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Year: 1874

with tailings, and must necessarily commit
damage of some kind unless discharged in
to stream large enough to carry all tail
ings along; that the Government has granted
this right of way over its own land; that the
outlets for tangs were used under this au-
thority long before the United States parted
with the property, and that therefore the
right OF way ought rot to be alienated from
the miner, and all damages legiti4nately and
necessarily originating from it ought not to
fall to his responsibility; and that new
disposal by the United States Of the lands
necessary as an outlet to the miners would
be an act Of injustice.


Could not these lands, worthless for agri-
culture but indispensable for mining, be al
together withdrawn from the market, leav-
ing them open for all mining operations of the
vicinity, SO that no individual interest could
enter upon them? Should settler go upon
these lands lie might do SO at bis own peril,
reaping for the time the benefit Of their use,
without being entitled to damages whenever
the tailings overwhelmed him.


Congress might appoint'a commission of
competent men to investigate and report on
on the lands in question, and the farmer
would no longer run the risk of settling in
good faith on lands whi h would only yield
trouble and lawsuits to him; nor the miner
fear to see his valuable improvements made
worthless, or the proceeds of his mine swal
lowed up by enormous payments for dam
ages.


The question about the disposition or plac-
ing Of aings assumes such Importance in
view of the increasing hydrauic-mining in
terest, that the writer has considered it his
duty to point out to the future with
warning finger. The three great principal
requisites of successful hydraulic mining are,
first and foremost II gold bearing gravel de-
post; second, and not less important than
the preceding one are the facilities for Quite,
and deposition of taiings; third, an abund-
ant permanent supply of water for mining
purposes.
Year: 1874

The numerous frightful accidents occur
ring Of late from the use Of oil lamps in
duces us to publish the following from the
Tribune. Let town and country people
read and heed" There are great many
accidents happening every day from the
use of kerosene. | will tell You method
by which they can be to great extent
prevented, and | hope you will publish it
for the benefit of poor people, who aIe
obliged to use cheap oils. If the body of
the lamp is filled with cotton, such as jew
elers use to lay their articles in, after 1t is
stuffed lightly, it will still receive one half
the quantity of OIL which it would hold if
the cotton were not put in. If any acci-
dent happens, the oil cannot spill or flow
about, but is, as it were, "sopped up"
the cotton, which burns like a faggot, but
all in one place.


The other night, as the gas was execra-
BILE as it generally is, | lighted large ker-
osene lamp. which had glass globe about
five inches in diameter, holding over pint
OF oil. This ! filled with cotton, and found
| could pour in nearly pint of oil before
it became too wet. AS opened a window
a cold gust of air came in, and striking the
hot surface of the glass-at least l sup
posed so-the globe suddenly cracked and
fell apart, and a mass of flame about as
big as your head jumped out upon the
floor and famed out about yard. / im-
mediately covered it with the slop bucket
as an extinguisher, and with the help of
the water pitcher and some wet towels,
had it out i'll five minutes with no damage
done. If the lamp had not had cotton in
1T. l should not be writing to you now un-
less you can receive communications from
the other world"
Year: 1874

Civilization depends on morality. Every
thing good in man leans on what is higher.
This rule holds in small as in great: thus
all our strength and success in the work of
our hands depend on our borrowing the
aid of the elements. You have seen
carpenter on the ladder with broad axe,
chipping upwards chips from BEAM
How awkward ! At what disadvantage he
works But see him on the ground dress
ing his timber under him. Now, not his
feeble muscles, but the force of gravity
brings down the axe; that is to say, the
planet itself splits the stick. The farmer
had much ill-temper, laziness, and shirking
to endure from his hand sawyer until, one
day, he bethought him to put his saw mill
on the edge of waterfall; and the river
never tires of turning his wheel; the river
is good natured and never hints an objec-
ton. We had letters to send. Couriers
could not 60 fast enough, nor far enough;
broke their wagons; foundered their horses
had bad roads in the spring, snow drifts
in Winter. heats in Summer; could not get
the horses off walk. But we found out
that the air and earth were full of electric
ity, and always going our way-just the
way we wanted to send. Would he take
message? Just as lief as not; had nothing
else to do; would carry it in no time
Only one doubt occurred, one staggering
objection-he had no carpet-bag, no visible
pockets, no hands, not so much as q mouth
to carry letter. But after much thought
and many experiments we managed to meet
the conditions and to fold up the letter in
such an invisible, compact form as he could
carry in those invisible pockets of his never
wrought by needle or thread and it went
like a charm. Now that is the wisdom of
man-in every instance of his labor to
hitch his wagon to a star, and see his
chores done by the gods themselves. That
is the way we are strong, by borrowing the
might of the elements. The forces of
steam, gravity, galvanism, light, magnets,
wind, fire, serve us day by day and cost
nothing. .-Emerson.
Year: 1874

There are many cases published in the
medical journals relating to insanity, says
DR.. Brown Sequard, showing that a large
number of patients have been cured sud
denly by means Of irritation of the skin,
that was either accidental or employed by
a physician. There are other means more
curious and equally effective, as in the case
| am about to mention. A patient in
lunatic asylum met another one who struck
Lis head and broke the Uranium on the
ri ,ht side. The brain eozed out; a good
deal of it was lost, and the patient was
culed of his insanity and epilepsy. This


is rather a dangerous means of treatment.
however, and Of course I speak of it only
to show that an irritation brought to the
brain may often cure. 1t is in that way
that bold surgeons-as many there were in
this country in the period from 1925 to
lS50-who have brought their instruments
to the Uranium and made an opening there,
in cases of epilepsy, in search of a disease
at that place that did not exist, have very
frequently cured their patients. But not
because they have taken away the disease
that they supposed existed there, but be-
cause they have produced an irritation
which has done it. But | may add that it
is not necessary to open the Uranium,
though it has been done, to my knowledge,
more than fifty times in this country. All
that is called for is an irritation of the
skin of the Uranium and of the fbrous
band that covers the boue between the
skin and brain. Irritation there has a very
good chance of curing epilepsy in many
very obstinate cases. There are many
cases on record showing that an intlam-
nation in almost any Of the organs of the
body is sufficient to check insanity. In
the same ways other affections of the brain,
such as amaurosis or paralysis, may be
cured suddenly sometimes without any
cause that We can find, but with good
ground certainly to believe that irritation
has acted which has produced a change in
the cells of the brain and diminished their
morbid activity. For there are clear cases
in which those affections have been cured
by such irritation. Those alterations of
cells that were producing an arrest of the
power of sight or paralysis have been sub
,mitted to an irritation of parts of the skin
or of some viscus, and this irritation going
to the morbid Iart ana producing change
in the activity of those cells, has cured the
disease. So that double mechanism of
arrest may take place in all these cases.
Year: 1874

There is in the brain an irritation starting
from the place where there is a disease.
tion goes to parts at distance and acts on
cells to stop their activity: but another
irritation starting from some parts of the
body goes to the parts that are diseased
and there acts on the morbidly active cells
and stops their activity, so that the effect
that resulted from the disease ceased. So
one phenomenon of arrest produced the
cessation of another.
Year: 1874

We ARE glad to see that the council
took last night very important and,
as we believe, a very sensible step tow
ard the establishment OF o county
Work-house. Few OF our city readers
reflect that the bard.working and in
dustrious portion Of the community is
supporting in idleness a lot OF the Ia
ziest "dead-beats" and "bummers" that
ever disgraced the form of man. The
chain.gsug has been ftly designated
"a relic OF barbarism" and is quite as
much abhorrent to public sentiment as
the much abused pillory and whipping
post. Besides; the LABOR done on the
streets by the chain-gang amounts
to very little in the course
OF year and affords but slight re-
muneration for the expense OF the
maintenance OF the men 80 employed.
A work, house however, in which sll
petty offenders may be employed in re-
muuerative labor during the term OF
their Imprisonment is much needed
improvement in our criminal system.


The resolution adopted by Council
looks to the establishment of place OF
labor where offenders may be confned
until their earnings amount to the sums
assessed against them as the penalty OF
their violations OF law. 1.-THE offender
works industriously and lard he may
thus shorten the term OF his inn
prisoumeut if he is idle and
negligent he may be kept longer in Sc
clason.


We learn that there are now some-
thing over forty inmates OF the county
Jail doing nothing; supported by the
lsboring men OF the city; but who
ought to be compelled 10 earn at least
the cost OF their boarding. The Work
house is the thing needed.
Year: 1874

WASHINGTON BIRTHDAY. anniversary
of the birth Of General Washington was gener-
ally observed yesterday throughout the city
and all over the country. Business was gen.
orally suspended, and, though there were no
magnificent demonstrations, the multitudes of
the metropolis were in the streets and parks
enjoying most delicious holiday. The name
Of Washington was on almost every tongue,
showing that his memory is still deeply en-
shrined in the hearts Of his countrymen. The
study of Washington s character and the cele-
bration Of his services are the duty Of every
American citizen; and it is to be hoped that
before another return of this anniversary his
example will be felt throughout public SER
vice grown corrupt before the centennial of
our independence.
Year: 1874

The LAST OF THE "SwAMp ANGELS. The
notorious Steve Lowery, the last and the most
desperate Of the terrible Lowery gang of
North Carolina outlaws, has been killed The
news of his death is printed in another part of
this days HERALD For ten years the Lowerys
kept the mountain districts about Lumberton
in terror, and outrage after outrage upon the
white people was committed by this gang of
negroes. Indeed, about three years ago they
were at war with the inhabitants of the whole
section, and for time it seemed impossible to
subdue them. Their ranks were successfully
thinned, however, by the capture and death OF
members of the band, till there remained only
this young man, who has at last met the fate
Of the others. No story Of brigandage in the
mountains of Spain or Italy was ever more
terrible, and the people Of North Carolina are
to be congratulated on the extinction of the
"Swamp Angels.
Year: 1874

The TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT AT THE RroHT
PorNT.-It has reached Washington and is in
vadlng Capitol Hill and the purlieus Of Con-
gress Nowhere is it more needed. A great
many Congressman stow away considerable
amount Of liquor, and that not of the best
sort. The drinking shops around the Capitol
are much resorted to by host of lobbymen,
and there they exercise their persuasive
powers with members over drink The
scenes at these places sometimes are anything
but creditable to gentlemen holding the po-
sition of representatives of the people. Besides
there is o great deal of dissipation at Wash
ington which a vigorous temperance crusade
might check. 1t is said that a movement will
be made next Saturday against the liquor
selling establishments. We rather think, how
ever, it will require more praying and heavier
artillery generally to drive Congressman into
temperance than have been used in Ohio or
elsewhere It will require large force of
women. But as women prove the most sue
cessful lobbyists they may exercise an infu-
ence in better cause.
Year: 1874

According to our news Of this morning
the new Parliament, which is to meet on
the 5th of March. will be Immediately
prorogued until the 18th. The avowed
object of the prorogation is to allow MIR.
Disraeli and those members of the House
of Commons who may have accepted posi-
tions in the new Cabinet to go before their
constituents for reelection. This is not un-
common custom on occasions like the present.
The Queens speech will not be read until the
reassembIng on the 18th. No one can blame
Mr.. Disraeli for the delay. The Queens
speech, on the occasion of the opening Of
Parliament is valuable only for the reason
that it indicates the outlines of the policy
which the men in power intend to pursue
On this occasion the royal address will reflect
the views of the new Cabinet and reveal their
plans Mr.. Disraei knows that it will be
keenly scrutinized, and wherever weak merc-
lessly exposed He does well, therefore, to
take time to mature his plans and to make the
speech from the throne worthy of himself and
of the occasion. Two new Cabinet appoint
ments are announced Sir William r. Sey-
mour Fitzgerald becomes Under Secretary of
State for India, and MI. Hart Dyke takes the
position Of Patronage Secretary of the
Treasury.
Year: 1874

INVESTIGATING CHARITY.-The Bureau of
Charities-the organization of which is re-
ported to-day-proposes to systematic on
large scale the dispensation of charity in this
city; and, SO far as can now be Judged of its
proposed activity, it promises to be an ad-
mirable institution. Its primary purpose is
to secure charity against the devices of inn
postors-the thieving vagabonds who cheat
the charitable and rob the needy by seizing
themselves the gifts of benevolence. Any
organization that will thoroughly guard
against these will do wonders. This Bureau
seems also disposed to guard against the other
class of persons who equally defeat the pur-
poses of the benevolent by taking what is
supposed to pass through their hands for the
poor and appropriating it to themselves in the
form of salaries, &c.-persons who,
speaker at the meeting thought, should be in
Sing Sing. Altogether, good ideas seem to
prevail in the foundation of this society, and
we hope it will not become the mere machine
Of some grasping superintendent
Year: 1874

The AsHANTEE PEACE TRKATY.-A despatch
from the Gold Coast to the London Standard
states that treaty Of peace has been signed
by General Sir Garnet Wolseley and the King
of Ashantee. The terms Of the treaty have not
yet been made public. It remains to be seen
what will be the result Of this new British con-
quest 1t is to be hoped that the British gov
ernment have learned something since the fall
of Maedala, and that in consequence this
latest African war will In some sense be gain
10 civilization.
Year: 1874

On THE IcE.-It is reported that there are
three hundred men on the ice at the mouth of
the Saginaw, and it is feared that the ice will
break up before they can be rescued. Though
not SO thrilling as the story of the drifting
foe which carried part of the crew Of the
Polaris so long distance, the disaster in this
case may be much more terrible
Year: 1874

The street Cleaning Investigation.


The Committee of the Legislature TO inves-
tigate the Street Cleaning Bureau and tho
subject of street cleaning aud disposing of
the dirt generally continued their labors ~
the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday The IN
vestigation is postponed till Saturday in con-
sequence of the death of Commissioners
Smith and the engagements of other Police
Commissioners. So far no important facts
appear to have been elected. The contract
ors who were examined represented that
their contracts were not valuable A great
part of the time was taken up on the question
Of disposing of the street 'cleanings without
filing up the harbor or endangering the pub
lie health. Pilot Commissioner Blunt thought
the best place to dump the dirt would be In
the sea about mile below Coney Island. A
good deal of the dirt has been used to fill up
the flats around or in the neighborhood OF
New York One would think the refuse OF
the streets might be used proftably as ma
nure within convenient distance of the
city. But the great thing is. first. to have
clean streets. and then to see that the con-
tracts De carried out honestly. We hope the
committee will be able to devise some salts
factory plan from the mass Of evidence they
will have before them.


BECAUSE THE EXPERIENCED Mr.. @. L. Brace
objects to the 'demoralizing'' effect of feeding
the starving poor it must not be supposed
that he does not possess, in an eminent de-
gree, the Christian virtue of charity. He only
insists that the poor shall be relieved, in
discreet manner, through the hands of experts.
His Childrens Aid Society spent seventy-6ve
thousand dollars last year for discretion
and experience" and probably quarter Of
that amount on the poor. We may feel as
sured that the charity thus carefully guarded
has done nothing to undermine the morals Of
the destitute.
Year: 1874

II will be learned with pleasure that the man
ayers OF st. Stephens Ladies' Fair will keep it open
until the 2Sth inst. so far the fair has been sue
cess. The tastelully decorated hail presents every
night charming appearance while the perform
ance OF choice selections OF music by wel-ap-
pointed band gives life and harmony TO the scene.
The lady managers, with their assistant amateur
saleswomen, are tndefatigable In their efforts to
insure the success OF the good cause to which
they nave given SO much Of their time and atten.
ton.


At the different tables are numerous articles OF
beauty and value for disposal by sale and lottery.
Those sale are sold at lower rates than are
charged at first class stores, while the cost or Q
chance on the other valuable articles OF vtrtu ana
utility Is merely nominal, ranging from nve 20
fifty cents, and the prospect OF winning Is not TOO
remote. Strangers visiting the city Will nnd ~.
stephens LADIES' Fair an excellent place to srend
really enjoyable evening" and New workers. VINO
have not been there should avail themselves Of tne
opportunity offered to see the ladies oil St.
Stephens engaged In their work OF charity.
Year: 1874

Grant nominated Attorney-General VIII


liams for Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, but in the eyes of the great Mogul'
at Washington he was not found fit for the
position, and it would have been a disgrace
to the country had his nomination been con-
firmed. Next Caleb Gushing was nomina-
ted but it was found in years far gone he
had regarded Jeff Davis as his friend, and
that let him out Now we learn that the
third nomination, to which it is said belongs
the charm, has, to the surprise of nearly ev-
erybody, fallen upon Morrison r. Waite, Of
Ohio. We are not personally acquainted
with Mr.. Waite; we have heard it said
though, that he was one of the counsel for
the United States before the Geneva Arbi-
tration, which, probably, more than any
thing else, has given him distinction. But
it seems there are a good many Congress
men who are not much better acquainted
with the gentleman than we are, and for
this reason, and probably this is the prinei-
pie one, it is thought the nomination will be-
confirmed. Some say he is a good man for
the position. If confirmed, we shall hope
time will prove they have said right.


Since writing the above, we see from dis
patches tha. the nomination of Waite has
been confirmed, and it is now Chief Justice
Waite.
Year: 1874

A Coon SUGGESTION. N.-We would sug-
gest to our chickadee neighbor that before
entering into details regarding county Off
GERS, that he examine the facts and not
make any more such wild, unjust and one
sided assertions, as to declare the Sheriff
had been violating the law in not making
out his reports to the Clerk Of the Board of
Supervisors. These reports, as we under
stand it, were regularly made out by the
Sheriff as long as they were called for.
But it has been the opinion that under the
Codes they were not required, and conse-
quently none of the officers have recently
| made such reports. 1t is now understood
that these reports must be made out, and
we believe all the county officers are ready
to comply in the matter. The act, though,
of our sneaking neighbor in selecting the
Sheriff from all the others, because he is an
Independent, and accusing him of violating
the laws when, in fact, he had only in COM
mon with others inadvertently neglected a
requirement of the Code, is characteristic of
the man, and illustrates his veracity and the
relia bility of his journal without further
comments.
Year: 1874

The San Jose Argus, an able advocate Of
the peoples rights, comes to us in an entire
new dress and very much enlarged. May
its good works continue to meet with the
reward they merit.
Year: 1874

LAME has introduced in the Senate a bill
which provides for cutting down the ex-
penses of the State Militia, and for the sale
of all arms now owned by the State, which
may be adjudged as unservceable. We
have not seen the bill, but, from what we
can learn of it, we think this is one lick, at
least, in the right place.
Year: 1874

We have received from Commissioner


Watts, of the Agricultural Society, a PAM


phlet on the Couture and Manufacture of


Jute and Ramie." it speaks favorably of


the profitable culture of these articles in
the United States, particularly that Of Jute.
The American trade now dsbnrses millions
of dollars annually in gold to pay for the
manufactured and unmanufactured jute re-
oeived from Bombay and Calcutta. The
cultivation and manufacture of this article
IN the United States would relieve us Of
this immense annual tribute to foreign pow
*. and experiments have proved that a bet
tor quality, and more to the acre can be
raised in the Southern States than even in
Hindoostan, which now supplies the world.
From the description Of the soil and climate
required for its culture, we should judge
that California, particularly the Southern
part, is the place of all Others where it will
thrive best. This State uses more of the
article than any other State in the Union,
and pays a heavier tribute for its importa-
tion than any other, which fact, taken in
connection with the favorable conditions of
our soil and climate for producing it, should
demand an effort in that direction at once.
Year: 1874

People Of Chicago and the
Northwest Do you realize
that. the Chicago Exposition
will POSITIVELY close on
the 10th day Of October,
in ONE day? Only ONE
day in which to sec the
greatest Industrial Exposition
Of this country! 0nly 7 ONE
DAY MORE in which to see
and study the finest display Of
Works Of Art ever opened to
public view in America. None
need delay coming expecting
that it will be postponed, for
it POSITIVELY will not.
Year: 1874

TIE GRASaERs OPERATING In DELAWARE
A Grange is now in working order at Newport.
in this county, three miles from this city; and
another is to be opened in few days at Brackin,
vile, Mill Greek Hundred, about six miles from
Ills city. We are told that the farmers in the
neighborhood of these places are fully sensible OF
the necessity there is for entering upon a COM
p!ete system OF reform through which they hope
TO reap large benefits from economical arrange
raents
Year: 1874

EEcouRAoISa.-The manufacturers talk CT an
expected advance in oil kinds Of domestic goods
that will put every spindle at work, while the
merchants are encouraged TO believe they Will
lave the benefit Of rise in the prices that will
enable them to rejoice once more in the good
t.me coming"