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Year: 1871

LORD TBNDERpEN, of the High Com
mission, has written private letter to
a friend here, in which he says he does
not know what has happened to the Eng
lish climate; but that any thing more
horrid than the exchange from the
brightness of New York to the chill
and gloom of London, as it now Is,
could hardly be imagined. He wishes
he could borrow some of the sunshine
from Fifth aAenue, for he has hardly
seen the sun since his return.
Year: 1871

THE FRENCH LoCAL-Is the American
local to be surpassed by the French so
soon after the late war? 1t seem so, to
judge from the following story, in which
probability and possibility are SO well mix
ed, that one cannot doubt while he reads,
but is obliged to do SO when he reflects ::


at does not always follow that 'the cure,
bad as it may be, lis worse than the dis
ease.' The other day an elderly and very
corpulent gentleman, accompanied by a
very pretty young lady, in passing along
the Boulevard Beaumarchais, suddenly
fell, and at the same moment the young
lady was observed to draw glittering
weapon and repeatedly stab the PROSTATE
and helpless victim. OF course, an excited
crowd gathered around the pair. The
young lady was seized, and found to have
been armed with a pair of sharp scissors,
while the elderly party was very naturally
covered with blood. Mute, motionless,
and with gentle air of innocence and ter
ror, the young lady gazed upon the circle
of enraged faces. Presently the old gen
tleman revived, smiled blandly on the
crowd, kissed his charming companion and
explained. He was subject to apopletic
fits, and never weEt out unaccompanied by
his dear niece, then present, who saved
his life when ever fit came on, by freely
bleeding him with her scissors. Tableau
Old gentleman and niece depart in car
riage amid cheers"
Year: 1871

A FATAL HUNT-Another instance of
the pitcher going once too often to the
well has occurred in India. Captain Doig,
an infantry officer, had become renowned
as tiger hunter, and the fame of his ex-
ploits had even reached Europe. He was
supposed to be invincible, had performed
almost fabulous feats, life The poor
gentleman was, Notwithstanding, killed by
tiger early in September. He went out
one day and had brilliant success, staying
fine tiger single-handed. Four or five
days after, news came that another tiger
was lurking in the same place, about six
miles from the cantonment. The new ar
rival at once began to distinguish himself
by slaughtering bullocks, and Captain Doig
resolved to bring his sport to an end. Un-
accompanied save by his own "Shikaries," "
the hunter repaired to the spot. The saw
age beast was soon found, and Captain Doig
got rather long shot at him, and felt sure
he had hit him in the head. His impress
ion, however, was that the tiger had got
off into the jungle, not much hurt, and that
he must beat again for him in fresh
quarter. While preparing to do this,
Captain Doig being at the moment alone,
the enraged animal suddenly leaped from
cover, and in an instant, seized his foe and
bore him to the earth. Captain Doig after
ward said that the onset was so swift that
he never even saw the beast until he him
self was on the ground and being, as he
expressed it, "calmly eaten" A horrible
struggle ensued, the "Shikaries' sprang
to the rescue, and the intrepid hunter ac-
tually fought himself out of the tiger
clutches, and not only that, but managed
to destroy him. The encounter was never
theless fatal Captain Doig had the pluck
to ride back to the cantonment, being lift
ed to the saddle for that purpose.A But he
recovered from the shock and the frightful
laceration he received, and five days after
breathed his last For men who get cele-
brated for this kind of achievement its pur-
suit seems to have irresistible fascination,
and the sad case of Captain Doig has
many precedents.
Year: 1871

FRE1GHT.-This item of freight says
the Appeal is causing some of our business
men to growl little. The freight on
plow, from this city to Tehama, is S6 IS,
and to Chico s4 25. 1t works decidedly
against the trade, and our manufacturers
feel its evil effects in the lessening of
orders.


1t is now a continual growl at this point.
this rise in freight, especially since the 1st
of November, at which time an extra tariff
seems to have been put on. A wagon
which was put down here previous to the
above date for s4 90, is now charged SO
90, and many other things in the same
proportion. The railroad company, by
their extortionate charges, seem to court
the animosity and ill-will of the people of
the State, and our citizens now appeal to
the Leg stature sbout to assemble to cur
tail the powers of this monopoly and relieve
them of burden too grievous to be borne.
Chico Review
Year: 1871

A cotemporary records that a nice young
girl at Green Bay, Wis, was being courted
by nice young man. He was generously
inclined, and made her presents of hair
oil, which he purchased from the store OF
the father of his adored After giving her
some 20 bottles of the oleaginous fluid he
discovered he was working in cirele-as
fast as he presented them she returned
them to the store, thus dutifully making
trade for her father.
Year: 1871

A burglar was caught at somerville
(Mass.). from the circumstance of meeting
a young lady in one of the rooms in her
night-clothes. On seeing him she tainted
and fell into his arms, and when the peo
pie of the house came in he was trying to
bring her to with bottle of camphor. He
said no gentleman would go off and leave a
LADY, in such condition as that.
Year: 1871



Like lilly-fowcr uplifted


Full blown on the blue tide-sway,
Into the heaven blossoms


The perfect moon Of May.
White under her own white glory
She sees, on the green young ground
The fallen bloom Of the cherry
Drift over double mound.
There, where the cottage chimncys
Peer dim through a mist of trees,
They sat by the hearth at evening,
With the child about their knees.
Three empty seats by the frcside,
Two graves meath the orchard bough'
The dead arc at rest together;
But where is the living now!
Pale in the smoky circle


That fain would shadow her noon,
Over the lights OF the city
Trembles the large May moon
Bat blind TO that searching splendor,
Deaf 10 the riotous street,
lie lies in drunken slumhcr-
The child that played at their feet.
We're il not veil, in the cradle,
Long since the babe had died
Had the little hcad-stonc risen
Those two green mounds beside !
Nay, this Is no: the ending,
o child Of their love and prayer,
Gods moon is one in the heavens,
His mercy every where.
Year: 1871

sEMI-wEEKLY sun, c. 4 YEAR,
OF the same size and general character N
THE WEEKLY. but with a greater variety OF
miscellaneous reading. Rnd furnishing tho news
20 its subscribers with greater freshness becasas
It comes twice q week Instead OF once only.
Year: 1871

The following is the experience OF a
mechanic, concerning the benefits Of
a newspaper:


Twenty years 1 lived in the town
Of D., in Indiana. On returning
home one night, for am a carpenter
by trade, I saw q little girl leaving
my dOOr. Ny wife met me at the
door with a smile, which is eneOurag-
ing to a tired mechanic, after a hard
DAYS labor. She said Mrs. r. had
sent her little girl after their newspa
per, which she had borrowed. We SAT
down to tea We had only been mar
ried six mOnts, and Of course had no
children. Ny wife said to me, calling
me by my given name, i wish you
would subscribe for the newspaper.
for ft Is so much comfort to me when
YOU are away from home. My answer
was: i would like to do SO, but you
know owe a little payment on the
house and lot. 1t will be all l can do
to meet it, She said, If you will
take the paper L will sew for the tail
or to nav for it, / subscribed for the
paper. 1t came In due time to my
Office. While resting one noon and
looking over It, 1 saw an advertise
ment Of the County Commissioners TO
let a bridge that was to be let. I put
! IN bid for building the bridge, and
got the job, on which I cleared $500,
which enabled me to pay for my
house and lot easily, and also for the
newspaper. II 1 had not subscribed
for the newspaper 1 would have
known nothing Of the bridge contract,
and could not have met my payment
on my house and lot. A mechanic
never loses anything by taking bis
county paper.
Year: 1871

The Democracy nowadays are en-
deavoring to impeach the record o.
the Republican party, and make tnls
arbitrary impeachment the basis OF
their appeals to the people In favor OF
a change Of administration. But the
unteFrihedn will have TO present more
potent Fea sons than their naked say
so before they can produce any change
in the general sentiment OF tho
people.


The grand results achieved by the
Republican party stand in the past
like pillars Of fire Illuminating all
surroundings with a bright and patri-
Otie fire. Nor can the record be de-
MED. There stand the facts and there
they will stand forever.


The following is a happy abridge-
ment Of the work Of the past decade:


A gigantic rebellion has been
crushed.


Armies Of a million raised and dis
banded.


Four million Of slaves set free.


Labor made free and honorable.


Free hOmesteads offered to all set
tiers.
The Pacific railroad built.


Universal liberty and equal, civil
political rights for the first time Sc
cured by the constitutional amend
ments.
The States that broke their eonnee-
ton reconstructed and restored.


Taxation frequently reduced. the
last reduction being eighty millions
year.


The national debt greatly reduced,
two hundred millions Of the redue-
ton taking place under the present
administration


The national credit Iaised at home
and abroad.


TIE prices Of gold brought steadily
downward.


The revenue vigilantIy collected
and honestly disbursed.


The perfect citizenship Of all adopt
ed citizens for the first time perfected
by settling the doctrine Of expatria-
ton.


The Monroe doctrine Yindieated, in
the case Of the French invasion Of
Mexico.


Peace maintained, and the national
charter kept in the highest respect
throughout the world.-Er.
Year: 1871

The following graphic paragraph is
from the description Of a scene wit
messed by Mr.. Campbell and disparity
in the north Of Norway. from cliff
one thousand feet above the sea:


The ocean stretched away in silent
vastness at our feet the sound OF the
waves scarcely reach our airy look
out; away In the north the huffe old
sun swung low along the horizon,
like the slow beat of the pendulum in
the tall clUek Of our grandfather
parlOr corner. We all stood silent,
looking at OCr watches When both
hands came together at twelve mid
night, the full round orb hung tri-
umphantly above the wave-a bridge
of gold running due north spanned
the water between Us and him. There
be shOue in silent majesty which
knew no setting. We inyoluntarily
took on our hats and no word was
said. Combine, IL you can, the most
brilliant sunrise and sunset yOu ever
saw, and its beauties will pale before
the gorgeous eoIoring which now lie
up the ocean, heaven and mountain
In half An hour the sun had swung
by pereeptibly on its beat, the eolors
changed to those Of morning, fresh
breeze rippled over the d0Od, one
songster after another piped up in the
grove behind us-We had slid into
another day.
Year: 1871

The Boston times: says Zone Of our
smart city lawyers was surprised the
other day by an old lady entering his
Office leading vicious looking youth
She said: Squire, I called to see If
you would like to tdke this boy and
make a lawyer Of hRn. p The boys ap-
pears rather young, madam, said the
lawyer. "HOw old is he? Seven
years, sir - He is to young, decidedly
to young. Have you no older boys?
'Oh yes, sir. I have several; but we
have concluded to make farmers Of the
others 1 told my old man 1 thought
this little fellew would make q first
rate lawyer, and so I called to see if
you would take him. No, madam he
Is too young yet to commence the study
of the profession. But why do YOU
think this boy any better calculated
for 3 lawyer than your other sons
why you see, sir, he's just seven
years old to-day when he was five.
he'd lie like all natur. when six, he
was sassy and impudent as any eritter
could be; and now he'll steal any-
thing he can get his hands on
Year: 1871

NuN DCHNNA NMhu MAuaee


II this be true, heaven pity the race
in prospect, for woman as the mother
Of the race imparts a great part of her
self to her Offspring, good and bad
strangely commingled, and we are de-
generating quite fast enough already
without any additional incentive to
vice and immorality.


This Is news indeed, to learn that
woman with her fine brain-texture,
her aspiring spiritual nature, her in
tuitOus and sOul-trustiness, and all the
wealth of little wisdom and much
weakness usually awarded her, should
be less neral than mani Why? Be
cause Eve wss the first sggTessOr and
tempted Adam, q the story goes
Let moral husbands watch their wives
in future and use all the power and
wisdom they possess to correct this
pernieiOus error. AS they are the
stronger party, il is for them to re-
main at home with their wives and
see to It that they are not tempted
Endeavor to instill into their weak
minds principles Of virtue in order
that they may become sufficiently
strong and moral 20 become mothers.
Poor broken-hearted husbands they
have my entire sympathy. How few
understand the extent of their mental
sufferings, their long, weary, sleep
less nights and days Of unspoken
agony. They suffer on in silence,
till, worn, wearied, and discouraged
with their vain attempts to reform US,
they fly TO the wine cup and therein
find a soothing balm for all their
woes, a sweet forgetfulness for all
their sorrOws.


MERC1A BOYNrOS LANE.
Year: 1871

AS might have been expected, the
artificial lee machines have been ex-
tensively called into play for the man
ufacture of Ice to be used in packing
fish. In eorrObOratiOn. of previous
statements, 1t is said TO be far more
durable than natural ice, the crystals
being much more solid and exhibit
ing less tendency to split into flakes.
The estimate has been made that
thirty per cent. less Of artificial than
Of natural ice will secure the same
preservative effect. One objection to
some forms of artificial ice is said to
be the opacity of its color; but an in
ventor announces his discovery ol a
method by which perfectly transpar-
ent ice can be obtained, aud for its
publication to the world he asks the
modest sum of five hundred pounds
sterling.
Year: 1871

A New York politician, in a letter
of coincidence to the widow Of eoun-
try member who had been his friend,
wrote as follows: 81 am pained 70
hear that your husband has gone 70
heaven. We were bosom friends, but
now we shall never meet again.
Year: 1871

1t is suggested in the Old and New for


May that society should be organized


for the prevention Of public and un-
founded melancholy. The idea is a good
one This world would be much
happier one if we could remove from
the faces of those we meet that don't
you-pity-me look which some worthy fe-
males wear or that please-sympathize-
with-me air which the males assume. 1t
is SO natural TO grieve about the little
failures of this world that people forget
to be thankful for the thousand blessings
which they enjoy. Many aworthy woman
who has every necessary and many of
the luxuries Of life becomes a walking
statue Of grief because she wants a
eamel's hair shawl, all border, and the
woe-begone speculator is very miserable
because he only made Is per cent. on
his last flyer, when he anticipated 80.
The 10 per cent. Of misery manifests
itself in his face, the 20 per cent. Of
profit is covered up in his pocket By
all means let the society for the preyen-
ton of public and unfounded melan-
choly be organized.
Year: 1871

One of the wealthiest bankers of Chi
cago is charged with stealing the gas be-
longing to another man, by tapping his
pipe on the wrong side of the meter.


A Brooklyn girl has it to say that
already two Of her lovers have com
mitted suicide. One of them shot him
self through the heart and the other
took prussic acid.


A member Of the North Carolina
Legislature died recently, and it was re-
solved to convey the remains home al
the expense of the State. When the
matter was inquired into it was found
that he resided in Vermont.


An ambitious Vermonter thinks that
the voters of Rutland are the most un-
certain people extant. He ran on the
rum ticket at the town meeting and on
the temperance ticket at the village
election, but some how or other got
beaten both times.


Tailoring has been raised into the do
main of the fine arts in Germany. At
the head of the Schneideran brotherhood
there is school which is known as the
General European Clothing Academy"
and to this high authority was referred
the important matter Of the imperial
robe of the Emperor William.


An economical resident of Newbury-
port, Mass, applied at the postoflice the
other day for ten cents worth of six
cent postage stamps, and when told he
must pay two cents more if he wanted
two, he looked disappointed, and replied:
/" Wall, / spose mast have 'em, anyhow,
but seems to they're dreadful dear
Year: 1871

A Western lady writes to noted edi-
tor on behalf of her husband: Wont
you, she says, " see if you can get him
a situation as cashier in hank in New
York or something of that sort7 BE is
very quick at figures. If you can't get
him that place, viii you please get him
one as conductor2 ! know You can do
it, And if you can't get him a situation
there, won't you lend him $1,000, so he
can start hat store here2 He VIII pay
you, and viii see that he does"
Year: 1871


There is no death The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore;
And bright in Heavens jeweled crown


They shine forevermore.
There is no death The dust we tread


Shall change beneath the summer shower
To golden grain or mellow fruit,


Or rainbow tinted flowers.
The granite rocks disorganize


To feed the hungry moss they bear;
The forest leaves drink daily life


From out the viewless air.
There is no death Tho leaves may fall,


The flowers may fade and pass away;
They only wait through wintry hours


Tho coming of the May.
There is no death An angel form


Walks o'er the earth with silent tread;
He bears our best loved things away,


And then we call them dead"
lie leaves our hearts all desolate,


lie plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers;
Transplanted into bliss, they now


Adorn immortal bowers.
The bird-like voice. whose joyous tones


Made glad these scenes of sin and strife,
Sings now an everlasting song


Amid the tree of life.
And where he sees n smile too bright,


Or hearts too pure for taint and vice,
lie bears il to that world of light,


To dwell in Paradise.
Born unto that undying life.


They leave us but to come again;
With JOY we welcome them-the same,
Except in sin and pain.
And ever near us, though unseen,


The dear, immortal spirits tread:
For all the boundless universe


Is life-there are no dead.
Year: 1871

An Ohio Judge has recently delivered .
decision, which, aside from its adverse
importance to the paternal parents of large
| families of u.arrisgeable daughters. may
have considerable to do with the increase OF


matrimonial alliances in the future. At
least il removes all doubt as to the total
absolution OF the son-in-lRw to maintain the
authors of his partner IN conjugai bliss, SO
far as the legal obligation is concerned.
The suit in which this opinion was
announced, wes brought in by father-in-
law against q sonin-law upon contract,
the father alleging that before his daughter
married he Was living with her in the West,
and that the young man, then living IN
Ohio, wrote to him that if be would come
there and bring his daughter, that he would
marry her. and ths. the old gentle eman should
always have home with them, and in
accordance with this understanding they
moved East and the young couple were mar
ried. The question came incidentally before
the court, whether u son-in-aw was legally
bound to maintain and supper, the father OF
his wife in the absence of any specific con-
rsct. THE court held that he was not. That
when young man married he took no such
legal obligation upon himself.


The decision will open the way for sll
who may have had mIsgivings upon this
point, and definitely determine as we'll the
great agi.ated question about "marying the
whole family"


Since this Ohio jurist has given decision
upon one side of the question, we advise
him, if he desires to make himself popular
among the young men to hold that the
father-n-law is bound TO support his son-in'
law. For such decision he can find thous
suds of precedents, agreeable to the maxi m
that "custom makes law"
Year: 1871

One of the great triumphs of Homeopathy is the
cure of diseases of DOMESTIC ANNALS. The
Horse, the Cow, Sheep, Dog, and even bog, are
cured of the several diseases 10 which they are
subject, by the small doses of Homeopathy, with
a degree of certainty and rapidity that is ANA
ring. Some diseases incurable by the ordinary
the ease with which the medicine may be given
and the rapidly of the cure is perfectly delight
full. No one who has witnessed the astonishing 4
cures performed on Domestic snimals by Hum
phrey's Veterinary Specifies would willingly
subject them to the barbarous to-tures and the
lin gering uncertainty of the cid system.
Year: 1871

Ben Wade was in New York CITY
recently, and an enterprising jour-
na.ist interviewed him nt the Astor
House. He expressed himself free
ly on the questions OF the day,
said he was a candidate for moth
ing, Was in favor of o tariff that
would enable US to pay fifty mill
ions q year on the National Debt,
ard upon the question Of the next
Presidency expressed himself
thus:


Reporter: Will President Gran,
be renominated2


Senator: Certainly he will. He
never Was as strong az he is to day
think he will be elected TO q
second term by as large . proper
tionate majority "a President Mon
roe after che war of 1872. Then
the country approved his course
and sought quietude, and WAS mo-
willing to risk a change, and so il
is with Grant The country wish
es to be quiet, is not willing te
risk change, will move along il
its present beaten channels, pay
it's debts and emerge from all O.
our troubles with its power un.
diminished and it's credit abroad
the best OF. any nation in th,
world.
Year: 1871

The San Francisco Exam re-
says gentleman of that city abos
twenty. Eve years Of age, russ


complexion and curly red hair. wlso
had an invractabIe and painful


Ger on the lefu arm, resisting Al
previous modes of treatment,
Yielding to the request Of trying
the effect of transplanting a piece
of skin to the ulcer from another
person. The ulcer was prepared
in the usual manner by his ply
sician, and bit of skin about an
inch square was taken from the
arm of a fine healthy negro man
and Immediately spread over the
ugly ulcer, and then carefully
dressed and bandaged The skin
transportation had the desired
effect. Healing granulation sprang
up, and the unsightly ulcer soon
healed. A few months afterward
he went to his physician and told
him that ever since the sore heal
ed the black skin commenced to
spread, and it was still increasing.
About one-third Of his arm was
completely negroed The doctor
himself is alarmed. The high prob
ability is that the whole skin of
this white man will become negro.
This is new thing under tho sun.
1t would be rather difficult to ex-
plain the ply siological process
which takes place to bring about
such a skin change as this. The
problem is, how can the coloring
matter OF the skin be so radically
changed2 And how is this pig
ment change propagated1 1t is
certain the law of capillary attrac :
ton plays no Insignificant part in
the spreading process. Grating
pears on an apple tree has commu-
nicated to the apples . pear taste