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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
THEY WERE HORNETS.
A Tale Which Shows That to Know It
 All Is Not Always to Be Wise.

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 All Is Not Always to Be Wise.
 We were waiting on the depot platform in a new town in Alabama, and as the dozen of us walked up and down some one espied a wasps' nest hanging on a bush across the track. He pointed it out as a wasps' nest, but short, solid man, who had head like cannon ball and jaw denoting great firm ness of character, at once replied:
 q beg your pardon, sir, but you have made the very common mistake of chasing the wasps with the hornets. That is a hor- nets nest"
 "And l beg your pardon, sir" protested the other, who was a planter, 'but hornets don't nest that way. They build mud houses under the caves of old buildings, and one won't sting you unless you pick him up. My niggers declare that no wasp can sting if he wants to, while, on the contrary, hor- nett
 II beg to differ with you, sir, interrupted the solid man; "that is a wasps' nest. You are right about the wasp being peaceful in sect, and I think will take that nest along for souvenir. They say they are a sure cure for quinsy."
 "Do you know hornet from a waspf' q should remarkr
 "Well, when you get through with that nest want you to tell me Wnebner It was Oc- cupied by hornets or wasps. Gentlemen, look out for yourselvesl"
 He started for the woods and we followed, and when we reached a safe distance and looked back the man with the iron jaw was just cutting off the limb which held the nest. He held it up and called to us to come and see it, but his call was followed by yell which would have done credit to Comanche war rior with double Adams apple in his throat. l The big yell was followed by series of hoots, whoops, exclamations and ejaculations, and these were accompanied by gymnastics of an intricate character. He jumped, dodged twisted and cevorted, and finally started down the track on a gallop. Seventy min utes later, and just as the train whistled, he came out of the woods, dead lame, one eye shut, his nose as big as his fist, and his head bare.
 Hornets or waspsg' queried the planter.
 Hornets, by thunder!" groaned the victim as he hurried to get his valise.-New York i Sun
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
POWELL ON IRRIGATION.
He Actresses an Interested Audience on
 the Subject of Irrigaton.

At the rooms of the Western Con- gressional association at Washington 8 gathering of western congressman and others listened to an interesting address by Major Powell, director of the geological survey, on the subject of irrigation.
 In his address Major Powell discuss ed the problems connected with the subject of irrigation along the valleys of the Platte, the Colorado, the Arkan- sas and Rio Grande valleys, and enlightened his audience with many interesting facts and figures.
 He maintained that ultimately the most prolific and fruitful lands in the United States will be those now known as the arid lands. Water will be arti- ficially applied to those lands in exact accordance with the needs of crops and not as in the case with non-irri- gated lands according to the accident of rainfall.
 Growing crops, he said, yield to the atmosphere each year 300 times their own weight in moisture, This is caused by emulation from the pores of the leaves and the more exactly the requirements of this evaporation are met the more prosperous are the crops. Insufficient or over sufficient evapora- ton results in failure, and exacteness can be secured only by careful regu- lation.
 The Major was questioned literally upon a number of the phases of the irrigation problem. In reply to one question stated that long continued tests and examinations carefully made by the most experienced scientists in all parts of the world had failed to show any increase or diminution in the average rainfall in any region whatever. There might be a slight variation one way or the other in a series of years, but hundred years of watchful and exact investigation had failed to show any departure from the long established averege.
 This statement elicited surprise from some gentlemen present, it being their opinion that an increase of rainfall ac- companies or follows the opening of settlement.
 The Majors explanation of this was that the breaking up of the soil utiliz- ed and converted such moisture as ex- isted in the surrounding atmosphere, but did not increase the supply.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08

Thos. Weedin is of the opinion that there are persons in this vicinity who might be benefited by knowing the experience of MT. J. H. Helms an engineer on the A. T. & s. F. Ky. We therefore publish it below for the bene- fit of the public. Mir. Helms says "My wife had been suffering with a very bad lung trouble for two years. Nothing did her much good until tried Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Six fifty cent bottles of that medicine cured her sound and well. She is now entirely well and as sound as I ever knew her to be-" MT. J. H. Salmon, prominent druggist at Fort Madi- son, Iowa, vouches for the truth of the above statement and says Mr. Helms told him he had tried several physicians in Chicago, with little bene- fit before sing this remedy.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08

ANOTHER gold brick swindle is re- ported from California and good and pious denizen of the golden state has contributed q snug sum to the purse of an oily-tongued scoundrel who represented himself as ex-chaplaiu of the Arizona penitentiary. It is a sad commentary upon human frailty and its greed for unearned gold that such operators usually select for their victims the wealthy pillars of the church and play upon tn cir single weakness for success. The tempting bait of buried bar of stolen bullion has caught many an individual of un suspected dishonesty, and still lies 1T wait for others that expect confessed scoundrels to practice magnanimit! towards utter strangers who have nc claim upon their gratitude.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
ON THE COLORADO.
Some of the Natural Sculptures Which
 Surprise One with Revelation.

We know 50 little of the scenic beauties of our country that every day surprises us with a new revelation The rock sculptures of the Peach Spring canyon of the Colorado river, Arizona, are marvels which very few Americans have seen.
 The length of the canyon is 325 miles, and the highest cliffs rise to T. 800 feet. Some of the principal ruins-this word seems to be the only word to apply to them-have been named from time to time, and for the most part with fitness.
 One is Solomon's Temple, another The Pyramid, another Sunset Peak, and still others The Sphinx, Vest minister Abbey and The Beehive
 Solomon's Temple is considerably over mile high, and the denudation and wearing of the rock by water has been such that it represents an enor nous pile of architecture, with sculp- ture bastlons, harmonious in it's pro- portions, with great terraces at its base, and growing smaller toward the top. On the very top, in the center, is a pyramidal peak in exact proportions. This sculptured pile is from two to four miles across the facade, and to see these things standing up and against the clear, cloudless blue of the Arizona sky, produces an indescrib- able effect.
 Sunset Peak goes up like a dome 5000 feet, and, when the sun set: clear and has entirely Disappeared be hind the mountains, it's reflected light rests on this topmost peak and trans forms 1t into a minaret of gold-a heavenly light indeed.
 Another architectural piece goes by the name of Babeps Tower. and i: 5000 feet high. and this has beautiful sculptured bnttressess. The Castle or the Rhine is the same height.
 The Pyramid is 4,200 feet above tht river; and the river is ,130 feet above the sea-
 Some of these cliffs of even terraces and strata rise almost perpendicular, to \ height of 2, 2,500 feet and as higi up as the eye can detect a variety o plants, including cactiperch thriv, A in the cEeyices. Some varieties o flowers bloom the year round in tn, canyon, so mild is the temperature even in mid-winter.
 0f course it is impossible for an,
 visitor to appreciate the magnitude O t4hi -eans,A->f f-----ss--zl- Ths chimney on the top of a perfec pyrsmid, that was sixty feet square b, ! actual Measurement, looks to be tn
 size of an ordinary chimney.
 The full beauty of Westminster Alb bey, and its likeness to it's venerable ivy namesake, is very striking only is far more wonderful structure. Just before reaching it, and on tn same side of the canyon, is the Templ of Jupiter, and it is unquestionabl
 one of if not the finest part of tn canyon. It is a mighty pile of stu , pendous harmony and sculpturine the central facade bearing multitud of sphinxes and classical images. On the opposite side is "Moses Shik ing the Rock" the outline of tn great statue at one point being yer lifelike.
 On the top of one cliff is The Pro Z phet at Prayer-a kneeling figure wit outstretched hand; and there ar many features not yet named awaitin christening from the clever and acut visitors yet to come-Golden Days.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
inst $ .tlIe tirns .hs removal ot


 Geronimo's band of Apaches from Alabama to the Indian Territory is being generally discussed q renewal of depredations by this tribe of savages is reported The coincidence is likely to give rise to an impression that the renewal of hostilities is but part ol the plan to defeat the wishes of Gen eral Crook regarding the imprisoned Indians, but the fact remains that the love of shedding human blood is the consuming passion of these uncon- querable fiends. A little more of their characteristic outrages will arouse the people of Arizona to the sense of self protection and when such time is reached, woe be to the red nends, root and branch. Our people have borne with wonderful patience the re- curing raids of the Apaches and have restrained every semblance of active hostility in order that the government might give its imbecile policy a fair and impartial trial. But there is a point beyond which human forbear- ance must cease. Our homes and our families are moro dear to us than life itself, and when they are permit ted by our government to remain in constant danger of extermination in a manner SO horrible as that practiced by these Indians, the people are justi- fled in taking into their own hands the heroic remedy and in leaving but memory of the cause of their sor- rows and suferings. The handful of red-handed murderers now in custody constitute bone of contention as 10 hag they shall be rewarded for their c|'nes. With such an example of Fcfninal magnanimity before us, what hope have we of future peace and se- QeafityS The temporizing policy of the government exites the most utter contempt of our people who realize the full extent of the savage character of these Indians. and but one prac- tical solution seems open 10 them which, if they are goaded onto the ex- treme limit, will create shudder of horror amongst the eastern senti- mentalists, but it will bring eternal peace and perennial prosperity to this fairest land nature has created.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
K. c. & G. W. BROWN.

TIE taxpayers of Arizona have be- come very much out of patience with the management of affairs that con sumes all their contributions to the machinery of government, and want voice in the selection of their servants from the chief executive down. When the recently ignored law, calling for constitutional convention, was before the legislature, and territorial matters were upon satisfactory basis, the peo- pie believed that the time had not yet arrived when statehood could be safe ly and economically assumed. But the depth to which the public inter ests have since been plunged through the methods of an eccentric and men tally unbalanced demagogue, have presented an unexpected danger with which our present system of govern ment threatens us. The shipwrecked sailor hopes for "any port in storm" " and SO it is with those who bear the burdens of taxation-they are ready to accept any alternative so long as it is achange from their present deplorable condition. The national congress may be made to believe that the interests of the people of Arizona will be great ly subserved by legalizing their laws that have not been declared illegal but which is used simply as 8 cover for future iniquity, but theiI arbitrary action will not and car not make wrong right. It can le gnlizo beyond judicial judgment the most repugnant and obnoxious wishes of despotic and thoroughly incom potent executive, but it's action will not stand the test of justice and right Legislation cannot make right out o wrong, snl the external principles o truth will never change even thougf temporarily crushed by the arbitrsr. exercise of power. The time vii come when all our wrongs will b' lighted, and it is within the ability O the people themselves to control ant remedy. Let every voter exercise hi constitutional privilege solely in thu interests of reform, regardless of pal tisan exaclion, and cast his ballot onl for men of probity, wisdom and abil ity. so far as the legislative ticket i concerned, and demand of them ex plicit pledges of economy in public eS penditures, relief from oppressive law and the preparation of the way to tn complete independence of statehood Let these principles be made the fun damental qualifications for your SUI frages and then hold your officials t strict accountability for their steward ship. Desperate measures require dei perate remedies and the exigencies ( the present situation demand the saC rifce of all other considerations fo ,.sthe public good. Upon this pletforn no party lines are necessary an tle one object 6i shaking off the yok .-' .sss-anS i,spAt De kept constantl
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08

OUR Phenix correspondent, whose views upon public matters will be found upon the first page, gives sound reasons for the position he takes. In fact all thinking people of Arizona be- lieye the time to be ripe for a quiet revolution at the ballot box.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08

OUR Globe correspondent has Ari- zona's executive official by the ear and gives him a merry waltz to the tune of common sense. Our pile is on our Globe feilow.sufferer upon gen eral principles and his arguments are as full of logic as an egg is full oI Fnpct
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08

ALL the orange trees growing in this valley have passed the winter without the least injury from the cold weather. Even the recent heavy frost did no damage to any fruits. The past winter has been one of un- usual cold weather and the fact that the young and tender orange trees withstood iL without the least pro- lection gives assurance that the citrus fruits we'll thrive remarkably well here.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
NIES. c. D. STUART.

Mrs. (. D. Stuart, of 500 Hayes St, writes, af have for years lad spells of indigestion aud dIs- pePsia, and tried nearly everything. Finally I took q well known Sa-sapGris,a It caused pim- Iles to break out OH my face without helping me Hearing that Joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla did not contain mineral, and might net differently, Isent fur it. Tie pimples disappeared immedi- ateiy, and l hal no more returns of the old spells" Although the above was written year ago. Mrs. Stuart attcsts the permancncy of its effects. Sa.s she takes all occasional dose to suppress a symptom of return and that she has nerfect cnmrnnnd over her nil trnshlc
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
Stage to Benson.

R. T. Bolen carries the mail twice a week from Riverside to Benson, and for the accomm odation of travellers runs a two-horse blackboard, leaving each place on Mondays and Thurs days and arrives at each place Tues day and Friday evenings. This route runs up the Glla and San Pedro rivers via Dudleyville, Mammoth mine, Red ington and Tres Alamos. Fare reas- enable.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
Accounted For.

Patient-Doctor, am troubled with deaf ness. How do you account for itG Doctor-Which ear? Patient-Right.
 Doctor-Do you shave at barber's? Patient-Yes
 Doctor-That settles itI-Boston Herald.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
Threatening Water.

Ihreaben1ng W Nater.
 During the early part of the past week both the Colorado and Gila riv- CTS began rising very fast. By We'd nesday the railroad track four miles east of here was covered with water and the surrounding country was flooded. Fears were entertained that the town would be inundated, but the levee kept the water from reaching town and no damage of much conse- quence was done in the immediate vicinity. Several miles from Yuma in the Gila bottom, number of ranches were washed away but no lives were lost. Both rivers are still high, but the water is now falling fast and all danger for the present is over. Yuma Sentinel.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08

The Mohave County Supervisors have compromised the A. & P. R. R. taxes for 1887, '88 and '89, on a basis of a $4 900 valuation per mile, with 5 per cent. penalty added. Judge W. c. Hazeldine conducted the negotiations for his railroad and said similar as- sessment would be satisfactory for several years The Judge has always offered to pay on reasonable yalua- tion.-Phenix Herald.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
Tact in Cnnvarsatinn

Novice (his first balD-What shall talk to my partner about
 Veteran-Her beauty
 Novice-But suppose she has nonei Veteran-Then about the ugliness of the other girls.-Boston Budget.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08

THE Phenix Herald announces that in compromising their differences at Washington. the Arizona pilgrims have "cone 10 their senses" This is gratifying intelligence, but some of them certainly developed astonishing sprinting abilities in getting there.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
Honesty.

hOHcStys
 A story is told of a young man who was re- gently married to the daughter of wealthy merchant. The groom didn't have cent, but he was honest. He was so honest that he wouldn't even prevaricate in the marriage ceremony. He was repeating what the min ister read:
 .'With all my worldly goods thee endow, ' read the minister.
 "With all thy worldly goods me endow, ? repeated the groom.
 Wasn't that honestAChicago Tribune.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
Where Men Are Scarce.

Mother-Well. Gertrude, how do you like Vassar?
 Gertrude - It reminds me of a certain island off Martha's Vineyard.
 Mother-What island is thatl
 Gertrude-No Mans Land.-Boston Her ald
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08

TIE financial report of Pima county tl. |11 SeRr ended December 3lst, I|'| .r De grand total expense to |.1 16 .271.5l. Of this amount the cclitt Mouse, jail, court and sherifrs office Accounts consumed $37 ,553.92.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
Notice For Publication.
U.S.LAND OFFICE.

U. :. LAND OFFlCE.
 TUCSON, ARIZONA, Feb. 2S, 1Sa0.i NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE- IN odore J. Wrampelmeer, of San Diego. County of San Diego, has filed notice of intenT tion to maAe proof on his d,sert land eiaii1 No. 1923, for Sec 6, Tp. $, S. R. east, before the Clerk of the District Court, at Florence, Pinal county, A. T., on Monday, the 14th day of April, 1890.
 He names the following witnesses to prove the complete irrigation and reclamation of said land: W. Nelson Crandall, of Florence, Arizona, Charles NJ. Marshall, of Casa Grande, Arizona. Chris. Wallrich and Wm. R. Stone, of Florence, Arizona. HERBERT BROWN Register.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
WELNSTOCK, LUBIN & GO.
Bent Mining Co.

Messrs. A. B. Sampson and Chas. Bent are in from the Cababi district. From them the Star learns that they are now running 10 stamps and two concentrators to each machine. They are now running only in the day time on account of some of their men being down with the grippe. As soon as they return they will put five stamps more to work, and another concentrator, and will run day and night, which they expect will yield them at least ton of concentrates per day, the average richness of which will be from $50 to $25O per ton. The quantity of ore is simply inexhaust- ible. It costs about $1O per ton for hauling the concentrates to the rail way. There are 20 men working i'll the mill and the mines and about 30 on contract work of various kinds for the company. The road from the mill to the mines has been completed. The distance is but one mile, so that the cost of hauling ore is but small item of cost. It is the intention of the company to make from three to four car loads of concentrates per month. It is not difficult to foretell 1 the success and future which is in store for them.-Star.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
Looking for News,

F-Find anything in the paperi
 G-No; was just glancing over it to see if anybody l knew had been born-From the German, in Texas Siftings
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
Usually the Case.

Miss Edith-There is that Mir. Simsonby, l don't know just what to make of him.
 Edith's Father-Oh, you'll make husband of him, reckon.-Detroit Free Press
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
Pigs for Sale.

Three hundred fine Berkshire pigs, few Dutch and other breeds, for sale at reasonable prices, by James Brash Round Valley.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP, for children teething is the prescription of one of the best female nurses and physicians in the United States, and has been used for for ty years with never failing success by mil lions of mothers for their children. During the process of teething its value is incalcu- liable. It relieves the child from pain, cures dysentery, and diarrhoea, gripping in the bow els, and wind d-colic. By giving health to the tle
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
Phenix, Arizona,

Certain Arizona papers are still publishing exploded accounts of di- saster to the Colorado river survey ing party. February 10th Chief En- gineer R. B. Stanton telegraphed to Mrs. Stanton at Denver that the entire party was we'll and prospering finely. The dispatch was sent from Powelrs Plateau, in the Grand Canyon, by way of Kanab, Utah. In a few days we may expect to hear of the intrepid railway pioneers emerging from their abysmal prison of six weeks and re- porting at Peach Springs, where pub lie reception awaits them - Phenix Herald
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
Proof of the Blade.

Customer-Don't you call that dull razori Barber-It can't be berry dull sah I cut frew mans coat, vest and shirt with it last night.-Boston Herald.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
J. s. MANSFIELD, PIONEER NEWS DEALER OF ARIz.,
 Tucson, Arizona.

A splendid lot of footwear has just been opened at Wildman & Co.'S. Call and see the new goods.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
Pianos and Organs

Mason & Hamlin's organs and pianos, their wonderful new invention in pianos, with their patent screw stringer, with metallic frame, the most durable and finest toned piano made and which retains it's concert pitch, seldom getting out of tune, and other instruments. See "adv" in another column. A. REDEUILL
 Box 364, Phenix, Arizona.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08
Desert Land Final Proof.
U. S. LAND OFFICE. TUCSON, ARIZONA, Feb. 2S 1890

U D, P. |
 TUCSON, ARIZONA, Feb. 2S 1890. NOTICEIS HEREBY GIVEN THAT LENOKA IN c. Wrampelmeier, of Louisville, Jefferson Co. State of Kentucky, has filed notice of inten- tion to make proof on her desert land claim No 975, for Section l, Tp. G. s. R. east; unsuryeyed, before the Clerk of the District Court at Florence, Pinal County, Arizona, on Monday, the 14th day of April, 1890.
 She names the following witnesses to prove the complete irrigation and reclamation of said land: w. Nelson Crandall, of Florence, Arizona, Chris Wallrich and William R. Stone of Flor ence Arizona HERBERT BROWN, Register
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-08

THE Utah legislature has killed the bill providing for the adoption of the Australian ballot system in that Ter. ritory. Utah does not take kindly to reforms.