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The Arizona champion., 1890-11-01
Oriental PeddIers in New York,

Turks and Arabs occasionally come through Castle Garden with designs on America as a dwelling place. and they generally stay and succeed right well. They pick up the language in no time, and are soon busy at small tobacco stands, or in Oriental bazars and Turk ish bath houses, or selling Turkish con- factions and highly diluted altar of roses on the streets and in shops and offices. As peddlers they get on beautifully. Their handsome faces and Oriental man. ners draw nickels and quarters from those they approach with magical celer- ity. They always have ''God be with you," or '.Peace be yours," even for those who resist their blandishments. Their patience is something miraculous, and their persistence is without the irri- tating vulgarity which sometimes mars the otherwise perfect symmetry of the American born vender of small mer- chandiSe, who becomes in time a bull dozer of high degree. Only the male Turks and Arabs engage in the scuffie for bread. They usually discard their twistified names, and rechristen them selves by some easy and comfortable Christian name, such as Charley '' '.George' or civilian. ''-New York Press 'Every Day Talk
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-01
Army mortality bv Disease,

in connection with the subject of regi. mental losses there is the important one of losses by disease. In our army there were twice as many deaths from disease as from bullets. In the Confederate army the loss from disease was, for ob- vious reasons much less, being sma r than their loss in battle This loss by disease was, in our northern regiments, very unevenly distributed. running as low as thirty in some and exceeding 500 in others, while in some of the colored regi- ments it was still greater There seems to be an impression that the regiments which suffered most in battle lost also the most from disease. This is an error, the direct opposite being the truth. The report of the war department for 1866 says. regarding this subject, that ''it is to be noted that those states which show large mortality on the battlefield likewise show large mortality by disease" This may be true of the state totals, but is wholly incorrect as to the regiments themselves; for, with but few exceptions, the regiments which sustained the heaviest loss in battle show the smallest Ol uStlllo llOLl SloCc1oCs
 The inference is a fair one that the fighting regiments owed their exemp- ton from disease to the same pluck which made them famous, and which enabled them to withstand it's encroach- ments without tamely giving up and lying down under it's attack. It was a question of mental as well as bodily stamina, and hence there is found in certain black regiments mortality from disease exceeding by far that of any white troops, a fact which cannot be ac- counted for by climatic reasons, because the particular regiments referred to were recruited from blacks who were born and raised along the Mississippi. where these troops were stationed, and where the loss occurred.-Col. William F. Fox in The Century.
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-01
The Instinct of Evil Living.

Thousands of the unemployed" earn no wages because they do not want to work. They do odd jobs, they loaf, they tramp, they pilfer, they steal, and so on through the whole gamut of laziness and vice. Why is this? We have already said. Human nature is far from perfect yet. Many rogues are born; many others are easily turned into rogues by circumstances. It is likely enough that the instinct of evil living is transmitted; it is certain that the contamination of vicious surroundings has its natural eff feet. Necessity holds the born felon in a pitiless grip. Birth gives the infant the fatal bent; home life develops it. traversed by hard lines of moral as well as of social cleavage.
 Crime runs into pockets like ore ill the mine. The Ishmaelites dwell alone and propagate among themselves. There is nothing to .attenuate the vicious strain. We have on the fringe of the decent population a class of creatures who, at best, are worthless, and too often are pure pests. It is recruited, but it is not regenerated, from the outside; on the other hand, it feeds the ranks of the thriftless, the reckless, the ne'er-do- wells. What must be the result of such a state of things? With rapidly in creasing population, with a greater mass of poverty, greater number of viciously disposed people crowding into "East ends'' in all our great cities, what can we expect from continuance of the present system of dealing with the criminal classes? Reason answers that we are to expect nothing but evil.-St James Gazette.
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-01
ceylon's Palms and cocoanut Trees.

This low land up at the northern neck of the island is largely planted in Pal myra palms. For 120 miles along the western and southwestern shore it is a fringe from one to seven miles deep of eocoanut trees. These two kinds of trees support the bulk of the native population They furnish the material from which they build and roof their huts. The sap gives them their sugar and their intoxi- cants. The green nut is their, milk and the ripe nut much of their solid food. From the bark and leaves they make sheds, fans and mating; from the fiber, sails, cordage, fishing nets, etc. The young leaves are their salads. The ripe fruit gives them oil for their lamps, for their hair and for cooking purposes. They wear for clothing the net woven by nature about the foot stalks of the leaves; pIait hats, and sunshades, and baskets from the fronds, and drink from the cup; sail in boats constructed of the hard, old wood, and when sick make medicine from the flowers. The uses of the palm are said to run into several hundreds, and are the themes of innumerable native poems. Harrison in Chicago Times
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-01
Warmth of a Living Room.

The needs common to all women are so common that few regard their impor- tance. To say that warm rooms are essential to health and beauty sounds like truism, but the fact is that among all well to do classes it is the rarest thing to find really warm house. A heated house, burning up coal and vitality to- gether, is common, but not one so soundly built that rooms do not readily cool off, and where comfort is felt with moderate heat, or where draughts do not SOW rheumatic twinges, with wrinkles to match. Out of doors dress and exercise keep up the natural heat Indoors the quieter life and shutting of the greater part of the suns rays render the case different. The constant temperature of all occupied rooms should be enough to keep the blood at it's normal heat of 98 degs. without any chilling or change say 75 to 7S degs by day and 15 degs. lower by night. Instead, when steam is up, or the furnace burns up, you will find the glass at 65 degs. on the north wall of rooms. Two hours or less after the heat goes down the thin walls lose their heat immediately, and it is 45 degs. in the same place. 1 describe what have noted repeatedly in houses where comfort was supposed to be the first con- sideration.
 Such variations are enongh to try the strongest frames. To say nothing of neuralgia and lung troubles, it is impos- sible to keep good complexion through such ruinous changes of temperature. The heat dries it into fine wrinkles, the cold sends the blood inward, leaving the face blue and features pinched Let the husband who wishes to keep his wife in freshness be careful that she has warm rooms to live in. The injury to the cir culation which destroys all bloom and elasticity strikes deeper in time, causing failure of the heart or chronic infam- nations. As you value bloom and long life, never permit yourself to be chilly for five minutes. No matter what ther- mometers say, if you are out of order I enough to feel chilly the thing to do is to raise the heat till the blood absorbs heat and grows warm again. For heat is life, and the chilly precepts of certain hygienists who seem to consider comfort as g crime have cost unsuspectod victims. Shirley Dare,
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-01
MnrkinS n Swiss NYine Press.

In the cafes and other public places there were placards advertising American wine presses, but 1 saw none of them in use. At farm house near us we looked on at the use of one of the old fashioned Swiss presses. Under it lay a mighty cake of grapes, stems and skins, crushed into common mass, and bulging further beyond the press with each turn of the screw, while the juice ran in a little rivu- let into tub below. When the press was lifted the grapes were seen only half crushed. Two peasants then mounted the cake and trimmed it into shape with long handled spades, piling the trimmings on top, and then bringing the press down again. They invited us with charming politeness to taste the juice, but their heavy boots bore evidence of too recent a visit to the cherished manure heap, and we thanked them with equal courtesy.
 This grape cake, when it had yielded up its last drop, would be broken to pieces and scattered over the fields as a fertilizer. The juice would meanwhile have been placed to ferment in the tuns, twelve and thirteen feet deep, which lay in the adjoining cellar.-W. D. Howells in Harper's Magazine.
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-01
Paternal "Reminiscences.

Col. Fred Grant and Robert Lincoln were conversing in low tones in the Fifth Avenue hotel corridor. Col. Grant pulled a cigar out of his pocket and stuck it in his mouth. From his trousers pocket he drew forth solid gold match box, studded with diamonds. He touched the biggest stone with his thumb and the lid of the box flew open.
 ''Quite match box," said Lincoln.
 "Yes," said Col Grant, ''It was given to father by the sultan of Turkey. l would not part with for the world. It is very valuable. Father carried it for years. Do you carry anything that was precious to your fatherl"
 "Yes," was the reply, and the speaker pulled out of his pocket an open face solid gold watch.
 '.It was given to father by mother, 7" said the speaker. The inscription read :: "To Abraham Lincoln, from his loving wife. "-Foster Coates Letter.
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-01
Chief Amonp His Fellows

A southern woman writing of the freedmen lately said: 1.-The field hands in the Gulf states show us the condition of people making the first effort to rise out of ignorance and squalor to civiliza- tion. There is in every half dozen fami- lies one man of integrity, energy and in- dustry, on whom the others live as parasites. never failed on entering one of their villages to detect this natural chief. f."-Youth's Companion.
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-01
Best Market In Europe.

The best market on the continent of Europe is said to be at Berlin. Fish are sold from vats and are kept alive. There is every variety of game and domestic fowl to be had within a thousand miles,
 and steers, veal calves, lambs and other animals are dressed complete-their heads and tails being skinned and kept intact on their trunks. s.-Chicago Herald.
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-01
The n1arflower as a Slayer.

Hawthorne in his English note book tells the following incident concerning the Mayfower, which carried the Pilgrim Fathers to America: On her trip follow ing that which brought the Pilgrims the Maytiower skirted along the African coast and picked up cargo of slaves for the new colonies of America.-Chicago Herald.
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-01
The Mediterranean Sponge Fishery

Science has claimed the sponge fishery of the Mediterranean. The native divers who could stay under water not more than two minutes are being driven out by men in regular diving armor, who can work by the hour. A German pro- lessor has originated a method of plant ing cuttings from sponges, and it is being prosecuted with success.-New York Sun.
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-01
SIeeping Bag for Campers,

An ingenious sleeping bag which is in use by some mountain climbers consists of mackintosh sack, one longitudinal half of which can be inflated, so that the camper can have the luxury of sleeping on an air mattress, Boston Budget.
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-01
FLAGSTAFF LopaE,

NYO. :, F. & A. NJ. Regular meetings Of this IN Lodge at Masonic Hall, on the fourth Mon- day in each month. Sojourning Brethren cor dially invited to attend.
 J.W. SHARP, W. A. J. E. BURCHARD, Sec'y. Examining Committee: W. J. Hill, Niles J. Cameron, John Rosebaugh.
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-01
SECRET SOCIETIES.
I. Q. Q. F.
T. E. G. RANSOM.

UoMAN'g RELIEF CORPS, No. S2, meets at w G. A. R. Hall every two weeks on Thurs day, at 2 o'clock P. M.
 MRS. P. B. RUMsEY, Pres. MRS. LENA ELMoRE, Sec'y.
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-01
Q. E. s.

MOUNT FRISCO CHAPTER, No. 4, O. E. s MI Regular conversations in Masonic Hall second and fourth Friday nights in each month
 MALIssA E. WEST, Worthy Matron,
 J. E. BURCHARD, Worthy Patron, J. GUTHRIE SAVAGE, Sec'y.
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-01
ROYAL ARCH MAsoNs.

CTATED CONVOCATIONS on the third Satur D day in each month in Masonic Hall at PM Sojourning Companions are cordially invited.
 J. E. BURCHARD, H. P. FW. H. GUTTER, Secy
The Arizona champion., 1890-11-01
RANSOM POST.

NO. {, G. A. R., meets at Grand Army Hall, on IN the second and last Saturday in each month. Visiting Comrades are invited to attend.
 GEO. HoXwoRTH, P. c. L. L. BURNS, Adjutant
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-01
FREE FROM CYCLONES.

The recent terrible cyclone in
Louisville, Kentucky, clearly points
out the fact to the Fasteners that
these disastrous winds will with one
mighty rush continue to destroy in
the twinkling Of an eye the combined
production of Il century or more.
All the efforts of the people in
Louisville and Bowling Green, where
the damage was the heaviest, could
not prevent tho destructive work of
this tornado, and thousands of dollars
worth Of property and Il vast number
of lives were destroyed in a short
space of time.
Here in the West the winds
are broken by the mountains, and the
rapid currents of air are Intercepted
and cut up by the fluctuations and
constantly changing landscape, be-
fore they have a chance to form into
q whirlwind to suck up the helpless
inhabitants and scattered homes in
it's terrible vortex.
We can hook back to the earlier
history of the Pacific Coast, and the
worst storm we can recall has not
cost us human life.-[Carson APP
peal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-01
The Climate of Asia.

According to the North China
Herald the climate of Asia is becom-
ing colder than it formerly was, and
it's tropical animals and plants are
retreating south at a slow rate. In
high antiquity the elephant and
rhinoceros were known to the Chi
nese, who had names for them, and
their hides and horns were valued.
When, two centuries before the
Christian era, they conquered Cochin
China and Cambodia the name Of the
prefecture most to the south was the
elephant Prefecture and after
ward elephant Forest" For some
centuries elephants were sent as
presents by the King Of Cochin China
to Pekin to supply the Emperor with
the most noble kind of draught ami
mails, but now tho climate is too cold
for tho animal to retain his health
and perform his duties.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-01
STANDARDS OF LENGTH.
The English Yard and tho French Meter
Which Is tho Better?

The English Yard and tho French Meter
Which Is tho Better3
In the United States and England the
standard of length is the yard, and tho
question arises: How long is o yard? 1t
may DO said in answer that yard is
simply an arbitrary standard which ira
dition says is based upon the length of
the arm of Horny VIII. At present tho
yard is the distance between two marks
upon certain bar, kept in the Tower of
London, andi itshould be DESTROYED tho
exact standard could never be replaced.
10 avoid this uncertainty, and obtain q
fixed and unvarying standard, the
French, in The last century, made Nh ac-
curate measurement Of quadrant of
the earth's circumference, and talk
ing the ten-millionth part Of this
distance, gave it tho name Of meter,
and adopted it as the standard of
length. This length, which is equal
to about 39.37 inches, is now in uni
versal 1.se on the continent Of Eu-
rope, and is authorized as q legal stand
ard In nearly all civilized countries.
Considerable discussion has arisen as to
whether the original measurement was
perfectly accurate, and it seems probable
that thore was q small error, so that. if
the standard meter now kept in Paris
should be destroyed, q remeasurement
Of the quadrant of tho earth would not
give us exactly the same meter. How
ever, the error in any case is very
minute ono, and the chances arc worry
small that tho original standard will
ever be destroyed, to say nothing Of the
TACT that the numerous copies distributed
among the various nations of the world
do not appreciably difEer from it.-Pop-
ular Science News, ,A,s.s--.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-01
Headlines.

The worthy person who evolves tho
Bulletins headlines from tho vague
yacuity Of II good intention cannot
reasonably be expected to know every
thing, but it is humbly submitted
that no ought to know something. A
dispatch from Dublin relating tho
election Of Mr.. Knox ito succeed
BiGgar in the Commons" is headed
by this unearthly man "Biggar De-
foatod." Mr., Biggar's defeat was due
to causos beyond his control; he was
not in position to- mako an active
canvass, being doad. And may these
few lines find tho Bulletins hoadliner
enjoying tho same blessing Am
broso Bierce in tho Examiner.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-01
Tie Tariff Bid.

The Republican members of the
committee Oh ways and means arc
having what is best described as. ga
monkey and parrot time" over the
ton-story tariff bill which thoy arc
crying to frame. At tho hour of 60
Eng TO press we do not know--nobody
knows--just what tho provisions of
sho bill will be. Hides and raw silk
hayo boon restored to the free list and
sherO is great contest over the sugar
duty, with a prospect that it will be
cut down only 25 per cent. instead of
40 per cent. as first proposed. The
bill may not DO reported TO the House
for two or threo weeks yet.--[National
Democrat.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-01
WHISTLMa NUrsANCEs.
An Illustration OF the Horrors az IndIs-
eliminate WhiStIlnR.

An Illustration OF the Horrors az IndIS-
CrlmInate WhiStllnE.
Down on State street yesterday after
noon a well-fed merchant stopped a re-
porter and said: 81 say, young man, do
you ever try to correct public nui-
sances2"
'Oh, yes!' said the young man with a
pleased smile.
''Well, then, why don't you say some
thing about those fools that go about
whistling perpetually? I went to bed
lato last night completely worn out, and
was walked at an unnaturally early
hour this morning by an Internal idiot
who thought he could whistle Annie
Laurie to the tune of 'Auld Lang Syne.'
l came down to breakfast and found my
little boy whistling Down Went Nc
Ginty to the Bottom Of the Sea- Where
in tho world that child ever learned that
outlandish melody is more than can
understand. I said to my wife, in my
intense wrath: Maria, if that boy ever
whistles again in my presence Pll send
him to q reform school, There was an
exchange Of words between us, and the
result was scene, a crying spell, a
spoiled breakfast and a wrathful de-
parture. l got on the car, and an i'm
pertinent imp on the back platform
greeted me with the distorted strains of
Home, Sweet Home got off the car
and walked down to the Office, and it
seemed to me that every body ON the
street was whistling.
''By the time / reached the Office
there was medley of whistles in my
brain-the shrill whistle, the rasping
whistle, the loud bass whistle, the
boys disjointed treble, and the mans
hideously smooth whistle, the fife-like
scream, and the long-drawn, hollow
sound of tho flute. Oh, it was madden
ing! took the elevator, and the boy
that carried me up was making a sibi-
liant noise through his teeth. 1 glared
at him savagely, and he turned white
and looked startled. He afterward told
my office boy that his jags is ratty this
mornin'.' Well, when I got into the office
my boy said: Good morning, Mr.. So-and-
So,' and went ON, softly whistling to
himself: Il Had Fifteen Dollars in My
Inside Pocket 'Boyp 1 cried, with
all the rage of man whom desperate
injury had driven to- madness, Boy, if
you don't stop whistling in this office
Will throw you down the elevator shaft,
and send your mangled remains home
to your mother, with my best compli-
ments.' He stopped.
at wasn't very long, however, before
a customer came in to SEQ me on bust
ness. 1 said with my most gracious
smile: If you will kindly wait a mo-
ment, Mr.. Blank, l shall be at liberty
He sat down for q moment arose in
stantly, strolled over to the window,
thrust his hands into his pockets and
whistled softly: Two Lovely Black
Eyes The office boy grinned. 1
wheeled about and said, with bit
tcrness in my heart and smile on my
lips: Mr.. Blank, I will SEQ you now.
For Gods sake, young man, call tho at
tention of tho public to the horrors of
indiscFiminate whistling. boston Her.
aid.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-01
Live And Let Live.

Those who desire fresh Groceries
and Provisions, as woIl as Glassware,
Queensware, etc., should not fail to
examine my stock and prices before
purchasing.
Apenny saved is asgood as penny
earned andxou can save money by pur.
chasing goods at home. carry a
large stock of seasonable goods and
will sell at Live and LetIdye. prices,
2ld II, CHASE.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-01

NJ. Reinhart has
just received his
Spring and Summer
samples for custom
made clothing. II
you want your
clothes made to Or
der, give him a call
and see as fine a
line Of samples as
has ever been ex-
hibited in Elko.
You can get a suit
Of clothes made to
order from SCI 90
up. Fit Guaran-
teed.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-01

William Waldorf Astor has arranged
~ e final tribute to tho late John
Jacob Astor to place massive bronze
Rrondway ontGanco to Trinity Church,
Row TojAtA to cost 100000.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-04-25
HO FOR MACS HEAD.

The swift sailing Yacht, Thos. G.
Hunt, commanded by Capt. II Covert,
of Edenton. will be fitted up il a frsr
class style TO run regularly between
Edenton and Nays Head this season
Passenger will be CHARGED for the
round trip $500. For moving fam
lilies the following rates vii De
charged: Single family, with furni-
ture &c. t15.00 two or more families
at S12 % each.
For further information apply to
{. j. PRATT, Edent0n.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-04-25

Tuesday night a quarrel between
two lovers took place on Water
street that came near resulting very
seriously. w. H. Ward, colored
saw his girl, Annie Skiles, walking
with another man, and getting very
angry caught the woman by her
throat and choked her almost TO
death. A warrant was at once is
sued for his arrest, but Ward sue
cesfully made his escape before it
could be served.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-04-25

At Learv's YOU VIII find what YOU
want IN the Drug Line.
200 Bbls flour just received from
the Western Mills on sale at W l..
Griffin < Co.'S, try them.
Tierces Golden medical Discovery
at Leary's.
Call and >ee-Just received more
OF that choice Butter :; 2Sc ID. Cash
Gail and see and Try it. II. A.
Dond.
New DYSPEPSIA and sick headache
remedies 1T Leary's.
Jus; in This day-Lot pig bans,
Pc shoulders, bacon strips, leaf lard,
box cO1Gsh, lot larze beef tongues
viii cut them and one case OF mus
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New Garden Seeds at Leary's
Drugstore.
ORANGE Blossom family flour S.
30 yer hhl Tins flour IS white
aud sweet ana b"kes well. Only SC
pei 49, a. w. / 10'->'i4
At Leary's yon can find fresh
"'' pun INV " ~ 10
he blood must De pure Tor 'nG OodN
to tie IN perfect rondIlon )r y. II.
Mclean 5 SarsafarH makes pure
blood ana mPaaffS the blooms OF neal'h
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Another lot Of BEST Y. State But.
ter lust received bv NJ. II. Dixon st
25c rcr III.