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The Arizona sentinel., 1878-08-17

Nc. II Kearny street
 THREAT ALL CHRONIC AND SPECIAL A diseases.
 YOUNG MEN Who may be suffering from the effects of youthful follies or indiscretion will do we'll to avail themselves of this, the greatest boon eyer laid at the feet of suffering hu- manity. Dr. Spinney will guarantee to forfeit five hundred dollars for every case of weakness, or private disease of any kind or character, which he undertakes and fails to cure.
 MIDDLE-AGED MEN. There are many at the age of thirty to sixty who are troubled with too frequent evacuation of the bladder, often accompan- jed by slight smarting or burning sensa tiOn, and weakening of the system in a manner the patient cannot accOuntfor. On examining the urlna-y deposits ropy sed iment will often be found, and sometimes small particles of albumen will appear or the color will be of a thin milkish hue, again changing to dark and torpid ap- pearance. There are many men who die of this difficulty ignorant of the cause, which is the second stage of seminal weak ness. Dr. $. will guarantee perfect cure in all such cases, and healthy restoration of the gento- urinary organs.
 Office hours-10to4 and to8; Sundays from 10 to II 8. m. Consultation free. Thorough examination and advice, S5
 Gallo address DIR. SPINNEY & CO, 36-tfl No. Il Kearny street, San Francisco
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POLONIU'S TO LAER7ES.

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est he fall down aud hur'who had been en-
!he an ,onr , aimc in his profession and
witnessed the influence of a newspaper
upon the minds OF family and chill.
drep writes as follows: l have found
tito be a universal fact, without ex'
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and of all ages, who have access to
newspapers at home, when compared
with those who have not, are
/. Better readers, excellent in pro-
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9. They are better spoilers and de-
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of geography in almost half the time
it requires of others, as the newspa-
pers have made them acquainted with
the location of the important places
of nations, their governments ana do'
ings on the globe.
4. They are better grammarlans, fol
having become so familiar with'eve
variety of styles in the newspapers are
always taking the lead in debating So
cletics, exhibiting more extensive
knowledge upon a greater variety O.
subjects, and expressing their views
with greater huency, clearness and cor
Icctness
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Remedy for Poisoning by Ivy.

A remedy for the effects Of poison
ing from the poison oak or poison IVY
Rhus toxicodcndron) is given by >;
A. Brown, U. S. N, in the Medica!
Record. The specific is bromide, and
he has found its success unvarylng,
used as follows: He uses the drug dis
solved in olive oil, cosmoline, or ely
cerine, in the strength OF from ten to
twenty drops of bromide to the ounce
of oil, and ru5s the mixture gently on
the affected parts three or four times
Il day. The bromide isso volatile that
the solution should be renewed within
twenty.tour hours from its prepare
ton. The eruption never extends
after the first thorough application,
and it promptly disappears within
twenty four hours if the application is
persisted in, and the patient 10 entirely
cured i Rmal World.
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UNDER the infamous New Hamp-
shire tramp law any person begging
for a shelter may be sent 10 the State
Prison for fifteen months, and if such
poor person is found to have any fire
arm or other dangerous weapon, they
NAV be sent to the State prison Tor two
wears and if such houSccss aud needy
wretch shall kindlc a fire either on the
public road or on any person land,
he may he sent to State prison for five
years, and any person who causes a
conviction in such cases is entitled to
draw $40 from the county treasury.
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APPREN7ICED.

"Come out and hear the waters shoot,
The owlct boot, the Owlet boot;
YOn crescent moon golden boat.
Hangs dim behind the tree, o.
Tho dropping thorn makes white the gras
o sweetest lass, and sweetest lass!
Come out and smell the ricks OF hay
Adown the croft with me. o"
AMY granny mods before her wheel.
And drops her reel, and drops her reel;
My father with his crony talks
Is gay as gay can he, OF
Hut all the milk Is yet 70 skim
Ere light be dim, ere light be dim;
How can step adown the croft,
My prentice, lad, with thee o."
!" And must yc bidc? yet waiting's long,
And love Is strong, and love Is strong;
And oh. had but served the time
That takes so long to flee, o!
And thou my lass. by morning light
Vast all In white, vast all In white.
And parson stood within the rails,
\ marrying me and thee OF"
Jean TngcioU.
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CoRoNAL INSTITUTE.
Reorganized and Placed on Col
lege Basis.
A SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS.
REV. L. S. SMITH, PRESIDENT,

REV. Il. S. SMITH, PRESIDENT,
Assisted by Faculty OF Seven Experienced or
fcers Sna sachers.
The Curriculum embraces a thorough course in
English, Latin. Greek. German. French. Mathe-
mstics, Physical Science, Metaphysics, Ethics,
Music and the Fine Arts.
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July l3-3n.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16
A Horses Little JOKE

The Canandaigua On. ~ 9o". .Ts
tells the following: Along the side" -.
leading from the Globe Hotel TO u.
tel stable is a high board fence: NJ n'.E.
of this fence is a yard where Mr. p' a..
er frequently turns his horse zoos &c
exercise. The ground in the yaru 40,
to the fence is foot or two higher " =,
the sidewalk. The horse occa'io
stands there with his head over the "a 4,
On Tuesday last the man who TUE u
Naples stage was passing along o-s
walk. just as he passed, the h;m n
reached down his head, seized 10
his coat-coIIar, lifted him foot Of e \
from the ground, and after shaklpf I, b
a little dropped him in the snow III.
fence, and then scampered aWS''
ing up his heels.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Temple & Workman's Bank at Los
Angeles, Cal, was robbed by burglars OF
$1,000 few days ago. The bank was in the
hands Of a receiver.
Alcus, Scherck x Autley, prominent
cotton factors OF New Orleans, have sus-
pended.
Near Mount Vernon, Ind, on the
cath, Commodore ID. Curtis, a farmer,
year. old, was shot through the heart ar
killed by his step-son, aged IL. Curtis W
TRYING TO murder his wife in a drunk
spree, and the boy got a gun and shot hin
Shane, Harris & Co., Memphis coin
factors and commission merchants, I've
made an assignment Liabilities 5000
The Ohio House of Representatives
has passed bin making the owners ofeX-
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16
Punishment by Torture.

Some persons have doubted whether
the Babylonians were guilty of such
" extreme cruelty" as to cast persons
alive into a burning, fiery furnace, as in
the case of Shadrach, Mesbach and
Abednego, mentioned by Daniel
(ii. :26). They are strangely forgefu
of innumerable fiery martyrdoms, very
much more slow in their torture, and
therefore more cruel, than the seven
times heated furnace of Babylon. d.
F. Talbot has discovered ample proofln
the Assyrian writings that both this pun
ishment, and that of casting men alive
into den of lions, as Daniel was treat
ed, were in common use at Babylon DUR
ing the reign of Assurbanipal, who pre-
coded ACKNOWLEDGMENT on the throne .!
less than 20 years. Saulmuglna' lnF
younger brother of Assurbanipal' nav
ing risen in rebellion against his SOY
ereign, and having failed in the attempt
was not spared by his angry brother
The following brief record is suiilclen'
to tell its own tale: "My rebelllOu
brother, Saulmugina, who made wal
with me, was cast into burning neG;
furnace" Many of Saulmuginas au
herents were treated in the same mar
ner; and the remainder were other"lS
disposed of in the following way, as ~
surbanipal very pithily says; "Ihels n
of the people l threw alive among OulN
and lions, as my grandfather, Sen
nacherib, used to act; and l, tollo"ps
his example, have thus treated theseM
bellious men," Truly may we eSciai
with the Psalmist, "The dark places
the earth are full of the habitatlons
cruelty. "-London Quarterly fev'e"'
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16

REPRESENTATIVE CLARK, of Missou-
ri, has introduced in the House bill
providing for the removal of sunken
vessels in the Mississippi River and its
navigable tributaries. The bill pro-
vides that after 60 days notice the Gov
eminent boats shall proceed to remove
any sunken vessel and make whatever
disposal of the same the Government
officials may see tit. At present there
is no salvage law affecting the Western
rivers, and the owners or underwriters
can use their own pleasure in removing
such Instructions
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16

IT is not impossible that the famine
in China may produce profound effect
upon the destinies of America. 1t is
reported, upon apparently unqueStiona-
BILE authority, that 100000 of human
beings are now on the verge of starva-
ton in the ADMINISTRATION provinces of
North China. And there is some rea-
son to believe that the Cinnamon, flee
ing from this terrible scourge along the
pathway which few emigrants have
opened, will come, in numbers immense
" greater than any we have yet dream
ed of, to our shores. No Legislation
could possibly check or divert such a
stream il once its flow were to begin.
II would be easier To dam the waters of
the Mississippi with an Act of Congress.
1.-The Chinese difficulty" says the Lon
don Times, commenting on this posi-
bili,y, "may fairly become a greater
menace TO the future of the United
States than the negro difficulty was at
its worst: for the negro emigration was
never voluntary, and closed with the
abolition of the slave-trade, while if the
Chinese tide once begins TO flow in
force it is difficult TO see where and
when Il will stop"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16

THE House Committee on Education
and Labor, to whom was referred vari-
Gus matters in reference to Chinese i'm
migration, report that, inasmuch as the
great majority of Chinese immigrants
are unwilling to conform to our institu-
tons, to become permanent residents
of our country and accept the right and
assume the responsibility of citizenship,
that the President be requested to open
correspondence Immediately with the
Governments of China and Great Brit
ain, with view of securing change
or abrogation of all stipulations in ex-
listing treaties which permit unlimited
immigration of Chinese to the United
States,
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16
WIT AND WISDOM.

Ir was because he could not tell Ia
that Washington confessed that he wa,
the father of his country, hut it was ter.
ribly neutrality-suspicious. Sentinel.
= A MAN must be grounded upon +,
moral mountain to be able to withdraw
a counterfeit half dollar from circulation
if he happens to get stuck with it,
Bridgeport Standard.
MIsTREss-Mary, has that parcel Of
stationery arrived yet from the store,
Maid-No, ma'am. But l can lend Won
a few sheets of my own note-paper, Il
you don't mind using my monnygram!
"ANY news, Mr.. Jenkins?" asked
the landlady, as that gentleman laid
down the paper and began to struggle
with his steak. "Yes, ma'am," said
Jenkins, "Sitting-Bull has crossed the
border.''
"MA!" screamed young Matilda Spill.
klns the other morning, when she got
the paper, "Ma, Silver Bill has Just
passed the House." "Has he, nv
dearp" replied Mrs. S. from up stairs,
"Why didn't you ask him int"
The other day such beautiful young
lady, eyes like midnight, hair like the
ravens wing, brow like alabaster, lips
like coral, purse like an overland mail.
pouch, went into Jefferson Street dry.
goods store and asked to see some corn.
colored silk. The youngest clerk limp.
ed painfully behind the counter and
handed her down piece of scarlet. q
said corn-color," she murmured. The
Young salesman hesitated and fidgeted.
"Well, by dad," he exclaimed, that's
the prevailing color of all my corns."
And by the time the proprietor could
hurry over to ask what was the matter
she was out of the door and half block
away.-Hawkeye.
THE EDITORS TRADEMARKS.
Two ragged holes beam sadly out
Below the suburbs of his vest
Like guardian angels of unrest,
They follow him fore'er about.
No picture could the people scan
With half the greedy, sad intent
That on the dual holes are bent
These trademarks of an honest man!
How came those hungry holelets there3
All, ask the hours of toll and pain,
The pencil, lamp, the woven cane,
The crealzy, rusty office chair!
Why, every thing is new first
And made to stem the tide OF life,
But all must yield at last to strife
And even pants at length will burst
And so, O honest holes! we greet
You with proud and khngly grace
Good welcome to the resting place
Thrice welcome to the royal seat!
In all the turmoil, all the strife,
There are no teachers half so true,
To teach us what we learn from you
The stern realities of life.
| ToDie Journal
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16

The Silver bill became law without
receiving the Presidents signature, both
houses of Congress having promptly
passed the bill over the Presidents veto
by the requisite two-thirds majority.
1t is announced that the Secretary of
the Treasury will at once issue the
necessary orders for the minis to begin
the coinage of the old silver dollar.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16

THE gratifying intelligence OF the
signing of the treaty of peace was pro-
mulgated on the Sd. The Grand Duke
Nicholas announced the fact to his SOL
diers at a review, at San Stefano, when
the re Deum was sung amid great re-
ioicing. The news was received at St.
Petersburg with great enthusiasm.
Crowds gathered before the palace,
shouting and singing "God save the
Gar"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16

REPRESENTATIVE SCALES, Chairman
of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in
his report in favor of the bill for the
transferring of the Indian Bureau from
the Interior to the War Department,
shows the present management costs
the Government $23.05 per capita, while
under the proposed bill the cost to the
Government will not exceed $4.2S per
capita.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16

Panama, and no official notification has
reached the State Department, but SO
fur as the facts are reported, the act is
considered a direct affront to our Gov
eminent,
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16

IT was reported from Rome on the
LIST that the Italian Government has
warned the Vatican authorities through
the Inspector of Police, that they could
take no measures to prevent possible
disturbances at the Pope's coronation
as the Pope did not recognize the King
of Italy. The Vatican was indignant,and
decided that the coronation should be
strictly private. An understanding be-
tween the Papacy and Italy is apparent
ly as far off as ever.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16
I. H. JULIAN, Editor.
CURRENT TOPICS.

LATE advices from China give partic-
ulars of the terrible disaster that recent
" occurred at the Tienstin Rouge
House, in which the ADMINISTRATOR
refugees from the Northern provinces
had assembled. The building took fire,
and of nearly 5000 people in the build
ing only about 100 escaped. Owing to
the extremely cold weather, many OF the
refugees were frozen to death, while
thousands are suffering from insufficient
accommodation and lack of food, which
can not be supplied in quantities
to raeet the demand. Charles
Budd, of the China Inland Mis-.
sion, at Wachung, who has recently
visited the Administration Province OF
Shensi, writes heart-rending account
of the suffering he witnessed. The Gov
ernment's effort to supply food and as
sistance is to Il great extent nullified by
the dishonesty of officials. Children
are sold by hundreds by their starving
parents. In the large cities of Hou-
cheng and Puching risings have occur
red among the people, rendered desper,
ate by seeing their wives and children
starving before their faces, and many
other outbreaks are reported. In Hou
cheng the people beheaded a Mandarin
for specializing on their necessities
Cold has been unusually severe through
out the country for several weeks.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16

INFORMATION has been received st
Washington that the authorities at Pan
anna had ordered the release of Scraf-
ford. the Kansas bond forger, who was
being brought home from Peru via
Panama, by Mr.. Clayton, the
United States Consul. The United
States has no representative s.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16

IT is said that the Pope will dismiss
the Papal guard and take up his resi-
dence at Castel Gaudolfo, Il village IA
miles southeast of Rome, in order to be
away from the Italian Government.
Cardinal Simeoni has resigned the Of
flee of Pontifcal Secretary of State, and
Cardinal Franchi has been appointed in
his place.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16

PORE LEO XIII. was crowned in the
Sistine Chapel on the Sd. The cere-
mony occupied four hours. Cardinals,
Prelates and diplomatists accredited to
the Vatican, and few other persons,
were present. The Pope was afterwards
carried to his apartments, blessing spec
tators on the way.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16

1T was officially announced in the
Spanish Cortes on the 1st, that the Gu
ban Central Committee, the Executive
and chiefs of insurgents had surrender
ed. A vote of thanks to the Generals and
the army in Cuba was Immediately
adopted, and the Cortes went in body
to congratulate the King and Queen.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16

THE House Committee on Pacific
Railroads, by a vote of seven to six, have
finally decided to recommend the pas
sage of the Texas Pacific Railroad bill.
The bill which is reported is virtually
that introduced by Alex. II. Stephens.
1t authorizes the company to execute
and deposit with the Secretary of the
Treasury construction bonds at the
rate of $4,000 per mile
for 1,15O miles, and at the rate of
S35, 900 per mile for $50 miles through
the mountainous portion of the route,
said bonds to mature in 80 years and 10
bear per cent. interest. The Govern
ment is to guarantee the payment of
the interest on these bonds, but such
guarantee is in no event to extend be-
yond the period of the maturity of the
bonds. As an indemnity, the Govern
ment is to have the following guarantees /:
A first lien on all the franchises aud
property; the retention of all dues from
the Government from transporta-
ton; reconveyance to the Gov
eminent of all the lands of
the road, and the transfer to the Gov
eminent, " if the same should be neces-
sarv,n of all net earnings. The report
argues at length in favor of the bill; en-
beavers to show that the guarantees are
ample, and that the National Govern
ment, instead of losing money, will ac-
tually make money by the operation, by
saving in transportation every year;
and also emphasizes the consideration
that aid for such an enterprise is due to
the Sonth and Southwest.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16

AvEEr interesting project is that of
the Maryland and Delaware Ship Cana
Company. They propose to build =