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Year: 1873

BouNn NOT no Go.-The old story OF the fox
and the goose received Illustration last Thurs
day night. The Deputy Sheriff and u constable OF
| Dorchester county, were sent down to Straits
District with an attachment Tor Mr.. VIM r., a
rccusant witness. They found him in the lower
end Of the district, aud having secured him start
ed back. Coming TO "A creek they were obliged TO
cross. theig boat would only carry two, and the
question arose how they were to get over 1t WAS
finally determined that one of the officers should
paddle Mr. i. aeross and then send him back af-
ter the other. The FIRST part of the plan worked
well enough, but on his return tip the sagacious
witness quietly padded off, after gaining the mid
die of the stream, and left the storming officials
one side and ON the other, To get out
OF their difficulty as best they could. They say
they'll make sure of him next time end he saws
| that's ''marked lor trial.
Year: 1873

We TAKE the following items from Ellicott
City Times of June 28th


Fatal Accident. On Saturday last Charles E.
Ridgely, a carpenter and native of this county,
who had been at work near Woodstock, in the
third district, started to return to his home at
the Union near this city, and while walking
down the railroad, met train of cars going
west, to avoid which he stepped uron the south
track ard was struck by the engine of train
coming east by which he was knocked down,
one leg cut off, and so injured about the head
and back that he died about an hour after the
accident Mr.. Ridgely was an industrious, hard
working man and leaves large family to mourn
his sad and unexpected death.
Year: 1873

Scene-Crowded horse-car. Strong
minded female-"Sir, | would have
you to understand that in this enlight-
ened century M one but a brute would
suffer a lady to stand in this Manner \
Mild-looking old gentleman savagely
Madam, I belong to the dark ages,
and if you call me a brute again IN
shake the life out of your Female
faints; grand hysterical tableau.
Year: 1873

These periodicals constitute wonderful miscel-
lany of modern thought, research, and crititism.
The cream of all European books worth reviewing is
found here and they treat of the leading events of
the world in mastery articles written by men who
have special knowledge of the matters treated The
American Publishers urge upon all intelligent read
ers in this country liberal support of the Reprints
which they have so long and so cheaply furnished,
ceiling sure that no expenditure for literary matter
will yield SO rich return as that required for sub
cription to these the
Year: 1873

Professor Donaldson proposition to
cross the Atlantic in balloon in seven
teen hours, satisfies US that all the fools
are not dead yet We believe he is max
ing arrangements to start on his trip the
4th of July. If he does. the number of
balluonsts in this world will be decreased
by one, while there will be a small in
crease to the stock Of food for the fishes
in the sea. The Boston Sunday Herald
gives the following description of the
machine with which Donaldson expects
to plow the ''blue etherial:"


He proposes to construct three balloons,
one three times the size of the others, the
latter of which will be used to supply the
big one with gas, as it gradually loses its
lifting power. The bolloons will hold
some 325,0 900 feet of gas, and will have
lifting capcity of ii 900 pounds, besides
the weight Of the gas chambers them
selvss, nettings. basket, lileboat, &c. 1t
will take about u 900 yards of drilling
for the big balloon, but with the aid of
sewing machides the professor thinks
that he can get it ready in months time.
The basket in which he proposes to ride
will be comfortable room, with cellar in
which to store water and food for the trip.
The room will have windows on all sides,
lime stove will give abundant heat for
warmth and to cook with, while at night
vacuum tube with platinum wire at
each end will furnish abundant light by
sending current of electricity along the
wire.


Beneath this chamber there will be an
open platform or balcony, and beneath
that one Of the Francis metal life boats,
provided with oars, sails, instruments,
food and water, will be suspended, ready
at any instant to receive the aeronauts
should a near approach to the water take
place for any reason. This life boat will
have four large air chambers, and will be
provided within cabin in which the men
can be protected from the weather. By
means of an ingenius continuance the center
OF gravity can be made beneath the bot
tom of the boat, thus rendering it i'm
possible to upset it.


The professor proposes to take two men
with him, and as his plans have the ap-
proval of the Franklin Institute of Phila
delphia he hopes to secure as companions
one or two scientific men who shall re-
port the results of Investigations made
during the voyage. Wise, the we'll nown
veteran balloouist, is quite enthusiastic
in his approval of the project, and intends
to be one of the passengers.
Year: 1873

The San Francisco Bulletin publishes
special reports from the most important
gram growing points in California about
the condition of the crops, aud says:


These reports are, upon the whole.
much more favorable than was anticipated
three weeks ago. With three or four in
ches more Of rain coming late in the sea
son, We should have had the LARGEST
wheat harvest ever known in the State
The shrinkage from drouth is matter Of
conjecture. The area of land sowu to
small grains was larger than ever sown
before, and this excess will 60 some way
toward making up the aggregate deficiency
in amount as compared with the wheat
crop OF last year. 1t is to be noted that
the failure this year is just where good
or short crop tells strongly on the aggre-
gate result, viz, the San Joanquiu Val
ley. And yet the reports from some parts
of this district are of an encouraging char
actcr TIE favorable weather could not
quite bring out the crops in this valley
But it has saved partially or wholly large
districts even there. Many believed that
taking into consideration the greater area
sown, the aggregate wheat crop will not
fall below that of last year. If it reaches
three fourths of as much as the crop of
1872 we shall be more than glad to chro
nicle that fact.
Year: 1873

A nice little game is practiced in Chi
cago. An old hat worth fifty cents is
carefully done up in box and taken to.
the residence of some gentleman whose
name is in the directory. always at an
hour when the gentleman is not at home.
The messenger presents the hat to the
lady of the house, and says Mr.-has pur-
chased the hat and paid one dollar on ie,
given orders to present the bill for the
balance when the hat is sent up. The
lady looks at the bill, pays it, and the
messenger departs with the money. The
wrath of the gentleman on coming home
and finding a hat that would disgrace a.
third rate pawn shop can be imagined.
Year: 1873

womans determination to part her
hair at the side broke up a wedding at
bangor, Me. The company had assem-.
1led' the clergyman was in his place, and
the groom proceeded up stairs to escort
his chosen one to the altar The ladv was
splendidly dressed, but in arranging her
hair had adopted the new style" To-
TINS the young man objected in the most
decided terms, saying that it looked too
brazen and "fast;" that the hair of the
BRIDE should be parted modestly in the
middle A sharp war of words followed,
which resulted in declaration on the part
OF the angry youth that he had taken
hrm stand that the hair must be redressed
or he would never look upon it again. To
this the girl replied that he mi ght leave
as soon as he pleased, and leave he did,
much to the disgust of the people who
came to partake of the wedding supper
and were turned out of the house without
it.
Year: 1873

1t is the fashion, we believe, to entertain
strong and unreasonable prejudice against
the domestic cat. Its finest and most
conscientious efforts in the musical line
got only the applause of boo'jack and
bottle, and, in short, generally unkind
and unpleasant feeling exists in regard
to it. Let those who have INDUCED in
this malevolent state of mind read Of this
Cat of Springfield, III and blush The
master OF this cat is in the habit of leav.
ing a Kerosene lamp burning ali night on
a bracket in the hall. One night, lately,
when all were asleep, the lamp got out of
order, the wick caught fire and blazed up
against the very ceiling There was, ap-
parcntly, nothing to prevent the entire
destruction of the house What did that
good old family cat do? 1t saw all the
danger, jumped upon the pillow of her
master and energetically paved" his
face Of course he awuke, saw the lamp,
saved his house, aud-the cat is not for
sale.
Year: 1873

A correspondent lately worte to the San
Francisco Chronicle to know where Cain
obtained his wife, and is thus severely
but properly reproved: Upon any sub
Ject OF public nature we never refuse to,
throw the desired light But this is al
together different thing 1t is family
matter with which we do not care to
meddle. Cain died some time befare
many of us were born, and such idle
curiosity regarding the family affairs of a
deceased person We regard as repreheusi-
BILE, and calculated to violate the sanctitie 8
of domestic ife."
Year: 1873

All men, however strong, have week
spot, like the rhinoceros, which though
plated like monitor, is vulnerable to a
spearthrust below the plates. Some, in
deed, think they have no weak place
and such people are right, for they are
weak all over, and no part, therefore could
be called weak in particular. The polar
bear has weakness, which is for blubber,
and his hunters knowing this, coil piece
of whalebone like watchspring, wrap it
in bulbber and freeze it. They then drop
the tempting morsel in the way of bear,
who swallows it greedily; bat as the blub


Der melts in his stomach, the whalebone
springs out. The bear then rolls over
in agony and they come up and kill him.
Thus it is when men yield to any easily
besetting sin it will cut them asunder.
Year: 1873

England has, it is hoped, got through
with her growing about the SIS 5000 900
Geneva Award, now that her government
has taken measures to meet the payment
of the claim within the time stipulated
by the Treaty of Washington. Even
England, stubborn 10 all things, has scar
cely ever been known to yield SO ungra-
ciously to the inevitable as she does 10
the Geneva business No nation likes to
be beaten in diplomacy any more than in
war, and we can all readily imagine how
the American eagle would have scream
ed with anger and Indignation if the
Geneva arbitration had resulted in the
decision that the United States were en-
titled TO no damages on account of the
Alabama claims. England was beaten in
that arbitration and is angry about it !;
had the United States been beaten then
Americans would have been mad while
England would have been in just as good
a humor about it, as the Americans are
to day.
Year: 1873

A long lost child has has been recover
ed in Montreal chiefly by means of the
picturesque aud conventional mark of the
strawberry. Thirty years ago, when a
little creature at play in the streets of
Quebec, he was stolen by the Indinas-of
course-and adopted by an ancient squaw
Not until she was on her death bed did
he, then grown up, learn the secret of his
life. She could not remember the name
of his family, but gave him one approach
ing in sound as nearly as possible. He
endeavored straightway to solve the
mysterious question of his identity, but
time, the change in the name, and his
ignorance of the city, foiled his inquiries,
and he gave up in despair. Any reader
of the average weekly story paper will
readily see what came next. An acquain
tancc of his family came to Montreal,
where he was romantically engaged as a
halter, and was so struck by his resem-
blance to the said family that he i'm
mediately wrote to the lost boys mother
She rejoined with statements as to the
strawberry mark on his arm. quickly
followed her letter, recognized her son,
aud all was JOY.
Year: 1873

The murderer Lusignani, lately hung
IN New jersey. had some native wit, if
he did part his hair in the middle just
before he was led out to execution. one
OF the priests said 81 would willingly
be in your place; you will be in heaven
soon" Well take my place." said the
prisoner II viii get under the bed"
Year: 1873

There is in in Nashville, Tennessee, what is
known as the Club Of Rejected Lovers, accord.
ing to the Union newspaper OF that place. 1t
seems that the qualifications for membership
of the club are simply what the name OF the
institution purports-the fact Of having been
rejected or discarded by young lady, together
with q fair average social standing ana per-
sonal repute. This, as will readily occur to
the dullest perception. makes the entree OF the
club accessible to any poor but honest young
man, but seems to bar out inexorably the rich
and the cheeky" There is not particle OF
doubt that this club is organized upon basis
that will speedily make it the most select affair
of it's kind in the world, as far as sturdy man.
hood and bonhon,ie are concerned; for no man
knows how good fellow he really is, or how
much clear nerve and hard sense he possesses,
until he has been called upon to face the dread
ordeal of having his girl "go back on him"
This selectness will be infinitely enhanced BY
another rule or bylaw of the club, which pro-
vides for the instant and ign0mini0us expulsion
Of any member who betrays his weakness by
going back to a.young lady after she has dis
carded him once, whether at her instance or
his own. OF course there is nothing that for
bids making love to an infinite number OF new
girls, and each additional rejection affects the
standing of the member precisely as new de-
gree in Masonry elevates the standing OF q
Mason. When q member finally marries he is
put on the retired list, but can be reinstated
in active membership in the event of becom-
ing widOwer.


The bachelors Of Idaho City propose organ
izing society in accordance with the forego-
ing extract; and as there are many young and
middle-aged men in our city who possess the
requisite qualifications for becoming members,
the initiation fee will be placed at figure within
the reach of all in order to insure respecta.
BILE membership at the start. The monthly
dues to be regulated. as in other organizations.
by decree of the society. The regalia will be
bib apron with star for each rejection ex-
perenced by the wearer until there is no room
left for more, when other regulations will have
to be made. Offices and honors will be con-
ferred in the same manner as stars, as follows:
The member who has been rejected the often
est will be President until deposed by some
more fortunate aspirant, and the same rule
will apply to the lower Offices. We anticipate
a first rate time, as the membership will be
large, and notes will be compared at each sue.
cessive meeting for the purpose of conferring
degrees and ascertaining who is entitled to
preside. Females will not, of course, be elli-
gible to membership. as it is impossible to sup
pose a woman-in this country, at least-to be
a rejected lover. The organization will be
known as 1.-The Society of Rejected Lovers"
Year: 1873

SEVERE ON H. D. COOKE.-The New York
Sun of September 28th is very severe on the
conduct of the President of the First National
Bank of Washington. 1t says:


1t is pretty well ascer:ained that when that
thievng concern closed up there was not much
more than ten or twenty thousand dollars in the
vaults The tills had been emptied days be-
fore, and the contents carried to Philadelphis
to prop up auother rotten bank there, in the
desperate hope of weathering the storm which
had been created by these>worthless shaving
shops In plain terms, tor there is no use ia
Disgusting the terms, the money OF the people
of Washington was literally stolen from the
place where it was deposited in good faith aud
Transported to distant city, to be used and
appropriatcd there for other and wholly differ
ent purposes.


If Cooke had entered the residences OF his
victims, opened their desks or drawers and
taken off the bank bills which he found in them,
the crime would not have been ~ great a.
that which he perpetrated. In that case he
would only have been an expert thief; but n
this case be received the deposits with GER
tain pledge Of honor, fortified by his professions
of religion and membership with the Young
Mems Christian Association, and he stole them
deliberately, knowing that they could never be
returned.


And yet. 10 far as the banking law is con-
cerned, there is no punishment for an offense
like this. A banker may rob his clients at
ease, pocket every dollar entrusted to him %
deposits, violate even the most sacred cent?
dence, and yet escape the Penitentiary.. to
which a starving wretch who might steal
loaf of bread or pound OF meat would be
sent for years. Surely this is not just There
must be no discrimination among regues 1t
anybody is to be punished severely, let it be him
who ofends against the community sets per-
nicious example, and becomes q dangerous nom.
ber Of society BY the influence Of supposed
wealth.
Year: 1873

CRUELTY TO SEAMEN.-The horrible treat
ment which sailors receive at the hands of brutal
captains and mates of vessels while at sea is be-
ing shown up at present in San Francisco, in the
case of the officers Of the ship Sunrise. which
recently arrived at that port 1t was learned
through statements made by sailers that the
CAPTAIN of the Sunrise, fend named Clarke
and his Mate, another brutal scoundrel named
Harris, had so brutAlly abused and illtreated
three sailors on the voyage from New York
that they were driven to suicide to escape the
cruel and inhuman treatment, all three of the
unfortunate men having jumped overheard
preferrng n natural grave to a further endu
rance of the brutality they had undergone.
The proper authorities took no steps in the
matter until Henry George, the editor OF the
Post, made the necessary affidavit for the arrest
of the brutal scoundrels. The Captain was
taken in charge, but the Mate getting wind Of
the steps being taken, made his escape; and,
up to last accounts, had not been captured.
The crew of the vessel, who are the witnesses
in the case, have been detained in custody;
and it appears that the Captain has made lib.
eral use of money in trying to buy up the wit.
nesses of his crimes Some of the stories Of
hehorrible brutality practiced towards seamen
by the officers of vessels are almost incredible;
and it is to be hoped that the Captain of the Sun.
rise will be thoroughly Investigated and, if
found guilty, that the extreme penalty provided
by law will be meted out to him.
Year: 1873

It ls not improbable that the French crisis,
which WAS imminent few weeks ago, may be
revived by the disagreement between President
Ihiots and the constitutional projects which the
Committee Of Thirty have submitted to him.
The bone Of contention seems to be tho preEi-
dents privilege Of addressing tho Assembly on
questions Of general policy. The tenacity with
which II. Theirs clinGs to this prerogative
eeems to be almost childish. We should not
say that it WAS very delightful task to speak to
an Assembly, especially French Assembly,
that was opposed to tho speaker; and II. Theirs
would find certain executive advantages in sban-
doning the privilege which would moro than
compensate for his sacrifice.
Year: 1873

To those who wish to REINvEsT JANUARY COUPONS
OR DIVIDENDS, and those who wish to INCREASE
THEIR INCOME from means already invested in other
less profitable securities, recommend the Seven
Thirty Gold Bonds of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company as we'll secured and unusually productive
The bonds are always convertible at Ten per cent
premium 1.1Ol into the Company's Lands at Market
Prices The Rate of Interest seven and threetenths
per cent gold is equal now to about 81 currency
yielding an income than Onethird greater than
U S. 5-2Os Gold Checks for the semiannual interest
ON the Registered Bonds are mailed to the Post
Office address of the owner. All marketable stocks
and bonds are received in exchange for Northern
Pacifcs on MOST FAVORABLE TERMS.


JAY Cooke g. Co.
Year: 1873

The DANGER OF BUILDING IN WINTER
AT MiddletOwns Conn, on the 9th instant, Q
row OF brick buildings nearly completed. fell
m, Durying under the ruins fifteen men,
Eight or ten wOrkmen were killed and many
others injured. Some lathIng boys and plas-
tiers IN the fourth story and carpenters upon
the roof escaped almost miraculOusly.


The cellar was dug during the winter
When the frost began to melt the clayey soil
gave way, and about one week before they
fell It was observed that the building had
slightly settled ON the southern end. The
walls were of brick and twelve inches thick.
Year: 1873

The advertising patronage OF the Comm sRcGAL
was never 80 great, at this season of year, as it
now wis, and while we arc still ready to have more,
the large percentage OF increase, this year, over
our business at the same time last year, en-
conrages us TO expect it will continue to grow.
Year: 1873

Occasionally innocence suffers at the
hands Of the court, although where one
guiltIess persoh is condemned twenty
rogues are acquitted. A pathetic in
stance occurred recently in Massachus
setts. A lad, Willy Clark, was arrest


ed on charge of placing a stick OF
wood OH the track near bridge, where
an accident, if it should occur at all.


would be terrible. The defense held
that the wood might have fallen on the
track from an engine, but experts said
that would be impossible, and as Will
ly had been seen in that vicinity during
the day, and no one else had, the jury
pronounced him guilty. 10 long after
a stick did fall from passing engine
near the satie spot, lodging on the
track, the experts to the contrary not
withstanding, and other evidence has
since come to light completely exoner-
citing the boy. The Executive pardon
was, however, too late, for, before it
came to hand, poor Willy was dead
the victim, it is said, of a broken heart.
Year: 1873

BY Ella WHEELER.
When you go away, my friend,


When you say your last good bye,
Then the summer time will end,


And the winter will be nigh.
Athough the green grass decks the heather,
:, And the birds sing all the day,
lhere. will be no summer weather
+ After you have gone away.
When look into your eyes.


l shall thrill with sharpest pain,
Thinking that beneath the skies


l may never look again.
You will feel 8. moments sorrow


shall feel alasting: grief.
You forgetting on the morrow,
[ to mourn with no relief. za
When we say the last sad word,
And You are no longer near,
And the winds and all the birds
Cannot keep the summer here,
Life will lose its full completeness
Lose it not for you, but me;
All the beauty and the sweetness
Earth can hold, shall not see.
Year: 1873

The Grass Valley (Cal. Transcript, of
recent date, makes the following favor
able mention of mining prospects in that
vicinity: .... .-. .......


To loo, at and ride over, the main
streets of Grass Valley, would induce a
stranger to answer "Old Blocks" cues
ton, rs Grass Valley played out?' in
the affirmative; but the reports from the
mines in the vicinity would soon destroy
the impression and the dilapidated con-
diton of the streets could be accounted
for in the lack of enterprise on the part
OF property y-holders. The mines are i'm
proving continually. The recent strike
in the North Star is most encouraging
from the fact that it is the deepest mine
in the district, and the croakers had be-
gun to say quartz would not yield at
great depths and to point to the North
Star as an example. Now that these
predictions have failed and the rock has
been found, these same class exclaim:
Il told you so all the time" We under
stand that the mining prospect is most
encouraging and there are numerous
chances in the vicinity for opening lust
as rich mines as Grass Valley has ever
boasted of. All that is required is cap
ital controlled by men who understand
the business of mining. We hope soon
to hear of new projects backed by cap
ital, and we are confident in such an
event new and rick mines will be multi
tiplled in Grass Valley District.