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Tombstone epitaph., 1891-12-26
HATED 4 REocOAT.
Hen Butler Tells Of His Boyish Enmi
 for the British.

Hen Butler Tells Of His Boyish EnmIty
 for the British
 I had as deep-seated a prejudice against British redcoat as our turkey gobbler exhibited to a red petticoat, when he drove my sister into the house. Thus I was taught that the highest achievement in life was to get behind stone wall and shoot Britisher. and l longed for the time when should grow up to do it. So thoroughly was this drilled into me that in after life it was a matter for reasoning on my part whether l should treat an Englishman decently. writes Gen. B. F. Butler, in the New England Magazine.
 The difference between this feeling and that which I had toward the Frenchmen, who fought us with the h. dians, and who helped the savages scalp us, was that the French were poor fellows who did not know any bet ter; and, besides. the French had helped us in the revolution against the British, so that we would forgive them, but the Britishers, never,
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-12-26
Plush Albums sl.OO and up at the
 NEW YORK STORE,

THERE is many man who has lost his nip in Arizona. Tombstone l. well supplied with them. They have passed over the divide and are on the down grade of life's allotment of years. They came here before we did, and 10 them we can credit some of our i'm porisnce and prosperity. Colossal fortunes have been built upon their efforts Of earlier days. Their hope is gone, their sun has set. They are the corner stones of the great indus tries that we sec around us. Don't forget these little facts when you brush against them. Give them the warmest place arc md the stove and the easiest barrel to sit on. Don't crowd them. Wish them 2 merry Christmas and q happy New Year.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-12-26

The survey of the s. P, from Phenix north is believed to be to connect the Utah southern with it's line in Arizona at MaEicopa
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-12-26
Ca~hed Them Ea

John Davies, one of the best known mining experts in the west, died at the Sherman house, Chicago, Tuesday night of pneumonia. Davies made and lost several fortunes in Colorado and California. He died almost pen- niless. He wss the original owner of the Little Chief mine near Leadyille. which h. sold scnse icn years ago for S500,000. r. was afterwards sold again for s5,OO0,OO0 There is net a miner in the west who has not heard of the great poker game at Leadville, in which Davies got mp from the table $30OO0 loser. The next night he sat down and not only recovered his losses, but won sI20!OO0 on top Of it. Drunk or sober, no one could deceive him on on the value or possi- bilities oI a mine, but money slipped through his fingers like so much water. He gave large sums os money .o chasi.y at D.s. .lgiIle and other Colorado tOs.s.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-12-26

AsKsTs WASTED.-Free prepaid outfit to energetic men. Severn. of our salesmen have earned from $TO to xl00 geek for years past. P. O. box 1871, New York. 6-22-3ett
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-12-26

The snow blockade is near Springer, New Mexico. The snow is said to be eight feet deep and drifting badly.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-12-26

4 Christmas tree at the Pre-byter- ian Sunday school tonight will be one of the happy events which will go to make a merry Christmas for the children, and place another credit mark for it's promoters on the Great Ledger of the happy hunting grounds.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-12-26

Postmaster Jim Chatham of Nogales is growing over the arrival in the family, of boy.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-12-26
From ThursdGy'sD

No eastern mail for two days. Look cut for Christmas presents tomorrow.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-12-26

Kieke will keep open late tonight to give the people chance to purchase Christmas presents. Those who have not inspected his stock during tine past three days should not neglect to do so tonight. He has opened many cases of new goods during the past 4S hours which people who wish to combine the useful with the ornameD- tai should not overlook.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-12-26

The public school system of Arizona is monument to the memory of Ex- Gov. Stafford.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-12-26

James Stanford came in today from Tucson. He will spend inc holidays in his old town. He is doing we'll with his mining venture near the Ancient Pueblo.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-12-26

The exhibition drill of Co. c will be given this evening at g p. m. sharp All members must be on hand prompt ly whether they dance or not.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-12-26

Wm. Ohnesorgen Of Benson WAS up today as witness in the Fisher-AI- vord -Hainer- Ohnesorgen--Gray- Showers case. He is the youngest looking pioneer in Coclise county.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-12-26

g o'clock A. m. Board met pursuant to adjourn ment.
 Present-Full Board. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. By unanimous vote the board al owed the following claims and order ed warrants drawn on the expense fund for the ssme. c B Kelton, sheriff's fees. .$1ll2 90 .... 42 70 The above minutes were read this a. ID. and approved. Board adjourned to 1 o'clock p. m. Dec 3I, 1891. Approved
 G. ". BRYAN,
 Chairman. Attest
 ". D. MoSMOsIER, Clerk.
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anon. aanfnHnHionn

Ths sloop differs from the "cat" essen
tally. A catboat is propelled by driving
sail only; the sloop has both driving sail
and pulling sail. for she carries, in addi-
ton to the mainsaA of the catboat,
headsail called the "jib." The mainsail,
as you know, tends to '1uff'' the boats
nose into the wind, but the jib has the
reverse effect and tends to force the bow
off and away from the wind. These
sails, if properly proportioned, cause the
yacht to keep a straight course. to steer
easily and to sail without burying her
head; for the jib lifts the bow, and the
mainsail, being set back near the middle
of the boat, does not drive her down by
the eyes," as does the sail of catboat
In sailing sloop, however, great care
must be exercised, for this little jibis
treacherous sail and will lead you into
trouble if you do not understand its
wayward tricks.
The rules for sloop sailing are briefly
these: Before going about" cast off the
jib, before coming to anchor or rounding
up to a mooring lower the jib, when a
squan strikes cast off the jib In fine,
get rid of the jib first and work your
boat with mainsail alone in all emer-
gencies that occur when sailing to wind
ward. In running before strong wind
a reefed mainsail and full jib give the
best results, and sloops are better than
catboats when running free, because the
jib counteracts the tendency to huff, to
steer hard and to roll, all of which traits
are ever present in the frisky catboat.
Observe one rule at all times when
sailing a sioop: Never fasten the jib so
that it cannot Instantly be cast off. Fas-
tened jib sheets cause nearly all the cap
sizes which occur in sloop sailing.-F.
W. Pangborn in st. Nicholas.
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raTanhnfaA.1 at....

RNas . young married woman who
spoke. She was dining with her hus-
band on the piazza of hotel.
IF you have any doubt" said she,
about the relationship of man and
woman when you see them at a place
like this there is one very sure way of
settling whether or not they are married.
When the waiter makes out the check
for the dinner, watch the man who is
going to payit. If he nervously clutches
at the check, brushes it in his hand and
hands the waiter ten dollar bill with.
out looking to see how much heowes, he
is not even engaged to the girl who is
with him, and stands in mortal dread of
her opinion Of him.
"f he takes the check and scans it
with some care and then quietly hands
to the waiter sum approximating the
total, he is very likely engaged to the
girl, and is willing for her to think him
husinesslike and precise.
III. however. he allows the waiter to
place the check on the table, and leaves
1t there for his companion to see and
eLNNJJ IHCh luCJ dIC MlILISu. IL ID OulJ
the married man dining with his wife
who viii sit back and think of other
things while his check awaits settle
ment in full view of the lady opposite.
Before marriage he would not allow her
nind to realize anything so unromantic
as the price of the delicate viands she
consumed, and even during the engage
ment he would not permit her to think
of such material questions.
"a year after marriage, however, they
discuss together the prices on the bill of
fare, and when the check is made out
the wife is more anxious than the hus-
band to know how much it comes to.
Therefore, the married man allows his
dinner checks to remain on the table for
his wife's inspection. New York
Letter.
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Finely Bred Horses Are Nervous.

Finely bred, intelligent horses are
often very nervous. They are quick to
notice, quick to take alarm. quick to dc
what seems to them, in moments of sud.
den terror, necessary to escape from pos.
sible harm, from something they do not
understand. That is what makes them
shy, bolt and run away. We canno'
tell what awful suggestions strange
things offer to their minds. For aught
we can tell, sheet of white paper in
the road may seem to the nervous horse
yawning chasm: the open front of q
baby carriage, the jaws of a dragon
ready to devour him, and a man on a
bicycle some terrifying sort of a flying
devil without wings. But we find that
the moment he becomes familiar with
those things, or any other that alright
him, and knows what they are, he grows
Indifferent to them.
Therefore, when your horse SHES at
anything make him acquainted with it..
let him smell it, touch it with his sensi-
tive upper lip and look closely at it. Re
member, too, that you must familiarize
both sides of him with the dreaded OBJ
ject. If he only examines it with the
near nostril and eye he will bevery likely
10 scare at it when it appears on his off
side. So, then, rattle your paper, beat
your bass drum, futter your umbrella
run your baby carriage and your bicycle
fire your pistol and rattle your tinware
on both sides of him and all around him
until he comes to regard the noise sim
ply as a nuisance and material objects
only as trivial things liable to get hurt if
they are in his way. He may not learn
all that in one lesson, but continue the
lesson, and you will cure all his nervous
ness.-Exchange
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C,a,,a rnsanIIl

"Churn dog" stories are always in
order. A city man who used &c live on
a farm, as SO many city men did when
they were boys, sends US this: ''At home
on the farm we had number of cows,
SO many that churning was too heavy a
task for even the men folks, SO Mr.. l..
rugged up dog churn, an inclined wheel,
a sort of canine treadmil. 1t became
the duty of Ponto, large white mastiff,
to tread that monotonous cycle, and not
withstanding the toothsome bit of meat
that was fastened on lath within four
| inches of his nose, he was not at all
proud of his position and responsibility.
He made several attempts to shirk hii
task, and twice succeeded. He got tc
know when churning day came around
as well as any one in the house.
ION the morning of that day he would
loiter about the kitchen door until he
was fed, and as soon as he heard tie
note of preparation-the bringing of the
cream jugs, preparing the churn, etc.-Le
would put for the woods and would not
be seen again until night. The day Of
churning was changed, and next morn.
ing a more crestfallen and astonished
dog was never seen when he was collared
and harnessed to the beam which set the
dash in motion; he looked positively fool.
ish. He did his work, but with lowered
head, and in cogitation evidently.
"On another occasion he tried another
dodge. When they were about to put
him on the wheel he ran up to his mis-,
tress, holding up one paw, affecting tc
be lame. She thought much of the dog,
and was inclined to let him off that
day. The next instant he was seen
charging over high fence after neigh
bors cat. Well said the old lady, If
he can go after cat like that he is able
to chuIn.' And he did, and never tried
to shirk his work again. and
Stream
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spectacIes or longs.

They tell good story of Chief Justice
Peters, of the supreme court of Maine,
one of the brightest and wittiest orna-
ments of the bench in that state or any
other.
While the judge was still practicing
lawyer he had for a client a farmer
named Hanscom, who, though he WIS
well past middle age, had the notion not
uncommon among Maine farmers of his
age that he was as young as ever and
could hold his own in moving field with
the best of them.
One day the farmer came into the
judges office to look at some papers
which mad been drawn up for his sigma
ture, and as he picked up the first one
he began to adjust it in the manner
sometimes spoken of by those who use
glasses and mislay them as ''telescoping.
The judge noticed the action and. see
ing that the farmer was holding the
paper pretty well at arms length, re-
marked pleasantly:
Your eyesight seems to be failing a
little. Mr.. Hanscom. ''You will have to
get pair of spectacles."
''Not bit of it." growled the old
farmer: mot bit of it. My sights as
good as it ever was. ishan't want 'spet-
tacles' for a good many years yet"
IAN right" said the judge; you'll
have to get pair of tongs then."-De-
troit Free Press.
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1nanr Men A, Au,nors.

Keats was dead when Just little over
n,s twenty-tifth year. Shelley wrot,
Queen Nab" at twenty, and the PRO
metheus Unbound" and the lode to the
West Wind" at twenty-six. Byron
startled the town with English Bards
and Scotch Reviewers" at twenty-one,
and at twenty-four woke up and found
himself famous" by the publication OF
"Childe Harold" Burns was but
tventy-seven when he was the lion OF
the season in Edinburgh. Campbell
published his Pleasures of Hope" at
twenty-five. Chatterton was not eight.
cen when he finished his life's work. The
great Shakespeare himself was famous
when little more than youth, and the
same is true of the Shakespeare of France,
Victor Hugo: and Goethe, by the bye.
was known to all Europe at twenty-four.
Scott, on the other hand, was more
leisCrely. He made no serious effort a,
an author till. he was over thirty, and he
was over forty when "Waverley' was
given to the world; and Thackeray also
was verging on two score before Vanity
Fair" established his reputation.-Crit
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The Morris gin north of Lone
Oak burned Thursday.
Several new cases of small pox
are reported at Cottula.
The Standard variety theater
at Dallas was Quilted by fire Thurs
day night.
Sam Willy, an eighteen year old
boy shot Jno. E. Cash near Bonham
Thursday.
Frank Miller, who drives a
bread wagon at Bonham was robbed
Thursday.
The planning mill and large
quantity of lumber burned at At
lanta Thursday.
At Sherman, Abilene Dallas,
and Blooming Grove there was a
failure Thursday.
Mrs. Matte Sowders was Sc
verely burned at Terrell Thursday
by a powder explosion.
Aaron Terry, a Houston wife
murderer has been sentenced to %
years in the penitentiary.
The jury in the Mack Crook
murder case Saturday at Sherman
returned a verdict of not guilty.
The defendant was much overcome
with Joy and wept. He left with
his family on the noon train for his
home in Paris. Crooks case has
been in the courts since 1914,
charged jointly with Newt Harris,
now deceased, with the murder of
Sheriff-elect Black of Lamar county.
Once a jury found the defendant
guilty and assessed the punishment
at ninety-ni years, but the higher
court reversed the case. Several
times it has been continued. 4 for
tune has been spent in the case, the
best legal talent employed. Wheth-
er Mack Crook was conspirator
the world will never know. The
court says he is innocent.
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BREVFTTES.

1t is easier TO dun man IMAM
it is to whip him.
1t is said that an herb has been
discovered that will cure leprosy.
For every foot of stature a man
should weigh twenty-six pounds.
Close to large cities brollers
bring in more than anything else.
A Michigan woman, twenty-seven
years of age, weighs only eighteen
pounds.
The perfect love-letter is written
with fine disregard for future pos
sibilities.
The racing reporter or the repor-
ter of races at Independence, Iowa,
is woman.
1t is almost fifty years since there
was weather in July as cold as it
was last July.
When people are young they are
so apt to forget that they will ever
need friends.
An employer of German clerks
says that they work twenty per cent
slower than English ones.
In San Francisco murderers are
said to die in prison of what the
doctors call 'jail debility"
The population of the Argentine
confederation has almost quad
rupled in the last thirty years.
A man never knows until after
he marries a woman what sacri,
fees she made IN marrying him.
The way we come into this world
is more horrible, ii such a thing is
possible, than the way we leave it.
One advantage with ducks is
that they are less liable to disease
than most any other kind of poul-
try.
Poultry manure is the richest
that can be secured on the farm
and it should be carefully stored
away.
Trust to luck very much and you
will soon find that it is the only
thing in town that will give you
credit.A
Evena good woman is a more
Inundated at realizing that she
loves fool than that she loves a
knave.
Results are always more impress
sive when we have not witnessed
the processes by which they were
attained.
The less room a man has in his
house the more grandchildren he
has who brings their parents to live
with him.
Millions arereported to be in dan
ger of starvation in Russia, but it
would be inexcusable to allow them
to starve.
The qualities we most admire III
others are those in which we are Sc
cretly conscious of being ourselves
defective. 1
Some souls are like collins; their
confines are too cramped and par-
row to hold anything but cold and
rigid creed.
The capacity for true friendship
is a rare and precious quality pos
sessed almost exclusively by certain
of the brute creation.
The Russian prince Gussopoff,
who died recently, is said to have
been worth $3.50, 100000. His heir
is his daughters husband, who was
once a poor lieutenant.
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Only to BE Seen in Paris.

A be5gar rather respectfully dressed
solicits aims from the customers seated
at each of the tables outside a cafe en-
the bouleyards. On reaching the last
table, which is unoccupied, he counts his
receipts and, satisfied with the sum total
sits down and in "A tone Of Importance
calls out Waiter, a bocky- Paria
Letter,
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THREE HUNDRED and fftY-four emf
grants left Stockholm for this coun-
try in one day recently. It is re-
ported that many thousands of peo-
pie are practically without work in
that city.
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Mrs. POTTER PALMER, is to drive
the last nail in the Woman's build.
ing. The lady managers of Montana,
at the suggestion of Mrs. J. E.
Richards, are having the nail made
of gold, silver and copper. 1t will be
forwarded to Chicago as soon as
COMPLETED.
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THIRTY operators on the Southern
Pacific telegraph lines IN Arizona
and New Mexico struck Thursday
on account of an affidavit requiring
them to swear they would not be,
long to the Order of Railway Tele-
graphers without the consent of the
superintendent.
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The Word Cash. E"

The word leash" is understood to be
derived from the Italian casa the
chest where Italian merchants kept their
money, as do at the present time the
Spaniards in their GAIA" the Portu,
guese in their ''caZa" and the French in
their ''caisse." The application of the
word leash" to money is English, it not
having corresponding term in any
other European language. Cash hav-
ing been so inconsiderably adopted in
stead of ''cassa" CHEST, entries to the
cash book lit should be chest book are
made in American and English count,
ing houses in this uEmeaning way,
Cash Dr." and Cash Or" whereas the
cheSs, AID not the money, is debtor to
what is put into it and creditor for what
is taken ont.
Great mischief has too often arisen, as
is well known, in bankrupt trials from
misuse of the word cash. in which
large deficiencies often appear, and
which would not be the case if the word
chest were used. as it ought to be. In
stead of the cash account in the ledger
.tsh9nld be the chest account.-Brook.
-yn Eagle.
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AT Valparaiso President Harri-
sons statement of Chilian affairs is
regarded as threatening rupture,
as it is believed Chill will neither
apologize nor make any material in
demnity. Chill is making warIike
preparations, and has ordered artil-
lery from Germany.
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The grand labor convention of all
the labor organizations in the United
States will be held at st. Louis
February %, 1892
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The small, round black seeds of Can
TIA indica are used by the Burmese for
sacred heads and Ivy tine Hindoos for
aecklares. They are called i'll Guiana
buckshot. for the natives use them as
shot in their blowpipes.
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Illinois has larger railroad mileage
than any other state in the Union; OF,
TO be more exact, it has 10, 1853 miles of
main lines and 2,92S miles of sidings
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A NOVEL wager is to be decided in
Belfast, Me-, where one man has bet
SIS that no one can drive a pig a mile
without the porker turning to see
who is driving, and another man has
risked his dignity and SIS to prove
the contrary.
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FRANCE is just now having trouble
with the Brazilian government
similar to that between the United
States and Chill. Twelve French
men we're slaughtered in Rio Janeiro
during the fight growing out of Da
Fonseca's assumption of the dictat-
orship, and France wants reparation
for their loss.
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A WASHINGTON correspondent has
Just discovered that Mills was de-
Jeated on account of badly managed
canVasG
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A LETTER was recently received by
the sender which had been travelling
around the world for nine years.
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Some Northern people are raising
as much fuss about the South's in
tentaon of showing its respect for
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, says the Mem
phis Appeal-Avalanche, as if they
were going to subscribe something
themselves. 1t doesn't make any
difference to the South, however.
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SENATOR SHERMAN's private secre-
tary says that the senator is just
now very doubtful of his ability to
defeat Foraker for the Senate. This
must be very gratifying and encour-
aging news to Ohio's skyrocket
statesman.
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Justice Field, of tie United States
supreme court once declined to nav
A.5OO for San Francisco lot thai has
since been sold for 81, 00O, GOO.