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Year: 1877

ALTHOUGH men are accused for n,
knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps,
as few know their own strength. 1t is in
men as in soils, where sometimes there is
a vein Of gold, which the owner knows not


Few are qualified to shine in company ;
bat it is in most mems power to bs agree
able. The reason, therefore, why CONVEX
sation runs SO low at present, is not the
defect of understanding, but vanity, ill
nature, stieclalion, singularity, positive.
ness, or some other vice, the effect of
wrong education.


Small! causes are sufficient to make man
uneasy, when great ones are not in the way
for want Of u block he will stumble at a
straw.


The humor Of exploding many things
under the name Of ,riaes, fopperies, and
only imaginary goods, is a very false
proof either Of wisdom or magnanimilv,
and d great check to virtuous actions. For
instance, with regard to fame: there is in
most people reluctance and unwilling
ness to be forgotten. We observe, even
among the vulgar, how fond they are to
have an inscription over their grave. 1t
requires but little philosophy to discover
and observe that there is an intrinsic value
in all this; however if it be founded in
our nature, as an Indictment to virtue, it
ought not TO be ridiculed.


Complaint is the largest tribute heaven
receives, AID the sincerest part of our de.
votion.
Year: 1877

The number of Indians who have sur
rendered to Gen. Crook is about 3,5O0l
They were starved into surrender, as for
long time they have been compelled to
live on dogs, ponies and such roots as they
could secure by digging in the snow. Like
wild beasts, hunger alone subdues them.
They lost white girl that had long been
a prisoner, before they surrendered.
Year: 1877

IT looks now as if there would be q
general breaking up Of old party lines in
the next Congress, but that is an old wsv
Oft, and the world may be destroyed be-
fore that time comes. Even in that event
parties will be apt to crumble.
Year: 1877

BEWARE OF HAIR>DYE.-One Of the
residents of a down east viIlsge is a
crazy woman whose insanity is mani
tested by always wearing a letter en-.
Yelope on ber bonnet OF tied 10 her
parasol, or in some other harmless
way; but we doubt if anyone would
be likely 10 surmise the cause of her
insanity A few days ago her SOD
took her 10 a noted physician for his
advice. The physician said that her
difficulty was sofieuing of The brain:
that |, was absolutely incurabIe, and
that il was caused entirely by the Use
of hardy We hope that this Incl.
dent msy induce people who resort TO
artificial means 20 restore the lost
beauty of their hair, 10 throw aside
dangerous dyes and lotions, and wear
their gray locks without shame.
Year: 1877

The BLUE>GLAss MANIA. = The
blue glass mania has reached lis eli
max iu the sad case of a Chicago man.
He went into an opticians and bougEr
pair of blue goggles to wear Oh hi>
eyes. lie dropped into hat store and
ordered little round piece oi blue
glass put in the top of bis hat in place
of the usual tin venIilator. lie then
partook OF dinner of blue fish at a
restaurant with blue sky light, dip
ped his fingers into blue glass finger
bowl and refused TO drink anything
until The wafer hunted him up mug
with blue glass bottom. The day
was now spent, and going home in a
blue light street car The bue-glass man
meeting his children at the door, re,
fused to kiss any but those having
blue eyes, sat down in blue chair ic
read a copy of tie blue laws of Con
necticut, and got into such a fit OF
blues that he took some blue ink, and
writing in his will that at his death
the glass in his coffin should be made
OF blue granite, be grabbed a revolver
and blue out his brains.
Year: 1877

THE AGE OF THE EARTH.-The law
OF the radiation of heat, as illustrated
By some experiments with an ignited
strip of platinum, has been applied IN
recent discussions respecting The age
of the earth Geological evidence has
satisfactorily established that the tenn
peraiure of The earth was formerly
much higher than now, and the &c
cline that has happened could only
have taken piece by radiation in.o
space. Considering how Sow the
cooling DOW isis a scarcely precepui
bic fraction Of degree in the course
of many ceuturies-it would seem 10
accomplish the whole descent, if even
We 90 no further back than the pale
ozoic era, an smazins IaEse OF time
would be required. And if We ac-
cep, the nebuia hypothesis, since the
original temperature must have been
at least that Of the surface Of the sun,
The time must be correspondingly ex-
tended, Even if numbers could be
given then, imaginsIion would alto
geiher fail 10 appreciate them. But
we have here experimental proof that
The higher the temperalue OF body
the more rapidly il cools. A descent
through. given number of degrees l.
more quickly made when body is at
a high than when it is at low lem
peraiure. Ancien,ly the cooling of the
earth was more rapid than it is now.
Not that there was any change or
breach in the general law under which
the operation was taken place, for the
same mathematical expression applies
TO all temperatures, DO matter how
high or how low they may be. MIR.
C-olI, in his researches Oh the dIsiribu
ton of heat over the globe, points out
the bearing of these experiments. Our
estimate of the age of The earth, as
deduced from the cooling she has un


dergone, must therefore, in view OF
these considerations, be diminished-a
result insisted upon by many regent
authors Toe much weight must, how


ever, not be given TO this conclusion,
since il ought TO be borne i'll mind
that the cooling was not taken place
by radiation into space from The earth
alone as a solitary body. She was in
presence of higher ex,raneous tenn
peralure, which diminished her speed
OF cooling, and correspon5ingly in
creased the time. Through the prob
Irm of the earth, as investigated
through :he changres of her tempera-
tire. may not at p esent he capable OF
exact solution, II must be ADMITTED
that the time reqired 20 bring her
heat to its present degree must have
been iuconceivably long.
Year: 1877

The will of the rich man of the fu.
ture will read; "To the respective al


torneys of my children | give my en-
tire estate and worldly goods Of all
descriptions. Personally 10 the chill
dren and TO my beloved wife ! give
all that remains" This instrument
will satisfy the family and save the
trouble of proving the old man insane.
Year: 1877



 One dollar and half Is very low yearly subscription rate for newspa- per. It Is only twelyeand q half cents per month. But we are anxious to get all the masses more in the habit of reading. We know that if they will read their county paper they will keep better posted and be more prosperous they will think more and be more prac- tical and provident and better times will be brought about. Urged on by this desire we now make this offer, to-wit: to everybody who will remit us one dollar and fifty cents we will send the DEMOCRAT from now until the lst day of January 1879. Is not this as liberal as you could ask, and cannot every man in Pope County who is any man at all afford to take his county paper at this low figure. Send us your money at once and have your names enrolled on our subscription books, and you will never, never, never regret 1t.
Year: 1877

Out oi the Black Hills the three degrees of comparison are said to be mine, miner, minus"

 A woman butcher and man milliner occupy adjoining stalls Tn Washington Market, New York.

 If you don't want to be robbed of your good name, don't have it paint ed on your umbrella.

 A woman may not be able to sharpen pencil or hold an umbrella, but she can pack more articles into q trunk than a man can into a one horse wagon.

 Whoever expects more of this life than victuals and clothes, with a little spare change for the circus, is doomed to Q broken hearted old age if he does not die sooner as a mar tyr to his feelings.
Year: 1877

inhabitants OF those sections and pro-
ducing healthy action of political
sentiment by local division among the
people"


This will result In lasting reunion,
and II the Republican policy party &C
compiish this high task, it will have
achieved result scarcely inferior to
the preservation Of the government.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, Feb. ga double lead
ed editorial in this mornings Nationa
Republican, is known to have been writ
ten after consultation with Northern
Republicans and the President. In the
article which is headed:


The duty Of the Republican party y
begins thus: We recently conceded
that all indications show general re.
turn OF the former slaves OF the South
to the side Of their old masters in the
issue with strangers introduced by the
ffest that the great body Of colored peo-
pie who constitute the laboring class OF
the South have but followed in the
beaten path Of all the millions of their
kind, who have gone before them in
declaring their loyalty and fidelity to
support"


After reciting the condition of affairs
in the troubled States, the article pro-
sceeds to say: eve know the cause Of
this unfortunate, and, il not remedied
fatal state Of affairs.


It Is the mischievous existence Of an
alien element in some of the Southern
States, seeking to sustain its crumbling
fortunes by federal aid. This is the
sole cause OF the estrangement between
the two sections and OF the present de-
plorable subsection of the colored peo-
pie.


rs it right? Is it reasonable to per-
sist Ia maintaining such unnatural re-
tallations, by any means more effective
than the simple recognition of legally
existing. governments, when the effect
IS 20 widen the breach between the two
sections?


1t is wrong in itself and madness as
a matter OF policy. What, then. is the
remedy? Leave the struggling govern
ments to depend upon their own
strength or weakness, and to stand or
fall Us they may, giving them only the
aid OF countenance.


Invite representative men of the
South into counsels of the party. thus
attracting to it's support the original
Year: 1877

"A correspondent writes from the
Sioux country: 1.-The squaws are the
least picturesque part of Indian life
not one has yet appeared before me
who could offer claims to beauty. Their
broad, heavy figures, wholly destitute
of grace and beauty in either outline
or motion, are poorly set off by their
trying costume. A garment gathered
at the neck and falling just below the
knee is belted in, seemingly to, afford a
place for the knife which they always
carry, and often use with telling effect
upon their lords when a difference
occurs. These short. ungraceful skirts
display leg made shapeless from the
clumsy cloth leggins that would con-
ceal the symmetry of Venus. Their
small feet are offset by pigeon-toed
walk that is as like to the elastic step
of the men as cart-horse to a racer.
Occasionally fine arm is displayed,
rounded with curving muscles, whose
development tells of the hard labor and
heavy burdens they are accustomed to.
All the policies tried with the Indians
have failed so far to inculcate in them
any great virtues.' y
Year: 1877

OVER in Nevada many persons are
predicting an early, long and severe
winter. They tell of the unusual
abundance Of pine cones; the big piles of
dirt the gophers are making about their
holes; the unusual thickness of the
corn shucks; the industry of the wood
peckers in laying up stores of acorns,
and numerous other things.
Year: 1877

DELAWARE and Maryland have been
invaded by an army Of tramps, who
have created reign of terror in that
section. Their outrages are Of a most
daring character and show that the
wandering band must be composed Of
the most desperate characters. Repeat
ed attempts have been made to throw
trains from the tracks, and it is posi-
lively perilous to travel on the leading
railroads
Year: 1877

THE LEADER earnestly requests its
friends in all parts of the country to
send in the news. Write often, give
us alDthe news and keep us posted in
all matters of progress and develop
ment. When in the city our friends
are invited to call at this Office and fur
nish us with any information they may
possess. q - N 0OiEaN
Year: 1877

THE officers of the Third Infantry
have been having rough time. They
were located in Louisiana with their
families when they were rushed north
during the riot, and then, at twelve
hours notice, switched off to Montana,
without an opportunity Of looking after
wives and children and with no pay
since June,
Year: 1877

LIKE OLD TlMEs.-The Chinese of
Evans Bar have built large double
bearing water wheel to furnish water for
+helr mine at that place. We believe
this to be the only wheel now in the coun-
~. The sight of it carried us back to
The days Of 1S60-6l, when the river was
Aimed with works of this character, there
being one or more at almost every bar
where there was not natural water priy-
llege. Some of the wheels of that day
were marvels of workmanship, costing
thousands of dollars. But the great food
OF the last-named year sounded the knell
OF wheel building. Not one was left on
'on the whole length OF the river, and the
.thgry waters had so changed the face of
the different bars that in many caaes
Claims which had in the fall been valued
At thousands of dollars were soon aban-
doned. Tho river channel was filed up
And changed the bars covered over with
sand and gravel; the dams swept out
never to be replaced. From that time to
the present there has been but three or
iouT wheels built where there was form
'eriy score or more constantly running.


out the sight of an OLD fashioned water
Wheel puts us forcibly in mind of the
palmy days of river mining before The
flood,
Year: 1877

A MODEL CLAIM last week
Visited the well known claim Of Chap
man a. Fisher at Arkansas Dam. We
never visit this claim without a genu-
ine feeling Of admiration for the enter
sprse Of its prop ictors. We do not
hesitate to say that it is the best ap
pointed claim in the county, and that
many of our miners could not fail to
proft by visit to it and in pection of
ihe method IN which it has been devel-
oped. The claim has been worked sue
ccsstully for several years, last year the


water held out so well that the yield
WAS much greater than before, added
b which it was in far better shape for
euccesslul working. Thus far this sea-
BON the water supply has been light
but Il considerable ground is already
stripped and we do not doubt the claim
fwil give II good account Of itself in the
iSpring.


The great obstacle to rapid work has
heretofore been the number and size of
the rocks Which are found the whole
depth of the bank. These large rocks
zaro SO numerous that force of half
~ doz,n men is kept constantly EN-
ployed in blasting and breaking INTO
Apieces small enough to pass through the
hume. The firm is now engaged in the
erection Of derrick by which it is
hoped that a great deal of this blasting
and breaking will be avoided. The
Sweep of the derrick will have IL swing
Sof about seventy feet, and it will be
4set MS close to the bark as possible.
We understand the cost of this improve
,aent will be in the neighborhood OF
$4,000.


The claim is run night and day, the


water being turned from one "ginnt "
70 the other or put on and shut of
without leaving the bedrock. The res
Frvolr Is also opened and shu. by means
&ot wlndlass, greatly simplifying night
work. With II pressure of nearly 200
ieet on the giants they do great execution
IN the heavy gravel bank.


4 We went into the bedrock ditch and
hume which are on scale cOmmensu-
rate with the character of the mine. The
flume is six feet wide and the principal
under current twenty four. A new un-
der current was put in this year leading
out of the upper hume. The yield from
the undercurrent lHst year was in the
neighborhood of $4,000, most of which
would have been lost without it. Start
ing from the main bed rock ditch the
firm has run bed rock tunnel the past
summer which taps the bank 240 feet to
one side. In this tunnel fume is laid
lined with rocks, ready for use as soon rs
the bank is washed away to where the
" incline" comes through the rock.
Year: 1877

DEAD HEADED.-Chinese New Year
has not brought as many heathens to
town as usual, the Ceestials probably
feeling the pressure of the times as we'll
as other folks. Or Tuesday night we
dropped into the theater which was in
full blast and crowded with spectators.
The door-keeper pointed to the audience
with broad grin, and informed us that
each one paid two bits. Taking this as
gentle hint, we produced a smooth quart
er and passed it over but he wouldn' It
take it, and another Celestial explained
that he was merely expressing his graft
fication Mt the amount Of the receipts
We left, highly pleased at the courtesy
shown US rs paper man " who came
unaccompanied by paper women"
Year: 1877

ARKANSAS DAM.-We visited this


place last week, but the lack of water


leaves us with but little to chronicle
The Sheridan Brothers are engaged run
ming long cut to get to work the ground
near the road on the fiat, but at the
present show for water they will not more
than get back to the pay this year.


Post " Brannon are ready for work q,
having had only just water enough to
test their giant and see how it will work.
Send the boys after some "yerban "Ca-
leb," we may drop in on you next week
Across the river Dick Gribbe runs off
n reservoir or two day, and puts in the
rest Of the time cleaning bed rock left
from last years working. Dick has some
good ground there and all that is lacking
to develop it is a little more rain. John
Gribbe is engaged on ditch to bring
the water out higher, and save all that
comes, Fisher ~ Prater have their claim
rugged up with new pipe and a giant
ready to utilize the water when it comes.
Louis Loutier and others are opening a
claim on Maple Creek, with what pros
poets we did not learn, but it is safe tc
say Louis will make it pay if any one can
Year: 1877

WANT A MAIL RoUTE.-A letter from
a New River friend informs us that there
are now thirty-six men in that section.
This is greater population than has
been in the New River country for years
in fact since the Indian disturbances
scattered the miners, many of whom new :
er found the way back. The new com
ers are Of the kind the country needs ;
are building bitches opening claims and
preparing otherways to develop that re-
gion. They are in great need of better
mail facilities than what they have, their
nearest post-ollice being at Bnrnt Ranch
on Trinity River, and petition will be
forwarded the Post Office Department
asking that IL weekly mail route from
that place be established.
Year: 1877

ST. VALENTINE's DAY.-The time
honored custom of sending valentines
was INDUCED in to some extent, and was
generally carried on in the spirit of fun
and good humor, though we regret to
say there were few exceptions 10 the
rule. Some of the written valentines were
very good, and as the recipients reished
the Joke as much as the senders were pro-
ductive of considerable sport. Most of
those engaged in the pastime were young
people although several venerable youths
received few digs.
Year: 1877

such an insight into my loves tender
little heart should never have had
the urage TO offer myself to you, Miss
Lucretia, had / not heard that you had
penehant for the MANNED. On the
strength Of that intelligence 1 spoke.
But you must give me an answer. Is il
Yes or Mop"


Judging from his beaming face he
was not much in doubt as to which il
was. But Lucretia said softly j.


81 will tell you tomorrow"


"Well, 1 must be content to wait.
You can do me one favor, though, at
once. Give me one look full into those
shy eyes. have never yet been able to
decide upon their color. Those white
lids have always had fancy of hiding
them. when I have most wished to read
their kindly story"


Lucretia flushed SO thai her pretty
face looked like a blush rose but she
obeyed her lover, and as she met his
clear, truth-compelling eyes, the knowl-
edge dawned upon her that she had no
need to wait until the morrow-that she
loved him with her whole heart.


He read the answer at once in their
shy timid glance, and, drawing her to
him, murmured:


Thank God for this His most
precious gift Life will be too short to
prove how much love my darling girl
my promised wife r
Year: 1877

A correspondent of the st. Louis
Globe Democrat, who has recently Wis
tied the Mes Perces, says Joseph's
squaw and papoose have a buffalo skin
lodge, plentifully furnished with robes,
blankets and the paraphernalia of camp
and war. Mrs. Joseph, sole squaw of
the hero, is pretty, little black-eyed
beauty, with flashing teeth, fine arms
and dainty feet. A smile and hand-shake
was her greeting, and with native grace
pointed to seats ON the great robes. A
cunning little brown papoose, strapped
to board, was brought forward for our
admiration, and it was funny to see how
calmly it continued its nap while strange
tongues were chattering around it, 1t
woke without clamor, and placidly
yawned and blinked its black eyes at us,
its arms pinioned to its sides, and its
whole body bound tightly in its buckskin
vest. Around the hood of it's board
cradle was hung a bead chain, hung
with ten cent silver pieces and little
beaded bundles that we guessed to con.
tain the medicines to avert evil spirits.
Our conversation with Mrs. Joseph was
confined to dumb show, but we learned
that the papoose was nearly year old,
had gone through the summers cam
paign without once crying at inopportune
moments, and that it was its fathers
idol, his only consolation since the mis-
fortunes of his people and the loss of
his daughter, a young girl, who disap-
peared the morning of their last fight.
She went out with the other children to
gather in the herd when the first attack
was made ON their camp, and it is not
known whether she was shot, strayed off
into the strange country, lost, or joined
the renegades who made of in the night
with Sitting Bull,
Year: 1877

Man is being prone to find


Fault with the things that are
Who still keeps wishing in his mind
For something better far:
Yet, had he what be does desire,
Soon, sated with the same, e.
he OF his very bliss would tire,
Monotonous and tame.
How many hours Of hopes and sighs
In yearnings vain are spent,
Thinking, if we could gain the prize,
That we would rest content
But, when we reach the wished-for end,
And see one still beyond,
We soon are anxious TO extend


To that which looks more fond.
Still it is best such is the case,
For, we're we satisfied
With things we hsYe. each in its place,
And had no wish denied, a
Not any progress would we mako,
Nor from one stage advance,
or better comforts to partake,
Our pleasures to enhance.
Contentment true is using right
The means we have to bless,
While living in expectant sight
OF greater happiness r.
Anticipation is bliss


That each one can enjoy,
Though in fulfllment they may miss
That which their hearts would cloy.
Growth is the common law of earth,
Change is the rule of Life,
And, being of finite birth,


Our forms with faults are rife;
Perfection is gody grace 81.
Beyond the human scope;
And, running an eternal race,
We still must yearn and hope.
Year: 1877

PROFESSOR REYNOLDS made move in
the right direction last night, in the Board
of Education. On his motion, commit
tee of three was appointed, to digest a
plan, to enable scholar to reach No ]
school through merit, without being oblig-
ed to 90 through ten year course.
Year: 1877

The new looks can be used in the same classes with
the old Primary and Intermediate and while they
retail at but little half tho cost OF the Old Series
their text equally full and reliable. The beauty
the maps 10 unsurpassed and their ulnesa a..
accuracy exceed even that Of the old series.