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Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

FRoN ARIzoSA-The OrizabG, which ar rived here from the Lower Coast, brought up among her passengers General Townsend and Major II N. Roberts, and also General Eos ter and party from Arizona. General Town send and Major Roberts were on the staff of General Mcdowell. General Townsend coin peted the inspection of the several military posts in Arizona, after General Mcdowell was called away by the receipt of important dis patches. A rigid investigation of the military affairs of the Territory was had, with very satisfactory results.--S. r Gull
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11
AR MY SUPPLIES.
CHIEF QUARTERMASTER's OFFICE,
 SUB-DIsTRICT or PRESCOTT

FoGT WHPPLE, Arizona,
 April 4th. lsGS. CEALED PROPOSALS, IN DUPLICATE, C will be received by the undersigned, at this office, until
 Monday, May 4th, 1863, at twelve o'clock, M, for supplying the United States Government,
 At FoEr WHirpLE, Arizona Territory, with Five Hundred (jGo) Tons of Hey of two thousand ,2OOU) pounds to the ton. At CAMP LlScoLN, Arizona Territory. with One Hundred lopl Tons If Hay, uf TWO thousand (2,00O) pounds to the ton. At CAMP McPHrRsoN, Arizona Territory, with One Hundred (lo0) Tons of Hay, of tw" thnn-and t2ooo} pounds to the ton
 Bids will be received for any par' of the above amount.
 Tie Hay must bc well cured. and made Of the best qualify Of native grass |; will hc subject 10 inspection and weight, and must he delivered and stacked in ouch parts oi Fort NMppic Camp Lincoln and Camp McPher-on. the Quarter Master Ot each post may direct. The stacks must bc carefully bullt and properly mkcd Otl 60 as Co protec, them from the weather and must be SO arranged a. 70 prevent thc Hay from coming in COuact With the ground, and Co afford free circa- .at.oa ul air under lhe stacks. The parties to whom contracts may be awarded . after the acceptance of the bids 10 give bonds equal tO nity l5ol per cent of thc amount of the contract, Tor the faithful performance of Inc game.
 i Eich propo-al must be accompanied with a statement signed hy the persons offered by the bidder h7 securities stating their willingness 70 enter into honds in case thr contract -hoaid lc awarded 10 said bidder. In ct.c oi firm, making ! bids each individual name mu-t be written out. Prices must hc written a- We'll as expressed in ' figures. The oath of allegiance Co ihc United stltca Government must accOmpauy each pro- ! po,a
 The delivery of the hay 10 commence immedi- l ately after thc approval Of thc contract ny the | District, Department and Division Commanders and terminate ly the 3l-t day Of December lS4i- 1 No contract shall he considered in force until it l shall have received the approval of the District ' Department ard Division Conlff,andDr. ! Terms should hu stated in L. S gold coin. or | inc market value thereof in currency, at date of payment
 Payment win bc made in such fund. as may be furnished hy the United Sintrs for that purpose ! if on luni II not on hand, certified account. will hU given.
 ! The Government reserves the right 10 reject any and all bids.
 ! copy of this advertisement la slip cut from ihls paper must uccomTany each proposal Proposals 10 be enclosed in an envelope and endorsed Proposals for Hay at Fort Whipplc ! Camp Lincoln and Camp McPhcrson, A. T ." and directed Co the undersigned Bids will not be considered unless the persons making them are present; nor fTOin those who | have heretofore failed to fulfill their contracts with thc Government. ED. BAKER, . Captain and \. e. M U s. A.. Chief c. NJ Of
 sub-District Of Prescott
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

4 GEoLoGIcL FAcT.-Wth atmospheric convulsions the whole world over; with al- most thousand earthquake shocks occurring in the West Indies in the short space of two months; with Nesuyious in magnificent erup- ton. and our own continent in a tremor; how striking the language of celebrated sayant, who says It is well established geOlog- ical fact that the interior of our earth is a subteranean lake of fire. and that earthquakes are but the concussions of its rolling waves. and volcanoes safety valves for its escape"
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

How TO PRESERVE" PorAroEs.-In hopes that, this year, our farmers will plant and raise enough potatoes to supply the demand of consumers until the next crop arrives at maturity we give the following receipt for doctoring "Murphies," and keeping their eyes sound. it is from the Scisaiifc imtricaa.
 "DuSt over the 0oor of the bin with lime and put in six or seven inches of potatoes, and lime again; repeat the operation until all are stored away. One bushel of lime will do for forty bushels of potatoes, though more will not hur; them--the lime rather imlroy- ing the flavor than otherwiscn
 We are aware that there is not many in Ar izona that need the above receipt now, but our readers can cut it out, and, next fall when they will need it, it will be 'yery handy to have it in the house"
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

THE paper having the largest circulation the paper of tobacco.
 Paper for the ''roughs" paper. Paper containing many fine points-the pa per of needles.
 Paper that is full of rows-the paper of pins.
 Paper illustrated with cuts-editorial ex- changes.
 Drawing paper-dcntist's bills.
 Paper that takes-a Shcriff's warrant Ruled paper-the French Press.
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

To those who have worn down their teeth in masticating poor old tough COW beef, we will say that carbonate of soda will be found a remedy for the evil Cut the steaks, the day before using, into slices about two inches thick, rub over them small quantity of soda, wash off next morning, cut into suitable thickness, and cook to notion. The same process will answer for fowls, legs of mutton, etc. Try it, all who love delicious, tender dishes of meat
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11
Arizona 3Ainev.

SAN FRANCisco AGEScY -Mr. Thomas Royce Is She only authorized agent for thc MiNEg n San Francisco. Orders len at his office, New Mcr chants Exchange Building room No. SJ, CaLior- nA street, will be promptly attended Co.
 SAS BERNARuINo AGENCT.-F. C. SUhr. news dealer is authorized Co net as agent for the MINER at Sln Bernlrdiuo, California
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

Da. PEcHougR ayers that milk diet, if strictly adhered to, will relieve person af- hicted with certain forms of heart disease. Under the influence of the diet the impalse of the heart diminishes, together with the palptation, and the congested condition oi the face, tue brain and the lungs The pa tient experiences unexpected improvement and by the adoption of this plan life may be prolonged, even in cases where permanen; cure cannot be hoped for
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

Ar the late State ball at Paris, the object of attention was a negro General, the splen- dor of whose uniform exceled that of bis European brethren. On inquiry he proved to be the late President of IIayti. Two young Japanese ladies were likewise among the nov elites of the evening.
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

VENERABLE MES.-An English paper re marks that in the event of an European war, England would have in it's army the oldest field marshal in the world-Sir John Bur goyne He is nearly ninety years old. Yet the readers of Mr. Motleys history will re member how the old Spanish veteran Man dragon, at the age of ninety-two, out maneu- vered and ut-iought the vigorous anl capa- ble Prince Maurice
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11
EN ARGED AND IMPROVED.
DEMOCRATIC ORGAN.

There is no better way of making accessions 70
 our party than by the dissemination ot correct D.. formation, and certainly the proper mode Of doing that is ty means of newspapers and iherefors every Democrat who s attached to the principles oi his party, and cnicriaius sincere and earnest desire Co see those principles triumph should feel it duty Co contribute in some degree to the sup- port oi the Party Papers
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

THE challenge of tine trotting horse "Gen- eral Butler,' 10 trot any horse in the world under saddle for Sl000 or 5000 a side has been accepted by the owner of the mare Lucy" for mile heats, best three in five; the trot to take place next June, on the Fashion course.
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

The Memphis Ac1i1acie announces that its editorial rooms will be temporarily removed to the County Jail. The editor takes his re venge by styling Judge Hunter. who sen tenced hun for contempt, a "swindling vaga- bond.n and announcing that he intends, with our editorial pinccrs, to make the patrid flesh that covers the rotten bones of our persecu- tor culver like a worm in hot ashes
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11
A GOOD FAMILY PAPER

IL will contain carefully prepared Msrka a1 General Commercial Reports. giving rslh,a prices currcnt of all leading articles of eeual7 produce and family supplies. THE WEEKLY EXAMINER is furnished 70 'ls scrhers nt the low price Of Five Doilan pG n nun, and 70 clnls Of five or more. twhen ula to one addressl Four Dollars each. In Sa ao payment in advance is required
 WM <. MOSS < co,
 533 Washington street, San Francises li-
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

The great racer " Kentucky" has been sold for Si0000 by Mr Leonard Jerome, 10 Mess. Charles W. Bathgate, Francis SSddy, and Constable-Mr Jerome retaining fourth in terest, (SlO,000) in the famous horse.
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

ONE of the most original of juvenile inyen- tions was that of little Fanny, who instead of saying her prayers at night. spread out her alphabet on the bed, and raising her eyes to heaven, said "Oh, Lord here are the letters ; tix them to suit yourself"
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

FORTY thousand oranges were shipped by a firm in Los Angeles to San Francisco, per steamer OriZaba.
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

Charles Francis Adams styles Boston, in the North Americln Rscier, a great satellite of New York, and {" an outlying province of Wall StFeet" Pretty hard on the hub
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

Postal cars now run between New York and Boston, and the mails are sorted while in transit
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

TuE population of Iowa k estimated in the Governor, annual message to be at least a million. The past year l, said to have been the most prosperous in the history Of the State.
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

TirtEs.-The young Chinese Emperor, l2 wears old. rrioices in the celestial title of His High Prosperity" His imperial father was Perfect Bliss
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

PHoYoCRAPHY was invented by Isaac Pit man, an Englishman, in 1887.
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11
The Weekly Examiner

H'W cont1iR Frng-Siy Col'mas qf orgiaa
 and trdi &eisctei Haiter, Not Political exclusively, for we design h Do only au efficient party organ, bai ah0I
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

GEORGE FEASr,s TRuN SEruNo latthSu ov FiRE-G r. r. writes the following among a thousand and one letters to the New York World.
 IMPERIAL Horn. Jan 20th.
 Der WoHf. Excitement increasing. Fifty q lllars damage last night Co glass, benches and eas pipes, Tcn thousand people outside who could not get in. Fiyc-co'umn reports in papers. Carried home, amid uproarous cheering for America and for Ireland, on the shoulders of the people.
 Those who know. say there is nothing like it even in the days of OConuell. It IS not Train. but to America. Pass me over; give me no credit: 1t belongs to our magnificent individuality as nation. One hundred mil lions of people will be OUTS in 1900. What terrible strength What grandeur of inde- pen icnrc and yet oHr rf-cas "yHg Cd JHH
 Twenty thousand Cork paper, containing account, of this great oratlon, will bc sent by the Irish to their friend. m America.
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

UNLUcRY.-On examining the papers of a deceased Spauiard in New Orleans it wa, found that be had expended in the cour-e ot his life $lOuUO0 in lottery tickets and never drew prize.
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11
Largest and Most Complete EStalILl!lI
IN THE TERRITORf

THE MINER office is well supplied win ,' Li' ,,. Plain. Fancy and Ornamental Type, and ll' prictOrs are determined tO execute aii N"ei -., which they may be favored in the nea'e'' ''' style Of the art. of 0,
 Work may be ordered from any pa,s ,t. e,s Territory, and, when accompanied Niln G ". ,.,H q, it win be promptly executed and sent O' '' as directed. .,.,,iri5'
 Persons sending us money for slo~ssf t, md. advertising or job work. may forward !" or otherwise, at their own risk.
Arizona miner., 1868-04-11

Tne records of the War Department show that fourteen "colored troops" deserted where one was killed; that about thirty died of dis ease to every one killed that nearly thirty were mustered out of the service for disabil- ity where one was killed in battle. Look at the record
 Mustered out for disability, oo,23G. Died, 5l,Hb1. Deserted lN,Nit. Missing. which means running, l,34i. Killed in battle, 1,jl4.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-09
Dark Stables.



Any person who has felt the pain and in
convenience of coming suddenly from dark
room into the full blaze of day, will easily
conceive the necessity of lighting stable in
proper manner. This is too often neglect
ed in confined stables, and the consequences
are most distressing TO a human observer.
The poor horse, led suddenly out to his work,
shows his pain by unmistakable expressions,
stumbes, and runs against anything that may
happen to be near, until the eye has in some
degree accommodated itself to the new cir
cumstances under which it is placed. Nor
is this all. BY continuance of this change
from darkness to sudden daylight, the eye be-
comes seriously injured.
The retiaa, or sensible nerve, becomes dull
and more or less useless the horses sight is
injured he starts ana SHES at objects which
he sees imperectly; and many rider who
has received dangerous injury has had to
thank his inattention to this simple cause,
rather than any vicious habit of the animal,
to which il has been attributed,
Blindness is almost certain to be caused by
inattention to the above caution; but even
blindness is less dangerous to the rider than
imperfect sight. In the first case the horse
is forced TO trust entirely to the bride; but
in the latter, objects only half distinguished
terrify aud startle, though they would. under
ordinary circumstances, be passed without
notice.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-09

What vivid sketch is that which George
William Curtis draws Of some country holmes.
Alas, that so many sit for the picture
81 think The says of many and many a
sad eyed woman | have known in solitary
country homes, who seemed never to have
smiled, who struggled with hard hands
through melting heat and plnchng cold to
hold back poverty aud want that lowered like
wolves about an ever increasing flock Of chill
dren. How il was scour in the morning and
scrub at night, and scold all day long How
care blurred the window like cloud, hiding
the lovely landscape How anxiety snarled
at her heels, logged her like cur How
little she knew or cared that boboluks, drunk
with blind idleness, tumbled and sang in the
meadows below, that the earth was telling the
time of the year, with flowers in the woods
above. AS | think of these things, of this
solitary, incessant drudgery, of the taciturn
husband coming in heavy with sleep-tco
weary to read, to talk, to think do not
wonder that the mad houses are so richly re.
cruited from the farm houses, as the statistics
show-that the farmers daughter hangs en-.
chantcd over stories in the weekly paper OF
the handsome Edward Augustus, with white
hands and black eyes-nor that the farmers
son hears the city bells that long ago rang tC
Wilmington, "Turn again, Wilmington Lore
Mayor of London" ringing 10 him as he
pauses in the furrow Turn again, plow.boy
millionaire and merchant
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-09
An Excellent Fertilizer.

The Journal of Chemistry says that one
of the very best fertilizers used upon the
farm for all the cereal grains and root crops
may be made in the following manner -
take one barrel of pure, finely ground
bone, and mix with it barrel OF good wood
ashes; during the mixing, add, gradually,
about three pailfuls Of water The heap
may be made upon the floor Of an out build
ing or upon the barn floor; and by the use of
hoe the bone and ashes must be thoroughly
blended together The water added is just
sufficient to liberate the caustic alkales, pot
ash and soda, and these act upon the gelatine
Of the bone, dissoving the little atoms, form
ing kind of soap, and fitting it for plant
aliment. In this way the most valuable con-
stiuents of the bone can be made Immediate
| ly available, and the addition of potash and
soda aids in the formation Of fertilizer of
inestimablc value. A gill of this mixture,
placed in hill of corn, will work wonders.
1t is excellent for garden vegetables, aud for
all kinds of roots. 1t will be ready for use
in week after it is made
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-09

How much better is your farm than it was
one year ago? How much better are your
implements? How much more lovely have
you made your home by the planting of trees
and shrubsl How much have you added to
the value Of your property by the planting
Of orchard trees and the small fruits2 How
much better is your stock Of horses, of sheep,
Of cattle? How much of error have you
discovered in your mode of treatment of the
different crops you have grown2 How much
have you learned from your neighbors, from
your agricultural papers, from your expert
euce in relation to your farm operations ?
How much have you done to aid your wife
and daughters in their household duties by
furnishing them with improved household
utensils aud the better location and arrange
ment Of wells cisterns, walks, wood-piles,
cellars and dairy rooms2 How much OF
kindness and charity have you exercised
toward the needy and the helpless? How
much better husband, father, brother man
are you than you were one year ago? Now
is the time to reflect upon all these things
Prairie Farmer.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-09
Planning Vegetable. in October for Spring

Peas, bcets, lettuce and spinach can be
raised nearly month earlier by planting
them the last Of this month. Make your
beds the last day Of the month, and enrich
with manure, make deep hills (six inches
deep for the peas, and cover well. Sow the
smaller seeds three inches deep; cover with
leaves, held down with old boards, or place
straw or hemlock boughs thiekly over the
seeded ground. In April remove the cover
ings, and your vegetables will be far ahead
Of any sown in that month. The careful
observer will remember how often lettuce and
spinach come forward early, having sown
themselves, and where peas are shelled, scat
tered ones spring up the following spring
much earlier than those planted even in
March.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-09
Table Conversation.

You will find that great deal of charac.
ter is impaired and received at the table
Parents 100 often forget thsi and therefore
instead of swallowing your food in sullen 81
lenee, instead of broodng over your business,
instead Of severely talking about Others let
the conversation at the table be genial, kind,
social and cheering. Don't bring disagreea-
bic things to the table in your conversation,
any more than you would in your dishes.
For this reason, too, the more good company
you have at your table, the better for your
children. Every conversation with company
at your table is an educator of the family.
Hence the intelligence and the refinement and
the appropriate behavior of a family which
is given to hospitality Never feel that in
selligent visitors can be anything but bles-
ting TO you and yours How few have fully
gotten hold Of the fact, that company and
conversation at the table are no small part of
education
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-09

Orchards.

We are gradually progressing and yearly
learning TO better and better understand our
climates aud soils. our trees and vincs and
as we progress and come to know our own,
we throw away much of the early-dav teach.
ings that were brought to us from across the
broad ocean. Our yine-prowcrs commencing
with their vines at three to four feet, have
gradually expanded them. until now the
majority of planters give to them eight-by-tcn
or ton-by-tweye. and some even more, accord
ing to the soil and the habit Of the sort So,
also, beginning with severe winter and summer
pruning. from which they obtained little
fruit, sunburnt aud half ripened, and pro.
duced various diseases in the system of the
vine. they have come to a knowledge Of the
vines nature, and by almost leaving it alone
are rewarded with luscious fruit and healthy
foliage. In the apple and pear orchard we
have been brought to place the first from
thrty-fye to forty feet apart, and the latter
twenty-five to thirty; thus subiecting them to
all the terrible burning heat of the suns rays,
in long, hot summers drought and to stand
an il were alone. and brave singly the storms
Of wind that in winter and spring bend their
tops. aud crack and tear loose by leverage
their roots.
We have long been impressed with the view
that these old advices OF distance were erro-
ncous, and our readers will bear us witness
that we have before now advised a closer
planting. and as a break. also. and aid toward
shielding our fruit trees, the iuterminglng
more or less in the orchard of evergreens.
Our own practice has been most successful
in apple orchards at twelyc-by-sixteen feet,
and we have known the best results from a
like distance in some extensive orchards in
the west. The past two years we have
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-09

BEEcHER TALKING PoLITIcs AND EATING
DINSER.-Before going to the dinner table
the subject of American politics had been
discussed between Mr.. Beecher and his guest,
and the conversation was resumed as soon as
grace had been said, with an interest which
bid fair to supercede the ordinarily important
act Of dining. The soup dispatched, it was
some time before enough of the joint was
carved to serve the guest, and then a long
pause in the helping came, while my host,
with carving knife and fork in hand, expatat-
Cd upon the pending issues of the coming
election. 4" Henry, my dear" said Mrs
Beecher, "you're forgetting the dinner"
Another was helped, then more pausing, and
more earnest, eloquent discourse about the
political situation fresh reminders about
dinner proposal from me to postpone poll
tics until after dinner, which elected Can't
be done; never mind dinner we've got into
the subject now, and it's better than dinner"
The negro suffrage question, universal suffrage
in the abstract woman suffrage, the foreign
influence in American politics, and the pros.
poets Of the presidential campaign, were diat
ed on, and what was said so absorbed me that
| conldn't find out how the stuffed veal tasted
or the eggplant novelty to me didn't
know whether | had eaten enough or too lit
tie, and rose from the table in sort of be-
wildering maze, unable to decide whether
had been taking meal or hearing faseinat-
ing lecture. Mr.. Beecher is splendid talk
er. On any subject that interests him, he
fires up and corascates in private just as he
does in public His gems of poetry and elo-
quence are not carefully ground up and pol
ished By the lapidary's process, but burst nat
urally and brilliantly like the final spendors
Of a rocket. As listened, il seemed to me
that thoughts, illustrations and phrases, quite
equal to anything | had heard from his lips
in the pulpit or read from his pen, dropped
from HIN in conyersation.--A Canadian Cler.
gyman.