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Year: 1872

ONE Of the sweetest stories we have
ever read is told by Los Angeles cor
respondent in the San Francisco Herald.
On the eastern slope of the San Fran
cisco range of mountains is . rift in the
solid wall about l6O feet deep. thirty
feet long and seventeen feet wide. For
years it has been selected as "the home
of the bees" and from the opening they
issue forth in a solid column one foot in
diameter. Here the busy little fellows
have improved the shining hours until
they have stored away. 1t is estimated.
near ten tons of honey. They guard
their treasure jealously. and fight for it
if any attempt is made by the vandal
man to help himself thersfrom. During
the last four years they have by actual
measurement added fifteen feet to their
store. As the climate lie so mild that at
almost any season flowers may be found
blooming they are not compelled to feed
upon their store. but are constantly add
ing to it
Year: 1872

THE Capital City (Ncbraska) Ne~s
says: A family by the name Of Hunt,
consisting Of the father, mother and three
children. have been living on a claim
some two miles from Marion Centre, in
Marion county. Their house was situa-
ted in a ravine, built of stone and rooted
with dirt and sod. which was supported
with timbers Night before last as some
persons were returning home from dance
they noriced that the roof Of the houfe
had fallen in. They Immediately went
TO he house and found that the roof had
fallen in upon the family as they lay
sleeping in their beds. The party went
at once to relive them. and upon taking
the dirt away found the mother and three
children dead, and the father 80 fastened
and held in his place that he was even
powerless to help himself The roof was
very heavy and came down in crushing
force upon the inmates of the fatal house.
For hours the father had lain pinned to
bis bed, and was compelled to hear the
dying agonies Of his wife and children ;
compelled to listen to their piteous cries
for help Out on The prairie, leyond
human reach. immured in living tomb,
the hours slowly dragged along and still
no help Still the appeal to Father
help u.s." until all Of human agony had
been endured, and then q silence crep'
over the dread abode. which was but the
Stiffness Of death ITSELF
Year: 1872

At Plymouth church on Sunday eve
ming Mr.. Beecher preached = sermon
that is worthy of being read aud studied
by every man in the land. If he can
learn to practice the wisdom taught in
this discourse there will not be many
Americans who have done more good in
their day and generation. We copy
from the New York .Sxn's report:


Then Mr.. Bercher took his text from
Ephcsians iv , 2S: "Let him that stole.
s,eal M more; but rather let him labor.
working with his hands the thing which
is good. that be may have to give to him
that needeth"


That is the pattern Of reformed life,
said Mr.. Beecher. Some people gain
their living without earning it 1t eau
ses suspicious Of slight of hand. "Let
him that stole. steal no more" 1t is ne
ceesary to have been thief to steal. but
there is q great deal of stealing not done
by thieves and ! advise all those who
obtain their livelihood in an improper
way to earn it in proper way hereafter.


"By THE SWEAT OF THY Brow"


Every man should earn bis own living
| do not say it is misfortune to be born
rich. but l do say that of one hundred
men born with money and one hundred
men born without it, the chances to find
virtue and happiness are better in the
last hundred. He who is born in life to
rise early. to work, to earn bis living. is
the happy man. A man who works i,
healthier and happier than he who d"es
not, and he is, moreover, debarred from
those temptations which spring from the
possession of wealth. and those pitfalls
which have ruined 60 many young men
It is not only necessary to earn our own
livelihood. but we must rise with the suu
in GUNNER and before it in winter. and
work with our hands. There is no deg
radiation in labor. 1t exalts the man,
1t was not di.esteemed in earlier days
Only in Greece and Rome it was despi
sed because the Greeks and Romans
owned slaves. The nation to which We
owe 90 much and from which we have
learned 20 much-the Jewish nation
always honored labor. The Jews taught
their children some little craft, and they
were not drudges A drudge is a man
who labors with bis hand and has Nc
mind to control him, no conscience be-
hind it, no manhood.


Mr. BEECHER AS AN ACTOR.


If were . cabinet maker do you sup
pose could construct q cradle without
singing q lullaby all the time. Laugh
ter Could l saw. plane and rub; saw
plane and rub (imitating the movements
of these toolsl and not put my heart in
the work. If l did would be Q drudge
The builder is drudge. who. every time
be drives q nail. wonders where be can
get poorer and cheaper one.


Men tel: 10 that . mans character
may be bold by his writing. 1 can tell
you the character of builder and archi
tect Of a cold big house. That man
would be heartlees and bloodless. But
60 into a nice, warm. cozy house, and
you would fad out that the man who
built it was . social. good man, with 4
heart and brains too.


Men do not like labor because the
worker ranks below the thinker. That
a Democratic feeling. l say I'm just as
good as any other man. because all mer
are equal. They are not equal in size
Year: 1872

Mr.. Beecher closed with a touching
perora,ion in which, speaking Of the
rising generation. he said: "Let them
be men who earn their living BY the
sweat Of their brow. and who can hold
up their big bard hands and say they
never took a penny they did not earn -
Year: 1872

1t was said Of Thoreau, we believe
that he could take up any given number
Of lead pencils without counting. A Gel
ebrated trapper once assured US that he
could tell how many balls lie had in his
pouch by placing his hand on it. without
stopping to count them, and added IL
eau tell the number of bullets instantly
without counting. IS you pronounce a
word without spelling it." Southey was
accustomed to take in the substance Of a
book in turning the leaves over contin-
ously, glancing down the pages. Hou-
dan, the magician, trained himself to
quickness of perception when boy. by
running past q show-window at full
speed. and then trying to tell what was
in it. We once met man on a canal
boat. who was amusing himself by going
from passenger to passenger. and telling
almost every one where he had seen him
before, on such train, in such hotel. in
such street. giving date and place to peo-
pie with whom he had never exchanged
a word. This training of the faculties in
particular directions is carried to mar
veloua extreme by woodsmen, trapPers
and mtn who guess the weight of AMI
mails. Perhaps the most remarkable in
stances are the markers, who leap from
log to log at the mouth of boom, stan
ding on the floating log and translating
Instantly an old mark into a new one.
remembering what equivalent to give for
each Of hundred marks, and chopping
it upon the log in the time tha: it floats
its length. 1t is said that Thoreau
knew the relative order Of The Towering
Of all the plants in the Concord woods,
and knew the note Of every bird, and a
thoueand other out-of- the way things be
sides.-Henrth md Home.
Year: 1872

A San Francisco woman covered the
dress of another with her hounces in the
horse car, the other day. and when she
lef, the vehicle she found that the OBJ
scured fair one had revenge herself by
cutting her dress into shreds.
Year: 1872

,HELLY STAMBAUGH always keep up
- their stock of GROCERIES and will not
be excelled either in the quality or price Of
their goods in this line. Give then call
before eoing elsewhere.
Year: 1872

Men do not like labor because the
worker ranks below the thinker. That's
. Democratic feeling. say I'm just AS
good as any other man. because all men
are equal. They are not equal in size,
Year: 1872

Afunny Scotch story is told which Csr-
lyle might have worked into SartOr Resar-
tus. The Lord Chamberlain invited
Provost White, of Forfar, to take part in
the thanksgiving services at st. Paups., but
with the invitation came an intimation that
the Provost must appear in his ''robes OF
Office" Here was a botheration, for the
gude man had no robes of Office whatever,
and all preceding Provosts of Forfar had
been in an equally nude condition. The
Town Council was instantly convened to
take this important matter into cOnsidera-
ton. The Provost stated to the Councillors
that he liked well enough to go to London,
but as for being at charges for the robe, he
couldn't think of it. If the town would
buy the garment, he, as Provost, promised
to wear it; otherwise he must decline to 60
upon the expedition. After much ponder
ing it was determined to buy the habili-
ments, and to leave the question Of charges
for future adjustment. This was hardly
wise; and we predict that there will be i'm
mense intestine troubles in FOrfar when
the tailor's bill is brought in.
Year: 1872

WASHINGTON, April l7-Members Of the
annual Conference Of the American colored
Methodist Episcopal Church now in ses-
sion here, called upon the White House
and paid their respects to the President.
Bishop johnson addressed the President
briefly stating the devotion of the Methodist
Church ofthe country to his administration.
The President replied be hoped for their
welfare and happiness and race and bid
them Godspeedin their efforts to build up
for themselves a church and position OF
which they might honestly be proud.
Congressional View Of the Alabama


Muddle.


It is probable that the House committee
of Foreign Affairs will tomorrow consider
Judge Peters resolution against the presen-
tation of indirect damages in the Alabama
case. There are other members Of Con-
gress who have privately expressed similar
views. The administration, however, will
adhere to its position in the case under the
present circumstances.
Year: 1872

A party of beaver trappers who had as
cended the Missouri with Henry and Ash
lev found themselves in pursuit of their Oc-
cupation on Bear river, in Cache Cor Will
low) Valley, where they wintered in the
winter of iS24-25, and in discussing the
course which Bear river ran, a bet was made
between two of the party, and James
Bridger (who is still alive) was selected to
follow the course of the river and determine
The bet. This took him to where the
river passes through the mountain, and he
discovered the Great Salt Lake. He went
to its margin and tasted the water, and on
his return reported the discovery. The fact
of the water being salt, induced the belief
that it was an arm of the Pacific Ocean, but
in tbe spring of 1926 four men went in skin
boats around it to discover if any streams
containing beaver were to be found empty
ing into it, but returned with indifferent
success.
Year: 1872

The Inspectors of the State Prison held
a meeting yesterday and transacted much
business of an important character. The
report of Gen. Battle, Superintendent, was
accepted, and not only ordered to be filled,
but received a complimentary notice from
the Inspectors as showing the able and cor
rect manner in which Gen. Battle discharges
the duties of his position.
Year: 1872

In a little Vermont town the Methodist
and Universalist denominations combined
TO build a chapel, which is occupied in the
morning by the former and the latter in
the evening. A few Sundays since the
Universalist pastor asked the Methodist
minister to announce that the evening dis
course would be on the "Death Of the
Devil" The sturdy follower of John Wes-
ley, irritated by this summary taking of
of a parsonage of the utmost value for the
soaring of sinners into sanctity, revenged
himself by saying from his pulpit: "TK@
evening, my friends, there is to be funeral
in this house. One particularlty feature
about the service viii be that the son
breaches his fathers funeral sermon" Now
the church is closed until the pending law
suit gives the right to it to one or the other
sect, and the Universalist clergyman be-
lieves that if there is any man too wicked
to be saved it is bis Methodist "brother'"
Year: 1872

WTE WILL BE PREPARED TO PUR-


w chase all the WOOL that may be offered
US during the coming season, and to pay not only
the highest price in Cash, but to pay as much as
can be realized in any market when expenses Of
shipping are deducted.


viii be glad to furnish quotations when Spring
shnarinr cnmrnnncaa
Year: 1872

The Providence Journal (Grant)
AYERS that ''the men who think that
they can balance the services of Gen.
Grant in the field and in the Cabinet by
insulting his daughter and slandering
his brother-in-law will find that they
have miscalculated the character and
temper of the American people. Such
infamous conduct will neither harm
nor help Gen. Grant, but 1t will excite
toward the perpetrators the indignation
and disgust of all right minded men,"
Year: 1872

A correspondent wants to know "how
we would break an OK" says cotem-
norary editor. III only one OK, good
way would be to hoist him by means of
a long chain attached to his tail, to the
TOP Of a pole forty feet from the ground.
Then hoist him by rope tied to his
horns, to another pole. Then descend
to his back a five ton pile driver, and II
that don't break him, let him start a
country newspaper and trust people fer
subscription.
Year: 1872

There must be something done
to prevent those horrible mistakes
of druggists clerks. One Of the
careless fellows lately gave a young
man in Louisville bottle of muci-
lagc instead of cologne. The youth
went to church, and after applying
the contents of the bottle freely 10
his handkerchief and applying the
handkerchief freely TO his nose, he
was in no condition for dcvout wor-
ship. This thing is getting to be
alarming.
Year: 1872

As the interest in political mat
ters increases, there is frequent oc-
casion to refer to the table showing
the electoral vote Of the States, and
in answer to many inquiries, w"
publish the table, with the sngges-
ton that those who desire will cut
it outand preserve it for easy ref
Year: 1872

Is insanity a necessary condition
of being able to speak the German
lanruagc2 Probably not; but there
is said to be a girl in Madison, Wis
consin, who lately lost her reason
and with it her knowledge of En-
clish, but at the same timc sho ac'
Guired a miraculous command Of
German, which she had never learn
cd or heard spoken to any extent
Philosophers are called upon to ex-
plain this phenomenon. III VIC
were a philosopher we should say
that il is probably a lie.
Year: 1872

five knew the baby fingers


Pressed against the window pane
Would be cold and stiff tomorrow
Never trouble US again
Would the bright eye Of our darling
Catch the frown upon our brow?
Would the prints of rosy fingers
Vex US then as they do now?
All, those little, lee cold fingers!
How they point our memories back
To the hasty words and actions
Strewn along our backward track!
How those little hands remind us
AS insnowy grace they lie,
Not to scatter thorns, but roses,
For our reaping by and by!
Strange we never prize the music
Till the sweet-voiced bird has flown
Strange that we should slight the vio-


lets


Till the lovely flowers are gone!
Strange the summer skies and sun


shine


Never seem one-half 80 fair
AS when winters snowy pinions
Shake the white down in the air!


e.
Lips from which the seal Of silence
None but God can roll away
Never blossomed in such beauty s-..
AS adorns the mouth to-day;
And sweet words that freight our MEM
ory


With their beautiful perfume
Come to US in sweeter accents
Through the portals of the tomb.
Let us gather up the sunbeams
Lying all around our path;
Let us keep the wheat and roses.
Casting GU the thorns and chaff;
Let us fad our sweetest comfort
In the blessings of to-day,
With patient hand removing
All the briars from out our way.
Year: 1872

any other officer who may discharge
Tho duties of said Office, who shall
in proportion and proper ratio, to
carry out the provisions Of this Act,
cause an annual assessment of one
thousand dollars TO be made on all
the taxable property within the said
new County Of Aiken, to be used
only for the payment and for the
purposes herein mentioned.


Approved March 9, 1872.
Year: 1872

word that would bring the slightest Gut-
ter OF crimson to the purest cheek that wo-
manhood ever unveiled to society do not
believe he ever told, or could be induced to
listen to, a vulgar story And this almost
superhuman purity of character is perhaps
what has made him such favorite among
talented and refined women For. although
woman was the cause of our losing Eden.
she brought with her more than man did Of
its purity and its loss would have been in
tolerable if Adam had failed to bring her
with hin,
Year: 1872

imbedded in water. The roof is one big
tank kept full of water Did YOU ever
hear of water roof before Instead
of steps to go in there are shallow tanks
of water, through which every one
must walk to the door.


In none of these powder houses is
any light ever allowed, except sunlight.
The wages are good. the days work is
short ending always at three or four
o'clock. But the men have Il serious
look. that makes one think every mo-
ment of the danger, and glad to get
away.


Though curiosity may take Il man
once to visit powder mill. he has no
desire to go il second time, and he feels
all the rest of his life that for once he
has been very near death.
Year: 1872

Au9uot'~ own good sense told him
that the advice of Jonas was not good.
But he had made many mistakes OF
late. and was just now inclined to take
anybody's Judgment i'll place of his own.


All that was proud and gcmtlcmanly
in him rchelled ut the thought of creep
ing into another mans house i'll the
night. ModcSty is doubtless IL virtue.
but it Is Il virtue responsible for many
otfenseS. Had August not felt So dis
trusttul of his own wisdom, nothing
could have persuaded him to make his
love for Julia Anderson seem criminal
10y an action 50 wanting i'll dignity
But back of Jonas judgment was that
of Andrew. whose weakness QuiXotism
He wanted to live and to have other,
live on the concert pitch of romantic
action. There was something of chiv-
alary i'll the proposal of Jonas, ii spice
of adventure that made him approve ii
on purely sentimental grounds.


The more August thought of it, and
the nearer he was to its execution, the
more did he dislike it. But have oft
en- noticed that people of rather quiet
temperament, such as young Wehle's
have both sorts of ris inertiR-not very
easily moved, they are not very easily
checked when once in motion. August.
velocity was not usually great, his mo-
mentum was tremendous, and now that
he had committed himself to the hand,
of Jonas Harrison and set ont upon this
enterprise, he was determined i'll hi.
quiet way, to go through to the end. =
Accomplishment of whatever he under
took was IL fixed habit of his life


OF course he understood the house
and having left the family i'll meeting
he had nothing to do but to scale one
of the pillars of the front porch. In
those Arcadian days upper window.
were hardly ever fastened, except whel
the house was deserted by all its in.
mates for days. Halfway up the pos
he was seized with a violent trembling
His position brought to him confused
memory of text of Scripture: "Ht
that entereth not by the door


but climbeth up some other way, the
same is a thief and a rObber.' BreC
under MOravian influence, he half-be
lieved the text to he supernaturalll
suggested to him. For a moment hi
purpose wavered, but the habit of go
ing through with an undertaking tool
the place of his will, and he went OF
blindly, as Baker the Nile explorer did
''more like donkey than like man.
Once on the upper porch he hesitatet
again. To break into mans house il
this way was unlawful. His conscience
Year: 1872

swindler. in the deepest rage. III give
you such tlIrashing lis will not leave
the breath in your body 2


Nonsense = said the Quaker; if thou
really intended to do anything of that
sort, we had better step out in the back
yard and finish the business at once.


The rogue was completely abashcd
blythe coolneS> of the Quaker. and stood
speechlrSS and almost petritird.


Nov. said the tailor. goodnatured-
ly, let me give thee il piece of advice.
When next thou hast occasion to gel Il
suit of clothes. thou hadSt better not at =
tempt to cheat the poor tailor, hut pay
him honestly : for then thy conscience
will not disturb thee. aud thy sleep will
he sweet and refreshing Farewell =
Year: 1872

TEE>PA>>EK on \ RAILWAY. An
Indian paper. the Pioneer. of October
the 2}d, SAYS: Zone day last week IL
.icmader of pnintSmcn at Sutna Station
WAS going along 10y the side of the rails
to let down train out of the station,
when he was seen to Stagger wildly
about for IL few moments. and then fall
down close to the rails just as the train
was coming ON. AS soon as the train
had passed he WAS seen lying quite still
in the same place, and everyone of
courS,. supposed he had been killed by
il blow from some part of the engine.
Two or three men accordingly came
running up. but found the jrmadar
alive, PROSTATE on the ballast. with an
enormous cobra twinrd about his legs.
Fortunately one of the men had stick
and began hitting AT the cobra with all
his might. regardless of the bare shirt
of the poor iemadar. The snake was
finally killed, and then the iemadar
picked himself up, rather ruetully, and
explained the whole affair. 1t appear
ed that i'll getting ont of the way of the
train he trod on the snake. and in try
ing to dodge the snake he tripped over
the wire that works the distant signal,
and rolled back toward the tram III
company with the Ncncmnu> reptile.
The latter was probably frightened at
the train. and writhcd about the mans
legs for protection: the man himself
lay It's still and flat as possible, and had
the satisfaction of seeing the projecting
part of the COW catcher pass about an
inch above his nose. His feelings may
he better imagined than described when
he found himself saved from both pellls
uncrllshcd and unhitten, and none the
worse for the adventure, saving for the
fright and Il hearty belaboring about
the legs with stout bamboo. The
above may be relied on
Year: 1872

HoMELY GIRLs.-''How did that


homely woman contrive to getmarrird 2
is not unfrcquently remarked of some
good domestic creature whom her huS-
band regards as the apple of his eye.
and i'll whose plain face he sees some
thing better than beauty. Pretty girls
who are vain of their charms are rather
prone to make observations of this
kind and consciousness of the fact that
flowers of loveliness are often left to
pine on the stem, while weeds of home
liness go off rapidly, is no doubt in
many cases at the bottom of the ques-
tion. The truth is, most men prefer
homeliness and ability to beauty and
caprice. Handsome women are apt to
over-value themselves, and in waiting
for an immense bid occasionally over
step the market. Their plain sisters,
Year: 1872

MP. & PORTAGE RR.-Thc Portage "Rcg
ster' is evidently IN dead earnest about the
projected railroad from Mineral Point to that
place. Reviewing the letter of Moses NJ
Strong, published in the TRIBUNE two weeks
ago, the "Regissern says;


However much the Torrah route may be
claimed as perfectly feasible, we know that
it viii require an immense expenditure Of mo-
ncy to build a railroad over l---a few miles of
which would cost more than the entire road
between Mineral Point and Portage Of course
a road CAN be built through that country, for
the entire distance can be tunneled, if nccess
ary, but there is nothing IN the demands Of
commerce that viii Justify the building Of
such a road at present, and capitalists are not


likely TO put their money IN an enterprise
which promises such small returns. II the
Mineral Point railroad is to be extended at all
it will come in this direction, unless all the
natural laws which arc supposed to largely
govern such matters are disrcgardcd.
Year: 1872

A SQUAD Of "young men from the country
dashed into our city one evening last week
with spanking four-horsc RIG, and carried off
a dozen Of our city bellies, and didn't "go
home until morning.