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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-12-06
Colorado Mines.

A correspondent of the Chicago Tri-
bune writing from Pueblo says of Color
ado's prolific mines. From all that /
could see and learn from reliable sources,
I give it as my deliberate opinion that
the mines of Colorado have only just be-
gun to be developed. 1t may be doubted
whether even half, and perhaps not the
best of them, have yet been discovered.
Ten years ago / was in Orc City, in Cali
fornia Gulch. The miners were doing a
moderate business, and continued to do
so, without a suspicion, till within the
last few months, that a bonanza district
like Leadville was hid away within three
miles of them. Last June most WON
derful discovery Of horn silver in large
quantities was made near Rosita, and so
in Eagle Mountain, the San Juan districts,
and Mt. Lincoln, Clear Creek, and in fact
all through these lofty mountain ranges,
for 300 miles north and south, and more
than half as many east and west, there
are doubtless mines which, if not equal to
the Comstock lode, may in the aggregate
furnish ten-fold more gold and silver
than that wonderful deposit. Important
discoveries are constantly made in the re-
duction of ores, and good judges estimate
the product of the Colorado mines for
1878 at $10,000,0OO. The mines of coal
and iron are of fabulous extent and rich
ness. Coke of the best quality is made
from the extensive mines near Trinidad,
and nearly the entire eastern base of the
mountains for 300 miles is underlaid with
coal beds, some of which are fifteen feet
and more in thickness. Adding, there
fore, her mineral to her agricultural re-
sources, all that is needed is people and
time to develop them to make the young
est at no distant day one of the richest
States in the Union"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-12-06
Curious Art Collection.

In a narrow street close to Bedford row,
says the London Builder, many passer-
by has observed an old fashioned shop
with many choice engravings in the win
dow, whose owner has been absent for the
past twelve years. The same choice prints
have remained in the window. As an an
swer was required for repeated inquiries,
all were told, Nothing will be sold until
the owner returns" The collectors of
prints whose homes were on the other
side of the Atlantic, finding that there
were prints in this collection that they
coveted, took the long journey across In
the hope of acquiring them, but without
success. The same answer met their in
quiries. A wealthy man in London sent
10000 for two paintings in the collec-
ton. That was refused. Other pictures
equally valuable are there-rare works,
whose pedigrees are well known, and
whose qualities are not questioned. The
owner has not come back.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-12-06
Labor and Living.

If the complaints we hear about labor
mean to convey the idea that labor is to
be got nd of, then we may be certain that
they will prove of no effect. For work is
the common lot of man. We ere happier
when we are employed, and especially
wnen employed upon worthy objects and
ends. To produce, to wiring support out
of the closed hand of Nature, is the con
dition Of existence itself. 1t may seem
hard, but it is through discipline that we
should never choose for ourselves, that
we gain strength and confidence and
power. This dissatisfaction with labor is
no good symptom. The problem for So
ciety to solve is, how much labor should
be submitted to, and when leisure shall
begin. Saving is the objective point Of
labor. We work, consciously and uncon-
sciously, in order to gain time, that we
may put it to still higher uses. The
workingman who keeps that in view will
always know why he has to be indust-
rious.
Men can subsist themselves in general
on much less than they do. With the
enlargement and elevation of the thought
comes an improvement In the desires.
We care less for the qualification of the
senses, and think more of the liberty of
the higher portion of the being. Labor
is f~ use only. In the first place, be-
fore we have got our bearings in life and
really understand what it is all about it
keeps US out of the thousand forms of
mischief engendered by idleness. After
industry has confirmed our habits and
got Us into shape for usefulness, we begin
to cast about to see how it can be applied
to the broadest and highest aims. Work
has thus led. us to reflection. 1t is then
that its sanitary juices begin to tell on
the health and growth of the being. The
farmer at the plow and the mechanic at
the bench is yet to see how work done by
his hands is a minister to the noblest
evolution of ell the faculties of his ma
mre,
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-12-06
Journal Boxes for Steamers.

The advantages of good lining metal
for journal boxes and bearings have been
clearly illustrated in the case of the ship
Gleneagle, one of the tea clippers taking
part in the annual race from China to
London.
Last year this vessel lost the race by
about one day and a half, and this was
attributed to the bad working of her bear
ings, which were this year refitted and
lined with Parsons white brass, and the
crank pin brasses were replaced by man
ganese bronze.
The result of this alteration, we learn
from a London paper, was that three
more revolutions per minute were got out
of the engine. The bearings ran without
the slightest signs of heating, and the
speed of the vessel was so increased
that she made the passage In rather under
two days less than she did last year, beat
ing her former successful competitor by
about one day.
Assuming the other vessels speed to be
about the same this year as last the actual
gain in the speed of the Gleneagle in the
whole run from China, resulting from the
manganese bronze and the white brass,
amounted to about two and half days;
the passage from Woosung to London,
including detention at Singapore and the
Suez Canal, having been accomplished in
thirty-eight days two hours, said to be
the quickest passage on record. On ex-
animation in London the bearings were
found to be in the most perfect order, and
so little worn that the vessel has been
started OF another outward voyage.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-12-06
Raw.hide Horse Shoes.

A method of shoeing horses with raw
hide has long been in use on the plains,
and found so serviceable and convenient
that it might doubtless be found useful in
many places where there are long periods
of hot weather. There are also cases fire.
quently occurring, in which disease of the
feet might at least be alleviated by the
temporary use of shoes cut from raw-hide
or properly prepared sole leather. With
these, that portion of the foot which needs
the most precaution, VIZ, the crust or
walls of the hoof where it meets the sole,
will be preserved from contact with hard
or rough surfaces; while the frog, gener-
ally too much protected, will reach the
ground and become subjected to health
full action. For farm work, upon smooth
soils free from stones or gravel, this kind
of shoe will be useful during the summer
season. A simple strip of raw-hide or
sole leather, well filled with hot pine tar
to make it hard and waterproof, will be
sufficient for general use. A more dura-
BILE shoe may be made of two or more
thicknesses fastened together by copper
rivets.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-12-06
Farm Life.

1t is q common complaint that the farm
and farm life are not appreciated by our
people. We long for the more elegant
pursuits or the ways and fashions OF the
town. But the farmer has the most sane
and natural occupation, and ought to find
life sweeter, if less highly seasoned, than
any other. He alone, strictly speaking,
has home. How can a man take root
and thrive without land2 He writes his
history upon his field. How many ties,
how many resources he has; his friend
ships with his cattle, his team, his dog,
his trees, the satisfaction in his growing
crops, in his improved fields; his intimacy
with Nature, with bird and beast, and
with the quickening elemental forces; !;
his corporations with the cloud, the sun,
the seasons, heat, wind, rain, frost Moth
ing will take the various social distem-
pers which the city and artificial life
breed out of man like farming, like di-
rect and loving contact with the soil. 1t
draws out the poison. 1t humbles him,
teaches him patience and reverence, and
restores the proper tone to his system.
Cling to the farm, make much of it,
bestow your heart and your brain upon it,
so that it shall SAVIOR of you and radiate
your virtue after your days work is done !!
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-12-06
Growing Chestnuts.

We have on repeeted occasions suggest
ed the growing Of chestnuts upon soils
where but little else will grow, as means
of profit, both in fruit and wood. The
chesnut is rapid in its growth, and will in
from eight to ten years begin to bear q
crop of nuts from seed. The seed, how
ever, should be planted as soon as the
fruit is ripe and before it becomes dry,
and should be planted where the tree is de-
sired to stand. Chestnut will thrive al
most anywhere, and would be especially
valuable where timber is scarce and rough
land abounds to appropriate to the pur-
pose. A good selection of the American
chestnut is the best Our nuts are much
superior to the Spanish, French, or Italian,
though not nearly SO large, and even gratis
can be set with ease and certainty of
the pear. There is always market demand
for the nuts greater than the supply, or
any supply likely TO be furnished.
The question is one of real interest in
every section where scrub land is abund-
ant and timber scarce; or wherever there
is such land, as means of profit with ref
erence only to the fruit.
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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-12-06
UeadMOOd.

Deadwood has now a population of
1000, and is the commercial centre of the
Black Hills region. 1t has rude theatres,
dance houses, gambling hells, and un-
counted bar-rooms; yet recent visitor
SAYS there is far less ruffianism than might
fairly be expected in new mining place.
There are banks, churches, school house
q newspaper, and good hotels. Many
lawyers get good income out of the ex-
tensive litigation over the titles to mines.
Deadwood is in an irregular gulch, has
already outgrown its space, and begins to
climb the precipitous sides Of the hills by
which it is enclosed. White cottages,
approached by winding paths and steps,
stand hundreds of feet above the level Of
the town. Under Deadwood proper there
is another city-the city of the miners.
Openings to the tunnels and shafts are
seen at various places throughout the
upper town. In the tunnels and shafts
the placer miner digs out the yellow
earth, and sluices it for the crumbs of
gold that, during the long ages, have been
slowly escaping from the quartz lodes in
the hills. But capitalists have taken hold
of the mining business of the Black Hills,
and many quartz mills of the best class
are running. The truth about the yield
of gold is hard to find out, because the
owners of rich mines seek to depreciate
values, and the owners of worthless mines
have contrary intention.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-12-06
An Oratorical /" Son Of Toil.o

"Feller-citizen," said he, "I'm a hard
listed son of toll. I'm bricklayer by
trade. and not a bit ashamed of it. No
sir: wasn't born with silver spoon into
my mouth or Graded in the lap of luxury
I'm self-made man, gentlemen"
"You'd better have let out the Job" re-
marked a voice in the rear of the hall.
He scorned to notice the interruption,
but proceeded.
ing rizen by honest industry, proud of ap-
pearin' to solicit your sufferage as true
representative of labor; as one who has
contributed to build up this community
by the sweat of his brow and the work of
his hands. TApplause. As was saying,
I'm a bricklayer by trade. I've worked
to raise more than half the palatial man
sions. magnificent commercial structures,
and heayen-pointing spires which beautify
and adom our town. Great enthusiasm
And here, right here, gentlemen, are the
identical tools with which l have carved
out nv way to prosperity"
Here the orstor examined trowel and
hammer amid deafening plaudits.
aPass 'em this way" said an excited
listener, evidently belonging to the work
inc class: "let me gaze onto them relics"
The tools were handed to him and he
scrnt;n;zed then with deep interest.
@You saw you work as a bricklayerf"
said he, tuning sharply to the orator.
"Yes."
aAnd with then toolsI"
.Y.s s;r. tbose are the very tools i
h,r.,ht 10 vhen L tarted as journeyman-
To hem T owe III my prosperity
- ..Wom % then. I must say you deserve
-. esa;. 50 does any man that could
sas HreI, h,;oS. i nth such weapons. Gentle
turning ri. ssdsnefs nd ew:I and iG's
carpenters hauuei
Tableau!
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-12-06
Heat and Light In the Sick Room.

A recent writer gives the following sen.
slble suggestions on this subject:
Each person in a room should be sup
Piled with 5000 cubic feet of air per hour
and this should be done, where possible,
without creating perceptible draft, for
the nervous irritation induced by drafts is
liable to produce internal inhammations.
The temperature of the sick room should
be kept at uniform height, the best ay-
e1age being from IS to 20 degrees Fab,
except for infants or very old people, who
require temperature from IS to so deg.
Fab; and for these it is especially import
ant to guard against changes, and to keep
1t as uniform as possible. All cases of
fever require q temperature lower than
the average, as from so to go degrees F.,
10 assist In reducing the high temperature
OF the body; but when the fever subsidies,
and there is much debility remaining, the
temperature should be raised somewhat
above the average.
As patient can bear greater degree
OF cold when in bed than when out Of it.
convalescents from severe disease, fevers
especially, should have the temperature
OF their rooms higher than that maintain
ed ourlng the height of the attack. Dis
eases OF the alr passages, as Group and
dlptherla, require high temperature go
degrees to IS degrees Fahrenheit) and a
moist atmosphere. The best method fog
heating the sick room is by the open CRATE
nre. The sick room should not be dark
ened by blinds, except where there Is .
usease OF the eyes, with photophobia, or
wien the patient is very restless and can
not sleep; then strong light must be ex-
oIaaeo: en otherwise the sunlight should be
dno" daomeo 70 enter and act chemically by
decomposing the no1ious gases, and thus
purify the air. OF course It is not adv;s-
able to place the patient under a strong
uncom1ortable glare of sunlight, nor in
summer to allow the suns rays to shine
n1o the room and raise the temper sture too
mgh; Artificial light has no useful effect
'u' doss harm by burning up oxygen.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-12-06
The Secret Of Soap and Water.

Hitherto no satisfactory reason has been
given why Tor cleansing purposes the
comparatively neutral soap should be bet
ter than the alkaline carbonate. In a
note on the pedetic action Of soap. Prof.
w. Stanley Jevons offers plausible solu-
ton of the mystery. He finds by expert
ment that pedesis, or the so-called brown
ian movement of microscopic particles, is
considerably increased by the addition OF
soapito water, and to this action he attrib-
utes the detergent effect of soap. Pure rain
or distilled water has a high cleansing
power, because it produces pedesis in
high degree, the minute particles of dirt
being thereby loosened and washed away.
The hardness of impure water arises from
the vast decrease of pedesis due to to the
salts in solution: hence the inferior cleans
ing power of such water. II alkaline
salts be added, dissolved in water. it be-
comes of acting upon oleaginous matter,
but the pedetic action is lessened or in
creased. Bnt if soap be added We have
the advantage both Of the alkali's dissolv-
ing power and the pedetic cleansing power.
For the same reason silicate of soda is q
powerful cleanser, it being one of the few
substances which increase the pedetic and
suspensive power of water.