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Year: 1878

Imagine table about twice the size
Of page of a magazine, with long
thin box rising above It at the back, and
another box falling below it at the
front. The table contains the printing
rollers and the type case; the boxes
(the interior horizontal section of which
is the size of a ticket) are for holding
tickets. The upper box is filled with a
pile of pieces of cardboard. One at
time, the lowest card is jerked By a
spring under the printing machinery.
and falls into the lower box; and in less
than quarter of second it is printed
and numbered and safely stored in the
other box. All the man has to do
is to keep the upper box filled with
cards, remove the lower box when
filled, supply fresh empty boxes, place
the tickets in rows, and see that the ink
reservoir is full. The machine does
the rest, including the printing, the
linking of the type and the moving and
storing of the tickets The numbering
is done by means of four wheels, with
their centres in horizontal line-thus
forming a cylinder. These wheels have
raised numerals on their edges, which
imprint themselves on the tickets. The
wheel which bears the numeral in the
units place, moves so that fresh type
is ready for each successive ticketi that
in the tens place, at one tenth that
ii Thu ~ of
counting the tickets, is a curious one.
Though the greatest care Is taken To In
| sure accuracy, mistakes Will occur in
printing the numbers on the tickets.
Sometimes a number IS omitted; some
times two tickets are printed with the
same number TO provide against such
casualties the tickets when printed are
counted; and as 1t is impossible for
human eye and memory aud judgment
20 be infallible, they are counted by
machinery. This machinery again con-
sists of a table with two boxes as before.


This time the table is table with
hole in it large enough to allow the
| number of ticket to be seen through.
| At the side OF the table Is cylinder


wheel similar to that above described.


The number on the cylinder is adjusted
to be the same as that printed Oh the


first ticket to be couDtel. The tickets
are in consecutive order As the boy
turns a handle, they are jerked from
the upper box to the lower. showing
their numbers under the hole. The
cylinder wheel revOlves at the same
rate, and therefore the number on each
ticket and that on the wheel ought to
agree. If they do not agree, then it is
evident that number has been omitted
or perhaps duplicated. The deficient
ticket being supplied or the surplus one
removed, the tickets are pressed together
by machinery, tied, packed and sent TO
their destinations. Such Is one OF the
interesting industries of our time.
Year: 1878

Probably the largest and highest roch
in the known world is the South Dome
of Yosemite. Standing at the fork OF
the upper valley, it rears itself, solid
rocky loaf, 6,CC0 feet above the ground.
A more powerful hand than that of IL
tan has cut away the Eastern half,
leaving a sheer precipice over mile in
height. No man ever trod the top OF
this dome until last year. Former
visitors gazed in wonder at the spikes
driven into the rocks by hardy spirits,
who had repeatedly endeavored to scale
it. The shreds of rope dangling In the
wind told the story Of their failure.
Last year, however, after thousands of
dollars had been spent, several persons
found their way to the tcp of the dome.
and last summer two sheep were dis
covered browsing on the hitherto inac


cessibls peak.
Year: 1878

The first forms which could be called
by the name of money, were ingots in
various shapes, stamped or sealed with
the seal of the ruler, as 4 certificate OF
the quality of the piece, no attempt
being made to fashion the coin as TO
guard against alteration of weight.
Some of the early pieces were stamped
on but one side, and it was only By
very gradual steps, that the handsome
circular pieces, which we now use as
coins, were evolved. But these are
still defined by Jevous as ingots, of
which the weight and tineness are Ger
tilted by the integrity of the designs
impressed upon the surface OF the
metal.


The stamping of the bits Of metal has
always been assumed as perogative of
the ruler, and to supply the people with
coin, has become to be a generally con-
sidered function of government. Ii
will be well to bear the above definition
of coin in mind; for the fashioning,
stamping and certifcation have caused
a very important fact to be lost sight Of
which Is, that throughout these chan
ges the metals continue to be commodi-
ties and nothing more. The stamp
works no alteration in the metal, any
more than does the label on a bolt of
muslin, showing the width and the
number of yards, convert it into some
thing other than cotton cloth. The
conversion of the unfashioned metal
into coin in no way affects the princi-
pie of exchanges, and its transfer is bet
ter Just as much as it was in the begin
Year: 1878

meat were extensively sampled during
the siege, though not in the way that
by many may be imagined. On account
of the want of provender nearly all the
horses of the garrison were turned out
of the lines. and as the other side could
not safely take them unless they strayed
within reach, many of them were killed
by the cross-fire. Early in the siege,
when some of the men complained of
the scanty ration, General Smith, be-
lieve, who had seen the thing done on
the plains, issued circular to his
brigades, recommending that the ex-
pertinent of horse meat be tried to piece
it out. / was on hand that very even
ing when somebody, waiting till dark,
slid over the works and cut steak out
of horse that had been shot that day
beneath them. 1t was cooked at General
Vaughn's fire, and everybody tasted a
little; but the flesh was coarse and
nobody hungered for any more. Some
of the soldiers did like it and eat it;
not to speak Of rats and other small
deer which the Louisianians, being
Frenchmen, were said to prepare in
many elegant styles for the table. When
Pemberten was thinking about cutting
his way out he had half fdozen fellows,
men who looked like Mexicans or
Indians, cutting mule meat at the old
depot of the Southern Railroad and
jerking it over slow fires to make ii
handy and lasting. One morning, for
trial, bought a pound of mule meat at
this market and had it served at break
fast for the mess. There was no need
to try again. On the day of the sur
render, and only then, ration of mule


meat was actually issued; but nobody


need eat il, as General Grant issued
abundant supplies of the best that his
army had.
Year: 1878

Victor Emanuel one day, hunting in
the neighbornood of Rome, shot at Il
hare at the very moment when a stout
citizen, out enjoying the pleasure of
the chase, discharged his piece ut the
same object. The King claimed that he
had killed the hare, and the citizen ig-
norant of the person of his rival, de-
clared in very impolite terms that he
himself was the successful marksmen.
The result was regular trial of strength
for possession of the game-a tussle
which resulted in favor of the King,
who walked off with his prize, while
the citizen poured upon him perfect
food of such abuses as only an Italian
of a certain sort has at command. At
the city gate the King ordered the com =
mandment of the guard to follow the
angry citizen and report his name and
residence.


After few hours the officer was able
to say that the unknown hunter was an
honest cabinet maker of the Porta del
Popolo, when the King sent one of his
carriages TO bring him to the palace.
Naturally the man was terribly anxious
as well as full of wonder why he should
be wanted at the palace, and he was not
much relieved when he recognized in
the King the man whom he had abused.
Master Salyina," said his Majesty,
and at the sound of his own uame from
royal lips, the man trembled in every
nerve-"Master Salvina, l have sent
for you because have found shot diff
ferent from mine il. the hare; we both
hit the beast. Come, we will eat the
hare together, and thereupon the door
of the dining room was opened, where,
between two plates with appurtenances,
smoked the hare properly roasted.
Year: 1878

In Nara, Japan, was erected, twelve
hundred years ago, the largest bronze
figure the word has ever Known. IL
weighs $50 tons, and the third temple
now covers it, without apparent injury
to the immense statue. We went
around it, but could form no estimate
of its size. Our minister at Tokoi told
me that it was sixty feet from the seat
of lotus leaves to the top of its head,
and that man could climb through
the nostril. An officer is said TO have
taken chip of the casting, and an an
alysis of it gave 500 pounds of gold in
the alloy. A great halo of gilded wood
sets off the dark features as they are
revealed in the shadows Of the roof.
Year: 1878

II is well occasionally TO see ourselves IS
others see us. The following from the IgHGr.
diHtc Poiiticl, the leading paper of the city
OF Mexico, bears down pretty heavily upon
the great northern republic" but amid much
that is mere scurrility there is enough truth
TO make II sufficiently pungent


I'VE purpose giving To our beloved country
"A constitution and government founded upon
the great principles of the United States ot the
north" So SAYS the party of Lerdo Let us
examine ,he merits Of this famous
government which the gentlemen Of the Ler-
Year: 1878

These simple words Of Elisha's message
to the Shunamite in her sorrow may excite
no special interest or notice of themselves.
But many hearer with tender conscience,
receiving them from God through the mouth
of his servant, has known how searching
and how broad a meaning they can bear A
remarkable episode in public religious
service once occurred while minister was
preaching from that brief text, at a little
church in Yorkshire, England, in the year
of 1881. The minister was a good man,
with no little gospel power in his heart and
manner, and he made it solemnly plain to
the auditory that the Saviour was present,
looking into their thoughts with kind in
qury, and testing the spirit of every one.
Is it well with thee Is it well with thee ?"
Suddenly an exclamation was heard from
one of the pews, and a boy twelve years old,
who had been intently listening, fell on his
knees and began to weep and pray. A
strange thrill ran through the congregation,
aud many rose to their feet The minister
paused in his Sermon and all attention was
riveted on the kneeling boy. Everybody
knew little Tommy for he belonged to one
of the Oldest Yorkshire families, and his an
cestors of Barnsley had worn the arms of a
barouet. He was bright, gifted boy, now
six years motherless, but carrying in his
heart the indelible impression of his moth
er's early religious teachings. The honest
Yorkshire people felt too deeply themselves
the effect of the sermon to misunderstood
Tommy's emotion. They did not think he
was crazy. The minister did not " Let US
pray he said, for he saw more need of
prayer than preaching at a moment when
before men and angels young soul first
spoke its want. The whole congregation at
once assumed the attitude of devotion.
Many strong and loving petitions went up
to God for the little boy whom, like Samuel,
he had called in his own tabernacle. The
scene was strange one-that sudden prayer
meeting in the middle of sermon-time. The
prayers were answered, too. Tommy rose
| from his knees with a radiant face. Thence
| forth the seal of divine amounting was Oh
him. For the next eight years he continued
| to give increasing proofs OF Christian
spirit and Christian zeal, and rare and happy
fitness for winning souls. When very young
he was licensed to preach. At the age OF
twenty he left his native land and came to
the United States. Since then he has not
neglected the gift that is in him. The
voice that so long ago said to him, on the
other side of the sea, Is it well with thee y


has ever been gladly recognized and he has
followed Jesus all the way" 1t led him


to Long Island it led him to Albany it


led him down the Hudson again--and very


many whom his words first taught the


heavenly lesson now know "it is well


with them. To-day few stand higher among


the American ministry or more honored OF


the Great Master, than Tommy, the York


shire boy-now DIR. Thomas Armitage, oi


New York.-1he Wdtchmdn
Year: 1878

As we look over his career how can we
describe its serenity and composure except
in these words: God hid him in the Sc
cret of his presence from the pride of man,
and kept him secretly in a pavilion from the
strife of tongues How the strife of tongues
ragged about him all his life From the
time when Herod and the scribes debated
where he was TO be born, that they might
murder him, down to the day when the peo-
pie cried, Cruelty him. and Knocked him
as he hung upon the cross in the days
when the crowded synagogue at Nazareth
rose up and clamored for his blood; in the
day when the Pharisees gathered around
him i'll the temple and poured their subtle
questions fast upon him TO try to drive him
to foolish word in the day when the dis
cipes came to quarrel in his very sight
about their poor ambition to be greatest
in these, and countless DAYS like them. he
lived right in the midst of the strife of
tongues. But, close to his Father always,
clear in his own duty always. and always
trying to help men so earnestly that he was
not capable of being provoked by them, he
was completely apart from all the strife, he
was hid in the secret of his Fathers pres
ence. We cannot but be struck with awe
when we think what that phrase, whose
DedHlN anu SlgHlHCdHCe we nave partly uu-
derstood as it applied to us, must have
meant to Jesus. Our closest communion
with God is so distant compared with the
perfect oneness between him and his Father.
We run into the shelter of the divine life,
just creep across the threshold where no
trouble can pursue, and stand thankful and
trembling there. We hide ourself behind
the robes of eternal mercy, and thence look
out in an assurance, that is fearful still,
upon the danger which cannot touch us
there. But he, from the very heart of the
Eternal Being, looks out on sin and sees its
weakness, looks out on goodness and sees its
strength. We cannot know his peace. 1t
must have been so absolute. There must
have been such pity in his heart when
they tormented him, when they tied him to
column and scourged him, when they
nailed him to the cross at least, aud all the
while were looking to see him give way and
tremble, and all the while the soul which
they thought they were reaching and tortur-
ing was far off, beyond their reach, hid in
the secret of Gods presence, hid in God. 1t
was as if men flung water at the stars and
tried to put them out, and the stars shone
on calmly and safely and took no notice
of their prosecutors. ."-Phaiips Brooks.
Year: 1878

There is great benefit in having birth
place The world is very large to a man,
and much of it strange and unattractive. He
cannot know it all but it helps him to feel
kindly to it all to have known well and
loved this little bit of it. The race is very
umerous-thrteen hundred millions, more
or less-and most of them are distractions
to us but it helps us to sympathy with
them to have been close to one set of
them from ones infancy onward, and to
have narrowly watched their struggles and
trials. And the God that is over all, alas
often seems remote and unreal, especially as
we look at seething, shifting masses of men
in the waves and pillows of our great cities
but he is more real to us as we mark the
separate individual and family histories of
our fellows, known all their lives in their
work, in their trials, in their worship, where
the quiet, simple lives began with Mans
chief end is to glorify God" and ended here
with " Into thy hands commend my spirit"
Blessings on the hills and wales OF the birth
place of many a man and woman now fight
ing their separate battles east or west, and
far away from its once familiar features
Duty or necessity, hope or fear, may have
turned their steps and fixed their lot else
where, but they will always carry with them
the memorials of the land OF their childhood.
And what is true of them is true in its de-
gree all round Sunny France, bonnie !"
Scotland, sturdy England, fair, free, wide
America-all tell upon the lives they nour-
ish at the beginning; all send stream OF
memories and influences with them till
they close The place which any man Of
healthy nature owns as that of his birth is
something to him that no other place can
be, and happy is he if a part of his life can,
now and then at least, be submitted to its best
and purest iniluences.--Dr. John Hail.
Year: 1878

But even were we to adopt the Douay Bible,
to the exclusion of our own, it would not
meet the wishes of our Roman Catholic cit
izens, but would only smooth the way for
new demands. They do not want neutrality,
nor even religious books of their own choos-
ing, in our public schools. They do not
want that we should concede their claims
in the form in which they are now made.
They are unwilling to have their children
educated in our public Schools yet they
want us to pay for their education. They
are intensely unwilling to have their chill
dren under the tuition Of any but Roman
lists. They desire none but religious teach
ers for their children, and will not be CON
tented with secular schools. Their aim is
the division of school funds throughout the
country, and the appropriation, not of the
small percentage which they contribute, but
OF the large percentage represented by their
number, to the support of their own sec
tartan schools. Should this demand be
granted other sects stand ready to proffer
similar claims, with equal show of right,
and our whole common school system will
be broken up.


The question virtually before us is not that
of the use of the Bible in schools, but that
of the permanence of our public schools as
an institution. Several years ago took the
lead in the establishment of an evening
| school for ignorant adults, from which all
| religious instruction was carefully excluded.
| The Roman Catholics, for whose benefit the
school was established, very early Withdrew
| from it at the dictation of the priest, who
said to me when | demonstrated with him I:
Education is so great boon that we are
unwilling that our people should be indebted
| for it to heretics. We would rather have them
utterly ignorant than that their gratitude to
| Protestant teachers should make them look
with favor ON the religion of their teachers" :"
Traces of the feeling thus candidly ex-
pressed may be found everywhere in the at
| titude of Romanists towards our schools.
| In Cincinnati it is notorious fact that the
infde leaders and the free-religionists on
the one hand. and the Romanists on the
other, have acted together under the agree
ment that if the latter would render their
aid in excluding the Bible from the schools,
the former would give their votes and innu-
ence in behalf of special appropriations
| for sectarian schools. A similar purpose
has betrayed itself in every community in
which Romanism is strong enough to give
promise of success. But it may be asked,
In free state will you compel children to
pass through educational processes which
their parents disapprove ? Yes, answer,
unless their parents will give us ample in
demnity against their becoming chargeable
to the state as paupers or criminals, and will
renounce in advance for them all claims to
the rights of citizens.-ReU. Dr. PeaJody,
Year: 1878

All, girls, help your mother A time
may come when you will have no mother.
If YOU have never known how to appreciate
her before, you will know then; and when
you miss her pleasant, smiling face from the
table, and her gentle presence from the fire
side; when you miss the soft touch of her
lips upon your cheek, or her cool hand upon
your forehead, in the house of sickness and
pain, and when you miss the hand that
smooths the pillow that is so hard, and
that none could render so comfortable and
easy as mother--when you have thought of
all these and numberless other acts of her
kindness, you will ask yourself, "What
have | done to repay her for this lifelong
devotion to me 2 Have | beeu kind and
obedient, doing all in my power to lessen
the cares and anxieties Of my devoted
mother ?" If you have, how much will
your great sorrow be softened; but if not,
how many tears of bitter regret will be shed
upon your poor mothers grave. Girls, think
OF this, and remember that in all the wide
wide world no love can be found like a
mothers.


You may sound the depth Of yonder sea


And count the sand that under II be;


You may measure the heights of heaven above,


But thou mayst not fathom a mothers love-
Year: 1878

There are only two people who have a
right TO put you aside-your doctor and your
sexton. No one else. 1t is ignomiuous to
see men sitting down in Incidence simply be-
cause they are growing old; don't seek easy
ways easy ways lead to rust don't talk
about yourself don't talk about your age !;
and at all events for decency's sake, don't
talk about your diseases. If you know you
have the rheumatism that is enough. Don't
be prematurely old don't be older in your
feelings than you are in fact don't with
draw from your interest in life read what
is going on in the world don't leave to
Younger men the tasks of life and get out of
their way, Mingle with the young; enjoy
their pleasures it is well for you to be
warmed by the sympathy and companion.
ship of the young, Keep young to the last ;
blessed be the man that goes through life
like boy.-Selected.
Year: 1878




The weather on Thursday was favorable, with
the exception of two or three smart showers soon
after noon The attendance was not quite as
large rs on Wednesday, yet there was a good
number out


The first thing the programme was the
cavacade of all horses There were about twenty
three teams on the track, double and single, be-
sides good array of stations, gedngs, and brood
mares with their colts This feature brought out
Year: 1878

WANT TO SEcEDE.-Some of the resident living and owning property on the west sid, of Granite Creek, are talking of getting up petition to the Mayor and Village Council asking that the west line of the Village cor poration extend no further than the middle channel of Granite Creek. This they cen sider but fair aud honest, since they of tho west side are called upon to pay their quota of taxes and in return derIve no benefit what ever from the Village Government.

 No disturbances of the peace ever occur on that side, no night watchman ever crosses the creek to watch property at night, not dollar has ever been expended on the streets on that side, everything they have ever asked of the Council has been promptly denied as unnecessary, and yet they are ex- pescted to continue to pay taxes cheerfully and feel that they have been properly treated.

 At the last meeting they asked for foot walk across the disagreeable sandy crussing of Gurley street, where it is difficult for ladies to pass, even in the day time at any season, and in times of high water, which have occurred and likely to occur again, is entirely impossible, but the Council declared it was not needed and laid it aside.

 In view of all these things, the residents of West Prescott, think the best thing they can do is tn ask to be left oGt of the Tax collectors beat as we'll as that of the Night watchman, Marshal, Fire and Street Con- missioner.

 We are assured that the Bank of Arizoaa has not offered less than S5 cents on the dollar for Territorial Warrants; even the latest is sue, which no one expects to see paid under a year, or year and half

 The Yuma Sentinel is away of when it attempts to injure the bank by setting afoat damaging rumors and insinuations. The people, who are likely to have business with a bank, know that if the vouchers in ques- ton were worth more, they would find sale in San Francisco or Los Angeles, where they have few banks, and which are some what nearer to Yuma in point of time than Prescott.