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Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01
A Wife Worth Having.

She was a plucky woman, the wife of a Bradford oil speculatOr, who saw her husbands fortune pass away al- most in the twinkle of an eye by a sudden and heavy fall in the price of Illuminating fluid. Walking into a store she took of her seal-skin sacque and sold it. From that place she went 10 the jewellers and disposed of her diamonds and all of her silver. When her husband returned home, discOnsOlate and dOwncast, she met him in the door, dressed in a neat cal leo wrapper He had been a clerk before fortune smiled upon him, and she modest school teacher. She informed him that she had discharged all the servants, and they would live as formerly, she doing the work. She handed him 5000 as the result of sell ing her jewelry, and told him to use it. Joy and hope beamed in his eyes and foucd place in his heart again. He went again to the business. In one month he had regained his for mer position.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01
unnn.tin small Thinr.-

People will generally be honest in small things. It takes prize worth apprOpriatinl Co induce most men Go be dishonest. It is reported of the late James Fisk, Jr. that when any body accused his father of lying in a shilling transaction, James Tephed .. No. he didn't. The old man wouldt tell lie for a shilling though he might tell six lies for a dollar .' The Washington Post tells this story of a'small sum of money; The regu- lar visitors to the private reception room of the Postmaster General could not bave failed tO notice that upon the desk lay two small copper cents. They have lain there for several months, no one claiming them and no one taking them away. They are in the same place to-day as when they were left, three months ago The man who cleans the rooms, dusts the desk, but does not touch the pennies. Despite all classes of visitors the pen nieS have remained. The Posts young man called the attention Of Postmaster General Maynard Co the fact, and he gave a slight history of the coins. A lady, an oflice-seeker, called about three months ago and when she left the pennies were upon the floor near the char she occupied. NIT. Maynard picked them up and put them on the desk, where they have since remained. F You see,' said Mr. Maynard, {" the people in the postOfiice are like unto those of an cient Sparta under Lycurgus, where money and jewelry were hung up by the roadside and no one but the own CTS was ever known to take them away"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01
OVerwork.

It is the pace that kills; and of all forms of "OverwOrk, that which consists m an excessive burst of ef fort, strsining to the strength, and worrying to the will-hurry of all kinds, for example, that so often needed to catch a train, the effort re- quired to complete a task of head work within a period of time too short for its accomplishment by mod crate energy-is injurious. Few sui fer from Overwork in the aggregate. It is too much work in too little time that causes the break down in nine teen cases out of twenty, when col lapse occurs. Most sufferers bring the evil on themselves by driving off the days work until the space allotted for it's performance is past or much reduced. Method in work Is the great need of the day. If some DOT tion of each division of time was de- voted 10 the appOrtiOning of hours and energy, there would be less con- fusion, far less hurry" and the need of working at high pressure would be greatly reduced, if not wholly obviated.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01

4 FEW of the shining lights of the Territorial Democracy met last nj ght to discuss the present status of affairs within its political fold. The errors of the past were recognized and, through the lively inspiration of fragrant Democratic beverages, the reefs and shoals of the coming haven were mapped out on the chart. la the use of nautical terms we do not insinuate that they were all al sea, and if their legs grew unsteady it was mol so much because of seasickness as of the heavy responsibilities in con- ducting the children of the unwsshed across the polital red sea under the spiritual guidance of budge. When the convention broke up it was more than suspected that each individual member of thereof was ditto-a part of the proceedings winch probably fails to appear on the minutes of the meeting.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01
Ruins of a Prehistoric Race.

Arizona offers a greater scope for archaeological work than perhaps any of our Western States or Territories. The ancient ruins along Salt river and the lower Gila river have long been a subject of interest 10 those wholstudy the unwritten history of the past. Here there are still to be seen the dry beds of large irrigating ditches or canals, from fifty to sixty feet in width, extending from ruins many miles inland, with lateral ditches, where water has been taken from the man canal for irrigaling the aGja- cent land. The ancient ruins of adobe houses exist ia many places, and in some instances the ruins of towns and villages have been found .. There are also many other ruins of n prehistoric race in Arizona equally interesting. One, winch the writer visited, Is situated about six miles north of Camp Lowell, near the june tion Of the forks of Rillito creek, at the baseIOt the Santa Catalina mOnn- tains, where are the remains of an ancient town which cover an area of some sixty acres. The foundations of houses are plainly and distinctly marked by stones, which, instead of being la6d flat, as Is the stonemasOn' 2 wont, are set up on edge, and are Of various sizes, though in most iu- stances the rooms are about sixteen feet square, and usually face a plaza or kind of court winch has been in closed on three sides, leaving an en-
 trance 10 the court from one end. At the end of the incIosure there is a large foundation of stones set on edge, the main front being to the south, the front of the building hay ing been square, while the rear or outer wall is in the shape of half circle, with large hall extending through the building, and three large rooms and one small room on either side of the hali. Other foundations show only two rooms or four rooms, and are uniform in size and, as near
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01
As others See Us.

Hon. Pat Hamilton, in Q recent let ter to the Prescott Democrat from Tucson, among other things has this 10 say of the ancient and honorable pueblo;
 Beyond the center of this life. anlmAtion and excitement the narrow streets lead to the Mexican pgrtiou of the town, and to a new conner it appears like an lrrepresslOle conflict between the old and the new order of things; between inc semi civilization which has existed here for two hundred years and the pro gressive civilization of the nineteenth century. Surrounded on all sides bj A circle of mountains, which some times rise into bold and preclDltous outlines. like the Santa Catalinas on the north. and into lOlty and com manding peaks like Mount Wright son on the south, with the low and irregular range of the Sierritas on the west, and the gently sloPing Kin cons on the east, the town of Tucson has 6 charming situation Built on the gently slOpIng mesa on the east- ern bank of the Santa CruZ-whose ereen fields and cottonwood groves are delightful relief 10 the barren mountains and desert plains which greet the eye in every direction-the sancient pueblo attests to-day the wisdom and foresight of the Mission Fathers, who centuries ago planted here an outpost of civilization, which, under every disadvantage, has grown into a thriving town, and Is destined, beyond doubt, to be center Ot com merce for southern Arizona.
 The old-timers, men who have lived here when the surrounding hills were holes in the ground, are san guIne as to the future greatness and permanent prosperity of the old pu- eblo. They will tell you with a con fident earnestness that shows their sincerity, of the bright prospects n store for the city by the Santa Cruz They expect to have railroad from here to GuAymas, and have strong hopes that the AtchisOn, Topeka and santa Fe will build from Demlng to this point. That Tucson is the nat urul supply point for large extent of country cannot be disputed, and that it vet may become the railroad center for southern Arizona is one of the ! possibilities of the future.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01
The Effect of It.

There is no question but that thou
 sands of people lose their health on account of over-exertion. Long con- tinued labor without proper intervals of rest is followed by peculiar sen- satiOn of fatigue, and often by tremor or cramp. Fatigue Is due in part 10 the failure of cOntractile material and an accumulation of waste products in the muscles, but in the main, to exhaustion of the nervous cen,ers. Both tremor and cramp are probably caused by excessive muscular irrita- bility, the former being due to short, irregular muscular force, the latter being a prolonged contraction of the muscle. When over-exertiOn IS con- fined to a small group of muscles, these, instead of becoming enlarged, and strengthened, as is the ease when exertion and rest are duly inter changed, suffer chronic exhaustion, which shows itself m a species of paralysis-as in the palsy, cramp, severally peculiar 10 writers, tele- graphers, type-setteTs, YiOlinists, pi- anists, taiiOTs, milRer5 and men of various trades whose work is manly with the hammer. The exhaustion of nerve force is also injuneus to the heart, causing palpItatiOn, rapid pulse and cardiac pain. The rapid marches of the civil war were on this account fatal 10 many of our soldiers.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01

THE San Francisco Report says: Denver threatens 10 reach out for the Arizona trade, and to accomplish the desired purpose the merchants of that city are making careful survey of the situation. After Denver and St. Louls have taken what they want San Francisco will be welcome to the tail ings Some of our merchants have quietly sent their travellers through Arizona, and with good results, but as vel the business men of this city have not Yet even talked of any united action to secure the trade belonging to them and which they are likely 10 lose
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01
Ruined by a Claim.


 Many years ago the late Thomas II. Benton introduced in Congress bill to pay a claim of Joseph Clymer resident of Western State, and then in the pride and strength of an early manhood MT. Clymer had trans ported government supplies across the country to Fl PasO, then way out upon the frontier, and he claimed that a balance of $1S,32J was due him from the government. Clymer was worth at that time worth the snug Tor tune of about $40, 900 or SjO,OOO. Ar. Benton said in substance to him: "Clymer, certainly l will introduce this claim for you and do all Tn my power to pass 1t. But let me tell you one thing. If you press the claim it will ruin you. It will make you a poor man and will destroy your peace of mind before you get the money, If you ever do. But I'll light it for you, If you say sO." Of course, Mr. Clymer did not believe anything of the kind, and therefore he insisted upon urging his claim. Last Wed nesday or Thursday the claim was passed ana signed by the President for the original sum. It had gone through one House or the other of Congress repeatedly but could never be got through both m the same Congress. MT. Clymer, when he fin- ally got his money, was an old man, and as Benton had predicted, he had spent all his fortune in pressing his claim.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01

KAISER WILLIAM, of Germany, eel ebrated his S4th birthday recently, and received the congratulations of Europe upon his achieving an age permitted tO few rulers. His life has been eventful and trying sInce the revolution of 184S, which found him s refugee in England and made him commander of the Prussian army. First regent, then King of PrussIa, finally in 1871 Emperor of United Germany. Those were the steps Of his progress. Attempts on his life have not been wanting of late years, but he has escaped them, and remains Co fill his place as the most venerable mOnarCh of the earth.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01
Brevitles.

EX- President Hayes is the only man who was ever thrice elected Governor of Ohio.
 The oldest ex-Congressman, Judge Chaney of Ohio, died recently in hIs 92d year.
 The Montreal Post says James Cor don Bennett is d suitor for the hand of Princess Beatrice.
 General Hawley is one of the least wealthy of the United States Sena- tors. He hasn't even $l 100000.
 IL is said that Col. Thomas A. Scott of Philadelphia, is worth over SEQ, 000,O0O. But his health is hopelessly lost.
 Samuel Melton, made District At tOrney for South Carolina by Presl- dent Garfield, was an Adjutant Gen eTal ot the Confederate army.
 Dispatches from many points ii New England report imposing celc- brsiions of the introduction Of Odd Fellowship into America.
 There are 127 smallpox patients and 1O7 typhus fever patients on BlackwelPs Island, New York. Dur ing the week there has been 33 new cases of smallpox and 37 of typhus fever.
 The steamer City of Austin has been wrecked on Plain Shoal, mlle inside of Fernandina bar, Florida The ship IS a total loss. She has 8 cargo of sugar, cotton, sponge and fruits, which k nearly total loss The cargo of sugar Is insured for SD. 900. No lives lost.
 The Roman Catholic Bishop at De troit, Borgess., prohibits any Catholic in the diocese participating III any picnic or excursion on Sunday, for any purpose whatever He also pro- hibits holding fairs for churches, schools or charities, without beinP first submitted for approval.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01

as may be, are squared by the four cardinal points of the compass. It is difficult 10 determine what species of building or inclosure were Setupon these foundations, as there does not appear 10 be any debris left on the ground, which would have been the ease had the walls been built of earth or wood. Yet 1t hardly seems pcssi- ble that such foundations would have been built for a covering of skins. There are a great many of such ruins in Pima county, and from appear ances they seem 10 be of more primi- tivG construction than the ruins of the river villages.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01

THE Tomb-tone Epitaph justly comp aims of the character of news furnished the provincial press by the Associated Press managers. It is not an unusual occurrence that photographic dI- patches contain nothing but the most tufling gossip or the opinion of the news gatherer on some trivial sub ject, when the metropolitan papers are full of ncwsy items. Some one ought to stir up the Press Agent at San Francisco and give him a vigorous shake.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01

THERE are today in the State of Chihuahua, says Fl FrOnterizO, six American companies engaged Tn work ing the mines. The mining company of Santa Eulalla owns the famous mine Cf that maine, sixteen miles from the city of Chihuahua. In former years these mines paid Sll 100000. Although they have been worked for many years, they are still Very rich. The Americans have been delIberat- ing on piercing the mountains by a tunnel, and constructing a railroad as far as the confluence Of the SaCra- mentO and Chihuahua rivers, so as to place machinery there to work the metals. The Cusiquirlach mines were bought last year by San Francisco company for S5O0.00O. These mines are 90 miles from Chihuahua. The vein at the depth of GOO feet contains metal solid in some cases tO the breadth of lj feet. The metal has been treated by Invitation. The Bat Opilas mines. in the southwest Of the State, of which Messrs. Wells, Fargo & Co. are owners, contain great de pOsits of silver and produce large sums tO the workers. The archives of Chihuahua show that these mines produced, during the rule of the SDaniardS, the vast sum of $4C0, 900,
 900. The Parral mines be Ong 10 the Knott Company, of Chicago. These mines are Tn the city of HidalgO. According to the State archives, these mines have yielded S6O,
 GOO, GOO. An Indiana company owns the La Luz mine, which IS five miles from the Parral The Guijas, or gravel mines, are owned by the Chi csgo Mining Company. Besides these Chihuahua properties there is that of the Michoacan Syndicate, which comprises some sixty mines of de- mOnstrable value. We predict that the future of these Mexican proper ties will exceed the most sanguine ex- pectatiOns of their owners.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01

WADE HAMPTON has only made a beginning He is in the first chapter of very long story. If he will tell all, the revelation will be the most interesting one this country ever be- held. He says that he never knew personally of aEy tissue ballot frauds, and never Tn any way cOuntenanced them. No man knows better than he that If it had not been for these frauds s Democratic Legislature could not have been chosen in South Carolina, and that if it had not been for a Democratic Legislature Wade Hamp- ton would not now be a United States Senator. He cOuntenanced these frauds when he consented Co accept his election to the Senate, and he con tinues 10 COuntenance them every day he holds his seat.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01
The Iovc that Hnnors.

Of all the love affairs in the wor Id, none can surpass the true love of a big boy for his mother. It is a love noble and honorable in the highest degree to both. I do not mean merely duuful affection. I mean a love which makes q boy gallant and court eous to hls mother, saying to every body that he is fairly in love with her. Next to the love for her husband {, nothing so crowns a womsn's life with honor as this second love, this devO- ton of the son to her. And 1 never yet knew a boy 10 turn out bad ' who began by falling in love with his mother.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01
FheniN Items.

For severa! days past il was rumOred that there was case of smallpox in town. An examination by our offi- Ciais conlIacicts IL.
 It is reported, and on good author i.y, that the House X Rouse mines at Tonto Basin have been sold for $S0, - O0O-ihe sum of S10,000 being already deposited.
 The School Department under the management of Professor Frambes has closed for the summer vacation. The other two departments will con tinue for one month longer.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01
Directory of Tucson.

The undersigned is preparing for publication a directory containing a comprehensive list of the inhabitants of the city of Tucson. The work will also contain valuable statistical in- formation, embracing a history of the growth of the city from pioneer days up to date. From its classified pages, carefully indexed, may be readily seen what Tucson has been, what it is to- day and what we may reasonably expect it to become, from the plain facts intelligently represented. The book will be substantially bound. It will altogether relate to Tucson. Sold by subscription Respectfully,
 G. W. BARTER.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01

THE road 10 PeltOn by the present route is j5 miles. By making new road, beginning near the convent and taking a direct course towards Pel- ton, a saving in distance is made from fifteen tO eighteen miles. The esti- mated cost of the road Is $500, while its advantage 10 Tucson will be more thar amount monthly. Our Board of Supervisors should have the new road opened and save to our city the trade of that district
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01

Bur my deah fellah," said the newly arrived Englishman Co the Gal weston hack driver who had called him |" Colonel '-'' but my deah iel- lah, don't belong Co the army, yer know. " That don't make any tiff ference Here iu Galveston we call almost every loafer and deadbeat Col onel and Major. Have a kerridge, General .' Galveston News.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01

THE city of Durango, in Mexico,
 has hill in its vicinity that is almost pure iron. It is two miles long, one mile wide and TOO feet high. On its surface, uncovered and visible, are, according to estimate, two hundred millions of tons of iron ready to be placed in the smelting ovens that it Is proposed to put up at the foot of the hill. A large part of the ore yields from 70 to 90 per cent. pure metal, and is easily worked and converted into steel. Wood for fuel In unlim-
 ited abundance is to be had near by, and good water is likewise accessible. Altogether, there seems to be no reason why Durango should not be a Pittsburg or Birmingham in the near future, or even cast those cities Of
 iron and flame entirely into the shade.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01

A MAN at Ameri GUS, Ga, was re- gently digging post-hOle, when he threw out frozen rsttlesnake, so stlff that when he struck it with his spade it sounded like lump of frozen dirt. To test the theory that such a snake will revive, he carried it home and put it in a warm place. In about half an hour the reptile began to move ane 10 eye its preserver in such way that 1t was soon killed, for fear that his tory would still further repeat itself.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01
Prison Commission

Judge Alexander, of Yuma, refuses to give up the books of ,he Territorial prison tO the new Board He holds that, their appointment not having been confirmed by the Council. the old Board , holds over. The new Board has authorized Judge Haynes Co commence proceedings. We hope a lawsuit will not grow out of this
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01
OuaCkS.
IS. 2. News-Letter.I


 Dr. F Hitler, whose name used to grace our list of quacks, has, il sp- pears, betaken himself to Tombstone, and is seeking to lure fresh victims by advertising m the EpItaph Of that place. He ought to feel in his ele- ment, for he has done about as much as anybody 10 cause the erection of tombstOnes, and as every prescription he ever wrote was the epilsph of the patient, ht could not find a more ft- ting advertising medium than the one he has chosen.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01
TnE Rosario Mining Company has

THE Rosario Mining Company has shipped from San Francisco its en- zines and all other machinery con nected with it's ortystamp bleaching mill, by sea to Mexico. When started, the mill will have cost Sl5O,OOO. The company's nine mines on one vein were discovered in 1852 in the Rosario mountains, a spur of the Sierra MaGre, 100 miles east of the Gulf of California.-[San Francesca Exchange.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01

MANY mean and spitoful things have been said about eX-President Hayes, but 1t remained for New York paper to say the worst. It states that ex- President Hayes will write a history of his administration.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01

JOHNNY SKAE is living at Tubbs Hotel, Oakland, but crosses over to the city every day. He does not have very much the appearance of being the " busted community some con slder him.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01

TIE Stars plea tor more new busI- uess houses in Tucson is but the whine of a decaying4nstitution whose very existence Is a mistake. Because certain business men do not see fl to advertise in that sheet it is no good ar gument that more stores of the same class are needed here.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01

A BERLIN pipe manufacturer re- gently presented Bismarck with a su- perb meerschaum pIpe, bearing the Princes arms. The latter returned 1t with a note from his Secretary, saving that when he wanted pipe be could afford to buy one.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01

ONE ecieDtist' tells us that every thing up6n the face of the earth is imperishable. Another says every thing dies. It is delightful state of uncertainty in winch one is placed by these conclusions that causes him to ask, in the absence of something bet ter tp remark, What are you gong to dc about itY'
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01
THE COURTESY OF THE SENATE '

And if thou saidst I am not peer To any galoOt in Congress here, NOrthland or Southland, far or near, Ben Hill, yer a bloody liar
 -lN illiam Malone.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01

IF a woman says to you, 'l will never see yOu.sgainr hope bur, If she says, notwithstanding, shal! always see you with pleasure, travel.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-01

THERE Is a cave in Monroe, Conn, in which, at depth of fifty feet, has been found 8 spring of water and an antique trap for catching wolves.