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VOLUME XVIII.
THE TRINITY JOURNAL.
K. P. LOVEJOY.] LJ. R. FELTER.
LOYEJOY & FELTER,
Publisher* and Proprietor*.
C. W. CRAIG, BUSINESS MANAGER.
PUBLISHRl> F.VKRT SATURDAY UOBSISO. AT
Weaverville. Trinity County. Cal
QITil'K, Court House Building,
MKCONlk STOUT.
Subscription Rates :
0-4 I Tar, $5 OO; tUx Month*, $3 00;
*Thr»* Month*, ft OO.
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
Advertising Rates :
•a, SfHArt-Brd inttrlion, • 4 00
Both hobttqutnl Inurtton, - ‘A 00
Brofttoionml Card*, I Mr jl«*r, AO 00
ttocUty Jb'Otte**, F«r y*ar, - 1A 00
»«" Special Rate* to quarterly and yearly
Advertisers.
ADVEKTINKRN' DIRECTORY.
RALPH, J. R-, Healer in Clothing, F.tc., Un
der Odd Follows’ Hall, Weavervillo.
BANK EXCHANGE SALOON, Main Stroot,
Woavorville, l 1 '- W. Young, Proprietor.
BUTLER A JAYNES, Forwarding and Com
mission Merchants, Redding, Cal.
BUSCH, 0. C. A Co., Doalers in Oonoral Mer
chandise, Redding, Shasta county.
BRESLAUKH, D.. Dealor in Dry-goods, etc.,
ltodding, Shasta county.
BABCOCK FIRE APPARATUS, C. IV. Craig,
Agent for Trinity county.
CHALLENGE SALOON, Main Stroot, Woa
vorvillo.
C1IAUNCEY, DR. II. M., Physician and Sur
geon, Court Street, Wcavcrville.
CHICO MARBLE WORKS, John H. Leo,
Proprietor, Chico, Cal.
COMET LODGE, No. 81, I. 0. O. F., Trinity
Center, moots every Saturday evening.
CORBUS, A. T., Dealor in General Merchan
dise, Indian Creek, Trinity County.
CROWN INSHIELD, C. B., Jus. of the Peace,
Office, Court Stroot, Weavervillo.
KARL. A. R, Justice of the Peace and Notary
Public, Douglas City.
EXPRESS SALOON, Above Griffin’s Bunk,
Main Street, Weavervillo.
GERMAN HOSPITAL SOCIETY'fleets first
Sunday in March, Juno. Sept, and Dec.
GOODWIN, M. A CO., Wholesale Liquor Deal
ers, San Francisco.
GRADY, DR. J. F., Dentist, Office, two doors
above Union llotol, Court Street,
GKIFFIN, M. F., Banker, Main Street, Wea
verville, California.
HANSEN, D., Dealer in Tobacco, Cigars, etc.
Main Street, Weavervillo.
HOCK ER, II BN RY Dealer in Provisions, etc.
Main Stroot, Weavervillo.
IRWIN, JOHN G., Attorney nnd Counselor
At Law, Weavervillo, California.
JOHNSON A HEARN, Forwarding and Com
mission Merchants, Redding.
KARSKY A ABRAHMS, Dealers iu Clothing
and Dry Goods, Weavervillo.
KUPER, KARSKY A CO., Doalers in General
Morchandi.se, Junction City.
LANG, M., Doaler in Groceries, Liquors, etc.,
Main Street, Weuvorville.
LOVKJOY, E. P., County Jiulgo, Office Court
House Building, Woavorville.
MARIE, LOUIS, Photographer, Corner Court
and Taylor stroots, Weavervillo.
MARSHALL A MASON, Dealers in Gonoral
Merchandise, Douglas City.
MARTIN, JOHN, lloaler in Flour and Grain,
Main Stroet, Woavorville.
M< CAUSLAND, E. T., Repairor of Wutohes
and Clocks, Wuaverville.
MONTAGUE, Dll. J. C.. County Physician,
Olllce, Court Street, Weavervillo.
MOUNTAIN MARKET, Head of Main struct
Weavervillo, Watson A Brown.
NEW YORK HOTEL, Main Street, Weavor
villo, Morris A Brady, Proprietors.
NORTH FORK BREWERY', North Fork, Cal.
Moekcl Bros., Proprietors.
NORTH STAR LODGE, No. «1„ I. O. 0. F.,
meets every Thursday evening.
PIKENIX A HOME Fire insurance Compa
nies, M. F. Griffin, Agent, Woavorville.
PINCUS, I., Doaler in Dry Goods and Cloth
ing, Main Street, Weavervillo.
ECU ALL, LOUIS, Root and Shoo Store, Main
Street, Woavorville.
STELLA ENCAMPMENT. No. 12, I. 0.0. ¥.,
meets First and Third Tuesdays.
TAMMANY' SALOON, Main Street, Weaver
villo, Alex. N. Love, Proprietor.
TRKMONT HOTEL, Rod Bluff, California,
VV'm. 1*. Maybow, I’ropriotor.
TRINITY CHAPTER, No. 1»,R. A.M., meets
Second and Fourth Tuesdays.
TRINITY LODGE, No. 27, F. A A. M.. meets
on last Saturday of each month.
UNION HOTEL, Court Street, Wcavcrville,
Vollmers A Paulsen, Proprietors.
UNION SHAVING SALOON, Main Street,
Weaverville, C. Hartman, Proprietor.
U. S. MAIL and EXPRESS LINE, Shasta to
Weaverville, G. I. Taggart, Proprietor.
WEAVERVILLE DRUG and BOOK STORE,
J. Barniekel, Proprietor.
WILLIAMS, C. K., Attorney at Law, Office,
Main Street, W eaverville.
I.ISKNOF TRAVEL AMD EXPREMt.
taiien (Tty, Jnnrtleu (Tty mill Wen
vervllle Exprimsaail Paeneager Line
J. 1L DRIVER, Proprietor, Leaves Weaver
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning
returns on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Hay Pork anil Weaverville Pnw*.
enirer and Express Line, J. S. HOYT,
I’ropriotor. Weakly. Learea Hay Fork on
Monday morning of each week ; leaves Wea
ver Tuesday morning of oach week.
T. H. Mall and Express I.lue, from
Weaverville to Areata, JOHN CLIF
FORD, Proprietor. Leaves Woaver every
Thursday morning. Loaves Areata, every
Monday morning.
©Icckli) Criiutji lourmil
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
E. P. LOVEJOY,
COtSIT J IT » « E ,
—AMD—
U. S. DISTRICT COURT COMMISSIONER.
OFFICE, Court Honor Rull'llng.
IVeavervillc. Will practice in the District
Court, Ninth Judicial District, in Trinity
County. janl.
C. E. WILLIAMS,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
OFFICE, Main Street, WeavsrTillc,
(Opposite Tammany Saloon. jnnl-tf.
JOHN 0. IRWIN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Will practice in all the Courts of tbo Oth J u
dicial District
2 r >tf Weaverville, Juno 21st, 1872.
A. R. EARL,
>1'STICK OK THE PEACE
-ANI) —
NOTARY PUBLIC.
OFFICE, At Mnrxhall A Hawn's
Store, Douglas City. Deods drawn. Acknowl
edgments taken, etc. All business faithfully
attended to. apltf.
C. B. CROWNINSHIELD,
1 ENTICE OF THE PEACE,
WE A VERVILLE TO W NSHIP.
Ins. II. Smith. - • • • • Countable.
orriCE, AiUoliilug Uuloai Hotel,
Court Street, Wcavorville. janl.
J. C. MONTAGUE, M. D.,
COUNTY PHYNICIAN,
—AND—
PHYSICIAN TO TIIE TRINITY COUNTY
GERMAN HOSPITAL SOCIETY.
OFFICE, At Ills Residence, corner
Court and Center Streets, Weaverville. 1.
DR. J. F. GRADY,
■tra»a OENTINT, gg&n
A tlrnilunte of
PHILADELPHIA DENTAL COLLEGE.
OIT'ICE. Above I'nion Hotel. Court
Stroot, Weavervillo. jai l-tf.
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
IAHTIEK OENIKINU TO INVENT
IN
FARMING or GRAZING LAND or
CITY PROPERTY,
Can be suited by applying to
E. P. LOVEJOY,
Real Estate Agent.
npl8-tf. \V ea vervillo.
CHICO MARBLE WORKS.
JOHN II. I.EE, • • Proprietor,
CHICO, BUTTE COUNTY, CAL.
Monuments, Tablets, Tombs, Hcad-Stonos,
etc., furnished upon short notice, and at prices
within tho roach of all. All work warranted
to givu satisfaction or no sale.
JOHN 11. LEE.
Chico. June 1, 1872. tf.
TRINITY COUNTY.
OFFICIAL »I RECTORY:
Judge Oth Judicial Dist, A. M. RosBoaoi mi.
County Judge Euwarh P. Lovkjoy.
Sheriff Euis Flowers.
Clerk - Jas. G. Trotter.
District Attorney Kighabd Clieiorii.
Troasurer E. T. McCaUSLamd.
Assessor Jacob Paulbkx.
Supt. Pub. Schools WM. B. Lovett.
Coroner and Pub. Ad W. H. Bacuki.ukk.
Surveyor * Wu. S. Lowpex.
(District No. 1 J ah. E. Carr.
Supervisors. “ “ 2 JohxShkuipex
(. “ “ 3 Wm Guthrie
COURT TERMNs
DWtriet Court -Second Monday in April,
August and December.
Comity Court—First Monday In Janu
ary, March, May, July, Soptember and No
vember.
Frobat* Coart—iSame as County Court)
Ronril of Nupcrvlwrs —First Monday
February, May, August and November.
S fiwily flffaspapfr, Intifpentirat in IfoliHts, anti ftfiiotfii in ijie |biian«ntent ol fjunte interests.
WEAVERVILLE. CALIFORNIA. SATURDAY. JULY 12, 1873.
HOTELS.
NEW YORK HOTEL,
[*I» STREET,
WEAVERVILLE.
MORRIS & RULE,
Proprietor*.
This FIRE-PROOF HOTEL offers superior
inducement* to both traveling and resident
public, in the way of excellent
BOARD A91 It LOIMUXfi.
The rooms are all on the second floor, and
are kept in the best of order. The TABLE
i* at nil times suppliod with THE BEST that
the market affords, and it shall in the future
as in the past be our aim to keep a first-class
hotel. A share of public patronage is respect
fully solicited:
janl. MORRIS A RULE.
UNION HOTEL,
—AND—
STAGE HOUSE.
Olf R T NTREET,
WEAVERVILLE.
VOLLMERS & PAULSEN,
Proprietor*.
We are glad to announco to our old friends
and patrons, and the public generally, thnt we
are prepared to entertain thorn with
BOARD AND LODGING,
BY TBK DAY OB WKKK.
We have comfortable Double Rooms for
families ; also a largo number of rooms and
beds for the accommodation of other guests.
The TABLE will always bo furnished with
the BEST THAT CAN BE 11 AD, and no pains
will be spared for the accommodation of those
who favor us with their patronage,
janl. VOLLMERS A PAULSEN.
TREMONT HOTEL,
AIN STREET,
RED BLUFF.
WILLIAM P. MAYHEW,
Proprietor.
The Proprietor would most respectfully an
nounce to his many old friends and also the
traveling public that ho has leased this woll
known brick hotel, and will at all times be
found ready to wait upon nil thoso who luuy
favor him with the light of their countenances.
The TABLE will be supplied with the host
the market affords. The ROOMS aro large,
well ventilated and furnished with new Spring
Bed* throughout.
janl. WILLIAM P. MAYHEW.
SOCIETY NOTICES.
Trinity i.o4 r t, AV. »T, P. * J. .11.,
Hold their regular communications at Ma
sonic Hall, Weaverville, on the last Saturday
of each month. Hour of meeting, 7 o'clock,
r. m. W. J. T1NNIN, W. M.
M. F. GRIFFIN Secretary. janl.
Trinity Chapltr, .Vo. 19, M. .1. .«.,
Meets on the Second and Fourth Tuesdays
of each month, at Masonic Hall, Weaver
villa, at 7 o’clock, r. m.
W. J. TINNIN, II. P.
M. F. GRIFFIN, Secretary. janl.
•WrlA SI nr todyt, AV. 01, I. O. O. P.
Holds its regular meetings at Gun Kkli.ows'
Hall, Weaverville, every Thursday evening,
at 8 o'clock. Members of tho Order from
ubroad aro cordially Invited to attend.
J. KACZINSKY, N. G.
W. H. BACllELDER, It. S. janl.
SItlln Knenmpmtni, J\’ V*. 11, /. 0. O. f.
Meets on tbo evenings of tho First and Third
Tuesdays of each month, at Odd Kkli.ows’
Hall, Woaverville, at 8 o'clock. Patriarchs
from abroad are invited to visit us.
J. BENNETT, C. P.
W. H. BACHELDER, Scribe. janl
i'omti l.otift, AV>. H, /. O. «. P.,
Holds its regular meetings, at Odd Fkllows’
Hall, Trinity Center, on Saturday ovening
of each weok. P. T. NOLES, N. II,
S. HUiHSELL, R. S. janl.
Trinity lounly iJtrmmn Hotpiinl So
cief.v, holds it* Regular Quarterly Meetings at
tho Hoscital BtliLDINU, Woaverville, on the
first Sunday of March, June, September and
Deooinbe* CHAS HARTMAN,
janl Secretary.
——
SHASTA AND WEAVERVILLE
U. S. MAIL AND EXPRESS LINE.
41. I. TAGGART, Proprietor.
THE STAGES OF THE
of tho above Line, carrying
tho IT. S. Mail and Wells,
Fargo & Co.’s Express, will until furthor notiee
leave Shasta every
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY
At 7 o'clock, A. II.,
And returning, will loave Weavorville, every
TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY
At 7 o’clock, a. u.
Office in Shasta—at tho Empire Hotel,
JOHN CRADDOCK, Agent.
Office in Weaverville—Union Hotel.
P. PAULSEN, Agent.
MOUNTAIN
MEAT MARKET.
HEAD OF MAIN STREET.
Weaverville.
fll II E ITNDEKNIGNED, PROPRI
JL etors of the Mountain Market, aro pre
pared to furnish tho people of Weaverville
and vicinity with as
GOOD MEATS
a* can be procured in Northern California.—
We solicit a continuance of.the patronage
heretofore awarded to us, ana will endeavor
to give satisfaction to all.
All Bill* are Payable upon tbe
lint Day of earls Montis,
janl WATS4IN A BROWN.
Wfdthj Irimtg foutnal
OUR AGENTS:
THOM. BOYCE, Room No. SO, Now
Merchant*’ Exchange Building, San Fran
cisco, is our only authorised agent in that city.
GEO. P. ROWELI, A CO., 40 Park
Ken, are our only authorised Agent* in New
York City.
MATE HOLY, Jl’I.Y 10. IMS.
IN MEMORIAL.
LINES TO THE MKMOIY OF 08('AR t.. SHAFTER,
WHO DIED IN KI.ORKNCK, ITALY, ANI> WAS
BCKIED IN 0 A ELAND, CALIFORNIA,
“ YYhero the west wind blows through the
evergreen trees.
And the fogs go sailing by,
’Mid the lupine blooms and humming boee,
Tis there 1 lain would lie.
“ These Italian skies are very fair.
Around are mosaics and sculptures rare,
And ruins of temples old ;
And here, whore the Arno’s waters flow,
The gems of Kaplicl Angelo
These princely galleries hold.
“ But I’d rather sloep on the western shore,
Where the broad Pacific's wave
In solemn music would grandly roar
A requiem o’er my grave.”
Then boar him gently across the main,
And away toward tho setting sun,
Though we never shall hear that voice again.
And his earthly task is done.
The eye is quenched that in sympathy glowed
For the wrongs of tho struggling one,
And still the hand that so freely bostowod
The aid he donied to nono.
But well he’ll sleep on the western shore.
Whore the broad Pacific’s wave
In solemn music shall grandly roar
A requiem o’er his grave.
—At. r. Kerning /W.
AIN’T THIN NTEWART'N CROWN
ING.
Formerly we could never tell why so
many good things were related of steam
boat captains and clerks. We understand
it in our elder days, and can readily see
how contact with all sorts of people nat
urally brought awkward positions to those
frequently brought in contact with all
manner of characters. Gradually the
good things are now fulling to conductors,
railway travel having almost brought
steamers to the banks. Some days since
just before the train ran out from tho car
shed in Macon, I wns disturbed while
rending tho morning pnpor by tho en
trance of an old lady, who wns slightly
deaf, wondrously fussy, and fenrfully
made; in fact., very fearfully made for an
old Indy. Chignon, pnnnior, flounce*,
and all those indescribable things which
the younger of FrsIhou's devotees so pa
tiently bear, were bung around her in
profusion rare. After tho train moved
out the conductor nppenred nt the door,
and “ Tickets” came reverberating down
the aisle. 1 took advantage of the occa
sion to find out for wlint point Mrs. Joiner
was bound, and saw tho ticket she bunded
tho conductor was from Macon to Amor
ous, lint she requested the conductor to
let her know when tho train arrived at
Stcwnrt’s crossing, which is about four
miles nbovo Americus, This ho of course
rendily agreed to do.
I engaged tho old lady in conversation,
and found that she lmd been married to
Mr. Joiner about two months ; that she
was his third wil'o and he her second hus
band. Furthermore, 1 found that lie
lmd some relatives in one of tho lower
counties, and that a visit to them wns the
object of her journey. Sho soemed anx
ious to make as good an impression ns
possible, ns she told mo in the innocence
of her heart, hecauso they woro not as
well pleased ns they should have been nt
his third marringc, especially ns he had
married rather an old lady. Wo chutled
pleasantly until wo reached Jackson—
about tho third station from Macon, I
think, when I left the old Indy to her
meditation. Tho next station wns Pow
ersville, and when the train reached that
point, she called the conductor to horand
asked if that wns Stewart's Crossing. lie
replied that it was no trouble, as lie would
tell her when they reached Stewart’s
Crossing. In fact, that as it wns not a
regular station, ho would come to her be
fore they got thejc and let bor got ready
in time. I could see, however, that she
was nervous, restless and excited. The
train stopiied at Fort Volley, when she
grabbed her reticule, and calling the con
ductor, wnnted to know if that was Stew
art's Crossing. His reply was very briof
but to the point:
“ It is not, madam.”
Off went the train again, and ns tho
whistle sounded for Murshalvillo, the old
Indy iiguin grasped the precious reticule
and called tha conductor.
“Mr. Conductor, is this Stewart’* Cross
ing T”
“No, madam, I will tell you when wo
get there,” was tho amused conductor’s
reply.
Away we sped, and Mar-halvilln van
ished, only to bring us, somewhat behind
time, however, to Montezuma. The ret
icule was grabbed and again the conduc
tor was called. In he carno.
“ I* this Stewart’s Crossing, Mr. Con
ductor T”
“ It is not, if you please, madam. I
will cortainly let you know when wo get
there; so you need not ask mo,” said tho
irritated conductor.
Oglethorpe was passed without annoy
ance, but when Andersonville was sound
ed the old lady was at the highest pitch
of excitement, and as the conductor was
assisting a lady with three babies through
the car she gras|>ed his sleeve with one
nervous hand and her reticule with tho
other, Asking with all tho caruestness of
her excitable nature:
“ Mr. Conductor, ain't this Stewart’s
Crossing T”
The usually good natured public func
tionary was vexed, you could sec it all
over his smooth-shaved face.
“No, ma'am, this is not Stewart's
Crossing. I have told you I would lot
you know whon we got there, so be quiet
and give yourself no uneasiness.”
The old lady was twitching all ovor
with excitement as we steamed away and
lqft Andcrsouville vanishing behind. The
conductor came and took a seat by me,
and while discussing the comparative
merit of broad-gauge and narrow-gauge
railroads, forgot everything else. At
length he looked out of the window, and
immediately grabbing the bell-line, ex
claimed :
“ Bless my life, we’vo passed Stewart’s
at least a mile.”
Stopping the train, however, ho had
the motion reversed, and Wo ran over a
mile back to Stewart’s Crossing, whon
ho went to the old lady :
“ Stewart's Crossing, ma'am.”
“Are wo there T” slio asked.
“ Yes, ma’am; hurry up nnd get off ns
soon as possible: we are behind time, and
had to run back nearly two miles for
you.”
The old lady scemod wondrously calm
ed, and said with the greatest simplicity :
“ I don’t want to get off here; I want
to go to Americus."
“ Don't want to get off hero t" thun
dered the conductor. “What in thunder
did you want to stop here for T”
“ I didn’t want you to stop here,” she
roplied meekly.
“ What did you want to know whon
we got here for thon T”
“ Because,” smilingly said the old girl,
“inyold man told mo whon I got to
Stewart’s Crossing that it would he time
to put in my teeth."
1 If you never heard a roar you ought to
havo been on that train. Amid the hiss
tho bell cord had the most violent pulling
that it had experienced in some time.
Tho old lady reached Amoricus nnd was
met by some of her kin, who took hor off
! the conductor’s hands. He pondered
over it well, however, nnd I overheard
him tell tho conductor of tho up train
when they met thnt he never could treat
a toothless woman with that veneration
which she deserved ngain, especially if
she had a reticule, nnd wanted to know
when he passed a way station.—Savan
nah Neu<s.
Tim Sailor and his Wikk.—The
British bnrk Monarch was lately wrockod
off Cumberland Island, near the const of
Georgia, nnd nine livos were lost. The
vessel was driven on tho shoals and was
rapidly going to pieces in n storm. There
were throe small boats, which wore low
ered, nnd into one of them tho captain
handed his wife, who had voyaged with
him in shine nnd storm for thirty years.
He then stepped into tho boat himself
and before it was loosed from its fasten
ing to tho ship, it was capsized nnd en
gulfed in the overriding waves. When
tho bont reappeared the captain wns still
clinging to its sido, but no one olso was
thero. He looked around ovor tho deso
lnto wntors, but saw not tho form ho
sought, nnd all the thirty years' compan
ionship came up before him like a beau
tiful island in tho son. Tho waves lashed
around the island, and then it too disnp
jieared like a mist. Thero was nothing
but wreck nnd min nnd the hungry sea
around him. Those on the vessel observ
ed tho captain's situation, and throw him
u rope with a running nooso. It was a
moment in his grasp, but ho cast it away,
saying: “My wife is gone, and 1 will go
with hor.” Hu loosened his hold on tho
bont, and amid tho rnging sen ho chose a
watery grave with his faithful wife, who
had so long sailed with him and cheered
him in life’s ocean. And Capt. Thomas
and his sailor wife were of tho nine
drowned by the wreck of tho Monarch
oft'Cumberland Island.
A Boor on HiuTravklh.—Afuwdnys
ago, as Fobs was returning from thcGoy
sors with a load of passengers, a young
lady from tlm Fast expressed a desire to
ride on the box with him, so that she
might have it to say, when she returned
homo, that she hud done so. On the box
was seated a being of the masculine gen
der, whom Foss very politely requested
to oxchungo seats with the young lady,
but ho flatly refused. Ho would not
budge. Hu hnd got the seat, he said, nnd
he was going to keep it. Ho would not
even gratify the young lady by allowing
her to ride half a mile. Foss naturally
became a little “ riled” at the man’s mu
lishness, which gave rise to the following
brief characteristic dialogue :
Foss—“Mister, did you ever have a
mother T”
Passenger—“Yes."
Foss—“And u young sister T”
Passenger—“I had. Why?"
Foss—“Nuthin' particular, only I think
the third is a hog—g'lang!”
If Foss was said to bo sometimes rude
of speech, ho wns justified in this instance
—so thought all his passengurs except
one.”
A olkkoyman was once endeavoring
to get a subscription in aid of some char
itable institution out of a close-fisted par
ishioner, who attempted to exeuse himself
on the ground that ho already owed a
great deal of monoy. “ But,” said tho
minister, “you owe God a largor debt
than you do ariyono else.” “ That is so,
parson ; but then he ain’t pushing mu
like the balance of my creditors.”
LACK.
If those good people who, Inveighing
against the extravagance of tho rich,
waste their anathomas on the lace that
rich women wear, into action, we wondor
whether they would think themselves or
the rich wearers of lace tho best friends
of tho poor.
When those people see beauty floating
by in her gossamers, they grudge her the
satisfaction of tho airy webs that wrap
her loveliness—but at tho same timo they
grudge the weaver her hodden gray, for
thoy fail to observe that it is because the
first wears these priceless robes that the
last has any robes at all to wear. Cer
tainly it is not the fault of tho first that
the world is so adjusted that worms must
spin before butterflies may sport, but it is
her virtue that, instead of hoarding her
gold with miser's love, she spends it free
ly, and by tho disbursement sends it
among those households whose stay is
bet ween them and tho wolf.
There aro to-day many thousands of
laco-makers who, if this one article of
luxury were reformod out of existence,
would have no refuge from starvation
and sin. It is possible, of course, that
bettor employment might bo found for
them, but at present there is no such
thing, nnd should it ever come, wo may
be sure that trade will equalize itself, and
laco-makers torsnko their bobbins for im
plements that are better paying, and lace
will cease to exist unless it renders an
equivalent for its production. In past
times when, by royal or political decree,
certain kinds of lace weru abolished from
polito usage, throngs of workers, men and
women, were thrown on the mercy of the
world, and died of that mercy in l'umiuo
nnd plaguo. Certainly it is undesirable
any such sudden transition, oven though
it led in the end to a better livelihood,
should occur in our own day; for gradual
growth, we know, is always tho best
growth. For oursolvos, wo fail to see
how the employment of lace-making un
dor its common nnd favornhlo auspices is
more stunting to spiritual growth than
cotton-spinning or dross-making, or any
other calling of the sort, which Is not,
however, tho subject of so much animad
version.
Working in lnoo indeed, can hardly be
anything but an elevating occupation
whon compared with tho usual occupa
tions of handicraft, for it enforces a con
stant familiarity with beautiful shapes, a
constant observation of nature, constant
interpretation of nnturo through art; nnd
if the dyer’s hand is subdued to what it
works in, tho luce-maker’s soul ought to
he ns tine nnd delicate a thing as her lnco
is.— Harper'* Ilaiaar.
H a I.I.W'I nations. —It is not generally
known thnt it is possible to cultivate the
state of mind called hallucination. One
of the most remnrkublo instances wns
that of tho wonderful poet-painter, Nir
William Blnku. Tho account of his
method of portrait painting, which ho
gave, was ns follows :
“ When a model was presented, I look
ed at it attentively for half an hour,
sketching occasionally on tho canvass.—
! had no need of n longer sitting. J put
aside tho drawing, and passed to that of
another person. When 1 wished to con
tinue tho first portrait, I took tho subject
of it into my mind ; 1 put him in the
chair, where I perceived him ns distinct
ly ns if he had been there in reality, I
may ovon add, with form nnd color moro
defined than in the originul. I contem
plate from timo to time the imaginary
figuro. 1 suspend my work to examine
tho pose ; every time I cast my eye on
tho chair 1 saw the man.
In one year, ho stated, that ho had thus
painted three hundred portraits, great and
small. But tho sud sequence of this
overstraining of tho imagination whs,
thnt he lost by degroes his power to dis
tinguish between his real and imaginary
sitters. His mind became disordered,
nnd ho passed thirty years in u lunatic
asylum.
The celebrated actor, Talmu, used by
nn effort of his will, to make his largo
and brilliant audionce disappear, nnd til 1
their places with skeletons ; and tho
thought that he was playing to this ghast
ly crew, is rackuned to huvo imparted a
strange and weird power to his (mrsona
tions.
Sir Thomas Browno, Jerome Curdnn,
and (hcethe are said to have possessed in
different degrees this remarkable faculty,
a gilt scarcely to bo desired one would
think.— To-Day.
Bxwakr. — Inquisitive people some
times meet with little udventures that
make them weak. A fellow who was
paying attention to n girl in Andover,
Massachusetts, stole [up to tho kitchen
whore she was at work the other morning,
thinking to see what kind of a house
keeper she was. Ho got interested as he
stood behind u door unobserved, watch
ing the fuir one at her toil, and in the ar
dency of his observation ho obtruded his
nose into a crack of tho door. She inno
cently shut the door u little, .and there
was a mashed bugle, Hu now wears it
in a sling.
Candidates for government offices in
England are oxamined upon various lit
orary and scientific topics. Not long
since, one of them, by a slip of his pen,
wrote “ Vennice,” in ono of bis papors,
“ Do you know, sir, that there is but one
‘hen’in Venice T” gskod the indignant
examiner. “Then eggs must bo very
scarce there,’’ was the rsply
NUMBER *28.
nOlKKX PATENT.
It was Moyer’s turn for invention that
caused tile disaster. Moyer designed a
new kind of “ patent inflated gossamer
bustle” for ladies. It was a thin bag of
India rubber, which was to bo inflated
with gas to give it the proper dimensions
nnd sufficient lightness. “When tho mod
el was complete Mrs. Moyer determined
to try it. Hhe went into tho yard and
tied the machine under her dress, whilo
Moyer turned on the kitchen gns to till
the bag. It worked well enough for n
few moments, when all at once Mrs. Mo
yer began to ascend with frightful rapidi
ty. She had barely time to scream down
to Moyer to put the children to bed early,
and tell Mary Jane to set the bread, and
tho next instant she was two miles beyond
the snow line. It was embarassing for
Mrs. Moyer—very embarassing—espec
ially as she could not reach around to.tho
bustle to turn off tho gas in order to corno
down. So sho floated about up thoro
among thunder storm, and clouds and
crows, and aurom borealises for several
hours, enjoying the scenery and studying
the air currents, and wishing sho had
brought her muff nnd a book to read.—
Thon sho commenced to descend gradu
ally, until she came within a couple of
hundred feet of the earth. She screamed
some then ns she floated along, and sev
eral enthusiastic students of natural his
tory tried to bring her down with shot
guns, under the impression that sho was
some new variety of ostrich or flemingo.
But a sudden gust of wind struck Mrs.
Moyer and blew her against the spiro of
the Presbyterian church steeple with such
force that the inflated gossamer bustle ex
ploded violently, impressing the sexton
with the conviction that the sacred edifice
had been struck by lightning ; but when
he cnino out lie saw Mrs. Moyer caught
by her punier on the woathercock, with
parasol pointing cnat or west, as the wind
happened to shift, lie comprehended
tho situation. It cost $1100 to build a scaf
fold to gut Mrs. Moyer down, nnd oven
then Moyer did not introduce bis bustle
into the market, lie will sellout his pat
ent rights cheap. Mrs. Moyer wants
him to. —Mux Aileter.
A Drunkard's Warm no.—A young
man entered tho bar-room of a village
tavern, and called for a drink. ’* No,”
said tho landlord, “ you havo tiad too
much already. You havo hud delirium
tremens once, nnd I cannot sell you any
more.” He stepped aside to make room
for a couple of young men who hnd just
entered, and the landlord waited on them
very politely. Tho other hnd flood by
silent and sullen, nnd when they had lln
ishod, he walktal up to the landlord and
thus addressed him : “ Six years agoi
at their age, 1 stood whore those young
men now are, I was a man with fair pros
pects. Now, at the age of twenty-eight
1 am a wreck, body nnd mind. In this
room I funned tiio habit which led me
to ruin. Now sell me a few glasses more
nnd your work will be done I 1 shall
soon be out of the way ; there is no hope
for me. But they can bo saved ; they
can be men again. Do not sell it to
them. Hell it to me and let mo die, and
the world will bo rid of mu; but for
Heaven’s sake soli no more to tlioin.”—
Tlie landlord listened, pule and tiumb
ling. flitting down bis decanter, be ex
claimed ‘‘God helping me, that is tho
last drop I will ever sell to any one.”—
Arid lie kept Ids word.
Goon Uehoi.uuih'.nb.—That I won’t
smoke onny more cigars, only at some
body oUu’s expense. That I won’t borry
or lend, ofpeshily lend. That I will liv
with in :ny inkum, if 1 have to get trust
ed to do it, Thnt I won’t advise enny
body until 1 kno the kind uv advise they
are anxious tew follow. That 1 won’t
wear enny more tite hoots. That I will
stick to my tailor as long ns he will stick
to iiio. That I won't swap bosses
with a doekin. That no mnn shall beat
iiio in politeness, not so long ns polite
ness continues to bo ns cheap nn it is!,—
That if onny man calls me a phool J won't
insist upon Ids proving it for mo. —Joth
Hilling*.
Money Orders. — Few people are
aware of tho greut convenience to tho
public of the monoy-ordor office. Among
the most recent of postnl improvements,
it is the only one that pays n profit to tho
treasury. Tho patent oflico is Bclf sup
porting, but the money-order office nuts
an annual profit of over $100,000. It has
been in existence but eight years, but it
transmits, $00,000,000 a year, in sums av
eraging about $18 each. These sums are
sent all over the world, and in a manner
that ensures perfect safety.— 8. F. Quit.
Some men at Louisville were guossing
at the weight of a largo mulo, when ona
man, who was a good judge of the wuight
of live stock, got behind tho mule and
was measuring his hind quartors, when
something appeared to loosen up tho
mule. Just before tho expert died, ho
gave it as Ids opinion that if tho inula
was as heavy all over as ho was behind,
ho must weigh not loss than 47,WW
pounds.
They make coffee from almost every
thing, nowadays ; but Mrs. Stearns, of
Keokuk, Iowa, declares that vImiU slm
gots a new husband and family, she shall
use no more rut exterminator.
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The Connecticut cabbage crop prom
ises well this season. Thu ‘‘finest Ha
vana cigars ” ought to bo cheap noxt fa!'.