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Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

The land officers have received ord. CTS from the department at Wa-hIng-
 ton that 'heep and goat, vii! be pro. hihited from grazing on the flores, re- seTv-, except wber. i cao be show they will not " rk irj rry tp the wat. supply and forest growth Cattle vii. he all vel t" grsza on all r. sprve- ii 1t s?p"srs that m .r jI'y ia dIne to the forest sr with. Osners of live stock will be required rn make appli- cation to the commi--ioner of tre general land office for permission to Rrszs their animals wihin The re- servep.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02
METEURS
Philadelphia and Austin Nisi t
 ed By Them

An immense meteor fell ten miles from Danville, Pa. Mir and Mrs D E Monroe, of Monticello, N r., barely mi--ed being struck by it. They were making tour of the country and had lost their way and alter night ell they found themselves il n low -wampy spot, surrounded by wooded hills.
 Here the Ihsnomenon appeared. Suddenly the sky wss illuminated wuh strange light, which increased untli the vi o'e landscaps was lighted up with blinding hrilllsncy.
 The fiighteu. uri-ts b. ard loud his-ing noise and a blzzing mass folly ten feet in diameter struck the earth ten yards before them.
 The ground trembled under tine mIgnty impact. and on examination Mr. Monroe found that the meteorite had gone deep into the marshy ground and from the hole were pouring clouds Oi steam.
 A report comes from San Antonio Tex that A met.or as big as hog head passed over tn. city of Au-tinr on Saturday lss', sni that the street= we're na,e zs light as day hy it.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Now that the Tomb-tone child dren have a chance to astonish their par ents and the public in general by completing in the prize story contest ~e think they should take advantage ofis. It is certainly good practice and few efforts of that kind will be ef immense value is them in aft 1T yesrs. The stories already rece,ved show beyond doubt that there l. literary talent lying dormant which only requiress lissIe effort to be drawn nut and be made of use 10 others.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02
AT 70 YEARS OLD
What a Man Will Accomplish
 in That lime

A man 70 years old has lived $40 months 3.64O weeks. 25.5614 days, 6l3.60s hours, 36sl6.4Os minutes. He has been awa:e l7 ,044 days and has slept s,522 dsys. He ha, walked III .S36 mics, or more than i've times around the earth. If he has spoken on an average o' five words per minute during his wsizing hour- 1t would rr- quire 1000 volumes O. 4c0 page each, each 5 by ' inches, set il long 2rine- type, to record his u,terances. and ihe.e utterances if printed on a sheet for inches wide. in the same type, would reach distance Of A miles l.- 0l3 inches. H. has eaten about 3s tona Of solid food, Or about 26,009 pounds of meat, a lIke number of vege- tables and the ssm- quantity of bread sfufs. His drinking supplies have spoun.ed to about 575 barrels. II he smoked three fiv. cent cigars each day since he wa- 20 year. Of age the cost ts him has been S2735 50. IT he had laid a-ide s nickel every time h. bought a cigar and invested it at the cod Of each year so ths, it would have drsvu 6 per cent interest. compound hg annually. st the end Of 50 years he would have had to bis credit the cum of Sl6,lI3.24.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

As an example of the fertility oi Gila Valley soil Mir I E. Solomon re- gently raised from 25.sore tract O; lard under the Union Canal, on what is known as the "oig rsncb," 7I7 sack. of wheat, averaging 140 ounds to the sack, making a total O IO0. .3S0 pounds At 60 pounds to the busbel, this makes l,s73 bushels. sn average of 64 husnels 70 the acre, which is worth 70 cent- ger bushel, or s44 90 per acre for th- crop. Total for the entire crop Sl ,I20. Star.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

The Copper Era is in favor of a Ranger Bill" IL says the country r. over-run with thieves and murderers and the county officers of the yariou- counties are unable to capture or drive them from the country. N man should he sent to the l-gi-lstnr. who i. not in favor O a rapger law The sounty conventions should pledge iheIr legisla i've nominee, to support such an set,
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

The Normal school at Tempe will open sept 4spd is prepared to do thorough work. The exteuiions of the course and the valuable additions made to the lsbrat Jries and library last year, with the new practice de psrtmeut now in course of construc- tion. ana the other important chaoge- anticipated, places the No-m.l iu 8 pcsi,ion to doe1cellent academic wors and ffers superior advantage for ,h. superior framing of teachers.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Since the rroj -cting and opening oI work on the Bisbee and N-cos4ri -ail. road Bisbee pPople have been fl lodiny the land offi,e with locations of lands lying near the border Of inst rrsd The chance Of a town being bnrlt m that vIcini,y is the cause Of the move. ment. The parties are nearly all reri. dents of Bi-bNe and they evidently think the speculsrion s good one.- Citizsn.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

The supplementary registration Of electors for delegates to She constitu- tiuusl convention closed today. Al the par ia were we'll represented, and a full registration evinces s strong in- ter ct ou the par, O. the nstlveS-
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

The men who are in favor fl diyid- ing Yavspai county auG creating the county Of Jerome. and the mn who would split Cochise and Graham and create the county of Bonita. are hard at work in the loc.liues named NIT H J Allen of Jerome is th- ds dy Of he Jerome division and Col H c d. oser stand, sponsor for the youth- iul Bouits.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

E K Lsrgford, Tbss Ddncan and Js- Heriicg have returned from their tip to Dos Csbezss. h speaking oi that camp they ssy that 6 grea, smount of work has been done, Tn. copper property of H c Herrick, father Of Jas Heruck, in which Wm Cooper is alec interested, IS showing up very fue.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

1be estimated cost of converting ore naive Chinsmsn is $450 and thea !. is very uncertain whether he will re- main converted the chances are ths: he will no.. By giving our poor boys and girls $l5o each CT half that wb n they become of age instead of sending shs money: to c5ioess would te more patriotic.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Just before going to press we learn ,hs, all bids for elrcrisn printing ave been thrown out and that bid- n ust be re- ad ver,ised owing 70 the failure of some of the bidders to fill some Of the legal requirements. making i, nec- c-sssry for the board 10 issue another call.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

JV E.ckers and wife si q V c and Chas Sm+dley nephews or MT Vick.rs arrived last evening from os Angelr- rnd will remain here on aNis.t If 8 fortnight. Mir VIcker- bel 2 call d here to loos a ter fis lar | e cattle in ter est- in thIs county.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Mark Hanna declares thst the re- publicans ars so sure of success that they dOu't bestir ihemselves as they think it unr scessary. He Gidn't men. tion th@ feet that they had q better use for the.r money tbsn putting it into q forlora hope.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Mir H Schmieding, wife and son nr' here on a visit from Bisoee. Mr Schmi-ding and son will remain her, one time, and Mir S,hmieding w!l return to Di-bee.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

NC Wilson, who vas lost from hi, camp on Clrsr Greek ten days sg has been found. I T Powers, bis orother-iu-lsw al Phoenix has rectiv ed letter from Flag-tafi saying that he was all right.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Con-tsSle White of Cri,tenden ar- rived on the stage today with Clay Hanson, who it i- thoush h, is wsnttd .r Sh-rw 'oh, Irion county, fexss, io' murd.r. He wes placed iu ,il await ing instructions from Texas. The prisoner ,tDrtiy denies thII he Is the man wautrd.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Some bad man walked delivera,ely into the composing rooms this morn ing and left twenty pound water mellon for the "boys." They have ofsred reward for bis apprehension in the hope that another about the same size and weight may be found is his possession.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02
day

George MeeK- lei. rhi- mornin 'o- Bsh. Q. NIT Meeks i- w-ll and f,rur sly knowr h-re and wa- one O! .h, old times and of cnnr-e knew T,mb- tone in her pslmy days. Not having ri ited tfe city 'o- sp long h.. wa n-tnrslly very much as onishtd at It's present arp srsnce.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Is Represeptstive Wesseils, em;sssry of the Boer. declsrsd in Washington last ~eek thst 50 ger ceLt. Of tb. American Teorle were in sympathy with the Bpsr,, and the corporation pspsrs bad nOt deBiea i,. The .enti-
 Dent is sbou, correctly expressed.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

VRN Greaves has succeeded Paul Hull as pssnaging editor Of the Co~ chise Review We wi-h Mr Gresve- the success which he deserves. for he is an able writer and an all round gool telloS.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

The Board of Supervi.ors were in -ession today, and the tax rate ha- been tiIsd at total o' S4 20 Thi- l. 4 reduction of five per c-nts from last year. The tsbulstsd tax rate list will be publish d shortly. The hoard is still in session a. we go to p ess.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Marx Smith srIived ID Phoenix last Saturday and will remain there 0 few days. Mark and Col Wilson are do- ing some tall wrestling in the political E.ii
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

The G.la river rose nin7 fees il-n
 the pact few dsy-, spd is running bank full. The GIle has nor water m it than for any time in four !esrs.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Brysn'e sis ch on ImpsTialism has converted thousands Of voters who never before realized what e vital issue was sheltered oeiiud that term.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Michesl Br iby snd Ni,holss J Cunniu ghsm, of Bishee, made h, me- stead entities st the land office ye.ter- day. On Thurrdsy Spencer w Claw son, of Cochise unty, made desert land Tucson Star.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

The cattle business Of Ariz lns is looking up since the recen: heavy rains and the cs'tiemen are iuoilsnr as they say that q very fair grass crop is oow insrred, while rsp.t titiop Of tn e showers would mste meadows Of the ranges.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

A"shirt-wui-t hop" ~ss gwen st tie Belvidere hotel, New York. last week and prizes were given for the most attractive .birt waists with ru n es and plaIts worn by men.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

IlJs-ris1r Tbs Allairs arrived rom Wilcox last evening. Among other things he will tend to the fix tug Of the tax rate.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Supervisors of Graham county of- fer reward of S250 and Shenf ClArk s like am unr. maSing total 0 $50N or information which will lead to ,h- ares, s-d conviction oI the murder ers of Howe and Whe, Ter On Eagle S-aav
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Councilman Hobbs is very sick at at his home and unable to be about, tut it is expected that he will be all right again in . few days.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

The difference between diplomacy and bAld-fsced Icing is % this thst sn orcinsTy snd every day layman is unable tO teli wIere one begins and she other uits.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

" o Abbott and family has rstnrn- d from vii la Mr \ Hnnsaker'- ranch in the Chiricshuss. The later senilemt will r,tu to his ranch tu- day
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Civilization is returning 10 the days ~len might made right-when the strong preyed sn the weak. Witness the struggle TOW going tn in China. in the TrsBsvssl and iu the Philip pine Islsnds.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Tine short haired iIa,eruity have now dubbtd S,ugger F.tz-immon $ the "grsLd old n AL" oi ihe ring.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Mr Brysn vii te tbe guest of the Grand Army oi the Republic at Chicago, Aug S0.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

1hrrt's DOIhii much in 0 shirt . gifl wears ii-well there's the si.l.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Mis- Ella Blackburn. loe.t U .c- - oLru anl Miss Lola aIvUTenuO IeI uIs MUTLI { Tor D sJce ou yIsIt.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Tto Temple oi heaven" ss the Chinese name Pegiu is knesn iO be about inc hottest place on earth.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Ths Cuban flag was hoisted over the palace in Santiago. Cubs, last Fri. day
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

|, is said that MI Iusal.-, OurIL, nIs iaIter eaIr, m ode .u. Oi nIs nTI. ,ug aud lectures slj .OUU year.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Frank Murenos d Charlss EdDey came in from Pesrcs lsst evening on s short visit.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Now ibst the .ai-tv ,i our legation. ere and other Citlzeps is assured iu Chipa. il i- time 70 get cut.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

lnpro.enIeuts AIv b,Hg usie Ci n5 Iehcr, waLs, tto st tnv TcaI UI 4 OlCOt.r st-re.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

The wife oi Ii Ruug Chang has f.. 900 gowns and yet the powers cay the ChIuese want civil ziug.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Tue | tied States carried of 2ls prizes al the Paris exposition ous of . tUtsl of 2,s27.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Tn Persian monarch spends s5.CoO day Tor living expenses.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Tke geld brick buyer and the mar who blows out the gas are always will us,
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Miss Alma L.ngpsap lefG Sunday mofniDg 10: a two week visit {, Pesrce among friends.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

War makes virtues O! crimes. and crimes ol virtues. reversing all moral stsndsr is.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

The saloon Of fUTIer and +, b nsoL Stafford ~as burglaIizrd .a-t FrIday nIght aud s.79 stUle,. NJ clue.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Mems shirt waists have come 10 stsy-in the summer time.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Wm Cossn, Ihs ~e kuowu cattle man Is in from the Wall y.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Oi the 3 5O0 Chinese in NeS Zes. land only 26 are women.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

Wm Speed bnd FrauK AOulso n came up trom the river vest rdsy.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

President McKinley'- letter Of sc. ceptsnce will contain Is 900 words.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02

A 0C0 G A K veterans Nere iu liue Of march al Chicago Monday.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02
From Moniay'e DIi.V,

Tn tax roll of Apache Co foD.s up Sl, ,040,237 fl, eays the Si Johns Her ad.
Tombstone epitaph., 1900-09-02
Ffom Tuesdog's Issue.

W Howe feturLeI to Bisbse thi npiL!ng.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18

should be quite four inches long and suit
able to do after service on the bureau
Clubs and spades are used as models 10
be made into small, fiat pocket pincush-
ions for the men. For them black cloth
is used Good sized china healed pins are
then passed about to record the gam $.
White ones are used for those that win
and black ones are given TO the losers.
After an exact pattern OF these cushions
is secured they can be quickly and simply
made at home and their cost is very small
in comparison TO their prettiness.
Ii is also known that neck and watch
chains will be used a little later for tai
lies at fashionable card parties. They need
not of necessity be those that are expen-
sive Light weight silver ones are wise
to choose. or dainty gilt ones. But il IS
essential that those given to the women
for the neck should have good strong
clasps aud only reach about three inches
below the collar. Upon them very large
and brilliantly colored Venetian beads are
strung every time a game is Won. Equal
ly large and Opaque white ones are given
to those that are unsuccessful. For the
men to string on their watch chains rather
small dope blue and black beads are chos-
en-, or even coral ones. Any selection of
them can in fact be made so long as two
distinct sorts are used to record the games
Miniature tambourines and banjos are
again in favor to be used for such pur-
poses, and become before the close of the
evening gaily decked with bright ribbons,
usually red and yellow Which denote the
successes and failures of the players The
custom seems to be to give the tambour-
ines to the men and to have broadly paint
ed upon them fantastic pictures of ballet
girls The banjos are given to the girls
and are often decorated with Wreaths and
cupids. Both of these tallies have attach
ed TO them long loops of ribbon that they
may be slipped over the shoulders and
worn. 1t is always a nuisance on such oc-
casions to have to carry things about in
the hands.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18

that makes a capital shirt waist for the
beginning of the spring season; and one
of the novel treatments in blouse trim
mings is that of stitching on parallel 70 ds
of satin or narrow ribbon upon the yoke
collar. cuffs and down the front. This
affords an agreeable contrast where
plain goods is used. though nearly every
blessed shirt waist I've seen so far has its
entire front corrugated with tiny perpen-
dicular pinched tucks.
MY choice fell two ways; upon black
Liberty satin body. tucked all around
with white silk thread and fastened down
the front with wee tabs and little cut crys-
tai buttons. NV other is a pretty fax-blue
fannnel, the fronts tucked and the yoke
barred with stltched-down bands of the
deepest cream satin. TWO lines of the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18

was sailing around the world. This state
ment Dom Paul fatty contradicted.
travelled the country over from Simons
Town to Pretoria, being accorded by the
colonial government a free railroad pass
over all the land. The trip from Cape
Town to Kimberley. johannesburg, and
Pretoria was a pleasant one. At the last
named place 1 met Mr.. Kruger, the Trans
vaal President. His Excellency received
me cordially enough; but my friend, Judge
Beyers, the gentleman who presented me,
by mentioning incidentally that was on a
voyage around the world, unwittingly gave
great offense to the venerable statesman,
which we both regretted deeply Mr.. Kru-
ger corrected the Judge rather sharply,
reminding him that the world is fiat. You
don't mean round the world said the
President: 1T is impossible! You mean in
the world. Impossible!" he said, "impos-
siblev' and not another word did he utter
either to the Judge or me. The Judge
looked at me. and looked at the Judge,
who should have known his ground, 50 to
speak, and Mr.. Kruger glowered at us
both. My friend the Judge seemed en-
barrassed. 4 was delighted. for in those
days l was fond of fun, and the incident
pleased me more than ANYTHING else that
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18
THE LADY CHAPLIN.
Convicts PetitiOned the Governor TO
Appoint Mrs May Preston SIosson.

New York, Feb. 16.-Mrs. May Preston
Slosson, wife of Prof. Slosson of Plat
University. has recently been appointed
chaplain to the Wyoming State Peniten-
tiary at Laramie.
Before her formal appointment as chap
lain Mrs. Slosson devoted several hours
each week to teaching the convicts. When
the Governor of the state decided thar
the welfare of the prisoners called for the
appointment of chaplain, he naturally
turned 10 the clergy. and it was expected
that some popular preacher of the day
would receive the appointment The con-
victs held an independent convention, and
with one voice petitloned the Governor
that Mrs Slosson be made state chap
lain.
Mrs. Sloson is a enative of New York
state and studied at Cornell University,
where she was one of the first women
enrolled; she was also the first woman to
receive from the university the degree of
Phi. ID. In her undergraduate days she
attracted the notice of President White
and the late H. II. Boyesen, and was dis
tinguished in her college course for her
knowledge of literature and her readiness
in composition, in both prose and verse.
THE chaplain's work is stil in the ex-
perimental stage" Mrs SCISSOR says, in
speaking of her appointment, land mark ed
results cannot yet be looked for. What
l am trying to do for the prisoners is to
awaken hope in their hearts, to reiterate
words of encouragement, to give them a
desire 60 cultivate their higher natures.
Hope is the best ally a chaplain can have
in persuading men TO reform aided by a
realization of the truth that these men
are not unlike others-'save these chains OF
untoward circumstances. / try TO make
my Afternoon sermons at the penitentiary
as practical as can be; one series of talks
on the ideal man. took some manly quail
ity for the text. each Sunday; for ms, ance,
courage. honesty, industry, and so on.
Sometimes l read to the men, sometimes
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18
From the London Telegraph.

From the LONDON Telegraph.
M Cordier, a retired merchant of Paris
much given to consulting spirits in emer-
gencies, has been tricked in a rather
amusing manner by an amateur ghosl'
who resided in rooms contiguous to those
of the ex-business man. The latter lately
told friends and acQuaintances that ne
had a melancholy message from spirit
land to the effect that his son, who tradel
in Tonkin, had been murdered by pirates
The dishonest neighbor, hearing TINS
knocked one night at M. Cordiers wall
and announced that he was a spirit VINO
wanted money for masses to be said in
certain church for the repose of the
soul of the retired merchants son. A sum
of 100 francs was required, and the phan-
tom asked M. Cordier to be good enough
to put 1t under the first chair on the lelt
side of the Virgins altar in the Churcn
of Saint Sulpice 1t appears that M. Cor
der deposited several donations for the
ghost Under the chair, and the money was
regularly taken away. In the meantime,
the son supposed to be dead came home
from Tonkin unframed and unhurt Inc
young man had, in fact, no adventure
with pirates, and was engaged in very
prosaic business matters during his stay
in the Far East. The son laid trap las'
night for the ghost, who was invited ny
Cordier senior to walk into his fiat in the
dark. No sooner had the spirit entered
the room than he received blow on the
head from a big stick brandished by tns
traveller from Tonlkin. The guilty phah'
tom hed, but was pursued down the stairs
and into the street by father and SON
The spirit proved to be a very substah'
tial adventurer who was recognized py
the police as person much wanted lol
acts CT swinding of diversified and ID
some instances of very ingenious sorl
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could have happened. 1t was a nugget
of Information quarried out of Dom Paul,
some of whose sayings are famous. or
the English ne said: '"Fhey took first my
coat and then my trousers He also said
Dynamite is the corner stone of the
South African Republic" Only unthink-
ing people call President Kruger dull.
Soon after my arrival at the Cape, Mr.
Kruger's friend, Col Saunderson. M. p
who had arrived from Durham some time
before, invited me to Newlands Vineyard,
where 1 met many agreeable people His
Excellency Sir Alfred Miner the Govern
or, found time to come aboard with a
party. The Governor found seat ON a
box of my cabin; Miss Mabel sat on a
key and Lady Saunderson sat by the
skipper at the wheel, while the Colonel
with his kodak, away in the dinghy. took
snap shots of the soop and his distin-
guished visitors. DR.. David Gill, as
tronomer royal, who was of the party. in.
vited me the next day to the famous Cape
Observatory. An hour with DR.. Gill was
an hour among the stars. His discoveries
in stellar photography are well known He
showed me the great astronomical clock
of the observatory, and / showed him the
tin clock on the Spray. and we went over
the subject of standard time at sea. and
how 1t was found from the deck of the
little sloop without the aid of a clock of