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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29
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What is electricityi The engineer and the physicist are completely at variance on this point. The engineer regards cleo tricity. like heat, light and sound, as definite form of energy. something that he can generate and destroy, something that he can play with and utilize, some thing that he can measure and apply The physicist-at least some physicists, for it is difficult to find any two physicists that completely agree with each other regard electricity as a peculiar form of matter permeating all space as well as all substances, together with the luminifer- ous ether, which it permeates like jelly or a sponge.
 Conductors, according to this theory. are holes or pipes in this jelly, and cleo trical generators are pumps that transfer this hypothetical matter from one place to another. Other physicists, following Ediund, regard the ether and electricity as identical, and some, the disciples of Helmholtz, consider it an integral con stituent of nature, each molecule of mat ter having it's own definite charge, which determines it's attraction and it's repul- sion. All attempts to revive the Frank hnian, or material theory of electricity have, however, to be 50 loaded with as sumptions and so weighed with contra dictions that they completely fail to re- move electricity from the region of the mysterious. It is already extremely diff cult to conceive the existence of the ether itself as an infinitely thin. highly elastic medium filling all space. employed only as the vehicle of those undulatory motions that give US light and radiant heat. The material theory of electricity requires us to add to this another incom prehensible medium embedded or entan | gled in this ether, which Is not only { medium for motion, but which is itsel moved.
 The practical man, with his eye and hi' mind trained by the stern realities of daily experience, on scale vast compared witl that of the little world of the laboratory revolts from such wild hypotheses, sucl unnecessary and inconceivable concep tions, such travesty of the beautiful simplicity of nature. He has a clear con ception of electricity as something whicl has a distant objective existence, whicl he can manufacture and sell, and some thing which the unphilosophic and ordi nary member of society can buy and use W. H. Preece.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29
denaensIrate iIs snceess pr failure

THE year 1888, now in the last throes of dissolution, will take rank amongst the notable cycles ot modern time, both in the progress achieved by mankind and the important events that combine to create history. Our common country has prospered in material way and it has mourned the death of many of its illustrious sons. Our Territory is making marked ad- vancement, secure from further Indian depredations; and the heroes of peace are doing noble work in transforming the desert into blooming gardens and fruitful fields. The great march of progress is stamped upon the pages Of the years record in pleasing characters that augur brilliant things for the coming time. A new erI has dawned, whose brightness extends far beyond the horizon of human conception, and one that will witness the erection of the fairest and greatest state in the union out of abused and ridiculed Arizona. We sadly close the record of the past and open the fresh pages of the coming cycle, full of the hope that it will contain joyful chronicle of greater progress and development than has marked the year now at its close.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29
Aa Odd Comeosinx Rco-n.

The internal organization of 2 Japanese newspaper office is sad spectacle of daily struggle with difficulties unknown else where end really unnecessary here. The Japanese written gnd printed character consists of the Chinese ideographs, those complicated square figures made up of an apparent tumble of zigzags and crosses and ticks and triangles and tails, and of the original Japanese syllabary called hama Of the former there are 20.C00 in all. of which perhaps 14.000 constitute the scholars vocabulary, and DO fewer than 4,000 are in common daily use; while the forty seven simple characters of kama are known to everybody. Therefore the Japanese compositor has to be prepared to place in his stick any one of over 900 different types-truly an appalling task. From the nature of the problem several consequences naturally follow. First, he must be good deal of scholar himself, to recognize all these instantly and ac- curately; secondly, his eyesight suffers fcarfully, and he generally wears huge pair of magnifying goggles; and third. as it is physically impossible for any one man to reach 4.000 types, totally diff
 ferent method of case arrangement has to be devised Henry Norman in Phila- eelphia Times.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29

THE new silver bill, introduced in the United States senate by Senator Stewart, of Nevada, published else where, is of deep interest to all gold and silver miners of the country. It provides for the issue of coin certif- cates upon the deposit of gold or sil- yer bullion, at rate that is calculat- ed to establish the price of silver at $l.29 per ounce instead of the present low price of about 94 cents, The pas sage of this bill will be hailed with de- light by all that are engaged in silver mining and it will stimulate the in- ,dustry in a wonderful degree. As a measure of local importance we hope the bill will become law.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29
Ina Cigarette Factory.

The work of the packers is very enter taining to the locker on. There arc also about 400 girls in this division. They are seated and supplied with materials in the same manner as the rollers. In place of tobacco, paste and paper, they have cigar cites, pictures and boxes or wrappers. Those who pack them in boxes receive 5 cents and those who put them in the tin foil wrappers 8 cents per thousand. These girls are remarkable in the rapidity of their movements; they are also quite won- derful mathematieians, since they carry their arithmetic in their finger ends With unerring accuracy they pick up ten or twenty cigarettes, as the case may be. and with almost electric speed they put them in the boxes, with ticket and card picture accompanying each box.
 Standing near pretty girl, l attracted her attention by my queries, and was amused to see her gather up twelve cigar cites. As soon as she closed her fingers upon them, without the aid of her eyes, she discovered her mistake, and immedi- ately discarded the two not needed. Jok- ing my fair companion about her mistake, she banteringly offered to wager me her days pay if 1 found one box in all the hundreds she had packed that contained less or more than ten cigarettes. ques- tioned several of these girls and found most of them pleased with their work and employers. As visitors are seldom per mitted to go through the building my ap- pearance created quite sensation Dur ing my stay they became noisy and inattentive. anticipated hearing some of them too severely reprimanded, and was on the alert for any harsh treatment of these poor girls. Much to my relief heard nothing of the kind; the only re- monstrance given, which seemed to be all needed, was the tap of bell. This bell was suspended from the ceiling, and was pulled by the manager of the department As soon as the stroke was heard all bs came orderly and quiet.-Richmond Va- Cor. Chicago Times.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29

THE present election law of Arizona, is taken from that of California and ;s nearly identical with it. That it is very defective may be seen from the wholesale frauds recently unearthed in the city of San Francisco at the recount in behalf of certain candidates for municipal offices. In that state there IS strong agitation of the ques- tion of adopting the Australian ballot law, with such notifications as the circumstances warrant. The object of this law is to suppress bribery and when it is properly administered it comes as near doing so as any law that human ingenuity has yet devised. This law prescribes the uniform quail ty of ballots; their printing and dis tribution by the state; the complete isolation of the voter when changing or scratching" his ballot to suit his fancy, and the utter removal of every kind of influence designed to thwart the free exercise of the elective fran chise. By this method the shameful bribery generally practiced will cease, for no one will care to buy a vote that cannot be delivered under his eye. The defects discovered in the Califor- mia law are equally applicable to that of Arizona, and it would seem that the next legislative assembly could prof. tably employ portion of its time in perfecting an adaptation of the Aus tralian system of voting to the needs of this Territory. The people have the right to expect as near an honest expression of their wishes at the polls AS the laws can give, and they want a law that is not more easily evaded than complied with, and one that will render ballot-box frauds almost i'm possible.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29
YUMA ITEMS. TSentine1

Harry Neahr came in from Agua Caliente 3 few days ago, and confirms all previous reports of the big gold rike at Centennial. MT. Neahr says that prospectors are going there in iarge numbers.
 Judge ". W. Porter has ordered the Court Commissioner to adjourn court lntil January 10th, 1889. Owing to i'll health Judge Porter could not come to Yuma.
 The many friends and acquaintan- ees in the Territory of Frank NJ Hodges will be pained to learn of his ieath, which occurred On Monday evening. Mr Hodges was an old res ident of Arizona, good citizen and a loving father. He leaves widow and I large number of children to mourn his loss.
 Mr. o. r. Townsend received last week from California twenty six-year pld lemon and orange trees which he has planted on his homestead near own. Mir. Townsend is not afraid to spend money on his place and in a few years will have one of the most valuable farms ill the country. MT. F. s. Shultz, of the St. Louis colony near Chrystoval, called on the Sentinel on Wednesday. Mir. Shult2 is delighted with Yuma county, its fertile lands, balmy climate and mag nifcent surroundings He predicts a great future for our favored land and says that several large colonies will arrive on the line Of the South Gila Canal Company during the win ter. The colonists are of high order well educated and most of them are well off in a financial way.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29

TIE telegraphic report of the recent bank robbery at San Bernardino &C., cused two Arizona men of being the perpetrators of the crime. Later de- velopments established the fact that the attempted robbery and the mur- der of Cashier Morse was the work of a former patient of the Nevada insane asyl m, and that deputy sheriff Don ahue, of Flagstaff, Arizona, sprang in to the bank building and disarmed the murderer, in the absence of the local peace officers.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29
WOMAN'S ADAPTABlLITY.
How a Number of New York Girls Make
 Comfortable Living.

How a Number of New York Girls Make
 Comfortable Living.
 The woman barber IS not unknown in New York, and has conspicuously failed, as she deserves to, but, says the New York Tribune, the woman hair-dresser of the other woman's hair is not so much talked of and yet does a successful business. There are several women in this town who mako a good living by washing, shampooing, cleaning, oiling, combing and caring for the heads and hair of their fellow women Women who know the discomfort of having to wash their own hair, unassisted, appre- ciate the services of sl1illful hair-dresscr of this kind, and those who can afford it and yet can not keep aladies' maid do not grudge paying well for it. Especially is her practised hand in demand in rear ranging the sometimes inoxtricably tan gled locks of women who are recovering from long illness, when the whole scalp is sore from tossing to and fro on the pillow, and the nerves are too unstrung to bear the awkwardnesS of Well-meaning but un sklllful attendants or friends. Then it is that the professional hair-dresser is wei comed and her gentle stroking and delft fingers are more soothing than irritating to the patient.
 Then there is another large class of young women whose parents prefer to keep them at home, rather than have them accept any regular salaried position outside, and yet are not unwilling that they should earn enough money to clothe themselves. These are the people who take in sewing of vari- ous kinds at such cut-rates as to make the life of the regular sewing girl one long fight for bare life But in turn they have given rise to another trade for women-taat of teacher of the different kinds of work the big shops give out. For instance, teachers of the art of necktie making go from house to house instructing young girls how to make this ornamental male attire in such styles as the factories that give cut the work require. After the art is learned it is poor pay enough, but the teaching of it com mands a fair price.
 All these instances, of course, are only indications of how woman's wit and adapta- bility is proving of practical benefit to her. Few of these pursuits enumerated admit of much crowding. Not many could make a living in any enc of them. Yet they zas< pointers, showing that so long as {. sz|
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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29
Staodford's Opinion.

United States Senator Stanford. of California, passed through Fl Paso last week, on his way to Washington. Pointing to the map, says the Fl Paso Tribune, the senator directed atten- ton to the harbor of Galveston. There IS harbor," he said, (which, accord ing to the most capable engineers. may, with comparative small expenditure, be made to accommodate the largest sea-going vessels. From Galveston. across Texas, to Fl Paso, from El Paso to Yuma, and from Yuma direct to San Diego the distance is about 1900 miles, and the grade of road need mo- where exceed fifty-two feet to the mile. Making use of the seaway from Allan tic port of Galveston to San Diego by this direct and easy route, and from san Diego harbor to the various ports Of the Pacific, this would be the grand est line for freight transportation across the continent that could be ar ranged"
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29

THE time is not far distant when large reduction works will be required at or near Florence, for the vast bodies of ore that exist within a short dis tance of the place. The ore is said to be almost inexhaustible in quantity and generally of low grade, just such propositions as best suit experienced mining and smelling men, while there are many smaller mines that yield rich ores sufficient to make the bus mess paying one.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29

THE demonstration of the fact that the Gila valley can produce perfect grapes and all the tender garden pro- duce during the entire winter months, adds to the already long list of advan- tages peculiar to this wonderfully fav- cred country and it is a peculiarity that even California is denied. There can be no doubt of the adaptibility of our soil and climate to the production of a winter crop of grapes in quanti- ties sufficient for export, and in the course of time it will become source of great profit to the enterprising growers.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29
The Canal ofJaseph.

 How many of the engineering works l of the nineteenth century will there be in existence in the year 5000? Very few, we fear, and still fewer those that will continue in that far-off age to serve useful purpose. Yet there is at least one great undertaking, conceiv- ed and executed by an engineer, which during the space of 4000 years has never ceased its office, and on which the life of a fertile province absolutely depends to-day We refer to the Bahr Joussuf-the canal of Joseph-built, according to tradition, by the son of Jacob, and which constitutes not the least of the many blessings he confer red on Egypt during the years of his prosperous rule. This canal took it's rise from the Nile at Asiut, and ran nearly parallel with it for nearly 250 miles, creeping along under the west ern cliffs of the Nile valley with many bend and winding, until at length it galned an eminence, as compared with the r1ver-bed, which enabled it to turn westward through a narrow pass and enter a district which was otherwise shut oil from the fertilizing floods on which all vegetation in Egypt depends.
 The northern end stood r feet above low Nile, while at the southern end It was at an equal elevation with the rlver. Through this cut ran a perennial stream which watered a province named the Fayoum, endow- ing 1t with fertility and supporting a large population. In the time of the annual flood great part of the canal was under water, and then the rivers current would rush ill a more direct course into the pass carrying with ii the rich silt which takes the place oi manure, and keeps the soil in state oI constant productiveness.
 All this, with the exception of the tradition that Joseph built the canal can be verified today, and is not mere supposl ion or rumor. Until eioht years ago 1t was firmly believed thar the design had always been limited te an irrigation scheme, larger no doub han that now operation, as shown b, the traces of abandoned canals and b, the slow aggregation of waste wate which had accumulated in the Birke el Querun, but still essentially tn, same in character
 Many accounts have been written b, Greek and Roman historians. such 2 Herodotus, Strabo, Muttanus ant Pliny, and repeated in monkish legend or portrayed in the maps of the Middl Ages, which agreed with the folk-lor of the district. These tales explaine that the canal dug by the ancien lsraelite served to carry the surplu ) waters of the Nile into an extensiv lake lying south of the Fayoum, an so large that it not only modified tn climate, tempering the arid winds ( the desert and converting them int l balmy airs which nourished the vine and the olives into a fullness and fragrance unknown in any part of tn country, but also added to the goo supply of the land such immens quantities of fish that the royal prero. 3 atlve of the right of piseary at tn great weir was valued st $250,OOO ar ] nually. This lake was said to be 45 3 miles around, and to be navigated b
 fleet of vessels, while the whole ci n conference was the scene of industr t and prosperiiy.-Engineering.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29
Emnlorment fnr the Blind.

Some physicians have warmly indorsed the suggestion that massage" as an em- ployment, is particularly suited to tho capabilities Of the blind, in whom the tactile sense is so strongly developed. h. deed, in Japan massage has, for long period of time, been practiced by blind men, who go about the streets with fageolet, drawing attention to themselves and their occupation. It is thought that superin- tendents of blind asylums will find this g possible avenue to employment for their pupils,-Public Opinion.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29

IN the mountain region north Of Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, Judge Lilly has found it necessary to hold court under the protection of a strong guard of armed militia, owing to the desperate means being resorted to by the friends of certain criminals to prevent trial. Two of the witnesses were recently shot dead on the streets of Iiindman, Kentucky, and others have been so greatly intimidated that it will be difficult to obtain testimony sufficient to convict the desperadoes charged with murder. By strange oversight of the telegraphic cores pondents this deplorable state of out lawry was not charged against Ari- zona as usual.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29
Fondness f,r Dress.

I noticed four exceedingly handsome, but rather too striking tailor suits for young ladies all in Lincoln green The jackets have long pocket flaps with enor- mous black buttons, and the fronts are braided elaborately with thick, round cord Green felt hats with high rolling rims and black cocks feathers go with them. and gauntlet gloves of yellow suede 1 asked the tailor what these were, and he said he had not the slightest idea himself They had been ordered by four young ladies of the highest families, but he thought they were just for sensation. as these young ladies rather enjoy being stared at. l shall watch for the advent of those young ladies from my front win dow, for they will surely pass, and 1 am anxious to know whether they will carry cross bows like the robber forester, or only Buffalo Bill guns with game bags to carry the dead things they kill with them.
 Some of those very persons, who, from their social position, ought to set better example toward their less fortunate sis ters, seem to study up means of creating sensations. It does not matter to them what other people out of their own set think of them if they can only do some thing to aStoniSh the natives. It Is not a fair thing to do, either, for 1t brings odium upon all the young girls of this country in the eyes of strangers, and it is not doing right toward themselves nor their parents, but it appears that the young folks of the present generation have got the best of their parents and do | just what their foolish heads fancy Im- agine, now, these four girls in Lincoln green. hunting dresses all alike, walking abreast with all the swagger they can as- sume along our thoroughfares, crowded with people of all countries and all parts of this country. They are all well known and their names will pass from one to an other, and they will have gained the worthy reputation of appearing upon the streets in those dresses. If I had my way would put an extinguisher upon those girls. for they need it..-Fashior Letter.