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and no cattle from below the line can- be unloaded in the state after that date On this subject. and taken into connec- tion with the recent rumor that it will be only matter of short while until the quarantine regulations will be en- forced all the year around. which pol icy this journal believes would prove a good one, we quote from late issue of the Amarillo Champion which clearly shows the need for vigilant watch to be maintained all the year around. It says: "Two weeks ago we were request ed to go and look at small herd of fcen- traI Texes cattle; and without giving names or place, we state just what we found. The cattle were in size and breeding fairly we'll graded and of good size for their age, but what struck us as being rather strange regarding the theory that there is no danger in bring ing across the line in winter, was the fact that we saw on neerly all of the cattle, ticks neally &s iargs Gs 1GYy beans. We made no examination for smallers ones. Now, we want 10 know from some reliable authority, If these ticks when they fall off to lay their egge and get on to native cattle, if they will not produce amonge the cattle where the herd was driven to pasture, Texas fever? We know that 1t would be un-
 wise 10 raise an objection that could not be sustained, but we shall watch results very closely in the spring and summer and then tell our readers what we found out regarding the effect of those ticks upon native stock"
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GOVERNORS REPORT.
The Condition of Public Affairs
fls tyfr. u8. iPheuiX Gazette

fu iTiecua.
 lPbenix Gazette ] Governor Franklin s sbiennial message was read before the joint session of the legislature. It is of almost 15,00l words, treating of all phases of thepub. lie service in Arizona. It is generally commended as a faithful portrayal oi of territorial conditions. The salient features may be briefly sketched as fol- lows
 The governor hoped that no nasty legislation would be entered upon, and he repeated the ad- age that says that the country thatis governed the least is governed best"
 The cost of carrying laws into effect should be weighed carefully,
 The financial depression. general throughout the country, hae been felt in Arizona, he said yet condition of more than ordinary prosper ity existed in the territory There was large increase Tn the output of the mines, and the population had grown nearly twenty thousand in the past two years.
 The cattle industry is more fourishing than for a decade past and the agricultural develop ment has been all that could have been ex- pected
 The mineral output for the year past amounts to nearly fourteen millions. Exact figures in this respect are impossible to obtain. As copper producing territory Arizona ranks first and the gold produce is increasing annually. The ex, port of cattle amounted to nearly three millions of dollars the Past year.
 In the matter of economy in government, the executive calls especial attention to the urgent demand for rigid economical measures in all the territorial departments.
 The present population of the territory is es- tfmated at 1Ol, O0O The records of the board of equalization show the value of taxable property for the year euding June SO 1896, to be $2S, ,O47- 476 4O which is an excess of $500 900 over that of the preceding year. This amount it is believed, does not repres ent more than one third the act ual value of the property,
 Corporations which have a quasi public char acter should be compelled to make a proper re- turn forthe special privileges granted them
 The present system Dl taxation is regarded by many as unsatisfactory and It is to be hoped the legislature will address itself to the Iaborious ---, ..r'.f-'-r r 7--.i-'-.- f1.t md rational method of taxation, that win measure ...... ... den to each citizen eluilabIy.
 The Eighteenth legislative assembly failed Co make the necessary appr1pr riat.-a- la. -.,l ..- the expense of carrying on the territorial gov ernment In consequence of this our officials have been seriously embarrassed in the per formance of their respective duties, and many things which were not absolutely necessary have been left undone. The legislature having failed to make necessary provision, the machinery Of the government has been kept in motion only by liberal construction of the statutes and the policy of the law. as expOunded by the courts.
 The bondel debt of Arizona is s739, ,1OO.43, while the floating debt amounts to S237, 115.G9, from which should be deducted $17,2685O cash on hand, and SOC due from J. A. Fleming and bOndsmen.
 There has been fnnded in territorial bonds on
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The Winslow Mail says: "Four trains or about sixty cars of cattle will be shipped from this point before Sunday morning. One train goes to California, one to Pueblo, Colo, and two to differ ent points in Kansas. The cattle that have been, or will be shipped, are in fine condition considering the season. In fact, they would do to slaughter now. Notwithstanding the fact that there have bean so many cattle shipped from this section during the past two years, there are suA a gIoaC many lett, and It is still a good point for buyers who are seeking cattle '
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A RILL is to be introduced in the Penn sylvania leaislature to substitute as- phyxiation for hanging in the execution of criminals. If the original bill is passed murderer will be executed with out his Knowledge, for some night when he lies down to sleep carbonic acid gas will be turned into the apartment. We suppose the doomed man will wake up next morning. 'asphyxiated until dead, D as the sentence of the court will direct.
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FREEDOM.
May PhiIlips Tatro

lIhdy fnlIlpS 1atr0. 10 oo as conscience dictates, without fear, To give kindly word to help and cheer Some one for whom the world has but sheer Ihls IS the Freedom my soul holds as dear Fl eedom to walk my quiet way in peace To grow in grace as the swift years increase From Selfshness to find quick release; To know some good n bitter dregs of lees. Freedom of words, if wisdom bids them go; Freedom of thought, wherein perchance may
 grow word Of warning, whispered soft and low, Will reach some heart, though we may never
 know. Freedom to do the duties of to-day Regardless of that dread, what others say!' Freedom to use my life as best may, Strengthened and helped in Gods own loving
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THE Graham Guardian says that one of>Safford's merchants short time ago was fined for selling fresh meat without a license. The complaint was made by the town butcher. who pays a license, and in this instance made it his partic- ular business to see that his competitor also paid a license. Those engaged in the business, to be on the safe side, would do we'll to take out license.
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OBSERVATIONS IN THE SUPERLITIVE.
Cleveland Leader

ICIeVeIand Leader The hen that cackles loudest Doesn't lay the largest eggs; The mule that kicks the hardest Hasn't got the neatest legs; The waves that toss the widest Are not of the deepest sea The fruit that is the sweetest Isn't on the tallest tree The dog whose barF is fiercest Doesn't always know the most; And the man who is the bravest Isn't always on the boast
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The Butchers Gazette publishes the following: "As we have previously stated in former issues of this journal, the Butchertown market is becoming stagnant, due to the fact of absence of A No. 1 cattle and good sheep. Whole salers are securing the northern DOT tions of the county with view to ob- taining such desirable stock as they can pick up. Nevada is bereft of good stock and now their attention is directed to Arizona, where wholesalers are anxious ly engaged in endeavoring to pick up desirable cattle. Most of the Ar1zona cattle, as per shipments which will be found in another column. are being sent to Southern California One train loa@ is on the way to the Western Nes. Company from Phoenix to this city and we are of the opinion that if dea IT'S will turn their atten ton to some Ot .-- large shipping centers Tn the Territory they will find considerable good cattle ready for market. Sheep are in very good demand and there IS scarcity oi good stock and all choice wethers read lily command our quotations"
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IT NEVER COMES AGAIN.
Richard Henry stoddard.1

RIcndTu hSuEH SLOuOdrU. There are gains for all our losses; Tuere are palms for all Our paiHs, But when youth; the dream, departs II takes something from our hearts, And 1t never comes again We are stronger, and are better,
 dermanho0d's sterEer reign; SIu we feel that something sweet Followed youth, with iying feet, And will never come again. Something beautiful is vanished, And we sigh for it in vain; We behold it everywhere, On the earth. and in the air,
 But it never comes again
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THE democrats of Yuma county have nominated Sam Purdy as their candi- date for assemblyman at the special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. Murat Master son. The republicans have nominated Heil Hale.
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The Quarantine.
Hive Stock Lonrnal.

Hive Stock Journal
 The quarantine of the federal goveT- ment goes into effect again this year on February 18th. The Kansas state quarantine takes effect February frs
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ST. JOHNS HERALD.
Incorporated April 27th, 1887.
ON the fourth page of this paper will

be found a rather lengthy article treat ing of county finances, and which will answer ail inouires as to "Where the 444-saCt zUye.
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Total municipal. .s111,s79 62

lOIdl uluIllCi pdi -FlllJ O-
 The total liabilities on account of counties and municipalities is $1, ,137, ,s99.5S. The interest on this amount has been met by the counties, and no danger of any default on their part is to be apprehended. The territory having made it. self liable far in excess ofits own indebtedness it seems the part of wisdom to repeal that DOT ton of the law of 1891 which permits the fund ing of other than territorial indebtedness.
 An act was recommended compelling the county of Coconino to pay to the territorial treasurer the sum of s1, ,821O6 due as territorial funds from the tax levy of 1888, which sum has not been paid, as required by lyw-
 The treasurer estimates the annual deficit for 1S97-5 at $1l000 which will probably be iucress cd consideration of the dedcieDcy bill to $40 0OC for thctwl years
 In making reference to the work Of the 1uLo- ing commission, mention is made that certain railway bonds had been refused because there .r. j.. "H .,
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The Nicaragua Canal.
Review of Reviews.

Review Of Reviews.
 There is always pending in one house of Congress or the other, Nicaragua canal bill. It is reported that many of the senators have desired to deal con- clusively with the Nicaragua canal ques- tion before ratifyiug the general arbit- ration treaty. This county has repeated ly made known to the world it's inten- ton to exercise full political control over the proposed Nicaragua canal, as necessary to our international integrity and peaceful development. The Nicara- qua canal would be for all practical purposes an essentia part of our coast line. All parties Tn America have adopted the view that the Clayton Bulwer treaty of nearly half century ago, providing for the joint Anglo-Am- erican control of the Nicaragua canal. had scIe reference to a canal which it was then proposed to build, and could not justly be considered as binding upon a generation then unborn and living under totally different conditions. The relations of the Nicaragua canal to the Monroe doctrine are of the most essen tial character. We ought not, there fore. to share the political control of the -tr F7.e,'---1 -- any European powers. Nor could we we'll submit ,arbttratfon with England -- any other European power any aues- ton the adverse settlement of which would involve to any extent the denial or the weakening of our position under the Monroe dnctrine, as defined not only by earlier statesmen but as de- fined day by such statesmen as &c., cretary Olney or Senator Davis of Min nesota. We can no more consent to ar. bitrate questions which involve the principles of the Monroe doctrine than England could submit to arbitration any question affecting the structure of her imperial system. But the signing of the general arbitration treaty has im- mediately followed Mir. Olney's elabor- ate exposition of the Monroe doctrine, and what seems to be Lord Salisbury's acceptation of Mir. Olney's views. It does not seem likely, therefore that there can arise any serious mis- ding as to the scope of the scheme.
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time of going to press still there. Anot- her question arises in the minds of Flagstaff citizens who are in the habit of carrying rabbits feet in thelr vest pockets: Won't this incident bring "slathers" of luck to all who may be- come connected with the construction of the waterworks, including the Sky light City itself? At any rate 1t IS not hard to connect the waterworks with what President Cleveland may call "the darkest romance of his life. ."-Sun De- mOcrat
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for the bonds issued.

The total expenses of the territorial institu- tions and government for the years 1S956 were $341, 7O5.41, which is less than the preceding bi- ennial figures by over s O00
 The whole number of school children in the territory is 1G,939 an increase of 027 over 1895 Over S2 per cent of the school population is en- rolled, which is far in excess of many of the older eas.ern states.
 Reference follow to the reports of the various territorial officers and institutions
 Extended mention is made of the famous pris- on contract law and the contract made undert 1t with the State of Arizona Improvement cOmpa- ny. The conclusion is given that all penal labor should be such as to sustain the institution, yet not to be in contact with free labor.
 action is recommended on the congressional permission to lease the school lands of Arizona
 The efficiency of the National Guard is re- marked upon, and the recommendation is made that an encampment be authorized during the summer of the present year.
 The maintenance of the board of immigration commissioners is recommended, the board be- ing considered of great benefit to the territory.
 An annual apprOpriat' on of $2b0o is recom- mended for the purpose of improving and main taining rhe capitol site.
 semi-annual payment of taxes is advised among the recommendations for legislation, and that the assessor shonld be made an elective of icer. Mileage should be abolished, and officials in lieu thereof should be allowed their actual
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.


 WASHINGTON, D. O., January p. Senator Gray, of Delaware, will this week present the credentials of Mir. Kenney, who was last week elected sen- ator by the legislature, and whose cre- dentials are properly certified by the governor of that state. A hard fight is going to be made by the republicans to keep NIT. Kenney out of hIs seat. Inas- much as MT. Kenney, who is silver democrat, will receive the support of all the silver senators, it is expected that the republicans will devote their efforts to trying to stave off vote until after the 4th of March, when they will be stronger in the senate. It is said that "Little Billee" Chandler's scheme of reopening the Dupont application will be abandoned because of the refusal of some of the republican senators to SUD- port it, and that instead the claim of the gas millionaire, Addicks, which has already been presented to to the senate by Chandler,-he is always around when anything dirty in the political line is needed-will be urged against that of senator elect Kenney. Addicks has plenty of money, and if there are any votes in the senate that can be bought, he is willing to spend it.
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Cuban resolution and made 8 spirited speech thereon, in which he made it plain that he was just as strongly in favor of the independence of Cuba as ever, and he was even more strongly Tn favor of action which would declare the senate to he independent of executive authority.
 Senator Morgan has not at any time been over friendly towards the arbItra- ton treaty. and since the Nicaragua Canal bill, of which he was an ardent supporter. was given It's death-blow by the notice from the minister of the Greater Republic of Central America that Nicaragua, which Is part of that re ublic, would not allow the conces- sions granted to the Canal company to be controlled by the United States, as proposed in the bill, but would be will ing to open negotiations on the subject with this government direct, he seems disposed to even up things with Eng land by trying to defeat the arbitration treaty. Senator Morgan says that Eng land is merely making a catspaw out of those little Central American govern ments, and that one of it's reasons for wanting that arbitration treaty enforc- ed is to get hand in the control of the Nicaragua canal. This it would do, if the arbitration treaty were in force, by getting up dispute with ns over the canal and then referring it to arbitra- tion with the certainty that King Oscar of Sweden would name an umpire who would decide in England S favor. Sem ator Morgan is fighting mad about it, and that isn't going to help the arbitra- tion treaty any.
 Miss Maud Stalnaker, young lady of Washington, D. C., was recently an applicant for position under the civil service rules, and probably passed the most difficult examination that has eyer been prepared by the Civil Service commission She was the only one Lo was auIe u pass tho eAaMIna,ioII, Ouv the war department refuses to appoint her to the vacant clerkship on the ground that she is woman. The ex- animation required translation into English of technical military works in French, German, Spanish and Italian; type writing in all these languages and ability to do proOf-reading and prepare manuscripts for the press; knowledge of modern library methods; cataloguing, indexing and of the Eng fish language and literary composition. The salary of the position demanding all these requirements is $l.5OO a year.
 Some very interesting, although rath- ar tardy talk about the methods by which President Cleveland shut mem- bers of congress out of his presence, thus depriving himself of information Ina sbould have had, and would have had about legislation asked for by the neonle who are directly represented by members of the house, preceded the passage by the house, over the presl- dents veto, of the bill providing tor the establishment of new division of the eastern judicial district of Texas. Rep resentative Cooper told the house o1 several trips he made to the White
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People Believe what they read about Hoods Sarsaparilla. They know it is an honest medicine, and that it cures. Get Hoods and only Hoods.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-06

Hoods Pills cure all liver ills, re- lieve constipation assist digestion. 25c.
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DR. .. M. CRAIG.

DHYsICIAN AND SURGEON, OFFERS HIS 1 professional services to the people of Apa- che county. Office in the room lately occupied by the District Attorney. Residence, on Logan street St. IohnS
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WALTER G. SCOTT.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, DISTRICT ATTOR- A ney of Apache county. Office, in the Armory building up stairs St. Johns Arizona
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ton after Der fat mend Grover until De st length in sheer desperation betook himae.gi1 lu haste to the duck hunt ing grounds of Virginia, leaving the White House Saturday. Lii squat OF -Ea -- ..- rTn11cn rtnr.s md ie 1t., |, tha
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Flagstaff's waterworks bond bill nearly become a law without the Presi- dents signature-the ten days expiring yesterday. And all on account of ex Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii. The greasy and dusky chunk of royalty kept chasing between Boston and Washing
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Miss Maud Stalnaker, young lady

of Washington, D. C., was recently an applicant for position under the civil
 service rules, and probably passed the most difficult examination that has eyer been prepared by the Civil Service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
THE SPEED OF 4 TRAIN.
So slow That the Axle Grease FrOAs
Hard and Tight.

The visitor in Washington from the sweet
potato dunes of New Jersey was trying the
cable and electric cars around the city
accompanied by War Department clerk,
who had known him years ago in the mos
quito state
YES yes" he remarked as he came whiz-
zing along Connecticut avenue, I've saw
good many trains of cars, some slow and
some not slow, and some kinder betwixt
and between, but the very golderndeSt
beatinest train of cars / ever did see was
one that used to run acrust the northwest
corner of the county l was born and raised
in. L don't remember the name of it, but
1t used to run two trains day, carrying
passengers and freight and anything it
could git and many's the time when I've
took milk to our station ana got left that
I've took a short cut through the woods
to the other station and had to wait so long
there that the milk 'ud sour
The Jerseymans companion looked at
him if in doubt.
/ It's shorer'n gospel" continued the
speaker solemnly. You don't s'pose I'd be
lynn while i was fiyin' through the air like
this, do you, and not KNOWN any minute
where l goin' to light, ner how hard.
No indeedy. And I've seen that train
when it surprised everybody. 1 mind
mighty well one time when she struck
down grade jst over the county line and
we had candidate on board that was
anxious to git TO the next town. where ne
was gong 10 make a campaign speech,
and the conductor said he'd git him through
er bust a biler. and the candidate took the
conductor TO side and he come back
wipin' his mouth on his coat sleeve, the
conductor did.
Il remember it was about o'clock of n
sizzlin' hot day when that old ingine got
herself Strengthened out with her nose
pinted down the grade and the conduct or
stuck his head out of the car winder ard
hollered to the engineer to LET her 20 to
beat the band, and l guess that's what he
done, for tire train got to shakin' and Jolt
IN In the next ten minutes worse'n a
thrashln machine with a dropped cog. At
hrst l had an idee We was gon' like the
conductor hollered to the engineer 10 let
her go. but when | got enough used 10 the
seat and take a look around which was i'm
half an hour or better, l was surprised
to see by the scenery adjoinin' the tracks
that she had stopped plumb still, and the
conductor went out a-fiyin'. In a few min
uteS he come back, Sneakin' in and lookin'
as II he had pain, and Steerin' away from
the side OF the car, where the candidate
was takin nap, and him ten miles from
ms speaking place, and truStin' himself 10
the conductor like woman.
hats the natter says l TO him.
Sh', sh, says he, holdin' up a finger
ana noddin over toward the sleepin' can
didate.
What's wrong? says 1 in a yhispar.
Hot box?'
Not hardly says he, blurtin' it right
out .FroZe box. Grease hard as a rock and
freezin' tighter every minute Had 10 sion
ana thaW out and only got sixty minutes
TO git that candidate to town in and he's
friend of mine too" "