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Year: 1878

AGRICULTURAL MATTERS The principal grlin-growing district, this season, is on the Salt River. Salt River cmpiies into the Gila at the Pima Villages, zoo miles from Fort Yuma and l2 miles southwest of Phenix. Much more grain will be raised on the Salt River than on the Gila. The crop this season will n t be less than fifteen million pounds. There Is water enough in the river to irriglte six times the breadth Of land that is in cultivation. The river is as large as would be four such rivers as the Carson and Truckce put together. A dozen diiches from twelve to twenty feet ill width lead from it, and the water they carry is not missed from the stream.

 Along this stream arc seen the remains of ditches wider than the streets of this city that were dug ages and ages ago. They looked about the same as now when they were seen by the Spaniards who first visited the country. They are supposed to have been constructed by race of people who occupied the country before the present Indians obtained possession of it. No country in the world is more cheap ly and conveniently irrigated. The land is level and slopes exactly as it should. Had it been made to or der it could not have been better. The water of Salt river is somewhat brackish, but not to such an extent as to ipjure it for agricultural pur- poses.
Year: 1878

It was long supposed that the brackishness of Salt river was caused by the stream running over a bed of salt somewhere along its course. Its waters arc pure and fresh from where it heads ill the White Mountains to within fifty miles of where it emptics into the Gila. Fifty miles from its junction with the Gila there comes into it a stream of water that is intensely salt. This stream pours out of the side of large mountain and is from twenty to thirty feet in width and about two fee. in depth. It is very rapid and pours into the Salt river a great volume of water.

 Here could easily be manufactur- ed sufficient salt to supply all the markets of the world. All that would be necessary would be to dig ditches and lead the brine to basins in the nearest deserts. The heat of the sun would make the salt. Were there q railroad near the stream, its waters would doubtless soon be turned and led to immense evaporating ponds. It is supposed that the interior of the mountains out of which the stream flows is largely composed of rock salt.

 lnthe Saltriver country, Maricopa county, three Touring mills are in operation, and the flour made is as fine as any manufactured any where og the Pacific Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise.

 ALL traits of winter are now fast disappearing in the agricultural sec ton around Camp Verde, and the trees are beginning to don their Spring apparel, the small grain is already inches high despite the few sharp fros of last week, which, though cutting it down somewhat, rather tended to strengthen and to thicken it at the ground. The far mers are all as busy as bees, blow ing, fencing, etc.

 Riverside and vicinity improve
Year: 1878

THE complaints which have been
made of the curtailed trade of Los
Angeles county are really more ar
tificial than real. We are adjusting
ourselves to new conditions of bus
mess that is all. Railways, in the
first few years after their building,
don't realize the roseste pictures
which are drawn Oi their business
creating efficiency. If San Diego
should ever get railway she viii!
feel this to be true, as other places
have done. The first year or so the
railways are really disorganizers.
They change all the conditions of
business, though, it is equally true,
they create new business develop
ments. Our people complain of
the disappearance of the heavy
teams which used to carry goods to
Inyo county. But we were destined
to lose that business, just as we lost
that of Salt Lake City, even if the
Southern Pacific had stopped the
other side of the Tehachepi tunnels.
Our stock men, also, have suffered.
The railways have led to at least q
partial settlement of the country
between San Diego county and San
Francisco. 1t is no longer possible
to drive flocks and herds, as in the
old days, to the Golden Gate at
comparatively no outlay. They
would do much damage by the way
to cultivated places, and the eX-
pense, in redeeming them from the
pound, and in other ways, would be
three times that of the old days.
They now have 10 go by rail. When
| to these drawbacks it is added that
some of the merchants of the towns
throughout the country so occa.
sionally direct to San Francisco TO
purchase their goods, the sum total
of the evil has been told. On the
other hand, our merchants are even
now adjusting themselves TO the
new conditions of trade, heavy
local settlement, brought about
by the railways, is making Il
patronage for our merchants which
lays over that of the districts we
have lost many times over, and we
have now reached a stage in which
we will have our proper share of
the commerce of an extensive re-
gion, if we merely reach out our
hands to grasp it. We shall soon
be over the transition period; and,
If they are managed with half wis.,
dom, which means good humor
and equity, we shall wonder that
we ever doubted the utility of rail-
Ways
Year: 1878

easily be made, and such another
as Wilmington now is, the COM
mercial position of Los Angeles
would be an exceedingly enviable
one. We should have ample ship
ping facilities for the whole busi-
ness of the Southern Coast and
Arizona, and we should wax great
as trading town.
Year: 1878

THE New York Sun pertinently
asks, If twelve month of Hayes
ism has reduced the Republican
majority in New Hampshire 10
half the usual figure, what will four
years of it do? By aid Of the single
rule of three the Republican poll
tician ought to be able to work this
sum out to something approxi-
mating what the returns will show.
Year: 1878

The uvraii seam Printing House is
not surpasse By any Job Printing office
on the Pacific Coast, outside of San Fran.
cisco, in facilities for doing job work
Low prices. good work and expedition
may be relied upon at this Office.
Year: 1878

Washington, Dec. 10. : In the


senate this afternoon General Burn
side took the floor to explain the pro-
visions Of the bill recently reported
from the joint committee for the reor-
ganization Of the army. He said the
officers of the army were law abiding
men. and while they might disagree as
to regulations and customs, they always
Year: 1878

obeyed the law. Nearly all the trouble
between the staff and the line had
arisen from the uncertainty as to the
regulations of the service, and 1t was
for the purpose of turning them into
the law that the committee had en-
grated Numerous army regulation, in
the bill. The committee tried to keep
in view both efficiency and economy of
service. He quoted at length from the
bill, and said 1t was most likely that in
few years hence some of the cavalry
regiments might be changed to infantry
regiments, and thus the expense Of the
service would be decreased. Referring
to the provision forbidding the further
manufacture of arms by tho ordnance
department, he said he thought it was
calculated to stimulate the invention of
arms throughout the country. 1t had
been said by opponents Of the bill that
it curtailed the powers of the secretary
Of war. He denied that such was the
case. In no way did 1t abridge the
kS"SA "a Shat OhASChs 4nC kCuChdA III
chief had no power to appoint staff
officers. The bill provided that they
should be appointed by the president,
upon the recommendation of the COM
nanding general, and he (Burnside)
knew Of no one better fitted to recon-
mend appointments than the command
ing general of the army. In the
earliest days of the government the
secretary of war was not considered as
part of the army. He had always been
considered civil officer. In conclu.
sion, Burnside said he was satisfied some
system of reform was necessary, and
should be made at this time.


The bill for recognizing the army
was then laid aside.
Year: 1878

1T Ii tacitly understood among con-
gressment that vote on the pending
bill for the distribution Of the Geneva
award will not be taken until the first
Tuesday after congress convenes,
Year: 1878

The best and cheapest clothing
and furnishing goods can always be
found for cash at the Quincy Hall
clothing store, Ducommun Block.
You can dress stylishly and with
economy by buying your goods
there. oct3l-tf
Year: 1878

This question was in effect recently
decided by the Supreme Court of the
United States in the case of Murray vs.
The City of Charleston. Murray, a
foreigner, held about S35, GOO in the regis
tered stock of the city of Charleston,
bearing six per cent interest, payable
quarterly. The city imposed tax of two
per cent on all it's debt, and directed the
tax to be retained out of the interest to be
paid to the creditor. It paid Murray the
four per cent on his stock and retained the
two per cent tax. Thereupon Murray
sued the city to recover the amount of the
interest dne him thus retained as tax. The
Supreme Court of South Carolina decided
that the city could collect the taxes because
the State had given her power to tax all
property. Murray appealed to the Su


preme Court of the United States, which,
after considering the preliminary question
of Jurisdiction, went on to say tnat the
State of South Carolina having by statute
given the city the right to tax sll property,
the city, in exercising the power was in
substance and in fact exercising the power
aud authority of the State, and the question,
therefore, really was, whether the State
had the right to tax Eer own debts or to
give authority to city to tax the debts of
that c;;y. The Court held that this State
could not thus in effect violate q contract.
Year: 1878

The telegraph brings us the following:


London, 4priE 26.-The passage in the Pope'd
encyolcal letter, which was announced yester1
day, regarding the power of the church, is ad
follows: The hopes of Italy and the world rest
on the bene6cent influence of the Holy See, and
on the intimate union of all the faithful with
the Roman Pontiff. 1t therefore stands to rea1
son that we should with all diligence do all in
our power to preserve intact the dignity of the
Roman cathedra, in order before all things to
guard the rights and liberty of the Holy SeeI
We shall never Geese to insist thai our 0utho7
rity be respected, that our ministry and our
power be left fully free and independents, and
that the position be restored to ns in which di-
vine wisdom long ago placed us. 1t is NO
vain desire of dominion which moves us to de-
mand the re- establishment of our civil power,
We demand it because our duties and our
solemn oaths exact it, and because it is not
only necessary to conserve fully the liberty of
the spiritual power, but also because it is evil
dent that when it is q question of the temporal
dominion of the apostolic see, it involves the
well being and safety of the whole human
family.


Toe Pope distinctly indorses the policy and
acts of his predecessor, condemns civil marri
ages and deplores the rejection of the authority
of the church, proclsiming that to be the cause
of all existing evils, but in language of calm
ness and dignity, devoid throughout of any
tone of offsnse or violence TIE euoyclicnI
contains no attack whatever upon the civil
Government of Italy, nor any mention, direct
or indirect, of the house of Savoy.
Year: 1878

The road to wealth IS open,


And II you would attain
The goal Of such ambition o.
That crowns the love OF gain,
Keep eye upon that mammon shrine,
Nor deviate hair
Be serVile unto every thing


That helps TO pile Il there.
Year: 1878

SINCE the daring train robbcries on
the Union Pacific road, the express and
baggage cars of that road and
its branches have been provided with
loaded shot guns. On the Colorado
Central road few days ago as the guns
were being thrown into the express car
rs it was about to move out from
Golden, one Of the guns, which was
loaded with buckshot, went off, and
three men standing in the range of the
gun were shot, one ofthese being Jim
mie Martin, the conductor, and the
others, brakeman and a passenger.
Martin, who is one of the best conduct
ols on the road. was shot in the shoul-
der and it is feared will not recover.
The other men were not seriously
hurt
Year: 1878

THERE seems to be a well elI-gromded
suspicion that the Hanlon-Courtney
scull race was a sell out, in which the
American bartered himself for CON
sideration in Canadian gold. If this is
true, the grandest of all sports has been
dishonored by men who are not fit to
appear upon American waters. Those
who knew the two men were satisfied
Courtney could beat his Canadian rival.
The best sporting authorities openly
charge fraud and the matter will be
thoroughly Investigated.
Year: 1878

The president and family will move
into the executive mansion from the
Soldiers HOME week after next. The
white house is being prepared for their
reception.


Clerks living in the western states,
employedin the executive departments
Of the government, will be allowed ten
days leave of absence to 90 home and
vote.
Year: 1878

A proposition has recently been made
that the national debt can now be paid
of by the imposition of an annual tax
$50 on generals" $40 on "colonels,"
and S5 on "majors." There is no doubt
of this. The enormous revenue that
would accrue from such a source would
in very short time wipe out the entire
debt. After this it could be applied
to the settlement of the labor problem,
as the fund would be sufficient to make
a handsome distribution per capita for
the whole country. It is a wonder that
General Butler and Mr.. Kearney have
not thought of this before. 1t would
be no use to impose tax on any title
below the rank of "major," for Captain
Vance, the appointment clerk of the
Treasury Department, says that so far
as be can discover he is the only "cap-
tain" left, either in the Union or Con-
federate armies. This is sad, but in lieu
of "captains," a tax might be paid on
Judges" Even in the present dull
times there are not less than 1000
"iudges" in Washington alone, and the
"generals" and "colonels" are simply
countless. Many of them would doubt
less find it difficult to pay the tax, but
sooner than part with the title they
would manage to squeeze it out
Baltimore Sun.
Year: 1878

I despise stingy man. 1 don't see
how it is possible for man 10 die worth
fifty millions of dollars, or ten millions
of dollars in a city full of want, when
he meets almost every day the withered
hand of beggary and the white lips Of
famine. How q man can Withstand all
that, and hold in the clutch of his hand
twenty or thirty million dollars is past
my comprehension. I do not see how
he can do it. l should not think he
could do it any more than he could
keep 4 pile of lumber when hundreds
and thousands were drowning in the
sea. Do you know 7 have known men
who would trust their wives with their
hearts and their honor but not with their
pocket-books-not with dollar. When
/ see man of that kind I think he
knows which is the most valuable.
Think of making your vito beggar
Think of her having to ask you every
day for dollar, or for two dollars, or to
humbly beg for fifty cents / What
did you do with that dollar I gave
you last week p Think of having a
wife that is afraid of you What
kind Of children do you expect to have
with beggar and coward for the mother!
Oh {! I tell you if you have got but a
dollar in the world. and have got to
spend it, spend it like man; spend it
as though it were dry leaf and you the
owner of unbounded forests! That's
the way to spend it. I had rather be
beggar and spend my last dollar like a
king, than to be king and spend my
money like beggar. fits got to go,
leiit 60 !! Get the best you can for your
family-try to look as we'll as you can
yourself. When you used to go
courtipg, how nice you looked! All,
your eye was bright, your step was
light, and you just put on the best you
could. Do you know that it is insult
ferable egotism in you to suppose that
woman is going to love you always
looking as bad as you can? Think of
it! Any woman on earth be true to
you forever when you do your level
best.
Year: 1878

Mr.. Webber states that in Thibst he
has lived for months together al height
of more than fifteen thousand feet above
the level of the sea, and that the result
was as follows: His pulse, at normal
heights only sixty-three per minute, sell
dom fell below one hundred per minute
during the whole time he was at that
level. His respirations were often twice
rs numerous in the minute as they are
at ordinary levels. A run of one huns
dred yards would quicken both pulse
aud respiration more than run Of one
thousand yards at the sea level, and the
higher the level the greater the difficulty
of walking or running fast.


He crossed the shoulders of the Gurla
Mandhatts at height of some twenty
thousand feet, and found the greatest
difficulty in getting his breath quickly
enough, had frequent and violent head
aches, and found that his native guides
and companions suffered much moro
than he did.-London Spectator.
Year: 1878

working model ofa very interesting
machine is now being exhibited in a
New York shop window. It is the
invention of an Englishman, and con-
sists Of four disks attached to arms
radiating from central revolving post.
One side ofeucfl disk is painted black
and the other white. The black sur
face absorbs and the white surface
repels light, thus revolving the machine.
In order to avoid friction with the at
mosphere, the machine is placed under
glass cover, firm which the air has
been exhausted. 1t is not heat that
moves the disks, and that the motive
power IS light alone is proved BY tho
fact that the machine will work even if
placed in an ice house. The light of a
candle will cause the machine to revolve
slowly, and calcium light will iucite
rapid revolutions. The model on exhi-
bition is worked by ordinary daylight,
but it is not touched by direct rays Of
the sun. 1t is in the shade.
Year: 1878

Once there was o mule. 1t had a
pair Of timber legs with heels on the
end of them. Mule thought his master
did not give him enough to eat. So
one day as the boss was passing behind
him he lifted up his heels and boosted
him to the other side Of the barn. This
is what Mr.. Mule calls q strike. He
thought he could get all the corn he
wanted now. Presently he wanted wa.
ter. He didn't get it though. He
wanted corn. He didn't get that. He
went to bed that night without his sup
per. Next day he didn't have to work;
he didn't have to eat, either. He could
not imagine why that master OF his
didn't come to feed him. The next
day was the same, and the next. Be-
fore that mule got anything to eat again
he had grown so gaunt and gentle that
he was willing to keep his heels on the
ground. The strike had ended.
Year: 1878

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'Tis easy to trace the soul to the hour


That dcprives the form Of its breath;
But who shall follow the spirits flight,
When it seeks the portal Of fdcath?
Who rend the Will that hides from our view


The future, beyond the bright stars?
Who follow the spirits upward fight,


When it breaks through our earthly hars
What-ah. what is our future state?


And where. oh where is the goal
Which Christians say is the resting place


And home Of the deathlcss soul?
Is it beyond the dark blue sky


Beyond where the stars now shine:
Where the angels sing tirir song ofpraise


To the spirit Of God divine.
Can life he the end Of all our hopes?


Is the struggle with death all Ger?
Or is there life beyond the tomb.


Where the soul lives evermorc?
Does the soul exist when life has flown,


Or sink. like the corse, into night?
Let us rather believe the brilliant mind


Still continues It's upward flight.
Let US think that the soul can never die:


That its mission will never end;
That there is q land beyond the sky.


Where friend will still meet friend;
That, freed from the turmoil and ills of life,


From It's troubles. wound and scars,
Tbs soul will worship the God of Light


In His mansions " beyond the skies
Year: 1878

Sidney Smith cut the following from
a newspaper and preserved it tor him.
self:


When you arise in the morning, form
q resolution to make the day happy
one to q fellow creature. 1t IS easily
done let off garment to man that
needs it. kind word to the sorrowful,
an encouraging expression to the strlv-
ipc-trifes in themselves light as air
will do it at least twenty"tour
hours.


And if you are young, depend upon
it, it will tell when you are old and IL IL
you are old, rest assured that it will
send you gently and happily down the
stream of time to eternity. BY the
most simple ariehmetical sum, look at
the result. Ifyou send one person only
one, happily through each day, there
are three hundred and sixty-hve in the
course of the year. And supposing 20.
live forty years only, after you com
mence that course of medicine, yol
have made l4,600 beings happy, at al
events for time.
Year: 1878

During recent service at a country
English church, the clerk left his desk
for the purpose of replenishing the fire.
He blackened his hand in the operation
without knowing it, and afterwards
wiped it across his face leaving large
black mark behind. When he returned
to his seat he had to read the first verse
of the hymn, which strangely enough
commenced. "Behold the brightness of
my face ! causing the whole Of the
congregation to burst into laughter,
much TO the astonishment of the poor
clerk, who afterwards received severe
reproof from the rector.
Year: 1878

A treasure up tree was seen IN the
watches of the night by Peddler who
was sleeping in farm house in the
Shenandoah Valley, Va. He told his
dream 10 the farmer the next morning,
and on three successive nights he had
the same vision. Then be prevailed
upon the farmer to accompany him to
the forest, whore he pointed out large
oak tree as the one he had seen in his
dream. 1t was apparently sound at the
butt, but about twenty feet up a limb
had been broken of. The farmer did
not feel like humoring what he supposed
to bo q superstitious whim but the old
fellow seemed to have confidence in his
vision, and offered one-half of the spoils
if he would help him cut down the tree.
When the tree fell there was rattle OF
coin near where the limb had been
broken off, and a small hollow was
found there. By little chopping a
larger cavity was found, and within was
q mass of silver. Both seemed wild
with delight, and on counting up found
that the pile amounted to $4,000. The
peddler expressed his unwilllngness to
carry around 80 much silver in his
pocket and inquired where he would be
likely to get grcenbacks for his share
The farmer having considerable money
in his house, Immediately transferred
to the peddler $1,000 in paper money nc
and took charge of the entire bulk Of
silver. The peddler disappeared, and
when his partner attempted to pass some m
Of the silver, 10 it was counterfeit. III


was tho victim of a gang Of colners' &.
Year: 1878

most SIMULTANEOUSLY the clear, sharp
report of two(riaes rang on the air, and
both men fell. Goldie managed to
raise himself and crawl behind the
trunk of the tree. He had been
wounded iu the left shoulder. Presently
he was joined BY the Texans, who had
been witnesses of this most exciting
duel. They had already ridden over to
Bloody Bill and fonnd him dead. A
bullet had penetrated his temple.