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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-09-09
oUs WATER oyEsTIoN.

The JouRNAL-MINER has time and
 again had occasion to refer, not only
 to the inadequate supply of water
 but to the miserable quality of what
 little water there is in the city res ervoir, and urge upon the city coun- cil the importance of taking some steps towards remedying the evil.
 At the present time the water is simply indescribably filthy, being un-
 fit for use of any kind, except for irrigation or for driving water motors. Strangers visiting Prescott form an unfavorable impression of the town on account of it's poor water. A man goes into bath house to take bath and he is driven out from the odor of the water. Or if he succeeds in withstanding the disagreeable- ness of the odor and performs his ablution, he IS covered with coat ing of filth and slime. The question is very serious one and should re- ceive the immediate attention of the city authorities. If nothing better can be done 1t seems to be in order to lease or sell the entire institution as We understand such propositions have been made by private individ- uals. The water works instead of having been a source of revenue to the city has been a bill of expense. If private individuals will take them and supply pure water to consumers and relieve the city of the expepse it seems that this is feasible way of solving the water problem. The wisdom of the mayor and common council, however, may suggest a bet ter plan than this. We have no pet scheme to offer on the subject, but it is one which should receive the early, earnest and thoughtful con sideration of the city authorities.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-09-09
A Prison Leak.

One of the leaks al the peniten- tiary is the keeping of United States prisoners. The territory receives a dollar day for their keeping. As the cost of prisoners has never been as low as that, 1t follows that the territory has been and is loser on every prisoner sent from the United States courts. There is seldom a time when there Is less than dozen U. $. prisoners in the penitentiary. If they are paid the clothes, fare and money given to other prisoners, the territory is out that much more. Six U. S. prisoners were received last week, one of whom had only forty day sentence. If on his discharge the superintendent gives him s cash. Sl5 worth of clothes and SS.l0 railroad fare, the territory Is out on the transaction at least Si0.
 If the United States requires prisoners from its courts in Arizona to be confined in the territorial pen itentiary. it osght to pay as much for their maintenance as other prison CTS cost, and provide for clothing and transportation on release. The ter ritory is behind thousands of dollars in keeping U. S. prisoners, none of which IL stands any chance of getting back.-Y Yuma Times.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-09-09
Tip Ton News.

TP Tor, August 3l.-[ Regular correspondence. l-Quite rain storm visited Tip Top and vicinity last week and cooled oH the atmosphere somewhat.
 Coyles' ten-mule team came in to- day with supplies for the camp and will load back with ore from the Chlorider, Fourth of July and South Tip Top.
 Miss Kate Heizer. of Tucson, has been selected to teach the Tip Top school this term which will begin about the first Monday in Septem- Der. The boys are all beginning to wax their moustaches and soap their hair to have them in trim on the occa- sion.
 The talk is about that a certain Tip Topian is about to build new residence and take unto himself a partner.
 Aug. Bauer has returned from the capital city where he has been for some time looking after his partner. Tony Berehem. Friends of Tony will be pleased to hear that he is inn proving some every day, slow but sure.
 Every thing in B. Burg is about the same with Morgan still in the lead and Tuck q good second, while the writer IS not in it. So here goes for jump off. DE VERAs.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-09-09
Rad Driver. Make naa Hor.e.,

A horse cannot be screamed at and cursed without becoming less valu- able in every particular. To reach the highest degree of value the ami nal should be perfectly gentle and reliable, but if 1t expects every mo ment that it is in harness to be scolded and struck, it will be in a constant state of nervousness, and in its excitement is liable, through fear, to do something which is not ex- pected. It is possible to train a horse to be governed by speaking to him, almost as completely as to train a child, and thus trained the horse reaches its highest value. When horse is soothed by the gentle words of his driver, and we see him calmed down from great excitement by no other means, it may be fairly con- cluded that the man who has such power over him is humane man and a sensible one.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-09-09
ALI SORTS or ITEMS.

Bismarck weighs 2lO pounds.
 Belgium's queen is a magician.
 A mountain of coal in Wyoming has been burning for thirty years
 The balloon is getting to be as dangerous as the notorious buzz z-saw.
 The cost of burying the late Grand Duke Nicholas. of Russia, was $40. OOO.
 Lemonade in red, white and blue layers is the latest novelty in soft drinks.
 Pure rock salt has been discovered in Kansas at depth of 800 feet, and the supply is said to be practically inexhaustible.
 The liquor business in Maine Is so profitable that the dealers have at tempted to bribe the sheriiis with large sums of money.
 There has been an increase of D. uD0 in the number of United States post offices during the past year. They now number 6i.39l.
 The Illinois Humane society is moving actively ia the ease of child two years of age, that had been taught to smoke tobacco in pipe.
 Empress Eugenie, the kind hearted widow of Napoleon III, has failed visibly within the last few months.
 Edward Lytton Bulwer Dickens, the youngest son of the great novel ist, has been elected to parliament in New South Wales.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-09-09
Women Travelling .,o..

Never in twenty-five years experi-
 ence have l ever seen so many women
 travelling alone as there are this sum-
 mer. Almost half the passengers in
 the sleeplng-cars on my last three
 trips were women unattended by es-
 cort. They were all going of some
 where to spend their vacations. and
 were as independent as you please.
 Most of the women carry those in-
 fernal Kodak cameras, and were too
 much occupied taking snap shots out
 of the car windows and of the other
 persons in the car to care for the men
 l have noticed for the past three or
 four years that women are getting to be more independent and are travel ing about alone as freely as drum mers. They are lots of trouble. though, most of these women. They want too much for their money and are too inquisitive to suit me. The old hands at travelling are a little less exacting, and 1 know two or three ladies who are as easy to get along with as a man. They go all over the country alone, and you are just as likely to run across them all in the same town in California as alone in the cars. They do not know each other and do not appear to want to make any new acquaintances. One of these is a Boston woman of means. She takes in every big show in the country, from the SNatiye Day" in California to the Mardi Gras in New Orleans and the charity | ball in New York. She knows as | much about the different roads and l hotels in the country as any man I | ever met, and seems to enjoy life in | her own peculiar way. I always see her at least four times year, some lines more.-St. Louis Globe Demo ,rat.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-09-09
THE uuNrss CASE.

The St. Johns Herald seems dster- mined to acquit Henry Tuning of indictments found against him by the last United States grand jury before the case Is submitted to a jury for their verdict. In it's last issue it says: Henry Tuning, Esq, arrived at home last Friday, from a months sojourn at Prescott, wher he had been to answer a charge of bribery, gotten at the instance of Special Agent Hawk. After putting the case of from day to day for three weeks, they were finally forced to trial by Judge Wells, when the IS. District Attorney dismissed it. v The above only partially states a truth. The person jointly indited with Mr. Tuning as having received the bribe was Col. $. E. Beyans. The case was fully proven and even ad- mitted by Mir. Bevans SD far as the fact of his having received the money was concerned. but on ae- count of the statute of limitations the jury brought in verdict of ae- quittal. IL would have been a use less expenditure of time and money to have prosecuted the case against Tuning with the same statute of limitations staring them in the face. The Heralds then adds: We are willing to wager a ten-dollar som brero that the indictment, which was found by special grand jury asked for by United States District Attorney Wilson, against Henry Tuning, Esq., will never come to trial. The Government will never be ready, and if forced to trial, as they were in the bribery case, it will be dismissed. It is sad commen- tary on this great and glorious gov ernment that its vast power, influ- enee and money can be used by nar- TOW and unprinciplcd officials for the purpose of annoying and per scouting individuals against whom they may have personal enmity and spite; or, that they can be used by  designing and irresponsible parties to wreck vengeance they have not the courage to seek in more manly way, but must skulk behind some one clothed with power and majesty of the law, and shove them to the front"
 We have no desire to convict Mir. Tuning, being perfectly willing to leave the question with jury, but since the above paper attempts to make point in his favor by work ing up public sentiment for him by rehecting on public officials 1t is not out of place to state on the evidence presented to the grand jury there was only one dissenting vote to the indictment. The assertion that twenty repetable citizens, sworn to perform their duty fairly and honest ly, as grand jurors, have allowed themselves to be influenced by off cials, whether unprincipled pr not is very serious and certainly un- called for charge
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-09-09
Territorial Items.

Bruce Perley had on exhibition
 last night bunch of dates from one
 of the trees on the Hatch ranch that
 weighed eighteen pounds. The tree
 is eight years old and this is the
 fourth crop.-Phinex Republican.
 What is the matter with the Pima
 and Maricopa lndiansf Are they
 about to go on tho war path, They
 are providing themselves with sad
 dies, and have lately bought num-
 bers of them from our harness and
 saddle makers.-Star.
 The appointment of Dr. Joshua
 Miller, resident physician of the ter
 ritorial asylum, meets the unqualified approval of many democrats as we'll
 the republicans in the territory. Dr.
 Miller is reported to be worthy and
 we'll qualified for the position. We congratulate Acting Governor Mur- phy on the wisdom of his selection. Tucson Citizen.
 O. F. Putnam, who was formerly railroad agent at Yuma, has been sentenced to fifteen years imprison- ment in Mexico, for smuggling. He is reported to have been found bring ing in from the United States some dutiable articles of little value but still sufficient to make an excuse for his arrest and with the above result.
 The Mohave County Miner con tains the following argumentative(9 item in regard to statehood. "Ari- zona is certainly in favor of state hood. Those who oppose the ad- ministration of our sunny land as a state of this glorious union are moss-backs, with not one progress sive idea in their shallow-pated | craniums."
 Francisco Orozco, nineteen years of age, was brought in yesterday from San Pedro, where he recently | went on apleasure trip, which ended for him. While hunt ing he nsed the ramrod of the gun for cleaning it, and the story of didn't know it was loaded was re- peated with variations. The ball passed through his breast. He is now in a precarious condition. Tucson Citizen.
 J. o. Brown, aprominent citizen of Phenix died last Thursday. During the flood of last spring his house was suddenly surrounded by water and carried away before Mir. Brown could escape. He came tearing Town on the mad waters until the building came in contact with arge cottonwood tree when he sue ,eeded in escaping to the tree. He in his perilous position intil boat could be constructed to elieve him. His health has not 'een good since.-Phenix Republi- an.
 Human endurance was instanced n Mexican who rode over from the hospital this morning. A railroad nan tells of seeing him when in ured three months ago. The man :, Tas track hand near Gila city, and ad lain down on the track for nap. freight train interviewed him, with disastrous results to the Mexican. he leg was torn and mangled by he wheels, and the mans head was adly cut. He was picked up on . at car, the sun beating down on i'm frightfully. He was transferred 3 the baggage car and brought to he hospital, Today he showed up. . cry well repaired.-Tucson Citizen.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-09-09
Two Remarkable Eni,anh.

This unique epitaph is found in California: Here lies the body of Jeems Hambriek, who was accident ally shot on the bank of the Pecos river by young man. He was ae- cidentally shot with one of the large Colts revolvers with no stopper for the cock to rest on. It was one of the old-fashioned kind -brass-mount- ed. And of such is the kingdom of heaven"
 The following epitaph is in Lanes boro, $. C.: Here lies Jane Smith, wife of Thomas Smith, marble-cut- ter. This marble was erected by her husband as tribute to her memory and a specimen of his work. Monu- ments of this same style, S25O."
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-09-09
women.

Thecormon afiictions of women are .,ek.n..a. aehes. indigestion and nervous troubles They arise largely from stomach disorders A. Jov,, vese'aels ssrsapariIla is the only bowel reru. .ss'ns preparation, you can see why it is nor, eneeuve than any other sarsaparilia fin thoss troooies l, is daily relieving hundreds. m. ssuon IS mild. direct and effective We have scores of letters from grateful women.
 We refer to few:
 Sersous debility. Mrs. ,. Barron, lsa 7,h ss. sr cervous debility. hrs Fred. Loy. ST Ellis St, ST. Senersi debility, MrsI Beiden. Sio Mason st ar SersoTs debility. hra. J. Ianphere, 7ss Turk st. Nerssus ss debility. Miss R. Rosenhlum. asa 17sh s'0@scs 2, troubles. Mrs R. L. whe.,on. 70, r.ss sex p, headaches, Mrs. M B. Price, Is prosp.c. s'en headaches. ArA N. Fowler, s27 Ellis St sf. inasgestion, Mrs c. D. Stuart, Is2i Mission ss. constipation, Mrs c. Malvtu tas Vs.r,xc s~
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-09-09

The chigger may chig with all its might and the moeking bird mock and sing, but the Kansas crops take the cake, and corn, you bet, is King. The cricket may crick and the frog let frog and the farmer may chant his strain, for the Kansas crop is always on top-when there is plenty of rain. The hinch hng may chinch and the grasshopper hop, and the hot winds make you tire, but if any one says there are such things here just call him a horrible liar. Okla homa may boom and Texas howl and Missouri shoot off her chop, but this is the place to get home and raise great big crop.-Marysville, Kansas, News.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-19
An INDUSTRY IN CORPsEs.
How an Express Company and an Under
taker whack Up on Consumptives.

How an Express Company and an Under
taker whack Up on Consumpdves.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.1
The Wells-Fargo Company does some
queer things in the way of business, but
the strangest perhaps is new line worked
up by one of the shrewdest agents of the
country at Denver. Colorado is a sort
of last chance for consumptives, and
pretty generally they die there. Most of
them are supplied with money from home
in regular installments, so when they die
not enough coin is found among their effects
to paw an undertaken Undoubtedly many
of them would be buried by the county, but
right here's where the company gets in.
1t has contract with an undertaken who
takes charge of the body, embalms 1t and
gets it all ready for shipment. Then the
Fargo agent wires to the agents in the
towns from which the deceased received
letters. If any relatives can be found it Is
q sure thing and nine times out of ten
enough friends can be found to put up a
check for the undertaker's charges and
transportation. When this has been done
the body is shipped to the friends or rela-
tives by fast train, and turned over by the
agent. The company makes fat annual
profit out of this melancholy business-."the
corpse industry" they call tit is a
good snap for the undertaken, and this coun-
ty is saved Just so many dollars. Many a
time there have been three to four corpses at
once in the company's "cooling room" at
Denver awaiting notice from friends in
just this way. 1t is cold day when W. F.
q Co. can't discover a new way to turn an
honest penny.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-19
SCEAPING THE PAN.

New York Herald.l
We have often been told of the unalloyed
bliss,
Shared alike by the simple and wise,
That has come to each one in his bright
childhood days
The making of tempting mud pies.
But it seems to me strange that the sweetest
and best
In our young lives should yet be forgot
The frolic the fun and exquisite joy
In scraping the pan or the pot.
In the long shadowed life ''what is left" Is
but dregs,
More bitter the older we grow;
Then we think, with a sigh, of the cake in
the pan
That we scraped in the sweet long ago.
Gould /, from the years full of hours gone by,
Choose one to live over again,
I would take that dear hour from my child
hoods best days.
On mothers old kitchen floor, when,
After waiting SO long, with hungering
taste,
At last, with q goodness benign,
The old ebony cook put the cake in to bake,
And the pan, all unscraped, then was
-Margdret AndreUs Oldham
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-19

knows that the as Premier Stunrboulon
sassin's bullet may not always err. Last
week he had the pleasure of reading on the
tombstone of M. Balcheff, the man who was
killed in his stead, the following, scratched
by some unknown person:
"Forgive US; we aimed at Stamboulof
and struck you. The second time we will
not fail"
Pleasant information to be sure, and yet
NJ. Stambouloff, whose presence in Bulgaria
is such an eyesore to Russia, may long con-
tinue to thwart his enemies, no matter how
steadily they dog his footsteps, and in the
end may triumph over them. If I remem-
Der correctly, the grandfather of the present
Emperor of Germany was constantly fol-
lowed by assassins, and on q number of oc-
casions shot at, and yet lived almost to the
century mark: passing away at last quietly
in his bed at home. NJ. Stamboulof has
certainly one advantage. He knows from
what direction danger is to be feared, and
being watched is watchful in return. Sus-
picious persons are thus kept at q distance,
who might get dangerously close otherwise.
Communicating With the Planets.
Let not our youth with astronomical IN
tunities of pursuing their investigations,
with hope of ultimate pecuniary reward.
An old lady of Spa has just died, leaving
100, 900 francs as prize to that astronomer
who will within the next ten years succeed
in communicating with any planet or star.
According to Camille Flammarion this is
within the range of possibility, inasmuch
as he has already discovered streams, canals,
curious lines of artificial construction, etc.,
on the surface of Mars, to say nothing of
peculiar lights which have manifested
themselves lately and for all that we know
may be signals intended for the earth.
The gifted NJ Flammarion is singularly
alone in making these discoveries, and if
permitted will doubtless make many more
in the future. 1t may be jealousy that
prompts other equally well-known scientists
to remark that the great French astronomer
has vivid Imagination which he allows
full sway at all times, and that it is utterly
beyond their perceptions how he makes out
conditions on Mars-his favorite planet
which other and infinitely more powerful
telescopes than he has at his disposal fail
to indicate at all WILKIE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-19

around loose during Augustus Harris.
the recent reception to Emperor William,
YOU can rest assured they were all properly
taken care of by Mr.. Harris. Nearly every
body, and foreign diplomats in particular,
are hot under the collar because they had
to pay the enterprising manager anywhere
from $50 to $125 per seat on the occasion of
the young Emperor's visit to the opera.
Even Queen Victoria was compelled to pay
over 81 900 for the boxes necessary to ac-
commodate the royal party.
Harris offsets the grumbling with the
statement that he paid 1000 for decora-
tions before the doors of his house were
opened, and was obliged to charge little
high to reimburse himself. Notwithstand-
ing this, it is more than likely knighthood
will be bestowed upon him shortly in recog-
tion of his valuable services as Sheriff of
London, position which he now holds.
The Production of Rain.
It must be source of satisfaction to
"Uncle jerry Rusk to know, as he must,
that if he fails in shooting rain out of the
clouds in this country, he has still the
great region of the Congo and other parts
of Africa to work in. And what field that
would be too, and how the Kafirs and
Namaquas would exploit him and his rain
gun, even if he were unsuccessful. Of
course he might fail too often and be run
through with an assegai or have his brains
knocked out with knob-kerrie, but, there
is little fear of that as long as Jerry retains
that persuasive eloquence which has
frightened agricultural headquarters dur
ing this administration. Besides he would
be supplied with goodly quantity of
dynamite, which has no rival when it comes
to stating point with emphasis and a
quart used as a gesture at place in the
explanation of his theories would 90 far
toward clearing away any doubts they
might have of its power, particularly if a
good-sized group gathered closely about at
the time, to more minutely watch its opera
tions.
While on this subject it is remarkable
how many different people believe in the
ability of their selt-constituted prophets or
rather wonld-be manufacturers of artificial
weather. Not only the Africans, but our
own Indians, have had their rain makers,
while the ancient Egyptians and Romans
gave the quacks considerable credence.
Only the other day read of a colony in
Bulgaria, that has been practising old super
stitions recently in the hope that they would
end a long continued drought in that coun-
try. In this instance the people took a
young girl, stripped her, land for the time
being called her ''Paparooda." She then
led them through the principal streets of
the VILLAGES. stopping at every house to
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-19
CLEAN, HATCHET FACES.
The Latest Fad Is to Cut Of the whiskers
and Get Wrinkles.

The Latest Fad Is to Cut Of the whiskers
and Get Wrinkles.
whiskers are going out of style again,
and in the future clean shaven faces will
only be popular, says popular New York
barber For two years every man who could
raise mustache and beard did SO, because
it was all the rage. Now it's the proper
thing to shave every bit of hair from the
face and let the hair grow long, and fall
over the collar if you can train it to do go.
Full faces are not going to be fashionable
in the future, and professional massueses are
doing prosperous business in training the
skin and flesh on the face to look fabby and
peaked The object is to look as intellectual
as possible, and with hatchet face, the hair
brushed back from the forehead and falling
over the coat collar, the effect desired is OBJ
tanned The fad originated here in New
York and is going to be craze in few
weeks,