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Year: 1879

we nOClce JnaC Tue Eastern MINING
Journals are filled with advertisements OF
Mining Bureaus" " Mining Agencies,


and the like, in New York, Boston and


other Eastern cities. There is such an


odor of blackmail about all these


"agencies that on general principles we
advise the Eastern investor to steer clear


of them. OF course we know nothing


about the responsibility or responsibility


of any of these newly advertised bu-


reaus," but the fact that they are spring


ing up like mushrooms on the strength


of the recently developed Eastern interest


in mining stocks, is quite enough to con-
vince us that some of them at least are
frauds. We have been through the mi
ming Bureau" business on this coast. We


have had them galore. We rarely knew
one that was not blackmailing institu-
ton, that was not wholly unreliable so far
as the innocent patron was concerned and


that didn't 90 to the wall when the real
nature of its business became known.
Here is the way that it works. An inves-
tor, who is determined not to be bambooz-
led by any promoters of a mining scheme,
but who yet is impressed with the pros
pectus issued, or the reports put out by
these promoters, writes to the trusted
bureau to know just what the " Cotton


Tail Rabbit Mine" is, what its prospects
are, and how far its projectors and mama
gers are to be believed. The investor
says if all is straight he and his friends can
take 5000 shares of the stock, and if ne
cessary they will pay the expense of send
ing one of the" " Bureaus" experts to eX-
anime the property. Such an application
as this-and they were not infrequent
before we either sent our mining Bur
eaus" to the penitentiary or drove them
out OF town-were the Bureaus meat
Armed with such letter the Bureau
straightway goes to the Manager of the
Cotton Tail Rabbit" and with the casual
remark that that letter ais only one of
dozen that We have received from time to
time" asks to be informed as to the
mines prospects,in order that the Bureau
may be prepared to answer questions in
future. And then the Bureau looks signi-
fcantly at the Cotton Tail Rabbit man,
and the Cotton Tail man sees the point.
1t is needless to explain further, except to
say that if the Cotton Tail man does the
handsome thing, and he generally does,
the mine is at once stamped with the ap-
proval of the L" Bureau" and Manager and
Bureau at once join hands in their effort
to sell the innocent investor his 5000
shares. Let the Eastern mine investor
have as little to do with Mining Bureaus
as possible.-Stock Report.
Year: 1879

MILWAUKEE, april 19.-This morning the
Hon. Alexander Mitchell submitted to the
Board OF Directors OF the Chamber Of Commerce
another plan Of accommodations to be provided
for the body in his proposed new Produce Ex-
change Building, With proposition to furnish
the apartments rent, heating, and water free
for term Of twenty years on payment to him
BY the Chamber OF Commerce Of the sum of
$50, 600 in cash. The Board Of Directors Ind
already set aside the proposition Of the Nun
condition that the Chamber Of Commerce be
built where the present Municipal Court build
ing stands, for the reason that the site does not
Year: 1879

property" When the word was given
the people came with a rush. 1t was
more terrible than an army with ban.
ners. They came bulging against the
fence, ard in tho struggle to get over
they knocked it down for 100 yards.
l was overturned and nearly trampled
to death. Each man got his property,
and thus the fraudulent race was bro
ken up by all exhibition of the most
extraordinary courage. He did that
day what it would have required two
thousand armed men to have effected.
All this was effected by the presence
and action of one man, and without
the dra wing of one drop of blood. A
certain knowledge that in one event
streams of blood would have flowed
to have effected this great aud worthy
object. II Nashville Cor. N. Y. Herald.
Year: 1879

Lo! the poor Indianl When he goes
home to HE cheerless wigwam in the
evening he has no dino novel with
which to while away the weary honrs,
no friend next door to como. in and
talk politics no medical almanac to
read No New York papers with full
proceedings Of the racy Vanderbilt
will case no money IN safe for mask
ed robbers to break in and steal-no
civilized pleasures of this kind. He
sinply hangs np the bloody scalp he
hss captured during tho day, beats his
squaw with Z club, wraps a buffalo
robe around him and lays down to
pleasant dreams. If pale face comes
within half mile of his wigwam, the
slumbering red man snuffs him afAr,
awakes and goes out and shoots him
full of arrows.
Year: 1879

be Read by Close Observers.


Hardly any personal popularity is


more noticeable or more indicative of
character than the. finger nails. There


are some who believe that palmistry,


or the reading of character from the


hand, can be reduced to a science, just
as much as phrenology. If 30, it would


necessarily be an obscure science to the
majority of people, but the signs of the
character indicated by the finger nails
may be read by all with little study.


In the first place, the shape of the
nail is very significant. The slender
tapering nail, of a rosy pink hue, with
shell like transparent edge, is always
the accompaniment of refined ma
ture, Broad, stubby nails, Of yellow
ish white color, and with opaque mud
dy looking edges, indicate natural
coarseness, though they often accom-
pany great good nature while the other
variety as frequently goes with sharp
shrewish temper.


The care of the nails is one of the
most revealing marks of personal hab-
it's, and one of the most important of
the minor operations of the toilet.
Nails may be greatly improved, both
in shape and color, by proper attention,
The best appliance is nail-brush used
in water. softenned by the addition of
little borax and really fine toilet soap.
In well brushed and well cared for
nails the little curtain-like rim which
surrounds them is we'll pushed or rolled
back, displaying generally a delicate
little crescent at the root. The skin of
the finger should never be allowed to
grow up on the nail. In pairing trim
ming the shape given should always be
as long an oval as possible. To cut
nail square off gives a finger end a
stubby look. The corners should be
carefully and closely cut, and the GEN.
ter left rather long, so as to give the
long oval shape. In cleaning the nails
the knife should never scrape off the
inner substance of the nail, as this
renders the edge opaque and muddy in
whereas it should be trans
parent. The nail is susceptible of a
high degree of polish by rubbing with
a towel when drying the hands.


The habit of biting the nails is one
against which children should be care
fully guarded. 1t is ruinous to the
very structure of the nail, and once ac-
quIred is one of the most difficult hab-
its to break. This is evidenced by the
more especially men, have a habit of
biting their nails when reading or
studying, of which they are perfectly
Not a few lawyers and
clergymen occur to mind whose nails
are almost deformity as result of
this habit. 80
Year: 1879

over four months, Mr.. Leonard dis
covered several skeletons, showing that
his brother was not the only victim of
the Nez Perces while in that part of
the country. He gave all he found n
decent burial. The remains of his
brother he brought to Crow agency,
and they were inferred at that post.
Year: 1879

IrrVHI tne worcestcr Vuass'J opy-rep.I


The whole expense and turmoil OF the extra ses-
sion have been incurred for nothing and the polit-
ical result is the consolidation of the republican
party everywhere, democratic dissension and defec-
tion and the conceded defeat of that party in
every State hitherto considered doubtful. This is
the result Of democratic strategy. DR.. Franklin's
parable of the statesman who knew how to make q
great State smaller might be told Of the democratic
leaders. who have developed q remarkable capacity
for making party smaller and weaker.
Year: 1879

From the Baltimore American-rep.l


The democratic party came out Of the last cam
paign with the prestige of in the election
by the people. but what political capital it had left
after the Potter Committee got through its opera
tions this extra has lost it, In way its
plans have failed. Instead of bringing forward rev
issues which would unite the party aud keep differ
financial policy in the background the
close of the session found the gulf between the hard
and soft money factions wider than ever.
Year: 1879

From the Washington d. CO. Evening Star. July IL


The expedition win push up through the ice hoes
to high latitude possible with the Jeannotte.
and make the rest Of the journey with dogs and
sleds Whether or not this is the attempt which is
to lay bare the secrets OF the frozen NORTH valuable
scientific knowledge can hardly fail to be obtained
result of the expedition. The enterprise will
not be unrewarded II, reaching higher latitude
than any yet attained. the expedition shall never
theless fail to sail around into the water
surface elevation cavity which constitutes the
ono spot in the Polar regions where the explorer
longs to be. We hope. however, that the Jcannette
will reach the Pole and return in safety from her
pcrilous journey.
Year: 1879

From the philadelphia Press-rep.]
Never since free government began has there been
more studied defiance and disregard the part Of
the majority of the accepted rules of "fair play
than this Congress has shown, and that it is for
tie OF the sight of the people and incapable Of
continued mischief making is . source OF much
gratihcation.
Year: 1879

Congress adjourned yesterday afternoon. and the
feeling Of qualification at the relief will be general
The contest in which the legislative ana executive
branches Of the government have been engaged hes
been useless. tiresome and exasperatlng. Had Con-
gress adjourned ut once after the first series of
vetoes received much expense would have been
saved and the result would not have been vastly diff
ferent from that which is now reached.
Year: 1879

A correspondent of the London Spec.
totor tells the following story A
young fo1-terrier, about eight months
old, took great fancy to o small brush,


of Indian workmanship, lying on the
drawing-room table. It had been pun
ished more than once for jumping on
the table and taking it. On one oeca,
sion the little dog was left alone in the
room accidently. On my return it
jumped to greet me as usual, and said,
Have you been q good little dog while
you have been left slone2' Immedi-
ately it put it's tail between its legs and
skunk off to an adjoining room and
brought back the little brush in its
mouth from where it had hidden it. l
was much struck with what appeared TO
me remarkable instance of dog pos
sessing conscience, and few months
afterward, finding it egain alone in the
room, asked the same question while
patting it. At once I saw it had been
up to some mischief, for with the same
look of shame it walked slowly to one OF
the windows, with it's nose pointing to a
letter bitten and torn into shreds. On
q third occasion it showed me where it
had strewn number OF little tickets
about the floor, for doing which it had
been reproved previously. I cannot
account for these facts, except by sup
posing the dog must have a conscience. "
Year: 1879

The Afghans are not a cleanly people;
in this they present a striking contrast
to the Hindoos, who are, perhaps, the
most cleanly race on the earth. The
climate of Afghanistan is cold in winter,
and perhaps the wild life which is 80
much the fate of all may have some
thing to do with it. They have such an
adherence of water that they never
bring it in contact with their bodies.


Being Mohammedans they are bound to
do certain ablutions by their faith, but
they find substitutes which are allowed
instead of the water. There is one
tribe who are said to get three new
garments only in their lifetime, the
garment being in each case blanket.
The first is given at birth, the second
when they are married and the third
when they die. Each blanket is under
stood to have been ceaselessly worn till
events entitle the wearer to new one.


Clean clothes and the washing of them
are not entirely unknown in Afghanistan,
for they have term by which they i'm
ply q gentleman, and it is characteristic.


They call him "Suffaid Posh," which
meaus white, or in this case clean dress,
Year: 1879

of the police and law was put in motion,
but with no satisfactory result. ,...'-...


Every moment of his leave was e1-
pended in the search, and when he
sought Rose, at her hotel. his heart
heavy and sad at the prospect of part
ing with her, she listened in silence to
Paul's regrets OF his failure to find her
friends, but started impetuously to her
feet when he added that, with the dawn
of another day, he must return to his
post and duty.


Her face flushed and paled as she
strove in vain to speak, her bosom rose
and fell convulsively, and but for the
strong arm of the officer Rose would
have fallen to the floor. ~...


His visit was prolonged. What pass
edsbetween them is known only to them
selves butsoon after the war depart
ment received First Lieutenant Paul
Welch's resignation, and in place OF re-
turning to bis post amid the savage
Sioux, hs engaged double passage for
the more congenial climate of Europe
with Rose as his young, blushing brid 9
Year: 1879

Some of the highly cultivated Boston
people who have theory that entirely too
much attention is paid to woman in this day
of civilization, are coming to the front with
some puzzling facts. They want to know
whether any of the twelve Apostles ever
married or whether there is any record in the
Bible or elsewhere of any of their children.
If there was Mrs. Matthew, Mark, Luke or
John, nobody ever heard of her. They point
to the fact that Christ had brothers and sis
ters but no wife or daughter; there IS no
woman in the Trinity. Women were not
permitted to speak in the early Christian
Churches. The Bible takes no more account
of women generally than the Koran or any
other Oriental book. The ancient Greeks
were the only people who gave women in
those days partnership in the affairs of life
and they were Pagans and idolaters. This
is really horrifyiDg, and the ladies should
call an Indignation meeting in every city in
the land. They might establish the fact that
one of the Apostles was married man, for
we are told that one of the relatives of Simon
Peters wife was sick of fever on certain
occasion.
Year: 1879

Two adventurous miners recently took q


ride through Big Horn Canyon in the Yellow
| stone, never before traversed by man. Had


they been able graphically to describe their
| adventure they would have told tale sell
dom equaled in thrilling incidents. Wishing


to save 2OO; miles travel around the noun


tanS they concluded to try the canyon. With


some tools they had in their mining camp
they built frai craft at the bottom OF the
| canyon, having previously taken down their
material Of red cedar. The boat was made


II feet long, three feet wide and upon trial


was found TO carry it's cargo of freight and
passengers admirably. So on the morning
Of the 23d of July they united it and pushed
out into the current. The rush of the river,
which before starting Was almost deafening,
was terrible as the boat started on its journey
through this unknown gorge. To go back
was impossible; to climb the solid limestone
walls which rose 500 feet above their heads,
where narrow streak of light lighted up
their course was not to be entertained as a
means of escape; through they must go,
trusting to their ability to avoid rocks, and to
the strength of their craft to run the rapids,
which they met at every bend Of the canyon.
The loudest halo was heard as whisper.
GrOttoes, caverns, unknown recesses of na-
ture were passed by these naVlgatOrs. In
places hocks Of mountain sheep, startled by
the appearance of the curiosity rushing by
below them, would run along ledge of
rocks, jump from crag to crag, where foot
ing for man would be impossible, and dis
appear. Evening coming on they attempted
to tie up for the night. They worked the boat
close to shore, jumped out and away went
the craft carrying the guns and provisions.
With starvation behind them and hardly
foothold before them their chances for keep
ing on were doubtful, when they luckily
found two logs, which they lashed together
with their belts, and again trusting to the
river, aid still more dangerous rocks, they
set out to search for their boat, which they
found two miles below, where it had stopped
in an eddy: On the afternoon of the third,
day, while wondering how much longer the
Big Horn Canyon could possibly be, they
suddenly shot out into the beautiful Big
Horn Valley, with Fort G. F. Smith On their
right.
Year: 1879

In the belfry of the Episcopal church at
Ellicottsvile, N Y, there is a bell which was
cast in Moscow in 1903, and was one of a
chime for the cathedral which was burned
during Napoleon's Russian campaign.
Along with other old metal this bell was
brought to New York by sea captin, as
ballast for his vessel. Eventually it was
carried to Troy, and became the property of
a well-known bell founder of that city. It
was there discovered by member of the
Ellicottsvile parish, who purhased and gave
it to the church. Its condition is sound and
its tone still good.
Year: 1879

The genius of our civilization IN its phys
Illogical aspect Is to make spendthritts OF US
all Of our vital riches. 1t includes no such
aim as race improvement. True, some youth
full culture of head and heart is supposed to
reach after that object. But it does not. 1t
looks only to immediate success in social dis
tinctiOns, or to winning competitive struggles,
not to the more remote objects OF our I'M
provement as race. Indeed, the instances
in which physical degeneration, by the pre-
vailing injudicious and highly priced culture,
is not thereby begun, are altogether excep-
.tional. Compare the highly educated son
with his father, and a perceptible dimlnutlon
in the grade of constitutional stamina is
nearly always manifest. Continue the pro-
cess for generation or two, and progress
sive deterioration will ensue until there are
only sickly boys to grow up into invalid man.
hood. Very few ever think of, and yet fewer
ever seek after, the accumulation OF vital
riches. Only when brought to suffering and
poverty of this kind is the mind aroused to
any interest in this subject. Prior to the In
ception of disease, thoughtless squandering
of vital reserve is what our social practices
systematically encourage; and when as a de-
bility, disease and untimely death ensue,
these are not regarded as the evidences OF
fatal flaw in the existing system OF clvil'za-
tion, but as matters of provision which alone
concern providence and the doctors. The
constitutional vigor, thus SO blindly spent,
renders frequent demands upon the highest
resources of the healing art urgently neces-
sary. And it must be confessed that in pro-
longing the life of defective blood there are
displayed q skill and care never before
equalled.
Year: 1879

The special dispatch sent from Deadwood
to the Chicago Times concerning the great
fire at that place last Friday, contains some
points not touched upon by the Associated
Press reports, as follows:


Scores of fine brick buildings, just erected,
and which were OF the most handsome and
costly designs, are now a smoldering pile of
ashes. Two thousand people are walking
the streets tonight homeless, and many of
them utterly destitute. Some of them are peo-
good circumstances, but whose all consisted
in town property, which has now turned into
smoke and ashes. The fire originated in a
small frame shanty, known as the Empire
Bakery, on Sherman street. and which was
situated in the middle of a block of the worst
fire traps in the city, constructed Of highly
inflammable material, which, when once ig-
nited burns like so much chaff. The same
place has on several occasions been the cause
of great alarm among the property holders,
from the fact of a fire breaking out in the
back room three different times in the past
year. This time the fire was caused by
drunken baker upsetting coal-oil lamp.
When the building was once ablaze all efforts
to extinguish it were of no avail. The flames
pierced every crack in the old hovel, igniting
buildings on each side, and following one
another When the flames reach the hard
ware store of Jensen & Bliss, three doors
from the scene of its origin, eight kegs of
blasting powder exploded with terrific force,
seeming to tear the heavens asunder and
shake the mountains from their strong foot
ings. The blast blew sparks for great dis
tance on every side, igniting every building
within their reach. AT this time it seemed as
though the gulch and hillsides were one solid
sheet of fire. The fire departments were
promptly on the spot, at the first sound of the
alarm, but the flames soon swallowed up the
entire hook and ladder apparatus, hose and
hose carriage This left everything at the
Year: 1879

A DREADFUL story is reported from France.
A young sportsman went shooting. In
wood he met charming young girl, the
daughter of neighboring farmer. Falling
into conversation with her he set his gun up
against tree, and sat down himself on
knoll with the fair enchantress. The girls
father going by that way saw the loving
couple, crept softly through the wood behind
them, seized the lovers gun-and- disap-
peared with it, Moral: lover and shot
gun cannot both remain in one place. Z.
Year: 1879

DESTROYED BY FIRE.-A few days
since, the log dwelling of c. O'Neil, an
old settler Of Ellsworth township, acci-
dentally caught fire from q stove pipe
passing through the roof, and the
flames had gained such headway before
discovery, that all effort TO check them
was useless. Most ofthe furniture was
saved; but the stove and about 60 BUSH
els Of potatoes were destroyed with the
house. On Saturday Last, number OF
the citizens Of the township gathered
and put up q frame house for him.
Year: 1879

THIS from the Leader seems to be author
itative: "a ridiculous story was circulated
last week to the effect that the National
Vteu in Washington was run by Republi-
cans. We did not think it worth while to
contradict it, but as the paper itself takes
notice of it we need only say that there is
nothing in it.''
Year: 1879

IT takes good deal of impudence for
Democratic paper nowadays to quote from
Jefferson's inaugural address the sentences
calling for ''the preservation Of the General
Government in its whole Constitutional yig-
or. as the sheet anchor of our peace at home
and safety abroad;'' "a jealous care of the
right of election by the people" :" San honest
payment of our debts, and sacred preserva-
ton of the public faith" These are Just
the things the new Democracy is opposing
Year: 1879

New YORK Tribune In Nebraska is said
to be the quaint and laconic epitaph over
the grave of citizen suddenly deceased:
HE twisted mules tall" 1t is under
stood that the Democratic party will adopt
the same epitaph. The solid North will sit
for the mule
Year: 1879

The Somerset Reporter announces that on
the first of October it is to be enlarged by
the addition of a column to each page Gin
order to give our readers the worth of their
money" They get that now, for the Report
er since it has passed into the hands of
Messrs. Smith & Mayo has become one of
the best-edited and newsiest weekly papers
in the State. Its contemplated enlargement
is gratifying evidence that it's merits are ap-
preciated in Somerset County.
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for pubca-
ton but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used