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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-11

How SOME FAMOUS MINES WERE Dis
COVERED 1868, says San Francisco
paper, a Snoshone Indian, in consideration
of a square meal and bottle OF whiskey,
guided John Turner, Applegarth and
others to the summit of treasure hill, in
the White pine district, and there unfolded
to their gaze the riches of the Eberhardt
mine. Some of this ore was so rich that
nail could he driven into it as into bar
of lead From chamber in this NINE
bic enough to turn stage coach and
horses around in over $5,00O,000 was
extracted. The Indian has been an irpor-
,ant factor in mine discoveries, both in
South America and on our own Continent.
The great wealth of Tabor, the millionaire
miner of Colorado. arose from $l75 worth
of "grub furnished by him to some Lead
vile miners. These men discovered the
celebrated Little Pittsburgh, Chrysolite,
and other mines, and brought, into prom
inence camp which has added nearly
$40 900 600 to the worlds wealth since
1879. In 1879 George D. Robinson was a
storekeeper in Leadvile, with stock of
goods valued at about $5000 One day he
"grub-staked" Il miner with $50 worth Of
provisions. The prospector sailed forth
and soon after yard discovered the cele-
brated Robson mine of the Ten Mile dis.
trict near Leadville, and Robinson realized
81 100000 by his triaing investment of the
sum of $6c.
In 1879 southeastern Arizona was given
over to the red and ruthless Apache, and
was supposed to be deficient in mineral
wealth. But daring miner, Edward
Schefftlin, penetrated the region and
brought out the news of good ore and
plenty Of it. His sole capital was $3.50.
but to-day he is millionaire. His spirit
is, however, unsubdued, and. signing like
Alexander for other worlds to conquer, he
has sailed to the Arctic, and has there dis
covered rich dlggings on the head of the
, Yukon river. Alaska will receive a
thorough exploration this summer. AS
soon as the country is released from the
icy embrace of winter, the adventurous
miners and prospectors will strike a bee
line for the new country. Rock of almost
fabulous wealth is exhibited in this city,
coming from Alaska, and stories are told
of lodges 100 feet wide full of free gold
| Who knows but Humboldt's prophecy
that in tne north the great matrix of gold
is TO be fou.d, may be verified this year
Certain it is that the mines of Siberia hav G
yielded an average of $22, 100000 year
for the last seventy years, and their pro
duct is greater now than ever.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-11
The MAN WHO SHOT ELLSWORTH. -

The MAN WHO SHOT ELLSWORTH. Il
asked a man from Alexandria-that Curl
Gus old town, once part of the District
of Columbia. but now sleeping on the
Potomac five miles away from the district
lne-whether his town contained any old
people. Thousands, he said quickly
"Who was the oldest?" Jackson, the
fellow who shot young Ellsworth, the
zouav. Knew him WELL Very eccentric
fellow. Cut down the first federal flag
unfurled in Virginia during the war times.
1t was some months before hostlites
broke out. and down at Occoquan, just
below Alexandria, among some abolition
lists, who had lived on Occoquan creek for
many years, and main tanned their princi-
piles righ. in the midst of hostile COM
muuity. / respected them for it. because
| believed them to be sincere. But they
were always thorn in the side of the
men around .hem. When war was i'm
minent these men held meeting and
planted pole with the Union flag at the
top as an evidence of their attachment to
the federal government When Jaskson
heard this he swore like Keifer for five
minutes, and then he got crowd of loaf
ers together and went down to Occoquan.
He cut the federal pole down with his own
hands, and announced grimly that he
would split the pole of any man who put it
in place again. Then he marched his
men back to Alexandria, and they drank
all night in honor of their achievement
Oh, remember him very well-him
and his picked ears" "What his own
ears?' mo, his ennmy's. He cut them
off with sharp knife and put them in
pickle. l remember them standing in
the front window of his hotel in an old
fashioned thick glass bottle, Oh. he was
terror, was Jackson, and it did not sur
prise me when he shot Ellsworth. But it
piued me and everybody else in Alexan-
dria except few hot heads"
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to me at the police headquarters without
word.
returned 10 our room. As stood at
the landing the cheerful catter of the
machine was heard Eliza was bending
over her work, singing some plaintive
air. Is 1t all righto she asked, very
quietly. See, your furs have come. They
are very beautiful. and so warm.
have permission to leave.
Thank God See my work. think
could now do without yon,
You do not love me, Eliza, l cried.
Not love you-my sister! l loved my
hushand-he was shot. I loved my only
child; in the agony of my grief-because
hi; father was killed-irom my breast he
sucked poison and died. After them |
love you hest, Then for the first time she
burst into n paroyysm of tears 1t is
because l love you-lhat might be your
death. AS she wrung my band she felt
the ring on my finger. OFF With it. You
wore your mittens at the police office! If
they had seen it! Quick. let me hide it,
She took off my shoe, and hid the ring in
my stocking. Should you ever marry,
sell the ring, or the stone in it, and you
will not be portionless. Now, off with
you. have made bundle for you,
The rest of your things you will give me.
Here is photograph of yours-you will
let me keep itP ] have been happier
here will you than for years. She took
me by tie hand, gave me one long kiss
closed the door on me, and never asw
her more.
My trip home was withou, an incident.
My dear mother comforted me. Still,
there was some vague feeling of dread
My mind wandered, all could do. toward
my room companion. Picking up
newspaper when at home, some two
weeks after my arrival, | read in the
teIegraphic dispatches:
ST. PETERSBURG, Pee. 23-An arrest
of great importance has been made. One
of the chief actors in the Nihilstic plots,
Russian princesse, was taken, but only
after she had killed one of the police.
Disguised as a sewing machine woman
she had hitherto batfled the police.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-11

READINESS Hardly any feature of sue.
cess in life is more important than readi-
ness. There is all the difference in the
world between the ready and the unready
man. One person may be able to do
better than another if he can only get the
time for preparation, but he is at a vast
disadvantage as compared with him who
has such command over his powers and
resources as to use them promptly, on The
instant and without notice, when the
occasion comes. His talent or his erudi-
ton may not be so great, but it is m ore
effective practically because 1t is once avail.
able. Many really able and learned men
are at a loss when suddenly called upon
either TO speak or act; shallow and super
fetal men easily undo them in affairs
because they are masters of whatever
abilities or acquisitions they happen to
possess.
The primary object of all intellectual
training should be facility and promptitude
in the exercise of the mental faculties. A
discipline which insures this is the most
valuable element of culture. There are
supreme moments in every mans career
when quick and wise decision is of meal.
culable value to him, worth more than
the patient and faithful toll of years
Shakespeare tells us of tide which taker
a. the flood leads on TO fortune. The dom
inant force of the civilization Of to-day is
the genius of hurry. This is true spirit ol
the age. Ceaseless movement is all about
US. The times are earnest, eager ant
impetuous, and he who hesitates, if no
thereby lost, is certain to be left behind.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-11

He LEARNED THE RAILROAD BUSINESS.
"A fresh countryman came to Atlanta a
short time since, TO get situation on
some of the many railroads centering here.
He gained admittance soon after his arriv.
al, and commenced the following CONVEX
sa ion with railroad official:
81 want to get some work on the rail-
road"
"What can you do?" asked the railroad
official.
"Oh, most anything"
"Can YOU run locomotivep"
"a loco. whatp' asked the inqustive
cou ntryman.
IAN engine, mean"
"Wel / can't say as can; but have
rid on 'em, and could mighty soon
know how
ave have no time to learn you. Prob
ably you can lay track. Have you ever
tried thatp'
II can't say that have"
The railroad man studied while, and
remarked: II don't think you know
much about railroad business, but if you
want place just for the name of it, I'll
give YOU place as a car couplar. You
Cdu TepOIU W wi. adu hC Will tCll
you what to do. 1t will pay you ten dol
lars a week when you learn to do the
work."
Toe coutryman was delighted; the pay
was as large as he had expected, and he was
hurried off to hunt up the man he was to
report to.
About three days after this conversation
tho oouutryman came back to the railroad
official. His right hand was In sling,
his left hand was black and blue. and
ought to have been wrapped up He was
dragging bis left leg behind him as he
walked. and a piece of his left ear was
gone, and the left side of his face was
a solid scratch. Altogether he looked as
though he had been through a thrashing
machine. He inquired mournfully if he
could get pass ticket to Lincolnlon.
Your net going to quilp' asked the
railroad man.
No l amt going to quit, cause I've
done quit. want to 60 home. If l stay
here a week won't be able to get home.
I'm agwinel'-Attanta Constitution.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-11

CHURCH DRIFT WooD.-There are
church members who are spoken of in
clerical parlance as "drft wood because
they do nothing but drift with the current.
Many of them are washed from the sterile
banks of worldliness into the church by
the tidal waves of revivals, and so long as
the flood lasts they do very we'll and give
promise of usefulness; but when the flood
subsidies there is corresponding subsid-
ence of their enthusiasm. Out with these
negative souls Give us positive characters
in the church; members with the snap
and courage to breast the current. and to
strike bravely out in every good work,
and for the truth. Above all, deliver the
church and her ministers from old water
soaked logs, who lie stranded on the beach,
immovable, except when the waters of the
sanctuary rise to the revival freshet mark
-Intelligencer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-11

The man who would rob widows and
orphans of their little all-ther only com.
forts-is knave, so pronounced by the
voice of mankind. The man who would
take away from his sick and distressed or
dying neighb0t. his only relief from pain,
his harmless quiescent, or who would i,
even for an honest debt, take from him in
his dying hour his only blanket, would be
branded as heartless wretch. Just this
the atheist attempts to do. If belief and
trust in God is a delusion. and the atheist 8
doctrine be true, the delusion is an inno-
cent one, which makes the victim an hon.
est man while he lives. 1t harms nobody,
not even the deceived person himself. and
thousands of widows and orphans, sick
and dying, have testified to the comfort it
has brought them. What less than a
knave, then. is the active atheist, who
would rob the widow, the orphan, the sick j.,
the bereaved, the dying of this innocent
comfort!
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-11

Some years ago society was formed in
London which called itself the Titus
Society" 1t took its name from Titus. the
Roman emperor, who counted day lost in
which he had not done an act for the good of
others. The members this society bound
themselves 10 act on this benevolent prin
ciple. In this they did well; but their oh
legation lay back of their pledge, ,inasmuch
as the voice of God in scripture and in the
love he pours into every regenerate heart
is constantly saying, "Do good! Do good!'
There is no need of looking far to fiHd op
portunity, since sorrow, suffering, igno
rance, poverty, and sin are everywhere
No one who walks the streets with his eyes
open can fail 10 find some one 10 whom a
kind word, a pleasant smile, small gift a
few words of instruction or of exhortation,
or even a cordial grasp of the hand, would
be benediction. To encourage such effort
the God of love has ordained that the satis-
faction of doing good is greater than that
of receiving favor. In the laws of the
Kingdom of Christ, is it not written that
"it is more blessed TO give than to re.
eP"-Egchange.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-11

MINING WITH LTME.-The new method
of mining coal by breaking down with
compressed lime, which was first spoken
of last summer, has now passed beyond
the experimental stage. and its utility has
been demonstrated beyond question. The
operation consists in drilling shot holes in
the roof of the coal, into which cartridges
of specially prepared limestone are intro
duced. By forcing water on to the lime
stone steam is generated, and this, with
the expansive force of the lime, completes
the work of disintegration. The advan-
tages of this method of coal mining are
that the risks and dangers which inevita-
bly, accompany the use of gunpowder or
dynamite are abolished and that the coal
is obtained in large masses, thus saving
the waste incurred by blasting with ex-
plosives. Coal, when broken fine, is
deteriorated in usefulness and price by
upward of 40 per cent, but much of this
waste is saved under the new system,
since greater proportion of the product
is "large" coal. Where the miners are
paid according to the large coal they mine,
the new invention will increase their
income without alternating the rate of
wages.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-11

THE LIGHr.-The sun is the sourse OF
all life and light, it caused everything to
see and to exist which is in this world.
Even the oil which we burn has been
called "fossil sunshine" because 1t is
formed from the vegetation which drew
its life from the sun ages ago, and has
preserved It for US. The sun is the source
of light and of life. Jesus Christ was call
ed the light of the world, and 1t is further
said that the light was the life of man.
One of the errors of unbelief is that 1t
holds that the moral character ofman does
not necessarily depend upon this light tor
its life, but holds that he may be strictly
moral man from his own conscience; for.
getting that he may be thus unconsciously
using the light and beat of that sun OF life,
stored up in his mind and conscience,
while forgetting and denying its origin,
There are dead virtues as much as there
are dead works, and there are consciences
whose action is simply the unexpended
momentum of influences long since with
drawn. There are many coin of good
works current among men. though the
superscrip,ion is so effaced that their
origin is forgotten. In passing through
the country you may have noticed the
light which grows in dead wood; 1t is like
other light, but it has no warmth, no lite
in it; and Just as there is light in this
dead wood so is there light Of death as
we'll as light of life in our moral natures,
which man sometimes flaunts in the face
of God as the true light.
The electric light, bright as it is, throws
shadow in the sunlight; and so must all
human knowledge, however high, throw
a shadow before him who is the truth ant
| life. We can draw from the Bible alone
all the virtues of life, they are all conceal
ed in its words, and in them manifest.
itself in all the forms Of truth, holiness ant
godliness, and has been filling them fol
ages, from patriarch. prophet and apostle
aud lying in them, like the suns light auC
heat In the coal, waiting to be used h
give light and warmth to those who seel
| 1t.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-11

THE HORSE "A valuable horse is the
one which will do his work in all kinds
of weather, will permit the children to
fondle him and will not attempt to kick
or run, no matter what may happen when
your wife pulls the lines over him. Such
Il horse is not to be measured by the gold
standard. He is daily comfort, per-
manent Joy. and better investment than
u life in surapoe policy. A few days ago
we heard gentleman grow eloquent over
horse which he formerly owned. Tom
was bob tailed bay, not pretty to look
al, but strongly muscled, elastic in motion
and with, a grandy expressive head rising
from hi, shoulders. He could strike
gait on the road which would cause the
owners Of well groomed steads to open
their eyes, and his wind failed him not
when the race was long drawn out.
Through rain and sun shine he made the
rounds of the city day fter day, harnessed
10 heavy top wagon, waiting patiently
for his master 10 make business calls here
and there. No hitching rein was required
for him. Throw the lines ovor the dash
board and tell him to stand, and you were
sure to find him after an absence of hours
where you had left him. This is class
of horses that our farmers should strive to
raise and they can do it if they will only
give the subject their personal attention.
Taken in time and properly handled by
good sense and Judgment, there will be
no serious difficulty in educating the SEN
sible horse TO such management.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-11

You are disappointed. Do remember,
if you lose heart about your work, that
none of it is lost that the good of every
good deed remains, and breeds, and works
on forever; and that all that fails and is
lost is the outside shell of the thing; which
perhaps might have been better done, but,
better or worse, has nothing to do with
the real spiritual good which you have
done TO mems hearts. for which God will
surely repay you in his own way and
time.-Charles Kingsley.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-11

In some excavations on the site of the
Norman Castle at Bungay. England, the
other day, the workmen came to slab OF
stone which was found to weigh over half
a ton. This, on removal disclosed spiral
stone staircase. At its foot was vault, 4S
feet long by 80 wide. supported on two
rows of Norman columns. Judging from
the remains of chain and fragments of
bones at one end of the vault, it is presum
ed it was used as the dungeon of the castle
in which it is recorded that Sir Hugh Big.
got practiced great cruelties in the reign
Of King Stephen. In the remainder of the
vault were portions of armor, fine battle
axes in wonderful preservation, and a
! crock or earhernware vessel containing
a large quantity OF silver coins, the value
of which it is impossible to judge, their
weight alone being over IS pounds.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-11

On the whole, l would bid you stand up
to your work, whatever it may be, and
not be afraid of it not in sorrow or contra.
diction to yield but pushing on toward the
goal. And don't suppose that people are
hostile to you in the world. You will
rarely find anybody designedly doing you
i'll. You may feel often as if the whole
world is obstructing YOU, more or less
but you will find that to be because the
world is travelling in different way from
you, and rushing on its own path. .-1hon-
as Carlqle.
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which all his faculties bring their share,
and in which they all harmonionsly and
ioyfully consent. Few of us know the
power there is in conviction. because
few of us have convictions of our own.
One can begin the Christian life and 60 II
little way in it by following the convic-
tions of others, of mother, of father, OF
pastor, of catechism, of church; but he
cannot 90 far. he cannot be man of
power until he reaches convictions of his
own. They may coincide with the
convictions of mi lions who have gone
before him; they must do SO in the main |;
but they are,his own, the resultof processes
that have gone on in his own being, the
conclusions to which every element in his
nature holds itself pledged.
The CHI istian has also the power that
comes from faith. He has faith in his
convictions and is willing to stake all OIL
their truth. But he has also faith in his
faith. He believes in God; he believes in
Jesus Christ; he believes that God
through Christ has wrought great things
and put great possibilities within his reach
and he believes in his belief. He trusts
it.
luo SuTlSlldu udS, thC
power that comes from love. The man
who is full of the love OF God is a bold,
strong, valiant man. AS in lower sphere.
the love of wife and children, of home
and country, enlarges mans nature and
gives him worth and potency in the state,
so in the highest sphere the love of God as
manifested in Christ and the love of all
those tor whom Christ died imparts to the
true Christian character, breadth, magma
nimily, energy. And it is the special and
distinguishing feature of Christianity that
it elevates, dignifies and emphasizes
beyond all other qualities this one quality
of love. We are to-day, to some extent,
in the same condition as Paul was. Inas-
much as there are insinuations to the
contrary, we too assert with some warmth.
God has not given US the spirit of fear but
of power.-PreStdent Bucktam.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-11

True greatness shows itself in ignoring
or quickly forgetting personal injuries,
when meaner natures would be kept in
unrest by them. The less of man one
is, the more he makes of an injury or an
insult. The more of man he is, the less
he is disturbed by what others say or do
against him without cause.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-11

He who diffuses the most happiness and
mitigates the most distress within his own
circle is undoubtedly the best friend to his
country and the world. since nothing more
is necessary than for all men to initiate
his conduct, to make the greatest part oil
the misery ofthe world cease in a moment.
Robert Hall.
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Horace Bushnell, in speaking of gen.
GRAFTON of Christian men in this country
of former generation. said, They went
by their consciences rs their clock did by
The SUM-"
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l never came to know the condition of
such as seemed exceptionally afflicted bul
| seemed to see reason for their affliction,
either in exceptional faultiness of charac-
ter, or in the greatness Of the good it was
doing thcm.-G George Macdonald.
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Se1ectinms.

There are some happy moments in this lone
And desolate world Of ours that well repay
The toll Of struggling through It, and atone
For many long, sad night, and weary day
They come upon the mind like soG:e wild air
OF distant music, when we know not where
Or whence the sounds are brought from. an d tn
power,
Though brief, is boundless -HdlLeck
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The foundation of all happiness, tempo :
raj and spiritual. is faith in the goodness,
the Righteousness, and the love of God.-
f. W. Robertson.
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Light cares speak; great ones are dumb.
Seneca.
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