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Year: 1870

There is no such thing as a menial office
when you put a true man into it. A menial
office is an Office with mean man init: and
it makes no difference whether it is king t
office or a scavenger' s Office
Year: 1870

A young lady fell asleep in hotel parlor
recently, and was awakened, ike the sleep
ing beauty" by a kiss on her mouth. Her
Indignation can be imagined when she dis
covered it was one of the bell boys who had
been sent in to clean the windows, and whose
excuse was, that he wanted to tell his friends
that he had actually kissed live lady"
Year: 1870




ROnsted Alive in n Coal NTlne-AlmOst n Re-
petition of the Avondale Horror.


PLYMOUTH, Pa, Dec 31.-There was nearly
repetition of the Avondale horror at this place
yesterday. At about 1890 A. M, the breaker of
the Nottingham mine, situated at the southern
end of the town, was discovered to be on fire.
There were fifty-five men in the mine at the
time, which is one of the man-traps like the
Avondale--one with but one outlet-yet, not
withstanding this, no notice was given to the
men below that the building above was on fire.


Fortunately, 1t was discovered soon after 1t
broke out and, with great eXertion, was not
only prevented from spreading, but was extin-
guished, the men below remaining all the while
in ignorance of their danger. The fire was the
result of gross carelessness on the part of the
company working it, 1t appears that two stoves
were kept in the breaker to give heat to the
boys employed there to pick out the slate from
the coal as it goes in the breaker, and the pipes
from these stoves were run directly through the
woodwork of the building without any protec-
tion. The result was what any sane man might
have expected. The woodwork heated until
it became of the consistency of tinder, and then
ignited.


At noon some of the men came up to dinner,
and, although every eXerton was made to keep
the fire from their knowledge, the fact leaked
out, and they became aware for the first time of
the terrible fate they had escaped. When they
went down again they informed the rest of the
men in the mine, and they at once got together
and held an indignation meeting, and resolved
at once to go up out of the mine. When they
got up they assembled the rest of the men be-
longing to the mine-in all about seventy-fve-
and held another meeting, resolving that they
would not again go down into the
mine until there was built two brick
chimneys for the stove-pipes, watchman
placed in the building night and day, and a bell
at the bottom of the shaft, SO that they should
have a signal when there was danger at the sur
face. Since that time the mine has not been
worked, and the men still remain firm. The
proprietors, Messrs. Thomas Brodrick tC Co.,
not being able to get any men to supply the
places Of their old hands, have yielded to their
demands so far as the two chilnneys are con-
cerned and their construction has commenced;
but they think one watchman in the night is
sufficient, and decline to place one there in the
day time. The men say that this only shows a
willingness to protect their own property, and
as their lives are exposed in the day time they
say they shall insist on the two watchmen, and
also on the alarm bell.
Year: 1870

the self.cOnsciousness which make every man, who
thinks at all, think for himself by laws and rules Of
MS own, and from his own point Of view. rhe man
who thinks is already on throne, and he does not
even vacate IL when he has solemnly accepted the
Pope for his lord paramount lie still holds IL in
that
Year: 1870

in laying the foundation for new round


house, just south of their present one.


The new building, though not exactly a
"round" house is to be used for the or
dinary purposes of such structure. IT
will be really but one third of "round''
house, and will have a partially hollow
circular front. 1t is to be built of brick,
with a marble foundation, and will be in


every respect fire proof. 1t will be divid-
ed into three apartments, each of which
will have holding capacity for three
locomotives, the turn table-being outside
of the building. Its construction is de-
manded by the increasing business of the
road, which has OF late years grown so
fast as to compel the company to add
largely to its locomotives and other rolling
stock, and it is ultimately intended to
build it to it's full proportions of a Ground
house." when it will have holding room
for 27 locomotives, some idea of the size
of which may be gathered when we in
form our readers that the present strue-
ture here holds but 10. A large force Of
men are now engaged on the foundation
and in filling up the grounds adjacent to
the new house, and it is intended to push it
to completion at the earliest possible day.
L. E. Roys, the Chief Engineer and archi-
teot of the company, is the architect of the
building, and the stone and brick work is
in the hands of Z. M. Rounds, who will,
as he always does, make good job of it,
and in the quickest possible time.
Year: 1870

What ere you living for, young man !?
Is there anything, in particular, that you
expect to accomplish before you leave this
world If there is, you may as well set
yourself about it, for the journey of life
is q mighty short trip, and you may be
landed, some day, rather unceremoniously,
and without previous symptoms, con the
other eide of Jordan"


Do you stand there, looking me inno-
Gently in the face. and say that 'you don't
see much to do?' What are you think
ing about? Here you are. living upon a
little lump of earth, twenty five miles in
circumference and eight in diameter, with
worlds and worlds shining above it. Can't
yon lend 80 much as one finger to help
carry on this great institution ? or don't
anybody know you are here yet? If not,
and you have nothing to do, you had bet
ter leave this world and climb tree, be-
fore you are discovered, and, like drone,
put out of this busy hive of world.


Somebody must work, either with hand,
heart or brain. Have you no laurels to
win, no name to carve upon the everlast-
ing rocks of Time? Don't be cipher in
community; live for an object. Have
you ever thought of the possibilities that
may be slowed away in that seventy
nine cranium of yours.


Wake up! from your stupidity ! Don't
stand there twirling your moustache, try
ing to make yourself so irresistible,
while am talking to you [ shall not
fatter you. I got through with all that
superficial nonsense when | was on earth
the first time What if you are good
That is 10 concern of yours,
unless you do something to make your
self worthy of your good looks. A hand
some face ia most miserable passport for
man or woman, unless it has the back
ground of solid character.


Did | hear you say that you have
wealthy parentnge, and consequently you
need not work That is the treacherous
sand-bar upon which go many young men
strand their frail boats. Most OF our
great men were once poor boys. They
had to struggle up through poverty, and
amid it all they reached the pinnacle OF
fame, while you, with wealth at your
command, will sit down in idleness apd
say, there is nothing to do"


Wealth may take wings and fly away,
Year: 1870

and it might benefit you somewhat if you
knew enough to fly after, and recover
it.


Don't like advice, do you2 | am sorry
you need it, You may have something
worse than advice before many years. A
wife and six children will not be quite so
easy to support as a little wholesome ad-
vice, and, besides, you have no business to
ask woman to marry you until, by your
own industry and good management, you
are able to support one handsomely and
independently.


How many of you work upon this plan ?


You don't suppose I've lived hundred
and fifty years, without understanding
your way pretty well, do you 81? Ifyou do,
you are "slightually" mistaken.


Some of you young men have very
strange ideas about wealth. 1t seems to
take the place of education and talent.


If you have plenty of money, why, it
will give you passport anywhere, and
will buy anything.


There are few things, young man,
which money will not buy ;-B1'ajz1s and
common sense, for instance.


The time is fast coming, when talent
will be recognized, though it is not her
aided through a bugle of gold and when
purity of character, and depth Of soul will
take the lead, in this little world of ours.


Where will y0u be, then? l ask, unless
you have something besides money to
back you up. Be man; in every sense
of that word noble, dignifed, good and
no longer wear, upon your forehead, that
unmistakable sign, Rooms to let here"
which is SO easily read by the man of
wisdom.


Hasten, then, TO furnish those vacant
rooms, if there are any in your cranium
with that which will DO useful to YOU, in
after years.


The world is full of the beautiful and
the useful, which belongs, alike, to all
who will reach out their hands and par
take. YOURS Truly.
Year: 1870

now offer. 1 now move the passage of
these resolutions"


Whereas, The Honorable Henry Keyes,
President of this Corporation, our associ-
ate and friend, departed this life, at his
residence in Newbury, Vermont, on the
gath day of September last, we deem it
our first duty, on the assembling of the
surviving Directors, to pause moment
at his grave, and render a just tribute to
his memory; and it is therefore


ReS0l0ed That in the death of President
Keyes strong man has fallen, who for
more than twenty years, amid impeding
obstacles, and surrounded with peril,
staked his own fortune, and with unfalter-
ing courage and energy stood foremost in
carrying forward great public work, for
the benefit of mankind, to its final con-
summation and BY his untimely
death this corporation has lost its chief,
and our country a public benefactor.


Res0lged, That we lament the death of
our friend, not solely or chiefly that it
sewers ties rendered close and tender by
long and arduous labors in a common en-.
terprise, for death comes to all men; but
that there has now fallen man of the
highest capacity for important service, in
the full vigor of his manhood and at the
full tide of his usefulness, and when the
honor of achievement and the laurel of
victory has been honorably won--for this,
with him, was but the pledge of nobler
purposes and higher service.


ResoI008, That whiio mourn THE
irreparable loss, we shall ever cherish his
memory with an abiding affection; and
we do hereby tender to his widow and
children our sincere sympathy and con-
dolence in this their sad bereavement.


Res0B0ed, That in token of respect for
his memory these resolutions be placed
upon the permanent records of this COR
poration; and that duly authenticated
copy be transmitted to his widow and
family.
Year: 1870

At 10a o'clock the Senate came into the
Representatives Hall and joint assembly
was formed in pursuance of the following
Joint resolution


Resolved by the Senate and House OF
Repressntatives-Tha the two Houses
meet in Joint Assembly, in the Hall of
the House Of Representatives on Thurs.
Year: 1870

LOST BY FIRE Mrs. j. J. Smith of this place
lost by the burning of the Auburn House. in the
great fire at the Depot a Mercantile Library
Concert ticket, No. 81, 3l5. Dore & Peters, the
agents have been written to about the matter,
but decline to furnish a duplicate or answer.
The loss of this ticket might give the owner
some trouble, provided it should draw prize,
but the testimony would make the prize come no
matter what might be the disposition of the
Treasurer. 1t will be we'll enough to see if this
draws prize and then immediately notify Rails
ton, the Treasurer, to retain the money, which
would make all safe.
Year: 1870

THIS celebrated medicine has won deservedly
high reputation an allovator of pain and a
preserver of health. II has become a household
remedy, from the fact that it gives immediate
and permanent relief. 1t is purely vegetable
preparation, made from the best and purest ma
terals, safe to keep and to use in every family.
1t is recommended by physicians and persons of
all classes, and to-day after public trial Of
thirty years-the average life OF man-it stands
unrivaled and unexcelled, spreading its useful
ness over the wide world. Its large and increas-
ing sale Affords positive evidence Of its enduring
fame. We do not deem it necessary to say too
much in its favor one small bottle will do
more to convince you of its efficacy than all the
advertisement in the world Give it one fair trial
and you would not be without it for ten times
its cost


Directions accompany each bottle.


Sold by all Druggists.


Price 25 cents, SO cts, and s per bottle.
Year: 1870

A WHAT Is IT We had in our Office on
Thursday last for examination strange ANIMAL
unlike anything read of in natural his
tory 1t is about the size of the burrowing grey
squirrel of this coast, and also bears strong re-
semblance to the Norway rat but is neither
though mixture of both. 1t has the four long
toes and tubercle on the fore-foot and the five on
the hind foot like the squirrel but the eyes,
smellers and general head of the rat 1t is grey
down to the feet and those and the belly are
white and the Ia is tufted with hair about an
inch long-ust medium between the smooth
In fact it is and can be nothing else than a hy-
brid-the offspring of the mountain rat and the
burrowing squirrel, with slight touch of the
kangaroo; but where it got the latter this
deponcnt sayeth not It's disposition bears out
this hypothesis, as it is at home in its labors
both day and night all the same. The bump of
acqusitveness is wonderfully developed, which
renders it a natural and industrious thief. Be
fore being trapped it has been known to pack off
and secrete in a single night sack of potatoes
and at other times a mat of rice, etc James
Mahon of the passenger depot Saloon had been
watching its nightly prowlings with a curiosity
which finally induced him to trap it. 1t is nice
" Gagged and tame as house kitten. To our
friend Mahon are we indebted for our inspection
Of the queer mangre and we doubt if Acazis
could como any nearer determining its true spe-
cies than its owner or ourself
Year: 1870

BmKED BY a WORTHLESS BuKER. We tdld our
town people in our last issue that they had a
chance to be bilked at the Hall that night, and
some of tn I'm took us at our word and went but
not prepared with the rotten vegetables appro-
pirate on such occasions As we learn from the
Redwood City Gazette, the man name is not St
Clair, but u. NJ. Smith, and the women are no
relation to him, but the older acts as Il substi-
tute for wife. woman had tracked this fell
low from Montana to San Jose and caught him
on the stage and demanded money he had swim
died her out Of; scene ensued not on the bills,
and the "bilk' and his pals stole away in the
night. Here the auditors took the "billl and
about five bits worth of Digger jewelry and lead
pencils, and the che performer barely escaped
being tossed in blanket. They went for it, got
what they went for and had plenty of room to
stow it away.
Year: 1870

Coon RULEs-Stop grumbling, get up
two hours carrier in the morning, and be-
gin to do something out Of yLur regular
profession Mind your own business, and
with all your might, let other people alone
Live within your means. Sell your horses
Give away or sell your dog. Smoke your
cigars through an air stove. Eat with
moderation, and go to bed early. Talk
less of your own peculiar gifts and virtues
and more of those of your friends and
neighbors Be cheerful. Fulfill your
promises. Pay you debts. Be your elf
all you would see in others. Be good
man and stop gruubling.
Year: 1870

ened, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the lollicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use viii prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. II wanted
merely tor
Year: 1870

MoDEsT-PresideDt Grant having sent
to the Senate the nomination of his father
for Postmaster at Coyington, Ky, the New
York Herald says:


And why not The father is worthy
citizen, has proved good officer, is pop
ular among his fellow townsmen, and is
willing to continue doing much work for
small pay. The President, in limiting his
father to this little office, and the Old gen
tlemen, in being entirely satisfied with it,
are to be commended for their modesty
and their nice appreciation of the deleca e
question of family appointments matter
upon which, by unscrupulous partisans,
great injustice has been done to Gen. Grant
Year: 1870

TIE END, PROBABLY, OF THE RED RIVER
REBEILIoN.-It appears that the Red River
insurgents have seized the Hudson Bay Com
panys safe, at one of their trading posts in
the Winnipeg basin, containing two hundred
and fifty thousand pounds, or one million two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in gold, as
financial basis Of operations II so we
suspect that the insurrection may be pro-
nounced at an end, because this large sum in
gold will enrich all the men concerned in It,
considering the value Of money in the Winni-
peg country, and considering the fact that the
active insurgents number probably less than
1--WE hundred men. In short, II the report Of
that safe is true, this Red River rebellion may
be reduced to movement for the annexation
of those two hundred and fifty thousand
pounds and then for . compromise with the
New Dominion.
Year: 1870

1Ne DomlnIcaa Troaty-The Policy ei


ssManifest Dostisy." -


We are glad to learn that the Committee on
Foreign Relations OF tho Senate (Mr. Sumner,
chairman) will probably at their next meet
ing take up tho treaty for the annexation OF
the republic Of Dominica Qhrec-ffths OF the
island of Hayt) to the United States; and we
are glad also to hear that the committee ore
fully aware that the action Of the Senate upon
this treaty will 60 far to determine the future
policy Of our government In reference to the
other islands Of the great West Indian group,
and that the subject Sin every phase is looked
upon as one Of the most interesting and impor-
tant that has yet come under the attention Of
the government"


This is the right view; but It does not cover
the ground. The Dominican treaty, we hold,
offers most desirable opportunity for the
Inauguration Of q peaceful policy Of annexation
in the Gulf Of Mexico at the lowest possible
cost and with the greatest possible advantages
to the United States. OF course tho republic
of Hsyti, in order TO secure the whole
island, will have to follow Dominica
but Hayi is ready to come in
on tho same terms. Cuba must come next,
and with these two dominating islands we
can walt for the ripening Of the others Of the
group. st. Domingo and Cuba win suffice 10
give us the commercial and military command
Of The Gulf and the Caribbean Sea, which is
necessary in view Of the absorption Of Mexico
and the Central American States, and In view
likewise of the proposed and inevitable inter-
oceanic Darien Canal Hence the importance
of the Dominican treaty. 1t covers this whole
field. It is the true policy Of the Senate to
ratify this treaty, because the programme Of
which it is the entering wedge is manifest
destiny" The defeat Of this programme now
will be apt to bring about the defeat Of the
administration party in 1872, while the sue
cessful Inauguration Of the policy indicated
will be the making Of the administration and
its supporters in reference to the Presiden-
tial succession. The election of 1874, on the
Texas annexation question, in which the great
Henry Clay, in opposition to annexation, wst
defeated by second rate and unexpected
democratic candidate, should pot be forgotten
The public sentiment of this country, only
much stronger, is now, as 1t was then, In favor
of the policy of annexation; much stronger.
however, because the negro slavery difficulty
of 1914 has ceased to exist, and the coast il
olear, North and South.
Year: 1870

q After two or three days debate on the bill
for the admission Of Virginia the Senate yes
tefday afternoon laid it on the table by vote
or 25 to 80, and substituted for it the bill
which was presented by Mr.. Bingham and
passed In tho House. The original bill In both
Houses was harsh and severe, imposing the
conditions or tost oath on the members OF
the State Legislature and requiring q guaran-
tee that the constitution should never be
altered or amended so as to abolish negro suf-
frago or to c0untepact in any way the effect Of
the Reconstruction acts. Mr.. Bingham's bill
was one admitting the State without condi-
tions and approving Of the constitution which
was adopted Ut the State election last summer.
This latter bill is the one which the Senate
now, like the House, has substituted for the
harsher one. There may be stout fight over
II to-day, but 1t is probable, whom vote
comes, that many Senators who opposed It's
substitution will, as members in the House
did, vote for Its passage. M


When the election was ordered in Virginia
by President Grant he directed that the arti-
ole providing for q test oath should be voted
upon separately, and the result was vote in
favor Of the constitution without the test oath
Of two hundred and ten thousand against nine
thousand. The Legislature met and fulfilled
the conditions required, electing United States
Senators who were not obnoxious, and rati-
flying the fifteenth amendment. Having COM
piled with her part Of the bargain Virginia has
right to be returned to representation and
full equality with her sister States, the part Of
the bargain agreed to by the administration.
The action Of yesterday in the Senate is a
triumph so far for General Grant and his
reconstruction policy in Virginia, and sore
defeat for the bitter end radicals.
Year: 1870

TER GoLD MUDpLE. Tho investigation into
the September gold muddlo is proceeding
before the House committee in Washington.
Albert Speyers and Mr.. Bonner were examined
yesterday. Speyers said be did not know the
origin Of the movement to ''bull" gold, and
was himself only buying on commission for
other parties The Sergcant-atArms Of the
House is at present in New York looking for
Fisk, Gould and Corbin. Congress, it ia
said, wants to investigate the muddle with
view to finding basis for such legisla-
tion as win prevent the occurrence Of q
similar one. This Ia moonshine. No law
can be framed Of so close web as to prevent
ingenious financiers from slipping through it.
Laws may be made to close up the path the
rogues moved in last fall, but they will open
another path the next time. Besides, there
was Law enough before to punish them il the
authorities had had the purpose to do it. The
chance to prevent another gold muddle was
lost when no punishment was visited upon
those who made the first.
Year: 1870

CHEAP CoAL.-Coal is lower already, but
1t has evidently got to go still lower in the
scale. The supply is large, the demand is
small, and the weather is so exceptionally
mild that consumption cannot but be at its
lowest point. Already the amount sent for
ward from the mines is for the season one
hundred thousand tons greater than II was last