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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-01-28
Cation Gins for China,

On visit few days ago to Ningpo, was informed that if the Americans would make a hand cotton gin for the Chinese it would meet with ready and profitable sale. There is a Japanese gin of this kind worked by foot, but it does not plck the seed well and is but partially adapted for its purpose. If the inventive genius of our mechanics could be directed to this they would soon make suitable gin. The Chinese cotton is coarse and very short staple. The seed is also small. The machinery would have to be adapted to these conditions. An American gin, such as is now used in the south, with a crank to turn by hand, could be easily suited to this work. Anything not oper- ated by manual labor would not be taken by the Chinese, whose conservatism is against innovations of too pronounced 2 type; besides, their cotton planting Ii done in small areas by small farmers and they are not accustomed to othel than the simplest machinery. If any gir maker wishes the idea elaborated, coulC get the details for him.-Consul General Kennedy's report.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-01-28
A Familiar ChrOmO.


 My son. if you are coming into Wall street to speculate come we'll hee1ed That is, bring about S100, ,000 with you. A man may be handsome and ever so good, but when 1t comes to margins the brokers want cash. W
 After you have got here with your cash you want to sit down and study 8 few of the big speculators. Gould, Vanderbilt, Sage, Keene and the rest of the boys have their peculiar traits and tricks. It will be worth $10,00O to you to know that when Gould turns bull it is out of pure kindness to suffer- ing friends whose stocks have been crawling backwards.
 You will make some money. The chances are ninety nine in 100 that you will. You will feel exultant and puffed up. and you will pity men who haven't the nerve to speculate. You will fn2 yourself sailing with fair breeze and clear sea, and If your arms are long enough you will pat yourself on the back.
 Then you will put your hat on your ear and bait your hook for big fish. You'll get 8 bite or two and feel tickled to death. You may even haul sucker half way cut of water, but all of sudden away goes hook and line and pole. and an ice wagon knocks you down, an omnibus runs over you, 8 policeman clubs your bleeding remains, and good-hearted blind man offers to show you some of the dirt roads leading to the country.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-01-28
Pater FamilIa.' Discovery.
London Truth.l

Arriving home rather late few nights back was accosted by police man who was hanging about outside my gate.
 Beg pardon, sir; but are you aware of the goings-on of your servants?"
 "No; what do you mean." I said rather sharply.
 Well, sir, it's just this: there ain't one on 'em about the place"
 @Oh, nonsense" said. "Why, they've all been in bed and asleep these two hours"
 Excuse me, sir, but if you'll follow me I'll soon convince you that yoR haven't a servant in your house."
 Seeing the man was serious, l followed him to a certain dancing saloon not very far away. had little difficulty in gaining admittance, and there, sure enough, was cook, housemaid and nurse disporting themselves in the may valse. The nurse was the first to "spot" me, and I at once began to remonstrate with her fer neglecting her special charge-a child in arms. Imagine my horror when, in self-defense, she pro- duced the pride of the family from 8 cupboard in the corner, where she had carefully. slowed it away so that the en- joyment of the dance might not be ln' terfered with.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-01-28
SONG OF THE SIRENS.

The moonlight bathes the sea-
 And the ripples wash the sand, The song of our hearts goes free Down the shelving silver strand Neither goddesses are we, nor women, Nor angels, nor spirits of death; We are maidens of evil omen,
 And we breathe the sea spray for our breath The gods love us not in heaven,
 The souls of drowned men in hell Curse us, from morn till even,
 For the songs we sing so we'll We are neither alive nor dead
 We know not of death nor of life, -, But the life of man is our bread, And the tears of the widowed wife. When the mother of all, before the light Labored to bring forth gods to Chaos, Wrapped in the pail of ancient night No mother had we in her bosom to lay us, Eo dandle and fonde, caress us and nui SC us, For we sprang out of moonlight and soft sea
 mist. And we sing that the sailors may love us and
 curse us,
 And die in the song of the lips they have
 kissed 1r the thick darkness the ages moaned When the mother travailed; the shapeless god, The awful father, Chaos, groancd. Shaking the vaults of space he trod- Then the mother laid hold on the pillars of night And bowed herself and sl.ieked aloud Till the Armament rocked beneath her might And split and was rent into streamers of cloud. The broad black waste of space was torn, The arch of heaven was burst to the day, The sun leapt up and the gods were born, And Chaos the father passed away. But gods and men have bodies and souls And they live and they know that their lives
 are sweet, While the dear shines and the blue tide rolls, While the heart Is full and the pulses beat The beasts of the forest the foc1s on the 1noun-
 tain,
 The bright winged birds and the fish in the
 deep,
 All drink of the water of lifes clear fountain All die at the last and are lost in sleep F. Marion Crawford.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-01-28
As n Means of Transmission.

Electricity may be regarded as simply an agent of transmission, a convenient, tractable, yet powerful, means of carry ing and distributing energy from one point to others. As means of trans mission it is far more flexible in its arrangements, and capable of a more ready ramiication and distribution than any of its competitors.
 It can be operated under very much higher pressures than either gas, water or steam, and can be distributed with very much smaller conductors, and, con- sequently, at a much lower cost.
 The means of transmission in these cases, as well as in that of steam engine which has to be placed at a distance from the work to be done, are by belt; and shafting, by wire rope transmission by means of compressed air, by water pressure, and lastly by means of electric ity.-Cor. Engineering and Mining Jour nal
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-01-28
Stage Lines.

StaSC v 2hAOSe TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA STAGE CO. DAILY LINE OF STAGES, Between Casa Grande and Florence. Carrying U. s. Mail and Wells, Fargo & Co.'S,
 -Express.- Leaves Casa Grande, a. m- e Florence, P. n.
 Come cting at Florence with GLOBE and FLO RENCE STAGE LINE. Leaves Florence Daily at p. m, for RIVERSIDE, DRIPPING SPRINGS, PI-
 ONEER and GLOBE.
 Connects at RIVERSIDE with Boone & Sons line for
 BENSON. J. c. LOSS, Agt. Casa Grande. w.. GUILD, Agt. Florence. W. M. MEALS LINE, Connects at MAMMOTH with the Boone Stage from Riverside, for AMEKlOAN | FLAG, ORACLE and TUCSON Leaves Mammoth Tuesdays Thursday ana saturday's, returning alternate days.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-01-28
ADJUSTMENTS OF MlLLlONAIREs.
The Relaxations to Vyhich They Re-
 sort as Q Sanitary Necessity.

New York Cor. Philadelphia Record.l
 Some years ago sat one evening reading volume of Prescott's histo- ries in the library of 8 rich Wall street | man who was bank president at 30, when he came in and asked me if really enjoyed reading such books. He added that he found 1t impossible to in- terest himself in any of the hundreds of volumes he had purchased, though he had tried hard to do so. When take them up" he said, Il see nothing but rows of stock quotations on every page" This gentleman died at 40 and left large fortune which his family has since dissipated. Had he had anything to occupy his mind outside of his office have lived to enjoy the pleasure of spending the million he had made. In almost every case some special amuse- ment or point of relaxation is sani- tary necessity for the business man whose brain IS racked by the concern trated pressure of his six hours of daily "street" labor.
 Jay Gould is diligent reader of books and caltivator of exotics. Van derbilt never opens a book, but his horses and stables help to freshen up his intellect. John Jacob Astor climbs to the top of his house, and in a se- cluded sanctum hammers away at some mechanical inventions that are to revo- lutionize the industrial world-that IS to say, If they are ever perfected. Yachts, horses, aviaries, dogs flies and fshing-rods, or double-barreled shot, guns distract the attention of other men 1e |. Al IL. bring in their train, and preserve the mental balance of their devotees. One well known broker keeps a select as- sortment of fowls in his backyard, and he has no sooner entered his front door than he makes bolt for the chicken coop, where he fusses about until the repeated clamor of starving house. hold calls him to dinner. His neigh bors complain of the growing of his l pet roosters, but he has a permit which protects his feathered friends, and he defes criticism. Before he kept fowls his nights were almost sleepless; but now he snores all night like 8 farmer.
 It Is the same story all around. "If did not do this or that I should die" say those business-worn men who have returned to the loves and likings of their early life for relief against black care" By the way, the contingent of Wall street fishermen has returned from the first two or three days sport among the trout brooks of Long Island with immeasurable disgust on their faces. In the teeth of binding snow storm, and in some cases after wading through respectable drifts, they found the fish too sluggish to make g fight, though content to be caught, provided the fly were dropped squarely before their jaws Their two days diversion will last them for some weeks.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-01-28
Drawbacks to all Trades.

Customer-Aunt Dinah, am glad to see that you are getting along so well in the hot corn business. It fully meets your expectations, I presume?
 Aunt Dinah-Yes, sah, from peculiary point it do, but dis constant 'sposure to de elements am mighty rough on de con- plexion, deed it am, sah.-Tid Bits.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-01-28

Zion's Herald: One may hold with little harm an opinion in his own mind, but when he stands upon platform, or speaks from the pulpit, no person can measure the possible results of the ut terances of unwholesome opinions.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-01-28

Indianapolis Journal: If the nation would stand it must stand for and upon righteousness, the right in little as in big things. Integrity does not mean honesty in thousand-dollar transac- tion alone; it means honesty in the one dollar and the one cent matters.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-01-28
The Cause of His Triumph.

sIt seems that young Hurley is quite a lion in society now?'
 ''The adored of all adorers."
 '1What's the cause of it? I see nothing particularly attractive about him."
 .sHe struck vein of coal on his farm the other day. ."-Lincoln Journal.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-01-28

A Dakots editor got mad at the post master for calling his paper ''second class matter"
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-02-04
Electriclty m the Menagerie.

Nearly every day some new use is
found for electricity, and ono OF the
most recent applications OF this power
is In the interests of the professional
tanners of wild animals, says an eN-
change. Tho inventor is tanner
himself, and his instrument is an APP
paratus shaped like stick and highly
CHARGED with electricity. When the
animals become unruly ho gives them
a shock from this battery, and the
effects are said to be instantaneous.
On experiment, three OF his lions
Immediately showed signs OF the great
est terror. They were seized with
trembling and growlcd iitfully. The
tiger was more quickly subdued, be-
came stupelied and crouched IN cor
Nor of the cage. Bruin was more re.
froetory 10 the electricity, which
seemed scarcely TO affect him. He
would prowl aud show his teeth, but
was subdued after repeated dis
rho most astonishing effects. how.
aver. were pcrcepuble in the boa con-
strictor. On receiving the discharge
tha specimen from Cayenne, nearly
,wonts feet in length, became at once
,aratyzed and remained motionless
Tor six hours afterward. When he re-
covered he showed signs OF helpless
ness for three whole days. Finally the
elanhant on beng electriiicd by touch
~ the stick upon the tip of his trunk
set mn a series of wild cries, aud DO,
came SO frantic that the tanner feared
he would break his heavy iron chains.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-02-04
Legal Verboslty.

Reils ofiense is treason in waging war
against the government 1t may be
specified in less than twenty words.
Here it is as partly set forth in one
count of the Indictment just drawn up
against him:
Louis Reil, being q subject OF our
lady queen. not regarding the duty of
his allegiance, nor having the fear OF
God in his heart. but being moved and
seduced By the instigation of the devil
as false traitor against the said lady
queen, and wholly Withdrawing the al
legiance, fidelity and obedience which
every true and faithful subject OF our
said lady queen ought to bear toward
our said lady queen, the 10th day of
March, ia the year aforesaid, together
with divers others false traitors to the
said Stewart unknown, armed and ar
rsyed in wsrlike manner--that Is 20
say, with guns, pistols. bayonets. and
other weapons-being then uniawtully,
maliciously, and traitoriously as
sembled and gathered together against
our said lady queen. most wickedly.
maliciously, traitorously did levy and
make war against the said lady queen
at locality known as Duck Lane, in
the said northwest territories of Cana
da. and within this realm; and did
then maliciously aud trastorously at
tempt aud endeavor by force and arms
to subvert and destroy the constitution
and government Of this realm, as by
law established, and deprive and de-
pose the said lady queen from the
style, honor. and kindly name OF the
imperial crown of this realm, in con-
tempt of the said lady queen and her
laws, to the evil example of all others
in the like case offending, contrary to
the duty and of the allegiance OF him.
the said Louis Riel, against the form
OF the statute in such case made and
provided, and against the peace OF the
said lady queen, her crown, and dig
nifty.
As o specimen OF the time-honored
legal verbosity this is hard to beat.
And yet some OF our own criminal
forms, borrow ed from the same source,
are not far behind it --NesO York Her
aid
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-02-04
Sweet and Juicy Cantelopes.

sTCantelopes come next to water
melons in popularity as summer
fruit said a wholesale dealer to
NeD Yore Mail and Express reporter, as
he opened q barrel that had just ar
rived from Florida. s'The season has
just opened. 1t is two weeks late, and
they sell rapidly. Cantelopes are
pulled when very green and then put
in crates and barrels and shipped on
freight trains TO this city. They all
come from Georgia and Florida for
early use. Even with all the care
taken to pull them green many ripen
too fast and perish on the way. Some
eight or ten thousand arrive daily
when the season is in full blast. As
soon as they arrive many of them are
shipped to the fashionable watering
places, where they are IN great de-
mand by the big hotels. They neces-
sarily sell high, because so many per-
ish on the way. They retail now at
from 20 to 20 cents each, depending on
the size. BY the wholesale they COM
mand from IS to Sc per barrel or crate.
During one season the trade will
amount to several million dollars. In
midsummer cantelopes change their
names and are called muskmelons.
This is because they are larger and
more juicy. But we never count the
trade fairly opened until caRtelopes
from ali sections of the country come
and make things lively by competition.
The dealers have saying that the
sweet tooth will not be tickled until
the Hackensack cantelopes arrive in
market. They are undoubtedly the
sweetest and most juicy in the world.
They will not appear until the latter
part of July this year. 1t is not their
size but their peculiar saccharine
flavor that places tho Hackensack can
telope ahead of the rest. The soil on
the Hackensack river is peculiarly
adapted for growing them. City peo-
Pile at the watering places always call
for Hackensack cantelope. Thous-
ands of them are shipped 20 Canada,
some to Nova Scotia, and many thou
sands are consumed daily in this
cifv ~
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-02-04
BOYS Composition.

Johnny Fizzletop. says Texas Sitt-
iysos, created a sensation in an Austin
school by reading the following COM
position:
The disobedience OF parents IS
often the source of great deal OF
uneasiness to their offspring. Men
who commit the darkest crimes gener-
ally begin by being disobedient TOT
children.
"Disobedient parents are often tho
result OF indulgent children, VINO I'M
tend it for the good Of their progeni-
tors, but are aware. too late, that X Is
mot beneficent. OF course, parents
have their privileges. and 90 NOT reiish
having them interiered WIN, put !. ~
the duty of every Conscientious cnila
to see that they do not assume 100
much authority. Parents are natural,
liz presuming, unless they are checked
nm once in a while. How often do we
ace a home where thore Is no peace,
no harmony, and no lover The indul-
gent kid allows not only his parents
but his grandparents, and relatives
who may be in the house, TO have their
swn way, and follow the dictates 81
their own foolish desires. The chle.
who fails 10 keep tight rein on tls
reckless parent, IL, sooner or intef.
sure TO hare his gray hairs, y he lives
long enough, brought down " sogFow
TO the cemetery. Parents WHO OBEY
their children are tbe hrsE 70 obey
their heavenly father what . WISE
old adags Ii 49, bring up . parent 10
the way he should 20, and when he 10
old he will depart from IT. ODsdienf
and good parents mako useful men
and women, when they grow up
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-02-04
jealousy Anoat,

On the boat going up the river the
other day was couple OF whom every
body soon took notice. IL was plain
enough that they had had O row, and
that the wife was mad as wet hen.
When she had taken a seat the hus-
band walked up and down and glow
erGd Mt everybody and seemed to muir
muir threats of vengeance. On tho
deck. sitting by himself, was q red
shirted, big-listed giant OF chap
woman gathered up her parcels and
walked over and shook his hand and
sat down beside him and began =
cheerful chat, explaining, however:
''My husband Is terribly jealous of
me. and | want to bother him."
"All right, marin" replied old Her
cules. ssJust chatter and chin till yer
hearts content. and I'll larf and larf
and slap my leg where the applause
should come In. "
The bold action puzzled the husband
for few minutes, but presently he
walked up TO the PAIR and said TO the
man:
"Are you an old acquaintance of
hers?"
II should remark that was. your
Honor. Knowed her fur the last thirty
odd"
"H'ml Who are you?'
s'They calls me William the Conk-
erer when they have time; when they
don't they cut IL short TO Bill the Conk.
And what may yer own handle bep"
''Humph! Mary, come with me"
I'm entirely comfortable, " she re
piled.
MARY, want you"
(Which is to remark" said William
as he rose up, ''that when lady puts
herself under my protection, and fly
gent comes around with his chin
music, Bill the Conk is in duty bound
10 protect her. Stranger, you skipw
''Sirr'
(which is to say that you win skip
or swIm!"
William reached out, but the hus-
band retreated and sat down at a safe
distance, and for two long hours he
must have suffered torture, The wife
chatted, William slapped his leg and
the passengers winked; and as the
couple landed at one OF the club
houses the man in the red shirt landed
the lady ashore like cavalier and
called out:
al tumblcs to the object, me lady.
and II William the Conkerer kin ever
be OF assistance again jist gin mo a
blast on your foghorn aud I'll be thar
,till death. ~ Detroit Free Press.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-02-04

profitable. 1t costs but little moro TO
fatten them.
Hogs on pastures should have some
grain each day, SO as TO ripen the
growth as fast as made,
Fix the roosts SO the hens won't
have to roost in a draft. Il gives
them a cold that ends in Group.
Those who grow milIet, sorghum or
broom corn viii find the seed the best
kind OF food for small chicks.
A cross of the Dorking and Brahma
will produce fine market bird OF
large size with yellow skin and fat.
Tho fruit trees will need some atten-
ton during the summer 10 keep the
caterpillar, ETC., from damag ng them.
Farmers should make their own
fertilizers as far as possible, and then
they will know just what they are
using.
The weight of testimony and expo
rience now seems to be against pinch
ing back melon, tomato and squash
vines.
One of the best coatings for tree
wounds is gum shellac in alcohol. 1t
effectually excludes air, and the wound
quickly heals over.
The effect of short manure upon
light soils, and OF long manure upon
heavy soils, are to improve greatly
the physical character OF each.
Sheep are the only animals that
will not eat beans whole. Ground
and mixed with ground corn or oats,
they are valuable for cattle, horses
and pigs.
An Iowa agricultural society recent
ly decided. after considerable discus
sion, ''that the best time to prune
nursery and orchard trees is when
the leaf is from one-half to two-thlrds
grown. "
Professor Sanborn, of the Missouri
Agricultural College, says that cob
meal-fed cattle digest theic food much
better than the meal-fed ANIMALS, and
that the corn ears make fifty cents a
bnshel by the gain in weight of flesh.
1t is said that there Is no better in
dex to the health of cattle and horses
than the condition of the hair. lndi-
gestion and all other diseases that
farm stock is heir to, even in short
time, is plainly indicated By rough,
harsh coat of tho animal
Dead limbs on fruit or other trees
should be promptly removed. The
cutting should be below any diseased
part, or it will spread the infection.
The saw used should not be applied TO
healthy trees unless first washed with
carbolic acid and water.
Equal parts of oats and corn, and
one-twentieth part of linseed cake.
ground with them. makes good feed
for horses. 1t will give fine, sleek.
good coat, and will make a horse al
the same time very healthy. 1t will
also keep horses from contracting
colds and diseases.
In planting an orchard the young
trees should be slightly inclined to-
ward the direction of the prevailing
winds. All the old orchards lean as
| the trees were bent while young, and
most of these old orchards were sci
when there was more forest and winds
! were much less violent than now.