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The Arizona sentinel., 1873-02-15

their first session, and empower
 ing that body to create and estab
 fish courts of competent jurisdic ! tion. Let uS consult the Statute:
 in this matter:
 "SEC. I. The several Districr Ioufts of this Territory within heir respective districts, shal rave e.cclusjce jurisdiction tt grant a divorce from bed and board, and from the bonds of mat.
 rimony."
 This act was approved February
 16, 1871, and has been in full force
 from that date, and hence all de- cisions obtained not in conformity to the foregoing section are void
 Changing of individual names ; the names of towns /; attempted change of county boundaries, against the wishes of many in- terested parties the attempt to proceed at once to build Terri tOrial Prison, without even hav- ing selected a site for same, and numerous other as quite unim- portant measures have occupied our sages at the Capital, instead of looking 10 real wants and wishes (which are many of the people of the Territory. Even those bills which we considered of some importance we have been unable to judge of their merits, as none of our delegation has thought it worth the trouble to send us single copy; we have, therefore, been obliged to accept the will for the deed and judge of the merits or demerits of the bills by their title. The bill for thc relief of public carriers has dragged it's slow carcass along well-nigh to the close of the session, and will probably pass, such relief has long been needed in this Territory.
 Instead of trihing away their time in the matter above referred to, why was not the Petition, ask ing the Legislature to set apart a certain sum of money to defray the expense of litigating the ques- tion of the boundary between the State of California and this Terri. tory, presented, and some action had thereon ? This is matter that does interest the entire poph- lation of the Territory, and should have been one of the first meas ureS introduced. We are inform ed it was in the possession of or members of the Legis- .
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-02-15
PROPOSALS
For Land Transportation.
OFFICE CHIEF QU'RM'sTER, Department of Ariz1Iia,

OFFICE CHIEF QU'RM'STER, ! Department of Ariz1Iia,
 Prescott, A T., Feb. 15, 1878. Sealed proposals in triplicate,
 with a copy ofthis advertisement
 attached to each, will be received at this office untiF noon,
 SATURDAY, MarcI. %, 1878. at. which place and time they will be opened, (b;dders having the privilege of being present. ) for the Transportation by fand of mil- litary supplies in the Department of Arizona, for the fiscal year, commencing July 1st, 1873.'
 Fropdsals will be made for routes as follows:
 ROUTE NO. |.
 Comprising the Posts now eX- isting, or which may be establish ed in the Department during tine fiscal year, East of the Colorado :River and South of the 34th pa rallel of north latitude, which are now supplied, or which it may hereafter be decided to supply from Yuma Depot direct.
 ROUTE NO. J.
 Comprising the Posts now exist ing, or which may be established in this Department during the fisca, year, North of the 3ith par alIel oi north latitudc, and East of the Colorado River, which are now supplied, or which it may hereafter be decided to supply via Ehrenberg.
 ROUTE NO. 5,
 From the terminus of the South ern Pacific Railroad, in this De- partment, to posts embraced in Route No. ,. and including Camps Apache and Mcdowell.
 Bidders will state the rate in U. $. Legal Tender notes, per pound, per one hundred miles, at which they will transport the supplies. They will give their names in fall, their residence and Postotfice address; bids made by a firm should be signed by each thereof
 Contractors may be required to tranport supplies to and from points a reasonable distance, not exceeding 150 miles, outside the limits of the regular routes, and bidders are requested to specify in their proposals tho rate at which such transportation, should it be required, will be performed, to be stated separately from rates for service within regular limits of route. Road travel to be not less than ten Q0l miles per day.
 Each proposal must be accom- panied by guarantee signed by two responsible persons, whose must be certified by an officer of the U. 5. civll or mil- itary service, that in ease the bid is accepted the bidder will at once execute a contract, with Satisfac- tory bond in One-fOurth of it's amount for its faithful execution, and be in readiness for service July 1st, 1873. The right to re- ject any or all bids is reserved by the United States.
 Envelopes should be endorsed
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-02-15

Gov Stafford appointed Baron M. Jacobs Territorial Treasurer vice John B. Allen, elected to the legislaturG.-TucsOn Citizeu.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-02-15

INTERNAL REvENUE.-AccOrd- ing to the report of the Internal Revenue Collector, Thomas Cor dis, we find the amount collected ia this Territory for the year 1872 to be as follows:
 On spirits, Sl0,097 5; tobacco and cigars. ,390 v; fermented liquors, $l,24l 49; incomes, S1.- 8GS IS; collected from various other sources, S20l v; penalties, SITS 98, making total $l5, ,576 56. From the above showing, it is apparent that Arizona is paying as much Internal Revenue as Wy oming and Dakota combined, and, in proportion, largely in advance of any of. the other Territories.
 Mrs. Wood, President Fay lor's daughter. has become very destitute since the death Of her husband, and Congress has, by unanimGuS vote, given her a pen sion of fifty dollars a month, to commence at the time of her huS- bands death, in 1869.
 Gov Stafford aODointed R9ron
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-07
Summer Drinks.

The general want in summer of some
refreshing drink is widely known by the
return to the shop windows of the ice
cream dvertisements-and here let it
be remarked that no more Injurious GUS
tom obtains than that of eating or
drinking iced preparations the sudden
check to the stomach has, on mere than
one occasion, caused DEATH Thirst is
commonly caused by the loss of fluid
from the blood, through the pores of
the skin therefore a! certain amount
of water is required to countefbalanGe
such loss and this requires to be
piquant and palatable, for, owing to the
enervating influence of warm weather,
the mouth becomes constantly dry. The
fluids which best quench thirst are,
first, hot tea, which, if slipped, slightly
infames or stimulates the mouth, and
causes constant flow of saliva second
ly, arated waters, which are very re-
freshing, but they lack an important
element. Another pleasing drink is
made by adding to tumbler of water
two teaspoonfuls of lemon syrup. This
last may be made as follows: Obtain
two and half ounces of citric acid, and
two scruples of essence of lemon; boil
four pounds of loaf sugar in quart of
water, skim it carefully, and add tho
acid and essence. This will keep for
any length of time in well-corked bot
ties. Ordinary beer, spirits, etc., do
not quench the thirst effectually, the
first, savored with salt, really tends to
increase it, while spirits, by infaming
the coats of the stomach, increase the
want weak wine and water is refresh
ing draught, but is not required except
in enfeebled systems. In huge iron
works and other factories, where the
men are exposed to great heat, oatmeal
is mixed with water and drunk with
great benefit /; we fear it would not re-
commend itself, however, to fanciful
palate. For children, toast and water
is very wholesome. Toast slowly a thin
piece of bread till extremely brown and
hard, but not the least black, then plunge
it into jug of cold water, and cover it
over an hour before use. The water
should be of fine brown color before
drinking.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-07

The cares, anxieties and misfortunes of life have
are in fact the source of many ailments and physi
cal disabilities. Nervous weakness, dyspepsia,
affections of the liver, disturbances of the bowels
headaches, hypochondria and monomania are
among these distressing fruits 1t is therefore of
great importance that persons whose minds are
oppressed with heavy business responsibilities
or harassed by family troubles, excited by spec
ulation, or perpleHed by multiplicity Of enter
prise, or in any way overtaxed overworked
should keep up their stamina by the daily use of
wholesome snic. Thousands Cf persons thus cir
cumstanced enabled to bear up against the diff
culties in which they are involved, and to retain
their strength health and mental clearness, by the
regular use Of Hostetters Stomach Bitters. Dis
eases which are prone to attack the body when
debilitated and broken down by ever much brain
work, or exhausting physical labor, are kept at
bay by the resistant power which this incompara-
BILE tonic endows the nervous system and the vital
organs, At this season, when the heat is evaporat-
ing the elements Of strength from every pore, an
nvigorant is absolutely essential 10 the safety and
comfort Of the public and is required even by the
more robust if they desire to keep their atheletic
capabilities in status quo. Hence a course of He's
letters Biters is particularly useful at this period
of the year a defence against the invisible dis
aoat in the sultry atmosphere. 1t is the most
potent Of all preventive medicines aud for all
paints which affect the stomach the liver the
bo els and with the perfect and
assimilation offOod, it is the standard remedy.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-07
DR.. CARPENTER on the Gulf Stream.

The influence of the Gulf Stresm on
the temperature Of northefn Europe is,
according TO DR.. Carpenter, usually
very much exaggerated. In that enter
tanning work, "The Depths of the Sea-"
the course of the Gulf Stream is we'll
described. 1t may be considered as be-
ginning on the west coast of Africa,
within the region Of the trade winds.
These cause westward flow, which is
known as the equatorial current, On
reaching the coast of Brazil, the greater
portion Of the bhrrent bends northward,
carrying with it the waters of the Anna
zon and Orinoco, and passing through
the Caribbean sea into the gulf of Mexico.
In that great basin, into which no north
ern countereourrentc can enter, il is further
heated, Until it rlshes out through the
only outlet, the straits of Florida, with
a force which carries it a certain dis
tance along the American coast, whence
it crosses the Atlantic toward the north
ern coast of Europe, In the gulf of
Mexico the water is S3 deg. in summer,
and n deg. in winter. Over the banks
of Newfoundland the water is still 20 to
30 deg. warmer in winter than the sur
rounding sea,
1t is now ascertained that by the time
the stream reaches the middle of the
Atlantic sit is thinned out almost to q
film" In accounting for the ccmpara-
lively mild and moist climate of the
coast of ireland and Scotland, Dr. Car
pentee and others assume more gem
eral agency than that of the Gulf Stream.
Wyville Thompson says; "On working
up the temperature results Of the Por-
cupine expedition of 1869, DR.. Carpen-
ter satisfied himself that the mass of
comparatively warm water. 800 feet
deep, which we had established as ex-
isting, and probably moving in north
easterly direction, along the west coasts
of Britain and the Lusitanian peninsula
could not be an extension of the Gulf
Stream, but must be due to a general
circulation of the waters of the ocean
comparable with the circulation of the
atmosphere. Thus the cold water of
the polar seas would be constantly sink
ing and flowing toward the equator
along the bottom of the ocean, and the
warmer and lighter waters on the sur
face of the tropical and temperate re-
giens would be ever flowing poleward.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-07
50 ClOud. -

Waterspouts are generally formed in
the shape of a double cone, having its
least diameter in the middle, and reach
ing from low cloud to the surface of
the land or water. When created at sea
by the action of the wind, they begin
to form at the surface of the water, ri
sing gradually until they meet the upper
portion, which, nearly at the same time,
begins to descend from the cloud. On
land they almost invariably commence
in the e'under surface of a cloud and de-
scend rapidly until they reach the
earth. At sea the spout or spouts, when
formed, move in the direction of the
wind, with a horizontal whirling mo-
ton; and when several Of them are OBJ
served together, as is frequently the
case, they present a majestic spectacle.
Even when thereis apparently no wind,
the spouts may be seen to move along
the surface of the water, sometimes in
different directions, and to bend and
twist as if violently agitated by some
inferior force. The formation of these
spouts is accompanied by dull, rum
bling noise, like that of heavy cata-
ract heard from a distance the part
ing is sometimes followed by loud re-
port. Many of the most remarkable
waterspouts have appeared on land,
and these are frequently very destruc-
tive in their march. We have an ac-
count of one which is said to have broken
in Lancashire, England, which for the
distance of a mile tore up the earth to
the depth of several feet, as if it had
been furrowed by.so gigantic pillow.
In the autumn of 1859, a waterspout
burst near Calcutta, India, inundating
grassy plain to the extent of half a
square mile to the depth of six inches
two weeks were required to drain of
the water.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-07

AN ACT OF JUSTICE. Castle
was sad stumbling block in the path
of Bunyan's Christian, though it couldn't
bar his way to Truth. We can sympa-
thize with the Pilgrim, for Doubt always
besets us when we are asked to believe
anything particularly extraordinary.
Consequently, when we heard, some
eighteen months ago, that physician
in California had compounded, from
the juices and extracts Of certain herbs
found there, a medicine that cured
almost every variety of blood disease,
we were inctedulons. Since then we
have had opportunities of testing the
accuracy of the report, and are free to
admit that our doubts have vanished.
Seeing what we have seen, knowing
what we know, it is impossible for us to
question the remedial properties of DIR.
WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs. That this
famous vegetable Tonic, Alternative, and
Antiseptic is a specific for Dyspepsia,
Liver Complaint, Chronic Constipation
Fever and Ague, Bilious Intermittents,
Scrofulous Taint in the Bloc d, Incipient
Consumption, Local and General De-
bility, Rheumatism, Sick Headache,
and Diseases of the Kidneys, seems to
be matter beyond the pale of contro-
versy-a fred fact in medical history.
The statements of friends, in whose
veracity and intelligence we have full
confidence, corroborated by our own
personal observation, compel us to ad-
NIT the surprising merits of the prepara-
tion,-COn.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-07
"Ah Sin'' in New York.

The New York correspondent of the
Chicago Journal relates that "J--
is well-known broker who is given to
constant poker-playing. He has be-
longed to the aristocratic circles and
various clubs, and has for some time en-
ioyed the reputation of being a most
expert player, and having wonderful
run of luck at cards. But now he is in
terrible disgrace, the topic of scandal
in society and Wall street circles, dis
carded by acquaintances, and refused
admittance to his old haunts. AS the
story goes, he was, not long since, play
ing poker with one of the Lorillards at
an uptown club. "Pool' after "pool''
had been "raked" in by him, until his
earnings for the evening footed up be-
tween 50, 900 and $4,000. Lorillard' s
countenance heightened. He looked
fierce and savage, as if suspecting some
thing was wrong. Suddenly springing
from his seat he seized IS hand,
and, throwing down the cards before
the lookers-on, showed them that Mr..
Blank was a cheat"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-07
In the Sick Room.

Invalids are naturally querulous, and
as good motto as can be adopted by
those who minister in the sick room is
one of Charles Reade's: "Put yourself
in his place" This may render them
patient, thoughtful, kind, tender, and
assiduous. To all of us come, sooner
or later, pain and languishing, when we,
too, need the gracious offices of loving
attention, the cup of cold water held to
feverish lips, the healthful hand on the
aching head, and the healing presence
of genial and wholesome nature. We
should give all these when We can, and
trust that we shall have the same in
time of need. A bouquet, pleasant
picture, beguiling book, an inviting
delicacy for the appetite, these relieve
the tedium of the sick room and enliven
it's fatiguing monotony. Those who
wish to impart cheer without weariness
to the invalid, can by these little tokens
of remembrance do more sometimes to
charm the long hours of pain than by
their personal presence.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-07
A LaMYnr Lpner.

The Honolulu Gazette says. that Mr..
William P. Ragsdale, who has oeen
living for three years at Hilo, practicing
law, has besome confirmed leper, and
was Conveyed to Molohai by the last
trip of the steamer. During the iifst
ten days of June, it says. the disease
developed very rapidly IN him. ana he
has become one OF the saddest cases
now in the hospital. As soon as he
found that the disease was rapidly de-
veloping, he acted with noble courage,
made up his mind to separate himself
from his family, and remove to Molokai.
He wrote a letter to the Sheriff, sur
rendering himself to the authorities, in
which he said:
1 feel it my most painful and heart
breaking duty to inform you of my full
conviction that 1 am afflicted with the
fearful disease called leprosy, and 1
therefore surrender myself to you so
that I may be disposed of as by law di-
rected. The. past three or four days
have SO developed the disease that there
is no doubt left III my mind as to my
being affected with it. No. one can
fathom the intensity of my grief in be-
ing compelled to separate from my be-
reaved family but others have suffered
the pangs of separation as well as my
own family and myself, and therefore
we must look to our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ for help and consolation in
this our hotr Of grief and sorrow. He
alone is able and willing to alleviate our
suireiings.
Mr.. Severance, allow me to thank you
most sincerely for the many acts OF
kindness which I have received at your
hands, from time to time, during the
past two years or so. have tried hard
to repay your kindness by trying to do
everything in my power to merit your
respect and the continuation of your
kindness. If have done anything to
hurt you in any way, either as an official
or otherwise, I beg you in the name OF
God to forgive me, that I may be by
my God forgiven.
With the hope that you will enjoy o
long life and a happy one, I remain youl
afflicted servant,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-07
Ingenuity of an Insane Man.

The Lancaster (Penn.) ErpreSs re-
lates the following in giving an account
of an attempted escape by an insane
man. /" In the insane department of
the Lancaster County Hospital there is
confined man named John Eiohburne.
He is not dangerous, but is not safe to
be let at large. A short time since he
managed to scale the yard wall, four
teen feet in height, but was shortly
afterward captured. Yesterday evening
one of the assistants, in making tour
of the yard, discovered hid under pile
of stones in a corner, a singular looking
ball, which he took to Superintendent
Cox. On examination it was found that
this ball was made up of rope, some
thing thicker than broom twine, and
that the material used in making it
were the leaves of peach trees, with
which the yard is studded, the bark OF
the small limbs and some grass. The
rope when unwound is nearly 300 feet
in length, when in ball it is as large
as a twenty-four pound round-shot. II
is so tough that the strongest hands
cannot tear it apart. The man must
have been working upon it for several
weeks, his object being to escape from
the institution by its aid.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-07
The Boat Race.

1t is rather a curious result of the
University boat race that the referee
finds it necessary to come out with a
card explaining that the crew that won
the prize did not come in ahead owing
to the fact that the line across the stream
at the end of the course was drawn
diagonally, SO that the Yale crew reached
it first merely because they were nearest
the eastern bank, and Harvard really
was ahead. What botch these fellows
made of everything They should not
have drawn the line in this absurd man
ner in the first place, al d if it was SO
drawn, the crews should have known it.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-07
The GOss Murder Case.

The Baltimore american announces
that the mystery of the Goss murder
has finally been cleared up in all its
parts, and sums the case up as follows
We think it may be safely. said that
the Goss mystery has been solved. Inc
poor fugitive has been tracked through
all his devious wanderings, from the
time that he fled from his burning shop
with S25, 900 insurance upon his lie,
until he took his seat in his carriage
with Undertook and drove away from
the village of Jennerville to his death
ih The NIGHT, The fraud upon the in
surance companies was eobsuininated oy
the burning of dead body piee eo
in New York, in little board shanty
at Waverly, which he called his labora-
tory, His brother took him to the pres
ident of the Street Department, in a
buggy hired from DIR. Thorne, and he
set out on his travels northward. He
passed through the State of New York,
and crossing over into Canada, spent
couple of months at Montreal and other
towns in the provinces.
Then he went to his old home in Ten
nessee, biitth pending case against the
Mutual Insurance Company, like a bale
full loadstone, drew him back to the vi
cinity of Baltimore, and the other con-
spirators were obliged to provide him a
hiding place where they could commul-
cate with him and prevent him from be-
traying the secret. Uddsrsook first OBJ
tained a home for him in Chester cotin-
ts, and when he had worn out his credit
and his welcome in That t,eighborhood,
he went to Newark, N. j., and spent o
portion of the winter and spring in that
city.
When Judge Bond postponed the
hearing Of the motion made by counsel
for the Mutual INSURANCE Company fol-
a new trial till November, Udderzook
became alarmed lest the plot should be
discovered, and then poor Goss was de-
coyed back to Chester county, and when
the dark plot had fully matured, his
handsome body was cut and hacked
into the shape of the, unsightly trunk
which he had imported from New York
seventeen months before to personate
himself, that he might defraud the in
surance companies that had the risks
upon his life.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-07

( Hrr. Pscre s's PIeAsant Purgative
Pellets, or sugar-C Coa!ea Conesntrated Root
and Herbal Juiec. Anti .BilNus Cranules--the
Little Giant" Cathartic, or Annmm in rare
Physic, scarcely largerlthan mus
tSrd seed, yet representing is much catharuc
power as large repulsive pills, bss s,ostsfa,ehns
and hioromgh. yet gently a1IkHaH efr,afing.
,peing entirely Vegetable, no partie.
niooS, 6on5ipstion, Pain il
Dizzinesa, SduF Eructntions, lsnd
taste in EIoAtt,, Bilious Attacks,
Interna: EevNr, Hsush OF E1Goa
Colorcd Urine, ,NloOmy FOrebod-
ings, take DR., PierS,e's Pellets.
One two, taken daNfor time, will cure
Pin,plcs, Blotch& Eruptions,
I5oiis, ScrOfuious SSCes and yiru-
lent Affections of SiSin, Throat
and Bones. No cheap void paste board
boxes, but kept fresh and relil lble in vials. 2 g
cents, by druggists, or Sc aedozcn. Manufac-
tured at the worlds Difpcusary, Nos.
Sc. 8a. q and IS West SeneeafSt.. BuEEALo n. Y.