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Year: 1873

| have often thought, "When | see
him, shall | know him ? Has he been
quiescent, dormant laid him little
BABE shall take him up such p 1t is
not possible. 1" Will he be child to me
then? When | meet him in heaven, shall
find what lost ?'' No, | think not-no
more than the farmer finds what he
loses when he sows the seed. Seed
sprouted is not like seed planted. Shall
we, when we wake in the other life, find
our friends just as we left them mere p
| trow not. | hope not. | should be
unwilling to appear in Zion and before
God just as am here in my personality
1t does not seem to me that We should ex-
pect to find our children, our companions
or our friends the same when We meet
them 10 heaven that they were when they
parted from US on earth. L think that all
we should desire to find in them is that
they should answer TO our want in our
then condition as they answered to our
want when they were on earth-that
they should be to US what they were, not
identicaly, but equivalently not ex-
actly babe. but being who shall then
warm our hearts, and ill them with the
peculiar tenderness and love and gladness
which they gave to US when they were with
US in this world.


There are those who think they know
and who tell US about, many things respect
ing the other life; and they strike me
very much like the phantasmagoria pro
duced by the magic lantern. The image
comes, and soon it is gone, and no one
thinks Of it as anything permanent. Men 5
ideas OF the future are changing pictures,
as it were, and there are some consultations
connected with them but | do not be.
lieve that it yet appears what we shall be.
" Beloved, now are we the sons Of God.
That believe. We are Gods children
And when j ohm adds, - 1t doth not yet ap-
pear what we shall be-" when he de-
clares that we do not know what tht
other life is to be to us or to ours, De
lieve him. If he did not know if it was
not clear to him who laid his head upon
the Redeemer's bosom and who was the
ineffable apostle, how much less likely
is to be clear to US in our opaque and OBJ.
scure positions on earth " But we know
that, when he shall appear, we shall ap.
pear with him, and we shall be like him.
-Beecher.
Year: 1873

committed. The gallows is still partially
standing, an additional monument of the
accumulated miseries our men suffered.
The superintendent is making good use ofI
Wirtz's bath tub. filling it with dirt; heI
is propagating flowers to ornament the
grounds


After visiting the cemetery we went to
the stockade. 1t is fast falling into decay,
and in year Or two will all be down, and
eyrey thing that marks the sufferings of our
soldiers will have passed away. The
ground within the stockade, that was
once so bare Of every shrub and even root,
(for | was informed that the soldiers
would dig for the tiniest root, to secure
fuel to warm their aching limbs,) is now
grown up with scrub oak and bushes,
| until you can hardly get through them.
The dead lines, just seventy feet from the
lstockade, is so tar decayed that but few
traces of it are left Here many a poor
victim has bitten the dust, 1t may be from
a chance mis-step or a determination to
end his misery. There are about thirty
five wells still remaining that were dug
with spoons and cups, while ropes made OF
blankets were used to draw up the dirt
and afterwards the water They are from
sixty to eighty feet deep, and while peer
ing into them, side entrances may be dis
covered that led some to light, outside
and freedom. Every prisoner here doubt


less remembers the providential spring
that opened near the dead line, on the hill
side, during violent thunder storm one
autumn night, and continued to flow so
freely as to supply nearly the whole camp
with delicious water. Well, this spring is
running as freely still, and at it quenched
my thirst, and also in the stream where so
many have washed their aching bodies, /,
too, stripped off my clothing and took
generous bath, thankful that it was under
so different auspices.


The forts, of which there are several,
still preserve their original appearance,
and show less of decay than anything else
about here. Yet trees are growing in
them, and soon these, as well as the space
within the stockade will be so densely
covered with the tnicket as to be rendered
impossible, and thus hiding everything
that makes it an object for stranger to
visit here. All the money and labor is
spent on the cemetery, and no pains
are taken to preserve the stockade grounds
in their original condition The cemetery
excited but little emotion in me, for there
felt the soldier secured relief. There,
they were beyond the reach Of mans in
humanity. But this stockade should be
preserved throughout the coming ages Of
our country's history, as a monument, not
of the soldiers suffering so much as Of
mans crueIty.-Letter to Cincinnati Com
mercial
Year: 1873

in magnitude and celestial beauty, are
solitary globes destitute of living forms or
ganized for enjoyment as much as We enjoy
in connection with the planet On which our
lot was cast This earth is inferior in
many respects to the group to which it be-
longs-and why should it have been select
ed for the display of organized beings in
stead of some other of far greater capacity
occupying higher position in relation to
the center of the solar stem?


One modern philosopher has attempted
to show that it is only in the particular
circuit in which the earth moves life can
be developed. On either side there must
necessarily be perpetual monotony with
out organized, vitalzed forms. Assertions
and proofs are widely different. 1t is in
accordance with the economy of Divine
government to believe that every one of
the planets in the solar system and millions
more beyond, are teeming with living be
ings similar to those occupying this, fitted
TO the conditions of the physical structure
of those distant spheres. With the sp ectro-
scope it has been demonstrated that the
composition Of those worlds is essenti ally
like the earth in metallic resources, and
why not in all other respects?
Year: 1873

ARE THE PLANETS INHABITED This
has been mooted question among those
supposed best qualified to answer. Reason
ing from analogy, it is hardly possible that
such magnificent worlds as are within
scopic inspection, far surprising our own
Year: 1873

That the seizure of the Virginius as 8 pirate in Cuban waters by Spaniards, and the summary execution of the prisoners will he cause for WAT, there seems at the present time scarcely . question. The wAole American nind seems to have as sumed belieerent aspect. and the desire for proper resentment of the insult to the Amerioea lag seems to be universal. This unwarraatabls slaughter of American citi- zens; treating them as pirates and murder ing with this unseemly haste to prevent possibility of intervention by either the government of Spain or of the United States, is an insult to the nation. which it is not slow to realize. The Press and the people seem at this early hour after the ex- ecutisns to be thoroughly aroused. 1ndig- nation meetings are held in New York and other large cities, and assurances of the speedy and sure cooperation of the people with the Government in the event of the adoption of vigorous war measures, are freely given, and in such language that the government cannot misunderstood. Prep arations at the various navy yards for a war on the seas are being pushed with all possible haste, and already are many on their way to the West Indies. It is thought that on the re-sssembline of Congress, two weeks hence, war will at once be declared with Spain, unless satisfactory reparation is made by that government before that time. The Virginius was sailing under regular papers. She had got into waters other than those of the United States, and was captured. It was the duty of the Spanish government to have held her for trial. If she had violated any law this government was the proper one to punish her for it. But the bloodthirsty villains, anticipating such . result could not consent to have it 80, and would be satisfied with nothing short of this murderous slaughter.

 Not only have they engendered feeling in the breast of every American in the land, that this humiliating insult to our Bag. and the lives of the slaughtered must be avenged. but Great Britain is giving the mat ter little of her personal attention. In this hassacIeoA uity -oeSen AuuAoA Oeinke' SeF- enteen were British subjects. and between the two nations, Span will very likely And it for her advantage to make such con- sessions as will fully satisfy all demands, or at least it would seem as though it would bea national policy for her to do SO. AS matters are now allowed to rest. it would seem as though war with that power is imminent.
Year: 1873

SETTLED AT LAsT.-Mr. Clements R. Markham, formerly of Her Majesty's Arc tic ship Assistance, has published book, in which he argues from variety of tech

 nibsl considerations, that the ''open Polar sea" imagined by various adventurers, can only exist if there is continent at the Pole, and he infers from the currents and other facts observed, that there is no such continent, but that sledge expedition from Robeson strait would find frozen sea extending to the North Pole itself. In any other direction it would be met by the difficulty which proved fatal to Parry's at- southward drift of the ice fields, with it's attendant dangers. If this conclu- sion, which seems reasonable, can only be aecepted, what an amount of human suf- fering and waste Of money it would save. But suppose there is an open Polar sea and a continent, will any one navigate the sea or locate upon such a continent while there are so much water and so much land which are more attractive Let us be magnani- nous and leave at least one continent for our grsat-great-grsndchildren to discover.
Year: 1873

Kent No 2.

 Kent is getting to be quite place, and tc one who has not seen it for Learly year, improvements seem rapid. Having occa- sion to take a look at the village short time since we were quite astonished at the change. Among the first objects of inter est that met our eyes was large new house that appeared to be going toward the river, and is almost near enough to be called the Cottage by the Sea" It is a very pleas ant situation, retired from the noise and hustle of the town, but the street leading to it at present appears to be across-lots, but we hope the people will soon make way for lane from the house to Main street. Passing down street, we paused suddenly before the house of J. F. Gibbs, which has been in the hands of carpenters and paint CTS for long time. It is certainly greatly improved. and is finished in good style. Il Is SO changed that we thought we might be mistaken in our identity of the place, and seeing the tin shop looking as natural as life. went over there to see about it and found J. F. and his fellow workman (who wears the jaunty paper cap) busy making tin pans. pails and great deal of noise. The new depot looks very well what there is of it. It must be planted in poor soil as it has not grown any for some time. .Mr. Conn's drug store is the same; no improve ment is needed there. It could not be made to look more cheerful and inviting than it does now......Several houses are being new. lY painted and fixed up to compare with the new ones. and if there are others that want painting in first rate style, just in form MT Ashman and it will be done ...... On Sunday morning we attended tue Con- gregational church, and were surprised to

 find it SO altered. It is handsomely paint ed; the pulpit has been removed, the cush- ions shaken up and the carpets swept..... On entering St. Andrews church in the evening, we stopped at the door to wonder and admire all it's beauty and elegance. It shows to good advantage by gaslight. The organ that used to be. is no more, but in stead is large, handsome one. and is skill fully played, and we would suggest that if some of the gentlemen who sit with the congregation, and who certainly look as if they could sing, would go forward and add more bass and tenor to the choir, that would be another Improvement. There are still other Improvements that we cannot now mention. and if Kent continues on in the way it is now going, we shall expect ere long to f1ud the streets lighted with gag; horse cars running through, and perhaps town clock or two perched upon the church steeples. 12 6.7.
Year: 1873

There is the profoundest danger OF
the collapse of that highest personal
life, the glory of which has been shown
us, before the confusion of the half
| lights and half-shadows of the new era.
Completely of every kind is the great
condition of the new life,-shades of
thought too complex to yield up definite
opinions,-shades of moral obligation
too complex to yield up definite axioms
of duty,-shades of insight too various
to yield up definite sentences of APPROX
al or condemnation for the actions of
others. On all subjects not strictly
scientific, on all those mental and moral
questions which determine conduct and


action, the growing sense of complexity
and difficulty is rapidly producing a re-
laxing effect upon the force of individu-


al character. In some sense men are
blinded by the excess of light. The
simple old moral law, "Thou shalt not
kill" "Thou shalt not steal, - Thou


shalt not commit adultery" "ThOu
shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods, "
is apt to lose half its meaning before
multitudes of distinctions which gradu-
ally shade off forbidden acts into the
most praiseworthy and delicate senti-
ments, and leave you wondering where
the spirit of the law ends and the letter
begins. There is, at all events, an i'm
mense growth of this spirit, not among
those who have the most hardship and


suffering, but who have least,-amongst
those who have chiefly reaped the adj
vantages of the new sciences and arts


in easy life, pleasant tastes, languid


hopes and loose faith. The fear is, that
| if civilization succeeds-and we trust it
will succeed-in raising the mass of
men to the same level of comparatively
satisfied material and intellectual wants,
there will be the. same disposition to
subside into the limited life of small,


attainable enioyments, and to let alone
the struggles for perfect freedom and


perfect life in God. If it were true
that, with the beating back of great


physical wants, the deepest hunger of
| human nature is to be laid to sleep, and
| life to be frittered away in small enjoy
ments, no one could look upon human


destiny without sigh. Perhaps it may
be thought almost an answer to this
fear to point out that with the growth
of the self-indulgent spirit there is very
apt to grow also very strong feeling of
the worthlessness of life,-a feeling
that nothing enjoyed is worth the cost
of obtaining it, that life itself is a
doubtful good, that the spring and elias
ticity of youth once over, and the sense
of duty smothered in a sea of specula-
tive doubt, it is rather from Incidence
than from love of life, that men should
prolong the dreary monotony of un-
solved problems and ungranted pray
ers.-LO79CIo71 Spectator.
Year: 1873


o, a wonderful stream is the River Time!
Ard it flows through the realm Of Tears;
With a faultless rhythm and musical rhyme
With broadening sweep and a surge sublime,
As it bends with the ocean Of years.
How the winters are drifting like fakes of snow,
And the summer like buds between;
And the ears and the sheaves how they come and


go,


On the Rivers breast with its ebb and flow,
AS they glide in the shadow and sheen.
There's magic isle up the River Time,
Where the sOftsst of airs are playing;
There's a cloudless sky and tropical cline,
And a voice a. sweet as vesper chime
And the Junes with the roses are staying;
AHd the name of that isle is the " Long Ago."
And we bury our treasures there;
There are brows of beauty and bSsoms of snow,
They are heaps of dust but we loved them so,
There are trinkets and tresses of hair.
There are fragments of songs that nobody sings,
And a part Of an infants prayer;
There's a harp unswept and lutte without strings
There are broken VOWS and pieces of rings,
And the garments that she used to wear.
There are hands which are waved when that fairy


shore


By the mirage is lifted in air,
And sometimes we hear, through the turbulent


war,


Sweet voices we've heard in the days gone before,
When the wind down the River is fair.
o, remembered for aye be that blessed isle
All the day Of life till night
And when evening comes with its beautiful smile,
And our eyes are closed to slumber awhile,
My that greenwood Of soul be in sight
Year: 1873

"A Western correspondent gives n
vivid account Of the effect some unox-
pected testimony had upon an attend
ant in the court room. He describes
fine scene thus: every eye was di-
rected toward him, and as the astonish-
ing testimony fell hot from the burning
lips of the reader, a curious pink was
seen to form over his ears, gradually
deepening and creeping over his cheeks
toward his nose. As the red flush
iourneyed toward that organ, the blush
on the ears faded, and n dreadful pallor
took its place, and this also began 20
creep toward the nasal protuberance,
driving the magenta red before 1t, until
the unfortunate protrusiye member was
almost fire in its accumulated color.
Year: 1873

Mister, will you lend pa your
newspaper He only wants TO send it
to his uncle in the country. on,
certainly; end ask your father n ne
will lust lend mo the roof OF his house.
/ only want the shingles TO make the
kettle boil"
Year: 1873

dear sir I"


Maids and men still remained in an
excited group, when at this juncture the
head waiter appeared, bringing with
Kim the landlord, respectable middle
aged man, who, bowling repeatedly, as
sured the gentlemen of his extreme an
noyance at the whole affair, especially
as it compromised the fame of his noted
house. Indeed, he would gladly refund
the loss were the two pairs of boots not
forthcoming.
Year: 1873




When the Rev. Samuel Broadbent
was travelling near to the diamond
fields of South Africa he and his fam
lily slept in the wagons in which they
travelled. One pitchy dark night
they several times heard a noise
among their cattle and the next
morning found a young cow had
been killed and lay in front OF the
wagon.


Ks | sat on the chest" SAYS the
missionary. lone OF nay little boys
came ana sat OH my knee. / vas
comforting him on the loss Of the
new milk for his breakfast. as the
lions had torn the poor cow. when
there appeared a noble Honess walk
ing through the grass. bringing
whelp with her. At the same time
my fayorite dog. Malbrook. was
feasting on the carcass Of the COW.
On seeing the lioness approach he
barked at her angrily. She paused
= moment. raised her head and lashed
her tail about, then Sprang furiOusy
at him. BY a nimble leap and rusn
towards us he barely escaped her
claws and teeth. Just at the pole
of the wagon. close to which | sat,
with my eldest boy Oh my knee and
my wife. the next 10y and a servant
girl inside, she turned away and we
were saved.


The following night beasts of
prey in great numbers prowled about
our encampmeut. Several large lions
had walked around Us.


The next day. when travelling was
pleasant. they shot buck which they
hoped to have for dinner. The re-
port of the gun reused five lions,
+ The wagons were turned another way
and the lions slowly moved to a
greater distance, rising on their hind
legs and playing with each other like
dogs-N. J. Obserrer
Year: 1873

THE ADVANCE GUARD.-Last We'd
nesday evening thirteen men came by
stage to Weaverville, and as many more
are expected to arrive the first of next
week. These gentlemen hail from Ne
vada county and are the advance guard
of small army Of enterprising miners
who intend visiting us in short time to
examine our mines, and invest in them if
satisfied with what they see. OF those
who came this week, Captain Adkins, OF
whom our readers have heard, is the only
one who has been here before, the rest
being strangers to the county. Captain
Adkins and his friends mean business.
We know this not from what we have
heard but from what we saw. Arriving
here Wednesday night, Thursday morn
ing our Nevada visitors loaded up with
grub and tools in regular Forty nine style
and were off for the mountains. We be-
lieve they will find prospects that will
suit them. They have money and expe-
rence and are disposed to invest in min
ing operations and that largely. Wait
and we shall see.
Year: 1873

1t is sad thing to pass through life
only half alive. Yet there are thousands
whose habitual condition is one of Ian
guor and debility. They complain of no
specific disease they suffer no positive
pain but they have no relish for anything
which affords mental or sensuous pleaures
to their more robust and energetic fellow
beings.


In nine cases out of ten this state OF
lassitude and torpor arises from a morbid
stomach. Indigestion destroys the ener-
gy of both mind and body. When the
waste of nature is not supplied by due
and regular assimilation Of the food, ev-
cry organ is starved, every function in
terruptod.


Now, what does common sense sug-
gest under these circumstances of depres-
sion? The system needs rousing and
Strengthening not merely for an hour
or two, to sink afterward into to more
pitiable condition than ever (as it as
suredly would do if an ordinary alcoholic
stimulant was resorted toy, but radically
and permanently.


How is this desirable object to be ac-
complished? The answer to this ques-
ton, founded on the unvarying expert
ence OF quarter of century, is easily
given. lntuse new vlgor into the dlges-
tive organs by a course of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. Do not waste time IN
administering temporary remedies, but
wake the system up by recuperating the
fountain head of physical stength and en-
ergy, the great organ upon which all the
other organs depend for their nurture and
support.


BY the time that dozen doses of the
great vegetable tonic and invigorsnt have
been taken, the feeble frame of the dys-
peptc will begin to feel its benign inhu-
ence. Appetite will be created, and with
appetite the capacity to digest what il
Graves. Persevere until the cure is COM
plete-until healthful blood, fit to be the
material of flesh and muscle, bone and
nerve and brain, flows through the chan
nels of circulation, instead Of the watery
pabulum with which they have heretofore
been imperfectly nourished. 4.apr-
Year: 1873

SINCE the withdrawal of the Webb
Australian steamship line all mail matter
Tor Australia goes by way of England.
Newspaper postage is now four cents in
stead of two, as we found out by having
copy of the JOURNAL returned on which


the postage was not sufficiently prepaid,
Year: 1873

THE New TIN-SHoP.- has been
commenced on Lang's new tin. shop. just
opposite his store on Main street, and the
building will be pushed to completion in
order that it may be ready for business as
soon as the tools and materials for work
arrive. Be on the lookout for cheap
hardware, etc.
Year: 1873

SCARcE.-There is snow on Old Bally
mountain, but it is barely visible with
the naked eye. In former years, even
after the mildest Winters, there was
more snow on Bally in the middle of May
than there now is, and it is only the mid
die of April.
Year: 1873

TwENTY-Two-INCH pipe is very large
as any one can see by taking look al
that recently manufactured for the Union
Hill mining claim. 1t will soon be put
in operation, and great results are ex-
pected.
Year: 1873

RECEIPT FOR KILLING A TowN.-An
exchange, under the above heading, re-
Gently gave the following; "To kill a
town, underrate every present or pros
pective public enterprise speak i'll of the
churches and schools tell everybody the
hotels are bad > enlarge the vices of the
people, especially the young people; with
hold your patronage from your merchants
and tradesmen, and, by all means, go to
the city for your millinery and such like /;
never subscribe for the local paper and
if you are in business refuse to advertise"
To which we would add: Let your local
paper look for its support to advertisers
doing business at distance, and if you
find your neighbors sending elsewhere to
make purchases blame it on the publisher.