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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-11-22

strength of a hundred men without
artificial appliances could not displace
it. Three teams could not haul it if
placed on wagon heavy enough to
hold it. Its body is composed of loose
and soft limestone. imbedded in which
are numerous round, hinty pebbles of
diamond-li,ze hardness.
Throughout the entire valley where
it is situated it is the sole specimen of
it's kind, for the stones of the county
are entirely disslmilar. The table on
which it rests is hard stone, nearly
as firm and close grained as the blue
stone cut from the quarries of Sullivan
county. This dissimilarity gives rise
to the inference that it was lodged in
its present position by some volcanic
eruption during the drift period,
though whence it migrated lies not in
the old traditions of the county.
Not few of the adamantine pebbles
which indent its sides have been worn
smooth, and in some cases split in
half. Its sides and corners have also
been worn to almost emery fineness,
probably by the attrition suffered in
its passage.
The valley in which it rests is be-
tween two mountains and about 300
feet above the level of the sea, form
ing most appropriate pedestal. The
country round about is wild and for
the most part uncultivated
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-11-22
THE ROCKING STONE.
A Forty-Ton Bowlder Which Is Balanced
WonderfullY.

A Forty-Ton Bowlder Which Is Balanced
Wonderfully.
In picturesque Sullivan county, N.
Y, is the famous rocking stone. 1t is
on the farm of Joseph McLaury, two
miles west of the county seat, Month
cello, off of the old Newburg and
Cochecton turnpike At first sight it
would not in all probability attract
more than casual glance from the
wayfarer, situated as it is in the CEN
ter of rather delapidated stone wall
of which it forms a part. But upon
closer examination some of the mystic
rious and delicate workings of Dame
Nature are seen in the composition of
the stone, the history of which is as
yet unwritten by the scientists of this
country.
The rock weighs $4,000 pounds, or
forty tons, and is so evenly balanced
on table of rock that it can easily be
set in motion from either the north or
south sides by the pressure of a finger,
yet, SO solidly laid, the combined
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-11-22

In the District Court of the third judicial dis
trict of the territory of Arizona, in and for the
county of Maricopa.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-11-22
TO PROTECT JACK TAR.
European Shipmasters to Adopt the Midg
System for Paying Sailors.

European Shipmasters to Adopt the Nudge
System for Paying Sailors.
The British board of trade is trying
to extend what is known as the Nudge
system to such continental ports as
Havre, Dunkirk, Rouen, Antwerp, Rot
terdam, Amsterdam and Hamburg, in
order to prevent the systematic rob-
berry of sailors, who often lose the
wages for whole voyages in a single
night on shore. Under this Nudge sys-
tenn, says the New York Post, as soon
as ship arrives in port, board of
trade officer, specially appointed for
the purpose, boards her, and, after as
certaining how many hands wish to
proceed home without delay, obtains
from the master particulars as to the
wages due and the deductions charge
able to the men. Each seaman, after
vouching for the accuracy of his ac-
count by signing it, receives a
ticket for his destination with a small
advance to defray minor travelling ex-
penses, and leaves for home as soon
as his services can be dispensed with
on board ship. The balance of wages
due to him is forwarded by the board
of trade officer, and thus his earnings
have chance of reaching his family
instead of filling the pockets of the
crimps. The superintendent of 'mer-
camille marine at Gravesend has been
sent to Dunkirk to make the necessary
arrangement for the introduction of
the system, and if successful there
it will be extended to other ports. 1t
is estimated that between 1882 and
1898 British sailors were robbed. of
two hundred thousand pounds in Dun
kirk alone.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-11-22
PIGEONS AND FALCONS.
The Latter Can Carry Greater Weight
and Make Better Time.

The Latter Can Carry Greater Weight
and Make Better Time.
Falconry may yet be restored, as it
seems, though not as a sport, but as
part of the terribly serious business.
war. A Russian officer, Capt. Smoilof,
has been tanning falcons to serve as
dispatch carriers. The falcon has sew
eral advantages over the carrier
pigeon, says the Westminster Ga
zette. Not only is he more warlike
bird than the meek cousin of the dove,
but he is swifter in fight and capable
of great endurance. The greatest
swiftness ever known to be attained
by the carrier pigeon is fifteen Ger
man) miles an hour, but this is the
rate of the ordinary fight of the fall
con. D'Aubusson, in his work on 1.-THE
Falconry of the Middle Ages" tells
several anecdotes of the extraordinary
powers of the falcon and length and
swiftness of flight. For instance, a
falcon which was sent from the Canary
islands to the duke of Lerma in Spain
made the return fight from Andalusia
to Teneriffe in sixteen hours, which
was at the express speed of sixteen
Germany miles to the hour. A Ger
man mile is not far short of five Eng
lish miles, so that the speed of this
falcon must have been at the rate of
about seventy-fve miles an hour. A
further advantage of the falcon over
the pigeon is the greater weight which
it can carry. 1t is well known that a
very slight burden is an oppression to
the poor pigeon, so that dispatches are
reduced in size by Photographic copies,
in order to reduce the weight for the
feeble little carrier. Capt. Smoiloff
says he has found that falcon can
carry weight of four Russian pounds,
or 1,64O grams Thirty CRANES go to our
ounce), without diminishing it's power
or swiftness in flying. Besides, the
carrier pigeon may fall a prey to the
falcon, while there is small danger of
any other bird taking the carrier fall
con prisoner.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-11-22
BRIGANDS AND HIGHWAYMEN.
Better Police Protection in Rural Dis
tricts Needed.

Better Police Protection in Rural Dis
tricts Needed.
Most Americans cherish the singular
superstition that brigandage and high
way robbery are only possible in de-
PRAYED backward countries like Spain,
Sicily or Greece, and that an English
speaking country with courts and the
common law must necessarily be free
from these pests.
This is nonsense, says the Philadel-
phia Press. Brigands, footpads and
highwaymen will spring up in any
land where an efficient police is alb
sent. They swarmed over England a
century and half ago, they were
frequent in France a little earlier,
and they were to be found over
most of Europe in the last CEN
fury. They are certain to appear in
this country and become widespread
pest unless there is radical change
in the American habit of keeping the
peoples peace.
At present,eit is left to keep itself.
Great tracts of this country are left
without any protection to travel, ex-
cept the sheriff and the constable.
City people have very little idea of the
insecurity which exists in many Amer.
lean rural districts. There are manv
counties in New York state, and some
doubtless in this state, where it would
not be considered prudent for an unat-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-11-22
stage Lines.
]. s, MAIL and STAGE Line.

Passengers from Globe, San Carlos, Fort
Thomas and all points below will please take
the stage at solomonville for Duncan on Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays at CLOCK q. m
making close connection ct Duncan with the
train from Lordsburg to Clifton and Morencti
returning from Duncan to 6olomonville on ar
rival of train from Clifton and stage from Car
Isle on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays, ar
keep q good corral at each end of the route.
This is a short road free from dust and chuck
holes. Commercial men taken on any day of
he week. NOAH GREEN,
Proprietor.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-11-22

tended woman to walk in broad day
along a lonely country road. The
farms on which farmers are in con-
slant fear of tramps can be numbered
by the thousand. While abroad, even
in countries like Spain and Italy, the
rural districts are given the benefit of
police patrol paid for by taxes or by
the wealth and trade of the cities.
here our thinly settled farming neigh
borhoods are left to protect themselves
as best they can.
The wonder is, not that a train is
now and then held up, but that this
does not happen great deal oftener.
Depend upon it, these modern. high
way robberies in the shape of train
robberies will go increasing until our
states establish a permanent rural
police
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-11-22
Summons.

In the District Court of the third judicial dis
trict of the territory of Arizona, in and for the
county of Maricopa.
]. 7. Ware and q. E. Ware,
Plaintiffs
Wells Hepdershott, Marga-
retta Hendershott, his
wife, Charles Goldman and
Leo Goldman, Co partners
under the firm name of
Goldman & Company.
Defendants.
Action brought in the district court of the
third judicial district of the territory of Arr
IONA, in and for Marfcopa county, and the COM
plant filed in said Maricopa county, in the
Office of the clerk of said district court.
In the ame of the territory of Arizona, to
Wells Hendershott, Margaretta hendershott,
his wife, Charles Goldman and Leo Goldman,
co-partners, under the firm name of Goldman
& Company, defendants, greeting:
You are hereby summoned and required to
appear in an action brought against you by the
above named plaintiffs, in the District Court
of the Third Judicial District of the Territory
of Arizona, in and for Maricopa County, and
answer the complaint therein filed with the
Clerk of this said Court, at Phenix, in said
county, within ten days after the service upon
you of this Summons, if served in this said
county, or if served out of this said county and
within this said Judicial District, then within
twenty days thereafter, or in all other cases
within thirty days thereafter, the times above,
mentioned being exclusive of the day of
service, or judgment by default will be taken
against you.
Given under my hand and seal of the dis
trict court of the third judi
cial district of the territory of
[sEAL] Arizona, in and for Maricopa
county this 18th day of No
vember, A. D. 1898.
CHI. KNAPP,
Clark of said District Court
By J. 81. STOUT, Deputy Clerk.
Fitch & Campbell attorneys for p aintif.
First publication Nov. IA, 1898.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-11-22
PYTHON EGGS.
A Big Snake in Connecticut Lays Half a
Bushel of Eggs.

"A
Bushel of Eggs.
Perhaps about as curious thing as
DR.. Knox ever had in the line of Gu
riosities, says the Danbury Conn.,
News, is his African python snake,
Eve, as she lies coiled about a half
bushel of eggs laid few days ago. 1t
is an event that ophiologists will be
interested in.
The discovery was made one morn
ing. For some time Adam and Eve,
two big African pythons, have been
domiciled in the big snake cage in
the doctors back office. The bottom
of the cage is covered by deep layer
of dirt and gravel. Both these snakes
have been in DIR. Knox's possession
year, and have sometimes been on ex-
hibition.
One evening DIR. Knox passed the
cage several times, going to and from
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-11-22
RElD'S OLD MILL.
1t Ground Wheat One Hundred and Fifty
Years Ago.

1t Ground Wheat One Hundred and Fifty
Years Ago.
One interesting landmark of the last
century remains in suburban region
fast yielding its rural charm in face of
the city's advancing vanguard. Be-
tween two and three miles northeast
of New York's city limits, and perhaps
a mile and half beyond the line of
ambitious little Mount Vernon, stands
Reid's mill, overlooking the broad, fat
marshes that edge the sound. The mill
is approached by one of the most pic
turesque roads of a picturesque region.
1t runs for mile or more along the
valley of little wooded stream, and
crosses the latter dozen yards before
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-11-22
As to Mr.. Flint.

Ethel, have you noticed that Irene
McGinnis is making eyes at young Mr..
Flint? He cares nothing for her.
You could steal march on her if you
would"
mamma, 1 do not consider Mr..
Flint worthy of the steal. Chicago
Tribune.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-11-22
The Atlantic & Pacific .R.
The Great Middle Route Across the
American Continent in COnnec-
ton with the Railways of
the "Santa Fe Route"
LIBERAL MANAGEMENT,
SUPERIOR FACILITIES,
PICTURESQUE SCENERY,
EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATIONS.

The Grand Canon OF the Colorado, the most
sublime of Natures work on the Earth, indie
Williams or Peach Springs on this road. To
the Natural Bridge of Arizona and Montezuma's
well you can journey most directly by this line
Observe the Ancient Indian Civilization of La
guna, or of Acoma, "The City OF the Sky -
Visit the Petrifed Forest near Garlic. See and
marvel at the freak of Canon Diablo. Take a
hunting trip in the magnificent pine forests Of
the San Francisco Mountains. Find interest in
the ruins of the prehistoric Cave and Cliff
jewellers. View the longest Cantilever bridge
in America across the Colorado River.
T. R. GABEL, General superintendent, Albu-
querque, New Mexico. W. A. BIssELL, General
Passenger Agent, San Francisco, CAL, and Al
buoueroue, New Mexico. b. s. VAN SLYcK,
General Agent, Albuquerque. N.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-11-22
Ho for White Hills Mining Camp

Tri-Weekly Stage Line.
Through In one day; 8-passenger. 4-horse
ranch and at Mountain Springs: leaves King
man Monday. Wednesday and Friday at 7:30 Q.
m, and arrives at camp at 2 p. m. same day.
and Saturday at q. M, and arrives at King
man at p. m. same day.
Fare, 81; freight3c.
Shortest and most direct route to the New
White Hills mining camp. Stage office at store
the W. H. Taggart Mercantile company. Extra
conveyances on application.
CROSS b CO., Props,
Kingman, Ariz,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-02-24
He Insists Upon the Bond

From The Chicago Inter Ocean.
Chas. A. Dana is the editor of Demo-
cratic newspaper which for some time has
been the organ of the Tammany sachems.
Like the sachems he earnestly opposed the
nomination of Grover Cleveland, and then
after the nomination made great display
of earnestly supporting the man he had be-
fore so violently opposed. He posed as the
chief of loyal Democrats and laid on the lash
when any hesitated. Though the candidate
and the platform were both very different
from anything the New York Sun had ever
supported before, Mr.. Dana turned its col
umns in favor of both with the enthusiasm
of youth and the shrewdness and ability
that come after long experience with men in
the vicissitudes of public life. The editor
who had long cast ridicule upon Mr.. Cleve-
land as the ''stuffed prophet" and with Sam
uel Tilden stood like a wall against the free
trade beresy," commended the former as be-
ing worthy of ''the highest Office in the gift
of the people" of the greatest of all nations,
and the latter as doctrine fit for the es-
pousal of patriots. In the battle for both
these he led the fight, and sheathed not his
sword when the victory was won. Even
now his Damascus blade is ready for him
who offends against either his candidate or
the platform.
Notwithstanding these great services there
are those who profess to believe that Mr..
Dana is none the less protectionist than he
was ten years ago, and that he loves Mr.
Cleveland no more than he did i'm February,
1892. One thing is apparent, and that is
that he has no anxiety to keep the columns
of the Sun in harmony with the political
managers of his party. While they are en-
deavoring to excuse themselves from carry
ing out the promises of the Democratic plat
form, Mr.. Dana demands that every promise
to the people shall be redeem. When Gov
ernor Mckinley, the other day, was asked
what he thought the Democratic admins
tration would do in regard to tariff legsla-
ton, he expressed doubt as to what would
be done, and intimated that possibly the
mckinley law" might not be much changed.
Mr.. Dana took the Governor to task, and
said he talked "as though he.had never read
the platform of the Democratic party" He
then quoted that plank of the platform be-
ginning, 1--WE denounce Republican pro-
lection as fraud, robbery" ETC., and
said:
How can there be any question as to the
construction to be put upon the election.
and how can there be any doubt what the
people mean to have done with the tariff?
They mean not only to have the Mckinley
law repealed, but further than this, they in
tend to have every form, degree, and kind of
protection wiped out as unconstitutional, as
an imposture and a robbery of the great
majority for the benefit of the few. Ii the
Democrats, one and all, officers and priv
ates, do not go forward and execute this
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-02-24

platform, they will be dishonored and dis
graced, and they will merit the punishment
which the people can not fail to bestow at
the next election upon set Of hypocrltes
and liars.
How can great democratic paper say
this, when its editor knows that every eff
fort of the democratic managers. who are in
the confidence of Mr.. Cleveland, is to pre-
vent just what he is urging shall be done?
1t looks as though the great editor was in
tending to have his revenge on the men who
compelled him to support man and plat
form both of which he despised. He is not
making himself guardian of the party's
future, but is determined to scourge the
managers into carrying out what they
promised the people and what they COM
PEELED him to advocate. A man with a
grievance. a strong brain and brave heart
is power which even so phlegmatic Pres
ident as Grover Cleveland will be bound to
consider. If he does not he cannot escape
the consequences. Mr.. Dana's power in this
case, is the greater because he has the writ
ten bond, the bond given to the people, and
he simply demands what it calls for. 1t
may be that Mr.. Cleveland thinks it is some
thing like ''the pound of fiesh," but that
matters not to Mr.. Dana. Some people
think that the nearer the heart of the adj
ministration it is taken the better it will
please the man who INSISTS upon the bond'
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-02-24
The unanimous denomination of Hudson

The unanimous denomination of Hudson
Sheldon for the Office of County Commits
sioner of Schools was deserved compli-
ment to a faithful public officer. Mr.. Shell
don has proven himself just the man for
this Office, giving his entire time to the
duties and facing all responsibilities with a
manly courage to do what was best for the
interests of the schools of the county, re-
CARELESS of the wishes of the individual. Mr..
Sheldon is graduate of Michigan's great
University, has been successful teacher,
is enthusiastic in his work, carrying into.it
a vim and energythat has had good influ-
ence upon both scholar and teacher, espec-
tally the latter. The cause of education
and what greater cause is there-will he adj
yanced by his reelection. See to it that
his gosd work is commended by big vote
at the polls in April.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-02-24
For Circuit Judge.

AT their convention last Saturday tie re-
publicans of Shiawassee decided by a vote
nearly unanimous on the first ballot, to pre-
sent to the republican judicial convention to
be held in this city on Wednesday, March
1, the name of Hon. William M. Fitzpatrick,
as their unanimous choice for that office.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick has for many years been one
of the leading members of the Michigan
bar. He is good citizen, popular leader,
man of decided ability and of judicial
mind which eminently fits him for the posi-
ton for which he has been chosen by the
republicans of Shiawassee, among whom
for the last quarter of century he has
made his home, and all of whom know,
honor and respect him for what he has
proved himself to be. 1t is not too much to
say that, however able and efficient any
man may be who seeks this nomination, and
we would not detract one iota from the
merits of any one of them, no one of them
is the peer in legal lore, or in personal
popularity, of Mr.. Fitzpatrick, and we doubt
not his nomination will insure decided re-
publican victory at the election, even should
the demo-populists again unite on Judge
Newton as it is possible they may 40. We
think of right, the nomination belongs to
this county. Genesee county has Justice
of the Supreme Court, the Railroad Com
missioner, the best Office in the state, and
for twelve years has had the Judge of the
Circuit Court, though democrat, yet
elected by republican votes in that county.
Fair play is jewel in politics as well as in
religion. Shiawassee county for two sue
cessive elections gave her republican vote to
the favorite sons of Genesee, and now in
turn present as our candidate the favorite
son of Shawassee, and ask that the repubi-
cans of Genesee do by us as we did by them
give our chosen candidate their vote,
both in convention and at the ballot box.
In this matter the republicans of Shiawas-
see mean business, and demand equal
rights and equal representation on the floor
of the convention. to the end that The best
man, regardless of location, may be both
nominated and elected by the solid vote Of
the republicans of the seventh judicial cir
cult.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-02-24
Governor Mckinley at Columbus

From The New York Press
Governor McKinley's ringing declaration
at the Lincoln banquet IT, Columbus, Ohio
that 'the defeat of 1892 has not made re.
publican principles less true nor our faith in
their ultimate triumph less firm" will FIND
hearty echo i'm every republican breast.
1--WE have not revised our views, nor re.
versed our lines" he asserts. "We still dc
not believe that republican protection is a
fraud and robbery nor that it is 'uncon-
stitutiOnal,' nor do we belive that the tariff
law of 1890 was or is the eliminating atroc-
ity of class legislation nor that reciprocity
is SHAM"
1t should be added that there is no posi-
tive evidence that the country has con-
demned the present tariff policy of the gov
eminent. In spite OF the democratic claim
that the Mckinley act was an .'atrocity. ;
Mr.. Cleveland is in popular minority OF
nearly 100000 His victory i'm the cleo
toral college was due mainly to race preju-
dices at the South and cunning alliances
with revolutionary elements, among whom
the tariff is secondary question. The
Omaha platform, adopted last July, distinct
ly arraigns both the republican and demo-
cratic parties OH that issue, declaring that
''they propose to drown the Outcries of a
plundered people with the uproar of a sham
battle over the tariff" The evident reluc-
lance with which the victorious party enters
upon the work of tariff revision is that its
own leaders doubt the sufficiency of their
commission on that score. The events of
the future as well as those of the present
will abundantly vindicate the tariff policy of
the Republican party.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-02-24
owosso. FRIDAY. FEB. "a. 1893.
Republican Convention.
[seventh Judicial Circuit. !

A delegate convention of the Republican
electors of the Seventh judicial Circuit of Mich
igan is hereby called to meet in the common
Council room OF the city OF Owosso, AT one
first A. ID. 1898, TO place in nomination a Repub
lican candidate for the office OF Circuit Judge
ut the coming judicial election. to be held In
said Circuit In accordance with established
precedent prevailing at the last two Republican
Judicial Conventions held in this circuit each
county will be entitled TO send number OF
delegates equal to the number apportioned to II
In the call for the State Judicial Conve zion,
to-wit: Genesee county nineteen delegates, and
Shiawassee county fifteen delegates
Dated February 18TH 1893.
II. r. LOWELL,
S. Il. SMITH,
Committee.