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Year: 1878

If laughter is the daylight OF the SOUL
a smile is its twilight.


By bestowing blessings upon others,
we entail them on ourselves.


Danger should be feared when distant
and braved when present.


To give pain is the tyranny of beauty
to make happy is her true empire


Patience is a virtue which some peoP,s
think everyone needs but themselves.


The froth of the head not unfrequently
becomes venom when itreachesthe heart


The miser lives to die rich, and is the
paoler of his house, and the turnkey OF
his wealth.


The mind that busies itself much with
the future has need to be an unconlmonly
cheerful one.


The light in the world comes prnci-
DoIIv from two sources-the sun and the
students lamp.


Riches do not half so much exhilarate
rs with their possession, as they torment
us with their loss.


The worst-hearted of enemies is often
less to be dreaded than the most kind
hearted of friends.


You may speak out more plainly tC
your associates, but not less courteously
than you do to strangers.


When you hear suspicious persons
boast of being the friends Of their kind
ask them what sorI of kind that IS.


The death-smile Is the grandest thinS
in the world. It makes the dark Pas
an arch of triumph into a radiant Future


You can't get anything in this worll
without money, some say; but this Il
not true, for without money you get int
debt.


It is but step from cunning t,
knaverv; lying makes the whole differ
ence-add that to cunning, and it i
knaveTy.


Money is well spent in purchasing
tranquility of mind.


A celebrated wit was asked why h
did not marry young lady to whom h
was much attached. 81 know not" h
replied, except the great regard We hay
for each other"
Year: 1878

Deal gently with me, o my friends, when this

 hail life hathfied, When ye shall gather ln my home, and whis- per ''she is dead.' Let not word of idle praise be breathed o'eI

 my repose, And as for blame, however just, oh | leave it

 to my foes. zE'E Bend OCT my couch with cheerful smile, and say s'she is at rest: We loved her we'll, we miss her much, but God knows what is best" And when ye robe me for the grave, let no cold shroud be there, To send shudder to the heart, as from Deaths icy air; But wrap me in some simple garb, that speaks of warmth and rest, And lay fair blossoms OCT my brow, and on my silent breast; Put nothing in ny folded hands-but let them

 empty be, To show that Life and all it's cares is hence forth naught to me And toll no bell and chant no dirge OCT my unburied dust, But utter words of earnest prayer, and sing sweet hymns of trust; Then lay me gently down to rest where sleep my loved and lost; And think of me as one whose barque no more is tempest-tost. And when you go back to the world, ohl dc

 not quite forget, That one whose heart Is warm and true would

 fain be cherished yet. But do not mourn that have gone. nor cast a

 veil of gloom, ss 4ff x Above my lonely, vacant place in each familiar

 room; But bring the flowers love the best, and lei

 their fragrance be A pleasant incense in the house to walker

 thoughts of me. And sometimes place upon my grave the blos- soms, fair and sweet, That shall be pledges of our love until the houl

 we meet. ask no more-for thus to live in hearts cal

 mine own Were better than the sounding praise of mon

 umental stone. crave no guerdon of the werld-I ask no boor of Fame, If ye but cherish, year by year, my we'll re membered name.
Year: 1878

THE COMING TRANs1T.--On May 9th will oc- cur transit of Mercury: that is Mercury will pass between us and the sun, so that,.for seven hours and half its form will be distinctly shown upon the suns face. The transit will be visible from all parts of this country, and scientists from abroad are already coming over to observe it from this point. It will be in pro- gress here from 1928 a. m. to COS p. m. It is popularly supposed that the distance of the sun froR the earth is one of the well establish ed mathematical facts. This is not correct, and the coming transit is one of a series of things that will help the determination of the matter. It is only as instruments become more nearly perfect, and many observations at points far apart are taken, that this important meas urement can be reduced to great closeness. It is probable that this transit will aid much in determining whether there is little planet revolving between Mercury and the sun, a matter which most of our readers may be sur- prised to learn is still in doubt. It is also ex- pscted that our astronomers with their im- proved appliances will be able to detect Mer- cury's moon if she is rich enough to have one, and to satisfactorily decide on it's absence Ii she is without such an attendant. Then cer- tain questions concerning the bubbling of the sums surface, and the color of the light at its extreme margin are expected to be helped tow | ards solution. It will be seen therefore, that this is an event of great scientific interest. Our Lawrence observatory with it's splendid telescope, is, we regret to say, so far in the fu- l ture that it isn't yet talked about, but we SUD- pose that many of our citizens have spy-glass- es and binoculars which, if prop erly shielded with colored or even smoked glass, will show the passage of the planet. It will be noticed that about 2 p. m., Mercury will be about mid way of the suns face, making that good time to catch view of it. As Mercury is notNisi- ble to the naked eye, glimpse of it will be a ! great novelty.
Year: 1878

The art of advertising IS being brought down to decidenly fpe point; and when to ins sert at your very lowest rates aud sc. companies 1t with six lnoh focal notice which he wants put in for nothing, you cant help but admire his acreage cheek and wish YOU had gun that would shoot hundred miles and kill tho fellow you aTt thinking of without taking aim.
Year: 1878

A small, inotfensive-appearing one
armed man, with rather an intelligent
face, but poorly clad and with marks of
pain and suffering in his countenance,
walked slowly into the Central Police
station yesterday forenoon and, notion
ing Lieut. Morse, the officer in charge,
to one side, where he could not be over
heard by any one else in the room, whis.
pered in broken voice: 81 am sick
and without money or friends. I've
been to all the hospitals, and none Of
them will take me in. was at the In
firmary, but there it was the same, and
| am so feeble and sick that if | do not
get some place to stay | will die"


"What do you think we can do for
you here if none of these places can
help youP" quietly inquired the Lieu
tenant.


81 have got pair of shoes here an
swered he in half-scared way, taking
from under his arm the articles careful
ly wrapped in newspaper, and hand
ing them to the officer,


"lf you want to dispose of these, and
have right to sell them (addiug this on
account of the suspicious looks of the
MANI, you can surely find better mar
ket than this.


The paper is mine, but the shoes are
not. stole them" This confession
in the same quiet way he had spoken
before


From where?" asked Morse, scarce
ly comprehendmg the man.


"The sign is George Angel, and the
store is on the street that leads to the
market. l hate to call it stealing |
ncNer stole any thing in my life before,
but took them, thinking that you would
arrest me and send me to some place
where l could be taken care of"


He almost broke down as he finished
this statement. With a feeling of pity
the officer took up his pen and turned
to his blotter. The mans name, Thom-
as johnson, was recorded upon its
pages with the charge OF petit larceny
against it. The turnkey showed him
into the prison and the iron doors closed
behind him. In the afternoon he ap-
peared before Judge Updegrotf and re.
| peated his statement. The Court found
him guilty, imposed q fine of S25, and
ordered him sent 10 the work-house tor
thirty days. ClepelaHd Lealer,
Year: 1878

We once knew man who was always
praising his wife. On the corner, down
the street, at the post-offlce, at therace-
track, in the skating-rink, at the thea
ter, in the sal that is, at the choir
meeting, he was always telling what II
happy man he was, just because he had
such asplendid wife, and he talked ev-
cry man he met into perfect frenzy of
envy about her. Well, one winter
morning, when it was not yet too light
to make one appear overly ostentatious,
we sneaked into that neighbours yard to
steal Il fence aboard for kindling, and
had to wait before we could safely OBJ
tain it, until that mans wife came out
and sawed couple Of armfuls ofwood,
shoveled out three snow-paths, fed and
groomed the horse and cleaned out the
cow-shed, and then when she went into
the house and we heard her call to her
husband that the sitting.room was warm
enough for him to dress in ii he wanted
to get up now, we were so amazed that
we forgot what we were waiting for,
and went back and kindled the fire with
a corn-cob and pint of Kerosene
Burlington HatCkege.
Year: 1878

SAD CASE OF INSANITY A very
touching case OF alienation in charming
young lady is described by cheerful OBJ
server. Not long ago her mother found
her in her roam energeticslly .dsrning
stockings, and soon after she appeared IN
the kitchen and assisted that wondering
dame in making and bak ing bread and
pastry. Alarmed by these fearful signs
of intellectual disorder, her fond parents
Immediately sent for a slillful physician.
who watched her through the keyhole
while she sewed Buttons on her fathers
garments and mended those Of her little
brother. Much affected, the vonersble
man remarked that never during medi
cal practice of twenty-five years bad he
known sny young person to manifest such
symptoms as these. The most heart
PENDING phase of all. however. was shown
the other day, when her kind father With
faint hope of rousng her from her sad
state, gave her 900 and told her To Luv a
new dress. Alas twas useless. She
instantly observed tbgt she didn't need a
new dress, and if he would let her keep
S25 10 pay a poor widows rent she'd
much rather he would take the rest Of the
money for himself. For few moments
the grief stricken old gentleman Cazcd
upon hi. hapless child. then hiding BIZ.
face, muttered between his sobs, Her
mind is gohc! Her mind IS gone !"
Year: 1878

Now that coil of evidence is winding itself about
a miserable wretch who seems to know whose dead
body was thrust into a barrel aud hidden In the
woods by Silver Lake, and how il came tn be dead
body, good easy people saying to one another


in satisfied way that Murder will out"
But unfortunately the Staten Island horror
will yield such comfortable moral, even
if the murdered woman is identified and her
murderer brought to Justice. The most depressing
reflection in regard to this particular crime is sHg
gestcd by the fact that already the world knows OF
three unfortunate women who havo been lost to
their friends and whose condition and relations
we're such at this particular time to
make it not Improbable. at least, that they had
come to a violent death. Three youIfg women, we
know of, whose forms and features were not unlike
those found in the Staten Island woods besides
bali dozen Others, whose friends the authorities
say, have been to make inquiries and have been
convinced by some ghastly description of teeth or
hair that this was not their dead.


Nor sths solitary ease. 1t is one Of several
which prove that if, at any time and in any place.
the murdered body of young woman IL dis
covered, it to light that there are
many missing ones whose death by yio-
lcucc just then aud there is not unlikely.
When man is missing the newspapers and police
are at advised. and vigorous and open search
for him is at once begun. When yonng woman s
missing under certain circumstances her immediate
friends mako no sign, and feelings of dehcacy seal
the lips Of her ncghbors Of course, they are not all
murdered but we know enough TO know how many
are subjected to tho risk of death. And where are
all these comely Irls. with long brown hair, whose
friends have been visiting the Staten Island Cor
oncr Isit not one of the lessons enforced by this
tragedy. that murder. in some forms, IL too rarely
found out and too rarely punished
Year: 1878

ciples that inspire the Greenback orsaniza-
ton. Nobody will deny that Brick POM
eroy has been one of the conspicu-
ous founders of the new party. that
the most ultra cOpperheads of the war have
been his foremost allies in pushing 1t into
prominence, and that the publications issued
from the headquarters of the National Green
back party in Chicago are the fair exponents
of their purpose. Here then (taken from
Greenback tract " Hot Drops, No. 6") Is
candid statement of what they want as to
money and the National debt:


But out OF this National Greeuback party VIII come


Congress- TO speak, % patriotic men, and these men
VIII declare platform and principles that shall have no
uncertain sound but point directly 10 the 'front.' 10 the
making Of laws .or the creation Of absolute Green
back money, that shall be perpetual money OF the
United States and always fun legal tender Tor the
payment Of debts one dollar OF mon,y always TO pay
one dollar OF debt. Then the demand will be the pay
ment Of cyery United States bond aud claim against the
general Government this absolute money, thus Tor
ever wiplng ont the National debt


Is this what the voters of New-Iork wantF
A vote cast for the Republican party is Il vote
cast against such destructive folly. vote
cast for either Democrat or GreenDack
ticket is a vote directly or indirectly IN It's
favnr
Year: 1878

The repetition of blunder which did no
harm is folly; the repetition of a fatal bunder
Is insanity Some of the Republicans OF the
Monroe and Orleans Districts have tiied to
prove themselves politically mad by repeating
the split which last year threw
soundly Republican District into the hands
of the Democracy. Each OF the two
counties has its candidate, and neither
is willing to give him up. Monroe, by force
of numbers, dictates, on the informal ballot,
the choice of its representative, wbereupOn
the Orleans delegates retire from the hall. 1t
is not for us to say whether Monroe should
have yielded or Orleans should have stald,
though the presumption is usually against
those who enter convention and do
not abide with it to the end. But
this much is cleaT-that unless this
breach is closed, there is little prob
ability of the election of Republican Con-
cressman from that District. The interests
of the country, as well as of the party, de-
mand that the quarrel cease at once. This is
a RepubHcan District, and to carry it will be
IN easy Republican gam. And no such acces-
sions are to be despised. The elections already
held this year show a Republican loss thus
far of ten Congressman upon the composition
of tbe present House and tins widening
in the gap to be closed makes harmony,
vigilance and hard work all the more noces-
sary. The next House cannot be carried for
the Republicans by fOOling away Republican
Districts in useless discussions, and we trust
| this discovery may be made in the Monroe
District without further delay.
Year: 1878

Woolley didn't say much, but he tried to say some
hing Mr. Mobile will observe that the copar-
ccneIs have begun to talk, and that it will be in
curnbent on him to keep mp with tho procession.
Would 1t not be well for him to burnish up a
paInphle-full or so of language aud keep it ready
for any loud and sudden call
Year: 1878

According to the knavcs' lexicon employed by tho
most eminent reformers in Florida, during Decem-
Der. 1876. the proper cOGnomen of Barlow was
Bass lye" Some of the more ardent Republicans
thought at the time that his telegram from that
State uas nearly strong enough to float an egg.
Year: 1878

Senator Blaine put it sharply when he said: ''The
question Is not whether the people Of the United
states shall go forward to resumption but whether,
having actually reached specie payments, they will
by positive legislation go backward and adopt ire
deemable paper currency
Year: 1878

It would be ungrateful in c. c. Bean to run against Campbell.

 It is not fair, it is not right, it is not honorable for Mohave man to run against Campbell, So says the Democratic paper at Prescott.

 We don't understand why Mr. Davis has not the right to run for Congress. or anything else if he wants to, without being called un- fair, unjust, and dishonorable. We are pleased to know that NIT. Bean is not ungrateful-for to call a man ungrateful is to accuse him of all meanness that human flesh is heir to. As for us, we have our man in the field, and welcome MT. Davis as foeman worthy of our steel. If you have any more Congress heads, elevate them, and if they get away with our man, we will not complain, for this is a race free to all. Trot them out.
Year: 1878



 During the past week. our office has been besieged by persons full of complaints about our physicians, county officers and almost every body connected with the county government. live were to answer all, our whole time would be occu- pied. There are, in all communi- ties class of people who are con tinually finding fault about officials not attending to their duties. As regards the officers of this county, we fail to find any just grounds for condemning them in regard to the smallpox matter, but on the con trary, find thas they have used all the means in their power to prevent the further spread of the disease. Let those who come in contact with contagiOn, exercise due precaution, and there will be no need of complaints. If citizen knows of his own knowledge that person is guilty of spreading the disease by not exercising care, he should i'm mediately inform those in authority and we doubt not but that it would be attended to.
Year: 1878

other parts, and the husbandman can always be assured of a fair aud uniform profit on all that he can possibly produce. \ regular and steady market with sure profit is certainly better than the late con staut fluctuations from exhorbitance to absolute indigence.
Year: 1878

MT. F. A. Drake, handed us the the following recipe for the cure of smallpox and also scarlet fever. He has had it in his possession for some eight years, and knows of his own knowledge, that it is an unfail- ing remedy. It is said that this remedy causes either smallpox or scarlet fever to disappear in twelve hours, and to use the language of the author, who gave the recipe to New York paper, |" it is as unfail- ing as fate and conqusrs in every instance" It can be taken by a well person without harm.

 Sulphate of zinc, one grain; fox glove (digitalis) one grain; half seaspoonful of sugar; mix well with two tablespoonfuls of water. When thoroughly dissolved add four ounces of water. Dose-Table- spoonful every hour, for an adult ; and less for a child.
Year: 1878

Criminals are almost invaribly distressed about the publication of their misdeed out of tender regard for their family. If these fellows would think about their families just before they commit their crimes there would be less need of sup pressing the publication.
Year: 1878

Ifycur local paper doesn't ex- actly suit you, don't go 10 running it down and abusing the editor, but go to work and help him to make it better by furnishing him with such items of interest as happen to come under your observation.
Year: 1878

the older settlers in this valley, a mistaken idea, as to the great ben eft that will accrue to Arizona in the advent of a railroad. To set the matter right, and with the knowledge of one who has had a little experience in like situations, is the purpose of this article.

 In the past years of this Salt River settlement, its producers have sometimes had largely remu- nerative prices for their crops. The market, however, was fiuctuating as the demand was uncertain. During this time, the cost of necessary im- ports was enormously high on ac- count of freight charges. Three years ago, freights from San Fran cisco to Yuma, by the measurement system of tonnage ranged from two to ten cents per pound. With rail connection to Yuma, the rate now is sl GO per hundred weight, and for ordinary freight only four cents from New York to Yuma. The i'm mediate effect of this reduction of freight has been nearly, if not quite 50 per cent. less cost to us for many of our necessary imports, and no great falling off in values of our home products. With these facts before their eyes, and in their mouths, every time they take a cup of coffee or chew of tobacco, it is a little surprising that these croakers will croak about the railroad being an irreparable injury to the country.

 Much attention is now being given by capitalists to the mines of Arizona. A large emigration is coming here, and every acre of ara ble land is being rapidly taken up. Nearly all these new settlers arc from railroad countries, and are eager to get homeshere in advance of the prosperous era that that they know will dawn upon this country as soon as that true star of empire the headlight of the locomotive shall shine upon our valleys and illume our mountain canyons. The coming of the railroad with the as surance of speedy and continuous communication with the great con- mercial world outside, the certain development of our vast and rich mineral fields and the absolutely certain rise in valuation of all kinds of property here, is what is impell- ing toward us, this army of emi- grafton and the attention ot capital. Still, these few croakers would have us believe that they are the embodiment of wisdom, and the emigrant army, with capitalists who seek investment here, are all fools.

 It is true that on the opening of a railroad in a new country, there is a feverish over-valuation of real property, which has often caused loss to those who purchase at such fancy fignres. But when things are settled, it has always been found that the value of taxable property has largely increased while the cost ot living has proportlonate' ly diminished.

 The arabic lands of Arizona witl every acre in cultivation, cannot be made to produce a third ot what will be required to sustain tho vast number of laborcrs which hel mines will employ. Any farmer knows, or ought to know, that !; home market is always the best,anc as the railroad will bring us cheaper living, its freight charges will alsc protect us from any danger of sue .essfql comeptition, in nproducts iron
Year: 1878

Last Monday night the Church Lit
erary society met at the Congregational
church. The attendance was very small.
The literary part of the programme was
limited, all of the members who had
been appointed duties failing to come to
come to time, except Miss Carrie Davis,
who read an essay on the life and char
acter of Lady Mary Montague. It was
written i'm very pleasing style, and read
exceedingly we'll, and showed that the
author was well posted on the subject. or
so much information could not have been
condensed into so small space.


The musical portion of the entertain
ment was very fine, and had it been
known that such music was to be pre-
sented, We are confident that an audience
would have been present more commen-
surate with its merits. The music was
entirely of the sacred orjer.


Then occurred the business part of
the meeting, and in this there seemed a
considerable lack of interest. A new
constitution was adopted, making some
changes from the old. The election of
officers was postponed one week, on ac-
count OF the small attendance. 1t is
hoped that there will be more out next
Monday night.