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Arizona republican., 1891-02-13
Birds and the Weather.

In Yorkshire the early arrival of the cuckoo is regarded as a sign that there will be little grass and scanty crop of corn, owing to the cold, dry season, and in the isle of Man the farmers consider that when the rocks fly to the hills rain is near. But in Devonshire the belief is that if the birds stay at home or return in the middle of the day wet weather is to be looked for, while in Durham MT. Swainson quotes saying to the effect that if crows feed in the streets of viii lage a storm may be expected. ---Ex- change.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-13

No PUBLIC official in Arizona has per formed his public duties in more satis- factory manner than has Territorial Auditor Thomas Hughes. Everything of a private nature has been promptly set aside when public duty required the Auditors attention, and this is saying a good deal, when the small salary paid the Auditor is taken into consideration, as the duties of this office are at times exacting and laborious, the strictest business methods being employed. MT. Hughes is a man of hne executive abil- ity and has the confidence of the entire people.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-13

RAILROAD bills come thick and fast the latest has been introduced in Con- gress for an extension of the Prescott & Arizona Central to Phoenix. In many measures, however, there is per plexity. Let the Legislature and the people agree upon measure equitabl, to all parties concerned, generous enough to attract capital, and then secure it. benefits to the road that shall be con structed Tn good faith.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-13
A Dinner Lost and Won.

An enormously large hawk poised in midair few days ago over Jacob Heather's fine flock of Shanghai chickens at Durham, Bucks county. Selecting one of the finest, seven pound rooster, the hawk fell upon it, and majestically bore it skyward. The contemplated meal was never to be eaten. however, for Walter Hamortin happened to be cunning under the path of the hawks flight, and succeeded in bringing the latter to earth. The rooster was unin- jured, while the pirate had his head blown off.-Philadelphia Times.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-13

IT IS not Maricopa, Yuma, Yavapai, Coconino and Mohave counties only that would be benefited by North and South railroad between Phoenix and Prescott but every other section of the Territory as we'll. It is the one great necessity to give an impetus to business of all kinds and bring about general revival of trade all over Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-13

Without any change in duties paid, importers have advanced British "tin" prices from $l to s per box.
 After the Mckinley protective duty becomes operative on July 1, 1891, the American makers now organizing will prevent combines between importers and foreigners to rob Americans, charg- ing high prices for poor tin. Tariff re- formers are too greedy. Foreigners must sell cheaper then.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-13
Cotton, unbleached, less than hn thraads nar sn

Thus, you see," added MT. Cooper, that the same plan has been adhered to throughout the bill, and embraces as much tariff reform as the country needs, Some candidates for the presidency in the future may have the nerve to go be- fore the people with the declaration that the tariff is tax, and that the consumer is obliged to pay the cost of the goods and, in addition, an amount equal to the duty imposed, but he will never be elected"
Arizona republican., 1891-02-13

Men have learned that the highest en- joyment of knowledge consists not in reverie but in application, and that the highest application consists in supplying their own ever increasing wants. It is the increase of wants that distinguishes civilization from barbarism. That in- crease should, as far as possible, be sup plemented by corresponding increase of power to supply it.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-13

TIE wisdom ot President HarrisOn's selection for his first Secretary of the Treasury is everywhere acknowledged, now that he has gone. How much better it would be ii more kind words and beautiful flowers should be sent in before instead of after death.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-13

THAT seven-year school census bill of Councilman Zulick's was tabled yester- day at the request of it's originator. This action was in respect to the statement made by Mir. Herndon, of Yuvapai, that after examining the statutes of twenty. six States and Territories, he had been able to find but one that fixed the mini mum school age as high as seven years.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-13
Changed Color,

A few months ago colored woman in Hayti began to grow white, and now it is said that there is not trace of the original black color left in her skin, the texture and general hue of which is soft, creamy white, much more delicate than the skin of most white persons St Louis Republic.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-13

TIE capacity of the Santa Fe side tracks and switches at Deming is greater than that of any other station of New Mexico, being sufficient to accommodate SS1 cars. Albuquerque, which is next in size, can accommodate 447 cars.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-13

TIE Legislature should not lose sight of the importance of making an effort t" have the San Carlos coal fields thrown open to the public. They would be worth untold millions to Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-13
Entered Al the postolice al Ph,enlx, Arizona as mail matter of the second class.

THE REPUBLICAN has its own SPECIAL WIRE connecting its otfce direct with San Francisco and Chicago, and through these cities with all the great news centers of the world Besidesthe Associated Press report 1t receives more special dispatches every day than any paper west of St. Lonis. outside Of San FrancisC0.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-13
Easter Sunday fin 1891.

Easter Sunday in 1891 comes on March go. It can never occur earlier than March g nor later than April 25. but may come on these days and on any day between them.--St. Louis Globe-Derno- Crat.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-13
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION {:
SILVER, COPPER AND LEAD.

silver was quoted yesterday at N.OlH per ounce copper at sl4.5U per 100 pounds, and lead at A 10 per 100 pounds.
Arizona republican., 1891-02-13

SCHEDULE C-MErAL.s, Round and flat rods are more than 10 per cent. less than in the old bill
 New Old Boiler iron, per pound 80 0OI5 So 014 and about the same reduction has been made In railway bars, sheet iron, wire anchors axles, bolts, cast iron pipe and castings of malleabs iron, cut nails wire nails, spikes, tacks and rail way fish plates
Arizona republican., 1891-02-13
ASSESSMENT NOTICE. Citrus Water Company: Principal Place of Business, San Bernardlno, California.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT AT A l< meeting of the Directors cid on the 27th day Of January, 1891, an assessment of thirty cents per share was levied upon the subscribed stock Of the corporation, payable on the SC, ond of San Bernardino, California Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the second day of March, 1891. will be dein- quent and advertised for sale at public auction, and unless payment is made before will be sold on the eighteenth day of March, 1891, to pay de- linquent assessment, together with costs of ad vertising and expenses of sale
 JAMES k. MACK, Secretary, Room II, Burt Block, San Bernardino, Calif
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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

country where universal suffrage nomi-
nally prevails, owing to the enormous
administrative power conferred in the
local offices, the ignorance of the mass
of voters, and the want of cohesion
among his opponents, however numer-
Gus they might be.
For, as the statesman already referred
to remarked, every Deputy represents
q different shade of political opinion
and that is his own" There is a broad
division into Conservadores or Catho-
lies, as some of them prefer to style
themselves, Liberals and Radicals, but
the lines OF demarkation between these
are vague, and do not hinder the tenn
porary fusion of groups from each
party.
The Montevaristas, for instance. who
prefer to carry out the program set by
the two statesmen whose conjoined
names they have adopted as theirs, con-
stitute formidable item in the political
balance-sheet.
Thus the present President, Senior Bal
maceda, owed his position wholly and
solely to the influence of his prede-
cessor, Senior Domingo Santa Maria,
whose "warming-pan," to use the local
phrase, he was understood to be, and in
whose favor he was to retire at the close
of his term of office.
But it happened that, instead of
keeping faithfully to the terms of this
contract, Senior Balmaceda thought it
might be more advantageous to put in
a "warming-pan" on his own account.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

public spirit or from O justihable desire
for popular distinction.
But with the acquisition OF the guano
deposits, coded as war indemnity, and
of the wealthy provinces OF Autofa-
gasta, Tarapacl and Tacna. with their
nitrate deposits, yielding an enormous
annual revenue in the shape of export
duty. the condition Of political affairs
was greatly altered.
Government posts OF every kind were
multiplied and salaries augmented,
while on the principle ofsupply and de-
mand large body of professional poll
ticians, notably recruited from among
university students aud barristers, sprang
up to take advantage of this. These
drifting into the Chamber formed q
number Of small groups with members
mainly united by self-interest.
Presidents, too, realizing the en-
HANGED valuo of the patronage at their
disposal, and the opportunities this az
forded of at one and the same time re-
warding their followers. and constituting
body of functionaries devoted to their
interests found reason for continuing
as far as possible in Office, and means
of bringing this result about.
The Constitution, it is true. prohib-
tied statesman from filling the Presi-
dental Office for two consecutive terms,
but there was no proviso to hinder him
from reoccupying it as often as he could
at intervals of four years.
Hence the practice grew up of re-
firing President nominating q depend
emit as his successor, and exerting the
whole of his influence to secure his re-
turn. on the understanding. of course,
that this courtesy should be recipro-
Gated at the close of the nominees term
of Office.
Such result was by no means so diff
cult as might have been expected in a
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

For this purpose he made choice
nearly two years ago of Senior Enrique
Sanfuentes, then member of his Cab
met and understood to be pledged to
the policy of railway extension and edu-
cational development, with which he
has chiefly identified himself.
Dissatisfaction at this choice was at
once widespread. Senior Santa Maria
was, of course, the most aggrieved per-
son, and pledged himself to an electoral
contest in which personal popularity
and the support of strong section Of
the most powerful aristocrats would, no
doubt, have counted, but death stepped
in and checked any measures he might
have had recourse to.
With ample time before him in which
he might manipulate the wires control
ing the electorate, and his most formid-
able opponent removed from his path,
Senior Balmaceda appeared TO have q
notable chance of attaining his end
But he encountered new obstacle
arising out Of the impossibility of FORM
ing a ministry capable Of securing q
working majority in the Chamber.
Combination after combination was
tried toward the close Of 1889, but in
each case vents down before the pre-
ponderance of those groups who would
temporarily cling together in opposition,
but declined to fuse for administrative
purposes.
During the past year the struggle has
become more and more accentuated. In
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26
The First Treatise on school Economy

The First Treatise on School Economy.
Christopher Dock. who in 1740 taught
school at Germantown, was the author
of thel first book in school economy
ever published in America. He was
noted for his purity of life and sweet
ness of temper. 1t is told that once two
men were talking together of him, and
one said that he had never been known
to show the slightest anger. The other
replied that, perhaps, bis temper had
not been tested. Presently when Dock
came along he reviled him fiercely, bit
terly and profanely. The OILY reply
made by Dock was: Friend, may the
Lord have mercy upon thee. Dock was
a Mennonite and taught school in 1888,
in Stafford and Skippack, three days of
each week alternately.
In 1850 Christopher Saur, the pub
Usher, by the way the ancestor of the
Sower, now of the Christopher Sewer
Publishing Company in Philadelphia,
conceived the idea that description of
Docks methods of teaching should be
published. But Dock was too modest
to permit the treatise which he had
written to appear in public in his life
time, and hence the work was not pub
lished till after Docks death in ITO.
The title of the book is: Zine einfael-
tige und gruendliche abgefasste Schulz
Ordnung, darinnen deutlich vorgestellt
wird, auf welche Weisse die Kinder
NIGHT nur in denen in Lchulen gewoe-
hulichen Lehern bestens angebracht,
sondern auch in der Lehre der Got
tseligkeit wohl unterrichtet werden
moegen. Aus Liebe zu dem menschli-
chen Geschlecht aufgesetzt durch den
wholerfahrneo und lang guebten Schulz
meister Christoph Dock; und durch Ell
nige Freunde des gemeinen Besteens
dem Druck uebergeeben. German
town, gedruckt und zu linden bel Chris
toph Saur, ITO"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26
A Queer ora Lady.

Mrs. Jane McKeene, an old lady in
Lewiston, Me-, who was recently taken
to the insane asylum. had been very
eccentric for years while working in
the cotton mills, and q number of
stories are told of her peculiarities.
At one time she had lot of cock
reaches in box near her looms which
she would feed every day. Whether
they ate the food provided by their
benefactress is not known, but she
took good care of them and they in
creased in numbers, until at last the
superintendent discovered them and
had them removed. The old lady cried
bitterly that her pets-and whoever
had such pets before--were removed.
They say she used to drop silver coin
in the canal each day, which she said
went to feed her husband and boy, who
were drowned at sea. Her BOYS
clothes. which she carried under her
arm, she never parted with. Every
morning she took the bundle to her
work, and each night returned with IL.
bangor Commercial. ets
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

There was time shrank from Il.
And turned pale with alright.
And cried. 60 back you may not sit
Beside my hearth tonight"
And with the elves, hope. Joy and mirth.
Midst song and laughter, gay,
The unwelcomo guest did leave my hearth
And soon was lar away.
NY face is pale, this falling tears
Have bleached IL cold and white,
From out my life, have slipped the years,
As stars fade from the night.
Now, sorrow never leaves my side,
raise no voice to free,
What e'or TO me shall yet betide,
She'll keep me company.
You've seen the red flames leap on high,
With Wild and lurid light;
They faint, they shrink, at last they lio
A heap Of ashes. white.
And so my heart, cen AZ the flame
IL quickly burned away,
Then tainted quite, and soon became
A cooling lump OF clay.
And sorrow e'er must bide with me,
Ill not bid her depart
For where more fitting company
For my poor, hopeless heart?
-Arkdnsdtc Traveller.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

AbB IlBuG dCEOSS JOSE BALMACEDA,
the continent from PRESIDENT OF THE
Buenos Ayres or GILLIAN REPUB-
Montevideo, but Lie.
during considerable portion of the
year the mountain passes to be
threaded are blocked with snow, and at
the best of times the journey is rough
and fatiguing one
When the Transandean Railway is
completed this route will no doubt find
plenty of patronage, but till then it is
to be shirked by all unlrepared for
hard riding, poor fare and Indifferent
shelter.
Under these circumstances, it is not
strange that ignorance is the rule as re-
CARDS Chill and her people, and espec-
tally her politics.
There is a general impression that
the first produces copper and that the
second are fond of styling them
selves "The English of South Amer
lea, which, by the way, they never
do-bu as regards the third, the lack
of information is all but complete. The
simple sentence, "Chili is Republic"
may be said to cover current knowl-
edge.
Now, Chill is indeed a. republic, but
q rebublic, up to short time back, far
less akin to such modern developments
as France and the United States than
to Genoa and Venice. representation
nominally popular was really centered
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26
Honest.

A gentleman who passed the autumn
some fifty miles from Philadelphia pays
a tribute to the honesty Of the Quaker
lady with whom he boarded. He passed
several weeks at her house, and when
the time came for him to leave. he
packed up his belongings, paid his bill,
and said goodbye, leaving the house by
the stage-coach, which, in primitive
fashion, was to take him to the nearest
railway station.
The stage stopped for few moments
at the village postoffice, while the mail
was made up, and the gentleman, sit
ting on the box, saw his land lady COM
ing down the street. The driver came
out and mounted to his place, but the
Quakeress made signs to him to wait,
and in a moment she was at the side of
the coach.
Il found this in thy dressing-table,
she said, extending something wrapped
in a wisp of paper.
What is it?" the gentleman asked,
it being rather difficult to reach down
to where she stood.
She unrolled the wisp of paper with
the greatest gravity, and Showed dis
cardAd quill toothpick.
"Oh, thank your the gentleman said,
endeavoring not to smile. 1T is Of no
value. You may keep it."
1T is of no value to me-" she re-
sponded, with unmoved seriousness, and
standing upon the step she reached to
him the wisp Of paper.
There was manifestly nothing to do
but TO take it, and go the ridiculous
scene was ended by the gentleman's
pocketing the quill, and thanking the
bringer as gravely as II ii had been q
gold watch Youths Companion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

The battle of Long Island was
fought near Brooklyn on the 9th Of Au-
gust, 1776. In this battle the Ameri-
cans were defeated, and Washington
withdrew his troops from Brooklyn,
and left the whole OF Long Island in
the hands of the British. The Ameri-
cans were not strong enough to hold
New York, and it was soon evacuated.
Fort Washington, above New York,
with 1000 Americans, was captured by
the British, who soon crossed the Hud.
son. Washington was obliged to re.
treat, step by step, across New Jersey
into PENNSYLVANIA.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26
American Girls.

"The fact that American girls go any
where and almost everywhere without
escorts has long been matter of won
derment to me-" said q member of the
French nobility to me the other day.
Il was coming down in an elevated
train yesterday, and the reason was
City Hall station almost every passen-
ger made q rush for the door and stood
for five minutes, each anxious to get
ahead OF the other in leaving the train.
"One of the crowd was very pretty
young woman carrying a long-handled
umbrella in one hand and big'bundle
in the other Just behind her was q
short, very fat man, who was rudely
crowding the pretty girl. AS / had
not left my seat saw the performance
that followed.
"Once the girl looked over her
shoulder and the fat man stopped
crowding for moment, but began
again and trod on the skirt of the
pretty girl. Her eyes grew dark with
anger. The long-handled umbrella
assumed a horizontal position and shot
backward, point first, catching the fat
man just about at the bottom of his
vest. He gave a gasp of terror and
caught his breath just as the pretty
girl looked over her shoulder, smiled
sweetly and said: oh, pardon me;
but you are on my skirt
~Then she smiled even more sweetly,
and the fat man dropped into q seat
and groped about as though the air in
the car was suffocating him The girl
marched complacently out of the car.
head up, the dainty feathers in her hat
defiance to all masculine hui
manity. "-Ne,c York Telegram.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

THE first passenger cars for this
country were merely stage coaches on
the rail, and in other countries they
still keep something of this form. In
America, large, airy cars for passen-
gers were early introduced, and the
parlor car, the sleeping car, the hotel
car, and the dining car are all of Amer
lean origin, and are little used else
where. The street tramway, or horse
railroad, and the elevated railways for
rapid travel in cities were first used in
this country.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

AN electrician who has made a spe-
cialty of spectacular electricity says the
day is not far off when electrical FIRE
works win supersede those now used.
He declares that for q comparatively
moderate outlay he could arrange an
electrical display that would last for
many years, and could be repeated as
often as desired. 1t would comprise
rockets, roman candles, wheels. Niagara
Falls. and all the modern pyrotechnical
affacfs
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

statesman to foreigner at Santiago, re-
Gently.
There is much truth in this observa-
ton. The mountain range that forms
the eastern boundary of Chill, by cut
ting off that country from anything
like facile communication with the CEN
tiers of civilization, has left these CEN
tiers in an almost pitiable condition of
ignorance regarding it.
Telegraphic communication with
Europe is maintained by two lines of
wires, the one running northward by
way of Peru to the United States, and
the other carried across the Andes to
Buenos Ayres, and thence along the
Atlantic coast to Pernambuco. from
which point cable is laid to Lisbon.
But messages are expensive, costing
about So per word, the Transandean
Line. moreover, being subject to oc-
casional breakdowns, especially during
the middle months of the year, while
letters from the Gillian capital are
only dispatched once a fortnight, and
take about six weeks to get to London.
Travellers. too, DESTROYS of visiting
what is claimed to be the model South
American Republic, find they have to
spend about the same amount of time
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

knot of violet velvet. Or, If you choose,
the bonnet may be entirely made of gold
chiffone, the edge of this material being
embroidered with gold thread and set
with sapphire beads. Several jet stars
hold the folds to the foundation, and a
small plume of black cocks feathers is
placed behind. Still another style will
consist of two triangular pieces of rich
passementerie which form the sides of
the bonnet and meet nearly In front. A
bunch of yellow velvet primroses serves
as garniture
Small toques and. small plaque shapes
without crowns will have gold wings fit
ted at the back and the intervening
space will be filed in with flowers or
other trimming But the craze for gold
ornaments will not keep the stately dame
of fashion from setting jet bonnet upon
her beautiful head. Some go so far as
to say that this craze for metallic garni-
ture will take the form OF quivering SER
penis in gold and silver, twined around
bespangled aigrettes.
His snakeship, however, has pretty
nearly been done to death, and I'm not
so sure that the daughters of Eve may
not grow so weary of the CLINT of his
jeweled eyes as to resolve to cut him
quite dead. There's no denying the fact,
however, that he is very decorative, aud
the reason is that his sinuous body pos
sesses in the highest possible degree the
genuine curves of grace known as Ho-
garth's line of beauty.
In the initial illustration you see a
very simple but altogether charming Wis
iting costume for young person, the
gown being pretty colored pekin silk
with dark-Qreen velvet ceinture and
cuffs, and white lace jabot The hat is
a dark-green felt lined with velvet of the
same tone as the dress.
The second illustration will give you a
very correct idea of another stylish
PREDETERMINED hat. The material is q
gray-blue cloth, the crown being grace