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The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-01
First publication Sept, r, 1891.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND OFFICE AT PRESCOTT, Arz September 28th 1891

A T, l.
 September 2Sth, 1891. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be made before the Clerk of the District Court, at St. Johns. Apache county. Arizona Territory, on Saturday, Gc- tober 7th, 1S9l viz: Simeon N Ray, Homestead Application No 532 for the east 12 of the sout h. east lz Section 7, and the northeast 14 of the northeast 1l S-ctiOn Is, and the northwest 14 of the northwest 19 of Sec. No r, in Township No. Moth of Range No, 29 East
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz:
 Spencer W Wiltbank5. George H Crosby, Hen " Marble Orson Biglow, all of Springerville, Apache County, Arizoua.
 J, c. MARTIN,
 Register, First publication October 1, 1891.
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a maverick-put your brand on and own it. You are perfectly safe in doing so- provided, you get the right kind of a grand jury.
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The Wabash Cattle Company and Gardiner, Gillies & Co.,, are shipping cat tie from Holbrook to Nebraska.
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A. D. Mcintosh, the butcher, keeps beef and mutton on hand, and when the weather gets little cooler will add pork to his meat supply.
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Chas. Zeiger, one of Albuquerque's most prominent and energetic citizens, has spent a week in St. Johns. Had some business before the court.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
 LAND OFFICE AT PRESCOTT. ARIZONA
 01 1891.

August 21, 1891. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed noice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be made before the Clerk of the District Court at St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory, on Saturday Oct. 5rd 1891, viz: William Barnett Dempsey, Homestead Alp lbeing lot and southeast 14 of the northeast 1) and east 1a Of the southeast 1z of sec twp r north Range 21 east.
 He names the following witnesses to prove hls continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, said land, viz: Thomas Bunch and Benjamin Schuster, of St. Johns, Arizona, John H Bowman and William ScOrse, of HOlbrCOk, Ariz.
 J. C. MARTIN,
 Register. First publication Angust 2, 1891.
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It is thought Court will adjourn to- morrow. There has been considerable civil business transacted, and very little of criminal nature.
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R. C. Biassingame, Supervisor, and hls most estimable wife, have been in St. Johns several days.
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Henry Tuning, Esq, and T.:W John ston returned to Show Low by way of Springerville, last Wednesday.
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Ernest Tee, Esq, returned to the Cienega last Saturday after spending week in St. Johns.
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Judge Banta has had his building re- plastered and whitened, which adds to its appearance very greatly.
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LOCAL NEWS.

The Board of Supervisors meet next Monday.
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Jack Porter hhs been on the sick list for several days.
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We would be glad to hear from our springerville correspondent every week.
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Judge Pratt has been serving the couL- ty for the past week as trial juror.
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ST. JOHNS MEAT MARKET.
 A. D. Mcintosh, Proprietor.

Will keep constantly on hands both beef and mutton, as we'll as vegetables and produce of every description, and is determined not to be undersold in any branch of his business. The trade of all is respectfully solicited, in the belief that all patrons will be fairly dealt by.
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Ever since the establishment of the first paperon the bay of San Francisco, which we believe wai the "Alta," removed from Monterey i'll 1Si9; the inhabitants ofthe Coast generally have been inter csted in the news from San Francisco. The Alta" like many other pioneers of'4o, has succumbed to the inevitable and gone to the great majority, and, like other pioneers, has been succeeded by younger generations. The Examiner" has taken perhaps the most prominent place in the newspaper field of late years, and its Weekly edition is very generally taken by those who want an interesting and reliable paper published at "The Bay" Everyone is familiar with the Premium Offers made by Mir. Hearst, the Examiner" contemplating publisher, and it is only necessary to say that this year the aggregate value of the preIniums-of which there are ,, ,0o0- is $l35,0O0, which distributed among all the subscribers to the paper. In addition to these pre-
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The undersigned is prepared to do any and all kinds of mason work. Ranch men who contemplate making any inn provements on their places would do we'll to call on him, as rock work is more durable than any other building mate rivl. Satisfaction guaranteed or no pay. Communication to the care of Charles Thompson, St. Johns, Ariz., will reach me,
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-27
A BRAVE GIRL.

What She Did to Save "the Boys"
But Mostly for Jacks Sake.
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Lost On the steamcars.

The conductor and porter of sleep
ing car are obliged to turn in all the
property they find during trip. They
give the name of the car, the date of the
trip, the points of starting and destina
ten and the name of the article they
have found. The articles are examined
ticketed, inventoried and numbered
When patron writes and says he has
left an article on one of the cars he is
asked to give the exact date, the route
the place at which he embarked and the
station at which he left. A full descrip
ton of the missing articles and any adj
ditional data or details he may be able
to give is also demanded. This is eX'
acted to prevent fraud and to protect
the real owners, as there are occasions
when fraud is attempted.-Americar
Home Graphic.
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run as there was deep pass in a
ravine ahead where we would be forced
to rein in little.
AS | watched Jack Bently's great
form rise and fall with his mount, as II
he and it were one, and admired his
strong, determined pace, l could not
help wishing l had in some way brought
things to happy end in his love affair
with Vi. He was superb horseman;
a splendid soldier.
| wondered if the little wild flower
knew of the love this silent fellow had
for her. She had never appeared to be
conscious of it.
He might be going to his death. She
. might never know it.
We raised cloud of dust as we tore
on. Our horses were of superb metal.
Mine had carried me on many a run for
life.
won't we make it hot for emp
cried one of my men, as he rode by my
side. Poor fellow, he was one of the
first to lose his life that day through our
scouts treachery.
In an incredibly short time we COW
cred TIE first seven miles of the run
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-27

JACK LIFTED HER FROM THE SADDLE.
arm lift her from the saddle Just in
time, and bear her to cover behind a
great bowlder. lie did not hang back
in that emergency. Blood was coming
from several wounds on her; one over
her right temple. | saw it, and so did
Jack.
Then the Indians demanded all my
attention. They swarmed around the
turn in the trail. Red Hand did not
hang back: he fought in the front of
his bloodthirsty gang. One Of his bull
lets felled one of my boys at my side.
The powder smoke hung low in the
damp ravine. Pandemonium reigned
there. Like hadean imps the Sioux
glided about in the uncertain light.
Their whoops We're almost deafening.
The devils outnum bered us three to
one.
Red Hand seemed to bear a charmed
life. He was worse than ten of his
braves. But this was destined to be
his last fight. He fell, ere long, think
from one of Jack Bently's bullets.
After he received his quietus we had
things our own way. He was the life
of his men. When they saw him drop
they fled. Thanks to little vi, we were
the victors. If we had ridden into the
ambush doubt whether one OF us would
have escaped. 1t was only her surpris-
ing the Indians by riding through from
the other direction that enabled her to
get to the turn before they fred upon
her.
l sent my men after the flying Sioux
and went to the bowlder where Jack
Bently had taken the brave girl.
| She was not unconscious, and her
head was in his lap, her eyes lifted to
his.
Il did it" heard her say, ''to save
the boys, but mostly you, Jack. 1
knowed all along you loved rAe."
You should have seen the look that
came into Jack Bently's handsome face.
At last they understood each other.
He pressed her little bleeding form to
! his breast, and then blushed scarlet as
he saw me.
Captain" he said, "she's hit hard,
but you can pull her through"
1t meant l must pull her through.
AS the cracking of rifles sounded
down the ravine l examined her
wounds. There were five of them.
Jack Bently was watching me III
tently all the time. Blood was flowing
from an ugly wound in his shoulder,
yet do not think he noticed it in his
anxiety for vi.
you can?" he asked again.
Fortunately the wounds were NOT
serious
yes" I returned "In two weeks
she will be all right!'
CLARENCE C. CONVERSE.
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Extrayagant Economy.

The captain of a fine clipper ship,
rather than pay the price of having a
tug tow her into port, attempted to sail
her in during furious gale. The re-
suit of this economy was the loss of an
$50, 900 craft, 500, 900 cargo, and the
lives of the captain and seventeen of the
crew, which considerably more than
offsets the saving of the price of tug,
Another sad feature arising from this
economical spirit of the thrifty captain
was the death of the captain of the life
boat which went to the clippers assist
ance when she was driven on the rocks
Altogether it was extravaganza economy
N. Y, World.
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Alaskan MOSQUITOES.

Moss, shrubs and berries grow in
great profusion along Yakutat Bay
shore, and over the moraine regular
trail was formed as the large brown
bears crossed and recrossed in search of
food and berries. The glacial stream
divided into a thousand branches and
formed an ideal delta, depositing silt
and glacial debris. Our course took us
over a mountain spur and across an
interior basin about one thousand five
hundred feet in height, filed with nu-
merous lakes and swarming with mos
quitoes. Indeed, there were such myri-
ads of the latter that imagination sug.
gested that each flake Of snow had con-
cealed within it germ, and thus the
mosquito had generated. Here it is that
sometimes huge brown bears, driven to
fury and desperation by these tormenting
little beasts, finally tear their flesh and
die in agony.--M E. Kerr, in ScribDsr.
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At the time am telling you of, she was
Just past sweet sixteen.
She would ride over from her home, a
little distance from the post, with her
brother or father, and it would have
done you good to see her. She could
ride her calico pony, four-footed piece
of chain-lightning, like Comanche;
and she was mighty pretty, too.
Her form was 1.-THE and graceful as
panther's, while her eyes were dark
brown and full of sparkle. She was a
splendid specimen of western young
womanhood. l can see her now in pic
turesque buck-skin garb, riding that
cranky little calico pony.
One of my men, Jack Bently by name,
lost his heart to her incontinently from
the first. He was strong, handsome
fellow, and | wished to see him succeed
in his love affair." but he was so terribly
bashful that | had doubts as to his do
ing so. am sure that | was the only
person in the post that suspected his in
tatuation, so oddly did he act when vi
that was the abbreviation of her first
name and the one she went by-was at
the post.
He would stay in the background.
and, know, suffered torture to see the
rest of us laughing and chatting with
her. often thought l would do him a
good turn by speaking a word for him
to the little prairie fairy, but, somehow,
never did.
He got into quarrel with one of our
men one day after one of Wis visits;
and, | am certain, all on account of the
fellow giving her a trif1ing present.
Six months passed. At the end of
this time he was no holder than at the
beginning. In fact his timidity in her
presence grew on him. His was a
queer case. He did not even have the
courage to exchange word with her
when she was at the post.
One day l was on the point of sending
for him and demonstrating with him
about his difiidence. l had called my
stable boy to be my messenger when an
interruption occurred.
One of the posts two Indian scouts
presented himself at my quarters. He
brought startling message. 1t was in
effect that Red Hand, treacherous
Sioux, who, with some fifty braves, had
been camped about ten miles from the
post, had dug up The Ratchet, and was
leading his party upon the houses of
the two settlers living just beyond the
wooded and rocky section at the west.
Jack Bently passed my quarters just
at that moment, and sang out to him
to get the men mounted and ready to
start as quickly as possible, telling him
of the Sioux movement. He hurried off
and, in ten minutes, all the men were
mounted, bristling with arms, in front
CT my door, ready for the start.
We galloped out of the post at mad
haste, the Indian scout in the lead. No
doubt entered my mind, or, l think,
that of any of my men, that the mes,
sage was vile fabrication and that
the Indian was-as it turned out-lead-
ing us into an ambush. He had always
been trusted scout We put spurs tC
our mounts and dashed along at break.
neck speed. Our best time would have
to be made at the first and last of the
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the level part-when the entrance to the
long ravine was reached. 1t was wind
ing and precipitous. The great walls
of rock rose almost perpendicularly
on either side, and, at some places, the
branches of the trees above met over
our heads, making it a picturesque,
though gloomy place.
Red HandSthe Sioux, could not have
selected a better place for his tiendish
plot.
The day was cloudy one, so the cut
was even darker than usual.
We sent the gravel flying as we rode
down the narrow trail. The traitor
scout was ahead, l next, Jack Bently
at my side, and the rest of my boys
were couple of horses lengths be-
hind. The hoofs of our mounts made
the echoes ring as they beat the ra-
vines rocky bottom. 1t was wonder
none of the gallant steeds fell, we urged
them on so recklessly.
Half a mile ahead was an abrupt
turn in the way. Soon we neared it.
Then we met with surprise that made
Jus pull our horses back upon their
launches.
Around the corner of the wall of rock
ahead at lightning speed dashed vi,
the hunters daughter.
Her head was bowed down, her hair
streaming out behind, and she was
urging her calico pony recklessly on.
Brave, dashing girl!
A volley of shots were fired after her
and the war whoop of the Sioux rang
throughout the pass. 1t was startling
moment.
That little woman had learned of the
plan to massacre us and had come to
warn and save us. One of her friends,
an Indian maiden, had told her of it.
1t was late when she learned of the
ambush; SO late that every minute had
been precious.
Her father ana brother We're away
from home at the time, and she did not
dare to waste an instant in searching
for them.
There was only one way, too, of
reaching us in time-the way directly
through the ambush. Think of what
she did!
Mounted on her pony she had dashed
right through the death-bordered ravine
right through Red Hands ambush!
Our scout, as | have said, was ahead
of us. AS she neared him, he struck at
her with his tomahawk.
1.-The Indians are round the corner,
boys cried. Take cover and fight
AS | spoke | covered the treacherous
redsllin with revolver, and, simulta-
neously with Jack Bently, pulled trig-
ger.
l do not think l ever saw an Indian
fall with so much satisfaction in my
| life before.
Wis mount staggered and went down
as she neared us, yet she never reached
the ground. l saw Jack Bently's strong
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NAVIGATING THE AIR.
Good Reasons for Believing That 1t Can
Be Accomplished.

Good Reasons for Believing That 1t Can
Be Accomplished.
Recent experiments in Pittsburgh and
Chicago have stimulated interest in the
question whether it is possible for man
to navigate the air by mechanical con-
trivance. A balloon, as we all know, IS
hardly more than a very dangerous
plaything, although balloons have been
effectively used for military and mete-
geological observations. But balloon
is nothing but gas bag, at the mercy
of every breath of wind, and is as I'M
comfortable as saw-log in cataract.
Notwithstanding the discouragements
and disasters that have attended bal
looming, however, there is strong hope,
even in scientific minds, that aerial
navigation may be within the compass
of human ingenuity.
There are apparently only two prob
lens in the question, and one OF these
was practically solved more than hun
dred years ago by the Montgolfier
brothers, French paper makers. The
first problem, manifestly, is to sustain
yourself in the air, and the secoLd to go
in any desired direction regardless OF
wind or weather. The balloon accomp-
fishes the first part, but the second part
has puzzled the brains of inventors for
many years.
No device has yet been exhibited
with the means Of propelling and guild
ing a air shf as steamers are managed
at sea. Inventors keep up public in
terest in the subject by assurances from
time to time that aerial transit lines are
about to be established, but the future
tense never stops long enough for the
present to overtake it.
It must be admitted, however, that
there is much cause for encouragement
in the experiments made within the
last few years. A French inventor has
sailed over Paris with an air ship ap-
parently under good control, and very
encouraging experiments have been
made in our own country.
Nitrogen gas for buoyancy and cleo
tricity for propulsion are apparently the
means to which we must look for the
realization of the dream of aerial navi
CATION We know that nitrogen gas can
be made twelve times lighter than atmos-
pheric air. The extreme lightness OF
this gas was discovered by an English
man named Cavendish, who published a
small volume called Different Kinds OF
Air" The perusal of this book gave
the Montgolfiers the idea OF combining a
substance lighter than air in a bag and
sending it skyward, although their ex'
periments were made with fire balloons
and heated air.
A balloon sixty feet in diameter, filled
with nitrogen gas, has lifting capacity
Of nearly eight tons. If an apparatus
can be made that will weigh, for exam
pie, not more than two tons, it follows
that 1t can take sl1yward q pretty fail
railway carload of people-about forty
If they don't average more than 100
pounds each. Then, If the balloon were
long and pointed, so as to encounter the
least possible resistance from the air
and then propelled by electric power
we'll, even we might wait good while
to hear an aerial guard announce
"Cloudland Junction, ten minutes fol
refreshmentsv-Phil Times.