Show eler eier fierceness fierce FiERCK FlEK fierceness CENESS NESS OP ENGLI sli Sll LAWS ABOUT SIXTY years xgo ago fifty br ixta sixty years ago the Te lations relations in england between rich and poor appear to hayo haye I 1 been as unchristian in their character dhar acter and as in their thel r results as they have ever been in any country before or since bince the social thermometer about that time seems to have reached its lowest point and for about twenty or thirty years it remained pretty stationary ar y of the deplorably bitter spirit that prevailed between class and classi class elass and especially the harshness with which the people were treated by their rulers the sanguinary character of the laws for the repression of crime furnishes a melancholy illustration sir samuel romilly had begun his honorable labors for fit thinning the list of offenses to which by law the punishment of death was affixed but the task of de draco drago was like one of the labors of Her hercules gules guies the fierceness of the outcry against him was wa sonly only equaled equal edby by the absurdity of the arguments lord LON chancellor eldon was quite sure that small tradesmen would be e ruined if stealing an article from a shop of the value of five shillings ceased to be punishable with death lord redesdale Rede Red esdale Adale was wa in equal alarm at the pro proposal that men should no longer be put to death wor for blackening their thein faces to prevent bong being recognized when hen stealing gamb by night bight did not he and his hi s neighbors pay a year for six policemen 16 to check deer debr stealing on the borders of the forest and was it not plain that if men who eime came with blackened faces to steal were no longer hanged lian llan ged the practice among these de predators would be universally resorted to so thought the lord chancellor too and the most of the peers and so the blessed connection between a blackened face and the gallowa gallows remained intact in at an earlier period sir samuel romilly maintained that the only way by which any any dao dae could coine colne come to know the bitter spirit which the french revolution had engendered in england was to attempt some legislative reform then find I 1 not pot only what a stupid dread of innovation but what a savage spirit it has infused infused into the minds of many of hib his hiss countr countrymen y it itis ia but a few nights ago lt 1 he added that while I 1 was wag standing at the bar of the tho souse rouse of Com commons mons mong a young man the rother brother Ty of a peer came up f ome me and breathing in my face the nauseous fume fumes of his undigested debauch stammered erg erp d out 11 1 I am again against st your bill I 1 am for hanging all J 1 was confounded and lind endeavoring to find some brne excie for forli him lm I 1 observed that I 1 suppose suppose dhe uhe ahe meant that the certainty of punishment affording the only prospect of repressing crimes the laws what ever tha thear y wire were ought ough tto to be bp executed e nd no ab nb n 0 ahe he cried it is not that there is no good done by mercy theyone aliey only get worse I 1 would han ban hang 0 them all 1 up at 0 o neel Y hy i alm SCREWED SC BOOT MACHINE The tho first macli machine lne ine for making the celebrated french screwed boonst boots ever seen in california is 19 now in operation at the store of keening brothers i NO washington street having arrived from P gariby ar lay the ift itt steamer the french screwed boots have been sold here by iby this firm for twelve years but biever never als els before afo re manufactured pictured in california Californi ahe the uhe machine is a great curiosity and equals e ton fals fais any invention ever patented in connecticut the screws are made from brass wire mich which is cut with the thread ana arwil screwed into nto ato the leather at the same sadie time by b y simply turning a crank and abut of any length by a sim simple simpie le turn of the wrist ll 11 heel eel axy 4 a 3 boly boix boot booi ot can be complexly fastened so asni asli pr to give gh a out by this process proceed in less titan three minutes anil anal with the aid of tilse machine it is claimed that boots boota cap caw can gie tie made mado to order aa a cheaply as mady made boots can be impo imported te r 8 it c and mining press MOUNTA A correspondent says that there alemany aramany aia aie many places of interest on and near where hooker fought his battle W clouds 11 among these is R 0 c 1 e Y with regular streets the tilo emmehe boulders upon either liand hand aphea huge buildings thethis in this mii collection echi ii are camel camei rock much resembling tho thoi animal of that camb thi thu rocking ston stop thich which although altholia lj as s large as is a ne church liay be moved by a few men the fhe elephant rooka a mighty boulder ff flung ung from afar in some gome brickbat war of the titans then than there thene are the bottomless lake a beautiful sheet of limpid water deeper dob doe it is than pluna plura plummet mc roUnded ove aown ter ger ed and the spring ann an oriu led i vr ir atari lak lake I 1 rear roar also in my by ta cahal dahal 1 4 1 s i n r f N i nr f falls the most romantic and beautiful of which falis falls alls alis one hundred and eighty leei leej high highe J f 1 U k j r tile RUSSIAN PEASANTS the northern post of st reters petersburg burg anjou announces i that the arrangements between the landlords aad peasantry on the great estates that is those inhabited aymare by more than twenty males maies are entirely terminated mina ted the conditions made refer to estates peopled by male inhabitants of that number pc peasants maintain provisionally bally their former oy mer men obligations towards their masters eri erg hile hiie while are tire entirely freed of the latter number peasants have become proprietors lands by their own means and 2192 with the aid ald of the government the sums advanced by the state amount to roubles coubles ds af each 0 of f which 71 were for lanus lanos rente dand for lands held for labor done besides the above there are tire peasants in the west weft who havo have purchased their homes with wither or without the aid of the government tim THE LAST battie BATTLE OF or TRE THE WAR WAK the last battle of the war was fought on friday the tha of may on the shores of the rio blo ripy grande not far from palo alto the tho f was principally in sight sigh I 1 I 1 of the mexican shore and ii it is is said 4 a passing steamboat had a hand in it it was therefore the veritable veritably armageddon of the w war var ir which all have sought and desired so long it w was s fought near the old battlefield battle field of pal pai alto some two thousand miles fr from OM bull run bun the intervening country having been all fought over andaas ands was participated in by most of th the 6 tribes and nations odthe of the earth federals I aerates corps dA frique mexicans and franco mexicans from mar afar ti syria the tyrol and austria and france eranee proper 0 AN EGG ibur J A RICH bolkan YOL KAn easter eg egg q for the spanish in vas recently made in paris it cost and was made of white enamel on tao tho I 1 inside the text of st matthew dea dep de bribing the resurrection was enameled and a cock when the egg vas nas afas opened bould sing twelve different airs fro from favorite operas 1 c HINTS TO HUSBANDS do not jest jat with your wife upon a subject in which there is danger of wounding her ilen feelings remember that she treasures every word vord woi voi d you utter though you may never think of them again do not speak of some virtue in another mans wife IQ to remind sour your own of a fault I t do not reproach your wife fife with a personal defect for if she lids has sensibility you inflict a wound difficult to ter heal I 1 do not treat your wife with inattention in company it touches her pride and shewell she will riba respect you more or iove love any the better betted for far it lle lie do not upbraid your wife wine in t the tho 10 presence of a third PC person the se sease ase of disregard for her feelings will prevent her from acknowledging er fault ak do not entertain your wife with praising apauty 0 sauty and accomplishments of 6 fiher I 1 hen hon women do not too often invite yol your ur fri friends 1 out to ribe ride abd and leave your wife at she might sua sup suspect peet that you ott esteem others more companionable than herself 1 1 l if you have a biome and cheerful wife pass your evenings under your own toof bof I 1 do not be stern sfern an and dhent allent client in your ur own house and remarkable able abie for your y ur sociability elsewhere remember that your wito wife haj haas hans a s much need of recreation as youns yours yours yourself lff iff and devote a portion at least of y spur fil ue r leisure hours xo 10 such society and am amusements e ments as join baso bisoi d doing oin oln you will secure seccie her smiles and inc increase rea se her affection donot by being too exact lil ill in pecuniary matters marg mako your dour your wife feel her dependence pen indence dence denee on n your bounty it tends tend t to fesson lessen iler iier dignity of character and doese 4 s I 1 not increase cne her hgr esteem foi for you au if j is is a she bhe should be acquainted with sour your busine and know kaow your ini int income omo ome that that tUat she my may regulate her ler ier household expenses accordingly 4 e it remembered that pecuniary affairs w use more in families th ad aln ain ost any other one ca cause use asoh timm MEMORY IN DROW NiNO nind some years anahed agA hed held a bond for fon several hundred dol doi dollars lais having some timeto time timo to run when the bond became due A made 8 milligent dill igent search for forit dorit it amon among his papers but bulb it was not goibe found eno kno knowing W I 1 tig ilg to th a certainty abati the bond iia lia badi 4 liot not been pal pai paid I 1 or oth rth legally disposed of ot A con concluded eluded 1 stahly kl vi tain in arm bir his neighbor B bo W 4 fors los and rely upon lo 10 f s rif ric c j T c for fr its payment but to his surprise when int informer of its loss B denied gi giving vini ving any stich boad anil and a fraudulent design on his part asserting that no such a transaction had taken place between them I 1 being unable to prove his claim A was compelled to submit to the loss of the debt and also to the charge of dishonorable honorable intentions intention sin in urging thede the demand years passed away and the affair almost ceased to be th thought aught of when one day as A was bathing bathing in charles river he ads was seized with the cramp a p ap and aud came near neaz drowning after aften s sinking king and nd ri rising s ln several ti times es he was seized by a fil friend e and drawn to the s shore ore an and carried hamd apparently lifeless 1 ess but by application of the usual remedies remedies he was restored alid and as soon as he gained 1 nod ned sufficient strength he went t to 0 ga the he book case took out a gook book and from between the leaves bookout took out the identical bo bond nd which had been so long iong missing he then stated stated that while drowning and sinking as he supposed to rise no more t there ere ene suddenly stood before him as if it were a picture every act of his life from childhood to the moment wise when ii he sank Wn beneath eath the waters and among other acts was that of his placing that bond in a book and la laving I 1 it away in the book case A arme armed V the longlott lon ion document fd this in marvelous manner balled called upon bi B of whom he received the debt deb twit whitlyn 11 n terest terea i f f t tiie rile ammy amry wort AT T CAL the butte record july 8 says t for seve several ral rai weeks past the army worms have made the most destructive raid the oroville gardens ewery eadry everything has been done to prevent their destructive work but a as s yet unsuccessful th the cabbages corn and potatoes are already eaten up and should shou id they continue ten days longer there willil will not lot be vegetable sor any kind left in those gardens i e I 1 I 1 THE editor of the chicago journal late secretary of legation in london states that secretary seward sward ha has ali ail all along presented bills for damages com Z knitted on our ours commerce by py vessels built bulit armed and equipped in british ports poets to the english government yh enEarl earl eari russell sent to our minister arpert letter stating thadis government could could not recognize recognize these claims and to send him jio rio u 0 more mr seward instructed 1 amr nir adams to forward to the foreign ollied every gery claim that came into his hands and if the english government refused to receive them to file them thein in the legation until tle the tie time came when they would consider and adjust them tiie THE french empress has bestowed on oh rosa bonheur the animal painter paint er the cross of the legion of honor the sole sale instance of that honor being conferred on a woman in the civil order when this lady passes a french soldier lie he i in duty bound to raise ill lil eis els ig lland liand hand and give her ur we the military salute duo tb the distinguished C badge she wears 4 4 I 1 from the Wd Giol lenEra enra UR 0 LECTURES LECTURE S ON famil yAMIL lak IAK TEXTS 4 iw I 1 wish I 1 was rich MY DEAR DVAR friends the words which I 1 have chosen for the underpinning to nm discourse this evening are W written r ittel upon won the brains of jofh a laage ar llon tion ao q of earths struggling kling children and with every blister formed upon the palm paim of the laborer and as every overy rent da dax day y ii dawns upon tho the poor there is greaf great breathed had weary iveary signs I 1 was rich I 1 will novy novt no w touch off the tile roman candie candle of thought h I 1 fhy my friends and if there is no premature fizzling J I 1 trust that a few brilliant ideas may r strike the hrick brick ric k wall of your understandings anu anh perhaps bilkei hakea breach so that a ray or two of light may gain ghin entrance and illumine your darken darkened e d souls dwi pac 47 ky 47 the mind in i nel not of man mail I 1 my dear de ar so servants of time is as discontented as a duck perambulating a tin in roof on a hot summers day and is ag as fu full fuli 11 of tt im lings yain wain vain vain re regrets r ts and N Ws p prim needles I 1 0 of xv envy asty assy V I 1 turl turi turkey Ps gizzard fizzard is with gravel stones timo tiro most of you sprawled before me this evening are well to do in life you have now got your paths of worldly gain pretty evenly graded and with but few brick bats of trouble to stumble i over narrow it m may a y be but wide for y drs ars elves elvea an 4 repee respective tive faro farole ip of ted red or r to travel open wix wit vt v 1 jing jang jn arid add Y t my m y f 0 waves 1 aves of restlessness you ou are ic continually 0 gazing ont oft upon a abroad broad highway o oer over er which some sonie one more successful than yourselves is toiling tolling and your poor souls snort and plunge and buck with envy in your weak weik clay day shells worse than a wild mule with a paper of pins under his tail with wrinkled determination upon I 1 your brows you grab the shovel shoyei of toil toll and delve delved and dig to emulate your neighbor and gratify a needless love of gain although you need a wider path in life no more than a ghost would have use for foran an overcoat night and day you toil toll and the one idea of more riches is fast filling up your souls and leaving as little room for charity within your hearts as there is for biggers between the white whitie sheets of social equality gradually your path grows wider the dear old trees which formed a waving arch of peace over your heads in the modest past are cut away the limpid brook of contentment is turned from its 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