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Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13
ifow Ans sLYc and Work

A glass ants nest was recently ex- hibItsd by Mir. Burns at ecnvsrsa zOine of tbe Royal Society n London, and is described in Engineering as follows; Mr. Hsnry Burns collection of ants nests in full activity attracted great attention all the evening. Here might be studied the wonderful econ emy and intelligence of ant lie The reef of eack neft was sheet Of ssss, supported, of course, on all feur sides, but the workers, in ignorance of this fact, had in the construction of tho chambers and galleries, left, inter- spersed at fairly regular distances apart, pillars 10 support the roc! just as miners ara accustomed te do in coal pIts. Here might hs seen the royal palaces or cells fer the queen in which moved the monarch of the nest sur rounded by her attendants and slaves, and carefully guarded by ssntinslsi while is another part was the eairy Farm, in which the ants keep their "eews, also with attendants. Ant cows are certain species of alphides or nlant lice, known So well to the sor- rev of the rose greuer, and these in sscts sxude from their bodies honey. like fund, of whIeh tho ants ara very fond, and which forms considerable portion of theIr daily feed. A still mers remarkable feature of these an imals is that the secretion Is greatly increased by a strokins process Enowr. to tina ants, and in the nests exhihit4d each apLls Tn the farm might bs seen accom- panied by couple of att'ndants diligently stoking it's back with their antennR, and extracting the houey dew, which they carried to the queen and to their stores This process, as well as the general surroundings. is 50 analogous to milking that the name of ''ant cows for these aphIda is singu- larly appropriate. A fnrtter proof of ] the intelligence of tie ant r this part of thsnr domestic economy is the fact tbat ths cows are regu arly taken out of the nest, and rut rpon plants and brought back to the farms after they have fed for semo time. In an. other nest Mir, Burns had early in tbs day introduced a rival queen ant, and in the evening the visitors 10 the Roy, al Society could watch tho process ol this unfortunate pretender being built upin a cell by the workers, who doubt less were netting under orders from high quarters. In another of the nests, that ef the species, Lassius fla vus, there was complete community consisting of queen, workers, larye pupa, aphides, or "ant-cows,' : ane slaves. The latter form another mos interesting feature of ant.lifs, for tho slaves are in some cases prisoners o
 war, captured after fight with dn
 other community, generally ot a diff fsrent species, or they are matched from the pupe of certain species cap tured from other nests and breugh
 in the nests of their captors as dsmes
 tics or slaves.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13
a Blg ErrigasiRg Scheme.

A proposition is under consldera- ton to construct dam across tho Rio Grande some four miles above tho city, at place where bluffs come within 400 feet of each other. It is suggest ed to build the dam 60 feet high ot stone and Portland cement, and thus create lake some fourteen miles long, which would hold water enough to permanently irrlgate the Rio Granda valley on the Mexican as well az the American side of the river An lrrl- gating canal could thus De carried past Fl Paso 70 feet above its leysl, and the water could bs utilized fer hydrants and fire plugs, for which the pressure would be ample. The lake thus formed would be six to eight miles wide, ard would submorge about 50,000 acres of land, which IS mostly owned by private parties, and would have to be purchased or condemned by legal process. The plan IS favora- ply received by the citizens of Fl Paso, and will probably be acted upon. 1t would neesssitste the changing Of abeut fourteen miles of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fs track. Such a lake, aaording a fail of 70 feet at Fl Paso, would supply power for water motors 10 run all the factories tbat could over be erected It IS proposed to obtain spseiaI charters from the State of Texas and the Republic oi Mexico, and obtain tho necessary money by issuing city and county bonds.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13
The Silver Market.
[Engineerlng and Mining Journal. ]

Engineering and Mining Journal.
 A decided improvement in valne has recently taken place in silver. The rise from the lowest point reached, is about cents an ounce, and thls has occurred during the past month. Thls represents about $2,20o,000 on the producton for the year, which will probably reach if it does not exceed 44,000000 ounces. It is to be heped that the silver mining companles will now share in some degree with the copper companies better remuneration for rtheirinvestments Take the Gran ite Mountain Company, for instance; this improvement of cents If con l tinued would mean an increase of about Sl70,000 In the net profits on the years production The Leadvllle, Cole, mines will receive the lion s share.
 l It is perhaps worthy of note that this rlse has followed an advance m value of most descriptions of produce, whereas in tho past It's increase in value has generally preceded the i'm preysmont ip prce of produce. The importance of this advance in the price of silver depends on whether it IS duo simply to speculation, or wheth- CT it has some more tangible and dur able foundation. The short European crops must create, or, to be more &C., curate. haya already ere ated greater i demand than usual for wheat from all quarters, including British India, and at higher prices, and tho increased sum 10 be paid for the Indian crop must be provided fer, to great ex- | tent, in silver.
 | Then again China, towards which country the eyes of the whele silver ! producing world have long been turned as very important market fer i the metal, is beginning to open its i gates to the pressure of modern prog i uass, and frem being simply 'ajar. tAsy a,ay soon fy wide open and in | yite tue wagld to build it's railways, open it's mines and create mstallurgl- cal works of every description. We are not at all convinced that the 1 exploration of Chjna's graat natural mineral resources, and tue develop mant of manufacturing by it's count less hosts of industrious, intelligent and frugal inhabitants will ba of ben cit to the industries of other parts ot the world; but while these improve msnts are being made China will eer- tainly afford a large market fer silver and as eur total exports of the metal last yoar eSraeGad our imports by oniy about S9,010,Goo, tho price of the
 metal may we'll. bs maintained at oI above its present leyel.
 Our exports of silver exceeding oul
 imports by So small an amount, eam.
 parahyely speaking, new market
 might easily absorb our surplus anC
 thus advance the markets Of the world
 The indications, though net conclu 
 sive, yet lend us to hope that for : . tins at least tho downward course Q ] the silver market has been arrested.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13
E..Aayor Grace on Cleveland.
IN. Y. Letter to Boston Traveller l

IN. Y. Letter to Boston Traveller
 You ask me If like Mr. Cleveland. l tell you frankly that personally do nst. and know of only few who do.' V
 How does that sound from the mouth of a New York Democratic leadar? Yet these are the words hy ex-Mayor Grace in an interview with me the other day on the political outlook and Clsveland's chances of election. But thls is net all ho sald to show bis opinion of the President and his Administration.
 "Ofiiclally 1 like Cleveland sad Mr Grace, land l may do what l can to elect him, but l think that he has got harder fight this year than he had in 1884, when he was elected by the narrow margin of about one thouS- and one hundred votes in New York State Now about Hill: if he is re- nominated to go into the fight with Clsysland l shall probably send to the Campaign Committee my widow $ mite and than 70 off fishing, for, to tell the truth, l shall have very little at stake. Why, Cleveland confessed that my name on the city ticket in 1884 elected him here in New York. You ask mo why--well, because l was straag with the Irish. l helped to al lay some of the Irish opposition to Cleveland l was not a pronounced anti-taritf man either Cleveland opght to see tog things arc going in New Ycrk City and State, and that 1t bshooyss him at this iime to heal all differences if possible. He does net seem to have any gratitude to leaders of the party or to his friends There is a variety of evidence 10 slow that he has been ungratefuI 10 those who, four years ago and since, have ron dsrsd him substantial political aid"
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13
TERR1resrAA ToPnes.
Condensed from Cur Exchanges for
 "siIyer Beis'' Renders.

An independent muaie. a3! ticket will be pat in the fald q Y slene.
 The Prescott Joura r slys: "Tho campaign ia tlis qsga'g tais year seems to hinge moraop Asn taan en party affihstioH
 Dipbthsria is stiff prevalent among children at St. Johns, Apache county, and the opening Of ths pubic school has been postponed ia eonseg aenee.
 The two Nsxleans arrested in Co., chise county sn 5>saieica of being i'm, plieatsd in the murder of Gribble and others near Vulture, were given a preliminary hearing at Phoenix, and held to await the action ef the grand jury.
 Citizens of Apscae county, tired of ring rule, have isaaed a call for 6 con veution to meet at Helbfook on the l7th to nominate Peoples ticket. From present inaieatlons the new party vill include good majority Of the voters of the county.
 Walter Darling, a saloon keeper at St. Johns, Apache county, vas cut with pocket knife n tue left side, by Berry Matthews, ea tHe it iast. and his condition is coa.daled critical Matthews was passnd under bond to await tue result Of J]arlings injuries,
 The Gazette says that Cameron II King has handed ia his resignation as Commissioner of Immigration 10 take effect October I.t. II Gogyrnor Zu- hck IS really irisnd of ths Territory and desires to sarze lhe people faith fully and honestly as well as eeonomi- cally he Nill refrain ig9n 12s,ng an appointment to Eil tLs vacancy Jeurnal,Miner
 John Blevins was convicted of as- ,ault with intent to commit murder, at tee late term 9F t5a District court in Apache coun His ecutence is five years in the Yama prison. term to. begin November 1st. The Apache Review says that owing 10 the fact that a petition for the pardon of Blav- ins ls in circulation Judge #right or dersd him not to be removed from the ceunty jail until November 1st. The pstitioa is bsiug very largely signed ] and will be presented to the ooyerAor in few days.
 There vii eyi5entIy ba but litla ceunty division talk in the next legis- laturo, as several counties have al ready proneGaaed against 1t. Goehise county in hsr recent conventions, was espeeially emphatic in tLis connection. compelling even tie local nominees to 1 pledge themselves against dlylsion,and to further guard against sQeh posi- bilities no legislative nooiuation was mads ia the county northeast e Rem sen, by tie Republicans, this partieu- lar section being considered somewhat disa ftected CT eognly y aaify. 9aa prob- ability IS that the segaral eogn;ies fearing attempted diylsion g.ii pcll their issues soli6iy J against ik~Giti2en.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13

After five years of lnnocuous desuo tude the roulette ball dances merrily in the ganblins-dena of Leadvllle, Col, the fascinating but fatal jack pct lures it's victims to disaster and the double aeckcd faro game tempts the upwary by it's dangerous slluremonts. Each gambling house under the pres ent rule is obliged to pay S2O0 month to the city. 4 bonded debt which worrss Leadyille will thus be pad off, but the greatest financial benefit de- rived from the new order of things will accrue to the propretors of the games. High play is the rule in Col orado, and In the end the house wins. Alas for the tenderfeot who titles with the Leadville tiger
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13
Irrigation iE Ea2ia-


 An irrigation project in tGe Coda yam comprises the construction of a tank CT reservoir, s;9rage capacity APO millions of cubic feet, length z mlles, greatest yidih < mliss. and area 99 square mics. near the ruined village of Anamal4uka. in the Yerna- gudsm taluk. ltis 6 miles north of Eallaehsri, a large village en the trunk read between Ellore and Rajah- muadry It will be supplied fron the Yarracalya. perennial river, which gets its principal supply from the southwest monsoon, aud Is said to be valuable wkea the northeast monSoon fails. The rssoryo,r has been pre- posed to act as hoed moderation to the drainage of tde Yarracaiya, which cutters t6e western section af the Ge- davari delta under tue Nandamur aqueduct at the head of the Fibre canal, and has several tunes eaaan- gersd the safety ef soma Of the delta canals. Tho resergeir IS intended to lrrgate 45,G00 acres, and also at tigles to supplement the supply of the q
 canals, The estimates for tie project prepared in 1875 amounted to Rs. 8,14,0o0. excluding land eompeasa {, tion, which was subsequently ascer- tained to amount to Rs z ,6eo making total of Rs. 8,9l 500 for werks, or about S337 ,900
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13
BaiIoon,ng with sa,arai ,sas.

The first balloon inflated with natu- ral gas ever sent up arose from River side Park, near Anderson, Ind, Au- gust l4th. It has been question as to whether or not natural gas would float a balloon to any considerable height, says writer from that town. This one was filled from a pipe from a well untIl the gauge indicated that the silk, which was inclosed in a streng netting, wa, bearing twenty pounds pressure, when George Ayers, an ana telr asronaut, climbed into tue bas- ket, and the balloon was cut lo9Se. It rose steadily until an altitude of about 2.500 feet was reached, when a current of air was struck which bore the balloon and its single passenger away to the southeast, since when nothing has been seen or heard from in.-prooressiva bce.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13
GiIa County.

e.sa,.e irem Globe to the railroad at wineov eve; Weeds and Norton s stowart's lines (,ou'e for
 Eastern passenscFs.) )......,....-.,.,....l2s miles Froa Globe to Casa G-aade, crossing the Devils Can
 yoe. and ton hing at Final and Florence o1 miles fr9in Gioaa to Casa Grnle via Pioneer 90 mios Eiststion above ssa level at aobo .35l feet taasais 8 degrees, % misates, longitude lio de
 gross t5 minutes.
 EiSt5st aszili.a temperature. Jaly ll.h. ID ieg Lowest minimum tsmYers.u-o, S-n. loth, .,lg ds. Mean io.upstl;utc .................,, .eS des. prso.i,ias d.re.loa o' wind .S7uthees..
 An observation oytsndiag over several vears dis sssc1 tho TcaIa-l;ahls .1t tai there has not been ssa7 ui.h-si inale or.lgss sInsLiae.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13
th.nsss ms.c Nc Nerves.
icdn


 The North China Herald says the quality of "neryolessness distinguish es the 3hinaman fron the European. Tue Chnaman can write all day, work ali day, stand in one position all day, weave, teat gold, carve ivory, dc in- initsly tedious jobs for eyer and ever, and .aseover no moro agns of weari- ness and irritation than If hs were . Gachihe. This quality appears esr!y in lie. There are no restless, naughty boys in China. Thsy are all appall- ingly good, and will plod away in school without receases CT recreation of any kind. The Chinaman can de without exercise. Sport or play seems 10 him sa much waste labor. He can sleep anywhere amid rattllng ma cbinsry, deafening uproar, squalling children, and quarrellng adults. He gan sleep on the ground, on tho floor, on bed, on chair, in any position. Ii would be easy to raise in China an army of a million men--nay, of ten nillions--tested by competitive exam lnatisn as to thelr capacity to go to sleep across three wheelbarrovs, head downward like a spider, their mouths wide open and a fly inside.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13

The Department of State of Masss- ckusetts has written to Senator Hoar calling attention to tho following dIs- crepancy Tn the electoral college laws: The United States Statutes provide that the messengers from the electoral colleges m the various states shall de- liver their copies of the votes of their colleges to the president of the senate before tho first Wednesday in Janu- ary. The colleges have met beFsto- lsrs on the first Monday in December, but law passed by congress in 1887, changed the time ef meeting to tue secsnd Monday in January, while the provision regarding the delivery Of the vote was left unaltored The question will have to be settled by the authorities at Washlngton.-El Paso Weekly Tribune
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13

The yellow fever scare 1t is be- lisvOd, will deter many people from going South this winter. Lovers ef a warm elimats who have been accus. toned to go to Flerida during the cold months will this winter go to California. Officials of Southern rail road routes to the Golden State say that there IS already a tig advance demand fer sleeping-car and palace car accommodations ever these lmes ss a reault of the yellew-iever epi- demic.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13
l.aaian Expectations.

Al persons who have claims against the Gpyeinnent for lNsses sustained through ln- dian Genreliatinns in Arizona and New Mexi- co, will find it to their interest to colnmnni- cate immediately with the undersigned in re- gard to the same, ii they de8ireto take . dvan tagc of the laws recently passed by Congress Go reimburse all parties who have suffered such losses. VIM. Q. O'NEILL,
 Attorney at law,
 Prescott, Arizona.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13
Ina report that excitement exists

Ina report that excitement exists along the borders, says the Nogales Herald, because surveyors are taking m territory heretofore considered in Sonora is all bosh. In the first place tho line has not hean changed, and in the second place no surveyors are at work on the line, becauso there has been no appropriation fer a rs-snryey of the line.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13
Preventative of chiiie,

is not surpassed.
 It is endorsed hy the hest chemists as the most oi5lacisrs, stfen .heniuy Tonc this c1uu.ry hae eyer produced, the value ot which N III br res..ri;zed iy al vha may use a.-r,a.
 psiyateo,lizcas o5 Arizona viI,insSt. Louis have expressed thoig convictions that it is Pe- CHliarlv adapted t0 the wsEis of thet Terri. toIv, and needs oniy trial tgiusuleits speedy introduction tAeIe
 OFsrs al ldr,sss1 fo THE WEST INDIA MNNCTA ACTUEi&G COMPANY win ba promptly eXaeuted dec lS-tt
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13

An engineer of the Comstock mlnes reports that, while spending same tune recently in the wilds of the Sicr- ras, In Tulars county, California, hs came uPen an enormous tree of the sequoia species. which ke believes to be the largest on the continent. Tae party had no ruie with them, but enc of them measured the giant with his rife, which IS four feet in length. He found 1t to be A lengths ot his gun in circumference al a point above the ground ss high as he could reach. The top of the tree has been broken of, but it IS still of great laig'lt.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13

The product eff the Calumet ( Hecla mine fer the week to Sept. 17th, was I'll tons, 465 pounds of mineral. The product of the previous week was about 777 tons. Call it 1,4S8 tons for the two weeks, and, on the basis of 75 per cent. pure copper, the product of ingot would be 2,242 pounds, yielding the company about S190o00 profit, or Sl.90 per share; a pretty goCd income Tor two weeks. This is at the rate of $59.40 per year.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13

The present is the longest csntin- uous session of Congress ever held in Washington. The longest preceding session was that of 1850. when the Missouri Compromise Bill was passed. Ina, session ended Sept. S0th; but when the present -ill end no mortal can tell. Discusslen of the Senate Tariff Bill, whlch was completed yes tsrday, is expected to ee entered npor next Monday, when a new flood of campaign literature will be let isose upon the defensslsss peopla.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13

oHa of the chief obieets D which the new Russian loan viii be applied is a pipe hno fren the Baku o.l fields, on the Casman to Baroam, on the Black Sea. ltis also proposed D construct a ship canal between the same points. The projected plpe lins would enable Russian petroleum producers to lay down ell in European marSeis caeap- CT than 1t can be delivered from ths United States.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13
A vepderful Find.


 I'be great Werk of oxcavating the Mohawk canal is being pushed as rap idly as men and money can possibly do t. In ono of tks cuts which run down twelve fset small ola was found about six weeks ago and noth- ing thought oft until George Merton one day picked it up and noticed its peculiar appearance. The ella resem- pled an eartban bottle, and It's narrow neck vas sealed up with thick coat. ng of mesquite gum, whilst tho out si1e of the vessel was painted with very remarkable and fantastically de- signed drawings. Upon breaking the scaled top it was found to be filled with corn, weighing absut thirty pounds. The corn vas snow white and the kernels large, yet extremely tender The corn was planted in a tract Q nearly ten acrss, and just 5 days from tue date of planting roast ing ears were taksn from the field. The corn is very sweet and produced an immense crop, The plants did not grow over two and half feet high, and bore from three to six large-sized, well-flled ears of corn. Allwho have seen the corn on the Mohawk canal speak of tho big yield that this strange ly found seed gave Mir. Norten has topped" the corn and will use all that natures to sood large patch of corn land next season. Yuma Sentinel.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13
NOTICE.

have disposed oi my interest in the butch ering business, heretofore conducted under the firm name Of Cnrncw t Co, to Robert Prin- gle and James Wiley, wbo assume all debts ooainst the business ami will collect all ac- counts. IHOS. CUNNoN,
 Globe, 4. T., August % 1888. (aug29H
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13

J. c. Flood is still n Europe. He is suffering from complication of troubles, the chief and most serious of winch is Bright's disease of tho kid nays, and his friends entertained no hops whatever of his recovery. He willprebably die abroad
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13

The milleniun is at hand, political ly. In Philadelphia, Pa, the Demo .crats have endorsed tss judicial nom nations made by the Republicans. Samuel J. Randall was unanimously nominated by the Democratic conven- t,ea of the third congressional district, and tho Republicans adjourned sine die without nominating a candidate acalnst hIm.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13

Tbe immense areas in India that have been reclaimed from the desert and the prevention of the periodical famlncs that devastated many parts of that tkickly settled land where the crops were injured or destroyed by long droughts, have shown that no other investment of money in that country has made 60 good return.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13
PATRICK STANLEY

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Arizona silver belt., 1888-10-13
cu,iiaya Bark in ca;arrb.


 Dr. Trechinski writes in the Ejene- delnaya Klinichsskaya Gazeta that he finds powdered quillaya bark of great service Tn both acute and chronic ca tarrhal rhinitis. It is put in a paper bag and the patient directed to shake 1t up and snuff up the dust from it every few minutes. At first the se- cretion is increased, and is of q brown ish or yellowish colsr frem the admlx- ture of pus cells. After very short tune, however, it di1nlnlshes in quan- tity, and becomes quite colorless. The nosa then becomes dry, and the pas sage through it clear. If the use of the quillsya is prolonged, the sscre- tsn is continued, but it is quite color less. The powder, when introduced into the nares and pharynX, appears to increase the secretion from the mucous membrane, but at the same time to remove all the pathegenic matter ex- isting there.