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Year: 1876

Colonel Dodge has published small work on the Black Hills region, describ- ing the physical features of the country, the soil, timber, climate, etc., and giv- ing much information respecting the precious metals supposed to be deposited there. There is gold in the hills, no doubt, but how much is yet question. The author thinks it is no place for poor men. The mining is of such @ nature that it requires capital to carry it on proftably. --c =.

 It has passed into proverb that "placer mining is the poor mans dig gings, while "quartz " mining is only for the rich. Placer mining in the Black Hills will not pay the poor man, unless he be "heathen Chinee." He may make little money by securing a claim, selling it out to man or company who has capital to buy up many clain s, then looking for and securing another claim with the same intention and result. This is poor and precarious foundation on which to base a living. No man can mako more than the barest wages by pan working 8 single claim in the Black Hills. The placer mines, as we'll as the quartz mines, are here only fo9 the rich man, and I would advise no poor man to go into the hills with the expectation of making money by mining himself. Of course, he may be fortunate enough to strike rich diggings and do well; but as general rule he will make more money as day laborer for some wealthy man or company than he possibly can by working for himself on 8 single claim. The reports of the enormous wealth of the placer mines in the Black Hills are the most barefaced fabrications, got up by miners who wish to sell their claims. Money is to be made here by men who have sufficient capital to buy up claims along the creek, sufficient to warrant the expense of dams, ditches, and all work necessary for hydraulic mining. If they have already the means of comfortable livelihood, poor men had better stay at home, unless prepared tc work on wages. All this is said on thesup position that the Black Hills will, sooner or later, be opened to the miner. Under present circumstances, in addition to the disadvantages mentioned, he is liable at any moment to be arrested by tho troops and sent from the hills 0 pris oner.
Year: 1876

Every farmer should endeavor
to NJ axe life in the country attrac'
tive to wife and children. The
farm may be made beautiful with.
out the aid ofexpensive ornaments!
The road side could be lined with
shade trees-tte horse-chestnut
the maple, the linden, the fruit
tree-increasing the value Of the
farm and adding greatly to its
beauty. Where possible, the fencee
should be straight and the fields
square. Neat and commodious
barns and outbuildings, well cul-
waited orchards and gardens, the
best and most ornamental varieties
of domestic animals and poultry
add greatly to the beauty of the
farm and make life in the country
desirable. The cultivation of small
fruits-the strawberry, the rasp-
berry-the care of a vineyard give
diversity to the otherwise mon
notonous labors of the farm, make
it more ornamental in appearance
and furnish wholesome and delic-
ious food through all the year.
When convenient, the pigeon loft
and rabbitry may be added to the
ornaments of the farm, and will
afford unfailing amusement and
instruction to the children and OBJ
jects of interest and profit to the
OwnorS
Year: 1876

We don't know about the pro.
priety of wearing striped stockings
A pretty girl who was standing il
front of a shop window, and saw
a young man peeping at her from
basement grating, and coolv
poked him in the eye with her par.
asol, just to let him know he WASH,
looking at barber's pole.
Year: 1876

Your Regulator is one of the best family med g
icines ever used. have not spent one dollar
for my family for medicine in FIVE years, only
for your Regulator. and must say it does all it
says it will. You can also recommend it in
Collie for Stock, it having cured fine muIe OF
mine worth FIVE hundred dollars. II. a Nelson
"a
Year: 1876

FOR CoNGREss-Last week VIC were so crowded for time that we were obliged to de- fer until to-day calling attention to the card of Hon. c. c. Bean in which he announces his name as a candidate for the delegateship in the Congress of the United States at the coming election. Mr. Bean as our Arizona readers all know, is an old resident of the Territory, thoroughly conversant with the wants of the people and every way compe- tent to represent them at the Capital of the nation. We know not who his opponent or opponents may be. Have heard the names of several prominent gentlemen mentioned in that connection, but as yet MT. Beans is the only announcement.
Year: 1876

SNOW GRAss.-Whie coming over the divide hetween Turkey creek and the Hassa- yampa last week on what is known as the "Home-stake trail" when near the summit of Mount Union we passed through large dis trict of what we called seed grass, green grass with heads resembling mineature oats, and of which our horses were extremely found and we stopped and let them grsze an hour upon it. Mir. Opdyke who was our guide, and who is familiar with these noun tains explained that this is called snow grass, and that ii grows under the snow and heads out when the snow melts away from it so that as soon as the snow is gone the seeds are fully matured The evidences were that the snow had but recently left the ground where this grass is now in its prime, and 1t forms excellent mountain pasturage. The ground was covered with it so that mower could have been used to advantage.
Year: 1876

gave employment to capital. Great


fortunes accumulated in the war and


made splendid shows. As a COM


munity we are extravaganza. Horses


could not be fast enough, houses


grand enough, clothes fine enough,


or gew- gaws too glittering. We had


been accustomed to high prices.


large profits and sudden advances. and
did not realize that the cause was re-
moved. We had gone in debt and
mortgaged the future so easily we
did not realize that we could not con-
tinue to indefinitely. The slow and
sure methods Of accommodating SEEM
ed tame and commonplace. The
man who could not leap into fortune
was an old fogy. The light was
bright, but we were burning the
candle at both ends.


The revulsion seemed to come sud-
denly, but it had been long in prepa-
ration. Want came in at many a
back door, while the front door was
as showy as ever. Institutions and
companies continued to do business
whose insolvency was known only to
themselves. The great failure Of Jay
Cooke & Co. did not destroy the pub



lie prosperity but only revealed its



When I review the past sixteen
years and reflect upon the tremend-
Gus operations of the Government
during the war. the vast sums of
money it put in circulation, the mar
kets 1t created, the prices 1t inflated,
the men it employed, the spirit of
speculation engendered. and reflect
that all this was work Of destruction
paid for at the time by borrowing
rom the future, by putting the whole
future under bond and mortgage, the
wonder to my mind is not there
should be depression, but that it
should not be far greater.
Year: 1876

The Cincinnati Commercial picked
this up somewhere: @On a recent
Sunday at Lowell, Mass. a collection
was taken up at one OF the churches
in aid Of the Reform Club. As the
box reached a pew occupied by q
lady. her daughter and little son,
the two former found themselves
without cent of money. Master
Hopeful reached over and deposited
a cent In the box, and whispered to
his sister, "There, just saved this
family from being whitewashed."
Year: 1876

THE GOLDEN SIDE.
There is many rose in the road of life,
If we would but stop to take it;
And many tone from the better land,
If the querulous heart would make 1t.
To the sunny soul that is full of hope,
And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth,
The grass is green and the flowers are bright
Though the winter storm prevalent.
Better to hope, though clouds hang low,
And to keep the eye still lifted,
For the sweet blue sky will still peep through,
When the ominous clouds are rifted.
There never was night without day,
Or an evening without morning;
And the darkest hour, so the proverb goes,
Is the hour before the dawning.
There is many a gem in the path of life,
Which we pass in our idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jeweled crown
Or the miser's boarded treasure;
It may be the love Of little child


Or q mothers prayer to heaven,
Or only beggar's grateful thanks


For cup Of water given.
Better to weave in the web of life


A bright and golden filing;
And do Gods work with a ready heart,
And hands that are prompt and willing,
Than to snap the delicate minute threads
Of our curious lives asunder,
And then blame Heaven for the tangled ends,
And sit and grieve and wonder.
Year: 1876

A Word ABOUT MARR1AaE.-A physi.
clan writes the following sensible advice: My
profession has thrown me among women Of
all classes, and my experience teaches me
that God never gave man greater proof of
his love than to place woman here with him.
My advice is: Go and propose to the most
sensible girl you know. If she says yes, tell her
how much your income is, from what source
derived, and tell her you will divide the last
shilling with her, and love her with all your
heart in the bargain. And then keep your
promise. My word for it she will live within
your income, and to your last hour you will
regret that you didn't marry sooner. Gen.
tlemen, don't worry about feminine extrava-
ganee and feminine untruths--Just you be
true to her, love her sincerely, and show it to
her frequently, and more fond, faithful,
foolish slave you will never meet anywhere,
You won't deserve her, know, but she will
never know it. Now throw aside pride and
selfshness, and see what will come Of it.
Year: 1876

mere bar-room squabh,es, and resorting to the
expedient of common scolding, why should
there not be fractured skulls on the evening
of election dayi There was Wambaugh
with his shameful resolution about "blo0d
cup to the armpits." There were the
newspapers every morning appealing to hatred
and malice, to prejudice and passion. For
DAYS upon days the town had been in fever
and ferment. Why not riot and murder and
blood and wounds after the closing OF the
pollsi And who is responsible for all this
shame and scandalf Certainly not the people
who have been misled; at least we Will not
hold them so until the newspapers which
stimulated their passions, and the party leaders
who stimulated the newspapers, have been heid
to answer at the bar of opinion for doings
something worse than misdemeanOrs.


There were some precautions in Indianapolis
against the catastrophe of the evening, but
what did they amount tot There was the
MayOr's proclamation commanding the closing
of the bars, but who supposes that the rioters,
for all that, went into the fight whlskylessf
Five hundred extra policemen wero sworn In,
but the scrimmage went on all the same.
What are policemen when they are not sup
ported by public opiniOni What are five hun
dred cOnstabes when peace depends upon
arresting and locking up two-thirds OF the
population7 The business of tho newspapers
was to enlighten and not to madden the con-
stituency. The duty of the orators was to
help voters to make up, not to lose their
minds. The true way in most matters is 10
begin at the beginning.
Year: 1876

| to us that only ono has been brought promi'
nently forward who has been SO thoroughly
| identified with political reform as to be aDie
| TO lift the party up into the confidence OF the
people. That man is Gov. Tlden. The feeling
of the people is that the country would be safe
| in his hands as the Executive. 1t Is our con-
viction that if Gov. Tilden should be NOM
mated at st. Louis the gentlemen who nave
called political conference in this city would
take no independent action, whatever migh'
| be done by the Republicans at Cincinnati. DO
if Mr.. Bristow should be nominated at Cincln-
natl. the conference would be satisfied ana
take no steps toward making another nOmlna-
ton. The nomination of Mr. Blaine we judge
would not be so entirely satisfactory, since
that gentleman has not distinguished himself
particularly as an advocate OF reform. Still
we do not think that protest would DO
deemed necessary in the event of his being the
Republican candidate. A better nomination
than either of these would be that OF Charles
Francis Adams. His name would be an inspira-
ton to all who desire to see politics purified
and the Government wisely and hon
estly administered. Unfortunately, however,
the superserviceable zeal of single newspaper,
by constantly harping upon his name as can
didate for official positions of every kind and
description, has put him out of the question.
His name is never mentioned without suggest
ing the newspaper and its antics, and conse-
Quently only excites a smile. There are other
distinguished Republicans whose nomination at
Cincinnati would be well received, but Mr.
Adams's high personal character and his known
ability us statesman would be the surest
guarantee to the people that the Republicans
are really sincere in their professions. His
nomination and election would do more for
the country than could be done in any other
way.


1t is quite possible for both parties to NOM
mate honest and able men, men who are really
statesmen, and whose names are synonymous
with purity and patriotism. Such are the NOM
nations which THE TRIBUNE longs for with
out partisanship or prejudice. 1t will rejoice
to see each party nominating its best man, and
both so good that it will be difficult to choose
between them. Then. whatever becomes OF the
rival gangs of mercenary and self-sceking pol
iticIans who control party machinery and make
public sentiment, we may be sure the country
will be well served.
Year: 1876

II may be doubted whether there has been
an instance in the whole history OF our State
of such fragrant neglect of duty on the part OF
n LEGISLATURE as is furnished by the records
of tbe body that adjourned on Tuesday. The
LIST of the bills that failed to Cass might
serve as the counts of an Indictment If
su;t were brought against the legis-
lotors who have disregarded the interests of
the people. Passing over the measures OF
minor Importance that headed yesterdays list
of failures the Apportionment bill first catches
the eve. Here was a measure ordered by the
Constitution, and made part OF the absolute
business of the Legislature. There was plenty
of time to prepare this bill during the
session, and yet tho Committee on
Apportonment did not report till only
four working days of the session were left.
The delay was a transparent device to pre-
vent the passage of the bill, and can only be
accounted for on the ground that 1t was feared
that Just appOrtionment OF the votes OF the
people would reduce the power Of partisan
politicians. The rights of the people were not
at all considered. The County Treasurers bill
was measure designed simply to make those
officials who hold the money of counties more
responsible for their trust. 1t was obviously
the dictate of economy and common sense and
not at all a party measure. 1t was killed by
the opposition of country members and by
delay; and bill providing for the method of
deposit and disbursement of money by our
city officials shared the same fate.


Especially, however, has the neglect fallen
heavily on this city. How great the injury
may be from to the defeat of the supplementary
Rapid Transit bill cannot yet be determined
but the result will certainly be niger delay
in the construction of the road. Every day
of that delay is loss of money and time
to great numbers of people. The failure
of the bill reducing municipal salaries
keeps the old burdens on the back of tax
payers, and the defeat of what was known as
Controller Green's extension bill makes doubt
full the retention in Office Of an official who
has really tried to tighten those burdens. Nc
matter which party triumphed in defeating
most of these and kindred measures. the ex'
Year: 1876

they zee with but half eye that hehas not the r.oa
show of sucess All admit that Bristow the onv yrs
who could bring back the full German TO the Rerh
lican party and consolidate the support Of tho berrI
men of ali sections"


The "Creat Unknown seems to be the n.
vorite of Tho Baltimore Gazette for it says Mr. Tide,
has to be sure good record, but Is 1t after all OF "A
commanding character that 1t Is the best that can h
found in the whole country 1t s why be Is the man
to nominate And II not not. The people seem to be Ia
different spectators Of the contest that going on but
they not and II the politicians hope to win their SUD
port they must first It. The nomination Of either
party Is not equivalent to election. The political
lines closely drawn the chances OF victory
the side and the other were never so closely bal
anced. The best man, with or without q PLATFORM win
be certain to win. Has he been namedp


The Hon. Montgomery Blair has written an.
other letter to the editor of The Cooperstorn Journal
He says the Utica resolutions were udcous and In good
taste and II the delegation will live up to them In good
faith shall havc doubt Of Gov Tilden's nomination


cannot believe that friends at st. Louis fall to
see necessity Of maxim tho issue OF reform the Issue
of the canvass and Of making Tden our candidate. Ths
result of that course would not be doubtful We shall
nfalibly carry the country with us. And athoughit
would be the triumph of the Democracy 1t would not bs
partisan triumph any than the triumph OF the
Republican party while uphoding the Union was par.


san victory It would be ralying Of tho people intent
on reforming abuses of administration nauguratcd and
continued BY the dominant party. And although Gov.
Ti,den is Democrat there could be no excuse for
true reformers failure to support him. because Tdens
history shows that he has not considered the WORK
reform party business ana Will not stay lis manu-
fOr
Year: 1876

In the impeachment trial. which the Senate
refuses to postpone, one of the most important
of its issues is brought up first. There are
many x-offcials besides Gen. Belknap who are
deeply interested in the question whether they
can be impeached at any time by Congress
that is inclined to investigate the past.
Year: 1876

To the request of the House to be furnished
with list of the Presidents official perform
ances while at Long Branch, he returns an
answer, of which the first part amounts to say
ing that it is none of their business to make
such an inquiry. Relcnting, however, as he
proceeds, and writing at greater length than
usual, he shows some good reasons for his
Summer vacations, and reminds the Repre-
sentatives that the telegraph has eliminated
any possible inconvenience OF his absence from
the seat of government. Perhaps the notion
will thereby be suggested to Congressman that
possibly they could themselves serve the coun-
try quite as well as they now do if they were
to stay at home and send their speeches to
Washington over the wires.
Year: 1876

There is fortunately hope from the action
in the House that some measure will be passed
to relieve the all-change famine. If the
Democrats should persistently oppose such
relief people may begin to suspect their mo-
tyes. It is an open secret that many Demo-
Year: 1876

any other candidate might be brought to
light, but in nominating him the party
would have candidate who, besides having
other characteristics that make him at least the
peer of any rival, would be slander-proof. As a
nation relies for strength upon fortress that
has often been unsuccessfully attacked 40
should the party put its trust in candidate
who has been often assaied, and always to


the discontinue of his assaiiants .-BostOn


Traveller ''
Year: 1876

THERE doesn't seem to be much talk about
the Democratic nominee for Governor which
is to be made Tuesday at Bangor. If any of
our Portland Democratic friends have any
weakness liz that direction the PRESS would
like to know it in advance. In many depart
ments of journalism we gracefully yield the
palm to our respected contemporaries, but for
political obituary which is at once just to
the departed, soothing to the friends of the
lamented and edifying to the congregation,
we admit no superior and very few EQUALS.
Year: 1876

A FEW dapper politicians who call them
selves independents" Lave succeeded in do
ing Gen. Bristow great damage as Presi-
dental candidate. A number of this class
are at Cincinnati telling delegates who will or
who will not be satisfactory to them. It's
pity that the fathers of these impertinent fell
lows couldn't have given them common sense
and trade instead of money and college
education.
Year: 1876

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are In
ali Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return reserve commu-
nicatiOns that are not used.
Year: 1876

A PATENT truss and bandage man at the
Philadelphia Exhibition is astonishing the
representatives of the effete civilization of
Europe by displaying a statue of Venus en-
cased In an arrangement of belts and straps
The effect upon the blasted foreigners is said
to be stupefying.
Year: 1876

DURING the pending campaign the MAINE
STATE PRESS will be mailed to nearly nine
thousand persons residing within the State,
thus making that paper one of the most val
liable mediums for advertisers to reach the
people of Maine ever offered to business men,
Year: 1876




The discfedtable system of investigation
adopted by the Democratic party during this
year was never more aptly illustrated than in
the recent case of the Kittery Navy Yard A
subcommittee without notice. to any of the
parties interested makes buried visit to the
yard, examines witnesses behind closed doors
and returns to Washington, one at least of its
members sending back mysterious dispatches
full of vague suggestions of wickedness dis
covered and unearthed. But when the facts
do com out, they are found to be of as little
Importance to the government as the manner
OF getting al them was grossly unfair to the
persons whose pecuniary interests are con-
cerned. 1t appears that one G.. W. Griffiths
contracted to build the sloop of war Enter
prise. On account Of change of plans,
delays and extra work he claimed
$4,000 which, it is said, was allowed
him. 1t is said that this ought not to
have been allowed. Whether it ought
or not, one thing is certain = people
will not decide such matter on the
statement Of subcommittee of three which
sat with closed doors and did not dare to give
the contractor chance TO answer the charge.
The Democrats may think they can make
partisan capital by such performances as this,
but they are badly mistaken. The average
Democrat may be fool but the average citi-
zen is not. These vague and er pafte accu-
sations may temporarily beguie some of the
weaker ones, but they don't permanently
help the Democrats. The few weak Repub-
licans who are deluded into wavering by this
sort of thing-lke those who followed the
motley banner of Andrew Johnson-are sure
to come back, fer one dose of Democracy
goes great way as preventive ofmore.


The barren result ofthis much heraIded in
quisition is very gratifying as testimonial
to the general good management of the Navy
Yard and the general good conduct of the
numerous officials connected Herewith. 1t
is certain that if any delinquency, however
small, had existed, it would have been made
much of in justification of the fierce accusa-
tions and portentous prophecies which pre-
ceded the investigation.


It is but just to add that one member of
the committee-a Democrat too-frankly
admitted after the examination that they had
failed to find anything wrong.