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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-04-10
BETTER AND BEST.

With some the better is the enemy
OF the best. With Others the best Is
the enemy Of the better.
The former are endowed with some
ambition, and are by no means will
ing to be left undiStinguishcd among
the common crowd. Their high i'm
pulses and ideas forbid this. They
make very considerable effort to at
tain, and they do attain, decided
superiority to the average. But they
stop short of the highest excellence,
even the highest which they might
with proper cXcrtiOn reach. They
look down with sclf-satiSfaction upon
those below rather than up with self
depreciation to those above. Their
perceptions are not very finely cult.
waited, and their work seems about as
good to them as it need to be-cer-
tninly better than most. So they rest
here. Their complaccncy and easy
contcntmcnt supply them with IA copi.
Gus fund of happiness, but are fatal tt
any really frSt-class achievements.
The better is the enemy Of the best.
But there is another class who Can
see very readily the deficiencies in
their work. too readily for their own
peace OF mind or their efficiency in
practical life. Their ideal is extreme.
ly high. The smallest defect greatly
annoys them. Their admiration fOI
the very best is exceedingly large
But the misfortune is that, not being
able to achieve it, they lose heart
altogether and attempt nothing. The
best with them is the enemy OF tho
better. For the better, which is quit,
within their power, they turn from ir
disgust through their desire of the
best which is beyond their reach. lr
this way life becomes, if not abso
lutcly failure. very nearly so in com
parison with what, but for this un
happy popularity, it might casil,
have been.
The true way Is, while keeping th'
ideal at the highest point, to rccog
nize the distance that must usual!
remain between that aud actua
achievement, and hence be contcn
with something less, provided only /
fair degree of progress is secured
There is much that needs be done IL
which the utmost possible degree o.
perfection is not demanded. In thes
things over-much thoroughncsS Onl.
hampers. Some books should simpl.
be skinned; any extensive TIM
devoted to them would be wasted
Some parts Of work, If roughly done
are well done SO far as the practic;l
object to oe gained is concerned, an,
fine finishing would be out OF place
RazOrs need not he taken to cut dow
trees with, nor is the blow Of a triI
!, hammer called for when mosquito
are to be killed. 70 know how to pr(
portion means to ends to know wha
is well enough, and when to let we
enough alone to know when the goo
will answer, when the better Is n
I. quired, and when nothing but the bes
. will do at all--is an acquisition OF I'll
utmost service in real life.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-04-10

This year the potato celebrates its
30Oth anniversary OF its introduction
into England. In 1896 Sir Walter Raj
eigh first carried potatoes from Amer
ica to England, and for some time
they were q luxury Of the rich alone,
costing 2 shillings pound.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-04-10

A Topeka man Is ut work on a
scheme Of crossing the milk weed
with the strawberry, for the purpose
OF raisipg strawberries and cream.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17
Black Hills Exhibit.

The following circular, issued by the
Elkhorn railroad. is of considerable in
terest to Black Killers ! general:
OMAHA, July Sd, 1896.
To ALL CONCERNED:
It liz possible that the Fremont, Elk
horn & Mo. Valley Railway Co., Will
a collective exhiht OF grains, fruits, We
getables, grasses, minerals and other
products Of the country trayersed by
this line OF railroad, showing it's re-
sources and development which will be
placed at the Nebraska State Fair and
Exposition to be held at Omaha, Febr.
Aug. 9th to Sep. 5th, 1896. All are
requested to preserve. before it nav be-
come to late, samples of such products
Tor exhibition and deposit them with
our agents, to be transported free Of
charge to Omaha. W. will be glad Il,
co cooperate in everyw a possible in max
ing a good display.
K. G. MoREHoUsE, G. r. A.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17
THE WAY TT WORKS.

When a great body of American
citizens get together and run con
trary to the wishes Of the great
monied interests and hireling
press, they are sttigmatized as a
%hysterical mod Of lunitics.
When a crowd Of stock jobbing,
gilded gamblers (styled blythe sub
sidized press as the "solid bust
ness element') get together and
work Themselves up to a frenzy
over an American flag, they are
called patriotic" Upon hearing
that the great convention in
Chicago had declared by a two
thirds vote. for the restoration of
silver to it's old and honored posi-
tion in u monied system, these
patriotic money spectators, who
never produced a SINCE dollar nor
did thing useful or beneficial to
mankind in their lives, had a great
spasm of patriotism and de-
nounced the 'enemies OF law and
order"
It is safe to say that not n Of
these bowling patriots, who are all
drawing their sustenance from the
telling people, has any more idea
of the broad fundamental princi-
pie OF popular government, equal
rights and sturdy American citi-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

zenship, that is represented BY the
American flag than 9 Hottentot.
If whenever the mass Of the people
meet in . convention and express
themselves as believing that q GER
tain policy is for the interest OF
the people as q whole, the "solid
business element" composed Of
little robbers. big robbers, brokers
bankers and stock jobbers,' can
make the people believe that they
are the only true patriots, while
the mass Of the people are a mass
of crazy, hysterical lunit1cs, and
enemies of law and order; then
self government is a failure and we
must resignedly accept as good for
us those ideas and methods that
are now paralyzing the prosperity
and life Of this country.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17
THE SWEATER.
A Curious Funeral Rite Which Obtained
in Wales,

----
A Curious Funeral Rite Which Obtained
in Wales.
The principally of Wales has within
living memory possessed an Official
known as the ~"sin-eater." 1t was the
practice for a relative-usually a wom-
an-to put on the breast of a deceased
person a quantity Of bread and cheese
and beer, and the sin-eater was e for
to consume them and to pronounce the
everlasting rest of the departed. twas
believed that in doing this he absolutely
ate and appropriated to himself the sins
s~ymbolized by the viands, and thereby
prevented their disturbing the repose Of
the sinner who had committed them,
Such an arrangement would obviously
leave nothing to be desired on the n
side, but how it worked on the other we
are not told. What was supposed to be
the condition of this spiritual under
taker after the ceremony was con
cluded? Did his appropriation of the
dead mans sins imply a sort Of moral as
similation of them, answering to his
physical assimilation of the bread and
cheese? The question would obviously
be n of some Importance to a sin-eater
in large practice. If the responsible
ties of his profession were as great as
ties of his profession were as great as
hypothesis, he would need to retire
from it early, and to devote a consider
able portion of his closing years to re-
pentance and good works.
Again, it is natural to ask what hap
pened at the decease Of a popular" or
fashionable" s%in-eater. Would any
n among his professional brethren
undertake to eat his sins, ever in the
first flush of satisfaction produced by
stepping into his shoes? If so, then,
indeed, has the epithet of "gallant'
been rightly bestowed upon little Wales.
1t is as though one doctor succeeding to
another's practice should consent to as
sumo the moral responsibility for his
late colleagues treatment Of all his de-
ceased patients, in addition to his own
similar burdens.
We yield to one in admiration of the
quiet and homely herois1n of the medi-
cal profession, but we doubt whetherit
would enable them to face such an or
deal as this. AS to the Welsh practi-
TONERS to whom we have compared
them, we shrink from pursuing the an
alysis further. 1t is evident that, as in
the s%choolboy game of "conquerors,,
where a stone which can smash the
smasher, of, say, 43 other stones takes
over all it's conquests, and becomes it.
self a "forty-fourer," so the responsible.
tiles of these unhappy men might ac-
cumulate at an alarming rate. One
hardly dares to contemplate the inter
nal condition of the sin-eater who had in
life attended a long series of other sim
eaters. The cheese would be almost
converted into Welsh rabbit before he
had got it down.-London Times.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17
New Departure.

We wish to inform patrons and friends
that we have added to our already large
line OF goods q complete assortment Of
stocKman's saddles OF the leading
makes. Also a fine line Of harness and
shop work. We ask you to come an1
examine these goods, they have boon
bought on q declining market and viii H.
sold on = very close margin.
G. s. CoNGDoN HARDWARE ia
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17

the disappointed graybacks Of the
confederate armies and their kin
bred, the moonshining lazzaroni Of
the mountain districts Of the south,
and for the whooping desperadoes,
silver monopolists and debt shirk-
ers of the far west, who meyer
voted a democratic ticket and
never intend to.
The Chicago convention, made
up for the greater part of interlop-
ers from the various populistic
organizations of the south and
west and by a few score Of uncon-
sciousable scallyawags from the
north, wearing the collars of
bosses like Altgeld, has not only
spoken falsely for the democracy;
It has degraded and disgraced the
American name before the world
in a manner that no similar gath
ering ever ever equalled and
which every patriot may fervently
hope no succeeding aggregation Of
moral and intellectual degenerates
will ever initiate"
The above is but one extract
from along editorial, paid for at
SO much a line, with extra pay for
every venomous adjective from a
dictionary Of vituperation scurril-
The editor Of the Chicago
Chronicle may be a great man, but
it is l6 to l that he is a beef fed
bully, who when the call is made
by the money oligarchy for troops
to shoot down the "whooping des-
peradoes and debt shirkers'' Of the
west, will receive a commission as
major or colonel, when he may be
a filing prototype Of the contemp pit
IDLE clustering British officer, full
of bombast and bigotry, when in
1776 they came over to shoot down
the "whooping desperadoes and
debt shirkers" of Valley Forge.
under the command of the elm
moral, dishonest and unconscion-
able scalawag" George Washing
ton.
The populists and s%ilverites
have been accused Of using intern
perate language, but language Is
altogether inadequate to express
any idea of our opinion of such a
malignant, abominable TRADE as
as applied to citizens of any part
OF this great country. Ye gods
to first juggle and then manipulate
the money of the country as to i'm
poverish the people, depreciate
their property and ruin their pros
perity, hold up the money as a
threat and blackmail, and then
rail at the people as "debt shirk-
ers." Ii the bitterness of sectional
and class feeling is injected into
the coming campaign, be it on the
heads of such bigoted scoundrels
plant serfs as the Chronicle man.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17
IGNORANT AND IMMORAL?

One of the most momentuous
national conventions the United
States has ever beheld has just
completed its labors at Chicago,
and has nominated William J.
Bryan of Nebraska for president,
upon a platform of true democ-
racy, which is something that all
American citizens of whatever
party utilization can and sh ould
endorse.
Principle above party is and
ought to be the Watchword Of
every true lover Of his country.
The Chicago Chronicle, about
the only great democratic paper in
Chicago, in leading a bolt Of the
gold standard mon, uses the fol-
lawing choice and patriotic Ian
guage:
The Chicago convention has
not spoken for the democrats of
the United States. It has voiced
the ignorance and the immortality,
the covetousness and the dishon-
esty Of the least enlightened Of
u population. No center of in
telligence and progress and Justice
sis represented in its announce
ments.
The Chicago convention has been
controlled by and has spoken for
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-17
FRIDAY. JULY II, 1896.
AN IMpUDENT ASSERTION.

"Those who own the United
States will continue to CONTROL it,"
SAYS q circular Of the New York
Monetary Trust. ut will not be
c%onfiscated," it adds, "by discon-
tented men whom long depression
has maddened."
These are significant sentences.
They reveal the idea which con-
trolls Wall Street, and the motive
which inspires the fight for a gold
standard. These men assume to
own the United States and AFRO
gantly look upon the people as
their bonded poems. They have
foisted upon the country by the sub
ordination of political parties a
financial system which has enabled
them to compel the government to
issue bonds and the m peo-
pie to issue mortgages, and inso-
leatiy waving these documents in
the face of the country they e1-
claim. I'VE own the United
Stahes."
NO wonder there IS an uprising
aHa Il revolt. No wonder that a
GREAT rsvol1tion Of popular feeling
has begun The plain people of
this eounGry-ths wage earnsrs,
the farmers and tradesmen and
producers of all classes-see that
the time has come when this AFRO
giant assumption must be rebuked
or the monetary trust will in truth
Gown the United States" They
have determined to make one bold
stand for freedom and independ-
ence, and by their ballots to teach
these insolent holders of securi-
ties that they do not now and
never will 'own the United States
Capital is a recognized and i'm
portant factor in the progress and
Wellbeing of a nation, but it should
never be permitted to become the
master, and stamp under its feet
the prosperity of the country,
The sentiments quoted make
plain the purpose of the gold
power in this campaign. On It's
side without concealment or equiv
Q cation, stand Mckinley and the
St. Louis platform.
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21
THE TERRITORIES.

F. The fight in the house committee
on territories over the bills to ad-
nit Arizona and New Mexico to
the Union is not encouraging. 1t
indicates that these measures will
be defeated, if not in committee,
then when they come before the
house. The NelcS submits this
opinion with regret. Both New
Mexico and Arizona are entitled
to admission. Their populatian,
and industries and wealth are all
adequate to maintain state govern
ments, and common justice requires
that they be no longer kept in a
territorial condition.
But the sentiment IN the East
against the admission of more
Western states is too strong at the
present time to be over come, and
is intensified by the free silver dis
cussion. No moro silver senator's
are wanted in the upper branch of
the federal legislature, and to pre-
vent this both New Mexico and
Arizona will be denied admission.
This fact indicates the fear that
the East entertalns toward the
growing political power of the
West. New England and the
great Middle states see that the
power they have so long exercised
in the councils of the nation is
doomed, and that the day is not
far distant when they must yielG
to the more progressive and liberia
rule of far Western communities
Naturally they struggle against it
but it is struggle against the in
evitable. 1t may be regarded al
fortunate that only two Western
territories remain outside of th,
Union, but these must be admitted
IN time, if not by this congress
perhaps by the next. The fight a
least must be kept up, until in tn
senate of the United States ther
is solid phalanx of transmissour
states, and when that day come
and the roll call is complete, tn
day of New England domination
will be at an end.-Rocky Mou'
!, tain Ne,CS.
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21

AITHoUHG Stafford has made rap
i'd strides during the past year, yet
her advancement has been greatly
retarded by the want of proper
building material. This difficulty
will be overcome, however, the
present year, as a brick kiln will be
constructed containing about hal
million brick. If the proper ma
terial is kept on the market, by the
end of the present year Stafford viii
be double its present size.
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21

An exchange says that there are
more Young men in the penitentiar
les in this country learning trades
than there is outside of them.
The principal cause Of this is that
plrents are educating their sons for
idle gentlemen, trying to make
lawyers, doctors, preachers and
clerks out of material that is
needed foI blacksmiths. carpenters
mechanics and other honest"hewors
Of wood and drawers of water"
1t is a mistake, and big one, TO
teach boys and girls that labor is
disgraceful, and that to do nothing
for a living is more honorable than
honest toll.
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21
Notice TO Creditors.

In the Probate Court of the County
of Graham, Territory of Arizona
In the matter of the Estate of Roman Griego,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the underslgned,ad ,ad-
ministrator of the estate of Roman Greigo deceas-
ed, to thJ creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the date of the first publication OF
this Lotice to the said administrator, at his res
idence at SolomOnville Graham County Arizona
Dated the 10Th day of December, 1895.
ROBERT STEGGALL
Administrator of the estate of Roman Greigo
.Igna
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21

, A SMALL flanged third wheel
with outstretching arms, has been
invented to be attached to an ordi-
nary safety bicycle by means OF
which the rider can travel on a
railroad track.-Mining and Scien'
tifc Press.
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21


One of the questions that SC EN-
necessary TO answer again and
again is regarding the extent of
tine locator Of a mining claim
has 20 do the required annual as
sessment work to hold tie claim.
1t is again stated that he has : IL
the remaining part of the year IN
which the locations was made and
all the next year; that is, if our in
onirer located claim any time
last year ls95-he has till December
ST, 1896, TO do the required SlOU
worth Of work or Improvement
rrohsbly ii would be letter 'ol
bmsclfSetths claim 100 were
thy7aw less liberal in this regard
that is a matter of opinion
fatNc Press.
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21

THE Territorial Republican con.
vention to elect delegates to the
National convention at st. Louis
and to nominate candidate for
Congress is to be held in Phenlx
on the 10th Of next April. The
Ga>etts says the denomination OF
Murphy is assured.
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21

GENERAL WEYLER the newly ap.
pointed governor-general OF Cuba
has assumed command of the Span
ish army on the island. War news
from Cuba will now be read with
great interest.
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21

The philosophy by which it is
dctermined that the word "coin"
means gold, and nothing but gold,
is o recent exhibition of the pos
sibilities of English Interpretation.
Most people had supposed that
somew here or other there existed
some silver but this seems TO have
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21

THE law interdicting the impor-
tation of Mexican cattle took effect
on the 18th instant and will remain
in force to the middle of Sovem-
Der as a protective measure to the
United States from Mexican fever
elc.
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21

THE Mohave County Miner says
that the Arizona Populist now in
Inmates that Bucky O'Neil will
seek the Democratic nomination
for Congress.
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21
q Valuable Prescription.

Editor Morrison Of Worthingtoni
Ind; Sur" writes: "Yon have a
valuable prescription IN Electric
BIZ, RS, and | can cheerfully r,com
mend il for Constipation and
Sicl, Headache, and as Il general
system tonic 1t has no equal" M 3,
Ammo Stehle, 1926 Cottage Grove
Ave, Chicago, was all run down
could not eat nor digest TODD. had
a ba rkache which never left hel
and felt tired and weary, but SIN
bottles Of Electric Bitters restored
her lealth and renewed her strength
Prices so cents and Sl.00. Get
Bottle at all Drug Stores and
General Stores.
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21

THE latest fad in PheniX is for
one woman to send the contents OF
a shot gun ut another woman, be-
cause woman No. 2 wolloped a
young hopeful of woman No. /, for
some OF his misdeeds.
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21

KEEP the special write-up edition
of the GUARDIAN for referance. 1t
contains the names of the repre-
sentative business firms of Stafford
and Thatcher.
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21

THE GRAHAM GUARDIAN in Its
last issue contained a write-up of
the Gila valley, which was very
creditable piece of work.-Sulphur
Valley Ne,cS.
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21
Notice for Publication.
Homestead No. lasO.
LAND OFFICE Al Tucson AnIz.l

LAND OFFICE Al TUCSON AR1z.l
Jan. %. 1896. !
Notice is hereby given that the following-nam-
ed settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final pToofin support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the Clerk OF
the District Court at Solomonville, Arizona, on
March 81, 1895. viz:
Columbus r, Freeman, of Stafford, Arizona,
for the e u Sec l3, Twp s. r. 25 f.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of, said land, viz:
John Scarlett and John Morris, of Stafford,
Arizona, Henry j. Dowdle, of Solomonvillet
Arizona and Henry Tippets of Stafford Arizona
EUGENE J. TRIPPEL.
REGISTER.
1-21-6t
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21

If they will only give Delegate
Murphy a chance he will have the
seat of government removed from
Washington to Arizona.-MIn'ag
NeteS.
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Homestead No. 1901.
LAND OFFICE AT TUCSON ARIz.1
Inn O2 1Sln

LAND OFFICE AT TUCSON ARIZ.,e
Jan. %. 1896. {
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the Clerk of
the District Court at Solomonville, Graham Co.,
Arizona on Thursday, March, 26, 1896, viz;
[ Daniel s. Olney, OF ofSolomonville. Graham Coz.
rizona for the + y of 5 W 4 and w OF )
W v, Sec 7, Tp sS. Il 26 +.
He names the following witnesses TO prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
sal land viz
Isaac Williamson, Trinidad Cardenez Henry
J. Dowdle, Of Solomonyiile, Arizona, aud Lam
bert Frye, ofSaford, Arizona.
EUGENE J. TRtPPEL,
Register.
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21
LATE EDITORIAL.

DoN'T put it off until it is tco
late TO plant the necessary shade
trees around your property.
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21

AT the present rate that mes
quite is being consumed, inside of
two wears wood will be worth So
cord
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21
Notice for Publication.
Homestead No 1853.
LAND OFFICE AT TUCSON, ARIZ-
Iony q 1909 {

Jany. s, 1896 !
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make NAL proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the Clerk of
the District Court, at Solomonyille Arizona, on
February2, 1896, viz.
Robert NJ. Tubbs, of Central, Graham county,
Arizona for the lots 8, 4 and 6, and the + u
of Z u Sec %, T 6, S, r 25 +.
He names the following witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
Jacob G. Bigler, George Clemmins, Oscar
EUGENE j. TRIPPEL,
1-10.6t Register
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21

THE Cottonwoods are beginning
to put forth their leaves, which is
an indication that spring is here.