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Year: 1870

~ The Chinese in California
make gold dust ont of silver half
dollar pieces, by cutting up the silver
coin into particles which resemble in
shape the gold dust formed in
streams. This is then colored to re-
semble gold and is mixed with genu-
Inc gold dust. How the yellow
color is put upon the silver is a
Celestial secret The profits of the
business must be great, as two silver
half-dollars make almost an ounce of
gold dust worth about eighteen dol
lars.
Year: 1870

R 1t may not be generally known
that the last sale of a slave in the South
occurred in Virginia. News had just
reached the Valley of the retreat of
Lees army from Petersburgh, when a
gentleman offered slave to farmer
of Augusta County. After some hig-
CLING the bargain was closed by barter
ing the negro off for one hundred cab
bGgs plants.--NoTolk Journal.
Year: 1870

LIZ A man in Iowa has been ar
rested for obtaining goods under false
pretenses. He got girl to marry him
on the pretense that he was wealthy
The goods" don't like that way of
doing.
Year: 1870

re- An enraged parent had jerked
his provoking son across his knee,
and was operating on the exposed
portion of the urchin's person with
great vehemence when the young one
dug into the paternal legs with his
venomous little teeth.


"Blazes! what are you biting me
for?"


"Well, dad, you beginned this
here war"
Year: 1870

The New York Herald SAYS of Mr.. Sar
gents able effort on the naval appropriation
bill:


Mr.. Sargent's speech was mastery vim
dication of the present management OF the
navy, and will be read all over the country
as the production of gentlemen who has
broad national views and who is true to the
best interests of the navy and the country
He placed the condition and wants OF the
service before the House in statesmanlike
manner, while the sentimental Mr.. Stevens,
although protesting to appreciate those who
have done SO much to add lustre to our flag,
never failed when opportunity occurred to
introduce disparagin statements against the
navy.
Year: 1870

Following is the text OF tho Bill in.
troduced by Ex-Governor Whitaker in
the House on the 9Th instant:


BE ii enacted by H,e Legislatire Assembls


Of the State Of Oregon:


SECTION /. That any person who
shall by promises Of favor or reward,
or otherwise induce or persuade any
person to come into this State, or into
any county or precinct within this
State, for the purpose and with the
intent that such person shall, by 80
changing his babitation, vote at any
general election which may hereafter
be held in this State, ut q place where
such voter or person il not o bona Jfd.
resident, shall be deemed guilty of q
felony, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished as hereinafter pro-
vided.


SECTION 2. Any person shall also
be deemed guilty Of felony who shall
by promises OF favor or reward, OF
otherwise induce or persuade any
voter within this State to absent him.
self from his place of actual and bona
Jide residence with intent to prevent
or hinder such person from voting q,
such place Of residence ut any general
election in this State.


SECTION 3. Any person who shall,
in the manner provided in the pre-
ceeding section, induce or persuade
any legal voter to remain away
from the polls md not vote at any
general election in this State, shall on
conviction, be deemed guilty Of felo-
nv.


SECTION 4. Any person, upon con.
yiction for a violation of either of the
three preceding sections. shall be i'm.
prisoned in the penitentiary not less
than one nor more than three years,
or shall be fined not less than one
hundred nor more than one thousand
dollars, or shall be punished by both
such fine and imprisoned, in the dis.
cretion Of the court, and shall be for.
ever Ineligible to hold any Office oi
trust or profit in the State.


SECTION s. No person within this
State who shall be engaged in work.
ing upon any railroad or other public
work. shall be deemed TO have gained
or lost residence by reason Of such
employment.
Year: 1870

notices OF q poor family in extreme
destitntion in an old shanty near the
Pacific machine shop. The mother
was sick and had been for weeks: one
OF the children had been an invalid for
months, and the other was in o fam
ishing condition. Day by day the
meager substance of the afflicted fam
ily had melted away, until the last
valuable thing of their earthly DOS
session had been disposed of to pur-
chase food. And now starvation star
ell them in the face. No one came to
their assistance, and hunger and sick
ness were rapidly doing their work.


A policeman at length considered it
his duty 10 report the case TO the chief
as one OF great distress. The infor-
nation fell into the hands of the re-
porters, who called attention to the
poor family through the papers, and
suggested that here was q chance for
unostentatious charity to do a good
deed.


The day after the publication. an
elegant carriage stopped in 'front.' of
the shanty. A richly attired lady
alighted, and entered the abode OF
wretchedness-a lady upon whose face
beauty had left its mark, and luxury
had added to facination.


The sight that met the gaze of the
lady was well calculated to sicken her
heart, but she did not shrink from the
hithy and emaciated beings, that Law
like moving skeletons before her. bnt
speaking few words of comfurt to
the mother, and caressing the wasted
cheeks Of the half-staryed children
she emptied the contents Of her purse
into their hands, and without giving
hei name, or waiting to be thanked
for her generosity, she snrang lightly
into her carriage and was Lorne rapid
ly away. To the poor sufferers this
visit was like dream and the beauti-
full lady appeared to them like an an
gel from heaven. Alas there was but
little of the angel left in that gay lady.


She was yotary Of vice in its most
hideous form-a courtezan-a woman
OF the town-a landlady of house of
bad repute Yet was she not more
humane than those who turned a deaf
ear TO the cries of the starving widow
and dying orphan?


The next day the carriage returned.
and with it came furniture car load
ed with such articles as the sick fam
lily necded-a sack of flour, a bundle
OF tea, sugar, coffee, cakes, crackers.
meat, bread, preserves and other ed
ibles, besides seven pairs of shoes,
clean sheets, pillows, towels, soap.
and q variety Of other articles. These
were deposited in the shanty, and the
carriage drove away, while the poor
family wept for joy. They were anx-
ious to know the name of their bene-
factress. but she was gone.


In short time physician entered.
and the sick ones received medicines.
The lady had sent the doctor to attend
upon the family, telling him to send
his bill to her. He was not to be out
done in generosity by q courtezan,
and gave the mother and children the
benefit of his skill without charge to
any one. The doctor related the cir
cumstance to us, and said the name of
the charitable woman was Bell Tyler.
Surely some portion of this woman s
iniquity will be blotted from the book
of remembrance by the tears shed
over the destitute family.
Year: 1870

As an answer to the charges of "ma-
lignity and despotism' displayed by the
radicals in their treatment of the South,
let us hear what Governor Alcorn, of
Mississippi, who ought to be good au-
thority on the subject, has to say. In
his inaugural address he said:


When, borne to the earth, I lay
pEostrate with my kindred Of the South.
no heel pressed upon r,y breast,
no sword-point pricked my throat, no
hand frightened the rope that my own
treason had knotted around my neck
The Snzerain against whom my people
and myself had raised our hands in re-
bellion, stood over US as We lay upon the
earth, and lifted his visor to tell us that
he gave us our lives, cur lands, our
liberties. | for one gave back my soul
TO the sublime henefccnce that | beheld
at the moment Of supreme apprehension,
beaming like radiance Of heaven on
the face oe~-the Government of our
fathers. My heart s%elied at that in
slant to the dimensions of the patriot
ism Of Henry Clay; and, knowing no
north. no south, no cast, no west, re-
solved henceforth to expiate its past
error by life of devoted love for the
Union. And well do | know that the
generous old Uniapists of the South
who surrendered to overwhelming force
with uneonquercd souls, viii, when the
bitterness of submission shall have pass,
ed away, stand with me, touched into
admiration in every fibre of their hearts
by magnificent mercy never shown
before by government. since established
authority frs. dealt with rebellion after
the fierce fashion of ga short shrive and
long rore.'
Year: 1870

A negro woman in Virginia, II
years old, recently took it into her head
to learn to read, write and cipher; SO
she entered a school, and regularly
every day brought ten cents which she
paid to the teacher. She got alcng
very well until near the close Of. he Sec
ond week, when she missed her les
SON. and was ANONYMOUSLY kept in
during recess, much to her chagrin and
greatly to her disappointment at not
being permitted to ''play wild de rest OBJ
de children"
Year: 1870

An Anii.Womnn's Rights Old Bachelor ON the


social EVIL and the Laws of Marriage.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD-


You are not up to proper appreciation Of the
cause and cure OF the evIl OF prostitution you COM
PLAIN OF in to-days paper. The surest way of pre-
venting the evil Is to encourage marriages But our
lawsare all so framed as TO greatly discourage mar
riages because they put an lntolerabe burden on
the male sex to support female vanity and love OF
dress. Men, therefore, do not marry as freely as
they would II the disabilities they LABOR under were
removed, and, as consequence, the eyl is en-
couraged. The laws have stripped the American
husband OF all his rights and have increased his
duties Do you wonder, then, ir men hesitate to
put the halter OF marriage on their necks2 Let q
husband attempt to- control his wife In regard
to her going IN or going out, in regard
to her expenses or In regard to her perform
ing properly her household affairs, and what is
the result? quarrel, followed by the vile drag.
ging the husband before the courts, where not the
first chance Is given him OF proper defence He
Is compelled TO pay her lawyers expenses and o
weekly payment Of anony often three-quarters OF
his income, and often imprisoned. His aeence Is
not heard, or II heard not minded In the least by
the Judge. lt seems enough tnat wife accuses him
to convict him OF anything. wife may keep her
properly Tree liability OF her husbands dents,
but he Is liable for all OF her debLs II he refuse her
an extravagant Six dress or Jewelry all she has to
40 Is 70 90 and get II ana have It charged TO MIN.





70 get mas exravagant dress she fancIes she ought
70 have TO be equal TO Mrs. Grundy, around the
corner she yields TO the temptation gets 1t and les
the husband pay n ne can. II So all right. 1t keeps
hun all his ife II he cannot ne must steal or
fail But the greatest evil Is tnat the display OF ex.
travagance by married women spos the girls
that arc not married, and they tell you
plainly that II you are not ready to
support them In great style you must not
make any attempt to marry them, and thence 1t ioi-
lows that near,y all young men OF moderate salary
or means unable 10 marry. what follows Pros.
ttuton OF the male sex 10 the vie women IN the
CITY, which in ITS turn Is speedily followed Dy pr0stl
tuition OF some at least OF the girls VINO won't marry
q man Of small means. | lei you make marriage
easy aud you stop al the source the revenue that
keeps up prostitution. You cannot make marriage
easy until yoa put the woman completely under
control OF the man., and compel her TO obey his
every lawful wish. Repeal all The laws that put
women IN tneir present position or independence
nom and denance Oh their husbands or fathers and
then only wll you see prostitution decline and
nearly disappear. The married woman's property
law should be the first TO co. the laws giving all
nony and the laws by when woman cause
tne arrest OF her husband saonld be the next All
disgrace 10 our statute book and the or our
soclai rottenness, MORTON MULLIGRUBS.
Year: 1870

1t is notorious says writer that
guest cannot, at most of the public
watering resorts, receive proper table
attentions without feeling the sarvants.
Let him leave the room after the first
meal without leaving something with
the table attendant, and he is sure to be
spotted ' during the remainder of his
stay. On again entering the dining hall
he will perceive the servants slylv wink
at one another, as much as to say here
comes beat while they perhaps turn
their backs to him. Having seated him
self at table, he will see others all
around him bountifully served, while his
order hangs fire. His waiter pretends to
be deaf. answers in II surly manner.
declares TINT TINS ana that dish is exhaust
ed. and makes himself dlsagreeable
generally. If, Mt the third meal. the guest
advances toward another table, he is told
10y the insolent attendant that all the
seats are engaged, while fresh telegraphic
signals go around among the uniformed
corps. No redress is obtained by making
complaints at the Office. Landlords are
in league with servants, and the guest
finally succumbs to the blocl mailing,
convinced that in no other way can he
secure proper attendance.
Year: 1870

sixteen, the whole course of her life
would have taken another turn. The
whole world then would have united
in letting her know that she must
live to some useful purpose, or be
nobody and nothing. Schoolmasters
would have scolded her if she idled
over her lessons; and her breaking
down in arithmetic, and mistakes in
history, would no longer have been
regarded as interesting. Clergy
men, consulted on her spiritual state
would have told her freely that she
was miserable sinner, who, except
she rcpented, must likewise perish.
In short all those bitter and whole
some truths, which strengthen and
invigorate the virtues of plain peo-
pie, might possibly have led her a
long way on toward saintship.


As it was, little Lille was con-
fessedly no saint; and yet, if much
of sinner, society has as much to
answer for as she, She was the
daughter and flower of the Christ
ian civilization of the nineteenth
century, and the kind of woman
that, on the whole, men of quite dis
tinguished sense have been fond of
choosing for wives, and will go on
seeking to the end Of the chapter
Mrs. Stosce's "Pimh and White"
Year: 1870

one whole day and night not a
member Of my family stuck his head
out of the window but he got the
hair snatched off it as smooth as a
billiard-ball, and if the reader will
believe me not one of us ever
dreamt of stirring abroad. But at
last the awful siege came to an end
because there was absolutely no
more electricity left in the clouds
above us within graphing distance
of my Unsuitable rods. Then l
sailed forth, and gathered daring
workmen together, and not a bite or
a nap did we take till the premises
were utterly stripped Of all their
terrific armament except just three
rods on the house, one on the kitchen,
and one on the barn-and behold
these remain there even unto this
day. And then, and not till then,
the people ventured to use our
street again. | will remark here,
in passing, that during that fearful
time l did not continue my essay
upon political economy. l am not
even yet settled enough i'll nerve
and brain to resume it.


To WHOM 1T MAY CoNCERN.-Parties
having need of three thousand two hun
dred and eleven feet of best quality zinc
plated spiral-twist lightningrod stuff, and
sixteen hundred and thirty yone silver
tipped points, all in tolcrablc repair (and,
although much worn by use, still equal
to any ordinary emergency, can hear of
a bargain by addressing the publishers of
this magazine.
Year: 1870

-


Politician e-conomico est


The grandeur Of these con
coptions Of the old poet, together
with the felicity Of the wording
which clothes them and the sublim-
ity of the imagery whereby they
are illustrated, have singled out
that stanza and made it more celc-
brated than any that ever


T"Now, not Il word out of you-not
single word. Just state your bill and re-
lapse into impenetrable silence for ever
and ever on these premises. Nine hun
dred dollars? Is that all? This check
for the amount will be honored at any re
spectacle bank in America. What is that
multitude ofpcople gathered in the street
for9 Hows-'looking at the lightning
rodsr Bless my life, did they never see
any lightning rods before? Never saw
such a stack of them on one establish
ment,' did l understand you to say? |
will step down and critically observe this
popular ebullition of ignorance"


THREE DAYS LATEE.-We are all
about worn out. For four-and
twenty hours our bustling premises
were the talk and wonder Of the
town. The theatres languished, for
their happiest scenic inventions
were tame and commonplace com
pared with my lightning-rods. Our
street was blocked night and day
with spectators, and among them
were many who came from the
country to see. 1t was a blessed
relief, on the second day, when Il
thunder storm came up and the
lightning began to ago for" my
house, as the historian Josephus
quantity phrases it. 1t cleared the
galleries, so to speak. In five
minutes there was not Il spectator
within half mile Of my place; but
all the high houses about that dis
tance away were full, windows,
roof, and all. And well they might
be, for all the falling stars and
Fourth Of July fireworks of gene
ration put together and rained down
simultaneously out of heaven in one
brilliant shower upon one helpless
roof, would not have any advantage
of the pyrotechnic display that was
making my house so magn'ileently
conspicuous in the general gloom
of the storm. BY actual count the
lightning struck at my establish
ment seven hundred and sixty-tour
times in forty minutes, but trippcd
on one Of these faithful rods every
time and slid down the spiral twist
and shot into the earth before it
probably had time to be surprised
at the way the thing was done.
And through all that bombardmen,
only one patch of states was ripped
up, and that was because for q
single instant the rods in the
vicinity were transporting all the
lightning they could possibly accom-
odate. Well, nothing was eyer seer
like !. since the wild he"an. Fol
Year: 1870

Closed is the brunt of the glorious fight.


And the day. like conqueror. bursts on the night


Trumpet and fife swelling choral along


The triumph already sweeps marching in song,
Farewell fallen brothers, though this life be o'er,
There's another in which we shall meet you once
Year: 1870

The grandeur Of these con
coptions of the old poet, together
with the felicity Of the wording
which clothes them and the sublim-
ity of the imagery whereby they
are Illustrated, have singled out
that stanza and made it more cclc-
Year: 1870

Bill or memorandum Of the sale or


contract for the sale of stocks,
bonds, gold or silver bullion, coin,


prOmissOry notes, or other securi-
ties, shall pay stamp tax at the
rate provided in section ninety
Year: 1870

Insurance, Marine, Inland and Fire..
Each policy of insurance or Otner
instrument, by whatever name
the same shall be called, by which
insurance shall be made or re-
newed upon property of any des-
criptiOn, whether against perils by
the sea or by fire, or other peril of
any kind, made by any insurance
company, or its agents, or by any
other company or person, the pre-
mum upon which does not exceed
Year: 1870

The Radical leaders promise economy in
public expenditures if the people shall elect
their nominees. But can they promise hon
esty? They may promise, Tut we imagine
the performance will he difficult with the
record Of three hundred and forty deiaultiug
Revenue collectors, aud loss Of over six
million dollars in less than eight years.
Year: 1870

To HE EDITOR OF THE LONDON Standard


SIR-On my arrival here this morning met with
the Standard and other papers OF the l4th current,
containing copy OF the substance Of telegram with
my name prefxed to 1t In reference to the recent
capture OF party OF English travellers returning
to Athens from the field OF Marathon. The telegram,
as reported Ia the Standard, is 30 unlike the copy
that gave into the Office at Athens that must re-
specnuy ask You TO insert note OF correction Imust
premise that my sole object IN sending message
was to assure the friends OF my numerous party OF
ladies and gentlemen who were known TO have ar
rived at Athens that they were all SAFE and for that
reason gave the names Of the nObemen and gen.
tlemen captured The copy that mad prepared was
graph Ofice, and saw that every word was clear
and correct; but TO my profound astonishment
] find that in the papers the name OF
Lord Muncaster Is transmOgrihed into "a son
OF the Duke OF Manchester;" other names
are misspelt, and the ransom demanded is reduced
written In words to the figures OF f2 900. Strange
as the discrepancy may appear and startling as may
be the quotation or the brigands the sum named
was correct on the day OF my message. A. million
drachmas was the price OF ransom when Lord Nun.
caster was liberated to neg0ttate and after his lord
ship had been four days at Athens the
briQands still held out for f25 600 and amnesty
His lOrdshtp told me- before our leaving Athens
on Saturday last, that the money condition was set


tied on the terms OF the latter quotation and the
the constitution iorbdding the freedom OF such MIS-
In consider alton OF the lives OF the captves
military power against the brigands was sus-
pended, while from day TO day fo0dSup.
plies were sent from the hotel where we
were staying for the brgand camp. as well
may seem a. the very time that funeral procession
or one OF the murdered gensdarmes passed the door
OF the hotel carriage was despatched latien with
The best DioylsiOuB the house could au0rd Tor Tue
Year: 1870

Awrter in the Intta,nedtatve des Cnercheurs ct
des Curieur states that he mas found the following
in manuscript in the Imperal Library


MAY I3. 1885,


The NunciO had an audience OF the King some days
back and complained OF certain Partisan doc 0rs OF
thelogy VINO spoke lnsutngly against the mfa!lbity
OF the Pope Yhe King told him that he would follow
the example OF his predecessors, who had meyer in
terered with the liberty OF the Facute de TheOl0ge
to utter and write their views upon matters con-
nected with their own profession. After that the
NunciO presented to the King the Papal BRIEF telling
him that it was very true that the Italian doctors
taught the infaibility OF the Pope and his super.
orlty to q temporal Sovereign. The King returned
answer that II he had any OF his subjects who taught
this Infallibity he would chastise them in such
style that others would have no desire TO teach it
afterwards, and that neither the NunciO nor the
Pope should prevent him. The King, while making
this reply, had his arm raised and his fist closed.
The Nunci0 departed very much Disconnected The
Abb6 LIE Caums was one OF those who noticed 1t first
at the house of the Able dc Coaslin. where the
Nuncio had just changed his court dress. The King
went afterwards TO the Queen Mother TO tell her
what had happened at the audience OF the Nuncio,
and among other things told her that he knew well
whOt was that was doing all this, and that If these
people annoyed him more they should see what
would happen
Year: 1870

An EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMsTANCE.-An
old gentleman who had not been known to laugh
or even smile since The inception Of the high
prices on merchandise occasioned by the war,
paid a visit to the store Of Lynch, Beatty &
O'kane a few days ago. Meeting one of the
firm when he had reached the middle of the
store, he cried out in loud, shrll voice, ~ have
heard that you were selling goods as low as be-
fore the war, and as often wished that should
see that time again, have taken the earliest op-
portunity to satisfy myself that the report was
true The old gentleman was shown their
stock until satisfied that he had actually lived
to see what he most desired, when he laughed
and laughed until tears Of qualification rolled
down his cheeks, one of which dropped on the
floor and rolling like marble was picked up by
Bowman the artist, who had it photographed
Immediately. He has the picture on exhibition
at his art gallery.