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The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1881-10-08
YUMA, ARIZONA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1884,

There are two things in the
world of which Mrs. Spilker is
very fonda dinner party and
her husband. She never falls to
accept an invitation to one or to
carry the other with her. For
the last twenty years this couple
have been in regular attendance
at every party given by their
friends, and on these occasions
Mai. fSDilker, when called on for
a toast, would always give one to
"the babies" in ouch happy style
that il never failed to create a
good deal of mirth. His wife,
although she could not hear a
word, knew what her husbands
toast was, and when he sat down
supplemented it by few ap-
propriated remarks in which she
set forth his fondnesS for babies.
Not long since they attended a
dinner given by fri end up town,
and, unfortunately for Maj. Spill
ker and the assembled guests, he
changed his toast without warn-
ing his wife of the fact, who, of
course, thought her husband
would confine himself to his
regular subject.
"Now NJ j. Spilker," said Mrs.
Barker, the hostess, as the dim
ner advanced, " it is your turn to
give toast, and pray say soIne-
thing complim entary to our
SEX"
"When my charming hostess"
said the Majos, rising, requests
me to do Il thing, it il my duty
to obey. Theref-re [ take pleas
ure in drinking the health Of the
ladies-God's best gift to man.
The ladies, who cherish US in
prosperity, s0othe us 10 adversely.
and by their tender ministerings
tighten the burden of life-I
drink to the ladies'"
When the applause subsidized,
Mrs. Spilker, ignorant of the true
subject of the toast, but glowing
with pride and admiration,
said:
"Oh, Mrs. Barker, you don't
know how fond the Major Is of
them. I've see him have two or
three on his lap at once and"
"AIgithar gasped the Major.
"Just teasing the life out Of
the poor dear things. He is
such favorite with 'em, and
every chance he gets he is sure
to have 'em in his arms, or be
romping with 'em. He's got
the lovingest nature Of any man
lever saw, and somehow they
come to him when they WON'T to
any one else"
Maj. Spilker fell back in the
chair with groan, and silence
fell on the party like pile
driver.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY,
TERRITORIAL.


-Goyernor-John {. Fremont, Prescott.
Secretary-John J. Gosper, Prescott.
Treasurer-Thomas J. Butler, Prescott
sup.riutcndent of Public Instruction-M
II. Sherman, Prescott.
Auditor-E Z. Clark, Prescott
Supreme Court-C. G. w. French, CHIEF
Justice, Prescott. D. Forest Porter, AS
sociate Justice, Phoenix: w. H. Stiliwell,
Associate Justice, Tucson.
U. 8. District Attorney-E. B. Pomroy,
Tucson.
U. S. Marshall-C. F. Dake, Prescott.
Reporter, Supreme Court-C. B. Rush
Prescott.
Surveyor rGeneral-John Wason, Tucson.
q. 5. Internal Revenue Collector-Thos.
F. Cerdis, Tucson.
Delegate 10 Congress-Granville Curry,
Florence.
Jud.e Of First Judicial District-W. H.
Stillwell, Tucson.
Judge of Second Judicial ;District-Dc
Forest Perter, Phenix.
Judge OF tie Third District Court-C. G.
w French.
COUNTY
Treasurer-Geo. Martin.
Probate Judge-lsaac Levy
ShclifT-A. Tyucr.
Under Sherif-Waltcr Mlilar-
Dist ct Atiorney--H. Y. Alexander.
Recorder-Samuel Purdy Jr.
Supervisors-Lco. Furrer, G. II. Brinley
G.. NJ Thurlow.
Clerk Board OF Supervisors-ti. NJ. Knight.
Coruner-J. III. Taggart.
Justices of the Peace-C. II. Brinley, Ira,
Mabbitt, W II. Simmons.
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Spilker's Toast.
Commissioner.

Mai. Spilker is a little man,
very lat, very genial, and with Il
head as devoid of hair as a porc-
eIain doorknob. His wife, Mrs.
Algitha Spilker, is scrawny,
sarcastic and deaf as a sawlog.
A person could kick a tin BATH
tub down the back stairs all night
and Mrs. Spllker would snore
like bass horn, in bli5sful ighor-
ance of the unice, which proves
that she is rather deaf.
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GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
Washington, Sept. Ii.

GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
Washington, Sept. 13.
John Wasson. Esg., U. S. Surveyor Gen
eral, Tucseu, Arizona.
SIR:-Your letter OF August
9th, addressed to this Office and
relating to certain lands embraced
within the limits of the alleged
Mexican private claim, "Paso de
los Algodones," is before me.
In it you inquire, in view of
the facts that said claim has been
reported by you adversely. and
that, because of said report, you
are requested by representative
citizens, interested in the welfare
of Yuma a county, 10 restore said
land to settlement and entry,
whether you have a right, under
the circumstances to comply with
said request, and make an order
restoring said land to settlement
and entry, prior to action OF Con-
gress on the "Psso de los Algo-
dOnes" case.
In reply l have to say, that
your inquiry was evidently made
upon the supposition that the
claim was pending in Congress
upon your adverse report. II
that were it's condition, most
clearly your inquiry should be
answered in the negative; but it
appears by the proceedings of the
House of Representatives Of Feb.
rIary 10Th last, Ito which branch
of Congress the record was trans
mitted), that on that day leave
was granted to the claimants to
withdraw from the files Of the
House the papers in the case; no
action having been taken by the
House upon the claim other than
its reference to committee.
This withdrawal of the claim
from the action of Congress
might be supposed to place the
question submitted in doubt. but
the claim is evidently not aban-
doned. 1t is still in existence,
und determined Its Withdrawal
by the claimants from before Con-
gress was, presumably for the
purpose of endeavoring 10 pro-
cure its recognition by the gov
ernment in some other manner.
and however desirable it may be
to relieve TIE land in question of
the existing impediment and
make it eligible to settlement,
premature action to that end
might only result in subjecting
the government to future embar-
rassment, and individuals who
avail themselves. of the opportu-
nifty to settle, to injury and loss.
1t is presumed that Congress
will take action at an early dav
looking to the adjudication and
determination of all outstanding
Spanish and Mexican private
claims, or their quietus by lapse
of time, and until such claims
shall be adjudicated and determ-
ined or legally abrogated l am of
opinion that neither public nor
individual interest would be
subserved by inviting or permit
ting settlement upon lands eLa-
braced within their limits.
You will therefore be governed
| in your action touching the land
covered by the alleged claim
"Paso de los Algodones," by the
views herein expressed, and hold
said land in reserve until the
final determination of said claim.
Respectfully,
n. G. FARLAND,
Commissioner.
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Paso de los e slgodones."

Below we publish letter from
the land commissioner in regard
to the admission of the lands en-
braced in the above title to pre-
emption:
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OK P. M DAILY-Arizona E1.
Z:ZO press train for Yuma (Coloradn
River steamers) Maricops (stages far
Phoenix and Prescott), Casa Grande tstages
for Florence and Globel, Tucson (stagc,
for Guaymas and SOnors), Benson (stsgis
for Tom bstOne), Wilcox lano DeminE
(stages for New Mexico).
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~ P. M-DAILY-San Francis
10 Express Train, connecting !.
Lathrop with the Atlantic Express Traii
of the Central Pacific Railroad.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
HENRY d. ALEXANDER,
Attorney at Law,

AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
Commissioner of Deeds for the States of
Californi a and Pennsylvania.
Office, Main street, next toSentInel office,
Yuma Arizona.
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pecoRsE & TAccART.

DecORSE g. TAG CART.
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
Office hours, 9 A. NJ. to IL M, and 2 to
5P.M.
Office. corner OF Madison Avenue and
First Street.
YUMA, AhIAONA'
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.O0 P. M.-DAILY-Via L. A. d T
Il .AO R. R.-Locsl Passenger TrHir
to Santa Monica.
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TRAINS
Will leave LOS ANGELES as follows:

tO.OS A. M-DAILY-Local Pns
sCC senger Train to Wilmington
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IN P. M.-DAILY-San Francisco
I sCO Through Freight and rhir,
Class Accommodation Train.
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OK z. M.-DAILY-Local Passen
Il sfC ger Train to Wilmington.
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.0O P. M.-DA1LY-Local Passen
4 sOO ger Train to Santa Ana, con
Meeting with stages for San Diego.
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Sentinel Publishing Company.
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Published every Saturday by the
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G. II. KNIGHT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Yuma. Arizoha
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3. n. HEREFORD.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Tucson. Arizona.
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CHARLES SILENT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Tucson, Arizona,
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A, D. Lemon. J.D. McCabe
LEMON & McCATE.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Phoenix, Arizona
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-12-08

keep until Christmas Is siiil going round.
The watermelon Is our iavorite fruit aud
las, fall We thought We would yaraish enc
and surprise our friends With il At CHRIST
mas The surprise was all right, bui The
melon wasn't good for much After the
turkey aud cranberry sauce had hccn de.
nnlished, We remarked, ~ We sharpentd
the carving Knife on our bootleg, jha, We
would nov deal oat the fruit when We
showed thr gltteriug llade Through the
vanished she'll Of the melon, ehou,
quart Of melon juice Ia bad state Of pres.
cryation squirtod round the fcstal hoarl.
aud stopped the flow OF conversation
Yes, you can yatnish melon and keep
II till next fall bat when you hold the An.
topsy you want TO have no one fonnd but
the coroner and the ombalmer When We
threw that melon over into the alley Nc
remember that II went 10 pieces like en
old seed cucumber thrown against the side
Of barn,
You cant always bet on thcso recipes
that you read 10 the papers. We rcmem.
ber once Of reading that certain prepera'
tion would keep eggs for years, and they
would taste better when you peeled them
than when they were first picked
We tried it.
They seemed filed with malaria and
when we opened them they popped like
champagne cork,
The family had to move out on ranch
till the affair had blown over. Aud while
we were gone tho coroner broke into the
house to sec who had been killed and shut
up in there TO conceal the crime,
Some of these editors who compile reel.
pes don't know blanc mauge from pal
etot.
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Filkins told his wife Tuesday, before hc
went to the polls, that, as she was deprived
of the right Of suffrage, he thought it best
that she should be consulted regarding her
preferences, and he would endeayor to cast
the vote OF the family in accordance with
the combined judgement of its heart. He
asked her what ticket she favored, and she
said she would go in for the poke shaped
one Of fancy plush with handsome os"
trich feather and plaid strings. On the
representative question she thought the
peacock blue gros grain ticket, with bro
caded velvet trimmings cut single breasted
with folded panier would represent her
the best, aud as for the constitutional
amendment, she said il there was a hole in
the thing il ought TO be mended OF course
but she thought il better TO run the heels
in the first place, and then there wouldn't
be any need OF darning for long while.
In accordance with these views Filkins vo-
ted what he called tho rainbow ticket, as
best illustrating female ideas OF politics.
IL was composed Of equal stripes OF the Re-
publican, Democratic, Greenback and Pro-
hibitory tickets cut bias with Iauuty Dor.
der OF ''noes" shaded Off TO ''yss.es.
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was on his feet again, Aud then he told
me be had made mp his mind TO return tc
England.
am sorry, very sorry 10 part with you,
replied, but il is right that you should
go.
Well said. Little Honesty, and now let's
begin 10 pack, said he.
Dr Rice aud went with the old gen
tlemau TO the steamer that was 10 carry
him away, aad waved las, farewell 70
him from the pier as the vessel moved out
slowly into the stream; aud then we ne
turned to our respective homes to read
the letters he had placed in our respective
hands with his final goodbye
Mine read in the privacy OF my own
room q, iirst; and when had partially re.
covered from my astonishment and delight
| rushed down stairs, called the family to-
getber and read it 10 them. 1t was as FOL
lows;
DEAR LirrLH HONESTY - Had i died
which / didn't. thanks under God TO you
and DR.. Rice--I should have left each Of
my dear young friends one thousand dol
lars in my will. But having lived, am
going to do much plessanter thing am
going TO give them the ten thousand at
once, My lawyer will see you both to-
morrow.
AMOS GRIFFIN.
p. ST. have also left slight bequest
to Miss Ethel Egbsrt. She will find it on
the lower shelf OF the closet in the room |
occupied when | was her cousin Doro-
theas lodger.
Ethel for once forgot her graceful Gid
ing step. She started hastily for the
stairs, bnt her youngest brother was be-
fore her, and she was fain to turn back
as he slid down the baluster, and landed
in our midst with something in his arms.
1t was large framed photograph OF
Amos Griffin with card attached bearing
these words: "An excellent picture OF An
Old Nuisance.
/ married DR.. Rice.
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Bret Harte's peculiar horror is the po-
EN- that made his reputation THE Heath.
en- Chinee." To friend who made a
quotation from it in his hearing he once
said; III you love me, never mention
Heather Chnee' in my hearing. II die
young it will be Of that miserable washer.
woman. 1t is my nightmare and my day.
mare, | cannot get rid Of him, go whore |
will and be springs up like u jack -in-a-box.
With some people have to be polite and
listen to all they have to say on tho sub
jeot but ! feel that | know you we'll
enough to ask you to spare me- ] am vii.
ling and pleased to talk OF any Of my stor-
les, and even any other poems are not un.
pleasant to my ear; But the Mongolian
will kill me yet, Why, do you know. they
have actually set it to music frightful
dirgel A young lady insisted on chanting
IL to me the other night, and | had TO list.
on patiently, instead offollowing my nat
ursl inclination, which was to tear tho mu.
sic into Thousand pieces, and dance up
and down on the keyboard OF the piano.
1t was enough to drive me mad. Ny
friends think they are paying me huge
compliment by making constant quotations
from the different verses, They will poke
me in the ribs and say, That for ways that
are dark, and wink at me as they say, His
smile it is childike and bland thought
] would escape from it all by coming East,
but the pig g.tailed nightmare pnrsues me.
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II doesn't DO 10 fool with an editor no
how you fix it. The editor Of the Sacra-
mento Reoori Union boards at the same
hotel with young NJ d.. who is a great
practical joker AS the journalist natural
ly comes home in the wee sma' hours, the
sawbones determined 10 frighten him by
suspending q skeleton in a particularly
dark closet 10 front Of the editors room.
Then the doctor aud some friends bid
near by to enjoy seeing the qnill'driyers
hair raise. Instead Of doing this however
that monlder Of public opinion calmly eI-
amined the ghostly relic, mado a memo
randum on his shirt.cnf, and left the
house again. The doctor was very much
mystifed by this action, bnt he understood
il all the next morning when he looked In
the paper and saw his name mentioned 10
an item headed: Another Case for the
Commissioners singular Freak Of .
ManiacF"
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Many a girl is careless as TO how much
money young man spends for her. Three
and five dollarsfor horse and team he
can poorly afford perhaps; yet she will go
with him week after week With no partie-
ular iuterss. IN him, unmindful apparent.
Is, whether he earns the money Or takes Il
from bis employers drawer He makes her
expensive presents. He takes her 10 con-
cert, ia going 10 which, usually, except
for her pride aud his gallantry, horse
ear ride for ten cents would be far wiser
thah a carriage ride for several dollars A
Young mau respects Joang woman all
the more who Is careful Of the way Ia
which he spends bis money, and will not
allow too much to be spent for herself A
thoughtful and veil bred gih will he wise
shoat thee natter.
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Ia the information column Of some Of
our exchanges the startling assertion that
a watermelon may b. vanished and will
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As tod BY Ae sculptor, FoN, N The UEN'
TuRY for December.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-09-16
Fears OF Death.
james Russell Lo,psll.

Why should men ever be afraid to die, but
that they regard the spirit as secondary to
that which Is Its mere appendage and conve-
niency, Its symbol, Its sword, Its means of
visibility II the soul lose this poor man.
sion Of hers by the sudden confagration of
disease, or by the slow decay of age, Is she
therefore houseless and shelterless? III she
cast this away, this soiled and battered gar
ment, Is she therefore naked? A child looks
forward TO a new suit and dons 1t joyfully !;
we>cling 10 our rags and foulness. We
should>welcome death as one who brings us
tidings oi the finding of long-lost titles to a
large family estate, and set out gladly to
take possession, though, IL may be, not with
out natural tear for the hnmbler home we
are leaving. Death always means us kind
ness, though he has often q gruf way of
offering IL,
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ENGLISH.
l hope he will get
we'll.
ETHICS OF THE STREET CAR.
Conductors and Bogus coin-Pretty Girls vs..
Business Men.
Ne,g York Tribune.

| Ne,o York Tribune
"Some Of ems made of lead, you krow,''
said street car conductor, apologetically as
he pocketed a silver half dollar after giving
| 1t vigorous scrape with his steel punch.
Some of 'em lead and some of 'em brass !;
so we have to look sharp. It's easy enough
to tell the lead half dollars by scraping em
with the punch but you never know a brass
coin until the silver is worn off from the
| outside"
"Where do the bad coins come from ?''
was asked.
That's more'n know-where they come
from in the first place. It's mostly women
| that give 'em to us. You see, when a man
gets hold of a bad half dollar. he don't feel
just like passing it off himself; so he just
gives it to his wife and don't say anything
about it. And even if she does know the
piece is bad, it doesn't make mite of differ
ence. woman, young man, is one Of the
queerest things in the world-one of the
quee-e-erest things in the world. / often
stop and say to myself: well, now, what
has no idea of other peoples rights at all.
So, when she gets hold of bad half dollar,
she just naturally passes 1t off again. Dis
honest? Why, bless you, no she doesn't
mean to do anything dishonest it's just her
natur; she can't help 1t. She don't want
the half dolar-of course, she don't-so
there is just one thing to do, and that Is to
pass 1t off on some one else. But you have
| to be powerful careful how you treat a
| woman. Some of 'em want you to help 'em
| touch 'em. So either way you do, you're
sure to make half of 'em mad. / stopped
the cart was only yesterday morning-to
let woman get off; gave her plenty of time,
and she got both feet on the ground, and the
car started; but she wanted 1t to wait until
she was yard away, so what does she do
but jump on again and make the car come
| to dead stop. There Is no accountin' for
'em, no way"
"Most of them go by the elevated road
now, do they not?'
"Yes, good many of 'em do. Before the
elevated ROAD was putt L used TO carry the
girls to the Normal School every morning.
They used to come all at once, so many of
'em had to sit on one another's laps.
They made four rows, and just tell you
they looked as fresh and sweet as basket of
peaches all ranged In rows. But don't see
much of EN- now"
"You regret that, suppose ?"
"Well, now, don't know. I'd rather
carry a carfull of men any day. They know
what conductors business is, and don't get
mad for nothing. They give us fewer coun-
terfeits, too. Why, have a glass dollar up
at the house now that woman gave me. /
was fool to take IL but I'll pass it off on
some man again. When the car Is pretty
dark, they won't notice it. You see they're
not used to IL as / am"