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Year: 1872

The general effect of the recent col


lapse of the Chicago "wheat corner" i.
thus stated by journal of that city: q


6 The country is full of wheat thai
has been prepared for market, and can
not be sent forward. For the next two
or three days the wheat already loaded
on cars will be coming in, and there will
be no buyers, and the poor fellows in
the country, who have bought this wheat
from the farmers. will lose most heavi-
ly. Shipments are very seldom made
direct by the farmer. He brings his
grain to the country station by the
wagon load at time, and it is bought
by man whose business it is to buy up
until he can obtain enough, not for one
car load, but for half dozen or train.
This operator generally protects him
self by selling ahead, agreeing to de-
liver so much during month, and con-
tracing with the farmer to furnish him
so much grain. A great deal of the
grain that is now being forwarded to
market belongs to these men, who have
sold it at a high price in advance. and
paid the farmers for it corresponding
ly hiph price. Hence their losses will
be heavy.


Many of the country operators may
be compelled to retire gracefully from
business. AS a class they are even as
essential to the farmer in helping him
to market his grain as the commission
men in this city. They are more SO in
the winter, when these commission men
take large orders to send car loads of
grain directly East without it touching
a Chicago elevator at all, and large por-
tions passing around Chicago by the va
rious cut-offs without even entering the
limits of the city.


Many of the commercial men in this
city will be affected as badly as the
country operators referred to. They
have sold this grain for the parties in
the country, and will be expected to
stand between their principals and the
parties for whom they sold. In many
cases their transactions are covered by
deposits of margins, but this is far from
being universally the case, and, even
where margins have been deposited, it
is very seldom that enough money is
posted to cover such big drop as has
occurred during yesterday and the pre-
vious day. -a


1t is doubtless true that the commits
sion men, as class, have suffered more
from this corner than they did by the
great fire, as their business losses on
that occasion chiefly consisted of loss
of office furniture and the books in
which their accounts were kept.
Year: 1872

The difficulties of melting out justice


in California courts are considerable.


Three Cinnamon were tried last week


for assault and battery upon brother


Chinaman. They were all convicted of


the offense charged, and remanded to
give the court time to consider their re-
specrive cases so as to be able to render


proper judgement against each culprit.
They were not all deserving the same
degree Of punishment, and the court had
made up its mind to sentence the most
guilty to fifty, the second to twenty-five
and the third to fifteen days in the
county Jail. When the three delin-
quents appeared for sentence, they
looked so nearly alike that the question


arose between the constables and law
yers as to which one of the party con-
victed was the most guilty. Neither
the court, constables nor lawyers were
able to positively identify the China
man who, upon the trial, was proved to
have been the most guilty in assault and
battery. Finally, to settle the dispute,
the Chinese witness at the prosecution
was brought in and ordered to place his
hand upon the worst man. The one he
touched received the severest sentence,
although there is difference of opinion
among the officers and lawyers as to
whether the Identification was correct.
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Year: 1872

A letter from Red Bud, a small town


in Monroe county, Illinois, gives


thrilling account of the performances


with the rhinoceros attached to Warner


& Co.'S. menagerie and circus, on the oc-


casion of his being brought into the


ring for the first time. The Snowman


had prepared the animal for exhibition


in ring by attaching to the ring in his


nose two strong wire ropes and twenty


four stalwart men were deemed suffici-


ent to control the beast. He submitted


quietly to be led from the cage, but on
entering the arena he suddenly threw


up his head and plunging madly about
to the right and left, breaking loose
from the men, dashed forward through
the tents. His first victim was John
Gillem, a canvas-man, whom he knock
ed down and tramping upon his breast
instantly. He next run his nose against
another canvas-man striking him in the
stomach and ripping out his bowels,
killed him. He next made dash in the
direction of the seats, which by this
time were cleared by the frightened
spectators. He knocked down nearly
one side of the seats, dislocating the
shoulder of one of the employees and
breaking the arm of spectator. Rum
ming into the menagerie tent he upset
Forepaugh's den of performing ami
mails. He next struck the center pole
with his head, bringing it down with q
crash upon the cages of the tiger and
leopard, but not breaking them so as to
allow the animals to escape. Dashing
into the museum tent, he smashed the
stampeded all the people in
the vicinity, and rushed out through
the side of the canvas into the street, f.
nally bringing up in vacant house
door, which stood open, and here the
men succeeded in capturing him and
getting him into the cage. The dam
age to the show was about three thou
sand dollars.
Year: 1872

In Old and Ne,o occurs the following
comments on this universal subject.


Many suppose that they love their
husbands, when, unfortunately, they
have not the beginning of an idea what
love is. Let me explain to you, my
dear lady. Loving to be admired by
man, loving to be admired by man,
loving to be petted by him, is not low
ing a man. All these may be when a
woman has no power of loving at all;
they may be simply because she loves
herself, and loves to be fiattered, praised
and caressed, or coaxed as a cat likes to
be coaxed and stroked, and fed with
cream and have a warm corner.


But all this is not love. 1t may exist,
to be sure, where there is love; it gen.
orally does. Love, my dear ladies, Is
self-sacrifice; it is life out of self in
another. Its every essence is the pre-
ferring of the ease, the wishes of an
other to ones own, for the love we bear
them. Love is giving, not receiving.
Love is not a sheet of blotting paper or
a sponge, sucking in everything to it
self; it is an out-springing fountain
giving from itself. Loves motto has
been dropped in this world as choice
gem of great price, by the loveliest, the
fairest, the purest, the strongest Of

lovers that ever trod this mortal earth,
of whom it is recorded that he said,
at is more blessed to give than to re-
eeive."


Now in love there is ten receivers to
one giver. There are ten persons this
world who like to be loved, where there
is one who knows how to love. That,
oh, my dear ladies, is nobler attain
ment than all your French music and
dancing. You may lose the power oft
by smothering it under early self-indul-
genee.


But living just as you are all wanting
to live-living to be pitied, to be fiat
tered, to be admired, to be praised, to
have your own way, and to do that
which is only easy and agreeable-you
may lose the power of loving nobly and
worthily, and become mere blotting
paper all your life.
Year: 1872

When lion wishes to have giraffe


for his dinner, he is obliged to be very


careful how he goes to market. Giraffes


are not cheap articles of diet, even for


lion, and an attempt to get meal Of


that kind of meat always costs him q


great deal of trouble, and sometimes


costs him his life. OF course, the lion


slips up very quietly toward the giraffe.


He always does that, no matter what


his prey may be, but in this case it is


necessary to be very careful indeed, for


if he springs and misses the giraffe, the


great beast may get a kick at him be-


fore he has time to recover himself, and
kick from a giraffe, whose hind legs
fly out like sledge hammers, will make
even lion feel considerable shuck up
like" But even after the lion has safe
ly landed himself on the giraffe's back,
his dinner is not ready yet. The gi-
raffe is large and powerful animal,
and away he rushes, as fast as his long,
awkward legs can carry him, and that
is very fast indeed. Glitter, clatteri
Spring and bound: Away he goes, with
the lion hanging on like a good fellow,
and the hyenas come yelling after, ho-
ping to have chance to get something
at the second table, for it is hardly pos
sible that lion can eat whole giraffe.
But it is not at all certain that there will
be a giraffe for dinner at all, for if the
creature can once get into
the woods, he may be safe. Dashing
among the trees and trunks he may
knock the lion off. And then look out,
Mr.. Lion! The giraffe will turn ON
you as quick as lightning and kick the
life out of you before you can get out
Of the reach of his heels, and all those
poor, dear little hyenas will have to go
hungry to bed. Although giraffes have
been known to get the best
of lions in this way, they are not al
ways so fortunate. If thick wood
cannot soon be reached, the strength of
the giraffe will be exhausted and the
cruel beast upon his back will fix his
throat and drag the poor creature down
md kill and eat him.-Hedrth and
Home.
Year: 1872

Hypocrites feel more concern about
the opinion their neighbors entertain OF
than honest men do. The truthful can
afford to be either understood or misun-
derstood, because they have for comfort
consciousness of their own right IN
tentious; false men lacking self-respect
feel the need of others good opinion
and can i'll offord to be known as they
are.
Year: 1872

The biography of a person IN whom
we feel deep interest seldom satisfies
us. We can hardly learn too many par
ticulars of our heroes the last word or
ct.oftheirsgratifs our curiosity toknow
a thousand things that, related Of an
Indifferent person, would appear trivial
and tedious, have an indescribable
charm whenltold of those whose genius
and power have raised them above CON-
mon mortals.
Year: 1872

In viewing William B. Astor's pres
ent residence in Lafayette Place, I am
forcibly reminded either of an asylum
or a Jail. The occupant has long been
troubled with the fear Of robbery,
which may not be far from streak of
lunacy. He probably carries but little
money in his pocket, and doubt if he
has any jewelry; still less bonds, in his
house. The "cracksmen'' are not apt to
rob such places, for they reason correct
ly from mems habits. But Mr.. Astor
has converted his house into place of
defense, which, as l said, suggests to a
stranger that it may be a Jail or lunatic


asy lum. The basement windows are
protected by heavy gratings. These,
however, are common in first-class
houses. The porch is of heavy free
stone, and this is the only relief to the


plain brick front, whose breadth and


height additionally suggest the idea of
an asylum. The parlors on the first
floor, as am told have sliding shutters
of iron, and these can be closed at night
and then be opened by day in such a
manner as to be utterly concealed. The
second story windows have gratings
not of half length, as in the case with
nunneries, but reaching from top to bot
tom. These will effectually defeat the
entrance of any one who might climb a
gutter or reach this height in any man
ner. The third story is unprotected,
and in case a robber should descend in
balloon, an entrance could easily be
effected. make this suggestion In Or
der that the lunatic capitalist may at
once adopt suitable precautionary. Y.
Year: 1872

The Lutc Accident Mt Mont Gents.
With regard to the recent accident in the
Mont Gents Tunnel, the following is an extract
! from the letter OF 8 lady who WAS one the pas
sengers:


thing about Paris must tell you Of the fright


ful accident that happened to uR tn the


everyone must experience. some accident or


another il they. travel by rail. Our


death, and death Of the most frightful kind. We


noon, and aftor fifteen minutes ride
in the train we arrived ut the


mouth Of the celebrated italian Pass, tho Mont
Gents Tunnel, which is $50 feet above the town


kind Of way. II all goes right the express gets
through the tunnel in forty minutes. Now, We
had got nearly through, when, without the least
warning, except terrific noise and an awful


crash which sent us flying from our eeats, our
train stopped. We we're SO stunned for the first


minute that none Of us knew anything, but the


shrieks of our fellow-pahsengers awakened us to


the sense of our danger: In about five minutes


our coupe was filed with smoke, and We were in
total darkness. The horror We experienced T
cannot tell you for no one can imagine it even
who has not gone through it. Our train had
run into . goods train in the very
centre of this horrid 1inte,.no.' The heat was
smashed to splinters, and several passengers
were mortally wounded. The body Of one engi-
neer has not yet been found Well, We stuck in
this horrible place, without light almost without
air, and without help, for five hours. Our en-
gine had burst. and this had caused the smoke.
At last six engines we're brought into the tunnel
to drag us out. After the second hour had
passed the employees seemed to lose their heads,
and when the engines came re we're flying back
ward and forward, every moment believing ne
should be dashed to pieces. AL the passengers
crowded together, and We fairly shrieked to God
to deliver us from such horrible death. We
wrote our names on slips Of paper in case We
should die in the tunnel. At last we got off and
we're taken back to Modane, the same place We
started from.
When We arrived at the station, such 8 scene
shall never forget Some women we're IN con-
vulsions; men were weeping; some had to be
carried from the coupe; my sister and both
tainted when We put our fest on safe ground:
We had kept up wonderfully in the tunnel and
no harm had happened to US except some cuts
in the face from sp1inters OF glass. Our nerves
are weaker than q baby's and do not think We
shalt regain our healths for months; but re are
thankful to have been saved. The mismanage-
ment that night was shameful, and hope the
world may know the facts as they really occurred.
We have read several accounts in the papers,
but they misrepresent the disaster altogether,
and they dare not say how frightfl it was. It
we had not, happily, been in such good health,
we might have sustained an irreparable injury.
Some OF the ladies are injured 80 that they can
not be moved for month"
Year: 1872

GONE TO HER REST. - About two
months since Miss Mary Malone was
taken to San Francisco and placed under
medical treatment at the st. Mary's Hos
pital. On Saturday last she DIED. Her
parents Immediately went to San Fran
cisco and in accordance with their own
wishes and MARY's last request, the re-
mains were brought to Trinity, and in
TERED in the Catholic burying, ground at
Weaverville, upon the very spot selected
by MARY only few months ago-"where
the sun would always shine" The fu-
neral took place on Thursday and the
remains were followed to their last rest
ing place by very large concourse of
our citizens-the public schools attend
ing in body. Born and reared in our
little mountain town, this young maiden
Just budding into womanhood, but now
cut off by a premature death, had, by
her many virtues and gentle maidenly
department, won the esteem and respect
of a large circle of friends and acquaint-
ances who mourn her loss. The afflicted
parents have the heartfelt sympathy Of
the entire community, but true solace
can perhaps only be found by them in
the thought that DARLING MARY has
only "gone before"
Year: 1872

DIDN'T GET ANY.-Although we, of
Trinity, were favored with several show
ers of rain during the latter part of last
week and the first part Of this, Express
man Clifford informs us that not drop
fell in Humboldt county.
Year: 1872

COME TO TIME.-Parties in this vicni-
ty who have been consuming beef and
other meats for some time past and have
failed to pay therefor are politely request
ed by Watson & Brown to come forward
and settle without delay. See notice.
Year: 1872

REGIsTER.-The new Codes have done
away with Poll Lists but every voter
must be registered before the first of Oc-
tober. If your name has not been regis
tered, it will be well to attend to it at
once if you want to vote.
Year: 1872

POLL AND HOSPITAL TAXEs.-Persons
who have not paid these taxes for the
present fiscal year will do well to remem-
Der that if they are not paid this month
an additional dollar will be added. They
only cost five dollars now but will be
raised to six dollars after the first day Of
October. Better see Assessor Paulsen at
once and save dollar.
Year: 1872

FIRST TRAIN.-Last Sunday night the
first train ran to the town of Redding on
the California and Oregon road. When
the train arrived at that place the citizens
brought out the anvils and fired salute.
Year: 1872

Action brought
in District Court Of
the Ninth judicial
District ofthe State
of California, in
and for the county
of Trinity, and the
Complaint filed in
said countyof Trim
ity in the office Of
the Clorll of said
District Court.
Year: 1872

Will there find an enormous
advertisement of Rates of
Taxation, paid for by the coun-
ty. He will also find a still
larger advertisement paid for
by the county-the Auditors
Report. In addition to these
he will find a large Election
PROCLAMATION paid for by the
county. Then he will find
Probate Notices, School No
tiCes and Legal Notices almost
without number. This adver.
tlslng is all controlled by Dem
ocrats and they pour every
dollar Of it in to sustain their
paper.


"1n addition to that it will
be noticed that every Demo
crat who is in business in Lo-
gan advertises li6erally in the
Sentinel.


"That single number of the
Sentinel shows probably 81 900
of advertising given to that
paper simply because of Its
politics.


$40 the above items must
be added during the year all
OF the other county advertis-
ing, Probate and Legal notices,
together with the job work OF
the county and of the Demo
cratic business men.


"Now, we don't object to
this. On the contrary, it is
just what We want to see-men
standing up for their O'On pa
per.


"How is it with the REpUBLI-
CAM The Democratic business
men, as a rule, never advertise
init, and seldom give it one
dollar of job work. The same
is true OF the county officers.
Although the Republicans
pay their share OF the taxes
the officers never think it worth
while to make a report to them.
But do the Republicans them.
selves do what they can to Sus-
tam their paper? Our paper
has as large a circulation as
the Sentinel and yet we see
Republicans advertising there
which is all right-but they
do not advertise with us. AL
though we have the best Job
office in the Valley, many Re-
publicans go elsewhere for
their work.


"There is enough Republi
can support in Hooking county
to sustain Republican paper,
and it is due to the paper that
it have this support.


sour subscribers stand nobly
by US year after year and do
their full part, and in return
we have enlarged the paper
three times, and would be
most happy to enlarge again.


"All of our exchanges come
to us loaded with two-colnmn,
three-column, four-column, and
some of them entire page ad-
vertiSements while we think 1t
a fine thing to get a 1 column
advertisement.


Everybody think it over,
and let our business be put on
paying basls.'


The above from the Logan
Republican describes the stu.
alton down here, except that
our Democratic merchants are
quite as liberal with US as with
our cotemporary. we believe.
They want Republicans to deal
with them and invite them to
do SO. However, Colonel,
there is one class of business
of which we have a monopoly.
We get all the "dead head"
jobs and puffs. Yo6r never
heard tell of one of these fell
-ows who run to Columbus,
Cincinnati and SDrinpfieId for
Year: 1872

NIGHTS, which in most places
are very dark, are quite light
in lronton. Take a night when
the clouds are thick and over.
cast the sky, and it is lighter
here than when there are MO
clouds and the heavens are
clear. The reason Of this is,
the immense light from the
Belfont furnace is reflected hy
the clouds, which makes quite
an illumination in every part
OF town. We noticed this fact
the other hight, when the skies
werecovered with black clouds
that we could discern objects
which on clear nights were
wholly invisible. - Ironton
Register.
Year: 1872

New Application of a Cam


paign Story.


During the campaign Just
closed, one OF the Democratic
voters was wont to use a story
about an Irishman's confession,
to which an application has
been attached, since the cleo
ton, which is quite foreign to
the Democratic story teller.


The story is that an Irish
man, in making his confession,
told the priest with great frank
ness all his shortcomings, such
as beating his wife, failing to
say his prayers, and the like.
The list ofsins grew so lone
that the priest al length asked
for something on the other
side, some good deed he had
done. Pat replied that he had
performed one good act, he had
converted a Mohammedan.
The priest became interested,
and asked. how the thing was
done, "Well," said Pat, "we
were on board ship, when a
storm arose, and a big wave
carried US both into the sea.
We succeeded in getting hold
of a plank, when another wave
washed the Mohammedan off.
l caught him by the hair of the
head and drew HIM above wa
ter, and asked him if he would
now be converted to the true
faith. He was hard OF heart,
and said no. so l chucked him
under, held him there awhile,
and brought him up again l
repeated my question and he
repeated his answer, so / again
soused him under. But the
third time l brought him up
his heart softened, and he said
he was ready to believe and
did believe in the true religion.
| straightway sent him under,
and held him there, believing
it to be my duty to see that he
died in the faith"


The application now made is
that the Democratic party,
having repeatedly refused to
accept the true political doc
trine, but having finally, in the
recent campaign, consented to
accept the constitutional
am endments and other results
of the late war, the people
were justifable, on Tuesday
last, in seeing to it that the
converted party died in the
faith.
Year: 1872

BREAK1Ne IN YoUNe STEERS
First train them to lead by d rope
attached to the horrs. Then pro-
cure a light yoke and bows, and
teach them to stand with them on
for a few days until they get used
to them. Then take them ont and
exercise them gently, and with
great patience, teaching the mean4
ing of the terms used in going to
the right or left and backing. If
they get restive, quiet them with a
little salt and some coaxing. Never
unyoke them while they are ex-
cited /; cool them down first. Let
the lessons gradually increase in
length until they understand their
business, then attach a chain, and
soon after small log or other
weight may be given them to draw.
Working in this manner; they
may soon be broken in to do light
narrowing or other work not too
heavy for them: 1t would be we'll
it oxen were broken in to the use
OF line attached to the horn, and
the shouting commonly made use
OF were abandoned.
Year: 1872

We would call the attention Of our
amuscment-loving readers to the announce
ment in another column Of Rufus Somer-
by x Co. Entertainment and Presenta-
ton Festival in the Town Hall this after
noon and evening This company cxhib-
tied 10 Wilmington to full houses every
evening for about two weeks. aud were
very successful. We have never seen
their entertainment ourselves, but judging
from the manner in which they have been
received in other places. We have no doubt
those who attend their exhibition will be
greatly pleased.
Year: 1872

Beautiful forms and compositions are not made
by chance, nor can they ever. In any material, be
made ut small expense. competition for cheap
ness and not for excellence of workmanship, Is the
most frequent and certain cause Of the rapid decay
and entire destruction of arts and manufactors The
prices ut the LEE " gallery are honest