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Year: 1878

All women are tickle, you tell me:


well-yes-if by fickle you mean
A tribe less false than you men are,


And greatly more true than they seem
"But women are cruel-so cruel


They natter and coax for awhile,
Then tread on the hearts that you give then
And deal US blow with smile
We are crue,-it may be, Int cruel


In million OF charming wavs
SO sorry at times 20 have huri YOU


SO kind on the gloomiest days
But you meu you calculate nicely


How near you may go, or how mr.
And never one moment you soften,


Or pity the hopes tnat you mar.
And when you at last are successful,


And the iower floats down 10 your ieet,
Its colors are no more so perfect,


It's perfume Is no more 80 sweet.
You leave It to lie on the roadside


(First trampliug It down In The dustb
And fancy that such is your r'sht here,
To break and 70 outrage our trust.
You think us so weak. till We sting you,
And give you at last your deserts:
And then you turn round In yUur anger
And vow that all women are hirts.
Believe me that If you would let US


Be honest and true, as we arc
Not striving 70 conquer Us Always
The world would be better by far.
Year: 1878

THERE Is a moral force in the Republican
victory in Vermont because it resulted from
intelligent and unicttercd expressions OF
opinion at the ballot-box. The Democratic
victory in Arkansas was of u different kind
1t resulted from bigoted and proscriptive
partisanship, enforced by cruel and criminal
terrorism.
Year: 1878

SINGLETON, of Mississippi must be lit
tie cowardly when he would not brave the
yellow fever to thank his Democratic friends
for renominating him for Congress. lie was
at White sulphur Springs and thanked the
convention by proxy. Conscience maxes
" towards" YOU know.
Year: 1878

Now that Ben BUTLER has been petit
toned, as it were, into Gubernatorial can
didacy in Massachusetts,, let some one start
another petition to have him strung up oil
the hospitable arms of the nearest lamp
post, and it would no doubt receive large
number of signatures One at time, gen.
tlemen you can't all sign at once.
Year: 1878

Perhaps the most important discove-

 " of the age is that of the new electric

 light. It ha sbeen utilized to consider

 able degree in Europe and will doubt

 less soon be Tn general use in Amer lea. Our chief If inventors, Edison, promises soon 10 produce an Instru- menj by which the electric light can

 be applied with much greater simpli- city and effect than ever before. This light is much more brilliant and far less expensive than gas, and the prob ability of Its general use in the lm- mediate future has caused a great de- pression in gus stocks everywhere. THE CITIZEN office hopes to follow the suit of the London Times office which was recently lighted by the electric light, the invention adopted being that of MT. Rapieff. Six lights were kept burning in the circuit, and in the pres ence of large party of gentlemen they were blown out and instantly re lgnited automatically. The lights were lowered just the same as in the case of ordinary gas. They were put ont altogether, and each one separate
Year: 1878

The business and travel to this new

 mining district has assumed such proportions as to warrant the establish ment of well stocked express line from Tucson to that district. MT. J. D. Kinner is the proprietor of this new line and coaches are now run regularly semi-weekly to and from the district. This will be a great accom- mediation to the miners of that section as well as 10 all parties who may wish to visit the Tombstone mines, and it is also another evidence of the constant and rapid development of our South ern country. The railroad is fast reaching over those dreary wastes which have heretofore made a trip to Arizona such gigantic undertaking. Men accustomed 10 the ease and con- forts of luxuriant homes have shrunk from taking the dreary, tedious journ- ey necessary to reach our Territory. Now that this serious obstacle is about overcome, what we want are con- forlable, rapid and reliable stage lines to our respective mining districts This will afford capitalists an oppOrtu- nifty of examining our mineral resour- ces in the least possible time and with the greatest possible ease. Two con siderations which are of much import ance with men of business and capital.
Year: 1878

The frosty nights have come agaIn,

 And at tnis time of year The single men, who sleep alone,

 France round upon their ear. They turn the bedding quickly back

 And then they tumble in, Roll up into little lump

 Their knees up to their chin. And then unto themselves they say,

 Just loud enough to hear: |" By George, this thing has got to cease

 Before another year."
Year: 1878

ARIZONA CITIZEN

 Job Office

 - has New and - FIRST CLASS MACHINE PRESS.

 together with a -

 NEW STOCK OF JOB TYPE

 of the LATEST EsIGNs AND STYLES

 The PRESENT OUTFIT OF JOB MATERIAL has been selected in the SAN FRANCISCO TYPE BOUNDARIES.

 with great care and PrOfes ssion O l 1T n t e, Keeping in view the especial demands and needs of this market.

 No necessity whatever to- Send Outside Ariona for Job Work. l The late unanimous evidence Of all par ties who have had work done in this office is that they could have got NO BETTER DESIGNS OR FINISH IN SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, And that the work was done as Cheap ly as if executed in the large cities,

 - and al a - PRICE THAN EVER BEFORE

 KNOWN IN ARIZONA. PROMPT ATTENTION AND EXPEDI-

 TIOUS WORK.
Year: 1878

''PA CAN BE President WHENEVER He


WANTS Tor Pa can be president when
ever he wants TO- He gets 4 bushei OF let


ters day from home saying that the people
cant get along without him IN the Office. /"
Such was the remark of the marvellous Jesse
Grant, son of the general, to a French friend
in Paris. recently. And there isn't parti-
cle Of doubt but that the Grant family be-
lieve that it is just as Jesse says 1t Is, but
wha. do the people think about 1t: Is 1t
true that they can't get along without Grant
in the presidential char; Do they really
want him Sd muck as that Wonder who
they are who write the bushel OF letters
ey CIV day D.? There is no doubt OF the fact
Il at Grant fully expects 10 he nominated
by the republicans as their next candidate.
80 sure is he OF this that among his I'M
mediate friends and retainerS his prospective
re-occupancy Of the white house Is talked
about as coming to his OTn again, as
though tire presidency weie his by divine
right, and he was only temporarily ont OF
possession. Vas ever such impudence and
etfroutery heard Of before IN this country.
But there Is certainly a scheme on foot to
renominate Grant, and the bushel OF letters
4 day is not altogether = fable. The plan
seems to he to keep him cut OF the country
until 1880, and then bring him home just
before the time for the nomination with
grand hurrah and gloritication, the demon
STATIONS in his favor to be made not only IN
one. but IN several states, all of which are
to be OF colossal proportions. 1t is SAID thai
Grant would willingly come home now
that he is tired Of the old world, and wants
tc return Int that does not suit the repub-
lean party leaders, They want him to re-
main abroad until just upon the eve of the
national convention, when they expec. to
impress and euthuse the delegates by the
spectacle of this man Just returned from his
European tour a.s.i bearing upon his noble q
brow all the dignity of his European aSsoci-
atoms. Thus they think they can rush him
through, and once more entail upon the
country a reign OF crime and corruption, of
" hiskey thieves and treasury robbers.
Year: 1878

QUARRELING OVER GEANT.-lf General
Grant should live till 1850 his chance Of he
coming the republican nominee torpreSideIt
Is much the best OF any person Eow named
for that position. The trainers who sent
him to Europe and keep him there are men
OF experience, no babies in politics, and have
many elements necessary for success in their
new undertaking. They are acquainted with
the machinery Of the rarty. they have vast
interests at stake. they control publ opinion
to some extent through certain papers, and
they have plenty of money to move cam
palgn and manufacture its necessary "thun-
der. That between Grant and these men
there is a perfect understanding, we believe
That he will second them in their designs 10
the best Of his power, there can be no doubt
And yet it IS not al plain sailing even in re-
publican ranks. There IS an element in the
republican party that breads the possibility
Of 4 third term FOR Grant and Wi! not
conntenance 1t, ii II can be avoided. This
class is ably represented by the Springfield
Republican, which expresses the ol,inio, that
there viii be no such emergency that rla-
jority of the American citizens VIII turn To
one man and beseech him to save ;hem from
themselves
Year: 1878

Nor FoR GRtNT-While il Is evident
enough that l good many people, cf one
sort and another, would ike nothing better
than chance 20 vote for Grant in 1850, his
election, or even a reasonable chance "i his
election, would only be secured through =
general conviction that 1t Was necessary to
the salvation of society" The great indie
pendent class, who NJ present bold the }al-
ance of power, Mil never consent To the
restoration of GrantIsn for any reason short
OF their belief that the only alternative is
something a great deal worse. And for pre-
cIseiy this reason the movement Is never
likely to get beyond talk Decentralization
has not yet obtained such hold on the na-
tion, nor Is there happily reason 10 fear it
will, that a majority OF American citizens
will turn TO one man and heseech him TO
save them from their friends
Year: 1878

WITHOUT pretending to predict what
will be done by the republican conven-
ton of 1880, the Cleveland Lea'er thinks
that it is wholly within bounds to say that
the one distinct and unmistakable indica-
ton OF the present time is that unless
Something extraordinary occurs to change
the drift of political sentiment, General
Grants death alone can prevent his re-
nomination for third tenn.
Year: 1878

SECRETARY SHERMAN Is contemplating
another attempt at retiring The small bills,
II seems to us that one such experience as
he has had on that subject ought TO be enongn
but if it is not, he can look back IN the his
tory of this country and find Others. The
crested iayhawk of the mountain does not
seize its prey with swil;er motion than that
with which the people will snatch Sherman
baldheaded if he tries to rob them OF their
small bills
Year: 1878

ITALY is mad because Austria got so much
out of the Berlin congress, and proposes;
therefore, to steal Tyrol. She viii do well
to move very cautiously There Is M France
nav that can help her against Austria and
she would have but poor show IN single
handed contest
Year: 1878

THE democracy of Ohio claim that they VIII
elect thirteen Of the twenty representatives IN
congress from thst state this fall, and the worst
u it for republicans il that they do not see how
thev can prevent II
Year: 1878

AEkMlUS Fight.
A Minute Description of the Battle
Of Leayenworth, Fought One


Hundred and Fifty


Eight Years Ago.
The Site of the Conflict the Very
Center of What is Now the


Metropolis of Kansas.
How the Spaniards Fell Into the
Trap Spread for Their Enemies.
A Midnight Affrsy-Extsrmination OF
Five Hundred CastiIIians, With


The Exception of One.
Year: 1878

misses bis chance. improved the shining hour TO
copy hierogyphic inscription. Alter an hours rest
went back again very much as we came Blu. the
journey was long, Ine road was dusty, aud when We
the dag flying from our boat we were somo OF us
al least, weary very weary party. We had ridden
fifteen miles on donkeys and walked two or three on
the sand and the shelter and reposs OF the cabin was
grateful when { last II came
Year: 1878

1t is difficult to speak of the Afghan bus
ceived on the subject is of the speculativ,
kind. Only one thing is certain, the Eng
lish. both at home and in India, IRE making
ample preparations for war. with the view
of waging it with effect, ii it shall be forced
upon them, having no desire for war
but meaning, if it must come, not to be
open to the charge of doing a great WORK
negligently.
Year: 1878

George William Curtis, in his anxiety to
make point against the United States
and the need of reform in the collection OF
its revenues, has been led into such ridicu,
lous errors as TO lay him wide open to crit
icism. 1t is not the evidence of states
man to jump at conclusions like a hungry
trout at fly, and statesman who does it
need not wonder ii he is found high and
dry, fioundering with a hook in his gills, as
MIR. Curtis is now exhibited. While we
need reform, We can get it Just as well by a
statement of facts. They are undoubtedly
strong enough to justify careful overhaul.
ing and ERECTION of our present system.
Year: 1878

in order to secure a promotion, nothing
else was required-the fact of securing the
promotion being all that was necessary
This mode Of procedure, or whatever 1t
may be called, has tended to render the
pupil simply an automaton, a mere ma
chine into which was to be infused a suffi-
clent knowledge of his studies to carry
him through, and further than that nothing
was necessary No ambition was excited
Year: 1878

POWER OF THE WAvEs.-Those who
have never lived on q stormy coast, nor
been to sea, can form no adequate idea
OF the effect that can be produced by
the impact Of succession of waves, or
of a single wave What has happened
at Wick, on the extreme northern coast
of Scotland, where q breakwater had
been building for some years past, may
give an idea Of what is meant by wave
power. 1t was found that stones of
ten tons weight were as pebbles to the
waves which had been measured 10 be
here forty-two feet from crest to the
bottom of the trough. The outer end
OF the breakwster. where the storms
beat most violently, was built of three
courses of one hundred ton stones laid
on the rubble foundations; next above
these were three courses Of large, fat
stones, and upon this a mass of con-
crete, built on the spot. of cement and
rubble. The end of the breakwater
was thought to be as immovsble Is
the natural rock; yet the resident engi-
neer saw it slowly yield to the force of
the waves and swing round into the
less troubled water inside the pier. 1t
gave way not in fragments but in ono
mass as if it was . monolith The dis.
placed mass is estimated to weigh about
l $50 tons.
Year: 1878

A MYSTERY NO LONGER.
A MURDER DATING BACK NINE


YEARS,
The Story Told by an Eye.Witness-HOW a Young
Telegraph Operator Was Killed for His
Money and His Body Thrown


Into an Old Mine.
Year: 1878

New York. April 6 6.-Twenty four members of q
colony from the neighborhOod Of Dantzic, Ger
many, to Venezuela, have arrived here in pitia-
BILE condition. They say the colonists were sent
into the country about l6O miles from Caracasa and
given some land that was mountainous and ser-
lie. Coffee and rice were grown in places, but
the men did not know how to cultivate it, Dis
ease was prevalent, and out of colony OF So ll5
died during the time they were living in the
country. The men were Over-taxed and despair
ing. They lacked for the necessaries of life In
order to obtain any work from the land owners
adjoining, the emigrants were obliged to osubsCTibe
to bond which imposed certain conditions; if
they were not complied with wOIkingmen were
punished on the spot. They had no redress The
owners of the steamer which brought the imFov-
have been notified to give bond guaranteeing
the people of this State from their cost or charge
for five years.
Year: 1878

afterward forgotten. The gorge is zoos


feet sheer depth, the most precipitous
and sublime in its proportions of any
chasm on the continent. The opposite
wall towers hundreds of feet above us,
and if possible to imagine anything more
terrifying than the position on this side,
that upon the other would be, were its
brink safe to approach. Overhanging
crags, black and blasted at their sum-
mits, or bristling with stark and gnarled
pines, reach up into profoundly dizzy
heights, while lower down monstrous
rocks threaten to topple and carry to de-
struction any foolhardy climber who
would venture upon them. Among all
the thousands who have visited the
Grand Canon and the Royal Gorge, harm
has befallen none, for despite the SEEM
ing horror of the situation, the appalling
depths and rugged paths, the fascination
OF the danger appears TO give Dlrtn 10
greatest caution. The canon, except in
the dead of winter, is approachable only
from the top, the walls below being so
precipitous and the river such a torrent
as to defy all access. When frozen, as
the waters are for brief periods during
the coldest months, the way up the can
on may be accomplished, but only at the
risk of personal comfort and not little
danger. Mr.. Talbot, the photographer
at Canon City, ventured into the canon
last winter with his apparatus, and after
infinite trouble, secured the excellent
views which afford US some conception
of the grandeur Of the gorge from the
bottom.-Ihe Rocky Mountain Tourist.
Year: 1878

London fogs are not caused by the
rarefactlon of the air, or by the consump-
tion of gas. nor yet by the hills on the
north, nor by the river. The peculiar
atmospheric condition termed an anti
cyclone is the real cause of these annoy
ing visitations the wind is then blow
ing round we'll defined circle, in the
center of which the air is tranquil, and
consequently the smoke, condensed va
pors, etc., cannot escape as they do when
there is direct onward movement of
the wind. These Objectionable visits
occur mostly in November
Year: 1878

Mr.. Moody is right. What the ma
tion needs is revival Of righteousness.
Men must beregenerated frst-be ''born
again and reform afterwards. The
true and efficient and lasting reform
doesn't start from the inger-tip or the
tongue-tip and work in. The cant of
reform should give way to the cry,
NWhat shall we do to be saved l''
Year: 1878

An exchange has an article telling
"How matches are made" We supposed
everybody knew it was by taking young
man and young woman. equal parts. and
letthem sit up together about six months,
telling them few times in this interval
that they should never have each other.
Still there may be other ways we have
not heard of. asFa a
Year: 1878

The Tow-LINE.-.Ofttlmes I have
seeu," says Oliver Wendell Holmes, ga
tall ship glide by against the tide as if
drawn by some invisible tow.line, with
a hundred strong arms pulling it. Her
sails untitled, her streamers were droop-
ing, shc had neither side-wheel nor
stern-wheel still she moved on stately,
in serene triumph, as if with her own
life. But knew that on the other side
of the ship, hidden beneath the great
hulk that swan SO majestically, there
was little toiling steam-tug with a
heart of fire and arms of iron, that was
tugging it bravely on and | knew that,
if the little steam-tug untwined her arms
and left the ship, it would wallow and
roll about and drift hither and thither
and go off with the refuent tide, no man
knows whittier. And so have known
more than one genius, high -decked. full
freighted, wide-sailed, gay-pennoned,
that, but for the bare, toiling arms and
brave. warm beating heart of the faith
full little wife that nestled close in HE
shadow and clung to him SO that no wind
or wave could part them, would soon
have gone down with the stream and
been heard of no more"
Year: 1878

Silver is sent from the assay Office to
the Philadelphia mint pure, or 999 fine,
which is about as pure as silver can be.
1t is sent in large bars, and, when re-
ceived at the mint, is melted and alloyed
with copper. Coin silver is 900 line.
After being melted and alloyed the metal
is cast into ingots, which are simply bars
of convenient size for handling. The
metal is then assayed, to determine
whether it is exactly of the standard
fneness. Assaying is done by what is
known as the dry or humid process.
Samples for assay are taken while the
silver is in fused condition, and two
assays are made of every specimen. The
silver ingots then go to the coiner. They
are first rolled into strips, and as the
rolling process is apt to make the metal
brittle, it is annealed to soften it. Sill
yer is annealed simply by heating it in
an open wood fire, and then being allow
ed to cool gradually. The silver dollar
strips are passed through the rolls nine
or ten times before the first annealing,
and four or five times afterward. Then
the process of annealing is repeated.
After the last annealing the strips are
run through cutters, which divide them
into drafts of the proper thickness for
coins and these in their turn are run
through steam punching machine,
which cuts planchets the proper size for
the coin. From $50 to $40 are cut in
minute. AS the metal gets greasy during
this process, the planchets are then dip
ped into bath of diluted sulphuric
acid, which is too weak to act upon the
surface but effectively removes all foreign
matter. The planchets are then adjust
ed, that is to say. they are carefully
weighed, and all that are lacking in
weight are cast aside; such pieces are
called flights, :" and the ''heavies" are
the pieces which weigh too much and are
fled off. The adjusting is done by
women. 1t is a process which requires
much delicacy, and scales are used which
are sensitive to one sixty-fourth of
grain. After the adjusting is finished
the next operation is the milling, which
| is done with a Curious eV1S e -~ahIne.
The edges of the coin are thrown up and
groved by this process. After another
cleaning with sulphuric acid the COINS
are ready for the die. The stamping is
done on screw press, and both sides of
the coin are stamped at the same time.
The dies are cylindrical blocks of steel
upon the ends of which are carved the
designs to be transferred by pressure to


the coins. a sf.eamf adj 4asQ
Year: 1878




Full tan was he, with sinevyy muscles.
And shoulders broad and full AID square.
with limbs designed for mighty tussles.
And the regular prize-ring crop OF hair;
And ne played. with skill exceedingly fine.
The catcher's place in a Western nine.
lie Was rich in all Of the manly Rraces-
very Apollo from head 20 heel.
And. though he As good at the stealing Of bases.
He never was base enough, surely, 70 steal.
A foul. indeed. his pulses stirred.


But he never was foul in deed word
As fair wss she the sun uprising.


A blooming maiden. with luscious lips.
Whose dainty completeness was really surprising.
Down TO her rosy fnger-tips.
And she often sat on the stand in the shade.
And saw the games which that catcher played.
And whenever he seized on hot one nicely.
Or caught foul with agility.
She cIapPed her hands. for that was precisely
The sort Of thing she wanted to see;
For mueh did this blooming maiden pine
For the catcher who caught in that Western nine
Wherefore IT vas meet. when the games over.
Thecateher, 20 brave and manly and tall,
Should frequently Play the part Of lover
In game considerably older than ball;
And n an occasional error he made.
Twas simply because with miss he played
For spite Of her love- this maid was addicted
To ways most coqgettish and naughty and sly,
And the nf the diamond-feld was restricted
To take loves favors, as twere on the sly /;
And though she protested at kissing, doubt
II the maid by the catcher was ever put Quit
At that 5tangerous hour, while yet the fingers
Above the horizon and Nature is dumb,
He would hold her small hand between his jammed


fingers.


stroke soft hair with his stiff Ionted thumb
And often their walks extended so late,
Twas eleven o'clock when she crossed the home


pIatel


At last he mustered up courage and toldher
How fondly he Ionged to make her his wife,
And she rested her head his manly shoulder
While he eagerly asked woud she give him lifet'
And he hinted with emphasis. leaving no doubt
That should she refuse him, he'd surely strike out.
Twas the umpire Love that gave the decision;
The maiden permitted her lips to be kissed,
And then looking mp with slightly blurred vision,
She blushingly murmured: " Why, yes-Ill assistG'
SO the game to a right happy ending was brought
And thus as it happened the catcher was caught!


YANDYKE BROWN.