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Year: 1873

ARBITRARY AND OUTRAGEoUs.-The
Republican Central Committee Of Sierra
county, in calling a primary under the
Crawford plan, saw fit, for reasons best
known to themselves, to adopt resolu-
tion requiring all candidates for the Leg
islature to pledge themselves to vote for
Governor Booth for Senator. A more
high-handed, outrageous act was never
committed by any political body. While
they were about it, the Committee should
have named the candidates without more
ado. No Republican County Committee
has the shadow of a right TO prohibit any
member Of the party from being a candi-
date for Office before the party. By the
action of this Committee. all Repubi-
cans are prohibited from being candidates
for the legislature except friends of Gov
ernor Booth.


No advocate Of political fairness, no
one believing in the right and ability of
the people to choose their own represent
atives, can say single word in behalf of
the Sierra Committee. We do not be-
lieye like outrage was ever before per-
petrated in this State-Tammany Hall
would hesitate at such baretaced pro-
C eding. OF all our exchanges the Sierra
Messenger and the Sacramento Unio,,
zone have the hardihood to defend these
high-handed, unwarrantable proceedings.
Talk about packed Committees and pack
ed Conventions Here is an attempt to
pack the whole Republican party of ST.
ezra County and gag every opponent OF
Booth for Senator. This sort of thing
will not go down, and if Governor Booth
is TO be nominated by such means, Good
bye to tho Senator:bip for him. No pub
lie man can afford TO permit such acts to
be committed in his name if be desires to
retain popularity. The Republican party
in this State is not strong enough to allow
dissensions in its ranks. It's candid ties
must be fairly chosen, and receive the
support Of the entire party. We must
have no packed Committees, no gag law,
and no arbitrary attempts to force any
man upon the Republican party as its
candidate.
Year: 1873

A SELF Evident The
Sacramento Union constantly asserts that
G )rham will be candidate for Senator.
Now we propose to show in a very few
words the utter fallacy Of the statement.
The public is aware that the Western
Union Telegraph Company is extremely
anxious to defeat the Postal Telegraph
plan TO be acted upon by the next Con-
gress. We are also continually remind
cd by the Union Of the influence possess
cd by Gotham a. Washington as a friend
OF monopolies in general and the Central
Pacific in particular. Now, if Golham
intended to make fight for the Senate he
would at once make arrangements with
the Western Union Telegraph Company,
and Orton would send his orders to An
thony & Co., the Sacramento Union
would drop Booth like hot potato and
George G. Gorham would be the man.
Year: 1873

BADLY HUKT.-The Colusa Sun, pub
lished in wealthy agricultural section
and an able exponent of the farming in
terest, recently administered a singing
rebuke to the Sacramento Union for its
grossly slanderous assault upon all who
venture to differ with that paper in opin-
ion. 1t was home thrust, and ye Gods,
how the Union did squirm. The Sun is
Democratic in politics, and commands
the respect of its political opponents by
the fairness with which it presents its
views.
Year: 1873

A person was once walking with a farmer
through beautiful field, when he happened
to see tall thistle on the other side of the
fence. In a second over the fence he jump
ed, and cut it off close to the ground.


"IS that your feld?" asked his compan-
ion. "Oh, no" said the farmer; bad weeds
do not care much for fences; and if l should
leave that thistle to blossom in my neighbor's
field, l should soon have plenty of my
own"


Evil weeds in your neighbOr's field will
scatter seeds of evil in your own; therefore
every weed pulled up in your neighbOr's field
is dangerous enemy driven off from your
own. No one liveth or dieth to himself
All are linked together.


Sages of old contended that no sin was
ever committed whose consequences rested
on the head Of :he sinner alone that. no
man could do ill, and his feIL2ws not suffer.
They illustrated it thus: GA vessel sailing
from JOppa carried passenger, who, beneath
his berth, cut hole through the ships side.
When the men of the watch expostulated
with him, what doest thou, O miserable
man? ? the offender calmly replied, What
matters it to you? The hole l have made
lies under my own berth. >"


This ancient parable is worthy of the ut
most consideration. No man perishes alone
in his iniquity; no man can guess the full
consequences of his transgreSsion.
Year: 1873

While the parish was thus carefully Wis.,


tied by the parochial agency apart from the


minister, he was also himself diligent in Wis.,


iting; and, in no field of labor was his tact


more apparent than in this work of vista


ton. He was quite equal to any emergency.


For example, one day when visiting, he


came to the door of an Irish Papist, who


was determined that the Doctor should not
enter his house. "You cannot come in


here" said he; "you're not needed nor
wanted" "My FRIEND" said the Doctor,
"Im only visiting round my parish to be-
come acquainted with my people, and have
called on yOu-only as parishiOner. "It
don't matter" said Paddy, "yOu shan't
come in here ;" and with that, lifting the
poker, he said, "If you come in here, I'll
knock you down." Most men would have
retired, or tried to reason; the Doctor did
neither, but drawing himself up to his full
height, and looking the Irishman fair in the
face, he said, Come, now, that's too bad!
Would you strike man unarmed? Hand
me the tongs, and then we shall be on equal
terms" The man looked at him for little
in great amazement, and then said, "Och
shure, yer quare man for minister! Come
inside" and feeling rather ashamed of his
conduct, he laid down the poker. The
Doctor entered and talked, as he could so
well do, in way both so entertaining and so
as to win the admiration Of the
man, SO that when he rose to go, Paddy
shook his hand warmly and said, "Be sure,
sir, don't pass my door without giving me a
call. 1t will not be wondered at that
man who could thus break down the opposi-
ton of an enemy should have been respected
and loved by many warm heart, and have
found few homes in his parish where his visits
were unwelcomed.-FTe Herald.
Year: 1873

The God of Nature and the Bible is one
He who inspired histories, and psalms, and
prophecies, and epistles, was He who made
stars and flowers; and the work of His hands
never looks SO fair ss when studied in the
light of His word. Nature is not so mnch a
book by which we can find out God, as book
from which we may gather illustrations of
what God is, having learned His perfections
from His revealed truth 1t is said of Arch
bishop Usher when he grew old, and specta-
cles could not help his failing sight, that a
book was dark except beneath the strongest
light of the windows. And the aged man
would sit against the easement, with his out
stretched volumes before him, till the sun
shine fitted to another opening, when he
would change his place, and put himself again
under the brilliant rays; and SO he would
move about with the light till the day was
done and his studies ended. And truly we
may say our weak eyes will not suffice to make
out the inscription on the page Of Nature,
unless we hold it up in Divine light-unless
we get near the window of Scripture, where
God pours in upon US the radiance of His
Spirit. And, wherever it shines, let US fol-
low it, knowing that nowhere but in its illu-
mination can we study the spiritual meanings
of Nature SO well.-J. StOughton.
Year: 1873

1t requires good deal of courage to be
consistent To say that we will live up to
the Christian standard, and to mean what
we say, is easy enough. One is sometimes
in an exalted mood, when visions appear to
him, when revelations are made to his soul,
but to carry the spirit of that exaltatiOn
into the household, and to keep it amid the
cares of daily life, is very hard. Many
one has consecrated himself in the prayer
meeting who found it no common task to
keep his conservation at the stock-board,
or in the midst of fretful, peevish children,
the next day. Sunday religion is good;
but Monday religion is better. We always
think of this anecdote when we see man
make long prayers, and then give short
measure; Alexander had a soldier who was
his namesake, but, in spite of that, great
coward. He turned on him one day when
he had shown the white feather and said:
Either change your name, or else learn to
honor it..
Year: 1873

The WANT OF OUR TIMEs.-One grand
want of our times is individual action. Peo-
pie are too much afraid of doing anything
alone. We crystalline activity into cold
formality by our cumbersome machinery.


If man has good idea, if he is inspired
to build a church, found mission, or in-
augurate reform, instead of carrying out
the idea, he tells it to the church; the church
refers it to committee; the committee call
public meeting; the public meeting forms
a society; the society organizes its machinery,
and by that time the idea is dead. The act
alone with God seems not to be in the con-
ception of most men. Hence the world is
full of blighted efforts. The idea to be
realized is the power of once dead and
risen, Christ-living, Christ-loVing man-such
man acting as vital force on society.
Year: 1873


How dear to Us does memory keep


Our childhood days we loved so we'll
And now in dreams We wander back


To clasp the joys we cannot tell.
The dear old house is still the same,


Its willows and its orchard too,
And roses climbing on the wall,


Are sparkling still with morning dew.
The old brown well, with moss o'ergrOwn,
Two silvery pOplars by its side,
And an around me seems unchanged,


The garden and the fruit yard wide.
And through the Silly air there floats,
The murmur Of the singing brooks
Where oft, in pleasure, We have rOamed
Its pebbly shore and shady nook.
But as we dream, the night comes on,
And faintest shadows gather near.
Wen say farewell to ehildhood's home,
The spot TO us most ever dear.
But ne'er in life, whate' er may be


The blessings as they come,
Shall we forget the happy hours


In the old house and nome.
Year: 1873

The MAN MHO CAME LhIE'


lie had no time to ask blessing on the
service for himself or his neighborS.


He missed the opening exercises.


He disturbed others who had come in tine.
He disturbed the minister.


He showed pretty plainly that he did not
consider as much respect due to Gods house
as to his own place of business.


He set bad example to others.


He missed blessing for himself.


THE MAN WHO CAME EARLY.


He had time to take his seat quietly and
get comfortably warm or cool, as the case
might be.


He had time for a quiet and refreshing
season of prayer before the service began.
He disturbed nobody.


He showed due respect for the time and
place, and also for Him who has promised
always to meet those who gather in His
name.


He was able to join in the whole service,
and to be in time for it.


He set good example to others.


He won a blessing for himself.


Suppose every member of the congregation
were to be in his or her place five minutes
before service commenced, and should spent
that FIVE minutes in earnest prayer for the
Church and her missions, the congregation
the school, the pastor and himself, wha
would be lost? What might be gained?
Year: 1873

DILIGENCE in business during the six
working days, as we'll as rest from it on the
Sabbath, was needful to man in state of
innocence. He was made for employment;
and no man can indulge in idleness or slOth
without committing sin.
Year: 1873

A writer to the Baltimore American says: We
have before noticed the fact that the pigeons OF
Venice have not only the freedom of the city, but
are fed at o'clock, every afternoon in the Square
of st. Marks at the public expense They are the
pets of the people, and to injure or throw stone
at one ofthem would cause the perpetrater to be
s,nt to the guard house. They not only make
their nests among the statuary and the ornamen-
tai portions of st. Marks Cathedral, and the eyes
OF the elegant structures surrounding the square,
but the windows Of the lofts OF these buildings
are left open and free access given to them. Thus
tley have multiplied to many thousands, and
have also scattered all the city, making their
nests among the statuary OF all the churches.


At two o'clock yesterday afternoon we repaired
TO the Square to witness the process of feeding
At the moment the bronze man an the town clock
struck the first blow announcing two o'clock, they
came in by thousands, and swept up the Square
towards the window from which they are daily
fad, and hundreds OF them even entered the ROOM
The man who does the feeding was entirely hid
den from view, and the scramble of the birds in
dicated that the strongest Jared best few
minutes before the window was opened boy
placed little paper Of corn in the hands OF one
OF our party. On throwing some of it on tht
pavement the pigeons literally swarmed over hin
and eat from our hands.
Year: 1873


Guide me, my Fatheri thickly fals the night


Around my head:
My heart is weary for tho blessed light


The path tread
May be tho dark, drear vista Of the tomb,
For it Is hidden in tho gathering gloom.
Guide me, my Father other arms nre weak


To lean upon;
The strong and mighty Comforter seek


All else is gonei
o for the everlasting arms to be,
In my deep weakness, closely wrapped around me-
Guide me, my Fatherl or my feet will stray


From Thee. Ny Godk
WILL falterng, leave the straight and thornsreWed
way


Which Jesus trod;
would be with Him. where the holy meet
0. Friend omniponent, guide thou my feet
Guide me, my Father take my outStretched hand
And lead me ON.
Until tho mists and pitfalls Of this land


Are ever gonI
Until my spirit is at rest with Thee,
From these dark griefs and dangers ever free
Year: 1873




Congressman Robert B. Roosevelt in
forms the Commissioners of Education
that he intends to appropriate his part of
the Congressional back pay to the educa-
tional interests of this city He suggests
that it be invested permanently, and that
the interest be divided annually in prizes
for the best sch GLARS of the public schools,
In his letter he makes an elaborate ex-
cuse for this course, which, it must be ac-
knowledged, is the best that has been of
fered for drawing the money from the
United States Treasury. He shows that
New York pays much larger proportion
of the taxes to support the United States
government than any other part of the
country, and that his constituents must
therefore bear large part of the burden
growing out of this Congressional grab
game. Consequently, and because the
plumber was made legal by the act of
Congress, Mr.. Roosevelt consents to take
his share for the benefit of his constit-
uents.


Giving Mr. Roosevelt credit for SINGER
ity, and agreeing with him that it is I'M
fair for his constituents to contribute to
the support of the political plunderers
while getting none of the plunder and
also that the back pay legally belongs to
him. we widely disagree with him on the
propriety of his course. A good object
does not Justify the use of bad means in
its promotion, and of the improper ma
ture of the means in question Mr. Roose-
velt himself has no doubt. The plea of
legality does not cover the immortality of
this back-pay plunder; if it did. there
would be no end to such transactions by
unscrupulous Congressman. Have we
any assurance, moral or legal, for exam
pie, that Butlerism will not, from the
force of habit, steal a march on the pres
ent Congress and cause it to appropriate
ten or fifteen thousand dollars to each
member for past services, or to pension
Congressman who have served a certain
time, or to pay their summer vacation
expenses2 Any plumber can be made
legal by Congress, under the leadership
of bad eminence in criminal sleight-of-
hand.


The proper course to pursue for all Con-
gressmen who do not use the stolen
funds offered them is to let the money
remain in the Treasury. 1t does not by
any moral reasoning belong to them, and
they have no more right strictly to APP
propriate it to educational and charitable
purposes than to their own use. sa
Year: 1873

1t seems that several members of Con-
gress who voted and worked against the
back salary have labored under misap-
prehension in supposing that if they did
not draw the back pay when they settled
with the Sergeant-at-Arms it would go
into the United States Treasury Mr..
John Hill, of New Jersey, whose integri-
ty during a long and faithful service in
Congress has been unquestioned, has
written a note to the Sergeant-at-Arms
ordering his share to be drawn and paid
into the Treasury beyond his reach. He
intimates that this course would have
been taken before but for his belief that
it was unnecessary Mr. George A. Hal
sey, of New Jersey, and Mr.. Henry H.
Starkweather, of Connecticut, who also
opposed the Butler measure, have just
ordered their shares turned into the
United States Treasury, making the
same apology for delay as Mr.. Hill
makes.


1t will be recollected that several
weeks ago we announced that the entire
Maine delegation had returned their
back pay to the Treasury. Some excite
ment was caused in Maine few days ago
by dispatch said to have been sent up
on the authority of Treasurer Spinner, to
the effect that Senator Hamlin's share
had not been received by him. No ex-
planation of this affair has yet been
made by Mr.. Hamlin's friends, who have
l ow d the report that
he returned the money to GO
out tuncontradicted. But Senator Ham
Inns character for integrity has been so
good that we cannot doubt his ability to
give satisfactory explanation, and his
intention not to touch the money which
does not belong to him.-N Y, Evening
Post.
Year: 1873

gress there is but one sentiment The
universal cry of the people is REPEAL, and
woe to the Congressman who refuses to
respond to the public demand Two years
hence will end his career and consign
him to the obscurity his avarice merits.
The people are willing to pay not only
just, but liberal compensation for services,
but are not willing to be swindled by
fools or knaves. If "honor is the object
of the story" they need not plaster it
with seven thousand FIVE hundred dol
lars per annum, and if actuated by love
of money their avarice will govern their
votes on all matters controllable by pur-
chase. Justice should be satisfied, but
greed is Unsuitable, and men who desire
to prey upon the Treasury are unfit for
public duty. The sooner they are con-
signed to oblivion the better for the pub
lie. God and men will rejoice in their
overthrow.
Year: 1873

right and wrong, and not upon the action
of future Congress, where every vote
cast has a $1,000, or $4,000 weight
pressing it in favor of increased pay. The
coming Congress may avoid the stain
which attaches to the back salary grab
bers by repeating the law, but they can
not wipe the stain from those who voted
or accepted the back pay at the last Con-
in securing the return of portion of the
money wrongfully taken from thesTreas-
ury; but morally, we cannot see that he
has succeeded in showing that two wrongs
make one right.
Year: 1873

One of the worst pieces of public rob
berry was practiced by the last Congress-
by members voting money out of the
Treasury into their own pockets, as extra
salary or back pay" That was very
selfish and a very wicked thing. Those
who voted for it practiced highway rob-
berry scithout the threat of murder. They
took the victim-Uncle Sandy the
throat and compelled him to deliver. The
authors of that act would all steal on any
occasion, could they do so and escape dis
grace and punishment. They should.
each and every one of them, be trusted
no more. They are thieves, and their
bad example demoralizes weak end sell
fish men in all the walks of life. Let
| them vacate their seats and stand back
| When they make restitution OF what
they have stolen and show signs of re-
pentance, they may be forgiyen-not be-
| fore. For the others, let the mark of
disgrace be put and kept on them.-Pbre-
! aoloTea! Journal for June
Year: 1873

New York, February 15.-The repre-
sentatives Of the press were yesterday de.
MED access to Stokes and his father and
brother were the only persons who saw
him. The only remaining chance for the
prisoner now is a delay in the execution
Of the sentence, which may possibly be
had by full bench of The Supreme
Court on test Of the constitutionality Of
the jury law of 1879.


LATER-sTAY OF PROCEEDINGS GRANTED.


Judge Davis has rendered his decision
granting the motion for q stay Of proceed
ings in the Stokes case. The text Of the
decision says that exceptions OF such
grave importance, and there being doubt
us to the correctness of one portion OF the
charge ia the jury, 1t becomes his duty to
give the prisoner an opportunity to pre-
sent them 10 o higher court, The case
will now 20 to a full bench Tor hearing.
THIS will probably cause a delay Of .
couple Of months. The news had a
cheering effect on Stokes.
Year: 1873

A CURE FOR BuRNs.-Of all applications for a burn we believe that there are none eqial to a simple covering of common wheat tCur. It is always at hand and while it requires no skill in using, it produces most astonishing effects. The moisture produced on the slr- face of slight or deep burn is at once ab- sorbed by the four and forms protection.
Year: 1873

A Kansas district school was recently yis- tied and addressed by Messrs. Big Mouth, Powder Face and Spotted Wolf-all the mo- blest kind of red men. A mischievous kind oL school boy placed pin trap where Big Moath sat down, and that chieftain was ob- served to rise hastily and remark, Ugh too much flee bite Me no stay to hear class in analytical geology.n
Year: 1873

The St. Louis Democrat says it is n nota- ble fact that the first victim of cholera in Indianapolis was bartender who wore n diamond pin and had taken other precau- tions against the plague.
Year: 1873




EPrzoorY. This equine disorder has
attackei all the horses in Olympia and
we may expect to have our share OF it
in o short time, therefore We give the
following remedy We find in one of our
Eastern Exchanges;


Gas a sanitary measure, rigid clean
liness and full and perfect ventilation
in any place where horses are kept IN
buildings or stables. but never exposing
them to draft Of cold arr
Feed warm bran mash twice day and
take the liquor Of boiled Gazseed to mix
mash with.


A little pure whiskey daily, say half
pint TO stimulate. Linimcnt, for ex-
ternal application on throat. composed
of hartshorn and sweet OIL


Sponge the nostriIs with solution
of salt and hot vinegar; also wash the
mouth with weak solution Of the
same. Wet the hay slightly with vim
egar. Blanket thoroughly, and giTe .
little exercise daily.
In Pennsylvania, horses Kept warni
and clean, not worked or exposed. with
light feed, such as bran and boiled oats
with little hay. were successfully treated
without mc dieines.


In Tennessee, warm dry bed. mid
food avoiding exposure to wind or rain
constituted the remedy.


In n Jersey th5se did best who
kept their horses in stables, without
giving an, medicines or resorted to any
other treatment than a due regard to
CLEANLINESS.