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Arizona silver belt., 1891-02-14

Through the treachery of four West ern Congressmen-Mo Morrow, Nandever and McKenua of California, and Will son, of Washington, free coinage of sil- Yer was defeated on the 9th, for the present session at least These four men who are supposed to represent and carry out the wishes of their constitu- ents, betrayed their trust and voted with the gold men to down silver. The vote occurred on Blsnd's amend ment to the Sundry Civil Approprie. ton Bill, which was ruled ou; of order by the chair and upon exception beino taken to the ruling, the House sus- tained the chair by vote of l34 to 127.
 The votes of these four member'l from the Pacific Coast would have giy|, en the silver men majority of one. and left the responsibility entirely witt the President, Their excuse is that iit would certainly have received his vetqs thus defeating the appropriation bill, Ia matter of too great importance to risl :.
 The determined hostility of Speake r Reed to silver legislation, and the rt,- fusal of the House Committee on Coil ii- age to act, justifes the action of tli c free coinage advocates, it being the only course remaining to them.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-02-14
Not ,ce for Publication.
LAND )FFIoE AT PEEsccrr, Arizon;

LAND )FFIoE AT PRESCOTT, Arizona
 January %, lS9l
 Notice is h, areby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to uake final proof in support of his claim, and tbat said proof will be made before the Clerk of the District Court of Gla County, at Globe, Ali lona, on March l6, 1891, viz: Joseph & Gil Ison declaratory statement No. 2OG6 for the nth of southwest 1 the south- west of sont heast l of section & and the northeast l f northwest of section F, township ], N K. Il E.
 He names tl re following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, IF;
 David Sandc .rs, of Rye, Arizona; w. H. Gibson. of Pay son. Arizona; E. H. Marbin, of Tonto Arz4 pna, and w. F. Cline, of Ar mer, Arizona
 J. c. MARTIN. Register
Arizona silver belt., 1891-02-14

1" To take or not to taSe ii. Is the question:
 Whether it is better to end this earthly career
 spirsier-braEing the smiles of those who won i
 insist That lack of lovers cauVed my lonely Btste-
 Or take the remedies my sisters take,
 And see my eyes grow bright ss tho bathed In the immortal fount De l.eon sought
 tn yetn in Fnfida's peaceful shars
 nft have heard my married sisters say
 That coo.i old Ibr. Plerccas FRyorite Prescription Would bring back color tO a faded cheek
 Restore the hcs!ih nf one who fsiu wOnld die
 To rid herself of all the pain she feesn
 The afpressd spinster took the rencdy-- and forthwith took a huHband alzo, having regRiued EeV health auc blooming beauty
 Thousands or women owe their fresh. bloonl- inS counituaqccs tO the restorative effects If pr. Picrce's Favuritc Prescription. Ii i9 a positive cure for tho most complicated and obstinate cases of lcucuTrhea, excessive AOV1- ing, paintul nenstruatipn, unnatural suppress sions, prnlapsus, or falling of the womb, weak back, female weakness, antevcr5ion, rctrt,- version, bearing g-dOWn sensations. chrOAic cor gcstiou, inflammation and alteration of the womb.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-02-14
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Arizona silver belt., 1891-02-14

In s... Council, on tne 10th inst, Council bill No. 20, to reimburse Giln county for overpaid Territorial taxes, was reported from Committee on Ter ritorial Affairs, read third time and passed without opposition. Council bill No. 37, defining the qualifications of persois to practice law in courts of record, was read third time and passed without opposition. It provides that all applicants must be first examined before the Supreme Court. House bill No. 22, abolishing the district courts and establishing circuit courts in heu thereof, and defining their jurisdiction, with its accompanying report by the Committee on Judiciary, was laid on the table for future consideration House bill No. 21, bill of the same nature as No. 22, was on motion of Mir. Fisher indefinitely postponed
Arizona silver belt., 1891-02-14

In the first damage suit against tile Walnut Grove Storage Company, the jury was discharged after being oFIt forty hours. They stood 9 for plain tiff and for defendant.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-02-14

script of Justice Globe Precinct, [.
 ys. John Bauer It to kill.
 der oath of Ckas, issued Jan. 22d, ruted the same 'dolph Deman
 DD1 Jgo1
Arizona silver belt., 1891-02-14

The first rabbit drive in Arizona took place near Tempe last Saturday. Tlpe News fails sa-at4te the result The second drive takes place to-day on tlhe Gray ranch
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-12-18
A Queer Te1egraphic Mistake.

The sending of a telegram is, apparently.
a very simple matter, but occasionally an
evil spirit gets into the wires, and perverts
the original message into a shape which
causes wrath to the sender and much
mirth to the locker OH. A case in point
occurred a few days ago. The telegraph
operator of an engineering and construc-L
ton party, at work near Hartford, tele-
graphed to a friend of his in that town to
send him a couple of lamp shades and be-
ing on intimate terms with the family, ad-
ded his best regards to "Mollie," the
friends wife. In the cipher used on the
line, 'smy best regards" is indicated by the
words ''seventythree." The message when
sent read, "Send me two lamp shades by
evening train, and seventy-three to Mollie. I"
When the dispatch was received it read,
''Send me two lamp shades by evening
train, and seventy-three tomales."
The receiver read and reread the mes
sage, almost doubling the evidence of his
own eyes, but seventy three tomales" was
there plain enough, and the thing was to
get the requisite number. The resources
of Hanford in the tomato line were taxed
to their utmost, and that evening the
brakeman carried two large boxes to the
telegraph car, dropped them on the floor,
and handed the astonished operator note.
'Dear X-What do you want with sew
enty three tomales? send you forty five,
all could get Have had two women
making them all day. Will send the rest
tomorrow. Bill is seven dollars" The
air was blue about the car for awhile, but
the trainmen had tomato supper. Now
the operator has his message repeated if he
thinks there's the slightest chance of their
being misconstrued.-San francisco News
Letter
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-12-18
Sacred to the memory OF
NV EATHER
Born -. Died -.
This tombstone, in default of a NOR
enduring ore. is erected.

The people of Pine Holloy had some
thing to laugh over at last. 1t was thought
FOR awhile that some one had induced Jas.
per to play this role to rebuke the avari-
cfous community or to move it to pity
But the idea was disproYed by the fact
that Jasper was so absorbed, body and
soul, in his purpose, SO apparently uneop-
sclous of even the severe tests made upol
him. that it was useless to doubt his sin
Certify. Throughout and beyond the county
the fact spread that in Pine Hollow there
was living tombstone. Visitors flocked
to that place.
Now it would mar the authenticity of
this story to say that Jasper Diggs had no
relaxation, that he stood at the head OF his
fathers grave day and night, and, like any
other tombstone, didn't SAP and sleep.
When evening came he left the place with
solemn elaboration and wended his way
homeward. He appeared In his conyen
tional style until he returned to the GENE
terry the following morning.
Never ask me any questions while l am
on duty, for won't answer them, was his
advice to hectoring youth At noon, if
no visitors fingered about the grounds,
Jasper ate his luncheon, which he had
brought with him. 1t must have dawned
upon the mind of the reader ere this that
there was one prime object which held
Jasper Diggs with such fidelity to his post.
lie was quite rapidly gaining that object,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-12-18
EVERY SATURDAY IN SUMMER.
How the Metropolitan Urchins Play Base
ball in Central Park.

How the Metropolitan Urchfns Play Baso-
ball in Central Park.
1t is said really bad play is as amusing
as a really good one The same is true of
baseball for league contest doesn't begin
to be as funny as the games in Central
park on Saturday afternoon in summer.
"A map and guide aren't necessary to the
scene of these contests. You go as far AS
the dairy, and from that on you are guided
by the noise.
Presently one comes to a common" on
which are innumerable small boys, all vic
lently saying, 'tA-a-ah"
They are playing baseball, and boy
can't play baseball without saying, "A-a
-ahm
"Ah-a-ahl OATS outl"
"Ah-a-ah faint neederl'
"Ah-a-ahl Yer crazy TITS too. Didn't
ketch him out jis' den9''
"A-a-hl Wutsa matter witch yer? Yer
did not"
"A-a-hl Yer liep'
"A-a-h IF you say dat agin I'll smash
yer. See?"
And so on.
No white rubber plates are allowed in the
park for the batter to tap, and There are no
bags at the different bases. The bases are
marked off with coats. There isn't any
greater racket when one of these make be
lieve bags is stolen than when somebody
tries to bat out of his turn The reason of
this is that every last drop of breath and
every rag OF Indignation is expended ON
the fellow who has wrongfully picked up
the willow There is nothing left for the
thief
The spectators obligingly mark out the
foul lines
mig" pitches hot ball and 'Popeye"
Adams, who is at bat, smashes it right on
the corner of It's jaw. The ball screams
and starts for Long Island City, but it is
foul ball and SO comes up against the head
of one of the bystanders. 1t makes noise
like plank falling off wagon The fell
low looks little silly and begins rubbing
his face, which begins to swell visibly. He
doesn't say anything.
This is supposipg he is "grown up"
If he be a small boy he wrinkles up his
face, draws in his breath about a minute
and half and let's go of yell that would
be deafening any place else, but is simply
unnoticed here, for the pitcher and the
catcher are standing very close together
and giving each other such looks as rival
cats do. They are snarling "A-a-hp' at
each other and promisingto give the other
a poke in the eye.
You might go all over the green and
never see any dispute with the umpire,
whom they call "de umpie," the letter ''r''
in New York dialect having tendency to
melt away.
The umpire is not to be treated with dis
respect, because empires don't grow on
every bush. He has to be coaxed.
'Hey, mistey woncha empie faw us?"
"Wut'S it wOytbpo
The mercenary umpire wants pay for
crying out, "Oong baw' or "strikel''
The uniforms, if indeed it be allowable
to call duds uniforms no two suits of
which are alike, are canton flannel caps
and shirts, when they are anything.
While most of the boys in the park are
on pleasure bent a few turn an honest
penny by traffic. Some sell weak lemonade
and others peddle what they call ''lossen-
gers. New York World.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-12-18
Evidently She Knew.

ssSome girls are such idiots, don't you
knows" growled Lieutenant Popsywopsy
to his friend, the major.
"Be little more specific, please" warily
suggested the major, who was an old beau,
and who did not care to commit himself.
swell, it was this way: met that De
Swete girl from New York or some other
Of those commercial towns that don't know
the Importance of the army, and had on
my uniform. Oh she twittered, what
lovely clothes you soldiers'-think of call
ing me a solder!" and the young officer
gasped-'do wear 'Oh, thank you,'
smiled, but you should see me in full
dress. This is only a fatigue uniform,
"A fatigue uniform?' she exclaimed. How
funny! l didn't know you officers ever did
anything to fatigue YOU Now, don't you
call that the very acme Of idiotic igna-
rance?"
The major conceded heartily with Popsy-
wopsy, and they combined to send the
STOOL grip q dictionary of military terms.
Detroit Free Press
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-12-18
Height of the Aurora.

Interesting particulars concerning at
tempts to measure the height of the aurora
have been given the Royal Danish acad
envy by Mr.. Adam Paulsen. At Godthabb,
with two theodolites four miles apart, the
height of different aurora was found to
range from one-third of a mile to nearly
forty miles in height Near Cape Farewell,
with a base line of about three-fourths of a
mile, the results showed them to range in
height from one to ten miles; and at Spitz-
bergen, with base line of about one-third
of a mile, they were shown to be from 800
yards to eighteen miles high, according to
brilliancy. In earlier observations, Flogel
estimated the height of several aurora at
from ninety to $40 miles. Reimann found
a height of at least 500 miles for one aurora
observed by him, while Nordenskjold
placed the mean height of all aurora at 100
miles.
Lemstrom claims to have observed the
aurora when it was not above 1000 feet
high, and Hilderbrandson has seen them
below the clouds. From the great variety
of facts and figures produced by different
observers, and the wide difference Of opin-
ion which exists among scientific men as
to their exact height, Mr.. Paulsen infers
that the aurora only appears at a consider
able height in the temperate zone, while in
the auroral zone proper the phenomenon is
generally produced in the lower atmos
phere.-St. Louis Republic.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-12-18
Marriage Fees.

Marriage fees are of ancient origin. They
are included in the oblations of the mar
rage service of the Ninth century, which
formed the Introductory portion of the
ceremony. In America find the clergy
man takes ''tip" like railway porter or
cab driver. 1t is pleasant sensation to
find large, handsome gold coin represent
ing twenty dollars, or crisp twenty dollar
bill in one hand, but it is not always digni,
fed. The Church of England provides
the accustomed duty" (by which is meant
the fee) should be presented to the clergy
man with the ring.
The rector of one of the largest churches
in this city assures me that his poor people
seldom offer a fee. The legal sum of two
dollars which magistrate would charge
should be demanded. If a young man
cannot raise couple of dollars for mar
riage fee he is hardly in a pecuniary condi.
ton to embark on the stormy sea of matri-
mony.-Rev. Thomas P. Hughes, d. D., in
New York World
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-12-18

Tor nearly every stranger dropped coin
into the yawning money box that was at
tached to his waist belt
The summer was waning, and cold, crisp
blasts already began to sweep up the dead,
rattling leaves and breathe their harsh ca
dences into the ear of autu
1t cannot be a pleasant prospect, even to
the foolish. to do the tombstone act in the
dead of winter The colder it grew the
more people came to visit the Pine Hollow
cemetery, and Jasper Diggs' income in
creased proportionately.
1t was somewhat about the middle of
November. A heavy cloak of snow COW
cred the earth like shroud. The day was
drawing to close. 1t was bitter cold
The boy who for years had been the target
for all kinds of ridicule and abuse, the gen
eral laughing stock of the village, resigned
his position that day, leaving the cemetery
half frozen, but with $3.50, the scattered
donation of charity, and not one red cent
of it came from the pocket of an inhabitant
of Pine Hollow. a
Joseph Diggs was able to purchase for
his father worthy monument, and it can
well be imagined that he went to and came
from it with just feelings of pride.~---
Somehow people after that hung Seir
heads and acted as though they We're
ashamed Of themselves when Jasper was
around, and no one ventured any longer to
mock his manners or to jeer at his condi-
ton. And somehow Jasper did not appear
to their eyes as he had before, for in reality
he reversed the apparent intention of ma
ture with reference to his mental charac-
teristics. So changed did he become. in
truth, that within a few years he was in
trusted with the care Of the village school,
in which he continued to be cherished
teacher until old age and i'll health com
PEELED him to abandon that honorable pur-
suit and spend the remainder of his days
in happy and comfortable home, blessed
with wife who had been one of his carly
pupils.
If you ever visit Pine Hollow don't fail
to go and see old Mr.. Diggs' tombstone,
for it is the finest one in the cemetery
Leon Mead in Epoch.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-12-18
What Becomes of Old Shoes.

Few persons know what becomes of old
shoes or the method in which they are
utilized. A few of the more respectable
cast off shoes are sometimes repaired and
sold again for nominal price to some per-
son who is not fastidious; but as a general
rule they are put to other uses.
In France children's shoes are cut from
the larger pieces which are obtained by
ripping up old boots, but in this country
as well as abroad the practice now is to
convert the scraps into leather pulp,
which may be SO treated as to produce a
substitute for the real article, cheap and
comparatively worthless of course.
OF late the manufacture of an artificial
leather wall covering, selling under high
sounding name, makes market for all
the wornout boots and shoes of the Amer
lean people, SO that in it's revised form the
discarded foot wear of the most wretched
of earth's children may look down for
years upon the scenes of splendor such as
the forlorn wearer saw not even in dreams.
There are other uses as well, including
the manufacture of buttons, combs, knife
handles and other articles which are inter
esting, but of which the public know little.
Carriage makers, bookbinders and picture
frame makers consume this artificial
leather to certain extent for their cheap
er grades of work.-Youth's Companion.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-12-18
]. R. LIGGETTS
XMAS OFFERING!

usual again Christmas have neither
wide awake all the time thinking OF
something offer trade for this special Season We scarcely
think that has twelve months crowded with
gifts yet now you would wonder how changes
could be made single The older the wiser become
the thing down n and that had
paed the but this time have beyond all that
satisfied the create
the and fit BOTH Just think it, don't have worry
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will show you little % that will lit the place exactly and the beauty
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and these Christmas fee like going setting and hatch out Little
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-12-18

The story is told of certain New Yorker,
whose splendid country seat has not al
ways housed himself and family and
paratively recent date.
There was, not SO very long ago, as a
guest at this house, man whose usual
courtesy was greatly taxed by the ostenta-
ton of his host Did he admire the view
of distant river, he was told what 1t cost
to cut the vista through; when the stables
were visited an estimate was given of the
expense of building and stocking them; a
fine painting was commented upon only to
have it's value in dollars and cents pro-
claimed, and SO on in the most trying
manner.
At length dinner was announced and
beyond giving the amount of the wages he
paid his French cook the host was fairly
quiet. At dessert, however, whose fruit
included some dollhouse peaches, he pressed
the remark that such luscious peaches at
this season were tempting delicacy.
"Yes," said the host, ''they are and an
expensive delicacy too. l estimate that
these peaches cost me about thirty-five
cents piece right here in my own hot
house."
Whereupon the guest, taxed beyond his
endurance, reached over and took a third
peach from the dish, produced dollar bill
from his vest pocket and saying calmly:
II suppose you are willing to say three
for dollar" laid it down and left the
table.-Her Point of View in New York
Tines
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-12-18

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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-12-18
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-12-18

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