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Sharp County record., 1880-05-20
Breaking Colts.

By all means the colt should be broken
to halter while yet a sucking, and the
earlier in life this process is commenced,
the more easily will it be accomplished.
He may soon be led by the side Of the
dam without difficulty; and when once
accustomed to being guided by the
halter, it will be an easy matter to lead
him anywhere. He may also be tied by
the side of the dam, as the preliminary
step in teaching him to stand quietly
when hitched alone. The first step in
"gentling" colt is to overcome his
natural timidity by gradual approaches
and when he finds that he has no rea-
son to fear, the work is half done. All
the subsequent lessons given him
through all the various steps of break
ing and training should be based upon
this plan of gradual approaches "a
species of sapping and mining that will
subdue the most vicious, and tame the
widest colt, if perseveringly followed.
He should be accustomed to the bride
by means of the biting rig" before
any attempt is made to ride him; and
the mounting should always be first at
tempted in the stall or the lot where
the colt is perfectly familiar with all the
surroundings. When it is desired to
break him to harness, the same princi-
pie of gentleness and care to avoid Civ
ing fright should be practiced. Place
portions of the harness on him at a
time, and let it remain on him in his
stall until he finds that it will not hurt
him; then lead him out with the harness
on, alone, and again by the side of
another horse also in harness. AccuS-
tom him perfectly to the use OF the
lines, and then let him make the ac-
quaintance of the Sulky. Push it along
after him; and when he has found that
it also is harmless, get him between the
"thillS," and finally hitch him to it and
drive him. 1t is the most convenient
of all vehicles for use in breaking colts
for driving, as the weight is but little,
and there is no danger to be apprc-
hended from sudden turning around.
Many trainers provide themselves with
stout, two-wheeled vehicle, con-
structed like sulky, but with very
heavy "thills," so strong that the colt
cannot possibly break them, let what
may happen, Such an arrangement is
especially desirable for wild or vicious
colts that have not been "gentled ="
when young, or for such as from i'm
proper handling have formed bad habits
that must be cured. National LtUe
Stock Journal, Chicago
Sharp County record., 1880-05-20
Personal AND LITERARY.

Static is to be erected in the
course of this year to George sand
The size proposed is the Vallee More
in Berry, the spot where so many OF her
romances had their birth.
AMONG the women who voted at a
recent school election in Concord, n.
H., was Mrs. Isaac Hill, ninety-one
years old and the widow of a Vermont
Governor, and Mrs. Burnise JONES'
ninety-fve years old.
Miss JENNY HOWE, Philadelphia girl
by birth, but educated in Paris, has
made her debut at the Grand Opera
House as Rachel in "La JuiVe, ana
achieved at once a success that places
her in the ranks of great singers ana
dramatic artists.
MEBsoNIER, the distinguished Pa
risian painter, is Sixty-seven, and has
acquired fortune of about S2OO,OOO.
He might have been worth thrice that
sum, but he has the tastes of million
aire, and is especially given to the
Injuries of the table. His leave Is
said to be of exceptional excellence.
He works slowly, and asks from s5'OOo
to $4,000 for portrait.
NINE. CoLBAN is a distinguished Nor
wegian writer, who did not attempt
authorship until she was nearly sixty
years old. She has produced since then
five romance3, which are described as
charming. Her children were estab-
lished in life, her health began to fail,
and her duties and amusementS as
woman of society grew irksome. SO
she went to live in Rome, where she has
renewed her youth in literary work
NJ. GEORGES DE CAsSAGNAC, just
elected member of the French Cham
Der of Deputies, is the youngest man
that has been elected to that body,
having only three days prior to his cleo
ton attained the age (twenty-hve) re-
CURED by law for membership. The
French journals speak of him as man
of fine ability and great promise, es-
pecially in financial matters, with which
he is perfectly familiar.
DR.. HOLLAND, the editor of Scri6rer'S,
was educated for the medical professor.
At one time he was an editorial writer
for the daily press. His first distinction
was won under the nom de plume OF
Timothy Titcomb." He is now about
sixty years of age, and devotes himself
entirely to the magazine which owes its
success to his literary taste and enter
prise.
Mr.. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, now
just past his sixtieth year, was born in
Cambridge, Mass, and has there lived
in the house in which he was born--a
fine old mansion of the Revolutionary
period, square and three-storied, look
ing out from an environment of stately
trees to the southwark over the mead
ows of the Charles. Behind it rises
Mount Auburn. Mr.. Longfellow lives
half mile away. Here have been writ
ten the poems, the essays and the
critical papers which have made him
| famous.
Sharp County record., 1880-05-20
Turkey Hunting in Virginia.

IHAvE just finished my fifth day Of
turkey hunting in the Virginia woods
glorious days, all of them; in the
saddle from eight in the morning until
after nightfall, taking out, of course,
the blissful hours spent in "turkey
blind" listening to the call of the
human "yelper," and the musical
retort of the real game bird of America
for, say what you will, and cite all
the authorities from Nimrod to Bogar
dus to the contrary, the fact will yet
remain, that for genuine health-giving,
blood-quickening sport there is nothing
known to men or books to be compar
ed with the coy and fitful "yelp" of a
wild turkey that is incautiously march
ing into the very muzzle of your gun!
But don't make mistake here. They
don't all march into the muzzle, nor
has hunter been discovered who was
sure of his bird at a distance of twenty
PAGES, though standing still and erect,
with clear, unmistakable broadside
presented to the hunters gaze. There
is many slip 'twixt cup and lip, and
the difference between a live and dead
turkey is not always the pulling of a
trigger. But the charm of wild turkey
hunting does not lie wholly in the
pulling of trigger. Mr.. Glass
famous recipe for cooking rabbits has
a peculiar application to this kind Of
sport; for the turkeys must be found
before they can be shot, and to me the
chief sport lies in the finding. will
not attempt to describe the indescrib-
able charm of hunting the game. To
understand it at all one must know the
surroundings and be in full harmony
therewith-must have some aptitude in
the art of 'roughing it," and have
sufficient practice in horseback riding
to render jaunt of fifteen or twenty
miles day, over mountains, through
valleys, across streams, with fences to
pull down, and thickets to penetrate, a
pastime instead of labor. He must be
willing if needs be, to ride for hours
and days with no more success than
an occasional ''sign' of the migratory
flock, few tracks in the roadways,
scratchingS in the fallen leaves, with
an occasional seeming of the trail by
the keen-nosed dog, for you must know
that the ordinary bird dog is of no
service in this work. A good turkey
dog is rare article; and indispensable
in the finding process. Not only must
he have nose for turkeys, but he must
know how to flush flock when he
finds it, giving prompt notice of the
fact.-COr. Forest and Stream.
Sharp County record., 1880-05-20

cabbages and other vegetables, half a
barrel of old fSh-brine, and filth gener-
ally, SO that the smell was noticeable
rods from the house, when cleared out
by the doctors direction"
Through that cellar, typhoid fever
sneaked into the house. A writer in
the New York Times says, "Miasm is
the most subtle foe of the farmer S
home. 1t is generated in his barn
yard, cess-pool, cellar; soaks into his
well, and appears on his table in the
form of limpid water; enters his bed
room by night, and poisons the very
air he breathcS." "
And all this from the want of little
intelligence and little painstaking'
Sharp County record., 1880-05-20
Sickness in the Farmhouse.

DR.. GoDDAR, of Massachusetts,, was
once asked, and answered, the follow
ing questions:
"Have you seen sickness produced
by decaying vegetables in the cellars of
farm-houses?h
Think l have. For instance, the
case of a farmer of means, his wife, and
five children Four sickened in Sep
tember of typhoid fever, and three died.
In tie cellar were found haif-dccayed
Sharp County record., 1880-05-20
Our Young Readers.
STORIES WITH MORALS.

MAMMA told a story,
And it made me cry
Cause it had a moral,
And was sad and dry
Bout a little sister:
She was fearful sick
cause her little brother
Hit her with a stick.
Then his mother sent him
To the med 'cine-store;
An the sister died cause
He didn't come before.
He was playin' marbles
Hayin' lots of fun
Course he couldn't pass 'em
Without shOOtin' one;.
When the boys all hollered,
"Billy, take shoot!
Course he couldn't member
How he ought to scOot.
S'pOSe it's cause | didn't
Bring the med cine quick
To my little sister:
She amt very sick,
But has lots of goodies
Oranges and such
Playin' with her dolly, :,
Guess she don't ache mucn!
Think I'll tell story
When my ma comes in,
With a good, dry moral
How will | begin?
Once there was lady
Had a little boy:
Wouldn't give him nothin'
That he could destroy
Just one piece Of pie er cake
At time he had,
On account of stomach-ache!
Want that mamma bad!
Made him go to school, too,
Every single day,
Though he teased her awfully
For to let him play.
Made him rock the BABY,
Run errands to the store
Then she SCOlded cause he
Didn't come before.
Then he died-that boy died!
All his toes came Off.
And he had the measles.
And the hOOpin'-cOugh!
And the fever-'n 'ager.
And the smallpox, too!
That's what I'll tell mamma
Then won't she boo hoo?
Mile c. POmerOy, in Chicago Irt0un
Sharp County record., 1880-05-20

Or a mathematical WORK VII, us
the venerable Prof. Pierce, o. Il 4
College, he says that there e. SyI w
man living beside hlmsel = 'r- a
read and understand it; and o. 7
work he says that only one j..,l, nat
himself has read it and uaagir is,
A mathematician, the Profess !,
is not really known while nS IL h
he must wait for history 10 " ,+ 4
tice and establish his real NU,' ".
scientific position. Prof fle''i 4
to consider Prof. Sylvester, .S'r ~
Hopkins University, as Pe.naBI
greatest OF contemporary l
clans.
Sharp County record., 1880-05-20

A POSTAL-CARD malleu AZ
Mass, January s, directed ;" !" srr
hama, Japan, with a requ,eS. '. I ths
around the world. arrived az rsSr ~
bury office by way of Sap I'll us
Yokohama and Liverpool Apis y, b
ing been eighty-tive days In i''
around the world.
Sharp County record., 1880-05-20

THE Philadelphia papers recall the
fact that Senator Blaine was teacher
in an institution for the blind in that
city for two years, beginning with 1852.
The Arizona sentinel., 1880-09-18

$6O,OO0,GOO which the people must
lose by this simple transaction;
and they gained not one dime!
No man, save the money loaners
and the silver dealers, has been
benefited one cent by the re-
deinption of fractional currency.
1t wasa $60,e00,OO0 fraud upon the
people and it was intended as such
by its concoctors and by most Of
the men who voted for it. Of
course we have the 10000, 900
silver for which the bonds were
issued, but that has to be paid
when the bonds are due, making
full 500, 100000 that the people
will have to fork over for the
privilege of having their fraction
al currency exchanged for silver
against their will. The people
made not a dime by this transac-
ton, while they lose $50, 100000,
and this sum the money loaners
pocket. That $4,000, 900 silver
ought to be paid out now in the
redemption of Our bonds, and new
fractional currency should be is
sued in its steau. This is how to
wipe out that much of the nation.
al debt. But will the money
sharks who have control of Con-
gress allow this to be done? Is it
any wonder Christ scOurged the
money changers out of the Tenn,
pie of the living God? o, for
new Christ to whip these plum
dering rascals naked through the
world.
The Arizona sentinel., 1880-09-18
The Cotton Crop.

The New Orleans democrat"
publishes specials from eighty
five points in the States of Louisi-
ana, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas,
| Alabama and Georgia, giving the
condition of the cotton crop. Re-
plies from twenty-seven points in
Louisiana show the weather
somewhat improved. Twelve
parishes report the cotton OPEN
ing and fruiting well, two open.
ing slowly, and two fruiting poor
ly. Worms are reported at ten
points, rust at five, shedding at
five, blight at one, and rot from
too much rain at seven. The
damage done averages 81 per
cent. Picking was begun two
weeks ago in some of the parish
es, and is now general. Labor is
sufficient in all but two parishes.
The average yield is 900 pounds
of seed cotton to the acre.
Twenty-six replies received
from Mississippi show the wealth
er favorable. The worms are do
ing some damage in three, rust
in three, rain in five, blight in
one and shedding in three coun-
ties. The average damage is 16
per cent. Picking has begun in
all but two counties, which began
September 1. Labor is sufficient
in ten and scarce in five counties.
The yield is 800 pounds per
acre.
In Texas the weather is report
ed generally favorable. Cotton is
opening well, but fruiting poorly
in four counties. Worms are re-
ported in seven districts, in five
of which they have done some
damage. The average damage is
% per cent. Labor is generally
scarce. The yield is 700 pounds
to the acre.
Reports from Alabama show
unfavorable weather, the plant
fruiting poorly in FIVE and we'll in
four districts. Some damage is
reported from rain, worms and
rust. Picking was begun on
August Is, and is now general.
Labor is sufficient. The yield is
about 400 pounds to the acre.
Reports from points covering
South and Central Arkansas show
the weather much improved.
Some damage is reported from
rain, averaging II per cent. Labor
is scarce in three and sufficient in
four districts. The yield is about
700 pounds per acre,
The Arizona sentinel., 1880-09-18

THE contemplation OF the pro-
gress of the nation under Repub-
lican rule should be grand in
SEPARATION to every member of
that party to strive by word and
deed to perpetuate its power and
purify and exalt its principles.
Every true hearted Republican
should view with pride the bene-
ficient achievements of that par
ty which has ennobled this tram
silent and vanishing life. With
the swift winged powers of our
advancing race. each noble soul
may make his thought felt affair
and felt for long. The principles
and deeds of the Republican
party have crossed the seas and
lii,eralized the nations on distant
shores. South America has felt
their influence. Japan has wei
coined the republican sentiment,
France, Italy, Germany and Pru-.
sia are freer, happier and more
prosperous, for the mission and
doctrine of the Republican party
of America. The elevation of
mankind should be the ultimate
inspiring lesson of the hour. by
the memories of the past. the
Impulses Of the present, and the
loftiest sentiments of patriotism
that can inspire humanity, let
each Republican renew his cove
nant vows and resolve that with
all the strength with which Jeho-
Yah has endowed him, he will.
stand fast In the faith, and assist
to make this great nation, born of
battle, purchased by blood. and in
mature years baptized into liber.
ty, united, illustrious, great,
noble. free; u herald and harbin-
ger of the coming time, when
The Arizona sentinel., 1880-09-18
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

The New York Herald" says
that the Republican managers
will make n canvass Of three OF
four doubtful Southern States il
the Democrats carry Indiana, but
il inciineS to the belief thai the
Republicans will come off victo-
riUus i'm the election in that State
next month.
General Garfield is described as
looking exceedingly well during
these campaigning days. His
open cOuntenance, cheering laugh
and hearty manner reveal quiet
soul.
DR.. Tanner made a speech the
other day in Ohio, in which he
said that he was Il member OF the
Greedy party against Grant, tut
that he was now for Garfield.
Having made his speech he ate a
waternlelOn in public.
The Arizona sentinel., 1880-09-18
a Horrible Holocaust.

Advices from Upton, Province
of Quebec, says: One of the most
terrible occurrences in tie history
OF this section of the country was
Il fire which swept through Il por-
ton Of this village on last Mon
day. Bush fires have been nu-
merous for some time but little
attention was given tn en-.
The high wind on Monday fan
ned the flames until the inhabi-
tants about three O'Clock saw with
distnay wall Of flames come to-
ward them with a steady sweep
DIS fast as man could run, and
swallowing up everything in its
course. .By-four o'clock the first
farm house had been reached.
The fire ran along the rail fences,
burning grain, and the wind sent
sparks i'll all directions. So quick
~ WAS one farm house after an
other envelOped that the people
had barely time to escape. AS the
night drew on the flames increas.
ed in volume, while the wind
rose, and for space OF about
twelve miles in length and cover
ing a width of from three to four
miles, the eye rested upon moth
ing but roaring, cracking flames.
Families came flying into The viii
lage proper, shivering in scanty
dress. House after house and
barns filled with The best of crops
known for years were licked up,
and when the fugitives were all
counted it was found there were
eleven persons missing, not one
Of whom it was thought would
escape, but toward morning most
Of them turned up severely burn
ed. Four men were burned to
death. Some Is families have
been burned out, representing
nearly $50 persons. 1t is feared
the loss of life will be much great.
er than now known.
The Arizona sentinel., 1880-09-18

THE Chinese have entered in to
and are rapidly monopolizing the
business of manufacturing and
selling brooms. One by one they
are Selling upon odds and ends of
business and making them their
own, and forcing idleness upon
white men an women.
The Arizona sentinel., 1880-09-18
Southern Oratory Down East.

The New York "Herald" has
of late been persistent in its
counsels to the Democratic man
ayers to send distinguished
Southern orators into the North.
ern States to "disabuse the can
did Republicans of their preju-
dices." This plan has already
been partially adopted. but thus
far does not appear to have work.
ed well. Colonel Martin of Miss
issippi, an ex-Confederate officer,
stumped Vermont during the
canvass that preceded the recent
election. The Colonel seems to
have been an honest, frank, out
spoken man, and he told the
truth in regard to politics at the
South with such indiscreet sin
cerity as to overwh elm his Dem.
ocratic hearers with confusion
and disinay. 1t would be well
worth the while of the Republi-
can managers to pay the campaign
expenses of score or two of this
style of Southern orators in
slumping the doubtful States in
behalf Of Hancock and English.
ave are charged" said the gal
liant and ingenious Colonel, "wlth
stealing the negro vote. Well,
are we TO blame for lt?" And
then he goes on to admit the
stealing and lay the blame upon
those who "gave the negro the
right to vote" That is, tie Re-
publIcans. Says the orator:
They gave the right to vote to
the negro. BY SD doing they
gave to The South forty-six addi-
tiOnal electoral votes and forty.
six additional members of Con,
gress. NnW, We determined 10
get those electoral votes and
Those members of Congress, and
we GOT them. Are we TO blame
for II? The Republicans tempted
Us, and we fell. Now that we
have them ne propose to keep
them.
We do not know how many
speeches OF This sort were made
in Vermont, but if colonel Mar
lin was tolerably active in prose-
ecuting his mission, and the
papers took proper pains in Civ
ing his efforts the circulation their
highly original tone deserved, we
can understand the falling off in
the Democratic vote of he Green
Mountain Stale. "Nasby" recon-
mends Democratic orators to
equip themselves with two
speeches. one for Northern and
the other for Southern audiences.
Heretofore the explanation given
at the North of the prodigious
Democratic majorities in States
where half the population con.
sists of freedmen, has been that
the negroes have been converted.
and vote the Democratic ticket.
If Colonel MARTIN was supplied
with with two speeches, as recon-
rnended by Nasty" it is evident
that be got them badly mixed, or
The Arizona sentinel., 1880-09-18
PROPOSALS FOR FLOUR
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARIZONA

a.ADsoAA1 1AS 0AEASIaSS1 W AE!zVNA,
OFFICE CHIEF CoMMIssARY OF SUBSISTENCE
WHIPPLE BARRACKS. PREsCorr
September ,. 1859.
= with copy of TINS adyerti,cmrnt NJ
lached. will be received ut this nftic,. mr. :, +
The nH;rs IF lin. Cnmn,;s. ,n,s o ~ ~ ~ az
lowing named nnsts untii ~ r;nI.i,.I,
noon. ON Suturd,y Sr;',emhnr 25,h $50
af which time and ni,cns ti'.u vii H. ~,
n,rnrj in ,l,,. ''f hiddary t WI i uo
nishiug and delivery of FIonr ,s rnIi i w.
P.stx po,,oJs
Fort Apache A. T. ' I1 Soo
The Arizona sentinel., 1880-09-18
Concerning Fractional Currency

The New York "Tribune"
states that the propriety Of re-
viving the fractional currency is
being discussed in Washington.
The facilities offered by the new
system of registering packages
by mail, for making purchase OF
small articles at distance, makes
it very desirable that there should
be in existence some circulating
medium of smaller denomination
than the dollar, which may be
sent by mail. Major Powell,
Chief Clerk of the Treasury De-
paltment proposes to meet this
demand by Issuing greenbacks of
the denomination of ones and
twos, which may be diyisible into
halves and quarters. The with
dra wal of the fractional currency
from circulation was a sixty mil
lion outrage upon the American
people, concocted and carried out
by the money.lenders for their
own SPECIAL benefit. 1t was pure
steal of the money sharks. It
drew s60,OOO,GOO into their own
Golfers from the producing classes
without rendering TO The public
any compensation therefor. Here
are the facts. No public meeting
of any kind, no owner of fraction
al currency ever asked for silver
in exchange. No holder desired
to have it redeemed, and when
silver was offered the public re.
fused to take it but held onto the
piper as long as they could. Why
then was this currency with.
drawn? Because there were in
the Lower House of Congress 199
members who were stockholders
in, attorneys for, or otherwise in.
terestrd in the National Btnks,
and because most of the members
of the Upper n nee get there by
bribery, either money, promise
of Office, or some other form Of
remuneration These men recog''
nize none asthe controlling in
terest of the nation, and knowing
It's power are ever ready ta do its
bidding. The money lenders
through these Congressman, who
are often but their agents, caused
q bill 20 he passed authorizing and
requiring the Issuance of $4,000
UOU IOuT dtlit ildtl pt'l tSbt UCiiCS
for the term of twenty years with
which to purchase silver to re.
deem the fractional currency.
The sole object Of these schemers
was 10 make an opening for 1 good
loan aud to pave the way for the
retirement Of all the greenbacks,
80 that The National banks might
thus obtain control OF the entire
currency OF the. natiOn. The in
terest OIL this $40, 600, 600 loan at
four and a half per cent amounts
II 81, 100000 year-in twenty
years So6.OOO,OOO. The taxes
which these boDdholders will not
have to pay, but which the public
Will nave To for them, equal three
per cent per annum, being ST.
zOO,00O a year or $4,000, OC0 in
twenty years, making a total of
The Arizona sentinel., 1880-09-18
Wood & Charcoal Wanted

Proposals will be received to supply Is
cords of Willow and Cotton Wood, q
Cotton Wood or Willow and Is MesquL
and Ironwood) and 10000 bushels of Char
coal per month, at NortOn's Landing,
Colorado River, for RED Cloud Gold and
Silver Mining Company"
Bids must be sent in by Sept. 20th, and
delivery of coal and wood begin by Oct.
18th. Address bids to
8. s. DRAPER, Supr.
Silver District, via Yuma,
382t. Arizona.