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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-02-18
shabbiness Not a Social Sin.

Up to year or two ago peculiarity of Broadway was the rarity of poorly dressed women to be seen in its shifting throng. Plenty of the female prom enaders were badly dressed, but not one in hundred was shabby. Even the working women one encountered dis played a certain smartness and style, and if their clothes were not of the best they were at least always far above a trace of squalor. Foreigners, accustomed to the extraordinary displays of frumpiness, slipshod neglect and positive penury one encounters among women in the streets of European cities, were particularly im- pressed by this, and no doubt viewed it as one evidence of the universal pros- perity of the country.
 Of late, however, I have noticed that Broadway is becoming more European in its aspect in this connection. It seems to have grown the fashion for some women to neglect their appearance until now splendor and sha6biness elbow each other in the crowd. It is not to be taken as sign that we are any poorer, I fancy, kst only as another evidence of the hold European customs have taken on us. ShabbiIress has, apparently, ceased to be a social sin. The younger women dress more stylishly than ever. The older ones affect negligence that they would for merly have been the last to indulge in.- Alfred Tumble in New York News.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-02-18

THE ''sugar trust" is the title of an other combination that seeks to control the trade in necessary articles of univer- sal consumption and if It is successful the people will be badly feeced by this con- spiracy to extort money from them. There ought to be some law to reach such
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-02-18

OUR people should organize and SC lect a committee to meet the strangers who come to Florence and escort them
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-02-18
The shnrnshostsr.s East Shot.

Once during the war, a skirmish line, composed mainly of the Forty eighth Illinois, was thrown out in advance of our army, lying near Jackson, Miss, confronting Gen. Joseph Johnston. The men had constructed a few temporary shelters by standing rails upright, leaning against each other, the tops being bound together. Behind one of these little fortresses, though in rather exposed position, Capt. F. U. Stephenson, of the Forty-eighth, was sitting on a turned up bucket, taking his morning coffee. As he threw back his head in drinking, a whiz was heard, and ball sped by with in an inch of his face, directly across the eyes, taking effect in little dogwood tree beside him. The captain rose quietly,
 nd, taking ramrod, stuck it in tho ground so that its top would be in the space lately occupied by his nose; he then went behind the tree and sighted from the bullet hole over the top of the rod, thus ascertaining the direction taken by the ball in its flight. Directly in this line rose the top of large oak, with great sheets and streamers of southern moss hanging dependent from its boughs.
 Bays" said Stephenson, evenly, tour man is among the branches of that tree wonder. Now," taking a soldiers cap and placing it on the end of a knotted stick, ''you all load up, and lay lew. When shove this hat into view he will fire again. There's your chance, lot drive" When all was ready, he slowly elevated the cap until just in sight from the tree. A puff of white smoke burst from its leaves, and the cap turned round on it's stick support, letting the daylight through alarge jagged hole in its crown. 4 moment later, six Springfield rifles spoke from the rail rile, and man dropped from the oak tree, clutching wildly at moss and branches as he fell. His last shot was fired.-The Argonaut.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-02-18
A Sermon on Cash.


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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-02-18

Phenix will be lighted with electricity and the plant has been ordered.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-26
BETRAYED by n Scar

Jake Kinney, of San Francisco, was IN his
time the finest short card player alive, and
when he sat down IN q poker game he simply
turned into wood. His face had no moro ex-
preston in it than brick, and. although he
would bet bis last dollar on ten high in Just
the same sing song voice that he would on
four aces, ii was very hard 70 catch him
blufing Finally be got into an argument
with Los Angeles man, and the other fellow
cut him in the check with knife. When the
wound healed It left scar under his eye
about the size Of dime. and that scar be-
came bulletin board for Jake's heart Il
was naturally white, but when be got the
least bi. worked up. although he wouldn't
show it otherwise, il would turn pinker and
pinker, and finally bright red Old gamblers
used 70 say tha. they knew Just what shade il
took for bobtailed hnsL, and just bow near
salmon co.ored for four kings OF course
that was laying it On thick, but thers Is 10
question but that the scar broke him up a.
sard pls yer aad drove him out Of tbs busi-
reSS-N,w York Sun
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-26
Paris. Fav,r5te p,zr-ro,.s.

I often wonder what Parts would h with
out its Champs Elysees. It ia the playground
for thousands of children. end the favorite
promenade Of ali ParIsians. Here ths little
children ride I'd and down the shaded
avenues in pretty little goat wagons, which
are hired by the hour, with q youns, possil-
ion, for franc, Or - ce-ts: hero they make
caves and castles out OF tie whita sand, piled
here and there fer them to play in, for few
sous they can enjoy the great Guiguol or
punch and judy shows, and eat countless
little cakes sold By the old '-pia xirn nan as
they cal him As tia Etle booths scattered
here and there under the green trees, they
can get a cup of pure max, glass OF cool
lemonade, and play for nacarons az. the
little rouge-eenoire tables, and huy sill
the buckets spades aad hoops their baby
hearts could ever long fox.
Hare the noupous, "a their long cioaks and
white caps. crowned With yards and Taras
OF ribbons. to n1stch these WON by the bsbT
they carry, walk up and down With ma jeszsc
step, proud Of their musings and dehgt. Il
any ono Win stop to see sae little ones fees
or 70 ask whose child :. nay BE, and hare
raen and women, ehi.3ren also m their vsv,
''for hearts don't change Esrca altar al,
men are only boys grown tn, VIII 81 fc-
hours amused IN watching s.ss continual
string Of carriages as taeT coDe sad 50 70
tie Bots. Each chair costs svc scus for TIE
afternoon, and this saIn is collected By
women IN neat, pretty dresses, white aprons
and caps, who give yea printed receiyt for
your uloaeY, and fc- az adai..cnai 800 viii
bring you LITTLE sooSssool which is grvat
carry their own folding ssbuares with toez
If they happen to be going anywhere where
they fear the ahsezcc Of toe rscessaxy httls
s.ooa, and In coid ~eafksr ths foot warmer
tniHsdKHaeSEAxis QHx6m E1GacsCe
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-26
n NTustc Teachers Education.

heard, the other evening at q musicale, a
naive remark about one OF the perform
ences, which seemed SO characteristic Of Bos-
Ton it deserves TO be repeated a young
woman, whose musical education has been
somewhat limited, but of unbounded belief
in her own capability, was discussing very
brilliant artist who had just been playing q
group Of Chopin's familiar masterpieces.
''Oh, yes, he plays well enough" she said in
answer to an enthusiastic comment, but
don't care to have lessons from him. Il
wouldn't pay" "And why notf@ asked en-
estonished listener. There is only ore
other man here who is such master Of eli.
art" "Ye, I know" was the reply, "but
you see, as l want to teach, | shall take few
lessons Of Mr.. Long, and that viii get me al
many pupils Us shall need?'-Boston Herald.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-26
A SECOND THOUGHT.

b Il SO long since thou vast lost to view.
Through the dim shadow valley gone before,
That with griefs wonted pangs there throEa
once more
The dread that my lone heart however true
AS years take ail-nay lose thy likeness, too
The ungraveE image it can still adore.
Vain dread for calming time viii bat restore
Those visioned love-iimned lineaments anew
As in @ lake the mirrored moon may show
Inconstant. diulIned by every bfurring breeze.
But pure and rounded when the rppies cease
In my souls sheep shall thy reflection grow
From wevering glinpses perfect by degrees,
AS sorrows surge subsidies TO wavcless peace.
-"F. v" IN New Orleans Tines Democrat
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-26

Here she was found by her much alarmed
sister and the grooming servant, Maria, at 8
O'Clock in the morning. The open door at
the head OF the staircase had given the clew.
The 6rSt thing she was conscious OF was the
voice OF Maria, waihng:
80, De You dead, Miss7 And s1u'e> if she
amt, Miss'-this TO Miss G. Anna" she will
% before we can get her up alive, with her
neck all hroke, as it must bel"
Hush commanded the voice Of Miss G.
Anna. as, pushing her assistant aside. she
hastily descended TO her sister She at once
helped that chilly individual 70 her feet,
kissing her and enchanting: you must
have taken your death OF cold Oh, you
poor child, how did It happen' How shall
nail up that nasty doorl You might have
fallen TO the cellar. Ugh!r
And country cellars aren't like" began
the poor child in faiH5 voice, and glancing
downward with a shudder. She did not
finish her sentence, for a white something
caught her eye On tbs lower ssair.
Ry her own movenents-orthe movements
OF something else, as Miss Lillian still believes
the insecure board forming the stairs hsd
bsea moved from It's place In the bo1hks
space thus disclosed lay what proved 10 be
folded and ancient piece OF paper.
Miss Lillian seized it eagerly. e1claiming,
ut may be sornethiEgi' and made her sister
examine the place from which she took il
Rats nest!s said her sister, laconicaly,
and, though Mss Lillian objected, she would
let her explain neither her position on the
stairs nor her ambiguous remark about the
paper till she had been helped up and then
down stairs. and received treatment to pre-
vent an influenza
At last, escoaced in an easy chair before
the fire, her sister beside her, she told her
story.
Now, then, know..of course, that you
think dreamed this But please 20 and see
where those shoes are, nsaid Miss Lillian, low
ering her tone as she spoke the last words.
Miss c. Anna made no remark and did as re-
quested. Returning psesentiyshe said, but
quite calmly:
sIhex. spasuur1daa1sp oSfhacJa
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-26
A Fortune TelIer's Statement.

ayes, wo make our money out Of the wo-
men" frankly stated a fortune teller the
other day, But when rnan is really gone
on fortune telling, so to speak, ne has the
fever dozen times harder than the opposite
SEX Why, have one patron who consults
ne daily, and sometimes twice day. But
the women come in droves, and | frequently
have 10 turn them away, they are so nuiner-
Gus. 4 woman always comes with com
pauion-rever alone; but l know of but one
instance in my twenty years experierc'
where aan called with friend Women,
too, while they are my chief patrons. are not
as firm believers In all ] say as men.n-Chi
c1.co Tribune
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-26
The Change la Cigars.

'sWhat makes the style in cisars7 o cigar
dealer was asked
Now, hardly know how 20 answer you,r
was the reply, for you are asking me almost
too much The manufacturers make most Of
the styles in naIne only. There are only
three or four different patterns II cigar,
molds. From these three or four distinct
patterns are made thousands Of fa1cy styles
and still there sre but three varieties OF
tobacco and but three prime grades OF each
variety. There can OILY be about dozen
different GRADS ia q cigaryand yetthere are
oyers0Qm 1a2Ejef tS3HsH Egk SIN,
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-26
-RassS$AilaM
L9a1lY - ga0le
SOMETIME.

within the chamber of our heart there lives
A eRenf joy that lends each life its aim,
And goads US on to goals of wealth and fama
This 1ocd of mellow, dreamy gladness drives
Through each dear soul a something revives
Dead hopes and sends to pensive eyes CLEAN
OF golden sunshine tilched from an-els' dream
~Sometime" is the word whose utterance gives
This rush Of tender feeling God calls hope,
And paints to longing eyes some far of day
When each ones builded castle shall appear
Complete throughout its tessellated scope,
With al that fancy's magic can array
To steal ones thoughts from sorrows far-
ing tear.
e Edward a. Oldham in NorIistown Herald
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-26

President Lincoln was assuredly q believer
in free trade. His emancipation proclama.
ton placed forever large amount oj
southern grown wool on the free list
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-04

The habitat Of parasitic fungi is extremely
varied, says Trouessart. Roumeguers has
devoted more than forty pages Of large
quarto, printed in three columns, merely to
the enumeration Of fungi. classified accord
ing to their position in plants, animals, or
ganic or inorganic substances, and the au-
thor himself admits that this list is far from
complete. Parasitic fungi are found on
plants belonging to all the families Of the
vegetable kingdom, and also other fungi; on
living animals, vertebrate and invertebrates;
ON their dead bodies and on excrement; in
stagnant bodies and in the SEA, on piles and
rocks.
Others prefer marshes, turf boys, healthy
ground, dunes, caves and holes, or even
places completely covered with soil. as Is the
case with truffiss. Others, again. grow upon
stones, walls and rocks; in tho open air or In
ruins; or, like torula conglutinata and hi
mAntia cellsria, in the darkest caves, whore
they form q species Of felt work, which, in
tho course Of a few years, overspreads the
walls Of cellars. Other fungi inhabit our
houses, attack our food, CLOTHES, utenEls of
every kind, wall papers and books, linsn, and
even our toilet sponges. and may even b
found on the most powerful chemical sub
stances. O5her fungi attack the Different
parts Of animals, including man.-Arkanssw
TrNVeler
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-04

Augusta, Georgia, at the heal Of naviga.
ton on the Savannah river, the largest cot
ton manufacturing center In the South, Ia
prominent among southern cities this year
az the site OF the Augusta National Expe-
.ition, to take place October 10 to Novem-
Der 18th, 1888. Ninety-three acres Of land
and $4,000 In money have been devoted
to the purpose. The Augusta Exposition
IL National In scope and character Many
of the largest and most interesting manu-.
factories from North and West will be
represented, and an extensive Government
display from all the executive departments
and branches Of the Consular service are
already secured. But the most complete
representation will be secured by all the
Southern industries and the development
of resources Of fields, forests and mines
that has taken place In the last ten years.
This Exposition will undoubtedly be the
most conspicuous Industrial event to &C.
curr In the South Atlantic states this year,
and will excel any that the Southeast has
ever had
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-04
The senate Nonsense.

The poor old Tribune that was founded
by Greeley" and foundered by lGou'd, /,
candid enough to speak Of the proposed
senate amendment Of the Mills bill as a
bill which everybody knows cannot pass"
The Tribune Is right Every one does
know II, and hence that kind OF buncombe
will impose upon nobody The adyersaries
OF tariff reform happen TO have a majority
In the senate, and can block any needed
measure of reduction II they choose TO do
80. While they claim the right TO do this,
they also claim that as the administration
Is democratic, they are under no RESPONSE
bility TO anyone. They are mistaken. The
people will hold them to a rigid account
for neglect as we'll a. for act, and little
further foolishness, like the partisan defeat
of genuine reform bill, win consign them
and their party TO the political tomb of
dead fools-a tomb so deep that no pOliti-
cal trumpet will ever be able to work their
resurreciion.-ChicagO Globe.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-04
How 10 Develop tho LunxA

The exercise which have found Of most
value in developing tho lungs may DO de-
scribed as follows; Standing a. erect az pos
sible, with shoulders thrown back and chest
forward, the arms hanging close TO the body;
the head up, with lips firmly closed, inhala.
ton is to be taken as slowly as may be; at
the same time the extended arms are to be
gradually raised, tho back OF the hands up
ward, until they closely approach each other
above the head. The movement should be so
regulated that the arms will lie extended d.
rectly over the head at the moment the lungs
are completely filled. This position should
be maintained from five to thirty sec
onds, before the reverse process is be-
gun. AS the arms are gradually lowered
the breath is exhaled slowly, so the lungs
shall be US nearly freed from breath as pos
sible at the time the arms again reach the
first position at the side. BY these move
msnts the greatest expansion possible is
reached, for, upon inspiration, the weight Of
tha shoulders and pectoral muscles are lifted,
allowing the thorax to expand fully, while
upon sxhalation in lowering the arms We
utilize the additional forcs OF this pressure
upon the upper thorax to render expiration
e. complete a. possible.
These deep Inspirations should DO repeated
Ave or six times and the exercise gone
through with several times day. II 10
hardly necessary to remark that the clothing
must in no way interfere with the exercise.
In some cases this exercise IL more advantage
Gus when taken lying fiat on the back, in
stsad Of standing. In this position the in.
spiratory muscles become rapidly strength.
aned nv oDpoainu tina additional nrsasx, "a az
erted by the abdominal organs against the
expanding lungs. And on the other hand.
expiration is more perfect and full on &C.
count Of the pressure Of these organs. This
is an exercise now advocated by several lead
Ing vocal teachers Of Europe John L
Davis, A. B., M. d.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-04
Improving County Roads.

A writer In the Wagon Maker, on the
above subject, concludes that IL Is work
too little thought Of, too negllgently done.
and often 80 misapplied TO make roads
worse rather than better. To see the black
mucky soil on the sides of roadways plowed
up and scraped into the center, there TO
remain an impossible ridge duringj the
summer, finally degenerating into an un-
fathomable slough of mud the next winter
or spring, Is enough to discourage the man
who knows how roads should be made, and
even force him to regard laliness In work =
ing out the road tax one of the excusable
sins, II not actually positive virtue.
In our climate, deep freezing combined
with too much water Is the bane of road.
ways. We cannot altogether prevent deep
freezing, but If there be ample under
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-04
A MiniAtAr'n Conviction.

Rev. o. w. WINFIELD, OF Union Point
Ga, suffered terribly for twelve years from
articular sciatlc rheumatism. He consul
ted numerous physicians and tried all sorts
of medicine. Finally he began taking the
Swift Specific rs forlorn hope, and by itt
use, he was entirely restored. He writes
"s1 feel like q new man. l cannot attrib
ute my miraculous and perfect cure &c
anything but the Swift Specific. l know
that II alone cured me- for nothing else had
done me any good for twelve years. l owe
my restoration and strength for labor and
religious duties alone to this grand remedy
and gladly make this statement for the
benefit of all sufferers from this most toi tur
ing disease atism."
Treaties on blood and skin diseases
mailed free. The Swift Specific Co.,
Drawer 2, Atlanta, Ga.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-04

ground drainage, II will not effect great
damage. The tirst object then, of the road
maker, should be TO secure good drainage
Without this, ridging the road only makes
the mud deeper, and even stone or gravel
do little good. II Is often forgotten tina,
the chief advantage from using an aDund
ance Of stone and gravel In ROAD making Is
the Incidental drainage which these afford
even when piled In the ROADS with no idea
OF this use. Ii the center of tue road Is
underlaid with stone, and then ridged up
with earth or gravel, II does for years 70
form a good drain 10 keep the road bed
dry. But sooner or later frost VIII pene,
trate to these stones and upueor, Ia, III.
Then the last condition OF the IN ,lvyed
roadway will be worse than the hist
Tn fact Is often forgotten that In dry,
compacted road, we'll ridged up the soil
freezes deeper than II does In the fields.
This is especially 50 where the road Is ex,
posed 10 the winds and swept bare Of snow.
The drain under the roadbed should not be
less than three feet deep, and II possible
four feet would be still better. Whether
made with tile or stone, II should De laid
IS carefully and the joints covered rs
closely Is II II We're laid Ia the fields. Then,
with good outlets and side drains to CON
duct the water from the center 10 all the
low places, and with comparatively little
ridging up. with stone or gravel, the road
bed will be kept In good condition for
years.
Ii Is not the amount or sharpness of the
ridge In the center that makes q roadway
good, but the character Of the surface and
the uniform slope to either side. Rus
spoil roads quicker than anything else
They are the reservoirs for water, which
mixed by heavily loaded whs .ls, grinding
II into the soil and making mud, renders II
impossible for water to break its way
through. Over the drain should be foot
Or more of subsoil 70 keep the frost out,
then followed by stone to depth of six or
eight inches, pounded fine on top, and
covered with gravel. There will always
be an outlet under the stone 70 the drain
below, and II its outlet Is kept open In low
places, the surfaces of the roadbed will
always be dry. Such road cannot be-
come muddy except for an inch OF so ON
the surface.
1t costs something TO thoroughly under.
drain a roadway and improve It after this
manner, but, once done, 1t will last practi.
cally forever II the drain outlets are kept
open. Doing little piece each year, the
people In any road district may In time
have good roads, that will need only trf'
ling attention TO keep In repairs. 1t Is far
better than the wasteful way of trying TO
improve long sections of roadway every
year, and doing generally quite as much
harm as good. The difference between
having good and bad roads to market does
practically affect the value of their land
more than most farmers think. II they
appreciated this rs they should, thousands
of them would take greater interest In
the way their road tax Is worked cut than
they have ever done before.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-04
Worth X moving.

Mr.. W. II. Morgan, merchant, Lake City
Fla, WAS taken with q severe cold, attended
with 8 distressing cough and running into
consumption in it's first stages. lie tried
many socslled popular cough remedies and
steadily grew worse. Was reduced in flesh
had difficulty in breathing and was unable
to sleep. Finally tried DR.. Kings New Dis
oovery for Consumption and found immedi-
ste relief. and after using about q half dozen
bottles found himself we'll and has had nc
return Of the disease. No other remedy can
show so gaAnd q record Of cures, as DR.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
Guaranteed to do just what is claimed for it
Trial bottle free ct D. LouriouIs drug store