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Year: 1879

EVIDENTLY some Southern Cali
fornian made the illustrations which
disfigure the Christmas number of
the .Argonaut. His idea was to get
even with that sheet for its infa-
nous abuse of this section. If the
artist did indeed hail from this lat
itude, and his object was ven-
geance, he accomplished the fell
purpose in dashing style. Truly
Southern California is avenged!
Not the most vindictive of our peo-
pie could harbor desire for re.
prisaIs in view Of the disaster
which has overtaken that periodi-
cal at a time when it was desirous
of looking its prettiest. Its most
pretentious cartoon, which is sup
posed to be representation of San
Francisco as that city appears from
Goat Island, might very we'll be
mistaken for q collection of bee
hives, tier upon tier, such as might
be drawn by drunken man, with
unsteady hand, by the aid Of q
piece of charcoal, on a kitchen
wall. Page succeeds page of such
drawings as boy of ten should be
soupdly threshed for hav-
ing committed. The Christ
mas number of the Argonaut will
take high rank as q piece of mem
orable botchwork. The contrast
made by its ugliness with the
bright and attractive makeup O
Its contemporaries is simply un'
speakable. May such ever be the
fate of journals which abuse South
ern California!
Year: 1879

THE attempt of the Republican
journals to make a great pretence
of popularity for Perkins deceives
no one. Mr.. Perkins's candidacy
is deep disappointment to the
better elements of the Republican
party. When it is admitted that
George c. Perkins is personally a
very clever man the question at
issue has not been touched at all.
He is in truth one of the litigants
in the case of the People vs.. the
Corporations, and no one is so OBJ
fuse as not to know that 1t is a very
unfair thing to seek to make him a
judge in his own cause. The con-
troversy lies deeper than any in
quiry as to whether Mr.. Perkins, as
a controller of a transportation
company, has acted in measura-
bly, good natured way to the resi-.
dents of the Southern coast. 1t goes
to the roots OF great popular
grievance which ought not TO be
pooh-poohed or whistled down the
wind. Ex-Governor Leland Stan
ford is personally very excellent
man, yet very few people indeed
would desire to see him the official
arbiter in the dispute between the
railway and its patrons. There is q
time for everything; and the time
to put an amiable man like Per-
kins in the Gubernatorial chair, If
ever, is when he has been out of
the transportation business some
years, and the people have given
its decisive cast to their new or
ganic law. His elevation would
then be attended with no imminent
danger to the public if voters had
made up their minds that it was


expedient to have Republican


Governor at all.
Year: 1879

has still been the Democratic and
Republican parties and the Inde-
pendents. But a fourth party was
a thing left to be devised by the
fertile and capricious brains of Cal.
iforniars, and they have proved
themselves entirely equal to the
task,
Year: 1879

NEW YORK, July oath. = The
Times takes more hopeful view of
the Southern situation, saying:
Early as has been the appearance
of yellow fever in the South, it is
evident that there is not the
slightest reason to apprehend rep
etition of the scourge of last year.
Memphis cases have all the char
acteristics of a strictly sporadic
type of the disorder, and reveal
none OF the alarming features
which accompany its epidemic
form. If there is but little room
for alarm in the South, there is
certainly far less in regard to the
cases which have reached maturity
in northern ports,
Year: 1879

TEc mining industry of tn e Terri tory never looked better than at the present time, and if the same push and energy is displayed in the future as has been within the past year, Arizona will soon rank as first in the, list of bullion producers. In Yava. pal county, the work of development

 is progressing at rapid rate The

 mines in the Bradshaw range of

 mountains have proven themselves 10 be not razor blades, but well de fined, permanent lodes, surpassing in richness the Comstock of Nevada. The Tiger vein can be traced for

 many miles, and also many others, thereby showing a continuous and unbroken ledge. The great draw hack in tho development of the mines in this range of mountains, will be the lack of water for mill ing purposes, for the large number of mills required to work the ores. The same difficulty was experienced in Virginia, Nevada Reduction works had to be erected on the Car son river, some twenty m Jes from

 the mines, and ore had to be hauled that distance This will eventually be the case with the mines in the Bradshaw's. Mills will have to be erected on some flowing body of wa. fer to keep them running, and as the waters of Salt River is the most ac- cessible, the future residents of this city will hear the rumbling of stamps in their near neighborhocd. This is no idle talk; it will surely be done, for it will be necessity. Railroads will be built to the mines for the cheap transportation of ores and sur plies The water running in our canals could be made to run large number of mills by water power, thus saving an immense amount of money for fuel and other expenses necessary for running steam mill The waters of Salt River are unfail- ing as those of the Carson in Nevada and the expenses incident to the transportation of ores from the mines to the canals would be less than la Hing machinery 10 the Ieeal iiy of the mines, and the confiHE1

 ctor,,asror or, acoor-,4 ,,t..ngl llrm
Year: 1879

It has been said that nothing has been created without q purpose. y Wheather the party was ever "creat- cd" or not on this theory admits of strong question. Like inc imnlor- tai Topsy it seems to have simply .'growed." But whatever its origin, its mission, if it ever had any, is about ended with it's miserable life. The whole theory upon which it was based, is false and unreliable as

 '.Ths baseless fabric of d.eam,r

 And yet, as is always the case with the grossest absurdities, it has for time a numerous-and on other qucs- iions-an intelligent following Men who ought 10 have entertained sound principles of national finance were found among its adherents- The revival of business and the re turn of prosperity have effectuaily disposed of all the visionary schemes of finance winch were the ideas of an hour Men have learned that they may as well legislate against the law of grayitation as that of sup ply and demand. There is nothing like the production of gold and silver to settle these questions of none tary nature. The people are satisfied when they see gold, silver and green backs exchangabie, the one for the other, and have 10 further use for the defunct Greenbafk partyso-called It is dcad-let the coffin lid be fas- tened down and the burial Of the of fcnsive remains be as speedy as pos. ciI,Io
Year: 1879

Barkcepers pay on an average S2 per gallon for whisky One gallon contains an average of 6 drinks, and at 10 cents a drink, the poor man pays S6.50 gallon for his whisky. In other words he pays g for the whisky and S450 for handing it over the bar Make your wife your bar keeper. Lend her g to buy a gal lon of whisky for beginning and every time you want q drink, % to her and pay 10 cents for it. By the time you have drank a gallon she will have S650 or enough to refund the @ borrowed of you. to pay for another gallon of liquor and have a balance of S2.50. She will be able to conduct future operations on her own capital, and when you become an inebriate, stunned and dispised by all respectable persons and unable 10 support yourself, your wife will have enough money to keep you un- til you get ready to fill drunkard's grave-Temperance Lecture.
Year: 1879

And stimulates the torpid Liver, Bowels and Kidneys to healthy ac- ton, in cleansing the blood of all impurities and imparting new life and vigor to the whole system.

 A single trial will be quite snfi- cient to convince the most hesitat- ing of its valuable remedial qualities
Year: 1879

How TRINITY WILL VoTE.-Elec-
tions are always uncertain until after the
votes arc counted but we hazard the
prediction that Trinity will roll up y
handsome majority against the New
Constitution. While that instrument
will receive some votes in its favor here
we bslievs they will be principally from
those who do not understand the true
effect Of such u course, or the damage its
adoption would do 70 our mining inter
ests. A gentleman Just in from Lower
Trinity, and one who has taken some
pains to ascertain the prevailing senti>
msnt. informs us that the people Of that
section are unanimous in their oppo-
sition. Another who visited Douglas
City this week tells us that he found only
one man who said he would vote for the
New Constitution. From other points
come sim liar reports. When the ques-
tion is thoroughly understood tho votes
in favor Of the new instrument will be
very few.
Year: 1879

TRAIL AND FREIaHT.-We learn that
residents on Lower Trinity intend build
ing new trail from Manzanita Flat
along down Trinity River on this side,
thus avoiding twice crossing the river in
order 10 reach Taylor Flat and other
points. 1t is move in the right direc-
tion and once entered upon will doubtless
be pursued to completion. With good
trail on this side of the river, il is more
than probable that considerable quanti-
~ OF freight which now fnds its way in
to that portion Of the county 0io Huns
boldt Bay will hereafter come by Read
ing and Weavervile. As Lower Trinity
is fast assuming Importance as a mining
section and is even nov the scene of
several large mining enterprises, tn is is a
matter in which the people of the whole
county should take an interest and assist
IL called upon to do 50.
Year: 1879

HARD AT IT.-Our miners are all at
work putting in their best licks. In
creased industry will in a measure COM
pensste for the shortness of the mining
season in Weaver Basin this year.
Year: 1879

IL seems TO be the best opinion in San Francisco
that Kcarney the Demagogue is a u-ed-up man. We
are sorry 10 read that here is n growing propensity
tolynch him, especially because OF his insulting al-
sous to General Grant ard it is thought that dur
ing the Generals visit lie VIII keep himself very
quiet. Ii was long ago demonstrated that con-
Juror who raises a devil had better keep bright
look out unless he wishes that devil to carry
him OF. KeaIney has been the apostle of violence
and OF personal prcudces and hatreds 4; 1t would be
only bit of political Justice If he should become
their victim, though we far from wishing nm
any such bad luck. The career of such men as
Kearney is usually short. They have no staying
qualities, and their followers are usually hckle
Once in year they want new leader. espt cIally
il the cakes and ale which they are prom
isod do not come promptly and plentinlly
IL must not be thought that they do ht-
tie mischief. for they do great deal
But they might do much more ii they were not Ger
tam to oyerdo matters altogether VERY likely IN san
Francisco before long even the great kearney VIII
only be remembered to point moral and adcrn
tale. though he will hardly be much OF an ornament
under any circumstances.
Year: 1879

To blow IN liquor-sellcr with gunpowder, and
mt the lives of his wife and children in jeopardy
is a pretty poor way of promoting the cause OF
Temperance. Henry Corbin, of Matcryille. Ohio
has been subjected 10 that kind OF treatment lie
was an obstinate vendor Of the fluids which lnehr-
ATE. Many times fined for selling. he went on with
the business. In the hotel which he kept many
people lodged but this did not prevent the Guy
Faxlleses of Watoryille from touching of tie mlnc
The Corpln uotel was reduced 10 fragments. Cor
bin has been rendered homeless and pennlless nut
nobody has come forward to offer him and his wife
and children shelter and comfort Perhaps this Is
good illustration Of the danger Of taking the pro-
hibition question into politics. WateTyillo has Il
strong majority Of prohibition voters; and in their
enthusiasm they may have lost sight of the moral
side Of the temperance reform altogether. 1t Is
certainly no worse to sell liquor than to attempt
wholesale murder.
Year: 1879

Ten cents may not be n great deal Of money to
purloIn, and yet las the poet observes it Is sin to
steal pin rs much any greater thing. Con-
science is potent even when no more than the mat
ter of n dime in question. Some years ago, some
where. some schoolboy washed postage stamps
which had been used and used them again. Their
valuc is Indicated above Small as II was. 1t as
sumed such proportions in the mind Of the repen-
tant washer that he could hardly sleep or eat until


hc had sent to the Secretary of the Irea >ury one
tenth of a dollar which has been covered duly into
the conscience fund. There would he lively time
in this world If there should be general restitu-
ton but We do not expecti it, Some Of the fchers
are dead and cannot pay mp. Others do not want
to. Others have spent all in rotous living Others
still are in JAIL with assets. Upon the whole. we
shouldn't advise anybody to plfer with apromise
to themselves of making all square by-and-by. Re
turning does not render all right, by any means.
Year: 1879

The pedestrians who are TO contend shortly
in the Madison Square Garden held little
convention yesterday, which had some few
Syracuse features. But there was no serious
dispute after all. and as all the men declared
themselves satisfied with the arrangements
finally agreed upon, there need be 10 inter-
ruption to the peaceful preparation of the
match
Year: 1879

NEW YORK, March 14.-A Cincinnati special
reports a well known Catholic authority there
as saying: "Justice and honor to the spotless
name of the archbishop of Cincinnati, the
future welfare and sacred interests Of relig-
ion, all demand the payment dollar for dollar
Of the Purcell debt. The Catholic Church
has never repudiated. It may take years to
wipe out the heavy debt, though faith in the
generous help of our brethren causes us to
anticipate its speedy extinction. But whether
1t be the labor OF a few or many years, the
debt will be liauidated to the last cent. By
the legal assignment which has been made,
the archbishop does not propose to do what
such legal instrument would allow In ordinary
business-that is to pay to creditors pro rata
what the assigned property would bring.
No such thought has been entertained for
single moment. The OBJECT OF the assign
ment was the protection of patient creditors
against the noisy and clamOrous and violent
who entered suits to obtain an advantage
over the more deserving. 1t Is thought that
hundreds of thousands of dollars could be
raised among the half million Catholics of
this city for the relief of Archbishop Purcell,
Ii popular enough plan was adopted"
Year: 1879

The Belfast Me- journal tells of man
who, though strong and able bodied,
has elected to spend the remainder of
His days in a chair. He is ship car.
penter by trade, and when a reduction
Of wages took place he refused to work
longer So he seated himself in rocking
chair by the window in his sitting room,
and there he sits every day and all day,
only rising to to go bed. The rockers of
his chair have worn grooves in the floor,
and on the window-sill are imprints of
the fingers of one hand, with which he
drums idly as he rocks to and fro. There
is only the man and wife in the family,
and they are supposed to have laid up
something on which they now live.
Year: 1879

body has ever yet claimed that this
provision of the Constitution au.
thorizes the President to send
troops to the polls and hold bayo.
net elections.


Hayes pretends to think that o
statute which forbids him to order
soldiers to the polls, abrldges in
some mysterious manner the power
of the Government to protect itself
or to execute its laws. Now, in
Great Britain this same law is fun
damental. No soldier or body of
soldiers can be brought within a
certain distance of any polling
place, but nobody ever imagined
that the British Government was
weakened thereby. On the con-
trary, it is strengthened, as all
Governments are strong which rest
on the assent and live in the affec-
tlOns of the people. This curious
idea of Mr.. Hayes will provoke u
smile of contempt among the free
men of old England, where the ap-
pearance of any portion of the army
at a polling place would be regard
ed as an act of treason on the part
of the Ministry by whom it was
either ordered OF permitted.


There is in the message O deal of
illogical and inconstquential twad-
die about the laws which have,
from time to time, authorized the
President to employ the armed
forces of the United States to assist
the civil authorities to execute the
laws. The sum of it all is this:
Upon the call of the Legislature or
Executive Of any State, the Presi-
dent may send the army into that
State to protect it from destruction
by invasion or insurrection. That
Is all he can do in case of resist
ance to State laws; 1t is the Begin
ming and the end of his power. But
when the laws of the United States
are opposed and obstructed
by combinations too powerful
to be dealt with by the civil
authority, he may, upon certifi-
cation of the fact, employ the
whole military force of the United
States to put down the insurrection.
But in both cases, whether the op-
position be to the laws of u State or
of the United States, the military
arm can be raised only to overcome
resistance that has reached the pro,
portions of insurrection or invasit
A Ill else Is mere abuse. But


where do we find any constitutio
al power to station soldiers at Il
polls, even in times of invasion


insurrectlon. That, at least, isl


lawful at all times and under


circumstances; and Hayes's


tence that the right to do so isr


essary to the due execution of tu,
law of the United States ia, like
Hayes himself, mere fraud.--N.
Y. San.
Year: 1879

This department Of the ADVANCE Is open to any
one to express his or her Views In appropriate
language upon any subject whatever. whether
religious, philosophic. scientific or political.


The conditions are, Brevity, write on one
side OF the paper only, use appropriate language
and avoid personalities. The name Of the writ
er must accompany communications. not for
publication unless desired, but as a guarantee
Of good faith.
Year: 1879

It cannot be that earth is mans only
abiding place. 1t cannot be that our
life is a bubble cast up by the ocean of
eternity 10 float another moment upon
the surface and then sink into nothing
ness and darkness forever. Else why
is it that the high and glorious aspira-
tions which leap like angels from the
temple Of our hearts, are forever wall
dering abroad unsatisfied. Why is it
over us with beauty that is not Of
earth, and then pass of and leave rs
70 muse on their faded loveliness. Why
is il, that the stars which hold their
festival around the midnight throne,
are set above the grasp of our limited
faculties, and forever moo kiug us with
their unapproachable glory; ard final
ly, why is It, that bright forms Of hu-
man beauty are presented and then
taken from us. leaving the thousand
streams of affection TO flow back in an
alpine torrent upon our hearts We
are born for higher destiny than that
of earth. There is a realm where the
rainbow never fades, where the stars
will be spread out before us like the
islands that slumber on the ocean, and
where the beautiful beings that here
pass before us like visions, will stay in
our presence forever.
Year: 1879

Last week a party of gay pic-nicers
from our village visited Portage Lake.
When near their destination their ears
were RECALLED with the music of tin-pans
blowing of horns, shouts of bully boy
draw the cork, and the trumpet's loud
call of come home boys. Approach
ing nearer they discovered a party of
rusticators whose expressions of JOY
over the killing Of a strange intruder
by one of the party was the cause of so
much confusion. The lifeless body of
the animal that lad paid the penalty
of its sudden advent into the camp,
hung suspended from the btanch of IA
tree and from its extreme elevated
portion gracefully floated the stars and
stripes. After spending a few hours
in sailing upon the lake, they returned
to camp and partoeh of bountiful re-
past prepared by the geniel party
aforesaid and who proved to be "a par
ty Of funloving gentlemen from Salem
Ohio, and who had pitched their tent
upon the banks of this beautiful lake,
to enjoy brief respite from busy cares
and have a general good time.


But that dinner was immense The
savory o Ter of thu beef steak was not
unlike that of venison, and it was said
by one of the party that he could a
tale unfold. but was intnndated by be-
ing told that the Sheriff was present,
and that he would probably get into
trouble by unfolding his tale there.


After dinner, while the gentlemen
weIe enjoying their pipes and tobacco,
the ladies INDUCED in some amateur
shooting. We guess it was amateur,
a. the target was n large store hoX and
the distance about twenty feet after
the usual preliminaries of oh dear,
cant, | never. etc, they ninnagei 20
dis. hareed the weapon. which they
Immediately let fall and ran behind a
tree, None of them succeeded in hit
ting the mark, but they made it very
uncomfortable for fellow that was
searching for clans on the other shore.
After IA short time spent in trolling fCr
green bass, of which quite a number
were caught the pic-nicers returned 10
Grayling. never TO go again unless they
took sugar to sweeten the lemonade.
Year: 1879

A recent work on "Cyprus" gives method
in vogue there of destroying locusts that
might be valuable if tried in the West on the
grasshoppers. The locust has been the great
scourge of the farmers on that Island. An
agriculturist in Lanarka observed that locusts
were not able to creep up smooth surface
nor to keep themselves suspended in the air
for any considerable distance, and upon these
two facts he based his plan for exterminat-
ing them. He excavated bitches at right an
giles to to the direction of their flight, behind
which he placed low screens of oil-cloth, linen
or wood. The locusts, unable to creep up
these screens, fell back into the ditch, where
they were Immediately collected IN sacks or
baskets, to be buried or covered over with
earth. Those among them who managed to
fly over the first screen were intercepted by
second or third. These screens having
proved perfect success at Lanarka. were
subsequently introduced into other parts of
the island, until not single locust returned
to the breeding place, in the eastern part of
the island, and an end was thus put to the
fearful ravages of these insects.