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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-08-31


without the fume they can never
work foot of their ground while
time lasts, while for the privilege OF
dumping into the fume they could al
ford to pay a reasonable percentage
of the gold yield and be greatly bene-
fitted in the end.
! The company that was Incorporated
several years ago and made the sur
vey of Moore creek, also embraced in
their enterprise Granite cree k and
Grimes creek, each of which are
equally as rich, it s considered, as
Moore creek, but it seems to Us that
the enterprise is too vast for che, and
that three distinct companies would
be more certain of success.
There is not sufficient local capital
that can be enlisted in this enterprise
to warrant the undertaking, bnt sure
ly our citizens ought to be able to en-
list foreign capital sufficient to carry
the work into successful operation.
When engaged in it will pay a com
pany largely and afford profitable en-
ployment for at least five hundred
men fol twelve, fifteen or twenty years.
A New York company has recently
bought placer mines in Chill, and are
preparing to work them by hydraulic
process. They are to erect a 400
horse power engine to raise water
from Catapilco lake to an elevation of
$50 feet Unto a reservoir) which is to
be used in the pipes. The sluices are
to be paved with railroad iron, and ali
the works are to be first class and I'M
der the superintendent Of an expert
.enced California miner. The ground
that all this capital is employed to
work prospects fifty cents per ton.
There is no miner among us but
who knows the ground we propose to
work in Moore creek will pay more
than fifty cents per ton, including
that which lays on the bed rock \
great deal of top gravel was wheeled
back in early days that would pay
three and four bits to the wheelbar-
row load. There are benches left here
and there along the bed of the creek
that will pay THAT much to the pan OF
gravel, and yet we for want Of capital
and enterprise arc allowing this grand
field to lie unwOrkcd while there are
millions of dollars seeking investment,
and some of il going to foreign coun-
tries to be engaged in less profitable
enterprises.
Although this article may be too
long, we still have more to say on
this subject, TO which we will call at
tention again.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-08-31
BEDROCK FUMES.


practicability Of constructing a bed
rock hume in Moore creek was consid-
cred in business light, and survey
made to ascertain the amount OF fail
to the creek, commencing at point
about six miles below Idaho City and
running to point about two miles
above town. The grade was ascer-
tanned to be light, but sufficient to
run with large body of water sue
cessfully. Our Delegate in Congress,
Hon. S. A. Merritt, was requested to
procure the passage of bill through
Congress granting right of way and
privilege of using timber, stone, &c
in constructing the work. For some
reason or other unknown to us nnw,
the right of way was not granted;
and not long after some of the lead
ing spirits in the enterprise left the
Territory, transferring their means
to other fields, and directing their bus
mess talents and energies in other
channels. So the enterprise slum-
bered, and the
Vast Amount of Wealth
In gold and silver that ought to
be taken out, still lies at rest in the
bed of the creek. There is an extent
of six miles in More creek and one
mile in Elk, from its junction with
Moore, that may be treated as ground
that can be protita0ly wol ked through
a bedrock fume on large scale.
These seven miles will average more
than 600 feet in width and II feet in
depth of tailings; top dirt that was
stripped off of bottom gravel in early
days, and occasionally new ground.
The lowest possible estimate of the
amount of gold contained in this sew
en- miles of creek will exceed
Eleven Million Dollars
Besides what is contained in the
Thousands of Acres of low Bars and Flats
That skirt the creek and cannot now
be worked for want of fall or dump.
In addition to this amount of gold it
is estimated safely that
One Hundred Tons of Quicksilver
Lies so intermixed with the tailings
that ii company working the creek
would have the advantage Of at least
a hundred thousand dollars worth of
this article so indispensable in the
working of mines.
These estimates are made 80 low
that there can be no possibility of re-
suits falling below estimates; while
the probabilities are in favor Of OBJ
tanning double tie amount Of gold sta
ted in the estimate. We ask for
thorough investigation of this matter
by those interested in the prosperity
OF the country, and if any one can
show the estimates to be unreliable or
overdrawn we'll be pleased to have
them do it.
Besides the bullion obtained direct
ly from the working of the creek bed,
the advantages resulting from it in
as an artery Of drainage, and
as ffoldng dump and outlet are in
and such a work would
yield an annual revenue to the OWN
ers as receptacle for taiings and
second waShings, after the creek bed .
shall have been worked out, as long ,
as there is gold in the hills that rise
from the creek.
After the expiration of Merritt's
term in Congress bill was drawn up
and placed in the hands of Hon. John !,
HALEY, who was then the Delegate
out Tor some reason he failed to pro
cure its passage. The bill provided !
or right of way up the creek, to-
;etIer with the privilege of using
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-08-31

In 1888, the eloquent and plous
George Whitefeld wrote concerning
the infant colony of Savannah, Geor
gia, where he founded his Orphan
Asylum: "The people were denied
the use of both rum and slaves, SO
that in reality, to place people there
on such a footing was little better
than to tie their hands and bid them
walk The scheme was well meant at
home Gin England). but as too many
years evidently proved, was absolute
ly impracticable in so hot country"
This language, coming from such a
man, sounds very strange to us IN
these days when both rum and slavery
are under the ban, but will not the
language of many good christians OF
the present day with regard to war
sound equally strange one hundred
years hence, after the people have
become thoroughly convinced that it
is unnecessary, unchristian and absurd!
o%---
A SURVEY OF THE CoMsToCK.-PfoicS
sor. Church, of the Wheeler expedition,
is making very careful survey OF
the Comstock lode, both underground
and on the sur ace lie is noting the
particulars Of everything connected
with the mines and the working there
of. The temperature at different
depths is being carefully taken, and
all the changes in the appearance OF
the rock in the openings OF the various
levels are being observed. He has
the privilege of going into and sur
veying all the mines, what he sees be-
ing strictly col fdential. From the
surveys a map, or series Of maps, will
be made and published, but as these
will not be out for two or three years
their publication will in no way inter
fere with the Operations" of any of
our mining companies Enterprise.
The jury in the libel case of Page
US. the Chronicle stood six for acqut-
tai and six for conviction, and wcle
discharged, there being 10 probability
of an agreement. AS Page took the
usual course Of bringing his case be-
fore the court in his own county, in
stead of the county wherein the Chron-
icle is Published, and failed to find
more than sin men who believed he
was libeled, he had best now throw
up the sponge. The defeat of Page,
Il Go. is ignominious, con-
sidering the advantage they took by
the De Yonn%s away from
their home and onto their own dung
hill to fight.
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Wv the tire times ard Warrant a. nailUES9 n,
in need of anything in our line :, faction
call. Orders by mail or that NAV p pisase sip
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attention. "Ai nave +,
Factory ON Tenth street, between MAJ,
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-11-08
Song OF the Morning.

The lark Il floating on wings of song,
Unseen i'm the shining sky:
On the wings of the winds are swept along
The strains that he pOurs on high:
Like a seraph he sings. a. his way he wings.
of love that can never diet
For dreary night has dropped Mt last
In the arms Of the virgin day;
The gloom that filed his face has passed
And faded far away,
AS the pure dew fades on the pale flower blades
In the radiant morning ray
The bee is filling the beautious bowers
With the hum of his joyful lay;
AS he steals the sweets of the fragrant flowers
His deep voice seems to say.
ARISE. o rosei FOR the dark night goes
To the Kingdoms OF decay.
Tho blackbird thrills the heart of morn
With the floods of his clOudless glee,
AS he swings i'm the breeze ON the tremulous
thorn
In n musical ecstacy:
While the fair rinlsiove.is is dreaming of love
In the depths of the dark fir tree
The roses rise with dreamy sighs
From sadness of the night;
The sweet birds sing and che woodlands ring
With echoes of delight;
The bright rils CLEAN and the rivers stream
Like rs1nbOws on their way;
All things rejoice with varied voice,
For night has passed away.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-11-08
Does Her Own Werk.

Does she? What of it? Is it dis
grace to her? Is she the less true
woman, less worthy of respect than she
who sits in silk and satin, and is vain of
fingers who never knew labor? We
heard this sneer few days ago, and
the tone in which ii was uttered be-
tokened narrow. selfish, ignoble mind,
better fitted for any place than a
country, whose institutions rest on hon
orable labor as one of the chief corner
stones. 1t evinced a false idea of the
true basis of society, of true woman
hood, of genuine nobility. II showed
the detcstible spirit of caste, of rank,
which certain class are trying TO es-
tablish: a caste whose sole foundation
is money, and SO the meanest kind of
rank known To civilization. Mind,
manners. morals, all that enter into a
grand character, are of no account with
those social snobs; position in their
stilted ranks is bought with gold, and
each additional dollar is another round
in the ladder by which elevation is
gained.
In matter of fact, is it more dishon-
orable for the merchants wife to do
her own work than for the merchant to
his? For her to look after her house
than for him to look after his store.
Or is woman for nothing only to be
'pleased ith a rattle. tickled with
straw" 1t seems to be the height of
ambition in some circles to be, or pro-
fess to be, not only "above" work, but
even ignorant of how work is to be
done; and if the table is poorly spread,
and if the housekeeping is at skies and
sevens, the "help" receives maledictions
without stint, but the LADY takes none
of the responsibility upon. herself. She
look into the kitchenl She know how
bread should be made, or steak broiled!
She know when the flour is out or the
sugar inl Absurd. Help" may be
bad enough, but what interest can the
girl in the kitchen feel in the household
economy, if the lady in the parlor has
none? If mistress neglects all domes-
tic duties, will maid be thoroughly
conscientious? Win the husbands
business go on well if he neglects itg
And why should that of the wife pros
per under her lack of responsibility?
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-11-08
The Effects OF Tobacco ON the Human
system.

In the fourth annual report of the
Michigan State Board of Health, d..
Scott relates something new in the in
fluence of tobacco on the human sys-
tenn, as follows:
''There has come under my notice
for several years, but more particularly
during the last two years, a kind of
rheumatic condition of the walls of the
chest. The disease in a majority of
cases is confined To the left side. The
pain is circumscribed and limited TO a
space of not more than two inches ir
diameter, just below and a little to the
left of the left nipple. At times the
pain is very severe, and always constant
day and night, when the patient is
awake. have investigated the disease
to some extent, and find it to be more
common among tobacco users, espec-
tally those who use the weed to excess.
Patients suffering from this complaint,
invariably come to their physician with
the belief that they have heart trouble.
4
in anv of the cases that / have exam
ined but there does exist in some of
them what might be called irritable
heart / am convinced that the greater
number of these cases are the result of
intemperance either in the use of to-
7 ibacco or other stimulants, for the rea-
son that when the patient abstains from
the use of them for short time, his
pain ceases and his condition improves.
In one case, where the patient abstained
from the use of tobacco for thirteen
months, the pain entirely ceased; but
at the end of this period the gentleman
recommended the use of tobacco, and
after three weeks use the old pain re-
turned with all its severity. am GER
tain that quite number in this vicinity
are receiving treatment for heart dis
ease, when if they would reform in to-
bacco using, they would speedily re-
sOyer.r
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-11-08
SCIENTIFIC.

Hard solder is two parts copper and
one of zinc.
One hundred parts of oak mako
twenty-three of charcoal.
When it is necessary to bend copper
pipes ill them with resin or lead, this
will prevent them from buckling in the
bends.
In Paris, under the name Of Gno-
krine, a test-paper is sold for the pur-
pose OF detecting frauds in the coloring
of wines.
One thousand of shingles, laid four
inches to the weather, will cover 100
square feet of surface, and five pounds
OF shingle nails will fasten them on.
Love, as a rule, grows strong in
proportion to the encouragement it
receives, and as many plants grow
only when under the benefcent rays
OF warm sun, so it is almost al
ways with this passion. Foster and
cherish it and it expands into a deep
glow. Let the atmosphere around il
be charged with too much coldness,
and ike the plants, for want of warmth
1t gradually withers and finally dies.
The fact that meteoric iron resists OK
idation, even when exposed a long time
to the atmosphere, has lately been ex-
planned by the almost universal pres
ence of nickel in such masses, and
Boussingault has lately been making
further experiments on the subject.
To his surprise, he ascerta:ned that,
with the addition Of five, ten or fifteen
per cent. of nickel, the alloy oxidizes
much more rapidly than pure iron;
but with a proportion as high as thirty
five per cent, there was absolutely no
change even in moist air.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-11-08

Talent argues, but tact converts.
Diligence is the mistress of success.
We ask advice, but we mean approba-
ton.
The salt lake of Utah is salter than
the ocean.
The lemon takes its name from the
city of Lima.
Old folks should he serious. Frivo-
lous talk is bad-in-age
A copper mine is worked within a
few miles of Marietta, Ga.
They have caught and tanned a white
buffalo at Fort Concho in Texas.
A consolation for the ladies. This
world abounds in him-perfections.
One meal a day is enough for lion,
and it ought to suffice for man, but it
does not.
In these revival times, let us remem-
Der that it is as well to moderate our be-
liefs as our desires.
There's one good thing about car
pets. You buy them by the yard and
wear them out by the foot.
Robert Burns definition of economy
was brief and to the point: ITO make
three guineas do the work of five.'
"If there's no moonlight will you
meet me by gaslight, dearest Juliana?"
mo, Augustus, won't; I'm no gas
meter "
We don't care straw what Shaks-
pears says; "a rose by any other name"
would not ''smell as wheat" Make an
oat of this.
Ordinary laborers receive sixty cents
per day in Dublin, and skilled labor
one dollar and half, that is to say
when business is good.
Express trains in England frequently
run at the rate of a mile q Isinute.
One may as well be killed at that rate
of speed as at thirty miles per hour.
Lake Superior is two feet lower than
it has been known to be for many years.
What an enormous amount of water
two feet of so large a surface repres-
entsl
China, as well as Japan, is preparing
to send more young men hither for ed
ucational purposes. That is right. We
can light their lamps without losing
any flame from our own.
Chicago has a successful news-girl,
who sells more papers and hollers loud
er than any of the boys in the street.
She is laying up money in the savings
bank. And Nettie is her name.
A mans best possessions are a good
wife and good children. To have them
requires constant attention and care,
but it repays hundred fold, for it
makes of home heaven and of earth q
paradise.
The valuation of property in Boston
shows depreciation of about sec, ,000,-
600 in one year or 500, ,000, 600 in two
years. And yet Boston is the richest
city in America in proportion to the
number of its inhabitants.
George Eliot says that ''girls are deli
cate vessels in which is borne onward
through the ages the treasure of human
affections" and some unhappy Benedict
adds that ''girls are delicate vessels
which require a small fortune every
season TO keep them in sails"
There is very fine whistling in the
Temple Church, on Sunday, says the
London World. A legal gentleman,
known for his tuneful pipe all over
England, "obliges" regularly, by way
of accompaniment to the choir. The
effect Is said to be very sweet and pleas
ing.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-11-08

In the country towns and villages in
New England, In the good old times,
young girls of parentage, often hired
out TO do house-work, as did the young
men hire out to work on the farm
that they might learn the life lesson Of
self-supporting labor, and earn the
wherewith to commence life on their
own account. Very many of the best
and most capable female servants in
our city homes, in those times, were Of
country families, and were treated, in
many cases, like other members of the
family.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-11-08

Texas apparently has a great future
before it as IN agricultural state. II
has fifty wheat producing counties, one
fifth part of the acreage of which, if
planted, would produce sc, ,000, 600 BUSH
els of grain. 1t has also cotton-pro-
ducing area of 69, 100, 900 acres, one-fifth
of which would produce 6,062, 900 bales
of cotton-more than the entire product
Of the world.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-11-08

Edgar A. Poe, left an orphan at the
tender age of two years, lacked the
moral influence and training which
might have prevented the blight of his
after years. Heaven had breathed into
his soul the fire of genius, but at the
same time endowed him with NOR
bid sensitiveness which rendered his
imagination weird and gloomy. He be-
came victim to the appetite for strong
drink, and was marked for an early
grave, dying after an erratic career, Of
dilirum tremens, in public hospital.
He was editor, critic and poet, welding
most witty but bitterly sarcastic pen.
When penniless and in absolute want,
he writes to a friend with supreme
contempt of the very sinews of war for
which he was suffering: 1.-The Romans
worshipped their standard, and the
Roman standard happened to be an
eagle. Our standard is only one-tenth
of an eagle, one dollar, but we make all
even by adoring it with ten-fcld de-
votion."
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-11-08

Hooked In the tell-tale mirror.
Aud saw the marks of care.
The crows feet and the wrinkles
And the gray In the dark brown hair.
My wife looked DER my shoulder
Most beautiful was she
Thou wilt never grow old, my love-" shc said,
Never grow old 20 me-"
For age T. chilling of heart
And thine. as mine can tell
Is ~ young aud warm as when first we heard
The sound Of our bridal bellr'
turned and kissed her ripe red lips:
Let time do its worst ON me-
III IN my soul. my love. my faith.
never seem old to thee"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-11-08

We believe in good schooling for
children, but not in cramming. We
have known trees, forced by high cul-
ture and severe pruning, to be covered
with blossoms and fruit the year after
they were set out, but they never bore
afterwards. Just so it is with children.
Don't forget their physical health in
order to develop their brains under q
hot-bed and forcing system; don't stunt
their bodies by over stimulating their
brains. 1t is the besetsing sin of the
times to reverse the process of nature
In the process of education.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-11-08
MN A. pAllFY. "A n

DHYSICIAN II SURGEON. Thirty years
Il practice. Graduate of two Medical col
leges. and six years Surgeon in the army OF
the u. s. (vol. serv) Can compete success
fully with any quack in the United States.
Thankful for past favors. is still i'm regular
practice. and only requires to be better known
to have an extensive one. Offiee in Sears
new brick. cor. of Michigan and LaPorte
streets.
Plymouth Ind July lst 1a7s 1y
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-11-08
j. r. lOSEY,

IEwELER. Clocks. Watches and Jewelry
u repaired promptly. and in workmanlike
manner. Keeps for sale Clocks Watches,
Plated Ware. Jeweiry. Gold Pens and full
stock pertaining TO his trade. Occupies part
OF Hawley's boot * shoe store. iehig;n ST.
Plymouth. Indiana Junea0-T5
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-11-08
Dhe Rtpnhlitatt.
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-11-08

In Germany corn is grown as an or
namental garden plant; in Switzerland
it is started in beds, and afterwards
transplanted to the field with three
plants in a hill, the latter three feet
apart each way; in France it is sown in
drills with the plants two feet apart.
England's climate is too cold and wet
for its successful culture
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-11-08

DIR. Holland says the most precious
possession that ever comes to man in
this world is woman's heart. 1t would
seem that he has never observed the
tender care with which man handles
meerschaum pipe that is just begin
ming to have bilious look around the
base of the bowl.