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Year: 1871

OF all the lessons humanity has to
learn, the hardest is to learn to wait.
Not to wait with folded hands that
claim life's prizes without previous eff
fort, but having struggled and crowd
ed the slow years with trial, see no re-
suit as effort seems to warrant-nay,
perhaps, disaster instead. To stand
firm at such crisis of existence, to pre-
serve ones self-poise and self-respect,
not to lose hold or relax effort, this is
greatness, whether achieved by man
or Woman-whether the eye Of the
world notes it, or it is recorded in the
book, which the light of eternity shall
alone make clear to the vision. Those
who stand on the high places OF the
earth understand not what necessity,
what suffering means. They know
not what il is to a noble mind to be
Obliged, like the worms, to crawl upon
the earth for nourishment, because j.
has not the strength to endure famine.
Life moves around with them with so
much grace, splendor, and beauty;
they drink life's sweetest wine, and
dance in a charming intoxicatiOn.
They find nothing within them which
can enable them to understand the
real sufferings of the poor; they love
only themselves, and look at mankind
only in their own narrow circle.
Year: 1871

Do the doctors know that half the
wives in the world die of this COM
plant? ale never spoke an unkind
word to his wife" Yes; but did he
remember, now and then, to speak a
kind one? Did he have any sympathy
for her bodily or mental ails Or was
he blind and deaf or both, treating
them with that cutting indifference
which in time chills the most loving
heart, and sAences its throbs forever
Men are verify guilty in this regard
They take young girl from the
warm atmosphere of a loving cheerful
home; and after a few brief weeks of
devotion, leave her to battle single
handed, with new cares and new du-
ties, and to bear sickness with what
courage she may; and go their ways
into the tangled paths Of life, without
a thought of the responsibilities they
are shirking, or the solemn vows
they have really broken.
Year: 1871




BIZ A. ALPHosso DAYTON.
When all things sweet are past and all desire
Lies hushed within the souls adytum deep,
ROBBED in the vcstment ofeternal sleep,
Too calm to waken, too profound to tire,
With no new wish, no passion to inspire
A dream of what the coming day may bring,
When laughing streams throb in the pulse Of


Spring


And Winter melts beneath the sunsets fire,
What then shall ease the unforgotten painl
Still lingering with its depth of sad regret,
The weory heart strives vainly to forget,
As Time reveals its vanished days again.
Shall Peace with snowy pinions hover low
And bear the soul away through shadowy night,
To bathe in some sweet fountain of delight,
Where everlasting roses bud and blowl
All! when the sin-sick soul shall feel the breath
And fragrance of those petals softly blown
Between the Triune glories of the Throne.
And feel their balm upon the wound of Death,
Its voice will burst in thrills of rapture sweet.
Amid the asphodels at Jesus feet
Year: 1871

BULLY FOR AUBURN. Tho Republican
ring Convention was captured by Auburn
Notwithstanding the Republicans repudia-
tel the ring and beat its men in the pri-
mary election, that were put up by the
clique. Auburn got the Senator, the Sheriff,
the Judge, the Treafurer, the Recorder, the
Public Administrator and the Coroner. OF
the county officers, Auburn got six and the
balance of the county got four. The re-
cepts of the six officers secured by the Au-
burn branch of thering ,,'ill reach about $780,
600 year, While those of the four given to
the balance of the county will amount to about
S5,o 800. Thus the Auburn members of the
ring get five times more out of the offices than
all the balance of the county, and all this
was done in defiance Of and against the de-
clared will Of a majority of the Republicans
in Auburn, as shown at the primary election.
Bully, we say again, for the Auburn ring
we think we see the county Republicans
going to the polls, swallowing the insult and
voting for this ring ticket,
Year: 1871

THE Sacramento Union has had Pacheco
closeted in back room of that office and he
has privately told the proprietors that here
after he is "forninst" subsidies, though in so
doing he gives the lip lie to all his past
sworn acts on that subject. We infer this
from late article in the Union, which tells
the public that Pacheco has satisfied it that
he is sound on that subject and when it is
content the public should be. Not much,
Mr.. Union. We knew you, read you and
opposed you, when you were violent sub
sdy sheet, and when you did as much to
inveigle the people of this county into the
loss of over 5000 900 in subsidy money, as
all Crocker's Placer county corruption fund
and whiskey shops. Pacheco may fool the
Union, but the Union can't again fol the
people of this county.
Year: 1871

SAW Mill AND LUMBER BURNED. The
Grass Valley Union gives the following ac-
count of the burning of the saw mill on Bear
river, seven miles from here, on Friday Of
last week:


On Friday last the Sugar Pine Saw Mil,
owned by John Van Geisen, situated on
Bear river, two miles above the crossing of
the Grass Valley and Auburn road, was en-
tirely consumed by fire together with 100,
600 feet of sawed lumber. The act is be-
lieved to be an act of incendiaryism, as the
mill was run by water power, and no fire
was used about the premises; and from the
further fact that when smoke was seen issu-
ing from the mill, by a boy at neghboring
house, he went to ascertain the cause, and
on approaching the burning building he saw
a man going away from it, and crossing the
river to the Nevada side. The boy hailed
the man, asking him "what he was doing
there?" and received in reply "1ou're gone
up,"-the stranger keeping rapidly on his
course. The loss of the mill will prove
great inconvenience to the neighborhood, as
the ranchmen have been giving heavy orders
for fencing lumber this season, and the most
of that which was destroyed had alrea9 r
been engaged. We did not learn the money
estimate of the loss
Year: 1871

The Railroad Company finally captured
the Republican State Convention. The r.
r. set, as the Sacramento Union denomi-
n ties them, would have gladly defeated
B 10Th on personal grounds, but policy die
tated that they must "stoop to conquer,
therefore they accepted Booth and made the
balance of the ticket. Pacheco for Lieut.
Governor, Malone for Secretary of State,
Green FOR Controller, Love for Attorney
General ana McGynn for Harbor Commits
sioner are all announced as ready instru-
ments for the r. Il. set Pacheco for Lieut..
Governor has been the willing tool who vot-
ed for all the thieving subsidy bills desired
by the cormorants, even voting to override
Governor Haight's vetoes of the enormous
Railroad subsidy schemes in the last days of
the last session of the Legislature. If the
Republican ticket succeeds, he is to be The
Governor 1t is underst BOD by those faml-
lar with the tactics of the set and their chief
man of all work, Billy Carr, that Booth is
to be got out Of the way, lose his health and
have to travel for it, be elected to the Uni
ted States Senate, accept a mission to some
foreign court from Grant, or in some other
mode vacate the office for Pacheco, and then
the r. X. set will have the entire State ad-
ministration in their own hands. All these
and hundred other plans are now being
considered by the set to get Booth out of
the way, should he be elected and prove re-
fractory But will not Booth himself answer
the purposes of the "set p


In his speech Of acceptance he studiously
avoided any declaration of his determination
to veto any swindling Or subsidy I'LL passed
by bare majority of the Legislature. 1t
cannot be possible that Mr.. Booth forgot to
declare himself on this, the great point in the
contest. We tell both Republicans and
Democrats that their safety on the subsidy
and all other schemes of robbery depends on
the election of Governor Haight, who did, in
the face of the combined capital and plunder-
ers Of the State, veto these vile plundering
bills, and will do it again.
Year: 1871

few of the better class OF country resi-


dences. The water-closet Is necessarily ex-
pensye. The plumbing connected with It
Is costly, and unless well protected Is liable
to injury from frost. A large quantity


of water is required to make it efficacious,


estimated to be $50 times the amount of
fecal matter. But few country residences
are supplied with such an amount of wa
ter. Another great objection to the water
closet Is the loss Of manure. In family OF
five persons this cannot be less than $50 per
rear. None of these objections apply to
the earth closet. 1t is cheap; the material
for deodorizing the f9ces can be had any
where in the country for the small trouble
Of drying and sitting the earth. There Is
no part Of It that can get out of repair. 1t
is absolutely inodorous, and can be put UP
in any room, in any part Of the house.


Last April I purchased set of ordinary
put.up fixtures at cost of S13.25. These
were put up in the corner OF o sleeping
room on the first floor. A hole was cut
through the floor to let the deposits fall in
a vault in the cellar. The expense, besides
the fixtures, was seventy feet of matched
and beaded ceiling. one pound OF nails, and
less than one days labor or myself in fit
ting up. The vault in the cellar has not
been built, and it is somewhat doubtful II
it ever is. can conceive of nothing bet
ter than box or barrel to catch the depo-
sits. These deposits are quite as inodor-
GUS ,as any other damp earth. The closet
occupies space on the floor of 2 feet 9
inches by feet inches. The earth reser-
yoir holds two barrels. The closet was put
up on rainy day, and dry earth was not
to be had. Happening to have some sum
dried brick, pulyerized fifty of them and
screened them through a fine sieve. The
screened earth from the fifty bricks lasted
five weeks. The closet was used by an
average of four persons. My opinion OF
this closet is so good that would not have
it removed for five hundred dollars if
could not replace it. It. q. WOOD.


Putnam county, N. Y. .
Year: 1871

"A clergyman meeting little boy OF
his acquaintance. said, This is quite II
stormy day, my SON" Yes, sir" said
The boy. this is quito wet rain
The clergyman, thinking to rebuke such
hyperbule. asked him If ho ever knew oi
any other than wet rain. never knew
personally Of any other, said the little boy,
but | have read of q time when it raincd
fire and birthstone. anI | guess that was
not a wet rain.
Year: 1871

1t will be hard task to forget that the
Fourth Of July ever existed, notwithstand-
ing that the. Bulletin thinks there are parties
in New Orleans who have accomplished
that lethean process. When the world
forgets the natal day of American repub-
licanism there will be no printing offices
in existence; the alphabet will be mys-
terry to mankind, and the man who can
tell his own age will be a wonder to him
self and his kind.
Year: 1871

An alligator near Pearl river, on the
Mobile railroad track, was celebrating the
Fourth by a little too much independence
The result was he became cont1aband IN
4ba hands of former contraband, who led
the alligator along by long POLE which
the latter grasped with his teeth AS the
alligator was covered with blood when
seen. it is probably dead now.
Year: 1871

The Bulletin questions whether the
Fourth of July is national holiday or
not? This is matter of loyalty, and the
Bulletin swears to its loyalty. Unsus-
pected people need not swear at all, and
they are not afflicted with any doubts
about the national character of the annual
celebration of the Fourth.
Year: 1871

The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
protests, in very brief but emphatic
series of resolutions, against the present
rates of ocean telegraphy, and calls upon
all its associate branches in the United
Kingdom to assist it in securing from
Parliament some restraining Legislation
on the subject. AS our Chamber of Com
merce is intimately allied with that of
Liverpool, are we without the power of
increasing the momentum of this move
ment against high prices? A reduction
of thirty per cent might increase the
sociability between ourselves and our
cousins in England. And sociability pays.
Year: 1871

The Legislature to be elected in OHIO
next fall will be called upon to elect sue
cessor TO John Sherman, whose term as
limited States Senator from that State ex-
nires in 1873 This makes the election OF
that body by the people of Ohio OF more
than ordinary Importance.
Year: 1871

Among the papers explaining how little
the new departure means is the Richmond
ENQUIRER. That journal says that this new
departure merely deprecates the revival at
this time of the discussion of certain things
from Southern standpoint.
Year: 1871

A ride to Bay St. Louis on the halfpast
five evening train of the Mobile railroad,
and return the same evening, stopping
only five minutes, makes a delightful trip,
the breezes over the prairies and along the
r QUITE are so deliciously cool.
Year: 1871

The programme of the two great parties
in this country in the next Presidential
election is fast revealing itself A dis
tinguished Democrat has recently said:
"It is not the constitution that strips us of
Year: 1871

There are now in the State of Massachu-
setts one mile of railroad to every five.
miles of area. A similar ratio of the
whole country would give an aggregate OF
more than six hundred thousand miles OF
Year: 1871

The rumors-if there be really such,
as is alleged by a contemporary-that
Governor Warmoth is dangerously i'll,
are entirely without foundation. He re-
ceives his friends daily, takes a drive on
the pleasant beach at the Pass, and
comes to his dinner with a good ap-
petite. His physicians say that he can
come to the city at any time he may
deem it necessary. He has gained
strength rapidly since his residence on
the shore of the sound. His numerous
friends will be glad to hear SO cheering
an account of his Excellency's health.
Year: 1871

White linen parasols, lined with dark
purple or green linen, are used by ladies at
the sea-shore in preference to the pengee or
silk ones, which are so expensive and so
easily spoiled
Year: 1871

Twenty-eight Ku-Klux are on trial in
Memphis, Tennessee, for killing negro.
General Forrest, who swears that he has
no knowledge of the existence of kx-Klux
in the South, and who lives near Mem
phis, had better attend the trial of these
men and learn something about the local
institutions of his own domicile. 1t is
singular that since these men were ar
rested their existence has not been denied,
but the AUaidnche has gone off on another
tack that the Ku-Klux law is useless, be-
cause there is State law to punish
such offenses. If this law had been
discovered at an earlier day, perhaps
Congress would not have troubled itself
to enact statute on the subject OF
Ku-Klux; but as the legal antiquarians
failed to find the law or to point out a
single instance when its existence had
ever been taken note of in Mississippi,
Congress was forced to supply what ap-
peared to be lamentable deficiency in
State legislation. And since it is now a
law, and since it is proving etfectual to
suppress class of disturbances that had
become unpleasantly frequent, what is the
harm in allowing the law to remain? Cen
eral Forrest will answer these interroga-
tories, in addition to the other questions
propounded by the investigating commit
tee, after he has interviewed the healthy
batch of Ku-Klux rowdies now visible in
the criminal atmosphere of Memphis.
Year: 1871

The st. Louis Democrat shakes its we'll
larded sides with the suggestion that be-
cause the French government has pur-
chased two cargoes of corn in that mar
ket which it intends to ship at New
Orleans without allowing them to land,
we are to still further pinch and wrinkle
our old fogy cotton-bound hide in spirit
of spite. No such thing A smile some
thing like the edge of broad-ax has
broken out upon us since the news was
received that this purchase had actually
been made, and this arrangement about
shipping had really been concluded, for
it proves two things first, that this is the
natural outlet for Western grain when sent
abroad in bulk and second, that the
merchant could escape the extortions OF
our Iart if he would emily go about it in
the right way. When it has been demon
strated that grain must come this way
and that it can do so without being con-
sumed by port charges, we shall have ar
rived at the entrance to new era, for the
extortions will subside in the presence of
the plan to evade them, and with their
subsistence the very food of shipments
will be upon US. So that what the st.
Louis Democrat congratulates itself upon
as distasteful to us is, in reality, piece
of titillating information worth a good
deal of money in this quarter. .
Year: 1871

We would cali the particular attention of ths
Mercantile and Business Community to this De-
partment of our Establishment as we have made
to it extensive additions in the very


NEWEST STYLES
Year: 1871

According to the ScientVfe Press, 8 new kind of wall is coming into use in Eng land, and, if we mistake not, scientific thing has been introduced already in this country to some extent. It is thus described. cover a framework of strong cross-wires, of about one-eighth in thickness, there is woven by power full pressure, fibrous matter which is saturated with solution that renders it fire-proof. It is then subjected to a very powerful pressure. A coating of very light cement is then put upon it for an outside facing. By this means surfaces are made impermeable to moisture, smooth, and easily washed with water, thus saving the expense of repeated lime washings. It is formed into slabs in iron frames, which are put together and closely and securely fastened with bolts. The slabs are from one and half inch to four inches thick. They serve as superior paneling for dividing walls ol partitions. Where space is of importance it has the advantage, perhaps, over con crete walling, in enabling wall to be made of not more than one and hali inch or two inches in thickness, and yet its quality is said to greatly deaden sound
Year: 1871

Boy, at all times tell tho truth Let no lie defile thy youth. If thou'rt wrong, be thine the shame; Speak the truth, and bear-the blames Truth is honest, truth is sure Truth is strong and must endure; Falsehood lasts single day, Then it vanishes away. Boy, at all times tell the truth Let no lie defiie thy youth. Truth is steadfast, sure and fast, Certain to prevail at last.
Year: 1871

BITTEN.-An illustration of the fact that would-be bitter is often the worst bitten of all comes from Reese River, California. A man entered the office of the photographer in that place and want ed single picture taken. The artist named his price, which happened to be about double the amount the stranger would pay. So, after considerable ban ter, the visitor proposed to have half length picture taken for half price. This was agreed to, and the subject paid his money, and adopted what he consid- cred to be an exceedingly graceful and pleasing attitude. The usual operations were gone through with, and soon first rate picture, consisting of fine view of the subject from the waistband down, was finished and delivered to the waiting customer. There was no mistake it was half-length picture for half price ; and after delivering himself of a few ex- clamation points, the customer walked of, believing, probably, that he had paid we'll for view of his boots even at half price.
Year: 1871

The secret of Gen. Sam Houston re
signing the Goyernorship of the State
of Tennessee three days after marrying
a young wife has never been revealed
He did so, went among the Indians, and
became great chief, and only reap.
peared when Texas was struggling for
independence, = ColHBsbus Ca In
quireT.


With regard to the historical inquiry
here made, we have to say that very little
is known by Gen. Houston best friends.
That little is so honorable to him that
we shall, for the first time, put it in print.
We may premise that our information is
derived indirectly from one now de-
ceased who, during her life, had a right
to know what caused that strange episode
in the life Of ,hat great man. Gov.
Houston first bride was Tennessee
belle of surprising beauty, and OF
considerable social rank. She was,
if not the affianced bride, at least the
sweetheart of a neighboring gentleman
when Governor Houston sought her
hand. Her family being veyY am bilious,
forced the match, and she was mar
F;edd. After retiring 20 her bbridia bridal ciianl-
Der her department was such as to cause
him to suspect that while he's hand was
his her heart Vss anothers. She CON
fessed the truth when interrogated, and
while promising fidelity and wifely duty,
declared herself unable to love him. He
at once retired from the house, leaving
his bride as pure and spotless as ever
He then resigned his position and went
among the C6manehes. In due course
of time the lady sought and obtained
divorce Conduct like this was honor
able to all concerned. - GalrestOR
tTerds) Nelcs.
Year: 1871

what the German People Think.
London Times letter.


In Prussia there are many people and
papers advising the Government to ac-
cept the surrender Of the hostile capital
only if it consents TO deliver up, not her.
self alone, but all France at the same
time. In other words, Paris is not to be
rescaed from the pangs Of hunger unless
its Government and people ratify the
German terms of peace in advance, and
more particularly approve the cession of
the two coveted provinces. The severity
of this proposal will give you an idea of
the tone of the public mind in this coun-
try Arguing on the conviction that as
the French began the war for vanity S
sake, so are they continuing it because
too conceited to give in, although they
know they have no chance of success;
the Germans have been latterly denounc-
ing the conduct of their neighbors in
terms of increasing hatred and contempt
No matter how great the glory achieved
by their troops, each successive bat
tie adds to the irritation against
those who have forced the citi-
zen warriors of this country to leave
their homes, suspend their industry, and
take to the heroic. The Germans are
certainly determined to go on beating
the French as long as they will not con-
cede them the terms considered to con-
tain the only guarantee that peace will
not be broken the day after its conclu-
sion; but, at the same time, they are
sick Of the war, and more and more in
censed at the bloodshed wantonly
inflicted upon themselves no less than
upon the discounted enemy 1t is this
resolve to have their own way, together
with the unspeakable WEAKNESS occa-
stoned By ever fresh kilograms with with lists
of killed and wounded, that begins to
make people comparatively Indifferent
to the sufferings of their adyersaries, and
already displays itself in the idea of
starving Paris into obedience believe
the French had better realize the fact
that the enemy they have to deal with is
not likely to be beaten in game of en-
durance, and, being more systematic and
cool headed than themselves, may turn
his firmness to the utmost account.