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Year: 1874

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Year: 1874

Chicago il rather proud of a very
gentlemanly thief who is now working
the fashionable residences Of city. He
is a young man Of dandy cut, polished
manners and a glib tongue. He has
been seen several times III the houses he
has harvested of money and Iewelry,
but suspected too late to be caught.
He meets one lady at her own front
door returning home, snd politely apol-
opizes for having made a mistake in
the house. She soon finds out that her
chamber has been invaded and her jew
elry is gone. Another lady comes home
and finds a stranger In her parlor fixing
mis- hair and viewing himself In a glass,
as though he had just made a call and
wished TO get his appearance up 10 the
mark before anybody came in. He eBud-
denly finds that he has mistaken the
house of his lady friend, who lives on
the next block, and after many excrFes
for his intrusion bows himself out. The
ladies of that house find that they will
have to lay In a new stock Of jewelry.
He thus robs his victims before their
very eyes, and his genteel appearance
and charming address help him in and
out of peoples houses at his will and
n1aalura
Year: 1874

not cost more than fifteen cents bushel
anywhere within twenty miles of bed Of
limestone. Gypsum, much more costly
than lime, ought TO be procured ground
ready for use at forty cents a bUshel.
Rather than pay forty cents for lime,
gypsum (Which is sulphate of lime)
would be more profitable at fifty cents,
the highest price we have known even
for imported Nova Scotia gypsum. As
it is twice as soluble in water as lime.
and supplies sulphuric acid as well as
lime TO the oil, it is used in much
smaller quantities. One hundred
pounds or one and one-fourth bushels
per acre, is considered heavy dressing.
The blowing under of green crops is
not likely to sour the soil, unless stag
nant water exists in it. The presence
of such water in the soil favors the pro-
duction Of acids, but where the soil is
free from it there is always sufficient
alkaline matter to take up the acids
which may be formed during the de-
composition of growing grass, clover,
or buekwheat, which may be plowed
under. Barnyard manure is the cheap
est and most useful fertilizer for all or
any crops.--NeaO York 15ribane.
Year: 1874

Much atte ntion has been attracted in
England very recently by a letter Of
Prof. Tyndall's, in which he maintains
that there is no such thing as the spon-
taneous generation of typhoid fever,
and that in every case of typhoid pre-
existing one can be inferred with GER
tainty. A a natural result of this view,
which is known among medical men as
DR.. Budd's theory, it follows that
typhoid fever is eminently contagious
and infectious disease like smallpox and
scarlet fever.


1t is hardly necessary to dwell upon
the vital Importance of this question
in all civilized communities, in view of
the great mortality which is annually
caused by this most insidious and ter
rible disease. If Prof. Tyndall-who
although no physician, is one of the
foremost scientific men in the world
be right, the destruction of the pre.ex-
listing germ Of the disease should be the
main ohiect in the treatment OF typhoid
fever, aud the isolation of the patients
would in every case become OF para
mount importance.
Year: 1874

A correspondent of the Western Ru-
raj writes Lately, 1 had a COW mired
IN a quicksand in slough, and it took
some engineering to get her out. While
an excavation was made in front of and
about the COW, I fixed a crowbar in a
socket firmly in the ground. slipped
a ring over the top, to which was at
tached two guys leading at angles of 45
degrees to two stakes driven diagonal Y
and firmly into the ground at some dis
tance away from the direction in which
the COW was mired, the ropes drawn
tight. I now wedged a small clevis
firmly on the square part of the bar !;
from this a short piece of chain was at
tached, communicating with the rope
leading to the COW, and close to the bar
with strong handspike. 1 now com
menced walking around the bar with
the handspike. When it began to grip,
it gradually drew the COW forward until
she was able to use her legs, when she
struggled out without further assistance.
Year: 1874

A writer in Scribner's says Very


dear to my heart is q certain bit of


writing by a Frenchman, whose name l


cannot recall. He looks into the win


dow of small jewelry shop, and tries


to make out in his mind how the jeweler


gets his living. Suppose he should sell


this ring before Sunday, and that breast


pin next week; even if he sell this ami


that, how can it be enough, for they


have cost him at least so much, and the


profit is not large, surely, and there is


the rent and the fuel; and the family


may be composed of two, three, or four.


How does the jeweler get his living


1t runs on in some such way as that


Just how l cannot tell, for / never read


it, and only remember my friends re-


pert of the little sketch many years


ago. And that is precisely the way


find myself doing. OF course 1t is


wearing upon ones sympathies but


when yOu pass a bake-shOp, and a retail


furniture store, and sewing machine


establishment, and music store, and


the rest, nearly every day of your life,


il is difficult to keep from becoming in


terested in their welfare. ] was sure
that new restaurant over yOnder would


not be able to meet its expenses. The
two walters were sisters, ] should think;
nice, quiet girls of better class than
you generally see in such places. l
think it must have belonged to their
father or uncle. They have closed one
OF their rooms, notice, but keep the
going In the basement.
The trouble was that the prices were so
low that only economical people went
there, and these dined so parsimOni-
ously, excluded so rigidly those little
6ainties which make large part of the
profit, that there was hardly any money
IN the business. There is such thing,
you see, as improbable encouragement |
of economy. ! never saw a single soul |
going into the music store above Third |
street, so l was not surprised when the |
worst came TO pass. But cannot tell |
you how hard it went with me to look |
at them carry out the sheet-music in |
piles, and load it on a wagon. 1t |
seemed to me that sheet music was a |
kind of property not to be converted |
into money with great dispatch. There |
to be no way of turning an
old waltz into Strauss's latest, or melt |
ing over old Dog Trsv' INTO The |
Heart that thou Gavest.' Yes, and even |
in your grand wholesale stores, it is
depressing to see the sales
men with their coats off, standing idly
about the doors, with that emphatic
endeyor of theirs to look busy and
brisk


OF course, II Is a St. Louis paper
that says the Chicago churches offer
fine chromos as prizes for new mem
6srs,
Year: 1874

Lime is generally applied in guam
ties of from twenty to fifty bushels per
acre. No constituent of the soil is
mere readily removed from it by drain
age-water than lime. Wells that have
previously given soft water have given
hard water soon after the land around
them had been dressed with lime. The
small quantity that could be diIled
along with the seed would be ineffec-
tive. Twenty bushels per acre every
four years would be a moderate appli-
cation, and it should be applied broad
cast, when TedGced to fine powder BY
dry stacking, Immediately before the
wheat ia sown and narrowed in along
with the seed. Forty cents a bushel is
too great cost for profit. Lime ought
Year: 1874

I sent the following home in pri-
vate letter some time ago from a certain
little village. It was in the days when
was public lecturer. ] did it be-
cause l wished TO preserve the memory
OF the most artless, sociable and ex-
haustless talker ever came across. He
did not tell me a single remarkable
thing, or one that was worth remember
ing, and yet he was himself so inter
ested in his small marvels, and they
flowed so naturally and comfortably
from his bps, that his talk got the upper
hand OF my interest, too, and I listened
as one who receives a revelation. Itook
down what he had to say Just as he said
1t, without altering a word or adding
one.
Year: 1874

Ar the Sierrita mines three arrastrars are being run on gold rock and three on silver rock. We saw this week ounces of gold which was taken from 5400 pounds of ore, and several other lots Of gold and sill yer were brought in from this district. One tbnI o i1 hn in ope1Seion ana rom run were obtained. Samuel Hughes has a number Of men at work sinking shafts and running tunnels, and Bennett and Smith sent out force of men this week to sink shaft.
Year: 1874

TUCSoN is very healthy now, and if the dogs do not take the town we have reason to hope that no other great calamity will befall us, but the streets are blockaded with dogs, the poor people are made to go hungry dividing food with them, and the nights are made hideous by their howlS.
Year: 1874

c. o. BROWN has placed in his saloon a splendid cabinet for minerals, and al- though it was only put in this week he has already fine display of minerals. He numbers each specimen and makes a record of the donor. name of mine and depth of shaft from which the ore has been taken. This course will not only place the ore in public place for exhibi- ton but it will at the same time give quite a history of the mine. Such cabinet will do much to attract the attention of stran- gers to our vast mineral resources. We hope all our citizens will aid in this de- serving enterprise, for In SO doing they will help themselves and the Territory.
Year: 1874

W IT would be very refreshing to have a little ice this warm weather. We have no doubt that from POO to 800 fbS. could be dis posed of daily at fair price in Tucson. An ice machine would be splendid in- yCStmeut
Year: 1874



 son. Who were the first settlers} <h it was settled and the various cha xit has passed through are questionS Eth naturally arise but are most diffa1EG<to answer. We have in our possea "a map of Arizona made in 1776 byEE1F. Pedro Font. Arizona at that time was part of Sonora, and Tucson, named on the map Tuqulson, was on the extreme north ern frontier of Sonora, and there does not appear to have been any civilized settle ment beyond it. It was evidently mili- tary post of some importance and from some of the oldest inhabitants we learn that the San Pedro and Santa Cruz valleys were cultivated quite extensively, that the country was covered with vast herds of cattle and that @ good deal of mining for gold and silver was carried on Ithas only been about six years since Tucson com menced to progress under the inspiration of American energy and ideas, and since that time it has constantly improved and expanded. It has a population now of about 1000. It is the nearest town to SonO- ra and profitable and extensive trade is kept up with that country. It is centrally located to an extensive and rich mining section and is also the centre of the most extensive and best grazing section in Ari- zona, while the valleys of the Santa Cruz San Pedro, Babocomari, Sonoita and up per Gila contribute to it's agricultural resources. Stock-raising and mining are in their infancy and Tucson must advance in proportion as these important interests are developed. Hence 1t is fair to presume that Tucson has but just commenced on the new era of prosperity and when we consider the vast resources that surround us and which have hardly yet been touch ed, with the trade that naturally comes to us from Sonora, it requires no stretch of imagination to predict that Tucson will in the near future be one of the most i'm portant interior towns on the Pacific coast. / THE weather continues very warm, but the people are goOd-natured and we see no indications of Spring fights and rows such as sometimes appear with the warm season. We have had some candidates among us for political honors this week, and the boys who have stood around in convenient places have been enabled to obtain some refreshments without costing them much. All the candidates we have seen talk fairly and say frankly that they want the best man to win. They of course have opinions of their own as to who the best man is, and even if they should have a slight conviction that personally they were the fellows, it Is pardonable and no one should find any fault about that. AS far as we can learn it is the declared inten- ton Of all the candidates to not buy any one. While this is little rough on the boys who are expected to do the blowing and striking, and no doubt think they are honestly entitled to turn an honest penny yet we like the Roman determination to stand on high and lofty ground. It re- minds us of the earlier and purer days of the Republic.
Year: 1874

THIS is a busy season of the year, the farmers are harvesting and threshing and d good deal of building is going on. Eve rything seems to be plenty but money, and as for that article we have never known it so scarce before.
Year: 1874

THE new barley is coming into market. The price so far offered is only l1a cts. per pound. Wheat does not seem to have any market value. We are safe in having enough to eat if we do not have much money.
Year: 1874

OUR MILL NOW BEING IN FULL. V operation, we are prepared to furnish the market with quality of Flour, which factured in the Territory, and fully equal to the very best imported from California. We will keep constantly on hand at the Mill, and at our several agencies

 Three Qualities of Flour,
Year: 1874

IT has been our desire to obtain information of the early history

 son. Who were the first settler. it was settled and the varIous ch, has passed through are question naturally arise but are most diff answer. We have in our posse map of Arizona made in l77G D
Year: 1874

THE CoTToF CRoP.-The latest returns from
the Department of Agriculture make an un-
favorable showing for the new cotton crop,
which promised at the date of the departments
information 70 be seriously affected in all the
states except Virginia by bad weather and hot
winds
Year: 1874

The raidine upon the trout waters OF the
country has gone on until they bid fair 70 be
depopulsted, and state legislatures are moving
in alarm TO put some stay to the havoc. The
State OF Maine has adopted some very stringent
legislation in this direction. The only kind OF
fishing for trout allowed in Maine is With the
hy or the single baited hook; all gang-nshing,
spoon-fshing, seine hshing, and other modes OF
son for trout by law is from the 1st Of October
to the list of March, covering their spawning
time. TIE lumbermen have been in the habit
of fishing through the ice for trout in the win
ter, but the legislature last session passed q
stringent law intended 10 put q stop to this.
The Oquoskoc Association are vitality interested
in the enforcement Of these laws, and the mora
effect of their example and influence is felt all
through this region for the protection Of fish.
In this way, and through the yearly replenlsh.
mept Of the stock through the operations OF the
Matching establishment at Bema stream, it IL
probable that the supply in the Maine trout
waters will be maintained, q consummation de-
voutly TO be wished. O.. n.
Year: 1874

property, and the ragged, wretched editor
will never more hear the reason assigned for
his robbery that the public Is interested in
this article, or ''the public good Will be
promoted, and therefore can't pay for this. "
Newspapers, like tannenes or saw mills,
have existence TO make living for their
owners. These owners are no more orless
concerned about the public veal than other
good citizens, and are under no more or less
obligationto serve the public. II, therefore,
any wish to promote good cause by using
the machinery of newspaper, they must
pay the cost. In most cities, religious no.
tices are published at half the rates charged
for other advertisements, and people of an
Eastern community no more think Of using
a newspaper for any purpose, however be-
nefcent, without relieving the newspaper
owner Of the cost Of labor, or without pay
ing for the use of materials than they would
expect to use the horse and buggy Of
liveryman in funeral procession without
paying for the pleasure. The airing Of
ones name in print is infinitely more profit
able, and even more delightful, than of the
person in the most faultless landau, and in
no event neither the good nor the bad of a
community have the right to make pack
horse, as is commonly done, of poor devil
Of an editor.
Year: 1874

Ho1- JoHN S. PnEI,Ps, one of the most
distinguished public men of Missouri, is be-
ing strongly recommended in that State for
the United States Senatorship. Major
Phelps's name Is household word through
out Missouri, where he is known as the old
war horse Of Democracy. He held a very
prominent seat in Congress for eighteen
years, and upon the breaking out of the war
he was the Oldest member Of that body.
He was for a long time chairman of the
Committee on Ways and Means, and-ac-
quired the soubriquet Of the {" Bulldog Of
the Treasury" He was very prominent
member Of several other committees, and
it is due the honorable gentleman to say
that no State ever had more faithful rep
resentatiye in the NATIONAL halls of legisla-
tion. In view of the intimate associations
between Texas and Missouri, great interest
is felt here in the political welfare and ma
terial prosperity of the great country north
of us, and it is to be hoped that AIissOuri's
influence in Congress win, to certain ex-
tent, be identified with that of the Lone
Star State. Hence we feel double interest
in the politics of that State, and think that
the selection of Senator OF such ability
and experience as Mr.. Phelps will be pro-
ductive of great good to the country.
Year: 1874

THE greatest virtue of Grants message is
its seeming originality, not only in its
awkwardness of expression and involved
sentences, but in its proposed modes of ad-
justing questions affecting the relations of
the States to the Federal Union. Wisely
and properly the President hopes that ne
future occasion for the intervention Of Fed
eral power IN the affairs Of the several States
will ever arse. With this aspiration ofthe
President every patriot viii confess heart
felt sympathy. To the very extent that this
message is an Improvement on those that
have preceded it, to the SANG extent It an
nsunces the Presidents departure from prac-
tees Of Radicalism so earnestly condemned
by the people in recent State elections.
Year: 1874

II


A people, ike a city OF State, are known
abroad only through the press that repre-
sents them. If coarse, vulgar, bullying,
staggering newspapers went abroad from
Austin, strangers would shun this city as
travellers do oriental pest houses. The
spirit Of the press is naturally supposed to
animate the community in which the news
paper has existence. A tastefully printed
newspaper, wisely conducted and filed
with reading matter beyond the reach of
criticism, makes the homo Of that paper at
tractive to educated and refined people.
There is law lessness in fact and brutality in
action wherever there is lawIessness of ex-
pressI6n and brutality in thinking illus
trated in local newspaper press. No de-
cent community will sustain an indecent
newspaper, and no ignorant town or viii
lage will support an admirably well printed
and costly publication, The STATESMAN
will never give publicity to story that
will make aiwomap blush, and never thrust
the private grievances of its conductors in
the face of the public, and simply because,
if there were no better reason, no decent,
intelligent community will sustain an indie
cent newspaper, and no ignorant town OF
village will sustain a costly and wei printed
publication. AS the sTATEsHAN grows in
circulation, and thus, in its resources, it is
steadily improved in every incident and ap-
pliance of mechanical art, and. since it
has sought scduleusly never to offend the
taste OF the most fastidious, oven when in
Weighing bitterly against the depraEed,
may We not hope that each reader Of the
STATESMAN, interested in promoting the
fortunes of Austin, and of Fexas, will be-
come our active agent, and each secure for
us at least one additional reader9
Year: 1874

GENERAL Brace and others addressed q
large meeting at Galveston, on the evening
Of the eighth instant, and measures were
adopted to secure money to be used in the
immediate resumption ,0i work on s. the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe road.
Year: 1874

Boston, Sept. lG.-Bullsrd, the Boyl-
ston bank roboer, who arrived from New
York last week, made confession Of his
connection with the robbery, and that the
amount obtained was $4,000. Billiard
says Glover Is entirely innocent Of the
crime for which he is now serving q term
o. twelve years In the State prison.
Glover was convicted Of being an acces-
sofy before the fact Of the robbery, but
Bullard asserts that no one except the
men actually engaged in the robbery had
the slightest idea that Il was TO occur.
de will be arraigned before the Superior
Court this afternoon and will in all prob
ability plead guilty.
Year: 1874

ANOTHER corner in corn Is feared by
grain speculators in the West. The Chi.
cago papers believe that the corner, il one
there be, will run against those who
manipulated the market for July. The
unusual strength OF corn in the East seems
to indicate tendency toward manipula-
ton on the part oil Eastern speculaters to
counterbalance the game Of the Chicago
operators.
Year: 1874

Editors Of the Intelliaenees.


l see In your issue this morning that you
caused me 10 say the following concern
ing the Democratic meeting held In our
place on last Saturday, viz "but few were
present and those few among the least
important men Of the party. BY refer
ring 10 the manuscript Yon will see that
instead Of the word least the word most
occurs, How such Q mistake could have
occurred cannot imagine. The men
Who'll saw there are my intimate Iriends
l have the greatest respect for all
Of them for l do consider them the
most important men Of the party.


The mistake referred 10 by our cores
pondent occurred on this wise BE had
written "but few were present during the
few minutes l was there, but these few
were among the best men oi the party"
The word best was mistaken for the
word least, owing to the way 1t was writ
ten, and the word "inportan" was added
after 1t in order 10 fill out the sentence
properly. That Is to say, instead ofprint.
ing 1t the "lesst men ol the party" It was
printed "lesst important men OF the
party."-RD.l /.