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Year: 1875

A clergyman tells story in religious
paper which would seem to indicate that
even that worthy walk in life is not unat-
tended with danger. A strong minded
maiden lady residing in certain parish
had been greatly annoyed by runaway
rings" She therefore determined one very
dark evening to watch for the mischievous
young monkeys who played these pranks
upon her, and had just stationed herself in
side the doorway when the bell rang out
sonorously. The lady instantly opened the
door, caught the diminutive offender by the
collar and boxed his ears right and left most
soundly. At every whack he protested,
"Madam, why, MADAME 'fDon't madam
me you young rascalr, she exclaimed, and
another blow made his ears burn fearfully
He begged, implored. "Don't beg fol
mercy, you graceiess young scampp' was
the only reply, accompanied by another
laundering thump on the side of the head
Becoming at last exhausted by this exercise,
she dragged the little man to the hall that
she might recognize the offender by the gas.
light and s'tell his mother" as she said,
when, to her great CONSERVATION, whom
should she discover in the person of her vic.
tim but her own clergyman, who had called
to pay her friendly visit.
Year: 1875

NATURAL BEAUTY.-All our moral feel
ings are so interviewer with our intellectual


powers that we cannot affect the one with
out in some degree addressing the other; and
in all high ideas of beauty, it is more than
probable that much of the pleasure depends


on delicate and untraceable perceptions of
fitness, propriety and relation, which are
purely intellectual, and through which we
arrive at our noblest ideas of what is COM
monty and rightly called intellectual beauty.
Ideas of beauty are almost the noblest
which can be presented to the mind, in
variably exalting and purifying it accord
ing to their degree. And it would appear
that we are intended by the Deity to be
constantly under their influence, because
there is not one single object in nature


which is not capable of conveying them,
and which, to the rightly -perceiving mind
does not present an intellectually greater
number of beautiful than of deformed parts.
Year: 1875

What is more unsightly than a ragged
evergreen tree; and yet how many of them
we see on every side. Sometimes there are
dozen in a single small plot of ground,
not one of them ought to stand longer than


the swinging of the axe, the grubbing hoe,
or even ''little hatchet" can produce their
downfall No evergreen will do we'll unless
it is properly attended to for several years
after setting out. As far as it's branches
extend, the soil should be frequently stirred
and kept clear of weeds. Another impor-
tant thing is, that in purchasing an evergreen
be sure thatsit is branched perfectly from
the ground, and has only one main stem.-
For front yards, and all small plots of
ground, the best tree to select is the hemlock
spruce, and the next the American srl,or
vitae. They can be kept within any reasvn-
able bounds by clipping, and occupy very
little room, while they are very beautiful
Year: 1875




By some unaccountable misapprehension
Of facts, says the Memphis A0alancle, there
is large class of people in the world who
think that it costs little or nothing to run
newspaper; and if they buy copy from the
newsboy, when. too far from the Office to
come and beg one, they are regular patrons
and entitled to unlimited favors. Men call
every day at newspaper offices to get copy
of the paper for nothing, who would never
dream of begging a pocket handkerchief
from dry-goods store, or piece of candy
from confectioner, even upon the plea Of
old acquaintance, having bought something
once before. One paper is not much, but a
hundred a day amounts to something in the
course of time. But this is small drain
compared with the free advertising news
paper is expected to do. Some men who
have paid two dollars at an early period Of
life for an advertisement worth four or FIVE
dollars, appear to think they are stockhold-
ers in the establishment for eternity. They
demand the publication of all marriage and
funeral notices, obituaries, and family epi-
sodes, for the next forty years, gratis
Speak of pay and they grow indignant.
''Don'taI patronize your paper ?'' eyes;
but you receive the worth of your money for
what you pay" sBut," says the patron,
'it will not cost you anything to put this
in" which is just as ridiculous as to ask a
man to grind your axe on his grindstone,
rlx tolI-
cent. It takes money to run newspaper as
well as any other business; no paper will
succeed financially that carries dead-head
system. Any mention of the peoples af-
fairs that they are anxious to see in print is
worth paying for, and when printed is gen.
orally worth as much as any other invest
ment of the same amount.


| The newspaper business is very exacting
on all connected with it, and the pay is
/ comparatively small; the proprietors risk
more money for smaller profits, and the edi-
tors and reporters and printers work harder
and cheaper than the same number of men
in any profession requiring the given
amount of intelligence, training, and drudg-
| cry. =" 1ue llI6 LAS les CIldTunS anu piodSduI
associations, scarcely known to the outside
world; but it has it's earnest work and anx-
ieties and hours of exhaustion, which also
are not known to those who think the busi-
ness all fun The idea that newspaperdom
is charmed circle, where the favored men,
bers dive a life of ease and free from care,
and go. to circus at night on free ticket
and to the springs on a free pass in the sum-
mer, is an idea which we desire to explode
practically and theoretically. Business is
business, and the journal that succeeds is
the one that is run on a square business
footing, the, same as banking Or building
bridges, keeping hotel or running livery
stable. ~ ~ '
Year: 1875

Nevada brides won't stand much foolish
ness at a wedding Recently one Of them,
while going up the aisle of the church,
stopped short and kicked all the skin off tile
shins of groomsman who trod on her
trail
Year: 1875

To remove stains from marble, take two
parts Of common soda, one part pumice-
stone, and one of finely powdered chalk; sift
it through fine sieve, and mix it with wa
ter; then rub it well over the marble, and the
stains will be removed. Wash the marble
afterward with soap and water.
Year: 1875

The long series of wrongs heaped
upon the aborigines OF America ever
since the discovery and settlement of
this country, has nothing more heart
less or pathetic than the story of the
Temecula Indians which we print this


morning. We are accustomed to speak
of the cruelty and treachery OF the
savage, but the avarice and inhuman-
ity of the white man are even more
prominent features in American his


tory. In little more than two CEN
turtles the natives have been driven
from the Atlantic to the Rocky Noun
tains, and tribes as countless US the
leaves of the forest reduced to a mere
handful Of half-starved wretches. The
brave is no longer q warrior, but a
loafing and treacherous murderer, and
the Indian has no rights anywhere.


If he refuses to go upon a reservation


necessity requires that he shall be ex-
terminated. Ii he puts himself under
the fostering care of the Great Father
the Indian Ring is sure to lob him
first and allow him to starve after
ward. Go where he will, "civiiiza-
tion,n i'm one form or another, is sure
to follow him and to Cypress him. To
this fate the Temecula Indians are no


exceptions. Indeed, the story of their


misfOrtunes is one of the most pathet-


ic of the whole series. A hundred
years ago their children swarmed on


the Pacific coast. Now they are re-


duced to a beggarly five thousand.


Then the whole land was theirs. Now


they have not q foot of ground they


no m no n thoir N MN R of ro 4 nU hofnra


advancing civilization, they at last


settled dOwniamOng cone of tue San


Bernardino mountains; but the white


man from over the seas coveted the


spot for a sheep pasture, and the ma


tive is not even left room enough


to starve without disturbance One


Frenchman and two Scotchmen have


0usted the original lords of the soil,


and their sheep Craze in the Indians


last retreat. Is it thus the govern


ment of the United States takes care


of the rights of thesepoor peOple-the


rightful wards of the nation? Is it


possible that one Frenchman and


brace of ScOtchmen, either with or


without the consent of the govern


ment at Washington are allowed to


dispossess five thousand people, that
they may feed their sheep on the last


vestige of the heritage Of the red man?


The case, as presented in the letter OF
Col. Peel and transmitted to the In


dian Bureau, is one which not only


excites our sympathies, but demands


the Immediate attention Of the de-


partment and the country.-M York
Herald, oct. 10Th.
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 3, 1876.


To the Editor Of the National Republican,:


SIR: This may be Of great benefit, or it may
become public nuisance. In our public parks
in this and other cities they are ornamentally
constructed and go located and adorned as not to
offend but even to please the public eye. These
are generally under the control of the Board OF
Health. In this city our Board Of Health has
done excelIently we'll, and our city is ably cared
for in a sanitary point of view. But great men
are liable to great mistakes, and our Board Of
Health has committed an almost inexeusSble
blunder in locating public urinal where they
have, at the corner Of seventh street and Penn
sylVanIa avenue 1t requires no stretch of the
Imagination to see what public nuisance this
will be. This is the most freQuented place In the
city, and our wives and daughters are compelled
to stand there on the corner TO walt for the cara
Now TO the Board Of Health, which has been
handling the subject Of night soil almost every
day for years, It may seem sll right to allow men
TO be thus publicly exposed and compel our clti-
Zens to be Spectators, but to our community this
urinal is public nuisance. Remove It, gentle
men, to the opposite square, and cover it with
trees, COMMON SENSE.
Year: 1875

So quietly have the arrangements been carried
on that our special local giving information Of the
Carnival-a real Madri. Gras-in this city next
February, created considerable surprise. 1t is o
festival Of which the North Of this country knows
very little; It is, however, the popular ete Of the
South, and has been very successfully attempted
in Washington. The Carnival for next February
here our people must understand as a sure thing


1t is in the hands Of those who always carry
through what they attempt. We ask for them
the assistance Of all other societies whose pur-
poses bear upon such festivals. Undoubtedly,
the old MGnnerchor will be glad to receive and
consider suggestions. This is q matter in which
our business men should take q lively interest,
for there is nothing aside from the Centennial
calculated to attract more to our city than Just
such fete. The MRnnerchor is already in CON-
munication with the Mystic Krews of the South
ern cities, and will receive from them valuable
aid and ideas.-PhfIGdelphfa Press, November 4.


Here is something for Washingtonians to be in
terested in, especially the Lord Of Misrule, who
WILL 20 doubt call his faithful subjects together
Year: 1875

It l. understood that the Hrenen are TO receive
their salaries for the month or June on wednes.
day next, the Comptroller having sentsd to
receive toe Mayors signature on company pay
rolls Ihe men are In great need OF the money
anG say that they will consider themselves quite
LeGLDnata n they get II
Year: 1875

pOrary purposes. they are often left to
the last. This is entirely wrong. so
far as circumstances will permit, the
first action of the authorities should he
to stop all connection of house drains
with these sewers. The next should
he to stop all connection of house drains
with private cesSpoolS. The health of
the community would really he less en-
dangered if the offensive matters we've
allowed to flow. in the full light of day.
in roadside cutters, than il now is by
their Introduction into the soil from
which the water of house wells pro
ceeds. and 10y the accumulation of
putIcfNing masses in nvcntilated and
leaky cavernS. whence the poisonous
gases sure to he produced, find their
WAY through the drains into ON houses.
or into their immediate vicinity. Sew
rrs choke and overflow during heavy
storms mainly because they are tn"
large for the work they are ordinarily
called upon to perform. If Il sewer i
so small that its usual flow Is concer


trated to Il sufficient depth to carry he
fore it any ordinary obstruction, it will
keep itself clean. But if it is 50 large
that its ordinary flow is hardly more
than film. we may he quite sure that
its refuse solid matters will gradually
accumulate until they leave. near the
crown of the arch, only the space need
ed for the smallest constant stream.
And. in order to make room for a rain
fall flow. the whole sewer will have to
he cleared by the costly and offensive
process of removal by manual Labor.
4 smaller sewer would have been kept
clear bV its own flow.
Year: 1875

PRIMARIEs.-This Saturday evening is
the time appointed FOR the selection OF
Delegates to the Republican Convention
which will assemble in Weaverville next
Thursday. The character of the ticket Ia
be nominated depends entirely upon the q
Delegates, and therefore care should be
t,ken to select the best representative
men of the party. Among the Repub-
ltans of Trinity there is abundant mate
rial from which to form ticket that will
carry the county in the election. Let
none but the best men be put in nomina-
ton Republicans who can command the
whole strength of their own party and
draw from the ranks of the orp lsitinn.
Such men can be found such men must
be found, if the party hopes for success.
Politics will be laid aside, in the selection
Of County Officers, to n greater extent
than ever before, and the best men for the
positions will be chosen. with but little
regard for their political affiliations. We
trust the Republicans o. Trinity compre-
he d the situation and will select Dele
gates equal to the occasion. We trust the
Delegates selected, when in Convention
as embed, will place before the people II
tick which shall command the respect
and support of all COOL citizens.
Year: 1875

BUSINESS PENMASSIIIP.--A ready
and accomplished pennan always ear
ries with him one of the strongest rec
concentrations to Il good position in
business, and the young man who car
ly in life acquires the art Of rapid and
elegant business writing has laid the
surcst foundation for future success.
This department of instruction in the
National College of business at New
Haven, Conn, is given the position its
Importance demands, and among the
graduates of this institution will be
found the best and most successful pen
men in the country. The advertise
ment of the College may be found in
this paper.
Year: 1875

Is the ONLY NEWSPAPER published in the county


printed NEW TYPE; and has the LARGEST CIRCULATION,
which is INCREASING Contains weekly of LATE NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH Special attention given LOCAL ITEMS We
prepared to do
Year: 1875

The prices of subscription of both
Daily and Weekly are made 80 low as
to bring the papers within the means
OF every man who can afford to take
any kind of a newspaper, and the news
of the day of minor Importance is so
condensed as to embrace events from
all points accessible by telegraph or
mail. Of all important happenings,
local or general, the paper will contain
full and prnuhic at.Collrts
Year: 1875

All explosions Of coal oil lamps are
caused by the vapor of gas that COL
lects in the, space above TIE oil.
When full of oil of course a lamp
contains no gus, but Immediately on
lighting, the lamp consumption Of
oil be gins, soon leaving a space for
gas, which commences to form as the
lamp warns up. and after burning
q short time sufic'el gas will iecu-
mulate to form an explosion. The
gas in lamp will explode only when
ignited. In this respect it is like gun
powder Cheap or inferior oil is al
ways the most dangerous.


The fame is communicated to the gas
in the following manner: The wick
tube in all lamp burners is made lar
ger than the wick which is to pass
through it. 1t would not do to have
the wick work tightly in the burner;
on the contrary, it is essential that it
move up anu down with perfect ease.
In this way it is unavoidable that
space in the tube is left along the
sides Of the wick sufficient for the
flame from the burner to pass down
into the lamp and explode the gas.


Many things may occur to cause
the flame to pass down the wick tube
and explode the lamp.


l. A lamp may be standing on q
table or mantel, and a slight puff Of
air from the open window, or the sud-
den opening of door, causes an ex-
! plosion.


2. A lamp may be taken up quickly
from a table or mantel, and instantly
explode


3. A lamp is taken into an entry
where there is a draft, or out of doors.
and an explosion ensues.


4. 4 lighted lamp is taken up q
fight Of stairs, or is raised quickly to
place it on the mantel, resulting in an
explosion. In all these cases the mis-
chief is done by the air movement
either by suddenly checking the draft,
or forcing air down the chimney
against the flame


.. Blowing down the chimney to
extinguish the light, is q frequent
cause of the explosion.


G. Lamp explosions have been caus-
ed by using chimney broken off at
the top, or one that has piece broken
out, whereby the draft is rendered va
riable, AMI the flame unsteady.


:. Sometimes a thOughtless person
puts a small-sized wick into large
burner, thus leaving too much space
in the tube along the edges of the
wick.


s. An old burner, with its air-draft
clogged up, which rigbtfully should
be thrown away, is sometimes contin>
ued 10 use, and the final result is an
explosion
Year: 1875

Care not what others say,


BE thou truel
If they gossip to betray.


BE thou true!
Be consistent and do right,
For the truth make good fight;
Dowhat thou dost with all thy might;


BE thou true! be thou true.
Let thy love be sincere


Be thou truel
Only God hast thou TO fear;


Be thou true!
Since our Joys must pass away
Like the dewdrops or the spray,
Wherefore should our sorrows stay.


BE thou true, be thou true.
Friendships very hard to find,


BE thou truel
True love is not always blind,


Be thou true.
Time at last makes all things straight
Let us not resent-just wait
But trust not too much in tate.


BE thou true! be thou irue'
Like the summers fragrant flowers,


Be thou true.
Like the Aprils coming showers,


BE thou true!
Like the mountain looking high,
And the river rolling by
Like the blue and arching sky.


BE thou true! te thou true!


-WdIiGce
Year: 1875

As 1 had expected, l learned next
morning that Thorne had been dis
charged. rhe Times had no use for
a reporter who had missed sensa-
ton, the city editor remarked for the
benefit of the rest Of US, and we went
on news gathering as though Thorne
had never been. But when sege-al
days had passed without any of US
seeing or hearing from him, and l
learned from the cashier that ThOrne
Year: 1875

1t has been said in another form Of
expression that tho slightest expense
over income is proverty ,and the slight
est excess of income over expense Is
wealth. ability to master this
great problem of life is not SO much de-
pended upon what we know of our
business as on the faculty to apply
what we do know. Success in business
is due to administration. Capacity in
administration is due to that faculty
power or quality, called common sense,
which everybody speaks well of and
nobody understands exactly. We infer
its presence or its absence from the re-
suit of mans life. We venture upon
q definition of the phrase we are using,
not so much fer the purpose of making
its meaning clearer as for the greater
purpose of giving it loftier place in
our thoughts. Common sense Is de-
gree-a high degree-in fine, the high
est degree of human wisdom applied to
practical things. 1t is not learning, 1t
is not knowledge; it is rather the facul-
ty of applying what we know to what
we do. Other things being equal, the
practical man who knows the most will
do the best; but other things not being
! equal, man who excells in wisdom of
administration may surpass man of
greater learning, or even greater know
ledge of things. But do not allow this
suggestion to lead you to place a low
estimation upon learning, whether gen
eral or professional; culture of every
sort gives capacity to appreciate wis
dom, and opportunity also for its exer-
] else,
Year: 1875

1t was sad cynic who said that
youth passes its time in wishing that it
could, and age in regretting that 1t
didn't. But /. is true that all through
the first half OF our lives we are think
ing what will we do when, once we get
fairly started, and we so on pleasing
ourselves with these dreams until, all of
a sudden, We wake up to the fact that
we have begun to go down the hill,
and that now the time to hope and plan
is past, and the time to remember and
regret has come. DR.. Hedge Is fond of
talking of the lronies of life. The sad
dest irony is its brevity-Our days are
but span n-our life but "sleep aud a
forgetting" II it were possible to re-
alize in the beginning that three score
years and ten are not three hundred,
and to say to ourselves calmly "Such
and such things are In so brief space,
unattainable, let us content ourselves
with striving for what We can reasona-
BILE hope to win :. We might live our
short span more nationally. Then
would the rich man begin in season 10
dispense and to enjoy his riches, re-
Numbering that he can carry nothing
Year: 1875

with him into the next country-then
would tho pbilanthropist limit his
schemes to his possiblities-then, above
all, would those who love each other,
beware that they give no space to es'
arrangement or fault-feding, since our
life of so few days is all too brief for
bitterness.
Year: 1875

CIsTERNs AND FILTERs.-Seeing several
statements and complaints as to cisterns


and filters l send you what l think the
cheapest, best, and most convenient filter
have met with. Take solid cask. A coal


oil barrel will do for small cisterH, but a
cask of double the size is preferable for a


cistern holding thirty barrels or over Take
out one head; fix false bottom about three


inches from the bottom of cask; have a
spout pass from top of barrel to false bottom
in the center of barrel; have false bottom


we'll perforated with small holes, say half
inch; fix plug or lancet in side of barrel
close to bottom. Now place the barrel on
the edge of the cistern, or some convenient
place to conduct water from spouting to
cask, and from cask to cistern. Now fill


the cask with filtering material, beginning
with quite coarse gravel, then alternate
layers of charcoal and gravel, with fine sand


on top. The water passes to bottom of
cask through spout, then filters up through
cask to top, and is conducted from top of
cask to cistern. AS often as the filter be-


comes foul, open the cask at bottom and let
| off water. Throw on a few buckets of clear
| water, and when it drains off your filter is


as good as new. Try one. G. ]. B.
Year: 1875

SNAKEs.-"Did you ever see one of these
here hoop snakes9" asked Mr.. Ferguson of
his neighbor. 'Me and my hired man was
down in the home lot by the side of the
road, and we see something rolling down
the hill, and says I, 4 guess that must be
one of them hoop snakes coming along.'-
My hired man, he was afeerd, and clum up
a tree, but l took my hoe in my hand, and
went out and stood aside tree in the road,
and when he came along I stuck out the
hoe handle, and he hit it slap, and made
a noise jes like pistol; and, sir, it warn't
NOR minnit afore that are hoe handle
was swelled up as big as my leg"
Year: 1875

Friction impedes the progress of the rail.
way train, and yet it is only through fric-
tion that it makes any progress. This ap-
parent paradox is explained when we re-
member that by reason of the frictional
''bite' of the drivers upon the track they
draw the train. The bearings of the wheels,
upon the rails are a mere line where they
come in contact, iron and iron, yet this
slight and almost iinperceptible hold is
sufficient to move hundreds of tons of dead
weight with the speed of the wind