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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01

The Board of Supervisors in session to-day, levied the following special tax. Bonded indebtedness soc. General fund $l00. Road fund 10c. School fund soc. Territorial levy 63c. Stock sanitary fund l mill. Making total exclusive of the sanitary stock fund, of $2.73 for the county at large. To this must be added in school district No. one, tax of 40c. Making a total tax on each $l00 in said district of S313 exclusive of stock fund as above noted. This is 28 cents less on the $l00 than was levied last year.-Citizen.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-01
Renublican Countx Convention.

Members of the Democratic county cen Ommittee.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-05-05
THE WITCH'S LADDER.
Some of the Odd Superstitions Prevailing 4
in England.

M1giC, witchcraft ordeols, omens,
we have them all among us. an inch
under the social surface. Take the
"Witch's Lldder' found in Somerset,
new rope threaded with bird 5
feathers. J. NJ. Frazier seems to have
found out the uses Of this valuable
weapon, uses TO which the local old
women would not confess. II Scot
land something Of the kind is used by
Highlanders for magically milking
their neighbor,' kline By milking the
rope the fluid is extracted from tn c
COWS of other people. Sometimes the
rope is made Of the tail hairs Of the
cows; it is not stuck full Of feathers.
In bohemia the rope must be bell
rope, and it affects all the cattle
within hearing of tn" bill. How could
people ever begin to believe such nom
sense in Bohemia or Skyc2
Edmund Robinson, we may rlarlta.
bly, believe, was drunk when h. saw
the trick performed in 1858 H.
ayerred, in II regular deposition. that
he bchcld "divers f the company 20
to barn; he followed after, and saw
six Of them knoeling. and pulling at
six several ropes, which were fastened
or tied to the top of the house. at or
with which pulling" Observe the deli
"a IN arrurrarvN I,oopno tho,, /, th;z
lnfolmcr's sight, flesh smoking. but
ter in Jumps. and milk as it were SIX i'm
ming from the said ropes. all of which
fell into basins which were placed un-
Ter the said ropes The Witch's
Ladder, in fact, has a loop for fasten-
ing, we presume. to the roof of the
house. Now. can the Australian
black fellows be more childishly
absurd than our modern friends
of the magic rope? The Austria.
lan doctors sunk disease out of
patients through string. The Indian
witch sucks her encmy's blood, he be-
ing at a distance, like the cows, in the
same way. The Australian puts
feathers on his magic stick, apparent
Iy that it may fly to his focman. The
Hcathers on the Witch's Ladder may
have been meant, as Mr. Frazier says,
'or a similar purpose. Again, savages
of many countries think that the souls
of the dead migrate into snakes, but.
for q ias and nt her crnat,1rnu Ia nynrv
body in Cornwall much wiserP A
vicar OF St. Clccr had a hou.emaid
who. though she was not Bruce. would
not kill spider The reason wss that
Parson Judd, the clergyman lately dc.
ceased. was somewhere in the wear
age in some spider, no one knew which
of the vicarago spiders. '.- Gonaoq
0ai'g Nsws
The Grenada gazette., 1888-05-05
FARM APHORISMS.
Agricultural Philosophy In Small and
Easily -Digested Doses.

Easily-Digested Doses.
Work done out of season is i'll done.
The good die young and weeds
should.
Nearly always it is the docilc bull
that does the goring.
It ia worry rar" that any thing is
gained by working in the rain.
When the cattle are put on the grass
too early both are injured.
To increase the value of the heifer
ten per cent. teach her to lead.
No man practices economy who does
not use light, sharp, bright tools,
The man behind the times breaks
the colt; the wise man trains it.
Eternal vigilance is the price of
an orchard, and it is cheap at the
price.
Some men allow their imaginations
to April-fool them every day of the
year,
The lawyer is the only man of any
sense who does not prefer arbitration
to a lawsuit.
The note that is not due till two
years will be harder on you than the
note due in year.
Counting our chickens before they
are hatched would not be so bad did
We frst candle the eggs.
rhe successful farmer IS the one that
makes ten per cent. on the money he
has lost through mistake.
The horse with plenty of eurryromb
outside and oats inside doesn't show
his ribs before midsummer.
u is poor rule that won't work both
ways nevertheless, both lending and
borrowing are Improbable.
None but a good farmer can make
eight per cent. on borrowed money;
and he is the last farmer to do it.
= Bad tempered cows, dull plows and
weak fences ought to be evils unendur-
able, fol they are not immovable.
The man who allows the rivulets to
get his manure is always sure that the
Government is robbing the people.
What doth it profit man if he keeps
the weeds down on his farm and allows
them to grow on the highway?
Extend the house cleaning into the
cellar and make the work more thor
ough where shirking would be least
seen.
Better have your heart in your work
and eighty acres than quarter-section
and be at at odds with your occupation.
There are now a hundred riyulets on
the farm, yet it is cheaper to give the
animals drink from well protected
from surface water.
II is a false notion that is responsible
for gricYOus evil, that cheap teacher
is good enough for the summer term,
because all the pupils are small.
1t Is better to take little liver
medicine than to grumble and feel
blue, and the man that has had fruits
during the winter will not need the
medicine.
Good highways are impossible as
tong ~ the highway tax is worked out
by the tax payers. Collect the tax in
money and let the work publicly to the
owest responsible bidder. ..anlertcan
Agricultar:sL
The Grenada gazette., 1888-05-05
THE LAW OF GROWTH.
Some Very Useful Suggestions ter Guidane'
in Observation.


in Observation.
The rule of growth is that q child
should increase two pounds in woigh,
for every inch in height between three
and four feet. and two and q hall
pounds for every inch weight hetwaen
four feet and five feet. Any child
more than seven pounds below the
weight here given should be examined
medically. A remarkable fact that
comes out from the tables Is that the
boys at the public schools and Dung
mon at the universities and entering
the public service, here called the up
per classes, average about three inches
taller, and from six pounds 10 twenty
pounds heavier than boys in the board
schools and young apprentices and
workmcn. Two causes may be as.
signed for this first, heredity, the
one springjng from taller parents.
and. secondly. favorable surround
ings. Deficient and improper food.
town air. laborious work at early
ages, all stunt the growth. Every
one knows how change from close
town to free country life. with plenty
of exercise, stimulates growth.
have seen three and half inches
thus produced in tour months where
all means in town had signalIy failed
before. A good rule for predicting
future height is that if five feet is
passed between ten and eleven years
of age the child will be tall; If betwecn
thirteen and fourteen. Of medium
stature; If not till fifteen he will be
short Increase of weight Is also
largely due to climate. ! remember
an cxceedingly-slim and elegant y oung
lady coming to the north Of London
from the west Of Ireland. In a few
weeks there was trouble with the
dresses, and this continued. for tho
girl got so stout as to quite lose her
elegant figure. Her friends were in
despair Banting was tried, but still
she grew apace. Circumstances at
this time required her return 10 Con-
naught, and in two months time.
when she had got thoroughly soaked
again in that humid climate. she wrote
in triumph that tho odious fat had all
disappeared and her beautiful figure
returned. Again she came to London.
and as she gradually dried rene wed
troubles with the dresses began, and
at last the question became urgent
whether she would be dry and stout in
London or damp and elegant in Ire
land. 1t is needless TO say she at once
Q hose the latter.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-05-05
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

A spoonful of vinegar in a kettle
of hot lard will prevent doughnuts
from soaking fat,
Profit in farming comes from the
maximum crops. the product of win
ter thought and summer work.
Lemons will keep good for months
by simply putting them into a jug Of
buttermIlk. changing the buttermilk
about every three weeks When the
lemons are required for use they should
be well dried with cloth.
Neuralgia is often the effect of in
digestion. In such cases a cup of beef
tea, cocoa or even hot water will often
relieve it. For the same purpose n
well-known physician often prescribed
cup of milk with just enough boiling
water to make it hot.
1t will not injure manure If lime or
ashes be mixed with it at the time Of
application to the land, as the rains
will carry the matter into the soil.
which absorbs the gases, but to add
lime or ashes to the manure when it is
in the heap will cause loss of ammo
mia, owing to the chemical action Of
the lime or ashes on the manure.
"A Good Breakfast Dish. Make a
batter with one egg. little salt, four
tablespoonfuls of new milk, flour to
make thick as grddlc cakes. Fry
slices of salt pork till crisp, then dip
them in the batter. one piece at time,
taking out with large spoon and dip
ping up batter enough to spread out in
the hot fat, fry as quickly as possible
without burning.
Most persons of middle age can
recollect when fruit was seldom
wormy, trees were vigorous and long
lived, and the planter was sure of per-
feet, smooth, beautiful fruit. Indeed,
varieties were then grown which can
not now be cultivated with success.
The alarming increase of insects has
brought about this state of things.
Leaves are covered and eaten by raw
enous hordes. And yet the small boy
and larger clown, with their shotguns,
are destroying our insect-eating birds,
and there would seem to be but little
hope in the future.
"A correspondent of the New En-
gland Homestead complains that manu-
facturers don't know how to make and
hang a hoe handle. To work without
too much muscle there should he
ball on the end of each handle. This
fits the hand and saves gripping the
stick so firmly. If you haven't it on
your hoe handle wind a strap around
it and tack it firmly as substitute.
Hoes are too often hung at an angle OF
eighty degrees, and they "lug' terri
bly,. Such tool isn't fit for use. 1t
should be hung at forty to forty-tive
degrees, and so will slide through the
soil and under weeds easily.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-05-05
BEFORE THE CAMERA
How to BE Photographed to the Best Pc.
sibis Advantage.

1 "Only one person should 60 with .
child when 1t is to be photographed" !"
said a camera artist "lnstead, several
people are apt to accompany it," he
continued. The younger it is the
more 60 to see the little dear when its
picture is taken fits baby all the
female relatives handy constitute them
selves into body guard for the infant
on its important trip to the photograph
ers. Even its proud papa will
neglect his business to be present at
the ceremony. They all have to in.
spect the child, comment upon it, and.
even if it is too young to understand
what is said, manage to get it into a
state OF nervous fdgets before the
operator ever lays eyes upon it II
tho entire family think it is imperative
to come to the studio with the subject.
hut one individual should be permitted
to enter the operating room with it.
Three or four persons in the room only
serve to attract the youngsters atten-
ton and lessen the chances of obtain.
ing good picture.
"No attempt should be made to get
a child photographed in any but bright
weather. The middle of,the day is the
best time for Il sitting, Children
should always wear light-colorcd
frocks when sitting for pictures.
Light tones harmonize with their
compilations and photograph in
less time than darker hues. Navy blue,
seal brown, dark green, wine color.
maroon and cardinal all take dark.
Light green, brown. scarlet, gray and
purple take light. Rose color. laven-
der yellow and pale blue nearly white
In white material the cream tint is
more desirable than pure white. Black
silk or velvet take as dark as ink.
1T is as easy to get good pictures of
children as of grown folk if people
would attire the little ones in suitable
colorS and simple style, not make them
nervous before they reach the studio
and leave them entirely to the opera
tor after they are there. Grown pco-
pie would secure more satisfactory pic
lures Of themselves, too if they'd trust
more to the operators Judgment and
less to thcir OWN People ought to
think about the details of their dress
and hair arrangement before they come
in front of the cam era, As a rule the |
more simple the attire and coiffure the
more pleasing and natural the picture.
Proofs should never be examined in
bright light, as they fade so rapidly
It's no guide to the photographer to
send back two or three proofs with the
finish from the darkest one,'
or, the lightest one, for they are all
liable to be of the same shade when
they reach him. ~ Chicago NcaOs.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-05-05
ABOUT INDIA INK,
An Inialiibie Means OF Recognizing Iha
Made by Lifting -kOuei.

Iace ny Lifting -k0uei.
From The earliest times "col.
c,ors' # choice brands of ink have
uey'r been wanting. aud ip one re.
spec. at least. different cs Eastern
aud Western notions may be, they
both dgrce in this--that we do not
max. as good stuff now as in formct
times Il was in the later days of The
lang dynasty that one Li-tchao aud
his son. Li-tingk kouci. set up man
ufacl)ry Of ink in the small town OF
Ch1-' cAGou, whIcl, wa then sur.
rounded by magnificent forests of fir,
from which fact we may reasonably
inter hat the black was to be made
from the combustion Of that wood.
The father had crown old ia the buSi.
ness without making any particular
repu'&,ion: the SON. however, hrpHght
he processes thcH employed tc
tnc highest pitch Of p"rfrrliOn,
hut be- rept his methods II profound
secret AID since his time the Efforts OF
all !h4 makers have been dircctod tc
prodac,rg al ink us good a. his. Yc'
1t j. %LJTca BY c0nnOis+curs that no.
body has vet succeeded in cnuaiue
his m1Ho>, especially Hthosc in shape
If q word, aWd of a round cah c--
which are his masterpiece We are
loIH that an infaitiblc means Of recOg-
The Grenada gazette., 1888-05-05
FULL OF FUN.

Preachers never strike foe highei
salary. They are generally too busy
trying to get what has already been
promised them. - Ptcauafse.
The toboggan was formerly the
toeboggan, so called because the toe
was used in steering it The end o.
the toe naturally got worn off in time.
--LoWey Courier.
Wife" John. yon have a very an
noying habit of saying What's thatp'
whenever you are spoken to. Cant
you break yourself of its' Husband
(reading) "Er-what's thati"-Th4
Epoch
Physicians Wife-"Are your af.
fairs in very bad shape, Johni' PLY.
sician- Very; but l hope to pull
through. NY creditors have extended
my paper TO the middle of the water
melon season. - Boston Globe.
The man whose stcp-ladder col
lapsed when he was hanging his fa-
ther's portrait bringing the picture
down on the top of his head. says it is
striking likeness of the old gentle.
man. Boston Commercial Bulletin.
My errand here to-night?' said
young lawyer to damsel on whom
he had called. reminds me of the cry
of an OWL "IIdced." said the maid
en-; 'what is your crrand here to.
night 'Courtship. To wit, to WOO"
-- Boston Courier
Young Lady (who has purchased q
pair Of gold sleeve buttons for her
tiance>-'Ol yes, forgot, engravc the
letter U, his first name. Clerk-"Ah!
May | ask. miss, if it is Uriah or
Ulysses9 Names with q are rare"
Young Lady (proudly)-"His name
is Eugene. "-Iovn Topics.
Washington Dame MY dear as
your pa is 10 be stationed in China
next year. | wish you would try to
make favorable impression on the
members Of the Chinese Embassy at
the party tonight, so that we can get
into society when we 90 there" Love-
ly DAughtrr-"Ycs, ma Where is
my Mgh-nccked dress - Omaha
HorlA
Dumlcy-" You don't look as if
you had enjoyed q very good nights
rest. Brown.' Brown--"l didn't. A
cracker kept me awake most of the
night. Dumley--''I shouldn' think
eating a cracker would interfere seri.
ously with your Sleep Brown--"Oh,
| didn't eat the cracker. The baby
ate it in bed.
-Countryman-''Fi Fl pounds too
much for him? He's won erful good
sportin' dau@, sir! Why, he come to a
dead p'nt in the street, sir close az in
a OF gentleman, The other day--fust
o September it was. strand the
gen leman told me afterwards as his
name were Partridge!'" Customer
You don't say soI' Bargain
struck Punch.
Happy Hostess--"D, you know,
Mr. Grandson, | feel quite proud OF
having you here tonight. They told
me you were so busy writing that
you'd gwen up every thing in the
social Vay.' Grandison-"Well, yes;
80 | have That is every thing of any
mportance-pr-I mcan-what mild |
winter we'v" been having '--J,uiy.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-05-05
ALL ABOUT MUSTARD,
How the Seed Is Made to Furnish OIL md
Flour.

"Where does mustard come from2"
replied a wholesale spice dealer to a
reporters inquiry. "Most everywhere.
1t is of two varieties. One is white
and the other is black. The first ID
called English, and the other masque-
rndns under apnre Of other titles.
The English is full of flour, lacks pun
gcncy and is seldom used alone. The
other kind contains large amount of
oil, said to average 25 to 80 per cent
The best variety comes from Italy and
is known as Trieste. There are many
varieties Of this kind grown in Califor-
mia, of every shade Of quality; also in
other States. That known as Kentucky
is very pungent.'
DO farmers generally raise itp'
If they don't it is their own fault
They can. 1t requires little or no cul.
tlvation, but most of it is not worth
handling.'
chow is it prepared?'
CASUALLY by COMPRISING the seed to
extract the oil because the seed is
much more easily worked when tho oil
is out, and because there is now 4
ready market for the oil as salad oil, it
being in many respects equal to the
best olive oil. To extract the oil re-
quires very powerful hydraulic pressure,
anI n cuitu bla pracc yppIJ mast f,o,,
81, 800 to $1,000. Large dealers in the
principal cities operate in the seed or
crude stock and press it and supply the
trade with what is known as mustard
cake, formed by the process of ex-
tracing the oil. and which contains
every thing except the oil--the same
precisely as linseed cake. After this
the pressed seed is separated from the
bran to extract the flour. Pure MUS
tard can not be ground in mills, and
unless it is very much adulteratcd it
can not be ground at all, on account Of
the oil retained in the cake. The
usual process, therefore. is to take say
100 pounds and put quantity of the
broken cake in pot or mortar and
pound and sift it so as to extract
about so per cent. The machinery
used for pounding the mustard is a
simple contrivance, called sometimes
stamp mill, being battery of Founders
ranging in number from two up to
sixteen. The process is slow but very
simple. After passing through the
Founders the mustard cakc--now re-
duccd to the consistency of soft mid
dlings--is transferred to series Of
sieyes, the fine falling into a rcccpta-
Gle below. This bolted -four of mustard
is strictly pure, and is as pure as it is
possible to make it from the stock you
have used, whether it is good or
bad.
"Now you know the whole secret.
When are you going to start in busi.
noss?'-M \. MaH aud EGprc$s.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-05-05

Tent Life in Siberia, etc., had spent four
years in Russia and Siberia, was thorough
ly conversant with the people and the Ian
guage, and had reached the con clusion that
the Russian Government had been misrep-
resented, and that the exile system of Sibe-
ria was not SO terrible as was supposed.
Knowing that Mr.. Kennan held these
views, the Russian Government gave him
every facility for thorough ,~,
INSPECTION or MINES AND PRISONS
Of Siberia-the most thorough that had
ever been made by a traveller. Armed with
letters from the Russian Minister of the
Interior and other high officials, Mr.. Ken
nan went everywhere. inspecting mines and
prisons, convict barges and hospitals, and
travelling with chained exiles along the
great Siberian road. He made the intimate
personal acquaintance of more than three
hundred exiled "liberals " and Nihilists,
many of whom wrote out their histories tor
his use. The actual facts, as revealed by
this searching investigation, were far re-
ideas, as this thrilling narrative Of fifteen
months privation and adventure will show.
As is already known, the publication OF
Mr.. Kennan's preliminary papers has re
suited in his being placed
ON THE BLACK LIST
by the Russian Government, and copies OF
The Century containing them have the OBJ
jectionable article torn out by the custom
officials before being allowed to enter the
Cars dominons.
"Iexpected, of course" says Mr.. Ken
nan, in a recent interview, "to be put on
the Russian black list. The stable-dbor is
locked, but the horse has been stoLen-and
pye got him."
The Grenada gazette., 1888-05-05
Hypnotic Experiments.

Certain Of the French hypnotic spec.
ialists have claimed to be able to pro-
duce all the effects which follow the
administration of any given drug by
SIMPLY placing phial containing a
preparation Of it in contact with the
SKIN of the hypnotized subject The
French Academy of Medicine has just
demolished this pretension, which, if
well founded. would involve as neces-
sary corollary the possibility Of causing
death by poison without leaving any
trace Of the toxic agent in the organ
ism. A committee of its members
specially appointed for the purpose,
recently attended to witness a series
ofexperiments conducted by Dr. Luys,
well-known hypnotist Sixteen glass
tubes containing various drugs in So
luton or in powder, were employed,
ana it is not denied that the external
application of the phials produced
more or less marked effects-muscula
oontractions, congestive symptoms,
impaired respiration apd the emotional
manifestations. But the committee
failed to trace any correlation in the
majority of the cases between the
phenomena superinduced and the es.
tablished thcrapeutical properties of
the substances used. More than this,
a perfectly empty tube was found to be
as potent in determining the mani
festations as any of those previously
employed. st. James Gazette.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-05-05

A Georgia paper. amuses its read
ers by story about the domestic
habits Of the owl family. 1t says that
In tho early spring the old hen owl
lays an egg and Immediately sets on L
until it Is Matched. and then hovers
over the little fellow until 1t becomes
full hedged. When this is dono she
lays another egg. and tho young owlet
assumes the maternal responsibility to
hatch out that egg and rear the
young owl By that time swlet num-
her one is able to fly away. and num-
Der two takes his place and matches
out tho next egg. This operation COM
tnues as long as the seassA lasts
The Grenada gazette., 1888-05-05


Mr.. q. A. Frost, artist and photographer,
accompanied Mr. Kennan. and the results OF
his work will form wonderfully interesting
series Of pictures of Russian and Siberian
life and scenery.
The articles begin in the May Century,
which is a great issue in many other re-
spects, containing also an interesting illus.
trated article on ranch life; first chapters
of The LIAR a novelette, by Henry James;
the exciting narrative, "a Locomotive Chase
IN Georgla;I suggestive ge paper +, on N The
on Milton by Matthew Arnold; "a Love
Story Reversed" by Edward Bellapy, ETC.,
etc. Our local bookseller viii have the num-
ber after the first of May.