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the blowing method the dust is pushed along
until it forms a heap at the end of the groove.
By examining many specimens Of fire appa-
ratus Mr.. Hough has found that the fire drill
to be effective must meet several requirements.
Either the drill or the hearth must be of dry,
infammable wood Wood that is ''punky" or
soft from incipient decay is generally chosen,
most often pieces riddled by worms. Wood of
this kind is not only easier of ignition, but it
is ground off easily and is more capable of re-
tanning the heat generated by friction until it
accumulates sufficiently to ignite the powder.
The Eskimo has to a great extent emancipated
himself from the necessity of using any partic-
ular kind of wood by the invention of the
compound drill, by which he gets strong pres
sure with high rate Of speed, thus generating
enough heat to fire wood quite intractable by
the simple two-part drill. This invention was
necessary from the conditions in the Eskimo's
frozen home, where drift-wood is mainly de-
pended upon. The Eskimo, however, always
secures piece of good soft wood when he can
itself and its wide distribution among the
tribes of men argue in favor of the claim OF the
twirling sticks for priority of invention over
the more complex flint and pyrites method.
The aborigines of New South Wales cut with
a Ratchet a hole in a dry, fallen tree. Ihls mole
they fill with powder made by crushing be-
tween their hands the dry ripe head OF the
flower stalk of certain plant. Then they turn
the stem head downward into the hole and
twirl it. A few seconds suffice to get fire. A
tribe in South Australia obtain fire by using
the grass tree. A split piece of the flower stem
Of the grass tree is placed upon the ground, the
ENGLISH TINosR BOX,
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Jacob Kiple, . former Of the PHILADELPHIA
board OF heslth and .prominens importer,
died Thursday ct Media, aged eighfy-nine
years. He was grandfather Of Edwin x Abbey,
the well-known American artist, now resident
in London. q
At Birmingham, Ala, the carpenters strike =
virtually ended An increase Of AVE oens per
the contractora
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there a practical illustration of what he de-
scribes in his paper. Mr.. Hough, speaking to
The STAR reporter. said the common belief that
to make fire by rubbing two pieces Of wood is
very difficult was erroneous He had he said,
repeatedly made fire in thirty seconds by the
twlrllng stick and in five seconds with the bow
drill Mr.. Hough's studies have led him to
the conclusion that there is not much differ
ence in the time required to make fire among
the savage tribes. In most cases where an un-
usually long time has been recorded il is quite
probable that the art is falling into disuse and
observers have seen people unfamiliar with the
necessary conditions practicing a waning art.
The retention of the wooden apparatus for so
long time and so uniformly among the tribes
on the earth Mr.. Hough regards an interest
ing fact. The preservation of this way in
of quicker and more convenient modes of pro-
religious ceremonials. Fire generated from
have some better qualities than that derived in
any other way. Mr.. Hough in studying and
arranging the collection in the museum has
classified them under four heads. The first
class Is tre-making by gyratiOn, embracing the
simple two-stick apparatus found among the
Indians of North, Central and South America,
the Amos Of Japan. the Somalis of Africa, &c
and the four-part apparatus, used by the
Eskimo and some American Indians The
second class, fre-making by saving. comprises
the apparatus of the Malays and Burmese
The third class. fre-making by blowing is
represented by the implements used in Poly
nesia and Australia. The fourth class is COW
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way and be almost as truthful Savages cannot
make fire by chemistry and civilized man can
not make fire with two pieces of wood. This
would not be strictly true, for there is at least
one civilized man who can make fire with two
pieces Of wood. This is Mr.. Walter Hough, of
the National museum. While a STAR reporter
was wandering in an out-of-the-way corner Of
the museum the other day his attention was
suddenly attracted by commotion in a small
room or laboratory. One of the attaches Of
the museum his face glowing with pleasure
able excitement, came hastily out of the
door. To the reporters inquiry to what
was going forward, the reply was, $50 in; go
in and see 1t" So the reporter went in. In
the little room was a smell of smoke. On
the table were books and manuscripts, and
around the walls bows and arrows, lamps,
hideous Japanese pictures, helmets, swords
and strange things that represented each some
little fact in the natural history of man, the
record man has made in different parts Of
the globe by his inventions. One might easily
have fancied himself in an alchemists labora-
tory at the moment when the alembic had re-
vealed natures grandest secret and the faint
traces of smoke in the air and the citation OF
the three or four persons in the room would
have greatly assisted ones imagination. Nature
had been forced to give an answer to ques-
ton. kneeling on the floor beside a block of
wood with two cha-red holes on its surface
Mr.. Hough. He held in his hand a bow and
slender round stick. This was an Indian fire
drill and the pleasurable excitement was due to
the fact that Mr.. HOugh had not only worked
the drill in Indian fashion, but had produced
not smoke only by live blaze. When the re-
porter entered Mr.. Hough repeated the opera
ton, making the fire stick whirl in one of the
cavities in the block by thrusting backward
and forwards the bow. the string of which was
turned once around the stick. In few seconds
smoke began to curl up from the point of con-
tact and then the little pile of wood dust that
accumulated about the point of the stick took
fire.
Mr.. HOugh has been studying, arranging and
cataloguing the fire-making implements, of
which the museum has a fine collection. Be-
Heving that nature answers a question only
through an experiment, Mr.. Hough has made
fire by the various methods represented in the
collection. This week Mr.. Hough has gone to
Toronto, where he reads paper on fire-making
before the American association for the adj
vaneement of science, and he took his fire.
sticks with him to give the sages assembled
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Another Trust Scheme.
From the Merchant Traveller.
/ IT Observe" said the tired looking man TO .
bar keeper, shat they are organizing trusts all
over the county,"
YEA"
snow, there's no reason why you and
should be left out ON all the benefits Of such .
system"
Il don't want 20 be in it
"But it's very simple"
"Want do you want, anyhow
81 merely want you to help me to organize
q little trust by which can get . drink now
and pay for ii in the indefinite future"
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FLINTS AND FIRE STICKS.
SAVAGE WAYS OF MAKING FIRE.
DRILLS AND STRIKE.A.LIGHTS.
Collections Of Fire-Making Tools in the
National Museum.

THE WILD APAcHE's RECORD AS THE MOST SKILL
FUL OF FIRE MAKERs--MR. HoUGH's ExPERI-
MESTs-cuRIoUs IMPLEMENTS USED BY PRIMI-
TIVE PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD
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He Couldn't See Him.

From the New York Sun.
In one of the biggest law Offices in this city
there is employed little, pale-faced boy whose
bright ey es are for ever on the alert to detect
something He doesn't care much what it is
so that it violates some Of the rules laid down
by his employers or seems to him to be wrong
and needful of correction. His contempt for
wealth and power is unsurpassed and he will
detect some slight fracture of the rules by q
famous man aud chide him as quickly as
though he was the poorest client on the list Of
his employers. His little desk is near the en-
trance and here he sits throughout the day
with his pointed chin in his hands and his eyes
fixed upon some bloody tale Of hairbreadth
escapes. But his wits are always on edge and
the fall Of the lightest footstep without causes
him to prick up his ears and listen with every
fiber Of his body. When the person enters he
asks:
"Who did you wish to see'"
what did you wish to see him about"
81 will tell him"
s'Very we'll"
visitor, after a puzzled glance at the row Of
little Offices, says:
'.Please tell Mr.. - that Mr.. Smith is out
here and would like to see him."
"What about2''
@gless your impudence, what's that to your"
The boy returns wearily to his book and pays
no further attention to anything outside Of il
until Mr.. Smith weakens and says:
'.Ten him want to see him about the Blank
matter"
Then the boy looks up and says with an air
of renewed interest in life:
"Oh, but can't; cause Mr.. - isn't in. He
has Just stepped out"
when will he be imp
'sDon't know"
"Will he be In again today"
"Guess not"
'sDo you know where he is2"
ssYessir."
ssWhere?"
Europe"
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TINE COLUMBIAN COLLEGE-THE EXERCISES
Of this College. the Collegiate Department Of the
Columbian University, will he resumed In the Uni
versty Building southeast corner Of 18th and sts
on Monday. the 23d of September at O'Clock m
The courses of instruction have been revised and
arRed in all the Glasses and will hereafter be open to
women, in response to many Applications already
made under this head A member of the Faculty may
may be found daily at the Library Of the University
from % to 12 O'Clock in the morning confer with
students others seeking information concerning the
courses of study. For catalogues address
JAMES c. YELLING, LII. ID.
au26-1m President
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sred BY the bead, fre-making by percussion,
and in il included the pyrites and flint Of the
Eskimo and Indian, and the flint and steel still
in use in many lands well advanced in civiliza-
ton The simplest method of producing fire
by gyration is by twirling a fire.
stick between the palms of the hand Mr..
Hough says there is great knack in twirling
the stick. Ii is taken between the palms
Of the Outstretched hands, which are
drawn backward and forward past each other
almost 10 the finger tips, thus giving the drill q
grating motion. At the same time strong
Downward pressure Is given. which may be called
arotating pressure. The hands move down the
drill; when they nearly reach the lower end,
they are brought back to the top with quick
motion This rotation is repeated as rapidly as
possible. When the motion begins a light col
ored powder. ground of, begins to collect in
the slot. Soon the powder gets darker, the
smell OF burnt wood Is noticed and smoke is
seen Probably by the next turn there viii be
little curl OF smoke OF peculiar coloring, show
ing that active combustion has begun. The
lttle pellet Of ground-oif wood may now be
shaken out Of the SLOT At first il is dark and n
him line Of smoke comes from it; gradually the
nre spreads through il until il giows live coal
IL Is IN this semi-charred dust that heat Is held
until It increases to about so degrees higher.
Everything depends on keeping the dust in q
aeap; II Is impossible to make fire without doing
this. With the bow drill the case 10 similar to
- described In the saving method the dust
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FASHIONS FOR THE FAIR.

NEW MATERIAL, DESIGNS AND STILES, soru IN
GOODS, MAKE Up AND TRIMMING roR lARLY
AUTUMN wEAR-soNE BEAUTIFUL coxBrxA-
rIoNs.
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GOOD SCHOOL ADMITS TWO PUPILS.
" $160 each.
Address II.
ar,O~ MaIsa d.

au2E-14t" Media IA
CPENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE THREE
- entire floors National Bank of the Republic Build
ing corner 9TH and SITS. NV. Five street car lines
that qualities Young Men and Women for sef-support
and Useful Lives. Day and Evening Sessions. The
business course embraces: Spencers' Rapid Writing.
Orthogrsphy the English Language, Correspondence,
Rapid Calculations, Book Keeping adapted TO every
variety OF business, Business Practice Vocal and
Physical Culture by the Delsarte System. Lectures
Cyics including training for citizenship. Moral and
Social Culture, elements of Political Economy and
Commercial Law and Commercial GEOGRAPHY.
Tuition fees: Year scholarship. day sessions. ten
stallments of &10 each, $40. By the quarter, ten
weeks, payable entering, $40 Night sessions:
Year scholarship, $50; three months, sl6 Special
courses:
Telegraphy-Ladies and Gentlemen Carefully
Trained in the Art Of Telegraphy used in all tele-
graph Offices; good operators always in demand
Mechanical and Architectural Notwithstanding in
struction in these branches under skilled masters.
Shorthand and Type Writing: Students Prepared
for Amanuensis Work in from Three to six Months.
All Branches of Type Writing thoroughly taught also
the use of the Graphophone
Write call for illustrated annual announcement
school year beg1ns Monday. September ?. College
26. HENRY q. SPENCER Ii B., Principal; Mrs
SARA A. SPENCER Vice Principal. au27
CT. JOHNS COLLEGE. VERMONT AVE- MAR
- st. Classical, Scientific, and Commercial
Special attention given TO Photography and Type
writing. Studies resumed Monday, September 9
au20-lm
TVNHE PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF THE CoLUM-
Il biau College, 1885 II st. n.w.-Ihis School, with
an increased faculty, will open September D. Thor
ough preparation for College for the o. Naval and
formation address A. p MONTAGUE. Principal
au26-lmo
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PROFESSIONAL

NINE. BROOKE TELLS All THE EvKxnoB
M LIZ. An business couhdeutinl LAd5eo aD1Ru1r
uemen % cents each as L g. bsswesn 4th and -
sss. NV. suxe-2v
m NE. DREAMER TELLS AL EVENTS OF LIZ
An b1.lns. oon6dsnusl oAcs beurA. ga Aee
70 $50 pm sa13-lns
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AVAGES axe fire
with two pieces ofwood;
barbarians with flint
and steel or pyrites;
civilized man by chem
istry. That is the way
the three stages of cult
ure are defined by Maj.
J. W. Powell after he
has, so to speak, applied
the fire test to man.
kind. The definitions
might be exchanged
and put in q negative
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THB WARRINGTON ARCHITECTURAL mo4
u AND BRIDGE WO8kA
EDWARD L DENT. - =. Rropciso9
Ths best {.cf1taes n ~ CITY for ~ kindl efxsus
Zine o1sns.ssi 60 s1d NseSfSs L. ye3s
!: s;;;:::;: !: =: -: z c:ss.s.:
'. 3 - a. = = ss'i 49, S.
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j Z 4 fCharlotte Hall School. St Mary'sl SSS
So- ND situation unsurpassed for health Thorough
hnghsh, classical, msthen atical commercial and mil
tary courses. Board and tuition including washing.
tuel and furnished roo 90 for term OF ten months
ll5th session sept. . For further particulars nd
dress X W. slLNEsIkk, Principal. E23-eo2m
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-10-02
Bridge Bath House. Hot and Cold Baths, Also Hot and
 C,ld Shower Baths. SHAVING,
 SHAMPOOING.
 HAIR CUTTING Bath tickets, four for ST. Granite Creek Bridge, Water nice and clesr.
 Ht NRI JACoBOVIfZ. Prop'r.
- Q M M O N s

In the Justices Court. Present. Precinct favapai County, AriEocs Territory.
 Copy of Summons No. .-.. Byron Newton. Plaintiff, vs Standard Mil. Ing and Reduction O.. and Arizona Union Mining Co, D fendAnts.
 Action brought in the Justics's Court of Pres colt Precinct, Tn tae COuniS of Yayapaf Territory Of Arizona
 The Territory of Arizona sends erecting tn 3iandsrd Milling aad Seduction Co. and AfifnnA U ntpn Mining Cp.' To are here by sum moned snd requtred 10 appear In an ac- lion hrnught against you by the above named piAinun in the Jnss.ce'< Court Of Prescott Precinct, in The Ionnty of favspsi, in The Territory af Arizona, and answer the com plaint nied In said Court, al Prescott, in the day of service) sIter the service upon y.u of this summ0ns, if served in this Pre- cinct; but l. served out of the Precinct and within the county. then within ten dass 6; and If served out ot hs county. then within fifteen days: in aii other e ses i've ity days
 Said ac<ion is brought 10 recover oue hnn- Tred and nins and al loo dollar with inter est thereon from April 10, issr.
 Ana you are here by noIired thstif you fail tosppssr and answer the com plai nt ,ss above required, said piaintir viii take Jud gn enI against you for the amount dsmandeS. as afor said, and for all relief in The pre- ises and for costs of suit. Make legal servics and due return hereof. owen nHder my and this twenty. .nrst day of August \. D. lsss,
 HENRY T. ANDREWS. justice of The Peace, Yavspai county, Ari- Robert Brow". Attorney for PlaIntin. ans
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-10-02
FROM FRIDAYS DAILY.

Free lunch at the Keystone to- morrow evening.
 w. Akers, acting superintendent of the Mockingbird mine, is in town. q
 A dance was given at the residence of Lute Wilson, on Lynx creek, last evening.
 Mrs. JIG. Herndon gave another de- lightiul lunch party recently to num- Der of ladies.
 The citizen soldier boys arc requested to call at Probate Judge French's office and sign the muster roll. Hon. N. O. Murphy is expected to arrive in Prescott, Sunday night or Tuesday morning. by stage from Phe- nix.
 Joseph Youree was examined before Juetice Andrews this afternoon, and held under $5Oo bonds to appear before the grand jury to answer charge of grand larceny.
 The train beat all its pre- vious records of the week to-day, by ito failure to arrive, ewing to break to the engine. st Prescott Junction.
 This office has just received lot of the very latest designs in whiting cards,
 which will be printed at very reason ahls prices for those desiring them. 1 Articles of incorporation si the Rich Hill Electric Placer company were filed for record, to-day, by Walter G. Bates. The incorporstors are De Witt c. Bates ct sl., of New York. When the Blackberry committee waited on the Wallspai Indians in their camp and told them of the scare they had caused, and asked their intentions towards the whites, "the noble red men" replied: "white man all same as squaw get scared at shadow"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-10-02
LOCAL BUSINESS MENTION.
Some Interesting Items for All
 Classes Oi Readers.

Congress, Apollinaris and Vichy mineral waters in stock at the Corner drug store.
 Three meals for xl at the Sherman House, formerly Dan Hatz's hotel.
 New millinery goods just received at Mrs Burdge's. Call and see what lovely Pattern hats, Sun-Shade hats, bonnets, ribbons and flowers. Second door north of the Postoffice. mIml
 Otto Halmer, proprietor of Martin Maier's restaurant, has one of the most commodious, we'll lighted and we'll fitted dining rooms ID the city, and the fare corresponds with the surroundings. Ice cream parlor soon to be started. If
 Stockmen are notified that large consignment of chleroform, calomel and carbolic acid has just been re- ceived at w. w. Ross's corner drug store. If
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-10-02
Brick pomsroy.s Advles.


 Yes, you can have our advice, result ing from thirty-nine years in printing office. If you take it, you will be bet ter of, steadily in mind, body and cash.
 When you are starting newspaper, it is not subscribers you need as much as money Every name of non- subscriber you put on your books Is to your business what loaded tin can Is tied to dogs tail To tie such things to dogs tail is brutal, cowsrdly, cruel to animals. To ask an editor or pub fisher to tie you to the end of his tail Financially, is to add to his loads at the very time of all others when he should be helped, not hampered.
 Every pound of paper you buy and every paper you print is aa eIpsnse to you. II you pay for it, you should be paid in return. If you are trusted and agree to pay for it in the future, every dime of debt will weigh upon you and prove mental load you must carry and will carry if you arc an honest man and your non.paying patron is no help to you. He is dead weight
 Of no more use for help or ornament
 than is lubberly pappoose that is car ried on it's mothers back by its mother
 while she is planting corn. Non-pay ing subscribers, no matter how high
 their degree, how exaltsd their station
 how professed their friendship, are to [ publisher of newspaper what . slim
 bed-bug is to tired traveller; what q
 mosquito is to child; what . psleca,
 is to a hen-roost what leech is to the
 body 1t blceds; what a dirty sewe, stink is to community. Under the garb of A friendship that Is . lie he fastens himself upon the back of his poor devil of a printer, editor and pub fisher victim, as . tiger fastens itself upon the horse whose blood it sucks out and drinks.
 A paper costs thought, labor and care. cash, vitality The patron should furnish the cash when the editor and publisher furnisher furnishes all else, He should be proud that he is helper to . pioneer in the untroddsn wilds of thought or builder up of causeways along which millions may travel safely. The man who is . subscriber to . pa per and not payer, therefore is to . newspaper office exactly what . tape worm is to the stomach of man, and when an editor has lot of delinqu quen | subscribers hs is like . child with it's stomach and intestines full of worms. The sooner he applies common sense worm medicine to himself the better of he will be. It is not a help or kind ness to man to trust him to Q news- paper any more than it is to give him credit for the liquor he calls for. Men are never fully benefited by papers that are borrowed or subscribed for, but not paid for.-Pomeroy's Advance Thought.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-10-02

Rev. N. L. Guthrie and wife xill ar rive in Prescott to-norow. The for. msr will hold services in the Marina St church on Sunday morning at II o'clock and Sunday evening at s o'clock, and will leave Monday morning for Pheni1, to attend the annual conference of the NJ E. church. Mrs. Guthrie and son will visit with friends in Prescott.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-10-02

he Bears Meet mine, Alaska, sold i, hdon last year for the sum of $l, 900, has proved 10 be absolutely -thlees, net & trace of metal being nd in the rock, which is not fit even paving stones. The purchase was .s on the recommendation of Brit experts who sampled the "salted" of the drillings and pronounced mine more valuable than the Tread
 gold quarry.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-10-02
Roagd-lu0chea-

The undersigned has leased the res taurant adjoining Martin Maier's Ex- change, and Is furnishing good board or s25 month. Meals and lunchee at ali hours of day and night.
 Good Coffee, Chocolate, Cake, etc.
 OTTo HALMER.
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"Do you carry these Shoes P "Why yes sr Post p,s~ largest and best stock of mems Boots and snoes m - in mart of elegant Parlor Sets Bed Lounges in all styles
 Tables wardrobes Easy Chairs cns Spring chairs in endless variety Mirrors Folding oeos o Car nets Desks and Office Chairs wall See the . Crockery and these elegant Dinner and Tea oe n th; .test suns in Glassware Ornaments Lamps, etc. on tnls aide we have our Cross Blackwell and other inc Dranos assorted Groceries which selling at prices to deIy titon On the EE other side the varied and complete
 nt of er Furnishing Goods blankets, notions, etc.; ana ss but not east step down into the ear and catch on to ns Large Assortment of every description of Fine oid wines anu St Louis and Milwaukee beers, champagnes which we
 b ont who esae together with cigars of the choicest brands The brick store s repenshed with every description o rah Flour and canned goods which import Tn ioIs
 M - a;htad y;tb vo1r varied Assortment and your Low Prices astonish me- May inquire your terms r
 "SPOT CASH Y ,,.cnu,
 "Well, goodbye; cold day. S A''HN
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-10-02

The train men were compelled to drop trail at the Seven-mile bill, to-day,
 and come to town for fuel and water,
 delaying the arrival of the mail until four o'clock