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Year: 1871

There are some people, yes, many,
people, always looking out for sights.
They cannot carry on,the daily inter
course of the family without some Of
tense is designed. They are as tOuchy
as hair triggers. If they meet an ae-
quaintance in the street, who happens
to be pre-oceupied with business, they
attribute his abstraction in some mode
personal to themselves, and take UNI
bragg accordingly. They lay on 9TH
ers the fault Of their irritability. A III
of indigestion makes them see imper-
Thence in everybody they come in
contact with. Innocent persons, who
never dreamed Of offence, are aston
ished to find some unfortunate word
or some momentary taeiturnity
mistaken for an insult. TO say
the least, the habit Is unfortunate
1t is far wiser to take the mOrs
charitable view Of our fellow
beings, and not suppose a slight i
intended unless the neglect is OpeI
and direct. After all, too, life take:
its use in a great degree from the eolOl
of our mind. II we are frank and gen.
erOus, the world treats US kindly. IL,
on the contrary, we are suspicious,
men learn to be cautious to US. Let 8
person get the reputation Of being
tOuchy, and everybody is under more
or less restraint; and in this way the
chances of an imaginary are vastly
increased
Year: 1871

Here Is as good a sermon as you VIII
hear. II is from the PoLnerOy Iete-
graph: "If some of our mother could
near the profanity and Obscenity In
which their boys indulge, as they con-
gregate on the street corners, they
would probably put forth stronger
effort to keep their children at home
those certainly would do so who have
any desire to see their boys grow up 70
Be useful and moral citizens.
Year: 1871

An exchange tells a novel love sto-
rv: a young couple planned an elOpe-
ment; the girl descended from her
room upon the traditional ladder, but
at the gate they were met by the IA
ther of the girl and the minister, by
whom the couple were escorted to the
parlOr, where to their surprise they


found all their relatives collected for
the marriage ceremonies which took
place at once. It was n neat paternal
freak. Not near as neat as that Of a
fond parent we know Of. He heard


his daughter and her fellow. plan an


elopement. The next day the old


man waited on the young one and


addressed hun thus: you're a fine


brave youth, and I don't object to YOU
for a son-in-law. Here's j hundred
dollars to aid in the elOpement. May
You live happily in the same house,
and nav no accident occur to throw


the least shadow on the sunshine OF


yOurEfe. All Irequest Is that you elOpe
with nv squgstar-she's a mighty
nice Girl. hut somehow I and her


mother could never travel smoothly


with her, we don't know her good
poiuts-el0pe with her 10 such a dis
tanee that she won't return 70 her low
I ing father and mother any more.
Goodbye, sonny, and may you be


happy" There was an eiOpement
that evening Ofone. The young man


went unscc0mplnied. He thought
everything couldn't be right when


the father was 50 anxious 70 get rid Of


the girl. The father looks on this as
a neat bit of strategy, for one who h9d
never been on NeClelian's staff.
Year: 1871

The way to wealth is as plain as the way
to market; it depends chiefly on two words
industry and frugality; that is. waste neither
time nor money, but make the best use of
both. Without industry and frugality moth
ing will do, and with them everything
Franklin,
Year: 1871

WORKING BY THE HoUR.-Speaking of the
whose society is more to be desired for this
quality than that of plumbers. They are
the most agreeable men l know; and the
boys in the business begin to be agreeable
very early. l suspect the secret OF it is that
they are agreeable by the hour. In the dry
est days my fountain became disabled, the
pipe was stopped up. A couple of plumbers,
with the implements of their craft, came out
to view The situation. There was good deal
of difference Of opinion about where the stop
page was. found the plumbers perfectly
willing to sit down and talk about it. t,-talk by
the hour. Some of their gnesses and re-
marks were exceedingly ingenious; and their
general observations on other subjects were
excellent in their way, and could hardly have
been better if they had been made by the job.
The work dragged a little, as it is apt to do BY
the hour. The plumbers had occasion to
make me several visits. Sometimes they


would find, upon arrival, that they had for


gotten some indispensable tool; and one


would go back to the shop, a mile and half,


after it; and his comrade would await his re-


turn with the most exemplary patience, and


sit down and tall, k,-aiways by the hour. do


not know but it Is habit TO have something


wanted at the shop. They seemed to me


very good workmen, and always willing to
stop and talk about the job, or anything else,


when L went near them. Nor bad they ans


of that impetuous hurry that is said TO be the


bane of our American civilization. To their
credit, be it said, that | never observed any
thing of it in them. They can afford to walt.
rWo OF them will sometimes wait nearly hal
day while eomrade goes for tool They
are patient and philosophical. IL is great
pleasure to meet such men. One only wishes
there was some work he could do for them by
the hour. There ought to be reciprocity. l
think they Lave very nearly solved the prob
lem of life; it is to work tor other people,
never for yourself, and get your pay by the
hour. fou then have no anxiety, and little
work. If you do things by the jobyou are per-
petually driven; the hours are scourges. Ii
YOU work by the hour, you gently sail on the
stream of time, which is always bearing you
on to the haven of pay, whether you make
any effort or not. Working by the hour


tends to one moral. A plumber working by


the job, trying to unscrew rusty, refractory


nut, in a cramped position where the tongs


continually slipped off, would swear; but
never beard one of them swear or exhibit the


least impatience at such a vexation working
by the hour. Nothing can move man who
Is paid by the hour. How sweet the fight of
time seems to his calm mind.-Ny Summer
in Gr,arden.
Year: 1871

A man who married buxom Irish girl
greatly to the horror of his mother and sister,
made the following defense: "If married an
American girl l must have an Irish girl to
Jake care of her, and cannot afford to sup.
port both of them.
Year: 1871

trying TO kill an ibex upon the mountains /;
but he tried In win. He could never, by
any species of deception, get within gun
shot At last he sa up an image of him
self, gun and all, in an open field. The
animal never exhibited the slightest fear,
hut came all about il, grazing, as Ii no
danger was pcar One day, thinking The
creature had beeu sufficiently thrown of
It's guard, the hunt,o took the place of the
image lie waited several days for his
victim, but he had the waiting all to him.
self The ibex came not. His wonderful
sense of smell told him Of danger, and he
sought his food in safer pastures, Merry $


Museum t.tk
Year: 1871

THE farmer who owns his land, is free
from debt, and has tolerable Improvements,
cannot comprehend the full meaning of
the term hard times" Hence farming is
the best and surest vocation for the mass
of the people; as a general result IL does
not lead to wealth and luxury, but 1t may
certainly insure competence and even
abundance. To the jaded, unfortunate,
unsuccessful business man, there is no
prospect that looks so enticing as that of a
beautiful farm. well improved, fully
stocked, and carefully titled. 1t is haven
of rest, where the corroding care and life
sapping anxiety of a city business are un-
known; domain over which he is king,
and where he may enforce his will undls-
puted by any one. The true pleasure OF
the farmers vocation consists in his init
mate relation to nature, and his possession
of all the rational enjoyments of life.


Why, then, do we hear the complaint
from so large a mass of the farmers that
times are hard?" The answer is, they are
in debt. Debt is a curse that entails far
greater hardships than the fiat which pro
nounced the doom of man to till the soil and
earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.
War prices and war currency afflicted alarge
portion of farmers with greed OF gain,
which they indulged by plunging into debt.
They were not content with securing good
homes, fitting them up in comfort and
laying something by for rainy day, but
they grew lustful for broad acres and lux
uries which can only be enjoyed in large
cities, and are but burdens to country life,
and now that reverses cut short expected
incomes, the pressure of debt is felt, and
the cry is hard times"


If we could teach only one precept with
force to farmers, it would be this: Make
| yourself independent. Owe no man any


thing Make your business snug and safe


instead of expensive and risky. Then you
can sit by your own hearth sides, and, ii
hard times" looks in at the window
you can laugh in his face.-Perin Ioaoe.
Year: 1871

Sheriff Prichard tells us that the wife of
George Hyer (sentenced to the Peniten-
tiary for five years for horse stealing), fol-
lowed her huaband to the walls of the
prison. They attempted to get away from
Lewiston without letting her know about
il. but the poor woman was evermore on
the watch at the depot, and so she was on
hand when the officers and prisoners
started away last week, and following on
the cars, hung about the neck of her hus-
band to the end of the journey. Mrs.
Hyer had two children. These she had
deliberately given away TO her people, de-
termined to remain in Joliet, near her hus-
hand. so that she could see him as often as
possible, and be ready, at the end of the
five wears, to welcome him again to free
dom. She hoped she would be permitted
to see him often, but this fond hope was
rudely torn from her by the stern prison
rules. She can see HIM but once In two
months, and then but for two or three
minutes in the presence of a guard. She
can write to him as often as she pleases !;
but he can write in reply only once a
month. After learning these facts the
sheriff tried to get her TO return to her
family, near Peoria, but her resolution v as
firmly taken She had given up home and
children to be near her husband, and there
she determined to stay at whatever sacrl-
fee. They left her alone and triendless, a
stranger in a strange city, weeping as If
her heart would break, but unwavering In
her devotion to her husband. No entr' atty
of husband, or friend, or stranger could
move her heart to leave him in his long
mprisonment.-Fulton County, .IV, Dem
ocrdt
Year: 1871

As the cold weather advances, and the
little ones are Obliged more and more to
seek amusement indoors, the mother looks
around for ample sources of entertainment
to keep the busy fingers employed, yet out
of mischief. If she can have her family
room in perfect order, with four or five
children playing round and happy all the
time, she is a very remarkable women, and
the secret of her management would be
worth knowing. 1t seems to be necessary
in order to keep the temper of the little
ones unruffied. that chairs should stand up-
side down, toys be scattred hIther and
yonder, and offerings continually made to
the Goddess of Disorder or laid on the
shrine of Chaos. The smashing of cups.
plates. window panes, piay'hi lampsa and
dolls heads is also essential to their perfect
felicity. Allowances should be made for all
these things. Just as is made for their growth
when new clothes are cut out for them.
One corner of the sitting room or kitchen
should be given up to the children, where
they may have liberty to do everything
sand in a tight box. with funnel and tin
cups, is capable of giving some children a
great deal of pleasure. Hammerand tacks
with bar of soap instead of wood, are also
good things for boys An ounce of parti-
colored beads. doled out few at a time,
with needle and thread to string them, will
amuse most little girls and boys for many
hours. Slate and pencil, or paper and PEN
Gil, with a set of cheap drawing cards for
models, are very fascinating to children
four or five years old set of building
blocks, costing from one to three dollars,
is an excellenI investment for bevy of
juveniles.


Investment of some sort there must be
if peace and quiet are to he preserved either
of money in the purchase of toys or of
time in making them, or, greater than all,
of patience and good temper in bearing the
penalties that the parent must suffer who
makes no adequate provision for keeping
\ idle hands out of the mischief Satan will
surely find for them to do. Dolls, tea sets,
hobboy-horses, picture books-these are
as indispensable in the nursery as are milk
cribs, and fiannels There must also be a
due proportion of fngers-marks on the
doors, thumps on little heads, scratches
and bruises on little bodies, to make up
| the perfect round of child life.


The mother may fancy that she will be
happier when her boys and girls are grown
| from under her constant watchfulness but
the general testimony is, that the period of
playthings, ofmeasles and whooping cough,
Of walking-stick horses, and tonges and
poker ponies, is happiest for the mother
and often for the child. When her off
spring are all about her, their noise may
distract, their incessant wants weary the
mother; but she does not worry over them
then. as when, later in life, they go, she
knows not where, and they do she knows
not what 1t is best, therefore, to enjoy the
period of infancy and childhoOda as it passes,
numbering only its joys and forgetting
its annoyances, smoothing rugged paths
for tender feet, and helping young hearts
to choose the good, and growing minds to
seek and love true wisdom.-E1chdnge
Year: 1871

The official returns of the census of
1870, upon the first schedule that of pop
ulation, are now so nearly complete that in
most of the larger States the result can be
given with great exactness; and in the
whole country, by estimating a few dis
tricts, they can be asceriained with -sufi
cient nearness for all political purposes.
The following table has been made up with
great care, and includes the precise figures
of every official return which had reached
the Census Bureau up to the hour of open
ing business this morning, with the hest
estimates the officers of the Bureau have
the means of making for the districts
whose returns are still defective:
Year: 1871


WAS dining at Delmonico's, week or two ago,
With charming little maiden and her dapper


little beau;
And tried, by close attention, as I triAed with


my fork,
To arrive at solution of the meaning of their


talk.
1t was all about party, which they said was
Where their awful pretty" hostess had an


lawful handsome Dolly;"
And an awful cunning necklace" which her
Had procured for her at Tifany's, while shopping


with mamma.
Yet, 'twould seem, there was drawback to the
For the lawful stylish" Reginald arrived $50


awful late''-
And the " awful swell" arrangement of his lawful
And his lawful lovely" waistcoat didn't COM


pensate for that.
Then he firted-"O oh, twas awful with that


lawful little MINK"
VINO was dansng after supper to the strains of
And he paid such lawful compliments" twas
really quite absurd
just the awfulest of nonsense that a creature
ever heard"
Ilistened-quite bewildered by the babble of the
Who were sitting at the table with very quiet
air;
And thought, my little darlings, if your soup



Or as potent as your language, it would kill you
on the spotl
"Now, If such thing should happen-though
you'd make an awful end,
Twould be fitting retribution for usage of
friend
grave and solemn adjective-true Saxon to the
core
Who should meet with proper treatment-not be
forced to prove bore.
II confess it sorely puzzled me to think what yeu
would say,
If something really awful were to happen in
your way;
For I'm sure with simple English you would never
be content,
But your thoughts. in foreign expletives, would
have to find vent"
While musingi this fashion (feeling rather cross
and old
1 forgot about my dinner, which was getting


lawful y cold;
And the adjective kept dropping from the lips of
either child,
Till with awful, awful, awful, was fairly driven
wild.


-NeW York EUening Post
Year: 1871

WASTE PApGR Few housoScepeis are
aware Of the many uses TO which waste
paper may be put. After stove has
been blackened, i. can be kept looking
very well for long time bf rubbing il
with papar every morning Rubbing
with paper il much nicer way Of keep
ing tie outside OF tea kettle, cofFec-pot
and tea po bri and clean, than the
old way Of washin4 hem in snds' Rub
bing with peper s also the best way OF
polishing knives aud tin ware after scour-
ing. This saves vetting the knife han


dles. II little lour is held on the pa


per IN rubbing the tin ware and spoons,
they shine like silver For polishing
mirrors. windows, lamp chimncys, paper


is better than dry cloth. Preserves and
pickles keep much better il brown paper


instead of cloth, is tied over the jar.
Canned fruit is not so apt to mould, II II
piece Of writing paper, cot to tt the can
is laid directly on the fruit Paper is
much better TO put under carpet than
straw II is warmer, thinner and makes
less noise when walked over Two thick


nesses of paper placed between other
covering on a bed are as warm az quilt.
IF IL is necessary to step upon chair,
always lay u paper on it and thus save
the paint or wood work from damage
Year: 1871

VVN'1I1sF71s1 a7'17f Z UT s'77' @S'


The body of Lawrence Mooney was
grappled up ut tho wreck this afternoon
The top OF his head and one hand was
burned, but the rest Of the body was in a
good state Of preservation. The clothing
was saturated with oil. On the body was
found u gold watch and chain and Other
articles. Deceased parents were tele
gNphed for, and the body was taken tc
Ponghkeepsie in charge OF q undertaken
The divers will go down again tomorrow
to look for other bodies. LtT { 3
Year: 1871

Hoo Y.-Barracksville has an old
SOW thatrecently got into a side.hill corn.
field by swinging over the fence on a
grape vine, she gnawlng it off at the root
of tue tree for that purpose. The cum
ming beast carried the end up the hill, tool;
hold of it in her teeth, shut her eyes and
Let go ot the ground. The next place she
found herself was in the corn.fleld, When
the owner came along with his dogs, the
sow found to her cost that the rule
wouldn't work both ways, The West Tir-
ginian tells this story, and none can doubt
It's verify.
Year: 1871

A GEORGIA colOred debating society
was lately discussing (Which Is the best
for the laboring man, to work for wages,
or part OF tho CROP" An old "uncle'
spoke the sense of the meeting when he
thought "b0le was do best, If dey could
only be brung togedder somehow"
Year: 1871

IT Is rather inconvenient for people to
know too much. A savant learned in
comparative anatomy, while partaklng
not long ago of II savory dish, supposed
to consist Of Chicken fixins" found in
his plate bone which he recognized rs
the thigh bone of u cat. H
Year: 1871

TO-DAY is the thirty.frst day out for the
Tennessee and no news from her. Secrc-
tary RoDEsoN's theory Is that tho longer
the vessel is out without being heard from
the more certainly assured is her safety.
So that no news Is good news.
Year: 1871

A YOUNG man of good social and tlnan-
cial position in Montgomery, Ala, droyea
dray Tor cotton firm oil last week, hay-
ing accepted banter from friend to tho
amount of 5000, that he would not have
the courage and perseverance to dOit.
Year: 1871

II Read the pow werful Endorsement Of the
leading papers Of the West on the great sho.
of Van Ambursh Co.. As Organized for
the campaign Of 1879 A"y thos can be puff
fed for pay. As can merchants dry goods.
but it is not every travelling shou company that
can get the golden endorsement of every State
capital paper in this, or any other country that
it has visited for a season. Don't fail to read
the Eoticrs and extracts.
Year: 1871

RoBBEur AT THE DKpoT.-On Wednesday
morning the till of the Depot Saloon of Curley
and Nahon was robbed of purse containing
something over one hundred dollars in coin
The proprietors missed the money and
took action to trace and capture the robbcr, and
to this end word and telegraph dispatches were
sent to various points. VIM. Treasure deputy
Sheriff Of this county at Colfax, got on the track
of the robber and overhauled and arrested him
late Wednesday evening in Nevada county. took
him e. t;r.ss Valley, swore Out {. warrant and
had him lodged in the new town jail. On Thurs
day morning the prisoner was examined and
awarded to deputy Sheriff Treasure, of this
county, who again placed him in the. town jail
to remain until o'clock, when the stage would
leave for Colfax. At the above hour when the
officer went for the prisoner he was gone, hav-
ing dug through the new Jail wall, says the
Grass Valley Uaioa with horn comb, or his
fingers, and taken his departure from that -four
ishing village of strong jails and big mines. Os-
horne acknowledged the robbery and gave Off
ger Treasure $50 of the money-what was left
In this connection the Unon says there is talk
OF new lottery to raise money to dump the new
jail into Vol creek, and get one that prisoners
cant comb themselves out Of; also that the price
Of hcsa combs has taken sudden raise in
Grass Valley.
Year: 1871

Now Is YOUR CHANcE.-Mr. A. Thomas, Cabi-
net maker, upholsterer and repairer Of furniture
will leave Auburn in two weeks, and all persons
who want anything in his line must make their
orders and bring in their work soon if they wish
his services. Work will not be received unless
brought in time to be finished before he leaves,
therefore, hurry up with what is to be done
Year: 1871

MiLa. AT LINcoLN.-We learn with pleasure
that arrangements have about been perfected for
the erection Of a first class Touring mill at Lin
Coln in this county and that it will be in opera
tion by the time the new crop of grain begins to
come IN. The benefits and profits from this en-
he paying one to the proprietors and will be Of
great benefit to Lincoln and surrounding coun-
try.
Year: 1871

LANSING STOUT DHAD-News come from Port
land, Oregon, that Lansing Stout died at that
place few days ago. Mr. Stout was a member
of the Legislature from this county in 1856
Subsequently a member of Congress from Ore
gon, and at the time of his death Senator il,
the Oregon Legislature. He was a man Of fine
talents, almost without enemies and always pop
ular and prominent in every community. All
our old citizens in Placer will remember him and
regret his death.
Year: 1871

VNIIE UNDERSIGNED HAVING HAD THE
i misfortune to lose his entire store, building
and stock of merchandise. By fire, and after pay
ing my debts out of the Insurance money. find
nothing left to start business again. This mis-
fortune and emergency compels me to ASK ALL
who are INDEBTED TO ME to come forward
and make


Payment Immediately.
as wish to rebuild and resume business at the
old stand without delay. If those who owe me
do not pay, | cannot start again. My books
were also burned, but honest men will not take
advantage of that misfortune, but should and
will even borrow money to pay me. DEBTORS
if you cannot pay all now, pay part and the re-
mainder at the earliest possible day, MS 1 nm in
need of money. JOHN MCBRIDE.


Rattlesnake Bar, January 9th, 1s71.-H