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ITALIAN DOCTORS.

The October Century contains some
amusing experience of ga Foreigner in
Florence" who says of italian doctors
physicians have, like judges of the
criminal courts, no social position and
no knowledge of medicine, according to
our ideas. They are, as rule, far
behind the age. They still cling blindly
to bleeding, ---unless they have changed
during the last few years, land weaken
their patients by the old system of diet.
ing. have seen cases conducted with
such ignorance of the commonest laws
of nature as would make any Of our
physicians faint with horror. Heat,
starvation, and dirt are their general
remedies for almost everything. In cases
of scarlet fever, (which are not common,
however, ,---they order the doors and
windows to be carefully shut, that no
breath of air may get to the PATIENT
absolutely drawing the bed-curtains
around them; forbid washing of any
description, even to the hands and face,
and no change of bed or body linen
during the entire illness.
"There is one malady prevalent in
tally which l sincerely believe to be
produced, nine times out of ten, by their
doctors, and that is military fever. Un-
less patients symptoms in the begin
ming of an illness indicate the disease
very clearly, the doctor, on the principle
of when in doubt play trumps,' pro-
eruption, which is an evidence of that
disease, they regard it as suppressed,
and so, very dangerous. They then
proceed to produce rash by covering
the poor sufferer with as many blankets
as he can bear, excluding every breath
of air from the room Canning him, 30
to speak), and then forbidding any
nourishment saving the weakest of weak
broths. Now, as this special fever is
usually brought on by overheating, and
consequently should be treated by
cooling system, they succeed in pro-
ducing the disease in its full glory, rash
and all, and they then set about curing
it, which of course, becomes doubtful
undertaking, 80 weak is the patient from
heat and fasting.
ga friend of mine, spending q few
what proved afterward to be an internal
cancer. She sent for Doctor 2, one
of the most noted of the Florentine
doctors. 1t was August and very hot,
and his orders were not only to shut out
the air and cover herself with blankets,
but to remain entirely immovable---not
to stir hand or foot. She carried his
wishes out faithfully for twenty-four
hours-not even raising her hand to
brush fly away-and then, becoming
nearly crazy with nervousness and weak
ness, she sent for an English physician.
If you had seen his look of Horror when
he came into the room!
"'Open the window he almost
shouted; take off those coverings; get
right up, and lie on the sofa. Inaweek
you will be able to go on to Paris.
"And in week she did go on to
Paris.
"The Italians love medicine, and
have the greatest faith in it. They take
it not only for every little ailment, but
after a fit of anger or grief"
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."V-
AMBER.

Some very interesting researches have
recently been made on the flora of the
amber-bearing formations of East Prus-
sia by Messrs. Goeppert and Menge.
In ancient times there must have been
in this part of Europe group Of conifsrs
comprising specimens from almost all
parts of the world. Among the splendid
specimens of the California coniferG
were the redwood, the sugar pine, and
the Douglas spruce; and OF the ex-
amples of the Eastern States were the
bald cypress, red cedar. thuya, and the
Pinus rigida; from the eastern coasts Of
Asia were the Chilian incense cedar,
the parasol fir, the arbor vite, the
glyptostrobus, and the thuyopsis; and
the Scotch fir, the spruce, and the
cypress of Europe, and the callitris Of
Southern Africa. 1t appears that the
deposits Of amber for which the Baltic is
noted are the product of generations Of
these resin-bearing trees. The richest
deposits are situate along strip of coast
between Memel and Dantzic, though the
real home of amber has been supposed
to lie in the bed of the Baltic between
Bornholm and the main land. II rests
upon cretaceous rocks and consists
chiefly of their debris, forming popular
mixture known as blue earth, which APP
pears to exist throughout the Province
of Samland at the depth Of 80 to 100
feet, and to contain an almost inexhaust-
ible supply of amber. Immense guam
titles of amber are washed out to sea
from the coast or brought down by
rivulets and cast up again during the
storms or in certain winds. The actual
yield by quarrying is 200 900 to 300 900
pounds year, or five times the quantity
estimated to be cast up by the waves on
the strip of coast above mentioned.-
(London Times.
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ONLY A DRUNK .

"Only drunk" with his garments all tat
tered,
Telling a story of want und despair;
Over his temples the rude winds have scat
tered
Long, struggling locks of thin, silvery
hair;
Bleeding and bruised by his TALL where they
found him,
Face like the hue of the ashes when cold,
Helpless he lies in the strong arms around
him,
Homeless and friendless. and wretched
and old.
"Only a drunk" yet the mother who bore
smiled as she patted his fair dimpled
cheek;
Kissed him so tenderly, bent fondly Ger
him,
Watching his slumbers, not daring to
speak;
Called him her darling, her pet and her
beauty,
Praised his red lips and his bright, roguish
eyes,
Thinking of him made pleasure of duty
Each days return brought to her glad
surprise.
"0nly drunk" yet fathers heart
Looking on him as his pride and his joy;
Listened to hear while the praises were
sounded
OF his light-hearted and beautiful boy;
While by his side he would sit oft and
ponder,
Picture the manhood of such fair
youth.
Never once thinking how soon he might
wander
Far from the pathway of virtue andtruth.
")nly drunk" yet society gave him
Honor, position and riches in store;
Fen as he fell stretched hand out to save
him.,
Gave and forgave much, yet still would
give more.
Friends he had once, tho by now for
saken;
Home, credit, influence, power for good
Gone now, like leaves which the chill winds
have shaken;
Only a wreck where palace once stood.
Gone is the blush of his chidhoods fair
morning,
Gone all the brightness of youths glow
ing day
Gone past redemption and gone without
warning
Maphood's proud strength, and left only
Out from the arms of the dear ones still
pleading,
Low with the brute in the mire he's sunk
Food for the jest as still downward he's
speeding,
Not cen a man now. he's "only dunk"
"Only drunk" yet the Savior, so holy,
That which was lost came to seek and to
save;
Wept DER the prodigal, pitied the lowly,
Rescued the thief though in sight of the
grave;
Told of the joy which the bright angels
cherish,
AS they look down from the mansions
above,
When they behold one just ready to perish,
Saved by the grasp of an infinite love.
"Only drunk" but there's hope while life
fingers,
Up to his rescue, still, still there is time;
Weave bands of love with kind Charity's
fingers. ,'l
Hold HIM to heaven with faith that's sub
lime.
See from on high how the Savior is reaching
Down to redeem him from sims dreadful
taint;
Mercy and grace for him still are beseech-
ing,
Sinner he has been, but may be saint.
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THE WISH RING.

A young farmer who was very un-
lucky sat on his plow a moment to rest,
and just then an old woman crept past
and cried, "Why do you go on drudg-
ing day and night without reward ?
Walk two days till you come to great
fir-tree that stands all alone in the forest
and overtops all other trees. fyou can
hew it down, you will make your
fortune"
Not waiting to have the advice re-
peated, the farmer shouldered his axe
and started on his journey. Sure
enough, after tramping two days, he
came to the fir-tree, which he instantly
prepared to cut down. Just as the
tree swayed, and before it fell with a
crash, there dropped out of its branches
a nest containing two eggs. The eggs
rolled to the ground and broke, and
there darted out of one young eagle
and out of the other rolled gold ring.
The eagle grew larger, as if by enchant-
ment, and when it reached the size of q
man, it spread its wings as if to try their
strength, then, soaring upward, it cried !:
"You have rescued me; take as re-
ward the ring that lay in the other egg: :
it is wish.ring. Turn it on your finger
twice, and whatever your wish is, it
shall be fulfilled. But remember there
is but single wish in the ring. No
sooner is that granted than it loses it's
power and is only an ordinary ring.
Therefore, consider we'll what you desire,
so that you may never have reason to
repent your choice" So speaking, the
eagle scared high in the air, circled
over the farmers head few times, then
darted, like an arrow, toward the east.
The farmer took the ring, placed it on
his finger, and turned on his way homk-
ward. Toward evening, he reached
town where jeweler sat in his shop
behind counter, on which lay many
costly rings for sale. The farmer
showed his own, and asked the merchant
its value.
at is MT worth straw" the jeweler
answered.
Upon that, the farmer laughed very
heartily, and told the man that it was a
wish-ring, and of greater value than all
the rings in the shop together.
The jeweler wa a wicked, designing
man. aud 80 he invited the farmer to
remain as his guest o'er night. "For,"
he explained, "ou.y to shelter a man
who owns wish ing must bring luck"
So he treated his guest to wine and
fair words; and that night, as the
farmer lay sound asleep, the wicked
man stole the magic ring from his fin
ger and slipped on, in its place, COM
mon one which he had made to resem-
BILE the wish-ring.
The next morning, the jeweler was
all impatience to have the farmer be-
gone. He awakened him at cock-crow,
and said "You had better go, for
you have still a long journey before
you"
As soon as the farmer had departed,
the jeweler closed his shop, put up the
shutters, 80 that no one could peep in,
bolted the door behind him, and, stand
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NO. 81.
THE SODA F0UNT.

The boy behind the soda fount!
What recketh he of care
His finger on the thingumbob
That squirteth empty air?
What knoweth he of misery,
Since all his mission is
To rake in niokels carelessly,
And fizz and fizz and fizz?
Full seemly proper serv0th he
The havors we may name,
And exc as siruptitiously
He draweth Of the same;
Pineapple pale and ginger ale.
And berries, straw and rasp':
Then tutoreth he the throttle valve
To gasp and gasp and gasp.
o boy behind the soda fount,
What wickedness is thine!
With frost alone thou brimmest up
This thirsty heart of mine!
Bat thine!-ah! thine is brimmed with wine
OF youth, and thou, unhurt.
In life's first "bust," hast only just
To squirt and squirt and squirt:
III. w. Riley.
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A DOGS FOUR TALES.
Explaining a Memorial Inscription That
Did Not Tell Enough.

Among the hundreds of New Workers
in the Catskill Mountains the other day
were Cyrus w. Field, DIR. j. Marion
Sims, +. b. Thurber and Joseph Jeffer-
son. The visitors risked their necks
going down and up the rickety stair
ways, only to look at bare rock, over
which mighty volume of water was
not pouring. On their way they read
an inscription cut into the stone, about
noble dog that had, in 1876, leaped
down the precipice. ! asked the show
man, on reaching the top, how and why
the brute had done such an undoglike
thing.
"He was trick dog" was the reply,
"belonging to the circus that went
through here. His master left him on
the platform and started down the gorge.
The man got halfway down across
yonder where the stairs turn and then
whistled. The dog heard the call,
sprang up on the railing, lost his bal
ance, and went whirling down through
space to the rocky bottom, being OF
course instantly killed by the fall"
Five minutes after, Field and Sims
caught their breath, with the usual
difficulty, after a climb up the stairs,
and used it instantly to ask about the
dog.
"He was trick dog" said the ex-
hibitor of the dry cataract, "and be-
longed to u circus. Had been learned
to run after stuns and fetch 'em back.
The man what owned him throw'd a
stun over the railin' ofthis ere platform,
and the dog jumped over after it. That's
how it happened"
"Did you see it?" Mr.. Field inquired.
al was standin right here when it
happened" and the man pointed out
the exact spot as conclusive evidence.
1t was his word against the guide
book now. Five minutes later Mr..
Thurber put the inevitable question.
Field and Sims had departed, and l
turned away all but my ears so as
not to influence the man in his choice
between the two stories. Two? 1t
turned out to be third.
1.-THE dog was p'inter," said he,
"and he hearn a partridge some'rs over
yender. He didn't know nothin' about
the gorge, cause the boardin' was tight
from the floor up to the ceilin', jest as
tits now. SO he jumped clean over,
and that was the last of him."
hung around to see the earth yawn
and swallow him; but before it had
done so, Mr.. Jefferson came up. He
called for the dog story, and got it like
this:
"The dog was 'normous big St.
Bernard. He belonged to a lady that
was stoppin' here at the hotel, and she
had child that he sort of guarded.
Well, that day the lady took the child
down the gorge. The dog was asleep,
exactly there where you're standin'.
The child got dizzy and scared, half
way down, and Civ a scream. That
'wok the dog, and he leaped plum over
the rail, kerflop down to the rocks"
"And broke into half dozen separate
dogs" said 1.
"What makes you say that?" the
man asked.
"Because it needs separate dog for
each story"
"Look here, now" and his tone was
apologetic in the extreme; "if You had
to send that dog down the chasm twenty
to thirty times day, the season through,
you'd feel like giving yourself little
YarietY.n
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-11-10

While one of the judges of the Supreme
Court of the State of California was re-
Gently staying in Paris, he went to visit
a French professor. The Frenchman
asked him number OF questions, and 3,
among the rest, "Where do you live ?"
"In California" "Well," asked the
rude Gaul, "what is your occupation?'
81 am Judge of the Supreme Court. "
"Oh, ah," returned the Frenchman-
"then need not ask your name-it is
Lynch, eh?"
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The young ladies are going to get up
an anti-cigaret society. The question
upon which they are divided now is
whether it will be better to refuse to kiss
all the young men who soil their lips
with tobacco or to agree to kiss all
those who do not. AS most of them
favor the latter proposition there is
great rejoicing in the ranks Of the nom
smokers.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-11-10

"Don't like the bed?" said the hotel
clerk, astonished at the presumption of
the complaining guest; "why, some OF
the best people, some OF the hightoned-
est folks in the United States have slept
in i'll"
"fes, that's just the trouble" re-
sponded the guest; 81 found last night
.lere were altogether too many big bugs
IN u, 1t for the comfort of common people
Ike me-"
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-11-10

A swimming teacher says it is curl
GUS TACT that women can float on water
more easily than men. This may he
oecause their feet are lighter, although
~ sVine people will be mean enough to say
.iat the real fact is that constant talk
hs ,ns develops her lungs and thus renders
ner body lighter in the water.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-11-10

~ want to get pair of driving
Gloves" said consequential-looking
duck, entering a gents furnishing store
and addressing lady attendant. "Buck-
skim" asked the polite saleswoman.
"Oh, no." replied the impetuous GUS
toner; ~ want something that will
match the color of my skim" "Oh, you
do?" returned the lady, quickly, taking
down box from the shelf; "try pair
of these calfskins!" The doughhead has
never since patronized q store where
there are women attendants.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-11-10

In Cleburne, Texas, Mrs. Baylis has
been excommunicated from the Advent
list church on the ground that she is
possessed with devil" 1t was her
custom after coming out of trance to
relate what she claimed to have seen
going on among the communicates.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-11-10

"No, sir" said the physician who had
worked over the Texas man fished out
of the water unconscious. I never
could have brought him back to life. If
that circus procession hadn't passed he
never would have regained conscious
ness,
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-11-10

Another intelligent compositor has
been heard from. This time he is a
Kentucky citizen, who, presumably
having taken his girl out for ice cream
the night previous, set up the caption to
Poe's beautiful poem "The Greed of
the Bellies"
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-11-10

Miss Georgiana Ball Hughes, a daugh-
ter of the late Ball Hughes, a sculptor
of Boston, has achieved quite repu-
tation in London as an artist, where
she has lived for many years.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-11-10

Buttermilk is the favorite beverage
among the temperance men of Philadel-
phia. 1t is recommended by physicians
as being good for dyspepsia and the kid
neys.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-11-10

Lady Archie Campbell's divided
skirts at the Prince Of Wales ball was
considered as not being unlovely. This
is o step forward for the diviced skirt. :.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

DERSONS IN NEED OF LEGAL BLANKS,
such as Chattel Mortgages Quit-Claims. and
Warranty Deeds, ETC.. would do well to make ap-
plication at this office, where they can be OBJ
tanned at reasonable prices. Blanks printed to
order on short notice.
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EW ENG.
being ex.
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BY arrangements with reliable land ATTORNEYS
in Olympia and Washington, D. c., my custo-
mers can have their land business attended to
the same as If personally present at either place
Parties wishing to purchase or locate Land
r-AIl latest Land Laws Rules and Decisions
kent on file. Land Warrants bought and sold.
Conveyancing, taxes paid, purchases and sales
made Collections made and proceeds prompt:
ly RENTED. 17n
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AN ing up the well established reputation OF
the house as one of the Quietest and best kept
seotels in the Territory. No LIQUORS SOLD.
Special efforts will be made to keep the table
supplied with the best the market can afford
and tc see the food is properly cooked and
served second to no other house in the Terri.
1y. A large reading room for the aocomo-
datiOn OF guests.
JOHN MoGLINN,
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TERMS OF COURT
District Court meets at Laconner the third Wsdnes-
day I'm June and December Of each year
Commissioners Court meets at Whatcom the hrst
Monday in February May, August and November OF
each year - . =,
Probate Court meets at Whatcom the fourth Monday
In every second month, commencing with January OF
each
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The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-03-24

jim REpMAN would extract fun
out Of a stone quarry at a wedding,
a christening or a wake. Since the
shooting OF kiscr, Jim has been
the boss nurse, and on his every
appearance on the streets, and at
every step he would be stopped by
enquircrs as to KS condition and
the prospects Of his recovery. On
Wednesday he hit on an e~Xpedient
to estop the annoyance, and to that
end procured a large placard upon
which he had painted "Kiser is no
BETTER" this he affixed to his back
and when the natural question was
asked, he wonld turn his broad
back to the questioner and let the
placard answer, thus giving his
tongue a rest.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-03-24


OrR Delegate to Congress, r..
Luna, finding it impracticablc and
impossible for him to make a pro-
per distribution Of seeds apportion-
cd for doing out in this Territory.
has directed the Commissioner of
Agriculture to address his quota
for this county TO JAS. j.. Dolan,
Esq, Of Lincoln, to whom those
DESTROYS of availing themselves Of
possessing seeds thus provided by
Uncle Sam for their benefit, should
apply early.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-03-24

TIE case Of replevin brought by
\. G. Lane vs.. Henry Bellomy, in
volving the right Of ownership to Il
mountain lion skin, was taken some
three weeks since before Justice
Blanchard, and a jury cmpanelcd
to try the case. The jury after
hearing all the evidence in the
case, rendered its verdict in favor
Of DR., Lane, who had previously
set up in his affidavit the value of
the skin to be So. Whcrcupon
Mr.. lIclphngstiue, attorney for
Mr.. Bellomy, took exceptions to
the verdict and asked the court to
grant an appeal, which appeal hay
ing been denied by his honor, Mr..
llclphingStinc carried the case up
before his honor Judge Bristol,
who ovcrulcd the decision of JUS
tice Blanchard, and granted the
appeal asked for, and as yet the
ownership of the skin is involved
in legal doubt.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-03-24

a. Z. LIVINGSTONE, the original,
the pioneer ProSpector and miner
in this camp, and the partner Of
Jack Winters, arrived in White
Oaks on Thursday and made his
first stop at this office. He is in
bad health, and suffering from a
complication Of diseases. In the
hope and belief lin which we Share)
that he can recupcrate here, he
has secured quarters and a nurse,
through which agencies he will pull
through, if pulling through is pos
sible, and his friend Jerry Hook
radle and others believe it is. He
will be under the immediate treat
ment Of his old-timc friend and
physician Or. Zimmerman.
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An eminent example Of american
Enterprise, Energy and Perse-
NCranCe.

In the hands Of young men this
great system has been so carefully
managed that it has earned Il rcpu-
tation second to none for convent
cnce, safety and the luxuries of
travel. 1t is fast becoming the
popular route for transcontinental
travel, in connection with the
Southern Pacific railroad.
If has opened up an almost UNI
limited field for pioneer enterprise
in the far West. No other rail
road can carry a man, who IL seek
ing his fortune, to golden opportu-
mites such as are open along a
thousand miles of this great sys-
tenn.
Special freight rates are-giycn to
miners and immigrants.
For all the information YOU de-
sire write to