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Some Facts About Newspapers.

By some unaccountable misrepresentation
of facts, there is q large class Of people iii
the world who think that it costs little or
nothing to run a newspaper, and if they
buy copy occasionally they are regular
patrons and entitled to unlimited fayors.
Men ask for a copy of a newspaper for
nothing, who would never dream of beg
ging pocket handkerchief from dry
goods store, or piece of candy from
confectioner, even upon the plea of hav-
ing done business with them once before.
One paper is not much, but thirty or forty
at each issue will amount to something in
the course Of time. But this is small
drain compared with the free advertising
newspaper is expected to do. Some peo-
pie when they once pay for an advertise
ment think they are stockholders in the
establishment for eternity. Without be-
ing represented in its advertising columns
we have had people request Us to gratuit-
ously insert this notice, or draw attention
to this article, with the slight suggestion
that cit will not cost you anything to put
this in,' which is just is ridiculous as to
ask man to grind your axe on his grind
stone, and graciously tell him it won't
cost him cent. It takes money to run a
newspaper as well as any other business:
no paper can succeed financially that car
ries dead-head system. Any mention of
peoples business affairs that they are anx-
ious to see in print is worth paying for,
and when printed is generally worth as
much as any other investment of she same
amount.
The newspaper business is very exacting
on all connected with it, and the pay is
comparatively small; the proprietors risk
more money for smaller profits, and the
editors, reporters, and printers work hard
er and cheaper than the same number of
men in any other profession requiring the
given amount of Intelligence, training and
drudgery. The life has its charms and
pleasant associations, scarcely known to
the outside world; but it has its earnest
work and anxieties, and hours of exhaust
ion, which also are not known to those
who think the business all fun. The idea
that newspaperdom is a charmed circle,
where the favored members live life of
ease and free from care, is an idea which
should be exploded. Business is business
and the journal that succeeds is the one
that is run on square business footing
the same as banking, building bridges or
keeping hotel.-U. S. Economist and Dry
Goods Reporter.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-14

THE sQUAREsT BATTLE OF THE WAR.
| Detroit Free Press.
As saw Port Republic nesting against
the shaggy mountains one September day
in 1881, SO it locked in the mellow days of
| 1862. 1t is strange, wild spot, and the
| country for miles around is full of " lid
ness and romance. Here is the same Shsn-
andoah across which Federal and Confsd-
crate shells screamed and shrieked-here
| the eternal hills which trembled as artil-
| Iery doomed and musketry crashed. These
sooty-faced children playing on the door
steps know nothing Of war, but the gray
| haired women behind them remember the
day when the fury of battle startled them
as never earthquake nor tornado could.
JACKSON AT BAY.
Fremont had followed Jackson out Of
the Shenandoah Valley Shields was COM
ing up the Luray to close in. Jackson had
sent off his plumber and prisoners through
Browns Gap, and there was time fer him
to follow. Either Federal army outnum-
bsred his, but when the great Confederate
fighter reached Port Republic he turned at
bay. They had pressed him close and
drawn blood, and they meant to do more.
They would close in and make an end of
him. He must retreat or fight. He would
not retreat, and when Jackson meant fight
he meant to be the attacking party. In
ten minutes after be understood the stu
alton his men were moving.
HOLDING FREMONT.
Shields was fastening up, but Fremont
was nearer. Ewell moved out to Gross
Keys to check and hold him while Jackson
could prepare for Shields. What 5000 Fed
erals could have done at Strasburg three
or four days before S. 900 Confederates now
accomplished at Cross Keys. Two hours
more would have taken Fremont to the
Shenandoah, when he suddenly discovered
Ewel in his front. Fremont waited
Ewell attacked. It is one OF the prettlest
battlefields nature ever made. and for three
hours it was one of the fercest Of the war.
If Eweu could not hold Fremont, Jackson
must retreat If Fremont could not break
through, Shields might be beaten. Artil-
lerv was never better used than at Cross
KEYS. and from an hour before noon until
O'Clock the crash of musketry was ter
rife. Fremont could maneuver only
Eve or six thousand men-Ewell had no
more to maneuver. Without man in re-
serys-with every man closed up and ev-
cry musket speaking, he slowly drove Ere,
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Rostrn-
What Is Els creed.

Heleft a load of anthracite,
In front of a poor widows door,
When the deep snow. frszen and white,
Wrapped street and square, mountain ana moe
That was his deed;
He did it well;
70 "What was his creed:"
cannot tell
Blessed sin his basket and his stere,'
In sitting down and rising up;
When more he got he gave the more,
Withholding not the crust and cup.
He took the lead
In each good task,
What was his creed?"
l did not ask.
His charity was like the snow,
Soft white and silent i'll its fall
Not like the noisy winds that blow
From shivering trees the ieaves-a pail
For flower and mead,
Dropping below. <,
'sN.}at was lls creea?''
Tbs poor may know.
He had great faith in loaves OF bread,
For hungry people young and old.
And hope inspired, kind words he said
To those he sheltered from the cold.
For we must feed
AS well as pray.
'sWhat was his creed?'
cannot say.
In WORKS he did not put his trust;
His faith in words he never writ;
He loved to share his cup and crust
With all mankind who needed it,
In time OF need
A friend was he.
What was his creed?''
He told not me-
He put his trust in Heaven, and he
Worked well with hand and head;
And what he gave in charity
Sweetensd his sleep and daily bread.
Let us take heed,
For life is brief.
"What was his creed?
'sWhat his belief"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-14

GRIT.-1he force of will is potent ele-
ment in determining longevity. This sin
gle point must be granted, without argu-
meEt, that of two men every way alike and
similarly clrcumstanced; the one who has
the greater courage and grit will be the
longer lived. One does not need to prsc.
tice medicine long to learn that men die
who might just as we'll live it they resolve
to live and that myriads who are inyalids
could become strong if they had native or
acquired will to VOW they would not be
50. Those who have no other quality ia
vorable to life, whose bodily organs are
nearly all diseased, to whom each day is a
day Of pain, who are beset by life-shorten-
ing influences, yet do live by will
alene.-Dr. G. N. Beard,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-14

AN INCH OF .RAIN.-An inch of rain is
that quantity which, falling upon level
surface and not absorbed Or allowed to run
off, would stand one inch in depth. The
amount OF water falling upon an acre of
land when the rainfall is one inch would
astonish any one who has given no thought
to the subject. On each square foot of
surface there would be IA cubic inches.
and on one acre, which contains 43,6OO
square feet, would lie 6,272.64O cubic inch
es, which, reduced to imperial gallons,
would weigh 226,2 30 pounds, something
more than 1873 tons weight to the acre.
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his enemies cannot say no. Once more,
when we find him lurrying through Thor
oughfare Gap to strike Pope's army in the
rear, we shall see evidences Of an intuition
which startled those who shared his dang
er and knew him best.
M. QUAD.
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Why He Wanted Christian Wife.

A well known judge in one of the South
ern States, speaking of his younger days,
says that some seventy years ago he had
become skeptical; and that Mr.. H.,
a noble, whole souled man, whom he rever-
ed almost as a father, but who was a con-
irmed deist, though he had Christian
wife, soon found him out and endeavored
to instill in his mind his own deistical no.
tions. ''But he charged me- said the
Judge, mot to let his wife know that be
was deist or that I was skeptical.' 1
asked him why. To which he replied that
if he were to marry hundred times he
would marry only pious woman. Again
| asked why. Because" be said, eff she
is q Christian it makes her better wife, a
better mother, a better mistress and bet
ter nelghbor. Ii she is poor, it enables her
TO bear adversely with patience and forti-
tuae. If she is rich and prosperous, it
lessons her desire for mere show. And
when she comes to die, if she is in error,
she is as we'll off as you and l and if we
are 10 error, She is & thousand times better
off than we can be- | asked him if he
knew Of any other error or system of En-
ror, attended with so many advantages
His reply was evasive. But what LIE
had said led me to examine the subject for
myself, and l often look back to that con-
versation as one of the most important in
cidents of my life, and to it trace my de-
termination to study the Bible carefully,
and to examine the evidence Of the chris
tion religion for myself. the result Of which
has led me to a full and living faith in the
Saviour.-N. II. Gazette.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-14

TO SUCCEED in any of life's endsavors,
be our talents what they may, we require
perseverance, decision and tenacity of will
to reach the full measure of success
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-14

No PERSONS, be they in ever so humble
circumstances, but what have some quail
ty Of rnlnd that entities them to an eouali-
t. with their fellow-beings.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-14

IT is not SO much by the symmetry of
what we attain IN this life that we are
made to be happy as by the enlivening
hope of what we shall reach in the other
world
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The leading Scientists of to-day agree that most
diseases are caused by disordered Kidneys or Liver
IT, therefore the Kidneys and Liver are kept in
perfect order perfect health will be the result This
truth has only been known a short time and for
years people suffered great agony without being able
to find relief. The discovery Of Warmers Safe
gtreatment of these troubles Made from a simple
tropical leaf of rare value it contains Just the ele
ments necessary to nourish and invigerate both Of
these great organs: and safely restore and keep
them in order. 1t is POSITIVE REMEDY for all
the diseases that pains in the lower part Of the
body-for Torpid Observation-Disclosures
Dizziness--Gravel-Fever, -Ague-Malarial Fever.
and all difficulties of the Kidneys, Liver and Urinary
Organs.
Il is an excellent and safe remedy for females dur
ring Pregnancy. 1t will control Menstruation and is
invaluable for Lencorrh9a or Falling OF the Womb.
AS Blood Purifier it is unequaed for it cures the
organs that make the blood.
This Remedy, which has done such wonders, is put
up in the LARGEST SIZED BOTTLE OF any medi,
cine upon the market. and is sold by Druggists and
all dealers at 81 25 per BOTTLE Fer Diabetes, en-
ouire for WARMERS SAFE DIABETES CURE. 1t
is a POSITIVE Remedy.
H. Fl. WARNER g. CO..
Rochester N Y.
iano7 IF
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-14

FARMERS PUDDING.-Peel and core
four OF five apples according to their size,
cut them in slices and lay them in a pie
dish; sprinkle them with sugar (pounded) !,
and then put thin layer of apricot or 9TH
er jam. Take two ounces of arrowroot
mix it with pint of milk, little sugar
and small piece of butter; stir it over the.
fire until it beils, and then pour it into the
pie dish with the apples and jam, and bake,
until done.
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BREAD PUDDING.-Half pound(ld
bread crumbs, two ounces of butter, oA
pint of boiling milk poured on them, an,
covered over till cold; two eggs, two ound
es of lump sugar. This will eat very good
when baked. cold, with or without cud
rants; when boiled, serve hot. n
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FRUIT CAKE.-Two and a half cups of
dried apples stewed until soft; add one
cup of sugar; stew while longer, and
chop the mixture, to which add one hall
cup of cold coffee, one of sugar, two eggsI
half cup of butter, one nutmeg, one teal
spoonful Of soda and cinnamon and spices
to taste.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-14

Hot EGG oALAD.-Chop one tablespoon
full of pickles, mix it with an equal guam
tity of the grated rind and juice Of lem
on, tablespoonful of salt, dash of cay
enne pepper, and three tablespoonfuls Of
salad oil. Heat in a frying pan one table
spoonful OF oil, break three eggs into it
and stir them over the fire two or three
times in order to slightly mix the whites
and yolks; let them cook three minutes.
,
then pour them on a salad dish and serve
the salad at once with the dressing de-
scribed In the beginning of the recipe
poured ever them.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-14

BREAD CAKEs.-Take stale bread and
soak 1t in milk, then run through the col
ander. TO each quart add one spoonful
of saleratus, one Cup flour, one egg, cone
SPOONFUL OF salt, two tabicsaoonfuls of SUI
gar, and half a nutmeg.
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HoRsERADIsH SAUCE.-Grate quanti-
ty of horseradish, toll 1t in sufficient wa y
ter to give it the consistency of sauce, add
pinch of salt and two or three table
spoonstul of tarragon vinegar, then sti
in, off the fire, gill of cream beaten iii
with the yolk of an egg.
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SIXTEEN YEARS AFTER,

THE sQUAREsT BATTLE OF THE WAR.
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LADY Cured of Rheumatism.
Kidney Disease Cured.

Christiansburg, Va, 1881.
Suffering from kidney disease,
from which could get no relief, /
tried Browns Iron. Bitters, which
cured me completely. A child Of
mine, recovering from scarlet fever,
had no appetite and did not seem to
be able to eat at all. Igave him Iron
Bitters with the happiest results.
]. KYLE MONTAGUE.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-26
MFXIcAN CLAIMS.

The New York Graphic's Washington correspondent says: IL has been disccv- cred that the two chief awards made by the Meucan Claims Commission to the extent Of S1,2GJ,@'a were obtained by perjury and fraud. and the Secretary Of State has stopped payment of the in stallment due at this time. 50 fragrant was the imposition on the Commission that a treaty between the United States and Mexico has been and Is now lying on the table of Secretary FrelinEhuysen, all ready to send tO the Senate for rsti- tication. The copy belonging to Mexico has been signed by Romero, and bears the great seal of the United States, and is already on its way to Mexico to be submitted to the Mexican Senate for ratification. l. will certainly be ratified because 1t is for the benefit of Mexico, and t. prevent the Mexican Treasury from being plundered of vast sum of money under the shadow Of United States authority. Frelnghuyson wIli send the other to the Senate next week, probably. when such disclosures offraud and conspiracy will be made hy the Representative or the Mexican Gov ernment that it is believed no hesitancy will be felt as to the proper course of action
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-26
4 Southern Gamblers Traits.

Colonel Starr, who was arrested few days ago for taking part m g confidential poker game at St. Louis, was the friend, companion and coufidant of Charles Mil Ter, known in the South as Kid Miller, who was shot and killed by saloon keeper in New York last November. Though there vas great dlspariry in their ages, the Colonel and the kId were for many years always together. The Colonel had a habit of hOurishing his hand, lowing low, smiling blandly, and introducing himself and the Kid as Col onel Stah, sin, from Mobile sih, and my son, sihI'
 The Colonel and the Rid had at one tune the reputation of being the most expert men in theIr line of business in the South. But the kiC was the most acute and daring of the two. In New Orleans, about five years ago, his atten- ton was called tO a wealthy planter for whose money plan had been laid, but who had thus far escaped the clutches of the smartest Of Miller's colleagues.
 Watch m-," sand Miller.
 He walked behind the planter, and suddenly raising nis long right leg. gave him kick that sent his glasses and haJ living in one direction, his cane in an0th- CT, and himself sprawlng in the mud m full sight of hundreds of persons congre- gated about the St. Charles Hotel and vicinity to witness the Nardi Gras fes- tivities. Having kicked the planter, Miller hastened tO pick him up.
 Il beg ten thousand pardons, Sir" ho said as he assumed an air of humility: "i mistook you for my brother
 He continued to talk in his easy grace ful style till hs had modified the planter and made favorable impression on him. Then he bought the man a new suit of broadclOth, new hat and a new cane, and took hiII of to dine. That evening the planter went off to the rooms of the "club" to which Miller belonged, and won 5000. But five days thereafter he had lost nearly S7,OOO, and started for home with a steamboat ticket for which he owed
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-26
The Future of Gold.

4 writer in thes Boston Economist, upon the future of gold, shows that the present annual product of gold con- pared with former periods ls enormous. At the periCd of the discovery Of Amer ica it was but Sl0O,OOO; after the occur renee of that event ir gradually ln- creased, and in 1900 1t was SlIOJlcOO; and 1853 it reached it's maximum, when 1t was S2S6,CO0OO0; 1t soon afterwards decreased and it Is now but half that sum. The amount of gold m existence at the commencement of the Christian era is estimated tO have been S427,uOO,- OUO: at the period of the discovery oi America it had diminished to S5I,OO0,- ON0; after that It gradually increased, and in 1890. ii attained to Sle5,W0O0; in 100. it reached S35l. .OJO,Oc0; m lo63, if attained to S3.OOO,OOOJ0; and at present the amount of gold in existence is estimated to be SI,sSo,UOC,UOJ; which, if melted in one mass could be contained in the base of Bunker Fill monument, which is a cube of thirty feet. The amount of precious metals n existence is estimated to Sl3,216OOO,O0O From the earliest times tO the commencement of the Christian era, the amount or gold obtained from the surface and mines Of the earth is estimated to have been SI, 100000: from the date of the latter event to the discovery Of America s. gOOOo0,OO0 were obtained. ir n the O-slte of the latter event to the close 1S42 an addition of S2, 7OO,0OO,0O0 were obtained; the extensive working of the Russian mines since 1S43 added, to the close of 1852, S9O0,OO0,0OO. more; the triple dis covery of the California mines in lS4S, the Australian i'll 1851, and the New Zealand in 1861 has added, to the close Of 1881 S5,4O4, ,374,OOO; making a grand total of Sl4,3O4, 4,374,0O0 The total amount of the precious metals obtained since the earliest times to the present
 day is estimated to be S2j,673,3740OO.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-26
The Cirnrette. .Consnmed Youth.
RhiI,Jalnbia Prsss.l

T
 Like midnIgh apparition that can not be shaken of, the cigarette-cOnsum. cd young man haunts one daily in the streets and nightly in the theaters aui saloons. His sallow countenance, bet,- kening the signs of early dissolution. appears ever and anon between t.. masses Of delth-laden smoke which arse and are waited into tbe faces of healthy pedestrians, causing sensations of a sick ly nature The smile with which he creets you IS only an alleged smile, and the hollow voice which utters his equal lv hollow words on the ear makes one think of how skull might talk fl skulls were gifted with speech. His walk IS a totte7, his breath savers Of a charuel- house, and his eyes wear pltIiul, pam ful. idiotic lcok. The risluS generation promises to be largely composed of clg- arette consumed young men unless | stringent measures are taken to counter | act existing tendencies. lt were bettei that Mother ShiptOn had been right, ol that the sun hurry up and reach the earth than that such result transplre | It would be vastly better for the young man Co be sUn-cOnsumed than cigarette | consumed. The cigarette-cOnsume1 young man is a bore, and the world ] tired of seeing him around.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-26
Ancient Engineering.

The aDcieuts, when all is said and done that can be in favor of modern T. wess and progress. knew few .alnss oS U at VI late celebrated work on architecture th author says that not only is 1t impossible to duplicate the great temples of Athens but 1t Is incunceivable how they were constructed. The same may be said of the pyramids of Egypt. The Roman roads were superior to any constructed in modern times. Their very remains are stupendOus. The ancient canals of India and her immense water reservoirs, in- ciudiEg their sites, are incapable of be- ing improved upon. In fact, the very ruins of the ancIents are tremendous" One of the latest discoveries of the won derful engineering ability of these an cients IS the fact that in preparing tO cut a tunnel through the Isthmus of COrinth it has been brought tO light that the RO- man Nero as notorious for his cruelty as for his love of the arts, sciences and literature had engineers upon the same spot; and more. that tine route selected by them has been selected by the en- gineers now having charge of the modern undertaking. But Nero was preceded by Alexander the Great m the attempt to carry out the colossal undertaking, and, in both instances, the engineers showed themselves to have thoroughly mastered the conditions required for the inception of the work.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-26
Dos Csbezas Small Change.


 One of our handsome and pupular young men absolutely paid cash for hls washing the other day. The Chinaman wouldn't give up his clothes without 1t. He said he knew him
 A number of people from Wilcox drose tntOwn from Dos Cabezas this week. The road between the two places Is smooth, and generally free from dust, making the drive a very pleasant one.
 The committee appointed to take steps toward procuring patent for our town site are busily at work, and are making good progress. It Is thought that 1t will Dot be long ere those claiming town lots will be able to procure deeds for the same.
 The mill is now running on ore from the Juniper mine. Two hundred tons will be worked before a clean up Is made. The owners of this large gold mine ex- pect large returns, and we believe they will not be disappointed.
 Work is steadily progressing on the Detroit mine. In sinking shaft c. w. BarrUws < O., have struck very rich gold ore. The mine improves as deptl is gained, and promises in the near fu ture bonanza for its owners.
 We have been ruil~bl.- informed that ?. w. Smith has sold out his One-hal interest in the rich mines of Wincherter to Gen. Gashwiler and others, of Sar Francisco, for one hundred and fit! thousand dollars. This property wal bonded by F. w. Smith for fifty thous ard dollars, he selling one-halt to Geo Hearst for the amount of the bond. H, now disposes of the other half for thu above named sum, it being a clear gain