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The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-04-05

SECRETARY Villas, of the Int
rior Department, has reversed the
decision Of the Commissioner OF
the General Land Office, in the case
of a homesteader, and ordered a
patent to issue when it had been re-
fused on the ground that the SET
tier had been absent from the land
for six months each year, during
the first two years, and eight months
during tie third year after settle
ment. The decision will be read
with great interest by those who, in
good faith, have made homestead
filing, but who have been prevented
by poverty or other adverse cir
cumstances from complying liter
ally with the letter of the law. The
Secretary manifests a spirit of lib
crafty IN constituting the law, and
says: Notwithstanding he was
not personally present upon his
land the last six months preceding
the completion of his entry, the
fact cannot be denied that he made
a settlement inperson on this land,
he has erected a dwelling thereon,
he has improved the land and he
has inhabited it in good faith, and
he has persistently chung to 1t for
three years, applying all the results
of his labor to its Improvement, 1t
is difficult to discern case more
worthy of being marked by good
faith. His 'inhabitancv' oRthe land
is not impeached, after his resi-
dence was once secured, by his GO
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-04-05

of the Standard in its unwarranted
and malicious attack on Messrs.
Smith and Tee, l take upon myself
the task of indicating the citizens
of Holbrook. BY citizens, | mean
property holders, consequently tax
payers, therefore our best people.
One and all, unite in condemning
the action of the Standard. It does
not voice the sentiments Of its sup
porters, especially when it stOops
to such vile practice. The paper
was not, nor is not, supported for
any such purpose, and the gentle
manly editor thereof, has made a
very disastrous, if not fatal blum
der, in supposing such to be the
case. The Standard article reflect
ing on the gentlemen in question,
has been warmly criticized by the
citizens of this village, and one and
all express Indignation and dissat-
isfaction at the course pursued by
the Standard. 1t was entirely I'M
provoked, unwarranted and uncall-
ed for, and is deeply deplored by all
here. HoLBRoOKITE.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-04-05
Goodbye Standard.

We are in receipt of several let
tiers of about the same purport as
the two following. We can assure
our friends in Holbrook, as we'll as
the friends of Messrs. Smith, Tee
and Huning, that they, nor we, ever
thought for a moment that the res
pectable portion of the population
Of their town, would endorse the
course of the Standard in its ma
licious personal attacks on the gen.
tlemen above named.
HOLBRooK, April 2, 1888.
EDITOR HERALD-The personal
dirty filings of the Standard is con-
ceiyed within the diseased, inc
briated brain of its editor; or, is
furnished by some one in this town
equally depraved, and is not the
sentiments Of our best people. We,
as q community, do not want a pa
per here for the purpose of abusing
any one without just cause. The
atmosphere here is getting rather
sultry for Mr.. Lamonte, and the
chances are, he will not last longer
than when his first quarter is up.
Hoping that you and your friends
will not hold us all, IN this neck of
the woods, responsible for the acts
of a tramp, [ remain yours truly.
%#S%%at
IIoLBRooK, March 81, 1883.
EDITOR HERALD: After reading
your article denouncing the action
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-04-05

NINETEEN and half millions of
dollars have been decided upon by
the committee as the necessary
amount required to place our rivers
and harbors in proper condition for
navigation during the next year.
Arizona as usual gets left and not
a dollar will be appropriated for
dredging the Little Colorado or
other streams in this Territory
which need Improvement as much
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-04-05
@ROPOsAES FOR EUEE.,

IA
4 Forage and Straw. Headquarters
department OF Arizona, Office of ehe
Chief Qhartermaster, Los Angeles, Cal,
March 26, 1S6S.-Sealed proposals, will
be received at this office, and at the Of
fees OF the Quartermasters at each of
the stations below named, until eleven
O'Clock, a. m, on MONDAY, April 80,
1888, and opened Immediately thereaf-
ter in the presence of bidders, for the
furnishing and delivery of fuel, forage
and straw, during the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1899, at military stations in
the Department of Arizona, as follows:
Forts Apache, Bowie, Grant, Huachuca,
Lowell, Mcdowell, Mojave, Thomas and
Verde, and San Carlos, Whipple Bar
racks, and Tucson, A. r., Los Angeles
and San Diego Barracks, Cal, and Forts
Bayard, Selden, Stanton, Union and
Wingate, and Santa Fe, n. NJ. Prefer
ence given to articles of domestic pro-
duction and manufac' ure, conditions of
price and quality being equal, and SUCH
preference given to PARTICLES of American
production and manufacture produced
on the Pacific Coast to the extent of the
consumption required by the public SER
vice there. Proposals for either class of
the supplies mentioned or for quantities
less than the whole required, will be re-
ceived. Specifications, general instruc-
tons to bidders and blank forms of pro-
posal will be furnished on application to
this Office, or to the Quartermasters at
the stations named above. A. S. KIM
BALL, Quartermaster U. S. Army, Chief
Quartermaster. mh29
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-04-05

J. c. HERNDoN, Morris Goldwater,
and Burt Foster of Prescott, w. l..
Blinn of Cochice, A. c. Baker of
Phoenix, P. J. Bolan of Graham and
i. C. Hughes of the Tucson Star,
are named as possible delegates to
the National Democratic Conven-
tion
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-04-05

SENATOR STANFORD, of Califor-
MIA, is the richest man in Congress /;
Senator Jones, of Nevada, is the
LATEST except S. nltor Regain, of
Texas. and Delegate Smith, of Ari-
IONA, is one of the handsomest,
saws a Washington correspondent.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-04-05

Z. S. MARSHAL MEADE has made
a full report to the Secretary OF
State, Of his arrest and detention
at Janos, Chihuahua, while in pur-
suit Of the Stems Pass train rob
bers, which is not complimentary
to the Mexican officers who made
the arrest, and subjected him and
his party to unnecessary insults
and indignities. His report has
already become the subject of much
criticism and controversy, some of
which savors of extreme partizan-
ship. 1t reads like a simple, I'M
vanished statement of facts, with
no attempt at self-laudation OF COM
plant of a personal nature, and
should merit due consideration.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-04-05

WHILE attempting to cross the
ella river, near Fort Thomas, last
week, with a mule team, Private
McKiernon of the 9th infantry was
drowned, together with three mules.
The crossing at Thomas is danger
Gus and the river was quite high.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-04-05
years.

LIEUT.. WATSON, who went to
Washington with Eskimisin and
other noted blood-stained Apaches,
to see the Great Father" has re-
turned with his wards to San
Carlos
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-04-05

Gov. ZULIcK has pardoned three
convicts from the Territorial Prison,
who were serving terms of impris-
onment for murder. Two had been
sentenced for life and one for rs
Voarg
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-04-05

HORACE GREELEY, who was GER
tainly recognized authority IN such
matters, said an editor was a good
editor, not because of what he put
in his paper, but because of what
he kept out of it.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-04-05
ST. Johne, ThUredey, Ap il 8.

TERRITORIAL papers make many
complimentary comments OH the
articles descriptive of Arizona,
written by the graceful pen of Chief
Justice Wright.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-04-05

as some rivers of less importance
in the east, which are provided for
by muniicent appropriations.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-04-05

W. A. LEE was shot and instant
'ly killed at the Silver King mine in
Pinal county last week by T. B.
Fox. He had served a term at
Yuma for killing a blind man at
Globe, and escaped the penalty for
murder by pleading guilty to man
slaughter He delighted to be
known as chad man." and was
handy in making "gun plays" but
an abject coward and despicable
specimen Of humanity, despised
and depraved. Fox killed him in
self-defenee Immediately gave him
self up to an officer; was exone-
rated by a coroners jury; thanked
by the community and at once be-
came the hero of the camp.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-04-05
PccuIIaritieS Of Newspaper Hen.

Some time in November last,
there was a long article published
in the Albuquerque Citizen, detam-
atory of the public officials of this
county. In it there were many
scandalous insinuations against
the professional integrity of our
present District Attorney, who was
then a private citizen. 1t resulted
in libel suit, still pending, against
the author Of the article, R. E.
Morrison Of this place, by T. ".
Johnston for $4,000 damages.
Soon thereafter the Tucson Citizen
cditorially said, in substance, con-
corning the matter, that Johnston,
when that libel suit was tried, and
he shown up by Morrison, would
discover the little value that his
reputation, which he brought into
the county six months before, had
in the eyes of the public. Mr..
Johnston wrote to Herbert Brown,
the manager of that p per, asking
who the author of the miserable
fling was, and in reply received the
following:
Tucson, AR1z, March l, 1888.
To I. w. JOHNSTON, St. Johns, Ariz
Dear Sir-Your favor of the 18th
ult. is before me. Have been absent
would have written you sooner. TIL.
editorial OF which you complain came,
think, from the outside, but from whom
| am not now prepared to say. viii,
however, look the matter up and write
you again. Trusting that this is salts
factory, [ am yours very respectfully,
HERBERT BRowE.
In the multitude of his journal
istic labors, Mr.. Brown failed to
write again, but Mr.. Johnston again
wrote, and asked the name of the
author, to which, he received the
following:
Tucson, March 80, 1888.
I. w. JOHNSTON, Esq. ST. Johns:
Dear Sir-Referring TO your favor of
18th inst, which reached me in due
time. The article of which you make
inquiry, was written in comment, with
ant L L. ] :
or any feeling in the matter whatever,
on the statement made by the Albu-
QuerQue Citizen that you had entered
suit against Judge Morrison for $40 900
for defamation Of character. There was
not the least intention to do you harm
Yours very truly,
HERBERT Brown.
In the first place Col. Brown
states that the editorial came from
the outside-from whom he was not
prepared to say. OF course, that
was not true, and the Colonel knew
it when he wrote it.
In the second place, the Colonel
pretends that he wrote it, in perfect
ignorance of the facts and the per-
son abused, but that he meant no
harm. That he would take the re-
sponsibility to abuse and villify a
private citizen, whom he did not
know, in the public print, and then
in private letter, try to crawlish
out of it.
The moral of the story is-that
publish some miserable, unworthy
fling about reputable citizen, and
you can always find some little,
jim-crow, irresponsible newspaper
men, who will roll it under their
tongues as a sweet morsel, and
when called down, preyaricatc out
of it.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-04-05

ing abroad to procure means to
bring back to improve it and pro-
cure title to the same"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-16
No More Young Men.
From the London Daily News,

IOm Tic IOuuOu Ddlly NEWS.
A dissertation on the French youth of
the day appears in Paris paper, and is
in great part reproach. There are no
more young men, laments the writer.
These grave and solemn beings who
take life so seriously and find so little
Joy in their youth cannot be called
young men. They talk of Populations
when they should be thinking about
balls and pretty partners. Instead of
indicting a sonnet to his mistress eve
brow, the modern young man contrib
utes paper to political journal in
which he elucidates the counsels of
Europe and gives his views upon them.
He never descends to the frivolity jof
dancing. He marries money, and cares
little whether the lady who goes with it
be pretty or PLAIN, young or old. He is
insensible to all but the very practical
issues of lie. His heart beats in his
brain and leaves his bosom cold. Can
he be called young? There is nothing
of youth about him but the superficial
appearance of it. Another type of the
unyouthful young man is he who dress
es like an English groom, talks stables
and racing, pigeon shooting, and dis
cusses the repertOry of the music hall.
His little soul begins with his tailor and
ends with his cane. He is a heavy null
ity, impervioUs to soft impressions, and
almost as devoid of brain as he is of
heart. This is the gilded youth of
France as sketched by Frenchman.
Have we nothing in England to match
either type?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-16
THE FARM IN SPRING.
The Robin.


NV old Welsh neighbor over the way,
Crept slowly out in the sun of spring,
Pushed from her ears the locks OF gray,
And listened to hear the robin sing.
Her grandson, playing at marbles, stopped,
And cruel in sport, as boys will be,
Tossed stone at the bird who hoped
From Dough to bough on the apple tree.
"Nay,' said the grandmother, shave you not
heard,
NV poor, bad boy of the fiery pit,
And how, drop by drop, this merciful bird
Carries the water that quenches it /?
He brings cool dew in his little bill,
And lets it fall on the soul of sin;
You can see the mark on his red breast still
OF fires that scOrch as he drops it in.
"My poor bron ruddyn! my breast-burned
bird,
Singing so sweetly from limb to limb,
Very dear 10 the heart of the Lord
Is he who pitles the lost like him ~
"Amen I" said I to the beautiful myth;
'Sing, bird of God, in my heart as well:
Each good thought is a drop wherewith
To cool and lessen the fires Of hell.
"Prayers of love like raindrops fall,
Tears of pity are cooling dew,
And dear to the heart of our Lord are all
Who suffer like Him in the good they do !"
John G. Whittier.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-16

The influence of the mind on disease
is very great. In the case of a chronic
invalid the whole system, mental and
physical, gets into groove; and fire.
quently recovery is FASTENED, if in some
way, the system can be logged out of its
groove, and a belief inculcated that the
disease can and will be cured.
A laughable Illustration of what might
perhaps be termed 'ifaith cure" is
found in the following anecdote: A
certain patient had rheumatic pains,
which the doctor thought would be re-
lieved by nitrate of potash" The pa
tient took the medicine for some time,
for another remedy, which the doctor
prescribed. Then few days after the
doctor met him and asked after his
health.
''Oh, I'm getting well, DOCTOR" was
the reply; "but faint your medicine.
I tried that for some time, till neigh
Dor told me of something he took for
his rheumatism-a very simple reme-
dy. | tried it and it did great deal of
good"
"Whatis it ?" asked the doctor.
COB, it's so simple I'm afraid you'll
laugh at me if tell you"
The doctor promised to control his
risibles, and the patient, after much
urging, informed him that it was "salt-
peter" The doctor was not true to his
promise, as he laughed heartily, and
told the astonished patient that chi
trate of potash" was the chemical name
Of substance known to commerce as
"saltpeter."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-16
Monuments of Terror.
From the Territorial Enterprise.


81 was working at the ChOllar in 1865, y
said an old-timer the other night. eve
were sinking the shaft with bucket,
and were down over 500 feet. We had
a double compartment shaft all boarded.
We used to lower our timbers one at a
time, and, thinking that it was too slow,
we bored holes in the timbers and
passed a chain through and then
lowered several at once. This plan
worked well until one day. There were
six of us at the bottom of the shaft, and
among our number was a tall state Of
Maine man, who had come to earn
money to buy farm.
They were lowering a number of
timbers, and we paid no attention to
them, but it seems they caught on the
side of the shaft, and the cable unrolied
on them until the load was too heavy,
and then down they came, one after
another, ripping and tearing down the
boarding We made ourselves as small
as we could in that shaft, three being in
it and three in the other compartment,
and we thought the timbers and boards
never would stop coming down. Not a
man moved until everything was quiet,
and then we went to the other compart-
ment and were pulled up. The Maine
man never opened his mouth, but put
on his coat and started off to Maine
that night to work on a farm.
but [ want to tell you another scrape
I had in that shaft few days before. L
was being lowered on the bucket, and
when about 200 feet down it caught on
one side and stuck there. I gave an
alarm, but was not heard, and then set
about doing the best could. I balanced
myself and steered the cable clear, and
let 1t 90 down. The great danger was
in the bucket starting as the cable
cat hered weight on it But | did my
work so we'll it stayed there. After [
managed to make myself heard, men
came down the other shaft and released
me by working through the compart-
ment"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-16
Down in Maine,
From the Boston Herald.

Not long since party of young men
went from Boston to country town
down in Maine for few days fishing
They secured the services Of an ancient
resident, who started out to dig the
needed worms. He was gone three or
four hours, but to good purpose, for
when he returned he had water buck
ct even full of wriggling mass of earth
worms. Thoughts Of what such an I'M
heard-of wealth of bait would cost the
boys begane.to trouble them. How
much do we owe your" one of them
asked, approaching the venerable bait
digger and taking out his wallet. "Well,
/ don't rightly know" rejoined the old
the worms is fur down, and it's been
hard on my back to dig 'em, But I've
half notion to 60 fishln' myself to-mor-
row, and if you'll give me half the bait
We'll call 1T square,"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-16
Planting Cut Potatoes.

Some art is required in placing a po-
tato cutting so that 1t will grow most
vigorously. Neglecting this is one
of the reasons why many fail
with finely cut seed. The root
and germ start from the eye, and
as the latter has to push upward to
the surface, some assume that the cut
should be placed down. This is wrong
The shoot will never fail to find it's way
up if the eye is beneath. 1t will grow
around the potato and then shoot up
wards to the light. Meanwhile this po-
sition is exactly what is wanted to enable
the root to get firm hold. When plant
ing potato cutting, place it eye down
and press this firmly into the soil. 1t
may then be covered lightly. The soil
cannot be brought in contlct with the
potato so firmly by pressing the latter
into it. We tried this experiment ten
years or more ago, and the difference
between potatoes planted eyes down
and the others could easily be seen all
summer and at harvest time. If seed
is cut very fine it should be somewhat
dried, SO that the cut potato will not
stick to the sole of the boot when
pressed into the soil. After pressing
into soft earth the small piece of pota-
to cannot be seen, but it is important to
know it is still there.-An1ericGn Culto-
Gator.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-16
Thinning Out Fruit Paws.

One of the most important lessons to
be impressed on fruit growers is that it
pays to raise the best, and that there is
always good demand for fine fruit at
prices considerably above the average
paid for that of ordinary quality. One
of the most efficient aids to the pro-
duction of such fruit, especially apples,
pears, peaches, etc., is that of thinning,
an operation now considered essential
by many of the best horticulturists.
Their experience is that by doing this
judiciously nearly the same bulk Of
fruit will be produced, of much finer
quality, and with less tax upon the vi
tality of the tree. Another advantage is
that when the thinning is done soon af-
ter the fruit sets, many insects may be
destroyed, since the poorer specimens
will be those selected for removal. Be-
sides the larger fruits mentioned, it is
very easy to remove a portion Of the
clusters of grapes. A large vineyard
can be gone over with comparatively
little trouble; the crop will be larger
and Of finer quality Practical Farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-05-16
THE ABSENCE OF LITTLE WESLEY.

BY JAMES wHITCoMB RILEY.
Sence little Wesley went, the place seems all so
strange ana still
Wy, miss his yell O ''Gran pap! % as I'd miss
the whlpperwlll
And to think ust to scold him fer his everlastin
noise,
When only rickollect him as the best o. little
boys
L wisht hundred times day at he'd come
trompn in,
And all the noise he ever made was twict as loud
ag'in :
1t u'd seem like soft music pla ed on some fine
instrument,
'Longside O. this loud lonesomeness, sence little
Wesley went.
OF course the clock don't tick no louder than it
ust to do
Yit now they's time it pears like it 'u'd bust it
And, let a rooster, suddent-like crow som ers
clost around,
And seems IS eff mighty nigh it, it 'u'd lift me off
the ground
And same with all tile cattle when tney baWl
around the bars.
In the red O. airIy mornin, er the dusk and dew
and stars,
When the neghbors' boys at passes never stop,
but Jest go on,
A-whistIin' kind o. to theirSe'v's-sence little
Wes,ey's gone
And then, O. nights when Mothers settin' up un-
common late,
A-bilin' pears er somepin, and I set and smoke
and wait
Tel the moon out through the winder don't look
bigger n dime
And things keep gittin stler-stilier- stiller all
we ketched myself a-wishint like-as I clumb
on the cheer
To wind the clock, as I hev done fer more n
A-wishin' al the time he'd come fer us to go to
bed,
With our last prayers. and our last tears, sence
little Wesley's dead
The Cent,trV