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Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22
The Fsthetic HOusekeeper.

She was a graduate of Vassar, anC when she married Julius Augustus Sulvthe. was very much like another young lady who has been embalmed 1T song:
 Nns Palms Eado-a VOn Blurky. Sla didn't know chicken from turkey; HiRh Sranish and [, reek she could fuently speak
 But her knowledge of poetry was murky.
 However, sine told Julius Augustus that she was good housekeeper because her mother and grandmother were, and it ran III the family. So on the strength of this, he went to housekeeping. She bought a sweet little morocco-cOvered note book and an embroidered market basket, and carried a gold pencil, wore an esthetic morning costume and ap- peared like a vision of delight before the magnates at the Central Market.
 ~Oh, the dear, sweet, cunning little pig" she exclaimed, stopping at an al derrnanic stand, where several little roasters were on exhibition. "Tl take a couple of those; how much are they a pair?"
 ~Five dollars for two," was the realis- tIc reply.
 "Isn't that rather high? guess I'll take a yard of beefsteak and pound of chewing gum instead, and some-oh, yesi-sOme sweetbreads. Julius said he wanted some: nice, sweet ones, please, with plenty of raisins in them"
 Then she sailed over to the poultry stand.
 Have you any chickensY she asked of the woman in attendance.
 Heap of 'em," was the reply.
 "How much do they cost heapE she asked in rather faint voice.
 Half dollar piece, mem
 Well, send up a piece to my resi- dence," and she turned to the next stall and picked up some packages that looked very nice.
 "What is the sweet stuff that smells so lovely?" she asked of red-headed boy who stood behind the table.
 Hamburger, Miss, and it's just splen- did; and it tastes ever so much better than it smells-have One?'
 She took one, and then asked the boy where they sold quail on toast.
 "Ain't any in the market, answered the young reprobate "Mother's gone after a load, and we'll send you some as soon as they are in
 "What are these lovely navy-blue Der ries?" she inquired. They will just match my china. You may send me a bushel."
 Finally she decided to try quart, which she carried herself in her artistic basket.
 Have you any hen fruit?' she asked sweetly of an old fellow in white apron.
 He scratched his ear with his pencil for a moment: "Mebbe you mean h'eggs," he volunteered.
 These she also took charge of, as she wanted to make an omelet for Julius Au- gustus.
 But never did, or rather, when she got | home the omelet was made with liberal | ldmixture of blue-berries and the front | 1f her esthetic dress was ruined. Added | To this was an odor that sent Julius into | ipasms and frightened the cat to death l the Limburger had melted.
 The Vassar girl did justice to high | Spanish and Greek in the explanation hat ensued, and the next day they burned | he morocco notebook and went to | .nnuoipc-
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22
What Good Wool Is.

It is highly desirable that the wool. grower should know the important points about a profitable fibre, so as to breed towards uniformity, and gradually i'm prove the character of his flock. If we consider the needed qualities in a good merino combing wool, We shall find them nearly the same the world over These essentials to a profitable and l-s--t.- ,s4 s,Sss IL Fineness of fibre; length of fibre; soft ness of fibre; elasticity of fibre, color and lurtre of fibre. The best fibre as regards the first requirement. named, measures under the microscope but l-I227th of an inch in diameter, when unwashed, and 1-1405th of an inch when washed.
 The fibre should be from 11s to 312 inches in length. The elasticity and softness should be great. Clothes made of poor, nOn-elastic wool soon get out of shape. Bombing wools should separate like a skein of silk, SO that there Is less waste in manufacture. The color should be bright, clear and Jus trous, but light, so as tO receive the most dehcate dyes. The verylbest voOls will take dyes as well as silk does.
 If wool grower proposes to produce these best grades of wool, he must keep his flock in a region free from burs and thorns and chnging seeds. Annoying insects such as ticks, if numerous, irri- tate the animals. and destroy the slick ness of the wool The use of a good sheep dip prevents this trouble. Keep ing sheep in too dry region, iniures the yolk of the wool. The yOlk IS a soap-like material which is produced by glands to nOurish the wool. It Is com posed of animal oils and potash. The finest wOols contain the greatest per centage of this substance. It Is the best known substance for washing or SCOUT ing wOols. Wool of SouthdOwn and Leicestershire sheep contains twenty per cent yolk; the best merino tieeces contain from forty to seventy-five per cent in weight of this substance
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22
Prescott Paragraphs.

Af7NNAA bNAAeNAtAtsl
 A private letter from Washington in- forms us that Hon. G. H. Oury has been called suddenly to St Louis, to attend the bedside of dying sister. We ex- tend our sincere condolence to Mir. Oury and family on this sad bereave- ment.
 Charley COhn leaves tomorrow for Beals Springs, where he goes to estab- lsh a store. his goods having been sent on several days ago. We feel satisfied that Charley will do well in his new de- parture. He IS careful and iudicious and has proven himself a thorough bus mess man while in Prescott.
 The Silver Belt furnace started up yesterday, and Is turning ont bullion by the wholesale. A new strike has been made m the mine, and 1t now presents a better appearance than ever before. In to-morrOw's issue We shall give a full and complete description of this, at present, the boss mine of Yavapai.
 A rich strike has recently been made in the Connecticut claim, which is situ- ated about six miles south of P, escott 4 drift was started from the mai shaft and after being driven about six feet north body Of ore was encountered about three feet in width which assays over Sl00 ID gold. The ore is free milling; the mine is in the midst of a finely timbered region, and water in abundance IS found close at hand. Work is being carried on steadily and the ore body holds it's slZe and richness. The mine is owned by residents of Fort Whipple and Prescott, and we cOngratu. late them on this fine development ol their valuable property.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22
lObuips -L.Lu.. L-.-.


 Snow fell Co tie depth of about thrc5 inches last night.
 Mack Morris shipped on the l2-h ! Sl2,352. and during the month Sl1,,.2 Go date.
 J. II. Renbrook having resigned his position as under Sheriff, F. <. Chiiisou has been appointed to the vacancy.
 J. F. Benbrook. formerly under Sher- if, is now at his former home in Ar kansas, and will probably be absent from Globe three or four months.
 There5uildingofth military telegraph between San Carlos and Grant is still progressing. When finished, which will be in a very few days, the line from Globe to WillcuX will be complete and substantial.
 The numerous friends of our esteemed tOwnswOman, Mrs. Chas. \. Fisk, will be gratified tO know that she has SD far re- covered from her recent sickness as to have been able Co mabe the trip from St. Louis to Cincinnati. She will shortly be in Golbe.
 Capitalists of Cleveland, Ohio, have purchased 5000 shares of South Pioneer 0AbNh aN Nllf4Atf t.l4s4 eASu 7's'NV sharas of the Howard for S1nOn TLssc safes are beyond question bona tide. and rzas.- u1 oof,Ft1s t,-.-tsas s.s.s.- ---- s't,rs, District mines, notwithstanding the per sistent efforts of disapT inted scrubs to depreciate them.
 A Washington special of the 18th to the Silver Belt, announces the fact that Agent J. C. Tiffany has been fully sus- tained by the Indian Department. X knowledge of the fact IS particularly gratifying to the Belt, which was the only paper Tn Arizona that endorsed his action during the recent trouble at the agency, and whose masteriy management We fully believe, prevented a general outbreak. We are also fully impressed with the belief that had the military acted upon his advice there would not have been a hostile shot fired.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22
Ymin~ CrankS.v

There are plenty of "cranks" in every l business and profession. and the mining interests does not escape their presence They are an aggressive class of human oddities, and necessarily whatever inter | ests they tOuch feels to some extent | Lhelr crazy influence. No one charges
 these crauks with specific acts of dis ! honesty, and yet tbeIr whole life is one ! long struggle against the logic of open | handed, honest dealing They never make money themselves, nor by any ac- cident allow those connected with them | to Go SO. And yet in any undertaking ! they may iuaugurate, plenty of what ! the world calls steGdy-gOing, careful
 men, are found ready tO becJ me their
 victims. This is what puzzles the aver age student of human nature.
 The mining crank is generally loud mouthed. self-c0uceited bag Ct wand. ! He always has theories and subjects without number that are destined Go as- tonish the world. To give the devil his due. he has supreme faith in his own conceptions. All he needs is Eitle money to carry them out, and lt ls ueti-
 less to say that he always finds pient. Of
 fools Go furnish it. His kind are of both
 i0'.i 9Dd dnoC-resld5ut crgin. blt, trauk
 Tf.veu. usually the latter. They as-
 tune various honorable t.!os, but that
 of mining expert, being the most com
 prehensive and far-reaching, is the fE-
 vo-ite. They examine mines, and then
 bend them from Credu.oUs owners Eho
 'aruish the flII07 vbf sv. to ricre these mines or ,nL market. tbeF make issrt flaming reports that slow Gsn,Us ui a hiEh order: in fact these reports arc
 fai.iy redolent with the perfume cl p-,a
 pective wealth to those who may invest. Then if he succeeds in making Inc sale, and by unlucky chance Co the purchSs-- CTS is made manager of the newly ac- quired property, how he expands, en- larges, multipiies. What magnificent enterprises he undertakes Co carry ont his theory for proper development of the miuei He knocks the accumulated store Of the worlds mining experience into smithersens, finally landing his company in bankruptcy; and tius IS a true reason for uinety-uiue huudredths Of all the mining failures Tn this State. Mining cranks aIe queer set, and those who suffer by their crazy methods are not deserving of any large amount ot mpathy.-FOrest City Tribune
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22
An Inferesfinr Cnnnt,.r

A correspondent of the Santa Fe New Mexican has been over the line of the Atlantic and Pacific railroad, and gives the following description of the route:
 This railroad west of the Mississippi river, will pass through a region of country unsurpassed for beauty and grandeur of scenery, and richness of historical associations. In New Mexico and Eastern Arizona 1t will pass through the region of the cliff dwellers and mound builders. Here are found the Zunis whose four horned sheep and lit tie wicker baskets have excited the won der of travellers. Here are the Maya jOes, the richest of tribes. owning thnu- slif-Gas Ji i.1rses, catT ie an sneep. And last but not least, the 2Ieblos, that semi civilized race whose 9ulInt wagons and blows that alLlCst break nEn's heart to look at them, seem tO -ntLe travel on this road peca1iariy int7resslDE. Soon after crossing the isH, p -rcO, the road enters the valleg of San Jose, and for miles on either side are the small 1rrigating farms of the PueblOs. On the south a great bas- attic mesa stretches almost as far as the eye can reach; from the southwest pro- tl WHICH uu llllltuEt slFtdLl Ol lava has flown, filling the valley to depth of twenty-five feet. Through this lava-bed the roadway has been cut, af- fording splendid view of the manner in which this fiery liquid has boiled and cracked while cooling. Further on and to the north, ,range the Mateo Mountains, of which Mount Taylor is the highest peak, and is now covered with snow to depth of ten or fifteen feet. On we speed the clear blue sky almost sparkling in the bracing atmosphere, until We stop for dinner at Barnes. This is the ter minus of the first division and will, in time, be a very pretty town. Not an hours run brings us to Wingate, which takes its name from the fort, south of the railroad about three miles in the foothills of the Zuni Mountains. About twelve miles west of Wingate is Gallup Station.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22
An ExtraordinarN Report.

From Chambers Journal
 A delicious piece of bambOOZlement was served up to the readeas of pro vincial paper the other day, due in all probability to some wag of a sub-editOr. The previous evening the reporter for the paper'had to attend a meeting at a Wesleyan Chapel, for the conversion of the Jews to Christianity; after which he reported anSaddressFg given 70 a local sO- ciety on the conversion of .gage into lime and cement. In the compOsitor's hands the manuscript got mixed up, and the printed report reads as follows:
 "The chairman, after the meeting had been opened with prayer, explained that the conversion of the Jews was one of the greatest works that could engage the attention of our sanitary authorities. Filtration was the most perfect method that could be adopted for pUrificatiOn; but filter had its limits. There was a popular notion that the sewage contain ed a vast amount of wealth, but the sludge must be taken out of 1t for pur- poses of irrigation, as it otherwise chOked the pores of the land; and they were a wandering race, spread over the face of the whole habitable globe. They were denled the inestimable blessings of Christianity, which might be counted by thousands of tons per year, being allow ed to run to waste when, by judicious admIxture of lime and clay, the benight- cd Hebrews who sat in darkness might easily be converted into lime and cement for building purposes; and 1T thus deO- dOrlzed. after first dried and burned m @ kiln, this ancient race would once more take its proud position among the na- tions of the world. Subscriptions were earnestly solicited for the purpose, though he (the speaker) disclaimed any idea of making a profit out of the pro cess; and, in conclusion, he urged in- creasing efforts in the gocd work, show ing tl,at thus deOdOrized, h5 a very novel process of evangelzatiOn, in large tanks constructed for the purpose, the grate- ful Hebrews might flow over the land without injury to vegetation; while the expense of conversion, which was pro- gressing as rapidly as the best friends oi Christianity could wish, would be repaid by the sale of the phosphate of lime and valuable cement for building purposes"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22
More Holidays.

Congressman Page, of California, has introduced bill to make the anniversa- " of the discovery of America legal holiday. How is the date of the anni- versary to be ascertained? The North men were nearly five hundred years ahead of Columbus, but no one knows the day of the year when those adventur- ous sea-rovers first sighted the New En- gland coast. Even if that date could be ascertained, plea of priority might be set up in favor of the ancestors of the Maya race, who, according to recent re- searches among the ancient buried cities of Yucatan, were akin to the people who developed the early civilization of Asia, and at some remote period probably came across Behring's Straits. As the Maya monuments are estimated to be over 5,000 years old, Columbus and the Northmen must be dismissed as heroes of a very modern date, who only dis covered for Europe a continent Asia had found and colonized ages before. But leaving the question of discovery aside, why should there be another National holiday Already by law or custom we have Decoration Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas and New Years, to say nothing of fifty-two Sundays, which are more and more be- Ing converted from holy-days to holidays year by year. We are busy people and cannot afford uo "shut up shop" 10 cele- brate all the great events in history IN. I. Tribune.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22

E1-isenator Aaron A. Sargent is seen m the fierce light that beats upon a new otfice-holder. President Arthur wal call to his councils a man whose ~record' IS assailed without gloves, while, for the time, his virtues seem written in water. Mir. Sargent Is accused of supporting Mormon pOlygamy on the ground of it's being religions institution. and of op- posing Mr. Pollnd's bill giving plural wives the right t) sue for divorce and to divide the property of the husband. and which also sought to break up the Nor mon law which gave women of Utah T right to vote, This law as it stood per petuated Mormon institutions. as the husbands could cOerce their plural wives to vote as they desired. He is also ac- cused of advocating railway monopoly against the interests of his former con stltuents. However these things may be his life IS, regarded as a whole, an in- structlve instance Of ey amplary progress.
 MT. Sargent Is a native of Massachu- setts, born at Newbur, port September 2o, lS5L He began his working life in the printing office, and in due time grad uated to the editors desk When. in lSi9. Callfornia's golden gatta were thrown open to the enterprising oi Ill the world, young Sargent migrated thither He quietly settled down to the reading Of law, in 1851 was admitted to the bar,and in lS55 and 1856 was elected District Attorney of Nevada County, in his adopted State. deserved as Represent ative at Washington from July 1, 1861, to March 3, 1863; and was twice after wards elected to the same distinction. serving in the Forty-first and Forty second Congress. His third term as Representative expired March 3, 1873. The day following he took his seat as United States Senator from California. Mir. Sargent Is an earnest Republican, a man of unquestioned capacity and ad- mirable character.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22
The New YnrL Mefhnd.

\ traveller for New York dry goods house recently arrived in town to find that one of his best customers was about to transfer his custom to Boston house. Didn't We always do well by you?" ask ed the New Yorker "Yes, l believe so" Didn't we ship goods promptly" "Yes, ' And did We ever press you m plnchE' "NO." Did you ever get lower prices at the Boston house?' "NO, I can't say as 1 did" "rhen l cant understand why you should leave our house all of a sudden, after buying of us for several years. q know that some explanation Is due, and I will make one" replied the merchant. You know that l attend church. Well, our church Is need of repairs; we were talking 1t over the other day when the Boston drummer was in here, and he at once subscribed Sl0." "Ten dollars, why that's only two kegs of nailsl Put me down for $50 cash, new silk hat for every season, and a new suit of clothes for the minister" Do you really mean it?" "Of course I do, and If that twO-cent Christian from Boston dares sign an- other five I'll send you down S6OO or gan and pay a man $500 year to play if. We're a house that never makes any great display of gospel hymns and reli- gious tracts, but when a Boston drum mer bluffs We show our religious hand | and rake in the pot every time" The merchant will continue to deal with the New York house.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22
Ghe JlIlky Way.

Many astronomers, from Herschel downward, have spent much time in speculating upon the structure and tune tiOns Of the great stellar stream known as the Galaxy or Milky Way. This part If the heavens has recently been made an object of careful study by M Hou- zeau, of Brussels Observatory. He has indicated its composition by means oi curves of equal luminous tensitv. Look i- ...r.''- at the Milky Way, one mi ., ....... 5l think it luminous ly nearly the same throughout. But NJ. HOuzeau finds it in a series of luminous plates or masses, to the number of 53, each diminishing in brightness outward from the center. These are arranged al- most exactly along a great circle of the celestial sphere. The solar system is nearly in the plane of this equator, and probably near its center.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22
AIessnn fnr Inrers.

An Iowa young lady, either as an ex- PressiOn of sentiment or of mischief, has had all her love letters bound in book form, and keeps the entertaining volume on the centre-table of Ter parlOr for the pleasure of visitors. The plan is novel one, but liable to the disapprovai of the young men, who, however careful they may be in the composition of such epis- ties, rarely design them for promiscuous perusal The feelings of one of these unfOrtunates who has addressed an Iowa girl in the tenderestsand iuicest of language, should he happen Co pick mp that bound volume of epistles. can be neither described nor imagined. His only feeling of qualification would ensue upon discovering that some other fellow had made a bigger fool of himself than he had. An attack of literary kleptoua- mia leading the indignant suitOr to put that book in his pocket and walk away with 1t would be pardouable under the circumstances.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22

NEXT to his criminality, the impu. dence of the assassin Guiteau is the greatest marvel in the criminal annals of of the country. The remarks of counsel seem to have no effect. Ills superlative egotism Is equal to any emergency. Judge Porter, in the course of his re- marks, alluded to one feature of the Guiteau case which is disgustingly ap. parent. He said that Guiteau was SC confident of the gullibihty and rascali- ty of mankind as to believe that men like Grant and Conkling and Arthur would shield the criminal" Guiteau interrupted Judge Porter frequently He said that he was ready to suffer the consequences of his act, adding, q think the Lord has got it fixed so that the con. sequences will not be very serious.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22
\ Bad Business to Retire From.

A New York correspondent inter viewed the once famous pugilist, Mike McCoole, in New Orleans, a few days ago. The old ex-champiOn thus stated his experience: "This prize fighting profession is a bad business anyhow. A man is bound to lose his fight some day if he keeps at it, and then his friends are sure to desert him at the last and worst part of his life, which IS just the time he will need them most. l know all about that, and feel 1t more and more every day | live. When I was at the top of my glory and had never been whipped had all sorts of good things put upon me, and that, too, oftentimes when I didn't want them, and now could hardly get good dinner if 1 were to beg these men for it, and there's moi one of them that would care to lend me a dime. Not one of them will ever be. lieve that poor devil may be fairly and squarely whipped without any trick Tn the matter. It is like backing the ia. vorite. Let the favorite fail, and nc one has the same confidence in the ia vorite again. l am now steambOating on the river, and shall stick to it as long as I live"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22
The Boy Preacher.

There is a little temporary unpleas- antness between the churches in India napolis and Harrison, the boy evangel- ist. Some time ago Harrison held aN-e- vival. in which he was cordially !oiLSd and assisted bv the churches. He sue ceeded in gathering a great many con verts into the Christian fold, and the re- suits in this direction were greater than all the chorches had been able to accom- plish in years of regular church-golng and routine preaching. Recently Harrl- son went back to Indianapolis to inaug- urate another revival like unto the first, but the ministers who heretofore recelv- ed him with open arms turned their backs upon him. And there Is no as- signable reason for their coldness except jealousy. Harrison, however, has a strong following of the laity, and pro- poses to get up revival on his own hook and the papers say he will beat the whole of them who are trying to put him down and freeze him out.