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Year: 1878

REMARKS ON SPR1Na.-Spripg is generally
one of the four seasons, and usually occurs
during the forepart of the year. 1t is great
improvement on winter, and lovers, poets, and
people hail it with delight.


In the spring young mans fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of going to work-very
lightly. Spring unfolds her glorious and
abundant stores and presents US with every
thing but the money to buy them with, and
the consequence is that young fellow has to
20 to work or continue to board with the old
man. The contagious and virulent spring
fever carries of more people, Ito bed, or lays
them gently to sleep in the shade of the
mournful willow, or any other handy tree, }
than all the other diseases of the season. A
decoction of peach sprout has been known to
allay it little in boys-to be shaken while
taken.


The business-like bumblebee now goes along
singing at his work, and he occasionally
BUNDLES small barefooted boys who chase him
for butterfly.


Now is the time when the precocious boy
leaves vacancy at his desk at school and
goes off down the creek to study the beauties
of Nature and play sevenup.


Now is the time when the enchanting rural
landscape stretches away so lovely and grand
that the poorest of US almost wishes he owned
whole acres of it.


Now is the time when the good wife is out
in the yard with sun-bonnet and old gloves
on, and broom in hand, directing her husband
how to rake up all his boots and shoes, and
old hats and paper collars, and old boot;jacks
and tin cans, while he wonders, (without paus-
ing,) why in the world it is that she manages
to do such large amount of talking to such
little work as she does.
Year: 1878

sa- At sandusky, Ohio, in recent case, a
juryman who couldn't read or write, got
friend to prepare him lot of Eyes" and mo"
ballots; putting one set in one vest pocket
and the other in another, so that he could
tell which way he was voting. But he got
so absorbed in the testimony that when he
came to vote "yes," he forgot which pocket
held the right ballots and kept on voting
mo" against the solid affirmative of his asso.
ciates, until one of them found out how the
matter stood, and the vote was made unan-
imous
Year: 1878

On Wednesday evening while its
mother was absent little child of Will
liam Minich, at rreiuhler's station, Lee
high county. set itself on fire from the
stove and ran ont Of the house towards
its mother, enveloprd in hames, and
piteously screaming for help. The
mother rushed toward the child, and in
attempting to extlnguish the flames and
save it, her clothing was ignited and
her life iinperiled. No person was pre-
sent to render assistance and the moth
er endeavored to run to neigh boris
house for help, but ere she had pro-
ceeded far she was so badly injured
that she tell by the roadside, and when
assistance came she vas nearly burned
TO a "risp. Her clothing was entirely
consumed. The child was naturally
left to its fate the mother was in flames
and being utterly helpless, soon fell t"
the ground burned in terrible mau.
uer, dying shortly after the accident
occurred. The mother fingered in great
pain and agony until next morning,
when she too expired
Year: 1878

There is at present among rs a great
amount of sickness; and one undertak.
er within the stsfew days has recriv-
ed orders for no less than eleven fu-
nerals. This mortality is caused it is
thought by the overflow of the marshes
on the outskirts of the city. About one
hundred years ago the same mortality
was experienced and as polite meas
ure the borough council passed a law
compelling the property holders to dam
up the embankments upon their low
lands and prevent this tidal inunda-
ton. The action proved effective and
the health of the borough improv-
ed. Can it be that the existing bad
state of health in our city arises from
the same malignant causeY
Year: 1878

Among the pleasant calls | made


yesterday was one on Joel Spencer and


wife at 1905 Market street. NV hear,


was rejoiced to find that their kind


n"ighb bors had hot forgotten them and


they were we'll supplied with Christmas
gifts. Mr.. Spencer was able to sit up


until about four weeks ago, but now he


has taken to his bed and as he says


himself III, journey is almost at an end;
he is 80 years old and his wife 81; his
mind Is clear yet. great many old
friends called on him yesterday, among
the others were Mr.. Xii Crozier; it was
pleasant and sad to see those old
trie ads meet and part perhaps for the
last tim. on earth, for Mr. Spencer is
very weak and cannot be here much
longer. He was lamenting about his
b ing trouble to his friends when one;
a kind lady said TO him; joel YOU shall
never want while have one cent, re-
member that. God bless you he said,
and II seemed to set his mind at rest,
and | say God bless her that there is
some one to take charge of the old and
infrm and make their hearts glad on
This good Christmas time. He says he
has been blessed above many, all his
neigh bors being so kind to him; he
hopes his prayers to the throne of God
for them will b. heard. asked what
they needed most and it was coal as
they have to keep fire all night and
some one to see to Mr.. Spencer as he
may die at any moment. Will some
kind friends send them some coal that
they may be kept warm in this bitter
weather and gain blessing for therns
selves by helping this old couple.
Year: 1878

TIE New School HoUsE.-There is
now sufficient money on hand to make n
start in the much needed new School
building in this District, and if it is
intended to do anything the coming
Summer, preliminary steps should be
taken at once. Don't delay.
Year: 1878

Il. w. SAWYER, of Hay Fork, is in
town. being temporarily laid up for the
repair of damaged finger. The Judge"
tells us there is no news on Hay Fork.
except that the miners are all busy. get
ting Oft plenty of ground, but cannot vet
tell the result, although they confidently
hope for large returns.
Year: 1878

TRINITY RIVER was nearly as high
last Saturday and Sunday as at any time
during this Winter, owing to warm show
ers melting the snow on the lower hills.
During the past two weeks the storms
have been warm-part of the time rain
ing to the tops of the high mountains.
Year: 1878

ACCIDENT AT SCHOoL.-The Weaver
vile Grammar School House is located on
a high point of land with bluffs on three
sides and it has been wondered at that
more of the children have not been hurt
falling over the banks. Monday after
noon while at play Richard, son of Ed
ward Dockery, was pushed over the bluff
By one of his schoolmates and sustained
severe injuries from which his life is
despaired Of 1t would be useless to read
the boys a lecture on this occurrence, as
those attending the Grammar School are
all old enough to understand the danger
OF the situation, and should have more
cen 9 than TO endanger their own and
school fellows lives by their reckless
manner Of play. We learn that il is not
IN unusual occurrence for the boys to
shove one another over the banks there,
TN or twelve feet in hight, enGnngering


heir limbs and oven lives. This should
never have been allowed, and if the boys
do not now quit it they should be made to
d, 50 or be expelled from the school,
Richie Dockery, the injured boy, is only
L or 10 years OF age and has been in
deIlium since Monday, his parents
evidently not thinking the matter of
sufficiently serious to call in medical
advice until Thursday evening.
Year: 1878

j. W. PHILLIPs, Of Lewiston was in
town this week and tells us that every
thing in that locality is hourishing. Also
that quartz interests in the Deadwood
District are looking more favorable thar
Year: 1878

WATER PLENTY.-Every water ditch
!" this vicinity is filed to its utmost ca
pacl'y, something unknown for several
years. Many claims are running day
ana night and the heart of the miner is
made glad by the melting away of the
heavy gravel banks. A more favorable
outlook for placer mining could hardly
De- and ar unparalleled area of bedr
Will be laid bare between now and the
time water fails.
Year: 1878

RAINFALL during the past week has
come in thunder showers accompanied
with unusually heavy claps and vivid
lightning for this section. The rain for
the week measures l .S3 inches and gives a
total for the season to date Of 55.7I inches,
exclusive ofsnow. After the heavy storm
Of the past ten weeks we cannot expect
much more rain. But we are content,
the heavy body Of snow on the mountains
insuring plenty Of water for mining until
late in the season.
Year: 1878

THE caucus of the Republican Senators
and Representatives to arrange for an effec-
tive fall campaign was thoroughly harmoni-
Gus gathering. The Democracy who were
hoping that existing differences concerning
the Presidents Southern and civil service
policies might breed dissension and render all
attempts at harmonious action abortive, got
not grain Of consolation. The danger to
the country of Democratic House was too
deeply felt to allow differences on minor ques-
tions to parayze the efforts of the Republi-
can party to remove it.
Year: 1878

PLEASURES OF CAMPING OUT.-The
editor of the Buffalo News has been
camping out, and tells his experience
to his readers. He took with him one
wife, three fishing rods, two babies,
and Il shot gun, with the necessary
clothing, kettles, pans, and the rest Of
the paraphernalia. His tent was
pitched next to that of a newly mar
ried couple on one side and two elder
ly maiden sisters on the other side.-
',Elysium was a fool to that camp,
says the editor and we can we'll be-
lieve it. There were shade trees,
brooks, moons and poisoning in abun-
dance, and when we retired for the
night there was not a heart unmoved
by the solemn stiffness of the scene.
But the editor tent was too near to
that ofthe newly married couple. The
young man was reading Tennyson out
loud to his bride by the light Of a
kerosene lamp, three kisses to each
line, The old maids on the other
side kept whispering: "Amandy, sup


pose man was to come to our tent F!
There was Wild shrek, and every
body rushed out in his night clothes,
thinking that one of the ancient vir-
gins had been bitten by rattle-snake
Of course she hadn't. A COW began
believing for her calf, and everyone
swore it was u bear The men got
out with guns and killed one of the
wagon horses. Then everyone got in
to the wrong tent; the young hus-
band rushing into the arms Of one of
the old maids, and kissing as she lay
with her front teeth out, told her that
he had killed the bear himself His
wife would not believe twas an acci-
dent, and went into Mysteries. The
tent fell down about three clock in
tie morning, and a heavy shower of
rain about daybreal1 soaked everyone
to the skin. The editor's family all
have the bronchitis, ana he announc-
es that his tent and complete appara-
tus for camping out are for sale.
Year: 1878

A Bazoo reporter yesterday met II
gentleman from Joplin who gave him
the particulars Of one of the most re.
markable divorce cases of which we
have ever heard. The following is
the story:


A lady sued for divorce in Joplin
recently, and when it came up tie
startling developments of which We
write were brought to light, and upon
their strength they We're granted.


In 1868 the lady, then a young
and handsome maiden, Il resident of
Stone coanty, South west Missouri,
married a worthy young man to
whom she had long been engaged
Their union was happy one, and, as
both had been reared in the vicinity
and we're beloved and respected by
all, they received the kindest beni-
sons of all who knew them.


But the war WIS raging around
them, and their locality was alter
nately occupied by each of the con-
tending armies. A draft was about
TO be made, and the young husband,
a month after his marriage, concluded
to take advantage of the governments
liberal offers and enlist, rather than
run the risk of being forced into its
ranks without any emolnmrnt save
the mea9er pay Of q private in the
ranks of The Union army.


His courage and intelligence soon
gained the respect OF his officers and
tellowmen, and in several hard fought
battles he distinguished himself TO
such an extent that his name was for
warded to the department headquar-
ters in st. Louis, and in short time
returned emblazoned in second lieu
tenants commission.


The regiment was then stationed in
Northern Arkansas, and at this op-
perfume moment, when lie was so near,
to all he held dear (for son was
born to him In his absence), he could
not resist the temptation to obtain a
short leave of absence to visit his wife
and child.


This to him high-prized boon was
easily obtained, and with his commis-
sion in his pocket he mounted his
horse and started for home. With |,
eager haste he pursued his journey,
his mind being filled with his hearts
idols. At length the we'll. remember
ed aud marks came to view.


He was close to home.


A few hundred yards of the leavy
fol est, and he would be in the open
ing where he could see the smoke
from tie cot that contained his treas
lres.


He would surprise them


His wife would cry for joy!





How his bright eyed babe would


Halt come a fierce order, in stem
,orian tones, from the brush that sur
the road. Ere he would rein
Year: 1878

BY and by the roses withcr,
BY and by the leaves will fall;
BY and by the crimson autumn
Sheds Its lustrc over all.
BY and by our hopes will brighten,
Though the sw allows homcward hv,
And false friends who seem to love us
May forget us by and by.
BY and by The rose that withcrs
will uplift its drooping head,
Awakened from its slumbcrS,
BY an Angels gentle tread.
BY and by hearts will be broken.
That have never known n sigh;
Fricndlcss on with joy will tighten,
In the coming by and by.
by and by there VIII We false hearts,
BY and by there will be true;
DO hear you say you doubt il
lfyou do, then why do you?
BY and by bright eyes will moiStcn,
When beneath the turf we lie
There Will still bc those who love us,
In the silent by and by.


Mary Il. HtIc
Year: 1878

THE EFFORT now to cheat the people
is to put 434 or ass grains of silver in the
dollar. This is the most scandalous and
rascally business we have ever known at
tempted. If Senators thought the people
were all as ignorant as the negroes some
of them represent they might be excused
for this attempted trick upon the work
ing and business people. They demone-
tized silver without authority, and all the
people ask is to have the silver dollar
where it was, in point of legislative en-
actment, before the bill was surreptitious-
~ put through Congress that demone-
tized it. If what the apologists say is
true, every silver dollar the people held
when this scandalous act was got through
was deprecated ten per cent.
Year: 1878

VITALITY OF THE CUBAN REBELLION
Madrid Journals now speak of an i'm
tentiou to remove Martinez Campos, the
present captain general of Cuba, whsse
arrival in the island was not long ago
heralded as portending instant death to
the rebellion. He was understood as
having $4,000 soldiers to aid him, and
sixty days would have been a long time
to assign for the conquest of Cuba to the
distinguished soldier who did so much to
suppress the Carlist insurrection. The
vitality of the Cuban insurrection is mar
vellous. No military leadership and no
amount of force seem able to crush it.
Year: 1878

The HOLDERS of the S2,0e0, 800 900 Of
bonds now, ,and all their infiuencets used
to keep silver below par Of gold. To
this influence is added the weight and in
fluence Of the act of Congress which de-
monetized it (; still the silver dollar COM
mands so much respect from the people
that they take 1t as readily as any cur
rency that is circulated, and prefer to
have silver dollar to the trifiing piece
termed a gold dollar. Now as soon as
silver has been remonetized and made a
legal tender all the bond influence that is
now against it will be turned in its favor
and it will at once go to par, as was adj
mitted yesterday by the New York Her
alb .N'E
Year: 1878

THE GAZETTE has stood by the people


in the discussion of the silver question


from its very inception and it does not
mean to abandon it until the position
which silver held before the war is at
tanned. The double standard of gold and
silver is the financial platform of the
Democratic party, and it must be main
tanned. A departure from this to single
gold standard will be equivalent to de-
preston of t,oenty per cent. on every in
numbered estate in the city or State, and
we could not stand by and silently wit.
ness an act by which the people were
thus wronged without raising our voice
in warning. "a 80 fUrantt.l i.,-sq. .tti
Year: 1878

ture to say tha If the Generals
wishes were ednplied with, even
his brilliant recgd Of merltonous
deeds in defense Of his country,
would soon be sulied by aeeusa-
tionr of dishonesty and the glory
won at the Battle If the Big Hole
would be swept away by the
first breath Of suspicion that ne re,
moved a brand from an Indian
sugar barrel
Year: 1878

Boston policeman are forced to
wear feather stocks, like soldiers Of
the olden time. This answers the
double purpose of giving them a
soldierly bearing and irritating
their necks to such an extent that
they are always out Of humor and
constantly on the alert for some


body TO pound.
Year: 1878

Ten dollars is what it cost a
grayhaired man at Buffalo fcy kis-
sing blooming young woman Of
twenty. He says she offered the
kisses in the first place for twenty
cents, but in his greed he thought
TO get them for nothing.
Year: 1878

Mr.. Moody is opposed to
churches that run church fairs
where for 25 cents a young man
can come il and kiss the hand
soonest woman in the room" Mr..
Moody should remember that
though the sum named is vels
small there are congregations
where the kiss would not he so
very cheap
Year: 1878

It looks very much as if the
honest old COW must retire. As
sociated as she is with the help
less days Of infancy, and accustom-
cd as humanity has become to lean
upon her all through lifa, it is a
sorrowful reflection that she must
give away to the advancement Of
science and amble to i back seat.
It is true the far seeing milkman
did their best to prepare Us for
the e>+~F,I e1aarr5e, uuu nave
schooled Us hy gentle degrees t.
subsist upon the feeble imitatio.
OF the laeteal fluid III its purity.
Mankind had even recovered
from the shock which paralyzed
the world upon the invention OF
eleomal agine, but now when it is.
announced that ARTIFICIAL taltoW
will soon be made from . plant
which grows wild alI.over the
country, they feel that@the lowing
herd which wound slowly Ger the
lea" for 50 many generations, -
doomed. That obnoxious weed
knocks the last prop from une er
the faithful old COW. Establish for
ner a monument Of eleomargarine
and chalk, deck it with garland of
the talloW weed, and let hel mem
ory be revered for the good she
accomplished in the happy past.
Year: 1878

The London GL9bc says: Fishwives
and other market women have long en-
joyed reputation for turbulence of
speech and manner, not only in England,
but in most parts of the world 4
Russian Colonel, who has lately been
appointed Chief Police Master of one Of
the most pOpulous towns Of the Baltic
provinces, has hit upon a very novel;
but truly Oriental plan for the civilian
tion of these irritable danes He knew
that preaching moral homily would be
of no usc whatever where the hearers
were two women who were cursing one
another at the rate of one hundred and
twenty words q minute, and who were
only prevented from tearing one
anOthcr's faces by the strong arm Of the
police. You must he locked up in one
and the same cell until you have kissed
each other" This was invariably the
sentence Of the new magistrate i'm every
case Of female brOil which was brought
before him. He knew very well that
although kissing one another is habit
with male Russians, IL il not much i'm
use with the women Of MuscOvy, least
Of all with the fsbwives. The excited
ladies were hurried off, rallied for a time
louder than ever, protested that they
would die sooner than give this humiiat-
ing sign Of reconciliation, and then,
after a few hours confinement called
the jailer, and informed him that they
had " kissed" As the conciliatOry act
was effected in the dark, for the sake Of
procuring liberty, and without the
presence Of witnesses, the fshwives
we're informed that they must repeat the
kiss publicly in the open market place.
4 small fine WAS then taken from each,
and they were marched out into the
mercantile areOpagus, and were then
compelled, i'm the midst Of their sisters
in trade, 20 kiss each other three times,
and to give public promise Of future
peaceableness. At the end Of six weeks,
during which period this curious
penalty was frequently imposed, not a
single autbreak Of a market wife battle
occurred within the jurisdiction Of the
humorous police master.
Year: 1878

Tomorrow is the day appointed for taking mp
collections in the Protestant Episcopal churches for
the benefit of hospitals. The demands at this time
made upon the charitable are numerous and heavy;
but those in behalf of the INDECENT sick impera-
tive in their character. Other needy persons may
be impostors, but there is fraud in that absolute
ill-hcalh which is the condition of admission to q
hospital The nature of such charities almost en-
,mely precudos decelt-disease displays it's own
certificate and fractured limbs tell no false
hoods. The stalwart beggar may be told
TO 20 TO work. and properly told so. II
work is attainable; bat work is all over with
the sick man until science and nursing have re-
newcd his strength and made him whole again. 10
the sick child the difference between the care taken
of it in a hospital and any care possible in an inl-
poverlshed home, Is matter OF life and death. To
the sick woman only the most asslduous attention
and the highest degree of medical skill may bring
back the ability to discharge domestic duties or TO
earn the means narrow at best, Of sustaining llte
The divine founder of our rehg made no more
suggestive demonstration of His love well as of
HIS power than that restoration of the sick, which
furnishes so many touching gospel episodes.


Hospitals are combined product of our religion
and our civilization and a country without such
institutions would be goddess and b'rbarous in
deed Their foundation implies many virtues
pity, generosity sensibility to suffering. They are
necessarily expensive charities, because those to
whom their relief il awarded are often little able
TO share the cost or to tighten it by their own
labor There is nothing novel in these suggestions,
but they may, at least, remind those who wish to
give, that here is an opportunity of giving safely
and judiciously.
Year: 1878

The present pedestrian match ought to be the last
permitted to professionals III tins city. In nine
eases out Of ten tne matches are simplyswindng
designs of gamblers 70 flch gate money" from o
deceived public. They bring athletic sports int
disrepute and our amateur athletes who con
tend in spirit of true rivalry, under suspicion II
is to be hoped that member of any reputable
athletic club wilagain leud his name as umpire.
timer otherwise to as bald swindle on the pub
lie as the O'Leary- -CampaDa match