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Arizona weekly miner., 1876-11-24

The Virginia Chronicle tells of young Cornish miner named Lean, who went to q fashionable boarding house in Virginia City engaged elegant rooms at $40 per month paid in advance, and was tine landlady fa- vorite lodger, until one morning he walked into the parlor and astonished her ladyship with the announcement that he had made up his mind to marry her favorite daughter, and had come to ask her consent to the un. ion, but fit was withheld he should marry her all the same, as they had both deterEi- ined upon it let the consequences be what they might. The old lady flew into pas sion, ordered him to leave the house and never return and assigned her daughter to apartments up stairs where she was bid to remain and not come down without permis- sion until her mother should choose to re- move the restriction. Thus matters went on for few days when one morning Chinese servant came down stairs with such haste as to almost break his bones screaming at the top of his voice that his young mistress had flown out at the window and was gone. The mother hastened up stairs where she arrived just in time to see her daughters form fit ting from one awning to another, leaping large spaces, where they failed to connect closely, until she reached certain saloon on C. street where her lover had provided means for her descent to the ground and meeting her there the two proceeded through the sa- loon and up to B, street where a minister was in waiting, and before the old lady, who was hot upon their track, could reach the place they were married. She found that she was too late to prevent the marriage and her next move was to try cure it. by seeking the assistance of the law to have them divorced, but finding that she could not succeed in that sent for them to come home, gave them her blessing, and the same suite of rooms from which she had driven him a week before, and now they are all living happily under the same roof as if the whole affair had been planned by the mamma. Young Lean is steady, indus trious, sober and a capital miner, and the Chronicle predicts will make a first rate husband.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-11-24
S U NJ NJ ON $ 1.

IT. LAND OFFICE
 PREscoIr. A. T., Ociob-r la s'e To THOMAS W. KETILEsoS and DANIEL CeApsN'' Greeting: icu are hereby notified |" appear at this onee s urday. Dee l6 Is76 al H o'clock A. A- fe show I ,a If any vhy John M. Bennirt shoud nd h~ aIesSs make final proof and Iayment f, lots a q spa ars of N. W Section 2 township 10 NsFfa kange @ w. of Gila and Salt River Meridian ~ WILLIAM \. NELLY. Kegs. GEoRGE LpIixr. Rrcriver eei3SV
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-11-24
LEGAL.
Land Sale.
r. S. LAND OFFICE.

PRESCOTT. A.IZnNA TERRIro Y. rct 4th. Ise
 Ir accordance with instructions of the Hon Conmis s nsr of General Land Office under Act of Cangrs of .Tnne 22 1874 Statutes at arvr Vol g rage sol entitled An Ac- author zing the Secretary ofv rein aush and turn h Interior Department sis rars os certain in the Terr " If znua as may he longer required fr Military purposes will cer Public Sale undr th~ pr'viins of said Act at the Tinted States Land Cfce a' Prescott X r on the eotA DAY OF DECENREp NEXT. at 10 o'clock 4. M the following described tracts of land. vi.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-11-24

The above described tracts situated in Towrshipli North RaRTe Cila and Salt River Meridian sG comprise all of inc r"lrqushe portion If Fort whpr- Reservation ured Ht the time of the reservaos d. claratou. August 3l. lsf9
 The sale will he confined from day day until a 4 said tracts have be. n "ff red
 WILLIAM Y KELLY Register Ocl3-9 GEORGE l. UNIT. Receiver.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-11-24

The Bank of California has levied an as- sessment of $l0 per share, amounting to $500,000., This, when collected, will make the paid up capital of the Bank, S5,O00,00O.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-11-24

We respectfully solicit the patronage ef the merhants of A,zona and will give prompt attention to Inc T warding @f all goods marked 'K. E. CO., Ter minus R. R The railroad freight must he paid before delivery at the Terminus which will be dsbursed "nr- receipt
 +. T.. F. < co August II, 1876.
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-11-24

An exchange paper says: Its board of education has resolved to erect building large enough to accommodate five hundred students three stories high"
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-11-24
Stolen or strayed.

Two whi'e horses. whire flea bitten pc, ,s !. bell when last yen. The esi sr hte horse uI G order. Any person giving information 'e c. r m .fs s-d. D c. MeRELAsp'
Arizona weekly miner., 1876-11-24
Notice to Tax-2ayevs.

Taxes for the year 1876 due and pa able me a' my office in Prescott Yavapai county Arizona and if not aid on sr before the Huh day of December will come d. linquenf. ED. F. B'IWEKS
 Sheriff and ex-ofsco Tax Collector YavaIai Co Sept 29 1876
, 1876-04-14

From the second volume of "The Life
of George Ticknor," we take this charm
ing account of an entertainment that will
prove a genuine pleasure to every one
who hears its echoes after more than hall
a century. Mr.. Ticknor thus writes TO
his friend, S. A. Eliot, London:
BosroN, September 1S, 1929
Among the strangers who have been
here this season, by far the most consid-
erable is Chancellor Kent, now superan-
nuated by the Constitution of the State OF
New York, because he is above sixty years
old, and yet, de fdcto, in the very flush
Ind vigor of his extraordinary faculties.
He was received with a more cordial and
fattering attention than l ever knew a
stranger to be in Boston, and had not a
moment of his time left unoccupied. He
enjoyed it all extremely, and is of such
transparent simplicity of character that
he did not at all conceal the pleasure he
received from the respect paid him during
the ten days he was with US. What
pleased him most, l suspect, was the
Phi Beta dinner. All the old members
attended it on his account, so that nearly
hundred sat down to table, among
whom were Chief Justice Parker, Judge
Davis, Judge Story, Mr.. Prescott, Sen,
Mr.. Webster, etc. The whole was car
ried through, with extemporaneOus spirit,
in the finest style, and nothing faltered,
up to the last moment.
The best tOasts we ever had in this
part of the country were given, on requi-
sition from the chair, at an instant's
warning, and the succession was uninter-
rupted. Judge Parker gave, 1.-THE happy
climate of New York, where the moral
sensibilities and intellectual energies are
preserved long after constitutional decay
has taken place;" and Judge Story gave,
1.-THE State of New York, where the law
of the land has been so ably administered
that it has become the land of the law !"
to which the Chancellor instantly replied,
1.-THE State of Massachusetts,, the land of
Story as we'll as of Song;" and so it was
kept up for three or four hours, not a
soul leaving the table. At last the
Chancellor rose, and the whole company
rose with him, and clapped him as far
as he could hear it, and then all quietly
separated. 1t was the finest literary fes-
tiVal ever witnessed; and I never saw
anybody who thought would enjoy it
more than the Chancellor did.
was with him a great deal while he
was in Boston; he dined with US the day
before he left; and really think he is
not only one Of the most powerful but one
Of the most interesting men ever saw.
, 1876-04-14
BruIn Before Breakfast.

The average man is not amiable before
breakfast. The nerves of his stomach re-
quire to be first quieted, then his amiable
disposition will appear. But 1t was not
thus with bear 10 Florida. The Talla-
hassee Sentinel tells the story, and refers
to citizen of that place as the hero of it.
He had been on hunting expedition in
Wakulia County, Fa.
Early in the morning this gentleman
started out from camp to procure water
from one Of the many springs in that sec
ton, and after proceeding q short dis
tance, came to one located in a secluded
spot, aud surrounded by . dense foliage.
Pushing bis way through the under
growth, he reached the spring, and, feel
ing thirsty, threw himself on the ground
and commenced drinking. Suddenly he
was startled by rustling of the leaves
and q swapping of twigs near by, and
presently huge bear made his appear
ance.
Quietly raising his head, our friend, not
daring to move, and not being armed,
kept his position, and waited to see what
turn affairs would take. His bearship
slowly approached the water within three
feet of our friend, and, after cycling him
for few moments, proceeded to drink.
Our friend began to feel more easy on
noticing the bear 50 good-natured, and,
wishing to become better acquainted,
reached out his hand and gently tapped
him on his nose. The bear, not seeming
to be in quarrelsome mood, shifted his
hand, looked at him a moment, aud then,
wagging his stumpy tail, walked of
, 1876-04-14
President Grant as a schOOlbOy.

The Cincinnati Post tells of an old
tumble-down school-house, near the town
of Amelia, Clermont County, o., where
Gen. Grant first went to school.
"Nobody thought when Grant was a
boy" said an old citizen Of Clermont
County, who attended this school at the
same time that the President did, ''that
he would ever amount to much. The
most promising boy in the school at this
time was one named Henry Watty. He
was at the head of the class in mathe-
matics, geography, spelling, and all other
studies, and everybody prophesied great
things of him. But he is now running 9
forty-acre farm up in Warren County"
"How did Grant average in his
studies9"
"Only middling. He would never be
called dull, but he was never brilliant
He used to spend great deal of his time
in reading the life Of Napoleon, which
interfered considerably with his school
duties, until the teacher destroyed that
book by putting it into the stove"
"Was he punctual in his attendance9'
"Very. He never stayed away from
scnOol unless cOmpeileu 70 Dy clrcum-
stances. He was never late, either, but
was among the first to reach the school
house In the morning"
"Was he a noisy boy9"
"No, sir. Although courteous to every
body, he was not loud-mouthed, like the
other boys, but he spoke in a low and
quiet tone Of voice, with unusual dignity
for one Of bis years.
1--WE always called him Hiram al
school, :" continued the old stager. mo
body ever thought of calling him Ulysses
and after the capture Of Vicksburg, wher
we had not heard from him for years, {
great many Of US did not know or ever
imagine that it was the boy who used
to 60 to the old log school-house in the
hollow"
, 1876-04-14
Cooking for Health.

There is no more important branch of
"preventive medicine than cooking. Bad
cooking may cause a dwindling of the
race, ,ruination of the temper, and deteriora-
tion of the morals. GoSd cooking, on the
other hand, is accompanied by national
prosperity and domestic bliss. So say
the promoters of the national training
school of cookery, who are undoubtedly
right in the main, and are deserving of all
imaginable success. Now, cooking is
both an art and a science. For its prog
ress as an art VIC are not greatly con-
cerned, although our profession would
undoubtedly suffer Ia pocket should fine
art cookery go out ut ElsAic2. "Elegant"
dishes are generally whited sepulchers,
and the fore-runners of blue pills and
other disagreeable correctiyes. The bulk
of people live in big cities, andif we were
asked to name the most predominating
characteristic of our urban population, we
should say dyspepsia" Those who spend
their days in dark offices, chambers or
consulting rooms, and keeping their
noses everlastingly upon their respective
grindstones, seldom know that digestion
which should wait on appetite. Hitherto
their dinners have not been so skillfHlly
prepared as to demand the least possible
effort from jaded stomach; but let us
hope that the national disgrace of inai-
gestibility will no longer dim the bright
ness of our hospitality, and the number
of patent medicines which are sold 50
largely in this country as aids to diges4
tion will undergo a rapid diminution.
, 1876-04-14
The Road to a Fathers Heart.

"
Jacob Blivens is young man who lives
in Allegheny. He was desperately in love
with Amelia s., and Amelia was said
to fully reciprocate the youths attach
ments. Jacob thought it was time to
broach the subject to Amelia's father,
who was unaware that Bliven's uncle had
died two weeks before, leaving Jake a
handsome legacy. The young man, with
Amelia on his arm, came into the awful
presence of the father.
"Good evening, Mr.. s." said Bliv-
ems, hesitating, while Amelia grew scarlet.
''Eh!" interrupted the old gentleman,
looking up, and his prophetic soul telling
him what was coming. - --
whats this7"
"Why, Amelia and me-"
"Amelia!" interrupted the old man.
'Dear me! how the young dogs do get
familiar on short acquaintance; it was
Miss Amelia week ago."
eyes, sir; but things have changed
since last week." said Blivens, boldly,
"and we've come to ask your consent"
"Diabolical wretch -"
Amelia here commenced her part by
stopping the old mans mouth with kiss.
"Your consent, continued Blivens, TAX
ing Amelia by the hand and kneeling at
the stern parents feet, "to be joined in
the bonds Of
"Pernicious caitiffl Out of my house !"
cried Mr.. s., wildly. "D'ye think my
daughter shall marry beggarl"
''Oh, just hold up a minute: you git
mad s. easy that nobody can tell you
nothin," said poor Blivens. My uncle
died"
"And what the deuce did he die forf"
said Mr.. s..
II didn't ask him, sir; but bein' as he
is dead, and Amelia loves me, and"
"Mendacious parvenul Do you love
this william, Amelia2"
"Yes, papa" replied the fair Amelia,
blusAingly.
an disown you for it, said Mr.. s..
~ expected greater things of you"
"Well, as | was saying" Blivens went
on, "she loves me an love her, an we
both love each other, an we want your
consent"
This was very bold in Blivens, and the
old man didn't answer. Amelia looked
hopefully at her Jake, and Jake looked
anxiously at Amelia's papa.
sand if you did marry her, what have
you got in the way Of furniture7" at
length said Blrsemith; "a Piccadilly col
lar and boiled shirt, suppose2''
mo, sir; I've got eight Piccadillys
and five Shirts" replied Jacob, after a
moments hesitation, "besides $4,000
that my uncle left me, and"
"Whati my dear Jacobl Why, my dear
boy, bless your heart, why the deuce
didn't you say so beforei" cried the old
man, shaking Blivens by the hand.
"Here, Amelia; take her, young man,
and may heaven bless you both"
1t is reported that Mr.. Smith has asked
his son-in-law for a loan of $4,000, and
that Jake has refused, and taken his wife
to New York, where he intends to be
free from father-in-lawism.- Pittsburgh
Leader.
, 1876-04-14
Be Natural.

One of the fashionable follies of the
day is the a1ectation of great GOODNESS.
1t is considered vulgar to be demnnstra-
tive. You meet an old friend; it is a
blessing to your eyes to behold him once
more. Your heart leaps up at sight Of
him-your impulse is to grasp him
warmly by the hand. You feel almost
like embracing him. You must do moth
ing of the kind. No ripple must be per-
mitted to ruff1e the smooth equilibrium
and indifference of your feelings. You
must greet him politely, but without
emotion. So the false etiquette of which
we speak teaches. possession is a
strong quality, but we do not believe in
this Kind of sell. possession, and people
who school themselves in this are not apt
to have the other and better kind. They
are not apt TO manifest self possession on
such occasions as really call for it--occa-
sions of difficulty and danger of great
trials. Touch their self-love, make any
unusual demand upon them for elf-denial,
and their assumed and superficial self
possession vanishes in an instant. For
ourselves we like naturalness Of manner.
Seem as you feel. Let the heart speak
yout, or what is the use of having hearti
There are crops which grow only on light
soils, and the school of philosophy
miscalled philosophy-of which we
speak must have originated in shallow
brains.
, 1876-04-14
The Centennial.

There appear to be still good many
people who have no very clear idea of
the nature and object of the Centennial
Exhibition. Some think that q collec-
ton Of relics will be the most prominent
feature, and with this view kindly offer
to contribute the chair that Gen. So-and-
so of the Revolutionary Army once sat
upon, or the wig worn by one of the
Signers of the Declaration. Others i'm
agine that the show is to be collection
Of curiosities and monstrosities, somewhat
more extensive Of course than Barnum's
old Museum, but much in the same style.
One man writes to the Commission that
he has caught remarkably fine eagle,
which he will sell for reasonable price
another that he would like to exhibit a
big OK in a prominent place in. the main
building, and another Che lives in Tennes-
see) that he has boy who is deformed in
fearful and wonderful way, and that he
will bring him on ifall expenses are paid.
1t keeps clerk busy, we are told, to de-
cline with thanks these extraordinary
contributions. The local papers are, to
some extent, responsible for such singular
misconceptions. They are constantly
printing statements that this, that, or the
other relic, novelty, overgrowth, or NAL
formation is to be "sent to the Centen-
NAL" At the risk of repeating what
every intelligent person might be ex-
pected by this time to understand, we viii
say that the celebration is not to be a
curiosity shop, and that it is intended to
illustrate the best phases and highest ex-
isting development Of art, education,
science, invention, manufactures and ag-
riculture in all the nations Of the earth.
IN. 7. TribuHs.
, 1876-04-14

HoN. ZACH. CHANDLER, the U. S. Sec
retary Of the Interior, man six feet
high and sixty years old, has fearfully
reo and SCARED face. Seventeen years
ago Mr.. Chandler finished and moved
into an elegant house in Detroit Mich,
and on the first evening gas leak was
discovered, aud as his daughter was GO
ing into his closet, from which the smell
came, having light in her hand, he saw
the danger and placed himself 10 front Of
her. The next moment an explosion oc-
CURED. Portions of his lip had to be
cut away, and the loss of his eyesight was
feared, and year passed before Zacha-
riah Chandler was seen on the streets Of
Detroit again. No one could recognize
him except by his voice and immense
frame. His face, once full, round and
muscular, was shriveled and muscleless.
His heavy jaw, indicative Of his firmness
Of purpose, was almost without shred
of flesh.
, 1876-04-14

A TEACHER was employed, at certain
salary, by the year. After while his
services we're not found satisfactory to
the school committee, and their chair
man, a smooth-spoken member of the
legal profession, was deputed to perferm
the ungracious task Of informing the
master of the state of the case. After
the settlement Of preliminaries, the point
was reached, and the propriety of the
masters resignation was automatically
and politely suggested. The Incumbent,
if notquaIifed to teach such a school,
was a shrewd Yankee. He expressed his
willingness to leave so readily that the
committee man became uhcommonly
gracious at the success Of his mission.
"But," said the worthy pedagogue, t'if
my services are not satisfactory here,
they may be in some other place; and as
must get my living, presume you will
give me a recommendation"
"Certainly," replied the committee
man, thinking only of relieving his own
town of an inefficient instructor, and ac-
cordingly drew up'the paper on the spot.
The master read it, and found it
highly satisfactory. aAnd now" said
he, glancing keenly at his employer,
"upon this recommendation l am so
we'll fitted to teach, will thank you to
pay me the rest of my salary for the
unexpired half year,
The lawyer was caught, and the money
was paid.-Hdrper's Drdper.
, 1876-04-14
Seal skins.

When the seals have reached the kill
ing ground they are allowed certain
time to rest and cool, after which about
one hundred are driven together into an
inclosure, and the fittest are selected for
slaughter. The others are allowed to go
down to the nearest water, whence they
as once make their way back to sea. The
instrument of destruction is long club
of hard wood, with which the animals are
struck a violent blow on the head. One
is usually sufficient. A long, sharp
knife lis then thrust into the vitals, and
the carcass laid aside, and so on until
about one thousand have been slain,
when the work of skinning commences.
When taken off the skins are salted and
sent home in that condition. On arriv-
ing here they are properly cured, and
then comes the preparation needed for
their conversion into what is properly
called "sealskin." 1t is difficult to con-
ceive how that beautiful article of dress
can ever be manufactured out of the
very unattractive object the skin presents
at this iuncture. - 1t is hard and unyield-
ing as a board, and the stiff, coarse hairs
cover the fur so completely that its very
existence might be unsupported. In the
trade full-sged male is called a "wig:"
female, "clap-match," males not quite
SO old, "bulls;" the half-grown of both
sexes, "yearlings;' the young of nearly a
year old, 'gray" or "silvered pups" and
before their coats are changed to this
shade, "black pups" The problem to
be solved is how to separate the under
fur. For many years each individual
hair was plucked out severally, at, of
course, vast expenditure of time and
money, until lucky accident revealed
to the dressers that the roots of the hair
were more deeply seated than those of
the fur. Now, therefore, after prelimi-
nary preparation, the skins are laid hair
downward upon a wooden block with a
carved surface and pared down with a
knife until the roots of the hair have
been cut through and the skin is very
little thicker than kid glove. All the
coarser hair can be brushed off with the
hand, leaving the fur, which is then seen
to be arranged in small curls, of light
brown color, varying slightly in shade in
the different parts. In consequence
nearly all 'sealskin" is dyed before it is
sold, and in the process of dyeing the
curls untwist themselves, and the fur be-
comes smooth and ready for use. The
profits made in dealing in furs must be
WORTH having. The value of each skin
that leaves the Prysiloy Islands, now our
main source of furs, is triaing. The
Government of the United States inn
poses, it is true, revenue tax Of two
dollars a skin, to which must be added
the cost Of the maintenance Of an estah-.
lishment in so remote spot; but even
after all allowances have been made for
this and other expenses in Europe, the
price demanded for jacket must still be
regarded as extravaganza Contemporary
ReViea0.
, 1876-04-14

A COLOSSAL PIECE OF SILvER.--The
steamship 0ity Of HaVand, of the Alex
andre line, will to-day discharge at pier
3, North River, block of pure silver
weighing 4,50O pounds, which was sent
from the Real del Castorce silver mines
in Mexico for the Centennial Exhibition,
The block was brought over in the
special charge of Purser Coney, Of the
above mentioned steamship. The i'm
mense block is consigned to Messrs.
Gomez, Pindar & Co., Of this city, and
was shipped at Vera Cruz.-Ne0 York
Herald.
, 1876-04-14

LEMONS WHoLEsoME.--Whe people
feel the need of an acid, if they would let
vinegar alone, and use lemons or apples,
they would feel as well satisfied, and re-
ceive no injury. A suggestion may not
come amiss as to a good plan, when lem
ons are cheap in Market to make good
lemon syrup. Press your hand on the
lemon and roll it back and forth briskly
on the table to make it squeeze more
easilyi then press the juice into bowl or
tumbler-neVer into a tin; strain out all
the seeds, as they give bad taste. Re-
move all the pulp from the peels and boil
in water-a pint for dozen pulps-to
extract the acid. A few minutes boiling
is enough; then strain the water with the
juice Of the lemon, put pound of white
sugar to a pint of the juice;' boil ten
minutes, bottle II, and your lemonade is
ready. Put tablespoonful or two of this
lemon syrup in glass of water, and you
have a cooling, healthful drink.