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The Springdale news., 1889-07-19
SPEED OF STEAMSHIPS.
Vt Is Attained by Driving Vessels More or
 Less Recklessly.


 Less Recklessly.
 Just when the tive-day mark may be reached by the transatlantic racers can not be foreseen, and Tn view of the startling progress made very recently in high speeds it would be wild guess to predict what record will be made in any given future period. But we imagine that the limit will be set rather by the passengers than by the steamship companies, naval designers or engine builders, If the travelling public continue to demand excessive speed and are willing to pay for the saving of few hours time, together with the attendant racing excitement and inevitable risks-the companies will be forced to keep up the compe- tition and to cater to that demand. The length of vessels, docking facili- ties, power of engines and all details will be forced to the greatest pos sible development, and the ships will be driven to their utmost. The legiti- mate gain in speed during late years has been due to increased size of ves- sels, twin screws and boilers capable of standing pressures not dreamed possible a generation ago. Relative, though not actual, fuel economy has been secured mainly by the introduce tion of triple and now quadruple ex- pansion engines. What may be called illegitimate gains in speed have been reached by carrying initial pressures to an extreme and driving the ships more or less recklessly Possibly there may be a reaction against the desire for great speed, or at least against speed attained only by taking unnecessary risks. If so, the steam- ship lines will devote attention rather to increased economy, safety, regular ity of passage and comfort than to speed and if this assumption should turn out to be correct it Is quite pos sible that after the present crack racers and those now under contract have settled their rivalries no further in- crease in speed may be looked for dur ing considerable period, or even that a retrogression of records might set in for time, though We confess wa have little expectation of seeing it Engineering and Mining Journal.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-19
NEPHEWS IN FIJI.
The Prerogatives Enjoyed by Them, ir
 Accordance with old Traditions

Most prominent among the public notorieties of Fiji is the VaSu. The word means a nephew or niece, but becomes title of office in the case of the male. who, in some localities, has the extraordinary privilege of ap- propriating whatever he chooses be- longing to his uncle, or those under his uncle's power Vasus are of three kinds-the Vosu taukei the Fasu leUu and the Vasu; the last is a common name, belonging to any nephew what ever. Vasu taukei is a term applied to any Vasu whose mother is lady of the land in which he is born. The fact of Mbau being at the head of Fijian rank gives the Queen of Mbau a pre-eminence over all Fijian ladies, and her son a place nominally above all Vasus. No material difference ex- ists between the power of a Vasu tauket and that of T0su leuu, which latter title is given to every Vasu born of a woman of rank, and having a tirst-class chief for his father Fasu taukei can claim any thing belonging to a native of his mothers land ex- cepting the wives. home and land of a chief. However high a chief may rank, however powerful a king may be, if he has a nephew he has a master one who will not be content with the name, but who will exercise his prerogative to the full, seizing whatever may take his fancy repard- less of it's value or of the owners in- convenience in it's loss. Resistance is not thought of, an1 objection only of- fered in extreme cases. Thokonauto, Rewa chief. during a quarrel with an uncle, used the right of Vasu, and actually supplied himself with am- intuition from his enemy's stores. = C. N. Starcke, Ph. D., in Popular Sci- ence Monthly.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-19
Origin of the Name Iowa"

The State derives its name from the sribe known now as the Iowa tribe. Much learning, or at least research. has been wasted in the attempt to show the Orthography and definition of this word among the Indians themselves While Washington Irving. with the license al- lowable to an imaginative writer, states that the meaning of the word is .'beautiful," and recounts the incident by which that phrase was first applied to the country, saying that the tribe who, in their wanderings, arrived at the highest point in the Iowa prairies, looking over the vast expanse of country uninterrupted by hills or swamps, involuntarily uttered the word Iowa. meaning ''beauti- full. But probably a better authority for the meaning of the word was MT. Antoine LeClaire, a half-brced of the Sac and Fox nations, who al ways asserted humorously that he was the first white man born in Iowa. though his mother was an Indian. He was employed for many years by the United States as an interpreter in their dealings with the various Indian tribes. His definition of the word was: Here is the spot-this is the place-to dwell in peace. , It is very certain, howev- CT, that the name of the State, and the name of one of it's secondary riv- CTS, running through large part of the center of the State, is derived from the name of the tribe. MT. Justice Miller, in Harper's Magazine
The Springdale news., 1889-07-19
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Plymouth church, Brooklyn. Rev. Lyman Abbott pastor, lately revised it's membership list and dropped 939 names.
 Lake Forest University, Pres- byterian institution in the suburbs of Chicago. recently secured $500, ,000 as an endowment.
 In the colored Baptist churches of Richmond, Va, on recent Sab bath 1000 persons were immersed. One pastor alone baptized 43S.
 In the belief that small colleges do the best work, the Amherst trus- tees have recommended that the number of students be limited to 300.
 A Church History Society," has been formed in Ohio. It's purposes are ''the promotion of the study of the history of the churches of Ohio and other portions of America. and the collection and preservation of histor- ical materials
 It has been decided to consolidate the Chattanooga University and the Grant Memorial University, of Athens, Tenn, into two institutions, to be known as the Grant Memorial Uni- versity under one board of trustees, selected from Cincinnati, Chattanooga and Athens.
 The establishment of the first school ever supported by public tax was duly celebrated at Dorchester, Mass, recently, on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the event. This was the beginning of our fine system of common schools. All honor to the men and women of that early time!
 One of the finest Jewish syna- gogues in the United States may be seen at the corner of Fifth avenue and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, New York. It is noble piece of architecture. and it's ivy-clad walls are of the richest green at this time of the year. It was built for an Episcopal church. the Church of the Holy Trim ity, the pastor of which has raised a moro commodious place of worship in Lenox avenue.
 A ''Guide to the Churches of Lon don shows that the number of metro politan churches has increased be- tween 1883 and 1889 from 92S to l .016. Altar vestmentS are now the rule in 59 churches as against B in 1883, altar lights in 119 as against 64 in 1883. and the eastward position in 396 as aoainst BOA in 1883 Tn the same period the number of churches in which the communion is celebrated in the evening has decreased from 2S9 to PIP.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-19

Water the young celery plants with solution of a pound of salt- peter in twenty gallons of water. Thin them out if too thick, and use only the strong and stocky plants.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-19
POULTRY MANAGEMENT.
How to Make Hens Do Their Best-Tho
 Best Food for Fowls.

The secret of making hens lay is not to oyer-feed them and giving them a variety of food. A fat hen is a poor egg producer. Give fresh water at all times. In summer time do not feed much corn, as it is heating and has great fattening properties. Let them have plenty of grass and a good range. A little fresh meat two or three times a week is good. A breakfast of soft feed with little boiled oats in the morning, scraps from the table, or grain in the evening. Soft feed should not be sloppy. A variety is what is needed-not too much. In winter time corn may be fed more frequent ly than during the summer, and in soft feed put little red pepper twice a week. Keep your fowls where draughts of air will not strike them in their house. We have but little faith in poultry food It is stimu- lating, and is not long in doing harm. as we believe. Poultry should have, once Tn awhile, a little bone meal or old bones broken up fine. Also plenty of dust to keep themselves clear of lice. Now as to the best egg layers. As general purpose fowl for eggs and weight the Plym- outh Rock stands very high. For weight and as winter layers the Light Brahma is unsurpassed. This fowl is a good layer at all times, but is es- pecially good in winter. Of the non- settlers the white Leghorns, and white Minorcas we think are at the head of the list. The white Leghorn is sort of egg machine. There is no flow, either setter or non-setter, that will beat it. The black Spanish is good fowl, but the chicks are not so hardy as some other breeds. The objection to Minorcas and Leghorns is that they can fly very high and are of light weight The American Dominique is d splendid bird. It lays well, and is of good weight The Polish fowls are very good. Now we have told you what we think about fowls, and will at once ''hy for the tall mber,' for we expect those people who have other birds will be after us like sixty, which is just one jump faster than tifty-nine. We have had experience in running a poultry paper, and know something about "hornets' nests "-Cor. Toledo Blade.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-19

of flower, it is well to cut away the flower clusters and not allow the shrubs to exhaust themselves in ripening seed, save those with ornamental fruit. The same may be said of herbaceous perennials, though of these seeds are often wanted.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-07
Ready with an Answer.

Benjamin F. Butler, in the early days of his practice at the bar, was re- quired to give some legal notice in a suit in which he was engaged. The judge asked him to name the news paper in which he desired the adver- tisement inserted. Butler was at that time ali ardent northern Democrat, and The Lowell Advestiser, 8 journal entirely ignored by most of the com- munity, was the only organ of his party in the judicial district.
 ''In what paper2" asked the clerk contemptuously, when told to insert !he notice in The Advertiser. 'Idon't know such paper"
 May it please your honor," Butler replied, ''I trust the clerk will not in- terrupt the proceedings by attempting to tell us what he doesn't know, be- cause if he does, we might as well adjourn till after the day of judg- uent."-San Francisco Argosaut
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-07
To Succeed at Housekeepine.

The original and divine idea oi
 married life is that of a family home over which the husband and wife shall preside; and so housekeeping is the normal condition of such a life. However, a normal condition may be rendered failure by mismanagement or the perverseness of those who have part therein In this world anything good may be perverted, and the great est blessings changed into a curse And so housekeeping, the proper thing for all married people, may be made a failure in given instances. It cannot be failure on the whole unless all family life shall prove to be a failure
 Marriage without housekeeping is a hybrid of modern invention, which is about equal to life without a home. It is true many married people board and claim to find pleasure therein, but that shows an abnormal taste which has grown up through lack of knowledge of anything better.
 But, then, it cannot be denied that some wives are unfit to preside over a home. They do not know how to make good bread, or properly broil a beefsteak, or put together the ingre- dients of pudding, and so their cook ing upsets and deranges the digestive organs, breeds dyspepsia and bilious ness, and lays the foundation for mak- ing the husband sinner beyond the power of divine grace to prevent it. There is also a wastefulness that spends money to no profit in the line of comfort, and lack of tidiness which destroys all attractiveness of home surroundings. Such housekeep- ing is unquestionably failure, and a failure often because the wife was never taught or trained in better ways The real difficulty dates back to a former generation and, therefore, cannot be corrected in the present But there is no reason why this lack of training should go down to curse the next generation. All girls may be trained and should be trained by skill ful teachers in all the arts of house keeping. York Star.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-07

WHKN the clerk of the democratic hold over Territorial board of Equaliza- tion, sent out the tax levy made by that body to the board of supervisors in the territory, he put the levy for the Terri torial Capitol fund at Is of a mill on the s1O0 valuation, instead or sl The mis- take was not discovered until Clerk Ben Heney of the regular Territorial board sent out the tax levy made in this city The dem )cratic clerk made haste to cor rect his mistake and wrote to the boards of supervisors to please rectify the blunder. The mistake, if it had not been discovered by the Republicans, would have brought go per cent less money than provided by law. However, as but few counties will pay any attention to the doing of the hold-over board, the damage would have been light.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-07
At Col. Durr's Place.

It was learned yesterday from the Colonel himself, who was taught to al ways speak the truth by his good graud- mother, that since he moved his business from Meyer to Congress street, his bus mess had increased in volume from day i to day. He now sells one car load of John Wieland's beer every three weeks, and more than car load of Anheussr- Bush beer. in the same length of time Beer is only one branch of the large business now carried on by Col. Durr, at bis corner on Congress street.
 Swiss cheese is received in ponderous cases direct from the old country, and his sales amount to over 700 pounds a month; also California cheese is hand led in large quantities, and the finest of Limberger cheese is always kept on hand, though the sales are not enormous ly large. -~
 His cigars are all made specially for him and are sold at wholesale and retail.
 THE wARUM DARUM BRAND
 is we'll known and has no superior for the price. The latest brand is the Tip pecanoe, and it is equal to any cigar to be had in this market.
 Queen olives, the best ever offered in this market, are received direct from Spain, in huge casks.
 . In the cellar is kept fine Sherry wlns, dozens of barrels, and everything that is better by being kept in cool place.
 Whiskey is received from not only all over the United States, but much direct from the old country, three or four of the best brands made in Hamburg. In one room alone, the reporter counted
 155 BARRELS OF wHIsKEY, and including wines and braudies, his present stock would not fall short of 300 barrels and kegs. Also choice brand of mescal is handled for the benefit of those who like it.
 Besides, all the finest bitters known to mankind, are kept, many of them being imported In fact, everything in the way of saloon supplies is kept, and noth- ing but the best quality is sold.
 IN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT was found bacon, ham, lard, ,pickled pork, dried fish of all kinds, corned beef, tongue, pickled tongue, pigs feet, saur kraut and vinegar, crackers, tobacco, mustard, chow-chow, deviled ham, ham, berger eel, and every table delieaey. new was exhibited: box ok dried lax, one of the finest fish known, and found only in the waters of Norway.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-07
A CONSTITUTIONAL CONvEN-
 TION

The Phenix Gazette and the Tomb
 stone Epitaph are doing great amount
 of angry talking about the Constitu-
 tional Convention act. They are mak-
 ing so much noise and stirring up such
 cloud of dust around themselves that
 they could neither see a streak of light
 ming or hear the thunder.
 Of course we know just who control these papers and directs their policy,
 but aside from this we say, let the issue
 be fairly met. To begin,w it does not require any act of the Legislature to hold Convention, and further, we hon. estly believe that we are not yet ready either in population or wealth to attempt the costly expense, and we believe that very large majority of the people of the Territory think as We do, yet if by any popular movement you can convince us that a reasonable majority of the people desire such a convention to be held, and without expense to the Terri tory, just as the Wyoming people are now doing, we will not oppose the will of the people on the contrary, we will work willingly to attain such end, for We believe in majority rule, and We believe that we know Governor Wol1ey we'll enough to speak for him; he, no matter what his own views are, will do what he believes to be the wish of the majority. If the advocates of statehood are honest in their views and feeling that majority of the people of this Territory want statehood, start the ball rolling; and if, by popular vote, or in any other fair way ,an expression of the:people by pop ular majority is shown to favor state | hood, we too will ask the Governor to | call, as the Wyoming governor has done, a convention without expense to the | Territory, and if you get the vote we know Governor Wolfey we'll enough to say that he will make the call for Con stitutional Convention. Let us now see now honest they are.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-07

A RECENT traveller in Alaska writes
 thus of that far away possession of the
 United States: After reaching la@
 tude 54 deg 40 mn. we sailed exclusive
 ly in United States waters, at times pas
 sing islands as large as the state of Mas
 sachusetts, whose picturesque and ir-
 gular mountain surfaces are covered
 with a dense growth of trees, and those
 unknown interiors are believed to be
 rich in coal, iron, silver and other met
 als. The axe has never echoed in the
 deep shades of these natural plantations.
 which are solemn and silent save for the tread of wild beasts and the occasional notes of wan dering sea birds. For centuries past the trees have reached to man. moth size and have fallen only by the weight of years, enriching the ground by their decayed substance, and giving place to another similar growth. which in its turn has fiourished and passed away. This process has been going on, perhaps, for twice 10,0O0 years. The past history of Arizona is blank to the century. Some of these ls- lands lie within quarter of mile Of each other, on either side of the ships course, and yet the water is far too deep to admit of anchoring, the peaks rising abruptly from unknown depths" The principal island group off the coast is known as the Alexander Archipelago in honor of the Czar of Russia, and is of over HOO islands. "The virgin soil of these islands" says Mir. Ballou, "were it to be cleared and drain | ed, would be rich beyond calculation, while the climate is such as to warrant he growth and ripening of any vegeta- ion which will thrive on the Atlantic | Coast north of Chesapeake Bay"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-07
At F. J. Vallaescusa's

70men's saddles at s8 to s55 each. B set single harness at S9.5O to s14- 9 set double buggy harness at s22.50 to S45.00.
 B set heavy harness at SIS to s35. Chain harness SIP per set.
 Allo the above are warranted to be of the best California material
 Over 5000 pounds of saddle and har- ness leather of all kinds at lc ,,fices. Goods sold at wholesale and retail.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-07
A Scrap of Paper Saves Her
 Life.

It was just an ordinary scrap of wrap ing paper, but it saved her life. She was in the last stages of consumption, told by physicians that she was incurs- ble and could live only short time; she weighed only seventy pounds. On a. piece of wrapping paper she read of Dr. Kings new discovery and got sam pie bottle, it helped her, she bought a larger bottle, it helped her more, bought another and grew better fast, continued it's use and is now strong, healthy, rosy plump, weighing 40 pounds. For full Ter particulars send stamp to W. H. Cole druggist, Fort Smith. Trial bottles of this wonderful discovery free at Dr. Martins drug store.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-07
He's a Rustler.

Editor Hughes, of the Tucson Star, is business all over. He went to Yuma the other day, kicked the stuffing out of guard at the penitentlary, swept the principal street crossings with a lawyer, took boat ride on the river, beat the ear of Capt. PoIhemus playing old sledge, told Sam Gillespie funny stories enough to last that good natur- ed boniface six months, secured few new subscribers, collected sixteen bad bills, and broke John Darlington, of the Sentinel, shaking dice for drinks, all in one day. Lew is a rustler and would be an ornament to the profession if he he could learn to distinguish the diff ference between jack pot and clothes horse.-Nogales Herald,
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-07
RULES BAKERY.

No. PIT CONGRESS STREET: Where you can be supplied with bread, buns, rolls, rusk, coffeecake, pies, jelly cake. fruit cake, pound cake, wedding cake mads to order. Also fruits, nuts and confsc- tionary, oranges, lemons and limss; peaches, pears, apples, grapes, cherries, aprieots. plums, prunes and berries, rs- ceived daily by express. Candies, fresh, pure and cheap, Coco nuts, walnuts, filberts, peanuts, Brazill nuts, almonds and tomatoes
 Lunchl Lunchl Lunchl
 Milk by the gallon, quart or bucket. California roll butter and cheese.
 Dwelling houses for rent.
 Apply A. F. RULk.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-07

THE new strike of the Central Silver Mining camp seems to be better and of more importance than was at first thought. The shaft on the new vein is down about 30 feet with an average of feet of ore. The average assay is sl04 in Silver, and $50 in gold. We also learn that the new pump that has just been put in, is working we'll, and that the amount of water handed in 24 hours is about 65,0C0 gallons, and still increas- ing. This is but one of the many indica- Jions now abroad that presage prosperity to Southern Arizona
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-07

IF the Gazette is working for the in tereets of Arizona it should devote its columns to the advancement of the country it represents, instead of filling them with statements entirely without truth, and born solely of malice and maanness.
 All of which is true, but no one knows better than John Dunbar that one sentence of truth cuts deeper than a whole column of falsehoods. But grant ng that everything he says about the editor of the CITIZEN be true, We mod sstly rise to enquire if that belittles the crime of felony committed in and against Cochise county. We think that even the Star man will say not.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-07
New Grocery Store

I have just completed my new build ing on the corner of McC Cormich and Con- vent streets, and have put in fresh and oompleate stock of groceries, consisting of everything needed by families. Also a bar is run in connection, supplied with a choice stock of liquors and cigars. I invite my friends and the public to give me call. My prlces will be found req ona ble. Agency for Nogales stage lines
 ROSARIO BRENA.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-07

As the statehood proposition has been quietly put to sleep and the senate com mittee on irrigation expected here in a few days, our citizens should give the subject of irrigation their united atten- tion. The committees appointed to col lect data are hard at work, ut.they need all the additional help that can be given them. When the committee reach here we should be prepared with such infor- nation of the facts and figures as is ad- judged best to lay before them. The committee will go to Phenix and may or may not come to Tucson, but in either event we must be prepared.