The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-10-12

1 inhabited globe absolutely m SuheIth-
 condition for want of a railroad il was
 these teeming pine barrens of the St. CroiS-
 Laughter. At what particular po.ni on
 that noble stream such road should be
 commenced 1 knew was immaterial. and SO
 it seems to have been considered hy the drau1htsman of this bill. IL might be up at the spring ar down at the ioot-ing. or The
 Watergatc, or the i>h-lam. Or anywhere ! along the bank, no matter where. Laugh ] ter, But m what direction ih0uld it run. ! or where il should terminate. were always to my mind questions of the most painful ! perpleXity l could conceive of no place
 on Gods green earth in such strsiiened circum stances for railroad faciliues as to be
 likely to desire or willing to accept such
 connection. Laughter. l knew that nei-
 ther Bayiield nor Superior City would have
 ii. for they both indignantly spurned the
 muntcence of the Government when coup
 led with such ignominious conditions. and
 let this very same land grant die on their
 hands years and years ago rather than sub
 uit 10 the degradation of direct commu.
 ucatinn bv railroad with the pinv woods of
 th' <. Crojx and knew that what the cnt.r- p-I sing inhabitants ofthosc giant young -iiies ! would refuse would have few charms for others, whatever their necessities or cu- l pidity might he.
 H'n-e. a> l have said, sir. l was utterly . at l.s~ determine where the terminus of
 tf,s grs.g and indispensable road should be. uaJi accidentally overheard some gentle mao the other day mention the name of 'DUluth.' Great laughter. Duluth The word i'ril upon my ear with peculiar and indrsrriblble charm. like the gentle mur- muf oi 8 low fountain stealing forth in the midst of roses or the soft. sweet accents Of an angels whisper in the bright. joyous dream ot sleeping innocensc Duiuih TwHs the name for which my soul had o1utcd for years. a. the hart psnte,h for the Nater-hrookS. Renewed laughter But where. where was Duluth Never in all . ny iimi'nl reading. had my vision been s.al.icB"i log seeiag the celestial word in d print. Laughter. And felt a profound , 'unl'latlon m my ignorance that Its dulcet | yi yila'i-> had never before ravished my de. , iEatcd ear. Roars of laughter 1 was C
 rIain the draugh.smaa of this bill had ! evef heard of 1t or it would have been de.- [ spatel as one of the termni of this road. ! ! asNel my friends about it. but they knew I
 1 ail the maps l could find. dis n nv'red m one of them delicate hair like V inc. diverSiig from the Mississippi near a | lace marked Prescott, which I supposed a 'i> intended 70 represent the river St. Il r'lX, bnt l could nowhere find Duluth" $.
 "NevcrthcleSS. 1 was confident it existed |; 'mewhcre, and that it's discovery would 'aStt1te the crowHing glory of the pres h lt century, if not of all modern times. %, .aughter. l knew it WIS boand to exist o,
 the very nature of things: that the sym [ etry and perfection uf our planetary >vs CT m would be incomplete without if. rre- ..i wed laughter; that the elements of ma n, -'a. nature would long since have resolved " i've, back into original chaos if there of 'd been such a hiatus in creation as would tb We resulted from leaving out Duluth. su 'o1r' ot iaugh'er. h fact. sir. | WAS sn erNheimed with the conviction that Du- gi th not only existed somewhere. but that al, lercYcr lt was it was a great and glorious C, ace. Was convinced that the greatest >et lamity that ever befel the benighted na. ra, ns of the ancient world was in their hay. f,, passed away without a knowledge of wb ?, eA.S'ehce oi puiuth; thut their cit '''I a'.an'iS. never seen save by the hal vii Ved vision of inspired poesy, was. in fact. on, another name for Duluth; thatthe gold on orchard of the Hesperides was but IT.. e;ical synonym for the becr-gardens in am
 vicinity of Duluth. [Great laughter fnr 'as certain that IIeroditus had died a exr 'erable death because in all his travels mi with al! his geographical research he bn, never heard of Duuth Laughter if new that if theimmortal spirit of Homer ma Id look down from another heaven than ID, created by his own celestial genius T m the long lines of pilgrims from every pnr ion of the earth to the gushing fountain I;rJ 'oesy opened by the touch of his magic eay