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The Arizona sentinel., 1882-11-18

A human monstrosity of West
minister, Los Angeles county, by
the name of Smith, butchered
his thirteen-year-old son because
the Lord told him to. If the
Lord does not tell the jury who
will nave to try this horror in
spring Smith to find him guilty
of murder in the fist degree and
if the Lord does not order Judge
Sepulveda to sentence him to be
hanged by the neck until he is
dead, then we say that there is
no fair play in this world-Ex.
The Arizona sentinel., 1882-11-18
Nov. 1892.
Mr.. p
Columbus, 0.


Having, as postmaster, been
handed your valued communica-
ton per postal of Sept. 29th, I
hasten to reply:
We in this section are indeed
pleased to learn that you contem-
plate trip in this direction. We
need men here, and need them
badly. (The Sheriff needs 7 men
right now.) The most desirable
parts of Arizona are not at pre-
sent available, having been pre-
empted, but certain productive
"mesas" on the Colorado can be
had for few dollars per acre,
and with care the "blooming
Mesquit" and the Iron wood
trees can be cultivated to advan-
rage and profit, while as to fru it's
the "Ocatea" and "Choya" thrive
readily with irrigation and sub
soiling, all of which are very pre-
fitable if carefully looked after.
AS to your outfit I would sug-
gest: First fair knowledge of
Poker-Poker is one OF the main
industries in this country and
therefore is indispensable; Sec
ond, a pair of No. 9 brogans.
These are useful especially if you
have to cross rivers, etc. Third,
a capacity to carry off a fair
amount of tangle-leg. You say
you have from $500 to $500. With
that amount you might enter
with profit into the cattle bust
ness. Much money is made in
that business. We generally
raise cattle here with a rope, in
the dark of the moon. Men here
can raise full-grown cattle in one
night. l have known of such in
stances.
AS to entering land here as you
say, it is easily done. We gener-
ally enter land here after dark,
through the fence, and about the
time melons are ripe is supposed
to be the best time to enter land.
This business is both lucrative
and attractive. [, myself have
in this business and pro-
flied thereby. "School work"
is in great demand. The people
are just bowling for education,
but a despOtic government with
holds it from US. lam pleased to
earn you are college trained"
nan. Such men succeed here |
l know of one who |
iome 4 years since located a val
liable brass mine in these paris
md after having worked it for
hree years finally sold it to some
Ihicago capitalists for $4,000 and
le is now drawing a large salary
s chief clerk on a windlass up |
The Arizona sentinel., 1882-11-18

Herbert Spencer finds fault
with the thigh pressure life'' of
Americans. Exclusive devotion
to work has the effect that
amusem ents cease to please, and
finally "when relaxation becomes
necessary, life Is dreary from
lack of its sole interest-the
interest in business" The old
philosopher comes very close to
the truth in this remark.
The Arizona sentinel., 1882-11-18
P. M. Castle Dome Lde

If the Democratic party would
profit by the great victory, its
leaders must learn to distinguish
between Revenue Reform and
Free Trade, sometimes called "a
tariff for Revenue only with Incl
dental protection" Toe people
are in favor of such a revision of
the tariff as will relieve them
from certain taxes on the neces-
sarles of life which have become
burdensOme and are no longer
essential, but they are just as
strongly in favor of protecting
the lahorer in this country from
being brought in competition
with the poorly paid labor of
Europe. In fact, this is the one
thing they will not submit to and
the party that even waivers on
this vital question will lose the
support of the whole body of
working people. A part of the
Democratic party is wild on this
question as are some Republicans.
The great problem for the Demo-
cracy to settle is whether or not
this Free Trade element can be
controlled. Such men as Hurd,
Follett and others have it in their
power to give back control of the
country to the Republicans. 1t
is probably that the President
will call an extra session of Com
gress for the very purpose of Civ
ing these men an early opportu-
nifty of making asses of themsel-
yes.
The Arizona sentinel., 1882-11-18

the river a few miles. These
things all speak for themselves
and with plenty of men and plen-
ty of money we no doubt have a
future before us. Trusting my
dear sir that the above accurate
information may induce you to
penetrate our parts. ] am
Yours Respt. IS
Henderson McCune,
P. M. Castle Dome Ldg.
The Arizona sentinel., 1882-11-18

Three members of the Fourth
Estate have been elected to the
Legislature. Brown, of the citi.
zen, Masterson, of the lDemocrat
and Darlington. of the SENTINEL,
We are glad to know that some
of the press gang have caught
On.-Independent.
The Arizona sentinel., 1882-11-18

An exchange says that there
are sos Master MasoDs in Arizona
belonging to subordinate lodges
in this jurisdiction. There are
probably as many more Masons
in the Territory belonging to
lodges in other Jurisdictions.
The Arizona sentinel., 1882-11-18

Capt. Polhamus was elected
one of the School Trustees of this
District by a handsome majority.
1t was well deserved compli-
ment as Capt. Polhamus has al
ways been one of the most ener-
getic and useful supporters of the
public schools of this county.
The Arizona sentinel., 1882-11-18

The Collector ofcustoms for the
District of Sitka is charged with
smuggling whisky at Alaska and
selling it to the natives at So a
bottle. His excessive greed gave
him away, and Secretary Folger
will doubtless invite him to sail
south ward shortly.
The Arizona sentinel., 1882-11-18

Mr.. Gladstone has made som e
remarkable declarations lately re-
garding Home Rule for Ireland.
There is a difference of opinion
as to whether the Premier is
merely bidding for Irish votes or
means to crown his career with a
great measure of justice.
The Arizona sentinel., 1882-11-18
ARIZONA SENTINEL i.
county Ofiqial paper.
SATURDAY. NOTENBER Is. 1882.

The Star man has finally lived
long enough to see one ordinary
victory for the democratic party,
and now he uses such phrases as
-"the familiar sauciness of demo-
cratic victories"
The Arizona sentinel., 1882-11-18
Satisfaction for Ten.

In our fambily of ten for over two years
Parker's Ginger Tonic has cured head
ache, malaria and other complaints so
satisfactorily that we are in excellent
health and no expense for doctors or
other medicines. Chronicle.
The Arizona sentinel., 1882-11-18

A Columbus editor went so far
in preparing for a duel as to Sc
cure his seconds and employ a
surgeon. Discretion got away
with his valor, however, and the
doctor lost a Job.
The Arizona sentinel., 1882-11-18
BORN.

BOSSUNG-In Yuma, on Friday, Novem-
Der 18th, 1882, to wife of Adam Bossung,
daughter.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
Siberia Overrun With Mice.

After all, the Car Is not to have 1t all
his own way In Asia. While dull world
has been imagining that the English
Government was taking no steps to pre-
vent that consummation, the whole edI-
fee of the Russian edifice is, it appears,
on the point of collapse. With an
amount of astuteness that does him every
credit. Lord Ripon has kept silent on
the matter, but the Calcutta Englishman
at last lets the cat-or rather the mice
out of the bag. These are England's
allies N the grand work of staying the
course of Russian aggression. Afghan
help might be treacherous, not to men
ton its costliness; Persian aid does not
count for much the Chinese would
probably not appear in the field until
few wears after the struggle had termi
mated. As for the Turcomans, what
bribe have we to offer those predacious
people compared to that blissful looting
of India which Russia could dangle be-
fore their eyes? An ally had plainly to
be looked for in some new quarter, and,
almost without the looking, this kind
friend has already appeared. Our Cal
cutta contemporary reports that myrlads
of Indian mice have made their way to
Southeastern Siberia, plundering gran
aries, and destroying crops wherever
they go. On they march-relentless,
remorseless-through Fergana, through
Semiretchausk, and right up to the
shores of Lake Balkasch. The affrighted
people know not what 10 do to stem the
devastating deluge, and even the daunt-
less Russian warriors turn pale when the
cry goes forth, "The mice are coming y
Rome was saved by geese; perhaps his
tory will hereafter relate how the Eng
Iish Empire, after being very nearly lost
by human geese, was saved by mice
London Globe.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
India Proofs.

There are various ways in which de-
ceptions are practised. For instance,
"unlettered India proof, as 1t Is
technically called, Is, from beng taken
off the engraving at an earlier stage,
very much superior to what Is called
"lettered India print, which Is obtained
after many impressions have been taken
off the engraving, and when the plate
has, consequently, become worn, and
the picture lost its clearness and sharp
ness of line. To turn an "India print,
therefore. into an "India proof, the
India print is cut down all round close
to the engraving. A clean sheet OF
India paper. of the same tone as the
India print, but of larger size, so as to
show a clean, blank margin, Is then
mounted on piece of still larger PLAIN
paper, and the cut down India PRINT IN
turn is mounted in such position as 10
show the usual margin all round Before
drying, the manipulated print is sub
iected to immense pressure, which SO
forces the mounted print into the Indla
paper as to entirely hide the dlference
In the thickness of the material. A true
impression taken off plate leaves the
mark of the plate all round the picture
and to add this to the "doctored lndlf
proof, q plain steel or copper plate o.
the proper size is laid on the face of the
print, which is again subjected to pres
sure, and the deception is then SO com
plete as almost to battle detection. 4
volume belonging to collector was sup
posed to contain India paper impressions
of engravings to the value OF f30O, bu
on examination they were found to bt
"doctored plates, not worth ESQ II
all. Chambers Journal.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
Personal Beauty.

The first principle of beauty, as prac-
ticed IN this progressive town, Is, % How
to be beautiful.
The wife of an army officer acconpa-
MED her husband many years ago to his
post IN distant frontier town. Among
the acquaintances she formed there was
a lady who, if remarkable at all, was
noted for being exceedingly homely,
awkward, and commonplace. She had
a waist like barrel, shoulders pitched
forward, a rough, thick skin, coarse
black hair, large, bold eyes, great feet
and besides all these physical defects
she was dreadfully demonstratiye In
manner. She was the senior by several
years of the officers wife. After time
the fortunes of war retired the son of
Mars, who settled his family in Wash
ington In the meantime the lever of
politics had lifted the husband of the
homely lady into Congress, and the two
friends met in society last winter. Mrs.
Mars could not believe her eyes, so great
was the transformation in the appear
ance of her old acquaintance. Mrs.
Congress looked ten years younger than
the junior lady. The many ripples of
soft auburn hair; complexion smooth
and white fashion of dropping the
darkly fringed eyeids, with a faint
shading on the under lid, gave to the
eyes a marked expression of shyness
and languor Her manner was full OF
repose, and strikingly graceful; her feet
the perfection of symmetry, In French
boots the hands had the refinement of
pink nails and taper fingers, and even
her voice had changed and dropped into
those sweetly modulated tones which
pass current for thorough breeding In
good society. Poor, mystified Mrs.
Mars looked and wondered, pondering
on all this, asking herself and others,
How in the world did she accomplish
such a metamorphosy? How? How
does the winning horse lap and pass
others and reach the last quarter pole
Through training. Money and time are
the great factors to success, and the way
to succeed is to succeed. Mrs. Congress
has both. Money purchased her beautl-
full hair, paid for Turkish baths and
cosmetics, secured the service of maid
who could give proper shading to her
eye-lids and teach her the art of droop-
ing lids. It brought her graceless
figure into shapely proportions. 1t paid
chiropodists to treat her feet and mani
cures to polish her finger nails, while
time and thimbles tapered the fingers.
1t employed dressmakers and milliners,
salaried a master, who instructed her
how to enter the room, bow, pose, seat
herself and manage her train, all with
the poetry of motion. The moral neces-
sity to be beautiful puts incipient wrin-
kles under the embargo of emulsions,
sent her to bed with her face buried in
poultices of Irish oatmeal and milk,
bandaged feet and pinioned hands in
ointment lined gloves. and put the
brakes on too expansive waist. Men
pursue ambition, wealth, and that bub
BILE, reputation women march up to the
cannon's mouth of physical torture and
welcome martyrdom solely to be beauti-
full Washington Free Press.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
Best He Could Do.

1t was Michigan man riding through
West Virginia ON horseback, and one
afternoon as he came along to settlers
cabin on the mountain road he asked of
man leaning over the gate
"Can you tell me how far it is to the
town ahead ?"
II reckon L kin, stranger You'll
have to peg along fur about nine miles
yit."
"But it is nearly dark. Is there no
tavern on the road ?"
"Never heard of any, and I've backed
my corn-meal over this road risin' of
twenty years.
"But perhaps 1 could put up some
where ?"
"P'raps We could. There's Steve
Taylor's down about four miles, but he'd
beat We blind on old sledge There's
Nose Smith, mile higher, but Nose
would feel offended if ye didn't trade
him that boss fur a stub-tailed mule.
Might put up at Green's, but there's lots
of rattlesnakes around his place Kur-
mel johnson is down about six miles, but
the Kurnel would turn We all out doors
at midnight if he found that you didn't
vote his way"
"But what am to do?"
WAL, I'm squaT man stranger,
and the best L kin do is to ak We to stop
here with me, an to tell We before hand
that if We ar awakened in the night by
shingles bein' ripped off and logs pulled
down it won't be an avalanche or cy-
clone, but only mean the old woman a.
tryin' for the two hundreth time since
the war to see who handles the money
when / sell two coon-skins fur dollar p
CT guess I'll go on" faltered the
rider.
"Ke-rect, stranger The last man
who stopped here said he wished he'd
have run the chances with the snakes
down at Green's, an gin him my hand
when he rode off. I'm squar' up and
down, as told ye, and Green's is the
third cabin on this side arter ye cross
the creek. m quad.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
In China.

There is one custom in the Celestial
Empire that we would like to see turned
loose here Boys in China are not sup
posedto be irresponsible until they arrive as
about the age of twenty years, and then
parents are held accountable for all their
crookedness, just the-same as the owner
of any other dangerous animal Is held
responsible for damages.
Supposing a bad boy walks up and
throws a stone through your bay window
that skaters fine Gala and busts
the statue of the sweet singer of Mich
igan, you do not go out and chase HIM
four blocks with an iron rake and club
him till he gets out of reach, but you
lust get an old hoe handle that swings
easy, and you search out the boys par
ents and wear them out with that hoe
handle and mix them up with the sand.
Then if the boy don't behave himself
you can go to other relatives of his, and
gradually enlarge the circle of your ac-
quaintance, until you have mauled the
entire relationship, even including the
old grandparents of the boy, and If any
of these resist they are subject to lmprls-
onment.
This law, although apparently string
ent. is a good one. 1t makes parents
look out for them more accurately. 1t
encourages parents to know where their
bows are. and to keep their eyes on them
more than they do in Laramie. Well, If
that law were to go in force here, some
men we know would have to take an
arnica bath twice day and wouldn't
have whole bone in their body. We
like to see q bright, active boy with
good health and sound lungs, but the
thriving blossom that viii develop into
Jesse James, we have no use for.
If the Chinese law could be enforced
here against those parents who are
breeding up q squad of hoodlums, we
would not weep. 1t would be pretty
active work for the avenger and his hoe
handle. but it would institute reform
at least. As it is now, a building can
not be left over night before every pane
of glass is broken and the walls smashed
| in. Now If the owner had the right to
climb the male parent of those boys and
knock his shoulder-blades through his
spleen and tangle his works all up so
that hereafter his food wouldn't be any
benefit to him, it might arouse an inter-
est In his children so that he would MAKE
them an ornament to society.
You can't do much with strange boy
anyhow. If you spank him with an old
window-shutter, he goes home and tells
his father, and the old man tells him to
90 right back and do the same thing and
he will stand by him. Then the boy
returns and repeats, and your start after
him with the intention of killing him,
but as he turns the corner quarter OF a
mile away and puts his thumb on bus
nose and waves his fingers in the air, you
control your brutal temper and go home.
That's the reason why in twenty years
from now it viii be bitter cold day when
the telegraph doesn't give us the par,tlc-
ulars of twenty-seven murders and thlr'
teen train robberies. es.-Laranaie Boomer
0n0.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
Horace GreeIey's Shoes.

About the year 1870, when Arthur
Barret was President of the Fair As
| sociation. Mr.. Greeley accepted an in
yitation TO deliver the annual address in
the ampitheatre at the fair grounds.
Col. Todd was Chairman of the Recon
ton Committee, and after the close of
the address escorted the speaker to his
room at the Southern Hotel, where he
bade him good-by, as Mr. Greeley was
to leave the city early on the followino
morning. Before leaving him, however,
Col. Todd said:
''Well, Mr.. Greeley. I trust that
during your stay here eFer1thing has
been done for your cor fort and that
everything has been Jsto you"
3. !. Yes, said sioA1v and
thing has been as pleasant as 1 could
have desired, except" here the old
gentleman looked sadly down at his feet,
and after brief pause resumed, "except
that some one stole my shoes last night. ?"
Stole your shoesl' echoed Col. Todd
in astonishment, also surveying Mr..
Greeley's feet.
" Yes" replied Mr.. Greeley, with
sigh and moving his feet uncomfortably.
. Yes, left them outside my door last
night, and some one walked off with
them. But new pair was left In place
OF the old ones, and that's what troubles
me. The old ones were easy and com
Portable, but the new ones hurt my feet.
One might be pardoned, said Col.
Todd, for wanting to step into your
shoes. Perhaps some one wanted them
as souvenirs. -
This was intended for compliment,
but MIR. Greeley was too much interested
In his feet to notice it. He only said,
Perhaps so, but 1 would very much
prefer my old ones tosthese, and l wish
they had taken something else as a
souvenir. "
The next morning the old gentleman
lmped down stairs and took a carriage
for the depot, carrying away with him
probably a very unfayorable impression
of the souvenir hunters of st. Louis.
Several weeks elapsed before the
mystery of the stolen shoes was solved.
1t was then ascertained that colored
man named Wilkinson, who was one of
the BARRIERS at the Southern, had really
taken Mr.. Greeley's shoes as mementoes
of the man who had worked so actively
and earnestly for the freedom of the
negroes. In speaking of the matter to
Col. Todd, Wilkinson said that he was
walking along the hall near Mr.. Greeley's
room, and seeing the shoes standing
outside the door the idea struck him
that they would be just the things to give
the children to remind them of him who
had done so much for the colored man.
He therefore took them, hurried out of
the hotel and went to a shoe store, where
he purchased a pair of much better
shoes of the same size as the old ones,
and, returning to the hotel, put the
former where the latter had stood. He
thought that fair exchange was no rob-
berry, and felt that he was giving much
more in actual value than he was receiv-
ing. Wilkinson is dead, but the shoes
are probably now in ST. Louis. 1t is
understood that seYeral rcssc isIesssers aye.
IooKing oftHetn.---s3ssasohSS Ic s5u0FEsls5ss
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
MelI.KnoMn Phrases.

The term blackguard has very
commonplace origin. In all great
houses, particularly in royal residences,
there were a number of mean and dirty
dependents whose Office it was to attend
the woodward, sculleries, etc. OF these
flor in the lowest depths there we're
lower stilD the most forlorn wretches
seem to have been selected to carry coal
to the kitchen, hall and other apart
ments. To this smutty regiment, who
attended the progresses, and rode in the
carts with the pots and kettles, which.
with eyery other article of furniture.
were then moved from palace to palace,
the people in derision gave the name of
sblackguards "a term since become
sufficiently familiar. "To the bitter
end is clearly an old nautical express
sion A dictionary published in the early
mart of the eighteenth century has
ssbite." a turn or part OF a cable
bits" to mean pieces of timber to
which a cable is fastened when a ship
rides at anchor "bitter," turn of the
cable about the timber called "bitts, ,
that IL NAV be veered out by little and
little and "bitter end (of cable) il
that part which is wound about the
" bits /" when a ship rides at anchor
The modern can't expression, "to tn,
bitter end" may have taken its ris,
either from the old nautical words, a,
naeaE meaning 9Th the last coil of the cable. o
from the last end, the very bitter
dregs. 1t is a slang expression, anothe
form of, II win fight you to the death.
In Il ssbitter" " only means pitiless, Sc
we're, like bitter east wind or bite
foe.