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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

There are opportunities for the charitably disposed to bestow their charity on famine sufferers nearer home than Russia. Reports from Texas state that there Is famine district in that state confined mostly to Starr, Hidalgo, Portacae, Sea- pata, Mexico, Duval and Neuces counties, in which some of the peo- pie are now eating the meat of cat tie which have died from starvation or disease, and drying the meat for future use. The losses on cattle, the principal industry in that section, are estimated at eighty per cent. of the total nvmber; in Neuces county alone 60,0O0 head have died. The famipa district contains a spopula. tion estimated ar i5.oOO to 2O,OOC people, and probably one fourth oi this number require assistance, while the resources of the balance of the population is only adequate to main tain themselves and families. The people have appealed to their state in vain, and another appeal, signed by the leading citizens and ad- dressed to the public, has been pub lished, asking for contributions of corn and other supplies, to be ad- dressed to the central committee, Starr county, care oi B. R. Monroe, county judge.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11
prrnr. POINTED AND rEmrrNn,

l P1THN, POINTED AND PERTINENT
 The any-body-to-beat-Cle Cleveland
 democrats are expecting an inning
 in the rear future.
 The democrats who talked of an
 adjournment of congress by the first of June are not talking on that sub ject these days.
 If Baby Ruth" looks anything like the pictures of her printed in the New York papers Mrs. Cleveland is probably sorry she ever married
 That proposed international silver conference appears to be worrying some of those who have been doing the loudest shouting about the ne- cessity for such conference.
 After the first of July the internal revenue officials will gauge all liquors by weight. It does not, how ever, necessarily follow that drinks will be sold by the pound.
 Cleveland says he has doubts about his again becoming the candidate of his party. They are shared by good many other people, among them David Backwards Hill.
 France appears to have adopted the Jerry Rusk method of dealing with anarchists, and to have found | it just as effective as Uncle Jerry did | when he was governor of Wisconsin. 1
 Whenever the administration sees ht to ''call down" Great Britain for It's acquisition of territory in Vene- zuela, by an exhibition of the "Mon- roe doctrine" it will be supported by every patriotic American.
 There must be "gold bugs" also in Austria, as government bill has been introduced in the Austrian parliament, providing for nineteen per cent. premium on gold taken in payment for customs duties.
 Now that the Grant monument association has distributed a large amount of 'stafy," and the corner stone has been laid, how would it do to hustle around and raise the money to build the rest of the monu- ment.
 One at present insurmountable obstacle to electing the president and vice-president by popular vote Is that one section of the country ! never allows popular vote to be , cast.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11
Board of Supervisors.
MONDAY, MAY 9. 1892

MoSDAf, MAY ;, lSJz. Board met at 10 a. m. Present-Chairman Moore. Su pervisors Haskell, Rowe and tn, Clerk. The bond of Geo. Ruffner as con stable was approved.
 The bond of R. N. Fredericks a. notary public was approved.
 A. Ii. Rogers was appointed over. seer of road district No. l2.
 The report of K. Barrett, overseel of road district No. Sl, was accepted and a warrant for $Sl4.5O ordered drawn.
 The following registration officer. were appointed.
 Bradshaw Basin-Ike Patrick,
 Alexandra-E. l.. Gobin.
 Del Pasco- H. c. Blauvelt.
 Turkey Creek-M. Mcdonald.
 Senator-C. T. Kelly.
 Mayer-Joe Mayer.
 Lower Verde-Geo. Hance.
 Hot Springs-Thos. Holland.
 Agua Fria-Harry Minuse.
 Lynx Creek-G. G. Henderson.
 It was ordered that the sale of county buildings set for May 10th, 1892, be postponed until June 6, 1892.
 The report of !. Harbison, overseer of district No. 8, was accepted and a warrant for S90.65 was ordered drawn.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

In the case of Howard J. Schnei. der, who was recently convicted of the murder of his wife, Judge Brad. ley, ofthe supreme court of the Dis trict of Columbia, denied a motion for new trial and sentenced the prisoner to be hanged January 20, 1893. When the judge asked the prisoner if he had anything to say why sentence should not be pro- nounced upon him, he said: lies, G. d. you, that's all" When sen tence was pronounced, Schneider seized a chair and attempted to brain District Attorney Cole, but was handcuffed and quickly taken out of court by officers. The gen eral opinion is that his conduct was merely an intellectual attempt to- feign insanity.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

Our contemporary congratulates our board of supervisors on their ac- tion in raising the assessment of the Atlantic x Pacific railroad on their lands to forty cents per acre. We do not wish to rob the board of any credit due it in the matter, although if the entire railroad grant were of fered to us at the price it is assessed at, and had we the money lying idle to the full amount required to pur- chase it, the question would be taken under advisepaatr before making such ifsarchase. While the company has some land which is very valu- able 1t has thousands of acres in its
 grant which is not worth the amount of taxes paid at the above valuation. But it is not of this that we started to write, but of the action of the last democratic legislature in refus- ing to memoralize congress to make a survey of the unsarveyed portion of their grant. General J. A. Will hamson, land commissioner of the company, and the late Judge W. c. Hazledine, then solicitor of the company, petitioned the legislature to ask congress to make appropria- ton for the survey of all the un- surveyed lands within the limits of their grant. Such survey would bring all the land embraced in their grant under taxation and if it were assessed at only fifteen cents per acre, the revenue to the various counties in which their grant is situated as we'll as to the territory, would far exceed that now received on a valuation of forty cents per acre. Not only would the railroad land grants be brought under taxa tion but large amount of agricul- tural land owned by the govern ment would be taken up by settlers and improved thereby, increasing the taxable property of the territory. The legislature, however, with that astuteness possessed ouly by dem- ocratic body, imagined and argued that a memorial to congress, to this effect, would be an endorsement of the grant by them, just as though any action of an Arizona legislature could affect either favorably or un- favorably land grant made by con- gress. They therefore refused to pass the memorial and refused to ask congress to increase the tax pay ing property of the territory by sev- eral thousand dollars. The railroad company has for years asked for a survey of its grant and has even sub mitted the proposition to furnish the money for making the survey, to be repaid to them afterwards.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

The Chinese who have been wait ing on the border until to-day, May 9th. when the old exclusion act ex- pired, hoping to get across the line, will find a new exclusion act as a barrier between them and the green pastures they imagine awaits them in this country. The new bill re- enacts the ole law with some changes more binding and covers a period of another ten years. The bill was signed by President Harrison yes tcrday.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11
Accordinp to r,,,,a ,.,

According to rumor which an pears to be we'll founded, recon t.ia.ion s VIII soon take place be tween the Emperor William anG Bismarck, the only difficulty in tbs M way being the aged ex-chancellor,. unwllilngness to resume office. The story goes, however, thai ba w;Il u1 permit his son Herbert to enter iha diplomatic service, and that tha e latter will then be appointed Am bassador to Paris or Vienna anu
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

Fred Douglass, the well-knowr coiored man, in recent interview, said that If the outrages on the col pred race continue. the negroes will m pe goaded into throwing bombs like the Anarchists. He will endeayo, to have great convention of col ored men present during the Worlds Tar, with ayiew to taking united lynchings.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

The incursion of Japanese into California has grown so large that il threatens to rival in importance the Chinese influx. It is estimated that there are at present about 5000 Jap anese on the coast and they are ar irving at the rate of from 30 to 500 per month. Socially the Japanese are not to be compared with the Chinese, being far more civilized in their habits and readily adopting American customs, but from a labor standpoint there is not much to choose between them, as far as low rates of compensation go, the Japa- nase working readily for a trifle more than .their board while they are learning English. An unpleasant feature of this immigration is the importation of Japanese girls for immoral purposes, which has become quite an extensive practice in San Francisco. Il. A. Times,
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

"The maintenance of party lines, {" says Cardinal Gibbons, lis an indis- pensable means for preserving po- litical purity" The warfare be- tween good and evil in this world is incessant, and it is, therefore. nee essary to have democratic as we'll as a republican party. If all were republicans good government would be so we'll assured that tke people would sink into apathy by indiifer- ence. While there is a function for the democratic party to filI. if ;s however, important that that party should not grow too large.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

The democrats as usual were vic torious ill Phenix last Tuesday at the municipal election. The Re- publican says, ''the democrats elected their councilman by a scratch" l" Taking into consideration the big majority of voters that the demo- crats have in Phenix the only hopes of ever electing arepublican official in the town would be by a great many scratches and democrats rarely scratch their tickets.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

The JoURNAL-MINER congratulates Governor Murphy on his appoint ment of W. A. Rowe as Worlds Fair commissioner from this county Mir. Rowe will fill the position with honor to himself and will make creditable exhibit for the county.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11
The Tombrtone Prospector of

The Tombstone Prospector of re- cent date says that "Asssociate Jus tice Ed. Wells, of Prescott, drew up the amendment to the funding act at the last session of the legislature which provided for the payment oi the bonds and interest in gold coin Who will fire an 'open letter at himi" It will be a piece of news to learn that Judge Wells was mem Der of the last territorial legislature, as unless he was no responsibility of any legislation can attach to him. The Prospector is very frantic in its efforts to clear the skirts of Mark Smith from the dual position he has taken on the silver question, but if any one has any doubt on the ques- ton let him refer to the official rec ord of congress. Readers of con gressional news will not be deceived on this matter, as silver senators took him to task for it.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

Hon. G. W. Cheyney's open letter to Hon. Mark Smith, published in yesterdays issue, will be found in- teresting reading. After five or six years of masterly inactivity in con gress Mark has at last done some thing 1t seems. He is playing a double role. To the silver men he IS for free silver. On the bond ques- tion he IS a mono-metalist. The Mohave County Miner, democratic paper, gives him the following ran over his political knuckles: ~Tbe action of Mark Smith, our delegate to congress, in requesting the sub stitution of the word "gold" in place of Slawfrl money" in the bill for the funding of Arizona's debt, places him in an unenviable light before the silver men of this territory. Lawful money" is good enough for the horny-hsnded miner and should be good enough for the bloated bond holders. Our delegate seems to have forgotten the fact that we are living in section of the United States where the building up of our silver interests is of the most vital impor- tance; that the demonetization of silver is the cause of our prasant business depression. A man to ran resent this territory should be an unswerying worker in the cause of silver; one who cannot be led away by the wiles of the cunning gold bugs. Mark Smith is too bright a man to be led thoughtlessly into the trap. He must have followed the gold bugs dictation with his eyes wide open, and therefore placed him. sell on record as against our one vital interest. The silver men will remember Mark Smiths action and act accordingly"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

A duel is on the tapis at Balti- more between Gen. R. Snowdan sie andrews and Senator c. Ridgeley Goodwin, on account of tho fa;I.,rs oi the latter as committeeman Inf tbe Maryland club to furnish chamnagne , at a banquet. p'sn0
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

Miss May Grief, plucky Cincin- natl girl, put chair over hole that had been dug in front of her fathers house by telesraph men who wanted to put pole in, and sat ou the chair for several hours while her father got out an injunction.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

In 1888 the democrats shouted "There is surplus in the Treasury Reduce the tariff and the reyenuesS' Now the cry is, "The surplus in the Treasury is exhausted. Reduce the tariff and the reyenues,D Which means that the principal point with the democrats is to reduce or ahol- ish the tariff without regard to the needs of the revenue.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11
Deeming is to be hanged May 23

Deemiilg is to be hanged May g. Buy a ticket for tho Deestrick Skule. Minneapolis expects half million people at the convention.
 The Chinese minister protests against the exclusion act.
 Canadians arc at present talking annexation in earnest. The Mckin- Icy bill did 1t. A slight advance in silver is noted in New York. the latest quotation being SIS
 John Lawler has an eighteen mule outfit hauling concentrate from the Hillside mins to Garland's station on the F. k A. c. railroad.
 Supplies have been sent to the Rapid Transit mine and work will be resumed on this property again soon. This property looks well and has been systematically developed
 Frank Kuhne is shipping twen- ty-Six tons of ore from his Sunny South mine. He has been hold ing this ore awaiting a rise in silver but has concluded to ship.
 Charles B. willcox, who murdered John Coombs March lasr, in saloon row at San Jose, California, was sen tenced to life imprisonment. He impiored the judge to sentence him to hang instead of imprisonment.
 waat Ceiuaa- Wanted. 4 skillfil dentist to i'll the teeth of gale. A cook to prepare dinner on a ! mountain range. A stand-up collar for the neck of the woods. | \ hat to fit tho head of the Mis- souri river.
 A set of artificial teeth for the mouth of the Mississippi. A crown for the brow of hill.
 A snug-htting shoe for the foot of a mountain.
 Several hundred women to SCOUT the country.
 An energetic barber to shave the face of the earth.
 A lady to wear the Cape of Good Hope.
 Locks for the Florida Keys. A wise man to teach the Scilly Is lands. Some one to love the River Oar ling.-BrookIyn Life. 
 The way certain democratic pa
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11
women. women

The common affiietions of women are sick head. eehes, indigestion and nervous trorhles They arise largely from stomach disorderx As yoy's Vegetable sarsapariila is the cnly bowel regu- iafing preparation. ycu esn see why it is mora scecftve than any other ssrs.paxiIia in thoss tronblex IL Is daily relieving hundreds. The action is mild, direct and ehectiye We have sceres of letters from grsteisl women.
 Ws refer to few.
 Nervous debility. Mira ]. Barron. isa 7th St, aR. Nervous debility. Mz. Fred. Loy. su Ellis st., ,sK General debility. Mrs. Belden, sio Mason ss, ar. Nervous debility. hrA J. LAnphers. sss Turk st,
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 Sick headaches. Mrs N. Fowler, se7 Eris St. ar. Indigestion, ArA c. D. Stuart is2i Mi.ion g.. Constipation. Mrs c. Melvin, is Kesrny s,. ss.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

New York has only 5000 saloons. put then there are O,00O groceries, about half of which sell liquors.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

The way certain democratic pa pers in the territory howl at Hon. Geo. W. Cheyney's open letter would indicate that he trod on a very tender, pet corn. Without under taking to answer it they simply re- sort to personal abuse. The point and pith of the letter was that our delegate to congress advocates gold in Washington and silver in Ari- zona.-Phenix Herald.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

Anna Diekenson is seriously i'll in New York. A
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

Russia is preparing for war.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-11

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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
Curing Looping Ears.

MANY children are disfigured for life by
their ears sticking out too prominently
from the head" said an experienced moth
er, land this can be so easily remedied
while they are very young that it is mex
cusable in a parent to neglect such an OBJ
vious defect, which will cause constant an
noyance and modification in after life.
The reason of this deformity is almost al
ways that the soft cartilage of which the
ear is composed is pressed out of position
while the child is asleep. This can easily
be prevented by accustoming it to wear
caps, which may be made of the thinnest
of Swiss muslin and which cannot possibly
heat the head.
81 found this out by experience" con-
tinued the lady. II was greatly distressed
about the ears of my oldest girl when she
was about year old. They were large and
wobbly. and stuck out dreadfully. When
she slept | almost always found them
doubled over toward her cheek. 1t occurred
to me one day that might solve the diff
Guilty, so | made half dozen tightly fitting
French caps. They were very becoming to
the little thing, and my friends used to
laugh at me, thinking it fad on my part;
but after a couple of years the cartilage
hardened, the ears kept in their proper
place, grew close to the head, and today
they are beauty instead of deformity."
New York Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
Maneatinp Wild Men.

In the celebrated "Travailes" of Edward
Webb $500 are dozens of stories that
would make Joe Mulhatton turn green
with envy, One of the most celebrated Of
these is his story of the wild men of Pres
ter John, which is as follows: I'm the court
OF Prester Iohn there is wilde man, and
another in the high street of CONSTANT
nople, whose allowance is every day a
quarter of raw mutton; and when any man
dyeth for some notorious offence then they
are allowed every day quarter of mans
flesh. These wilde men are chained fast to
a post every day, the one in Prester Iohn's
court, the other in the high street of Con-
stantinople, each Of them having a mantell
about their shoulders, and all over their
bodyes they have wonderful long haire.
They are chained by the neck lest they
speedily devour all that cometh within
their reach"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
Tree TOads in Demand.

Tree toads are in big demand by young
doctors and chemists, who are anxious
to learn something of the circulation of
the blood. The tree toad has legs that
are almost transparent. The young doc
tor takes the leg, spreads it out under a
microscope and can see the blood cor
puscles chasing each other here and
there in the veins of the leg of the toad.
We sell hundreds of tree toads for this
purpose every month. = Interview in
New York World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
Legal Advice at 5000 Word.

1t is not often that piece of legal advice
costs 500 a word, but yet this happened
in this city. Not long ago Mr.. Morris But
Ter, son of John NJ. Butler, who had just
arrived home from an evening party at
O'Clock in the morning, heard carriage
drive up to the house, and moment later
answered a ring at the door bell. A young
man of handsome face and energetic man
ner blurted out, without ceremony:
What states can cousins legally marry
in?"
II don't know" said Mr.. Butler as soon
as he could recover from the effects of his
visitors bluntness, "but will ask father"
He went up stairs, and after much
knocking aroused his father.
Father" said he, what states can
cousins legally marry inr"
Kansas" was the single word in re-
Spouse, between what sounded suspiciously
like snores
Mr.. Butler returned down stairs.
"Well. what does he sayS" asked the
visitor
Kansas" replied young Mr.. Butler.
"Thank your The door was closed and
the visitor was gone.
Nothing further was thought of the in.
cident until the next days mail brought
Mr. Butler certified check for 500 foi
illegal advice" from his hitherto unknown
client Indianapolis Journal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-10
Didn't Go Out to "see" a Man.

81 beg your pardon" said gentleman,
as he edged his way along out by row Of
seats in the opera house the other evening
between the acts. ~ do not like to bother
you, but assure you am not going out
for drink, but to telephone the baby"
And rs he passed along his wife leaned
over and explained to friend sitting near
that this was the first time they had been
out since the new baby came to stay with
them They had left her with friend,
who kindly consented to stay with the
nurse and see that no mishap befell hei
royal highness.
Between the acts her father would go to
the telephone and ring up the house, and
each time he came back with the pleasant
news that baby was all right and hadn't
even missed them. This little incident
will serve to show that it isn't always GER
tain when man goes out between the acts
that he is searching for something that is
stronger than cloves; he may be going out
to telephone the baby.-Utica Observer.