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Year: 1875

NEW PHOsPHOR- BRoNZEs-Dr. Kunzel. whose
name will be recalled as the Joint discoverer with
NJ. Moutefiore Levy, of the we'll known phosphor-
bronze now announces the additional discovery that
when phosphor- bronze is combined with certain
fixed proportion of lead. the phosphorized triple
allow when cast into a bar bearing, segregates
into two distinct alloys, OF which is hard and
tough phOsphor- bronze containing but little lead
and the other much softer alloy consisting chiefly
of lead with q small proportion Of tin and traces of
copper The latter alloy is almest white. and when
the casting is fractured, it will be found nearly
equally difiused through it; the phosphor bronze
alloy forming as ii weCe species of metallic
sponge all of whose cavities are occupied
by the soft metal alloy segregated from
it. This phenomenon of the segregation
into two or more alloys of combinations of cop
per with tin aud zine, has long been known and from
the fact that such separation is generally massive
and not equable throughout the mass, ii has been
source of great annoyance to the founder. DR..
kunEel. however secms TO have succeeded in caus-
ing the segregation to take place in uniform dstri
vantage of the properties of the product which he
obtains III this manner, TO construct therefrOm bear
ipgs of railway and other machinery


la heavy bearings, such as those for marine en-
gnes, the valuable properties of Babbitt metal aud
similar anti-frcton allows well recognized but
these being generally soft open to the grave OBJ
lection that where they subjected to consider
able pressure or even moderate pressure accompa-
MED by continued vibration, they become distorted
in FORM and then fail TO sustain the journals in their
proper places The device s therefore res0rted TO by
the machnst of casting hollow cage of hard metal,
Of proper form, for the intended bearing the cavities
of which he then fills by casting into them the soft
metal alloy, which thus forms the actual rubbing
Year: 1875

DrscoyERy OF BED OF NICKEL IN NoRwAS.-t
,s announced that very rich bed OF nickel has been
recently discovered in the forest OF Gored IN NOT
rare metal; an exceptionally large proportion
Year: 1875

THE FLIGHT OF BIRDs.-Monsieur Marcy has made
n series of observations which prove how important
q part the onward movement of bird plays in in
ereasing the efficiency of each stroke of the wing
foI supposiug that in its descent the wing did not
continually come in contact with fresh volume of
air. it would act at disadvantage; because the
downward impulse, which at the commencement Of
each stroke it gives to the air below, would make
medium; while by continually coming III contact
with fresh body Of air. the wing is always acting
on il 20 the best advantage For this reason, when
o bird commences its flight it turns towards the
WIND If possible TO make up for its lack Of motion
on starting.
Year: 1875

A somewhat novel and quite graft
flying feature of the business on
our streets is the offering for sale,
by the barrel, of home made molas-
ses. We trust II well continue. and
that the trade will be encouraged.
-[Enterprise Courier.
Year: 1875

Judge Pittmnn's chimney had
been foul for some time, and when
he mentioned the fact at the drug
store, Mr.. Hquills said he could
easily clean II out by exploding a
little powder IN the Fireplace The
idea seemed to Pitman to be "a
good one. and he got ten pounds
Of powder in order to do the work
thoroughly at the first blast. Some
men were gravcling his roof that
day, and just as the Judge was
about to touch of tho charge a
workman named Snyder leaned
over the top Of the chimney to call
to the man below to bring up some
tar, when the Judge lit the slow
match. The view which met the
eye Of Mr.. Snyder as he went up
was a fine one, embracing as II did
Cape May, Baltimore and the Sand
wich Islands, and when he had
enough of drinking in the scenery
he sat down in the river apparent
~ with the intention Of exploring
the bottom. When he was fished
out he was glad to learn that not
only was the Judges chimney
thoroughly clean, but that il would
need about four cart-loads Of brick
to repair damages. After this the
Judge will clean his hues with
brush tied to q clothes-prop.
Year: 1875

THE FIRE FIEND.
Our People kept on the Rag
ged Edge" for Three or


Four Days.
Terribly Scared and Slightly SiDged,
But Not Seriously Damaged
Il HOuSe and Barn and Several
Hundred Rods Of Fencing
Probably the E'rtent Of


the Loss.
Year: 1875

The point Of most imminent dan.
ger was near the residences of Judge
Geo. W. Perry and Geo. f. Hol-
comb, corner Sixth street and Net
tleton avenue, across the street from
these places there being several old
frame and unoccupied houses, one
of which caught fire several times,
and was only kept from burning by
the untiring efforts and watchfuIness
of the men engaged in fighting the
fire at that point.


We may here very properly state,
that the fire, in itself, WAS not such
a very grand and terrible affair
not near as grand as prairie fire
but that the great danger to be APP
pretended from it was that it might
set fire to some of the frame build
Ings In its course, and this once ac-
complished, all the fire engines IN
the State Of Wiscon nsin couldn't save
the town, As, everything being as
dry as tinder, and the wind blowing
unusually strong, the flying shingles
aud cinders would soon confagrate
the whole town. Another bad
feature OF it was the intolerable'
smoke, which was almost sulfoca-
ting. In fact, we do not see how the
men who were fighting the fire
stood it, and too much praise Gan
not be ascribed to them for their
devotion and endurance.


The mode Of operation employed
In putting out the fire was by haul
ing water from the bay IN barrels,
and filing barrels placed along near
the line of the fire, the water being
used from them bl men with pals.
In this manner the fire was fought
,he entire day, when, about 6 P. NJ,
Providence again came 10 our aid,
the wind veering around to the
north, and thus again driving the
fire back. At this writing, Thurs
day afternoon, the wind is still blow
ing strongly from the same direc-
ton, and all danger seems to be
past, though many of our citizens
still have their goods packed, and
the fire is closely watched.


About 2 o'clock in the afternoon
the Duluth Fire Company, accom-
panied by their steam fire engine,
came over on the StiIlman Witt to
render our people what assistance
they could. Their engine being on
a scow, they located it At the foot of
Nettleton avenue, but after laying
$50 teet of hose, AL they had with
them, found they lacked one block
Of reaching the line Of the fire; in
this predicament, they concluded to
do the next best thing, and filled
several cisterns and one or two
water-tight cellars in the Vi
cinity, thus affording supply of
water to that locality which would
be very convenient in ease of an
emergency. This being done, the
"boys" hauled off. and after being
provided with sappers at the
homes Of several of our citizens,
returned to Duluth about halfpast
six in the evening Our citizens
feel very grateful for this very
marked act OF kindness on the part
ofour reighbors of the Zenith, and
are very lavish in their praise OF the
spirit exhibited. On behalf OF our
citizens we thank them, and wish
them all the good things that a fire
company can desire, and trust that
when they are finally called from
their Zenith to a Superior place
above, they will be as heartily wei
coined as they were here Wednes-
day, and find as little fire and less
smoke.


RAILROAD FROM SUPERIOR TO
Year: 1875

For a Fit of Idleness.-Count the tick
ing of a clock Do this for one hour. and
YOU will be glad to pull off your coat the
next and work like negro.


For Fit of Passion-Walk out in the
open air. You may speak your miud TO
the Winds without hurting any one on PRO
claiming yourself sinpleton


For Fits of Repining. about for
the halt and the blind and visit the bed
ridden and the afflicted and deramged, and
they will make you ashamed OF complain
ing of your lighter afiiictions.


For 4 Fit of Extravaganza and Folly
Go to the workhousc and speak to the In
mates Of a JAIL and you will be convinced


'Who makes his bed of brier and thorn.


Must be content to lie forlorn."


For Fit of Ambition.-Go into 4
churchyard and read the graycstones.
They will tell you the end of ambition
The grave will soon be your bcdchamber,
the earth your pillow, corruption your IA
thcr, and the worm your mother and sister.


For all Fits of Doubt, Perplexity and
Fear.-Whethcr they respect the body or
the mind whether they arc load TO the
shoulders, the head, or the heart, the fol
lowing is a radical cure, which may be re-
lied on, for we have it from the Great
Physician Cast thy burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain thee.


For Fit of Despondcncy,-Look on tho
good things God has given you in this
world, and to those which he has promised
his followers in the next. He who goes
into his garden to look fer cobwebs and
spiders no doubt viii find them; while Ire
who looks for flower may return into his
house with one blooming in his bosom.
Year: 1875

To KEEP a HORSE FROM JUMPING
FENcEs.-Take good strong leather head
halter, have the straps of good width at
tach rope-shank to it by tying one end of
the shank into the ring under the jaws
around the body where the harness saddle
bears place wide, substantial sircingle, and
fasten moderately tight; take the loose end
of the halter-shank and pass it between the
for legs around the gmth, and draw his
head down about fifteen inches below
level. 1t will, whfn placed in this posi-
ton, be impossible for him to jump any
fence he can Craze at viii, or lie down,
and cannot injure himself in the least which
he would otherwise do probably if yoke
was put on him.
Year: 1875

New YORK, July 2.-The Times, to-
morrow, will publish the following:


A TtD.cs reporter ascertained tonight,
from most reliable authority, that the
next movement Oh the part of Tilton will
be to ndict General Tracy for
perjury, upon the ground that
Tilton, M0ulton and Woodruff dis
tinctly stated TO him that the charge
was adultery while he swore on the wit
ness stand that it had reference to inn
proper proposals only. Tilton has been
advised to take this step by counsel who
have had nothing to do with the trial,
and it is believed that proceedings will be
commenced ut once.
Year: 1875

raising. To this class Of settlers
our country affords superior induce
1nents, and it is but reasonable to
supposethatthese inducements will
not be undervalued. With such
an increase of population the steam
boat business must improve, for
there are many parts of Montana
to which the river route viii offer
superior facilities. In the future,
as at present, the splashlng wheels
of our steamers will disturb the
waters Of the Upper Missouri, the
smoke-stacl1s will as ever be seen
creeping around the headlands, the
shrill shrek Of the steam-whistle
will still echo over our hills and
through our valleys, but for every
boat that has grazed our landing in
the past we shall witness a fleet.


No. Railroad communication
can not injure our town. The pros
perity Of Benton is dependent upon
the general prosperity Of Montana,
and that prosperity can in no way
be so eminently enhanced as by a
railroad. Let US cherish enllght-
ened views Of this subject. Let us,
without fear, invest here our means
and improve our town; and when,
ever an opportunity offers to lend
material aid to any substantial pro
ject of railroad communication, aid
it gladly and eagerly, in full assur-
ance that we shall not onl Y receive
the blessings of future generations,
but that We shall ourselves live to
reap the mighty rewards of sowing
in such fruitful soil this little meas
ure Of saving common sense.
Year: 1875

IL tOl1AlhG14b lIOu1OOl VI Ou1 COulu1ulllU UJ
that when Montana has railroad
Fort Benton will cease to be Of any
material Importance and will rapid
~ decay. The natural inference
Of this theory is, that all who have
any interest In the commercial pros
perity of Benton should strenuously
resist every effort to bring the
Territory into railroad communica
ton with the rest Of the civilized
world. The thought is worthy of
those days when the advancement
Of civilization was considered an
injury rather than blessing to
mankind, or of the short-sighted ig
norance Of those communities of the
mother country who saw nothing
bnt starvation ia the introduction
and use of machinery


Why Fort Benton should suffer
from a railroad, we confess our in
ability to understand. It is said
that we shall lose our freighting
business. But are we to infer from
this that two or three hundred per
sons are clustered here merely to
pass ten months Of each year await
ing the two months activity created
by the arrival Of few boats? that
the simple unloading of a few tons
Of freight, to remain on the landing
a day or SO and then roll off in bull
teams, constitutes the only reason
of our existence? Hardly. It is
the extensive fur trade centering
here that makes Of Us a town. A
trade radiating in all directions,
and comprehending in It's scope a
larger tributary country than is
possessed by any other town in the
Territory. A railroad cannot take
this from us. The commodities re-
CURED by the fur-trade can still be
furnished from Benton at lower
rates than from any other point,
and the accumulated peltries can
also be shipped from here with least
expense to the Eastern markets.


It may be answered, however,
that the fur-trade will eventually
decline. Undoubtedly it will shrink
in It's proportions with the increase
Of white population ia the fur-pro-
duc1ng regions, but as we interpose
between those regions and the pro-
posed lines of railroad their trade
must fall to us, no matter what class
Of customers they furnish. Already
the settlers cabins begin to dot the
valleys around US, but do the firms
engaged in the fur business COM
plain of this encroachment on the
domains Of their traffic? No. A
material increase Of business is the
result. Our merchants have added
to the staple articles Of the Indian
trade that constituted their former
stock, the agricultural implements,
the house furniture, the hundred
notions that are demanded by the
needs Of civilized man. And this
new trade has many advantages
over the old. 1t is almost destitute
of former risks, and is not depen-
dent upon the good will Of q set OF
tickle, corrupt officials, who give,
Withhold, and revoke, at their own
sovereign pleasure, the necessary
permits to trade. To the fur trade
we are indebted for our present
prosperity. This trade can only
.4L. Tic .nnrnaen nf 1anfan-
Year: 1875

NJ o. 6-
the blow had dashed his gun from
his hands, but in its stead he had
seized the lance of his victim, with
which he opened a passage through
the ranks Of his foes, and sped away
in the direction Of the fort. For
moment his enemies watched him
in amazement at the exploit, but
soon recovered themselves and
gave chase. It chanced, however,
that the Blood hero, had possessed
himself Of the best horse Of his as
sailants, swift and beautiful ami
NAL SO that he easily outstripped
his pursuers and arrived in safety
at the fort.


But the squaw, who was his sis
ter, was left q prisoner in the hands
Of the Crows. The bodies Of the
two warriors we're brought to the
fort and buried, but no traces Of
the squaw were found, and it was
evident that she had been carried
| into captivity. Several days after
this event, Major Culbertson sat in
front Of the fort enjoying the cool
ness of the evening. The Missouri
river rolled along at his feet, and
upon the opposite shore a steep
bluff uprose from the waters edge,
sloping away to the left until it
ended in one of the little wales so
numerous upon the upper Missouri.
Presently he caught sight Of fig
ure making its way carefully
through the bushes that fringe the
base Of the cliff where it was diff
cult to find standing room. His
curiosity was excited, and crossing
in the skiff, he was amazed to seB
before him the identical squaw who
had been carried off a prisoner by
the Grows. She was IN a sad plight,
being entirely naked except the
little protection afforded by bunch
es Of sage-brush tied about her per
son, with feet lacerated by days Of
travel over stones and prickly pear,
and was weak and emaciated from
exposure, fatigue, and starvation.


Her story proved her as much a
heroine as her brother had shown
himself hero. After her capture,
the Grows had travelled rapidly to
ward their own country, guarding
her with great vigilance. As an
additional precaution, her clothing
was taken from her every night,
and she was compelled to sleep
with a lynx-eyed old squow, whom
the slightest movement awakened.
Though constantly watching an op-
portunity to escape, none offered
until she was several days journey
! in the country Of her enemies
Here under cover Of the darkness Of
a stormy night, and aided possibly
by the relaxed vigilance Of her cap
tors, she was enabled to withdraw
without discovery. Then followed
five days Of painful travel without
food, in state Of nakedness, across
scorching plains and over rugged
mountains, reaching the fort just
when her heroic spirit was unable
longer to support her. She was at
once clothed and fed, and speedily
recovered from the effects Of her
4 painful experience.
Year: 1875

a


The Cincinnati Gazette very peril
nently called attention to the fact
some days ago that whatever politi-
cal reform is now going on in this
country is being made inside the
ranks of the Republican party. The
Senatorial elections as far as they
have been in the hands of Republi-
cans, have been carried with a high
and commendable purpose. Car
penter and Chandler, Senators, have
been set aside and men put in their
places whose ability, integrity, and
spotless lives are alike above ques-
tion. On the contrary, how have
the Democrats improved their oppor-
tunity for similar reforms? Instead
of Schurz, the ablest Democrat in the
Senate, they return an obscure Con-
federate Brigadier whose only claim
to the position of Senator is his rec
ord as soldier against the Union.
Instead of sending an able, incor
ruptible Senator from Pennsylvania,
they have put forward Coffee Pot
Wallace, small politician with the
stain upon his name of an acknOwl-
edged connivance at election frauds.
In Congress, instead of endeavoring
to legislate for the good of the cOun-
try, they have spent the entire ses-
sion in a desperate struggle for party
capital and to prevent the Republi-
cans from accomplishing the needed
work of the session Even Senator
Thurman no longer shows the
breadth of statesman, but bends to
the demand that requires of him to
be n narrow, trucking partisan.
Meanwhile the credulous Republi
can who voted with the Democrats
last fall on the supposition that they
were supporting reform movement
are beginning to grow impatient and
to ask when and where the 'refOrm"
10 tn HARM
Year: 1875

Danyii!e (Fa.) Cor. Boston Globe.


A new movement has set in among
the colored people. / was informed,
before leaving Boston, that the Ro.
man priesthood were actively at work
among the colored leaders in Ameri-
ca, Nerth as well as South; that the
black race was to be won over to the
Catholic Church, and that the ques-
tiOn of caste, as it involved civil
equality before the law and religious
equality in the worship of God, was
the issue upon which this work was
to be accomplished. l began my in
yestigation of this phase of the
Southern question in New York, and
have continued it down to this date,
Sndsat this place. am now prepar-
ed to say that the evidence in my
possession is overwhelmingly con-
clusively upon the following state
ments:


First, That If the Protestant
Churches of the South maintain
caste in the worship of God, and in
the theological seminaries for the
education of youth for the ministry,
that the colored people will go over
finally to the Catholic Church.


Second, That if the Protestant
North ahandons the blacks on the is
sue of civil rights, then the blacks of
the South will join the monarchial
party, which is gaining rapidly at the
South, and which has its active disci-
piles in every Southern community
from among the colored people.
Year: 1875

hood Is to be perpetual. The first


ten Years are golden years, that


should be filed with systematic read
ing and observation. Everything


that tends to professional and per-


sonaI excellence should be an object


of daily pursuit. To such men the


doors Of success open of themselves


at last Work seeks the best hands,
as naturally as water runs down
hill; and it never seeks the hands of


a trifier. or of one whose only recon-


mendstion for work is that he needs
it. Young men do not know very


muchany way, and the time always


comes TO those who become worthy,


when they look back with wonder


upon their early good opinion of their
aequirements and themselves.


Thee is another point that ought


not u l3 overlooked in the treatment
of this subject. Young men look
about them and see great measure
of worldly success awarded to men


without principle. They see the
trick sererowned with public honors,
they see the swindler rolling in
wealth they see the sharp man, the
oyerreaching man, the unprincipled
man, the liar, the demagogue, the
time7server, the trimmer, the scoun-
drel Who cunningly manages, through
constantly disobeying moral law and
trampling upon social courtesy, to
keep Aimself out of the clutches of
the hSal police, carrying off the
prizes of wealth and placess All this
is demoralizing puzzle and fear
full temptation; and multitudes of
young men are not strong enough to
stand Before it. They ought to un-
dersfsnd that in this wicked world
there is a great deal of room where
thereis integrity. Great trusts may
he sought by scoundrels, but great
trusts never seek them; and perfect
integrity is at premium even
among scoundrels. There are some
trusts that they will never confer on
each other There are occasions
whensthey need the services of true
men, and they do not find them in
shoak and in the mud, but alone and
in pufe water.


In Che realm of eminent acquire
ments and eminent integrity there is
always room enough. Let no young
man of industry and perfect honesty
despair because his profession or call
ing il crowded. Let him always re-
member that there is always room
enough at the top, and that the ques-
ton whether he is ever to reach the
top, Or rise above the crowd at the
base Of the pyramid, will he decided
by the way in which he improves the
first Ten years of his active life in Sc
curing to himself 4 thorough knowl-
edgeiof his profession, and a sound
ms~@s sss,d intellectaal culture DR..
J. G. Holland; Scribner for Janu-
ary.
Year: 1875

should this "nigger" hating rebel
element gain political control of thi:
nation, our rights would be in jeopar-
DIV. 1t is very unreasonable in the
Times to expect that the colored peo-
pie should be as intelligent as white
people, considering the fact that for
240 years the colOred race has been
in slavery, while the school houses
and colleges of the nation and civil
lied world have been open to
our more favored white fellowciti-
zens. The Times philosopher must
not expect too much of us in so short
a period. That ten years of free
dom should give to a race all the adj
vantages and attainments of race
claiming to be the superior race is
preposterous.


In short, the Times says further
that freedom and suffrage have not
been benefit to the celored race,
but in every particular a failure.
Judging from the assassinations and
massacres by the White Leagues,
now going on, if notehecked by the
strong arm of the Government, it
will continue to be failure.


SAMUEL Y. CASEY.