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Year: 1878

Since the sale of this excellent property bs McMillen and Harris to Its present owners the working of the mine has been confined principallv to the rich stratum on the east slde of ihe main ledge. The company seemed satisfied with extracting pure silver from the stratum, and until recently have manifested DO disposition to determine the mineral value of the main ledge.

 Soon after Mir. Johnson Jeff, Mir Fireman was again appointed Superin- tendent oI the mine, he began shaft near the crnwn of the hill, and on the west side of the main ledge. This was made sufficiently large to be used as working shaft shoulG they strike good ore. At dept of 130 feet Mir. Fireman run a drift into the main ledge, and when our informant left, the drift had been cut through eight feet of ore, and the face was still in solid ore. Yesterday we were present. ed with 6 specimen of this ore from the 1S0 foot level; we find 8 large amount of rich chlorides scattered all through the rock. The ore taken from the drift will average nearly $l5o per ton. The future of that section of the district depends almost entirely upon the value of this main ledge, and 8 strike in large body of rich ore IS of course hailed with joy everywher'

 The rich stratum yielded large prof its to the company, but was of con- parstively small benefit to the country. The discovery of large body of low grade ore in the main ledge would necessitate the building of mill or two. and the employment of large force of miners, and the benefits would be largely felt throughout the district But the McMillen Company is always very cautious in its movements. espe- cially where any great outlay of fluids is necessary, so If they commence & mill we may be sure they have Use for f. and mean 10 run it. Our latest sd. vices from McMillen's camp are very cheering and we will wait with anxiety to learn :he result of further developments.
Year: 1878

A private letter from Maricopa coun iy informs us that times are good, and wheat and barley plenty. Politics as yet have received but little attention. A few chronic politicians bottom hole each other around the saloon corners concocting magnificent schemes to spring upon the primaries and con yentiuns, bur these will surely be de feated There is determination among the solid men of the county to elect only good men this Fall, and these scheming chaps will be dropped at the polls on election day. At the proper time s ticket will be placed before the people. composed of good, responsible men. such as very few will object to.
Year: 1878

A SOLDIER wrote 10 Chicago pen sion lawyer, to learn whether a man who had been kicked by a mule while in the service could secure a pension. The lawyer replied that if the mule was feeling we'll and had fair chance hedidn't think he could.-Cinn. Break. fast Table.
Year: 1878

Is always supplied with an ample variety or well-cooked food. No exaggeration in this. Stage passeRgers and travellers by there understand It, and to them all un- acquainted with the fact are respectfully referred for information
Year: 1878

The New York Herald think it sees
in the great conference Of Greenback-
ers and Silver Remonetizers in Wash
ington the other day, the birth of a
new party. God grant that it be so.
The Herald says:


There may come out Of the consul
tation a reorganization of parties,
which would range the soft money ad-
vocates on one side and the hard
money men on the other. In one
sense this would be desirable, for it
would help to clear the political at
mosphere and bring the financial ques-
tion into the prominence it deserves.
In snch an event we have no doubt
what the issue of the struggle would
be. An overwhelming majority of
the people are in favor of national
honor and honesty, and the sooner the
fact is conclusively lshown the better
will it be for the real interests and
prosperity of the country.


If national honor and honesty re-
quries that a debt contracted to be
paid in gold or silver shall be paid in
gold alone, then language has lost its
force. Let the issue be drawn on
that line. The old questions are all
dear and buried. Let the real issues
come to the front.
Year: 1878

1t is an interesting question, in
view Of the action of the grand jury,
whether Jerry McCarthy's influence
in electing Donnelly was as legitimate
as that exercised to secure his NOM
ination at Farmington.-Pioneer Press


If every vote of our majority in the
Sixth ward of st Paul was thrown out
as fraudulent we would still be elected
by a considerable majority in Dakota
county. We are inclined to think that
our good friend, Jerry. is the victim of
political persecution. What are the
charges against him! That he went
out occasionally and got glass of beer
during the election:-horrible offence
That he canvassed the voters while he
was thus outside in favor of some OF
his friends. Could anything be more
terrible And, finally. that when they
were counting the votes at the close
of the election nineteen votes were
found on the table near Jerry's elbow
which it was suspected Jerry INTENDED
to shore off the table acith said etbow!t
During the French revolution they
were in the habit of chopping off the
heads of worthy gentlemen on the
ground that they were ''suspected o
being snspicious.' But we never
before heard of indicting man for ;
crime which he might have intended
to intend to commit.


Poor Jerry! If he is to go to Jail fo
drinking beer, or electioneering, o
having tickets near his elbows. WI
much fear he will spend the rest of hi
life in the penitentiary.
Year: 1878

The Duluth Tribune, the great re-
ligious family jonrnal, has lost two
and but two subscribers, it says, "by
reason of the views expressed as to
the teachings Of the superstiti0ns Of
the mOss-cOvered clergy"


What is the use Of raising all these
issues about religion! The world is
bad enough now; what would it be If
you convinced all mankind that there
was neither God nor heaven nor hell
There are tens Of thousands Of devot-
ed men in all lands and all churches
who are giving the labors Of their
lives to making men honest and virtu-
GUS. What will be gained by sweep
ing them all away! Does Unbelief
propose to supply their places by .
new set Of workers. Not q bit Of it !
There can be no such workers unless
they are animated by divine cnthu-
siasm which only religion can give.
There has never been police-force
Of morals in the world unassociated
with some form Of religious belief.
The man who Intentionally makes
men morally worse than they are is an
enemy Of his kind. The man who
does this by indirection, by breaking
down human faith in all external
spiritual forces. is nearly as bad. A
nation without religion would be q
nation Of prostitutes and thieves.
And right here we would quote the
following significant utterance from =
New York paper:


One Of the oldest bankers here says


he never knew 80 distrnstful time;
that while the number Of failures Il


large. tire worst feature IL that almost


every one brings to light some new


form Of deception or fraiid, and that n


is more difficult than he ever knew II


to use the money Of = bank 20 as a
get anything like . fair interest on n


without endangering the principal 0l
, the loaner.
Year: 1878

Nothing is more marked now days
than the decadence of the great daily
papers of the east. They are all of a
pattern and that pattern Il poor one.
The Money-Power owns them and the
RESULTS they obscure the facts and
pervert the truth. Hence it is that in
the Greenback papers alone the pee
pie find new thoughts and new facts
and they sustain them for these quail
;%:nc
Year: 1878

The auditors office is thronyed with
applicants for poor relief these days,
ana no relief can be given in most
eases, rs the limitations of the law
have been reached. From one to
three of the county commissioners
may be found at the court house IA,
any hour. and all exercising their wits
to keep within the law, and at the
same time to give such reasonable
relief rs the circumstances require


Unless that law is amended the cit,
Year: 1878

will witness more actual suffering the
coming year than was ever dreamed
of.-Minmeapolis Tribune


Minnesota's forty million bushels
of wheat seem to have effected little
against the general pressure of hard
times.
Year: 1878

The School Book Ring are making
desperate efforts to overthrow the
Merrill School Book Law. They are
filing the newspapers with commune
Hations and flooding the Legislature
with petitions. The friends of the
law should call upon their Legislators
to stand firm.
Year: 1878

/, 1t gives us great pleasure to say
that the circulation of the ANTI-MO-
KOPOLIsT is increasing more rapidly
how than at any time in the past.
We are under obligations to friends in
all parts of the state for clubs Of new
subscribers. We trust that for the
sake Of the principles at stake they
will not weary of the good work.
Year: 1878

We have received some ringing and
able resolutions adopted by the
Workingmen's Greenback Congress
of Hastings, Jan. Goth, but we regret
to say that they have reached us too
late for this issue. They will however
nave u conspicuous place in our next
uum her
Year: 1878

Good friends. don't crowd so very


tight.


Theirs room enough for two
Keep in your mind tina. I've a right
To live as well as you.
YOU'RE rich and strong, poor and


weak,


But think you | presume,
When only this poor boon 1 ask,
A little elbow room.
lis such as you, tine rich and strong,
Ii you but have the will,
Could give the weak a lift along,
And help him up the hill
But no-you jostle. crowd and drive,
You storm, you fret and fume
Are you the only man alive
In need Of elbow room?
But thus it is on life's round path,
Self seems the globe of all;
The strong will crush the weak to


death,


The big devour the small.
Far better be rich mans bound
A valet, serf, or groom
Ihan struggle mid the mass around
When we've no elbow room.
Up heart, my boy don't mind the


shock;


Up heart. and push along
Your skin will soon grow rough with


knocks,


Your limbs with labor strong;
Aud there's q hand unseen To aid,
a star to light the gloom;
Up heart. my boy nor be afraid.
Strike out for elbow room.
And when you see amid the throng
A fellow-toiler slip.
Just give HIM as you pass along.
A brave and kindly grip.
Let noble deeds, though poor you be,
Your path in life illume.
And with true human charity
Give others elbow.room.
Year: 1878

FROM the Chicago Timesl


The phonograph Is q queer animal.
Your voice comes back to you very
much as If it were visible and you were
looking at it through the large lenses
of u lorgnettee. As musician it will
not pass strict critical muster. In re.
producing the scale it sharps each note
ascending, and by the time it has
reached the last note of the octave,
where, of course, the vibrations are
much more rapid, it has violated all the
musical canons. IN descending, its
tendency is to fiat, but also by some
curious law of compensation, by the
time it gets back to the first note it is
all right again. A duet. say of tenor
and baritone. returns curious jumble
Of shrill soprano and Alto what it
would accomplish with a qusrtte we
cannot imagine. but it is very evident
that, as it now stands, it would be an
unsafe basis for the construction of q
counterpoint. The phonograph prefers
a perfectly clear. pure tone, like a
whistle or the sound of a cornet, which
it will reproduce with admirable fidel-
ity. Probably a violin tone, if it could
be forced into the funnel so as to strike
the diaphragm. would be absolutely re-
produced both in quantity and quality
of tone. It's reproduction of q pure
tone is best shown in the case of a
whistle. Suppose that in the ordinary
tones Of speech. singing. laughing. and
coughing have been indented upon the
foil. then whistle over the same surface
and reverse the photograph. The
speech, singing, laughing and coughing
will be reproduced Sin confused din.
while the whistle will be heard through
it all. perfectly clear and distinct. The
photograph has some odd preferences.
Ii likes what is bizarre and out of the
common. 1t will give back limitations
of animals. such as the cackling OF
hens, Growing of roosters, lowing OF
cows. barking of dogs and mewing OF
cats. more faithfully than it will the
ordinary utterances that makes human
speech L. has not yet succeeded in
reproducing the qualities perfectly that
distinguish one voice from another.
except that it indicates very clearly the
distinctions of the male and female
voice but it must be remembered that
the phonograph is yet an iufant, and
that the instruments now on exhibition
are those which Mr.. Edison's fertile
genius first suggested. and only illus
trated the principle of vibration. His
improvements are already so far ad-
vanced that ITS power is greatly in
creased. and there can be no doubt
that he will not only greatly intensity
but will reproduce its different quail.
titles. while the application of clock
work To the revolutions Of the cylid.
ders will secure a uniformity of speech.
that cannot be obtained by the hand
aud will thus pitch the sounds upon
the natural key and retain that pitch.
When that is done. mucic may be re-
produced as correctly by the phono-
graph as the face is by the photo
graph.
Year: 1878

tleman who has just spoken has made
strong argument. He has quoted
the law and the evidence. and it is not
for me to say that he is wrong. He
may be correct in all that he has said.
But | want you to take good look at
him. Look especially at the upper
half, and then. gentlemen. tell me if
any man who comes before you with
his standing collar buttoned wrong
end to- with the points sticking away
out behind his ears, may not be alto
gsther misaken in all of bis arrange.
ments.'


The plan was successful. Mr.. Lin
coin had broken the spell which the
eloquence of his opponent had thrown
over the jury.--Nesc York Dispatch
Year: 1878

in investigations. So many OF their sure
"things" have, in politicians phrase, gone
"back on them," that they have determined
to make this enterprise dead sure beyond pos
slbihty of mishap.


But they will do well to remember that there
is only one thing more uncertain than sure
thing, and that's a dead sure thing. There's
a story told of very smart person sitting IN
company of friends, who after leading the con-
versation up to discussion of the height OF
table in the room, proposed to bet that he
could guess its exact height The bet was
quietly taken by a gentleman in the company,
and the other made his guess. A measuring
rule was about to be sent for when the
oiierer of the bet, with smIrk of satisfaction,
said: "Oh, you needn't take that trouble. l
measured it myself this morning" lie had
sure thing" The laugh seemed to be on the
other fellow. But after 1t was over the other
fellow said Yes; saw you measuring 1T,
"and sent and had man come and saw
"an inch off each leg" And then the
laugh changed. This story illustrates
the dreadful uncertainty OF sure
"things." Our Democratic friends Will be
wise to heed the moral of it. They have
taken great and unusual care to fix this inves-
tigation so as to make it absolutely sure that
no Democrat will be hurt or hit by it, Human
foresight could not go further to make assur-
ance doubly and trebly sure. But, after
ALL, with the luck they've been having
through the session, they'd better not bet
on it. Mr.. Potter may be more prll-
dent fisherman than Glover. and he may cast
hls line with great skill in the Florida pond,
but he has got to be very careful not to tIrt
that hook of his in the neighbOrhood OF
Gramcrcy Park. 1t might get caught in the
trousers seat of a statesman who is now out
of Dolitics
Year: 1878

The madman who undertook to assassinate
the Emperor has dealt German Socialism a
staggering blow. The revolutionary leaders
realize this and ont of sheer desperation dis
own the man and denOunce the crime. They
know that so dastardly an act is the signal
for popular reaction, and that Bismarck will
be quick to take advantage of it. Twice al
ready has he proftcd by plots against his own
life: once in 1866. when young Blind shot
wide of The mark and made him the hero of
North Germany, and again in 1874, when his
hand was bruised by bullet that n religious
fanatic had aimed at his heart. At the out
set, when the Empire was established on the
basis of universal suffrage, his keen eye de-
tected the dangerous tendencies of Socialism
and Communism. but his warnings fell upon
deaf ears H0del's plstol-shots have startled
Germany. The pressure of the courts and the
force of public opinion can now be brought
to bear upon the demagogues who have turned
the heads of the working classes.


Germany has not been recalled to its sober
senses day too soon. Socialism has become
a formidable political movement. In 1871
there were two Socialists in the ReichstaG. In
1877 there were twelve, and the party pOlled
$4,000 votes in the general elections. The
leaders were active; the municipal elections
were hotly contested; as many as forty news
papers were started; the new doctrines were
taught at some of the universities; Berlin
was almost given over to political lunacy


Unlike their revolutionary brethren in Russia,
they displayed at the outset creative
talent. The Nihilists are merely destructive in
their aims. AS Bazarof cynically remarked,
sit was necessary, in tho first place, to clear
"off the ground" He did not 90 beyond the
levelhng process, by which everything was to
be brought down. The Nihilists hate and
dream-that is all. The Socialists in Germany
moi only hate and dream-they plan. They
perceive that the dislike for the military sys-
TEN Is increasing, and they propose to replace
the Standing army with citizen militia. They
Year: 1878

Dog-shows this country continually improve.
The railroad and the steamship facilitate the trans
portation of the animals and the finer specimens,
that win prizes for their owners are carried from
one exhibition to another. If the business of
dog-shows keeps profitable for many years,
it will as surely tend to improve the
different breeds of dogs as the race-course has
to develop swiftncss in the horse, The stimulus to
Improvement would be more forcible however, if
the dog-show could test the animals on other points
than mere appearance. 1t would be difficult to de-
wise methods for exhibiting in competitive way the
special capacities of certain breeds for instance
the ST. Bernard in reSCuing travellers from beneath
a snow-drift, or the Newfoundland in saving
people who drowning. But arrangement
with the proprietors of huntng-park might enable
the majority Of valuable dogs to be tested to
their hg CHEST merits of endurance keenness of scent
iloetness and training Within very few years
there has been remarkable improvement in the
character of the dogs that are owned by better
classes. Very valuable animals have been imported; ;
TIA. best stocks have como into higher repute
even the pedigrecs of dogs have found place of
record. If, as Is probable hunting grows in pOpu-
larity as a pastime III this country, the dog will
also grow in respectabIIity, till some day man may
be known by his canine well as by his human
company.


1ne cultivated uOB OF tO-uay Is great Improve
ment upon his ancestors. 1t Is generally admitted
that no dogs with dropping ears were known before
the later days of the Roman Empire. If we were
deprived of all the breeds that are thus
marked to-day, there would be few left
us of much value except the terrier tribe
and the shepherds dog. The ancients valued
most the more savage kinds Of dogs, that would
serve as help against enemies; it is noticeable
that in the entire list Of dogs competing for prizes
In this city to-day, there is not a single blood
hound. Most of the animals on exhibition whose
values count by hundreds of dollars, are gentle
creatures Against them there is little to be sad even
by doG-haters. AS to hydrophoba. every owner of
valuable dog will give the assurance that the
malady has never been known In respectable canine
families and the bench show will be of service
if it helps to demonstrate that decent dogs should
not be given a bad name
Year: 1878

IHE CAPITAL OF Coon NAME.
How true it is that good name
is capital IN itself Such capital,
Ike every solid accumulation, is not
built IN day, but is the result of
years Of continuance IN well doing.
No man can hope by a spirit OF
good nature or honorable dealings
to acquire an enyiable reputation
which is acquired in the possession
of "a good name" Little things
done and observed for series of
years, The trifes of which lite Is
made up, il done consclentiousIy,
are what contribute to the result,
and win for man the confidence of
his feilows; and when one has thus
acquired his good name, men seek
him in business, rely on his word
and prefer his goods. Such CAPT
tai lis within the reach Of the poor
est. 1t commands confidence, amt
helps one i'll securing ali that is de-
sirabie IN life, and as it i. TO be ac-
qHired without delay, does not de
pend upon birth or influence for it's
attainment, 1t is wonderful so
many prefer to travel by crooked
ways, which, although they seen.
short cuts TO success, 90 not lead in
that direction st all
Year: 1878

THIs is the boss year for giving
chattel mortgages, fora fact. Moth
ing ever equalled it for this pur-
pose. 4 friend informed Us one
day last week that he had examined
the chatteI mortgages on file in the
town clerks Office in one of the
most prosperous and least popula-
ted towns in the county, and found
by actual count eighty-nine. When
We consider that this Is a town IN,
habited bys class Of people who
are not in the habit of mortgaging
their personal property, what sb&lI
We think of the nineteen other
towns in cur county, less prosper
Gus? To say that there has been
twenty-five hundred chattel mortg-
ages given in tins county this fall
is not over. estimating the matter at
all-4I5ert Lea Enterprise.
Year: 1878

a CORRESPONDENT of an exchange
writes a letter from the Valley OF
the Red BiYer Of the North to
show that the great wheat-felds Of
the future will be located in that
section OF the country, He says
the wheat raised in that valley this
year commands the highest price
Of any raised on American soil !;
that all along the line Of the North
ern Pacific Railroad is one conIin-
nous wheat,feId, aud that beyond
is still a better soil aud more con
genial climate, This year more
thsn 5000 farrnes were opened up,
and next year it is expected that
twice as many will be settled upon.
Year: 1878

any one. Suppose that four presidents
| of as many banks in this city had ut.
| tered and published as true, altered and
forged consolidated statements OF votes
OF any parish at an election, rs made 10y
caused the same to be printed in the
official journal under their signatures as
presidents of the banks, would they have
been indictable therefor under the
statutef And why not ? Simply because
| they had no legal mission or authority
to that act, and as no legal effect would
! be produced by it, no one would be i'll
jured or defrauded by it. Every one is
presumed to know the laws, and there
fore to know that the persons, thus al
tering and publishing, were without
authority to do that particular act, and
that it was void and of no effect When
done. Hence it is the essence of this
crime, that it should have been conn
mitted by public officer, whose func-
ton it was to prepare and publish the
true canvass and compilation of votes,
and the averment that he uttered and
published the false canvass and COM
pilation in his official capacity, and I'M
der color of his Office, is essential in an
information tu support Il conviction,
and justify a Judgment thereon. The
information has not such averment.


tits ordered, atljudged and decreed,
that the Judgment and sentence of the
lower court is avoided and reversed,
that the verdict of the jury is set aside,
and that the prisoner be discharged
from custody.