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Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-07-10
Fir.t Dutv to write Acreeablv.

Authors ought not to be above being reminded that it Is their first duty to write agreeably-some very disagreeable men have succeeded in doing it. so there is no need for any one to despair. Every author, be he grave or gay, should try to make his book as ingratiating as possible. Reading is not a duty, and has therefore no business to be made disagreeable. No body is under any obligation to read any other man book. Literature exists to please; to tighten the burden of mems mems lives; to make them for a short while forget their sorrows and their sins, their silenced hearths, their disappointed hopes. their grim futures-and those men of letters are the best loved who have best performed Iterature's truest office. -Macmillan's Magazine.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-07-10
.Nn Phrsic. Sir. in Mine!r

A good story comes from a boy s boardipg.school in "Jersey." The diet was monotonous and constipating. and the learned principal decided to intro duse some old-style physic in the apple sauce. and await the baPpy results. One bright lad, the smartest In school, dls- covered the secret mine in his sauce. and pushing back his plate, shouted to the pedagogue, No physie. SIT. in mine. My dad tod me to use nuihin' but Dr. PIe.ce' s Pleasant Purzaiive Pellets, and they are dviog their duty like charm! They are anti bilious, and purely vege-
Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-07-10
Nsr GoId Rerion in Patarnni.-

A new gold country is said to have been discovered bya shiPwrecked French sailor in Patagonia, between the straits of Ma Sellan and the river Gallegos. The man had collected from the sands little fort une when taken oil the coast by a steamer. -Exchanc-e
Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-07-10
DIsTRICT COURT, PIMA COUNT. Al

U zona.
 In the matter Of the Insolvency of tAs Er-5- Swan Electric Light Company. To creditors of sad InsOl ent- Notice IS hereby gwen that Cb8rIss B. prsE' Assignee of the above named Irso.vtat. lH nled his petition for leave to sell one Dyla-a ore Dial, and certain tXture= D longing t1 ts estaie of sad lnsOlVent. at private sa e s- tlS sand petition will bs heard before Hon. . Barnes, Judge of said court. at h-s chan b--- ,. Tn the City of ucson, on Tuesdaz July .-% at 10 o'clock, a. ID.
 J. IT. M4RTlN
 Clerk of said D.ztuc, Gear Dated Tucson. A. T.. June 2J. lsso. t@
Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-07-10
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING

mates of the cost of fBdvertisinR. The advertiser who wants tO rpend one dollar, finds IL ID the in
 formation he T, quIres. while for him who will invest 0re hundred thousand dollars in sdver- tlsiug, a scheme IS indicated which will meet hi= every requirement. or can be made 10 do SO by few sliEht changes easily arrived at by cur respoudsuce. One hundred and hfty-thres editions have been issued. Sent pOstplidtO any address for 70 ceuts. Apply Co GEO. P, ROW ELL G CO. Newspaper Advertising Bureau. 10
Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-07-10
Artificial stone In Prehistoric Times.

The opinion is entertained now by many men of science that the art of making artificial stone for structural purposes IS prehistoric. and that the pyramids were. in fact, built of artificial blocks manufactured from the surround ins plain.-Philadelphia Call.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-07-10

A book of loo pages Ihe best book for an advertiser Go consult. be he experInced or other
 wise. lt contains lists nf ncMananArs and a.fi
Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-07-10

A Chinese bank note s,2S4 years old is in the museum at St. Petersburg.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-07-10
cATARRH---A NEW TREATMENT

Dr. DA tES' Painless Catarrh Speeia destroys the Living Parasites which cause t-.i -i ease, and the CArARRH is CTRED.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-07-10

Friends of Charley Hudsoa, the freighter, fear that sooident has oefsiien him. As he is well known throughout Northern Arizona, his relatives and frienis request people to find out. If possible, his present wheresbouts.- Courier.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-07-10

Fred c. Hughes EI-o@ois Clerk.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04

ASoy was employed ina lawyers Office,
and he had the daily paper to amuse him.
self with lie began to study French, and
and writer of the French language. lie
accomplished this by laying aside the
newspaper and taking something not so
amusing but far more profitable.
A coachman was often obliged to wait
long hours while his mistress made calls.
He determined to improve the time. He
found small volume containing the
"Eclogucs' Of Virgil, but could not read
it, so he purchased Latin grammar. Day
by day he studied this, and finally mast.
cred its intricaccs Ills mistress came be,
hind him one day as he stood by the horses
waiting for her, and asked him what he
was so intently reading.
only a bit of Virgil, my lady"
What do you read Latin?'
"a little, my lady"
She mentioned this to her husband who
insisted that David should have teacher
to instruct him.
In a few years David became learned
man, and was for many years Il useful and
beloved minister Of Scotland.
A boy was told to open and shut the
gates to let the teams out of an iron mine.
lie sat on a log all day by the side of the
gate, Sometime, an hour would pass be-
fore the teams came, and this he employed
so well that there was scarcely any history
that escaped his attention. lie began with
Il little book on English history that he
found on the road Having learned tina,
thoroughly, he borrowed of minister
History of Greece" The
good man became greatly interested In
him, and loaned him books, and was often
seen sitting by him on the log, conyersing
with him about the people Of ancient
times Boys, it will pay to use your lcis.
ure hours. Northwestern Advocate.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04
Wind IS a Seed Carrier.

At the recent meeting Of the scientists at
Cambridge Alfred Russell Wallace, the Eng
lish naturalist, read a paper on THE Winds
rs Seed Carrier in Relation to the Difficult
Problems in Geographical Distribution"
Some species Of plants common in northern
climates, many of them being in the Arctic
fora, have a wide distribution in the south
ern hemisphere. There are five prominent
causes OF seed distribution: First, sea cur
rents; second, birds; third, seeds of marsh
plants adhering to the feet Of birds; fourth,
sticky seeds which attach themselves to the
feathers Of birds; fifth, wind The power of
the wind in transporting seeds is not yet de-
termined, but there is evidence that it can
transport light seeds to great distance.
Dust from the Java eruption a few years ago
was found on the decks of vessels at 900
miles distant Most of the northern
plants introduced into the south are very
light seeded ones, lighter than the dust.
Whether or not wind is the agency for trans
porting these seeds, these evidences go TO
show that 1t ut least has the power.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04

Good results from bagging grapes re-
ported from every section. Glover makes
the farm rich.
Fay's prolific currant has sustained its
good character as II big yielder OF the
largest sized red currants
A short clip of wool is one of the effects
of drought reported from Texas.
The marked advance in the price Of
wool is the natural result Of the general
shortage in the wool clip.
Wyandottes and the better strains Of
Plymouth Rocks, appear to be running u
neck to neck race for popularity us general
purpose fowls,
Ventilation is better than refrigeration,
say leading fruit dealers.
Everybody who has a stock Of hops on
hand is happy on account of the marked
advance in prices.
Good sized horses ere in demand.
Apples are plentiful and there is a fair
export trade.
1t pays to burn the garden over after
the grass and weeds are fully dried. Fire
in the fail saves much wedding in the
spring.
Lovett, the nursery man, uses first a
cushioned head for pressing apples into
a barrel in packing. Several newspapers
may be employed instead, under the per-
manent head. The cushioned head or the
newspapers are removed after the apples
are pressed, and the permanent head is
ready ~ be fastened down.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04
Preserving Cabbage in Trenches.

Amateurs read in one agricultural jour
nal how cabbages are stored, heads down
with great success; in another journal
they read how cabbags are stored, roots
down, with equal success This apparent
contradiction is puzzling to beginners but
oil cultivators understand what makes
the two modes perfectly practicable
Placing cabbage compactly in trench,
with the heads down, applies only to those
fully headed. The main object in invert-
ing them being to turn off the water But
there are immature cabbages to be stored
Cabbages that require further heading
and sometimes more growth. These are
properly placed in trenches, roots down,
b as to.keep them alive.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04
Life with "a Hrnken Neck.

The Chicago Journal tells the story of q
remarkable case of fracture Of the spine and
cord. Mr.. Andrew Hamilton was coaching"
some college men in the gymnasium, and,
while showing some simple performance ON
low crossbar, dropped about four or five feet
on the mattress. BY some peculiar wrenching
of the neck he cracked the fifth cervical bone
and compressed the spinal cord From that
moment ON the whole of the body below the
neck was completely insensibe; nor could he
move single muscle, except to contract two
fingers on each hand He had to call the at
tendant to open the hand. He was kept alive
on milk, which was poured down his mouth,
and his body was supported by floating it on
a rubber sheet in tub Of water His mind
was perfectly clear; he talked, read the daily
papers, and even consulted his professor on
reading n mathematical work. This contin-
ued for fourteen days. He then broke down
and died on the sixteenth day after the fall.
1t seemed hardly possible that life should
continue and the brain go on acting if the
cord were severed, and yet the post mortem
examination showed plainly that the cord
was reduced to mass of pus
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04

An earthquake at africa in Peru is thus
described by Gen Plcasonton: The poo
pie of that afflicted country have been
shaken up so often that they have no diff
Guilty in recognizing an earthquake by
sight But the last one was recognized
long before it could be seen. 1t came more
slowly than any Of its prcdecessors-so
slowly that all the people had time to run
out Of their little one story adobe houses
into the plaza. where they fell prone on
their faces. When the earthquake got
there it carried the ground up just like a
wave. The people lying in the plaza felt
just as you do when u big wave rolls under
you on the beach. Those who lay in the
trough of the wave, 50 TO speak. were all
right; but those who went up on the crest
of the wave fell into where it broke and
were buried alive. 1t was all over in a
minute"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04
Oninus for Winter Use

There are many ways of keeping good,
sound ripe, dry onions, The great point
is to keep them dry, You must remcm-
Der that even a ripe dry onion contains
at least 50 per cent. of water, and when
large mass of them are kept together
they are liable to sweat and the skins and
tops become damp, and, if the tcnpera-
ture is above freezing, they will throw
out roots and begin to grow. Joseph
Harris, in The American Agricultural,
says: "If necessary to keep onions in II
large mass put them in dry pla :e, such
as shed or barn" In many localities
they will freeze solid and stay frozen till
the spring, in which case they must be
well covered to keep them from thawing.
In smaller quantities onions can be
placed in Stat boxes, holding about a
bushel each. The lower boxes should be
placed on boards and not on the cellar
floor Pile the boxes one above the other
in such way as to "break joints" and
admit of circulation of air all round
and through the boxes.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04
SADDLE SULKY,

The front seat of the Suky is supported on
spring perch rising and curving backward
from the shafts, the rear portion being held
upon fiat springs secured to the curved bow
uniting the ends of the shafts. This avoids
the jolting usual to two-wheeled vehicles.
The sulky is very light and very strong, since
the axles are firmly secured to the continuous
shaft and well braced.
Another form makes the axle a continuous
arch under the seat and over the rear of the
horse. The inventor claims that this form
prevents the Slowing usually experienced in
turning the curves of track, thereby tend
ing to increase the speed of the horse and
lower the record
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04

Mr.. Dodge statician to the department
Of agriculture, states that the area of
Indian corn in the United States has in
creased 20 per cent. within the past six
years. Corn occupies more than half the
area in cereals and produces greater value
than any other crop, except grasses, for
hay and pastur, According to the last
crop report the average yield this season
is % bushels per acre, or 1,S6S, WO, 600
bushels
Tho wheat yield for the country is esti-
mated to be about 400, 900, 900 or 12}l
bushels per acre. Rye will yield little
less than wheat, or II .8 bushels per acre.
The oat crop was badly damaged in sew
eral of the large producing states. The
average yield is estimated at about 26}5
bushels per acre, which insures crop of
over G0O,000,000 bushels. The general
average of the barley crop is 22,4 per
acre, which is above the average for a
series of years. Buckwheat promises a
product exceeding II, 900, 600 bushels. The
average yield for the hay crop is close upon
$1,000, coo tons. The potato product shows
higher yields in the east and lower in the
west than last year. giving product for
the whole country Of 100000, 900 bushels.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04
DON'T BUY HIM.

In the picture the figures are marked near
the defective parts named, so that each can
lie observed by the reader.
1t would perhaps be a service to one pur-
posing to buy horse, who is not experienced
and who has no experienced horse fancier ut
hand to examine any horse offered with ref
erence to the above list II after careful
examination he finds that none of tho imper-
fections appear, he may be reasonably GER
tain OF getting q sound horse SO far as the ex-
terror makeup is concerned But even then
there are others which cannot be laid down
ON diagram
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04
An Accidental Discovery.

Since 1t has been discovered that the senses
Of heat, pain, cold, touch are independent,
Prof. Herzen has recently shown from vivi-
sectional experiments the intimate relation
between cold and touch. An injury TO the
cortex Of the brain TINT destroys the sense OF
touch in any region will usually also destroy
the sense Of cold. But in one case cutting
less deep than he had intended he found that
the sense Of cold was abolished while that of
touch rmained unInjured, proving that the
ultimate distinction between the brain centers
Of these two substanceA
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04
Mayims for Crane Growers.

I. Give the vine plenty of manure, old
and well decomposed, for fresh manure
excites growth but does not mature it.
9. Remember that luXuriant growth does
not always insure fruit. B. Dig deep but
plant shallow. 4. Young vines produce
beautiful fruit, but old vines yield the
richest. 5. Plant your vines before put
ting up trellises. 6. Prune in autumn
to insure growth, but in spring to promote
fruitfulness. 7. Vines love the sun; the
fruit, the shade. 8. A bunch of grapes
without healthy leaf opposite is like
ship at sea without Il rudder, it cannot
come to port. 9. Laterals are like poll
ticians: if not checked they are the worst
of thieves.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04
THIS ENGINE-DRlyER,

Away, away, or night or day,
Through solitude or throng,
With lightning gut and thund'ring weight
dash the rail along.
Though fame doth feed my iron steed,
And shoot his nostrils fre,
Yot give rein or him restrain,
As sute'h my desire.
eye with pride his FURNISHED side,
His joints and thews of steel;
Ny spirits leap rs throbbny deep
His mighty pulse feel.
'Gainst rock and hill hear the slril,
Rc-echo Of his scream;
On mir Of morn watch upborns
Ab breath behind me stream.
Around each curve his slightest swcrvS
! measure TO u hair;
For danger near sharply peer
At every thoroughfare.
4 never loud, but sobcr-browcd
And thoughtful man am
Few words take to query mako,
And fewer to reply.
For OF my post, still uppcrmost
The thought doth with me bidc,
That everywhere the lives bear
or ali who with me ride.
Who more, save he that on the sea
With wave and tempest strives,
Needs In him sand, than he whose hand
The locomotive drivcsy
--YoUrn's CoMPASIoN.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04

Senator EdmundS, in his address at the
recent State Fair in Vermont spoke as fol.
lows in regard to the labor question;
American legislation and the efforts of
American lawmakcrs-who arc really the
pcopac-ought to be directed to the utmost
development of every variety of American
production, and so to the improvement of
the condition of the American laborcr, and
the American employer Of labor of every
kind, by giving that labor full employment
and adequate reward, and to the employed
ready and steady market. The constantly
employed and well paid laborcr will be.
come himself a man of accumulating CAPT
tal-the force of labor tranSposcd into
things. He will become landholdcr; his
wife and Childrcn--of the first of whom he
ought to have one, and of The second many
will abide in his own house He will see
that the liberty of the laboring man is not
only the liberty to strike, rs the phrase is,
but that it is the equal liberty not to strike
if he does not wish to, and the liberty TO
work on in peace and safety If he thinks ii
lOl MS lHltItSl 81 W w. Nlllic biutIs may
choose, as they have the perfect right TO
do, not TO work upon the terms proposed.
He will learn that violence against the ad.
ministration of law, or unlawful coercion
of any kind, cXertcd toward other work.
ingmcn or toward employers, are crimes of
the graycst character against all labor and
the welfare Of aboring men. upon whom
the consequences of such things always
finally fall more heavily than on any other
class of society"
1t would be difficult to compact more
good sense in an equal space, When labor
practically cmbody the prin.
ciplcs so well stated by Senator Edmunds,
they will best consult the interests of labor,
and at the same time give the general com
munity no just cause for complaint.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04
A Potato of Promise.

The best potato among GOO varieties in
any fair test is certainly high distinction.
A Seeding, which has been christened
"Rural New Yorker No. g" has been
singled out as worthy of distinction on
the experimental farm of The Rural New
Yorker. This seeding produced the past
season an extra large yield Of large,
smooth, shapely tubers, characterized by
uniformity of size, excellent quality aud
few eyes. This potato has been placed in
the hands of u leading New York seeds
man for propagation and dissemination.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04

The following advice is applicable to
every farmer who keeps cows. Especial
ly if followed during the winter season.
Give your cows three times II day water
slightly warm, slightly sailed, in which
bran has been stirred at the rate of one
quart to two gallons Of water. You will
find that the COW will not only give much
more milk, but she will become much at
tached to the diet The amount of this
drink necessary is an ordinary water pail
full each time, morning, noon and night
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04
THE CHINESE INCURRED TYPE.

A japanese variety just introduced to
the public as "Mrs. Grover Cleveland"
bears pure white flowers with straight
70 md petals rointing downward. Another
newcomer of japanese parentage chris
tened Lilly Langtry" is mass of yellow
tangled and ragged petals. The new rose
Papa Gauter' introduced by John Hen
derson it is believed will run neck race
with american Beauty" and the Ben
nett" for favor.
The cactus promises to displ,ce orchids
as a fashionable craze, and a Japan prim-
rose (Primala obconica) has suddenly be-
come favorite for window plants at the
north and west.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04

The recent chrysanthemum show in
New York city did a good work for every
body interested in these most valuable
and attractive of fall and winter flowers,
by calling attention to new and desirable
varieties, There are three classes of chrys-
anthmums; the Chinese bearing n large,
loose flower; the pompons, with small
double flower, and the japanese, with
ragged fringe like flowers. From these
have resulted numerous hybrids. A
Chinese variety, with incurved petals is
attracting attention.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04
PitchfOrk Handles.

don't like the way pitchfork handles
are made. The handles are too large
round toward the fork. had one such
and the men all stunned it. used it and
my hand was cramped grasping so large
hold could get no others at the store,
so | bought two of the usual size and
shape. l took them into my shop and
with plane and spoke shave altered one
third of the lower part to an oval, the
widest way up and down. These forks
are now the favorites. Rural New
Yorker.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04
How to Make Superphosphate.

In all sections of the country the value
of superphosphates as fertilizer is ap-
preciated Many farmers would make
their own superphosphates if they knew
just how to manage the ingredients Any
one who has an apparatus for steaming
food for cattle, can make superphosphate
in quick style by admitting steam from
the boiler into the barrel containing the
water, acid and ground bones. The heat
thus generated quickens the dissolution
Of the bones In Q wonderful manner, and
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04
II the process is properly conducted IL will

II the process 10 properly conducted IL viii
not take over twenty-four hours. It Is
indispensable that the barrel be tightly
covered to retain the steam.
II You have inch bone ground In n bone
mill and feel you cannot afford to purchase
sulphuric acid to work 1t up into super
phosphate, you can reduce the bones to a
fine powder by mixing three parts Of
loamy soil to one part of the ground bone.
The bone will soon begin to heat and fer
ment Then it will cool Of, when you
must work the mass thoroughly. 1t will
then begin to reheat and fremont and cool
down again, and you must continue to
work it over until brought to the proper
state Of finenesS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-04
A Bad Horse.

A writer in Harpers Bazaar gives an illus
tration of kind of horse not to buy. The
main imperfections which horseflesh is heir TO
will be found in the following catalogue:
l, Short arm; 9, eve neck; j. hollow back ;
4, hollow loin; 5, weak gaskin; o. spring halt;
Z, thoroughpin; 8, curb; O. long cannon bone;
10, wind gals; II, knuckled over; II, quarter
crack; H. broken down; II, spring knee;
Is, narrow, straight shoulders,