cannot live without


cooks.
lie may live without books; what Is


knowledge but grievlng?
He may live without hope; what Is hope


but deceiving?
He may live without love; what is pas


sion but pining2
But where is the man that can live with


out dining?


And in order to dine we'll you
must buy your groceries and wines
at the L store, where you can get
better goods at lower prices than
any store in the city. Remember
the numbers and so Spring st.
Year: 1878

A nice young man employed in
the Kansas Pacific office, resolved
the other day to present his be.
loved girl with nice pair of shoes.
He accordingly procured her meas.
ure and went into one of the FASH
ionable stores on Main street and
purchased So pair of shoes. In
order to make the present appear
more valuable he marked S5 upon
the sOles of the shoes, and at his
request the clerk put receipt ed
bill for So into one of the shoes.
The presentation was made, and
the lovers were happy, as lovers
should be. But mark the sequel:
The girl examined the shoes in the
daylight and was not satisfied.
she was convinced that her lover
had been cheated in the purchase
of such Il pair of shoes at that
price. she decided to go and
change the shoes and obtain a bet
ter bargain. Yesterday she ap-
peared in the store and selected Il
pair of shoes, price So so, and po-
litely requested the clerk to take
back the shoes, for which she said
her husband had paid SIS. The re.
ceipted bill was produced in proof,
and the boot man found it impossi.
bio to go "behind the returns"
The smart girl took her SO so pair
of shoes and obtained 81 so in
money, and went home happy and
satisfied. The bookseller sent u
bill of $3 to the young man, who
promptly paid the difference; but
he thinks that girl little too
smart for him.
Year: 1878

The most difficult province of
friendship is giving advice. 1t
should, if possible, be so contrived
that our friend may perceive our
advice is given him, not SO much
to please ourselves as to his own
advantage. Therefore we find no
difficulty in advising our friends to
go to the L store to buy their gro-
ceries and wines as we are sure it
will be to their advantage. 4S and
so Spring street.
Year: 1878

Mr.. H. SCHNEIDER, on the first of
August, proxir1o, will remove his
large stock of boots and shoes to
No. SO Main street, Central Hotel
building, where he will continue
his closing out sale preparatory to
starting with an entirely new stock
in his new store, to be built on the
site of his present place Of business.
Persons desiring first-class work in
his line at bedrock prices would do
we'll to give him a call.
Year: 1878

No money is better spent than
that which Is laid out for domestic
satisfaction. A good meal, accom-.
panied by good glass of wine, will
put a man into the best possible
humor. as every wife knows; so
buy those nice groceries they have
at the ct" store, and make your
home happy. No. 45 and so Spring
street
Year: 1878

knowledge not only confers a
benefit on those that possess it, but
upon all with whom they come in
contact. The owners of the "Tn
store, having a thorough knowl-
edge Of their business, all who deal
with them reap the benefit of their
experience No. As aud 80 Spring
street.
Year: 1878

DIR. Howard, New York physician,
during recent visit to London, gave
an exhibition, at the invitation of the
Royal Humane Society, and in their
receiving house in Hyde Park, of his
method of restoring to animation persons
who are apparently dead from drowning.


DIR. Howard illustrated his system by
placing man representing a person
apparently drowned in two positions.
The object of the first position was to
pump and drain fluids from the lungs
and stomach. This is done by placing
the patient face downward over a hard
roll of clothing, SO that the pit of the
stomach is the highest point, while the
mouth is the lowest. The operator sup
plements the pressure of his hands upon
the back of the patient above the roll,
if necessary, with all the weight and
force at his command.


The second position is for promoting
artificial breathing. The patient, whose
clothing is ripped open from the waist,
is laid upon his back, and the pit of the
stomach is made the highest point by q
hard roll of clothing beneath the back,
while the head is the lowest part. The
wrists are crossed behind the head; these
are held down to the ground by Sec
ond person with one hand, while with
the other the tongue is held forward by
piece of dry rag.


The greatest possible expansion of
the chest is thus obtained. The opera
tor, kneeling astride the patient, grasps
the most compressible part of the chest,
on each side of the pit of the stomach,
and, using his knees as a pivot, throws
forward, slowly and steadily, his whole
weight until his mouth nearly touches
the face of the patient. Then, by q
final push, he throws himself back to
his first erect kneeling posture. BY the
sudden removal of the compressing
force the elastic ribs spring back to their
original position, and by this bellows
action the air rushes into and is forced
out of the chest alternately, as in natural
breathing. Success may attend this
process in few minutes, but hopes of
favorable result ought not to be given
up under an hour.


A great advantage of this method is
its unequaled simplicity. One of the
most notable facts connected with cases
of accidental suffocation and drowning
is the usual absence of medical aid at
the critical moment. The method, how
ever, is one that can easily be under.
stood 10y any one, ana may be carried
into execution anywhere, with or with.
out doctor.
Year: 1878

Captain Boyton's swim a few weeks
ago across the Straits of Gibraltar was
very perilous. A great shark swan
around him and grew more and more
aggressive until it was frightened away
by the explosion of dynamite cartridge.
Night came on and with it high wind
and waves, during which the captain
was lost sight of several times by the
boats crew who accompanied him, and
who were so frightened that they insist
ed that he should give up the voyage
and get into the boat. At last the cap
tain made land and frightened terribly
a party of Moors, who ran away as fast
as they could, thinking that some dread
full sea monster had landed on their
shores.
Year: 1878

A verdict of $3.50 damages has been
given in favor of lady, who was wrong
fully accused of taking a purse from
New York store, and was forcibly de-
tanned and searched in consequence of
that accusation.
Year: 1878

A NEW KIND or LiQuoR.-Dr Mierdue, a French colonial surgeon, announces t.e dis covery of a new beverage. which has already won popularity in Marseilles- The liquor is distilled from the leaves of the eucalyptus tree; it is said to be pleasant to the taste and not injurious to health, while possessing some valrabIe medical properties. The expectation is that it will take the place of absinlhe as a stimuIant; it Is called enoalyptsinth. If half the tales told about the results of drinking absinthe be true, it is quite time that 2 substitute should be found for tho extract of wormwood.
Year: 1878

From all we can learn, Arizona IS des- tined to become one of the best mining regions on this coast. New mines are being discovered daily; the old ones are being developed in way to prove that they are of vast richness. As a necessary consequence, population will flow in, thus opening a wide field fer trade. Why cannot Los Angeles command her share of this trade! Nothing but the indifference of our citizens. We might just as we'll as not supply this trade with bacon, lard cheese, canned and dried fruit, brooms, soap, fruit trees, and many other articles. Enterprising merchants viii make our city and section thrifty and prosperous. To say the least, the prize is worthy the effort, and we ought to make It. Our merchants should not rest content with the simple retail trade which they derive from the county; but should strike out for a larger field in which to operate. Will they not do it.-[Lo Angeles Star.
Year: 1878




'Tis now some Fifty years or more,
Since you and l old friend,
First started on race with time,
And soon must come the end.
And in that fifty years or more,


What changes We have seen,
And sad heart partings we have known,
We are not what we seem.
You have looked down on many a scene
Of Joy that / have known.
And bitter grief and sorrow too,
While time has past us flown. .r
1 look upon you as friend,
Who tells me what am, ...
Who reminds me of mortality,
That life is but span. s.F
And as 1 backward cast my view,"
Ger all the changing past,
Ger all the pleasures l have known,
d That now are feetipg past.
I bow my mead in sorrow,


AS look upon your face,
That SO little / have done Oh earth, u
To make me win a place.
Where sin and sorrow are unknown,
Where conflicts all will cease,
Where mortals all will happy be,
Where all will rest in peace.
So still tick on, my dear o'd friend,
As long as | remain
III look upon your honest face .
/ Though homely tbs and Plaln'
As something to remind me,
That the only way to win, e,
Is by straightforward running


Away from every sin.
As something to remind me, '


That the race will soon De DER,
The time soon out, the goal soon won'
Year: 1878

Ofany sum for any number of days
at various annual percentage. The
answer is in cents,


Four per cent.-Multiply the prin.
clpal by the number of days it is to
run, separate right-hand figure from
product and divide by nine.


Five per cent.-Multiply the number
of days and divide by seventy two.


Six per cent.-Multiply by the mum.
ber of days, separate right hand figure
and divide by six.


Eight per cent.-Mul,iply by the
number OF days, and divide by forty.
five.


Nine per cent.-Multiply by num5e,
of days, separate the right hand figure
and divide by six.


Ten per cert.-Multiply by number
of days and divide by thirty six.


Twelve per cent-Multiply by mum
Der of days. separate right hand figure
and divide by three.


Fifteen per cent.-Multiply by mum
Der of days, and divide by twenty four.


Eighteen per cent.-Multiply by
number of days, separate right hand
figure and divide by two.


Twenty per cent.-Multiply by NUN.
ber of days and divide by eighteen.


Twentyfour per cent.-Multiply by
number of days and divide by eighteen.
Year: 1878

Men are living too fast. Idleness


and indulgence have begotten to pride


and discomfort. The age is thirsty for


luxury. The very paupers of our


cities scorn the patched garments and


simple fare which once satisfied the


well-to-do; the young clerk must live


in house about as luxuriously fur
nished as his empoyer's, though he
steal to support his establishment; !;
the servants rival their mistresses in
the costliness and elaborateness of
their attire though to do it they
waste the savings which they may
need to keep them from want and
ruin. The young couple who begin at
home must have it as richly decorated
as that of those who have Iabored for
years; and there is an utter willing
ness on the part of too many to be con
tent with simple surroundings. We
must change our standards of judgment
and learn to rate the people at what
they are, and not what they have.
This is worshiping age; men
of vicious principles, through the clink
of gold, summon hosts of admirers,
others are tolerated for the baubles
The mob scramble for; and still others
are permitted to occupy posts of honor
n church and State which they only
obtain by their wealth. Men live in
he fear of gold, and not of God; and
'eek the honor that cometb from
above.


There should oe a return to more
imple more honest ways of living.
t should be deemed dishonorable to
i've beyond ones means; no man
hould be encouraged to spend few
everish years in luxury at the risk of
breaking, ,down..and making a dishon-
,rable ending.
Year: 1878

''What shall do to get rid of all
this fleshl" is the question that has
been asked again and again of physi
clans without receiving an intelligent
reply. Several of our popular lect-
urers and writer's have attempted to
answer it, but the force of their dis
QUESTIONS can be summed up in a
single sentence: Be content you are
not lean. and starve yourself, "a course
of treatment that will never cure obes-
ity, as thousands who have tried it can
attest. Pharmaceutical science has
given rational answer to this question
in Allan's Anti Fat, which will reduce
the system from two to five pounds
per week. 1t is purely vegetable and
perfectly harmless. Sold by all drug
gists.
Year: 1878

A bothered looking citizen came into
the Gazette Office yesterday afternoon
and respectfully asked to be let look at
the dictionary. He sat down and
anxiously thumbed Webster awhile.


"What are you looking 7" asked a
reporter, seeing that the stranger had
failed to strike the trail.


"Well, said the man. in burst of
confidence, ''you see I've only been
married a short time, aad my wife's
gone up to Truckee on visit, and
she's written to NE to look in the bot
tom OF her trunk for lot of 'tucking'
and send it to her. Now. what want
to know is what in blazes is 'tuckingT
1t amt in the dictionary"


''Tucking," said the reporter briskly,
'wby, tucking is the stuff the girls
make by poking sort of short turned
fishhook through hole, and catching
the thread and drawing it back again. "


Then the editor spoke up contempt
uously and said that man who was so
ignorant as that ought to hold his
tongue. What the reporter had des
cribed was crocheting. Everybody
ought to know what tucking was. The
ladies in making it used little con
trivance shaped like a musseI, with
thread wound up inside of it. Tucking
could be purchased, he believed, for
ten cents or fifteen cents yard, and
why intelligent girls should waste a
whole day 10 making what they could
get for short bit was more than be
could understand. In answer to a
question from the admiring reporter.
the editor said that he mad been told
that tucking was used in trimming the
under-garments of the fair sex, but
why things should be ornamented
which fellow would get licked for
trying to look at-or perhaps shot
was beyond his comprehension.


The married stranger said the editor
was mistaken. That the article be
mentioned was not tucking-it was
tatting. This he knew for fact.


The editor observed that VIXEN q
man came to the Gazette Office for in
formation, the editor, when he gave
it, didn't like to be told that he lied.
If the stranger wanted to avoid
trouble, he had better get out and &c
to the devil. As the editor had grown
red in the face and his eyes were
blazing, the married stranger coughed
feebly and SUNK down stairs.


In the meantime what is ''tucking.
Reno Gazette.
Year: 1878

The question of damages in railroad
accidents is brought to the front by the
sad event of the week. Some years
since there was case III New Hamp-
shire where train left the rails and
went down steep bank. Among the
injured was farmer, who soon after
received a call from the company's at
torney, with a view to "settle." The
lawyer said he wanted to do thu fair
thing, expressed his confidence that
the injured man would satisfy him.
Lets see" said the farmer, show far
did fallr "About twenty-six feet,
think, answered the attorney. Sup
pose we say a dollar foot" timidly
suggested the farmer. @Would that be
too highp That case was settled then
and there.-Boston Transcript.
Year: 1878

Aman who amounts to anything needs
enemies to keep him alive. A celebrated
person, who was surrounded by ene-
mics, used to say, They are sparks
which, if we do not blow them, go out
themselves" Let this be your feeling
while endeavoring to live down the
scandal of those who are bitter against
you. If you stop tc dispute you do but
as they desire, and open the way for
more abuse. Let the poor fellows talk
There will be reaction, if you do but
perform your duty; and hundreds who
were once alienated from you will flock
to you and acknowledge their error.
Year: 1878

There Is possibility that you may not iuies
understand our principles and doctrines, and
TO take our paper for year, which many coald
afford out OF mere curiosity to do, would be u
sure method Of becoming fully informed con.
cerning oar filth, our works and our hopes.
Year: 1878

If we are to credit the reports from the
Eastern States, and especially from the city
of New York, there is healthy sign of re-
vival of business which promises well in the
near future. These reports go to show that
the immense crops of all descriptions of pro-
ductions have no precedent in former years,
over those of the year 1878, which must tell
upon the business of the country in very
short time. Add to this the enormous balance
of over $500, 100000 in favor of the United
States in nine months of the present year, and
we have an exhibit that is really encouraging.
If the export trade should keep up for the
last quarter of the year, there will be bal
ance of trade of from FIVE to seven hundred
millions in favor of the States at the close of
the fiscal year, which will be extraordinary.
When the balance of trade is SO largely in
favor of a country, there is always plethora
of money which stimulates enterprise and
speculation, and consequently large amount
of money is put into circulation, which must
be employed in all the branches of trade, Civ
ing to the merchant, the manufacturer, jobber
and artisan employment, and thus diffusing
the healthy life blood of trade-(money
throughout the arteries of the body polite,
and bringing about prosperity and happiness
to all classes.


These facts, with the premium on gold but
nominal, are the best evidences that food tide
of unwonted prosperity has commenced to flow
to the shores of America, which cannot fail to
lift her people out of the depressed condition
which bad financial system, over production
in manufactures, and reckless course on the
part of Congress for so many years past, in
the passage Of laws favoring gigantic railroad
corporation and moneyed monopolies, have put
them. The efforts now being made on the part OF
the manufacturers in the United States, to ex-
tend their trade with the outside world, espe-
cially with Central and South America, Japan
and countries on the continent of Europe
will not be without their fruit. Already these
have began to tell upon the markets of the
world. Even in England, the United States
manufacturers, in many of the articles of
every day use, are successfully competing
with those of the British Empire, whilst at
the same time the States are supplying eight
tenths of the breadstuffs to feed the people of
England and the continent of Europe. In
every aspect that we can view the present
condition of the States, the outlook is cheer
full in the extreme for Americans.


In this connection we are glad to have it in
our power to add, that here in our own little
island home, the evidences of solid prosperity
are to be seen on all hands, and our people
are correspondingiy happy with the prospect.
Truly "the hand of the diligent maketh rich. ~
Year: 1878

By the following statistics of the postal
money order system in the United States, and
other countries, where this safe and convenient
mode of transmitting money has been intro
duced, it will be seen how extensive has been
the operations through the Post Offices of the
different countries. The postal money order
system is not only safe and trustworthy
mode, but it is also cheap one. For the


small fee charged by the post offices for re-
ceiving money and giving postal order, which
is equal to bill of exchange or commercial draft
at sight, the money is received an8the order
sent with due dispatch, accompanied with all
the safeguards of registration at both ends of
the route; and thus the public are accommo-
dated at small expense and the high rates Of eI-
change charged by bankers and brokers, saved.
It would be great convenience to the people
Year: 1878

THANKS, thanks, to those kind friends who
sent US list of new subscribers the past
week. 1t is pleasure to work when We feel
that our exertious to please are appreciated
by enlightened and liberal minded people.
We assure our friends that we will not flag in
our efforts to make the GAZETTE all that is
desirable in newspaper.
Year: 1878

THEIR Majesties the King and Queen re-
turned from a visit to Hawaii, on the morning
of the 27th, on board the steamer Likelike.


His Ex Governor Domiuis also returned at
the same time, from trip to the Windward
Islands
Year: 1878

The Liver is the imperial organ of
the whole human system, as it controls
the life, health and happiness Of man.
When it is disturbed in its proper action,
all kinds of ailments are the natural re-
suit. The digestion of food, the move
ments Of the heart and blood, the action
of the brain and nervous system, are all
Immediately connected with the working
of the Liver. 1t has been successfully
proved that Green's August Flower is
unequalled in curing all persons afflicted
with Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint, and
all the numerous symptoms that result
from an unhealthy condition of the Liv.
er aud Stomach. Sample bottles to try,
i0cents. POSITIVELY sold in all towns on
the Western Continent. Three doses
will prove that it is just what you want


Sold by Mills 8 Purdy.