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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-30
A Pleasant Author PartX.

Mrs. D. Levy and Mrs. \. Levy entertained their friends at their residence Saturday afternoon with an author party. The invitations read: You are requested to repre- sent book of some favorite author by something which you wear" It was interesting 10 see how each lady
 represented favorite author. Each lady was also expected to guess the title of the book by winch each lady was 10 represent that title. For in- stance, one lady had drawn on piece of blank paper a treble clef with number of trills and the let ter B just following, representing Trilby. Another lady had an olive attached to Piac' -i ib- bon, with the letter -. 4OIiOwing, all on a piece of paper pinned to the front of her dress waist, representing Oliver Twist. Bitter-Sweet was represented by two small bottles tied to ribbon and pinned on the dress waist, one bottle containing quinine and the other honey.
 At the conclusion of the game it was found that Miss Helen Wells had the greatest number of tit.es and was awarded the first prize. Mrs. Jenness and Mrs. Armi- tsge cut for second prize, the latter winning. The game proved very in structive and interesting. Refresh ments were served.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-30
Board or Equalization.

Aug. Present c H Schuer- man (chairmsn), J R Bestson and D E Dumas, supervisors, J H Robin son, clerk.
 The following assessments were ordered stricken from the 1899 as sessment roll. tbe same appearing double, to-wIt; E K Btuce, S240; f Hempston. S50 and J E Douglas, $500.
 Mrs J L Fisher, having shown that S9.20l money at interest as sessed to her was a double assess melt. the same was ordered stricken from the roll
 Communications having been re- ceivei from W F Wllber. Con O'Keefe, F. l. Jordan, DavId Balsz. Bill Bacon aud Garland & Ross, as regards the raise in their assess ments, the same were taken up, duly considered and the action of the board taken in July on such assess meute were sustained.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-30
THEN AND NOW.
Arizona Mines "Go Down andNiners
 Should Go after Them.

0HOAtl 1O atAtF them.
 The question of whether or not Arizona mines 'go down" has been frequently referred to and the fol- lowing clipped from the Western Mining World is worthy of cousid- eratioB ID connection with the sub jec.:
 The Congress mine at l50 feet was considered a fraud by no less a person than Diamond Joe, but at 800 feet 1t was a bonanza.
 The Fortuna mine at i50 feet was bought by Charles Lane for Sl4O,- GOO; now at a depth of 600 feet you could not buy 1t for S3,000,0O0.
 The King of Arizona was sold for SS0,0OO when at a depth of loo feet. while today, with a depth of 800 feet, 1t IS held al Sl,000,0O0.
 The famous Copper Queen mine of Bisbee was about to be sold tn debt. Now at 500 feet 1t has suifiri- ent ore m sight to run 50 years and money cannot buy IL.
 The Crowned King mine was S23,0O0 in debt when down I65 feet. Now at a depth of 800 feet, debl- all paid and regular dividends de clared, 1t saanot be purchased for less than a million.
 The Pearce mine was s0ll for S275,0O0 when a depth of loo feet had been made; 1t is now producing S75.000 monthly and is not for sale, S2,OO0,0OO having been refused.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-30
Sayings oftbe Office Boy

All the worlds a stage, and all the men and women want 10 ride on top.
 Nothing hurts a man ike pinning faith to a wrong idea and being scratched by the piE.
 The man who IS willing Go do as be would be done by always wants to be done first.
 IL may take nine tailors to make a man. but uiuety-uine collectors cant make him settle.
 4 man never regrets the loss of his good name more than when 1t Is engraved on the handle of a ten-dol- lar umbrella.
 The milk .f human 6indness Is not very h,ar... -usIe.ed with cream.
 The charity that begins al home is often SD discouraged that t never gets any farther.
 When people pray for their daily bread they don't forget to put in a side order fer butSer.
 Truth is eterna': but time changes it from day to day SD that it's own mother wouldn't recognize 1t.
 l. Is better Co be sure than sorry: but # you are too blamed sure you are sure ID be sorry that YOU are sure.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-30
ARIZONA'S WEALTH.
Commendabie Work of the Terri
 torial Board Of Equalization.


 torial Board Of Equalization. Iu speaking of the official duties incidental to the territorial tax levy for 1899, and the listing of values of the territory at large, the Republi- can says that the territory never had a board more thoroughly qualified for the responsible duties which have just been performed.
 R. N. FTedeTicks of Prescott has been successfully engaged in bus mess for many years, NJ. r. Freeman has long been engaged in the bank .Bg business in Tucson, and the new member, Mike Ohl, now a merchant of Bonita, Graham county, was for a long time closely identified with the cattle interests of the territory. The thOTOughness with which the work has been performed was largely due to the insistence of the terri torial auditor, Dr. c. W. NIckers, ex- oficiO member, who has permitted nothing 10 be left undone that would facilitate an equitable distribution of the burden of taxation or that would call out a revenue sufficient to meet the expenses Of the terri torial government.
 The board has been greatly assist ed in this work by the secretary, Harvey J. Lee.
 The report shows that for the first time the patented mines of the ter utory have been listed for taxation. It also shows that there has been 6 pleasing increase Tn the taxable wealth of the territory and that it has been 50 equshzed that the rate anywhere may not be considered ex- cessive. The report Is as follows:
 Territorial general fund, 8 cents each SlOO valuation.
 Territorial insane asylum interest fund To cents.
 Territorial university interest fund ? cents.
 Territorial normal school funds g cents.
 Territorial school funds 8 cents. Interest fund l4 cents.
 Redemption fund 3l cents.
 Interest worlds fair bonds ] cent. Capitol interest fund 2 cents.
 Normal school fund l ] cents.
 University fund 1 cents.
 Capitol building fund 3 cents. Insane asylum improvement fund . cents each.
 Total S5 cents each Sl0O yalul- tIOn.
 Tax levy to pay interest on the funded debt of the several counties. Apache county, 24 cents on each SlO0 valuation. Coconino county 43 cents. Graham county 30 cents. Gila county l9 cents. Maricopa county If cents.
 Mohave county Is cents.
 Pima county B cents. Final county 40 cents. .avapai county g cents.
 Yuma county 49 cents.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-30
NEW YORK MAPLE SUGAR.
A Belt in the Empire state Which suFpassss VermOnt's Famous
 Product.

T have sopped pancakes in the
 maple sirup, and got tOOthache from
 the maple sugar, and stomach ache
 from the wax pulHngs of the maple
 bilin's of i've states and 16 counties, all
 the way from old Vermont 10 Michigan,
 including Schoharie county, \. l."
 said a man from that part of the
 state, "and l have been ready to stand
 up and say, and to bet heavy on what
 I said, that the sun never shone on any land nor quickened it to the production of anything that could even begin to
 think of being one-hah as good as the maple sugar that Schoharie county boiled down out of its sap, or the maple sirup that Shoharie county got out of its sugar, or the maple wax that we pulled out of both of 'em. But that was before I got over into Otsego county. When struck a sugaring-of of Otsego eounty's first run = sap had 10 admit that had never known before what sap could really be made to give up. But by and by I was domiciled in Delaware county. Then l stood up and declared that had found out at last what maple sugar really was. began to think that whatever of excellence there was in the maple sugar of ShohaTie and 0tsego counties was due to the circumstances of their contiguity to Delaware county, and reflected on how fortunate Scho- harie and Otsego were to be there.
 'As a matter of fact, now that am reminded of it by the census we have just taken of this seasons yield of maple sugar in those three counties, and found that it isn't far from 1.OO0,- 600 pounds, don't suppose there is any difference at all in the quality of the sugar made in all that particular maple belt extending from the Delaware coun- " Catskills on the south through Scho- harie and Otsego and into Cortland county, this state, and embracing Wayne and Susquehanna counties, in Pennsylvania. If the sugar makers of that belt would only give the attention to this business and apply to it the sys- tematic methods that have made the products of the Vermont naples world famous, they would soon be as famous as their brethren in Vermont. As it is, their product ranks second in the mar ket to that of the Green Mountain state. a million pounds of maple sugar from a springs running of sap in three counties isn't so bad. It sort O fills in the chipks in the bank ac- count, and makes us feel good for put ting in the corn and taters. We're a great nation up SchObarie way."-
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-30
TRIBUTE PAID BY ENGLAND
India, Hired Not to PIzAaeF ths PlAHtatiOaa-

They are s strange people who inhab-
 lt the valley Of the Brahnaputra, fhe
 largest tea-producing tract in India.
 This territory is bounded on the north by range upon range of mountains. starting with hills which rise 10 few hundred feet above the level of the plains, and culIninating in the snowy peaks of the HimAlAyGs-
 In these hills. between Thibet and British territory. live a number of inde- pendent tribes. of MongoliAn origin. who, secure in their rocky fastnesses. owe no allegiance to any civilized power.
 At the beginning of the century, when the Assam Raj was breaking up, and the rajahS were unable tO protect their frontiers, these tribes used to de- scend from their hills and levy black mail upon the villages near the border. In eourse of time these exactions oe- tained the sanction of custom, and when Assam WAS added 10 the domains of the company HAhadGr, the hiilmen claimed the right 10 levy tax in kind on settlers in the xubmountain tracts
 The directors consented to seknOwl edge this claim to blackmail, but de clined to allow the borderers Co be thei own taxgatherers, and cOmmuted al these claims for payment to be mad in cash by government itself, thus Ob taining power of control over th. tribes which has since been freqnentt used to good effeet(
 IL is easy for body of freebOoters |, slip down. harry a village, and retifrl long before the alarm Is given; and system of outposts along the frontier which would render such raids impoSsi ble, can be maintained only at grea expense, while a punitive expedition even more costly, the tribes retiring quietly and leaving nothing but a fev huta to burn.
 The gentle savage is, however. by ns !. means free from gold hunger and th, | reflection that little outbreak by on' of the young blOods means the stop 1 page of government revenue for tht 1 whole tribe has a most deterrent effect 1
 Every cold weather. the hiIlmen oomt I down to the plains to receive theh l ''posa," as it is called. or government I grant. They report on the character O. l the snowfall in their hills during ths | previous year-informAtion which ii I taken into account when forecastins i the coming rainfall-and of the exist | snee of disturbances amongst them, anc offer to government a paltry gift of few bamboo bows and arrows in re turn for a large bag of rupees.-Londor Sketch.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-30
Valuable Foreign Seeds.

Jared Smith, one of the grass ex
 perts of the department of agricul- ture, states that the department has received some seed wbich may prove interesting to western farmers. They are mostly from the arid regions of Siberia and Russian Turkestan, country m many respects resembl
 ing the arid rigions of the west. Among them are hairy vetch. which is drought and also cold resistant, a variety of winter rye which is espec- tally hardy and drought resistant, oats, anu two orthree kinds of winter wheat. Most of these seeds are thought to be suitable to climates hlying extremes of temperature and the department IS willing to supply free trial lots to farmers desiring 10 test them. Some of the Turkestan alfalfa, which IS thought to be very drought resistant, is also available.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-30
FREE MAIL DELIVERY.
Civil Service Rules Governing the
 Carrier System.

Carrier System.
 A Washington telegram of yester- day says that the following notice of initial examination for postofice clerks and carriers at Prescott, Ari- zoua, has been issued:
 The United States civil service commission announces thlt the pOstoffice having advised 1t that free delivery will be established at the above named city on November l, 1899, and requested that proper steps be taken to secure an eligible register in order that the postmaster general may select carriers and sub stitute carriers from it in due time for them 10 select their uniforms and before the establishment of free delivery, a special examination will be held in that city on September Z3, commencing at g o'clock a. m. for the positions Of clerk and carrier. The examination will consist of spelling. arithmetic, letter writing, Penmanship, copying from plain copy, geography of the United States. and reading addresses. The arithmetic will consist of tests in the fundamental principles, extending as far as common and decimal frac- tions and embracing problems.
 The age limitations for this exam nation ara as follows: Clerk, not less than Is years; carrier, between 2l and 40.
 Applicants for carrier must weigh at least l25 pounds, must be not less than , 1t. i ID. in height and must file with their applications a medical certificate, on form ll9, showing them not 10 be under the required weight and height and to possess the required physical qualifications.
 No application will be accepted for this examination unless filed in complete form with the board at the pOstothce m the above named city. before the hour of closing business on September l5, 1899.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-30
More Of LlewelIyn.

W. (. Liewellyn, a member oi the new 3ith regiment, last Sunday killed two policemen in Denver. Llewellyn was drunk and disorderly and the policemen were attempting his arrest. The murderer enlisted from Ft. Thomas and is we'll known at Globe and throughout the Gils valley. Attorney P. T. Robert soR of tnis place, says the Yuma Senti- nal, knows him very well, first be- coming acquainted with h ID in 1893 when Llewellyn was employed on the Robertson farm. He has Chero- kee blood in his veins aud first came to the Gila valley from Texas. He was absent several years, returning to Fort Thopss last year. While in that vicinity he was considered a dangerous individual and the officers hal made up their minds thst If be was tO be arrested they would give him no chance. He IS silly half witted fellow, and is dangerous whether drunk or sober. MT. Rob ertsOn's brother had some trouble with the murderer at one time and 1t was noticed that Llewellyn had pruning knife concealed about his person which he had intended to use ou MT. RobertSOn.-Gazette.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-30
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

"How do people begin divorce pro ceedings, anyway" By getting mar ried"-Pkil-dclphia Bulletin
 He-"You know there never was love without jealousy" She-"How about Adam and e?"-Bostou Transcript.
 Msdge-"In my time I've had two of- fers of marriage" Marjorie-"How did he come to propose the second timer Town Topics
 Papa (from head of stairs)-''Daugh- ter, what's that noise in the parlor like a pill rolling around in box?'' Daugh- ter-"Oh, it's Cholly, papa, He's just had an idea-"-Syracuse Telegram.
 Lover CbraveIy)-"Sir. I want to marry your daughter" Father (cold- ly)-"Wen, I'm not surprised at that. If were in your place, think should want nttomarry her myself "-SomeryiIle Journal
 Amateur Sportsman-"What did l bring down, Pat?' Pat-"Yer dog, sur; blew his head all of." Amateur Sports man-"Where's the bird?" Pat Picking at the dog, sur."-St- Lcuis Republic.
 Deacon Jones-''Do you think it is right for people to go to sleep in church P' Deacon Brown-"Of course it is, at least in our church Hit wasn't do you suppose Parson Dulldry would put them to sleep?"-Boston Tran script.
 ncrsdible.-''Frankli said Jeffer- son, as they sat sipping cool drinks in the Patriots club over the river, ''I see the PhilAdelphians have given you a statue" 50 soon as this?" queried the sage, in surprise.-Philadelphia North American.
 OldLady (on ocean steamer)-'Mercy me! Is this all one ship?" Travelled Granddaughter-"Why. yes, grandma, and we haven't walked a quarter the length ofityst-" Old Lady-''Gracious! How near will we be to the land when we get to the other nd?''-Boston Traveller
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-30
Arizona DoinRs.

Washington. D. C., Aug. 23.-Joan M. Johnson of Milwaukee, Wis, has bean appointed a carpenter at the Pima Indian school, Arizona.
 F. :. Clark of Flagstaff, has been admitted to practice before the treasury department.
 lhe prg u-uary report Of the com missioner Cf internal revenue for the fiscal year just ending shows that the aggregate collections made in the New Mexico internal revenue district, which includes Arizona. during that period was S132, 2,S67 2S.
 The civil service commissioner an uOunces that on September l ex- aminstions will be held at Phenix for the position of gardener at the Phenix Indian school, at salary of S660 per aDnum.
 Pensions have been granted as fol- lows: ArizOna-Adam Motsinger, Cordes. $; George H. Archbold, $.
 The assistant secretary of the iD- terior has approved the decision of the cOmmis-iarar of the land office in the ca~- ol ,iv.. 70 .alt., k Pacific Railway company vs George Kim ball. rejecting the right to make entry of land located in Prescott land district,
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-30
LOOPING THE CAFES
PufsriAS Guests wAo Carry oa Even Sugar Bowls and sOsD
 Plates.

Looks like we'd have to nail our
 plates to the table and put chains on
 the knives and forks" said the head
 waiter at one of the largest cafes in the city. Whats the trouble, did you ask 2
 Why, the trouble is that folks carry 'em of. You wouldn't believe how many things we lose from one weeks end to the other. Of course we expect cutlery to go. That always happens. and there are some folks who would no more think of leaving 6 restaurant without stealing a knife or fork than they would think of going out bare headed. But when they come 10 lug ging away salt cellars, and sugar bowls, and tumblers. and even soup plstes-why, that's carrying the joke too far" ''Oh, come, now!" protested the guest who received these conf oenees, they surely don't steal sugar bowls and soup plates!"
 '''I hope to drop dead" said the head waiter, earnestly, If we ain't lost three sugar bowls this very week. How do they get them out of the house2 Why, it's as easy as rolling of log. It's gen orally young men and women together who do such things, pretending it's a lark. Let's take the sugar bowl for a souvenir,' says the young man. The lady thinks it's good joke, so he sim ply slips the bowl under her wrap, which he is carrying on his arm. and there you are. Only last evening a party of four were going out when one of the gen tlemen began to leak loaf sugar. He looked pretty cheap, and set the bowl on the table as he was passing by. Dur ing MArdi Gras week we lost 60 dozen coffee spoons. That sounds steep, l know, but it's the cold truth. \ queer thing, happened, too, with our beer little disks to set the glasses on. You couldn't think anybody would care to steal a beer mat, but the first lot we got disappeared in no time at all. Then we laid in fresh supply, and nearly all of them are still here. The only way can account for it is that have all the beer mats they need in their business."-N. o.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-30
WEDNESDAY....August g. 1898
EDITORIAL NOES.


 "A man can be republican and an honest man and a good citizen Courier. All of which is really grat- flying, indeed.
 Thomas B. Reed has placed his resignation, as member of congress in the hands of Governor Powers oi Maine. This elTectually sets at rest the speculation as to whether be in- tends to retire or not from politics,
 NJ. Lab0ri, counsel for Dreyfusi has sufficiently recovered from the effect of his recent wounds to be able to be present in court again. Two internal machines were sent to him on Monday, but instead of opening them he turned them over to the police. They were found to be loaded with gun cotton.
 The Morning Taxless Tooter and Chestnut ManiPUla.or after advis- lug taxpayers and property holders to sell out and get out of the terri tory while they can, also making the statement that times are harder and money scarcer than ever before ID the territory, comes out this morn inc and admits that the territory IS in the most prosperous and healthy condition, financially and otherwise, but denles that Governor MurPhy's administration is in any way re- sponsible for this satisfactory con- dition. IL says that the high prices now being paid for Arizonas secur- ities is due to the fact that there is an abundance of money in the country and that the securities men, toned are gilt edge; that the pros porous condition of stOekmen and ranchers IS due 10 the abundance of rain; that investors are taking hold of and developing the vast resources Of the territory; that mining pros poets are being sold and worked and that large mining enterprises are under way, and consequently merch- ants and stockmen are benefited.
 How do the Courier statements. as herein given, size up before the ordinary man of intelligence!
 Evidently the manager of our morning contemporary has lost his rudder aud has drlited into an at mosphere that has caused him to make a few truthful remarks. Ari- zona's securities are gilt edged be- cause investors have become con- l vinced from investigation that the affairs oi the territory are being honestly administered.
 As previously mentioned, Gov ernor Murphy's proclamation has had much to do with bringing about a legitimate and systematic develop ment Of mining claims. While this proclamation may have temporarily l influenced a few possible investors 10 the extent of causing them b be a little more cautious, on the whole . the effect has been good, and the l healthy condition of mining throughout the territory is largely . due to tke confidence investors enjoy i and the legitimate development l work that is recognized as being necessary before stock Is very ex- tensively purchased for other pur- poses than development.
 Gice us some more taxless toOts . and inconsistent statements,
 We do not imagine that the citi- zens of the Salt river valley will ap ! preciate what the Courier has 10 say about the depressed condition of real estate iii the valley. Probably the board of trade of Phenix may have a few remarks to make in this connection.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-30
Queen vietoria,. n.uen,o...

Many and strange are the methods adopted by Queen Victoria for honoring the memory of her husband, who died close upon half a century ago. But the
 queerest of all is assuredly that to which only those can bear witness who have had the privilege of obtaining a glimpse of her bedroom at the palace where she happened to be in residence at the time. According to the Marquise de Fontenoy her majesty sleeps in one side of 6 large square bed. Over the other side hangs at the head, above the pillows, a large framed portrait repre- senting the prince lying dead. photo graphed just before be was placed in a coffin. Above this picture hangs Q large memorial wreath. and beside it a watch pocket containing the princes watch, which has its counterpart in the watch pocket above the queens pill low for her own watch. This memorial as we'll aa the watch pocket and watch of the prince, and his rather gruesome portrait accompany the queen on AQ her KaXsss-Troy Times