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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-18
FRESH MUMMIES FOR ALL.
BILL ME REGRETS THE OEcADENcE
 OF REAL OLD RELICS.
Some of tho Mummy Mines of Egypt Arc Nearly Exhausted-Numnies of Amerf- can Manufacture Not Up to the Stand ard-Embalmins Injurious.


 Nearly Exhausted-SInmmies of Ameri-
 can Manufacture Not Up to the Stand
 ard-Embalmins Injurious.
 Among the many letters of inquiry re- ceived during the past week is the following: 'Last year I made a trip abroad, and among other trophies of my visit to the Old World 1 secured fine specimen of a mummy, for which I paid seventy-hve scudi. While showing it to friend Inst week discovered that the air of Illinois Is detrimental to it and that disintegration Is taking place. Can you tell me what Is the cause and what had better do in order to preserve the specimen intactF'
 You have no doubt paid at least seventy four scudi too much for your mummy, as mumrnies go. Nothing is more dishearten- ing than the discovery that one's mummy is not standing our harsh American climate. But the chances arc that you have the motlern style of mummy ', made especially for Americans by the trade. He is not an antique, and before Augustsyou will have to decide whether to cast him aside or let him run tho house The genuine mummy has been ground up for fertilizing purposes dur ing the past twenty years to such an extent that we are running short, and spurious mummies made of coarse people who have died recently are hoodinga tho market. A friend of mine purchased 0 vanished king, supposed to be over.2 900 years old, for which l be gave l50 scudi and silk umbrella. In i May of last year he began to assert himselfN- the king did-and to enter more and more into the home life of his owner till 1t was de cided to have coat of shellac put on him. A house, sign and carriage painter came up to the house, and while refitting and refurnisl- ing the royal relics discovered on the forearm dark blue Goddess of Liberty in India ink and the legend, "Richard Maginnis, Valpa raiso, Ind, 1S52" A mummy that has to be kept in the refrigerator is O bitter, bitter dis appointment, and no doubt yours is of that class. The modern methods of preserving people do not in all cases prove satisfactory and-I do not know enythfng moro pitifu or more humiliating than while explainin. your mummy to O coterie of friends in tn library to have him explode on your hand and reveal his true identity. Should disin tegration continue in the case of your owl mummy, private funeral is the Lest thing
 could suggest Let It be plain affair, open
 ing with select reading or recitation, fol
 lowed by a vocal solo and set-to betwee some good artist and the piano. You coul charge O small admission fee, perhaps, whic 1 would go toward defrayiug expenses, an close with parade and torrent of grief at th
 grave.
 The wanton destruction of mummies on and their wholesale importation to this cour I try where they have been ground up an
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-18
DIsencf1antment.

 She stood on the cool piazza As the shades of evening fell, And gazed on the lovely maiden, st Entranced by her beauty's spell. sc The balmy evening zephyrs Played with each amber tress, And her azure eyes were swimming In sea of tenderness. Her lips, just slightly parted. Were tinged with the coral's flame, And thought that her cheeks bright blushes The hue of the rose would shame.
  While gazing in admirrtion On the rare and radiant lass, thought only. sweetest music Through those coral lips could pass. But Q sudden change came OCT her. Gone was the smile so bland, And she smote In sudden anger The back of her lily hand. And she cried, Hal hal I've got youf You'u trouble my peace no moro. You're the same alarmed old musquito That l tried to mash before"
 Boston Courier.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-18

used as fertilizers, is going to mako g cd nummies scarce and high When O nation be- comes so naughty and exacting that it demands rhu- barb pies stimu- lated by the gertie= man who furnished corn to Joseph dur ing the dry spell, and expects to pro
 ry
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-18
Missing D Genuine Treat.

eve had an entertainment out our way last evening. It was pretty good, only there was a man who read poem, and he read it so outrageously that nobody could under stand what it was all about"
 Couldn't understand what it was all abouta Why, that must have been Professor Dells Harte, the distinguished elocutionist. How I should like to have been thereI"- Boston Transcript.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-18
He rhought It Was shortcaLl..

Boarder-Strawberry shortcake, Mrs. Stew2
 Mrs. Stew-No, Mfr Pickle; it is plain strawberry cake.
 Boarder-Oh, thought it was straw berry shortcake, as find my piece rather short of berries.-New York Sun.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-18
A Polite Man.

The man who can retain his table manners at railroad restaurant, with ten minutes for refreshments, would probably be polite enough to say to the sheriff tying the knot, Pardon me for putting you to this trouble" -The Epoch.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-18
PtDes for Anybody,

Citizen (to stranger}-What are your politics. my friendl
 Stranger-I have no politics this year; I'm leader of brass band.-New York Sun
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-18
It WaAt

He asked for Congress water, and os the boy started to draw it he added:
 ''Is it freshp
 "Certainly; we keep right up with the ses- sions of congress. Just came in from Wash ington lest night. Free Press
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-18
At Che Club.
A Wrnnr Title.

"Ask Herl Manl Ask Heri' is the title of anew novel written by New Yorker Some one should tell the author that this is leap year, and the title of his novel, to be oppor- tune, should have been "Ask Himl Wonnanl Ask kHimr-Norristown Herald
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-18
yisItinc shakespeare,s Birthp1ace.

Of the 16.500 persons who have visited Shakespeare's birthplace during the year 5000 were Americans. thirty-nine nation alities being represented in ali The amount derived from the visitors fees is about S4 GOO a Year.-Roston Transcript.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-18
"Get There Ell"

On the wagon sheet of prairie schooner that passed through Orleans, Mo, from Kan sas the other day, bound eastward, was tho Inscriptions: "Tryin' git back my wife's people. My names Eli.n
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-18

It is said that bald headed Indians are becoming common. and the plug hat of civilization is thought to be responsible.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-18

"Woolenite" is Q new word used to designate the man who wears garments entirely of wool
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-18
A Cordial Invitation.

Bays the weighing machine to the nickel; 'While you're round this way drop in. Exchanpe
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-18

In l77a clementius Reid published .
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-18


 Stage LImes. TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA STA DAILY LINE OF STAGES Between Casa Grande and Florence, s. Mail and Wells, Fargo X C
 EXPIRES Leaves Casa Grande
 Florence
 Connecting at Florence wi GLOBE and FLORENCE STAG Leaves Florence daily at p. RIVERSIDE, DRIPPING SYRINGE
 and GLOBE. RIVERSIDE with Boone < soni
 BENSON. J. C. LOSS. Ag't Casa Grande. wM. E. GUILD, \
 w. NJ. NEAL'S LINE. Connects at MAMMOTH with the from Riverside for AMERICA
 ORACLE and TUCSON Leaves Mammoth Tuesdays; fe' Saturdays returning eTAau
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-18
H. N. ALEXANDER,

TToRNEY AND COUNSELLOR 1T LAW, A Irvine Building, Phenix, Arizona-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-02
what became Of The speech he was 70 de-
liver at Richmond, Ind ? Was il ever
heard Of after its delivery?
Burchard B,a,no.

Mr.. BLAINE has Numbered again.
Having said that the horse was sixteen
feet high, he proposes TO swear to it In
other words, having been arraiened for
saying that trusts are often private Affairs
with which the public have nothing to
do, he reiterates the statement. AT Fox
croft, Maine, day before yesterday he ia
reported to have spoken as follows:
"Of American trusts, he said, there is
not one among them oil that derives its
being, owes its organization, or came up
under the patronage OF the National
Government Every one derives what
ever sanction OF law il possesses from q
State government-generally one state,
but sometimes several. The President,
therefore, certainly should have known,
when no arraigned trusts in his message
to Congress, that Congress could not dis
solve them when their charters wore
from State legislatures or their organi-
cations under State law"
"Trusts have no place in the national
campaign. They are state issues, and
the Republicans of Maine, at least, can
be depended upon to look after those in
their own State"
That's bold declaration. Notwith-
standing the bills touching trusts which
several of the best lawyers in Congress
have introduced into the two houses, Dir.
BLAINE, who is not lawyer at all, has
the hardihood to say that trusts have
no place in the national campaign i!
Will the people sustain party whose
leader thus knuckles to the trusts?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-02
A mrDNlunT ADVENTURE.
President Cievc,nad's Last Night I'm
the Mountains.

The Hcraid's Richmond correspon-
dent in writing from Clifton Forge Fri
day let's his vivid imagination loose rs fol-
lows:
On Thursday night the Presidents car
lay on ledge deep down the mountain
side, though still high up and overhang-
ing the James river. Near by was the
lonely and isolated cabin of Mr.. Charlton
Riddleberger. The hour was III o'clock.
and except Mr.. Riddleberqer's sleeping
family there we're no living persons
within miles OF the presidential party.
The attendants had ali retired and the
President and his companions, after a
smoke, were preparing to turn into their
respective berths. All around was
solemnly still. The moon had gone
down behind the Blue Ridge and the
black darkness was only pierced in one
direction by the glare from the headlight
Of the specials engine.
just as the last curling wreaths Of
smoke were eddying ont OF the door and
windows Of the car to join the blackness
without the deep growl and vicious bark
OF Mr.. Riddleberger's mastif broke the
almost oppressive quiet Of the night
Commissioner Miller, who knows the
mountains and the dogs too, whispered
"Hush /" The growl and the savage
bark of the mastif continued. The oc-
cupants Of the car listened intently, and
the sound of broken and struggling
footstep coming over the railrosd-ties
and the rocks fell upon their ears. 1t
was an odd sound at that hour, in that
place, and on that dark night.
The mastif now growled and barked
furiously. and as the presidential party
held their respective breaths in great
suspense the footstep bad reached the
car. Next there was grasp OF the hand
rail, foot on the car-step, then the
platform. and in another wild and GU
rIous-looking man had bolted into the
presence OF the Executive party. The
strange individual was not indigenous TO
the sacred soil. He was low-sized, his
hair was red and bushy, bis clothes were
somewhat tattered, and his psntaloons
and shoes were covered with dust. Over
his shoulder was slung bundle.
Before the astoniShed occupants OF the
car COulu recover uOll Tie snOcA anu
surprise the strange party announced
that he Was On artist. He bad walked
across the mountains to sketch the Presi-
dent and party, and if they had no OBJ
lection he would begin at once. All this
was gobbled out in bresthless way. and
he was about to undo his bundle aud be-
gin operations then and there. Conmis-
sioner KILLER WAS the first TO speak. He
cut the midnight intruder short, and told
him to clear ont of the car, that this was
no time for sketching, and that they did
not wish to be interrupted.
Reluctantly the man withdrew. He
then crawled up the mountain side,
strung a hammock between two trees,
and went TO sleep. The next day be
was seen perched on bridge sketching
the presidential fishing party for dear
life. He departed as mysteriously as he
came, leaving, however, a lasting recol-
lection of the incident OF the night pre-
yious.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-02
Cra,e's Telegraph.

In the United States Senate last Thurs.
day Mr.. BLAIR introduced resolution,
which was referred TO another commit
tee, instructing the Committee on Inter
state Commerce TO examine fully the
system of mechanical telegraphing which
Mr. ID. IL. CRAIG had then on exhibition
In the Capitol by virtue OF a resolution
OF the Senate. and that in such investi-
CATION said committee secure the aid OF
competent and disinterested experts il
shey deemed it necessary.
A wonderful system Of telegraphing
fhis claims TO be. II has been talked OF
for some time; but the public were slow
20 believe what was claimed for it Now
shat IL has been up in the Senate, though
they may still DO disposed to await fur
ther developments, they will keep an eye
upon it. 1t is claimed by the inventors
OF the improyers Of the system that they
arssblsto transmit words TO the amountof
1900 words atno greater cost in the actual
transmission than the postage on single
letter. Also. that improvements have
been made 30 that the message itself is
nov prepared With great celebrity and at
very slight expense by machinery, some
what after the fashion Of the typewriter.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-02
Stand by Your Friends.

The Commercials Gazette keeps up its
war upon the South. We quote from it
The following malignant paragraph;
"Speaking of trusts Senator Will
ron, OF Iowa, makes a splendid point
when he speaks of the solid South as a
political trust, holding 1853 electoral votes
3or the Democratic party"
That's q confession that all the Re-
publican talk about carrying Virginia,
West Virginia, Tennessee. and North
Carolina is intended for Buncombe. Our
Cincinnati contemporary comedies that
The South will cast 1853 votes-all she
has-for CLEVELAND. Yes. the solid
South does hold all her electoral votes
for her friends. Wouldn't she be very
foolish South il she should cast her votes
for tho party that for twenty years has
sought TO humble, even to humiliate
her? You yourself being witness, the
South would desert her best friends if she
deserted the Democnticparty. You en-
deayor constantly TO devise, or TO incite
somebody else to devise, a scheme for
cutting down the number Of representa-
tiyes whom the South has in the halls OF
Congress Shall theSouth bow her neck
to that yoke? Shall she bare her back
10 such stripes2 Shall she lick the hand
shat smites her? Shall she assist in her
own undoing? Shall she be double
dyed traitor TO the only friends she has
north OF Mason & DnoS's line ?
Nay, verify. II you would dissolve
the solidity OF the South, you must first
dissolve the solidity Of her enemies.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-02
wssr VIRGINIA EEpusLrCANs.
A Turbulent Conventions I'm Charles
ton--N ominattous made.
Especial telegram 10 tho DIspstch.l

lSpccial telegram 70 mo Dspach-I
CHARLESTON, September 1.-The Re-
publican County Convention was held
here to-day, and it's session was a very
stormy one. In the morning fists were
shaken at the chairman and threats OF
pulling him down from the platform
we're heard on all sides The afternoon
session was no. quite so stormy, as eight
sergeants-at-arms had been appointed,
who succeeded in maintaining order TO
some extent. But the report of the Com
rnittee on Credentials raised another
storm, and it was 4:30 o'clock be-
fore nominations were reached. Ro-
man Pickens YVES nominated for
sheriff on the fret ballot. There were
quito a number OF candidates for the
Legislature and ten ballots were taken
before the question was settled. DR.. n.
+. Aultz was nominated on the first, ~
Meyer on the eighth, and J. w. Parrish
on the tenth. A. A. Wells (colored) was
a candidate and remained in the race IN
til the last ballot. Sylvester Chapman
was nominated for prosecuting attorney,
and Curtis S. Young for county commits
sloner. and John G. Hermann and j. +.
Clinton we're nominated for assessors OF
the upper and lower districts respective
ly. The convention adjourned at 3
o'clock, having been in session ten hours.
All the nominations were holly contested
and considerable feeling was manifested
by the friends of the different parties.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-02
PeIsOItnl.
Admiral Porter is out of danger.


Mrs. James Brown Potter has thirteen
new Partisan dresses with which to ele-
vate the stage this season.
Mr.. Oliver Ditson. The well-known
publisher of music, is i'll at Swampscott,
Mass. lie has bad stroke OF paralysis.
Mr.. Walter j. Damrosch, conductor of
the Oratorio and Symphony societies
and assistant director of tue Metropolitan
Opera House, n. Y, returned from Eu-
rope on Friday.
Bishop Hurst, of the Baltimore Con-
ference, has transferred the Rev. George
II. Corey, ID. d., from his passionate at
Brewsters, N. y, to the Metropolitan
church IN Washington, ID. c., to succeed
Bishop Newman.
Prince Henry OF Battenberg recently
offended her Majesty, his mother-in-law,
by remarking that he was glad TO visit
"the land of Great Scott" For in
dulging in slang Victoria locked his
pocket-money for week.
The widow of Unser Fritz prefers to
be known AS Empress land Queen Frede-
rick rather than Victoria, thus showing
that she intends to live apart from poll
tics and associate her name forever with
that of her illustrious husband.
Administering tho-Navy Commo-
dore Harmony says: "Our guns are as
good as any in the world. From what L
can learn England has had much diff
Guilty with her guns. We have been on
the alert, and where Europeans have
made mistakes in their manufacture Of
great guns we have profted by their ex-
perience and avoided those mistakes"
Gulia Dorosini, daughter of the we'll
known banker of New York city, has
astonished Saratoga by her skill as an
equestrienne. She mounts her Kentucky
thoroughbred every pleasant afternoon
at 8, and. accompanied by o groom,
dashes along Broadway in manner that
attracts general attention. She is beau
tifnl girl. and her petite figure looks at
its best on horseback. Her father always
stands watching her until she Is out Of
sight, smile OF satisfaction playing
over his handsome face.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-02
THE MARrrHsvILLE CONVENTION.
The Disorderiy Body That Nomi-
mated BLACKWELL.
Correspondents Of The Ricnmend DIspstch.l

Correspondence Of the Ricnmend DispstchJ
MARTISsvILLE, VA, August 81, 1883.
Extensive preparations we're made for
the Republican Convention which met
here yesterday. One OF the warehouses
was secured, md that well decorated
with national flags. The clans began to
gather from the four corners OF the earth
the evening. before. All that night and
yesterday forenoon were spent in eau
cussing-trying TO harmonic the dis
cordant elements. The convention met
at noon, and elected ID. II. Pannill, of
Pittsylvania, permanent chairman. Mr..
Pannill was very vehement in his de-
nunciation of Democracy, and said that
his section had suffered more outrages
under Democratic rule than all the
South. / take it for granted he was re-
ferring to what Malone 4 Co. terms the
Democratic massacre. William Powell,
of Franklin; g. w. Cornett, of Gray
son; j. K. Brown. Of Henry, and j. b.
Blackwell, OF Danville, were placed in
nomination. The Hon. K. Parr, OF
Patrick, who lad the little cpl
sode with Hon. John Il. Massey while
in the Legislature, rominsted Blackwell;
whereupon A. ID. Lybrook, OF Big Four
notoriety, took the floor and repudiated
Blackwell, and declared Patrick county
did not want any such man and would
have nothing TO DO with him. This GRE
aied intense excitement, and tho Judge
was hooted down. At this jnncture the
body had become 50 disorderly that thu.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-02
PAGNFuLLY sENaArIoNAL.
DR.. Joseph Parker Dies Suddenly
when Meeting His WIFE at
the Station
Especial telegram to The Dispstch.l

Especial telegram to the Dispstch.l
RALEIGH, N. c., September H.
There was painfully sensational occur
renee at Central depot here tonight.
DR.. Joseph Parker. wealthy and well
known resident of Raleigh, had gone in
his carriage to the depot to meet his
wife, who came in from Henderson. On
her arrival she found him in the bag.
gage-room of the depot in q dy-
ing condition. he was taken 10 his
carriage and an attempt made to get him
home, but he died before he had gone
many yards. He was q native of Gates
county, and was widely known in all
Northeastern North Carolina. He mar
ried the daughter Of the late Hon. Bar
tholomew +. Moore, OF Raleigh. His
age was about tifty-six years. Asthma
is supposed to have caused his death.
He was on the streets at late hour this
evening apparently in perfect health.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-02
The Water Question.

The shameful waste OF city water by
Che people OF Richmond demands new
snethod OF levying the water-tax. With
ont meters, the hydrAnts will continue
TO be left running day and night With
meters, and tar per gallon for all water
uscd. the hydrants might not be allowed
g. run as much as they ought to run.
There must, therefore, be compromise
measure adopted. The best and most
feasible we can conceive of is to keep up
the present excellent system OF taxing
wster-takers, permit every family taxed
ns at present TO use without additional
charge tho quantity of water which Mr..
BOILING says will be liberal supply,
and then levy a tax Of so much per gal
Ion or per hundred gallons on all the
water used over and above that quantity
as shown by good meters.
The new reservoir here is large enough
20 supply New York city with water if it
could be filed every day. 1t holds forty
millions of gallons Of water, or forty gal
Ions for every person in population OF
one million. IL the reservoir could be
pumped fall every day this would DO
forty gallons per day to every person in
population Of million. AS Richmond
has less than one tenth of million of
population, it would require less than
four millions Of gallons per day to supply
every man, woman. and child here with
forty gallons of water per day.
But the fact is that large portion Of
our population-principSlly persons re-
siding 10 the outskirts OF the city-still
use well water or spring water. This
fact emphasizes the charge that there is
= shameful waste OF water by the takers.
VIII it be said that forty gallons per
diem TO each man, woman. and child is
not sufficient supply? Two hundred
gallons day not enough for family Of
five persons? A forty-gallon barrel not
sufficient for child? Thirteen bucket
fuls a day to each little fodder too small
q quantity?
The fact is that twenty gallons for
each person would be liberal supply,
Making "big aud little" into the calcu-
lation. But for sanitary reasons, it would |
be best to allow double that quantity to
each water-taker for every person in his
Samly before adding anything to the
~ater-rate already established, and which |
has wrought results SO good in this city. !
The city fathers will never countenance |
any niggarlly distribution of water. But
They must do their duty to the tax pay |
ers, who are not able just now to spend |
half million Of dollars for new water
works.
In this connection, it may be stated |
that Colonel CUrsHAw desired to make |
the capacity of the new reservoir double |
what it ia