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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05

THERE has been rumor during the past week that a syndicate of capital ists are negotiating for the purchase of the Reymert group of mines at De Noon. As to it's truth we cannot find any satisfactory confirmation These are grand properties and under the most adverse circumstances they have produced a fine sum in bullion with great ore bodies that promise rich future returns. With plenty oi capital to construct adequate reduc- ton works these mines would soo n take rank amongst the great dividend paying mines of the country.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05

THE United States is the greatest silver producer in the world and, with the assistance of Mexico, yields two thirds of the worlds yearly produc- tion. With this vast interest to fos- ter it is humiliating 10 acknowledge that the English influence controls the purchase and coinage of silver by the United States. The director of the mint receives daily the London quotations for silver bullion and re- fuses all offers from American produc- tTs of silver if they are not in con- formity with the London market price received that morning. England has gold standard of currency and deals in silver ouly in the shape of bullion The United States ought certainly tC establish its own rate on silver anC not permit it's production to be in fiuenced by foreign competition. possesses the power of so doing and il certainly should foster it's home indus tries as well in the production of sil yer asNn the production of any othe necessary Sar,icle.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
The Agua caiicnte Springs.

The sale made last week of the re- moved Agua Caliente Springs to St. Louis syndicate is of great importance
 to all interested in this part of Ari- zona. Col F. H. Woodwork and Mir. o. F. Thornton are interested i'll the enterprise and will push their pur- chase to the front with their usual en- ergy and success. The springs are very valuable property, the medicinal qualities of which have long been ap- preciated by all Arizonians. TT e water is highly minerllized and abol uniform temperature of ga degrees.
 The large hotel which is to be bui at the Springs, as well as the well ap- pointed cottages, will provide suitable accommodations for inc many guests who will visit this hellh-giTing Agua
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
Eirst Prlncinles of Trade.

Jake-M-s. Growler wants two more yards Of that cloth she bought here yesterday, but she says We charged her ten cents moro than Wool 6, Co.
 Dealer-How much did they charge herr Jake-Sixty cents, and we've been getting seventy for 1t.
 Dealer-Wen, why don't she buy it at Wools thenl
 Jeke-They haven't any; nobody In town has it except Us.
 Dealer-How much did you say 1t was a yardf
 Jake-Seventy cents.
 Dealer-And she wants two yards moref Jake-Yes.
 Dealer-Nobody else has it1
 Jake-Nobody.
 Dealer-Well, let her havo 1t for ninety cents, thsn.-Detroi5 Free Press.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05

THE county of ofMaricopa will petition Congress for an enabling act to per init the issue of bonds in aid of rail road from Prescott to Phenix at rate not to exceed four thousand dollars per mile. So far from being discouraged with the present bonded indebtedness for railroad purposes, that county rec ognizes the value of railroads and pur- poses to insure it's future prosperity by making railroad center within its limits. This characteristic exhibi- tion of enterprise is the secret of the rapid growth of the Salt river valley and it can be relied upon to create great additional wealth through the system oi public improvements it sue cessfully fosters. Enterprise is bound 10 win.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
Grttlnc ou. 2 r,asenan rrtra.

Newspaper men and printers may be in- terested in knowing how baseball extras are issued so quickly The first five innings arc described in detail by the reporters, who send their copy to the office by mes senger, or telegraph it if the game is in another city The result of the remain ing four innings they telephone or tele graph. the latter being done by instan taneous ticker. While the last four innings are being played the printers set the type, the form is stereotyped and put on the press, and thsn everybody waits for the result of the last inning Tho foreman of the press room stands with nallet ill his hand. and before him lie ten pieces of steel On the end of each of these you sec figure. A man shouts down stairs, Chicago II" Grabbing up q die with one blow the foreman stamps the figure "l' upon blank in the stereotyped page. Then comes the shout, New York 0l' Another blow stamps that. Two or three moro blows stamp the totals made by each club, the press is instantly started, papers roll out at the rate of 40,OO0 an hour the couriers put spurs Into their horses boys run ell over the city crying Extra, all about the ball gamcl' and a dozen wagons take on loads of papers and arc driven at breakneck speed for certain distant corners, where a score of eager newsboys are waiting for each of them, | About 45. GOO of these sporting extras are | sold in Chicago every evening.
 Sometimes the extras appear with big l head lines, The Chicagos Win" or New ! York VictorioCs, etc. This IS done by making two stereotype plates In one the | head line is for Chicago victory, in the other for defeat If the Cilicagos chance to win it is on the first plate that the l prcssnan stamps tue result of the last inning and tho totals.
 While one of the three sporting editors employed on Q morning paper is reporting the bGll game another is at tho races while the third Is taking care of other ! sporting events. Sporting editors are al ways on the lookout for midnight prize fights. and as these affairs are usually held secretly and ill out of -the-way places they give reporters no end of anxiety Sometimes straight tip" as to where fight is to te held turns out to be wrong tip. l remember one occasion on which reporter of The Herald was told. conf deutially, where an interesting fight was t.
 come of. Five CT six other sports tolC him, cOnfdeatially, that tho fight was t.
 take place in as many different spots
 many miles apart. The young man wa
 nervous about it, but he didn't lose Iii
 head. He had q reporter sent to each o
 the half dozen places, and was luck, enough to be at the right one himself
 Walter Wellman's Chicago Letter.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05

THE Tucson Citizen thinks Prescott should be compensated for the re- moval of the capitol by giving it some other public institution. Within that proposition lies the bane of all useful legislation at the coming session of the legislative assembly. This law of compensation means a great deal that is morally unwholesome. It implies trade and barter and sectional strife for appropriations at the expense of equitable legislation. Tucson wants a round sum for the university and other towns have favors to ask which will be considered, under the above implied rule, according to the compen- sation as determined by the value of reciprocal favors. If public policy and interests demand the removal of the capital, it should be done regardless of coR4pcnsating favor; if not the sub ject should be permitted 10 rcst-in peace.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05

THE Territorial press is devoting a great deal of time and talent to the selection of suitable candidates for President Harrison 10 appoint to of flee within the Territory when he as sumes the functions Of his position next March. It is undoubtedly mov- ed by spirit of friendly assistance to the coming power, and is inspired by selfish motive in its disinterested recommendations Should MT. Harri son by the merest chance scan the columns of editorial endorsement and observe the undercurrent of strife it is certain that he would renounct his adhesion to the home rule" plank of the national platform and deen our political heroes to be unworthy of his confidence.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
The costu,ncs of Coren.

But the colors are what give the streets of Seoul such quaint holiday appearance. White or blue predomlnates, and the long, fowing gowns. well sta-ched and ironed. glisten in the sun and blend their colors together, making a dazzling pict- ure together with the red of the children's dresses and the occasional bright silk gown Of an official or well to do merchant. Tho people mostly dress in imported white cotton, victoria lawns and silks. These are thickly padded with cotton for winter wear, and then present very balloon like appearance. Originally they colored the cloth &s rule, but now white is the prevailing color for the common people, & custom which is accounted for by the following tradition: White is the mourning color and three years tho period of mourning. Olca. during a period of ten years, three kings died, necessitating change of reiment by the whole people each time. It of course was burdcnsome, as a Corean wardrobe is rather extensive and quite costly. In order, then, toavoid the difficulty in the future, they decided to dress altogether in whitc and be ready for tho caprice of their kings. Of course, the wealthy ara not obliged to follow this custom. but may dress as they please Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
Fl Publishing and Patent Offices of the
 Scientific American.

Perhaps some of our readers have visited the extensive offices of the Scien fife American, at 36l Broadway, New ' York, but many have not, and to such the following account may be oi interest. A correspondent who re- gently had this pleasure informs us that he was greatly surprised at the magnitude of the establishment. It suggested to his mind an enormous insurance company or banking house. At the main office, which is princi pally devoted to the patent bueiness- forming as 1t does So important part of the establishment-may be seen the members of the firm and their able corps of examiners. Ready access to the principals is afforded to every one; and here may be seen inventors from all paris of the country showing their models and drawings, and explaining i their inventions The models left bv inventors form large and interesting collection, and are kept ill room by themselves. The large corps of draughts- men who prepare the patent drawings are for the most part experienced me chanics, electricians, or engineers, some of them having been connected with the U. 5. Patent Office Most of the correspondence is carried on by type writers, and this necessitates a sepa- rate department, where a number oi experienced female type writers and stenOgraphers are con stantly employed. The dark room where the photographs of the patent drawings are copied, and where the photographs for the architectural de partment are developed, Is also or this floor On the floor above may bt
 found the editorial rooms, compost
 tors and subscription rooms, and the engraveIs' department.
 The Architectural Department oc
 cupies the top floor, and here may bt
 seen the manager of this department
 and also a number of draughtsmen a
 work preparing the plans and genera
 designs for the Architect and Builde
 edition of the Scientific American
 which is published monthly, and ha
 attained a widespread circulation The printing of the papers is carrie' , on in separate building. At the en
 trance of the main office, which alon occupies floor space of 60 by IS feet, may be seen one Prof. Draper remarkable recording barometers, wit , which instrument complete recor , IS kept of the atmospheric changes
 The barometer was built specially fo : the Scientific American, and it Is remarkably fine and sensitive as we ! as a very expensive instrument.
 Some idea may be had of the exten 8 of the business done at the office of tn | Scientific American when we stat ! that over one hundred persons al employed by Mum & Co. on the 2 . several publications and in their e.
 tensive patent department.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05

WE have received from a committee or the progressive people of Phenix, a copy of a petition memorializing the Territorial Legislature to enact laws for the restriction and suppression of the liquor traffic; the punishment of gambling as misdemeauor, and the suspension of business and the cessa- tion from labor on Sunday. While the two former subjects are proper matters of legislative control, the lat ter is certainly not. Sunday is in no wise the "Lord's day" and day of rest as taught m the Holy Writ, and the attempt to legislale it into a religious holiday is the entering wedge to the ultimate attempt to control the con science by the state Our foreiathers the early pilgrims to this continent sought it's shores for the special pur pose of being enabled to worship God according to the dictates of tbeir owr conscience and to escape the repug nant laws that forbade them to do so Our national constitution guarantees to all citizens that freedom of though and worship that its cosmopolitan character requires, and an attempt b. Oyerzealous christians to force b, statutory enactment all other peopl to believe as they believe, and act a they act, and to rest when they rest and to play the hypocrite generally, i not only unconstitutional, but it is
 species of slavery and bondage nor, galling than mere physcial letters can be--the slavery Of the conscience.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
NyeAnI .rian rar Eailroa.is.

Attempts have been made to 2 consid- erable extent to substitute metal for wooden ties on railroads, but it does not yet appear that the right kind of tie has been invented. Wood possesses the qual- ity of yielding in just about the right de- gree. and metal tie should come as near to the same degree of yiel> Q as possible. The way the l4ilroads are using up the stock of available timber should be an in- centive to some ingenious inventor to bring out metal tic equal to wooden one.-Frank Leslie's.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
The Two very Lucky Men of Vancouver

In last Sept NJ C. Harell, a laborer, bought one-twentieth of ticket No 46,- 755 in The Louisiana State Lottery, and that number drew the big $3O0,- 900 prize on Oct 9th. J. C. Proebstel owns half of this ticket, which entities them to $15,000, which was deposited for collection with Wells, Fargo X Co.'S Express, at Portland, Oregon, and it was promptly paid by The Louisiana State Lottery at New Orleans, and the money is now in Portland ready to be paid over upon proper receipt for it.-Vancouver Wash, Ter. Indepen- dent, Nov. '.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
At a Whist Table.

"Whose deal is itf" "Who dealt lastf You, didn't youF' "l doD't know" ''Oh, it's Mir. B's deal" "Why, so it isY' "What's trumpsf' Diamonds" "Damonds' We'll, If ain's got the aw- fullest hand" "Well, just haven't got thing" "I never did have quite such awful luck" "Whose play is it!" 'I4et me see, what's trumpsg' Diamonds" "Oh, so it is; how atupid of me to forget" "It's your play" "Oh, is iti What led1p "Spades"
 "Let me see, now-u,n n-um-spadeS led and diamonds are runpsf' Hurry end play" "Ohl if you didn't have ten trumps." 'Who took that trickr sYou msan thing" "O-o-oh if you didn't make fourl You're horridl Whose deal is ftF' Then they say it all over again.-Tine.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05

TIE express monopolies have grown to be even more oppressive in propor- ton to the volume of their traffic, than the railroads, on the Pacific coast. In Arizona their rates are excessively high, averaging twelve cents per pound from San Francisco to Florence. The belief that the company is reim- bursting itself through these exorbi- tant rates for losses incurred through the robberies committed in this Ter ritory must be modified to include similar but greater losses sustained in California, for the larcenous rates have forrs Hsv f,.iiy irrtivrriiiifi~tl -tfrte-v-ett-- pany for all such losses, above a fair and legitimate compensation.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
A Premature Blast.

A man named H. Scott Knight, a book-keeper by trade, who was work ing on the Bisbee road, was seriously injured on Sunday by a premature blast which he was in the act of set ting off. He was brought to Tomb stone and is under the care or Dr. Dunn at the San Jose House. His face is literally full of powder, and his eyes are both closed, while his fore head is torn in most horrible shape Dr. Dunn thinks that he can save one eye but the other is doubtful The pa tient suffers great agony. He states that he was in the act of lighting the fuse, and just as he touched the can dle to it the whole contents of the hole blew out and stuck him in the face, with the result as above stated.-Pros- pector.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
vlsi. to a nons:ring Factory.

The place looked like ghastly carica- ture of a butcher shop in the land of the cannibals, but it was Cnly the inner sane tum of a manufacturer of artificial limbs Arms, legs, hands. feet-what you will hung on walls. screened in glass cases or laid about in heaps, greeted the eye wher- ever it rested There were audacioUs pictures of gentlemen in various active employments. who, having tried your valuable leg would have no other" One of those graceful men was pictured in the act of riding bicycle. Another bore his whole weight on an artificial leg while plying a miners pick at mass of rock over his head. Still another stood on his sound leg and with the artificial leg drove q spade deep into the soil of a garden plot Three were farmers following the blow, blacksmiths shoeing horses and a pedestrian without e nose-au with at least one artificial leg.
 Do they really do all that?" inquired the reporter.
 Perhaps not quite as well as yond suppose from the cut, but 1t Is truo that l there are good many thousand mon with artificial legs doing work that ore would think likely to require the aid of sound limbs"
 Then you come pretty nearly supply ing any natural lossf''
 Pretty nearly. The war gave great i impetus to tho manufacture of artificial | limbs, and we are still making limbs for | the veterans.
 How long does an artificial limb last?'
 That depends upon whether it is an arm or a leg and upon various other con- alterations I've known an artificial leg to be in use twenty five years. The more elaborate attempts to counterfeit nature the more liable the member to get out oi order and require renewal Wo make arms and hands with which the wearel writes, uses knife and fork at table anG performs many operations that one might think impossible New York Telegram
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
WEEKLY EXAMINER.

The coming year promises to be crowded with stirring events.
 h the United States the entrance of new is- sues into the political arena has been followed by a change Of administration But the gre at economic question on which the camp ign turned is still unsettled, and it's solution E committed to Congress almost equally divided between the two great parties.
 Europe is vast Camp. Army corps patrol the frontiers, and millions of men awsi the signal for the most titanic the rid as ever seen.
 The Examiners news gathering T aahlnery Is uneQualled Its correspondents Gtt the habit able globe. Nothing can escape their vigilance, and no expense is spared Tn spreading the re- suits of their efforts before the Examiners read CTS
 The most noted writers of fiction in the world contribute to the Weekly Examiner. Jules Verne, author of "A Trip to the Moon, etc. K ,3eit Louis Stevenson, author of Treasure ls- and, etc; Rider Haggard, author of She" etc; Anna Katharine Green, author ot "The TeaTenavorth Case, etc; have all written stories for the Week a Exam her, and will do so in the t.oure.
 The Weekly Examiner has established an Az rieultural Department, ill charge of q practical agricultIrist, who is the best Wriier in the United States on agricultural subjects. This department will contain sensible discus ions of lead ny topics of interest to vinegar lists, or cnardlsts ana farmers generally.
 The Examiners commercial news Is compiled by experienced men, who carefully guard the producer's interests in all market reports.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
Capital Punishment in France,

Capital punishment may be said to bs virtually abolished in France at the present day" said the public executioner of France. Paris alone last year tried 800 men for murder. and convicted only five of them. The leniency shown to criminals in M. Crews time led to re- duction of my salary from S1, ,500 to S1 200 This is my entire income, for get no fees or perquisites-yet am content. Paris Cor. New York World
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
No RIore Browning.

"Are you going into the Browning club business as steep this winter as you did lSst, Kster' asked Miss Chicago of her friend Miss St. Louis.
 ''Not by long shot," replied Miss Kate, emphatically. "A reaction has struck cur Browning club. as 1 knew it would We've voted to cheese Browning and havo some of our good, old fashioned taTey pullings and cotillon and euchIe parties this winter. How we ever got drawn into that Browning snap IS 1ySJery to ne, SSly Low. Time.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
Frank Fitch, who will be recollect-

Frank Fitch, who will be recollect- ed as having hung out his shingle in Globe as practicing attorney, and since his departure from Arizona, has been swinging around the circle, has come to grief in San Francisco. As the story runs, he was charged with embedding $500 belonging to Edward Kirby, of San Diego, He had been shadowed by detective for four days, and when arrested at o'clock in the morning, he was having "a gay old time" in a Montgomery street saloon and was taken to San Diego to answer the charge. Fitch hsd bu recently returned from Washington Territory, and was posing as dealer in mines Silver Belt.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
A Real EnveIty.

Mrs Duquesne-I suppose you sing or playl
 Miss Newcomer-Oh, mol I'm not at all musical.
 Mrs Duquesne-You recite, probablyi Miss Newcomer-Oh, no, indeedl
 Mrs. Duquesne-Well, then, suppose you paint plaquesa
 Miss Newcomer-Me paint! couldn't paint q fence.
 Mrs. Duquesne (eagcrly)-Oh, you dear girl, how lovelyl You must promise to come to every one of my receptions. You'll be such a ensation!-Pittsburg Bulletin.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
The Difference.

Customer-Well, guess I'll take thess pants.
 Rubupaginstme-Ya, mein frent, tree tol- lars is very cheap.
 Customer taghastl-Three dollarsl Why, you had them marked a dollar and half in tue window.
 Rubupaginstme-Och, val dot means ein tollar und feefty cents for von leg.-New York Sun.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05

SEVERAL of the southern California newspapers are still urging the division of California and the annexation of Arizona to the southern half To that proposition Arizona would present it's almost unanimous objection. The Territory has all the essential elements of a great and prosperous state within its borders and when the proper time comes it will enter the union of states as one of the brightest in the whole galaxy. We don't want the southern California hurrah, scale-bug and "bust- ed" boom, for we have much better things so hope for in the future than California can bring to us. Arizona is contented as it stands, even if il has no ocean breezes.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
Nntr.,ar r,io,,oru thn stronres1 wood

Professor Sargent is credited with malz- ing the statement that tho strongest wood in the United States is that of the nutmeg hickory of the Arkansas region and tho weakest is the West Indian birch Tho most elastic Is the tamarack. tho white or shellbarls hickory standing far below 1t. The highest specific gravity, upon which in general depends value as fuel, Is obtained by the blue wood of Tavas |"
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-01-05
Didn't Wait for Him.

City Editor ito new reporter)-You say this man was blown up by can of nitro Slycerine, but you don't state whether ho is dead or alive.
 New RepoTtor-I waited around there four or five hours, but couldn't learn it.
 City Editcr-Why couldn't you learn it? New RePoTter-Because he hadn't como down yet when I left.-Bin ghal1ton Re-