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Year: 1879

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FLORENCE, Arizona, Dec. Is.


EDITOR STOCK REPORT, San
Francisco, Cal.-On my return
from Globe District I was enabled
to visit the celebrated Silver King
mine, located In this county, and
about thirty-five miles north OF
Florence. 1 had heard much of Its
great wealth. My examination
satisfied me that instead of the re-
port being exaggerated, the con.
trary Is the fact. In the manage
ment of this property much credit
is due for the manner in which
they have opened it up during the
past year. They have, without
any expense to the stockholders,
sunk fine timbered shaft three
hundred and fifty feet, cutting the
vein proper at three hundred feet.
At a depth of two hundred and fifty
feet cut was made through eigh-
| teen feet of granite to the hanging
wall where the vein was tapped
and crossed for seventy-eight feet,
all solid ore, much of 1t assaying in
the thousands, half of 1t high in
| the hundreds and the rest of it will
work to q profit. The same rich
ore was exposed where the shaft
passes into the vein and no change
Is visible all the way to the bottom.
The value of this mass of reserves
cannot we'll be properly estimated,
but 1T assures to those interested
the possession, beyond a doubt, of
great wealth that will outlast this
generation. The ten-stamp mill Of
the company has steadily run with
out intermission the year entire Oh
pay ore taken from the old
workings on the foot-wall side. No
dividends have been declared since
last October, but the property has
been and is being opened and the
show of ore made more than COM
pensates for the delay. Surveys
and plans are INV being made for
a first-class thiriy-stamp mill at
the mine, with reduction works
complete, to turn nut the bullion
there. Until this new mill is in
running order the present ten
stamp mill at Picket Post will be
! kept running as at present, when
the concentration process will be
changed to that of amalgamating,
and the twenty-five Thousand tons
of tailings converted into bullion.
Everything at the mine and mill
indicates thoroughly defined pol
icy of economy and practical mate
rial result. No company on this
slope can show u better record in
this respect. Any doubts that pre-
vailed heretofore regarding the
Silver King being a true fissure
vein of great magnitude are now
ended, as both walls are fully ex-
posed. They are of syenitic gran
ite and the vein matter is quartz
and porphyry. Much of the ore is
most beautiful ruby and native sill
yer. This property has fair repu-
tation, but not near what the show
ing made entities it to. Its owners
may we'll be proud of its possession
and at some not distant day Arizo-
ma and the Pacific Coast will rem
der to it the position in the mining
world to which it is so justly enti-
tIau
Year: 1879

The most interesting sight at the
seashore is to watch a woman wade
into the brine, constantly in dread
of being swallowed whole by shark
and when she gets about up to her
neck to have the current trip out
her uudertoe and set her to tioun-
dering like porpoise. The reason
why it is interesting is because it
gives you chance to hy, or rather
swim, to her rescue, and theu have
the privilege of buying ice cream
for her couple of days.
Year: 1879

BRING THE MILLS TO THE COTTON.
Charleston News and Courier.


There is certainly no reason why
the South should not look forward
to the time when manufacturing
capital will largely seek employ
ment in the cotton States, where
the raw material can be had at the
doors of the factories. The cotton
mills which have been started in
the South have been very success
tul, and the number is increasing
every year. We repeat the watch
word first given, ten years ago, in
these columus-bring the mills to
the cotton.
Year: 1879

The Troy Press, on July 5, gave
a glowing account of a brilliant
meteor which passed over that city
on the night of July A. The Troy
Budget of the sixth explains that
one of its representatives happened
to be present when the meteor start
ed. 1t was composed of tissue paper
and a blazing sponge saturated
with alcohol.
Year: 1879

Two or three weeks ago party of men


from Bonanza discovered in an old cabiI
on Loon creek what musJ once have beer


an extensive counterfeiting establishment
In room beneath thu floor were crueibles


moulds, metal and everything necessary foI


successfully carrying on the manufacture


Of counterfeit coin. They brought in with


them naoulds made of two square pieces OF
copper. fitting very neatly, for casting half
dollars. This seems to have been new
one they were preparing, the others hav-
ing, apparently, become too much worn to
be of further use. A considerable quanti-
ty of white metal was also found and
brought away.


Ih the ruins of one of the cabins destroy
ed by the Indians last winter was found a
quantity of composition metal very closely
resembling gold dust, and was no doubt
bogus dust manufactured by some inge-
nious Celestial. The half dollar establish
ment had the appearance of having been
rnn in the interest of the Caucasian, as the
works did not Indicate that order of Mon
golian science and mechanism peculiar to
the heather. The metal is the standard
brand SO popular with counterfeiters for
the last half century. Walter Shannon
made an analysis of IL and it was found to
contain ansimony, block tin, lead, ground
glass and nickel. s7


A more secluded place to carry on the
business OF coanterfe1ting could not be
found than on Loon creek, and how many
tons of bogus dellars, half dollars and
quarters are afloat in the channel of COM
merce and trade that first saw the light in
Loon creek canon may never be known.
Probably the Indians knew their business
last winter when they cleaned up the town
and laid low the inhabitants.
Year: 1879




A short time ago the hub of the universe
was visited by terrible thunderstorm, ac-
compaaied by well-developed sample of
the Kansas tornado. Many lives were lost
among the shipping along the Massacha-
setts coast, and especially in Boston harbor.
The damage to glass in the city of Boston
was very heavy. The next. day after the
storm one firm on Canal street reported the
sale Of 1000 panes of window-glass. The
whole performance was without precedent
in the memory of the oldest native. The
startling appearance of the sky previous TO
the bursting of the shower warned travellers
and pedestrians to seek cover. Among the
many careless ones caught out IN the storm.
was George B., a young reporter on the
Boston Telephone He was caught by the
shower on Hanover street, and stepped into
a doorway to wait until the heaviest was
over. George had company in the doorway.
There were two Chinese washee- washees
from Howard street, and several less que
nerious looking individuals, each and all of
whom, 1T would be safe to say, had not for
along time back had any very close relations
with laundry. The rain fell in torrents,
and soon great hailstones struck the side
walk and rebounded few feet in the air.
Rushing out 10 the rain the enthusiastic re-
porter got several specimens, drew tape
line from his pocket, measured them care
fully and recorded the exact figures in his
memorandum. Repeating this operation
several times, he attracted the attention of
some Young clerks in the Office upstairs,
who br-ke large chunks of ice from the
block in the ice, cooler, and threwthem out
to the reporter. who measured them care
fully and recorded the result. Everyone in
that doorway was awe-strucg at the size of
the hail-stones, and the Cinnamon were ex-
hibiting eyes Of an unusual roundness and
prominence. One of the chaps IN the Office
accidentally dropped the balance Of the
block of ice from which the menstrous hail
stones had been chipped, and it came down
and landed on the sidewalk with an inn
mense crash. It must have weighed all of
twenty pounds, and spatterea the water
right and left. just at this instant came
that awful crash of thunder that startled
every one that heard 1t, and of which the
papers spoke of next day. This was 700
much for John Chinaman. They both ran
yelling up the street in the driving rain,
the last one saying as he cleared the door
way: SO Whoopee up, hellee. Icee wagon
conee sextee. Good-by, John.r gsasss} q
Year: 1879

This is bat one of many complaint. that are received at this office from subscribers that they do not receive their paper ss often az they are due. but this is the only one who has not received copy. Mr. A. may rest assured that since June 6th, the date of his subscription they have been regularly mailed to his address. Tbe fault is not here, but is chsrgeable to some petty thief who has ths handling of mails on the route be- tween this place and Gillett. Pos tai agents are also to blame for not pu,ging the service of dishonest msa- There is one thing, however, thai they do not neglect and that is tc draw their pay
Year: 1879

The "Emigrant Aid Society" of Washing
ton has issued from its headquarters in that
city an appeal to the philanthropic people Of
the North for aid and sympathy 10 helping the
exodus of the colored people of the South. The
document, which is somewhat lengthy, is of
the most highly inh,med partisan character.
retailing the worn out slsnders against the
white people Of the South, and painting the
present condition of the Negroes as "wors,
than slavery"
Year: 1879

A notable feature of social life this Fall Is
unusual weddings that taken pace and
that are for early oonsummaton IL is also
seryabe ooms and their attendants uniformly
adorned by the Fall style KNOX Broadway and
under Fifth Avenue Hotel
Year: 1879

MYSTERIES. If there are mysteries In
the word of God, there are just rs many
in the works of God. You cannot put
your foot upon single spot of earth with
out crushing mystery. There are mys.
teries rolled up in every hower-cup.
What CLEANS Of light. what blazing light,
in dull, black coal. How much light is
there, how much heat is there, if you can
but evoke itp And ignorance stands as
tonished to be told that there is in every
glass of water as much deadly lightning
that, if evoked in the flash and form of the
thunder storm, would kill half dozen
men. And in yon path of science, where
the philosopher plies his instruments, there
is curtain he cannot lift, and from be-
hind there comes voice, which says
"Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further


Then consider, for little, the case o
the lower animals. Why do we call them
the lower animalsp Because we believe
they belong to an inferior creation. ant
to have no reasonable soul. Yet although
believing that, what do we see? Why
we see the very lower animals, that have
no reasonable soul accomplishing work
which done by man, would be pronounced
the highest effort of genius. There is {
man beneath the deck, and he sees moth
ing but the four walls and the abyss be-
fore him. And there are no stars in the
armament and no headlands on earth tc
guide him. That man steers his way
across the broad Atlantic right into the
mouth Of harbor in your far distant ole
world


What an effort of science and reason
you say. But above the vessels topmasts
flight of birds is on the wing, and below
that vessels keel shoal of fish is cutting
the deep with their fins. They have nc
compass or chart. Yet through the very
depths of ocean. the birds above and the
fish below. steer on their course back to
the very place where they were born
There is an instinct in these animals that
mans boasted knowledge of navigation
can offer no match to. 1t is no explana
ton to call it instinct. That is merely 1
name given TO this mystery to conceal ou
ignorance of it. We only know the fact
that that is an inferior animal, but al
though inferior in nature, superior in &C
tion. We believe, but we cannot explain
we receive, but we cannot understand.
Year: 1879

Mr.. WEsLEY's CoNsECRATIoN.- Lo,
l come; if this soul and body may useful
to do anything, to do Thy will. o God
and if it please Thee TO use the the power
Thou hast over dust and ashes, over flesh
and blood over little vessel OF CLAY,
over the works of Thine own hands, lo


here they are, to suffer also Thy GOOD
pleasure. If thou pleasest to visit me
with pain and dshonor, will humble my.
self under it. and through thy grace be obe-
dient unto death. even the death upon the
cross. Whatever may befall me, either
from neighbors or strangers. since thou
employest them, though they know it not
unless thou help me to some lawful
means of redressing the wrong-I will
not "open my mouth before the Lord '
who smteth me. except to bless the Lord


And hereafter no man can take away a
thing from me. no life, no honor, nc
estate, since am ready to lay them
down. as soon us perceive thou requires


them at my hand Nevertheless. o Father


if thou be willing, remove this cup from
me; but If not, thy will be done. What


aoever suffering hereafter may trouble m,
flesh and spirit. o Father, unto thy hand


will commend my life and all that con


cerneth 1t. And il thou be pleased either
that l live yet for awhile or not, / will


with my Saviour bow down my head. Iwil
humble myself under thy hand; l vii
| give all thou art pleased to ask, until a


last l give up the ghost" ,.. ....
Year: 1879

Standing at the junction of two railroads
two in the long and heavy expense of
building and equiping and developing,
but now one in the yielding to the grasp
ing and monopolizing spirit of great cor
porations-one as merged into the rich
and popular Old Colony railroad line
standing in such place the sound of the
steam whistles tell much of pleasure and
progress.


The first one in the morning speaks of
II route from New York to the White
Mountains and to Vermont, perhaps but
little known by Vermonters. Passengers,
after nights ride and rest on one of the
New York and Fall River steamers, take
an early morning start by one of the Old
Colony roads from the latter places, joined
by trains over other lines, keep to the
westward of Boston, passing through
Fitchburg, over the Boston, Clinton &
Fitchburg railroad. (now Old Colony
thence to Lowell, Concord, Plymouth and


Wells River, and then continue to the
mountains or to Montpelier, arriving at
either place about the middle of the
afternoon. 1t must make very desirable
route between Montpelier and New York


A second whistle sounds, and following


it comes a dozen cars filed with passen.


gers for Oak Bluffs and Martha's Vine


yard, by way of New Bedford. And to


our ears comes the noise of a train over


another branch of the Old Colony for the


same famous summer resort BY the repeti


ton of these trains Boston is freeing itsell


of large, restless population during the


hot season. People are also fastening tc


the famous seaside resort for pleasure =
Nantucket, That New York people are also


availing themselves of the advantages o


these places is indicated by fast trair
passing here daily to and from them, con
Meeting with the arrival and departure o
the New York boats run for their specia
accommodation.


Yarmouth camp ground is also situated
) on one of these lines, and though not a.
noted for its attractions to peasure-seeker,
as the Vineyard. a goodly number of peo
pie from Boston and elsewhere are sensi
BILE enough to choose this more quiet bu
pleasant grove for their summer home
From fine little lake u few miles dis


tant comes the sound of little steamer
} gliding over the beautiful waters, making
its circuitous trip for the enjoyment of the
passengers. Surrounded by forests, ant
an occasional grove nicely fitted up TO
picncs and m-bakes, IL is almost dali,
visited by Sabbath schools and privat,
} parties, who wish to enjoy the shade o
the trees. the feasting upon clans, corn
fish and sweet potatoes, and the water
either by boating or sailing, or by tn
J pretty steamer.


. Gen. Tom Thumb has little cottag
, here and a little yacht with which b
Year: 1879

Tobacco " is fragrant, soothing and
delicious drug-not equalled as luxury
by any other plant that grows. 1t is pc.
culiarly welcome to one who is away from
home or lonely-as some of the soldier
boys and several millions more can testi-
fy. 1t is the poor mans luxury, and there
are few kind hearts that would rob the
laborer of his evening pipe. Many per-
sons have used tobacco from youth to old
age without any apprecable injury to
their health"


1t is a pity that this one.sided statement
cannot stand alone, but there are other
facts which we should ponder. 1t is
probably safe to say that not one man in
ten can use tobacco temperately; and
that, of students-that is, editors, minis
ters, lawyers and all sedentary people
there is no example on record of any one
of them using it moderately. The result
is, that we have no doubt the number of
years of human life lost by the use of to-
baccO is greater than the years of life lost
by the drinking of alcoholic liquors. 1t
is great misfortune, every way, for
young man to contract the habit. He
stands nine chances out of ten to have his
life shortened by it, and ten chances in ten
to have his usefulness impaired. The
tobacco user is often subjected to great
annoyance, inconvenience and sometimes
to shame; and he can hardly hope to be as
agreeable or useful TO others as he would
be without it. The effort 10 break the
habit, when once it is fully settled, in
wolves SO much pain that few persons
have sufficient endurance and will-power
to persevere in it-and yet the alternative
is liable to come, to the student-stop! be
insane! or die! And one may wake up
to the alternative when it is too late to
choose. Boys, take the advice of one who
is no fanatic, and never touch the weed.
1t may be said just as truly of it, as of
another drug, though it moves more slow
ly, AT the last ii biteth like serpent,
and stingeth like an adder."-Intertor.
Year: 1879

To TRANSFER ENGRAvINGs ON GLASS.
Take your engravings, and cutting away
all the margin, lay them between damp
towels until soft and rather moist, but not
so that they will break. Beforehand var
nish your glass with fine Demar varnsh,
and allow it to dry until just tacky; place
the engraving on its face down, and with
Il cloth or pad pat it gently over and over
until every part adheres. Then take the
finger and commence rolling off all the
white paper. AS you approach the thin
coat of engraving use great care. Allow
to dry, and if you see any white spots,
wet the finger and remove them carefully.
Your transparency will be before you in
all tho perfection of the engraving. II
you wish to color it, take powder colors
and rub them smoothly on glass with
Demar Or copal varnish. Use brush
for each color. The engraved shades will
be all sufficient. Then give coat OF
Demar. and, if you desire ground glass
ground, cover the bare space with babbinet
pressed on the varnish.
Year: 1879

ACTIVITY NOT ENERGY.-The Christian
onion thus defines the difference between
activity and energy, and suggests wherein
q large class of industrious people lack
that element which produces success.


There are some men whose failure to
succeed in life is q problem to others as
well us to themselves. They are indus
trious, prudent and economical; yet, after
a long life of striving, old oge finds them
still poor. They complain of i'll luck.
They say that fate is always against them.
But the fact is that they miscarry, because
they have mistaken mere activity for en-
ergy. Confounding two things essentially
different, they have supposed that if they
were always busy they would be certain
10 be advancing their fortunes. They
have forgotten that misdirected labor is
the waste of activity. The person who
would succeed is like a marksman firing
at target; if his shots miss the mark
they are waste of powder. So in the
great game of life, what man does must
be made to count, or might almost RS well
have been left undone. Everybody knows
some one in his circle of friends who,
though always active, has this want oil
energy. The distemper, if we may call
it such, exhibits itself in various ways
In some cases the man has merely an ex.
ecutive capacity when he should have a
directive one-in other language, he
makes a capital clerk of himself when he
ought to do the thinking of the business
In other cases, what is done is not done
either at the right time or in the right
way. Energy, correctly understood, is
activity proportoned to the end.
Year: 1879

! The "NORTHER" AT VERA CRUz.-A
writes from Vera Cruz rs follows:


The barbor may be as smooth as glass,
as it very often is, the guards asleep
against the gate posts everything burning
up under the sun. In considerable less
than ten minutes everything is changed.
A Whit of cool air strikes the soldiers and
wakes them up, and they see the storm
coming-a little black cloud. growing
larger every minute. Almost before they
have time to slam the custom house gates
the wind is blowing furiously and the air
is full of sand, most of which goes into
peoples eyes. The harbor is full of big
waves, and the ships are tossing around
around as if they were in mid ocean.
Every steamer gets up full head oi
stea so that she can put to sea in case of
her cables breaking. as they sometimes
do. Small fishing vessels within sight oi
land do not dare try to get in, but put out
into the gulf.


The water becomes almost as white as
milk, from the stirring of the coral sand
on the bottom, and in few minutes the
waves are beating over the top of the
custom house, fifty feet high, washing its
roof. Sometimes they come with such
force that when they strike the solid wall
of the custom house, they shoot up into
the air 4 hundred feet Or more; and the
Vera Crusans. instead Of getting into the
strongest draught they can find and enjoy
ing siIe good breeze from our northern
country. like sensible people, wiring their
hands and say,"What wretched weather, "
Cor Spanish words to that efecO. The
northers often last three or four days, and
cool off the whole country, even upon the
table lands and all the way over to the
Pacific coast. While they last business iu
Mexico is suspended-not only along the
coast, where the natives seem to think
themselves in great danger of freezing to
death, but in the mountain side cities and
upon the high table lands.
Year: 1879

An inventive genius in Bushnell, ILL.,,
named Hamilton, has discovered n process
for making hard wood lumber out of
common wheat straw, and produces upon
it all the effects of polish and finish that
can be obtained on the hardest of black


walnut and mahogany, and at as little cost
as in manufacturing clear pine lumber.
The straw is soaked in a chemical solution
until its fibers are completely saturated
and softened, and is then run through n
succession of rollers, coming out of the
end of the machine as hard, dry lumber,
ready for use. Lumber" thus produced
is impervious TO water, and only very
hot fire will burn it, 1t is susceptible OF
very high polish. and even in saving it is
difficult to distinguish 1t from the wood
which it initiates. st,t
Year: 1879

THE SECRET OF PREACHING.-ln the
differentiation going on in society. it seems
to me as though the ministry failed to see
their opportunity and what it demands.


Preachers are no longer the sole or even
the chief instructors of the people. We
no longer depend on the "long prayer "
for the village news; we get it from the
village newspaper. As teacher, the daily
and weekly and monthly press have many
advantages over the preacher. He cannot
compete with them. But there is one
thing he can do which hey cannot-he
can speak directly to that which every
man knows to be highest in him-the
spiritual nature, that which is of kin to
God. To do this should be the preachers
study. His work is not to amuse the
Imagination, to excite the sensibiities or
to convince the reason, but to arouse the
spiritual nature. He is specialist, and
his specially is, not to demonstrate q doc.
trine, but to develop character; not to de-
velop all the character, but that which is
su preme, or should be-faith, hope, love,
the divine life. We do not, Messrs. Cler-
gymen, 90 to church to be amused, OF
even to be instructed, but to be revived


Cathedral magnilicence, social enjoyment
and advantage, choice music, pulpit py-
rotechnics and pulpit logic are poor sub
stitute for words that. like Christ's, have
in them life.-Lucias, IN Christiom Union.