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Year: 1872

SUNDAY forenoon's train bore with it,
en- route for home at Fort Wayne, Ind, a
father with his ten year old boy, whose
history has proved an adventurous one.
The gentleman, whose name was +. III.
Huntley, married lady about eleven
years ago, in the aforementioned place.
The first year of their married life passed
off very pleasantly, and about the close of
the year this son was born. When it was
about six months old it was stolen from
its cradle during the momentary absence
of it's mother. On her return the alarm
was given, and thorough search institut
ed, but without result. The shock proved
too severe for the young mother, and a
short illness closed her life. The father
then resolved to find the boy if he was
still among the living. Advertisements
were inserted in the newspapers. Time
and money were spent in a lavish manner,
but without result, and the father gave up
the search in despair.


About six months ago he received let
ter from man in Buffalo, n. Y, with
whom he had dealings years before, and
whom by some trade he had ruined finan-
cially. 1t was done in business transac-
ton, and Huntley supposed it had been
amicably settled. But this man, it seems,
hadsworn vengeance on Huntley, and
awaited opportunity to strike the fatal
blow. Hearing that he had married and
was well to do in life he went to Fort
Wayne and began to work at blacksmith
ing. He watched his chance and resolved
on stealing Huntley's infant son. 1t was
easily accomplished. He carried the child
into the country, and hired farmer and
wife to care for it, under pretense that it
was his own.


He, for few months, paid a certain
sum regularly for the support of the
child, but the remittances at last failed,
and they knew not the address of the sup
posed father. But meanwhile the babe
had grown to be winsome boy, and
they were 10th to part with him. They
soon afterwards removed to this State,
where they have now resided for about
seven years.


The boy received all the care and atten-
tion that loving hearts, it'll no offspring
of their own; could bestow. He was kept
in ignorance of his parentage, and sup
posed his benefactors were his own father
and mother. He was carefully schooled
and gave great promise of future useful
ness. But death-bed repentance caused
the man to confess the wrong, and the
Year: 1872

OLD Otsego County boasts Justice of
the Peace who flashes out in the annals OF
local fame as srraigning himself for de-
linuuency. The Justice OF tie Peace re-
ferred to (no matter about his name or
where he belongsl possesses the excellent
attributes o. integrity; ability, and worth,
but on one occasion he forgot his Tnagls-
terial integrity He let down in weak
moment the judicial bars which should
hedge him in and rt1amed into the field OF
Bacchus. In short, on recent occasion
he imbibed too much strong drink, and
in consequence awoke with a realizing
sense of that fact next morning.


Now here was pretty go. A Justice
of the Peace had been On bender, or
part of one. A man who was appointed
to swing the fail of justice over the heads
of poor unfortunate fellows, wandering
over into the WRONG pasture himself
But there it was. He felt reminders of
it in the occasional throbs of headache.
But what was to be done? The more he
viewed it the more he became disgusted
with himself. He made Up his mind. He
would attend to his case. He would vim
dicate the outraged law.


So at the usual hour he entered his Of
flee. He formally opened court, and
then he called his own name as defendant
in a suit in which ''the people" charged
him with an offense against the law, went
over the circumstances in detail so far as
he could remember them, read ''the
statute in such cases made and provided, y
and then asked "the prisoner what he had
to say"


In the role of prisoner he pleaded
guilty to the offense, said it was shame
for man of his years and position,
but hoped "the Cotirt" would moi. be toe
severe on him, as he was determined to
reform.


"The prisoner will stand up" said the
stern old Justice. Then the prisoner
arose.


Now" said the Justice, ."I am very
sorry you have been brought into this
Court on charge which so seriously af.
fects your good name and standing in
society; you have set bad example, and
it you go on at this rate you will bring
sorrow and disgrace on yourself and fam
lily. Isentence you to pay fine of SIC
and costs, or to thirty days Imprisonment
in the County Jail.


The "prisoner" said he would prefer to
pay the fine, and then the Court closed
He walked over to the Poormaster of the
town and paid the $10.-Utca O6sercer.
Year: 1872

"The fact is, Hairy, $ou can't afford
Foclefies," said my uncle; "you have
your own way to make, and nothing to
make it with but your head and hands,
and YOU must begin to count the cost of
everything. You have healthy and
sound body see, that you take care of it;
God gives you a body but once. He don't
take care of it for you, and whatever of it
you lose you lose forever Many a chap
goes to college fresh and healthy as you
are, and comes out with weak eyes,
crooked back, and yellow complexion,
and dyspeptic stOmaeh. He has only
himself to thank for it. When you get
to college they'll want you to smoke, and
you'll do it Just for idlenes5 and good-fel
lewshit Now before you begin just cal
culate what it will cost you. You can't
get good cigar under ten cents, and
your smoker wants three day at least.
There &C thirty cents a day, two dollars
and ten cents a week, or a hundred and
nine dollars and twenty cents d year
Take the next ten years at that rate, and
you can invest over thousand dollars in
tobacco smoke That thousand dollars
invested in savings bank would give a
permanent income of sixty dollars a
year-a handy thing, as you will find,
Just as you are beginning life. Now /
know you think ali this is prosy, but,
though you are amazingly given to figures
of rhetoric, after all you have got TO get
on in a world where things go by the rules
of arithmetic"


"Well, uncle" l said, little nettled,
81 pledge you my word that | won't
smoke or drink l have never done
either, and l don't know why l should"


"Good for you'll Your hand on that,
You don't need either tobacco or spirits
any more than you need water in your
shoes. There is no danger in doing
without them, and great danger in doing
with them; so let us look on that matter
as settled.


"Now as to the rest You have fac
ulty for stringing words together and
hankering after it that may make or
spoil you. You remember, Harry, that
an empty bag can't stand upright, and if
ever you are a writer you must have
something to say, and you have got to
dig for knowledge as for hidden treasure.
A genius for hard work is the best kind of
genius. Look at the great writers and
see how many had it. What a student
Milton was, and Goethe Great fellows
those, like trees that grow in an open lot,
with branches all round. Composition
is the Towering out of a mans mind.
When he has made growth, all studies,
and all learning, and all that makes
woody fibres, go into it. Now study
books, observe nature, diligently practice.
If you make good, firm mental growth
hope to see some blossoms and fruits
from it one of these days. So go your
ways, and God bless you p'-"My WIFE
| ana l."
Year: 1872

The following singular tradition is re-
lated of a key in a collection of curiosities
preserved in the arsenal at Venice.
About the year 1900 one of those danger
Gus men, in whom extraordinary talent is
only the fearful source of crime and
wickedness beyond that of ordinary men,
came to establish himself as a merchant
or trader in Venice. The stranger, whose
name was Tebaldo, b. came enamored of
the daughter of an ancient house, already
atfianced to another. He demanded her
hand in marriage, and was, of course, re-
iected. Enraged at this, he studied how
to be revenged Profoundly skilled in
the mechanical arts, he allowed himself
no rest until he had invented the most
formidable weapon that could be imag-
ined. This was a key of large size, the
handle of which was so construed that
it could be turned round with little diff
Guilty. When turned it disclosed spring,
which, on pressure, launched from the
other end needle or lancet of such fine
ness that it entered the flesh and buried
itself there without leaving any external
trace.


Tebaldo waited at the door of the
church in which the maiden whom he
loved was about to receive the nuptial
benediction. The assassin sent the slen-
der steel into the breast of the unsuspect-
ing bridegroom. The wounded man had
no suspicion of injury, but seized with
sharp and sudden pain in the midst of
the ceremony, he tainted, and was carried
to his own house amid the lamentations
of the bridal party. Vain was all the
skill of the physicians, who could not de-
vine the cause of this strange illness, and
in a few days he died.


Tebaldo again demanded the hand of
the maiden from her parents, and re-
ceived a second refusal; they, too, per-
ished miserably in few days


The alarm that these deaths, which ap-
peared almost miraculous, occasioned, ex-
cited the utmost vigilance of the magis-
trates; and when, on examination of the
bodies, the small instrument was found
in the gangrened flesh, the terror was uni
versal; every one feared for his own life


The maiden thus orphaned had passed
the first month of mourning in convent,
when Tebaldo, hoping to bend her to his
will, entreated to speak to her at the
gate. Her reply was decisively in the
negative.


Tebaldo, beside himself with rage, at
tempted to wound her through the gate,
and succeeded. The obscurity of the
place prevented his actions from being
observed. On her return to her room the
maiden felt pain in her breast, and, un-
covering it, she found it spotted with a
single drop of blood. The pain increased;
the surgeons who hastened to her assist
ance, taught by the past, wasted no time
in conjecture, but, cutting deep into the
wounded part, extracted the needle before
any mortal mischief had commenced, and
saved the life of the lady. The State In
quisition used every means to discover
the hand which dealt these insidious and
irresistible blows. The visit of Tebaldo
to the gate caused suspicion to fall heavi-
ly upon him. His house was carefully
searched, the infamous invention discov-
cred, and he perished on the gibbet.
Year: 1872

A CORRESPONDENT of the Scientific
American thus explains his process for
destroying mosquitoes:


The process for destroying mosquitoes
may be condensed into a few words
The strongest crystalized carbolic acid
should be placed into bottle, and cover
ed with the same quantity of red cod
liver oil; shake the bottle thoroughly un-
til a whitish-colored foam appears; if such
foam does not arise, however, small
quantity of powdered lime should be add
ed, with little water. Pour the mixture
into dish or other convenient article,
and place it directly under the open win
dow, as it is from this quarter the mo-
squito enters.


In my humble opinion the effect should
be explained in this manner: The mo-
ment the mosquito enters it loses the
scent of blood; for, as the combined odor
of the oil and acid is much more power
full than that of blood, it follows, as a
consequence, that the mosquito becomes
suddenly perplexed. The consequence is
that after scrambling and skirmishing in
the dark, the mosquito is led, as it were,
instinctively into the mixture, where it
is either drowned in the oil or burned to
death by the acid.


Formerly / was accustomed to smear
my face, arms and breast with strong oil
alone, but frequently arose in the morn
ing smelling so terribly, that was happy
to lay it aside. have slaughtered more
mosquitoes with the article explained
above than ever l could have done with
my fists or any other dangerous weapons.
Year: 1872

WHEN a lion wishes to have a giraffe
for his dinner. he is obliged to be very
careful how he goes to market. Giraffes
are not cheap articles of diet, even for
lion, and an attempt to get a meal of that
kind of meat always costs him great deal
of trouble, and sometimes costs him his
life. Of course, the lion slips up very
quietly toward the giraffe. He always
does that, no matter what his prey may
be, but in this case it is necessary to be
very careful indeed, for if he springs and
misses the giraffe, the great beast may get
a kick at him before he has time to re-
cover himself, and kick from a giraffe,
whose hind legs fly out like sledge ham,
mers, will make even lion feel ''consid'-
able shuck up like" But even after the
lion has safely landed himself on the gi-
raffe's back, his dinner is not ready yet.
The giraffe is large and powerful ami
NAL, and away he rushes, as fast as his
long, awkward legs can carry him, and
that is very fast indeed. Glitter, olatter
Spring and boundl Away he
goes, with the lion hanging on
like good fellow, and the hyenas come
yelling after, hoping to have chance to
get something at the second table, for it
is hardly possible that a lion can eat a
whole giraffe. But it is not at all certain
that there VIII be giraffe for dinner at
all, for if the frightened creature can
once get into the woods, he may be safe.
Dashing among the trees and trunks he
may knock the lion off. And then look
out, Mr.. Lionl The giraffe will turn on
you as quick as lightning and kick the
life out of you before you can get out of
the reach of his heels, and all those poor,
dear little hyenas will have to go hungry
to bed. Although giraffes have frequent
ly been known to get the best of lions in
ate. If thick wood cannot soon be
reached, the strength of the giraffe will
be exhausted and the cruel beast upon his
back will fix his teeth in his throat and
drag the poor creature down and kill and
eat him.-Hedrth and Home.
Year: 1872

Boys, do you ever think how much real
courtesy will do for you? Some of the
greatest men were ever cautious in this
respect. When the Duke of Wellington
was sick, the last he took was little tea.
On his servant handing it to him in a
saucer, and asking if he would have it,
the duke replied, "Yes, if you please. -"
These were his last words. How much
kindness and courtesy are expressed by
theml He who had commanded great
armies, and was long accustomed to the
tone of authority, did not overlook the
small courtesies of life. All, how many
boys dol What rude tone of command
they often use to their little brothers and
sisters, and sometimes to their mother.
They order so. That is ill-bred, and
shows, to say the least, a want of thought.
In all your home talk remember IF you
please" To all who wait upon or serve
you, believe that "If you please" will
make you better served than all the cross
or ordering words in the whole diction-
ary. Do not forget three little words:
'If you please"


"Speak gently; it is better far


To rule by love than fear"
Year: 1872

The young should beware of the error
of supposing that there are a great many
better places in the world for them than
home. They have their part to act in
making home what it should be to them
and their parents. There are many So
licitations in these days to abandon home.
which should be resisted. 1t is not every
gay and well-appearing young person,
who is better company for you, my young
friends. than your own father and mother.
While you may get and give pleasure by
going occasionally abroad, you will pro-
mote your interests most surely by being
habitually keepers at home. The present
tendency of society is to be far, too often,
away from home in more thronged aud
exciting scenes.
Year: 1872

A certain doctor, struck with the large
number of boys under fifteen years of age
whom he observed smoking, was led to
inquire into the effect the habit had upon
pose thirty-eight boys, aged from nine to
fifteen, and carefully examined them. In
twenty-seven of them he discovered inju-
rious traces of the habit. In twenty-five
there were various disorders of the circu


lation and digestion, palpitatien of the
heart, and more or less marked taste for
strong drink. In twelve there was fire.
quent bleeding of the nose, ten had dis
turbed sleep, and twelve had slight ulcer
alton of the mucous membrane of the
mouth, which disappeared on ceasing
from the use of tobacco for some days.


The doctor treated them all for weak
ness, but with little effect until the smok-
Year: 1872

A TRAVELLER in Constantinople de-
scribes a most singular flower, which is
in the form of perfect humming- bird.
The resemblance of this curious flower to
tiny bird is said to be complete,
Year: 1872

ofconnict, but we do not make ourselves
any Illusions In regard to its economical
results We accept II as product OF
antagonisms between labor and capital, being
necessity TO make workmen more and more con
sclous OF the abyss which exists between the mid
de classes and the proleterial and also to serve as
aiortincation for the workmen's organization and
70 prepare the proletarial In simple, economical
C0nnict Tor the great revolutionary and definite ones
py abolishng all privileges and distinction OF
cIasses, WIN give the w0rkmen the right to enjoy
tne ntegral product OF his labor and, In connection
tneIewtn the means to develop In the COLLECTIVELY
81 MS intellectual material and moral power. The
commission proposes to the Congress to appoint
committee, which shall present to said Congress q
pfOect OF an universal organization OF opposition,
and also some complete tables OF labor statistics
ana produce. The Congress proposes Q copy OF all
Its resolutions and OF its pact OF tendship liability
and mutual defence to be sent to all wOrkinRmen's
organizations In the world, and to have an under
standing with them In regard all questions Of In
terest TO all free organizations The Congress in
vites all organisations which accept this pact OF
friendship liability and mutual defence, to put
themselves Immediately in contact with all fedora.
ti0ns and sections who are also willing TO accept
this pact In order to determine the nature OF their
International Congress, and 10 will feel much
pleased II freely reunion can be had not later
than the 18th OF March next.


Resolutions were passed approving ofthe above
proceedings OF the Congress.


1t was then announced that the most complete
list OF trades unions ever compiled in this country
ID now IN possession OF the secretary.
Year: 1872

NEW DIGGINGs.-For q number of
years past, we have frequently heard mi
ners acquainted with the clay of the
land " assert that the large red fiat, back
of the Butler place on Canon Creek
must be rich, and would pay exceedingly
we'll if water could be had to work it with.
Last Fall, Berkeley, Todd & Clayton cut
ditch from Clear gulch to the fiat mem
toned, thereby securing a small head of
water, and went to work. Being the
third or fourth right to the water in the
gulch, their supply of water only lasted
two or three months, but during the en-
tire time they worked, the claim paid from
SS to $40 per day to the hand. On the
strength of this prospect" as it might
be called, Mr.. Joseph McGilivray pro-
poses to take n portion of the water from
his Canon Creek ditch across the creek
in pipes, high enough to cover this ground.
Two claims are now located there and we
expect to hear more as soon as the water
is to be had to work with. We learn
that this will be in about six weeks.
Trinity county needs few more men
with the same enterprising spirit that Jos.
McGllivray has always shown.
Year: 1872

SCHOOL TEACHER WANTED. - The
Grammar Department of Weaverville
School District is without teacher. The
school is large one and is as much if
not more than any one person can do to
render it justice under the most favora-
BILE circumstances. None but a frst-class
teacher should apply for it. To such a
one the inducements are also frst-class.
Liberal compensation is always given by
the Trustees for the time public school is
kept. During the rest of the year com
petent teacher will earn still more per
month keeping private school. Right
here in Weaverville School District a
competent man can earn more teaching
school than is paid as wages to any one
else in the county. We doubt if there is
a better opening in any rural district in
this State than offers in Weaverville
School District right now.
Year: 1872

Quick WoRK.-Mr. Tinnin tells us
that while in st. Louis last Fall he visit
ed large packing establishment,
one of the principal owners being rel
ative of Mrs. Tinnin. AT the packing
house referred to, from fifteen hundred to
two thousand hogs were slaughtered a
day with only one set of hands. The
old fashioned way of knocking swine
in the head before sticking them is no
longer followed. A great deal of the work
is done by machinery, the modus operdn-
dt, as near as we can descibe it, being
about like this A sort of handcuff, sus-
pended from beam, passes at regular
intervals over pen where the hogs are
confined. AS they descend they are
seized by men stationed there and, at the
first dash, fastened around the hind leg of
a hog. Up goes the live pork and never
stops until hung up on an iron hook, kill
ed, dressed, gutted and the back bone
taken out. As the suspended animal
swings out of the pen, a man standing
outside catches fore leg with one hand
and with large knife opens the throat
and sewers the heart with one thrust. In
slant death follows, and swinging a few
feet further another employe strikes the
metal clasps with mallet, when they
open and let the carcass fall. Dropping
into vat of hot water, mother appara-

tus throws the lifeless animal upon a ta-
BILE, on each side of which gang of men
stand opposite each other. Each man
has his part Of the hog to clean as it pass
es along. At the end of the table the in
animate mass is again lifted by machn-
cry farther on. Two strokes with a knife
and the entrails are extracted a little fnr-
ther still, and in an almost incredibly short
space of time, the back bone is cut out
and the pork is ready for packing when it
has hung long enough to cool through.
Mr.. Tinnin, to whom we are Indebted
for the facts contained in the above state
ment, says that he made rough calcu-
lation of the time devoted to each hog be-
fore seeing for himself Being hardly
willing to credit the story that hogs could
be killed and dressed at such a rapid rate,
he took particular notice and noted the
time occupied. When he was told how
many hogs were killed in certain num-
Der of hours his calculation on those data
required three hogs to be hitted and
dressed eue'y minute. Standing by and
looking on, watch in hand, Mr.. Tinnin
says that not more than twenty seconds
were occupied upon each hog. That is
just about as much faster than they used
to do such work when we knew some
thing about it as can be imagined. We
are satisfied that tn above is not eXagger-
ated, but whenever they get to slaughter
ing the porcine species in less time per
head, we won't believe it until we see it,
and then perhaps, for want of time, shall
contend that we don't see it. In packing
pork, like other important interests, time
is money; hence, great Improvements as
detailed above.
Year: 1872

A GREAT WAY BEHIND.-Red Bluff,
although ranking as lively place tor
several years, is twenty years behind
Weaverville. Twenty years ago next
Fourth of July, in this stirring town we
killed man and his wife and shot man
through the leg. Red Bluff has only just
arrived at that high stage of California
progress. If our neighboring town will
only persevere in an onward and upward
course, it may yet attain the altitude
from which Weaver now looks proudly
down upon it.
Year: 1872

ALMOST FINIsHEp.-The Union Hill
tunnel was completed last week as far as
projected. The end of the tunnel being
some sixty or seventy feet under ground,
the workmen are now striking for day
light and trying to run the thing out Of
the ground
Year: 1872

warranted not to CIT In the eye--rot head
ache in hhds. of tit Is no sooner in your
belly than its on ydir back In pound Of beet
and it carries bead like necklace; for
sale by
GEORGE AUSTIN.