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Jttrci |)os ft Demo era t.
WARREN HAKR, Keillor and Publisher.
VOL. 1.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
B. A. MEIUtITT AI.KX. PKKKINO.
.VEItHITT H m i ll
ATTOR N E Y S A T T. AW.
Office on Main street, between Fourth and Fifth,
MARIPOSA. allf
ALEX. DEERINQ, NOTARY PUBLIC.
Henry G. Wmlliiiit'lnu.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
f)ffice in Fremont's Adobe House, corner Main and Fifth ats.
altf MARIPOSA.
r . h . DALY,
COUNSELLOR AT LAWi
DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND NOTARY PUBLIC;
MARIPOSA.
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Office in the Court House Building. ftfl-tf
HAUL. U, ALISON. . . B. H. HARRIS.
ALI SOX & HARRIS,
ATTO R N 1: Y S A T LA W ,
M ARJPOSA.
Offick on M ain, rktwkkn Fourth and Fifth Sts.
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J . S . WATTS,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR TOWNSHIP No. 3.
Office on Mam street, two d<»oni below the Pont Office,
'MARIPOSA. altf
ALFRED F. WASHBURN,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR TOWNSHIP No. 3,
OFFICE IN MARIPOSA. altl
Dr. 11. .1. Paine,
DENTIST,
J.ATE OF THE Flt-M OF PAINE k BEERS, DENTISTS.
SAN FRANCISCO,
Is now permanently located at
a a n -VITOS*
■fTfUERK HE WII.E ME HAPPV TO ATTEND TO CALKS
y\ in hi.-, p. .>:V. Mon. iluviii,: dur >.■ nit extensive prae
tic • of seventeen years. made many improvement)! in the
Dental Art, and luwlaled materially in bringing il toll* pres
ent high state «>f perfection, tie feels warranted in saying t<>
all those wishing Denial operation- performed, of Artificial
Teeth inserted, on line gold plate, that his work cannot he
excelled in the United Status. Terms moderate. Comulta
tiuns free.
V B —l'r. P. will make, occa-i mally. profes- moal visits
to the neighboring Towns, when he will attend persons at
their residences, upon application, either by letter or other
wise. allf
IDr. «T. Xj/Asotox*,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
LOWER AQUA FRIO.
OFFICE —FIRST D*H}H BEIjOW WHITTIER'S HOTEL. ;
DR. L. WILL DEVOIR HIS ASSIDUOUS AT-,
tention to the examination and treatment of auch i
ns-s and disorder** tv- may be brought to his notice. l
Personal attendance will he given in any part of the
County, on short notice, when required.
A new stock of Medicines, pure and fresh, just re
ceived. Agua Frio, July H, I‘•.M!. altf |
DR. W. S. KAVANAUOH.
OFFICE —ON MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE DR. HUBBF.I.I/S j
DAGUERREAN GALLERY. MARIPOHA. altf
DR. JAMES L. CLARKE.
OFFICE “ PINK TREE HOUSE,” CORNER FIFTH AND j
MAIN STREETS, MARIPOSA. altf 1
DR. THOMAS PAYNE.
OJT frn'T— A* Dr \ D. Boyce's Drug Store, opposite
the Vosemde Hotel. M irijmsa,—where ho may be consulted
at alt hours. altf
J. B. ISB AIL,
X) 33 NT T I S T ,
MAIN STREET, MARIPOSA,
1 FORMERLY OF PHILADELPHIA, (PENN.) IS PERM A- j
* nonfly located in Maripn-a. having a comfortable and J
convenient Office, next door to the Pacific Express, with all
the necessary In-lruments so l appliances. Will do any j
kind of work that pertains to the profession of Jtentistry, in
a manner winch shall give entire satisfaction, or the money
refunded. Artificial Teeth Inserted on Gold Plate or on ,
Pivot, as tlii* eaae may require. Teeth Plugged with pure
Gold, or extracted. Children's Teeth regulated when neces i
aarv, and all Di-*ea s es of tl«e Ouros treate<i, the most of
which are called scurvy of the gums. Cure, or no pay.
Chloroform administered. If desirod. Terms reasonable
Examination free. altf
U. H. Hull,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MF.RUEJI KAMA MERCED COUNTY. allf
•111 11 N A . 1. EX T ,
Attorney anil Counsellor at Raw,
No. 42 Montgomery Block, Montgomery street,
altf Pan Francisco.
E. U. CARPENTIER,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
Corner Merchant and Montgomery streets,
altf San Francisco.
R . B . THOMAS,
ARCHITECT AND CARPENTER,
MARIPOSA,
Will furnish Designs for Buildings, Spot ideations.
Bills of Lmnlter. Estimate of Cost, etc., and undertake
Building* on moderate terras. All wmk i ntrusted to
bi n will be executed with naatnoM and despatch.
Shop on Bullion street, near Concert Hall. Jyfltf
TIN- S H O P
.... AND....
STOVE-DEPOT,
Next door to Phillips' Hotel, Mariposa .
The undersigned, gratffi i. for past patron
age. announce* to the Public, that he continues to olfer
fur sale a large assortment of
PARISH AND COOKING PTOVES ;
TINWARE AND HARDWARE;
CARPENTENKS’ AND MINERS' TOOLS ;
CAMFIIENE AND Oil- LAMPS;
LEAD PUT AND PUMPS.
Sheet Iron, Tin and Zinc worked to order.
*0“ All work dune to ord*r promptly and satisfactorily
gl- Kmiti henceforth I adopt the Cash principle CASH
ON DFUVFRY [allf, S WORMSER
HORNITOS, MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1857.
iPariposit democrat.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING,
BY WARREN BAER,
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Advertisements Inserted st tlie lowest rates.
Every description of Plain and Fancy Job Printing
neatly and promptly executed.
a « e n ts.
JAMES VAN DYKE. corner of Main and Fourtli streets,
Mariposa, is our nutli ri/ed agent to receive Subscriptions.
Advertisements, and Job Work. All orders left with him
will receive prompt attention.
THOMAS BOYCE, north east corner Washington and
Montgomery streets, San Francisco, is our duly autboritM
agent to receive subscriptions and advertisements.
T. M. HESTON. Express Rider between thisjdace and
Kern River, is duly anthoriaed to receive subscriptions, ad
vertisements and Job Work.
MR. F. I>. TO|>n, of Stockton, lx our duly anthoriaed
Agent to receive subscriptions and advertisements.
POETRY.
From the Louisville Journal.
(>OD l\ MPRIIVU.
ity rcv r. nnmmD.
Hosanna* to Thy Deity f"r this.
Giver of burnting loaves and son;; and bloom,
And the gold opulence of flowers, which is
A type of man's sure triumph o'er the tomb!
0, goodly are th n -e ranks of sunny d »ys
[ Wliich the warm breath of budding woodlands b-ing ;
We fling our care away one hour t > gaze
'Noath the soft eyelids of Thy angel, Spring,
And lift h 9 s.lver wing.
We will bow down before his face as one
| Who conus with tidings from the only King—
I Yea, he is Thine ; Thy hands d.d weave this crown,
i These golden garlands round his temple fling ;
i All mute things know his presence and give pnti j c.
The woodbine yearns around his arms to cling,
i Mi ra weaves his palace from her inmost rays,
And sweet birds nestle in his hair and sing,
“ God of the purple Spring!"
We thank Thee for the morning’s vest d blaze,
i And evening with her locks of sober brown ;
i We thank Thee for the emerald summer days
1 And autunfti with her nights of weary moan ;
I We thank Thee for the quiet Habbath hours,
Which speak for man a fairer blossoming.
We thank Thee for the sunset's burnished towers,
Hut more, more than for these, with all they bring.
We thank Thee for the Spring!
Angel, thy splendors never could have shown
Upon the Orient Uz as here they shine,
Else her immortal bard from thee hud known
A softer music for his glorious line ;
He would have seen the bursting of the graves.
lie would have heard their mouldy silence ring
With pecans like the noise of many waves,
And ocean's oozy charnels throb and dug
Through the green gates of Spring.
What is so sweet as clover by the wav.
Ho fresh as violets lifting the dead leaves?
What is so dawny as a bouchen spray,
Ho musical as swallows round the eaves?
What is so queenly as the Jasmine bells,
Between whose walls the bee forgets his sling?
Yet these are thine, all these, the spicy dells,
The balm, the glorious tints, the caroling,
O, rosy footed Spring !
Lover of mossy banks, we welcome tlico
Back to the orchard paths and yearning hills—
Come, hang thy mantle on the crownless tree,
And scatter dappled pinks and daffodils ;
And w'o will wreathe thy brow and clasp thy knees
With blooms, prefer our fre h thank offering
Of gentle moods, new hopes, while glossy bees
Hum through the delicate urns that roll and swing
Around thy limbs, () Spring!
The royal blue-bird whose soft vest was dipped
Long in the August firmament’* rich wave.
And the fine robin of thy dews have sipped,
And league to sing the blossoms from their grave:
All spirits of the amber-budded boughs
Cull thee sweet names, Biidegroom of Flowers and
King ;
The distant valleys and the near hedge rows,
The silvery vault and glimmering mountains sing
10, delicious Spring!
Great Pan reclined in odorous shades and woke
The echoes of the bills, long, long ago,
And white-armed Dryads danced beneath the oak
Nor marked the rapid seasons o’er them flow.
The Oreads tripped along the mountain ways;
But all are past, gone is the Satyr-king,
A purer breath tin* grove and woodland sways,
And with a better Name the flute-notes ring
Of lily-bosomed Spring.
Hosannas for the bird-'and flowers, 0 God!
I see Thee in the bloom and mellow l»oams,
Yet T am sad even where so lately trod
Thy radiant feet and w’oko the sleeping streams ;
Our bosoms for a purer region yearn,
We feel the flutter of the immortal wing
’Gainst its clay walls ; unsatisfied wc turn
From Summer’s crown and the fresh tints that fling
A glory round the Spring.
The Retout Courteous. — Chesterfield was
at a rout in France where Voltaire was one of
the guests. Chesterfield seemed gazing about
the brilliant circle of Indies. Voltaire accosted
him: “My Lord, I know you are a judge:
which are the most beautiful, the English or
the French ladiesf M “Upon my word,” re
plied Chesterfield, with his usual presence of
mind, “1 am no judge of paintings.” Some
time afterwards, Voltaire being in London,
happened to bo at a nobleman’s parly with
Chesterfield; a lady in the company, prodi
giously rouged, directed her whole discourse
to Voltaire, and engrossed his whole conversa
tion. Chesterfield came up, tapped him on
the shoulder and said : “ Sir, take care that
you are not captivated.” “My Lord,” re
plied the French wit, “ I scorn to he taken by
an English craft under French colors.”
A lad who had lately gone to service, having
had salad served up every day for a week, ran
away because, said he, “ they made me cat
grass in the summer, and. I was afraid they’d
make me eat hay in the winter, so 1 wur off ”
"T HE UNION AND ITS GOVERNMENT. ”
From Dr. Kane’s “Arctic Explorations.’’
Walrus Hunting.
The walrus supplies the staple food of the
Rensselaer Bay Esquimeaux throughout the
greater part of the year. To the south as far
as Murichison Channel, the seal, unicorn, and
white whale alternate at their appropriate
seasons; but in Smith’s Sound these last arc
accidental rather than sustained haunts.
The manner of hunting the walrus depends
in a considerable degree on the season of the
year, In the fall, when the pack is but par
tially closed, they are found in numbers, hang
ing around the neutral region of mixed ice and
water, and, as this becomes solid with the ad
vance of winter, following it more and more to
the south.
The Esquimeaux approach them then over
the young ice, and assail them in cracks and
holes with nalcgcit and line. This fishery, as
the season grows colder, darker, and more
tempestuous, is fearfully hazardous: scarcely
a year passes without a catastrophe. It was
the theme of happy augury last winter, that
no lives had been lost for some months before,
and the angeknks even ventured to prophecy
from it that the hunt would be auspicious—a
prophecy, like some others, hazarded alter the
event, for the ice had continued open for the
walrus till late in December.
With the earliest spring, or, more strictly,
about a month after the reappearance of the
sun, the winter famine is generally relieved.—
January and February arc often, in fact nearly
always, months of privation; but during the
month of March the spring fishery commences.
Everything is then life and excitement.
The walrus is now taken in two ways.—
Sometimes ho has risen by the sale of an ice
berg, where the currents have worn away the
floe, or through a tide crack, and enjoying the
sunshine too long, finds his retreat cut off by
the freezing up of the opening, for, hko the
seal at bis attuk, the walrus can only work*
from below. When thus caught, the Esqui
mcaux, who with keen hunter craft are scour
ing the floes, scent him out by their dogs and
spear him.
The early spring is the breeding r eason, and
the walrus then are in their glory. My obser
vations show* that they tenant the region
throughout the entire year; hut at this time
the female, with her calf, is accompanied by
the grim-visnged father, surging in loving trios
from crack to crack, sporting around the berg
water or basking in the sun. While thus on
their tours, they invite their vigilant enemies
to the second method of attack. This is also
by the lance and harpoon; hut it often be
comes a regular battle, the male gallantly
fronting the assault and charging the hunters
with furious bravery. Not {infrequently the
entire family, mother, calf, and bull, are killed
in one of these contests.
The huts—those poor, miserable, snow-cov
ered dens—arc now scenes of life and activity.
Stacks of jointer! meat arc now piled upon the
lee-foot; the women arc stretching the hide for
sole-leather, and the men rutting out a reserve
of harpoon lines for the winter. Tusky wal
rus heads stare at you from the snow-bank,
where they arc stowed for their ivory; the
dogs arc tethered to the ice ; ami the children,
each one armed with the curved rib of some
big nmphibion, arc playing ball and bat among
the drifts.
On the day of my arrival, four walrus were
killed at Elah, and no doubt many more by
Kalutak at Petcravik. The quantity of beef
thus gained during a season of plenty, one
might suppose should put them beyond winter
want; but there are other causes besides im
providence which make their supplies scanty.
The poor creatures arc not idle; they hunt in
domitably without the loss of a day. When
the storms prevent the use of the sledge, they
still work in stowing away the carcasses of
previous hunts. An excavation is made either
on the mainland, or what is preferred, upon
an island inaccessible to foxes, and the jointed
meat is stacked inside and covered with heavy
stones. One such cache, which I met upon n
small island a short distance from Etah, con
tained the flesh of ten walrus, and I know of
several others equally largo.
The excessive consumppon is the true ex
planation of the scarcity. By their ancient
laws all share with all; and, as they migrate
in numbers as their necessities prompt, the
tax on each particular settlement is excessive.
The quantity which the members of a family
consume, exhorbitant as it seems to a strang
er, Is rather a necessity of their peculiar life
and organization than the result of inconside
rate gluttony. In active exercise and constant
exposure to the cold the waste of carbon must
be enormous.
When in-doors and at rest, tinkering over
their ivory harness rings, fowl n. Is, or other
household gear, they cat as wo often do in
more civilized lands—for animal enjoyment
and to pass away the time. But when on the
hunt they take but one meal a day, and that
after the day’s labor is over; they go out on
the ice without breakfast, and, except the
“ cold cuts,” which I confess arc numerous,
cat nothing until their return. I would aver
age the Esquimeaux ration in a season of
plenty—it is of course a mere estimate, but I
believe a perfectly fair one—at eight or ten
pounds a day, with soup and water to the ex
tent of half a gallon.
At the moment of my visit, when returning
plenty had just broken in upon their famine, it
was not wonderful that they were hunting with
avidity. The settlements nt the South seek
at this season the hunting grounds above, and
until the seals begin to form their basket holes,
some ten days later, the walrus is the single
spoil.
I incline to the opinion that these animals
frequent the half broken icc margin throughout
the year; for, after the season has become com
paritively open, they are still found in groups,
with their young, disporting in the leads and
shore water. They are, of course, secure under
such circumstances, from the Esqlmeaux hunt
ers of the far north, who, not having the kay
ak of the more southern settlements, can only
approach them on the icc.
The Transatlantic Telegraph—Depart arc of
the Niagara.
I The new steam frigate Niagara, at once the
largest and most beautiful war vessel afloat,
' being 345 feet long and measuring 5800 tons,
has sailed for England to take on board one
half of the Atlantic telegraph cable which is
intended to establish instantaneous communi
I cation between Europe and America. After a
most successful trip of two days—a trip which
fully justified the formed from
I her majestic graceful lines, and from the repu
-1 tation of her architect, the late George Steers,
the builder of the Yacht America which out
sailed the best crafts of England at the World’s
Fair Exhibition—she proceeded on her desti
nation on Friday night, having on board Pro
fessor Morse, not only the inventor of the
electric telegraph, but the first constructor of
a submarine cable fifteen years ago.
The difficulty experienced by Morse from
the impossibility of insulating the wire from
contact with the water was obviated eight
years ago when the valuable properties of
( gutta pcrcha were discovered. This substance
: not only completely protects the wire from tfc*
rorrosivo action of the water, but being at the
time a non-conductor, the strength of th<;
[electric current is maintained unimpaired, un
■ less so far it is weakened by friction through
i the wire itself, which is equally great by land
l or water. The first telegraphic marine cable I
1 ever successfully laid, was between France and 1
I England in 1850, tlie termini being Dover and ;
Calais, a distance of 21 miles. The work was
accomplished in six or seven hours. The next
wire cable was laid between England and Ire
land from Holyhead to Howth, in 1852, a dis
tance of sixty-live miles. Others have since
been laid, but the longest was that through the
black sea from Bnlaklava to Varna, a distance
of 374 miles, put down during the late war
with Russia. Rut for the first time it is now
attempted to connect the shores of the Old
World and the New, by this most subtle and
mysterious agent. A few years ago when the
stupendous undertaking was talked of, scarce
ly any person believed it within the range of
possibility. Even men of true science scouted
at the idea. But then the advocates of the
Transatlantic telegraph recollected that (he
great Dr. Lardner, whose name stood so high
in the scientific world, had demonstrated that
the Atlantic could never he crossed by a steam
ship, and exactly in one month after the deed
was done!
Should this great enterprise he crowned
with success there can be no doubt that it will
be regarded ns the great work of the age, not
only from its difficult nature, but from the ex
traordinary consequences that will flow from
it.
Not only will wo have instantaneous intelli
gence of what is passing in England, hut, par
adoxical as it may seem, we shall know the :
event before it happens. That is, if a speech
should be made in Parliament at four o'clock
in the afternoon, wo shall have n report of it
here at twelve o’clock, four hours sooner,
which is the dilfercncc between the meridian
of the two countries, that is the sun rises four
hours sooner in London than it docs in New |
York; so that if Parliament met in the day
time like Congress and at the same hour, we >
would have the news of its doings several
hours before we could have telegraphic con
gressional reports from Washington of the
same day’s proceedings! — K. Y. Citizen.
Con.D’NT hold ms Tonouk. — Dr. Locock,
the Queen’s physician, has been peremptorily
dismissed from further attendance on the royal
family, where he has been hitherto admitted
on terms of familiar intercourse. His salary,
£5,000 per annum, a royal present on each
safe delivery of the Queen, and a largo prac
tice among the nobility, is no small loss. The
doctor has made every effort towards recon
ciliation, but the Queen remains inexorable.—
It seems that it came to the Queen’s cars that
Dr. Locock was given to too much talk, and
that though she told Prince Albert that his
habit of sleeping between the blankets was “a |
vulgar dirty Dutch practice,” she did not care
to have it told abroad.
Commutation of Blaiu’s Sentence. — C. F.
Blair, whose sentence was commuted from
death to imprisonment for life, left Shasta on
the 7th tilt, for San Quentin. The Shasta
Courier says, that in some previous remarks
upon the subject, injustice was done Governor
Johnson, and adds that the Governor was ex-
ceedingly loth to interpose in behalf of this
man, and only consented to do so after re
cciving petition in behalf of the convict, signed
by some sixteen hundred names, among them
those of the Senators and Representatives of
the counties of Shasta and Siskiyou.
TERMS:- FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
Liquefaction of Q,unrl»—Letter from Profcn
■or Hnrdlngc.
We have received, says the San Joaquin
Republican , from Professor Hardingc, the in
ventor or discoverer of the new process of 11-
| quifying quartz for the extraction of gold, a
private letter dated New York, May 4th, con
cerning the introduction of his system and ma
chinery into this State, from which we make
the following extract. The subject is eminent
ly worthy of the attention and investigation of
our quartz miners. The letter is in answer to
inquiries propounded by us on the subject:
“ With reference to my plan for the intro
duction of this discovery into California, it is
simplified and easy, and calculated to come
within the reach of every quartz miner. Avoid
ing any great offer from any one person for my
patent, my plan is to do the greatest good to
| the greatest number. I shall encourage the
i organization of small companies, each one to
have the full enjoyment of all my patents in
hut one locality, giving them my supervision,
by sending an expert foreman and machines!
to keep every set of works in perfect opera
tion, that my reputation and that of my busi
ness he protected. I shall furnish drawings
(already engraved) fur working drawings, &c.,
for each full set of works. My charge for all
this will be $2,000 —one half to be paid when
I sign the papers, and the other half when the
purchasers shall find the works in perfect and
profitable working order, which they will be
both able and willing to do.
“ A business which will he spread out among
| the mountain sides, and in many different di
-1 rcctions, will require the industrial attention
of proper persons, possessing a familiar know
ledge of my plans, Ac., to sec that every set of
works are in order, and the miners initiated in
i their new' but only way of saving all their
gold.”
i Less Noise. —Western Judges have queer
ideas, if we may believe all we hear of “ court
rulings.” For instance, here is a yarn con
cerning one Judge Scott, who formerly dealt
1 out the law, somewhere in Ohio. lie very
I often gave utterance to sentiments of a clinrac
-1 ter so unusual with the judiciary, that they
might he said to ho extra judicial. Of that
| class was a reproof which he administered one
morning to certain noisy suitors and lawyers
who attended at the Judge’s special levee.—
The old gentleman, amidst the din and confu
sion, raised his specs and looked around the
court room with an awful frow n. After stri
king the table with his gavel and procuring si
lence, his auditory were elect *■ fled .o hear him
say—“ Gentlemen! Gentlemen! you must,
I keep less noise hero?—you mus* ? Fve sent
half-a-dozen people to 0. p> - Hary, and
haven’t heard a w >rd of th ' The
thing must hi* stopped !”
An Editor Whipped.-—A - since,
says the San Francisco Chrou c- dal off)
cer Cook had a difficulty with Waiver Walsh,
i editor of the Sunday Varietic*, about a defa
matory article which appeared in that paper,
in wiii* h Cock's name was mentioned. Cook
knocked Walsh down, and gave him a pretty
severe beating. At eleven o’clock on the same
evening a Mr. Andrew s, of Sacramento, met
Walsh near the corner of Merchant and Mont
i gomery streets, and drawing a pistol and watch
at the same moment, gave the latter just one
minute to divulge the name of the author of
I certain correspondence reflecting upon him,
Andrews. A police officer came up, seized
I Andrews and took the pistol from him, when
the affair ended.
Napollon.—Napoleon was undoubtedly a
greater general than Wellington. He had
more ingenuity, more internal resources, a
! greater capacity for organization, and deeper
i military knowledge, lie would have been in
vincible, ha<l he not attempted too much. He
endeavored to subject kingdoms and unite dis
cordant nationalities under his sceptre; and
believed he had accomplished his aim. It was
not his want of generalship that overthrew
him, hut a false step in his politics. His
blunders were not those of a soldier but of a
statesman.
A boy got his grandfather’s gun and
loaded it, but was afraid to fire; he, however,
liked the fun of loading, and so put in another
charge, hut still was afraid to fire. He kept
on charging, but without tiring, until he got
six charges in the old piece. His grandmother,
learning his temerity, omortly reproved him,
and, grasping the old continental, discharged
it. The result was tremendous, throwing the
old lady on her back ! She promptly struggled
to regain her feet, hut the hoy cried out, “ Lay
still, granny—there arc five more charges to
go off yet!”
Get-a-Boaiid. —“ What are you doing with
that lumber V ” cried a steamboat captain to
an Irishman who was staggering towards the
boat, beneath the weight of a huge plank,
just as the bell was ringing for the last time.
“ What am I doing? Sure wasn’t it ycrself
as said, ‘all you as is a goin’, get a-board,’ and
isn’t this an ilegant one intirely?” said the
Hibernian, triumphantly, amid the laughter of
thp spectators.
The captain gave him his “ board” passage
that trip.
Pauperism in California. —One ward in
the Yuba County Hospital is set apart for pau
pers, The conductors of the Hospital arc to
he allowed one dollar per day for their support.
NO. 10.
I Look out for the Crash. —As the time ap
proaches for its appearance the public mind
seems more taken up with the question whether
or no a comet can do any damage to our plan
et in case of a ‘ strike,’ and if so whether such a
strike will take place. It is a very exciting ques
tion whether there is any danger of a collision
between the earth and a comet! That there
is a possibility of such a thing is generally ad
mitted ; though, according to the calculations
of Arago, the chances of such an event is only
one in two hundred and fifty millions of times.
Yet we have hod some narrow escapes. On two
occasions, in 1080 and in 1882, comets crossed
the plane of the Eliptic, almost on the path of
the globe. Many other comets arc mentioned,
which have come within a short distance of us,
but they missed their mark. The point which
is now the topic of dicussion among the wise
men of Europe is, what damage would be done
if a comet should come in collision with or ap
proach very near the earth ? Mons. Babinet, a
distinguished French philosopher, who has writ
ten a dissertation by command of the Empcrcr
in order to quiet the apprehensions of the peo
ple, says there would bo none. We side with
•Mons. Babinet. At least, we hope, for our own
safety and the consolation of our friends, that
his opinion may be correct, though he has
many eminent opposers to his theory. In the
meantime, the 13lh of June approaches, and
the long expected comet has actually been dis
covered, rushing headlong on its eccentric
course ! It was seen at Lcipsic on the 22d of
! February, by Professor Arrest; at Newark; N.
J., on the 20th, and at the observatory Wash
; ington on the 27th of March. It has also been
' seen by astronomers connected with one of the
learned institutions of New York. It was dis-
I covered with a telescope on the evening of
Tuesday, the 80th March, and Thursday, the
i 2d of April, about five degrees cast of the star
! Andromeda, and moving rapidly toward the
earth, in southerly direction. Its approach
toward the earth will be watched with great
curiosity by all scientific men, and at the rate
at which it now moves, it may soon be seen
without the telescope.— Wide West.
.
Curious Discoveuv.— The Central Texan
; teams from a gentleman near Navisolo, that
while he was cutting down a tree near that
place he made a most curious discovery. He
i cut down a very largo cottonwood with a hole
; in it, and an aperture from the outside some
; six feet above the ground. Upon splitting
open this tree the hollow was found to contain
an Indian’s skeleton, which was perfect, not.
a bone missing, ffhc conjecture is, that at
Komc time or other, the Indian got into this
hollow tree, to make his escape from some
enemy or wild animal, and was unable to get
out again, and so perished.
“ Sally,” said a fellow to a girl with
red hair, " keep away from me, or you will set
me afire.” “No danger of that,” was the
answer, “ you are too green to burn.”
p»r a person wns boasting that he had
sprung from a high family in Ireland. “ Yes,”
said a bystander, “I have seen some of the
family so hi"h that their feet could not touch
the ground.”
Don’t you remember old Towscr, dear
Kate; old Towser, so shaggy and kind, how
he used to play, day and night, by the gate,
and seize interlopers behind !
It is conceded on all hands that ladies
ar ejair, and that chickens ar ofoicl —that the
money market and men that drink too much
are tight— that morals arc loose ; and morning
gowns. Not a word about ladies lacing.
A gentleman bragging of having killed
a panther whose tail was “ three feet long.”
Drown observed that the animal died seasona
bly, as that tail was long enough not “to bo
continued.” Brown is a sly joker.
“Young man, do you know what rela
tions you sustain in this porld ?” said a minis
ter to a young member of the church. “ Yes,
sir,” said the hopeful convert; “two cousins
and a grandmother; but I don’t intend to sus
tain them much longer.”
At a recent trial in Wisconsin, the sub
ject of controversy was a demijohn of whisky,
which was ordered to be brought into court.—
Tho defendant was tried, and so was the whis
ky—in other words, the whisky was drunk,
and so was the jury.
s=tr “ Don’t yon understand me, Jim ?”
thundered an old man to his son. “ You must
be a fool.” “ True, lam very near one, meek
ly replied Jim.
J-gF* Mr. Brown, you said tho defendant
was honest and intelligent. “ Why do you
come to such a conclusion ?” “ Because he
takes ten newspapers and pays for them in ad
vance.” Verdict for defendant.
§y Much discomfort arises from sensitive
ness of what other people may say of you or
your actions. Many unhappy persons seem to
imagine that they are always in an amphi
theatre, with the assembled world as specta
tors; whereas they aro playing to empty
benches all tho while.
A jockey at tho Maze races, England, asked
an emigrant Yankee if they had any such
swift horses in America.
“ Swift?” said Jonathan ; “ why I guess we
have. I’ve seen a horse at Baltimore, on a
sunny day, start against his own shadow, and
beat it a quarter of a mile at tho first heat.”