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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14

SOME PERSONS are In the habit Of
going to sleep with the wick of the
lamp turned down low. 1t is a most
unhealthy practice. The gas which
should be consumed by the fame passes
into the atmosphere. only good oil
should be burned, and the wick always
raised to a proper height.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14

WHAT Soil CONSISTS oF.-The bulk
of all fertile soil consists ofthree earths,
10 wit: silica, alumina and lime. I'm
mixed with clay, sand, or other organic
or inorganic substances, lime consists Of
the oxide of the metallic element cal
cium, and as it enters into the compost,
ton of all plants, it necessarily occupies
a large place in Nature's laboratory
Chemistry tells us that 1t has an affinity
for water and ~carbonlc acid; when ap'
piled to the land it absorbs water, form
Ing hydrate of lime; this hydrate Their
absorbs carbonic acid, so that lime.
although applied to the land In the
caustic state, really exists, shortly after
its application, in the form Of carbonate
along with a little sulphate and phos'
plate as previously mentioned.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14

HUNGARIAN GRASS. - "Young Far
mer'' wants to know how much Hunga-
rian grass seed to SOW on an acre of poor
land to produce a large crop of hay, and
at what time to sow. Also whether
Hungarian and Millet are the same.
Also, whether cuttings can be taken
from grapes in the spring, and be made
to grow. The problem of producing
large crops from poor land has never
been solved yet, but on poor soil not
less than three-fourths to a bushel of
Hungarian grass seed should'be sown.
Hungarian grass and Millet proper are
different things, but the same quantity
of each is sown. Cuttings can be taken
in the spring and grown successfully,
but require more care. The cuttings
must be made before the buds swell,
and when the wood Is not frozen.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14

GREAT OFFER s Ss Y" ts: y;
ORGANS, new and secondhand Of nrstI
class makers including WATERS AT
lower prices for cash on Installments
or 20 let until paid for than ever before
offered. WATERS GRAND SQUARE
and UPRIGHT PIANOS a. ORGANS
UNCLUDINGTHEIR NEW SOUVENIR
AND BOUDOIRl are the BEST MADE.
z Octave Pianos $3.50. z Ia do Sl6O not
used a year. s'2' Stop Organs $50. 4
stops $751; Stops S6s. 3 stops $40. 10
stops SIS. IL Stops 500 cash, not used
n year, In perfecI order and warranted.
LOCAL and TRAVELLING AGENTS
w WANTED. illustrated Catalogues
Mailed. A liberal discount 10 Teachers,
Ministers, Churches, etc. Sheet music at half
price. HORACE WATERS a SONS,
M~anufactrs. and Dealers, 40 East 18th
ST., Union square. NJ Y.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14
worms. Worms. Worms

Removed alive. Tape Worm removed alive
in from two to three hours, with vegetable me-
dicine. Head and all passing from the system
alive. No fee till head passes. The Doctor
never fails to remove Tape, Seat, Pin and
Stomach Worms. Ask your druggist for a
bottle Of Kunkel's Worm Syrup. Price, 81 per
bottle. 1t never fails, or send 10 DR.. Kunkel,
259 North Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa, for
circular with full instructions, by enclosing 8
cent stamp for return Of same. Kunkers Worm
Syrup is used for children or adults with per,
feet safety, as it is vegetable. Buy it, and
try it
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14

Tr Combination VI Cap
NHIUV,6 tai" New mode Of OPsr
VSbOH !. ating In stocks. Loss I'm.
.Js1ible Profits sure. Explanatory circular SAINT
ree. H0BEAN 4 CO., Brokers, IS Broad 81. J. o.
OF 859S, NJ. Y.
TAO The choicest in the w~orld-lmpor
LHOi ters prices Largest COMPANY 10
America staple article - pleases everybody
trade continually increasing - Agents wanted
,verywhere best inducements don't VASE
lme-sepd for Circular 70 ROBERT WELLS
" Vesey st., N. 7. p. o. BOZ, 1881
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DpNCI0NO- NO matter now slightly disabled.
IGNDlUND Increases now paid. Advice and circu-
lar free. T., McMlCHAEL, Atty, 707 SAMSON ST.
Phlla. Pa.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14

OK FANCY Fine Mixed Cards with name Joe. post
90 paid. J. b, HusTED, Nassau, Renns. Co., \.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14

PLACE a small saucer of ground cloves
where ants are troublesome, and, 1t Is
said, they will quickly disappear.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14

Lamp Shade Holder.-This is an i'm
proved Illuminating shade holder for
lamps, by which different sized shades
may be used, and a more perfect COM
bustion and brighter light without the
use of a chimney produced. The holder
ia made of inverted conical shape and
OF transparent glass, the angle of the
sides being so arranged that the rays
of light are reflected from the shade at
the opposite side of the holder. The
upper circumference of the. shade
holder is provided with two flanges, of
which the inner flange is supported on
an inclined collar, and slightly below
the level of the outer hange, 30 that q
shade seated on the inner flange will al
most touch the outer lange and form a
heater finish Herewith.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14

A Shght blow ia sufficient to smash q
whole pane Of glass, while q bullet from
a gun or pistol will only make a small
round hole; because in the latter case
the particles of glass that receive the
blow are torn away from the remain
der with such rapldity that the motion
impaired to them has no time to spread
prther.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14

6n VISITING CARDS, with name, loo. and stamp.
W Agents Outfit 100. J. WEBER, 2S8 Broome St.i
N. Y.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14

with all these publications is
ment honorable dealing, and
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-14

AIN consequence OF this, they can always
have ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the Publlsher.s
Arizona citizen., 1877-03-03
Potato Bugs in Arizona.

An Arlzona correspondent, writing lately 10 the San Francisco Rural Press, from Williamson's valley, in Yavapai county, complains of great in jury done to he potato in his section by the potato bug, and asks for infor- nation as to the manner of using Paris green.
 We have never heard of the presence of the bug in question in this part oi the Territory, but we give the remarks of the Press, in answer to it's cores pendent, for general information. The Rural Press says:
 We are not aware which of dozen insect foes of the potato is destroying our querist'S crops. The Colorado beetle has not yet been reported from Arizona. Professor Riley notes the fact that races of insects almost iden- iicai with the Colorado beetle are found in Arizona and Mexico, but they have not shown any desire to feed up on the potato. l. might be that this insect has found out what is good, or that some of the other insects, which are known to exist in thIs western country. may he doing the damage.
 The use or Parls green as an insecti- eide has been the subject of much dis pute and careful investigation. The result of it all is that there IS no need 10 fear it if used with care and in the proportions which care necessary to destroy the insect. It has been shown, first, by careful chemical analysis, ihal the plant does not take up particle of the poison, and therefore the tuberS cannot become impregnated with il; second, that Ihe poison winch falls up on the ground becomes transformed by the substances iE the soIl, so that at thy end of the season it does not exist any longer in poisonous form.
 There are two ways of applying the poison which may be recommended. The first is 10 mix the Paris green with whea, flour, in the proportion of one part pOlsOn to 20 parts of flour. Put the mixture in small sack of coarse cotton cloth, which will hold about a quart Tie this sack to the end of a rod four feet long, and dust the mix .ture upon the vines wher the dew is on them. The second way is to put a tablespoonful of the poison in buck etful of water Apply the liquid with a sprinklIng pot or dash it against the vines by dipping an old broom in the liquid. Either of these ways will prove etfectual If diligently applied. If the fields are large, It might be well to use an arrangement by which a large can, containing eight or ten gal Ions of the liquid, may be strapped up on the shoulders and permitted to run out through pipes and sprinkling noz- zlcs, which are held in each hand aS the man walks between two rows of plants. Great care must be had in handling the poison. II must be stir red as little as possible, so that it will not reach the lungs through the air, and it should not be permitted to touch the skin. If these precautions are observed there need be no fear in its use.
Arizona citizen., 1877-03-03
EsS Freight.

] The California mind has invented the 1 idea of the longest railroad in the
 world, to run from San Francisco near. ly to the extreme edge of civilization on the southeastern coast of the south ern continent. It isa splendid scheme,
 but would be as useful to the country
 as a Smnke-pipe to stage coach There
 would be nothing for it to do.-New ! York Tribune
 Would there not? There would be
 ingots of gold and silver from Mexico
 10 come over it, rich woods, rare fruits
 and fibers, coffee and sugar from Cen ] tral America, and a world of strange
 wonders from beyond This, however, would be but a little of its work, Ii would carry south the regeneration of races, and bear such d redemption to
 waiting peoples as hundred years of
 missionaries and bibles could not achieve. Along its track, school
 houses would be upreared; barbarouS tribes and bandit chieftains would re-
 tire before its approach; the wilderness
 would melt away, and the frown of
 barbarism soften into the smile of CIV | iIlization. Fair homes would spring Iup along it's path, in which would grow up the children of vIrtuous mothers, and with these, order would come, and that noble courage which ever attends upon Justice and Virtue. ! The chains would melt away and fall from the wrists of Brazilian slaves; the sound of the lash would give place to
 the carols of school children; gardens
 would be planted in the pampas, and
 the lethargy of 250 years would give
 place to that advancement which Is
 necessary to full civilization. DId ever a railroad bear such freight as this would? Is it nothing to carry order and prosperity, peace and mighty progress to lands winch knew them not before? It mIght not pay interest on iiS cost for a few years. Probably Il WOulu lOls but II NOulA blf~h uH H field where the strong race of tht North would have room for its work for many a year to come. It would vitalize continent build up a new brotherhood among different races, and furnish place where ten millions oi men might build 10 themselves homes. When Fitch called the locomotive the evangelist of empire, he was inspired We never see one of the iron glorleS
 without salGiing it mentally as the big missionary of the nineteenth century {;
 never catch a glimpse of the gleam of Its headlight as it dashes through the night without assigning 10 it some of the attributes of the all-seeing eye which watches to bring blessings 10
 men. We do not expect that there will
 be direct railroad communication be-
 tween San Francisco and Rio Janeiro for several years to come, but 1t Is not
 an impossible performance, and does
 not seem so vast an undertaking as
 was the first dream of building road over the track which to travel on
 horseback gave Fremont his first lame l-Virginia Enterprise
Arizona citizen., 1877-03-03
A. P. K. SAFFoRD, Governor.

YUMA items condensed from the Sentinel of February 24;
 Ira Buffum has resigned position aS Under-Sheriff and is succeeded by John CastellO.
 Railroad is certain to cross Colorado at Yuma, and railway time card oul has Yuma on it as a station. kerens & Mitchells stages are 10 run to the railroad in fifteen days. Two and q half miles track were laid on the 17Ih
 Col. James II. Barney has just re turned from San Francisco. He re ports no foundation for report of in corporation of Silver King mine, the intention of Mir. Reagan and himself being to work the mine just as they would any other legitimate business. Rcdgan's bond To Hamilton for sale of his half of the mine at $300,00O eX- pired on 24th, and as the property has been found to be of more value than had been anticipated, Reagan is report ed happy to hold on.
 \ new road to Prescott must be opened from Yuma, via the Laguna, Castle Dome Landing and TysOn's Wells. The eXpen:e will be trIiing, and confined to work near the Laguna and on the river-bank some seven miles beyond. The rest of the route affords a good natural road. The dIs- tance from here to Tyson's Is under Sj miles, and from there to Prescott is about 15O.
 Col E. W. Bradley left on 22d for railroad terminus direct, and object seems to be regrdding transportation oi army supplies for next fiscal yeaI.
 Should the railroad get the contract as far as the Colorado river, and put in low bids for points farther east, we think the C. $. \. Co. will perhaps run them very close, by offering to take freight over the Guaymas route, in connection with teamsters of Sonora and Eastern Arizona With cheap grain here by rail, at Phenix, Tucson and on little Colorado, our freighters ought to be able to join the railway company in through bills of lading to every part of the Territory, at low rates and soretain for our own merchants and station keepers, all the benefits accruing from transit of government freight.
Arizona citizen., 1877-03-03

TIE respectable press of San Fran CISCO has been cOngratulating itself that the law has lately brought to q reckoning certain unprincipled sheets heretofore published with impunity in the Pacific metropolis. And the said respectable press is now indulg- Ing in mOralizing over depravity ip newspapers of q certain class and the need of their suppression. Did it ever occur to this respectable press that they, individually and collective ly, are responsible for much of the evil in the newspaper line on this coast
 They rejoice at the downfall of the News Letter and Jolly Giant; do they know that they are themselves con stanily aiding Tn fostering similar sheets, though not so ably edited, throughout this coast? It is d com mon fact that a man utterly character less and unprincipled, can publish paper anywhere on the coast, and if he will only start in and malign every honest private citizen or public officer, or any established and worthy instilu- ton in the community, and will send his venom to the San Francisco ex- changes, they will quote him to his hearts content and give him the high est seats in their newspaper synagogue. But they below terribly when their Marriotts and ThistletOns gore them and their friends.
Arizona citizen., 1877-03-03
The Contrast.

By the same mail we ale in receipt of the Miner of the 16ih and of TIE CITIZEN of the 17th instant. The lat ter gives details of the murder by In- dians and burial of fnur more men. and tells Us of one man lying at CanOa shot through the thigh and of another
 at AIivaca with d shattered arm. In the same paper Governor Stafford gives to the public a long list of solid facts, that bear upon their face the impress of truth, that are supported by date and locality and are cOrrOborated by tangible evidence. The number of men killed, of stock stolen aud the paucity of Indians harmed; the army
 wagon excursions of lroUps, and gen
 eral inertneSs of military operations in Southeastern Arizona, are all gwen cir cumsJantially and all support the Gov
 ernor's complaint of the inefficiency | army affairs in that section. Now mark the contrast. The Miner comes tu Us loaded with inSinuatiOns that the Governors call for volunteers was prompted only by hopes of dishonest gain and by malice to the Department Commander; it tOrtures the demand of Pima county for military activity
 into clamOr for more supply cOnsum- ing soldiers; it brazenly states Tn an editorial that mot a single animal had
 been lost and no other injury had been done, except the shooting of an arrow
 into d dog in the mud town of Tubdc, |"
 while its dispatches give the names of the four men, who were buried near Tubac by d supervisor of Pima county, UngeDerOus sneers and unmanly filings at citizens of Southern ArIZOna are coupled with fulsOme laudatiOnS of the Department Commander; the Miners comments may be as unmeriled m the
 latter case as they are in the former i;
 falsus in uno, tdlsus in Omne. When the Indians killed men in IavapaI, Pima mOurned with her; when gallant
 Townsend, brave Genung and others of GavapaI's citizens organized as Vol unteers, Pima never sneered at them
 as prospecting party" but glOfied
 in their valOr and lauded their prowess. Telcgrams have been sent from Tucson saying that so many men were killed
 at a stated place, on a given date and furnishing their names and the detaIlS of their burial Slraightway have fol- lowed to the entire press of the cUast, telegrams manufactured at Prescott,
 denOuncing the Tucson news as lies,
 gotten up to tarnish the fame Of some otherwise obscure army officer. The contrast is displeasIng. Little boys sometimes insert straw into a frog, and blow until the poor creature, swol- ! len to abnormal dimensions, unable to sink into his natural element, floats
 b1uyantly on the surface but it gener
 ally kills the frog. Enduring repula- tons, civil or military, are not made | by newspaper putiing-deeds alone can
 do it.-AriZona Sentinel, February 24
Arizona citizen., 1877-03-03

can now read and write. Considering the length of time our schools have been established and the many obsia- cles we have had to overcome, the sil- uatIon is certainly very encouraging. but there is much yet to be done, and to brIng the sch ol system up to a standard, that will give 60 every child within the limits of the Territory a common school education, requires tke ceaSeleSs, active and united cO-Opera- ton of every friend of free education.
 Let the progress We have made serve as a stirnulus to go on with the work until we can make the proud boast. tbat even Prussia, with only two and half per cent. of its population that cannot read and write, does not excel us. Very respectfully,
 A. P. K. SAFFoRD, Governor.
Arizona citizen., 1877-03-03
A Correction.
We are in receipt of the following communication:


 communication:
 CAMP BOWIE, ARIZONA,
 February T, 1877 EDITOR CITIZEN: Will you please insert these few lines in your paper, in answer to the Miner of February 16, on Arizona militia:
 To Mcssrs. Marion and Beach, Pres colt In your paper of the 1GtI in stant, In your article on Arizona mIli- tia, notice the following:
 Throw up the sponge, Pima; settle down where you belong, and do not allow such men as Ben Block and others to excite you III regard to their losing hundreds of mules.
 To this I wish to reply, that I never circulated any such report; on the con trary I denied to Marion the truth oi the story of my having lost any mules. And in reply to the covert implication in the quotation from the Miner, l would say that my reputation for truth and veracity Is at least as good as that of MeSsrs. Beach and Marion. Hoping that the editors of the Miner will get their reports more correct in future,
 remain, &c.,
 (Signed) B. BLOCK. The report of loss of stock by NIT. Blocks train was found to be false i'm mediately after being brought to Tue son. It was never even referred to in TIE CITIZEN and never bore any rela- tion whatever 10 our Indian troubles. The Miner editors undoubtedly knew thIs at the time of writing their arti- cle. It was referred to by them sim ply to complicate matters and prevent people outside of the Territory from getting at the facts of the case. As we have sad before, the spirit of cold blooded depravIty and consummate meanness evoked from She press of Prescott, by our present Indian trou- bles, is something that we never shall understand. The people here are be- ginning to suggest that if the Miner properly represents the people of Pres colt, the sooner a line of division k drawn across the middle of this Terri tory, the better.
Arizona citizen., 1877-03-03
RECAPITULATION.

Total receipts from all sources by Counties during the year etding De cember 31, 1876, as follows:
 Yavapai County, $l7,3393O. Pima County, SG,576.1O Yuma county, S2,- 4S133. Pinal County, $2254G4. Mar. icopa County, $17l7.S7. Mohave Coun ty, $lO79.G0. Total receipts, S31 HIS s4
 The total disbursements by Counties for the year ending December 31, 1876 were as follows:
 Yavapai County, $l7,O949S. Pima County $55I033. Yuma County, 8, 23762. Pinal County, $l35165. Mari copa County, $l50O26. Mohave Coun- ty, $SO9.60 Total disbursements, $2S,- 74444
 The value of school-houses, in the several Counties, is as follows:
 Yavapai County, S2O,0OO; Pima County, S11,7OO; Maricopa County 5000; Yuma County, sl2OO; Pinal County, S120O; Mohave County, none Total value of school-houses in the Territory, $37, 100.
 The value of school furniture in the several counties is as follows:
 Pima County, $lGOO; Yayapai Coun ! ty, $l000; Yuma County, $4O0; Mari copa County, S325; Plnal County $l+0; Mohave county, S75. Tolal va lue of school furniture in the Territory $354O.
 | The value of school books, maps chars, etc, in the several counties, is as follows:
 Pima County, $500; Yavapai Coun. ty, $jO0; Yuma County, $100; Mari copa County, $1OO; Pinal county, 800 Mohave county, none. Total value of school books, etc, $1j90.
 Total amount invested in the several counties In school-houses, furniture, books, maps and charts, S42, ,230.
 The following table shows the num- Der of children in the Territory be- tween the ages of six and twenty-One years of age by counties, the number that have attended school, and the num- Der that can read and write:
 Pima County, number of children, l2S2, attended school, 575, read and write, 7l2; Yavapai County, number ot children, 639, attended school, 237, read and write, 25G; Yuma County, number of children, 5l9, attended school 2l3, read and write, 24O; Mari copa County, number of children, 223, attended school, 69, read and write, 119 Pinal County, number of children, 249, attended school, 1O2, read and write, l20; MOhave County, number of chil- dren, 43, attended school, r., read and write, B. Total number of children, 29j5; total attended school, 1913; total real and write, l414.
 In my last annual report the num- Der of children between the ages or six and twenty-one years, was shown to be 2J0S; the number that could read and write was reported at sos, which shows an increase of 5GG of those who Can read and write over the previous year.
 l consider this remarkable decline in illiteracy the best argument that can be presented in favor of the Public School system.
 It will be seen that nearly fifty per cent of the children in the Territory