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Year: 1870

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 Assure the people of New Hampshire that the successful collection and the economical expendl- ture of money during the present year is an ear to come. Tell the people of New Hampshire that during my administration there shall be no as- cending scale of public expenditures; but when ever and wherever the closest scrutiny shall dis close the possibility of cutting of & dollar, 1t shall be done.-GENERAL CRANE.
Year: 1870

THE RULING PAssIoN.-Down in the Blue
Grass region, in Kentucky, there lived two
neighbors whom we shall dub Smith and Jones.
Now, if there was anything that would arouse
Smiths anger. it was the intimation that any
man had horse which could beat his roam .
filly Jones was also owner Of horse, and
there existed rivalry between the two men
as to which should own the fastest horse. This
rivalry was about to culminate in race, when,
unfortunately, Smiths wife died. There was
such large number of mourners present at
the funeral that Smith had his roam brought
out from his stable that he might be useful in
taking from the graveyard some of the friends
who had not vehicles of their own. Jones was
in the rear with his horse, which, by some
means, became scared, and dashed up the road
at furious pace, starting Smiths horse, which
followed in q dashing run. AS they passed
Smiths carriage in the forward part of the
procession, the grief.stricken widower looked
out, and seeing them neck and neck, he forgot
everything in the excitement of the moment.
and sung out: "TwO to one On the roam. by
the eternal! Who'll take me up?" 1t is
needless to say that there were no takers.
Year: 1870

A NOVEL METHOD OF BUYING CONGRESS.
MEN.-A Washington letter writer, in recent
letter, says:


Speaking of "jobs" reminds me of story
heard the other evening from Congressman
and which illustrates the new method of lob
bying. The investigation committees" which
have been so much in vogue of late years. have
in measure broken up the business of lobby
ing as it was formerly conducted. According
to my informant, persons who want to see -
members upon "business" no longer bore them
at their lodgings, or in the committee rooms of
the Capitol, but meet them around the card
table for friendly (?) game of "draw poker"
is said, are not only fond of this game, but are
exceedingly skillfu at it. The amusement of
playing for wine soon becomes monotonous,
and, in order to create proper interest, it is
generally proposed to play for money. These
poker parties, of course, are always made up
with view to business; that is, they are very
select, and only those Immediately interested,
or who are sought to be interested, are admit
ted. No matter how skillful an expert at the
game his opponent may be, it is singular fact
that the Congressman always wins the money
He generally manages to clean out everybody
in the party, except, indeed, some brother Re-
preventative of the people should happen to be
among them. To be sure, this is nobody's bu-
siness outside of the Congressman and the op-
ponent who allows himself to be "cleaned OUT
A single instance will show how it requires
persons who are posted to play this Congress
sional game of draw poker" A prominent
member will not say of which House-was
playing game sometime ago with gentleman
who was largely interested in a measure before
Congress. OF course the luck was all on the
side of the Congressman. But it so happened
that the opposite party was temporarily called
away while the game was in progress, and he
prevailed upon another gentleman to take his
"hand." The newcomer was not posted upon
any little business arrangement, and, being a
good player, the luck soon began to leave the
Congressman, and his pile began to diminish.
When party number one returned he found to
his horror that his Congressional friend was
nearly cleaned out, and he berated his substi,
tutc roundly for being so lucky. The result of
it was, however, that in a short time the Con-
gressnan won all he had lost, and as much be-
sides as his services were rated at by the party
with whom he played. This is system of lob
bying which promises to defy all the smelling"
Committees that may be organized. even if ev-
cry one of them was concentrated essence of
Ben. Butler and Lyman Trumbull.
Year: 1870

Marcus Aurelius Antonius, one of the best
pagan rulers that lived, was Emperor of
Rome from A. $50 to 180, when the Seven
Hilled City was mistress of the civilized world.
His life was moulded by the philosophic teach
ings of the stoics. whose leading principles
were, that virtue is the only thing desirable,
and that pain is no real evil. His book,
Thoughts concerning Myself" although COM
posed like Caesars commentaries, amid the dis.
fractions of a military campaign, contains
thoughts worthy of note in these Christian
times for it was written by one who was, as
GibbOn says, "Severe to himself, indulgent to
the imperfections of Others just and bene6cent
to ALL"


ON THE DUTY OF UNIVERSAL LBENEvOLENCE.


"Men exist for the sake of one another;
teach them, then, or bear with them.


"The best way of avenging thyself, is not to
become like the wrong doer.


"Accustom thyself carefully to attend to
what is said to another. and as much as possi-
BILE to be in the speakers mind.


"Be not ashamed to be helped, for it is thy
business to do thy duty like soldier in the as
sault of town. Therefore, if being lame,
thou canst not mount upon the battlements
alone, but with the help of another, accept help.


"One thing here is worth n great deal-to
pass life in truth and justice, with benevolent
disposition even to liars and unjust men.


GAS horse when he has run, q dog when
he has tracked the game, bee when it has
made the honey, so a man, when he has done
good act, does not call out for some others to
come and see, but goes on to another good act,
as vine goes ON to produce again the grapes
in season.


"Benevolence is invincible, if it be genuine.


"Man is citizen of the highest city of which
all other cities are but families"
ON SUBMISSION TO THE ORDER OF NATURE.


"IObserve constantly that all things take
place by change, and accustOm thyself to con-
slider that the nature of the universe loves
nothing so much as to change the things which
are, and to make new things like them.


"We are all working together to one end,
some with knowledge and design, and others
without knowing what they do. But men CO.
operate after different fashions, and even those
cooperate abundantly who find fault with nature
and those who try to oppose and hinder her;
for the universe has need of even such men as
these.


"Whatever may happen to me, it was pre-
pared for me from all eternity.


g It is very possible to be divine men and to
be recognized as such by no One


"There are briars in the road Turn aside
from them Do not add, why were such
things made in the world?' For thou wilt be
ridiculed by man who is acquainted with na-
ture, as thou didst find fault because thou seest
in their workshop, shavings and cuttings from
the things which they make.


"All things are implicated with one another.
and the bond is holy.


death is nothing else than an operation of
nature; and if any one is afraid of an operation
of nature, he is a child.


"Run through the little space of time COM
formally to nature and end thy journey in con-
tent just as an olive falls off when it is ripe,
blessing nature who produced it, and thanking
the tree upon which it grew.
Year: 1870

there is nothing in gymnastics equal il
endurance to mothers arms. Even
when the days labor is accomplished
and she goes to bed, she still holds hel
baby, and does not sleep soundly fol
fear Of rolling on it or its getting un
covered; she must attend to its wants
several times in the night, and must lie
in a constrained condition for fear o.
disturbing IL.


! / have heard women say they would
give almost anything for night Of undis
turbed sleep, with no care on the mind.
Then in the morning up and at it again.
Don't you see why women get pale, and
why sometimes little cross, and how
their husbands wonder that their wives
don't loel pretty, and dress well, and
entertain them as they did before they
were married2


The wives don't reason on the matter;
they think it all the mems fault, and then
they tdrn cross, and so things go at skies
and seyens-and this is the place where
women's rights should be taken hold of.
| don't think voting would help that very
much; woman's labor should be made a
study. In the first place men must
realize that il is great labor to keep
house. A great many women sink down
under the weight; then everybody says
" Poor thingl she always was a weakly,
good-for-nothing creaturel" and the
"poor thing" has been doing more for
the past ten years than two women
ought to have done. ail
Year: 1870

The prices are within reach of every
one. Machines are made to suit all
tastes and circumstances, and the PLAIN
est in finish will work as well as the most
costly.


Full and thorough instructions given
at the house of the customer at any time,
free of charge, and the utmost pains
taken to render complete satisfaction.
Year: 1870

Inc hOOM 81 OAh wucii y,
makes is more durable and beautiful than
any other, presenting the same appear.
ance on both sides of the fabric and will
not ravel. 1t is also more economical,
requiring oNE-THIRD LESS cotton than
any other kind of stitch. Being the same
on both sides, it is not necessary to use
the extremely fine sewing cotton required
by those machines which make stitch
with ridge on the under side, which can
only be concealed by using thread too
delicate and fine to bear ordinary wear.
Year: 1870

Last week the Union Republican Cen
trail Committee of this County teld a
special meeting, and by majority vote
nominated G. G. Schroter as the Union Re
publican candidate for Supervisor of the
lst District. Certainly no bctt selection
could have been made tor the important
Office to be filed The nominee is an old
resident of the county, hard working
mechanic, and is also possessed Of that in
telligence and honesty required in the dis
charge of the duties OF Supervisor. Let
every Republican in the District turn out
and vote for him on the 7th.
Year: 1870

A number Of our cotemporaries have
misrcpresented us on the Chinese question.
We have never expressed ourselt as being
in favor of driving Cinnamon out Of this
county By force, unless all other and
peaceable means failed to rid US of their
presence,


We have said, and will stick to it, that if
the Chinese should be exempted from the
Foreign Miners tax, VIC would favor their
expulsion from the county, peaceably if
they would go peaceably, and furcibly if
they refused to go without coertion. We
take this position for this reason The
tax collected from Chinese miners viii
not more than pay the expense to which
the county is put in the way Of criminal
cases brought into the courts through the
agency of Cbinamen. Take off this tx
aud more Chiuamen would come and more
litigation and greater expensa would be
the natural consequence Who would
have to be taxed to foot the expense Of
these trials? Not the Chinemen, for they
seldom own any property worth taxing.
The cost would have 70 come out OF white
property holders and woFaiusmen Of the
county. BEFORE oubm ting to be taxed
for any such ignoblo purpose. We would
favor and asst, in the expulsion Of al the
accursed Cinnamon from the county.
Year: 1870

We acknowledge the receipt Of COM
plimeniary season ticket to the Fair Of the
Upper Sacramento Valley Agricultural
Society which will commence at Chico
September 27th and continue five days.
The people of Chico and noighborng COM
munitics are bound to make this fir a
splendid success. We hope Shasta may
be well represented.
Year: 1870

" those who care for something more luxurious.


she gives herself no trouble about her appear
| ance, but lets her milluCr dress her according
! To her plea ,ure md in consequence, looks a.,
! II clothed in patchwork for want of ANYTHING


like harmony in her coors or a central idea in
| her arrangements She revolts at the tvrani-


cal law OF society which forces her to leave the


table with the ladies', and longs to linger with
the men over their wine, and share in their
conversation; She pants for excitement; not
the tame and vivid excitement of love. which
she despises as worse than childish. but for ex-
! c!tement Of fierce and manly kind-for ex-
cltcment that will stimulate her, that will sat
lSiy her-for excitement that will un>ex her
0he wants to make noise in the world. to he


an Individuality on her own account. to rance
herself side by side with men; and she laugh at


the idea OF the di>abitis of sex. Is mater


nlty her hlndercnce? let women ruluse to he
mothers; to suckle fools is as much beneath


her aspirations as to chronicle small beer: and
shG has not learned yet how to make both or
either noble. In her society men are at their
ease morally, and have no more shame In dis


cusSlng questionable matters with her. or in
tGLlng doubtful stories, before her, than if
they had any youths among them She takes
thlS iOrgetluness OF her sex as a tribute to her
worth, and the less of reserve or reticonce an
their part the more highly She considers her.
self compllmented. For She cannot understand
that there should be distinction of sex in morals
IN knowledge, in mode Of action. What i
right for men to know women NAV also dis
cuss what men may do women may initiate,
ana II they may not, then, by the absoluriSm
OF moral identity the one should be forbidden
what the other may not share, and she would
nave all fowl dressed with the same sauce The
special characteristics Of womanhood held in
honor ever since society began. She has cast
away as trammcIs degrading to the free mind;
and the more she can as,imiate herself to men
the better She thinks She has succeeded in her
Ilte 5 great work. She boast, Of being among
them as a great boy, and puts it forth as a
claim to your respect that :" they never make
love to her: And the men say the same
thing; and, whether they call her "iolIy' ON
the one hand, or fearless" en- the other as
she IS boil in habit, or without modesry in
mind, universally protest that she is the last
woman IN the world to whom thew should
dream of making love, and that they look on
her as one Of themselves.


We would not ask women if thew think il
probable that men like this sort of creature
better han they themselves like the unsaxed
ana e1lemInate man and if men don't like her.
whether they can be expected to increase the
number OF the species ?-ItW Wall Buolet.
Year: 1870

On the 18th instant, says the San Jose 1 J.19eeleat. three men whose names arc un- known. but who had been keeping dairy on the San Bcnito ranch, came to their death in most horrible manner. On Thursday, one of their cows strayed away and was lost On the next morning, before breakfast, two of thsm started out Q take look ior the missing animal After travelling up the rl- vine for some distance, they discovered the COW lying among the brush. Thinking she was asleep they went up Co start her home hut it appears the COW had been killed by grizzly. who was at this time lying at her side As the men approached, the bear ieap- ed upon the foremost one, and throwing nm ! Co the ground, tore out his entrails anu then | seizing the second, caught his head in his mouth. and bt it entirely of, hanging t ! fearlully The bear then resumed its post ton by the body of the dead COW. The man

 who was first attacked did not die imme- djatcly. but had enough strength left to drag himself short distance from the spot.

 In the meantime the man left at the camp having prepared breakfast, went out to call

 up his companions. Finding their trail, he

 followed it until he saw the COW lying in the

 bushes: and thinking be would drive her

 home, he approached the spot, when the bear

 springinc upon him instantly killed him,

 mangling him in the most horrible manner . The surviving victim, who was lying in the

 brush at A short distance from the scene

 witnessed his approach and death, but was

 so terribly wounded that he was unable to

 give any warning. The bodies were found a

 short time afterwards and conveyed to tho

 camp. where the survivor died during tho z ensuing night, after relating the affair as WI have stated t above. The bear is the sam' , one which has been in that vicinity for th' last ten years, it being known from its pecu liar track, having lost three of the toes iron , one of it's feet.
Year: 1870

It i, impossible to conceive finer bodies Of men than those which daily arrive in Prussia to ioin their regiments. They belong to the first reserve. and all between the ages of 25 and 2S. \ very large number Of them wear the decoration they wore in the Austrian war. and all are trained soldiers As the traius arrive they are met by a small party ot soldiers, and the men arc escorted to the barracks of the corps Co which they belong Here they are furnished with their uniforms, kits. and arms, and are ready in half an hour to take their place in the ranks. Nothing can exceed the order and regularity with which everything proceeds. To the great credit o! the Prussan soldier, can state that since my arrival in the country have not seen a single man in uniform the worse for liquor. Glory indirectly makes a man more thirsty than does patriotism. IL Is at a crisis like the present that the full value Of the Prusslan military system is evident. The whole of the regiments belong t0 various localities from which they are exclusively raised. Each regiment of the line has regiment of reserve composed exclusively of the men who have served their time in that regiment. Con sequentlY. when the reserve is, as at present, called in, every man finds himself among friends By bis side is his younger brother around him are his neighbors. He Is at home a. once, and has besides every incentive tC distinguish himself in action, for he know that his neighbOrs are looking on, and that every deed of daring will be noted and told at home IL would be difficult to imagine any system SO calculated to make heroes. ir regiments raised like those of England, the local connection exists only in name, and { soldier can scarcely hope that his deeds O bravery in the field will become the common talk of his neighbors and townspeople, ant that the girl he loves will look with prid

 upon him as the acknowledged hero of tn

 locality, Of course, under our present volun tary system this could not be carried out i

 England; but when the time comes that ou long talked of reserve is 10 become a reality it is to be hoped that this important featur of the Prussian system will not be lost sigh of.-Berlia Cor London Standard.
Year: 1870

A MAN in Michigan swapped his horse for wife. A bachelor acquaintance said that he'd bet there was something wrong with the horse, or the owner would never have fooled 1t away in that manner.
Year: 1870

printed in your paper, has not the slightest allu-
sion to the coolie question, as all who heard it
read can testify. l desire to correct the report
Of my letter thus publicly made. While making
this correction, l am free to say, that l see no
feature of Hebrew or American Slavery in the
Cooe System. But all wish to say at this
time and in this connection is, that there was no
foundation in the report of your contemporary,
that in the extract from my letter to the Editor
of the GAZETTE read before the Legislature,
plead for the introduction of the coolies, for did
no such thing


This leads me to say that there has been some
talk among our foreign neighbors of the course
pursued by their representative, NJ. Kapihe. On
looking over the names of the Luna Makaainana
after the vote was taken on the Master and Ser
want question, they perceived that he did not an
swer to his name, either afirmatvely or negative
ly on question Of so much importance, and one
which had been so thoroughly discussed in the
hall Of legislation; in other words, they perceived
that Mr.. Kapihe was marked as an absentee.
Some complain too of his persistent silence dur
ing the entire meeting of the Legislature. | am
not disposed thus to censure him. On the sub
ject of talking in deberative bodies. | suppose
there is medium course to be pursued by every
man who would do his duty in avoiding excessive
talking, and an unreasonable silence. Our friend
may have erred in taking and maintaining the
latter extreme, but it may be that he was driven
to it by his disgust on seeing so many taking the
other extreme; in other words, he may have been
deafened into silence by the noise of excessive
talking, by sounds 'signifying nothing 1t seems
TO me, on reading the reports of the legislative
doings from day to day. that a great deal of
breath was spent to little purpose. Why Kapi-
he was absent when the vote on the above ques-
tion was taken, | do not know, l hope he can
explain himself to the satisfaction of his const-
tuents.


More l intended to write telling you of our
meeting on the 18th, also of the examination Of
our schools; but my time for writing is necessa-
rily cut short, and l must defer what more
would say to another opportunity.


Yours respectfully.


j. S. GREEN
Year: 1870

Order Of the Ddy.-An Act to repeal An Act en-
titled An Act TO mitigate the evils arising from
titution, was read a second time. Motion was made
by Mr.. Kahaulelio that the Bill be ordered to en-
grossment A counter motion was made by the
Minister OF Interior that further consideration be
indefinitely postponed.


Mr. Lyons supported the motion. He did not
wish to be misunderstood, but he thought it was
not sufficiently shown that the repeal of this law
would better the cordiiion of the people. Under
the present law, the prostitutes taken care of
and, to extent the evils of prostitution were
kept away from the nation a whole.


Mr.. Hitchcock placed before the House, for con-
sideration some facts iu connection with the sub
ject The total number who had been registered
96s OF fthese, only 179 were from the Island of
Oahu the great balance were from the other Islands,
showing thar the life and vitality of the extremites
were being taken to feed the Unsuitable desire of the
city of Honolulu. The law, as at present existing
was said to be prohbitory and protective, but let
us see: Out of these 1000 women, just four had
been convicted and punished by the law Was it
not evident that the law dead letter? The
evils of prostitution were a crying and burning
shame in our streets If the question of continuing
the law was left TO these outcasts themselves, they
would vote ten TO one to do away with it. he then
went over some of the grounds which were stated
the time of the report of the Committee to whom
was intrusted the examination of the subject, and
proceeded to discuss the merits of the Bill to repeal
According to statistics, the great majority of the
women living under the present law were of the
child bearing age, which ability was totally de-
stroyed by their course Of life.


Remarks were made by several others, both for
and against the Bill, and, pending the discussion,
the House adjourned.