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The National tribune., 1883-02-15
The Three-Legged Jims.
From the Boston Eerdld.I

Mr.. James Barnes, keeper of lighthouse.
near Westport, on Lake Champlain, is pen
sioner of the Government, having lost his leg
during the late war. A group of four men was
in the trenches during the artillery engage
ment. They were lying on the ground, chat
ting and smoking, out of the reach of direct
fire. Suddenly shell exploded over their
heads and so seriously injured three Of the men
that it necessitated anputaton Of the left leg in
each instance. The Christian name Of these
three men was the same, James. The fourth
man, who was untouched though lying hard
by was not named James. Mr.. Barnes is in com
munication with his comrades who always call
one another the three-legged Jims"
The National tribune., 1883-02-15
1 Valentine.

10y ItIHNCSDt CHHkSHG5.J
The fierce winds blow,
And the drifting snow
Has buried the garden,
And hidden the wall,
And the moon in the sky
With her great white eye
Secs snow on the hills
And the mountains high.
But the winds may blow,
And the snow may fall;
don't mind the weather
When we are together.
For if | could waken q bobolinlr,
If I could gather q sweet grass pink.
The song nor the flower
Would not be as sweet
As the Gift of love
/ lay at your feet;
For | love you true
AS the sky is blue;
Though Pm most sixty
And you're only nine,
My dear little,
Sweet little Valentine.
-IVjde Aicdks for February
The National tribune., 1883-02-15
Our Progress.

As stages are quickly abandoned with the
completion of railroads, so the huge, drastic,
cathartic pills, composed Of crude and bulky
midicines, are quickly abandoned with the in
PRODUCTION of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets" which are sugar-coated, and little
larger than mustard seeds, but composed Of
highly concentrated vegetable extracts. By
druggists
The National tribune., 1883-02-15
Consumptiou Cured.

Dr. r. " PIERCE: Dear Sir Death was
hourly expected by myself and friends. My
physician pronounced my disease consumption,
and said l must die, | began taking your
discovery" and pellets" have used nine
bottles and am wonderfully relieved am now
able to ride out.
ELIZABETH THORNTON, Montonso, Ark.
The National tribune., 1883-02-15
Whore Knives We're searca.

Passengers on the Peninsula and Oriental
steamer Malwa were placed in strange predic-
ament recently. An Indian knife-cleaner on
board got drunk, tied all the table knives up
ward of 500 in numbcr) round his waist, and
jumped overheard. The ship was stopped and
turned round, but ali efforts to rescue the IN
fortunate man with the much needed table
knives were unavailing, and the passengers
were compelled to eat with penknives and
other substitutes until the vessel reached Alex
andria
The National tribune., 1883-02-15
Baby.
DaDy.
fEu Fmiiy Illumination MIL

by Emily Huntington Mi,ter.l
Now what shall we do for the baby,
To make her birthday sweet?
She came in the wintry weather,
In clustering wind and sleet.
There is not 4 flower in the garden,
There is not bird to sing,
And all in a row on the leafess vine
The sharp white icieles cling.
oh, what does il matter to bsbyi
Her world is warm as q nest;
The song that her mother sings her
Is the music she loves best
She laughs to hear liz the twilight
The bleak winds whistle and blow,
And the small white icicles swing and ring
Like crystal bells in a row.
-Harpsr's Young People.
The National tribune., 1883-02-15
An Episode.

An Episode.
By Walter LeGrRed.1
With never n word she passed me by,
With never look II sign;
She silently went her way, and
As silently went on mine.
No one could have dreamed who saw her face,
AS codiy met,
That her heart was touched by the fantest trace
Of memory or regret.
Nor do think that apart,
Who watches my tranquil brow,
Whould have guessed that the memory stirred my
heart
OF a faithleSs, broken vow.
And they needn't have guessed OF wondered you
see,
For this was the reason why
didn't know her, and she didn't know mo,
And so-she passed me by.
The National tribune., 1883-02-15

wheat grazed will make twenty-five bushels
to the acre, and it would have made more, but
it was badly damaged by the worms. Now, I
don't think my wheat was materially injured
by grazing, and yet my whole lamb crop was
raised on wheat."-Ez.
The National tribune., 1883-02-15

Where it is in contemplation TO plant trees
during the coming spring the holes should be
prepared as soon rs it is practicable, or the land
viii admit OF working. II is of the first i'm
portance 90 have the soil well pulverized before
planting. If a frost should occur after the
noles are prepared, it viii have decidedly
beneficial effect in looscning the soil at the
sides and bottoms of them and the. soil which
has been thrown out VIII also be benefited in 4
similar manner. 1t Will also become dryer and
consequently warmer, all OF which viii be in
favor of the tree when set ont. Most of the
failures of spring planting are owing to the
GOODNESS of the soil at that season. together with
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22

A RELIC OF A FAMOUS SEA-FIGHT.- - A curiosity has turned up at the Stone Depot in the shape of round shot imbedded in coral which came among a quantity of stone ballast now being landed from vessel late ly arrived from Martinique. From the appearance of the surface there can be little doubt that it had been in the sea for a considerable number of years. It measures five inches in diameter, and bears evidence of being one of the identical.ca balls fired by that gallant Admiral, Lord Rod ney, in 1782, when he encountered the French fleet, commanded by Count de Grasse, and totally defeated it, taking five ships of the line, be- sides making prisoner of their Ad miral.-Demerara Gazette.
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22
The Way to Success.

The surest road to success in life IS that of persistent and thorough work. SpecuIators who make money rapidly generally lose it with equal rapid1ty. It is the patient, steady plodders who gain and keep fortunes.
 William H. Webb, the great ship builder of New York, is a good ex- ample for the young men of the United States. His father had won large fortune in shipbuilding, and, like many loving fathers, wished an easier life for his favorite boy. But the young man preferred his fathers trade, and determined to master it. He went into the shipYard like a common workman, beginning at the foot of the ladder, and acquired great skill in the use of all tools. Soon even the experienced hands did not equal him Tn nicetY of work He was still a young man when hls father died, but he continued the business, and won in it high reputation He was the first man in the yard in the morning, and was the last to leave at night. With his own hand he drew the model of every vessel built therein; wrote in book every specification of the building, and marked on the frame the place for every stick of stimber. No better vessels. either for war or commerce, were built in the world than came from Webb's yard, Of the 40 built under his own eye not one proved failure. Sir Titus Salt, the great English manufacturer of alpaca, used to boast, when he was a million aire, that he could, at a moments notice, take the place of any work man in his vast factory. He was master, not only of the financial, but of the mechanical part of the dusi ness.
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22

An eminent Judge used to say that, in his opinion, the very best thing ever said by 8 witness to a counsel was the reply given to Missing, the barrister, at the time leader of his circuit. He was defending a prisoner charged with stealing a donkey. The prosecutor had left the animal tied up to 8 gate, and when he returned it was gone. Missing was very SC were in his examination of the wit ness. Do you mean to say, witness, the donkey was stolen from the gate?'' T mean to say, sir," giving the Judge and jury sly look, at the same time pointing to the counsel, ''the ass was Missing"
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22

we'll worn tradition of the balance o-
 power was speedily forgotten. Flu
 ropean obligations were renounced
 The remonstrance of the Courts
 against Russian cruelty in Poland
 were rendered harmless by Bismarck
 Gortschakoff looked on while two
 great States invaded helpless DeE-
 mark in defiance of aEm opean treaty.
 The two treaty breakers quarreling
 over the spells, Austria lost her last
 province in Italy and the leadership
 of the German States, and Napoleon III. after allowing Prussia to have her will at Sadowa, discovered too late that he was to have nothing in return for his "benevolent" neutral ity. Then came the Franco-German
 War, during which Gortschakoff re
 pressed the uneasiness of Austria and isolated the action of the Powers; and seven years after the Black Sea clause of the treaty of Paris was re- nounced, tie scheme of Panslavic aggression and deliverance, outlined in the secret memoir of 1864, was carried out. This was the diplomacy of action by which Cabinets were duped, dynasties overthrown, treaties toru up, and the map of Europe changed from end to end.
 Gortschakoff was the oldest but not the shrewdest player in the game of diplomacy, for when the final ac counting came he found that his ia vorite partner had beaten him. ''The cards never forgive" is the whist players maxim. Gortschakoff mis calculated his chances strangely when he allowed Germany to become the strongest power in Europe, and the cards never forgave him. As for Bismarck, success so complete as his had been gave a new character to Since Sedan his infu ence in Europe has been more patent than Metternich's was fifty years ago. He now upholds the sanctity of teat les and recognizes European obli- gations. He has eveu reaff1rmed the old idea of the balance of power, for he has created an Austrian Bosnia as a counterpoise to 8 Russian Bull garia, and sbY cordially supporting the English policy in Egypt has helpen to distribute the European forces in tho Eastern world. Strangest of all, the diplomacy of | blood and iron has become wholly | pacific N. Y. Tribune.
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22
A Marine Monster.

The new English armor plated war-ship Conqueror Is fast approach ing completion at the Chatham yards. She recently made a trial of her en- zines in the local waters. The Con queror is turret ship and ram of 2G00 tons and is fitted with engines of 45O0 horse power. Her armor IS of steel, and some of the plates are 14 inches thick It is believed that these plates would be able to resist the most powerful guns-save per
 haps, those recently on trial at Spe-
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22
Tennessee repudiated in large part

Tennessee repudiated in large part her honest debts. She had not the courage to say to her creditors, T am unfortunate, but willing to pay, and will pay, and you shaii lose noth- ing by me if you will be patient" Her State Treasurer, affected by the contagion of repudiation,- stole $400, 900 from the strong box and fled. Now this same State has just passed law pensioning all rebel soldiers who received certain wounds in the late war, Here, then, is State too poor to maintain its credit and keep faith with the world, but rich enough to establish a pension system of it's own.-Record Union.
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22

The late Bishop of Oxford prided himself on being able to identify in dividually all the clergy of his dio cese. But oD one occasion, when Dr, W1lberforce was dining with a num- Der of them, he observed one clerical brother whose name he did not know. Unwilling the confess his ignorance, and too cautious to make inquiry, the good Bishop approached the un known, and by way of feeler, re marked to him, q forget how you ex actly spell your name;" to which the somewhat discomfting reply was, 'J o-n-e-s."
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22

When you see a prominent citizen bright and shining light in society and an energetic man of business, and all that sort Of thing, pause in the middle of the sidewalk and gaze about him with a glassy look in his eye, you needn't think of apoplexv and paralysis. He is simply trying to remember an errand his wife told him to do.
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22

The constant cry of John Showers, one of the Lexington murderers, is for something to eat. Just how much provender he could put away, if given fair chance, is not known, but on Friday last he disposed Of two jail meals, two meals sent in from restaurant and i've pies, all within five hours time.-San Jose Mercury.
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22

A contributor to Puck says: ''In a gutter I saw a pig, in the other a semblance of man. The pig was sober, the man was drunk. The pig had ring in his nose, the other ani- nal had one on his finger. The pig grunted so did the man. 1 said aloud: We are known by the com pany we keep and the pig grunted and walked away, ashamed to be seen in the company of a drunken man."
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22

According to the bills presented to the Board of Supervisors at the pres ent session, for services rendered in the small pox cases, that malady has cost Yuma county the sum of s, 999.45. A few other and additional claims will be presented which will bring the total cost something over $4 ,0O0.-Sentinel.
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22

Three gentlemen, during conver- sation, agreed to pay guinea each to the one who should tell the tallest and most ridiculous story. The first commenced his story thus: There was once an honest lawyer -" "Stopw cried the rest of the party, ''here Is our money
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22

4 printers towel fell out of third story window in a New Jersey town, the other day, and cracked paving stone. The crash was heard two blocks away, and 6 little boy ran home, with white lips and trembling limbs, to tell his mother that he had seen "a negro man tumble off the roof and explode his head."
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22

A Scottish laird surprised his friends at dinner by affirming that the finest grapes he had ever eaten were grown in the open air in Fife shire Their surprise was moderated, however, when he returned to the subject aad added: But I maun pre- mise that I prefer them soor."
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22

A young man in Tuskogee went to see his sweetheart the other night, and stayed so late that the young lady's mother brought in 8 dozen of eggs, and asked him to hatch them for her. He took the hint and left, that he would never go there again.
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22

zia. When finished she will have cost over $1,5OO,OOO. The estimated cost of the hull alone was S1,370,0O0. San Diego Sun.
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22

"No," said he, ''I'm not bad tenn pered man, but when somebody takes my tooth brush and puts in place of 1t another that has been used to ap- ply hair dye, and get hold of it in the dark and use it, l think its not surprising that 1 said, Gosh durn it!"-Boston Post,
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22

nicely" was the reply. "The mother and child are both dead; but I am in strong hopes to pull the old man through"
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22

A young M. D., after attending his first patient, was asked by a friend, "How did you succeed?" Nicely,
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22
County.

Sherif-Robert Steen.
 District Attorney-W. G. Blakely. Reccrder-J K. Mackenzie. Treasurer-W. NJ. Krider. Court Commissioner-W. E. CuretOn. Probate Judge-Chas. AtChisson. Public Administra tor-J. J. Hyde. County Surveyor-Otto F. Kuencer. s pervisors-W. H. Hardy, F Grounds sn A.. W. Henkle. c srk of the Board of SupervisoTG-H Buoksbaum.
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22

GiT0a week made at home by the indus ii 4 triOus. Best business now before the Y 4publIo. Capitafhot needed. We will
 start you. Men, ,womeh, boys and girls wanted everywhere to work for us. Now is the tilne
 You can work i'll spare time, or give your whole time to the business, No ether busi- ness will pay you nearly as well. No one can fail to make enormous pay, by engaging at once. Costly outfit and terms free. Money made fast. easily and honorably. Address TRUE & Co.,, Augusta, Maine, 22y1
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Territorial.

Governor-F. A. Tritle, Prescott.
 Secretary-H. NJ. Van Arman, Prescott Attorney General-Clark Churchill.
 Treasurer-Thomas J. Butler, Prescott Superintendent of Public Instruction V B. Horton, Tucson.
 Auditor-E. P. Clark. Prescott.
 Adjutant GeneraI-M. H. Sherman. Supreme Court-C. G. w French, Chief Justice, Prescott; Daniel Fl. Pinney, AssO- siate Justice, Phoenix; W. ". Hoover, Asso- siats Justice, Tucson.
 V.s. District Attorney-J. A. Zabriskis, Tncsou.
 U. $. Marshal-Leon s. Tidball, Prescott, Supreme Court Reporter-Murat Master son, Prescott
 Surveyor General-J. ". Robbins, Tucson. U. S. Internal Revenue Collector = Fisher, Tucson.
 Delegate to Congress-G. H. Oury, Flor enoe.
 Judge of First Judicial Distris t-W. w. Hoover, Tucson.
 Judge of Second Judicial District-Daniel H. Pinney, Phoenix.
 Judge of Third Judicial District-C. G. W. French, Prescott.
Mohave County miner., 1883-04-22
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

E.L. BURDICK, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Mineral Park, A. T.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-22
A new PHASE OF 1nsAN1rY.

The San Francisco Eranai,ser, so long as
it made itself absurd, did not demand at
tention, but when its reason so totters in
its throne as to permit the expression in
its columns of the hope that Gov. Stone
man will exercise some supposed vague
and dimly discerned power the Executive
may possess, aud forcibly eisct from Office
two constitutional officials, elected by the
people, and supported in their candidacy
by the Examiner, that sheet becomes the
object of profound pity. The Democracy
can dispose of its own as it pleases, and
Republicans will not mourn, but when the
organ of the Democracy invokes Demo-
cratic Governor to seize the State by the
throat and assume power not committed
to him, it is time to ask If the Ecaminer
desires a new rebellion? But really the
Stiffness of the insane appeal to the Gov
ernor to "forcibly eject elected officers
from office would shame an idiot. By
what method will the Governor proceed in
the ejecting process? VIII proclamation
disposses the men of their Office intrusted
to them by the people? Shall the Gov
ernor seize and imprison constitutional Off
cials, who are his equals in authority and
superiors in power, and suspend the writ
of habeas corpus! Who, by the way, are
the lc,eyers who give the opinion that a
Governor of a State in this Union can thus
arbitrarily act? In the name of common
curiosity, let the world know who these
legal lights are, that their names may
command the admiration of an ave-
stricken nation.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-22
GRAND NEW CATHEDRAL.

The Cathedral of the Incarnation at
Garden City, L. l., was declared completed
August 29th. It has been five years build
ing, and has cost g. 600, 900, and st. PAUL. s
School, which has been three years build
ing, has cost about $1,000. 600 The
Bishops residence will, when completed,
cost $50, 600 The interior of the Cathedral
presents beautiful appearance. The altar
was made in Antwerp. Belgium. 1t is
composed of statuary marble In eight pam
els. The statues of Hope and Religion are
in position, They were made in Florence,
Italy. The windows of stained glass were
made in London, England. They repre-
sent the incarnation, or the childhood of
Christ. The glass in the windows of the
mausoleum was also made in London.
These windows represent the passion,
death, resurrection, and appearance of
Christ in his last days. The Dean q
seat, which will be filed by the
Rev. DR.. browne, is of carved mahogany,
and was made in Philadelphia. 1t has not
been placed in it's appropriate position yet.
The pulpit and lectern are of bronze.
They were made in New York, after de-
signs by Sibyl. The taptismal font is of
marble. The organ cost Sl00. 600. It is
in five parts, and each part is played from
the single key board by electrical sppli.
anees. The chimes in the tower are also
played from the organ keyboard by elec-
trical attachments. The organ cases are Of
mahogany, richly carved. The organ stalls
are also OF mahogany, carved in harmony
with the cases Of the organ. The cases
and stalls together cost $50, 600. The crypt
is of marble, and every country is repre-
sented III it's construction. 1t does not
contain the remains of the late Alexander
Turney Stewart. The basement is
filled with a Sunday school room and
mortuary chapel. The staircases are all
of iron. The walls and steeple of the
Cathedral are of Belleville IN. J.. stone.
The interior columns are of iron, orna-
nIented with bronze foliage. The edifce
is heated by steam. Two engines in the
basement supply the power to the organ.
St. PauPs School is believed to be the
finest educational structure in the country.
L is modification of the Eaglish Gothic,
constructed of brick and Dorchester stone.
II is three stories in hight, and very ina
pressive. The main psrlor will be
memorial room of the founder, A. T.
Stewart, containing portrait OF that
gentleman aud the furniture which he used
during his lifetime. The Cathedral was
consecrsted September 18th, and the
school opened the game day. DR.. browne,
the Dean, has been authorized to purchase
the vestments for the Cathedral, and the
school library, maps and charts, without
regard to cost.-[Christian Union.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-22
YIGRTING A SKUNK

was once on a visit to a sheep-farmine
brother, far away on the southern frontier
OF Buenos Ayres, and among the dogs 1
found there WAS one most interesting Great
ure. He was great, numbering, stupid,
good-tempersd brute, so greedy that when
you offered him apiece OF meat he would
swallow half your arm, and 80 obedient
that at word he would dash himself
against the horns Of ball and face death
and danger in any shape. But, my brother
told me, he would not face q skunk-he
would die first. One day l took him ont
and found skunk, and for upwards of
half an hour l sat on my horse vainlv
cheering my cowsrdly follower and urging
him to battle. The very sight of the enc.
my gave him a fit of the shiver5, and when
the irascibls little wretch began TO advance
against us, going through the performance
by means OF which he generally puts his
Toes to hlgnt without resortng 20 malodor-
Gus misunderstanding his little fee. in
rage, jumping up, spluttering and Kissing
and hourishing his brush like a warlike
banner above his head-then hardly could
restrain my dog from turning tail and fly.
ing home In abject terror. My cruel per-
sistence was rewarded at last. Continued
shouts and hand-clappings began to stir
the brute to kind OF frenzy. Torn by
conflicting emotions, he began to revolve
about the skunk at q numbering gallop,
barking, bowling and brstling up his hair
and at last, shutting his eyes, snd with
yell OF desperation, he charged fully
expected to see the enemy torn TO pieces in
few seconds, but when the dog was still
four or five feet from him the fatal dis
charge came, and he dropped down as if
shot dead. For some time he lay on the
earth perfectly motionless. watched and
gently bedewed by the victorious skunk
then he got up and orept whining away.
Gradually he quickened his pace, finally
breaking into frantic run. In vain fol.
lowed him, shouting at the top of my lungs;
he staid not to listen and very speedily
vanished from sight-a white speck on the
vast level plain. At noon on the following
day be made his appearance, gsuns and be.
fouled with mud, staggering forward like
galvanized skeleton. Too Worn out even
to eat. he flung himself down and for hours
lay like dead thing, sleeping off the
effects of those few drops Of perfume.
The London Field,