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Year: 1875

A writer on "good luck " says: "We
will cap the climax by the most remark
able example of all as to how property,
now in the possession of the Earl of
EIgin, came to that nobleman. Years
ago two ladies of high position were
Joint tenants of an opera box in London.
The occupant of the box opposite was
an elderly gentleman, who used to bore
them exceedingly by staring at them
through his glass, until at last his at
tentions became a joke between them.
Time rolled on, and they had long since
forgotten all about their old admirer,
when one day a gentleman called at
Lord A. s house in London and asked
to see his sister. When she entered the
room he said : Am addressing Lady
Bruce p She said that he was. Then
I have a very agreeable and, I imagine,
unexpected piece of intelligence to COM
municate. Under the will of a Mr..
Wilson, a former client of ours, you are
entitled to a fiue estate of several thou
sands year. The lady said it must be
a mistake. She knew no one of the
name. But said the solicitor, no
Identification could be clearer Then
a thought struck him. Mr.. Wilson,


he said, 81 lies near by, in his coffin, at
Mr.. Benting's, the great undertaken, IN
James street. Perhaps you would not
mind going with me and looking at his
face She went. There was her old
enemy with the lorgnette. Not the
least remarkable part of the story was,
that he had intended to leave the fortune
to the other lady, who was the special
object of his admiration, and who he
had been told was Lady Bruce" i"
Year: 1875

What is the aim of nine ont OF ten OF
the young ladies who have suitors visit
ing them? Do they have any? Ger.
talnly, most of them do, only to forget
it. A little presence of mind on these
occasions would save future unhappi-
ness. The young gentleman, IN many
instances, is agreeable, gay, and han l.
some and this dazzles the eyes 30
utterly, that the young lady refuses to
look further. She should satisfy her
self on such points as these: " Will
those eyes in which Cupid now dances
so merrily, always find expression from
the love of a true soul? Now he says
many pleasant things, and draws pretty
pictures for the future. Does he go
tomorrow to work which gives promise
of the fulfillment of your desires in life?
Do his ambitions and achievements
satisfy you? Does his everyday life
shine with the noble endeavorJ Of
Trustworthy man? If you think and
desire companion in your thinking
one who would unlock tho deepest
depths of your mind-tO what stratum
of humanity does he belong in the scale
of excellence and morality? is he
doing all he can to build up future use
fitness and happiness, in which you can
share and feel blessed p


These are the questions which in the
experience of after years make many
women weep in bitterness Of soul, that
they hal not thought of before they
answered Yes" We should look out
for to-day's regulations and to.morrow's
successes. The witici ms and endear-
ments lavished 80 freely may be very
pleasant, but they will not last. They
will grow tame and spiritless; and, If
nothing else comes to take their place,
woe to the happiness vainly invoked on
the shores of the de5olation opening all
around.
Year: 1875

The shock which all experience on
first going into cold water is communi-
Gated to the system at large. and the
first symptoms of it is a gasp, partly
nervous, and partly in consequence of
internal Organs-lungs and heart espe-
cially, the heart being quickened.
Quickly, in a strong, healthy person or
this first shock is succeeded by re-
action, this reaction being the natural
effort of the system to restore the
balance of circulating and nervous
power. In the sea this reactionary
effort is much assisted by the stimula-
ting effect exerted upon the Ekin by
the saline ingredients of the water, and
it is still more aided if the body be ex-
posed to the dash of the waves. In
fresh water, these aids to reaction being
absent, it is not SO thoroughly or
quickly established. According to your
power of reaction, which you cannot
fail to discover before long, should be
your exposure to the sea. If you re
main in the water until the system be-
comes so depressed that the power OF
reaction is nullified, nothing but injury
can result You come from your bath
cold, blue and pinched looking, your
fingers white and dead, and your teeth
mayhap, chattering like nut cracker,
and for the rest of the day you are
probably languid, sleepy, miserable.
A strong person, and swimmer, may
stay In the water quarter OF an hour
or twenty minutes-even longer-and
retain his power of reaction; but for
some persons two or three minutes i'm
mersion, or even a single plunge, is
quite as much as they can bear, at
least at first, and until they have gained
strength by their residence at the sea-
side. Even if the shortest possible dip
is not followed by the health glow upon
the skin, and sensations of exhilaratlon
and increased power, it Is better not to
repeat it for few days. The want OF
reaction or the production of depression
is summed up shortly-abstraction OF
caloric or animal heat and we need
scarcely remark that the very fact of a
person unused to it, entirely stripping
in the open air, is one means of sending
off this heat, and that exposure to the
cold wafer is another most potent
means, albeit, loss of animal heat in
wolves depression of vital action. There
are, however, other circumstances
beyond the constitution of the indi-
vidual to be taken into consideration
with respect to bathing agreeing or not,
and these are such as increase or mitl-
gate the depressing effects. Thus, a
person who could not bathe on toler-
ably cold day might do so in the very
height of summer, and especially on
those low, sandy shores where the water
becomes raised in temperature by
passing over an extent of sand pre-
viously heated by the sun the water in
such situations-aa everybody knows
who has any bathing experienoe-being
warmer than on O rocky or steep,
shingly shore.-Dr. Spencer Thomson.
Year: 1875

Mr.. Samuel Bowles has been taking
notes at Saratoga, and these are among
the things that particularly impressed
him: While Saratoga does not seem to
be the last station on the straight and
narrow road to heaven by any means,
yet for so large and so miscellaneous a
company there certainly is curious
lack of outward vice. The amount of
wine drank at the hotels is very small !;
at the dinner tables not more than a
quarter or a fifth of a European table
d'hOte. You never see many people in
the bar-~ooms while during the fort
night Mr.. Bowles was there he not only
did not see an intoxicated person any
where in the streets, at the hotels, on
the race grounds, at John Morrissey's
pool-rooms, but not even a man under
the apparent influence of liquor. Nor.
while weak women and silly girls and
vulgar dressing do abound to degree
most discouraging for the future of
American society, is there apparent in
any quarter the slightest wantonness of
behavior on the part of either Sex. He
doesn't forget that John Morrissey is q
sort of patron saint in this vicinage !;
but if his club house was the home of
the Young Mems Christian Association
it could not be more decorOus Outwardly,
nor more serene and silent within; while
the race grounds, which are under his
supervision, are the perfection of good
order and discipline and good admins
tration generally.
Year: 1875

Out in the golden summer air,


Amid the purple heather,
woman sat with dropping head,


And hands close knit together:
Never bitter word she said,
Though all her life looked cold and dead
Cold in the glowing haze that lay
Over the fair green earth that day,


That day Of summer beauty.
Far, far away where leafy woods


Touched the sky, cloud-riven,
thousand birds rang out life's bliss
In jubilee to heaven:
HOW could the poor old withered throat
Carol echoes 10 each soft note?
Every soul musr pay life's cost
her deepest silence praised God most,


That day Of summer beauty.
Too dulled her soul. too worn, to feel
Summer delight scLtely;
while earth was praising God aloud


Her patience praised him mutely.
Her narrow life Of thought and care
Not life to live. but life to bear,
Contented that her soul as sad,
While all Gods sOuliess things were glad,


That day Of summer beauty.
And where she stayed, dusky speck
In gOrse and heather glory
weary spirit watched ana read


I'he pathOs Of her story:
spirit doubt-Opprest and worn,
Had found another more forlOrn,
That trustfUl stayed, nor sought to guess
LIES meanings-which are fathomless,


Through all the summer beauty.
Year: 1875

A WOMAN FREEMAsoN --Harper's Ba-
zar says that it is a mistake to suppose
that the lady who concealed herself in
a room where lodge" was about to
TO be held, and who when discovered
was compelled or allowed to beinitiated,
is a myth. The clock case may be a
myth, but the lady is not. She was the
Hon. Mrs. Aldworth, and continued
through life to take an active interest in
the orderi into which in her youth she had
80 ostrangelygained admission. She found
ed the Dublin benevolent institution for
orphan daughters of mssons. Her por-
trait still hangs in the principal lodge
room in Cork, and under it in a glass
case the apron and jewel she used to
wear when she attended lodge meetings
Year: 1875

A TABLEsPooNFUL of black pepper put
in the first water in which gray and buff
linens are washed will keep them from
spotting. 1t will also generally keep the
colors of blahk or colored cambrics or
muslins from running, and does not
harden the water.
Year: 1875



 Our prospects are brigheening every day and before long hope to be able to chroni- cle the discovery of ''bonanza" here in our district rivalng in size and richness the far famed one of Washoe. Those of us who are here and who have studied the signs" ot the last two years feel sure of its existence, and now that Mir. J. B. Magendie, owner of the Magendie mine on the Arnold lode, has reached the upper edge ot 1t, our prophe- cies seem on the eve of fultillment.

 The Magendie mine adjo;ns the Arnold on the south and is what is known as the Ar mold lode, so named from its dlscoverer, W. F. Arnold The ledge here Is from ten to fifteen feet wide and the ore at the present depth of the shaft eco feet) is rich sul- phuret distributed throughout the entire width of the vein, and it improves Tn rich ness with every foot sunk. l need hardly say that Mir. M. is highly pleased with his prospects and intends to sink the present shaft at least 2O0 feet before be stops work. unless he is prevented by water.

 On the Silver Queen Mine, also on the Ar mold lode, they have struck body of ore similar in character and richness to that on the Magendie. Work will soon be vigorously | prosecuted on this as well as on other mines on this lode, and no one fears the result Work is also being done on the Silver Era, Gun sight, Americus and other mines here with satisfactory results.

 Messrs. Grd and Bleakeley are running two steam arrastras and are working ore: from various mines with very fair returns They have just finished lot from the Gun , sight which went over five hundred dollar: | per ton.

 The news from the district to the South O here is very gratifying. A large force O men is employed on the McCrackin mine ant at every stroke it seems to improve in rich ness. It is without doubt one of the won ders of the world and in every way equal t' the greatest miues in this or any other land It has been bought, understand from goo' authority, for the Bank of California.

 Work is also going on at Greenwood an' the mine is in every way satisfactory Tn mill at Greenwood City is doubtless running They were about ready to start week since when was there, and were only waiting to more copper plates, which they have now rt ceived.

 Business in Greenwood City appeared yer krisk and the town was building up yer fast PAUL WEBER.
Year: 1875

INDIANs.-We still hear reports of struggling Apaches, some in Peoples Valley, some on the Santa Maria and some in the direction of the Sandy. From evidence, too direct 10 admit of n doubt. we are convinced that there are few rang inr about the hills and valleys. but not in suf- ficieut numbers to dare do more than kill a bull lock occasionally for food. These no doubt left the Verde Reservation before Col Dudley started to remove them to San Carlos. dispatch from the Colonel which we publish elsewhere reiutes the report that large number left the band while en route.

 They have no business away from the agencies and a good plan would be to shoot Il few where ever found and the rest would be apt to bunt the reservations for safety.
Year: 1875

ELSEWHERE we publish the report of the public school Several causes have conspired to keep some of the pupils away part Of the time, scarlet fever, humps, etc. The credits given are taken from the teachers daily register, which shows the actual standing of the pupils in the various classcs to which they belong, based upon the time they have been in attendance. Nothing Is said in this report about department, which will hc attended to in future.
Year: 1875

Nusrc IN THE AIR The Sth Infantry Band gave the city an open-air concent from the music stand in the plaza, and now that the weather is propitious, we hope 10 see them out once week untiI the storms drive them in again in the fall.
Year: 1875

INcIEMEScr Of the weather and press of busi- ness prevented our attendance at the hop al the General Crook Club Rooms, Fort Whipple, on Monday evening to which we return thanks Tor an invitation We hear they had delightful
Year: 1875

ASH GREEK STATION is advertised in this issue of the MINER Mir. Stemmer informs us that he will not be out done by anybody in keeping public house, and that his prices shall be reason. able as the times and circumstances will warrant.
Year: 1875

Ihe new FrOcess Oh sugar Mhhthk'


We are in receipt Of the report Of the
superintendent of the Robert diffusion
process for treating sugar cane, which is
said to have been very successfully in
troduced In Louisiana the past year.
From the sLatem snts therein it appears
that an entire change is soon TO occur in
the process of supar-making, and it is
conclusively proved by tho detailed re-
suits of the actual working of the pro.
cess at two Louisiana plantations during
the recent season, that when by the old
process the business becomes absolutely
Improbable, entailing q direct loss on
the planter, this new method leaves a
fair margin OF about forty per cent. in
money on the outlay. The report sub.
stantiates this statement. Our space al
present forbids description of the pro.
cess, which certainly appears simple
and, if successful, must revolutionizs
cane e-growing.-Neso York Bulletin.
Year: 1875

"One of the great. prerequisites for
the successful training of children, at
home or in the school-room, is patience.
Every teacher, whether a mother or an
hireling, will find her labors made easy
by the constant exercise of this cardi-
nal virtue. If they let patience have
its perfect work in their own hearts, it
will be visible in all their conduct, and
exert salutary influence upon the
minds of the young, in whose future
well-being they feel deep interest.


There may be hours when, perplexed
with care and worn out with undue Ia
Dor, the mother may feel the risings of
impatience in her heart, but let her not
give way to this baneful emotion, but
nip it in the bud before its fruits become
visible in the acts Of which she may at
terwards bitterly repent. Let no un-
kind word or hasty blow be given in
anger, lest the remembrance fit should
prove poisoned arrow to their bleed
ing heart, when these loving eyes are
closed in death, and the head which
nestles on her bosom is pillowed in the
grave. Children are won by kind
words; but cross looks and harsh tones
deter them from seeking our sympathy
or giving us their confidence. The moth
er or teacher should regard the sports
of children as a blessing, join in their
innocent amusements, and draw from
thence some useful lesson for their fu-
ture consideration. They should learn
to look up to her as friend in whom
they can confde, who will bear patient
ly with their childish follies, and in
kindness seek to improve whatever may
be amiss in their manners or morals.


But should they turn deaf ear to
her teachings, and scorn her instruc-
tions, seeming inclined to follow the evil
promptings of perverse heart, she has
then need of double portion of patience
to support her in this great trial, and
enable her at last to overcome evil with
good, and bring them by the force of
precept and example, to walk in wis
dom's pleasant ways. Re kind, be firm
and patient, and hope on till the desired
result is obtained"
Year: 1875

PAINLEssNEss OF DEATH FROM LIGHT
NING.-Here let me observe that death
from lightning must be painless. The
nerves of the human body do not con-
vey a sensation of pain instantly to the
nerve centres. There is an appreciable
interval before we are cognizant oi
what has happened. The time of an
electric flash is a small fraction of this
interval. While the velocity of the ner'
vous sensation or pain is less than
hundred feet a second, thatof electricity
VARYING under different circumstances
is many thousand times greater. We
are killed before we know it. Yet there
is probably greater dread of deatf
from this cause than from almost any
other July atlantic.
Year: 1875

There's a beautiful song on the sumberous air
That drifts through the valley of dreams;
1t comes from cline where the roses were,
And a tuneful heart. and bright brown hair
That waves in the morning beams.
Soft eyes of azure and eyes of brown


And snow. white foreheads are there.
A glimmering cross and a glittering crown,
A thOrny bed and couch of down.


Lost hopes and leaflets of prayer.
A rosy leaf and dimpled hand.


ring and plighted vow;
Three golden rings on broken hand,
tiny track on the snow-white sand,


A tear and a sinless brow
There's a tjncture of grief in the beautiful song
That sobs on the summer air,
And loneliness felt in the festive throng
Sinks down in the soul as it trembles along
From a cline where the roses are.
We heard it first at the dawn Of day,


And it mingles with matin chimes
But years have distaneed the beautiful lay,
And its melody hoateth so swiftly away.


And we call it now Old Times"
Year: 1875

Many young people think that an
idle life must be a pleasant one; but
there are none who enjoy so little, and
are such burdens to themselves, as those
who have nothing to do. Those who are
obliged to work hard all day enjoy their
recreation so much, that they are apt to
think if their whole lives were spent in
rest and recreation, it would be the most
pleasant of all. But this is sad mis-.
take, as they would soon find out if they
made trial of the life they think SO
agreeable. One whois fiever busy can new
er enjoy rest /; for rest implies arelief from
previous labor and if our whole time
we're spent in amusing ourselves, we
should find it more wearisome than the
hardest-day's work. Recreation is only
valuable as it unbends us the idle can
know nothing of it. Many people leave
off business and settle down to life OF
enjoyment; but they generally find that
they are not nearly so happy as they
were before, and they are often glad to
return to their old occupation to escape
the miseries of Incidence.
Year: 1875

IMMENSELY OF NATIONAL DEBTS
The immensity of the national debt is
exhibited by Blackwood's Magazine,
which shows that since 1860, when
America entered the money market as
borrower, at prodigious rate, the in
debtedness of the world has increased
at the average rate of two hundred mil
lions year. 1t then goes on to say
q If this average is kept up, in twenty
five years more the total debt of the
world will reach ten thousand millions
The interest of which, taken at the
average rate of five per cent, will
amount to the present aggregate public
revenues of all the States of Europe
and North America
Year: 1875

PETER B. SwEENEY's WIFE.-The
Utica Observer relates bit of romance
in connection with the noted New York
politician, Peter B. Sweeney, whose con-
nection with the ring transactions ne
cessitated his removal to Paris, where
he now resides with his wife.


Those who saw Mrs. Sweeney in her
youth pronounced her the handsomest
woman in the world. Her home was in
Albany. She travelled abroad, and in
Rome she met Page, the artist, who fell
passionately in love with her and pro-
claimed her his misunderstanding
the fact that he had another wife living.
She deserted him after a time for the
company of an Italian nobleman, who
gave her home which was a palace,
and lavished his wealth upon her. Swee-
ney, travelling abroad, met her and won
her heart. They were married and she
returned to this country with him, but
she did not take up her abode in his
New York city residence. He fitted up
house for her ON the Hudson and oc-
casionally he invited his friends to a
dinner party. But none among them
suspected that the fair hostess was his
wife. She had proved more devoted to
Sweeney in his misfortune than to her
other lovers in their prosperity. But
Worth makes her dresses, the Sweeney
exchequer is not exhausted.
Year: 1875

About 2 o'clock, yesterday afternoon,
lady and gentleman, together with a
number of bundles and packages, dis
embarked from the New York train at
President street depot. A carriage was
chartered, and few minutes later a
gentleman, lady and packages were all


on their way to Barnum's hotel. On


reaching Baltimore street it suddenly
struck the lady that she had forgotten


something, and after taking hurried


inventory of the articles she had started
from New York with, she discovered
that the baby had been left asleep on a
seat in one of the passenger cars. When
she began to realize this fact the lady
very properly tainted, and the gentle
man yelled for the carriage driver to
stop his horses. The carriage was stop
ped and the lady, who was still insensi-
BILE, was removed to the Office of DIR.
Wayman where she was left, and the
excited gentleman jumped into the car
riage and ordered the driver to return
to the depot. With all possible haste
the carriage reached the depot, just in
time to learn that the car containing the
blessed baby had been transferred to
Camden station, from whence it would
go westward The carriage was again
called into requisition and under the
promise of double fare, the driver sent
his horses up Pratt street towars Cam
den station at rate of speed that at
tracted the attention of every one on the
street. In the meantime the cars had
reached Camden station and had been
attached to another train. A few min.
utes before the train was to start car
riage dashed up to the depot, and a gen.
tleman, evidently greatly excited, rush
ed through the hallway, and on reach.
ing the ticket window hurriedly inquir.
ed where the cars had been transferred
from the President street depot were
standing. Mr.. Cornell gave the desired
| information, and the stranger walked of


down the platform toward the cars, but
on reaching the gate he was stopped by
the keeper, who would not allow him tc
90 through until he exhibited his ticket
| The gentleman called Officer Sunstorm


and after explaining the case, the office
went to the train himself, and in one o


the cars found the fattest, jolliest, bes


looking baby imaginable lying awake
on seat. Several Of the passengers IL
the car stated that they had noticed the
child, but supposed its parents werC
somewhere on the train. The baby was
turned over 10 its happy father, whc
stood proudly on the depot platform re
lating the facts of the case, when an
other carriage ratified up to the station
and in came the mother, whom, it vii


be remembered, was some time befort
left at the office of DIR. Wayman. l


seems that, after recovering from th'
swoon, she had hired another carriage
and followed the route her husband haC
taken. The meeting between the bah.
and his ma was quite refreshing to tn


crowd of hackmen, baggage smasher
and others who happened to be in tn


vicinity of Camden station at the time