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Year: 1879

If our memory serves us aright, the Miner in times past severely chided THE CITIZEN because of its allusions to the Arizona Lottery and its able and suitable Commissioner. Now that pattern of newspaper propriety has gone way beyond anything THE CITI- ZEN said in the matters and things under consideration. Experience has taught it what THE CITIZEN we'll knew from the Outstart. Here are few ex- tracts from the Miner of the 9th:

 The 4th of June has arrived and sped on its way with time, still the big glass wheels failed to put in an ap- pearance. The grand Territorial Lot tery Commissioner was no where to be seen rolling through our thorough fares in courtly state, mounted in a golden chariot.

 One legitimate mining enterprise properly carried out is worth more to Prescott than 10000 lottery swindles.

 The poor miner, prospector, farmer or mechanic who let his leetle mite slip from his fingers for the purpose of promoting this grand, magnani- nous and worthy scheme, will console himself by simply saying, "bilked again"

 The Bank of Arizona is the Treas urer. We have made inquiry at the bank and find that there is no money in the hands of the treasurer. What has become of it we are afraid will be some of the questions asked hereafter.

 Grand wine dinners at the Fifth Av- enue Hotel, in New York, at the ex- pense of the rusty looking miner (hOn- est souD who contributes $5 towards the elegant lottery, is not exactly the honorable thing needed in a young Territory which has been cursed with everything, from the murderous Apa- che down to the parasites with which we are infested, compared to whom the Indians are respectable people.

 All schemes gotten up to rob the poor and unsuspecting of their few dollars in a bogus lottery scheme only gives the Territory a bad name and al black eye, which time itself will hard ly cure.
Year: 1879

ITEMS from the Prescott Miner of June 6:

 Medical Director Mckee is of on a leave of absence for ninety days. An Eastern Company, with plenty to back their enterprise, we under stand, contemplate the erection, at an early day, of large woolen factory on the Verde.

 We understand from Sheriff Walker that the District Court, which should have commenced today, has been postponed by Judge Silent until Mon day, June l6.

 The District Court was ordered opened this morning and immediately adjourned until tomorrow. This is to be the programme from day to day until the 1eth, when it is expected Judge Silent will be here and go into business.

 Owing to some neglect on the part of the Clerk of the District Court in Mohave County, the term which was to have come off in May, but ordered postponed, has been lost for the term and will have to go over until Fall. The Court was not opened by the Clerk, consequently was not post poned. Do you see the point? Judge Silent was in New York attending to important @ business.

 Our paid officers should be asked to remain at home and see to their re- spective departments, and not allow any injury to follow from their dere- lictions of duty.

 We understand that the Prescott Thester is soon to start up, when will be presented the Imaginable farce of " The Last Lottery Ticket" It ought to take well.
Year: 1879

Congressman Belford, of Colorado has introduced in Congress a bill to amend section 2326 of the Revised Statutes, relating to suits at law affect ing the title to mining claims, the text of which is as follows:

 Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assem- bled, That if in any action brought pursuant to section 2326 of the Re. vlsed Statutes, title to the ground in controversy shall be established by either party, the jury shall so find. and Judgment shall be entered according to the verdict. In such case costs shall not be allowed to either party. and the claimant shall not proceed in the land office or be entitled to a patent for the ground in controversy until he shall have perfect title.

 The bill was referred to the Commit tee on Mines and Mining, and that committee reported it back with the recommendation that it pass.
Year: 1879

OF THE VERY BEST QUALITY, which we will sell CHEAPER than anybody.

 ALSO, JUST RECEIVED a Very Large Lot Of LEMON SUGAR, the best in the market, which we offer at rates that will defy competition.

 We have come to stay, and will sell goods In our line as cheap, fl not cheaper, than anybody. Give us a call.
Year: 1879

is widow. May the Father of all


consolation be with her; may she


and we think Of that, in him which


was immortal. May she remember
that the things which are seen are
temporal and that the things which
are not seen are eternal. May the
peace Of death be with him, the
peace which passed all understand
ing, through Jesus Christ our Lord"
Year: 1879

TAKE heed, oh ye Tennesssans,
that your State is ore of the most
highly hsnored of the Union. She
has given to the country Jackson,
a Polk and johnson, three Presi-
dents. She has an honor hitherto
unbIemished and untarnished. She
is the Volunteer State of the Union,
and the sons of Tennessee lie on
every battle field from the Mississip-
pi to the Atlantic. Will you now,
in her hour of trial, so against the
faith of the State? She is poor but
honest. Let as all unite and settle
this debt that has been handed down
to US by our fathers. Let as not
leave it to our sons as a heritage Of
shame.-NashUilIe Banner.
Year: 1879

TO DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERS.


There are q number of subscribers on
our books who are largely in arrears.
We have said to them every week for
months, eff you owe the GAZETTE any
thing pay it, and have offered to receive
payment in wheat, corn, or any kind of
produce we can use, and yet they do not
respond. We have furnished them the
GAZETTE fully as long as we can afford
to do it without pay, and the papers Of
all such as do not settle their arrearages
by the 1st of August will be stopped and
the accounts be given out for collection.
This is timely notice and is sufficient.
The parties who are thus in arrears are
aware of the fact and know to whom
this notification applies. Therefore we
trust that they will come forward imme-
diately and hand US our dues.
Year: 1879

Talk OF the bravery of the sterner
sex! Do you remember the first
time you asked her, Will you take
my armT' While you trembled all
over like the narrative of the stump
tail dog. and experienced the sensa-
tion Of having swallowed your
Adams apple, what did she dor
Why. she took your as cody as
she would eat pickle.
Year: 1879

SECRETARY BURCH, it is said, will
refuse to pay Senator Sharon his
salary, for the time he has been alb
sent from the Senate without leave.
He was not in his seat at all during
the extra session. He ought not to
be paid for services never perform
ed. If he will persist in staying
away, let his salary stop.-ChronicIe.
Year: 1879

The position of the Democracy in
regard to Tilden is very forcible re-
minder of one of Josh Billings say~
iDgs. Josh is great on mules and one
of his mule remarks is: [ don't take
any foolish chances. If VIZ called
upon TO mourn over a dead mule i
should stand in front of him and do
my weeping" TAden may be dead,
and lGe D mocraoy may be called
upon TO mourn over him, but still they
take good care to get in front and
weep,
Year: 1879

THERE is only one thing to break
the fallto Republican pride, occasioned
by the action of the Republican mem
bers of the Virginia Legislature in
voting with the Readjusters, and that
is Virginia is no longer solid. This is
very poor consolation though, copsid-
erlng the manner in which the happy
result was brought about.
Year: 1879

ALECK Stephens is indignant over
the report that he wants monarchl-
cal form of government. The trouble
is he is so small that verybody says
what they please about him without
fear of any after consequences.
Year: 1879

The QUAKER's BoND.-A deVo-
ted family Of the Society Of Friends
was deeply afflicted. They had
lost their property, and;~were left.
almost penniless. The wife was.
sad indeed, and ready to despair,
but the dear old man was cheer
full. The wife was almost ready
to "curse God and die" She was
astonished at the GOODNESS with
which her husband met his loss,
so she asked him one day:


Husband, how is it that you
bear this trouble so we'll ? It al
most crushes me to the EARTH


why, wife, we are not quite so
bad off as you imagine. We have
one bond left yet that we can live
upon --- .@ es.!...; ,


sWhv, husband, what bond do
you mean? I thoaght all was
lost


oh, no! Here is one bond, and
l will read 1t to you. It is in the
old family Bible and reads as fol-
lows: I will never leave thee nor
forsake thee ..-


His wife inquired: DO you call
that a bond?


Yes he replied it is the word
of God and cannot fall


Dear reader, the common trials
of life will come upon you, and
you will have sorrow upon sor'
row, and you will need some
strong arm to lean upon-some
refuge to fly to, some bond that
will do to live upon. Now is the
time to live so near to God that all
will be we'll in the deepest sorrow.


But l am writing to some who
are in trouble already, and they
need help now. Then take the
Quaker's bond-'L will never leave
thee nor forsake thee Gods pro-
misses are always on demand, and
he will be with you in six troubles,
and in the seventh he will not for
sake you.--Meth. Home Journal
Year: 1879

Mr.. John D. Merton, a we'll
known travelling salesman, had
occasion to drive from Conneaut-
vile, Pa, to Ashtabula, Ohio, via
Jefferson. While driving leisurely
along through East or Southeast
Denmark, Mr.. Merton heard a
strange sound issuing from dense
underground at the side OF the
road. The gentleman got out OF
the buggy to investigate The cause
Of the noise, being Of a curious
turn Of mind. Hitching his horse
he cautiously parted the bushes
and stealthily made bis way into
the thicket for perhaps the dis
tance of one hvndred feet. Here
was a spot of ground about twenty


feet in diameter, which was such


a place as one would imagine tor
fairy's ballroom. The sticks
and brush were all cleared away


in the space, doubtless by the buru-
ing of a brush-heap. Notwlth'
standing the gentleman had made
his way into the brush so quietly
all sounds were hushed at his ap-
proach save the chirping of mel
ancholy cricket or the drowsy
singing of distant harvest fly.
Mr.. Merton, not to be nonplussed,
sat down upon log in full view
of this arena and awaited develop
ments. He had but a short time
to wait, for not more than 3 min
ute had passed ere small striped
snake darted out Of a bunch OF
grass at the side of the arena and
commenced running around the
space in a circle. Another snake
a little larger soon followed, and
then a rattlesnake about two feet
in length joined in what seemed
to be sort of snake jubilee every
Year: 1879

WOULDN'T HAvEHIM FOR A PAIL
BEARER.-Some time ago a citizen
of Pittsburg was very i'll. He fell
into a stupor which lasted three
or four days. He was carefully
watched by his wife and one or
two ladies from the neighborhood.
One afternoon the attending ply
sician said he could not live
through the day, and the sorrow
ing wife, with a view to having
everything in readiness for the
end, held a consultation with her
friends as to the arrangement for
the funeral. The conversation was
held at the bedside Of the dying
man, and in a short time all the
details were arranged except the
names of those who should be ask
ed to be pall-bearers. Three or
four young gentlemen had been
selected, when the wife said, in
the sobbing tone suitable to the
occasion. How would Mr.. So,and
so do p oh, he would do nicely
echoed the chorus of friends, He's
such a nice young man. There
was a sudden movement under
the coverings of the bed, and the
dying husband slowly raised him.
self on one elbow, rubbed his eyes,
and said in a weak voice, No, be
won't do. l amt going to have
that fellow for my peIl.bearer.'


The ladies were astonishcd at this
revival of the sick man, but the


wife laid him back gently on the
pillows, and said sootbingIy ::
Never mind, dear; don't worry.
This is q matter that need not
trouble you. Itis a sad duty which


we will have to perform after yon


are gone No, it isn't said the


husband GROSSLY. That fellow isn't
going to be one Of my pail bearers
| don't like him, and | never did,
and if you are going to have him,


III get well, see if 1 DON'T Again
he fell back in the bed and became
unconscious, but in few hours
there came a change for the bet


ter. To-day he walks the streets
as hale and hearty as any man.
Year: 1879

; 1t has been profuudly remark
ed, that the true way Of telling a
toadstool from a mushroom is to
eat it. If you die it was toad
stool ; ifyou live, 1t was a mush.
room. A similar method is en-
ployed in the selection Of hus-
bands ; marry him, if he kills you
be was a bad husband; if he makes
you happy he is a good one. There
is really no other criterion. AS
DR.. Samuel Johnson remarked,
the proof Of the pudding is in the
eating thereof. Some young men
that seem unexceptionaole, indeed
very desirable, when they are sin
gle, are perfectly horrid as soon
as they get married. All the Ia
:ent brute there is in the heart
comes out as soon as O sensitive
and delicate being seeks her hap.
piness in his companionship. The
! honeymoon last very short time,
the receptions and the round of
parties are soon over, and then
the two sit down to make home
happy. Ifshe has married a socie-
ty man, he will soon begin to get
bored; he will yawn and go to
sleep on the sofa. Then he will
take his hat and 60 down to the
club and see the boys, and perhaps
not come home till morning. If
she has married man engrossed
in business, be will be tagged out
when he comes home. He may
be sickly man that she must
| nurse, and a morose man that she
must seek to cheer, a drunken
man that sho must sit up for,
violent man that she fears, a fool
whom she soon learns to despise,
a vulgar man for whom she must
apologize-in short, there are
thousands Of ways of being bad
husbands, and very few ways Of
being good ones. And the worst
of it is, that the poor, silly women
are to admire in single men
the very traits that make bad
husbands, and look with contempt
or ridicule upon those quiet vir-
tues which make home happy.
Men with very little personal
beauty or style, often make the
wife happ5-and sometimes quite
the reverse. The number Of ways
Of being a bad husband is almost
as great as the number of ways Of
being ugly. No one can tell from
the demeanor of asingle man what
sort of a husband he will be. Mean
time she must marry somebody.
Eat it: if you die it was sort OF
toadstool, if you live it was a sort
of Observation-Disclosures Every
Saturday.
Year: 1879

The bark Royal Arch, which vessel was
found abandoned in seaworthy condition
BY the steamer Zealand, has reached Toron.
to in charge of portion of the steamers
crew. The bark's crew were taken of the
vessel by the steamer Minnesota, at a time
when they supposed the vessel was sinking,
all being worn out with incessant labor at
the numns
Year: 1879

The presidents message is now in course
OF preparation. 1t will be shorter than
usual and contain very few recommends
tions other than those comprised in reports
Of his cabinet officers. 1t is believed that
the only important topic under the head of
foreign affair will be the re.opening of the
fishery question with Great Britain, and it
slso undarstood that especial attention will
be directed to the advisability OF legislation
to authorize resumption Of funding opera.
tons.
Year: 1879

Above the Arkansas Rapids.


Denver Tribune. ~s7 #~@ g.,


Charles May and his brother Robert.
in the; spring 0f 1870, offered to pass co.
coo railroad ties down the Arkansas from
tile mountain source. He says: "Our
ntfer ~as accepted, when We started into
tue upper entrance OF the canon with a
large skiff provided with SIX days pro.
VISIONS and 200 feet Of rope, with winch,
by taking a running turn around some
firmly planted object, we could lower our
boat u hundred fctt ut q time. In this
way, al the end OF three days, having set
adrift mrny hundred ties, We reat b d Il Q
entrance to the Royal Gorge. here We
discovered that an attempt to descend the
first waterfall with two in the beat was
certain destruction, and t" return was i'm.
possible. Accordingly, I determined to
lower my brother down the fails in tie
tout, distance Of two hundred feet, give
him tho rope and let him take the chance
of the canon Oife seemed more certain in
that tdirect,on), while l would risk my
physical ability to climb the canon wall.
which WAS about :wo thousand feet high.


About 10 o'clock in the morning l
shook hands with my brother. lowered
him in the boat safely to the toot Of the
fall, gave him the rope and saw him no
merc. THIN throwing aside my coat, hat
md boots. and stripping the srcks from
my feet, l commenced my climbing way,
often reaching the height Of one or two
hundred feet, only I" be compelled to
return to try some other way. At length,
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, reached
Il height upon the smooth canon ot about
y Thousand feet Here my further pro-
xress was arrested by shelving ledge Of
rocks that jutted OUT from the canon side
I foot or more. To advance was without
hope; to return, certain death. Reaching
upward and outward, l grasped the nm of
the ledge with one hand and then the
other, my feet slipped from the smooth
side Of the canon, and my body hung
suspended in the air \ thousand feet above
the roaring waters of the Arkansas


AT that moment l looked downward
to measure the distance I would have t.
tall when the strength Of my arms gave
out A stingiDg sensation crept through b
my hair as my eye caught the strong root
of cedar bush that projected cut over
the ledge, little beyond my reach. My
grasp upon the rim Of the ledge vas fast
yielding to the weight Of my person
Then determined to make my best effort
to raise my body aud throw it sideways
toward the root 90 as to bring it within
my grasp. At the moment OF commenc"
,ng the effort saw my mothers f .: 50
:. she leaned out over the ledge, reached
down her hand and caught me by the hair.
Stranger, mother died while yet young
woman, when I and my brother were small
boys, but remember her face. l was
successful in making the side leap If my
arms, when / drew myself upon the ledge
and rested for time From here upward
ny climbing was very )aborious but less
dangerous. reached the top of the canon
just as the sun was sinking down behind
the snowy range, and hastened to our
camp at the mouth of the canon, where
found my brother safe Charley said
he, have you had your head in -four
sack:' 1t was then discovered that my
hair was as white as you see it row"
Year: 1879

THE RECENT RULING Of the Post Office depart
Ment that the products of the papyrograph,
electric pen and manifold processes, must pay
letter rates OF postage, was ba Sed on the law as
Il IS and not as the department thinks it should
re. Among the amendments TO be proposed by
ire postal authorities to Congress Is one which
Will permit The admission of matter prepared
by these processes at the third-ciaSs rates
Wherever the communications are not in the
nature OF actual cOrreSnOadence
Year: 1879

A large and handsome cedar was
placed in position at the First NJ. E.
Church yesterday, and the mem bers of
the Sunday School Of that church
were engaged last night decorating
and arrangingit it for use as Christmas
tree to morrow night. All parties in
tending to put any presents on the
tree are requested to send'them in this
afternoon. A committee will be at
the church to receive them.
Year: 1879

Two articles have made the name of
Steel~& Price celebrated: their DR..
Prices Cream Baking Powder and
Special Flavoring Extracts. These
preparations are, without question:
the finest of their kind in the world,
and they will eventually be used as
luxury from one end of our country to
the other
Year: 1879

THE Chicago people are energetic.
Preparations have already been begun
to fix up the hall in which the
National Convention is to be held.
The cost will be between SIS, ,000 and
500 600. al
Year: 1879

From the Lansing Republican.


In addition to the changes in and additions
to the school laws heretofore mentioned in
this column. the following were made at the
late session OF the Legislature:


"An act to enlarge and define the duties o.
the state board OF education BY this act the
state board ls authorized to examine and license
such persons as, upon thorough and critical
examination, may be found to possess eminent
scholarship and professional ability to teach in
any Of the schools OF the state for a period of
ten years. The state board OF educaton. by
this act IS also directed to prepare questions
suitable for the examination Of teachers. which
are to be furnished by the superintendent OF
pubic instruction to such officers as are by ;aw
authorized to examine teachers. This act does
not take effect until Sept l.


Section 107 OF the primary school law is so
changed that hereafter the supervisor shall
assess upon the taxable property of his town
ship one mill (lnstead Of two mills) upon each
81 of the valuation thereof in each year.


Section 145 OF the primary school law is amen
ded to read as follows:





has property liable to assessment for schoo
district, and who has resided therein three
months next preceding any schoolImeeting held
in said district, or who has resided three months
next preceding such meeting on any territory
belonging to such district at the time OF holding
said meeting, shall be qualified voter IN sait
meeting; and all such persons, unless aliens
shall be eligible to Office in such school district
And all other persons who are entitled by th'
laws OF this state to vote at township and coun-
ty elections, and who have, for three months al
aforesaid, been residents in said district or upor
any territory belonging thereto at the time o
holding any school meeting. shall be entitled tc
vote on all questions arising in SAID distric
when the raising OF money by tax is not IL
question
Year: 1879

No Western merchant can 60 to Chicago TO
buy goods, leaving his wife at home with tooth
ache, with any certainty that she won't arrive
in the big city by the next train. This keeps
the price of goods way up.
Year: 1879

ORDERLY PROCEEDINGS AT THE CLOSE.
ATTER long SESSION THE STATE LEGISLATURE


ADJOURNs-GOoD FEELING MANIFESTED or ALL


SIDES.


The Legislature adjourned for the session yester-
day The proceedings were orderly, most Of tie
measures which excited hostility being out Of the
way. Complimentary speeches were made IN tAo
Assembly and Senate. The bill TO surrender Rob
bins Reef was lost from want Of time. The Iene-
ment-house bill was passed. general review OF
the legislative work performed this session is an
pended.
Year: 1879

This world is great school house,
in which through life we all teach and
we all learn. Here we must study to
find out what is good and what is bad,
what is true and what is false, and thus
get ready to act in some other sphere.
What we arc at the end of this life we
shall be when the next begins. We
must spare 10 pains, then, when we
teach others or ourselves. We teach
ourselves what we hear and read and
think-others by our words. We must
t,ke care that we think and speak in a
way SO clear that we do not cheat our
selves or mislead others by vague or
misty ideas, We must get in a way
of using these in thought with the same
care we use when we speak or write to
others. Words give body OR form to
our ideas, without which they are apt
to be so foggy that we do not see where
they are weak or false. When we put
them into a body or words, we will, as
q rule, learn how much of truth there
is in them, for in that form we can turn
them over in our minds. If we write
them out we find that in many cases
the ideas we thought we had hold of
fade away when put to this test. But
if they prove to be real, or of value,
they are in q shape where we can make
them clear to others. We have proof
Of how much we thus gain when We