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Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

llDerty, put WnSn rememDereQ tn I was still in the land of civilization, h contented myself with muttering bS1 tween my teeth in the words of the immortal Puck: "Oh what Yankees these humbugs are."
 Hogs when confined in small pen and half starved, act and appear like cultured people in their mad rush for the butcher's knife, but give them their complete liberty and they will become wild and as decent as any ami mal.
 was arrested probably forty times, but was not confined in prison until I came to Tombstone, when, having be- come reckless, l made no defense and allowed myself to become the victim of fossilized ignorance in the form man who is not acquainted with 8 solitary water hole from the Alpha to the Omega of liberty.
 avoided the settlements as muoi, as possible for was not seeking notor- iety but rather preferred to remain in the obscure corner of content:nent believing that the famous man is like dog with tin can tied to his tail. He has the can and gets the stones all right enough but others had the pleas ure of eating the contents of the can and throwing the stones.
 A man constantly alone, naked by day and covered at night with but one blanket, wandering far out in the most desert solitude where the stars come down and converse with him and la luna woOs mankind to lunacy A person although not wrapped in clothing, is often in some very strange reflections. A supper of cold water one night made me interrogate myself thus: Why must we SOW, cultivate and harvest? Why cannot we take little earth, mix it with a small amount of air and water and make food. I pom dered and experimented until 1 finally succeeded in producing tolerable palatable dish of mud and water and lived on this for months at time. Occasionally ill the way of variety I would mix in leaves of mesquite bush or a pinch of the flower. I solemnly affirm that since l made my discovery l have not eaten, on an average, over one civilized meal a week, and then only to please friend.
 One peculiarity about this food is, that owing to the large amount of iron in the mud, it causes discoloration of the skin, but I do not consider the iron an objection for to it I ascribe my good health and power of endur- ance. I am trying to improve it so that it will be more acceptable to the uniuitiated palate, and when perfec. tion has crowned my efforts I shall make known to all mankind the pro- cess of its manufacture.
 am not as some may imagine, al- together at home amongst the Red men on account Of my advanced ideas of dress reform not being agreeable tc
 the more orthodox Indians who stil
 cling to the breech clout abomination
 Among the Cheyenne Indians I crea- : ted no little consternation as they a once conceived the idea that was tn, long looked for Indian Messiah, a predicted by Sitting Bull.
 . They followed me in crowds. rhei t medicine men would bless me witt
 great pomp and ceremony. They al
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

DICK GlRDs factory for the manu- acture of sugar from beets will make start in about ten days. It should not be forgotten that this big indus- try which is doing so much for Call iiornia is backed by money dug out ot Tombstone mines,
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

THE soil of Arizona was never paid a higher tribute for richness than that given it byO. Homo. A man who has weak digestive apparatus should come to out territory where mud pies produce bone and sinew.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

THE San Jose girl who took a trip to heaven and tells of her experience there, and Tombstone's "wild man" who has seen the earth, would make a strong team for wild west show.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

The Old Guard mine aud improve meats were bought at Sheriff's sale today by c s Clark under execution issued in a judgment of Hawkhurst and Shankland vs. Old Guard Go.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

A. N. Gray, of Benson brought a Mexican up today from Benson, nam- ed Flores. He will stay in jail until he can get bonds to keep the peace for six months. His craze was to threaten to blow the bay window of of one Ben sons leading citizens.
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the point where I was to make my as tension and at an opportune moment seized branch overhanging the trail and swung myself into the thick foli- age which overhung the river. After giving up their search for me drop ped into the stream and foated down on log for several miles.
 To be Continued.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

The lack of rain causes some uneas. mess among cattle men but on the whole they have not lost hope of good rains to come this month.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

B. s. Coffman travelled all through the crack mining camps of New Mex ico during his recent trip and says that Tombstone does more business than any of them.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

SALESMAN.-An energetic man wanted to push our manufactures on this ground. One of our agents earn ed $5, 200 last year. Address P O Box 1871, New York.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

The great race between Longstreet and Tommy was won by the former, although the latter was the favorite in the betting. This happens very fre- quently in other circles than the race track,
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

Jomes Langford is minIng in the Huachuca mountains with Gattrell and Donelly. He returned about a week ago. Ms. Langford is stopping with her parents on the river.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

George Miller, representing Cerf. Schloss < Go. of San Francisco, the we'll known crockery dealers, came in on the late stage yesterday afternoon.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

R w. Wood and two children and Mrs. Chas. McHenry were among the arrivals from Tombstone at the Hor- ton House, San Diego, last Friday.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

The Bijou Dramatic Club are prac- ticing for another entertainment to be given in the near future at Schieffelin hall.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

A column interview with Dr. Good fellow is published in the Examiner of Saturday last. is about Indian depredations and is lively reading.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

George Metcalf was chosen pripG today by the trusteeessofi trusteeess ofilv cm6styl school district. Mrs. Bradley was chosen to fill the vacancy occasioned by the declination of Miss McNair.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

O. Homo's mail is growing into pro- portions that will soon cause him to have mail pouch of his own.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

It is reported that J. E. Durkee and wife will make their future home on their ranch near Los Angeles.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

The board of supervisors met today. They will fix the rate of taxation be- fore adiourning.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

MT. Case entertained the Bisbee peo pie with an elocution program last night.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

All physicians recommend it, Cor onado Water.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09

Rev. Downs preached at Bisbee on Sunday last,
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w. J. CHAMBERLAIN & CO.,, Ore Buyers & Samplers.

Highest market price paid for ores. Returns promptly made within forty-eight hours after ore reaches our works. Consignments solicited. OFiiCE, 1915 I6TH ST. WORKS, BETH & WAzEE.
 20. Box, 2070. DENVER. Telephone No 50.
Tombstone epitaph., 1891-08-09
From Tuesdaq's Daily.
City council meets tomorrow night.

J. s. Robbins is m from Ash can yOn.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-09-05
DAN OLD GARDEN.

Wasas run not whore lilies grew,
Stste1v and lovely and pure a. truth
In the old deed days when IT., tns gn.ussn youth
u.t+Ias creep to tho crumbling sill,
M briars climb where the rose once Dioolneo'
mt clump Of rue holds its tenure Sui
And remembers the beauty that 1ets ma
doomed
Nose grows thick on the path where trod
The feet of youth in the days gone Dy,
Ard the feet Of those who were nearing Uoo'
And the time to Law work down ana oie.
wonder if ever On moonlit n1gnts,
Ghoetly footballs, through molo anu noSs'
Come and go where the old deilgnts
OF life and loving gave place to loss!
Lovers have walked here, hand in hand.
Here by this dying tree, Was told
story sweeter to understand
Than the tales of all poets. young or olu.
where IL the lover who told his love?
Where is the maiden whose lips he Kissed!
All but the grave grass grows above
Those who no longer are mourned or m1sseo
Poor old garden of dead delights,
Haunted know you are night ana Gay,
The gull from the sea- in its landward flights,
Hints of the feet years that hew away.
Ever and ever while nettles spread
Over the beds where the lilies grew,
You think of the past and long since dead,
And the beauty and brightness that once you
knew.
Your heart 10 truer than hearts of mon,
o poor old garden, for men forget;
They bury their dead and 60 on again,
For life has room for but brief regret;
But you mourn forever for lost delights:
You grieve for the beauty that could not last
And share your sorrows on lonesome nights,
When my heart remembers its happy past.
-Lipp:noott's Magazine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-09-05

containsd Hehad given IL 10 his dau.h &.
eer seven years before. on leaving Loo.
don. HE long absence was accounted "a.
He had been taken prisoner Is ~
China SEAS. sold to the Dyaks of Borueo.
but had ct length escaped. His veseei
had arrived only in the evening before.
Poor Cherry knew her father, and her
recovery was rapid. The aunt ~
placed to rest; Jack Farming gave nm
sea voyages for his child's sake, and then
she was settled in q comfortable and
happy home. She blesses the pau.
per's jewel which was the means of re-
storing to her dear father and of saw.
ing her life.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-09-05

In England the only venomous snake
u the viper, which frequents chalky dis
tricts, and is not to be found all over
the country. Perhaps these vipers are
the most common and vicious of the
smaller snakes, seldom growing longer
than two feet. They abound not only
IN warm countries, where forests are
thick and men are few, but also in the
coidest regions of Sweden, NORWAY,
Russia, and even Siberia, where, 40
oording to the illustrated american, .
great many exist owing to asuperstit!0n
among the peasants that If . viper u
killed terrible misfortune will soon
befau the rash slayer. The California
viper builds itself . little mud hut, Just
its own length, and probably half IN
inch thicker than its own body. It il
made OF earth, fine gravel and some
tunes leaves are mixed in the construc-
ton OF this curious abode. Il l. lined
with soft. silky substance, finer than
cotton and silkier than down. At each
end there are two little doors, and when
monsieur 10 maitre il half way in one
shuts, and when all the way In the
other closes. leaving the master Of the
house 8 isolated and exclusive q Rob
inson Crusoe on his desert island. One
OF these viper shells.' brought from
Cainornia lately, was 90 Thoroughly sun
baked and hardened that though more
than two feet long it could be dropped
on the hoor without breaking.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-09-05
Spanish Politensss.

The Spanish lover has a very pretty
way of saying. II throw myself at your
feet. senorita." OF course he does
nothing of the kind. The Spanish
hostess says to her friends, possess
yourself of my house, it is all yours, I"
but she does not expect them to take
actual possession. The words are the
flower Of chivalry. But an occasional
visitor takes these polite people to ex-
plain the mistake. When General and
Mrs. Grant were in Cuba they were in
vited to dine at the palace of the Gov
ernor General in Havana In the even
ing ball was given which was attended
by the beauty Of the city. Among the
senoritas was one lady who stood con-
versing with the American Generals
wife. She was superbly dressed and
carried q marvellous fan which had de-
scended to her from her grest-graud-
mother. It was costly affair Of carv-
ing, lace, and diamonds. Mrs. Grant
admired it, upon which the Spanish
lady at once handed it to her with the
usual remark: 1T is yours, madam,
with the greatest felicity. Do me the
great favor to possess yourself Of it"
Mrs. Grant was delighted; she warmly
thanked the lady and kept the fan. nor
would the dismayed senorits, who had
lost an hairloom permit the mistake to
be announced.-FTeeP Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-09-05
Curious Taste Of . Cow.

On Saturday of last week, we were
stro.ling around taking in some Of many
places frequented by us during our
earlier and better days, prominent
among which was . spring ct which We
were inclined to linger. While there q
COW came rushing up, and, - il nearly
famished, she ignored the fresh, spark
ling spring water and sought eagerly
wster that had been standing in wash
tubs since the previous Monday. and
the oldest and most highly perfumed
she seemed to relish most. We tried to
drive her awsy but failed, 20 We de-
cided to allow her TO slack her apparent
thirst, and by careful estimate drank thir-
teen gallons Of sosp-suds and two gal
Ions Of bluing water. Harlem Sentinel
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-09-05
Ol6 Words and New.

Some of the words used BY old-fash
toned country people, and laughed q
by those who hear them, are not cor
ruptions of language, but merely sur
vivsls of old torms-forms so old thai
many educated persons have forgotten
or perhaps have never known, that they
were once in good and regular standing
~ English words.
If An old woman axes your pardon,
she is speaking IS the most careful
English scholars spoke for hundreds ..o1
years, down almost to the end of the
sixteenth century. Thus in Wyclifte'l
New about 1o80-we read
aWhat man of you is. that if his some
axe hymn breed, whethir he wole take
hymn q stoon?" And Coverdale's trans
lation of the Gospel according to st.
Matthew. published in 1886, has @Axe
and it shall be given you"
So. too, when the same old woman
says @piny" instead of peony, she is only
following the ancient usage. In William
Brownies @Britannia's Pastorals,
printed in 1916, the poet contrasts sthe
rudy play with the lighter rose"
It amuses the schoolgirl of the pres
emit day to hear lilacs called @laylocks;
but Walter Savage Landor always said
slaylocks," following. Is his blographer
tells Us, . pronunciation traditional in
many old English families"
When an Iishman speaks OF his
.fader and moder' he is guilty Of moth
ing worse than talking older English
than We are accustomed to hear. @Wor-
schipe thi fadir and thi modir, says
Wycliffe's New Testament
The London Athen@um recently
printed hitherto unpublished letter Of
poet Gray written in 176l. It has to
do with the shipping of some goods to
Cambridge, and contains two fragrant
sAmericsnisms," 80 called. The goods,
be saws, may remain packed till he
comes. (which will be in about three
veeks. I guess" and then he adds,
sMr. Gillian, I reckon, will stay for hia
money till arrive.
Grsy was one Of the most learned
men Of his time, and . person Of the
most fastidious taste, yet he guessed
and .reckoned" like any countrified
Yanksa. In other words these two
sAmericanisms" are simply English
forms of speech which have gone out
of vogue in tho mother country, and
which for that reason have novel,
american" sound to the modern En-
glish tourist.
.Axe,' .laylock" and the like are now
vulearisms, and % such are 70 be
avoided, but it Is well enough to know
that they were once - well received u
good society as their successors are q
nreaent-fouth's Companion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-09-05

1t was Just at the beginning of the
busy hour in the evening, and the can
was crowded. People were packed like
behring's inside, and on the platform
there was the usual crush and strupele
for four square inches of space. II was
just ct the beginning of . rain, and the
gripman had no waterproof along. II
seemed that at every second door some
one had to get on. The car was con
stantly stopping. It was filed to the
last limit long ago, but still people were
waving their arms from the pavement
and clambering up and in some way.
Nobody knows how many persons can
get in Chicago street car. At one
corner three women, with babies In
their arms, stopped the car and got in.
The gripman swore little at them.
At the next man looked at the
clouds, signaled the gripman and got in
out OF the vet. The rain began to come
down little more decisively. The
gripman started up and threw the lever
TAR forward. He wanted to shoot
straight to tho stables without stopping.
There was another man. The car had
not run forty feet.
The gripman swore very roundly -
he loosed the lever and pulled back on
the brake.
Then he started, bent the talons of
the grip about the cable and plunged
ahead again. There was another wo-
man. The car had run just half . block.
The passengers looked up as they saw
the waving arms of the waiter. They
expected to hear a very volley of oaths
at this second stop. The gripman's
face was a study. First it was black as
night. Then he looked closely at the
woman. He hated her and wanted to
blast her with q frown. Then his brow
softened. A twinkle came into his eyes.
His lips parted and his great wooden
face broke into kindly laugh.
What had she done? Who was she?
Did he know her? Nothing nothing
at all He knew nothing about her.
She was only q handsome girl and she
laughed . caress right into his lips as
he frowned at her. Smiles are better
than scepters any dsy.-.Chicago Her.
aid.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-09-05

Trials of Sudden Wealth.-Mrs. Gaswsll:
Il just MAKES me mad. Here 60 out shop
ping in my 5000 Worth dress, yet folks
think I'm poor. Mr.. Gaswell: They doeeS
Mrs. 0aswell: Yes, they do. I went into
Antique, Design d Co.'S Grand store to-day
to get some furniture for the new house. and
at ffst they didn't show me anything but .
lot of secondhand old stun that looks - ct IL
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-09-05
n-Timsa Conss.

m-Tlmsd Coffee.
In Mrs. Collieis narrative Of her voy-
ago through the inland seas Of the Sit
kan Archipelago she describes some
what exciting passage through fleet
OF icebergs in Glacier Bay. Il was Of
the greatest importance to keep the
ship moving ahead. though her advance
could be measured only by inches. At
one time the Captain ran halfway up
the foremost, glasses in hand, and for
some minutes, like the picture Of Far
ragut i'd Mobile Bay, shouted his orders
to the wheel-house.
After this he resumed his monoto-
nous and nervous pacing upon the
bridge, oil the while steering his i'm
mense vessel with such dexterity and
mathematical precision that - the
cakes of ice were upturned and fell
gracefully into our wxke, it was easy to
see that the course selected WAS always
the one of least resistance.
I took note Of q few of the express
ions whose magnetic influence twisted
and turned us around in such beautiful
curves, some of which were: "Star-
board, sir!" "Slow her" "Why
don't you slow her when tell you?"
''Stop her" $50 tell the engineer if
he don't obey the signals quicker, the
first thing he knows he'll have one Of
these boys in his engine room!" "Hard-
a-port, sir" ''Port herr STEADY
nowp ''Keep your eye on the COM
pass there" @Put an extra man at the
wheelr
In the midst of this strain, when the
slightest error of judgment might have
been frsught with disaster. the chief
steward-it was his first voyage with
Captain Carroll-wss seen ascending
the ladder with q bowl Of steaming
coffee.
1--WE brought You . cup of coffee. "
said the steward, with outstretched
hand.
''Take it away, siri When I want
coffee I'll send for it," shouted the
skipper.
What became of the steward don't
know: but I do know that few scraps
of sentences were floating about the at
mosphere for several minutes, such a.:
''Nice time for coffee! Port her!
Steady! Pretty time to be drinking
coffee! Starboard little! Coffee, in
deed! Slow her. sirl Slow her, I
say! Coffeew
It is proper to add, however, that .
few hours later the poor affrighted
steward was addressed in different Ian
guage.
'.Tll take that coffee now, steward.
but don't ever bother me again when
I've got my hands full.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-09-05

Ell happened at Athens. during . Pub-
Ia ureeentstion Of . play IN honor OF the
commonvealth, that IN old man came
IS late for . place suitable to his age
and qualify. relate: 2 writer IN tns
LsstheuosA Some Of the yonng meo'
- 1920 10 di6Rculty and confu-
sfaa = ~ +, maae signs 70 him tnaa
- vooN essennodnts hin, & =
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-09-05

- vhare Ny ~ tt ~ -
basIaed through ths crowd aeoeedingy
Spx - sest preferred him. But vhea
he came 70 Tho seats 70 which he was
invited the jsst was TO olose and expose
him q he stood out Of countenance be-
fore tho audience. The frolio went
round al the Athenian benches. But
on these occasions there were also par
ticulxr places assigned to foreigner
So, when the old man skulked toward
the boxes appointed for the Lacede-
monians, that honest people. more vir-
tuous than polite, rose all to . man and,
with the greatest respect, received him
amongst them. The Athenians, being
suddenly touched with sense Of Spar
tan virtue and their own degeneracy,
gave loud applause Of. admiration.
Then the old man, As soon ~ the noise
subGided, cried out: The Athenisns
understand what is good. but the Lace
demoniars practice ii.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-09-05

After her son went West he was
prospecting, and one night found him
With bag and baggage ct . large hotel,
and in the morning he WAS offered one
hundred dollars . month TO tend bar.
and only for you, he wrote his mother,
I should have accepted II. And II this
column should chance to meet the eye
Of that son, he viii know he u not for
gotten, and may the prayers and tears
Of that dear mother b always remem-
bered when he il surrounded by evil
infuencea-Mschi0cn Farmer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-09-05
That "Little woman"

A story of the Greedy e1peditio.
which may have been in print at the
time, but is worth repeating, was told
ct dinner one evening lately by .
naval officer to whom the occurrence
was . personal Renaissance, says the
New York Times. He accompanied the
Bear in its mission of rescue, and hap
pened to be one of the party that &C.
tually found the small band. It Is his
tory that the moment was q desperate
one for the Greedy men. The last drop
of liqQor had been poured down the
throat of one of them who seemed to be
dying; and, about at the end Of hope
and resources, and weak with hunger and
suffering, the little company was set
Ting into the stupefaction of over
whelming misery when the rescuers sud-
denly appeared. Once more they were
in the world. At such time q man is
apt to conceal his emotions, and the
tragic meeting was accompanied with
simplicity that in itself was tragic. A
cheerful @Halloa, old MANI from the
rescuers, and . grunt or two from such
of the survivors as were able to grunt
even, and it was over.
Then followed the attempt to get the
poor fellows in condition to be moved
to the ship. Nourishing food and drink
were given to them, and they were
cheered by talk of home and friends and
the latest news. But the process was
slow at first. Chief Engineer John
Low seated himself by Lieutenant
Greedy, who. gaunt with starvation and
wild-eyed with late despair, seemed to
take little heed of him.
well, Colonel, he said finally, after
several apparently Intellectual efforts to
arouse the still dazed officer. there's
one little woman will be glad of this
days work"
Greedy raised his eyes. then dropped
them again half sullenly. Little
woman" he repeated with q sort of q
growl; @she weighs 100 il she weighs
pound And then Mr.. Low knew he
would come around all right.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-09-05

81 suppose" said the doctor, a. he care
fully bound up the stump of Sammy's ampu-
tated arm, ''that you will not shoot OF toy
replied Sammy, 81 have one arm left yet"