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Year: 1879

The building of the Southern Pacific Railroad through our Territory is no longer m experiment, but 2 reality. Nearly 90 miles of the road is now completed East from Yuma and ou Aaizona soil, and every 24 hours adds another mile snd half to that already constructed. IL is safe to say that the road will by the lst of May reach a poiut seven miles West or Maricopa Wells, when that section of our Territory will put on the robe of activity, and more than likely out-do other sections which have greater resources in mines, agri- cultural and grazing lands, etc, al through her railroad connections. We want, and our interests demand, quick and cheap transportation from the heart of our mine ral and timber belt to the outside, there fore ws are in favor of the Railroad Fill, which gives 5000 per mile to any coFpo- ration that will build road from the Southern Pacific Railroad to Phenix and thence to Prescott. Some of our taxpayers are afraid that this bill gill bankrupth our County. We look upon the matter in quite different light. Should road be built upon tke basis set forth in the bill just passed, we believe the taxable property of this County would enhance in value to an extent that would more than overbal- ance tho tax necessary 10 pay the interest on the bonds which layapai would be called upon to settle. Our mines, lands, timber and all products can he reached and made to yield revenues which we cannot reasonably expect unless we have such a fhorougbfare as this great road of iron pro rides.

 While the people or YavaPai County would be called upon to issue $3,O00 per mile in honda, we would like tD ask those persons who are so loud in denouacirg the enterprise which is our oaly salvation, what the corporation who are building the road would be doing Simply spending several millions in our Territory. So that the small amount We arc called upon 10 con tribute would be mere bSgatell, and would hardly be felt by the taxpayers of the county of iavapai, the hills of which are, without doubt. netted together with moro valuable mineral deposits than any other section of the American Continent. Why, the development of cue single mine, by the means of this railrsad, would be worth more to us than the whole thing would cost.
Year: 1879

The re-dppearsncc of yellow fever in the Southern States has caused quite dn exodus from the larger cities. Tn Memphis, seventeen cases have thus far been reported, of which ten have proved fatal Business is almost wholly suspended, particular l. among the wholesale merchants in the above city. Several banks have closed treir doorse having made ar engagements to pay their depositOrs in other cities. Trains are crowded with the fleeing people, and in con. sequence, everything is confusion and excitement. Fearing that the fever may assume an epidemic form, the physicians and the Board of Health have advised all that could do so to leave the city. This is indeed a sad picture to look upon, as it spares neither young or old, rich or poor, weak O. stronr. Wa are fortunate to be away from these terrible scenes, but unless more attention is paid by property holders to tho cleanliness of their premises. we will have malaria, and a great amount of sickness will be the result. For three months of the year, or during the heated term, particularly, the ditches running through the streets of our town should be kept clear of filth and gar bage, and everything that is offensive should be removed. A sure remedy to prevent contagious diseases, is cor rect habits and a cleanly neighbor- hood. Let each person in this city sec that no fault lies at his door. and by this means we are in no danger of such visitation.
Year: 1879

We understand that at feast two -ofthe flouriag mill in the waller of Salt River have made corner on flour. They refuse to grind wheat for the Farmers but propose to buy their wheat at a certain price and sell their four SOc what they please. We do not sec any remedy for the tillers of the soil otErer than combine and put mp a Xraager's Touring mill. It would break thc monoply, if such it may be called Miner.

 The Miner has undoubtedly been misinformcd on the subject above re ferred to. MT. Smith of the Phoenix four mills informs us that there is no 'tcorner" on wheat or flour, and that no farmer has been refused the grinding of his wheat Heretofore the merchant has bought the grain, and sold the four to the consumer The above gentleman buys his wheat for cash and sells his flour on the same basis. He has purchased wheat at the market value, and is -selling his four to all at wholesale 7 Estes. The other mill is we learn daezsg the same thing.
Year: 1879

We were pleased to receive a call yesterday from MT. A. II. Smith, who comes into our midst to assist ln the general development of our won derful resources MT. Smith is the Superintendent of the Golden Era Mining Company, which was organ ized recently III Chicago, under the inspiration of his own strong spirit The mill is now en route for Cherry Creek Mining District, Yavapai county, where it will at once be erect ed and set to work. Last winter, Mir. Smith in company with MT. GoSper, alr Territorial Secretary. made very sssFsful examination of the facilities for mining in the above district, and concluded that ten stamp mill must go into that camp. On his return to Chicago, he set himself at work with energy, and the result is one of the best gold mills in the Territory Mir Smith is a railroad man of twenty years experience and Tn that direc ton has been a success. He leaves the much desired position ofGeneral Passenger Agent of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad to engage in mining. If business abili- ty and energy that knows no yielding will bring favorable results in this mining enterprise, then the owners of the mill and mine will find large profit from having the money and ;hrains of Mr. A. NJ. Smith in their service.
Year: 1879

every clement OF living, housing,
clothing, food, luxuries and the rest,
the workman of to-day has infinite
advantages over his father, grand
father, or great t-grandfather. And
he enjoys multitude Of privilege
aud benefits, in stable government,
personal liberty and protection,
gratuitous education for his chill.
dren, free medical attendance, pure
water, lighted streets, and other un-
taxed advantages which his ances-
tors never dreamed of or hoped for.
His wages are higher and his money
will buy more, dollar for dollar,
than his fathers would.


We do not say that the real as
well as relative cost of living is hot
advanced by every step forward in
civilization. For ten days work an
East India Islander, according 10
Wallace. can manufacture or earn
sage cakes enough 10 last him a
year; and less labor will keep him
supplied with the limited clothing
he needs. A man needs more
clothing here and a greater variety
of food; yet when it comes TO fthe
absolute necessities of lnen--t the


minimum cost of living very
small portion of mau's yearly
wages will keep him alive and
comfortable. Thoreau built him q
shanty in Waldon Woods and lived
year in it at a total cost of twenty
seven dollars, and never approached
either squalor or starvation. The
experiment is OF value only in that
it Is possible for a man to get as
much bare living here for a given
amount of labor as Polynesian
can. Ii one wants more-and very
properly most men do want more
one must work for it; and our civil
ization happily offers at once more
opportunity for labor, and infinitely
more to be had for the proceeds of
such labor, than have been attain
able in any other land, under any
other social or industrial conditions.
And we doubt if there ever was a
time when industry and economy
using the term in its true sense, of
jndiclous nanagement-would or
could have met with a surer or more
generous reward, than in our own
land to-day.-E,c.
Year: 1879

made from inferior wheat. A com
mon form of adulteration, and one
that is practiced BY at least one re-
tail flour dealer in this city, is to
take q barrel Of -four costing about
five dollars, added to it about sixty
pounds OF bran, twenty-five pounds
of niddlings, and the same guam
tlty of corn meal. The result of
the mixture is three hundred and
sixty pounds Of stuff costing about
SIX dollars and forty-6ve cents, or a
traction ever TWO cents pound.
while Grcham -four, made from the
best wheat, cannot be sold now at
less than three and one-hali TO four
cents pound. And yet tins vile
stuff is being swallowed by people
in search of better health, when
they would do about as well on a
diet of hot white biscuit, t,-St. Louis
Trade J0urnay
Year: 1879

ADULTERATED GRAHAM Flour
Graham flour is rapidly coming to
be as much an article of suspicion
as ground coffee or spices, or any
other of the thousand and one adul-
tsrations that are daily practised.
The commoncst form in which
Graham -four is seen is that made
from a medium or poor class wheat,
and while not properly adulteration,
it may be justly characterized as
swlndling of the meanest kind, for
the reason that the product is large
ly used by dyspeptics, and others in
imperfect health. The miller who
palms off on lis customers Graham
flour made from anything but the
choicest of wheat, is one of the
meanest of all Williams, and, if he is
not aware of it, should be told so,
Graham flour, properly made, is
nearly as cost y All article as bolted
-four ground from the same wheat,
and, therefore, when you are offered
Graham at much less than the best
bolted flour, you are being victim
ized-it is either adulterated or it is
Year: 1879

WAGES AND CosT OF LIVING
Comparing the present market
prices OF the articles of necessity
and luxury that go to make up the
cost of living, with the prices they
obtained when wages were higher,
it will be seen that wages have
fairy held their own. And if men
will make the same comparison
with regard to mems earnings and
purchases twenty, fifty, hundred
years ago, they will see that
thanks to cheaper and more rapid
means of production and carriage
through mechanical inventions--in
Year: 1879

MINGLING WITH STRANGERS
The effect of mingling with new
people, who have new methods Of
thought, is very salutarY. Always
to see the came people, do the same
thing, feel the same way, produces
a staguant condition of the mind
and heart that is very distressing TO
behold. There are thousands of in
valids who might be benefited by
getting away from home, to mingle
with strangers, and be touched with
the magnetism of the great world
as it courses in its accustomed
rounds. And there are mental m
valids who need the same change, 10
get their minds and hearts enlarged,
a, d let in little more of the great
light of life. Outside influences are
very valuable to those who at home
have been well trained by healthtul
influences in early youth, go that
they can avoid the snares and pit
falls INTO which they SO often blind
ly fall.
Year: 1879

EXPLOSIvENESs OF FLoUR.-Profs
Peck and Peckham, of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota, have been max
ing a serious of experiments on the
explosivcness of flour, TO determine
the causes of the recent disastrous
tfour-mill explosions in Minneapolis.
The substances tested were coarse
and fine bran, material from stone
grinding wheat; wheat dust, from
wheat dust houses; middlings, gen
eral mill dust, dust from middling
machiues, dust from -four dust
houses (trom stones), and flour.
When thrown in body on a light
all these substances put the light
out. Blown by bellows in the ar
surrounding the gas flame the fol-
loving results were obtained !:
Coarse bran would not burn. Fine
bran and flour dust burn quickly
with considerable blaze. Midlings
burn quicker, but with less flame.
All the other substances burn very
quickly, very much like guApowder.
In all these cases there was space
around the flash where the dust
was thick enough to ignite from
particle to particle, hence it re-
mained in the air after the explo-
sion. Flour dust, flour middlings,
etc, when mixed with air thick
enough to ignite from particle to
particle and separated SO that each
particle is surrounded by air, will
unite with the oxygen in the air,
producing gas at high temperature,
which requires an additional space,
hence the bursting There is no
gas that comes from -four or middl-
ings that is an explosive; it is the
direct combination with The air that
produces gas requiring additional
space. Powerful electric sparks
from the electric machine and from
the Leyden jar were passed through
the air filled with dust of different
kinds, but without an explosion in
any case. a platinum wire kept at
white heat by a galvanic battery
would not produce an explosion.
The dust would collect upon it and
char to black Goals, but would not
blaze nor explode.
Year: 1879

Knoxville Tribune: Ii Governor
Blackburn has pardoned children
out of the penitentiary he has done
right. 1t is a disgrace to our hu
m anity to keep children in such an
institution. Every State ought to
have a House of correction, in
which boys and girls who are gull
ty of crime may be confined, and
where an honest effort may be made
to elevate and reform them, instead
of suhjecting them to summary
degradation. If only one out of
twenty of them is saved, it is worth
all the outlay to run Hodse of
Correction. But if the House of
Correction is not established, and
very young persons are sent to the
penitentiarIes, we trust that other
Governors may be found, who, like
Governor Blackburn, will turn them
out OF the penitentiary, unless the
reasons for keeping them there are
perfectly clear,
Year: 1879

nal feuds and connections or is as
saulted in its weak places and
overthrown by its more vigilant
and wary opponent. The old Whig
party, once the purest political or
ganizatlon in She history of the
country, subordinated principle to
expediency, and perished. OF late
years the Democratic party has
been dallying with the same fatal
policy, and is in danger of simi-
lar termination. 1t must ignore
expediency and adhere to principle,
or the days of its usefulness will
soon DC ended and its power to
conserve, succor and save will be
gone forever.
Year: 1879

This little sentence should be
written on every heart and stamped
on every memory. 1t should be
the golden rule practiced not only
in every household, but throughout
the world. By helping one another
we not only remove thorns from
the pathway and anxiety from the
mind, but we feel sense of pleas
ure in our hearts knowing we are
doing duty to a fellow creature.
A helping, hand or an encouraging
word is no loss to us, yet it is a
benefit to others. Who has not
felt the power of this little sentence2
Who has not needed the aid and
encouragement of a kind friend?
How soothing, when perplexed with
some task that is mysterious and
bur0ensome. to feel a gentle hand
on the shoulders and to hear kind
voice whispering 'do you feel dis
couraged? 1 see you are in trou-
BILE; let me help you" What
strength is inspired, what hope Gre
ated, what sweet gratitude is felt,
and the great difficulty is dissolved
as dew beneath the sunshine. Yes,
let us help one another by trying
to strengthen and encourage the
weak and lifting the burden of care
from the weary and oppressed, that
life may glide smoothly on and the
fount of bitterness yield sweet wa
ters; and He, whose willing hand is
ever ready to aid US, will reward
our humble endeavors, and every
good deed will be "bread cast upon
the waters to return in many days"
if not to US, to those we love-
[ States.
Year: 1879

Wet half towel, apply it to the
back of the neck, pressing it up
ward toward the base of the brain,
and fasten the dry half of the towel
over so as to prevent the too rapid
exhalation. The effect is prompt
and charming, cooling the brain,
and inducing calmer, sweeter sleep
than any narcotic. Warm water
may be used, though most persons
will prefer it cold. To those suffer


ing from over excitement of the
brain, whether the result of brain
work or pressing anxiety, this
simple remedy is an especial boon.
Year: 1879

The pencil marks you 500 around this
paragraph tthus) mean that your sub
scription is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested to pay up &C once. We
would take great pleasure in extending
credit to our friends and patrons, but
cash alone win Yay our expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you will comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such
course, and renew your su scription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


e8- We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advance.
Year: 1879

The use of powerful magnets in
-four mills to remove from the
grain the pieces of iron broken
from the wire bands used in binding
the wheat accomplishes the work
most completely and removes the
last and only objection against the
use of wire binding harvesting ma
chimes. The Introduction and use
of these magnets is one of the latest
improvements in milling machinery,
the value of which can not be over
estimated.- Exchange.
Year: 1879

DAt wv hoNhsl


Let me give you the result of nv
observation and thought. The sole i
too narrow My friend. Mrs. c.. in
reading the chapter in Our Girls -
devoted to Boots and Shoes" came
to say that, although she was a great
sufferer from corns and general sore
and crippled condition of feet her
shoes were nevertheless enormous
twice as large as her feet. She wished
would see if it was not so. | ex.
.amlned the shoes and agreed with heI
that they were too large. AS she
stepped, it was doubtless true. as she
said, that her foot rocked over first on
this side and then on that. Now il
pressed over en- the outside rubbing
down over the edge of the sole and
touching the ground, and, perhaps. il
the ground was at all uneven, on the
very next step, her boot would rock
over on the other side of the sole
Such friction between the little toe
and the big oe-ioints against the up-
per leather must inevitably produce
corns. | think the majority of shoes
are too large.


Mrs. G. wished me to accompany
her to the shoemaker's, and see what
| could do for her relief, for really life
was becoming a torture. We went TO
her own shoemaker. Mrs. c. hobbled
to a seat and declared


| won't try to walk again. there T"


Her shoe was removed. aud Mr.
Shoemaker marked around her foot
while she was standing upon it. We
next measured the mark and found
that it was exactly four inches. That
was the width of her foot when she
stepped on it without a shoe. Then
We measured the soul of the shoe She
had been wearing and found it two
and a half inches, Here was the Sc
cret of tho whole trouble.


A pair of shoes were made for her
at once with Soles four inches broad


Now she can walk four hours with
out pain in her feet.


There are millions of poor sufferers
in the country, who are limping and
hobbling through the world, who
might be perfectly relieved and cured
by the same means
Year: 1879

CIV ANlh AlHtotl


Of the forty three Demcratic mem.
berS of the United States senate. the
South furnishes thirty and the rest Of
the country thirteen. In distributing
the chairmanships of the twenty-nine
regular senate committees, the caucus
committee gives twenty to the South
and nine to the rest of the country.
SO far as the senate is concerned
therefore, the South will, in words of
MIR. Blackburn, be charged with the
shaping of the legislation Of the land +"
In other words, the nominal represen-
tatives Of fourteen millions of people
will control the legislation of forty
millions or to put the case more ex-
actly, the actual representatives of a
population of decidedly less than ten
millions of Southern whites-the four
and half millions of blacks in the
South not being represented in the ma
iority of the senate at all-will shape
for some years to come the law-mak
ing Of the people of the United States.
Political theories are much addicted
to talk about the brute force of the
majority would it is not be we'll to
have some exhaustive discussion of
the not entirely new phenomenon of
the brute force of the minority?
Year: 1879

may be suggested. This has created a
great deal of gossip among the legis-
lators, who are discussing the pros
and cons of such proposition. 1t is
not yet known when the message will
be sent to the legislature, but if at all,
it is thought that in order to enable
the general assembly to take any kind
Of action before adjournment, it would
have to be done to-day or tomorrow. ."
Year: 1879

MR. SHARON, of Nevada, has been
a member of the United State senate
for four years and during that time
has attended the meetings of that
body not more than sixty days in all.
He was absent altogether from two
long sessions. Nevertheless, Senator
Sharon has regularly drawn his mile
ago, as well as the S125 session al
lowed him for stationery. All this is
in defiance of law, which requires
deductions from the pay for absence
except when the result of sickness.
Year: 1879

The report is again started that Mr.
Evarts is soon to leave the cabinet
and return to the practice of his pro.
fession. The reason given this time is
that he cannot afford to continue in
office, as he is not man of fortune
and his law business is gradually drift
ing away from him. The report is
strengthened by another to the effect
that Mr.. Evarts has given up his
house in Washington, and will vacate
it during the next two months
Year: 1879

THERE is some talk of running Tilden for
governor of New York. The result of his
candidacy for that position would demon
strate his strength and availability as
Presidential candidate. We are inclined to
think, however, that Tilden will hardly con-
strength for the more exalted position.
Year: 1879

NO NOMINATION..


The letter was received with great applause.
The following resolution was adopted:


In view of the extraordinary political situa-
ton we deem it inexpedient to nominate q
State ticket at this time.


The convention was about evenly divided,
and vigorous efforts were made to kill it by
dilatory motions. The chair held the mo-
tions to table and adjourn both out of order,
aud on q viva voce vote ruled that the resolution
was carried. Gen. Carey was chairman of the
convention. Several speeches were made, when
the convention adjourned sine die. A meeting
of all those who propose to support the Colum-
bus platform and ticket was called for the af-
terneon at o'clock at the Boody house.


The ANTI-FUsIoN1sTs.


TOLEDO, O., June 24.-The meeting of those
who proposed to support the Columbus plat
form and ticket was held at the Boody house
this afternoon. Platt. the Hamilton county
candidate on the regular ticket for member Of
the board Of public works, presided. Some
sixty OF eighty present. The Hamilton county
delegation, in vote by themselves, resolved to
support both the platform and ticket put
forth at Columbus, and the balance, who had
refrained from voting. adopted q resolution to
support the Columbus ticket, but not the
platform. The meeting was exciting, and the
Opera house convention characterized in bitter
terms as ''sell OUT to the Democrats.