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Year: 1878

1t is the duty of every one to take
some active part as an actor on the stage
OF life. Some seem to think that they
can vegetate, as it were, without being
anything in particular. Man was not
made to rust out his life. 1t is expect
ed he should "act we'll his part" He
must be something. He has a work to
perform which it is his duty to attend
to. We are not placed here to grow up,
pass through the various stages Of life,
and then die without having done any
thing for the benefit of the human race.
Is man to be brought up in idleness ?
Is he to live upon the wealth which his
ancestors have acquired by frugal indus
try? Is he placed here to pass through
life on automaton Has he nothing to
perform as q citizen of the worldp A
man who does nothing is useless to his
country as an inhabitant. A man who
does nothing is mere cipher. He does
not fulfil the obligations for which he
was sent into the world, and, when he
dies, he has not finished the work that
was given for him to do. He is q mere
blank in creation. Some are born With
riches and honors upon their heads.
But does it follow that they have moth
ing to do in their career through life ?
There are certain duties for every one to
perform. Be something. Don't live
like hermit, and die unregretted.
Year: 1878

The man lacks moral courage who
treats when he should retreat.


No vices are so incurable as those
which men are apt to glory in.


The wise and prudent conquer diff
culties by daring to attempt them.


Nothing can constitute good breeding
that has not good nature for its founda-
tion.


The sunshine of life is made up of
very little beams that are bright all
the time.


He who loves the good and looks for
the good finds the good and gathers the
good.


Like snow, love levels all inequali-
tiee, and covers all unsightly objects
with beauty.


Politeness is like an air cushion. If
there be nothing in it, it eases our joints
wonderfully. 1s..


No cord or cable can draw SO strong
or bind SO fast as love can do with only
a single thread.


Amongst men of the world comfort
merely signifies great consideration
for themselves, and perfect indiffer-
ence about others.


Philosophy has not SO much enabled
men to overcome their weaknesses, as it
has taught the art of concealing them
from the world. ...


They who have experienced sorrow
are the most capable of appreciating
Joy; SO, those only who have been sick
feel the full value of health.


The difference between a wise man
and fool is this: The former is always
looking for good times; the latter is al
ways prepared tor bad.
Year: 1878

Hawthorne, had he been living, would
have found rich suggestion for one of
his beautiful semi-supernatural sketches
in little incident that is related in con-
nection with the poet Bryant's fatal fall.
A costly steel portrait of the poet has
hung for some time in an Office in Pitts
field, N. Y, and on the very afternoon
that Bryant met with the accident which
resulted in his death, the cord which
held the picture gave way, causing it to
fall to the floor, shattering the frame
and glass and injuring the picture,
Year: 1878

A stream of water is said to issue
from the side of hill in the White
Mountains of Arizona from twenty to
thirty feet in depth, SO intensely salt as
to furnish sufficient salt to supply the
world. All that is needed to utilize this
salt supply is to construct bitches to
carry the water to the adjacent deserts,
where the heat of the sun would perform
the necessary work.
Year: 1878

MASTER OF ONE THING.-Jack of all
trades seldom succeed in making much
money. To do one thing extra we'll is
about all man can do. He may aim to
be prince in one line of business. He
cannot be very great merchant, contrac-
tor, manufacturer, farmer, builder, railroad
operator, speculator and cattle-drover, at
one and the same time He must take
some one of these to his heart and head,
and make speciality of that one. It is
the only way that great trade schemes are
pushed ahead and that millionaires are
made. This one-idea theory win hold
good in every calling of life; and no better
advice can be given to youth than that
contained in these words:-'Do some one
thing in life, and do it well"
Year: 1878

One of the most remarkable things In
human nature is the willingness of women
to sacrifice a girls life for the chance of
saving the morals of scapegrace man.
If pious mother can only marry her Be-
clzebub to some good, religious girl, the
chance of his reformation is greatly in
creased. The girl is neither here nor
there, when one considers the necessity for
saving the dear Beelzebub.
Year: 1878

A plant of somewhat remarkable prop
critics is partially described by Major Stu.
art, in his report on Hayti. It's narcotic
properties are so powerful that they can
produce coma of any desired intensity and
duration. A few families only know this
plant, and the knowledge of its properties
is handed down from generation to gener-
alton as un heirloom but it is believed
that an experienced bOtanist may discover
it and make it available for medical pur-
poses.
Year: 1878

To MEASURE Corn IN A CRIB.-This
rule will apply to a crib of any size or
kind Two cubic feet of good, sound, dry
corn, in the ear, will make a bushel Of
shelled corn. To get, then, the quantity
of shelled corn in crib of corn in the ear,
measure the length, breadth and height Of
the crib inside of the rail; multiply the
length by the breadth, and the product by
the height; then divide the product by
two, and you have the number Of bushels
of shelled corn in the crib.


To find the number Of bushels OF ap-
Piles, potatoes, ETC., in bin, multiply the
length, breadth and thickness together,
and this by 8, and point off one figure in
the product for decimals.
Year: 1878

The ladies of the Presbyterian Church at
Delhi are preparing supper for Tuesday
evening.


The Woodward Orchestra, of Woodward
High School, will give concert in the High
School Hall next Friday.


The Ancient Order of .Hibernans give
their tenth annual ball at the Highland
House on Thursday evening.
Year: 1878

Mrs. Gertrude Late, woman eighty-eight
years of age. living with her son-in-law
Henry Lansing, at 1856 Western avenue, was
left alone in the house for short time yes
terday afternoon, and when the family re-
turned they found her lying in front of
the CRATE, where she had been burned to
DEATH Her clothing, which had evidently
caught fire while she slept, was burned en-
tirely off and her body burned to a crisp
Year: 1878

It makes us shiver to read the de- tailed accounts of the severe storms that have prevailed along the Atlantic Coast during the last week, resulting in loss of life, destruction ot property, and the almost entire suspension of business Tn some of our large cities. We can scarcely realize that such severe weather exists in the east while everywhere about us in Pinal county, the farmers are blowing and sowing, large frui; ochards are being planted, in some places the new grain is al- ready green, the air is fresh and warm, in fact our winter has been a continual spring time, long drawn out, no snow, no severe storms, no cold, raw, bleak winds; but such happy combination of cloud and rain, sunshine and cool breezes as to make our winter climate one of the most delightful on the con- tinent.

 Such a climate is not barren of great advantages, not only is it desirable to live in but for many other reasons. In the east, the winter is the season of great suffering among the poor, and great expense among the more for tunate. Winter consumes what sum- mer produces. Large supplies of pro- visions and fuel must be provided for the family. Stock must be housed and fed from five to eight months, and during the same time the ground is frozen constantly, and little or nothing can be done in agriculture or other out door pursuits. In short the winter is a season of vacation-an enjoyment to the rich, and of extreme suffering to the poor. With us it is different, nature is kind, alike to the rich and poor, to man and beast. Our stock herds graze on good pasture lands the year around The farmer prepares his soil during the winter season for his spring crop which is harvested in time to plant and grow a second crop; no branch of industry is paralyzed by the severity oi the weather. The revenues of the rich are constant, and the poor find abund. ant means for support and comfort We may be prejudiGed, but for some reason we are in love with Arizona Nature has highly favored some DOT. tions, Pinal county for instance, and a little of the art and energy of man will make it quite perfect.
Year: 1878

FLORENCE, February ', 1878.

 EDITOR CITIZEN your issue of February l, you published an edito- rial article with the heading, |" County Indebtedness and Supervisors" in which, after making some remarks in regard to the county indebtedness of other counties of the Territory, you state, comparatively speaking Pinal county is free from debt" In regard to the above expression, the tax payers of Final county would be pleased 10 be informed. A large number of them had supposed that thls county was en .irely out of debt, and more, had a surplus of several thousand dollars in Its Treasury. I we'll understand that, unless the County Treasurer per- forms his duty according to law, it is impossible for you or any one else out side of his office to know the financial condition of the county, subject in which every tax payer is directly in terested.

 If the statement required by law had been made by the Treasurer, you would have been enabled to know how much the county indebtedness, if any, is, or how much money was Tn the hands of the Treas lrer at the close of the year 1877; and therefore, would not have been compelled to make the guessed at statement above referred to. If we have money in the Treasury let us know it, and let us know to what funds the money belongs, and how much to each. If we are indebted let us know t, and how much, and what for. This much the tax payers of Pinal county demand, and think just ly. LEVI RUGGLEs, One of them.
Year: 1878

MILLIONS and millions of years old, is what the savants have to say about the age of the world And yet nobody ever had the Sumpiion" to get up shirt open in the back til the present generation came upon the stage. Well, they were a slow lot of Iogies. those proren!tors of ours
Year: 1878

Is always supplied with an ample variety Of well-cooked food. No exaggeration in this Stage passengers and travellers by there understand It, and to them all un- acquainted with the fact are respectfully referred for information
Year: 1878

AS the body sinks under fatigue unless
supported by food, so external works, how
ever holy, wear out the soul which is not
regularly nOurished by prayer. In the most
crowded day we can make time briefly and
secretly to life our sOul to God and draw
new strength from Him.
Year: 1878

A Demand for Money Met by Denance-


Throwing her Cash in the FIames-Brain-


Ing the Robber. that Attempted TO Get IL


RICHMOND, June Last night plucky
young widow living near Tazewel Court House
in this State defeated two tramp rufflans after
fight which cost all three their lives. About 10
o'clock at night two men went to the house Of
Mrs. Becky Baldwin and asked her to give them
some silver in exchange for notes, Offering ~
OF the latter for t5 OF tho former. They soon
left but returned after she had retired and
broke opon tho door and entered her
bedroom. She jumped from the bed
and told them to leave her room.
They demanded her pocketbook and threat
ened violence II she did not give It. She went
TO hor dress, deliberately took the pocketbook
from II, containing s2l. and threw II In the fre
One OF tho tramps stopped to get II out. and she
snatched up an axe and dealt him terrific
blow. knocking him down, quickly following
with other blows dashlng his brains out on the
hearthstone. The second tramp then drew a
dirk knife. and rushed at her. and
stabbed her twice in tho left breast.
She dealt him q fearful blow with
the axe. nearly severng his right arm near the
shoulder. The miscreant then fed leaving
trail OF blood behind him. His dead body was
found this morning two miles from the place.
young white man came by this morning and
found Mrs Baldwin dying She told her story,
and died two hours afcrward. The dead
bodies Of the tramps were thrown In a hog PEN
so great was the Indignation Of the people in
the vicinity. There were no papers upon them
by which they could be identified.
Year: 1878

| any such process. There is but q fraction,
| anu that an inconsiderable one, OF the people
| Or the State who have an Intelligent idea Of
The meanings and results of these amend


ments We question Ii there are dozen men,
on IN average, In each parish who have studied
| them, thoroughly digested their purport, and
know, technically, how to vote on them. This
| ls no slur upon the intelligence Of our
people. 1t would be remarkable II
they could, rs @ general proposition,
vote upon them intellgently. The masses
cannot comprehend or vote knowingly upon
SO many propositions. Yet these amend
1nents touch many questions Of vital import
once In d constitutional government They
absolutely destroy two Of the three co-ord-
nate estates Of government, and these the
most important-to wit: the Legislative md
judicial-hnd erect In their places entirely
new establishments.


Can the people do such things otherwise
! than In their representative capacity2 We
thoroughly believe In tho people, but
We also believe In that science
which Is called "f5tate-craft (which inn
source and repository Of oil power and vet
teaches those Of us who are the people and or
the people how TO protect our rights and
maintain our power. According to this
science ours is, not merely Democratic and
Republican, but 1t Is, also, q Representative
government. Representation in our counsels
Is OF vast Importance, and never OF greater
Importance than in q constitutional eonven-
tion- This fenture Of our government
operates the selection OF our wisest
and best to suggest and rough-hew
the constitution under which we shall live.
There Is d divinity behind them-the will Of
the people-that shapeg tho ends. Or, to use
another proverb, "Man proposes but God dis
poses" These Representatives, who are but
men, shall propose the provisions Of our or
ganic law. but these provisions shall be Dis
posed Of by tho voice Of the people, which Is
the voice OF God


Men who are sent by the people TO repre-
sent them In the Legislature are not quail
fled or competent to represent them in tbs
matter OF abrogatlng one constitution and
promulghting another. We want the people
to speak, but We insist that they do 30 through
regularly deputed and authorized agents
through Legislature under On accepted con-
stitntiCn and through q convention when an
old constitution is to be abrogated and O. new
one established. The question Is, simply,
what did tho lost Legislature propose to do
when 1t submitted these amendments? 1t
proposed to give the State Of Louisiana o new
constitution and we object.
Year: 1878

AS we said yesterday, it Is an excellent rule
when you do not understand proposition tc
vote against 1t. The good sense of this in
junction is admirably illustrated in the mat
ter Of the proposed constitutional amend
ments. It was but yesterday that we had to ex-
plain to @ correspondent the meaning of one OF
them, and only few days before the Assist
ant Secretary Of State was obliged to telegraph
oil over the State information regarding the
mere form Of voting upon one Of them. IN
Caddo we notice that the Shreveport Times
sheriff, in his usual formal proclamation Of
election, has failed to say a word in regard to
the amendments The Times itself, @ profess
sional purveyor Of information, was In doubt
in regard thereto and telegraphed to New Or
leans for information. After publishing the
dispatch received In reply to Its telegram the
Times observes:


We are perfectly we'll satisfied that very
large majority of the Dem mocrats Of North Louis
lana are opposed to these amendments-if not
on the grounds Of their merits, on the ground
that their adoption would prove an impediment
to the call OF Q constitutional convention. which
nine-tenths OF the people are strongly in favor
Of. Therefore, we hope all the tickets Will be
ments' on them. Otherwise careless voters
might Inadvertently vote for their adoption.


It must be apparent to all reasonable men
that upon such a variety Of questions as these
amendments present, and in the complicated
way In which they are submitted, no intelli-
gent expression of popular opinion can posi-
bly, be obtained. 1t is impossible to abrogate
one constitution and establish another by
Year: 1878

Some months ago the Grand Jury on tho
statement Of parties unknown to us. made o.
report relative to the State printing, contain
ing specifications which, II true, would BIO OK
trernely damaging TO the State Printer. This
official Immediately solicited an investigation
by the Governor or such parties as he might
Designate But the Governor had no authority
to act In the promises; the Attorney General
was absent, and the courts were closing for
the summer vacation. Consequently, much
TO the regret and detriment of the State
Printer, the matter WIS necessarily post
poned. But the courts Gre now open, and 1t is
tbe earnest wish Of tho Printer that the law
officers Of the State shall take the earliest op-
portunty to institute q full, vigorous and
thorough investigation into the charges CON
tanned in the report Of the Grand Jury.
Year: 1878

action OF the Grown officers yesterday goes to
show that the difference in the matter Of
Justice is with Great Britain, TOO few
American bank managers are In State prisons
Ii seems to be certain that such will be the
destination of the Glaeupry tu1lprita
Year: 1878

The authors OF the greatest financial sensa-
tion OF the day were yesterday arraigned at
Glasgow, and committed for trial without
benefit of bail. The details of the swindling
operations Of the directors Of the broken bank
have been given to the public and show q
system of banking that would put the average
American wildcat" bankers to the blush.
The difference, In respect to the swindle


appears to be in favor Of America. but the
Year: 1878

A Maryland judge has declined the applica-
tion Of o woman to be admitted to practice in


his court, for the following luminous reason
"Man was created first and O. woman after
ward, and part OF him" This ID conclusive.
Year: 1878

Trelands first Cardinal was buried yester-
day with mposing ceremonies and amid the
sorrow Of eli entire people. An immense con-
course gathered to witness the obsequies Of
the good priest and great statesman, who
found it entirely consistent to be an Irish
patriot and loyal to the government.
Year: 1878

Warrants we're issued yesterday for the arrest
OF John SWantOn. Lewis Schradt and Joseph Flood
three Deputy Collectors of the Third Internal Revenue
District OF this city On July 8, they were placed In
charge OF the Lynch dstillery, in West HoustOn-st
which seized for violation OF the revenue laws
and they were In possession OF the property from
M TO p. M. when it was turned over to the United
States Marshal An inventory Of the property had been
taken at the time OF the seizure when these
placed IN possession When 1t surrendered 70 the
Marshal found that the stock deficient to the
extent Of from thirty TO forty gallons Of whiekey and
also in certain copper aud minor articles The
matter brought to the attention OF the DstrctAt
tOrney who instructed his assistant TO issue warrants
saying that Federal officers must be taught that theft
OF goods while their possession cannot be tolerated.
Year: 1878

A man whom nobody knew bled to death
last night, at Bellevue Hospital, from deep cut
that had severed the main artery OF one
OF his arms. The entry on the register
showed that he was brought In an ambulance from
either No 13 Secondaye, Thrtcentn-st, and Second
ave, but neither place anything known OF HIM
The meagre information furnished by tue register rat
rick Riley home, forty-two years. was his sJle cpl
fouh
Year: 1878

he vouch for the accuracy Of the statement that
Prince Bismarck not long since emphatically Informed
the Italian Ambassador that IL Of paramount inter
est to German that the Trentno and the City Of
Trieste should never become Italian.
Year: 1878

The attention of the police of the Fifteenth
Precinct was called yesterday pile of old furniture
which stood on the sidewalk in front Of No. 40 West
Thirdst had remained ont OF doors since Friday last
and had been thoroughly soaked by the rain on Sunday
The trunks, bedding and cooking utensils looked worn
and battered and the general appearance OF the eoec
ton indicated the poverty OF the owner. III
belonged TO Mrs Emma Baker and her little daughter,
who recently made charges AGAINST Joseph IRVING the
Broadway carriagemaker Mrs. Baker found in the
hallway OF the house. with her hat and shawl on, as II
about to go out for walk She said that John Schroeder.
the landlord house had procured witt Of eject
ment and had obtained judgment against her In court
On Friday he had moved her furniture into the street 81
have no Mrs Baker sad and can set no place
of shelter either for myself my little daughter
The girl is ILL., and she grows worse every day from the
dscomorts which she has to endure We have slept for
several nights the bare floor OF the room from which
our furniture was moved Some OF the kind people here
have given us food" The tears running down the
wOman's withered checks as she spoke but suddenly
they were dried, and her flashed angrily as she
said All these misfortunes are brought upon US 1y
life, and he Is seeking to drive us TO the
pOOr-hOuse to keep from appearing against him
In court What will do with him will Kill him.
will cut him into pieces small these spreadng out
the sticks Of battered FAM. don't care who hears H.


am free TO proclaim in the hearing Of God and men
that will kill him the first opportunity have"


Tie police sent word yesterday TO the Bureau OF In
eumbrances. to have the goods removed from
while plying the distress OF Mrs. Baker
and her daughter, that the woman is
a mschiefmaker, aud that she was elected solely be
cause she refused TO pay rent Jhey also DeeVe that
Mrs Baker is trying 10 enlist sympathy 70 aid her In
her suit against Mr. Irving. AT the Mercer street
Station it was stated that the woman wel known In
the precinct as beat" that she had been turned
out of several houses for refusing TO pay rent The
police believe mat her chatges against MI F'lns nave
Year: 1878

The importance Of the system, its power life
and the direct bearing which IL has human happiness
and the danger Oveftax
ing whether through intense mental application or by the
Indulgence Of the appetes and propenses
consideration When the nervous system


deranged II absolutely TO promptly seek ad
whO for series OF has
voted whole time and attention to this study and who from
his practice has learned 10 discover
the and promptly apply the remedy thus avoiding
the painfully slow seeking for the truth 80 common 10 the In
EXPERIENCED annoying the patient wh0 nat


rally wants know delay what Is the matter the
extent the deTangemen the probabilities OF recupeaon
and the time required


m the brain has exhausted intense mental
pcatiou deprivng il Of power OF connected thought
can only recover its strength by being properly fed and
nOurshed the Of certain systematic methods 1t Is
precisely with the that preside over organic
fife The value this branch of medical practice scarce
be Oyerraec reaches marriage the perpetaaOn OF
family Names securing Of hereditary titles and the reten-
tiOn OF estates in the same family.


From long and large experience IN this direction nave
been command success the thsnkfu apprecia
tiOn OF families In the city aud na0n and
much that pertain 10 the oycrexercse OF
Of the system and the means OF re-
covering powers whether Of bran appetite propensity or
passion.