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Year: 1875

Then there are oIher correspondence passing along
from that 7h Of February during that Winter which shall
not call your attention. except gentlemen They have In


Produced letter from Mr. Beecher which they say was
IN invitation TO Mrs Tton to visit him his house during The
shsence Of his wife, and while his sister kept house for him


Now we shall all that gentlemen by showing that IL that
such invitation, understood TO be an invita-
non that Mrs Tton never matter Of fact did visit Henry
Ward Beecher his house shall step TO discuss and il
n not my purpose discuss the effect OF the construction
be put upon letter but simply TO the


at no snch did take place She did not call upon
Beny wsrd Beecher at his house during that Winter The
sister sss eepiLg house the viii be introduced
Year: 1875

GEN. TRACY OFFERS PERSONAL EXPLANATION.


Now, gentlemen, we have reached q stage of this
where for Obvious suppose TO you, and entirely
me- my has been dragged into this investigation
and has been introduced in away by the plaintiff and bis
counsel and his main witness that leads make you
personal Of my relations this investigation and
this scandal the beginning the end Of it, far thy
have connected with It, shall follow necessarily the
order OF dmc shall begin the date and GO
back
Year: 1875

SHUT Your MOUTH. The Science of Health
thus calls attention to fact which cannot be
too frequently enforced on peoples minds +:
The pernicious habit of breathing through
the mouth while sleeping or walking is very
hurtiuL There arc many persons who sleep
with their mouth open. and do not know IL


They may 90 to sleep with it closed and awake
with it closed but if the mouth is dry and
parched on waking it is a sign that i. has been
open during sleep. Snoring is another sure
sign. This habit should be overcome. At all
Tunes, except when eating drinking, or speak
lug, keep the mouth firmly closed, and breathe
through the nOstrils and retire with firm
determination to conquer. The nostrils are
the proper breathing apparatus, not the mouth,
a man may inhale poisonous gases through
through the nose. D0'
Year: 1875

LOCOMOTIVE CAPRICEs 1t is perfectly wei


En9wn to experienced engineers that if dozen
dl1erent locomotive engines we've made at the
same time, OF the same power for the same
purpose, OF like materials in the same factory,
each OF these locomotive engines would come
out with Its own peculiar whims and wavs


only ascertainable by experience. One engine
VIII take great meal of coal and water NJ
once another will not hear to such thing.
put insists on being coaxcG by spadefuIs and
eucketfgl9. One is disposed TO start off when
REQUIRED at the top OF his speed another must
nave little time to warm at his work and to
get well into it. These peculiarities are so ac,
curatey mastered by skillful drivers that onIv
particular men can persuade engines TO do
thelr best. 1t would seem as if scme of these
excellent monsters" declared, on being
brought from the stable: IF it's Smith who
Is to drive, @on'tgo; If it's my friend Stokes,
am agreeable to anything" All locomotive
engines are low-spirited in damp and loggv
weather. They have a great satisfaction in
their work when The air is crisp and Grostv


AT such a time they are very cheerful and
brlSE but they strongly object to haze and
mlstS. These are points of character ON which
they are united. 1t is in their peculiartirs
and varieties Of character that they are most
remarkable. must
Year: 1875

LONG PRAYERs.-Dr. Talmage has some
thIng to say on the question of praying: "We
are conhdent that orc reason for the long
religious meetings is an incapacity to wind M n
After the brother has been praying about lonr
enough you see that he is trying to find Amen


lie does not want to come too suddenly unon
It, and so he gradually makes that way but
ne is like Brooklyn ferry-b aiming for the
wharf when there is good deal of ice in the
i river, and he backs in and out, in and ont. at
et the brethren in their prayers take .tb;ri
OF the time to get started and another third to
stop Why not with your first sentence plunge
INTO What you most want, and stop when YOU
get through without any circumgyrations?
Men keep on after they ought to stop. because
ttnIey do not know how to let down brakes


we have recommendation to make: If onv
Isolated I: Amen would sound abrupt at the
time you want to close, do as the P.aln1ist did
when the prayers of David the son of ,Jasse
were ended, exclaiming Amen and Amen : >
Year: 1875

In jolly company, each ore was 10 ask a
question. II 1t was not answered the proposer
paid forfeit. Pats question was
How does the little ground squirrel dig his
mole without showing any dirt at the en-.
When they all gave it up. Pat said
sure DO yon see, hO begins at the other end
One of the rest exclaimed:


but how did he get there :"


All said Pat, that's your question-cau
Year: 1875

The great masters of business have
no mysteries, no cunning tricks.
They simply serve the public with
great skill and systematic fidelity.
That is all their cunning.


A. T. Stewart once held language
something like this in conversation
with q friend:


People come to me and ask me what
is the secret of my success in business.
Why, l have no secret. l tell them
my business has been matter of prin-
ciple from the start. If the Golden
Rule can be incorporated into purely
commercial affairs, it has been done
in this establishment, where every
customer is treated precisely the same
as the seller himself would like to be
treated were he customer. What |
mean is this: First of ALL nothing is
misrepresented and no faults are con-
cealed. Then the price is fixed, once
for all, at the lowest possible figure.


Finally, neither the circumstances
of the buyer nor the magnitude of his
purchase are suffered to influence the
salesman in his conduct or demeanor.
In our dealings with employees the
same principle ofjustice is adhered to.


Alter pause, Mr.. Stewart added


OF course, l don't speak of this as
deserving of praise. We find it abso-
lutely necessary. An establishment
like this could not be conducted for
any length of time i'm any other way.
The one thing which we cannot afford
is violation of principle.


In the whole world I do not be-
lieve there can be found one business
of forty years standing which is not
founded on the same principle of giv-
ing a good dollars worth for dollar.
Year: 1875

An earnest desire to justify your generous conf
dence and a strong regard for the honor and ,oel-
fare of our State inspire NTH the firm resoloe to
spare no effort and to consider other consequences
in the endearor to discharge the duties that
ioiU be incumbent on me If your choice shall prove
to be the choice of the PEOPLE ALSO pledge you and
thousands for Uhom you act in that event. honest
purpose and f1ed determination to make the public
good my single aim and constant care.


,--. Gen. Connor's Acceptance
Year: 1875

THE venerable Horace Birney, who died
in Philadelphia Thursday, at the age of
ninety-seven, will be chiefly remembered in
our political history by his connection with
the old United States: Bank, of which institu-
tion he was director. As member of the
XIII Congress he took part in the great
debates relating to the Bank, and was one Of
its ablest and most determined supporters.
Probably no man of that time was more
heartily hated by the Jacksonians. At the
close of the contest he retired from the pub
lie service and thereafter devoted himself to
the legal profession, in which he won high
honor. His defense of the city of Phi;adel-
phia in the suit against it brought by the
heirs of Stephen Girard is one of the most
celebrated legal efforts ever made.
Year: 1875

The Infamous opponents of the late war
are very indignant when their record is shown
up, and with well feigned horror demand if
those who do SO are going to continually fight
1t out on dead issues. Nevertheless these
same persons have continued to this day to
heap up abuse upon the leaders of the old
Federalist party for their opposition to the
war of 1872, and hold them up for the detes-
tation of mankind. The crime Of Emery,
Pillsbury & Co., was greater than that of the
old Federalists. Shall we cease to forget at
the end of a decade? Not if we know it.
Year: 1875

We are already afflicted with the natural,
or at least, inevitable crop of rumors as to
how this or that candidate for the Legislature
will vote year or two hence on the question
Of United States Senator. We trust that
every candidate for the Senate or House is
sensible enough not to pledge or commit
himself on that important question. No
man can tell as yet who the candidates may
be, and it is a mere idle impertinence to thrust
the question upon public attention at this
premature period. A wise candidate for the
Legislature will maintain discreet silence
on that question.
Year: 1875

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1875

TIE argus has found those Ohio resolu-
tions. They were stuck away in pigeon
hole and so got overlooked. 1t was sur
prised to find that the Democratic plat
form is the one which advocates reputation,
and now thinks that Senator Morton must
have been hiding round somewhere at the
time of the convention and slipped the infla-
ton plank into the platform when no one
was looking
Year: 1875

ter his untimely end was discussed by his
friends around their fre-sides About ten
days ago, when the snow was pretty well
off the ground a party of men thought it
their duty to 60 over into the deserted
valley, and bury his body. They arrived
at the door, of the cabin and were alighting
from their horses when a voice within was
heard joyfully to exclaim--"Wel have you
fellows got here at last p and Robinson
came limping out upon pair of crutches.
Noticing their surprise, he said You all
thought | was dead, did you? l am not,
but am as we'll as ever l was in my life,
except this leg" And so it proved.


He kept his wound dressed with snow,
and when his ready provisions were ex-
hausted dragged himself to the carcass of
the bear at the door of the cabin and cut
off a slice with his butcher, knife Raw
bear meat and water from mountain stream
which ran near by was all the sustenance
he had for over seven weeks. This mea-
gre diet, no doubt, kept his foot from NOR
tifying. The fever subsided, the infama-
ton went down, and it soon began to heal
With wire which he tore off an old broom
he probed the wound and drew out several
pieces of the bone lie then made a pair
of crutches and was able to get about with
out difficulty. He considers the snow
storm a lucky thing, as his leg wonld pro
badly have been amputated had the physi-
clan arrived.
Year: 1875

HARRIsBURG, May 7.-The recent meet
ing of the Board of Pardons, the following
rules were adopted to regulate all applica-
tions made to it =


First. The first Tuesday Of each month
is appointed as the day whereon the board
shall convene to give full hearinged in open
session to all applications for pardon.


Second. The board must be furnish with
proof that notice of application for pardon
has been published once week, for two
consecutive weeks, in newspaper printed
in the county or city in which conviction
was had, said proof to be made by the
affidavit of the publisher of the newspaper
that the publication had been made as re-
quired by this rule


Third Notice of the application must
have been given to the judge who tried the
cause and to the district attorney or at
torney who prosecuted, and proof of said
notice be furnished


Fourth. Every application for pardon
must be accompanied with the following
papers, written in clear and distinct
hand -


l. \ certified copy of the whole record,
including docket entries, minutes of the
court, copy of Indictment, pleas, and all
other papers on file relating to the case.


2. a brief statement Of the reasons upon
which the application is based setting forth
all the facts, will be required in every APP
plication the notes of evidence taken on
the trial letters from responsible persons
in the community where the crime was
committed.


Fifth. No applications viii be considered
if presented to any individual member of
the board


Sixth. All applications and correspond
ence must be addressed to or fled with the
Recorder Of the Board at Harrisburg, so
that the same may be prepared for presen-
tation to the board at its next SESSION and
no application will be heard or considered
unless the same and papers upon which
based have been filed at least ten days be-
fore said sessions, and in no instance will
this rule be relaxed


Seventh. No application that has once
been rejected will again be placed upon the
record or heard by the board without the
consent Of the board first obtained therefor,
and when submitted the second time, addi-
tional reasons, petitions, and proof of notices
to judge, district attorney, and the public
must be furnished anew


Eighth. No party will be permitted to
occupy more than fifteen minutes in the
oral discussion of any application unless by
the special request of the board


JOHN LATTA, Lieutenant-G Governor.


NJ. S. QUAY, Secretary of the Common
wealth


SAMUEL e. DBDuCK Attorney General.


WILLIAM MCCANDLEss, Secretary of
Internal Affairs


A. WILSON NORRIS, Recorder.
Year: 1875

The constable of Cabot, Vt, went down
a trapdoor into mans cellar for the pur-
pose of putting an attachment upon some
potatoes. The mans wife shut down the
door, sat upon it, and would not let the Off
cial out till he had made to her ''the most
solemn VOW he ever promised to a woman"
not to put an attachment upon the vegeta-
bles. As he was coming up she interviewed
him with the fire shovel, and he left the
house thinking that "a slice of the day of
judgment" was after him.
Year: 1875

Save the SCOT that falls from the Chin
news when the latter are cleaned. Twelve
quarts Of SCOT to a hogsheAd Of water
makes good liquid manure. to be applied
To the roots of plants.
Year: 1875

eminent" = ''can never be perfect.
This is an admission, at least. One would
have supposed, from reading the co lstant
seedlings of the T.ibuHi, that per ection
was just what had been expected OF Gene
lal Grants administration by that 1urnal.
Perhaps if the Detective press wouli labor
as diligently portion of the time in its
efforts TO find something to commend, In
stead of devoting its entire energies to crazy
imaginings Of evil, it would achieve hap
pier frame of mind and sweeter temper
for itself, and assist in the elevation OF the
name and fame of the American people
abroad.


The child who is constantly scolded and
never commended loses heart, and is but
too apt to yield to every temptation to do
evil, upon the principle that it is ''no worse
TO die for an old sheep than lamb" The
Detective press, of which the Tribune is
notably rival of the Sun for the leader
shin, seems to have become infatuated with
the idea that it can scold the people of this
country into becoming particularly good.
= Its policy is to reform all evils by persistent
exaggeration of them, and adding many
which only exist in its own feVered and
corrupt imagination. 1t rarely strives to
point out any remedy for real evils
1t is satisfied with the constant applica-
ton of tongue and birch oil to the complex
machinery of human nature, which it
admits is far from perfect, in the evident
hope of running it to political and moral
perdition.


Neither does it mend the matter to fling
back its billingsgate upon the press of Great
Britain. This is only begging the issue
and pettifoggiDg the case. 1t is useless to
deny that the Standard is justified in its
structures by the tone Of the whole self
styled Independent Press. 1t can fortify
its position impregnably by quotations from
the editorial columns of the Tribune during
the last two years. Perhaps it is matter
worthy the most serious reflection by the
managers of that journal as to how far such
a course as it is pursuing in this respect
can be justified, in face Of the fact that we
are just now inviting the whole world to
come and visit US upon the occurrence of
the Centennial Of our existence as nation.
Our reputation and credit abroad both call
loudly upon the press Of the country, as
well as the people, to be. just to ourselves
at least. Can we expect the nations of the
East TO come and assist US in doing honor
at our birthday feast while We persist in
brazenly advertising to them our utter in
ternal rottenness2 Is it consistent with
the character of great people to confess
themselves politically and morally debased
aEd debauched, and at the same time cor
daily and fervently invite the whole world
to come and witness our shame? This is
what the Detective press is now doing.
Year: 1875

SNoHoM1sH CRY, October 22nd 1875,


The Fanny Lake left this morning
with partial freight and several pas
sengers for Seattle. Our farEers must
wake up. They have been RIP Van
WikIeizing too long already for their
own good. We now average four boats
weekly, and they are all anxious to OBJ
tain freight, if only placed on the bank
ready for shipment. Farmers cannot
expect the crew of steamboats, to bale
their hay or haul it to the landing for
them. They will take it to any part Of
the Sound at reasonable figure. Now
it is known that we have more hay than
is needed for home consumption. Why
not go out on the Sound, make mar
ket for produce and let the steamers
freight it out? 1t is not often that buy
ers come among us. Farmers must
seek their market themselves. If they
fold their hands and wait for purchas-
ers to come to them, the winter will
pass, and they will find themselves with
this years crop on their hands unsold
and no room in their barns for next
seasons produce. But few can afford
to hold over for better prices. Better
bale and sell it for all it will bring, pay
debts rather than interest, and gel
ready for the better times indicated as
coming next year.
Year: 1875

FINED.-A number of sailors
from the vessels in the harbor
were on a big time last night.
They made so much noise that
that the police got after then
and succeeded in capturing one.
He was examined this morning
before Justice Scott on the
charge of drunk, disorderly and
a public nuisance, and fined SO
and costs. He gave the name
of David Frazier.
Year: 1875

There was social dance at the school
house last night. All who attended ap-
peared to enjoy themselves. Arrange
ments have been made to have dance
every Saturday night from this on till
after the holidays.


This morning the river is full of logs
from the camps on the Snoqualmie and
Skykomish. There are nearly four
million that will go down on this rise
of the river. The sheer boom at the
head of Eby Slough is working all right.
By this arrangement all danger of loss
ing logs on this river is obviated and
will give fresh impetus to that branch
of industry this winter and next sum-
mer. Both the Snoqualmie and Sky
komish have an abundance of excel-
lent timber. Heretofore, so great has
been the loss when running logs, on ac-
count of sudden high water, that many
have been afraid to log above the town.
But the sheer boom at the head of Eby
Sloagh and the new boom across that
slough at the cutoff catches all the logs
and renders logging as safe as anywhere
on tho Sound. We shall all be greatly
benefited by this new arrangement.
Year: 1875

By The bark Lizzie Williams
has finished loading with Seattle
coal and hauled out from the
wharf. Will probably sail this
evening. Her place at the bunk
ers was taken by the ship Edo
RADIO.
Year: 1875

To the Voters Of Trinity County:


Having received the endorsement of
The Republican Convention for the posi-
ton of District Attorney of Trinity Coun.
w deem 1t only matter of justice to
myself, to state my position in this cleo
tion. am not a Republican, nor nave I
been Republican at any Time, but have
Tor several years held aloof from all par
ties, aiming to secure, so far as my vote
and influence could effect it, the selection
OF the best qualified men for the conduct
OF our local affairs. l was not n candidate
for this or any other office, but when in
formed that the Republican Convention
desired to endorse me for District Attor-
ney, without having been solicited to do
so, and without solicitation either by nv
self or my friends, it was an honor | did
not feel at liberty to decline. | will not
be able to visit many places in the county
ana therefore take this method of stating
my position both as q citizen and n can.
didate. If felected, pledge myself that
whatever of ability l possess shall be
brought to the faithful discharge of the
duties of the Office. With this exp)ana.
ton of my candidacy, leave the matter
with the voters and will cheerlully sub
NIT to their decision whatever it may be.


c. Il. WILLIAMS.


August goth, 1875.
Year: 1875

"PoTTER" FISHER is the Republican
nominee for Treasurer, but the name as
printed in the ticket Mt the head of our
columns and ON the ballots will be T. S.
Fisher. Potter" Is simply So6,4quet
lie has. borne so long that his christened
name is known to but very few.
Year: 1875

BEND Us THE RETURNs.-That tho
leopIe OF the county may know the result
y 3 early a day as possible, we particu-
Mry request friends in the several pre-
c'ncts to send us the vote of their pre-
e''el by the first opportunity. We shall
p'm' blanks for this purpose and mail
mem to some member of the Election
rd IN each precinct, and hope they
VIII interest themselves and return the
= ,ssu II to this Office as speedily as possible.
ausy can be sent at the same time as the
aleial returns.
Year: 1875

The Danvile (Ky.) Aduocate says: An
interesting little daughter of Professor c., of
this city, last summer, in eating watermelon,
got one of the seed lodged in her windpipe.
The effort was made to dis4odge it, but proy-
ed Intellectual, and it was thought that the
child would have to he taken to one of the
large cities to have all operation performed
by skillful surgeon. To this she was de-
cidedly opposed, and pleaded with her mamma
to tell her if there was no other way of relief.
Finally, in order to quiet her childish fears,
her Christian mother told her to ask God to
help her. The little one went into an ad-
joining room, and shortly thereafter came
running to her mamma with the seed in her
hand, and her beautiful and intelligent face
lighted UP with JOY In response to the eager
induiry of the mother, the little one said she
had asked God to help her, and while she
was praying she was taken with a severe
cough, in which she threw up the Seed"
Year: 1875

The Bloomington Pantagraph says: Mr..
Damon, a gentleman selling shoes for lead
ing mandatory of Worcester, Massachusetts,
Was in the city yesterday, and in addition to
his other baggage brought with him and ex-
hibted to few aemiring friends shoe that
has done good service on the foot of the reign
ing belle of Sandusky, Ohio. This delicate
souvenir might well he placed in comparison
with the glass slipper that compressed the
instep of Cinderella. The Sandusky bellies
is numbered '17, extra large" is only four
teen inches from toe to heel, and six inches
across the broadest part of the sole, and its
former occupant is not happy, for the other
shoe is just like it, and her feet grow one size
every year. She is only sixteen years old
just budding into womanhood. We shudder
as we contemplate the result, should she live
to good old age and keep up her pedal de-
velopments.


In addition to the main edifce there is q
bay window on the east side Of the galter to
accommodate few exotic bunyons, and an
extensive corn patch to the west. A back
porch has also been constructed on the heel,
to protect growth in that direction; while
one tiny toe nail has cut cash like spade
slash out into daylight on the northernmost
point of the structure.


The girl only weighs eighty4tive pounds,
and has received a commission to go west
next summer to tramp grasshoppers in Col