The Daily Tombstone., 1886-02-01
Next Easter falls on the lst.,t dG,.

on which it possibly can occur, April 18th, under the rule of thS council of Nice (which declares that EaStSr shall be observed the Sunday after the full moon following the 21it of March. It's earliest possible date is March 92. It is one hundred and fifty i've years since Easter day has been 50 late. It will not again fall on that day till 1943. Ask Wednesday will fall, this year, on the 10 of March.
 An exchange says when 6 y0uHg Indian paints his face it is an iHdica- tion that he is courting, anA thAt. his suit iS prosperous" Although We are not familiar with their habits of life, we believe the same rule applies to the pale faced deScsndAnt of the abOrigin- al, on the female side of the house. The "prosperous" part cuts little figure however, except tO result in the dGub- ing on of more paint sS the OfArtS,of the female to make . maShi appear tS be of nc avail. n
 An Alaska Indian has made c cane which he will present to President 
 Cleveland, and has turned it over ts the Governor of Alaska who will for ward it to the President. The kane is made of yellow cedar, beautifully carved, the carving representing the traditions of the bear family, thAt aA. imal being the totem" of the Kaht- watonI, the tribe to which the Indian belongs, and iS finishing with feruls of Alaska gold. The cane is an. un- iqus present, and will no doubt bS sp- preciAted by PrOsident Cleveland, who will need something to lean upon by the time Senator Beck and his col leauges get through with him eA the. silver question.
 H. B. Ma1Son, superintendent of the TownSite mine, TombstSne, and B. R. & P. mines near Yuma, returned home last evening from San FrAaciSco, whore he has been OA buBiness fer the latter company. He left San Fran cisco for TonbStOAe two weeks sEo, on the first train that was stopped iR Mojavs desert by the big WGsheut. The passengers were held there near ly the entire week, and were then re turned to San Francisco and kept till the road was opsnsds Later the mails were transferred by hand cars aerOsS the break on the A.. & F. and were sent to Arizona via Albuquerque. h the meantime the wires were WAShed down, and tslegraphic communities tion was also cut off. The first train over the break reached BeASOa late Friday night.
 It appears from published StatiStiSs of the worlds population that vOnOn have greater tenscity of life than men. Nature worshipS thO female in all its varieties. Among insects the male pSriShes ct relatively earlier period. In plants the SsmiARts blOs- Soms die earliest, and are produced in the weaker limbs. Female quGarupSdS have more endurance than males. In the humaL race despite the intellect uGl and physical strength of the man, the woman endurOS longest, and will bear pain TO which the strong man succumbS. ZymotiS diseases arc more l fatal to males, and more male chil- dren die than female. DSverga as SertS that the population dying sud. denly is about one woman to seven men; 1080 men in ithe United States, in 1870, committed suicide, to 3S5 women. Intenp@ancs, Apoplsxy, gout, hydrocsphGlul, affections of the heart or liver, ScOtula,. parAlysiS, are moro fatal to males than. females. Pulmonary consumption, on the other l hand is more deadly to the latter. Fs- males in cities are more prsAo tO cOn- sumption than in the country. All old countries not disturbed by emigra- tion have g majority of females in