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Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28
NATIONAL AID TO EDUCATION.

More than a score of bills to establish a National fund in aid of education have been referred to the Congressional "Committee on Education and Labor" during the present session. While there Is a general agreement Rs to the ne- cessity of some measure of National aid for the States showing large percentages of illiterates, the multiplicity of bills indicate great diversity of opinion as to the plan to be adopted. Senate bill No. l5l, commonly known as Mir. Blalr's blll, was reported back from the com mittee on the 2lst ult, and IS now upon the calendar waiting its opportunity. The bill WAS drawn up with the most careful consideration of all the cnndi- tiOns involved in the case, and has been strongly indorsed by many thoughtful men representing all sections of the coun- try. The provisions of the bill are gen orally known, but they will bear repeti- tion. The time for the eXtention of National aid Is limited to ten years, the am unt is placed at Sl5,0o0,O00 the first year with decrease of S1, ,000, ,O00 for each successive year, and it Is required that each State and territory participating Tn the bounty shall raise sum for the HHCAN oA AAAC PaDA4S oNhOoAo to one-third its share for the first five years and to its full proportion for the rem maining five.
 There seems to be disposition in the House to fix upon a smaller sum than that named In the Senate bill. Mir. Sherman's bill, providing for an annual appropriation of S10,OO0,000 for the five years next ensuing. is regarded with favor. It is urged that the chief purpose of the appropriation should not be to carry a system of schools, but to stimu- | late local action, and that care should be l taken to avoid an appropriation so far in l excess of what can be actually absorbed | Tn the school service that the money it. | self will become an object of d. sire.
 vlll speak in subsequent letter, of appeals for National aid in the interests | of other educational projects.
 A. HOLMAN SMITH.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28
ATTEMPT AT REPRESENTATION

When man has not the moral cour- age to face the record made by bis own acts and committed to writing in his own hand, he usually resorts to the prac- tlces of bully to maintain his reputa- tion as a gentleman. The ability to pull q pistol and fire at a man who has sim ply dared to expose bis folbles does not constitute a man a gentlr man, nor entitle him to the respect of those whose respect is to be courted. Those attributes are possessed in a much higher degree by the bulldog, and ifthey constituted titles to respect the bulldog would out rank the street assassin.
 This paper in its editorial columns has performed duty to the public in riddling the reputation of Charles D. Poston. In doing so it has used noth- ing but facts which Poston's own record show and which his letters furnish proof.
 The said Poston has considered his reputation injured. but instead of seek ing his redress in lawful manner, he makes an assault upon the editor of this paper with pistol and dosbtless thinks he has re-established his standing ns a gentleman.
 It becomes our painful duty to inform him that such is not the fact. Even fl his aim had been more true and his target was now in the undertaker's be. ing embalmed to be sent to the happy family of which he E the hOnored head and support, it would not haveremoved one single spot from the malOdorous ] record he has made for himself The CITIZEN Is prepared to prove every charge made in its article headed "Arizona's Crank" and all the assassin ations or attempts at assassination on the part of the man who considers him. self injured thereby will effect nothing
 This paper has taken the necessary legal steps to prevent a recurrence of the attempt to assassinate its editOr,and until satisfied that the law is powerless will take no other.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
GEo. c. HALL, EpIroR.


 Communications for this department should be addressed to its Editor.
 That the public schools of Prussia are superior in some respects to those or our own country is admitted by all who are familiar with the educational sys- tenn of that country. This superlorlty is due in a great measure to the stability of the teachers. In Prussia the teach CTS enter the profession of teaching, at- ter special preparation for the work and remain in it during the period of mental activity; as a rule, spending their lives in one city. They become familiar with the educational needs of the place and are able to meet its demands. They de- vote all thelr energy to the work ot the school, and are not kept III state ot trepidation relative to the security or their positions. They are fearless ln the discharge of duty and care little Tor the opinion of this or that person. They are government officers and. as such are responsible to the government only.
 In our own country different state of affairs exists Teachers are itinersnts wandering from district to district, in order to obtain livelihood. They are sensitive to every breath of adverse crit icism, for they well know that their sue cess lies in popular opinion, whether that opinion be just or unjust. It is in- deed difficult thing, under such cir cumstances, for teachers to pursue an independent course, and to do always that which they believe to be for the best interests of the schools.
 Teachers should be elected for reas- enable length of time and should be amenabIe to the laws that apply to other OfficerR
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28
RECESsEs.

Several articles have appeared of late in the columns of the Journal of Educa- tion published at Boston iaVoring the abolition of the usual school recesses, the writers averripg that they are pro- ductive of evil more than of good. Prof. Jas. Baldwin, City Superintendent of schools at Huntington. Ind, has tried the experiment. He says: "Six years ago we abolished the old fashioned re- cess. For the past three years we have had no play except some kindergarten games in the primary schools. The bells ring half an hour before school, morning and afternoon. The pupils, upon arriving at the school premises, enter their respective rooms, and at once begin their studies assigned for the day. The sessions are short, beginning at 9 .. n. and closing at 3:30 p. h., with two hours intermission at noon. At the middle of each halliday session there is "rest" of five minutes, during which all who desire to do so march out of the building and return as soon as possible, keeping time with the music of piano. No conversation is permitted in the halls or school-rooms at any time. The mon otony of the school-work is relieved by singing, marching and gymnrstic e1er- cises. But it is expected that all the necessary physical and social recreation will be provided for, and regulated solely by the parents. The school is preemin- ently the place for study; and play merely as such-forms no part of the curriculum"
 It may be interesting to know some of the results of our method. In the first place, more and better work is done; there is an increased interest in the ie- gitimate work of the schools; the morals of the younger children are no longer contaminated by daily contact with the vicious, older pupils, such as are found in every public school The quietness ,.hieh .reigns upon the school premises at all tiiiifs IS sncn -LI
 hood of the school house IS no longer q place to be summed by peaceable and nervously disposed citizens. The health of the pupil is excellent; during four years and half only one death occurred among the six hundred children in daily attendance. I cannot say, with form CT correspondent, that this method saves fuel, for from the beginning of cold weather until late m the spring our fires never go out; but it certainly results in great saving of wearing apparel. Last ly. We gre enabled to beautify the houses and grounds without danger of damage or destruction, resulting either from vandalism or. from unnecessary wear and tear. The stairways and halls, and some of the school rooms are tastefully carpetted; pictures hrng upon the walls; the W wndows are filled with towering plants; and home like comfort IS every where apparent. To most of the child ren the school IS the pleasantest place they have ever known. A return to the old time recess would be turning the wheel long way backward.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28
AN ACTIVE AGE

Lime IS money. In this advanced age O. modern progress expedition Is para mount to nearly every other cOnsidera- ton. The fastest means of locomoticn acquires the greatest amount of traffic, and the ingenuity of the best engineers of the world Is taxed to overcome or circumvent the natural obstacles of in ternatiOnal intercourse. Mountains form no barrier to the successful con- struction of railroads, and huge rivers are spanned with gigantic bridges for their accommodation. Millions of dol lars are expended to save few hours time between large commercial marts. and on the broad oceans every possible device for rapid transit is being brought into requisition. The events crowded into one day of the present are greater than those of a decade in the slow cen turies of the past. This is an age of concentration, and the whole force of mankind seems bent on the 8unihilstiOn of time and distance, and intensifying centuries Of experience and knowledge into few short years of busy life.
 The ocean voyage by modern means. between this country and the old world, although occupying less than a weeks time, IS too long, and mans busy brain has devised a method of shortening it two days. 4 syndicate has been formed to construct a railway across Newfound- land, to connect with existing roads from New York. It will select points on the east coast of the province and the west coast of Ireland, thus reducing the voyage to 1,700 miles. It is proposed to employ ten steamships for the ocean va. vaaie, "a, an1eipsting monoPoly 9h ot maii ra-S al-4lually. The CanaSsaR govern ment has been lavish in its concessions to the enterprise. It has granted 5000 acres of select land for every mile of rail- road constructed, a complete monopoly of railroad business for forty-fve years and immunity from taxation on all rail- way material during that time. An an- nual subsidy, or the endorsement of bonds to the extent of S3,OO0OOO is also in contemplation. In fact the island is almost entirely placed at the disposal of the syndicate.
 This enormous outlay is simply to save forty-eight hours time between England and America, and if the scheme of the syndicate bears the golden fruits contemplated, each hour of the forty eight will represent a million dollars an- nually. Verify time IS money.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28

THE Department of Agriculture is urging experimental cultivation of cin- choDa. from which quinine is derived, in Southern California. The climatic conditions under which the cinchona plant fiourishes in its wild state are similar to those existing in the mount ainous portions of Arizona, and it would no doubt succeed here and become a profitable article of cultivation. For months the crests of the mountain ranges of Arizona are subjected to the alternate visitation of aqueous clouds and sun shine. The native plant lourishss under Vuch conditions even above the line of forest timber on the mountains Of South America. The experiment of its culti- ration Is worth trying here and those who desire them can obtain plants or seeds from the Department of Agricul- lure at Washington.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28
Le6dI.
SUMMONS.

 IN THE DISTRICT COURT. FIRST JUDI | ciRl District, Tn the county Of Plma. Ierrl- tory of Arizona- Annie r. Whitney. plaintiff against George H. Whitney, defendant. Sum- mons
 Action brought in the District Court of the First Judicial District in and for the county or Pima m the Territory of ArlzOua.
 The Territory of ArlzOna sends greeting to George II Whitney:
 Nou are hereby summoned ard required to ai- near in an acton brought against you by tLe above named plaintiff Tn the District Court of the First Judicial District n and for the county of Pima ID the srrit0ry of ArIzOna. and answer the complaint filed with The Clerk of the Ourt at Tu--on m said county. Ia cory Of winch con- plalut accompanies this summons within tweni y days texclusiVe of the day of -ervlcel after the seryice.-pon you of this summon, If served m this coshty: but f served out of the county and within this District. then within thirty days. m all other cases fofty dsys.
 Sand action Is brought by said plaintiff against said defendant to obtain a decree d'ssolNlLg the bonds of matr1nOny exisCns between sand pizln- tiff and defendant on the ground of InLuman treatment as will uose fully api ear by reference To the complaint herewith. And you are hereby notified that If you fail tO appear and answer the complunt above required the plaintiff w1li take jldgmert by default and apply to the Court for relief and costs and disbursements n this behalf expended.
 Given under my hand and the seal of said Dls-
 trict Court. at Tucson. thls 2Oth day of May, A.
 D. Iss2. GEORGE A. CLUM. lerk- By C. W. CLUM. Deputy. mayS'-2mw
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28

THE Arizona Sentinel has the follow ing just and discriminating criticism up- on the course of the Democratic press of the Territory in relation to lawlessness:
 "One would naturally suppose from the tone of the Star, of Tucson, and the Tombstone Epitaph, that there were is- sues at stake ID the coming campaign involving the life and property of half the Territory. So far we have been able to see in the Star only desire to see the Democracy triumphant, simply because the Star people are Democratic. The Epitaph scars to higher and broader plane of journalism, and endeavors to make political capital out of Presiden- tial proclamation and the conduct of the Earps, to further the election of its can didate for Cochise county. How any mortal man can see the logic or consist ency in such a policy. is more than We can understand. Yet brain that is in- capable of seeing the propriety of send ing the Sheriff off Pima county for pris- oners arrested for crimes committed in that county, would be apt, We think, to hold the Republican party responsible for the unofficial acts of one member of that party.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28
chllIs and Fever.

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 Dyspepsia. The Regulator will positively cure this terrible dlsease. We assert emphatically what we know Co be true
 Constipation. should not be regarded as a trifiing ailment. Ma rurC demands the utmost regularity of the bow els. Therefore assist nature by taking Simmons Liver Regulator It IS harmless. mild and ef- fectual.
 BiIiousness One or two tablespoOnfuls will relieve all the troubles incident 70 bilious state. such as man. a bitter, bad taste m the mouth.
 Malaria. Persons may avoid all attacks by occasionally taking dOse of Simmons Liver Regulator tO keep the Liver iu healthy acton.
 Ba0 Breath. generally arising from a disorisred stomach, can tor.
 JaundiCe. Simmons Liver Regulator soon eradicates this disease from the system, leaving the skin clear and free from all impurities.
 CoIic. Children suffering with Colic soon e1perlence relief when Simmons Liver Regulator is ad- mInistered. Adults also derive great benefit from this medicine. IL Is not unpleasant; 1t is harm less and effective Purely vegetable
 Bladder and kiducyx. Most of the diseases of the bladder originate from those of the kidney restore the action of the liver fully. and both the kidneys and bladder WIll be rectored isSr- Take only the genuine which always has on the wrapper the red trade mark and signature of J. H. ZEILIN 6 CO, Sold by all Druggists PHILADELPHIA.
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Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28

Qua neighboring city of Tombstone is truly unfortunate. For second time the wild flames have destroyed a large portion of the city. Unlike Tucson its buildings are chiefly constructed of com bustible material, and when once a fire
 gets under headway it requires almost suPerhunan efforts to stay its course. The fire of yesterday was in the business portion Of the city, and destroyed prop ,srty valued at about half a million dol Jars. Among those destroyed was the Nugget newspaper office. The CITIZEN having experienced a similar misfortune can fully sympathize with the Nugget and indulges in a hope that it may rse from its ashes brighter than ever before.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28

MUSCULAR christianity IS scarcely cal culated to convert the ordinary sinful human being to the faith when it IS e1- emphfied as was recently the ease in Chicago. Dr. Stemen, of Fort Wayne, formerly a Methodist minister, while preaching last Sunday evening thought that he discovered his bitterest enemy, Dr- Swearinger, making faces at him. He walked down the aisle and offered to thrash him at once. Swearinger retail ated by having Stemen arrested on a charge of unproyoked assault. When they met in the justices office. Stemen lluf in three stinging blows on his ad- ve-sary's face, which drew blood, and the case was adjourned.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28

A MOST affecting incident IS said to have taken place at St Petersburg, at a meeting of Jewish notables, who assem- bled to see what could be done for the prevention of further atrocities. After several had spoken, none ofthem having anything to recommend except emigra- ton, a venerable old man, with silvery hair, named Schmerling, a representa- tive of the community of Berditcheff, began to relate the trials to which his friends had been exposed. As his sad tale proceeded be grew more and more excited, and 50 did his audience with him, till all at once, overwhelmed with emotion, the speaker fell down dead A thrill of horror passed through the assemblage, and we are told that thou sands of Jews followed his interment at
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28

MORAL EDUcATIoS.-Our school sys- tenn can be eficacious and truly Ameri- can only so long as it IS completely un- sectarian. The teacher is not the sole educator of our youth. He shares the responsibility of education with the home and the church; but does not usurp the legitimate functions of either It is the province of the parent and the spiritual director to establish in the ten- der mind those principles of religion on which all moral instruction is found. Let home aud church do well their part of education, and the precepts of the teIt-bOok, the example of the teacher, the very atmosphere of the public school wiI give the most effective training in morals.-The Pacific School Journal.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28
LATE TELEGRAMS.

The health of Senator Benj. Hill IS aueh improved and there is strong hopes of a cure.
 The Epsom race for royal stakes was won by Limestone, Silver Bell second, Pas saic third. Eleven run.
 San Francisco ladies are visiting Gas tie Garden in New York on the ar rival of immigrants, to obtain servants in lieu of Chinese.
 The Independent Republican Conven- ton in Philadelphia have nominated for Lieutenant Governor, Len Barduf of Ale ghany; Secretary of international affairs, Major Merrick, of TiOga; for Con gressman at large, Col. Wm. MeShaels; for Judge of Supreme Court, Geo. Jain kin. After speeches from the candidates the convention adjourned sine die.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28

GOv.-Inspector J. J. Fitchel says, Al present the number of women in the English universities is much smaller than that of the men, and are necessarily made up of students of exceptional abil- lty and enterDrise, whereas the crowds of men. of course, include larPe num- Der of the rank and file of men who are treadlng the usual path toward profes- sional life, and who have no special aptitude or enthusiasm for study.
 It IS, after all, by raising the general level of intelligen nee and of social and family life that the esq movements of the will be most completely and not by those occasional m professions, or in public life, which must be rather exceptional phe- nomena SO Tar as women are concerned"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28

THE wife of Jesse James IS keeping house in Kansas City. She has signed a contract to furnish facts for lecture on the adventures of the bandit, and to sit on the stage with her two children while it is to be delivered. She is realizing considerable money by the sale of pictures of her husband and little ones, boy aged seven and girl of five years.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28

THE Supreme Court of Texas has de- cided the long pending suit of the Gris- by heirs agalust sbout three hundred citizens of Dallas, to recover some three hundred acres of land in the city and county which belonged to what is known as the Grisby survey. The decision Is in favor of the heirs, and gives them prop erty with improvements valued at nearly s2.OO0.OOO.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28

"BRoNCo" writes to the Yuma Senti- nel that if person be bitten by a rattle snake, "as quickly as possible cover the wound with baking powder, and renew every twenty minutes. It will be found certain remedy. The baking powder soon becomes matted with greenish fluid. It is the surest remedy known outside of whisky straight"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28
$500 REWARD.

WE WILL PAY THE ADOVG REWARD W for any cs=e of Liver Complaint. Dyspepsia Sick Healdache. Indigestion. : Ouzt DatiOn or Cos-Iveuess VIZ cannot cure with West'- Negs- table LIver Pills when the directions arr strictly complied with. They are purely vegetable. and never fail Co give satisfactiOn. Sugar Coated sale by all drusgi--s. BeWare of countsrseits and limitations. The genuine manufartured only by JOHN e. WEST & CO. The Pill Makers !" l-l and l-3 W. Madison street. hicagu. Free triai packages sent by mail prepaid on receipt of a three cent stamp.
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 No. = Congress St. Tucsor
 Wholesale and retail Druggist Or,lers by mall al regular prlces. mhI5-Iyd6w
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28

TIE New York Star declares that "Tilden's still-hunt campaign for 1884 has already begun, and it does not need the eye of prophet to discern that it is based on the sharpest antagonism to principles which form the basis of free Democracy
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28

The American people must either pay for educating the masses. or for arrest ing. convicting and confning ignorant criminals that swarm into our larger towns and cities.
 It IS cheaper, more patriotic and more Christian to put people in the way of earning their own living, than to care for them as psupers or punish them as criminals.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28

TIE latest Polar scheme Is by ). Pal marts, of the Belgium Geographical So- cieey, now visiting this country. He has devoted much time to Arctic study, and proposes to explore the Polar regions in in eigar-shaped steel vessel, running under water, and obtaining oxygen by the decomposition of water. Palmarts says the experiments he has made de- velops the practicability of his scheme He proposes a sixty days voyage north from Spitzbergen.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28

A BILL is soon to be introduced in the New York Assembly providing for the protection of holders of corporate secur- ities. The bill provides that the rail road companies incorporated in that State. and those having offices in the State for registry and transfer, shall publish on or before the 18th of each month a statement Of approximate gross earnings and expenses for the month preceding, together with full exhibit o' the bonds and other membranes .f tbe road
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-28

WE wonder il Geo Hearst, the aspir- ant for the Democratic nomination for Governor of California, is interested in Reavis attempt to steal the major DOT tion of Arizona. Reavis made his tour of examination as the ostensible corres- pondent of Hearst's paper, the EI-