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Year: 1871

FIDELITY.-Never torsake friend. When en-
emies gather around, when sickness falls on the
the time to try true friendship. The heart that
has been touched will redouble its efforts when
the friend is sad or in trouble Adyersity tries
true friendship. They who turn from the scene
of distress, betray their hypocrisy, and prove
that interest only moves them If you have a


friend who loves you, who has studied your in
adversely. Let him feel that his former kindness
is appreciated, and that his love was not thrown


away, Real fidelity may be rare, but it exists.
Year: 1871

INTELLECT is good thing to have, but some
times it does not go far enough. An Indiana
cooper, finding considerable difficulty in keeping
one of the heads of cask he was finishing in
its place, prt his son Inside TO hold the head up
After completing his work to his satisfaction, he
was astonished to find his boy inside the cask
and with no possibility of getting out, except
through the bunghole.
Year: 1871

THE Secretary of Masonic Lodge in Rock
ingham, Va, was recently ordered to produce
in court the book in which the minutes of the
Lodge were kept He refused, and WAS threat
ened with imprisonment for contempt. Finally
after a long and heated argument between the
attorneys, they agreed to accept an attested copy
of the minutes, and the Secretary was released
Year: 1871

A LITTLE girl, after returning home from
church, where she saw collection taken up
for the first time, related what took place,
among other things she said with all her child
ish innocence, that man passed around
plate with some money on it, but didn't take
any.n
Year: 1871

Any hard steel tool, says the Boston Journal
Of Chemistry, will cut glass with facility when
kept freely wet with camphor dissolved in tur-
pentine. The ragged edges of glass may also
be thus smoothed with fiat file.
Year: 1871

By brilliant arrangement at a down-east
watering place, whittier all the guests are con-
veyed by steamer, the boat whistle gives inform
alton of the number to arrive, blowing long
whistle for every ten and short one for every
five persons and dinner is prepared accordingly
Year: 1871

Is it true, that sixty five grog shops mock
to scorn your beautiful temples of wor-
ship? Is it true that you send cart leads
of tracts and money to the heather in for
eign parts when it is all needed at
home ~


To which she answered: 81 have felt
for long time that there is more atten-
ton paid here to mammon, CANNON and
back CANNON than to law, order and re-
ligion, and suppose it is partly true of
all places. l heard Mr.. Dripps say that
there was not so much honor in holding
an office as there is in being judge at a
horse race or passing the plate at Niger
lecture"


"Bnlly for Drippsl That is SOP


The cenversation was interrupted by
DIR. Popinjsy, singing 'Oh for home in
some vast wilderness" reminded the COM
pany that as the hour was late it was
about time for each to find said lodgment,
and after Mrs. Bobbinet with an applica-
lion which was not SO apparent, made the
sage remark that they would all be food
for worms" the company were requested
to join hands and sing "Auld Lang Syne."
They then changed clothing and depart
ed, to the great relief of the Host and
Hostess and it is thought there will be no
more phantom displays for many a year
to come in Scandaltown.


SOLOMON PRIMROSE, ESQ.
Year: 1871

Editor Rutlaaad Herald My attention
has been called to an article in your paper
Of yesterday purporting to come from
Dandy, which if should let pass unan'
swered might be construed as an admis'
sion on the part of our firm, as correct.


The writer says the main source of COM
plant is that the cans are not returned
promptly, and that "if the business was
managed in proper manner three sets at
the most would suffice"


The last declaration shows entire igno-
rance of the subject. A can leaving the
station Monday morning is peddled in
New York Tuesday, returned to the depot
Wednesday morning, and goes up the
road to Bennington stops one night and is
delivered at the station Thursday. When
he comes with his milk Friday morning
to the station he takes home the empty
cans, they are cleaned and aired on FRI
day ready for Saturdays use, in case the
milk is not all sold by the milk-man in
New York the first day, he retains the
can until the milk is disposed Of With
such a multitude of small peddlers we
find it difficult to make them always
prompt. In order to facilitate their
prompt return we keep horse and wagon
and send it around to look them up.


Our books show that we received milk
and returned the empty cans as follows
Year: 1871

A few days since attention was called
to the resources and capabilities of the
Dominion of Canada and as supplement
it may be well to look at its comparative
area and population. The commonly
stated area of the Province of Ontario is
121 6u0 square miles and of the Province
of Quebec 100000 square miles. The ac-
tual area of habitable and productive ter
ritorv belonging to these Provinces may
properly be estimated at about $4,000
square miles for each. Within that area
in Ontario the capabilities of develop
ment, m king all due allowance for what
ever uncomfortable difference of climate
exist. would seem to be fully equal to the
capabilities of New York, and if Ontario
Y ,rk, IA there seems to be no natural
reason why it should not have done, (lay-
ing aside New York city from the com
parisop) he population of that Province
would now have exceeded four millions
instead of two The Province of Quebec
m y be fnirly measured in the Same man
n r with the States OF New Hampshire
and Vermont to which it lies Contiguous
aud whose capabilities are no greater not
wth~tandng the s,mewhat more rigorous
winter climate to which it is exposed. A
population in Quebec proportional to
th,t of NV Hnmp4hire and Vermont
would exceed by not less than half a mil
lion what the Province now contains
whlDe Nova Scotia and New Brunswick,
populated in the same ratio as Maine, of
winch they are the counterpart, would
contain million of souls to-day and be
fully prepared for annexation to the free
republic Of which they would form an
important part.
Year: 1871

All cISSus
/ believe in the mutability -m
Of all things here below - F..
I believe in an stfability


Which we to others owe.
I believe in true nobility
Whose patent God will own;
1 believe in dire hostility
To all low meanness shown.
1 believe in the superiority
OF great and noble souls ..-
believe in the inferiority
Of poor deluded fools,
Who think that real gentility
Consists in bowing low;
Who believe that they, servility
To all the rich, must show.
believe In the fallibility
OF those protesting much;
/ believe in the volatility
Of friendship shown by such.
I Ibelieve in an aristocracy E
Of good sound intellect;
1 believe in true democracy
Commanding our respect.
believe in the respectabihty
Ofsome devoid of wealth;
believe in the Instability
Of what's obtained by stealth.
I believe in the possibility
OF living here to fast;
1 believe in the probability
That such will fail at last


LASTLY.
l believe in the orthodoxy
Of those who think like me;
l believe in the heterodoxy
OF those that disagree.
Year: 1871

not as large as that sold for picking
purposes. Pickles, catsup, chow-chow
and all condiments are made up with
"sharp" vinegar as principal ingredient
Some of these preparations enter the inte-
rior of the human body with as much and
a worse heat than molten lava, attacking
and Immediately iDjuring the vital organs.
The verdigris used in giving the bright
green hue to picked cucumbers and other
green-tinted vegetables is also exceedingly
pernicious. If it is not in sufficient guam
tity to cause immediate poisoning, it is
enough to finally embarrass and corrupt
the stomach, after protracted use. A very
glaring green color in pickles is a sure
sign of the presence of an undue amount
of the verdigris colorifc, and should never
be used. The only safe color of pickle
is russet-green. As to the other condi-
ments, the safe brands are very scarce, and
seldom found in the market But the
manufacture and sale of all these picked
poisons is an outrage that should be at
once and effectually arrested and punished
by law.-Neto York Times.
Year: 1871

THE accompanying table exhibits the
aggregate assessment, for purposes of tax
alton, of real and personal property in
each of the States named in the tables,
after adjustment by the several State
Boards of Equalization, as the same have
been returned to the census office by the
Deputy or Assistant Marshals charged
with the collection of these statistics.
Minor changes may still require to be
made, as the result of correspondence
now being had. The aggregate assess
ment of the State of Maine had not yet
been distributed between the real and per-
sonal property of the State. In Massachu-
sets, and possibly in some other States,
the amounts given are not inclusive of the
property of certain classes of corporations
which pay taxes directly into the State
treasury. -


The following table shows the assessed
valuation of real and. personal estate in
1880:
Year: 1871

A RESIDENT of Gold Flat, Cal, had a
fayorite hen which got bone into the
windpipe, and was about to die from the
effects He made an incision with knife,
laying open the windpipe, and extracted
the bone. The wound was then sewed
up, and at last accounts the hen was doing
well and the wound was healing rapidly.
Year: 1871

Many of the reputed compositions "
which 60 the rounds of the press, at
doubtful authenticity; but the following
specimen is warranted as the genuine
article. 1t is terse, comprehensive, and,
for minuteness of detail, is "equalled by
few, and surpassed by none:"


MY HOUSE.


NV House is Situated on Miami Avenue
Detroit Michigan 1t is Storey frame
building with pointed roof and 3 Chin
news and front Door in the front and a
side door at the Side Back door at the
Back and a Cellar beneath and Up Stairs
Above There is fence at the back And
one on / side And on the Other side a
mans House Forms the fence and the
house And Fence is painted a Kind of a
Stone Collar-Detron Post.
Year: 1871

AS Blue Ribbons and swindIes.--A stranger
passing along Main street, win notice a Sewing
Machine, in front of a small store, tied with a
blue ribbon-supposed to be the sign of said
machine having received lEemium at our late
fair; and he would be surprised to notice, upon
close inspection that it is the same machine from
which BLUE RIBBON WAS PUBLICLY TORN during
the fair, having been tied on without the sane
tion of the commttee-no award having been
made for sswingmachines. SPECTATOR.
Year: 1871

y tor help, and my cries attracted the atten-
ton OF two men who were on their way TO
the harvest field.


On being relieved from NV periIous position
the mystery became clear. The warmth of
my body caused the pumpkin seed TO sprout
and begin growing, and one of the tendriIs of
the new vine had coied itself around INV
1ouy, dragging me along in its rapid growth a
Instance ot more than half a mile before / was
awakened. My deliverers had hard run TO
keep pace with me in the clutches of the
pumpkin vine, and finally arrested my pro-
gress oy cutting it with their scythe blades.
gave them the vine for their reward, aud we
counted on It no less than three hundred
young pumpkins, ranging from the size CT a
mems egg to flour barrel.


=. There is but one thing more I will notice.
ok ok years ago gentleman residing near
9toekton planted grape VINE by his house.
IN ! TWO years the building was completely en-
Iold5d IN the branches of the vine, and the
gentleman was surprised at seeing his dwell
ing starting from its foundations. The vine
grew with wonderful vigor, and carried the
house unharmed up to the height of sixty feet
in the air, where it remained. The GENTLE
man now reaches his front door by means Of
a winding staircase around the trunk of the
grape vine, and anybody who will take the
trouble to go and see will find it just as l
have said"
Year: 1871

From the Chicago Tines, l6sh.l


The tremendous storm which has
lust passed is without a peer in the
knowledge Of the Oldest inhabitant,
and is remarkable not only for its
violence and duration, but for several
peculiar features connected with it.
Until within a recent period the facil-
tiles for taking weather observations
were slight and imperfect, but the
action Of the War Department in or
ganizing meteorological tons IN
all the principal cities of tLs country
has now put il within the province Of
observation to secure all the facts Of
interest at the earliest possible date.
The great snow storm which visited
Chicago on Friday first made its ap-
Uearance on the 10th ult., at Reno,
among the Rocky mountains, where it
commenced its initiatOry rage with
such violence and with such a blind
Ing fall OF snow that the WOrknen re-
pairing the Union Pacific track could
not see ten feet before them. IT
made its appearance in Cheyenne on
the 1lth, and since then has been
steadily advancing across the
country. It has been one
Of those peculiar northeast storms
whose coming was not indi-
Gated by the falling Of the mercury ia
the barometer. On the other hand.
the barometer rOse, while the ther-
mOmeter iell The immediate cause
OF the storm is indicated IN the falling
Of the thermometer so suddenly after
such mild weather. The earliest
Year: 1871

The elegant room Of the Board Of Supervisors was
we'll attended yesterday by parties interested In the
canvass OF the Alaermanic vote There was a large
attendance Of the Board. nearly all the members or
which seemed to regard the apartment as bar par
lor, for they lay back In the luxurious chairs with
and sending forth cloud Of smoke IEat
occasionally MD the benign aldermanc presence
from the common crowd Of spectators without the
barrier. The Board sat late, but It IS not expected
that the canvass win be completed before Friday.
Several alleged discrepancies nave been disco vored.
and 1t was generally thought by those VINO were
watching the canvass that an endeavor VIII DO
made by the Board TO count out some oil the elected
Aldermen whose return was considered by the
present incumbents undesirable.
Year: 1871

In the grand Democratic process


sion which was gotten up i'll New
York to celebrate the arrival OF the
exile Fenians, negro clubs were as
signed prominent place in the for.
nation of the line Of march. A cor.
respondence took place on the sub.
ject, a colored club having solicited
the honor of participating in the
celebration. Tammany held the ap-
plication under advisement fol
several days, and at last submitted
it to vote of the society, when the
proposition to grant the request was
carried in the affirmative by a small
majority. 1t is important to know
and publish these facts hereabout,
for there are many persons who are
blindly allied to the Democratic
party because they suppose that 1t
is religiously and lconscientiously
devoted to the white race' Tam
many is the mouthpiece Of the De
mocracy, and when she breaks COW
er and allows the colored people to
participate ina great and patriotic
celebration, it is time for the lesser
lights to either cease their opposl-
ton to such affiliation or to hunt
about for a new party of purer color.


ri n. O. Republicans
Year: 1871

An old bachelor editor thus, in
his spite, comments on Il recent
moonlight night : ''We left our
sanctum at midnight last night, and
on our way home we saw a young
lady and gentleman holding a gate
on its hinges. They were evidently
indignant at being kept out so late,
as we saw them bite each other sew
eral timpsn
Year: 1871

A gentleman having a pony that
started and broke his wife'S neck, a
neighbor told him that he wished to
purchase it for his wife tY ride upon.
NO. said the other, II will not sell
the little fellow, because intend to
marry again.
Year: 1871

The three great wonders of the
decade just closed, have been works
to increase the means Of transpor-
tation around the world. The Pacific
railway has rendered the passage
around Cape Horn unnecessary the
Suez Canal does the same for the
Cape Of Good Hope and the Mount
Gents tunnel connects the railway
system of two great countries.
Year: 1871

p Symptomsof a Diseased Liver.
DAM in the right side, under the
L edge of the ribs, increase on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the
left side; the patient is rarely able
to lie on the left side; sometimes
the pain is felt under the shoulder
blade, and it frequently extends to
the top Of the shoulder, and is some
times mistaken for rheumatism in
the arm. The stomach is affected
with loss Of appetite and sickness;
the bowels in general are costive,
y sometimes alternative with lax; the
head is troubled with pain, accom-
panied with dull, heavy sensation
in the back part. There is generally
considerable loss Of memory, ac-
companied with a painful sensation
of having left undone something
which ought to have been done. A
slight, dry cough is sometimes an at
tcndant. The patient complains of
WEAKNESS and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains Of a prickly sensa-
ton Of the skin his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer-
else would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he. dis
trusts every remedy. Several of the
above symptoms attend the disease,
but cases have occurred where few
of them existed, yet examination Of
the body, after death, has shown the
LIVER to have been extensively de.
RANGED.
Year: 1871

During temporary absence from the
city, an article appeared in our local col
umns upon the death of the father of Lll-
Glen Beard, which seems to have been hast
lily written, and unfortunately worded.
From that article, the inference might be
drawn that the JOURNAL justiies the
crime, and holds to Che right of killing out
lawed and abandoned men generally, with
out legal proceedings. We wish emphatical-
ly to disown such sentiment, and to dis
own this article so far as it is liable to such
an Interpretation. We hold in utter hor-
ror all teachings which inculcate the taking
of human life, or the injury of person or
property, except as punishment for crime
by due process of law.


Whatever the provocation, he who takes
the law into his own hands is an enemy to
society, and ought to be followed rclentlessly
by every friend of civilization till he is.se
cured from doing further damage. If there
is reasonable evidence that Sprouce killed
Beard deliberately, he should be held in
custody to answer for his crime. To re-
lease him upon insufficient bail is an outrage
upon public decency and justice. Wemallc
this explanation in justice to ourselves and
friends, andin the interest of society, which
we seek to guard from the dangerous prac-
tice Of private revenge, becoming fearfully
common of late everywhere, and especially
in the South. We are sure that no one
connected with the JOURNAL seriously
holds different views from those here ex-
pressed
Year: 1871

A Hint 10 the Fise.-A Democratic
judge of large experience and ability, was
heard to remark last evening, in speaking
of the proceedings in the Chahoon trial,
that in all his life, he had never seen such
a feature presented in any case of criminal
prosecution as this one did. The remark
able and uncommon feature referred to was,
that in this case, the principal witness was
acting as prosecuting attorney. One would
infer from the remark of this Judge, that
the principal witness was on trial and
defending himself.
Year: 1871

A Street IN a Bad Condition. Some
weeks ago a young man by the name OF
Edward Street was arrested, charged with
assaulting and beating colored woman by
the name of Howard. He was brought
before Justice White, who sent him on for
indictment before the grand jury of the
Hustings court. He was tried by that
court, found guilty, and sentenced to pay a
fine of one cent and be confined in the city
jail for ten days. During the trial, Street,
who had been bailed by Justice White,
failed to put in an appearance, and was
not found until this morning, when he APP
peared in the police court to testify against
a colored man by the name Of Anderson,
whom he charged with knocking him down,
a few nights ago. The man Anderson was
adjudged guilty, and sentenced to sixty
days in the cham-gang; while Street was
arrested and sent before Judge Guigon,
who will no doubt send him to board at the
VALLEY Hote'' for the time specified by
the jury that tried him.
Year: 1871

In Breeches.-It is no unusual thing to
see jack-ass III pants, but we confess we
We're surprised this morning when we saw,
for the first time, a mule with nice pair Of
cotton pants on him. 1t was in rather bad
taste, we think, to have only one pair on,
which graced the fore legs. They fit well, ,
and would have reflected credit upon the
skill Of our most accomplished tailors.
Year: 1871

MAJOR JED HoTCHKIss, of the Physi-
cal Survey of Virginia, is in the city, look
ing after the interests of education, OF
which he is an enlightened and devoted
friend. No man in the State is doing more
than he is to make her resources known, at
home and abroad, and to restore her former
prosperity.
Year: 1871

CATHOLICISM AND REPUBLICAN Gov
ERNMENT.-l has been often affirmed
that Roman Catholicism is fundamentally
incompatible with republican government.
Whether this postulate be true or false, few
will deny that such incompatibility exists
between the principles of this Republic, as
set forth in the Declaration of Independence
and in the Bills of Rights of many at least
of the States, and such utterances as this,
from the Catholic WorM.
Year: 1871

Dead.-Cora Darlington, the colorcd
woman who was so seriously burned by
the explosion of q kerosene oil lamp, on
Monday night, an account of which was
given in the JOURNAL Of yesterday, died
from the effects of her injuries between
two and three O'Clock Yesterday afternoon.
Year: 1871

THE SIERRA NEVADA TUNNEL.-The
great tunnel through the Sierra Nevada is
to be five miles long, nineteen feet high,
and twenty-one feet wide. Its cost is to be
Colonel Won Schmidt, is an engineer of
some renown, whose principal works in
this country have been the excavation of
the famous San-Francisco Dry Dock, bias
ted in ledge of solid rock, and the demol-
ition of Blossom Rock, San-Francisco Bay,
by submarine excavation and blasting
The Sierra tunnel will permit the passage
canal to supply San-Francisco with water
from Lake Tahoe.