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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
Indian Reservations.

The Indian reservations in the United States are the Manak and Quinailt, the Co., lumbia, the Colville and Yakama, in Wash ington territory; the Sileltz, Warm Spring, Umatilla and Klamath, in Oregon; the Round Valley, Hoopa Valley, Yule River and Mis- sion, in California; the Hualpal, Colorado, Yuma Mill, Pima and Maricopa, Papago, White Mountain, Moqui and Navajoe, in Arizona. The Jicarillo, zuni and Mescalero, in New Mexico The Unitah and Uncom- paghie Ute, in Utah. The Walker River, Duck Val and Pyramid reservations, in Ne vada- The Shoshonee, in Wyoming. The Coeur d'Alene, Neg Perces, Fort Hill and Leinri in Idaho. The Crow and Flathead, In Montana. The Gros ventre and Mandan, Fort Totten, Turtle Mountain, Sisseton, Yankton and Sioux, in Dakota. The Win nebago and Niobrara, in Nebraska The Cheyennes and Arrapahoes, Creek, Chero- kee, Choctaw and Chickasaw reservations, in Indian territory. The Red Lake White Earth, Chippewa and Fon du Lac, in Mime sota, and the La Point Menominee and Onei- da Indian reservations, in Wisconsin.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
THE CURIOSITY SHOP.
Winter in Iceland-How the Icelander
 Passes the Dark Season.
Merry and happy as they can Do.
 Christian at Work.

Winter in IceIand-How the Icelander
 Passes the Dark Season.
 Mir. W. H. Carpenter says of an Iceland winter: ''This season for the Iceander is a time of comparative rest. As nothing can be done abroad, he stays of necessity st home, but his life is no mere Information. He sleeps a great deal, for his house is in sufficiently lighted and the nights are long, but by daylight he has occupations enough He has boats to build and oars to shape: saddles and harness to make and to mend; or he sorts the wool which the women spin into yarn and then knit into stockings, or weave into coarse homespun or flannel, like wadmal. A busy sound of whirling wheels often greets the ear when you enter the farm house, and you find the women all at work at one end of the long room. Another duty devolves on the heads of the household at isolated farms There are good elementary schools ill many places throughout the island, but in remote districts the children must be taught at home In summer the time is oc- cupied with out of door work, but in the comparatively idle days of winter the father, or not infrequently the mother, teaches the children of either sex the common branches Iceland is perhaps the best educated commu- nity on the face of the earth; throughout the length and breadth of the land there is mo- body who cannot read and write and the general knowledge of some of these obscure fshermen-farmers is truly well nigh appall-
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
Wise Old Madam.

Madam is Teddy's cat. She is pretty old for cat, more than twice as old as Teddy himself But Teddy says he is more than twice as big as she is and that makes up. One day Teddy was oh, so naughty that mamma had to put him in the sitting room closet for a while. He cried-oh. how hard he cried! Madam was lying on the mat be- fore the fire She pricked up her ears at the noise. think she did not like to hear little boys cry, especially Teddy. She got up and looked at the closet door,
 A chair stood close beside the door-so close that Madam could reach the latch from it with her paw. She rattled the latch three or four times, but the door did not come open, and Madam sat down and looked at it and Teddy cried louder than ever Then Madam made a quick little spring for ward, and put one paw through the handle and hung there. Then she put the other paw on the latch and pressed it down; and her weight made the door swing open.
 Wasn't she a wise old Madan9 Mamma told Teddy he might come out.
 ''Madam opened the door, " said she. 'Now, do6't you think you ought to be goodF'
 q guess l hadr' said Teddy, opening his eyes wide and picking Madam up. "Oh, mamma, did she, honest, trulyl On, mayn't l give her the goodest she ever had to eat to member it byf'
 ''I don't care" said mamma, laughing, eff you are good boy"
 So Madam got a saucerful of cream Youths Companion.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
No Votes in District of Columbia.

It is asked why the inhabitants of the Dis trict of Columbia have no votes. It is be- cause, while they had votes, the district was badly managed; the people voted away great sums of money which the United States largely paid, and everything got to be at sixes and sevens. When in 1874 the United States assumed the debt it was also decided that, as the district depended on congress, congress should manage it through board of commissioners, so the matter stands now. The people of the district, owing to the com plications arising from the small size of the territory and the presence of ''the govern ment," couldn't run things properly, and so congress is running them. That the district people should have no vote is an anomaly in this country; but as there are comparatively few residents the number of persons dis franchised is not so large as at first sight it seems
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
THEORY AGAINST PRACTICE.
An Instance Where Book Learning Was
 Defective.

Defective.
 'I'm bunged up considerable" said red headed young man as he stood at the foot of Courtlandt street, waiting for the ferry, and felt of the repairs which had been put around on his face in the way of courtplas- ter. ''Im busted pretty unanermously, but I guess can hold out till strike Jersey.''
 Been in fghtp asked sympathetic by stander.
 "Naw-I didn't git started 'nough so you could call it a fight. I've been licked though and ain't tryin' to dodge the issue"
 "What got you into the trouble?"
 "Edgercation, sir-readin' when I orter been in better business; b'lievin' a lot of blame fool truck jes' cause it was in a book
 ''How was itq'
 'fIV'y this way: You see had one O these 'ere gymnazerum books and read it. Says the book like this, you see: "A man with his waist bigger round than his chest ain't no good physically That's what the book claimed. He's h'ble to give out at the critical moment, says the book. And if he's fat, went on the book, he's dead sure to give out at the critical min ute. He's short winded and his muscles is flabby, says the book. He ain't no good on earth, says the book awful certain, and no man needn't be 'fraid to tackle him. He's a 'cumbrance on the world says the book, and he ort to train and git down the size of his waist and boom the dermensions of his chest fore some small man swats him one and walks on him. This was the idea the book held and I took it all in
 Didn't the theory hold good in practiceg'
 ''l ain't been able to see it in that light yet. I come over from Jersey this morning feelin' pretty O. K. My dimensions are all right. You can crack hick'ry nuts on my chest-I ain't short winded Nothing flabby bout my muscles. don't give out at the critical mo- cleut, says L After a while 1 was up on Bleecker street lookin' in winder watchin' a Frenchman cook pan cakes on an iron foot stool, when long comes policeman as big's a load O hay He tried to run on me by tellin' me to move on 1 sized him up. It was foot further round his waist than round his chest if it was an inch. He was fat, too. Consequently, says 1 to myself, you're labby and short winded, and, 'bove all, you'll funk at the critical moment Then snys I: Old hoss, dry up or I'll mob your He steps up and sails in, dependin' on the critical moment for him to cave"
 "But he didn't do it9"
 Don't know. you see; I was dead at the critical moment so couldn't tell. But have a sneakin' lowdown notion that he didn't. l couldn't swear to nothin', but it's my pinion that at the critical moment he was walkin' around on me and reachin' down and poundin' me with a black club bout the size of a bananner He may have slunnped at the critical moment, but I'd sooner think that he was dancin' on blasted fool about my size durin' sev'ral very critical moments. When 1 come to 1 put on my boots which he had pounded off'n me and went and bought court
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
STRAY BITS.

The Chinese word for 'hash" is the longest and most difficult word to pronounce in the language
 held his arm out straight for one hour and fifty minutes.
 In Berlin heavy wagons are not allowed on certain streets. In Paris any carload of rat ting material must be fastened till it can't rattle
 A man in Newark, N. J., is playing a game of chess with his cousin in Australia by mail They have been at it for five years. The Newark man now sees defeat staring him in the face.
 The White House at Washington derives it's name from the fact that the Virginia freestone, of which it is built, was painted white to conceal the discoloratiou caused by smoke and water.
 High up in the topmost branches of a large tree that was felled near Winchester, O., recently, a petrified fish was found. It is supposed to have been dropped by an eagle or some bird of prey.
 Twenty young men in a Pennsylvania town formed a football club. In three months fourteen of them had broken bones, three were crippled for life and one druggist sold them SIS worth of ointment
 A thief at St. Louis attends funerals, and while the ceremony is in progress secretes himself and awaits the departure of the procession. Then he emerges, bundles up the valuables and steals away.
 More than a sixth part of the land of the globe and nearly sixth part of the popula- tion of the world are under the control of Great Britain; Russia ranks second ill terri torial extent and the United States third
 Amos Marsh, a colored man of Orange, N. J., drew S15,000 in a lottery, and his first step was to abandon his old wife and give a white woman s, 900 to marry him. He said it was no use to have money unless he could get into society.
 A Chester policeman who undertook to confiscato a flock of geese which he found running at large was fiercely attacked by one of the number--a gander-and finally fed leaving the pugnacious bird and it's compan- ions to roam at will.
 At Central City, Colo, a retort containing s40OO0 in gold was placed in bank for safe keeping. The gold was all produced in Q single day by one mine. The amount IS the greatest ever taken from any mine in the same length of time
 Twenty apples picked by New Hol- land, Pa, farmer completely filled half bushel measure. The smallest weighed ex- actly one pound, and the largest one pound five ounces The entire lot tipped the scales at twenty-four pounds
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12

Then in walked a turkey, bespattered with mud, And with gobbIes which curdled poor Tonlmybob's
 blood, The lack of liver and a load of fine dressing Made it beat with its drum sticks until twas dis
 dressing. It perched on the footboard and whispered, "In
 stay And hiccough young man, till next Thanksgiving
 Day" Fried oysters rode bicycles made of mince pies, And each took ''header" right into his eyes; A plum pudding camped on a terrible ache, And doubled It's fist ct large jelly cake; While rnisins unnumbered fell over i'll fits Which frightened poor Tommybob out of his wits. As the nuts fell like hail, some one sounded gong, And ct once all the company joined in a song: Woe woe to thee, Tommybobl Many night We'll dance on thy bed till thou tremblest with
 fright Till thou learnst that thy stomach should not be
 abused, For know that thy gluttony Il not be excused.'' Then at Tommy they sprang. He uttered groan, And, loi they all vanished, and he was alone.
  Tommybob has decided a greedy young sinner Has to pay a big price for a Thanksgiving dinner, And that eating to live will make much finer
 living Than living to eat, as he did on Thanksgiving.
 Golden Days.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
Notice OrForfeiture.

TJNO BERNARD RODEY AND ALL OTHERS
 whom this may concern. You are hereby notified that have expended One Hundred Dol lars in labor and improvements upon each of the following described lOdes to wit The Can adian' and McGregor's mines leads lodes, located by Geo. Campbell and James Rodey, in the Old Hat mining district; Pinal county, Ari- zona the location notices whereof are recorded in the County Recorders office of said county in the Records of Mining Locations; in order to hold said premises under the provisions of See ton 2324 Revised Statutes of the United States, the year ending December 31st, 4. D., 1887, and within ninety days after service of this notice upon you by publication, you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion thereof as a co-owner, to wit the sum of sixtysix and two thirds dollars for each of said claims, your interest therein will become the property of the subscriber under said section 2324 F. W. MORRISON.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
Trans1at.ons of the Bible.

Only one Bible has ever been translated into English; but many translations have been made, some from the original Hebrew and Greek, some from other translations. An English version of the Psalms was made in 1200; Wickliffe translated the New Testament in 1880 and the Old Testa- ment in 1884. John Purvey revised Wick liffe's translation in 1888, and in 1895 William Tyndale printed his version of the New Test ament CoverGale's Old Testament came out in 1885. Matthews Bible, Cranmer's and the Great Bible followed. In 1860 and 1576 ap- peared the Bishops Bible; in 1911 appeared the old version, and in 1880 the revised New Testament, followed in 1885 by the revised Old Testament. The Douay Bible was fin ished in l6O9
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
Inc Lesson Taueht bv a Violet.

A little violet grew down in a deep dell, beautiful for it's fragrance, beautiful for its contentment, beautiful for it's trnst. It was shut in by high banks so that it saw naught of what was passing in the great world around it; it could only look up to the blue sky so far above its head, which the tall banks on each side seemed almost to touch, and trust. Il am only a little thing" it would say, "but I do what I can." And 1t sent it's fragrance far and near, so that pass CTS by easily found it, though it was small, and they loved it for its beauty, and sought the dell for it's fragrance. Day after day it sent its one little talent abroad in the air till it seemed multiplied hundred fold, All the summer it grew and blossomed, and when it died people said, We miss the fragrant life of the little violet and the lesson of trust it taught us"
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
Kerosene.

In 1846 Abraham Gesner made oil from coal in Prince Edward Island. and was the first to give it the name kerosene. As early as 1894, however, patent was granted for the extraction of oil from bitulninous sub stances, such as sholes coals, asphaltun, etc No practical results appear to have followed the discovery. Scientists continued experi- menting for more than hundred years, but their oils were principally used for medicinal purposes, and the first patent for the appli- cation of these oils to Illuminating purposes appears to have been granted in 1882. It is difficult to determine in what year the oil was first used as an iiluminant.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
The Noise of a Great Cir.

James Russell Lowell says of the noise of London:
 q confess that never think of London, which love, without thinking of that palace which David built for Bathsheba, sitting in hearing of one hundred streams, streams of thought, of intelligence. of activity. One other thing about London inpresses me be- you'd any other sound have ever heard, and that is the low, unceasing roar one hears always in the air; it is not mere accident, like a tempest or cataract, but it is impress sive, because it always indicates human will, and impulse, and conscious movement; and l confess that when hear it I almost feel as if I were listening to the roaring loom of timen
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
Lady BraSsey.

Lady Annie, wife of Sir Thomas Brassey, died at sea, on board the yacht Sunbeam, on the outward bound voyage for Australia, Sept. 14, 1887. Regarding this sad event, The Literary World says, "The picture of that white winged ship of pleasure, skim ming the Pacific on its distant way, pausing a moment to drop beneath the waves the body of her who had been the life of all it's motion, and then heading on towards the eastern horizon. like body without a soul, is an impressive one."
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
A CHIPPING COOP.

A coop built on this plan need not weigh over three and one-half to three end three-quarter pounds. and be large enough to carry trio of games or fowls of medium size anywhere. The coop can be made larger for Asiatics and not weigh over half pound moro.
 Take two barrel hoops and six slats or pieces of lath; cross two of the pieces in the bottom hoop fasten them together in the middle with clout or wrought nail. fasten the other four to the top hoop with clouts; fasten the lower ends to the bottom hoop by driving two small nails through them into the hoop end into the ends of the crossed laths, and your frame is completed. Take piece of coffee sack, or similar stuff, and cut it round and a little larger than the bottom hoop; lash or sew 1t to the bottom hoop and to the cross pieces. Take canvas, muslin, tick ing or whatever you wish to cover it with, and draw it around and lash it to the bottom and top hoops; cut piece of cloth round to cover the top; cut the top piece in two across the middle after it is put on; this will give an opening to put the fowls into the coop, after which the aperture can be laced or sewed to- gether. If the fowls are to go any dis tance, feed will be necessary, of course. To provide for this, sew pocket on the outside that will hold pint or more; in- side sew another pocket, with the bottom inst even with the bottom of the outside pocket, the inside pocket to be but about two inches deep, Cut or punch small hole through the side of the coop to con meet the two pockets; put the feed into the outside pocket and it will run through only as fast as the fowls eat it from the inside pocket. Wire q drinking cup to one of the upright slats and to the top hoop, so that it will project half out and half in tEe coop.
 A coop 20 inches across and % inches high will weigh 3l pounds and be large enough for trio of games. If the fowls are to go on short journey do not put in the feed and drinking cup.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
MR. ANp MRs. K1Na coLr.

The old lady looks merry enough herself, and she has not the faintest suspicion, evi- dently, that the king does not relish h;s crown being borrowed for a collar, and his coat for a turban, to say nothing of his mustache being used for q wig. It's enough to make any man look gum, don't you think, dears, to see his wife masquerading at his expense. But Mrs. King Cole does not look tantalizing, and I've no doubt she has noticed the kings displeasure and restored his prop erty long ago, and that now they are
 Living in peace and unity,
 Merry and happy as they can be.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
AN INTERESTING POTATO CONTEST.
Potatoes Grown by the Trench System of
 Cultivation.

The editor of The Rural New Yorker last winter made the statement that if he could not raise at the rate of over 700 bushels of potatoes to the acre on given plot in his experiment grounds by what is known as the Rural trench system of cul tivation, let the season be favorable or unfavorable, he would forfeit $50, if any one would pay the same amount in case of his success-the money in either event to be donated to some charitable purpose The challenge was accepted by Mir. Will mer Atkinson, the editor of The Farm Journal It was agreed that the result of the contest should be determined by the following judges; w. A. Stiles, edi- tor of Garden and Forest, New York; Dr. Peter Collier, director of the New York experimental station, Geneva, N. Y.; Thomas s. Burr, Plainfeld, N. J.; Peter T. Quinn, Newark, N. J. J. G. Webb, River Edge, N. J., and l.. c. Benedict, agricultural editor of The New York World.
 The contest potatoes were planted April 20, and cultivated according to the trench system. approved by Mir. Carman. and for
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

William, king of the Netherlands, is the richest monarch in the worli
 Miss Nellie Gould, the daughter Of Jay Gould, is probably the richest heiress in America.
 MT. Floods condition has so much inn proved that be meditates wintering in the south of England.
 The crown prince of Greece is liberal in his ideas of statecraft, and mingles with the people in Democratic fashion.
 The king of Siam has sent wedding pres ent worth $200,0 600 to the emperor of China and note saying, "I hope you'll be as happy Siam"
 Two English daily papers have been for bidden sale or circulation in Turkey because they exposed the sultan's drunkenness and knavery.
 A London ''society personal" says: "Mrs. Vanderbilt's arrival ill London has placed Mrs Mackay somewhat in back seat socially"
 The Marquis de Talleyrand- -Perigord re- gently won S20,OOO at Monte Carlo He played the limi t,S2, 400, at each bet His wife is an American
 Mrs. Frank Leslie declares that the reign of Paris as mistress of fashion is ct an end, ard that London will hereafter set the styles for women as well as for men.
 King Otto of Bavarias latest developmert of mania is to imagine himself black cat. His demented majesty now moves round on all fours and calls loudly for live mice.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
Trn Rihla WnrIIr

The words ''selah" and ''mizpah" are He brew and occur in the Scriptures. The for mer is of doubtful meaning, occurring ire quently in the Psalms. It is supposed to signify silence or pause in the music of the song, and again to signify that special atten- tion is to be given to the subject.
 ''Mizpah" signifies ''The Lord watch be- tween you and me. when we are absent from r,,a a,1p+bor
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
Things Worth Knowing

The bulletins issued from the Kentucky station will be mailed to any citizen of that state who sends his name and ad- dress for that purpose to Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, Lex ington, Ky.
 Illinois is the leading brown corn pro- ducing state.
 Droves of dehorned steers are now ap- bearing in the Chicago market.
 Hcmloclx or spruce boughs are recon mended as good covering for the straw berry patch in the garden.
 A little green food, a few apples, beets, potatoes or other roots given to the cow occasionally will help to keep her healthy and maintain the flow of milk.
 Kindness to stock is paying invest ment.
 With little meal the dairyman may grow and fatten pig for each cow twice year. increase the fertility of his farm, and do away with so many months of unproGtable feeling just to support fife.
 The production of lambs for market, in any of the more thickly settled sections of the country, if conducted with inteli- gence, cannot fail to be profitable.
 The reduction of postage on seeds bulbs, plants, etc., from one cent per ounce to one cent for two ounces is now an accomplished fact.
 A ''iute bagging trust" attempted to force the cotton planters of the south to pay exorbitant prices for the jute bag ging used as a covering for cotton bales. Experiments have | cen made with coarse cotton shooting, which is much cheaper, and which is considered satisfactory by the New York Cotton Exchange and the Liverpool Cotton association. Thus the cheap sheeting will doubtless largely take tho place of artifcially dear irts bagging
 STRAY BITS.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-12
M. A. A.DAUPHTN,
or N. A. DAUPEIIN,
 Washington. D. q.
Address Registered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATL BANK,
 New Orleans, La,

REMEMBER that the payment of all prizes is GUARANTEEfb BE FOUR NATIONAL BANKS of New Orleans, and the tickets are signed by the President of an institution whoso chartered rights are rec sgnizef in the highest courts; therefore, be- ware of any limitations or anonymous schemes.
 ONE DOLLAR Is the price of the smallest part fraction Q ticket ISSUED BS sS in any draw inE Anything in our name offered for iess than dolar iE a swindle