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The Coconino sun., 1899-06-17
THE PRISON FARM.

The Arizona prison farm is lying idle. There are also about two hundred idle prisoners penned up in the peni- tentiary, every one of whom would like to be allowed the privilege of working on the prison farm. These prisoners are fed in idIeness at the expense of the taxpayers. The idle prisoners and the idle prison farm should be brought together and made to be wealth
 producing. What is the matter with the administration that it compels the law-abiding, hard working, peaceful citizens to bear the burden of feeding the law bre, ,.kpr? II would seem that
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-17
THE COCONINO SUN.

this enforced idleness of prisoners is placing premium on disobedience to the laws of the territory.-Star.
 The Star evidently wants the con- victs furnished with Boynton suits. as the land owned by the territory is now covered with three feet of water. Until the territory gets dry land to farm the privilege of working the prison farm as wealth producer will have to be postponed.
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-17

THE SUN is very much interested in the building of the railroad from Will. Hams to the Grand Canyon and for the sake of the peace of mind of the Editor of the Williams ''News" it is hoped that the projectors of the road will have the necessary funds to complete their vast undertaking.
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-17

DEWEY is now on his way home, having left Hong Kong last week
 The reception committee will have abundant time to prepare for his well come, as the admiral expects to take three months in making the trip home.
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-17

THE licking Fitzsimmons got was a good one, but he got the gate receipts which amounted to $25,0OO, yet we do not think that there is an editorin Ari- zona who would willingly take a lick ing for that sum.
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-17
MARRIED.

Whitaker-Hayelrigg- Flagstan on June II, 1899 Mir. John w. Whitaker to Miss Mary E. Hagelrigg. Probate Judge N. c. Layton off, ciating. residence of E. T. McGonigle, MT. Charles Procknow, to Miss Elsie Burrus, Rev. F. Dil- lev officiating.
 BORN
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-17

THE effort of some of our taxpayers to straighten out the tangled affairs of the county should receive the support of every taxpayer. The present agita- tion, while it may engender some i'll feelings, will result in much good after the affair has settled down to a business proposition.
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-17

the Banta ranch Coconino County, on June |, 1899. to the wife of H. F. Banta, a daughter.
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-17

There is time for all things. The time to take DeWitt's Little Early Risers is when you are suffering from constipation, biliousness, sick-head- ache, indigestion or other stomach or liver troubles. They never gripe. Pioneer Drug Store.
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-17
Atehison Dividend.

The directors of the Atchison passed the following resolutions at their session held in New York last week.
 Whereas, it appears from returns and careful estimates that the surplus net earnings of the company for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899. after deducting all charges and full interest on adjustment bonds, and after setting apart reasonable sum as reserve, there are sufficient left to pay semi annual dividend of It per cent on pre- ferred stock in July and another divi- dend of II per cent in January next"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-15

PADEREWSKTS LESSONS.
Six Month. of Hard Study Devoted 10
Undoinx Faults.

"When Paderewski came to Lescle-
tizkv. in Vienna, some ten years ago, IL
was as a concert performer WHO hhh
already achieved success in Russia ana
mastered an extensive repertoire
writes Cleveland Moffet. 'Leschetizk3
heard his play for while, and theh
said:
You have same very bad faults, Dnt
YOU have talent. You have played 100
many things. and nothing well enough
Your wrist is hard and stiff. II you
come 10 me you must forget for SIX
months that you have repertoire. lou
must play nothing but exercises Tor
technique. six hours day of exercises
and nothing else
"Paderewski thought the matter over
and decided that he had the strength OF
will for~this severe test, and put hlm-
self entirely in Leschetizkys hands.
All day long for six months this hnish-
ed concert performer worked away at
the mechanics of piano playing, at ex-
erclses specially devised for him by
Leschetizky, and some devised by him
self with reference to peculiarities OF
his own hands. Every evening he took
lesson at the professors house, this
being mark of special favor, for with
ordinary pupils all lessons end at III
the afternoon and one lesson in TWO
weeks is the best that even the most
proficient may attain. One hour, two
hours, three hours these nightly lessons
lasted, for Leschetizky gives no heed to
time once his serious interest is arous-
ed. These two men were together con-
stantly. They took long walks: they
played hard-fought games Of billiards,
both being adopts at the game; they
talked necessarily. for Leschetizky has
Il fluent tongue, and what the older
man knew of sounding art he gave
freely to the younger man, and that the
disciple has given to the world. La
dies Home Journal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-15

miss In short dresses, she was known
along the Arno quays as La Bella Sig
NORMA" and was one of the celebrities
of the town almost equally with her
distinguished looking papa. who was
as great lion in Italy as he is now in
Austria.
When Miss Clemens went to Vienna
she began taking singing lessons under
the best masters, as so many girls IN
society do. simply as an added accom-
pllshment. This year. however, she is
devoting herself seriously to the study
of music, having learned that she is the
possessor of voice of singular sweet
ness and power. 1t is expected that
she will devote her talent to the con-
cert stage.
Mark Twain himself Is supposed to
be writing book about Vienna. He
likes the Vienna people, and spends
much time studying their life and
manners.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-15

A diamond Is worth more than its set
tings.
The Bible is Gods loye-letter to His
bride.
We can see the pool, but where is the
angel?
Jesus found sovereignty through
service.
An excess OF harmless amusement Is
harmful.
You can't mend your manners with
q needle.
Public favor is poor platform to
stand OH.
Kind words take less breath than
harsh ones.
God knows how many ounces there
are TO a pound.
A sinner is always guilty of an eter-
nal self-sacrifice.
Theology is no more Christ than
anatomy is man.
Christ is the only teacher who can
safely say ''Verily."
The bright lights of the saloon are
stolen from human eyes.
He who Is graceless,at death, will be
speechless at the Judgment.
Impatience kicks over the dinner
pail to get TO the supper table.
College diplomas, do not go asstick
cts Of admission at the peaiiy gate.
The prayer-meetihg promise not put
into practice adds "a lie To your guilt.
Many men puttlieir toys under--a good
roof and leave themselves ont lin the
rain.
If God takestaway your flowers it'is
because they would fade in your hot
hands.
The yerdicttof the Supreme Court of
Heaven sets aside that of the lower
court of public opinion.
Covetousness turns mautout of the
warmth of his own house TO stand
shivering on his neighbor' s.doorstep.
Those servants who make no account
OF their Lords coming, ,rill have to
give account unexpectedlyca His COM
inu
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-15

money, either wholly or in part, and
that no powe. on earth could compel
them TO pay it. The court has borne
upon them all its gigantic strength. 1t
has punished and pleaded; delivered
upon them all its mandates, its dictums.
its DEGREES and its wrath. And in TWEEN
ty years it has moved them not one
particle. TO its every command, its
every threat, Its every application, the
people of st. Clair County have an
swered: 1--WE will not" and the history
of their never-yielding response is the
story of a fight without parallel in
America; story Of steadfastness. stub
bornness and unterrified. grim-j awed
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-15

There are $4,000 or 10000 persons In
st. Clair County. These, save 1900 at
Osceola, as many at Appleton City, and
half as many at Lowrey, are farmers
and farmers folk. They are a type OF
people who have had much to do with
the settlement and development OF the
United States. They represent, as il
is represented in Missouri and the
south Alleghanian hills of east Tennes-
see and kentucky, as in no other parts
of the Union, the simon-pure Anglo
Saxon stock In the new world. Their
ancestors came over in the MayfiOwer
and others of the first of the emigrant
craft. They are an admixture of the
Briton and the Scot, and all their an
cestral characteristics of never bend
ing determination and unyielding stub
bornness are apparent in this unique
fight of the people of st. Clair County.
Said one leading resident: "Afore
Wen give up they'll have to build
jail around the whole county, and lock
us up. women children and all. guess
this thing looks pretty funny TO people
| on the outside, but there's nothing
! funny about 1t to man with home
and a farm in St. Clair County, and
lot of money sharks waitin' TO eobbe
It the first time there's nobody GOMEZ
| forward to 60 to jail"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-15
FORTUNE IN HER PETTlcOATS
Over 100000 Found Sewn Up in the
"Countess of Balsch's" Old Clothes.

Over 100000 Found Sewn Up In the
"Countess of Balsch's" Old Clothes.
Quite sensation has been caused at
Jassy, in Roumania, by the death Of a
Nine. Balsch, who has by her ecentri-
cities for years past attracted much at
tention in that town.
Some years ago she was the wife Of a
Herr Veldiman, by whom she had a
daughter After year or two of mar
ried life she divorced him and married
a Herr Balsch. by whom she had son.
Soon after the latter's birth she left her
second husband.
She then went to Paris, where she
called herself Countess Won Balsch.
Toward her children she never seemed
to feel anything but the greatest
hatred, and when her son died she sent
the body to her father for burial. She
turned her daughter out of her house
and the unfortunate girl was only kept
from starvation by the kindness Of rel
atives. After the death of her second
husband she returned to Roumahia
where she lived in complete retirement
In spite Of the fact that she was ex,
tremely wealthy, she lived in the mosI
wretched manner and was generally
reputed to be miser.
A few days ago she died. When hel
daughter came to examine her belong
ings no trace of money could be found
In going through her mothers clothing
however, she noticed that one OF thu
petticoats seemed somewhat stiff. as il
heavily lined She ripped it open ant
found over 100000 notes sewed under
the lining.
This put her on the track. and all he
mothers petticoats, of which she hat
an enormous number, We're examined
In nearly every one large sums of mon
ey were found, amounting altogethe
to between 100000 and 5000, OO'
| francs.-F remdenblatt.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-15

n,.nt Is based on the innocent third
party holder law.
The people refused 10 pay the first
tax levied To pay interest and learned
of The issue of the bonds. Then they
repudlated the whole thing and sat
down satiiied no court would hold
against them. But in 1873 suit was
hroueht for $50. 900 of the bonds and
decided against the county. Then Judge
Dillon issued mandamus on the coun.
ty court commanding the Judges To
levy the necessary tax. The judges
learning of the coming of the marshal
with this order took to the woods, and
1t was long time before the officer
was able to serve his papers.
When lie did serve them the order
was ignored. The judges were opposed
to the tax, and even IL they favored ii
knew the temper of their people TOO
we'll 70 take chances. Then an order or
arrest for contempt of court was is.
sued and the judges hauled to Kansas
CITY for hearing. Judges Asabel Heath.
Thomas J. Younger, John Breeder
John p. Love and Thomas Henley We're
the first men TO suffer voluntary i'm
nrisonment rather than pay what they
believed to be an unjust debt.
When the fight began the people
fought the court because of their wrath
at the fraud put upon them. Now they
keep 1t up because they could not pay
If they would. The amount has grown
by accretion of interest compounded
from $25O,000 to over 81 100000. The
q assessed valuation Of the entire county
is only 81. 900, 900, so it will be seen that
to issue tue levy necessary TO take up
this debt would contiscate every acre
of land In st. Clair. The people are
| willing to compromise and pay the face
of the bonds but as this offer Is reject.
ed they keep up the battle.
After few courts had been locked
up in a body candidates for the office
became volunteers willing to go TO jail
10 prevent tax levy. For nearly thirty
years the war has continued. and Is not
ended yet Every time Judge Philips
oDens court he finds group of three
patient typical southwestern Missouri
farmers in court waiting for commit
ment to Jail. He offers them advice
and admonition. They reply with the
stated offer Of compromise. and OF
course are turned down. Then the
Judge winds it all up by YEARLY order.
ing his marshal to lock them up. But
the bonds have not been paid, nor any
OF the interest. The Federal authorities
are puzzled, and the people of st. Clair
determined. How it will end. If it ever
does get out of court, is question for
! chancery to wrangle with.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-15
COTRT GOES TO JAIL.
MISSOURI COUNTY RE6ell'oS
oEFIES SUPPRESSION.
Judge. Serve Terms in Priso" lot w"
tenant of United states Conrt or"er
strange story that Has Been MAXINE
History for Twenty Years.

Nowhere in history is there All eA"'
parallel to the story OF TIE Farmers y
st. Clair County. Missouri, VINO stea',
ily refuse to obey rule of the law anu
who find in their midst men WI" are
willing 10 go 10 jail. men who serve
their whole terms of Office IN Jal--se'
after set of them volunteering TO suher
for the common veal. For twenty-five
years the United States court mas "e
clared st. Clair County indebted 10 Ger
tain bondholders for principal ana III
terest and interest upon the interest,"
besides the court costs, in a sum nov
aggregating $1,300,O00, and has order
ed that the money be paid. For tweI-
ty-five years the people OF st. Cialr
County have answered the Uniteu
States court that they did not owe TINS
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-15
Diplomacy.

One day gentleman was holding a
conversation with his wife in the pres
ence of their 5-year-old son. and among
other things mentioned was diploma
cy."
PA" said the youngster when a
break in the conversation allowed him
to interfere. what does diplomacy
mean?"
Diplomacy, my son, said tho ia
Their, lis this-doing exactly the right
thing at exactly the right moment. F"
'Then | suppose l used diplomacy
when | got out of the pantry yesterday,
dad. did / r.
what do you meanY" was the reply.
"Why. said the son, 81 got into the
back yard with that meat pie just at
the moment ma caught the cat in the
pantry and told you to drown her for
thieying. Pearson Weekly.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-15
TRICKS OF A MIND READER.
The Simple Explanation OF nm Ap-
parentIy DinicuIt Feat.

The Simple Explanation of nm Ap-
parentIy DiaicuIt Feat.
"Speaking of telegraphy, said gen.
tleman who takes an interest III occult
studies. "reminds of an incident which
created great stir some years ago, but
is now about forgotten. A New York
lawyer, who claimed to be able to pro-
iect thought had committee of skep-
tics select playing card at random and
then wired q friend in San Francisco,
asking him to think of card and tele-
graph back what one came into his
mind The card selected was the five OF
spades and the reply was correct. All
the parties were we'll known, and the
experiment caused an immense sensa-
ton
1.-THE newspapers discussed it by the
column, and it was exploited as posi-
tive demonstration Of thought transfer
ence, but as matter of fact the whole
thing was merely a clever trick. l had
it afterward explained to me by one OF
the people on the inside. 1t had been
prearranged with the San Francisco
man that the cue to the right card was
to be the wording of the message. The
denomination was indicated by the
number of words in the second sentence.
II, for instance, it was an ace, the sem
tence would be only one word, Answers;
if deuce it would be Answer immedi-
ately, and so on
!. "As it happened to be five the mes
sage ran, Telegraph reply quickly as
possible The suit of the card was re-
yealed by the signature. Signing the
name in full meant hearts, the first only
meant clubs. the last name meant
spades, and the initials meant diamonds.
The system was beautifully simple. and
the message seemed ON its face perfect
ly innocent. 1t was carefully examined
to find hidden word, but baffied the
investigators. As far as | know, the
truth about the affair has never been
printed. New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-15
WHERE TIN is BEING MINED.
Sources from Which the Desirab bic
Product - Obtained.

The tin ased in the lin plate industry
comes from several sources. The best
of these is found IN Australia and the
straits settlements. The latter furnish
The most desirable tin. known as Banca
tin. This is regarded a. the purest. ana
il in consequence more sought after by
the manufacturers Of tin plate. The
Cornwall mines We're discovered about
% Il. e.. and for twelve centuries were
the one source of this mineral. In l2i0
lin was found i'll Bohemia. Five hun
bred years later. III 1860. the Bailca
mines were opened In the following
century Australia became II producer
Of block Tin on a large scale. From
1872 tin has been found In commercial
quantities In New South Wales.
Queensland and Tasmania.
The United States has not been 80
fortunate. although many attempts
have been made from time To time to
find tin. Tin was discovered In Callfor-
MIA as early as 1910, but there was no
mining done until 1868. Only for IL
short time were the mines operated;
they were then closed down. and re-
NAMED so until 1883. In this year an
American company bought the prop
erty with the intention OF operating.
but 1t was sold to an English syndicate
before Two years had passed. Some
thing like 100000 was spent but no
special results We're secured. The to-
tai product OF the mine was 269,OOO
pounds OF tin, valued at $4,000 The
Harvey Peak mine Is the story OF an
other futile attempt to get tin In com
mercial quantities. The Harvey Peak,
as il is Familiarity called, Is situated
near Custer City, s. ID. A great deal
of money has been spent IN the devel-
opment Of this mine. but II Is doubtful
If more than ten tons of metal have
been taken out of the ground. The En-
glish capitalists We're also heavily In
terested in this attempt. In Alabama,
North Carolina and Virginia tin hear
Ing rock has been found. In no sense
can the United States be regarded as a
tin producing Countrywide Review.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-15
Farmer Sinclair.

John Sutherland Sinclair is farmer
in North Dakota. His farm is called
Berriedale farm. In the book of the
peerage Mr.. Sinclair is put down as Earl
of Caithness. Lord Berriedale and a
baronet of Nova Scotia. All the castles
and vast estates which his ancestors
owned have shrunk to the North Dakota
farm. The earldom of Caithness once
embraced all the northern part of Scot
land. from sea to sea, and the Sinclairs
were earls of Orkney too. milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-15

persistence that Is not eclipsed by
either the Purtans and other nOn-con-
iormists in their refusal to yield to
church power in England which i'm
prisoned them, beheaded and burnt
them; by the Quaker or the DiobOurski
adherents to the refusal TO bear arms,
or by the steadfastness of the Chouans
of France, who concealed taxable
goods and spirited away assessors.
The case is page from the history
of railroad exploitation in the West in
the early '7Os. st. Clair County Is a
part Of the Usage country not rich i'll
minerals or with exceptionally good
lands. 1t is a plain country district
peOpled by men and women who have
lived there all their lives and who have
the determination of the British and
Scottish ancestors. But the county
had no railroad to haul its produce to
market. and the offer of one was hailed
with pleasure thirty years ago. The
nearest line to st. Clair was at Sedalia,
sixty miles away.
So when the advance agents Of the
Tebo and Neosho Railway went to Os-
| ceola and proposed to build branch
of the road from Kansas City to Hell
ena, Ark, the people were anxious to
accept Some sixty counties In western
Missouri discussed the proposition fol
a bond issue. st. Clair accepted and
agreed to take $250,0O0 of stock to be
paid for in county bonds. There has
always been some question IL the petit
ton for the bond issue had majority
of votes, but they were SO recorded
and the issue decided upon. This was
In 1870. They were conditioned on the
running OF the road through the county
on the best practicable line. Fifty thou
sand dollars was to be delivered Nher
five miles of road had been constructed
500, 600 more when the road crossed the
Usage River and that stream wa.
bridged, and the remainder when the
road was graded through the Who'll,
county.
This was satisfactory to the people
but it Is asserted that later the count,
court stripped the county OF all protect
ing conditions and agreed to deliye
bonds when contracts had been let To-
masonry work. On Nov. ., 1870, tn,
bonds were signed and delivered. Tha
was the last of the railroad. 1t ha,
never been built and nobody asserts 1
was ever to be. But the holders of tn,
bonds sold most Of them and the 1udg
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-15
THISTLE DOWNS.

lighter and winter than II flying fake
or winter SHOWS through wan air winnowins
The thistle downs their sudden Journeys take
DER meadows wide in yagfant wandering.
No more shall they TO earth reluctant chng
Asamoss lined and slowly sinking STONE
eft lying in an outer waste alone.
Reside the edge OF some remote morass,
bni high they toss above tho nelos new mo"n
Like disemboded spirits OF the grass
The drowsy atmosphere In limos opaque
Leans to the sun. that fast Is gathering
The last flint dews, his fiery thirst to SLACK
While swallows dip ON ever restless wing,
Across dusty road the robins sing,
And bumblebees upon the clover drone,
While thistle downs in airy spaces lone
Along the skies in happy freedom pass,
Voyaging nfar to mystic climes unknown,
Like disembodied spirits of the grass
Ernest McGaffey.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-15
lust How 1t IL Done.

Smith and Jones Were talking one
day about their business interests.
Smith was hotel man and Jones was
a manufacturers agent.
Il say" said Jones, how ever do
you use such an enormous quantity of
pears and peaches!"
Well replied Smith, 'we eat what
we can, and what we can't eat we
can
Indeed" said the other, 1--WE do
about the same in our business"
How is that?'
1--WE sell an order when We can sell
ii. and when we can't sell 1t we cancel
it."-San Francisco Argonaut.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-03-15

Brothers and sisters ought to be glad
to give and receive mutual assistance.
"You show such had taste in the Sc
lection of your neckties Horace, said
the elder sister of youth in his teens
'They always look so wrinkled and
shapeless too. You ought to let me buy
them and tie them for you.
.'I'm willing, sis, he answered,
looking at her pinched waist, ''if You Il
let me buy your belts and fasten them
around you. youths Companion.