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The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-05-26
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

May tomorrow be all you wish.
Modesty is a maiden's necklace.
The work of youth is the ease Of old
age.
That man who is always looking for
sympathy needs it.
Be a man first, and then you can be q
gentleman at your leisure.
The fruit of ambition is seldom so
sweet when tasted as it had been pleas
ing to the eye.
Promises made in lifetime Of affection
require better memory than people
commonly possess.
Always listen to advice. It's way
other people have OF disclosing their
own mistakes.
Men in general do not live as they
looked to die, and therefore do not die
as they looked to live.
To tell what man says pay attention
to the tongue. To ascertain what he
means pay attention to the eye.
The law cannot make a man moral,
but it can make him dreadfully UNI
comfortable when he is immoral.
TO excel others is a proof Of talent,
but to know when to conceal that SUI
periority is greater proof Of pru-
dencc.
Merit and good works is tho end Of
mans motion, aud conscience of tho
same is the accomplishment of mans
rest
Envy feeds upon the living; after
death it ceases; then every mans we'll
earned honors defend him against
calumny.
The chief ingredients in the compo-
sition of those qualities that gain es-
TEEN and praise are good nature, truth,
good sense and good breeding
Consume little time ia regret. The
best repentance is reformation. What
tears Of contrition are powerless to Of
feet, an altered life easily tccomplishes.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-05-26
A Useful SocietN's Origin.

The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children was first organized
about the year 1873. 1t originated in
the visit of lady to dying woman in
a tenement house, who wished the lady
to caro- for her child. The lady applied
to the police, who replied that unless
the child was legally brought before
them they could do nothing for her.
She then consulted several excellent
charitable gentlemen as to what she
should do. They replied; ut is a
dangerous thing to Interfere between
parent and child, and you might get
yourself into trouble il you did so, as
parents are proverbially the best
guardians OF their own children"
Finally, in despair, she applied to the
late Henry Bcrgh, who found that his
society could not do justice to the in
creasing demands upon it. According
ly, he laid the matter before his counsel,
and the result was tho creation and
subsequent incorporation of the society
as a distinct institution. ri New York
DisDatch
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-05-26
How Giraires Are Captured.

Mr.. Lohse, hunters of wild animals
in the employ of New York firm, told
Sun reporter how giraffes are cap.
tured. 1t takes only about four to six
horsemen and about twelve or fifteen
footmen for giraffe hunt. The long
necked animals on stills go in herds of
90 to 100 head. When the hunting
party discover the spoor of herd OF
giraffes they creep up on them and wait
until the midday heat when the ami
mails are in the shade of the thickets.
Then the horscmen run in on them and
drive them out into the open country
under the scorching rays of the sun.
An hours chase in the desert exhausts
the giraffes so that the young ones drop
in their tracks unable to go any further.
The old giraffos are killed for their
meat, which is considered a great deli
cacy. 1t tastes something like veal.
The young, as soon as they fall down in
an exhausted state, are secured with
halter, to which is fastened two long
ropes. As soon as it is sufficiently re-
covered to walk it is driven between
two hunters to the nearest shade. Then
it is allowed to rest and is fed on goats
milk. A dozen or so goats arc always
taken on giraffe hunt for this purpose.
After the young giraffe becomes used
to the goats milk it is driven to the
camp, and thence by easy stages to the
main camp, or serbia. The giraffcs
that are so captured are never more than
two to four months old. They grow
very fast and reach Europe
when they are about a
year old and or feet high. I have
had over forty of them at a time run
uing loose in the serbia.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-05-26
He Had Eighty Nurses.

The present emperor OF Chino, when
he was a baby, had eighty nurses,
twenty five tanners, twenty-five bearers
for his palanquin, ten umbrella holders,
thirty physicians and surgeons, seven
chief and twenty three inferior cooks,
fifty walters and messengers, fifty
dressers and other servants aud attend
ants to the number Of over four hundred
or more. His spiritual welfare was
looked after by a corps Of seventy five
astrologers, sixteen tutors Gall Of high
rank and sixty priests -LSt. Stephens
Gazette.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-05-26
A FortK.Foot Monster.

The petrifed remains Of huge ami
NAL have been discovered lying beneath
the earth's surface, on tha bank of the
Des Moines River, ncar Percy, Iowa.
The length Of the monster, without the
head, which was detached from the
body, measures over forty feet. The
remains were in a bed OF dark blue stone
surrounded by petrided insects an re-
mains Of other animals. It's supposed
that the animal belonged to tho carboa-
ferrous age.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-05-26
Barnum and the Preacher.

P. T. Barnum declares that the best
circus Of today is not fair mark for the
church's hostility, and in the conclud-
ing chapter of new edition of his au-
TOPOGRAPHY gives this droll story:
son Sunday evening, May 81, 1882,
I entered the Church Of the Messiah,
Rev. Robert Collyer, pastor, and qui
city took back seat, only to find the
keen, clear eyes OF ths preacher fixed
upon me, and to hear his resonant voice
announce, 4 see p. T. Barnum in back
pew Of this church, and invite him to
come forward and take seat in my
family pew. Mr.. Barnum always gives
me good seat in his circus and ! want
to give him as good in my church. ,"
Mr.. Barnum adds: 81 thought the rev.
erend gentleman hal the courage of his
convictions, and ] was grateful to his
congregation for the gravity with which
they listened to this pulpit notice and
made way Tor INC as with some embar-
rassment took the prominent seat in
dicated.n
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-05-26
A Desperate Resistance.

Among the employees on Henry O.
Steadman's ranch in Oakland, Neb., was
Mexican cowboy, variously known as
johnson, Anderson, and Allen Wright.
He was type of his class-tall, bronzed,
with long black hair, piercing black
eyes, fearless rider, and a dead shot.
Nothing particular was known of his
previous history. He came to Burt
county with a drove of cattle from a
New Mexican ranch. He was of a
sullen, taciturn disposition, and never
engaged in conversation with anybody.
Although supposed to be a desperate
man, Steadman employed him on &C
count of his skill in handling cattle.
He, however, became careless of his
duties, and on the goth of March, 1885,
Steadman discharged him. High words
followed, and the Mexican, drawing a
42-calibre Colts revolver, shot Stead
man through the head, killing him in
stantly.
Calmly walking to the barn near at
hand, he selected the best horse, and
mounting, struck out in southerly
direction. The intelligence of the
shooting was Immediately carried to
Oakland, and large posse of mounted
men at once started in pursuit. They
soon came in sight of the Mexican, and
when within rifle shot they opened a
fusilade on the fugitive, who, turning
IN his saddle, returned the fire. His aim
proved deadly, two of his shots taking
effect. The leader of the party, M. P.
johnson, fell from his horse dead, with
bullet in his brain, and Charles Was
sorman received a bullet IN his leg.
The pursuers, however, still pursued
him closely. Seeing that escape was
impossible, the cowboy, on reaching the
barn OF Charles johnson, dismounted,
and before they could get in range was
safely inside. In this frail, but for the
tiure impregnable, fortress, Wright
!. made one of the most desperate single
aapded fights on record. Knowing that
surrender meant instant and certain
death, and amply supplied with ammu-
milton and arms, he held at bay a crowd
at times numbering 800 men.
Hardly had he entered the barn when
his pursuers again came within rifle
range, and, surrounding the structure.
a deadly fusillade commenced. The
murderer was armed with a revolver and
Winchester rife, and the cracks between
the boards served as loopholes, through
which he kept up a continuous and
deadly fire. From both outside and in
side the firing became furious. One Of
Wrights first shots brought down the
horse of F. F. ParIor. In quick sue
cession two other horses were shot from
under their rilers. In a rash moment
the Imprisoned man exposed himself and
was shot through the leg. From in
the evening until ~ o'clock the firing
was almost incessant. at midnight the
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-05-26
The Famous CarthusIan Table.

Not great way from Monterey,
eighteen miles northeast of Tampazos,
is tho far famed Carthusian table, ono
of the greatest natural curiosities on tho
continent. 1t is table land 400 feet
high and $500 above sea level. The
figure of tho tablet land is an almost per-
feet crescent, running east and west,
and on its summit are more than eighty
thousand acres of perfectly level land,
Astounding in running water. The only
way to reach the top Is by perilous
road, five feet wide and three miles long.
This singular mountain was named for
the Carthusian monks by a former tribe
Of Indians who occupied it and were
taught by the fathers. In the year 1896
sergeant in the Spanish army learned
The secret of its existence and the king
Of Spain gave him title to the whole Of
It. 1t is now owned as summer re-
treat by Senior don Patricia Milmo, the
rich banker of Monterey LPhiladel-
phia Record.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-05-26

WnlcD lolncu IL on inc uarA sue, tney
poured kerosene on several spots in the
structure, and, laying punches of hay
beneath each of them, touched Thorn off
in quick succession.
The flames shot up instantly, and in
moment the VIII ole side of the cowshed
was on fire. The two men then started
on dead run back to the camp of the
besiegers. They had not a moment to
spare, for hardly had they applied the
matches when three shots, fired almost
simultaneously, struck the shed. The
men, however, were in the dark, and
succeeded in safely rejoining their com
panions. Then the firing ceased.
The Mexican was doomed. Presently
a shot was heard within the barn.
'He has killed himselfl" exclaimed
several in the crowd.
The flames spread rapidly up one side
of the barn and along the roof. The
believing of the cattle and the neigh
ing and plunging of the horses could be
heard above the roaring and cracking
of their burning prison. But there
was no sound from the Mexican. The
opinion rapidly gained ground that he
had shot himself, and several proposed
that an attempt be made to enter the
barn and save some of the live stock.
Without taking the prccaution to keep
out of the light which tho other two
had done, the crowd made rush to-
ward the fire. They had proceeded
about half way when the side of the
barn which they were facing tottered
and fell.
"Come back! Come back! There's
the Greaser!" shouted several men in
the rear.
The tableau revealed to the great
framework crashed to the ground, for
moment rooted the spectators to the
spot. On three sides and overhead were
the roaring flames, and in the centre
lay, or half reclined, the Mexican.
Grasped in his right hand was the rifle
which had done such deadly work. His
long, matted hair hung across his face.
He seemed in the last agonies of suffo-
cation. Simultane ously with the shouts
of the crowd he raised his head. With
dazed, uncertain movement his left
hand swept the hair from his face.
Then, as if suddenly realizing his sur
roundings, rife in hand, he struggled
to his feet. But as he brought the
weapon to his shoulder his wounded
leg gave way. Raising on his knees he
once more lifted his rife, steadied him
self for al instant, and fired. Even
in the death throes his aim proved I'M
erring, and as he fell forward on his
funeral pyre one of the besiegiug party
dropped to the earth.
A hundred bullets answered the part
ing shot from the Mexican's rife, but
the flames quickly hid his body from
view. The tragedy was ended. Soon
the barn was but heap of smouldering
ruins. The last victim of the despera-
dos aim, Charles Wise, was carried to
the farmhouse in dying condition 1t
was now daylight, and search was i'm
mediately made for the Mexican's body.
1t was found in large pile of oats.
Both arms were burned of, and part
of both legs. The crowd was bent on
taking the corpse and feeding it to the
hogs, but the sheriff finally prevailed
on them to give up the idea, and it
was buried in contiguous cornfeId.---
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-05-26
Didn't Work for Once.

"Will you be kind enough, pa" said
Bobby, in a low, vel -moduIated tone
Of voice, "to give ms another piece Of
piel'
"No, ST." replied the old man
"you'ye had enough"
''Ala," said Bobby with dubiout
air "you told me- TINT politeness always
pays"
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-05-26
Contentment.

-
I'm pleas'd with SO little,
NV wants are so few,
That earth seems a pasture,
Where all things are new;
feed on the blossoms
That welcome the spring,
AS we'll as the fruitage
That summer viii bring;
Irevel in autumn,
That ripens the year,
And even the winter
Affords me some cheer.
I'm pleas'd with the shining
OF nights silver moon,
AS well as the glory
Which robes golden noon
The light or the darkness
To me is the same,
For each has beauty
To which / lay claim;
Iwake in the morning
With thanks to the night
For winging me safely
Through Dreamland's deligh
I'm pleas'd with my brother
I'm speaking of man,
He's loving or hating
As | choose to scan
His acting or speaking
For either has good
That outweighs the bad
That's nobody's food;
So, feasting or fasting,
Asleep or awake,
The world contains treasure
OF which I partake.
--LGeorge Reed Cromwell
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-06-09
A Stab in the Dark.

Sometimes fails of its murderous intent.
The insidious and dastardly attacks made
upon the reputation of Hostetters Stomach
Bitters by persons who seek to palm of
cheap and fiery tonics as identical with it, OF
''the same thing under another name," or
equally as good, in most instances react
disastrously upon the unprincipled traders
upon popular credulity who attempt them,
converting their speculations into ruinous
failures The Bitters is pure, wholesome
and thorough medicine, adapted to the total
cure and prevention of fever and ague, bill
ious remittent, dyspepsia, constipation,
biliousness, debility, nervousness and kid
ney troubles. Its every ingredient, unlike
those in the limitations of it, is of an *scer-
tanned standard of excellence. and while
they, by reason of their hery properties. re-
act injuriously upon the brain, and nervous
system, of both those organs it is sedative
and invigorant. Refuse all these harmful
limitations.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-06-09
A Good Investment.

Two old prospectors, Andy Hunter anC
| Ike Goodwin, met In Yuma a few months
ago for the first time in many years. Andy
Hunter was in town on visit, being in the
employ of Geo. Norton, on the MohawE
canal. His friend Goodwin had Just ar
rived from California, where he had sue
ceeded in getting "broke." Hunter good
naturally divided his wealth with his old
friend, and after few days of sightseeing
the pair separated, Hunter returning to the
Mohawk canal and Goodwin starting to-
wards Mexico on a prospecting trip. Hun
ter continued to work on the canal until a
few days ago, when he received letter
from his pard Goodwin, informing him that
he had struck it rich. The mine Goodwin
found is two miles south of the line, in
Sonora, Mexico, He wrote him even better
news; it was that Goodwin had received IF
ty Thousand dollars down and the balance,
two hundred thousand, to be paid by the
Both of June. The letter concluded by
telling Hunter that one-half of the property
was his and to hurry up and join his old
time friend. On Monday morning he re-
ceived telegram from Tucson to meet
Goodwin at ella Bend, where conveyances
had been sent to take the fortunate men
and an eastern mining capitalist to the rich
strike of golden wealth. Andy Hunter is
an industrious and worthy man; his many
friends throughout Arizona will be highly
gratjSed TO learn of his good fortune.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-06-09
Notice OF Homestead Proof,

Homestead Application No. 6lS.]
US. LAND OFFICE Tucson, A. T.,
June 9Th, 1888.
NOTICE is hereby given that the fol
~ lowing named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in sup
port of his claim, and that said proof will
be made before the Judge of the U. s.
District Court or in case IF his absence then
before the clerk of said court, at Phoenix,
Arizona, on the 18th day of July, 1888, viz
George w. Norton, of Yuma, Yuma Coun
ty, Arizona, for the NV or. section p, tip
7 south, range 10 west.
He names the following witnesses tc
prove his continuous residence upon, ano
cultivation of, said land, viz:
Frederick W. Smith, Juan Molina, Simeon
W. Taylor, Robert Cant, all of Mohawk
valley, Arizona.
A. d. DUFF, Register
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-06-09
LOCAL NOTES.


The serenading season has arrived, and
Galena Jim says that;
The midnight serenader comes,
His ballad wild to tame,
And though old boots around him hum,
He'll guitar just the same.
Ripe lines this week.
Judge Isaac Levy has returned from
California.
The Spanish school has quite fair
attendance.
John Gandolfo has returned from,
California;.
A couple of marriages on the tapis
Guess, if you can.
The ella is falling; the rio Colorado
is rapidly rising
Harry Ncahr is in town from the
Castle Dome mines.
Felipe, youngest son of Mrs. G
Lopez, died on Sunday last.
The public school closes for the
term on Friday, the 18th of June.
Choice real estate, in town, is in
demand and commands fair prices.
The. prisoner who set. fire to the
county Jail is undoubtedly insane.
The adjourned term of the District
Court will be held on Monday next.
Yuma Legion Select Knights holds
itsTegular meeting Oh Tuesday even
ing
Mrs Frank S. ingalls, with her sister,
arrived from California on Wedues
day last.
The assessment roll is being worked
on and will be ready for examination
June 18th.
Captain Joseph H. Godfrey and
son spent few days in Los Angeles
last week.
Judge De Forest Porter and family
were passengers on Mondays west
bound express.
Train Dispatcher Woodward was in
town Monday returning to Tucson the
following day.
The passengers on west-bound
trains daily buy large quantities of
Yuma apricots.
Our gardens are bright and fra
grant with lovely roses and sweet
scented jessamines.
john Markle has corn growing in
his garden which is over ten feet in
height and still growing.
The county recorder issued mar
riage license on Monday to Estevan
Via and Refugia Bourgacia-
Work on the Yuma, San Diego and
Ensenada railroad will be commenced
within the next three months.
NJ. Canning is busily engaged clear
AAS OA OhV AcihOt has lOOdC8Q. 9U6-
half mile west of the court house.
The U. S. custom house is now
located in central part of town; a
great improvement on its former loca-
ton.
The railroad company has a large
force of men at work on the new
freight depot at the foot of Main
street.
Mr.. David Lamb has fled in the
county Recorders Office lien on the
Apache canal in the sum of three
thousand dollars.
The grape vines and fruit trees on
o. f. Townsend's ranch are growing
very fast and in fact the entire farm
appears to be in tirst-class shape.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-06-09
Is Consumption Incurable.

Read the following: Mrs. c. b. Morris
Newark, Ark, says: WAS down with
Abscess of Lungs, and friends and physi
clans pronounced me an Incurable Con
sumptive. Began taking DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption; am now On my
third bottle, and allie to oversee the work
on my farm. 1t is the finest medicine ever
made.
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio, says:
''Had it not been for DIR. Kings New Dis.
covery for Consumption would have died
of Lung Troubles. Was given up by doc
tors. Am now in best of health" Try it;
sample bottles free at A. Franks store.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-06-09
BuckIen's ArnIca salye.

The Best aalve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Rheum, Fever Sores
letter, Chapped H ands. Chilbrains Corns'
and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Pills., or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money rss
funded. Price 25 cents per box. -
FOR SALE BY a. Frank.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-06-09
Electric Bitters,

This remedy is becoming so well known
and so popular as to need no special men,
ton. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song of praise. purer med
icine does not exist and it is guaranteed to
do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will
cure all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys,
will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum
and other affections caused by impure
blood. Will drive Malaria from the system
and prevent as well as cure all Nalarial
fevers. For cure of Headache, .Constipa'
tiOn and Indigestion try Electric Bitters,
Entire satisfaction guaranteed or money re-
funded Price 80 cents and 81 bottle al
A. Franks store.