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The Arizona sentinel., 1881-03-12
Does the Hon. Ben. Morga

Does the Hon. Ben. Morgan, Attorney for Mr. Hoffman think that he is strengthening the cause of his client by an unpro- vOked attack upon His Honor the Judge of the 2d Judicial Dijtrict? Has he forgotten, that twice be- fore, the result that he sough to attain here, have met with signal failure? Is it a fact that he is the only lawyer in the Ter ritory who can not get justice in three of the Courts? Is the blame tO be attributed to the Honorable Judges of these three Judicial Districts in which the Hon. MOr- gan has failed to receive that dis. tinguished consideration that his talents and cheek entitle him to? Is it fact that there are no merits or law in the cause he advocates but that paraded on our street by the Deputy U. $. Marshal and his shotgun brigade? For shame! Let this farce stop before you have made yourself ridiculous in the eyes of the people at large as you have justly earned here the contempt of our citizens.
The Arizona sentinel., 1881-03-12

IN the Legislature when the embargo was removed allowing Boian of Maricopa, to take his seat George Norton made one of the h9ppiest hits of the season. With his accustomed modesty and dignity he said, "M- Speak CT, this is the first time I ever saw one man get away with whole legislature, and I want to shake" Going over to where the Hon. B0lan sat he gave him one of those famous "shakes' such as nearly every man in Yuma Co. has felt, and which BOlan would have rather suffered a whole session in contempt than have taken.
The Arizona sentinel., 1881-03-12
NOTICE 1!

After this date all fees in my office must be raid in advance of work done Any prospectOr known to be broke and without employment can have all the work he requires done without charge There will be no exception made with others. Yuma A. T. Feb. 10th 1881.
 SAMUEL PURDY JR.
 County Recorder.
The Arizona sentinel., 1881-03-12
expense.

The above notice is taken from the Los Angeles Herald oJ the 8th inst and as a fair sample of many such that have and now are
 being publish ed in the different
 journals III thIs Territory and
 California. We do not propose to
 go into the merits of the case
 which as journalist we know
 nothing of as the Courts will un-
 doubtedly protect the rights of
 all parties but we do protest
 against parties interested to try.
 to strengthen their case by such false and malicious information
 to the press of the country, to the great and irreparable injury to our people and the good name Of our village. Our community have
 heen deeply and grossly wr0nge d by these reports of which the only DOT ion of truth they contain is the fact that the Deputy U. s. Marshal did march into the town with a party of armed naen, hay. ing a writ directed to the Sheriff of Yuma County, and him only, and take possession of the store Jf Isaac Lyons. The only resis- ai.'ce was such as an adobe wall fer, d when one of these men roppt 'd his gun out of his shak. Ig han, 1s and it went off, other ise it Was as blOO(iless a victory , the gallant Major ever won. o stranger coming in the town may seem as though there night be some truth in these eports, if by chance he should meet the Deputy Marshal while Ie was preambulating our street Inder convoy of three or four of lis men armed with doubled- ,arrelled shot-gans. II this Is necessary for his protection, he is not the brave man that we have
The Arizona sentinel., 1881-03-12
of Railroad Corpor-
 atiOns.
The PSweA

t of the powers oI The ~subiet
 )0ratiOns has been '-'''' hly handled by very thOrOug4
 lack at different Judge Jere B
 e last two years, times during tl
 as he presented and at no time h
 ! clear and lOgi- to the people suet
 a speech re- cal reasoning as a,
 New York on gently delivered in this vital question. that is the least
 powers of against the growing
 and rail corporations in genera roads in particular, il we
 h, 2. in de-
 ,o.ol princi- '''''' H .uE nk has ples of law. MT. Albert Fl
 onon letter since roNleW6u III 'Aii VI which is published in the ont of York World, the argument A0iN .uh cad Judge Black, which will be with interest by all fair mind norsons who will admit that the4 are two sides to every question MT. Fink's line of argument Is an entirely new one, and one Whlc" is but the outgrowth of our times | and method of legislation. Ao those who have paid much at'e"- tion to the subject, they must observe that there may arise time when the people through their legislatures, may not only throttle the corporate enterprises of the country, bui may proceed to actual confscation of the prop erty invested in corOorate enter prises. That there is less danger that the corporations will over ride the people of the United States, than that vicious IesiSlh' tion may attack the most vital
The Arizona sentinel., 1881-03-12
President GarfaId's Cabinet.

The new cabinet appointed by Presideh: Garfield was promptly confirmed by the Senate last Saturday, and consists of the fol- lowing we'll known names: For Secretary of State, James G. Blame; for Secretary of the Treasury William Windom; for Attorney General, Wayne Me- Veagh; Postmaster General, Th0n&s L. James, the present postmaster of New York City; for Secretary of the Interior, Samuel J. KirkwOod; for Secre- tary of War, Robert T. Lincoln, a son of Abraham Lincoln; for Sec retary of the Navy, William A. Hu.t.
The Arizona sentinel., 1881-03-12

Hon. H. N. Alexander is con- fined to his bed this week with a severe attack of rheumatism.
The Arizona sentinel., 1881-03-12
Assessment Notice,
To U. L. GOODMAN.

To U. L. GOODMAN.
 VOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT
 4 have expended one hundred (100) dollars on each of the following named mines located jointly by you and William Bear with me to wit: The Gro Grande and La Plata Bonita and if within % days from date hereof you fail to pay to me your OrOpoI ton thereof amounting 2 to sixty six and 66-100 dollars your eight title and interest in the said mines will cease and become the property of the un- dersigned according the prOrislons of sec ton 2324 of an act of Congress approved may 10th 1872. Dated PlOmoso Yuma County 4. T. Jan. 18th 1881.
 3-9t C. L. BANCROFT.
The Arizona sentinel., 1881-03-12

L. P. FISHER, advertising agent, 21 Merchants Exchange San Francisco, is authorized to receive advertisements for the columns of this paper.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23
United.


She who sleeps upon my heart
Was the first to win it:
She who dreams upon my breast
Ever reigns within it;
She who kisses oft my lips
Wakes the warmest blessing;
She who rests within my arms
Feels their closest pressing.
Other days than these shall come,
Days that may be dreary;
Other hours shall greet us yet,
Hours that may be weary;
Still that heart shall be thy home,
Still that breast thy head shall pillow,
Still those lips meet thine, as oft
Billow meeteth billow.
Sleep, then, on my happy heart,
Since thy love hath won it;
Dream, then, on my loyal breast
None but thou hast done it;
And when age our bloom shall change
With its wintry weather,
May we in the self-same grave
Sleep and dream together.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23

The hanging Sf the mistletoe is q
cause of much frolic and laughter in
the house.. 1t is the rule that whoe yer
is passing under the mistletoe- bough
must submit to being kissed then and
there by whatsoever chooses to take
that liberty. AS bough usually hangs
from the center of the ceiling, spread
ing over large space, it follows that
there must be much lodging or much
kissing; / am inclined to think that
there are both.
The origin of this use of the mistle-
toe is not known; but we do know that
more than eighteen hundred years ago,
when the glad stars sang together over
the Manager in Bethlehem, and wise
men brought gifts of gold, frankincense
and myrrh to a young Child in the
peasant mothers arms, England was q
chill mist covered island, inhabited on
ly by savages, who wore garments of
skins and lived in huts of mud and
stone. Among these savage Britons
there were pagan priests called Druids.
These priests were mysterious folk,
who lived in dense woods far away
from other men and who, in the gloomy
solitudes of the forest, performed strang
secret ceremonies. The" sacred groves,
as they were called, we're of oak; for
the oak was divine tree, according to
the Druidical religion. Within these
sacred groves, the priests, it is record
ed in history, offered their sacrifices,
and in some manner. not now known,
they employed the mistletoe. But all
mistletoe was not sacred to the Druids.
They would have none but that which
chung t. the trunk and WAS nourished
by the sap of the divine oak. To th6m,
the apple-tree mistletoe, which modern
England uses SO freely IN her holiday
festivities, would be . worthless and
common thing.
When, in later centuries, Eng
land was taught the Christian religion
by priests who went thither from
Rome, the people, though protesting q
belief in Christ, retain many of their
heather rites and customs changed
from their original meaning and pur-
pose. At any rate, from the Druida
hes como the modern usage Of the mis-.
tletoe- bough strangely preserved in fes
Invites which Commensurate The birth
Of Him whose pure worship destroys
all heather supsrstitions.-S NieAsl9
= q ~
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23
An Untimely Thought.


wonder what day of the week
Iwonder what month of the year
VIII it be midnight or morning,
And who will bend over my bier.
What a hideous fancy TO come,
As wait at the foot of the stair,
While Lillian gives the last touch
To her robe, or the rose in her hair.
Do like your new dress
And do l like you? On my life
You are eighteen and not day more,
And have not been six years my wife.
Those two rosy boys in the crib
Upstairs, are not ours to be sure.
You are Just sweet bride in her bloom,
All sunshine, and snowy, and pure.
As the carriage rolls down the dark street,
The little wife laughs and makes cheer
Butt wonder what day of the week
wonder what month of the year.
II 3. Aidr'jch.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23

I asked his name, and Banito said it
was his brother, Francisco, and that he
was Every bad; but he laughed
as he said it, Then / remem-
bered his face as one of flock of six
that crowded round me one day when !
sat making a sketch under the shadow
of the high, bare porch of their "casa. -
The mother, leaning over the rail-
ing, had told me all their names. She,
too, had said Francisco was very bad
("muey malo," she called it,, and she,
too, had laughed. 1 asked Francisco
where he kept all his badness, for l
could hot see any of it in his face. Bad
boys do not look as happy as Francisco
did, and he Struggled in among his
comrades as if he were sure of vel
come. He looked merry. wild and
dirty. I dare say he tore his clothes,
and was sad trouble to his mother. A
little girl who logged my elbow and
was invited to move further off land
cordially assisted to do so by all her
neighbors) had the bluest eyes that ever
shone under torn hat-brim.
WAS she not Cornish girl ?" l
asked.
NO" she said; "I'm English"
"Were you not born at the mine ?
Perhaps you are an American"
mo, ma'am. l amt 'Merican. I
was born down to San JOSE"
Another little girl coughed and look
ed as if she had been i'll. She told me
they twas allays sick back there" and
when I tried to find out where 'back
there" was,-where she had lived be-
fore coming to the mine, -she only an
swered my repeated questions with {:
ooh, in kind O brown house back
there"
Banito had been very still for some
time, and his face began to droop as if
he were tired; so 1 hurried with the
sketch. The children hearing the
heavy wheels of the stage rafting up
the last hill, scampered off to welcome
it on its arrival, in company with the
dogs and other noisy livestock of the
camp.
Banito looked wistfully after them,
but with the prospect of "two bits" re-
signed himself to five minutes longer.
1.-Two bits" represents large share
of the joys of this world to an Alma
den boy. For two bits you can get of
Costa - the vegetable mana ripe,
spicy musk-melon as big as your head
or watermelon twice as big, or hat
full of peaches, or double handful of
fresh figs, or two paper bags of stale
candy at the store. A Cornish lad
might put it in tin bank until Christ
mas and the new stock of toys arrived,
but Mexican never!
While was making Banitos por-
trait, he held dark little object by a
string;-it was "horned toad" They
are strange little creatures, so deli
cately made, yet so roughly carved and
fretted, so still, sometimes for long
minutes, that they might indeed be
carved stone or tretted bronze; then,
at a sudden movement, they will slide
off as swift and silent as a shadow.
They are utterly deaf, even a pistol
shot fred close to ones head would
not disturb his immovable stiffness
if he saw nothing to alarm.
They seem to have a kind of sensitive
ness under the rough, dark skin; light
finger touches on the head will soothe
them to sleep, and they are easily tanned
into dull, passive companionship.-
Mary Hallock Foote, in ST. Nicholas.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23
A "Muchacho'' of the Mexican Camp.

His name was Estaban Avilla, and he
was called, "for short" "Banito."
We became acquainted one afternoon
on the road to the Mexican camp. l
had just met Tommy Job Ia Cornish
lad who brought our milk in the morn
ing and our mail in the afternoon) and
taken from him two or three letters,
and was sitting on dusky rock by the
roadside reading them. 4 step paus-
ing beside me, and shadow falling
across my page, looked ND and saw a
pair of black eyes looking down. Ban
ito did not want to read my letters, he
thought / was drawing; and all the
miners children in both the Cornish
and Mexican camps felt at liberty to
look over my shoulder when l was
sketching. l don't think ever invited
them to do so. They did it quite nat
urally, regarding it, perhaps, as part OF
that right to life, liberty. and the pur-
suit of happiness, TO which most of
them were born. l folded my letter
up and looked at Banito, whereupon he
gave short laugh and darted off up
the hill. Just at the top, where the
road winds ont of sight round a Shout
der of the hill, with the shadow of
live oak tree lying black across it, he
stopped and looked back, his little,
dark figure between the blue sky and
the reddishyellow road. Nothing else
TO be seen except the live-oak tree with
its spot OF Ulack shade.
1t took me some time to climb the
hill up which Banito had fled so quick
", then saw him curled up IN the
limbs of the live oak peering down at
me with halfshy, half-saucy smile.
Come down and let me draw pic
ture of you," 1 said The Mexican
children play with those of the Cornish
camp, and understand English quite
well. He laughed and turned his
head away sharply, but l knew he
would come down.
Come where l can sit in the shade"
l said, land bring my STOOL"
l left the little camp stool in the mid
die of the road and walked on slowly,
as if waiting for him.
There is big shade down there"
He pointed to the slope of the hill
where another liye-oak leaned his dark,
twisted trunk away from the wind. All
the trees lean the same way, for the
same untiring steady wind blows for
months and months over these hills.
Their boughs are trimmed, on the
under side, as smoothly as the top of a
hedge, as far as the hungry cattle can
reach. l made myself comfortable in
the 'big shade" and began sharpening
pencil. Banito made himself COM
Portable in the sun, pulling at the dry
bushes of sage-grass, and looking at me
from the shadow of his .hat-brim with
those queer, dubious glances.
If the camp-children had been robins
in spring, aud we the first ripe cherries,
they could not have fouEd us more
quickly, or focked more gayly and
noisely about US. There were mucha-
chos from the Mexican camp-every
shade of brown and yellow.-there
were rosy, saucy, irrepressible Cornish
youngsters. l tried to keep them near
me, 20 my shy little model might be I'M
disturbed; but one ruddy-brown Mexi-
can boy--cheeks the color OF ruseet
apple in October-stole behind him
and pricked him in the neck with .
sheep-burT.
Catching my eye, he plunged back
into the midst Of the group under the
tree.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23

o, how little thing II 10 10 look into
happinsss through anchor mans syes.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23

BADLY LIGHTED STABLES. horse,
although it looks straight forward much
more than most animals, yet does not
do so nearly as much as man, and there
fore requires in its habitation an ar
rangement of light quite different from
that in it's owners dwelling. Give the
horse the light from only one side. and
it will direct only one of its eyes to.
wards it, but the other side will be in
the shade; this inequality weakens
both eyes. Put it in such a position
that it looks into the dark, which is
certainly unnatural, and when taken
out of the stable the abrupt change
from darkness to light will harm it. To
place it straight against the light, gives
the latter binding effect which is also
injurious to the eyes. The horse-stable
should therefore always receive its light
from above, either through sky-lights
or through windows placed near the
ceiling in the wall to which the ami
mails head is turned vs. he stands in the
stall. Moreover, the stable should be
always bright, as bright indeed, a. day
light; for the horse 10 not . night or
twilight animal. and is in no need OF
an artificial darkness, like fattsning
stock.-Rxral Nsp Yorker.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23

Az IL you could kill time without in
juring eternity.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23

A statement made by one OF the Ohio
school superintendents ct q recent
meeting. is . very good illustration Of
the way in which the popular ideas in
regard to teachers work. ut 10 .
patent fact" he said, "that the proies.
sional teacher Who dsvotes his time to
district school work must practice the
most rigid economy, and eIpend every
penny OF bis paltry salary for bread,
meat and clothing. Yes. Imsy say, the
few teachers who rely upon the earn.
ings Of such schools are absolutely poor.
The greater proportion Of them are
driven TO spend part Of their vacation
on the farm or in the workshop. 10 sup
Plsment their scanty salary; and then
how tie examiners and institute ques-
tionsss berats them for not remaining
frsah in their studies, for mot making
cone advaneoment from one yoax's o..
anins>ioo 10 ~ nsxt."
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-06-23

The, Afghan race has been commonly
regarded as thoroughly irreverent and
wicked. In volume Of poems recent
ly translated into English are senti-
ments showing that among these people
are found those religious sentiments
which form the basis OF all creeds.
One Of the poems contains the follow
ing lines:
shouldst thou bestow but drop Of water on
the thirsty,
1t would become an ocean between thee aud the
FIRE Of hell;
shouldss thou give but grain Of corn to The
Verify. L Will b. hereafter a,y provision in
eternity.
Mr.. A. D. Mayo does not believe in
industrial training for young children
in the public schools. He holds that it
10 simply . bid for general industrial
bewildeFmsnt. and that il would take
away, especially from the children Of
operatives, small mechanics and day
laborers. their only hope Of laying up
. capital Of information and general
mental discipline, invaluable Just now
10 every American child. II 10 evident,
he adds, that common-school reforms
should ell aim ct the more thorough
training Of al the powers, the more ef-
iectual opening Of all Highways 10
knowledge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-09-21

As return to the house after seeing
him start, 1 meet DIR. Bruce leaving the
house
"Poor old SOUL" he says, cher trou-
bles are nearly over; she is sinking fast.
almost doubt whether shewill live till
her son comes"
Chow she could have accomplished
such a journey at her age, l cannot
understand" 1 observe.
"Nothing is impossible to a mother" "
answers DIR. Bruce; "but it has killed
her."
L go in, but I find I cannot settle to
my usual occupations. My thoughts
are with the aged heroine who is dying
upstairs, and presently 1 yield to the
fascination that draws me back to her
presence.
AS DIR. DIR Bruce says, she is sinking
fast. She lies back on the pillows, her
cheeks as ashy gray as her hair. She
clasps my wife's hand in hers, but her
eyes are wide open, and have an eager,
expectant look in them.
"At what time may we expect them p
whispers my wife to me.
"Not before four" / answer, in the
same tone.
"He will be too late. fear" she says,
"she is getting rapidly weaker"
But love is stronger than death, and
she will not go until her son comes. All
through the winters day she lies dying,
obediently taking what nourishment is
given her, but never speaking except to
say, "My lad, my lad God is good; He
will not let me die till he comes"
And at last I hear the dog-cart. /
lay my finger on my lip and tell Mary to
90 and bring John Salter up very
quietly. But my caution is needless;
the mother has heard the sound, and
with the last effort of her remaining
strength she raises herself and stretches
out her arms. "My lad my lad !" she
gasps, as with a great sob he springs
forward, and mother and son are clasped
in each others arms once more.
For moment they remain so. Ther
the little woman sinks back on my
wife's shoulder, and her spirit is look
ing down from heaven on the lad sh'
loved so dearly on earth.
She lies in our little churchyard un
der spreading yew tree, and on the
stone which marks her resting place are
inscribed the words: " Faithful unto
DEATH" Our Laddie has gained far
spread renown for his good works, ant
as I sit finishing this short record of
tale of which he is the hero he lies a
nv feet, our ever watchful, faithful
COMPANION and friend. Chambers J0ur
nal,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-09-21

"And yet, in the eyes of many OF my
readers | shall nevertheless remain a
criminal. Those readers are exceed
ingly moral persons. They shed tears
over the dreadful fate of Alexander H.,
and pass whistling and humming q
merry tune beside the misery of 9O,OOO,-
600 bathed in their own blood by the
monster in human shape they mourn
over. They consider every attempt OF
a people to shake off a dastardly yoke
criminal.
"Be it so. But to those for whom
liberty is the true, the supreme goddess
of their life, whose hearts throb for the
suffering, the struggle and the heroism
of other nations--to those true and best
men, who are the honor, the strength
and the hope of every people, let me
address these parting words: What we
Nihilists want is liberty for our people.
AS soon as our struggle shall have re-
suited in republic such as the one we
find here in the United States, we shall
be the first to welcome it. We shall be
unspeakably happy to be at least able
not to hate the chief of the State, our
President. A republic in It's present
form does not, it is true, give every citi-
zen the full produce of his labor, does
not Danish social as well as political in
Justice and inequality. But it teaches
every man to think for himself; raises
him from the degraded state of slavish
brute to that of aself-conscious, liberty
proud citizen"