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Arizona republican., 1894-10-02

the third. They waited near the horses about ten minutes and at length through an opening in the bushes there came g man carrying an armful oi hay.
 "Throw up your hands," cried Deputy Widmer. Instead of doing so the rob- Der threw down the hay. drew his re- volver and just as he aimed at the sheriff Deputy Widmer fired. The rob- Der turned and ran, turning again to fire. There was another discharge from the deputy's shot gun and reply from the bandits revolver. As he turned the second time to run bullet from the sheriff's revolver struck hlm in the back and running short dis tsnce he fell to the ground.
 ''Hold up your hands," again com manded the officer. He held up one hand. Put up the other" said Wid- mer, but the robber couldn't lift his arm and the officers went up to him.
 "You ought to have thrown up your hands," said Sheriff Murphy. But l didn't do it," replied the prostrate ban dit. He was put on a horse and with the other horses and arms of the rob- bers was brought to town, where the party arrived about 10 o'clock.
Arizona republican., 1894-10-02
The Wounded Train Robber.

He was readily recognized by dozen men, some of whom had known him from childhood as Frank Armer. He is from the Tonto country and comes ot g respectable family. He is about twenty-two years of age and has a bad record. Nearly year ago he WAS tried at Flagstaff for horse stealing but was acquitted. He returned to the Tonto country and got into trouble there on account of supposed connection with irregular transactions in stock and was ordered out of the community. Since then he has spent much of his time in the valley and on adjacent cat tie ranges as cowboy and is well known in Phoenix. His mother is postmistress at Armer station in Gila county.
 His wounds were examied by Dre. Hughes and Dameron. One buck shot had struck him in the breast, several in his right arm and neck and there was a revolver bullet in his back. His wounds though not fatal were painful and he was put under opiates and he slept the greater partiof the alter noon in the jail office. eLast,snight he was locked up in the jail proper to guard against accidents. He told Dr. Hughes that the reason of his warlike demonstration when the officers came up WAS that he thought they were two men from Tonto who had threatened to kill him.
 There were found upon him two gold watches and three $2O gold pieces. It was suspected that the watches were the ones taken from the conductor and motorman of the street car last week, but they were uaable to identify them and the officers are convinced that though he belongs to the gang he was not present at that hold up.
Arizona republican., 1894-10-02
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to hurt you boys. You just cut loose from the train and pull out" No time was lost in following instructions, and the engine went on.
 Conductor Martin was curious to know why the engineer had stopped. So was Brakeman Paul Maroney, and both stepped to the ground, the former from the front, and the latter from the rear platform of the train. The "ping" of bullet near him and the sharp crack of a revolver satisfied the con. ductor's curiosity and he went inside. The brakeman also knew how the land Ia and jumped back on the platform.
 There were three robbers, one very tall man, who wore 8 mask, and two others of smaller stature who made no effort to conceal their faces. The man with the mask had evidently boarded the blind baggage at Maricopa and had clim bed over the tender as the train began to slow up for the signal which had been put out by his confederates.
 After the engine left the robbers ter rorized the passengers and crew by shooting along the side of the train, and having satisfied themselves that there would likely be no interference, they ordered the express messenger, G. W. Mitchell, to throw open the door. He offered no resistance and one of the robbers entered. At this point the robbery was varied from the usual train robbery. The bandits were not provided with dynamite and they made no at- tempt on the Wells, Fargo safe. They contented themselves with the contents of the box. $175, and took the mes- senger's watch. The man with the mask jumped from the car and the robbers disappeared in the darkness. The whole thing lasted less than twenty minutes.
 At length the engine returned and the train backed into Maricopa and messages were sent out in various di- rections announcing the holdup. The passengers were thoroughly demoral- ized. Some had hidden behind seats and whatever other obstruction was liable to afford protection from the fusilade which was momentarily ex- pected. Half dozen men braver than in the moment of trlal bragged about what they could and ought to have done. One man no less brave, but more honest, said: "I could have killed one of the robbers if hadn't been scared to death."
Arizona republican., 1894-10-02
Other Crimes.

The authorities claim to be in pos- session of evidence showing not only that the Wickenberg, the Alhambra and the street car robberies were com mitted by members of the same gang but their information is SO definite that they know which particular mem- bers figured in each one. It is said that Armer was not present at the street car robbery nor was he at the Alhambra, but that he was one of the bandits which held up the Wicken- berg stage. He is known to have been in the vicinity of Congress- for some time before and after the robbery. He was also in Phoenix at the time of the street car robbery but was in another part of the town while it was going on.
 Some of the officers believe that the other two robbers will return to Phe- nix if they have not already returned. Though they run great risk of recog milton here it is hardly greater than at any other place they may go, and the town will afford facilities for hiding which they cannot enjoy in more sparsely settled neigh borhoods. They 4o f~,o who would assist them Tn keeping un- der cover until 8 convenient oppor. tunity is offered to leave the country.
 l A horse hitched on First avenue, near Adams street, was stolen last night sometime before midnight and the owner, Ben Anderson, believes that | the thief was one of the robbers.
Arizona republican., 1894-10-02

No Doubt as to Their Identity.
 Detective Breckenridge telegraphed the sheriff's office yesterday that the train robbers had two gray horses and one bay, which description answers those captured by the sheriff and his deputy. One of the horses, by the way, is one stolen from the pasture of Charles Conger, near PhGnlx, two weeks ago.
 The men had been in Maricopa all of Sunday afternoon, and took dinner at Williams restaurant. One of them pawned gold watch there, but later sold it to brakeman of passing freight train. Perry Williams recog- nized one of the men as Armer. After leaving the scene of the robbery they struck of in northwesterly direction and by the most direct route possible to the point where the capture was made. The distance is between thirty and thirty-dve miles.
Arizona republican., 1894-10-02
Sentenced to Electrocution.

SYRACUSE, N. Y., Oct. 1.-Charles F. Wilson, convicted of the murder Of Detective James Harvey, was today sentenced by Judge Williams to be electrocuted at Auburn, N. Y.
Arizona republican., 1894-10-02

suspiciously in the vicinity of the track in Capitol addition. He was carrying a revolver and seemed weary and an- xlous. His general description an- swered that of one of the men known to belong to the gang. Marshal Malloy started after him and, finding his trail, traced it down into the Mexican settle ment below the cemetery, where It was lost.
Arizona republican., 1894-10-02

Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-16
LET THE HENS SCRATCH.

The natural food of fowls consists
mostly of seeds, insects and grass. 1t
is not natural condition when the
birds have but one kind of food. The
birds that build in trees and feed their
young would be unable to supply them
If only seeds could be provided. AS
the concentrated foods must be given,
the variety is also to be considered.
Such substances as grass and the
shoots of tender herbage are intended
as much for dilution Of the concentra-
ted foods as for the nutrition to be
obtained therefrom. The work of feed
ing her young is not incumbent on the
hen by bringing the food to them, but
she is intended to lead them, guide
them and scratch for them. The feet
of the hen perform the same duties as
the wings of a flying bird, and her
feet are well adapted for providing
food for her young. Hence we may
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-16
Tigers and Their Prey.

A correspondent who has seen a
great deal of forest life in India writes
on the subject of how tigers secure
their prey, says the Pittsburg Dis
patch. AS a general rule he is in
clined to doubt the truth of the COM
monty accepted theory that the tiger,
after lurking in ambush, springs on to
the unsuspecting victim, and, tearing
savagely ut his throat, eagerly drinks
his blood This method of attack may
sometimes be adopted, but it is far
more often the exception than the
rule.
In approaching his prey the tiger
makes the best possible use of cover,
but when further concealment is i'm.
possible he will course deer or other
swift-footed animal with extraordin.
ary speed. A sudden dash of 200
yards in the open is nothing uncom.
mon, and the writer mentions the case
of one tigress, with whom he says he
was at one time intimately acquaint
ed, who used to catch hog or deer al
most daily on perfectly open and
JUL hcu up pun.
Small animals are, for the mos
part, dispatched with q blow of the
paw; but in the case of the more
bulky, the experienced tiger, leaping
on the back of his victim, grips the
neck in front of the withers with his
jaws, one forepaw clasping the
shoulder of the animal and the other
fully extended under the throat.
Should he be unable to crush the spine
with his jaws, he will then jerk the
head back violently and thereby break
the neck.
81 have examined" says this corre-
spondent, ''hundreds of animals killed
by tigers, and have never yet detected
injury to the blood vessels of the
throat, but invariably marks attribu-
table to the above mentioned method.
In removing his prey the tiger fre-
quently displays almost phenomenal
strength and activity. In one case
cited, young tigress leaped up a per-
pendicular rock, some six feet high,
with man weighing nearly eleven
stone in her jaws, and on another oc-
casion male tiger dragged an excep-
tionally large buffalo up bank at
least ten feet high.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-16

In the Forum is an interesting arti-
Gle telling how Baltimore satisfactorily
disposed of the tramp nuisance. 1t
established comfortable lodging
house, to which male dodgers were ad-
mitted on the condition that they paid
for the accommodation in work. The
police stations were then closed against
the tramps, and they were all referred
to the lodging house. The result was
that many poor and worthy men were
satisfactorily assisted, while the use
less, idle beggars, Mortified at the
thought of having to work for any
thing, have drifted away to find com.
munities that will give them something
for nothing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-16

injured, and woman was flung to the
street from stoop. Emperor's tan
trums resulted in the destruction of
property worth $4,000.
There have been many kcuseecrG Killed
among circus elephants. Chief. owned
by Robinson killed its keeper at
Charlotte, N. c., by hurting him
against the wall of special car, in
the sight of many persons. Romeo,
one of Forepaugh's herd, when it died
in Chicago, in 1872, had killed three
keepers and destroyed $50, 900 worth
of property. Barnum's Albert killed
its keeper at Keene, N. II. Sentence
of death was passed by drum head
court-martial, and the beast was
marched, shackled, to the woods. Its
trainer marked on its hide the position
of the heart, and at signal the COM
pany of rlflemen fired, and the animal
paid the penalty of its viciousness.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-16

The phenomena of light and color
have proved very attractive study to
physicists, whose investigations have
in recent years revealed much that was
formerly obscure, says the Newcastle
(England) Chronicle. After many
years of persistent application and in
vestigation, Mr.. Lovibond has sue
ceeded in establishing several new
points with regard to light and color,
among other results being the produc-
tion of certain standards of color,
which may not only be employed in
scientific research, but in arts and
manufactures where there exists ne
cessity for nice discI limitation of
tones. With the aid of the tinto.
meter, an instrument Mr.. Lovibond
has invented, the smallest increment
of light or color is distinguished,
while it is also possible to measure
the color of solid and liquid substances.
This is achieved by the adoption of
graded colored glass for standards,
and with an apparatus cutting off side
lights and giving direct view without
the aid of lenses, prisms or rehectors.
Mr.. Lovibond has limited his inves-
tigation to that part of the spectrum
which is appreciable by the eye as
light and color; but his research
seems to lead him to differ from the
Young -Helmholtz theory of primary
colors, as he would substitute orange
for red. For this view many reasons
are advanced; but they do not appear
to be very conclusive, and most peo-
pie will prefer to speak of the three
primary colors as red, green and vio-
let, Notwithstanding Mr.. Lovibond's
measurements.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-16
Great Grief AMI Head Shaving.

Among the ancients shaving the
head was very common mode of ex-
pressing great grief or sorrow. Some
times it was done by the priest or some
other religious functionary formally
cutting off the hair, sometimes by
violently plucking it out by the roots.
In extreme cases among men the beard
as well as the hair WAS either cut off
or plucked out. The idea seems to
have been that mourners should divest
themselves of that which under ordin-
ary circumstances was considered most
beautiful, ornamental and becoming.
Lucian land he is not the only one of
the ancient writer's by any means who
gives points OF this queer mourning
custom) saya that the Egyptians ex-
pressed their intense sorrow by cut
ting off the hair upon the death of
their god Alps, and that the Syrians
acted in the same manner at the death
of Adonis.
Olympiadorus remarks concerning
Job, l., 20, that the ancients, among
whom long hair was regarded. as an
ornament, cut it off in times of mourn
ing, but that those who commonly
wore it short suffered it upon such oc'
casions to grow long Louis Re
public.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-16
FATTENING EWES.

Ewes may be fattened for early mar
ket at the same time they are rearing
the lambs. and the lambs will be i'm
proved at the same time. Ground
oats, buckwheat and corn, mixed in
equal parts, will make an excellent
feed for the sheep, and two quarts a
day may be given. To prevent the
sheep from gorging themselves and
running their heads along the feed
troughs to gather big mouthfuls, and
30 choke themselves and spoil the
good of the food land they are very
apt to do this), give the feed in fiat
troughs, with divisions made OF every
foot, placing the meal equally in each
division. The troughs should be kept
in a separate part of the yard or lot,
SO that the feed may be distributed
without orowding. g.-New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-16

Henry l.. Higginson, who gener-
ously gave Soldiers Field to Harvard
College for athletic sports, has written
letter to the captain of the college
baseball team that other ball players
might with profit He says: "Good
manners and u sense of justice call for
q change or two in the ways of Har-
ward students at the games. Cheer
ing bad play of an opponent is un-
kind. Cheering to worry an opponent
is shabby. Cheering in our home for
our men only is at least ungraceful
and very selfish"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-16
HE WAS ON THE WAY.

The young fellow was extremely
diflident, and very much in love with
the girl.
He had made half dozen attempts
to offer her his heart and hand, but
on each occasion he had fallen short.
To add to the seriousness of the sit
uation, the girl was ealy to accept
him as soon as the proposal was in
definite shape.
Even the mother was willing, but
latterly she had grown tired of the
dilatory tactics and Fabian policy of
the suitor, and had kicked on his
coming so often and staying SO late.
One night, after three hours of
struggle on his part, and much delicate
encouragement on the part of the girl,
he had seized her hand convulsively,
dropped on his knees impetuously,
and was about one-fifth through an
impassioned appeal to her to be his'n,
when the mothers voice sounded clear
on the night from the head of the
stairs.
The youth stopped short, but held
on.
MARY" came the maternal voice
querulously, sis that young man there
yet?"
"Not yet, mother" replied Mary
smiling sweetly down on the face o
her Romeo, "but he's getting there.
And two weeks later the cards were
out. Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-16
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Hood will tell in dairy cattle.

Blood will tell in dairy cattle.
The dairyman with good we'll anil
windmill can feel about as indie.
pendent as the one who has running
water on his farm.
In oiling the harness if cod-liver oil
be used in the place of neats-foot oil,
it is said that the leather will remain
unmolested by rats or mice.
When you strip cows teats to the
last drop in milking, do it not so
much for the immediate gain as to
keep the udder of prolific habit in the
future.
The merciful dairyman when he
draws calves to market puts them in
comfortable crate, instead of tying
their legs and doubling them under
the wagon seat.
In hiving, one essential is to have
the hives In cool place. The bees
will enter a cool hive much more
readily than one which has been baked
in the hot sun all day.
1t is pretty we'll established as the
results Of experiments that the same
amount of feed required to produce
one pound of butter fat will produces
three pounds Of beef.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-16

rightly conclude that scratching is
natural function of the domestic hen.
The hen, however, performs greater
work than the birds on the wing.
Birds seldom lay more than two or
three eggs before beginning incuba-
tion, but the hen may lay from fifteen
to fifty, or even more. She must pro-
duce these eggs, as we'll as maintain
herself. In the natural state she lays
fewer eggs, but has greater difficulty
in procuring food and resisting enc.
mics. An egg is a composite substance
and cannot be produced from sim
gle article of food. The hen requires
variety of food in order to fulfil her
duties as regular and persistent
layer.
1t is not, therefore, conducive to egg
production when the hen is deprived
of her natural advantage of scratch
ing. She does best when she is com.
PEELED to scatch and wcrk for her food,
and she will always select the kind
most suitable for her purpose. When
hens are confined in enclosures they
may be fed too much while in CON
dition of idleness. A hopper that is
kept full of food where the hen can
always reach it induces her to desist
from the work of scratching, because
the necessity for so doing then ceases
and she becomes too fat. Nature
teaches, therefore, that hens should
be SO fed as to compel them to scratch
and work for their food, which keeps
them in health and leads to greater
egg production. Mirror and Farmer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-16

Undismayed by their experience in
the Suez and Panama enterprises, the
French are undertaking to build an.
other great canal. They have now de.
termined to connect the Bay OF Biscay
with the Mediterranean by canal
over 400 miles long, from la to 215
feet wide and from twenty-eight to
thirty-four feet deep, and with widened
passing places every eight miles. There
will be twenty-five locks, each $50 feet
in length and eighty feet in width.
The cost is calculated at 800, 900, 900.
1t is, however, safe to say that it will
be much more. 1t is claimed by its
promoters that besides greatly expe.
diting commerce, this waterway will
be of vast political significance. If it
could only be kept open in war, Glib.
raltar, the strongest fort in the world,
would be rendered useless, and France,
instead of England, would hold the
"Key to the Mediterranean.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-16
TALE OF THE POLITE MERCHANT.

The hardware merchant Ito custo-
mer just entering)-"Good morning,
sir"
Customer-I want one of those
things that you fasten on door SO as
to make it shut itself"
III. M. --"Oh, yes; an automatic
door closer"
"That's it; and it must not be
high priced"
Fl. M.-"Yes, sir a cheap automatic
door closer"
C.--"And not too complicated,
either"
II. MI understand. You want
an automatic door closer Of simple
design and small cost.
C.-"Exactly. But not one of
those internal things that slam the
door to with a bang"
II. M.-"That would be nuisance,
of course. What you want is an auto
matte door closer Of simple design.
small cost and with an easy spring. "
C.-"That's right. But don't want
it to close the door too slowly, either. +"
Ii. M.-"In other words, you re-
quire something faster than cold
molasses. Briefly, what you are look
ing for is an automatic door closer of
simple design and small cost that is
neither too slow nor too fast"
C.-"That's all right. And, be-
sides, it mustn't be like some L have
seen, where a man needs the strength
of an OK to open the door"
H. M.-"Very well. Now, let's I'M
derstand each other. You want to
buy an automatic door closer, simple,
cheap, neither too slow nor too fast
and easily operated. "
C.-"Correct. Show me one."
II. Min very sorry, sir, but 7
do not deal in automatic door closers.
= Truth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-16
A RUsT-REsIsTINa VARIETY.

A new rust-resisting variety oi
wheat is reported by the South
Australian Register. 1t was observed
by farmer. several years ago, while
reaping badly rusted field of wheat,
that among it were some heads wholly
unaffected. He picked and carefully
saved them, sowing the grain the next
year. It yielded we'll and showed no
sign of rust. From that beginning
the stock has increased until twenty
acres were raised last year, the crop
of which was taken at good price.
American Agriculturist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-07-16
ABOUT DRIVING HORSES.

Tho driver who thinks that because
his horse is fresh he can stand it to be
driven fast at the start for several
miles, and then given chance to rest
by going slow, or who drives fast for
while and then slows down to q walk
in order to rest up for another squirt,
will not get the best speed out of a
horse with the least waste of vitality,
especially in going long distances.
1t is steady gait that counts most
and wears the horse least. Give him
chance to get warmed up first and
then let the gait be STEADY one.
Another item is not to feed too
heavily before driving. A light feed
of oats will be far better than heavier
feed of more bulky grain. Exercise
or action too soon after eating retards
digestion, and tie animal that must
travel at a good gait with a loaded
stomach cannot but show the effects,
and il driven rapidly for even a short
distance after eating hearty meal
there is considerable risk of the collie.
Watering properly is fully as i'm
portant as feeding. When horse is
being driven on the road he should
not at any time be allowed to overload
his stomach with large quantity OF
water. So far as is possible the rule
should be to give water frequently,
and while he should have all that he
will drink, it should be given in small
doses.
The good driver can tell by the way
his horse goes the amount of work he
should have.-Indiana Farmer.