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Year: 1875

CAUT1oUs.-Admiral Theodorus Bailey
was once summoned as a witness in civil
suit-a position altogether new TO him.
His anxiety was increased by the warning
OF his friends, who were constantly telling
him to be on his guard, as lawyers would
bother him and make him contradict him
self and appear to be liar. The old fell
low had sleepless night before the day
of trial, and when he entered the witness
box, it was with nervousness such as he
had never experienced in going into battle.
when the first question, what is your
name? vas proposed to him, his hands
fidseted tremblngly about and the perspir-
alton broke out on his brow. He was evil
IDENTIFY in deep and perplexing thought,
and remained silent The question was
repeated with emphasis; II ask, what is
your name, sir?" With Il mighty effort
the old admiral jerked out the result of his
deliberations, The do-rus Bailey ;-ad-
ding impressively, "or cords 10 that effect :"
Year: 1875

The tragedy Of Margaret is not solita-
ry one, others there are enacted all over
our land. Shall we, by enlightenment pre-
vent these, or shall we allow them. and
ourselves to suffer by our neglect? "In as
much as ye have done it unto one of the
least of these, ye have done it unto me-


FAITH.
Year: 1875

"a farmer dropped in. the other day
to pay his rent, putting on long face
to correspond with the times. Enter
ing the house be told the landlord that
times being SO hard, be could not raise
the money at all, and dashed a bundle
Of notes On the table There said he.
that's all | can pay The money was
counted By Mr. the landlord, Who
said


Why this is twice asomuch as you
owe me- s..z.


'Dang'ee. give. it to me again. said
the farmer. I'm dashed if I amt took
it out Of the wrong pocket 7
Year: 1875

RAILRoAD NEws.-The Sacramento
Record Union OF the 26;h ult. sars
that a force of eleven men, headed by
Charles Cadwalader, resident engineer
of the California and Oregon Railroad,
had left with the necessary outfit to
survey the line Of that road from Red
ding 10 Oregon line. ItiS understood
to he the intention Of the railroad
company to connect the California and
Oregon Railroad with the Oregon
Central Railroad as soon as possible.
The Yreka journal says it IS under
stood that a large force OF workmen
are TO follow the Surveyors on the rail
road above RedGing, and that the
work will be pushed forward until a
connection is made with the Oregon
road 1t is supposed work will be
commenced on the Oregon end also,
towards closing the gap. Where the
connection will be made Is still un-
known to the public, and probably Will
be for some time.
Year: 1875

Law REFoRM IN GREAT BRITAIy.-
Great Britain Is slowly and peacefully
undergoing a kind OF revolutionary
process. The changes which are be-
ing made in her laws are radical in
character, and tend more toward re-
publicani>m than if simply the title Of
its executive had been changed. An
important movement has recently
been made in Scotland, which will
doubtless be extended to England with
in a very few years We refer to the
passage, at the recent session of Par
lament. Of bill for the amendment
Of the Scotch law of entail. Under
the provisions Of this act, owners of
entaiied estates are enabled to borrow
money to pay the cost of improve
ments, and have rhe money so borrow
ed and expended made a permanent
burden upon the land until paid.
Year: 1875

PRoPoSITIoN TO DEBAsE SILVER Com.
In connection with the present eff.
forts of the Government to substitute
silver coin for cur fractional PAPER
currency, and in view of the fact that
greenbacks will have to advance to
about 81 in gold, or gold be worth
about llO in greenbackS, before it will
be safe TO commence such substitution.
the New York Journal Of Commerce
suggests that new standard for silver
be adopted, by fixing the haIfdollar at
$50 grainS-other denominations be
ing in the same proportion. This would
give seventY-fve ounces Of standard
silver 20 each one hundred dollars, and
the premium for gold would have to
run above 100 before disturbing silver
coin of that standard. But this l.
barbaric suggestion. Silver Is suiii.
clently heavy currency already in pro
portion TO It's value. and il should not
be rendered less valuable with 3 baser
metal alloy, even for - convenient q
purpose as that mentioned.
Year: 1875

GONG TO LAw.-When people 60 to
law for revenge they usually find the
luxury expensive; yet the history of
the world is full of instances in


which litigation is resorted to for the
purpose OF carrying out the spirit of
the axiom, " Not one cent for tribute,
but millions for defence" The latest
case Ill point occurred before one Of
the Pennsylvania courts, which We
find reported in an Eastern paper. a
lady had been passing to and fro over
the line Of railroad, with commu-
tation ticket. On the day after its ex-
piration she made a little journey to
the railroad office where the ticket
must be renewed. The train conduct
or demanded her fare, when she ex-
planned that she was about to purchase
her ticket at the general office. He
paid no attention TO her excuse, but
proceeded to collect the regular fare,
and, in addition, penalty of five
cents for not being provided with a
ticket, Her husband brought suit to
recover the twenty-three cents she
had paid. After much litigation the
Court decided that the road was iusti-
fable, except in the five cents penalty,
which was ordered paid TO the plain
tItf. The case was appealed by the
road, and will now be taken before the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Year: 1875

USELESS WoRRY.-Life has great
troubles in store for all of us and few
live to be men and women without
knowing terrible grief. But, fortunate
ly, these intense moments cannot fill all
the years. Time helps us to forget at
least, the sorest of the pain. 10 every
one would come some joy but for the
little worries that happen with the pas
sing hours-cares about money and the
cost of things, small quarrels, petty
iealousies, false shame, and an awful
dread of what ''they" will think if we
take little comfort. and dress and eat
to suit ourselves, and know people We
like whether they are "genteel" or not,
and say what we mean, instead OF what
is expected.


Worries eat the life away. They
gnaw and bite wrinkles into the face,
and bring gray hairs on the head, and
half the time they are not only abso-
lutely needless but absurd. Why in
the name of all that is sensible, can We
not wait until the draught of sorrow is
forced to our lips, and not sup needless
ly at the cup of gall and wormwood ?


If every man could say 10 himself,
"Small worries shall most certainly not
lengthen my face" if every woman
could rofuse to fret over such trihes as
impudent cooks, and napkins with un-
timely holes in them. more of us would
live out the threescore aud ten years al
lotted to us by Heaven, and We should
all certainly be much better company
while we lasted.
Year: 1875

TO THE AFFLICTED.-No matter
under what form of sickness you labor,
there is one great truth you should
keep in mind All disease originates
in an impure condition of the blood.
Purify that, and the disease must de-
part; but you cannot purify the blood
by the use of poisonous drugs, and ex-
haustive stimulants. The best Blood
Purifier ever discovered is DIR. Walkers
famous Vinegar Bitters, compounded OF
simple herbs
Year: 1875

SAVING Is WEALTH.-One great cause of
the poverty of the present day wisely says
an exchange is a failure of our common
people to appreciate small things. They
do not realize how daily addition. be it
ever 50 small, will soon make a large pile.
If the young men and women of to- day
will only begin. and begin now, to save a
little from their earnings and plant it in
the soil of some good savings bank, and
weekly or monthly add their mite, they
will wear happy smile of competence
when they reach middle life. Not only the
desire but the ability to increase it will al
so grow. Let clerk and tradesman, labOrer
and artisan, make. now and at once. be-
ginning. Store up some of your youthful
| force tor future contingency. Let parents
| teach their children to begin early to save.
| Begin at he fountain head to control the
| stream of extravagance-tO choose be-
tween poverty and riches. Let our youth
20 on in the habits of extravaganza for
| ffty years to come as they have for fifty


yeals past. and we shall have a nation OF


begyars, with a moneyed aristocracy. Let
| a generation OF such as save in small 81. ms
be reared, and We shall be free from want


DO not be ambitious for extravagant for


tunes, but Sc that which it is the duty o
| every one TO neutrality-suspicious. and q


comfortable home. Wealth, and enough
OF it, is within the reach Of all. Il is OBJ


tanned by one process, and one only-sav
Ing.
Year: 1875

the edge of the foe in open water. ant


is hunted with spears. to which are at
| tatched lines carrying inflated scalskins


intended for the double purpose of i'm
peding The animal in diving, and o pre-
venting the loss of the spear.


The Esquimaux are so very venture.
| some in hunting this animal. that they


will even 20 out on floating pieces ol
ice after 1.-THE seal, however, when
it cannot find an open piece of water,
will bu:row up through the ice TO get
to the air, making small hole on the
surface OF much the same size and APP
pearance as mole-hill. The manner OF
taking them requires considerable
amount of patience and endurance, tor
when hunter hears a seal at work un-
der the ice, he first builds a snow wall
some four feet high, to protect him from
the wind, and then sitting down TO the
leeward of it, proceeds to wait for the
seal TO reach the suriace-a weary
watch, which sometimes extends to
twelve hours.


When by the seals blowing the hun
ter knows that it is close 10 the surface
of the ice, he takes hi. spear in both
hands and drives it down into the ami
ibai ilIl All us
ly fastened the rope attached to ii round
his body. He has only then TO cut away
ths thin ice all around to get the carcass
out. Another way of Killing seals is By
approaching them under cover OF "a
small white screen, mounted on Il little
sle1ge, which is pushed by the sports
man before him. In this manner they
can be approached within easy shot,
bat OF course, as in this case they must
be either in the water or upon the SUR
face OF the ice, and As during the depth
of winter there is little open warer
likely 10 be found near the ships-this
plan will not be practicable then. In
shooting them with rifle. care must be
taken to hit them in the head, as other
wise they will escape under the ice If
only wounded in the body. The l.,
quimaux prac ise numerous devices to
attract the seals; such as scraping the
ice SO aS TO produce similar noise to
that made bv the seal with his nippers,
and placing one end of pole III the
water aud putting their mouths close 10
the other cud, and maxim. noise, in i'm
ltatIpn OF those made Ov the seals.
When they are in good condition and
shot Inr...ntaneou,Iy, they will float;
hut Till, depend, upon their feeding
ground
Year: 1875

MARRYING WITHOUT LovE.-Mamy
young lady writes to say that She has had
an advantageous offer of marriage The
man who made II is OF exemplary charac-
ter; he i we'll oil in this worlds goods. IS
engaged in profitable and equitable bus
mess and there is no particular reason why
she should not accept his proposal but
She does not love him. In our judgement,
that Is reason enough. We do not believe
IN marriage without love. Respect is all
very well. and that one should have any
way but IL does not take tn" place of at
tectiun. 1t ;s said thar in such matches
love comes after marriage. We have no
doubt that it often does. BIT we think
love should precede as we'll as follow ma
trimony. Ii IS always liable to happen to
one who has never loved. But suppose
subsequent 10 marriage, it is awakened for
the first time in wife and the object hap
pens to be on her than the husband
what thenf This is contingency not
pleasant 10 contemplate No; il you do
not love, then 10 not marry. Singleness
IS bles>cdne>> compare it 10 marriage with
out affection The connubial love sits cas-
lily on The shoulders OF love; but it is III, 1t
calling without tins one and only sufficient
support.
Year: 1875

Why Nor SUCCESSFUL. The young
clerk marries and takes house, which
be proceeds to furnish twice as expen-
sively as be can afford, and then his
wife, instead Of striving to help him
earn a livelihood. by doing her own
work. must have hired servant to help
her spend his limited earnings. Ten
years afterward you will find him strug-
Cling on under double load of debts
and children, wondering why the luck
is always against him, while his friends
regret his unhappy destitution of finsn-
cial ability.


Had they from the first been frank
and honest. be need not have been SO
unlucky. The world is full of people
who can't imagine why they don't pros
per like their neighbors. when the real
obstacle is not in banks or tariffs. in
bad public policy or hard times, but iu
their own extravaganza and needless
ostentation.
Year: 1875

So thought the occupants of Bos-
ton horse car, who listened to the story
OF mischievous young lad, who was
telling an old gentleman why he liked
the new master of one of our schools.
The master, he said, was first rate
fellow, and then he had dismissed the
scholars twice lately at $50 o'clock in
the morning. "Why, what did he do
that for?"asked the elderly gentleman.
After the youth had had a good laugh,
he managed to explain that one of
the boys had put piece of ice under
the thermometer, and sent the mer-
curry down to forty, and the master
thought the room was not warm
enough for the pupils to remain
in. And the way the old gentle
man laughed and shook told plainly
enough that he had. once been one of
that Kind of boys. @
Year: 1875

A certain minister, having become
much addicted TO drink, his presbytery
had to interfere and get the minister to
sign the pledge. This the minister did,
and promised that he would never again
take drink under any pretence what
ever. The minister certainly kept his
word: but the result was that the sud-
den reaction proved too much tor him,
and he took so i'll that the doctor had to
be sent for. The doctor knew the habits
of the man well, and informed the min
lister that he must just begin and take
his toddy again. This the minister said
he could not do, as he had taken the
pledge in the presence of the presby-
terry. The doctor replied that he might
get bottle or two quietly, and that no
body but himself (the miniSter) and the
housekeeper would know anything
about it. ''Man," says the minister,
''my housekeeper is worse than all the
presbytery put together, so that would
not do" However, il was arranged that
the doctor was TO bring in the whisky
and sugar, and that the minister was to
make up the toddy in the bedroom with
the hot water that he always got for
shaving purposes in the morning. The
result was, the minister got speedily
well, and one day, on going out, the
doctor said to the minister's house
keeper, ''Weel, Margaret, your minister
is quite himself again" There's nae
doot aboot that, sir" she replied, ''he's
quite weel in body; but there's some
thing game far wrang wi his upper
storey" whats wrong there, Marga-
ret." asked the doctor. "Weel, sir, /
dinna ken, but he asks for Shawn water
six and seven times i the day
Year: 1875

Not only can we not see the slightest
use in taking down the stoves, if that
be the way of heating, but we hold that
in country houses there should never be
a day in the whole year in which a fire
cannot be built at moments notice,
In summer an open fireplace is prefer
able 10 a stove, for there will be but a
few weeks in the whole summer in which
little fire in the morning or evening
will not be needed to ventilate the room
or to dry it, If not to remove the chill.
In malarious districts this is of special
importance: few sticks will prevent
what much quinine may not cure, and
be vastly cheaper. So We insist that in
the family or living room of every coun-
try house there should always be fire
laid in fireplace, CRATE or stove, ready
to diffuse comfort when needed, even If
il be in July or August. But in houses
heated by stoves there are several which
may come down without detriment, and
those which remain in place should be
properly cared for, which brings us at
last TO taking down the stoves. If the
stove connects by a short, straight piece
of pipe directly with the chimney, there
will be little trouble in replacing it next
fail: if, instead of this, there are, as is
more commonly the case, several lengths
of pipe and more or less elbows, then
too much precaution cannot be taken.
Some hold the theory that stove-pipe
once taken down can never be put up as
it was before without calling in a filter.
Stove-pipes make great havoc with do
mestic patience, but proper foresight
. 81 Ii, hAl, +lt~ IN
a felicituous putting up. Wherever two
ends fpipe, whether sections or elbows
come together, they should be marked
whether Intentionally separated in TAX
ing down or not. If large pipe is I a.,
ken down in the fewest possible pieces,
some others will separate, and all be in
confusion, hence the only safety is to
number each joint, that is, whenever
the lengths or ser;ioDs, including ell
bows, come together with two numbers,
as IL, 2-2, etc. Do this before disturb
ing the pipe; chalk will answer, but
the marks must be renewed, if blurred
by handling, before the pipe is put
away for the season. Where anthracite
coal is burned a simple humping of the
pipe will remove the gathered ashes and
dust; a pipe to bituminous coal-stove
will show more deposit, and will need a
more thorough cleaning, but in those of
wood stoves, the deposit is often very
heavy, and, if the pipe is long one, of
4 highly acid and corrosive nature. If
this be not removed when the pipe is
taken down now the work of destruc-
ton will go on all summer, and when il
is TO be put up in the fall it will often
be found completely honey-cOmbed and
useless. Hence pipe of this kind should
have every incrustation upon its interior
removed by thorough humping and a
bunch of twigs. To arrest the corrOsion
of what deposit remains the interior
may be coated with ordinary lime wash
or white-wash. Both stove and pipe
should be thoroughly blackened before
they are put away for the summer.


The object of blacking stove is not
solely to improve its looks, but it is to
cover the surface of the iron with coat
ing that will prevent rusting.
Year: 1875

down that timber, aiming TO make the
trees fall as much as possible in heaps or
clusters, so that when fired they will
burn up. This they call there, slashing.
The stumps are generally left standing
about three feet high, and the first sea-
son after being cut, the roots generally
send out great many shoots or sprouts.
Goats are very fond of these shoots, and
devour them voraciously. In that coun-
try, if these sprouts are kept close down
the first year, preventing the sap from
going back into the roots in the fall, the
stumps are most sure to die and COM
mence to die the following spring. Being
thus deprived of sap, the life-giving
principle, they can no longer resist ten =
dency TO decomposition. A white mil
dew sets in, and in about three years the
roots are rotted off and thelstump may
be removed, leaving the land in con-
dition TO cultivate. The Angora goat
is becoming quite popular in Oregon,
and those who have fiocks can get them
kept without expense by those who make
use of them in the above manner. To
those who are clearing river bottom
lands i'm this State, timbered with second
growth oaks or willows-the above facts
may furnish useful hint. The practice
here is to dig the roots almost entirely
out of the ground to prevent the sprout-
ing. If the effect of the work of the
goats will be the same here as in Oregon,
a considerable expense might be avoi-
ded by cutting the trees OFF and turning
in the goats TO kill the stumps, as they
do there. And we see no reason why
the same cause will not produce the same
effect. The philosophy of the killing by
browsing is this: The sap left in the
stump is taken up by the growth of the
young shoots, and if they are nipped of
and Kept short no sap is returned to the
roots to keep them alive and they die
from this cause and the great shock re-
ceived by cutting off the original stem
aud branches of the tree.
Year: 1875

The press dictates our opinion of it.
self, and that no other modern institu-
ton does. Even the telegraph is dumb
except as the press praises it. But the
press has in itself never-silent voice
of Self-eulogy. The power of the press,
the intelligence of-the press, the dignity
of the fourth estate" the greatness of
the London Times, the New Y YOrk Herald,
the genius of Mr.. Greeley or of Mr..
Smith--these are themes from which
none of us can escape. Short of refus-
ing absolutely TO read the newspapers,
we cannot close our eyes, even in the
Barcan desert, to this fine procession of
heroic forms that are kept constantly
moving before us. -- ....


The stock eulogies of the press thus
become part of the mental furniture
ofa constant newspaper reader, sort
of fundamental postulate upon which
he bases his processes of thought. L
suppose that some day our metaphysi-
clans may be able to use these concep-
tions in making up their lists of intui-
tions. \ college professor gave Us, a
few years ago, a valuable book on what
he called mental philosophy, if l re-
member rightly, and it contained list
of ultimate and absolute truths, as given
in the professors consciousness, very
useful as sort of canon law, or final
authority in cases perpleXing to the
theological mind. i was always a little
surprised that he did not include with
them the virtues of the newspaper. but
presume these may be added to future
editions of a work so likely to remain i'm
permanent demand.


1t is the journalist then. and not the
soldier. the man of business. or the
scholar, who specially magnifies his
office in our day; who has taught us
that the press is the soul of modern life,
the proper master of modern thought
and action; that the secret of intelli-
genee lies in reading the newspapers,
and the secret of wealth in advertising,
with many other valuable truths of a
similar kind: and il is the journalist
who, more than other men, can sup
press criticism of his calling. If the
praises of the press are born of itself, if
its censures are disarmed bv itself,
should We not seek opportunity, from
time TO time, to correct our estimates of
its power and value; to look at it, as far
as is possible, as we should look at other
glories of this age, with our own eyes,
and not with any others? MAY We not
have agreed too easily that the press
does Us nothing but good all the days of
our life? These cautions are obvious,
yet we need to bear. them in mind.
There are fallaeies which escape our
notice because they are so evident, Just
as we may fail to see an advertisement
printed in letters thrice a. large. a. we
were looking for.-The Gdlo6g
Year: 1875

Thou shalt not pray. thou shalt not sing
No sitting shalt thou have from me;
Thou shalt not pray. thou shalt not sing
Until thou art as rich as me-
60. earn thy twenty thousand pound.


And tread the aisle with proper pride
And then q seat shall soon be found


Where we may worship side by side;
Together take the bread and wine;


And all shall come thy pew TO see.
And saints will then be friends of thine.
And TO thy riches bow the knee.
And if by chance some doubtful name
Pc found within our sect select.
He must have fashion, wealth or fame.
To patch his morals incorrect
And 30 be rich, and have then all


Thy fancy and thv taste demand
The evening dance, the morning cali.
And the best pew at thy command
Our edifce Was made for show


Nor WITHOUT MONEY, WITHOUT PRICE"
Can those into our sittings go


Who have not wealth and are not nice,
oh, no!-the poor must meekly drink
The gospel from their cups Of tin.
And backward from the pulpit shrink.
For poverty's deadly sin.
''SEIL ALL THOU HAST, THY SUBSTANCE GIVE
UNro THE POOR, AND FOLLOW ME-"
Alas that men should rather live


For TINE than for EIERSIrY