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TOMBSTONE EPITAPH: TOMBSTOIOJ, ARIZONA, SATtTUDA? MAY 10, 1890
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Pete Spence is with us again.
C. JL Bruce
the u ek.
was a visitor during
Enin is sadly needed throughout
Southern Arizona.
The U. S. grand jury at Tucson re
turned fourteen indictments.
Apricots and June bugs will be with
us in a few weeks.
Lewi Vidal lias
constable at Bisbee.
been appointed
Dr. Goodfellow and E. B. Gage left
for Herniosillo Wednesday morning,
Wonder if Phenix will import another
battery and challenge our boys tor the
pennant ?
A yet nothing lias been announced re
garding local observance of Memorial
Day. .
Rev. Mr. Spray was presented lan
Wednesday with a donation in the shape
of a daughter.
No services at the M. E. Church in the
morning. Sunday school ;is.uual. Even
ing service at 7:30. Subject, "Music and
Christian Life."
Misses Nellie and Annie Walsh, Miss
Ahordand oihers will leave Tombstone
to rlay. The Misses Walsh will go to
California for the summer.
W. iv. Jneauc has his mining
machinery in. working order on thc
Uncle Sam and work will soon com
mence. Postmaster Harwood wears a smile
which is peculiar and wonderful in its
construction, the cause being the ad
vent of a sou last Monday.
LastWcanesdy evtning Thomas For
get quietly and peaceably imk his dep-irt-ure
fr m the ounty jnil and as yet has
forgotten to return. No one seems to be
to blame.
The skylight in the c. urihouse is com
pleted. It it will throw any more light on
sundry dark transicions that have oc
curred in the last few years it will be a real
bnon"to the people.
District mtorn ynlwell went to fiis
bee during the week o prosecute a man
nnmrd Brown fir driving woodchnppers
off hisl.mJ. There was no evidence to
ptoiecute and the case was dismissed.
Peter Hook left last Sunday for a
visit to Cincinnati He will remain
about a month. A. J. Eit'er will con
duct his business during his absence
and will receipt for an- bills that any
one desires to pay.
We are pleased to note that a large
number of our residents have acted on
the advice given by the Epitaph and
have thoroughly cleaned their premises
Wc hope that the remainder will do
likewise.
Substantial repairs are being made
to the store of Emil Sydow. The
front- of the building is being lorn
down and will be replaced by one of
ir.n. This is 1 lie right sort of faith in
the future prosperity of the city.
Our Delegate, Mark Smith, has in
troduced a bill iu Congress declaring
void the "Pasodelos Algoilonca" grant,
the lands of which adjoin Yuma. On
the 19i.li ultimo the bill was referred
to the House calendar and ordered to
be printed. Yuma Sentinel.
Walter L. Vail, who was bitten by a
Gila monster last week, is recovering.
It has been asserted by competent
authority time andagain that the bite
of one of these reptiles is not neces
sarily fatal and thje recovery of Mr.
Vail will be proof po.-i ive of the fact.
The mercury in the thermometer is
catching the growing cxciteme'nt of
our city and is getting too big for its
narrow quarters. Several days during
the past week it climbed to the top of
its domicile for a breath of fresh air
anil to look pityingly down upon
Bweltering humanity.
George Adams, a rtiidtnt of ihis city,
w murdered by Apaches on the jst in
stant, near ihe an P.Llo mine, in S
nnr. A ile Hiid chil.! nit urn 1 i.srierh
The panner uf ihemurrlcitd man is miss
ing an( i-p'iibiibl) ai other lcum. No
attempt has teen made 10 cpuie ihe
murderers nnd it will 101 be a mii prise to
hear of ain ilar dec ds rnmnutted by thi m.
The baseball ganin hist Sunday re
sulted in a scoie of 12 to IS in favor
of the Huachuca boys. Our boys
played bad ball and the game was lost
in the beginning, the score of the
first inning being 4 lo 1 in favor of
the soldiers. The vi.-iiors were well
pleased with their-treatincnt and an
other game will soon be'arranged.
The so-called "Star of Bethlehem"
is reported to be visible during the
early morning hours by the aid of an
ordinary glass. The impartcrs of this
information neglect, however, to state
just what kind of a glass is necessary.
Piobably an old-.'asliioned whisky
glass is the correct thing, for nearly
everybody Knows that when properly
looked through the above mentioned
glass fchows various kinds of stars of
all shapes and sizes, and it is easy to
believe that the "Star of Bethlehem"
could be one of the number.
Whereabouts f Former Residents.
Through a letter receiv.effjtbis week
by M. G. Crowley-from J. .Hi Camp
bell it is learned that Mr, Campbell, is
inSeattle, Washington, where he inr
tends to remain and engage in busi
ness. Mr. Campbell gives a glowing
description of Seattle, saying that it is
the best place for business 'he has seen
on the coast. He has this to say con
cerning former residents of Tomb
stone: Tom Walker is located in
Blaine, a town on the British Colttm-
bia line, where he is running a hotel
I and doing well. Charles arid John
Bugby are in Olympia running, a sa
loon. Keno Ike is in Tacoma. Charles
Melgren is mail agent on a local train.
Billy Criiyton is in Seattle:.WQrking in
a gamblir g house. Tony -Kraker, Lew
Heasley and a lo: of 'jold time Arizona
gams" are also in Seati Je;V 't -r .
. The City Water Works.
In conversation with Mr. Ashman
last evening it was learned that it is
his intention to run a drift of 40 feet
from the bottom of, -.the city, well.
Three responsible mThefsiiavefagreed
to do the work for $200whjcli is $5 a
foot. Mr Prindiville has-already sub
scribed $64 toward the "amount, ami a
committee will go around Monday
with a subscription paper to obtain
the balance, $136. There should be
no difficulty in obtaining, this small
amount, as all the consumers of city
water should be willing to contribute
for the improvement and maintenance
of an institution that effects such a
large saving to them annually.
Champions! .
Baseball! '
Territorial chimpionshipf
At last a series of square games have
been played and Tombstone is on top 1
with the record of winning every game, f
Tucson played we'l but' Tombstone
played better.
We are n it in receipt of- the complete
scores, but it is sufficient tint we have
won, and our boys will be' given a royal
reception when they return.
Don't Gj Off Before Yon Are Ready,
Particularly on a long journey.1- Be full)
prepared. You cannot be, permit us to
say, unless you are accompanied with the
traveler's and tourist's vade'mecum, H-s-tetter's
Stomach Bitter:,, most genial ol
appetizers, acchmaiizers and promoter.
of digestion. Against sea sickness, ma
laria, cramps and coli sbegotten of badly
cooktd or unwholesome food.and brack
ish water, nervousness, increased b
travel, chronic biluousness and: constipa
tion, the Bitters is a fovtreign preventi
tive. It impaits a relish fpgAqod not
altogether to your' taSTFjTKnl prevents it
from disagreeing vriih you,"1 Never ws
there such a capital thing for the" unfor
tunate dyspeptic who stands in dread of
1 he best cooked meal. Stcmacbic. trou
ble caused by ill, prepared viandT aboard
ship, on steamboats, and rations hastily
bolted at railway restaurants, is soon
remedied by the Bitters, which gives a
quietus also to rheumatism, kidney trou
bles and insomnia.
H. G. Howe has been appointed, icsi
dent agent of the Morning Star mine, in
this district.
Salesman. An energetic man
wanted to push our manufactures on
this ground. One of our agents earned
$5,200 in '89. Address, P. O. Box
13X1, New York. 2t
The fact has been abundantly proven
1 hat Chambei Iain's Cough Remedy is ihe
most prompt, most reliable .and mo-i
surcessful medicine ye- discovered for
acute throat and lung diseases,"such as
coughs, colds and croup. For sale b
H. J. Peto.
There are several different modes of
salutation known and used Jby civilized
people among which are the respect
ful, friendly, business, sarcastic, cring
ing, fawning, etc., and the entire list
is embodied in the salutation given to
the ice man. It is better' to be born
mighty than handsome.
W. C. Marsden was up from Har
shaw last Wednesday and returned
Thursday. He reports that camp
lively and with no idle-men. Ho has
placed the mine on which -phe-is work
ing on a paying basin; and realizpd
several thousand dollars after paying
all expenses since lie first started.
Negotiations a-e pending for the sale
of the Hermosa mine for $200,000 and
the sale will probably bV made. A
large number of men "are chloriding
in the different mines inline district
and all are doing well. The mill is
running steadily and is a paying in
vestment. -.
Reports from Upper Sulphur Spring
valley are that cattle are rapidly dy
ing, the immediate cause being luck
of water. They have" to .Iravel long
distances to obtain food7and on re
turning are so exhausted that they
die by the water holes. Stockmen,
who have as little use for the Bible as
a South American Amazon warrior
has for a new silk dress, are praying
for rain. It seems that water can be
got most anywhere in the valley by
sinking a few feet and erecting a
windmill, and why this isn't done is a
mystery. Enough cattle die every
year from lack of water to erect wind
mills every mile all over 'the entire
valley.
UIPESITEJiT JOTTINGS.
And so that stupendous aggregation
of unaccredited mishaps, John C. Fre
mont, is once more a pensioner upon
the United States government. "The
General who never fought a battle, the
statesman who never made a speech,
the path-finder that never found a
trail.". The incompetent that, but for
the intelligence of his wife, would
have long ago sunk into the obscurity
he merit.-', is retired as a Major Gen
eral, receiving about $5,000 a year,
while hundreds of worthy, battle
scarred veterans are destined to go to
their graves in the manner of paupers.
But it is in the nature of such things
as the- pension system to grow. The
extension of the nation's "gratitude"
to appropriate objects soon attracts
attention to other equally deserving
objects, and their inclusion insisted
upon ; and so the ball rolls along until
what? But really the United States
is indebted to General Fremont for
committing the offence which caused
his resignation at the beginning of the
war, and which kept him in tetire
nieiit until the close of hostilities.
Otherwise, he might have been in
structor of tactics at West Point.
The Mississippi Supreme Court has
decided the case on appeal before them
in favor of the "only John L. Sulli
van," Boston's favorite ami typical lit
erary man. The reasoning of the
court is commended to the members
of our own Supreme Court 'or careful
study. They will find it of utility,
perhaps. In fact, this opinion is
worthy of stutly by even laymen, es
pecially those having a fondness for
witnessing dextrous pugilism. The
first flaw which the court linds in the
indictment is that Sullivan is not
charged with having engaged in a
public prize fight, though what the
legal difference between a public and
private prize fight is only a judicial
mind could say; the second one is
that although the indictment states
that John L. Sullivan did unlawfully
encage in a prize fight with the said
Jake Kilrain, to-wit, did then and
there enter a ring commonly called a
prize ring, and did then "and there in
said ring beat, strike and brui-c the
said Jake Kilrain," it is not averred
that Kilrain fought Sullivan. To have
brought the matter properly before
the court, the indictment should have
alleged that "Sullivan and Kilrain
fought together and against each
other." The acumen of this decifion
implies a high power of sustained re
flection on the. part oLthe legal niinds
from which it emanated, and cannot
but bring to mind that Hudibraslic
character who
-"could distinguish and divide
A hair 'twixt s'-uth and southwest side;
On either which he would dispute.
Confute, change bands, and still confute;
Hei undertake to prove, by force
Of argument, a man's no horse;
He'd prov- a buzzard i no fowl.
And that a lord may be an owl,
A calf an alderman, a goose justic;"
which brings us to the concision for
we were headed, and which, it is not
improbable, is admitted by most non
legal minds.
May day has come and gone; the
parades of laboring men have taken
phice; but with one or two trifling
exceptions no disturbances occurred.
The individual who cannot see that
we are in the midst of the most pro
found social revolution which has ever
been seen must indeed be blind to the
signs of the times. Socialism, anarch
ism, nihilism are on the tongue and
in the thoughts of the world. By
most pcr.-ons these thtee are con
founded, are looked upon as one and
the same thing as involving adhesion
to the same principles, and those
principles combined opposition to es
tablished order and rights thereunder.
Anarchism, as illustrated and preached
by the most of its adherents, is a sys
tem of foul method and a fiend's dis
position; and so is nihilis n, in spite
of the Munchausen lies of Mr. George
K nnan as to the angelic purity of the
Siberian outlaws.
Socialism may be wise or foolish,
but it doe not mean reckless overset
ting of the established order of things,,
nor murder nor rapine. Order is its
ba-i-i, and this is insisted upon with
an utterance more emphatic and more
determined than any system ever con
ceived. Socialism means the absolute
subordination of the individual to the
state, and no one holding oilier views
can be a socialist; the principles of
socialism are not applicable unless this
effacement of the unit is accomplished.
Everything which tends to the com
mon good is socialistic; everything
which inures to private ad rantage or
advancement is anarchistic, if it. it at
the expense of the public interests.
Co-operation is socialism; competition
is anarchism. Co-operation and coni
perition ate here used in a general, not
a restricted sense. The socialist is
trying to do everything by associate. I
effort, and in so far as anarchism com
bines to render combination impossi
ble it, is socialistic; but in so doing it
is merely adapting means to an end ;
its ultimate purpose is to destroy all
co-operation, all combination, all law.
Naturally it is lawless. Our' present
system, which is gradually yialding to
the encroachments of strict socialism
is a cross between socialism and an
archism, the latter of which is the
type of primitive-society.
There arc two great types of society
the militant and industrial. The-
militanl represents .compulsory co
operation, the industrial voluntary co
operation. In the one the services of
the cilizen are completely subordi
nated to -state welfare; in the other
they are required only in case of
common peril; at all other times tli
individual is free to his own behests.
The trait characterizing the militant
type type throughout is that its units
sue coerced into theirvarious'combined
actions. This structure is adapted for
dealing with circumscribing hostile
conditions, and all parts, civil and
military, are completely subordinate
to a central regulating apparatus. The
trails in which the industrial type dif
fers from the militant type originate
in those relations of individuals
brought about by industrial activities,
All trading activities are effected by
free exchange. This voluntary co op
eration, in which the mutual render
ing of services is unforced, becomes
the predominant relation throughout
society as industrial activities predom
inate, and tends to decentralize the
primary regulating apparatus (the
government) by making it derive its'
deputed powers from more numerous
cl'as.-es. Of the modern nations Ger
many is an example of the perfect
militant type, and the United States
of the industrial type. Both are ex
amples of socialism because both are
combinations for national benefit. The
benefits which the civilized'world en
joys are a measure of the progress of
socialism. Frequently, however, trans
formations of types take place from
industrial to militant, and vice versa.
An example of the former is at pres
ent to beseenin the United States.
With the building of war ships comes
talk of defence, but means of defence
imply means of offense and the incli
nation to use them With rovived be
ligerent talk, and retained and re
newed beligerent measures, such as
the "protective tariff," comes revived
beligerent customs, and we cannot fail
to see along with increased armaments
conies a spread of compulsory regula
tions. While nominally the freedom
of the individual is sustained by his
power to vote, it is in many ways actu
ally diminishing, both by restrictions
which ever multiplying officials are
appointed to insist on, and by the
forcible taking of money by legisla
tion to Kecure for bini, or oihers at his.
expense, benefits previously left to be
secured by each for himself.
That an upheaval is upon us is pat
ent. But what lines will it follow?
Will the inevitable changes be better
or worse than the present system, and
are they to come without bloodshed?
Is individualism to be digested in the
insatiable belly of mediocrity, or will
it aggressively reassert itself? These
are questions for all to ponder. Per
haps the best reply would be that of
our apathetic neighbors on the south
''Quten sabe."
The sentence ot the army officer
who was unfortunate enough to be
detected in duplicating his pay ac
counts has been remitted by the Pres
ident, on the ground that he didn't
mean to get caught, and if he had not
been caught he would not have been
guilty of any crime. The lesson of
this occurrence is too obvious to re
quire definitive statement.
Our evening contemporary com
plains with, I think, more bitterness
than justice, that one of the distin
guished majority of the misdirectors
of couunty affairs has been treated
with undue harshness in having the
attention of the public directed to va
rious discrepancies in his record which
seem to indicate that he is not entitled
to the office which he so signally mis
fit; that, in fact, he is not a citizen
of the Uni ed States. This, if it be
true, is a condition of si flairs needing
rectification, and our worthy contem
porary cannot expect that it will be
permitted to do all the talking Nat
urally, it must expect to find people
spea ing of tilings of which 1 hey are
not densely ignorant. And then, Mr.
.Montgomery has not denied the cor
rectness of the allegations. - G.
Card of Thanks.
I desire to tender my thanks to the citi
zms if Tombstone for their generous as
sistance in my trouble.
Respectfully,
Mrs Geo. Adams.
LETTER LIST.
The following letters remain un
called for in the postotfice at Torab-
stoue, Arizona, May 9, 18'JO:
B miiing, John Gratff, Mr
Maker, Mary T Mclniyre, Alec
Hrenton, M r tin Piue, Miss Rosa
Collin,, Mrs H Prager, P
Clemmens, Jjke Stoover, D F
Day, H C Winnan, SAP
Any person calling for any of the
above letters will please say "adver-
tised" and give the date. '
W. A. Habwoos, Postmaster.
The Wickham Land Bill.
A bill for the settlement, of private
land claims in New Mexico, Arizona,
Colorado, Utah and Nevada, has been
reported favorably in both houses
The bill as it will pass the house is
known as the Wickham bill, and as
this measure will in all likelihood be
come a law within a short time, the
New Mexican herewith presents to
the people a short, but correct and
comprehensive synopsis of this to
them most important measure.
. The bill establishes a land court, lo
consist of one chief justice and two
associate justices. These are to hold
office during good behavior and are to
receive a salary of $5,000 per year.
There shall be a chief clerk of the
court at Washington and a deputy at
the capitals of the states and terri
tories where the court is to be held. A
stenographer for the. court shall also
be appointed The U. S. marshals of
the several districts shall attend the
court, and serve its processes.
The court shall hold one term an
nually in Colorado, New Mexico and
Arizona, and such extra and special
terms as may be found necessary.
Within sixty days after the appoint
ment of its members, the court shall
meet in Washington and organize.
Thirty days notice of the holding of
the term shall be given prior to each
term.
The bill provides for the appoint
ment of an attorney to repre.-ent the
United States before the court and for
an official interpreter.
All testimony which has been here
tofore lawfully and regularly received
by the several surveyors general or the
commissioner of the general land of
fice, upon all claims presented to
them, shall be admitted as evidence iu
all trials under this act, when the per
son testifying is dead, and the c mrt
shall irive it such weight as in its
udgment it ought to have.
Persons interested in land claims
derived from the Spanish and Mexican
government shall present petitions set
ting forth the nature of the claims to
the lands, stating the date and form
of the grant, concession, warrant, sur
vey or order, under which they claim,
by whom made, the quantity of land
claimed, in whose possession, where
situate, with a map showing the
boundaries, also if already considered
itnd passed upon, whether favorable or
otherwise, and pray in such petition
that the validity of such title or claim
be inquired into aild decided. General
rules of procedure are prescribed, and
the court is to adopt a set of rules.
Questions of fact may be submitted to
juries if the court so sees fit; all sub
sequent proceedings shall be conduct
ed as in courts of equity of the United
States. The right of appeal to the
supreme court of the United States
is given either party in interest.
Whenever there is a final decree af
firming tlio validity of any claim
given, the clerk of the court shall so
certify to the commissioner of the
general land office, who shall cause
the tract so confirmed to be surveyed
without delay at the coat of the United
States, and when any such survey
shall have been finally approved the
United States shall issue a patent for
the claim.
The provision of the act shall ex
tend to all town grants, colony grants,
community grants, etc.
All claims of any and all descrip
tions must l e presented within three
years from the taking effect of the act.
The following provisions are estab
lished : No claim shall be allowed that,
ahull not appear to be upon a title
lawfully and regularly derived from
the government of Spain and Mexico,
and that the United States are bound
by the principles of public law or by
the provisions of the treaty of cession
to respect and lo become complete
and perfect No claim shall be 'al
lowed that will interfere with or over
throw any just Indian title or right to
any land.
All mines and minerals shall remain
the property of the United States, but
nothing shall authorize the working
of any mines on the grant by any
person except the confirmee or bis as
signees, 11 11 i 1 congress shall provide
by law there'or. Nothing shall affect
the right of any private pers 111 10 any
of the lands in ques'ion, and decrees
of confirma ions shall only operate as
a release of title, and of the United
States to the land confirmed.
In case it should happen that any
lands decreed to any claimants shall
have already been disposed of by the
United Slates, laud scrip in the proper
amount iu lieu of such confirmed
claim.-, for lands within the proper
sta'e or territory wherein the original
grant is located, is to be issued lo the
claimant by the commissioner of the j
general land office under prescribed
rules and regulations.
In township surveys hereafter to be
made, if it shall appear to the satis
faction of the deputy surveyor mak
ing the surveys, that any person has
through himself, his ancestors or
grantors, been in acfual bona fide pos
session of any tract of land not ex
ceeding 160 acres for twenty years
preceding the time of making the
survey, the deputy surveyor shall rec
ognize and establish the lines of such-
possessions and make the subdivision
of the adjoining lands in accordance
therewith. The deputy surveyor shall
return wilh his survey the name or
names of all persons found in posses
sion, with a proper description of the
lands, and the proofs of such posses
sion furnished him by claimants.
Upon receipt of such survey and
proofs the commissioner of the general
land office shall cause patents to- be
issued for the tracts of laud accord
ingly.
In all townships heretofore surveyed
in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona,
Wyoming, Nevada and Utah, all per
sons, who, or whose ancestors or
grantors became citizens of the United
States by reason of the treaty of Gua
dalupe Hidalgo, and who have been in
actual possession of tracts of not ex
ceeding 100 acres each for twenty
years preceding the survey" of the
townships wherein situated, shall be
emitted, upon making proof of such
fact to the satisfaction of the register
and receiver of the proper land tlis
trict, to enter, without payment of
purchase money, fees or commissions,
such legal subdivision, not exceeding
1G0 acres, as shall include their said
possessions.
These are the salient features of the
bill. The limitations as to extent in
area of the large claims have been
stricken out. New Mexican.
Grumblings.
It is reported that a certain prominent
individual of this city was born in Can
ada, near Quebec, United States, county
of Irel-tnd, on the 4 h ol J uly. 1802. This
ought to settle the matter, but as there is
another qua ly authenticated report that
he was not born ot all, but, like "Topsy,"
' j'es' growed,'' the community will remain
in a state of uneasiness until the ques
tion is settled.
A local water witch says that there is
a lake of water und-:r the city water
w.irks which if tapped w.iuld supply a
city of 100,000 inhabitants till Gabriel
toots.
A very perceptible shock of earthquake
was felt in this city last S uurday even
ing which jarred the buildings consider
ably but fortunately did no other dam
age The shake is supposed to have
been caused by the settling of the ground
under a livery stable on Allen street.
A syndicate has been, formed and ac
tive operations will soon begin in this
county for the manufacture of micro
scopes sufficiently .powerful to. examine
the antiqu ted records of prominent men
when necessary.
Two prominent participants in the late
diiincorporation fiasco were standing on
Allen street the other day discussing the
present state of affairs when one of them
remarked that.us far as he could ste,they
were "up a stump." "Why, you chump,
what's the matter wi'h you ?" exclaimed
the other. "Can't you see that we're
KOt everything all our own way ? Mayor
Tnomas isn't here, is he? McPherson
doesn't make a quorum by his absence,
does he? The city council isn't traas-
acting any bewildering volume of busi
ness, is i i And then on top of all this
the water for the city works has been
largely decreased and it is only a matter
ol time when we can get he whole busi
ness for a sng and sing it ourselves
All the merchants who are in with us
won't pay any more license and the city
officers will have to absquatulate or
starve to death. Don't talk to me about
showing the white feather now. We're
on (op, but it won't do to howl about it
just now. And, by the way, that re
minds me: Old you know that two of
the present city officers struggled awfully
to have us give them the same position
they now hul 1 if we carried the election ?
Wed, they did, just the same, and we
kept them on the ragged edge and used
them, but as for giving them an office
well, hardly. There isn't enough i ffices
to go Ynun I, anyhow, and we've got
plen y of our own men fir that purpose
wnen tne tune comes. There's no use
talking; we've been scheming too long
for this ih.ng already and have pent too
much money to think of letting go now.
And we don't propo-e to come out loier,
either, by several miles," and the twain
dropped into the nearest saloon to brace
up.
Speaking of the city water woikf,
wouldn't it be, a good idea to act on the
s'jgestion of M . Ashman, the present
lessee, nd sink through the grivtl ? It
i- very pr ibablc that sufficient wa er will
be fun I in the gravel to supply the en
tire ci y . The matter is worth careful
investigation.
It is not generally known that Jt small
pi tnt grows on our deserts that alia) s
thirst and sustains life in both man and
beast for several weeks without other
w.ner or food. The Indians all know of
this plant and are consequently able to
take journeys across the deserts that
would be fatal to a white man. This
curious plant grows about a foot high and
is described as being of single stalk with
a few leaves of deep blue color. When
broken 01 cut 1 clear and thick liquid
runs out, often as much as a gill being
obtained from a single plant. The Indi
ans driak this liquid, which hat a slight
acrid taste, and then eat the pulp. It is
also said that another plant of nearly ex
act resemblance always grows vrry near
the one mentioned, the qualities of which
are entirely opposite. This latter plant
also contains a liquid which if paraken
of causes death in a few minutes. Only
those familiar with both plants are able
to distinguish the difference.
"Look at that patch of snow on those
mountains," observed a lady to her hus
band a few davs ago. "That is not
snow, my dear," he replied, "it is the im
maculate record cf our botrdof super
visors. At this distance it looks pure
white but a close insp ction reveals num
berless black spots and underneath ihe
white exterior all is dark. The owners
of that record are evidently awure that
the funher they keep it away frcm the
public gate the less liable those unpleas
ntly colored spots are to be set'n and
are therefore keeping it as far away as
posMDle.' And several neighbors who
verheard the remarks are in a brown
study.
It is said that one of the ranchers liv
ing on the San Pedro, in d'gning a well
recently, washed some of the gravel ex
tracted and found several colors of gold.
This announce ment did not occasion any
surprise for it has long been known that
gold existed to a small degree in the
sands of that stream, but the question
naturally aries if there is not some p'. ce
along that river where gold might be
tound in paying quantities. Stranger
things have happened.
The attention of -fruir growers al' over
the country is being turned to Adzona
and it is safe to assert that in en years
af er state. hood is giv n us we will rival,
if not excel, California in the pi duoion
( f all fruits known to that favor, d coun
try. So f -.r the trial of tvery species cf
fruit has proven a success in our Terri
tory.
The subject of fruit necessarily re
minds one of vegetables, whi h also grow
luxuriantly within our boundaries, cab
bage Heads attaining their greatest per
fection on the ground floor, first d. or to
the right on entering the cour house.
fhe same class f the vegetable kingdom
flourishes in several places of lesser note
but not being the pure variety do not
amount to much.
I am told that an agreement is ready
for signature by the big mining compa
nies of this district to consolidate their
forces, so far as going below water level
is concerned, as soon as silver touches
10 with a certainty of stayirg there.
The consummation of this movement
will undoubtedly return all and more of
Tombstone's former glory; but the fict
that the, same companies agreed some
time ago to do the same thing when sil
ver reached $1, with no saving clause
about its staying there, doesn't sound
very much as if the latter arrangement
would fare any better than the former.
One thing especially that attracts the
eye of a visitor to our city is that every
vacant lot contain enough rubbish to
supply a forty-acre field and then have
some left over. Another unpleasant feat
ure that greets a strangei's eve is'the
generally dilapidated appearance of the
majority of our business houses. The
private residences, as a rule, show evi
dences of thrift and care, but the busi
ness houses have an air of indifference
that unpleasantly reflects on business
tact and enterpri-e and which the plea
of "hard times" fails to justify.
The indecent exhibition in a saloon a
short time ago is a forcible reminder of
the lack of vigilance exeicistd by our
officers. While in some caes it is un
doubtedly a great accommodation and
convenience to certain parties to have
the good will of the e fficers, it necessarily
follows that some one must suffer for
every action which violates the law with
out adr quale punishment. It would -etm
a good argument that astfhcetsof the
law are elected or app intel 10 tnf- rce
obedience to the law they should do so
at all times. If discretionary powers
were intended to be confi rred upon the m
it would be done when ihey assume the
duties of their ffices. It is usually s-up-p
-sed that the courts alone exercise d dis
cretionary powers over ffenses ag.iinst
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