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Year: 1872

An INPUDENT DARWINIAN.-A monkey
remarkable tor knowledge of men and
things. aul loving liberty more than bana-
mas. slipped his chain on Sunday, in the
aviarv on Kearney street, between Cali
fornia and Pine. ,Iocko's first proceeding
vas a close examination of the eanaries


After several Intellectual attempts to get
one through the bars of its cage, he was
seized with indignation, and, taking a
round turn with his tail on stanchion, he
grasped the cage in both paws and hurled
It angrily at mocking bird, who, with her
head twisted knowingly, was surveying his
prlnIs. 4 veteran parrot, with all the
gravity of q member of the Academy Of
Sciences, chartered her disapprova of
these doings, and demanded cracker in
voice broken with excited remonstrance


The audacious monkey responded by
ciambering up to POlly's cage, and thrust
iag his paw through the bars in defiant
manner. The parrot grabbed it at once,
and held on like a vice, while Jocko moan
ed and apologzed and fretted but Poll
made the best of the situation, and held
her grip. At last the monkey wrenched
the suffering paw from her sharp beak,
and darting down to a small bird cage
flung it at his enemy, who screamed, Shut
the door, and Send for the doctor y
with the view of calling to the rescue a
little white poodle dog, who was looking
on in amazement. The latter, understand
ing that something was expected of him,
and not being proof against an appeal
from one of the gentler sex in distress,
stood up on his hind legs and walked
around the shop barking vigorously. The
fendish monkey was on him in second
Year: 1872

EcoxoNIcAL COOKING n OREGON
There is a place in Oregon called the
Smoky Valley, where the people have
very curious way of cooking. They do
not have the trouble ofmaking fire every
morning when they wish to get break
fast. They Just wal < out with their kettles,
coffee-pots, aud whatever else they need,
and cook at the boiling springs. The
water seems a great deal better than COM
mon boiling water, and all they need to do
is to have their kettles in it for a short
time, and their food is nicely cooked They
are able even to bake in it. The bread
is put into a tight saucepan, and lowered
into the boiling food for an hour or two
and then drawn up most exquisitely baked,
with but a thin rim on the crust over it.
Meat Is cooked here, and beans, which are
the miners great luxury. 1t takes but
minute to cook eggs, or to make pot of
coffee or tea but if there should chance
to be " slip between the cup and the lip"
the food would be gone beyond recovery
Erchange.
Year: 1872

City Council, by resolution, decided to sell the
'Reyised Ordinances at t5 per copy, to all
who may want them.'' This, it seems, to us
Is rather an exhoritant rate. The book, IS
without doubt, very valuable to many citi-
zens, but very few will care to pay 30 much
for copy. This price Is also, far beyond the
reach Of many persons, to whom the pos
session of tho book Is very desirable, but
whose limited means prohibit the expense.
The book Is for the benefit Of the people, Is
paid for by them, and should be sold at a
price which would place it within the reach Of
all who wish copy
Year: 1872

Especially, who have become the Victims Of
Solitary Vice, and dreadful and destructive
habits which annually sweep to an untimely
grave thousands of young men of the most ex-
allied talents and brilliant intellect, who might
otherwise have entranced listening Senates with
the thunders of eloquence, or walked to extacy
the living Tyre, may call with full confidence.
Year: 1872

warranted not to cut in the eyc--not head
ache in hhds. of tit Is no sooner in your
belly than IL on your back in pound Of beet
and it carries q bead like necklace; for
sale by


GEORGE AUSTIN.
Year: 1872

WHEN some one said to President Grant
that Senator Logan seemed rather inclin-
ed to complain of the Administration, The
President smiled and answered that he
knew Logan well. He is critical by ma
ture, he said, and always speaks his opin-
ion. "During the war; said General
Grant, 'while we lay in camp nobody
commented more sharply upon the little
slips and blunders than John Logan but
when the order came to march, no corps
was in more perfect order, none moved
more promptly, and none was more brave
ly led than John Logan's. He will criti-
else the Administration just as often and
as sharply as he chooses; but he will give
no aid or comfort to the enemy"


How Just this Judgment was those who
heard or who have read General Logan's
brief reply to Mr. Sumner, on the day
after the speech of the latter, perceived.
1t was the spontaneous and impassioned
answer of man and a soldier who felt
that his friend and old comrade in the
field had been bitterly wronged. 1t was
spoken with such deep feeling, such ardor
of conviction, that the Senate, which was
listless and dropping under debate upon
the adjournment, suddenly lifted its head
and sat profoundly attentive. The SEN
ators lettering outside hurried into the
Chamber. The galleries were hushed /;
and as the orator, in few ringing
phrases, described the honest man who
had faithfully served his country in the
field and in the Cabinet, there were bursts
of hearty applause, which the presiding
officer, Senator Ferry, of Michigan,
promptly and effectively suppressed, but
which, deep down in his heart, we do not
believe that he was panied to hear.


1t was little speech of genuine elo.
quence, and many who heard it must have
recalled that which the Senator, then a
Democratic Representative, made in the
other House and in which, replying to
the threats of his Southern colleagues
to secede and fight, he declared that if
they should attempt it the Northwest
would hew its way from the lakes to the
Gulf. His prophesy has become history.
And the other day, as General Logan sat
down after his speech, it was plain that
the President had but spoken the truth in
saying that he knew him well, and that
John Logan would give no aid or comfort
to the enemy. Harpel'S Weekly.
Year: 1872

ness man, bound on the redress of some
grievance, pressed forward and brushed
her aside; she was drawn into the current
of people, passing in at one door and out
at another, and before she could say an
other word found herself in the street
again.


There she stood irresolute. Her heart
ached with disappointment, the passers-
by iostled and bewildered her; she began
to be afraid, and her eyes filed with tears.
Suddenly there was a great outcry. The
frightened crowd fed into doorways. A
pair of runaway horses came dashing
down the street, The people on the cross
ings rushed to the sidewalk. No one
noticed an unprotected little one
standing there with blanched face,
and eyes wild with terror I;
no one heard feeble, wailing cry
A great, burly boy with basket on his
arm, pressing forward in blind speed,
found something in his pathway and bore
it down Then it was all over. The mad
horses were down the street and far away
The relieved pedestrians came out from
their places of refuge. Only one did not
''move on"


A little, lifeless figure, with wide.open
blue eyes, long, soft, golden curls sweep.
ing the curbstone, and dimpled hands
thrown out, lay where it had fallen. The
jockey-hat had rolled from her head, its
white feather was draggled in the dust, but
the postage-stamp still clung TO the shining
forehead. The crowd looking on noted
it with curious eyes. 1t had done its work
well. All mel the little "letter" had gone
safely to papa, and to God.-Our Young
FOLKS
Year: 1872

a splitting headache, and he may gain
some slight conception of the discomforts
of divers helmet However, was soon
once more arrayed in the costume of the
nineteenth century, and detailing to my
curious listeners my experience as an am
ateur diver. One of them, who has been
engaged in the business over twentyyears,
told me that he had expected me TO sig
nal to come up before / had reached the
bottom. "Why, sir" he said, tive have
many q strong young chap come to us
meaning to earn his living at diving.
They go down. and directly they get be-
low the surface the blood gushes out from
their nose and mouth. They don't take
long in signaling to come up, you may
bet your life on that"


on the brain.


He replied that IL was in consequence
of the extreme density of the compressed
air. "The deeper you go the worse 1t is"
he said. 'I've been down as low as 125
feet. But you can't work much at that
depth; they can't force air enough down
to you. It's Just as difficult to force air
down to great depth as 1t is to force
water up TO a great height"


"What is the greatest depth that a
diver has been known to go down :!
asked.


"Well, in the lakes you can't go lower
than $50 feet. But have heard of man
in England who went down 1856 feet.
You see, at that depth you can breathe
outmuch more easily than you can breathe
in. This makes it very difficult to keep
the lungs full of air, and produces a
short, quick, almost gasping for breath.
Any rk would exhaust a man in min
ute or two down there. In twenty feet
of water a man can go down ana work
four hours at a stretch. Four hours is a
days work for diver. There is great
difference between summer and winter.
In summer the air has to be pumped
through ice-cylinders. Divers earn good
wages, the best of them ten dollars day;
but it amt much pay when you take
into consideration the work they do.
1t tells on them in time; it affects
their lungs and hearing. | am, my
self, very deaf at times. And, If a man
has got anything wrong with his heart,
he'll sson kill himself One never seems
to get accustomed to it, If stay off for
a month or so l feel all the pressure in
the head felt the first time | went down.
"The only natural born divers | ever
met are the natives of Honolulu. They
dive without dress-iust catch hold of a
big stone, hold on tight to it, and let it
carry them down, head first. They
think nothing Of going down four or
five fathoms. They will dive and steal
the copper from piles or the bottoms
of tenders The waters very clear out
there, you know. At Midway Island,
half way between China and San
Francisco, 1 could see the diver at work
at least twenty.four feet down. The
natives of Honolulu beat all others. i
once saw one Of their naked divers go
down in thirty fathoms of water and bend
line around the lost anchor of man-of-
war. But that was, of course, quite an
exceptional case"


Notwithstanding even such alluring at
fractions, the conclusion arrived at by
the energetic reporter was that he would
sooner sweep a street crossing, than be
come diver as a regular thing.
Year: 1872

s1Yy7It is an insolent and absurd assump-
tion to say that the President has purchased
the support of the press of tine country by
the gift of offices, or that any influential
number of editors have surrendered their
independence in return for an Office Com
mercid Advertiser The truth with regard to
this matter is, that smaller proportion OF
editors are now holding office than ever be-
fore in the history of the country, and there
is less reason than ever before to doubt the
candor, or question the significance of the
unanimity of opinion which pervades the
Republican press of the country.-BOston id
yeFtiSer
Year: 1872

An industrious and gentlemanly
appearing bug, with j :. rip saw y i'll
his mouth. is delighting the Ohio
farmer by his cxpcrtness in saving
up the Colorado potato bug. He
does it for fun only. and it takes just
two seconds TO cut a potato into
kindling wood after he gets his
mandibles fastened on the latter.
Year: 1872

A correspondent Of the New York


World, writing from the Wichita
Agency, /. T., gives the following
love romance of an able abOrigine:
But let me mention little incident
in the domestic life of WOman's
Heart, as here seems the best OppOr-
tunity. This impressible youth, be-
coming painfully smitten with the
charms of Satank's wife, his life's du-
ty seemed plainly marked out to get
rid of the OdiOus husband and take
the bereaved creature to his loving
arms. Meeting the interpreter, Jones,
at the Agency, he offered a man of


many tongues a choice white horse if
he would administer to Satank a cup
of cold poison. "Do not put it in the
buffalo meat" said the wary lover,


che is not much on that diet, but put
it in his coffee, and if that is properly
dosed it will be sure to take hold of
him" Jones said he had nothing
against the chief; if WOman's Heart


wanted Satank out of the way his


best plan would be to put an arrow
through him. Fooled in this attempt,
| he applied to oMcCusker, the interpreter
at Cheyenne and ArapahOe Agency.
Upon this man he urged the wars


waged by the ferOciOus chief against


the white population, and the duty


that devolved upon the interpreter to
avenge his fallen brothers by the


death Of their slayer. But the arrest
of Satank at Fort Sill, and his tragic
death on the way to a Texas prison,
coming OppOrtunely to remove this
! aVlzyUsr innnaTin1ant IN VOmapfs


Hearts cOnjugal bliss, he bought the


afflicted widow with a few presents


to her relatives, and now carries his
4 duskY spouse along as evidence of his
/ successful wOOing.
Year: 1872

There are men who laugh at relig-
ion. They say it is well enough for
women, for weak men, for priests and
fanatical people, to trouble themselves
about these things, but that it is be-
meath their dignity. They have come
to a state in which they can abuse ev-
cry mercy of God, and think it a
weakness to be sorry for having done
wrong. They can face the cOnsidera-
ton Of eternity and damnation, and
vet not seem troubled about them.
Year: 1872

The Third Sunday Concert.


The third Sunday concert at the Grand Opera
House given last evening; but, from the forced
absence OF Carlota Patti it was lacking in the in
terest which was expected to attend 1t. This mis-
fortune, however, did not en- trey destroy the en-
joyment OF large audience, and the rest OF the
programme was given with good effect. Signor
yizzan was in better voice than he has been at any
time this season, and he earned an encore from an
audience which showed but little OF the enthusiasm
so often seen at popular entertainments. M.
Sauret gained some plaudits for his performances
on the violin, and ROnconi exhibited his facial
contOrtons, which are generally more pleasing than
the artistic efforts Of this distinguished artist
Mile. Carreno played Gottschalk's "Apotheose" and
"Marche soennelle;, but while she showed good
execution and fair bOdness and precision she
failed to make any decided impression II 1t had
not been for the disappointment occasfoned BY
PATHS absence the success Of the concert would
have been decided as that Of any entertainment
OF the kind which we have yet had in this
city. There was OF course the natural disposition
on the part OF few persons to question the reality
OF the prima donna's sickness but this was not In
dulged to any extent and good temper followed the
assurance that the misfortune was as much the
misfortune Of the artist as OF the public Mile. Al
NEE is to sing at the next concert and for the fol-
lowing Sunday Rubinstein has been engaged.
Year: 1872

with view TO enlarging and extending its sides
in House resolutions passed June j, ls72 have the
honor to state that there are great df1culties In
the way Of thus enlarging this Hall, as the roof is
supported by the walls which enclose II. 10 take
volve the construction OF new rafters OF greater
span than those now used. In consequence OF the
large amount OF labor in accomplishing this result
am OF the opinion that IL Is impracticable, owing
to the sh0rtness OF the time during which 1t must
be DONE


A result might be gained equivalent, so far as
area to the noor by abolshing the gallery ct the
south and taking out the wall which separates the
hall from the corridor back to the Speakers chair
now separates the corridor and the Speakers
room, which wall might be pierced with doorways
81 the moor and BY windows a. the upper story.
am OF the opinion however that the glare Of light
has proved to be the case In the Supreme Court
room, where IL Is found necessary to drape the
and e on the n
made accessible to the Hall, opening or shutting
the same would do away with all reliable control OF
the heating and would moreover seriously affect
the acoustics OF the room, as II Is well known that
where lateral ventilation e present sound Is con-
Quoted In the direction OF the currents OF the air


There are two ways OF getting room for the In
extensive alterations to the Hau. First, the walls
under the galleries might be taken away support
ing the galleries by columns or piers, which would
the moor Of the hall. Secona by obtaining smaller
desks and rearranging them. It should be borne
in mind that the more the Hall Ii extended the
more dificult y win be for speaker to be heard
the most satisfactory way to get increased accom-
modations, and the least expensive, Is to let the
Hall remain at Its present dimensions and to obtain
ranged on the door In manner TO save considora-
BILE space. EDWARD CLARK,
Architect United States Capitol extension,
Year: 1872

THIS new house. newly furnished and
is now open TO the travelling public. II is
located near the depot No effort will be
spared by the proprietor to make the stay
Of his guests pleasant and agreeable.
Year: 1872

The weather is so hot that the change is
very agreeable to go out on the Mobile
railroad Sunday morning on tie twenty
minutes past seven o'clock train to some
one Of the watering places along the
route. The fare is again reduced, and
it is cheaper now to travel than to
stay at home Sundays. Salt water bath
ing and a fish dinner are among the in
ducements to go over on a Sunday excur-
sion train. The returning train arrives here
before eleven o'clock at night.
Year: 1872

It is really delightful to get into the Sun
day excursion train on the jackson rail
road which leaves at twenty minutes be-
fore eight o'clock in the morning, and whirl
out as far as Magnolia, or any point this
side of there, then to return by ten o'clock
at night. The country air is bracing and
invigorating, and those who avail them
selves of the price of Sunday excursion
tickets never regret it. The pine woods
region has its attractions, together with the
purling streams along the route.
Year: 1872

The lower classes in Japan are afraid of
the telegraph. They can not altogether see
chow the old thing works, and they are
simple enough to think that it is the de-
vice of the devil and that the wires are
coated with the blood of young women, and
that the census now being taken is for the
sole purpose of finding out the number of
available Japanese maidens whose blood
will do for telegraphic purposes. The idea
is a curious one, and it is strange that the
Japanese should not understand the ex
PLANTATION.
Year: 1872

r take leave to inform eur saloon keepers and the
public at large that the new installation for the
manufacture Of Lager and Ale on The ICB AND
COOL AIR PRINCIPLE is now i'll full operation. I
can furnish the public with an article inferior to
none manufactured in the West or East, and supe-
rior 70 any beer manufactured here, and at a rate
.luch cheaper than the imported lager from abroad
Facts viii prove the truth of my assertion.


OgdsEs-Ailed with all necessary caretulness and
romptness, and particular attention is paid to the
shipping for country customers. Come and try,
and YOU viii be satisfied in al and every respect.


aui6 2m
Year: 1872

Recently when the French loan was voted
by the National Assembly, two of the
Japanese Ambassadors were present at the
session. The poor Asiaties seemed fright
ened at the hurly-burly Of crowd of men
getting up and sitting down, and uttering
CALCULATIONS of assent or dissent. Doubt
less they left the chamber with a renewed
contempt for the dignity and civilization OF
the white man.
Year: 1872

A dental curiosity is thus described by
the Allentown Chronicle: DR.. La Roche
extracted left upper moIar from the Jaw
of Mrs. Thomas MiIlward, of the first ward,
in the roots of which a wisdom tooth forced
its way. The roots of the combined teeth,
then turned up, had the appearance of a
human hand about to grasp something.
This curiosity is to be sent to the Dental
Museum at Philadelphia.
Year: 1872

A Connecticut woman was prevented
from attending the funeral Of her sister by
the non arrival on time Of a lace handker-
chief from New York. The brutality of
the express company is severely commented
on by the neighbors.
Year: 1872

The Visalia correspondent of the San
Francisco Bulletin says:


A curious phenomenon confronted me
while in Inyo county last week, and
which by accident forgot to mention
in my previous letter. The phenomenon
is a child-bride, a wife now, at the ma
ture age Of twelve. who has lived IN the
conjugal state for three years or more.
This child, to make the matter more
strange still, is tho wife of man near
fifty years old, or more than four times
her senior. How any person Of author
ity ever consented to unite these two is
a mystery confess my inability to pen
citrate. But somebody YES found, that
much is certain, and the strange knot
was legally and properly tied. Mrs. Lou
Peyson, the little matron, rs very small
even for her age, wears short dresses, and
conducts herself in most matters pre-
cisely as the child she is. She is intelli-
gent, however; has a nimble tongue, and
Is quite ready Of speech. ! am told that
the twain do not get along together re-
markably veil, but it is difficult to con-
eeiye how il could be otherwise. When
ever Peyson happens to offend anybody
the singing sarcasm is hung at him that
il he does not mend his speech the
offended party will lure his wife away
with a stick of sugar candy. Fancy
what a sarcasm this with which to offend
and crush middle-aged and proper
Benedict am told by parties in Mrs.
P.'s confidence that she has made a COW
enant with herself to gouge out her
amiable liege's eyes as soon as her little
fingers are strong enough. ! had nearly
forgotten to mention that Lone Pine is
the habitation Of this infelicitous and
ill-assorted couple.
Year: 1872

sword had terrors, and who had never
quailed before the loudest cannon.


One morning the old soldier (but he
was young them, standing in front of
George Washington's tent, saw the Cen
eral come to the door and look abroad
over the encampment. Here and there
a soldier was carrying water to his tent,
or hewing wood to feed the fire that must
roast his scanty breakfast of potatoes;
but there was none Of that noisy mirth
that soldiers are noted for. All were
wan, and speechless, and despairing


Suddenly there came in sight, just
turning corner Of the camp road near
by three wagons laden from dashboard
to tailboard. Upon the foremost wagon
sat fair and noble woman, the woman
whom the great commander loved best
of all in the world-his wife. She had
come the conqueror of the knitting nee
dies, the queen of steckings


The young soldier looked at his COM
mander. Ger all that more than kingly
face there was sudden flush of joy and
George Washington lifted up his voice
and laughed aloud Amanda r. Jones.
Year: 1872

A JUDIcroUs WIFE-A judicious
wife is always nipping off from her
husbands moral nature little twigs
that are growing in the wrong di-
rectiens. She keeps him in shape by
continual pruning. Ifyou say any
thing silly she will affectionately
tell you so. Ifyou declare that
you will do some absurd thing she
will find some means of preventing.
your doing it. And by far the chief
part Of all the common sense there
is in this world belongs unquestion-
ably to woman. The wisest things
a man commonly does are those
which his wife counsels him TO do.
A wifc is a grand wielder of the
moral pruning knife. lfJohnsons
wife had lived there would have
been no boarding up of orange peel.
no touching all the posts in walk
ing along the streets, eating and
drinking with a disgusting voraci-
ty. If Oliver Goldsmith had been
married he would never have worn
that mem ,rable and ridiculous coat.
Whenever you find Il man r,honi
YOU know litile about, oddly dress
ed. or talking absurdiy, or exhibit
ing an eccentricity Of manner, yon
may be tolerably sure that he is
not a married man; for the corners
are rounded of, the lite shoots
pared away, in married men. Wives
have generally much more sense
than their husbands. especially
when their husbands are clever
men The wife adrines are al
ways the ballast which keeps the
ship steady.