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Year: 1873

Speaking evil OF Others. is one of the
most unamia5ie habits that can be ae-
quired, not one that leads to infinite
mischief. 1t is not always easy to
avoid this, for there are a great many
persons in the world who are not what
they ought to be, and who do many
things they ought not to do. 1t is hard
for blunt, generous mind TO refrain
from expressing itself about mean peo-
pie and mean acts. There is SometL ing
in meanness and dishonesty that
arouses the indignation of such mind,
and it likes the luxury of denouncing
them in bold unspariEg language. But
the practice, as a practice, is a trouble
some and dangerous one.


There are occasions when it is our
duty to speak out in exposure of wrong,
but in general it is best to abstain from
evil speaking, even of evil persons.
We are not made judges of Others &C.
tionS; no one has a right to assume the
character of arbiter aud censor. Even
the beat of Us have our faults, and if
one should presume TO denounce the
vices and misconduct OF others, the
world would be given up to deiama-
tion.


We may hear and see much that we
do not admire and cannot like; we
may become cognizant of many evil
deeds done by evil persons; but it is
the part Of wisdom and discretion to
pass them by without notice, except
when to speak of them cautiously may
be necessary as warning to friend.


We ali have enough enemies in this
world, without provoking others by i'll
tempered comments. The enmity OF
evil men is a thing to be avoided, for
while it can do Us no good, it may do
US much harm. Besides, we may make
mistakes in the haste of honest indig-
nation, and speak evil ofgood men Tor
acts we do not understand. Such d
mistake is worse than the other; for
while it is imprudent to promiscuously
denounce evil men, It Is cruel wrong to
defame a good one. ''' -2'-..'t "-
Year: 1873

Of the beings that people this beautiful earth
And enjoy of its blessings share,
There's a class that return to the Giver Et


thanks


For his bountiful kindness and care,
He will spend all his talent, his tine and hi


means
In committing the murderous sin,
or Turing tne youth of our land to his den
To drink of his whisky and gin.
lie would take tn ror from the poor man


cot,
Leave nothing to shelter lis head. 9
The coal from his fire, the coat from his bacs
And ciothe him in tatters instead,
He would take the bread from the little onS


mouths, j
And peace from the trusting young wife,
And when there's no more this demon eau ge
The victim gives, gladly, his life,


Far better the rags Of the honest and poor,
Than jewels and clothing so fine,


II 10 gain them we take from the needy theiral
And barter our soul fer all time,


And when he at last the money has gained,s
That robbed his poor victim of breath,
With il he adori.s his poisonous den,
To lure others on to their death. A
The rule in mechanics works also in mind,
This cause and effect, you will see
The vender of rum is greater in crime,
Than the drunkard, in drinking. can be.
And what in the end will be this mans fate,
Although of gold he's a nine.


His house shall be leftail gloomy and dark.
For God hath said Vengeance is mime
Year: 1873

The Fremont Journal states that on
Friday of last week two children,
whose parents live near the edge Of
Riley township, died very suddenly
and under somewhat remarkable cir
cumstances. The fathers of both were
at work together in the woods, and
early in the afternoon one of them was
sent for by his wife, to come to the
house, as the little girl was very sick.
He started at aneej but when he arriv-
ed home the child was dead. While
he was gone the other man was sent
for, and arriving home found his child
was also dead. Whether it was poison
or some other fatality, we have not
been able to learn. ......l-
Year: 1873

A new remedy for toothache consists
in the employment Of injections intro
duced into the gum near the diseased
tooth. Morphia was first used, but
chlorofornl is now used exclusively.
Year: 1873

he had taken in informing himself of wha


we proposed to do the work for, and hel
going off and shaving on The prices; and i,
the light of the evidence before them, thai
the prices we asked were very low, it ap-
peared to the Board that his proposition
WAS made v i'h design to defraud tie
HfRALD from the work, though he should
lose money to accomplish it. And they did
as every good man will say they should
have done under the circumstances, ignored
his propos lion, and on motion awarded
the contract to tho HERALD. Thus we gol
the contract, though at low fgnre-as
low as we could afford to do the work and
live. But it is all we asked. We ha, e
preached economy, and in what we do for
The county and The people we proposed, and
s'i propose to raciice what We preach, a
fact which, from the evidence, was appar-
ent to the Supervisors, or we never would
have got it. For we say, and believe the
puuiIC W III DChi uS Oub III tuC dooCIiiuii,
'here are not three men in Placer more
noted for scrupulous honesty than the


three who voted to give us the contract.
There is not man with spark of prin-
c'ple, had he seen all tn maneuverings, but
would have cursed them, had they done
otherwise. J lie fact that the printing has
been done so low for the last four years is
due to The opposition of the HERALD, and
now that it has the work for one year, al
even lower rates than it has compelled them
to do it at, our Supervisors are accused 10y
,he Argus, of allowing the treasury to be
depleted. And further, the argus comes
in and sarcasiicaly calls our Supervisors
"Model Reformers." They have done
this; Printing is an important matter, and
hey have made arrangements to have it
done in good style, at what they are coz
vnccd are the very lowest rates it can be
done for, and allow the parties doing it to
I've; and they feel in their hearts that the
people Of Placer co. nty Will ask Of them
no more. We have strung this ont longer
than we like to make our articles; but in
last weeks argus there was an effort made
to mean'y disparage our Supervisors. than
whom there are none more disposed to d.,
right, which the editor of that paper knows


md we thought the matter should lie full y
laid before The public, that the Supervisors
my be exouerated.
Year: 1873

CABOT, his brother, who came here at


the same time, is still living in Yer


non township Mr.. Cadot was out


in the war of 1912, and was surren


dered at Detroit under the traitor


Hull. He is the last man now alive
that belonged to his company. He
draws pension for his services iu
that war. He is among the last of
the keel boatmen-that peculiar
class of boatmen that was once very
numerous, but now nearly extinct.
He forms connecting link between
q former civilization and the present.
He has family burying ground up
on his farm. and his two wives and
several children lie buried there. lie
has built himself vault at cost of
several hundred dollars, which will be
kept in readiness to receive his NOR
tai remains when his earthly career
shall have ended.
Year: 1873

A correspondent of the Episcopal
Register gives the following sketch of
a remarkable woman he met iE North
cumberland County. Pa:


S,,me few miles from Shamokin lives
a character that those manly people,
the "women's rights women" should
certainly know. as she is decidedly the
champion. The singular being is some
seventy-two years Of age, and Is alto
gerher the most manly woman ever
met with. A tenant at-will, she has
occupied for many years the farm she
cultiyates with her own hands and the
assistance of hired laborers She owns
about forty-Lwo head of cattle. some of
which | saw, and are really fine stock.
She lives alone in her log cabin, her
only companions being two shepherd
dogs and her chickens, many of the
latter sleeping under the same roof
with her, she calling them her chill
dren, and training them up in the way
they should go, so as to cause the least
inconvenience TO her in her habits of
life. She is utterly fearless, and with
her dogs and gun, which she can use
with unerring aim, Lie Schuler is
character that few would care to trif1e
with. Imagine, if you can, woman
Of medium size. dressed in mems
clothes, with a soft bat variously in-
dented upon her head, no coat, bare
footed, and you have this champion of
'woman's rights before you. Wrinkled
though her face is by the storms and
trials of many years, the strength and
activity of this man woman of seventy
two is somewhat wonderful. Voluble
is hardly the term suitable for the ex-
preston of her powers of talk, and few
men, however disposed for such perfec-
ton, may boast themselves superior to
her on the score of profanity. Much
and varied has been my travel, and
strange sights and objects have | seen
and met with, but the Hermit of Sham
okin, with her supernatural powers of
tongue and limb. far surpasses any
thing of my previous experience.
Year: 1873

FThe best time for painting the
exterior of buildings is late in the au-
tumn or during the winter. Paint then
applied will endure twice as long as
when applied in early summer, or in
hot weather. In the former it dries
slowly and becomes hard, ike glazed
surface, not easily affected afterwsrd
by the weather, or worn off by the
beating of storms. But 10 very hot
weather the oil in the paint soaks into
the wood at once, as into a sponge,
leaving the lead nearly dry, and nearly
ready to crumbIe off This last diff
Guilty, however, might be guarded
against, though at an increased expense,
by first going over the surface with raw
oil. By painting in cold weather. one
annoyance might certainly be escsped,.
namely the collection of small flies on
the fresh paint,
Year: 1873




My heart in tie aiIrS
Grows tender as winter d. lear,
And alone, stand by the window
Looking ont on the fall of the yesiAH
For ceased have the sleeting and raining
And Low in the stiffness, know
By the vagrant Ilakes that are falling
That all the night long it will snow.
And 10, as it falls in the valley,
In the deep still wood, and the sea,
So alike it comes down in the darkness,
OF the life that God gave unto me;
For the clouds of that life have been rain


ing


And the fall of the year running low,
And so, the long winter is coming
| With its wearisome burden of snow.
And think of my poor little darling,
Inher little grave under the leaves,
Only dress'd in a shrOud of Swiss mus


lin,


Cut low at the neck and the sleeves;
For she died when tile manifold lilies,
And wOodbines, and asphodels blow,
And the meek little facein the coffin
Was as pure and as white as the snow.
And now | remember, while thinking,
How year ago she and stood
Talking here by the window together
OF tile Robins and Babes in the wood;
And she kiss'd me, and ask'd, eff the


brides


And God lOv'd all the little folks so?'
But, alas, did think that my birdie
Would sleep tonight under the snow?
But she needs not the care of the brides,
Though the robins may gather and


sing,


And grasses come up, and the roses
Blow full in the beautiful spring;
For | ween she's the May-queen of


angels.


In the land of no longing and woe,
Where all the year long it is summer,
With no weary burden of snow.
Year: 1873

Thyrei tumor about town that all the tick
es are sold for the entertainment at the Opera
House on Christmas night, but it is erouneous
The Indications are that there will be full
house, but the tickets are not all sold.
Year: 1873

A girl who all day turns out of her way
to avoid stepping into a tub of cold soap
suds which ought to have been emptied out
the day the washing was finished, cannot
be recommended as good housekeeper.


Moreover, il she enpties, eleanses and
sets the tub away at the proper time, but
leaves knife in the butter crock. a spoon
in the apple jar. and a ten-inch plat
ter with mouthful of meat and a spoon
on it on shelf behind the pantry door; or
if you find in the bread bowl an old towel
and piece of table cloth, both mildewed
with bits of mouldy bread of all sizes, from
crumbs to half loaves, dumped in with a
fresh batch, she cannot be called tidy.


Or, If the water pitchers on the wash
stands through the house are black with
dust in the bottom, or the soap dishes make
good suds without any application of soap
other than that which has been clinging to
them for month or two; or if there are a
lot of dust and feathers under the bed, and
the pillows are hard for want of airing, and
the windows are so dirty that a sunny day
looks dark and cloudy through them, and
young spiders are practicing the art of
spinning by running down before your
nose on nice little fringes of cobwebs; be
sure the girl in charge has been disappoinC-
ed in love, or is a poor stick of a thing natu-
rally.


All this is bad enough. but think of eat
ing after her cooking! No doubt she wipes
up the floor with the dish cloth. washes tea
cups and saucers after greasy plates and
uses the frying pan from day
to day without washing. substitutes her
apron or dress for holder, or dish towel
mixes up pancakes with her fingers. after
her hair. and pounds beefsteak on
a table, where she has been securing knives.


The only guard against starvation. if you
must submit to such state of things. is
never TO 90 near the kitchen. Even then
there is danger of being poisoned or of dy-
ing from eating your peck of dirt in too
much of a hurry.-Elm Orlou.
Year: 1873

The formation of farmers oranges goes
on with a rapidity that astnnIshes their best
friends; while, at the same time, this great
movement bewilders those who have been
Indifferent to it, and startles to the quick


the railroad mOnopolists over the whole
eountry Such an uprising against the
m monopolists of the land was never dreamed
of three months ago by the horde who raw
age and impoverish the people bv their
combinations of capital, their wholesale
speculatiOns in food, and by their rapacity
and avarice in the matter of carrying the


produce of the country. They now see
there is earnestness in the movement which


is destined to check their raDacitV. and that


almost the whole body of the people, east
and west, are in sympathy with it; and


further, that by a united effort they are re-
solved that the power of monopoly to ruin
and destroy US shall be curbed and checked.


1t is all idle talk on the part of the railroad
monopolists and their associates in specula-
tion. to urge extraneous reasons for the high
price charged for carrying produce from
the west to the east. 1t will not do to urge
as reason the cost to them OF this or that.
If they choose TO make the palace cars "a
source of great expense to them; if they.
in their rxtravagaBce, can afford TO pen sion
railroad presidents at the rate of $25,O00
year, or more; If they find in an easy mat
ter to eXpend $50O00 To 100000 per annum
upon useless snpernnmeraries- ALI well.
That is their affair. But when they come
to tax The producing and consuming
classes of the east and west TO make up for
the waste aud extravaganza of their own
house, then it becomes another matter
other parties interested. Why should
the people of this country pay for the fol-
lies. the extravagances and useless eXpen-
ditures of our monopoly lords? That is just
the question which is now about to receive
a solution, and if it is not successful one so
far as the people are concerned, and one
that will bring the monopolists to speedy
repentance, then the signs of the times are
deceptive to an extent hitherto unknown at
any former period.-Carrollton Record.
Year: 1873

EDITOR AVALANCHE A trip to Boli-
var county, Mississippi, from which [
have just returned, discloses some inter
esting matters to land owners in that
county.


Under recent act of the Legislature
Of Mississippi, passed for the purpose of
perfecting and quieting tax titles, the
President of the Ten-Cent Levee Board
filed a bill in the Chancery Court of
Bolivar county subjecting the lands for
feited to that Board since 1867. Publ
cation was made in a paper scarcely ever
seen in the county, and the whole matter
50 handsomely conducted by the q ring,
that few outside had any knowledge of
the proceedings. At the April term of
the court decree was had for the sale of
all land thus forfeited, and owing to the
many kinds of taxes for the same fiscal
year, collected at different times during
the year, few even of the business men
of the county escaped and the result is,
that nearly every landowner, even resi-
dent landowners, have some, perhaps all
their lands, embraced in this Decree of
which they had no knowledge until the
sale was in progress, and perhaps the
nfst information or anything wrong
came from the land-shark who had pur-
chased his land, paying in bonds or scrip
at from thirty-fve cents to eighty cents
on the dollar, and demanding as many
thousands as it cost him hundreds, and
compromises have already been r1ade
upon this basis There is considerable
excitement and bad blood in consequence


The crop prospects are indeed prom
Using. Stands of both cotton and corn are
excellent. Labor doing well, and the
farmers hopeful. A greater area is in
cultivation than for any year since the
war-corn as we'll as cotton.
Year: 1873

station master on one of the italian
was awakened one morning with the news
that his station had been robbed. Al
though perfectly healthy the night before,
he imm diately became sick and died with
in twenty-four hours. There was utter
proStration, spasmodic action of the steEI-
ach. with obstinate vomiting, hollow voice
and falling pulse; consciousness continued
to the last.


The case coming before the courts, it was
decided. that sudden mental emotion may
induce death within a brief space of tine.
or even Immediately, and even in persons OF
robust health, is a fact freely admitted to
science" And that the fact of his not 5y-
ing for twenty-four hours was no proof that
it was not caused solely by the mental CEN
diti0n
Year: 1873

The boy is lrhue. He was too Young to
remember anything about his family or
neighborhood, and | only know what Wade
and his family have said. This man Wade
said the boy was taken from the town of
Stevenson, in the northern part OF the state /:
and that his father had been killed at Chat
tanooga. There were two brothers the boy
here being the younger. He is a good-look-
ing little fellow, with dark eyes and hair
and dark com pleXion. lie Is sensible and
might be called Sprightly. Soon after be-
ing taken from their home the two chill
dren were separated and have since seen or
heard nothing of each other. The boy here
his brother and says he was
taken by the Major Of the regiment.


Nade's sister further says that the mother
of the children gave them to her brother:
but can scarcely believe that "A Southern
mother would >. However. the
boy is here, whether by fair means or foul.
He is Southern boy, and would like to find
out something about his family; and any
effort you may make in his behalf would be
an act of charity, and thankfully received
by him. | write this at his request, and
have no more interest in the matter more
than to assist the little fellow in finding his
friends. | viii answer any question, or
give all the information / can To any one
"rltinG 10 me Yours truly,


JOHN G. Howard,
Year: 1873

The various land taxes Of this State
for the last few years are no more nor
less than so many links in a chain of con-
fscation, whereby few dollars of the
carpet-bagger and scalawag are meant
to absorb our lands, but we will see them
(the villains who framed them) again in
the courts.-Forest Register.
Year: 1873

a PARTY Of Youngsters went on a
pleasure trip to DodseyiI'e yesterday, re-
turning late at night The boys report
that the severely cold atmosphere was
nuetralzed hy the intense heat of their
love. No report is received from the
rirIs
Year: 1873

APoLoGY.-ilovins two legal briefs to
print since Monday, We have been un-
able to give the TRIBUNE much attention
this week, and it makes its appearance
little latcs than usual, owing to the
same cause
Year: 1873

SoNE procno-ticator said a week or
two ago that the back bone Of the winter
was broken If said pro2nosticator had
been here yesterday morning we think
he woul. have Conceded the old King :
spinal coIumn TO be pretty stiff yet
Year: 1873

THERE is concurrence Of opinion in
our advices from Charleston that 1t Is the
purpose OF the Legislature to take arecess
about the 1st proximo 10 reasonable next
Fall or Winter. Our correspondent
"HENRY," indicates that this is due to the
anxiety of tho agricultural Olncinnatuses
TO get back to their plows. We deem 1t
likely better explanation OF the fact, II
TACT 1t Is, may be found in the state Of the
treasury, indicated by tho Hon. r. HUME
BUTCHER, OF the county of Jefferson.
There Is not much magnetism about an
empty treasury: BY next November
unless the Public Printer should have full
swing in the meantime-the strong box
will be plethoric again, and another cam
paigu against it can be undertaken with
new zest,
Year: 1873

to lead into It from the different buildingS.
There are three medicinal springs on the
property, and water from them, In many
cases, would prove most valuable aux
Hilary in the treatment OF mental diseases.


No difficulty would be experienced IN
obtaining an abundance Of supplies Of the
best quality, from the adjacent country.
The committee are Of the opinion that
tho price asked for the property Is reason.
able, and, as stated In tho answer 10 the
first inquiry, the buildings could be made
suitable for the care Of insane persons at a
moderate cost. They make no recon-
mendation, however, In regard to the pur
chase Of this property, but refer that
whole subject to the wisdom and discre-
tion Of the Legislature.
Year: 1873

terly day came around, he saw that he
was not likely to have money to pay
even that. There was nothing then
left for him to do but to mortgage his
place, borrow the money and pay the
note: And still he ran behind hand,
so that instead of reducing the mort
gage he was obliged to increase it from
time to time until in the end he had to
sell out, take new land and begin
again. Now, do you suppose that that
man thinks to-day that he was ruined
by reaper? No, sir; he lays it to-
sickness il his family, bad crops, small
prices, railroad extortions, the tariff.
But his first debt was for the reaper.
Year: 1873

The kidneys are sometimes the cause of
much suffering Bathe over the kidneys
with Renne's Magic Oil, and see how
quickly the pain in the small of back is
cured A few drops in water, taken in
ternaily, also helps wonderfully. 1t is safe
and delicious to use.
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEsT.-The Commissary
General of the United States, after trial
of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's "Satin Gloss
Starch" was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article. This
is fact worthy the attention of eonsum-
Year: 1873

Our readers should be careful to notice
that PRocToR K CANDLES STAMP is upon
the bars of their NOTIFIED GERMAN Soar,
as all good articles are initiated, and this
Soap being so popular, other manufactur-
ers have copied their stamp. 6-23d3m
Year: 1873

How TO ENJOY WINTER. The Human
Organism is regulated furnace. The
blood may be compared to the fuel, and
the more stable tissues, formed from it,
to the iron stove containing the fuel
Just in proportion to the energy and eel
Gritty with which life is carried on, this com
bustion proceeds; and fresh fuel, that is
fresh blood, is required But, in order t.
obtain this, there must be both food, and
also digestive energy. When there is 8
failure in this digestive energy, stimulent'
frequently are had recourse to; but theil
effect is transient, and if used too long anC
exclusively, they tend to derange the di
gestive functions But let DIR. Gottliel
Fisch's Bitters be used, in conjunction
with food, and its tonic qualities will rap
idly stregthen the digestive organs Ant
when an abundance of wholesome food i
once duly digested, it will bring about /;
fullness of vitality hitherto utterly un
known There will be no more desire TO
alcoholic stimulants


This subject continued next week unde


Rapid Nutrition.