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Tombstone epitaph., 1894-01-07
OFFICIAL REPORT.
Of the Board of Supervisors of
 Cochise County.

Jan. 4, 1894.
 9:20 o'clock a. m. Board of supervisors met pursuant 10 adjournment. Present-W. K. Perkins, chairman, and Supervisor Nichols; Clark absent. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. Board engaged in making estimates of expenses and income fer the en- suing year.
 Board took recess to l 80 o'clock ?. m.l this day.
Tombstone epitaph., 1894-01-07

Dr. Holcomb filed his official bond today as county physician in the sum of S5900 with Max Meyer, J. A. Bright and w, F. Nichols as sureties.
Tombstone epitaph., 1894-01-07

MT. Willard Richards, near whose mine in Sonora Kid was reported 10 have made raid recently, says that it was not Kid but band of native In dians who made the raid. This is the general belief down there
Tombstone epitaph., 1894-01-07

Allen English and James Reilly are in Phenix.
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ENTERED s r-, COSY OFFICE as sseosO-euss s.rTsa
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Infant Mortality Was Reduced.

For the protection OF the children OF
the poor. the milk must be steril,Zed
before being sold. / believe that IL this
could be done on scale large enough
to make an impression on the supply
the sum OF infant mortality might be
sensibly reduced. | resolved to make the
attempt. The sterilizng laboratory which
/ established last year In New York city
was this year very much enlarged, and
every preparation was made to meet
the demands likely 10 be made on II.
The cows from which the milk was OBJ
tanned were examined by the vetertna-
~ surgeon of the New York Board Of
Health, and the stables and diaries
made a subject Of careful inspection.
The milk was iced in transportatio
and kept on ice till II was turned into
the bottled for sterilizing. SiX-Ounce bot
ties were sold at a cent each. During
the hottest part Of the summer the labo-
ratory was kept running 10 its full ca
pacity, night and day. TO prepare sum
cient steriized milk to meet the demand.
The sales at the six depots aSgre-
gated up 10 the end of September, 2sO,-
OOO bottles, or over 800 bottles n day.
IL is safe TO say that some thousands
Of children who were sick, owe their
recovery during the summer 10 the use
Of this milk. And the decreased death
rate I'm New York was remar kable, the
deaths being 432 less from July to Sep
TENDER %. although this year was
worse year than the year previous for
infants.-Nathan Straus, in the Noyem-
Der Forum.
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Finish COnnn,lrum<.

one ravorite occupation for home leis-
ure In Finland, in addition TO their char
acteristic music Is the proposing and
solving of euigmas. Here are two or
three specimens of that species or puz-
Zle:
Born at the same time as the world.
destined TO live as long as the world.
and yet never Ave weeks old. Crhe
mOon)
Narrow gulf. and long promontories,
each Terminated by a rocky plateau.
(The fingers.)
\ burden fatgues him, and yet he
does not carry Il. GA rover with ms
laden boat)
travelling over the country like king,
he yet visits each year the most hum
Bile hut. (Christmas.)
Unable 10 think, unable 10. speak, yet
tells the truth to all the world. Ga bal
ance, or pair OF scales)
The last OF these is sometimes varied
tongue, without mind" &c.
White field and black harvest. "a
written sheet OF paperD
From these samples II will be seen
tnat the engmas of the Finlanders are
not difficult, sometimes capable OF more
than one answer. and such as sharp read
ers may multiply for themselves ad lib.
Their proverbs are also simple and OBJ
vious, as thine stops for nobody" Grow
ing up without correction, they will die
without honor" who asks his way does
not lead himself astray." as well as
others almost literally corresponding TO
those familiar in our own land
But II IS in poesy and song that the
Finnish peorle most excel Their Ian
guage admirably lends Itself TO these pur-
poses alike from it's sOnorous character
and the richness of its vocabulary The
Westminster Review.
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keeper once had las spine shattered by

keeper once had las spine shattered by
a single kick from an ostrich.
Ostrich farming is one OF the growing
Industries Of southern California. Ton or
twelve years ago several farms we're
started with a total Of seventy birds I'M
ported from South Africa. There are now
600 10 100 birds i'm this State, each yield
ing about $50 worth OF undressed feathers
annually IT costs three cents Gay 20
feed each bird. All eggs are hatcned IN
ipcubators, about so per cent. hatchlnG
successfully The chicks are allowed 10
run about in the sunshine few hours
after Matching. Several days after bitt1
thev begin eating tender vegetable
SPROUTS. For nine months or, so they are
kept away from adult birds lest thelF cl-
deis should Kill them. Until three months
old a chick can be bought for ~. IN
several wears they attain maturity ara
sell for $500 TO 500 each.
Selected feathers, especially the long
white plumes, sell for 500 pound. Inc
biz ds are vegctarians, with preference
for alfalfa, but If allowed TO get very
hungry they would eat an old nat Ihelr
legs and bodies have the appearance oil
q rheumatic ballet dancer: their walk
resembles the combination OF the walk OF
a dude and a girl whose shoes are TOO
tight. Thirty years Is the average mo
time of an ostrich.
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Finland Politically.

Politically. the position OF tne on
landers Is peculiar. Their .cousor, and
joys d large measure Oh ile0'si tnu.r
ldIernal iuuepeuu-ude, yet IL pwss,a
tho ultimate supreme control Of kussia !.
Most natives demur to the idea VI" I'm.
has been absorbed In the huss,,t each
pire. and they point to the iae rssant ceu-
successive Car during the P,.and Duke
furry on assuming Office as Grahu oiomn
OF Finland. has entered into so,e e;ni,
pledge 10 maintain unaltered tne y,
nal rights and constitutional laws NJ ~
the Grand Duchy. A copy VI nted
imperial warrant to TINS ,,; levin in All the
churches OF Finland. The adrninls' a., a
OF the country is presided oSea % nv
Governor General. who IS appo nr,, ,here
the Gar. and with that iuil ~ state. who
Is associated secretary y,
must be a native of FinIahd. oor-
The four legislative orders are eJ III,
voked every three years, ana eau 81 ~
separately, but they may uei'O oe az, a,e on -
common ID tins f. a<cIns oy one oI 'It ~,
ders and supported by another OF them,
The privileges OF the nobility nave peer
abolished. except so FAR as C9nceinS ~
presentation in their own Det, , Wned
unlike the other orders, they are aIoWeo
n absent 10 vote by proxy. The clerical
Chamber Is always presided over by the
Archbishop. and includes the BISHOPS.
and twenty-eight Deputies elected os
the priests, also two CHOSEN py tn INES u ~
4
the public schools. The third Chamber
consists of about ffty-six representa-
tives OF the bourgeois class, one from ea ,Si
town.Texcept in places with population
OF over 5000. where one extra melnper
is allowed for every additional b'oVo IN
habitants. ,,,,-
With the exception OF the nobility
clergy women, soldiers. and servants,
all ratepayers in towns have a vote: but
the rating qualification is high. and ex-
cludes large proportion Of the inhabi-
tants from the electoral register. III the
resident has not an income of more than
2DO marks yearly he Is not rated, and
consequently has no vote. what is KNOW =
rs jne 1RreuISn Party, comprising the
better class OF townspeople. defend PIN.
raj voting. Those refOrmers who call
themselves the Finnish National Party
advocates both n lowering and simpliilca-
ton of the franchise; The fourth, or
Peasant Chamber, consists OF Sky mem
hers, and every 1000 electors return a
representative. Members of Parliament
must be natives OF Finland. Ike all those
who vote for them.-The Westminster
Review
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TOLD BY am. GORDON.
Remipi canoes Of the Confcderacy as Mar
rated nv One Of lis Leaders.

General Gordon, who lectured at me
Wheeling Opera House THURSDAY evening,
is not only eloquent and interesting on
the platform, bun even more So perhaps'
In conversation, AT Major Mftcheli gin
ner table that day he entertained the
guests present with a number OF femits,
cences that were not so much as touched
upon in his lecture. In response 70 re-
quest from, Judge Melvin he told OF an
experience he went through In the Shen,,
andoah Valley at time that Gcnerai
Early ordered him to storm Federal
fort In their front. Il never was more
indignant in my life." said General Cor
don, than when / heard that order.
knew II was perfectly unnecessary
thing 10 do, and explained TO General
Early that we could accomplish our
plan OF campaign without siaughterins
my command by this attempt TO storm
a strong position; a position that would
fall of itself when we should make our
proper movement. Early took no other
notice of my explanation than 10 send
me word that IL i did not care 10 execute
the order he would delegate its execu-
ton TO some one else. You may guess
this reply made me boil with fresh In
dignation. l f~lt II 10 be an insult. but
inasmuch as II was my place 10 obey his
orders, regardless Of consequences,
issued the necessary instruction for a
movement at daylight next morning I
began, on my own account making every
preparation for death. for ] had pre-
sentiment that would this time meet my
end "a wrotA . farewell letter TO nay
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wing with kick that nearly capszed
him. They then spared with feet am
beaks, picking and kicking, teathers from
one another, until Colonel dealt tei,
rife blor on Jim's stomach which seemed
to literally lift him from the GROUND. only
the thick mass OF feathers prevented lne
awful toe from penetrating Jlms aDdo-
men.
Jim was game. Regailing his breath
he knocked Colonel over with side KICK
breaking his wing. Colonel recovered nl ms
feet before the attack was reneWed. both
and looked as If they had been pi!ucked;
Both were tired and weak from loss oil
blood. Their attacks grew feebler' ana
firally, as If by common consent, thty
ceased fighting and walked OIL among
the bushes to recuperate.
The fight was draw ana the ANXIOUS
keeper felt relieved that the blrds hVeni
During the fight no man dared trust MS
life near the aghters Experienced Keep
ers seldom try to interfere, II they 90
the oncantrated anger Of both blrds Is
likely 10 fan upon the luckless meddler
and end in his death. An interfering
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inch board with very slight effort; Such
a blow IL enough 20 Kill en- ~t OK, WIN LIMA =
single kick one OF these os.r'ches "ou'u
disembowel man instantly. ,...., -.
The tight started over the diCislon o.
cabbage leaves which Keeper 'a.np ce l,
had thrown to the hungry pros. seldom
have two bipeds fought with more aesire
to kill than did these ostricnses ~, A Essr a
royal fight Il was in the eyes or ,he Keep
or as he saw pIumes worth $40 each soar
from the body OF a bird In response to the
kick OF the enemy and fall crumpled and
worthless In the dust. 4,
Feathers didn't count for much In the
flashing eyes Of the ostricnes.
They wanted blood. .
Nothing but pure gore WOULD sausiy
their sense Of honor.
= Blood they did get. and enough TO sat
isfy Gov Waite ere the battle ceased.
With a deep. hiss and outstret , win, wings
ostrich Jim bore down on Colonel Ike
forty-footer In a gale, sheered to the
right and caught Colonel n,do on n1y the the he left
leg and causing II TO bleed freely Colo
mel retaliated. and almost crippled 'lm's
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-04

said one day TO Guizot, after taSlhs ,e,
cited To him a long list Of his dU ., III
ing You that nv cbii1ren viii be wanting
bread" When HareI. the manager ~
the Ode0n, came to ask him for inc i n"d
OF 900. Louis Philippe laugneu', an as
merely said: My dear VI. Hare. W.
just going to ask you for siulIsr ioan'
During Queen Victoria's visit 70 ,i Tu;
In lSt3, her host was constantly a Nd
her stories OF his former poVerls, g. c.
rot I'm a cheerful Retrospective In mn e.
but with a depressing fear OF hhe -
ture being in store for him. one MOI nIas'
wriie tn, Vcung msrrOn ava m, .1,n
petitor OF lie pere eternal" as frih eTar'
Clementlne. the mother OF Prince te, Ter
dinand of Bulgaria. called her ialhs,,'
were stroiiing in the garden, the latter ,s et
fered his royal guest a peach. The C"j.,l,
Stoned at loss how to skin IL, sseIia
which. Louis Philippe took iaiss
eiaspknHe from his pocket. When n,ai,
has been a poor devil like myself. oblse1
to live upon 70 sous a day, he always
carries knife. might have dispense"
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wife. told her what to do about my affairs
handed over my watch and other personal
effects TO friend. and then walked up
and down my quarters waiting for day
10 break and my command 10 move. That
was solemn night 20 me. for had this
firm preseniiment that u was my last
night on earth. ] felt almost as certain
of this as "A man condemned 10 death.
and can now pretty well understand how
a man feels when he is to be executed I'm
a few hours. / always had In every bat
tie OF my life. sense OF the danger to
which / was exposed. I never knew what
IL was TO forget II; but this time I -
as never had before, that my time had
come. and no mistake.
80 at daylight / took up my line OF
march TO my death. as fully expected
On We went. closer and closer 10 the
fort. until at last we were within close
range of It's guns. i. wondered that they
did not oLen on us, and every second
] expected TO see them belch forth shot
and shell and play havoc In our ranks
On we went my eyes were fixed on the
guns and my mind excited to its highest
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tension with wondermept why they did
not open fire. On we went until our ad
vance struck the fort and rushed upon
It's defences, when, to our utter amaze
ment, we discovered that It had been
evacuated and not a Federal was any
where in sight, inside or out You can
imagine my sence of relief as l saw
my boys in possession of the fort with
out SO much as a scratch. So you see
what a presentiment is worth. l have
never much believed in them since that
night"
Colonel Robert McEldowney, who was
present. referred TO the attack on Fort
Stedman, at Petersburg, just before the
close of the war twheFe, by the way,
he was woundedl, which attack was
made by General Gordons command:
"TeiI us about that, General, said genial
Colonel Bob, and so the, General pro-
ceeded to answer another demand on MN
for experiences. All the dining party
agreed that they could listen to him for
week.. THAT attack" said the Cen
eraI was made IN February, 1@o. when
we we're in our last gasp and very des-
perate. General Lee had sent for me III
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paid any attention to him, but he was
getting points, and finally, managed to
borrow some money from a good ma
tured broker. He invested in land. was
very lucky, and had many quick returns
from his real estate ventures. Then,
while the fever was at its height and en-
thusasm boundless while he might safe
iy have fingered and increased his win
nlnss, he quietly departed for his West
ern home without saying goodby and with
$4,000 in his pocket
A strange feature of II all IL that the
honest leaders of this enterprise lost not
only all the money they ever had, but all
prestige besides. 1t was all a tragedy
for the investors,
A rumor recently came to the writer
that the whilom manager of the enter
prise. whose very name is hateful to so
many sad hearts in New England was
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some of the "Burlesques" and Christ
mas Books and the English Humor-
lists; OF these. ''Esmond' has every
quality OF great book. except it's arti-
tlclal form, Its excessive elaboration of
The Newcomers" IL In some WAYS the
most genial OF the longer pieces Is plain
iy without the power OF Vanity Fair"
ana II barry Lyndon" has this power.
IL Is an awful picture OF cruelty and
meanness. The Book of Snobs' and the
"Hoggarty Diamond" were each a kind
of prelude 70 Vanity Fair" and both
contain some OF its essential marks OF
pathos and OF power. II Is indeed strange
to us now to remember that both OF these
books. written with such finish mastery
OF hand and full Of such passages OF wi,
and insight. could have been published
for years before the world had recornized
that II had a new and consummate writer
before it.-Frederic Harrison. in the No
vember Forum.
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ducing them also 10 invest

ducing them also TO invest.
A year passed. and instead OF marvel
Gus returns there came imperative de-
mands for more money. The investors
must protect their interest. SO more
money was raised many homes being
mortgaged TO do this.
When the company had drained one
section IL reached out In other direc-
lions. A jolly party OF Chicago business
men found the place very attractive and
invested considerably in the new enter
prises. But willy business men from the
northwestern cities were not caught
they came, and saw. but were not con-
quered. and to-day have reason for con-
graduation.
Times began to change; money. once
80 plentiful and free. was harder to get;
still the people had faith I'm their wor-
derful town. They soon began 10 criti-
else thA management. Too much money
had bocn expended on fancy railroad
% the coal lands. IL was pretty ride
up the steep mountain. quite novel. yet
complaints were heard. The great furn-
aces that we're to make such wonderful
steel and iron We're obliged TO shut down
for lack OF funds.
THE FALL
Some Of the officers of tha company.
realizing their false position. withdrew
from the enterprise. In the spring OF
prominent workers In the field 20 with
draw quietly. Others followed as quick
" as possible-all at heavy loss-and 80
the exodus began. The academy closed
lts doors; the hotel was shut up; all
building was suspended. and the people
we're panic-stricken. All who could leave
vent away. But there we're many who
could not leave. for their interests were
III eentersd there.
One bright young lawyer who had left
= Good practice with good social position
r. the east TO build up a home at Fort
Payne, bringing charming wife and
kUjlT vas % tortured BY the situation
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VALUABLE FE4THEES FLEW.
A Fight Between Birds That Can Kick q
Hols Through nm Inch Plank.

A dispatch from San Diego. Cal, to
the Chicago Tribune. says: There WIS
a terribly earnest fight at the Coronado
ostrich farm across the bay from this
city recently between two OF the largest
aud ugliest cock ostriches In the flock OF
thirty or forty birds. The fighters weigh
ed about three hundred pounds each
1hey were evenly matched and very
piucky and did their best 10 kill each
other.
There is novelty about an ostrich fight
The ponderous birds are. quick as cats
They use their feet more dexterously than
pugilist uses his fists. and with far
moro effect. One OF these birds can
thrust his bony pointed toe through an
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-04

The place OF Thackeray IN English liz
erature will always be determined by his
Vanity Fair; which will be read. We
Jones'" "Clarissa," "Trlstram Shandy."
THE Antiqusry," and "Pickwick." But
all the best OF his pieces. even the small
or jeux d'esprits, may DO read with de-
light again and again by young and old.
Newcomers" Barry Lyndon" the Book
of Snobs," 1.-The "Hoggarty Diamond"
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Tho Thrifty Nrlenns rnmlly.

=, Iouis PhIlippe's family did not suck
4, tho lesson OF economy with the moth
"a mo INTO tteir ears from their very in.
fancy by their father, who with a clvll
~. .ti,,g more than IL would now-was con-
SANDY st,it nh haunted by the :ear OF poverty.
and haunted to such degree as 70 ha-
rass his friends and counselors VITA MS
anprehensions My dear Minister he
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with 10 fer the last few year. but ao
not wish to loose the habit. One does mot
know what may happen" he sad.
The Queen was deeply afectsd. , auu
ste did not recover her wonted sPi
for hours. Bismarck has sverred mp rs
than once Chat Louis Philippe, dutnssanie
own reign. concocted news unfavora,vn,se,
70 his dynasty. and speulated upon rns
results In tie English stock market
Fortnightly Review.
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about 10 return TO Fort Payne to live
with his family, seemingly much inter-
ested. either for himself or in behalf of
some one else. in getting control OF things
there or &c more. Is there yet 10 be balm
for the broken hearts of New England
erS2
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Hoods Pills are purely vegetable ana
DO not purge pain, or grippe. Sold b. III
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-22
California FLYING Fl

or so reaches the haunts Of the Cali
fornia flying fish. It attains the length
OF eighteen inches and a weight of
nearly two pounds, being one Of the
largest OF the flying fishes Of the world.
When flushed from it's watery cover by
the approach Of boat it rises three
or four feet and continues it's flight for
a quarter to half mile It swims ran
idly, appearing to get it's motive power
when in the water from it's powerful
tail. On rising from the water the
movements of the tail are continued
for some seconds until the whole BODY
is out Of water. While the tail is in
motion the pectoral fins vibrate rapidly
and the ventral fins are folded. When
the action Of the tail ceases, the pee
toral and yentral fins are spread and,
so Tar as one can see from the boat.
are held at rest. On this plane of
outstretched fin the fish seemingly sails
through the air as a bird is seen to sail
without perceptible movement Of it's
wings When the fish begins to fall
the tail touches the water and the mo-
ton Of the pectoral fins recommences
and it is enabled to resume it's flight.
which it finally finishes by falling into
the water with a splash. When on
the wing it resembles a large dragon
fly. The motion is swift; at first it is
in straight line, but this becomes de-
Elected to curve, the pectoral fin on
the inner side of the arc being bent
downward. It is able to some extent
to turn it's course to shy off from a
vessel, though the motion of the fish
seems to have no reference to the direc-
ton of the wind. When the fish first
rises is the sportsman's opportunity to
shoot, and he must shoot quickly else
the tinny game is soon beyond range.
The dead fish is easily picked up with
out the aid Of a dog. 1t is a delicious
table fish and makes a toothsome CON-
panion dish for mess of broiled quail.