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Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18
A NEW PAPER.

The Courier is a newspaper establish 5d at Paso del Norte by Don Rafael Var rios, formerly Mexican Counsl in this city. It is printed in English and Spanish and Is a vigorous advocate Of the industrial and intellectual progress of the Mexican States. His publication will serve to brush away the cobwebs of prejudice that have obtained in the United States regarding the condition of matters across the line, and eucour- age immigration and capital to develop the woudrous resources of Northern Mexico. The Courier says:
 Strange as 1t may seem to our citizens many Americans are under the Impres- -ion that just as soon as they cross the boundary line which divides Mexico and The United States they will surely come ID contact with a half naked, ferOcIous- Apache-hke race, or that they will have -o deal with a nation of revOluuomsts, whose first move toward foreigners IS Gu exact from them forced loans. It VIII be our aim to show to our breChem Cf the United States the utter fallacy of such ideas. Moreover even among the cltl- zens of our own fair land, there IS, m many instances, a deficient knowledge fthis particular portion of the republic; which ignorance of our condition, of our resources and of our wants, has been caused chiefly by a lack Of traffic and communication with the interior.
 To dispel these errors then, and to progressively note our march onward, to more thoroughly understand and lm- prove our condition; and to bring before our government, in plain, unvarnished | language, our necessities and our desires that prosperity may follow the revela. tions. are some of the principal objects ! of this publication.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18
The Refugees in Turkey.

A COnstantinople correspondent sends the following: Turkey Is about tO share with the United States the honor of providing an asylum for the Jewish fugitives from Russian and RoumauIan intolerance and persecution. NIT. Law renee Oliphaut and MT. James Alexan- der-the Moses and the. Aaron of the situatiOn-are here and several hundred half naked and starving men, women and children, forming the advance guard of the exodus, have already arrived in Con- stantinople. This morning | visited these poor refugees, who are temporarily cared for III the Jewlsh quarter ot Balata, on the Golden Horn. Most of them have escaped from the devastatIOus of Balta and Elizabethgrad. Their wan, terror stricken cOunteuances told their story far more elOquently than words. About half of them were women and children and orphans. An unusually large pro- portion of women were far advanced in pregnancy and nearly all were accom- panied by children of the most tender ages. All the emigrants with whom l spoke expressed their Joy at getting out of Russia and declared that they had left behind them thousands of their CO., IehglOnists whose only immediate object in life was to get out of Russia, no mat- ter how, even 1T they knew that they must die of want in any other country A general influx of Jewish refugees lu COnstantinOple would involve the great CT misery and suffering where there E already great privation and want among the poorer classes of the regular iDhahi- tants. Such an influx IS, however, deemed inevitable, and the only hope is that the general stampede toward COnstantinople can be retarded for a few months, when preparations of some | kind can he made to lessen the suffer | ing. In the meantime the Jews alTead! arrived are provided with food by means of local subscriptions, and the Mansion ! House committee has been applied tC | for funds. Besides an exodus iron
 Russia We are threatened with an exodu! | from ROumanIa.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18
Mr. Paul's JackaSS.
IGeorgia JouruaI.I


 NIT. Paul, a few days ago, read IN some sinful newspaper that a donkey couldn't bray without raising his tail, and accordingly a bright idea struck him. He penned his famous iackass up in a corner of the stable, and climbing up in the trough, above the dead line of the animals heels, he attached q brick with three feet of clothes line to his (the jack s) tail. Then he opened the door, smiled audibly, and waited develop ments. The animal walked into the lot, and backed his ears for yell, but 1t was no go. His tail only raised the brick high enough tO hit him on the shanks. Then be whirled around and the donnick struck him on the side. Then he flung up his heels and tried to stand on his head, but that fragment of a country chimney Int on the small of his back and drove him to frenzy. He climbed over the gate and dashed through the field in the direction of Augusta, closely followed by MT. PauPs experiment.. When found he was inside of Joel Nears lot, with the brick lodged in a crack of the fence and his backbone 1, pulled CGt till hie agrs had disappeared under his skin. Mr Paul says that that kind of treatment may prevent the coarsest of the noise from escaping, but it will demOralize the best Iackass Ou earth.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18
The Treatment nf Ores.

The nineteenth century is mOnu- ument of victory and achievement, an evidence of grand accomplishment and most wonderful results.
 It would seem that science has but to l find a difficulty in order to solve and overcome It. In many fields and many directions the obstacles removed and the new creations formed, leave but little to be desired But, us usual where much has been achieved, there are other Ines which have been comparatively neglect ed.
 At the present time there Is a demand for light and advancement in regard to metallurgy and mineralogy, as mixing now occupies a more prominent position among our national industries.
 Every improvement that saves an ounce tOf metal 10 tLe ton, or reduces the cost of reduction ten cents per ton -widels.t the scope and pushes back the limit of cOst-Opens up broader field to profitable operation. Such has been the condition that only those mines pre- ducing ores of high-grade could be sue cessfully developed, while the larger bodies of lOw-grade or, have been com pelled to wait the slow growth of scIen- tIfic research and knowledge.
 The best mines have been compelled to suffer most disastrous and dIscourag- ing loss from crude and wasteful methods of treatment, and there are deserts now m the mining territory, dss- Olate and fOrsaken, which will blossom as the rose when some student sclentlst solves at last the problem of treatment, which will be satisfactorily solved by the research aEd practical experience now turned Tn its direction.
 There is no doubt of the successful solution of this important problem; lt has become a necessity and therefore must be understood.
 The study and examination of the probable theories of formation, We hold to be in the right direction. When We know how minerals were deposited and veins were formed; when we have dis covered the secret of creation and lorna tion, we possess the key that will unlock the rocky treasure house of our mineral wealth. In addition to what mining promises now, as one locality after an- other comes Co the front with perma- nent producing mines, It will be found that the greatest and most profitable mining operations will be located upon the large bodies OflOw grade ores, where the cost of working does not eat up the product. With the fact in view that the best portion of the mining field Is now practically worthless, and that a large proportion of all the efforts in any lOca- ton are crippled by the vampire of waste and loss, the importance of advancement III the direction we have indicated be- comes plainly apparent. Mining Re view.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

4 meeting of the general ticket agents of roads interested in the Pacific Coast business was held in Chicago Saturday, for the purpose Of bringing about an advance in San Francisco rates from Kansas City and business originating at Chicago. Representatives of the Union Pacific, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. the Northwestern, t.e Burlington, the Rock Island and the Missouri Pa cific were present, but the Chicago and Alton, which had been invited to attend the meeting, was not represented, not being in favor of the movement The reason for this attempt to advance rates from Kansas City to San Francisco IS owing to the prevailing war of rates be- tween Chicago and Kansas City. The roades west ot the Missouri River get larger rate from Council Bluffs than from Kansas City, and as this acts detrimental to the Union Pacific, that road is desirous of having the rate changed. Nc result was reached, how ever. at the meeting, and it does not look as if the Union Pacific will sUcceed in bringing about the advance.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18
The Tennessee Way.

While waiting at Franklin, Tenn, for the train to Nashville, we saw long waisted man with bow legs and thin arms coming across a meadow at dog trot, carrying a satchel, and looking over his shoulder as If he feared pursuit. He came over the fence at two jumps, rushed past and purchased a ticket, and then returned and said:
 "Gentlemen, excuse my conduct, but I am going to hide under the station platform until the train comes along. l ask you, ID the name of Heaven, not to betray me If anyone arrives and asks tOE me"
 We hadn't time to tell him whether We would or not before he was out of sight waiting under the elevated plank platform until the train should come up, taking his satchel with him. 1t seemed to be a very suspicious case, but agreed with the kentucklan that 1t was none of our business and We could save time and money by not meddhag with 1t. He had been concealed about i've minutes when a woman who had SoO,OOO worth of business in each eye and hand as hard as iron, rode up to the station on a bareback mule and beckon- sd me to approach.
 Stranger" she began as l drew near, my old man wants to jump the country, because he can't sit down on my first husbands children. Have you seen wild looking. serawny -sldod old ehaP of fifty hanging around hersy
 No, ma am,.' truthfully replied; but as she made a move to dIsmoent l lu- formed her that had.
 Now, you look a-hereF' she said, as she fell of the mule and put her hardOn my shoulder, 'I want the truthl I'm mad huff to tackle a mountain, and If you don't want tO be damned through these blanks you'll tell nle where Moses isr'
 l was spared the painful necessity of giving a fellow-man away Moses uttered a snort and a cough from his hiding place, and she tumblCd to the racket III & second. She reached the opening Tn three skips, and next moment she was crawling under the platform m pursuit. We heard her head pumping the blanks as she moved along, and we could catch his grOwls as he dOdgsd her; and as the tram upon which we were to depart thundsred up there was a clinch, a great pumping and kicking, and her voice was plainly heard above the hustle crying out:
 Skip the country will youi Bite me in the elbow, will yOul Skip out-and hide-and bite-and hOller for mercy; but I've got ye; Moses Palmer, and and-and-and-F
 As she bumped him against the blanks until we could see the dust as far as we could see the station, while the old mule which had helped her t0 win the victory walked across the street and prayed sad ly at spotted calf feeding ln an orchard. Detroit Free Press.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18
CAnAR,sAs. properly trnnslated. means

CALABAsAs, properly translated, means pumpkin. The town of that name has budded and blossomed on the maternal vine upon the banks of the Santa Cruz in quiet obscurity, until its proportions have swelledmto some pumpkins" II is now prolific source of casualty items and Is receiving a baptism of blood. Within its urban precincts the uncer- tainty of human life is really appalling, and reckless bloodletting follows the most trivial misunderstanding. A few nights ago a man was shot through the head and instantly killed in a dance house while Hcalling off for the dancers. The provocation was very slight and the deed was done wantonly and deliber- ately. Before the dead body was re- moved from the room the call was given take your partners for a quadrille,' ' and the dance was ioyously resumed after about ten minutes of gory inter ruption. An exchange of pistol com pliments Is a high Calabasas accom- phshment and a gentlemanly way of as serting ones dignity, just as it is sup posed to maintain the honor of. more refined and polished assassin. The state of affairs at Calabasas, if we are rightly informed, is such that one of the ser viceable monitors of our national navy should be ordered up the Santa Cruz and anchored in a menacing proximity to the towering walls Of that turbulent town, and either preserve the peace or blow it to pieces.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

T-1 action Of Judge c. H. Meyer in committing the murderers of James Levy 90 await the acton of the Grand -u-., without bail, Is a decision that me t- the approval of al good citizens and reflects great credit upon that up- right aud fearless official His decision Is all the more credItab.o because of the great pressure brought to bear by the many friends oT the accused parties, md ale pHbl.c feeling created by the affair Ills uAu- is a courageous assertion O! -ae dignity of tine law, and an assurance 'lat be is moved by no other consider a-.1l than ga determination to do right ia the pas; Judge Meyer has gwen ire .uent evidence ui his answering oflicIa integrity, and his course has won for hin the esteem oth his friends and the respect ot his enemies.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18
TELEGRAPH
PACIFIC COAST.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 13-Wheat- quiet and weak; No.1, s1.67lS.
 Barley-old No. l, feed firm, Sl.I21s bid; new. June, sL592i c 1.55; No. | brewing sl.S5 e 1.9O; No. l, Chevaier, S1.7O.
 Oats-sLS5 e 2
 Corn-yellow, S1.S0.
 Rye-S21215.
 Bran-declining rapidly, Sl41s g 10.
 Hay-Si2 c 15.
 Potatoes--S1 c l.JO.
 SAN FRANCISCO, June l3.-A Virginia City, New, dispatch says a premature explosion of blast at the Union Con- solidated mine last evening instantly killed Jno. Black and F. Brown. Jno. Beargo was fatally injured and R. Hicks seriously hurt No other men were m the drift at the time of the explosion. The cause of the explosion Is not known. Brown was blown all to pieces.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18
Mozart.

\ slOveuly commonplace wife, low,
 disOrderly connections, and reckless
 habits, reduced hIm to a system of con- stant borrowing. One child after au-
 other was born and died, hls wIle was continually Ill, symphonies had tO be sold before they were written, usurers had to be resOrted to, till came the ca tastrOphe, which the father, its unwlt- ting but original cause, was mercIfully
 spared from witnessing. Mozart, whom
 the poor anxious chapel-master of
 Salzburg mad hoped to see 'at the head
 of comfortable, Christian hOusehOld,' -feverishly anxious to get eight pupils writing masterpiece, the "ZauDer-
 tiOte," for a suburban tueater of blanks
 owned by harlequIu-begins, accord
 ing to hls own expression, tO have the
 taste of death on his tongue; dies mIstr-
 ably and painfully, leaving only CD
 tiorins to pay his debts, and IS huriedly
 buried Tn the cheapest manner in the common ditch of the public cemetery
 without even a cross to distinguish hls resting place from { at of the beggars around him. Mozart believed that he
 was being poisoned, as Pergolesl had 1 believed himself Co be when he to died ] NOuLEs Al ODoN anu want ulAl W AldL need could any of his enemies had have to poison him2 He could never have struggled out of the wreck Of his for ! tune, of his career, and of his health. 1 The story Is a miserable one, and. being | that of the composer Of "DOn Giovanni | and the "Zaubertiote,' obtain a deep tragic interest for us; yet 1t IS in reality | the story of hundreds of other musicians
 of small or no gIft-and the only really | strange circumstances k, that this com
 mOnplace tale of failure should be that | of a man of genius like MOZart's. This
 anomaly we have partially explained by | showing how his father arranged mat l ters as fl he had positively been plan ming an obscure and unsuccessful career | for his son; the other half of the expla-
 nation must be sought for in Mozart's 8
 own character, which, compared with his genus, was almost as commonp place
 as was his life, and which might, hke 1t,
 have been that of a very mediocre artist. -BlackwOOd's Magazine
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

HgN. THOMAS FITCH, counsel for the persons charged with the murder of James Levy, in his argument at the eX- animation last Saturday, made the fol- lowing auusion Co the newspapers in ac- quitting or condemnlng prisoners pre- 1ous t1 trial He said that ''in one case t ls an impropuety; in the other it is an lnleceucy. But the action of one paper That condemns men on one day and makes heroes of them in the next Is N9sE DEsPICABLE" The pointed refer eaee to the morning apologist was well H1, anl was greatly enjoyed by every one present.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

THE cowardly, craven assassin Gui- teau, like Eany other condemned murderers, is trembling with fear at the near approach of his doom. His nervous system is giving way and the brayado of the past is no longer visible. The trembling wretch is now undergo ing a worse punishment than death and the remorse that came too late IS under- mining his health and unseating hls ill., balanced reason. Each succeeding day brings darker and deeper despair not lessened by a single ray of divine light or hope, upon which his hyT,ocritical words have led some to believe his faith was founded. Scorned, despised and spurned of all mankind, his death a cause of universal joy-can a more terrible fate be imagined?
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

I'm Republican Club will meet at LaTlns Hall. tonight to complete its organization and begin its campaign work. Every Republican in the coun- ig vlo can make 1t convenient should be present. Let tLere be unity, harmony and actlEity, and success will surely follow.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

THE people of Patrick county, Vir. giuia, are starving. The drought last year curtailed the corn and other crops and all the edibles are exhausted. Men women and children throng the towns begging for a handful of food Relief is beng forwarded from Danville, but great suffering will exist for some time owing to the remote and isolated loca. tion of the afflicted district.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

THERE Is a particularly energetic movement in the matrimonial liRe at Globe just now, and at the present rate the supply of lasses will not equal the demand. The Chronicle, by peculiar logic, asserts that if this rapid state of affairs continues much longer Globe will show the largest school census of any town in Arizona.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

Iul Fl Paso Lone Star has the fol- owing: "It is reported on the streets ilat tle Mexicans under General Fuero lew days ago made a treaty with the Indians of Juh's and Nana's bands and iAeu rolled out five barrels of whisky to them. The red skins got jolly drunk and were then all quietly killed of by the Nez.cans."
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

IRE assessment for the current year on the road-bed, roadway, rolling stock, rails and franchises of the two railroads operating in San Diego county amounts to s2.l4Os76. The taxes on the amount in an important item in the revenue Of that county.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

THE citizens Of Tucson would accom- piish some good by ascertaining the time of the arrival of the excursion parties from the east and prevailing upon them to remain over day in this city, viewing objects of interest. Be- sides acquiring a favorable opinion of this portion of Arizona they would scatter abroad sundry almighty nickels.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

THOSE who grumble most because oi railroad oppression" in towns along important lines are generally the same persons who condemned the place be. fore the roads were built, as a dull out of-the-way hamlet, without the possibi- lIties of a future. What if they should die with all that grumbling vet un- grumbled?
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

The keeper of a matrimonial bureau in New York makes some astonishing remarks born of his experience iu his delightful business. The men most of them want money, and lots of It; the women are not SO particular about that, except widows. Widows are always af- ter money. Generally all the women care for IS to get married. They are not even very squeamish about the good looks or contrary of the man. Bru- nettes are more m demand than blondes. Blonde girls have the reputation of be- ing insipid. Ladies d1 not like e big mustache. They prefer just little one. They think 1t heater.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

This is the opinon of London Society on Americans in Europe: "I hear that there Is to be a greater intidx thls year than ever of Americans to Europe. l am glad of 1t, for iE spite of what arbltra- rious old tourists Of our country may say, the Americans are very pleasant to meet on one's travels, especially of late years. The young men one runs against in the hotels abroad are generally will ing to go in for anything that ls astlr, from mountain climing to billiards, and the young ladies are ready to join in lawn tennis, dancing, or a picnic. So I say let them come, and the more the merrier." Thanks, but if we want tO come we wait for nobody's let"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

Think of 1t! The newest fashon in Paris is that of wearing black under clothes. The ladies of the highest ar istocracv wear rundergarments like those of Eastren odallsques. These garments are made Of silk, generally of foulard des Indes. "From head to foot, says cor respondant, "the Parisian lady appears, when divested of the outer dress, as If just emerging from an ink bath-the stockings of black silk, the slippers of black velvet, the waist of black satin, ad- orned with black lace, and the petticoat Of black surah. frilled around with stiff mouse of black net
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

A Washington dispatch states that Judge DeFo.est Porter, of Arizona, has resigned. and that Justice C. Braoiord Prince, of New Mexico, has also laid aside the ermine.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

IT Is officially announced that the Mexican Congress has repealed the ex. port duty on silver coin and silver bullion, to take effect on November 1st The object is to encourage the invest
 ment Of American capital in Mexican
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

Rev. Dr. Spear was for many years pastor of St. Lukes Protestant Church, Philadelphia. At the age of 66, when his eyesight had failed and his strength decreased, he retired from active minis try, and was provided with for life in ths Old Mems Home. Lately, on his seventieth birthday, he sent in his resig- nation to the managers, explaining that he was under engagement to marry on June 1st. He says that he made mis- take in suppOsing that he was ready to retreat from the world. His afianced wife Is and wealthy spinster.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

Says the BuffalO Courier: "The way to win at poker: Set a bit of eoncave mir TOT in one sides of a silver dollar, and put the coin on the table among the rest of your money with the looking glass mp. Hold your hands over it as y0u deal, and you will know what every body holds and just how to bet Now. how did the editor of the Courier find this Out2
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

A Kentucky girl was struck by light nlng and killed while dressing for her
 wedding. The minister who was knock ed out of fee may have said that the Lord knew what was best, but We don't
 believe he felt it, and besides his re.
 mark was terrible slur on the bride groom.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18

A Sslado correspondent of the BeltOn Journal writes: I VIII venture to assert that one of the most novel weddings that took place in Texas was the marrige, on May 4th, of $. Gentry of BnrlesOn county, to Miss Rachel Watson, nesr Sa ado. The groom was SIX feet high and weighed l60 pounds, while the bride was only two feet eleven inches, and weighed only 6 pounds. Miss Watson was twenty-six years old, and well known as the dwarf of Bell county"