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Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-31
SUMMONS.

IN THE JUSTICES COURT. PRECINCT Il No. 1, in and for Pima County Territory of Arizona
 Thomas Prunty. plaintiff, rs Daniel Moody dsfsndAnt
 Action brought in the Justices. Court o, Precinct No. 1. in and for the County of Pima m the Territory of Arizona
 The Territory of Arizons sends greeting to Daniel Moody
 You are hereby summoned and required to Ap- pear in action brought against you by ths above named plaintiff ID the Justices Court oi Precinct Number One. in and for the Coun- ty of Pima. in the Territory of Arizona. and answer the Complaint filed m ssid Justice . Court. q Tucson, A. T ID said County, within hvs days (exclusive of the day of service) after the service upon yOu of this sunnons, if served in this Precinct, but if served without this Precinct. but in the County. ten days; If servsd out of the County, hftssn days; in all other eases. twenty dsys. or judgment by default will Oe taken zs s;nst you.
 Given under my hand at Tucson. this i2th day of January Ises.
 iA-} oHAf; ioitii. ai saIssl si !Ss p..e.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-31

This enormous yield may smack some what of exAggeratiou. but # anything the estimates Is rather under than over On this same farm are several thrifty. fruIt-beRrIng orchards, two large well stccked fish ponds, handsome resi- dence and a well filled stable of good stock. MT. Martin believed he could make himself comfortable and succeeded admirably i1 doing SO.
 Another example Of thrift of the many among which Florence Is situated, Is Mir. Remne whose vineyard for Its age cannot well ..be ex,elled anywhere. In lss6 the product Of each viEe was lone hundred pounds but ID lss7 1t fell to something hSe sO pounds. This coming season however, the product will, it is expected, exceed tLG- Of two years ago. 4 portion of thls crop vas sold at the rate of 10 and l5 cents per pound and what WAS not scld was manufactured In- to wine for winch there is always a great demand. These two illustrations are gwen but 10 show ibe fruitlulness tihe soil ID the fertile valley of the Gils
 Ia the town ot Florence there are many evidences of shr ft. It supports 3 large msrchandi=e stores. I drug and toilet notion store, good livery and feed stables. one wuOi assle ilouor house, 1 first class saloons. l good hotel, l fur niture store, ? barber shCps, l black smith ni wagon making shop and last but not least @ live weekly paper and
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-31
FLORENCE.
i's situation and Productive Resources
 Hts Business and Business Men.

rus situation and Productive Rs.ourcss Its Business and Business Men
 No town Tn Arizona than FIorencs has received mere public attention and none certainly are more deserving of it. oituated as It IS, on tue rich d llnyial bot 'OA iAn1s or the Glla, and surrounded Ou all sides by as hle body of agrIeult- I- al !hnl hs can be found 0n the Western h9 9nls phere. It's former isolation from trade centers alone retarded It's growth. SL,iWlSn tne incoming of the railroad m Lo'J anu the recent solving of the great uItcn problem when promises, by one continuous belt of
 GRAIN FIELDS AND VINEYARDS. to obllterate the intervening waste Of desert lands, this isolation will belong to the to-gotten past.
 Mtnln the past year the town has doubled its population and irouiries rom men n all the walks of life gre be- ing daily made, and these Inquiries are out the precursors of the boom that will make Florence one of the most popu- lous cities in the territory. Between Casa Grande on the south aud the Gils rlTer on the north there Is room for ten thousand homes to uest amid the fields or fruits and waving grain, where na- ture kindly smiles the whole year round. Inc recent blizzard in the north when the winds howled icuder ard sped faster and the snow fell heavier and deeper than ever before within the uem- cry Of man" will drive thou=Rnds to seek homes ID the more congenial cline of Arizons, and to these people Florence to-day
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-31
CAN SAY CoMP

Later on others can accommodate the
 western rush, but to-day the Salt River and the iils bear the palm. On ,he former the largest tract ot cultivated land between Texas and CallfornIa IS to be found. There as mile succeeds mile does field succeed field aad home fol- lows home. What has been done there eau Dc done on the Gils. or this fact no better exsnp pie can bs given than that of K. Fl. Martin. wna owns a most beautiful farm a fev miles below the town Of Florence. lis grain yield for 1887 WAS
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-31

The answer has been kindly furnished and will be given in to-morrov's issue,-ED. CITIZEN.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13
a Really Terrible Penalty.

The Austin Colored Invincibles drill
in their hall once a week. Captain
Skidmore, who has been recently
elected, is determined that discipline
shall be maintained. After drill was
over, he made brief speech to the In
vincibles about the necessity of their
attending drill regularly. He said:
81 wants de members OBJ dis COM
mand to understand, onct for all, dat
we meets regular cherry Friday ebening
at eight o'clock, in dis heah hall, and
de member what fails ter put in an APP
pearance will be-
shot to deff?" interrupted Corporal
Jim Webster.
"Drapped from the ranks for de-
serter?" asked Lieutenant Sam John
sing.
..Wusser den dat" continued the
Captain, amid a solemn silence that
was almost painful; de member what
fails to appear will be looked upon as
habin' been absent from de drill!'-
Terds SittiaQS.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13
In the Dry-Goods Store.

A lady and her little daughter were
shopping. The child sat on a counter
stool and watched the people coming
and going. Presently she saw lady
elegantly dressed,swho stopped at their
counter and handed waterproof and
umbrella to the young girl in charge.
Take care of these things until j
call for Them" she said in an auto
cratic tone. Then she sailed away.
The bright eyes of the child followed
her. The little face wore a look OF
distress.
"Why, mamma" she whispered.
'.she didn't even say please"
Sooner than she expected to, the lady
returned.
81 will take my things" she said.
There was some little delay in find
ing them.
AZ hope you haven't lost or mis-
placed them" she said in a severe
tone to the young girl.
No. Here they were. Madame took
them cpoly and without a word walked
off.
This was more than the child could
stand. Leaning over so that her sweet
young face come close to that of the
girl clerk she said, sweetlyi "ThanE
you!"-Detroit Free Press.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13
TRAVELLING IN TURKEY.
Sights Along the Railroads and In Dirt
Country villages.

Sights Along the Railroads and In Dirty
Country villages.
The European railways are now open
to Vienna and this city is blessed with
a daily mail. The route from Vienna
to Constantinople by rail is an interest
ing one, since it gives the traveller a
view of the village life of the Turks,
which has hitherto been beyond the
reach of those who have not the time or
the endurance for caravan travel. But
the lamentations of the travellers who
come by the new railway over the pri-
vations of the route are painful. A man
sallies forth gleefullY from Vienna in
the midst of luxury to take a run to
Constantinople. He is told that he
can reach his destination in forty
seven hours, and makes up his mind
that he can endure any thing in the
way of privation for that time. In
twenty-four hours he is convinced that
he will die of starvation before he has
arrived at the end of his journey. A
dirty and ragged populace offer him
water at every station for a good price.
At some stations men propose to him
to buy bits of terribly black bread and
cubes of lambs ivers fried at penny
a handful, the vendors horny fist being
measure. But the traditional railway
restaurant, with it's formal splendor Of
glassware and its decorative food prep
arations, is totally lacking. If in one
place he can find restaurant. its high
est achievement in the way of a dinner
is a dish of green peppers stewed and
cup of black coffee. On arriving at
any station where the unusual number
of officials implies Importance, the
tourist will feel hope reviving within
him. But on asking for the restaurant
he is sure to be answered, There is no
restaurant; there is only a change of
cars, and an examination of passports
and of baggage. "-Constcntinople Let
ter.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13

paratus exposed above water. Many
successful hunters were failures in
their efforts to catch beaver. The
game often escaped after being shared
by gnawing off one of its legs. At the
close of three months q successful
trapper was often able to show a pack
of one hundred and twenty beaver
skins, weighing about one hundred
pounds. As he made two trapping
expeditions during the year, in the
spring and fall, he would show two
hundred pounds, worth six dollars a
pound, as his years work. In addi-
ton to this the musk stones of the
beaver were worth as much as the
skins, so that some men made $4,000 a
year as trappers. 1t was a poor trap
per that didn't earn half as much"
''They must have become rich?"
'tBut few of them ever saved any
money. The traders from the States
charged enormously for supplies, and
Western men were inveterate gamblers.
Sugar was $3.50 a pound, coffee the
same, tobacco cost five dollars pound,
and a common shirt could not be
bought for less than five dollars. With
-four at one dollar a pound and
luxuries in proportion, it was ques-
ton of but few days at the rendez-
vous before the labor of months was
used up. The traders were often
called upon to fit out the men upon
credit after prosperous season."
Speaking of the sagacity of the
beaver, Mr.. Ward told of tame
beaver at Bent fort, on the Arkansas
river. This animal was caught when
young and became perfectly docile,
being a great favorite of the families
at the fort and of the trappers when
they returned from their trips to the
mountains. The little fellow could
never be cured of his instinct to build
dams. He actually undertook to dam
the Arkansas river, and worked for
months all night long, returning to the
fort every morning as the sun rose.
He cut down quite a number of large
trees, but life proved too short for the
completion of his plans. While around
the fort he was constantly turning
over every kind of vessel that con-
tanned water and collecting sticks to
head it off as it flowed away. One
night by oversight the beaver was
locked up in the warehouse. During
the night in nosing about he discovered
a ten-gallon tank of molasses that had
been left uncovered. That discovery
proved poor Jacks doom. The next
day he was found gasping for life, hav-
ing been caught in the sticky mass as
the tank was upturned. He never re-
covered from the shock, and was ten
derby buried in the presence of large
circle of his former friends.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13
IMAGINARY ILLS.
The Treatment of Hypochondrlacs Dl
cussed by q Physician.

cussed by q Physician.
So many people are hypochrondriacs
that physician expects to find one
third of his patients laboring under
imaginary ills. 1t is easy for people
to exaggerate symptoms, and by giving
! themselves into the hands of quacks,
become confirmed victims of supposed
| ill health. What is not at all unusual
is to find physicians who have become
thoroughly hypoed. Many of them
with great reputation and large
practice and capable of diagnosing any
case become cranks concerning their
own health. They exaggerate the
slightest symptoms into dangerous
cases and believe they have chronic
troubles when they would know that,
in patient, it would be but slight
indisposition. Most physicians are
not competent to treat themselves, and
many of them are confirmed hypochon-
driacs. Medical students begin early
to imagine themselves afflicted with
the various diseases which they are
STUDYING. l remember when at college
l had a roommate who became thor
oughly hypoed after entering tho
course. One day he caught cold and
that night suddenly informed me he
believed he was going to die, as he
was certain he was afflicted with
most malignant fever which he had
been studying that day. l went imme-
diately for one of the professors, and he
not being in had another come. The
second understood the case at once and
gave my friend some simple remedy,
and, later, the first came, and he,
wishing to give the young man a les
son, had me administer liberal dose
of ipecac. This made him very sick,
but cured him of the malignant fever.
A long-discussed question among the
medical fraternity is whether a physi-
clan should humor a hypochondriac
and ostensibly treat him as if he were
sick, or, on the other hand, to try to
disabuse his mind of his folly. One Of
the professors of a college put it to the
class in this way: '.If when you are
called in to patient you find him suf-
fering imaginary ills, and you tell him
so instead of humoring and apparently
curing him, you lose q client who
when he may be sick will not call you
in because he has no confidence in
your ability. You thus lose practice
and chance to do good when the real
necessity arises; besides by humOring
the man you do no harm, for he will
call in some other physician, who will
do exactly what you could have done
yourself" This argument has doubt
less caused many physicians to treat
hypochondriacs according to their
fancy. The professor who followed
the other one in the class heard of his
predecessors advice and was very in
dignant, saying that physician should
be true to his profession and treat
every patient as he finds him, not in
creasing the number of hypochon-
driacs in the world by encouraging the
natural human tendency in that direc-
tion.-Dr. l. B. Bruce. in st. Louis
Globs-Densocrat.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13
ABILENE REFLECTOR
THE SNAKE IN THE GRASS.

"A foe to al honor, all virtue. and good,
Is this serpent OF most multitudinous brood;
Not only in coverts OF dark does it Turk,
But we see in our midst its most venomou Us
work
In the whitest Of souls il leaves its foul slime,
And its victims are many-the man in his prime,
The beautiful maiden, the wife and the child,
The bride whose young life has been all unde-
filed
Have cause 10 be wary. for nothing, alas!
Has so venomed fang as the snake in the
grass"
I mind me this moment OF some have seen,
Circumspect as to conduct, and honest OF mlen,
But know Of the poison that lies out OF sight,
And know Of the wrong they will make Of the
right;
So in crossing LIES highway, watch for the foe
Who is waiting TO lay all my fondest hopes low;
watch for the enemy, wary and wise,
AS the serpent in Eden, who comes in disguise;
And wish that all others could avoid as they
pass,
This worst of all reptiles, "the snake in the
grass"
Helen f. NdnUilLe, In Good Housekeeping.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13
THE CAMPHOR TREE.
Stupendous Laurels That Attain a Heigh
of Three Hundred Feet.

Stupendous Laurels That Attain Height
of Three Hundred Feet.
One of the most useful and magnii.
cent productions of the vegetable king.
dom that enriches China, and more
particularly the provinces of Kiang-si
and Canton, is the camphor tree. This
stupendous laurel, which often adorns
the banks of the rivers, was in several
places found by Lord Amherst's en-
bassy above fifty feet high, with its
stem twenty feet in circumference.
The Chinese themselves affirm that ii
sometimes attains the height of more
than three hundred feet, and circum-
ference greater than the extended arms
of twentynen could embrace. Cam
phor is obtained from the branches by
sleeping them, while fresh cut, in
water, for two or three days, and then
boiling them till the gum, in the form
of white jelly, adheres to stick
which is used in constantly stirring
the branches. The fluid is then poured
into glazed vessel, where it concretes
in few hours. To purify it the Chi.
nese take quantity of fine-powdered
earth, which they lay at the bottom OF
a copper basin; over this they place
layer of camphor, and then a layer OF
earth, and so on until the vessel is
nearly filled, the last or topmost layer
being of earth. They cover the last
layer with the leaves of a plant called
pc no, which seems to be a species of
mentha (mint). They now invert a
second basin over the first, and make
it air-tight by luting. The whole is
then submitted to the action of a regu-
lated fire for certain length of time,
and then left to cool gradually. On
separating the vessels the camphor is
found to have sublimed, and to have
adhered to the upper basin. Repeti-
lions of the same process complete its
refinement. Besides yielding this val
liable ingredient, the camphor tree is
one of the principal timber trees of
China, and is used not only in build
ing, but in most articles of furniture.
The wood is dry and of light color,
and although light and easy to work,
is durable and not likely to be injured
by insects.-Ballou's Monthly
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

| AN experiment recently made II
Scotland proves that the tortoise car
walk mile in four hours.
| 1t is said that fir is standing in the
Kanich Valley. Nevada, which meas
ures fifty-eight feet in circumference
seven feet from the ground.
"A South Carolina man attempted
to pawn horse, and was surprised
when '.his uncle" told him that he
didn't like securities that could walk
away.
"A Michigan man, in digginga well,
struck vein of water which he
thought contained mineral properties,
and was disguised to find that he had
tapped a sewer.
The five great continental powers
of Europe now have II, 900. 900 men I'M
der arms, not to mention the naval
ornaments, almost double in size the
whole sea fighting force of the world
twenty years ago.
The citizens of Dion boast that
have the oldest poplar in France, but
just how old it is no one knows. 1t is
122 feet high, forty-fve feet in circum-
ference at the base. and twenty-three
feet in circumference fifteen feet from
the base.
"A Brooklyn man intends to start a
goat farm, which he thinks will bring
him $1,000 per day. He will stock it
with seventy-five goats, and as the Or
binary goat will give three pints OF
milk day, he calculates upon ninety
quarts per day at twelve to fifteen cents
aquart.
The finest private collection of
almanacs in America is said to be
owned by one of the justices of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
The rarest almanac in the country,
probably. is one published by William
Bradford in 1886. 1t is in the collec-
ton of the Historical Society of Penn
sylvania. and is valued at $3.50.
AT the great steel works in Cleve-
land, o., large electro-magnet is
used, suspended from crane, to pick
up iron or steel bars and billets. 1t
will take up 800 pounds, and as soon as
the electric current is turned off after
moving the load, will drop it in the
proper place, thus doing the work of a
gang of men.
kentucky is as famous for its wide
spread and critical knowledge of the
Bible as for its sensitive appreciation
of red-eye. The newspapers down
there are many of them daily COM
mentaries. Here is a sample para
graph from the Scottsville Sentinel:
milk makes most people bilious, and
honey gives most people the collie.
Therefore a land flowing with milk
and honey is not as desirable as one
dripping with tree molasses and flour
batter-cakes."
The first attempt to record public
speech by means of the monograph
was made at political rally in New
York recently. A funnel seven feet
long was placed in front OF the plat
form, connecting with the transmitter
of the monograph. After the meet
ing the instrument was tested, and the
experiment found to have been entirely
successful, the speakers voice being
heard as distinctly as in the original
address, together with sounds OF the
applause and music.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-12-13
A Husbands Generosity.

Tomorrow, Maria, will be you,
birthday, and want to give you some
appropriate present. What shall il
be?'
whatever your kind heart may
suggest, john"
(Next day. "Maria. you know how
your poor back has suffered from pull
ing off my boots in the evening. II
will not suffer any more, my love.
See. l have brought you a nice new
bootjack which / will use hereafter in.
stead. Chicago Tribune.
The Somerset reporter., 1888-12-13


FALL. the fir tree, trembling
through all its branches, and then wha
happensH
"lvo did not see any more" said the spar
rows; "but this was enough for u.s."
81 wonder Whether anything SO brillian
will ever happen - me- thought the fiji
tree.
Rejoice with us" said the air and the sun
light "Epjoy thine own bright life in fresl
air.
But the tree would not rejoice, though il
grew taller every day and winter and sum
mer It's dark green foliage might be seen in
the forest, while passers by would say, What
a beautiful treel"
A short time before Christmas the discon-
tented fir tree was the first to fall. As the
AK cut through the stem and divided the
pith the tree fell with II groan to the earth,
conscious of pain and faintncss, and forget
ting all its anticipations of happiness in sor-
row at leaving its home in the forest 1t
knew that it should never again see its dear
old companions, the trees, nor the little
bushes and many colored flowers that had
grown by its side; perhaps not even the
birds. Neither was the journey Mt all pleas
ant. The tree first recovered itself while
being unpacked in the courtyard of house,
with several other trees; and it card a man
say, 1--WE only want one, and this is the pref
test"
Then came two servants in grand livery and
carried the fir tree into large and beautiful
apartment. On the walls hung pictures, and
near the great stove stood great china vases,
with lions on the lids, There were rocking
chairs, slken sofas, large tables, covered with
pictures, books and playthings, worth great
deal of money-at least the children said SO.
Then the fir trce was placed in large tub,
full OF sand; but green baize hung all round
Il, so that no Que could see it was tub, and
il stood on very handsome carpet How
the tir tree trembedi "What was going TO |
happen 10 him nowr Some young ladies
came, and the servants helped them to adorn
The Somerset reporter., 1888-12-13

TOLD THE MICE ALL ABOUT ITS YOUTH
that it forgot to think of itself, and could
only look about, there was so much to be
seen. The court was close to n garden,
where everything looked blooming, Fresh
and fragrant roses hung over the little pal
ings The linden trees were in blossom;
while the swallows flew here and there, cry
ing: "Twit, twit, twit, my mate is coming"
but it was not the fir tree they meant Now
| shall live cried the tree, joyfully, spread
ing out its branches; but, alas they were all
wlthered and yellow, and it lay in corner
amongst weeds and nettles. The star of gold
paper still stuck in the top of the tree, and
glittercd in the sunshine. In the same court
yard two of the merry children were playing
who had danced round the tree at Christmas,
and had been so happy. The youngest saw
the gilded star, and ran and pulled it Off the
tree Look what is sticking to the ugly old
fir tree said the child treadiLg on the
branches till they cracked under his boots
And the tree saw all the fresh bright
flowers n the garden, and then
looked at itself and wished it had
remained in the dark corner of the garrett
Then lad came and chopped the tree into
small pieces, till large bundle lay in heap
on the ground. The pieces were placed in
fire under the copper, and they quickly
blazed up brightly, while the tree sighed SO
deeply that each sigh WAS Ike little pistol
shot. Then the children, who were Mt play,
came and seated themselves in front of the
fire, and looked at it, and cried, Pop, pop"
But at each pop" which was deep sigh,
the tree was thinking of a summer day in the
forest or of some winter night there, when
the stars shone brightly and of Christmas
evening, Now all was past; the trees life
was past, and the story also-for all stories
must come to an end at last.--Adapted from
Hans Christian Anderson.