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National Republican., 1878-12-21
THE QUEEN OF THE LOBBY.
How he Looks to Correspondent.

When we left Philadelphia in the early
morning noticed among the passengers
who had joined us there lady who has
for some years past been known here at
Washington as "the Queen Of the Lobby"
Age adds to her personal charms, and
could but notice her, as she sat gracefully
yet proudly as throned sovereign, glanc-
ing over the newspapers with her keen
gray eyes, and purpose marked in each
line of her handsome face. OF course she
was exquisitely attired, for the soldier of
fortune, of either sex, must wear a gay,
untarnished uniform, although the pockets
may be empty. At Baltimore every fea-
ture softened as Western Congressman
came into the car, and she gave him joy
Gus greeting. Before we had left the
Monumental City the rural Representative,
fresh from his Lares and Penates, had
marched into the little parlor, and when
at the Relay House the fair Spider opened
her lunch basket, pcrfuming the car with
the odor of old Bourbon, 1t was evident
that the Honorable Jefferson Caucusmann
would vote for the Oregon and Alaska
steamship subsidy, the South Arizona ele-
waited railroad grant, and the other jobs
which have retained "the Queen" The
session is too short, and there is no time
to be lost. Here was an early worm who
was accidentally caught by pretty bird
before he could reach the metropolis
National Republican., 1878-12-21
Bob Inv.r,olrs Way with Children.

Bob remarked, in recent interview II
don't believe in family government. |
don't correct my children at all. warn
them Of the consequences of evil habits,
but tell them they could never do any
thing bad enough to cause me to hate or
disown them. keep a pocket book in a
drawer, and they go and help themselves
to money whenever they want it. They
eat when they want to. They may sleep
all day If they choose, and sit up all night
If they desire. don't attempt to coerce
them in any way. l never punish, never
scold. They buy their own clothes. ! teach
them that every thing we have we own in
common it is just as much their = as mine.
Here's II sample of the way | handle my
children One of them got an illustrated
book, one day, and marked and tore it. !
came and asked the little girl who did it?
She said Il did it, | took her up and
kissed and hugged her and gave lots of
good advice. She has never troubled me
since. If my children lie, tell them,
Bless your soul, I've lied myself thou
sand times, but never made anything by
it, tell them lying doesn't pay. Don't
claim, before your children, to be any bet
ter than you are. Be honest with your
children if you want them to be honest
with you"
National Republican., 1878-12-21
HELLER.

His Skill Upon the Piano-Nis Apparatus to
be Reserved.
Heller had wonderful genious in expound-
ing descriptive music upon the piano. A
writer in the Graphic says of this power :
Every one who has witnessed his enter
tainments knows what effects he produced
in "Storm and Sunshine" in which sum-
mer shower is delineated with unmistak-
able clearness, and at least as happy was a
composition, which the writer fancies was
animpromptu, in which occurrence in cath
edral we Q reproduced. Under the pianist
inspired fingers the chanting of the choir,
the pealing of the organ, and the intoning
| rofthe mass were vividly depicted, and some
Of the incest effects of diminuendo were
shown in the dying away Of what one could
almost pronounce youthful voices as the lin
gerer in the cathedral retraced his sters.
Then the pianist would let his fingers wan
der over the keys in humorous picture of
musical party which he declared he had
attended in Brooklyn, and of which the ex-
ploits of deaf old gentleman who played
the trombone formed the motive. The re-
currence of the attempts Of the trombone
player, who was always a little behind
hand, convulsed the listeners with laugh
ter. The gem of, lleller's selections, how
ever, was "Sam Hail." song descriptive
Of the last night On earth ofa London Grim
inal confined in Newgate. Heller was often
urged to give this in public, but strong
objection to this was the fact that II had to
be sung pianissimo, and it is much to be
doubted If it would have been as impress
sive as in the drawing-room, where the
guests listened with strained attention to
lugubrious chant beginning, My name is
Sam AM Heller's rendering of this was
simply inimitable. He spoke rather than
sung it, in a hushed, husky voice, with the
expressive accompaniment, and as the mu-
sic grew agitated as the condemned man pic
tured his execution on the morrow, the i'm
pressionable listener felt a chill creep over
him. This depended however, on the mood
one was in, for it was as easy to laugh rs
1t was to be seriously impressed with "Sam
Hail." the last words of the refrain greatly
assisting mirth. The chorus was something
as follows:
my name is Sam All, chimney sweep,
My name it Is Sam All,
I've robbed both great and small,
But now pays for all,
my eyes,
BY provision of Heller's will all Of the
apparatus was to be destroyed at his death
that his secrets might die with him 1t is
quite certain now, however, that his wish
thus expressed will not be complied with,
it having been counteriSaded by himself
on his deathbed, when hc turGNd to his friend
and business manager, John Donnelly. and
said that it would be pity thus to wipe
out the intricates products of lifetime,
and that he would prefer that they should
be sent to Hartz, of New York, for the pur-
pose of sale, Hartz having been a well
known prestidigitateur years ago.
National Republican., 1878-12-21
"VOH CHEEKY DORG."


A Cur that Works for the "Glas-sPut-ln'
Men.
Yesterday afternoon man and bull
terrier walked up North William street.
They halted in front of the show-window
Of an ornithologist near Chatam street
While the man gazed at the stuffed birds,
the dog peered through the doorway panes.
The animal saw reflection of himself,
and with a vicious growl sprang through
the glass at his imaginary foe. AS the
pieces of glass flew into the air the chrome
of the jumping pup vanished into space,
The bull terrier, after eyeing the clerks,
who had suddenly elevated themselves
upon the counter, hung his tail between
his legs in disgust, and jumped back into
the street through the hole he had made
in the doorway. With bloody head and
a look Of disappointment lie followed his
National Republican., 1878-12-21

Never despair. 1t is brave motto and
a brave mans armor. Bright, beautiful
hope u; the antidote of all the evils which
sprang from Padora. What a dreary, dark
world this would be without its smile. 1t
springs eternal in the heart, for II is the
immortal longing Of the soul which earth
can never Ill.
National Republican., 1878-12-21
cid Si'. Precautions Against Grave-robbers
(From the Atlanta Constitutional

cid SIS Precautions Against Grave-robbers
From the Atlanta Constitutional
Old ST., after kindling the fire, edged up
to the table and asked:
" Is dey done foun dem remains OBJ Mis-
ter Stewards yit?"
"No, not yet. Why do you want to
know ~
"Well, thot I'd AK, kase dere's some
fin down dar on Decatur street dat smells
awful like hit warnted ter be foun' an ber-
ried Ober agin."
"You don't suppose they are Stewards
remains ~
dat can't say, 'kase aint takin' no
risks now. didn't 'Zammine dc subjick.
Yer member bout de time ! d'skivered
Boss Tweed down yandor on dc ralerode
keeppin' dat ten-cent bar-room dey went
an rested him Uber iar in Spane 30 rs
mighty pertickler now how acks ~
81 reckon those are not Stewards re-
mains, ST.
80 does |, but Use tuck sech er pow
full entrest in dat grave -robbin dat cherry
time | smells sOmeiin Onushual looks er-
ound fer er reward"
What do you think of grave robbing as
fine art ?"
"Well, dat posters me. How does kno'
but dat fore de dirt settles on me some
dem snatchers II come long an shake me
outen my las tennyment ? | don't want
no sech projeckin' wild my remains, yer
heah me ~
81 hope you will not"
mo, sab, | kin onerstan stealth in
mos all de 'partments oh trade 'ceptin dat.
De only dead thing dat's good ter steal am
some animilc dat yer kin eat. But dey
aint gwine ter steal me Pse gwine ter
put in my will dat Use ter be berried in de
dark oh de moon, wild cotton ties 'round,de
coffin, an den hab de he'd an foot-boards
sot up nacherally, jest haf er mile ter de
lcf' OBJ de remains-dat's mer'
And he vanished after toddy.
National Republican., 1878-12-21

MoTuERIN-LAw, holding the screaming
baby" Dear little darlin'! How it looks
like its papa now :" Papa wonders why
it is that his wiie's mother always com
pares the baby to him when it is crying,
and not at other times.
FASHION now allows of the wearing of
but one glove to display finger jewellery.
BANDS of gold ribbon are now bound
around the feminine head.
National Republican., 1878-12-21

master home. The ornithologist came out
on the sidewalk and exclaimed
Dot vas Won cheeky dorg. He comes
into my store droo der glass door und looks
around, and goes out by der same way he
comes in, only he does not make so much
noise. We're Is he now? bet five-dollar
pill he sleeps init Won of those glass put
in men. By golly, look at that glass
vonce. IN. Y. Star,
National Republican., 1878-12-21
Two DOMESTICATED LIONS.
Proof that Kindness May Win the Mos
Ferocious Of Beasts.
from the New York Sun1

Proof that Kindness May Win the Most
Ferociuus of Beasts.
tFrom the New York Sun.l
BosToN, December 6.-At 54 Howard
street, in this city, is most remarkable
exempliication of the subduing power of
kindness upon dumb animals. In an apart
ment about ten by tw I've feet. separated
from the sitting-room by an ordinary par,
tition wall and slight barred door, are
the only pair of African lions ever raised
in this country. The owner is Mrs, NJ. L.
Lincoln, the occupant of the house. She
was formerly connected with an itinerant
troupe to which she loaned money, and
took as security a bill of sale of six lions
four of one litter and two of another-and
they were never redeemed. They were
then, twenty-nine months ago, infants, and
she became to them almost q mother. She
brought them up in her arms, feeding them
from an ordinary nursing bottle, which
National Republican., 1878-12-21
why Money should he Trusted In the Hands
of the wife.

III every man would pay his wife weekly
sum for housekeeping, clothing, &C., he
wor Id find that In nj le cases out of ten her
management of the fund would increase
not only his comfort, but that of the whole
house, If she is equal to the task of being
a wife and u mother, she is also equal to
the task of supplying and paying for the
daily necessities of home. If she is head
manager she will take pride and pleasure
in making 100 cents go a great way-much
further than mau could make 150 go.
She will also make calculations about the
expenditures Of the weekly sum, will lay by
certain amount toward buying such and
such supplies in quantities will learn
that there is no economy in buying
soap by the bar, starch or sugar by the
pound. She will systematize her affairs,
keep her. books-a dav-book and ledger
and exhibit her well-kept accounts with
pride and delight The very fact that ex-
penditures of the money belongs to her will
sweeten her life, give new zest to her occu-
patton and make her more happy and con-
tented wife. To most women the idea of
asking for money is abhorrent. They put
1t off from day to day, the dread of 1t is 30
great. They will wear expensive clothes in
the kitchen rather than ask for the money
needful for the purchase of q plain calico
dress.
Shrug your shoulders if you choose, you
unbelieving husband, and say, II never
knew such u woman beg your pardon,
but must contradict you. The woman
you call wife, do believe, would rather
suffer with the toothache than ask you for
money. This is no false statement; most
women do shrink from asking the head of
the family for money nccdful for boots,
clothing and the common necessities of life
it is neither agreeable or pleasant to them
aud they should not be forced to do it. If
they do their appointed work the money to
carry it on should be freely offered, month
ly or weekly, as may be desired. Some hus-
bands have seen how much their mothers
suffered for want Of money even when their
fathers were rich, and they profit by the
fact aud give to their wives generous sup
ply, never forcing them to become appli-
cants for it, and by so doing they greatly
increase their domestic happiness. Place
confidence in woman's ability to act and
she will fully repay it doubt her executive
powers, refuse her responsibility, and you
may rue it,
National Republican., 1878-12-21
CITY RESIDENCES OF MEMBERS or
TIE FORTY-EIETH CONGRESN.

tsennturs and Members will confer a favor upon
usby notifying US Of changes in their residences We
will aim to make our list of residences s correct as
possible, and We ask their aid to that end
National Republican., 1878-12-21

WASHINGTON correspondents state that Vice
President Wheeler is u possible candidate for the
next Presidency
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-07-06

Ar a meeting of the United States Board of Trade, held in the Park bank building ex-GoYernor Stafford of Arizona in the chair; tEe following -named officers were elected: President, Leslie E. Brooks, ex- Senator from Alabama and now president of the Board of Trade, Mobile; vice-presi- dents, Thomas Clyde, shipowner, Philadel- phia; Frederick A. Potts, ex-Senator from New Jersey and a director of the New York Board of Trade; s. Y. Tupper, presi- dent of the Charleston Chamber of Com merce, and Chauncey J. Filley, president of the St. Louis Board of Trade.
 A resolution instructlns the Law Com rttee, of which David Dudley Field is chairman, to prepare a new Bankruptcy bill, was unanimously passed.-New York Post.
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-07-06

ENGLAND clearly has no cause to cry out against Russian greed for annexation. During the past l30 years the former na- tion has conquered 2,65O, 900 square miles and nearly 250,000,000 people, and these figures eo not include any of the annexa- tions made without conQuerlng, such a. Australia, etc
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-07-06
YUMA ARIZONA SATURDAY, JULY G. 1878

prominent isstie of local politics,
 seems to be the election of iegiS- latOfS who will labor for removal
 of the county seat to Signal. Be-
 fore election this feeling will yield to other considerations. A stage
 line will probably be in operation, facilitating communication be- tween the two towns. The press ent Court house is a very good one and taxpayers will shrink from abandoning it and incurring heavy expense in building a new one. Two years hence Signal may prove to be the proper county=seat; but just yet such a conclusion seems premature.
 The climate is good; air dry and pure; rainfall light. No record has been kept of temperature, but a fair estimate of its Winter avera age is 600, Summer 85', Spring and Autumn 700, at about nine o'clock a. m. Snow occasionally falls on the neighboring mountains in Winter. Its elevation keeps Signal cooler in Simmer than that part of Arizona along the Colorado This mildnesS of climate coupled with handsome building material makes the architecture of Signal as simple as that of any other Arizona town. The usual style may be termed "Classic Rectangular" Everything severely chaste and simple, without flourish or orna- ment. Walls of adObes, or un- burned bricks, or of Wattles nail= ed on each side of uprights and made solid with mud. Floors of we'll pounded clay. Roofs of will low rafters laid nearly flat and covered with mud. Interiors cell ed with muslin, plastered with mud, and papered. These rough buildings can be finisl.ed inside to look very tidy and comfortable. Their eXteriors never gratify the eye.
 The Sandy flows past Signal, but underground. A few miles above it is a bold brook in a bed big enough to carry the Ohio. It sinks in sand, and rises again some distance below town. Opposite Signal is a bleak, sandy waste of a half mile in width. Its waters are easily tapped by shallow wells, and are clear and sparkling, like all waters charged with decayed | organic matter. Drinking water is chiefly obtained from wells and from a spring close to town.
 For thirty miles above, the San dy flows through dense thickets and broad, alluvial bottoms, with plenty of water to irrigate them. Here are raised fine crops of hay, grain and vegetables, which find ready market, The farm of N. ". Clark and Cornell is probably the finest in Arizon. There is much land yet unoccupied.
 For town only eight months old, Signal has accomplished won ders. May her thrift never be IeSSs
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-07-06
Defy Competition.

Goods sold at greatly reduced rates. Highest prices paid for all Arizona pro. ducts.
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-07-06

to be), but an agitation would be kept up that would ensure strict
 performance of mail contracts
 hereafter. When anything goes
 wrong with mails, full and numer-
 ous complaints, by letter, will al-
 ways secure relief.
 A source of much dIscussiOn at
 Signal is the supply of fuel. The
 monthly consumption by the mills
 and town is variously estimated
 at 750 to 1000 cords. The sur
 rounding country appears to be
 sparsely supplied with timber.
 Another ten-stamp mill is being
 negotiated for by company work
 ing the Palmetto, a claim adjoin-
 ing the McCrackin to the South.
 This mill would accelerate the
 consumption of fuel. The growth
 of timber in so dry a climate is
 too slow to enter into discussion.
 The fuel now used is chiefly d
 scrubby cedar, or juniper, grow
 ing in the neighboring mountains.
 It is delivered at S59 to $6 per cord. Looking the matter over calmly there seems to be no good reason for much anxiety on this subject. Timber is not abundant, l but at a diStancS at which it can be hauled for less than $10 per cord, there IS more than wood enough to reduce all the ore like ly to be extracted. Every mile added to the diameter of a circle drawn around Signal adds i'm mensely to the area of country from which wood can be obtained. Many little economies will be practised in the handling of cres that will more than offset increas= ing cost of wood; and it is only a matter of price to secure all the fuel that will ever be needed at Signal.
 A scarcity of cash money ob- tains, which seriously hampers retail business. The local eXpend- iture of the two companies must exceed $40,000 per month, and is made by their drafts against bull lion shipped to San Francisco. These drafts pass current for all local purposes, but being usually in amounts of a months pay or larger, are exceedingly inconve- nient for small transactions. For freights delivered at Aubrey the steamboat company will net re- ceive these drafts. Hence all the ! currency and coin Of the country have gone out for payments of freight bills. The evil has now become so serious that it must | soon rectify itself. Five per cent. is freely paid for exchange of | cash for drafts. This will soon cause the importation of Mexican dollars and other silver coin; and drafts will be forwarded for col- lection and remittance of pro- Ceeds, as should have been done long ago.
 The politics of Signal seem to be as mixed and lukeWarm as its religion. Many of the inhabit- ants will not have been in Arizo- na long enough before the cOm- ing election to be qualified to vote. Each of the four candidates for Congress (except WeOlsey) seems to have few warm partisans, but no considerable following. Itseems to be generally conceded, how sver, that Judge Porter is the only candidate who has ability, education, and social standing enough to properly represent Ari- sona. It is expected that Camp ( bell and Stevens will spend their | money as liberally at Signal as | hey are dong in other parts of he Territory. The people feel 8 very seriously the inconvenience # having to travel ninety-fve nlles in saddle or private vehicle + o transact business ar rhe county [
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-07-06
The Arizona Sentinel.
 Published every Saturday by the Sentinel Publishing Company.
Job Printing

Job Prtn ting; Legal Blanks, Briefs, Bill Heads, Letter Reads, Circulars, Labels, Cards, Pro erammes, etc, printed in every style, with neatnees and dispatch. Currency taken at par. (. ". CRANE, Agent, BPS Montgomery St.,
 SAN FRANCISCO.
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-07-06
SAMUEL HAMILTCM.

ATTORNEY -AT-LAW, Mineral Park, Mohaye county, Arizona. Win practice in all the Courts of the Ter
 ritory.
The New York herald., 1878-11-18

Mission entitled ITO the Benevolent" after which
he gave out and enlarged the follow
ing facts:-Famlies visited by the beneyo-
lent, 250U; families aided by the benevolent "a 900;
needy persons relieved. 10000 five cent meals sold
10000 meals given. 972000: free lodgings, 335 900;
sick cared for at dispensaries. 320OO0 sick chill
dren attended. 740O0; neglected girls gathered
into charity schools, $4,000; situations secured
for destitute girls. COL; situations secured
for destitute persons, G.S00; free lodgings
for boys and girls 25s.000; orphans cared
for, 907; infants. 1900; sailors. 5oo the blind, 225;
the insane, 29l deaf and dumb sol, for one year.
The old New York Dispensary. nearly eighty-two
years DID, has had 1000 900 OF patients and attends to
10000 year at an annual expense Of $1,000
In our thirteen orphan and half orphan
asylums there are several thousands OF chii-
dren. The Society for the Reformation of
Juvenile Dcnquents has 1000 boys and girls year
The New York Juvenile Asylum III twenty-five years
has cared for 10000 children. 1t has 400 and
annually expends 100000. The Children's Aid So
ciety III twcntyfour years provided homes IN
the West for $4,000 children, at an expense
OF $4,000. and has 1000 in its
twenty yone industrials schools, supported at an
annual expense of $4,000. The Female Guardian So
cicty has eleven industrial schools. in which are
5000 children. We have forty industrial schools with
10000 children the rolls. There are 100000 per-
sons in our municipal. correctional and charitable
institutions in year. $4,000 patients in the hospitals
1900 of whom were restored.