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Year: 1872

PIcAYUNE MINE.-This is quartz mine between
Butchers Ranch and Mile Hill, on the road to
Forest Hill, and owned by Peyton Powell and
Mr.. Lee. The shaft is now down so feet on a
fine prospecting ledge, four feet thick, with
smooth solid walls The owners have out now
140 tons of ore that has prospeoted 80 finely and
uniformly from the top down that they have gone
to the expense Of erecting a new and complete
ten stamp quartz mill, propelled by water, which
is now ready to commence crushing ore. We
shall try to give the result of the first clean up.
The rivers and ravines in that section have all
been rich, and can no reason why the
quartz should not also yield WELL We hope it
will
Year: 1872

Would it not be well for the Cir
cult Judges throughout the State to
forbid the placing Of any man upon
a. jury, who is under indictment for
a State offense? We are led to make
this suggestion from the fact of a
man having been discharged from a
hung jury on Saturday night, and
put on trial himself for a criminal
ofFense on Monday morning.. -
Aberdeen Examiner


We are astonished to learn from
the above that the Judge of the
Monroe Circuit Court has heretofore
failed to use proper vigilance inthis
respect. Judge Orr, Of this circuit,
invariably requires each juror to
swear that be is not under indict-
mcnt, nor has ever been convicted
Of any criminal offence. Columbus
Index. M l
Year: 1872

How TO PUT THE CHILDREN TO BED.
Not with reproof for any OF that days
sins of omission or commission. Take any
other time but bed time for that. IF you
ever heard little creature signing or sob
bing in its sleep, you could never do this.
Seal their closing eyelids with kiss and a
blessing. The time will come, all too
soon, when they will lay their heads upon
their pillows lacking both Let them at
least have this sweet memory of a happy
childhood, of which no future trouble or
sorrow can rob them Give them their
rosy youth. Nor need this involve wild
license. The judicious parent will not so
mistake my meaning. IF you have ever
met the man or the woman whose eyes
have suddenly filled when little child has
crept trustingly to its mether's breast, you
may have seen o e in whose childhood's
home dignity aud severity stood where
love and pity should have been. Too
much indulgence has ruined thousands of
children too much love, not one-Fanny
Fern
Year: 1872

POLYGAMY ILLUsTRATED.-You are
struck with the great number of child
rem everywhere here. Some houses absol-
utely overAowing with them; some tables
are embowered in "olive-braDches." The
different sets get along very we'll together
generally, but that is little wonder, after
the miracle of agreement between the
mothers. Polygamy does not seem to
spare woman the cares of maternity. l
know Norman house in which two mid
dle-aged wives count two dozen children
between them. took two little iair-haired
girls for twins and they were a sort of
polygamy twins, born almost at the same
time in the same house, of different mothers
1t seems to me that the children here do
not look as happy and bright as in our
owns l fancy that the little girls, at least,
have something Of the suodued, repressed
look ofotheir mothers. But some few of
them are pretty, and nearly all neatly and





comfortably dressed. l hear that they
have very good schools, and are under good
discipline at home, answering to the roll
call at night and duly honoring their father
and their mothers.


Many Mormon wives are sisters, and it
is said they get along quite harmoniously.
The very nature of women upside down
and inside out An intelligent "6rst wife,
told Gentle neighbor that the only wick
ed feeling she had about the husband TAX
ing a second wife was that he did not take
her sister, who wanted him, or rather
share in him. She would have liked to
have the property kept in the family. l
saw the other day pair of young wives,
sisters, walking hand in hand, dressed alike
in every particular, of the same height and
complexion, and cf the same apparent age
indeed, looking so exactly alike that it
was almost case of mitigated bigamy. 1t
must seem queer, even to them, to say,
"our piano." our husband" or our pony.
Year: 1872

A young man from the country, out
walking with young lady, cudgeled his
brains for some interesting topic of CONVEX
sation to amuse her with, but in vain he
could hit upon nothing until they met sew
eral cows, when the swain said, with much
simplicity of manner "Now, isn't it
strange what motherly appearance COW
has p To which the lady replied II
don't think it strange, sir, that COW should
have motherly appearance to calf"
Year: 1872

REMNANTS OF FOoD A dish that has
no more than the appearance of palatable-
ness has at least as much to recommend it.
Nicely OF appearance is inexpensive and
within the reach of the humblest. We
have in mind special reference to the serv-
ing of the remnants of food, which, above
all di'hes, require dainty arrangement
If cold meat is to be served, it should be
thinly sliced and laid on a clean platter.
Remnants of food should never be put
away in gravy, if intended to be eaten cold.
Warmed up vegetables, stewed fruits,
sauces, puddings, etc., should appear ON
the table in clean dishes, and not in the
dish they were sent from the table in, un-
less cleaned Some housewives send
warmed up food to the table in the same
dish in which they were warmed, which is
always untidy. A dish which is present
able at table should not be subjected to
the heat required in cookery, excepting of
course, pie and pudding dishes.
Year: 1872

A new feature of the Woman's Rights
Movement presents itself; away off in Spain,
however, so that it is not certain that it
will have any influence upon the Suffrage
Without Distinctions Sex Question, in
this country. Heretofore, the men of
Spain have meanly monopolized all the
honor and glory of c,ntending in the bull
fight; but now two young ladies, burning
for distinction, have entered the arena at
Madrid, and have handsomely slain not less
than three roaring and dangerous bulls
And what harm was there in doing this
IF in Spain or anywhere else it was proper
for men to kill bulls, and not only proper
but honorable, Why should women be ex-
cluded from this noble field of human exer
ton? And if women can gloriously figure
in bull fight, may she not be able to do
the State service ola certain sort by crack
ing crowns in the scrimmages of New
York election
Year: 1872

Party PLATFoRMs-THE HORNS OF A
DILEMMA.-Mr. Stebbins unquestionable
made center shot in his speech at
the Japanese banquet in San Fran


cisco, though the Union does say that
his illusions, to tbe anti-Mongolian planks
in the State platforms were "out of place,


n execrable taste, and insulting both to
the Governor of California and to the


foreign guests" Mr.. Stebbins is not a


politician, and probably does not under
stand the diplomacy of State platforms.


But whether bis remarks were in good


taste or not, their truth cannot be ques


toned, and when men descend to the
endorsement of platforms in which they
do not believe, we really have very little
sympathy for their feelings under an un-
pleasant rebuke. But the point to which
We wish to call attention is this: the


Union declares that State Convention re-
solutions are "poor authority" and thai
they "never did have the sanction of the
dominant party OF the State" Now, the
only ground it has for asserting that the
people require the repeal of the Five Per-
Cent Law is the same "poor authority" of
State Convention resolutions, which, it
affirms, are of often disapproved by the
best judgment OF the State, sand which
are not meant seriously" What right
has the Union to assert that the majority
of the people did not approve of the resoIu-
tons favoring the exclusion of the Chinese
and japanese ? During the campaign its
own columns contained articles fully indors-
ing these resolutions. Are we to under
stand that its own position of this question
was "disapproved by the best judgment of
the State :" We think that it is extremely
probable, but our gushing neighbor has
got itself into dilemma from which ex
traction will be somewhat difficult In one
breath it insists that Legislators must be
bound by the platform, and threatens them
with dire penalties if they recede from the
strict letter of it. In the next it coolly
declares that platforms are "poor authority" 4"
and that they are often disapproved by the
best Judgment of the State, and are not
meant seriously 1t appears that the
Unions conscience is very elastic where
its interest prompts change, but rigid as
marble when policy demands consistency
There has never been any indication of a
change in public opinion concerning the
Mougolian planks in the platform, yet our
contemporary promptly pooh-poohs them as
fallacious and untrustworthy Il [Sacra.
mento Record
Year: 1872

The San Dieogo Bulletin has always ap-
peared to us in the light of well conduct
ed and able journal, and is among the
number of our exchanges, the coming of
which we always hail with satisfaction-
II has never seemed to manifest any very
decided political leanings, approaching, in
fact, very nearly the ideal of neutral pa
per- But hereafter, we learn, it is to be
run in the interest of the Republican party.
1t seems that one of the two proprietors,
Democrat, has sold his interest and with
drawn, leaving the other free to follow out
his convictions of duty. In taking leave
of his patrons, he discloses fact that, we
believe, would be found to be very general
in its application, not only in this State,
but throughout the Union. He says


"Thus, while dispose of a fine business,
at positive sacrifice, cannot blind my
eyes to the fact that nearly nine-tenths of
my support in subscription and job work,
and all but fraction of advertising patron
age, comes from Republicans To be brief,
| would rather sell than fight against the
meu who have given ME such generous and
abundant means of Journalistic prosperity"
Year: 1872

The Louisville city council has passed an
ordinance in reference to small pox, that,
whenever any policeman finds patient on
the street, it shall be his duty to take him or
her o the pest house. The policemen are
mostly men of families, and, in the main,
good looking, and they do solemnly affirm
that they will behold the city council, one
and all, sweltering amid the thermal discom-
forts ofAvernus before they will thus invite
contagion, and then they won't.
Year: 1872

ADVERTISERS naturally seek the means of
reaching the largest number of readers, and
those of the best quality The Daily PRESS
fills the bill in both particulars better than any
other daily journal in Maine.
Year: 1872

A New Orleans man saw the figures of
man and woman in disguise sneaking out of
his back yard, the other night, and, suppos-
ing the woman to be his wife, followed the
pair till they brought up at masquerade
ball. He thought to confound them in their
meditations, and struck the gentleman a
heavy blow and tore the mask from the wo-
mans face; when he found himself confront
ed by his maid-ofall-work and her athletic
Hibernian cavalier. His injuries were seri-
Gus, but not fstal
Year: 1872

"You should live within your income"
said harsh oil capitalist to clerk who
asked for an advance of wag s. ''It's easy
enous h to live within an income,'' modesty
replied the clerk, ''but what should like to
know is, how fellow is to live without
one .
Year: 1872

The New Y 'rk clergymen are going 70 pa-
tition the Legislature not to allow newspaper
reporters to witness and report executions.
They think it barbarous, and believe it leads
to further crime. Why not lay the ak at .he
root of the tree and abolish this thing which
is too bad to describe?
Year: 1872

On the first page of this paper is an article
recording the mysterious disappearance of
seedman named Lyman, resident of Lever
EFT, Mass. 1t is believed that he has abscond-
ed, although there is faint impression that
he is dead. If els dead. we are eight dol
lars out, unless somebody we owe died at the
same time, and was willing to turn the ac-
count But then that is merely speculation.
Year: 1872

An Iowa schoolboy recently killed his IA
ther for telling him to behave himself and
the average jurymau can't make up his mind
whether the provoeation was sufficient to
constitute justifable homicide or whether
there was insanity prepense
Year: 1872

An oUTRAGE.-The following is per.
petrated by the editor of the Kingwood
Journal. Is there not a Jail at Kingwood
as well as court houseH


Why is Kingwood the best place in the
county to SPARK" Because 1t has q
courthouse.
Year: 1872

TETusvILLE, November 1.-The bank.
erS Of the oil region have held two meet
ings relative to u plan recently adopted
by convention OF producers to Control
the market for crude oil. The plan con.
sists Of the formation of an agency with
a capital stock Of 100000, Though
which the entire production is to be
bought and sold. With ample storage and
heavy capital, and restraining the produc.
tion when necessarily is believed the price
can be maintained at five dollars per bar.
rel. The bankers offer their support and
cooperation, and at their last meeting
carried by an unanimous vote resolu-
tion expressing confidence in the scheme.
The morning papers OF this city severely
criticize the movement, and the producers
are somewhat divided in their opinions
and Its success is as yet uncertain.
Year: 1872

IT used to be q notion in the old days
Of slavery that white men could not work
with safety in the climate Of our Southern
States, and that assumption was some
times used as tlimsy argument in sup
port OI the system of slave labor. Neces'
lily Is sometimes very good as well as q
wy hard teacher, and has shown thai
there is no foundation to this supposition
Che New Orleans PicGyunt says:


Those who have not heard the facts
which settle this question should know
lhst white laborers arc working in the
deds all over the State Of Louisiana the
wear round us low down as tide water
irOm the Cult Of Mexico, and on the is.
I4uds along the gull shore. And these
l4borers are not more siCkly than the
negroes, or men who stay in the shade
Editors, doctors, and travellers have often
referred to this TACT. The old prejudices
against this climate ore fast dying out, bul
they arc not all Of them dead"
Year: 1872

PUT MONEY Is THY PURSE" is wc-knowD
saying, but ut this season, when we have to spend
Our money, 1t is advisable to buy where we can get
the most desirable aud cheapest goods, and those In
want of any Of the novelties for the spring should
not fail to call at LEVY BROTHERS magnificent eul-
porium, where Is now displayed the most select,
tasty and elegant stock of dry goods brought to
Richmond. The senior of that energetic concern is
at present In New York, and sends homeward by
every steamer such bargains as he knotos are bar
gains, besides everything new, just rs soon us II


makes lis appearance In that city SO those who wish
to have the very latest styles of everything have but
to call at LEVY BROTHERS. and 1t were easy to ima-
ginc themselves in New York store, except that
LEVY BROTHERS prices are much lower.
Year: 1872

DISPOSITION OF THE ALLEGED SPooL-CoT-
TON TH1EF.-Ch Charles Kidd (coloreO appeared
before Police Justice White yesterday morn
ing to answer the charge Of feloniously steal
ng quantity of spool cotton, valued at SO,
from Shaflcr & Strong. The cotton was con-
signed to the aboye-amed firm from New
York, and was shipped from New York to
this city by steamship. While on the wharf
here it is alleged to have been stolen by
Kidd, who carried or sent it to Frances
Browns house. Frances had previously
been honorably discharged by Justice White
us she explained how the cotton came into
her possession. Kidd was sent on to the grant
jury of the Hastings Court. Bail was re
fused
Year: 1872

AT A MEETING Of the Columbian Conserva-
tive Club held on Saturday night lust the
following resolution was unanimously
adopted


"Resolued, That this Club do now repeat
its determination to abstain from any choice
Of candidates for the municipal ticket, or TO
enter into any combination by which fair
expression of the voice of the Conservatives
OF The wards may be defeated. Having but
one object in view, the success of the Con-
scrvative cause, we would be false to our
selves and the name of Conservatives were
we to resort to any of the .cXVedients which
eyi-mindcd persons have ascribed to our
OruariZatiOn."
Year: 1872

REAssEssMENT OF LANDs.-The Governor
has withheld his signature from the act
passed ut the extra session of the General
Assembly extending the time within which
counties may avail themselves of the reas-
sesSment act. 1t therefore fails to become a
Year: 1872

A FAILURE AS Mass MEETISG--About
twenty colored persons-not enough to fill
the Broad-Street porch-assembled at the
City Hall yesterday afternoon pursuant to u
call for mass meeting in the interest of jury
rights and uniform taxation. There was no
enthusiasm, and everybody felt thlt the meet
ing was failure.
Year: 1872

TYPoGRAPH1cAL MATTEEs.-At meeting


of the Typographical Union of Richmond
held on Saturday night the bylaws of the
Union were amended by provision for the
appropriation of $50 towards expenses OF
burial in the event of the death OF mem
Der.


The Committee on Reception of the Inter.
national Union are maturing their plans, and
will make such arrangements as will render
the visit Of the Internationals most aSreea'


BILE one. This committee will hold meeting
this evening.
Year: 1872

The weather on last Sunday was not the
most favorable for pedestrian exercise, but
the mildness Of the temperature induced
many to venture out, and seyenl of the
churches Were not only well filled, but
crowded
Year: 1872

It is a curious fact, lustrating the
necessity of cleanliness, and of keeping
the pores of the skin open, that if coat
of varuish or other substance imperyious
to moisture be applied TO the exterior of
the body, death will ensue in six hours.
The experiment was once tried on child
in Florence. On the occasion of Pope
Leo the Tenth's accession to the ptpal
chair, it was desired to have living
figure TO represent the Golden Age, aud
SO child was gilded all over WITH var-
nish and gold leaf. The child died in a
few hours. If the fur of a rabbit or The
skin Of pig be covered with a solution
of india rubber in naphtha, the animal
ceases to breath in couple of hours.
Year: 1872

1t is reasonable to expect that all the different
cities will have to take their share of the small
pox visitation, at some time. 1t is dying out in
Philadelphia, but increasing in New York In
the latter city, last week, there were 69 deaths.
Year: 1872

A RURAL sport who tried to eat his pie:
with q fork at one of our hotels yesterl
day, because a city girl was sitting oppoo-
site, had the misfortune to harpoon his
tongue at the second mouthful, and in his
efforts to pull out the fork upset dish OF
cranberry sauce in the lady's lap. He
says he '"don't go a cent on style here
after, and will shovel in his food IN the
old manner hereafter if Queen Victoria
sits next to him. ."-ZSthsgSlLe Press. --
Year: 1872

BUFFALO, N. Y, March l9.-Tbe
Buffalo Fire and Marine Insurance
Company to-day declared a dividend Of
sixty per cent in favor OF it's policy
holders. This is one OF the three com
panies which was obliged 10 suspend in
consequence Of heavy losses by the late
Chicago fire.


A heavy snow fell during the night,
and the ground this morning is covered
over six inches in depth.
Year: 1872

To a.e Editor Of The Commercial:


To allow our merchants open fronts sir days a
week instead Of too.


To allow room for our merchants to reoeioe
goods.


To allow room for our merchants to express
goods.


To allow customers not marketing to enter our
stores.


To allow carriages to stop at our doors.


To allow cars to run without danger to pdsseR
gers from broken Soindotos.


To allow wagons and carriages to pass the
cars without danger.


The allow the farmers to back up and run out
without being run into by the cars


To allow people to cross the street without dan
ger Of being injured or killed between cars,
horses, carriages and the crowd.


To allow necessary passage way on our main
street from bridge to bridge.


To toiden and clear our principal street without
one cent of cost.


To make move toward uprooting the street
markets.


To iBlproUe Market street, by giving room for
enlarging our business houses and doing heavier
trade.


To improue King street, by starting stores at
lower rents than on Market street.


To inprore 9th streets and benefit the city and
the people.


To do justice to the people directly Interested
the merchants on both streets, and the farmers
who have asked for the change, and who should
certainly know what is to their advantage.


To do for Market street at no expense what you
have done for 9th, King, and (propose to do to-
Water streets at heduV costs.


To help the business Interests and do no harm
to others. MARKET STREET.
Year: 1872

shall the Uufb Mnfh o. SO 70 Ktsg Stfeetf
To he Editor Of NE Commercial


From an owner or renter Of property on King
street the appropriate and reasonable answer
viii be In the Affirmative from an owner Of real
estate, or merchant doing business ON Market
street, the response should be promptly and
emphaticaily, no. rff I


No reflective person willdoubt but that the price
OF King street property muAt advance in value IL
the change is made, the reason being that per-
sons doing business on that street will be In q
better location TO do business and that renters
and purchasers will readily be found TO occupy
all the stands upon that street. The business
men already there will soon double the extont Of
their business other establishments will be
opened and the trade Of the town will slowly,
steadily and irresstiby be drawn 10 that quarter.


Now, is any Market street merchant or prop
erty owner so utterly ignorant as to suppose that
what King street gains Market street will lose 2
Can there be fiye times rs much business done
on King street and just as much on Market
street, as at present II any presume 30, We
venture to predict that two years observation
and experience Of the proposed change, will open
their eyes, and cause them to look back sorrow
fully at the unfortunate hour in which they lent
their sympathy or influence to the thoughtless
persons who are carrying around petitions ask
ing Council to remove the markets. | would
then urge upon all persons interested in the pros
perity of Market street and who have favored
the proposed change thus far, to pause, ere II be
too late. Wilmington is not yet large enough to
maintain two main streets, and the business
which will certainly go to King street, II the
markets are removed, will just as certainly be
lost to Market street.


Let car drivers, gentlemen Of retirement, per-
sons generally who have not dollars interest
in our chief street, and the shrewd business men
and real estate owners on King street, advocate
the proposed change, but let no person having
interests on Market street be fooled" into sup
porting measure that will surely be Of serious
and certain damage to him.


PROPERTY OWNER,