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Gold Discovery IN AlasA0.
Great Excitement Among tie SPseulasors AZ
6tko.

We annex the following interesting item
from the Sitks Times Of September 9Th:
Great excitement was created in Sitks last
Tuesday by the arrival of some Indians from
the Tacoo country, who brought specimens
of gold which was taken from river that
empties into Awk bay. The point where
the Indians discovered the gold is not far
distant from Tacoo, and about ninety miles
northwest from Sitka. On questioning the
Indian as to how he came to discover it, hs
told Generals Davis and Thomas he had
seen Americans mine up in the stickeen
river, and that he had done the same, hnd'
ing that (pointing to the gold) and, TO judge
from ito sppearance, we should cay 1t Wa
worth geo an ounce. We were always sat-
isfied that Alaska 10 rich mineral country,
but, owing to our having military govern.
ment, It is almost next to impossible to In.
duce practical miners to come and prospect.
and yet General Davis docs all he can to aid
Lit If We are to judge from what We have
seen, Alaska bids fair to be one of the rich.
est Territories in the United States. 1mme.
diatcly after the discovery was made known
our citizens engaged a few men to 90 out
and prospec, where the gold was found.
taking along the Indian who found it, and
yesterday morning the party started by the
revenue cutter Lincoln, which Is bound fol-
that section. We regret to state that the
parties who have gone know but little, II
anything. about mining. They will, how
ever, do their best. The Indian who found
the gold worked about three hours, and In
his rude way took out from 81 to 81 Is
This We consider very good pay in pannina
out with shovel. We do not wish u Gre
ate any undue excitement about gold being
discovered as yet, but of one thing we an
satis6ed-that in very short time Alask'
will be the White Pine of this coast. Gen
Thomas has taken the specimens found 4
San Francisco, and We shall doubtless soo'
learn If our impressions are correct.
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Josh Bjllt,s1s Papers.
QUESTIONS AND ANswHRs.

Q-Who IL the bravest MANI
Ale who fights with adversity, and tho
often whipped, never knows it.
Q-Who IL the wisest MANI
Ale who korrekts in himself the faults
he diskovers in others, and who meazures
hiz wisdum bi hiz humility.
Q-Who IL the politest man!
Ale who kin lay aside his dignity
amung interiors without loseing 1t, whok"n
make elegance mistaken for reverence amung
hiz superiors. and who kan git from hiz
equals more complaisance than he gives.
Q-Who IL the meanest mani
Ale who gifts hiz luxurys b, peskiug
thru kec.holesL
Q-Who IL the happiest mani
A-Hc who knows ov nanny ttat he haz
made happy, and not one that he haz made
miserable.
Q-Who IL the truest mani
Ale who kan distinguish between our
virtews, and our vices, and while he com.
mends the one, amt afraid tew condem the
other.
Q-WnO IL the gteeole9t man
Ale who kant see one woman kiss an.
other without crying for sum ov it.
Q-Who IL the biggest hypokrit?
Allie who calls vice pleasure, and then
trys to make phoel ov himself by beleav.
ing 1t.
Q-Who IL the best husbandl
Allie whose love for hiz wife il the con.
| slant esteem which he shows her.
Q-Who il the best housewifei
A-The woman who kan make the best
hash out ov the least meat.
Q-Who Il the most chaste womanl
| Aisle whom the angels have whispered
Q-Who IL the most intelligent woman
A-She who knows that her power lies
behind the throne, and not on it.
| Q-Who IL the most industrious woman
A-She who hain't got emmy spare time
tew SANDER her nabors.
| Q-Who IL the vainest woman
A-She hain't bin born yet.
Q-Who IL the dearest old maidi
| A-The girl who, like the last rose oi
summer, ripe with buty stands waiting tev
welkum the winter.
Q-Who IL the happy old batchelor'
A-The phellow who picks the rose Gis
mentioned abuv) and puts it into hiz buz
Zum.
Q-Who IL the lovelycst old aunt!
A-The one whoze bank account IL ripl
and luxurious, and who haz made up he
mind not tew liv alwus.
Q-Wh0 are the cleverest cousins?
Ale who il a leetle more bashful tha,
a brother, and not quite SO much 90 az I
lover; and she who frolicks less ksrefu
than sister, and rather more sassy than
sweetheart.
Q-Who IL the best lawyer!
Ale who duz the least bizness.
Q-WhO IL the best mother
A-She who gave US birth and nursed ou
infancy.
Q-Who IL the best doctor!
A-The man who deals with hiz patient
disease. not his credulity, and whoze bill j;
like the kiss of a child, short and sweet.
Q-Who IL the shrewdest man?
Ale who keeps his own sckrets ant
other peoples too.
Q-Who il the biggest phool!
A-The man who marrys for mummy, ant
finds it game that two kan play at-snt
both lJozc.
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A FOSSIL CLINT.
Rtwarka59e Disooss,y sear Gyraexss.

RSasarkaAe D;seoss'y sear Syraeuss.
A dispatch to the New York Tribune, d.
ted Syracuse, New York, October II, says:
"A remarkable discovery has been made
in the town of Lafayette, in this county. A
human form of huge proportions, entirely
petrified, was found under the following
circumstances: About twelve miles south of
Syracuse, near Cardiff, lives farmer named
William Newell. Yesterday afternoon, in
company with hired man. began to dig a
well in meadow in the rear of his barn.
About two and a half feet below the surface
they struck upon they supposed to be large
stone, and Mr.. Newell went for . crowbar
to remove It. Before he returned, however,
his man had uncovered two large stony feet
and leea Continuing their digging, they
brought to light the perfect figure of man
of more than giant size, and as solid a.
though cliseled out of the rocks of Onon-
doga. Some conception of the sensation it
has produced here may be formed when !
give you few of the actual measurements.
The total length from the top of the head to
the lower surface of the in-step, is ten feet
two and q half inches; across the shoulders
the width is three feet; across the palm of
the hand, seven inches; the large finger Is
inches long; the thigh is IL inches, and the
leg below the knee 9} inches in thickness.
The figure was found lying on its right aide,
one hand placed on the abdomen, the other
upon the back, and the left leg thrown across
the right. The resemblance is complete.
Everything 10 there-the wrinkles about the
eyes, the Adams apple in the neck, the full
veins, the prominent vessels and bonea~ the
natural swell of each rib and the clearly de.
fined nails on both of the hands and feet.
The face and features are decidedly Caucas
ian. May It not be statue! The decided
opinion of nearly every person who has seen
it-and it has been visited to-day by some of
the most highly educated and intelligent
people of the city-is that its perfection, the
material of which it is composed, and the
place in which it was found. are against this
hypothesis. 1t seems to be composed Of .
soft. grayish limestone, with which the re-
gion abounds. As may be supposed. spccu-
lators are already on hand-sums reaching
into the thousands having offered for the
figure"
1.-THE above was the big October sensation
of Western New York. Tho papers were
full of Giant. 1t is now considered statue.
Mark Twain puts it up for spcculation.]
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The LOGON olive.
nv JAMES LINEN.

Ger the prairie wide and dismal swamp
Through tunnels Of rock that are dark and damp
Beneath frowning crsge aad che running ridge,
Ger the roaring Aood sad the trembling bridge
Ger the mountain gergc, oer the desert and plain
Swecps the iron stscd with he freaghsed train,
Like eenc demon ef wrssA In Afs venge1ul ire,
Ne kc.as on the flames of raging drc.
lie hisscs and snorts, and bis nostriis swell,
And his mouth 10 rcd - the jaws OF hell
Ills terrible throat dcvours piles Of wood,
Thai the gnarled roots tells where forest stood;
And the rash will dnd quick torture and death
In the scslding stream Of his burning breath;
Ard the bcichiug smoke that he vomits high
Il blacker than clouds In murky sky;
And his piercing shricks arc louder BY fas
Than the eagles scream or trumpets Of war;
And be swii,er runs In bis onward haste
Than the ostrich dies 0'es the arid " astc.
He rusAes si0ng BY tho mountain side,
AnA tAc Tempest nsocks with . eoornful pride;
Amid howtinx winds ssA oold sIeet and hall,
Ills whisifcs are heard In the nidoight gale;
And wild echoes ring thst are weird and grand,
A. he onward sweeps through desert land.
When the stare arc lost in the gloom Of night
On his awful front shines = flaming light;
AuO Tue UuTuSUS tAu1p6 SW'Oub0 "s~OV" ssss ~ess
Like comets tail In the darkness fash;
And glittedng rays In their glory gseam
On his dome Of brass and his chests Of steam.
Dy rivcts and bolta he 10 armly bound,
And BY Furnished hoops he Is girded round.
And sounding bell on the monster hung,
Rings aloud bis march with an iron tongue.
This tcnihis Acnd Of dcvouring 6re
Never pants like brutes with wild desire;
Nortals boast Of strength and siuewy limhI
But strong nerves and bones arc weak thisgs to
him;
lie csn crush them Ill - visp can tsas
The soft, dlmy threads q spsder's snare.
With his iron lungs and bic iron frame
He puts all their might and their speed to shane
The forest may crash and the bold grow pa3e,
But hc trcmbles not In tho widest gale;
6till he thundcrs on. and be never looks beck
In his daring race on the iron track;
And this dcry stood With . senseless form,
Carries tiuM man through the ssarfal storm.
FROM Ms NsU York Evening Pvt
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Our Bullion Product.

The receipts OF treasure AZ san FRANCISCO
for the first nine months of this year have
been about thirty.seven and half million
dollars. slightly in excess of the same
months of 1868, and some two millions less
than those of 1857. But this sum must be
decreased by the subtraction of over ten
millions received in coin, and more than
offset by the shipment of fifteen millions to
the interior from San Francisco. The sim.
liar movement of coin during the first nine
months of 1868 was but slightly over i've
millions received and nine millions returned.
Making the necessary corrections, We have
. receipt Of uncoined treasure through the
express companies Of twenty seven millions
this year against thirty.two millions the
year before.
There is no doubt that this indicates di.
minished production Of bullion for the CAL
endar year 1859; but we do not anticipate
that the decrease will be very large; and,
on the other hand, the well-known causes
of it are such as not to discourage us in
view of the future. Tie San Francisco
Commercial Herald judiclously remarks that
the falling off in bullion product is attrib'
utable to the diminished yield of the Washoe
mines, largely due to tho great fire In
the Crown Point, Kentuck, and Yellow
Jacket; to the unusual lack of water In the
placer camps; and to the numerous miners
strikes in various quartz districts.
At present, however, the prospects of tho
Comstock mines ore improved; the produc.
tion of White Pine is large and regular;
the dry weather has delayed, but not de-
stroyed, placer and hydraulic operations,
and what We do not receive this year from
those sources will come when the water
comes. Az for troubles arising from the
high wages and exhorbitant demands Of
laborers, all delay from that cause is . loss
Of interest on capital, and little more. When
the labor question shall have been settled on
. fair basis, the activity and productiveuess
of the gold and silver mi,ing industry will
be multiplied, and the dividends Of profit
will be more likely to find their way into
the hands of owners and capitalists than into
those of their employers.
We do not feel alarmed, therefore, st tho
temporary decrease of production. Part Of
it will be made up by the end of the year;
and In any event, the treasure that We do
not extract from the earth is not therefore
lost 1t 10 waste, not diminished aggregate
of yield, that should alarm ~. Waste BY
litigation, by reckless mining and imperfect
extraction, by swindling speculation and
premature Development should receive
constant attention and remedy. In no other
way can We secure permanent and healthy
increase of our bullion product ct-Minina
Journal, October 26.
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country. who has been almost everywher'
since the cold weather came in. He travel.
on h;s(s)aeess.
"A man lives in Elkhart county, Indiana
aged 10l. whose name 10 reported as Benjs
min 8. Calf. To apply the name Calf to I
104-vear-old, were = bull Of which Ill report
ers should steer clear.
"A western steamboat captain. impor
tuned BY life insurance solicitor, sestlet
matters by remarking, ''Look here, my frient
never bet on any game where I've got 4
die 70 beat It"
There 10 man in Nsw-Jsssey who in
sists on having his marriage ceremony re
peated ever year, going through the Who'll,
ceremony of new dress for his wife, Dime
to his frieuds, etc.
The Philadelpia Bsgse;s says the eques
trian statue of General Grant in that cit,
was originally intended for Mcclellan, IN,
that the sculptor utilized" the horse b,
chisssling Of Mcclellan and putting ol
Grant.
Upon the authority Of Paris CORES
pondent the following 3 the latest marrisg
ceremony: Priest to Tie bridegroom, agei
%: DO you marry this woman under sn!
delusionl :" mo" Are you hsh r ''Yea.
Any testhg' mo" "Do you wear nan
nel!" "Yea" ''Do you believe in rhsuma
tism and hsve faith in the goutl' "Ysa'
"You care Ter 1obody bat yourself r '4Ces
tainly not" Mot for your heidss" MAT
urally not" ''Vssy good; thsa yea @
unit6d h tho 1Amo q The hw. Iake Ia
Aappy."
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POE T r. Y.
Donapartc, Aug. I 8, 4 1700--.....
humboldt, Sept. Ia, 1899.

DY OLIVIA WBHDHlI HoI1nG
Ere yce the warning chimes Of midnight sound,
Set bsck the flaming index Of The year.
Track the wift-shifting seasons in thsar rou.A
Through nve-seore circles Of the swingisg sphsss
Lo, 10 yon islet Of the midland ~
That cleaves the storm cloud with ito snowy CREST,
The embryo he!r OF empires yet to be,
mouth-od babe upon il mothsrs breAsl
Those little hands, that soon shall grow 70 strong
In their rude grasp great thrones shall rock and fa
Press hor soft bosom, while Z nursery song
Holds the worlds master In it, thrall.
Look . new crescent bends it, silver bow:
pew.lh star has Ared the eastern sky.
Hark! by the river where the iindens blow
A waiting household hears IN Infants oy.
This, too. . conQuerori His the vast doosiu,
Wider than the widest sceptre.shadowed lands:
Earth and the weltering kingdom Of the main
Laid their broad charters In bic royal hands.
His was no paper lit in coistesed caee.
Its glImmer borrowed from the grove Of porch,
He read the record Of the psusts page
BY Etna's glare and CotOpaxis torch.
He heard the voices Of the pathless woods;
On the salt steppes hr saw the starlight shine,
He scaled the mountains windy solitndes,
And trod the galleries Of the breathlsss nios.
For him no lingering Of the love-strung Tyre.
No problem vague, by torturing school,nen vexed !:
He ted no broken affairs dying nre,
Nor skulked and scowlsd behind Rabbits text
For Gods new truth he claimed the kingiy robe,
That priestly shoulders counted oil their own,
Curolled the gospel 0f the st0hed globe,
And led young Science 70 hss empty throne.
While the round planet on ito axis spins
Oae fruitful year shall boast IL double hsth.
And show the cradles Of its mighty twins.
Master and Servant Of the cons OF earth.
Which woars the garland thst shall never fsde.
Sweet with fair memories that can never die
Ask not the marbles where their bones are laid
Bat bow thine ear to hear thy brothers' cry:
"Tear up the despott laurels BY the root
Like nandrAkcs shriekng 40 they quit the coll !!
Feed Us no more upon the bloodred fruit
That sucks its crimson from the heart OF Toll
We claim the food that fixed our mortal fate:
Bend to our reach the long forbidden tree
The angel frownsd At Eden's eastern gate
LIS western portal IL forever free
Bring the white blossoms OF the waniag year,
Heap with full hands the peaceful couqueror'a
shrine.
Whose blo0dless triumphs cost no sufferers tear
Hero Of knowledge be our tribute thine I"
--AtldNtte AOnthIv for November.
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Work on the Penitentiary at Canon City,
Colombo, is going on very slowly on account
of lack of the necessary iron. Mr. Wood
bury. ono of the contractors, has gone East
to purchase the required stock. When he
returns the work will be pushed to compile.
ton At rapid rate e-7ranser;pk.
Judge Isaac Davis. resident of Califor-
mia since 1850, father of Jerome Davis, and
At the time County Judge Of Yolo. died At
his residence in Sacramento, Friday evening.
October ~, aged ~ yeara At the time Of
his death, Judge Davis was one of the high
est Masonic officers of California, and was
universally respected and esteemed.
A difficulty occurred on Dry Greek, Fres.
no county, California, recently, between
Marx Wood and fellow known by the
sobriquet of Kentuck," in which the
latter was killed and the former stabbed.
Rumor has II that - Kentuck" had insulted
Woods daughter. for which Wood attempt
ed to cowhide him, when "Kentuck" stab
bed him, after which Wood killed him with
. club. At last accounts Wood was convs-
lescent
Richard Rogers, foreman Of the Gould d
Curry shaft, was instantly killed q Virginia,
Nevada, October -, while being lowered
down the shaft Itappears that when down
about 500 fest . couple Of small pieces Of
timber from above fell down upon the cage
and knocked him or He fell 70 the bottom
Of Tie shan, . distance Of 90 fest NJ.
Rogers was . native Of England, agsd about
u yeoso. and jeovss o viii and tWo cAildreo.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-03-23

NorIcE.-We have the best Warehouse in the
State, it being absolutely fre-proof aud are nov
prepared TO receiyea limited amount of Merchend-
ire, Flour or Barley on storage at reasonable
rates. All goods delivered in as good order as
epr,ceived AAsO. 4 HJIF.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-04-22

R.soires.-On the death Of Harvard n.
Higgins. member OF Green Mountain
Lodge who was lost overheard on the pas
sage from Portland tn Sagua. Cuba.
Whsrsgs.-Ii has pleased the advise
Director of human events, to remove. in
sudden aud unexpected manner by de-. tn
from his Brother ani Friends. and from
our Lodge oar Brother Harvard Y. lig-
gins. and Wherea>-our Lodge has been or
ganized two aud a half years. aud So tar as
we know thi, l. the tint link that has been
broken ia onr rhsin II brotherhood. tn sre-
for.
Rrsoired.-Ihat we should feel thankful
- our great Creator Tor hi. goodness rnd
mercy towards IL, n "A Lodge.
Rescired, THAT We trnIrr our heartfelt
>ympsthi.s to the .ury wing Brothe. and
Friends, hoping that what i. their loss
viil be- his gain.
R~s,drcd. That although oar Brother
was not ahl, to meet with u, ,,iteu on ac-
count OF leading a <ratarins LIE. yet we
fr.'l that We have net With the loss Ut an
esteemed Bro, her aud Friend. ana we hope
to meet him IN The -r.nf brotherhood
above.
Rrs,lrci. That our Charter be drapcd
In mourning three months Ia respect 10 the
menory OF our deceased Brother.
Jonathan Hamof.
Ebrn T.. Higgins. Committee.
Nathan Salisbury
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The Ladys Friend For Nav.

The -tr-l plate for thi. nunb.r l. an
amusing scene called The First Visit"
The coiored Fashion Plate IL unusually
brilliant. and the leadin. wooj-cut repre-
sent> boating on the beautiful Lake Of
Killarney. "fhc music IL the Melissa
Schotti,chc - ai.d a variety OF wcli-choscn
Illustrations present in the moss attractive
lich, the pr-sent picturesque fashions.
The lo.e oil fancy work will lind this de
parimsut attended io. In light literature,
this magazine has 40 superior. Mrs.
Mention leads Of with The Story OF an
Old Young Mau.' Mrs. Wool. continued
story OF ROLAND Yoke" increases In In
t.rr-;. MARY J.. Boi.es contributes "A
Mornlng Glory" fresh aud bright. Miss
frescott'> 81 tween Two i fascinating as
usual, aud ,hcrei, j. paper upon The Jews
Ia Rome. hs Julia Ward Howe. Publish
81 Deacon y Peterson. $40 Walnut street,
Philadelphia, at s. - year (which il,o
includes a large steel engraving. Four
copies, 81. Five copies GARD one gratis,
s.. The l.ady's Friend and The Satur-
day Esening Post (and on. engra wing. }
Ss.0O.
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cAn article is published ia the Port
land Press by NJ. Lang OF I. ennebec, In
which he explains about the Washington
kilograms aud the State Police bill. We
copy from il the following
The facts as 10 the kilograms are these
In the morning before met Mr.. Nye ia
The Senate. had bern discussing the mer-
its of the police bill upon which i'm rurdi-
ate ociion was expected. and alter leaving
the parry wiki whom the discussion too1
place. IN I three prominent members al
the iIonse. one II whom h'id up a tele-
gram. observing at tile sand. time that il
was from several members Of Congress,
vino advised that the passage ~ the act
WAS dan .erous at this time. Nv attention
was called to e siguers of the Telegram.
l remarked that that matter was already
liked. pre- uming that IL referred 10 the pa
lice bill. which WAS occupying nv
thoughts. This was the telegram which
spoke of an hour or two later 10 Mr.. Nve
Al that lime / fully believed is purpor, 10
be as stated 10 him. II passed from my
mind. ~ the matter which supposed il
referred 10 was disposed OF in the Senate
Since this matter. subject of private ! IN
ver-a'ion has been made public unneces-
sarily. the original telegram has been
piaCcu ~ my Haiu> us the gtiiilctl1H VINO
received il. "a copy OF which now hold,
and mad am mistaken as TO lis contents
! In at il referred to the biennial sessions and
/ election, instead of the police bill. The
| objections in the telegram. rs heard them
stated without reading the dispatch iny-
| self. We're the same ia import that had
been raised ia my own mind against the
! police bill. a d against the third candidate
| proposition la the Senatorial contest con-
corning which had also seen coinmuui-
cations from Washington. and naturally
| fell into the mistake which has caused the
| trouble.
| | regret that IN mistake has resulted IN
| misleading Mr.. Nye. or will be the means
Of doing any injustice to our Representa-
iives la Congress, as | seriously doubt if
they have any knowledge of the provisions
of the bill in question.
would here take occ Asion 70 add that
my opposition to the Police bill as framed
by rs authors was not from no tilify TO the
cause Of temperance. Twill not yield "a
devotion to its principles even to Mr Nye
when Judcious measures are proposed TOR
the suppression OF iDtemi,erancs. Iop-
posed the bill from want Of personal
knowledge OF the practical workings Of
the former Constabulary law. which was
| IN operation during my absence from the
country and winch had been represented 10
Inc by many Of the leading citizens OF the
STATE as exceedingly obnoxious.
4. 5. LANG.