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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
CouId stand It No LsnKer.

Mrs Firmly was working savagely away with the hash knife when her next door neighbor called.
 "What in the world is that:" asked the visitor.
 That, " with more vicious jabbing than before, "is what is left of Firm ly's camera. I'm destroying the last vestige of it. I have pulverized the lenses, burned the frames and am now chopping the rest of the internal ma chine into shreds- I'll show him. That thing has cost us a young fortune. He has bought every attachment and i'm movement that has been placed on the market They filled a saratoga trunk and there were plates enough to roof greenhouse
 II might have become reconciled, but he never took picture that you could recognize, and yet he was always at 1t. Three of the children went down with the croup because be would have us CD the front porch to be photographed The negatives looked as though some one had swiped the glass with a whitewash brush loaded with lampblack. He had us out in blizzards, rainstorms and the hottest weather just to experiment. Every shot was dismal failure, but he always had excuses and was just going to produce something that would be work of art He'd invite friends by the score to have their pictures taken, and two-thirds of them are mad because nothing ever came of it I've argued and pleaded and wept, but he has kept buying and making failures !"
 But won't he be very angry"
 "He can't get half as mad as l am, " with an awful stab "If be can ever find hide or hair of this camera when I'm through with it, he's welcome. If he buys another. I'll get divorce "- Detroit Free Press
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
The Elusive Jack Rabbit.

The jack rabbit is a prairie institu- tion that gives the settlers dogs plenty of exercise. When the settler sees jack rabbit for the first time-starts him up suddenly on the prairies-he imagines that by a quick movement he can lay his hands on him. The rabbit is awk- ward, appears to be lame in every joint, holds up one foot as though it pained him and altogether creates the belief that he is dilapidated wreck of an un- gainly animate thing. The settler is surprised that he cannot grab him. The settlers dog also is confident that he can quickly make an end of the rabbit He bristles, runs leisurely toward the rabbit, doubles his speed, doubles it again, triples that, quadruples the whole, when, 10, the rabbit disappears There is some flying grass, a vanishing streak of light, a twinkling of two prodded feet extended rearward, and he is gone. The dog sits on his haunches and concludes that it was a dream and that he did not see a rabbit at all.- Christian Work
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
Pay of Old Time Architects.

As near as we can discover the archi- tect of ''ye olden tyme" did not receive for his services a very exorbitant sum. Recently some members of the French school at Delphi unearthed several slabs of marble which bear inscriptions of great interest, dating as they do from the fourth century before Christ The inscriptions, which cover about 200 lines, give the price of work for build ing operations in Greece at the period named, and from them we learn that an architect was paid at the rate of $l50 per annum or less This was little enough surely, even if its purchasing power is multiplied, as it should be, five or six times. Sir Christopher Wren received for his services the magnificent sum of sl, 900 per year for more than 20 years while rebuilding London. His head draftsman received about $500 per year, while assistants received from $50 to $125 per year. French and Ger man architects were not even so well paid at the same period. Bad as this was, it was better than the remunera- tion many of the older architects re- ceived. for in the far east if an artist made noble design and erected build ing worthy of admiration his chances of being suddenly removed" by order of the king were many. This step was taken in order to prevent rival king from obtaining the services of an archi- tect who might be able to So improve his plans that a finer and nobler build ing would be executed ed--Architect and Building.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
,:.ms ofthe AnostIes.

One would think the l2 apostles were rich gentlemen judging by the freedom v-lth which toe anCients assigned them einI!,n.> In the way of precious stones Thus PctsS the Rock. was represented by tae bg-i =pyr Andrew was given the tiue saruLioe as the emblem of heaven r. f-ltn Bartholomew. the martyr. vas assigned the blood rcd carnellan .!a.les the afTectlonate, the white chal- c.ulu. and the gentle, loving John the emerald With the same view to fitness James the younger was assigned the topaz. ana tae enthusiastic and energet- ic Matthew the amethyst while the 2arvsolItr was the emblem of Matthias th, aeEvi Thomas, the chrysophrase, ghadaals and the pink hyaclnth. Sim con Ot Cana To the present day the em- hlem of Matthew ls the sacred stone or uameuuug cross and pastoral ring of the Roman Catholics -Plttsburg Dis patch
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
The Tobacco Plant. sen.iti,ene...

A curious fact is the tobacco plant s habit of erecting its leaves at sundown and dropping them at sunrise. Of course it is only possible while the plant is immature-while the upper leaves are not more than two-thirds developed but it is so marked as to make a wide difference in the looks of a field at evening and 12 hours later. And the re- suits are so benefcent as to make 1t seem the result of reason, for if the dew fall is heavy it all runs down to the stalk, trickles down to the root and thus fortifies it against the blazing sun, while if the leaves remained in pendu- lous spread the moisture would either drop from their points beyond reach or else evsporate in the morning sun New York Commercial
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
yrr1 Man Is Dangerous.

L. j. E-r1luT fact yet one substan- ti.t5-. t- statistics. that most crime Is c.-s.c,i-ts! lu Few York by men 29 vaars -iI This Is not only true of the ie-c-r. lr.J also of the greater crimes. ali tislu-L 8 nam Is presumed Co be at that Te eri-siu- Eis life ;laj only ID The zenith Of c.s f1y-i-ai powers uut also m full s.& -..-r..le possession of bls mental s-rer-t- with a complete appreciation Of Tl-ht a15 wrong and their respective c.1~s5u -a1cs This condition Is prob len .s--l baS not been solved by the s.u3cu5 a. vrIrr;nnloCy and one which g. u.lIc tta la.e complex 6y the fact '..ai tl- n--s lf zI. 27 and 45 years li.ar.y csral ;r with the intervening v,ars st..-r1g g far less percentage of e.iuc
 It's i4-oci psculI1r that the crlm- iI.al 2 u'erv slrGld be so strong at 29, with r3 such inclination. 50 far as cr1m- i-.aI s,a.ss-las show. Tn ss great degree fart, .. -s-dIug l6 years and then a-ct.-e .G-t.rst of the animal ID man
 Ils- condition Is found 10 be true by aCtuaa -ur-s. aud aSail statistical com EutaIa,.s af which average conditions are s.u-aI f1 be determined are arrived at ay tlls rl.5acd. sJ may the student e. sEis e.i1ect as well as the insurance ..a-n1-s ~aa ba>es hIs rates on the gen eraI ays1t-a of losses m proportion to the r.~ss taken. and does So with full s.flrv tr.-r.Ily If m solving the problem before han -ChIcago Times Herald
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
Manifest Destiny.

'Charleyr exclaimed young Mrs T-r5InS
 ~Wbat isits' inquired her husband. ;lc newspaper slid from his startled grasp
 Il have thought jt all out
 T don auJw what yOn are talking ass1uJ
 The baby future You know how i:4no4.aut 1T Is . watch a child and see vhrt hls I,-llt Is. so that you can get h.al .--I;s.l a the right road ID life. '
 -N-s. lut Isn [ our baby rather youHr:
 'Ihe vauu-er the better There Is no tsl...c how carly character may begln ,7 b, nodded Ycu may thank me for taking great responsibility of your usiu3 You needn't worry about his arocatlln any more
 And what, may inquire, do you v-e1,sa ro I-aie of h!m:'
 A grand opera singer
 You're going to let him go on the slaces'
 .-l thlry that when nature especially ifs any rurs-a for some particular call l.z lt l. dangerous aud wrong to com - tI.u % co so2lethIng else
 How oo you know he Is fitted for grand 1flra,'
 -becau~a every time he opens his mouth Lc wells at the top of hls voice r,G vou s.ut understand a word he s.vs Washington Star
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
New Preauet. Of Wood.

T. is not generally known that over 60 per cent of wood nay be converted into
 houid. The strongest hydraulic pressure would not squeeze one-half of 1 per cent of moisture from dry wood, but by put ting he same material into an iron re- t1-t and converting 1t into charcoal by
 means of heat the gases and smoke, to t-r extent of fully 55 per cent of the weight of the wood, may be condensed inso Q liquid called uyroligneous acid, and freIn it are obtained wood alcohol, aoetare of lime and wood tars- 4 cord ef wood weighing 1000 pounds produces absut 2. coo pcunts Of pyroligneous acid and acc pounds of charcoal The pyro lirrcCus aid from one cord of wood urrluccs @ gallons of S2 per cent crude wood alcohol. 200 pounds of acetate of lime and about 9 gallons of tar, besides 8 b1ehcls cf charcoal After the pyro- Iieucous ac.l Is ueutEalized with lime ti'o wood alcohol Is distilled of' the line holdin~ the GcCtic acid In solution
 After the separation of the wood spirit tho remaiuug E4uld Is boiled down ID open raus I. 60 sugar, which IS dried sud beco-F- tho ale tate of lime of com mcrce Acetate Cf lime is used for mak- ing acctic acid Fully three-tifths of all tho wood alcohol and acetate of lime r-oluced ia the world are made in the United States. Fully l5.000 acres per ve-r are cleared for this purpose. Wood al ..f,,l r-F--.f. - ~arracr substitute for cran alcohol for manufacturing and mechanical purposes and at less than ole-gLiri the cost IL is Used principally as a solvent in the making of shellac l1r4ish lu making celluloid. photo --4azlc p2per. etc It makes many teaas.5ul dye -ints IL is antiseptic and r.au uscd ta- iilinonts and for skin r1bl.-g in IathLouseS-New York l...-..
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
snnIn An,icinntes NoM Mar-

MADRID, March S.-A semi-official note just issued declares: The Span- ish government has not received any complaint regarding the atti- tude of General FItzhugh Lee, United States consul general. ad- ding: ''On the contrary CaptaIn General Blanco afhrms that General Lees behavior has always been cor rect" Nevertheless the incident serves to explain the origin of the i'll will between the two countries. This is proved by the statement attributed to Secretary Sherman, by which the iingoes have created an impression that Spain Is trying to prevent war with the United States while at the same time engendering the feeling in Spain that 1t is the United States that demands aD opening in hOstilities. It Is essential that this double game should be ended in order to prevent the coun- tries from going to war withoat motives and without either of them desiring it. A semi-offcial news agency of this city issued today the following announcement: After brief uneasiness there is general teIief now that peace will not be broken and the relations between Spain and the United States will continue amicable. Political per- sonages assert the late senatorial dispatches are completely wrong in attributing an aggressive note to the diplomatic relations between the two governments which have not for moment lost their friendly charac- ter.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
Forfeiture Notice.
Prescott. Arizona Much IL. Iss

Prescott. Arizona MaTch 1l. lsss. To John W. Moore, or his heirs or assigns:
 You are hereby notified that have during the years lss5. 1885 and 1887, expended nine hundred dollars in labor upon the following mining claims to wit. Blind Girl. notice of location whereof is recorded in book S6 of mines page sal: George Washington, notice of location whereof IS rtcorded in book Sl of mines page so6, Henry Clay, notice of location of which IS re- corded in book Si of mines, page S55. records of lavapSi county, Arizona said claims being situste in Big Bug mining dirtrict, lavapai county, Arizons, iu urier to hold said claims under the provisions cf section 2S24 of the Revised Statutes of the United States an the amendmepts thereto, con- corning annual labor upon mining claims, it Icing the amount required tO hold said claims for the periods named, one hundrcd dOllsrs b . iug expended on each of said claims for each year ending December si. lsg5. lss5 and Isg7.
 Aud if within ninety 90l days after the pub hcatiou hereof you fail or refuse tO contribute your proportion of such expenditure as co- owner. your interest m the said miuing claims will become the property of the subscriber, your cO-Owner. who has made the required eXpendi- tu by the terms Cf said section.
 D. c. WOOD. First publication, March II. ise5.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
OROPOSAIS FOR FRFSH REFF ANn

N1hOEOSAlso FUR fhEOh bEEf AND \ MUTTON. Office Chief Commissarv Denver. Colorado, March 1, 1898. Sealed proposals in triplicate will be received by COmmissaries at following posts until II a. m-, standard mountain time, March 3l. ls9S, and then opened, for furnishing and delivering in bulk, the Fresh Beef and Mutton, from the block, required at these posts by the Subsistence Department, U, $. Army. during fiscal year commencing July 1, loyo: Forts Apache, Grant. Huach- uca, and Whipple Barracks. AriZ.: Bayard and Wingate, V. M.; Logan, Colo: Doug las, and DuChesne, Utah. Fresh beef shall be good in quality and condition, fit for im- mediate use, and from fore and hind quar- ter meats prOpOrtiOnally, including all best cuts thereof. Fresh mutton shaii be of good, fat and marketable quality from wethers over one and under three yearsOld. Beef and mutton to be dressed and trim med and delivered as prescribed in circular of instructions. PROPOSALS WILL BE ALSO RECEIVED STATING PRICE AT WHICH BIDDRR WILL DELIVER FRESH BEEF OR MUTTON OF CHARACTER ABovE STATED. AND TO BE DFIIv- FRED OF TEMPERATURE NOT GREATER THAN 90 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. Preferences given to articles of domestic production, cost and quality being equal. Government reserves right to reject any or all bids, or parts there of, and to waive any infOrmalitles therein. Instructions furnished on application to Commissaries of above named pests, or to W, l.. ALEXANDER, Major. c. $.
 ml 2-3E29-30
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
Forfeiture Notice.
Prescott, Ariz., January Ia, lS9s.

Prescott ArlL.. January Ia, loSc. To B. w. Hall. or his heirs or assigns:
 You are hereby notified that l have dur ing the year 1Sy7 expended one hundred dollars in labor upon the Little Boy mining claim, notice of location where of is recorded in book 36 of mines. page 326, records of Yavapai county. Arizona. Said claim beine situate in Tiger mining district. Yayapai county, Ariz. in order to hold said claim under the provisions of section 2334 of the Revised Stat utes of the United States and the amend ments thereto, concerning annual labor up on mining claims, it being the amount re- quired to hold said claims for the period ending December 3l, 1897.
 And if within ninety (9O) days after the publication hereof you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expendi- ture as co owner, your intei est in the said mining claim will become the property of the subscriber, your co-Owner, who has made the required expenditure by the terms of said section.
 M. ROLAND. First publication January h. lS9S.-D
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
NEWS NurEs AND CoMMENTs


 General Cassius NJ. Clay's child wife has left him.
 Srain's torpedo squadron will not sail from Cadiz to Havana as au- nounced.
 China has agreed to lease Fort Arthur and Talien Wau to Russia for ninety nine years.
 Diamond, the big S1O,OOO elephant belonging to Wallace's show, crop ped dead at Peru, Indiana, recently. He was If years old.
 The Washington navy yard vt, re a large establishment Is maintained by the governments for the manu- featuring of guns and ordinances ma ! teTial, has been started to working and men are now working there night and day on big guns.
 The Russian demands upon Gina have caused the greatest anxiety at the Japanese legation and the | Japanese minister had several inter- views with officials of TsuDg Li Yamen, Chinese foreign office, urg irg the rejection of the Russian demands. In addition, 1t Is reported ! that Japan has threatened 10 take vigorous action if the demands of Russia are conceded.
 A telegram from Havana says: The Spanish gun boat Ardilla has cap- tured in an inlet near Casilda. un the south side of Cuba the Ameri- cal. schooner Esther. of Edentou. \ C., bound from Pensacola to Ia- maica. The captain of the boat was asked to give the reason for the boats presence in the inlet and he claimed that his rudder was broken. No further details of the affair have been received, but if the statement of the capture is found to be cor rect, the schooner will be liberated. The captain has protested against the seizure of his vessel.
 A New York telegram of Saturday says: Captain Sampson last night sent dispatch in cipher to tLe navy department, says the Havana correspondent of the Herald" It is stated by one m position to know that the dispatch was of considera- ble importance and will result in developments in the near future. Asked whether it meant the report would be made next week his in- formaI { replied that it vas impos- sible to say more.
 A London telegram says: "The acute crisis between the United States and Spain is the uppermost topic every where in London. No one seems seriously to think that war can be averted. The great newspapers are making preparations for war correspondents. l am told by an admiralty official that two or three English war vessels with com plete schools of naval officers on board, will be detailed to cruise in the vicinity of the American and Spanish fleets. so as to be able to take every possible observation.
 Prince Poniatowski, who is asso ciated with T. s. Bullock Tn a rail- road enterprise in California, is also at the head of company which proposes, within a year, to bring at least 10000 horse power from the waters now running to waste on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, in Alpine, Amador and Cslayeras counties, by means of an electric line, 110 miles in length to San Francisco. The cost of the plant is estimated at S1,OOOOOO. Many prominent electricians and capitalists are interested in the en- terPrise.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
DROPOSAIS FOR FT7FT. O@.a

DROPOSALS FOR FUEL. Office of Chief Quartermaster, Denver, Colo. March I, ls9S.-Sealed proposals in tripli- cate will be received here end at office of Quartermaster at each post below named, until II o'clock a. ID. 10th meridian time, April 1, lSSo, and then opened for furnish ing Fuel at Forts Apache, Grant, Huach- uca, sUb-post of San Carlos and Whipple Barracks, A. T., Forts Bayard and Win gate, N. M., Forts Douglas and DuChesne, Utah, and Fort Logan, and Denver, Colo, during fiscal year, ending June 30. 1899. Proposals fo- quantities less than the whole required, Or for delivery at points other than those named, will be entertained. Right IS reserved to accept or reject any or all proposals or any part thereof. Infcrma- ton furnished on application here or at offices of respective post quartermasters. Envelopes to be marked Proposals for Fuel" E. B. ATWOOD, Chief q. M.
 Mar 45-7-S Alp 1-2
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
Free.-A Beautiful PIcture

Free pictures beautifully colored for framing, and four copies of Up to Date of recent issues. Each issue has beautiful colored back and front and from forty to fifty large humor- ous pictures by the famous artists of America. Will keep the family in good humor and good reading for a whole month. Send ten cents in stamps or silver to UP TO DATE, Chi capo. III.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16

The Semi Annual Mormon con- ference, Salt Lake, Utah, April 9th to 9th. For the above occasion the $. F. P. & P. R'Y. Go. will sell March 3Oth and April 2d tickets to Salt Lake and return at rate oI S59.70. For further particulars call on or address W. :. Goldsworthy City Ticket Agent.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
ACuuftfRd.

"I am innocent, he protested.
 The mob was sweeping the guards aside
 ''I am innocent.
 4 blow of the sledge, and the grilled door of the cell gave way.
 "I am innocent, " be shrieked, the rope about his neck; before heaven, innocent''
 An, at last they hear himi
 "Yes," they exclaim, "he must be innocent, or the law would have saved him from us
 Passion had shriveled up and vanish ed at the touch of logio.-Detroit Jour nal.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16

The legal officers of the Crowned hnE Mining Co.-N. c. Shekels, s:reetor and president; Rubert Will -iusou. director aud vice president; Jas. N. Taylor, director and secre- :s-y; Geo. r Harrington, treasurer; i:. H. hetbsrington, resident agent; Ha.s-ngtou and Shekels, superin- teldents. fl4tf
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
The Cattle Of ArbeIA-

Arbcll. which gave its name 10 the .hlrd great battle between Alexander and Darius, Is town In the Turkish vIIlayct oi hurdIstan. on the caravan ro1tc between Bagdad and Mosul. about 10 miles southeast of the latter city The bat,le however was not really fought at Arbela. but at a place 80 miles distant then called Gangamela DOW karmelS
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
Crown King. Ari1., January 3, IS

To Ernest Arnaz. or his heirs or assigns:
 You are herety notified that 1 have during the years log6 and 1ss1 ex peI d two hundred dol lars in la.,or upon the Admiral mining claim. notice of location whereof is z, corded in Book 90 Of mines al Page 2y7, records of lavapai coun ty. Arizona. the above claim being situate in Pine Grove mining district, lavarai county, Arizona, in order tO hold said claim under the provisions of Section 224 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and he amendments there to, concerning annual labor upon mining claims II being the amount required tO hold said claim or the periods ending December 3lst, 1895 ard December Slsi. lssl, the sum of one hundred dollars b-iDg expended on this claim for each of -aid years, and if within ninety s0) days after tie pub.icati, iegeuf ,u fa'l or refuse to COZ tribute your proportion Jt such ey penditCre as cO-owner. your interest in the said mining cla m will become the property Ot the subscriber. your cO-Ovuer. who has made the required expend 5 ture by the terms of said section.
 FELIPE MONTREAL.
 First publication January 5, Isgs.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16

To Whom it May Concern: Notice Is hereby given that my interest in the SULTAN mining claim in Eureka mining district, santa \ ara, is under bo d Co parties now working the same and ne ethrr my interest in said irOperty, nor myself will be responsible for any debts con trSc.ed by the parties working the same.
 HENRY C. ASHTON. Santa MaFis. Feb. l3, lsss- 2-loml Notice is hereby given that the under signed is owner of the President mine, To- cated in Walnut Grove mining district and will not be responsible for any debts con tracted fer labor or otherwise against said mining claim by parties working the same under lease, bond or otherwise.
 WM. JACKSON. Prescott, Ariz., Feb. :, 1888.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
S2O REWARD.

Twenty dollars reward will be paid by the undersigned for the recovery of the gold watch stolen on the night of Sunday, February 9th, from the residence of R. H Burmister.
 feb7tf R. B. BURMIsTER.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
anled.

Every family and business house in Prescott to try the celebrated crescent coal. Two cars just receiv- ed. Delivery made to any part Of of the city. 2OOO pounds to the ton. Give us a trial.
 PRESCOTT TRANSFER Go.
 FRANK 5. DAVIS, Prop.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-16
q BF Eetlr

AIham5ra Gale and lodging house; two offices over Prescott National Sank; north half of brick building Hezt 10 Mining Exchange; one room south of Mining Exchange.
 je22 LEVI BASHFoRD.