The Fresno Weekly Republican from Fresno, California • 1

I i NO 1 ynpSNoj FRESNO COUNTY CAL SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23 1876 my compen- Strange Bapantltiaa BX THX BPIUXT Of BU xu in obedience to Guictes to Young mr hua- eaiu a all So I vent home the precepts of all ever pnT band with a amile The next day I It was empty "7 I dressed myself ing custom of with a little straw with bine silk irte -jr purse" good said and my prettiest walk--check gray silk shat trimmed and vivid as A Gan ex ties an the March A generation on the march from the cradle to the grave is an instructive spectacle and we have it carefully presented to ua in the report of Hr Farr an English physician Let us trace the physical fortune which any million of ns may reasonably expect The number to begin with is made up of 511-745 boys and 488255 girls a disproportion which by and by will be reduced by the undue mortality of the boys and will be reversed before the cIom of the strange eventful history More than a quarter of these children will die before they are five years old in numbers 141887 boys and 121895 girls The two sexes are now nearly on a tevel The next five years will be much lew 11 In the gnc- Hew York FsAlwTSw Tran tbs Danbury JfcwsJ Tbb Pifferari hat is a favorite one with young girls The last novelty arrived from Paris is the red ten with block sticks No blux toilettes are considered quite complete unleM touched up with red Thx forget-me-not shade of blue is a fashionable color for an evening toilette have whalebones in steels are oftentimes need Thu Lanznn coat which is rather eccentric in style is very fashionable in Paris It is prophesied that frit hats will not be as popular next winter as they were test High and pointed crowns are the distinguishing characteristics of new tell bonnets Thx newest style of watch for gentlemen Iim a very thick gloss face not 7 pteadordiwt 1 of tamlshad fold trn monuch Md and olil ser liath down to not I th mallow plain that ilida down plnc-dsd when song uo more doligbU li err Nt in peln athotfjr Iowan loot in the air mrmnr In ileepalr 1 io io eoon to he whlepan 11 Oeeaa death lepeanr -JrIiflnJdMnli paw a Teetk Winn nt la the to ndw anceona toothache tooth of tnaldee To lie (bat eleep we end natural ib octal total unary r' to weep aje then! the rub li what panpe na come bff the hot Hit bag) ('a the reepect 'nunj teeth I A gentler an of undoubted veracity is authority for the statements hereafter recorded but for sufficient reasons names are omitted at the present time The facts arh as given however and can be thoroughly substantiated in even the minutest if their accuracy is called in question by the incredulous The strange and staggering story is given in the language of our informant A little after nine o'clock on Wednesday evening as one of our business men was walking np First avenue south his mind completely wrapped up in the transactions of the day one more prominent than the others was the receipt of a draft in payment for a bill of goods not due sold to a dealer in the country It seems that just as he got to this particular transaction he was just passing Wayfc in an instant and without Prtufte0f noise some one fastened a powerful on left arm i In fc great deal Itff me than it tekesf to tall it ho turned tu tolling blew on what he supposed was a midnight ssssssii and behold his only brother supposed to be in Liverpool stood before hia dressed just as last seen by Mr Hfour years ago! The shock to file nerves in the first instance fogfor with the sudden surprise meeting hia brother quite took Mr Both stood nice to face with larkspur blossom and sauntered leisurely dovn to thefThemistodes in Cedar (feet where mv lord and husband liadpis office I of ten go down tlieri hut then I made an exception to my pdinary rule There he was Itting in front of his big polished bhtf walnut desk with a oigar in his month his hands oomforta-bly buried in hi pockets and his heels considerably hifter than his head Tilbury Jones- wsl there and Stanfield Trowbridge his Mr the office diagonally out Griffith in const seeing me nodded debonairely itiemen and seated dusty chair that the Ellies who across the hall siderable an: I smiled around at mysolf in the ceeding five from 10 to the xrirf be still fuhCTfedmced Indeed for both sexes thu the moat healthy period of life the rate however is Ww for boys tan tnl girls There will be eovJ WJrtill the five that follow more in bn! Dabk colors and black best of all are Aa Astronomical Event mtdbx with a xxiohbokly Tumr nra-nxo DOWX TOWABD OFU FIASKT On the sixth of August there wm an oocnltation of the planet Fatum by the moon and unusual intereA wm excited among astronomers by mason of the beautiful scene which the' telescope revealed on that occasion On the third of September there was another oocnltation by the moon in the morning On the twenty-seventh of August Saturn wm in opposition to the aun that is the aun the earth and the planet were in the same line the earth occupying the middle place It is somewhat remarkable that all the oecultations were on Sunday The use which the opposition of the twenty -seventh will be made to serve is to test certain conclusions deducted by the French astronomer Trouvelot in a memoir on the physical aspects of the ilanet Saturn This memoir wm pub-ished with illustrations in Journal One of these conclusions wm that the inner margin of Saturn's outer ring has for several years shown jagged forms near the handles which would in-Aiwto irregularity of structure another is that the thickness of the whole ring system is increasing and that the inner nng is not entirely transparent although more nearly so than the planet This system of rings renders Saturn an unique member of the planetary family and modern investigations tern somewhat to show that wehave in it an evidence of the truth of hypothesis of the original formation of our system the importance attached to a careful observation of the latest opposition by astronomers may be readily appreciated Saturn is now only about 732000000 mites from the earth instead of 829-600000 miles its- gnatest distance It istibia-AHMrence of 183000000 mites which makes the period of an opposition so important to the stAT-gazers Saturn is the oddest of the worlds that oompose tie known system of the universe He a sixth in the ordrir of distance from tie sun When viewed through a strong telescope his disc ap-striped wih dark belts which apartmentafif- I true and atauneh a friend I ih an houeet alore I acjr for when (me thoee playthings j-ad to nibble 1 oh I then thei bon Arm feet frlende mah my cniat wie their delight: that now i united rente ider true end firm I will certainly enter on their 26th year Before the next ten years are at an end two-twirds of the women will have married The deaths during that period will be 52052 and of those no fewer than 27143 will be caused by consumption Between 35 and 45 a still larger toll" will be paid and little more than half the original in exact numbers will enter on their 46th year Each succeeding decade up to 75 will now become more fatal and the numbers will shrink terribly At 75 only 161124 will remain to be struck down and of these 122559 will have perished by the 85th year of the march The 88565 that remain will soon lay down thrir burdens but 2-153 of them will struggle mr to 95 and 223 to be 100 years old Finaur in he 108th year of the course the hut solitary life will flicker ont Such then is the average lot of a million men and women 1 iSd Mr Tilbury Jones edging my seat occupf and droppi: tial pitch 1 money? prise and around The cute is so my wants out by remarked jhair a little closer by my my voice to a you lend me a twenty or thirty ried my husband in added I looking find myself running oe mtol me by Mr ridiculously insufficient at I am compelled to from my fell log eteel r)e only suitable ones in which to have EvxBkp jn parig ia of the colour IZrSZb comparatively 8itle' 'With the hair arranged high on uia head either side combs back combs or hairpins in the shape of daggers or swords are worn Tax and hats when worn by young ladies with sufficiently tastes are tipped a little on one side Aqaix it is necessary to mention that bows form the trimming or part of it on every dress Those made of ribbon are mum fashionable Shoxs for in-door wear for thrir oddity rather than beauty are of ticking strapped acroM with leather and tied on the instep with colored ribbon Petticoats trimmed with flounces or embroidery are made of cambric or of aoonet muslin they make the garment less heavy and take starch better HxAD-DBKsaxs of Catogan netting or other words colored wide-silk braid finished with a bowon top of the head BTOBT Shs Did Hat Mention Her Teeth I heard recently of a marriage one of Hie parties being a wealthy bachelor of Georgetown which wm the fruition after many years of tho youthful dream of the gentleman in tiie case Fifteen years ago Miss the daugh ter of a highly respected officer of the government was a beautiful fresh young girl admired and sought after by the best society at the capital of the nation She hod many suitors and one a Mr of Georgetown wm so sin cere' and unselfish in hia devotion to her that ahe could not but accord him the highest meMure of her regard although she gave her heart and hand to another Bo deeply rooted wm her esteem for the rejected lover that when her first child a son wm born she gave him the name she refused to accept herself Her husband wm an officer in the army and his wife and child led with him tiie wandering life which army families must needs experience and so tiie rejected lover rarely if ever heard of the woman he hod so truly loved yet he remained faithful to her memory The army officer wm killed fighting on the Southern side in one of the battles in the second year of the rebellion and hia widow crushed by grief retired to a certain city in a western State and lived in quiet and retirement with her child List summer the boy 12 years old sickened and died The wealthy bachelor of Georgetown saw the death of his nhmeoake in a newspaper and it wm the first news he Ipidhod in many years of tho woman he Lad woril anil lost Arguing with himself doubtless that the childless widow might stand in need of consolation and very likely of many of the substantial comforts of life jtince heir deceased husband wm not at any time a wealthy man and most probably died in straightened circumstances in defense of the lost cause Mr (determined to write and renew the offer he hod so uraacoessf ally- made fiCrceu--years ago He wrote and otfitraKiifii-self and all his possessions on the condition that he wm to receive for an an-4 decided yes or no If the answer wm given he wished to be married in six weeks from tho time of his accep if the second the lady should never hear from him again In due time an answer came Tho widow said she wm much changed by tho lapse of years and more still by her cares and afflictions She hod lost cheerfulness beauty all that hod once niado her attractive stilly if what remained oC her former self wasworth the having then 1 Her dnar old friend' wm welcome to tho wreck and in six Vceka he might come to see her tad the wedding day Bhonld be fixed sThe door old friend had waited too long to brock even a unnecessary deny so tho next day after tho receipt of vie letter carried him to the home of his beloved in the West Ha found the lady very much unprepared to receive hn she lad not A tooth in her head and because her mouth wm being prepared for a false set she had postponed tee visit for six weeks Ah said her lover when he had taken a first long look at her you fold mo you had lost youth beauty and cheerfulness lint you said nothing about your teeth Sarah why did you omit the teeth Then Sarah rose to explain and the explanation proved satisfactory but the ardent lover wait for the teeth and so the twain wm mode one in spite of this little draw lck on the part of the bride They are noyr living in Georgetown happy and pwifcaspns and not even the teeth are waning to the wife to enjoy all the fared for her The lloeloh Pott IY BBOWXX ssiii indignantly oust Why yon pay me than that oked at me with the of aupercilions of I to the partner conflden-mld little Barter serenely short Montar for eke it obliging tneuOffi uttered appealing on calmly extend- Idedpalm you can oblige little temporary loan ertainly with the greatest answered Mr Trowbridge his purse with alacrity Bu 'as ahead of him ChnfWKmok your pocket-book said he setting his teeth to-b ridge and taking out his own purse gethernuch do you want my allowance said I sm! have added I provokingly con-f my advantage let us have a little ship-shape and businem thifoiow that we are here in the office draw up a paper Mr Trowbridge a please and Mr Montaoute wil if yape sign it in the presence of these pter genuemen" ottifuth looked as if he would eheer-have boxed my ears but he did ft venture to object and I came home nci the important papers in my pocket Radiant as a une morning sfialf an hour later Mr Monteoute to home dosing the door behind with considerable emphasis foamed he the deuce you mean by exposing all our done arrangements to those fellows at the office Exposing our domestic arrange-lts repeated I with an air of meek nvi'aa ffVm dtn't hiami flint vmi ftgetn' vd he said SenouglA jo excite anybody jwirling pearl paper xnife to 1 not your wife it to my bir idhar of all your vgoods? And yon can ait there vfj declare that twenty dollars a fitting and sufficient allow-f 'o said Mr Montocute -r oing the filbnt-shaped tome a secret pride ne fault of your extrav- i I seriously sitting and making an im-of his knee while the back of an old to jot down a series of ok here this is what I day Gloves two dollars dcJar and a half linen cuffa parasol five dollars pocket heifs three dollars sewing i dollar one pair of rubbers omnibus fare forty cents throe dollars That repre (ay1 expense Cabs vox thx Aosd Do the yonng jeople ever think that they will be old hat they will soon feel that the grasshopper is a burden and fear is ut the way Only a few short years ago that aged man and feeble woman were young strong and full of life their loving learta were gnahing with tenderness and care for the little ones who now stand in their places Do not jostle that aged couple out of your pathway but rather lift them with tender care the rough declining road You may have forgotten how carefully they kept your tender feet from stumbling and with what care they watched your advancing steps But they have not forgotten and the time will come when run will be forcibly reminded of it by he loveyoq have for your own little ones Will they hand yon the same bitter cup to drink that you pour out for that aged tether and stricken mother? Verily what meMure you mete ahall be meMured to you Think of the anxious days and nights rour mother hM watched by your sick ied remember her loving care her patience and long Buffering with your fretfulness and then let the blurii of lmmn dye your brow that you should be impatient or unkind to her now that she is old Old folka are such a trial Yes they know it and they feel it and so will you be just such a trial to your children in the days that will surely come aye and you will remember too hands by their sides for perhaps five seconds when Mr threw out both arms to greet his brother he was gone walked quickenec his pace his hat raised in fact it would not stay on his head his hair stood up and the cold perspiration began to atari A thousand things flashed through his mind and he was at the Fourth-street crossing Here he slackened hia pace a little and took a breath and a look Am mi Kn brother rtau to his side He tried to speakbut could not utter a word He thought of Professor Cooke of Katie King of the Hindoo Bog (ant wished he was in it) and of the whole spirit department but the fix he was in beat them all- He started to run and kept np a lively gait for two or three blocks when he made another stop and a look There was the brother! To get away from the apparition or whatever it was seemed to be out of the question so he concluded to keep an eye on the brother and strike a bee line for home which he did to the best of his ability Upon entering the house which he did rather unceremoniously as he only made one jump from the gate to the door the family were very much startled at sadden entrance at that time in the evening and upon seeing Mr full face their first thought was that uuo mad His eyes stuck out ir tanka and his face and lips ithout color He was asked what wm the matter but could not peak and commenced locking the doors Then the family and two or three neighbors that happened to be in at the time made a dash for the hall-This of course helped the matter so far as Mr was concerned lot then he thought the whole country was gone mad and it wm full twenty minutes before the family could be brought into the house together again when Mr proceeded to relate the story Here is a chance for a genuine expose What wm it St Paul Pioneer Pulii Cobks with Cxbx An English medical journal received by the hut mail contains the following disagreeable but interesting information A man wm last week admitted into Croydon General Hospital with one of hia eyes so damaged by the cork of ginger-beer bottle which he wm opening that it wm found necessary to remove the eyeball We have also heard of many other injuries produced in thu way But it is not as a rule the operator of the Pi mid another lower down are much worn Ladies wear their watches suspended at the aide with a chatelaine When made expressly for this purpose they are encased in oxidized silver or Japs sou crystal Plaited skirts with jackets ore the most suitable dresses tor boys under six years With these long stockings the color of the costume are worn in winter and short ones in summer Ax'outflt in tortoise shell jewelry consists of necklace bracelets combs earrings a belt with chatelaine and a watch framed in shell For a lady to wear all of the set at one time would be a breach of good teste however A dabnikq machine is a late invention What an amount of labor and hasty words the affair will save! For it will flnirfi a hole large a twenty-five cent piece in two minutes and a half something which would take a careful needlewoman ten times long to do Garments may also be patched with this machine Hints Iter the Car of th Tth Eron their paralldam to the equator of the planet are bettered by some scientists to have beenUeternuned by currents similar to outtrade winds He is attended by eight iitellites who have been since the be gibing of time punctual and regular I theiy attendance He is chan gable inbaracter and never presents the same kpearanoe twice in succession For xt apparent eccentricity the MtrononXz give the reason that sinoe the earth mean distance from the sun is 91Q000 mites Saturn when in opposite to it is distant 732000000 miles whcsnesrest the sun and 880000000 milghenJarthet from it As the PlantTTiia rings 'is inclined to the ecliptici maintains its parallelisms ddringtl revolution of the planet the angleat ifohit i promoted to the sun is comply chang-ing the aopearanoe whiri" tenta to the earth are therefore0 4 continually changing The ring is visible onljwhen the sun and earth are on he side of it but it becomes invfole when its plane peases through the Bnter of the earth well when p--through the center of the snn Onthis account says Sir John HerchqHwe or three disappearances of the rur may happen in a very short space 0 Him The disappearances take place about every fifteen yean or half the Uie of revolution in his orbit ad the two sides of the ring have altextatriy fifteen years of sunshine and fiftee: of darkness Saturn rises in opoeition whei the sun sets and may be readily found in the evening coming up in the east It will ne the prominent eve: star for some time to come and after when Jupiter sets the only vi bte planet during tho night The 1 gazer 'Cannot mistake Saturn He no bright TiejjwWwrs- mi if li had a whistled Mr Monta-uly surveying the scarlet tip tiie end of nis cigar's I added have and gloves every day but vs something One cant on twopenae a week' UdL making him a little dot of a said Griffith ka!" Mid I jSut I had won my point I had got be done said Griffith allowance doubled and that was all mate little nod of hv wanted And Griffith has been a great hen be dead in earnest meeker W1 more numageable ever rs a month? Two bur nce think to tell the truth he is no forty dollars frahl of what I may do or say if he i woman who wants moi 10lds the matrimonial reins too tight uin money must eitht perhaps right A cornered tripled or very extravi and why not a cornered woman a white hot rage We find in an exchange an artirio om 1 care and treatment of the teeth from which we draw several points: Persona with decayed teeth should never drink anything too hot or too cold as either will attack the nerve and bring on ache In 1 laving decoyed teeth stopped taVn care that all tho decayed parte are previously cleaned out Observe also Sat the stopping used is not of mercurial preparation In clining the teeth never use any gritty substance as tending to destroy the ynarari coating of the teeth enomei coating 01 wnu thx Hxabt Auvx Aax These words of Bernard Barton are good Often good and wise men in other things have rendered their old age cheerless and unlovely from a want of attention to them longer I live the more expedient I find it to endeavor more and more to extend my sympathies and affections 'The natural tendency of advancing years is to narrow Ana contract these feelings I do not mean that I wish to form a new and sworn friendship every day to in-e my circles of intimates these are different affairs But I find that oonduoes to my mental health and mMK to find out all I can whioh Automatic Fibe At tiie time of the Northampton lnk robbery we suggested that tho only true protector against burglary wnu to bo found in some kind of automatic signal tuo same principal to be applied to the announcement of flies An invention op-e pazontiy anavrering tho requirements 01 To prevent the formation of tartar the Case been mode by Mr Watson the teeth on going to bed and also til jj this plan if the wires are tampered first thing in the morning Pay partiff 1 wjtli a notice to effect would ne ular attention to the stomach- nni wind I 1 nulii os readily ve me more than twel XJsavuL abtob Father Terul-ithr said I lian of Fredericksburg is the priest for 1 cooly replied my hi a new county The watch of a Galvestonian having stopped the hotel keeper said the good father was the only mai in the place who could start it Taking some little people mid I- (we very well retor iort of malicious enj gnation oughs anch an allowancej The case of thej.