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Year: 1874

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that's to be taken away AsWell as ours : :.
That Michael O RS saerty might have
said that night in the ttStaF Of Life
saloon was never uttered. For. before
he had cleared his throat and his brain,
! ne;ghbor Of his came hurriedly into
the room, and noting the figure of the
newly -dedged orator, stepped to his
side ard whispered hurriedly in his ear.
Even the nearest man to the speaker
did not catch the mysterious secret,
and the entire body was. left in the.
dark when Michael and the newcomer
hurried off without making any expla-
nation. s~,s ..s>1rsss-g- ill.,.


Michael left the gathering Of the dis
affected workmen go home. Arriving
there he found the house astir and a
light burning in every room. Two or
three neighbor women had gathered in
the kitchen and were talking in low
tones over stew that simmered on the
fire. The children had apparently
been banished into the upper story,
and the air of the tsliving'' room was
pervaded by subtle but suggestive
odor that was mingling of camphor, cat
nip and red flannel. ..


Mrs. O'Raderty had taken in a
lodger. -.
It might have been the cool October
air that swept from his heated brain the
last cobweb of the murky saloon atmos-
phere; it might have been the silent
but irresistible appeal made by the
mother and her helpless child TO-, his
ragged heart, but whatever the infu-
cree, Michael had changed his resolve
about the strike. AS he looked at the
new claimant, whose rights were be-
yond argument, and whose title to love
and shelter and protection none could
gainsay, he realized in his own vague,
untutored way that there were better
means Of meeting trouble than run
ming from it, and that in spite Of his
luck his conscience called him to stand
firm to his sense of right, and to show
himself to be indeed a man.


Perhaps it was not too late yet to do
something to keep the men from going
too far in their hopeless opposition to
what could not be prevented He was
too late when he reached the saloon
again, to stop the plans for the strike,
but he was not too late to give utter
ance in his own words to the new inspi-
ration that had come to- him as he bent
over the helpless lodger that stretched
out appealing hands to his love and
care. ..'-'.
The strike came and went. Hun
dreds of men laid down their tools only
to see them eagerly grasped by others
to whom the ninety per cent. repre-
sented hundred, but somehow the
Company heard of Michael's effort to
preserve harmony and good feeling, and
a vacancy occurred in the post of sta
tion agent at Fitchburg, which soon
after followed so speedily by a vacancy
in Michael's place in Section No. 4, that
the lucky fellow was at a loss to under
stand how it all happened. It is Won
derful how new duties and responsible.
tiles developed the good that was in
him, and how rapidly he rose under
the better fortunes Of his new position
to be the cheery, genial-hearted man
whose name was synonym for all that
was faithful and upright in places of
trust. "@


But to this day Michael dates the
change in his Luck to the night when
Mrs. O'Raferty took in a lodger.
Year: 1874

SOUND ADvIcE.-Let the winds and
waves of adversely blow and dash
around you. if they will; but keep on
the path of rectitude, and you will be
as firm as q rock. Plant yourself
upon principle. and bid defiance to
misfortune. Ifgossip with her pois-
oned tongue NEEDLES with your good
name, heed her not. Garry yourself
erect; let your course be straightfor'
ward, and by the serenity of your
countenance and purify of your life
give the lie to all who would under
rate and belittle ycu.
Year: 1874

THE PUBLIC SCoLD.-The tomahawk organ
scolds because the Chief has presumed to speak
of the troubles in the Methodist Church. We
want the tOmahawkers to understand that the
Chicf is at the service of the people. When the
party to which the Republican belonged were
running the church to suit themselves, and the
minority had no access to or hearing through the
organ, they came to the Chief and found our col
umns open. They were every one of them, too,
men who had never patronized the Chief, but had
opposed it, and had thrown all their influence in
favor of the Republican. Being trampled down
by the men whom they had supported, they came
to paper that open to all, and that was
never ashamed to say just what it thought. AT
ter the Tomahawkers left the Church and COM
menced trying TO break it down, they wOuld not
even publish notices of the meetings of that
Church, while volunteering notices of another
Church. The columns of the Chief are again free
to the Methodists for such church notices as they
desire. But aside from and above all the forgo-
ing, the Chief claims the right to comment upon
all questions interesting the public; and there
has never been anything more public than the
quarrel in the Methodist Church. We shall do
this without the advice or consent of priests GEN.
sOrs, OF dish-water organs. And We have not by
any means told the worst We know about come
of them.
Year: 1874

" Another misfortune! The Wathena Re.
porter has cut our acquaintance-cut it, too, at
the very time when it was devoting an unusual
amount of space to our benefit. We had hoped
to be able to say, in language similar to the
beautiful words of Jonathan to David: "Thou
shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for
ever; no, not when the Lord hath cut of the en-
emies of old man Stewart every one from the
face of the earth" But he has done it! While
we mourn our bereavement, we still have one
crumb of consolation-the Cincinnati Gazette
still exchanges with us!
Year: 1874

n That organ of pure morality and undeil
ed religion, the Doniphan Couty Republican
again cruelty reminds us that we never 20 to
church. We understood that the law gave n
man right to do as lie pleased in the matter
and We have exercised that right, without fear
or favor. But if We have been remiss in that
respect, We are entitled to a credit mark on the
other hand. We have never taken circus wo-
man in ont of the weti
Year: 1874

Es Two years ago, when bolt occurred IN
the Republican County Convention, good deal
OF sport was made at the expense of the bolters.
by saying that majority bolted from the minor
ity. The tomahawkers of the Republicans are in
the same predicament, in the matter of the Meth
odist Church trouble. They claim that they had
large majority of the members on their side,
and had chosen the Church officers fairly, and
yet they have bolted from the church, because a
preacher was sent who was not Implicated in the
trouble. BAH
Year: 1874

p The Republicans has something to say about
County printing at enormous rates. We were
never so anxious to keep somebody else from do
ing the printing, as to put it down to such low
figures that we were ashamed to let the public
know what we got for it, 1t may be fun to fill
your paper five weeks with matter that does not
pay for the original type-settins, but it won't
pay for many Universal Pressesl
Year: 1874

70 will the Republicans unlnadr asks
the New York Sun. OF course they will unload.
In the last Presidential election, they unloaded
large amount of worthless trash, barnacles, and
dead weight, leaving them healthier and strong
than ever; and the prospect is, that this year
they will unload more of the same sort, with q
like beneficial result
Year: 1874

~ The last Repa5iican is devoted pretty near
ly all to the Chief. Even the writer of its Sew
grange. twaddle gets in two or three references
:to our paper. The readers of that delectable
street are thus Indebted 70 us for some little re-
lief from She lnURotony and insipidity with
which they are usually regaled.
Year: 1874

OF all the evils prevalent among
young men we know of none more
bllghting in it's effects than to
speak slightingly of the virtue of
women. Nor is there anything
in which men are so thoroughly
mistaken as the low estimate they
form of the integrity of women
not of their mothers and sisters
but of others who, they forget,
are somebody else's mothers and
sisters. AS a rule no person who
surrenders to this debasing habit
is to he trusted with an enter
prise requiring integrity of char
acter. Plain words should be
spoken on this point, for the evil is
q general one. Let our young men
remember that their chief happi-
ness of life depends upon their
utter faith in women. No world
iy wisdom, no misantrophiC phil
osophy, no generalization can
cover or weaken this fundamen-
tai truth. 1t stands like the re-
cord of God itself-far it is moth
ing less than this-and should put
an everlasting seal upon lips that
are wont to speak siightingly of
Woman.-Americ0n Odd EeLEolO.
Year: 1874

A good advertisement for working
man, is seat in a church.


The savings bank is a safe debtor.


Fifty cents for a good lecture, is bet
ter than half that sum for the circus. "


Dress neatly. A well clothed man
commands respect and favor, while one
III sloyenly attire can hardly borrow his
ncighbors saw horse.


If you wish to personally comprehend
the completeness Of the old adage-a
fool and his money are soon parted
buy lottery ticket.


Never sacrifice money for what pao-
pie will say. 1t is better to buy a fair
piece of beef for twelve cents pound
and leave the sirloin for some other
man, who would buy your kind except
for the name.


The man is always most honored who
is the most excellent in what he under
takes. 1t is better TO saw wood well
than to plead law poorly.


BE honest stove cold IS better
than a warm stove with stolen fuel.


The laboring man holds the same re-
lation to the merchant, manufacturer,
attorney, physician and minister, that
the locomotive does to q train OF elegant
and well filled cars they would stand
still forever if the engine did not move
them.


There is many an honest, hard work
ing poor man, who rises himself and
calls his family before sunrise, three
hundred and sixty five days in a year.
In nine cases out of ten, when his chill
dren arrive at his age, they will be call
od up by servants.


A meerschaum pipe aud bank book
always quarrel, aHd the upshOt Of the
encounter generally is, that one puts
the other out of doors.


Work harder, at drilling rocks for
instance, if your employer never visits
VOC then when he does. He will know
of your faithfulness when he pays for
the drills.


The poverty of childhood is more
frequently than otherwise the stepping
stone TO wealth.
Year: 1874

Enjoy What There is and be Thankful,


What there is, we say; we do not
mean merely what you own-what you
have bought and inherited, and have a
right to sell-but all that is open TO
your enjoyment, all that you hold in
common with others.


The night is yours 1t brings you
"Tired Natures sweet restorer, baImy Sleep


1t often brings you pleasant dreams
sometimes dreams in which you re
possess and live over the enjoyments Of
the past. A clear conscience and good
health are far more conducive to sound
and quiet slumber than the possession
of vast wealth, with its attendant cares.
"Uneasy lies the head that wears crown"
while yours has nothing 10 disturb It's
rest upon the pillow. The stars and
the moon shine for you, and the vast
science of astronomy is open to You, if
YOU have the curiosity and diligence to
'.learn to read the language OF another
world, and penetrate the sublime mys-
terles.


Morning breaks for you, and it is
your own fault if You keep your eyes
Shut when it is purpling the east, and
awakening the animal world to renewed
life and activity.


The beauty Of the waterfall is yours,
although the water may not turn your
mill; and the bright green of the grass
is yours, though the hay that it makes
may be anothers.


The birds sing for you. AT this sea
son the robin, the blue bird, the wren,
the cat bird, the thrush, the bobolink,
the bluejay, the cuckoo, the oriole, and
the meadow-lark, are giving daily con
certs, free to all; while the nearneigh-
borly whippoorwill cheers the evening,
and wakes the morning hours.


Enjoy your family, the companionship
of your friends; and when you are alone
solitude is greatly to be enjoyed. En-
Joy your wallls-a drive after a good
horse, if You happen to have one; why
not? Enjoy all innocent pleasures and
amusements-enjoy lite all that you
can-and be grateful for all your op-
portunities of enjoyment TO Him who
gives them.


This is the true philosophy. There
is an old adage: "Let him laugh who
wins" it might be changed to this !:
He who laughs does win. lie whose
enjoyment triies cannot disturb, nor
misfortunes destroy. is, in this life, vic
tor. lie who laughs 'oins. Then laugh;
laugh when fortune tavors; laugh when
fortune frowns.


BY enjoying life yourself you do
much to contribute TO the enjoyment OF
Others. a cheerful face carries sunshine
wherever it goes. So enjoy what there
is-let it be the rule Of your life-and
never forget to be grateful for all you
have to enjoy.
Year: 1874

We present this bit of wrapped Up
philosophy TO our feverish wealth hun,
tiers, who sacrifice every good in life in
their mad desire for sudden fortune. 1t
is from London comic paper:
If had ten thousand year


| think could manage to spend il,
Could squander the halt, very near,
And as for the rest could lend it.
Could squander the half, l should say,
On folly, on vice, aud on sorrow,
On dreary debauches to-day,


Repentance and headache to morrow.
Could purchase with half of my wealth,
Or less, if | cared TO diminish,
Bad morals, bad conscience. bad health,
And a bad-ish lookout at the finish.
And the rest of my gold l could lend
The friend who in want had stood by


ne,


And loose both my money and friend
For thenceforward forever he'd shy


me.


If had ten thousand year,


The sentiment may seem clap-trappy
I'm hlest if think it's so clear,


should not be sick and unhappy.
AT present I've friends-very dear
Health and comfort, as long as I'm


thrifty,


So don't want ten thousand n year,
I'm content with my hundred and fifty.
Year: 1874

WE ALL HAVE FAULTs.-He who
boasts Of being perfect is perfect in fol
". have been a good deal up and
down in the world, and | never did see
either perfect horse or perfect man,
and never shall until two Sundays
come together. You cannot get white
flour out of coal sack nor perfection
out of human nature. He who looks
for il had as well look for sugar in the
sea. The old saying is, "Liteless, fault
less" OF dead men we should say no.
thing but good, but as for the living,
they are all tarred more or less with the
black brush, and half an eye can see it.
Every head has a soft place in it, and
every heart has its black drop. Every
rose has its prickles and every day its
night. Even the sun shows spots, and
the skies are darkened with clouds.
Nobody is so wise but he has folly
enough to stock stall at Vanity Fair.
Where could not see the fools cap, [
have, nevertheless heard the bells jim
ole. AS there is no sunshine without
some shadows, so all human good is
mixed up with more or less of evil !;
even poor law guardians have their lit
tie failings, and parish beadles are not
wholly of heavenly nature. The oest
wine has its lees. All mems faults are
not written on their foreheads, and it's
quite as we'll they are not, or hats would
need large brims yet, as sure as eggs
are eggs, faults of some sort nestle in ev-
ery mans bosom. There's no telling
where a mans faults may show them
selves, for hares pop out of a ditch just
when you are not looking for them. A
horse that is weak in the legs may not
stumble for mile or two, but it is in
him, and the rider had better hold him
up well. The taboy cat is not tapping
milk Just now, but leave the dairy door
open, aud we will see if she is not as
bad a thief as the kitten. There's fire
in the flint, cool as it looks; wait till the
steel gets knock at it, and you will
see. Everybody can read that riddle,
but il is not everybody that will re-
member to keep his gunpowder out Of
the way of the candle.
Year: 1874

Only those who are Immediately con.
nected with the shipping of our port are
aware of the fact that at the head Of Third
street lies the largest and most perfectly
fitted sailing ship that has ever entered the
port of New Orleans. And this beautiful
specimen of marine architecture exults IN
the name of Strathearn, called after a small
village in Scotland. on the Clyde. near
where she was built,


AS the visitor comes up the gangway ana
looks in upon the deck of this ship the neat
ness and finish of all that strikes the eye
surpasses anything ever before seen at our
wharves, with the exception OF some few
steamers. The brass work, the teak wood
finish and carving, the spare spars and the
deck fittings, whether permanent or tempo
gary, are all clean and glittering.


Upon being introduced to Captain James
Jarman, her young and courteous com
mander, the following information was
elected: The Strathearn was built in 1871
for the East India trade. Freights at the
time of her completion being SO good to the
United States, she was put in the New York
and Liverpool trade, where she made eleven
voyages. Her owners then thinking she
might be a good ship for the cotton trade,
dispatched her here, where she arrived
few days since, and is now we'll advance
in loading. On three successive voyages
from New York to Liverpool she made the
run in fifteen days each, her best single
days run being 800 miles. This is very fast
time but not to be wondered at after see
canvas she must spread when all sail is set


The Strathearn is owned by Messrs. Allen
Brothers, of Liverpool, being one Of sixteen
sailing vessels belonging to them. beside q
fleet of twenty first class steamers, several
of which came to this port last season. She
is 255 feet long, 40 feet breadth of beam and
"a feet depth of hold, built wholly of iron,
with white pine decks and teak wood rails
and deck houses. Her lower masts and
bowsprit are of iron, and her fore, main and
crossjack yards are steel. She carries five
handsome boats on the gallows frames, and
they sit there in their chocks looking like so
many little Strathearns. Her windlass and
wenches are run by steam and capable of
heaving in seventy-fve fathoms of chain in
fifteen minutes.


The quarter deck, in all its neatness and
comfort, is perfect retreat for the invalid,
the lover, or the pleasure seeker. Forty
five men are kept as busy as they can be
from sun to sun in all parts of the ship; in
fact, it is workhouse for them.


The Strathearn will carry nearly $500
bales of cotton on draft of seventeen feet
of water and being sharp, will cross the
bar readily.


Messrs. Hall & Vaughn are the agents OF
The Allen ships, and they are being loaded
under the supervision of Mr.. Samuel Bon.
aid. we'll known stevedore of this city,
Year: 1874

One of the most successful fairs of the
season will close tonight. Every evening
the Central Church, corner of Gasquet and
Liberty streets, has been thronged, and the
receipts, from it's liberal patrons, will swell
the treasury in very satisfactory manner
The chief interest is centred in the contest
between Administrator Lewis and Superin-
tendent Brown over a fine buggy and har-
ness, to be the property of the gentleman
who receives the most votes. The friends
of each are active and anguine, and whether
the Department of improvements, or that
of the public schools is to be the winner, is
at present mystery.
Year: 1874

If the Times historian of the fire depart
ment, who discovered that "it is now nearly
half century since the first fire company
was organized in this city, will call upon
us we will show him the city ordinance of
July 20. 1913, organizing the first volunteer
fire engine company in the city. There is
nothing like being correct: and had we
known our neighbor was going into the an
ti1uities. we would, for the benefit of its
readers, have willingly placed our library
at its disposal.
Year: 1874

The circulation of ;hs MINER being OuAsllsrAby great than tha; of any other Arr0na paper, buSnsn nsn sv sryvhore will fnd h advantageous to make known thoir business in its advertising columns.

 There s not town. village, military pest farming or maas settlement n ths Territory la which the paper does not cuss and copies of t are sent to every State and Territory of the Unioui which, coupled with it's age had standing make it very desirable advertising medium
Year: 1874

take whatever they can get and give up the balance of their hard earnings. SwindleG they are, and that by the vulturc company and It's agent, E. Sexton. And the concern owes Sj00Oc0, when, with honest manage ment, it might have met every one of it's ob- ligations, have money ahead and be making more.

 That they will carry the swindle through is our firm belief, and, as they will then sell to another company, who will, in all proba- bility, work the mine, the general feeling here is that it is best to let the swindlers de- part and give place to other men.
Year: 1874

suspENsIoN OF REDEMPTION AT wAsHIsGToE,


OWING TO HITCH.


WASHINGTON, Sept 10.
The National Bank redemption agency has
suspended the redemption of National Bank
notes, on account of the failure of the Banks to
make response to the request for the additional
five per cent. deposit.
Year: 1874

APLEAsAyT HoaE.-ielen Hunt
SAYS: erhe most perfect home | ever
saw was a little house into the sweet
incense of whose fires went no costly
things. A thousand dollars served
as a wears living for father, mother,
and three children. But the mother
WAS a creator of a home; her relations
with her children were the most bean
titul have ever seen even the dull
and commonplace man was lifted up
and enabled to do good work for souls
by the atmosphere which this woman
created every inmate of her house
inv..luntarily looked in her face for
the key note of the day, and and il
always rang clear. From the rose-
bud or clover leaf, which in spite Of
her homework, she always found
time to put by our plates at break
fast. down tn the story she had on
hand to read in the evening. there
was no. intermission of her influence.
She had always been and always will
be nv ideal Of a mother, wife and q
house maker. If to her quick brain.
loving heart and exquisite face had
been added the appliances Of wealth
and the enlargement of wider culture
here would have been absolutely the
ideal home, Az it was, IL vss the
best l have ever seen.
Year: 1874

THE NUMBER OF TYPE IN A NEWS.
PAPER The Poughkeepsie Eagle, in
an article on "how mistakes will hap
pen in newspaper" figures up the
type used in newspaper of the size
Of the EayIc at GOO,oO0, that is, the
actual number of bits of metal ar
ranged and re arranged every day in
preparing a newspaper of that size
tor the press. We suppose few peo-
pie think of the printing trade as one
of the most eyac. and PAL ticular Of all
the handicrafts, but it is. In making
type, variations that might be allowed
in the finest machinery would render
the types useless. 1t is very rarely
that types furnished by two separate
foundriss can be used together with
out a great deal Of trouble though
they try to make it after the same
standard. We read once in awhile ol
a wonderful piece Of cabinet work
containing ten, twenty, or nity tbOus'
and pieces, the maker Of which, has
spent months or even years of labor
in producing 1t. and people 60 to see
it as a curiosity; but the most elabo
rate and carefully fitted piece of work
of this kind ever made does not com
pare with that which the printer doer
every day, for minuteness of detail
and accuracy Of fitting. The man
who does the lirst.is looked upon n
an artist-a marvel of skill-and If q
hundred of his pieces are put in wrong
side up, or turned the wrong way, i
| is not observed in the general effect


but il a printer in getting ten times
as many pieces together in single
day, puts one where another should
be, or turns one the wrong way, cv
erybody sees it, and is amazed a


"the stupid carelessness Of those prin
ters."