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The Arizona champion., 1884-05-03
PACKERS BRIDE.
Romantic Story of a Poor Girl Who Be-
 came a Millionaire's Wife.

Both the Packer boys, Robert and Harry, were treated like equals by their father and mother. In the little vil- lage where this good old man lived there was a summer hotel, which was patronized considerably during the season, young Harry Packer often taking his meals there. A young girl named Lockwood, the daughter of a respectable citizen living near the village, came in to assist waiting on the table. The ire- quency of Harry Packers meals at the hotel attracted some attention, and his brother Robert, or "Bob," as he was iamiliarly and aflectonately called by almost all who ever knew him, said one day before the father and Harry at the break fast table that Harry was sweet on a little girl down at the hotel and that was the reason he did not come to his meals regularly. Harry colored up a little and after they had finished their breakfast the old Judge seated himself on the front porch, which overlooks Mauch Chunk and gives such magniti- cent view of the Lehigh Valley, the moving boats and trains, which his own industry had created and brought to- gether, the old gentleman said |; "Harry, who is this girl Robert refers to?'
 "Miss Lockwood, father, the daughter of man you know very we'll"
 "Are you going to marry her, Harry ?' said the Judge.
 'I have some notion of it, father" said Harry.
 "Well, wait till l go down and see her." said the Judge, and picking up his old white hat and cane, the Judge quietly ambled down to the hotel and asked for Miss Lockwood. She inno- gently came in the office of the hotel, with her dining room apron on, and seated herself beside the Judge. Just what he said to her, or she to him, will never be exactly known unless she tells it, but when the Judge came out he was smiling and appeared mighty well pleased He went home and found Harry still sitting on the porch where he had left him. By this time the Judges face had resumed its usual grave but kind expression. "Well, Harry" he said, 'that is very nice girl down there, but she has no money, We must raise her some."
 The old Judge put down his memo randa for fifty thousand dollars, the mother and the others for twenty-five thousand each, and this one hundred and fifty thousand dollars was placed in the bank to the exclusive and i'm mediate credit of Miss Lockwood; the engagement was announced, the we'd ding day fixed, the marriage took place and Harry Packer got the girl he liked.
The Arizona champion., 1884-05-03
W0MAN'S SPHERE.

In the cultivation of her talents liberal education is not out of place, in- deed, an uneducated woman is as much her education must be more than the gloss of accomplishments" which fits her for curiosity or delicious piece of bric-a- -brac. She must develop woman illness, not the quality of vine cling ing to something stronger, but the char acter of an independent being, worthy factor in society. For some girls work is not necessity, and they hold them selves aloof from the business of life and from all interest in its activities and exigencies. Let me tell such that they are dishonor to their sex and traitors to the cause of their Divine | Master, who placed on them as much | obligation as on me. The devil holds first mortgage on every aimless life. | Aimlessness leads to drifting, and we never drift up stream. Woman's "con- tracted sphere" is continually dangled before us. There is no sphere of power for human being which can exceed in | importance the sphere of home. The hope of civilization was in the home, and the hope of home is in the mother. She can make her child what she will, | if her conduct everywhere and under all circumstances is such as to inspire not only his love but his admiration. It is often the girls fault that she does not have this sphere opened to her. Our young men refuse to marry because the young women demand homes as good as those of their affluent fathers and am | bilious mothers. In many cases the fathers of these girls were poor when young. Is it more of a dishonor to have poor suitor than to have had poor father? These girls forget that the l blessing of home is the affectionate cooperation of the partners. No better definition of a wife has ever been given than that in the second chapter of God s book, a husbands helper There is no time when young man needs helper more than when he is at the bottom of the hill; girl who is unwilling to be- gin with him then is not fit to be his wife when he has reached the top | Dr. Parkhurst.
The Arizona champion., 1884-05-03
t FRANKLIN AND ADAMS AS ROOM MATES

Here is funny old story which has never seen print, and it is true, having come down among the traditions of the old families of Massachusetts, says a Boston letter: Some time during the Revolutionary period, or little after, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin were despatched from Philadelphia, believe to this State on public errand. Adams had mortal antipathy, shared by him along with the ajority of man. kind of that day, against the night air. He believed that if he kept his bedroom window open even crack at night he would surely die. Franklin, on tine other hand was a disbeliever in the theory of danger in the night air, and he had many arguments with Adams thereon. Circumstances and the crowd ed condition of many of the taverns they stopped at on their journey eastward, compelled them frequently to occupy the same room, and often the same bed. Adams always opposed raising the win dow, and poor Ben nearly suffocated and reviled Adams on waking for his wretched theory of the deadly effect of Natures universal medium of breath. One night Ben slyly raised a window in their common chamber, but Adams, on the alert for his friends little games, insisted that it should be closed at once. Said crafty Ben: "Now, Mir. Adams, we'll go to bed with the window up, and will show you why it will not be harm ful to us to permit it to stay open. If cannot convince you of the reasonable ness of my theory, will myself get up and close the window" Adams weakly consented, and Ben began to reason with him. Finally poor Adams was talked to sleep, and Ben tranquilly resigned him self to slumber. Next morning great was Adams horror at finding the window up, but not having died during tie night and feeling no i'll effects from having breathed the night air, he became a convert to sly Benjamin's night-air theory. The author of history of America during the colonial epoch told me this anecdote as something amusing which had hitherto escaped type.
The Arizona champion., 1884-05-03
FARM NOTES.

If frost is feared cover the young potato shoots with plough.
 An exchange says: "An animal ready to die from over-feed, or stolen visit to the feed bin, may be saved by a dose of four to six quarts of bread yeast"
 If the fowls do not have daily run, cut them a few sods now and then. The young grass will be eagerly eaten, and the scratching among the dirt for insects gives them the necessary ex- ercise.
 A writer says five have a St. Michael or Virgalien tree on its own roots that is over sixty years old, the fruit of which was formerly worthless from cracking, but which has borne perfectly fair fruit for twenty years The change came after digging in old iron around it and applying salt and brine from pork barrel on the surface l"
 Fall ploughed ground is best for cabbages, not only y on account of the extra pulverization, but because many eggs and larve have been destroyed by exposure to the frost They require a rich, sandy soil, and if planted on a heavy, wet clay, failure will be certain. Plant in rows far enough apart to admit of cultivation with one horse cultivator.
 A horse that gnaws wood and fence rails and rubs the tail is troubled with worms, or is otherwise out of condition through indigestion and either costive- ness or dianhGa. A remedy would be to give a pint of linseed oil and an ounce of turpentine together, repeating twice in a week. Repeat again the second week after Give this medicine from long necked bottle; hold up the horse's head, open the mouth at the side and insert the neck of the bottle between the jaws where there are no teeth, pour in half the medicine, let the horse swallow that, then give the rest of it.-[ Bural Record.
 A correspondent of the Husbandman says that ulphur is a preventative of potato rot, and this is confirmed by the experience of Vermont farmer, who rolled his cut potatoes in fine sulphur at planting and dusted the plants as they appeared avove the ground. Neither rot, worm nor insect touched them, though potatoes on neighboring farms were badly damaged. His potatoes were excellent and the crop yielded well. There is no doubt that sulphur will assist materially in pre- venting fungus growth in other plants as well as potatoes, and it would be well if farmers gave it a trial for such purposes the coming season.
 Economical feeding, says the Western Agricultn1st, is an important factor in stock breeding. In regard to grind ing grain for feeding, it has been shown in every case in which test has been made that meal is worth about one- third more than whole grain. The same is true, too, of hay, of which fifteen pounds fed cut into chaff and fed with meal are equal to twenty pounds fed in it's natural condition. Linseed meal (ground oil cake) is ar excellent food for stock, when fed with grain and rough feed. It is specially adapted to rapid fattening and healthy growth. Don't neglect regular supply of salt and conetant supply of good, clean water.
The Arizona champion., 1884-05-03
THE HEROINE OF "IvAEHoE.p

Rebecca Gratz died many years ago. In her younger days she resided with her parents in Philadelphia. She had a warm friend, Miss Hoffman, of New
 York, and the two girls were in the habit of paying periodical visits to each other in their respective cities. Miss Hoffman was the betrothed of Washing ton Irving, but before the marriage could take place consumption claimed the fair New York girl, and she suc- cumbed to the disease, tenderly nursed on her death-bed by her friend, Re-
 becca Gratz. Irving, who never re- covered from the loss of his first and only love, naturally formed warm friendship for his late sweetheart's other self, Rebecca. Miss Gratz was woman of singularly pure thought and night of mind. She felt keenly the slight cast upon her race and creed, for in those days the Jewish disability laws still existed in England, and very few of the "chosen people" were admitted into the best American society. During Washington Irving's travels in Europe, Miss Gratz and he were in constant correspondence. The American author was warmly received by English writers With Walter Scott he sojourned several weeks. At that time Scott had not avowed the authorship of the Waverley series of novels, but to Irving he con- fided his secret, and also told him that he (ScotD was at work on a new book, 'Ivanhoe." The two authors discussed the plot of 'Ivanhoe" together, and particularly the character of the Jewess Scott was introducing. "What shall call herr" asked Scott. "Call her 'Rebecca,' ," replied Irving, his thoughts wandering to the Rebecca of his friend
 ship. Irving dwclt on the noble traits in Miss Gratzs character to his friend |, and especially drew attention to her steadfastness of creed and the grandeur but melancholy of her thoughts. Scott was filled with sympathy for her character When "Ivanhoe' was eventually published Sir Walter sent one of the first copies to his American friend, with a long and affectionate letter. A line in it read: "How does my 'Rebecca' fit in with your 'Rebec- ca ?'"-T Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Arizona champion., 1884-05-03

An incident has just come under my eyes which so entirely conflicts with my ideas in regard to the fighting qualities of wild rabbits, that give it for an ex- treme oddity. During the morning one of my children came in with a very white face, and an account of large snake just seen in the back yard. A few minutes later peculiar squalling or crying in the corner where the snake was attracted my attention, and running hastily in that direction was astonished to see the last half of chicken snake projecting from under a picket fence, and wild rabbit biting and stamping on it, apparently making determined effort to hold on and prevent the snake from going entirely under. A second later, and before my presence was mo- ticed by the combatants, the cause of the rabbits efforts and the peculiar noise was manifested by the appearance on one side of the fence of the snakes head with tiny rabbit in it's jaws. The little rabbit was held by the hind quar- ters and was struggling and crying wig
 orously for the liberty that a blow from my stick, administered to the back of the snake, secured to it. The little fel- low seemed uninjured, and ran off rod or so, where the mother rabbit, who had retreated little at my near approach, joined it, and leading the way at de- liberate gait, took it to the woods near by. It was the strongest evidence of mothers love and care for its offspring l have ever seen or heard of, and is the only instance l have ever known of a rabbit showing the slightest aggressive dsposition in fact, 1 had supposed they were entirely without any.
The Arizona champion., 1884-05-03
HOT WATER AS A REMEDY.

There is no remedy of such general application and none so easily attain able as water, and yet nine persons in ten will pass by it in an emergency to seek for something of far less efficacy
 There are but few cases of illness where water should not occupy the high est place as a remedial agent.
 A strip of flannel or a napkin folded lengthwise and dipped in hot water and wrung out and then applied around the neck of a child who has the croup will usually bring relief in ten minutes.
 A towel folded several times and dipped in hot water and quickly wrung and applied over the seat of the pain in toothache or neuralgia will generally af- ford prompt relief This treatment in collie works like magic. l have seen cases that have resisted other treatment for hours yield to this in ten minutes. There is nothing that will so promptly cut short a congestion of the lungs, sore throat or rheumatism as hot water when applied promptly and thoroughly.
 Pieces of cotton batting dipped in hot water and kept applied to old sores or new cuts, bruises and sprains is the treatment now generally adopted in hos pitals, l have seen a sprained ankle cured in an hour by showering it with hot water, poured from night of three feet.
 Tepid water acts promptly as an emetic, and ho, water taken freely half an hour before bedtime is the best of cathartics in the case of constipation, while it has a most soothing effect on the stomach and bowels. This treat ment continued for few months, with proper attention to diet, will cure any curable case of dyspepsia. - Halls Journal of Health.
The Arizona champion., 1884-05-03

WHY HE CHANGED CHURCHES. - "What church do you belong to now, Abe? ?" was asked of colored gentle man.
 "Mefrodist, sah."
 "Why no longer than last Sunday you were Baptist"
 "Yes, sah."
 "What made you changer"
 "Case da got too high up fur me, boss. Wy, sah, de preacher made a statement, an l got up an called him a liar, an da tux me ter law bout it. Da said dat oughter said dat he didn't tell de truf; but to save I kain' tell de diff ference twixt suthin' what ain't true an CT lie, so thought eff da was gwine to be so particular, I'd go ober ter de udder church whar a man ken slosh CT 'roun' nachul. ."-[ Arkansaw Traveller.
The Arizona champion., 1884-05-03

ooh, yes, said newsboy to a snivel- ling hypocrite; you've got an awful lot of sympathy for us, you have. One day you're damin' us, an the next you're pityin' us, an ef it wuzant that you pint different moral, I'd think you was the man that made up that play I've heard tell about-they uster call it "Damin' an Pityus,"
The Arizona champion., 1884-05-03

"Yes," said Philadelphia girl, 'I can take my pick from half a dozen wealthy young men in this city" "You ought to be able to-" replied rival belle, sweetly, "you are certainly old enough to pick"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-11
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ana Conl.

The United States commercial ao..l
It Nantes says that the coal an
which was formerly rejected as worn
less, IS now consumed in immens
quantities in France in the form }
"patent fuel" or coal brick. n.
natural supply Of dust from the ya,s'
% the coal merchants being entirely !,
sufficient for the needs of the b,,A
works. the manufacturers, particula,s
in the Nantes district. import a la,'
quantity Of coal dust from Cards.
Swansea and Newport. The prOo,,
Of manufacture is very simple. M
coal dust is mixed with pitch and n
mixture poured into cups attached I
a belt, each cup containing just enou,
material for brick Of the size desirs
The belt In its movement passes d
material through a chamber, when
is exposed to steam. which fuses i
two substances into . homogeneo
mass. Thisis poured by the descent
the belt into molds, where it is subn
ed to an enormous pressure by
hydraulic press. or by machinery set
motion by a steam engine. The br
is square in form. its thickness be-,
about one third ofits other dimensio
and its weight five. ten, or fife
pounds. Certain Of the French railw
companies refuse to accept fuel unl
at least 10 per cent Of pitch has b
used for its agglomeration. It is stat
that briquet are preferable to ordins
coal for expectation to the colonies
to warm climates on account of I'd
compact storage and freedom In
small fragments and Dust, and also
use on locomotives, both on account
economy and space and becausetirem
can always determine the amount
fuel they are employing in a Civ
time, the weight Of each brick bs
exactly known. The manufactuu
claim that the patent fuel" is M
healthy for domestic use than ordinI
coal, citing in support Of this the
the declaration of certain well-kno
physicians. At the present day AM
Der Of bricks are made for domestic
Of small size and perforated with CHI
lar or longitudinal openings.-JO
OF the Society of Art.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-11

To keep kerosene lamps from smok-
ing. dip the wick in strong hot vine
gar. Dry it before putting it in the
lamp.
How to take out mildew from
white muslin: Spread the goods on
an earthen dish, rub salt on the
stain, squeeze lemon juice on it and
put it in the sun. Keep the salt moist
with the juice till the stain is gone.
It will also remove iron rust. have
never known it to fail.
Arrowroot sauce for bread or rice
buildings is made of two teaspoonfuls
Of arrowroot, the juice of one lemon, a
little grated nutmeg. half pint Of
water and sugar to the taste. Wet the
arrowroot with the water, stir it until
it is smooth, add the other ingredients.
and let it all come to boil.
A good paste for cleaning brass may
be prepared as follows: Rotten stone,
four ounces; oxalic acid, one ounce;
sweet oil. one and q half ounce; tur-
pentine, enough to make paste.
Oatmeal cakes may be successfully
kept from crumbling if you add q
little wheat -four to oatmeal mush;
knead it, and then roll it quite thin
and bike for half an hour in hot
oven. These must be kept where
they be dry. as they absorb moisture
surprisingly and are rendered unfit for
use by it.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-11

Juan Romero, an Indian upward of
sixty years Of age, now living in the up
per part of Napa Valley, Cal, is a menu
Der Of one Of the many tribes of abort
gines that in bis boyhood days called
that valley their home. AT that date
many Of the Indians were in the SER
vice Of and were cared for by the
Spanish padres Romero says gold
mine had been found and opened under
direction Of the priests in the range Of
hills bordering Napa Valley on the
east. It was about 1926 that the Next
can authorities, becoming aware that
the missions in California had acquired
vast amount Of property. decided to
tax each and all Of them. Not salts
fed with this slow process Of acquiring
the wealth they so much coveted, they
afterward confscated the mission
property by the wholesale. While the
Indians were toiIing in the gold mines
On the Napa hillside news came that
the Mexicans were on their way to the
valley. Romero was then i've or six
years of age. chore boy az the mine.
He says that upon receipt Of the news
work was Immediately stopped. the
mouth Of the drift blocked up and
every indication Of the existence OF .
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-11
THE FARM AND HONE.



Salt Is necessary to the health q
al vegetable eating animals. Those
living exclusively On fleah get the s.
line matter contained therein. and
consequently do not need salt. scien-
tiiic Investigations have proved that 4
portion OF the blood consists Of COM
mon salt. This Is continually
evolved through the kidneys and pores
Of the skin. The bile and cartiIages
Of the body contain soda. one Of the
constituents Of salt. # the supply is
cut Off digestion cannot be properly
carried on, and the animal suffers.
Farm animals should always have q
supply Of this necessary mineral. that
they may take it at will. in which
case they will not eat more than they
naturally require. In the season
of the year when the stock is in the
pastures and when grass is fresh, salt
y perhaps reIished by stock more than
at any other time. Farmers Tribune.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-11

Butter should be worked jus
enough 10 evenly distribute the salt
through it. II the churning i stopped
while the butter is in the GRUMPY Or
granular form, and it Is then thor
oughly washed in clean water Of brine
there viii be no necessity for working Il
to get out the buttermilk. as there win
be none to remove. Butter that IS
spread out on butter worker, OF on
any suitable platform, and pressed into
thin sheets, and then folded upon itself
three Or four times as the salt is
sprinkled on, viii be very evenly
sailed.
Butter that is unevenly sailed will
be streaky and marbled. because salt
butter has deeper color than unsalt-
ed II mass of butter is worked in
bowl or worker So small that the but
ter cannot be spread out into thin
sheets. it is possible to paddle it over q
long while without getting the salt
into every part. Butter that is gath
cred in the churn before the buttermillx
Is drawn off. may be worked to advan-
tage for the purpose Of squeezing out
the milk that should not have been
allowed to be shut into it. but such a
process requires hard work, while at
the same time it Injuries the quality Of
the butter. It is the milk in butter
that first causes It to change from good
to bad NeD England Farmer.