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Year: 1879

Or the old Morey distriet-usmed
after the present Superintendent of the
Blue Jacket-in Nye county, the Eureka
Leader says new company has been
organized to work the principal mine.
the Morey. A great many of the stock
holders Of the old company are largely
interested in the new, but great amount
Of fresh capital has been added to the
working fund. The company is said to
be very strong one, and il will imme-
diately commence work on nm extensive
scale. The main shaft at the mine will
be carried down to n sufficient depth,
powerful hoisting machinery will be put
in position. and the whole energy OF
the corporation will be devoted to the
rapid and systematic exploration of the
property. Professor Alex. Trippel has
been offered the position Of Superin-
tendent, and We hope, for the interest
OF the company, that no will accept the
place.
Year: 1879

The habit of snoring is peculiar to no
class, but that the snOrer is common
pest no one will deny. A contributor
to the Popular Science Monthly tells us
the cause of snoring, and how it may
be cured. First, as to the cause. The
air reaches the lungs through two
channels, the nose and the mouth.
The two currents meet in the throat
below the soft of the palate, the end of
which hangs loose, and swings back
ward and forward, producing the snor-
ing. If the air reaches the lungs, as it
should, through the nose, no noise will
be made. If it reaches the same
through the mouth, the palate will
make more noise, since it is not the
natural channel. But when it rushes
in through both these channels, then it
is that the sound sleeper banislles rest
from the pillows of his companions by
his hideous noises.


The remedy for snoring is to keep
the mouth closed and for this purpose
DIR. Wyeth, the writer of the article re-
ferred to, has invented an article so
cheap that any one can make it, and no
snorer should be without it. 1t con-
oiSpS VI ss SlhSlo cap uulinS lne mead
snug ly, and piece of soft material fit
ing the chin. These are connected by
elastic webbing, which is connected
with the head-cap near the ears. This
contrivance prevents the jaw from
dropping down, and thereby renders
snoring impossible, The great trouble
will be to get people to adopt this in
vention, since the most honest and up-
right of men and women will rarely. il
ever, confess that they snore, and will
be very indignant, if accused of it. AS
IA further inducement to the indroduc-
tion of this contrivance of DR.. Wyeth
1t may be added that breathing through
the mouth is very detrimental to the
health, and that many diseases of the
throat and lungs are contracted or ag-
gravated thereby.
Year: 1879

From what occurred the other day in
Boston, according to the Daily Adrer-
tiSer, it is wise for residents of new
houses that they should keep close
watch of the freplaces during their
first trial. The fire in Roberts mansion
on Beacon Hill, which was about three
years in building, and had the immedi


ate supervision of an architect, is an
item of grave astOnishment not only to
the underwriters, but to the owner.
Two days previously a fire was started
time, and not burniug freely was
dumped upon the hearth. From that
moment there was smell of smoke in
the apartment, when, as above noted,
it was discovered that the hearthstone
rested upon beam which ran directly
across the fireplace. About three feet
of this beam was burned off. Three
other Easton fires are noted within a
fortnight. A South End resident had
an attractive sOapstOne fireplace, and,
purchasing il pair of andirons, started
an OldfashiOned wood fire, to find that
his fireplace was only ventilation,
and his blaze burning in behind the
plastering up through his house. An
other case similar was the Marlbo-
rough street fire in October, where a
single course of brick for a hearth rest


ing upon the beams was no protection


and marble slab for hearth lying


upon the under floor being OveIheate0


set the t1oOI atire. re.-ScieRffc American
Year: 1879

matte or colorless lens. But an humble
experimenter, combining two kinds of
glass, made an achromatic lens, and
the difficulty was removed. More re-
Gently, the most eminent scientific
men have said there is no life at the
bottom of the ocean, for life is impossi-
BILE under such a pressure, and in the
absence of light. But the dredging
machines of the Challenger found living
things on all ocean beds, and that, too
at the depth of thousand fathoms.
Scientists are entitled to little credit
when they undertake to say what can
not be, and their frequent blunders
should make them cautious. Youths
Companion.
Year: 1879

We have laid our friends in the
grave, but they are around us. The
little children who sat upon our knee.
into whose eyes we look with love,
whose little hands have clasped our
necks, on whose cheek we have i'm
printed the kiSS-we can almost feel
the throbbing of their hearts to-day.
1t seems to me that sometimes, when
our heads are on the pillow, there come
whispers of joy from the spirit land,
which have dropped into our hearts
thoughts of the sublime and beautiful
and glorious, as if some angels wing
passed over our brow, and some dear
one sat by our pillow and communed
with our heart to raise our affections
towards the other and better world
Bishop Simpson.
Year: 1879

/ have some withered flowers
That are softly laid away,
Not because they were so beautiful
And fragrant in their day;
But little fingers clasped them,
And little lips caressed,
And little hands so tenderly
Placed them on mammals" breast.
The paper that enfolds them
Was white in other years;
But it's yellow now and crumpled
And stained with many tears.
Yet though they look so worthless.
This paper aud the flowers,
They clasp and hold, like links of gold,
Memories of jewel hours.
1 have some little ringlets,
That are softly laid away,
Their lustre and their beauty
Are like the suns glad ray;
But It's not for this prize them
1t is that they restore
The tender grace of loving face
That gladdens earth no more.
As shipwrecked men, at midnight,
Have oft been known to cling
With a silent prayer, in wild despair,
To some frail floating thing
So L, in darkened moment,
Clasp, with voiceess prayer,
Whilst wandering wide on Griets deep side,
These locks OF golden hair.
have some broken playthings
That are softly laid away,
With some dainty little garments
Made in a long past day.
To each there is history;


But this may not tell
Lest the old. old food of sorrow


Again should rise and swell
Now that the skies have frightened,
And the fearful storm is DER
Let me sit in tender calmness,


On memOry's silent shore,
And count the simple treasures


That still remain to show
Where Hopes fair freight, by saddest fate,
Was shipwrecked long ago.
1 have another treasure,


That is softly laid away,
And though 1 have not seen it


This many weary day,
From every thing around me


Comes token and a sign
That it's fOndly watched and guarded


And that it still is mine.
When the flowers lie dead in winter,


In their winding sheets of snow,
We know they'll rise to charm our eyes


Again in summers glow.
Thus l, in this chill season,


When frost and darkness reign,
Wait the blest Spring, whose warmth shall bri


Life to my flower again.
Year: 1879

y Capt. Paul Boynton, the famous
swimmer who crossed the English
Channel, and who has just returned
from Europe, has mum Der OF queer ex-
periences to relate. AT one time, while
floating down the Danube and enjoying
nap, he was awakened by the dashing
sound of large mill wheel, under
which the rapid current was carrying
him. He could not escape, and turning
himself upon his face he was carried
under the wheel, the paddles cutting
severe cash in his head. He was final
ly taken from the water 10y some per-
sons, and tainted from exhaustion and
loss of blood. In crossing the Straits of
Messina he had a desperate fight with
shark, and though he drove the fish off,
one of his ribs was broken by blow
from its tail. While floating down the
Lomme he received charge of shot in
his upturned feet from hunter who, in
the twilight, mistoOk these members
for a duck.
Year: 1879

Don't prowl in the loafing resorts till
midnight, wasting your time in culpable
idleness, leaving your wife lonely at
home to brood over your neglect and
her disappointment.


Don't think that board and clothes
are sufficient for all wife does for you.


Don't caress your wife in public and
snarl and gIOwl at her in private.


Don't wonder that your wife is not
as cheerful as she used to be, when she
labOrs from early morn till late at night
to pander to the comfort and caprice of
a selfish man, who has not soul enough
to appreciate her.
Year: 1879

The Magnitude Excellence and Cheapnes of New Stock for this
Spring astonishes everybody.


people that the travel to and from the city saved twice
the prices lower and much further
at the GRAND DEPOT


kinds of goods under roof time saved and people
what take hemtwo There Lunch
in the building and Special Room where people bringing lunch
with them have privacy


Our friends country invited make themselves
Year: 1879

Perhaps some Of our readers are
not familiar with the following puz.
eel; A young man asked an old man
for his daughter in marriage. The
answer was, "Go in to the orchard
and bring in parcel of apples. Give
me one-halfof the whole number, and
the mother one.half Of the balance
and the daughter one-half Of the re.
mainder and half an apple over, and
have one left for yourself, without
cutting the apple and then, if she is
willing you can have her." He solv-
ed the question and how many did
he bring2 Fourteen, as you can cas-
lily prove. The old woman was to
to have one-halfof the balance, which
would be three and half, and half
an apple over, which would make
four for her. There would be three
apples left, of which the daughter
was to have one.half and half an ap.
pie over, which would give her two,
and leave the lover his one, without
cutting the apple"
Year: 1879

Christ's lowly, quiet workers un-
consciously bless the world. They
come out every morning from the
presence of God and go to their bust
ness or their household work. And
all day long as they toll they drop
gentle words from their lips and scat
terlittle seeds Of kindness about them;
and tomorrow flowers from the gar
den Of God spring up in the dusty
streets of earth and along the hard
paths of toll on which their feet
tread. More than once in the Scrip.
ture the lives of Gods people in this
world are compared in their influence
to the dew. There may be other
points of analogy, but specially note
worthy is the quiet manner in
which dew performs its ministry
1t falls silently and imperceptibly.-
1t makes no noise. No one hears it
dropping. 1t chooses the darkness
Of the night, when men are sleeping,
and no man can witness its beauti-
full work. 1t covers the leaves with
clusters Of pearls. 1t steals into the
bosom of the flowers and leaves new
cupful Of sweetness there. 1t pours
itself down among the roots of the
grasses and tender herbs and plants.
And in the morning there is fresh
beauty everywhere. The fields look
greener, the gardens are more fra.
grant, all life glows and sparkles
with new splendor. And is there
no lesson here as to the manner in
which we should seek to do good in
this world2 Should we not strive tc
have our influence felt rather than
to be seen or heard? Should we not
scatter blessings SO silently and SC
secretly that no one shallknow what
hand dropped them2 The whole
spirit of the gospel teaches this
"When thou doest thy aims, let moi
thy left hand know what thy right
hand doeth, that thy aims may be il
secret" We are not to seek praise
of men. We are not to do good deed.
to receive rewards from men. We
are not to sound trumpets or an
nounce our good deeds from the house
top.-Dr. Bushnell.
Year: 1879

We must remain as yet some little


in doubt as to the methods employed


by the old artists to perfect these
miracles of taste. We have, how.
ever, the absolute certainty that


these ancient masters were familiar
with the diamond, and that their
best work was made by using this
the hardest Of all substances, as a
tool. A splintered fragment of the
diamond served as a scraping tool,
and they were well acquainted with
the drill. Prehistoric man worked a
drill at the very commencement Of
his existence. A Phenician gem-a
lion attacking q bull-shows how the
drill was used. A number of circu.
lar depressions are found in the gem,
which mark the extremities of the
figures. This vas done not only for
the sake of effect, but 10 show the ar
tist the limit Of his work as to depth.
After the holes were sunk the artist
united the various portions of his
work by scratching. Now, the use
Of the diamond point or splinter,
fixed in an iron socket, allowed a
certain flexibility Of handling, which
our modern processes of gem cngrav.
ing do not permit. To-day the work
Year: 1879

The abolition of the duty ON quinine will
probably make the market price from
twenty-five to thirty per cent less than it
has been, which will be great boon to the
people. This medicine is almost one of
the necessities of life. It is as much me-
cessity as coffee. Some remedies are named
by the people generally and thought Of by
them only in connection with the diseases
for which they are most used. BY this or
dinary association of ideas quinine and
fever and ague go together +; and, indeed,
as our whole country is more or less mala-
rious the widespread use Of the medicine
due to malarious maladies alone makes it q
household article. But it would be great
mistake to suppose that the control OF ma
lar.al disorders is the only burden put
upon this faithful servant. It is medi-
cine now more extensively used than any
one other by physicians Of all schools
allopaths, homeopathic or any other. All
paths lead to quinine, and there are dis
trlcts of the United States where they could
better do without salt than without this
medicine.
Year: 1879

"Before dying the engineer confessed
that the water was low, and that when he
started to back up the pump was set.in mo-
ton. The explosion followed almost i'm
modiately." From these points in the re-
port OF recent explosion in Minnesota it
is inferred that that particular explosion
resulted from the pumping of cold water
into the hot boiler. There are so many ex-
plosions in which the boiler is without
fault, and in which the engineers skill and
caution are beyond q1estion-in which
nobody and nothing are to blame--that
it must certainly strike the public
as startling and refreshing variation on
the ordinary course of events thus to come
upon d case in which abundant cause for
explosion is explicitly declared to have ex-
listed by the engineer, who knew all about
it. 1t is unfortunate tor the fraternity of
engineers that man so honest should be
lost to their craft. Perhaps the esprit de corps
in that occupation may hold that it is an
engineers first duty not to blow up his en-
gine, and that to tell the truth about the
accident is subsidiary, and that the possess
sion of minor virtue does not compensate
for the absence of primary one. 1t may
be so, and yet we are inclined to regret the
death of the only engineer who ever knew
why his boiler bursted
Year: 1879

The Mayor has wisely, we think, deter
mined not to approve the resolution Of the
Common Council repeating the ordinance
forbidding the use of fireworks in the
streets Of the city on the Fourth of July.
1t may seem to some hardship not to be
allowed to find vent for their superabund-
ant patriotism on the Fourth in fire crack
ers and fizgigs; but, then, the glorious an
niversary has generally brought in its train
a deplorable list OF accidents and losses by
fire, and we may well afford to yield our
national passion for noise and burnt
powder in consideration of the public
safety. We can be good Americans enough
without allowing our children to blow off
their fingers, frighten horses, set fire to
ladies' dresses and burn down houses. The
determination of the Mayor not to allow
the repeal of the ordinance will meet with
general approval.
Year: 1879

The making of whiskey in Georgia seems
as prolific of violence and murder rs the
drinking Of whiskey in New York. The
atrocious killing of two brothers in that
State on the suspicion that they had given
information to the revenue officers in rela-
ton to the illicit distillers in Pickens
county, which is said to be "a mountain
nest" Of such people, shows how bitter is
the conflict between the distillers and the
government. The brothers Poole were
known to be cousins of the deputy marshal
of the district, who has been active in his
raids against illicit distilleries, and this led
to the belief that they had given iniorma-
tion to their relative regarding the persons
engaged in the business. So on Saturday
night last a mob of ruffians surrounded
the house in which the Pooles lived !;
and although the two brothers evinced
good courage and made gallant defence
they were overpowered by numbers and
shot down in the presence of their families.
The report of the cowardly assassination
published yesterday gave only the outlines
of the crime, but as the two brothers used
their weapons freely before they were over
come it is to be hoped that some of their
murderers were welcomed to hospitable
graves.


these crimes are getting to be common
in the mountainous portions of the States
in which the business of illicit distilling is
carried on, and they ought TO be punished
and resolutely put down. The laws should
be enforced at any cost. and it is to be
hoped that the cold blooded murder OF
these Georgians will be properly avenged.
Some OF the assassins are identified and
should be made to pay the penalty of their
crime on the gallows
Year: 1879

canal is comparatively slight. European
trade with Asin will never take this route,


because the voyage is SO much shorter
through the Suez Canal. The only interest
which European commerce has In the Da-
rien Canal is limited to it's trade with the
Pacific coast of America, trade which.
small ut present, will decrease with the
progress of events. Our enterprising man
uiacturers will sooner or later supply the
South American States on the Pacific,
and the goods will be carried in
our own vessels. The result will be that
not m erely four-ffths but fully nine-tenths
of the commerce which passes through the
Darien Canal will carry the flag OF the
United States. it is perfectly absurd to
suppose that our people will ever permit
the nations of Europe to have any share in
the control of n route whose chief business
will be furnished by the coasting trade of
the United States between it's ports on the
Pacific and it's ports on the Gulf and the
Atlantic. 1t is certain that our govern
ment will not only enter into no SEN
tangliug alliances" with European Powers
for the protection and regulation of the
proposed canal, but that it will
neither recognize nor respect nor
tolerate any European interference in the
matter. When the proper time comes it
will make its attitude SO plain that no pru-
dent capitalist will think of investing his
money on the faith of European guaran-
tee. Only the United States can give an
effectual guarantee, and we are strong
enough to enforce and maintain it without
European aid, and in defiance of European
opposition. We shell never admit Eu-
rope to any share in the control of route
of commerce in which we have so para
mount an interest.
Year: 1879

lection and prosperity go together. is to be
derived all the reason he is disposed to
give for his present economical views
Free trade ideals have not been realized
and he does not care to go into argument
over them. He wants what will give Ger
many practically industrial and CONNER
cial greatness, not what ought to give her
these on the assumption of the correctness
OF certain theories. Only the milliards
saved Germany financially, and the mill
iards are gone. Now he must have saltpetre
and protection. An outline of the new law
is given in another column.
Year: 1879

Commissioner MacLean evidently realizes
the fact that greater vigilance and activity
are demanded at the hands of the Commits
sioners of the New York Police Department,
who are paid literally for the services they
are supposed to render to the city. Justice
Flammer having recently addressed a note to
some of the police captains informing them
that the arrest of respectable housekeepers
and their detention in station house all
night on charge OF sweeping a few hand
fuls of dirt from their doorsteps into the
gutter is illegal, and, at all events, unnec-
essary, Commissioner MacLean rushes into
print in a resolution instructing the Police
Superintendent to issue an order justifying
and approving such arrests. This energy
on the part OF the Police Commissioners ut
the head of the Street Cleaning Bureau
proves that he is determined to do some
thing at last to justify his appointment to
that important position in place Of the dis
placed Commissioner Nichols. He has not
swept any more streets than his predecessor
swept or removed any greater quantity OF
ashes and garbage than the old management



better now than they were a year
ago, the carts that collect the refuse
are even less careful and reliable than
formerly, and there is quite as much dan
ger of pestilence from rotting garbage now
as there ever was. just as much money is
spent as was expended under the old
regime, and just as, little honest work is
r..
who was for long time the legal adviser
of the Police Board before he was made
Commissioner, has discovered that it is a
statutory misdemeanor" for any person
to ''throw, cast or lay any ashes,
offal, vegetables, garbage, dross, Gin
OF rubbish of any kind whatever in
any gutter. street, lane, alley or public
place in the city of New York" and SO he
energetically instructs the police to arrest
and lock up over night, if necessary, any
respectable old lady housekeeper who may
sweep the dirt from her front stoop into
the road in violation of this law.


We congratulate Mr.. MacLean on his
new-found official energy. Now that he
has launched his thunderbolt against
cleanly and Industrious old ladies, will he
pay attention. as head Of the Street Clean
ing Bureau, to the job carts which pretend
to carry off the ashes and garbage at long
intervals, but take care to spill good
percentage on roads which Mr. MacLean is
paid to keep clean. but does not keep
clean, and which the residents pay pri-
vate contractor for cleaning? Will he do
something to remove the foul garbage and
filth which he allows to accumulate in the
back streets of the city? Will he awake to
the understanding that there are other
offenders against the statutes besides re-
spectacle females whose crime is cleanli-
ness, and that they escape unpunished?
Commissioner MacLeans sudden vigilance
lis commendable, but then it will not be Of
great service to the city if it is to be con-
fined to the rigid punishment of old ie-
males who venture to sweep the dirt from
their front doorsteps into the road.
Year: 1879

That large portion Of the public which
knows that dirt and decency are incom-
patible will be glad to learn that location
at the Battery has been decided upon for o
free bath, and that the house already built can
be moored at once. There is no other por-
ton of the city where bathing facilities are
more needed, for the downtown wards are
not only thickly populated by people who
cannot afford to pay for the privilege of
bathing. but thousands of men and boys
who are employed in the stores, warehouses
and factories below the City Hall are
equally poor, yet as deserving of such op-
portunities as any one. Mr.. Wenman.
president of the Park Commission, explains
satisfactorily the apparent refusal of the
Commission to grant the location originally
asked, it having already been leased and
paid for, and he more than hints at stupid
carelessness on the part of the Department
OF Public Works, which demanded the site
without having consulted the proper de-
partment on tho subject. Now let the
bath be placed in position ut once--thou-
sands of people are in urgent need of it.
Year: 1879

ANOTHER Poor FELLOW. who had no money
employment or friends, has committed suicide.
How many other men are there who are
similarly situated, with no one in so large city
to help them' Go West, young man, and stay
West where everybody knows everybody and
men do not starve.