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Year: 1873

-"No man." once said Sir Benja.
min Rudgard, "is bound to be rich or
great-no, nor to be wise; but every
man is bound to be honest"


-'' Nothing can work me damage
but myself" said St. Bernard ; 6 the
harm I sustain I carry about with me !;
and am never a real sufferer but by
my own fault" -


We shall never learn to feel and
respect our real calling and destiny un.
less We have taught ourselves to con-
slider everything as moonshine COM
pared with the education of the heart.


A man may be accomplished in
art, literature and science, and yet, in
honesty, virtue, truthfulness and the
spirit Of duty, be entitled to take the
rank after many poor and illiterate
peasant.


In the affairs Of life or of business,
it is not intellect that tells so much as
character-not brains so much as heart
not genius 80 much as self:control,
patience, and discipline, regulated by
judgment. Hence there is no better
provision for the uses Of either private
or public life than fair share of or
diuary good sense guided by rectitude.


-" You insist" wrote Perthes to
friend, son respect for learned men. 1
say, Amen! But at the same time,
don't forget that largeness of mind,
depth of thought, appreciation of the
lofty, experience Of the world, delicacy
of manner, tact and energy in action,
love Of truth. honesty and amiability-
that all these may be wanting in man
who may yet be very learned"
Year: 1873

The mass Of evidence for the fact Of a
special and unique revelation being con.
tanned in the Scriptures Of the Old and
New Testamenis is so great that it is i'm
possible for a righuy-insiructcd and un.
biased mind 10 reject the former. For ex-
ample, the relation between the Old Testa-
ment and the New, is of such a kind as tc
be entirely without parallel. There is nc
other instance in literature Of one book Of
highly composite nature, which was yet re-
garled as one, being the origin and the lit
eraIy parent Of another book, also com
poste in its nature, and that after an inter
val Of four hundred years, as in the case Of
the Old Testament and New. The one il
in some sense the natural descendant of the
other, and yet no one could have anticipated
such a development as likely or possible
An this is an instance Of the kind of facts
upon which the theory Of an actual God
given and authoritative revelation rests
They are at once broad, deep, and solid il
their character. They are invuluerable tC
the attacks of criticism, and they are in
eXpicablo on any merely natural principles
They point clearly, naturally, aud con
clusively to one explanation, and to on
only; and, though they do not mathemat
ically demonstrate it, they offer mora
proof which is much more nearly complet
than any disproof that can be set against il
Not only is revelation in its suhject-mat
ter a witness to its own origin, but so ais
! is the revelation in which the record is SO
forth in its generic and unaterable feature
a witness to the fact that similar com
bination of phenomena equally signi6car
and various, could not have been produce
by chance And from the nature Of th
case there is no alternative between dc
NAL that these phenomena have any mean
ing at all, and an admission that the mean
ing they have is the QUO alleged.-Proj
! Stanley Leathcs
Year: 1873

They are sure God is not a man that
He should lie ; neither the son Of man, that
He should repent hath He said and shall
He not do it or hath He spoken and shall
lie not make it good2 A mothers babe
was dead For strength and comfort she
fell back upon the promises Of God. And
when asked by her pastor if she found sup
port from them, she replied, 4" What are
the promises for, If not for such a season
as this2" A poor boy, when asked what he
did when in sore trouble, answered, fall
fat on the promises" A dark cloud how
cred over the prospect of father. For .
few days be bore up under the burden, ant
then his strength failed. Retiring early
he slept soundly. and walked at early
dawn. The weight was still upon his mind
Conscious of his own weakness, he laid hole
upon God, and cast his bureen upon Him
AS distinctly to bis mind as though by
voice from heaven, the assurance came
Leave it with me and all will be right.
Years have passed and is fright" God
past faithfuluess is encouragement for fu
ture trust-Christiaa Weekly.
Year: 1873

Truth enters the heart OF man when it
Is empty aud clean and still but when
the mind is shaken with passions as with a
storm, you can never hear the voice Of the
charmer, charm ho ever 50 wisely
Taylor
Year: 1873

Is music, character is the score to be
learned of all men. Faith is next TO
it, giving wings to all our powers and
enriching us with motives which can
come from no other source. 1t is the
requisite element for the world to-day.
The man who denies the existence of
God whom he cannot measure and u
soul he cannot analyze. is powerless for
anything in the moral world but mis-
chief. Whittier would the world drift
without faith


He closed by saving that some per.
sons undoubtedly think that their lives
have been failure but let none be dis
couraged for if the power which is in
each one should be fully carried out to
its finest development, success would
be assured. +.
Year: 1873

A good little boy in St. Albans told
his big brother that if he would put his
TOE upon the chair he would cut it Oft.
his Dig brother laughingly complied,
when the little fellow deliberately chop
pea 1t Off with hatchel. The good lit
tie ooy couldn't tell lie and will prob
ABLY have his head put on postage
stamps a hundred years hence.
Year: 1873

The st. Louis Democrat SAYS: Our
experience and the history of the past
eighteen centuries incline us 10 the be-
lief that no matter how well you reat "a
shotgun, nor how you bring it up, il
will bang the stuffing out Of YOU the
very first time it gets chance
Year: 1873

and found them kept in systematic manner
and apparently correct in their footings and bal
ances.


But in asmuch as during our rounds, infor-
nation was impaired to us relative to a defaca-
ton of public moneys alleged to have been CON-
mitted in one of the said departments about six
years ago, and which has not before been
brought to public notice. we recommend to the
Board of Supervisors the expediency of secur-
ing the services of an expert and assistant for
the purpose of thorough examination of all
the county officers books.


We further recommend that fire proof vault
be provided for the safekeeping of all county
records, there being no assurance against fire
in the various places of deposit


We are under obligations to the District At
torney for his hearty cooperation with us in our
labors, and return thanks to the Sheriff, his
deputies, and to the county officers generally
for their courteous assistance in the discharge OF
our duties.


All which is respectfully submitted
HENRY c. KELSEY,
Foreman Grand Jury.
Auburn Nov & 1879
Year: 1873

LINCOLN Coal MINEs.Our friend Temneronce
generously sends us the following interesting
particulars regarding the coal mines now being
developed at Lincoln;


I'm company with W. Shattuck, visited
Lincoln on Wednesday, for the purpose of
learning the facts in relation to the vein of coal
discovered at that place. On arriving we met
MIR. kinkade, who has charge of the prospect
ing or works. We found him a very agreeable
gentleman He gave us all the information we
could possibly desire, of his operations and
their results up to the present time. His first
boring was on the west side of the railroad,
about opposite Stockton's cold warehouse, or
where it originally stood. At a depth of fifty
hve feet he struck the vein ten feet thick; after
which he commenced shaft II by7 feet for
working purposes and failed to strike the vein.
In the end of the shaft the indications were
such that it was evident that he was on the
north side of the vein, and that it run east and
west and not north and south, as he at first sup
posed. This had been done at an expense of
some five hundred dollars, and the steam hoist
ing works were already ON the ground, but he





boring apparatus onto the east side of the rail-
road, about five hundred feet east of his first
boring and little south. In the first hole at a
depth of fifty-two feet he struck body of coal
ten feet thick. He then moved about 12O feet
SOUTH and at depth of So feet found it 10 feet
thick. When he had completed this hole he was
satisfied he had found the proper spot to sink
his working shaft, which it is his intention to
start very soon. Mr.. Kinkade appears very
sanguine that he has struck a good thing and
in fact, almost every resident of the burgh has
already derived benefit, if you can judge sue
cessful people by their cheerfulness. Messrs
Shattuck & Rochon, of Sacramento own GAO
acres of land adjoining the town on the west,
and it would be almost impossible to purchase
their interest at this time
Year: 1873

A medicine that has done more than all the
prescriptions of the pharmacopeia to protect


the human system against the bodily ills SUI
perinduced by unhealthy surroundings, is
certainly worthy of universal confidence. 1t is
mainly on account of its extraordinary pre-
ventve properties that Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is exceedingly popular in localities
subject to the visitation of minsmatic fevers and
other diseases produced by empoisoned air A
family that has escaped sickness Turing a sickly
season in consequence of using the Bitters as a
safeguard, is n living advertisement of the vr-
tues of the preparation. The whole neighbor-
hood realize the fact. II couldn't have believed
it, says one II scarcely credited the adver-
tisements; but one must believe what one sees, I"
says another. 1T is the very thing we need in
this unwholesome section of country" remarks
third. And the result is that the instinct of
self-defense, the first law of nature, induces
threefourths of that community to obtain
supply of the great vegetable antidote before the
next sickly season sets in. In Winter, when the
system requires extra vigor and elasticity to
enable it to battle the effects of damp and cold,
the Bitters will be found particularly serviceable


rheumatism will not be apt to fasten upon the
muscles and nerves that have been braced up by
this excellent invigorant and nervine; nor will


the seventies OF the season, which have such a
disastrous effect on the pulmonary organs of the
feeble and delicate. be likely to exercise the
same untoward influences in cases where the
stomach and the external surface of the body
(Which always sympathizes with the digestive
organs) have been toned and stimulated by
course OF the restorative. The fits or indiges-
ton and irregularities of the bowels which pro-
ceed from sudden changes Of the weather may
always be averted by timely nse of the Bitters.
Year: 1873

Here then we see that love for our
brethren, (and we may add with pro-
priety our sisters too) is the Shibboleth
to US that we have passed from death
unto life.


The going about doing good as Jesus
did, not to His own friends merely, or
to agreeable people, or to those that
were kind to Him, or even to them
that lived near his home, but wherever
He found opportunity through many
years Of suffering he sought to do all
possible good to the bodies and souls
of men, such is our ,Shibboleth to the
world, of our discipleship.


The manifestation of q tender, lociag,
and forgiving spirit like the spirit of
the Master when He prayed upon the
cross "Father forgive them they know
not what they do is the Christisns
Shi6Eoleth to the world. And pub
lie confession Of Christ is our .Shidbo-
leth to Christ and the world of disci-
pleship.
Year: 1873

A just man does justice to every
man and to everything and then, if
he be also wise, he knows there is a
debt of mercy and compassion due to
the infrmities of mans nature, that is
to be paid and he that is cruel and
uagentle to SHINING person, and does
the worst to him, dies in his debt and
is unjust--Jeremy Taylor.
Year: 1873

Genius directed to evil, or squan-
dered on vanity, looses its power to
charm, and the involuntary tribute is
given to fortitude in adversely, to self
sacrifice in labor for the good of others,
and to the life which forgets itself in
the presence of danger or death, for the
service of humanity. Our deepest and
truest instincts tell us that these things
make the real hero, and that power
and genius are never SO great as when,
with noble unconsciousness, they stoop
to lift the fallen and lost. Kerr.
Year: 1873

w Whatever facilitates our work is
more than an omen, it is a cause of
success. This is one Of those pleasing
surprises which often happen to active
resolution. Many things difficult to
design prove easy to performance
Rasxcius
Year: 1873

As We lay aside our clothes at
night to enjoy our sleep and our dreams,
so at death we lay aside the clothing of
the spirit to enjoy the rapture, the
fight, and the dream of eternal years. ="
Year: 1873

STREET INCIDENT IN DETRoIr.-Say the
Detroit Free Press, ''There is an old goat
owned on Lewis street, which has received
great deal of training from the boys. Last
Fourth of July they discovered that if they
stuck fire cracker in the end of cane aud
held it at William he would lower bis head
and go for them, and they have piactised the
trick so much that the goat will tackle any
human being who poiuts stick at him. Yea
terday noon be was loafng near the corner
of Third and Lewis streets, when a corpulent
citizen came up and stopped 10 talk with q
friend. They happened to speak of sidewalks,
when the corpulenl citizen pointed bis cane
just to the left of the goat and said, ''That's
the worst piece of si~ewalk in this town."
The goat had been eyeing the cane, and tho
moment it came up he lowered his head
made six or eight Jumps, and his head struck
the corpulcnt citizen just on ''the belt"
The man went over into mass of old tin,
dilapidated butter kegs and abandoned hoop
skirts, and the goat turned somersault the
other way,whie the slim citizen threw stones
at boy seated on doorstep who was laugh
ing tears as big az chestnuts and crying out,
"Oh il 8 huff to kill felerp" +"
Year: 1873

The above examples of Policies now in force
and are not exceptional illustrations but actual and
uniform results of insurance with this Company. 1t
will be seen that nearly all these Policies have
than doubled in mount.


There is no "Mystery'' or "Swindle" about this
leading Company has shown he most satisfactory
results. with which every Policy holder is satisfied


Let those who doubt, call and see for themselves.
Year: 1873

Lager and anti-lager define the political par
ties which divide Chicago to the exclusion of
all other issues. The latter insist on trying
northwest passage through open water,
whilst the former regard beering-straight as
the true route to the poll.
Year: 1873

time, and dreamt that pleasant dream.


How pleasant! for it had lasted five years,
and now-all gone! all gone! for ever
and ever.


Then the beech began to rustic again,
as 1t had done five years ago, and to move
its mighty branches /; and as they moved
there fell, as then, the golden glittering
sunlight across its leaves, and through the
boughs peered ever and anon the deep
blue sky. Then bis heart grew calmer and
he slept. Soon he dreamt that dream again
of five years ago. The woman was at the


table and the little children at their play;


butnow, the faces were the faces of his own
dear wife and children, and she looked at
him with her large brown eyes so kindly,
an, SO kindly! And then he awoke and
found 1t was only dream! More sorrow
ful than before, he broke off a small green
twig from the tree, and went home and
placed it in his hymn-book.


The next day was Sunday, and as thev
went to church the leaves fell out at the
wife's feet. He turned scarlet as he
stopped to pick them up and put them in
to his pocket. But the wife had seen it
and asked what it was.


"Only the leaves from the Dreaming
Beech, which Is much kinder to me than
you are. Yesterday was resting beneath
1t and fell asleep. 1t wished to console
me, for l dreamt that you were kind to
me again, and forgiven everything; bat it
is not true. The good old beech, though
It is noble tree, knows nothing of the
future"


The wife gazed at him, and it was as if
ray of sunshine had crossed her face.


Husband, did you really dream that2"
Yes" he answered, positively.
And she knew it was the truth, by the
the twitching about his mouth, like one


who has difficulty in restraining his
tears.


"And was really yeur wife,"


Really my own true. wife," and she
fell on his neck, and half suffOcated him
| with kisses.


"Thank God," she said, s'now 1t is all
right again! love you so dearly, how
dearly you can never know. And all
these long weary days have been in such
dread, lest was wrong In loving you, and
| that God meant me to have another hus-
band, and you another wife? for you GER
tainly did steal my heart, you bad man
| and there was deception at first-yes, you
stole my heart, Lut 1t did not do you much
good, for you know things must have
happened just as they did, whether we
would or no." Then, after pause, she
continued


promise me never to speak sighting
| ly of the Dreaming Beech again ?'
81 never will, for believe In it, as much
| as you do, depend upon it, though in a
different way, perhaps. And now let US
paste the leaves in the beginning of our
hymn book so that they may not be lost"
Chambers Journal
Year: 1873

A WRITER in the Science of Health says,
though many merchants live to be old,
mercantile life, on the whole, is not favor
able to health; not because there is any
thing unwholesome In the business of
buying and selling, but because of the
uncertainties attending 1t. II has been
stated that nine-tenths of all the mer-
chants who have been eventually success
full in acquiring wealth, have failed one or
more times. But the few examples of
colossal fortunes. like few prizes which
are drawn In the lotteries, are sufficient to
cause constant rush into the business by
the MANY 1t Ii true that the majority OF
successful merchants show favorable
average of longevity; and this may be
either because, being healthy, they are
successful, or because, being successful,
they are healthy. This is rule that
works both ways. 1t is the constant
strain Of the mind, the feverish anxiety,
and the irregular habits consequent there
on, that so often break down the health
only who, after toiling and planning in
cessantly for ten or fifteen years, have
struggled on the. verge Of failure for
months or years, can appreciate the i'm
mense wear and tear Of mind and body
which racks and often wrecks SO many
merchants. One Of the most destructive
habits of merchants is that of going to
bed, not to sleep, but to study their bust
ness. After working and planning till
near midnight, they retire to fitful dozes
and unquiet dreams, instead Of refreshing
sleep; the result is that, In , few weeks or
months, determination of blood to the
brain, with sleeplessness, becomes a
chronic habit. We have known merchants


whose only complaint was, they could not


sleep. The remedy for this difficulty Is
very simple in theory, but not so easy in


practice. Keep cool, take things as they


come, and worry about nothing, Is pre-
scription very easy to write; but in view
Of the ,ever-recurring immediate necessi-
ties of trade, almost impossible to apply.
A little attention to regimen, however,
will greatly mitigate the suffering, and
perhaps carry the merchant through the
various crises of his vocation. OF all per-
sons, he should especiallyavoid all arti-
cles of food or drink that thicken the


blood, excite the brain, or constipate the


bowels. Milk, sugar, and fine flour are
among his special denominations. His


food can never be too plain, nor his drinks


too simple. His dessert after dinner
should never be pudding nor pastry, but
always a good apple or other fruit.
Year: 1873

Easton. The laborer was prevented reach the
prescribed depth, at one place, by the presence
OF stone. After much labor, and with the
aid OF a team it was finally lifted. 10 the amaze
ment of all the bystanders, the stone was found
to be laid in mortar or cement; and stranger
STILL between the upper stone, and stone
below, imbedded in the cement, was found q
piece of paper with writing thereon. The
writing is almost illegible, and is written in
an extremely heavy and ancient hand. Ger
tain words and figures are easily read upon it,
that showes its date to have been III or
1871, but they give no clue to the purport of
the writing. The stone is about two feet six
inches long, and eighteen inches thick. 1t is
hattened on one side apparently with the chisel
or pick, but the other side, which was upper
most is rounded. 1t was found at the depth
of about four feet from the surface. No one
could give the slightest account of its origin OF
purpose, and even conjecture was at fault.
Further digging revealed a pot lid, but that
was the nearest to pot of money that could
be reached
Year: 1873

1t is stated that the Wilmington bank rob
bers, while at Perryvie, Cecil CO., Md. on
election day, went to the Democratic head
quarters and offered their services to vote,
which was declined. They then proceeded to
the Republican headquarters and made the
same Offer stating that for a certain considera-
tion they could furnish forty more this offer
was declined with thanks and an intimation
made to them that they would do well to make
themselves scarce
Year: 1873

There is many a rest in the road Of life,
If we would only stop to take it;
Al many a tame 6c0m the better laD4----
If the querulous heart would make IL.
To the sunny soul that is full Of hope,


And whose beautiful trust no'er faileth,
The grass is green and the flowers are bright
Though the winter storm prevalent.
Better 10 hope though the clouds hang low,
And to Keep the eyes still lifted;
For the sweet blue sky Will soon peep thro'


When the ominous clouds are rifted!
There was never a night without day,


Or an evening without 4 morning;
And the darkest hour, a the proycrb goes
Is the hour before the dawniuS.
There Is many q gem in the path Of life,


Which we pass in our idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the ieweled crown,
Or the miser's boarded treasure;
1t may be the love of q little child,


or a mothers's prayer TO heaven,
Or only a beggar's grateful thanks


For a cup Of water given.
Better to weave in the web Of ife


A bright and golden filling,
And to do Gods will with a ready heart,
And hands that are ready and willing,
Than 10 snap the delicate, minute threads
or our curious lives asunder,
And then blame heaven for the tangled ends,
Aud sit and grIeve, and wonder.
Year: 1873

II fyou say anything about neigh
Dor or friend. or even a stranger
saw no i'll. IT is a christian and
brotherly charity to suppress our
knowledge of evil of one another,
unless our higher public duty COM
Dels US to bear accusing witness;
and if il be true charity TO keep our
knowledge Of such evils TO ourselves
much more should we refuse TO
sDread evil report of one another
Discreditable as the fact is, IL is by
far the commonest tendency 10 sup
press the good we know OF our
neighbors and friends. We act in
this matter as though we ielt that
bv pushing our fellows uowA OF


back peg we were putting ourselves
up forward. We are jealous OF COM
mendation unless we get the larger
share. Social conversation, as
known to every observer, is largely
made up of what is best understood
bv the Term scandal. II would be
| difficult to find a talkative group, OF
either sex, who couldNspend an even
| ing or an hour together without evil
/ speech of somebody.


/ BLESSED are peacemakers' IS not
/ the maxim by which we are enemy
governed in our treatment Of per-
/ soualities. Better thousand times


stand or sit dumb than to open ou~
J lips ever 30 eloquently in the dis
arrangement of others. What we
should do in this, as all our humane
relations. is TO practice the golden
. rule. Ii we do unto Others as we


would that others shonld do unto Us,


we should be exceedingly careful
not 10 volunteer i'll words about


them. Where other than a good


word is 10 be spoken, let 1t be spok-


en- to the person concerned, that lac


may know your motive is not idle
cowardly and sinister, ana that ht


may have a chance 10 defend him
self.