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Year: 1875

A Tribune correspondent, writing
from Colorado, gives tho following
sketch Of mine in that section L went
1000 feet into mine, following the
tunnel straight in. 1t was cut through
the solid rock without disclosure of
"pay" during the entire distance. 1t
was eight feet high and seven or eight
wide, and seemed almost large enough
for railroad tunnel A track was laid
within it for the donkey cars to haul out
the ore to the mouth of the drift. At
the end of the tunnel the veins were
found. They dive.ged in different di-
rections. Even underneath the tunnel
a sewer or canal had been built to carry
away the large streams of water found
in the mines, and J. saw what had not
thought of before-thatth the ore had been
taken out scores and scores of feet be-
low the level of tho tunnel, and that the
roof of one corridor, formed of timbers
and covered with earth, made the floor
of the corridor or hall above. Here,
thousands Of feet within the mountains.
where the sun never shone, were busy
workshops. Here large engine was
fizzing and putting; here was black
smiths forge; here was shaft extend
ing above and below, hundreds of feet
out of sight; here was hoisting ma
chine, with wire ropes and bells ringing
as signals for raising or lowering the
immense iron ore-tubs; here were steam
pumps working away as though the
mines would be flooded if they stopped
to take breath ; here were immense
water pipes to carry the water into the
main canal; here was q stable filed
with mules waiting,for their details; here
was an iron bin containing powder, fuse,
etc, for blasting, and here was chest
containing drills, hammers, and other
tools-in all, the most unexpected sight
possible to one who sees it for the first
time. A dull, dim, exasperating light
surrounds you, and if, in the uncertainty
of your vision, you stumble against n
car, or pickaxe, or step into bucket
of water, you arc laughed at by a dozen
owl-eyed miners, whose sight. by long
training, has overcome the darkness.
The superintendent asked me if I
would like to go down into the shaft q
to get down that distance. "You can
get into that tub" said he, "and we
will lower you with rope around q
drum -


"You are very kind" I answered,
"but I think will defer it.


"Or," said he, continuing, "you can
go down that ladder about eighteen feet,
when you will find n landing; then you
can take another ladder and go on I'M
til you reach the bottom"


As the ladder was almost perpendicu-
lar, and only the top round could be
seen in the dim light, again declined
the polite invitation. Ny present situa-
tion in the clammy atmosphere, the
sound of escaping steam i'll my ears, the
creaking of rollers, the digging of picks,
the noise of dozens of drill hammers,
the sound of water gurgling beneath my
feet, and Host in the heart of the noun
tain-al this served to fill me with awe
and apprehension.
Year: 1875

ESPECIALLY ASSORTED FOR SCRAP
BOOK I'LL Illustrations AND DRAW


ING CLASS COPIES


A large collection of pictures OF different
Lies and on almost every conceivable sub
ject have been put up IN an attractive envel-
ope and are now offered at u price intended TO
make them popular In every sense


Envelope No. l containing so beautiful en-
CRAVINGS Is now ready, and will be sent, post
age paid, to any address for ONE DOLLAR.
A liberal discount to agents and teachers.
Year: 1875

wlcontinue Shipping business
the above port where they prepared to furnish the
Justly celebrated KawAihae Potatoes and such other Re
required by whaleshps at the shortest notice
and the most reasonable terms FrewOOd always
hand. 53+ly
Year: 1875




The better Christian a really is, the better
neghbOr be will be, the better citizen, the better
scholar the better man in business and in every ro
lation Of life. have concet of any religion which
claims to glorfy God bnt which fails out good
men. The very work Of Christ in the world is TO
make US men. To make US men, manly men, gsner-
Gus men, pure men, holy men, this is the very Office
and mission of Christ The world is full of half men,
partial men, incomplete men. You walk over re-
cent battle field and you ndeverything in fragments
fragments Of guns, of artillery, Of horses, of men.
Here is man minus there one lacking limb;
yonder one who would be a man. but his head s
gone; yonder another all gone but his head. Now
what war in its wild havoc does on the battlefield
that sin does in society everywhere. The world is full
Of fragments Of men. Here is one meant to be
ble man, physique erect and cOmman ding intellect
ripe and large yet he lacks the ennobling principle
Of unse6sh love- which is the very crown of all excel
lence in character, human or divine. Yonder is be-
ing, who, in the great conflict, has been fearfully
shattered all there is left of him is pitfu greed for
money. YOnder another, all gone except his appe-
lite. This world is vast hospital filed with the bro
ken and battered wrecks Of torn humanity and Christ
IS walking up and down the wards and seeking to
make whole, OF what is the same thing, to make
them holy. To make men men, like his own peerless
manhood. to make men, for this he left the throne
for this be stopped the manger, for this he lived
and tOiled and jOurneyed and preached for this be
died-all that may in the unity of the faith
and the knowledge of the Son of God into perfect
man, unto the of the stature Of the funess
Of Christ.-Rer. j. W. Hongh
Year: 1875

money were alike denied to his waking
sight, he speedily closed his eyes again,
aud, extending his palm, said to the
dreamland bidder, Well, we'll, let's have
the ffty! A variation of this class is
the story Of the two fools. one of whom
dreamed that he had trodden on a nail,
and Straightwsy ION waking) bandaged
his foot His comrade, having asked
and learned the reason, delivered him
self Of the sage observation: Rightly
are we called foolish; for why ever do
you 20 to rest without your shoes onY


THE doctors aud their patients are
not forgotten in the old jests. There is
the case OF one who, having had his
uvula operated upon, was hidden not to
talk. Accordingly, he desired his slave
to return for him the salutations OF those
who bade him good.morrow; but, when
this was done, kept saying to each in
the fullness Of his courtesy: Don't take
it as an affront If my slave salutes you
in my stead; my medical man has bid
den me not to talk. Another fool be-
ing sick agreed with the doctor that he
would pay him fee if cured. So, when
his wife blamed him for drinking wine
when in a high state Of fever, he re-
torted, What do you want me to get
well, then, and have to pay the doctor
his fee2


"a man is told Of, who seeing physi-
clan coming, slipped out of sight. A
friend observing this, asked the reason.
WELL said the other It's some time
since I've been sick, and really I'm
ashamed to be seen by him. Another
story is: "A doctor gave up Cumen
patient. The patient recovered, and
, Shirked the doctor. On the latter in
quiring the reason, the explanation was
as follows; why, you said | was dying,
and I'm ashamed to be alive and we'll. !"


Among the old stories which are
very old, and still current in some shape,
are those Of the order to stuff pitcher,
that had served as bolster, with feath-
ers by way Of making it softer; that of
the simpleton who, wanting to cross the
river in hurry, preferred to ride into
the ferryboat and not alight; that of the
man who, going to inquire for sick
friend, was told by his widow, Alas,
he's gonel' and simply replied, If he
return, will you say calledY That of
him who when called to task for usurping
his hall-porters functions, and saying


not at home with his own lips, pro.
ceeded to pick quarrel with his visitor
because he doubted his word, though he
would have believed his slaves; that of
the host whose guests enjoyed eollared
head so much that they vowed that they
would dine with him next day, upon
which he went to his butcher and ordered
another head Of the same pig, which is
worthy to figure side by side with the
Irish spirit-merchant's advertisement,
that be had still on sale small guam
tity of the whisky which was drunk by
his late majesty in Dublin"
Year: 1875

student was the chief instrument in
clearly setting forth and establishing
was the doctrine, wrought out by careful,
cautious inquiry in all parts of the world,
that the frame Of this earth was gradual
ly brought into its present condition,
not by sudden and violent conyulsions,
but by the slow and silent action Of the
same causes which we see now, but
operating through long succession Of
ages beyond the memory and imagina-
tion of man. There need be no question
whether this doctrine agrees or not with
the letter of the Bible. we do not ex-
pect it should. Fer, had there been
no such scientific conclusions, we
now know perfectly well, from
our increased insight into the nature and
origin Of the early biblical records, that
they were not aud could not be literal,
prosaic, matter of fact descriptions Of the
beginning Of the world, of which, as of
its end, no man knoweth or can con-
ceive, except by figures or parallels. 1t
is now clear to all students of the bible
that the first and second chapters of
Genesis contain two narratives Of the
creation, side by side, differing from each
other in almost every particular Of time,
and place and order II is now known
that the vast epoehs demanded by scien-
ti6c observation are incompatible both
with the 5000 years Of the Mosaic chron-
ology and the six days of the Mosaic
creation. No one now infers from the
bible that the earth is fixed, that it can
not be moved, that the sun does literally
60 forth as bridegroom from his cham
Der, or that the stars sung with an audi
BILE voice in the dawn Of the creation. -
Dean Stanley In Popular Science
Monthly for May.
Year: 1875

? THE old superstitious idea that the
hand of dead man is a talisman against
evil, once prevalent among southern ne.


groes, seems not to have died out. A


vault in Grcenville, Miss, was recently
broken open and a hand cut from a
Year: 1875

The bonds stolen from the Office of the
County Judge and Surrogate of Richmond County were
appears property OF the Richmond County Mutual
Insurance Company the directors Of which met yester
day at Richmond to take TO secure their re-
covery Steps have been taken to prevent the negota


ton Of these bonds and the only advantage the robbers
can expect s reward for their return. Some Of the
tools found In the Office when the burglary dscoy
cred are the property OF Edward Eolsn, blacksmith
of Fresh Kills, about two miles from this village One
of the tools a nailpunch with Mr. Nolans name upon
il, and has idonrihed by him. He says that his
shop robbed on the same night that the burglary
was committed Tno local police are at work upon the
case but is much faith felt in their ability ~
bring the burglars TO Justice.
Year: 1875

hearing shoud be held on Wednesday next by tho Com
Intee in Chamber Of the Board OF Aldermen AZ Pi
IN Those who NAV appear before the Committee wiz
he heard orally or they may submit written statements
The Committee believe that in this manner they may re-
ceiVe fine assistance OF such OF their ellowcitzens
as have given the subject their attention ana
study, and that they may be enabled to frame ana
nd some law that will provide fairy TOT tho
adnstment of every question, comprehend the neces-
saTy details aud secure rapid transit at the points
where the city's need IL most pressing


Tho Nayor received a communication yesterday from
Gen C. X Graham, Engineerin- Chief OF the DOCK De
partmept Announcing that Committee OF the Society
OF Civil Engineers consisting Of Gen. Graham, Chlti
Engineer Chanute of the Eric RAILWAY, and others,
wouId call on the Mayor to-day and submit plan and
report ON the subject Of rapid transit Oh which lhey
have been engaged for some time
Year: 1875

When advertisers remember that not the OF the Gas
they pay for bat Of copies which rcusthey si
that s plan equitable both the publishers and the advertiser 40
THE JOURNAL largely sold the cars viii BE- probable daring
occupied securing the circulation Of MILLION ooPIss 1.
doube shat number persons would read the Advertisement


Specimen copies Of THE JOURNAL us. sent on APPLICATION
Address
Year: 1875

VlRGINIUs INDEMNITY MONEY

 The Virginius affair has been disposed of by the compiste pay ment of the $8o,000 agreed upon last March. The last payment was made to Minister Cushing a few days ago, and the matter will no longer be an issue between this government and Spain.
Year: 1875

in such histories. as the question whether
tho goods were even in store. Still. for whnt
they have got from tho Court OF Appeals, the
companies will be duly thankful. To the hon
est merchant tho decision offers renewal OF
tho oft-repeatcd warming "Read your poll
"ciesw II is worth while to know what
predcamcnt may result from q fire that burns
up the books and vouchers as well as the goods
The chance of recovery of Insurance, in such
an event, when the policy contains the clause
referred to, will depend upon the memory OF
the merchant as to his purchases, and the
good will of those from whom he has bought,
who are probably still his creditors. Perhaps
good plan would be to keep set OF dupli-
cate invoices in the vaults Of safe-deposlt
COMPANY.
Year: 1875

will need to pick their way very carefully to avoid
falling. And tho very 6rst thing they need to
do is to separate the organization of the House
from all possibility Of future scandals. what
ever else they do, they must begin in cleaniy
way. Can they do better than make q resolu-
ton binding the members, throughout tho ses-
sion, to a relentless hostility to ail railroad and
steamship subsidies, the very first business In
order in their caucus to-dayf After that has
been made matter of party discipline, their
contest over the Speakership can be peaccably
concluded, and tho session will DO shoIn of
half its dangers.
Year: 1875

agoment. Unfortunately these are much rarer than
the speculative kind pushed by shyser lawyers for
share OF the verdict The suit against The Brenino
Mall if not Of this latter kind. at least 10
have been vindictive in It's nature and without any
real of malice in the original publication. Tho
Mail was simply mised by a sensational reporter
into the publication Of nnruo and injurious state
ment concerning a reputable captain Of a sailing
vessel. TIE moment il discovered its mistake il did
everything in its power 10 repair it, and everything
a reasonable man could ask Tho original verdict
against it seems to TO have been oppressive and
the admission Of the plaintiff that the only
pushed because his lawyers had interest in the
recovered, converts it from suit for the protection
Of character into suit for tho extortion Of money
account of misfortune. In the interests OF fair
play therefore, glad 10 SEQ that The Mad has
secured D new trial.
Year: 1875

Recent reference has been made in these
columns to the large proportion of insurance
losses due TO inccndiary fires. As a rule such
losses are more apt to be total than those re-
sulting from accident since the iDcendiary in
general strives to include in the fire all traces
of guilt, and is especially anxious to conceal
the sleuderness of his stock of goods as
compared with his insurance. There is
always the risk Of design added to
that of accident in making destructive fire.
The difficulty Of procuring evidence of such
fraud is SO great that the companies prefer to
pay this class Of losses, no matter what their
suspicious, in every instance except the few
where the incondiary act can be proved.
In court, the sympathies of a jury usually
go against the company. and its
chief hope Is in M appeal. This, rather than
an undue desire to contest claims, is the cause
of the frequent appearance of both life and
fire insurance companies as litigants i'll the
higher courts.


4 decision in ono of this class of cases
OB,icn, Sheriff. against the Commercial Fire
Insurance Company of this s-city-rcndered by tho
Court of Appeals, the opinion being delivered by
the Hon. Wm. +. Allen, is reported in another
column. II covers a point in fire insurance
deemed of great importance by the companies
in respect to largo proportion of incendary
fires. Many policies. as did the ono Oh which
this suit was based, contain a clause requiring
The insured, iu case of loss, TO furnish
duplicate invoices Of the goods damaged or
destroyed. The objecl OF this clause IA evident.
I'm case the burned goods are abandoned TO
the underwriters, they become tho purchasers.
As such they are entitled TO u knowledge OF
the invoice cost Of what they buy, or Mt ali
events they become 80 entitled by the specific
clause in the policy. The fact that
his invoices may he destroyed by fire
does not, according TO this decision,
relieve the person insured from his
Obligation to furnish them. He must procure
DUPLICATES of them from the merchants of
whom the goods wore purchased, or prove that
for some reason or other he cannot do So.
The decision intimatcs that the latter contin-
cency might receive favorable consideration
in court.


In instances OF inccndiary fires for the pur-
pose of fraud upon insurance companies, an
almost invariable occurrence is the burning Of
all books, inyoicet and other vouchers which
might show the actual amount of goods in
store. So far as the purchase of such gaods is
concerned, this decision will prove Of service to
insurance companies, and may serve to check
the performance of the incendiary. He will
thus have to show at least that he did have
the goods In store ut some time previous to
the fire. There is, however, nothing in the
decision compelling hrm to prove that tho
goods were not removed from the store
before the fire took place - which Is
probably quito ~ interesting point
Year: 1875

Tho opposition of property owners on the
routes of the rapin transit road in this city
fully equals expectation. On the East Side the
opponents on record own three-ffths OF the
property fronts involved. But the interests or
a far larger number of citizens than they arc
dependent upon obtaining rapid transit ana
the questions at issue must be met on the
principle of providing the greatest good for the
greatest number.
Year: 1875

Of the 36G members who are to meet Oh
Monday next in the two Houses OF Congress-
100 have had previous service, while
176 are without Congressional experience
and are almost absolutely unknown to
The country at large. This is start
ling statement of tho situation. Never
since the outbreak of the war; rarely for many
years before that, have the reins of govern
mont been intrusted so largely to untried
hands. The country will in few days be
learning their names, reading their maiden
speeches. laughing over the multiplicity
of their first propositions to amend
the Constitution in thousand par
ticulars, and set everything that is now
wrong all right at once by legislation. Mean
time we crafty a natural curiosity by present
ing in other columns complete and
accurate account of them. The sketches
are brief, but in most cases they en-
body all tie essential facts. Every pains has
been taken to make them exact; and
grouped thus together they form the best
DIGEST of information about our new rulers
anywhere accessible Readers of a political
turn of mind will do well to cut it out and
Year: 1875

An explosion in torpedo factory at East
Ncw-York has brought death in horrible
form TO one of the workmen. AS tho toys
called tOrpcdoes are not OF the silghtcSt
service or value, and are fraught with danger
all the way from the first process of their manu-
facture to their final explosion, there seems 10
be no good reason why their sale should not
be prohibited and their possession be punished
by fiue That would put stop to making
them.
Year: 1875

That international nuisance, Sergeant Bates, has
been planning, it seems to invade and harass Can
ada. His purpose Canadian paper stated to be TO
make ten thousand Canadian hearts beat respon-
sive to the symbol Of good will Like careful
man no went over tho ground iiT.t quietly to dis
cover whether his pilgrimage in full panoply would
be safe or successful In town, We regret to SAY.
it was ntimatod to him that neither his flag nor he
would meet with a ilattering reception. In fact.
they threatened destruction to the one and bodily
injury to the other Tho name Of that town we sup
press In Secretary Robesons present state OF mind.
with 30 many tons of chewing tobacco and cannon
balls ready for USE with all tho decks cleared and
the Secrotarys waistband frightened for action, ID
would MT be safe. just advise all the lit
tie South American Republics and the Islands of the
Caribbean Sea TO keep ont of that warike mariners
way. He is fairly yearning for small quantity OF
somebody's blood
Year: 1875

A proposed improvement III the system Of
teaching music in our public schools renders
OF timely service the sketch i'll our Boston
correspondence of what has been accomplished
by superior management elsewhere. We may
not equal in this city the results attained in
the public schools of Boston, for ii is doubtful
whether the men who are capable of organiz-
ing and developing such methods would be
encouraged here in then work; but it is at
least desirable to know what can be done if
our school authorities should set about the
matter in earnest. II need take no more of
the time of the pupils to learn properly and
thoroughly so much of the art of vocal music
as can conveniently be taught in public schools,
than il does now to give them the little
knowledge which if not u dangerous is at best
q worthless thing.
Year: 1875

Tho policy Of planting fire. insurance companies
upon secure basis aside from their capital stock.
has been frequently advocated in THE TRIBUNE. Is
Is one of the merits Of State surplus law that TO
the companies that go under it, il il compulsory In
requirng that their gains in periods Of prosperity
shall be laid aside TO meet the sudden shock OF
adversity. Connecticut has no such law; but some
of the best citizens Of Hartlord-men whose names
arc almost q guarantee OF good management-in
forming the Safety Fire Insurance Company, have
embodied this principle Of security in its charter.
This provides that all profits 10 Der cent shall
20 to reserve fund.- which, with its sccumulations.
except per cent interest on it. will be kept solely
for tho benefit of policy holders The effects fairly
to be anticipated that tho stock viii be solid
Investment not liable to sudden depreciation. and
that the company thus secured will gain good
place in the race for popular favor.
Year: 1875

Nothing since the great trial itself Will at
tract more attention than the remarkable letter
of Mrs. Moulton which we print to-day. In
this elaborate rehearsal of her belief that Mr..
Beecher was guilty, she has contributed a new
chapter to the scandal, and probably opened
new volume. People who are anxious to have
the whole affair dragged again under the nose
of the public may now fairly hope to have
their wishes gratifed. 1t is evident from this
letter that in any future trial, whether before
an ecclesiastical or civil tribunal, there will
he the same utter and hopeless conflict of evil
dence as hitherto. The believers in Mr.. Beech
el's innocence and those who are sure of his
guilt will each find new means for strengthen
ing their respective theories, and after all is
said will remain Of the same opinion still.