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Year: 1879

receive deposits. give the dcpositors mere mem
oranda on bits OF paper, and fail to make any
entry OF the sums so received upon records
for his own information. When interest was
claimed he would jot down the amount on the
back of the old memorandum. When he made
loans To churches. in many instances he did not
take notes or other receipts The Archbishop
knew he WAS faithful, Industrious frugal, and
honest. and believed him capable. but the Arch
bishop WAS no judge ofcapacity in that direction.
As one who has known him for many years said
Of him to-day: He knows the difference be-
tween tho figures on n five dollar and five
hundred dollar note. but attaches no
more Importance. to one. than the other.
ana anything deemed by him de-
serving object Of charity would get
the litter Just as READILY Ms the former" So as
long as his brother found the money for him to
carry out his fbenencent schemes he, had
no thought as to where IL came from.
He was encouraged. too. in that mis-.
tako by the confidence Of those about
him in the Rev. Father Edward Purcell.


Not only priests but even Intelligent laymen
shared in his unbounded faith and congratu-
lated him uDon having SO efficient capable.
and trustworthy a financial assistant; Mean
while the compounded interest upon them WAS
swiftly rolling up and the possibilities OF re-
payment were daily growing more and more
remote. After while came the crash.
Year: 1879

Such is the caption Of Article XIV of
the New Constitution, the adoption of
which will materially effect the ve7 ted
rights ef many holders of valuable prop
erty in this county. Section l of this
Article starts off with the bold Insertion {:
The use OF all water new appropriated. .
or that may hereafter be appropriated for
sale, rental or distributio on, is hereby de-
clared 70 be public use, and subject to
the regulation and control OF The State,
in the manner to be prescribed by law"
| Under this provision the Legislature can
authorize the Board OF Superv isors, or a
Special Board, or an individual, to say
Jus: how much a ditch owner can charge
for certain head of water for mining or
irrigating purposes. More than this they
can regulate the size of that head and
dictate that no more than certain guam
tity OF water can be rented to one clalr,I
unit! all other claims are supplied, rs is
aimed at in the case OF irrigating bitches
in the agricultural cednties. This is one
Of the newest features of the New Cor.
stituton. OF course its adoption VOID
in the end amount to but little less than
the absolute confscation of al water
rights in the State but then there il no
reason why this matter SHOULD not come
uncer State control as we'll as the regula-
ton of railroad Cares and freight and
other kindred subjects. But it is our OK
winch Is icing gofed this time, and we
wont and it. What is sauce fer the
gooeo is not sauce for the gander in this
instance. Mon who own water and wa>
ter rights in Trinity County find them
most valuable and remuneratve invest
ments, and believe themselves competent
to regu late and control their own proper
| ty. However, the Convention doubtless
thought there were more people to rent
water than thore were to sell water, and
the above proposition would catch votes
for the New Constitution. The molasses
has been spread on little too thick in
this instance and mining flies will not be
caught. Tho single provision above
quoted should secure the opposition of
every votes in Trinity County. We are
an Independent people and believe that
every man should bo allowed to run his
own business to please him,elf. Wator
here Is valuable in proportion 20 its guam.
tity and the exten: and richness of the
mining ground it covers. The ditch
owner demands and the mine owner is
willing to pay just what the water fur.
nished is worth. The price Of water will
regulate itself without State interference
and should be allowed to do SO. Every
voter who believes this to be the fact,
and none car truthrully dispute it. should
visit tho polls on the 7th day Of May and
deposit his ballot Against the New
Constitution. :"
Year: 1879

DorNG GOOD SERyIcE.-Denis Kcar,
ney is doing good service against the
New Constitution, and his canvass in
behalf Of that instrument promises to re-
suit as his canvass in behalf of Butler re-
suited. His SANDER his abuse, his btu>
talities, and his reckless lying, are crea-
ting wherever he goes n profoundly un
favorable impression. The San Francis
co papers which are playing toady to him
naturally endeayor to smooth over and
conceal the real sentiment of the people
upon whom he is inHictng himself, but
from more trustworthy sources the infor-
nation comes that everywhere senti-
ment of disgust and repulsion is being
elected by his exhibitions. AT San
buenaventura the other night he came
near being pelted from the stand, and the
opposition TO his calumnies was SO mark
ed and emphatic that even his journals
tic panders could not conceal it.. 1t Is
evident that the kind of Constitution
which is championed by such II creature
as Ksarney is not to the taste Of the
people Of the interior, whatever the Sand
Lots may think about it, and that the
outcome of his tour will be solid vote
In reputation of the abortion he indorsss.
Record. Union.
Year: 1879

TIE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.-Last Sat
urday's Arizona Sentinel says that the
Southern Pacific is now graded for Oyer
forty miles east OF Stanwix, and within
thirty miles OF Maricopa. The question
of water is still psrplexiNg one, all that
is used being brought from Yuma in
great tanks mounted on fiat cars. Ex-
celent water, and plenty of it, has been
struck at the eastern boundary of the
railroad town site Of Maricopa. Good
water is also said to have been found near
the center Of the town at forty to fifty
feet. No intention of building farther
east this season has yet been made public
by the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany, though there are some indications
of such intention.
Year: 1879

Tn Connection Wit. the discussion rela.
tive to the New Constitution it appears
that many persons labor under wrong
impression that certain evils which the
new instrument affects to remedy can
only be remedied by its adoption. We
say wrong impression because the idea is
without foundation ir fact, and all Rrgu-
ment based thereon is erroneous. So far
from bestowing upon Legislature addi-
tional powers, 3 State Constitution has
the Directly opposite tendency it is sim
ply limitation of power. In the lan-
guage Of cotenporarv, Without n
Constitution State Legislature may do
as it pleases Constitution it NAV
do anything that it is not forbidden by
that instrument to do" Thus it plainly
appears that the New Constitution will
cEnfer on the Legislature no power to do
anything which it may not do under the
Constitution now in force. Referring to
this phase Of the question the Sacramento
Bee says "Whsther it Uhe New Con-
stitution) shall be adopted or not, the
Legislature can enact Local Option laws,
or raise u Railway Commission, or make
laws against the Chinese, or create Boards
to f3 the price Of water, gas, telegraph
ing, storage and the like, or enact statutes
against bribery, or regulate school mat
ters and text books, or reduce salaries,
State and courty, or provide for the mill
tia, or for Board Of State Prison Com
missioners, or regulate the division OF
counties, or proclaim the responsibility OF
Directors, or exempt private property
from being seld for public debt, or in fact
do anything that the old Constitution does
not prohibit it frorn doing" Such being
the true status of affairs, it is plain that
should the people desire any OF the
changes proposed by the the Now Consti
tuition, they can be readily secured through
tne Legislature, and in this manner good
provisions may be adopted and the many
bad oncs allowed to rest in oblivion
Another advantage, and one which cannot
be over-estimated, is that a plain Legis-
lative enactment will have all the force OF
n Constitutional provision while it can at
any time be easily repealed if it is found
not to have the desired effect whereas q
bad Constitational enactment, once adopt
ed, is extremely difficult TO eliminate and
though gIaringly absurd and erroneous
must continue as the fundamental law
uRtil it is amended in the regular way and
which ordinarily requires the lapse of
several years. Containing, as the New
Constitution does, mary experimental
provi IONS, the matter Of prospective
amendment rs compared with the more
speedy and safe Legislative action, should
receive serious attention at the hands Of
every voter.
Year: 1879

THE CHINESE MAY YET Go.-It is
rumoIed that negotiations for modiaca-
tion Of the Burlingame Treaty are making
auoh Unexpectedly rapid progress that the
President will probably be able to send to
the Senate during the extra session pro-
tocol Of revised treaty with China,
desires of the enlightened citizens Of the
country at large, though it is also rumor-
ed that it may fall short of the demands
Of the Pacific Coast sentiment.
Year: 1879

THE MINERS VS.. THE FARMERS. The
Nevada Herdid says of Judge Keyser S
decision in the debris case: ave do not
see why the Court did not 20 further
and decree against the running of muddy
rills into that stream from tho hillside
during rain, or snow storm. OF course
the decree will not stop the mines from
continuing operations. A stay of exc
cuton for thirty days was granted on
motion Of defendants counsel, on the
llth inst. The case will now be appeal
ed to the State Supreme Court and in
case the decree of the lower court is
affirmed the matter will be carried to the
United States courts and probably to the
halls OF Congress for settlement. This
will take a long time, so no one need fecr
pfaE Immediate steppage of mining op-
erat ions. Probably all that the ranchers
could do in case they had the whole
matter their own way would be to COM
pei somebody to pay the damages, but
who would pay the damages is a question
which the future alone can decide"
Year: 1879

How 1T WILL OPERATE.-Although
people residing FIR from the great busi-
ness and meney centers, as do those in
this county, appear TO think that the rev~
enue provisions Of the new Constitution
will not materially effect them, we are
decidedly OF the opinion hat they will
find it otherwise in the event of that in
strument being adopted. Already hold
ers OF mortgages in this county assert
that whenever taxes have to be paid upon
such securities the rate OF interest will be
raised in proportion. SO far as the mere
matter of dollars and cents is concerned
this will probably make but little differ
ence, as it will be just as easy to pay 81
rs more Interest On each 800 in the future
as it Ahs been to pay like amount OF
taxes in the past. This nay be altogeth
er satisfactory to those whose property is
valuable in excess of the amount for
which It Is mortgaged. But it is q well
known fact that much property in Trni-
ty county Is mortgeged beyend the
amount for which it is annually assessed
for purposes Of taxation. In all such
cases it is more than probs bic that actions
for foreclosure of N mortgage will ia Il thick
and fast upon the adoption of the New
Constitution. While the taxation OF
mortgages cannot therefore in any way
benefit the holder of the property, 1t will
in many instances do HIM irreparable in
Jury. Persons so situated sheuld give
the matter earnest attention before de-
Gliding to vete in favor of the New Con-
stitution thereby setting tho seal to the,r
own condemnation.
Year: 1879

THE RAILWAY COMMISSION The Al
ameda Argus says that if the new Con.
stitution shall be adopted, containing as
1t does clause placing all railroad mat
ters, Legislative, Executive and Judicial.
into the hands of Commission of three
men, two of whom shall be majority
and have all the power Of the State, "the
people might as well abandon all their
belongings to the Central Pacific Rail.
road Company. The man who votes for
the adoption OF the new Constitution will
deserve all that he will suffer if it becomes
a law"
Year: 1879

THE Democratic State Convention will
be held in Sacramento on Tuesday, May
9th. As the date is just one week prior
20 the Wsrkngmen's Convention, our
Democratic friends lay themselves liable
to the suspicion that they will attempt TO
nominate State Ticket which will be
endorsed by the Kearncyites. The fact Of
the Democratic Committee meeting last
and fixing the date of its Convention first
is significant.
Year: 1879

SHARP DoDGE.-Not many days since,
at hotel less than 1000 miles from this
office, married man temporarily stop
ping at tho house, upon retiring for the
night, found a note upon his table, evident
ly written in a feminine hand, requesting
him to leave bis room door unlocked. He
didso. Upon rising in the morning the
individual discovered that he had been
robbed during the night of S75 in money
and awatch. Very sensibly he refrained
from saying anything about it, and we
gathered the item in by mere chance
OrOUiiie Mercury.
Year: 1879

The San Francisco Aha comes out
squarely against the new Constitution. 1t
Gays: stick to the cid one until bet
ter one can be framed. A careful COM
par:son Of the new and the old will prove
to any thinking man that the proposed
new Constitution is enc inimical to the
best interests of California, and one
for which only the votes of the sand-lot,
and those who hope to reach Office by
their assistance, should be polled."
Year: 1879

A FOOLISH young man in Lcnox Mass
taught his horse to kiss him. Monday
he was exhibiting tho animals accom- =
piishments, when it seized his lower lip
and tore it from the corner of his mouth
down to his chin. The young man will
probably know enough to obtain what
kisses he needs from source less dan
gerous, ifnot more agreeable.
Year: 1879

ONE of the strong argument advanced
in palliation of the presence of John is,
that Americans are too tat and proud to
work, and ifanything Is done the foreign
er is called to do it.
Year: 1879

How Toad UNDREssEs. =" About the
middle of July found toad on hill OF
melons, and not wanting him to leave, l
hoed around him He appeared sluggish
and not inclined to move. Presently L
observed him pressing his elbows against
his sides and rubbing downward he
appeared so singular that watched to see
what he was up to. After few smart
ruhs his skin began to burst open straight
along his back. Now, said |, old fellow,
you have done it; but he appeared to be
unconcerned, and kept on rubbing until
he had worked all his skin into folds on
his sides and hips; then grasping one hind
leg with both his hands, he hauled off one
leg of his pants, the same as anybody
would, then stripped the other IN the
same way. He then took his cast-off
cuticle forward between his fore legs INTO
his mouth and swallowed it; then, by
raising and lowering his head, swallowing
as his head came down, he stripped OF
the skin underneath until it came TO his
fore legs. and then grasping one of these
with the opposite hand, by considerable
pulling, stripped of the skin; changing
hands, he stripped the other, and by
slight motion Of the head, and ell the
while swallowing. he drew i. from the
neck and swallowed the whole The
oneration was an agreeable one and occu-
pied but short time
Year: 1879

TIRED OF Any SUBJEcT.-The New
York Tribune pertinently remarks that
some people get tired of any subject after
a day or two, no matter how great its I'M
portance or how many the changes IN Its
bearings and details. Thereupon they'sit
down and write stern letter to the editor
of their favorite newspaper, informing
him that s'the public" is sick of his "eter-
ns, iterations of one idea" and warning
him never to touch upon the ''worn-out
topic" again. Here, for instance, Is a
friend who has become fatigued by nearly
all the principle events, and he sends us
a comprehensive catalogue OF things
about which he wishes us henceforth to
keep silent-all of them being things IN
which the majority OF our readers take
deep interest. If it were only possible to
please everybody But when twenty
friends day give us irrreconcIlable coun-
sells not only about what We shall prln''
but what we shall leave out, what Is the
editor to dol We are always glad OF the
advice of friend If We do not always
follow it, let the disappointed adviser re-
feet that We have perhaps better opPor,
tunities for knowing what the public


likes TO read than he has-and not unfre-
a1ently double as much advice on the
opposite side of the same subject
Year: 1879

There is every probability of a large
military post being established there the
coming summer. 1t will be garrisoned
by cavalry, therefore the demand for
gram will be very large. We question if
the few settlers there now viii be able to
supply the demand for the troops, horses
and seed for the numerous emiGrants
already tending that way. There are
series of valleys along the Yakima river,
going under different names, according to
the post Offices, of which as well as
schools, the country is well supplied, but
not yet as much as they will be with an
increased population. We advocate the
route up the Yakima for the reason that
the high mountains bounding the Yakima
valleys offer an almost superable bar for
heavy loaded teams The roads are a
little siding in the
Year: 1879

Years ago the very name of sage brush
was considered equivalent for barrenness.
but experience has taught our frontier
settlers that it is by iar the best land.
We have seen crops raised from this land
that beat everything In many instances
it requires water for irrigation, except
where grain is sowed in the fall. For
colonies, the Yakima country offers super
latiye inducements. There are now lying
vacant miles upon miles Of this land that
viii yield 80 bushels of wheat to the acre
without fear of failure. All that is neces-
sary is for the land to be cleaned of the
brush, which can be done for 81 30 an
acre then ploughed up and attended to
and astonishing crops will be the result.


YAKIMA CITY


Contains three stores, a fine Touring mil,
two saloons, one of the best frontier
hotels, two good livery stables and one
doctor who has to attend to other busl-
ness in order to keep himself employed.
1t Will he satisfaction to many to know
that there is not Chinaman in the whole
agricultural section. At present the
country offers greater inducements to
emigrants than any other in Washington
territory The easiest way to get to this
country is TO cross from Nallula where
there is good ferry boat, then proceed
up the banks of the Columbia to the
mouth of the Yakima river From thence
is a good road the whole distance, very
few hills and but little sand. After high
water there is no necessity to cross any
ferry as the streams are all fordable.
Year: 1879

will help to determine to what section of
the human family these people belong.
Probably they will be found to pertain
to some special polar Monaghan or polar
Caucasian race.


The features are less Nongolian in type
than are those of the EsquamauZ or the
other indigenous tribes Of Siberia. The
hair is generally, but not invariably
black, and the complexion is decidedly
light. Young women are often very fair,
handsome and of perfect symmetry and
fine proportions. The men are tall ,aboye
the average height of mans growth,
some of them attaining to very little
short of the splendid stature of the best
specimens Of humanity in northern Ed
rope. One woman is mentioned to me
as being of gigantic size, SO large, in fact,
that she might well be shown for money.
One of Nordenskjolds attaches has a
note regret at this moment impossible
to me-of her height and bulk, the for
nler being over seven feet.


1t is a matter of considerable difficulty
to estimate their ages with any approach
to accuracy as their idea of numbers are
very vague, apparently not extending
beyond eight or ten numbers. Thus if
they wish to express five they hold up
one hand, with the fingers spread out;
ten they represent with two hands, 20
with the hands and feet, and if their
calculation goes beyond that second
individual is called to aid in the demon
stration of numbers between twenty and
forty. 1t viii be apparent from this that
the age of individuals is not carefully
recorded or remembered, but some of
the people had evidently attained an ex-
treme age. Little more, SO far, remains
to say about them or their mode of life
except that they possess a few guns
among them, are familiar with gunpow-
der, and have in use some American axes,
knives and pots. Very little foreign
clothing is employed by them, their
vestments being almost exclusively of
skin. The nation probably numbers ten
thousand souls, of whom one half inhabit
the htoral between Tschaun Bay and
Behring Strait and the other half dwell
in the interior of the country.


Although the deck of the Vega con-
tanned numbers of them, from eight
O'Clock in the morning till six at night
daily during her stay, nothing was stolen.
When desired to leave the visitors de-
parted. On the whole it is impossible
to imagine a more Arcadian race, though
no philosopher has yet expected to dis
cover Arcadia so near the North Pole
A people without chiefs and without
criminals. experimenting no diffionlty in
the distribution of the product of their
joint exertions in fishing or hunting,
whose sole sign of pride or wealth of
fancy is the possession Of boat little
larger then ordinary, may we'll deserve
the respect they have earned from Nor
denskiold and his party, and prove fit
ting subjects for further ethnolgical
Study
Year: 1879

1t is predicted by some that when the
forests Shall become comparatively ex-
hausted, and the price of lumber SO high
as to preclude its use for ordinary pur-
poses, its place will be filled by some
stuff similar to that produced by west
ern inventor, who congresses straw into
n substance as hard and indistructible as
oak. It is certainly not too much to ex-
pect; this may be an age of little men,
but it is an inventive age, and no sooner
does difficult problem arise than some
genius rushes to the rescue, and usually
suggests a way Of extrication.


Not long ago a southern woman, too
poor to buy q sack to suit her, went to
work and made cloth from the down of
feathers, that for richness is said to be
as far ahead of silk as the latter is ahead
of cotton cloth. Authority says that the
production of silk is liable at any time to
materially decrease, which would of
course necessitate an advance in price,
When that time comes we expect to see
a Yankee machine that will pick the down
from the hundreds of tons of feathers,
which, since the introduction of spring
beds, have been not much more than a
stumbling block in the market, and make
it into cloth so desirable that our ladies'
can see the price of silk go up, without
weeping or wringing of hands.


Right on the heels of the ssboom" in
iron comes the information that a gentle
man of Jefersonville, Ind, has patented
an invention which consists of making
gas and sewer pipes out of glass. 1t is
claimed that it will stand greater pres
sure than iron, and of course the great
enemy of iron pipes-rust, would not en-
ter into consideration. The material for
its manufacture abounds in nearly all
sections of the country, and it can be
made at cost of IS per ton, which is
less than is paid for freight on a large
portion of the iron pipe used.


Last summer there was q cook stove on
exhibition on Wabash avenue, construct
ed largely of glass and wood. This would
seem to be about the last article in the
manufacture of which iron could be dis
pensed with, but the variety and quality
OF its work we never saw surpassed, and
its durability was question of no doubt.
Year: 1879

FASHIONABLE TAILOR. ALL GOODS
1 made by the subscriber are warranted to fit
the form Prices, reasonable, and am bound to
please those who give their custom. Shop
on York Street, two doors West of the Windiate
unuRn.
Year: 1879

81 would like to see Miss Sanford
my boy has sent her some little trinkets
he has made for her, said Captain Carl,
the gypsy chief, appearing at Sanford
Hill one day, two years nearly after his
departure.


In his hand he held basket, in which
We're some shell and wooden ornaments
skillfully carved.


Miss Lulu has not been very well of
late, and it's pity, as the Captains s
coming home soon to marry her; but I'll
tell her you are here said the butler,
and he soon returned with word that he
was to come into the library.