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Year: 1877

Providence who are and have been acquainted
with Captain Anderson for years and who have
all faith in his story do not hesitate to declare
that they would have shot them Captain An
derson however, has various reasons for not do
ing So In the first place, he saws il is a pretty
serious thing to kill man; that years ago he
might have done SO, but he has thought these
things over great deal, and he doesn't want to
Kill! person if he can possibly help it; again,
ne had no revolver of his own, but while in one
of the ports another captain offered him his.
telling him that there had been some trouble
about the caps, and perhaps it might not go off
the flrst time. but it world be better than
nnothing, and he felt that if be attempted to
that he was comparatively unarmed and he
and the vessel would be at their mercy, while,
as long as they thought it was all right, it
might be OF some use. He says however, that
when the Indian kicked his wife he thinks he
should have shot him if he had had the revol-
yer with him
Year: 1877

FINE CHURCH.


While on recent visit to the shire town of
Franklin county, we visited the neat and sub
stantial church which has just been erected BY
the Methodist society. A short sketch of the
building may be of interest to some. The new
edifice stands upon the site of the old church.
and is of style of architecture at once strik-
ing for it's simplicity, yet artistic beauty. 1t
presents street front of So feet, and extends
pack " ieet. On the front north corner is the
main spire 1876 feet high, and on tb,, south cor
ner toweret about so feet high The windows
OF tne church are of cathedral glass, no two on
SIDE being alike, while at the front end is
very large ornamented window of the same
glass
Year: 1877

A well-known young lady of Milwau-


kee, Wis, recently made herself the


victim of ridiculous mistake. A hand
some and wealthy gentleman, whose &c
quaintance she had just formed, invited
her to attend dress party in his COM
pany. She accepted, and arrayed herself
for the event with unusual care. To her
surprise and modification he appeared,
to escort her to the party, attired in a
white linen coat. She invited him to be
seated, and then begged to be excused
for few moments. To her mother she
stated the fact that she would be ashamed
to go with him if he wore "that coat. +"
1t was finally decided that she should
ask the gentleman to pass the evening
at the house. Ashamed, but determined,
she told him that she did not believe that
any of the gentlemen would wear linen
coats at the party; that they had better
not go; delightful evening could be
passed at home, etc. The gentleman
took the matter good-naturedly, and re-
marked: "Why, this is only my dus-
ter" He revealed beneath it garment
OF shining broadcloth. The lady recov-
cred from her modification sufficiently
to attend the party, but che feels
ashamed of her stupidity t. this day.
Her companion was the l,est-dressed
man there.
Year: 1877

His ringlets OF silken black hair, hi


flashing eyes, his effeminate and lispine


voice, his dress-cont of black velvet


lined with white satin his white kiG


gloves, with his wrist surrounded by q


long hanging fringe of black silk !; and


his ivory cane, of which the handle, in.
laid with gold, was relieved by more
black silk in the shape of tassel. Every
one laughed at him for being affected


but the woman declared that he was an
affectation of the best style, and they
felt that his personal vanity was in fiat
tering homage to their most notorious
weakness. Such was the plumed boy
exquisite who forced his way into the
saloons of peeresses. Men held him in
light esteem, but observant women, who,
as a rule, are more discerning judges of
young men than themselves, prophesied
"he would live to be a great man. "
That was Disraeli, after he had created
intense sensation by his novel. "Vivian
Grey" written and published when he
was little more than twenty years of age.


And this is his appearance now {:
There hangs from the crown of the head
single curl of black hair, ga curl
which you cannot look ut without feeling
touch of pathos in your inmost heart,
for it is the only thing about the worn
and silent man reminding you of the
brilliant youth of " Vivian Grey The
face below this solitary lock is deeply
marked with burrows left by cares
plowshare; the fine dark eyes look
downward, the mouth is closed with
tirmness that says more for this mans
tenacity of will than pages of eulogy
would do; but what strikes you more
than anything else is the utter lack of
expression upon the countenance. No
one looking at the face, though but for
a moment, could fall into the error of
that expression and intelli-
gence are not here they are there, but
in concealment. The face is clean
shaven and an utter blank-the face of a
sphinx" the most remarkable face in
England"
Year: 1877

Instead of asking blessing on sitting
down at the table, a family up town have
for years been following the custom of
repeating verses from the Bible, each
person repeating one, commencing with
the head of the family. A few days
since young man in the family brought
up to dinner with him friend who was
not aware of the custom and was ready
at all times to get in word of merri-
ment. When they sat down at the table
the friend was placed next to the head
of the family, who began the worship
by repeating: "The love of money is
the root of all evil" The friend took
it that the remark was made to him,
and replied by: "Well, pass along the
root" A sensation all around,
land Herald.
Year: 1877

The universe is the visible garment of
the Invisible.


The groves and woods are the musical
academies of the singing birds.


If you are asked to do right thing,
answer by doing it. 'Tis short answer,
but it does not give offense.
Time is the bell-ringer of the universe.
He strikes the hours even now; presently
he will peal the chimes.


Learn in childhood, if you can, that
happiness is not outside, but inside. A
good heart and clear conscience bring
happiness, which no riches and no cir
cumstances alone ever do.


1t is mans proper business to seek
happiness and avoid misery. Happiness
consists in what delights and contents
the mind; misery in what disturbs, dis
composes or torments it.


Every man ought to aim at eminence,
not by putting others down, but by
raising himself; and enjoy the pleasure
OF his own superiority, whether imaginary
or real, without interrupting others in
the same felicity.


Revenge is fever in our blood, to be
cured only by letting the blood of
another; but the remedy too often pro-
duces relapse, which is remorse-a
malady far more dreadful than the first
disease, because it is incurable.


1t is not by the exertion of corporal
strength and activity that the momentous
affairs of state are conducted. It is by
cool deliberation, by prudent counsel,
and by that authoritative influence which
ever attends on public esteem.


We assemble conventions and councils
to have the benefit of their collected
wisdom, not always remembering that
we must necessarily have at the same
time the evils of their collected passions,
and private interests.
Year: 1877

Tho Widows Mite.
A tramp went into widows cot,
On dark and stormy night;
He demanded food and bed on tho spot
And put up his fists to fight.
The widow grabbed pewter pot
And hit out straight from the right
The tramp went down as II he was shot
He had got tho widows might.
Year: 1877

COLUMBIA, June u.


The report of the conference committee
appointed to adjust the differences between
the two houses in relation to the appropri-
alton bill was adopted by the house to-day.
No doubt the senate will adopt the report
tonight. A concurrent resolution passed
both houses to-day, declaring the seat of
Judge II. B. Carpenter vacant on the
ground that the election in December, 1875,
was illegal, the office at that time not being
vacant, and ordering an election to fill the
vacancy at 1:15 tomorrow.


The senate tonight adopted the report
of the conference committee on the appro-
priation bill without much opposition. The
bill will be ratified tomorrow.


While no direct appropriation Is made
for the payment Of interest on the public
debt, yet the levy is made and specifically
appropriated for that purpose in the sup
ply bill. The result is virtually the same.
In the house tonight resolution agreeing
to impeach Associate Judge j. ]. Wright
for drunkenness was passed by two
thirds vote and committee will be ap-
pointed to prepare articles Of impeachment.
In the meantime Wright is suspended from
exercising the duties of his office.
Year: 1877

NEW YORK, June G.
This morning, at the grand lodge OF ma
sons a resolution to reduce the pay of re-
representatives. from S. to % per day fixing
the salary and clerk hire OF the grand
secretary at 5000 per year, and that no
appropriations be made this year for ma
sonic boards of relief, and that no salary
be paid the grand lecturer, but that lodges
desiring his services pay him were referred.
A resolution postponing the election of
three trustees and referring the subject TO
a committee from each masonic district was
unanimously carried.
Year: 1877

The contractors have completed the walls os our new county jail 10 ;he top of the ground where the cut stone Is to commence and be used for abont five feet. then the re, mainder of the two stories will be erected from excellent brick now being burned for shat purpose.
Year: 1877

We are once more in communication with Sax Diego by telegraph. The line iS re- ceiyius an oyerhauling on the west side oI inc Colorado river in California and It lN to be hoped that it will be >o repaired that We will not be compelled to say the line is down again.
Year: 1877

Miller Brothers loaded yesterday and 10. yisy fortv-two thousand feet of lumber al Curtis saw mill for Sandy and Greenwood The money that the lumber trade itself, be sides the price of freight for hauling l away. brings to Prescott k an important item. and aggregates during the year ar amount that can hardly be realized by thos' who have not riven t much attention.
Year: 1877

Mr. Raines has made arrangements with the owners of the Black Warrior ,o take out certain quantities of ore from the mine and after having done the work, if he does not like the mine, lac foricits his work. On the other hand, if, after doing said work ac- cording to agreement. he is satisfied with the prospect. he iS to have the ore and one halt of the mine upon, he. Raincs paying tO the owners the sum of thirty thousand dol lars. We will say in connection with this notice that NIT. R. Las the sufficient backing here m town to carry out his undertaking which we lock upon as q safe one.
Year: 1877

Ex-Governor Stafford returned on Satur- day evening from the Bradshaw and Tiger where he is interested in mining. The Governor visited the Peck and other mines on his trip and reports in q very flattefing manner of the mining outlook in this sec ton of the Torstory. The Governor leaves tomorrow for Greenwood and ihs MoCrackiH nine where he Is. we are happy to say, in tercstcd ia the Signal mill and Signal claim of that famous mine. with Messrs. Lect X Thomas Ewing, all good mining men. Their claim, We are credibly ln- formed. is one of the best on record, and good judges and reliable men place 1t even equal to the great Ccmstock lode,
Year: 1877

CoNSIDERArE.-A citizen of our town. who feels lively interest in getting the southern Pacific people to reduce their freight tariff to Ehrenberg. wrote to the freight agent of the railroad company, in san Francisco. in regard to the matter. urg ing that reduction be made. In due course an answer came to the request made upon the magnateS of the monopoly, stating that they were cognizant of the fact that the citizens of northern Arizona were paying a very high tariff, and recommended sS a remedy. that the people of Prescott ask the freighterS from Ehrenberg to reduce their tariff. This We call considcratc to ask the poor treighter who hauls our goods about two hundred miles. over rocky, sandy roads and barely makes living at present prices, to reduce their tariff and thus keep up high prices for the railroad monopoly. We would invite these gentlemen who ask the hard working teamstor to ruin himself to help 8n oyerhearing monopoly, to step down from their lotty elomen, but fer few days and handle the reins of i2-mulc team one trip from the scorchiug sands of the Tolorado 10 our mountain town, and the tune would De changed and they would be willing to put fsir tariff on freight from san Francisco to Ehrcnbcrg, say $50 to S4Q per ton.
Year: 1877

This mine, discovered by Frank Schultz and located for himself, C. (. Bean and Dan Hatz. is located on the head of Willow Creek in a thick forest of pine and cedar timber, and is we believe destined to create d great excitement amongst mining men and capitalists. The distance from Prescott to this new discovery does not exceed miles and has all the facilities for working it that could be askcd-that is, good road Ia it's very croppings, plenty of wool and water The ore k antimonial la nature and can he reduced with a common blacksmith forge. Assays of this ore go into the thousands. and taking this in connection with the great size ot the vein We consider the find a valuable acquisition to this sec lion of Arizona But little work has been done on the lead ., 1t was only found few days since, hu, at the depth of fifteen feet four feet ot this rich antimonial ore ha, possession and the lcad is widening as the drill i> being driven down into the dark rc- cc>ses below. where we believe millions of treasure rest and have been sleeping since the creation of mother earth.
Year: 1877

An epidemic of fraud and swindling
seems to be sweeping over the continent.


Two thousand acres of land were recent
ly sold in Alabama for cent an acre. Most
any poor man can carry round whole
plantation in his vest-pocket down there.
Year: 1877

OTHER bLuNDERs.


The mistakes made by the wise are suf-
flcent to encourage all classes of fools, for
few of the latter could do worse than the
performances of our so-called best. There
is, for instance, the long pier built by the
Erie railroad company at Permont, in which
a million was thrown away. There is the
Manhattan market, in which another mil
lion was lost. There ia the Midland rail-
road, and score of other follies. Then
look at the operations OF John Taylor
Johnston in the Management of the New
Jersey Central. by which eleven-twelfths
of its capital has been sunk-the amount
lost being more than $1S,000,000. So also
the inquiry might be made, what fool en-
trusted with the care of bank could have
displayed more effectual folly than the f.
nanciers of Lansingburghp When the fool
killer comes round what busy time he will
have with the so-called wise men of the
world, thinks


THE HERMIT OF New YORK.
Year: 1877

A WONDERFUL INvENTIoN. - Ths
French papers Tell us of wonderful ib-
Vention which will enable the feeblest


among US to switch the world with mo-
BILE workmanship" The horse OF the
future is not to be driven by ordinary
reins, but by electricity combined vita
them. The coachman is to have under
his seat an electro magnetic apparatus,


which he works by little handle. OaB


wire Is carried through the reign to ths


bit and another to the crupper, so that
a current once set up goes the entirs
length OF the animal along the
spine. A sudden shock will, we are
gravely assured, stop the most violent
runaway or the most obstinate jiDber.
The creature, however strong and how
ever vicious, Is Sat once transformed
into a sort OF inofrensive horse OF wood,
with the feet firmly nailed to the groundo
Curiously enough, the opposite effect may
be produced by a succession OF small
shocks. Under the influence Of thes&
the veriest screw can be suddenly en-
dowed with a vigor and fire indesorib-
able, and even the Rosinante of Dan
Quixote would gallop like Derby wiu-
ner.
Year: 1877

Harry Shannon Is little seven-year-
old who has been trained, according to
the Boston Transcript, by sum3 con.
sclenceless wretch, to memorize more
than a thousand recitatlons, and to
speak in public for more than an hour
at time. During one OF his exhibi-
tions in Boston the other evening, when
the lad had spoken for ABOUT an uour, q
gentleman who had been attentiVely
watching him through an opera glass


was observed to go into the dressing
room for the purpose, it was supposed,


OF conversiDg With the manager, for sui
sequentiy the manager announced that
complaint mad been made that the boy
was being overworked, and he wished
it understood that these exhibitions
were not so fatiguing to Master Harry
as would naturally be supposed. The
aforementioned gentleman here arose in
the audience, and apologizlng for the in
reference, begged leave to express a
different opinion. He said emphatically
that the boy was Wearled, so wearied
that "his nerves twitched," and for him.
self he would prefer to pay more for a
half hour Of the entertainment than to
have it longer, and, as he believed, to
the Injury of the boy. Upon this another
gentleman arose and said that he was


the father OF the boy, that the child was


not wearied, ana that fathers interest


ia his child was usually as great as that
of other people. While in New YORK an
Year: 1877

THE usual rigid discipline that pro-
hibits burial service in the Episcopal
Church over the body of a suicide part
ly relaxed in New York at the funeral
of the late Mrs. Leroy, who drowned
herself in the Central Park, in consid-
Grafton of the probable fact that she
was deranged when she committed the
act. The musical part of the service
was, however, omitted, and there were
no flowers and no regular pall-bearers,
the ceremony being of the plainest pos
sible character.
Year: 1877

LAST Saturday night a young girl
was found on the streets in Chicago
manifesting every symptom of hydro
phobia. She was barking, frothing at
the mouth and running from side to
side, as if unconscious Of her actions.
She was taken to a hospital, treated for
hydrophobia, but as she drank water
freely Sunday night it was found that
the terrible disease she was supposed to
have was really only fit of hysteria.
Year: 1877

THERE are in the Canadian North
west over 100000 square miles of
waste or wild lands, and on these only
$4,000 Indians. The chief care of the
Canadian Government is to keep peace
among the Indians themselves. Just
where the government will put Sitting
Bull and his tribe, so as to not disturb
the other tribes, is now a puzzling
question.
Year: 1877

A RESOLUTION was adopted in the
House of Representatives yesterday de-
claring it inexpedient to attach to the
army appropriation bill proviso SINH
lar to that which caused the defeat of
the bill at the last session, namely, that
none Of the troops should be employed
for political purposes.
Year: 1877

THE LEADER earnestly requests its
friends in all parts of the country to
send in the news. Write often, give
us all the news and keep us posted in
all matters Of progress and develop
ment. When in the city our friends
are invited to call at this Office and fur
nish us with any information they may
possess.
Year: 1877

THE wise men of New York, having
been furnished with photographs of
the Colorado stone man, pronounce the
thing not only humbug, but very
stupid one, such as could be attempted
only by persons ignorant of the condi-
tions of success in planning fraud.
Year: 1877

Prominent evils ID life always provoke
the consideration of their cures and con-
traries No good man but is impelled
instinctively to strive for the bettering of
things, One sees no end of evil and mis-
fortune, and DO less of physical dirt and
personal carel4ssness. 1t is we'll. then to
think of an agent SO potent as B. T. Bah
bits Toilet Soap, than which nothing
better can be made by the chemist for
toilet purposes and the bath room. The
sweetest and purest oils are exclusively
used in its preparation, and it acts on the
skin like charm.
Year: 1877

MICHAEL COULTER, Of San Francisco,
is bold, but not judicious lady's man.
As he went to his work IN the morning
and returned to his supper in the evening
he passed a little dressmaker's shop, and
always paused to smile and throw kiss
to the young sewing woman at the win
dow. Finally, he wrote love-letter TO
the prettiest Of them, and she read it aloud
at the sewing circle. The madcns were
aroused and put their heads together An
invitation to walk by moonlight was ac-
cepted and a place of meeting named
At seven p. NJ. he stood on the curbslone
and warbled the chaste melody, g love
but thee, with love that shall never die
till the sun grows cold" Suddenly five
muscular forms clad in womanly drapery
sprang upon him and five hickory sticks
hammered his soft head. Michael Coul-
ter OF San Francisco, his coat tails stream
ing in the wind and his face shining in
the moonlight, ran down the street and
took refuge in stable.
Year: 1877

WHAT MEN NEED WIVES FoR.-It
is not to sweep the house, and make the
bed, and darn the socks, and cook the
meals, chiefly that man want wife,
II this is all he needs, hired help car do
| it cheaper than wife. If this is all
when n young man calls to see young
lady, send him into the pantry to taste
the bread and cakes she has made send
him to inspect the needle work and bed
making or pat Groom into her hands
and send him to witness its use. Such
things are important, and the wise young
man will quietly look after them. But
what is true man most wants Of true
wife is her companon,hp, sympathy,
courage and love. The way OF life has
many dreary places in it, and man needs
companion to so with hlm. A man is
sometimes overtaken with misfortune {;
he meets with failure and defeat, trials
and temptations beset him, and he needs
one to stand by and sympethise. lie has
some stem battles to fight with poverty,
with enemies and with sin and he needs
woman that, while he puts his arms
around her and feels that be has some
thing to fight for, will help him eight;
that viii put her lips to his ears and
whisper words Of coun sell, and her hands
to his heart and impart new inspiration.
All through life, through storm and
sunshine, conflict and victory, through
adverse and favoling winds, man needs a
woman's love. Tho heart ycarns for it.
a sisters or a mothers love will hardly
supply the need.
Year: 1877

GOOD DONE BY STEALTH. Tho Gold
Hill (Nev.) Nc,os tells this:


Occasionally II reporter comes across a
little story that rekindles his faith in
human nature. There is an old woman,
past ninety, who lives on the Divide, and
who, with the help Of walking.stick,
hobbies down to Gold Hill on fine days.
She is too infirm TO climb back, and she
has no need, for the bus drivers always
insist upon giving her a free ride. Yes
to-day old Ned grossly insulted gentle
man who presumed to offer quarter for
the old DANES fare. She is entirely alone
in the world, and lives in a neat little
cabin by herself. The men in the found
ries on the Divide make up purse once
a month and turn it over to "Aunty,"
who thus is enabled to live very comfort
ably. They have done so for several
years,