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The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21

about two feet in diameter and only the upper one revolves. After the graphite and clay are ground together the mixture is put in canvas bags and the water is squeezed out under a hy- draulic press, leaving a mass the con- sistency of putty. This plastic mate rial is placed in the forming press, which is a small iron cylinder in which a solid plunger or piston works up and down. A steel plate having hole the size and shape of the Head" Is put under the open end of the cylinder, and the plunger, pressing down, forces the graphite through the hole, making a continuous thread or wire of graphite.
 Pine is used for the cheap pencils, an ordinary quality of red cedar Is used for the medium-price pencils, but noth- ing but the best Florida Key cedar is put into the best pencils. The saw mills in Tampa, Fla, cut the cedar into blocks about seven inches long, and these are sawed into strips wide enough for six pencils, but, as pencils are made in halves, each strip is only thick enough for half pencil. When the strips are received at the factory they are run through machine which cuts in each one six grooves, round or square, and at the same time smooths the face of the wood. Both strips are grooved alike, for, unlike the European made pencils, the American make has the lead equally in each strip.
 The filling of the strips is done by girls. The first one takes a grooved slip of wood in her left hand and bunch of leads in the right. She spreads the leads out fan shape, and
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21
First Experiment Station.

The first agricultural experiment sta tion established under Government aus oices was organized at the little Ger man village of Moeckern, near Leipsic, in 1851, under the influence of the Leip- sic University. Liebig in Germany, Boussingault in France, and Lawes and Gilbert in England had all been experimenting along the lines of agri- culture and horticulture for years, but the action of the Saxon agriculturists il 1851 marks the beginning of the eX- pertinent station proper.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21
Peaches on Plum Stock.

The peach can be and frequently is budded on the plum. It makes a good combination where the trees are plant ed on heavy soils, the plum stock doing much better on these than the peach. It does not make the peach any more hardy, as even in the coldest winters the peach tree escapes, while it's buds are destroyed when the thermometer runs down to 10 or 12 degrees below zero, and with sharp wind at de- grees below if the ground it not covered with snow.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21

tions of clay in the mixture. For the medium grades, seven parts of weight of clay are mixed with ten, parts of graphite.
 The mixing is done under a grinding mill, similar to that used for mixing paint, and water is added to facilitate the mix. The grinding stones are
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21
Triumph of the Actor,s Make-t

Triumph of the Actors Make-U,
 NJ. Febvre. of the Comedie Fran caise, who is said to be the Prince of Wales favorite actor, has always been considered by his countrymen a past master in the art of making up." When Alexandre Dumas fils' comedy, ''L'Etrangere," was first produced at the Comedie Franchise, he was cast for the part of the American citizen Clarkson. NJ. Febvre, while studying the character, was so desirous of re producing on the stage the aspect of a citizen of New York or Chicago that he sent over to the new world for pho- tographs of typical Yankees. After NJ. Febvre himself was photographed in the part the Yankee chosen was one day placed next his own, and many of his friends could hardly guess which was the actor, so complete was the maAe-up.-New York Tribune.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21
Early Fattening of Pork.

Corn Is not so exclusively the feed of hogs at any age as 1t used to be. Instead of growing pigs on their swill with pasture, and thus stunting their early growth, 1t is the practice of the best farmers to begin the high feeding from birth, keeping the pig always in
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21

with one motion fills the six grooves with leads.
 Next to her sits another girl who takes the filled strip, and quickly and neatly lays on it another grooved strip which has just been coated with hot glue by a third girl. The filled and glued strips are piled up on each other and put in a press, where they are left
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21
Killing Thist1es with Hoed Crops.
 One vnar,S fhnrnnOh n11ltirntinn u.s1

Killing Thist1es with Hoed Crops.
 One years thorough cultivation will entirely eradicate not merely Canada thistle, but all kinds of perennial weeds. But the cultivation must not let up even for a single week. If any sprout reaches the surface and gets 10 the daylight, 1t reinvigorates the root, and such half cultivation may be kept up for years without greatly lessening the pest. Wherever attempts are made to kill thistles by growing a crop of corn or potatoes on the land, the month of August will be found a very critical time. It will be necessary to examine the hills closely so that no shoot creeps in with the corn or potato crop in the hills. The cultivator alone cannot be depended upon to do this work. Hand labor, either literally with the thumb and finger or with the hoe, will be nee essary several times in August and Sep tember, if the work of destroying the thistles Is to be completed. A little salt applied to the latest appearing shoots will set them to rotting, and that is better than cutting them off at the surface of the ground.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21

At Prescott's Democratic primaries the three tickets were headed respec- lively "No Cross of Gold, !" "16 to 1," and 'for Free Silver" The "No Cross of Gold' ticket was elected in its entirety.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21

ping coupons off government bonds. It may be because of this universal use or because it is such simple, innocen: looking article as to fail to excite in- vestigatiOn, but it is nevertheless a fact that not one in hundred of those who find constant use for it knows how d .iead pencil is made.
 Leads of lead pencils are made of a mixture of German pipe clay and ''black lead" which is not lead but
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
 OUR RURAL FRIENDS.

Suggestions for Frightening Farm Life-How to Secure Regular sa1ting of fCattle-Thorough Cultivation Will Kill Canada ThistIes.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-11-21
YOUR LEAD PENCIL.
PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING
 THIS USEFUL ARTICLE.
Two Little Pieces of Wood and a Stick of Graphite the Only Neces- sary Materials-Mines from Which the "Part that Marks" Is Taken.
How They Are Made.

U $ T two little pieces of wood and a stick of graphite and you have that which is found in the hands of every one from the boot black who keeps a It a fly on h S shines" to the man who has no more fatiguing labor to perform than clip
Arizona republican., 1896-08-22
Pure Food and Drink.
SuCCesS!

The most distinguished advertisers of clothing are Rogers Peet & Company of New York. They have sprung into almost instan- taneous recognition as solid and honorable merchants.
 The secret of this is: good clothes, honest advertising, and mouey daek.
 SeA1lllNg's Best tea is suc- ceeding along the same line; but the need of pure tea has not been satisfied heretofore.
 Pure Japan tea-delicate, clean, inspiring = and your money back if you don't like it.
 If you don't like Schilling's Best coffee, soda, baking powder, seasoning, flavoring extracts, tell your grocer so. He has money-back to give you.
 4 Sehilling G' C0mbany San E,aneiseo
Arizona republican., 1896-08-22
WAYS OF AUTHORS.
Some Writers Have Been Very Indus-
 trious and Painstaking.

trtOuS and fa1nStak1ng.
 Industry and perseverance, "an in- finite capacity for taking pains,' if they are not indeed genius itself, as has para doxically been said, form at least the in- dispensable accompaniments to it. MT. Rider Haggard declares that he writes his books simply by keeping at work on them. And the industry of Mir. Rudyard Kipling may be measured by the fact that he is said to hare written 'The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot," seven times over, and then to have made con- siderable corrections on the proofs. The late Prof. Huxley was another writer whose industry in perfecting his liter ary expression, was only rivaled by his genius.
 Strikingly contrasted with this neces- sity for industry, says Chambers Jour nal, have been the personal inclinations of some conspicuous writers. Thack- cray confessed that his besetting sin was laziness; he could never write, he said. till the printers devil was at his door. The story, again, is told of Dickens, how once ina stationer's shop he was startled by hearing lady at the counter inquire whether the next number of a certain novel, then appearing in monthly parts, were out yet. Little did the customer guess that the next part of the story was rot yetin existence, and that the gentle man at her elbow, in fact, stood there for the purpose of buying the paper Upon which he intended to go home and write the chapter asked for.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-22
NOtice.

In the Probate Court of the County Of Maricopa, Territory of Arizona. In the matter of the estate of Kate |. Minor, deceased.
 Order to show cause why au order of real es. tate should not be made
 A. J. Halbert, admins ratOr with the will annexed, of the estate of Ks te L. Minor, de- ceased, having filed in this court his verified petition ill due form, praying for an order of the sale of certain real estate there described, belonging to the estate of said deceased, for the purposes therein set forth.
 It is therefore ordered by the court that all persons interested in said estate, appear before this court on Tuesday the 1st day of septem- Der, A. D., 1896, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day. at the court room of this court, st the courthouse in the City of Phnntx, Territory of Arizona, to then and there show cause, if any they have, why an or der should not be granted to said administra- tor, to sell so much of the real estate of said deceased as may be necessary. And that copy of this order be published for four successive weeks in THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN. newspaper of general circula- ton printed and published in said county and territory.
 Done :n open court this 9Oth day of July A. D 1896.
 c. w. GROUSE,
 Judge of the Probate Court. [Date of first publication July 31. 1896.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-22

Rulings, second vice-president; T. A. Jobs, secretary; T. w. Hine, treasurer.
 Board of directorsEPierce Evans. chairman; Thos. D. Molloy, secretary; J. M. Ford, treasurer: A. J. Sampson, J. B. Early, J. A. Kilroy, Jerry Millay, I. N. Bell, Robert Hudson, c. w. Grouse, c. M. Sturges. D. M. Purman, Wm. Freeze, Lincoln Fowler, Chas W. Pugh, N. A. Morford, T. J. Wolf1ey, F. A. Hartwell, M. H. Calderwcod. l.. J. Wood, c. M. Frazier.
 Political meetings gs-Thomas Fitch, M. H. McCord, Jos. H. Kibbey.
 Correspondence-T. J. Wolfey, J. B. Early, J. A. Kilroy.
 Primaries-Pierce Evans. D. M. Purman, c. M. Frazier. T. J. Wolfley, w. H. Stillwell, Lincoln Fowler, I. N. Bell.
 Reception-Jerry Mi,lag, W. A. Han cock, c. w. Johnstone, c. W. Grouse, R. A. Lewis, J. D. Monihon, H. Good man.
 Printing-N. A. Morford, c. W. Pugh, c. M. Sturges ralization-C. W. Grouse, J. L. Cant, Wm. Webster, Robert Black, Geo. A. Mintz.
 Order of business-F. A. Hartwell, J. M. Damron, H. Goodaan, c. H. Knapp A. E. Hinton. Celebration and transportation Scott Helm, c. Eschman, c. J. Dyer W. s. Pickrell, G. H. Honshell. Ira P, Smith.
 Executive-Jos. H. Kibbey, G. H. Honshell, Frank B. Moss, H. B. Kemp M. B. Collins, A. J. Sampson.
 Organization-Webster Street, L. H Goodrich, J. B. Early, H. B. St. Claire Jerry Millay.
 Registration-L. J. Wood, F. A Hartwell, A. J. Porterie, Robert Hud son, Wm. Widmer, T. A. Jobs, Wm Buck, F. Prothero.
 Finance-J. M. Ford, Wm. Christy Geo. Hoadley. T. w. Hine, Lincol1 Fowler.
 Programme-C. M. Frazier, c. W Pugh. J. A. Kilroy, c. w. Grouse, L. B Hayes.
 Enrolment of membership-M. H Calderwood, T. H. Molloy, L. J. Wood W. H. Ward, M. A. Heissman.
 Political education-A. J. Sampson Thos. Armstrong, Jr., H. c. Magne w. H. Rulings. Walter Bennett.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-22
answered the young man, de

married" answered the young man, de fiantly. te
 q hain't tryin' ter stop yo' all. Elf yo' is boun' ter marry yer kin, but wanted a talk. Yo' all's gwine ter town. How long yo' spose yo1l stay?"
 ''Two or three days," answered the groom.
 At $2 day." said the father, "be- sides hoss feed an boss hire, for I'll make yo' pay for them horses, shore. Then $5 fer preacher. Iwanted Lindy ter marry Sam, fer I owed him $5 an he wouldn't say nothin' bout it eff she'd hev i'm. Parson Long owes me an he'll marry yer fer nothin'; thar won't be no board bill an hoss feed. It would cost $20 ter make the trip an give me $10 SC I kin pay Sam an hev suthin' fer war dn' tar of the hosses, an we kin ga home an hev a bigger time than at town."
 The proposition was accepted, the money paid, and the three turned their horses heads homeward.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-22
BRAZIL'S BLACK DIAMONDS.
More Sent to South Africa Than Any
 Other Place.

more sent 10 south Aff1Ca Than Any
 Other Place.
 Although the greatest diamond mines in the world arc in South Africa. Brazil exports more diamonds to that part than anywhere else on earth, says London paper. The explanation is easy. They are black ,.i..onds, and not of the kind used fer jewelry. The place of their greatest utility is underground in mines South Africa does not pro- duce them, but it could not we'll get along without them.
 Black diamond is the hardest sub stance known. Its utility has only been realized for about 20 years, and inn provements are constantly being made in it. The rough stones are taken and split by machinery in way that was unknown until recently. The split must follow the grain. If it does not the stone will be, wasted. Each stone is split into cubes of different sizes. The cubes are then welded into mining drills if they are to be used for boring The steel is cast about the diamond so that it cannot get loose. In the same way nearly all diamond saws are made. Every tooth is a. black-diamond cube. It is fastened on when the steel DOT ton of the instrument is in a molten state.
 The attempt to make these stones artificially has proven failure in every instance. The cost is greater than the market price of the Brazilian dia- mond.
 Black diamonds weigh ordinarily less than 100 carats, ranging all the way existence was found only a short time ago, it's weight being 32O carats. The diamond was sold to a museum for sS,OOO.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-22
APPLICATION OF A FABLE.
A Sheep's Skin Hides the Form of a Hu-
 man Wolf.

A
 man Wolf.
 The story of the ass who clothed him. self in lions skin in order to pass himself off as the king of beasts is well known, but the tale of the thief who got inside sheep's skin to be better able to carry on his nefarious trade has yet to be told, says the London Telegraph. Early one morning two policemen, who were on duty at the slaughter houses of Paris, were aston ished to see a sheep endeavoring to effect an entrance into the inclosure where creatures of it's kind were dou- bled when mans hand protruded from beneath the stolen fleece. Their curi- osity became intensified and they care fully followed the sham animal, who stopped at the pen which inclosed the real article, and with great coolness chose the two largest and fattest of the flock.
 Still observed by the watchful guard ians of the law, this plagiarist of an ancient fable proceeded to kill and cut up his capture, and was on the point of making off with his booty when he found himself in turn the spoil of the law and was quickly marched off to the police station, where he gave his name as Eugene Lassot. From his ac- count he made a good living out of his occupation by selling the meat to vari- ous butchers. For some time, at least, it is to be hoped, that the animals at the abattoirs will cease to be sent to an earlier death by the depredations of this latest wolf in sheep's clothing.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-22
An Accursed House.

In Ledyard, a small town in Connec- ticut, is a house built prior to 1710 which bears the title of the Devils house." A curse is supposed to rest upon it, and in proof it is pointed out that in the present century more than one hundred deaths have occurred in it, most of which were violent or more than ordinarily pathetic.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-22
ELOPERS STOPPED.
Brides Father Didn't Want the Expense
 of Town Trin

or Town Trip.
 Riding along a West Virginia road was interested in seeing young man ana young woman on horseback com. ing down the road on a gallop. Not far Dehlnd them was an old man giving chase By cutting through the woods at one place he succeeded in beadiro them of and caught hold of the brides just as l drove up, said c. E. Ward leigh to Washington Star reporter.
 "Whar yo' all goin' ?" he demanded. A You can't stop US now but we'll get
Arizona republican., 1896-08-22
HOITT'S SCHOOL FOR BOYS.

Accredited at the State and Stanford UniveIs sities. A first class Home School, pre- pairing boys for any university or for business. Careful supervision, thorough moral, mental and physical training. Sixth year begins Aug HOITT, Ph. D.. Master, BurliD game, San MateO Co.,. California.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-22
THE ELECTORAL VOTE.

The following is the electoral vote of the states as based upon the apportion- ment act Of Feh 1201.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-22

 Addition.

But, notwithstanding they are now in tn city itself, there are few lots for sale yet at prices corresponding with the "Sound Money Doctrine" of President Cleveland and his cuckoos, which means that kind of dollar which will buy two dollars worth of property. These lots are near the new elec- tric car line which is now in operation. The lots are in the city and their occupants do not need to ride into town, but the presence of electric street cars is popular and adds market value to the property. Inside of five years this will be business property. Buy lot now for residence and when business crowds you out the rents will sup port you in house outside in some addition where you can keep horse and drive into town and collect your rents. Terms, cash
 in one year, in two years at 10 per cent interest.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
Had the Bulge on the Old Lady,

There was new baby in the family "a funny, little helpless creature that five-year-old Myra and three-year-old Bur,o on admired with a condescending wonder. That mamma sat all day in a chair in the room with the baby. and did not wander all over the house, as was her custom, they also learned as a surprising fact. to which they soon be- came accustomed. They liked, how ever to play in the room with mamma and the new baby. and they were not always quiet. Children" said man. ma. one day when they had been more than usually noisy and she was tired, If you are not more quiet shall punish you" Myra regarded her mother some time from across the room with a thoughtful air. Then she turned back to her play and to her little brother. Don't you mind her. Burton," she said with a wise air, ''she can't walk. "-N. Y. Times.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
pERsoNAL AND PoLIrIcAL,.

THE executive committee of the peo- ple's party held D meeting at Chicago on the 18th and afterwards issued 8 manifesto, stating that the committee had arranged joint electoral tickets in most of the states and urging all oppo- nents of the gold standard to give loyal support to them.
 THE lower house of the reichsrath has passed resolu i,n in favor of the Austro. Hungarian government making an overture to the powers for the for nation of an in court of ar bitration.
 THOMAS w. FERRY, ex.United States senator, died suddenly at Grand Haven, Mich, on the l4th, aged @. GEORGE T. A. BARTLETT, formerly United States government scout at Wounded Knee, S. D., and one of the best sharp-shootersi in the country, has been engaged by the Cubans of New York to take a band of 30 sharp-shoot- CTS to Cuba to aid the insurgents.
 A SPECIAL to the New York Herald on the 18th stated that if Spain does not put down the insurrection in Cuba by the beginning of next March it is the intention of the Spanish govern. ment to give up the struggle and let the island go.
 TIE llth annual encampment of the National Union Veterans league was called to order by Commander George c. James at Washington with about LOGO delegates and as many more mem- bers present as visitors. They had Il parade through the streets which was viewed by President Cleveland. John O. Donahoe, of Wilmington. Del, was elected national commander and Co., lumbus, O., chosen for the next meet ing place.
 THOMAS E. WATSON on the l6th for. warded papers to Kansas from Thom- son, Ga, notifying the secretary of state to take his name as nominee for vice president from the head of the Breidenthal populist ticket. Mir. Wat sons name will appear only once on the official ballot in Kansas, and that will be at the head of the middle-of-the- road populist ticket.
 SPEAKER THOMAS B. REED, of Maine, spoke at Fort Wayne, Ind, on the 18th, but was unable to resume his speak ing tour the next morning on account of his voice giving out.
 ASSISTANT SECRETARY WILLIAM E. CURTIS, of the treasury department at Washington, has written letter to Assistant Secretary Dabney, of the de- partment of agriculture, in which he defends the New York bankers from the allegations often made that they are interested in the withdrawals of gold from the treasury.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
MEMS MARRIAoeAeLe Aoe.
Old Subject Discussed From New Point
 of View.


 Old Subject Discussed From . New Point of View.
 It is singular fact that the discus- sion of matrimony in all its aspects is always made relative to the woman. It is as if she was the most interested of the two persons in the case, and had looked upon marriage in the light of an achievement, upon whose laurels she could rest for the remainder of her life. The age at which she should achieve matrimony is gravely dis cussed; also her qualifications for that picturesque institution of society. Yet marriage is not one-sided affair. There iS man in the case. What of him?
 At what age should a man marry?- This experiment of home making con- tains as many complex elements, some hidden. some apparent, for him as for the woman. Much of its success depends; upon the way he has approached it, and the way in which he has approached it depends upon his age. man at 34 will see differently and act differently from his manner of seeing and acting at 24, that is, if he has developed in mind and character during the inter- vening ten years. Broadly speaking, the marriageable age of men should not be placed under 25; not alone be- cause men under that age are not, as a rule. in financial position to marry; chiefly because they have not sufficient maturity of character to judge wisely.
 Judgment is, indeed, out of the ques- tion in those tender years between 19 and 25. The man is a boy whom the world has not yet taken into its confi- dence; and in spite of its absence of idealism the wisdom of the world is necessary wisdom. Goethe (although not by any means an example to be held up to young men) was wise when he did not allow his youthful love for Frederika Bremen, the coun- try parsons daughter, to le ad him into marriage with her. He realized, per- haps, with the intuition of genius, that love can never make up for the absence of intellectual sympathy be- tween a man and woman. Men who are not Goethes marry at 21 or 22 the object of boyish love, only to find. as they mature, that the wife, by her lim- itations, can be a housekeeper, but never friend.
 This dces not imply that men do not marry rashly after 30, but that they are less likely to marry solely because they happen to be Sin love-" a sopho- moric experience which has never known to occur more than once to tho same person.-N. Y. Commercial Ad- vertiSer