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Weekly Phoenix herald., 1882-11-17
Tennessee.

NASHVILLE, Nov. 9.-The Indiea-
lions are that Bates is elected Gov
ernor by a considerable majo ity
over Hawkins, r. Democratic Con
gressmen have been elected from SIX
districts. Warren. D., is probably
defeated by Tillman, l D., in the 9Th
district. The Democrats have prob
ably So out of 1870 members In the
Legislature.
CHATTANOOGA, Nov. 0.-Drl bbrell,
D., is reelected in the Sd District.
Illinois.
CHICAGO, Nov. 10-I'he Chair
man of the Republican State Gem
mittee saga that r. w. Dudham,
R., is elected to Congress from the
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1882-11-17

Having the management of this
new Restaurant, can assure all my
friends, and the public generally, that
they will be we'll and promptly at
tended to by favoring me with thei
patronage.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1882-11-17
The Territory.

TOMBSTONE Nov. 1O.-Oury's ma.
jority is less than 200; Horton s
about 1875; elect Republican Sheriff,
2 Gov1uct1mcn, I Assemb'y iTIan, ? Sn-
pervisors. A Republican Victory.
HoLBRooK, Nov. 1O.-Portcr's ma
jority in Apache county. $50.
YUMA, Nov. 1O.-Porter and Davis
VIII carry the county by so MAORI
ty. The entire Darlington county
ticket is elected. All precincts but
one heard from, which cannot
change the result.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1882-11-17

both factions may unite, and who
has the confidence of the country. 1t
looked to Kim as if Ben Harrison was
the man for the exigency. Blaine,
there is reason to believe, is in earn
est III saying that he is not candi
date fer the Presidency nor fvr any
other Office.
Immigration, to California.
SAN FRANcIsco, Nov. 11.-Eight
hundred and fifty-four immigrants
arrived in the State by the overland
railroads this week. During the
week letters have been received from
sixteen States, two Territories, Eng
land, France, and CaDadi ash ing
for information about the STA =.
There is a prospect for larger i'm
migration than ever before known
il the history of the State,
Burned to Death.
louisville, Penn, Nov. 1.-The
residence Of John Hepter, of Crate
town, Dauphin s. Co, was destroyed
by fire. Hepter was called from
home yesterday. Mrs. Hepter and
six children retired earlier than
usual last night. Mrs. Hepter, ava
kened by cracking FLAMES, found
the lower portion OF the house envel-
oped in flames, and picked up two
| children and succeeded in getting
them cut. Two more were also
saved, but badly burned from pass
ing through the flames. The third
trip she was forced to leave the
house with one of the IT, remain
ing children, which she placed be
yond danger and for the fourth tins
the brave mother entered the burn
ing building, and reaching the sikh
child, little girl, the youngest o
the family, The escape was cut of
and they persisted. The ;harred re-
mains were found locked in eacl
others arms.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1882-11-17
Ne Democratic RatiGcation,
North Carolina.

RALEIGH, Nov. 13.-Returns from
81 counties give DocGery, Republi-
can, for Congressman at large, 600
majo ity over Bennett, Dem.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1882-11-17

CAMDEN, Nov. 10.-George NJ.
Robson, R.. is defeated by 500. j.
Hart Brewer, r., for Congrt 81 in the
End District, is reelected by about
700 majority.
TRENTON, Nov. 1O.-1he House
will stand: 81 Democrats, indie
pendent Democrats, AMI % Repub-
licans. Democrats are sure OF three
majority on joint ballot, and may
have seven.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1882-11-17

pers.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1882-11-17
Louisiana.

CHICAGO, Nov. 10-The followin g
is from the I'ribune'S special from
New Orleans: Hunt in the 1st, Ell
lis in the I'd, Blanchard in the 4th
Heron in the 9th, Democrats, arc
elected by increased majorities. The
3rd is close, but kellogg, Republi-
can, appears to lead by about five
hundred. The 9TH District has not
been heard from.
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1882-11-17

MIN
Weekly Phoenix herald., 1882-11-17
The Election at Tucson.
Special to the HERALD.J

Tucson, Nov. 1O.-Oury and Hor-
toms majority viii not exceed so.
Republicans elect 2 Assemblymen,
jeint Councilman, and one Council
MN. Sheriff, Treasurer, Recorder
Seven precincts are to hear from,
but they will not change the result.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-06-21
The Loess of North America.

The loess, or loamy formation of the
United States, is found in the States OF
OHIO, Indiana. Michigan, iowa, Kansas,
Nebraska, Illinois, Tennessee, Alabams,
Mississippi, louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri,
Kentucky, and the Indian Territory; but
in every instance is apparently confined to
the higher lands along the larger streams.
Its superficial extent is greatest IN Nebras-
ka, where, according to Aughey, its area
IS three fourths that of the State, OF
SO, 944 square miles. In Iowa its super
fetal area is estimated by White at 1000
square miles, but his calculations included
only those sections along the Missouri,
inasmuch as he was evidently unac9uain-
ted with Its existence In Central Iowa, and
In the eastern portion OF the state. lts
area appears to be next greater in Mis-
souri,, which is, indeed, but the southern
extension Of the Iowa and Nebraska
deposit. In most of the other states
where il occurs Its area is comparatively
small. 1t is not found outside OF the CEN
trnl basin. Its material is exceedingly
fine, very sllicious as proven by numerous
analyses, ashy color with slight yellowlsh
tlpge-normally and often highly calcer-
eoas. In ali these respects it agrees entire
iy with published descriptions of foreign
loess. In s,tu it presents a remarkably
homogeneous structure, usually appearing
in massive walls without, or with but
faint lamelatlon, the latter feature being
purely local. so perfect Is the homogen-
city that very careful examinations OF
specimens of soil from the Missouri valley
and the valleys of the Des MONIES and
Iowa rivers failed to reveal even slightly
marked physical differences.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-06-21
Fig Culture.

The United States imported 10000
tons of figs last year. 1t is held that
figs as good as the Smyrna variety can
be grown in nearly all our foothill re-
gion with but a trife of care and on
smaller capital than any other earth
growth requires. I'VE already cultiva-
ted successfully cucumbers, tomatoes
and other semi-tropicals. General
Worthington, of Ohio, who has cultiva-
ted the fig in the open air for more than
fifty years, says that he grows more of
this fruit on the same space of ground
than he can of potatoes or tomatoes.
The great thing in growing trees. etc,
is to be able TO ripen the wood. Un-
ripe wood causes the death of the peach
and other trees. Fig wood can be
ripened as well as can the wood OF other
trees. OF course, If we cannot have
fruits without winter protection, we
Will want to cultivate all the same. At
the far north grape wines, raspberry
bushes, peach trees, etc., have to be
protected, and it pays, for the people
must have fruit. So, then, if our fig
tree is laid down and nicely covered, nc
matter how cold. it is not disturbed
more than any other sleeper"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-06-21

Many sad sight is to be seen in Lon
don, but few are more melan-
choly than the spectacle of these poor,
broken-down creatures who are hired to
saunter in the gutter of our great me
tropohs with advertisement boards on
their backs. Their hopeless, famished
faces, then hstless gait, their tattered
garments often drenched with rain, and
the thought of the precious pittance
which hungry child or two may be
waiting at home to share, are TOO much
for sober contemplation; and more dis
tressing than all, perhaps, is the look
of shame about these poor wretches.
OF course they are glad enough to earn
a shilling in this way; and yet-especi-
ally on acold, raw, rainy day-it does
seem an outrage, almost, for one man
to put another to such uses. But when
these poor wretches are forced to wear
ridiculous costumes, then We have no
doubt about the outrage at all. Here,
too, the sandwich man" has no choice
he has TO conform to the demands and
illustrate the humorous inv ntion of his
if he does not wish to starve
and does not like to steal. In this case
also he is glad enough to earn shilling;
but though there can be no doubt about
that, yet should we be delighted to see
the man admonished who adds to the
of failure, friendlessness,
and poverty by making guys" of these
poor strollers. 1t is done, however.
Here We see a rov of them, with tall ex-
caps on their heads +; there
another, rugged with pigtails, like Chi
namen and all looking SO piteously
ashamed. As for that, however. we all
know where the shame, the disgrace of
the thing really lies, and a deep dis
grace II is.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-06-21

At last it would appear that the diff
entity of one of the powers" has turned
out the Turks opportunity. Legion is
the name of the foreign trespassers who
have made sad havoc in the Sick Mans
territory, but q visitation of the phyi
IOrera UaStatrjr he has vet beenspared,
and he now seems seriously to be turn
ing his attention to develop trade in
Turkish wines. 1t is, indeed, some
time since people in Turkey became
impressed with the large industrial
field that viticuIture held out to them,
but the first move was naturally to sup
ply the wants of the local p,arkets. To
this intent wine factory was started
some dozen years ago in the neighbor-
hood of 1yzichus, on the coast of the
sea of Mamora, and later still, vine
plants imported from France were laid
down at Erenkeul. and did well. Then
the famine occurred in the Medoc dis
trict, and the 'unspeakable" one con-
ceived the bold and ingenious idea of
avenging Occupation, European
"concert" AMI diplomatic snubbihS by
a liberal expectation of his petit bIeu.
With care and diligence market for
Turkish wines was soon formed with
France, the returns of the Turkish Gus
tom-house showing that in the year
lS79-S0 one shipper alone exported as
many as $4,000 hectolitres, or 4,O0c, 900
okes of Turkish wines to Cette and
Bordeaux. The unexpected success of
the novel enterprise enlisted Frenchmen
as well as Turks In the cause of Turkish
vitlculture; and a French company,
hailing from Perpignan, has now pur-
chased a large estate at Heracli, ON the
Marmora coast, in order to plant vines
and produce wine for the French mar
ket. The vineyards of Rodosto. Ganos.
Myriofito, and Peristassis, in the same
neighborhood, have also been found to
give a wine which takes divinely to a
Bordeux education. These are strong,
coarse wines, but they are of good
color, and can be exported at price
that leaves the grower ahandsome profit.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-06-21
a Hand I'M Her Training.

According to Mr.. Ira S. Parke, of Ne
yada, every man ought to meet the fu-
ture wife of his bosom when she is
young and take hand in her training.
That was Mr.. Parke's theory. "Why,"
he argued, "mere love Is folly; mar
riage is business all the time" Mr..
Parke lived in Six-mile canyon, and
near him dwelt poor man with pret-
ty little daughter away down in the
teens. In talking with the neighbor
one day the theorist proposed that he
should take the nelghbor's daughter
partly in hand, send her to scool and
then marry her, for, thought Mr.. Parke,
''as the twig is bent the trees inclined.
The neighbor agreed, partly because he
knew that his friend was a trustworthy
man AMI partly because he of his own
means would not be able to give his
daughter proper schooling. The pro-
cess of teaching the young idea how to
shoot went swimmingly on for few years
until a month or so go. A visit to her
home then revealed in the object of the
experiment a lovely maiden-modest,
well informed and, as Mr. Parke no
doubt rapturously whispered to him
self, in every way fit to make man
happy. Such was the condition of af-
fairs when the SHOWS of the Sierras be-
gan to give way before the warmth of
coming summer. MIR. Parke seized the
opportunity Of the visit to tell his pro-
tege of the delightful arrangement. To
his surprise such of the girls smiles as
she gave with which to punctuate his
recitation were accompanied by shoul-
der shrugs, uplifting eyebrows aud pro-
testing little Fuckers. To bring the
matter to AL end with its climax the
girl ran away with her real lover that
night, and now Mr.. Parke is selling at
auction lot of costly furniture with
which he had stocked his brides nest.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-06-21
His Aged Wife.

Make the bed easy, said old uncle Abe
to the undertaken, who was preparing
the coffin for his aged wife. ''Make the
bed easy, for her old bones are tender and
soft, and hard bed will hurt them"
He forgot for momene-that old gray
haired Inan-that she was dead; that
the old bones had done aching forever.
Sixty -four years Just think of it in
this age of divorce. Sixty four years
had they dwelt under the same sorrows
of life together mourned over the cof-
fin of their first born together rejoiced
in the prosperity of their sons and
daughters, and now she had left him
alone. No wonder he forgot. Her low
ing hands had so long cared for him,
for he had been the feebler of the two.
Until death do US part" said the mar
riage service that had united them so
many years ago. Death had parted
them, bnt the love still survived. Ten
derly had he cared for her all these
years, and how tenderly dill he watch
the making of the last bed of his still
loved wife. He mad bravely breasted
the storm of life with her by his
side, but now that she was gone he
could not 1--we, and in few days they
laid him By her side.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-06-21
Tie Andre Monument.

At last the Andre monument at. Tap
pan, New York, has toppled over. The
side on which there is no Inscription,
but which was begrimmed by the recent
attempt to shatter it with nitro-glyce
rine, lies on the ground with its apex to
the east. OF the base nothing is left
but some large and irregular masses,
the smallest not weighing less than 200
pounds. All the smaller pieces have
been carried away by relic-hunters.
Some enthusiastic collector has gone so
far as TO break off ard remove one of
the upright bars of the iron fence from
the north side of the inclosure, and
through this opening visitors can
squeeze through. despite the fact that
the gate is still carefully locked.
Mr.. Storms, whose house is close by
the fallen monument, said to a reporter
that the shaft fell over some time ago:
Il was reading the morning papers, d"
said Mr.. Storms, ''when my wife came
from down cellar and asked me if l
heard the thunder. 1 said ''No" and
went to look if there was n storm COM
ing up. Then 1 saw that the blamed
thing had tipped over.
"Was anyone there at the time?"
asked the reporter.
"Not soul. There had been several
people there in the morning, but ii
hadn't been out of my sight five min
utes. The last person there was a
photographer taking views of it, and he
couldn't have more than get to the foot
OF the hill before she went over"
"How do you account for its falling?"
"Oh, it lad to so over sooner or later.
The visitors had been digging at it and
carting off all the pieces ever since the
explosion. / had propped it up several
times, but it was like a man trying to
staud on one leg. 1t couldn't keep it
UP. / had noticed that the fragments
which kept it standing were ''check-
ing" every day. and the parts where
the nitro-glycerine got in its work
were so rotten that the weather wore it
away. No sir, 81 don't think its fall
was the result of intention or malice.
They undermined it for relics till there
was nothing left to hold it up, They
can't do anything more except to bury
it."
"Why didn't you sell the pieces as
relics, instead of letting everyone help
HIMSELF"
Il might have done that, and 1 could
have taken in $500 for pieces of the
stone; but it didn't belong to Inc, and L
had nothing to do about it.
Mr.. Storms says the monument is
utterly worthless as an attraction, and
that the explosion has frightened away
the people who had engaged rooms with
him for the summer. The villagers
generally appear to have lost all interest
in the subject.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-06-21
Texan Jokes.

The crowd gathered together on mill
day at San Gabriel, Tex, We're natives
of many different states, and told jokes
at the expense of Arkansans. star
heels" and others. One Nor.h Carroll
nian got after the half dozen Arkansans
hot and heavy. With other yarns he
told the following: An emigrant
preacher went into the Boston mountain
region on prospecting tour. Coming
to fOur-ac corn-patch, he fought his
way through a dozen of more hounds
and ours to windowless cabin in its
centre, and entering he commenced a
conversation with the lady of the house
by inquiring into the state of society
thereabouts. The woman did not seem
to understand his general inquiries, so
he began to particularize: What re-
ligion Is most common around here 2"
Still she did not seem TO understand.
"Are there many Presbyterians around
here ?" he asked. 81 don't know" she
said. My man John has hunted around
here night smart for nigh on to sixteen
yeas, and L don't reckon he's killed airy
one." ALI, madam r said the good
man, 81 am afraid you live In darkness
here" 'Yes," she replied, glancing at
the unbroken log walls, "yes, but John
allows to cut out winder next week. !"
This was received with applause, and a
true-blue Arkansan had the floor for re-
ply. II was travelling once the old
North State" he began, ''and as 1 was
riding across an opening like 1 saw a
man some little distance ahead of me,
pointing, as 1 thought, long gun at
something up in a persimmon tree. l
reIgned up my horse to wait for HIM to
fire After waiting some time and no
firing done noticed the man did not
seem to be taking any sight, but ap-
peared to be shifting his piece from time
to time, so / hsiled him and asked him
what he was up to. Raising pork for
market answered he, without turn
ing to me. 1 rode up. and that tar
heel had little spotted shoat tied to a
pele, holding 1t up to eat persimmons. !"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-06-21
The Lay Torpedo.

As excellent as the Lay torpedo un-
doubted Is, it still has the same defect
as others. namely, want OF sufficient
speed this, however, does not seem to
be an insuperable obstacle, and with
each successive construction a greater
speed is obtained. The boat is always
under the control of the operator, who
can stop or start it, steer it either on
one side or the other. or fire the charge
whenever he pleases. All these things
are OF course extremely advantageous,
and greatly enhance the value of the
weapon. The motive power is carbonic
acid gas. This gas (as is well known)
becomes liluetied under a pressure of
forty atmospheres, and III this state it is
stored in flask in The boat. When the
valve closing the flask is open, vaporiza-
ton ensues, and the gas is taken to
the engine, first passing an automatical-
ly acting reducing valve, SO that the
pressure will not be too great. As the
liquid expands, great cold is produced,
and tronble is experienced from its use
as a motor this. however, is not a seri-
GUS difficulty, and some remedy will
doubtless be found. The explosive
chamber containing 500 pounds ot ma
terlal, is at the bow, and is so construct
ed that on contact with vessel it is
disengaged from its resting place, and
drops several feet, the idea being that
an explosion in that position will do
more damage than at the water-line.
In one compartment of the boat is
drum, from which is paid out the cable
through which the electric current
passes. A suitable arrangement of
magnets opens a valve which allows
gas to enter cylinder, the piston
in which causes the helm to be put in
the desired direction; and similar ar
rangement causes the throttle of the en-
glne to open and close. The explosion
Is caused on contact if it is desired, or
it may always be kept under the opera
tors control. Some of these boats have
but one wire in the cable. over which the
various functions are caused to operate
Others have multiple cable, with a
wire for each thing required to be done.
Over a mile and half of wire is carried,
so that the effective range becomes very
rluah creator rhan thaf Of nff fto,I
rivals. MIR. Lay is constantly at work
Introducing improvements, all of which
are protected by numerous patents.
His system has been definitely adopted
by Russia after Unsatisfactory trial of
ten of the boats built for her. 4 factory
has been established, and it Is propos-
ed to use them very extensively in any
future war
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-06-21
ivory.

Predictions are made in England that
ivory will soon become so scarce that
its use for piano keys, knife handles
and fans will be reserved for the rich
alone. OF late there have been rapid
advances in the London market price of
this article, the latest advance having
been from SIS per hundrcd-weight to
$40, while another is talked of. Only
81 tons were offered at the last quarter
ly sale, against the 122 tons in April of
last year. OF Cape ivory there has
been a continued scarcity, while of the
west coast of Africa supply there is now
much less in hand than formerly.
Stores in the London docks now amount
to only 133 tons, compared with 2 3
tons for last year. One dealer has Just
had invoieed to him no fewer than 522
tusks, all of which he expected a fort
night ago to dispose of by this time
These tusks represent 176 elephants.
Facts like these are leading to renew
al of the old predictions that the ele-
phant will before many years belong to
the list of of extinct animals.