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Year: 1878

Colorado and New Mexico ex- changes announce the lease or pur- chase of the Denver and Rio Grande road by the Atchison, Topeka and San ta Fe Company. The Denver Tribune of the 11th ultimo says:

 "The rumor in regard to the con- solidation of the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe, and the Denver and Rio Grande railways can hardly longer be called a rumor, for it has taken such definite shape that there can no longer be any serious doubt that the consoii- dation, or whatever the arrangement may be called, has been effected. A dispatch received in this city yester- day by prominent railroad official, which comes through reliable source, states in few words that ga combina- tion which amounts to a sale has been effected" This may be taken as semi authoritative, and when the facts come to light will be found to be correct. Both companies have doubtless lost money through the fight which has been going forward ever since last Spring and doubtless both are coming tU realize that there is need of harmony. At any rate the money power of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, cer- tainly realizes that the Denver and Rio Grande can be made of value to the great road, and have taken steps 10 se- cure it, whether by lease or purchase. There can be no doubt that the new ar engagement can be so turned as to be of great advantage, both to the purchas- ing and leasing company. The great corporation will find three hundred miles of road in excellent condition. By obtaining control of this line the Santa Fe management can, without further effort, control absolutely the traffic from all points south. including the Eastern trade of New Mexico, the San Juan country and the trade that may soon be expected to come through this country from Arizona. There will be no fight for right of way and trade in many sections such as the strife for the Raton Pass and the Grand Canon of the Arkansas and such as the war over freights which is now going for ward between Fl Moro and Trinidad and East"
Year: 1878

Late telegrams state that the Union and Central Pacific Railroads have completed arrangements with all East ern lines by which California freights will be loaded separate in full car loads and cars running through with but one transfer This in connection with recent changes of schedule OF the Pacific Railroads gaining two days in time of delivery of freights at San Francisco will enable shippers 10 re ceive property shipped from any point East in fourteen days instead of eight cen 10 twenty-five as heretofore.

 This is a matter of much importance to our Arizona merchants who can avail themselves of the same schedule as California shippers. As the rail road progresses and the schedules are reduced much of the disadvantage Ar izona has suffered from delays will be overcOmei
Year: 1878

The Mining and Scientific Press gives the following brief biographical sketch of the late General D. D. Cotton Vice-President of the Southern Pacific Railroad; Financial Director of the Central Pacific Railroad, and Presi- dent of the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company. General Colton was an old Californian, we'll known in early days from his connection with mining enterprises, and latterly, as one of the directors of great railroad cor pOratiOns. He was for some years sheriff of SiskiyOu, and for several years was miner of that county. He established the basis of his large for tune by hIs interests in the Rocky mountain coal, AmadOr gold mining company and other mining ventures, being known, however, as a legitimate miner, and not stock operator. He became interested in the Pacific system of railways in 1871, and has since oc- cupied a prominent position in the directorate. He has always manifested great interest in scientific progress, and has been President of the Board of Trustees of the California Academy of Sciences for the past four years General Colton was genial, pleasant man, universally liked and respected, and his early taking of is great loss to the community.
Year: 1878

How becoming the robes Of deep sable; How fitting that delicate crape, How demure are the hands without jewels And how sweet that love Of a cape, Why is it a woman in mourning Is so certain Of public regard? Are sorrow and tears to be purchased, Like satinS and silks, by the yard. In the throng Of gay colors and dresses She moves like an absolute queen; In the tattle, the waltz and the furry, She only is calm and serene. The young gaze upon her with envy. The old eat her up with their eyes, AS she moves like planet in splendor- A widow, and oh, what prize. Is there anything potent In sorrow That draws all the men to her side? What is il that renders a widow

 A queen that no rival can bide? Independent and free is the widow; She has fathomed the knowledge orlife- All the joys and tremors Of gIrlhood, All the sterner conditions of wife. Now, mistress Of purse and Of person, Her triumph is round and complete, She moves among mortals a goddess, With the world bending down to heI

 feet.

 She beconS, and calls for her brougham: She smiles with an exquisite grace; She is gone. with her sables and beauty, And darkness has taken her place.

 New York Mall.
Year: 1878

HE report that the two railroads now at the eastern border of New Mex ico have been consolidated, is not en- couraging news either for that Terri tory or Arizona Heretofore a keen strife has prevailed between the two roads; each has sought to be master of the situation and control the traffic. No means have been spared to extend each road with all possible speed, and the iron horse has averaged mile a day in its advance on the respective tracks. Now the strife is over. The two roads come under one manage ment This corporation can for years control the trade of New Mexico and eastern Arizona and hence there is TO necessity to compell them to push the extension of either road. We have, however, one hope left, and that is that the extension of the Southern Pacific road eastward may arouse the jealousy of the eastern company and thus in- duce them to build Gs rapidly as pos sible in New Mexico.
Year: 1878

POTATOES on the Rio Grande are plenty at a cent pound, while in Tue son and many adjacent settlements they sell readily al 12 and 13 cents per pound, and very often it is impossible to get them at any figure It seems 10 us that the fault of this is with our farmers. In most every farming sec ion In Pima County potatoes yield abundantly, and we have eaten as ex- cellent quality of potatoes in Arizona as we ever did in any other country hence if the yield is large, the quality good and the soil abundant the only reason for the insufficient supply must be the failure of our farmers to plaut the necessary seed. Potatoes are a staple, and one of the most wholesome articles of food offered in any market, but if we cannot obtain these we must purchase canned articles which does not benefit our home producers nor the health of the consumers Our ranch men will find it to thelr financial ad- vantage to consider these facts we'll and give us more "spuds" another season.
Year: 1878

As there are large number of Mor- mons in Arizona at the present time, and their numbers are constantly in- creasing, it may be of local interest to know that the Supreme Court accord ing to the reassignment of Its calendar, will next month hear arguments ln- volving the ConstitdtiOnality of all laws heretofore made bearing on poly gamy in Utah. The decision will in volve the legality of all laws, Nation al, State, or Territorial, to crush out the Mormon mode of life.
Year: 1878

THE Mormons of Little Colorado are shipping machinery from Utah for a tannery which they intend to erect somewhere in the Mogollon mountains. The want of a tannery has long been felt by the boot and shoe manufacturers of this territory. Now, however, the want is to be rem edied by our neighbors on the Little Colorado. They also contemplate, at an early day, the erection of woolcn factory at some available point in East ern Yavapai
Year: 1878

A WELL MATCHED PAIR. - A lady
travelling in England tells the following
Along with my brother. who was collect
ing matter for work he was about to
publish. | visited the interesting town of
misunderstanding at least to HIM, for
il was fine field for historical research
although, for my own parl, found little TO
admire beside its ancient church. The
circumstance which more than any thing
else secured the dingy town lasting place


in my memory was our taking a lodging


with an extraordinary pair-an old man
and woman. husband and wife, who lived
by themselves without child or servant,
subsisting on the letting of their parlor
and TWO bed rooms. They were tall, thin
and erect though each seventy Years of
age. When we knocked at the door for
admiltance, they answered it togeth or /;
if We rang the bell. the husband and wife
invariably appeared side by side; all our
requests and demands were received by
both. and executed with the utmost nicely
late by the coach from Newcastle, and
merely requiring good fire and our tea,


we were puzzled to understand the reason
of this double attendance and remember
my brother rather irreverently wondering
whether we were always to be waited up
on by these Siamese twins. On ringing
the bell to retire for the night, both APP
peared as usual-the wife carrying the
bedroom candlestick, the husband at the
door. gave her directions about break
fast for the following morning when the
husband from the door quickly answered
for her. Depend upon Ii, she is dumb


whispered ny brother. But Ibis was no


tse case, though she rarely made use o
the faculty of speech. They both attended
me into my bedroom; when the old lady
Year: 1878

In paper read before the Medico-Lega
Society of New York. DR.. j. Ii. Packard
advocated the abolition OF hanging. as a
capital punishment. on the ground that
the horror attending it excited the humane
sentiment of the community to an inordi-
nate degree, thereby increasing the chance:
for acquittal even for the worst criminals
In Pennsylvania, he said, if the governor
goes out of office without signing the death
warrant of q criminal. his successors fol
lowing the long established custom. neg
lect to give Official sanction to the warrant,
and in one notable case man sentenced
to death twenty-six years ago is still un
hung. The writer favored secret ant
more humane method Of execution as by
the administration of carbolic oxide in 8
close room.
Year: 1878

JOHN S. FORD ESQ, writing from Mil
waukee. Wis. to the Boston Traveller re-
ferring to the Germans and the beer ques-
tion, says:


In the matter Of health. physicians OF
the city who have had wide experience are
of the opinion that the person who uses
beer habituallv is more liable to contract
disease, and less able 10 throw it of, than
one who abstains from its use. A case
recently occurred here of German brew
er who had been heavy drinker all his
life, but who was apparently robust and
healthy, who accidentally stuck a small
silver in his hand Soon after the accident
his arm began to be painful and swollen,
and the pain and swelling extended in q
short time TO the whole body. and resulted
finally in death. The symptoms were
clearly those Of vitiated condition of the
blood, and no other explanation Of the
singular case could be given than that of
the poisoning of the system by long and
immoderate use of lager beer. 1t is also
a noticeable fact that the dead bodies OF
habitual beer, drinkers undergo decomposi-
tion much more rapidly than in other
cases"
Year: 1878

The COOP BORA well.dressed boy,
about ten years old, stood on the walk in
front of the City Hall the other day eating
an apple. A ragged urchin, having rag
bag over his shoulder. stood close By and
looked as if he would give hat and boots
for one bite of the fruit. An attache OF
the City Hall noted the situation, and was
greatly pleased to See the lad suddenly
hand over the apple to the envious rag
picker.


'' That's a good boy-that was real
cbarity." exclaimed the gentleman as he
patted the boy on the head. Yes, l fell
sorry for him. replied the boy" and I'd
got down to a big worm-hole, too. ."-De'
fron Free Press.
Year: 1878

PLAYING IN THE DIRr.-A wise man
gives mothers this good advice in the
New Haven RegtSter:-" The pest play
thing for your children is dirt This
teaching may not seem orthodox, but it is
true, nevertheless. II is hard to see the
clean dress of the morning wrinkled and
bemired. l! is hard to see the rosy cheeks
and the dimpled hands that we dearly


love 10 kiss. covered with dirt almost
deep enough to plant potatoes. All this
in annoying, but it is almost necessity
to the children's health. The earth is q
good mother. From it we came; upon it
we live; and to it we shall return Chill
dren naturally love the earth. If they
have no little spade they will improvise
one from a stick. and dig in the garden
They will run their fingers in the dirt and
stir it up, breathing the air that escapes.
1t seems TO be almost instructive with
them. Fresh earth is their delight and
mud-pies = luxury. 1t is well to dress
your children in the morning for dirty
work. A cheep calico apron and the
oldest pair of shoes they have should go
on. Lit is ple;tsan, let them play the


whole morning in all the dirt and mud
they like. They will have an immense
amount of fun and come in with glisten-
ing eyes. rosy cheeks and hard. firm flesh
Year: 1878

DR.. Mcclellan, inspector of schools for
Ontario, at recent meeting of the Wei
land Teacher Association, gave his
hearers the following "reminiscences Of
boarding around" as practiced nearly
a generation ago: When he first began
teaching, in lS49, his salary was about
$3.50 a year, and he didn't even get all
that to this day, besides boarding
around" He related his experience at
the latter to the great amusement OF the
audience. Upon arriving at his first
boarding place, after school one day, the
old lady gently intimated to him that it
was customary for the boarding teacher
to lend his services for the benefi of the
household, and informed him that just
then the old man and the boys were out
in the barn killing swine, and would no
doubt be pleased to have his assistance.
This the embryo doctor, on principle,
declined to give. Rather dissatisfied at
this, the thrifty matron drew his atten-
ton to churnful of milk requiring
motive power at the dasher, only again
to meet with the doctors dissent on
principle. Laughter Well, then, if
he wouldn't help provide the winters
pork for the family, nor evolve the
golden butter from its creamy bed,
would he "hold the baby while Sal
churned?" Laughter. This he could
undertake without sacrifice of principle,
and forthwith did, but before the lapse
of ten minutes the uppermost feeling in
his mind was regret that he had not
helped the old man and boys in the
barn, exercised on the churn dasher, or
undertaken any other Job in the house
hold economy, rather than that OF re-
lieving Sally of the baby. He had pre-
vieusly passed very fair examinations
in physiology, anatomy and the me-
chanical sciences, but never until then
did he learn that baby had no bones
in its body, and for the life of him he
was unable to discover the infants GEN.
ter of gravity, somewhat to its danger
and the family discomfort generally
Toronto Globe.
Year: 1878

The Yale professors and tutors have
voluntarily teiinauished five pei cent
Of their salaries in order to make up for
the deficiency in the college income,
caused by shrinkage in the value of
property and securities held by that
college.
Year: 1878

THERE used to live bird, whose post
Office address was New Zealand, named
Dinornis Giganteus, that looked calmly
down on the man who came out to
look for a nice bird for Thanksgiving
from the proud height of ten feet, and
its drumstick was yard long. In those
days the head of family hesitated a
long time before he nerved himself 10
comply with the requirement OF the
Presidents Thanksgiving proclamation.
Year: 1878

A WRITER in cotemporary Journal
slredged the backs of his bees with -four
AS they were leaving the hives i'll the
morning, during very dry time, doing
this by preconcerted arrangement with
friend who had fine clover field in
bloom 40 miles away. The friend wrote
back directly, "There are plenty of your
white-iacket bees here in the clover"
Year: 1878

FLORENCE, the actor, Of Hon. Bard
we'll Slote" renown, was president OF
the jury which sampled the wines at the
Paris Exposition, and he informed q
New York reporter that he would not
undertake the task again for all the
vintage of France. The jury tasted each
day for week from eight A. NJ. to three
P. M, passing judgment upon one thous-
and six hundred bottles. The Turkish
representative on the jury was not salts
fed with tasting his glass, but emptied
it every time until he was snoring unde1
tho table
Year: 1878

DILL HEAD PAPER immense stock
- of Bill HEAD PAPER, Just received at the
STATESMAN oifice- Bill heads printed and pa
per furnished at little more than the cost Of
white paper. y asog-,T
Year: 1878

The London Week in an article show ing how the poor are at the mercy of the law in England, says |: The most relent- less appliances of the law are put in force against the poor, and if instant compliance is not made with the claim of a landlord or other creditor, broker is put into possession, and the whole of the helpless debtors furniture is seized and sold. The returns made of the amount produced by the sale are "doc- tored, to suit the broker and his con- federates. The victim cannot help him. self he is too poor to employ solicitor, too much afraid of the law to appeal to it for protection. The sale itself is a hole-and-a-corner proceeding, huddled up among the broker and his confede- rates. Furniture worth $50 may be sold for e5. No doubt this is an offence liable to punishment but the poor men or in debt is utterly broken down; it would be difficult to find more dis pirited or helpless creature in the world. The other day one of the brokers who carry on the distress warrant business came by some accident to grief. But for one case of this wrongdoing and oppres- sion which is brought to light, scores pass every day undetected. For debt of but three or four pounds the friend less debtor may have his entire home broken up and his children's beds sold from under them. In many an instance a dying wife has been trundled by the brokers man from the bed to the floor, and not vestige of furniture has been left in the house. These are the things that make people dangerous in time of national trouble. They cannot always trace their sufferings to the right causes, but they resolve instead ot enduring these sufferings any longer to revenge them.
Year: 1878

Some one has written beautifully to the boys in the following manner. Here is whole sermon in few sentences |: "Of all the love affairs in the world, nothing can surpass the true love of the big boy for his mother. It is pure love and noble honorable in the highest degree to both. I do not mean merely a dutiful affection. I mean love which makes boy gallant and courteous to his mother, saying to everybody plainly that he is in love with her. Next to the love of husband, nothing so crowns 8 woman's life with honor as this second love, this devotion of son to her. And I never yet knew boy to turn out bad who began by falling in love with his mother. Any man may fall in love with 8 fresh-faced girl, and the man who is gallant with the girl may cruelty neglect the worn and weary wife. But the boy who is lover of his mother in her mid dle age is a true knight, who will love his wife as much in the sere-leaved Au- tumn as he did in the daised Springtime.

 Where there's 8 wlll there's plea of insanity.
Year: 1878

Those who have the means to place their residences in perfect order with drainage for r-slops. earth closets and artesian wells, says pr. Foote's Health Monthly, will undoubtedly do so in view of what science IS revealing of the causes of many diseases which have in the past been somewhat mysterious as to their origin. But there is a large class who have not the money to carry out inter- nal improvements such as those referred to. To such we would give few hints |: Place the privy good distance from the house and the well let the vault be shallow, with a ventilator running from 1t to several feet above the roof have this vault cleaned out twice during the Summer and at least once during the Winter plant double TOW of trees, which send out large spreading roots, (such for instance as the locust) closely around the building, for these trees will take up any quantity of material and gases which are deadly to the animal organism plenty of shrubbery planted closely around and between the trees will add additional aids to this end, and both shrubbery and trees should be kept well trimmed, for by so doing the growth of the new branches will draw still more upon the waste material of the vault place & shelf in the privy and on it keep plate we'll sprinkled with the chloride of lime, which is a cheap disinfectant; clean out the well once year, and If there are cisterns have them thoroughly cleaned every Spring and Autumn; if swill be col lected in barrels place those barrels a good distance from the house; If the wastes of the kitchen are thrown out. dig pits in the garden into which they may be emptied, and cover the earth over these pits, opening new ones every day or two; where there are bad smells in or immediately around the house search for their sources as you would for the hiding place of burglar, for worse than house-b breaker turks about your premises. Plant creeping vines about your doors and windows for they will arrest and take into their growth many invisible enemies which feed plant life and destroy an1mal life, but do not so trail them as to exclude from your apartments the glorious and life-giving sunlight.
Year: 1878

The condition of the great majority of the coal miners in this section, says Scranton, Pa., letter, is indeed distress ing. They went on strike last summer, at time when the most of them did not know where the next days menls were coming from. They held out for nearly three months, and then had to go into the mines without having accomplished anything. There were too many to do the work required. Hundreds had left for the farming lands of the West and the South, but as many more could not ob- tain money to get away. They had to stay and gain living as best they could. Through the first two months after the strike work was comparatively good, and about three-quarters time was made. Ill January the mines were worked only about half the time, and at decreased production. Many men were thrown out of employment, and have remained so ever since. Through February and up to the present time work has been very uncertain. Some miners have made only week in month some may have approached two weeks, some have not worked at all. The wages made are not sufficient to procure the plainest neces- saries of life. Hundreds of people in this city and the adjoining villages who depend on the mines for livelihood are on the verge of starvation.

 "I do not know how half the people in this section get enough to eat,' said c miner who in better times had secured 6 competence. Month after month they walk the streets with their hands in theil pockets, hoping against hope that the cloud will break. I know of men who have not done tap of work in twelve months, and who have large families Those who have work are not much bet | ter off. Last month there were miners who did not average over $7. Others get from that to SIP, after having paid { laborer. The most that any laborel made last month was $9."

 The mines that have not been closed are now worked, on an average, weel in the month. None of the miners ex pect any more. The crowd of the un employed is never reduced except as mel leave the placo. Fathers and sons throns the streets in tattered clothing they cal | buy nothing better