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Tombstone epitaph., 1892-08-21
THE QuEEREST OF THINGS.

A BorToMLEss bog exists in Matta- 'gamlcag, Me. Several bridges have been built upon it, but each in turn has sunk from sight.
 MIGRATORY birds do not cross the Mediterranean at its narrowest point, but an examination of the point where they do cross has proved that this was at one timc the narrowest part of the sea, thus showing the strength of in hcrited customs.
 Ar Tucker, in Ripley county, Mo, there is curiosity in the peach tree line which will be sent to the worlds fair The tree is three years old. about one and half inches in diameter at the butt, is thirty-scven feet high and has no limb or branch on it.
 AMONG the most remarkable spiders is the Dolomedcs, which runs over the surface of water in pursuit of its prey, and CiS-"s to escape its enemies. Stranger still is tS" Argyroneta, which builds its house wherrsc it lays its eggs and rears its young at lHc bottom of streams
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DOlNGS OF ROYAL LADIES.

THE namc-jcwels of Queen Margherita have been presented to her in such pro- fusion by her husband that her neck lace of pearls now hangs down to her waist.
 THE duchess of Edinburgh is an ac- complished and lovely woman. and i5 another instance of tho familiar truth that exalted station docs not secure per Sonal happiness.
 TIE queen regent of Spain has this year granted communication cf the death sentence of nine criminal3 out of seventeen who were waiting the cx- trcnc penalty of tho law in Spanish prison5.
 MILLINERY i5 . special talent of the queen of Denmark, and of her three daughters, the empress of Russia, tho princess of Wales and the duchess of Cumberland. They developed it as girls and practiccd it until their mar riagc.
 TIE queen has accepted q copy of Amir Ais Life and Teachings of Mohammcd; or, tho Spirit of Islam" Copies have also been accepted by the sultan and the shah of Persia, who has sent to the publishers an autograph letter of acknowledgement
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TrolNcs FROM EUROPE.

HE Eiffcl tower in Paris made si0,- oOo,0o0 for its projector, George Eiffel
 AMoNe the members of the German parliament are six cigar makers
 MAIL matter is now sent from Paris to Berlin in thirty-flvc minutes by means of the pneumatic tube.
 pEIoR to 1O66 the horses of England were never shod, William the Conqucror being the person who is given the credit of introducing horse shoeing into the British isles.
 THERE urc two yew trees in the de pertinent of the Eure, in France, which are supposed to be fifteen hundred years old. They measure about thirty and twenty-five feet in circumference re- spectively.
 LONDON has the distinction of being the first city to use coal. This was in the latter part of the twelfth century. Its use was prohibited shortly after it's introduction, and one man was actual ly executed for violating this law.
 TIE last occasion previous to this year on which the house of commons sat on derby day was in 1882. The house was then discussing the prcvcn- ton of crimes bill. For six and thirty years before that the house had regu- larly adjourned on derby day.
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HOT JOKES.

MADAM Gin New Jcrscy)--"My poor man, what could have brought you to this pitiablc statc?" Faraway Jamie De train, mum."-IIarvard Lampoon.
 THE way to succeed said the rich philosopher, ''is to begin right, my boy" II suppose you mean that I should have been born rich, as you werc," said the yoang man.-Boston Post.
 GIRLS should look into the character of their swccthcartS- Many little traits will often mako it plain. If he eoon- omically puts out the light in tho par Tor when visiting her that's the sign he's going to be eloSc.-Philadclphia Times.
 ''I DO not like the smell of whisky, ,' said the employer to the employc on whose breath he detected little of the aroma of the still. Neither do l." vaa the unexpected reply; wouldn't it be splendid if we could get rid of the smell in some way So that our friends would not perceive it?"-N. Y. Press.
 ANYTHING for a quiet life: Bilgcr rings up the telephone exchange. Voice tat the phonc)-''What Humber do you want?'' Bilgcr Confidently "No. 741." Voicc-"What numbcr?'' Bilgcr tdcspcratcly)-"No T41." Voice -"Numbcr?7 Rilgcr (wearily)-"Any ono you like. Pick out one yourself."- Chicago News Record.
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RAILROAD LINKS.

TIE railway dining cars in this coun- try earn more than the sleeping and baggage cars together.
 THERE arc I7G,255 miles of railroads in the United States, nearly enough to span the world seven times.
 THE Austrian railway companies have presented Emperor Francis Joseph with a train de luxe, which has just been constructed for his exclusive use.
 THE Manhattan (N. Y.) elevated rail- road carries, it is claimed, 500, ,O00 pas sengers daily. At this rate years total would amount to iS2, ,5o0, 900, and at Scent fares the receipts would be @, ,125, ,0Oo.
 TIE total number of railway en- ployes on June 90, 1890, was 149, ,304. The number killed by accident during the twelve months preceding was 2,45l, and the number injured was 2,S96. This is death for every BOG and an in jury for every 90 employed.
 A RAILWAY beginning at Belize and extending to the state of Guatemala. at or near the town of Pcten. is under con tract IT. will open up extensive areas of lands of the most fertile description ard will afford access to the mineral regions of British Honduras, which arc now beyond the reach of transportation.
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OOINGS IN DAYS GONE 6Y.

TEETULLIAg, who wrote about A. D. l95, said that kissing was first inSti- tuted for the purpose of discovering whether the person kissed had been guilty of tippiing,
 TIE Servians have curious custom of giving Q parting kiss to their dc ceased friends before final burial. and the observance of it has caused . serious epidemic of dipththeria- The custom has now been forbidden.
 TIE ancients believed Delphi to be situated in the exact center of the land surface of the world. Anton's class ical dictionary, in article Delphi" says: ''The ancients claimed that the temple of Delphi stood on the navel of the universe"
 TIE old Danish Vikings had the pleas ing custom of stabbing an enemy in the throat when he was drinking his mead. From this arose the custom of q mans inviting all the members of company to drink his health," as, while thus oc- cupied, they could not use their weap-
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MINING NOTES.

Chas Leach and Col. Herring drove out to the State of Maine mine this afternoon. There is considerable act ivity ia that section. Col. Herring owns the Guiding Star, one o. the best producers at present out there.
 The Herschel mine owned hy Ren Cook and Mark Smith, will be closed down soon. The low price of silver coupled with the fact that they bo.h have sufficient means to keep the vol I from the door. is the reason assigned for stopping work. A shipment is about ready to be sent to the smelter.
 The Winfield mine Is being chloriJ- ed by Dave Jones. He has ten men at work for him and is shipping re- markedly rich ore.
 Since the Grand Central folks turn ed their properties over to chloriders. the shipments from Tombstone dis trict have increased very materially. The fact is apparent 10 any observer of what is going on that more precious metal Is being produced in this district including Turquois, than for five ears past
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YoU can judge the character of a 'hild oy what it is thought of in the rome circle. And just so can you Iu1ge of a mans character by what Is bought Cf him in the section Of coun. lry where he lives. The ovation ten lered to Mark Smith upon his return vas net confined to parIisans, but was m oulburs, of popular favor which cannot be misconstrued.
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ChlOriGing.

Oi the propeelies belonging to the Grand Central people, the Silver Thread, Last Chance and State of Maine are being leased to chloriders. In every case the lessees as we'll as the owners are doing remarkably we'll. There are many places in these mines where virgin ground was left in fol- lowing the bigger ore bodies that are giving employment now to a large number of men.
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In the Land Court,

On Tuesday last the land court in session Tn Santa Fe, in obedience to written instructions from the depart ment oi justice. U. $. Attorney Rey- holds presented petition on behalf of the United States to quIet title to the Nogales claim in Pima county, A. T., said petition setting forth in detail the reasons for declaring such grant, alleged to have been made by the state of Sonora, void. MT. Geo. Hill Howard, attorney for the claim ante, most of whom reside in MexIco stated he would soon be prepared 10 file petition representing claimants side of the case.
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GEMS OF THOUGHT.

OPEN doors quietly and shut them without bang.
 USE tho door mat, instead of the floor sarpct, for . foct scrapcr.
 LIVE sociably with your family and peaceably with your neighbors,
 LET your manners at home be little better than they are abroad.
 BE as agreeable to your wife as you would be with ''other mems wives"
 SPEAK as pleasantly to your husband as you would to ''other women's hug hands "
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FOREIGNERS WE KNOW.

THE richest hciress in Berlin iS said to be Fraulein IIildcgard von Louca- don She is worth se,00o,000.
 AIuLINERs do not admire the queen of Portugal. She makes her own bon nets. and graceful ones they arc. too.
 PRINCE FERDINAND of Bulgaria is an earnest ornithologist, and spends much of his spare time in the pursuit of the science.
 TIE fortune of the late Jules Lc- bandy, the great sugar rcfner and speculator of Paris, is estimated at 36O,-
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THE new license ordinance will be printed either tomorrow or Monday It shows radical reduction al, along he line and although there may be few kickers it must be born in mind that it Is impossible to please every one, and that tine greatest amount of good to the greatest number Is all that any branch of civil government can do in such matters The council has acceded 10 the popular desire for 8 reduction of taxation and has grant ed tle appeal, both in the fixing of the rate of general levy and in that of ,icsns.s
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IT men who owe their positions in this world 10 public favor were one half as crooked as that same public makes them out to be, there would ex ist a state of affairs that would change the maxim to read, A public office Is & Iriyatc trust" There Is no incen- tive 10 a man 10 be honest for public opinio,i's sake when that some opinion miscunstrues his motive. Uutil pub lie opinion reaches higher scale of justice it cannot expect its public servants to become perfect.
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THOSE wBO make finance study should take hold Of the latest scheme ~ ilich originated in Mexico. The Two Republics, issued at the City of Mexi- co. states that copper coin being scarce in the town Of San Jose Acafna, an Indian conceived the unique idea of issuing wooden money. He stamp ed the wooden pieces with seal, and sold them to merchants at an enor- nous discount. The merchants put then, iu circulation at one cent each, and succeeded in getting enormous quantities out. Then they refused to redeem them and that has caused trouble. The state government will put an end to the circulation
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AK inisrview annears,. in the E

AN interview appeared in the Ex- aminer Tuesday, purporting to come from Ernest Eyer, who worked for the T, M. & M. Co. He represented himself as the manager of the T. NJ. & NJ. Co. at Tombstone. He also repre- scented Tombstone as having a popula- lion of 1900 souls. The climate of San Francisco evidently turned the head of Ernest and caused him to forget that h. was only the manager of 20 Mexicans working at xl.50 per day on tho Charleston siag dump. He got the population ,f Charleston and Tombstone mixed. The population of this ramp is fully up to what it was four years ago, and greater than it was two years ago, when silver reached 20 Only one mine has closed down, owing to ,he low price of silver, and that employed but ten men all told. These men have all gone to chlorid- ing, and are making more money than they did working for wages. The de- pression is bad enough without mag niiying, and young men who have made their money in Tombstone should not take the opportunity to run the country down because they are through with it.
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Cons q m ption Cured

An old phy- ieian, retired from prac- tice, having had placed in his hspdl by an East India missionary the form nla of a siDpl. vegetable remedy for the speedy und permanent cure of Cons sumption, Bronchitis. Catarrh, Asth- ma and all Throat and Lurg Affections; i; and a positive and radical cnre for NervousDebiiity and all Nervous Com.
 plaints. after huyIog tested it's wonders
 fui curative powers in thousands of cases, las felt ii his rufy fv make it known to hts suffering fellows. Actu- tted by this motive md desire to re- iieve human suffering. I will sepd free nf charge. to all who desire Ii. tEis re- seipe. in German. French or English. Sith full directions for preparing and using. Sent by Tail by addressing with sta"nn n.Sirg this paper. W. A. Moves, s2O Powers Block. Rochester
 N. 1. Is, W
Tombstone epitaph., 1892-08-21

THE call for Republican primaries appears elsev here in this issue. They are early in the field, which Is always a good plan as it ri.is the voter of the responsibility of having to cast his ballot in November flor some one who has not had his private life invesiiga- ted through a magnifying glass, as would be the case did nominations occur on the eve of election,
Tombstone epitaph., 1892-08-21

IT looks very much as there were gigantic scheme on foot to empty the U. S. treasury O: gold and that those high up in the affairs of the adminis- tration had hand in 1t. The con- centration at Washington of all gold held in the hints throughou, the
 United States is matter of very re- cent history. and following on the heels of this accumulation con es the intelligence that certain firm of German bankers had presented $Iy0Oc. 600 in treasury notes and de- manded gold for them which was paid out to them and the notes taken in exchange. When it is taken into ac- count that there are over $l0J, J,Ooo, 900 worth of these notes that have been exchanged for silver bullion pur- chased by the government during the past two years. it can be readily seen
 that in practice gold and silver are on
 8 par, and gold is in reality paying for ailver purchased by the government.
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City Council.

The meeting last night was a short one. The only business transacted was the reading of the new license or dinrnce the third time, and passing it to print. The bill of George Fitts for $T.5J vas allowed. The new election law was discussed informally, after which the meeting was adjourned.
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ASTONISHING FIGURES.

THERE gre four times as many Irish men in the United States as English men.
 Our of the 2, 2,O0O, 900 that inhabit New York and Brooklyn only l3,t0o own their own homes.
 THERE arc over 1000 tons ot silver bars, s, ,O0O, 900 silver dollars and B, ,O0o,- 900 in gold coin stored in the Pt iladel- phla mint.
 THREE factories In the United states consume over 300, ,0O0, 900 eggs pc year in making albumen paper, exten lively used in photography.
 SINCE 1851, 3,46T,5l6 people have emil grated from Ireland. and last year the United States absorbed s7 per cent. of the emigran;s. only G per cent. going to Tnuloul
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ON THE SKIRM.SH LINE.

GERMANY has 3s5 military bands.
 A oyE-HUSDEED-AND-TE gun can fire two shots minute, each discharge costing s1,375.
 THE testing of big guns at the Krupp works makes cracked walls and broken windows the fashion at Essen.
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Iris matter Of congratulation a; Weaver headquarters that the Repub- licans of Cochise county arr lar seeing enough to advertise their call for primaries in the Weaver organ.
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THE discovery of the lost art of hardening copper, if it proves to be a fact, and there is no reason 10 doubt it, will create boom in copper min ing that has been unheard of before in the modern history of that metal.
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THE court of private land claims re- convened in Santa Fe on Monday last. Alter March 3, 1893, claimants and ,and grant owners can not file any petition for the adjudication and set clement of their claims in that court, rnless the time for so doing should be xtended by an amendment 10 the present. law.
Tombstone epitaph., 1892-08-21

Two years ago next Monday silver reached l20 per oz. Whether tse Republicans of Cochise had this in their minds when they called their primaries for that day Is only known in the bosom oi that family Of which John Kelso Is the father.
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IF Arizona had vote for president, 'here is scarcely doubt but that Weaver would sweep everything be- fore him, There is growing senti- ment in favor of the principles of the rbird party that is not to be mista k
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THERE is strong talk of Third party ticket in the county this year, just to determine the strength of in- dependent thinkers.
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THE price of silver has raised 2 cents per ounce in two days In with the pumpsl
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THE thiri term party and the Third party are two distinct families and should not be confounded.
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Flagstaff will be selected by the Democrats as the place for holding the territorial convention.
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sALEsmEN WANTED

Small line Of samples from manyfact- .ring corporation offered a live man. One traveller earned an average of S3so per sdonsh for six years past. P. O. Der ltsHS~y rst
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WIRE.

 for alleged color blindness. The men are among the oldest in the employ of the company, and two of them had their sights tested by experts and found to have better sights than the average, and have asked to be returned to their positions. aud it is understood that the officials will not accept them The Brotherhood men here say that unless the men are reinstated they will follow them out, and trouble will ensue. The Trainmen's union will support the Brotherhood, and the re- suit is being looked forward to with anxiety.
 FL PAso-Yestertay Jose Alvardo arrived in Juarez from Ascencion and reports that on Friday last, thirty miles this side of Ascencion, Mexico, on the border, he found the dead body of Jesls Mano, q well-known Mexican hunter, tied up against the stump of q tree. The stump was about six feet nigh, and the dead man was tied 10 it in standing posture. One piece of rope was around lis neck and tied to the stump, another piece was around his waist and third piece WAS jast below his knees. Ills scalp had been taken off and enc gar cut of, and his breast bore the marks of four deadly stabs made with a hunting knife. The stump was be- spaitered with the dead mans blood. All indications pointed 10 the fact that he had been killed the day before by Indians whose tracks leads toward Deming.
 NEW YoRK-Six Texas steers broke loose from cattle yards and created a panic about the lower part of the city. Edward McGoyern l9 years old was cored through the waist and will die. Two policemen and seversl other per sons were tossed in the air. One of the steers tcOk possession of a tea store and entirely wrecked 1t before being killed. Altogether q dozen persons were injured during the wild career ol the stee-s before they could be killed. John Reynolds, tue cowboy in charge of the animals, IS under arrest await ing the result of McGoyern's wounds
 VIsALIA-What appears to be well authenticated information was re- ceiyeL by Sheriff Kay late yesterday afternoon, that Evans, the train robber appeared at his house, twelve miles east of this city, and got q drink oi water. Several parties furnished the information. Kay and posse i'm mediaiely started in purs2it.
 WAsHINGToE Acting Secretary Grant received telegram this morn- ing frorn General McCook at Lo. | Angeles, in regard to the case of tw, men murdered at Davenport's ranch lG miles north of Separ, N. NJ. on th, Sth, from which it appears that th' act was probably committed by | party of s renegade Apacnes under the notorious Kid, recently seen il that vicinity. General McCook snys he has four parties in search of th' marauders, two from San Carlos, on, from Bowie and enc from Grant, ana that tue troops with the boundary com mission are also keeping watch fo them.
 PHILADELPHIA-The Mutual Bank. ing Security Trust and Safe Deposi Company. in which the Iron Hal funds are deposited, assigned today The officials of the institution claiu tha. the bank will pay dollar fo dollar, but cannot at present mak' any estimate oi liabilities or assets.
 VAx CouyER, E. C.-LasL ght th, city council decided to pass by-lae authorizing bonus of s3OO,OV
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THE Williams News is the name of a newsy weekly published at Williams. Coconino county.
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THE Tucson Citizen has tried Rhodes, who is charged with killing Graham, and acquitted him.