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Year: 1873

The following card appeared in the columns
of our city cotempory on the 2lst inst:


am no longer editor of the Gazette. In
retiring from the. paper, wish to extend
thanks for the courtesy shown me by the
press of Montana, and for the great kindness
and polteness shown me by the citizens Of
Helena during my stay.


JNO. p. BRUCE.


We hear it intimated that Major Bruce
contemplatcs arrangements by which he will
at no distant day assume editorial charge of
the Arant Courier, of Bozeman. 1t is pre-
sumed that this has something to do with his
retirement from the Gasctte, with which he
has been connected for some weeks past.
The labor of an editor On daily journal is
cxacting and fatiguing at best, and for
man of the Majors years it is reasonable to
infer that his choice would incline him to take
up with employment on a weekly paper in
stead. We part with the veteran editor with
regret, which is softened by thereflection that
what is our loss is somebody else's gain.
Success attend him in all save his politics.
Year: 1873

The Gazette prints several extracts from
files Of the HERALD to show few of the
many good things written and printed by US
in favor of the Northern Pacific Railroad


The HERALD since its first issue, seven years
ago, has been constantly and always rail
road paper. Few if any journals in the
broad land have published more or abler az
ticles in behalf of the Northern Pacific than
the HERALD, and We have the acknowledg-
ments Of officers of that great and benefcient
enterprise to that effect Wehearti]y and all
the time endorse the Northern Pacific, as
well IS any and all rational efforts that may
be put forth to realize North and South
road. H ls .4.1 crg f&
Year: 1873

COL Wall, Special Commissioner of the
Northern Pacific, shipped yesterday, ad-
dressed to the Company's headquarters in
New York, upwards of 500 pounds of silver
ore specimens, gathered from different parts
of the Territory. The shipment was snugly
and substantially boxed and dispatched by
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express at COST de-
livered in New York, of AZ cents a pound.
Other like shipments will follow until the
collection is as nearly complete and the repre-
sentation of our mineral products as full as
can be conveniently and quickly got together
at this time The Commissioner, by his
individual attention and the aid of
competent assistants, is performing the i'm
portant duty to which he was assigned with
promptness and fidelity, and great credit is
due for the deep interest evinced by him
in his work and the tasks he has already &C
complished. Within the next month or two
the Northern Pacific company will probably
have the best cabinet of Montana minerals
ever collected for exhibition in the States.
Year: 1873

WE understand that petition is being cir
culated by two philanthropic, public spirited
citizens, in behalf of the retiring editor Of the
Gazette, who departs hence for Bozeman by
to-morrow's coach. Numbers of people, we
learn, have signed it in the jolly mood that
the railroad will reach the Yellowstone in
four months, and other good fellows have
joined with their signatures, assured that it
would cost nothing. If we are not mistaken,
Major Bruce would better appreciate some
thing more substantial than mere words of
praise with names attached to them. Editors
in this day and age, as a rule, are not stocked
with an overplus of ready cash. A money
subscription would be something to the point,
to enable the Major to start in the newspaper
business on his own hook and independent
of all men. To the philanthropists who have
his case in hand we suggest in all candor a
testimonial paper that will realize greenbacks.
The HERALD for one will subscribe literally
to that end-will give as much as either of
the public-spirited citizens collecting auto
graphs to present instead. Subscription of
names may tlatter ones vanity-they are
cheaply got-but the subscription of dollars
will better attest the sincerity of sympathy
professed, and buy food for a hungry stomach
beside ~
Year: 1873

Major Bruce copies into the Gazette this
morning the following specimen extract from
thousand excellent ones of similar import
printed from time to time in the HERALD:


ave are grieved to know that there is one
paper in Montana SO blind to our material
interests as to oppose the construction of the
Northern Pacific Railroad"


Which the above was said by the HERALD
in rebuke to the following, written by Major
Bruce and published in the Montana Demo-
crat previous to its sale and decease:


"Now, the reader will bear in mind that
the company themselves do not propose to
commence work on this road Northern Pa
cific) for FIVE YEARS, and do not expect to
complete it in less time than FIFTEEN YEARS.
What hopes, we ask, can the people of Mon
tana have of a railroad connection with the
east by this Northern Pacific scheme, which
seems to be so great fayorite with Helena
editors. The absurdity of the suggestion is
too apparent to require much discussion or
elucidatiOn.


We have very little of comment to add, in
view of Major Bruces sudden withdrawal
from editorial connection with the Gazette.
We simply say that the Major and his Demo-
crat were the only editor and paper ever in
Montana opposed to the Northern Pacific.
Repentance comes at last, and he departs
from our midst declaring himself the best
railroader of the lot
Year: 1873

APPLY microscope to daguerreotype
miniature, and it will become life like bust
or cast, with the natural coloring of the hair
the eyes, and the dress, with the natural ex-
pear as of plaster of granite, or of marble,
according to the purity of the glass set over
the nicf,ro
Year: 1873

The latest thing in hotels is suggested by
an ingenious correspondent of the Galveston
Neus. 1t is to be called the Aerial Santa
rum. 1t is to be a huge balloon, firmly Sc
cured by strong attachments at a proper
hight 'Galveston,' he says, sis within one
mile of the most delightful climate in the
world, and this climate is directly overhead"
TO the enormous balloon there is to be at
tached framework of sufficiently strong
wire, fitted up to accommodate one hundred
guests. This airy saloon will be reached by
Il smaller balloon acting as all elevator.
When the barometer indicates disturbing
weather, the gas can be let off and the whole
establishment brought down to the solid
earth. We can imagine caravansary of
this kind perfectly delightful. Owing to the
purity of the air the chambermaids would
bloom in perpetual youth and in such viciR7
ity to the immortal gods every man-waiter
would develop into a Ganymede and every
table into Hebe. AS for the gentlemanly
clerk, what limit would there be to his celcs-
tial gifts and graces? And here would the
landlord grow solid, impressive, and jovial
as Jove himself! So near the moon and
stars, what more charming place could there
be for flirting? And when we call to mind
how easily the bores could be thrown over,
we feel that we need say no more.
Year: 1873

IT was not in the destruction of property
and the interruption of trade alone that the
Chicago conflagration of October, 1871, was
fearful calamity. The Tribune says that
since the fire between two and thre hundred
persons have been adjudgcd insane by the
courts, some of them Immediately after the
fire. The number of cases which were treat
ed privately will never he known
Year: 1873

1t is no longer to be disguised that the
people of the South generally. and of this
State particularly, are quite Indifferent, if
not favorably inclined, to the scheme Of
continuing Grant in the Presidency for
another term. Casarism and centralism
have no terrors to them in the desolate
condition to which they have been brought
by the vain efforts to arrest their Raarch.
If their situation can be alleviated, and
there seems to be no other hope by sub
mission to any extension and increase of
the power of the federal government, they
will do more than yield such submission
they will rejoice in it. We cheerfully sur


render all claims to any political influence
or participation in the political ontrover


sizes and party contests in the nation if
thereby we can have our personal rights
secured as they are in the empires and
monarchies Of the Old World. Grant
may freely seize the sceptre, if he will on
ly WELD it for our protection against out
RACES, wrongs and desolation, such as no
despot, in modern times, has dared to in
Aict upon civilized people. Protect US
from the crushing taxation, the widespread
corruption, the spoliatlon and confscation
which are rapidly sapping the founda-
tions of our society and consigning our
people to poverty and desolation. Save
ns f---n rnuArnment nf sAmi-harbarous
Year: 1873

The organ of the South Carolina Radi.


cals-the Columbia Union Herald


sorely troubled because three of the Pro.


fessors in the University Of the State pre-
ferred to resign their positions rather than


teach colored man who had been admit


led to the institution. We can see moth


ing in these designations to excite the ire
of the organ. On the contrary, they are


the legitimate results of attempted ANAL
gamation in the schools. If the ring gov
ernment of South Carolina thinks. that
it can force social equality upon the whites
of the State it is vastly mistaken. The
laws of God and of Nature cannot be
changed or abrogated by the edicts Of "a
carpet-bag administration The powers
which rule and ruin our sister State can,
by the enactment of odious laws and by
the exercise Of brute force, make the
schools and colleges of South Carolina ad-
NIT colored men within their walls, but
neither laws Or physical power can com


pei white students or white professors to
remain. When the colored men enter the
whites will retire, and establish institu-
tions Of their own. The consequence Of
this line Of policy will be the destruction
of all State schools and universities instead
of benefit to the colored race, as these
philanthropic carpet haggers and scalawags
assert. We do not wish it understood
that we are among those who oppose the
education of the colored people. We be-
ieve that they should be educated We
believe that they should be given equal
with the whites But We do
not believe in mixed schools Wherever
they are attempted harm will come of the
experiment.. The whites will not tolerate,
the blacks do not desire them-Chronicle
& Sentinel.
Year: 1873

E~ The Prince of Wales, in reply to
an address from the corporation Of Ply
mouth, said: Gentlemen, thank you
for your kind attention" He got all
that from Grant Why can't he be
original
Year: 1873

brigade, with reputation for sotdiery
bearing, hard and successful fighting,
industry and ability, second to no man
of his rank i'll the Army of Northern
Virginia. We have heard both Generals
LEE anl A. Z. HUI speak of him in
the most exalted terms, and their Off
cial reports OF several engagements
have placed upon rcco1r.! their estima-
ton of his gailantry and worth. His
native State points to that record as
one of the proudest pages with which
her sons have illustrated her glorious
history


AS to Tie difficulties which divide
the President of the Western and At
lantic Railroad and his Superintendent
we are not personally advised. But
the people of this section of the colln-
try have not two opinions III regard to
the character Of General MACRAE for
sterling worth and chivalrOus integrity,
and uncompromising truth. His
honesty is unfaltering and rugged to
fault. Tie would not fatter Neptune
for his trident Whatever General
MAcRAE may have thought OF Cover
nor BRowN lie could have found ont
without resorting to the disreputable
ezpedient of reading private letters.
He would have been told boldly and
fully for the asking.


Whatever may be the issue of the
present difficulty no one who knows
General MaCRAG will hc shaken III
their faith i'll his merits as 4 railroad
or in their estimation OF his
wort as q man.
Year: 1873

blu- told him, when he gave NE the
astounding news that the villain whoFsaI
had served was the one who had uiyen.
the information in regard TO me thnts:
L always carried the keys OF the safe
III my pocket, and of the large amount
OF money on hand One of his n ,Ia
had turned On him and given all the
particulars of the intended murder
and robbery.


The gang had followed me from the
time L LETT the Office, to dinner, themes
to the theatre. Thinking they had me
coTralleG, they had gone to the Ell Do
RADIO to take drink, all meeting there.
Upon returning to the theatre in a few
minuves they were astonished to find
me gone, hence their inquiries. They
then went 20 my office; but finding
there was no light, they were sure /
vas not there, but, to be certain,
placed two sentinels, and also another
at the head Of the wharf, while the
others scattered around to watch for
me. About L o'clock the poor mate
came along and met his fate. Upon
searching his pockets they found ont
the mistake. They had killed the
wrong man."


Here is a very graphic illustration
the condition OF things Californian, in
voking the stern, decisive uprising and
sweep of the immortal "vigilantes'-
officers Of the customs and the police.
both active in the scheme OF such
crime ; but IS the psychic or super
natural element of the story by which
the latter has its particular commenda-
ton for these spiritually speculative
days.
Year: 1873

The New York papers, the JtoTiI
and the Times especially, have been
unsparing in their comments upon the
late Richmond duel Had these papers
confined their structures to the parties
engaged i'll tie unfortunate affair, they
would not have gone beyond their
province as public journals. But this
course did not satisfy them. Both
papers took advantage Of tie occasion
to indulge III Il TRADE OF venOmous,
malignant ridicule OF the South and
of Southern society, its manners, Gus
toms and principles.


We had. perhaps, no right to expect
anything better Of the Times. It is,
and has ever been, an open enemy, and
we could expect only hostility from its
columns.


With the World, however, the case
is different. That paper pretcnds to
be par C.rccUC5cc a Democratic sheet,
and a friend and defender OF the
South. The South, however, has
1ealned that the lo'idest pretenders are
not always the staUnctiest defenders,
and it may be safely sail that no more
striking illustration of tilis fact can be
found than is to he seen III the course
of the New York U;D,1d. The HorId
viii Learn, if it has not already done
so, that the South Will not submit to
be lashed one day and caressed the
next, even by so potent a press as that
which seeks to lay down the law, in
accordance with its own arbitrary Will
merely, to tie Democratic Party and
to the South.


Taunts and ridiclIle are i'll means
with which to influence Southern men.
Year: 1873

America is not the only country that
has a great canal project. Not to
speak OF the French canal, from the
Atlantic to the Mediterranean, urged
in many quarters as a means OF circum
venting the German tunnel through
Mount st. Gothard, there is the canal
between the Baltic and the North Sea.
Prussia will be obliged to build this
canal. She has no exit from the Bal
tic except through the territory of
Denmark. The canal now definitely
determined upon iJtns from st. Mar
garethen to the bay of Eckenforde. Its
depth will be thirty feet. It will be
begun in 1875, and will take eight
years to complete.


By a comparative statement pre-
pared at the Revenue Bureau, it is
shown that during the first six months
of the current fiscal year the receipts
from cigars alone, i'll thirty-one of the
principal collection districts of the
country, amounted to nearly S53S, coo
more than during the corresponding
period in the preceding fiscal year,
and the Government is taxing all the
decent cigars out of the country and
compelling people to destroy their
bronchial apparatus with Connecticut
leaf, and sending thousands of pat'
riotic smokers to premature graves.
Year: 1873

For hundred dollars spent in the pur-
chase and careful keeping of a few fowls, a
hundred dollars may be gained each year.
But If this business is suddenly increased
ten times with the expeC Ctation that the
profits will be multiplied proportionately
a failure Is sure to result--as rule. We
have known this to be The case many a
time and oft. On the other hand, when
the experimenter has been content to feel
his way cautiously, and, having one sue
cessful colony in operation, to plant an
other without oyercrowding that already


existing. he has succeeded and afterwards
again successfully repeated the extension.
But we would caution our readers-so
many of whom seem to think that if 100
fowls may be kept profitably that 1000
may also be acknowledgements believing
in the possibility of poultry in large num-
bers without an extended range of clean
grass, or without the closest attention,
governed by the greatest skill and expert
ence, and without every appliance known
TO the art of poulry-keeping through
which the fowls may be Obliged to corl-
form to the needed requirements. The H.
stincts of these birds are keen and strong
Year: 1873

The State street Baptist Church of
Springfield, Mass, of which the Rev. A.


h. Potter is pastor, has started n mutual


relief association, the object of which is to


render assistance to families or friends of
the dead at time when the expenses of


sickness and the additional expenses of a


funeral are often so great as to impose bur-


dens too heavy for many to bear alone"
Not only members Of the church, but all
persons holding sittings and their children,
can become members on the payment OF


fifty cents each. AT the death Of MEM


Der each surviving member is taxed thirty


cents, and a sum equal to twenty-five cents


a member is paid by the treasurer to such


relative or friend of the deceased as the


board Of trustees may designate. This is


not charitable association; IL is an appli-
cation OF the principle of mutual insurance
TO one OF the inevitable necessities of life.


1t Is reduction to systematic form of the
Injunction to ''bear one another's burdens.o
The poor and the rich stand ON a perfect
equality all enter upon the same terms,
and all are required to take the relief pro-
vided, whether they need 1t rnot. The
organization of the society is simple and
easily worked, and we are not surprised to
be told that 1t is becoming very popular In
the church. The need of some such sys-
tcui VI rcici - appdrent 10 every pdstof.
Families which in health are able to provide
for themselves are often badly crippled by
the doctors and the underiaker's bills;
and, If without surrendering their self-re-
spect they can be aided at such time, the
helpwill be ofimmense advantage to them.
This church has also parlor, which it
proposes to have opened, warmed, and
furnished with good reading every Sunday
afternoon, so that the operatives and shop
hands who have no better place of spend
ing their Sundays than the dingy dining
room of some uncomfortable boarding
house may here find safe and pleasant
resort. If the parlor could be kept open =
every evening for the same purpose, it
would be well. The evenings as well as
the Sundays Of these working people often
pass drearily. The time will come, we
trust, when every considerable church in
the large towns will provide such a social
room for those of its congregation who
have not homes Of their own. However,
we do not wish to find fault with Mr.. Pot
ter's church; but to chronicle the satisf;ic-
ton which we feel in every such attempt
on the part of the churches to do good to
all men In practical and rational ways
Independent.
Year: 1873

1t is an admitted fact that i'm consider


able proportion of cases if the conductor


neglects TO ask for the fare, the passenger


fails to remind him. There are few of us


VINO have not seen a man whose appear


ance wouldpresuppOse well-lined pocket


book and balance i'm bank, sitting for a


while with a five cent piece between his


thumb and finger, and after the conductor


has passed by, quietly slipping the coin


back into his vest pocket. There is, how


ever, greater trust OH the part of the car
companies in the average honesty of the


passenger than in that of the conductor.


The patent box" system, more in vogue
IN other cities than our own, depends upon
this faith. Yet we are informed that even
this soon indicates a progressive decline of
morality. hepatrons of new route pay
as they enter with great prOmptitude and
honesty, but it is the conviction of the road
owners that after "a year or two they are
carrying considerable number of regular
passengers who seldom or never pay their
fares.


But the deterioration of morals in the
case OF conductors, if report speaks truth,
Is something frightful to contemplate. At
all events, all systems of management at
present are based upon the suppOsition
that conductors are dishonest. From time
TO time change in the method or the in
PRODUCTION of some contrivance for check
ing the receipts, indicates the extent of
previous generalization. The remarkable
circumstance Is that sooner or later all
checking cOntrivances are more or less
evaded, and the old pilfering is resumed.
The index that used to be placed in cars to
show the number of fares proved valueless
Oh long routes, because the conductors
soon discovered that passengers would not
trouble themselves about its record. The
patent box was introduced on Brooklyn
road, and suddenly raised receipts by 30
per cent; but gradually they fell away, and
in few months they were at their previous
standard. We all admit that there is a
high moral tone about the atmosphere of
Boston that excites our hopeless envy.
Yet from that blissful locality there came
sometime ago tale of ingenious horse-car
immortality which would raise blush on
the indefinite cheek Of a New York con-
ductor. A company there had introduced
the punch-gong system. Each conductor,
as he took a fare, was obliged to squeeze
punch which marked its record on a slip
of paper, and simultaneously rang small
gong attached to the punch. The passen-
ger was to note the ring of the gong. For
q while the receipts were largely swelled.
Then they declined. At length they
reached a lower point than ever before.
Detectives rode up and down i'm the cars,
listened faithfully for the note of the gong
with each fare, heard it every time, and yet
the receipts were short. Months elapsed,
and the proprietors were at their wits end.
At length the trick was discovered. An
ingenious artisan had furnished almost ev-
cry conductor on the road with a small
duplicate gong, which. carried concealed |
in the hand, did the ringing without the
y. Tribune.
Year: 1873

The relative value of the dollar and the
pound sterling for purposes of commercial
exchange was fixed by act of Congress on
the Sd of March, 1873, to go into effect on
the lst of January, 1874. BY this act the
par of the English pound sterling is fixed
at $4.S6.45 in American gold coin. In an
ticipation of this change, the leading for
eign bankers of New York have decided
upon new method of quoting exchange,
which will be much more readily UNDER
stood by the masses. Instead of quoting
the rate at so much premium on the dollar,
it is proposed to give the quotation for the
pound sterling. BY bearing in mind the
par rate for the English pound, one can
easily see whether bills are at a premium
or at discount. The different systems of
quotations are thus contrastcd by the New
York Bultitcn: