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Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25
AN OPPORTUNITY.
A)luring Bait to Catch Some
 Fish.

There has beer received in Tomb stene a letter similar to one received in Phoenix, md described in the Re publican, an alluring proposition st the Egyptian Drug Company of New York, organized fer the sale and dis tributisn of Egyptian tea. said to be worth its weight in gold as . regulator oi the system and c producer of conn plexisn and steady nerves. The drug company has also gene into tho min iug business under the title of the "Klopdyks-Yukon Geld Mining Syn dioate." The two enterprises are made te assist each other. Ten men, so the company says. are ts be sent to Alaska to locate Klondyke e.aims. The company believes that 1t may
 reasonably expect . return of many
 millions within . short time. This will benefit the tea business in thi. way: The buyer of every package ei tea at SLIP will receive . non-sssess- able share in one oi these claims. The ehsres are of She par value of $l00. To one whs buys six packages of tea fer S5, five shares will be sent. The company figures that within q year his investment o: SLIP will grow in value to any amount between $l00 and Sl0,000. Besides this the in- vestor will have secured Q regulated system, a clear comp.s1isn, steady nerves. etc, either one of which alone is worth the price of admission, to say nothing of the certainty Of rapidly
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
Official Proceedings of the Last
 Meeting.

Board of Equslization of Cochiss county met at g e. m, pursuant to adjournment on July 23, 1897. Preseat-John Montgomery, chair man, and Supervisors J. H. MsPhsr- sen and Thos. Allair-.
 Communication was received from J. V. V.cSers asking to have the raise on the Chiricahua Cattle Ce. strics sn of, Request denied.
 Board s:ood at Iecees until l 80 P. m.
 Board me. at 30 ?. m. Same members present.
 MT. Cox appeared in behalf of the Rrysn Bros. and asked to have their raise reduced. Also to have the Tweed ranch stricken frsm ths;r as- sesensnt, the came being sssessed to Cox 4 Bennett. Alter hearing MT. Csx's statement the Board reduced the raise from $3S0e to S225o, . re- duc.ion 0: $75O. and cancelled the as- sessment of the Tweed ranch. Csmmunicaiisn received from E. R. Monk asking the Beard to cancel the raise sn the Monk Bros.' cattle. Re- quest denied.
 J. J. Riggs appeared before the Board on behalf of the Riggs Bros. and asked the Board to cancel the raise on their sawmill. After hearing the statement of MT. Riggs the Board ordered tho raise cancelled.
 Csmnunicatisn received from T. J. Risgs askisg c reduction on the raise Of his cattle. The Board considered the matter and refused to grant the rssuest.
 And now. tho Board having listened and carefully examined into the eb- jeesisns and complaints of all persons appearing before l. whoss assessments were raised, and having completed its lAbors, does new adjourn hne die.
 JOHN MONTGOMERY
 Chairman Attest:
 w. J. BROWN.
 Clerk
 By W. A. HAYWOOD
 Deputy Clerk.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

Some ins-looking specimens of rich ore are on exhibition at the store ol 0. H. Fitts from the Gold Cliff mine at Pearce. President Fitts was at the property sn Sunday fer the monthly pay day, and visited the underground workings. He was highly pleased with the showing. He stated to a PRosrEcrok reporter that tn. streak of ore recently men tionsd In these colu ms has now widened to four feet, and the entire "streak" is chipping, ore it being hoi.ted for ship mept. The mammeth ledge, proper, sf this property developed to . depth Of nearly 2sO feet, is of low grade, but an excellent milling propo- sitisD, and the question of trea;iax this ere os the ground is . matter that will necessarily be considered by the so.pssy at an early date. The management are satisfied with the outlook end their bnshtsned pres. poets.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

An important industry at Nsgales has been crushed by an erder from Washington declaring as a highway e "trip of land contiguous to the Mexi. can line sixtv foet wids and two miles lsng. The Star says this gives s dis tanee of about five hundred feet ea account of each end being intercepted by meuntains; but the cigar industry has been somewhat crippled. as one of the largest saloons on the American side was built on the line with part of the perch extending across the lire, on which was 6 cigar stand of the finest cigars which was very largely patronized by those who want to get the finest sDoksrs lass the price sf . heavy duty.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

accomplishing wealth. There is still another iaducement extended. The company will need l 900 men to sPer- ate its Kloudyke mines. Preference in employment, will, of course be given ,s the company's shareholders, whose sys,sms have been regulated, whose nerves have been steadied. whose con- ,lexIons have been clarified, and who have otherwise been rendered capable and superior by the use ef the EgyP- tiau tea. This proposition is based upsn the cerrsct sssunption that the orop of fools is perennisl.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

PRosPEcToR readers will do we'll to lcsk well to such 7-S0 govern men t notes of the issue of Juno l5, 1865, ss may bs offered them in the course of trade, e tive sl 900 notes of that issue were recently offered fer rsden p,ion a. the Treasury Department in Wash. insten and were reisoted on the ground that they were coun tsrfei,. It is now said that these notes were couuterfeited ts the extent of several hundred thousand dsllars.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25
The Discovery Saved hisGsie.

Nr. c. Caillouette, Druggist, Beaver. sville, ILL, says: "To Dr. Kings New Discovery owe my life, Was taken with LA Grippe and tried all the phy. sicisns, but of no avail and was given up and told could not live. HavinR Dr. Kng's New Discovery in my store l sent %, bottle and began its nse and from the first dose began to get bet ter, and after using three bottle was up and about again. It is worth its weight in gold. We won't keep store or houss without it." Get . free { islI the Tombstone Drug Store.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

The Williams News mentions the arrival Of . Mexican circus thusly : "A Mexican 'cirous,' consisting of tive spsvinsd nsgs, . ground and lofty sumblss, tnck goat, . rubbsr-nssked lady and . petri6ed girl, invaded the ssvn this week. Bsd businsss com- pslIsd 'em to move sleug. Their pro- s,ssisn alone is sufkeient to induce hssGlitiee."
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

J.C. Page, foreman of the ohiriea- hus's Sulphur Spring Valley ranch, has been ia Nsgsles with . party ei cowboys three wssts waiting fer . hand sf steers to cone up from Mex leo. He expects them every day, and will take then te the csmpssy's Fl. Thomas ranch when they ssns.-Ns. gales Videtse,
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

Janss Hanilton and Chas. Pierce have gene te. Fierce, AIiz., and will spsn . meat market as thst place. The Headlight, while regrstting to ses these yeusg men leave this city, wishes fer then all manner Of success in that new gold canp.-Headlight.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25
MARICoPA & PHOENIX R. R.
LOCAL NOTES.

Following is the temperature and rainfall ct Tombstone for the week ending Aug. IA, 1897, as report ed by H. NJ. Gee, weather observer:
 Highest average temperature. S4. Lowest average temperature. 64I Rainfall. 263
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

Appearances are for sors rsis. A shower fell here last night and also en the San Pedro. Good rains are report cd frsm every section sf the county.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

The following curious snneance- mont was recently made in . sub urban church: "This evening the Rsv. Ar. Smith will preach his fare we'll sermo on, and the choir will rendsr . thanksgiving specially composed for the occssion."
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

In Justice Duncan's court teddy judgement fs. $lO0 and interest and costs was given in favor of II. Parker aRainst H. H. Coot both of Bisbes.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

4 sale of I5 cendem ned cavalry hsrsss will be had at Ft. Huachuca on Tuesday, Aug. 3lst. Several pros- psctivs buyers from Tombstone expect to be on hand.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

Hsssrs. Hollenstein and Freud were in yesterday with . load of fine peaches from the Huaehucas.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

The Blackburn me-ry.ge-reund, which was ia Tenbs,ons recently, is new at ScloMonvilie.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

No wsstsrn mail arrived today CIV. ing to wsshouts on the 6. P.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

Seamstress Sewing MachiDes, equal to all, inferior to none. Reduced to $20.
 AT ARROWS
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

FOR SALE-Bees for sale. Call on F. y. Wolcott.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

J.V. Vicksrs is again in Denver en . visit to his family.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

No. s Bookstores Sl5 at
 BARRows.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

Dlily. Pasiic time.
 JlJ. FREY general Manager. A NAuGLE F. J. GIBSON, Assistant General Manager Train Master
Tombstone prospector., 1897-08-25

'.Fag Station. Stops on Signal.
 BEN WILLIAMS.
 Superintendent
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
Degenerate Families.

There is paper on "The Causes OF
Poverty" by the late Francis A. Wal
ker in the December Century. Gen.
Walker says: The true predominant
causes of pauperism, as of crime,
have been stril1ingly painfully brought
out in tracing the history of few
families. Three cases will suffice. The
reader remembers the investigation of
the Jukes family in New York state.
Mr.. Dugdale estimated that the mem
bers of this family, descendants of one
with her descendants, have in seventy
five years cost the state, as criminals
and paupers, million and quarter
of dollars. The history Of Kentucky
family founded in 1890 has been traced
to include the character and conduct
of host of it's members by descent
or by sexual alliance. legitimate or il
legitimate. Among these have been
121 prostitutes. Thieving and beggary
have made up the lives Of most of the
remainder. Those who try to do some
thing better for themselves prove I'M
able to perform hard labor or to en-
dure severe weather. They break down
early and go easily to the poor house
or the hospital. From Berlin we have
the history Of another criminal and
pauper family, the descendants Of two
sisters who lived in the last century.
The enumerated posterity number
1874. OF these the history of 7O9 has
been traced with tolerable accuracy.
They embrace log illegitimate children,
1854 prostitutes, X pimps, 142 beggars,
81 inmates of poorhouses and rs who
have been guilty Of serious crimes.
Still other Instructive cases are given,
in one of which nearly all the inmates
of a county poorhouse have been
found to be related in blood.
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it went out. it was considered a sign 81

it went out, it was considered a sign Of
ill-luck.
Il The Christmas dinner was the cen
t trail feature Of all the gay festivities.
The, table was literally loaded with
good cheer. The boar's head held the
place OF honor and was lordly affair,
brought in by the butler, attended by
a servant on either side with large
wax light. The head was carried on
silver dish, the tusks piercing bright
red apples, while between them an
orange was laid, the whole graced with
an abundance of sauce. When this,
the rarest dish in all the land was
placed at the head Of the table, one of
the company sang carol suited to the
great occasion.
Inc Christmas peacocks were also
gorgeous, the bird being f1ayed, roast
ed and then sewed up again in all the
splendor of it's brilliant feathers, a
piece of cotton saturated with spirits
being placed within the gilded beak
to burn while the carver was at work.
Still more curious was the ancient
peacock pie, the bird being covered by
the crust, save that on one side appear
ed his plumed crest, while from the
other side, protruded the gorgeous,
spreading tail.
Mince pies were called Christmas or
December pies, as the old rhyme
went
Treason's in December pie
And death within the pot
They date back to 1896.
The classical plum pudding must be
added to the list of good things.
though, sad to relate, it was really
plum porridge, and not pudding, as
we have always believed.
An old poem says
And those that hardly all the year
Had bread to eat or clothes to wear.
viii have both clothes and dainty care,
And all the day be merry"
The leader Of all the merry-making
was called the Lord of Misrule or Abb
bott OF Unreason. The wardrobes at
halls and manor houses were often laid
under contribution to furnish fantas-
tic DISCUSSES.
D. snap Dragon was one of the favorite
sports. Raisins were placed in a large
shallow dish and brandy poured over
the fruit and ignited The lights in
the, room were extinguished, and in
the weird glare the players ATTEMPTED
to pick the raisins out of the famine
DISH:
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THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

One of the greatest blessings that
Christmastide brings to us is the
Christmas spirit-the fulflment to the
letter of the Christian law embodied
in the Golden Rule.
: This is not invariably the case, but
it is fortunately the rule in great
number of cases. For little while
manufacturing the Christmas season,
we are turned away from all spirit Of
avarice and selfshness. From the tiny
toddler, who has for the first time be-
gun to realize her responsibilities as
member Of the family, to the grand
mother in her snowy kerchief and cap.
we are all plotting and planning for
others. Going to the greatest pains to
conceal all our doings in order that our
gifts may be genuine surprises.
If we are members of Christian
churches, we have the poor with us
3 at this season, as at no other. We think
out their needs. It has been the rule in
Christian churches of late years to Ge-
vote the offerings of the Christmas tee
to the mission school. Loving bands OF
Kings Daughters go about and gather
all manner of gifts for those who are
less fortunate. for those to whom
Christmas otherwise brings only empty
larders and threadbare clothing. The
most sordid among us, like Old Scrooge.
is sure finally to have an awakening Of
his better nature. to find drawing
at his heart strings more powerful than
the tight drawn strings Of the money
bags.
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Old TIME CUSTOMS,
By Winona Butler.

u 5A0J w 1nOAds Butler.
Ih ere Is no brighter fact in history
than Christmas. The golden thread Of
lts lnnuence can be traced through
nearly nineteen y. centuries. On the first
Christmas morning the angels sang:
Peace ,e'a on on earth, good will to men,"
Inc glad refrain has been repeated
e !ac christmas " season in every Chris
tan land, though the character of the
music varies greatly.
our ancestors were In the habit of
FORMING companies which went from
mousse TO house, singing Christmas
carols In the streets. These beautiful
carols would break the stiffness Of the
winter night or early Christmas morn
ing, making most delightful begin
ming to the merry day.
But these holy jubilees had as rivals
the mlngling instruments of those
wandering spirits of harmony-the
Waits" One author writes: "Many
ana many a time have we been
awakened by the melody of the Waits.
ana nave lain and listened to their
"lld music, it's solemn swells and 'dy-
ing falls, kept musical by the distance
and made holy by the time, till we
could have fancied that the morning
stars were again singing as of old they
sang together for joy and that the
SOUNDS of their far anthem came float
ing to the earth"
The German children probably be-
l1eve more firmly in Kriss Kringle. or
santa Claus, than do the children of
any other nation. Germany is the birth
place OF Kriss Kringle, and the won
derland OF fable and poetry. German
children are taught to love the
Christ-child. In many parts of the
country 1t is the custom, on the morn
ing before Christmas, to let a figure
representing the Christ-child wave
past the window of the room where the
little ones sleep. Half awake only, in
the gray of the morning they see this
little child-fgure fit dimly past, and
they go to sleep again in the blissful
consciousness that the Christ-child has
not forgotten them, and that they will
have an abundance Of presents around
the tree in the evening.
A beautiful custom in Norway and
Sweden is the Christmas feeding of
birds. Bunches of oats are placed on
the roofs of houses, on fences and
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trees. Carloads of sheaves are
brought into town for this purpose, and
both rich and poor buy and place them
man must be very poor indeed If he
cannot spare farthing to feed the lit
tie birds on Christmas day. In many Of
the valleys and mountain dales of the
countries watch is kept during the
whole Of the night, and all are merry;
candles are kept burning at the win
dows, and the people flock to church at
four o'clock in the morning, each car
rying torch.
In some districts, Immediately after
the service, everyone hurries from
church, either on foot or in sleighs, for
there is an old saying that he who gets
home first will have his crop first har-
vested. At this holiday season the
peasants dance on straw, and the peas
ant girls throw straws at the timbered
roof Of the hall, and for every one that
sticks in crack lover will come
counting during the year.
In old English times, at the close of
the church services it was customary
for the clerk in loud and emphatic
tones to wish all the congregation a
Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year. In those good old times an Eng
lish gentleman would throw open his
hall at daybreak to all his tenants and
neighbors. Beer, blackjacks, toast and
cheese were plentiful. The great sau-
sage must be boiled by sunrise. or else
two young men must take the cook by
the arms and run her around the mar
ket place till she is ashamed Of her
laziness.
The .1Yule log" is a great log OF
wood, sometimes the root Of tree,
brought into the house with great
ceremony on Christmas Eve, laid in
the fireplace and lighted with the brand
Of last years log. While It lasted
there was great drinking, singing and
telling Of tales. Sometimes 1t was ac-
companied by Christmas candles, but
in the cottages the only light was from
the rudy blaze Of the great wood IRE.
The Yule log was to burn all night: IL
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
LEGEND OF THE MAGl,

The legend of the Wise Men of the
East, or as they are styled in the orr
ginal Greek, 1.-THE three Magi," became.
under monkish influence, one of the
most popular during the middle ages.
The Scripture nowhere informs us that
these individuals were kings, or their
number restricted to three The legend
converts the magi into kings, gives their
names and a minute account of their
stature and the nature of their
gifts. Melchior, we are thus told, was
king of Nubie, the smallest man of the
triad, and he gave the Savior a gift
OF gold. Balthazar was king of Chal-
dea, and he offered incense; he was a
man OF ordinary stature. But the third,
Jasper, king of Tarshish, was of high
stature, "a black Ethiope," and he gave
myrrh. All came with many rich Or
naments belonging to kings array, and
with multitude of people to do hon.
age to the Savior, then a little child Is
days old.''
The barbaric pomp involved in this
legend made it a favorite with artists
during the middle ages. The picture of
The Offering of the Magi," which we
publish, is from a circular plate of sill
yer chased in high relief and-partly
gilt, which is supposed to have formed
the center of morse or large brooch,
used to fasten the decorated cope of an
ecclesiastic in the latter part of the
fourteenth century.
The Empress Helena, mother of Con-
stantine the Great, found what she con-
sidered the burial place of the three
kings, and their remains were removed
to Constantinople and inferred in the
church of St. Sophia. Later they were
removed to the Cathedral of Milan, and
in the twelfth century to Cologne, where
they still lie, in a magnificent reliquary,
enriched with gems and enamels. These
relics are enveloped in velvet and dec
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Here he comes with flaming bowl
Doesn't he mean to take his toll? T.
~. Snip, snap dragon.
Take care you don't take too much,
Be not greedy in your clutch, ....@
u Snip, snap dragon
But in 1852, the question of Christ
mas was brought up in parliament.
They decided it was not in harmony
with the scriptures; pronounced it
"anti- Christmasse'' and abolished Il.
So the jolly Lord of Misrule became an
outlaw, and the old picturesque Christ
mas faded away with the severity of
the Puritan atmosphere; but with the
nineteenth century came a revival.
The new Christmas was merry, but
quieter. What it lost in noise and
frolic, it made up in cheerfulness and
good will; and now, remembering the
message of that first Christmas morn
ing, we hail the merry Christmas day
with
peace on earth.
Good will - NOV,
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Too Smart for Him.

Yes, !" said young Softleigh, Il like
to see a smart, well educated woman,
but I wouldn't marry one who knew
more than / did. Z ..I' N very sorry Z,
replied Miss Cutting, ito hear that you
have resolved to remain 4 bachelor all
your life.''
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peace on earth,
Good will to men"
Gifts for Women and Men.


.Women's wants, If measured b.
their belongings, would seem to be
almost innumerable, and of kind
which require constant renewing and
replacing" writes Frances e. Lanigan
telling Of appropriate Christmas gifts
for women and for men. 'tWoman's
interests and occupations require a
greater number Of small things for
their equipment than do those Of men,
and Christmas gifts for them are,
therefore, more easily prepared Wo-
mems belongings have the further ad-
vantage Of being useful as well as
beautiful. Men are always pleased
with simple gifts, and are usually en-
.barrassed when presented with expen-
ssive articles Of any sort. The value
to them Of gift is. as 1t should be
with all persons, In proportion to it's
simplicity and usefulness and out Of
proportion to Its cost.."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
SANCT1FlED MUSCLE, LAST
SUNDAYS SUBJECT,
Takes the Exciting Story of Sampson
as Suggestion-"And Sampson Went
Down to Observation-Disclosures; Chapter
Mn, Verse 1.

HERE are t W o
sides to the char
acter of Samson.
The one phase Of
his life, if follow
ed into the partic-
ulars, would ad-
minister to t h e
grotesque and the
mirthful; but there
is a phase Of his
character fraught
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-23
WRen the BELLS Were Ringing.
BY SHIRLEY WYNNE.

Alone, alone in the crowded street,
Alone on New Years night,
Barefoot and wet with the blind
ing sleet, 49,
Pale meath the red lamplight,
A little match girl through the
crowd
Raises feeble cry
While the New Year bells are
Ginning loud, ....
Matches! Oh, will you buy?"
Gay, bright-eyed, smiling children
pass;
They laugh and sing and dance
and run
! They all have happy homes; alas!
But this heroine has none! ..
Alone, alone in the busy street
She covers on a doorstep nigh
While the New Year bells are
Ginning sweet,
Still pleading, Twill you buy?"
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hast thou filled sad places
With loves carolling?
Christmas bells are ringing,
Heart, what gift of thine
Marks the days sweet meaning
Purposes divine?
How dost tell the story
OF the heavenly birth
With it's streaming glory
Filling all the earth?
Christmas bells are ringing,
Ringing joyfully,
Heart, a holy helper
Thou myself must be;
Thou must follow, follow
Him who is the way
Be loves advent angel
Bringing Christmas Day.
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OFFERING OF THE MAG1s.

Grated with embroidery and jewels, so
that only the upper part of each skull is
seen. IF 5@E