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Year: 1875

she would have been taught to observe and
study things until she would have made
the great discovery thaA- the real world is
more interesting CO. IMAGINARY M glnns 9ss gas
active little fingersssjnid have had deli
cate and ingenious KaRk to do--work that
would have seemed like play, but would
have more real variety. as well as more
use, in it.


Two things must be said about Sophy
ttat think could scarcely be said Of most
children rs full Of Imagination as she was
She was afraid Of nothing, and she never
told lies to escape blame or punishment.
Sf you wanted to know who had doue some
piece Of mischief, and asked her about it,
she was quite likely to reply in some odd
way. Perhaps abe would be, at the time,
. stranger travelling through the town, but
in that case she would remark that she &C
cidentally saw little girl, whose name she
had understood was Sophy, commit the
mischief referred to, aRd7she believed that
little girl was very sorry. Or she would
say it had been done by an intimate friend
of hers, whose name she could not remem-
Der, but since it tcds her friend IL would be
only fair to lay the responsibility on her.


Her fearelessness was qnite remarkable
for one SO full Of fancies. She would 20
into dark room without the slightest hesi-
tation, although she seemed to believe that
it was full Of living things-thst the bed
and the pictures could speak if they chose,
and that invisiofe kpeople- ,wsre
walking about on the carpet. One
reason for this was the fact that her sunt
had never told her such vulgar and r1dicul-
Gus ghost-stories or stories of cruelty aud
fear m many children hear from their nur-
ses and relatives. But another reason was
her quiet, childliks faith in the protection
Of God and His holy angels
Year: 1875

The bronze ststuary Just now 50 popular
is manufactured by a simple process
Over the clay model Is poured coating of
plaster of Paris, which, having been al
lowed to set is taken oH In anltons, thus
affording hollow mold ~ the n zBse From
sncha mold is prodaoed q -tucyy duplicate,
either Of the entire statue or of!such por-
tion thereof As is intended to;be cast at a
time, and ON this again is fornted second
mold of greater thickness and solidIty for
the reception of molten metal. The ma
terial used for the final mold is acOmposition
of stucco and brick k-dust, this il applied in
plastic state To the stucc0 model, from
which its inner surface takes the form Of
the figure We're statues cast solid, it
would now only be necessary to separate
mold from model, and run metal into the
former till its interior vas filled. This,
however, would involve absurd waste, and
IN order to economiEe material. a solid core
is placed inside the mold, leaving only such
space all around as will receive the thick
ness of metal deemed necessary for the
work in hand The nbld, with its core.
having been thus completed and firmly
hOUped round with bands of iron, is placed
IN kiln to bake tosperfect dryness. This
precaution i necessary from the eircum-
stance that even sIrace Of moisture might,
on the applications ~ molten metal, occasion
a dangerous explosion. In the case Of the
casting now "a question, the drawing Of
the mold OCCUPIES some weeks. On the
removal from the kiln, the mold is buried
IN dry eartA below the floor Of the foundry,
only the aperture for receiving the metal
and the \ int hole for the escape Of the air
remaining visible.
Year: 1875

Ii would be too long To relate a tte
uses to which elephants are applied al
Burmah.


Let us watch them at work among the
wood yards where the trunks of lockwood
trees, which come floating down the river,
are piled Every working elephant is
mounted by driver called ''conace, 4"
whose principal business ID rather To excite
the animal than TO direct il. In the season
when the roads are cut, the trunks come
down the river to the bar much faster than
they can be disposed of III the sawmill,
aud they accumulate in vast quantities all
along the banKs. 1t is necessary, there
fore, 10 drag the trees ont of the water,
and arrange them III piles, until such time
As they can be cut up.


There are only three sorts Of piles, vary
ing with the size Of the trees. First an
elephant in the water clears the logs from
th' mass and ranges them one by one upon
tht bank He carefully examines
the chaos ~ logs, and proceeds with tusk
and trunk to disengsge the tree he had Sc
lected, and which he intends to carry to
land. AS soon as the tree is placed On the
bank another elephant is harnessed to 1t,
and drags it to the wood yard, where ne
leaves it,


Two other elephants now come up, and
one Of them takes one end Of the log upon
his trunk, and drags it to the pile upon
which, in view Of it's size, it ought TO be
placed, while his companion assists him BY
pulling with all his might. AS soon as
they reach the proper pile the first ele-
phant lifts the top of his log upon the pile,
then he forms kind of ring around the
log with his trunk, while the other, with a
vigorous blow Of his head, shoots the log
into its place.


The intelligence displayed by these ami
mails is almost incredible, and we should
scarcely have believed it f we had not
seen their movements as described above.
Year: 1875

With his dear, frowsy old head full Of
these visions he cheerfully bade the family
good bye, and departed humming his fa-
Forite hymn, "When l can read my title
dear" Old Morocco professed to like that
hymn, because it reminded him Of his trade,
IN did also bis other favorite, "Blest be the
tie that binds"
Year: 1875

At 9allsrt, in Australia, recently,
nugget of gold weighing OF. dwt was
picke@up in Marcarthur street by a poor
work hgman. The discovery was rather
singular. He was wearing pair of almost
solelSss boots, and while walking along the
stred, felt hard substance pressing
against the bottom Of his foot Looking
dowh to ascertain if the cause was a sharp
pointed stone, he saw the point of the mug
yet Sticking out Of the ground, Aad soon
nnaArkhed N
Year: 1875

Perhaps there Is no work in tho world
that requires 80 much study, care and
painstaking effort as the work Of the
teacher, iii be nell dome. The work Of
the teacher is TO develop character in the
pupil, To train his powers aud faculties
in the best possible way, that he may be
come thinking being governed by those
principles which indicate his fitness for
true citizenship This work can never be
done well by spnsmodic efforts. The
teacher who would achieve success, and
fulfill the obligations resting upon him,
must labor steadily and persistenty.


Unfortunately for many pupils, they
are obligel to be under the instruction Of
these spasmodic teachers To-day the
teacher is well prepared, and works no.
bly,; tomorrow partially prepared, little
nervous MS n consequence easily disturbed
in the days duties; the next day perhaps
better, but frequently less fitted for good
honest work Then comes another
spasm Of excellent preparation and the
teacher is encouraged by the result Of
her own effort manifested in the general
smoothness with which the whole machin
cry Of school life runs for the time


Teachers nre npt 10 say, in reply 10 such
statements as the above, that every school
must have its hard days-must have its
clouds. This Is true, but "a "bebind the
clouds the sun is still shining and will
soon dispel them, 30 will the everready
teacher be able 10 clear away the clouds
which 80 frequently come 10 many school
rooms.


Az VIC have indicated large share Of
the difficulty In these schools go uncvcnly
governed and instructed arises either
from neglect or non-realization Of respon
sibility On the part Of the teachers Some
say that they work for the number Of
hours they arc employed and for which
they are paid, and even then earn moro
than they get Undoubtedly this ia Of,
ten true, and yet the responsibility can
not consistently be sbirkcd. / am bound
to labor just as faithfully for small as
large sum, IL / engage 10 do certain
work. The faithful engineer will not be-
less On the alert or less mindful Of his
duty, because he does not receive asmuch
as fellow engineer. The ground Of ex.
cuse was not well taken. Every teacher
is bound for humanity's sake 10 do his
'level best" in all his work for his school
Each new experience should enable him
10 progress in the manner Of doing his
work; besides, he should grasp every out
side influence that will assist him. Re
PROGRESSION should never be tolerated.
Another source Of this uneveuess in
school work, besides the lack Of stadious
preparation, is want Of care in the ply.
sical habits. The best condition Of mind
and body is necessary 10 command that
control Of self, which, in the presence Of
the young, is worth more for discipline
and instruction than thousand preeepts
r. RI e.
Year: 1875

To CLEAN PAINT.--Thcre is very
simple method to clean almost any kind
Of paint that has become dirty, and IL our
house wives would adopt il, it would save
thom u great deal of trouble. Provide u
plato, with some of the best whiting to bo
had and have some clean warm water, n
bit of flannel, which dip into the water
and squeeze nearly dry; then apply to
the painted surface, when a little rubbing
will instantly remove any dirt or grease.
After which, wash the part with clean
water, rubbing it dry with u soft chamois
Paint thus cleaned looks az well as when
first put on, without any injury to the
most delicate colors, and docs not require
more than half the time and labor.
Year: 1875

What knowledge IL Of most use, has
been much debated question, aud has
been treated By writer's az If IL we're what
knowledge ought we 10 use, and perhaps
this Is what is fairly meant. But let the
question be, what kind Of knowledge do
men make most use Of, and we assert
that Except some simple relations Of
number, time and extent, which al men
possess, we make most use Of the kaowl
edge OF language. We use this Knowledge
constantly, and almost always without
thinking Of It. Il is Ike the ar which
We breathe every moment, while we never
see it.
Year: 1875

MELTED DowN.-The Silver Belt has had bad Iuck with its fire brick. Hutchson went to the trouble and expense of going to Hardyvlle and hauling imported brick which everybody sup posed would stand any blast that could be gotten up, but it gave way like wax before the fame and doomed the boys to another disappointment Their next hold is 10 wait for the brick ordered three or four weeks ago from San Francisco, when they propose to try again. There surely must be fire material somewhere that will stand sIl the blast that one-horse blower eau get up. They ran out l33 pounds of bullion this heat be- fore the brick gave way. This bullion with some of the best ore will be shipped to San Francisco and its value ascertained while they are waiting for brick.
Year: 1875

Some years ago while Ed. Peck was acting as guide for the military, he discovered a monster quartz ledge about 2 miles east of the head waters of War Eagle Creek, in the direction of Bradshaw Mountain. but finding but little gold in the rock, and being unac- quainted with the characteristics of silver bearing ores, he paid but little attention to it, until recently when he became convinced recent rich discoveries in silver, and deter mined to investigate it more thoroughly He accordingly took with him C. C. Bean, Wm. Cole and T. N. Alexander and revisited it last week and ascertained the vein to be from 50 to 12j feet in width, and by assay of some fifty samples taken from various parts of the lode to contain an actual working value of from $40 to $50 in silver, besides a fair percentage in gold. Satisfied that they had good thing in the mine, they began to prospect for water, timber, etc. and, becom- ing thirsty, Peck went to a spring or brook to drink, and after satisfying his thirst sat down to rest and refresh himself, when his eye rested on large piece of rich silver float near the bed of the little stream, this he examined and becoming satisfied of its ex- traordinary richness, directed his vision up the stream with view to ascertain the source from whence it came, and 10 his as tonishment, there in plain view, cropping out in bold relief on the side of the mountain stood the ledge, not so wide as the Wallace, but

 RICHER BY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO THE

 TON.

 They had not time to ascertain the exact width of this new find, but we are assured by MT. Cole that it is no mean rival of either the Tiger or the McCrackin in size, and will discount either in richness. They brought in hundred pounds or more of the ore which assays away up into the thou sands. In fact, it is not necessary to assay it at all. Even the unpracticed eye of the novice in silver mining must be dull indeed not to recognize in this ore the genuine horn silver permeating the whole mass, besides chlorides all over and through it in every di- rection. Some of the specimens that have been exposed to the atmosphere for ages are oxidized to such degree that the silver is nearly all in that state, leaving the residue of rock full of cells like honey comb, thus giving very good idea of the proportion of metal to that of rock according to bulk. If these gentlemen are not esregiousy mis,a- ken as to the extent of their discovery they have certainly found mine that will make them all rich, which God prosper.
Year: 1875

SLAUGHTER oy INSeCESTs-During the prepa- ration for removing. Whitehead's restaurant last week, something over one hundred rodents were inhumaDly put to death. Many were torn by savage dogs, others beaten with clubs and tor tured in various ways, and all for no other req son than that they had established their Camp in an old sewer where they had hoped 10 pass their lives in peace and have safe retreat from predatory cats and terriers. Such is the fate of rats as well as men, when we think our greatness still aspiring, there comes a frost, etc,and then We fall like autumn leaves.
Year: 1875

SHIPPING ORE-Thc Silver Belt Company have begun to ship ore to San Francisco. Some six tons arc now being sacked and will be followed up by other shipments as fast as possible until 100 tons have been sent away when they propose to make a sale, afler which they will know just what they can do. The owners of the Peck are also preparing to make a shipment.
Year: 1875

TIE Nill fer the Crook mine landed safely at its destination last week. without the slightest ac- cdent or delay, and will soon be set up and put to work.

 What with crushing and shipping ores, we hope to sec more money and better times soon. In the meanirte, those who come from abroad would de well 10 bring enough money with them to de- relop mines for themselves There are hundreds of small leads that caE te handled with a little money, say few thousands each. There are enough here now without money. Our mines are not such that labor alone will develop and make profitable, The Crook mill is good example for q starter, and we hope to see the others follow it.
Year: 1875

MINING prospects in Yavapai county look better than at any time since We have known 1t, and we are assured by old settlers that the exhi- biiion of ore from the late discoveries is alto gether more fattcring than anything hitherto brought in. There seems to be better feeling and inclination among miners to try to do some thing with their ores than heretofore. Some pret- tv heavy shipments of smelling ore will soon De sent away, and the mills and arrastras arc doing their best
Year: 1875

"LApIEs who have distinguished themselves in Arizona. is the title of an article handed us by Rev G A. Rceder. and which we are obliged to lei go over until next week. The ladies wil'' no doubt look anxiously for it as do the pupils oi Mir Sherman's school to see who has received the most credit marks during the month.
Year: 1875

No Go.-Last week we announced, premature ly, as it now seems. the departure of party of cinuabar sharps for the scene of the new discove- ries on the Verde. Our authority was one of ihe party who had his outfit complete and bid us farewell with promise to bringa good sample of the ore for inspection. Something must have interfered to dctain them, see they are still here.
Year: 1875

Remember the meeting under the pines on the Plaza on Sunday afternoon. It will be strictly moral, and every man, woman and child in Pres colt and vicinity is cordially invited to be there and take part in the exercises.
Year: 1875

JUDGE A. C. SWIFT, old acquaintance of ours experienced both in law and in mining mat ters, arrived here on Tuesday and will become d permanent resident if he concludes on investiga- ton of the outlook that prospects will warrant it.
Year: 1875

THE Postmaster General has hit upon a very effective way of bursting lottery bubbles before any ore loses money on them. He in structs the postmaster in the city where the lottery is drawn not to pay the manager any money order or deliver to him any registered letter that may be sent to him.
Year: 1875

\ NEGRO eXpounding the Bcecher scandal said he believed Mir. Beecher was innocent, but yet he was afraid that when Beech CT wrote the ragged edge letter he was himself under the delusion that he was guilty.
Year: 1875

Toe West Point (Miss.) advertiser h as
the following, which AmeS will doubtless
enjoy: "A report of the treasurer of COlfax
county was not made at the last meeting of
the board 1I supervisors. AT the ses sion this
week a committee OF citizens waited upon the
board and demanded a report from the treas
urer. The report was forthcoming, and was
read until the account of the courthouse and
Jail warrants was reached: this account
showed that there were eight thousand eight
hundred and rifty-thres dollars in warrants
on hand. An exhibit OF these was demanded
when the chancery court clerk con fegsed thai
the warrants had been paid, the treasurer of
the county had received the gTeenbackS from
the people, and he. tue chanceTy CLERK in
stead Of presenting them TO the board that
they mi ghJ be cRnceled, he deposited Them
out as cOllateTals ana borrowed money which
he used on his own private account He is
now unable 10 replace the amount and the
burden OF the loss Will fall on the p4OpIe
They viii have to pay this eight Thousand
eight hundred and hfty-three dollars again
he treasurer Of the county, Vincent Petty a
black man, hss thus evidently been made
the tool OF this grand mOgul friend OF his race
ana Is now in the eyes of the law, IeSponslblC
Vincent Petty is negro; he is treasurer of
COlfaN county, and being, as all negro office
holders are, iACOm petenJ to perform the duties
OF his Office. mad this man Harrington who is
chanctry court clerk Of the county, a. his
deputy. Using money which does rot belong
TO you Is serious thing; 1t IS crime known
as embeZZ.emeDt, and is a penitentiaTy Of
tense. Let the severity OF the law fall where
yet been one tried but who was found want
Year: 1875

Will be glad to see any and all OF my old
friends al my new headquarters, and l urge
upon them to favor me with their patrOnagy
may rely upon honorable and liberal dealing
for which believe my experience of over
forty years has given me some reputation with
all VINO have had business with me, or VINO
know me personally. Respectfully,


octlO J, T. MCKINNEY, SR,
Year: 1875

In New York there are 40
churches and chapels and S,440
dram sho p. There is a house Of
worship fer every two THOUSAND
Persoas-ILost Of them only open
one day in the week; there is a
dram shop for every one hundred
and twelve persons, and open ev-
cry day-aad al dJy-aud some
times al night
Year: 1875

OUR FISHERIES. = Mr.. Ham
mond, a gentleman running u her
ring fishery at Port Madison, and
who has followed the business for
years, has kindly furnished US
with some valuable information
in regard to the herring and cod
fisheries of the Sound. He says
that he came to the Sound six
years ago to engage in the fish
ing business, and after expert
menting for two years found that
our naturally fine cod fisheries
had been entirely destroyed by
seining on the spawning grounds
during the spawning season.
Besides catching the female fish
the seines would drag the spawn
high above the low water mark,
thus entirely destroying this val
liable fishery in the space of four
years.


He found the herring fishery
profitable, and endeavored to
preserve it by not seining on the
spawning ground, but he now
finds that this branch is likely
soon to be destroyed also, as the
Chinese and Indians seine there
constantly during the spawning
season, for few perch and floun-
ders. The spawning season is
from the goth of February to
the 1st of June, and steps should
be taken for the passage of a
bill prohibiting seining on spawn
ing beds during that season, OF
one Of the most valued sources
Of wealth to our Territory will
soon be destroyed.


Mr.. Hammond says that he
would introduce Holsters into
these waters if laws could be
passed protecting them until they
had time to increase.
Year: 1875

MISSISSIPPI STEAMBOAT RAClNa.- In
the flush times I" of steamboating, .
race between two VIGOROUSLY feet
steamers was an event of vast import
ance. The date was set for it several
weeks in advance, and from that time
forward the whole Mississippi Valley
was in state of consuming excitement.
Politics and the weather were dropped.
and the people talked only of the COM
ing race. As the time approached. /. the two
steamers stripped and got ready.
Every incumbrance that added weight.
or exposed resisting surface to wind
or water, was removed, if the boat could
possibly do without it. The spars. and
sometime even their supporting derricks,
we're sent ashCrs, and no means left to
set the boat ahoat in case she got aground
When the Eclipse and the A. L. Shot
we'll ran their great race % years ago,
it is said that pains were taken to scrape
The gliding off the fenciful device which
hung between the Eclipse's chimneys'
and that for that one trip the captain
left off his kid gloves and had his head
shaved. But 1 always doubted these
things.


If the boat was known to make her
best speed when drawing five and half
feet forward and five feet aft, she was
carefully loaded to that exact figure
she wouldn't enter dose of home-
pathic pills on her manifest after that.
Hardly and passengers were taken, be-
cause they not only add weight but they
never will "trim boat" They always
ran to the side when there is anything
to see, whereas a conscientious and ex,
perenced steamboatmah would stick to
the center of the boat and part his hair
in the middle with spirit level. Mayk
T,oain, in the Atlantic.
Year: 1875

aR- Our mechanics seem to be
having a very busy time just
now. All the carpenters and
brick masons available are at
work on the ten OF a dozen new
frame buildings now in the course
of construction; there is plenty
of work for stone masons on our
two new stone banking buildings;
ship-carpenters are busy on the
two small schooners and one
large coal scow now being put
up on different points on the
beach, the coopers are pushed to
their utmost capacity and even
then cannot begin to supply the
demand for barrels from the sal
mon fisheries of Down Sound,
and our machinists and foundry
men share in the general pros
perity.
Year: 1875

FANNY LAKE. - The steamer
Fanny Lake left for Snohomish
at 81 this morning. As this was
her first regular trip there was
quite a crowd down on the
wharf to see her off. She took
a quantity of freight and a large
number of passengers
Year: 1875

STRANGERs.-Since the arrival
of the steamship Pacific there
have been large numbers OF
strangers on our streets, mostly
of the laboring classes. Among
them we noted a number Of Nor
wegians- They appear to be a
class that are not afraid of work
and consequently will have no
difficulty in finding plenty OF it
to do. A number of them go up
theSnohomish river tomorrow. in
search of places to locate and
take up homesteads.
Year: 1875

SNooUALMIE PAss.-The Seattle
butchers say that they can get
NC help from the County Com
missioners to repair and change
the road at the Summit of the
Snoiualmie pass route and that
they are determined to make the
route passable for beef cattle, if
they have to do so at their own
expense. When the cattle are
fatigued as they are now in drlv-
ing, we do not wonder that the
beef is tough and almost unfit
for use.