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Year: 1874

Village Street Lamps.-Several of the public spirited citizens of Lakeville have procured large lamps and placed them near their residences and places of bus mess, and being each his own lamp lighter, they are kept in good order, and are prov ing to be really a great convenience and comfort to the people. There are as yet only seven erected, but we understand more are being prepared and will soon be in position. These street lamps are com ing to be regarded as 8 necessity in the small villages in the country and why not? Why should country people gropc in darkness more than our city cous ins :? Our deeds are not more evil than theirs, and certainly it is our choice to have more light than darkness. The lamps in this village have become one of our fixed insti- tutions. They burn gas they themselves generate, and do faithful and excellent service under the charge of our efficient lamplighter, Mir James Hill. The cost of gasoline, from which the gas is ge enerated for the lamps in our village is about ss cents per month for each lamp, being per- haps trifle more in expense than would be the cost of kerosene oil for lamps suit able for street light, but 1t is certainly very superior to kerosene lamps, the light being more brilliant and powerful. The burners which have been in use year past, are as good as could be desired. They are man. ufactured by l.. A. Couch, Yonkers, N. Y. The expense of lighting and keepin them in good order, is about AS cents per month each. At the above enumerated cost it would seem that no village could afford to be without these cheerful lumin aries. Kerosene lamps serve very good purpose indeed, and being cheaper, will probably be more used than those tor burn. ing the gasoline. We hope to learn ere long that the streets of all the villages in this region are lighted by suitable lamps at night,
Year: 1874

On the fifteenth inst, Jackson Comfort, Pole, stole from the house of Isaac Ash man bonds and notes to the amount of $l, 73O. He had been staying about the house most of the day; and, soon after he went away in the evening, Mr. As.lnlan missed the property. He got out process and officer Strong arrested Comfort at the coal bush of Cad Peck, where he had been at work for a month or two. At first he denied knowing anything about the matter, and on search no papers were found on his person. Finally MT. Strong suc- ceeded in making him confess the theft and he took him to back lot where the whole of the property was found hidden under an old basin in the bushes. MT. Ash man used to deposit his valuables in the safe of the Cornwall Bridge Iron O.; but when that was broken open last fall, and he lost a valuable watch, he concluded to keep hir property within reach. Now his confidence in the latter plan is a little chakaD
Year: 1874

General Sedgwick was taken suddenly and seriously Ell on Friday evening of last week. His son from New York came home in the afternoon. In the morning he grew worse; but on Sunday he was up and about the house and hopes are enter tertained that he will soon be in the en- ioyment of his usual health.

 On Saturday evening street COW in attempting to scale the front fence of Mir. Newton Bartram, got hung on the pickets and in getting of broke several of them and somewhat injured the fence The propretors in Main street are about er- gsnizing for the purpose of abating this abomnieble and shameful nuisance.
Year: 1874

The new bill for the government of the District of Columbia provides for the ap- pOintment of board of Commissioners by the President who are to exercise all the power and authority now vested in the Governor and Board of Public Works It also provides for Joint Select Con- mittee of two Senators and two Represen- tatives. to prepare suitable form of gov ernment for the District. and report the same to Congress on the first day of next session. In the mean time the expenses ofthe District Government are to be de- fnyd ont of tax on real estate.
Year: 1874

There are strange stories told about the job OF
paving Fourth street. We did not suppose that
such extensive ralds upon our Impoverished city
treasury could be effected. But poor as the treas
ury Is tho stony hearted politicians have eyincrd
no sympathy but on the contrary, seem to be de
teImined to make while they can. The English
Bull, however, is to be removed. to quarters where
i can be maintained more cheaply, and be brought
out when occasion presents Itself in the mean.
time the cost of its use, and the cost of the new
paTenent on Fourth street, are shrouded in mys
tery. We should like to have the facts in regard
to these matters, and it would be as well if they
were presented in some tangible shape SO that the
property holders may know what they are paying
for, and the city also know what its heavy sums
are paid out for Give MS the cost per foot of tht
street and OF the sidewalk
Year: 1874

The street crossings, especially in the
Second and Third wards, where the most
business is done, are so shocking that you
ought to get out your teams and haul a
few loads Of coal cinders upon them at
once
Year: 1874

.ue snop' saio Lee, encouraged TO go


aAre theyGp


Mrg. Lees voice was low, and had in
Il slight huskiness. She did not turn
her face, but her husband saw that she
leaned little towards him He had
broken the ice OF reserve, and all was
now easy. His hand was among the
clouds, and o feeble ray was already
struggling through the rift it had
made.


"Yes, Mary he answered, softly,
"and I've heard II more than once Whist
o good wife Andrew Lee must have"


Mrs. Lee turned her face toward her
husband. There was something light
in II and light in her eye. But there
was something in the expression OF the
countenance that little puzzled him.


"Do you think 30 2" she asked quite
soberly.


"What q queer question r. calculated
Andrew Lee, starting up and going
round to the side Of the table where
his wife was sitting. "What ques-
tion, Maryl" he repeated, as he stood
before her.


"Do youp" was all she said.


eyes, darlingl" was his warm.spoken
answer, and he stopped down and kissed
her. "How strange that you should
ask me such o question"


"If you would only tell me 80, now
aud then. Andrew, il would do me
good" Mrs. Lee arose, and leaning
her face against the manly breast OF her
husband, stood and wept.


What strong light broke in on the
mind OF Andrew Lee He had never
given his wife even the small reward Of
praise for the loving interest she had
manifested daily, until doubt OF his
love had entered her soul, and made
the light around her thick darkness.
No wonder that her face grew clouded,
or that what he considered moodiness
and ill-nature took possession OF her
spirit.


You are good and true, Mary, my
own dear wife. I an proud Of you, and
my first desire is for your happiness.
Oh, II I could always see your face in
sunshine, my home would be the dear.
est place on earth."


"How precious to me are your
words Of love and praise, Andrew" ("
said Mrs. Lee, smiling up through her
tears into his face. "With them in
my ears, my heart can never lie in
shadow"


How easy had been the work for An.
drew Leel He had swept his hand
across the cloudy horizon, and now
the bright sunshine was streaming
down and flooding that home with Joy
and beauty.
Year: 1874

Tho world goes up and tho world goes down,
And the sunshine follows the rain
And yesterdays unoer and yesterdays froWn
Can never como over again,
swOO! wife,
No, mover como over again,
For woman Is warm though man bo cold,
And the night will hAllow tho day;
Til tho heart which at even wal weary and
old, r
Can rlso in the morning gay


Sweet wife,


ToIss work In the morning gay
Year: 1874

army, and gardens and crops, indeed
all vegetation seemed to be doomed to
destruction.


A real storm is now gathering and I
must hasten toward camp. Looking
down valley that opens out to the
north of Table Mountain, 1 discover
the mule train moving slowly forward
conducted by the packers and accom-
panied by the various members of the
party. From high point I watched
them pass by in single file apparently
much wearied, for it is the first day out
and the march has been painful to both
man and beast. 1t is not long before
camping ground is reached, the mules
unpacked and unsaddled and the tents
pitched. And now the rain comes in
earnest and hasten to camp. Supper
is prepared and eaten in the rain, and
all hands turn in for the night.


The following days were employed
in making a detailed examination of
coal deposits, within an area of about
ten miles square, in the region lying
along the range to the north and south
of tDe city of Golden.


The two principal mines are at Col
den and Rawlston Creek-five miles
north. The coal bearing series ofrOcks
lie IN an almost horizontal position all
over the great plains and seldom at
great depth below the surface, but just
here the elevation of the great Granite
range from beneath has turned the beds
up on edge, so that the veins are all ex-
posed and the coal can be easily mined.
A few general statistics can hardly fail
to be interesting, for these are among
the richest coal deposits in the world,
snd the source of great wealth.


In the Murphy mine on Rawlston
Creek, there are two main veins worked
while many less important ones are left
untouched. Of the two viens worked
one is seven and the other twelve feet
thick, having between them twenty
feet in thickness of sandstones, 6reclays
and narrow seams of coal. The mines
are entered from the creek bed, which
is about 200 feet below the general level.
and since the veins stand ON edge, the
coal can be mined out to any desired
height and depth. In this mine it has
been taken out to the height of 100 to
15O feet, so that for every foot of entry
there are taken out at least 1900 cubic
feet of coal, and an entrauceOf 100 yards
would yield at least 20, 900 tons. In the
Golden mine the conditions are about
the same and the yield somewhat
greater.


A rough estimate of the amount of
coal deposit in the area examined GO
miles long by wide) including all the
veins known, will give at least $780,
0OO, 900 tons. The quality of the coal is
thought to be equal to that of the
bituminous coal of Pennsylvania and
Ohio, and is valued in Denver at per-
haps IS per ton and would therefore
represent value of more than twelve
billions of dollars. Figures hardly ex-
press either the amount or the value of
the coal that must lie beneath the al
most boundless plain that stretches
away to the eastward. w. HI. II.
Year: 1874

She was expecting him Sunday night;
the parlor curtains were down, the old
folks notified that is was healthy to 60 10
bed at eight o'clock, and Johnny. bribed
with a cent, TO permit himself to hc
tucked away at sundown. lie sneaked
up the path one eye on the dog, and the
other watching for the cold man." who
didn't like him too well, gave faint
knock at the door, and il was opened,
and he was escorted into the parlor. lie
said he couldn't stay but minute,
though he didn't go home for hours
She wanted to know how his mother
was il his father had returned from
the York State; if his brother Bill's
rhumatism was any better; and he went
over and sat on the sofa SO as not 10
strain his voice. The conversation flag.
ged and he played with his hat, and she
nibbled at the sofa tidy. lie finally sand
that it was beautiful evening, and she
replied that her grand father predicted a
snow storm. lie said he guessed it
wouldn't snow, as the moon wasn't crook
ed enough to hang a powder horn on the
end she said she didn't believe it would
either.


This mutual understanding seemed to
give each other courage, and he wanted
to know il she had seen Bill Jones. She
hadn't, she said, and she didn't want to.
Then she went to talking about the do.
nation visit which was to be given Elder
Berry, and he carclessly dropped his
band on hers--his right hand, while his
left sreaked along the sofa to get behind
her shoulders. She pretended not to no
tice it, and be looked down at hi. boots
and wanted to know if she thought NUT
ton tallow rotted out boots faster than
lard and lampblack. She couldn't say,
but she had an idea that it did. lie had
just commenced to lock his fingers with
her, when she discovered something aided
the lamp. She rose up and turned the
light down half, making the room look
dim. 1t took him five minutes to gel
hold of her fingers again, and she pre-
tended to want to draw her hand away
all the time. After a long pause he
lowered his voice to a whisper, and he
said he didn't see what made folks love
each other. She bit her handkerchief
and admitted her ignorance. lie said he
could name dozen young men who
were going TO get married right away.
and his left arm fell down and gave her u
hug. Then he went over and looked
out of the window to make sure that it
was not going to snow. and, coming bacl;
he turned the light down little more,
and then wanted to know if she didn't
want crest herself by leaning her head on
his shoulder.


All, me. We have all been there, and
who Of us cared cent when the old
clock struck twelve. and We five miles
from home? The old man was fast
asleep, the watchdog gone visiting, and
the hand.omest girl in the country didn't
see why We need he in Il hurry.


Perhaps shouldn't have written this,
hut ! was going hy Saunders the other
day, thinking of the night | heard him
whisper in her ear at spelling school that
he'd love her shadow as long as he lived,
he raised up the window and called to
her as she was picking up chips in the
road:


"Sue Sanders, come in here and find
the bars grease for my sore heel, or III
break every bone in your body!"
Year: 1874

A great deal Of solicitude has been felt
By number of Representatives of
Southern and Western constituencies in
relation TO the proposition for nm addi-
tional internal revenue duty on whisky
and tobacco. DR.. Stamford, Of the
Louisville district, who has received
many letters on the subject and given il
especial attention. is confident that no
further tax will be imposed at this ses-
sion ON either whisky or tobacco, for the
reason that the Southern and Western
members OF Congress will make common
cause against such special burdens on
their industries.
Year: 1874

In the least by the ordinary considera-
tions of safety, ease, quiet, popularity,
and reward, that In short our only
duty Is to obey orders as they come to
rs from headquarters of Conscience and
the Moral Sense; that we might be able
as true knightly soldiers Of truth and
right, to TAKE, IL need be. our single
blanket and canteen and bivouac on the
field OF life making the rock Of trial
our pillow-maklng the night of dis
aster our pavilion OF safety and repose,
having our trust in nothing less than
superior virtue; willing to stay or march,
to endure or do, to engage alone or with
a host, determined only that we will
acquit ourselves manfully and well so
long as life shall last.


Such then, briefly told, Is the origin,
growth, and mission of the Order of the
Knights OF Pvthias, such Is Its fOunda-
ton, and such are its principles. It's
mission il glorious, and much good can
be accomplished through its instrument
tality. Let it then br our chief aim and
ambition to live up to it; to elevate our
Order to that high niche in the Pythian
Temple, which its greatness and prin-
ciples demand. So that it will be a credit,
an honor, aud u worthy ambition for
any man, lich orp0or, to be able to say,
l AN A KNIGHT OF PYTHiAs.
Year: 1874

oh, the story is true as preaching.
/ bought Nap when was in Paris
/ have springs fixed on the door and in
the floor, so that when the door is opened
the dog stands up, and when he is up,
there is an arrangement in his throat
that makes the growl you heard. BY
putting on that upper lever he is made
to jump as high as mans head, and
that jump was what Frightened the bur-
glars


sympathize with that burglar, and
/ hope he did not loose caste among
his professional hrethses., for ccrtaaz]y
the dog was a villainous looking brute,
as well as most unmitigated swim
die.
Year: 1874

E The late DR.. MacAdam used to
tell of tipsy Scotchman making his
way home upon bright Sunday morn
ing. when good people were vending
their way to the kirk. 4 little dog
pulled the ribbon from the lady who
was leading it. and as it ran away from
her. she appealed to the first passer by.
asking him to whistle for her poodle
Woman" lie r.torted, with q solem-
nity of visase which only . drunken
man can assume, woman this Is m day
for whust.in'
Year: 1874

good many years ago one Of the most
notorious thieves in the United States had
confidential conversation with gentleman
who is now one of our most efficient detectives
and expressed strong desire to reform.
"Why do you wish 50 much to live on the
sqnare?' asked the gentleman. because"
replied the thief, 81 have wife and chill
iren to whom l am very much attached
they have no idea Of the mode in which |
make my living the children are growing
old, and are beginning to wonder why
leave home so often, and what do, and if
| am ever to reform now is the time.n The
gentleman warmly approved the idea, and
to further it loaned the man several hundred
dollars with which to begin an honest bust
ness. The reformed man at once broke off
all his old associations, lived u perfectly
honest life, would have no dishonest persons
call on him, devoted himself for years closely
to business. raised his family ireSpectably, ,
did great many acts of unostentatious
charity, and died not long since esteemed by
all who knew him. His children are doing
well, and are highly respectable. The money
advanced was long since repaid, and the
officer certainly has reason to feel satisfaction
at the result Of Lis helping a man to reform
his life.
Year: 1874

In our large citic~, really deserving pco-
PIE frequently suffer great deal from actual
want. Yet. thanks to private charity. a case
of absolute starvation, when man or
woman is thoroughly healthy, is almost I'M
possible There may be phases Of misery
quite as terrible as death at the time they
occlr. to sensitive natures, which may help
to kill the individual but DEATH at least
among men. from inanition caused by want
offood, seldom happens in busy cities. Men
may be i'll and feeble, so that they cannot
work, and then they perish. An unior-
tunate foreigner not along ago gave his sad
experience Of want 81 fell ill when came
to this country two months ago; have been
in hospital six weeks; thought was better,
but am i'll again tried to get to the hospital,
but somehow the people there would not take
me back. have been sleeping in stable
where an lriShman let me have an empty
stall. Ihave been starving for the last week.
| am too weak to work, and too proud to
beg. | have lived mostly only or what
could find in the wash-tubs of the markets,
and occasional crusts Of cast-away bread.
Yesterday, being Sunday, most like to have
periShed." American people have kind
hearts; the man was well cared for when
his condition was known, and he now fills
worthily an Independent position. See to
it that kindly charity does not die in your
hearts, that the poor we have always with
us may not die of want and misery.
Year: 1874

HAVE WE 4 PEABODY HERE From
an excellent article in a California ex-
change, on " What shall be done with
the growing generation ?" We take the
following:


But boys are boys. They are class
of society that cannot be ignored. Ii
becomes community to deal with boys
as q fact. What shall be done with th:
boys that are growing up around US, and
WHO will soon push us off the stage Of
action? Put them to work, is the OBJ
vious reply. Learn them to do some
thing. Put the young scoundrels to a
trnde. SO that they may grow mp men
and play mems parts in the drama of
life. There are few tradesmen who
may employ q small proportion. but
there is no regular business for the great
number. They must have work or
some one who owns property will have
to pay poor taxes or criminal taxes for
them. Who is the patriot. the philan-
thropist, in California. who will estab-
lish schools in which will be taught the
trades, and by which boys labor could
be self-supporting Does Peabody
live in this Western land who will give
the rising generation a chance to become
useful men /? The truth is lamentable
that our industries now in active operas
ton do not furnish labor for our boys.
The grown people curse them for idling,
but give them nothing else to do"
Year: 1874

U A cunning Detroiter plays game
which has netted him considerable mon
ey. Having family Bible in his hand,
he would approach persons whose sym
pathies he thought he could work upon.
and say that he was a laboring man. out
of work, with big family on his hands,
and was on his way to pawn the family
Bible. He would state that dollar
would relieve his present necessities
and save the Bible from going to the
pawnbroker and in many cases people
have handed ont the money to him.
Any person liberal enough to give the
man money would not take the Bible as
security, and SO it was saved to play the
game on the next one.
Year: 1874

LADIES BEwAnE.-A certain lady, who
has become an inordinate chewer of gum,
applied to a doctor the other day in
great distress, the blood having almost
completely stopped circulating. The
learned professor diagnosed the case,
and informed the woman that she had q
disease called embolism, and warned
her to prepare for the worst. A friend
who had doubtless been similarly af.
aicted, struck her upon the back, and
the shock relieved the main aor:a of an
immense chew of gum, which she had
swallowed in her sleep, and which near
ly cost her her life. Ladies addicted to
this pernicious habit, had better take
warning.
Year: 1874

JOHN BRIGHT ON THE PULPIT.-Ir a
letter published in the Evangelical Maga-
zine, Mr.. John Bright says: "As to
what is best for the pulpit Grading a
sermon or delivering one extemporane-
ously) may not venture to say much
In pulpit. man is expected to speak for
a given time on great theme and with
less of exact material than is obtainable
on other occasions and on ordin. ry sub
jects. And, ,further,a "a majority of preach
ers are not good speakers, and perhaps
could not be made such. They have
no natural gift for good speaking--they
are not logical in mind nor full of ideas
nor free of speecl--and they have none
of that natural readiness which is essen
tial to a powerful and interesting speak>
er. 1t is possible-nay, perhaps very
probable if reading sermons was
abolished, while some sermons would
be better than they now are, the major
ity of them would be simply chaos, and
utterly unendurable to the most patient
congregation. Given a man with knowl-
edge of his subject, and gift for pub
lie speaking. then I think reading mis-
chief; but given man who knows little,
and who has no gift of speaking. then
reading seems to be inevitable, because
speaking, as deem it, is impossible.
But it must be a terrible thing to have
to read or speak a sermon every week on
the same topic to the people-terrible to
the speaker, and hardly less SO to the
hearers. Only men of great mind. great
knowledge, and great power can do this
with success. wonder that any man
can do it often doubt that any man


has ever done it. 1 forbear, therefore,


from giving a strong opinion on the


point you submit to me. Where mar


can speak, let him speak-it is, no doubt


most effective; but wheie q man canno


speak, he must read. Is not this ths


sum of the whole matter?"