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Year: 1876

II is out short time since poor jenny Malone
Had heart and future as glad as my own.
We were classmates and roommates together, for


years,
And now can't speak Of her, hardly, for tears.
She was wiRsorne and bright, such loving young


thing,
With q voice that you thought was made only 10


sing,
And look in her eyes that-well, now it's 20 sad
That l wonder it ever was merry and glad.
When she married Rob Roech she was only nine
Far too young to be certain what marriage might


mean;
As for him-there was never 80 handsome beau
Who made love in SO winning fashion, | know.
True, he drank. Jenny knew it. "Thats moth


ing" she said
With light little toss Of her foolish young head
"lts the way of young men. He'll be stesdier
When we're wed, or my name is not Jenny Ma.


lone"
They were wed-a gay wedding. l stood by the


bride
When she pledged him her ALL let whatever be-


tide;
When he vowed to support her, to cherish defend
Against evil and danger, till death and the end.
Naa with her last night, and | sobbed at the


sight
Of her pitiful face, now so pallil and white,
of her eyes that have lost all the light of their


smile
And seem brimmiug with trouble and tears all the


whio,
1t is just the old story. Poor Rob has gone down
Till bis ruin and shame are the talk Of the town.
But she clings to him yet, as brave woman


cings
To the love Of her life, though it wasteth and


stngs.
1 could see her look down in her little ones face,
With a sight might be for the fathers disgrace;
could feel her heart throb as | kissed her good.
And knew there are harder things yet than to


die
She's brave little body, but still she must


shrink
From the end that is certain, when stopping to


think,
Just wreck Of two lives, and it may be Of more,
And a loss of all treasure they carelessly bore
May God pity the girl who thus Gnds that her


fate
Is to suffer in patience, and patiently wait -
To whom womanhood brings only sorrows and


cares,
OnIy longing, anu munger, anu plcauihgs, anu


prayers
"But we choose for ourselves" do you say? Yes.


l know;
We must reap in our harvest as now we may sow
If we run any risks, then the blame is oar own
Dc we bitterness gather with Jenny Malone
1t is better to journey alone through the year.
Than to wed only bitterest grieving and tears;
So gay to young men who are fond Of their wine,
That the lips that taste liquor can never touch


mine. "A. A. Hopkins.
Year: 1876

am not sure whether the different
faces 10 the march had greater or less
fascination 60 US after VIC came to know
their different owners personally. Each
showed his or her transport iu different
way, aud each had some pccuIiarity Of
step OF movement that took our IDLE minds
and made US curious about their history
and character Among them. none was
more striking than the nonagenaiian,
whose bent frame kept its place in the
round, but whose nervcicas hands beat
time after q very fugitive and erratic
fashion Father Abraham is very deaf,
aud in the singing somo iinal bit Of bella.
ted melody always stuck in his throat,
and came scratching and sorambling up
after the others had ceased, in manner
that was rather hard to bear. But it
was wonderful that he should know what
tunes they sang when they sang without
book. He is the author Of system of
musical notation which the Shakers used
exclusively until very lately, and which
many Of them still prefer. AT his great
age he still works every day at basket
making, in whsch he is very skilful and
conscientious. But it il supernuous to
say this Shaker work is always the best
Of lis kind. lie is rarely sick, and he
takes part 10 all the details Of the wor-
ship, as he did when he came, sixty years
ago. lie was then young man, and it
Is said that he visited the community
from idc curiosity, with his betrothed.
Its life and faith made an instant impress.
sion upon him, and he proposed to the
young glrl that they should both become
but after due thought she re.
fused. She said that she would not be
hiudrauce to his wish in the matter; if
he was called TO this belief, she gave him
back his promise. To the Shakers it
seems right that he should have accepted
her sacrifice TO somo Of the world cut.
side it will seem tragic. Who knows ?
He has never regretted his course ; shc
took another mate, saw her children about
her knee, and died long ago, after life
that was no doubt as happy as most
But perhaps in an affair like that girls
heart had supreme claims Perhaps
there are some things that one ought not
to do even with the hope Of winning
heaven.


After this old man. some Of the little
ones, left by death or their parents pov.
efty or worihlessnesg to the care Of the
Shakers, wero the most interesting figures
in the march, through which they moved
with such a pretty pleasure. The meet.
ing must have been a delight to them,
though their faces kept a soberness which
was an edifying proof Of their discipline.
This is the effect Of vigilance and moral
suasion | believe the Shakers never
strike their little wards. or employ any
harsh measures with them.
Year: 1876

I su lying at rest in tho sauotum tonight


The place is deserted and still
To my right lie exchanges and manuscripts white,
To my left are the ink and the quilt
Yes, the quill, for my masters old fashioned and


quaint,


And refuses to write with pen,
He inSists that old Franklin, the editor saint,


Used quill, and he'll initiate Ben.
I love the old fellow-together for years


We have managed the Farmers Gazette
And although I am DID, I'm his favorite shears
And can crowd the compositors yet.
But my duties are rather too heavy I think,


And | ottentimes envy the quill
As 1t lazily leans with its nib In the ink


While I'm slashing away with will.
But when was new--I remember 1t WE'LL


Though q score Of long years have gono by
The heaviest share Of the editing fell


On the quill, and think with e sigh
Of the days when I'd scissor an extract or two
From neighboring editors leader,
Then laugh in my sleeve at the quill Ga il few
In behalf of the general reader
am being paid of for my msrrimenl then,
For my master is wrinkled and gray,
Aud seldom lays hold of his primitive pen


Except when he wishes to say
"We are needing some money to run this machine,
And subscribers will please to REMIT"
vi iha' ihst ioAu OF WOOD tnat Jones brought


us was green


And so knotty 1t cculdn's 10 split"
He Is nervous and deaf and is getting quito blind
(Though he hates to acknowledge tho lnttsr),
And I'm sorry TO say it's puzzle to find


Head or tail to the most of his mattor
The competitors plague him whenever they SEQ
The result of q luckess endenvor,
But the darling old rascal just lays it to ne,
And make no remonstrsnce whatever.
Yes, shoulder tho blame--vory little caro-
For the jolly compositoI's jest,
For | think of head with the silvery hair


That will aoon, very soon be al rest
lie has labored full long for the true and the good
Mid the manifold troubles that irk us-
His only emolument raiment and food,


And--s pass, now and thsn, TO the circus.
HeiBho from the past comes n memory bright
OF lass with tho freshness of clover
Who used me TO clip from her tresses one night
memorial lock for her lover.
That dear little lock is still glossy and brown,
But the lass is much older and fatter,
And the youth-he's an editor here in tho TOWN.
Tn employed on the STAFF Of tho lattor
! AIN lying at rest iu the sanctum tonight
The place is deserted and still
The stars are abroad and the moon is in sight
Through the trees on the brow Of tho Hill,
Clouds hurry along in undignfcd haste


And tho wind rushes by with q vail
Hello there's n whopping big rat in the paste
How I'd like TO shut down on his tail


-S'riJsV.
Year: 1876

1t is all very nice for men folks to w4ite
proverbs about "the morning hour having
gold in it's mouth" and che that would
thrive must rise by five," and


"Plow deep, while sluggards sleep,


And you will have corn both to sell and keep"
But let them be up and down all night with
whooping- cough babies, and earache lads,
or toothaehe girls, as nine women out of
ten find their rest broken, and they would
sing quite another tune. The theory may
be beautiful, but the practice is the difficult
ty. Early rising is an excellent thing if
you sleep well, but rank suicide if you do
not. Make some provision to have the
breakfast got by others, il the morning
hour is the first good refreshing sleep you
can get. 1t is this terrible sleeplessness,
which SO few think an evil Of any great
moment, that drives such scores of mothers
to the insane retreats that robs life of all
cheer, and vigor, and hopefnlness, and
makes many young mother look old and
broken in her very prime. Some one has
truly said, that the cry for sleep the world
over, was far more urgent than the cry for
bread. You would consider it o cruel OPP
preston which robbed working woman of
third of her needfnl food, but she could
better live on one meal day than on a
third of her natural rest.-Esther Sfs West
ern Rural.
Year: 1876




The elevation of Premier Disraeli to the
peerage, with the title of Earl of Beacons-
field, has been briefly announced by cable.
In 1869 the Queen offered to make him
yiscount, but he declined the honor. A
coronet, however, was given to his wife,
and she is now known to history as the
first and only Countess of Beaconsfield.
The place from which the name of the
Earldom is to be taken is small town in
the County of Bucks, which Disraeli has
represented in Parliament since 1S46. The
elevation of Disraeli has an interest all its
own, derived from the antecedents OF the
man and the nature of the contest he has
SO successfully waged through life. He
entered life with an excellent education, an
acute mind, and a courage that feared
nothing. But he was not merely without
social influence and without great wealth,
but he was opposed by prejudice as old
as Christianity. His grandfather was
Spanish Jew, who accumulated compe-
tency in trade and died, leaving his name
and his money, but nothing more TO MS
children. Isaac Disraeli, the Earfs father,
added nothing to the fortune which had
been bequeathed to him, and, although
making for himself an honorable place in
the literary annals of England, did nothing
to advance his son among the politicians OF
the period. Without the aid of wealth or
family prestige, and by his sole unaided
genius and energy, Benjamin Disraeli has
made himself leader of the House of Conn
mons, Minister of Finance. and twice Prime
Minister of the British Empire and now,
in his seventy-first year, retires from the
leadership Of the House of Commons to an
aristocratic dignity which he is well calcu-
lated to adorn.
Year: 1876




Up hill-but up to light,
AS recompense for all the wayside toilr,


In climbing out of night
To win from struggling life immortal spoils.
Up hill-but up to peace,
The land forever tranquil and serene,


Where tears and sorrows cease
And no dark wave of troubling care is seen


Up hill--but up to bliss,
To be forever free from stains of sin,


When earth's last good night kiss
Becomes the seal of Heavens glad welcome in


Up hill but up to life
A life which never wearies nor grows old,


Unyexed by care and strife;
Immortal in the shining upper fold.


Up hill-but to my home.
To father and the dear ones of my love!


A stranger here roam,
But still press up to that high home above!
Year: 1876

The recent notice of the death Of
Miss Mary +. Coombs of Portland
was forgery and fraud. The
young lady is alive and well, and it
is needless to say dcprccatcs this pc
culiar style Of notoriety.
Year: 1876

that they had relation the subject matter involved
this trial. and second that they unanswered ana
it is not shown they received by Gen. Babcock


Col Dyer conended that there is evidence to prove an
important fact which il that information received
from Washington by the Ring here giving notice OF con
empated visits OF revenue agents These dispatches OF
Gen Babcocks taken In their proper connection tend 10
show this This evidence should 90 to the jury and its
weight he decided by them.


Col. Broadhead then spoke for the prosecution ana
gave authorities show that these dispatches
not only relevant but competent.


Judge Porter then began argument, taking pretty
much the ground Mr.. storrs. Before he got
fairly into his speech the court adjourned and the argu
ment will continued on Monda,.
Year: 1876




ST IOUIs Feb l3.-The counsel for the defense
in the Babcock case concede that the decision of the
Court Tomorrow in the matter of the admissblty
of the telegrams of which nuch has been said,
will be against them, but they affect TO believe the
question of small importance. The bitter opposition
which they yesterday interposed to the acceptance
of these kilograms evidence, they Intimate, was
given IN view of possible future developments. Ii is
not impossible defendants counsel state that after
the case for the prosecution is closed the defense
will the Court to take the case from the jury,
or rather to instruct them to acqut. They VIII have
the opening and closing of the argument on the
motion, and will speak at considerable length The
Developments of tomorrow Will probably determine
whether or not this course Will be adopted.


Another part of the programme of the defense is
Their intention to show as they say, the true loca-
ton of the leak at Washington by which the distl-
lers and Ring officers were fOrewarned of the APP
proaeh of detectives. They place that responsible
ity on Mr.. Hague, who is now in Canada, and VINO
was they claim one of the most trusted men IN the
revenue service.


In the final arguments ex-AttorneyGencralW Will
liams and Mr.. StorTs will sum up for the defense
and Mr. Broadhead for the prosecution. The de-
fense complain rather bitterly of having been in
some instances misrepresented by the press Gen.
Babcock to-day quietly stated that the supposed III
tervew with him, published some Gays ago III d
Kew-York paper, was entirely bogus, and 1t. LOUIS
paper to-day published an interview with Super
visor luton, which that gentleman pronounces
complete fraud The defense declare also that they
have never expressed fears to their ability to Sc
cure fair trial in court before the jury.


The prosecution are busy at work on the cipher
telegrams which passed between Luckey and Bah
cock on TIE occasion of the visit of the former to St.
Louis after the Indictment of the latter. They have
succeeded TO great extent in deciphering these
mysterious documents and it appears that about the
time Gen. Babcjck sent his message 10 Col Dyer de-
nandmg hearing before the Court that he might
vindicate HI nsef, he sending word to Luctey to
try if possible and arrange matters that Gen. Bah
cock would not be required to come here. He re-
peatedy expressed strong Discrimination to coming
to st. Louis. The prosecution confident OF sue
cess.
Year: 1876

We find this paragraph in an ex' change:

 4 mercantile firm at Spirit Lake have adopted a new method of doing busi. ness. No books are kept. When a customer desires credit he goes to the desk and bOrrOws the money, for which he gives his note, payable with inter. est He then buys the goods and pays for them.

 Why should not that plan work well for the trader or merchant? It frees him from all the drudgery of account books and bookkeeping, so far as his sales are involved. When the custom CT goes to the desk and proposes to borrow money, he naturally must show how he expects to be able to pay. Ii he obtains the goods, the trader Is in condition to enforce payment accord ing to the terms of the agreement as specified in the note, whether it be on demand, or payable at some future spe cified date. It does not prevent the merchant from waiting upon his GUS toner until he can take up his note i. C., extending the time of payment But it gives him some security in case the customer is a slippery one, because he can enforce the collection of the note at any time after due There may always arise disputes as to book ac counts, and juries are occasionally called upon to decide upon and calcu late the amounts due upon them. Blu the note-System avoids all that. SC many dollars with ;a:sTest, according to the terms specified, is all there is o it. What there is to be said agains the system we do not propose to dis cuss. IL might be that the merchan had not on hand the amount of money desired for making the purchase, bu that could be easily managed. AnC other objections might be urged, bu we leave that side of the question tC others for discusSion-Alta.
Year: 1876

IN one of the western counties Of Texas not long since a man was tried and found guilty of stealing a pig. In writing out the verdict the foreman wrote. Wee fine the prisner knot ciltv." One of the jury, who had seen the inside of a SchOol-house, wanted some slight change made in the spell ing of the verdict, but the foreman whispered: II know that spellIn' Is sorter shaky, but you have to pandcr to the Sheriff and the Judge and the District Clerk. for that's the way they all spell. If was to spell that verdict right and they were tn find it out the whole jury would be indicted next term of court and we would not even get our jury fee for this days work. lou see they have the drop on Us. Let us not exaspcrate them as long as they are in power
Year: 1876

Our great mineral wealth, now eS- tablished beyond a doubt, lies dormant or greatly retarded in development by high cost of transportation and lack of capital. Our ores are so rich that even without capital for the erection ofmills and smelling works, we could easily attain prosperity if we could get ore out of the Territory without the cost of transportation swallowing the entire value of shipment. We have millions of tons of ore whose lowest average val ue is Sl00. We haven't the money re- quirei to erect works for the reduction of this ore and we can't ship it on ac- count of high freights. In this dilem- ma the approach of any promised rail road connection tO our Territory is matter of absorbing interest to us. At present the railroad project containing the germ of earliest promise to Us Is the Southern Pacific, now completed to Indian Wells in California, ll5 miles northwest of Yuma. Any newspaper comments or items in connection with the construction of this or other roads approaching the Territory must be of interest tO local readers, and we there fore give the following from late number of the Alta:

 For lj0 miles this side of Fort Yuma, and for 100 miles this side of San

 Fernando, the Southern Pacific runs ! through deserts, or regions so poor, that there is little prospect of any trade ! from them for many years to come. ! These are material facts not tO be over : looked in estimating the extent tO which

 the road has been built in advance of settlement, and of the demands of trade. ! For more than 800 miles there was not,

 before the road was built, population enough tO pay one-fOurth of the current expenses of a daily train each way and

 whatever progress has been made m . the last three years, or shall be made

 hereafter for many years to come, in | the counties iniersected by the road

 south of Merced, and not fronting on ! the ocean, must be credited mainly Co

 this enterprise.

 i The road to Fort Yuma from Los Angeles. 260 miles, does not command

 the trade of 10000 people and would never have been built if the only in.

 ducement had been the local trade, but

 the Company had accepted franchise ! from Congress to build a branch of the

 Texas and Pacific Road, and desired to t comply as far as possible with the wish of the Government that there should bc

 a connection between San Francisco

 and Arizona. Besides. the Company

 were anxious that the trade of Arizona | should not be taken from San Francis co against the fair laws of trade by the !. .diScriminations of an Eastern company

 working in the interests of St. Louis ,I and other cities on the Atlantic Slope ? That trade is now SO small that t would

 scarcely justify the construction of 2 miles of road, but there are great pos

 abilities in it. There Is a common nm f pression that the Territory iS fully equal in it's mineral wealth tO Nevada , and that it needs nothing but railway communication and the assistance o large capital and numerous skillfu miners and metallurgiSts tO make l one of the leading producers of the pre- icious metals in the world.
Year: 1876

\ widow of my acquaintance at the Ocean was emphatic on the horrible figure that the loveliest woman must cut while bathing.

 I remarked that the Queen of Love and Beauty was fabled to have sprung from the foam of the sea, and that she must have been charming

 "Oh. yes: but she had nothing on should look charming

 Here her speech came Co a sudden hall. and observing roses blooming all over he. face, I said |" l have no doubt of it." and walked away
Year: 1876

The sloop advertised for sale in this paper
is one that could be proiitahly put into serv.
ice on this river. That the owner is reliable
We have no doubt. We have made him our
agent ut New Tacoma and he is authorized
to receive subscriptions and receipt for the
same. We hope he will speedily find Gus.
I mer.
Year: 1876

HEDGE.-It has been asccrtaincd
by farmer on the Columbia below
Vancouver, that Usage Orange
Hedge will live and thrive in spite
of the annual overflow. If this is
true, why may not hedging prove
inthe long run to be the cheapest kind
Of fencing, on the river bottom;
Year: 1876

Not one half the persons who lay
shingles when making a roof 6nos biil.
ding have any correct ideas in regard TO
making d roofstHat wiIlo be absolutely
rain tight during driMugstorm Of fain.
We have ftequently seen men shipgling,
who, when they would meet With a
worthless shingle, say once in laying
two or three courses, would lay this
poor shingle among good ones, saying:
IsItis only one poorssIiiogle, one ahin-
gle cannot make a poor ropf,Y But one
poor shingle will make leaky one, II
first-rate shingles are employed. and one
poor one is worked in among every one
hundred, that roof might about as we'll
have been without any shingles. II any


poor shingles are to be us,d, let them
all be laid together near the upper part
of the roof The best of shingles will not


make 3 tight roof if they are not prop
'erly laid, while the same shingles would


make excellent roof if laid as shingles


should be laid.--Scientifc Americaa.
Year: 1876

When the day dawns, and we rise to
find the sky clear and the bright hours
all before US, how 10th we are to lie
down upon our pillow again. There
are so many thing to do-such pleas
ant things, some of them; our friends
are coming, or we are going to visit
them; then there is a walk or a drive
or little feast in prospect-it seems so
pleasant to be awake. But when the
day has gone, and the night has come
again, we are generally ready for it.
We are, at best, tired with our frOlic or
our pleasure. Ten to one we are dis
appointed in something; some little
unpleasant incident has marred the
brightest hour, some skeleton had
taken its seat at the feast, or peeped
out of a secret closet. 1t is so delightful
to fling off the finery it rejoiced us to
put on; to put out the light and lie
down, courting slumber.


So, though in the heyday of life we
dread that long, quiet slumber, nc
doubt those who live to be old hail it a;
their best friend. The loves and hopes
of early live have ended in disappoint-
mcnt; their dear ones have left them
alone; the life that at first seemed SC
sweet has changed to bitterness, and
all the sweetness is with death. Just
as we wearily climb the bedroom stairs
with our tired feet, so we will climb


ife's last steps. We have danced and
loiled alternately; we are as tired OF
our Joy as of our sorrow, and We hal
repose eternal as we hailed the repos'
of night when life was all before US