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RlIWIiUTION RATE.
1 ,ony 1 yeor ?t
1 " ' (i'lnontliK "(V.
1 " uioutliM ;oc.
AuvEitTiMNa Hater.
1 im-h'l week, 75c
11 mouth $1.75.
1 " 3 S3.
1 " 6 " ......$5,
1 1 vnnr "7
A ( an rtlUbl rained? for HKADACHK,
TOOTHACHE and NfclKALOIA. A few
rop pJ OTr tha painful aurfat-a flica Im
Biadiata rallaf, with tarmlnatloa of th attirk.
Pries 3a. and BO. par botU. FOB It ALB
BY ALL DRLUU18TS.
Praparad only bj Ua KEPMALINE 0RU8 CO.
Lanaw, Narffc CaraHaa.
?iliKE TEST MON -
Mr. James Onford, maua-
Upor -f the CaK! vll Co. poor
house, says: "I have used
Kephalinc in my family and
can ivro.Mnu'liii it to be a
good 11 j.-mI ) i !(."
.Mr. Yv Uufu Coney, IUa;
den, Caldwell Co. N. C., says: ;
"I purchased a bottle of
kepjialme sometime ago
which was used in my family
for headache and toothache.
It proved wry, beneficial and
sha'l get mere soon."
K'!i'iaJii;o is for sale by nil
dor !'; in medicine.
AI SU1 WHIS?RS.
In making out a catalogue
of crimes and vices, who
would over think of including
Whispering? But in Sacred
Scripture it stands eminent
among mischiefs, deemed
worthy of a disgraceful pri
ority. It is a sign of malig
nity. "All they tha t hate me
whisper against me." "'A
whisperer spa ret h chief
finin1! " Xi ninrp ni7etn-
nlly tljan open assault. The
?j - imagination is the tnor.t glo-
jji ' rious and dangerous of fac
nlfies. By it love is kindled.
and ri.iing airily, soars thro'
J " t?ll realms of peace nnd do
y light. Dut by the samepow-
er may be evoked darK sus
picions, cruel surmises and
imsettling doubts.
A downright blow dealt at
ly our friend only moves us
' toward him for his defense.
( JTiit a whisjxr the sidelong
thrustof a Fuspicion, subtle,
witching, provoking, that
you can not grasp and can
not reject; that hovers with
n nameless pain or dread a-
;i bout the object of your friend
shipwho tan s)oak the
cruelty, the wickedness of
"'such a weapon? It ifl not
the definite and presentable
charges that separa te friends.
These can le tried, explored,
, settled. But the whispering
?itimntinii noisnn thf snnl
I without a chance for an nnti-
uoLe.
"Where there isnowhisher-
- er, strife ceaseth." If men
N were open, r frank, honest,
there may be short qurrels,
but no wrangling strifes. If
oue has cause of offense a
gaints any, let him go to
"Nihim, and spea kit out plainly,
and that will end it. But if,
instead, he goes to a confi
dential friend, and whisper it
in his ear, andhisfnend whim
pers it to another, and they
all whisper it together, of
course a snarl is soon made
HOONlS VArrAlr(rA'()ttKTV. N'.f.
in the threads that unite the
friends.
Whispering it a cowardly
weapon; it is a safe method
of assashination; it is a way
of killing a friend or foe, with
out taking risk or responsi
bility. It is like the fabulous
nir- nn that carries a deadly
bullet without report or
noise. hiserers are the
worst kiial of poisoners.
They poison, not the body,
but the soul and heart. They
seatter their words like im
palpable dust of deadly poi
son, nnd all who inhale iture
filled with its mischief and
malignancy.
Give us an open-faced en
emy! We can honor him.
His most wounding blows
are not so provoking as the
shy stabs ot mean iiatures.
You may pai ry the stroke of
an honorable antagonist, or
interpose some sheild. But
who can defend himself a
gainst a look, a wink, a shrug,
h stealthy smile, a soft woid,
a whisper? They e udo you.
They dance like motes in the
air, or fill it with invisible
inliuenee. The husband finds
himself suspeoU.d of his wife;
the wife ablnys the dark sus
picion that seems to over
shadow her soul, as if an evil
spirit were above her, casting
down a malign shadow. TIk.'
brother and sister find sweet
confidence melting away, nor
know exactly who or how it
fails. Confiding friends ana
years-long companions fall
from mutual faith, grow
watchful, interpret with sus
piciousness. And Love, thro
all its life and members, feels
the beat of this subtle poi
son, with strange pains and
immedicable languors.
May Providence confound
all nhnhle-tongued whisper
ers! N. Y. Ledger.
Funny Eayingi.
"Have you done anything
for me?" asked thecondemn
ed mar, in pitiful tones, as
his lawyer entered the cell.
"Yes, indeed," said the le
gal gentleman, gleefully.
"Oh, what is it?" demand
ed the murderer, "a pardon?"
"No."
"A commutation of sen
tence?" "No."
"Then, in mercy's name,
what?"
"1 have succeeded," said
the lawyer, "in having the
day of your execution chang
ed from Friday to Monday.
Friday is an unlucky day,
you know." Yankee Made.
"You told me, darling," he
said, "a week before Christ
mas that you wanted time to
think it over, and that imme
diately after the holidays I
should learn my fate."
"I know I did, Mr. Samp
son," and the diamond ring
which he had given her flash
ed merrily on her finger, "and
T have considered the matter
night and day. 1 regret to
say that I cannot be your
wife.but I sljall always respect
and admire you as a friend."
Xew York Sun.
Mother. What is the mat
ter, my son?"
Adult Son. It's all up ; no
use struggling against fate.
I'm bouudto land in the poor
house.
"You! Why, my son, you
are a plumber."
"Yes, but all hope f wealth
is gone. My physician has
ordered ine to live in South
ern California. Pipes never I
burst there! Philurli'lnhm !
I
Ilecoixl.
tluest (to museum mana
ger). I don't sev anything
peculiar about that man over
there.
You don't ? Ile'sourgreat
est attraction.
What is remarkable about
him?
He has the pa;ers to show
that he refused an office on
two separate occasions'.
Xebniska State Journal.
The church was beautifully
,, i.i-
llowers. and the air was very i
a i
heavy with their fragrance.
As the service was about to
begin, small Kitty pulled her
mother's sleeve and whisper
ed, "0h, mamma, doa't it
smell solemn ? " Harper's
Young People.
In the shoe store. Mrs.
Baseom. Youngman, I want explanation. A. minute be
to get a pair of good shoes. fOI(. uswefelllikefight-
Clerk. Yesjn; what size, j j,, A minuleafterwards we
pl:ise- were on the run. There are
Mrs. Bascom. Well, I kin j times we con fight to the
wear fours, but I guess you ! dotli, and other times when
may try me thistimeonsixes I weean outrun any coyote in
and a half. WurUngton Five the glorious west, The ma-
Pivss.
An agreeable young man
whom I often meet was call
ing with due ceremony on a
nice Auburn girl the other
evening, when her brother
Tom, just arrived homefrom
college, on the evening train,
rushed into the room and
embracd his sister.
"Why, how plump you've
grown, Edith,!" he exclaim
ed; "you're really quite an
armful!"
"Isn't she?" exclaimed the
agreeable young man, and
then he felt a chill racing
adown his spinal column.
"That is," he stammered,;
"I've no doubt of it 1"
The brother looked carving
knives at him. and the maid
en blushed furiously.
"I mean er," said he, "I
should judge KoY'Lewiston
Journal.
Old man. If that young
Idiot in the parlor ain't got
sense enough to make shorter
calls he might as well be of
some use. Ask him if he can
spare me a postage stamp.
Daughter (ufter a trip to
the parlor). He says he's
very sorry, but he called at
the post-ofiice to-day to re
new his supply of postage
stamps, but he hadn't any
thing smaller than a five hun
dred dollar bill in his vest
pocket, and they couldn't
change that.
Eh? By .links! Well, you
ninny, go back to the parlor.
Don't you know better than
to leave your company alone
like that? AW York Weekly.
To a grocery store in a
Massachusetts village there
came lately an Irish woman
who said to the grocer:
Mr. G , shure and have
ye niver an impty flour birrel
that I can have to make a
hen coop for me little hog?
The grocer gave her the
barrel Detroit Five Press.
WEDNESDAY, FEH l.V
THE AE.I203A KCXER. !
The last isnue of the Arizo-1
no Kieker contains the foi-
lowing: . j
Nearing the limit. We!
have been repeatedly asked;
W,,.V we dirt not open on the
J- 'f' s- ild &t its slow
.
time, miserable cars, rough
road, high rates and gener
ally incompetent service. It
is because we have Ikvu ex
pecting na annual pass from
the road. Wh applied for it
three mouths ago, but have
heard nothing as yet. We
are nearingthelimit. If that
pass is not here inside of a
fortnight we shall sound our
bugle in a manner to make
the officials of the road wish
they never had been born.
Notour night. Maj. Rat-
bone made a personal as-
, . , . Vr i
till nlr rr itj l.iT 'I itiLln tt itu
we were about to interview
the prasecuting attorney in
regard to the Kollar affair.
We presume it was because
The Kicker of last week referr
ed to the major us a liar and
an absconder. We presume
it was although he made no
jor happened to get us on
our off night, or he would
otherwise ha ve been reduced
to pulp. There is a good
deal of winking and chuck
ling around town; but we
don't see anything to laugh
at, If we didn't have our off
spell we'd be a veritable ter
ror to the whole distrct. It's
lucky for Arizona we were
born that way.
Only our way We under
stand that Col. Colfax feels
aggrieved because we referred
to him last week as a dead
beat bum who ought to be
given a dose of White Cap
medicine. The colonel should
not be so thin-skinned. It's
only our way of keeping track
of the leaders of society.
A false alarm. A Chicago
correspondent dropped in on
us the other day for a brief
visit, and after showing him
our Washington hand-press,
six varieties of job type and
two bundles of print paper,
we took him out for a survey
of the town. The news had
gone abroad that he was a
Chicago detective, and it was
laughable to note the effect
upon our leading citizens. A
dozen or more broke for the
sage brush, wit hout stopping
for clean shirts, and so many
others cut off their whiskers
or donned false ones that we
walked the w hole length of
Apache avenue without meet
ing a man we could recognize
at first glance.
While there is nothing mean
about us, this is a feature we
.are going to work about
twice a month on this town.
It will keep the boys unsettl
ed and anxious, and may be
the means of convertingsome
of them from the error of
their ways. It's an awfully
good feeling to feel that you
are the only man in a town
of 3,000 people whose liver
don't kick the breath out of
lss
him every time a stranger
comes along and takes a sec
ond look at the bridge of his
nose. j
We comedown. We stated )
our belief last week that our'
contemporary, which is eter-j
nally bragging about its in- j
crease of circulation, dntnot j
print 150 copies weekly. We I
were honest in what we said.:
The old bristle-backed hyena
who claims to be editor and
publisher sent for us yester
day to examine his books and
figure up his circulation. We
made the atonishingdiscov
ery that he had a bona fide
circulation of 103 copies.
When we are right we stick
to the limbs, at all hazards.
When we are wrong we let go
and come down. We were
wrong in this case. We come
down. The Howling Coyote
and Weekly Wish-Wash will
please accept our most hum
ble apology.
Don't forget it. In addition
to the grocery in our front
room, which is rapidly secur
ing the cream of the trade,
we have established a tin shop
in the rear of the shantv anil
propose to do all sorts of re
paring. Later on we may
add a harness shop and oth
er needed enterprises. If we
build in the spring, as we now
figure on, we shall put in a
marble shop and furnish
gravestones cheaper than
has ever been heard of in Ar
izona. We may also add a
grist mill.
James Gorden Bennett,
Henry Watterson and Amelie
Rives may have time to jun
ket around the country and
show off their clothes, but
we haven't. We are always
at home. The Chicago Times
may ridicule our grocery in
connection with The Kicker,
but there are no flies on us.
Six bars for a quarter, and a
horn thrown in. "Give us a
call before purchasing else
where." Detroit Free Press.
- 7AE-0FF IDAHO.
We copy the following let
terfrom theStatesville Land
mark, for the benefit of our
friends in this county, who
expect to leave for Idaho
soon.
Here, in far-distant Idaho,
where, at this season, the
north winds blow cold and
drearily over the illimitable
wastes of snow, and the whole
face of nature, except in its
mountainous aspects, pre
sents the appearance of a Si
berian tundra, a wandering
son of the Old North Stale
has established his domicil,
and in the seclusion of his
"little old log cabin on the
claim" welcomes a weekly
visitof the Landmark, bring
ing, as it often does, mention
of friends and neighbors and
reminders of scenes and local
ities familiar in the days of
"king syne." A great deal
in regard to a town or neigh
borhood is indicated by the
general appearance and the
make-up of its local newspa
per, and judging from this
test, I readily infer that old
Statesvlle and thesurround
ing couutry have improved
considerably within the six
years since the time I last
i saw them.
NO :i2
During the past sateen
years I have let the life of a
rambler, having, within that
time, traversed all the States
and Territories of theeitreme
west, and now, at last, 1 have
come to what smug likely to
be, though not so intended, a
permanent location in this
Lost River Valley of eastern
Idaho.
To those of my old friends
and schoolmates who, per
haps, are still struggling with
a pine-ridgo farm in the old
Brushy Mountains for a liv
ing, I would say that, taking
all things into consideration,
I have nowhere found the con
ditions for the attainment of
earthly happiness any better
than there. The tie which
binds the western North Car
olina mountaineer to his na
tive heather is, I believe,
stronger than that of the peo
ple of any other locality. I
have found representatives
of the Old North State every
where, and, though there are
many exceptions, 1 have met
with but few who consider
that they have been bettered
in all respects b.v emigrating.
I do not say that emigrat
ing is a thing to be, in all
cases and under all circum
stances, discouraged; but, I
do say, nevertheless, thai
there exists a species of hu
man plant which will not take
root and-flourish in a differ
ent soil and under the differ
ent conditions to which it
may be transplanted. The
Brushy Mountain youth, to
the manor born, who ram
bles off to the plains and des
erts, the mountain wilder
nesses and the dismal soli
tudes of such a country as
this, soon finds that he has.
torn himself away from far
more than he ever Intended.
His mind will constantly re
vert to the old scenes and the
old ways; he will often think
regretfully of the com husk
ings, the log rollings and
quilting bees, the camp meet
ings, the 'possum hunts, the
moonshine whisky episodes,
etc., which afforded the nec
essary variety to his life there.
No wonder thatwhen he finds
himself in a locality where
none of these things exist; .
where every energy is bent in
the direction of money-making
rather than social amuse
ment, and where religious
services are never even tho't
of, he is for a time, at least,
Itko a three-cornered man
thrust into d round hole.
The principal industry of
this Territory is mining, and v
that is the one upon which '
all othersdepend. The farm-
ingnreaof Idaho is, compar-
at ively speaking, very small,
as it is only the valleys where
water can be obtained for ir
rigation that can be cultiva
ted, and, except near to some
of the mining camps and set
tlements where a market can
be found for his produce. The
pioneer settler has a hard
time of it in his efforts to avail
himself, of Uncle Sam's free
gift of one hundred and sixty
acres of land. Stock-raising
and wool-growing are also
cariied on quite extensively
here, and, in ordinary win
ters, cattle manage to subsist
(Continued on 2d page.)