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Year: 1879

EDIsoN's TOO COSTLY BURNER TIPS
Rather formidable obstacle seems 10
have been discovered by Mr.. Edison,
which will tend at least to postpone the
realization of his high expectations in
regard to the electric light. This is the
high price of platinum. The part of the
electric lamp which is rendered incandes-
cent by resistance to the electric current
is made of spiral ribbon of platinum,
and no other metal has been found which
can be substituted for it. 1t has been found
possible to alloy the platinum with irridi-
um which is also hard and infusaole at a
high temperature, but the cost still so great
(some $40 or Sl2 for each burner) as to-
place it far above common use. Platinum is
the heaviest and most nearly infusable Of


metals. Cast iron melts at 2000e, gold melts
at 22S2o ,and the best wrought from passes
into liquid state at something like 320Oa
but platinum with its expensive alloys, is
the only metal yet discovered capable Of
enduring the fervent incandescencc of the
electric current. 1t seems obvious that
Qeaving all other difficulties out of the
question: tho electric light cannot be gen
orally introduced for domestic purposes
till the single lamps can be set up for n
fraction of a dollar apiece, instead of cost.
ing $40. If the standard furnishing
every electeic jet were worth $40. bur.
glars would certainly thrive for II time, ,and
the number of practicable lights would
diminish with great rapidity. 1t would
be as attractive to pilferers as gold eagle
tied to every gas jet with II string. Mr.


Edison's new problem, then. is to make
platinum cheap. AS it will scarcely grow
cheaper by the creation of new ant
inexhaustible demand for it, the only hop,
of tho inventor is to discover some grea
bed or mine of 1t in placer or mountain
This precious Lwhite metal has never beer


found in large veins, and when Agassi
picked up lump as large us pigeon
egg in the Andes it was thought sufficient
ly remarkable to be placed on exhibition


in European museum. To find platinum
in large deposits is just what the worl
has hitherto failed to do; but as MI


Edison has accomplished several thing
that the most ingenious men had nc
succeeded in doing before, there is n


saying precisely what the hundred minel
whom he has set TO work may or may n,
, achieve in the effort to reduce the cost ,
platinum from the price of gold 10 that
, cast iron.
Year: 1879

As matter of much importance to those concerned, we publish below the text of anotice issued by the Land Commissioner of the Ft. Smith Rail road, It is unreasonable to expect the company to allow their lands depicted and butchered up without they receive something therefor. All who are interested should heed the warning:

 Notice is hereby given to all per sons living upon and cultivating any lands belonging to the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway company, to come forward and enter into con tract for the same at once, or cease the further cultivation of any of said lands after the lst day Of January, 1880. Immediate steps will be ta- ken after said date to eject all per sons who fail to comply with the above requirements.

 The Company cannot afford lon ger to pay the taxes on these lands and suffer the soil to be worn out without some remuneration to them selves, and not to squatters as has been the case for many years past.

 The lowest rate of interest and long time will be given to all persons who may desire to purchase any lands belonging to said Company. All persons interested will please govern themselves accordingly.

 W. D. SLACK.

 Nov. 20, 1879. Land Commis'r
Year: 1879

In the election of school direc- tors, today, politics should have no sway or influence. The friends of the public school interests and Of good government should vote for the men whom they believe best qualiii- ed for the important and responsible trusts of the office. without any re gard to their political views and alli- lations.

 The above is from the Little Rock Gazette, the oldest democratic news paper in our State, and it shows that our people are alive and in dead earnest in their determination to have good public schools. The fact of the business is the better element of our State are firm friends of pop
Year: 1879

A Washington special despatch to the Gazette says that Senator Garland has been officially notified by the post-oflice department that the free delivery system, will be in augurated at Little Rock at once, in compliance with his request.
Year: 1879

The Steamer Flow Boy sunk one mile below Dardanelle last We'd nesday. The craft was loaded with AGO bales of cotton from Dardanelle. Tue water was but three feet deep, and the damage to the boat was soon repaired.
Year: 1879

ular education, and they arc wiling and determined to avail themselves of any and every means to enhance the efficiency and welfare of thepub, lie schools. This is as it should be, and we trust it will not be many years until Arkansas is as famous for. the excellency of. her public schools, as she has heretofore been for her apathy and negligence in looking after the education of her children.
Year: 1879

IL has at last got round to the Texas Pacific people that the Southern Pa cific folks are stealing a very long march upon them; and so we have news that the Texas Pacific Company will forthwith issue bonds to the amount of S20,000 per mile on the 1900 miles of road necessary to con- meet Fort Worth and San Diego. If this movement is made in earnest there is not much doubt that the money can be raised, because Pacific and mining country lines of railway now have the preference in the mind of the investing public, and the man. agers of this enterprise have good reputation as railroad inanciers.

 With these two lines crossing her surface, Arizona would be in as good a position for cheap transportation as any other portion of the country and could calculate on many advantages which she does not now possess. The Texas Pacific has our voice now that it intends to pay its own money and let the United States alone.
Year: 1879

A new bridge has recently been constructed by MT. Wm. Ohnesorgen lat the Upper Crossing of the San Pedro which is sure to prove a great convenience to freighters and the tray cling public generally. We are in. formed that the bridge cost $9O0, and already wagons carrying twenty tons have crossed over it. 1t is situated a little above the main road crossing and is therefor strictly private enter prise. MT. Ohnesorgen requires a moderate rate of toll which of course he has right to demand.

 Now the question is, whether it is not the duty of the county to provide free bridges across such ugly streams as the San Pedro. There are not a half dozen such crossings within the limits of the entire county, and high water often causes serious inconve- nience and delay. The road fund could not be better expended than in the construction of good bridges. MT. Ohnesorgen would no doubt sell out at cost and then there would only be a couple of new bridges to build. Let the matter be considered.
Year: 1879

The western line of the reservation as now being run embraces the whole of McMillen within the reservation including the Stonewall Jackson mine This line will have to be readjusted Large and valuable interests have been acquired there, a town has been built and thousands of dollars spent in the development of mines. And now three years after the settlement of the town location of mines, the government through its agents, inform residents there that they are trespassers.-SilveT Belt. August b.
Year: 1879

Only a couple Of hundred guldens
more than it was three years ago" an
swered the Rabbi with a sigh. Il could
not lay by any more, for can hardly
gain the neccssaries of life for my fam
ily."


The King became very serious.


Il cannot understand you, Samson"
he said. You say that you are now
richer than when you left my country,
and complain at the same time of being
hardly able to gain livelihood for your
family"


Your Majesty cannot understand
me because you count your riches by
what man has in his possession, while
| count my riches by what lhave given
out of my possession and stored up with
my father in heaven


"Oh, I understand you now y ex-
claimed the King. When | had asked
you three years ago, what was the
amount of your riches, you had COM
puted the amount of money you had
spent on good deeds and told me eighty
thousand guldens Itwas not the amount
which you had in your.possession that
you have told me then"


Precisely so, if your Majesty please.
My banishment and the confscation Of all
my property proved even that what |
possessed was not mine for [ have lost
it in one day


L am sorry that did not understand
you at that time. You shall be restored
to all the property of which | so un-
Justly deprived you, and to your office
as the Treasurer of my State, Your
salary shall, moreover be doubled, in
order that you shall betab1e to store
up with your Father in heaven that
amount which you might have stored
up by this time, if it were not for the
trouble [ have caused you"


The King took Rabbi Samson along
with him to his Capital and made him
very great. Whenever Kings and
Princes from foreign countries visited
him, he introduced his faithful Treasurer
and told them the curious story about
" the amount of Rabbi Samson's riches"


have heard this story from one of
my teachers while [ was. but child.
| have put it now in my Kaleido-
scope" for the edifcation of American
Nabobs. f
Year: 1879

According to the Birmingham Daily
Mail a most important question is dis
turbing the minds of the Gainsborough
folk Just now, During the absence of
one Of the Reverences his wife arranged
with book k-sellcr for the purchase of a
family Bible On his return the hus-
band refused to pay for it Whether
he reflected that the enormous adyan-
tagcs he had derived from his call to
arms did not permit of such a luxury,
or whether he objected on principle to
any sort of Bible, family Or otherwise,
we do not know. When sued for the
amount, he pleaded that he was not liza
ble, because a Bible was not neces-
sary of life The judge could not
make up his mind whether he agreed
with this view, 50 he has adjourned the
case Pending the Judges decision, " Is
a family Bible a necessary of hfe?' is
an all absorbing question, at least i'll the
Gainsborough district
Year: 1879

Such publications are not Of the worst
kind, as | am going to explain. Sup
pose an enterprising publisher conceiyes
the idea of printing paper which may
circulate among a limited number Of
readers. He knows that the number OF
subscribers and advertisers he can get
would not pay the printing expenses Of
a whole paper Of course, the small
resources he has would not allow him
to remunerate good writer's, to subscribe
for foreign papers, to pay reporters, etc.
He therefore makes a contract with
another publisher who has a paper Of
established circulation, that he should
furnish him with a certain number of
copies Of his paper printed ON one side
only, without the heading or name,
Upon the blank side of these copies he
prints his own heading, local news, a
few contributions and the ADVERTISE
ments he can get, and calls it his own
paper, and by the name he chooses to
give to it. Thus, for instance, you may
happen to come to a small city in the
state of Nebraska, and get a paper
which is presumably published in that
city, but in the inside pages of which
Year: 1879

THE AMOUNT or RABBI SAMSON


RICHES.


Five years have passed since the Com
munity of Ostropol has been saved from
the threatening disaster. The Israelites
Of that Community have recovered from
their impoverished conditions Several
rich and enterprising Jewish merchants
have come from other States to settle
in that city which was so favored by the
King. But Rabbi Samson kept himself
as retired from public affairs as hereto
fore. He was never seen in any place
of prominence, and was never heard
where the representative men OF the
Community were assembled to speak.


Once the rumor was heard that the
King was to visit the city Of Ostropol.
The grateful lsraelites made prepara
tions to honor him in befitting man
ner. They collected purse Of money
to present to him, and on the day of
his arrival came out to meet him with
blessings. L nc ledDDlll, CdllS lllS l SCIoll
of the Law on his arm, and the Parness
(president of the congregation carry
ing the money to be presented in silk
purse wrought with gold and jewels, pre-
ceded by a boy and girl dressed in
festive garments, the one carrying bread
and wine on a silver tray, and the other
with basket of the most beautiful
flowers on her arm and followed by num-
Der of aged men, whose gray boards
foated over their breasts and snowy
locks over their shoulders, all carrying
scrolls of the law on their arms-went
out to meet the King, The whole jew
ish Community followed the beautiful
array dressed in festive garments.
When the carriage of the King reached
the procession, the Rabbi pronounced
aloud the blessing Blessed be He
who has permitted flesh and blood to
partake of great honors." All the people
answered amen. y Herupon the boy
offered his bread and wine and the girl
her flowers to the King, who accepted it
gracefully. Then the Parness ap-
preached him and offered the purse, say
ing:


Thou, O Gracious King, hast freed
us from taxes and hast given us the
chance to become prosperous Commu-
nifty. We offer Thee this as a token of
our gratitude and prosperity.


But the King refused to accept the
money and said:


1.-The reception which you have ac-
corded me is quite sufficient to convince
me of your loyalty, | have granted
YOU freedom of all taxes for twenty
years. and will accept no money of you
for this time, But have come to
take from YOU that which is worth to
me more than all the money you could
offer. My Chancellor of the EXchequer
died few weeks ago. need an honest
man to manage the Treasury of the
State | have therefore, decided to
take Rabbi Samson and to appoint him
as my Treasurer. Of course, as such a
functionary he will have to quit this
Year: 1879

MIR. Strait, of Minnesota, proposed the
following new regulations as to homestead
settlers


That from and after the passage of this
act, the even sections within the limits of
any grant of public lands to any railroad
company, or TO any military road company,
or to any State IN aid of any railroad or
military road, shall be open to settlers un-
der the homestead laws to the extent Of
100 acres of each settler and any person
who has, under existing laws, taken
homestead on any even section within the
limits of any railroad OF military road land
grant. and who, by existing laws, shall
have been restricted TO eighty acres, may
enter under the homestead laws, an addi-
tional eighty acres adjoining the land em-
braced in his original entry !; or, If such
person SO elect, he may surrender his entry
to the United States for cancellation, and
thereupou be entitled to enter lands under
the homestead laws the same as if the sur
rendered entry had not been made. And
any person SO making an additional entry
of eighty acres, or new entry, after the sur
render and cancellation of his original en-
try, shall be permitted TO do SO without
payment of fees and commission; and the
residence and cultivation for the same
length of time upon and of the land em-
braced in his original entry, and shall be
deducted from the Eve years. residence aud
cultivation required BY law. Provided.
That in no case shall patent issue upon an
additional or new homestead entry under
this act until the person has actually and
in conformity with the homestead laws,
occupied, resided upon, and cultivated the
land embraced therein at least one year.
Year: 1879

Let me not lay the lightest feathers weight
Of duty upon love- Let not, my own,
The breath of one reluctant kiss be blown,
Between our hearts. would NOT be the gate
That bars like some inexorable fate,
The portals of thy life that says, alone
Through me shall any JOY to thee be known"
Rather the window, fragrant early and late
With thy sweet, clinging thoughts, that grow and


twine


Around me, like some bright and blooming vine;
Through which the sun shall shed his wealth on thee
In golden showers; through which thou may'ss


look out


Exulting in all beauty, without doubt,
Or fear, or shadow of regret from me.


Susan b. Spalding.
Year: 1879

WEDNESDAY, March SO p. NJ.


Had it not been for the fact that while the North
western pool finding itself up to the chin in hot
water the Western Union directors pouring
cold water upon the hopes of their stockholders the
day would have passed on Change without ripple
OF excitement. The hydropathic situation. how
ever created lively business in both these special
ties though their was as antssonistc as the
two poles Of a battery. While Northwest common
went up Western Union went down. the gain to the
one and the loss to the other being in each
nearly three per cent. AS stated in this
column this morning. certain members OF the
Northwest pool, having converted their holdings
into 900 share certificates and placed the same in
escrow evidence of good faith and pursuant to
the articles of agreement. thought to do smart
stroke of business by selling an amount of shares
equal to their pool interest. with the intention Of
afterward breaking up the combination, reclaming
their pledged stock and delivering the same to the
buyers. Unfortunately for the success of the
scheme one or two of the pool members who had
stuck by the contract refused to consent to return
of the pledged stock. and it was rumored in the
street that injunction would be applied for to
strain the railroad company from transferring the
1000 share certificates into 100 share certificates,
which are alone good delivery on the Stock Ex-
change. The sharp sellers have accordingly found
themselves practically short OF large block of stock.
and In their efforts to get out of the difficulty
by covering the price advanced as noted.
Meanwhile Western Union declined from 107 to 1O4ht
and there closed. There strong hopes that the
Executive Committee. even II they did not favor
division of the cucurbitaceous fruit which Is locked
up their strong box would ut least recommend the
next quarterly dividend to be two per cent but these
fell to the ground when it became known that only
the usual division of Ia per cent had been
mended to be made. With the fall of these hopes
fell the price aso and the stock closed weak and at
the lowest figures Of the day. The interest in these
two speculations engrossed the attention of the
session, tho rest of the list remaining dull
and neglected. being strong for Michigan Gen.
trail on reports of the extraordinary busi-
ness which it is doing and barely steady for the
other actves. but with inclination downward
The Union Pacific election for directors held
Boston this morning. As several of the most noto-
rious of Stock Exchange spectators figure in the
list it may be taken that investment for widows
and orphans the property has been greatly strength
ened by their election to the Board


The opening. highest lowest and closing prices of
stocks. the New York Stock Exchange to-day were
Year: 1879

In comparison with the loss of q


wife, all other bereavemenrs arc


trihing. The wifel she who fills


SO large space in The domestic


heaven; She vino busies herself SO


unwearily for the precious ones
around her, bitter is the tear which


ialls on her clay. You stand be-
side her coffin and think of the


past. 1t seems an ambercolored


pathway, where the sun sh0ne up


on the beautiful flowers. or the


stars hung glittering overhead.


Fain would tile soul linger there.
No thorns are remembered save
those your own hands have un-


willingly planted. Her noble, ten


der heart, lies open to yourinmost
sight. You think of her how as
all gentleness, all purity, al beau
ty. Bot she is dead. The hands
are laid upon pillow of clay.
The hands that have ministered SO
untiringly are folded beneath the
gloomy portal. The heart whose
ever beat measured an eternity OF
love lies under yoar feet. The
flowers she bent over with smiles,
bend now over her with tears,
shaking the dew from their petals
that verdure around her may be
kept green and beautiful. There
is no white arm over your should
er, no speaking face to look up
into the eye of love, no trembling
lips to murmur, "Oh, it is too
sad! There is SO strange a hush
in every room; no light footstep
passing around, no smile to greet
you at nightfall. And the old
clock ticks and strikes-it was
such music when she could hear
it. Now it seems to knell on the
hours through which you watched
the shadow of death gathering on
her sweet face. And every day
the clock repeats that old story.
Many another tale it telleth of
beautiful words and deeds that
are registered above. You feel,
oh, how often-that the grave
cannot keep her-that she will live
AGAIN.
Year: 1879




To BE BRANDED. "A bill has
been introduced in the Missouri
Legislature providing for tie brand
ing of persons guilty of rape, biga-
my. and men guilty of sedhction
of young girls. Persons guilty of
rape are to be confined in the peni-
tertiary for no less than twenty
years, and at the expiration of their
sentence will be branded upon
their foiehead with the capital let
ter "R," to represent rape. Those
guilty Of bigamy are to receive
forty lashes save one," and be
branded upon the forehead with
the letter "B." Married men guilty
OF seduction are to receive the same
number of lashes, and be branded
with the letter 49," The bill also
provides that the face of the lines
composing the brahding letters
shall be not less than one-quarter
of an inch in width, and the letter
not less than one and a halfinches
In length.
Year: 1879

More rice will be planted this
year 10 this parish than at any
otlief time since the war. Our
prairie is dotted all over with many
pohds and coulses where rice grows
to perfection. MarksvilIe Bulletin
Year: 1879

The U. 5. census will be taken next year. The work Is to be commenced early in the Spring and is to be com pleted in thirty days. The gain in popu lation will probably be found to have been the greatest in the northwestern portion of the States. Washington Ter ritory will show the greatest gain of all the Territories on the Pacific side. Mon tana has suffered loss since the last census. A few counties of Idaho, in the northern part, will show greater gain than any portion of that Territory, willie Arizona and New Mexico will show a small gain. The aggregate number of the population of the United States and it's Territories, it is estimated by some of the press by the next census will reach nearly if not quite 5O,OOOOOO The South ern States will lose several members of Congress in the next apportionment California will probably gain 8 member of Congress.
Year: 1879

On an important test vote in the House of Representatives a few days ago, it ap- peared that there were one hundred and twenty members absent, or about two -tifths of the whole number Members of Con gress are munifcently rewarded for their services, and have no more right to ab- sent themselves from their duties than have the poorly paid employees of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, who are compelled to lose their pay for every moment they are absent. In referring to this abuse the New York San says: Ii is Eot difficult to find remedy for the scandalous system by which members of Congress are paid for doing nothing or for prolOnging absence from Washing ton, while engaged in their own private business. 4 rule requiring the names ot absentees to be read every morning, as the first part of the journal, would soon attract the attention of their constituents and put an end to a practice which has become serious impeachment Co the pub lie business, and is gross wrong to faith ful members who never shirk duty, nor resort 10 misrepresentation to escape the penalty of absenteeism without excuse."- U S. Record.
Year: 1879

Gold, Silver, Copper or Lead, will be made at highest possible rates for account of owners. My long experience and con- nection with buyers in the different mar kets give me very decided advantage over any one in the Territory in making such sales to the profit of those entrusting them to me. Correct and responsible assays obtained and submitted when desired.