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-;. "'sTtV yv ''i I I ! VOL. IX. TOMBSTONE, AEIZONA, JULY 14, J 888. NO. 5l. ffiliffie r. H 4 .CHILDHOOD'S FAIRIES. When the vftaA comes cool from the drowsy west. And the sun goes down and the shadows die, And the sounds of the day are hushed to re it, And the star an lit in the deepening sky, Then the tree toads lift their flickering cry, And the crickets chirrup their vlrelays, And I think at the flash of a firefly These are the fairies of childhood days. Then the weird owl hoots from her hollow nest, And bevies of chattering bats fly by. And the frogs in the moonlit marsh protest. While katy tills bicker on branches high; And over the tree tops one may spy The shimmering twinkle of silver rays. And the Voods awake and the great pines sigh "These are the fairies of childhood days." ' i ' Then the whip-poor-wills triple their (.tern behest, And the "culprit fay?' with a tear at his oye, ATersthat the honest way is the best Confessing the fault that he can't deny) Invisible legions of wee things He In the hollow hid where the cold stream strays. And leaves sing to leaves as they peel: and pry "These are the fairies of childhood days." INVOT. no I Robin Ooodfellow, your cap's awry 1 And Katydid, dear1, your cheeks are ablaze, I But only the whispering winds reply "These are the fairies of childhood days." A. II. A. c, IN. A BLIZZARD. I was setting tip type In the offlco of The Bloomlngton Spike one bright day in February, 1882, when I hennl n voice at the window saying: "Hello, Sea graves I wan' to hold dowiuyer-..clalmf" The speaker was sneering at me throngh his mtttened hands. I shook my head,- but motioned for him to come'' in, which he did. As he stood before the rusty cannon stove I remonstrated with him for his rashness. "Now, I'm an honest man, Moore. I don't want to take advantage of anyone, not even a drnh'imcrfor farm machinery. The fact Is, I'm dangerous Why, there ain't a'man In this territory that' would ask me to go out on the prairie with him if he knew ray tecord. I'm sure death.'' "What do you mean? Explain your self." "I will. I'tb been put on that pre-' emption of mine promptly at the end of every thirty tiaja eyerBlnea, .the last day of October, and every time it stormed damnably. The first time it rained, the next time It snowed and blowed like the devil aud all, and the last time Murray and I went; out .to, rthe claims we spent three days' In hls rtwelve'by fourteen shanty with the horses. Why, I can't go to Heron or Belleplaln hut a terrible storm sweeps down, on; 'toe poor people. Thefefpte the boys'flght shy of me." Moore-was wrilstllngthrough his teeth at my yarn. He didn't put much im portance upon it. "Ohf rknowall.nboutthat; but I don't scare worth a cent, and, besides, look at the sua shining out there. Now, you get yer toggery on and we'll be off after din ner. Bailey's going too. Now rustle I'll see you later.'.' This settled the matter, and accordingly I got things Into as good shape as possible In the office, and went early to dinner at the Wstemuhons. Theboys at the table were also lalklng about going out on their claim's; sodarslngiSparks; of .the" land office, because of the ruling which obliged, them to be- on the -pre-emption once' a' month, no matter what the weather might be, "I guess we're about .all in the same 'fix," said Adams; "there's Bailey and MooreJtnd Shelbyj myself, and" "Aml'Seagraves,1' I 'Bald, quietly. "Wh-a-atl Not.you, Seagraves?'.' 'youbetIrSVyl.K-;- ".That settles my hash; if Seagraves goes! Upalkyouijean bet high on that, I'm not ready to, turn up my toes for the coyotes to guanf;'" ' - "Gentlemen, I'm sorry for you, but I'm going to break my record or try a dyirig.ul,-'"t" tt " Aud about 2 o'clock, behind Moore's -little team, well nigh buried In blankets and'rbbevwefdrew outrof'the main street and he.ided west, amid a chorus of yells. "Git there, Kill Seagraves is sure death; push on the reins;" etc. Tlie, sleighing was .excellent, and the vast level plain, ni bare as the bosom of n frozen sea, was sparkling under a brilliant sun -shining from a deep blue sky. Our course lay straight Into the wilderness to the west, a dUtau'ce of nearly thirty miles an easy trip It the roads are good all the Bailey anOTMoore Kept' up a lively chat ter ovrtheirihuue buffalo 'coat collars, and hailed every passing team with jolly shouts, and when we were about ten miles on our way Bailey said: "Igues. Seagraves will escape this time." I lifted mjrhead and took a look at the northwestern: sfcy;,theti,fcaid: ."No, boys, we're in for It, sure." Andwe ,were;,for, borne on the wing, of tfiefnorlhivlml, gresi fleecy dome of cloud; slat SluC belowJUnd silver 'jvhlte abovij warltlngV'ust, .wide as the north ern horizon, seamless, dim and noiseless, sweeping with the speed of a shadow upon us. The day was yet brilliant, but the frost White edge 6t thCdoud hadi already slid .across' the "face of thei sun, making the depth of the dark blue dome more ominous and. stern. It would be dark in two hours'." "Well, boys, the blizzard is coming, sure, and there aro just two things to do ptuh 'on' as' hard as we can for the claim or tiirh-iback." , "There's no turning' to this crowd," Moore replied, as he touched the ponies with a' whip. I submitted, though with SomCmisglvl'nga, I am free to confess. The road was getting worse now, as we were! getting beyond the settlers' shanties, ndjeybnd .tbejtray to find from the town. ' Houses grew more and more In frequent, the wind began to rise, and the snow to sift along the plain, softly, spas modically, yet insidiously, and almost be fore we knew lit the road was' full of drifts. Wherever a tuft of weeds or a clump 'fit luqburoed grass stood, a drift had formed,-stretching out its solid bulk across our track like a huge lazy polar bear, over which the ponies were forced to draw the sleigh.-"' - ' The sun was entirely hid soon after, and occasional, flakes of snow struck the face like -threats)' while the 'wind, growing coldei,bJtmost. savagely The prairie wosbiirned bare here, and the sliding suow ran like tongues of flame here and there;, or spread Uty sllyer white ocean foam upon the side of some smooth, black ened knoll. We' passed many shanties, but thW were emptyj'fdr the most part, the oWiiers, 'having 'moved back east for the winter'.1 The1 farther we went to the weat'the- wilder and more bare the prairie became? oon. we would be outside the line hi i hcusl settlement; Bailey was In tending, to, get off- At point about five miles before ' we reached Moore's claim.. His claim lay four miles due south from a certain corner stake which we were to pass very soon, but as we were approach ing the stake Moore and I determined to ksep aim with us, and not allow of bla making his venture at night. Accord ingly, Moore pulled up short, and we both looked Immovably at our friend. Bailey was a brave man when there was any thing depending on the venture, but as he rose to his feet and looked around him he hesitated. It was a fearful scene. As far as the eye could penetrate the stability of tho prairie seemed changed to the furious lashings of a foam white waste of waters. Great waves of snow met, shifted, spread, ruced like wolves, joined again, rose, buf feted each other till puffs of fine snow sprang into the air, like spray, only to fall and melt in the sliding streams. All was unreal, ghastly. No sky, but a formless, Impenetrable mass of flying snow; no earth except when a sweeplug gust laid bare, a long striliL. of blackened sod that had the effect, the terrifying effect, of a hollow, fathomless trough between the hissing waves, and civet till the night a; tempest were speeding, like the flight of twin eagles. Our companion set his teeth and made as if to spring out and set forth. "Sit down," wo shouted. "Do you Intend to commit suicide" And, with a laugh at his relieved expression, wo pushed the ponies on toward the west. "We must be merciless now. We aro too far on to turn back, and if we are not delayed we can reach the shanty before deep night," I shouted In the ear of the driver, There were now but two shanties where we knew of people living, and both of tlics'e were, some miles from our desti nation One of these we soon reached after passing the corner stake alluded to. It was a small frame shanty, bunked to the roof with snow and sods; indeed, the roof was also of sods, laid on for addi tional warmth. It was low and mean looking at ordinary times, but now, as the door opened and the red light streamed out over the drifts glinting through the falling snow, it had a singularly attractive look. The honse was full to overflowing, we were told, and there were no places for our horses at all; they would have to stand out If we staid. "But we ain't goln' to stay," said Moore, grimly, as he pulled out into the road, now a mere trail, to be followed with the greatest difficulty. Just after turning into this faiut track there came a team of horses rushing to meet us. As they pissed us at a swift gallop we saw that, attached to the har ness of one, was a boy's hand sled, upon which a long plank was bound, and lastly u young fellow lying atop, on his side, In I- the way boys coast down hill. He had a round, red face, on which was a fearless laugli, and he shook the reins above his noble team and plunged Into tho dark ness of the east on his way -to the settle ment. The storm had steadily Increased in violence, though each stage seemed the limit of its fury. The cold grew ever bitterer, the night was almost upon us, and the snow, filled the Kir, and we could see but a few rods in any direction; but our only resource was to press on out on tho prairie, wrapped in madly swirling clouds of suow. But we wero nil western born, and not only knew our danger, but how to meet It as well. Ourtrall was en tirely lost, and there was nothing left but to steer by the wind aud the section lines. For n mile or more we had been following a furrow which had been plowed along the section line, and we must now leave that and bear to the southwest. Therefore, taking the wind (which we knew to be in the northwest) on our right shoulder, we struck out in n straight line for the place where we knew the shanty belonging to Moore must be. We ought to come near enough to It to see it as we passed; if not well, we didn't like to think of that. As our course must bo mado with the greatest care, Moore drove, whlle.Bailey and I took turns in rigidly keeping tho wind upon the right ear, and in walking in the truck behind. Tho track was kept straight in this way aud in creased our chances of finding tho house. We were now moving in a circle of halt light, outside of which, 100 feet away, was darkness. Without this half, light all was distorted, fantastic. A sace bush, a clump of weeds, or a tuft of grass assumed huge proportions, and through the treacherous gloom looked like a bam or a stack of hay In the further reach of the eye. A bit of shingle not fifty feet from my eye looked so like a cabin on tho side of a distant swell thut I called joy fully to, my companions that I had found the house. It frightened me when, a few steps further on, I came to tho wind blown bit of wood, and my vision of tho house and the snowy hill faded out into thb depths of the storm. The snow flew so! thickly that we could not see the ponies at, times as they labored heavily through the deep snow, for we were on the un burned prairie now and the snow was mid leg deep. Around me I heard the multitudinous trampling of the snows, the fluttering of innumerable wings, the" sheer weight of an army of foes pressing against us, small as units, a terrible force taken together. There were Bwirls here and there which opened vistas in which the mind put vague pictures of battles between ghostly adver saries, und then tho snow came down upon us ay, it seemed to leap up from beneath, fall from above, ns well U3 drive 6n the level terrific blast, like sand from a tube. At Intervals we would stop, and go as far as we dared to the right and left, and, stooping down, look under the snow to discover the house. Our course since leaving the section line was so slow and painful that it seemed ns though we had been traveling more than an hour, and finally Moore pulled up und turned tome with a look of grim resolution on his fare that told that we hud arrived at the same conclusion. "Seagraves, we're in for it. We've passed the shanty without seeing it." "That's alxrat my idea. And more than that, 1 will not go a singlo step further In that direction. There is nothing but a trackless prairie out there. Our only hope now is to turn to the southeast and keep going till we strike tho settlement. If tho ponies keep up; we're all right." "That's about tho size of it, if we've gone by the shanty, for my claim is about the last one. In the township, and .the next is unsurveyed. So we'd better turn and strike for the Norwegian settlement south of here. But where's Bailey?" True enough! I sent my eye around the circle; he was not in sight. While we wero talking he had lost sight of us, and mak ing a detour to see tho house, If possible might be ahead or behind us; we could not tell. We looked nt each other an in stant In fear, then halloed in chorus. No reply, If he were to the south his cries could not reach us; and "if to tho north ours could not reach him. Again Ave shouted, and nenin listened. No reply, though we stroined our ears in the steady, ceaseless roar and scream of the storm. For the first time I was afraid. In such a ferocious tempest and in such deadly cold a man could not live long. We took turns in shouting, but no reply came, till a lull in the wind not only left tho air clearer, but softened the tumult in tho far, and we hjgrd fajgtcry in the djs- tance "nelpl" It seemed so far off that it had no more force than the cry of a kitten. Wo could not tell whether' it was on the earth or in the sky, or whether wo imagined it, but soon it came iigniu. "He's at our left," said Moore, pulling the horses about and following tho cry. At every few rods we would stop and shout, ami listen for his cry, which grow each moment stronger, but ho was not approaching us, he was waiting for us to come to him. Soou we were within speak ing distance, mid he was directing us where to find him. It was strange that he did not approach us. We thought he must have mot with some accident, when suddenly ho stood beside us. With a single word, "Follow me," he started off, the 't"""ises following him. We could not see mm, but we know he was on the track of something. Soon we came upon n small barn heavily banked with snow, and with hoarso cheers wo shook hands ,.:d yelled, "I told you sol" We had lilt the barn, and the house was near by and easily reached. Without stopping to talk of our good luck, wo sprang out,- und In a few mo ments tho ponies were safe from tho bliz zard, their iioses deep in somo hay and oats. After rubbing tho ice aud suow from their coats, and stirring tho circula tion anew In their stiff and weary legs, we gathered our robes and things in our arms and mado for the house, which we reached in a short,' breathless run. It was a frame building, 18x24, which Moore had erected for a summer resi dence a mere shell of n tiling,, with only, oue thickness of boards on tho sides, through which the snow drifted; and as there was no banking, the cold air also streamed up through the floor; but rela tively It was a palace. It was shelter and light, for there was n stove and somo kind ling and a bux of coal. We need not freeze for one night, anyway. We soon had a roaring fire in the rusty stovo and a light in an unwashed tubular lantern. We also .found a coffee can, aud soon had a can of coffee slzzliug on the stove. Then we took the time to ask Bailey about his ndvent urc. It seems that lu makiug a detour he had caught a glimpse of the barn, aud though tho storm the next moment cov ered it, yet he determined to push on n little further and make suro of it. Luck ily we did not got quite out of ear shot, and tho whole ended fortunately, but it was a big risk to run. As out frozen mince pies began to warm up and the cof fee to send off a fragrant steam, .Moore sang, exultantly: Tho wind howls mad out doors, Tho snow clouds hurry ast. We made a great picture as we sat around the red hot stove, with our fur caps und buffalo overcoats on. The lan tern threw a red light over us through its smoky side, and the open jaws of the coal stove brought out every line of our faces' as though we were the witches in "Mac beth" huddled around the caldron. On our heads the sifted snow fell at intervals like showers of red flakes of goid, while the frail structure creaked and groaned in the blast, the snow lashed thewindqws, and rushed like a pack of wolves about the door. After food and warmth, we sat thus talking and singing till we felt weary and sleepy with the cold; and then our host led us to the upper story of the house, where the bed stood which Moore used when ho came to sleep on his claim, and upon this we piled our blankets and robes, and then crept under them. Outside the storm lashed and hissed llko an ocean. There was a fluttering roar, as of myriad wings, a rattle ot dls tant musketry, the howling of innumer able wild beasts, and the walls of women in agony. There wero vague sounds of rushing, of swirling, aud the tinkling ns of distant, falling, driving sand. I re member waking in the night and listen ing in awe to the tumult, fancying tho wind some huge beast disappointed of his prey, and wreaking his rage on the wood . of our frail retreat. Ho secnied to grasp aud shake the house ns a lion would a rnt, while his voice sank to a deep raucous snarl of convulsive fury. We seemed such puny creatures, such motes in the blasting tides of Icy sands, that I" was glad when sleep put an end to my specu lations und fancies. When Inwoke the next morning all was still still as tho grave; not a sound save the heavy breathing of my company ions and the occasional cracking of the wood under the terrible cold; as still as though the snow hud buried us deep un der its soft weight. And I shall never for get how it looked as I stepped out into the morning air: Like an enternal changeless sea Or burnished marble lay thepla'iri, " " In dazzling, shoreless, soundless waste, Horizon girt, without a stain. The air was still; no breath ot sound Came from the wide expanse ; The whole earth seemed to llo iu trance, In hushed, expectant tlleuce bound. And oh I the beauty ot the morning sky. Where flamed the herald banners of the king! And as I gazed with famished eye, Lo! day came on me with a spriug. No one.would-ever dream that the night before this calm plain had been lushed and driven by .an appalling tempest. .TJhe terrible ride of the night before seemed almost a dream. There was no receding swell upon this ocean, as upon the, Atian tlc; on the contrary, it looked so marble like and still thut one could hardly imag ine it ever being moved again. The bril liant sun flashed from millions of ice points on" the snow, making a broad way of dazzling gold and diamonds a royal way for the coming of the morning. Its glory was almost, not quite, a compensation for the experience of the previous night. That night, as we sat around the cannon stove lu the Warn' burger grocery in Bloomtown, Moore told our story "with trimmings," adding, among other things, the actual fact that the thermometer was !J8 degs. below zero. The other .trimmings, which were not facts. I will not mention. Moore Is a good fellow, nnd undoubtedly regrets the ex aggerations which the enthusiasm of the moment 'induced. Harper's Weekly. The C recti Woman'i Vanity. The most striking faults in tho Greek woman's character are her vanity, fond ness for dress nnd display, and jealousy of the better circumstances of her neighbors. The spirit of ambitious rivalry is often carried to1 such excess that the real com forts of home life are sacrificed to it; and many live poorly and dres meanly nt home, in order to display a well furnislied drawing room and expensive holiday toilets to the public. There are, how ever, very domestic, make devoted wives, and fond, if not always judicious, mothers. Boston Budget. A Craxy Quilt of Bark. A Buffalo man has a curiosity in tho shape of a crazy quilt made of one, seam-: less piece of hammered bark. It Is the .artistic product of barbarous' hands, thos'e Of Mr. Faafllimalo, a -bandy legged bar barian of Australian origin. About 8x4 feet in dimensions, Jt is covered o'n the one side with a diamond pattern, wrought on with black paint. Chicago Herald. J -SOlJj jrgjsmiil jH2-t J?' I MmaViK&l 3 POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel ot purity, 'strength, and wholesomeness More economical then the ordinary kinds and cannot be sold in competion with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. ROYAL BAKING POWUcR CO., Io6 Wall St., N. Yt JUST OPENED. A Large Stock of California, Cheyenne v'andTexas SADDLES. Chapareras., Bridles,! Lap Robes, Spurs, horse Blankets, AND Harness of Every Description! AT PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. Saddles arid- Harness to Order. Repairing and CarriagTrim ming Done. Haung Secured the services of Mr. Blackburn !V9are'prepared to guarantee satisfaction. PAGE & COLEMAN. ALLEN ST. BET. THIRD AND FOURTH. TOMBSTONE ...... AEIZOMA. BILLIARD PARLORS 1 -. r - ' ALLEN STREET, HAFFNER & SHAUGHNESSY. 'i t All brands , of . Fine Liquors Fine Liquors Kept constantly On hand, i iOri -Hand, Also the.hest',-;- Lrl' Imported cigars. Imported Cigars. The best BIMJALD HALL in the city in connection1 with the saloon. ST. LOUIS BEER ON DRAGHT. BARROW'S Auction House. I buy for Cash and sell for Cash, and am thereby enabled to take advantage of the markets and give my customers tho same ad vantage. i ch is well selected consists in part of Furniture, Car pets, Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, Crockery, Glassware, Tinware, Harness, Tents, Wagon Covers, Wall Paper, Guns and Ammuni tion. I s , ' SAM M. BARROW, Allen St., Between Fourth & Fifth BkT" ' S i5y 'JO 1--. tilt It 1 OJ Jmi. .i.i, i.ro New Goods Received Daily. C. E. FREDERICK, AT COST. AT Wholesale and UeHniiiiTnifllCo., General Staple and Fancy Groceries, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Flour, Grain and Hay, Iron and Steel. Shelf - . - i -Mi and Heavy Hardware, MINING AND RANCH SUPPLIES, ETC., Allen Street, Between , . . . . : r i .' I . , i -'O- t By buying goods i for Cash- in Carload lo(.s. and taking, ad vantage., of i Discounts in Eastern and Western" markets', we are' enabled " ' to give our customers the benetit of the VERY' LOWEST PRICES. ". ,,,-., Agents for Studebaker Wagons and Safety Nitro Powder.. li 'it li )) ,1II1M 31 . 1 i THE PEOPLE'S STORE . .. . Cor. Fourth and Fremont Sts., Summerfield Bros.' Old Stand. New Store ! Ladies' and Children's Shoes, Slippers, Silk Handkerchiefs, Kid Gloves, Ladies' Hats ; in fact, everything that can be found in a first-class Dry Goods Store. Gents' Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, Trunks, Valises, Carpets, .Win dow Shades and Wall Paper, which I will seir'at astonishingly ; low prices. Come and examine my Stock' and 'Prices before purchasing elsewhere. Hetnembor the place Summerfields' old Store. SALA SCHEIN, Proprietor, t sgUBfeu COST. AT COST. Retail Dealers in i . --. i(i . I .'I .1: i ' : ,u : $1 i f .! ,1 r-;:.: i i "i a ' tti-u' t ?.-.; : i. .. i.i. .i i . I ". U ' il if. .-II ) ' u fi i Agricultural Implements. j j a '- . I t;i . - I '- i..i u. i. Third, and .Fourth. ' w i New Goods ! -- V - i H. K. TWEED, Dealer, in Groceries, Clothing, Liquors Etc., Etc. Corner of Fourth and Allen streets. TOMBSTONE, ARIZOJtV , PIONEER ; LIVERY STABLE I I'Jl i . ', i. i , A i -JMBuJiL . k VL''V RHiCll"al'4L I i General Merchandise 'JH k .1. U.'NlFWJHtiWWT.k HARE & PAGE, Proprietors Allen Street, above Occidental.HoteL . I i - The best saddle horses and driving rigs m the city. Parti cular attention paid to outfits for -loi)g tripa, j. .i . ia. Druggist; ALLEN STREET. Between Fourth and Fifth . Patent Medicines, Per . fumeries, Toilet Articles , PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY PRE , . PARED.. . . ,.c . : i ..I- ') t )w .?A?11 AMERICAN BAKERY Fourth St., bet. Allen & Fremont COOLEY & TURNER, Proprietors. The best of ! i . BREAD, CAKES AND PIES, Always on hand in quantities to suit. PRIVATE ORDERS FILLED AT SHORT NOTICE. Delivery Wagon connected withthe'?, Bakery', and Orders Delivered in Any pary of the City , Without Charge. Pony Saloon, ALLEN STREET. HENRY CAMPBELL, Prop. CHOICE BRANDS OF J Liquors and Cigars: St. Luis Lager Beer, English Ale and ' Porter on draught. l& MIXED BBINKK .A 8PEC1ALTT. " ont St.. Tonb8tone I - ... a i i .. , . ,,.,. . ( j ' ' " ' ' -i ii '. 'hi !(, . nu Papago I'M tore JIAt'I.K ana PANOt GKOOERIBB. Choices 3 ,Iirnd ol Kentnek j WhUky, and eratn of a) Hnd( kopt coniUntly on hand and ioW at lowaa i . wlcet. CV1 - .If- WA nil Hot f Attajers' Bnppllct eomU on hand, B. AUSTIN ProDriete