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Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-04

There are several cotton plants growing in the front yard of a neigh bor's house in this city, which indicate that the soil and climate of this valley are we'll adapted to the growth of that textile. The balls are large and well developed, and the staple fine and long. Some one ought to try the ex- pertinent of growing that plant in this valley.-Florence Alta.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-04

A stranger from Coclise county, named smith, arrived here recently. He sold his team Christmas for $Il0 and began drinking Yesterday he was seized with cramps and died last night Dr. ROsson attended Justice Richards held an inquest to-day Pnenix Herald.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-04
Jos. L. Redondo returned

Jos. L. Redondo returned from Ehrenberg yesterday, and reports meeting with heavy rains all along the road until within few miles O. Yuma He says that Tom Goodman is taking out very rich gold ore from his Ravenna mine and that all the placer mirers are doing well.-Yuma Sentinel.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-04

Work has been going on at the Florence Canal Company's reservoir for three weeks, and forty teams more from Mesa City and Phenix will be put on by the first day of January The reservoir when completed will cover some 1900 acres and will have an average depth of 20 feet, and the embankments will be 400 feet at the base and 100 feet on the top.-Flor- ence Alta.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-04

From New South Wales comes a report that a mineral which has been discovered near Dubbo contains all the properties of the very finest sienna and that it is in every way suitable for painting, staining, dyeing and ink.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-04
LETTER LIST.

The following letters remain un- called for in the postotfice at Tomb stone, Arizona, for the week ending January f. 1890:
 Bradley, T A Gabel, N Carroll, S Kunz, A Chields, Wm Mills, D V Tiger. Max Smith. w
 Any. person calling for any of the abOvesiletteGs will please say radver- tised'" aafd g1ve the date.
 Q: s CLARK. Postmaster.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-04
: f." rH'F..-
4 Sign of Old Age.

"Yes," said the fruit man ar the corner. regretfully, ''rm gittin' old l can't see as val as used to. When l sell pound of Gpapes to man that's in a 'urry sometimes gifts ill ripe bunch by mistake" And the poor old man sighed disnally. -ChicA 20 Tri- bune
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-04
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Prof. Loisette's Memory System is creating greater interest than ever in all parts of; the+eountry' aud persons wishing to s.lnpross their memory should send for his prospectus free as advertised in another column.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-04
Answers to Correspondents.

INQUIRER l. The Montana Lottery was first authorized by the Legislature August, 1887, and has been doing busi- ness ever since. 2. The CAPITAL PRIZES ARE $15,O00, SlO,O0G, AND 5000 each, to be drawn January Is, 1890, and monthly thereafter. 8. You should be able to get Montana State Lottery Tickets ($l.00 each) from any lottery dealer Ask for them, or ad- dress the company's manager, J. J. Jacobs, Butte, Montana.
 WILL WINNIE. 1. The Montana State Lottery always draws in public, and committee is selected from the audience to supervise. the Tclfawings. }. No, lottery could not be drawn in public and be conducted unfairly or impartially 3. There is no question about is fairness. 4. The Lottery has been running for nearly three years, and has paid ALL ITS PRIZES IN FULL, so 1t is as worthy of confidence and as famed for integrity as any other lottery ,. The Capital Prize is $I5,000, the smallest $750; send money to J. J. Jacobs, Butte, Mon tana.
 MT. W. H Baldridge, druggist, Els condido, California, says: "Chamber- Iain's Cough Remedy is the best sell ing medicine I handle. In fact 1 sell more Of it than all other cough me- dicines combined. Everyone who has used it speaks in glowing terms of its efficiency" For sale by II. J. Peto.
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-04

Harris, the tailor, has received a large stock of fall and winter goods of the latest patterns. tf
Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-04
I OtiCe of Dissolution. of Partnership.

The firm of Ritter & Hook, doing business in Tombstone is hereby dissolved. A. i Ritter retiring.
 All bills. fue by sari- firm will be r,aid by Peter F. Hook, and all parties owing said .rm will P. ease call and settle
 PETER F. HOOK,
 e%. A.. RITTER. r, Tombstone, A F, Dseehaaser t9. 'Isso;
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-29
JOHN CUMMINGS,
Aged 46,
Died Oct. 10. 1912.
oatswain of the ship yulture.

So great was the feeling against
Great Britain that the people of Clinton
held an indignation meeting and vowed
that the corpse of Johnnie Bulls sailor
could not be buried on their la nds
A few nights later there was husk-
ing bee at a farmers named Norman,
who lived near Hammock Point. lie had
several children, and among them two
daughters, Florence and Grace, who
were at that time the bellies OF the viii
lage. The burial of the English sailor
was discussed, and so spirited did the
conversation become that the young
people dared each other to go to the
point and dig up the remains of the
sailor.
Finally Florence Merriam decided to
60, and when her sister Grace saw her
determination, she, too, volunteered to
accompany her. Together the girls
started off, one carrying an old-fash-
toned lantern and the other spade.
They went to Hammock point, dug up
the body of the sailor, and laid it out on
the ground near the grave. TO prove
to their friends that they had actually
done as they said they had, Grace took
the silver whistle which was hung
around the neck of the corpse by leath.
er cord.
Returning home the girls were met
by party of townspeople who had be-
come alarmed at their absence. They
showed the boatswain's whistle to prove
their statement. The day following
some people reburied the sailor, and
placed an immense heap of stones on
his grave so that it could not be again
molested.
These stones still remain over the
spot where John Cummings is buried,
and his grave is often visited by people
who summer at Clinton.
Mrs. Sturgess, who possesses the
whistle, is a niece of Florence and Grace
Merriman. Both of the girls married
and removed from Clinton in after wears,
but the story of their escapade will live
as long as the silver boatswain whistle
! is handed down from one generation to
another.-Bos ton Globe.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-29
Man-power Boats in China.

A few years ago Cantonese ordered
from firm of American engineers at
Shanghai two imitation steamboats, in
the form of stern-wheel flats worked by
man power. The boats ran up and down
the Soochow creek, but the jealousy OF
the junkmen was aroused and the local
authorities were induced to veto this
form of water traffic. Lately, however,
syndicate has got on the right side OF
the authorities and, in addition to buy.
ing up and running the stern-wheelers,
has had built for them a screw fat, to
be worked by ten to sixteen men. This
fat, which has recently been launched,
is built of steel, is sixty feet long. with
beam of ten feet, and has guards four
teen inches long. 1t is to make the
journey between the two cities in six
hours. against twelve hours occupied
by the stern-wheelers. which in their
turn beat the junks by some few hours.
st James Gazette.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-29
ronauin Dogs as sentinels.

Dogs as auxiliaries of the sentinel
are coming to the fore, says our Paris
correspondent. 1t appears that a kind
has been discovered in Tonquin which
has been converted into yigilant and
ferocious sentinel. 1t is tall and power,
fully built. The way it is trained may
be expected to elicit the protests of thai
Animals Guardian, of which We an
nounced the other day the forthcom
ing issue. When these dogs are
wanted for military service they are
tied up and natives are engaged
to beat and otherwise ill-use them. The
French soldier'sduty, on theother hand,
is to feed and pet them. If, then, at
night they are fastened to sentrybox
they naturally give the alarm directly
an Annamite or Tonquinois approaches.
They can distinguish the native from
the European by the scent, though
either should lie concealed. About this
method of training there seems to be a
good deal OF unnecessary and cruel in
genuity Our English dog-fanciers
would probably be willing to undertake
the training of sentinel dogs on terms
much easier for the dogs themselves
London Lancet.
AT Eureka, CAL, miner has pc,
sheep shat follows him all through thu
MiAA
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-29
POINTS FOR CLERKS.
knowledge Which One Is the Wiser AMI
Better for Not Possessing.

knowledge Which One Is the Wiser and
Better for Not Possessing.
A gentleman, standing beside calm,
self-posessed old captain on the deck of
the vessel, remarked:
II suppose, captain, you know where
every rock and shoal is along this whole
coast, do you not?"
II know where they are not !" was the
decided reply, and thore was wherein
lay tho safety of those who intrusted
their lives and property into his hands.
There is q great deal of knowledge
which one is the wiser and better for
not possessing. If you learn exactly
where there are no rocks or bars, you
may sail safely and prosperously. A
good old merchant prince once met a
man who approached him in very con-
fidential way on new scheme by
which he could make great sum with
a small outlay. He was never averse
to making money in right way, so he
patiently heard him PROFOUND theory
for making an imita ton of vinegar
which cost but trif1e, but could be sold
as the real cider vinegar. The old mer.
chant came down upon him like a
thunderbolt when he understood fully
the scheme, and hurried him from his
presence with such words of singing
rebuke and warning that his ears must
have rang for day. He did not know
how soon an officer might be in his
wake. The grandsons of that merchant
carry on his great business to-day with
honor and prosperity. = American
Grocer
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-29
STORY OF A WHISTLE,
once the Property of Kriton Wht
Fought in the War of 1912.

once the Property of Rrit0n Who
Fought in the War of 1872
Mrs Maria Sturgess, of Clinton,
Conn, has in her possession a curious.
ly-wrought boatswain's whistle with a
history.
According to Mrs. Sturgess' oft-repeat.
ed story, the whistle belonged to sail
or named John Cummings, who was
boatswain on the English man-of-war
Vulture during the war of 1912. The
Vulture was stationed in Long Island
Sound, and patroled the coast from New
Haven to Stonington.
One morning the VuIture was sighted
OIL Clinton and seen to come to anchor
Soon boat put out from her and was
rowed to Hammock Point, place now
built up with handsome summer cot
tages. AS the boat neared the shore it
was discovered by some of the anxious
watchers that it contained corpse.
A landing was made, the corpse was
buried, and, on the little wooden slab
set up at the he'd of the grave, ap.
peared this inscription:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-29
A Pathetic Low. Story.

An English paper records pathetic
romance which ended happily at the
Old Bailey in London short time ago.
William Stork, respectable laborer,
was indicted for trying to murder his
sweetheart. He and she had loved each
other for seven years. Poverty, how
ever, had kept them from marrying.
Out of his earnings Of IS week Storlz
had kept the girl, her aged and infirm
father and brother, and his own mother
from the work-house. She, fearful of
being further burden, left to stay with
brother. The lovers, however, met
one day, and the man pressed the woman
to marry. She, still dreading their pov.
erty, refused, whereupon Stork, wild
with despair, tried to cut her throat and
his own. The Judge and the jury both
agreed in sentencing him to mere
formal punishment, and the dew oted
couple met the reward of their long
self-denial by getting gift of $50 from
the sheriff's fund to enable them to
marry and set up house together.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-29
THEY'LL NEVER KNOW.
How tho Dakota Admission Business Was
Mixed Up Intentionally.

How tho Dakota Admission Business Was
Mixed Up Intentionally.
The administration has a real mys-
terry, and the best of the joke is, tn at it
will remain mystery until time shall
be no more. North Dakota will seek in
vain for the testimony which shall in
dictate that it was admitted to the
Union few gratifying seconds in ad-
vance of South Dakota, and South Da-
kota can hunt until the crack of doom
for evidence that would give it SIM
liar desirable seniority. The question
of priority must forever remain I'M
answered, simply because no one can
answer it.
When the President received from
the State Department the two procla-
nations, wanting only his signature,
the question Ct priority at once came
up, and it was found to be difficult to
decide.
1t was grave situation for the Pres
ident, and he evidently realized it, but
he steered his way out without difficulty.
The documents unlocked at, we're laid
downward on the desk on a sheet OF
paper, and then they we're shuffled until
the most expert trickster of cards could
not have told which was which.
When this state of the game had been
reached the proclamations were turned
face upward, but protected from the gaze
of every one by the sheet of paper on
which they had been laid. The sheet
was slipped aside until the bank spaces
for the presidential signature were ex-
posed. The autograph was appended,
tho ink allowed to dry, the proclama-
tions turned over once more, and again
vigorously shuffled The two Dakotas
were admitted to the Union of States,
and, although one of them was ahead
of the other just the length of time it
took the President to write his name,
history will never be able to record the
name of the first one 1t is a profound
mystery, and always will be. Washing.
ton Star
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-29
Too Bad She Is a Princess.

Princess Victoria of Prussia, who was
supposed to have lost her heart to the
plebeian Prince Alexander of Batten.
burg, in whose romance Bismarck
played the part of cruel father, is now
betrothed to Prince Adolph of Schaum-
burg-Lippe. This is not considered q
brilliant match for the young lady, who
is the most agreeable member of her
somewhat supercilious family, but no
better alliance offers. Princess Victoria
has merry blue eyes and, fair hair, with
the superb health that indefatigable
walks, rides; games of tennis, and driv.
ing four-in-hand teams insure. More
over, she inherits the gift of music from
her English as well as her German pro-
genitors, plays the piano and banjo
we'll, sings delightfully."-, is full OF fun,
and is chief favorite in the formal
Court of St James. -Harper's Bazaar.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-29

and all my weight. She didn't move a
hair And the way we were kiting!
Probably we were flying over fifty miles
an hour. yelled at the fireman:
"'Give us hand, Georgen
"He knew it all in second, and tum-
bled in from the tender to put both his
hands beside mine.
"'Nowr shouted.
eve threw our weight against it. But
| that old beast just shook herself and
jumped and jumped, as mnch as to say:
You can't shut off my windp
"'Peten cried the fireman, there's
the WEXFORD on the switch! We've
only two miles more to liven
"Then we struggled like two mad
bulls. We pulled Then we showed.
We planted our feet and pulled and
showed. We had no air-brakes in them
| days. But if we had, VOW b'lieve to
have put 'em on would have knocked
out the cylinder-heads or broke driv-
ing-rod, and sent us all to eternity.
| GAIL this while, there sat my pretty
boy, as calm, as laughing, because he
thought this was all play. But l knew
we'd all got to die, and / caught up the
boy. held him, kissing him. 1t all
took but a moment. There, less'n a
| mile ahead, stood the rear of the New
York on our track at the station.
could see her red light. You better
b'lieve forgot all about the big men
behind. was thinking. should / throw
out my boy into the darkness?
Papa said Burnside, what makes
you look SOP
"'Because, boy, we can't stop the en-
CINE. We're all going to be killed in a
minute, unless toss you out there
"'No, papa, said he, reaching out his
pretty hand. Let me try it,
well, l did. I don't know why.
was holding him, you understand. And,
sir, the moment that child's hand struck
that Unbelievable, she slut off as easy as
d1'aaoing your BREATH"
The engineer said he actually top
pied over on his seat as if he had seen a
| miracle. The train slowed up in an
| swer to the brake whistle, and stopped
| just in front of the station. The matter
| may or may not have had any miracu-
| lous element. The good mother urged
the boys going The behavior of the
metal, one moment binding by heat or
other expansion, the next moment re-
leasing itself helped by the tremendous
steam pressure in the dome, is one of
the many wellknown curiosities OF
metal action.
"Would you really have thrown that
boy from the cab if she had not
stopped?" asked.
Certainly. 1t would have been the
| only chance of saving his life. should
| have chosen bunch of green, growing
brush, and landed him safely up against
the bending branches. Then l should
have jumped myself. We always jump
when we can do no more good here.
| My fireman has three times saved his
life so. l have once, of which Fll tell
you some day. Goodbye. Here's my
machine, just out of the yard. Rev
Emory j. Haynes, in N, Y. Ledger.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-29
RAILROAD PEcULIARlTIES.
In the East II Meal Costs u Dollar, in the
West Seventy-Five Cents.


''Why is it that man has to pay 81
for meal on any railroad train east of
Chicago, and but rs cents west?' said
John Graccen, member of the United
States Geological Survey, now in the
city, whose business has taken him
through nearly every State and Terri
tory in the Union,
sit is fact, dollar buys meal on
any railroad east of Chicago or st. Louis.
A similar meal on any line running west
OF those cities may be had for quarter
less, though some would naturally think
that the prices would be reversed"
"How about the service?'
There isn't much difference in din
ing-car service East and West. Your
waiter on the far Western road gets big
ger tips than in the East but your
Westerner has free and easy way OF
REFRESHING any tendency to freshness or
impertinence on the part of porters or
walters that keeps those autocrats very
courteous and attentive to business In
some sections of the West the colored
gentleman who attempted any imper-
Thence with the traveller might be
quietly dropped out of the car window,
and the ambulance car notified and nc
questions asked.
''You don't find so many Bibles on the
trains as you used to-" he continued.
''Ten or twelve years ago they could be
found on almost every road. Train
men tell me that the passengers steal
them. 1t is impossible to keep
them in their racks A facetious
brakeman on the Baltimore & Ohio,
over which l rode not long ago, ex-
planned it to me this way: You see,
Captain, it's them drummers. They
set down in seat, an if there amt any
good-looking woman on the car they
soon get tired O. ridin'. Then they no
tice this Bible up there in the rack. an
take it down and commence readin' it.
It's brand-new thing to nine out of ten
of 'em. When they get through, they
slide it into their gripsack.'
However that may be, the Old Colony
railroad, which runs through the land
of the Puritans, is about the only one
which takes the opposite tack, and set!
up stationary card tables in all smoking
cars. This fills a long-felt want with
travellers. IN. Y. Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-10-29

" never had but one son. All my
so,s we're girls. But when little Burn
,;ie vas born, | tell you we were happy.
yst / never supposed that chap would
ava nv own life and lots of other peo-
IDA That's just what he did, how
s,e, You know, / always run the ex-
mss We got big engine, some
t.,,, ago, on the road. She weighs
mare than any machine we ever used
Saro,e. Ineyer liked her, when | saw
lfin tho shop, that giantess, No. 643.
Sba never had any name. And that ma
,binc never liked me. All because of
his The engineer took his pipe from
ID mouth to look me squarely in the
ne q was in the shop one afternoon
iost to look her over. That's when
iibey we're painting her up. The paint
ss and yarnishers were crawling all
o,qr her. Ofcourse she wasn't fired up.
laothar engineer and | just were walk
Irg round her huge body. | said:
JAKE that critter will heat the first
tin and hot box on her will mean
lots Of work. l hope l may never be
asked to run her. Well, sir, believe it
. Or not | know she heard it and was
mad. When / climbed into her cab,
utto look at her there, | naturally
enough took hold of her reverse-lever.
She threw that lever over, sir, quicker'n
Lightning, and caught my leg just under
The knee, taking out a bite as big as a
galnut. My! How she panied me!
Twas weeks before my stiff leg was all
light"
Then he resumed his pipe while that
soaked into me.
Nov, you newspaper men don't take
any stock in such things, know. But no
airOad man would say | was a fool if |
thought hard OF the machine. And all
railroad men have seen engines act just
afthey had spirits in them. There
amt an engine on our road, or any 9th
e., which will work as well for one man
IS she will for another. Every engine
AGher favOrites for whom she will do
my thing, and her enemies, for whom
'as acts like she Demon"
Aiact by the way, which the writer
iSsince verified on considerable inqui-
Eanong locomotive engineers.
We'll, sir, if you believe me, that No.
@hadn't boon out O. shop a week be-
lGe the master mechanic sent for me
one night to take her. | remember
~eating supper, 1t was my two days
aIOH Little Burnside was sitting in
aschalr beside me. He was just eight
Ns old the Thursday before. 1t was
sRfy not August night. l was asked
apat the big engine through for a
Rsla. There was party of big fell
9's from Washington who were return
asitom the White Mountains. l was
sall'e EN- down to Wexford junction
hSewport
uOd help me, Susier I said to my
.s pushing back my chair. 4 1on't
4's why, but I'd rather be killed by a
sU. Saot here at home than to go
A. You foolish fellow, she replied.
/ What ails youq
laon't know said. But that ma
s ,a'p' aa'n't beer run a dozen times. Be-
asSS she hatesme. This is to be show
,, run, like lightning, and l know
@ll kill US all ''"
! :. aywife she just rose up then. Be-
| rSasOod Christian church member as
@ @an she exploded on me.
a. i rsIe' I'm ashamed of you! You're
| :, ~ OesI runner on the road, and this is
aOaor. D. you want to get dis.
si 1's e and lose our daily breadq God
:" 'aAe care o my husband. Here,