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Year: 1874

A FOUNTAIN OF QUICKsILvER.-Says
the Napa Register, of few days ago :
"At the Flagstaff mine situated on the
Gcyser road, globules of quicksilver were
discovered scattered so thickly in the
loose dirt as to attract the attention of
the miners at work in the tunnel. A
blast was put in Immediately after the
discovery, and, when the smoke had
cleared away, quicksilver was found pour
ing out of the rock in a stream as big as
a straw. A dipper was held under the
stream until half full Of the precious liq-
uid. On further examination a pocket
was also found near by, which contained
something like teacupfull Of quicksil-
yeru
Year: 1874

ANOTHER victim of gambling is S. P.
McManus, a Deputy Assessor of Sonoma
county. He disappeared some time ago,
and fears Of foul play were entertained.
Now he has written to his wife saying he
had lost the public money in his custody
gambling in a saloon in Healdsburg, and
asking her to meet him at Omaha. Men
who have the care Of other money than
their own, whether public or private, had
better let cards alone.
Year: 1874

A CHICAGO fellow has just lost very
lucrative business that he had been so
careless as not to patent. He used to
take horses out Of barns and drive them
to the pound, where he got 81 apiece for
them. The day the police broke it up
he bad made sls. The Judge fined him
twenty Ave dollars.
Year: 1874

A LATE dispatch informs us that Cen
eral Sheridan has given notice that par
ties organizing to proceed to the Black
Hills will not be permitted to go, unless
under authority of the Secretary of the
Interior or Congress. 1t is not likely,
from the aspect of Indian affairs, that
any parties will be permitted to enter
the Black Hills country the present sea-
SON
Year: 1874

A BOLD attempt was recently made to
rob the San Bernardino stage by two
men armed with rifles. One of them or
dered the driver to stop, but he whipped
up his team and was fired after, lhe ball
hitting one OF the horses, which ran two
miles before it fell and expired. Pursuit
was made by the citizens and the would
be-robbers captured.
Year: 1874

THE wheat yield in Yolo county this
year generally has been good. 1t is
rare to hear of any crop averaging as
low as twenty bushels, while very many
go thirty, and some as high as fifty and
even sixty to the acre-the wheat being
of the very finest quality.
Year: 1874

A YOUNG Leander swan across the
Ohio from lower Kentucky town the
other night to interview his lovely Hero
on the Indiana side a.; but the old man
stood on the bank with a revolver in his
hand, and Leander swan back again.
Louisville Journal.
Year: 1874

WE often hear Of people who are too
poor TO marry, but an Iowa couple, who
had been engaged some time, married
becau g they could Bot afford to keep two
separate rooms in boarding house.
Year: 1874

The few compost
tions which havewon
t h @ confidence o f
mankind a n d b O.
come h o us g h o | d
words, among n o t
only one but many
nations, must have
extraordinary ir-
es. Perhaps no
Year: 1874

PHILADELPHIA, Dec "a, 1873.
r SELDOM, if ever, pick up newspaper without
i seeing, among the first items that arrest my at
tenton, the record of terrible boiler explosion.
Very many causes assigned for this loss Of life
and property great deal is said as TO what should
be done and what should not be DONE But scarce
y ever hear it said that these explosions are due to
an accumulation of Scale in the Boiler and yet eight
out of ten insanc that occur in our midst are un-
doubtedly due to this cause.


Now permit me to say that manufacture Com
position that will readily and thoroughly remove this
incrustation; and while am constantly sending it
the United States, exact pay for its use un
less gives perfect satisfaction and fulls all he
claims make for it.


My preparation will remove Scale from any Boiler,
no matter how deep may be the iEcrusat on and at
the same time It will prevent injury to the Boiler
from anything which may be held in solution by the
water contained it. This article will absolutely
prevent the formation of Scale if timely introduced.
The powder which manufacture has been care
fully tested by some of the abest chemists in the
countr,, and its fitness to keep iron clean and to
preserve it has been demonstrated by them in the
most satisfactory manner.


If you will send for my circular with my terms and
full particulars or give me call, think 1 will be
able to convince the most sceptical that this compo
stion will justify all claim for it.


Very respectfully yours,


GEO, w. LORD.
dc2itf
Year: 1874

No efforts will be spared to make the MAINE STATE
PRESS more acceptable to its patrons. Indeed, the
Publishers will not relax their efforts to make the
paper necessity to those who have been accustomed
to read it, We pledge that during the year 1874 the
Weekly PRESS shall be more NEWSPAPER than
ever, so that the family that thoroughly reads the
paper will have all the current erents Of the day.
Year: 1874

The dispatches this morning announce


the discharge Of ex.Gov. Warmoth,


against whom the charge o murder had


been preferred. The acquittal means


that he was justified in killing Byerly


and In this conclusion oil the examining


court the country will heartily concur,


The attack on Warmoth was brutal and


coWardly under the circumstances. He


had accepted q challenge to fight duel


with Byerly's partner (Jewet0 and was
not expecting to be assaulted on the
streets pending an affair Of honor. Ap-
parently Jewett and his friends were
surprised and apprehensive when War.
moth accepted their challenge and
concluded to get rid oI him
some other way. The attack in
the paper, that brought on the challenge,
was bitter personal assault on WAR.
MOTH, and was replied to by him with
spirit over his own name. The honors
not being considered even In anewspsper
way tho editor demanded blood to bal.
ance the account and WARMoTH agreed
to give him a chance, although protest.
ing at the same time that he was not
duollist. As the Chicago Tribune said
day or two since, "this attack on WAR.
MOTH ought to settle the dueling question
once for all. No claim on the part Of
Southern chivalry, hencetorLh, in favor
Of the heroism and gentemsnlines5 Of
the Code can ever be admitted; and
no indictment against a man as coward
will hold hereafter simply because he re-
fuses to accept a challenge, and set up his
life against life that isn't worth a rush.
It will only be necessary to point TO .hO
WARMoTu case TO show that, II the chall.
enge he accepted, there will be an effort
to kill or disable the challenged man in
some cowardly manner, in order that he
may not have fair show for his life. Let
us hear no more Of the chivslry of the
Code alter this affair. Let men in the
South rather await a covert attack, and
like WARSEoTH, defend themselves as best
they can. We only hope the defense
will be as effective in every case as it was
in his"
Year: 1874

1 find the desire of audiences TO be
audiences only becoming an entirely
pestilen5 character Of the age. Every
body wants TO hear-nobody to read, q,
nobo iy TO think TO be excited for an
hour-and, If possible, amused to get
the knowledge it has cost a man half
his life to gather, first sweetsned up to
make it palatable, and then kneaded
into the smallest possible pills, and to
swallow it homeopathically and be wise
this is the passionate desire and hope
of the multitude of the day. 1t Is not to


be done. A living comment quietly


given to q class on a book they are
earnestly reading-this kind OF lecture
is eternally necessary and wholesome !;


youi smooth-d0W-
nv-curry-and- strawberry ice and milk
punch-altogether lecture is an entirely
bestiIent and abOminable vanity and
the miserable death Of poor Dickens,
| when he might have been writing blessed
| books till he was eighty but for the
Destiferous demand of the mob, is a


yery solemn warning to us all, If we
would take it.
Year: 1874

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph Cthus' mean that your sub
scription Is out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure in extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons,
but cash alone viii pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity OF each Is
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


e We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advance.
Year: 1874

Well, either you or ],
After whatever is to say is said,
Must see the other die,
Or hear, through distance. of the other dead,


Sometime.
And you or must hide
Poor empty eyes and faces, wan and wet
With Iife's great grief, beside
The others coffin, sealed with silence, vet,


Sometime
And You and I must look
Into the others grave, 50 far or near,
And read. as in a book
Writ in the dust, words we made bitter here,


Sometime.
Then, through what paths of dew,
What flush Of flowers, what glory in the grass
Only enc of US two,
Even as shadow walking, blind may pass,


Sometime.
And, if the nesting song
Break from the bosom OF the bird for love,
No more to listen long,
One shall be deaf belOw-One deaf above,


Sometime.
For both must lose the way
Wherein we walk together very soon;
One in the dusk shall stay,
The other first shall see the rising moon,


Sometime.
Oh fast, fast friend of mine
Lift up the voice love SO much and warn,
To wiring faint hands and pine,
Tell me I may be left forlOrn, fOrloru,


Sometime.
Say I may kiss through tears,
Forever falling and forever cold,
One ribbon from sweet years.
One dear dead leaf, one precious ring of gold,


Sometime.
Say you may think with pain
Of some slight grace, some timid wish to please
Some eager look half vain
Into your heart, some broken sobs like these,
Year: 1874

houses filled with rich treasures
from every cline, mystic ships laden
with the thoughts and deeds of men.
All these, and more, are the well
sustained newspapers. Newspapers
are the very best indexes of the peo-
pie where they are published. Poor,
half starved newspapers are just
what the miserable support which
they receive makes them, and they
are generally standing disgrace to
the community where published and
to the cause which they espouse,
and they bring disgrace on the
community and their cause, just as
half starved teachers bring disgrace
on the community that employs
them, and upon the cause of educa-
ton. These things are worthy of
being carefully pondered by all who
have not paid for their paper.
Year: 1874

1t is now becoming one of the
questions of the day whether it is
good policy, after an old Congress
man has been beaten, ann has no
hopes of ever being returned to
Congress, to permit him to keep his
seat for months after the election of
his successor. The Congressman
who has nothing more to- expect
from his constituency is thought to
be some like the discharged steward
spoken of in the parable, who was
very liberal to his masters creditor,
disposed to provide for his future,
or in other words to feathea his own
nest. A fine roll of greenbacks,
even at the price Of a vote for a
corrupt measure, is said to be a great
healer for disappointed hopes, and
is one way Of revenging oneself up
on an ungrateful country. This
evil has always been felt to exist,
but the great change brought about
by the elections last fall only makes
it more apparent. The remedy is
simply to have the new Congress
meet in December instead of Marc


and let the old members 20 out
when they are voted out instead Of
holding on for half a year after time
has been called upon them. Amend
ments to the Constitution are in or
der, and why not mend all defects
at once. II. ~ 3- 49,.
Year: 1874

The following lines were written by
a lady from who's eyes disease has
shut out the light of the sun, but who
can yet rejoice in the happy return Of
glad Christmas day. Though to her
it is denied to look on Gods joyous
world, and to enjoy the light of day,
for she is blind, she is not denied that
greater Light which shines forth from
the Son of Righteousness, lighting up
the soul and filling the heart with
warmth, light and everlasting joys
[Ed.]


Yes this is Christmas morn,
The day when Christ was born.
Wheu God did give his Son.
To ransom every one.


Who put their trust in Him.
Oh put thy trust in Him,


Strive to forsake thy sin;


He will for them provide,


Who in his truths abide,


And never 60 astray.


When our pilgrimage is DER,
When we have reached that shore,
And laid our burden down.
Received o robe and crown,
From our Makers hand,


Then will We praises sing,


To our Deliverer, King,


For Blessings He hath given,
And we can rest in Heaven,
Thankful that Christ was born.


N. R. K,
Year: 1874

Patrons who are now willing to
desert the field on account of some
little neighborhood troubles or per-
sonal differences, are like men who
have ploughed the ground, obtained
and sowed the seed and watched
the crop to maturity, refusing to
harvest because neighbor Jones,
or Smith, or Jenkins have
killed their pet pull pups. Personal
differences, unless for the purpose
Of referring to a proper committee
for adjustment should never find
a place inside the Grange, and the
man or woman who parades some
private real or imaginary wrong re-
ceived at the hands of another men,
Der or an excuse for the violation of
his or her solemn obligations as a
Patron is either a narrow minded
selfish, hogish knave or what is
about as bad, a fool, such
a Persoo unless he speedily re-
pents Of his folly, should be uncere-
moniously kicked out of the Orde,
which he will only sooner or later
disgrace, and the sooner out the
better.
Year: 1874

WATER is an item of such immense i'm portance in nearly all the country west of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, that every new " find is important, and worth special notice in the locality where found. ". G. Poindexter has recently struck wa ter in the Cababi district, wherein that ar ticle is very scarce on top Of ground, al though otherwise the section is splendid for grazing and mining. In letter of De- tober 3, written to Judge McCarty of Tue son, Mir. PoindeXter says:

 Since I have been here, I have sunk a well through solid rock distance of thir- ty feet, thus demonstrating the fact that water can be bad in the Cababi district without taking that of the Indians. nave a fine well of water, in fact the finest in the district, and right in the midst of all the mines.

 We have never doubted but under all our grazing and mining lands, there is abundance of water at no very great depth. Thus far nearly all the very deep wells sunk in this county, have been near or at the public highways, which, as a rule, pass over the dryest and most barren land in the Territory.
Year: 1874

TN AUGUST ANNOUNCED MY \ self as an Independent Candidate for reelection to the office Of

 County Recorder, And I still am before the people on an h. dependent basis and intend to remain in that Independent position. I expect to serve all parties with equal fidelity, if elected, and cordially ask the support of all in aid of my election. Any report contrary to the foregoing statement, is and will be a misrepresentation of my position before he people.

 A. BRICHTA. Tucson. Sepfenlber I9, 1874 50-td
Year: 1874

MAN OF FAMILY WANTS HIS SHARE. A correspondent of the Chicago Trib- une, who lives in Dubuque, Iowa, in view of the fact that congress will probably l authorize the printing of at least $44, ,000,- OOO new greenbacks, is troubled to know how he is going to get his share. The in- crease of the legal tenders to that extent will be little more than a dollar apiece to every man, woman and child in the Uuited States. 'I have a family of fve." he says, "and our share of the additional circulation will be five dollars. write to inquire how am to get it. Will Secretary Richardson send it to me by mail if I write to him? Or will arrangements be made with some of the banks whereby I can get it by calling upon them? I would not care about it so much but am at work on a salary, which the imitation will not have any tendency to increase that I can see: while do see that the premium on gold is going up, and the prices of clO- thing, groceries, etc., already show a ten dency to follow, even at the prospect of imitation. Furthermore, if do not get the money, I am afraid that some Jay Cook or Jay Gould, or other speculatOr who now has million dollars for every dollar own, will get not only his share of the ad- dltonal issue, but mine too, and use it in some wild speculation that will result in another panic, to my future loss. If you can give ne any information as to how can get my five dollars or, if you cannot do that. if you will explain to me any indirect way in which I am to be ben : efited to that amount by the inflation- you will confer great favor" As the correspondent is constituent of Senator Wright, one of the "cheap money" champ ions, and as the question is serions one, the Tribune suggests that the senator be called on for an answer.
Year: 1874

next TO crate. He stated that he had
been in the country, where he found
them solid for the Republican ticket,
and he was sure it would be elected by
large majority. He charged that the
county court in making its selections
for judges aud officers of the election
had only appointed men who favored
the Bartlett ticket, and who would
count them out; but he would let them
know that they would have men sta
toned at the different polls to watch the
judges, who would see that all the votes
were counted and that the Republican
ticket was elected. He then went on
the knOWnothing tack, and stated that
q prominent citizen who favored the
Bartlett movement had told him that the
grangers intended to make a know
nothing party of it, get the negroes to
join hands with them, throw out the
Irish and Germans and other foreigners
altogether. He further said, that If
necessary he could give the man s name,
but upon being loudly and persistentIy
called on for il, flickered, and rather than
give the name, retired. DIR. Hogan, the
poOThOuse man, volunteered the inform
alton to q small circle around him,
that the man who made the statement
alluded to BY General Patterson, WIS C.
l.. Anderson, but it didn't take, or have
the effect anticipated.


DIR. HOGAN,


of pOOrhouse fame, acquitted him
self very poorly, and said but little that
was not hooted at by those present.


JACK WALSH


was loudly called for, but handsome
Jack didn't arise and haraDgue the
crowd. We were disgusted and left,
and found that majority Of the crowd
had been affected in a similar manner,
and had also startled on their journey
hOmewafd. II all the ward meetings Of
the Republican party are fairly repre-
sented by that of the first ward held last
night, tbey might as well retire, for their
goose will be cooked to an overdone
brown, beyond all manner of doubt.
Year: 1874

The joint committee from the general
council, the citizens at large, the cham
Der Of commerce, and the cotton ex-
change, will, by special train, go out at
half-past twelve o'clock this afternoon
on the Louisville railway to meet
the Texas ami Louisiana delegation.
AS we have said before, our committee
will properly represent the city Of Mem
phis, and we may be sure will sol
idly lay the foundation for the reception
for which ample preparation has already
been made, and which will formally
take place tomorrow. We trust that
our citizens generally will be prepared
to extend to these gentlemen the most
abundant and hearty hospitality, that
they may leave Memphis with cOnvic-
tions commensurate with our CONNER
cial Importance and position as the GEN.
trsl city Of the Mississippi valley.
Year: 1874

The Radical pow-wOw in the first
ward last night was complete fizzle,
it was very poorly attended and por-
tion Of the crowd was carried there by
the bosses from other wards.


PAT MULvIHILL


arose and stated that the meeting would
be held over until Tuesday night, and
would come off on the bluff. He could
not hold in though, and launched out
against his cOuntryman, Reilly, who is
his opponent on the Bartlett ticket. 1t
seemed TO hurt Pat very much that
Reilly had received some pay for the
valuable services rendered to the county,
was able TO ride horse, and had got fat
while he was so poor tnat he could not
spend any money in the canvass. The
fact Of there being some money in the
Office was what troubled Mulvihill,
and he showed very plaiuly that he had
on hand very bad case OF sour grapes.
The remarks of the great orator were
loudly applauded by four or five who
stood at his feet, some Of whom we
knew did not live in the first ward.
But the speech of the evening was de-
livered by that renowned and eloquent
orator,


PAT WINTERS,


who, in reading a chapter or two from a
knOwnothing ritual, bobbed up and down
like jumping jack, and made gestures
that would have amused baby very
much. Hetold his cOuntTymen that the
Bartlett movement was gotten up by the
knownothings, and the Bartlett platform
was knownOthing concern. He told
them that when be was private on the
police force of this city, during the war,
the Confederate militia shot his country
men Off their drays, and that be resigned
from the force, and had TO live in cell
lar to keep from being shot by the militia
himself because he would not take part
in numbering them. He also told some
other very affecting stories Of how his
fellow-countrymen had been treated,
that would have made a crocodile weep
for pure sympathy; and the only thing
that astoDishes US is that dear Pat is left
to us to vote with the darkies on next
Thursday. He, too, was loudly applauded
by the same large crowd of four or five,
who nearly hallooed themselves hoaTse
in trying to getup some enthusiasm; but
the first ward boys wouldn't enthuse for
that crowd worth cent. He was fol-
lowed by the distinguished


GENENAL PATTERSON,


The candidate for trustee, who was the
Year: 1874

A NUIsANCE.-Those who attended the
exhibition at Teel Hall on Monday night,
will not soon forget the noise and confusion
created by few persons in the back part
of the house. 1t was a shame to those con-
cerned in 1t, and a serious nuisance to the
audience, and we hope for the credit of our
town Will never be repeated.


In this connection we would make a
suggestion to our town authorities that
might be we'll for them to consider. 1t is
the part of the municipal government to
see that the rights, lawful pleasures, &C.,
| of the citizens are no interfered with, as
well as to protect them in the enjoyment
of their property. 1t should therefore see
that lawful assemblages are not disturbed,
| and if it is found that demonstration of au-
thority is necessary for this purpose, il
! should be made We therefore suggest
,hat hereafter, at any exhibition at Tee
Hall, our authorities require the managers
to employ suitable person and that they
invest him with all the power of q sPecia
police to preserve order.
Year: 1874

A CANNoN.-A certain devoted Demo-
cat of onr city, while visiting Norfolk a
few days ago, and remembering the dam
per thrown upon our poll ical Publications
this fall by the want of u cannon, made an
arrangement with certain moulders for a
small brass piece suitable for salutes, and
looks to the patriotic zeal Of our party to
raise the means for paying for it. The
price is comparatively small and we hope
every one will feel an interest in the matter
and see that it is paid at once.


There are some good people in our midst
who think firing salutes over Our victories
does no good bat the converse. We think
they err. There is a large portion of this
county, for instance, who never read
paper anu imagine that because Edgecombe
goes Republican every time the balance ot
the United States does. Now if we had s
cauno1 to thunder out the news everytime
we gain a victory they would tegin to in
qure its meaning and soon find out thai
Edgecombe was not the whole world b.
great odds. In this way the cannon be
comes great educator of the public ant
would dc more, we verify believe, to breal
up the solid negro radicalism of this coun
ty than anything We know Of