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Year: 1872

DoN'T try to quench your sorrow in rum
or narcotics. II you begin this you must
keep right on with it till it leads you to ruin /;
or, if you pause, you must add physical pain
and the consciousness of degradation to the
sorrow you seek to escape. OF all wretched
men, his condition is the most pitiful who,
having sought to drown his grief in drink,
awakes from his debauch with shattered
nerves, aching head and depressed mind, to
face the same trouble again. That which
was at first painful to contemplate, will, after
drink, seem unbearable. Ten to one the fa-
tai drink will be again and again sought, till
its victim sinks, ahopeless, pitiful and total
wreck. Work is your true remedy.
Year: 1872

Here is a hint for housekeepers, and very
important one. Merely covering up bed
with blankets and counterpanes will no more
protect it from dampness or keep it dry than
pane of glass will keep out light. The at
mospheric moisture will penetrate all woven
fabrics. Hence the Importance of keeping
the beds in spare rooms regularly aired
Many dear friend or welcome visitor has
been sent to an untimely grave, or afflicted
for life with disease by being put into bed
which had been permitted to stand unoccu-
pied. Keep the spare beds when not in use,
free from all covering but light spread.
Year: 1872

ENIIS favorite shooting and fishing resort formerly
IL the headquarters of the lamented "Kae'' Tor
ing will be open TO transient company and regular
boarders during the pleasure and recreation season
of 1872. No effort will be spared TO make "Black
Rock pleasant for all who may visit it those who
choose TO tarry. j. w. P1LLSBURY, Prop.
Year: 1872

Instead of dying, as one would suppose he
ought to have done years ago, the venerable
Solon Robinson, formerly agricultural editor
of the Tribune, has been divorced from his
old wife, and married new and younger one
down in Florida, where he now has his
home.
Year: 1872

The Northern people have sustained
Grant in trampling upon the liberties OF
the South. There are no Constitutions
no laws in that section superior to the will
of the President. The turn of the other
section will come after awhile. The Coar.
ier Journal thus sketches the plan of the
would be Kaiser's campaign for the future
Let rejecting men ponder well what it
says, for they arc words Of truth and so.
berness:


His object is to keep the South in a
disturbed condition until he can raise a
disturbance in the North, when the ma.
chincry now provided for the one section
can be applied to the other. Then, when
he has broken down the spirit of freedom
at the South, it is as likely as not that he
will make terms with us and engage us as
agents to help him conquer the North
precisely as We have been conquered.
Andy johnson tried this and failed, and
AS far as the South was concerned, succeed
cd in bringing TO his support men who
hated him worse than anybody hates Grant.
But Grant will have more power aud he
will use it to better purpose than Johnsou.
If he is reelected President, VIC expect to
see him hand ami glove with such adycn-
turous spirits as he can find in the disor-
dcred aud ruined South, who arc ready to
serve in crusade against the Northern
people, who are blind to their danger, and
especially against New England, which will
be withcred and blishtcd before the adj.
vancing legions Of Imperialism, pleasantly
dubbed Free Trade. The Northern peoplc
will do just as they please about it. In tie
South we have lost our liberties. There is
no longer any freedom at the South.
When the combustion comes We shall take
our chance. We are powerlcss to avert it.
But when it comcs-and it will come if
Grant is given four additional years in
offce-the North will experience what the
South is familiar with-martial law, pro.
vost marshals, prisons, bayonets, and what
not. If the honest Republican, who now
pooh.poohs this, raises up his voice against
it, he will be arrested aud put out of the
way. Grant will make quick and easy
work Of that sort Of cattle. lie means
business, and he knows very well how far
it is safe for him to so. Just now it is not
safe, nor is it necessary for him to 20
further than be is going But his is
progressive scheme, and if it succeeds. the
idiots who swear there is nothing in all this
but idle newspaper talk will have to thank
themselves for it. Moreover, they and not
we, will be its first victims. We shall be
able to make our peace with the conoueror.
for by that time we shall be thoroughly
subjugated. But they will have to make
n fight for which they will not be prepared
"a fight against we'll perfected military
machine, fight against power reinforced
by all the merccnaries of the country, and
NIL the malcontents aud all the advcnturers
power which at this time commands both
houses of Congress and the Republican
party, and four or eight years hence will
be irresistible"
Year: 1872

BEN AND I-SKETCn FROM REAL LIFE.
When Ben and were children l was
the taller. When We went to school
studied more than he did; graduated be-
fore he did; read more books than he
did; If We got into an argument l was
pretty sure to get the better of him In
short, | was ahead Of Ben, and l patron
lied him.


But Ben got ahead at last. lie studied
a profession Il crimped, and frizzed, and
fused. lie went into business Il busted,
and arranged, and beautifed. lie is grow
ing rich; am growing poor. He can
travel if he chooses, he can invite me to go
with him if he choose IL can sit at home
till I'm invited.


lie is Independent, dependent.


Ben is a successful bachelor, with the
world before him. an unsuccessful
maiden with no definite prospects.


All, Ben, Ben. this will never do
just wait sir, till l take u start - Wonians
journal.
Year: 1872

property, real and personal, of such
delinquent, or sufficient thereof for
that purpose, and to pay the penalty
for such delinquency and the costs
aud expenses Of the levy and sale.
And any person having men en-
ployed, either for himself or COM
pany, shall provide a list of the
names Of all such persons employed,
and if said employer or agent of the
employer shall fail to furnish such
list, or shall furnish an incomplete
or otherwise incorrect Que, then said
employer or company shall be liable
for the amount of the road tax of
his or their employees, and shall
pay the road tax due by such men,
or the men so employed, on being
notified in writing by the supcrvi-
sor. Prorided, all money paid to or
collected by the supervisor for road
taxes shall be expended on the roads
of his district.


That Section q of tic act to which
this is amendatory is hereby re-
pcaled.


That Section 33 be amended to
read as follows:


SEC. 33. Every supervisor shall
keep an account Of the days work
performed on the roads in payment
ofroad tax, and by whom performed,
and also all account of all moneys
collected or recovered by him for
road taxes, and such supervisor shall
each year return his accounts to the
Board of County Commissioners for
examination and settlement at the
February or May term thereof, and
must pay over. any moneys in his
possession to his successor in Office.


That Section &c be amended to
read as follows:


Sec. 36. Every supervisor Of roads
shall receive for each day necessarily
employed in the performance OF any
of the duties required by this act,
over and above the number Of days
work required by law to be performed
by such supervisor, the sum of two
dollars to be paid out Of the road
fund of his district. Every person
employed under this act as surveyor,
viewer or chain bearer, shall receive
such compensation as the County
Commissioners shall allow.


That Section 81 be aud the same
is hereby repealed.


Sec. 3. None Of the preceding
provisions Of this act shall apply to
the counties Of Walla Walla and Kit
sap.


Sec. 3. All acts and parts Of acts
in any manner conflicting with any
of the provisions of this act be aud
the same arc hereby repealed.


Sec. 4. This act to take effect and |
be in force from and after its passage.


Approved Nov. 20, 1871.
Year: 1872

,g 1t is tho fruit season; apples are
plentiful. If any of our young friends are
willing to sacrifice few, they can perform
an experiment which will show them, in a
striking manner, the evils of bad comma
ny: take seven arples,six being the rosiest
und finest you can get, and the seventh n
rotten one. Lay them all together in a
basket, and shut them up in u cupboard.
That bad apple will make the whole basket
ful decay. Look at them in a weeks time.
and you will see already some symptoms
OF corruption. Look again, in a week or
two, and you will find all the apples un.
sound aud worthless. BE not deceived
Frivolous associations, and bad company
Will as iniallible corrupt you as this one
rotten apple infected the good fruit with
which it was placed. 1t is easy for YOU to
replace these apples with others; but if
you once lose your innocence, your piety
aud your purity, can you SO easily restore
them
Year: 1872

GRANTS PECUNIAIY MEANNEss.-
The New York Sun we'll remarks that one
of the repulsive features Of President
Grants more recent career, is his pecuni-
ary meauness. He not only takes presents
and increases his large fortune in that
manner, but he is very mean. Here, for
instance, is his son, who has just been ed.
ucated at West Point at the public cost,
and who holds a commission as an officer
in the army. First the young man has
leave of absence to 90 into the service ofa
railroad company, drawing his pay as an
engineer at the same time. Now he is
going to Europe but his father does not
pay the bills, as other men do when their
sous travel abroad. The travelling ex-
penses of this young man are to be paid
by the people of the United States. lie
is ordered for sham duty in Europe, aud
this suffices to secure full pay for him just
as though he was really in service here at
home. This is not only an offensive pro.
ceeding because it is bestowing special
favor upon the President and his son, at
the expense of the people, but it is also
exceedingly mean. In fact, it amounts
to obtaining money under false pretences,
and to taking what belongs to other people.
Year: 1872

Has She Dragged Her Anchort-An In


vesaigation 70 be 1Iadc-Wh6 IL


Right


There were no new developments yesterday In
reference to the frigate Numancla, which was re-
ported in yesterdays HERALD as having grounded
on Monday night at her anchorage or the South
west Spit. and no further communication passed
between her commander and the Health Oflcer yes
terdav on the subject. Up to four O'Clock yesterday
afternoon the Spanish Consul had not received any


further Information in regard to the matter than that
contained In yesterdays report. the same facts
having been communicated to him officially by
Deputy Health Oncer Mosher. The pilots generally
are all agog on the subject, ana say that the only
way in which they can account for her grounding
Is that she has dragged her anchors without the
knowledge OF her officers and so changed her po
sition. The communication was made to DR.. Mosher
by the commander of the ship through an inter
prefer, Lieutenant Fernandez, who speaks excel
lent English, and there Is not any reasonable prob
ability OF o mistake being made Ia the interpre-
tation.


Pilot Commissioner Blunt stated yesterday that
he did not believe the Numancia had grounded,
unless she had dragged her anchors, and the
steamer Arago was sent down yesterday at the in
stance Of the Pilot Commission to ascertain and
charge Of Professor MITCHELL OF the United States
Coast Survey, and before her return, which Will
probably be tins evening she will make numerous
and verified soundings ii the vicinity Of the human.
ca.


II is fact that the Numanca while lying In the
Narrows louled her anchor, and when she was leav-
Ing for her present anchorage 1T was found that her
cable had made something like ten turns around
tho anchor. This had doubtless occurred by her
swinging around with the ebb and now OF the tides.
If similar mishap has befallen her at the South
west Spit 1t Is not unlikely that she has
vessel Of her great dimensions might readily
do. When the pilots left the Nunancia
mel lights Open and n tug captain who went down
the bay on Tuesday or wednesday last states that
when he saw the Numanca she had the lights In
line. This would seem to Indicate II the facts are
correctly stated both sides, that the frgate must
have dragged her anchor. Seafaring men frankly
express the opinion that the only proper way to
secure such vessel IL TO moor her. head anI stern
Year: 1872

PAY no attention to slanderers or eossip


mongers. Keep straight on in your course,


and let their .backbiting die the death OF


neglect. What il the use lying awake nights


brooding over the remark OF some false


friend, that runs through your brain like


forked lightning? What's the use Of getting


Into q worry and fret over gossip that has
been set afoas to your disadyantage, by SOME
n1eddlesone busybody who has more time
than character. These things can't possibly
injure you, unless indeed, you take notice Of
them, and in combating give them standing.
T T. What M is said about you is true, set your
self right at once; if it is false, letit 90 fer
what it will fetch. , II 4 bee stings you.
would you go to the hire and destroy it?
Would I'D not q fhopsand come upon you Z. II
is iwisdona 70 say little specting the injuries
you have received. We are generally losers
IN the end It we step to refute all the back
biting and gossiping we may here BY the
way. They are annoying, it is true, but not
dangerous so long as We do not expostulate
md scold. g Our characters are formed and
sustained by ourselves, and by our own
.ctlons and purposes, and not By Others


LET us always bear in mind that sscullninators
nay usually be trusted to time and the slow
,ut steady justice Of public opirion..''
Year: 1872

D. A. Freeman, pardOned out of the Tennes.
see State Prison by Brownlow when Governor
Is now seeking the nomination for Governor
on the Radical ticket just the man fol
Brownlow and his parry
Year: 1872

A moncy-making genius suggests
that learning is very good in its place.
but i, OF no value when that is all one
possesses. He says, let all learn in cal
ly life to lay up something Tor old age.
1t can be. done by everybody that tries,
Never spcEd cent before yon earn and
have it, and never spend the last dollar
except to buy a coffin, and then You will
never come 10 want.
Year: 1872

In the New FORK Bulletin we find the
following interesting information:


"Thc lcssccs of the Georgia State
Road estimate their loss 81 business
from the completion of the South and
North Road to Montgomery. and the
consequent diversion of the whole Wcs-
tern business of Alabama from the old
route over the State Road, at $4,000
per annum. A strong effort will be
made to make up for this loss bv extend
img their connections. The lease shares
do not rate n high as formerly. The
lcssecs held a meeting n few days ago
to devise ways and means to raise the
sum Of S3OO0JO TO pay the present out
standing Indebtedness of the company,
and to complete their outfit, etc.
Year: 1872

TRuTm is stranger than fiction. The
remark has been made before, but it is
now cmphatically made again. What
does the reader say to the corpse of a
young lady III Ohio getting out of her
coffin, going into the next room, and
there speaking family TO the watchers !!
OF course il was shock to the watch
ers, but they had the presence Of mind
to take immediate ma,ures for the res
ioration of their friend to full life; and
at the last accounts she was doing well
and likly TO recover.
Year: 1872

a BosTON paper asserts that they used
to have habit down on Cape Cod OF
sending town paupers to the Legisla-
ture, that the Commonwealth migh re.
licvc them from tho expense of paying
their board during the winter.
Year: 1872




An act to perpetuate Jesumony in the


courts of the United States.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That here
after all dispositions taken de bene esse, to
be used in any civil cause depending in any
court in any district of the United States,
for the causes and before the officers men
toned in section thirty of the "act to
establish the judicial courts of the United
States" approved September twentvefOurth,
seventeen hundred and eightynine, shall
be taken upon reasonable notice, to be given
in writing by the party or his attorney
proposing to take such deposition, to the OPP
pOsite party or his attorney of record which
notice shall state name of the witness and
the time and place of the taking of his
deposition ; and in all cases in rem the per-
son having the agency or possession of the
property at the time of seizure shall be
deemed the adverse party, until a claim
shall have been put in and whenever, by
reason of the absence from the district and
want of an attorney of record or other rea-
son. the giving of the notice herein required
shall be impractiCable, it shall be lawful to
take such dispositions as there shall be ur-
gent necessity for taking, upon such notice
as any Judge authorized to hold courts in
such circuit or district shall think reason
able and direct. But this act shall not be
construed to affect the power of any such
court to cause testimony to be taken under
commission, according to the course Of the
common law, to be used therein.


Approved May 9, 1872.
Year: 1872

While narrow gauge railroads are being
projected in all directions, "a Mr.. Burrus Of
wisconsin comes before the public with a
scheme for railroad from the Atlantic to the
West, to be built with gauge of thirty feet.
The road is to run from the East by the most
direct line to Lake Eric. When it reaches
the lake the road is to be built out into the
water about twenty-five feet below the sur,
face for some distance, and there end. Iris
to be operated with machine which is even
more wonderful than the road, and which will
navigate the water as we'll as traverse the
land. When this amphibious locomotive ar
rives at the jumping>otf place at Lake Erie


it is to slide gracefully into the water. and bv
slight trapsposition of its machinery become
steamboat When it has arrived at Monroe
it resumes its character of locomotive. and
rolls off on another broad gauge road to Lake
Michigan, whence it is to take water for
Chicago. The machine is to be sufficiently
large to carry vessel of five hundred tons, so
that all necessity for ship canals will be done
away with. The inventor expects to attain
speed of one hundred and twenty-five miles
per hour on land, and twenty FIVE miles in
water. Probably no one will doubt that a
great reduction in the price of freiehts NAV
be expected when Mr.. Burrus gets his broad
gauge road and amphibious locomotive in
successful operation.-Ne,o York Sun
Year: 1872

lifted to! be with angels above than in such a
place..


The scene shall never forget to nv diving
day, and the sweet cadence of her musical
voice still rings in my ear, and every word of
the song as it dropped from her lips, sank
deep into the hearts of those gathered around
her.


3 With her golden hair falling carelessly
around her little shoulders, her face of al
most ethereal beauty, and, looking so trusting.
~ and comfortably upon the men around, her
beautiful eyes illuminated with a light that
seemed not of earth, formed a picture of pu>
rity and innocence worthy the genius of a
or painter.


AT the close of the song many were weep>
ing; men who had not shed tear for years
now wept like children. One Young man.
who had resisted with scorn the pleading of a
loving mother, and the entreaties of friends
to strive to lead better life, to desist from a
course that was wasting his fortune and ruins
ing his health, now approached the child, and
taking both her little hands in his, while tears
streamed down his pale cheeks, exclaimed
with deep emotion


'God bless you, my little angell You
have saved me from ruin and disgrace, from
poverty and a drunkard's grave. If there
was ever angels on earth, you are one; God
bless you, God bless you!' and putting bill
In the hands of the mother, said


"Pleast accept this trife as token of nv
regard and esteem, for your little girl has done
me kindness can never repay. And re-
member. whenever your are in want, YOU will
ever find in me true FRIEND" at the same
time giving her his name and address.


Taking her child by the hand, she turned
to go, but pausing at the door, said


God bless you, gentlemen. Accept the
heartfelt thanks of poor, friendless woman,
tor the kindness and courtesy you have shown


Before any one could reply, she was gone.


A silence of several minutes cnsued. which
was at length broken by the proprietor, who
exclaimed


''Gentlemen, that lady is right, aud have
sold my last glass of whisky if any of you
want more, you will have to go elsewhere"


"And have drank my last glass of whisky;"
said young man who had long been given
up as utterly beyond the reach of those who
had deep interest in his welfare-as sunk
too low ever to reform. 'sThere is n tem>
perance organization in this city called the
Temple of Honor and at their next meets
ing shall send up my name to be admitted.
Who will go with me 2"


"I-I-I, and l." several exclaimed, in
chorus, and fifteen names were added to his


True to his word, the owner of the saloon
where this strange scene was enacted disposed
OF his entire stock the next day, and is now
engaged in an honorable business Would to
heaven that lady with her little one could
have gone into every hamlet, town and city,
throughout our country, and met with like
results.
Year: 1872

"a rustic gallant called the other night
to see the pride of his heart. BE had not
been there long before she asked him to ex-
cuse the light, that she might get motto
which she had for him. While the light was
out, the lady's mother came in and sat down
by the lovesick swain, and he gently put his
arm around her neck and kissed her. suppos-
daughter came in, and the lad saw his mis-
take. She gave him the motto. on which was
printed, You are too green for mep Benniah
took the hint, and disappeared.
Year: 1872

The world is governed by three things.
wisdom, authority and appearance Wisdom
is for thoughtful people, authority for rough
people, and appearances for the grea. mass of
superficial people who can look only at the
outside, and who judge only by external mat
ters-Goethe
Year: 1872

CURE FOR LooK-JAw.-A correspondent
of the Scientific Ameriidaa recommends tur-
pentine as cure for lock-jaw. He says !:
Let any one who has an attack of lock-iaw
take small quantity of turpentine, warm IT,.
and pour on the wound, no matter where it Is,
or of what nature it is, and relief will follow
IN less than one minute. Nothing better can:
be applied to severe cut or brnise than cold
turpentiue; it will give certain relief almost
remedy for Group sstnrs.s a piece sessfsga Of saa.
mel with it and spread the flannel on the throat
and chest, and in very severe cases three TO
five drops on lump of sugar may be taken
inwardly. Every family should have bottle
on hand. The remedy is simple aud can be
easily tested. In all serious cases an applica-
tion should be made under medical advice.