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Year: 1878

Having been the first to present the
name of DIR. T Id to the public as a caudi-
date for Repr sentative in the Legislature
from the 2lst District. it is with peculiar
qualification that we this week announce
his nomination by the District convention,


by unanin Gus vote of the delegates in
full convention. Our chief qualification


does not arise from the fact that we first
brought cut his name, but because he is
acknowledged on all hands TO be eminent
ly worthy of the position, .and will make
an able and efficient Representative, in
whose hands the interests Of the people OF


the district will be entirely SAFE 1t is not
claiming too much to say that in point of
ability, integrity, and moral principle, DIR.
Todd stands "a head and shoulder" taller
than either of the other candidates before
the people of the district, and will, If elect
ed, take rank second to none; and what is
also gratifying to US is the fact that while
proclaimiDg his good qualities which sc
eminentlV fit him to represent the district,
we can add, that he is democrat. true
and tried, who has never faltered OF
ieves that power which is inherent in and
emanstes from the people, should ever be-
used for their benefit and protection. With
such candidates before the public. every
Democrat in the district can we'll feel tha


he has something to work for, which
should stimulate the putting forth of his


best efforts to secure success aud to yindi-


cate the principles which underlie the fun
damental principles of our Government
I-Keg0dRee IldepeBdent.
Year: 1878

Frank MilIer's Harness Oil and Backing
is pronounced By the trade generally to be
the best manufactured. The grade oi
these goods is always standard aud their
reputation unsurpassed anywhere. The
firm is one of the Oldest in the country and
has the largest trade in its line ia the
country. dwtf
Year: 1878

WE suppose that no election ever
held in California excited so little
interest as that OF to-day. There
was languid interest in the ques-
ton of having O Constitutions
election when the proposition was
originally submitted to the people.
It was doubted for long time
whether it had carried. Unless the
voters wake up all at once there
will be an unprecedentedly light
vote all over the State. This lam
guor is shared by our own voters.
Very few men who have important
work to do to-day will drop it 10
60 to the polls. Theoretically this
is all wrong, and the elector should
be ashamed of himself, but the fact
remains that he isn't. Four thous-
and votes in Los Angeles county
on the Constitutional question, not.
withstanding the bad weather for
harvesting, which leaves the
farmers comparatively disengaged,
Is our outside estimate of the re.
suit.
Year: 1878

THE hay crop in Los Angeles
county this year is unusually large,
but the quality is quite inferior.
The rank growth brought about by
the heavy rains at first led to ex-
aggcrated estimates of the value OF
the crop. Had the rainfall stopped
at eighteen inches we should have
been able to chronicle infinitely
better results both in the cereals
and the hay crop than We can now
do. We learn that in San Diego
county, where the rainfall was
much smaller than in Los Angeles,
the hay crop will be unusually
large and of fine quality.
Year: 1878

WE have never disguised it as
our belief that the Democratic
party of California owed 1t TO them
selves to nominate a State ticket
by the usual State Convention o1
the party. From the standpoint Of
expediency to-day's election will
determine whether or no we were
right. From the standpoint of
principle we were right absolutely.
That there is a general disgust
amongst Democrats it is useless to
deny, but we hope they will re.
cover from it sufficiently 10 do their
duty as good citizens.
Year: 1878

The day is not far distant when
the housewife will glance into
the woodshed, and, finding the
husband has gone off without split
ting the daily allowance of fuel,
will take down the phonograph,
howl into it a voiley of epithets
that will register 160 pounds pres
sure to the square inch on the
safety gauge, and then call out to
her boy: "Here John, 20 down
town and grind that out to your
darned lazy old father, and see that
you turn the crank lively, too."
Year: 1878

Tue election to-day will deter
mine just what amount of real
strength there is in the Working
mems movement In San Francis
co. II they have any considerable
following the political situation at
Year: 1878

The republicans elect the Sheriff and
two County Commissioners in this county.
while the greenbacks take only the Sen
ator and Treasurer, and the democrats
get nothing. We have chosen two intel
ligent prudent men for County Commits
sioners. who will do what they can to
make the county tax lighter. as it needs
to be. The Sheriff elect is the Sheriff by
the Governors appointment. aud capa-
BILE and experienced officer. So far as
this county is concerned the republicans
are very well satisfied with the election
Rockland Free Press.
Year: 1878

As rule. the strength OF the greenback
vote in Maine will be found in those sec.
tions most affected by the severe depres-
sion of the lumber business, that is. in
the Penobscot valley and the eastern part
of the State generally, and among the un-
informed In the rural districts, who had
not obtained sufficient light upon the SUBJ
ject to act intelligently.
Year: 1878




Every breath of air from the fever stricken
and panic stricken South, seems sureharged
with death. Business is suspended, and
towns that but yesterday were busy with
varied industries are to- day as solitary tombs,
the marts of business closed, and the silence
of the streets broken only by the rumbling
of the undertaker's rude cart, as the bodies
Of the victims, unattended by mourning
friends, are hurried to their last resting place.
The conduct Of the noble women of the South
during the. scourge has been worthy Of all
commendation, excellng the courage Of the
men. The nurses who have gone from the
North, taking their lives in heir hands, have
displayed q heroism that will shine forth con-
spicuousy even when the most courageous
exploits on bloody battle fields are narrated.


Money not only furnishes the sinews of
war, but rightly applied will send the bright
winged angel Of comfort on its glad and mer-
ciful errand. And 50 the generous-heartcd
Northern people are responding to the cries
Of distress that come to them from their
stricken brethren in the South. The spirit
Of giving, and the luxury Of giving, has pen
etrated nearly every village Of New England.
In this city several of our benevolent citizens
have already responded, and an organized
effort is to be made to procure still larger
sums. Let all have an interest in the good
work, and give promptly and cordially, re-
membering that "the liberal soul shall be
made fat'


Something really pathetic, which cannot
attach to the telegraphic dispatches which
we publish from day to day, hovers about the
exchanges from the yellow fever cities, they
show such signs of dire extremity. The
Memphis Avalanche has, from the beginning,
been reduced to a halfsheet. Even that
limited space is largely taken up by old ad.
vertisements, for the business brings but little
new to occupy the columns, and the working
force is too small to fill them with news mat
ter. The paper says; "With but three
printers we can give but pittance of the
world of lever news" The latest receipt,
Sundays issue, has this chilling, despaillng
record
Year: 1878

Mrs. Tilton has again been interview
ed BY a reporter Of the New York Sun,
and reiterates her confession of guilt.
She says that she went one Sunday to
Plymouth church, heavily yelled. No
one knew her. But two or three persons
knew she was there. MIR. Beecher was
ignorant of her presence. He preached
his powerful sermon on the downfall
of Gilman, the forger, and the burden
of his argument was that confession
was the only balm for a guilty soul


From his lips the advice had a peculia,
force, and the words rang in her ca,
for days afterwards. She felt the grad
ual growth of determination to free
her conscience of the guilt of falsehood


and reaching at length what she des'
cribed as "a state of great spiritual ex'
altation," she felt that not to confess
would be the greatest sin Of her life
Year: 1878

| The general feeling that the loDg-contin-


ued depression in business is over is OF it.
self a hopeful indication. The prevalent
| tone Of the press in commercial centres is
all In this direction. Here and there the


voice of the croaker continues to be heard.


but very generally 1t Is from sources to
which the public does not ususlly look for
light. The first element Of Improvement
after financial revulsions is return of con-
fidence. This, however, Is always based
on substantial reasons. The large num-


Der Of failures. though at their times Of hap
pening. dispiriung, proves in the end
healthful. The wiping ont Of a large mass
of insolvency is like the effort of nature in
fevered physical system when throwing
off impurities which have been long pois-
onlng the blood. When once relieved the
patient Immediately begins TO improve. A
great many lessons have been learned dur
Ing these hard times which will have a
healthful influence In future. The old rule
of the necessity of living within ones
means is one OF the most important Srec-
ulation outside of ones legitimate business
has also been checked and every man
feels inclined now to build up on the old
foundations and to strengthen the things
that remain. The shortening OF credits by
tradesmen and manufacturers is another
result OF tue PURIFYING process. 1t should
also have the effect to limit the evils OF the
modern system of drumming, which has
had very much to do with multiplying in
solvencies and failures. The stimulus to
reproduction has likewise been re-
moved, and the actual demands of the
markets will he more carefully studied than
heretofore. There has also been large
reduction Of expenses in conducting bust
ness, whereby the value of capital invested
has been enhanced. Now capital Is also
accessible at low rates OF Interest where
good credit Is established. But the upward
movement in the way of business prosper
ity will be gradual, and all the more
healthy for that reason. Sudden prosper
ity would create another season OF specu-
lation, and would soon lead to a repetition
OF the panic and al! its evil conseq uences.
The general outlook is now hopeful and
healthiul.-B OSt0n Post.
Year: 1878

Sand bathing is popular at the seaside.
A trench Is dug in the damp sand near the
ocean, and the SUMS rays are allowed to
pour into it until the sand becomes almost
hot The bather then reclines in the trench
and an attendant covers him with sand
until he looks like terrapin. The bsthers
say the baths are not only pleasant, but
beneficial, and that three such baths will
cure rheumatism.
Year: 1878

Now comes another eminent physician,
with still another newly discovered rem
edy for diphtheria Dr. Field, of Eng
land, prescribes gargle of powdered sui
phur in water, and says that he never
knew it to fail. 1t may be as etficacious
as he claims, but it will never become so
popular, nor create so many possible pa
tients, with that underlined longing and
far reaching anticipation which pertains
to the whskey and milk prescription so
stoutly advocated by our brother Of the
Progressive Age. We fear that his intiu-
ence is likely to create a class who will
take their whiskey and milk now, and
their chances of sulphur in the hereafter
and snap their fingers at the pestlence
that walketh in darkness.
Year: 1878

Atwood, of oyster fame, sends his usual
New Years greeting to the newspaper
man, in the shape Of can Of the choicest
Of his commodities. He certainly is not a
selfish man, although selfish is his bust
ness
Year: 1878

The kennebec Journals local pen sell
dom makes slip, considering the enor-
nous amount ofswork that it does +; but
it mustn't try to make us believe that DR..
Franklin was an arctic voyager. Benja-
min was the fellow that used to lie abed
in the morning and compose maxims on
the Importance Of early rising.
Year: 1878

Notwithstanding the opinion OF the de
tcctiycs, the Kennebec Journal has full
faith in the truth of the account given by
the policeman of his midnight encounter
with an armed burglar in Senator Nor
rills house. 1t is said that the man )
character il above suspicion. and that he
has On other occasions shown rare pluck
Year: 1878

1t is with feelings of pride (:) that we
chronicle the fact that the Clay county
board Of commissioners have let the con.
tract for printing the blank books of the
county to the Omaha Herald, a sheet tn at
is not only out of the territory, and one
that works for the prosperity of belt of
country south of here, owned principally
by the U. P: railroad company, but also
Simon.pure democratic organ. But the
latter quality is good recommendation
to meet with favor from the present
board, and an argument which, under the
circumstances, we strike out. There is in
this territory blank book manufacturing
establishment that turns out q superior
quality Of work, and to this establishment,
the Press and Dakotaian, the contract
should have been lei, even t. higher rate.
Citizens of new country should patron.
ize home institutions, because it pays to
do so, and those who fail to act accord.
ingly, will discover, sooner or later their
mistake. The board could a. reasonably
send out of the county for men to repair
bridges, make roads or furnish the poor
Of the county with goods, a. to
send to Omaha for blank printing: Dur.
ing the coming election, if NO better
mineral can be found, We suggest that
our citizens send TO Omaha for men to Ill
Year: 1878




aperson can see cottihg the bluffs on
both sides of the river, a number of
mounds from six to twenty feet high :;
but should his attention not be especially
directed to them by some one knowing
their contents, he would give them but
passing thought. What are they? Ask
the Archaeological, who could find in this
section of our country field for months
of scientific research, and he will answer:
"The graves of the chiettalns of the Stone
age, of people of whom history does not
unfold an account, of the mound builders {;
people who have centuries ago spread
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the
Gulf of Mexico far toward the frozen
Arctic sea; people of which the present
race of Indians have naught but tradition,
but hold with superstitious respect their
work as wonderful and mysterious.
Within radius Of ten miles of this place
hundred of these mounds can be counted.


The question arises, Why do you then
positively assert that these mounds are
the work Of that mighty people, whose
patient work with nothing but the bone
OF some animal for spade, and baskets
in which to carry the earth, erected such
mounds? We answer that within a mil e
of this place one OF these mounds have
been opened by Gen. H. B. Thomas, then
in command of Fort Seward, and who
took from it the skeleton of two persons.
and gave the results of his examination in
an essay which was published in the
Smithsonian Report for 1874. The land
examiners ofthe Northern Pacific railroad,
not long since, opened another, in which
they found portions of skeleton: and
excavations have been made by others
with the same results. Near by the
mound opened by Gen. Thomas, arc
several Others, and from them there is
we'll marked raise of ground running
south to deep ravine, looking like
nicely rounded up avenue, but evidently
was at one time rampant or wall of a
tort; another rampant starting at the
same mound and running southeast to the
same ravine, with the other enclose V
shaped piece of ground we'll adapted for
defense, amounting to couple of acres.
Another evidence of their belonging to
the Stone age, exists in the number of
stone hammers or maces, to be found
uron the prairie, and in circles which are
about 1S feet in diameter, made of loun d
stone, now sunk level with the earth.


TO the westward, crowning the divid.
ing hills or Cotaus between the James
and Missouri rivers, are q number of stone
pyramids, composed of round boulders,
and standing from four to six feet high
present another subject for speculation
and research.


Why would it not pay some scientist to
spend month or so during our magnifi-
cent autumn, in unrave.ing this question {,
For besides the knowledge that might
be gained, the rugged health, the sport
that could be obtained with the rifle and
shot gun, would we'll repay the trip and
enable them to pursue ther studies or
business the coming winter with greater
zest and energy.


We have been promised information AZ
to the Indian traditions and speculations
on th's subject, by one who is in posi-.
tlon to obtain their views, and which we
Year: 1878

1t is not litrs, remarkable, and we
might philosophize for some time about
it, that while the diamond is made up
of pure carbon, or simply blank and
Opaque charcoal, the ruby, the next in
value and beauty, is nearly made up of
pure alumina or common clay-9S 3 per
cent.--the coloring matter iron, making
up the rest of it; the mere trace of lime
found in it being unappreciable. No
thing, we may venture to say, in ma
tures chemistry is more wonderful
than this fact of the dull, colorless, and
lifeless clay becoming metamorphosed
by some hidden and almost miraculous
way into the transparently clear, red
colored, and almost living gem. Inn
agitation itself fails to find u theory to
account for all this, and no progress in
chemistry can invent theory to fit it.
II is a somewhat curious coincidence
that the ruby, as well as the diamond
and other precious stones, is so often
found associated with gold; where they
are, there is gold almost sure to bepres-
ent. Nature produces these, her rich
es, together; and 1t afterward Is the
province of art to keep them together
and to exhibit them as one object.
Year: 1878

Girafies, ifnot hard pressed, do not e


at any very great pace, so that before


long we were within 100 yards of them


Even in the ardOr of the chase, ii struck


me as a glorious sight to see these huge


beasts dashing along in front, clatter-


ing over the stones or bursting a pas.


sage through opposing bushes, theiI


long graceful necks stretched forward


sometimes bent almost to the ground tC


avoid horizontal branches, and theiI


bushy black tails twisted up. And how
easily and with how little exertion they
seemed to get over the ground with that
long sweeping stride of theirs! Yet
they were going at great rate, for
felt that my old nag was doing his best,
and could not now lessen the distance
between us by an inch, Inow saw that
d. was about 10 make push, and, as
the horse he was riding was pretty fast,
/ knew that he would press them into a
much faster pace and leave me behind
altogether; so, refining in at once, ]
jumped of, and, takingas steadyan aim
as my arm, tired with logging, would
allow, fired at large dark-colored COW
that looked, to me, in good condition.
The bullet clapped loudly, and | saw
her stagger, but, recovering Immediate
ly, she went on, though slightly in the
rear of the troop. At this moment my
friend jumped off close behind them,
and gave another COW a shot. / was
now long way behind, but my horse,
though slow, possessed good staying
powers; so that by dint of keeping on
a hard gallop and cutting angles when
l could, again crept up and gave my
COW another shot, quickly followed by
a third, which brought her to the ground
with a crash. She was not dead, how
ever, for as | approached, she raised her
lofty head once more, and gazed re-
proachfully at me with her large, dark,
soft eyes. A pang of remorse went
through me, and for an instant | wish
ed the shots unfired that had laid low
this beautiful and inoffensive creature.
But now the cries of my Kafrs and Ma
saras, following like famished wolves
on the blood spOor, broke upon my ear;
so, sitting the still small voice, | again
raised my rifle and put an end to the
miseries of my victim, whose head,
pierced with twO-Ounce ball, fell with
a thud upon the ground, never to be
raised again. Leaving some Oft the boys
to cut up the meat, rode on with the
rest to look for my friend, whom |
found beside another PROSTATE giraffe
which he had killed little further on.
As the one had shot was the fatter of
the two, we left the Kafirs here and
went back to mine. Itwas now late;
so, hastily dividing the boys into two
parties, and bidding them sleep by the
two giraffes respectively, and cut them
up and bring in the meat on the follow
ing day, we started for the wagons with
our gun carriers, who also carried few
of the fattest bits of meat. may here
remark that it is difficult to imagine
more tasty and succulent than
a steak off young giraffe COW, when in
good condition, though it may be that
hunger, the sauce with which | have
always eaten it, has something to do
with this opinion. london Field.
Year: 1878

Every burden of sorrow seems like a
stone hung around our y ,ck, yet they
are often like the stones used by the
pearl divers, which enable them to
reach the prize and to rise enriched.-
Anon,
Year: 1878

l.
The sails we see on the ocean
Are as white rs white can be,
But never one In the harbor
As white ~ the sails at sea.
And the clouds that crowned the mountain
With purple and gold delight,
Turn to cold gray mist and vapor
Ere ever we relshs the height


Ill
Stately and fair is the vessel
That comes not near our beach
Stately and grand the mountain
Whose height we never may reach.


Nv.
Oh, distance thou dear enchanter
Still hold in thy magic veil
The glory Of far-on mountains,
The CLEAN Of the far-off sail
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, August %, lSG4.i


This morning, as for some days past,
it seems exceedingly probable that this
Administration will not be reelected.
Then it will be my duty to cooperate
with the President elect so as to save
the Union between the election and the
inauguration as he will have secured his
election on such grounds that he cannot
possibly save it afterward.
Year: 1878

spirited fox hunt was INDUCED in yesterday on
Long Island by the Queens County Hunt. The meet
ut the Garden City Hotel. where about dozen
rcd had assembled to participate in the exciting
sport. Two ladies among the field. which set
ont about two p VI. ard rode eastward some three
miles to New Castle, where the and took place. At
the cover side the field numbered fully thirty per
sons several farmers and others residing in the
vicinity having joined the huntsmcn. Then
followed very pretty due west. thus
giving the people, who were out in force
along the main road, excellent oppor-
tanity OF sccing the picturesque party in
full chase After following the hounds for about six
miles the death took place, with the field well up.
OF the several ladies' who Joined the field after tho
start two remained until the death The brush
given 10 Of these who g resident Of New York
just south of the Court House the hunt again drew
cover and enjoyed good of four or five miles.
the hounds, however. apparently not taking the
scent In this second chase the ladies did not join


The next meet of the Queens County Hunt IL set
down for Jericho, j.. l., for saturday OF next week
Year: 1878

Charles Taylor, the pioneer settler in the beautiful little Valley of Minnehaha at the base of the Bradshaw Mountain on newest where he has an excellent farm, surrounded by an extensive forest of pine unsurpassed in this Territory, which has bountiful sup ply of excellent timber, came to town last evening looking hale, hearty and much younger than when we last met him five years since. Charley is we'll known all over Northern Arizona, as good citizen and up- upright in every respect. Mr. Taylor not only reads the MINER himself but sends it to his friends in the East.
Year: 1878

We learn from Major Brayton, who just came over the road, that the Culling Valley isalmost impossible for heavy freight teams, of which large number are held fast all along the route between Desert station and Black Ttnks.