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Year: 1873

WHAP CAN We Do2-This is the quss-


ton that stays the hand and paralyzes


the energies of many . man in view of


public OF private enterprises which hs


has tho ability to aid, tho forecast to see


be advantage Of and yet not the cour-
age to undertake, and 3hus stands shily-


shallying with his fears. never accom-
'plishing anything, and obstructing the


energy and enterprise of others. There


is not man of sound mind and ordina-


ry business sagacity, living upon the


line of the proposed Seattle and Walla


Walla railroad, whose judgment is not


fully convinced that if accomplished il


would prove the best paying enterprise
now offered for investment on the Pa


cifc coast; that it would not only pay


large dividends to stockholders, but


double and treble its cost in the increase


of value of property upon the line. 1t
is from no want of confidence in the


undertaking, but they stand appalled, at
the magnitude of the work and ask,
breathless anxiety where is the money
ito come from? It is within the observ-
alton of every man: Where there's
will there's way" The greatest en-
terprises of the age are owned by men
who had the energy to do and the will
to dare, and not any are in the hands of
those who waited to make the money
before they engaged in enterprises that
required money to accomplish. Look
at great milling establishments upon the
worth from $1OO. 600 to $500, 600,
in nearly every instance owned by men
who commenced without dollar. The
same rule will apply to communities.
Of the millions of dollars of assessable
and personal property
upon the line of the proposed railroad,
how small portion of it was brought
here by the settlers in the first instance!
Year: 1873

that as the Emperor was TO enter
toward evening, no one need be the
wiser, and the lad must certainly
fall before morning. The two ac-
completes did their foul work, and
their intended victim, finding his
way down again barred, was con
fronted with the alternative ofcling-
ing to the spire through cold, Win
try night, with his feet resting on
a surface hardly ten inches in cir
cumference, or ofprccipitating him
self to the pavement at once, and
thus ending the matter. Gabriel


was youth of firm viii and hardy
constitution; he elung to the cold
column till morning. But the story
goes that his rescuers were amazed
to observe that his curling locks
were white as snow; his wonted
rosy checks were yellow and wrin-
kled and his eyes, before SO bright,
were now sunken and dim. One
night of horror had placed him for
ty years nearer his grave.
Year: 1873

A lack of money is hard to bear
in all cases but the poverty which
tries to conceal itself under a cloak
Of shabby gentility is the worst OF
all poverty. Contrast the hard
working mechanic who tolls unrc-
mittlngly to keep the wolf from tho
door, that wife and little ones may
be neither cold nor hungry, and
who, being not ashamed to acknowl-
edge his hand-to-hand fight with
poverty, has little else to trouble
his mind-contraet him, say, with
the poor victim of shabby gentility,
who would rather surrender his
poor, empty, false existence, than
admit that he often suffers for the
bare necessities OF life while he and
his show genteel" surface to tho
eyes of the world, and say, truly,
which life you would prefer? Never
be ashamed to pass for just what
you really are, and try to be as
worthy as possible Once establish
yourselves, and your mode of life
as what they truly are, and you arc
on solid ground. A man is already
of consequence in the world, when
it is known that we can implicitly
rely on him-that when he says hc
knows a thing, he knows it; and
when he says he will do thing, he
will do it. Such reputation will
give man moro real enjoyment,
and is of far greater value to him,
than all the results which display
and prctcnsion can compass.
Year: 1873

The Opeiousas, La, Journal, OF
the 18th, is responsible for the fol-
lowing: "Down in the parish OF
st. Martin an old widow lady,
whose children had all married off
and left her alone, had been persua-
ded to sell her little place and live
with them. She sold her land,
buildings and improvements one
day for two thousand dollars, and
received the money in cash on the
spot, in her own house, where the
act OF sale was passed before two
witnesses, the number required by
law, and who witnessed also the
payment of the money. In short
time she was to give possession, but
she remained in the house the night
following the sale all alone, or with
no masculine adult inmates, as was
her custom. That night two negro
burglars broke into the house and
demanded her money or her life.
She gave it to them, but begged
them to let her keep one hundred
dollars of it, as she owed that amount
and wanted 20 pay the debt, when
she would be satisfied. They final
ly consented to let her keep the one
hundred dollars. They then order
ed her to make some coffee for them
to drink. In doing SO, she be-
thought herself of some strychnine
she had in the house, and quietly
dropped it in the pot of steaming
coffee, and placed it on the table,
with cups, spoons and sugar, for
them to pour out and sweeten to
their taste. This they did, and
drank in a jolly mood, each one
having nine hundred and fifty dol
lars in his pocket. But in few
minutes the tables were turned.
One gave up the ghost where he sat
at the table in his chair, and the
other got up, staggered off few
feet, and tumbled over into eterni-
ty. The good old lady recovered
her money, and on examining the
persons Of the black burglarious
robbers they turned out to be the
two witnesses to the act of sale,


both white men blackened for the
occasion-both her neighbors, and
one of them was her cousin"
Year: 1873

"A worthy old farmer, who was
being worried in his cross examin-
alton by a lawyer, set the judge,
jury, and audience in a roar by
suddenly saying to his persecutor
in a simple, appealing way: See
here squire, don't you think you're
asking lot Of precious foolish
questions I"
Year: 1873

John Shrine has removed his Tobacco Stock
into the building on the corner Of Main and
Niles streets. where lovers OF a good cigar can
find choice ones just to their liking, and chew
ers can get the best brands of Fine-cut and
Plug at reduced prices. All are invited to try
the quality of hs goods and Judge for them
selves. 971
Year: 1873

A SUDDEN GUST. Between three and four
O'Clock, yesterday afternoon, gust arose,
with Suddenness that was only equalled by
its severity during the short time it prevailed.
The fierce wind hOwled through the streets,
raising clouds of dust, causing awnings to flap
wildly, and sign posts to creak, and carrying
away everything not fastened with So aicient
security to resist its force. StOrekeep9rs has
tily ran out and secured their goods, while pc
destrains hurried hither and thither, in search
of shelter. At the circus, the effect Of the gust
was almost serious. The canvas was torn and
ripped, and almost blown down by the force Of
the wind. Those inside, became greatly alarm
ed, for fear that the tent would fall over on
them. and for short time, a wild panic ensu-
ed. The performance was suddenly stopped,
and men, women and children hurried towards
the entrance. Many were badly frightened,
fortunately, none were injured. The large
tent Withstood the force OF the tempest, but
the dressing tent was almost carried away
The gust subsidized almost as quietly as it arose,
and IN short time, the sun was shining bright
ly, and everything looked as calm and serene
as If no unusual disturbance Of the elements
had occurred.
Year: 1873

THE most serious news, aside from re-
ports sent abroad by telegraph on the
American-cholera question, is the state
ment that the two hundred divorce law
yers Of Chicago are in mourning over
the silver-wedding that occurred there
inadvertently last week. They ask for
a suspension OF public opinion, since
this is the first time they have slipped
Year: 1873

A. boy was killed in Canada o few
weeks ago, and youth who has boen
in the habit of walking in his sleep
is suspected Of being tho murderer.
The plea Of somnambulism is act up
ia his defence. What next'
Year: 1873

other is found in the constitutions or laws OF
nearly all of the States; and while it fur.
nishes full scope for all legitimate railroad
enterprises, it will prevent the reckless ex-
penditure of the public money or credit l
may add that there is a very strong feeling
in Congress in favor of totally prohibiting
any Territory or any county or municipality
therein from loaning its credit to any railroad
company for any purpose whatever. Such
prohibition was contained in the general
incorporation law reported by the Senate
Committee on Pacific Railroads last winter,
and which the united efforts of all the Dele
gates could not at that time modify l have
sent a copy of my bill to the HERALD for
publication. l believe that it will become
law, as it has been agreed to by the Com
mittee on Railroads and Canals in the House,
and the general expression of members, as
far as heard, is favorable to it. When this
bill passes I will do my level best to secure
the appropriation for an extra session of the
Legislature. This bill and the one passed
last winter taken together will


1st, Give the Territory power to form do
mestic railroad interpretations. '''.


I'd. Confer the right of way upon corpo-
rations so formed. ...it"


Sd. Authorize county and municipal aid
to such corporations. ..'..+
4th. Impose such healthy restrictions up
on such power as will secure it against abuse
I have written very briefly on this subject
Please publish what is written for the infor-
nation Of the people, and oblige .t


Truly, your friend,
.l,. WN. H. CLAGETT.
Year: 1873

A LITTLE ''onpleasantness" between a
couple of high-toned Pioche gentlemen is
thus recorded by local paper: "We are
glad to announce that Mr.. johnson, the gen.
tlemanly young bartender of the Hog Eye
saloon, is getting along as well as could be
expected Owing to bis under lip having
been split open, he is obliged to live wholly
on spoon victuals His head seems to have
been injured, as he is f1ighty at times, and
his nose has not taken root yet though his
ear, chewed off at the same time, is doing
nicely. One of his eyes will remain perfect
ly blind, and the other is not good for much;
yet, when we saw him this morning, he was
looking quite bright, and said he would feel
perfectly contented if his teeth had not been
knocked out before he had an opportunity to
chew off his adversary's nose. This thought
grieveS him ~ ..... .r.,.s
Year: 1873

The Indictment against Susan +. Anthony
charges that she "was then person of the
female sex, contrary to the form of the stat
ute of the United States of America in such
case made and provided, and against the peo-
pie of the United States and their dignity. y
Susan is old enough to know better than to
set herself in opposition to the peace and
dignity of the people of the United States
by being person of that description.
Year: 1873

ONE branch of business in Nevada is re-
ported blighted by the building of the Vir-
ginia and Truckee railroad. Since the haul
ing off of the stages the occupation of the
'troad agent is gone. Can the Northeast
miss this rare opportunity for a wall of sur
passing discOnsonance? r.. mi ~. N ne -
Year: 1873

THE WOES OF "A DANBURf LOVER.


Since Mr.. O'Clarence's Fourth of
July celebration, North street has been
comparatively quiet. But last night it
was again aroused 1t appears that one
of our Main street clerks is keeping
company with young lady living on
North street. And her father is OPP
posed to his society, or at least that has
been the impression since fortnight
ago, when he poured tea-kettle of hot
water on him. But, having healed the
burns, the young man determined to
capture the girl in spite of the parent,
and laid plans for IN elopement, which
was to have come off last night. The
stern parent received intelligence of the
plan through the perfdy of the servant,
who had been taken into the confidence
of the young people, and he concealed
himself in the shade of lilac-bush,
Just under the window Of the depraved
daughter. At twelve o'clock the young
man approached the spot, standing 30
close to our friend in the lilac bush that
he could almost touch him, and could
quite smell the sweet oil. A moment
later head appeared at the window,
brief whispered conversation followed,
and comforting bundle of things were
dropped down, and the head retired.
The young man, whose skin was of in
places, and who was undoubtedly think
ing of angels chasing pond-lilies across
rain-bows, held his hands up to catch
the bundle, when he became suddenly
aware that he was gripped by the legs,
and in the next instant he was hurled
through the air, and went nose first into
an onion bed. When he got on his feet
he did not pause to louk up the cause Of
the trouble, but threw himself over the
first fence, and struck for home, con-
tent to wait until the poper came out,
for the particulars. The first intima-
ton of the modification of the pro-
gramme was the appearance of her
father at her door, who politely extend
ed the bundle and kindly observed /:
"You dropped something out Of your
window, miss" She had.-Danbury
NcWs.
Year: 1873

ACCORDING to an italian journal, the
Pope's private fortune appears to be
little larger than the temporal dominion
that remains to him. His pontificate
seems not to have added anything to
his worldly wealth. All that he owns
is his patrimony and the furniture OF
his private apartments in the Vatican.
This furniture includes large and very
valuable collection of works of art. He
has beaueathed nearly everything to the
eldest son of his brother, Count Louis
Mastai- Ferreti, the Counts child by a
princess of the Drago family. Special
legacies are left to distant relatives and
to favorite servants.
Year: 1873

IT is customary to assert that, if
punishment for crime could only be
made certain and prompt, criminals
would be struck with terror, and crime
be greatly diminished But one thing
seems to initiate against such a conclu-
sion. Society cannot hope to infict
upon her knaves any more prompt and
certain punishment than nature does
upon her fools-and yet the latter keep
on kindling fire with kerosene oil.
Year: 1873

A POLICEMAN in New Orleans was
stabbed seventeen times recently and
killed once. It is thought that the as
sassin will be found guilty Of murder in
the eighteenth degree. Poor fellow.
We wonder if they will hang him
eighteen times
Year: 1873

WEARING New Boor.--'rhe Danbury
Neacs says: 1t is "A little singular how well
II pair of boots can be made to fit at a store.
You may not be able TO get your foot only
part way down the leg at tie first trial ,
out ,ha, is because your stocking is sweaty,
or you haven't started right, and the shoe
maker suggests that you start again AMI
stand up to it, and he throws in a little
powder frotr pepper-hox to aid you.
And 70 YOU stand up. and pound down
your foot, and patMlly trip yourself up,
aud your eyes stick ont in an unpieasn.
manner, artti every vein in you, body ap
pears to he on the point Of bursting, and all
the while that dealer stands around and
eyes the op rat OH IS inteniy as if the whole
affair was perfectly new and novel to him
When your foot has struck bottom, there IL
a faint impression on your mind that you
have stepped into an Opeti sIove, but h
removes it by solemnly observing that Il"
never saw n boot fit quite as good as that.
You may suggest that your toe presses to-.
hard agains, the 'front.' or that some Of the
bones in the side of the foot are somewhat
too much smashed, but he says this is Ill
ways the way with new boot, and that
'he trouble will entirely disappear in few
days. Then you take the old pair under
your arm and start for home as animated
Is relic Of 1912, all the while feeling thai
he world i not look bright and happy
% you again until you have Drained that
shoemaker. You limp down town the nexI
day, and smile all the while with your
mouth, while your eyes look as if you wee
walking over an oyster bed barefoot
When no one il looking you kick against it
post or some other o struction, and show =
fondoess for stopping and resting agains
something that will sustain your weight.
When you ge home at night you 90 TO-
those old boots W tn an eagerness that cal
not be described, and the remarks that you
make upon learning that your wife has dis
posed Of them 10 widow woman in til,
suburbs, are calculated to Immediately de-
popul.te the earth of women and shoe
makers generally.
Year: 1873

BE HAPPY Now.-How old are you Z
twenty-five? Thirty? Are you happy to-
lay ? Where you happy yesterday? Arc
you GENERALLY happy? If so, you have rea-
-on to believe that you will he happy by
md-hy. Are you 70 busy tha, you have NO
time to be happy9 Are you going to be
happy when you are old. and yon have not
50 much to do? No, you will not. YS1
now have specimen OF what you VIII be-
when you are old Look in the face Of t5,
day. That is about the average. That will
tell you what you are going TO be. What
you are carrying along with you is what you
will have hy-and-by. If you are so conduct
ing yourself to have peace with God, and
with your fellow men, and with your facul-
tes; if every day you insist that duty shall
make you happy, and you take as much
lime as il needfu for the culture of your So
,i.l faculties, you will not be exhaustins Eie,
md it will be continually repenisled. But
# you are saving everything up till You get
to be an old man, h bit will stand like a ty-
rant, aud =. y, "You would not enjoy Your
self before, and you stall not now." How
many men there are who have ground aud
ground to make money, that they might 10
happy hy-and-by, but who. when they got
to lie fly or sixty years old, had used up
Ill the enjoyable nerve that was in them!
During their early lite they carried toll and
economy and frugality 10 the excess Of stin-
si,n g., aud When the time came that they
expected joy. there WAS no joy for them.
Year: 1873

correspondent recently heard suc- cession of strange, cracking noises out of doors at night, and had great diff culty in finding the cause. The sound came from some fallen walnut tree leaves, and he naturally expected to find that some species of insect caused the leaves to rustic.

 At the next spot where examined, I closely watched the modus operandi, and saw the dry, brown leaves gradu- ally curling open, moving like little automata; one opening would touch another, and that in turn rolled open, with the peculiar rustling sound that had at first attracted my attention. But there was noworm there. What then was the power that carried on this general movement? Upon mediating a little, the truth flashed upon me it was simply that the day had been re- markedly warm for an April day, and the heat of the sun had warped the leaves, curling them up like a voluta but as the sun set, the northeast wind had blown the clouds and moisture from the Atlantic, and, coming in con- tact with the dry leaves, had caused them to uncurl. Thinking that some motion would accelerate their move. ment, I stamped upon the ground, and immediately the whole garden seemed alive with motion. The occurrence seems of small account, but it illus trates ill a perfectly natural way the force and effects of variations in tenn perature."
Year: 1873

The cares, anxieties and misfortunes of life have much to do with shortening it as disease. They are In fact the of many ailments and physi- cal disabilities. Nervous weakness, dyspepsia, affections of the liver disturbances of the bowels, headaches, hypochondria and monomania are among these distressing fruits It is therefore, of great importance that persons whose minds are oppressed with heavy business responsibilities, or harassed by family troubles or excited by specu- laion perplexed by multiplicity of enterprise, or in any way overtaxed or overworked, should keep up their stamina by the daily use of whole tonic. Thousands of persons thus circum- stanced enabled to bear up against the d fcul- strength, health and mental clearness by the regu

 lar use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Diseases which prone to attack the body when debili- tated and broken down by Cver-much brain-work, exhausting physical l'bor, are kept at bay by the resis ant power which this incompara ble tonic endows the nervous system and the vital organs. At this season, when the heat is evaporating the elements of strength from every pore an invigo- rant is absolutely essential to the safety and

 fort of the public and is required even by the more robust if they desire to keep the atheeic capabil

 ties in status quo. Hence course of Hostetter's Biters is particularly useful at this period of the year as defence against the invisible disease ahoat in the sultry atmosphere. It is the most potent of all preventive medicines and for all plaints which affect the stomach the liver and the bow els aud interfere with the perfect digestion and stimulation of food, it IS the standard remedy
Year: 1873

Ye see," said Q veteran shellback to a reporter, to whom he was explaining why so many assertions took place from the navy, "when Jack has come off a long voyage he has generally few dol lars coming to him. His first thought is to get his pay and leave of absence to go on a spree. Yell find, though, that as rule days and weeks pass after 8 ship has come in from @ cruise before the hands are paid off, This is part of the dodge I'm going to explain to you. The men get impatient, and fret after the shore. But it's no use. The officers tell them, You can get leave if you want it ; but what's the use of leave to Jack without money? It ain't no more use than that" said the veteran, putting the last of paper of tobacco into his mouth and chucking away the tinfoil.

 "When they get thoroughly wearied master begins to sound them. He generally knows his men pretty well, and understands how to approach the subject. He takes them one by one, and condoles with them, and at last hints that he would pay them their money for small commission out of HIS OWL pOchoG, DuG GQaU Gno1o would be the devil to pay if they came back to the ship and it was found out. Jack, who Is anxious to be off. and to get his money at any price, don't stop to think, but lets the paymaster understand that if he once gets his money and is clear oi the ship there are good many chances against his coming back. Then the paymaster comes out boldly and says 'There's $500 due you. If you'll take $500 and call it square I'll give it tc you, and I'll run the chance of getting it back Ninety-nine times out of a hundred Jack takes the money and goes. Then to make the thing seem all square, the paymaster debits Jack with $500 or $4OO worth of clothing, and so forth, which he never had, ano pockets the balance of Jacks pay. The captain and the paymaster always work together in this matter, and when Jack time expires and he don't return, his name on the roll is marked a D anc there's an end of it. Why, there arc thousands of deserters walking abou New York and Brooklyn to-day who could be arrested in no time if the au thorities pleased. If they were arrested though, they would have yarn to spi1 that wouldn't be creditable to some O the brightest and highest toned officer of the navy"