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Year: 1875




The altitude of the Stevens mine ou
Mount Mcclellan is 1860 feet. At the
depth of from 81 to 2Jo feet the crevice
matter, consisting Of silica, calcite and ore.
together with the surrounding wall rock, is
IL solid frozen mass. Mcclellan is one ot
the highest eastern spurs of the snowy
range I; it has the form of :. horseshoe, with
a bold escarpment of feltsphatic rock nearly
1900 feet high, which in some places il
nearly perpendicular. Nothing unusual
occurred until q dista nee Of some 80 or 90
feet had been made; then the frozen terri
tory was reached, and it has continued over
200 feet. There are no indications Of q
thaw, SKINNER or winter. The whole
frozen territory is surrounded by hard
massive roek, and the lode itself i. as hard
and massive as the rock.


The miners, being unable to excavate the
frozen material with pick or drill, found
that the only way was to kindle large
wood fire at night against the back end o
the tunnel, and in Sne morning take out
the disintegrated ore. This has been the
mode Of mining for more than two years.
The tunnel is over 300 feet deep, and there
is no diminution of the frost. There is, So
far as can be seen, no opening or channel
through which the frost could possibly
have reached such depth from the surface.
There are other mines In the same vicinity
in like frozen state. The theory is that
the rock was laid down in glacial times,
when there was cold enough to freeze the
very earth's heart. In that case the mine
is an ice house whose stores have remained
unthawed for at least $4,000 yearsl The
phenomenon is not uncommon or inexpli-
cable when openings can be found through
which a current of air can pass but cases
which, like the Brandon frozen we'll and
the Stevens mine, show no way for fair
currents, are still referred to Embedded Ice
bergs and the glacial period.
Year: 1875

N. Y Tribune


Commodore Vanderbilt seemed to be in
an unusually communicative mood, and he
made the following suggestions to the re-
porter: "When you have lived, sir, to car
ry as many gray hairs as do you will have
learned that there is little sympathy with or
appreciation of your efforts, it matters little
what may be the circumstances. Ifyou are
successful in accumulating fortune you
will be called speculator and monopo-
list, while, if You should fail to amass rich
es, it will all be about the same, as You win
be talked about in that case as one who
does not amount to much any how. have
never speculated ON the market, and regard
it as nothing less than a gambling opera
ton. When was 80 years old I had been
working for several years for my employer
at 81, 900 a year, and when I left him had
not more than $40, 900, all told"


"After long and very successful life,
Commodore, what in your opinion is the
true secret of success in making money ?"


sssave what you have and live within





your income. Avoid all speculation. No
matter what was making, always made
it rule to save something, and this course,
if persisted in, is sure to succeed. The
money will pile up in time. While was
working for the gentleman referred to
moment ago, persuaded him to let me
use the profits should realize in the busi-
ness in future extending it. This did
until it had grown SO large that in his eyes
the amount was too large to risk, and he
refused to let me 60 ahead any longer,
although he had such confidence in me as
to offer me partnership, which I declined.
Since then have been operating for my
self. did not accept the partnership be-
cause knew his other partners and could
not agree, ard never could quarrel when
I was one of the interested persons. did
not object to insisting upon the rights OF
my employer as long as was not directly
interested, but, to enter into partnership
where knew | should have to maintain
my own rights by repeated qnarreling, was
more than would agree to do.
Year: 1875

We have our little trials in the profession
over here, but the boys will probably feel
better after reading the following: "The
PARIS Financial Journal is written up by
five editors, who send their copy from their
places Of residence. In the number of June
18th, the copy of each editor respectively
WAS sent from Paris prison.
Year: 1875

After the prolonged and bitter struggle OF
last week the friends of Mr.. Kerr proved strong
est and nominated him for Speaker, on Satur-
day afternoon, at the. caucus Of Democratic
members OF the House. This result is not sur
prsing. Mr. Randall's salary grab record and
the fact that he was Pennsylvanis Democrat,
in favor Of protection, were two sufficient rea-
SONS why he could not carry the nomination. he
has himself only to blame for the first cause OF
defeat, but the second is constitutional and be-
yond his control The Democrats of the West
and South will desire the vote Of Pennsylvania
for the Democratic nominee for President, but
they dislike to bestow official pap on the members
OF their party in that State. Neither Mr.. Ran
dali nor any other man from that quarter cal
expect their cordial patronage.


However, now that Mr.. Kerr presdes In the
chair, Messrs Wood and Randall will lead on the
floor. The present expectation is that Wooe
will be Chairman Of the Ways and Means Com
mittee and Randall chairman of the Com
tee on Appropriations. They will ap
pear as the head and front o
their party, salary-grabs Notwithstanding
proving, as we remarked day or two ago, tina
they are good enough to lead, il not to preside
and that their party associates are not so vir
tuously indignant at the ''grab," themselves, a
they are fearful OF public opinion. This is no
very high order OF virtue but it is such as W
must be content with, in the House of Repre-
sentatives, for the next sixteen months.
Year: 1875

AND 60 We are to have speeches
from Senator BOOTH and Governor
PACHECo. We are glad these gentle
men are coming. The people of Los
Angeles valley desire instruction con-
corning party that has no State Or
ganization and whose speakers that
have heretofore addressed them, leave
their Independent professions at home
and urge voters to support. HoUGHToN
or any other Republican that will de-
Feat Democrat. We want to know
something about the Independent par
ty, its principles and its prospects, and
We trust the two champions of the
party who have promised to visit us,
will give the desired information.
There are no Independents down here
outside of the scramblers for county
Office and our Independent candidates
are almost all Republicans.
Year: 1875

A man named MILLER, for some
years clerk in the employ of the Cen
tral Pacific Railroad company, was
found to have appropriated to his own
use the funds of his employers to an
amount variously estimated at from
one hundred thousand to one million
dollars. The company discovered his
rascalities and held him virtual pris-
oner while they investigated his books
and recovered nearly all the money
stolen from them. 1t is probable that
restitution only followed promise


to release the culprit. This


sort of compromise is frequently
made, not only by individuals and
firms but by the State. With individ-
uals the object is torecover their prop
erty; with the State to obtain evidence
Had the Railroad Company turned
their unfaithful clerk over to the au-


thorities they would have lost the
greater portion of the money he stole
from them and he would probably have
gone to the State Prison. But they
adopted the course which nine hun
dred and ninety persons in thousand
would have pursued-took the matter
I'm their own hands. The result Is the
Year: 1875

In the political battles which take
place in our State every two years the
common argument of the "outs' is to
charge the "ins" with peculation, mo-
nopoly, high taxes, oppression and all
the ills that humanity is heir to.
Those who want office will take their
book oath that those in office are men
whom the people should no longer
trust and they will swear equally hard
that they are the only honest men in
the nation. This mode of warfare is
adopted by the Republicans of this
county who under the assumed name
of Independents, are trying to foist
themselves into places that have been
occupied by good and faithful servants
of the people for the past two years.
They tell us that the Democrats can
no longer be trusted, that they repre-
sent rings, cliques and all sorts of mo-
nopoly combinations; that the coun-
tiJ 10 hO louSCi odiC LII tuC udiiuo VI
these men and the only way to secure
safety in the future is to elect them
the "outs"-to the offices. How ludi-
crous this argument and how ground
less the charge, is manifest when it is
known that there is not Democratic
office holder in this county against
whom the slightest short-coming is
recorded-not one but has proved him.
self an honest, efficient and accomoda-
ting public servant. Will those Re-
publicans who are so anxious to get
office, prove as trustworthy as those
they are now laboring to oust? They
possibly would but we have no practi-
cal knowledge of the fact and we doubt
if this common mode of political war
fare will prove as successful as those
who are resorting to it desire. The
people look at office holding in diff
ferent light from that in which it is
viewed by those who seek to hold Of
flee, and they are never unduly anx-
ious to throw aside those in whom
they have trusted and found them true
and faithful servants.
Year: 1875

recovery of the stolen money and the
freeing of the State of bad man. 1t
is spossible MILLER may have possessed
information concerning the private
business of the railroad company which
at the time they would not care to
have made public; it would be strange
if he did not; the long time clerk of a
grocery store possesses secrets of the
firm not to be given to the public ear.
But that MILLER was permitted to es-
cape on this account is not at all prob
able. Since GoRHAM and SARGENT
deserted them, the railroad company
have no secrets. Those long time
trusted and confidential servants have
told all there is to tell. Perhaps the
Central Pacific Bailroad company is
the only great corporation in the
world that have no secrets. SARGENT
and GoRAAM were ahead of MILLER,
and they have left him nothing to tell.


Since writing the above We learn
by telegraph that MILLER has been
found in San Francisco and arrested
by the detectives. So the railroad
company neither aided him to escape
nor did they care h ow soon he fell in
to the hands of the officers. The San
Francisco Bulletin has been laboring
to make capital of its own as
sumption that the Railroad company
had sent MILLER out of the country.
1t now has an opportunity to see how
easily it is to be mistaken.
Year: 1875




TIE San Diego Union which is now
advocating the election of HoUGHToN,
a man who has heretofore wore, and
still wears the collar ofSTANFoRD SEQ.
makes the following extract from an
editorial in the HERALD published
during the last session of Congress:


The Texas Pacific had the entire strength of
the southern Pacific, which means the Gem
tral Pacific, against it, and the result is de-
feat for time and perhaps for all time, OF
the Texas Pacific Company. The worst OF it
Is that the defeat defers to an indefinite period
the building of Southern overland railroad.


These are our sentiments to-day.
The Texas Pacific is opposed by the
Southern Pacific and will be so long
as SCOTT insists on having a monopo-
ly of the route. Mr.. HoUGHToN can
not and dare not oppose the will of the
Southern Pacific, and we repeat that
while the grasping policy of SCOTT is
pursued the building of a southern
overland road will be delayed if not
defeated.
Year: 1875

party of city people, out for ride the 9TH
er day. stopped to purchase q few apples Of
young farmer who was loading up some fine
Baldwins and Pennocks for market, and while
he WAS measuring them passed some words of
compliment upon the farm house and its sur
roundings as "a nice place" ''Nice enough, /
suppose" said the young man with a deprecia-
tory glance at his neat straw rcks and farm
yard "but it's mis- rably slow life, this farm
ing. shall put out for the city pretty soon, let
them say what they will" Then the leader of
the party uttered wise words OF COUNSEL in regard
to the dignity and calm certainty of the lot of
tiller OF the soil, compared with the turmoil of
the struggle for life iu cities, urging him to
think better of it and stay where he was 1t WAS
like An echo of the Greeleyan advice, go West,
young man, go West y yet this counsellor. like
the other, had himself ''put out. from the calm
contented life he praised so, and this young
farmer, it WAS evident, would do likewise.


And 80 it will be until the conditions of a
farmers life are changed from the old-fashioned
routine. 1t is not the hard work which pro
duces this discontent-this yearning after city
hfe-for this is as necessary for success in the
city as the country. 1t is the lack of diversified
society the feeling of beng stranded aside
from the sweeping current Of modern life the
knowledge that while mechanical invention and
co-ordinated labor have accomplished such great
revolutions in most occupations, they have done
comparatively little for the farmer, and still less
for that overburdened co-laborer, the farmers
wife. The ''mills which grind slowly" still keep
grinding however and the changes which
began less early in agriculture than in other de-
partments Of labor are now increasing with even
greater rapidity. Improved mowers and thresh-
ers, steam plows and chemical manures help the
mans work, as cheese and butter factories, &c,
tighten the womans. RAILROADS and the new
springing towns along their track bring society
in some measure within the reach of all and
periodical literature is ready to bring them e,
rapport with the world they cannot otherwise
touch. 1t is this latter amelioration of his lo
that the former can least afford to neglect
Whatever else he is econ omical in, let him be
liberal in subscriptions to magazines and news
papers. He must be more So than the men OF
cities even if he would N any way make up fol
the lack of public libraries and reading rooms,
and rid himself from the inherent rusticity which
comes Of seclusion from the ideas of the world
at large.
Year: 1875

A review of the trade and commercial growth
OF Chicago during 1874 presents all exhibit which
is well calculated to enhance the Chicagoans es-
TEEN of his own city and cause him to contem-
plate it az the metropolis of the great West.
Figures show an increase in the produce trade
OF thirteen and one-fourth per cent, increase of
ten per cent. in the wholesale trade, and an in
crease Of seven and one fourth per cent. in
trade generally. Seven million and fifty-six
thousand tons Of produce were received during
the year, or thirteen and four-tenths tons
every minute of the year = and the manufac
lures for the twelvsmonth foot up S16i, 800 900.
Not bad showing, by any means.
Year: 1875

shown that diluted sulphuric acid taken
internally is a valuable prophyIHctic' Az
kaIinc foods are, on the contrary,
favorable to the contraction and spread
of the disease. The points which are
here given in brief are very thoroughly
and clearly elaborated by DR. Wood
worth, and the pamphlet deserves the
attention of medical men.
Year: 1875

IT is a significant fact that the grain
trade of New York has fallen off this year
1S,772,5l9 bushels as compared with last
year, while the delivery at Baltimore is
greater than last last. Philadelphia also
shows a gain. When our southern rail
way system is made what it ought to be,
Charleston, Port Royal and Savannah will
export more grain, flour and meat than
any other Atlantic cities.
Year: 1875

91 The school is closed at
the Renton mine district. A
new school house is to be built
and the shool will be re-opened
about the first of September
Miss Theobalds, the former
teacher, we regret to say, leaves
for California tomorrow. We
hope she will soon return.
Year: 1875

QUARTZ. - Mr.. Ireland and
other prospectors have found a
very rich gold and silver lead on
one of the tributaries of the
Skykomish. Everybody up the
river has a slight attack of quartz
fever in consequence. This
quartz is supposed to be quite
rich and the lead is extensive.
Year: 1875

TALBOT BUNKERs.-The coal
bunkers, now being built on
Yesler's wharf by Joseph Frazer
for the Talbot Coal Company, is
a good piece of work and proves
a fact that practical mechanic
always improves on theory. The
wharf is being enlarged and i'm
proved and will give four times
the accommodation it did form
erly.
Year: 1875

RAcE.-There was little trial
of speed between the Favorite
and Zephyr this morning. They
left the wharf together, the
Zephyr bound for Snohomish
and the Favorite for Victoria.
They kept together pretty well
until opposite the coal wharf.
when the Zephyr gradually
forged ahead and kept the lead
as long as they were in sight.
Year: 1875

On THE WAR PATH.-Francis
Peas was arrested to-day and
will be tried before Justice Smith
tomorrow. He is accused of
striking his mother and other
persons with a club. He is a
boy about Is years of age.
Year: 1875

An admirable programme is pre-
sented for the Charity Concert to-
night. Miss Mollie Binford has made
heroic exertions to interest beautiful
young ladies and talented young gen.
tlemen In this charitable work and
the programme exhibits her success.
The names published there are suffi-
cient guarantee that the concert will
be first -class and we know there will
be an immense audience. The object
is praiseworthy and we are confident
that the proceeds will be carefully dis
tributed where they will do the most
good. Go early tonight, to Turn-Ve-
rein Hall, remeln bering that in giving
to the poor you are lending to the
Lord.
Year: 1875

The Important, since marking their
goods down, fonnd it troublesome to
make change. They have therefore
received the new zoe pieces which will
enable them from this on to give exact
change to all parties dealing with
them.
Year: 1875

We have strong hopes of February. He
came in with wholesome CLEAN of wintry
sun and nipping frost that evidently mean
business and promise to put speedy end to
the death dealing malarious fOgs. the diphthe-
ria and typhoid pneumonia which January
spread over the country. What he means to
do is no trifing matter to any of u.s. Our
grandfathers held the weather of so little ac-
count that they made nothing of it beyond a
stop-ga in a tedious talk, the proverbial re-
source of dull bore. But nowadays the ma
jority of Americans have learned to look upon
it as their most unrelenting enemy, an enemy
to be watched and guarded against every hour
of the year. In climate where changes of
temperature of from 24' to Coz occur IN
twenty-four hours, a cold wave, q sudden
south wind does the work of old Deaths
scythe more effectually than any pestilential
AGENT from November TO March it is no ex-
aggeration to say that one-thrd of the popu-
Year: 1875

has been too clamorous for reform; that it
has struck wildly and made sweeping accusa-
tions; but we commend to the consideration
of those who deprecate such uncomfortable
earnestness the fact that the three dangers we
have enumerated and described are entirely
real, and that the fight against them must be
with hard blows and without intermssi on, If
the country is to be preserved.
Year: 1875

Mr.. Frederick w. Seward has done good
thing for the city in the introduction OF Dill
in the Assembly providing for placing better
pavement on Fifth Avenue from Waverley
Place to Ninetieth Street. The bill Is said to
have the recommendation of the City Govern
ment as well as that of many well-nown resi-
dents and heavy tax payers; certainly its object
is generally approved.
Year: 1875

business interests of this city, and his retire
ment from public life will be received with
profound regret by many who never belonged
to his wing of the party. and who never gave
him their personal support. His experiences
would have been valuable in the next Con-
gress, and it is pity that he has decided not
to consent 10 be returned to it.
Year: 1875

The session of yesterday in the House of
Representatives was one Of tie most notable
and exciting in the history of the present
Congress. The struggle over the proposed
modification of the rules in the interest of the
majority was brought to an end, and the re-
suit seems to be the defeat alike Of the Demo
Gratis ond revolutionary Republicans. This re-
suit was not accomplished without good deal
of sharp practice, some able and spicy speeches,
and not little display of i'll temper on either
side. Gen. Butler made brave stroke to
preserve leadership which the Republicans
in the House have always unwillIngly
acknowledged, and on an issue raised by
himself met an ignOmirious defeat Mr..
Kasson and Mr.. Garfield seem to have
divided the honOrs OF the day, on the Repub-
lican side, with the Speaker. The Demo-
Gratis Jared badly, but left some good speeches
on record. Unless they get over their ill-humor
before the next Congress meets the Repub-
lican members Of that body may have to
pay a severe penalty for the proceedings of
yesterday.
Year: 1875

There is every indication Of divisions
among the English Liberals. We have little
reason to expect decision in regard to the
leadership which will place the party in an ad-
vantageous position.
Year: 1875

For the first time during the Presidency Of
Marshal MacMahon there is an encouraging
prospect for the Republic in France. The
Right Center is acting In harmony with all
the fractions of the Left. The most striking
result of this combination is the adoption OF
the principle of dissolution by very large
majority. 1t is too early to become enthusl-
astic over this state of affairs; but we have a
CLEAN of hope which may shortly increase In
brightness.
Year: 1875

A private note from Col. Thomas \. Scott assures
us that over 90 per cent of the obligations incurred
by himself and his associates for the construction
and equipment of tho part Of tho Southern Pacific
Railroad now in operation has been paid. and that
all tho remainder will bo promptly protected as it
natures. The essential point Of this state
ment is that. in view of these facts, the
grant of a subsidy to his Southern Railroad is
not necessary to protect him from bankruptcy, as
has been widely believed, and as has been stated in
The TRIBUNE and othor newspapers. We take
great pleasure in promptly giving Col Scotts state
ment to the public.
Year: 1875

The crowning feature of the public charitable fes
tivities of the year is the Charity Ball TLis dis
tinction it attained many years ago. It's preGmi-
nence has been dccreed by the social tribunal from
which no appeals are permitted aud year after year
the one social event, of purely public nature
to which all New-York society looks forward is the
Charity Ball This year it occurs on Thursday next
the 4th of February. The boxes, it is understood.
have been all sold of them greatly to the grief
of tho management to people who turned out to be
speculators in disguise. but all sold in such
way "a to bring shekels to the
cause of charity. Tickets may still be OBJ
tanned. There is every prospect that the attendance
will be larger than on any previous year that the
receipts will give no indication Of the hard times,
and that the evening will be brilliant as the re-
suits to the cause of charity will DO satisfactory
Year: 1875

VNTANTED-BoARD, WITH PARLoR AND BEDROOM
w adjoining, for gentleman and wife in private family
between Broadway and Fifth avenue Thirty fourth and F
tieth streets Address with full particulars H. box lS7
Herald office.
Year: 1875

A LADY WANTS A ROOM WITH BOARD IN
n plain family; must be above Fourteenth street Ad,
dress terms which he moderate X f. X, Herald
Uptown Branch Office Boarding house keepers need not