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Year: 1876

APRIL "a, 1876


ED SPIRIT: You noticed some weeks
since that | met with very severe acci.
dent. am now JUS. able to hop about
a little on crutches, but am very weak
and l thought, for little pastime, /
would write few lines for your paper.


l see in almost every paper the ac-
count of some one failing in business,
and l do not notice that any one is try
ing to account for it, except by saying,
hard times I thought l would give a
little advice how to keep from it, l will
say first, Live within your means. This
is q good rule for Office holders and bu.
siness men generally. When the man of
moderate income endearors to live as
expensively as man of wealth, his fu-
ture can easily be written. A little en-
joyment, periods of anxiety, burdensome
debts, a desperate struggle to keep up
appearances, ultimate bankruptcy, and a
red flag to notify the neighbors that the
Sheriff is master of the situation.


One-half the dishonesty of the pres
ent age springs from this foolish prac-
tice of initiating others. The man of a
thousand year wants to live equal to
the one who receives FIVE He in turn
aspires to make as big show as the one
who receives ten, and the receiver of ten
labors to keep pace with the one who
counts his income among the fifty thou
sands. Is it any wonder that 81 many
fail in business or forfeit by their mis-
conduct the confidence Of frienls2 We
must come back to our old fashioned
way of living, and this can be done only
by obeying that inj lnction, Live within
your means. Life is altogether too short
to destroy its enjoyment by taxing soul
and body to keep up false appearances


Contentment comes with moderation :;
mental suffering and keen anguish with
extravaganza. To the young man just
starting in life we say, Live within your
means. A patch on mans back is not
80 disgraceful as writ; and what We
say to the young man we say TO all,
Live within your means This is safe
and sensible rule, and one that will pay
compound interest in the end. A faith
ful adherence to it by old and young
rich and poor, will restore confidence in
business and official circles, and fill the
land with happy homes from which will
emanate spirit of pnrity essential to
the maintenance of public virtue. More
anon. j. MAssIE
Year: 1876

There is deadlock The House
will not appropriate money unless per-
mitted to have its way in respect to GER
tain retrenchments or changes. The
Senate, on the other hand, seems in
clined to refuse any appropriation un-
less in accordance with the precedents
of former years as to system and
amount. Evidently one House or the
other must ultimately yield. No room
for mere compromise appears II the
old system aud scale of appropriations
were improper, the House cannot honor
ably do less than insist upon needful
changes, while, on the other hand, if the
Senate was in the right in commencing
this struggle, it has the same reason for
persistipg. But it seems to US that the
Senate is not acting wisely. Its course
is not in accordance with the spirit OF
our institutions, it is not calculated on
the whole to benefit the public, and it is
not wise as measure of party tactics
~. Y Tribune
Year: 1876

A sanguinary duel took place in
Frarce the other day. Ia a heated po-
litical discussion the other day a blow
was given by Count de x to the Duke
of Z. The Duke did not return the
blow; but few minutes later, finding
himself alone with the gentlemen who
were to act as his seconds, he took an
oath never to see his wife or little girl
again until he had washed away the in,
suit in the blood of the Count The
next day the duel took place. The Duke
was wounded twice-in the fore arm and
in the right side-hefore the Count had
received scratch but the Duke, not
withstanding the suffering and the loss
of blood from his wounds, insisted on
continuing the fight. The duel went on !;
the Duke, making superhuman effort,
drove his sword through his adversary,
who fell lifeless. Then, palld as death,
bathed in his own blood, ard with diff
Guilty sustaining himself, the Duke drew
white handkerchief from his pocket,
and bending over the Counts body dip
ped the handkerchief in the blood gush-
ing from his adversary's death wound,
and turning to the four seconds, who
looked on aghast, the Duke raised the
blood stained cloth to his face, and said !:
"You will tell them, gentlemen. how the
Duke of Z avenged the insult to his
honor. l wash away the insult with the
blood of the one who insulted me-" He
then said TO his own seconds: "Take
this handkerchief, which l confide to
you, to the Duchess, my wife; enjoir
it upon her as duty to place it among
the wedding presents of nv daughter
when she shall be married: it is her fa
theirs gift to her-the purity of hi:
name." The words were hardly spoken
when the Duke fell back dead; and ir
death his features looked calm ant
proud, and almost wore smile. His
honor had been satisfied.
Year: 1876

The U,ited States Centennial Commits
sion have requested the railroads to
make a further reduction in their passen.
ger tariff during the season that the Ex-
position at Philadelphia is open. The
railroads think that the reduction Of Is
per cent is as mach as they can afford to
make.
Year: 1876

PHYSICIAN TO THE INSANE ASYLUM -
We do not sympathize in the personal
animus that manifestly prevails with
tie writer of the communication from
Steilacoom; but agree entirely in his
view of the improperly of seeking a
position like that of physician to the
insane. through popular petition. or
personal, or party favoritism. Nothing
is more common than for the most pre-
tentious empiric to be the most popular
practising physician in a community,
and nothing is deemed more upprofes-
sional an ong learned and meritorious
physicions than manifest attempt to
court popular favor by pandering to
popular ignorance ard credulity. The
very fact of physician seeking position
in the line of his profession through
popular petition. instead of through the
endorsement of his peers Of the medical


fraternity. is conclusive evidence to the
well-informed that he is unfit for the
place. We have no personal aoquain-


tance with this Doctor Ballard; but we


know that D combined effort was made
to perpetrate- the system of keeping the
Insane by contract, with special refer


cnce to private interests, and that he
Year: 1876

achieved his present position by lendini
himself to the intrigue by which tina
object was to be accomplished. anc
thereby forfeited the confidence ano
respect of every respectable physician
upon Puget Sound; and that be defend
I'd the system of brute force and pun
ishment heretofore prsctsced under the
contract system, which has been dis
carded in every respectable Insane Asy-
lum in the land. We also know, from
undisputable sources. that he holds to
the theory that insanity is exclusively
an Inherent mental malady, entirely in
dependent of physical causes; theory
which logically piocludes the possibility
of permanent cure. 1t is impossible
foi any physician to successfully "min-
is'er to minds diseased" upon any such
absurd theory. From the foregoing
facts and the estimation in which DR..
Ballard is held by the medical fraternity
generally, we have been forced to the
conclusion that he is u squirt. and we
believe the Trustees of the Insane Asy>
lum have too much sense, and too much
regard for unfortunate insane, to place
them under the care and control of any
such man.
Year: 1876

Men who wouldn't fight twelve years
ago when the war was raging and op-
por,unities were as plenty as blackberries
are now busily engaged in raking up the
diving embers OF the late conflict. The
brave men, the soldiers, have buried the
pss. with all its bitter memories and are
working together in grand effort to
make the Centennial year Dational
Jubilee. How contemplate it seems to
the true soldier, whether he wore the
blue or the gray, to see these bomb proof
ps,riot. haunting the bloody shirt and
with Fslstaffisn valor unsheathing their
bloodless swords at this late day, when
the conflict is owe. and all danger mas
passed. 1t is this class alone who "humor
the injustice OF revenge"
Year: 1876

Few Of our boys and girls know


the value of a good handwriting.


if they knew it they would


spare no pains to acquire it. To


many a young q good hand


writing is worth five hundred


dollars a year; yes, and to not a


few, a thousand dollars a yeer


or more. A good hand or a bad


hand will turn the scale of sue


cess or defeat in securing val


liable of post labor. Then if you


write toone who does not know
you your letter gives him his
first impression of you. If it is
a badly expressed and badly
written letter, he sets you down
perhaps far belo yourreal worth.
This is an injustice to yourself.
Moreover, a badly written letter
or article, or report takes up the
time of the reader needlessly;
and this a wrong to him. Ac-
quire a clear readable hand.
This you can do. Then if you
can learn to write with ease,
rapidity and beauty, so much
the better. A Christian should
try to do well everything that
he does. i.t
Year: 1876

Mr.. Samuel Fisher, the in
ventor Of the Golden Snuff, was
acquainted with widow lady
OF excellent character, who re-
sided in Cork. This lady was
inconsolable for the death of her
husband the day was spent by
her IN sighs and incessant la
mentations, and her pillow at
night was moistened with the
tears of her sorrow. Her hus-
band, her dear husband, was
The continual theme of her dis
course, and she seemed to live
for no other object but to recite
his praises and deplore his loss.


One morning, her friend Fisher
found her in a state of mental
excitement, bordering on distrac-
ton. Her departed love, she
said had appeared to her in the


MS "iiu lllosC peremptOrlly
ordered her to enter the vault.
where his remains were debosit-
ed, and |. have the coffin opened.


MIR. Fisherremonstrated with
her ON the absurdity of the idea.
lie SAID that the intensity of her
sorrow hadimpaired her intllect:
that the phantom was the mere
creature Of her imagination, and
begged at least to postpone to
some futher period for her in
teuded visit to the corps Of her
husband.


The lady acquiesced for that
time IN his request, but the two
succeeding mornings the angry
spirit OF her spouse, she said,
stood at her bedside, and with
Year: 1876

One of the Washingtonians
tells the following good story.


lie served his time at the gro
Gerry business, with a deacon,
who was in the habit of making
his own Port Wine, from whom
he often had orders to ''go up
stairs and grind some log-wood,
as the Port Wine was most out.
One Sunday the deacon was
hard at work over a large cask
with a pole in his hand, stirring
up the home made Port Wine;
when a member of the same
church entered unobserved.
After looking with astonish-
Year: 1876

INTELLIGENCE comes that on the Pacific
coast the Government is swindled of
seven millions Of dollars annually her
customs. If this be added to the crooked
whiskey frauds, the aggregate becomes as
founding. How much smuggling is done
through the Atlantic seaports and by the
way of Canada is incalculable. That it
amounts to hundreds Of millions annually
is fair assumption, and that this falls
on the government is the result Of
official connivance is equally true.
Year: 1876

SMITHS FASHION MAGAZINE.


We have just received Smiths Illustra-
ted Magazine for the Spring months. It
is selected with great care, and considerable
interest is shown to lead the beginner with
out much trouble to knowledge of the art
Of sewing and cutting. Every household
ought to possess copy. There is q plate
In the book which is worth any amount of
money to the child or miss, where there is
every variety Of stitch from the simple up
to all the other kinds Of sewing.


THE CHRISTIAN.


This is the title of an illustrated weekly
religious paper published by the scriptural
Tract Repository 342 Washington street,
Boston. The paper is really four merged
into one, under the following names: "The
Wayside," f" "Tne Armory," and "Thc Com.
mon People" All Of them contain fine
illustrations, and are filed with select read.
ing matter.
Year: 1876

Three additional Teachers have been engaged
in the East, two for the Musical Department,
and one for the Painting and Drawing Depar
ment.


Early application should he made for the ad
mission of Boarders to Miss Rodney or to
bIoHoP MORRIS. sepll-lm
Year: 1876

THOMAS PRICE formerly of the San Francisco As saying and Refining Works having fitted up the old Pa cifc Mail building, No 5a4 Sacramento street corner of Ledesdor Assay Office and Chemical Laboratory,

 prepared to make assays of the precious and fu metals and their well complete or partial analysis of all minerals Salts Waters other substances that may be desired

 His office will be opened for business on Monday, May ls and he hopes that his long residence and in his profession will enle him a reasonable portion of the business of his friends and the public generally 6m3
Year: 1876

New classes in bookkeeping are being formed
every ten days q: II. L. Br5ant's Chicago Business
College and English Trimming School. There are
over two hundred and fifty students now in at
tendance. The discipline is excellent. There are
over thirty recitation classes per day.
Year: 1876

gain thousands. should be happier if
my income were less / am old. and In q
year or two whatever possess will avail
me naught. My daughters are dead, and
have three sons whom dearly love.
MY own education has been neglected ;
my fortune was gained by honest labor
and careful economy; | had no time for
study, but / resolved my sons should have
every advantage. They each received a
classical education, and then gave them
choice of profession. The eldest would
be physician; the second chose the law ;
the third resolved to follow my footsteps
as a merchant. This was all in my mind !;
[ was proud of my sons, and trusted one
day TO see them distinguished, or, at
least, useful to their fellow men. spared
no expense in their training; they had
never wanted for money, for gave each
liberal allowance. Never had men
fairer opportunities; but look at the re-
suits: the physician has no patients, the
lawyer no clients; while the merchant
instead of following my example--is
above visiting his counting room. In
vain / urge them to greater diligence.
What is the response? There is no use,
father we shall never want money; we
know you have enough for ALL Thus,
instead Of being energetic and useful
members of society, my sons are mere
idlers and fond of display, Had they been
forced to struggle against difficulties to
gain their professions, and, were even
now dependent upon their own oxertiOns
for support they would, in all probabili-
ty, have done credit to themselves and
me-"


A wealthy gentleman of Boston several
wears ago gave the editor of the Worces-
Ter Palladium a short narration of his
own experience. He had an income of
$4,000 year Ia large sum then, but not
considered so now, house in town, and
q country seat few miles out. He had
several Children coach, fine horses and
a driver, and took pleasure in riding ev-
cry day with his children.


One day, when riding, the thought
struck him that each one of his children
would expect to have a fine house, and
coach, and horses, and driver, as their
father had before them, and to live as
he lived. and if they did not they would
be unhappy. He did not think that all
of them could have things as he had
them, or live as he was living; and he
rode home, sent his coach and horses to
market and sold them, bought cheap
carryall, and became his own driver.


With emphasis he declared that no
amount of wealth could induce him to
return to his former mode of living, for if
any one of his children should chance to
be poor, as in all probability some of
them would be, they should not suffer in
their feelings by the reflection that their
father rode in his coach, while they had
to rough it on foot. The example he gave
them affords him satisfaction greater
than mis- wealth had to bestow.-Ohurch
UniOn
Year: 1876

MANY an unwise parent labors hard and
lives sparingly all his life, for the pur-
pose of leaving enough to give his chill
dren "start in the world" as it is called.
Setting young man afloat with the
money left him by his relatives, is like
tying bladders under the arms of one who
cannot swim-ten chances To one he will
20 to the bottom. Teach him to swim,
and he will never need the bladders.
Give your child sound education, and
you have done enough for him. See that
his morals are pure, his mind cultivated,
and his whole nature made subseryient to
the laws which govern man, and you have
given what will be of more value than the
wealth of the Indies. To be thrown upon
one's resources, is to be cast into the very
lap of fortune, for our faculties then un-
dergo a development, and display an
energy of which they were previously in
susceptible.


Mr.. r., a wealthy man, retired from
business, was urged by friend to engage
In mercantile scheme, from which large
profits we're apparent. "You are right, "
said he, "as regards the probable success
of the scheme, but shall not embark in
it, h We too much money already"


lie was asked to explain and remarked (;
Yves, would not cross the street to
Year: 1876

to take tickets took no tickets just then,
ior they went down in the general wreck.
McKenna would have said something ap-
propriate TO the occasion, but unhappily
he was also wrecked, absolutely lying
on the floor and women stepping all over
him, as If he were a Brussels carpet in
stead of a nobby young theatrical mana
ger. AS the ladies rushed along in that
sweeping tide they recognized the fact
that the ticket-takers were a trifle off, and
so throwing their tickets to the four
winds they gave the atmosphere the pic
turesqe appearance Of being principally
composed of bits of pasteboard. Such a
time was never before seen, and if the
noble eighteenth say nothing Of Mac
don't remember the incident as long as
they live there isn't any use in making a
guess boutanything.-Ne,o Orleans Times
Year: 1876

CdS" 1t is perhaps nothing more than
might be expected TO see the World and
similar merely partisan papers seizing on
the fall of Belknap to make party capital
out of it, and seeing in it no other signiti'
canoe; but it is not an ediiying spectacle.
The venality of one of the chief officers
of the Government is public and nation
al calamity, and it is pitiful to see any
narrow-minded spectator using it to grind
his private axe. The partisan papers will
waste their breath if they try TO convince
the people of this country that Gen. Bel
KNAPP was corrupt because he was Re
publican. When he went into Office he
was poor and comparatively obscure; he
found himself with small salary, large
expenses, dashing, extravagant wife,
and unusual temptations, and ne ylelded,
not because he had fought brayely in the
war, or was from Iowa, or was Repu5li-
can, but because he was weak and chose
easy venality instead of difficult economy.
The quality of his politics had no more to
do with his moral integrity than had the
color of his hair, and to try to make his
party associates responsible for his crime
is piece Of paltry demagogism.-N. 7.
GrGphic.
Year: 1876

~" The belief that the flight of Marsh
into Canada was encouraged, If not
abetted and connived at, by one or more
of the Democratic members of the Investi-
eating Committee, is slowly gaining
ground. The refusal of the House yester-
day To permit the introduction of a resolu-
ton of inquiry into the escape of Marsh
gives still stronger color to the presump-
iion that the policy OF the Democrats is y
proceed from this point forth with all
possible slowness, for the purpose of max
Ing the most of their capital, and 70 pre-
vent the Republicans from offsetting. the
damaging effect of the exposures by the
prompt and severe punishment OF the
guilty officer. 1t is difficult TO account
for the negligence which permitted Marsh
10 leave Washington without hinderance
upon any other hypothesis; there was
plainly method and d purpose in it,
Chicago Tribune, $50
Year: 1876

THOSE who witnessed the animated
spectacle say that the scene at the Opera
House directly after opening of the doors
for the matinee on Wednesday was the
most impressive exhibition of woman's
force of character ever witnessed in this
quarter of the distracted world. At about
eleven O'Clock, awaiting the opening of
the doors, Mr.. McKenna saw that there
were at least four hundred ladies, and they
were crowded up against the entrance and
ON the stairways like sardines in box,
while they struggled and watched and
grew feverishly impatient for the first
chance to rush wildly into the auditorium.
Mr.. McKenna accordingly effected un-
usual precautions in preparing for the
rush which he knew would come when
the doors were opened. Those familiar
with the Opera House interior viii recol-
lect the square enclosure through which
visitors pass to the theater after entering
the outer door. Well, against the wooden
fence around this enclosure Mac stationed
eighteen men with instructions to brace
firmly against it, for he knew that when
the ladies began to surge in they would
crusade against the wooden structure with
| vengeance, and down would go the en-
tire establishment unless the eighteen
stood firmly at their posts. 1t may be
remarked that the renowned Mac was
quite right, save that he didn't GO quite
far enough in his calculations. The
eighteen being well braced and all being
solidly fixed, Mac gave the signal To open
the doors. What happened next seems
now more like horrid dream than
anything else to the noble eighteen.
With rush, roar and sweep Ike the
irresistible whirlwind, the ladies moved
into the small space of that small enclos,
ure, as II the concentrated force of all of
Jove's thunderbolts was at their backs


Like the waves of an angry sea they bore
down upon the noble eighteen, and To- in
a trice, the noble eighteen were not. They
we're cut down In a flash, along with the
frail fence, and over their PROSTATE bodies
screaming, shouting women rushed into
the auditorium as II life Ind but one mis-
sion, one purpose, one ambition, and thai
to provide each woman with IA front seat
The gentle youths whose business il was
Year: 1876

A RECENT San Francisco dispatch says
it was reported there that arrangements
had been completed for the Government
to have the product of the Virginia and
California mines for the year and apply it
to the resumption of specie payment. ].
G. Flood stated that the sale was under.
stood to have been consummated, but all
the details were not yet settled.