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The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1885-10-10

R. L. Long, Superintendent of public
Instruction for Arizona, has made cut first
grade territorial certificates for H. D. Ross,
of Yavapai county, Mary E. Post, of Yuma
county, Miss Marry A. Tyrrel, of Maricopa
county, and a second grade certificate for
J. E. Hufer, of -Yavapai county.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1885-10-10
BOARD OF PRISON COMMISSION
ERS

The Board met N regular session on Mon
day, the 9Th inst, with full attendance.
The session was held in the new office of the
Board on Penitentiary Hill.
The report of the Superintendent embrace
ing sub-reports. of Physician and Turnkey,
was received, read, duly considered and
passed to file.
The Board proceeded to the examination
and approval.cf accounts, and the sum of
$l4, 1890, for the 3rd quarter of 1885, was
audited and ordered paid.
The report of the Treasurer of the Board
was received, approved and filed, showing a
balance in his hands of SS9S. So with S3l5. 90
against the United States for collection.
As some dissatisfaction has been express
ed with regard to the purchase of contingent
supplies outside of those under contract, an
order was entered that hereafter bids shall
be received by purchasing agents, from all
the local business establishments, for this
character of supplies and that the lowest of
fer shall be accepted.
Orders were entered to place a shingle
roof over the residence of the Superinten-
dent, and supplies secured for the manu-
facture Of a sample buggy and wagon.
That portion Of the SuPerin5en4ent's re-
port detailing she circumstau. e or an infrac-
ton Of the rules by certain e5urio.s, and
the punishment meteJ ont to them. was d-.
iy investigated. and the Board after rreac-
deliberation decided that no dlminution of
Communication time gained in either case
should be made, as the punishment inflicted
to be fully adequate to the ofense
committed.
The Board then adjourned sine die.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1885-10-10

Probate Judge and Ex-osFicio clerk
Dated October l. 1855
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1885-10-10

R. 81. Pratt, assistant general superin-
tendent of the S. P. R. R., w G. Curtis,
superintendent of the track, Arthur Brown,
superintendent of Bridges and buildings,
and VIM. T. Lambie, division road master
and resident engineer, were in Yuma ON
last Wednesday and left Yuma Tuesday
morning for Los Angles. They were on
tour of inspection.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-03
the new district telegraph.

The boys kept up the experiment
pulling the button round to cigar;
and wine for about an hour, and then
bade Mrs. Perkins good-day. AS Ell
shook hands with them, he said;
Gentlemen, that is the greatest
invention Oh earth. You hear me =
Yesterday afternoon when Eli was
leaving the Gait House some one
asked if he had seen the new district
telegraph work in the hotel.
"Seen i'll" screamed Eli, as he
dropped his umbrella on the walk
"seen it? | should say l had-and felt
it, took. Why those Louisville fellows
came TO my room and rang it fol
every thing on earth. Just to show
me You know,and what do you think p?
Why here it is all charged in my bill
-$27 60, aud only ~ of il Tor meals
| tell you the next time | study up
the district telegraph business 1 won't
do it in hotel. If do III do it in
some other fellows room. Nice joke
il is TO pay $27 for wine and cigars
and | temperance man, too. No
sir, l don't want any more district
telegraph in mine, You hear me
and Eli disappeared into cab, head
ed for the Cincinnati train.-Com-
mercial.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-03
A Startling Statement.

Only few weeks ago a gentleman
on the inside intimated 10 us that we
need not be surprised to hear Of start
ling developments in the management
Of the States affairs at any time.
lie said he could tell taic one sen-
tence in length, and that sentence
containing not more than three words
which would astound every citizen
in the Commonwealth. .-Owensboro
Messenger.
We have of late noticed a number
of similar insinuations rejecting upon
the integrity Of our State officials
and confess our surprise that fair
minded men Of intelligence, would
write such bosh. Now if .!.is gen =
tlemen who is represented as being
on the 'inside," knew of any improp-
er use of the States funds by any
State official, why didn't he give
names and facts, of what he is on the
"inside" Of? Let him speak out. There
are but two State officers that han
die much OF the State funds, the Au-
ditor and Treasurer, in fact the law
requires that all the revenues CT the
State pass through their hands. It's
the business of the former to see that
the revenues ofthe State are promptly
collected and paid over to him, whose
duty is to pay over what he receives
to the Treasurer.-When once in
the custody Of the Treasurer it can
only be, lawfully, paid out Oh the
draft or warrant of the Auditor.
Now is there a man in the State that
belives Treasurer Tate would purloin
the funds of the State, or that Audi
tor Hewitt would make fraudulent
drafts upon the Treasurer. Were
they to do such a thing the fraud
would be easily detected by any man
of ordinary business intelligence by
an inspection of their books; and
these books and aperS are eXamian-
ell by committees every session of the
General Assembly and never has a
single error, much less fraud been
found to exist.
If the revenues of the State are in
| w lllNCp ttlI Oli NIlp
treasury, it is not the fault of the
Auditor. treasurer or any State of
fetal. The Stale officers have moth
ing to do in fixing the rate Of taxa
ton or making the laws H. which
the money is drawn from the Treas
ury. These duties are preformed by
the General Assembly which alone
is responsible for any deficit that may
exist in the States eXchequer, and
also for any laws that are detrimental
to the development of the resources
of the State and the progress of the
people. 1t is also fact that legisla-
ton recommended by the Governor
or any of the State officials, as neccs-
sary for the public good, have no
more eject on the average legislator,
than drop of rain does on the Becky
Mountains. We agree with the
Messengers informant on one point,
and that is, that the financial difficult
ties of the Safes can be told in a
sentence containing noemore than
three words" yes the problem can be
correctly solved in two words by
exclaiming. "IncOmpetent Legisla-
tors" There it is i'll a nut SHE'LL
Kentucky Democrat.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-03
How sealskin is Prepared.


From the San Francisco Chronicle
Few of those wearing a scalskin
sacque have any knowledge of the
process by which the skins are
prepared for use. Seen when first
taken from the animal they little re-
semble the warm, glossy skins worn
upon our streets, for until dyed and
cured, they are of a light brown hue,
coarse and full Of sand. Before be-
coming valuable they are shaved
down on the flesh side until not
thicker than paper, the long hairs
are all pulled out, and the fur dyed.
The cost of the article is due to the
labor expended upon it. The raw
skins are sold in London, where the
tishingis done, and then shipped
back to America, where they are
sold with a heavy duty added. The
killing season of Alaska begins about
the 10Th of June, and the 100000
skins are usually ready for shipment
a month later. The work of slaugh-
tering the animals is done by the
natives who live upon the st. Paul
and st. George Islands and the pro-
cess is an interesting one. When
skins are wanted the natives go 10
the rookerics, station themselves
along the shore between the seals
and the wafer, and, at a given signal,
spring to their feet and make as much
noise as possible. The frightened
victims, timid as deer, then stampede
up the beach and are driven like
sheep few miles inland, until their
captors attack them with hickory
clubs. Being knocked senseless, they
are stabbed with long, sharp knives,
and the skins are quickly stripped
from the bodies. The work is divided
among the men-some knocking the
seals down, Others stabbing them,
and still others taking Off the skins.
The native Indians number about
three hundred, and under the terms
Of the lease are provided gratis by the
company with warm houses, sixty
tons of coal, doctor and 4 school
master, salmon, and other necessities
and comforts. For their labor the
men are paid some $4,000 altogether
each season, a sum more than sulfi-
cient 10 meet the limited needs of life
in region of almost perpetual fogs
and utter isolation.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-03
Advice to Young Men on Marriage.

Get married, my son? Look me
in the eye. Ifyou never do anything
else in the world, get married. don't
be in too big a hurry about it, but
don't be too deliberate. 1t is your
duty. Don't think the girls are all
butterflies of fashion. If you want
10 marry "a laundress do your courtiDg
in the laundry but if you want a
wife, marry the girl you love. Be
honest with the world; don't sail
under false colors. Don't repine over
your poverty; it is good for you.
We get most of our Presidents from
Illinois tanyards and farms and Ohio
towpaths. Don't envy any great
man, my boy. The great man, with
his weight of years and care, envies
you every time he passes you by.
And if you can't be a leader, double
loaded, column long, on the second
page, you can be something just ts
useful. You can be a little paying,
four-line solid nonpareil "ad" on tie
inside down under a picture q
Lydia Pinkham, and that will help
tie maker up and ill its place in the
paper. Be anything in the world,
M boy, that is alive and useful. BE
any thing buta "dead ad".-Burdett's s
Boston Lecture.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-03
TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES.
The autograph ofAlbert U. .Wyman,

The autograph ofAlbert U.Wyman,
is valued by its possessor in proper
ton to its frequency the more sigma
lures by this gentleman the moro
money. If the reader will take the
trouble to examine a greenback OF
recent make, he will find veritable
specimen of Mr. Wyman's handwrit.
ing upon IL. No public officer has
duties to perform interesting more
people than the quiet and retiring
gentleman whose portrait appears
above. Everybody will be glad to
know something more about him
than his signature and portrait can
give.
lie was born in Canada about fifty
Ave years ago, Of American parents
who had crossed the border on visit.
Ills bOyhood was spent in Madison,
Wisconsin, where hc received sound
and good education, and afterwards
leprIed the printing business in the
establishment owned by his father
In due time he became a partner in
the printing firm of Wyman Il Sons.
lie was first given an Office in the
year 1868, when he was placed IN the
Treasury at Washington with a sal
AIRY OF twelve hundred dollars a year.
Mr.. Wyman has continued in the
same department ever since that date,
and is representative of the cliicien-
cy which is induced by constant at
tention TO one class of duties during
long period of time. His first pro-
motion of note was several years
after he had held u clcrkship. lie
was then appointed Assistant-Cashier
of the Treasury. In time lie rose TO
be Cashier. The next step was his
being made Assistant-Treasurcr OF
the United States. On the resigna-
tion of Mr.. Gilfillan, in March, 1883,
he was given the Treasurership, the
duties of which, he assumed April |,
1888. 1t would be superluous TO add
that Mr., Wyman's long apprentice
ship prepared him fully for the per-
fOrmance of his present duties, which
are both arduous and responsible.
lie has to account for the hundreds
of millious of dollars which flow into
and out of the Treasury each year.
In personal appearance Treasurer
Wyman is tallish and well-iormed
His countcnance indicates ability, re-
finement and exceeding gentloness
and sympathy. lie is modest and
quiet in his manner, and avoids rather
than seeks public attention. Age has
sprinkled his hair and beard with
gray hairs.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-03

An explorer behind the scenes of
"The Sea of Ice" while Kate Claxton,
as the imperilled heroine of that mel
odrama, was thrilling the audience
by perching on a floating piece OF
berg, says that he was badly shocked
to find that the waves we're only a
row of boys ultimately humping their
backs and squatting under painted
cloth, and that the actress icy craft
was a rude box with rockers to il
like cradle.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-03
CITY AND COUNTRY BOYS.
N. Quad's Short Talk" to the
Ambitious Farm Lad.

AS to the difference between city
and country boys it lies entirely in
the training. The farmers son may
have the most intelligence as a child,
but natural intelligence must be
trained and cultivated or it becomes
low cunning instead of wisdom.
The country boy has district school,
run in almost any fashion, while the
city boy has graded schools conduct
ed on the wisest system. So long as
he is kept in the country the farmers
boy has no show at all compared to his
friend in town in the matter Ofeduca-
tion.
We look to a mans personal
department before we test his intel
lectual abilities. The farmers son
has no associates outside of his own
class. The semi-solitary life of the
farm has few refining influences
The work must be done whether or
no, and farm-workers cannot expect
time to cultivate song and music,
lie is not brought into contact at
church socials, parties, lodges,
lyceums, etc, while the refined and
educated. lie grows up in his ways
and he remains thus. While the
social condition of the American
farmer is immeasurably superior to
that of any similar class in any coun-
try on earth, it is not what it could
be made nor what it will be fifty
years hence.
And now, my boy let me say to
you that no matter what state you
live in or what avocation you intend
to pursue, you have advantages
which you may not fully comprehend.
There are 10 social barriers to keep
you down. Az honest, truthful,
respectable boy or man can step right
to the front without capital. His
merits are recognized and rewarded,
You have advantages over the boy
of twenty, ten, or even five years ago.
Every progressive step in the coun-
ry'shistory helps the boy as well as
he man.
Twenty years ago the money of
the country was handled by men
whose gray hairs were supposed to
be proofs of honesty, and the business
was in the hands of men past 40. To-
day the country is giving the boys
golden chances. They are put at the
day-books and ledgers, at the cash
desks, in banks and post offices, in
positions of trust and responsibility
everywhere, and the active business
is in the hands of men between %
and 40. But for the boys who are
taking an active part in business to.
day the wheels would move slowly,
You have tho advantages and OPP
portunities if you miss them it is
your own fault.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-03
Communication.

WETUMPKA, ALA, Sept. %, 1884,
About six years ago became afflicted
with very disagreeable skin disease,
with large, dry sores and many crus-
ted pimples on my face, hands and
shoulders. The sore onmy shoulder
eat out hole nearly an inch deep,
and the cancerours appearance ofone
of the sores near my eye alarmed me
very much. l tried all kinds of treat
ment, but found nothing that seemed
to affect the disease. l finally decid-
ed to try S. S. S. on advice of q
physician, and in short time the
scabs dropped from the sores and left
my skin smooth and well. consider
S. S. S. the greatest blood medicine
made, and the only thing that will
cure the disease with which l was
afflicted. / think my trouble was
the result of a terrible attack of NAL
aria fever, contracted while farming
in the Tallapoosa river swamp. |
can be found at-my office inthe court
house at WetumEa. You can refer
to me. j. L. RHODES, Dep. Sheriff
Elmore Co., Ala.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer
3, Atlanta, Ga.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-03
He Will Not.

When Garfield was inaugurated,
Gen. Hancock, his defeated competitor,
was the grand marshal Of the day,
and as such directed the movements
of the troops which attracted so much
attention on that occasion.
When Abraham Lincoln was in
augrate'l, Stephen A. Douglas, one OF
his defeatcrs competitors, stood by
his side and held his hat, and when
the ceremony was over he was one OF
the first to tender his congratulations.
When Grover Cleveland shall be
inaugurated next March will the
amiable James G. Blaine stand by
and make hat.rack out of himself
for the convenience of the President
elect?
Not much.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-03
Joseph Pulitzer's Career.

1t is singular what wonderful
changes few years can bring to a
man. Joe Pulitzer, of the New York
World, has singular career. Not
many years ago he was a stevedorc
on the levees at st. Louis. After
wards he became a coachmau for
Capt. Jas. Il. Eads, of jetties fame.
Then an accident gave him a chance
to run for the Legislature of Missouri
and he was elected. lie made some-
thing of a mark in this position and
got a start. Afterward he secured
an interest in German paper at St,
Louis, which prospercd in his hands,
and he took quite an important hand
in local affairs. lie and Carl Schurz
were in the newspaper and the
Geely movement together. lie sold
his German daily at a profit, then
bought the Post-Dispatch for song
and it became worth half million
in five years. lie sought a broader
field of work in New York, got hold
of the World which was then a
charity patient, and has made it Q
very valuable property. Now having
been about two years a resident {!
New York city he is elected to Con
gress from district in which he
does not live and never will reside
Philadelphia Times.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-03
Tunneling a Volcano.

Some enterprising Yankees have
bought a volcanoeNin Mexico, and are
Turning a tunnel into it about half
way up the crater, through which
they expect to draw off an enormous
quantity of sulphur. Volcanoes in
the human system take the form of
pimples, boils, and carbuncles. They
proceed from weak and impure blood,
which Browns Irou Bitters strength
ems and puriflcs. Mr.. Shank, of Pc
tersburg, Va, says, ut caused the
eruptions on his skin to entirely dis
appear"
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-03
How They Worked Him

Charles ID. IIaines, the owner OF
the new district telegraph system,
had just got his new district telcg-
raph into the Gall House yesterday
as an experiment, in order TO show
how the system works, when Eli Per-
kins arrived. Everybody was on tip
toe around the hotel to see how the
novelty worked. 1t seems there is a
message box in each room in the
hotel. This message box almost
talks with the office. The guest by
simply turning the revolving button
OH the disc of the message box to
"hot WATER" will have it put down at
his door in an instant; and SO in the
same manner by turning the button
to "ice water" cigars" swine"
''seltzer," doctor" or "iire," he can
have these commodities sent to his
room without speaking or even get
ting Off his bed. Eli Perkins was so
innocently' curious to see how the
thing worked that some of the
Louisville boys headed by Mr., Haines,
volunteered TO go up to their room
and explain it to him.
"Now," they said, "you just turn
that button to cigars and see them
come up"
Eli innocently turned the button
and instantly five fragrant cigars
came throught the door.
"That is wonderful" said Eli art
lessly, "and if | pull it to swine will
wine come up?"
Certainly" the boys said, "try it."
Eli tried it and bottle of cham
pagne, with the cork cut and ready
to pop, surrounded by five glasses
came into the room.
"Well, that beats mel" exclaimed
Eli, as the boys filled the glasses and
passed the wine around. "That is
wonderful, w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-lW
After Mr.. Perkins had recovered
from his astonishment he inquired
what Especial" meant on the disc.
"Try it~ the boys said. Eli pulled
the button to special, and in came
Mayor Bridwel and Mr. Brentant
President of the City Council o
Evansville.
"What did you send for us for p
they asked almost out of breath.
"1 don't know" said Eli, 81 simpl!
turned it to special"
The boys explained that specia
was a special call for the two Evans
vile gentlemen.
"Now you're here" said Eli, aftel
they had been introduced, "the boy
will show you how this wonderful
telegraph works"
Then the boys pulled the buttol
around to cigars and wine again, ant
they came up in jiffy."
"That is a good thing" said Majo
Bridwell, as he drank off the cham
pagne. We must have it in ou
Evansville hotels. It's so simple ant
saves so much trouble"
"Here is one labelled fire; wha
does that mean2" asked Eli, still
studying the wonderful machine, an,
at the same time pulling the button
In few moments in burst the fore
man of the Baxter Hook and Ladde
Company and three men with paten
fire extinguishers.
"Where's the flrcr they shouted
as they peered into the tobacco smok,
ELI laughed and explained ths
they were only experimenting wit
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-03
'ot much.

George P. Morris wrote "Wood-
man, Spare That Tree" because the
purchaser ola friends estate wanted
to cut a tree which his grandfather
had planted. His friend paid the
purchaser $40 to spare it, Morris
was touched by the story and wrote
the song.-N. Y. Graphic.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-03

Shakespeare killed two-thirds of
all his characters with cold steel. A
dozen died from old age, seven were
beheaded, five died from poison, two
of suffocation, two by strangling,
three by snake bites, one from fall,
one is drowned and one is thumped
to.death with sand bag.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-03

The oldest person, perhaps, now
living in the United Slater is Sylvia
Duboice, a negress and former slave,
who, in August last, celebrated her
10th birthday, and who lives in ,les-
titution on the bleak summit of the
Sourland Mountain, in Hunterdon
county, N. J.--F. Y, Mail.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-03
The Great Blood Purifier.

Dir. Samuel Hodges Alternative Compound Sar-
saparilla with Iodide Patash. The Compound is
purely vegetable, each article of ingredient is
perfectly harmless in itself, having been selected
from roots and herbs possessing great medicinal
properties, when combined forms a most power
ful. efficient, and pleasant medicine for the re-
moval and permanent cure of all diseases arising
from an impure state of system, viz: Chils,
rheumatism, Scrofula or Kings evil, Scald-
head or letter, Chronic Sore Eyes,
Old or Chronic Sores all kinds Boil, Pplcs, Syphlc
Rheumatism Primary Secondary syphilis, Nervous De
Ility, Liver Complaint inflammation of the Kidneys and Bad
der renovaes and nvgorates the sysem acts gently the
bowels. AS apezcrand orkgeneral debility it is most
excellent remedy.
CAMPBELL BROTHERS, Druggists,
Sole Manufacturers.
Forsae by all druggists. Price 81 per lottle, or for IS.
Liberal discount to the trade
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-03

Well, since the South Kentuckian
and Messenger have mentioned it the
Union Local is not on exchange
with the Congressional Record
either; but we have enjoyed its abb
sence.-Union Local,