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Year: 1877

The reckless and extravagant love
of tea came upon me gradually and
unawares. Its stimulating effect af-
forded me all that l could desire in
the way Of ambition and strength to
carry that ambition out; and. false
though that strength might have been
it impelled me on to strive to accom-
plish more each day than ever should
have been required of one BRAIN or
| one pair of hands. I must sit awhile
at my easel must dictate few let
ters; must take q few stitches, and,
like faithful wife, keep the buttons
on paterfamilias' shirts; must look af-
ter the dear little ones, to see that the
nurse did not take it upon herself to
administer chastisement,or by improp-
er means bring them under subjection.
l must carefully supervise, early and
late, and all day long, my servants,
aud domestic matters generally, and
keep all the wheels of the home ma
chinery oiled and in motion. All this
aud more was eager to do. and for
my own credit aud to deserve my hus-
bands appreciation, to do it well.


No half work with me, in tea drink.
ing or any ything else. felt able to
accomplish anything, when, having
imbibed the luciOus draught, all my
nerves were strung for action aud du
ty. Did excitement lag. ordered Ill
other cup, the stronger the better Nv cak
tea had no charms for me, but per.
fectly heroic decOction of the very
herb itself, with all it's delicious aro.
ma-just that. aud nothing more or
less.


For four successive years this now
was my daily programme: Rising at
seven in the morning. 1 repaired to the
family room and ordered at once q
good cup of tea. Breakfast at nine
and two more strong cups, to make
my chop aud mullins relish. Regu-
larly at eleven the waiter brought me
another cup; at lunch one or two
more. Waiter appeared regularly at
three p. m. with one cup more, and at
six O'Clock dinner, one cup at least
more, to make the various viands bet
ter digest. There it was. six or eight
cups q day, and each one so bitter with
it's own strength, as to make me shiver.
From day to day went through this
same routine; from day to day felt
no ill effects therefrom, with health
apparently perfect, with my strength
and endurance of care and duty to all
appearance entirely unlimited. l was
really q ''slave to the cup" and that
the cup of tea! How long could this
state of things continue, often asked
, myself, while yet there was no visible
Year: 1877

not, with my consent, marry one in
whom feel any interest


A year afterwarj Jnlia formed an
alliance with one more worthy of her,
and never had cause to regret adopt
ing her uncle's test.
Year: 1877

wealth, is an admirable subject for opera = tion, and when we consider how numerous this class is.-how many are anxious to get a living without work-we cease to wonder at the success of humbugs and humbug- gery. The following is one specimen of the means by which the farmers of the west have been swindled. Entire, 1t is a simple agreement, fair and safe, fora little speculation by which a few dollars can be realized easier than by raising wheat or stock and ia as fnllnws
Year: 1877

A silver dollar represents Q days work of the laborer. It is gwen to a boy he has no idea of what it has cost or what it is worth. He would be as likely to give a dollar as dime for top or any other toy

 But If the boy has learned to earn the dimes and dollars by the sweat of his face, he knows the difference. Hard work IS to hlm a measure of values that can never be rubbed out of his mind. Let him learn by experience that $10O represents one hun dred weary days' labor. and it seems a great sum of money; $l, 900 is fortune, and $10,OO0 is almost iuconceivable for it IS far more than he ever expects to possess. When he has earned a dollar he thinks twice before he spends 1t. He wants to Invest it so as to get the full value of a days work for it. It is great wrong to society and to a boy to bring hlm up to mans estate without this knowledge. A fortune at 21 without it is almost inevlt

 ably thrown away. With It and little capital to start on, he will make his own fortune better than any one can make it for hlm.-[Hunt's Merchants Magazine.
Year: 1877

DECISION OF THE CENTENNIAL SUR
The United States Supreme Court
decided the ST 500, coo centennial ap-
preparation suit yesterday in man.
ner not perhaps anticipated by the
centennial board of finance, In view
of the favorable decision of the court
below. The decree of that court is re-
versed, with directions to enter a de-
cree directir G payment of the 81 500, :
900 into the treasury before any divi-
sion of the remaining assets among the
stock kholders. The court in rendering
this decision hold that the act of ap-
preparation requires the payment of
the d ,bts ssnt the n the reimburse
ment of the United States before tue
distribution of the profits to the stock
holders. They hold that there is no
mistake as to the meaning of the stat
ute. Therefore the stockholders will
have to make up in pau lotto resigna-
tion what they will lose in money on
their stock.
Year: 1877




The geological gardens at Pesth
have just been the scene of a COM
bat worthy of Nero or Elagabalus.
The cage tenanted by a lion and
lioness happened to be next to that
in which dwelt a female leopard,
for whom the captive queen Of the
desert entertained a special hatred.
Probably she was jealous Of the
bright eyes and beautiful skin of
her neighbor, and may possibly
have suspected her lord and master
of casting a tender regard or two
across the barrier which separated
the two dens. The suspicion,
brooded over in silence, became a
devouring passion, and it ripened
into certainty at the precise mo-
ment when vengeance happened to
become possible. The Keeper of
the gardens had Inadvertently one
day left hanging within the lions
cage the chain which served to


draw up the partition, and the lion


was not long in seizing it and be-


ginning to pull. Whether he was


animated with a spirit of fckleness


or by curiosity alone must remain


forever a secret. But the result


was that the partition flew up and


the road remained open from one
cage to the other. Through it in.
stantly rushed the lioness, breath.
ing hatred and malice, but the lier
had no sooner dropped the chair
and prepared to follow in the chase
than the portcullis fell, and th'
passage was barred again. In tht
meantime, however, a struggle com
Q menced between the two lady war
Y riors, such as had not been seen il
: Europe since the palmy days of tn
:. amphitheater. The leopard, worst
4 cd at the onset, attempted to tax
: refuge from the foe by jumpin
o and hanging to the top rails of tn
}, cage. 1t was all in vain, however
O She was brought to bay again, an
Year: 1877

compelled to fight face to face with
the terrible invader. For twenty
long minutes the battle ragged in
royal style. The neck and shoul-
ders of the lioness were deeply fur
rowed with red gashes. But her
victim was over-matched, and at
length thrown on her back, when
the coup de grace was given by the
savage fangS of the victor. The
lion, who had been looking on
probably with mingled feelings-at
the scene will now, no doubt, be
restored to the affectionate conf
dence of his spouse. Nothing re-
mained at the end of the encounter
of the pretty spotted skin which
had SO captivated him but a few


torn and mangled shreds, and the


romance of the cages, if romance


there was, came to a tragic end.
Year: 1877

An accident of shocking nature oc-
Cured Saturday afternoon at 4:SO
O'Clock, at the Valley Paper Mill, at
Verona, on the Allegheny Valley Rail-
road. A young woman named Mary
Ann Collins, who had been employed in
the mill three or four years, had been
assigned to new position on the second
story, in which there is large trap
door Immediately over vat on the
ground floor. At the time stated Miss
Collins had been called over from an
other part of the room, by companion,
to assist in dumping box of rags. She
started to answer the call and walked
into the open hatchway, which was OBJ
scured by steam rising from the vat,
which contained boiling water and
vitriol. She was precipitated directly
into the vat, and must have died very
speedily. In three minutes after she
fell her body was taken out scalded
white. 1t seems that she had II pre-
monition of death in this manner, and
had remarked several times that the vat
would be the death of her. The COro-
ner held an inquest, and the Jury found
a verdict Of death ly accident. The de-
ceased was 16 years of age, and resided
in the vicinity of the mill.-Pttts5atrg
Year: 1877

The South is deeply interested in ice.
Here, where it is hardest to get, it is
needed the most. 1t does not form with
US, but we use it the whole year round.
1t may safely be said that the greatest
drawback to our country life is not the
warmth of the climate, but the scarcity
and costliness of ice. The northern
farmer puts up his own ice at trivial
expense. The southern farmer, as a
general rule, has to do without it. OF
course, rich planters have ice sent from
the cities in sacks at great cost, but the
masses have to suffer. An occasional
glass of ice-water only whets the appe-
tite for more and is worse than none.


Ice can not be sold at retail 20 miles
from New Orleans at less than three
cents pound, and this puts it beyond
the reach of the poor. The melting
and the retailers profit, added to the
transportation, swell its cost, which,
last summer, at one of the large facto-
ries, was only half cent pound. Ten
dollars a ton for manufactured ice seems
a low price to people who have been
paying 800 for northern ice, but, even
if it could be made at S5 ton, it would
not solve the problem for the country.


The new and wonderful refractory,
which opened here last summer and
made ice not in thin slices, but in solid
blocks, which the dealers sold for north
ern ice, brought the price in the city
down to 80 ton, but already another
invention is out which, it is claimed,
will supersede it and drive all northern
ice from the market. This machine,
invented by citizen of France will, ac-
cording to the claims of the inventor,
make ice at cost of only 63 cents a
toni 1t is complicated machine which
freezes water by vaporizing anhydrous
sulphurous oxide. This costly substance
is not consumed, but is condensed and
used again and again. 1t is a contin-
ually freezing ice-pond. Still, if ice
could be furnished for nothing in the
city, the cost of its transportation to
many parts of the country would ex-
clude it from numerous houses.


What is wanted is an ice-machine for
every country farm, and the inventor
who will produce one not more costly
than a sewing gmachine will not only
make colossal fortune for himself, but
will do for the comfort of the southern
people what the inventor of the cotton
gin did for their material development.
There is no apparent reason why a min
iature machine could not be construct
ed. Only recently pocket ice-cup
was patented, which cools cup of WA
ter by vaporizing small bottle of fluid
immersed in it. But it is evidently toe
costly for general use because it does
not provide for a second use of the fluid
-Net0 Orleans Times.
Year: 1877

Mr.. Adam Badeau, United States
Consul-General at London, in a dispatch
dated the 10th of November, refers to
the annual report of the Consul at Man
chester, and invites particular attention
to his remarks on the influx of workmen
from the United States to various points
in Great Britain, whether as carpenters
% Manchester, masons to London or
Glasgow, or miners to Derbyshire, in
consequence of notion spreading
among American mechanics that the la
Dor market on the other side of the At
lantic is better than in the United
States. Many are thus induced to emf
CRATE, confident of procuring speedy
and remunerative employment, and the
result is that, unless the mechanic has
previously obtained a contract insuring
him employment, he finds himself with
out either money or work. His condi-
ton rapidly becomes worse, and he is
obliged to part with his clothing in order
to obtain food and lodging, until finally
he appears at the nearest United States
consulate half starved, and with hardly





sufficient raiment to cover his naked
ness, begging to be sent back to the
United States, and is surprised and in
dignant when informed that no funds
are in the Consul's hands for such
purpose. Whatever may be the claims
of the applicant for relief, there can be
no doubt of the need for it, and no doubt
that if given it will afford only Temporal
ry consolation, as there is an utter i'm
probability of the stranger obtaining
any kind of employment. The Consul
General urges the Importance of bring
ing before American mechanics the i'm
providence of their course in seeking
work from strangers at a distance from
home, without having positive assur-
ance that they will be successful, and es-
pecially to warn such persons that the
consular officers of the United States
n not authorized to grant them any
relief whatever.
Year: 1877

A CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatch of the
18th gives the substance of circular
note dispatched by the Porte to the
signatories of the treaty of 1871. The
Porte says, that while the country is not
yet at the end of its resources, and is
prepared to fight to the bitter end in its
own defense, Europe might now use
fully interpose her good offices to
bring about peace. Russia has declared
that she is not animated by spirit of
conquest, and inasmuch as the Porte
has shown a desire for Improvement by
introducing and devising reforms with
out regard to distinction OF race or reli-
gion, it is. thought that the honor of
both countries may be preserved with
out further shedding of blood.
Year: 1877

GOLD FRANK is hunting-dog that
used to hang around the newspaper
offices of St.Joseph. Mr.. Joseph Crane
took "Old Frank" to his house Mr..
Crane had an old hen, with seven or
eight chickens that had been Matched
OUT couple of weeks. For some cause
the unnatural mother deserted her off
spring, and for nearly a day they wan
dered around unprotected. The dog
noticed the helpless condition of the
young brood, and he Immediately took
them under his wing; and he has since
continued to care for them in the most
affectionate manner, leading them
around in the daytime and curling him.
self around them at night. The chick
ems are doing well, and seem perfectly
contented with their new protector.
Year: 1877

A LARGE meeting in favor of the re-
mOnetization of silver was held in Chi
cago on the night of the 18th, at which
speeches were made by number of
prominent men. Resolutions were
adopted demanding the immediate res
toration of the old silver dollar to its
place in the coinage, expressing admi-
ration for the President, but deprecat-
ing his expressions on financial affairs,
and resolving to vote for no man for
Congress who is not sound on the ques-
ton; also, declaring resistance to the
payment of the bondholder save as the
face of the bond provides, and calling
on the people everywhere to hold meet
ings to give expression to their views
and show that they are in earnest and
that the exigency admits of no delay.
The meeting was very enthusiastic.
Year: 1877

THE following suggestions will enable
one to measure the height of a tree or
other standing objects, near enough for
practical purposes: Place q small mir
ror in level position on the ground at
u little distance from the tree. Then
step backward until the top of the tree
is reflected in the center of the mirror
The height of the tree equals your
height multiplied by the distance OF the
tree from the mirror, divided by your
distance from the mirror.
Year: 1877

y The most common secret of the want
OF success in life is general tendency
to let things drift. It is not so much the
missing ones opportunity or the COM.
mitting one blunder, as the lavish waste
of all forces and opportunities which in
various shapes come within the grasp.
The temper which permits such waste
of material that is never replaced may
spring from Incidence, or absence OF
ambition, or an intellectual incapacity
of discerning what an opportunity or
force means. Plenty of men fail for all
these reasons But still larger num-
ber fail for lack of a quality which is
neither industry merely nor acuteness,
nor desire to get on, but kind of vigi,
lanttenacity, like that of a hunter. after
his prey. Il s.,,,.;.f. ,,oa-f ucd
] Such men break down in the race, or
at least never get beyond very humble
goal, less because they have been tripped
up by some unsupported trench, than
because they were comparatively desti-
tute of yigor and concentration They
are. morally halt and MANNED to begin
with. They have not the stamina which
supports men under heavy weights and
carries them. well over a prolonged
course. They scan look seriously at the
obstacles which are Immediately in from:
of them, and can overcome them with
out difficulty, But they never think OF
the obstacles that lie a little way ahead,
or at all events rather. make; prepara-
'tions for Shrinking than for: getting the
better of them. :lf aSGcJ9d nlt1


Most men suffer much fewer and less
damaging injuries from the actual false
steps they take than from that timorous
or incapable temper which makes them
shamble, ,slipshod through life, not
Knowing clearly whether they want to
go, or how they are ever to get anywhere
at all; contented or discontented with
little, but IN either case equally incon,-
petent to. make that little greater. It is
the sloveniness Of men and women
which for the most part make their lives
so unsatisfactory. They do not sit at
the loom with keen eye and deft finger,
but they work listlessly, and without a
sedulous care to piece together as they
best may the broken threads. We are
apt to give up work too soon-to sup
posei that a single breakage has ruinet.
the cloth. The men who get on in the
world are not daunted by one nor a
thousand breakages. .-t, asffr.-.
Year: 1877

The Public Ledger of Philadelphia, owned by c. W. Childs, has the lar gest circulation of any daily paper in the United States, save perhaps the New York Herald, and is the most careful and reserved in its references to public men. In late number we find the following:

 As It so frequently happens that the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury IS called upon to discharge the duties and assume the responsibilities of the Sec retary, we are specially pleased 10 note the appointment by the President to the first named office of so capable, and in all ways so acceptable a man as Hon. Richard c. Mccormick The President would have had to make a long search in an effort to do better. Gov. Mccormick has had wide and varied experience of affairs, public and private, and large contact with the public men of this and other countries. 4 New Yorker, and newspaper edi- lNA dl tuC OutoCb Ol llN htto since spent many years as Secretary of the frontier Territory of Arizona, as Governor, and as her Delegate in Con gress. He Is extensively acquainted on both the Atlantic and Pacific slopes of the Union, and almost equally al home Tn both. He is man of keen and quick intelligence, culture and ability, with broad and statesmanlike views liberal and honorable. He belongs to that priceless class of pub lie men who can and do look at both sides of & case in controversy, and who make it a point to try to compose and settle difficulties by reason and persuaSion-by looking at the side of duty and right as we'll as the side of authority and official power His in into so important an office in the Treasury is material accession of strength to the Administration.
Year: 1877

THE CITIZEN OFFICE Is now letter than ever supplied with job papers, and is pre- pared To do better and cheaper work than is done elsewhere fin Arizona. The bill head and letter papers are the very best and they will be printed to order at very small profit; also have great variety Of cards which will be printed and sold from S8 GO per thousand upwards. 1T
Year: 1877

FROST, snow and ice have appeared nearly every morning or late in the Sul- phur Spring valley this side of Bowie and Grant. MT. White says snow fell freely two mornings this week, at and about Oak Grove. Il raIned yesterday afternoon in and about Tucson, and the atmosphere was cooler in the late than the early part Of the day.
Year: 1877

UNITED STATES DEPUTY SURVEYOR, Theo F. White, returned yesterday from the survey Of the township covering Sulphur Springs, and connecting the lines Of Cam p Grant reservation with the public surveys. He leaves to day for San Diego, but will return before a great while, and perhaps bring a lot Of cattle for his ranch between Point of Mountain and Grant.
Year: 1877

Now while we cannot always agree with Governor Stafford, especially in his Indian theories, we yet believe him honest and sincere. and if any body else can show where he ever appropri- ated cent of school or any other money, that did not honestly belong to him, we can find responsible parties that will honor a draft that will cover the deficiency, whatever it may be- Prescott Miner, April r.
Year: 1877

WEATHER has been very cold for April -colder than March this year. No frost appeared to our Knowledge. A little rain fell at various times and considerable high wind prevailed. Tue cold wInG came mostly from the west, and it may be that California has been blest with some rain.
Year: 1877

The Southern Pacific Railroad magnates have had several exploring aud surveying parties traversing different sections of North ern Arizona during the past summer which were rather on the secret order, as they were somewhat reticent and did not divulge their business CT plans bu: to very few. With the coming spring the building of the 3ith parallel Railroad will commence in earnest, and Prescott will undoubtedly hear the snort from the iron horse long before our friendly neighbors down at Tucson.
Year: 1877

I.UNBER.-Yavapai County has four saw ! Imills capable of turning out 25,000 feet Of Fiuml.er daily, and still these log consumers have but little surplus lumber at their yards, Lumber merchants hold their common ma,

 aerial at ss0 per thousand, while blamed and clear is worth from $45 to S60. Now, as every other article of merchandise has been

 reduced to a moderate price we hope to see all kinds of lumber reduced to fair and and living figure In the main it would De much better for the producer. as much larger amount would bc used, and thus give our mill men an opportunity of increasing their facilities several fold, so soon as build ing material shall be placed on level with otherarticles consumed. much more building will be indulged in by the owners of town property. and dwelling houses will no longer

 be an article sought for and Unobtainable.
Year: 1877

LATTER DAY SAINTS CoNfNG.-From all old and reliable citizen of Mohave county. we learn that the road from Salt Lake to the Little Colorado, in the eastern portion of this county is literally lined with peo- ple who are followers of the faith taught by the late Brigham Young, and that before the first day of the coming April there will be, al the least estimate, five thousand hardy sons and daughters of Utah safely and comfortably located along the agricul- tural bottoms ofthe Colorado Chiquito, and many of them. We believe, entitled to the right
Year: 1877

From private letter received from Will nam lsaacs Esq of PhmniX, we learn that the farmers ot that thriving country were all busy blowing and planting large fields of wheat and barley, and that the prospects for a large yield of grain the coming season are very Encouraging.
Year: 1877

TIE MAsQrERADE.-Th The masquerade to be given at Fort Whipple on the 4th of next month. judging from all the indications and from what we have heard. is to be the grandest affair ever given in this Territory, masaucS and costumes we hear have been ordered from San Francisco, which will be rented for the occasion.
Year: 1877

That portion of the village known as Goose Flat, should receive some attention from the City Fathers, in the way of drain age, etc. and in West Prescott Mccormick street needs opening