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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-06
The Harma ttan or whitening Wind.

The Harmattan or whitening Wind.
The name of harmattan has been given
a periodical wind which blows from the
interior of Africa toward the Atlantic
during the three months of December,
January and February. 1t sets in with q
fog or dry haze which sometimes conceals
the sun for whole weeks together. Ev
erp plant. every bit Of grass an.! leaf, in
its course is withered as though it had
been scared by heat from a furnace; Of
ten within an hour after it begins to blow
green grass is dry enough to burn like
paper. Even the hardened natives lose
all of the skin on exposed parts during
the prevalence of this whitening wind.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-06

With the ancients the parrot was not a
bird TO be revered. so far as can be learn
ed. 1t is not depicted on any Of the sa-
cred scenes in stone that tell the strange
stories of the religions of the nations of
old. nor has it ever been found mummified
in the tomhs of Egypt. Most likely the
ancients thought il an uncnnny bird and
also dangerous one. with its capabilities
of repeating what il heard
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-06

eyes" said the naughty youn" woman
who was IL Colonial Dame Is wcIl A. .
Daughter " tic Revolution. my great.
great -grands;irr fell NJ Bunker T!Il."
ace or hannna skim inquired the POI
lite young man from Miiwaukee.-Cleys-
land Plain Dealer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-06
BRAIN.FOOD NONSENSE.

Another ridiculous food fad has been
branded by the most competent authori-
ties. They have dispelled the silly notion
that one kind of food Is needed for brain,
another for muscles, and still another for
bones. A correct diet will not only nour-
ish particular part of the body, but 1t
will sustain every other part. Yet, how
ever good your food may be, it's nutd-
ment is destroyed by digestion or dys-
pepsia. You must prepare for their ap-
Pearance or prevent their coming by TAX
ing regular doses Green's August Flower,
the favottte medicine of the healthy mil.
lions. A few doses aids digestion, stimu.
lates the liver to healthy action, puri6es
the blood, and makes you feel buoyant
and vigorous. You can get Dr. 6. G.
Green's reliable remedies at the Bel Air
Drug Store. Get Green's Special Almanac.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-06
GPdlIllEEdlle,

Always seeks to find some expression
for itself, and wonlanly gratitude will not
keep silence. Cynical people sometimes
cay Why do women write these testimo-
mails to the value of Dr. Pierce's Favorite
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-06

Ostrich feathers are an article of I'm
port from Argentine Republic to this
country.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-06

Five minutes telephoning over a
Long Distance Telephone will often save
q days travelling
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-06

+. PleTce S taVO[ltS
Prescription? The
q IL S wer can be
put in one word,
Gratitude. When,
a fter years of
agony q woman is
freed from pain,
when the w e a k
woman is made
strong and the
sick woman well,
the natural in-
pulse is to write a
word OF grateful
t h a n k S for the
medicine W hich
caused the cure.
DIR Pierce's Isa-
vorite Prescription
cures disc ase $
peculiar towomen.
1t establishes regu-
larity, stops weak
ening drains, heals
Inflammation and
liberation and
cures fe m al e
weakness.
wHaving used Or.
Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription and Golden
Medical Discovery
during the past year, "
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-06

writes MIRA Mattie Long of Pfouts Valley Perry
Co., Pa. al can truthfully recommend the medi-
cines for ali female weaknesses. have used
several bottles Of 'Favorite Prescription which
I consider a great blessing to weak women.
was 90 nervous and discouraged that hardly
knew what to do. Your kind advice for home
treatment helped me wonderfully. Thanks to
DR. Picrce.S
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
biliousness, and sick headache They
should be used in connection with
~Favorite Prescription" whenever the
use of a laxative Is indicated.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-12-06
ACC. ACC. Ex. Rx. tx. Ex. ACC. R1

marked thus, \ daily
Peninsula SOUTH 1898 A M-week days
Baltimore Washington
49, 49, 1884, $780, On Sunday 124,
NJ. GIG, 859P N.
Peninsula express, hleavesB at P. M.
NORTH.
The news-herald., 1901-11-09
TWENTY DOLLARS.
It Costs Money to Fight in Wckenburg
These Days.

Ike Ford, who was tried before
Judge Boyd Wednesday for assault
and battery on charges preferred
by H. A. Mckee and Mrs. Maury,
was fined $40 and costs. The as
sault was committed on the person
Of Philip Foley, and was caused by
Foley expressing his opinion of
Ford in very strong language upon
being asked to pay a bill for cart
age.
While Ike was a little severe in
his methods of chastisement, and,
unfortunately for him, came within
the province of the law, there is no
doubt but that the provocation was
great, and our only regret is that
Ike did not whip him according to
the rules laid down by the Marquis
de Queensbury and earn the graf
itude of a long suffering public
without having to pay for the past
time. 1t is about time an exam
pie was made of some Of the drink
and nature crazed degenerates who
are disgrace to themselves and
the town.
The news-herald., 1901-11-09
PLEASING PROSPECTS.
Fine Showings in the Dark Horse and
Right Bower Claims.

A. J. Edwards and J. w. Walker
of Phoenix came up last Sunday
and spent the day examining their
mines twelve miles north of town
on the Hassayampa. They are
working several men at present on
the Dark Horse and Right Bower
claims, which were bonded last
spring from Sam Powell and asso-
ciates.
These claims are very rich in
silver, and the ledge, which is from
four to eleven feet in width, carries
considerable gold, the values being
stated by Messrs. Edwards and
Walker to be about 800, averaging
the assays which have been made.
Eight years ago Sam Powell ship
ped four tons of selected ore which
netted him a trife over $2100 The
work so far consists mostly of tun-
nels running parallel to the ledge
and crosscuts, and as soon as the
property is opened up a little more
a stamp mill will be erected and
the ore worked on the ground, it
being an admirable location for a
mill on account of the close prox-
unity OF the Hassayampa and its
abundant supply of water.
The ledge cd which this property
is located is very large one and
can be traced for miles, being the
same, in the opinion of those hav-
ing claims on it, as the one on
which the Octave is located. There
are a number of promising pros
poets in the vicinity of the Dark
Horse and Right Bower claims,
and we predict some big ore bodies
being uncovered at no distant date.
The news-herald., 1901-11-09
NEWSPAPERS AND MINING.
A Tenderfoot's New Method of Potato
AsSaying.

In the mining edition of the Los
Angeles Times appears what is
termed new method of making a
campfire assay, says the Mohave
County Miner, The telling of it
indicates the guilibility and lack
of knowledge of mining and min
eralogy displayed by these news
papers that attempt to write up the
mining camps of the country at so
much per line, The gullible boy
on the Times says in substance:
"Around the campfire a few days
ago an old prospector was telling
how he found the values in some
ores that he had picked up near
Signal in the southern part of Mo-
have county, The ore was heavy
in lead sulphurets and looked mall
leable and contained no visible
gold. He took a good sized piece
and pulverized it in a mortar, add
ed cyanide and poured in some
quicksilver. With a good stout
stick he amalgamated the mass,
then washing out the amalgam, he
squeezed out the excess Of quick
silver and had left a small ball of
amalgam. Then scooping out a
large potato he inserted the ANAL
gam and placed the potato in the
campfire. Within short time he
removed the potato and there in
the center was revealed chunk of
gold from the rich ore"
Just think Of it, all you assayers
who have been going to the trouble
Of making fire assays of mineral,
how easily you could have over
come your troubles had you but
been acquainted with this short and
easy method of gold extraction!
But the Times young man has yet
to learn that such ore will not
amalgamate, and if it would the
prospector could have horned the
ore out in half the time in a horn
| spoon WlGnOuC the waste OF cyan1de
and quicksilver.
In the same issue Of the Times
there appears the advertisement of
mining company operating in
Mexico, with a large block of stock
for sale, that gives it out confident
ly that it has one ore vein carry
ing ore eighteen feet in width, the
average Of which is thirty-eight
per cent copper, forty ounces silver
and over two ounces gold to the
ton. Now, had we such ore we
would consider that we were SELL
ing twenty dollar gold pieces for
fifty cents. But the ways of the
promoter and alfalfa editor are in
scrutable.
The news-herald., 1901-11-09
GIVE US A BRANCH JAIL.
One Needed Here in Which to Stowaway
Our Proverbial Town Drunkards.

Wickenburg has grown so much
lately that branch jail here would
not only be great convenience
but is an absolute necessity. In a
mining camp like this there is nc
great objection made to anyone
getting drunk of an evening just
for pastime, but those habitual
soaks who come to town and hang
around the saloons for two or three
weeks, drinking and cursing so
that it is disagreeable for lady to
be within shouting distance, should
be locked up, both for their own
good and the welfare of the town.
In many cases they are good,
peaceable and law-abiding citizens
when sober, but when on a ten
days spree they become so crazed
with drink as to becomea nuisance,
and, unable to break away, they
lie around sleeping wherever they
fall, even in the streets, until they
are at last kicked out OF town. If
these melf will make their beds in
the middle of the streets, it would
be but an act of kindness to lock
them up and make each one work
from ten to twenty days on the
streets, removing rocks, ETC., as
provided by law, so that the next
time they came to town the streets
would be fairly comfortable place
to doze.
The law provides for the estab-
lishment Of branch jails when nee
essary, and the time has come when
one is a necessity here. If the
board of supervisors understood the
conditions here, we believe they
would have one established at once.
1t would be cheaper for the county
to build a branch jail than to
stand the expense Of having pris-
oners taken to Phoenix for petty
offenses. Such things as have
taken placeso often Of late on Rail
road street dO not make q favor
able impression on investors and
others who come here with a pos
sible view Of locating. We do not
believe there is a business man on
Railroad street who would not like
to see it stopped for the good Of the
town. The NewsEerald proposes
to see that the laws in regard to
such cAses are enforced, as far as
consistent with local conditions.
The news-herald., 1901-11-09
Awaiting the Verdict.

After sitting in session for over
forty days the Schley court of in
quiry adjourned Thursday after
noon, and the public now awaits
to see if the verdict will exonerate
Admiral Schley Of the charges
made by brother officer who was
Jealous of the credit and praise
justly given Admiral Schley for
his bravery at the memorable bat
tie of Santiago bay. Whatever he
might have done, the testimony be-
fore the court proved he was no
coward. 1t will probably be sew
eral weeks before the verdict is
announced.
The news-herald., 1901-11-09
GILBERT GLEANINGS.
A Summary Of the Local Happenings in
that Thriving Neighborhood.

DR.. J. NJ. Evans was on We'd
nesday's stage, a passenger to the
Great Scott mine.
Jack Ellis and Mrs. Rosa Cooney
went inside today with their best
clothes on. 1t looked rather sus-
picious. Accept our congratula-
tions in advance.
Judge Edwards and J. w.
Walker were here this week look
ing after their interests in the
Dark Horse and Right Bower
mines.
Dan Davis was in town Thurs
day after supplies.
G. w, Morgan is the happiest
man in camp, having struck it
rich in his mines. He has large
body Of glance and sulphide ore,
which they are taking out and ex-
pect to ship a carload next week.
He also has money with which to
develop his gold mine, and will
have a load Of timber on the ground
this week with which to re-timber.
He hired men Thursday to do the
work
James Drumm was looking for
pack train Thursday to pack ore
from the head of Buckhorn gulch
to the wagon road at Gilbert.
Mr.. Perry returned Thursday
from a short visit in Wickenburg,
W. J. Gilbert returned Thursday
from a trip to Phoenix, whittier he
had been in attendance upon a
meeting of the Elks.
G. H. Hurd, formerly chief of
the culinary department. at Nell
son Bros camp, with his family
returned to Phoenix Thursday.
Jno. M Carlisle is out practic-
ing for the shooting tournament
which is to be held in the capital
city the latter part OF this month.
Mr. Carlisle carried off the gold
medal two yeal 5 ago.
TREBLIG.
The news-herald., 1901-11-09
GOODBYE FOLEY!
Mr.. Foley Takes Much Needed and Well
Earned Vacation.

Philip Foley, or "Foley" for
short, requested that he be given
the alternative when sentenced by
Judge Boyd to pay fine of $50
for being drunk and disorderly last
Sunday, and was accordingly taken
to Phoenix Wednesday evening by
Constable Hale to serve a 20-day
sentence in the county jail.
No one cared to see Foley sent
to jail for being drunk, as that is
too common occurrence, the above
action being taken to get him be-
fore the probate Judge SO that he
could be committed to the asylum.
Foley admitted to Judge Boyd that
be had been in the asylum before,
both at St. Joseph, Missouri, and
at Phoenix, having mistaken both
places for hotels and registered as
a regular boarder without inquir-
ing about the rules and regulations
supposed to be followed by star
boarders.
The proper action will be taken
at Phoenix to have him regularly
admitted as q boarder at the big
hotel ''three miles and a half on
the Tempe road" and we trust his
society will be appreciated by the
bon tons Of that fashionable resort
even more than it was here. Pro
bono publico!
The news-herald., 1901-11-09
MORRlSTOWN MATTER.
Happenings in and Around Hot Springs
junction.

Mr.. Brown, the boss plumber of
Prescott, arrived Monday night en-
route to Hot Springs, where he is
experimenting the plumbing work
in the new hotel which has just
been completed there.
Henry Pleasant of Philadelphia
is a guest ct Hot Springs, having
arrived the latter part of last week.
Tommy Rains, the chef de cui-
sine, arrived Tuesday morning and
took the stage for Hot Springs.
Tommy has served as cook at the
springs for two previous winters.
He seemed to have a fatherly ex-
preston on his face and inquiry
revealed the fact that that it was a
girl.
George Margrietch is in the vi
cinity of the Garcia mine, where
he is doing some work on his
claims in that district.
Joseph Dorriodry arrived last
Saturday morning, Mr.. Dorriodry
has taken charge of the Boston and
Arizona mine, which is located
about four miles from here in a
southwesterly direction.
Mr.. Armatage, superintendent of
the Hercules copper mines, has
purchased a beautiful saddle from
Gibson Bros. of Phoenix.
I. Jennings, the mill man and
old-timer, is among us again, hav-
ing arrived from Phoenix Monday
morning. He is looking after
some assessments in the Red Pi-
cacho district.
Sam Nolan has struck some ex-
ira good copper ore in the Vermont
and White Lily group in the White
Picacho district. These claims be-
long to Frank Bowen and others
and carry some gold and silver
values. The copper ore was struck
in doing assessment, and there is
undoubtedly copper mine some
where in the Red and White Plea
cho districts. The Hercules mine
is situated in a southerly direction
from the great Red Picacho, and
William Connor has a large ledge
of good copper ore in a westerly di-
rection, while R. e. Humphreys
large ore deposits lie in a south.
westerly direction. All of these
claims contain shipping ore and 6
large quantity of low grade ore
which could be handled at home i
there was smelter near.
J. L. Cummings, of the firm O.
Bruce, Cummings & Co., brought 8
curiosity to town with him today
in the shape of a fine set of chir
whiskers. No wonder Mr.. Cum
mings has stayed away from Ho1
Town Junction so long, he is as
| proud of his new whiskers as a kic
is of his first red top boots. Now
Mr.. Cummings, you just as wei
own up that you are looking fol
your wife else you would not have
all that collar under your chin.
John Dick of Prescott is dowr
looking after some mining claims
which he owns in the Castle Creel
district. SHovELs AND PICKS.
The news-herald., 1901-11-09
PATIENCE IN MINING.
A Necessary Quality in Successful Min
ing Operations.

Two of the most unfavorable
symptoms in the mining fever, says
the Western Mining World, are
impatience and restlessness-the
inordinate desire to hastily convert
a promising prospect into a paying
mine, and a hallucination that at
some remote point or place the
mineral conditions are more favor
able. The mining interests Of the
country have suffered a great deal
from those clearly defnable mental
conditions into which mining men
are apt to fall. Impatience has
wrecked more mining men and
mining communities than almost
any other cause. Hasty develop
ment is apt to be expensive and un-
profitable. The desire to make a
mine before a claim has been prop
erly prospected has so often re-
suited disastrously as to give the
mining industry speculative
character to which it is not entitl-
ed. Prospectors and miners, like
actors, often acquire faith in fav-
orable destiny not justified by the
conclusions Of good judgment.
Their money is often invested more
on faith than on the findings upon
which the preliminary steps of
mine making are supposed to rest.
Even when all the conditions
Justify the attempt to create a pro
ducing mine, patience is essential
to success. Once satisfied that his
vein conforms to the proper min
eral and geological conditions, the
miner should, in the language Of
the street, "stay with it,"
Impatience is often augmented
by it's twin symptom Of restlessness
that sees in the glorious elsewhere
and beyond brighter prospects than
can be hoped for in the present
surroundings. Men who ought to
know better suffer from this miner
illogical complaint, which takes
hold of the system whenever a case
of indigestible impatience to get
rich impairs the circulation OF good
impulses and affects the normal
condition of the mind. Thus it
happens that SO many well-to-do
mining men overlook home oppor-
tunities for the attractions of the
North Pole, as the case may be,
foundering around from "post to
pillar" in search of the hiding place
of the tickle goddess of fortune.
The dream of some golden Utopia
takes possession Of their mind and
the mirage of coming triumphs fills
the orbit OF their vision. If
wealthy they deprive the commun-
itv or country in which they live Of
money, which, if invested at home,
would double and treble itself in
short order; if poor, they transfer
themselves as productive factors OF
labor to the tinsel-trimmed else
where. Thus many prospectively
prosperous mining camps are rob-
bed of fair opportunity to demon
strate their worth to the world.
The news-herald., 1901-11-09
Hoey Case Continued.

The cases against VIM. Hoey at
Tucson for aiding the entrance OF
Chinese into the United States and
similar charges were postponed
Monday until the next term OF
court, The attorneys for Hoey
filed an affidavit claiming that i'm
portant witnesses were absent and
that the prosecution had been in
tercepting the mail of the defend
ant, thereby learning of his de-
fense. After considering the affi-
davit Judge Davis continued the
case as stated aloye.
The news-herald., 1901-11-09
Mine Warning Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the Pro-
fusion group of mining claims, situated
in Blue Tank mining district, Yavapai
county, Arizona, is now being worked
under bond and lease, and the owner Of
said property, nor the property itself,
will not be responsible for any debts
contracted against said property during
the time of said bond. JOHN ELLIS.
November l, 1901.
The news-herald., 1901-11-09
VIII Craven, a cowboy from Dog

VIII Craven, a cowboy from Dog
Springs, New Mexico, was shot and
instantly killed Thursday morn
ing at Naco while holding up Deel
& Co s saloon. His partner es-
capped uninjured. The coroner's
Jury returned verdict of death
by gunshot wounds at the hands
of Officer E, P. Els in the per-
formance Of his duty"
The news-herald., 1901-11-09

The NEWS : HERALD is now
prepared to do all kinds and we
trust no one in this section will
send away for this class of work
without giving us a trial. We are
prepared to take your ordea for any
kind of printing, such as letter.
heads, bill heads, envelopes, state
ments, dongers, cards, circulars,
folders, mining prospectuses, stock
certificates and the like.
The news-herald., 1901-11-09

Phoenix is about to take action
on the new charter provided for by
the last legislature.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-08-28

A unique school district in Maine is
that over which Tyler Coombs OF Yinal-
haven is superintendent. 1t comprises
forty-nine schoolhouses in the island
towns Of Vinalhaven, Deer Isle, Stoning
ton and Isle au Haul, in Penobscot bay,
with ZOO scholars and fifty-six teachers.
The district comes just within the limit
established by the State whereby dis
triet shall not exceed fifty schools. From
the three towns Mr.. Coombs' salary aggre-
gates q $50 yearly. He has to travel $50
miles OF road to visit each school about
three times each term, irrespective OF the
many miles Travelled by water across the
western and eastern arms of Penobscot
bsy. Since the consolidation of districts
the standard OF the schools has been uni
formy raised and improved, and gradu-
ates of the Vinslhaven and Stonington
high schools are admitted to colleges of
late years,