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Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1893-12-21
/ LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
Everybody should see the beautiful
inc Of Christmasa wares at B. F.
johnson, Sons & Co.
Wedding today.
Merry Christmas.
Numerous strangers in{s.town this
week.
M. "A. Lee has sold his place south
oftown.
Grsnd mask ball tomorrow night at
Social Hall.
The Soathside Teachers Association
met in Tempe last Saturday.
Quite number of strangers have.
been in town during the past week.,
The quarterly conference Of Marico
pa Stake was held last Sunday and
Monday.
The Territorial Institute will be
held in Tucson during the first week
in January.
Mr.. Spaulding left Monday for the
Phoenix mine where he has position
as carpenter.
Mrs, Joe Shrine has been danger
ously i'll during the past week or two
and is yet quite sick.
The scores of friends Of our post
master. G. l. Robson, are pleased to
see him on the street again.
The Maricopa county Jockey Club
races will take place over the Phoenix
track on the 9th, 18th and 29th inst
Mrs. A. B. Pritchard will plant
eighty acres of land adjoining her
orange grove, to almonds and prunus
Simoni.
An eight months old child of Frank
johnson has been dangerously i'll
with brain fever the past week but is
now convalescent.
w. G. Norton recently purchased
another forty acre tract southeast Of
town and is preparing to have the
whole tract planted to almonds.
While the mines of Goldfield are in
Pinal county they are no farther from
Mesa than they were, and this city
will continue to be the trade point for
all that region.
Will Bowen of Rockford, Iowa, is
visiting his old friends, DR.. Wilbur
and family. He is delighted with the
country and climate and will probab-
" invest in real estate.
Mesa lodge I. o. o. F. will hold a
public installation of officers on the
first Saturday evening in January, at
which the families of members and
invited guests will be prese Mt.
The witnesses in the Tewksbury
case returned from Tucson Tuesday
night. The trial was concluded be-
fore they left and the general impress
sion was that there would be a verdict
of acquittal.
Our county surveyor, F. B. Trott.
is engaged in establishing the boun-
dairy line between Maricopa and ri lal
counties. To the surprise of every one
hereabouts, the line as establishe !
throws the great majority of the mines
Of Goldfeld in Pinal county, the line
running about one half mile this side
of the Mammoth. The line has al.
ways been supposed to be about one
balfmile east of the Mammoth.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1893-12-21
Christmas is Coming!

And will soou be here Nothing could be more
acceptable a gift than Charter Oak, nor
could anything else bring more real JOY and
happiness into household. They save the
housewife annoyance, vsxation and work. They
save money for the husband. They save the
health of the whole family
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1893-12-21
A Miniature Worlds Fair.

Can be seen at our store. The
"Ferris Wheel" and midway Plat
sance" in all its splendor and varl-
ETY..
PRATT Bros.
Phoenix,
Holiday Leaders.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1893-12-21

To our store and have her leave
her name and get chance at our
scot. doll. 1t will cost nothing.
PRATT Bros.
Phoenix Holiday Leaders
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1893-12-21
Free Gifts.

We will give to every purchaser Of
IS worth Of holiday goods solid sill
yer souvenir spoon with phoenix,
Ariz." etched in bowl.
PRATT BROS.
Phoenix holiday leaders.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1893-12-21
FOR SAMOA CLAUS

They can't be put in stocking, but they will
save money for you that be put in that
popular bank. We refer to Charter Oak Stoves
and Ranges.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1893-12-21

Wiley SimHns and Miss Pethero,
were married at Lehi yesterday even
ing.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1893-12-21

will practice In ell the Courts Of the Territory.
Government lend business o speciality !
fI OFFics-ln Vernon 4 Sprays Real Estate
Ageney.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1893-12-21

The Sunday School entertainment
last night was grand success.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1893-12-21

The little grandsons OF Uncle
Charlie Burton, built bonfire yester
day evening near his hay stack from
which the hay caught FIRE and burned
up,
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1893-12-21

B. F. Johnson, Sons & CO., are offer
ing a fine line of goods now at bed
rock prices.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1893-12-21
LOCAL. TIME CABLE
Between Phoenix and Mesa.

IN nrrncT xovFnrER 18TH, 1898
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ArToRNEY-Ar-LAw.
A. P. SHEwMAN,

n w 711A1>' =
ATTORNEY AND couNsRILoR-Ar-LAw.
MESA, -~-ss--,,- =. ARIZONA.
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sARfcopA q PHOENIX aAilRoAO.

Train leaves Phoenix A.. 500 am
........s.30 pm
Train arrives nt Tempe $3.50. $50 o M
a. ." f....... 400 pm
3rsin leaves Tempe as-...so am
Train afrives At Phosnix..... $50 an
800 pm
HUNsAKER STAGE LINE.
sssgs leaves Mesa at......... ZOO am
.......... $50 pm
Stage leaves Tempe at......... Assam
.s......4.i6 pm
A. HuEsAKER, C. 8. MAsrRN,
Mgr. I. 3 N. 8. Line. Mgr M. 4 P. r. r..
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-05-19

deserves no more mercy at our hands
than the beasts with which he shares
his hiding place"
"Aye, aye! Wen have the young
catamount before night, never fear!"
was shouted in reply as the noisy caval-
cade dashed away.
|. Their leader was the last to mount;
and as he did so, little Mildred, joyously
excited by the confusion which had no
meaning to her beyond that of frolic,
darted from her mothers side and
begged her papa to take her with him.
Laughing at the child's request and
in spite of her mothers protesting ex-
clamatlon the indulgent father swung
his darling up on to the saddle in front
of him, put spurs to his horse and was
off like shot.
At the bottom Of the lawn he set the
little one gently down and bidding her
run back to her mother plunged into the
gloomy shadows of the swamp, amid
which his companions had already dis
appeared.
1t was dusk ere the weary hunters,
argered by failure, began to sttaggle
back from the dim glades among which
their unsuccessful quest had been made.
Men, horses and dogs were alike covered
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-05-19
MlSFIT REALISM.
An Author Tried to Get Himself Arrested
to Write 1t Up.

Realism is all very WE'LL" said d
young novelist, "but it isn't always
easy to carry out, Look at me. I'm a
victim of the realism craze"
The author was a pitiable sight. His
head was bandaged up, his arm was in
a sling, and there was an odor of arnica
and carbolic acid around him that sug-
gested the surgical ward of some hos
pital.
Been writing up medical worlS?''
inquired.
Not a bit of it. ! wanted to give a
Photographic pen picture of police
station, and tell all about how prison
ers are arrested. The very best way to
get the facts, thought was to become
a prisoner myself. Nothing, l had I'M
to get grabbed by a policeman and sent
to prison for an indefinite time.
81 decided on my plan of action.
went down into the Bowery last night,
and marching up to a equity looking
policeman who | felt sure had bad
temper and would arrest me on slight
provocation, l said to him: THE trou-
bic about you policemen is that you're
too fresh said it as Extensively as l
could, and | felt sure should be az
rested"
And were your
Not much. lie dragged NE up an
alley and kicked me till | couldn't
stand ! gave him every opportunity
to arrest me, but he wouldn't do it."
"What did you do ncXt?'
''Oh! Then | walked up little fur
Their, and, seeing policeman standing
on the corner pretended to be drunk
and hit him terrible punch in the
chest. AS | understand the law it was
his duty to arrest me, but he didn't
He simply let out at me with his club
A few workmanlike flourishes were all
he made, and you see the result. As
limped away he shouted after me threat.
eningly: Next time you do that I'll
arrest you blamed if | don't"
"These two experiences convinced
me that it is impossible to get arrested
in New York unless you are trying not
to be. | have good mind not to try
and be so realistic in future"
you've got some good material
for your realistic PEN" l assured him.
write up your clubbing reminis
cenccs."
mo, I won't" he replied, rubbing
his back sadly "Thcy are too sacredly
personal. And the best of it is, be-
lieye | deserved what | got,"-N. Y
Herald.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-05-19
Not to Blame.

Sir Walter Trevelyan, who died in
1879 at the age of eighty-two, had in
herited an immense cellar of wines,
said to have been then the rarest coll
lection in the world. Some of the wines
were bottled in 1859 and others in 1777.
But the baronet was himself total alb
stainer and bequeathed his wines to DR..
Richardson, his colleague in temper
ance agitation, to be employed for
scientific purposes" Sir Walters wife
would have wine on the dinner-tablc.
A visitor, after a glass of port from a
bottle bought by the baronet's father in
1884, offered to purchase TIE whole at a
guinea a bottle. NO, sir" said Sir
Walter, Il mean to have the whole car
ried ont some day and emptied into the
Wansbeek." One night Sir Walter
had such severe attack of govt that
he was obliged to ascend the stairs on
his knees-he was too self-reliant to
permit a servant to carry him A friend
suggested,that he might console himself
by rejecting that he was not to blame.
mol" he answered, my father and
grandfather drank the port and came
in for the govt. youths Companion.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-05-19
A WONDERFUL pECoCTlON.
The Brewing Chemist Gives the Ingred
ents of IA Glass of Beer.

The Brewing Chemist Gives the Ingredi-
ents of Glass OF Beer.
"Now, here's as fine glass of beer as
you will find in this town." said the
brewery chemist, holding the foaming
glass up to the light and gazing fondly
at its amber transparency. ITO look
at it you would never suspect that it
wouldn't be quite as good if it wasn't
for the tauscnguldcnllraut and the llar-
dobcncdictcnkraut that lend their aid
in its composition, would you?
Tasting of it few mon, / think,
would miss the starllczucker, the weld
enschalen or the haZclnuSzsplane if
had forgotten toput it in, but haven't.
They're all there, safe enough.
''Do you detect the moussirpulvcr, the
caraghenmoos, the laugensalze, and the
Observation-Disclosures? No? That's oddl
Let me see. All! They're all in! And
how about the herbstzcitloSe, and the
bilscnkraut, and the schafgarbe, and
the huchcnspannc?
Don't recognize EN-, Ell? Well.
maybe you get the flavor of the llokels-
knorncr, the ignatiusbohnc, the metall~
salzc, the lallritzcnsaft, the pilsrin-
sausc, the nicswurz, the tischlerlcim, or
the zucllcrcoulcur?
"You must have drunk beer enough
to be familiar with those portions of
the brew? What Don't they touch
your palate, either? Why, you don't
seem to know what glass of good
beer is!
Now, suppose there wasn't any colo
quintcn, or starlimahl, or wachholder.
or bittcrlllcc, or fichtcnnadein, or gogel,
or hausenblase, or suzian, or salicyl-
saure or althopfenoal, or waldmeister
in this glass of beer. Do you think you
would like it? Not bit of it! You
would throw it away and call it Stops
THAT'S what you would do. When
you make beer nowadays you've got to
be mighty careful and not leave any
thing out, and yet you don't know
they're in it, after all.
Even such little things as ingwer,
natron, wcrmuth, loriander, mohn,
l1amille and brcchnuze have to be put
carefully in, or we'd hear from it.
"Well, you recognize the hoppchbit-
tersaure, the belladonna, the nux
vomica, the tannin, the biercoleur, the
maizctract, the pepper, the potash, the
gelatine, the quassia, the glycerine,
the soda and the aloes, of course.
you don't mean it! Not one of EN-?
A heap Of satisfaction is to brew first
class glass of lager beer, | may sayl
You don't recognize the strychninc, the
tannin, the alocs or the belladonna.
You thought it was the hops, What's
hops?'-N. y. Sun.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-05-19

with the ooze and slime of the swamp.
All were scratched and torn by the
thorns of briars and ty-ty bushes, wait
a-bits and wild rattan.
Mr.. Adds was among the first to
emerge into the open, and as he did SO
he was met by a group of frightened
women, one of whom sprang forward
crying shrilly: mildred, my babyl
where is she? Give her to me at once
Oh, it was cluell cruell to take her into
that awful place"
The hunters refined sharply up, and
gazing at one another with blanchcd
faces. what do you mean?" demand
ed their leader, .huskily. 1.-THE child
has not been with us. sent her back
from this very spot hours ago."
He had hardly spoken, and had no
time to spring to her aid, ere his wife
fell senseless to the ground.
Quickly and far the dread news
spread. Mildred Adds was lost!
Fearful concerning her fate dismaycd
and helpless as they were, they were
also prompt to act, and as quickly as
torches could be brought they plunged
again into the weird darkness of the
vast swamp.
Within an hour, and less than mile
away, they found the child, sitting be-
tween two buttresses of a great, moss
hung cypress and sobbing as though
her little heart would break. Her
dainty dress was torn, mudstained and
thickly spattered with blood, although
she herself was as safe and unframed
as when last held in her mothers arms.
Directly in front of her, and barring
the recess formed by the projecting
buttresses of the tree, lay confused
mass, which, as the torches were held
lower for closer inspection, resolved
itself into two dead bodies
One was that of a hugo panther,
bleeding from dozen wounds and with
the knife that had dealt them driven
deep into his heart
The other body, frightfully torn and
mangled, but with hand still clutch.
ing the death-dealing knife, was that OF
a mere lad.
AS one of the men turned it over and
revealed the white face he started back
with an oath. 'By -, men, it's
Swampy! and we've been a-hunting
him, while he's been here fighting tc
the death to save the child!'
They laid Swampy away the next day
in the family burying ground of Cypress
Knoll. The place from which he had
been driven was proud to receive him.
From those who had scorned him he
had won the homage due only such as
are willing to lay down their lives foI
their fellows.
All this happened many years ago,
But to this day no stranger is allowed
to pass through that section without
listening to the story of Swampy, the
young outcast of the Black Cypress
Kirk Munroe, in Atlanta Constitution.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-05-19
WIT AND WISDOM.

--Sclf-wiIl is so ardent and active
that it will break world to pieces to
make tool to sit it on.-Cecil.
No one can know the value of a
little scratch on red wagon until he
offers it for sale.-Atchison Globe.
The legislature has protected most
of our native birds except the chickens,
They are protected by the market price.
Cleveland Plaindealcr.
They shouldn't be called green
groccrs," said the man who tried to do
some marketing. "They are not green
grocers. They are the most sophisti-
Gated people on NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Star.
There's Lamson, who has large
family and cntertains great deal, and
yet his gas bill isn't half as much as
NINE mo, but you see he has three
daughters who are engaged, Inter
Ocean.
-Contemn riches, and thou shalt he
rich; glory, and thou shalt be glorious;
injuries, and thou shalt be a conqueror;
rest, and thou shalt gain rest; earth,
and thou shalt gain Ileaven.-St.
Chrysostom.
Says Uncle Moses: "I'd DIES like to
know why it is dat a chu'ch has to hab
spiah sticllin' way up in dc air for
people to find it an beer saloon kin
do big business down in q basement
in a back street. indianapolis Jour
nal.
-ITe-Miss Laura, won't you sing
something? heard Mr.. Fits say that
he often enjoyed your singing. She
Mr.. Fits? Why, don't know him ut
all He-Wcll, that is queer. lie lives
about three blocks from here.-lndian-
| apolis Journal.
How Those Girls Love One Another.
-Myrtylla-Why are you so anxious to
have Mr.. Dashing meet me? Murilla-
Because he makes habit of kissing
every girl he meets; and have bet on
you. Myrtylla-Did you bet that he
couldn't kiss me? Murilla-No; that he
wouldnt.-Truth.
The long-haircd caller in the edi-
torial room was indignant. Poets are
born, sir" he said to the emincntly
practical editor. "Of course they are, -
responded the editor suavely, ''you
didn't imagine / thought you were
Matched, did you?" II mean, sir, they
are born; born, sir! do you understands
81 think do" and the editor rubbed
his chin refectively, but why are
! they?" That was the straw that frac-
tured the spinal column of the camel,
and the poet stalkcd out of the den.-
Weekly Journalist.
! 81 know now that it is by loving,
and not by being loved, that one can
come nearest the soul of another; yea.
| that where two love, it is the loving of
each other, and not the being be-
loved by each other, that originates
and perfects and assures the blessed
ness. ] know that love gives to him
that lovcth power over any soul be-
loved, even if that soul knew him not,
bringing him inwardly close TO the
spirit, power that can not be but for
good: for. in proportion as sclfishness
intruGcs, the love ceases, and the power
which springs thcrefrom dies. Yet all
love will, one day, meet its reidr -
George Macdonald
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-05-19
An Idyl of the Sunshine,

The girl was fair, Soft blue her eyes
as the skies, and pink an white her
checks rs the mountain peaks at sun
rise, and golden light her hair as the
moonlight air,
All, She was very fair.
Uncrowncd, save by her tossing
tresscs, she stood facing the east and
the sun came and kissed her.
Kissed her long and lovingly.
Her mother saw her there and called
to her.
Let me linger here, dear mother"
pleaded the fair being ''The air is so
sweet, the fragrance of the flowers so
rich, the skies above me arc so tenderly
blue, and mother, dear, | feel as if |
We're a little queen standing hers in
the glorious reign of the sun"
The mother appeared at the door.
Fudge" she exclaimed, you ought
to have sense enough TO come in out of
that sort of a reign. Don't you know
you'll be freclllcd worse than turkey
cgg?"
And heavy black cloud rose up and
swipcd the sun across the facc.-De'
troit Free Press.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-05-19

drel in all these parts, and one who
ought to have been sent to the chain
gang long ago Swampy, they call
him, and"
"Swampy" interrupted Mr.. Adds,
why that is the name of the thief who
has been robbing me right and left for
some years past. l was going to ask
you to help me organize hunt for him,
Well, this is bit of luck. Aha, you
young villain! So you thought you'd
kin my dog, did you, for fear he'd in
terfere with your thieving? His serv-
ices won't be needed now, though, for
tomorrow I'll put you in place where
you won't have chance to steal any,
thing more for some years to come. In
the meantime I guess the smokehouse
will be good enough place for you to
spend the night in"
So the unhappy lad, still doggedly
silent, and feeling Inundated as never
before in his life, was led away and
thrust into the darkness of the stout
log smokehouse, the heavy door, of
which was securely padlocked behind
him.
For the rest of the afternoon he re-
manned there, and late at night the
negro who carried him supper of corn
bread and jug of water reported that
he was still safe.
In the morning when they came to
take him to the county Jail he had dis
appeared. A hole burrowed as though
by fox through the solidly packed
earth underneath one of the walls
showed how he had escaped.
Not only had he departed, but every
ham and side of bacon that had hung in
the smokehouse had gone with him.
When this was reported to Mr.. Adds
that gentleman's chagrin knew no
bounds, and he vowed he would not
rest until Swampy was again q pris-
oner.
BY noon messengers sent far and
wide had summoned to Cypress Knoll
half dozen neighboring land owners,
as many servants and score of dogs.
With this assistance Mr.. Adds proposed
TO draw the swamp covers and hoped to
speedily run this human fox to earth.
After lunch as the hunt was about to
start the shouting men, neighing
horses, loud-tongued dogs created a
merry confusion on the broad lawn
that sloped down from the house to the
very edge of the great swamp.
Remember" called Mr.. Adds, 'the
thief must surely be taken this time.
lie is tie curse of this community, and
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-05-19
Explained.

Mrs. Growler-Now, grocer, you have
charged me for things I've never had.
What do you mean by such items as one
handful of raisins, one pocletful of al
monds, two mouthfuls of brown sugar
-eh?
Grocer-It means, Mrs. Growler, that
ladies' what will bring their children
with them when they do their market.
in has got TO pay for all they GETS
UarDpr'S BaZar
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-05-19
GRAN'PAPS QUERY.

"How did you rest last nightY"
I've heard my gran pap say
Them words thousand times-thats right
Jcs' them words thatawayl
AS punctchul-like as mornin' dast
To ever heave in sight
Gran'pap 'ud allus half to asst.
''How did you rest last nightT'
Us young'uns used to grin,
At breakfast. on the sly,
And mock the wobble OF his chin
And eyebrows helt SO high
And kind. How did you rest last nightw
We'd humble an let on
Our voices trimbled, and our sight
Was dim, and hearin' gone.
Bad as used 70 be-
All I'm awantin' Is
AS puore and cam sleep fer me
And sweet sleep as hisl
And 80 pray, on Judgment day
To wake, and with its light
Sec his face dawn, and hear him say;
"How did you rest last nlght2"
james Whitcomb Riley. In Atlanta Const itu
ton.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-05-19
Genuine Hpadwork,

yes" remarked a stranger to the
editor, as the two sat down on the We
randa, slipping lemonade and looking
out upon the rolling sea, Eyes, head
work is very trying, and the man who
makes his living by it needs q vacation
now and then" YES" said the editor,
'headworlS is very trying; find it So
especially when the hours are long -
"lIow many hours day do you worl?''
asked the stranger. -Four" said the
editor. Gracious! work tcn!" Head
work?' YES, every bit of it." News
paper or general literature?' Neither.
I'm barber" Then the editor-fol
editors are not all wise-shut himself
up as close as the sun umbrella which
| he carricd.-Buifalo QuipS.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-05-19
A Breach of Promise Case.

A young colored girl of Philadelphia
thus told her grievance to the court the
other day: ''Mah names 'Virginy
Georgy Luzby, but has hopes oh hit
bein' changed an OATS wot ize hyar TO-
ter kick crbout." "Ncver mind that"
interrupted the magistrate. go on
with your story" "Well," continued
the girl, dds hyar niggah hez bin a
keepin' eump'ny wifi me TO nigh onter
six months an he bin powerful sugary
an lobin' fo' quite spell. He's janitah
in n sllule an kinder high infooenccd
in grammar. Well, he promised fo' ter
marry me jcs' hez soon ez he could
affohd it. lie kin affohd it now but he
woan." GLOW do you know he can
afford to marry your asked the Judge.
''Ilow d l know! How d | known
cried the girl "Why, hit only tccks
fifty cents fur license and ] seen him
flashin' dollar larst night; OATS how
| know. IN, Y. Tribune.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-05-19
1t Sounded So Pretty.

Some years ago a Rochester clergy
man, in baptizing a baby, paused in the
middle of the service to inquire the
name of the infant, to which the moth
er, with a profound courtesy, replied:
"Shady, sir, if You please"
shady" replied the minister "Then
it's boy and you mean Shadrach, eh?'
mo, please your reverence, it's q
girl"
And pray" asked the inquisitive
pastor, "how happened you to call the
child by such name?"
We'll, sir" replied the woman, ''ii
you must know, our name is Bower and
my husband said as how he should like
her to be called Shady, because Shady
Bower sounds so pretty. "-Quips.