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Year: 1874

or I will sink them beyond recovery. The
proper and Just thing 10 uo would be to restore
the McEnesy government; but II Congress can,
not he brought to eat this lcek then the NEXT
thing in order Is TO provide for new anu ialr
election in the State. Any halfway measure
or pohiicalscherning for party purposes WILTON,
" add to the disgust of the American people anu
load the republican party down with odum.
Year: 1874

amount of the bond, $4,000. This
judgment they now ask to have set
aside. They do not dispute that the
forfeiture is legal, but claim that equity
entities them to relief. 1t is probable
that the solicitor will decline to agree
to new trial, when they will make
their appeal to Congress-.
Year: 1874

A correspondent among the great


cattle herds in Texas writes to the Gal
weston News


In case of a severe winter, when grass


is scant, a pack of wolves single out
some decrepit old bull that has fought
his last fight, and been deserted by his
herd long ago, which they follow and
worry day and night until he is at last
pulled down. Like the buffalo which
formerly roamed over this country,
these bulls are constantly fighting for
the mastery of the herds, and the COWS
have hearty contempt for the fellow
that is not ready at all times to present


an undaunted front. With their i'm
mense frames and terrible horns, a pair


Of Texan bulls make a bad fight. Short


horn Durham bulls have been intIo-


duced by men who thought to improve


the stock but they have no show at all
and one is occasionally seen feeding


in solitude. In rounding up cattle upon
the prairie, the driver witnesses great


many; of these fights. Perhaps half a
dozen distinct herds are brought to-
gether and the " lords" take occasion


TO plume themselves, and meandering
around, with deep roars, pay their re.
spects to the gentle sex, and glance
defiance at each other. Young aspi-
rants for honors are equally as demon
stratiYe; and outcasts thus brought
into contact with viotors in former con-
tests are punished for their seeming
temerity; old sores are revived hos
tiliGes begin; and soon dozen fights
are going on in different portions of the
large herd. Tue first symptoms of an
accepted challenge are telegraphed over
the herd bv prolonged and shrill rOars.
Instantly all the bulls in the immediate
vicinity, not engaged, rush to the spot,
ana caper about the two adversaries, in
a way they would seem incapable Of
all the while believing and undoubt-
edly taking sides, and urging on the two
central figures. About twenty feet apart
they stand, tossing up dirt with hoof
and horn, until Suddenly, with lowered
head, hey spring at each other, and
their foreheads meet with dull thud


They rebound, and a second and third
tine rally, when comes the su len strain
bead to head and horn to horn. Every
nerve and muscle are exeTted to the ut
most; and no living thing can long en-
dure such fearful tension. Presently
one viii prove the weaker, or slip foot,
and for the moment be thrown off his
gnard but the slightest advantage is
not lost to those watchful, glaring eyes
OF his antagonist, who throws his last
energies into a mighty plunge forward,
which turns the victims neck, and the
long, raking wound in the flank follows.
It is not good to be too near them, for
horse and rider might be overturned.
Nothing will stop a vanquished bGiI
in his headlong fight and blind with
rage and agony, he runs far away
upon the prairie. Many lose their lives
lighting. If not gored in a vital part,
the wounds are tiy-blown directly, often
causing death.
Year: 1874




It is the custom among a certain class
Of people when a member of the family
is sick to begin at once to ask, Now
what can you eat p Every one has
heard the old story of the man who ate
eighteen dumplings when ne was sick.
On one occasion, when engaged upon
the eighteenth, his little son said, I" Pa,
give me a piece p "No, no, my son, "
replied the father d" go way, pas sick. "
When q young man has been Eurfeited,
in season and out of season, until ex-
hausted nature gives way and fever is
coming on, the good mother is in trou-
BILE. She anxiOusly inquiries, Now,
John, what can you eat ? You must eat
something. People can't live without
food" Then comes toast, tea, etc.
The stomach is exhausted and no more
needs stimulating or food than the jaded
horse needs the whip. What is needed
is rest, complete rest Nine tenths OF
the acute diseases might be prevented
by few days starvation when the first
indications appear. I ont mean COM
plete abstinence in every case, but per
haps q piece of cold bread with cold
water for drink. II such a policy we're
generally adopted what ruin would over
lake the medical profession
Year: 1874

Esther johnson, the celebrated Stella,
was Dean Swift's pupil, and her attach
ment for him grew as her mind, pure
and beautiful, to cease only with death.
S xift wooed and won this beautiful
gfrl, whose noble heart he broke by his
strange, mysterious conduct. Hope de-
ferred and an unenviable position in
society were not enough to try the con-
stancy of poor Stella she must have a
rival, and that she soon found in Miss
Vanhomrigh. Swift became acquainted
with this lady when at the height of his
power and full Yigor of his faculties );
when the chosen companion of states
men aud courtiers. She possessed a
graceful person, a lively disposition,
and taste for mental cultivation, which
Swift soon perceived and admired and
the gratitude she felt for his attentions
soon ripened into the lover which broke
her heart. While Swift found pleasure
in the society of Vanessa Cher poetical
name), Stella suffered alone in Ireland
the pangs of wrOnged affection. He
could not be blind TO the nature of
Vanessa,s regard, nor the hopes she
might reasonably entertain from his
attentions nor are we to suppose this
love onesided, since the tone of his
journal to Stella implies the contrary.
Vanessa waits anxiOusly the Deans
declaration of his passion-but in vain;
SO at last she determines to know her
fate. and discloses the secret of her
heart to the Dean. Without power to
accept her love, or courage to refuse it,
he offered his friendship and esteem,
and strove to parry her Just remon-
STRANGE by his wit. After her mothers
death she followed the Dean to Ireland,
which placed him in peculiar circum-
stances. for how could he treat one
whose only misfortune was to love him
too we'll, harshly, for well might lady
of youth. fortune, and fine genius eX
meet more from her lover. Meanwhile,
the sorrows of Stella began to show on
a delicate and sensitive frame, and to
save her from a premature grave the
Dean made her his wife. But only IN
name did she enjoy this sacred title;
they lived apart till death at length re-
lieved her of her sorrows. What added
fresh hope to the fond dreams of Stella
proved faEil to her less fortunate rival.
After having nursed her passion Tor
eight wears Tor the Dean, aud refusing
Two snitors for her hand, she wrote to
Stella to learn If her suspicious we're
wen founded, and Stella, wounded to
fhe heart that another should share tho
Deans love, wrote back a reply that
marriage united them, at the same time
forwarding her letter to the Dean.
Swift's fury was as unreasonable as his
former conduct he hastened to Marley
Abbey. the residence Of Vanessa, threw
her letter in a rage on the table and de-
parted-having sealed the doom of one
Who loved too well, for soon after she
died. A few years after Stella followed
her unfortunate rival.
Year: 1874

| As TO the young men:


First-In the cities and towns they
are deferred from it from selfish con-
siderations. It is not so much because
they fear wife's extravaganza as it Is
that they do not like the idea of re-
straining their own extravagant expen-
ses, and divide their weekly earnines
with wife. They spend about all they
make now on unnecessary boarding,
costly clothing, cigars and the saloons
They cannot make up their minds to
sacrifice these illusory pleasures for the
comforts and joys of home, wife ana
children. They fail to see, at least to
realize, that, as Michelet says 60 To be
a man in the true sense is, above all
things, to have a wife. -


SecOnd-The same extravagant pro-
clivities in the young men of our time
lead them to consider the marriage pro-
blem in this light. Not whom to mar
ry, but how much to marry. The re-
suit is they procrastinate, waiting for
prize; often aiming too high, they are
Tilted, get discouraged, blame the young
ladies for their disappointments, aud
drift into old bachelUrhood. And If
such iniudieious ambition succeeds in
winning a prize, it generally turns out
that both become victims of their folly
for, as Margaret Fuller tersely says,
They who marry where they do not
love, viii be very apt to love whore they
do not marry"


The most general reason why young
ladies do not marry is their want Of
confidence in young men to live sober,
industrious and moral lives. When
they find that their suitor earns ten,
fifteen, twenty, or twenty five dollars IA
week, and that he spends it ali upon
his own person, for dress and trihing
qualifications, and when they learn from
observation among their msrried ac-
Guaintances that such men do not change
their habits after marriage, but leave
their wives to cook and scrub, wash and
sew. mend and darn, twelve to fifteen
hours day, wearing away their lives
in rearing ten or a dozen children In
about as many years when they see
such a fats inviting them, it is not
strange they draw back and say, ''I beg
to be excused.


Intelligent and thinking girls prefer
to depend on their own efforts for a COM
Portable support, TO a slavish servitude
as the housekeeper and nurse of some
inconsiderate and domineering man.


Looking at the question of marriage,
in its remote as we'll as present bear
ings, it cannot be regarded as a great
evil that our daughters donot now marry,
any more or sooner than they DO.
Year: 1874

On the whole, pleasant traits of char-
acter are not common in the cars. This
/ opinion I expressed to nv friend Sam


mers the other day. In reply to my re-
marks he related a little adventure.


which, as it is apropos, and, moreover,
| involves little love and sentiment. /


give without apology, ard in his own


words. 1t appears that in most unlike
" places love and sentiment may be


discovered


Z" was escorting home the lovely
Charlotte -, to whom was at the


time quite devoted. Charlotte could
scarcely find room to spread her crino-
line and arrange her voluminous
hoUnees. I stood up near her, there
being no vacant seat.


After q few minutes came in a poor
woman, who deposited a basket of
clothes on the front platform, and held
in her arms a small child. while a little
girl hung to her dress. She looked tired
and weary, but there was no vacant
seat; TO be sure, Charlotte might have
contracted her hounces, but she did not.
Beside her, however, sat q very lovely
and elegant young woman, who seemed
trying, by moving down closer TO others.
to make space enough for the stranger
between herself and Miss D. At last
she succeed, and with the sweetest
blush ever saw she invited the poor
female to be seated. Charlotte D. drew
her draper around her and blushed
too, but it was not pretty blush at all,
and she looked annoyed ct the proximi-
ty of the newcomer, Who was, however,
clean and decently, though very thinly,
clad.


"The unknown lady drew her little
girl upon her lap and wrapped her velvet
mantle around the small, half clad form
and put her muff over her half-frozen
little hands.


$50 great was the crowd that I alone
seemed to observe. The child shivered;
the keen wind from the door blew upon
her unprotected neck. / saw the young
lady quietly draw from under her man
tie little shawl which she softly put
on the shoulders of the little one the
mother looked on with confused wonder.
After short time she arose to leave the
cars and would have removed the shawl
but the unknown gently whispered,
'No, keep it for her. The woman did not
answer the conductor hurried her out,
and her eyes swan with tears. I no
ticed her as she descended to a basement
and I hastily remarked the house.


Soon after my unknown rose to de-
part was in despair, for I wanted to
follow and discover her residence, but
could not leave Miss ID.


&c How glad, then, was to see her
bowing as she passed out 10 a mutual
acquaintance who stood in the doorway.
From him, ere many minutes, learned
her name and address.


I" To shorten a story as much as possi-
BILE, that lady is now my wife. In the
small incident which introduced her to
me she showed her real character. A
few days after our marriage I showed
her the blessed crimson shawl, which
redeemed from it's owner, and shall keep
as n memento. There are sometimes
pleasant things TO be found in unex-
pected places certainly may be said
to have picked ont my wife in the cars"
Year: 1874

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
seriptior ia out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at once.
we would take great pleasure in extend.
ing credit to our friends and patrons.
but cash alone viii pay expenses. and
We are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope You VIII comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such a
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


q We enter NJ new names on our
Oooks without the money IN n.iva,ce.
Year: 1874

TIE Herald of Health is Of the opin-
ion that the simple color of ones sur
roundings has a marked influence of his
health. It says: yellow on the
walls of our rooms has a very depressing
effect on the mind. Violet is worse.
A man would go mad in a little while
in a violet papered or painted room.
Black rooms, or rooms heavily draped
in mourning, produce gloom and fore
boding. Never wear mourning long,
unless you wish TO become sad and sor-
rowful beyond what nature ever in
tended,
Year: 1874

Tho schuylkill Haven party who was thought
to be Big Frank, proves to be insane. This de-
csively proves him not the man he was taken
for There is nothing but method in all of
Frank's madnesa.
Year: 1874

THE familiarity of the frontiersman
with scenes of shooting and executions
by lynch law, and his GOODNESS in the
average Western affray, are proverbial.
The last instance that has come to our
knowledge in which enterprise and self
possession were admirably mingled oc-
CURED at the recent execution of GRIM
inal in Washington Territory. Just as
he was about to be swung off, and after
he had remarked to the Sheriff that he
had nothing further to say, real estate
agent, whose office was in his hat, forced
himself to the front and up the steps Of
the scaffold, and jointly addressing the
criminal and the Sheriff said: IF the
gentlemen who occupy the platform will
kindly yield for few minutes, would
like to make a few remarks upon the
cheap homes cad lots at Dabson's Hole
am now offering for SALE" The polite
request was assented to, and after brief
summary of the advantages presented in
that locality the Sheriff resumed his du-
ties, pulled the cap over the gentle
mans" countenance, and permitted him
to drop-Harper's Magazine.
Year: 1874

A LADY living in the country had her
attention drawn one day to some rats in
an outer room, surrounding pail which
had been prepared for the pigs. Observing
them carefully, she soon discovered that
a young rat had fallen in o the pail and
that his friends, to the number Of five or
six, were in consultation as to the best
means of rescuing him. The lady called
others of her family to witness the rats
maneuvers, while they continued busily
at work, regardless of the presence of the
spectators. By twining their feet togeth-
er (the hind-feet of the foremost rat
being entwined with the fore-feet of the
next, and SO on) they formed chain ex-
tending over the side of the pail. The
foremost rat, supposed to be the mother,
then reached down, grasped the young
one in her arms, and both were drawn
out on the floor. Unfortunately their
deliberations had occupied SO much time
that the young rat was drowned before
he was extricated, and apparently the
intelligence of his friends did not extend
so far as to attempt resuscitation.-
Christian Union.
Year: 1874

Delicious Citron Pudding.-Beat un-
til very thick and light the yolks of six
teen fresh eggs. Stir in gradually, beat
ing all the time, three-quarterso Of apound
Of sugar. Then mix in three-quarters of
a pound Of melted butter from which all
the salt has been previously washed.
Now line two deep pie-plates with puff
paste. Cut into thin slices some pre-
served citron and lay closely over the
pastry, leaving . margin, of course,
around the edges. Fill with the butter
and bake in an oven whose heat is regu-
lar, but not too great When drawn from
the oven, sift over them finely -pulverized
white sugar. They are good whether
eaten hot or cold, and are considered the
most dainty and delicate Of all puddings.
Year: 1874

1t time when marine disasters ara so nuIner-
ous, the suggestion that the marinors compass
is affected by iron steamships ought to promote
an investigation Of the subject among scientific
men. Such suggestion has been made
in the Nautical Gazette. in an article
citing several instancds OF magnetic deviation
caused by the unequal distribution Of heat over
q metallic hull. It has been noticed when one
side Of vessel has been exposed to the burning
rays OF the sun aud the other shaded. It is aleo
said that the altornate bands OF thu tepid Cult
Stream and the cold Polar water, met in the pas
sage from Liverpool to New York, will occasion
such variations under metallic influences.
Year: 1874

Union Club stifi retaining the lead. Here It was
evident that the Herald crew mad been holding
themselves well in and had been reservtng their
force for the finish, as with spirited squirt they
passed their antagonists and crossed the finishing
hne fully length ahead. The result was all the
more gratifying as the Union crew were the favor
ties before the start. The steamer William Fletcher
compished the distance in sixteen minutes. the
Union crew being four seconds behind.


This Is considered excellent time for amateur
oarsinen, as professionals rarely DO better tnali
fourteen minutes The weather was cooi anu
bracing. and all OF the conditions favorapie Al'o
gether the AFFAIR one OF the most enoyaoie ~
the season, and barring the dlsappon .niens en-
which necessarily accompanies defeat every o"e
seemed well satlfed with the afternoons sport.
Year: 1874

Yesterday there were two steamships and five
barks and schOoners from Southern ports dis
charging carg0es into lighters of Robbins Reef


One OF the heavy brick structures in course OF
erection on the new made ground at the Bostwick
docks at Tompkinsville was damaged during the
storm on Friday. The walls were completed,
ready for the roof timbers, when the heavy rain
softened the mason work. so that about one.half
OF the upper wall and portion of the middle wall
tumbled In a heap to the ground. Fortunately no
one was engaged upon the building at the time.
Year: 1874

If we could only read each others hearts
we should be kinder 10 each other If we
knew the woes and bitterness and physical
annoyances of our neighbors, we should make
allowances for them which we do not now.
We 90 about masked uttering stereotyped
sentiments, hiding our heart pangs and our
headaches as carefully as we can; and yet
we wonder that others do not discover them
by intuition. We cover our best feelings
from the light we do not conceal our re-
sentiments and our dislikes Of which we are
prone 10 be proud. Often two people sit
close together with IL love you" in either
heart, and neither know it. Each thinks,
" | could be fond but what is the use of
wasting fondness on one who does not care
for it?" and so they part and 60 their ways
alone. Life is a masquerade at which few
unmask even TO their very dearest And
though there is need of much masking, it
would be well if we dared show plainly our
real faces from birth 10 death, for then some
few at least would truly love each other. II
seems that in our social life there is an effort,
ON the part of all, to conceal the true feel
ings and emotions of the heart and thus ar
tifcal sentiment and affected conduct char
acterize the matured. Let all be frank and
natural.
Year: 1874




In almost every Christian denomination
nowadays, there are some advanced think
ers who are courageous enough to give utter
ance TO the new ideas by which they are Wis
ited-lofty minds, resembling the tall noun
tains which catch the first rays of the morn
ing sun, and reflect them into the valleys
below. They are the recognized leaders of
religious thought in their respective com
munions. The people look up to them as
guides, and are led by them to higher views
and more rational conclusions. They are
men who have received a higher ordination
than any church or prelate can confer. They
speak with an authority transcending any
thing which human councils or the imposi-
tion of human hands can impart. Through
such lieaven-ordained and lieaven-sent teach
ers, the Lord is now and always leading his
children out of Egypt into Canaan-out Of
darkness into light-out of bondage into
freedom-away from the letter that killeth
TO the spirit that giveth life. II is through
the agency Of these master-builders that he
is now laying the foundations and rearing
the walls of the New Jerusalem-building
anew his church on earth, agreeably to his
own prediction "Behold, make all things
new"
Year: 1874


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


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


The people Of the State of California; send greeting
to Francis IJinterS DctendaaE


NOU are hereby required to appear in an ac-
L ton brought against YOU by the above
named plaintiff in the District Court Of the l4th
Judicial District of the State of California. IN
and for the County of Placer and to answer the
complaint filed therein Ga copy Of which accom-
panies this summons), within ten days (exclu-
sive of the day of seryco) after the service on
you of this summons--lf served within this
county; or, if served ont of this county, but
within this Judicial District, within twenty days
or, If served out of said District, then within
forty days-or judgment by default will be taken
against you, according to the prayer of said
complaint.


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


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


Given under my hand and the Seal of the


District Court of the Fourteenth Ju-


dicial District of the State of Cali
[sEA1l fornia, in and for the County of Pla-


Ger, this ninth day Of April in the


year of our Lord One Thousand


Eight Hundred and Seventy-Fom
. 36-2m b. +. BURT. Clerk.
Year: 1874

WINDOW BRoKEN.-Ye esterday after
noon q newsboy named White threw a
stone at another newsboy, but missed
his mark and broke large pane OF
glass in the window of Curry's hat
and cap store, No. Ala Market street.
Boys will not cease the careless prac'
ticc of throwing stones in the streets
until they are severely punished.