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The Arizona sentinel., 1873-05-17
From the San Diego World. ]

Captain at one time of fat-bo on
the Mississippi j. L. Smith of Yuma, who
has been taking run up to San Francisco.
rather got the best of proprietor of a
Russian bath in that place. The transi-
tion from the heat OF Yuma to the robust
Winds of San Francisco, rather Overpow-
cred the Captain, and he had severe fit
of the chills. A friend advised him, as a
curative, to take Russian bath. The
Arizonan procured the address of such an
institution. and interviewed the proprietor.
That person was q German. He instructed
the Captain to strip, which he did. He
then conducted him to an apartment, into
which steam was poured from thousand
crevices. but principally from a sort of
platform. which was ascended by steps.
These last formed couches upon which a
man could recline at full length. The high
er the bather ascended the fuller and hot
ter were the volumes of steam which pour
ed from the apertures made for that pur-
pose. 1t kept pouring into the room, hiss
Ing and fixing at a wonderful rate. Capt
Smith planted himself on the highest couch
lie stretched himself out at full length,
and allowed the vaporized water to lave
him all over. The room soon filled with
steam, and objects became indistinguish-
able. 1t was as hot as Tophet. After u
sufficient time had elapsed, the Teuton
loked his head in at the door,
"Mein Colt, where you be, helm 7" be
esked.
up here on the top of this thing" the
Captain replied.
"Gott in himmel, mine trent, you're fat
and will melt" said the German.
"Not bit OF it," returned the Captain,
I'm just beginning to feel natural. This
reminds me of my OVID climate, at Yuma.
Shut the door and keep the cold air out. /
think IN stay here az hour or 90 longer"
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-05-17

ReaviS and his men were eating
breakfast 4 Apaches stole mules
from within 400 yards Of them;
Reavis Immediately reported at
Mcdowell, 6 miles distant, when
Lit. Hays dispatched force after
the renegades, who captured 6 of
the animals; the Saturday night
previous s Apaches stampeded
all the post butchers cattle at Me-
Dowell, but failed to get away
with them; Salt river is naviga-
BILE for fiat-bOats from Hayden's
ferry to the mouth of the Swii-
ling canal; they are plucking full
blown roses and eating garden
vegetables raised in the Salt river
valley, and will beautify their
homes. [Eminently sensible, that
A number of strangers were at
Phenix; the Grand Jury of Mari
copa county had found five true
bills for murder and one for &C.
cessory after the fact; unfavora-
BILE report had been made of the
condition of the County Jail; the
prisoners were well fed; day and
night paid watchmen of the Jail
were recommended by the Board
of Supervisors; Hellings & Co.,
Bichard & Co., J. NJ. Bryan and
G.. Il. Hayden were doing the
principal freighting business of
Phenix; post-Office is needed at
Marysville on Salt river.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-05-17
THE DIAMOND FIELDs.-Dr. Pc

THE DIAMOND FIELDs.-Dr.P Pc
terman, the distinguished Ger
man geOgrapher, thinks ths t the
diamond districts of Southeastern
Africa is the identical Ophir from
which King Solomon got his gold
and gems. He says that Zimba-
bye is the exact spot, and that the
soil thereabout is rich with "allu-
vial gold, precious stones and dia-
monds," and that there are eX-
tensive ruins near the place of
great antiquity.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-05-17
SATURDAY, MAY II, 1873.
For the SENTINEL.
REPLICATION.

And why of the Christian ask about
That way intangible. the route
II unallOyed blissl
Alike they grope 10 darkness old.
The Pagan priest and Christian bold;
Then why this warfare" still uphold
When Christ's mission was Peace
Neither seek We the why, and After"
Gods ways to HIM are plain;
We plant the seed, with grOah or laughter
It flowers and fruits the same.
We grasp the past for the good it brings
Nor note each f1eeting breath,
For Life Eternal strongly sings
Where is thy sting, o Death ~
Why then these useless maunderlngs,
Frritless always, and wildl.
Contented be that in SOME things
We DO excel-a child.
Nor wish to know where "heaven" may be,
Or what and where is God; :"
Why agitate Theory
That has filled the earth with blood p
OF friend and foe
In the long age,
Ere you or grew,
Or either knew
Aught of Faith or felO
Deaths dread release is but change
T. another, grander sphere.
This, as all else. will Con arrange;
Then let's be satisfied here.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-05-17
Territorial News.
From the Tucson Citizen, 10th. !


! Tully & Ochoa had dispatched
trains to Camps Grant and Apache
and two to Yuma for agricultural
implements to be used by the far
mers on the San Pedro. Peter
Kitchen had come in from the
Potrero ranch; said that the crops
| were good; that it was more prof
liable to feed corn to hogs and
make bacon and lard than to- sell
it for 10 cents pound; he had
made money at it, Two fur
naces were being put up at the
Sierrita mines, and smelling Of
silver and lead ores was soon to
commence 80 men are at work
there; assays and tests indicated
that the Sierrita would soon be-
come one Of the most populous
and prosperous camps in the Ter
ritory. ditch was being ia
ken out from the San Carlos at the
rate Of IS rods per week, 9 #. in
depth by Is #. width; to be ready
about June L; the Indians were
much pleased thereat "A Fort
Bowie correspondent had written
that the bodies Of two Mexicans,
formerly laborers about that post,
found about 6 miles from there
on the Fort Wingate road, had
been murdered undoubtedly by
two other Mexicans, who had left
the fort about the same time; the
suspected men were we'll known
in Cubero, n NJ, where they had
been seen with considerable mon
ey; pound trout had been
caught in the streams near Bowie;
grass was growing; the weather
warm; and NavajOes were in the
vicinity squaw-stealing.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-05-17

The Austin (Texas) Gazette of
the Sd inst. contains seven adver-
tisements, Offering rewards for
the apprehens ion of as many muir
dererS.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-05-17
Are we to Have a War with Spain
or Mexico?

of April Sth, there comes the in
formation that the Government il
engaged in extensive military
preparations. At Fort Taylor anC
Key West one hundred and thir'
ty heavy guns have been mount
ed. Two large fifteen-inch gun:
have been mounted upon hastily
constructed wooden platforms.
Outside of the fort, to the north
and south, there have been erect
ed two large batteries, with trans
verse bomb-proofS, and in one of
these batteries have been placed
four fifteen-inch Rodman guns,
and in the other, two. Prepare
tions is also going on at the Tor
tugas, and guns are mounted up
on wooden platforms that will not
endure for more than two years.
There are five war vessels in the
harbOr-the Soug,as, Terror, Pa,o-
nee, Poa0hdto1a and the BGche.
Admiral Green is cruising among
the Leeward Islands in the Wor-
cester.
There is a great deal of specu.
lation at Washington, and no little
anxiety, in regard to certain
measures taken by the Govern
ment which are thought to look
towards war with some foreign
Government. The movement of
troops along the Mexican border,
the official inspection of Federal
Notifications upon the frontier, the
fact that a Commission has been
appointed to investigate the
trouble between Mexico and Tex
as, the additional fact that Mexico
owes us large amounts of money
which it is unable to pay, all point
to the possibility of conflict be
tween our Government and Mex
leo. Last winter Gen. Osborne,
Col. Robb and Major Savage, with
others, were at New Orleans as
Commissioners to Mexico to Oh.
tain a list Of all the grievances of
American citizens against MeXi-
can marauders. Gen. Myers and
Gen. Sherman have been on a tour
of inspection along the Mexican
border.
In the meantime there is I'M
precedented activity at the naval
station at New Orleans. Eight
gunboats and three monitors are
now ready for action. There are
five other monitors which may be
into rams at short no.
tice, and upon which there are
now employed between sixty and
men. The monitors Key
a00ding and the Chickasaao, very
heavily plated, each armed with
four eleven-inch Dahlgren guns,
are ready for business; SO also is
the Winne6ago, Elijah, Umpq,ta
and Yuma. The Iris and klamath,
light draught monitors, each
two eleven-inch Dahlgren
guns, are ready for service, with
800 tons of coal on each vessel,
with crew of ninety men on
each ship. Such is the condition
of this feet of war vessels that it
can be ready to sail in five hours
notion O ~ nm
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-05-17
from the Prescott Miner, Sd. |

From the Prescott Miner, Sd.
The party of miners that had
started two weeks ago for the Pr
nal mountains to prospect for pla-
GERS and quartz, had written: We
have had no trouble with In
dams; other prospectors had join
ed them at Mcdowell; these are
the names Of the entire party,
who are well armed and equipped !:
G. w. Lewis, T. F. Gibson, P.
Kelley, P. Morrisey, j. Mahoney,
J. Samms, w. F. Banning, s. Pa
bio, N. w. Bowen, P. p. Copan,
G. Etten, s. z. Pierce, r. o. S.
Watson, H. Schultz, j. Gardner,
A. S. Hutchinson, N. p. Pierce
..... Jesse Jackson and VIM. Sim
mons had come in from Brad
shaw and brought gold bars from
the War Eagle, out of the Del
Pasco mill......Smith's Wicken-
burg mill had made a run and
the cleanup made the owners
jolly; nothing new from the Vul-
ture.. Another furnace going up
at Mineral Park, Wallapai district;
ores from the Little Tiger, Cupel,
Sixty-three and other mines, are
sent to the Park furnace for re-
duction business prosperous ;
hosting machine for the Cupel
and Little Tiger had been safely
landed on top of the range, and
will be set up at once; Mr.. Elder
will soon fire up his furnace at
Cerbat; Diffenbach. Hope and 9TH
ers had discovered q large and
rich lode 80 miles south of Cerbat,
which is creating more excite
ment than any discovery yet
made in Mohave county; the Dis
tri,t Court of that county con-
vened on the 9Th, with % civil
and 6 murder cases on the calen-
dar.. Indians annoy the people
of Phenix in Maricopa county !:
"On Sunday morning, while J. n.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-05-17

The Odd Fellows of Cincinnati
intend to erect $25, ZOO monu-
ment in Spring Grove cemetery.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-05-17
A TRIO RARE.

The "WorId" man, WalJapai Smith
and a WaIIGpGi Battles
in Frisco and Bl0acs IN the Me-
trOp0IiS-Ch0rdcteriStic Yarn.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-01-03

OLD ROMAN BABIES.-I must also
say few words about the babies and
young children. They are made bond
slaves at birth. for the first thing the
nurse does after the ablution is to wind
around the infant-aTmS. body and
legs-swaddling, cloths. and these uSu-
ally indicate the rank of the parents.
Some are wrapped in very costly stuffs
tied with a golden band: others with a
purple scarf fastened by glittering
buckle: others with a fine white shawl
such as the wealthy ladies wear in cold
weather in their houses, fastened with
scarlet strings: while the poor wraptheir
babies in broad fillets of common cloth
The old Lacedemonians seem to have
been Wiser, for they only wrapped a
broad fillet of linen around the body
and left the arms and legs at full liberty
These Romans put their babies into
cradles Of various forms. The most com.
mon are those of a boat and a hollow
shield. ,jOSephus, the Jew have men
toned, tells me that the infant life Of
the great lawgiverof hispeople was saved
by his having been concealed among the
osiers Of the Nile by his mother in boat
cradle. Sometimes. when the baby is a
year old. the mother shayes its head and
puts jewels in its ears. if it be a girl: and
50 soon as it begins to work an ornament
called jul7ais hung about itsneck. This is
often only disk of metal with tie name
of the child's family engraved upon it.
SO that the little one may be identified if
lost: but Oftener it Is a hollow metal case.
sometimes highly ornamented. which
contains charms against evil spirits.
The children of the poor have disks Of
leather so marked that the babe may he
identifed.-Fromt the ''Old Romans at
Home. "by BENSON J. LOSING. in Hor-
per'S Nogu-ia| tor .Jgmara.
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A Lesson to Parents.

When was young. busy mother, like
yourself. and Arthur was about your
Willie's age, l was making him little
new dress. 1t was a soft, fine merino,
of delicate shade, and contrasted beau
tifully with his soft, black eyes, and l
was so proud and happy in every stitch
of the work. 1t was for Christmas, and
when it vas nearly done 1 called him to
try it on for the last time.
Thelittlerestless, dancingfellowf found
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80
a Night n the State House
1t was a forlorn sight.

1t was a forlorn sight.
\ drunken father. blear-eyed land blOat-
ed. to whose hand a child of five years
old clmg with tenacious grasp.
What's this man brought in for?''
asked the Chief of Police.
Disorderly conduct, throwing stones
at people. cUrsing and swearing"
Very well, put him into the cell--but,
stop. there's the child"
The little fellow was an exceptionally
beautiful boy. He had grave, blue eyes,
so large and so pitiful that their glance
appealed TO the Chiefs stout heart.
His complexion, where it was not dis
colored by dirt and tears. was the finest
and faiTest. His lips were like cherries.
His yellow hair curled thickly over a
nobly shaped head.
THAT man has seen better days. =
said the chief to himself Come, bub.
your father must go in the cell; We'll
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Misttllanu.

ShOe-Binding and Music Lessons.
We'll, l am thankful it is the last
scholar to-day !" said Mrs. Lewis as she
closed the piano wearily. What a
hard way to exc out a livelihood. If
Charles could only earn a living support
for Us, what IA comfort it would be. Only
three dollars for three such tiresome Is
sons. She will never have any skill III
it. 1t is only a waste of time. money
and patience"
SO, in a very dissatisfied mood. gener-
ally. Mrs. Lewis took up her sewing
work and seated herself in a low rocking
chair by the window Presently poor
woman called. whose husband had been
much disabled 10y sickness. and who had
a large family of little ones to maintain
on half a weeks wages. He had once
been III much more prosperous circum-
stances and had filled ably the position
Of professor of natural sciences in a
popular institution Of learning.
Mrs. X. looked very weary. and had
stopped at Mrs. Lewis's to rest a few
minutes before resuming her long walk
home.
I have been binding few shoes for
the factory, she said. - but can get no
more to do at present They are not
doing much work now, they say, and
will not be until fall. l am very sorry
for that, " she said with a sigh.
How much do you get a pair? =
asked Mrs. Lewis with interest.
only four cents. 1t is small pay.
but wish | could get more Of the work
To do.
How many can YOU do in day."
oh. sometimes only three pair, and
at the very best only five. | can work
only few minutes at a time before |
have the baby to take up or some of the
children to look after. | could not do
so much, but Ella washes all the dishes.
and sweeps the house for me and at
tends to the baby "a great deal"
Did | ever repine." " thought Mrs.
Lewis, lat my work: Surely l never
can again Further conversation drew
from the poor woman the fact that cloth
ing for the children was the great want
at present. 1t was that which made her
so eager to do the shop work, for which
she received such small pay; though it
obliged her greatly to oyer-tax her slen-
der, under-sized, little daughter of nine
years.
Mrs. King" said her friend, 4
have some articles of Freddie's and Jim
mics quite Out-grown but good. If you
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COUDERSPORT, PA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1873.

would accept them, should be glad to
let you have them. Your boy can stop
when he goes from school and get the
basket
4 should be very thankful indeed
for them, said the other fervently and
with Frightening of the eye which had
been SO downcast before.
She soon went on her way. far more
hopeful than when she came in. and
Mrs. Lewis thought over and over as
she turned over her ample stores: Can
L ever repine again?' With heart
full of thankfulness to God that she
had gift by which she could earn such
liberal wages, she laid out one and an
other little garment for the poor wo-
mans children.
: 1t would take weeks of shoe-binding
to earn even one of these. = she thought.
What if l had to buy them at that
slow rate?" "
From that day. when tempted to re-
pine at her tasks. She had but to think
of binding shoes at four cents a pair.
and she grew content. All. if we would
oftener look at our mercies instead of
our crosses, it would be a great gain to
body and soul. Mrs. King conferred a
greater good than she received. d.-Lubr-
an ObSerrer.
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find place for you somewhere.
No. no. sir: oh. no. cried the boy
in terrified voice. Il 90 withpapa. .,
please don't take me from my papa"
But. child. you must: see here, Col
bert. you must take the child away.
How can he cling to such wretch:"
Easier said than done The little fell
low caught his fathers hands. clung 10
his body which staggered at lis touch.
all the time screaming III heart-breaking
tones that he must. he would 90 with
papa
l. i'm lone, " said the man at last.
seeming To come out Of his stupor for a
moment, Don ye see-he' 'sh got nobody
bu' me: l. i'm lone"
4 cant allow the child to 90 into
the cell, = said the Chief, but | gan
bear to hear his cries. | suppose there
is nothing else to do-he must go. Put
them in together, Colbert.
So they We're put in together in the
dark, sitting den. and the door was
shut. The little fellow cuddled himself
against the ehalf-insensible form. and laid
his head upon his fathers bosom: So
they slept together.
The faint light looked in through
grimmy bars, wl.en on the following
morning the father awoke and bestirred
himself. OF course. as is usually the
case. he wondered where he was. and
how he came there. Tie last thing he
remembered lie had gone into d saloon
alone, and drank a few glasses, and then
recollection ceased. Where was his hat:
where his coat? and looking around he
cried out in agony:
God Of heaven. there's little Benny
Yes. there was little Benny. the pure.
fair child, the idol Of a broken-hearted
mother. There was little Benny. and
he had spent the night in this hole. the
man fairly beat his breast as he
looked down on that bright curly head.
Husband and child both, he NUT
tered bitterly; too bad, too bad =
At that moment the blue eyes Of the
boy opened. He raised himself in Won
der. but as he met his fathers gaze he
smiled like an angel.
The bad man would put YOU in here.
papa. but | wouldn't let them take me.
You didn't know anything. papa. when
| found you in the street. You lost
Your hat. l guess the wind took il and
the boys were all laughing. You was
sick. WASH YOU, papa And when the
bad man took you off, | came too. Now
lets 90 home and tell mama all about it:
lets tell her we was stoled:'' and the
dear little fellow laughed merrily over
the brilliant idea
But that father, God help linn. His
heart was touched as it never had been
before. He could not speak--could
scarcely think. What was the mother
suffering that moment: And this aw-
ful sin that had led him into its tolls
it never had looked as 1t looked to him
now. within the unsightly cell the
light lying on the curls Of his innocent
boy.
And when they went ont there TODD
the mother, Who. half distracted. had
been wandering AID searching all night.
0 what sight for her gentle. loving
eyes, With a wild cry She fell upon the
neck Of the child. and drawing him
away sank to the floor with him. sob
bing as if her heart would break.
Think of the bitter anguish so many
good and gentle wemen are called to
endure. and then look in the face of the
respectable rumseller and call him gen
tleman if you can.-Good T1npIar.
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9ortru.
Motherhood.


She laid it where the sunbeams fall
UnScanned upon the broken wall
Without a tear, without a groan.
She laid il near mighty stone,
W hlch some rude swain had haplY cast
Thither in sport long ages past.
And time with muS>es had o'erlaid.
Aud fenced with many a tall grass blade,
And al about bade roses bloom.
And violetS shed their rich perfume.
There, IN lts cool and quiet bed,
She set her burden down and fed.
Nor flung, all eager 10 escape,
one glance upon the perfect shape
Ihat lay, still warm and fresh and fair,
But mOuOnleSS and S0undleSS there.
No human eye had marked her pass
Across the linden-Shadowed grass
Ere Yet the minister clock chimed seven:
Only the innocent birds Of heaven
The magpie, and the rock. whose nest
swings as the elm tree waves his crest
And the 1.-THE cricket. and the hOar
And huge-limbed hound that guards the door
Looked on, when, as summer wind
That, passing, leaves no trace behind,
All unappareied, barefoot all
She ran 10 that old ruined wall.
To leave upon the chill, ddnk earth.
ltOr all! she never knew its worth)
Md hemlOck rank. and fern. and ling,
And dewS OF night. that precious thing
And there it might have lain forlorn.
From morn till eve. from eve till morn.
But that. by some wild impulse led,
The mother. ere she turned and fed.
one moment stood erect and hign:
Then poured into the silent sky
\ cry 50 jubilant, 50 strange.
That Alice-IS she StrUye 10 range
Her rebel ringlttS in her glass
Sprang up and gaZed across the grass;
Shook back those curls 50 fair 10 see.
Clapped her soft hands in childish glee:
And shlieked-AeT sweet face all agl0w,
Her very limbs with rapture shaking
My hen has laid an egg. l know:
And only hear the noise shes making"
C. :. CAyERLEY.
, 1873-06-22
COUNTRY REAL ESTATE.

E1OR BALE-A RARE CHANCE-A SPLENDID
corntry seat Of 40 Of beautiful improved land
contAluing OF timber and up bearing apn1e
asd In Kane Cou9ty enly q mile, trem chieaeo
gain: Cali OF address VI B. SPEARS, 1855 statest.