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Year: 1878

The more reflected on the conduct OF the
half breed, tn more assured was that he
intended to murder. Full of this idea I took
my revolver from its sling and held it in my
hand ready to shoot him down at the first


movement that appeared at all dangerous.
A haze seemed now to pass across my eyes.
Fatigued with long watchfulness and ex.


citement, passed into that semi.conscious
state in which | seemed perfectly aware of


everything that passed. although objects


were dull and dim in outline, and did not


appear so sharply defined as in ones waking


moments. / was apparently aroused from


this state by a slight cracking sound.


started, and raised myself on my elbow. My


heart ceased to beat at what | saw. The


half-breed had lit some species of dried herb,


which sent out strong aromatic odor as it
| burned. This herb he was holding directly


under Dicks nostrils, who, now peceived


to my horror was wrapped in a profound


slumber. The smoke of the mysterious herb


appearedto deprive him of all consciousness


for he rolled gently off the pine log. and lay
|


now stole to the door and opened it gently


Three sinister heads peered in out of the


gloom. | saw the long barrels of rifles and


the huge, brawny hands that clasped them.


The half breed pointed significantly to


where | lay with his long bOny finger, then
drawing II large thirsty looking knife from
his breast, moved toward me- The time was


come Nv blood stopped--my h' art ceased
to beat. The half breed was within a foo,
of my bed the knife was raised ; another
, instant it would have been buried in my
, heart, when, with hand as cold as steel,
} lifted my revolver, took deadly aim and
; fired
, A stunning report, a dull groan, hug,
. cloud of smoke, curling around me, and
found myself standing upright with dsrl
| mass lying at my feet.


8 Great God what have you done, sir ?
! cried the halfbreed, rushing toward me
a you have killed him He was just abou
v to wake you


e l staggered against the wall. My sense
o until then immersed in sleep, sudden
ly recovered their activity. The frightfu
9 truth burst upon me in flash had she
n Dick Linton while under the influence @


a nightmare Then everything seemed
o fade away and remembered no more.


i There was a trial, I believe. The lawyer
Q were learned, and proved by physicians tn,
= it was a case of what is sometimes calle
d somnolentis or sleep drunkenness, but of th
proceedings l took no heed. One forl
Is haunted me lying black and heavy on th
It hut floor; and one pale face was ever pres
. ent--a face saw once after the catastroph
d and never saw again-the wild, despairin
Z face of Bertha Linton, my promised bride
Year: 1878

MAKE HOME PLEASANT.


Amuse your boys il you wish to keep them
at home Play whist with them. 'Whaln
hear some Of you say, why, am mem.
Der of DR.. So-and-sos church. Well let
him 60 to the dogs for once; let your church
90 to the dogs, and save your bpv from going
When | was young man at college there
was deacon's son there at the same time,
and he told me he learned to play 'nld
sledge' on the hay-mow when his father was
reading commentaries. II is fact, aud no,
a matter of laughter, and that same young
man died drunkard and gambler. lie
lived in the Connecticut Valley, and could
| give you his fathers name if | was so dis
posed. Bob told me more than a dozen
times if his father had only played some
| kind of game with him-'if he had only
been human with me, Deacon Murray, sale
he, L should have been church member
just as you are | want you to understand
| was deacon then l think Bob wa
right. SO l say play whist with your boys
Play dominoes or checkers-in fact, an,
pleasant, healthy game. Read poetry will
them, for boys like poetry; if not, read bet
ter stories. Get him to read to you {; an
here let me say that this is one of the be,
possible ways to keep the boys at home, an
one of the most beneficial in its effect
Teach them to feel that you are dependel
| 80 tA
make your home happy in a way that bo,
like, and not in the way that some church,
like. Boys are worth more than chur,
forms, for boys are germs of angels, or ell
they are the seeds out of which devils sprin
If felt that my boy would eat peanuts
church, and that he would go to sleep |
canse he was not interested, should spe
one-half of day under the hedges or by sol
running spring. | should preach to tn
boy in way that would make him forget
peanuts and sleeping in church. The ~
. ming spring should remind him of Il
fountain of living water which flows fir,
the throne Of God, If there WAS bit


sea, it should remind him of that sea of or


tai before the throne of God. If there '


an empty acorn, it should remind him of


temple of clay out OF which the spirit


departed. All things should be servic,


God. The fields and the skies should be


church, and that boy should be made a
rs lower of Christ in that way, because h


best edapted TO that kind of SERVICE


II. Murray IN the Golden Rule.
Year: 1878

B The Italian war vessel Cnristoforo Colombo
sails this afternoon for San Francisco, taking
mail This really fine vessel has been much admired
by our citizens during the short time she has
mained in port. Her officers and crew have also
won the respect and esteem of all with whom they
have come In contact. and leave Honolulu with the
best wishes of the community.
Year: 1878

Her Majesty Queen Kapiolani and suite re-
turned on the steamer Likelike on Sunday
morning last in good health and spirits, after
enjoying a delightful visit to the Windward
Islands
Year: 1878

There is a general sentiment that
women do not stand by each other, as
men do by men; that we are envious,
narrow and small, where our sex is con-
cerned; that the greatest obstacles pro-
fessional women have to overcome are
the prejudices of women themselves; !;
that if woman commits a fault,
nobody is so quick and ready to heap
opprobrium upon her as another woman.
All this is, to a certain extent, unhappi-
ly true; but it is by no means generally
true. The fashion of women sneering
at women is passing into disrepute; so
that nowadays, no woman who expects
to pass as a well bred lady is guilty of
the bad taste of speaking disparagingly
or slightingly of her own sex. Now and
then one does it, thinking thereby that
she wins the esteem of men by so doing.
She can make no greater mistake. Men
admire large-mindedness and large
heartedness in women, quite as much as
women admire those qualities in men.
The more strongly and loyalty women
stand by one another, the more respect
fully they treat and speak of one another,
the more women honor women, have
faith in women, the better for us, the
more credit to us. We can not expect
men to honor and revere us, unless we
ourselves honor and revere our owr
sex.-Mdry a. E. Wdger-Fisher, in Sun
| ddu afternoon for October.
Year: 1878

A stranger sat in the corner of the
car hence to New York, in an easy atti-
tude, his feet upon large black trunk.
The gentlemanly conductor, going his
rounds, at the first station politely in
formed the stranger that the trunk must
be put in the baggage-car. To which
the stranger nothing replied. At the
second station the displeased conductor,
more decidedly, told the stranger that
he must put the trunk in the baggage
car. To which the stranger nothing re-
piled. At the third station the vexed
conductor more imperatively told the
stranger that he must put the trunk in
the baggage-car or it would be put off
the train. To which the stranger moth
ing replied. At the fourth station the
irate conductor had the trunk put off
and left. At the fifth station the molli-
fed conductor, addressing the stranger,
begged him to remember that he but
done what his duty required, and that
he had only done it after repeated warn
ings, and that it was solely the strangers
fault. To which the stranger laconical-
ly replied: "Don't care faint my
trunk i"-BoSton Courier.
Year: 1878

Speaking of the grievous neglect of
attention to common things and COM
mon employments as means of educa-
ton, the Philadelphia Public Ledger
sensibly remarks that cit is in the
study of common things, that are so
plentiful all around us, but so little un-
derstood, that an education may be
gained of which at present we have only
begun to conceive. Schools are numer-
Gus, books are abundant, every child is
now made master of the elements OF
learning, yet there is a lack of practical
education; the effects of the school are
apt to fade away on the farm and in the
factory, and separation, if not an an
tagonism, often takes place between
study and daily life. We need a
bridge which will carry the scholar
with his habits of study and inquiry
safely into the life of profitable labor,
without obliging him to drop what he
has taken so much pains to gain. Such
a bridge may be found in the study of
common things. Ordinary life pur.
suits furnish abundant material for
such study. Every object we see
or handle in everyday life has
a history well worth perusing, a COM
position well worth analyzing, future
well worth conjecturing. However
common it may be, it has that in it, and
about it, which will forever prevent it
from being commonplace. Every en-
ployment we engage in, however
mechanical or Insignificant it may
seem, will escape from all such odium
if it is pursued with an active brain as
well as busy hand-if its resources are
examined, its history studied, its meth
ods compared, its best purposes follow
ed. Such education will make labor far
more valuable by introducing into it
the element of thought; it will increase
the power of observation, and stimulate
the curiosity, which is the germ of
knowledge; it will invest the world of
common things with richer meaning


and keener flavor; and, best of all, it


will give continual occupation to those


higher faculties of man which are apt


to rust in the tame routine of every day


life, when not thus lifted out of the re-


gion of commonplace"
Year: 1878

Few were aware of the physical
strength possessed by Mr.. Lincoln. In
muscular power he was one in a thou
sand. One morning while we were sit
ting on deck he saw an AK in a socket
on the bulwarks, and taking it up, held
it at arms length at the extremity OF
the helye with his thumb and fOre6ngerI
continuing to hold it there for numbe1
of minutes. The most powerful sailor
on board tried in vain to initiate him
Mr.. Lincoln said he could do this whe
he was eighteen years of age, and ha
never seen day since that time whe
he could not. 1t occurred to me, whe
reading the details of the plot that tel
minated in the death of the Presiden
that his abduction, which was at OF
time proposed by the conspirator
would have resulted very disastrous
to those who should have the temeri
to undertake it. The plan proposed "
to waylay the President at night duri
one of his frequent visits to the War
partment, where he was in the habit
| going to read the telegraphic dipatc
during the time of important militj
movements, and where he would OF
remain until very late hour, return
alone through the grounds of the w


House. A half-dozen men were to s.


and carry him off, but had they atten


ed it they would probably have TO


that they had met their match, fol


had the strenth of giant. Judge 5


of Chicago, who was an intimate fr


of his, says that he has seen him


into crowd where two powerful


were fighting, and, taking each by


collar, hold them out at arms leng


the most helpless and ridiculous


tion.-Gen. Nele, u, Scribner for


tober.
Year: 1878

.Isf d


Integrity of character and truth in the
inner man are the prerequisites of success
in any calling, and especially so in that OF
the merchant. These are attributes which
never fail to command respect and win ad-
miration. No one fails to appreciate them
and if they lido not pay in the vulgar
sense of the phrase, they bring an amount
of satisfaction and peace to the owner
that all the wealth of .Crgsus could not
yield. ~. = .f,,sr. f.


There is no better stock in trade than
these principles no capital goes so far or
pays so We or is so exempt from bank
r7ptcy ana loss. When known, they give
credit and confidence, and in the hardest
of times will homer your paper in bank.
They give you an unlimited capital to do
business upon, and cycrs body will en-
dorse your paper. and the general faith of
mankind will be your guaranty that you
will not fail.


Let every young man upon commencing
business, look well to these indispensable
elements of success, and defend them as
he would the apple Of his eye. 1t inatten-
five and reckless here. he will imperil
everything. Bankruptcy in character is
seldom repaired in an ordinary lifetime.
A man may suffer in reputation and re-
cover; not so the man who suffers in char
actcr.


Re lust and truthful. Let these be the
ruling and predominating principles Of
your life and the reward will be certain.
eiyiier in the happiness they bring to your
own sosom, or the success which Will at
tend upoh all your business operations in
life. or both. SOS
Year: 1878

For several months past, among the
many teamsters and woodchoppers at
work for tie railroad company near Pop
lar Bluff. trim, very s,nooth-heed fellow.
was especially noticed. He was popular
with all his associates. owing. perhaps. TO
his ways and his straightforward bearing.


He did not Indulge in the use OF intoxicat-
ing liquors. and night after night, as the
men were grouped around The camp fire.
his CHEEKY voice. as he sang the rude bal
lads of his companions. made the forest
ring. About ten days since he fell vic
fms to the cl,:lfs and fever. and while
deirious his attendant made the startling
discovery that their lavorite was not what
he claimed. but woman in disguise. At
night. on the return Of the choppers to the
camp, the information was Impaired, and
the next day the girl was carried to Poplar
Bluff. and under the care of the physician
she soon recovered.
Year: 1878

It is so easy to say, "Never give up the
ship" 1t is so easy to hold your head up
and step firmly. to laugh c'eerily, and
have a pleasant word for everybody. when
safely hedged in from sorrow and poverty
by the love of friends and bottomlcss
purse. When sickness passes';y to knock
1T some other door. when home is the one
'.sweet safe corner" in all the world, wien
there, are those who would suffer that you


might go free-al,. then it is easy to feel as
if nothing could ever make you quite dis
coaraged. This is a beautiful world. and
there are lots of good things in it. Yes,
many son and daughter. few wives and
mothers and ABOUT the same proportion Of
husbands and fathers. do live more in the
shine than in the shadow of life. But there
are so many, so many more. who have to
buckle on their armor, and spend their
best hearts blood in the daily life. Such
bitter trials rs men and woElen do live
through! Who can doubt that Heaven
sends them their fortttude? 1t cannot be
of EARTH Slcl, strains of heart and brain
as hearts and brains do still bear up under!
Is it any wonder that weary hakds some
times fall despondingly, and weary heads
bow discouraged? Oh! ye. whose paths
are in the pleasant places whose faith was
never tried by Heavens seeming disregard
of your prayers and tears who never
knew the lack of tender home-love and
protection, exult in your happiness and
thank Providence. But while you drink
from your cup OF life such honey-sweet
draughts, give thought how and then to
those whose daily potions SAVIOR so strong
ly of wormwood, and remember that a
kindly word and a helping hand, which
cost SO little. may make lighter the bur-
den of some one almost discouraged.-Er-
change. 4sas8;89l1 a 1881 z.
Year: 1878

While thrifty colorcd men are getting
rich in Georgia, many of their brethren
in South Carolina are burning with the
Liberian fever. A few weeks ago train
load of them was poured out upon the
wharves of Charleston, where they found
no means of getting to the promised
land, but the faith of the pilgrims is
again revived by the statement that
bark has. been bought in Boston to con,
vey them over the bounding billows, and
is about to sail for Charleston with the
President of the Emigration Society on
board To the vivid Imagination OF the
negroes who have been enlisted in the
movement, the Liberian colony is pic
tured as bright as Paradise, and many
of them confidently believe that the
highest type of earthly bliss is to be at
tanned there, along with the greatest
freedom from earthly ills. Still, no
great numbers of the cOlored race are
likely ever to emigrate across seas from
the Southern States, where their labor is
in constant demand in agricultural and
other industries The rice coast of
South Carolina and Georgia alone is a rich
field where, if the plantations are to be
worked at all, negro labor must hold an
absolute monopoly for at least half a
century. Under the present system of
drainage and culture, these rich lands
are the home of malaria which for six
months in the year is deadly to the white
race, while the peculiar constitution of
the negroes enables them to live and
work in it with impunity. 1t is owing
to this difference of constitution between
the two races, the planters having their
residences on the pine ridges or in the
towns remote from their plantations,
while the negroes have their quarters
close to the malaria clouded fields, apart
from humanizing influences, that the
negroes of the South Carolina coast are
so far behind those of the up country in
civilization. The effort that is expended
in the Liberian emigration scheme would
be much better directed toward the en-
lightenment of these benighted people,
to make them good citizens and indus
trious farmers where they are.-N, Z,
Sun.
Year: 1878

An ENERGETIC AGENT WANTED.-I
wish to employ an energetic man of 40,
to sit in my hall and be my Agent
Answerer and Pedder- Conciliator. lean
not say that the work is light, but the
wages will be good. want him to be
well up in Scripture, so that he may be
able to entertain the man with big BIZ
BILE to sell. He must know music so as
to battle the man who has sworn to sell
my house an organ. He must be able to
detain the agent of B1rum & Bleedum's
unrivaled sewing machine, and so control
the conversation that the kind-hearted
agent shall depart, feeling that enough
has been said lie will have to be kind
to the man with the brooms, but, at the
same time, firm. To the person who APP
pears as agent of the Consolidated Ency.
clopedia of Medieval Literature, he must
exercise urbanity aud not attempt to cur
tail the conversation, this work having
been subscribed to by Mr.. Goldpot and
Mr.. Silverware, leading citizens. In fact


as to all these agents, he must be patient,
respectful, polite. There is one visitor


though, upon whom | shall permit him
so eXpend his pent.up feelings. He shall
be not only allowed, but authorized, to
smash into 100000 fragments the person
who comes and leaves patent medicine
circular and asks that the circular be re-
turned when called for. Address En-
durance, Box ,O00.-COurier Journal.
Year: 1878

LOST HER INDIA SHAwL.-Queen Vic
toria has been in the habit for many
years of presenting a beautiful India
shawl as a wedding present to her noble
lady friends on their marriage. But it
is noted that the traditional present has
been withheld from Lady Flora Hastings
on her marriage with the Duke of Nor
folk, and the omission has caused no
little talk, and much surmise as to the
reason of Her Majesty's course. 1t is
now said that it is because Lady Flora is
a pervert to the Roman Catholic Church,
of which her husband is conspicuous
member The Queen, it is added, has no
special antipathy to Roman Catholics
who have been brought up in that
faith; but she dislikes those who 60
over to Rome exceedingly, and for that
reason will take no notice of the recent
wedding.
Year: 1878




How Some Miners Think They ore


Forewarned Of Death.


There are wonderful things to be
studied in the vast laboratory where
nature has stored her treasures.
The mon who toll in the caverns Of
the ground and tread the endless
windings of the drifts have their
presentiments of coming calamity,
and ut times feel the touch Of death
in the very air. A Virginia (Nev.)
Chronicle reporter was talking with
an old miner a few days ago who
implicitly believed that no death
ever took place in the mines with
out q warming If some kind. "You
see" he said, "death never comes of
sudden upon the men in tho mines.
You reporters write up accidents
and tell how something gave way or
fell quick and killed somebody.
Now, this amt 80. There's always
some warning. When I see my
lantern begins to bum low down and
blue, I know there is danger ahead.
If it keeps on for few days and
then begins to waver and flicker, I'll
watch it close to see where it points.
Now, yon may set me up for o. fool,
but what I'm tellin' is the gospel
truth. When the flame leans over
{as if it was being worked by blow
pipe) and points to man, death
has marked him. Some years ago
when Bill Hendricks was killed in
the Savage, the flame of my lantern
pointed right to him for over an
hour, and when he moved the fame
would turn, just Us if Bill was load
stone AMI tue h,me was mariners
needle. 1 knew he WAS gone, and
toll him to be careful about the
blast. We'll, he got through that all
right, and got Oh tue cage. AS we
went up, the candle kept acting
strangely, and at times the fame
would stretch out long and
thin towards Bill. At length it gave
sudden flicker, and Bill reeled
to one side and was caught in the
tinhers. 7 heard his drcadful cry
as he disappeared down the shaft,
and while he was bounding from
side to side, dnshing ont his brains
and scattering his flesh down to the
bottom, my light went out. /
never lit that lantern again. It
hangs up in my cabin now, and it
always will. There's more in
candle flame than people think. I'd
ro j. ~, ooo a onoLo,l ,.o,o),,o, ,,~,,4
cd at me than candle flame; q
revolver sometimes misses, but
candle flame is sure to kill when it
starts towards man. I must start
for my shaft now. Don't give my
name to anybody. There are some
who would laugh at me-" The man
here picked up his bucket and
walked away. There are plenty of
miners on the Conn COCK who have
just such surerstitlons. Some be-
lieve that bad and good luck come
in streaks, just Ns quartz and
property. For three years past
there had been no accidents in the
North Consolida ted Virginia until a
few days ago, when Champion had
his thigh crushed. The miners
said at once that q ''bad streak" had
been struck, and more accidents
might be expected. Yesterday two
more men were injured by falling
thirty feot into the sump. This was
caused by the breaking of two
inch plank that seemed able to bear
q dozen men.
Year: 1878

VERY HANDSOME. The Union Hotel
proprletors feel justly proud over the new
sign at their place OF business. II was
executed by Stuart, tho Painter, who tas
been with US for several weeks and is a
master hand at his business.
Year: 1878

PRosPERING.-From j A. Tinsloy, of
Cox's Bar wno is in town for few duys,
we learn that miners and people general
ly in that section Of the county are in a
healthy and prosperous condition. Mr.
Tinslcy, being the trader at the Bar, is in
q situation to know and We are glad to
hear his favorble report.
Year: 1878

DoING WELL.-Several week ago we
referred to coed pay discovered by Thos,
B. Price in his drifting claim on Cox's
Bar. Tom is in town this week and in
forms us that the pay streak is extensive
and holds out to his satisfaction.
Year: 1878

NEXT WEEE.-The length Of the pro
coediogs Of the Board of Supervisors this
week prevents our giving the promised
description of the new School House but
We shall endoayer to do so in our next
issue.