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The Clifton clarion., 1885-01-28

The career of Myra Clark Gaines, who died early Saturday. morning, has been both strange and romantic, for romance de- ponds much upon the eccen- tricities of the law for life and de- velopment. The story of Ter life includes her mysterious birth, her discovery. after reaching woman hood, and she was the daughter of a reputed bachelor of New Or leans, who died possessed Of immense wealth, her establish ment of the fact that her father had been legally married to her mother, and had made a will acknowledging her legitimacy and bequeathing her all he had, of her two marriages, and her widow hood for thirty five years after the  death of her second husband, and the unfaltering energy with which she fought for her rights for the remainder of her long life. For over forty of the eighty years of her life, she continued thisalitiga tion, and yet after winning re peated victories in the courts, she did not get possession of the enor- nous property. Nowl.that she is dead, her children will probably accept the compromises which she consistently refused during her life
The Clifton clarion., 1885-01-28

 Clifton i.ostonice.

Regular hours from 7:30 a. m. to 7:s0 p. m. Registration from 9:s0 a- nl- to D. m. Money Order hours, 9:3) q. m. to p. m. Sundays. office open from II a- m: to |. m. Mail departs for Solomonvilie Tuesdays, Thur.days ana Saturdays. Mail closes 9a- m. Mail for Morenci closes at D. m- No foreign or mutilatel money will be received for stamps. box rent or post, I orders Parties calling for mail matter other than th,t which is addressed to themselves must present an order for delivery.
 MRS. A. PoNERoY, P. NJ. E. MANN, Deputy P. M.
The Clifton clarion., 1885-01-28

GiSIA4AX -ES6D O O-5D E06OLOIS Please give call and convince yourselves that THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS FACT and also that carry the Bes Finest and Neaes Stock of Goods brought this Territory OUR STOCK OF CENTS FURNISHING GOODS complete NeckTies and Scarfs; White and Laundred Shirts; Collars and Cuffs; Knit Woon Red and Flannel White Shaker Flannel ard Canton Flannel Underwear all of sc quality and latest designs Navy and Cassmere Over shirts, etc.,
 IN HATS have just received large variety suit the fastdious well the unpeendng and hobby Hat to North Clifton by all means.
 IN CLOTHING line of Oregon Cassmere Suits and Panaoons which highly and durability
 IN CENTS BOOTS AND SHOES have just received Calf Button Shoes Calf Fancy Caters Morocco Top Calf Boo and Miners Boots and Shoes of the best make For good and good boot shoe to North Clifton by all means.
 IN LADIES' SHOES we have the French heel for elegance and low heel for comfort French Kids and Goat and fine lot of Low Shoes and Slippers which closing AT COST.
 IN CHILDREN'S AND BABIES SHOES have complete Of the best makes
 IN DOMESTICS carry fine lot of Beached Muslns Bed Tickings and Awnings Sheeting, PilowCasng etc. IN DRESS GOODS endless variety Manches fancy Debeg Black and Coored Cashmee Brocaded Velvet Soo per yad Fanne and Black Merino; White Goods prices lower than before
 IN LADIES' UNDERWEAR keep Red Wooen Chemises and Panaete White Embroidered Chemises Nghgowns Corset IN FANCY GOODS have fine line of Rbbons Artificial Flowers Lace Fnges Beeded Trimmings Ruchngs Lace Collars of fancy designs Neilngs, etc.,
 We also have line Ladies' Gloves Cloth Woolen, Buck and Plymouth Gloves and Gauntlets,
 GROCERIES LIQUORS AND CIGARS
 Saddlery, Glassware Furnure etc., etc.
The Clifton clarion., 1885-01-28
THE CLIFTON CLARION.

PUBLISHED EvEgY WEDNESDAY,, AT Clifton. Graham County. Arizona.
The Clifton clarion., 1885-01-28

Please give call and convince yourselves that THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS FACT and also that carry the Bes Finest Neates Stock brought this Territory.
The Clifton clarion., 1885-01-28
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.0 ]
A zEan of Many Relatives

From the EImlra AdVertlser.
 There is a man Tn .Clearfeld County, Pennsylvania, that is 40 years old who boasts of having one mother, one step father, three brothers, five sisters, three fathers in-law and three mothers-in law, 2S brothers in law, 21 sisters-in law, 112 nieces and nephews, 13 great nieces and nephews; and he is also the father of seven children all of whom make a family of 1S9.
The Clifton clarion., 1885-01-28
The British Commons Chamber.

Notwithstanding the vast sums of money lavished by Great Britain upon her Palace of Westminster she now finds the Commons Cham Der wholly unfit for the purpose for which it was designed, and discussion of a new chamber has already begun. The size of tEe present chamber is based upon u @ idea that the best things members have to do is not to listen to de- es.GThere Is not near seating capacity for all the members, neither is there proper ventilation. Members also begin to demand desks for writing purposes, similar to those in the French Assembly and American House of Repre- sentatiyes.
The Clifton clarion., 1885-01-28
ID. l.. SAYRE < CO. PUBLISHERS AND PRoPRIEroRs.

SINGLE COPIES of the CLARION can be obtained in Clifton at R. H. Austin s Naxrs Stand Main street.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-02
The MaunstIc Tree Cure.

After Mesmer, the author of mesmer-
ism, was exploded, the Marquis de Puy-
segur, the owner of quite large estate,
began to try animal magnetism upon his
tenants, and SO many Of the sick focked
to him for healing that within circum-
ference of twenty miles be was regarded
as having power almost divine. He
was the first discoverer of that state of
magnetic somnambulism denominated
clairvoyance. His gardener was his first
object. So famous did he become he
found it difficult to obtain needful re-
pose, and remembering that Mesmer had
said he could magnetic bits Of wood, he
thought it possible he might magnetic
a whole treel There was large elm on
the village green much resorted to on
fine summer evenings. This he pro-
ceeded to magnetic by making passes
and touching it with his hands. He di-
rected streams of the magnetic fluid from
his body to the branches and then to
the trunk; after which he had circular
seats erected all around it, and cords
suspended from it in all directions.
"When the patients had seated them
selves, they twisted the cords round the
diseased parts Of their bodies, and held
one another firmly by their thumbs to
form direct channel Of communication
for the passage Of the fluid.
The result of this magnetnizing by the
mass is related in letter to his brother,
dated May, 1884,
81 continue TO make use Of the happy
power for which l am indebted to M.
Mesmer. Every day bless his name,
forI am very useful, and produce many
salutary effects on all the sick poor in
the neighborhood. They flock around
my tree; there were more than / 80 of
them this morning. Not leaf Of It
but communicates health All feel, more
or less, the good effects of it. have
only one regret, it is that cannLt
touch all who come. Madam de Puyse
CUR, the friends she has with her, my
servants, and in fact all who are near
me, feel an amazement mingled with
admiration, which cannot be described.
Without my tree, which gives ME rest,
and which will give me still more, l
should be in a state Of agitation incon-
sistent, I believe. with my health"
What could more fully illustrate the
power Of imagination than the narration
of the healing tree.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-02
Enuaht to lha Last.

A lad of seventeen, who was with the
Egyptian army under Hicks Pasha, WIS
an eyewitness of his death, and gives
this account: Hicks Pasha and the very
few English officers left with him, seeing
all hope Of restoring order gone, spurreda
their horses and sprang out Of the con-
fused mass Of wounded, dead and dying.
These officers Gred their revolvers, clear
ing space for themselves, till Oil their
ammunition was expended. They killsA
many They had got clear outsi
They then took to their swords ana
fought till they fell. Hicks Pasha alone
remained He was terror 10 the Arabs.
They said he never struck a man with
his sword without killing him. They
named him About Deraa Dougal, the
heavy armed tor thick Or brawny) Ha
kept them ALL at Boy, but he w. struck
on the wrist with a sword and he dropped
his own. He then fell.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-02

In letter from the West Indies to the
New York Times, the writer says:
When he strikes you with the end Of his
tail, like wasp, he exudes venomous
liquid, and man had better hold red
hot iron in his hand than to get tenth
part Of d drop Of this liquid into his
blood. It is not necessarily fatal, par
ticularly in the Bahamas; but it con-
denses the heat Of forty furnaces. In
some parts of South America scorpion
bites are frequently fatal. but have not
heard Of any one having been killed by
them in Nassau. This is easily account
ed for. The scorpion likes to feed on
decayed wood. In South America, where
dyewoods and other poisonous woods
abound, tile scorpion feeds upon them.
and thus work into themselves a good
supply Of outside poison, which, taken
together with his naturally poisonous
liquid, does its work for whoever is un-
fortunate enough to be stung4 But, in
Nassau, such poisonous woods are few,
and the scorpions have to fatten them
selves respectfully On pine, cedar and
mahogany
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-02
me Queer ThInas ! NaIuraIIsL az.

One of the most curious traits about
him was his complete indifference TO tho,
disgusting side Of his experiments in The
uses of animal life. Thus, when the pan
ther in the Surrey Geological gardens
died, heinsisted on havingit disinterred,
that he might cook panther chop and
taste it, which he did, with the dry re-
mark that st was not very good And
he seldom lost an opportunity Of trying
new food, however disgusting some
might have thought it. A friend who
found him eating piece Of dead keIt
(salmon at the time Of the year whea
salmon are unfit to be eaten) asked hi
how he could taste anything 90 abe
nably nasty; to which he replied, q
nasty enough, but how can say 90
less have tried iti"
Again and again he records how d
the worse he felt for some Of these exf5c
riments; how the lump-fsh soup, which
was Something like turtle, made him
''rather seedyn the next day; how the
horse-hesh banquet resulted in fit Of
bad indigestion; now he boiled elephant
trunk for many days without producing
any particular result on the hardness
the texture; and 80 forth. With
exception-that Of an oyster the size Ut
a cheese plate-he was no more discour-
aged from making experiments on bis
own stomach by any sense of disgust
than he was discouraged by his dislike
of cold and physical illness from ventaF-
ing into freezing water in search Of SAL
mon eggs-a pursuit which seems W
have cost him his life. London Spectator.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-02

father again-you, Elmer Warren, who
glory in the crime which has placed that
father atyour mercy-keep your secrets, be
they what they may; but If further crime
grows from this, beware. I will not shield
youl"
IF your father has committed crime, I
had no hand in it, said Warren, sullenly.
Let us understand each other-you prom
ise TO be my wife7e
aNo."
She drew herself up to her full he ght as
she spoke, her eyes cleaning fire, her
queenly gesture Of defiance startling the
plotters. sanguine of ready success.
You pronounce my fatel groaned
Leslie.
aThen be it SO, for this mans wife I viii
never be.
Then force shall make you,S cried
Warren, angrily.
1T viii not avail. If it would save my
own life would not do as You wish
Something in the earnest tones convinced
Warren that deeper motive than defiance
and repugnance to HIM underlay the re-
fusal.
Cannot be, he replied, breathlessly.
no"
And why2"
Because. replied Edith Leslie, slowly,
resolutely, Il am already the wife of an
otherp
[To BE Continued
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-02
. Fun.
----

A silver in the bush is worth two in
the hand.
The silent watches Of the night-Those
not wound up.
The mosquito begins to send in his
bill as soon as the plumber leaves off,
Boston Post.
The woman question-Now, isn't this
a pretty time Of night for you to get
homeG- PHILADELPHIA call.
sWhats a footlight2p ga landing
after her father has kicked you out oi
the front door. Boston Budget.
The king Of Bavaria pays $40, 900 for
an opera seat; but then, as he runs no
chance of sitting behind a woman wear
ing four-story hat, it is probably worth
it.-Boston Post.
A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE.
AS they rolled round the rink together,
He asked with. a winning smile,
Will you take my arm, fair maiden"
And she said, II am not that style.
have never made an acquaintance,
And l surely will not to-day,
Except through an introduction
That is made in the regular way
. just then she falls to the surface,
And a thousand stars she sees,
And she mulmurs, demure as kitten,
Oh, sir, pick me upr il you pleasep
Boston Courier.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-02

II do not fear you. he replied. calmly.
Your game and mine are identical, and I
think we can understand each other. The
man yonder is dead. You killed him. The
secrets worth keeping, but it's also worth
q reward. There are other points, Reuben
Leslie, for I can tell yon girl that she is
not"
The mechanics hand was laid roughly
across Warren's mouth, while he raised the
iron bar menacingly.
Stop, he cried. Be warned in time.
What do you want?"
"A price for my silence"
@Name il
Elmer Warren advanced to the side Of
the girl. whose white, scared face did not
repel him. But she shrank from his touch
with adherence as he replied: 9Your
daughters handin marriage
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-02
10 Prevent Fires.

The Fireman's Herald condenses into
small compass vast amount Of useful
information having tendency to prevent
fires, thus wise:
l. Always buy the best quality Of oil.
2. Never make sudden motion with
lamp, either in lifting or setting it
down.
8. Never put lamp on the edge OF
table or mantel
A. Never fiji lamp after dark, even II
you should have to 60 without light.
5. See that the lamp wick is always
clean and thst they work freely In the
tube.
s. Never blow lamp out from the
top.
Z. Never take light to a closet where
there are clothes. IF necessary to go
to the closet, place the light at dis
tance.
8. Use candles when possible in going
about the house and in bedrooms. These
are cheaper and can't explode, and f0r
many purposes are just as good as lamps.
8. Matches should always be kept in
stone or earthern Jars Or in tin.
10. They should never be left where
rats and mice can get hold Or them
There is nothing more to the taste u
rat than phosphorus. They will cat il
if they can get at it. a bunch of
matches is almost certain to be set FIRE to
if rat gets at it.
II. Have perfectly good safes in every
place where matches are to be used, and
never let a match be left on the floor.
70. Never let match 60 out Of your
hand after lighting it until you are sure
the FIRE is out, and then it is better to
put it in a stove or earthen dish.
13. It is far better to use the safety
matches, which can only be Iighted
upon the box which contains them.
a. Have your furnaces examined
carefully in the fall ana at least once
during the winter by competent per
son. All the pipes and hues should be
carefully looked to-
is. If there are any closets ia the
house near chimneys or hues, whisR
there ought not to be, put nothing ots1
combustibIe nature into them Such
closets will soil silver and crack crock
cry and burn bedding. They form q
bad part Of any house that contains
them.
16. Never leave any wood near q fur
mace, range or stove to dry.
II. Have your stove looked to fre-
quently to ser. that there are no holes for
coal to drop out.
is. Never put any hot ashes Or Goals
in wooden receptacle,
19. Be sure there are no curtains or
shades that can be blown into gas
light.
20. Never examine gas meter after
dark.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-07-02
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS
NUMBER AS.

Any candidate who fails to answer aiHty
per cent. Of the questions propoupded ia
barred out. There is an examination for
every branch Of government employ, mp
two examinations being alike, ana "
must be quite evident to the reader, from
the sample questions above quoted, that
a candidate who IS not naturally intelH-
gent, and who has not been at least
fairly educated, will stand poor show
of securing a place.-M. Quad, IN De-
troit Free Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-23
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.

Complaint is made that General Villas has
the "Conklipg sneer."
Senator Evarts doesn't uso long sentences
when he declines a candidacy,
Secretary Manning believes that "a soft an.
swer turneth away wrath"
Senator Vest recently shot an eagle vsrv
much resembling The one on the trade dollar.
Jay Gould says he lovos the laborlpg man.
All. yes! Just the same as a wolf loves &
lamb.
Did the presidsnt set up only ice-water for
Governor st. John duIiDg their recent con.
fabulation?
Ex-Attorney General Brewster is on his
way home from Europe with O shipload of
brIc-a-bIac.
Senator Palmer, of Michigan, ha, built n
log cabin on his grounds at Detroit, which no
viii use as @ den.
President Cleveland has not cut very mary
wAsermelons for the hungry place-hunters
sine, his return to the capital.
Secretary Manning has leased q house In
Washington opposite the Blaine msnsion,
He has always been Numerically opposed to
the Plumed Knight.
Roswell 2. Flo wer has blossomed out .s m
orator at a country fair, bat he wlgely re-
framed from telling the grangerB what he
didn'G know about farming.
President Cleveland ia fond of walking. |
Hs must wish that the multitude of off ,e- |
seekers that hang around the capital would |
emulate his example while the walking Is !
good.
People who imagine that the clerks at
Washington are dying to 20 home and vote do
not know them, They are a great deal more
anxious to stay where they are and draw their
Jumbo's hide, weighing 1,60O pounds. will
do to hang on the fence at Washington Tor
to look at. They don't ses many
republican polts drying in the sun. Chicago
Herald.
Congressman Morrison 10 represented as
through Illinois ia search of his
representative, Mr.. Springer, 10
whom he will extend the oliye-brench and
'trivs 20 heal the breach nov existiUg be-
'ween those two eminent prairie state poll
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-23
a Thief Nabbed.

Early yesterday morning William
Plum was arrested In the "Onsha Liquor
House" on Sixteenth and Capitol avenue,
while probably In the act of burglarIzlng
the store.
Plum is a colored thief of some Local
notorlety. He has for the pat few
months bean working for the establish
msnt. Last week he left the place, say
Ing that he would return In a few days
He has not been seen since, until 3 or 4
o'clock yesterday, when he was found
fumbling about in the saloon. He gave
as excuse that he had come back to work,
but this ltory looks rather fshy. Fer
some time past, Connors, the proprietor,
has been annoyed by pity thefts which
he thinks were committed by Plum.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-23
BUSINESS UNCERTAINTIES
"A Couple OF Local Concerns Wherein
Affairs Do Not Seem TO
Harmonize,

a row between partners seems TO have
occurred Ia the firm of Joslyn & Slckett,
merchandise brokers, at 1869 Firnam
street. 81. b. Joslyn and F. j. SAckett
opened buslneEs here about two months
ego. coming from Durand, Ills. In the
meantime Mr.. Jotlyn, who is In straight.
eneo circumstances and hard up
as he himself confesses, has
returned to Dugand. From that
point he writes On open letter declaring
that he does not wish TO bs longer iden-
tined with the Omaha concern Of which
he is senior member. He AYERS that be
can no longer endorse Mr. Sackett's
course of prce ,dure and advises the
publIc If they desire to be informed on
SIS business methods to write to the
minnesota lumber company, and Polo,
Ogle county, Ill. He concludes his writ
ing by asserting that the firm will short
ly dissolve. Mr.. Sackett is In Omaha
and seems 10 be carrying on a business
satisfactory to both himself and custom.
The Ttfft, Weller & 90. dry goods
agency, which ocoupies the second story
OF the Canaan building, at the corner of
and Doueias, is also figuring
peculiarly. Mersrs. Barney &
Masters, the agents, Monday sold
their samples to j. L. Brandeis & Son.
telegram to Teft, Weller & 90. brought
The reply yesterday that Mesers. b. |
Nj. are not authorized to di,pase OF
'he san pies. The copcern's local attor-
ley is doubtless by this time advised of
ome COURSE of action to pursue in the
'remlues, but as that gentleman can not
70 found the result 10 unknown.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-23
WESTERN NEWS.
DAKOTA,

DAKOTA.
Alexandria Is to have q 81, 500 Episcopa
church.
The constitutional convention now in sea
sion at Sioux Falls costs $500 a year.
One hundred and sixty acres of lots have
been disposed of In Castalia during the pas
two months.
The exe cution Of Miller, at Grand Falls,
Sept. 80. will be the first legal execution ever
had In North Dakota.
Fargo has paid the 80, COO bonus offered Co
secure the encampment of the Dakota Ma
ti1nol guards at that place.
Rapid City will hold an election in Ootobsr
on the proposition to Issue SIS, 600 in bonds to
complete a system of water works.
The arteslan well at Scotland is now 40
feet deep and there ia a steady flow of water
amounting to about twelve gallons an hour.
Orders have been received at Fort SuIIy to
hold two companies in readiness t. proceed to
the Winnebago aud Grow Crosk reservations
to elect the settlers who still remain there.
. Beef cattle on the Black Hills ranches are
being rounded up and driven to Chadr n for
shipment. Range cattle were never in batter
cor dition to make good beef than at tho pres
emit time.
The tia ore at Hill City has been tested,
and yields large returns The experts who
did the testing devoted considerable time TO
examination and say that this Black Hills is
certainly q tin country.
The farmers at Madi on county have organ.
zed an association TO be known as the Lake
county Grain and Produce association, Ia
Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-23

THE question Is raised whether the
county shall elect a register of deeds this
fall. The office was created by the last
legislature In counties having over Is, OO0
population. By o clerical error the
statutes read 1900 population, and some
lawyers contend that this error invall-
dates the whole law. We do not believe
tho supreme court will sustain that view,
If a test case Is made, providing that ths
county which elects the register has o
population of Owe 10. 900 by the census
OF 1885. In all cases the intent Of the
lawmakers governs. The error made In
figures could not effect the entire law.
Douglas county should elect a register of
deeds even II the commissioners leave
that office out of their proclamation. We
need a register of deeds, and since his
salary of So, 800 will be more than bal.
anced By the fees there will be no addi-
tionnl burden upon the Taxpayers. At
preHent the county clerk Is register of
deeds and has more than he can properly
to.