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Year: 1878

SUPERINTENDENT OF TIE OLD RESERVOIR
The Committee on Water made no selection
Of superintendent Of Marshall reservoir at
their meeting Wednesday. The subject was
postponed until Friday.
Year: 1878

The photographs which Mr.. Draper sue
ceeded in obtaining of the corona's spec
trum are much admired, so continuous q
spectrum Of the corona having never be-
fore been obtained to any degree OF satis-
faction. The photographs of the corona
without the spectroscope are full OF detail
and show the structure OF the corona to be
OF a tlamentous and somewhat twisted cha
racter. The corona in them extends out
moro than five hundred thousand miles
from the SUN.
Year: 1878

In order to dispose OF our stock In as short time
as possible we have made


GREAT REDUCTIONS IN PRICES;
and rs an extra induccment we take
TEN CENTS OFF ON EVERY DOLLARS WORTH


you PURCHASE,
Year: 1878

Of the distinguished gentleman from
Tennessee. The attention of the gam
oler Was drawn to the incident, and in.
stantly his pistol fell from bis hand a.
II from stroke of palsy and he stagger-
ed backwards in . helpless condition.
On recovering his nerve, the gambler
restored the money to his victim and
FASTENED to the assistance of the lady.
A mutual recognition appeared to take
place between the gambler and the
party, and the meeting was evidently !.
sad one. The remaining passengers in
the car perceived sufficient to under
stand that an erring son had unexpect-
ediy met With his parents. and the car
vas relieved Of further swindling at
tempts the remainder of the passage.
Year: 1878

Always keep an enemy in hand-a
brisk, hearty, active enemy.


Remark the uses of an enemy:


l. The having one is proof that you
are somebody. Wishy-washy, empty,
worthless people never have enemies.
Men wEO never move never Iun against
anything; and when a man is thoroughly
dead and utterly buried, nothing ever
runs against him. To be run against Is
proof OF existence and position; 10 run
against something is proof of motion.


2. An enemy is, to say the least, not
partial to you. He will not fatter. He
will not exaggeTate your virtues. 1t is
very probable that he will slightly mag
Nifty your faults. The benefit of that is
twOfOld-it permits you to know that
you have faults, and are, therefore, not
monster, and it makes them of such size
as to be visible aud manageable. OF
course, if you have a fault you desire to
know it; when you become aware that
YOU have fault you desire to correct 1t.
Your enemy does for you this valuable
work which your friend cannot per :orm.


3. In addition, your enemy keeps
you wide awake. He does not let you
sleep at your post. There are two that
always keep watch, namely, the lover
and the hater. Your lover watches
chat you may sleep. He keeps off
noises, excludes light, adjusts sur
rOuHdings, that nothing may disturb
you. Your hater watches that you may
not sleep. He s,irs you up when you
are mapping. He keeps your faculties
on the alert. Even when he does moth
ing he will have put you in such state
of mind that you cannot tell what he
az nj
must be worth something.


4. He Is q detective among your
friends. You need to know who your
friends are, and who are not, and who
are your enemies The last of these
three will discriminate the other two.
When your enemy goes to one who Is
neither friend ner enemy, and assails
you, the Indifferent one will have moth
ing TO say or chime in, not because he is
your enemy, but because it is so much
easier to assert than to oppose, and
especially than to refute. But your
frieTds will take up cudgels for you on
the instant. He will deny everything
and insist on proof, and proving is very
hard work. There is scarcely a truth
full man in the world that could afford to
undertake to prove One-tenth OF all his
truthful assertions. Your friend will
call your enemy to the proof, and If the
Indifferent person, through carelessuess,
repeats the assertions of your enemy, he
is soon made to feel the inconvenience
thereof by the zeal your friend manifrsts.
Follow your enemy around and YOU will
find your friends, for he will have de-
velOped them so that they cannot be
mistaken.


The next best thing to having hun
dred real friends is to have one open
enemy. But let us pray to be delivered
from secret IOes Rev. DR.. Deems.
Year: 1878

Prayer is not Il consultation with the
highest wisdom which this world can
supply. II is not intercourse with al
angel or a spirit made perfect. But 1t
is an approach to the living God. 1t is
access to the high and Holy One who
inhabiteth eternity. 1t Is detailing IN
the ear Of Divine sympathy every sOT~
row. It is consulting with Divine wis
dom on every difficulty. 1t is asking
frOuADiviue resources the supply Of
every want. And this not once N a
lifetime, or for few moments on a
stated day of each year, but at any
moment, at every time Of need. What
ever be the Time of your calamity, it Is a
time when prayer Is available. How
ever early in the morning you seek the
gate of access, you find it already open :
and, however deep the midnight moment
when you find yourself in the sudden
arms of death the winged prayer can
bring an instant Savior near. And this
wherever you are. Ii needs not that
you should ascend some special Pisgah
or Moriah. It needs not that you should
enter some awful shrine, or put off your
shoes on some holy ground. Could 2
mementO be reared on every spot from
which an acceptable prayer has passed
away, and on which prompt answer has
come down, we should find JebOUdh-iSbqul-
mai" the Lord hath been here in
scribed on many a cottage hearth and
many a dungeon floor. We should tiud
II not only IN JerusaIem's proud temple
and David's cedar galleries, but IN the
tisherman's cottage by the brink of Gen.
nesaIet and in the upper chamber where
pentecOst, began Hamilton.
Year: 1878

They know exactly what they are
eating, and no longer shut their eyes
and swallow whatever is given
them, without knowing very often
whether it is fish, flesh or fowl. When
an American gets under his own roof he
is always happy in Paris, ard the ladies
especially become attached to it. In
short. he maintained that an income of
50, 600 per annum would enable 8 man
here to keep his family in as good 3 Po-
sition in polite society as could be done
at a cost of $4,000 in New York; that
there were certain expenses necessary TO
position that were not required here.
and that fine showing can be msde off
of limited purse.
Year: 1878

To understand the philosophy Of rain,
a few facts from observation must be re-
membered. Were the atmosphere at al
times Of Uniform temperature we should
never have any rain, or hail, or snow.
The water absorbed by it in evaporation
from the sea and earth would descend in
imperceptibIe vapor, or cease to be
absorbed. The absorbing power OF the
atmosphere, and consequently its capaci-
" to retain humidity, Is prcPOrtionately
greater in warm than in cold air. The
air near the surface of the earth Is
warmer than in the region OF the clouds.
The higher we ascend from the earth the
colder we find the atmosphere. Hence
the perpetual snow on very high mount
aims in the hottest climate. Now, when
from continued evaporation, the air Is
highly saturated with vapOr, though it
be invisible and the sky cloudless, its
temperature Is suddenly reduced by cur
rents descending from above or rushing
from a higher 20 a lower latitude, its
capacity TO retain moisture is diminished,
clouds are formed and the result rain.
Air condenses when it cOols, and, ike a
sponge filled with water and compressed
uours out the water which it cannot hold.
How singular, yet how simple the
philosophy OF rain.
Year: 1878

A MOST EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN giving
the name of Mrs. Lucas, turns up in Cfncin-
natl IL has been her wont TO entice men to-
her room in hotel compel them 10 disrobe
out Of the window, and then make them paw
handsomely in consideration of her reclaim.
ing their dry goods. She had a boy regularly
engaged to return the clothing. On the 26tir
instant she thus eXtOrted from an old man.
named W. B. Dennis, check for $1,000 and
his watch and chain. She also compelled him
10 sign a statement to the effect thathe had at
tempted to commit an assault on her. Subse-
quent Developments disclose the fact that she
had successfully practiced this game on four
or five other parties
Year: 1878

The CRUELTY of which a Wisconsin wife
complains, in her suit for divorce, is that her
husband tied her securely and shaved her head
The defence is that she beached her black
hair to lemon color by the use of acid and
that he, deeming such thing highly scan
dalouS, took the only means of undOing what
She had done. He says that he bought wig
for her, initiating her natural hair, so that her
bare head might be concealed while nature
was remedying the designation
Year: 1878

REPRESENTATIVE BLACKBURN is i'll at his
rooms with slight stroke of paralysis. He
had expected to leave tonight for New Orleans
as member of the subcommittee to visit
Louisiana, but it is doubtful whether he will
be bic to do So
Year: 1878

SOME vie perrons who are pottering
ah2ui more taxes seem to labor under the
impression that by tapping cask In a new
place new scourcs Of revenueis discovered
Men with more knowledge or more con,
sc:euce know that upon whatever property,
real or personal, the burden Of government
is laid, in The adjustment which is effected
by tie people themselves no man escapes
his shsre. The great art of taxation n to
gather it cheaply. A complicated system
increases the burden without securing any
more perfect distribution.
Year: 1878

Gen. Wilcox. who is and has been doing everything in his power to help Arizona has wisely ordered the Acting Engineer Officer of the Department to make thor ough examination of the Mogollon range of mountains, with the view of finding a better and shorter route across the same, which will enable the military and others an easier access to and from Prescott, the Capital of the Territory, and Fort Whlpple, the Headquarters of tine Department. IL Is quite evident that a shorter and much bet ter route can be found than the one now Tn use. Gen. Crook, several years since, made a reconnaissance of the country between Ar holds ranch, on Beaver Creek, and Turkey mountain, south of Stonemans Lake, ana informed us that an easy grade could be ob:ined, and much smoother country over which to build good wagon road than the old route by Beaverhead. Gen. Wilcox is of the same opinion, and as there is not much to keep hls troops employed with, we presume he proproses to open up one of the most important thoroughfares in the Territory. The Megollon mountains form grand lock between lbe East and and one of the richest mineral districts In the United States, and should the General succeed in furnishing key that will unlock the doors now so securely fastened, he will have accomplished that which is ot untold benefit to people all the the way from the Colorado of the West to the muddy waters of the Missouri, and make for himself a name and secure q lasting remembrance Tn the bosoms of an enterprising and appre- ciatiug people.
Year: 1878

General c. B. Wilcox has now been ID command of the Department long enough for all to have formed an opinion of his ad- ministrative ability. It is true that the Territory has not had any serious outbreaks from restless Indians, necessitating any great amount of acton on the part of the General, still this quiet state of affairs can very appropriately be attributed to the policy adopted by the Department Commander since his ad yent into the Territory. Had It not been for the Generals decision to sup ply the San Carlos agency with rations from the commissary department, at time when that agency was entirely without the means of subsisting its Indians, general outbreak of the wards of the Nation must, as a nc cc.sity, have followed. The General has visited the various posts in his department distributed his troops where they would do the most good for the protection of the peo' p,e. and as a whole his administration of af- fairs has been marked with good judgment embracing decision, fairness and bringing prosperity to the Territory, comfort to the Indians and ease to the officers and soldiers of hls command.
Year: 1878

Two years ago this date we took charge of the MINER, and have continued to run it Daily and Weekly since that time, and with what success, we leave it to the outside world to judge. It has been our aim to work for all sectlons of the Territory, but more especially for the Northern portion, where we came to live in 1894, and expect to remain until our allotted time on earth shall have ended. Our subscription list has increased steadily; of job work we nave had plenty; advertising patronage, our share, and we are contented with the situa- tion. We have had our mean opponents to stand of, which we have succeeded admi- rably in accomplishing, and neither do we want to sell or incorporate our business. To those who have patronized us we feel grateful, and to those who have maiigned and tried to rob Us, we will ever be a sum- bling block in their path. We never let up, and in the future as in the past, we shall try and make the MINER, now in its fifteenth year, the same reliable, newsy and foremost journal in the Territory, and always stand ready tc advance the interest of the same, aud with this we commence our third year.
Year: 1878

TIE TRUE BUSINESS The Texas Pacific lobby is in Washington in tull force and working like beavers to cut path into the Nauonal Treasury. Meantime, the South ern Pacific people are quletly building their road eastward across Arizona at the rate of mile day. This incident alone is the strongest obstruction in the way of the TeXas-Pacific cOrmorants, and we have aD idea that it will prove so Insurmountable that the Treasury will never be reached hY the Tom Scoot railroad builders. The best wal to build raiload, as me South Pacific people have before shown us, is to build it.-StoCk Report.
Year: 1878

The San Francisco Call is to be lighted by the electric light. IL is only matter ot time when tallow candles kerosene and gas will b. things of the past, and electric lights will be universally used. It would not astonish us to see even darkness laid side by side with the tallow candle of to- day, and electric lights so common tha. night, the shield of many evil deeds, he for gotten
Year: 1878

Gin will gin several bales more daily.


Saw will saw several thousand feet more
daily.


A Corn Mill will grind onethird more daily.
Rubber Belt at the end Of the year will be
1-t6 Of an inch thicker than when new. ..a


Leather Belt at tho end Of the year will be
better than new.
It ID the best leather preseryator and harness
oil known.


Send for circular giving full description and
certificates.


po,s " I. L. LYONS.
Year: 1878

ings upon the same lot was not feasible and
therefore they had advocated the taking down
of the old building,and the erection of one
good building on the lot, thus furnishing need
ed accommodations and removing all cause of
complaint in the Braekett street dis trict. He
congratulated the council that their opposition
TO the committees report had been successful
to such an extent as to cause the upper board
to pass the order providing for new building
upon new lot He wo uld vote for any oroer
looking to better school accommodations in
Wards and Z, and regarded the proposed lot
good one, but believed with Councilman An
drews that the matter of location and purchase
of lot should not be acted upon hastily without
would therefore prefer that it be referred to a
joint special committee for report at the next
regular meeting.


A motion to 80 refer it was lost and the order
passed in concurrence by vote of 16 to 8.


VARIOUS MATTERS.


A petition from j. Comedian for cross walk
at the corner of Washington and Congress
streets was referred.


G. G. Chase and Patrick Conway were Ii.
censed as victualers, and A. s. Allen as inn
holder.


A petition for a fire alarm bell on Williston
Chapel was referred.


The following order passed:


That Cyrus NOVEL; be employed in behalf of
the city to attend the sale of such parcels of
real estate as are to be sold by the treasurer of
the city on the 29th instant for the payment of
taxes of resident owners for the year 1875, as
per advertisement, and the said NOVEL; is au-
thorized to bid for such parcels in which the
city is interested, and which he deems it ad Wis.
able to bid on, a sum not exceeding sum sufi-
Year: 1878

A TOUGH SALMON other day a certain
railroad conductor, who runs out of this city
and who has lots of friends all over the coun-
try, received fine salmon from a friend in ST..
John. When the noble fish arrived in this
city the conductor was absent, but it was pre-
served for him. In the meantime some one
who cared more for joke than salmon pro.
cured piece of telegraph wire and ran it into
the salmon, as he said to strengthen the back
bone. When the conductor arrived be pro-
ceeded to cut up the salmon and share it with
his friends. He found great difficulty in fed
ing the joints In the back bone, and it was not
until he had spoiled several knives, borrowed
from neighboring eating house, that he dis
covered the joke. He Acknowledges the corn
like a little man.
Year: 1878

the realm. The Church had never accepted 1t.
Where the State and Church are united, both
must equally consent 10 such institution
as that court. in order TO make Its
powers real did not obey the various summonses OF
Lord Penzanee aud Imprisoned. After month the
prosecution moved my release. Then took my wrong
to the Queens Bench, which is court to which any
Englshmau may appeal for justice. carried my point
This court decided effect that the lower to which
had been summoned was not authorized to try me-
That great victory for my party as well as myself


could then have resumed my duties IN the parish but
the parish was to be considered. The members had
fered much had gained a victory over all my enc
mics and could afford 10 stop Mrits from the Quees
Bench restricted the Bishop from Interference MY
brother the living aud he established another rec
tor there temporarily at my request shall formally
resign as soon az re- urn My movements Iurtner 'nSn


But let me explain two points," continued Mr. Tooth.
the Church he should decide before God 10 be Just


the Church of England I had many privileges All


these would have waived gladly n he had acted as my
judge. But he wouldn't So fought 1t out and he was
beaten Another point Is this: The man in my parish
who complained that my doctrines did greyousy Vex
life was corrupt aud wicked. His evil deens
torous The good people to whom administered were


In speaking Of the Catholic party in the Church OF
England, Mr.. Tooth said: Its advances during the
past few years have been wonderful The next great
move h must make will be for the disestabshment The
advantages of the unencumbered church IN America are
very great but in England we have all the dsadyan'
tages of q state religion, with none OF the benefits.
We are fettered. The disestabllshment may not
sooner or later it will take place. The opposi-
ton will be very great, so many iamlnes are
taiu place In good position one OF its SONS The
ecclesiastical incident Will be the trial OF the Rev.
ia dSTe saw. hope they will; il win help Us.
wish express particularly the qualification have felt
for much sympathy and interest expressed Tor me IN
America have the highest appreciation for 1t ALL"
Year: 1878

TO cultivate IN MS spirit Of contentment by leading
from the eetng and things OF the earth to
place our trust the Rock of Ages. The Gospel Is
source OF true contentment because It discovers for US


personal interest In God who tells from His throne,


Call upon Me when in trouble and win be your
1rend" no obscurty cOnceas from His notice, and
with our thoughts ON Him our troubles viii be
qushed and we will find, like Paul, that in whatsoever
state we are Herewith TO be cOntented."
Year: 1878

This is the choicest premium
ever given to newspaper sub
scribers-something of real and
practical value. The ladies viii
be delighted with it. If your
neighbor don't take the OBsER-
YER tell him of this offer. They
all want the paper and book.
You get the old OBSERVER and
a capital, practical, useful book
of 160 pages, for the price Of the
former.


Now is your opportunity.
This unprecedented offer will
expire in a few weeks.
Year: 1878

A SUMMER DAY.
Deep down beside the tangled sedge,
The meadow lark sings all the day.
And bursts at times from out the hedge
The mimic chatter Of the Jay;
And here and there wandering note,
A crickets chirp, comes sweet and clear
Where dreamy mists of Summer float
At noon upon the grassy mere.
Afar away below the hill


/ see the noisy mill-whecl go,
The smooth, broad lake above the mill,
The flash of foam that rolls below
And ON the even slopes that rise


So gently toward the mountains brow,
The cattle watch with sleepy eyes,


The lazy ploughboy at the plough.
My soul is sleeping, and its dreams


All sad AID sweet that dreaming thrills
For there are other Wales and streams
And other focks on other hills
The hills whereon | climbed to pull


The golden rods and weeds of May,
When all the world was beautiful


And all my life Summer day.
Year: 1878

A certain gentleman Of La
Grange, Ohio, whose residence
is near his place of business, to
save the time and trouble of 60
ing to the door raised a window
from the outside and requested
his wife to hand him a $40 bill.
While she was gone after it, he
was called away. Meantime, a
passing tramp saw something
inside the window which he
thought it possible to ake,raised
the window, put his hand cauti-
ously in, and must have been
astonlshed to have a bill thrust
into it. Of course he accepted
it and Immediately left. Then
the gentleman returned. Tab
leau.
Year: 1878

A woman's garments were re-
Gently found by some young
men on the bank of a secluded
stream near Dayton, Ohio, neat
ly arranged in pile. The own
er not being visible, the idea of
suicide at once suggested itself,
and this theory was strengthened
by the discovery in a pocket of
the dress of tender and touch
ing love-letter addressed to "My
darling" The clothes were ia
ken and delivered to the police.
The next day a young lady Of
Dayton, accompanied by some
friends, appeared at the police
headquarters and claimed the
garments, explaining that she
was bathing in the stream at a
little distance from the point
where they were discovered,
and that she could not conyen-
iently prevent their removal.
The clothes were returned.